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ceai.sub1baa hosss; . resns asa
oeth: heated by latsebso; coal aa1 -
RANGES in Kitchen; stahie an1 dkSrl6ge
reem 10 rear; alee hSn hoose: lae0o
xsv st ~ eth o. n. w.. q aSSly -
THOMAS ,. FlsHrR . Co. l,a
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THE CONGRESSIONAL,

First and East Capitol 0trests.
and bath; most desirabiy arranged
apartments In best residential soctiea
81 Washington, opposite Cengrseslona!
Library and overlooking Capitol
night; rents SiSoo TO S5I.Go Q moath.
Apply 20 Janitor. o.
THOMAS ]. FISHER q CO.. INC.
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Vital Records.
Nrths.
WHITE.

WHITE.
George T. and Rose Simpson, boy.
Clarence e. and Grace e. Pendleton,
boy.
James B. and Ethel v. Tompkins, boy.
Frank L. and Mary 9. Jones, boy.
George p. and Margaret I. Huber, boy
Thomas c. and Auguste Cross. boy.
Andrew and Laura Corso, boy.
Joseph L. and Mary d. CARL. boy.
Andrew b. and Marie Ballard, hoy.
COLORED.
BENJAMIN and Mary Il. Washington,
girl.
James B. and Bertha b. IIomack, girl.
william and Bertha Flood. boy.
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FOR RENT-H0USEs
Unfurnisho6,

1877 BIrAoRE STREET n. v.
~ ::s::.'''ss:,,y ::s:. s.,y sd s:s,....s ss:s e
Hsients; 70 rooms and q baths; kSStS1
net waaee; rent cely 30 . OoneA.
fEsSSS1zs 3. ;ssaz ssiszzi& : co. n.
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Deaths,
tayrfRrO


town University Hospital.
Eugene +. Cissel, 6 years. MI Penn.
sylvania avenue northwest.
James N: Godfrey. years. Children's
Sarah A. Hines. .7s years. l77 wiscon-
sin avenue northwest.
Caroline Christy. b2 years. oeorgetown
Bessie NJ. Banneid. u yesrs. osrneid
Bprnsli woodell. ; years. Provld.no.
Mary Schultz. 50 years. ~ Gresham
Place northwest.
shsrbln J. Hersh. 70 years. Providence
Henry Wel., IS years. Government Hos
John T. Power. Is years., Nle Chaplin
street northwest.
George z: Crane. IS years. Ais T street
william Gould. . years. sa Thirteenth
Henry L. Rose. s. years. en- route to
18th and Calvert street
IDA las SehHoier;; SaeI;.I y years. Washington A'y-
Lucille HARDING. ) months. 21s Third
street northwest.
CHINESE.
Moy Dong Sui. "a years. .sis Pennsyl.
vania avenue northwest.
COLORED.
George Wilson. % years, l21A Bank
Rachel Carson. ss years. Freedmen's
Eiyert Moore. Is years. Freedmsn's
Wilbur saddler. Z months. lc4s B street
northeast.
The Washington times., 1912-12-24

1923 18th st. N. w.-Five rooms and bath;
1880 18th st. NV; rooms and bath: q. m.
!. Apply si6 Rhode Island ave. l.
AND I OUTSIDE RoONs. with porcbss,
modsrn: no children: references; low rent;
corner 7th and 7 N. w. OWNER. 10 NV.
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DEATHS

