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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
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Madame. viii you walk and talk with
meg
And the lady answers:
Though YOU give me the keys to heav-
en-, though you give me the keys to
heaven,
No, will not walk; no, will not talk;
No, will not walk nor talk with thee"
And then he goes on and offers her
in turn. a grand blue gown, a coach
and six and several other wonderful
things. but still she answers prudentIy.
NO. I will not walk nor talk with
thee" Finally he sings:
Il will give YOU the keys to my heart.
and we shall be married till death
do US part;
Madame. will You walk; madame will
you talk;
Madame. Will you walk and talk with
me?''
That is quite different matter, you
see. and now the lady sings demureIy:
You shall give me the keys TO your
heart,
And we shall be married till death US
do part.
Yes. viii walk: yes. Twill talk;
Yes, 1 will walk and talk with thee"
Don't think for moment that 1 ad-
wise girls to look upon every man they
meet as a possible husband
A girl may enjoy a good friendship
with a man without a thought of love
on either side And every girl has sew
eral harmless little love affairs ere she
meets the right man.
There are plenty OF men of the Ros-
coe Sanbcrn type travelling about
Beware of them; don't accept their
worthless attentions and don't be fool
ish enough TO write TO them
The way TO detect one OF the type is
by not accepting his attentions until
you find out something about him.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
The Herald's
Daily Short Story

france, perhaps, but never in England"
1 said 1 had done it, Osborne" 1 ex-
claimed. a little hurt.
W hat fun bet you can't even stay
IN that safe there three minutes" he
replied, and pointed to large safe in
the wall
Nonsense, Osborne 1 cried. Il spoke
or staying under water and you talk Of
a safe"
Well do you want to bet?"
He stood up, opened the safe and
pointed politely to the door. Holloway,
MACEDONIAN and Climber were laughing
aloud 1 looked at the interior of the
safe. 1t was empty and quite roomy
enough to hold man when he sat
down and bent his head. l did not
want to ''welch"
How much do you want to bet, Os-
borne?"
a sovereign"
Good! But you promise me to open
the door as soon as the three minutes
are over. No monkey business"
No, 1 promise
1 entered the safe, made myself as
small as possible and said to Osborne:
Now, old chap, you may close the
door"
He shut the heavy door and I found
myself in utter darkness 1 could just
move my head and hands a little, but
could hear nothing but the ticking of
my watch. After what seemed TO be
an eternity I heard the key truning in
the lock and the door opened and 1 was
happy to Sc daylight once more
You've Won" said Osborne. Shaping
my shoulder, here is your sovereign,
old boy
L have earned it, too 1 said. as 1
pocketed the coin. for it was darned
uncomfortable in there, l tell you"
1T must have been quite easy, since
you nave done it, Froggy.''
1t Is good deal easier, when you
hove done it, 1 retorted.
oh, rot, i bet another sovereign l
will stay in there for six minutes and
think nothing of it." he leased
We'll, L accept your bet"
Without another word he took off his
coat and sat down inside the sefe, rest
ing his chin on his knees He was
taller than 1 and his position more I'M
comfortable 1 slammed the door and
we began to wait.
One mfnute-tWo minutes passed
passed time by telling the others of
my sensations while l was inside the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
THE BET
BY George Maurevert.

