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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
The Herald's Daily
ShortStory
Clear AS Crystal

"On second thought" said Crystal
! perhaps it is some good. 1t may pre-
Z vent the others
But you couldn't possibly accept
I them all, even on the telephone"
{ objected.
I'm not sure" she answered. with
admirable seriousness Having ac-
I cepted one, couldn't very well refuse
the others, could I?'
/ didn't answer. / knew my Crys-
tai She was enjoying herself.
4 wonder" she continued presently
- wonder why he proposed over the
{ teIephone?"
Because he is a coward said L
He is nothing OF the kind!' She
was up in arms directly.
"A Wretched coward" I went on
He was afraid to face you. obviously"
Am 1 SO very dreadful, then2"
She didn't look at all dreadful; she
merely looked delightful. In the in
terest of truth, I felt it my duty to
mention the fact.
You mustn't say that" said Crys-
tai in tones Of stern reprOOf.
/ Tentured to inquire why, and she
Informed me, unbendinSly, that she had
just been telling me why.
But, surely I cried. you don't
mean, foOling apart, to tell me seri-
Ously-'
Yes, I dc" she interrupted.
confess that 1 felt annoyed.
hate COrcOran. / thrust my hands deep
in my pockets and strobe up and down
the room, while Crystal sat and gazed
into the fire.
Its like Jacob in search Of a
father she murmUred.
"Japhet or Jacob, it's all one. shall
find him in the end" said Crystal.
/ resolved TO make one last appeal
to her better feelings. 1 dweIt on the
seriousness Of the situation, the i'm
portance of the step she was so lightly
taking
I've promised" was her only COM
ment as she looked at the glowing
Goals.
I pointed out the wickedness of al
lowing so 1arcical a business as a pro-
posal BY telephone to influence her
whole life.
I've promised" she repeated. with
an aggravating smile.
I said that she might laugh now.
but the time would come when she
would curse-yes, curse the day
when
I've promised" she reiterated in a
stubborn manner.
And now" she continued. when
YOU have admitted YOU are sorry for
al the silly things you have said,
think L would like to go back. guar
dian dear"
VERY. Well I answered slowly. I'm
sorry, Crystal"
She walked slowly to the door and
stood there her slim, white figure
outlined against the crimson pOrtiere.
Come" she said
Crystals face was flushed. and her
eyes were sparkling. gazed at her
in an agony of indecision. Then
took the plunge.
1t is I who am wretched coward.
cried.
1t was I who rang you up on the
telephone. Don't go, Crystal"
There was a perfect ripple Of joyous
laughter, which sounded like the
tinkling Of silver bells
You dear, stupid old thing" said
Crystal. I have known that all the
time. 1 was wondering how long it
would take you to confess it."
But she didn't go for all that
Afterward, three thoughts occurred
to me. The first was that if Crystal
knew it all the time, all her assertions
could not possibly have been strictly
truthful. The second was that if all
her assertions were strictly truthful
she couldn't possibly have known it
all the time. The third, the most i'm
portant, was that I really didn't much
mind either way.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
QrAIlER nIEnrrATInNs.

DO you think 1 can get any local
color for my story in Philadelphia? ?"
asked the novelist. "Oh, yes, if blue
laws and red tape make local color
replied the Philadelphia.
II isn't everyone who can afford the
price OF popularity.
Blobbs-"I wonder what would hap
pen if we should all follow the golden
rule Obbs-'Weu for one thing
the lawyers would all starve to
death"
You can reach a mans heart
through his stomach" quoted the Wise
Guy wei I'd hate to be a missionary
and have TO reach a cannibaPs that
way murmured the Simple Mug.
Its all right to speak wei of the
the living
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
SPEED s s=35.5 . .. g. a. 7=9 sz'

q PEED is the desire of man to get
somewhere else as nearly as pos
sible before he starts.
Nobody heard much about speed until
a hundred years ago. If q man couldn't
run fast enough to suit himself in the
old days, he hired a horse and beyond
that he had no ambitions. Then some
body discovered a method of stufing a
locomotive boiler full of steam and the
world began to take up speed as a fad.
We now have trains so fast that they
can transport passengers 60 miles across
country and half way up the golden
stairs in an hours time
An automobile which only goes a
mile a minute Is all banged up in the
rear from the fast cars. Automobiles
can now run around a mile track so fast
that the driver is breathing his own dust
all the time
a few years ago an aeroplane which
Travelled 80 miles an hour was a wonder.
Nowadays it is a poor aeroplane which
cannot run alongside a wild pigeon and
let the aviator stroke its back while in
full flight.
Fifty years ago people took three
weeks to cross the ocean. Now four and
a half days is considered only fair
travelling and when a steamship is in a
hurry and meets an iceberg it merely
says ~tOot toot' and bangs away.
Speed has got into all departments Of
life. 1t used to take 30 years in which
to live happily ever afterwards. but
some people now complete an entire
married life i'm six months and average
one romance q year. The man who can't
get rich in three weeks and six plunges
is pi6cr and the man who dwadles
seven minutes over lunch belongs to the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
GLOBE SIGHTS.

