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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-07-14
GROOM COUNTRY IN
PROSPEROUS CONDITION
'psc'.l 20 lisils New.

/ 'pert.l 20 DALI New,
Groom, Tex, July l3 The Farm
ers' Grain Elevator Company here
has just completed 30 900 busheI
grain elevator az a cost OF about
eight thousand dollars This Is the
largest elevator iu the Panhandle on
the line OF the Rock Island railroad
north OF Amarillo. the elevator com
pany being composed Of many OF me
farmers adjacent 20 Groom. r d.
/ kiichings an experienced. rustIing
good mixing and efficient grain man
from Mckinney. TeXas being gener.
al manager
The elevator company will also pu,
in milo maize and kaffir corn chop
feeding machinery while the railroad
has built q well-leyeled mp and bal.
lasted side track from the depot 10
the elevator Itself.
I Wheat threshing has been in fun
progress for some time past and a
daily constant stream OF farmers
wagons loaded with wheat which has
yielded fifteen bushels 10 the acre
and tests out above 50 poundg 10 the
bushel is passing over the elevator
weighing scales Owing 10 its heavy
weight Groom wheat commands the
top price paid for No grain, while
its Southern Texas shipment un-
burdened by the elsewhere obtaining
interstate fraight rate enables the
local buyer 10 give the farmer five
cents additional per bushel
n .s estimated that thlS seasons
wheat shipment from Groom station
win exceed 800 cars the Plains
Grain co being a prominent buyer
and shipper
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-07-14

Board Of Health is running flfy-iiye
mix stations this summer and In ad-
dltion 70 these there are numerous
other stations conducted BY various
charitable persons and organizations.
Last year there sere l,I9s fever
deaths among infants ~ this city
than IN the year 1910 and II Is ex-
pected that the death rate vii be
attn further reduced this year
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-07-14

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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-07-19
"True Temperance"

The liquor press and speakers ring the changes
what they pleased to call true temperance"
Of course, temperance formerly had the meaning of
moderation" The best photographers, however,
mark temperance in the of moderation obso-
lete, at least obsolescen and definite temperance
total abstinence That makes little difference how
ever, to the liquor people, and they continue to
the word temperance in it's archaic sense of modera-
ton The for this is perfectly obvious. 1t
suits their purpose to do That purpose is to de-
ceive the people into drinking alcoholic liqours while
at the time they deude themselves into thinking
they temperance people.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-07-19
The Ten Commandments

Both Sides the Minneapolis liquor paper says,
'"Ihere is not commandment in the ten which pro-
hibts intemperance or the of stimulants."
Neither does the Decaogue forbid grating, lotter
les or gambling Therefore if Both Sides logic be good
bribery and gambling all right. The Ten Com
mandments summary of moral laws. Of
course, only general principles outlines laid
down in the code. Obviously, detailed applications
cannot be given. The Sixth Commandment is Thou
shalt not kill" This prohibits both homicide and
suicide We now know that alcohol is cell poison
and that the cells which compose body are killed
in direct proportion to the amount of this poison taken
into the system. By every criterion of rational ex-
egesis the man who drinks alcohol is volator of this
commandment against self-murder. The fact that he
dies more slowly than by pistol shot does not alter the
moral character of the act the ultimate issue.
Drinking alcoholic beverages, in the smallest
amounts must be classed as distinct violation of
this commandment.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-07-19
THE AMERICAN ISSUE

the Herald the frightfu-t contemplate posi-
bilty OF a feral, rampant bug being present in
donated drinks provokes the suspicion that this
phanthropic sheet is willing to sell and mart its
offices for gold 1t leaves the way wide open for its
readers draw the inference that the only way they
avoid becoming walking aquariums is to drink the
great summer beverage-beer. That would certainly
be fne-for the brewers.
There is evidently method in the fluctuations
of the Herald 1t is notorious that beer is often
brewed in unsanitary conditions and is by
free from disease germs. One medical authority
serts that often mody corn is used in the manufac-
ture of beer, and thus many persons infected with
the deadly pelagra
There is abundant material in the unsantary con-
ditions in beer manufacture for another Junge and
it will be written day. But against the bacteria
in beer this craven, fawning Friday liquor journal
has word of warning. 1t is the possibility of
germ in the soft drinks finding it's way into the body
of American citizen that brings the beaded drops
of cold perspiration the marble brow of this atru
istc sheet brightly to be great not to stir without
great argument; but to find occasion in straw when
there's MONEY in it." (Apologies to w. S.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-07-19
July 10, 1912.
On the Defensive

