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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27

teeme& in Rome and other parts Of
Italy. There were two Roman ma
irons famous for wffely virtue: Gaia
Caecilia and Caecilia Metelia- The
Germans retain the original "A" before
the second letter. spelling the name
Caeci1ie. sound every letter. last e
like "A"
Saint Cecilia is the patroness OF
music. owing to the legend that, as q
martyr, she went singing to her death
In old England her name day was
made the occasion for festivals and
lectures in praise of music
The first Lillian remembered was
queen CT Naples, celebrated in the TO-
nance Roswall and Lillian
The Lily Maid Of Astolat" was
Elaine, who loved Sir LanceIot with
leve which was her doom" 1t broke
her heart and she was buried by king
Arthur in royal STATE with a my In
her hand, as Tennyson beautifully tells
US in the 'Tdyl1s Of the King"
The old kings Of France were called
lords Of the lille from the device on
the royal arms. and the cities Of Flor
ence and Paris are still called city OF
Lilies"
According to ancient Jewish writ
ings, Adam had a wife before Eve.
named Lillis or Lilith. who was ban
ished from Paradise because she re-
fused Obedience. She is mentioned by
Goethe in Faust and by Rosetti in
Eden Hoer, as. phantom Of the air.
the bug-bear OF babies and young
mothers
As 'Lili' Goethe immortalized a fair
townswOman OF his. Anna Elizabeth
Schoeneman. Proud Cis' was a nick
name conferred upon Cicely Neville
duchess of York. ''The Rose of Raby."
Many present day celebrities OF the
stage and opera are called Lii in one
or another form Of the name. The
most famous for a time was the Eng
lish beauty. Lii Langtry. born in 1852.
Lillian Nordica. the soprano achieved
her earliest success as Marguerite. She
was born in 1858. at Farmington.
Maine. LilH Lehman viii be remem-
bered as one OF the chief Wagnerian
sopranos that ever visited America
She was born in Wurzburg. in 1913
Lillian Russell. the original. Pinafore.
now popular actress, was born 1851.
as Helen Louise Leonard.
The next names to- come in order
will be Sibyl No. 8; Rebecca. No. 9.
and Minuas No. 10.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27

such an emergency dam at the sault st.
Marie canal, and although it had
grown rusty by diSuse, 1t was most
effective when an accident occurred
there some time since.
The gates by which the water level
in the locks will be regulated are
ponderous affairs their weight vary
ing from 800 to 500 tons Each gate
is composed Of two leaves. hinged to
the sidewalks of the locks like an or
binary pair Of one-way double doors.
except that they do not shut straight
across the channel, but come together
like a f1attened V. with the apex
pointing up stream. Forty-six gates
Of two leaves each will be required in
the lock system. They will be opened
and closed by/a huge arm Weighing
1900 pounds, and having a diameter
Of Is inches.
Work Proceeding Rapidly.
The work of building the six locks
required for the canal is proceeding
with unexampled dispatch 1t requires
over 1900, 900 barrels of cement and as
many cubic yards Of stone and of sand
to build the locks at Gatun. Practi
cally the same amount will be re-
quired for the Pacific locks The work
at Gatun was 20 months~o1d May l,
and the locks are approximately two
thirds completed. Those on the Pa
cific side are also going forward at a
surprising speed. The sand for the
concrete is taken from islands in the
Atlantic and the Pacific by dredging.
and the rock from Porto Bello and
Ancon. The Porto Bello plant can
crush 5000 two-horse loads Of rock
a day. The concreting materials for
Gatun are brought to that point
through the canal on barges under
tow.
The concrete handling plant at Ga
tun is the largest Of it's kind in the
world. Huge clam she'll buckets car
ried on big eableways, and operated
entirely by machinery, unload the sand
and rock from the barges without the
lifting OF a single shovelful by hand
1t is loaded on automatic electric
cars. in exact proportions. and is car
ried to the big concrete mixers
which handle more than two-horse
loads at 8 time The cars on the
electric railway. which is "a double
tracked, circular railway, need no mo-
toTTnan. By means Of a governor or
rhetostat, the current is so regulated
that their speed is kept constant at
about three miles an hour.
When the concrete mixers finish
big buckets mounted On flat cars
drawn by small electric locomotives
These haul two buckets to a point
under a big galloway, where they are
lifted off by machinery and carried to
the point where they are needed in the
lock construction When the loaded
buckets are taken from the cars, empty
ones are substituted and the little
train hustles back for another load.
On the Pacific side cableways are not
used, being supplanted by big cranes
The sand and rock is unloaded on big
trestles by dump cars. Clam shell
dippers gather these materials from
the mountainous dumps. carry them in
proper proportions to steam propelled
trains which. in turn. take tflem to the
mixers These empty the concrete into
buckets on other little trains. and
away they go to the big crane by
which the buckets are lifted to the
construction work.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
OLD BOB IS STILL
I'm FIRE SERVICE

