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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
The Diary Of A Bachelor
Manette Is Returned by Eidnaper
and Breach of Promise Suit
Is Dismissed.

TOV. 2O-In the four days that
| M Manette has been with US no
- attempt has been made to get
her to say who detained her where she
I was. CT why and how she wandered
away. We can only conjecture that she
| was distressed because q bed OF certain
/ little blue flowers in the park, and
I which she called her baby flowers,
way of reasoning decided that since she
was the sunshines Of two homes" she
would be sunshine to her floral pets,
and had started off by herself 20 ful-
Some one saw her. and either was
/ suddenly tempted to steal her, and
hold her for ransom, or her abductOr
had been lying In wait for just such
an opportunity.
from US for three weeks, and that
when she was returned, she was bat
tered little wreck physically and men
tally, and that the fiend who did it
was woman
"Bad Woman
Nv oman, woman. woman did it, was
all she would say the first day, cling
ing all the while to me. Bad wom-
an" she would Whimper when Rich
ards applied healing lotions to the
bruises on her arms and legs: and bad
woman" again when she saw Richards
look with plying eyes at her closely
Bad women Are there many who
are good, Diary2 1t is the fashion to
represent Faith. Hope, Charity. Pa
old world needs and knows, in feml-
nine FORM and to give all devils and
brutes the form OF man. and a great
er injustice was never known
/ would not say that men are as good
as women. 1 dare not, If l would But
some day-mark the prediction. Diary
Mine-sOme one will arise, and with
facts and figures that go away back to
the beginning Of time, and end not
with today, will prove that the scales
balance
I believe there are many men who
would have stolen Manette: I whisper
it to, you, Diary. not daring to say it
aloud, but I do not believe that if q
would have been treated as brutally as
she was treated by woman
Beaten, neglected, starved, stripped
of her pretty clothes and attired in
filthy rags, and at last, when there
was no chance Of coming boldly for
ward and claiming the reward offered
for her return, she was left. on a bitter
cold night in November TO perish on
my doorstep
Nov. 22-I was informed today that
Beth Leonard had withdrawn her suit
for breach Of promise I am sorry, and
If it were not for the gravity of Man
make her 60 ahead and push the suit
Then 1 might have a chance to dis
prove her Infamous claims Now, it
Will always be whispered that I bought
her Off
am a miserable wretch With
wealth to buy every luxury in the
land, j seem TO be too wealthy ever to
know the disinterested love of a good
woman.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
OPIUM WORTH $500
SEIZED IN FL PASO

A bonded shipment OF $500 worth Of
smoking opium has been seized by the
custom officers before It could be sent
70 Juarez- This was another futile at
Tempt 10 get opium into Mexico in or
der that 1t might be smuggled back
into the United States. The opium
shipment Of 20 cans was sent to Mex
leo from China and to a border port
on the Mexican side From there 1t was
reShlpped TO Eagle Pass in bond billed
Tor Juarez- Once the opium was de-
uVered IN Juarez BY the American Gus
tom house, il could be smugrled back
into the United States and sold for high
prices As soon as the bonded smok-
ing opium arrived in FL Paso IL was
ordered seized and viii be destroyed
me supply Of opium in Juarez is now
exhausted, il is said. The law in Chi
huahua prohibits il being brought into
road lines by the rebels has prevented
II being smuggled into Juarez from the
south
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
Improvement
By Walt Mason.

The world is growing better yearly.
and viii grow better right along. He
IS a chump, and reasons queerIv. who
holds that everything is wrong. The
world improves, for human creatures are
always trying to improve, and not be-
cause the platform teachers bv politics
would make it move. DO everything
by legislation" is what the noisy States,
men say, but things are done bv eduea
tIop, by upward striving dav bv day.
Inc man who tolls in smock and sweat
er, determined that his children fen
snail have a chance in life far better
than ne e'er knew, is teaching men a
better lesson than the ranters will teach
them IN thousand years, than all the
GIFTED gallavanters will ever drill in bD-
man ears. The men who labor. bravelv
gally, are they who help the people's
cause, and not the useless dubs who
daily propose a brand new set of laws
lhe politicians ne'er viii aid us IN
struggling up to better things; in former
tunes they have delayed us bv tvinp
aornleks to our wings; their trade n,
lie Is but to coZen the voters and to
COOK them brown. and ten or twelve in
every dozen are simply selfishness boiled
down. The worlds a place of hope and
laughter, because we work with zest
and glee, resolved that those who follow
after shall find it better than did We
Copyright, 1912 by George Matthew
Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
n Years Ago Today
From The Herald Thas Dute 1888

