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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21
Aoaln Fiohtino the Moors.

Oran, Morocco.-The French troops
have lost II killed and AZ wounded
in skirmish with Moors on the
Moulouya river. Reinforcements Of
artillery have been sent to the French.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21
nombarded Nloarauuan rroons.

Bluefields, Nica.-The insurgents
bombardment of the position of the
government forces between halfway
Cay and Bluefields Bluff was con
tinued without result.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21
The First KIM TO Elu.

Brussels.-King Ferdinand of Bull.
garia is the first monarch to fly in an
aeroplane. making an ascent during
the aviation meet here, as a passenger
with Delamains.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21
Landis Wants scaIps of Packers.

Chicago, Illinois.-Judge Kennesaw
NJ Lands and the department OF
justice will go out again for the
scalps of the packers who may be
in a trust
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21
New Electric Locomotive.

Glasgow.-An. electric locomotive OF
1000 horse power which It is said
can be used on any railway without
live rails or wires was successfully
tested. 1t is said that it effects
economy of fuel.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21

Iiggson-If a man could only sell
coal at the north pole or ice in hadesl
WiSgson-But that's out of the ques-
ton.
Juggson-I know; but, gee! just
thinr of the prices he could get!
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-07-21

We know people who seem to know
everything except the fact that they
don't know how much they don't know.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26
Ella Wheeler Wilcox On Self Reliance

lite space stretches before him for I'M
dreamed of achievements
The Solitary Soul.
Waste no time in foolish and belit-
Ting regrets that other people have not
done for you what they should have
done.
1t is a divine compliment when any
soul stands solitary in the world, with
no one on whom to depend, or to turn
for assistance.
Sick people are given nurses; well
ones do not need them.
Cripples are given crutches; the able
bodied use their own limbs.
Trust in thine own untried capacity,
AS thou wouldst trust in God himself.
Thy soul
Is but an emanation from the Whole.
Thou dost not dream what forces lie N
thee,
Vast and unfathomed as the mighty sea,
Thy silent mind DER diamond caves
may roll
Go seek them and let pilot Will con-
troll
Those passions which thy favorins
wind may be.
No man can place limit on my
strength.
Such triumphs as no mortal ever
May yet be thine. If thou wilt but
believe
In thy Creator and myself At length
Some feet must tread some heights now
unattained;
Why not thy own? Press on. achieve.
achieve,
Copyright. 1910. by the New York
Evening Journal Publishing company.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26
MI kH !. ON WHAT
haaaWs.~

so much good fortune. l know that
today am happier still than 1 was yes
terday, because 1 have learned at last
that 1 stand in no need of good fortune
in order to free my soul, to bring peace
to my thoughts, to enlighten my heart
Of this the upright man is fully
aware, though no superhuman happl-
ness may have descended upon him, Tor
an act of goodness or justice brings
with it a kind of inarticulate con-
seriousness that often becomes more ef-
fective, more faithful, more loving, than
the consciousness that springs into be-
ing from the very deepest thoughts
Acts of this nature bring, above all,
special knowledge of happiness.
Strive as we may, our loftiest
thoughts are always uncertain, unsta-
BILE, but the light of a goodly deed
shines steadily on, and is lasting There
are times when deep thought is no more
than fictitious consciousness; but an
act of charity, the heroic duty fulfilled
these are true consciousness; in 9TH
er words. happiness is in action
Happiness is a plant that thrives far
more readily in moral than in intellec-
tual life. Consciousness-the con-
seriousness of happiness, above all-wfll
not choose the intellect as a hiding
dear.
At times it would almost seem as II
all that is Hottest in intellect fraught
with most comfort is transformed
through an act of virtue. 1t suffices
not to discover new truths in the world
of thought or of fact. For ourselves,
a truth only lives from the moment it
modifies. purifies, sweetens something
we have in our soul. To be conscious
of moral improvement is of the essence
of consciousness.
Some beings there are of vigorous in
tellect. whose intellect never is used 10
discover a fault. or foster feeling of
charity And this happens often with
women. In cases where a man and
woman have equal intellectual power,
the woman viii always devote far less
of this power to acquiring moral self
knowledge And truly the intellect that
aims not at consciousness Is but beat
ing it's wings in the void. Loss and
corruption needs must ensue if the force
Of our brain be not at once up in the
purest vase of our heart Nor can such
an intellect ever know happiness; nay.
it seems to invite misfortune. For in
tellect may be of the Hottest, mightiest.
and yet perhaps never draw near unto
joy; but. in the soul that is gentle, and
pure. and good, sorrow cannot for eve:
abide.
And even though the boundary line
between intellect and consciousness be
rot always as Clearly defined as here
we seem to assume. even though a
beautiful thought in itself may be Oft
en- a goodly action-yet none the less.
will be beautiful thought that springs
not from a noble deed or wherefrom a
noble deed shall not spring. adds but
little unto our felicity; whereas a good
deed. though it father no thought. will
ever fall like soft bountiful rain on our
knowledge of happiness.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26
American Language Preferred