ITO I NEVER bet. On June ID.
III 1885. l swore a solemn oath I
- would never bet and 1 have
kept my word now for more than 25
years. 1 Will not break it today June
IS. 1885, you can't imagine what hap
pened to me that day, or you would un-
derstand why l quit betting.
Poor Jimmy Osborn. If had only
known! But it was just as much his
own fault He wanted to go Froggy
one better Froggy was L He had
given me the nickname because 1 was a
Frenchman, a frogeater. as they say
in England.
You need not look at me so. I am
not going out of my mind, but it al
ways makes me excited TO think of the
safe.
do not like to think of it, far less to
speak of it, but 1 will tell you the story
that you may understand why L never
bet, why 1 took a solemn oath never
to do so.
1 was then a young clerk employed
by Miller Brown, lawyer at Croyd, a
town in Surrey. an hours ride from
London. Ny father, who was prOmi-
nent notary at Rouen, had got the po-
sition for me, because he wanted me to
become acquainted with English law
and because Miller Brown was a very
old friend of his.
|. 1 had four fellow clerks-Jim Os-
borne, Teddy Climber, John Holloway
and Fred MACEDONIAN, all nice fellows,
but jingoes TO the finger tips.
That day, the 18th of June, 1885, Mr..
Miller Brown had gone to Carshalton
to visit a friend and to inform him of
the marriage of his daughter. Jessie
Miller Brown, 20 Jim Osborne, his sec
rotary, because he wanted him to be a
witness at the ceremony
When we had finished our work we
all gathered at Jim Osbornes office at
four o'clock in the afternoon for cup
of tea and a friendly chat. We were
all very much interested in a feat per-
formed at a Croydon music hall by a
Hindoo who remained seven minutes
at the bottom of glass tank filled
with water.
TT is simply astonishing" 1 ex-
claimed. The best 1 have been able to
Go in that line is TO remain under water
for minute and a half, and that is a
pretty long time, l tell you
You Froggy," cried Osborne, do
you mean to say you can stay under
water for a minute and a half? In
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
8 4 Years Ago To-
From The Herald OF Io7
This Date 1898. 00

Charley Layer has been up from the
City of Mexico.
W. A Hawkins, of Silver City, is In
town for a day
DR.. and Mrs LOzer have returned
from California
Candidate Gillette, for the district at
torneyship, arrived from the east to-
day.
Col. Mills and secretary Happier have
gone to Santa Rosalia to take a course
of baths.
Dr. Penrose arrived last night from
Arizona and goes north tomorrow to
Pueblo on mining business
Engineer ]. 1. Campbell returned this
morning from the COrralitOs country
and says that the line has been sur
veyed for the entire length, 125 miles,
to CorralitOs-
Grand chief Clark, of the order OF
railway conductors, arrived this morn
ing from the east and is being shown
around town by conductor Dillon.
A Fort Worth special says that it
is claimed that a man named John Nor
gan, Of FL PasO. was killed by a recent
collision on the Katy.
Andreas Fierra, employed at the cop
per smelter, was badly burned about
the body this morning
A bicycle road race is on deck for
the 9th instant, and many of the To-
cal racers are entered for the same
1t will be a handicap
Ourel. "the Soy hynotist." aroused
his man Moran. on the stage at the
opera house last night after he had
lain abed in an 81 Paso street show
window for two DAYS Something Of
sensation was created by lawyer Nc
Religions denunciat ton Of the exhibit
tion as a fake, Dr. Gallagher said he
believed there was something off color
about the show window sleeping
W H Tuttle will have his bike lamp
trimmed ard burning "agin" the police
come these nights, as his recent little
remissness cost him a big round dol
lar
". J. Harris drove over the river this
morning so horses and mules to be
used in the construction Of the Cor
ratios road.
The international dam commission
has adjourned TO meet in Washington.
October IS. next. Their the commission
reconvenes in Fl Psso on December I.
Eugene AragOn. Of Roswell. cut his
throat in the local Jail the other day
and Immediately bIed to death. ATagon
was convicted with Antonio Gonzales
OF the murder Of Charles W. Van Sickle
a cattleman, on February ,12. 1894. in
the upper part of Chaves county. and
was TO have been hung September "a
Dr. Bulmer leaves this evening for
Cases Grandes. Mexico.
Metal market: Silver, So Ste lead,
$3.50; copper, 10 1-Sc: Mexican pesos
Ell PasO and Juarez, SOC
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17

