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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25
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This was the signal, and Fritz rush
ed up and tried to throw something
into Hans's face. He tumbled back
and his lamp was knocked from his
hand There was a deafering noise
and everything turned dark, while Hans
felt himself pulled violently aside. and
thrown to the floor. Then he lost
all consciousness.
into the mine below and it was said
that some of the miners were buried
below them.
At the mouth OF the pit stood a
crowd of men and women waiting Gag
erly for news. Nobody knew who
might have lost a husband; a father or
a brother. below.
All night the men worked furiously
but made only small progress The
slide had been far worse than anyone
had thought at first and 1T seemed
Of coal cleared away.
Next day Fritz and Franz were
working side by side, when suddenly
they heard noise which made them
both look up. It sounded as If some
body were walking across the heaps
OF loose coal. The sound came nearer
and nearer, uncanny, ghostly. Franz
fell back against the wall, Mortified
Fritz stood waiting with his lamp in
his hand and, as he stared into the
darkness. he thought he heard an echo
and a whisper.
Then he threw his lamp away and
turned to run. He was pale with ter
ror. He thought he had seen Hans
Freund's ghost.
He rushed away, followed by all the
others. towards the opening of the pit
shouting for help.
When they had been taken to the
surface. Franz was unconscious and
Fritz kept on mumbling unintelligible
words about Hans Freund, that he was
buried under the coal and that he,
Fritz. had pushed him over the edge
and that now his ghost was walking
below
Nhe news quickly spread that the
mine was haunted and for while no.
body dared go down, but at last the
superintendent went down with volun-
teers and returned carrying two bod
les, Karl Meder, who was unconscious,
and Hans Freund badly injured
Karl was taken to the hospital while
Hans was nursed by Gretchen His
wounds were painful but not dangerous
and in a short while he was himself
again. Karl Meder. however, fingered
between life and death for many weeks.
When he finally had recovered SO
far that he could talk, the matter was
cleared up. He had suspected Fritz
and had kept his eyes on him and
Franz had jumped in just in time and
had saved Hans. while he himself was
pushed over the edge.
He had had a narrow escape and.
when Hans and Gretchen visited him
weeks afterwards she shuddered at the
sight of his bandaged head.
you have saved Hans for. me-" she
said, while she thought of Fritz who
had been sent to an asylum hopelessly
mad
Il only paid back debt owed
him." said Karl.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25

~ NE of the greatest things that
\ Herbert Spencer ever wrote was
an essay entitled The Law Of
Pivotal Points,
Down through history there are
events that have changed the history
of the world. For instance. some
thing happened on April 10. IT'S. when
the British marched out to Concord
and not all of them marched back
again.
In the lives of individuals there are
pivotal points. We grow by leaps and
bounds. by throes ard throbs-
There may be long stretches of fall
low time when seemingly nothing is
accomplished. Suddenly, behoIdI we
take a journey, we meet a person. we
read book, we hear a lecture. Loss
comes to US in the way of fire, dis
aster. death. and forever after we are
different personsi
Paul, going down to Damascus to per-
secute the Christians. was stricken with
blindness. and when he recovered sight
he saw things he had never seen be-
fore. It was a pivotal point in the
career of Paul-also pivotal point In
the history Of the world
A few months ago the papers were
full of news from Portugal Revelu-
ton was rife. and the leader of this
revolution feeling positive that the
tide had turned against him. committed
suicide. when 10! instead OF disaster.
victory was pounding on the gates. and
his colleagues and comrades swept on
over his dead body to the success
which their leader had not foreseen.
Cato committed suicide on the eve
of victory
Over and over again we find men
ready TO give up at the pivotal point,
when. If they had just kept on one
day longer, opportunity would have
burst in the door and had them by the
eosmic scruff
That is a wonderful sonnet written
oy John j. ingalls, on the subject OF
Opportunity" but the real fact is.
Opportunity does not knock once on
each mans door. Opportunity plays a
continual anvil on every mans portals
but of course. If he is knocking at
the time he will not hear Opportunity
when she knocks
On June Is. 1878. across the battle
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25
IA Years Ago To-
From The Herald OF 1aw
This Date 1897 ~

