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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-17
ENTRIES FOR THE
HUAREL JOCKEY CLUB.
45th Day, Jan. IS.
+++4++++++ ) :

First race-Purse, six furlongs Fly
ing DOT IS. Bessie Frank, FRAGILE %,
PortarlingtOn 103. Crowfoot 100.
AIikadoO, Kings of the Morning lOss
Juarez 10, Eye White, Barney old
field. J. B. Robinson, Sabado. DANGER
Gus March Don Diego 1lS, Elorlo I1o:
Second raCe-Selling, five and naII
furlongs. Odelia ga, Skillute 80. FIRST
Fashion s96 Defy 90. IsOm, Narfi. Gift.
MandaderO 1O1 Ben Wilson, Big CAIN,
McAlan. Col MarchmOnt 100, Sir Irenus
1O7. OscurO 71OS, Coed III
Third race-Selling, one mile. Doltie
B se3 BIT of Fortune .1O0, Virginia
Lindsey. Pipe Vision. Ben Uncss 10
Novgorod. Charles Green, Tom FRANKS,
The Peer los, Onatassa lOS-
Fourth race-Selling: SIX IuIIolSo -
Mary Fmilv a9O Ymir &95 Oakland 70
LADY, AIacv IO2 Flying Footsteps 1Ul'
John Griffin II GOldfinn III ,.-
Fifth race-Selling, seven 1uIdOhs - ;
Great Friar $50, Error. Xanker 20. i
Solo s1O2. Hereto 107, Fern L iUe'
Black Mate, Wicket, l. NJ. Eekert. Ma
pletOn 10. IN. c.,,s-s-
sixth race-Selling. one mile Ie. sugar }59
Lump. Anne MCGEE @9S, MISS hoIn 4Oo,
The Monk Miami Hannis, Flying
Feet los. Lena Lech. soma 10S' Wolrer-
ton ITO. .,,o,r.rce
tuesdays Results
First race-Six furlongs, selnng,
mares. year olds and t IPWia1ross t "a
$500 Golden Ruby, 1O4 Nauly. - =
Won. MinnOlette. IL NOdliia 1es5ss,i .
1 second: Orba Smile, IL (SmaI)
to 1, third Time 1:14 %. Cness, DScly-
lis. Ala Marchmont Louise b. Eai -S-ie'
SIauretania Irish Beauty ran
Second race-One mile seiins.
wear oIds and upward, value $500. soma,
los (BoreD to /, won; AlispIls94, Iuo
Carter 10 to I, second; Ben Cncas,
los Tmes), 6 TO 1. third. Time. Al 10
Wicket Black Mate, Little Marchmonts
Whidden Acqui, Charles Green, Little
Jane ran.
Third race-Five and one-half fur
long. selling, 3 year Odds. value $500.
Tourist ia (KeOgh), s 10 3. won;
Manassah. 1Q5 (Rosen), 8 to /, second;
Sidon, 100 Carter, to 1, third Time.
.O5 As. AIimOriOso. Tanker, AIOralight,
W. r. Ford. Florence Roberts ran.
Fourth race-Seven furlOngs purse
year Odds and upward, value $500.
Injury. los (Grossl. 4 to /. won; Ara
see. los Carter, 3 to ], second John
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-17

Knockout Brown is a sore Dutchman.
For the past few days he has been
informed by all the smart boys that At
tell would peck him TO pieces in their
coming fight. "Attell may be able 10
do that to boys that weigh as little
as he does. says Brown. but when
he meets a boy of my weight, that is
not afraid. then he had better be care
ful / won't beat Attel- I'll knock
him dead" Terrible way TO dispose
Of Ourfeatherweight champion.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-17

Ladies garments a specially. wright.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-17

Fresh buttermilk. Ell PasO Dairy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-17

Johnson an opportunity to prove the
charges in court
Jas. J. Corbett.
owen Moran, the classy British light
weight. has been matched up to battle
Joe Mandot 20 rounds before the West
Side a. c., New Orleans on February
IS. The boys will travel 20 rounds
and agree to name 1913 pounds, ringside.
Both men posted their fOrfeits of s25O.
Joe Jeanette may take q few slams
at Kid Mccoy in Paris shortly. The
news of the Kids victory stirred Jea-
nette up, and his manager, Dan Nc
ketrick. cabled over to France offering
to fight Mccoy, winner take all.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-14
APACHE SLANG PARIS FAD
Hx4sssts q Frsneh Meter Car Dandjts
make underworld Language
PopuIar.