safe. Three four, five minutes. Now
there are only twenty seconds left.
Now ten, now five. Osborne has won.
Holloway, who acted as timekeeper.
arose to open the door. Suddenly he
turned towards US and said in a
changed voice:
Where is the key? 1t is not in the
door,
We looked all over. on the floor. on
OsbOrnes desk. everywhere. No KEY
Suddenly we all looked at one another
the same idea struck US, the same
words fell from our trembling lips:
osborne has the key in his pocket"
From the safe came now the muffled
sound of faint blows. II was Osborne
who knocked at the door of his prison
The time seemed too long to him, and
1, who knew from experience how ne
must feel, understood; it must have
been an age to him.
The knocks grew louder We were all
pale with terror.
Isn't there another key?"-I asked
Yes, but MI Miller Brown has that"
Holloway replied, and he won't be
back until six
MACEDONIAN had run for a locksmith
The man came. bringing his tools. lie
knew all about the CHASTITY job from
MACEDONIAN, but he shook his head ano
said: 1T is impossible to open the
safe; you will have to telephone the
manufacturer to send an expert"
But the manufacturer office is II.
Cheapside. in London"
The blows within grew more violent
more desperate. and seemed to break
my very heart. Holloway. who had
buried his face in his hands. sobbed.
We will have to wait for the return
of Mr.. Miller Brown ard he won't be
here for another hour at the earliest
1 shall never forget the terrible hour
that followed while we were waiting
at the safe, and 1 heard the blows
gradually grow more and more faint
and at last stop altogether. I shall
not describe Mr.. Browns arrival, the
despair of Jessie or the terrible sight
of the cOnvulsed body. with its bloody
hands. its wide open, staring eyes. and
the hair that had turned white in spots.
Now you viii understand why do not
bet.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
We Must In Self Defence

oLoRADo planning demonstration the National irrigation e
6 gress opposition such features OF the RO OIA CANA @ f
oses at the sources of Colorado The Denver papers
ton PnlPO $50 On canpaqn of agitation with
i The Colorado taken foT from general
for state irrigation water IN interstate streams " SP
the settlement
n ion n the controversy pisy ignores; that
% IF b United States by prior appropriation all the flood waters OF
M @ c ann al the unapOpated flow that may be
necessary to fill big filled This Ight 0y P 9
o Colorado would be maintain if it were exercised IN
to own behalf but in been exercised by the united
States behalf people Mexico and Texas and order
the fulle Mexico Colorado questions the y " w
and claims right of the Rio GTande
hn her own regardless of the prior claims and rights the MO
The o1Doon in Colorado the plans for Rio Grande
reclamation growing during number OF years. and nc" tnt
the Enge has actually begun ana the " W
project expected Colorado has reached the climax bitterness
Of opposition to the FO Oldnue S'' " 9
So for bie fight at the National Irrigation
the end had its travelling oven
affected by the restriction OF OF
irrigation water from upper These travelling correspondents have
letters to their that are designed and calculated
arouse bitter feeling hostility of New Mexico and Texas and
the fulHlmen of the reclamation service
Under imperative that FL PasO and the esa valley
at the Pueblo congress once OF twice oelO
the strength Of the prevent adverse action IN
the congress held Colorado with all the pos
the convention to improper commitments by mere 1
Pueblo congress make
up lack numerically The larger number OF
that from here to the congress m more VIII
prevented from taking any radical action adverse to the
Grande project
While it appears project
of longer subject
Washington gladly might be afforded
by congress public exenuat Of improper
of interference
Provision
go The complete and
highly desirable departure
i dTbtf bef vion for eveTv participant The DaItv Will visit
Colorado Springs, anou interest
with convenience provided for
pleasure of the delegates
With the carriage Announcements
Europeans yet got They still
their faithful servants
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
The City Commission Congress

of
of expected
Importance United Ocaled
in
experience students of municipal will
sernble
growing
planning
cipalgo governmental
Illustrating to a
government. in
every
government.
timely largely
productive of good.
groomed candidacy Democratic
in
reliable
# a
nominating clean
candidates would easily several Republican candidates
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
TR AIGHT TALK
WITH BOYS AND MEN
Happiness Not Through Success
BY DR.. MADISON C. PETI

p & OST men look for happiness
MI through business and COM
mercial success forgetting
the lesson of universal experience that
happiness is within.
If you would draw concord of
sounds from the world without, you
must carry music in your heart. just
as the artist who sits before the richly
toned instrument must have the mu-
steal idea in himself before ne can call
forth floods of melody from its ODE
dent keys. As Schiller Justly inquiries.
Doth the harmony
In the sweet lutte strings belong
To the purchaser. who. dun of ear. doth
keep
The instrument? True he hath bought
the right
To strike it into fragments-yet no art
To wake its silvery tones. and melt
with bless
OF thrilling song. Truth for the wise
exists
And beauty for the feeling heart"
The most abject poverty cannot COM
pei you TO be unhappy; the most favor
able state in life cannot insure lis
pleasure Upon yourself alone depends
the power Of circumstances to inbitter
OF 10 HdTfn- O0lN De AT peace WITH
yourself living the lovely life. living
on cheerful hopes. and as a poet said:
''HOpc-the sweet bird-while that
the air can fill,
Let earth be icc-the soul has
summer still"
Who has not seen persons rejecting
what is pleasurable in scenes of rev
elTy. actually busy extracting torture
from them,
But midst the thrOnS in merry
masquerade.
Lurk there no hearts that throb
with a secret pain
Fen through the closest Cerement
half betrayed
To such the gladness of the game
some crowd
Is source of hayward thought and
stern diSdain:
How they loath the laughter idly
loud.
And long to change the reveI for
the shrOud."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
THE indefinite postpOnement Of
+ scheduled event has seldom

