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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-13

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-13

Try the new Turkish baths and bar
Der shop. PasO del Norte hotel.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-13
Say Goodbye
to PimpEes

Sfuart'S Calcium Waters VIII Drive
Them Away. Creams Will Never
Do 1t; They Can't.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-13
Mr.. Cowans

is sick with measles. Mr.. Cowan's
family is in AlamOSOrdo.
c. W Parrish, conductor for the
Mexico North Western, brought a train
of lumber from MADEIRA to FL Paso,
over the Mexican Central and arrived
in FL Paso Tuesday night
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-13
Local Data
Data.
Fl PasO Readings.
Today Yesterday

Lowest temp. last u hrs "a
River.
Height of river this morning above
fixed zero mark, 12.0 feet. Rise IN last
a hours, o. foot.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-13
FARMING
TRANSFORMING IS
BEST FOR ONIONS

seed Should be Planted in the Fall In
Rich Beds and Little Onions
set Out in March.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-13

No roofing paper like Congo. Lander
Lumber Co.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-13

n. B.-Write tOs Chattanooga Medi-
cine Co. ladies' Advisory Dept. Chat
tanOoEa. Tenn for Special Instructions
on your case and 64-page book. Home
Treatment for Women sent in plain
wrapper.-Advertisem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
Strong Banking Situation

The Birmingham banks held their
annual meetings yesterday and all of
them reported prosperous year. This
city is fully recognized as one of the
great financial centers of the south.
The combined capital Of the Birming-
ham banks is $5,000,000 in round
numbers and the surplus of these
banks totalled approximately 49,
100000. The total deposits are about
$50 100000.
Atlanta banks have larger total
capitalization than the Birmingham
total, but Birmingham deposits are
almost as large as Atlanta's, which
total only about $35,000,000. This
speaks exceptionally well for Bir-
mingham's financial vitality. Atlanta
and many other southern cities make
larger showing in clearing house
statistics than Birmingham, but that
is because their clearings are not
confined to the local field. Atlanta
makes outside clearings show in the
Atlanta clearing house report. Bir-
mingham's clearing house figures are
for the city only.
1t was suggested in the columns Of
The Age Herald not long ago that the
local clearing house should consolidate
the transactions of the Birmingham
banks daily and publish totals, only
the manager of the clearing house to
know the items which each bank sub
mitted for the purpose of tabulation.
1t is believed that if this system were
adopted Birmingham would make by
far the best showing of any city in
the south, relatively speaking.
In the meantime, Birmingham is to
be congratulated upon the solidity and
the steadily increasing prosperity of
its banking institutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
A PICTURE OF TERROR

From the New York Sun.
Munich-Ferdinand Holders picture
.'Das Mutige Webb (the courageous
woman) has been much discussed in
art circles. especially in Switzerland,
the home of the artist
The look of terror on the womans
face is lifelike. The story of how the
artist got the facial effects, depicting
fright and determination, is interesting.
Four models came tc his studio to sit
for the picture He asked them in turn
to wear an expression such as they
would have on jumping into a lifeboat
from a ship sinking in storm. Not
satisfied with the results, he took them
UP to the fiat loaded roof of his house.
which is five stories high. and placed n
chair on the extreme edge. The models
were dreadfully frightened, and each in
turn sat wide eyed on the forward edge
of the chair. too nervous to look in any
direction but straight forward.
He chose one of the women and took
up mis- easel and rapidly sketched in the
face and upper part of the figure,
though not at all too rapidly for the
sitter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
Interesting Census Figures

zone of the most interesting features OF
the World Alamanac is its census statis-
ties. and l would be glad to see added to
its already admirable tables of pophla-
tion the census bulletin showing the con-
soldated population of the principal cities
and their 10 mile limit" said club man.
1.-The bulletin referred to gives the
greater population ofeall cities of lVloVV
and upwards. In this way full justice Is
6one Cincinnati Louisville and certain
other cities that were disappointed at the
eersus report on the city proper. The
facts relating TO outlying population as
published by the census bureau would not
take up more tnan or pages OF the
World Almanac, and I feel sure that the
editcr of that esteemed publication would
comply with a request if it were made
Jointly by a dozen or more cites through
civic bodies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
ELECTRICITY ON CANAL