The Ell Paso Electric Light COM
pany has the largest boiler in opera
ton in west Texas.
The Postal Telegraph company Is
rushing to completion its line between
Albuquerque and El Paso.
Collector Chas- Davis came in over
the S. P this afternoon and continued
to his ranch down the river.
The Rio Grande dropped two feet
at the Selden dam last night and il is
believed the worst Of the flood has
passed
Capt. H NJ Levinson. roadmaster
for the T. P. is In the city from Big
Springs. looking after the flood dam
age
W. W. wiley's big dog broke loose
last night and bit Frank Cars little
child The dog swas Immediately shot
dead
The McGinty battIeship was COM
pleted and launched for the first time
Sunday 1t is now plying up ard
down the flooded section.
Dick Rule. well known oId-tinner
in the newspaper business in this Sec
ton has been appointed TO a respon-
sible position IN the special agents
department by secretary Gage
The High school commencement was
heidi at the opera house last night.
The vaiedictory was made by Ran
dolph Terry. Miss Ethel p Shelton
and Miss Gertrude windsor also de-
Hvered an address. Miss Jessie John
son delivered an address on Snap
Shots" The presentation OF diplomas
was made by DR.. c. T. Race. president
Of the school board
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25
The Ghost In the Mine
(By Fritz Kohl.)

TIE HAD been rejected. He stared at
the girl with a CLEAN of fury in
! his dark eyes and ground his
teeth.
Il win get even with you for that.
with you and the fool who has stolen
your love for me. If / am to pay for
it with my life, I win see that you
never marry Hans Freund," he threat
ened.
His eyes CLEANED viciously, and the
girl drew back from him in horror
Fritz, dear, you must not take il
that way" she said gently Il can't
help loving him and it is mean of you
to talk that way even if you don't
mean it,
But I do mean it," he cried. when
you do not want to marry me, you
shant marry him either-an outsider
who has not been six months in the
mine yet Take word for that"
Gretchen turned away and Fritz stood
looking after her.
Il will kill that fellow yet" he mum
bled. HE and 1 are working almost
alone in that part of the mine There
is only Franz besides us and he viii
help me-"
Tt was pitch dark in the mine and
Fritz's lantern sent s.ancIng shadows
across the glistening walls of coal AT
his side walked a man with worried
expression in his sallow face.
Fritz stopped at the narrow entrance
and looked about cautiously. They were
alone at the end of the gallery.
Look here" he whispered. do you
see that?" Yes, that is it. You see
what mean"
There was moments silence. Franz
stared into Fritz's face, in which only
the eyes shone out with mad passion.
Not Hans Freund,~ he exclaimed.
You don't mean. that you
Yes. I do mean Hans Freund. He is
to walk in here and that mass of coal
is to fall down and stop him from COM
ing back. Do you understand"
Franz shuddereds
You can't mean this" he gasped.
But I do all the same, and no mis-
take about it," said Fritz.."And you are
to help me. or it will be the worse for
you"
His eyes seemed to pierce Franz's
soul and he trembled at the thought
that the other knew some things about
him which might send him behind bars
for years.
And when that fellow is out of the
way" said Fritz, Gretchen will marry
me and her uncle has saved up quite a
little There is 200 marks in it for you
the day 1 marry Gretchen. II you will
help me now"
'I will do it," Franz said slowly as
he drew away from the black opening
with the mass of loose coal hanging
overhead
It would be easy enough to get Hans
to that opening and push him inside.
II was near the closing hour and
they were waiting for the signal to
stop when Franz went 10 TO Hans
Come over here little" he said,
Il want TO tell you something
Unsuspecting Hans Followed him and
they went through the narrow open
ing where 20 one could hear them.
Here Franz stopped.
What was it now he suddenly
shouted.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25

