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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
GREEN LEAVES
By Louise HeiIgers.

- w 1 asked Il til: woman.
Next spring" answered
( the man. Just when the leaves are
green shall be here with you again. 20
They are yellow now" said the
woman, her eyes on the fading trees
: about them. A cold little wind sent
plenty of bronze and golden treasure
fallen from their branches. scurrying
about their feet.
There was smell of damp earth
and bracken in the air. On the gray
river beyond more yellow leaves
tloated, heralds to the waterfowl Of the
1t is not easy in the autumn to think
of spring
The woman sighed as she looked.
1t viii seem long time" she said.
But spring comes every year just
the same the man reminded her 1T
is here really all the while, buried in
the park and the earth, just waiting
for the signal TO come to life again"
i was not thinking Of the spring
Just then said the woman, but of
you"
What are six mOnths?" asked the
man--six months out of a life timer"
Everything or nothing the woman
returned ''Y on may forget"
But on the other hand 1 might re
member" The man slipped an arm
through hers caressingly. Come Mar
ion, cheer up. I refuse to be depressed
by dismal prophecies. I am yours. you
are mine Nothing can alter that
save DEATH"
And another woman" The words
slipped from her almost unconsciously.
on will meet so many on your trav-
-ers, and the nearest woman is always
the dearest"
You talk as If I were some silly
boy the man frowned. Have I ever
given you cause to be jealous Of me,
Marion2'
NO" she answered truthfully. But
then, you have never been away be
fore
Next time you shall come with me-
the man promised her. we shall be
married Marion, when the leaves are
green
he caught her to him with a sud
den passion. Marion, think Of the
spring and me, he whispered to her
But, Womanliile, she could only think
Of the coming winter.
A man and a girl walked upon the
grassy slope Of hill in southern
France. All about the crOcuses cleaned
like jewels among the grass. The sun
was q daffOdn, the wind had handfuls
of ViOlets, the sky was big hyacinth.
Il love the spring-dOn't youT' said
the girl, turning a pink and vivid face
to his. 1T makes me feel as If I were
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
The Heraid's Daily
ShertStOry

, being born again. Everything seems so
fresh and new.
you make the spring for me" an
sWered the man, and his hand touched
I her dark uncovered hair.
But ] don't make the sun and the
bud and the flowers, objected the girl
smilingly. and the leaves-see, how
green they are!"
His hand fell from her hair.
When the leaves are green What
had he promised another woman last
year? To be back when the leaves
were green again.
The leaves were green. He caught
his breath then suddenly d thought
came to his aid. The trees We're green
here-yes-in the south, but in Eng
land they would still be bare and toss
empty branches to the sparrows and
the wind.
He had another month at least He
turned impatiently TO the girl.
kiss me" he said imperatvely.
Their lips met
In April trees are green. But April
came and went and one woman walked
alone; May, June and July sped by, all
rose and gold: August stall1ed through
the land with a scythe beneath his
arm September. red checked, with wind
blown hair, passed like a dream among
the orchards. Then came October and
the fall OF the leaves.
A man and a woman walked together
through the woods to where the water
cleaned among the trees, like a big
white bird with wings Outstretched.
You see, am back, Marion, after
all" the man was saying. There was
no need to worry or fret"
You are six months late, the wOm-
an answered duly.
But journeys end in lovers meet
ings,' he returned lightly. Business
kept me, sWeetheart-nOt my will"
You are six months late" the wom-
an said again. Too late" she added
Significantly.
He stared at her What do you
mean2' he asked
She turned suddenly and faced him,
a red spot of color in either cheek, her
eyes dark, intense.
what does it mean" she asked
when a man leaves woman for
months without a letter or a WOrd2 Tt
means another woman. What does it
mean when a woman left alone for
months turns to somebody else for COM
paniOnship2 1t means another man"
And YOU promised to wait for me"
The man was white to the lips.
She laughed. a bitter little laugh.
Till the leaves were green, you said
Well, I waited. But nOW-"she pointed
all round to where from every tree the
leaves hung brown and gold. They
were everywhere beneath their feet
and scuttling along the paths Even
upon the water they lay yellow. float
ing seward like the little fireboats
that Hindus sent after their dead.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
GLOBE SIGHTS.