Farfs-The slang OF tie Paris
Apachss y the latest fad taken up In
society circles here Not only French
people. but also foreigners of the fash.
ionable set here. are now vying with
each other in picking up the largest
stock Of words and phrases Of srrot
spoken on foruncations and in the
outer slums.
Slang dictionaries are sold to tour.
lists at the boulevard kiosks, and 90
csety women are taking lessons in ar
got. for which, of course. high fees are
charged BY the instructors.
Several American women are among
those taking lessons, and it is be-
iieved to be one OF them who original.
ed tho idea The fad is thought to
have arisen in consequence of the in
tense interest taken in the Paris nm
derworld through the exploits of the
motor bandits.
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Joke Dinner for Congressman, Joker Not There

AT 6 o'clock the other afternoon
- members of the house began to
flock into the dining room OF Con-
gress hall in droves.
At minutes after 6, nifty members
were In the room. At 10 minutes
after 6 half dozen members rushed
in with beads of Precipitation trickling
down their faces. The late arrivals
explained to each other that they
had dinner engagements at o'clock.
Each member inquired of the head
waiter for Representative Francis
Burton Harrison of New York. The
head waiter had not seen Mr.. Harri-
son all day.
Time passed. Members looked at
their watches. Finally each prospect
diner announced to his neighbor that
he was waiting for Mr.. Harrison. It
dawned on the assemblage that Mr..
Harrison was going to give q dinner
In the way Of surprise party. More
time passed. and the clock struck
struck $3.50. Members began to ask
each other II they were sure the hour
was fixed at 6. Every one was posi-
tive he was to meet Mr.. Harrison at
8 promptly.
Members who had broken engage
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WOULD LAND FISH ALIVE
Philadelphia Dealer Departs on 1900,
Mile FIshlne Trip 20 Prove
the Theory.

Philadelphia, PA--rhe experiment
Of transporting nah alive 1900 miles
II to b tested By Thomas Keeper.
who left his home In this city on the
Neutrality-suspicious. liner Kaiser Au-
gusts Victoria for Slam via Hamburg.
Mr.. Ksepfsr believes that the fsh can
be brought from Slam and landed
In this country without difaculty In
large frssh-water tanks. notwithstand-
Ing the long distance which they have
10 b carried.
Mr.. Keeper believes that In . few
years all edible nah will be sold alive.
and that his experiment win bring
about means By which scientists viii
enable dealers to cell ash alive 1t the
door Of every householder, and by
this means elimipate = great deal OF
sickness from ptomaine poisoning.
Chinese hshins steamers, II 10
claimed. carry fish to their markets
several hundred miles away with only
. minimum loss.
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Curator Of the National Museum Gets Skink

n R. LEONHARD STEJNEGER, head
~ curator at the National Museum.
is the happiestA man In America. He
has skink. 1t came the other day
and was not brought by the stork.
but by Mr.. Wood. a taxidermist. who
found it In Florida,
The skink Is not a--well, 1t is need
less to say-as his name would indi-
cate. He does not belong to the cat
family. His scientific name is leoseps
repnoldsi. In appearance the skink is
not unlike an elongated lizard. He
has four legs which he does not use.
they having become paralyzed from
lack of exercise. He gets his food by
laying in wait. with his sticky tongue
extended. for something to come
along.
He lives by waiting and hauling in.
The degenerate pins attached TO
leoseps' sides indicate that his remote
ancestors walks. The present day
specimen walks not nor does he fly.
but swims In the sand where he lives.
Being reptile and cold b!ooded tho
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ments to meet the New York member
began to call up his ONCE and his sec
rotary replied that he had not seen
him in several hours. That started an
exodus. Every one was sore, incluid-
ing the head waiter who saw great
prospects ahead.
An hour later half dozen members
walked into the grill of down town
hotel and found Mr.. Harrison dining
alone
Hello. boys: mighty glad to SEQ
you." Mr.. Harrison greeted them.
Come over and dine with me. hate
to eat alone"
They did, but not until he had con-
vinced them that he was inviting
them to dine for the first time.
Mr.. Harrison passed up his legisla-
tive duties for one day. The morning
he spent In explanations. He is still
looking for the joker.
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Pajamas Are Suggested for UncIad HOLSTERS

