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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-06
MYSTERY OF MAINE
CANNOT BE SOLVED
General Bixby Says Internal
Explosion Caused It's
Destruction.

Washington. D. c.. July S.-Tne loss
OF the battleship Maine was caused
by the explosion OF her three maya
zines No such effect as that produced
upon the vessel could have been caused
by an explosion from without.
Such is the opinion Of general VII
liam II. Bixby. chief OF engineers. U.
S. A, who has returned from a per-
sonal inspection OF the work OF rails
ing the Maine.
General Bfxby said that a portion OF
the deck over the magazines was
blown upward and laid backward, and
he said there were numerous c0ndi-
lions of the hulk which proved that
no explosion from the outside could
have caused the same result.
What the primary cause OF the ex-
plosion was. said general Bixby,
never viii be learned"
General Bixby does not believe tbs
bodies of those who lost their HIVES
Will be found on the Maine. He says
they are probably buried 200 feet or
more from the wreck in the mud
While inspecting the work. general
Bixby prOdded around the bow OF the
vessel. He found By HIS sounding that
at least two-thirds OF the bow was
absolutely wrecked. The sides dad
been practically blown away, and we're
buried in the mud This. he said
showed conclusively that the wreck OF
the Maine was caused by an explosion
within the vessel.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-06

toiler my feel his heart lightened at
the sound which takes his thoughts
away from monotonous work
badly drawn and painted bit OF
landscape may yet give the eye which
looks only on commonplace and
dreary surroundings a moments re-
lief with it's splash of color, and an
inartistic statue may lift the thoughts
OF the passerby to the ideal which
the sculptor had in mind
But trashy verse. jolting. nunrythmi-
cal. devoid of music and Earring in
rhyme. can only bring misery and
sorrow to the heart of men an angels
1t is an unpardonabl sin.
And it is a cruel waste of time and
effort on the part Of the perpetrator
Kindness and sympathy, which my
correspondent says even poets have
not" were displayed in my letter
when I tried to prevent him from
thinking he could ever be a poet
The most cruel thing possible
would have been to offer such
writer the least encouragement to
continue
Let him turn his attention to the
things he CAN do.
And let him leave poetry and verse
for poets.
The Making of a Poet.
The making of a poet must begin
before his birth.
Let him accept his fate while His
Maker holds his hand to the grave"
and try to do something better than
write dreadful doggerel
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-06

TvERY man and every woman who
-. writes receives tons of manu-
- script from people who want to
write asking for criticism and advice
and assistance.
Long ago 1 learned that to read.
advise and attempt to aid such aspir-
ants meant giving up the time and
strength which were eecessary to my
own affairs.
Besides this, I learned that people
with real talent and with real
message for the world never troubled
any one but editors and publishers
with their manuscripts. They sent
directly to the market They did not
their wares.
At the age of IA this writer sent
her childish effusions 90 editors, never
thinking for a moment that any zone
but the editor himself could be of
any assistance to her. Whatever OBJ
stacle lay in her path she asked no
one but God to help in the removal
Candid and Not CEndied Opinion.
Every busy literary man and woman
instructs a secretary to send manu-
scripts back TO the writer's and give
the address OF some good, reliable
literary agent who makes a business
of reading and selling such effusions
as seem to be salable.
But sometimes. through mischiev-
Gus fate or accident, a poem will
reach the busy man or woman with
a request that it be read. and that
an honest, candid opinion be given
of its merits.
Such a letter reached me recently.
and I gave just what was asked, a
CANDID mot a CANDLE, opinion
1 wrote the would be poet that his
lines showed literary feeling. but
that he lacked the power of express
sion, and that he had better keep to
prose. I said 1t would be a waste
of his time to attempt to become
poet.
He has written me a sorrowful
and accusative letter.
He says 1 have destroyed hope
and driven him into a respondent
state of mind and his belief in hui
man kindness has received a death
blow. Then he adds the following
lines:
Child of feeling. in the world hard
is thy lot;
For kindness and sympathy, even the
poets have not.
In feelingless world all alone thou
dost stand. and hard is thy
task;
In feelingless world the hard cuts
the soft as long as life lasts,
But your. kind and good Maker will
try you to save;
VIII temper the winds. hold your
hand to the grave.
Nothing Like Cold Black Print.
Perhaps when the unhappy man
sees these dreadful lines in print he
will begin to understand the crime
against the muses. wnicn it was my
hope to save him from committing.
Perhaps he will scan them and see
how utterly devoid OF one poetical
quality they are; how TASK and
LASTS make themselves deadly foes
when trying to rhyme. and how
altogether awful is his attempt to be
poet
There is no crime against art
more ineXcusable than bad verse.
Wheezy music on an old street organ,
badly composed and rendered, may
yet lend a moments joyousness to a
dull, dingy street, and some weary
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-06

