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The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01
Natural Leadera of Men-

If the Jews, the Greks, the Ger mans and the English owe much to their poor men who rose in spite of circumstances to greatness, they all must rank second to America in this respect From the foundation of our government men of obscure origin have been among our wisest and ab. lest leaders in all the walks of life, and their influence has been pre-emi- nent over that of all their more for tunate fellow-citizens born in af1u. ence and backed by other influences than their own in the race for place and leadership.
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01
WRITE ID DEFY AGE
Missouri Song Author Gives
 Verse-Making as Recipe.
Mrs. Hull Was Born in Missouri sixty-Nlne Years Ago-she Enjoys Composing Verses for Her
 Own Amusement.

St. Louis, Mo.-Ponce De Leon did unwisely when he went laundering through the swamps of Florida in quest of the fountain of life, in which he hoped to renew his youth. To achieve enduring youth, freshness of mind in old age and serenity of tenn per, he should have stayed in Spain and written poetry.
 Verse-making as an antidote to old age is recommended by Mrs. Lizzie Chambers Hull of St. Louis, Who, 69 years young, defeated all competitors in Governor Hadley's contest for the words of a Missouri state song. Her stanzas, because of their clear sim plicity, historical sincerity and quiet depth of feeling, obtained a prize of $500 by unanimous accord of the judges. Contestants entered not only from every section of the United States, but from Canada, Australia and New Zealand
 When Mrs. Hull was 17 years old, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow lee tured before her class on "Poesie." She was pupil at Louis Agassiz's School for Young Women at Cam bridge, Mass, out of which grew Rad cliffe college. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Wendell Phillips were also lectur- CTS at the seminary. and among the Missouri girls school companions were Longfellow's daughters, daughter of Doctor Holmes ald Miss Emerson, a relative of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
 In this environment, she fell into the habit of writing verses, not as a profession, but as a diversion and recreation. Just as another girl, when wearied or lonely, would solace herself by playing the piano, or sing ing, or reading book, so Miss Cham bers, as she then was, found comfort and society in putting her emotions and ideas into metrical form. She soon acquired the same facility in rhythmical composition which one by practice obtains in performing the
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01
DANGER IN THE CUP
Efforts to Abolish the Common
 Drinking Vessel.
Illinois Follows Kansas in Legislation Effeetins Use of the Public Cup A Safety Drinking
 Fountain.

Springfield, Ill-nlinois has fol- lowed Kansas in legislation to effect the abolition of the common drinking rup. Death turks in it. Tuberculosis. diphtheria and other deadly iseases are distributed by 1t
 There is no question whatever about these facts, which may be said briefly to summarize the results of a special investigation recently made by the board of health of the state of Kansas.
 Kansas led the way in a movement to do away with the common drinking glass. Such receptacles. which carry all sorts of infection from mouth to mouth, are not to be in future allowed in railroad trains, railroad stations and other public places in that state. Their use in the public schools is no longer to be permitted. And now Hi nois has followed with similar regula- tons. It is expected that before long this movement will become nation wide.
 One might say that the problem Is satisfactorily solved by the paper cups for individual use which are sold by  slot machines in many public places nowadays. All one has to do is to drop cent into the slot, and out pops a beautifully-made tumbler of paraf- fine paper, well put together and stiff enough to hold liquid for drinking. But when one comes to think about it, one perceives that such cups as these are of small practical use for every day folk; they are luxury for the rich. Only the well-to-do can afford to pay a penny for a drink of water.
 The problem of the drinking cup in It's relation to health is much more diff fcult and much more important than most people imagine. Recent investi- gations of the subject by the Kansas state board of health and by many meteorological experts elsewhere have
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01

