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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12
BIZ FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

illogical controversies and legends OF
saints. The Benedictine monks estao-
Gshed a library in each OF their mon
asterfes They were kept first in cases
and afterward. because Of their size,
were placed on tables to which they
were frequently fastened by chains
These old monastic books were all
manuscript and each volume repre-
scented months, sometimes years. OF pa
tient toll Many OF them were emDei-
lished with Nominations, which makes
them priceless now
During the latter part Of the middle
ages loans of books between monas-
teries were frequent, and these may
be considered the first real circulating
Libraries The Christ church library at
Canterbury ths oldest library IN Eng
land. was founded IN 5S6 and those at
St Peters at York and St Adams In
London a century afterWard- The Fran
ciscan monks founded the first library
at Oxford
During the 14th century many IL
braries were established In Europe, IN
GLIDING one at Prague in 134S, one at
Heidelberg in 1886 and one at Leipzig
in 1903 All OF these were German
The growth OF the movement during
the Reformation gave an Impetus to
the foundation OF royal and town IL
braries- In italy the library OF tne
Vatican was founded in 144l. Before
this was founded in 1434 at Florence
the first public library IN Italy oy
NlceOlLr VINO was hugHA a. A--C
entfne Socrates COsmo de'Medici erect
ed a building for It and under his
grandson Lorenzo Medict II acquired
the name OF the Laurentian library
The first library in the United states
was established at Jamestown, Va In
1871 but II was destroyed BY the
indians the year following The Bos-
ton library claims its history from
1873, when John Oxenbrfdge, a clergy
man, bequeathed for public use his col
lection OF books, which included an as
sortment Of standard and classical
works. The early Development OF IL
braries in America owes almost as
much TO Benjamin Franklin as the
present progress owes to Andrew Car
negie. As early as 1871 he had drawn
up the plans by which the books be-
longing to the JuntO." an artisans
club also founded by Franklin, should
be available to all who were willing
to pay & moderate subscription toward
their use. The juntO in 1742 numbered
a hundred members and is recognized
as the mother OF subscription libraries
afterWsrd so numerous in America
Another library. known as the Amer
lean PhilOsophic Society library, was
also founded by Franklin at about the
same time In addition to its books,
this library collected a considers bic
number OF maps and prints.
Tomorrow-Ldbrary Architecture
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12
ii Years Ago To-
From The Herald OF L
his Date 1893 udy
day

The Santa Fe Is fitting up its
coaches with electric lights as fast as
possible and a number Of cars running
INTO this city are now thus equipped.
The Spanish minister to Mexico Is
expected in this city any day. as it is
believed. en- route to Washington to
take the place OF exministeB De LONE,
who has been summarily bounced
There VIII be more railroad building
IN Texas this year than for long time
past surveyors are now in the field
running preliminary lines for the Fort
Worth & Northwestern. a line that
will eventually be extended into New
Mexico, possibly 10 Albuquerque.
A man short OF stature. giving the
name OF Charles Berg, was arrested IN
wOman's clothes at the 5. P depot last
night by officer Schmidt. Berg nae
arrived by the belated G. II, train and
said he was from Uvalde de was
taken TO the police station, where ne
was extricated from his disguise ana
appeared a little off his base. he
claimed to have donned this attire be-
cause some crank had attempted to
kill him and he did this to escape He
was released the following morning,
as there was nothing against him eN-
cept his masquerade
A charter Is granted the FL Reno s
southwestern Railway company, which
promises to construct and operate
line of railroad and telegraph from or
near FL Reno thence running in
southwesterly direction through tho
Canadian country. thence through the
Cado and Wichita indian reservations
Wichita county, the KiOWa- Comanche
and Apache indian reservations, ana
Greer county, TO a point connected
with the Denver & Fort Worth rail-
way at or near Vernon, Texas. The
estimated length OF the line Is 10
miles. The capital stock is fixed at
100000.
Within a short time the new wagon
road to Fort Bliss from this city viii
be completed. and then there viii be
no further occasion for extended use
Of q wide and varied assortment OF
emphatic vernacular from tourists be-
tween Ell Paso and the post, at the
adverse conditions that initiate
against traffic between the two points.
There has always been a good road
from the postOffice to the Concordia
cemetery. out on leaving the latter
quiet and unobstructtve .poblacion, the
road Is a harrow to the soul sand pa
per to the temper, and acid on the
patience In fact. the act providing
for the building Of the new road mlgnt
have been aptly headed, An act 70
minimize profanity among the people
of FL Paso and the Fort Bliss garTl-
SON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12

