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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26

/ God And while you are watching and
patching and PRAYING you get hungry
and wet and cold and tired So it's
women 10 the rescue with fire and dry
clothes and sandwiches and coffee
I have today, April 3, letter from
Hickman, written Sunday night. Just
before the private levee west of Hick-
man broke. Here's a paragraph from
it, I suppose you have noticed in the
papers the fight our town IS making
to hold the levee- Al worked all night
Thursday night, and has been in bed
two days since The levee is making
the water higher in the upper part OF
town. 1t is up to the back doors OF
the stores Monday night the leTee
west Of Hickman broke, and the factory
district which Is IN West Hickman,
was reported under water, and the
business district almost covered.
The unbelievable thing TO the person
who doesn't see t. and maybe wade out
Of II, Is the rapldity with which the
rises come on The river gives a suck
and a surge and a lift and the river
gage tells you that the whole great
body of water has come up six inches
or foot And when, finally, a levee
goes down and a wall OF water comes
&c you, with its widening, mounting
spread. il may be unprecedented il
may be incredible il may even be
argue with IL for minute You Just
gather Up your children and your keep
sake, hair, breastpins, and start for
me highest tree, or for, the roof. II
mighty glad person when the rescue
steamboats, come footing up and friend
ly hands help You aboard.
RMS mat the papers are chrOniCling
now is the acute stage in TIE water
'front.' fight Next comes the brunt Of
feeding and housing the thousands Of
refugees Then, when the Sharpest dis
tress is over, the farmers will take &C
count OF their losses. Many men who
were well to do last last week have
nothing today-al gone into the river
Next comes the back water stage II
take time for the flood to recede and
Ior days Hickman is a sort OF mini
allure Venice. People go about in boats
ana 'skiff riding on the back water
last the water goes down. and things
resume their everyday habit, until the
next big rise
Hickman has certainly seen service
as place OF refuge. 1t is an old town
Mark Twain mentions il in On the
mississippi as one of the important
river points in his steamboat days
out II is also new town Its old river
port activities have been superseded nv
factory activities. It is a railroad ter
minus, and, as the county seat. II seems
lated TO be turned to in time of tro1I-
Die. 1t was terribly stricken in the
yelIOW IeVer scOurge Of the seventies
ana contributed It's local heroes no.
tably Dr. Alexander Allen Faris- To the
history OF those dread times. In the
eighties IL threw wide its doors IN H.
XlcLlIns or another kind of river
Tragedy when the big steamer Cold
Dust was burned to the waters edge
out in front Of the town. And eveT,-
year, or near it. it is called uDon to
lind food and shelter for these flood
refugees New York Post.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26

their positions long, and these are the
en- who do their work and hold their
peace
The presidents power is largely IN
the line Of publicity. He stands in the
Hmelight. but the work goes right
along without him.
We are ruled by the spirit OF +bs
times the Zeitgeist is supreme ana
no order even of the supreme CONT
is operative unless it is backed m nv
public opinion.
In America today we have mora
stable public opinion than ever before
in the history Of the world. The new
spirit Of the times demands honesty in
business and in all public service
No man who could be elected Dresf-
dent could do US much harm. even were
he so inclined, and there is no possi-
bility of our electing a ruffian. rem
egade or dictator to the office
The country is safe, and what we all
should do is to put the shutters on
this talk of poor business in a presf-
Dental year
we ali need food. shelter and cloth
ing Just as much as in other years.
The sun shines. the waters run. the
winds blow, the clouds chase each other
across the blue, the birds nest tbe
flowers bloom and blossom. and the
croDs. when we SOW and cultivate the
harvest. viii be found big with fulfill
ment.
ont upon this foolish fear that some
thing is about TO happeni
To sit around and moon is to lose
lust that much time. And time lost is
lost forever.
ffngf
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26
Women Fight Beside the Men To
Save Their Homes From Floods
Desperate Progress

