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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
Children, This Is For You
BIOGRAPHY OF A POTATO.
From Blossom Time Until its Final
Destination.

Destination.
was born about the end of June.
After my mother had sent out a bios
son ON n OF her twigs to tell her
friends that she was feeding a baby
I began to grow.
I started TO grow when I was the
size OF a small marble. I was under
the ground and wal connected to my
mother by a root. Pretty soon l had
many brothers. and we all began to
grow and grew until we were all large
enough to be brought to the market
One day a man came and dug up
our family and all the others too. We
were put In barrels and brought to a
market.
Suddenly l saw a large form come
over the barrel. and l was picked up
and put into a basket. l was so fright
ened that I became unconscious. What
woke me up was when l was put into
boiling water. l rolled around and
then lay quite still until l was taken
out and put in a dish with two other
potatoes. ! am being eaten by a Wig
orous little boy, and. seeing my end, 1
have told my story and have finished
just as my last bite is being taken.-
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03


a fine home, but IL you are satisfied to
take n toothless old woman for a wife
we'll
And when Bayard went home that
night he was still humming a happy
air.
He took the chair of the bed, tucked
it In one corner of the room and
stretched himself out for the night.
In after years he talked much about
that room. He always declared that
he could open the door with his hand
and the window with his foot at the
same time: that II he bent over TO lace
up his boots he butted his head against
the side wall, and when he thrust his
arm through the sleeve OF his shirt he
invariably bruised the back OF his hand
on the ceiling.
The next night while dining with
Jimmy a telegram was handed to Bay
ard.
your aunt died this morning-fu-
neral Thursday" 1t read.
Well, l hope the dear old lady will
be happy in heaven Bayard said, not
without some feeling. "She had per-
suaded herself hat she wasn't here"
'That telegram means a lot to you,
doesn't it," inquired Jimmy, with an
air of fnality.
Yes. it does. 1t means that I'll have
a goodly bit Of the necessary long
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
In the Sunday School Class

was caught in the net that he had hid
for others.
Verses OLA blessed reward.
AS soon as they had received the in
formation they set on their quest.
80, the star" The celestial guide that
had started them on their long Journey
from home again appeared. 1t kept
moving before them and was all the
time visible to them until they reached
their destination. when they saw
the star" when they caught sight
Of the star" Moulton) they were filed
with Astounding gladness. II was an
assurance that their undertaking had
been propltious.
There came three kings ere break OF day,
All on Epiphanie.
Their gifts they bare. both rich and rare,
All. all. Lord Christ. for thee.
Gold. frankincense and myrrh are there.
Where is the King. oh. where?
A maiden bent DER the Babe in prayer.
There IS the King. oh. there.
"Worshiped him" in a spirit OF
healthy reverence and made confession
that in this innocent babe, nesting in
his mothers arms. they saw the Saw
Jour and Shepherd OF the nations who
would guide all people into the way OF
truth and peace. Presented unto him
gifts" They offered OF their best as a
token of their sincerest appreciation
aud satisfaction. Being warned of
God" They soon learned the charac-
ter of Herod and surmised the mean
ing of his purpose. Ii was impossible
that these sanity sears could be made
the agents of evil. They had come in
search of peace and had not been dis
appointed. Rejoicing in their success.
they hasted back into their own u
try by a route that avoided Jerusa-
lem. and they carried back the gracious
news of Il Saviour born to mankind.
Their h2priness was doubtless shared
by many.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

night she was at her best as she enter
ed her drawing room to greet him.
Had a letter from Aunt Lucy, dear"
Bayard announced as an important
piece of news.
"Goody." cried Virginia, land what
did the dear old lady have to say for
herself?"
"She told me how fortunate I was to
have you care for me, for one thing"
began Bayard as he watched the color
mount to yirginia's cheeks at the com
pliment. "Then she said a lot Of rot
about But let's talk about the pleas
ant things. You do care for me, don't
your he added.
SILLY. Silly. OF course I do" she
cried. you're silly for a whole lot of
reasons-silly to make me wait TO be
really yours until you can take me to
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
GIRLS SCHOOL FROCKS.
Made of Lightweight Wool or Service
able Mohair.

