davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-21

worth a cent. The Grecian nose IS noted
for its beautiful straight lines and classic
design. but 1t must be noted that men
with Grecian moses DO not run for office
any faster than men with nondescript
wind splitbers. There are also fiat,
spreading noses, weind, wandering noses
and large, meaty prObosci. Nature Is
wary careless. both in designing and
affixing noses, and has managed to get
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-21
Advice to Lovers

WHY TRY To FORGET HERR
Dear Miss Fairfax:
About year ago I met a young
lady IN my place OF business anG
became deeply infatuated win her
changed my place OF employment
tnree months after she arrived. and
as 1 have not seen her since. I can
lot seem 10 forget her. F. J. A.
II you cannot forget her and want ~
know her better. there is ONLY one
way Ask her permission to call. If vou
were associates in business for f6-ae
months you surely have some mutual
friend VINO VIII stand sponsor for you.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-21
TELL HEH so.

TIL ELElIL 50.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
N. c. G. admire. me ver, r,r,t
Every time I visit her house sbs
tries to- make me Jealous by talk
ing over the phone with Other hove
or BY telling me that boy Is
corted ner to school today. WIN
you kindly let me I-nov nice
steps to take. as admire the
girl very much and do not like ~
lose herr pIr.I 20
Tell her Of your hopes ana intsn-
lohs. II she continues after that Ia
some girl who has some attrsctions
FOR you.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-21

are being constructed OF IT. and even
the saWmills themselves are being
element Of construction. Everywhera-
concrete IS proving itself an invalua-
pie FACTOR IN the conservation OF the
timber resources OF the country
Tomorrow: Horses for the Armvs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-21

FIRE DESTROYS MTNING

TOWN OF CONGRFss. ARTz.
Phoenix, Ariz Feb 21-Haif
o. tne mining town OF Congress.
81 niles north Of Phoenix, was
oeslr Dyed by fire Of an unknown
origin. The loss was SIS. 900. The
burned district comprised many
stores and saloons.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-21

No matter how long a woman keeps
house she never knows how many per
tatsrs t bake Es Pash says he allus
hates t break in a clean towel
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-21

And an Psso Jury It begins to look if
old order Of things changing higher have fms
with the czss
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-21

axe Telegraph Poles, FURNITURE
scraper Buildings.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-23

GARRARD CIRCUIT COURT
w. C. Weeks, Plaintiff
l. A. Congleton and Others, Defendants
Persuant to judgement of the Gar.
rard Circuit Court, rendered in the
above styled cause at its November
Term 1911 the undersigned Commiss.
iener will on
MONDAY. FEBRUARY, 18th. 1927
this being county court day, be-
tween the hours of IL O'Clock A. M.
and IL o'clock noon, sell at public out
cry, in front of the court house door in
the town of Lancaster, Kentucky to
the highest and best bidder the follow
ing real estate, to it;-All that tract
or parcel of land lying and being in the
county of Garrard, state of Kentucky,
and bounded as follows:-On the west
by the lands of Calvin Brakeman, on
the north by the lands of William
Suits and Kentucky River, on the
south by Kentucky River and on the
east by the lands on z. I. Chrisman
and containing one hundred and sixty
four Q64) acres, more or less, which
was the same conveyed to w. G..
Weeks and c. A. Weeks, Jointly by
deed of David Grow and wife, dated
the---day of December 1900, and
recorded in Deed Book No. II, page
-of the Garrard County clerks
office, and by c. A. Weeks to w. G..
Weeks by deed dated January 9th. 1902
and recorded in Deed Book No II page
440, of said clerks office. The purpose
of this sale is to satisfy debt of Har-
ry G. Welch, the debt and interest to
date of sale amounting to Fifteen
Hundred and sixty six dollars and
eighty three and one third cents
(Sl566. S35), also debt of w. G.. Weeks
debt and interest to date of sale, am
bunting to Seventeen Hundred and
nInty dollars and sixty six and two
thirds cents ($l790-66S), and the estim-
ated court cost amounting to one hun
dred and thirty one dollars and twenty
i've cents ($131.25), for which amounts
judgment has been rendered in the
above styled cause.
TERMS:-Saic sale will be made or
i credit of six and twelve months and
the purchaser will be required to give
bond with approved security, bearing
interest at six per cent per annum
from date of sale, lien retained upon
the property sold to secure the paw
ment of the purchase money, and sale
bond to have the force and effect of
judgment upon which execution may
issue if not paid at maturity.
w. H. BROWN,
Master Commissioner Garrard Circuit
Court.
John H. WEIGH, Atty.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-23
A Clerical Pun.