There are two kinds of warfare - offensive and
defensive 1t is everywhere recognized that partial
victory has been won by contestant when he has
put his enemy on the defensive. Opponents Of the
liquor business stand in exactly that relation to
the foe Great as have been the victories won they
are small in comparison with the notable achievement
of putting the saloons and breweries the necessity
of attempting fortify themselves for final stand.
In most Of the states the liquor business has been
legisated against that it is difficult for to
saloon and keep within the law Temperance
forces everywhere making preparation for still
further aggressiveness, and far from taking
structve action the liquor men hard put to it to
save themselves from utter humiliation. Their papers
longer boast openly Of what the business expects
gain from legislation but the whole cry to
the pieces and to prevent further Entertainments by
the Anti-Saloon League.
Any business that has to be apolog lied for is not
only bad business but that is in danger Friends
of the saloon in very apologize attitude,
They longer hope to present the business as good
one, but would have the people believe it is not
bad as painted Furthermore, they show their weak
ness by abandoning argument and resortng to abuse
Truly the liquor folks put to the defensive 1t
remains only for the temperance force to make
bined vigorous, effective assault the rampars, and
all is we'll
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-07-19
Peace Without Honor

There is honor satisfaction, in waging
warfare unless decisive victory be So long
as there is chance of winning, though victory
should be long delayed and the foe seem to trmph at
times the battle should not be given up and the white
flag should not be displayed. Ultimate, sweeping, de-
cisve victory is desired by the foes of the saloon
Nothing less will suffice Victories in the past,
glorious they have been, are not enough. There
must be pressing on, Regarding of the and
putting on anew of the sword There can be no
honorable peace.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-07-19
Soft Drinks

The National Herald is much 51 dStfs e 1eft
few 5R}s5ddBsa fa mg5R u s9m9 fn9 hfr 2Rt?
the SUMMER soft drinks The lachrymose effuslons OF
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-07-19

The battle i is thf hiss Esd Stay PCT ztnuo3 5d
fly fierce ard99T 5nP t ar qne jot tan saob 81
Fight on! Spare hot, But Strike deadly blow!
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23


stuck on you.''
..Hushr' said the nurse,
and bent over him and tucked him up.
Her cheeks We're very redN as she
went out of the ward, and when she
was alone in the diet kitchen she said
under her breath, 1.-The ideat'
That afternoon she carried a wee
bunch of violets to the small boy and
shirt. 4 picked them in the yard she
told him. Spring is coming, and 1
saw a robin on the lawn
The small boy eyed her adoringly,
and when the doctor came he whis
pretty one with the blue eyes,
Nurse Isabelle?" asked the big, fair
haired doctor.
Yep" said the small boy, 1.-The one
you're stuck on
The doctor stared at him through his
thick eyeglasses. "The idear' he said.
Then with the red coming into his
face, Don't talk, Jimmie; it's bad for
YOU
But when he had tended the poor lit
tie throat and the boy lay weak and
pale on his pillow the doctor whisper
ed, MAY 1 have a violet, Jimmie ?'
And the small boy nodded, and the
doctor laid the little blue flower care
fully in his pocketbook between the
prescriptions and the unpaid bills.
Unpaid bills were the reason that, in
spite of his thirty-fve years, the doctor
had not INDUCED in romance. Notwith-
standing his success in his profession,
the expenses Of city living and mort
gage on his mothers farm kept him in
state of chronic insolvency, with
consequent constant shabbiness.
At the door Nurse Isabelle helped
him on with his rusty overcoat.
There's a button off, she told him.
''Ill sew it on If you will watt
And as she took deft stitches the
doctor looked down at her white cap
ped head. From beneath the cap little
blond locks curled against her round
throat.
"Jimmfe's right" he said aloud, and
when Nurse Isabelle said 'What?' in
a startled way he stammered: ,"Oh,
nothing. Let me know how the boy
is" and went away.
That night he took an account of
ways and means and found that it
wouldn't do. There was a big balance
yet to be paid on the mortgage. and
he must still travel the path of loneli-
ness.
"Oh, I say" Jimmie informed him a
week later, you amt doin' it right
why not?' the doctor asked.
law, you ought to bring her rose
or some violets,'' Jimmie. told him.
"She likes en-
Il haven't time for foolishness," the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
The Stone Tree

