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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10

hills near Carbondale while hunting
Sunday afternoon. He made his way 10.
his home last night and q few minutes
after he returned at $3.50 o'clock he
dropped dead
The father was called from his ranch
near Carbonate. complained OF his
heart while en- route to his sons house,
and upon seeing the lfeless body he
fell across IL dead
The Huffs had lived in the Carbon
dale district for more than % years.
Other than Elmer's wife and young SON
no relatives survive.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10

CHARGED WITH THEET
Roman Rodriguez was arrested BY
the police Friday afternoon on COM
plant Of the Western Grocery company
who charge him with taking a sack OF
beans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01

much per day, and they were bound to get the worth of their money. One I shall never forget. His gigantic frame was such that I shall call him Goliath. When the party went down to the well the services in the chapel had just be- gun, and after pointing out the hole in the floor the guide brought them out. AS they came into the churchyard neard Goliath remark:
 q ain't satisfied"
 About what 2" said the guide
 q ain't satisfied about that well. How do know there's a well there?'
 "You saw it.: said the guide,
 Nav, T saw only hole in the floor. How do I know there's welH How do I know 1t has watera tell you ain't satisfied. Here i've come e000 miles to see Jacobs well, and how can I prove that I've saw it?"
 In short the man so protested that the guide took him back, stopped the serv- ice and had them let down the candle. Further than that he brought up some If the water which Goliath drank ar !, gulp. This huge doubting Thomas would not believe in the spot where, our Lord was baptized in the Jordan, saying that the banks were too steep. and that if he co,ildn't ticrawl down them no one, not even John the Baptist. could do 30.
 over the IIilIs From Jerusalem
 It took me just one day to come from Jerusalem to Shechem My outfit was Il three-horse team to which an Ameri- can dayton wagon was harnessed. The horses were good, and we drove up hill and down. on the trot. We started al Jaffa gate; past the place of the Skull, where General Gordon thought the Savior was cricined and then crossed the valley of KAdr14 We climbed Mount scopus, which joins Olivet, and rode under the hill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER

model of the five books of Moses, which they offered to sell for song The Samaritans are exceedingly poor and are despised by both Moslems and Jews.
 At Jacobs Well
 It was at Jacobs well. not far rom Nablous, that Christ met the Samaritan woman and told her of the water or which, if one drinketh, he shall never thirst, but there shall be in him well of water springing up into everlasting life.. You will find the story in the fourth chapter of St. John. This well is one or the holy sites of Palestine. about Which there can be no doubt. The village or Sychar corresponds to the village or Askar, which stands on Mount Ebal per l haps thousand feet away from the well where the Samaritan woman lived. The well itself lies just below the new carriage road from Jerusalem. l went through an olive orchard to reach it. IL Is surrounded by wall, and 1t is in the heart of a garden now owned by the Greek church, which has made IL resting place for pilgrims. They nave built a stone chapel over the well, ana services are held there several hours every day.
 Some of the priests went with us down the steps to the well. It lies right in the floor of the chapel. It is about three 1eet
 in diameter, built up with stones whicn [are laid in the shape of tube, pelns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01

and before Jacobs time. It is within where Ahab had his ivory palace and Where Herod the Great owned royal mansion and entertained, so 1t is said, his lords at his birthday party, while his step-daughter Salome came in and danced. You remember the story. Her dancing, which doubt not was that of the nautch girl so delighted King Herod that he told her she should have what ever she asked, even to the half of his kingdom. She thereupon, as her mother suggested, demanded the head of John the Baptist who was lying In prison nearby, and this bloody gift was brought in on Q great plate.or charger.
 The old town of Samarita has long since fallen to ruin. Its site is mound with some broken pillars and other debris ly- ing near it and an olive orchard not far away in which more of the columns are still to be seen.
 As to Shechem, or Nablous, 1t thrives, and Is one of the liveliest towns in the Holy Land. 1t is the chief commercial center between Damascus and Jerusalem and is populated almost altogether by Mohammedans. There are some Jewish merchants. but neither Jews nor Chris tians are welcomed. have been told to watch out as I go through the streets. and to take care not to provoke any one. Several times the boys have thrown stones at our party, and men spit as we pass them. People yell out "Naza- renes'' at us, and my guide refuses to let me photograph them. saying it will sure- ly get us In trouble. The city is so fanatl- cal that even the Christian women go about with wells ovef their faces. The English nurse, whnS iss working here m the charity hospital, e yelled like Mo- hammedan when she goes out on the street otherwise she would create com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01

