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Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-04-05
The Mansells Like the MIN.
bres Valley.

w. T.. MlllStll, one 81 our SUI
ccSStuI IIondalr farmers, tells his
experience in settling in the Min
hrcs Valley, us follows:
Selling my meat market in RoS-
well. last March, self and wife plan
ed Il trip to points in Arizona and
CaIilurnia, with Stop.ovcr at Dem
ing. Arrived in Dcming, about
March 10Th and being from pruhi-
hition city, the I)cming $3.50 pure
water tasted good to us. The next
step was to investigate the Mlmbrcs
Valley land and comparcit with that
Of the iccos Valley, where land is
now selling from $lOO to Sl5OO per
acre. The more we looked around
the more We were pleased with the
country. wanted to buy some land
hu, didn't know what to do with it,
for neither knew the FIRST thing
about farming. However, in few
days wc fell into the hands of Il real
ty man. e. II. Hon, and rs he had
an inrNhaSlblr amount ct salyr. he
succeeded in selling us Il farm half
a mile south ui llundaIr. liut af.
ter purchasing the Mimhr"s valley
! land wanted to- SEQ some other
country. the next stop being at
lhruniN, Arizona. there We were
| shown land under the Roosevelt dam.
where one man used the water tn
| irrigalc his lend, ALSO To- wash the
/ weed seed oil his place, and the
nest farmer who uses the water
gets Il fine crop of weeds, Wr saw
enough poison smart weed, clover
and Johnson grass along the bitches
over there to seed MlmhrrS valley,
| Furthermore, il lid not appeal to Us
ro Dan water taN for u life time and
keen busy rjdilne the latmof weeds
,.,u.,I r,,t,. u.trI,,ri .i 81 uriUn Inl'
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-04-05
Deming Plays in Luck.

Dcming has played in great luck
on the power question, and aS a
part Of il I.ordShurg will probably
get fine power plant, The Dem
ing electric company sold some
power last year To the farmers for
pumping purposes. and the result
was 50 satisfactory that there was
an immense demand fur more
power, IA demand larger than the
company could handle without put
ting in more machinery, which tn"
engineers figured would cost not
less than $780, This WAS more
than the company could negotiate,
and another company was organized
to furnish more power. Ralph Fly
went to California. and there found
a power plant that had been put in
for pumping. and before amy work
was done the Edison company put Il
line thru that section from one Of
its mountain water power plants,
and il could furnish the electricity
much cheaper than the plant, Mr..
Ely was able to buy it at II bargain,
did So, and shipped it to Drmlng.
Before il was unloadcd the new zeal
was made. by which the Federal
power company. bought out the
local company, and agreed tu
spend half Il million dollars, and rs
much more rs was necessary, Ia
provide all the pumping power tor
the Mimbrcs Valley. This left No
usr for the machinery purchased in
California. which. in the dead, fell
into the hands ui Murray, Ialnr,
Downs n Jones Of Silver city, K,
f.. Cameron. Who had been with
these men Il long time, presented
the loldshurg proposition tu them
and McssrS. Murray and layn,
came up to LprdSburg the latter
part of last week and made a pro-
position to the citizens. that they
would puj in th!s machinery al ;
fraction Of It's vaIur and taxi,
stock in Il company to he organize
to build a plant to furnish water
ice. electric light and power, pro
vidrd the citizens would SuhSrrih,
to the stock Of the company. Ih,
machinery can develop llO horS,
power, which is ample for aII the
uses of the company, ami leave
large amount of power to sell l.
mines Of the Shakespeare district
some Of the mines have agreed I,
take power from this company, a
il can be- furnished them mucI
cheaper, and with Il much smallr
original Investment than III" com
panics can put in power and thcr
is no doubt that it will furnish a
the power needed at ShakrSpra,
The furnishing of light, water an
ice will hr Il steady business, an
will pay a good return on tn
money invested. It will hr mur
plcaSantrr to live in I.ordShur
= when we have our own water an
ice plants, and the much needle
electric lights and power to ri
fans and the broomIrSS sweeper.
. nrdshurp Liberal
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-04-05

The editor $ family is indebted to
Will McDonough for fine mcSsrS of
radisheS grown in his garden. See
his challenge.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-04-05