There is a tree which grows in Mexi-
co called the --chijol.' or stone tree.
1t is OF enormous proportions. both in
circumference and height. 1t has a
number of branches spreading out
widely and carrying leaves of a yell
lowish green color The wood is ex-
remely fine and easily worked in
green state 1t is not given to either
warping or splitting. The wonderful
part about 1T is that after being cut
the wood gets gradually harder. and
in the course of a few years it is alb
solutely petrified. whether left in the
open air or buried in the ground. From
this timber houses can be built that
would in few years become complete
" fireproof and would last as though
built of stone
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
A COMMON ERROR.
One That Is Frequently Made For
Which There Is No Excuse.

An error which is frequently made
and for which there should be no ex-
cuse save that of ignorance is often
said to be the result of hurried compo-
sition. but you Will admit that that is
less than no excuse at all. 1t is the
use of the objective case instead of
the possessive before n gerund or
verbal noun ending in ing.
As an Illustration. take this phrase,
that was inadvertently published in q
newspaper: ITO prevent them making
a rush OF course this error may
be corrected in one of two ways-'-To
prevent their making n rush. or ITO
prevent them from making q rush.
If you will think only 4 moment the
reason will be obvious.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
A GOOD BALANCING TRICK.
Spinning a China Plate on the Point
of a Needle.

Everybody has seen the jugslers in
circus spinning plates and even dishes
on a pointed stick. For the most part
the plates they use are made of wood
or metal, and their equilibrium is due
to centrifugal force. which viii fail just
as soon as the rotation is too weak to
overcome the force of gravity
But here is a way to balance china
plate on the point of n needle and even
10 cause it steadily TO spin upon this
delicate support
Cut couple of corks down the mid
die through tie long axes. and in the
extremity Of the four halves thus OBJ
tanned insert as many forks, inclined
to the smooth sides of the corks you
have just cut at a little less than a
right angie Place these four corks
round the rim of the plate at equal
distances from one another and see
that the teeth of the forks are in con-
tact with tie rim to prevent their
swayiug like so many penduiums-
The little system we have now con-
structed is capable of being balanced.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
The Weeks WIuStruted Story
The Little Matchmaker
By JOSEPHINE PENDLEToN

doctor stated briefly. and Nurse Isa-
belle, coming up. heard him.
With her head held high she helped
him examine Jimmie, and after the
doctor had gone the small boy sad
shyly:
We'll, anyhow, I'm deal stuck on
you, nurse, DEAR She kissed him with
her cheeks blazing.
That night she telephoned to the doc,
tor, Jimmie is worse"
When he came the small boy was
fighting for breath ''Tell-me about
the robin he begged feebly, and Nurse
Isabelle bent over him and sang softly,
The robin is dressed in his feathers and
down,
With warm. red breast and his wings OF
brown,
and then she stood back that the doc,
tor might see him.
She knew that things were very
wrong. The doctor gave orders quick
ly, and she followed them, and for
hours they fought with death.
At midnight they thought that the
end had come. Jimmie lay very still
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23

RESTORING THE CUT THREAD.
You Pretend to Burn the Pieces to
Make 1t Whole.

Get a couple of pieces of thread
about the same length. Roll one piece
up and put it between the thumb and
first finger low down SO that it does
not Show. This should be done while
out of the ROOM. Walk in with the
other piece in your hand and ask some
body to cut it into eight pieces.
When he has done this burn the ends
TO show that it is in pieces. Then roll
it up again and start talking to the peo-
pie so as to take their attention away
from what you are doing. Drop the
cut piece and bring out the piece that
was secreted between your thumb and
finger. Pull it out full length. and
they will be astonished to see what
they think is in pieces all in one.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
A REALLY COY GUEST ROOM.
Give This Important Chamber a Per-
sonal Test Before Company Arrives.