Copyright, 1910, by Frank G. 'Carpenter9
 Nablous, Palestine.
 \ HAVE just had an interview with \ lineal descendant of Aaron, the brother of Moses. l refer to Jacob, the high priest of the samaritans. He belongs to the tribe of Levi, who in ancient times were at the head of the priesthood, and claims to have gene alogical tree which reaches from then until now. His family has lived here for more than 5000 years. and high priest has succeeded high priest until this man took the position at the age Of 15, his childless uncle, the high priest. having died. That was 60 years ago, and Jacob has been high priest ever since. He is now almost 80, and he looks, im- agine, as Aaron or Moses may have looked in the latter part of their lives. Over six feet in height, he has the face and form of prophet His long beard falls down upon his chest and his scholar ly face is refined and spiritual looking.
 The Oldest of Bible Manuscripts
 I met Jacob here at Nablous, on the site of old Shechem, within a stones throw of the we'll where Christ talked with the Samaritan woman. It is not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01
ExILED PRINCES MARRIAGE
Of More Interest to Royal Society Than
 to Royal Politics

From the Boston Transcript.
 The marriage of Prince Victor Napo- leon Bonaparte with Princess Clementine of Belgium has little political significance
 Though the bridegroom is the head of the Bonaparte family. he is not leader in any sense of the word. His father. the late Prince Napoleon, who was man of varied abilities. which were sick
 lied by hesitation. Prince Victor has not inherited his fathers talents, but is the heir to his infirinities. For 25 years lie has lived in exile, making no sign, and only formally regarded as their lead- CT by the Bonapartists. He has become of so little consequence that when few years ago the late King Leopold sounded fhe French government as to It's view of the proposed betrothal, 1t replied that ir was a matter of supreme indifference to the French republic whom Prince Victor married.
 All mankind loves a. lover, even if he has reached the mature age of 4@ It has built up quite romance out of the pro- saic .wooing of Princess Clementine, who IS K. by Prince Victor, though the latter according to current report is not of romantic temperament and moreover
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01

smoothly cut. One of the monks brought d pan which was tied to a rope in such way that it remained level. Upon this he placed lighted candle and then slow ly lowered it down into the we'll It de- scended perhaps 60 feet before 1t came to the water. The sill of the well is of marble, and shows the marks of the ropes which for ages have been lowered into 1t. The sill is some distance above the floor. and it may have been the original stone upon which Christ sat at that weary hour of noon.
 Jacobs well has been known and visited by pilgrims for many years. It was prob ably once even with the surface of the earth, but the debris and earth-washings from the mountains nearby have filled up the valley, and it is now considerably be- low the country about. Within the past year excavations have been made in the garden, and the remains of a church which was built over the well some 1500 years ago have been discovered. found immense granite columns and also many pieces of the stone walls of the church. I persuaded the Greek priest, who lowered the pie pan with the candle upon 1t into the well, to come into the sun and be photographed
 The Unsatished American
 While I was at the well party of travellers, conducted by one of the great tourist agencies, arrived. They were Americans, doing the Holy Land at so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01
Novel Safety Devices
m the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 A few days ago the American Mu- scum of Safety and Sanitation formal ly opened its permanent exposition in the United Engineering society's building.
 The museum will illustrate how in- vcntion has demonstrated the possi- bility of conserving human life through the production of safety devices. In the museum one sees many inventions which automatcilly protect man from himself, from the economies and thoughtlessness of others and the unex- pected causes of accidents. There Is q power metal punch in the operation of which it is necessary to carry the hand close to the moving parts. It is fitted with a small arm that automatically forces the hands away from the danger spot at the critical moment. It would seem to be impossible to invent gaso- line can which would be safe in the hands of a servant whose duties include lighting the kitchen fire. Yet such Q spectacle is to be found in the Museum Of Safety The mouth of the can may be lighted and a stream of gasoline poured from another can through the ring of flame into 1t without untoward result. The spout of the second can catches fire. too, when pouring is stopped, but no explosion scatters spec tators and exhibits. for it also is a safety can.
 There oilc gas cocks which cannot be accidentally opened. models of quick lowering lifeboats, collapsible lifeboats. six of which can occupy the space now usually required for one; protecting guards which keep the hands of opera atives out of the teeth of saws; blaming machines and cog wheels, and device for running clothes out of the rear window without onda n ue rin q fha lffa If the housewife. All these and many other inventions for conserving life are shown to be available for the use of trose persons who believe them worth while or who are obliged to place them in their factories becatlse of the laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01
Woman. Poetry Factory