BoYLE-Departed this life on Sunday. D.
hu.tsnd cf ths ists csthssins Boyle, VI d 81
resldence. Hickey's lane near bladeus.
IrG FSns% s%sd sn snSrsnssss ss sssd nin:sy yssrs
, day Decsmber n. At 3 o'ciock Z. m; the1cs
20 ~. A1oyslus' Church, where solemn high
requiem msss will be sung for the rsS0ss
cosi':ns. CAL. papers pleas. espy.,
cIwxppnon w!ps;. Monday. psssme:s = lst:, e
Lucy Anna Qreens ciapp.
(BoStsS. New York. and Proviasses
papers pieass copyD
DoD0Es-On Tuesday. Decembsr y, isas, e
M, st her residence. Ism ~ stfe4l,
Anscostia; .. G.. ~: AGNES DoponA.
Notice Of funeral hsrssfisr.
o1S,yIaLp,syddsnIy S,Ia ,, ~ @ sSsSey, Rsc;SssE T.
bsioved con Of Margaret could. assS s6ilty.:
Nssics q funeral hereafter.
(f1ttsburgh and New York papsrs plsase
b. WIFI
KELlHBR-On Tuesday. Dscsmbsr -. ISl1.
HASoRHss ss'iSiScs HEIHER 1 WdssSn'i9 svsf:s
Funersi viii taks place from her resi-.
dence, Thursday, December =. at S:So Q.
M: thence to Holy Trinity church, whsrs
requiem mas. will be said for the repcss
oWENIon @ Mcnday. December u 1914
Church. seventh ana 4 E .sresss sovsS~sse
Thursday. December -, at b. M lnto9.
ment ~ Oak Hili Cemetery.
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FOR SALE-HOUSES

FOR SALE-H0USES
NOTICE THE BRICK WORK IN THESE
homes Run your eye along the walls and
zee ,. how perfectly smooth the plaster y
work: Notice the ssrdwood noors laid over
. diagonal misunderstanding steel beam
EsaTs ssa 4os. wsss wiz wiz
last 9 lifetime. and take special note Of
s You :ssss :ss:in ss%S.r 8: h.s. pSnt: . ss.s
sSs.nse s 's guilty s 'Ssn n sSs
future repair bills. Middaush & Shannon.
Inc. hcmes la.t for many years without
why ,Ssr s.S. u T.ssy .se sor ,hsm
SIS TO Ssi II ST. Il. Z.
Exhibit home open daily until 8 .. M.
Six spacious. sunny rooms. Front and
rear porches. Very deep lot to paved alley,
modern mod H eaSven,eDces en- @ % YOU would e.p.e, ana md
many you never saw before In home at
'"'' price, PRICE. uSo
Terms. $500 cash and $3.50 per month.
the hish .yerass q Ss.S comes back to
MIDDXTGH 4 SHANNON. INC.
Builder and Owner:
& Luchs. 7l3 lAth st.. Selling Agents
SMALL Investment property on easy terms.
near Marine barracks: 800 cash. balance
SO per month.
1900 BUYS 2.story brick house near Ga.
ave. and Fairmount st. n. W., rented for
SIS per month; similar houses selling for
N.soo 10 $50 less than this handsome prac-
ticslly new 6.Ioom colonial built brick house
bia Heights: trust $500: consider small lot
new YSRK REAL ESTATE BROKERS',
1873 r st. N. w.
A. PRACTICAL CHRISTMAS
PRESENT.
Your Family Will Appreciate More
Than Any Other One of These
COSY NEW HOMES.
1885 TO 1906 KRAMER ST. N. f.
7XxE 7XM1ik sGuTA Ii fARs E. T8 soti1REs lIFR st..
PRICE. $3.50.
BALANCE. n'sS MSoMTHILY: iIST: INCLUDING
THE BEST HOME IN WASHINGTON
AT THE PRICE.
UAcINo ResEpALE PARK.,
TIE PARLoR OF EACH HOME
FURSlSHED COMPLETE WITHOUT
EXTRA CHARGE.
ALL MODERN CONVENIENCES
SIX LARGE ROOMS. PARK RAILING.
axSpsSaE aPsSaE N MAkFEEs. AkFAisHA'i DOME IN
osSiNi GoNSREfE EHSs CELLARS, PAVED ALLEY.
GLASS. FuRNXcE HEAT.
STORM DOORS. sIDE-ovEH GAS
LARGE CLOSET IN EACH ROOM.
OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY.
LIGHTED UNTIL 600 P. n.
J. A. CLARK,
OWNER AND BUILDER,
Ui7 SOUTH CAROLINA AVENUE 9. E.
HAVE FOR SALE
Within y,IMS. Tsn M!HutSs, GcIIsv Mslk Of the
$1,000 to $4,000
INVESTMENTS. HOMES. BUSINESS
PROPERTY.
Let me know what you want In real es.
10 ,su Npd for m
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Marriage Licenses.