CFHE indefinite postpOnement Of
scheduled event has seldom
brought SO much disappointment
to any class of people as the abandon
ment of the power boat race through
the Whirlpool Rapids ct Niagara Falls
This event was TO have occurred today.
Ever since the announcement was made
last spring that a purse of $1,000 and
$500 gold cup would be awarded to
the winner of race through the rap
ids. the whole power boat world has
been looking forward to this event
The death of one of the entrants to the
race, tOwether with the assertion of
many that they could not get their
boats ready in time, led to the post
pOnement. 1t is announced. however,
that the offer of the cup and the purse
still stands, and that the race may be
expected to take place next year. In
the meantime those who intend to par
ticipate in the race will have abundant
opportunity to perfect their boats.
Shooting the Rapids.
Only once in the history of naviga-
ton on the Niagara river has q vessel
been taken through the dangers of the
channel from Suspension bridge to
Lewiston. That event occurred in
midsummer, 1861. Some years before
that date a steam craft known as the
Maid of the Mist, was placed in com
mission at the foot of Niagara for the
accommodation of sightseers who Wis
tied the falls. 1T soon was found that
the venture was not a profitable one
and the owners decided to sell the boat
They secured an offer for it on condi-
ton that it should be delivered safely
at Lewiston. Volunteers were called
for to take the craft through the
Whirlpool Rapids, and four men agreed
to brave the dangers of the trip. On
June 6. with a full head of steam on
and everything in condition to meet as
bad a storm as ever blew the seas, the
lines were cast off and the Maid of the
Mist shot down through the rapids.
Only fifteen minutes after leaving it's
mornings the vessel arrived safely at
the dock at Lewiston, twelve miles
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17

N OSCOE SANBORN, whom his wife
X denounces as a 'fascinator," won
the brief affection of 1S5 women.
He is the sort of man who makes love
to every woman he meets, and, though
1 regret to say it of my own sex, there
are many women who are only too
ready to place faith in the flimsiest OF
lovemaking. He is the sort of man.
who could make 1S5 women love him
for a little while. but he could not win
the lasting love of one woman.
He was a man who travelled a great
deal, and he made love to every girl he
met. To the girls in small towns
stranger is always interesting. especial
ly If he comes from a large city.
His wife justifies her own faith in
him by making much OF his attentive
ness That is natural; any woman
would be anxious to explain her love
for a bad man. Of course he was at
tentive; for the time being she was the
woman he cared for most and he made
every effort to please her.
Any man is attentive to the woman
he is trying to please.
One hundred and eighty-five women
have written foolish or compromising
letters to an unprincipled man. 1 hope
that ten times 1S5 girls will learn les
son from this. and refrain from writing
silly, gushing letters to men.
The chances are that every one of the
1s5 girls and women took SanbOrn on
his own recommendation
Knowing almost nothing about him,
they accepted his attentions and, &C
cording to many of the letters, permit
ted his lOve-making.
Don't imagine you love a man sim
ply because you are sure you could live
happily with him.
Wait until you are quite sure that
you can't live happily without him,
and then it will be time enough to
think you are in love.
When Man Loves.
And how are you going to be sure
that he is in love with yOu2
When he is really in love he will ask
you to marry him, and he will want
your parents consent. es well as yours,
so as to make it more binding. Until
then don't place much waith in his pro-
testations.
Do you know an old song that goes
like this? The man sings:
I Will give you the keys TO heaven, 1
VIII give you the keys TO heaven
Madame, will you walk; madame. Will
you talk
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17