J. B Houghton left on the Santa Re
this morning for San Antonio. n. n
George " Huddmau was a passenger
on the T. P. this morning for hts home
IN YsIeta-
Work Is progressing rapidly on the
new railroad bridge over me Rio
GraRde at this point
Joe Pollard. OF the firm Of Kelly &
Pollard has returned from a months
visit to his old home in Missouri.
F. 3. McKercher, assistant general
manager OF the Mexican Central went
south over that line this morning.
A carload OF fine horses went across
the river yesterday and viii be shipped
TO the city Of Mexico to J. II. Hamp-
SON
Yesterday the public schools Of the
mas holidays They viii not open them
again until the first Monday in Janu-
Ray Pollard was severely injured YES
terday by being struck with piece OF
timber which he was running through
erSs mill
A carload Of Christmas trees arrived
over the G. H this morning from San
Antonio and viii be distributed among
the heads Of the various, departments
along the line
The FL Paso football team left on
the santa Fe this morning for Las Cru
ces. where they go to play the cham
p1onship game The players in the
party were: Roberts. Mclaughlin,
sweeney, Nelson. Wheeler, Shut. Kline,
Van Dyke and Piper.
Last night the city council met in
regular weekly session with all present
except aldermen McDuffie and Stewart
City attorney Kemp made a report on
the delinquent tax suits which he had
got Judgment for Chairman Clifford.
OF the finance committee, presented the
following bills: BurtOn-Lingo. 1856;
tassett & Kelly, $4,000: c. H Puttell.
70; Waters-Pieree OIL company, $S0.T5-
The report OF the fire and water COM
mlttee made BY chairman Drummer
recommended that an arc light be
depot. Chairman Badger made a re-
port in regard to the contract with
Messrs- McCutcheon. Payne & Co, for
the engines and pumps for the new
sewer pumping station
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17

man has worked up an appetite for
worry nothing viii satisfy it. He keaps
edging into the future and shouldering
everybody's troubles until he finallv
gets into a cold sweat over the fact that
the earth is going to freeze up in a few
billion years.
Some people are so busy borrowing
trouble that they don't have any time
to consider their own troubles. MANY
man who is out of job isn't worrying
about this fact, because he is so busy
trying to figure out what will happen
to the country when the plutocrats have
made themselves kings. There was once
a great catch-as-cateh-can worrier who
killed man and had to be hanged for
IT. On the seaffOld he was so afraid
that the newspapers wouldn't spell his
name right that he didn't enjoy the oe-
casiOn at all.
1t IS no trick at all to worry and it
doesn't develop the brain any. But it is
fine for the imagination. If people
could put as much imagination into their
work as they do into their worry most
OF US would be Copyrighted
by George Matthew Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
I'D Pago'g $3.50. GOO Road Bonds

HERALD viii glad communications from local advocates CT
publishing,
purposes
the prohibits the inclusion,
authorizing specific nothing
a
essential features generally by the public should be morally binding
o. public administrative authorities
spirit grocer
the delivery home
n time
delivery
delivery
as everybody carry freight
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
Advice To the LOveIOrn
IAVE YOU a RIGHT 10 ORJECT.
-By Beatrice FaIrfa1.