Msoc OF Lightweight wool or SERVICE
able Mohair.
The young girls simple frock for
school year is made Of light weight
wool material or Of the ~serviceable mo-
hair, and designs are most simple with
smartness added in the way OF plain
satin or silk pipings, bands or collars
and rows OF small buttons.
Buttons always give a smart and
dashing look when used plentifully,
and dozens OF tiny metal buttons set
In rows are used for the Frightening
OF little girls dresses. Soft sashes of
satin or chiffon weighted with fringe
are also used on the models designed
for young misses in their teens, and
these sashes lend a graceful and
charming touch.
Skirts are usually in tunic style or
with band trimmings that suggest the
tunic. and bodices cross over in sur
plice fashion. fastening With cord loops
or fancy buttons. These dark school
frocks are made dainty and girlish by
the addition OF narrow hand embroider-
ed collar and cuff sets.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
The ~"hYpoaeurn..

A curious word and quite an I'M
usual one is "hypogeum." says the Chi
cage News. IL you tell some credu-
lous friend that you have one at home
he will not know whether you mean a
musical instrument or an animal like
a hippopotamus, and perhaps he may
gladly accept your invitation TO go with
you and see 1t. When you reach your
house take him down and show him
the cellar. for that Is the hypogeum.
Ask any architect you know. and he
VIII tell you that a %hypogeum in archi-
lecture is that part OF a building that
is below the level OF the ground. In
Guiding cellars. vaults and so forth.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
A Garnet Sweeper,

A brush such as is used for cleaning
vegetables in the Kitchen is n great
help in cleaning your carpet sweeper.
First AXE out all rawlings with your
fingers, then use the little brush to
clean both brush and box OF your
sweeper.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
An Easily Made Screen.

Clothes horses make excellent screens.
First paint the top and lower part OF
the legs with enamel 10 match the wall
paper; then the remaining part
with some pretty art muslin or silk
and secure to the horse by dainty rib
bons.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
Dainty Pettieoats.

Some of the dainty fun dress petit
coats are trimmed with lace. adorned
with appliques OF eolored floral wreaths
IN natural tone made Of ribbon.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

Find a gentle bird in a city of Del
aware. Dover.
Find a rodent IN the very celebrated
mountain IN Armenia. Ara-rat
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

These blousss show what may be
done with brown. The artistic crea-
tion shown to the left is OF brown chif-
fon over ecru net, brown and white
buttons being used on the sleeves and
the pointed front.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

NEoPLE could talk all they liked
- about poverty bringing happi-
ness. but Bayard Leighton kick
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-03

him, and I arranged to come I'D from
town on a car, and meet him. Richards.
the nurse, was engaged for the after
noon, and L was sure Thompson would
see no danger befau the babies for
that brief ride.
I had left the office unusually de-
pressed Everything was all right in
a business way. Everything ALWAYS
is. 1t seems to me I have never made
as much money in twice the time as
nave made since lost Josephine, and
TO longer have the incentive of pro-
Tiding for her.
had money enough for the children
and myself Why not quit the game,
take the babies and their nurse and
so abroad? Perhaps, I thought
could get away from this fever of IN
rest If 1 were amid new scenes.
His Remedy.
1t was a foolish notion. No one can
run away from an lnfatuation for a
woman. 1 know that. The only way
to recover from such infatuatiOn is to
marry the woman.
This struck me as such a grim
remedy that I laughed out loud and
was still smiling at my folly when I
jumped off the car, entered the park,
turned corner of shrubbery and trees
and saw Josephine.
Thompson had taken the children to
the place l directed, and was sitting in
the carriage a little way up the road.
Elizabeth sat at one end of a park
bench, lonely and aloof, and at the
other end sat Josephine with Manette
on her lap
There was a time when sucn a picture
would have given me the widest de-
light. Always during our brief en-
gagement I had dared to picture the
time when the greatest JOY that can
come to a home would come to ours.
The dream of Josephine with a child
in her arms had been the sweetest. and
most sacred dream I had ever known.
But ] remembered none of this when
I saw her with arms around Manette
remembered only that when the Tom
Jones little chap died. and I went to
her for sympathy, she had said she
hated children,
I remembered also that much Jose
phine does is with an end in view.
seemed to have a clearer vision, and
in that vision 1 saw her as I had never
seen her during the days of our en-
agement-selfish, frivolous, vain, de-
signingi
But even while my head recognized
the qualities in her that can mean
happiness for no man, my heart cried
out for her!
Such a paradox is a man who is in
fatuated- l will not say in love" It
seems to me "infatuation" better eX-
presses the sentiment Josephine has
always inspired in me.
And I know, to my cost. that in COM
parisOn with that sentiment love is a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-03
NO FIREWORKS IN
BUSINESS DISTRICT
Mayor Issues Proclamation
Calling for a Quiet
EOnrth