MOVEMENT worthy of wide
~ progressive
terms of foreign speaking matters
and craft There the American
pirate
better than aviation Altman better than
steadily
invariably
in to smoke
shocked
drinking cocktail"
War will because
that it does not
wasn't really fggy this morning
cebrans.
Cement concrete becoming necessity
which wood formerly applied The
would valley
raise and ship them the trnload.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26
IA Years Ago To-
81 From The Herald OF L.
This Date 1896. 4ay

Pat Durack is in town from Van
Horn
DR.. A Brown has gone to Alabama on
business.
Elder Stewart, the well known colo
mist, is in town today.
Messrs. Lamour and Neil have gone
north on a hunting trip
Engineer Marshall is down from El1e-
plant Butte TO spend the holidays
3 J. Prudential, of this city, spent
Christmas with friends in Clifton. N NJ
Mrs BIachIey and daughter, Ella. OF
Anthony, are spending their vacation in
Ell Paso.
W. c. Reid has arrived from Las We
gas and will assume charge editorial
" of the Telegraph.
The city council met but did not stay
long, as his honor was absent at his
grandchild's Christmas tree.
H NJ Mundy spent yesterday in Ell
Paso and it is the first Christmas in u
years he has spent with MS family
Maury Kemp arrived yesterday from
Austin, where he lis attending the state
university. in time to help demolish
the turkey.
Mrs Lizzie Booker and daughter,
Miss Daisy Brewer. have gone to No
gales where Miss Brewer will marry
conductor Richard Andrews, Of the
pullman company
Will Dunlap is in town from Cripple
Creek en- route to the Sierra Madre gold
field. He says the Corralitos road will
bring hundreds of mining men from
Colorado into the Sabinal country
There was a web attended neighbor-
hood Christmas tree gathering at H. B.
Stevens's house on the hill, where the
children enjoyed q fine time, and there
was tree for little Mariana Lane
Purdy at Alfred Hamptons North Ore
gon street house, with Johnnie Behan
as Santa Claus
The Myrtle avenue Methodists had a
fine time in Chopin hall where the stage
was utilized for a sort of children's
Christmas operate. Trinity church was
packed solid with little ones. middle
grown ones and grown ones. and not a
few people were turned away. There
was a huge Christmas tree IN front Of
the pulpit ]. ". Brown was Santa and
a great pile of good things was dis
tributed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26