ed some kind Of clothing for the she'll
fish. Her demands have not been tax
en- up in Washington.
We must remember that the cold
blooded animals are not so sensitive
OF pain as the warm-blooded," Secre-
tary John P. Heap. of the Humane So
ciety, said.
This form Of life, Holsters ana;
crabs. Is very low" Mr.. Heap stated.
1T is not imbued with the same feel
ings as the higher orders. It is an ap-
proach to the vegetable kingdom.
Therefore, there is in such cases an.
these suggested hardly any cause for
controversy.
We have had complaints about
such cruelties az turning turtles on.
their backs and leaving them in that
position; but fish and reptiles seldom.
AFFORD any ground for complaint"
Dealers In crabs and Holsters have
not taken the pajama suggestion Sc
riously. They have laughingly replied.
to questions As to the feasibility OF
the plan that III the ladies preferred,
to recommend pajamas rather than
hobble skirts" pajamas would have.
the right Of way.
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COUNT WEDs;I SARREsTED

moon trip to IN eastern city. The &C
cused count was saved from . cell By
Detective yelling. who stood in mont
Of the Clark street police station with
him while his friends were sisning
tho bonds. In front Of the station IL
% was m automobile in which were
the bride and NrB. L. n. Car and
Miss Violet 8. Hallowell. who had
acted ~ bridesmaids at the wedding.
Countsss OrlsR. who before her mar
riags was Miss Mary Henrietta Spar
row. was nervous during the wait at
the police station and 1t first was nm.
willing to talk about her husbands
arrest Finally she was persuaded to
talk about woman who her husband
had intimatsd was responsible.
Ny wife has been receiving numsr-
Gus letters from this woman. who has
told her l am not = real count" said
Orion. Il cannot reveal her name 1t
the present time"
He admitted having obtained the
typewriter. but said he had given the
machine to friend. Who had agreed
to pay for it.
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MATURE" REscuEs WOMAN
Fire Destroys . Hsuss That Was
Moved by Flood Into
Canal Path.

Louisvills.-That English poet who
wrote Mature never did bstray the
heart that loved her~-and Mrs.. Ellen
Clark-wsrs INDICATED when Are OF
nystsrious origin destroyed the WON
ans house here recently.
Several years ago Mrs. Clark's cot
tass was hoatsd on tn lot and deposit.
"a sQuarely on the routs through
which the government subsequently,
decided to construct Z canal Thea II
came time, . few weeks ago. to tell
her that she must move the house out
Of Uncle Sans way. she rspliDd:
Mature put II there: nature can re-
move It." and that was all they wore
able to get out of her until they paid
her a cash consideration Of $50 to
sign jump-claim papers.
And now Mrs. Clark IL pointing to
the ashes and haunting the federal
agents with II told you sa."
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I F the next time you 90 marketing,
! you see lobster or a crab clad in
natty pajamas, don't rub your eyes or
offer yourself to be pinched to see II
you are awake. Just take it as q mat
ter Of course.
For pajamas have been suggested by
certain humanitarians as means to
prevent crabs and Holsters from BIT
Ing on each others claws ard legs
and feelers and whiskers while they
are In captivity, the transitory state
between the deep blue sea and the
cooking pot. At present Holsters gem
orally have their claws checked" with
small sticks of wood. which are said
to be painful assures Of quiescence.
That is not a. 1t should be. . mem
Der Of the Pennsylvania Women's So
ciety for the Prevention OF Cruelty to
Animals declares, and she has demand
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skink does not need much air. He.
spends much time in sand beds far
removed from the busy world.
From the standpoint OF the scien-
list the skink is most interesting be-
cause he resembles skinks found in.
Persia and the Mediterranean. making
the old world and the new close kin.
Experts at the National Museum saw
that the mcdesty OF the skink coupled
with his ability to swim through sand
many inches deep. has made him a
stranger to science in this countrr.
His kind is plentiful in Florida but
the fact has just been discovered.
The skink when grown is about FIVE
inches long and very slender. lie IA
e variety OF colors.
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Nobisman and Bride Step at PelIes
station on Way to Marriage
Supper.

Chicaso.-John Drashkovitch OrIoR
who says he IL . Russian count, pass
cd an anxious hour while friends were
hurrying to the home Of . municipal
court judge to obtain his release aftes
ne had been arrested on . ehargs Of
larceny. With him was his bride Of q
few hours. The charge against orloa
was made by w.'B. wenham. repre-.
senting the Chicago Safe and Msr-
chandise company. sos1 West Lake
street. and he accused the count OF
having failed to ray for . typewriter
which he IL sai& to have purchased
December 10 last.
Detectives with wenham served the
papers on Orlof q few moments be-
fore he and his bride, with q party Of
friends. were about to leave the home
Of the trids. 1897 West Adams street,
for the Chicago Beach hotel. whore
they were to have wedding supper.
The marriage was performed at 3
p. m. In St Paul's Reformed Episco-
pal church, South winchester avenue
and West Adams street. The marriage
ceremony was read by Bishop Samuel
Fallows.
The arrest Of Orion resulted In the
postponemsnt Of the counts honey
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Army Mule indicates Ability to Deliver Goods