shown that the common tumbler or other receptacle used for such pur- poses is a frequent and dangerous a vesel on a train, at street fountain or elsewhere is to take a serious risk.
 A drinking cup which had been used for several months without washing in a high school was lined with a brownish deposit which when viewed under the. microscope was seen to be composed largely of particles of mud. with thousands of bits of dead skin and millions of bacteria. When a small quantity of this sediment was infected under the skin of a healthy guinea pig the animal died in AS hours, the post-mortem examination showing that death was due to blood poisoning. A second guinea pig, un- der similar circumstances, developed tuberculosis; and inquiry proved that several of the pupils in the high school were afflicted with the. dread malady.
 The rim of another drinking cup used in a school bore no fewer than 5,0O0,000 germs, while vastly greater number fingered deeper in the vessel where saliva had dripped down.
 The conclusions drawn from all ob- servations are to the effect that the common drinking vessel is one of the most fruitful sources of the spread of Infectious diseases. Such mouth-to- mouth infection, furthermore, Is espe- cially dangerous because of the moist state in which the germ cultures pass from person to person. Peril fingers about the edge of the familiar tin dip per-the kind that used to hang along side the drinking place at school, and which still hangs near the kitchen pump in many a farmhouse
 The mouth of every human being is a breeding place for multitudinous mi crobes, and these are of many forms and species. Some of them are rod shaped; others are spherical; yet oth- CTS arrange themselves in chains, and SO on through considerable diversity of shapes. Even the biggest of them are so small as to be seen only with the aid of high-power microscope.
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01
Comedy in the Capitol.

whenever I am in Washington, said Wilton Lackaye, q always spend an afternoon at the Capitol. They put on the best farce comedy there ever staged. The last time a friend accompanied me to point out the eel ebs.' A newly-elected western sena tor was pounding on his desk and waving his arms in an impassioned appeal to the senate.
 What is the matter with him [? I whispered to my friend.
 "'Oh, he cant help that was the answer It's a birthmark.'
 GA what?
 "'A birthmark,' repeated my friend His mother was scared by a wind. mill.' '"-Young's Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01
Girl starves in pesert.

San Francisco, Cal-After wander ing in the Mojave desert for several days without food or water, Maria Fer rari, an Italian immigrant girl, has been brought to the home of her brother here. Terrified by the mali cious stories of Italians she met on the journey from New York, she jumped from a Santa Fe train near Barstow, preferring to chance death on the blazing sands of the Mojave rather than face the terrible fate she pictured awaiting her in San Fran cisco.
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01
bid for cantaln kId,s coIn.

Boston, Mass.-Under the gray walls of Fort Independence, on Castle Island, now one of Bostons most popular parks, a treasure-hunting expedition, by permission of the park commission CTS, is seeking Captain Kidd's gold. The exact spot on the northwest cor ner of the island where the treasure Is hidden was revealed to Miss May Kinnear in a dream Miss Kinnear did the dreaming and her brother George is doing the digging.
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01
stolen Sweets Sour on Him.

Ann Arbor, Mich.-A troubled con- science has brought check for $4.20 to the Women's league of the univer- sity. It was accompanied by a letter from the sender, stating that he was one of several students who fn 1909 stole a freezer of lemon ice cream from the league. and that the amount of the check covered Ghe cost Of the stolen delicacy at 20 0ants a 4AIlnn and compound interest aD Nzxa. His name was not e7xen out
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01

scales of the piano or in making em- broidery.
 During a two years tour of Europe her muse found constant occasion for exercise. The Alps, the lakes of Switzerland, Italy, Holland. Scotland. Ireland, England and France provided subjects for her girlish effusions. These verses have been lost, for she did not regard her productions as se- rious work, but rather as play.
 After she returned to St. Louis at the beginning of the Civil war, she soon found need to draw upon her every resource of consolation and comfort. She married Edward B. Hull, and two weeks after the mar riage he marched away to fight in the Confederate army. The desolate bride was left to her tears and the care of her husbands plantation in Pike county.
 But for her habit of verse-making, she says, she could not have endured the first few months of separation and dread as to her bridegroom's fate. Her swelling emotions demand ed a vent.
 It has been the forgetfulness of self, the throwing of of cares, which Mrs. Hull attained through her making of verses, which has kept her. in her opinion, young woman, although nearly 70 years old. Her enthusiasms are those of girl: for instance. when she says: q love Tennyson; love him." and she is equally youthful when she exclaims: q can't under stand Browning, and I'm free to admit it." Her step Is brisk. her face slight ly touched by wrinkles. and her hair just growing gray. Her conversation Is animated, and her opinions are maintained with the vigor of half her age. She still keeps her youthful preference for George Eliot. but has sent her a copy of Marie Clire" in the original French, which she reads easily.
 Despite her winning of the prize state poem contest, Mrs. Hull earnest ly asserts that she is not poet
 q am only a rhymster, not poet" she declared emphatically, as she sat at her desk in her modest home. "7 never presume to call myself a poet. have too high an opinion of beauti- ful poetry for that I just liked to write verses as another woman might hRve liked embroidery.
 Her recipe for happy life Of poren- ul6l yUufh is contained fn her brief n, -NErfh0 THr8ss and defy- old Rgar
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01
The difference between a clean GOV