The Williamson clothing and gents
furnishing store on Silver aNcnn,
viii soon br doing business.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-28
he House Where Wicked auu

T HE Italian Archaeological, Professor
Vittorio Spnnazzola, has made a
remarkably interesting series of
discoveries at Paestum, a city which, like
Pompeii and Herculaneum. was Summer
resort Of the greatest and wealthiest OF
the ancient Romans
The newest and most interesting discov.
cry is Of a splendid villa, which inyestiga.
ton has shown to have belonged to the
Emperor Claudius, who ruled from Al TO
81 A. d. 1t even appears probable that he
was living here at the time OF his death.
This ruler was an enigmatical character.
Stories of extraordinary prodigacy are re-
corded OF him ana yet many great works.
such as the Claudian aqueduct are credit
~ 10 him Popular interest in him arises
largely from the number OF his wives.
among whom was the infamous Messalina,
and the vast amount of trouble they caused
him.
In the cellar OF the newly discovered
villa they found 2 statue Il was the
statue OF the Emperor Claudius He wore
the priestly garments which q Roman EN-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-28

somewhat different light on the story
making it appear more probable. for he
tells us that Claudius desired and assisted
the marriage, because he had been warneu
by soothsayer that the husband of Mes
salina was about to fall into misfortune
He caused this prophecy to come true, ior
he executed the husband as we'll as Mes
salina
This would seem to be in accordance
with the character of Claudius, who,
though undoubtedly fond OF his wives,
was by no means a fool
The next anu fourth wife of Claudius
was his niece Agrippina. He was even
more unfortunate with her than with any
of her predecessors. She persuaded him
to set aside his own son Britannicus in
favor Of Nero, her son by a former mar.
rage. AS soon as he had issued the de.
cree she poisoned him in order to place
the act beyond recall.
Immediately after his death. It is con.
jectured, she defaced the Emperor's statue
in the villa she occupied at Paestum, where
the evidence of her malignity has just
been brought to light after eighteen cen
turtles.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-28

peror assumed on certain occasions az
holder of the ancient Office of .pontifex
maXimus"
The statue had evidently lain in the
cellar since ancient times. The hands
and feet were broken off. 1t had been
treated with indignity
Ihese curious circumstances haye led
TO the conclusion that this villa was occu.
pied by the Emperor at the time he was
poisoned by his fourth wife. Agrippina
The tlltreatment of his statue was the
last proof Of her hatred of him.
The first wife OF Claudius was Plautia
Urgulanilla, whom he divorced because
he suspected her of designs on his life.
His second, Aelia Petina, he also divorced.
His third was the infamous Valera Mesa
lima.
Her misdoings were the scandal OF the
civilized world, At length. according TO
the account of Tacitus, Messalna went
through the ceremony OF marriage with
one of her lovers and, urged by her former
confederate Narcissus the Emperor al.
lowed her to be seized aud Narclssus put
her to death
The historian Suetonlus, however, throws
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-28

Herod. Salome was Tor time the resources
of every dancer who wanted to be wicked.
Lady Connie" did a Salome dance at a
Dukes house, before the late King Edward
His Majes.y had dined veil, according to his
custom, and doubtless the performance looked
good to him. At the conclusion he asked Lady
Connie" after the manner of King Herod,
what reward he could give ner. She bent her
knee to the ground and answered.:
Sir Ernest Cassels head as a charger,
Sire"
Now. Sir Ernest Cassel, who was present az
the party was King Edwards favorite fnan.
cial adviser, and negotiated loans for him
when he needed them badly King Edward
answered Lady Comics" Jest with his usual
tact by saying:
won't Sir Ernest Cassers check as a
charger do Just as vell?'
Soon after this exhibition Lady Connie
went to New York. She danced there for her
favorite philanthropy. Just what It is nobody
seems to remember. 1t cost $40 head to see
her. aw
At this stage the general comment was thai
her dancing was amateursh. To relieve her
self of this reproach she worked several years
Now she has made her appearance as regE
lar professional dancer.
1t would be difficult to exaggerate the POI
sition which Lady Comics" family has held
in British society. Their titles are ancient.
The prestige Of royal friendship has enveloped
them. Her uncle, the Duke Of Sutherland, is
the greatest land owner in the United King
dom. He owns 100000 acres OF land.
But there have been signs that all Is not
we'll with the Duke few years ago he gave
up his ancestral palace, Trentham Hail. In the
Midland Counties Within a few weeks he has
sold the family residence in London, Stafford
House. the largest house in the metropolis
Now it is reported that he may go to live In
Western Canada.
A good many English people feel that the
-nd Of the world is coming. When the Duke
Of Sutherland cannot keep up his houses, and
his niece appears on the music hall stage for
pay. what is going to become Of our ancient
NOBILITY?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-28