congress-this is the time to beware Of
him-for back behind those innocent
eyes and dropping ears there turks.
mischief-mischief in large and vio-
lent doses. With half closed eyes
he Is watching you. and in an unguard--
ed moment-unguarded on your part.
he is likely to apply his strong white
teeth TO the fieshy part of your arm.
and leg and you will imagine that you
have been bit by shark. Either
that. or he will give you swift and
sudden jolt with iron shod foot some
where In the region of your carbureter..
and you will land in the next county.
where you can leisurely contemplate
the deceptive qualities Of the mule.
But to get back to his contest with
the auto truck. the question was de-
cided in favor of his muleship in re-
cent transportation contests In Iowa
over rough roads. The mule Yon.
Whatever his faults are. the mule can
and will pull. He has never shown
any great fondness for work. but he
can perform and does so effectively
when there is no way to get around
It.
The race between the mule and the
auto trucks in some respects recalled
the memorable one between the hare
and the tortoise. though not even the
mules most bitter enemies will assert
that he is in any respects like the tor
toise.
Therefore, the mule remains in the
army. He has been hard working
public servant and 1t would have been
a pity to have discharged him without
a character. There is then. some sat
isfaction in the thought that the mule
will not be drummed out of the army
yet awhile.
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OLD PILOT Is DEAD

Jones about 1856, when Samuel Glenn.
ems became his pupil. Clemens then
gathered material later used for his
Life on the MississippL" Years
later. after he won literary fame, he
made . trip from ST. Louis TO New
Orleans with Captain Bixby, and only
few years ago was his guest in st.
Louis.
Captain Bixby was Of small physi.
que, nervous and why. He had .
tremendous energy. Throughout his
river service he kept . diary, record
Ing daily the events and the shifting
OF the river current. This record the
United States government 10 anxious
to get and 1t probably will be en-
bodied In . book which will further
perpetuate Captain Bfxby's fame.
Mark Twain in his writing made
Captain Bixby out q profane man.
This was incorrect. his other friends
say. He was. by reputation. gentle
In speech and courteous to al men
he met.
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MODERN ARMS IN THE SUDAN
sonsebody Supplying Tribssmsn With
up-to-Oate weapons-FormerIy
used Spears.

London.-News has been rsesivsi
nom Abyssinia suggesting the pess
ence In the Sudan of come advsntur
ers who are arming and drilling tribes
hitherto savage and unprovided With
any weapons but the bow and spear.
Large Quantities OF rifles ana am.
munitton have reached these tribss
i'he region chiefly affected IL that be.
tween northern Uganda, the western
border of Abyssinia and the south
eastern corner of Anglo-Egyptian So
dan.
The rifles are Of Preach manu-
facturs and stamped with the date
1879, but it lie declared that many of
them are in reality quite new.
During the recent British opera
tons under Major Leveson against
the Anuaks in the Sudan. wild and
practically naked tribes were all
found to be armed with similar rifles,
which had replaced their traditional
spears and shields.
The savages had evidently been
trained. They were clothed only In
beads plus new chandeliers of cart
ridges. and 1t was remarkable that
words OF command were heard to be
given by Gales and Arabs to savages
who had never before shown any
signs Of dicipl.ae or training.
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WASHINGTON.-The army mule
W has rather INDICATED himself. In
fair and free for all contest against
the auto-truck and instrument. or We
hicle designed. we might cay to get
his goat, the mule proved his right to
remain in the American army. They
tried to Gust him, but he kicked-the
mule may at all times be depended
upon to kick.
The proposal to discharge the army
mule without pension, without even
an honorable discharge. began to find
supporters when the motor driven
army wagon first appeared upon the
scene. 1t was argued that the old or
der would have to give way to the
new, and that the all conquering au-
tomobile would certainly relegate the
mule to the rear. But they reckoned
without full knowledge OF the latent
possibilities of the mule. A mule Is
very deceiving proposition. He is
as hard to fathom in his various
moods and lenses as his counterpart.
the "coon," or the senior senator from
Idaho. He is sometimes grossly mis-
understood; this is because in spite of
long and close association with man.
kind-mankind yet fails to become ON
intimate and cordial relations with the
mule. His disposition and character
90 not invite affection or confidence.
At times he appears as innocent and
unsophisticated az candidate for
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Hero of ''Life on the Mississippi"
on Duty to End.
Fameus Character Resented NotorI
s<y-DIsIiked Use Of His Name
BY Mark Twain, Who Was
Under HIS Tuteiaas.
~zzzssS - 5ssss..ss5 10;