The difference between a clean COW and a dirty one is strikingly shown in the picture. The COW on the right had been running on pasture ten days, sleeping out at night, when the photo graph was taken. Naturally a great deal of the filth she had accumulated in a vile stable had been rubbed of and washed of by the rains, but enough remains to show that her milk would carry poison to hundreds of gallons when added to that of other COWS in the dairy. At the Illinois station 1t was found that the milk from the average. unwashed. un- brushed COW contained many times as much dirt as that from perfectly
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01
Feed for Hens.

mash in the morning. feeding very carefully, just enough to warm the birds; then we give greens, roots like turnips and sugar beets and alfalfa hay. For the main meal. at four in the afternoon, we give a good supply of mixed grain, chiefly wheat in the litter, and then we always give them more than they can eat so they will have some left over for the next morning.
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01

clean COW. This is not guess work as a glazed dish equal in size to pal was held under coY's udder A minutes, the average time consumed in milking, while motions similar to milking were made. The dirt caught in the dish was then carefully weighed. It was then found that milk from soiled and muddy udders similarl to that shown blythe COW on the right contained from 20 to 24 times as much dirt as from that from a clean COW.
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01
Unreasonable.

You don't have anything more te do with Bumcke, do you, old man?"
 No; the fellow got me into dreadful financial straits lately"
 How was that?"
 'Oh, he kept on loaning me money month after month-and suddenly he demanded 1t all back"
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01
ro R.burx soIdIer., RodIs..

Alexandria, La.-Three thousand two hundred and nineteen bodies of federal soldiers buried in cemeteries in different parts of Texas are to be moved to Pineville, La, near here. for reinterment, in the national cemetery ct that place
The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01
Short Pasture.

The man who turns to pasture too early usually has much to say ahnut short pasture all summer
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-22
MRS. MATTHEW SCOTT
ELECTED TO PRESIDE

Washington, April 22.-Mrs. Mat
thew T. Scott of Illinois, last night
was declared reelected president
general Of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution for the next two
years. Of the 1886 votes cast, Mrs.
Scott received 614, her opponent, Mrs.
William c. Story of New York, 466
and six of the ballots were blank as
to choice for president-general. The
tellers spent almost twenty-four hours
in counting yesterdays vote.
With Mrs. Scott was elected the en-,
tire administration ticket except one
vice president-general, who receiv ed
ten votes less than the number nee
essary to elect. For this position a
new ballot will be taken.
When Mrs. Scott entered Continen
tai hall after the vote had been an
nounced. preceded down the center
aisle by dozen charming young pag
es and followed by score more, bear
ing great baskets and arms full OF
flowers. she was received with wild
applause.
Scarcely had she mounted the plat
form before Mrs. Story asked for rec
ognition. She declared she had nc
bitterness in her heart because of hel
defeat and urged all the members %
the organization to uphold the hand!
of their newly elected president-gen
eraI,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-22
TEXAS PONY WHO WAS
HOMESICK FOR IL YEARS.