known Texas railroad magnate who met Lady
Constance in New York on her way West sent
word to one of his managers on the road to
look out for her and treat her we'll The rail
road manager thought the message referred
to horse, and as he could not find any trace
Of the animal in the freight cars he sent out
The following message:
ITO Station Agents-Missng mare Lady
Constance. If any station agent runs across
her feed her and rub her down until you hear
from U.S."
Probably the genesis Of Lady Comics"
present display may be traced to her early ap.
pearance in kits. When she was about
eighteen she entertained a large house party
py dancing the sword dance, wearing kits of
the Mackenzie tartan, to which she is entitled
by birth The kits then were quite long over
Ianping the tops Of her stockings by several
inches. Nevertheless, when her dancing be-
came lively the sight was quite interesting.
The noble and fashionable guests applauded
her efforts enthusiastically. There were.
however, quite a few who recalled how
shocked her gracious Majesty Queen Victoria
would have been at the sight of young lady
of the aristocracy behaving in this manner.
1t showed how the manners of English society
had changed since the climax of the Victorian
period.
After the warm reception Of the first effort
Lady Connie" shortened up the kits per-
ceptibly But it was not until after her mar.
rage that she gratif1ed society with full view
of the extremities with which nature had
gifted her. Her performances inspired this
lively passage in very skittish book on Eng.
lish society by Harry Graham:
Ginger Hazleton had an exciting affair with
Mrs. Carter-Pickford. to whom he made love
at an entertainment for the cause of Woman's
Rights while a professional singer was
ploughing his way through a cycle of twenty
seven songs by Brahms.
at was only when a lady Of title who had
thoughtfully diYested herself of most of her
clothing started to dance that they began to
AXE an interest in the entertainment"
One Of her dances represented Salome. the
danghter Of Herodias dancing before King
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-28


"-HE daughter of an Earl the grand.
daughter Of a trusted friend Of
Queen Victoria, the descendant OF
long line OF dukes, appearing nightly at a
common music hall for payl
That is the spectacle that greets the
amusementloving populace of London That
is the spectacle which fills the British aristoo-
racy with disgust.
Lady Constance Stewart Richardson is the
cause Of all this commoton. She is appear
fng nightly at the London Hippodome, where
she goes through a series of barefoot dances
In the so-called Greek style for the entertain
ment OF very mixed public Among her
spectators are racetrack touts publicans. or
saloon keepers as Americans would say. and
sinners of all classes and both sexes
They feast their eyes upon the bare and
shapey underpinnings Of one who has
enjoyed the intimacy of royalty, and is the
niece OF live duke.
Once before Lady Constance appeared on
the music hall stage. But at that time she
alleged that it was solely for the benefit Of
charity in which she was interested Society
accepted the explanation as saving the digni.
~ of the peerage.
Now there Is no pretence about sweet
charity. Lady Constance is appearing for
money. and for all she can get OF it.
Why does she appear for money? Because
abe needs it. That makes her case all the
more shocking to society They cannot even
attribute her conduct to eccentrlcty
Lady Comics" dancing is a combination
Of the methods of Maud Allan and Isadora
Duncan. She appears in bare feet; in fact
in bare skin to the knees. and even beyond.
She wears very little In any direction This
arlstocratic performer has discarded the
tights which were once considered quite
naughty. She gives her spectators a most
satisfying banquet of legs and arms. In this
respect she fully lives up to the example Of
her distinguished model Maud Allan, who
danced Salome in little transparent gauze
and a few shaky Jewels
In one dance Lady Constance wears little
garment Of blue gauze reaching down to the
knees. Her repertory includes a gay Spring
nance 10 Grleg music, a march-like triumphant
movement with Tschaikowsh accompani.
ment, a funeral dance to Beethoven's "Fu.
neral March, and Asses Death" with Peer
Gynt music
Interest was largely concentrated in the
Sristocrauc performers extremites. that Is
among those who were not overcome with
horror at the thought of her exhibiting them
publicly
One thing was certain, she had very fine
large feet Everybody was agreed upon that.
They were entirely FREQ from corns. bunons
and other deformities Her skin moreover.
was evidently in excellent condition.
some or the observers considered her feet
too large. Exactng young men. who liked
pink, chubby little feet. were disappointed
That her ladyship should possess good.sized
feet is really not surprising. for she has been
a great devotee of many sports
quite spirited controversy has now arisen
among the frequenters of the music hall about
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-28