Old proverb: A bashful man viii
make a woman brave.
As a general rule, ones judgment is
best when he doesn't bet on it.
Neither is shiftlessness any more eX-
cusable when 1t is blamed on tbs
artistic temperament
a husband can't be entirely satisfac-
tory to the wife who is given to ex-
pecting a good deal
one may love the friend whose
faults he points out, but there are
several more effective ways to prove
it,
1T would help some if stage fright
We're so distributed that after dinner
speakers would be afflicted OCCASION
ally.
Probably so percent of the praise
one gets is Ilattery. although the re-
ceiver isn't expected to recognize it.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
ENTHUsIAs1I LACKING.

Eel PasO, Tex Oct 20
Editor Ell Paso Herald
Comments heard from visiting stran-
gers, unaccustomed to our ways, have
done something toward prompting the
following observations;
The jubilee is over ana Fl Paso has
done herself proud In every particular
except one
What is the trouble with people VINO
can witness such exhibitions as those
of last week with scarcely a trace OF
enthusiastic Nowhere else In the world
and this writer has seen and Travelled
much. would such an ungrac1Ous re-
ception be afforded those allude in
particular TO our soldier bOys,-Who
have worked so hard for the pleasure
and entertainment Of the citizens and
their visitors. Where were the rounds
OF cheers, the rOars OF applause, the
enthusiasm which at once rewards and
inspires Except Tor sundry cat-calls
from small boys and feeble (ch1etIy
femiuine) hand clapping, the citizens re-
NAMED dull and unrespOnsiVe, and per
force the visitors Followed their ex-
ample.
We all know the expression, Dead
on his feet" but it looks as If our citl-
zens were dead IN their souls but II
was the same last year and much IN
favorable comment was aroused
The writer was first struck with the
deaGness Of FL PasO crowds on gaia
days during some fine trOtting and pac-
ing races held at Washington Park
three years ago. The treat for Ell Paso
was great and unusual. Elsewhere
when the splendid racers are thunder
ing down the home stretch, every man
and woman. tOC-leaps to his feet
and shouts himself hOarse, and to
roar which stirs the blood and warns
the heart. the racers respond with a
fire and intelligence fully realized BY
every true hOrseman At Washington.
Park it was almost pathetic to see the
visiting horses looking around Tor the
enthusiasm they expect as their right,
and finding il not
Might not our soldier boys, as wen
as others who have done their best for
us. have appreciated some warmth Of
spirit manifested by the apathetic
z. n. T.
Deposits nthe postal savings bank
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
One-Sentence Philosophy
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.

Good deeds always speak for them
selves-if they call for valuable real
estate.
Keep your mouth shut; you can never
tell where the microbes are sWarming
It's a poor law that won't work five
or six ways in the hands of a skiIlful
lawyer
No, COrdelia; girl isn't necessarily
jewel just because she is set in her
ways
In a Irritation between a woman and
a man she always thinks he is in
earnest because she isn't
If hubby is old and ugly, and WHEY
is young and beautiful it's a sure sign
that he has more dollars than sense.
Too many men try to get what they
want before they know what they
want.
Anyway, the man who parts his hair
in the middle is seldom prOfane.
Too many men try to get what they
keep from under a wOman's thumb.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
More Election Data

of
a doubt unprecedented years.
the doubtful states during the last 40 CALI
election but three $780, 1892 and
1a96) when she split her vote with strong Democratic plurality
Democratic Republican CONNECTICUT generally till
1885, and has gone Republican ever since DELAWARE was gy
before Republican POpuHst,
Democratic Republican the last presidential elections
ILLINOIS has gone Democratic but once 0s92 IN the last 40 years INDIANA
Republican since then IOWA
1885, always Republican
Republican presidential years Republican
Iv been Pn MISSOURI has gone Republican the last two elections
long Democratic
frs Otmesbu always Republican
Republican 1885, Republican
twice; election has all
map JERSEY
Democratic until 1896 and then has been Republican NEW YORK
regularly NORTH
DAKOTA consistently Republican Republican every
presidential election OREGON has been safely Republican PENNSYLVANIA
Republican
Republican WISCONSIN
Republican
WYOMING Republican
according plurality popular
T ann b. Sa ooo 1F1 LvySPr cave TT o. nm P Doom
5000;
30 On ma K15$sss cave Tf o76oo &c. Isl G ooo 2TAgrF Tf
Bryan $4,000; gave $4,000 Bryan s4s6oO gave
$1,000 Bryan 10000; gave Bryan 1soOO $4,000;
NEVADA 112oo Taft
Bryan s2oOo NEW YORK Taft $4,000 Bryan eooo NORTH DAKOTA
Taft $1,000 Bryan saOOo OHIO
OREGON
$4,000; RHODE 44oO
DAKOTA
WASHNGTOE gave
111OOo; WISCONSIN Bryan 1s7OOo
WYOMING gave 10000, Bryan $4,000
Careful study of the figures and comparisons wiz that
the Republican piuraIHes competitive
overwhelming four while Of the Democratic
decided The
5000 nearly $4,000 tota Indiana
land Cos in 235ooo total bryan ecto Missouri
Montana 100000 totals
West $4,000 pIurates
Colorado 5000 10000 Nevada
$4,000
If Wilson the Of all 1905
also the votes Of all which the margin
1903 he VIII have 246
may get from either California Gs Connecticut
0e) New Jersey 90 New York 5) Oregon (8) Washing
ton o. Wyoming ~.
The Roosevelt movement IS what
welt viii and thy
split the Republican lot of old
staunch Republican probably of Wilson
The result election certainty br
carrier than usual for the reason that New York
wins New York VIII indicate strong prob
ability election while if Taft that the break
IN the other big strong Republican startling Wilson and
Roosevelt
There IS material in this article
hour Of earnest figuring campaign argument ons
mans guess j good another
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
JOURNAL ENTRIES.
Topeka JournaI)