Menard, Texas, April 22.-Twelve
years ago George Lawrence rode
from Menard county, Texas, to a
point in Louisiana, 20 miles west of
New Orleans. The animal ridden was
native Texas pony. Several times,
shortly after his arrival in Louisiana.
the pony got out of the enclosure
where it was kept and started back
to Texas, one time covering so miles
of the way before it was caught. At
no time during the II years did the
animal appear to be satisfied when in
a Louisina pasture. Early in Janu
ary, this year, the pony was missing,
and on account of circumstances at
the time it was believed to have been
stolen. Notwithstanding the fact
that the animal is II years old it is
one of the best saddlers in that part
of the country, and since other ami
mails had been stolen from the neigh
borhood about that time, it was very
natural to conclude that this one had
fallen into the hands of thieves.
Search was made at the time, but no
clue to the whereabouts of the pony
could be obtained. A few days ago,
Lawrence got a letter from an old
friend in Menard county, telling him
that the pony had come back to the
plains of Texas and had been recog.
nized by the brand. Lawrence imme-
diately went by train to Menard pre-
paratory to taking the pony back to
its old home The animal had gone
500 miles between the Louisiana point
and its old home in Menard county.
! finding its way back to the state of
| its nativity after lapse of II years.
| Discussing the matter today, Law
| renee said: There never was a
| time since ] rode that pony out OF
! Texas, when it was turned out in the
| pasture, that it did not go to the west
fence, look wistfully away in the dis.
tance, and whinny. | am convinced
IL was homesick for 12 years"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-22
LA JOYA COMPANY
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
James w. McCreary, President; r..
L. Baca, Secretary; L. 3. Prince,
Treasurer.

A special meeting of the directors
of the La Joya Irrigation Company
was held on Thursday evsning to take
action on the death of Hon. J. NJ.
Freeman, late president and treasur-
er of the company, and make such
changes in the officers as were made
necessary by his death.
Resolutions expressive of the great
loss experienced by the company and
the high regard in which Judge Free
man was held, were unanimously
passed.
Lewis T. Brownell of Greeley, Colo
RADIO, was elected director to fill the
vacancy.
Hon. James W. McCreary of Den.
yer, was elected president, and Hon.
L. B. Prince of Espanola, treasurer;
Governor Prince resigned as secre.
tary and Hon. R. L. Baca OF Santa Fe
was chosen in his place.
Elias Clark of Alcalde, who is a
director and also a superintendent
reported that the work was progress
ing favorably on the new high line
ditch, and about 4,4G0 feet are al
ready constructed. The company is
considering the cutting of a quantity
of ties and cedar posts in the eastern
part of its property simultaneously
with the construction of the La Joya
ditch.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-22
HUB5ELL FUNERAL TAKES
PLACE TOMORROW.
Obsequies Over the Late Mrs. M. w.
FIournoy Were Held This After
noon at Albuquerque.

The funeral services over the body
01 the late Thomas S. HubbeIl will
be held from the residence. 1923 West
Central avenue, Albuquerque, tomor-
row afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock. The
services will be in charge of the Al
hdQuerque lodge of Elks, of which
Thomas Hubbell was a charter mem
her aud with which he was intimate
ly identified for a number of years.
The three brothers of the deceas ed,
Frank A. Hubbell, arrived Thursday
evening from his ranch near Magda-
lent, Charles Hubbell and Lorenzo
Edbbell arrived yesterday from Ari-
zona. The family Of the deceased has
been the recipient of many messages
OF condolence, ands many beautiful
floral tributes have been sent to the
house Of the dead man from his many
friends,
The funeral will likely be one of
the largest ever occurring in Albu-
querque as the deceased was well
known all over the territory A large
number of friends out of town ar
rived yesterday to attend the last sad
rites over the deceased.
The FIournoy Funeral.
The funeral services of Mrs. NJ. W.
Flournoy, wife Of Vice President NJ.
w. FlOurnOy of the First National
bank at Albuquerque, will be conduct
ed this afternoon from the residence,
100 South Arno street, Albuquerque,
at 2:30 o'clock. The services will be
in charge of Archdeacon Warren of
the Episcopal church. The interment
will afterward occur in Fairview cem-
etery. The following have been chos-
en- to act as pail bearers: A. B. Nc.
Millen, Herbert Reynolds, Samuel Pi-
card, Alfred Frost, Guy Rogers, Frank
McGee.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-22
CARLSBAD LIKE SANTA FE
HAS PROGRESSIVE MAYOR.
General Cleanup Campaign is in Pro.
gress-City Park Has Been Put
in Fine Shape.