From the Electric News Service.
Powerful electric locomotives will haul
the shipping through the locks of the
Panama canal. The locomotives will run
on a raised track beside the canal and
will receive their electric energy from a
hydro-electric plant being built in con-
nection with the Gatun dam. The gates
of the mhighty locks, weighing many tons,
will be opened and closed by powerful
electric motors IN the remarkable time of
one minute and As seconds. The canal
will be lighted by electricity and electric
power will be used for many other pur-
poses in connection with the work.
To supply the power to operate the gates
and sluice valves in the locks and to fur
nish current for the monster electric To-
comotives which are to tow the steam
ships through the locks, a great hydro
electric station is being erected adjacent
to the spillway in Gatun dam. equipped
with three large water turbines and three
2oo0 kilowatt generators, with suitable en-
citers and other auxiliaries. There will be
enough water from the storage in Lake
Gatun to warrant the installation of COCO
,ilowatts, though in the dry season it will
be necessary 20 draw upon the storage.
Altogether it is figured that for this cleo
trio work per cent Of the minimum water
system of the canal will be required. y
part of the electricity is to be used for
lighting the line OF the canal. There will
be concrete lamp posts 100 feet apart
throughout the entire length of each lock
wall Altogether 1000 lamps will be in
stalled at the locks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
A Glorious Winter Day

"A most perfect day has this been,'
said an enthusiastic lover of outdoor
life yesterday afternoon, 'and 1 have
wondered If all those who have en-
joyed it have thought of the dwellers
in less favored climes.
"The day reminded me of the late
Henry Grady's tribute to a lovely
Christmas day: day, by the way, sew
eral degrees colder than this Tues
day has been. Grady used that prose
that is now classic. "a winter day
shot to the core with SUNSHINE and
how exquisitely expressive it is of a
cold, bracing, atmosphere through
which the melted sunshine has been
thrown upon the earth to brighten
and gladden. all nature. II we would
answer the poets query, what is so
rare as a day in June? verify we would
say: Some January days way down
south in the heart of Dixie
"On such days as these now falling
walk abroad in the fields with dog and
gun; to hear the whir-r-r of the flushed
quail; to listen to the music of the
noisy Cahaba rushing over shoals: to
ride homeward with quip and joke,
and good fellowship, and at home, be-
tween the clean, refreshing linens to
fall asleep and forget the world and
it's cares. It Is thus we sometimes may
probably take a day off; and having
lived it to the last red ray of a glorious
sunset and good night after, we
may take fresh courage and a new
hope"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
All Are Progressive Now

The President-elect's address at
Trenton before the electors of New
Jersey may indeed be his last public
utterance before his Inauguration at
Washington. In that speech he said:
"The people of the United States have
turned their faces in a definite di-
rection, and any party, any man,
who does not go with them in that
direction ought to be rejected" And
then he added: Therefore l shall not
be acting as partisan when | pick
out progressives, and only progress
sives of the people of this great coun-
try. And, therefore, it is matter of
supreme pleasure to me to find in
every direction, as / turn about from
one group of men to another, that
mems purposes, are yielding to that
great impulse that now moves the
whole people of the United States
This is so plain that he who run
may read. Reactionaries are not
wanted, at least not in the demo
cratic party. = few may linger in
the republican porty, but they will
not linger even there long, for any
hopeful reorganization of that party
must be on progressive lines.
The President-elect went on in his
Trenton speech to say: "You can smile
at all the gentlemen who meet in COR
ners and in private rooms and ar
range to beat you. The thing cannot
be arranged. The game cannot be
set up. Because all the walls are
taken down and you are out in the
open. If you want to set up your
game, come to the center of the ring
and let US see you set it up. And, if il
is the right kind of a setting up, you
will not mind setting it up here in
our presence, and in the presence, by
representation, of the rest of the peo-
pie of the United States"
He was talking about big business
and how it must hereafter be con-
Quoted, and an administration based
! on the Trenton speech will certainly
be new era in the latter-day history
of the republic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
Southern Development

I'm the north it is quite well known in
a general way that the south as a section
has made great strides within the past 10
years, but comparatively few people, per
haps, are familiar with the advance that
is being made in southern agriculture. >
said +. NJ. Townsend of Chicago.
"Small farming north of the Ohio river
has been profitable and will continue to
be profitable, but there will always he
many home seekers who wish to improve
their condition but who have not money
enough to buy costly lands in the older
trucking regions. Such men will lind
small farms in the south cheap enough
and l am inclined TO think that within
the next ten years thousands of truck
ers will establish themselves in Alabama,
which, l understand, is particularly at
tractiNe field. l am not directly interested
in agriculture but everyone appreciates
the fact that prosperous farming means
commercial prosperity.
''The Birmingham district has had a
great deal of publicity. This city is no
doubt. the best advertised industrial CEN
ter of approximately its size in the United
States. The very fact that Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15

not appear at all, and the other re-
lated to Judge Humphreys, who had
cast his lot with the Confederacy. Inc
Archibald. case is therefore new and
remarkable precedent for the recall
of Judges under the terms of the
constitution.
The dismissal Of Judge Archibald
for dealing too frequently with rail-
roads in the purchase of culm banks
will facilitate no doubt the dismissal
also of the commerce court, of which
he was a member. 1t is court
formed at the suggestion of President
Taft to modify The decisions OF the
interstate commerce commission The
latter has won TIC confidence of the
country, while the cemmer.e court has
not.
Judge Clayton, chairman of the
House judiciary committee under
which the case was conducted, won
signal honors in the result attained.
He closed the argument in master
full speech that many lawyers con-
slider unanswerable. His hand was
seen in every stage of the third Sue
cessful impeachment in the history or
the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
Attractive Advertising