An easy way to make mistakes is to
trust 10 your memory.
Blondes have to plead guilty to the
charges Of being light headed
The man who is willing to work
VIII generally find the opportunity.
As a matter of fact few of the Sc
rets told are worth telling
Theoretically, humans should not be
judged by the clothes they wear, but
most OF them are.
Nor can YOU always measure the
value Of a thing by its cost
Neither does the weather ever be-
come as disagreeabie as some humans
are.
Every mans big success is generally
at the expense Of some other man or
men.
There is a little OF the indian in
ali injury
So many are in the race after it, no
wonder success is hard TO catch
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
QUAKER fluctuations.

philadelphia Record.)
A bent pin on a chair may aid in
the uplift Of a rising young man
Making money in oil doesn't always
have a refining influence on US.
You may call a man a rolling stone.
but don't insinuate that he isn't on the
level
Curiosity is merely something that is
inspired BIZ things that are none Of
your business
Love laughs at locksmiths, which
proves that love isn't such a serious
matter. after all
What is worth doing at all is worth
doing wei, except when it is yourself
that is being done
Nen-"What is your idea of a model
husband2' Belle-"Oh any one who
lets his wife have her own way?'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
BOOSTING By Walt Mason
UNCLE WAITS
DENATURED POEM

andh
4
your knocking a groove
things
dishing
gOnng shedding a
he
in
of tmidbu
lately Dropping filled story
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
MOTHER TAKES FORCIBLE
POSSESSION OF HER

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct 2s.-The APP
pellate court has entered an order in
structins ju1ge Clark, sitting for judgs
EiVcs, TO review his own decision. =
Tanner obtained a restricted custody Of
her baby son
Mrs. Tanner took fOrcible possession
OF her infant son. J. Ross Clark Isl.
whose legal custody had been yranted
by Judge Robert Clark. but whose ac-
tual custody was denied oy tha grand
father. J. Ross Clark. vice president OF
the salt Lake railroad.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
SMITHS IRRIGATION
DDnnD ~ nrnw

Washington. d. c., Oct. 291Repre-
sentative IS. r. smith, chairman OF
subcommittee Of the house interstate
and foreign commerce committee,
which is preparing a report on every
thing pertaining TO government con-
troll of water power and Irrigation,
has almost finished the report, which
viii be submitted to the fun comuit-
tee as soon as the next session be-
gins. Mr.. Smith has been working
here on the report for some time. He
may return to El PasO within few
days.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29

their wages home in wheelbaTows- The
city has many parks and plenty OF farm
land on all sides but most of its work
men still live in tenements and when
the tariff went up recently. the plumbing
in the said tenements didn't improve
any.
Lowell has some fine old New Eng
land families but not enough to iufIu-
enee its voting. For the rest it sounds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
Opportunity Knocks

w HENEVER inspiration Just take little tour
wv around the eastern half Of FL PasOs
dns going the of 40 per the new
paved streets the retaining schools the new
churches the evidences of health
improvement
There speculation thing Anything is
a buy a present prices
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
LETTERS TO
THE HERALD

TAM communications must bear the
of the writer. but the name
win not be published where such a re-
quest IS made
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29

on holidays like the Babel building
trades union out for a holiday and the
in Lowell who wants to sue
coed must be able to talk $50 words a
minute with his hands and arms
Copyrighted by George Mathew
Adams.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
HOTEL SEWER NEARING FINISH.