her bed and kissing her, said:
sleep well, my Flower. Papa viii
put the house in order to receive St
Nicholas
Soon nothing was to be heard in thu
room but the feeble breathing of the
child and the sound of the knitting
NEEDLES which clicked in the hands o.
grandmamma Jams.
Suddenly the curate. his shovel ha
over his ear. opened the door of the
shop and said to papa and mamma-Jans
who were counting the contents of their
till:
+ TT is I, friends Good-day. Madame
Jams. / came to see Cornfower put hel
little sabot under the chimney
"Hulloi" said Jams. taking his pipe
from his mouth and leading him into
the little room behind the shop
Grandma Jams will be very pleased tc
see you
In a moment the door of the room
upstairs opened and grandma Jams cried
quickly:
Hans. Hans!'
"Ah. that's it," said Jams. Flower
calls me from all over the place to tell
me about St Nicholas. Let us go up
Goodness cried Grandma. when she
saw them. "Cornflower has got up and
wants to go to -he street"
Cornflower softly shut her eyes and
and was looking. without seeing any
6hing. at the windows
Ny F1owerp cried Jams wildly.
And he put the ci..id back under the
coverlet.
The curate saw that he was pale as
the sheets Of the ) I'D. and that his hands
trembled.
Cornflower softly hsut her eyes and
went to sleep again; but her little
hands continued to make vague ses-
lures on the lace.
Towards II o'clock Jams wen. down to
prepare the ST. Nicholas for Flower on
two plates. He had bought big doll
that had mother-of-pearl eyes. curly
hair, the color of butter. and jointed
body. and a cradle lined with blue satin.
At midnight Cornflower heard a noise
in the house. and having opened her
eyes, she asked If it were not St Mich
olas' donkey that was coming down the
chimney And Jams. who knew that it
was the lads in the bakehouse, replied
that certainly he could distinguish the
sound of hoofs- And he added:
In a minute I'll go and see-"
He put his ear to the door. pretend
ing to listen, his head thrust forward.
then went down slowly. Suddenly there
came up joyful cries
1T was Jams, saying
Flower, my Flower! He has passed.
Open thy little hands,
When he returned TO the little room,
he carried in his arms the chair on
which Aunt Catherine always sat. and
on the chair were spread out the era
die, the doll. the mannikin, and the
plates of candy
Thanks. ST. Nicholas, Thank you for
Flower he cried from the stairs.
And when the child saw the lovely
doll and the cradle. her little mouth
set itself in a smile that was like snow
and lilies.
Then Jams showed her on the chair
the dust which he had put there him
self by getting up on 1t with his sa-
bots. and cried laughing gaily:
See the sabots of the donkey of st.
Nicholasp'
And afterwards Cornflower bowed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26

her head like a tree that has been
wounded by a stone and that has lost
its sap. and fell back pale on the big
white pillow, her sad little smile on her
lips. and slept again
Cornflower breathed so softly that
nothing was heard in the room but the
crepitation of the oil in the lamp and
the snoring Of grandma Jams
When the good lady awohe she was
astonished at first to see that the cur
ate was still there; but when she saw
papa mad mamma Jams on their knees
beside Cornflower. she drew from her
pocket her big, checked handkerchief,
and began to cry with the little means
of the child.
Cornflower slept till dawn. And as
the day arrived her life. like q little.
chilly bird that flies ba-k to the land
Of the sun when the cold comes, return
ed to the Good Father" Softly the
lamp burnt out A terrible sadness
seemed to pass over The olo furniture
so often caresse by The tiny hands.
A cry filled the room.
"Ah. NJ. lie vicaireT
And Jams threw himself into the
priests arms.
Jams! Flower has entered into Para
diser' replied the curate.
And since that time poor NJ. Jams
makes no more dough mannikins for
the feast of st. Nicholas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26

TT"ctWEA VARS Denatured Poem

BRING and let psnorting ree blow the
old cold bleak, that
and shrek and forty When young old Winter
in he
He a burly wight painted by day
the people the
children backbone
and
O
andm a healthy roass whole
blamed
and
he his Dame Natures pindng dude
Billiards
band The of the time produced big and
bawn,w ho this land!
Copyright 1871, by e.e,.. a.,>.. .ean. aM.....
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26
Cornflower's Christmas
By Camille Lemonnier.

I'm THE place at Wavre was one house
in particular where this evening the
- feast of ST. Nicholas was being pre-
pared. 1t was that of Hans Jams, the
baker. In the room with the two win
DAVIS above the shop q big light and a
little light Illuminated the grand visit
or's bed, with its pink-flowered chintz
curtains and its shining polished oak.
And in the bed lay Cornflower, the
daughter of Jams.
Grandmamma Jams went softly to-
wards the bed. Flower" she said in
a low voice, parting the curtains.
Twice since the great pedestal clock
in the shop had struck seven Grand
mamma Jams had opened the curtains
of the bed and called to Cornflower.
and the child was not awakened. Every
instant she heard the bell that JAMS had
fastened to the shop door and that the
customers tinkled when they entered,
for there were many customers tonight
at JAMS, as it was he who fashioned in
sugar and dough the handsomest man
nikins of the town.
Madame Jams served at the counter
watching the street boys who, with red
noses and hands in their pockets, took
their turn in front of the window where
lay the big dough mannikins. whilst
Jams aided in the bakehouse.
Come boysI To the dough! Soon
am going to make Cornflower's mani
kin"
JAMS took his biggest shape, buttered
it, dropped the dough into 1T carefully,
and quickly plunged it into the oven
Presently JAMS drew from the burn
ing cinders an admirable mannikIn,
which he detached from the tin with
blow and laid on a board powdered
with flour. 1t was a fat gentleman
with knee breeches, mitre on his head.
a cane held crosswise in his hand, and
in his pockets playthings which bulged
out. On his buckled shoes along
scroll was the name "St. Nicholas"
And suddenly Cornflower awoke, say
ing: Grandma, it smells good. Has
st. Nicholas come already"
mo, my-child," replied Grandmamma
Jams, putting the little arms back un-
der the bedclothes, "St. Nicholas has
not come yet, but he is passing through
the town, and that's what it is that
smells good"
Grandma, why should ST. Nicholas
smell good as he goes through the
town."
Because papa Jams is baking his
Grandma replied the child, II had a
dream. / dre7mt that 81. Nicholas came
to find ne in bed, and lie had y big
beard like the picture of the good God
that godmother Dictus gave me- And
said. 'Good-day. st. Nicholas. patron of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26