st. Louis, Mo.-Horace e. Bixby
the best known of the Mississippi
river pilots, who taught the art t
Mark Twain. is dead. Captain Bixb,
died suddenly at his home.
Dr.. Rclla Bracy, coroner Of st
Louis county, who held an inquest
said death was caused by apoplexy
Captain Bixby was eishty-six years
old, and was still in the river service
at the time Of his death. He daily ex
pected call to take out the govern
ment towboat Nokomis. He arose
early and dressed. A little later his
wife went to his room and found him
lying dead ON his bed. He died a. he
often had said he wished to die, I'm
the harness"
Captain Bixby's fame rests upon
the writing of cub pilot. ono Of the
many youths he taught-Samuel
Clemens MARK Twain. He made an
epic OF the days he spent with Bixby
and the pilots name was known
throughout the world. Captain Bixby
received hundreds Of letters from
strangers who knew him solely
through Mark Twain's books. This
became distastsful to him, and dur
ing late years he had avoided all men,
ton Of Marx Twain's name.
The sixty-sfx years Captain Bixby
spent In the pilot house marked the
growth and gradual decline Of steam
boat days on the Mississippi and Ohio
rivers. While pilot ON the Missouri
river in 195e-Ss his boat would be
stopped BY buliAlo herds crossing the
river one day and By Sioux warriors
the next
In the Civil war he was chief pilot
for the Union feet besieging vicks-
burg and Memphis. He always held
the Union victory at Memphis due to
the Information he gave Commodore
Foote. Later. a. = principal stock.
holder and commander Of the flnest
steamboats, In the Anchor service.
Captain Bixby was known the lsnrth
Of the Mississippi He ran The City
of Alton when 1t made the single
Trip record Of $4,000 clear.
On the decline of river commerce
ne entered government service.
Captain Raxby was pilot Of the Paul
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JUDGE LOSES HIS CLOTHES
s.. Lawyers and Kansas Jurist Pre-
tend to Be Boys BY the River
. With Sad Results.

Kansas City. Mo.-Ssven lawyers
from this city went to . fishing re-
sort near here and thought they would
spend the week end in the old-fasE-
Toned way. Their boy nature got the
best Of them. and they ali went swim
nling-bathing suits barred. wheL
they were ready to return to camp q
suit of clothes belonging to Judge
John c Pollock ct the Kansas federal
court was missing.
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Shoemakers are proverbially i'll shod,
hut it would seem as IL the men in the
Pfttsburg factory who struck because
while they turned out 600 bathtubs a
day they had none to use themselves
Aad something tc complain of.
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A man arrested in Chicago for be-
ing drunk confessed that his wife, a
milliner. had sent him out to buy
thread and he had spent the money
Tor drink. His wife pleaded to save
him from jail, on the ground that she
needed him home to do the house
work.
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The saw fly is cutting the leaves on
New England's naples and the spruce
bud moth is attacking the balsams.
which are needed for pillows and for
Christmas trees. Still nobody Is do
ing anything to increase the number
Of the birds.
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A New Jersey man claims that he
has perfected an invention whereby
peas can be made to grow by cleo
trfcity. That may help some, but
wouldn't It be more effective II he
could induce electricity to kill the
weeds?
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A young woman In a New York wa
Serside resort came near being
drowned by her hobble skirt. Still,
style is not worth being a cause If
# Is not to have its martyrs, as well
~ its votaries.
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Great excitement has been caused
an London because the king and queen
went to vaudeville show. What
they want now is to get up a con-
vention on the American plan il they
wish to be up to date in their amuse-
ments and want some excitement
which is really worth while
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Since correspondent has rctaliated
With some heat. saying that mans
Barb is idiotic, we shall have to con-
cede that at least 1t is slightly mar
fistlc
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Our army has adopted new form
Of sword which is said to be highly
effective. We can picture a gallant
omcer. sword In hand, battling with a
gatling gun at a distance Of mile
and half.
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Every time we hear that a pleasure
nat has Knocked a hole in a battle
ship we are led to wonder why the
government doesn't build feet of
pleasure boats.