the guards. BY the time the sea-end
Of the dredged section is reached the
dredge has sucked up enough material
to fill its bins Then it steams out
TO sea, opens up the doors at the bot
tom Of the hold and empties its cargo
into the ocean. There are also sta
tionary suction dredges. ladder dredges,
dipper dredges. ETC., IS of them in all.
Some of these were used in the days
Of the French company. and were re-
claimed from the Jungle The Ameri-
cans floated them out on high waters.
spent little money in repairs. and
made them ready for service again.
In the Gatun lake region some of
the work was let out to contract. A
little knoll here, another there, did
not justify moving a steam shovel. so
the contractors were furnished with
little old French hand dump cars and
rails and told to go ahead. In one
contract Spaniards could earn scarce
" enough to pay their way. Jamaican
negroes were rot able to earn any
more by the task system than they
earned with the canal force. French
negroes from Hayti and Martinique
were the best men on the Job and were
able to earn about s1.50 a day.
SteamshoveI and r-namfte.
In the Culebra s-ct-on the steam
shovel is king. and dynamite by the
carload is used to loosen the material
There were 153 big well drills, 235
tripod drills. ard many hand drills at
work throughout the year sinking
holes into the rock. making nearly
100000 linear feet Of holes. Into these
holes was placed the major portion Of
12,000,000 pounds OF dynamite. In the
handling Of this vast quantity of ex-
plosives only one man was killed.
In Culebra cut a big shovel viii
load a 20-car train as quickly as it
can take 100 mouthfuls OF spoil The
trains are then pushed to the dumps.
and with big plow at one end of the
train and a horizontal hoisting engine
at the other end. it is a matter of 10
minutes to unload 500 tons Of spoil
South of Miraflores in the section
OF the canal which is to be a sea level
ditch, there is a long stretch Of rich
alluvfal soil undertake with rock The
engineers have attacked this soil with.
a giant hydraulic excavator and liter
ally are washing 1t away. The big
pumping station here is capable OF
forcing $4,000 gallons OF water min
ute. through a pipe which tapers from
a 40-inch diameter to 16 inches. and
from this extend four or five flexible
nozz1es. from four to six inches In
diameter. each operated by a gang Of
men, These nozzles are aimed at the
earth to be attacked. and with a pres
sure Of $50 pounds to the square inch
the water IS forced out OF them. The
men operating these nozzles call them
guns" and indeed a small sized can
non shooting a constant stream OF iron
would not take away such quantities
of earth as these wonderful water
guns.
FIJI Swamps With the Earth.
The washed-ioose material flows
with the water into big swamps.
where it is attacked by a series of 20
fconttpued on Next PAGE,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25
Married Life the Second Year
Herself
By Mabe Herbert Urner t ssds Ef5 Sso % P

I answered, hating herself for the lie
as she told it.
And when nothing came that day
she knew they were wondering why.
With sort OF grim triumph she wait
ed for the morning when she felt sure
the flowers she had ordered would ar
rive.
And they did When the long white
box was brought her. she opened 1t
with all the surprise and delight she
had planned Under the tissue paper
was Warren's card. which she had d.
rected the florist to enclose. And the
roses were beautiful.
They came all the way from New
York as fresh as that?'' her mother
asked wonderingly.
ooh no. turning over the lid OF the
box. you see they are from st. Louis.
The big florists have branch stores in
all the main cities. Warren had only
to give the order to the New York.
house and they telegraphed on to send
them from the st. Louis branch. the
nearest one to us. There must have
been a delay somewhere. for I know
he planned to have them reach me yes
terday."
Her mother and aunt Mollie ex-
claimed over their loneliness as she
took the roses from the box and ar
ranged them in two large vases in
the sitting room.
And everyone who came in was
proudly told they were Helen's birth
day present from her husband, who
had telegraphed on to have them sent
from St Louis.
And when Helen flushed slightly at
this statement they thought it was
only from pride and pleasure.
The fragrance of the roses went
through all the house. 1t seemed TO
follow Helen wherever she went-an
ever-present reminder of her strategy
And yet she had no regret. Her
heart was filled with q sort of bitter
exultancy.
At least if her husband did not love
her-she would make her family be-
lieye that he did.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25
PIVOTAL POINTS
By Ebert HUBBARD

