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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06
Reads Own Obituary.

Colorado Springs.-C. E. Leibold,
abstract clerk in the county clerks Of
flee, has had the pleasure of reading
his own obituary and says he had no
idea he was so important and popular
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06
DELAY WILSON INAUGURAL
Because of Usual Bad Weather on
March 4, 1t VIII Be April "a.

Hamilton, -President-elect
Wilson announced that though he
would agree to being sworn in as
President on March 4th as provided
by the constitution as the legal be-
ginning of a presidential term, the
main inaugural ceremonies would be
postponed until Thursday, April 24th,
because of the notorlously bad weather
that prevails in Washington during the
early part of March. AS his reason for
making the proposed change, Governor
Wilson gave the health of those par
tIcipating in the inaugural ceremonies.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06
Annette keIIerman weds Manager.

Danbury. Conn.-Miss Annette Kel-
lerman, the swimmer. Voc -larried to
her manager. James r. m, by a
Justice of the peace d.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06
Score Injured in Burlington Wreck.

willard, Colo.-Defccuve trucks on
an oil car on the Burlington road
which was derailed. caused it to roll
over a twelve-foot embankment here,
dragging passenger coach and mail
car with 1t and iniuring nearly a score
of passengers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06
EI Paso County Pioneer Dies.

Colorado Springs.-Joseph Straw
age eighty-two, and a resident of this
county fifty years. died after a long
Illness.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06
John erIer Hibben Talks.

Colo. Springs.-Dr. John Grier Hib-
ben. who succeeded Woodrow Wilson
as president of Princeton University,
addressed the Winter Night Club on
"a Business Mans Philosophy"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06
Boulder Woman Burned.

Boulder.-Mrs. Florence NJ. Lang.
try was SO seriously burned in fire
of unknown origin at her homo that
she is not expected to live.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06
Gets License for Mother; weds child

Pocatello. Ida.-With a license call
ing for a bride fifty-siX years old and
named Gestina, r. NJ. Trainer of this
city is said to have been married to
a girl of sixteen named Adelinc.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06

Mrs winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces innammA-
tIon, ALA pain cures wind collie. 25c bottle In
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06

Especially where flirting is concern
ed. little learning Is dangerous
thing.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06

We are most apt to realize that time
is money when the interest comes due.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06

Smile on wash day. That's when you
use Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes winter
than snow. All grocers. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06
l9IIlY5 53V3gSIva s6ae ss1!fgsS YES

Lots of men tire themselves to
death looking for an easy place.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06

Doctor Quack-I had a great many
more patients last year than I have
this. l wonder where they have all
gone to?
Mrs. wrink-well, all we can do,
DOCTOR is to hope for the best
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-06
WEEKS EVENTS
COLORADO
'estern Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES Fot COMING EVENTS.

January 20-25-Eighth Annual West
ern Stock Show-Denver.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-03-15
The Philosophy Of Cain
By William E. johnson

by war and capture. We have quit the
torture chamber Herod is dead. We
educate and care tenderly for the deaf,
the dumb and the blind The waif and
cripple finds home provided by the
state. The aged are taken care of.
We are beginning to answer Gains
question in the affirmative But we
have not gone the whole distance We
are yet only partly civilized. There is
much monkey left in us yet
Men throng our streets and alleys
who have not the strength to resist one
thing-drink. They have dallied with
the traps set for them by the state until
their power to say 'no" has gone. They
are at the mercy of the state The
state, instead of giving protection, COM
missions wicked men to prey upon them
and despoil them of their homes, their
wages, their happiness, their wealth and
their lives
The man has wife who does not
drink, who has no appetite for drink,
yet is slave to drink through the I'M
governable appetite of her husband
Does the state come to the rescue? Not
at all The state commissions some
vagabonds to despoil her, to torture
her, to drive the bloom from her cheek
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-03-15

