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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26

insect produces ri9re somewhat
heavier than that Of the silk mott,
which it does not resemble in any par
ticular
1t is believed that this species may
be cultivated eventually after the
manner of the silk worm and thus
supply a new clothing material.
Names Are Interesting.
The naming of new butterflies is an
interesting matter. Mr.. Schaus drew
ancient history and also upon the
knowledge of the locality in which the
first specimen was taken and various
other conditions. A beautiful butterfly
to be known Hereafter as the Per
isama Barnesi is richly cOlOred IN
black and blue with shades of brown
and red upon the lower side of the
wings It has been named in honor Of
John Barnes, a young Englishman,
who accompanied Mr. Schaus upon his
Costa Rican expedition and gave him
much assistance in his work. Mr..
Barnes captured the only specimen
met with.
The study of butterflies has given
rise to many controversies among sci
entists regarding the reasons for their
peculiar markings and for noted
changes in the appearance Of speci-
mems of the locality as compared with
others of the same variety found in
other places Such problems are too
intricate for the layman, who is only
too glad to delight the eye with the
beauties of a butterfly wing without
considering it is resultant from MIN
icry or brought about by offensive or
defensive influences.
The brightest cOlors are given to
the male insect. The female Of the
most wildly shaded varieties may De
plain white, brown or gray in color
with her markings incOnspicUOusly
outlined in darker shades. This is
especially true of the tropical vari-
cites. Butterflies do not spend their
time entirely in the vicinity of frag-
rant flowers, as has been commonly
supposed A few of the most beauti-
fully cOlored varieties have scavenger
instincts and may be found upon
putrefying matter of various kinds.
One Of the rare specimens found by
Mr.. Schaus was taken from group
which covered the rOtting skins OF
some animals shot for food purposes
Claim That Butterflies Migrate.
It has lately been announced that
the butterflies of North America mi
CRATE in the spring and fall a s do the
birds but this fact is not yet def
nitely proved. The monarch. or milk
weed butterfly, the richly striped
brown beauty familiar to most Amer
lean children. is found in all parts OF
this country between Mexico and
northern Canada. At times it travels
in swarms resembling a flock of birds
No one has been able to tell how FAR
they fly or whether their flight is to-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26

wards the north or south. This species
in the middle Atlantic states has been
found to breed at least twice during
the season. The first eggs are de-
believed to come from a warmer eli
mate. Their progeny pass quickly
through the caterpillar and chrysalIs
stages and in turn lay eggs which
bring forth a second brood of butter
flies to brighten the fields and mead
Ows Of late fall 1t is believed they
go south to escape frost. The butter
flies are especially fond Of cedar trees
and sometimes collect IN great num-
berS upon small branch OF tree
At night, especially in the fail, these
butterflies seem careless of danger and
may be taken up in the fingers and
handled without any attempt at re-
sistanee.
Collections Have No sinecue.
The preparation and care of a col
lection Of butterflies is no sinecure.
After the insects are collected and put
to death they are thoroughly dried
The large ones are opened, their in
teriOrs removed and their bodies
stuffed with dry cotton. They are
then packed in carefully made cases
but they must be watched continually
Tor ants and other small insects may
IN few days reduce all the brilliantly
painted wings to q mass of pOWdery
dust In museums the collections OF
rare butterflies are kept in metallic
stacks and each glass topped wooden
case IS carefully coated with naphtha-
line TO protect IT from insect intrusion
This naphthaline evapOrates in the air
and has to be frequently renewed
Through the lack of proper care many
valuable collections have been lost TO
science In a prominent museum re-
Gently a collection Of rare butterflies
was sent from Africa which had Jeen
collected at a cost of months of risk
and patient work as well as the eX-
penditure Of thousands Of dollars by
the donor 1t was examined upon its
arrival al the museum and then set
aside for a few weeks until the proper
scientist would have time to classify
it That time came too late. Tor when
ne opened the cases not a single but
terfly remained intact The collection
was a complete wreck from re raw
ages Of a few small beetles that had
penetrated the crevices and cracks Of
the wooden bottoms on the cases
Butterflies sometimes reach enor-
nous sizes. The atlas moth Of China
is probably the largest variety in the
world. It has been known to attain
wing spread Of u inches. The owl
moth Of Central America and Mexico
takes its name partially from its great
size and the fact that it flies around
at night in manner somewhat re-
sembling an owl
Saturday: Oriental Rugs
(Ar5fcIcs by this noted writer are reg
Mar features OF The Fl PasO HeTald-)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26
Slang
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of cat Good Old Siwash.s

