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George w. Perkins and the Roose-
welt Progressive Party
Continued from First Column.

had when the convention opened-somethng quite
will admit.
The country needs rid of political hacks professional
candidates. wants to interest politics and
abeS men that the country Wherever big has
done In country has been done by
by that have proved successful
politics.
George Washington good solder-and
man nhe country when he did his work for this republic
Nobody suggests that he ought to have kept of politics because
he happened to be rich
Jacques Occur the richest Europe power
of organization and his great capital put service of
France IN crisis brought by ncompetenc
Disrae who did much for Englandmore any other
have been of wealth if he had while
make He made millions for England purchase of the
Suez canal bonds and hundreds of millions other ways
work of the country will follow the example Perkins take
share and place politics. they will
efficiency in government affairs.
And they need abandon their big those
undertakings legitimate
should be builder well a alker and lawmaker
The ablest men government have been unusually
practical affairs
The wonderful fight that Voa made against oppression and
vile injustice did not his building prosperous
munty and making himself very rich was great
business man. as well great statesman
Colonel Roosevelt should not
Perkins with him On the contrary he should proud of having
started that successful and
not merely attract the hacks and the failures other political
parties
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-02
Bv EBERT HUBBARD

TINE word assassin" was once
eminently respectable. 1t
was first used In the twelfth
century in Persia 1t signified a
member of a Mohammedan relig
ious order These assassins devot-
ed their lives to truth, justice,
purity, right, and their business
was to give everybody square
deal.
They took their name from the
leader, Hassan. and were called
Hassanites. or Hassassins. Then
some enemy of the order called
them Hashassins, or hashish eaters.
These men were fred by religious
zeal until they ran amuck, killing
every one who tried to oppose them.
People thought they were intoxi-
Gated by hashish, or the juice OF
the hemp plant This may have
been so, but man intoxicated by
religious zeal, or drunk on success
and his own oratory, is quite rs
dangerous as an individual who is
simply plain drunk on dope and
drugs
The word assassin" was taken
up by the French and circulated,
first as a slang word, and then it
got fixed in the dictionary and
when the English adopted it, it be-
came legitimate.
Proud of the Name.
These Assassins of Islam were
proud of the name and gloried in
it, The secret Order of Assassins
existed from the twelfth century
down practically 10 our own time,
and members of the order still en-
dure
They were fatalists. and were
taught that if they died in the par
tcular work to which they were
assigned, their souls would imme-
diately gravitate 10 Paradise.
For 200 years the Order of Assas-
sins held all Asia Minor in terror,
and instituted some very Dark
Ages
The Assassins struck in the dark,
and the government was powerless
to locate the murderers; in fact, Of
fcers of the government themselves
were often members of this Order
of Assassins. The whole thing was
very much like the Camorra of
Italy, or the cheerful White Caps,
of which America has had quite a
taste.
The world should beware of men
who come in the name of reforma-
ton, demanding that the world
shc'Ild be made over according to
ideIl plans which they themselves
have formulated Any man who is
better Cor who thinks he is better)
than the common run of humanity
Is apt to be dangerous individual
and may easily gravitate into the
sacred Order of Assassins
The Mahdis that have appeared
from time to time in the Orient, es-
pecially in Asia Minor, Persia and
Turkey. have belonged to this Or
der of Assassins The word NAH
dr. means one who leads us out of
captivity.
Each of the dozen or so Mahdis
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that Northumberland has pro-
duced has called himself The
Mahdi."
There was one particular Mahdi
that turned the Soudan into a trail
. OF danger and death about the wear
1850. This Mad Mullah's business
was to restore the Soudan, and
eventually the entire world. to a
condition of peace, equity, justice
and prosperity through destruction
of the forces that he said were
strangSng the plain people.
He Took to the Desert.
This man took to the desert with
few hundred followers. At first
they were unarmed. They lived on
the contributions of the Faithful.
A little later, when contributions
were not forthcoming, they made
raids into the towns and villages.
and collected their own. Soon thew
were transformed into a formidable
mass Of cavalry, riding stolen
horses. The restless, the worthless.
the uneasy, all those who had moth
Ing to lose, quit work and followed
the Mahdi
Ideal communities were to be or
ganized. A new distribution Of
goods was to be the rule. The rich
and the governing classes were to
be eliminated. The rule of the
people was to be supreme.
The revolt grew so great that the
hhed1ve abandoned the Soudan.
General Gordon known as Chi
nese Gordon" was sent out by the
English government to treat with
the Mahdi, and, if necessary. to de-
stroy him.
Gordon arrived at Khartoum in
1884. He issued a request to the
hostile Soudanese to lay down their
arms, and return to their homes
and go to work, promising them
immunity from punishment FOR
their offenses.
The reply of the Assassins was
to cut off Gordon's communication
with Cairo. Gordon did not have
any idea of the number of men he
had to deal with, and nobody vet
knows how this disorganized, I'M
organized mass of humanity, that
fed off the land like grasshoppers.
shut Gordon up with his 10000 SOL
diers in Khartoum
Held Him a Captive.
The besieging hordes held him
captive for ten months.
Finally, Great Britain dispatched
an army to the relief of Gordon,
under General Wolseley, who ar
rived within two days march of
Khartoum. But through the treach-
cry of certain people in Khartoum
for whom General Gordon was
f1ghting-the gates were thrown
open and the hordes came tum-
bling through, and Gordon went
down to his death.
Only the death of Gordon aroused
the British nation to the danger OF
this rule of the mob. Kitchener was
sent to the Soudan with an army,
and it took him twelve years to
put down the rebellion started by
these religious progressives who
thought to. make the world over.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-02