piloted his country through the greatest
civil war Of history. There we're can
mons IN front Of him, @copPer-heads"
behind him, and advisers on ali sides Of
him, but he bore up against all these
peTils with such drmness, and bravery,
and kindness, and patriotism, and tact,
and common sense, and hImor that the
world took of its hat 70 lin and has
never put it back. When he was assas-
sinated in 1865, he was so ven beloved
that men called him beautiful when they
looked at him
Some men require IS years of school
ing to become wise Lincoln's wisdom
was home made and the pattern has
never been duplicated. He showed the
world how TO become an orator in 200
words. which IS stin 1900 below the
average record; moreover, he proved
that it is as easy 70 be wise in short
stories and Jokes, as it is in l4-syllabled
words. Like a great mountain peak, he
looms higher as he reeedes from Us and
TODAY Republicans and Democrats. alike
quarrel over the possession Of his
policies. Copyright, 1872, BY George
Mathew Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12

week they are going to see The By
ISLANDERS. and want me to go WIN
them They all seem to think i ought
to get out more. but I'm not sure that
I'll go so soon again
s'Oh dear. 1 do miss you so, AMI Tou
say nothing about coming BACK h-NeI!
letter I look for some word OF WH en-
you will return. surely 1t VIII not DC
much longer And write me, warren
try to write a little Oftener me ias1
two We're mere notes.
You see / cannot miss even one o.
my nightly letters TO you was SO
tired tonight that j thought Would
let It go this once-but I coulon
sleep So I got up again and an nuo-
died up here in my dressing gown my
fingers so cold / can hardly write,
It's beginning TO snow. can near
it On the window, and the vino IS
howling-yOu know how IT sounds IN
this court. And somehow 1t makes
me feel more alone and need you more
a loving good night. dear
Throwing about her long coat
Helen hurried out and rang for the
elevator
Please take this to the corner and
mail it" handing the letter and a dime
to the sleepy elevator boy. II want Il
to be in the first mail in the morn
inE."
She hurried back. threw off the coat
turned out the light and once more
slipped into bed. And this time il was
10 sleep.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12

A BRAHAM LINCOLN. Americas
~ tallest, hOmliest and greatest
statesman, was born in Kentucky
lob years ago today. He was an Illinois
man. but owing to the remarkably poor
facilities for getting born in Illinois in
1909, he was compelled to choose Ken
lucky Tor native state. Later on he
fingered IN Indiana long enough to ae-
quire his first pair of pants and came
to illinois few years later, when navi-
CATION mad opened on the prairie roads.
Lincoln resolved to become great when
mere boy, and as his parents were
very poor, he had nothing to draw his
attention from his task. He was not
pestered by society, die not have to per
feet himself in baseball, pool, cigarette
rolling and taste in neclzties. and was in
general free from the burdens of the un-
fortunate sons of the rich. By q singular
good fortune, the only books he was
able TO borrow were useful ones. Con
sequently, he arrived at manhood with
sn unlittered brain and was able to be-
come speaker Of the Illinois legislature
at an age when the educated youth of
today IS still painfully paving of his
college clothing bills in instaInepts
Lincoln was SIX feet four inches tall
very lanzy, and was so homely that he
finally grew a beard as a rebuke Ia his
lace He early attracted attention BY his
honesty and as soon as the people found
that this was a habit and not a Dolicv
they repeatedly elected him TO any Office
which happened to be handy. he was \
great philosopher, and understood the
political questions of the dav 80 thor
oughly that he was able to illustrate
them by funny stories which would make
him more money on the vaudeville stage
today. than he ever made out of politics.
In his youth, he was a champion raiI-
splitter. and this skill afterwards en-
abled him to split the Democratic parfv
with such success that he became presi-
dent in 1851
Lincoln had always been opposed IN
slavery, and made a practice of aIludinp
to this fact even in sections where abo5
lltionlsm was more unhealthy than ma
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12
CONTINUED from Page l.