Old Bob, 81 years of age and for 10
years a member of the Ell Paso fire de-
partment, is still in harness at the
central station. He was placed on duty
Friday because Mexico" one of the
big bays that haul the truck waa sick.
Bob is the smartest horse in the de-
partment. He knows where the feed
box is and, in order to prevent his get
ting into the oats the firemen have been
forced to put large peg in the staple
and keep it, closed.
He does not allow people to talk I'M
kindly to him or TO spit at him and
when they attempt this he will run
them out into the corral in the rear OF
the fire station and grasp their coat in
his teeth.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
The Herald's
Daily Shsrt Stery

he left the office he suddenly came
upon Bright. She had evidently been out
{ shopping, for she was carrying big
parcel.
she smiled and said: Good even
ing. You are quite a stranger
Instinct made him respond to her
greeting.
Let me carry your parcel" he said.
"Oh. don't trouble. thanks, it is quite
light"
He took hold of the package.
Il can't allow you to do it. You need
not refuse He would not mind that"
She crimsoned as she surrendered the
parcel.
How absurd you are"
Il suppose am"
"Of course you are" she said de-
cidedly. But whom do you mean by
him?"
why. Mr.. Bunkeflod. to be sure"
"Oh," she laughed. mo, he would not
mind
Nature provides the mental where
withal to be calm outwardly. even to
victims of the most despair. To any
passerby who had CHANGED to regard
the couple there would have been moth
ing more out of the way than the spec
tacle of an attentive Young man and
pretty girl. who was blushing-
But what made you think Of him.?
said Bright.
Can do anything else but think OF
him."
Il don't know. I'm sure"
You always laughed at me-"
Now you are positively scathing."
~IT"
YES. you"
ST hope you will be happy" he said.
81 don't quite know how things will
go-now, but I won't worry you by
Whining The only thing is that loved
you and was always trying to ask you
to marry me, but the chance never
came. There was always something OF
other in the way. and then I began to
be afraid You might have laughed. But
L.did love you and would have died for
you, or done anything. 1t does not seem
like life now at all. Before, I stopped
away for months alta time, but 1 was
thinking Of YOU every minute All, L
only one could swing the time back SO
/, that 1 might just be able to come IN
again one evening is I used to and
say"
The girl had stopped and had faced
him. a look on her face he had never
seen there before :.
say what?" she said. What would
you have safd9
w III EOu marty AlC
do you mean it?''
YES, 1 mean it more than anything
in the world
I oughtn't to have done it," she said
You poor old thing. But you will for
give me- You did not propose, and
thought that you would come in that
night. knew you were outside. and
pretended to be talking to some one
Just to-to buck you up bit"
Then he understood. and when he
Rugged her, oblivious of time and place
she merely laughed and muTmured:
II am very sorry Neils."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
Ada Patterson