HAVE YOU A RIGHT TO OBJECT.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am 10 and love a man four years
my senior His sister and / are friends
and 1 often call on her, when I know
he is out.
The last few times called on her I
met three or four young women Of
about my age and they, not knowing
me, made inquiries as to his where
abouts and made statements which led
me to believe that they are fond of
him and were out in his company sew
eral tines A
You are not enga7ed, and the fact
that you have given your love IN
sought doesn't make you the young
mans censor or guardian.
It seems to me the other girls are
guests of his sister because of the same
motive that takes you there
Don't 90 so often, and don't I beg
OF you, If you want to win this mans
love, make the mistake of being too
easily won yourself.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
REFLECTIONs OF A BACHELOR


Modern improvements mostly elimin-
ate old-fashioned comforts.
A man can get a sWelled head Just
by thinking how he hasn't one
There is only one long road to heav-
en-; there are lots of short cuts to the
other place.
A mans sister has to be so times
as pretty as any other girl for him
to realize it.
Maybe people keep up going on ex-
cursions because they think if they
stick to it long enough some day they
may have a good time,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A menagevie is a beastly affair at
best
The letter "a" is one thing that
makes men mean
TrifIes make perfection but perfec-
ton is no trifle.
Those who are slow to wrath should
make fast friends.
The closer you get TO some people
the more distant they are
A woman may not know Just what
she wants. but she usually gets it
It's well to be up to date, but it's
foolish to borrow trouble IN advance.
A girl who is pretty and knows it is
apt to consider herself the whole peach
crop.
A process for extracting gold and
silver from mining stocks would GER
tainly fill a long felt want
When q dwelling burns down the
family usually manages TO save every
thing except the things that were
worth saving
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
How To Roast A Wife
Husbands Cookbook; Recipe For
Making the Wife Love
You AlWays-NOt.

By Dorothy Dix.


- ELECT for this purpose a small.
gentle. timid, affectionate wom-
an, who has as much fight in
her as a scared rabbit The one whose
eyes fill up easily with tears and
whose lips tremble at an unkind word,
IS the most satisfactory Tor the pur-
pose Having picked out the one you
desire to roast. begin by skinning her
alive with the keen knife of ridicule
After having done this. hammer her
faults until she is reduced to a pulp.
Then make a sauce out of all her lit
tie weakness and peculiarities and
flavor this with one ounce OF satire,
one hogshead of jokes about the way
she keeps house and the easy mark
she is for agents; put in a liberal sup
uly of vinegar Of acid criticism OF
everything she does, and add the cay
enne Of temper to suit your own
taste.
Place wife over a slow fire and baste
her with this mixture continually
while she roasts. Many men delight
IN showing their skill in roasting their
wives by preparing this dish in pub
lie, though it can scarcely be said to
be appetizing to the guests.
This is a good dish for a Sunday
night supper
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
BIDS FOR STORM SEWERS
TO BE RECEIVED TODAY

Bids are to be received this after
noon at the office of the city engineer
Tor the construction of 500 feet of
storm sewer, at the intersection of
Buchanan, Franklin and Main streets
and the paving of an so foot strip of
roadway. Concrete is to be used for
the storm sewer, which is to run into
the present sewer of this kind. and the
intersection will be paved with heavy
bitulithic paving.
1t IS believed that this viii carry off
all the storm waters coming down that
section and the paving is to be laid
over the railroad tracks
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17

IS one sort of borrowing in
which everyone has unlimited credit.
The supply of worry in the world Is
lnexhaustible and 1t is free to anybody.
Worry Is effectively democratic If a
poor man with only one suspender wants
to sit down and SILVER to think how he
would feel if he were a ga and should
bite on cherry stone full of dynamite.
he Is perfectly welcome to do it. Even
II a man has no money he can help him
self to all the worry there is and if he
wants to lie awake nights thinking how
nervous he IS going to be after he gets
to buying bonds and hard times come
this is his affair
Some people get along through life
on very little worry. Men can raise
large families on a small salary and
conduct them safely through whooping
cough, smallpox and matrimony without
any worry at all. The real troubles
usually keep them pretty busy. Other
people spend their lives providing around
IN the future and bearing up under one
blow after another, all of which NAV
happen if they live long enough. When
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
UNION STATION LOSES ITS
Old AND EArTHE,uLa ROLLER TOWEL