+ you are starting out in career
of any kind for yourself no matter
whether in the trades. the profess
sions. or the arts. do not be constantly
. on the alert for outside help.
woman of decided mental power
of decided gifts and unquestioned abil-
ity. has yet failed to attain any goal,
mainly because she has always waited
for others to help her on the way
Whenever she encounters a man or
a woman of any position. power, or in
fluence, her first thought IS, What
can that person do for me?'
Such an attitude OF mind affects the
character, just as a child's physical
development would be affected if. in
stead Of ltarning to walk itself. it had
always depended upon the guidance Of
some hand.
Wasted Years.
The bright daughter OF an IMPROVE
dent father felt that her early youth
was blighted by the fact that her
father had not done for her all that he
should
She married. and her marriage prov
ed failure. She felt that her husband
lad not done all for her that he should
A married brother to whom she turn
ed. failed to do for her what she felt
he should; and so valuable years of life
passed by. before she discovered that
in herself lay the ability to achieve
success; to aid the improvident father:
TO make the home for herself which her
husband had failed to make for her;
to be independent of the Indifferent
brother
Just as soon as a human being looks
only to himself and the Divine Cause
back OF him for assistance, just so soon
is he freed from all letters. and infin-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26
The Herald's
Daily Short Story

| good children And he said like this
'Cornflower. I'm their patron indeed
for thou art a good little girl, and
love good little children. Come with
me- And 1 said: Where to, good st
Nicholas And he answered.: To play
In PARADISE So papa and mamma gave
me white dress and said they would
come later And when I got to Paradise
there were little girls and little boys
all III white, playing. They told me
they played like that all day and ali
night always. and they had prettier
toys than papa gave me last New Year
And the little girls had dolls as big as
themselves that courtesied and said
Thank you, ma'amr And then ST. Mich
oias kissed me and said to me: Amuse
myself. / love thee very much Thou
shalt have dolls also that will say:
Thank you, ma'amr'' And then, Grand.
ma, l smelt something good and woke
up
Here's DR.. Trousseau come to say
good-day to thee. Cornflower," said
grandma all at once.
M. Trosseau put his hand on the
child's heart, then his ear. At this mo-
ment JAMS and his wife came In on tip
toe like shadows. holding their breath
Then NJ. Trousseau began to blow ont
his cheeks so as not to show his uneas-
mess He took his hat and umbrella
and ran to warn the curate at the pres
bytery, for the curate loved the Jams
and sometimes went on Sunday to eat
tart with them
When the clock struck nine Corn
flower woke up.
Grandma, isn't ST. Nicholas here
YETI"
No. Flower. ne hasn't come vet. but
he's passing over the place"
oh. grandma. let me see ST. Nicholas
pass over the placer
Stay quiet, Flower; ST. Nicholas
doesn't give anything to the children
who see him.
oh, grandma, I hear little Paurs
voice in the street calling: st. Nicholas
Is passing behind the house of the
butcher Kanu,' and little Marie's an
swering, No, he'll pass in an hour"
Papa Jams, hearing someone talking
came upstairs. and having wrapped
Cornflower in wooden petticoat he
took her to the window. where he lift
ed the little white curtain Snow had
fallen In the afternoon, and there was
nearly three inches lying on the ground
Every now and then Cornflower
heard the click of a door in the street
when neighbor would leave his house
10 go TO the inn, now a neighbours wife
in sabots and a. basket in her hand trot-
ted towards the umbrellas after care
fully turning the key.
Papa JAMS put Cornflower back in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26