! field OF Waterloo strobe at least two
big men One was an freshman and
the other a Jew. IN truth. whenever
anything special is happening you
will always find an Irfshman and z
Jew around somewhere.
This time the Irishman did not know
the Jew. but the Jew knew the Irish
man.
The Irish are psychic and, wonder
fully sensitive as a people But this
time Arthur Wellesley, duke OF Well
ington. did not know whether he was
Beaten TO a fragile OF whether success
in Mother Hubbard wrapper was at
the door.
Nathan RothsehiId heard the army
of the allies singing as they built their
camp fires 30 French were in sight
Young ,Rothschild made a guess that
the Irishman had won.
He pulled his saddle girth two holes
tighter. mounted his horse and rode to
tioewater. so miles. before the sun
arose He gave a note to a man in
fast sailing sloop. who carried this
note across the channel and gave IT TO
a messenger waiting on the other side.
This man sprang upon his horse.
galloped away and carried the note to
London, so miles. IN four hours
The note was to the brothers Of
Rothschild and contained three words,
Buy English securities
They bought with all the money they
had and ali the money they could bor-
row They stretched their credit until
it was ready.to explode. They bought
at So
The official post followed "a hours
later with the news that the Corsiean
was in flight. English securities leap.
ed to par, and have never since been
below.
The move. however. on the part Of
the Rothsehilds made them the finan-
cial kings OF the world. and made Eng
land financially supreme
This was pivotal point in the career
of the wonderful Rothschild family
II was also a pivotal point in the
career OF Arthur Wellesley. the Irish
man It fixed his name and hook nose
IN history for all time
1t was pivotal point for the hu-
man race.
Some years ago in San Francisco
lived two clerks who had a scrap with
their employer One of these clerks
was an Irishman. the other was a Jew.
They gave the old man advice unasked
for, and he very promptly and properly
fired them both.
clerks.
They went down into Chinatown and
started store. employing only Chi
reese clerks. Whether they evolved pig
tails cannot say. but both Of them
learned TO chin-chin in Chink and had
the epigrams OF Confucius at their
tongues end Also, they wore their
shirts outside their pants in order 70
prove the poetic unities.
They began to import Chinese goods
AID sell them TO American stores.
Later they moved over to China, and
they now control practically all Chi
nese importations.
1t was a pivotal point that made the
fortune of these young men-a pivotal
point idealized. realized and seized up
On
Are things going bad with you?
Well. size them up. look them in the
eye. and then right about face. Tt may
be pivotal point in your career
Everybody is punk at times I am.
anyway. The desirable thing is not TO
et the mood become chronic Then.
when the pivotal point comes. spread
your wings and aviate.-Copyrigh
BY the International News service, 1911.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25

NE THOUSAND
~ plea
municipal of
being persons
shipIoad
grain
possible
public building
necessity In
gardener
skill principles
similar those guiding
production suppIywe
manhood of life and
privately managed industry.
Waste be remembered
and VIII Look
agricultural land
gable land almost infneal scarcity
well intrinsic
valley lands VIII grow rapidly and always be of staple value
Funny sometimes;
eastern cities beginning thing
but they still limiting their
cuis afflicted with it
National Educational
restore most of the children normal health
ally if the sky children to
health Why they not good for well children hethy7
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25

Like Burgers, so Shelley's love for
Molly, Mary Goodwin, broke his
wife's heart. but they had at least the
happiness OF living in peace for eight
years, when In the end their love cul-
minated in the long wished for mar
riage.
Daniel Defoe's Mol Flanders is no
work OF ina gination. but the biog-
raphy of a real person Molly was a
contemporary Of the second Charles
and did time in Virginia, then a penal
colony An putcast and a thief for
more than two decades. married five
times. she ultimately grew rich and
died full Of years and honors. She was
perhaps the handsomest woman Of a,
period famous for beauties. such as
Nell Gwynn, Lucy Waters, Mrs. Middle
ton and La Belle Stuart. and so were
most Of the other famous Mollys noted
for fair looks and sprightliness.
The next names to appear will be
Ida, No. s; Lila, Lillian and Cecilia,
No. Z; and Sibyl, No. 8.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25
UNctWzA VARS Denafured Poem,

" on fly in passion and roar in fool fashion when something other goes
would along Mans foolish disgusting mul when
wrath; noing thinks
|
has to be
FOOLISH ANGER
pteful bad he 5
lie og up in he
outs
good whackng he shows that he's lacking the the
copyrish, 1911 by George Matthew. Adams. l0aexzle<e
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25

TT ELEM read over this letter with
flushed cheeks. She had rewrit-
- ten IT three times.
At first she had signed her full
name and then the thought of the
florist wondering at a woman sending
flowers TO herself made her change It
TO only her initials, which might mean
any member OF her family
She carefully enclosed the SO bill.
sealed and addressed the envelope and
took 1t to the postoffice herself.
When she had finally dropped it in
the box, she walked home slowly, the
color still burning in her face. II
anyone should ever know1if they
should ever find this outi But they
couldn't. :.
The flowers would come tomorrow
or at least the day after. She would
open them with pretended surprise and
delight. and find Warren's card, and
they would think he had not forgotten
her birthday, after all!
Today, the 18th, was her birthday.
Ever since yesterday morning she had
some present from Warren. Nothing
had come-not even a letter. And she
felt now that nothing would come.
family know that he cared so little.
Most Of last night she had lain awake
thinking of what she would do-if moth
ing came in the morning. And 1t was
in the middle of the night when all
our thoughts and plans are most dar-
ing, that she had conceived of this
OF herself ordering some flowers and
pretending they were from him.
At least she would save her pride be-
fore her people. Whatever sense of hu-
initiation she would feel in her own
heart. they should not know of his in
difference and neglect.
Their family was one in which the
birthdays were always observed and
made much Of
i wonder what Warren will send?"
aunt Mollie had asked innocently.
I haven't any idea. but he always
gives me something lovely" Helen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25
A Strong Army Reserve