The Chamber of Commerce is issuing in
which the Baltimore Manufacturers Rec
ord said OF Birmingham and the Birming-
ham district recently. Half dozen OF
these sheets are now being circulated
They are handsomely illustrated and the
rising skyline makes a splendid show
ing. Here are some extracts from the
Manufacturers Record which appear on
the "City Beautiful" sheet:
''As a residence city, Birmingham S
magnificent Highlands, where views OF
SURPRISING beauty can be had, is equalled
by few cities in any land. Climbing these
Highlands by gradual steps of winding
roads or we'll made streets, as one rides
along the crest or the side of the noun
tain he gets views which can scarcely be
surpassed by the wonders of the North
Carolina mountains.
''The residence section is a marvel of
beauty, in landscape engineering, in the
excellence of its streets and in architec-
ture, which ought to be studied by every
architectural student in the country.
I'm this mountain region, with its fine
summer climate and it's marvellous views,
Birmingham has an asset worth untold
millions. 1t is an asset as dependable and
as real, even If not as great, as the iron
ore beneath Red mountain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
One Cent Postage

Tariff reduction is all very we'll
but in my opinion the most necessary
piece of legislation this country needs
Is one-cent postage on all letters
in the United States" said a business
man.
1T Certainly does seem strange that
a letter weighing one ounce will go
from here to London via New York,
on two-cent stamp, and yet If l send
letter to a man in the next block
IL costs just as much. The parcel post
has its zones, but business letters are
taxed to pay for the parcels.
Il am informed that the postal rev.
enue derived from the two-cent postal
rate between Great Britain and the
united States is greater than 1t was
when the rate was cents, and I
am sure that there would be a great
increase in revenue IL the postal rate
were reduced to one cent.
Here's an oportunity for someone
OF our legislators to do a really valu-
able service to the people"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
what, .hc sword and the word! 40
yo,. rnidy them both, master phrso"
Merry Wives of windsor
Coal for Panama Trade

AS the time approaches for the open
ire Of the Panama canal deeper be-
comes the concern to this district and
more encouraging the trade outlook.
But few persons, perhaps, realize the
Importance and the value to Alabama
of the recens coal discovery IN the
western part of the state. That prop
ertv was recently acquired by IL. l..
2adham and his interests-about 4o,-
900 acres of the famous Corona seam.
Il is claimed that for general steam
and domestic purposes this seam OF
coal ranks par excellence. 1t is
said to be the only one of the fam
ous seams which can successfully COM
pete with the West Virginia Goals.
There are many seams OF excep-
tionally good coal in Alabama, nota-
bly the Cahaba, the Pratt, the Black
Creek and the Montevallo. Owing
to the high cost of production the
Cahaba, the Black Creek and Monte
vallo would be out of the question but
for the fact that the local market
takes all that the operators OF these
seams produce at much higher prices
than could be obtained from foreign
market. The Pratt seam, as is well
fknown, is largely controlled by the
Tennessee company, which requires
the greater proportion of its output
for its own operations. The Monte
vallo coal is speciality. 1t is pro-
duced in limited quantities and can
only be obtained in small lots.
There are other seams of value in
the state but not of the character, it
is said, to compete with West Virginia
coal. The Corona seam can be worked
as cheaply as any of the West Vir-
ginia seams and it is preferable on
account of its ''lumpy" nature. 1t
stands transportation well and has
no superior as steam producer. IL
is likewise an excellent crate coal
It is understood to be the intention
of those who have acquired the re-
Gently prospected property on the
Corona seam to develop it in time to
meet the demands of the Panama
canal business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
Southern Primaries

Senator Tillman from the brink OF
the grave urges the people of his state
to safeguard primary elections. This
advice is as applicable to every other
southern state as it is TO South Caro-
lima. The primary in all the south
crn states is the real election, while
the subsequent election in November
is but formality. Every rule and
regulation that will weed fraud and
corruption out of the primary should
be adopted, and the registration lists
should be appealed to as strictly at the
primary as at the November election.
Honesty and fair play are all i'm
portant on primary day, for on that
day the people choose their officers
in the south.
These are one-party states, and one
party states they will continue to be
until the republican party is dead and
buried. Should another real party
arise it would certainly be best to
throw every possible safeguard
around the primary. The progressive
party may not succeed in dividing the
southern vote-probably will not: but
nevertheless the primary should in
every instance be rendered fair, hon.
est and trustworthy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
Judge Archbald's Conviction