brary Of Aristotle was first collected.
but Sulla, finding IL a white ele-
plant on his hands, took the first
means Of dispOsing OF IL to PtOlemy IL
The Romans were warriors and paid
little attention TO the collection OF lit
erature in their early history. The
first library in Rome was brought
from Greece as spOils Of war, about So
years before Christ. A century later
Libraries became fashion for men Of
wealth and many private collections OF
books we're made
The Libraries of Caesar
julius Caesar is credited with first
planning a public library in Rome.
Caesar Augustus founded two Libraries,
the Octavian and the Aventine and the
Palatine in the Temple Of Apollo Each
Of these contained both Latin and
Greek collections. During the reign
OF Trajan, there were % public libra
ries in Rome, many OF them in con-
nection with the public baths The
students would read while taking their
siestas following or preceding their
baths.
The HerculaneUm library was dis
covered the latter part OF the 18th cen
fury and 100 badly charred scrolls Of
manuscript were recovered Sir Hum
phrey Davy, Of England, found a means
OF restoring and deciphering about zoe
Of these, which have thrown much
light on the architecture and arrange
ment Of Roman libraries.
The first church library Is supposed
to have been founded by the martyr
Alexander, bishop OF Jerusalem about
ESQ A. D. Saint PamphiIus, another
martyr. founded the Caesarea, a public
library OF about $4,000 volumes con-
sisting chiefly Of theological works.
This IS said to have been destroyed
by the Arabs IN the seventh century.
Saint Jerome had a large library and
also made frequent use Of the one at
Caesarea- Constantine the Great in
A D. 336, founded a library at Con-
stantinOple, which, at his death, con-
tanned 5000 volumes. Under julius
TheodosiUs II grew to 30, 900 volumes.
It contained g copy OF the four gos-
pels. bound in plates OF gold weighing
Is pounds and enriched with precious
stones. and the only authentic copy OF
the procedure OF the council of Nice.
Among its curiOsities was a manuscript
OF Homer measuring 40 feet in length
on serpent's skin in letters Of gold.
Books in Middle Ages
During the middle ages the libraries
OF the world became almost entirely
monastic- Books were merely used to
one end this being the conversion OF
heathens 10 Christianity. The books
collected during this period were mar
row in their scope, including chiefly
scriptures, works OF the fathers. the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
ChlladeIphia RecordD

Many a girl is fond Of sports-tiu
she marries one.
..a- crank Is almost any person who
uoesh I think as we do
Inc weather prophet doesn't always
md MS business profitable.
We should try to forgive our enc
mics as We forgive ourselves.
In man OF mettle silence may be
solueh' or II may be iron-icaL
me shoemaker should always be
aole TO keep body and sole together.
some people don't believe half they
1saI, even when they tell 70 them
one difference between a statesman
ana politician is that the statesman
Inc Fellow who gloats most over our
i-es Is the one whose advice we
have disregarded
Blobbs-How does Scribbler's new
pay end Dlsastrously, I'm
AFRAID It closes Saturday night
Seems queer that all the Kentucky
Daseoall clubs should be affiliated
Win the minors. when most kentuck-
ians are majors.
Revenge is sweet, until it begins to
ferment
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12
THE STAMPEDE.


(The TendeTfoot Deseribss.)
The lightning tossed its tangled boughs
And great winds blew about
At midnight all the cattle rose
And took 20 sudden rout
And. whirled in settings floods OF rain.
We followed in their wake.
While ebbed and surged the driving
storm
Like waves which lift and break
Mad was the night and mad the flight:
We prayed beneath our breath
For mid that sea OF tossing horns.
Beneath those hoOfs. lay death.
Then in the same mysterious way
They. ceased as they began
And down our back the trickling drops
In ceaseless rivulets ran
As round and round the herd we rode
For hour on hour Of rain
And sang them songs OF lusty cheer
Lest they should rise aEsini
Kansas City Star.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12
The HeraId's Daily
Short Story