ner ladyship's feet Some Of them maintain
that they are large, bony, unwomanly and fiat
Inc others assert that the taste which re-
CURES very small feet in a woman is q bad
one and that Lady Constances feet are beau.
'iiui' because they are strong, we'll developed
and proportioned to her figure
II Lady Constances present engaFemen,
proves a success it will be on account Of the
interest in her feet rather than In her art.
Just who is Lady Constance Stewart piob
ardson, that her appearance on the STAGE
should create such 6. commotione the Amer.
ice" ~o0der NAV inquire.
Well in the first place she is the grand
daughter of the late Duchess of Sutherland
who was the mother of the present Duke of
sutherland. The old Duchess was at the very
top Of the British aristocracy She was tba
most intimate friend and companion'ot Once,
victoria The Queen thought so much Of the
Duchess that she gave her an honor nevar
conferred before and, in fact not recognized
oy law. aShe gave her the Earldom of Crom.
arue IN her own right, with remainder to her
second son. so that the title might not becoms
merged In the dukedom and thus dron ou+ =,
use Lady Constance is a child of this second
son. Her older sister is now the Countess NJ
Cromartie.
Lady Constance married, in 1904 Sir Ed
ward Stewart Richardson a Scottish baronet
whose title was created in 1880. His family Ia
an ancient one and he holds a very good social
position but he has no money worth speaking
OF. The Baronet has paid several visits to
the United States. He is not exactly we'll
known there but Americans must occasional
~ nave noticed a quiet dignihed.looking man
following Lady Connie" about with a very
worried expression
II Is understood that Sir r1dwara 1oos 49,.
approve of his wife's appearance on the stara
That does not make much difference one wav
or the other, He has never been noticed ~
any of her performances. -
Lady Connie" has developed very ranid,v
since her marriage. Before that she was
known principally as very cashing sDorts.
woman. she was crack shot, a daring ridor
and splendid swimmer She was tho cborn
pion long-distance swimmer of the Bath Glib
IN London. NAuo
her frequent appearance at the cononst,
tons OF this club in the very scanty coqtrr,o
worn by English women when swimming av
cited considerable comment some of With
was of a favorable nature "N'O"
ohe made her debut as a rife shot nv -,
saelng IN the pastime known as deer stan
ms on ner Scotch family estates Later she
= Went 10 AFRICA and shot lions and other 6erce
beasts, Just as Theodore Roosevelt din
IeXas mas had an opportunity TO witro,,
her skill as horsewoman and rider Of hycIy,
ing oronchos She has made several Ionc
stays out there, There is a story that veil
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-19
BURNED AND ITcHED BADLY

500 Lincoln Park Blvd, Chicago, Ill.
"A year ago I received a very severe
burn on my left arm. I caught cold in
1t and it was all sore and liberated.
The sore was as large as a silver dol
lar. 1t was all red and inflamed and
had pus running out of 1t. I suffered
terribly from burning pain; could not
sleep for two weeks 1t burned and
itched SO badly. | applied - Salve,
- Salve and a salve my druggist
recommended as his own, but got no
relief. i then commenced using the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. / bathed
the burned parts with Cuticura Soap
and applied the Cuticura Ointment on
a linen bandage. / got relief from the
first, and my arm healed nicely. / was
soon able to be at work again. Had /
used Cuticura Soap and Ointment at
first l would have avoided lots Of suf-
fering." (Signed) Harry Junke, Mar.
8, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 92-p. Skin Book. Add. post
card "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston, Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-19
IS A HERO
Real Men to Be Found in Occur
d'Alene Reservation
How Captain of Fire Fighters, by
Goodness and Bravery, Prevented
Loss Of T~hIrty-five of His Crew
In Northern Woods.