On one occasion at Athy. where Can
on Stavely, the English divine. was
then stationed. he was visited by the
archbishop, whom he induced to visit
new coffee house which had just
been opened in the interests of tenn
perance. Naturally the distinguished
guest was served with a sample cup
of coffee. He tasted 1t. while Canon
Bagot and the manager waited in COM
placent expectancy of commentator.
They were disappointed. The cup
was hardly set aside by the bishop,
who calculated. with prolonged and
unmistakable emphasis:
"A-bom-i-nabler
Then the manager suddenly remem-
bered. ooh. your grace" he explained,
"a box Of matches fell into the coffee
tank this morning. and did not think
it right to waste all the contents Of it."
IF your grace will come again"
promised Canon Bagot. interposing
quickly. 81 faithfully promise you a
matchless cup of coffee"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-23
Knew He Was Riqht.

Michael Clancy, who lived In Gold
field. New. had returned to that min
Ing city after stay in Sacramento.
He was telling his friend Finley about
The place and was expatiating partic-
ularly on the glories of new hotel
building where he had aided construc-
ton by carrying the bod.
"'Tis that big" grated Clancy, "they
have place on the roof where they
play goll'f."
Man. you're crazyr' broke in Fin
ley. How could they do that? IT'S
some other game you're thinkin' av."
swell. it's this game they play with
fish net"
THAT'S tinnis." explained Finley.
"Beloike you're right" condescended
Clancy. II niver played it."
"Sure I'm right" declared Finley,
with fine air Of superior wisdom. IL
know'd it couldn't be golrf. for how
the blazes would they get their horses
up there?"-Saturday Evening Post.
Argentine Tobacco.
so rlcn Is Argentine tobacco In n1c0
tine that most Of it is used for the
manufacture of insecticides.
Hindu Women.
The Hindu holy books forbid a w0-
man to see dancing, hear music, wear
jewels, blacken her eyebrows, eat dain-
ty food. sit at a window or view her.
self in mirror during the absence of
her husband. and allows him to di-
vorce her If she has no sons, Injuries
his property, scolds him, quarrels with
another woman or presumes to eat be.
fore he has finished his meal.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-23
Commissioners
Sale Of Land.
KNOX CIRCUIT COURT

KNOX CIRCUIT COURT
w. M. Mitchell, Admr of the es-
tate of j. l. Rasnick Plaintiff.
VS. Commissioners Sale.
E. J. Rasnick, w. G. Gooch &c
Defendants,
/, ]. R. Jones, Master Commissioner,
Of the Knox Circuit Court under and BY
virtue of judgment rendered in the
above styled action on the 1st day OF
February 1912, will between the hours
of 10 O'Clock A. M. and 3 o'clock P. M.
on the
26TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1912.
at the Courthouse door in Lancaster in
Garrard County Kentucky offer for
sale at public outcry to the highest and
best bidder certain tract of land stu
ate on the waters of Back Creek in
Garrard County Kentucky and being
the same land conveyed to w. G. Gooch
by j. B. Parks and wife by deed dated
End, day of March 1900 and deed dat
ed 25th day of April 1900 and recorded
in the County Court Clerks office of
Garrard County in deed book 16 at page
50 and 134 respectively and conveyed
by j. r. Payne and wife and w. o.
Walker and wife by deeds dated 18th
day of January 1912 and of record in
the Clerks Office aforesaid in deed book
% at pages 206 and 208 respectively
and being the same land conveyed by
w. G. Gooch and wife to E. j. Rasnick
and others on the 23rd, day of January
1912 and containing about 155 acres and
said records are referred to for a more
definite description and boundary. Said
lands will be sold as whole. The sum
of money to be raised is SIP, 1863. O6 with
interest at per cent from the LIST day
of February 1912 and the cost of this
action and such other sum as it will
bring.
Said sale will be made on a credit of
six months from date of same for oil
the purchase money except for 5000. O6
and interest from the 1st day of Feb
ruary 1912 and the said $3969. 06 will be
sold on a credit of one fourth due in
one year, one fourth due in two years,
and one fourth due in three years, and
one fourth due in four years and in
terest from the LIST day of February
1912.
The purchaser will execute bonds
with approved security for the pur-
chase money. and lien will also be re-
tanned on the lands to secure the pur-
chase money.
Given under my hand this 5th day of
February 1912.
j. R. JONES.
Commissioner, Knox Circuit County.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-23
An Unfinished Job.