WHITE.
william w. Wayt and Hattie w. Hig.
Thomas T.. Lee, Of Shiloh, Va. and
Elisabeth CARRIER. Of Washington.
james A.. Faithful and 0ladiG r.
Wright, both Of Warrington.
Henry 9. Hough and Lillian Biden.
Grover G. Gray. Of Round Hill, Va,
and Lulu E. Seaton. Of North Fork,
Willie G.. Correll. Of PackIngham, N.
e.. and Blanche B. Rogers. Of Buchan.
Arthur e. Peck, Of Cleveland Ohio, and
Ethel A. krouse Of Washington.
COLORED.
Charles James and Emma johnson. boSl,
of Washington.
Toby Monroe and Daisy d. Childs. both
Of Thornsburg. Va.
Samuel johnson and Hannah Steward.
both Of Washington.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-23

OF His
leading
too much" onya
the a-
of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-23
COURTESY IN BUSINESS
By EBERT HUBBARD.

it shall return after many days but
tered. and sometimes with jam on it
The advantage and benefit of tele-
phone courtesy is beyond computa-
ton.
But the use of the telephone requires
a certain amount of patience You must
have faith that the man at the other
end of the line has something to tell
you that is worth saying
In the big central telephone offices
operators are selected with especial
care as to their voices A girl may
have brains all right. but if she has a
voice that screams. ScreecheS or purrs,
to that degree she is incompetent
either as a telephone operator or as
salesman.
To speak distinctly and pleasantly is
a fine art a good speaking voice is
not so much a matter of training as il
is of right thinking. A person who
thinks well Of himself and of other peo-
pie has a voice that assures. People
who are anxious, nervous, irritable.
harassed, tired, reveal Impotence in
their tones
Any one who uses the telephone, be
he. operator or patron. ariStocrat Ut
plebefan.. should practice telephone
courtesy. He should speak neither too
loud nor too low, but should endeavor
TO put 4 smile into his voice, and not
tears. doubt or accusation
Many people, on taking down the re-
ceiver, viii shout, Who's this2" Then
not getting an answer. will say: Who
are you, anyway" This is followed
up with what do you want2" All of
which IS quite discourteous, absurd and
inopportune.
Any one taking down the receiver
should announce who he is. If you
were a salesman. on entering an office
you would not shout at the first man
you meet, Who is this2" or Who are
you?"
When you call on a person you have
never before met, You certainly do not
demand that he should reveal his iden-
tity until you have first revealed yours.
You moderate your voice, and you
speak pleasantly On taking down the
receiver, either to answer a call or 10
put one in, when you get your party.
say. This is Mr.. Brown who is speak
ing" Just assume pleasant attitude
of mind, and your voice will follow.
1 have noticed that trainmen on Ger
tain railroads for the most pa~t have
pleasant voices. They call the stations
in a way so they are understood, and
they do not appear to bawling bad
names at their enemies. They are the
voices of men who are well nOuriShed.
who get eight hours sleep. who think
well of themselves, who are proud of
their pobs and proud of the road for
which they work.
Thus are they placed on good terms
with their colleagues and with tns
public.
Copyright. 1912. International News
Service).
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-23
THE MANICURE LADY
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