The work of laying the 1000 feet 10
inch sewer line from the northeast end
of the PasO Del Norte hotel to the
main on Second street viii be COM
pleted Wednesday morning. according
to sewer commissioner J. ". Hadlocl5.
The work was started two weeks ago.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29

Issues We're Such That Most Men Realized Civil War Was Inevitable
Lincoln Only Received TwO-Thrds Of Popular Vote
=
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29
Three Babes From the Woods By Beatrice Esiz9ez
They Just THINK They're IN Love.

Oring calf love that can offset this
argument against it.
So / urge the writer of the first let
ter to make no attempts to get a boy
Of sixteen to show his love, but re-
train from showing her own, and try
to overcome it.
I want the boy who wrote the second
letter TO put as much worry into his
lessons at school as he is putting into
writer of the third etter TO take the
quotation from Hardy for an answer.
Don't regard this opportunity to love
and be loved as the lasti
And don't II sixteen or twenty-six
or older, look upon the present as all
there is of the future Love will come
when you are ready for it.
And Late Loves even sweeter
Than First Loves tender dream"
TOO YOUNG TO KNOW.
Dear Miss Fairfax;
Don't you think a girl of seventeen.
with knowledge OF good sense, is
quite old enough to receive the at
tentiOns Of young gentlemen?
Geraldine.
Many girls have been vvooed and won
at seventeen, and lifelong happiness
resulted. But many, many more have
made the tragic discovery that their
judgment at seventeen was not as ma
ture as they believed.
Geraldine IS very yOung-tOo young
to act against the advice of her par-
ents. her wisdom may be beyond dis
pute, but the experience of her parents
is of greater worth. For all Geraldfne's
years Of seventeen I would abbreviate
the wisdom Of the ages to two words:
Go slow"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29

TEIIRTYSECOND YEAR OF PUBLICATION
Exclusive Feature an compile reDob
Mexico
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29

Deposits / nthe postal savings bank
at Tucson now total $1,000
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29

TTERE are three letters written by
babes who imagine they are in
\ h love.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-29

By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY Is
SAFELY IN SECOND CLASS

NogaIes, Ariz., Sept County as
SCISSOR Thompson has finished making
I'D the rolls of the county and states
that the increase is a little over 100000
which places Santa Cruz county safely
in the list of second class counties.
A former resident of Greenwood.
Miss, named HensleF, who had beer
living in Nogales for the past six
months with mis- daughter, Mrs. F. D,
Thomas, suffered a paralytic stroke and
died His body was sent to his former
home.
Frank A. krupp, who was injured by
being thrown from his motorcycle dur
ing the races on the afternoon of July
4, has submitted to another operation
at the Sisters hospital Mr.. Krupp' 5
shoulder was thrown out of joint and
his arm broken.
Lee Park Lin, official Chinese inter
prefer connected with the immigration
service in Tucson, brought two Next
can aliens Jose OSOriO and Sabina
Calves to Nogales and they were dc
ported to Mexico.
Justice of the peace William Lowe
detained three Chinese at Tubac after
they had entered the United States
from Mexico without proper creden-
tials They were brought to Nogales
and viii be sent to Tucson for hear
ing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
PASSENGER TRAIN
WRECKED AT DALHART
All of the Coaches of n Fort Worth &
Denver Train Leave the Rails
But No One Is Injured.

Dalhart, Texas. Sept 6.-SouthbOund
Fort Worth & Denver passenger train,
due here at $50 a. m, was wrecked
three miles south OF here at Twist sid
ing. The accident was due to spreading
rails. All the coacnes were thrown
from the track but no one was injured.
three weeks drouth has been brOk
en- here by a good railfan that lasted
for two hours. This insureS a bOunti
full yield of late grain, early maize and
kaffir having already matured-
Independent growers of cantaloupes
at Ware, Il miles north of Dalhart, are
marketing their crops, the shipments
going to Fort Worth. The yield is sat
isfactOIy in quality and quantity.
superintendent Griggs, of the U. s.
experiment farm. three miles west of
town, gave a picnic to the farmers and
their families of Dallam and Hartley
counties. Many of them came with well
filled baskets, and superintendent
Griggs furnished WatermelOns and can
taloupes. Methods employed on the
farm were looked into by the farmers,
especially the matter of soil pIepara-
ton and cultivation and seed selection.
Perhaps the most interesting expert
ment being made this year is in the
new Soudan grass, the seed of which
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
AT THE Ammonia