While Roosevelt speaking to 10000 and in Bos
the crowd yelled ''Tel about Perkins,
Roosevelt replied I'm glad you asked that question: and
then answered it.
said that Perkins although Joined the
pressive party interested himself politics BECAUSE HE
HAS CHILDREN AND FELT THAT 1T WAS HIS DUTY TO DO
WHAT HE COULD TO MAKE CONDITIONS BETTER IN THE
COUNTRY IN WHICH THE CHILDREN WOULD LIVE AFTER
THEIR FATHERS DEPARTURE.
Mr. Roosevelt also said that Mr. Perkins had made
money something really useful
and worth while for the country large.
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~&ph>-
A Storm RAGING over Paris.

Marquis Of Montebello. In defiance
Of many warnings he ventured out
in fierce thunder storm. passing
on foot through open fields and a
woodland His body was found
half stripped of its clothing, near
some trees. He carried an UNI
brella with steel point, which
may have divirted the stroke from
a tree to him. Only week before
this tragedy, gendarme, in a lit
tie country village near me, was
killed by lightning when he went
into his garden during a thunder
storm
The reach Of lightning is some
times appalling. 1t may go a mile,
it may even go TEN MILES and
reach its victim. 1t can not be
lodged even when it comes from
afar, for it travels with almost the
speed of light Some districts arc
particularly dangerous because of
the existence Of deposits Of iron
beneath the surface of the earth.
The nCighborhood OF a body Of
water or a stream is always dan
gcrous during "A thunder storm.
Even subterranean water may at
tract" lightning.
1t is rare that lightning enters a
room. If it strikes a house the
damage is usually confined to the
exterior. the roof or the chimneys.
During a violent storm the safest
place is the center of a room,
where there is no open communica-
ton, such as a fireplace, with the
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Copyright 1912, by American Journal Examiner

mental food and dwell on monot-
onous level of unchanging views
Therefore, vacations and little
journeys and visits and trips are to
be recommended as beauty treat
mcnrs and old-age preventives as
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-02
Should Have Stayed Home.

\ man was urged by his wife to
take weeks vacation with her.
The man wanted to go into the
country: the wife urged the sea-
shore. and the man yielded
He went with his wife. but every
mile of the journey was devoted to
grumbling and in humor and every
hour Of the vacation was spcntsi Gin
regret that he had not gone else
where, and when his wife fell i'm he
said he knew something of the kind
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-02

well as cures for mental and physi-
cal maladies.
And they are helps to success in
any line of endeavor, since they
enlarge the vision ana increase the
minds capacity
But none of the benefits result
from vacations if the mind is filed
with discomfort, i'll temper and
..o,,,i,,r~ ,r;,{.i,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-02
THE ARTILLERY OF THE SKY
Il Can Shot Ten AIze BIZ Il Canuot D1tror n Cir
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.