Live in your guest room for Il week
yourself. Then you will know whether
your visitors will find farewells of 60
ing happier than greetings of arrival.
1t is the advice of n woman who has
visited much and been visited endless
ly. The very sight of Powered Gre
tonnes and good night sets stirs with
in her unholy memories of dainty fit
tings applied to uncomfortable furnish
ing. Better, she says, good bed, a
closet for your clothes, roomy bureau
drawers, a mirror in a good light and
plenty of bedding than all the pretty
dressing table inventions in the shops.
Without the fundamental necessities.
Including a table firm ON its legs for
writing letters home, the prettiest guest
chamber is grim failure.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
GOOD THINGS TO KNOW.

A mustard plaster made with the
white of an egg will not blister, while
the result will be as good.
A teaspoonful of sugar added to
can of peas, corn or string beans will
greatly improve the flavor Of these
vegetables.
Sweet oil will remove water marks
from japanned trays. Rub the oil in
well. then polish with dry flour and
a soft cloth.
Dingy towels may frequently be re-
stored to normal whiteness by putting
in kettle of cold water, adding white
soap shavings and lemon juice and let
ting come slowly to boil. Rinse in
tepid water, then blue water, and hang
in the sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
MEMORY OF savAGEs.
Well Developed In shs-ZuIus, Who Can
not Resort to Writing.

not Resort to Writing.
The memory in savage or unculti-
waited peoples is often trained to a de
gree very surprising to those civilized
men and women who have grown used
to depending on the written much more
than on the remembered word The
transmission of whole epics. like the
Had by word of mouth no longer
seems so incredible when you read of
the feats of memory of which present
day Zulus are capable
These people have no writing and are
accustomed to transmit messages and
record events by memory alone. This
they can do because their mental i'm
pressions are made especially distinct
by reason of their acquired or inherited
habit of giving undivided attention to
the subject inland.
Communications between the British
authorities and the Zulu kings We're al
most invariably conducted by means of
verbal messages carried by natives. A
certain ultimatum addressed by the
British to Cetawayo was conveyed to
him-not upon paper, but in the brain
cells of the messengers whom he had
sent eighty miles to receive it from the
British commissioners.
Although the document contained
some 1000 words and was accompanied
by much comment on the state of
things it was desired to remedy, the
whole was reported to Cetywayo with
perfect accuracy.-Mr. Gibson in 1.-The
Story of the Zulus"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
an and the Household
FEATHERS OF FRINGE.
They Cost Less Than Willow PIun1es
and Are Fashionable.

and Are Fashionable.
The woman whose purse is slim and
whose desires are great will welcome
the fact that feathers made of fringe
are fashionable.
A few years ago women were salts
fed to bedeck themselves in curly os
trich feathers that measured twelve or
fourteen inches, sometimes less, and
were quite happy with them. but now
long willow plumes measure from
eighteen to thirty-six inches and cost
many times the amount of the small
natural feather.
These long, costly plumes being out
of reach of many, a beautiful substi-
tute has come to US from Paris, and
these are quite easy to make at home,
if you can WELD q needle.
For an eighteen inch plume you will
require one yard and a half of wide
fringe six or eight inches deep, a piece
of round silk covered milliner's wire
eighteen inches long, heavy and strong,
and half a yard of inch wide satin
ribbon the color of the fringe.
First of all, cover the wire with the
ribbon, sewing it very securely and
keeping the seam straight. Now to the
ribbon covered wire three rows of
fringe are SeWeu, covering Tue sedlu Ii
the ribbon and leaving a narrow strip
of ribbon to show, that will correspond
to the rib on the natural feather.
Having the fringe attached to the
wire, one end-the top of the feather
must be bent over in a-curve to re-
semble the natural curve in the real
fea theirs; then, with heated curling
iron, the ends of the fringe are curled
inward just a little way and then
shaken out until they are fluffy and
as near like the real feather as it is
possible to make them appear.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23

even firmly, so to speak, upon the point
of a needle, whose eye end is buried
in the cork of an upright bottle. With
4 little care to prevent the plate slip
ping, you may even cause K safely to
rotate at fair rate of speed, which,
when once set in motion, will continue
for a long while. because the friction
at the point OF contact is almost moth
ing.-..MaGical Experiments
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
Conundrums.