From the Philadelphia North American.
 Comes, now, another one, Mrs. Eliza beth Smyth- Paige, who writes poetry on order for the members of the British smart set (and for commercial uses only cccasionally) and whose verse has flow cred not only in the love notes of the mighty, but also in the divorce courts over there, is all the way from Lon dontown to see if there isn't room for her sort Of thing on this side-if, really now, she maynt tuck a violet of thought amid the cold stone and plaster realities of our exitence here. or pin the rose or Inspiration, in passing, upon the orap garb of our everydays.
 Many persons socially prominent in Great Britain, Mrs. Smyth-Pa saio, often carry as many as six or seven UT her stanzas about in their heads ready TOT use all the time-in a love letter possipiy, to dash off into girls album, to recite at a dinner and that sort of thing. She really has more orders than she can fill good part of the time. and she hnds a growing demand for the output Of the flock of sweet-faced poetresses whom she keeps constantly employed. AS soon az a person uses up his stock or verses or gets too near the limit or ms stQcK III mind. he orders more. Of course much of the work is done to suit special cases to fit the color of a girls eyes or the subiect of discussion at dinner-and these are more expensive.
 The poetresses who do the work are very capable and can turn out stun ap- parently that Is a good imitation Of wnat the real. money-getting poets do. Mrs. symth-Paige only attends to the more important work, and the mill Is grinding away while she is on the trip here to see If 1t wouldn't be good busi- ness to establish an American branch of her works. A special line often called for are verses with blanks that may be filled in with a girls name or mans name, and ip this sort of thing Mrs symth- Paige and her cohorts initiate everything In the way of poetry from the profanity of KipIin9 to the tender lyric ism of Keats or Shelley. sgg,., N {
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01

shares the family failing. He has led the life of man of the world which is not censorious and nearing 50 settles down to lawful domesticity. By his mar riage he becomes more closely related With at least one regning dynasty of Great Britain, his wife having a strong in fusion of the Coburg blood, and he himself being descendant of the Wur- temburgs, with whom the house of Han- over intermarried. Altogether his mar riage Is of far more interest to royal society than 1t is to royal politics The Bonapartes are now at the very nadir of their fortunes. Victor's brother, Prince Louis, who is Russian genera, seems to be the only Bonaparte who ,ex- Eibits any trace of the old family en- ergy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01
Same ThinU

From the National Monthly
 Mr. Simpson was reading the news paper. Here's Chicago man got into drunken brawl and was stabbed to death," he said aloud.
 Ills wife glanced up from her knit ting and commented. Tn some low saloon. I suppose"
 No The paper says he got stabbed in the thoracic cavity"
 Same thing. You'd think the police would close such a place pp."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01
rreasurs-Troye Under Ice