II T was a lucky photographer who
caught with his camera the pic
ture which we see here Of great
storm OF thunder and lightning rag
ing over the city Of Paris on the
night Of July q last. This picture
shows graphically, and by an ac-
tual example. what tried to tell in
words in The Georgian a few
months ago-viz., that a great
city is far more secure against the
destructive effects of lightning than
is the open country.
The view was taken from the
heights of Montmartre, looking in a
southerly direction over Paris.
Away off near the horizon is the
lofty dome of the Pantheon; to the
left of the center appears the huge
bulk of the Grand Opera House.
Look at the three vicious strokes.
descending simultaneously upon the
city The central one seems to
strike close to the ancient cathedral
Of Notre Dame This. remember,
was the work of an instant. Dur
ing the continuance Of the storm,
hundreds of bolts may have been
shot from the sky upon Paris. but
no damage was done. although the
power of any one of them concen-
trateu might have sufficed to de-
molish Il building.
1t is even possible that greater
number of lightning strokes be-
tween the earth and the clouds o.
cur when 4 storm is passing over a
large city than when it has only
the unobstructed country beneath
1t. A city is bristling with points
church spires, towers, tall chimneys.
etc.-and there is nothing which
draws lightning like pointed OBJ
ject especially if it is composed
of metal A storm may exhaust all
its ammunition.
But IN this very circumstance re-
sides the security Of the city. If is
so filled with metallic objects. all of
them offering ready paths for light
ming, that the latter is weakened bv
dissipation. a great bolt is instan-
taneously divided into a vast num-
Der of branches, and the force is
lost The inhabitants of the city
who keep away from parks and
open places are almost as secure
against lightning as they would be
If they were shut up inside a huge
box composed Of an iron grating
But in the country it is different
and the need Of properly adjusted
lightning rods is greater there.
Dreaded.
Lightning is greatly dreaded in
France, and no wonder. since sta
ustics show that 10000 people were
Killed by lightning in that country
during the nineteenth century,
Nearly all of these persisted through
neglect of the most ordinary pre-
cautions. They may be said to
have invited death by placing them
selves I'm the way of its darts.
A remarkable example occurred
early this summer, when "A light
ming bolt instantly killed one of the
greatest noblemen of France. the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-02
Hubbard
Writes on
The Assassins

In the Days of Old the "Assas-
sins" Devoted Their Lives
to Truth, Justice, Purity,
Right, and Their Business
Was to Give Everybody a
Square Deal.
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had When the convention understanding quite new,
clans will admit.
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n exterior. If you are very fearful,
YOU may insulate yourself by sit
ting in a chair with its legs rest
ing in glass tumblers. or, as some
do, by lying upon a feather bed.
Naturally you would not choose an
iron bed
Some Warnings.
But these are extreme precau-
tons, and few would think it worth
while to adopt them. You are
practically safe if you stay indoors
closing windows and other open
ings. and keeping away from
stoves. stovepipes and freplaces.
If you find yourself perforce out
Of doors during thunder storm,
avoid the neighborhood of tall. iso-
lated trees, and do not follow
stream or the border of lake
Keep away, also. from wire fences
Most of the destruction of cattle
by lightning, IN recent years, occurs
where they have huddled close to a
metallic barrier Don't carry an
umbrella in a thunder storm. The
Marquis of Montebello's fate is a
sufficient warning on that score.
Submit to be soaked with rain
rather than take shelter under a
tree, and, for your comfort remem-
Der that, in almost any case. you
have many chances in your favor to
one against you, and that death by
lightning is probably the most
painless to which living being can
be subjected. 1t is quicker than the
nerves.
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Chicago
Of a
thatt
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would happen, not realizing that his
state of mind was one which would
attract and produce misfortune.
Far kinder would it have been
had he remained at home or quietly
insisted upon going to the country.
To yield a point to another is not
courtesy or a kindness unless it is
yielded graciously, amiably and
with every effort to make the sit
uation agreeable and pleasant.
Two people may leave a palatiaI
and luxurious home and go into the
discomforts of small hotel room
or farm house, and yet they may
find delight and benefits untold of
in the change if they are good COM
rades real friends on tender lovers
The delights and benefits are all
results of mental conditions-an un-
selfish desire to please your asso-
ciates. happiness in seeing others
enjoy life, satisfaction in getting
and giving the best of life in every
situation.
These are the qualities which
make every vacation a success.
every journey one of benefit every
change a pleasure and the return
home to work a new delight
Husbands and wives. parents and
children jog along in the home for
months without really seeing one
another as they are,
How to Get Benefits.
But in the close intimacy which
travel and boarding house or hotel
life necessitates the prominent
traits and characteristics stand
forth prominently repealed
Therefore. before you go away on
your vacation it is well to brush up
your manners, to take a fresh hold
on your will power and to fertilze
your affectionate nature so that
your family and your friends and
the strangers you will meet may be
benefited by your companionship.
And in doing this you will re-
ceive real benefit yourself from
yourself and return refreshed and
happy and respecting when the
outing is over.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-02
George w. Perkins and the
Roosevelt Progressive
Party