4 RECENT news item states that
~ Norwegian minister of the
Middle West has copied the
bible twice. once in English and c1ct
in Norwegian. He did this in the
spare time of a few months, and his
purpose was to gain "a deeper insight
and a broader meaning"
This news item deserves moro than
a passing notice on our part. rT-o
great facts are impressed by it which
are valuable to every reader OF this
paper.
Let US get at these facts:
William Corbett. the English writer,
once said, "The hand is a better re-
membrancer than the mind" b. this
he meant that what a man does with
the mind fixed on the hand IS lasting
Through the mental and physical act
he is so impressed that the act itself
stays by him: so does that for which
the act stands. William Corbett
practiced his rule. for while he rode
on horseback through the woods of
a pocket dictionary of the French
language. He tells about this in a
books of letters to his son Richard.
When books were less common and
more expensive, people read fe " but
read them much and well Cheap
book tempt us to read many vol
umes, but few of us learn TO read
hard enough and long enough 10
master their contents.
A Liberal Education.
1t would be a liberal education to
anyone to copy with his own hand
Dante's Divine Comedy, thinking out
every sentence as he wrote it: or
Goethe's Faust" or play of
SHAKESPEARE; or any other work upon
which time has placed its approval.
Few of us will ever do sucn 4.
thing, and yet the whole secret Of
mastering a book lies in just such
patient, plodding WORK. You have
often heard of the Nine Muses., of the
Seven Liberal Arts, of the Seven Wise
Men of Greece. Can you name them.
You may reply that you do not
need to name them. They are of no
use to you. This is probably true
But back of this lies the fact that
you could fix them, or any knowledge
you need TO have, by the simple act
of writing: of writing with care,
saying the lesson over to yourself
just as If you were your own teacehr
Out of such practice we should get
anxious to get-"a deeper insight and
a broader meaning"
Formerly, before the days Of print
ing, a man who wanted a book had
to borrow manuscript copy and
write il out. that is, copy it for him
self When a man does that, he wants
the book very much and he has it
both in his hands and in his head.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-06

prohibition organization recently pub
nShed and widely circulated a PAM
phlet containing 129 Questions and
answers" constituting the principal
campaign document of the antls; j.
L. Campbell, of FL PasO, Hn ardent
prOhfbitionfst, has undertaken to an
syyer the antfs' statements and aPgu-
ments. and as he quotes In his articles
the anff-statewide pamphlet practically
entire. it is felt that i'm printing this
SERIES TO run daily until July p (elec-
ton day., The Herald is fairly pre-
serffnE TO voters both sides of the
great question at issue. In no event
are the opinions here expressed or
quoted TO be taken an expression
Of this newspaPer.1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-06
A 20 CENT AID IN THE HERALD SOLD
$50 WORTH OF CHICKENS.

G. w. Robertson, who lives in Gov
eminent Hill, placed a 40 cent Chick
ems For Sale" ad in The Herald the
other day and from that one ad sold
$500 worth of chickens. It's easy to
place such ads in The Herald. Call
Bell 116, Auto 1115, state what you
wish and the ad will be inserted. Or
ask for a messenger and he will be
right I'D.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-06
SURGEON WHO CAN
MAKE TISSUE LIVE

DR.. Alexis CarreI, of New York, as
sociate member of the Rockefeller In
stitute for Medical Research, and one
of the foremost surgeons Of the world,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-06
A 40 CENT AID IN THE HERALD SOLD
$55 WORTH OF CHICKENS.