Life had not been quite so pleasant
as It was for the young man; the OUT
whiting Of germs causes a lot or worry,
but still he had managed to nave q
fairly interesting life. despite his pre-
ciOus health. In fact, when ne ndu
risen that morning he was feeling bet
ter than he had for some time past
and he had turned to his sterillzeo
newspaper with a comparatively llght
heart.
He had glanced lightly through the
news OF the day and was turning the
pages carelessly when the fatal para
graph had attracted his attention he
read IL as the prisoner reads the re
fusal of his reprieve. A scientist had
stated a few facts about milk 1t con-
tanned, he had announced, casoin,
substance useful for making paving
stones, or sculpture, IL need be, hard
and indigestible. MIX was no proper
food for adults the lecturer had
added
The young man had dropped his pa
per with a cry of horror. The end
had come. Everything else, he knew,
was poison; now milk was added to
the list
It was evening when he reused him
self from the coma Of despair. Slowly
he rose and went out into the street;
with hope gone he determined to seek
relief in suicide.
Needless Of the passing germ laden
throng In the streets, he hurried his
forlorn way to the most expensive res
taurant in town Here was the end.
The restaurant served a particularly
long and rich dinner; he ordered II, and
ate Cs every course; adding yet more
poison to his dose by good wine and
cigars. Then, feeling IN a contented
mood to die, he returned home and
went to bed.
He awOke late the next morning
feeling uncommonly fit If sleepy. He
was almost surprised he was not dead
but more so that he was able to regard
the morning delivery Of milk with
comparative Ioathing-
And the next night he gave a dinner
party,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12
THE SUICIDE
By JOaqim Dicenea

~ HE young man sat in his by
gienic chair, his head buried IN
his hands. He looked a pitiable
object, all alone in his spotless room,
designed upon the most up to date by
gienic principles, devoid OF corners
where bacteria laden dust could accu-
mulate, curtainless. with unadorned
walls, save for the three &antiseptie
cabinets in which he kept the fewest
possible articles necessary to life. In
the gray light Of the winter morning
filtering through the double windows
OF his apartment. the solitary figure
seemed to suggest, rather the tragic
occupant Of a condemned cell than a
rich young man
For he was rich, very rich, rich
enough TO turn a hobby into a bust
ness in life; and his business had been
hygiene CanOus, Ignorant, everyday
people called him a crank and a fad
dist, but he knew better he was not
going to ruin his health with the germs
and toxins of modern life.
Once upon time he had been a
very ordinary, rich young man, and he
had done himself remarkably we'll
as his friends would put il, but that
was before his eyes were opened
enlightenment came with an Ordi-
nary attack Of dyspepsia, due to do
ing himself rather too well for rather
TOO long He was so used to feeling
well that it alarmed him, and when
the specialist he had consulted advised
him TO knock Off some OF the richer
articles OF diet for while, the young
man thought he had providentially
come upon the way TO perpetual health.
He acquired the knocking Off habit.
Every time he felt or thought he felt,
unWell, something more was ielimf-
mated. Tobacco went, alcohol, various
sorts Of rich food, later meat until
at last his mealtime needs were re-
duced to a minimum, and he was lead
ing the truly hygienic life on a diet
in which milk was largely predOmi-
nant
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12
U'c'WE5A lr, Denatured Poem

HE backbone winter people huddl
package Of
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wher o his where biz
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Copyright 1872 by George Matthews Adams C0aa&la~oeA
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES.
Topeka Journal)

tIopeka JOurnaLl
Nor is IL any easier to crack iol,es -
cold weather
All the comforts OF some homes an.
not worth Dragging about.
Seldom does the village checker
champion amount to much else.
Not few men are clever enough 10
hire other people TO make money for
them -'I
Ananias seems to be the only Bibli-
cal character who is emulatsd to snv
one can't always tell; some men ara
and others because they can.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12
Permanent Peace?

