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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
A Texas Epidemic

is facing combating epidemic
meningitis resulted the closing Of the schools IN many
cities gained Roadway that the city hospital has been
freed all other patients accommodate the meningitis
This Of the most deadly diseases known TO ms science m
science death at least
greatly disease found its way to 81 P but
it would be well for the city officials TO take steps 10 COMBAT "
arrives prepared caught The disease prevails
different only Of which supposed to be communicate
rebrOs meningitis and its source being unknown
S lost difficult combat
Epidemic obo-spina meningitis specific
icOrgans little known of the causes which favor its transition
The disease not directly contagious medical
authorities hold against its spread much harder for the
physicians is suggested that the virus IS transmitted through one OF the
animals Epdmi spring. condition
produces bodily liable predspOs1On
the disease Epidemcs are greatest among people VINO w IN S
crowded quarters mortality 80 to
There the result is generally the
symptoms the All cause great suffering and g
ally resuti in death
Spinal meningitis cold sunstFOke
OF injuries to the sp complication with sletn
smallpox typhoid fever pneumonia other diseases
Of the spine and brain and is generally
considered deadly
sometimes children but
There tubercular meningitis also develops
generally fatal than the Other
because the weakened physical
of tubercu meningitis of the
existence the tubeTcuar germ body.
excrucang suffering and often the
patient relieved powerful sedatve Paralysis
generally accompanies results before death
patients invad with certain limbs
paralyzed a complete loss of sight or hearing
authorities of FL PasO should
take steps to guard against it herif possible.
Tegra from people fleeing
children Steps put restrictions
they Paso prevent disease should be
brought in by refugees.
What has become of the tremendous cut
lately promised?
WI Ting Fang says there are 100000
nigh hav there
Nobody flags Southwestern building
more closely old VIII be seeking police lodgings
and getting in the soup / his thing
Interest in the November Indiana Ohio
and Illinois in the order other
one of the four, they the presidency.
you pay your month for president
euor CONGRESSMAN clerk prohibition
suHg you issue Of bonds that may be
called for you dfrancHid lived underground in
COnordia.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
Obe Metz Play
By ALAN DALE
''Kismet' Is Fun Of Incident and Color.

think about, nothing to ponder over.
Hail was just let loose to work his
way through the various incidents, ana
YOU felt encoura Eed when these incl
dents seemed TO be red-b looded
'Kismet" Is sort Of grand opera
without music Sometimes you feel
that these magnificently dressed pup
pets should be chanting a recitatif.
rather than speaking in sometimes
quite colloquiaI English But IN a grand
opera you wouldn't have even tried
TO discover what they We're endeaVor-
ing 20 get over. IN its present form.
OF course, you were pinned down to
the Hbrstto.
No more glowingly vivid pictures
have been offered than those now at
the knickerbOcker. The rainbow
seem to have been picked to pieces
and shed into -kismet" One scene
the bazaar street OF the Tarlon. was a
triumph Of stage management, with its
curious Ara bian types, It's shriaking
street vendors its cOnsummation OF all
itinerant bargain-mania that travellers
know so we'll
This scene was introduced merely TO
show Hail in the act Of pilfering vail
liable goods very expensive manner
of making such demonstration. But
that was the method Of "Kismet" A
stage rulI OF people gl1ttering in a brill
liancy Of color and jewels merely fndf-
Gated passing incident!
hlsmet also enclOses a love story
tnaL really does emerge. The lovely
lady was Marslnah. the daurhter ~
Hail, and the aspirants for her hand
were the Caliph Abdallah and TIE
W azir Mansur one good young man
and the other most evili Viilafnv
plety, hypocrisy, sensuality and other
pictorial qualities abound In "Kismet'
But Mr. Skinner put the curb on them.
He gave them certain signfficance
At times he wore the demeanor Of a
Machiavelis at others, the more famn-
lar attributes OF Mephistopheles.
Miss Rita JOlivet a very comelv
younG woman, PLAYED 1Iarsinah with
considerable charm and was distinctly
successful. So was Miss Violet Romer
whose interpOlated dance made one
long for more. OF the men, Hamilton
Revelle had the most to do. and he
did it with a certain amount OF force.
Perhaps more Of It would have sunk the
role into the depths OF melodrama
sheridan Block, Macy Harlan. Dan
Tel Jarrett. Harrison Carter. GREGORY
Kelly. Fred Eric and MirOn Lenlngwel
all played with tact and discretion.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
POKER
GAME BROKEN UP
Four men Arrested For
Gambling Inside Jockey
Club Grounds.