A patient entered a dentists Office
the other day and, after showing a
swollen cheek for admittance to the
chair. was told that the tooth was
very bad" and that the nerve would
Deed to be removed. The operation
finished, the stranger placed his hat
firmly on his head. leisurely drew on
his gloves and requested that the
account be charged.
After he was gone the dentist turned
to a friend who had been in the room
and said:
"Tom, l don't know that man.
am sorry the operation wasn't sue
cessful."
But it was successful" returned the
other. astoniShed. The man was feel
ing fine when he left here. Why
wasn't it q SUGGEST"
81 didn't extract all the nerve" re-
sponded the dentist - Philadelphia
Times.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-23
lincoIn's Legs and Whisky.

A well known evangelist one day
called on Abraham Lincoln. After 4
hard day the president was lying
stretched out on couch. In the course
Of the conversation the evangelist said.
"Mr. Lincoln. it has always seemed a
remarkable thing to me that, consid-
ering the circumstances and conditions
under which you were brought up. you
never acquired the drinking habit"
The president smiled and then. lift
ing up one of his long legs and slowly
waving 1t from side to said, said.
Heavens, just think of those things
tangled up with whiskyv'
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-23
What Broke.

George William Curtis was lecturing
on a stage once when suddenly a
heavy rope somehow broke loose from
its moorings in the flies above and
dropped with q tremendous thud to the
floor behind the speaker Mr.. Curtis
looked round in mild surprise to see
what had happened. then. turning to
twinkle in his eye:
"Ah. that must have been the thread
Of my discourse!"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-23
Fathers and Sons,

Descanting on the changes in life and
work brought about by time, farmer
said, when 1 was young used to
think my father had ma muckle sense,
but my sons look on myself as born
observation-disclosures" by Sir Archi-
bald Geikie.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-23
Commissioners
Sale Of Land.

GARRARD CIRCUIT COURT.
:. C. Weeks. Plaintiff,
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-23
IF ! Can Live.


If can live
To make some pale face brighter and to
give
A second luster to some tear dimmed eye
Or cen impart
One throb of comfort to an aching heart
Or cheer some wayworn soul In passing
by;
If can lend
A strong hand to the fallen or defend
The right against a single envious strain,
My life. though bare,
Perhaps. of much that seemeth dear and
fair
To US of earth will not have been In vain
The purest Joy,
Most near to heaven, far from earth's
alloy,
Is bidding cloud give way to sun and
shine.
And twill be well
If on that day of days the angel tell
OF me she did her best for one of thine
Helen Hunt Jackson.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-23
49, The -->
Scrap Book
Making Sure.

Making Sure.
CReilly was henpecked husband
unforgiving even when Mrs O'Reilly
had been called TO the great beyond"
He refused to have anything to do
with the funeral or go to the GENE
terry. All Of the arrangements were
looked after by neighbors. When
they had Strengthened up the house
they got C'RenlJ 70 consent to come
in and look over the foral offerings
Of the friends. Then they asked him
If there was anything further they
could do before they took their leave.
Still regarding the floral pieces.
O'Reilly nodded and observed:
"lf yez don't moind yez moight close
thin Gates Ajar' "-Everybody's.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-04-05
WASHINGTON.