Another relic Of old FL Paso has been
added to the pioneer collection in the
chamber of commerce. It is the roller
towel Of the union station wash room.
which was penSiOned for long service
on Dec 1 and has been replaced by
individual towels. This is in keeping
with secretary MacVeagh's ruling that
the railroad trains, stations and steam
ships.
The roller towels continue to do duty
in some Of the hotels and a num-
Der of the other public wash
rooms in Ell Paso. In Denver. citv
ordinance has banished the endless
towel from the offices. hotels and com
fort stations. The reason given is that
1t is unsafe and unsanitary.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES.
(Topeka JournaLl

Women are generally as old as it
suits their convenience.
It doesn't take much to scare the
domestic dove Of peace off its rOost
Too many Christmas presents are
things for which nobody can have any
use
The fact that water is wet would not
be known to some thirsty men unless
il rained once in a---s---
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17

Mention: Notice is hereby given
that there have been seized in this
collection district. for violation of the
customs laws. one mouse cOlored mule.
one gray mare. and one dark bay mare.
with Mexican brands. which viii be
sold in front of the custom house, FL
Paso. Texas. at 10 o'clock a. m. Deem
Der &c. 1912. Anyone claiming the same
is required to appear within the time
prescribed by law. Alfred L. sharpe,
Collector of Customs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
One-Sentence Philosophy
GLOBE SIGHTS.

(Atchison Globe.)
Qualified praise goes at once to the
discard.
Work Is about the only thing that
viii tire a healthy boy.
Did anybody ever look forward to a
rlproaring good time and have it?
Probably there isn't as much graft
as we who don't get it Are apt to i'm
agine.
Any town is a good town to the trav-
cling man who books a good order
in it.
It is hard to convince a man that his
salary is increasing as fast as tne cost
of living.
We have about given up hope of
finding a place where fish are as plen-
tiful as bait
When man gets married, he is apt
to favor conservative styles he can
wear next season.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
BOTH RIGHT AND NATURAL.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
Is it right for fellow to ask a girl
to go out with him on a Monday and
Thursday? Do you think he cares any
thing about her?
NJ n F.
He certainly cares for her NOr he
would not seek her company two eve
nings a week AS this love story pro
crosses I shall be sure he is limited in
time or love. If he doesn't seek it
offener.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
NEVER SEE FIN AeAIN.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am in love with a man 45 years
old, and he says he loves me sincerely.
am Is years old and considered very
good looking At present he is max
ing SIS a week; he is a section hand
for a very large railroad, but has fine
chance for advancement Do you con-
slider his small wages and age a detri-
ment to our marriage2 He wants me
to elOpe. RAY
He is not a man OF honor. No man
Of 40 will urge a girl OF 16 to elope
with him If ne loves her in the right
way. You must never see him again,
or hold any communication with him
I beg OF you to heed me.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
I ADNnRE HER ZOE "a.

Dear Mss Fairfax.
am % and in love with a girl older
than J. 1 love her very much and
know that she loves me But she is not
sweet to me- When I tell her that
viii give her something nice on her
birthday, she is Indifferent
Alfred
She is making the winning OF her
heart no easy task, and this is good
for you You love her the more, and
you are the more ardent in your pur-
suit of her. because of her cOOlness
Ask her to marry you, and don't ex-
pect her to be sweet to you or accept
costly gifts from you before she ac-
ceptS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
TO TRY To GET CLAIMS
THROUGH CONGRESS NOW

Attorneys for Blatt. Converse and
Richard Brown, whose claims were
turned down by the army commission.
VIII appeal to congress direct for a
settlement of the claims OF their eli
ents- Congressman ". r Smith has
peen appealed to and Will present these
claims TO congress. r. Y. Bowden. who
IS In Washington in connection with
the case Of Richard Brown, has wired
Judge beauregard Bryan that the cases
would receive the attention Of congress
regardless of the commissions report
If YOU don't know where to get Red
Cross Christ mas saars aSr~ -o--e 80
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17

NEW POSTMASTER
W ashlngtOn, D. c.. Dec 17.-William
II. LaidlaW has been commissioned
postmaster at Loving, n. NJ
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
Worry