Advocating safe and sane observ-
ance Of the Fourth of July, mayor c. Z.
Kelly. after a special session of the
city council, held Tuesday afternoon is
sued proclamation prohibiting the
exploding Of any ire crackers in any
public Place N the city.
The PROCLAMATION whicc Is based On
one of the city ordinances prohibiting
the burning of any firecrackers or Chi
nese bombs, follows:
w whereas, the ordinances of the city
Of FL PasO prohibit the burning or eX-
ploding of firecrackers Chinese bombs
and other fireworks on any street.
square or alley or in any public place
in the city of FL Paso, and
w hereas, the near approach of the
Fourth OF July renders it probable that
attempts VIII soon be made to violate
these most salutary regulations, and
Whereas, fires, runaways and acct
dents destructive of life and property
may result from such violations
Now then, therefore, I, c. L. Kelly,
mayor Of the city of FL PasO, earnestly
request all persons to respect the ordi-
nanceS mentioned.
The police of the city of FL Paso
are hereby directed to vigilantIy en-
force said ordinances in the business
districts Of the city.
The chief Of police viii instruct all
policemen as TO their duties in this
respect
IN the opinion of the mayor. a better
civic spirit and q truer patriotism is
shown by obedience to laws dictated by
experience and enacted by the repre-
sentatVes Of the people, than by ille-
gal- though enthusiastic manifestations
which imDeriI life and property.
C. J.. KELLY, Mayor"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-03

FAY III have at last learned
MI what women mean when they
say one can't do thus and so
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-03

{" he young man who is making
his own way in the world and
had to leave home and mother to
do it, came to tell US all about it the
other evening.
'Whew!' said the young man throw
ing himself into a chair and spreading
his feet at really a very unconvention-
al angle ''Whewl Do let me sprawl
I've been sitting up straight as a dart
so long 1 must sprawl or die.
Been home on visit" the young
man continued. 7 read a tale about
the old home and the old mother and
got so hOmesick I couldn't stand it
another minute, so got leave of aO-
Sence. paid for my room two weeks
ahead, locked up my bureau and
started.
When I got home there was mother
and Aunt 5aIIie and Uncle Robert and
Miss MaTy-the sweet woman from the
next door, who helped to bring me up
all down at the station to meet me.
We rode up in the carriage, and 1
never was so glad I'd come anywhere
in all my life. Uncle Robert reprOved
me for giving the porter a quarter for
carving my bag to the carryall.
Aunt Sallie asked me where I got my
gloves and how much they cost before
we got home and whoOpeeI 1 loved
it all
And there was the old house, bless
every rickety board in it; and the gate
on one hinge, just as it always was.
There was sally-lun for dinner and
hot biscuits and fried chicken and but
termilk, and mother drew down the
corners of her mouth and tried to look
solemn, and kept saying, Why, son.
you aren't making out very Well" OH
it was great.
1T was great for two or three days,
and then 1 happened to meet a fellow
] knew at school down at the Post Of
flee. He walked up home with me
and we talked over the old times and
new ones, and liked him and asked
him TO stay for dinner. And he didn't
stay and wondered why.
When he had gone mother looked
at me as If I'd poisoned the cat. Son.
she said, what can you see in that COM
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-03
+. Mr.. FAUR0TE CRACK
! TEXAS MARKSMAN
Widely Known State Pow
DEF Salesman Drops in on
"Rlant Juice" Demons
TRAITOR. His State
ment.