G. W. Robertson, who lives in Gov
eminent Hill, placed a 40 cent Chick
ems For Sale" ad in The Herald the
other day and from that one ad sold
$500 worth Of chickens. It's easy to
place such ads in The Herald. Gail
Bell 116. Auto Ills, state what you
wish and the ad will be inserted. Or
ask for messenger and he will be
right up.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry F. Mckinney and
Thomas A. Gi1key, of SOS East Missouri
street. left last evening for Los An
geles, Cal, and other coast towns.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-06

who has demonstrate ted before the royal
surgical clinic In Berlin his successful
experiments in continuing life and
growth of human tissues after they
have been separated from the body.
The surgeons studies along this line
are regarded in Berlin as Of great i'm
portance to surgery. DR.. Carrel was
born il. France and came to America in
1902
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-06
Ell. wh.ola. W.I. The Dreadful Doggere
A41U w ASVA of WouId-Be Poets

1t of Energy
Channe-A
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26

Governors perusal, as he is already
fully aware of the important bearing
this has on the protection of the
States game.
1.-THE State Printing Commission
does not regard as necessary volum-
inous treatise on meteorological condi-
tions, nor does it regard it necessary
to print the hundreds and thousands
of letters your department has re-
ceived, the printing of such CORE
spondence not being pertinent in the
matter of the enforcement of the
game laws"
Commissioner Tolerton says that
he will print and distribute the report,
even if he has to bear the expense
himself.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26
Dispersion Sale.
Sale will be held on farm one-half
mile east of Virginia, NO., on

Sale will be held on farm one.half
mile east of Virginia, No., on
Friday, November Sd, 1911,
As head thoroughbred Duroc Jersey
hogs Consisting of few extra good
bears and gifts of September, 1910,
farrow; 2 tried brood sows; the bal
ance are bears and gifts of May, 1911,
farrow.
8 calves-One early spring heifer;
2 summer calves, steer and heifer.
TERMS-$l5 and under, cash in
hand; over that amount 9 months time
will be given on bankable note with
interest at 6 per cent. 6per cent dis
count for cash. No property to be
removed until terms of sale are COM
piled with. JAS. H. PARK,
Butler, NO., Route s.
j. X. Harmon, Auctioneer.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26

like man COW hardly ever kicks
unless there is something to kick
about.
Potato digging time is with us and
when it is possible it is good plan to
throw the tubers out and leave them
on the ground long enough so their
eyes can get used to the sun before
picking them up.
Painting young apple trees with
pure linseed oil and white lead is
said to protect them from rabbits,
mice and borers. It looks reasonable
and is worthy of trial, at least on a
small scale, but no turpentine or dry
er must be used with the paint.
Those who were waiting for rain
before using their King drags have
got what they were waiting for. Ev-
erything comes to him who waits and
sometimes it comes in punches.
When was a boy and did little
husking for the neighbors after the
corn on the "home place" was all in
the crib, not a wagon in the country
was equipped with shoveling end
gate. All used shoveling boards,
and almost stood on our heads when
Starting the load" Nowadays, all
have shoveling endgates that let down
at the back, and some of the larger
corn farms are being equipped with
power elevators, thus doing away
with shoveling entirely. The world
certainly ''do move"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26

pa. P. Sutton, Butler, SIG.
25-J. R. Nave, Kansas City, $28.
26-Frank Brumett, Carthage, $50.
30. F. Peipmeyer, Appleton City,
$21.
28-J. E. Harvey, Montrose, SIS.
29-J. N. Huddleston, Butler, $16.
80. R. Nave, Kansas City, $40.
31-J. S. Santurper, Higginsville,
$34.
32-Walter Ray, Lewis, Kans., $45.
33-S. N. Hodgson, Parker, Kan
sas, 1924.
&C. E. Warford, Altoona, $27.
35-Wm. McKibben, Butler, $40.
36-M. Wetterhold, Drexel, $40.
37-Frank Brumett, Carthage, $21.
38-J. R. Nave, Kansas City, $50.
39-Wm. Z. Baker, Rich Hill, $23.
Adv. B. Wallace, Bunceton, $40.
4l-John Belcher, Raymore, $26.
42-J. R. Nave, Kansas City, $25.
43-Eugene Smith, Pittsburg, Kan
sas, $23
44-A L. Pipes, Butler, SIS.
As. Heathuron, Rinehart, SIS.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26
Attention Farmers.