Never in the history of Lake Pennesuee- wnssee was there better skating. The leo is 30 clear that objects can be distinctly seen on the bottom of the pond, and those who navigate motorboats are locating the rocks and shoals. Walter Pride lost . gold watch chain in the water last rum. mer, and the first of the week h6 saw it on the ponds bottom, cut through ton inches of solid ice and fished ID the chaiR neRe the worse for It's watery aodoure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01
ment, and her reputation and work

 might be ruined.
 Nablous has about 5000 people, and II is the center of a considerable trade. It is made LID of stone houses and stone bazars roofed with galvanized iron. Many of the houses are built over the streets and going through the town is like go- ing through catacombs Some of tho streets are so narrow that you can stand in the middle and reach both walls with your hands. Others are wide, but all arc dirty and filthy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-30
JACKSON HAS IT
ON BEGINNERS

Joe Jackson made a better record in
1911 than Ty Cobb. Eddie Collins or
any other young star in his first major
league season Cobb is the only one
of nine other stars who has ever hit
above 400. Joe hit .4os in his first
season.
Collins stole more bases in his first
major league season than Joe stole last
season. Joe passed the mark of all
others in every department. Collins
stole sixty-seven bases in 15s games
in 1909. Joe stole forty-one last sea
son.
Collins is Joe's closest rival in first
season batting. He hit .s4s in 1909
Cobb batted 1920 in his first major
league season, 1906. He was in
ninety-seven games. He batted $50
in 80 games i'm 1907.
None of the National league stars
has ever come close to Joe's record
Fred Snodgrass of the giants batted
.321 in 1910. lack Wheat broke into
the National league with Brooklyn in
1909 and batted .S04 in twenty-six
games. He batted .2s4 in over 100
games in 1910.
Fred Luderus. the Philly sIugger,
was regular last season for the first
time. and batted .3O5. 10S points less
than Jackson. Jake Daubert batted
.s14 in few games with Brooklyn in
1909. and .264 in over 100 games in
1910.
Stuffy McInnes started last season
to make a great record for his first
year as a regular major league per-
former. and finished at 1921. eighty
seven points under jackson.
Iris Speaker batted 1909 In 1909. his
first season as regular. He played in
lab games. Speaker batted .22O in
thirty zone games in 1908.
Ping Bodie Of the white sox was
touted TO give Jackson a hard run.
He showed early that he would not
come close to jackson and finished the
season with .2Ss average, 125 points
less than jackson.
None of the old stars ever batted
bettersthan Jackson in their first sea-
son out. Larry batted S2S in 1895,
and Wagner .s44 in 1897. Pop Arson
played four years before he passed the
400 mark. He hit .407 In 1879.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-30

Old Pop Arson was the first of the
great ball players to see the possibili-
ties Of acting" in the winter months
to rake in the coin. It is to be sincere
ly hoped that Ty Cobb, in his College
Widow, never has the trick played on
him that they played on "Old Pop.
when he was playing in Hoyts A
Home Run.
Pop never did disturb the laurel
wreath OF Booth on the strength of
his histrionic abilities. They stalled
him through the show while his audi
ence figured out his batting average
of the season before.
Pop In the show was a young dia>
mond hero who had set his heart on
winning the fair young girl whose pa
was worth million. In the last act
he won his bride by lanlming the bah
out for home run, thereby winning a
pennant for his team and saving the
fortune of Pa" AS he raced over the
plate with the winning tally, the giri
jumped from the grandstand and threw
her arms around his manly neck muir
muring, 'Muh hero"
1t went" great until the manager
conceived the great idea in New York
OF holding a ssbasebaIl night" The
National league meeting was on and
many of the stars of that day were
around the hotels. The manager de-
cided to invite them to take part in the
great home run scene letting them act
as players on the field. The show was
widely advertised, and great crowo
turned out to see such men as Will.
Keeler, Arlie Latham, Johnny McGraw,
Hughie jennings ana others In the cast
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-30
SCHEDULE OF The
"Y'' OPEN HOUSE
ELABORATE PROGRAMME or
SPORTS AND STUNTS HAS BEEN
ARRANcED-LApIEs AND GEN.
TLEMEN GUESTS INvlTED-RAs.
KET5ALL IN EVENING.