Boise, Idaho.-Professor yelling,
tanned and toughened by his sum-
mer's work in the Occur d'Alene ma
tional forest reservation, held his
eastern visitors s%pellbound with
stories of the fight he had helped to
make against the fearful forest fires,
says the Youths Companion. He had
gone out, with two others, under gov
eminent commission, to study the for
est and, coming back in August, they
had met the fires and spent almost a
month in fighting their way out Of
them.
There are real men among these
forest rangers" he went on. in
fact, there is no place for anything
that is not genuine up there. The
most thrilling story of heroism that
II have heard in q long time is the
story of Ranger Pulaski. 1t did not
happen in the part of the reservation
where | was, but 1 can vouch for its
truth, for l have talked with some
of the men who were with him.
Pulaski had forty men under him,
and they had been fighting a big fire
for hours. Suddenly the wind rose
until 1t blew a gale. The fire got
beyond them, and 1t became a ques-
ton Of saving the lives of the men.
They were many miles from a rail-
road or a clearing.
Pulaski remembered that about a
mile from where they were working
was an abandoned mine shaft that
ran back about forty feet into the
hillside. He ordered the men to
snatch their blankets from the camp
and run for this shaft. Once there
they packed themselves like sardines
into the hole. Pulaski placed him
self at the opening and stretched q
blanket across 1t.
"In a few minutes the fire overlook
them. The blanket at the opening
caught and Pulaski jerked 1t away.
Again and again this was done, and
when the supply Of blankets ran low
he held the burning fragments across
the mouth of the shaft with his bare
hands.
"The suffering of the men from the
heat and smoke was pitiful. They
were fairly maddened by 1t, and some
of them made a wild attempt to push
their way out Of the shaft. For a
while Pulaski held them back by
sheer physical strength, for he was
an unusually strong man. But he
knew that he must 500 be overpow-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-19
TEXT TAKEN TOO LITERALLY
Ten-Year-oid Julia Gets Into Bad
eraees of Mother by Giving
Tramp a Half-DolIar.

BE not forgetful to entertain
strangers; for thereby some have en-
tertained angels unawares."
The foregoing quotation is from
chapter Is, verse 2, Book Of Hebrews,
and it is introduced solely because it
constitutes a vital part of this story.
Julia is ten years old and she goes to
Sunday school. 1t appears that on a
recent occasion the Sunday school
teacher had considerable to say about
this matter Of entertaining angels
unawares." Anyway, it made a deep
Impression with Julia.
A few days after the lesson Julia's
mother left her in charge of the house
for a few hours. When the mother re-
turned she went to a particular cup
in the cupboard to extract therefrom
one-half dollar. In this cup is kept
the family pin money, and Julia's
mother knew that she had put fifty
cents there before she had gone out.
But the half dollar was gone. There
was an expression of anxiety on
Julia's face and mother scented mis-
chief.
Did you take that money!" asked
the mother, somewhat severely.
Julia broke into tears, Il gave it to
a man that came to the back door,"
sobbed the little girl.
Gave it to a mani" exclaimed the
mother. What for?"
81 thought he might be God" tear
fully replied Julia.-Kansas City Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-19
Sanu for Sultan,

Mulai Hafid. the ex-sultan of Moroc-
CO, while staying at Vichy, in France,
made an excursion to Les Ardoisieres,
says the "Matin," where Napoleon III.
used often to go for rest. Three young
girls, sisters, timidly approached the
sultan and asked him to sign post
cards. Mulai Hafld consented on con-
dition that they would each sing a
song to him. Two of the girls at
once complied, and the delighted Mu-
lai Haf1d wrote on their cards words
which, translated, mean: Like Ma
poleon Ill, I have visited Les Ardoi-
sieres, where l have enjoyed, together
with the calm and freshness of ma
ture. the grace and charm of the
voices Of Miles. Paulette and Clo-
tide" The third girl did not know
how to sing, but one of her sisters
having sung for her the sultan added
the name of Gabrielle.