WILLS LMOORE. Che

- ID not having to 55'- work aS'5 up and
down the Mississippi these
days and nights" SAID the woman who
knew western Kentucky. I have spent
months in that little town Of Hickman,
Ky, that is fighting in the papers in
connection with the fight for the
levees. have been there just at this
time OF the year. and ] know all the
stages of the levee fight in that par
tlcular quarter. First some corn grOW-
er struggles into town from somewhere
down in the bottom, and shakes his
head and shifts his tobacco QCIi. ard
splits far. when the question is put TO
MIN. What do you think Of the pros
pect% He has lived his life close to the
river, and he has already sensed the
unrest in the water. After that. as the
days go by, other men come in and
say. Gee, She is rising. Old Miss is
getting ready for rampage and the
business men on Clinton street begin
seeming a good deal of time behind
their stores on the little strip of land
that the river has not Yet gnaWed Off
7 believe that little strip used 10 be
this side OF what was called Water
street, and ii viii be called Water
nights are al hand when every man in
town is drafted. or drafts himself for
service on the leTee fight
Then the women come down from
/
Rome was built IN seven hills. and
Hickman was built on it" There are
TN &c streets parallel to The river .and
atONC them towers the big mill To the
left as you face THIS hill. winds a
road. a tWisty sort Of road, that makes
tue ascent easy. But the question al
ways is, will you go round the road
or viii you bravely take your foot in
hand and leg it up the steps which
are straight in front Of yOu2 Jacobs
ladder, Jacks beanstalk. Hickman's
steps, After I grew up. somebody who
pretended to know, said that there were
about 200 Of them But I had work ed il
out in my childhood, and you couldn't
1901 me How many there are depends
you are going for.
w hen you have gotten to the top
you are on the main residence street,
and there is-Or used TO be-a glorious
silver maple standing there like door
sentinel The residence street runs on
and on TO the left until it becomes a
country rOad-and on it you have to
give the right of way to the log
wagOns-yOu want to remember that so
'DOctor-Papa' used 10 warn US chill
dIen when we piled into the phaetOn
and started driving Around TO the
right the residence street doubles and
twists down into West Hickman, and
by and by becomes another road that
leads OFF into the corn country. 1t is
from these vantage heights that the
women come down to help in the fight
In a levee fight you are watching, you
are snoring up, you are patching. YOU
are building bulkheads you are DflinZ
up sandbags, and praying the hardest
you know how, because. by hen, as the
bottoms poole tell you, II she busts no
man is going 70 stop her-itu take
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26
RULES FOR GUESTS.
BY Francis L. Garside.
!. :. : :. :. > :. :, :. :. :. :. : :. >

n AYSEY MAY8IE APPLETONshav-
ing spent nine-tenths of her life
in visiting. realizes how much
there is TO cause discomfort to a guest
and has had printed and framed a set
of Rules for Guests similar to those
hung in hotel bedrooms
]. Don't bow the head at meals as II
expecting grace We don't ask il un-
less the preacher is present, and a
guests eXpeCtance of a religious OBJ
servance that isn't forthcoming is en-
barrassing to the family.
.. Make yourself at home, but don't
expect US to treat you like one Of the
family; we want to retain your friend
ship
8. Pay no heed 70 your host or his
son. Men folks around this house
don't count; they just fill in
f. When a young man calls on the
duty to find you are wanted in some
other part of the house.
5, If you are q young woman. respect
the Hands off signs on the young man
who comes regularly
6. Always quarrel violently with your
hostess over who shall pay the car fare,
and succumb gracefully after a heated
argument to her stronger viii, and let
her pay it. She expects to, and has
counted that in as a part Of the cost
Of having you here
Z. If you are very. very dear friend
Of the hostess, help her with the work,
and don't expect any extra cooking It
is her privilege TO put on the extra
frills only for those who are not her
very dear friends.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26

that hard hearted, mercenary adventur-
ess that stopped at nothing and I
swear to you she looked like a prize
saint
remember the shock had when I
saw John Fisle, one OF the most rare
ana spiritually perceptive minds Of Shis
country. and found him to resemble
some huge bewhiskered animal
And you know Of Socrates. the finest
brain ever enclosed in a human skull.
the greatest OF all thinkers lfvine. or
dead, the supreme intellectual pro
duct Of the race Of man, and YOU recall
MS descr1ptiOn-eyes prOtruding like
loesters. thick, fleshy lips, bald and
bullet head and absurd ears
II appearance does mean ANYTHING
II Is safer to take il to mean the oDD0-
site OF what IL seems. Usually. moi al
ways, OF course, the perfectly beautifuI
young woman wants to marry for mon
ey; at any rate she IS more ant to he
selIlsh and hard than otherwise Usu-
ally, also, the Unattractive girl viii
make the best wife and mother. Usual
" the man with taking way is look
ing for something Of yours to take
Csua1ly the shy awkward. sensitive,
modest fellow is the best to tie to-
DO not be deceived. Dress the gov
ernor. or the parsOn, or the banker in
striped clothes. shave their heads. put
Ihem IN cells and feed them on mush
ana molasses, and you would excIafm.
w hat perverted looking creatures
How true II IS that you can ten a
criminal by his lOoks!7
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26
Character Not Written In the
Face, Declares This Writer
By DR.. FRANK CRANE.