Why should il be better to be burned
than to be guillotined2 Because hot
steak is better than Il cold chop.
What heavenly beings do cross chill
dren resemble? The cherubim and
seraphim, who continually do cry"
What is a cure when you split your
sides with laughter: Run until you get
a stitch in them
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
centerpiece Embroidery.

To set the delicate colors of EN-
broidery that has been worked on
centerpieceS, doilies or handkerchiefs
and waists before washing soak them
for ten minutes in a pail of cold
water into which a tablespoonful of
turpentine has been stirred.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23

with his little face gray in the shaded
light.
Isabelle, bending over him, began to
cry, silently at first, then Historically
"Oh, why can't you save himT" she
gasped. why can't you save him?"
"HushP' the doctor warned. "fHush.'
But she was worn out, and the sobs
came faster and faster as with shaking
hands she tried to hold Jimmie up.
The doctor took the boy from her.
go and get me hot water he or
dered; plenty of it. I'm ashamed OF
you"
When she came back, he had his coat
Its the last chance" he said, and she
helped him lift Jimmie into the bath.
The tears ran down her cheeks and
dripped into the tub. Once she looked
at the doctor. ST am so ashamed Of
myself she whispered. Butt have
not many people to love me-" And she
sobbed under her breath
The doctors hair was wet, his face
was red, and his shirt was open at the
neck, showing the cords Of his strong
neck He lifted the little steaming
body in his arms and held the boy
while Nurse Isabelle enveloped him In
a heated blanket.
Jimmie opened his eyes as they laid
him on his little cot Tell me about
the robin" he murmured dreamily and
went to sleep, holding tight to Nurse
Isabelle's finger.
The doctor, warm and rumpled, look
ed at the two.
-"You haven't any business nursing Il
he said to Isabelle.
Her startled eyes met his. 81 was
afraid you would say that" she Qua
vered. 81 was such a-fool."
you are not a fool" the doctor
blazed, "but some women aren't any
more fitted to be nurses than I am to
be the angel Gabriel"
Nurse Isabelle was not so sure Of his
unfitness for the sacred Office as he
+ stood there in his strength and dignity,
with his halo of fair hair.
"If 1 had anything to offer you" he
remarked abruptly, I'D marry you"
"Ohr' Nurse Isabella tried to rise,
but Jimmie's thin fingers held her.
please, don't she begged.
Don't disturb my patient,'' was the
doctors peremptory command. He ran
his fingers through his hair IF I
wasn't so dead poor" he ruminated.
"a woman who breaks down at such
an important moment isn't fit to be in
n hospital he continued. ''She ought
to be in a home where the tenderness
would not be wasted
He came around to Nurse Isabelle's
side. 1t was very still in the big room
The screen around Jimmie's bed hid
them from such wakeful patients as
might be in ward 4.
I'm my home it would not be vast
ed he said softly.
Jimmie stirred slightly. Nurse Isa-
belle rose and bent over him. When
she Strengthened up she was within the
circle of the doctors arm.
oh she easped, all pink and white
| and beautiful
You're such a little thing to take
care of yourself the doctor whisper
ed. And I'll make ends meet
| As she raised radiant face Jimmie
opened his eyes and took in the satis-
| flying situation.
Il told Won he was dead stuck on
| YOU he chuckled weakly
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
HOMEMADE TOILET WATER.

Take six ounces of deodorized
alcohol and two ounces of pow
dered Florentine orris root. Put
the powder in a china basin and
pour the liquid on gradually I'M
til the whole is we'll mixed. Add
six drops of essential oil of vio-
lets and pour the whole into a
bottle and cork it. This should
be kept three weeks before using.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
Thoughts on chiIdhood.

The less cake and such things the
less ache and such things.
\ girl isn't really Il girl unless she
likes TO put on long skirts and play
lady.
Better two black eyes that mother
will surely see than one backdown
that father may hear about--Woman-s
Home Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-23
WONDERFUL SUNSHINE.

Wonderful sunshine, how are you?
Filling the days with the derring do
OF life and action and hope and .
trust
That never a heart in the world
may rust
From old corrosions of damp and
chill
Wonderful sunshine vale and hill
Decked with thy glory of grace and
light,
Standing foreto1d OF thy strength
and might
Baltimore Sun.