A humanitarian movement from
which assistance will doubtless come to
the crusade against the social evil, is
the great movement against alcoholism,
with its recent revival in every civilized
fist has called alcohol the indispensable
vehicle of the business transacted by the
white slave traders and has asserted
that without its use this trade could not
long continue.
Whoever has tried to help a girl
making an effort to leave the irregular
life she has been leading, must have
been discouraged by the victims at
tempt to overcome the habit of using
alcohol and drugs. Such a girl has
commonly been drawn into the life in
the first place when under the influence
of liquor, and has continued to drink to
enable herself to live through each day.
Furthermore, the drinking habit grows
upon her because she is constantly re-
quired to sell liquor and to be treated"
1t is estimated that the liquor sold by
such girls nets profit to the trade of
$50 per cent over and above the girls
own commission. Chicago made at least
one honest effort to divorce the sale of
liquor from the social evil when the
superintendent of police last year ruled
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-03-15

Cain killed Abel and, when cornered
about it, naively remarked, Gam I my
brothers keeper"
To this day, an occasional highbrow,
more or less tied to the brewery gar
bage can, is wont to give forth oc-
casional speech regarding the Survival
of the fittest'
They have read about Darwin and
feel that the law of development which
is said to have prevailed among mon
keys is good enough for these days
when men read and write and reason.
The difference between men and
monkeys is largely in the difference in
their treatment of the weaker one. The
monkey says, Gam I my brothers
keeper"
The primal man would kill and eat
the weak The mother-in-law question
was easily settled i the groom would
simply eat her He would have mother
in-law stew for dinner
We are outgrowing these things. We
have quit numbering prisoners of war.
We have quit enslaving weaker race.
We build asylums for those deprived of
their reason. We build retreats for the
feeble minded We build hospitals for
the sick We have quit securing wives
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-03-15

alcohol that they may profit thereby?
General Bingham, who as police COM
missioner of New York certainly knew
whereof he spoke, says: There is
not enough depravity in human nature
to keep alive this very large business.
The immortality of women and the
brutishness of men have to be per-
suaded coaxed and constantly stmu-
lated in order to keep the social evil
in its present state of business pros
perity.'
May we not hope that some of the
experiments made by governmental and
municipal authorities to control and
regulate the sale of liquor will at last
meet with such measure of success
that the existence of the social evil will
be imperiled because deprived of it's
artificial stimulus of alcohol? The
Chicago vice commission has made
series of valuable suggestions for the
regulation of saloons and for the
separation of the sale of liquor from
dance halls and from other places
known as recruiting grounds for the
white slave traffic: There is still need
for a much wider and more thorough
education of the public in regard to the
historic connection between commerce.
allied vice and alcoholism, of the close
relation between politics and the liquor
interests, behind which the social evil
so often intrenches itself
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-03-15

and hope from her heart.
The stricken man has a child who
does not drink Does the state protect
this little one? Not at all. The state
grants license to some brewers agent
to destroy its life. Alcohol is the
solvent that robs this child of the sun
light to which it is entitled, just as it
steals from the flower the perfume of
its life and leaves it rotten pulp.
When the man who voted to license
this horrid thing, is cornered, he shifts
his chew of tobacco to the other side
and says, Gam I my brothers. keeper"
Everybody has a weaker neighbor
who, in turn, has wife and children
who suffer the fortunes of the rack be-
cause of his weakness.
What will you do about this at the
coming spring elections? Will you vote
to commission men to prey upon these
people? Will you, by your vote, au-
thorize their plumber and debauchment?
Will you vote to issue license to
a depraved man to catch your son if
he can or debauch your daughter if he
can get her?
Will you say with Cain, Gam l my
brothers keeper"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-03-15
Alcohol indispensable Vehicle of White Slave Traffic
By Jane Addams, in McClure's Magazine

that no liquor should be sold in any
disreputable house. The difficulty of en-
forcing such an order is greatly in
creased because such houses, as we'll as
the questionable dance halls, commonly
sell liquor under federal license,
which is not only cheaper than the sa-
loon license obtained from the city, but
has the added advantage to the holder
that he can sell after one o'clock in the
morning at which time the city saloons
are closed
The aggregate annual profit of the 236
disorderly saloons recently investigated
in Chicago by the vice commission was
$4,3o7,ooo. This profit on the sale of
liquor can be traced all along the line
in connection with the white slave traf-
hc, and is no less disastrous from the point
Of view of young men than of the girls
Even slight exhiliration from alcohol
relaxes the moral sense and throws a
sentimental or adventurous g1amor over
an aspect of life from which a decent
young man would ordinarily recoil, and
it's continued use stimulates the senses
at the very moment when the intellec-
tual and moral inhibitions are lessened.
May we not conclude that both chastity
and self-restraint are more firmly es-
tablished in the modern city than we
realize, when the white slave traders
find it necessary both forcibly to detain
their victims and to ply young men with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15