By GEORGE FITCH,
Author of tAt Good Old Siwash.o
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17

ORRY consists of borrowing
trouble from the future. This
l. nrnn 49, e l..--.---s.-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17
Liberty Thrills Aliens
Inspection of Immigrants at Ellis
Island Often Works
Hardships.
Frederic J. HasIzin
-Dg 7 1euetIc % HHs'NII

v WASHINGTON. D. c.. Dec. IL
No cabin. passenger. ever sailed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-17

TOW. 2O-In the four days that
~ Manette has been with US no
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-01-18
A LONE STAR DIANA.
Dauntless Girl Hunter of the Tex
as Border.
Miss Katie Sharp, Daring Big Game
Hunter, Splendid horsewoman
and Dead Shot With
Rifle.

Houston, Tex.-One of the most
iaring and dauntless big game hunters
in the upper Rio Grande border re-
gion of Texas is Miss Katie Sharp, of
Sanderson. She is a splendid shot
with rifle and revolver and is the
equal of any cowboy horsewomanship.
She has gone on many hunting expe-
ditions into the Santa Rosa mountains
OF Mexico where bears, deer and other
wild animals abound. She has In her
home many trophies Of the chase,
among them being the skins Of sew
eral large black bears that she killed.
On bear hunting trip into Mexi-
co, last winter, she had a narrow es-
cape from being badly injured, or pos
sibly killed, by bear which she had
wounded. She encountered the ami
NAL in a narrow canyon in the noun
tains and the two were within a doz-
en- feet Of each other before either
was aware Of the others presence
Miss Sharp quickly brought the rifle
that she carried to her shoulder and
taking quick aim fired at the bear.
The first shot went wild, but the sec
ond stopped the animal just as 1t was
within almost reaching distance Of
Miss Sharp. With her hunting knife
she put an end to the struggle of the
beast.
This intrepid huntress knows no
such thing as fear. She frequently
goes out alone into remote localities
OF the border region and bags deer
and game birds. She knows all of the
trails leading through the hills and
rough country that rise along the Rio
Grande and is also familiar with ev-
cry locality of the rugged Santa Rosa
mountains. Frequently on her hunt
ing excursions she has tried the nerve
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-01-18
CHILD GETS LOST IN DRAIN
Confused In the Darkness Boy of Six
crawls 30 Feet From the
Opening.

London, England.-While playing
with some boys near his home at
Shapperton-on-Thames Johnnie VIII
son, aged six years, crawled into
drain pipe. He expected to come out
at joint ten feet away. but missed
the place and becoming confused as
to directions kept on crawling. AS he
did not return children gave an alarm
and a searching party set to work at
once. They dug to the drain pipe, ten
feet from the opening. Johnnie was
not there.
At some distance from the opening
they dug another hole, ten feet in
depth. Johnnie heard the picks and
mistook the meaning of the noises
and kept crawling still further from
safety. Finally at so feet they made
another hole in the drain and caught
Johnnie by the feet just as he was
crawling past.
The lad had been In the 12-inch pipe
for five hours, but aside from being
smeared with black mud he suffered
no Ill effects from the experience.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-01-18
WIFE'S CURSE WAS ON HIM
Husband, Who Deserted Her, Stricken
by Paralysis as Dying Woman
Had Wished.

Cincinnati, O-The wish OF dying
woman that her husband might be
paralyzed II he attended her funeral,
came true. William Huesman of this
city is the victim.
Although nearly seventy, and the
father of several grown children, he
had lived apart from his wife, Minnie
Huesman, his junior b. only a few
years. AS the years of their separs,.
tion extended, Mrs. Huesman became
each day more and more embitterei
against her husband. Time and again
she declared that she hoped that when
she died he might become paralyzed
on the way to the cemetery II he tried
to go to the funeral.
Immediately after her death the
husband was notified and, forgetting
the past, tried to atone by seeing that
his wife received proper burial. lie
provided coffin for the body aud
next day he was on his way to the
cemetery when he suddenly collapsed
on the street.
Paralysis" said the hospital pk ysi-
clan. Huesman is not expected to re-
cover.