Monday night chief Of police A Gallo.
Of Juarez, with a squad Of men, made a
raid at the Juarez race track and
placed four Of the race track men IN
der arrest for gambling. The men were
In the dining room where the stable
men eat at the race track, and were
seated at a game OF poker at the time
the police came.
In the room besides the poker OuII1t,
the police found large money bag
filled with poker chips and several
decks OF cards Only a small amount
of money was found in the play.
The men arrested were all employed
about the stables and three were
Americans the other a Mexican The
Americans gave the names Of Barney
Middle. John Reed and Fred BOughts-
man. and the Mexican's name was J.
B. COrdOva-
The men We're arraigned before the
municipal Judge in Ciudad JuareZ Tues
day morning and each was fined $50.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09

IT WAS little less than a stroke OF
managerial genius that prompted
the selection OF Otis skinner for
the role Of Hail, the beggar, in the
production of "kismet' at the New
fork knlckerbocker theater. Not only
is MI skinner by long odds the finest
actor on the American stege-vva ST ed
Ior several seasons in a sea Of piffle-
but klSmet needed his AUTHORITY his
dominant manner, and the subrlery OF
MS art No play could have clamored
Tor all this more frantically. And ks
met got IT.
When L saw "Kismet' in London,
l confess that I was hardly able to
make head or tail Of it, I saw a riot
OF sensuous color and all the splendOr
OF the scenic artist rosy and corus-
cant plcture-but What-what was it
all abOut2 At the Knickerbocker this
dlrIlculty was solved TO a very great
extent Mr. Skinner distracted ones
attention from the Gargantuan scenic
effects, pinned one down to the story,
aud gave II all the prominence that
such a story could hope 10 set. HIS
spIendld defamation and his gentle
dramatic perception made "Kisuiet" sit
up ana take notice. No other English
speaking actor could have done as
much Certainly Oscar Asche in Lon
don didn't achieve it.
hou see, "kismet' is neither drama
nor melodrama- Tt is a series OF dra-
natc ana melodramatic Incidents knit
Isu tather loosely together 1T IS an
Arabian Night" and quite a long Ara
Dlan night and it is some time before
you quite realize the coherency Of the
Ihlng. But on Monday night the inter-
est did arise. Hail becomes a charac-
ter with complexities and subueties-a
rather bloodthirsty gentleman, but one
IN Whom there seemed to be meLnod
Tor madness. Both a thief and muir
derer was Hail but in Arabian Night
stories human life is merely a detail
and one gradually grows to look upon
II as such.
At the close Of one act Of 'Kismet'
Hail murders one man. takes his place
IN litter, and does melodramatic
eseapei In another scene he carefully
drops the Wazir Mansur into the tank
OF the Hannah bath and holds him
down until life is extinct, counting the
bubbles that tell Of the Wazir's eNplr-
ing moments. These incidents, how
ever. are pictorial rather than realistic.
There is no motive I'm them except
Arabian Nightsi" There is nothing to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
THE MANDARIN
The HeraId's Daily
Short Story

tain. KaO-Li began to descend and
was cut in a thousand places. Three
times he tried before he succeeded in
getting down and then he was once
more taken before the judge. who
looked much less terrible, he thought,
than before.
You have now only one more punish
ment TO go through. You must swallow
the money you have stolen Four mil
lions three hundred and fifty taels.
'On the floor was an immense pile Of
coin. A demon filled his hands with
gold and threw 1T into a big pot,
stirring 1t with an emerald spoon until
IT melted. Then he forced open KaO-
Lis mouth and poured it down his
throat.
For twenty-one moons Kao-H was
thus forced TO swallow the molten
metal until he envied the people who
made by the work of their hands. At
last he was set free and sent back to
earth with a new and purified soul.
Just then he felt friendly tap on
the shoulder "Kao-LAi Why are you
moaning 500 Wake up, I am sure you
have had bad Dreams
''Kao-Li woke up. rubbed his eyes
and manifested every possible sign OF
joy, that his dreadful experiences had
only been a nightmare"
The councillor of legation stopped
and I cOmplimented him for the story
he had just told.
It is not my invention" he said.
1T is one Of the thousands Of popular
childlike fairy tales which the Chinese
But what happened to KaO-Li
afterwards" I asked, did the warn
ing do him any good? Did he become a
loyalty and thus escape the fortunes Of
Hades2
The story says nothing abbut
that Phang Lu replied with a smile.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
One-Sentence Philosophy
QUAKER 1IEDITATIONs.
CPhiladelphia Record)