A bill to abolish the q. s. Commerce
Court has been favorably reported to
tho House by the Interstate commerce
committee.
The bill by Representative Hughes
Of New Jersey. virtually taxing out Of
existence the phosphorus match indus
try In the United States, was passed
by the House after a heated debate.
Physical valuation of all the rail-
roads of the United States is author.
lied In a bill reported unanimously to
the House by the interstate and for.
eign commerce committee. The Inter.
state Commerce Commission 10 EN-.
powered to make the valuation and to
fix and adjust rates.
The Senate rejected the Sherwood
dollar-a-day pension bill, which had
passed the House, and then adopted.
Sc to 16. the Smoot general age and
service pension measure, under which
the pension roll would be increased
by $2o.000.00O annually during the
next five years.
The Senate Of the United States will
run lottery to determine the length
Of tenure Of office Of the new senators
from Arizona and New Mexico. There
will be two fiye-year terms. one three
year term. and one one-year term. The
new members will draw from a box
squares of paper on which appears tho
length OF the term they are to serve.
A series OF rumors concerning the
Mexican situation, covering every pos
sible phase of activity on the part of
the American government, from actual
Intervention and assemblage of great
military forces on the border, down to
the dispatch Of an embassy guard to
the Mexican capital is surging through
official Washington. President Taft
believes there is no ground for inter
vention in Mexico and has not changed
that belief as the result of the military
engagements in Mexico within the last
few days. Consequently no steps have
been taken within that time to
strengthen the American military
force on the border, nor to prepare
any expeditionary force for operation
in Mexican territory. The supposition
that anything of Importance could be
done in that direction without some
knowledge an the part OF the country
at large and direct appeal to Con-
gress is declared by the military au-
thorities to be absurd.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-04-05
Daklna Geeaemy.

BY the use OF perfect baking powder
the housewife can derive as much econ-
omy as from any other article used in
baking and cookinS. In eelecting q bak-
ing powder. therefors. care should be ex-
erS.;sa e purehe.s.a 50 az sss ssst retains 4.
same. thus making feA food sweet and
whoiesome and prodnc1ng sufficient leay-
ening gas to mako ths baking light
Very little Of this leavsning gas is pro-
duced by the cheap bakiag powders. max.
Ing II neces,.ry t0 asS e ooIS.e sa,sr the guam
You cannot expersaaAt every time you
make q cake Or biscuifs. or test the
strength of your hAk3nG powder to find
out how much Of Il y9n should use: yet
With most baking powaetss p, ts,ba, y9u should DO
iessiy they are never uniform. the quality
spd strength varyfns With each can pur-
Calumet Baking Pow4er is made of
chemically. pure tngte0ents OF tested
strenEth: EKpsriepesd snsmists Ssarst; put It Up
remain always the same. Scaled in air
tight cans Calumet BakinG Powder does
aot alter in strength and Is not affected
6y atmospheric changes.
In using Calumet you efe pound to have
uniform bread. cake OF nscuits, as Calu-
or aduiterating inersAisats SO commonly
used to increase the weight Further. It
produces pure, wholesome food and is a
baking powder Of rare merit; therefore is
recommended by Ieadins physicians and
chemist. + so%Ptisn .ia6 and n fhe PaTe
The goods are moderate - price, and any
lady purchasing Calumet from her gro-
Ger II not eatisfled with II can return II
and have her money refunded.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-04-05
Putty.Head Hard % Penetrate.

Napoleon Bonaparte once said the
hardest task his artillery ever essayed
was the reduction OF mud fort in
Egypt. 1t absorbed shot and shell as
the desert absorbs rain. That's why
a putty-headed man discourages you.
II you hit him in the side of the head
with q sledge hammer you only make
a dent In his skull. Then If you hit
him ON the other side. the second
dent drives the first one out. He is
capable Of receiving and retaining
but one dent at time. and that on
the outside. The only thing you can
do to give him new Impressions Is to
lay his head out In the sun for hum
dred years, when 1t will harden like
granite, which can be easily pune
tured.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-04-05
GENERAL.