We all have trouble remem boring
people who don't owe US money.
Asking questions is one way to find
out, but not the surest way on earth.
Estimates, it often happens, are no
closer than other brands Of guessWor5.
Turning states evidence may tighten
the punishment, but it isn't exactly a
Vindication.
The humble bee. you may have OBJ
served, doesn't make honey in proper
ton to its noise.
While the family horse is slower
than the automobile, it seldom turns
turtle or succumbs to puRctures or
carburetor trouble.
Sometimes a baby is given such
beautiful name she never can hOPe
10 live mp to it,
There seems to be more exceptions
10 the rules Of punctuation than any
others, with the possible exception Of
the Golden Rule.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
80 Years Late---But Do 1t Now

4 oNrcELIo where Thomas Jefferson
IWk people Of monument
neglect from the
the death Of Jefferson the
then has been OpPOr-
thing the right thing the decent thing and we have done
Have you ever heard the story of Monticello? The
r+. The T+fs maintain stands three miles from Charlottesville Va
seat the great university Jefferson JesOns had
with his
surrounded nv 5ependents and busy with public matters Thomas Jefferson
give great needed During his
president began retiring the presidency
1902 Jefferson comparatively poor
his embarrassment he lands finally splendid
and property into the foundation funds
of the university
hundreds
lived in
retirement had been 80 years IN building and Jefferson had designed It. super
the the Of the
Jefferson Jefferson had
wrought his e BODY and blood INTO the walls OF the mouse mere on e %
little the beautiful valley Of the Rivanna
fear strained 1f s a5 229 7 P i % ne s fsEe
m in f Effort 70 ave Wat Vas left Of The te More than half century
~ active Ie e sn5 sI 515 on cbity at The end
was forced % i old home for sale and the 409 acres and the houses
Of 9b Te a55 f5 Tss his ancestors and his
5 the family buying ground 200 yards from the house to Ise5s
But sn 5e grave 81 if50F IN Sense 1 tho PI1
forced JfeOns family descendants but by other visitor
only By permission present Of Monticello Levy
Levy Of present owner years
BHg5t b Old 6o a 5 acres land 0und @ $500
such @ the patriotism people
fund Monticello ersOu daughter
Ss5 1852 By his Win Left Monticello ts Of the
congress and bsquest accepted
the government and trustees appointed to receive the property
Relatives Of Uah attacked the win and the declared it void
s1oo5o Jefferson Immediately
pounding It Pung te long years 81 auon and neglect the place had gone
Jefferson fallen, with
EARTH who had hOned themselves visiting the Of Monticello
attention Of called
that the grave Itself unfsnosd vas being dess By cattle He PROPOSED an
$500
occasion, declared that
e5 IN tbe fsv gT 5b i1et to15 how tz Hi5.5 t P
roof Darkness deation destruction
for $1,000 appropriation, and it was made
who owned interests Monticello would
that they tubbn refused and would oppose the erection
Of the they
Othe that they reserved full control Of the places that
It's surroundings belonged absolutely to the private Of Monticello and
Randolph Jefferson secretary
state OF the original deed showing that the and buTyng ground
belonged Jefes heirs forever with
complied
6ree1 mon either owners or heirs the oavS sS then any ,5
G~ gave was lsn permanently marked
is Of
Jefferson and unduted
willing government but that
the public
July 10 this the senate unanimously passed resolution providing
the purchase Of Monticello the Of all the people, the
the t week OF December immediately upon the converting OF What
should have been s6 the
should hear from the doubtful
definitely and patriotic
At the business office Of the FL Herald of
utbotiee nTese1fao1
patriotic century neglect
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
One-Sentence Philosophy
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