tPh1laoelpnla hecOru-J
To return a tea party must be sort
Of re-par-tee
1t takes a sharp tongue to make cut
ting remarks
Even the blind beggar may have an
exc on the main chance
It doesn't pay to butt in unless you
are pretty headstrong.
The outfielder who hits the high ball
is apt to ball the high hit
Any pawnbroker will tell you that
even a rain-proof coat can be soaked
IT is quite possible for a man to
have a pronounced nose without talk
ing through it.
Beauty is only skin deep. a spring
chicken isn't in it with bird OF para
use but it's a whole lot better eating
The happiest DOMAIN in the world
Is she woman who flatters herself that
she has the best husband in the world
kissing breeds microbes" remarked
the wise Guy. Yes, and more dan
eerous things than that" added the
Simple Mug.
This play is apt to take ones breath
away remarked the young man VINO
had been out between the acts. What
4 pity you are lmpervious TO such emo
tionf' said the Young woman sitting
next to him. shifting suspiciously.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
Trying Hard

IS desperate making bluff the Republicans into
putting ticket field probably not losing
4 sleep over enthusiasm
ng Republicans who viii vote against the
e candidates perhaps even ticket backed by Ade
- TO break ring-and in gd the
Republicans putting just the opposition
ring possible
be one kept away anrng needs keep
many possible away nobody realizes this better than
the ring
Republicans ticket the realizes that 1t viii have
opposition Republican votes with the
chances that most Republican
voters kindly could hardly be
pected anything the in Office
Everybody has noticed thing trouble at
all to dr4nto writing Usually tendency back
and 1911wa quickly forgot
there something queer and ezcP
government
reclamation project big ditch
The complications
amusing interior
department and needs
as the state department
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
Do WE WANT THESE BONDsf


FL PasO, January 3.
Editor FL Paso Herald;
I have just read Mr.. Burgess argu-
ment for a county bond issue to protect
the valley, and from the eloquent man
ner in which he presents his side Of
the case. 1 have no doubt but that he
has several acres of land subject to
overflow.
With the usual fairness of The Her
aid, 1 ask yOu to present the other side
Of the case, which may be briefly
stated. Mr.. Burgess Mr.. Martinez. Mr..
PeucOlas, Mr.. Kelly and the others be-
hind this proposition, have bought
cheap overflow valley land, buying it
cheaply because it is overflow land.
How much and how cheaply, 1 don't
know, but probably some unprincipled
cur will get that from the records
later on.
If the people will rush in and build
them levee, the land they gave $50
or 500 an acre for they can sell for
$500 and $500 an acre, and turn their
money loose here in FL PaSO and eV-
erybody viii have a good time
10 carry this bond issue, they will
rely on an appeal to he public spirit
OF the people, trusting that no one will
want TO be called a piker for falling
to come in on it
There is no doubt but that the bond
issue viii carry.
anyone having a little ready money
should make a rush to get some of
that cheap overflow valley land, for
II IS sa1e bet that a majority of the
ld1payers are going to help the people
VINO GUY this land clean up some easy
HlOhey' G. W. Darlington.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
The Daily Horoscope Byhk Hsddsl
January 9

January
With the moon in Libra sign of the balances, and the
planets in friendly position the stellar influences work
today toward general getting together and adjusting OF
differences 1t is an suspicious day for pausng from the
strain of labor and competitions; for the comparing Of
notes the elimination of the superfuOus and for better
planning spirit of amty and kindness shall Pervade
all classes of men, making the adjudication of disputes
easv of accomplishment It is good day for employers
and employees discuss their relations and mutually OF
interest The spirit of the day not of haste and the
perncous "dotnow" person viii find his hard to hoe
he is dsturber of balanced minds anyway The natal
gifts promised today's child judieious mind, and a
somewhat phlegmatic temperament
-. 1o11 rbo Adam. -N-..rsnnnsr Ssrrical
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
u Sc WArrs Denatured Poem