The Ohio constitutional convention
adopted an initiative and referendum
measure.
John Arbuckie, the well known cof-
fee man, died in Brooklyn. He was
seventy-four and leaves many millions.
Suffragists have announced that
they will print daily paper in Chica-
go. devoted to the cause of equal suf-
frage.
Ralph Raymond, locomotive fireman.
has been arrested in Chicago for rob
bing the body of man killed by his
engine.
There are 15,015.56s Catholics in the
United States proper. according to the
1912 edition Of Kennedy's Official
Catholic Directory.
The total value OF imports Of farm
products into the United States in
1910 was $1.556.947. .430, as against ST..
226.562.446 in 1906.
The law department OF Chicago will
be asked to decide whether the city is
liable for claim of $40, filed with ths
council finance committee for the loss
of pet parrot.
Massachusetts Is to send commit
zee, made up principally of wage earn
ers. to Europe to investigate labor con-
ditions. The committee is specifical-
ly directed to visit great manufactur-
ing institutions.
Prices OF carpeting and rugs are
likely to advance. sharply during tho
next two months, according to trade
announcements, owing to the scarcity
of desirable carpet woods in the mar
kets of the world.
The Michigan House, by vote of
Is to 10, passed the bill providing for
vote at the fall election on a consti-
tutional amendment granting women
suffrage in that state. 1t now goes to
the governor
The ground water Of the United
States, upon which the agricultural
wealth of the country depends, is low
ering at the rate of nearly two feet a
decade. according to Professor w. ].
MCGEE, soil and water expert OF the
Department OF Agriculture.
Starving, helpless and fatigued.
Claude Swanson Allen came out Of the
Laurel thicket in the Blue Ridge near
Hillsville, Va, pointed two six-shoot-
ers toward the sky and gave himself
up to the posse which for nearly two
weeks had hunted him.
Although strikes are still in prog
ress in various Massachusetts, textile
centers, the week has brought about a
noticeable improvement IN general
conditions. Several Of the smaller la
Dor difficulties have been settled and
a strike Of 10000 cotton mill opera
tives at New Bedford was averted by
the granting OF the ten per cent ad-
vance. Similar advances were made IN
other mills in New England. so that
at least 100000 operatives will share
in tho distribution.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-04-05
SPORT.

Bombardier Wells. England's heavy.
weight champion. who is matched to
box AL Palzor in San Francisco July
4, will sail for this country May II.
w. E. Hasha Of Dallas, Tex, low
cred the one mile worlds motorcycle
record from 40 1-5 seconds to 1886
seconds at the Stadium one-third mile
track in Los Angeles.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-04-05
When Your Eyes Need Care

Try Murine Eye Remedy. No smarting-Feels
Fine-Acts Quickly. Try II for Red, Weak,
Watery Eyes and Granuiated Eyelids. Illus
trated Book in each Package. Murine 10
compounded By. our OcuIsts-.not patent Med
ieine,-but used in sueceasful rhysicinns' prac-
lic and sold BY Druegins at 1e and 6Oc per Bottle
Murine kys salve In Assptic Tubes 25c and 6Oc
Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago
The Holly chieftain., 1912-04-05
Cunoory.

A huntsman called on Hodge to set
tie for damages done by a run to
hounds. and found only Mrs. Hodge at
homo.
Has your husband" he inquired
made an examination YETI"
THAT he have. sir" replied Mrs.
Hodge with q courtesy.
Rather cursory examination.
suspect"
"Oh. dreadful. sir! Such langwidge
l never heerd-never!" And the good
woman held up her hands at the bare
recollection.-Judge.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-04-05
FOREIGN.

A fateful day in the history of Brit
ish trade struggles came to a close
with the passage through Parliament
by a large majority OF the bill estab-
fishing in legislation the principle OF
a minimum wage in the mining indus
try. The vote was 213 to 4S.
The Holly chieftain., 1912-04-05
The Reason.

"You mark all your compositions
forte," said the friend.
YES" replied the composer. "They
wouldn't have any vogue among peo-
pie who live in hats II had them
played softly "a q