(Chicag0 NeWs.)
Every man is the hero of his pine
dreams.
A lot Of US couldn't stand prosperity
if we had it.
It's up to many refOrmers to reform
their theories.
It's tough when man is asked to
tender his resignation.
1t tickles a mans vanity to be re-
ferred to as a leading citizen
And many a man has money on the
brain instead of in his pocket
The woman who does her own house
work generally has a good servant
Before you can make some men paw
up 1t is necessary to run them down
Never look gift horse in the mouth.
Get busy and trade him for a load of
coal
A girl who IS more ornamental than
useful can at least keep some fool man
guessing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
CONFESSES TO MURDER OF BOY.
ROY,S BODY FOUND IN CESS POOL

Buffalo. n. Y, Nov. IS.-Ihe police
Of Lackawanna have received another
letter from the confessed murderer of
little Joseph Josephs, whose decom-
posed body was taken from a cess pool
back of a saloon. Like some Of the other
letters and postcards received by the
police and George JOsephs, father Of
the murdered boy, this one asserts that
the writer intends to surrender.
The letter is dated Friday, Nov II.
and was mailed in Boston. 1t is I'M
signed and the writer asserts his in
tentiOn of giving himself up to the
Lackawanna police Wednesday. The
police place no credence in the promise
of the writer to appear voluntarily.
AIr. JOsephs received 10 days ago an
unsigned postcard in the same hand
writing giving revolving details of the
murder of his son.
All letters in the hands of the police
undoubtedly were written by the same
man.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
UNCLE WAITS
DENATURED POEM
Smiling andSinging Z
By Walt Mason
Monday, November Eighteenth, 19fe

READ sunshine advising
clekn at
working and
ma
cleaning,
out
that CHASTITY grin! Our customers blinded by teeth
for feeble minded they think running here And started
round the and Bgr ngg steel booaeks
that silly bwng When folks the they
waDg and nore And then whistle
mostly
people optimistic who write for ong rongs their eulogse Of smiles
andc
would find it calling to practice what they preach
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
JOURNAL ENTRIES.
Topeka JOurnaI)

tIOpeka JOurnaL)
The dividends Of true friendship
are worth more than those earned by
stocks and bonds.
If dreams came true most Of the
crazy stunts would not be staged be-
hind the bars of insane asylums.
As soon as a woman marries a man
she begins 10 discover the flaws in
him that love made her too blind to
see
Not a few cats must regret that they
have nine lives.
Most people complain a lot about
purely trivial matters.
Too many men are measured by the
size OF their bank rolls
If you can't speak wen Of a man say
nothing about him.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS
DEDICATE SANTA re CATHEDR al.

Santa Fe. n. n. Nov 1S.-Formar ex-
ercises were held Sunday defeating
the partially completed 100000 Ma
sonic cathedral in this CITY. The dedi-
cation marked the opening Of the an
nual Scottish Rite reunion for the val
ley OF Santa Fe. Hundreds of members
OF the Rite from all the southwest are
in attendance.
The new cathedral, which will re-
quire another year to complete, is mod
elled after the historic AIhambra of
Spain and is said to be the most unique
in the way Of architecture of any like
edifice in the country
Fire, of unknown origin. resulted in
the complete destruction OF the Span
ish-American normal school at Ell RitO,
Rio Arriba county, late Saturday
night The loss amounts to $50, 1000,
partly covered by insurance. The nor
mai school was established to equip
Spanish-American to teach in the ru-
raj schools of the state and had an
enrolment exceeding 500 students.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
MELBOURNE POLICE ARE CALLED
OUT To PROTECT NEGROES

Vancouver. B. c., Nov. 18-A cable
from Melbourne. Australia. states that
the police were called out to protect an
american minstrel troupe on the
streets A crowd had assembled be-
cause some of the negroes were seen
walking with white women and only
the prompt arrival Of the police pre-
vented an attack Tt is said that the
government may take steps TO have the
minstrels depOrted as the feeling
against negroes here is intense because
OF the Jack Johnson episode at Chicago.
which has been fully reported in Aus
tralia-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
his PROPHECY.