The following schedules have beer
announced by the social committee OF
the X. M. G. A. as the programme OF
entertainment which is to be offered
to the citizens and young people oi
Fargo. who, are publicly invited as
guests on that day:
IL m. to p. m.-Handball tourna-
ment by business men,
1880 to 4 p. Employed boys and
high school in annual indoor track and
Aquatic events.
Events - F'irty-yard dash, rope
climb, 100-yard dash, running high
jump. standing broad jump, fence
vault, shot put.
Acquatics-Twelve and half-yard
swim, 25-yard swim, 50-yard SWIM
dive for distance.
Trunks and bathing suits must be
worn for swimming events, as the
spectators will be composed Of both
ladies and gentlemen.
to 5:15--Model Gym. class B, inter-
mediate.
SIS to S:15--Water sports-W Water
tag, exhibition diving, exhibition OF
strokes. water Basketball Trunks and
suits are to be worn. Open to both
ladies and gentlemen spectators.
T:15 to S:15 Employed boys regu-
lar gymnasium class. exhibition work
/ Silly. M. G. A. secretaries versus
NQld Timers. in basketball.
N9:15-High school versus Y. M. 9
AN in basketball
* Side Stunts and Exhibitions.
Long horse squad. stunt wrestling
real Wrestling. stunt boxing, real box
ms, clewn tumbling. real tumbling
aviation act on rings.
Ladies will serve refreshments IN
the older beys' club room from 10
and from 10 10 p. m.
President WAeeiock has written the
board Of directoys to be present and
receive the guestA Of the day in per-
son. Each is to haze on his Pickadil-
lie suit, a generous Aulile and a pinl,
rose. The citizens of Fsrgo and Moor
head are cordially invAsed and ali
ought to make 1t an objest to attend
these festivities. show an Interest in
the boys and give them everA encour-
agement.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-30
BLACKBURNE gets
ANOTHER CHANCE

Chicago, ILL.,. Dec. 30.--Russell Black
burne, the shortstop for whom Presi-
dent comislSy of The Chicago American
league club paid 1900, is to be given
every chance TO prove whether he Is OF
major league caliber by Manager Cali
lahan. In 1910 Blackburne proved a
disappointment and last season was
out of the game with an injury of the
knee. Callahan received word from
Blackburne that the injury was prac
tically cured. The manager said that
there was no intention OF letting the
player go.
The south side leader yesterday re-
ceived the signed contract of William
Genest the fast outfelder obtained
from the New England league.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-30
Boxing, Basketball,
Pool, Air Riding
Jokers Grabbed Home Run and
Beat Arson Out Of a Million
Was Stage Money, Though Latham and Some Other Cot
ups Pulled One on Pop When He Was Acting
Leading Role IN Hoyt's "a Home RIM

/ Jennings tells the story of what fol,
lowed:
Latham would have his joke" Elk.
plains Hughie. sHe fixed it all UP with
Keller, who played third base in this
show that night. The performance
went all right until the last act, when
Pop was to make his great home rur
hit.
Pop walloped the ball and started
on his run around the sacks. AS he
rounded third, Keeler stuck out his
foot and tripped siim. He sprawled or
all tours. Before ne could get his bal
ance again and reach home, they had
thrown the ball to the plate. If re-
member rightly, Wilbur Robinson was
catching. He was in on the deal. They
tagged poor Pop out. Arlie Latham
was acting as umpire.
You're out Arlie shrieked.
Pop sprang TO his feet with ere in
his eye. He reared so that he shook
the house. Never at his 'naddest was
he wilder on the bali field.
I'm not out he yelled desperate
ly, trying to catch Latham's eye to
tell him how the act should go.
"'Y're out Arlie insisted.
THE girl had thrown herself from
the stand to wrap her arms around her
hero's neck, which by this time was
about as red as raw beet.
Get off the field or I'll send you to
the clubhouse, Arlie roared. and that
was the last straw. They rang down
the curtain.
Pop wouldn't speak TO the boys for
several seasons after that little Incl
dent"