One Of thefbest known travelling mer
n the state Of Texas and it may by
remarked, also a crack shot with bu
few equals anywhere at clay pigeons
or live birds. is Mr. T.. " Faurote He
represents the lOu POnt Powder COM
pany, one Of the oldest powder con-
Germs in the United States. Mr. Eau
rOte's home is at 1901 Mckinney ave-
nue., Dallas
While in Houston Nh. Faurote intro
duced himself to the Plant Juice" dem
Onstrator at ROuse's drug store by say
ing
y don't expect you remember me- ]
was in here about ten days as,. and
bought a bottle Of your Plant Juice
Ny trouble was with my liver and
stomach, resulting in constipation, in
digestion and finally in rheumatism.
I am always on the road and do not
have time to be sick. TIRE every
thing I could hear 0f because no man
who has to meet the public and trans
act business can DO himself justice If
his stomach and liver are wrong.
started to use your Plant Juice and
am at il still carry a bottle in my
case It was just the thing I needed,
right from the start. il has taken
every bit of rheumatism out of ne
Ny bowels are acting natural and nor
mal-nOt as they do after a ply sic but
just natural Anyone who i.as suf-
fered from constipation knows what
that means Ny stomach is N better
shape than it has been for years. /
tell you I feel like a 2-year old. l tell
everyone who asks me what I found
that helps me Plant Juice. L is a
pleasure to recommend it"
This is only one Of dozens of such
stories that we hear daily regarding
this marvellous vegetable tonic.
Those who, from overWork, mental
strain or sickness, suffer with exces-
siVe nervousness, biliOuSness brain
Tag, insomnia, low vitality, neuralgia,
loss of strength and conditions arising
from disOrdered stomach. liver and
kidneys, such as Indigestion, constiDa-
ton, headaches, peevishnesS, glOomi-
ness, lost vitality, pains in the back,
dizziness, dark rings under the eyes.
irregular urine, sluggish and bad blood
viii find immediate relief and a speedy
This is only one Of dozens of such
with every bottle of il goes q full
guarantee, and the cases are indeed
rare in which il fails To give even
greater results than the mos- sangUine
Many suffering with
chronic ailments that have defied
physicians and medicines find the
health and happiness Of when they
had despaired Of ever Tegainin.g in the
cure in the use Of PLANT Juice"
Demonstrations are sJiu n progress
at Kelly & POllard's drug store. zu1 y
oregon St, and the people Of El PaSo
are urged TO call and Witlzss them and
talk with the demOnstratO-.
Everyone troubled win any ma
larial. stomach or kidney affection is
store ZU1 n oregon St, where 4 dem
onstrator viii explain Dilliugham's
Plant Juice remedies and supply the
names OF many persons living in this
city who have been either benefited
or cured by its use
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-03

FAY IL have at last learned
MI what women mean when they
~ say one can't do thus and so
with children in the house." and one
of the impossibilities where there are
children is to chonicle faithfully all
that happens in a diary.
We have an early tea, q meal de-
signed solely for infantile stomachs,
and 1 find my own thriving on it, and
after tea there come an hour when
romp with the children, scrificing all
my dignity to their tyranny and whimss
and enjoying it as 1 have enjoyed few
things before.
We play bear. I ransack my brain
for every old acquaintance with COB
Inns and fairies, and have told them so
often of little things 1 did when 1 was
a boy that I know the stories by heart.
The time 1 rode the COW to the pasture
and fell off into the pOnd-I have
told that so times, and if 1 vary as
much as a word they make me begin
over again.
The Whipping Scene.
It happened one warm Gay in June
I had on a new blue suit trimmed with
braid and brass buttons, and got whip
ped when 1 reached home dripping with
mud. I have even had to go back to
childhood and count the buttons, and
if 1 omit one detail of the strapping
my father gave me my little audience
rises up and rOars that it is being
cheated. l must even make a face to
show how L felt as each blow fell and
after 1 have told OF the whipping I
am compelled to give an Illustration
of how I walked from the Woodshed
back to the house, with one hand rub
bling the place where the blows had
fallen and the other wiping my tears
away
They particularly enjoy this story
because of the suffering 1 underwent
I find that children in way are aban-
doned little wretches, and delight in
some other ones punishment
Every night Richards, the nurse, gets
cross because ! keep them up beyond
their regular hour, and every night I
carry them pack horse fashion up TO
the nursery, and promise I won't do It
again
And every night I wait till they arc
ready for bed that 1 may hear them
say their prayers. Elizabeth always
prays for uncle Max. and Manette who
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-03