IS npn eager from the north hear
sally THAT wind,
Iabradorj isn't
to all
they they'd and dance they wise and how
they the cold There the breeze
MORNING in
straight down rOma smells of seals
polar you skip and jump and if that breeze
bones On od for relief but
whip bunch Of white mans hopes
Copyright 1871 by Georg. C0aa2IleHev1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
IA Years Ago To-
ThisDate 1898 0oJ

W. D. Goodson left this morning for
St Louis. No
The Musical society viii meet to-
morrow night for practice
Ten persons were baptlzed IN tnS
Presbyterian church this morning
Judge A n Waitha4 returned today
from Eastland where he was a witness
in the Miller case
Manager Ramsey OF the Corralitos
road returned this morning in his priv
ate car from Buffalo, n. z.
Two cars OF ties were sent I'D on
the White Oaks road this morning and
by tomorrow another carload VIII be
sent Up
The government assay office has
been reinstalled in Fl PasO and Tom
Johnson has his old Job back as as
Sayer
A trespass to Try title suit. Allen
Blacker, trustee. vs. Nathan Frank, and
". C. Wellington vs.. the S. P, a suit
Tor damages, are on trial today IN the
34th district court
The city council canvassed the re-
turns Of the recent election last night.
and an ordinances. placing all the public
schools in the city under the control
OF the city is being prepared
All assays made here Of imported
ores viii be Hquidated on the basis OF
the governmental assays, although
duplicated assays in pulp VII be sent
to the director OF the mint at Wash
ington.
There was a big shooting scrape in
Juarez this morning at o'clock
IgnaciO Chavez was shot and killed.
PrecilianO Esqutvel a policeman. was
shot in the side and died instantly.
Seth Burr, an American cowboy, was
shot through the stomach and died this
morning at 10 o'clock; Agapito GallardO
received four wounds and Abelino
Nelarde had an arm broken. The
trouble was over woman
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
SAILING.

SAILING.
One ship drives east and the other
drives west
With the self-same winds that blow
It's the set OF the sails
And not the gales
Which tell US the way they 90.
Like the winds OF the sea are the ways
OF fate
As we voyage along this life
It's the set Of the soul
That decides its goal
And not the calm OF the strife
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
SOME OUT OF TOWN
PEAL ESTATE DEALS MADE

TO Richard V. Pearson, lot / and In
block II. and lots 1, . and 8, in block
Z. CoXs third subdivision Of Las Cru
ces, n H., for S475. c. ". East. Of las
Cruces, has purchased two lots ad-
Joining his new domestic for 5000. J.
c. Giles and W r. Cozart have pur-
chased four 1ots-fn block IA for $3.50.
Frank Z. Cox has sold TO J. E. Parker
two lots in CarrizOzO, n. ", for 500.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
J. w. Bahnsteel.
A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE.

TT II 7 doU fIeTaIU.
answer me in your paper the follow
laoy TO a balls ii not understood that
the urst dance belongs to the escort?
Philip Grey.
shows up on time If he doesn't. She
has a perfect right to dance with any
body she hkes.=Editor.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
ADDREss WANTED.

LlLLOI II TaSO Herald.
al you please advise, through the
columns Of your paper, who is vice
PRESIDENT Of the United States at the
present time and what has become of
J. w Bahnsteel.
"A fellow named Jim Sherman, for
by the World Almanac as vice presi-
aent OF the United States When last
he9rd from he was presiding every now
ana lheA over the disputes in the
Inlted states senate at Washington.
ne rents haunted house on 18th
street IN Washington, and keeps a ser
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09

PhoenlN .(Ariz.) Republican.
More than a thousand pairs of jack
rabbit ears have been left at the Of
flee of the supervisors since the be-
ginning Of the year. There must have
been quite reunion Of Dummies on the
other shore,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09

Eagle Pass TEX Eews-Guide.
Bill Easterling is going TO give rs
an exhibition Of running q newspaper
and teHing the truth all the time. I
want to read Bills first wedding write
up.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
TRAIN DE KNOX.