editor of the Kanass City CKen) Press We were inclined to believe it to some extent until we landed in one of these interior towns one day. and badly, aye sorely felt the need of drink. It was Larned, Kan. and we had been assured even on the train, that Larned was O. F. The first man we tackled was the pro prietor of the hotel. He viewed IS with degree of awe and suspicion and saii there was nothing doing go far as he knew. We made the acquaintance of few traveling men in the lobby but re- ceived no satisfactory information as t- the location of the particular spot where the thirsty stranger of Larned satisfied his want. We patronized the town barber, and, after proving our Identity. asked if he was hep to anything in the way of a drink. The barber introduced us to one of the local boys and the latter began using the telephone. But ne found noth- ing An hour later. however. ne visited us at the hotel and said that he had struck lead. We followed him four blocks then turned into a garage. We walked the length of the garage. then turned to the right and entered the tool shop Once inside the tool snop, the door was closed and locked Then from secret service the automobile machinist- the Good Sama tarian-drew forth quart
 
 like whisky We took a drink. When I attempted to down my drink. l choked. grew red in the face, beloved for water, ard finally, after heroic effort, managed to keep the liquor in my stomach. Ii tasted like poison. and we suppose that poison was it's proper definition. One drink was enough.
 How do you feel?' my new friend asked as we started back to the hotel.
 T feel mighty thankful" l said. that that fellow didn't offer us another drink Two drinks of that stun would result in my certain death."
 This is a true story, and from 1t yeu should gather that 1t is very easy to get "al you want to drink when you land in Larned, Kan" In truth, even lf that had been good whisky, wouldn't yeu have said to yourself, What helrfa method for a civilized white man to em- ploy in gettirg a drink Is prohibition a success in Kansas? Most assuredly 1t IS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15

that treble the quantity of potatoes could be raised from the same parcel of ground as of any other vegetable, and immedi- ately the potato became the principal food of the Irish peasantry.
 Parmentiere, the great Frenchman, in- troduced the potato into France under great difficulties. He wanted the French people to adopt the potato as food, but they would not even taste 1t until con- niving with the authorities he succeeded in fooing them into using the potato
 He planted a garden In potatoes and made a big Ito do" about them until they were ripe. He then was allowed detach- ment of soldiers to guard them. The com mon people got interested and stole the potatoes from the garden and France became a potato eating country.
 The German story of the potato is not known. but 1t Is a great kartoffe pro- ducing and kartoffle eating nation, and salad.
 Bermuda and the West India islands have been the source of supply for many years. but new source has recently de- veloped called the Early Garden of the United States which is the gulf coast country of southern Texas.
 The first new potatoes that come from this locality tearlier even than the Ber- mudas) sell for s4.5O per bushel. When they made their first appearance the whole northern trade was surprised. Shortly after the new potato appears the price drops to $l.25 a bushe by the car load.
 The only way to test a potato so you will know to a certainty what it is and what it will do is to cook 1t. Mashed potatoes and baked potatoes have been harped so much in this country that the stewards have lost sight of every other kind of potato.
 For every kind of cooking they have been picking out a white, mealy variety that will fluff up when mashed and be white and flaky when. baked, and burst open like popcorn when boiled Then they wonder why the saute potatoes are not good and that they cant get mashed Drowned out of the kitchen without being all mashed up.
 For the potatoes which are to be cooked up light buy the kind that will, when cut in two. stick together. They will make fluffy-ruffle potatoes, hut when you want potatoes which, when cooked. will hold their shape, and do things in the manner you want them to. buy vel low ones that won't stick together.
 Potatoes cooked in dry heat, as by baking in the oven, roasting in ashes. frying in deep fat, or steamed in their Jackets, retain all their good qualities and flavors very much more than those NoOhcu III NoNcif 'Ni pothtccH S' SoOn'' must be served just as soon as they are done Cooked to order) or they will be- come soggy and bad favored
 I have heard the story, bot have never seen the act of putting little old potatoes" through a solution which is said to loosen the skin so that when the buyer comes along to purchase new pota- toesc he is shown the old ones. and he naturally tests the skin to see if it will scrape easily. This will do to tell but l can't see the possibility of such all oc- currence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
The Black Venus of Brittany