AZ GUESS that now, George" said
the Manicure Lady to the Head
Barber, "Wilfred has got the
right idea at last-at least, as near as
I can figure it He has almost got
the third act of what think IS a won
derful play about Arizona. It tells
about a English gent that got the can
tied to him at home then went out in
to the deserts of the great southwest
to start a ranch. That's just like a
English Teller. George, going out into
a desert to start a ranch. I suppose
he thought that it didn't matter a bit
whether or not he raised any fodder
or anything of that sort, just so he had
a. ranch. If there is anything a Eng
lishman like in America George, it is
to go out onto a ranch in one of them
deserts and look at the burning sands,
after he has planted a little garden
sass which is never going to come up
and after he has turned a few sheep
loose on the ranch Of sand, and a few
chickens. Then, after the garden sass
doesn't come up on his ranch, and
after the Sleeps and the chickens have
died, he takes all his remittance
checks, says That's Just like America,
and goes back to New York, where he
may or may not get some sort of
clerical job and all that sort of thing.
But as 1 was saying, George, VIII
fred is writing this play about
of the play it tells how the English
rancher is about to die of thirst
Brother is deadly in earnest this time,
George, and 1 wouldn't be a lot sur
prised if he puts one over at last He
is so much in earnest that he is going
without water to get the real feeling
of thirst. You see, George, the poor
boy amt got the price to go out on
the Arizona desert and get the real
local color, so he has to lay off on
the drinking and pretend that he is
one of them thirsty prospectOrs.
Il don't think that fasting and
drinking is going to give no writer
the regular local color" said the Head
Barber.
Pa doesn't think so, either" said
the Manicure Lady. "Of course.
George, any girl or gent with one eye
could see why father would be against
a course of denying thirst Thirst is
one of the best pals that the old gent
ever had. and it would sure take some
stretch of imagination to imagine
father ever becoming enough of
seeker after the local color for play
to keep him with q parched throat.
GooCness knows. George, that in dear
old dads whole career he never went
to bed with a parched throat, and
whom he wakes up in the morning,
when all # them sparrows is chtrping,
his throat only stays parched long
enough to let the bellboy come up
the hall with the ice that clinks in
the pitcher
Il h0pe the KID makes a hit with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-23
ARIZONA TO GUARD
AGAINST EPIDEMIC
r1TENEEESMEszlEsINEEEMIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ARIz
Guards Placed at Points
Through Which People
from California Enter

Bisbeo Ariz. Aug. 23.-Dr. /. L.
Miner Cocbise county health officer.
was notified BIZ long distance telephone
from DR.. Looney, state health. officer at
Phoenix, that at meeting OF the COM
mittee on public health of the Arizona
Medical association held at Phoenix,
rules of a modified quarantine against
California points infected by infantile
paralysis had been adopted. Guards will
he stationed at Yuma, Parker and
Needles TO board every train entering
Arizona and to ascertain the names of
all persons bound for points IN this
state. These names Will be telegraphed
to the health officers at the destina-
tions of passengers and upon their ar
rival their baggage will be fumigated
and children under Is years of age viii
be kept under supervision Tor Is days,
the period of incubation for the disease.
There are six Bisbee teachers at Cali
fornia beaches and school superintend-
emf Pbilbrook has telegraphed them to
return at once, as 1t is the intention
of the state health officer to set up
stringent quarantine II the disease IN
California shows evidence OF becoming
uncomfortable.
Frank Havs. an undertaken and en-
balmer. who was in the employ of a
local undertaking firm several weeks
AGO. has been brought back to Bisbee by
IDENTITY sheriff Cannon to answer to a
charge of grand larceny. He was ar
rested at Phoenix on warrant issued
from a local Justice court.
A mass meeting of Blsbee automo-
bilists will be held il few days to de-
termine rules under which the sociability
nm will be made to Phoenix during the
state fair. The run will be a modified
Glidden tour The suggestion for the
mass meeting came from j. R. Hender-
son of this city, who is treasurer of the
state fair commission. The commission
has left it to each city to determine
rules under which these runs will be
". B. Cleary. a Bisbee lawyer, has
challenged Theodore Roosevelt to a
series of Joint debates when the Pro-
eressive party candidate for president
comes to Arizona. The challenge has
been mailed to senator Dixon, RoOse-
velt's campaign manager:
J. A. Morrison, an Englishman, created
a scene in Justice Highs court when he
was arraigned on a charge of disturbing
the peace. He objected to the manner
in which the court administered the
oath to a witness for the prosecution
and insisted that the witness be made
to kiss the Bible, "as it is done in Eng
land The court caustieally reminded
the defendant of his longitude and lati-
tude and fined him $40.
L. J. Overlook, Republican, has been
elected a member of the city council,
taking the place of J. W. Kinney, a
Progressive, who resigned.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-23
"TE ARE ruled by our habits.
M First we form our habits.
and then our habits form us.