The cOuutry's going TO the dogs.
Up goes the cost Of living.
Not one Of us can even buy
A turkey for Thauksgiving
Wen have to leave the butter of
And eat our bread without 1t,
And learn TO dress in Overals
And tow while were about IT,
Wei go broke, the banks VIII burst,
There's bound to be a panic;
The nation viii be ruined by
Calamities titanic,
The crops win fail. the people starve
And graft so undetected-
VI 40 am 2 Why, l am the man
Who did not get elected
New York Times.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18

leisure class. Even learning has sue
cumbed to the speed fascination Once
our college heroes wore spectacles and
delivered orations. but nowadays unless
a man can do 100 yards in II Seconds
IN football clothes, he cannot hope to
live in college history.
Everywhere over this broad land
people are riding fast elevators toward
heaven at the rate Of 100 stories a min
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
f. J, GARRETT SELLS HIS
INTEREST IN MERCAN

Monahans. Tex, Nov. Isl 4. Car
rett has sold his interest in the Gar
rett Mercantile company to his nephew,
A. II. Garrett. The former. who mas
been in business here for the past six
years. will probably move his family
to California
A. Y. Winter has resigned his posi-
ton as head salesman with the Gar
rett Mercantile company, and has a
position with =. L. Ceilings. at PecOs.
Miss Lizzie Garrett, OF Midland is
now employed permanently by the
Garrett Mercantile company, in the alb
sence of A. V. Winter who has moved
to Pecos
r. =. Saunders has had an addition
built to his residence on the south
side and other Improvements made.
Mrs Al Garrett is visiting in Mid
land this week.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18

head Of unfinished business. alderman
Clifford brought up the matter of the
electric light contract again. Alder
man Badger offered to the council a
recommendation Of John COnnOrs for
the position Of state superintendent %
public buildings and grounds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18

ute and are getting oil of acroplaues
and returning to earth at the rate. of Is
teet a second. Speed rules everything
except the work on government build
lngs and the sedentary, one-egs day
hen who hasn't increased her output in
the last two billion decades
Copyrighted by George Mathew
Adamsl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18

Some fellers fail at everything but
piclin' out a purity neckhe. tn Teller
that used t look thro' tn ole family
album while his best girl WIZ upho,sterin'
fer tn opery now smokes cigarets on tn
porch.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18

THIRTY-SECOND YEAR OF PUBLICATION
west Mexico wash
nnah(o pen Manage
ockho a p = a
MundyW ar H A True v =
L
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18
UNCLE SAN ABATES SMOKE IN OWN BUILDINGS
: q FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Government Prevention Profitable
Many Devices Power Efficiency.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18

= ~ > ASHINGTON. d. C., Nov. Is
M Only a few years ago one
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-18

OETCELLO lived died. must be purchased
1WH people national
he each of
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
BURGLAR WAS MARRIED MAN
Little Story Of the tiousebreaksr. the
Victim and the Too skeptical
Wife.

Il woke up suddenly the other night
and thought heard burglar In the
room. sat up in bed and that awoke
my wife"
What did she do"
"She accused me. as usual. OF hav-
ing burglar bug. Said I'D never hear
q real burglar II live thousand
years. said I'd bet would She
said she'd bet wouldn't. And Just
then a shadowy form rose from behind
the dresser and hoarse voice ex-
claimed, He wins, ma'ami"
did you catch him?"
Catch himi didn't try. Just lay
there and laughed. and heard him slam
the door and run down the street
And say, my wife was so mad she
didn't speak to me for whole day
But I'll bet one thing"
What Is itr'
''l'n bet that burglar was a married
man."
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
Cruelty TO Animate.

During the discussion of the diff
ference between the high cost Of liv-
Ing and the cost OF high living at the
Curbstone club the ancient carpenter
vouchsafed the following: at Just
seems like everything conspires to
make things harder for a man when
prices are high. Now. for instance,
know that all OF my hens intention
ally stop laying when eggs are worth
their weight in goid-just when they
ought to do their very besti"
Smoke up! Your pipes going outl'
sarcastically exclaimed the real es-
tate man
Fact. continued the ancient car
penter. But I fooled the critters.
got sign painted with words. Eggs
10 cents dozen, and hung 1t in the
coop. Now the hens are laying two
and three eggs every day. and some
Of them are even working nights. -
Youngstown Telegraph.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
rAE DE sPLANn

Recent arrivals at the Despland
are James Risk New York, B Mid
dlekamf Chicago, Louise ID Anderson
Reading Pa. MIR and Mrs T w Dayd
Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST

Many incidents occur Within the
library walls Of much interest. A
book. Walled Inn," which had been
missing from the shelves for oven
two years. was one day last week
returned by a lady who had loaned
her own books to q tourist friend
Her books were returned 10 her IN q
package which had remained unop
ened until now. and upon opening Il
this library book appeared.
We owe thanks to Mr.. Roxby fol
generous donation of books which
viii soon be ready for the shelves.
The librarian Is very grateful fol
desk-chair which was much needet
and came as Merry Christmas
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
This Man Knows
He Tried 'em All