- r ALL known frauds and hum
bugs that Of personal appear
ance is the worst Phrenology
Is a fake Physiognomy is delusion
A mans head. face and form mean alb
solutely nothing
Sometimes think nature has her
jokes. is praRI1y and even cruel IN her
outIandish misfits. know perfectly.
dear girI-soul, the sweetest, homiest
Ioyalest. most unselfish darling mag
inable-and with face like a monkey!
It's positively wicked.
And I know several absolute ninnies,
complete and pOst-g graduate fools, who
have the loveliest faces, compilations OF
milk and roses, mouths like Cupid
bow, adorable necks and soulful eyes,
and they don't know enough to come
in out of the rain
Don't talk to me OF reading ones
character in ones facet It shows how
poverty stricken people are for ideas.
Somebody thought Of this, that person
atty shines in the face, and straight
way all the troops Of nOvelists, moral
izers and hOi polloi caught up the
thought and ran away with 1t like
dog with a bone.
Talk of guilt in the eye, The most
arrant rascal I ever knew had an eye
like q dove. Talk OF sensuality always
cropping out on the facet I have Just
seen a portrait Of Diane of Poictiers,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26
PRESIDENTIAL YEAR
By EBERT HUBBARD.

" HERE IS vast contingent Of good
people who always imagine that
the party in power is depressing
the people. Ind that when there IS a
change in residents butter will be 10
cents a pound, eggs three dozen for a
quarter. with everything else cheap IN
proportion and wages twice as high as
they are now.
Ever. president. to them, is a disap-
pOintment, and the hope Of a change
comes as a glad and welcome relief.
For most Of US the times are always
hard and even in the midst of prosper
ity many people find 1t difficult to pay
their bills and to get enough money to
buy all the things they would like to-
Inertia tugs at US, and the 'cussed-
ness OF things" is on every hand. As
election time approaches we Just quit
work, lay off, and say nOthin' dOin' IN
III after election"
There is only one thing TO be afraid
OF, and that Is fear.
The world has fallen heir to a great
legacy Of fear. We are all more or
less imbUed with it
II TINS were not so. would not be
GIitlng on the subject now, and the
ttSct mat I am writing on II proves
mat have not got the micrObe full
~ O4l Of my system.
hnJ this L do believe-that the lions
are ere always chained. and usually they
ar only plaster Of paris lions
among our superstitions fears is the
Iusa that a presidential year is always
d Ia year for business
. ms ms state Of mind comes to us from
time when kings ruled the world.
Sllu change of government was ef-
Ltcled only through death, violence and
revolution.
The grand chamberlain. who stood
Ut the window of the palace and called
ALOUD to the multitude. The king is
uead-lOng live the kingr' while all
around We're soldiers standing at pre-
sent arms" and the air bristling with
DaEorets. is in our minds
government for US is not a thing that
rdls-s-.t is merely a matter of business.
The real fact is, the public business
al Washington is not conducted by the
president or his cabinet. There IS a
big force Of able men who have held
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26
PISTOL SHOT ENDS
CARTER SMITHS LIFE
Tucumcari Business Man
Had Been Victim Of
MplaDchOlia

Tucumcari. n. NJ, april 26.-FoIlows
ing period Of melanchOlia- Carter
Smith, age 80, was found dead at the
home Of his uncle, T. 5. Smith, death
being caused by a pistol shot wound
in the head Mr.. smith was prom
inently connected here, being mem
Der of the wholesale grocery and pro-
dUce concern Of Fowler & Smith and
Of the Smith & Mcdowell liquor busi-
ness
The TucUmcari chamber of commerce
has made plans for an active campaign
or advertising and publicity. The in
lIlatlon fee has been raised to S.. Since
the first OF this year there has been
renewed interest in the organfza ton.
a new secretary having been elected
and the membership increased A spe-
cial meeting viii be held next week
TO further consider plans for the year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26
PREPARE FOR HIGH
WATER AT THE DAM