and then our habits form US.
We are what we are on account Of
what we have thought, said or done
After having done a thing once, there
is a tendency in the brain to do it
again. If continued. we get the habit;
that is. we do the thing without think
ing, just as a matter Of course. Thus
does habit become second nature
What kind of people will we be in
Elysium?" they asked Socrates 400
years before Christ And his answer
was, You will be the same kind Of
people you are today, because this life
is a preparation for the next, just as
today is a preparation for tomorrow"
Any man with the crouch habit. the
'piker' habit. the frown habit. the ci-
gareu nauit the dope habit the booze
habit, is on the CREASED chute. and ne
himself is sWa bling the slide Also,
there is a sort Of general DISPOSITION on
the part Of everybody to give him a
push down the road to Davy Jones's
locker.
In the heart of all of us is the tend
ency TO pass back everything that is
handed US.
Once there was a man who said, 'If
had been around that day when the
Creator was making the world I would
have made a few suggestions"
anu one OF the AUDITORS SalO, - w nat
would you have proposed?
Il would have made good health
catching instead of bad"
That is just where the critic lapsed
The fact is. good health is catching.
All good things are catching.
If a man smiles, waves his hand at
you as you walk down the street in
the morning, you wave your hand back
and smile in return unconsciously, and
often one little experience like this
will key you for the day joyously.
Courtesy, kindness. good will. gem
erosity. liberality, are all catching.
Nothing is so contag ious as a smile.
Try it on the first man you see.
Cast thy bread upon the waters and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-23
MOOSE VOTE FIVE MILLION
TO ESTABLISH HOMES

Kansas City, No. Aug. 2S.-Five mil
lion dollars to establish institutions for
the benefit of its members were voted
by the Loyal Order of Moose, in session
here. The institutions viii include: \
vocational and trade school for chill
dren, home for aged and infirm mem
bers and a home for orphans of mem
bers of the lodge, to be built on a tract
of 1000 acres at Anderson. Ind. a gen
eral sanitarium to be built in the west
and a tuberculosis sanitarium to be
erected in some city with suitable eli
mate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-23
Diplomacy.

Gen. Horace Porter was giving an
illustration of everyday diplomacy after
having compared it with world di
plomacy. I'VE will say, for instance"
he observed. that our everyday wise
acre is introduced to a man from Iowa
He talks corn with him. He meets a
man from Boston and talks beans.
Should he happen to be thrown in the
combined company of a man from Iowa
and of a man from Boston he would
discuss succotash. "-ArgonaUt-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-23
TWO BOYS CONFESS TO
KILLING LITTLE PLAYMATE

plavmates of 4 year old Joseph Thinner
man. whose lifeless body was found
buried in underbrush in a gully in the
northeastern part of the city, confessed
to killing him. A stone hurled when
the youngster attempted to follow them
on a trip into the woods, struck the lad
in the temple.
John Farley and John Heinberger,
both 10 years old, after telling many
conflicting stories, finally admitted the
deed. They said they alone were re-
sponsibIe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-23
ARTESIA las FIRE Loss.

Artesia. \ NJ. Aug. "a lire IN
the blacksmith shop of J. P Bishop, on
Texas avenue. starting from a cause
unknown, destroyed the building and
most of the contents. A strong wind
was blowing from the northwest that
blew the embers several blocks over the
business buildings The building was
owned bv Dir. Strunk, formerly of Ar
tesla. The damage to the building was
about $500 and about $1,000 on the con-
tents, all covered bv insurance.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-23
SAYS SCIENTIFIC METHODS
REDUCE THE DEATE

Denver, Colo, Aug. 23.-That the death
rate in the United States has been
greatly reduced by the undertakes and
embalmers of the country was the con-
tention made here by Prof. W. P. Ho-
henschuh, the dean of embalmers, IN
an address before the 18th annual con-
vention of the Colorado Funeral Direc-
tors and Embalmers' association. "The
scientific methods of embalming and
caring for the dead have prevented the
spread of contagious diseases" said
Prof Hohenschuh. This is marked in
the decrease of infantile deaths through
contact with the dead"
She-How many men owe their sue
cess in life to their wives?
He-And how many men owe their
wives to their success in life?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-23

his play" said the Head Barber.
4 hope so. too. George. He has to
raise sixty dollars the first of Septem-
Der to keep up his life insurance
Policy, and every time he looks at me
I can see in his eyes that twelve
pound .ook.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-23