He Example That Other Prosperous Men Might Fol
low The Country Needs Able Men Take
Politics and Government.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-02
Your Best Manners and Impulses
Bv ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

F YOU are gong away with your
friends or your family for a
vacation take your very best
manners. your very kindest and
sweetest impulses with you
There is no benefit in change of
scene or respite from labor if i'll
temper, nervousness, irritabiHty
and tault-inding rule the mental
domain. -
All benefit which comes TO us
must come from WITHIN
The woman who stays at home in
a happy cheerful state Of mind de-
lighted with small pleasures and
bent on making everybody about
her better for her companionship,
will gain more benefit from her
vacation than one who goes tour
ing in motor cars, sailing in yachts
or soiournins in great hotels, all
the time complaining Of her sur
roundinss and her associates aud
finding fault with people and
things
\ man may far better refuse to
go away on a journey than to go
and cast pail of gloom over his
companions by INDUCING his most
unamiable and disagreeable habits.
A change of scene and thought is
to be recommended to every human
being who can possibly arrange
such an event
Take Two Vacations.
Not once. but twice each year,
should every busy worker in the
physical or mental domain Of labor
get away into new surroundings
and among new people or alone
with Nature.
The vehicle which rolls contin-
ua'ly over one track wears ruts. So
one kind of thought wears ruts In
the mind. and the mind wears ruts
i'm the face, and premature old age
comes.
Women in lonely country places.
who have few diversions. and who
go TO sleep With the chickens. and
who breathe fresh country air. and
cat wholesome food age sooner
than the city Woman of fashion
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-29
Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Cressy entertained
At an elaborate Gard party last evening.

Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. cressy entertained
at an elaborate Gard party last evening.
Mrs. Roxis Swink pleasantly enter
tanned the M. E. choir at her home last
Friday evening.
r. R. Dunkin. pharmacist at the Red
Cross pharmacy. spent the week on
business in Denver.
Announcement is made that the B. A,
Y. entertainment set for April has been
postponed to April g..
Mrs G. P. TiIlson and son Ralph re-
turned home on Sunday from pleasant
visit with relatives in Pueblo.
Ira Bovee left last week for Colorado
Springs where he has accepted a position
and intends to make his home.
CMr. and Mrs. Otto Matthews left We'd
nesday for SCOTS Bluff. Neb.. where they
will make their permanent home.
Mesdames G. c. Hawkey and F. Y.
Hauck and Miss Evangeline Hauck spent
Saturday with Mrs. H. A. Dawley of La
Junta.
Mrs. g. c. Hawkey left for her home
in Canon City on Sunday. after pleas
ant visit with Mrs. F. Y Hauok and old
time Rocky Ford friends.
C. A. Burress last Saturday traded
his 20 acre tract under the Rocky Ford
ditch for the Umbarger & Co. grocery
store on Railroad avenue. Mr.. Burress
is making ready to ship the goods to
Esteneia, N. M. The deal was made by
the City Realty Co.
Every Rocky Ford employe Of the
Santa Fe who could get away was in
Pueblo last Friday evening to attend the
banquet and get-together meeting of the
Railway Employees and Investors associ-
alton. In the party were Messrs and
Mesdames Cal Foulke and G. P. Tillson.
Messrs Jones. Mathews and Sayers
with Agent Robertson in charge. A
most enjoyable time is reported to have
been spent.
Henry B. Sherman. junior publisher Of
the Ysmpa Leader. left on Tuesday to
resume his duties after visit in Rocky
Ford tine most pleasant portion Of which
was the last three days. when he was
making the acquaintance Of his hand
some little daughter. The stork made
its welcome visit last Friday night and
the happy dad left for home with the
pleasant anticipation that he could break
the joyful news to "Grandad" Sherman
that he would soon have the pleasure of
meeting his granddaughter.
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Mrs. Whitney spent Monday with friends
in La Junta.
Mrs. H. D. Garwood is visiting friends
in Pueblo this week.
L. A. Richards is spending the week
on business in Denver.
A. w. Shelton left on Wednesday for
visit in Colorado Springs.
Gene Shelton left on Wednesday for
business trip to ElPaso, Tex.
Mesdames F, M. Harsin and c. E.
DeLong were Pueblo visitors on Tuesday.
Mesdames C. .Cohorn and Bert
Dawley are visiting friends in La Junta.
Miss Merna VanSyoc of Pueblo spent
Sunday in Rocky Ford with Miss Evelyn
Towne.
Ralph Kinney returned to Denver on
Wednesday after making short visit
with friends in this city.
Miss Vena Cadwallader arrived home
the first of the week from Denver. much
improved from her recent illness.
Miss Lena Kearns came over on Tues
day from Ordway and is a guest of Miss
Bessie Shelton and Rocky Ford friends.
Mrs. Nora Hoffman left last Friday
for Des Moines. Iowa, where she will
visit her daughter Grace who is attend
ing Drake University.
Mrs. B. W. Bell of Bells dairy south
of Swink returned to her home yesterday
after visiting her sister. MRS. o. F.. Shell
don and Rocky Ford friends.
DR.. Roberts left Wednes day for
Maeomb. ILL.,, in response to telegram
telling of the dangerous illness of his
mother-n-law.
G. Harvey Norton arrived in this city
on Tuesday from San Francisco and left
Wednesday for Texas. G. Harvey is
now travelling for drug firm.
C.E, Fuller returned Tuesday from a
trip to eastern points and reports having
landed good oantaloupe deal. He also
seems to have conceived new ideas as to
the marketing Of the famous Rocky Ford
fruit and If the plan proves successful
this year will greatly extend the system
for future years. Mr.. Fuller is prepared
% write limited number Of contracts
under the new plan and growers will do
well to investigate his system before sign
ing up for this seasons eantaloupe crop.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-03-23
Pleasant Linen Party.

a number OF the personal friends
and relatives of Miss Edna McNecly
and Stanley Netherton, who are to be
married tomorrow, gathered at the
residence of Mrs. Annie Nc Nicely to
give her happy daughter a china and
linen shower on Thursday night OF
this week. Among those present were
some who had been married, some
who are married, some who want to
married. and number who will prob
ably never be married, but not one
gave hint to the bride or grOOmto-
be of any of the unsolved mysteries
OF the lottery of life" but all joined
in merry-making until about midnight
as though nothing serious were going
to happen. Mr.. Clark Guild sang a
number of the old songs in his usual
good form. responding to hearty en-
cores each time He was accompa
MED by Mrs. A. A. Marsal, who also
rendered several fine piano solo selec
tons. Miss McNecly and Mr.. Eric
son played three or four piano and
violin duet numbers in very pleasing
manner. and then jokes and stories
were told over the light refreshments
passed around until time to go home
The beautiful and useful china pieces
and the elegant linens brought in will
long serve to remind the popular
young couple of very happy evening
spent with their friends.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-03-23
Ball and Bazaar a Success.

The committee in charge of the
Catholic church bazaar and ball wish
to thank the public for their very gen
erous patronage and courtesy and
also the orchestra for the appropriate
and high order OF the music furnished
for the occasion We desire, too, to
congratulate all who took part on
their good conduct. The complete
absence of any attempt at Raging
is source OF pride to us.
Taking into consideration the
stormy weather that prevailed on Fri
day and other circumstances over
which we have no control, the affair
was entirely satisfactory. Hoping
you had good time,
THE. COMMITTEE