From the Pittsburg Leader
 One of the most curious relics of pagan ism remaining in a Christian country is the gigantic black stone figure of wom- an which is to be seen fin a forest of the district of Morbihan in Brittany.
 It Is known as the .'Black Venus" but probably dates far back of the time when the Greeks and Romans worshipped that goddess. Antiquaries assert that this fig ure belongs to the age of the serpent worshippers, one of whose subterranean temples is in the neighborhood. This would make the figure far older than the Christian era.
 The statue Is that of huge. uncouth woman, with sullen, angry countenance. her form enveloped in a loose mantle. The superstitious Britons have always worshipped the figure, asserting that it has power over the weather and the crops. If the idol is neglected they de- if the anger of the black woman" is further reused a tidal wave sweeps over Morbihan.
 Twice the stone was cast into the sea by pious folk. who hoped thereby to put an end to this idolatry and twice the peasants dragged it back and set it up in it's old place.
 Some 200 years ago Count Pierre de I,annion. on whose estate the figure stood. in order to save the statue from both friends and enemies. dragged it by 40 yoke of oxen to his own chateau and set it up in the courtyard. He cut an in- scription on the base of the pedestal. de- clarng the figure to be Venus carved by Caesars soldiers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
TO KNOW A GOOD POTATO
It Depends Altogether on How It Is
 to Be Cooked
From the Steward.

From the Steward.
 The Irish potato is not Irish at all in Its origin. As a matter of fact 1t is a native of the United States and wasn' t known in Europe until after Columbus had discovered America. It is also na- tive to South America and has been grow ing wild both in Chile and Buenos Ayres.
 It was first shipped to Spain from the neighborhood of Quito, in the early part of the sixteenth century; first to England from Virginia in 1886. Sir Walter Raleigh first planted 1t in Ireland on his estate of Youghal, near the city of Cork. In l5S7 it was first planted in Lancashire England, from Sir Walter Raleigh's gar dens.
 Sir Walter Raleigh's experience was that he considered, with other people, that the potato was a fruit (pomme de terreD "ap- pie of the earth" and when the plant grew and the seed stock shot forth he perceived the seed balls upon them and concluded that they were the delicious fruit, and upon boiling them found they were not like what he had had, and onfy discovered his mistake when digging up the ground for other purposes
 Sir Walter upon experimenting found
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
One Way to Reduce Taxes

From the Cleveland Leader.
 Under the new law in Illinois taxes as- sessed there this year will be 10 per cent lower than a year ago.
 The clerk of Cook county. in which Chi cago Is located, In informing the people that he is required to comply with the law by reducing the tax levy, suggests that county officials can, if they will, low CT the cost of government by reducing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
A Standpatter

Norman White who Is again in the political ring-this time bull moose Is telling story to Tighten up his tariff opinions. Here Is the story:
 A new baby arrived at house. A it- tie girl had been the pet of the family, Every one made much of her, but when there was a new baby she felt rather neglected.
 How are you, Nary" a visitor asked of her one afternon. b 'Oh, I'm all right" she said, except that I think there is too much competi- tion in this world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15

offices 10 per cent That he says, wol be possible, and would be a reform whi the people would appreciate-somethi they could see and understand.
 That Chicago official is right. Tho e of government is constantly increasil and the taxpayers are footing the bi Not only here, but in every other Ann ican city. ways of getting more men
 MT. Wearie-"Well, here's big pile increased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15

the expenditures and thus meet the re- duction in the assessment.
 Many men are elected to office, he says, on promises to institute reform of some kind. The reform often is carried out but the people discover that the taxes are increased to pay for it. He suggests that, instead of lying awake nights trying to figure out schemes to spend money, coun- ty officials should get together and de- 'ise ways to reduce the expenses of their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
Kansas Prohibition

From the Kansas City Journal
 We have often heard the argument made by -prohibtionists how one was able to get all the liquor he wanted to drink in the interior towns of Kansas, says the
Evening journal., 1912-06-19
A GRACEFUL GOWN OF SILK.