is more tickle, just as often forgets.
I have noticed that Elizabeth offers
up a strange petition concerning me.
keep uncle Max from doing the
wrong thing" she always says at the
close of her prayer, and one night
when she had said it and climbed on
my knees for a final hug. I said, why
do you ask that for uncle Max, Honey
Bee? Do you think he may do some
thing wrong?"
He Needed Prayer.
She fixed on me those big brown eyes
that remind me so much of poor
Marys, and said:
Aunt Mary said little children's
prayers went straight to heaven, and
sometimes big folks prayers didn't,
and she said 1 must ask that for her
sake"
Keep uncle Max from doing the
wrong thingr And Mary recognized
that there is a wrong thing l am
tempted to do and that Will mean my
ruinatiOni
May heaven ordain that the prayer
of the child viii prevail for if there is
any one thing 1 long to do it is that
very thing Mary sought to save me
from.
And that is. go back to Josephine!
I think of her constantly, and the
harder L fight against her the greater
my longing for her.
When 1 hold the children in my
arms I think OF Josephine. When
Manette's little golden curls brush
against my face 1 long for Josephine.
When L kiss the children I am re-
minded of her lips and the wild JOY
L would know if 1 would only put my
anger aside and hold out my arms to
her.
I have seen her again. had told
Thompson to drive with the children
to a certain spot in the park where
the dandeliOns grow thickest and to
wait for me there. 1t was the place
where Josephine passed me a week
before, when she was in the car with
Dribbles
I do not know that this is the rea-
son 1 asked him to wait for me there,
though it meant something to me TO
go back where 1 had seen her, and try
to live over that brief meeting again.
L know that I remembered there was
where Manette had so much fun pick
ing the flowers.
You Will wait for me there" I told
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-03
Little Boobies Pa
By William F. Kirk

T THINK it wud be a good scheme
Ma sed to Pa last mite, to give
Bobbie Iittel work to do during
his vacashun- The mind must newer
Ieemain too inactive, Ma sed. Missus
De Gaines toad me so.
Who mite Missus De Gaines De2 sed
IA.
Missus De Gaines is a very nice
woman that I met the other da, sed Ma
She had her litteI boy with her, & a
fine manly littel fellow he was. He
has jest finished his school term, the
saim as Bobbie, & she is going 10 maik
him work this summer at sum useful
trade. Her husband Is a arkitek, & she
IS going TO have her little boy Gerald
be a arkitek, too.
Indeed. indeed, sed Pa Do you sup
pces Gerald viii RELY enjoy akltek-
doan't know, but I think it is a
good idea for Jung mind TO De Kept
active.
sed, is that they are too active They
learn enuff during the eight or nine
months that thay are at ShooI 70 Keep
thare fathers d mothers worried uur
ing the three or four months that thay
are having thare vacashun- why DOESN'T
she let her little boy Gerald go out IN
the country K help the hired men max
ing hay2 sed Pa
dCant want littel BObbie to git lazy.
I was thinking that you mite git lit
tel BObbie a good job as a oIIlce Toy
down 10 the paper, Ma sed' so ne wud-
dent git lazy
Then Pa began to Iaff He laffed
so hard that Ma began TO look kind OF
o. scared, the way she looked the time
I chOked on a dumping What are you
l. cO q
About the office job, sed Pa You
want BObbie to git job as q otIlce
bly, so he wont git lazy. Ha, Ha- Ha.
That is the 5sSc WheeZe mat nave
heard for a long time, Pa sed.
Wife sed Pa, dOant blaim you much
for saying what 1ou nave J"Su seq
But did YOU ever see bunch cf ottlce
boys learning how TO keep rom beelnS
lazy2 I wish you cud cume down to
the paper sum day, & see bunch OF
them.
a office. boy, sed Pa. is the most mis-
ferrous thing TO me that thare IS In all
the world of boys. When bizness IS
slack for a cuppel of minits. Pa sed,
thay are pranclng all OaVer the ON
how Johnson hits & how Mar
guard pitches & how Donlin bats. They /
waste enuff energy in that two minlts {
Pa sed, T. bid a new bridge acrost /
editors boilers boy" sed Pa, a lulI
Gums like the IuI Jest beefOar the /
storm. After a little while one of them /
gifts up & drags his weery limbs Oaver /
to the editors desk, & by that time the |
editor has changed his mind & doesn't (
need him
Doant tell me about making littel I
BObbie 4 office boy, Pa sed. Thay are |
cunning little devils, but I wish I cud 4
git a dollar a year for all the work /
that each of them doesn't do, eNcep the /
week beefoar Christmas
So I dOant have 10 work this sum- I
Har- 90 ~ Do, lot If ina
Sc he showed his gratitude by stand /
ing by me.