Carlsbad, y. NJ, April 22,-Tbe
city administration elected a year ago
is still on the job. Extensive im-
provements are being made this
spring. About sixty-five blocks will
be graded by the end Of the month,
fifty blocks being already completed.
This district has been made a sprink.
ling district and regular sprinkIirg
of the streets will begin May 1st In
addition the town has had general
cleaning up. Practically every place
has connected with the sewer, after
much urging ~ the authorities. The
condition of Carlsbad has never been
SO good in the history of the town.
c. H. McLenathen, the mayor, IS
about early and late, directing the
Improvements under way. 1t is
natter of pride with the mayor TO
make the town sanitary and beautiful.
r. NJ. Thorne, the street commission
er has given much time to the street
work now nearing completion. They
have had the backing of the entire
board, Judge c. r. Brice. c. NJ.
Cooke, and W. s. Jolley.
Mayor McLenathen and I. S, Os-
borne have put the city park in shape.
Two months ago it looked worse than
the city dump. 1t is now graded and
set out to trees of many kinds. The
trees are coming and before long the
city park will be the pride of the
town.
F. G. Tracy has set out trees along
the streets in north Carlsbad and 9TH
erwise improved this part of the
town. Major e. P. Bujac and others
have set out about five thousand
trees along the banks of the Pecos
river. The Cemetery Association has
had the cemetery graded and set out
a large number of trees. The Santa
Fe railway is fixing up the grounds
around the depot, building concrete
walks and Sticking up the park north
of the depot. The roads into town
are being graded and bridges put in
good order. Concrete bridges are be-
ing built whenever a new bridge is
needed.
On the whole Carlsbad has never
had the overhauling it is undergoing
this year Public spirited citizens are
at the helm and take pride in a clean
well kept municipality.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-22
DoNA ANA COUNTY HAS
ANOTHER MYSTERY.
Death of Benjamin TaIIey at Berno
is Suspected Of Having Been
Caused BY Poison.

Las Cruces, n. NJ, April 22.-Depu-
ty Sheriff Eugene Moreno left yestar-
day for Chamberino, where he arrest
ed Mrs Sarah Talley, her son, Day
ton TaIley, and her married daughter,
Mrs. Bernice Wells. These three are
held for examination in connection
with the death of the husband and
father, Benjamin Talley who died
March 31st. The grand jury at the
April term of court examined two wit
nesses in this case, but failed to re-
turn an Indictment, but after the
grand jury was discharged there were
a number of reports circulated and
considerable talking done among the
dead mans neighbors around Chambe-
rino. Judge F. w Parker and Dis
trict Attorney w II. II. Llewellyn
heard these reports and information
was filed at Las Cruces. charging the
wife and the two children with hav-
ing poisoned the deceased by the ad-
ministration of strychnine A war
rant was issued and the deputy sher-
iff sent to serve the same. Major
Llewellyn went to El Paso and return
ed to Berino, where he was met by
the Dona Ana county physician. They
proceeded to Berino, where Mr. Tai
ley had been buried, eXhumed the
body and took out the stomach and
other internal parts which were seal
ed in a jar and delivered to Professor
S. R. Mitchell of the chemistry de-
partment and U. S. experiment sta
ton at the Agricultural college. Pro-
fessor Mitchell will make an analy-
sis of the parts with the view of de-
termining whether or mt death was
caused by strychnine. Pending his
report the defendants are being held
without bail in the Dona Ana county
Jail
DR.. McCaleb, who attended deceas-
ed, says he was giving him strych,
nine in his prescriptions and that he
left some of it at the house for the
aged man to take. 1t is believed that
deceased, either purposely or accident
ally took the strychnine himself
Deceased had no insurance policies
and there appears to be m reason to
think that the family had my desire
20 cause the death of the husband and
father