aA"HIS earth's cinch," said
Thomas Edison, the wizard
worker in electricity in a
recent interview. Mr.. Edison ought to
know, for he has lived 81 splendidly
active years upon the earth to which
he gives the embracing name. But
observe that Mr. Edison, careful sci
enlist that he is, adds condition.
This earth is a cinch," he says, IF
we take it right"
Mr. Edison spoke of "the earth" as
all of us allude to life" as the sum
Of the conditions that surround US.
Life. he includes, is a good thing and
pleasant and adds, the philosophers
proviso, 'if we take 1t right"
Taking life right" means, first,
not being afraid of it. The brave man
or woman faces life as a soldier goes
to battle. The soldier has no guaran-
tee that he will return from the bat
tie alive But he hopes he Will and
meanwhile is prepared to make a good
fight Every man or woman who sue
ceeds has the spirit of the good SOL
der A woman who has learned much
wisdom in life's school told me that
she never blinked at trouble but
looked at it squarely for she said,
"The trouble that is faced is half con-
quered." Troubles are much like net
ties. Handle them with fearful tips of
fingers and you are surely hurt. Grasp
and crush them in a firm palm and
their sting is half lost.
Taking life right is also not expect
ing too much of 1t. We must not
mourn too long when we find that IT is
not a forest Of flowers peopled with
good fairies. They fare better who
regard 1T as the field on which good
fight is to be fought. or a. workshop
in which everyone can become a
skilled mechanic. Disappointment is
the bitterest drop in the cup given us
to drink. That bitter essence is miss
ing from the draught If we do not ask
too much of life, II we expect mere
men and women to be angels we have
sprinkled a. drop Of gall in our cup II
we expect the way to success to be
without obstacles another drop is in
stilled in the draught. If we claim
exemption from the common lot OF
mortals, that suffering which IS our
growing pain, the cup will, be bitter
indeed
Taking life right includes seeing
things in their right proportions. 1t
is the ability to see the smallness OF
a small thing and the magnitude of a
serious problem. Such clear vision
scatters the troublesome .mirages OF
life. It prevents a woman staying al
home from a merry making because
her new gown is not finished. The
clear eyed woman will laugh, wear the
old gown, jest about it and enjoy the
merry making. The clear eyed man
will not minimize a crisis. He will
know that it is a crisis and summon
ing all his strength to meet 1t, will tri-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
ON This EARTH'S
A CINCH"

umph over it. The pitiable story or
former financier of San Francisco who
was evicted from his own dismantled
home. was summarized by the faith
full old negro who was his companion
in misfortune. '"The kunnel kept on
laffin' and putin every one off. He
was ies nachally careless"
Taking life right means a continu-
Gus enlargement OF our world. We
interests to narrow. We begin life in
a contracted sphere. At the begin
ming. we are chiefly concerned with
the. softness Of our bed. the comforta-
BILE width Of our cradles and the
plentitude Of our food. At life's end
we ought to be deeply concerned in Sc
curing all these to every member Of
the human race.
No one takes life right who doesn't
rake his motto. II shall do instead of
being done to-" There are persons who
look upon life as plastic thing which
they can mould into any form that
pleases them. Others think life is q
high wind and they poor weather
vanes whipped ruthlessly about by
blasts from every quarter. The first
is an active liver OF life, the second a
passive endurer of it. The last is the
sort that whimpers about being a poor
tool of fate. Fate" is a poor booga-
boot that has frightened nations and
individuals as stories about the bad
man have intimidated unseasonably
boisterous children. But time comes
when the sturdy minded child out
grows his horror of the boogieman
and we generation Of grownups
should have outgrown our fear Of thai
other boogie man, fate" In a very
large measure we can control our own
fate Character is the chisel that can
shape 1T practically at our will. 1t is
time to stop whimpering. 1t is in US,
as in Edison, to prove that this earth
is cinch."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
ITNcIW7A Wars Denatured Poem

howl
of
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mill
precious ito m diamonds
that natressw ant to buys Now he comes
he has gri o he writing
he sop,a and he gurg he yawp
an ak and this
only
butcher which
why in be
in the kill
string hours thave chance % me-.
o.,v.. ,,,, ~ e.os. Matthew. adams. l0aeAz7la&o>4
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
HERALD USED AS HISTORY

WatsonvlIle, Cal, Nay e, 1911
Editor FL Paso Herald
Enclosed you will find check In pay
ment for The Herald for one year. We
have certainly enjoyed The Herald since
coming here and feel we can't be
without it. Mr.. zyyick is now located
in Nevada and we expect to move TO
Salt Lake City about July L The high
school hero used The Herald a great
deal during the war down there for its
history classes. Yours truly.
Mrs. Frank ZwlcK
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
Turning the Immigration Stream