PHILADELPHIA Pa Aug 2Chrtian Hartman
who
he
evidence
arsenic
that the deaths of Mrs osts children will investigated He declares
that DrincinaL
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-09-13
SYMPATHY, BUT NO APOLOGY
Softened by His Rejoinder
When "CaIIed Down."

Andrew Lipscomb, who practices
law before the courts of Maryland,
was trying his first case before a
judge named Merrick Lipscomb,
wishing to impress the Judge, was, in
the language Of the bar, right lippy
in his remarks to the eminent gentle
man. Finally, Merrick lost patience
and exclaimed:
"Sit down! Sit down, sir! II you
don't sit down III fine you for con-
tempt of court"
Lipscomb sat down, but turned to 8
young lawyer beside him, and re-
marked, in an understone:
"That's the crustiest, most opinion.
ated old Judge / ever saw. III show
him where he gets off. He's an old
fool"
"If you talk like that, I'll beat you
up!" replied the young lawyer. Hes
my father!"
How sad!" said Lipscomb, smooth.
ly. How sad."-Popular Magazine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-09-13
ALL ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHER
Short Essay Evidently Written by One
Familiar With This Species Of
Animal.

A philosopher is man, and rarely
q woman. who, having nothing to do
and being glad of it, puts in his time
explaining the reason that other peo-
pie should have for doing things.
Philosophers are not popular be-
cause, in the first place, most men are
too busy to listen to them. and, in
the second place, they are satisfied
with their own reason for doing
things.
Nevertheless, philosophers are wont
to gravitate toward comfortable stoves
in corner groceries, where men of
varying leisures straggle in and to-
wards comfortable chairs in universi-
ties where helples youth are COM
PEELED to listen as part Of an awful
punishment called curriculum.
Whenever a philosopher becomes IA
nous, it always turns out that he is
not philosopher at all. but scien-
tist. Simon pure philosophers never
give information, because nothing less
tnan explaining the unknowable will
satisfy them. One philosopher will
never agree with another philosopher
If he can possibly help it.-Life.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-09-13
BURNING AND ITCHING

e110 Market ST.. Philadelphia, Pa
About two years ago l began to no
tice small pimples on the back Of
my shoulders. The pimples looked
very red and at times they would ooze
a watery fluid and then formed scab
which l would tear down by scratch
Ing constantly. 1t looked like an open
sore all over my back. Within few
months 1t reached to such a degree
that I would not be able to do any
thing without interrupting myself to
scratch my back. My clothing GER
tainly irritated the trouble especially
when the sores were just torn by
scratching the scabs off. Finally got
SO badly affected that could not sleep
nights on account Of the severe burn
ing and itching.
"I spent a considerable amount Of
money for medicine and all was in
vain. sent for sample Of Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment and obtained
relief from a few applications only.
Then I bought cake Of Cuticura
Soap and box Of Cuticura Ointment
and was completely cured" (Signed)
Aaron Rochlis. Apr. 8, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept l.. Boston" "
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-09-13
Cause for CONSERVATION.

The inexperienced district school
teacher had exhausted all other ex-
pedients for the maintenance of disci-
pline. Going out into the school yard,
she broke off good-sized switch that
was growing there and administered
primitive punishment to Jimmy Kel-
ley.
There were strange expressions of
Mortified amazement on the faces of
the children, and when school was dis
missed at noon they gathered in ex-
cited groups and talked in whispers.
Finally the teachers curiosity could
stand 1t no longer. Calling Henry
Thomas to her, she demanded the
cause of the discussions.
''Why-why-why, teacher" he
stammered, "that-that switch you
licked Jimmy with-that was the tree
we all set out last Arbor day. y."-Har-
per's Magazine.