Elephant Butte. n. NJ, April ga
the flume TO protect it from the en-
trance of water in case Of flood
Mrs. W. A. White has been quite sick
FOR q few days.
An effort is being made to secure
enough members to organize q Moose"
lodge.
i has been necessary to cut down
some Of the force for a time at the
dam.
The Misses Daniel. OF Alamogordo,
are visiting with their sister, Mrs. Ra-
pier.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Jay are hous-
keeping IN one Of the government tent
houses.
AT the church entertainment tonight
DR.. J. Dale Graham VIII speak.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26
Denrer woman Missing.

Denver Colo, April 26.-5Iiss Louise
TrasL. SO years old, a department store
emplove. has been reported by Mrs J.
b. GreybiH with whom she lived, as
MISSING since last Tuesday, and the
police have been asked TO search for
the Young woman. Miss Trask had
been III with the grip. and when she
started for work Tuesday morning,
complained of a slight fever Mrs
GreybuI expressed as her belief that
Miss Trask's brain became clouded
from fever, and she just wandered
away,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26
ON TIE ETK

Hubert Latham, the AntOinette flyer,
was talking at a tea TO a pretty girl
Mr. Latham" said the girl, as she
took her 18th walnut and lettuce sand
wich, tell me, does flying require any
particular application
We'll, no, none In particular" Mr..
Latham answered "Arnica OF horse
lniment-One's as good as another"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26

Just give yourself a boost, by wear
ing a real tailor made suit this spring,
which viii cost you no more than q
ready made All the newest spring and
make a selection, somewhere between
$500 and $4,000. A perfect fit assured
or you needn't take the suit. r V,
Pearson, fine Royal tailoring, 10 Texas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26
CARRIERS, ny

TOmOrpOw being the last Saturday of
the month, The Herald carriers VIII
present bills for the month Of AprfI
Subscribers viii kindly note the above
and be ready for the boys.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26

Observations taken at a. m. seventy-hth me-
ridi1n time Air pressure reduced u sea level.
T-JBARs continuous lincsl pass through points
OF equal air pressure. IsOTHERMs dotted linesl
pass through points Of cduaI temperature; drawn
only for zar~ freezing, s.. and 1902.
0 clear; Q partly cloudy; cloudy;
o rain; g anov; O report missing.
Arrows fly with tho Eind. First figures. tel1p per
allure: second. precipitation of .Ol inch 0r more
for past .. hours; bird. maximum wind velOe-
~.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26
Q. Friday. April rs. 1912.

e. Paso. Friday, April 26, 1912
Forecasts.
FL PasO and vicinity-Fair tonight
and Saturday: cooler tonight.
New MexicO-Fair tonight and Satur-
day: frost tonight.
West Texas-Fair tonight: colder;
frost in the Panhandle. Saturday fair
TneaV
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-06
, Importance of Salt.

Salt production is about the old
est industry in the world. . In Italy,
the cradle of the salt industry, it
has been manufactured commercial
ly for $500 years. Salt is so nee.
essary to existence that in some
parts OF the world tribes will sell
; the members of their families in ex-
change for salt. Salt has been the
cause of wars, and SO important has
it always been considered that in
some places the passing Of salt is
established as a token of friendship,
and women throw salt on visitor
as friendly greeting. In some
countries salt. is.so scarce that it
is obtained through the ashes of
grasses and a species of palm and
other Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-06
His Pieturs Killed Him.

Among the Greeks the most fa-
nous painters were Cimon of Gle
ona, Polygrotus, Xeuxis, Apelles,
Apollodorus and, Parrhasius. OF
these the greatest were Xeuxis, who
is said to have laughed himself. to
death over the, picture of an old
woman that he had painted. and
Apelles, who, according to some ac-
counts, painted cherries so perfect
ly that the birds pecked at them,
thinking them real. Apelles was a
contemporary of Alexander the
Great and was com1n handed by the
conqueror of the world to paint his
picture. His greatest work was
"Venus Rising From the Sea-" "
painted for the temple of Esculapius
at Cos and costing, it is said, over
$100,0o0. 1t is claimed that no
artist was able TO- complete his un-
finished pictures, many of which he
left ut the time off his death.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-06
An Inapprepriats Letter.