AIDlne ILeI-I Guide
The De Luxe hasn't spoiled the
crossings with any Of US vet but we
are expecting il every day. There IS a
law TO stop that murderOus catapult,
and it ought TO be appealed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
LETTERS TO
THE HERALD

CAN communications musS bear the
Of the writer but the name
VIII not be published where such re-
quest is made.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09

ALL HAPPENED SOUTH OF TOWN.
From Bloomington (Ind) Telephone.
". G. Johnston, south OF town. Is
attending to some business south OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
LITTLE STORIES.


sight for the Elk.
At country fair out in Kansas a
man went up to the tent where some
elk were on exhibition and stared visit
fully up at the sign.
"To like to go in there" he said to
go In without my family. and I can't
afford to pay for my wife and II chill
dren.
The keeper stared at him in aston
ishment
Are all these your children" he
gasped
Every one" said the man.
y GU wait a minute" said the keeper.
m going to bring the elk out and
let them see you ALL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
A Big Revenue Cuffer-

Dr.. Charles F. Aked. Of New York. re-
Gently gave the young women Of mis-
congregation advice about matrimonial
extravaganza Compared with the Eng
lish girl, the American girl is great
spendthrift. Shortly after the return
Of the fleet two naval officers were
they used nautical terms.
What a dear little craft your wife
ii" said the first
Dear and little did YOU sa6? She
IS dear. an right but there is nothing
little about her Why, she is the big
gest revenue cutter I have evef seen.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09

THIRTYFIRsT YEAR OF PUBLICATION
Wire land
TSTs Nexfco ashn G..
Herald Jews Co.
dent ?
II 3 steven j.
+ 4
A. L Sharpe F.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
The "Gink" Says:

copyright, 1911, The Adams Newspaper ssrvice-)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
By Adolphe BrissOn.

friend. councillor Of the Chinese !
legation, Phang Lu, q highly
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-11-28
Prairie Fires In Nebraska

Kimball, Neb.. Nov. pa prairie
fire originating in Banner county,
Nebraska, near the Wyoming state
line, swept across the whole north
part of Kimbail comfy today. 1t
was started by a %threshing outfit and
famed by a 80 mile an hour gale
could not be checked until tonight
when it is believed to be under con-
troll so far as this county is concern
ed, There are no reports of loss of
life. but farmhouses and barns and a
large number of stacks of grain and
hay have been destroyed.
There has been no rain for several
weeks and the grass is very dry.
Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 23.-Hun-
dreds of square miles in northwest
ern Nebraska and southern South
Dakota lie in barren waste tonight
following one Of the most disastrous
prairie fires that ever swept the
western plains. Reports tonight in
dictate that the flames are under con-
troll in every quarter, after forty
eight hours of fire-fghting by hun
dreds of desperate men, women and
children.
The destruction of means of COM
munication with the burned district
has made details Of the disaster diff
fcult tc secure. 1t is certain. how
ever. that scores Of farm houses and
barns. the latter stored with feed,
and thousands of stacks Of hay have
been burned. Much livestock has
persisted and although no loss of hui
man life has been reported, it is
feared many persons have persisted
defending their homes.
One fire. starting in the Pine Ridge
Indian reservation. swept southwark
into Nebraska for a time endanger-
ing the town Of Crookston. Another
in Trip county, South Dakota, i'm.
perilled the town Of Winner. At
Cut Meat station, men fought the
flames for two days and two nights,
scarcely pausing for food.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-11-28
EX=PRESIDENTS TO
DRAW PENSIONS
Carnegie Corporation To Pay $25,'
600 annually To For mer
Executives

New York, Nov. 2l.-Future ex.
presidents of the United States are
to be pensioned in the sum Of $685.
900 each annually by the action of
the Carnegie corporation of New
York today. The grant is provided
for with the idea Of enabling the
former executives Of the nation to
devote their unique knowledge gain
ed in public affairs to public good
and free from ~pecuniary care.
A similar amount will be paid the
widows Of ex-presidents ss long as
they remain unmarried. The pay
ments are to be continued as long as
the recipients remain u~nprovided
bv the government"
The announcement followed the
second annual meeting Of the corpor-
alton held at the residence Of An
drew Carnegie and attended by the
members of the cooperation and eight
trustees. Another matter was dis
cussed but this was the most impor-
tant of the meeting.