q LANG is homemade language
Real tailor made English comes
in large, leather bound diction-
aries and is very expensive. A couple
Of thousand of these words are about
all the ordinary man can afford unless
he works his way through college. But
any man can hammer out enough words
IN his own home, with the aid of lit
tie imagination, to give himself a large
and lurld vocabulary with weekly ad-
ditions and revisions. Homemade
words are now as numerous and as
popular as the dictionary kind, and
when a man who mixes up his own
language meets a man who digs his
out of the dictionary with the aid of
a few pale. specialized professors Of
English and style, the two have to
talk to each other by signs
There are three kinds Of slang. One
kind IS used to fill up gaps in the con-
Versauon. Some people use slang pro-
fusely in order to keep their tongues
going while their brains are fever
ishly clutching for another idea.
Another kind of slang is used by
busy people who do not want to take
the time to talk painfully around ev-
cry grammatical corner. Sometimes
one slang, word will express perfectly
an idea which would require a dozen
costly improved English words to con-
vey. 1t would take a formal talker
half an hour, using hundreds of large
nOmicaQy and from a military stand
point what Theodore Roosevelt meant
by the big stick" and after he had
explained it. no one would under
stand it.
A third kind of slang is used to fill
up the gaps in the dictionary. and to
give the language q chance to keen
up with the Imagination. Word pic
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26
QUAKER MEDITATIONs.

IL ulAduC4 pLld EheCOEQ-l
One half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives, but it has
grave suspicious.
About the rarest thing in the world
is a pugilist who tells a reporter he
has nothing to say for publication.
1t may be that justice is represented
as being Embodied because she is
ashamed to look herself in the face
Barber-"WiIl you have it cut short
sir?" Victim-'If you are referring to
my hair, no; If to your conversation,
yes"
Blobbs-fW What is the quotation about
people who live in glass houses P'
SlObbs-"People who live in glass
houses shouldn't live within a stones
throw of each other"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26
Beats Even MesiIIa Valley
Family of 1G to Be Brought In For
Publicity Purposes; Business
Outlook is Good; Some
Interviews.

Things are travelling along up Las
cruces way, said Nose B. Stevens,
THURSDAY. Ihey viii be up and doing
even more when a family arrives. from
whom I had a letter of inquiry the 9th
er day. The man of the house wrote
asking what the prospects were in the
valley for himself and Is children He
had the letter written on a typewriter,
and after it was finished he had
scratched out the IS and had written
IA over it with a pen. But when he
counted noses after reading the let
ter through, he discovered there were
10 besides himself, making If in all
ne stated this fact in a foot note The
Mesilla valley has a wonderful record
Tor production, but it has produced
nothing to equal that family, so we are
gong to import the family for pub
Hcity purposes"
Business will be better and money
less tight now that the new cur
T T measure is law" said
Lewis CoSgeshan, of the First National
bank. Business has been good this
winter in Ell PasO and with the relief
Whlch the passage Of the currency
measure will afford, Ell Paso should
nave prosperous new year. Business
hesitated for an instant to see what
the new currency would be. But now
that it is fully understood there will
pc no interruption in business and all
lines will be given renewed impetus"
when farmers will stand for three
hours, out in the cold to hear four con-
sccutive speakers talk on different
points of scientific farming, if shows
that they are interested in improving
their work and methods and in keep
ing up to date said R. S TrumbulI,
agricultural agent for the Z. P. & S. W.
railway "The demonstration train,
which was recently run through Ari-
zena points, with lectures from the
faculty of the University of Arizona,
had a very encouraging reception from
the farmers. Besides, it aroused a great
amount Of interest among the young
school boys and girls and it is from
them that we may expect the best
results. If the younger farmers will
all adopt scientific farming methods,
the older ones will follow"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26
IA Years Ago To day
From The Herald This Date 1899.