On some important charges the
Senate voted almost unanimously in
favor of the conviction of the man
who had sat on the bench 20 years
He was found guilty upon five of the
13 separate charges, and the Sen
ate decreed that he, circuit judge
of the United States, should be re-
moved from office and forever dis
qualified to hold and enjoy any office
of honor, trust or profit under the
United States.
In the long history Of the country
there are only two other convictions
of Judges. In one of them Judge
Pickering, who had become insane, did
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
WHAT sALESMANsHIP MEANS

From Harper's Weekly.
Mrs. Jones arrives.
She opens the big door to the sales
room with dainty circumspection. She
anticipates blaze of bright nickel and
ebony with here and there an alert
salesman stepping nimbly about among
indoor palms. Instead of which she
sees dirty, dinly lighted interior
On the neglected tile floor, oil stands
in small threatening puddles.
She pulls her skirts out of the dan
ger zone. Her searching eyes cast
about timidly. She is just about to beat
retreat when she sees the greasy soles
of two feet protruding from beneath
an old used" motor car
Pardon me-" she ventures Her re-
mark is directed to the prone gen.
tleman who seemed to be gamboling
silently in grease. Can you direct me
to a salesman"
There comes a grrnt, and two sharp
raps of hammer on metal.
I'm salesman, sometimes" says
feet. What can do for YOU
II beg your pardon. You handle
the Elzabethan Electric, L believe. May
look at it, please?'
There it is, over to your right--hop
to it, l1iddo," and the little monologue
is concluded by another couple of sharp
raps.
In the meantime, modest and rea
fined little Mrs. Jones has managed
to find the door.
That night at dinner husband asked
her If she bought the car
Yes" she replied, "but not the one
was talking about last evening
found another much more-I mean,
found a gentleman who showed me an
other car. ] like him better than the
pair of feet who represented the Eliza
bethan"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-15
A "RoMANCE. BY ARrEMUs WARD
From "Artemus Wards Best Stories" :.

1 "A --ihOhS NtE An Nfi' y =
From ''Artemus Wards Best Stories
| On the sad sea shore Always to hear
the moaning of these dismal wavesl
Listen. 1 will tell you my story-my
story of love, of misery, of black de-
spair
! l am a moral Frenchman.
| She whom I adored, whom I adore still
Is the wife of fat marquis-a lopeared
bieareyed, greasy marquis. y man with
out a soul. A man without sentiment
music. A low. practical man. who pays
his debts. 1 hate him.
III.
| She, my souls delight, my empress,
my angel, is superbly beautiful.
I loved her at first alphabetically
madly.
| She dashed past me in her coupe. I saw
her but a moment-perhaps only an in
stant-hut she took me captive then and
there, forevermore.
| Forevermorel
| l followed her, after that, wherever she
went. At length she came to notice, to
smile upon me. My motto was en- avant,
That is a French word. I got it out OF
the back part of Worcester's Dictionary.
| Ill.,
| She wrote me that [ might come and
see her at her own house. Oh, joy, JOY
unutterable, to see her at her own house!
| I went to see her after nightfall, in the
soft moonlight.
| She came down the graveled walk to
meet me, on this beautiful midsummer
| night-came to me in pure white. her
golden hair in splendid disorder-strangely
beautiful, yet in tearsl
| She told me her fresh grievances.
! The marquis, always a despot, had lat
| terly misused her most vilely.
That very morning, at breakfast, he
had cursed the fishballs and sneered at
| the picked onions.
She is a good cook. The neighbors will
tell you So And to be told by the base
| marquis-a man who, previous to his mar
riage, had lived at the cheap eating
houses-to be told by him that her man
ner of frying fishballs was failure
| it was too much.
| Her tears fell fast. I, too, wept. I
mixed my sobs with her'n. ely with
met / cried.
Her lips met mine. I held her in my
arms. felt her breath upon my cheekl
'Fly with me. To New York! I will
write romances for the Sunday papers
real French romances with morals to
them. My style will be appreciated. Shop
girls and young mercantile persons will
| adore it, and I will amass wealth with
my ready pen.''
Ere she could reply-ere she could artic-
ulate her ecstasy, her husband, the mar
quis, crept snake like upon me.
Shall | write it? He kicked me out
OF the garden-he kicked me into the
street.
L did not return. How could 1? I, so
ethereal so full of soul, of sentiment, of
sparkling originality. He, so gross, so
practical, so lopeared!
Had | returned, the creature would
have kicked me again.
So left Paris for this place-this place.
so lonely. SO dismal.
All me-
oh dear!