4 HttAtE Ef W WVWN VT hAhht
Draped skirts and hchus are among
the smartest features of the season
and here is a gown that includes both.
II is made Of plain silk. combined
with lowered. with trimming Of little
frills made Of the matedial. The
lines are the most graceful and pret-
test possible and the materials are
smart In the extreme; but really
warm weather will create q demand
for some thinner and lighter fabrics
and the same model can be used
for chiffon. marquisette and all the
materials soft enough TO be draped
successfully. Cotton marquisette IS
beautiful and much worn. IL would
be charming over eyelet embroidery
Chiffon over messaline would make
e most attractive effect and number
less other variations will suggest
themselves. For trimming can be used
frills or the little puflngs that are
so much liked. or lace or banding
would be pretty, or both skirt and
fchu could be scalloped, as in one
of the back views. This skirt is ad-
iusted TO the high waist line and the
ichu terminates at the belt, but the
blouse can be combined with any pre-
ferred skirt and when the natural
waist line is used. IL can be made
either with or without the postillion
The foundation skirt is made in two
pieces and the tunic or draped portion.
IN two pieces. Foulard with plain
satin would make an exceedingly
handsome as we'll as useful gown.
Evening journal., 1912-06-19
HOUSEHOLD NOTES OF TIMELY INTEREST BY MAUDE E. CHLEY

A blot of ink on your paper may
be easily removed by means OF one
Of those little emery cardboard strips
that are used for manicuring the
nails. Just rub It lightly over the ink
after blotting carefully. and It will
remove every trace, yet leave the
paper in good condition.
Go over the entire stove while it is
slightly warm with a cloth wet with
Evening journal., 1912-06-19

should not be touched by any other
person, and kissing should be alb
solutely prohibited.
The most difficult part of waist
made Of allover embroidery to iron
satisfactorily is that part of the
sleeve that is too narrow to permit
the use OF a sleeve-board. To over
come this difficulty. turn the sleeve
worng side out, insert a tea towel or
Evening journal., 1912-06-19

boiler is full. set it in the path and
apply a match to the papers. Keep
the lid Of the boiler on until the prop
er time comes TO burn the waste.
Many colds would be prevented If
every cold we're regarded a infec-
tious. says a doctor. A person suf-
fering from cold should sleep alone
and. if possible, in a separate room.
Towels, soaps, ETC., used by the patient
Evening journal., 1912-06-19
Greatest Sale of Fashionable Suits and
Coats Ever Offered Here in June

Tf=lHU A. NJ. n prove o B
largest al me 70
goods or he way W have o o
@ August cearnce i June
m a o many o y N
dC beseyo wnfn
t oto New Y for also po6l ded t
] o hm WI y
Evening journal., 1912-06-19

styles; tailoring that represents the
best that high priced, experienced
tailorS can produce. Every garment
guaranteed up to our usual Smith
Zollinger Standard-Which means the
best Several hundred garments are
offered at these prices-thiS means a
splendid selection-in all sizes for
ladies, misses and girls.
IparaIIeIed Suit and Coat Bargains
Evening journal., 1912-06-19

kerosene oil, allow it to dry, then
blacken the stove; you will find it will
last twice as long and have a polish
greater than ever before. Each morn
ing rub It over with an old piece OF
flannel and see how it will shine.
A use for an old wash boiler is TO
Ftand II in convenient place on the
back porch or near the back steps and
put all old papers in It. When the
Evening journal., 1912-06-19
A Word on Parent Managing
By Ruth Cameron

child
children adopts in all
of which
from command
which he not "
A nomnaly bed half past seven
that
like Of which evidently takes place
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