Miss Edwards dancing class viii
meet at Chopin hall tonight.
W. r. MeAdoo left this morning for
a hunting trip in New Mexico.
Edward Ascarate and Miss Martha
Ascarate spent Christmas in this city.
Miss Fannie Smith and Miss Harvey
viii entertain the Woman's club on
January 3.
Wallace Baird. who went up to wit
ness the football game at Mesilla Park,
returned this morning
c. E. Darbyshire and wife came
down from Pinos Altos to spend
Christmas in FL PasO.
Judge z. A Chaffee. of Las Cruces.
came down yesterday morning and re-
manned in the city for Christmas
FRANK Thomas came down from Las
cruces yesterday. He expects to re-
move 10 TINS city within few weeks.
AIDert h. Hyde, of New York City,
author and lecturer on sanitation de-
1Nered lecture before the CITY cOun-
clI OF FL Paso at special meeting
The local lodge Of Odd Fellows has
sent as Christmas present to the or
phan's home at COrsicana, Texas. a
bu TT o., and a bright green cart
Christmas at the postOffice IS not
over yet Belated Christmas presents
nave swelled the mail Mrs Ella Howe
and ner assistant are working today
on FL Paso mail so that the people
slble. Postmaster Campbell said this
morning that the rush would continue
until New Years day.
r. G Lightbody, Charles Stevens and
j. A Escajeda were selected Jury COM
missioners for the January term of the
district court today After receiving
their instructions. they Immediately
began the work Of drawing the regular
panel for judge Walthans court The
Jurors for judge GOggin's court have
already been chosen.
The principal winners at the turkey
shoot yesterday We're; NJ. Clubhouse
of Shafter, Texas; L N. Lawrence, l.
W. Burton. II. Breton. Aug Breton
S. BeYan. Fred Kiefer. George Hit. and
others Of this city. The craftsmanship
was the best ever seen in FL Paso A
turkey shoot viii take place on New
Years day, under the management of c.
Parker and W. G. Rogers.
Christmas was celebrated in FL Paso
yesterday more generally than ever be-
fore. Church services. Sunday school
entertainments, Christmas trees. Christ
mas dinners and sports furnished en-
tertainment for everybody. Judge
Kemp and Mrs. R. F. Campbell enter
tanned friends at dinner Mr. and Mrs
J.. Blumenthal had a Christmas tree at
their home on Oregon street. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Allen held a Christmas
tree entertainment at their home and
Miss GOldie Allen played Santa Claus
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26

sire that his collection of specimens
taken on American soil should excel
his other collections, so he turned his
attention to the lepidOptera of tropical
America.
Divided Into Two Glasses.
The beauty of butterflies renders
them attractive to all classes of people
and their exploitation in pOpular fic-
tiOn by such writer's as Gene Porter
StrattOn in The Girl Of the Limber-
LOST has created much additional in
terest in them.
The lepidOptera are divided into two
distinct classes, known as moths and
butterflies. The butterflies are re-
garded as diurnaI and the moths are
nocturnal in their habits although
there are q few exceptions to this rule.
The butterflies have thickened or club
shaped antennae while those of the
moths terminate in sharp points. The
butterflies hold their wings erect,
while a rest and the moths fold their
wings down.
The butterflies transfer from the
caterpillar to their winged state in
naked chrysalis, while the moth builds
a cocoon for itself. These differences
are known to the laymen. Scientists
know many others
So FAR as is now known the butter
fly has no utilititarian value. 1t has
only its beauty to recommend IL. The
same is true regarding the moth, eX-
cept the silk moth and a moth which
has been discovered in Mexico. This
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26
One-Sentence Philosophy
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

kNulCd6o 4NeWSJ
If a man has no end in view It is
easy to see his finish.
Most financial disasters result from
trying to make money fast
Of course right thinking people are
those who think as you do
Speaking of men. there is a vast diff
ference between bigness and great
ness.
1t isn't much trouble to become
famous if you have money and a
hustling press agent
If some people we know ever get to
heaven they will want to 90 some
where else during the summer months.
When a young man tells a girl that
he is not worthy of her she usually
marries him for the purpose of prov
ing to his own satisfaction that he
told the Truth
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26
The Sick Season