vow to n of immigration cities of the northeast
- of the greatest economic questions con-
Chicago Owdg dense masses in dIngy fene
industries under conditions detrimental to moral and
that the city OF New
foreign all the II
foreign born as in Texas cTexas
than other southern state owing
toll constant Mexicn the bOrde)-
gardeners well industrial hands Nearly
every immigrant either peasant with generations OF
gardening behind him he ind a worker with
skill only needs be turned to account II S 70 say A
percent all gratg America fit themselves
occupations suited the tendency coop
IN the great cities IS dem0hzng every way ana the WIN ~
persons utilized wisely OF thor
this failure for what they are fitted and to give
the work fOr which trained.
year notable gathering of drawn
letting
store failure distribute the
The gathering up chiefly the
systems being represented the high import
minds of the transportation world
There were number of the chief country
few sOeOlops and half dozen public
office railroad system Little was said or pub
by those who took part But the meet
possibilities of good for the whole country and its results
be far reaching
the not cOnceaen but rather retain the
support large earliest of the
much publicity for plans might
prove abOrve and men OF TINS type 90 NOT care 10 nave u ~
along the line of using ad
wealth. especially endeavOing divert the stream the
west ana south ana s ~ - c md more evenly developed
brought
hardly touched and that the
greatest problem cities of the seabOard crowded with
poorly asnate with the American people, and
constituting political problem
empires wealth awaiting them this and the
awaiting systematic
capital itself
ready to assist the movement and that countyen OF the immigrants them
qualified knowledge the
they could
the transportation and industrial interests Of this
country
big proposition plans develop
administer it But the fund
$1,000
good while
for which the fitted by hediy
snd training
One of meeting year great
New November under the auspices of the
RAILROAD and the particular direction of Arthur Swel This
there
now just plain senorD and senOrM
What
him?
The centcOs certainly Henry
progress
a
bit clOudaOft is right at the door.
long
commission will settle the ownership
it will be
twice
De La Ba has chance to make good but he also has very rocky path
He the midnight oil to guide the Mexican ship of
boosting
giving
become garden The Paari dam viii bring the water
going pay compliment popular friendly
Fl PasOans and the people always good friends
Nothing greater the place
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
MAXIMUM RESULTS WITH
THE MINIMUM Of EXPENSE.


Much has been heard of late about
efficiency in the sense that that
word is used to denote the scientific
mana cement that increases the product
of labor without proportionately in
creasing either the amount of work
done or the cost thereof Although the
canal builders have not adhered TO any
particular system of scientific man
agement," they have nevertheless so
managed their work that they are now
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
TO WORK ON RAILROAD
THROUGH PERUVIAN Ar

Her5t~t Kerr left for New York Fri
day From New York he sails for Peru
on June s to be gone a year He and
others from the E P & s W. engf-
neering department. will do the location
work on a new Peruvian railroad
through Re Andes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
LETTERS
ITO the=
HERALD

Cali communications must bear the
signature Of the writer. but the name
win not be published whore such . re-
quest IS made).
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
sUAEANTEED

CIRCULATION.
The Herald bases
all advertising
contracts on q
q u q r q n ( e e OF
more thar twice
the circulation OF
aay other FL
Pan Arizona
New Mexico or
West Texas pa
per. Daily average
exceeding 10000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27

HERALD TRAVs
ELING AGENTS.
Persons solicited
to subscribe for
The Herald should
beware Of impos-
tiers and should
not pay money to
anyone unless he
can show that be
IS legally author
lied by the III
Paso Herald.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
Successful Operation Of Panama
Canal Depends Upon the Big Locks

Are Like Giant Marine Starways Permitting One Ship
Climb Up While Another Descends
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27

Continued on next page.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27

Tia Associates e American !
A&vsstissrs hiss examined and cerGhed to
de ciisralassa q shs pubicsioa- Tbs detail
rspon Il ssch exsminshoo u ca hse q the
New York oEirs q the Assoeistioa. Ne
sshr srrs Il cireulaien euraaaeed.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27

long until whether the Chamiza strip
OF Keywise ownership
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27

largest high school graduating Let
twice large year. We have and girls wit
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-05-18
POLITICAL CONSISTENCY A JEWEL.