After a command" performance
in Queen Victoria's time it was the
custom for her majesty's secretary
to send letter of thanks to the re-
sponsible manager. Sir Henry Pom
sonby, upon whom this duty de-
volved.. was the. pink. of politeness
and, not wishing to make any in
vidious Distinction. adrew up a form
of letter for general use. As a
rule this plan worked well, but on
one occasion the. proprietor of q
troupe. of performing geese, which
had entertained the, royal children
at a, Windsor garden party, received
the following. communication from
Sir Henry: "Sir----I am instructed
by the queen to thank you for your
visit of yesterday and to express the
hope that the ladies and gentlemen
of your company arrived safely in
London and in good healthw
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-06
Fire in Atwood's Store at
Middlebury.

Fire in the sub-basement of the
lothing store of Q. N. Atw ood, ci
,liddlehury, Sunday afternoon caus-
81 damage roughly estimated at be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000, and per
naps $1,000 damage to adjoining
torres from smoke. The fire depart
nent confined the blaze to the place
where it started among the coal and
boxes The basement was flooded
and the first hoor was thoroughly
soaked.
The merchants to suffer from
smoke were M. *. Morse, furniture;
H. Is. Dutton, druggist; Henry
George, mems furnishings; and the
Clement shoe store. Fraternity
rooms were also damaged by the
smoke.
The Atwood store was on fire
three years ago when a fireman was
killed and nine years ago it was
entirely burned.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-06
italian Killed While Celebrating
-. New Year. -

There was a stabbinR affray in q
douse on South Main street, White
ttlver junction, Sunday night about
:, O'clock which cost the lie OF BeT-
lardino Masbovenardo. The house
Is tenanted by Angelo Acronando,
was celebrating the passing OF the
Did year.
For some reason the police have
uot yet learned, quarrel developed
between Acronando and Masboven-
trdo III which the latter was stabbed
ust over the heart. With bloou
dreaming from the wound he rusL-
"a from the house TO the HutclIiiis
liable from which doctor and the
} ,ilce were called. The doctor " bo
,tspunded found the wounded man Is
condition 30 critical Lhat he ordered
ais immediate removal to the hospl-
al Az Hanover, n. d., and he was'
taken there without delay. he dieu
Monday.
In the meantime the police got
ousy and captured Acronando who is
now safely behind the bars.
An autopsy over Masbovenardo's 4
oody was held today by DR.. d. II.
/ stone OF Burlington. OF the state
laboratory. Homer l.. Skeels OF
ludlow, district attorney of Wind
,am county was also present.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-06
Vermont Reprint No A. Published by the Spirit of the Age
For sale by the Elm Tree Press, Woodstock, Vt

Sheriffs' Accounts" by Sir Matthew
Hale, 1858:
"Current coin Of the realm is Of
gold or silver, with an alloy of cop.
per, at least from the time of Henry
l., and this alloy gayethe denomi.
nation of Sterling to those coins.
eSpelman supposeth it to take
that name from the Esterlings, who
came over and reformed our coin,
to that anoy--of this opinion was
Camden. Possibly in those times
a Peny was called Sterling, with
out any other reason than the use
of the times, as other names grow,
for the old Act of Henry III. tells
us that Denarius Anglice Sterlingus
dicitur Ia denarius, or penny ia
called in English Sterling, and
because this was the root of the
measure of silver coin therefore
all our coin of the same alloy was
also called Sterling" a'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-06

One day, riding along the road,
General Gordon came upon regi-
mental prayer meeting, which was
very impressive, The men were
kneeling or standing with bowed
heads about the chaplain, who was
praying in a voice of wonderful
compass. The general checked his
horse and removed his hat and wait
ed for the end of the prayer. The
chaplain asked theN Lord to give
the men of Lees army supreme
courage to meet the great crisis
that had come upon them, fortitrde
to bear new privations and troubles,
strength to fight against the pur-
suing enemy. Just then tall pri-
vate rose from his knees and shout
ed to the chaplain: "Pray for
bread, chaplain; pray for bread !
We have courage to spare, but to
fight we must have something to
eat. Pray for breadw This broke
up the prayer meeting.