HELENA, Ark. Mr.. Morris A Alt
man writes: Regarding Digestit
viii say, that four weeks ago was
in restaurant eating with Mr.. J. B.
Miles, and complained to him of hav-
ing a bad attack of indigestion He
asked me to step into his drug store
and he would give me bottle OF Di-
gestit to try. / tried it and was in
deed surprised at the quick result.
Since then / take one pill after each
meal, and as long as l can get same
viii continue to do so. l have used
almost all kinds of so-caHed RENE
dies, but this is the first that has
given me absolute relief l might
sit and write all night and still not
do your great remedy justice, how
ever, will say this, that if any one
in this or any other community de-
sires to know anything In regard to
the above, will gladly answer any
inquiries
CHURCH, DRUGGIST.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
THE PRINCE GEORGE.

Recent arrivals at the Prince
George are G p Delaney e M Russell
New York. Mr. and Mrs Sam j Joy
st. Paul. Mr. and Mrs James Hyde J
d McCarty Providence r !, w +
Brewer Newark N j, II M Santa
South Dartmouth Mass, g l. Magen.
heimer Evanston III, q N Sanchez
Havana Cuba.
Mr.. Joy of st. Paul. q guest at the
Prince George, is one OF the most
prominent western agents OF thf
Packard and Pierce Arrow automo
bile companies.
Mr. and Mrs. Amy Of South Dart
mouth, Mass, are at the Prince
George for the third season in Sc
many years.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
THE RlpeEwoop

Recent arrivals at the Rdgewood
are MIR and Mrs w ] Bell Chicago.
Mir and Mrs C Herzfield Milwaukee,
Mr. and Mrs G NJ Prayer st Louis,
Miss C NJ Alexander Mrs Nj 8 Kim
month Miss Blair w Stanford As
bury Park, r w Kennedy, Lexing-
ton KY, e Caperon Mrs G Am
morell Attleboro Mass Mr. and Mars
w o Simpson Evanston Id, II w
Luell and wife Drip Run Center, MI
and Mrs ] B Ward Blaclshear Ga.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
THE OSBORNE.

Recent arrivals at the Osborne
are Mr. and Mrs e A Dial B F
Chambers New York, Mr. and Mrs
Geo w Taylor Brooklyn, A T Cate
Edwin F Cate Boston, w B Grigsley
Cleveland, Mrs d w Turner South
Bend, j H Taylor Richmond Va, w
A Warden Steubemville, C w Hop
kims and wife A w Hopkins Grace
Hopkins Ashtabula o, B Gar
ner Rockville CT, s ] Main Lamont
La, Amy Constant e Constant
WilliamsEille Ill, Mr. and Mrs G w
Scolef Tjtusyille, A Cathcari
Johnson City Tenn.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
AT THE
EEI0TlEl,S
$500
THE MORGAN

Recent arrivals at !. the Morgan
are Mrs e f Slater Lula ] Slater
Cleveland, s NJ Clawson Cincinnati
G w Byenes Jacksonville, s T Kid
der Jr st Augustine.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
se9mlnT,s k,orEI

Recent arrivals at Schmidt's hotel
are e T Hobchl1iss New York, A A
Minis Al NJ Ketchem Boston. M Sing
en- Albany N XII, Fl n Van Dusen
Scranton Pa. Mr. and Mrs L G VIII
laume Dupont. B Crossey Sayan-
nah, j NJ Turner w d Howard Jack
sCnyille. MIR and Mrs G w Fisher s
ID Jordan Ray Jordan DeLamd. Mr..
Fisher is chairman OF hhe board OF
county commissioners while Mr.. Jor
dam is county clerk.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
Triumph Of PosItIvIsnn.

Nine. Ackermann thus expresses the
perfect triumph OF positivism: Ma
ture. the eternal stepmother, has but
one desire. II is continually to bring
forth. endlessly. increasingly: greedy.
mothers she has chosen eternity for
herself. to you she leaves-deathl"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
Accounfad Eor.

did you notice that man? His face
is the color of lead" "Oh. know
him. He's got plumbago."
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-09
THE AUSTIN.

Recent arrivals at the Austin are
Mr. and Mrs r E Mitchell Des
Moines, Mr. and Mrs A Scott New
London Conn, Mrs L K Leidy Read.
ing Pa, Mr. and Mrs w w Marshall
Hardwick Vt. Mr. and Mrs John
Stacker Miss Doris Stacker ChaEe
voix Mich.