H good lay
& 4 lotions
- syrup squis passing germs
sowing
when from shoulder there's heel YEA i'll
with Theumat at we're glad able to walk
prescribed pions
and gossipng
falling calling journey
jumps Outrageous sadly
be
border sanitys border
Copvrirbt by George Adamsl WALT MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26
GLOBE sIGHTs.

lAtchiSOn GIObe.)
Neither is the helpful hen much of
help in cold weather when the prices Of
eggs and feed are high.
Suppose all your mistakes were in
the newspapers, and be lenient toward
printers reporters and proof readers.
This is a funny world in which
girl is likely to cover her shelI-lilze ears
with gobs of store hair, while a boy
ge-s his locks clipped TO give added
advertising to his prominent hearing
protUberances.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26
LnURNAL ENTRIEs.

lIOpeka Journal
Most of the jokes get more laughter
than they deserve.
1t is easier for a boy to go to col
lege than to stay there.
As a matter of fact did anybody
ever kill two birds with one stone?
Credit is also another of the con-
Tenlences of the expensive variety
If many of the broken promises We're
kept there'd be much more trouble in
the world
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26
rusts' . To Cure Themselves
kkE0 &c BUSINESS" in the of combinations of immense
the of combination partial monopoly has abOu

kET merely
monopoly
the the and efficiency viii be the
hereafter with decreased the industrial commercial aggregation
congress
the economic which
corporations
country lacking
Of o. they report o.
The discussion the subject refrengy
s o59 ns pm L ~ d ~ Stouy u I'm
self familiar with the secrearys recommendations
fu men as to whether the atT1st form of ORGANIZATION is ndiav efficient
whether bulk production
capital
efficiency" permitting research
reducing organization permitting purchase
questions whether
there be not other factors TOO OFTEN overlooked t1at reduce the usefulness
the big aggregat IN industry and tend to destroy them
He another the claw of diminishing
st nss ~ ns The notsb1e hing i f5at man in bigb oIs+n
partly because thew are at variance With the wernovn beliefs and pofes
evidently opposite branch Proceeding with his discussion
trusts" the secretary
that Of the have
ana suP8y R most aaent them hsTe Tn up ndependen oaRy
@ is 0RS0q4y 9 3t Eaang Of the most profitable
merely
whether big business has LIMITATIONS whether
much feared economic in
should be made without nglsdge those laws legislation be
vain II common truth thar economic laws are stronger than statute laws
Of state who holds exactly the
telling
Texas when took from Austin San Antonio there
Of business square
less water says:
have the climate San Antonio don't sandstOrm" His
optimism accounts f0r MS growing younger every day
i for Wood #
there be ANYBODY the army men specially do not want appointed just recon-
mend him to Mr. Garrison and Mr. Wilson round robin might be better
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26

by the philologists and are received
into full communion in the English
language. When slang words are bad,
they go on the stage
very Few men are so wise that they
don't need slang at one time or an
other. And very few are so foolish
that they viii not use when neces-
sary.- Copyrighted by George Matthew
Adams.
tArtteles by this nofrd writer are reg
Ul1r features of The Ell PasO HeraId.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26
NEGREss FINDS BODY OF MAN
-. = n. -. {. - -

~ IL - n NJ tft ~ - ~ hst4D
TOpega, Kas. Dec. 26-Arriving home
from the county Jail, whence she had
been parOled, Ida Bryant, negress,
found the body Of a white man in the
cellar of her home when she started to
get some firewaod. He was James
Kas. His head had been battered to a
pulp with an axe. FOrdy Bryant, the
woman's husband, was taken into Gus
today at Valley Falls, 20 miles away.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26

lures can be painted out of the diction-
ary but sometimes a slang word is a
cartoon all in itself
When slang words are necessary,
they are discovered after MANY YearI
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26