Lovers and Lunatics," a musical
mixup, is the new bill at the Airdome
in which the Coney Island company
pleased another full house Thursday
evening Each member of the COM
pany received liberal applause and the
chorus girls did their splendid work
and exhibited another lot of new and
pretty costumes. The musical num-
bers are the principal features Of the
performance and none of them failed
to call for several encores. Miss Vio-
let Fisher was par ticulariy pleasing
in her numbers and Al. Ruben made a
three base hit with his coon song. r.
vim Baker made much of the role of
the dude and was one of the good fea-
lures of the performance. Miss Ma
belle Baker, Ed. S. Allen, Ed Rose and
Walter Boehme all did their part to
make the performance enjoyable and
the audience was fully as well salts
fled with the company's second effort
as with the first. 1t promises to have
a good long run in FL PasO if it keeps
up to the present standard
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
REPORT MYSTERIOUS
MURDER OF 81 MEN

Chicago, Iii, Sept 6.-Frances Ford
was arrested here charged with being
an accessory before the fact in con-
nection with the death Of John Mess
maker, in a resort at West Hammond,
a suburb. on August IS. Her arrest
was made after she had made an affi-
davit setting forth her knowledge Of
the alleged circumstances which led
to Messmaker's death.
It is reported that p men died under
mysterious circumstances in the resorts
of the village in the last year. Only
three of these deaths. however, are
matters of record and the facts con-
corning them are mystery.
John Messmaker, it is said, was
drugged and later a poison was given
hypOdermicaily.
At least two other men are said to
have met a similar fate within IL
months.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
New Baseball Crop Is Showing
Up Strong For the Majors

ilton, Allison. two or three Browns,
O'Brien. Bedient. Houck, Peters and
Baumgartner in the American league;
and Lavender, Tesreau, Cheney, Rixey.
Seaton, Benton, Allen, Robinson, VIII
lis and Yingling in the National.
Leading finds in other positions are
Foster and GandiI of the Washingtons,
both Of whom were in big league COM
pany once before and returned to that
company greatly improved. Other re-
cent conditions to the big league family
are Cady of the Red SOx, Maggert of
the Athletics, linn of tho Highland
eFs, Stearett of the Highlanders.
Shanks of Washington, Peckinpaugh of
Cleveland, Weaver of the White Sox,
Rath of the White SOx, Kuhn of the
White Sox, Egan of the Athletics, Men
sor of the Pirates. GrOh of the Giants
CutshaW of the RrOOklyns, Smith Of the
BrOokIyns. Phelan of the Reds, North
en- of the BrookIyns, Moran of the
BrOOklyns and Magee of the Cardinals.
Most of them are making good.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06

~ He new crop of ball players in the
major leagues. including those
Il who broke in this year or the
latter part of last year, is making a
pretty respectable showing in fast
company, and there is q gOOdly crop
of those who are likely to be fixtures,
Il not already that. Scouts and man
ayers deplOre the great lack in the
bushes, and with some of these new
corners it may be a case Of taking them
or nothing. Yet the proportion Of those
who are sticking and making their
presence felt is fairly large.
Among this number a prominent one
is Dubuc the Detroit pitcher, although
he had been in the big leagues before
and is no tender bud in baseball So
ciety. Another comeback who drifted
back to the minors between sOjOurns
is fast company is George Mcconnell.
Likewise Hess Among The newer crop
of pitchers dug up this year or late last
year are Baskette, Steen, Benz, Ham
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
TpE AIRDOHE TONIGHT.

Tonight will witness a repetition of
that catchy and lauShable comedy,
Lovers and Lunatics," by the Coney
Island Comedy company, at the Air
dome This bill viii give you all the
laughs you can digest, manager Fogg
declares. He describes it as a com
bination of surprises and perpIexing
situations, one long, continued, hilar-
ious round of enjoyment from start TO
finish This up to date company will
give you a bill that will please young
and old" he declares.
Tonight will also witness a special
feature-the chorus girls contest
You must be there TO see the excite
ment These contests are given every
Friday night and prove quite an addi-
ton to the bill.
"Ryans drug store will reserve your
seats, but if they are not called for
by S:15, D. m, they will ne resold
These rules are necessary, as many are
turned away for want of seats"