The republicans in the national
House of Representatives were on solid
ground when they attempted to have
the so-callcd Farmers Free List" bill
amended so as to make the removal Of
import duties contingent upon conces-
sions on the part of nations from
which the lmportations might be
made. before the latter could profit
from the reductions in the tariff in
volvcd
Now that is general reciprocity pure
and simple, and the obvious reply for
the democrats to have made was that
the republicans had refused to apply
Just such an arrangement to Canada
in accordance with the recommended
| ton and the concrete efforts of Presi-
dent Taft
The democrats. however, could not
make that rejoinder without laying
themselves open to the similar charge
that they favored reciprocity with
Canada. but refused to favor II when
other nations were involved, letting
down the bars entirely and thus in
reality discriminating against Canada.
Sooner or later the people as a
whole will learn for themselves that
the protective tariff is not scheme
to manipulate prices but to build up
, American industries and furnish homo
markets for our farm products while
securing necessary revenue, and that
1t is intended also to help us secure
trade by making nations who sell us
certain necessities take some of our
products in return.
When that time comes both great
political parties will have to stop
playing politics with the tariff ques-
ton and treat it on a purely business
basis.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-05-18
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PERIL.
Proposed "GnynOr Chnrtcr" neac;i"h-
nry--N ou!d Plunge >chuoIS Into
Politics, They Say.


Russell Benedict. chairman Of tho joint
committee on charter revision of this
BROOKLYN League: j A.rIrw4u Hodge
cl airnan Of the forum committee of tho
Ponies Institute: George w. Hod-o,
PRECEDENT OF the nrollIvr League. ans
Charles =. Rowland. president ~ Pl ia
Education association. have united in i~-
suire, statement ta t'c public with tH.
in. OF "Our pran, School Sy-tcm. as ID
would he under tho proposed charter"
calling IN their attention "tne reactionary
rnho,,.a, ~ t,o New Y1rA'~ educationa.
.v.tsr, rr,oo.oa I'm the pending draft
cbart,r They STATE mat the edura.
.ional ,,,ot.r ~ the proposed charter re.
verses the fixed educational policy of New
Want, ,it,. ,-1 Stale. II dolrs the edugl.
,.o,,,1 ,x,,erien,e Of cities throughout tia
country and il amounts to a political raid
~, ,b, ,,,rlic. school system.
,, ,ra SUMMARY, il Is stated. "Thc pro.
,oset charter should he defeated.
..i,o.,,,ss II wound pIunre the school.
into rnlitics. being mqrifastlv framed 10
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-05-18
COMMERCE. on LAKE CHAMPAIGN.

! That the people of Nergennes have
| thoroughly caught the spirit of prog
ress IN connection with the PROPOSE
| ton to develop commerce on Lake
connection with the handsome ovation
they recently gave Lieutenant Black
| ard party. The Nergennes Enterprise
which is cooperating enthusiastically
| in the good work says in commenting
on the subject:
Instead of a few boats plying on
it's waters. Lake Champlain should be
white with sails. Its commerce should
be doubled and quadrupled and 1t viii
be if the government will carry for
ward improvements in the lake com
mensurate with those New York has
commenced"
| This leads the Montpelier Journal to
comment as follows:
And il tho Canadian canal system
connecting to the Richelieu river with
| :ne st. Lawrence can be improved then
great amount of traffic should he
sent from the Great Lakes to New York
by way of Lake Champlain."
Lieut. r =. Black of the L. s Engi-
neer Corps during his recent trip to
| Burlington stated that the New York
canal department contemplated repairs
! on the Champlarn canal on n far small
Ter scale than was finally adopted, but
thu Canadian authorities took pains to
City the government of New York
that 1t was considering the enlarge
mont of Chambiy canal along certain
lines, and the plans for the Champlain
anal were accordingly changed to ac-
coinmodate craft that would be 800
feet in length and carry $500 tons.
| Under these circumstances It is reas On
able to expect that Canada will feel
bly, improvements on n scale at leas.
as elaborate as those of the ChampIaip
| canal.
| That the American authorities hope
| to be able to mako certain progress in
| connection with the development Of
commerce on Lake Champlain is indi-
cptcd by the reply OF Lieutenant Black
who in acknowledging the receipt OF
the report on thrs city's statistics pre-
pared by direction of tho Burlington
Commercial club ny Secretary Howard
says
| II regret that the time at our dis
posal was so limited feel that
special appreciation is due for your
excellent work for this very reason.
Trusting that future developments
will justify my assertions a. to the d.
| rect relation between the rendering of
statistics and the benefit Of commerce.
I am, etc"
There Is certainly good ground for
a lively expectation that the coming
nIe years will witness complete
Transformation regarding the cond-
tions of navigation and commerce vi,
Lake Champlain.