"1HE eighth wonder of the world is
woman's conscience.
ANTAGONISTS have disSected for
us q womans heart Psychologists
have analyzed the secret motives that
animate it; romancers and poets have
barred its thrills and palpitations to our
gaze but nobody has ever been reck-
less enough to even attempt to explore
a woman's conscience and set forth
how 1t works, its wonders to perform
1t is a thing of contradictions-of
weakness and strength, of narrowness
and limitless width. of rigidity and i'm
measurable fleXibility, and no human
being-possibly not even the owner
thereof-knows which phase of its
character it is going to exhibit or on
which tack it is going off on any par
ticular occasion.
The contemplation of the vagarieS of
the marvellous feminine conscience is
particularly edifying at this season
when every returning steamship is
loaded down with noble Christian wo-
men who are returning home, and en-
gagged in the piouS act of trying to
smuggle dutiable goods. Already we
have had not less than q dozen cases
where women of large wealth and high
social standing in this city, and other
cities, women of education and refine
ment, have been caught, red handed.
with jewels and costly laces concealed
about their persons. and fine gowns and
fUrs hidden in their trunks under false
bottoms
When confronted with their loot
these women have calmly and deliber-
ately lied rs to when and where the ar
ticles were purchased, swearing that a
string OF brand new pearls was family
heirloom; that a gold bag with the
stamp of shop in the Rue de Ia Paix
on it was purchased on Sixth avenue,
and that a gown that was the last cry
of Paris was an old rag that had been
taken abroad by its owner.
Now. look you. these women are not
poor little shopkeepers. tempted be-
penny by doing a little smuggling.
They are in almost every case. women
of wealth, amply able to indulge them
science as well as a new diamond dog
collar. Moreover they are women OF
otherwise Improbable character hon
ored and respected in the communities
in which they live.
Ordinarily they do not steal nor lie,
nor cheat. You might leave your
pocketbook with perfect impunity on
such a woman's dressing table You
would be safe in believing anything
that she. told you as a matter of fact
and if you had any bushes dealing
with her she would act perfectly
squarely with you.
How, then can you explain the fact
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17

away. minus it's smoke stack, but plus
one of the most thrilling adventures
ever experienced by boat and It's
crew. In later years another boat OF
the same name has operated beneath
the falls for the benefit OF tourists
From that day to this no other vessel
under rOver he's succeeded in reSoti-
ating the rapids, and it had come To
be an accepted belief that all further
attempts 10 make the trip would result
in failure But since the rise Of the
modern power boat there are many
who believe that the Suspension
bridge-LewistOn voyage can safely be
made 1t is this belief that has led 10
the offering of the purse and the cup
for the winner of a race through the
rapids.
Nisson's Brave Attempt.
In 1900 a man by the name or Nilsson
concluded that he could go through
the channel unsc2thed. He built boat,
the lines of the hull being similar to
those on the boats which were entered
for the race planned for today He de-
cided first to try the rapids without
power, but in doing so was not able
to get out of them until assisted by
line from shore The next year he
built an engine in his boat, and with an
assistant James Rich, essayed to go
through the rapids under steam power
The keel OF the vessel was heavily
weighted with iron, and the trip prom
ised to be successful But when his
boat reached the rapids the rudder
was torn off. and it was only through
the aid of a line from shore that he
and his companion We're able to escape
alive. Their boat went down and was
never again seen nor heard of. No
one knows how deep the Whirlpool
Rapids are Neither the photographic
office nor the coast and geodetic sur
vey ever have attempted to make
sOundings. However, it is the belief
of those who have made a study of
modern power boats that not only is it
possible to pass safely through the
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U"c1mk Wars Denafured Poem

tbs words anu
loose lou ma"
dumb and sawbOrs ana
bills you'll breathe
wish in that had sailed down some
bones" Their 50
once [ carried bundles to the BANK
untnex ton mademe
roll Oudd do to a
brokeh banker cart! l I
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repairs like the good
waste wealth
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ELING AGENTS.

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&c subscribe for
The Herald should
beware Of impos-
tiers ard should
not pay money to
anyone unlecs he
can show that he
Is legally author
lied by the FL
Paso Herald.
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CIRCULATION.

The Herald bases
ell advert 5 n g
contracts On a
ua = g \ tie 9 OF
more thar twice
the circulation OF
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per. Daily average
exceeding 10000