ry of the country, including even per-
sonal records of the private soldiers
enlisted in the Revolutionary war They
are still tireless in increasing their
wealth of local historical resource.
Other parts Of the country are follow
ing their example, but vast amount
of valuable historical data was lost be-
fore such steps were taken.
The state of Maine last year COM
pleted the record Of d large collect ion
Of public documents regarding the ear
lest land ownership Of that state.
Maine historical students are now IS
pecially interested in securing MOI .
informatio regarding the earliest expe-
ditions against the French in Canada, a
large number of which were made be-
fore the Revolution.
A prize of 5000 IS annually awarded
by the association" for TIE best rEoIc-
graph upon a historical subject alter
mating between American and European
history In the even years the Justin
Winsor prize, named IN honor Of q for
mer president, is awarded for the best
monograph upon American history, and
in the odd years the Herbert Baxter
Adams prize is awarded the writer Of
the best monograph upon subject Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26
Is The Constitution Outgrown?

gone following
Arkansas
Oregon;
referendum promised platforms
of parties
Utah. Washington, Idaho Ohio.
confession partial failure of
system representative government
municipal affairs limited
Applied state affairs Impractical
initiative referendum applied affairs uncOnst
violating provision guaranteeing republican
Many of the students of
history coming
question
of public present
publicly
republican truth representative democracy
uquay khve predatory
toing politicians
ationary CRATER slave prejudice
yan, oppression
franchise gsbbe of Wall
clothing
hireing. Standard Oil tool
loving
epithet apply.
Nevertheless paiaty
United States
developed
treason, make the most of it.
druggist drug administering implements
punished
assist dope or better are
in
insurgents
discipline and leadership they would be formidable
big
immigration 1911 planned
Pos duty privilege the Lead
Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26

EEI HERE is nothing in all the world
w more just than happiness. moth
ing that will more faithfully
adopt the form of our SOUL or SO care
fully fill the space that our wisdom
filings open. Yes. it is most silent Of all
that there is in the world.
The angel of sorrow can speak ev-
cry languagethere is not a word but
she knows; but the lips Of the angel of
happiness are sealed, save when she
tells of the savage's joys. 1t is hun
dreds of centuries past that misfortune
was Graded, but happiness seems even
now to have scarcely emerged from its
infancy.
There are some men who have learned
to be happy; why are there none whose
great gladness has urged them to lift
up their voice in the name Of the silent
Archangel who has flooded their soul
with light? Are we not almost teach
ing happiness If we speak of it; invok-
ing it, if we let no day pass without
pronouncing it's name? And is it not
the first duty of those who are happy
to tell of their gladness to others?
All men can learn to be happy; and
the teaching of it is easy. II you live
among those who daily call blessing on
life, it shall. not be long ere you will
call blessing on yours.
Smiles are as catching as tears; and
periods men have termed happy, were
periods when there existed some who
knew Of their happiness Happiness
rarely is absent: it is we that know not
of its presence. The greatest felicity
avails us nothing If we know not that
we are happy; there is more joy in the
smallest delight whereof we are con-
scious. than in the approach Of the
mightiest happiness that enters not in
our soul
There are only too many who think
that they cannot have happiness: and.
therefore, is it the duty of such as are
happy to prove to the others that they
only possess what each man possesses
deep down in the depths of his heart.
To be happy is only to have freed
ones soul from the unrest of happiness.
It were well if from time to time there
should come to US one to whom for
tune had granted dazzling superhu-
man felicity, that all men regarded with
envy; and if he were very simply to say
to US: "All is mine that you pray for
each day; have riches, and youth, and
health; 1 have glory, and power, and
love; and if today am truly able ID
call myself happy, 1T is not on account
Of the gifts that fortune has deigned to
accord Ele, but Dccaus-- l nave learned
from these gifts To Tx M eyes lar
above happiness. If my marvellous tray
els and victories, my strength and my
love, have brought mo the peace and
the gladness 1 sought. it is only be-
cause they have taught me that it is
rot in them that the veritable gladness
and peace can be found. 1t was in my
self they existed. before all these tri-
umphs; and still in myself are they
now, after all my achievements and /
know full well that had but a little
wisdom been mine. 1 might have enjoy
ed all 1 now enjoy without the aid Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-26
Historical Resources of the
Country Enriched By Research

Work of American Historical Association Assumes National
Importance.
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