The corn contest now being con.
Quoted by the Peoples Bank will close
Wednesday, November LIST.
Anyone living in Bates county is
eligible to enter corn in the contest.
Attractive premiums will be awarded
on both white and yellow corn.
Enter ten ears of your best corn.
You might be winner.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26
Printing Commission Answers
TOlertOn.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Oct. A.-Sec-
rotary of State Roach went on record
today as being opposed to the State
paying for the printing and distribu-
ton of report from the State Game
and Fish Commissioner, which con-
tains number Of large pictures Of
the Governor and the Game and Fish
Commissioner, "Afloat on White
River"
The protest of the Secretary Of State
is continuation of the controversy
between the State Board Of Printing
Commissioners and State Game and
Fish Commissioner Tolerton. Com
missioner Tolerton asked the Secre-
tary to point out the Objectionable
parts Of the report. The Secretary
replied today, indicating what the law
says should be in the report.
The Stats Prntine Commission, .,
says Secretary RoacA, does not r..
gard q score or more d full-pa0e
PICTURES Of yourself and the 0overnQr,
Alloat On While River q necessary
information to Be printed for the
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26
RESULTS OF CHARTERS HOG
SALE

No. of Animal, Purchaser and Price
Paid.
ii. R. Nave, Kansas City, $66.
2-W. B. Wallace, Bunceton, $50.
3-Wm. 0. Powell, Greenridge,
$33.
ed. R. Dorsey, Girard, Kansas,
$36.
81. r. Nave, Kansas City, $50.
81. P. Edwards, Butler, $26.
7-Eugene Smith, Pittsburg, Kan
sas, $25.
8-Ray Johnson, Southmound, Kan
sas, Sal.
ga. j. Erhart & Son, Adrian, $780,
los. Heathuron, Rinehart, $40.
lis. N. Hodgson, Parker, Kan
sas, $50.
12-J. R. Nave, Kansas City, $24.
13-Jerry Callahan, Athol, $23.
l4-W. G. Sellon, Butler, $26.
15-Roy Wilcox, Butler, $18.
16-Bert Hartman, Pilot Grove,
$50.
17-Lawrence O'Keefe, Stilwell,
Kansas, $40.
18-Frank H. Kent, Shelbyville,
$50.
19-J. P. Gamer, Butler, $2l.
20-J. A. Herman, Butler, SIG.
21-Wm. Seelinger, Butler, $40.
22-C. E. Henry, Butler, $22.
81. L. Wix, Butler, SIS.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-26
Circuit Court.

Spencer VS. Mo. Pacific Ry. Co.;
plaintiff takes non-suit with leave to
move to set aside.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-10
LOCAL EREYlTIES.

l.. Shuman T. Son sent hoilntllul
supply OF ice cram and cake TO the
inmates OF the Poor House yesterday.
The New Alexandria property adver,
tised to he sold at Fairfax Courthouse
Saturday was purchased by James S
Swartz for $50, 900.
A box of matches which became ig'
nited in his coat pocket. caused some
alarm to William Rudd while nc was
Standing at the corner OF Ming anu
Royal streets vest rday evening about
seven o'clock. He GOT out OF the coat
as quickly as possible and cstinguishec
the garment.
A meeting Of the Chamber of Com
merce will be held at o'clock tonight
Messrs. William A. Smoot ant
Edgar Wartield left Washington a
ten O'Clock this morning for Albany
n. y, for the purpose OF receiving the
battle flag Of the Seventeenth Virginia
regimrht which was captured by ;
New York regiment during the civi
Wa,I
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-10
t;a.i;.lel Il, f,HsE, A,istioasaf