70 PERMANENT PEACE can the distribution of ss5ooo back
pay among the rioters in Mexico It like the tribute that the nations
Of earth paid annually to the pirates Of producing
Huuity pirates
Everyone understands the nature and the purpose of this tribute which the
every
thoughtful observer, Medcans
As vel distribute rifles and ammunition this critical e At
best the payment can mean no more than temporary posne of the newt
able settlement diplomacy;
Vgor and power this not assertion self confidence is tibuStO
blaezznalars-nOIng
There grave danger to Mexico in adopting such weak and i'll advised
If this plan
Mexico from her domestic nies-nobodv else seems equal to the lob
great
government strong
enough to protect American and other foreign nights The Breeans must not mis-
present policy
Nothing president
American congress TO authorize the iqbte interference or ATTEMPTED interference
With Mexican affairs people United States 100000
now to avoid be entsnoIs3 n fi ar VIOLATING in snv Tss ts
Of nations always
that American along border respected
OF the United States insure such
This back easy way
to rereh their argument ss5oooo for
Of piracy dozen localities eztOr from the
federal game starting
Whsre2 There can be the is
President adero can rely absolutely on Fl paso snaH and support
this crisis EtPss neutrality
tra1+y sbau mot be violated to 81 Psso, T r. 18th vz The
Of the United States VIII
rights and Mexico wiz be expected
pie
wish and counsel may prevail
that speedily restored restOiOnarnong
and craftsmanship their
political toward the permanent peace
something than gifts Of money to
wolves in the
from the sheep.
Editor e4ogau of the Parrs Miner wires who started report
executed
started the report O had sentence
government put activity
william Hearst ha. bought Georgian Another string to the
presidential kite
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12
One-Sentence Philosophy
GLOBE SIGHTS.
CAtchison Globe.)

(Atchison Globe.)
An Atchison Tight Wad hates to
smile for fear the exposure may wear
out the gold IN his teeth.
dead man has this advantage: A
live man IS expected TO paw for most
Of the bouquets he gets
There are plenty OF savages who
gon wear nose rings and scalping
knives for evening clothes.
You will wear out your friends
quicker than your shoes. il YOU walk
on your friends as regularly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12

Most homely women make 'smseIves
homEer BY tryin' Z hide it lack Crav,
who broke away from Constable Plum
Saturday night, returned t'day an give
himself up as he Wuzn' maxim runnin'
expenses.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12

laria- When he was elected, the south
seeded, and for four years Lincoln
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12
Vesf Pockef Essays

Abraham Lincoln By George Fitch
AUTHOR of at Good Old sl,ra.h-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-12

William R. Hearst has bought the Atlanta Georgian
presidential kite
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-05
GOVERNMENT
BULLETIN ON
COTTON CROP
FIRST One ISSUED YESTERDAY
1t Was a Matter Of Interest
Here

Americas cotton buyers and ware
housemen were interested yesterday
in the first government bureau report
issued for the 1912 season and show
ing crop conditions at this time.
This report showed a condition of
IS $40 per cent, which was about 10
per cent. less than condition at this
period last season though very near
an average for ten years past. The
report upon cotton acreage will be is
sued early in July and this will be of
interest to the cotton trade generally.
Upon the estimate published yester-
day the futures market advanced ten
points and good middling cotton was
quoted in the Americas market az
II IA cents, with little offered and
fair demand only. The government
bureau reports on crop conditions will
be watched with greatest interest from
this date until the crop now growing
is made, or fully assured.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-05
BIG BUILDING BOOM Is
UNDER WAY AT CORDELE

Cordele, Ca, June 4.-With the be-
ginning of the summer this city is eX-
periencing a building boom of unus-
ual proportions. The Federal build
ing begun last fall will be completed
in July at cost of $4,000. The new
Methodist church is also nearing com
Eletion at a cost of $4,000.
The owners of Suwanee hotel have
begun improvements to cost 100000.
Dave Browder is erecting a fholesale
drygoods store that will cost $4,000.
j. K. Livingston, Thomas Nesbit and
Joseph Epsy have begun cotton
compress that will cost $4,000.
A new union passenger station will
be erevted as soon as the railroads
interested can decide upon acceptable
plans. Fully 100000 is being ex-
pended on residences now in course of
construction.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-05
Siren IS
AGAIN A
NUISANCE
Y PROHIBITION AGAINST IT
When viii the City Council
Act?

A thorough nuisance is being en-
dured by the people of the city in the
presence of the siren whistle that is
being used here on bicycle by a ne
gro delivery boy. The whistle has
again come to be as annoying as any
Of it's kind could well be, though for a
time it was not noticed
Notwithstanding the fact that every
city where the siren is used as fire
alarm has prohibited the use of these
whistles for any other purpose, the
city council here tas taken no action
on the matter. In the meantime GER
tain delivery boys take especial de-
light in making as much noise as pos
sible with these whistles as they go
along the streets as fast as they can.