THIRTY THIRD YEAR OF PUBLICATION
Feature np
c.
by
SevensJ A Smi J. q A
W R A A P
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26

don't Mexican shooting
little table and fight 1t out sh
and the end would
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26

Like the quO fire the Calumet Christmas
in
hall with children.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26
Quicker Than Thought

O Pennsylvania Psburg
a Altoona
m miles There 25 signals Pttsburg station limits
alone, only
The greatest distance between signals is 1900 feet and points there
the average has to note and recognize and interpret 10 signals minute and
interOng
Of
kinds signals
An idea of how quickly instinct rather
who
tells how while running double header IS miles hour with heavy train
track and had fallen his path From the time the pilot struck until the cab
12
applied air brake valve,
in
thought quickly; neither could the
trOuble-uoub which they don't find
Like the ITOquOis fire the Calumet dim the
Only the Almighty justly deal with
children
shooting
little table and fight out to sh paper? It would
would
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-26
Don't Be Il Coop

(Crentions of this Noted CartOOnist are
regular features Of The III PasO HeraId)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
FREE POTATOES
/ One Hundred Thousand Bush
els May Go to Charity.
Market for Old Potatoes Is
Glutted-ROt on Cars.

Minneapolis. June 12.-One hum
dred thousand bushels ST potatoes,
said to be spelling on the tracks here,
may be turned over to charitable in
stitutions A Minneapolis produce
company has appointed a committee
to confer with railroad officials to-
day on the proposition OF giving the
potatoes is said to be partly due to
will cancel the freight charges. The
extraordinary congestion of old crop
potatoes is said be partly due to
the arrival of new potatoes from the
south. Yesterday the price of old
potatoes drOpped continuously
throughout the day and there were
few buyers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
In Second Questioning Tells
Different Story.
ANONYMOUS LETTER WRITTEN
Concerned Man Working With
Husband of Woman.
Detective Believes Mrs. Kellar
Wrote 1t.

Harrisonville, Mo-, June 12.-MrS
Arthur Kellar. widow of Arthur Kel-
lar, who with his daughter Margaret
was slain by axe blows in his home
here Tuesday, recalled to the stand at
the resumption of the coroner's in
quest here today, admitted that at
Tuesdays session of the inquest she
had not told the truth concerning a
visit to her home by a railroad de-
tective.
She said she was "beside herself
Tuesday and had been unable to think k
clearly. The widow of the axe vic
tim was called after u. G. Williams of
Nevada, Mo-, special officer in the en-
ploy of the Missouri Pacific railroad.
had testified that he called at Mrs.
Kellar's home last Saturday night to
speak to her concerning an anonymous
letter he had received asking the dis
charge of one of the section men en-
ployed here in the same group with
Arthur Kellar. He said he believed
she had written the letter.
In her testimony Tuesday Mrs. KEEL
lar denied any knowledge of the let
ter and said Williams bad not called
at her home so far as she knew. Upon
denomination today she said Will
liams had visited her.
She was then questioned concerning
a hand axe said to have been owned
by the Kellars. Asked where the axe
was she said so far as she knew it was
in a cupboard drawer at her home
where it usually lay. The blade of the
axe which Mrs. Kellar produced as the
one used by the murderer is said to
have borne no bloodstains save on the
handle. Mrs. Kellar on the stand said
she could not explain this as she had
not seen the murderer wipe the axe.
Officers who searched the Kellar cot
tage, being unable to find the hand
axe, will drag a pond back of the
house in further quest of it. Tracks
are said to have been found leading
from the house to the pond.
In contrast to her calm demeanor
of Tuesday, Mrs. Kellar today burst
into tears several times while being
questioned
The first witness examined was C1ar-
ence Bagshaw, a boarder at the home
of Mrs. Sarah Kline, the neighbor to
whom Mrs. Kellar first told of the
Bagshaw's story corrobo-
rated that of Mrs. Kellar. He said she
came there fully dressed carrying an
axe and a lantern, and after telling of
a man breaking into her house and at
tempting to kill her. her husband and
her daughter. used the Kline telephone
to call physician.
1t was expected the inquest would
continue throughout the day. Mrs.
Kellar still was on the stand at noon.