as.rOFsvAttAfiG TRACTS or
y land, partly Ii tts city oil AieSdh'
dria and partly intho county OF AieXan-
dri: Va. containing I.lg0l acres vi i:thu'
with lI.I. 10 fee; water front Oh The | oto,
mac river. average low tide line; ana
Stppcsed TO contain Valuable Dr'cH
clay.
ton Court of the City OF Alexandra. ' II
GINA, rendered May lIth, i9ll. IN tns
chancery cause of Taylor Morrison, et
ais. VS. Edward p. Cooper. ct ais, the
undersigned Special Commissioners OF
Sale will sell ut public auction at l.
O'Clock noon on
SATURDAY. JULY 22ud. 1911,
i'm front OF the Royal street entrance 10
tie market Building, Alexandria VII
oinia. the ful!owin" > tract, Of iihd sit
uate parity in The city ofAl-Xandrla and
partly III the County OF Alexandria, II
ginia. to-wlt: -
Iardan is bounded on the west by Inc
east line Of ROYAL street extended, on
the east by the west line Of the il%ht o!
way OF the W. o. & w. branch oil the
Southern Railway. and on the solltn ny
Third street. and has frontage oil % y
feet on Royal street.
Tract No. > contains 3 .,3.3 acres oil
land and is between the right OF way OF
the ". .. Il w. branch OF the Southern
Railway and the Potomac river. win 4
frontage on the Potomac river ol ll2t:12
feet. beginning alta point SNORT els
rancr north Of First street and running
north.
Tract No. .;rontainS 3.2l39 acres oil land
and Is between the right OF way oil the
w. -. * w. branch ui the Southern
Railway and Fairfax street, ana hoftl
of n line ruunin. south - degrees -
minutes east from 4 point III the east
line Of Fairfax street 4 short distance
south Of First street. and has frontage
OF >tj.S1 feet on Fairfax street.
Tracts %oS and 8 are partly III the
city Of Alexandria ana partly IN Inc
cotluty Of Alexandria.
TERMS DF "a LIE: One third OF The
purchase money III r:tSh aud The bal
ancr in Two equal insialmcnls IT SIN ana
twelve months from the date OF sale, or
all cash At the option OF the purchaser
The deferred instruments, 10 bear inter
est at the legal rate and 10 be secured by
the notes of the purchase OF purchasers
Thereof. and the retention oil the title I'M
ill the paymcnt of the purchase money
in full Conveyance 1T the cost o! the
purchaser or purchasers. The sad
tracts will be sold rs whole or III sep
al-,te parcels rs To the undersigned com
nIlssIuucrs may seem best Tor the inter
est ofthc parties.
~ survey and plat OF the said tracts OF
land made in June 1911, can be seen 1t
the Office OF the auc;ionccr or 1T the
Office Of the undersigned.
JOHN NJ. JOHNSON,
SAMUEL p. FISHER,
Commissioners of sale.
This is to certify that samuel /.
Fisher. one of the commissioners OF sale
has given bond as required by the de
cree i'm thIS cause.
NEVILLE S. GREENAWAi
td CLERk
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-10
UNION SERVICES SUCCESSFUL.

The attendance at the union services
OF the First Baptist, Methodist Protes'
tamt, Trinity Methodist and Southern
Methodist churches every Sunday night
July are passing the expectations OF
tn, pastors OF those churches and bid
fair to The continuance Of these services
during August. Last night the con,
grngations Of the respective churches
ointd in union service at the Southern
Melhodi church and listened to the
sermon OF Rev. C. A. Lutirell, pastor
OF Trinity Church, and who took for
his subject The Open Door to Oppor-
tunity." The music was furnished by
the choir Of The Southern Methodist
Church and will be furnished by the
choir OF each church as the services are
held in that church. Next Sunday the
pastor Of the Methodist Protestant
Church, Rev. 5. w. Rosenbergcr, will
preach in the Trinity Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-10
SATURDAYS REGATTA
WAS GREAT SUCCESS.
Old Dominion Boat Club Holds An.
nual Event. MAY be Repeated
Shortly.

The regatta of the Old Dominion
Boat Club which was held on Saturday
afternoon was great success. The
boat house on the Potomac was crowded
With spectators who were greatly inter
ested in the various events.
The most important race was the
fouv-oared shell won by j. t. Burke,
Dr.. J. W. Burke, C. ]. Dienelt, and ].
5. Douglas, with Mr.. Douglas Oh the
stroke oar. The second crew vas com
posed OF Z. S. Fawcett, 5. NJ. Dent, j.
W. Roberts, ir., and ]. H. Richardson,
stroke.
Among the other events the single
canoe was won by Joseph Do~ney;
double gigs, A G. Uhler and W. IL. 1.
Brooke; double canoes, Julian Downey
and O. III. Rcanlon; tub race, W. IL. I.
Brooke with DR.. J. ". Burke and j. /.
Burke, jr., second and third respec-
lively. The swimming race was won
by A. G. Uher, IT,, DIR. J. W. Burke,
Julian Downey, Charles Wright and
Richard b. Washington also competing.
The officials Of the events were:
Starter, William l.. Allen; referee, VIC
tor Emerson, ir., and Judge, Z. ). /.
Burke.
The club expects to hold regastas
more often in the future. Work will
be started at once on the addition to
the club house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-10
POLICE COURT.

Justice II. 3. Cation presiding.
The following cases were disposed Of
this morning:
Thomas Butler, charged with being
dlsorderIy ana lighting, was dismissed.
Melinda Level and Gertie Level,
charged with disorderly conduct, we're
fined So each.
Harry Bruin, charged with being
drunk ami disorderly, was given 90
days in jail.
Oscar Harris, charged with assault
ing and cutting Joe Tinlbers with a
knife, was fined SO.
John Johnson. charged with as ault-
ing Mamie Evans, was iined 50.
a young man, charged with assault,
was dismissed.