large standing army provision
training principles
young
his Hf public schools military school,
government training
100000 10000
greatly reduces the efficiency OF the
especially posts of the
maintained strategic
suitable climate Regiments should
together maintained in brigade
o
is only thing way of abOEshrng
posts
very large
isolated vanished 20 with the passing
willing
responsibility
yards
large that administration dare strike out line of policy
concentrating the adopted
the overwhelming of this locality both strategic
the
contrary unlimited
grounds ample transportation
is
10000
of in
GENTLY in military standing
ordinary highly
militia, supplemented
country would
and absolutely against danger from within
Nearly oneh people dependent upon railroad en-
railroads like dangerous
will year tax and
collected soooo additional products
market"
Contrary general always highly in western
Central the
Burlington Chicago developed Michigan
Montana and aided greatly developing Arizona
has been like New York. of horizon and conteptuous indifference
the west
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25
TWO ALLEGED DESERTERS
ARE ARRESTED AT ,DEMING

Santa Fe. N NJ, May 25.-Mounted
policeman J. A. Beall has arrested H.
T. Worning and W. E. Beach at Dem
ing on the charge that they are de-
Governor Mills is at Tucumcari to
investigate the Pajarito irrigation pro-
ject which has made application for
lands under the Carey ace.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25

n ~
nified Mary that good taste
will tolerate. Others. like Mamie and
Name, are seldom heard outside the
most intimate circles. and good litera-
ture scorns them
Two of the worlds famous lyric
poets owe some of the happiest hours
of their lives to girls named Molly,
Shelley and Burger
The latter, whose famous ballad,
'Leonore" offered Walter Scott his
first opportunity as a literary artist,
conceived a passion for Molly" when
he led to the altar her sister. his first
wife. The infatuation yielded both
man and woman untold miseries that
the literary world might gain some
jewels of poetry, whose every word
meant a heart-ache.
When, after years of unhappiness.
Burger finally married his Molly"
death robbed him of his treasure in a
few months time
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25

Carterstown, Mo-. May Is, 1911.
THE Floral Co.,
52S Street
ST. Louis Mo.
entlemen-Enclosed find SO. for
which please send a box of long
stemmed American Beauty roses, ex-
press prepaid. to Mrs. Warren Curtis,
Carterstown, Mo. And enclose with
the roses the card I am sending with
this.
Please send at once and greatly
oblige H l. CURTIS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25

80A nan hAO
CIRCULATION.
The Herald bases
all advertising
contracts on g
z u q r g ut e 9 %
more than twice
the circulation Of
any other FL
y aBo Arizona,
New Mexico or
West Texas pa
per. Daily average
exceeding 10000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25
HERALD rRAv.'

HERALD TRAVs
ELING AGENTS.
Persons solicited
to subscribe for
The Herald should
beware Of impos-s
tiers and should
not pay money to
anyone unless he
can show that he
is legally author
ICED by the HI
Paso Herald
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25
Panama Canal, Modern Labor OF
Hercules Three-Fourths Completed

In It's Construction Dug Every Twelve Months
by $4,000 Workmen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25

Secretaries asso-
there get
We collector
products
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25

Nearly Of Texas upon
poyen living the legislatures habitualy
railroads like dangerous pests
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25

The Asseciskioa a American
) Advertisers hss sxsmiaed aad csr6hed TO I
The ciarulsson e shI pubEes6oa. The detail
rspoa # sseh examination Is On hie It DE
! Nov Yo<k dice Of the Assoc;sioa- Ne 4
esh9 kews a circulation ssaraaee&
! n. 81 JNeNtta....:.s',s' !
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25

III Re HAD been rejected. He stared at
the girl with a CLEAN of fury in
his dark eyes and ground his