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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
BACKBONE
BY George Matthew Adams)

Suffen your Backbone.
There are two kinds OF Backbones-the one
with the Back and no Bone and the one with both
Back and Bonel Backbonel what great things
have been put across in your namel
Snffen your Backbone.
It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile
imagination grand ideals, but the with these
bereh OF a good Backbone is sure to serve no use
ful end
Suffen your Backbone
There is little vine that starts at the base OF
great trees Then it climbs and twnes about until
it squeezes and saps away unto death the tree
around which it cings. 1t has not Backbone
no vital individual strength OF its own, it seeks
out to tear down and kill where there is strength,
power and life That is what Backbone-less peo-
pie do.
Stiffen your Backbone.
Use it to stand alone with. Use it to bolster
up your own individual resources Use it to
strengthen weaker Backbones than your own Use
it for the working out of your entire Character. Do
but this and deeds done will gather about you in
Battaons, and Opportunity will stand around
anxious to introduce you to its friends.
Stffen your Backbone.
Use your Backbone at your Job today-you
who clerk you whose fingers pound the type keys
you whose brains formulate plans, who distribute
details and master problems For the temple Of
Success is upheld by the strong arms Of men and
women who have Backbone and use it,
Stffen your Backbone.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
TEXAS FARMERS PROBLEMS

\ booklet entitled Our Rural Life and Farm
Problems prepared by Mr. S A. Lindsey, OF ~
er has Just been issued by the Texas Commercial
Secretaries and Business Mems Association for
free distribution
Some interesting statistics have been quoted
from Federal Government Reports which show
that during the year l9l |, the insurance com
panies OF the United States. earned 3 per cent
on investment mercantile concerns 10 per cent
public service organizations per cent and manu-
featuring establishments ) per cent
Mr. Lindsey directs special attention to the
agricultural production OF that year which had
total value OF six billion dollars and cost seven
billion dollars to market. Mr.. Lindsey estimates
that if the agricultural industry of the nation had
been handled in the same systematic way as that
OF other industries the returns on the investment
would have been 80 per cent more.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
SAGE TEA BEAUTIFULLY DARKENS
THE HAIR when FADED AND CRAY

gists make their own, which Is usu-
ally too sticky, so insist upon get
ting Wyeth's which can be depended
upon 10 restore natural color and
beauty 10 the hair and is splendid
for dandruff, dry, feyerish, ltchy
scaly and falling hair.
A well-known downtown druggist
SAYS his customers insist on Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur, because, they say
IL darkens so naturally and evenly
that nobody can tell It has been APP
plied-it's so easy 10 use too. You
simply dampen a sponge or SOFT
brush and draw II through your
hair. taking one strand at time. DO
this at night and by morning the
gray hair disappears, after another
application or two. Il is restored 10
It's natural color and looks glossy.
soft and abundant
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
MINED WITH SULPHUR 1T MAKES
HAIR SOFT. BEAUTIFUL.
CIfRES UANDRIEE.

The use OF Sage and Sulphur Tor
restoring faded. gray hair to Its ma
tural color dates back 10 grandma
TIERS time She kept her hair beau
tifully darkened. glossy and abund-
ant with brew OF SAGE Tea and
sulphur. Whenever her hair fell out
or took on that dull, faded or streak
ed appearance this simple mixture
was applied with wonderful effect.
But the brewing az home Is mussy
and out-of-date Nowadays skilled
chemists do this better than our
selves. BY asking at any drug store
for the ready-to-use product called
"Wyets sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy will get large bot
tie for about so cents. Some drug
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
oOD CUSTOMS IN ScHWALm

NAM quaint customs linger aiarnf
The villas. folks Who live In tho va.
.sy O! ..e 5cAwa.m In western Ger
many %Aea a young man needs
~lfo De- -iways chooses her iron
amor. le maidens Of the valley Hf
does Lo. waste much time betu eef
The ersagement and the wedding
The young man asks the consent
the father. who. after discussing "a.
bridegro0m's property and the doST'
81 his laughter. and coming 70 a fav'
orable conclusion. seals the important
business By witnessing the handshak'
OF 'he young couple In tn presence
NJ tho relations Two months later
alVays between the hay and corf
harvest the wedding takes place
Preparations for NE wedding foas
Occup, many days A piR has be"i
slaughtered snd the sausages hang H.
long rows About 80 cakes are hak -
IN the ovens and dean. fresh straw Z
ftrevr on the foor Garlands are
rad 70 adorn the house. and o grest
osklca' wreath surrounding a hear'y
welcome Is placed above the door o.
the festive house
On the wedding morning the bid
~ awake early ~ about ! 81 o'clook
che is already dressed IN her fullest
wedding attire. She sits. looking very
patient and dienihed. putting on her
head he bridal crown which has TAX
en- A. least an hour 10 prepare II Is
trimmed with - rows % red gray
aud silver ribbons while the front Il
adorned with rosemary. glass balls.
and flowers Tho bride also wear ~
claiborne s'0w1rhrr emhroifc' ~
gold and silver Tho bridal outfit ~
y pc"lcoats q Dl3'h skirt satin pima
lore ornaments ~'qcfinrs ro'f rr
broi'.-od rar'e-s ellk haudks,cL
ard long gloves costs over 500 marks
For 'uo years ~ married l.'e ih'
bride 's perm 'toi 70 wear lilac and
green bat after that she dresse o.
tniro'H 90 black
To me hard working Schv1lnr'
FOLK n Wedding IS me brightest and
gaycst moment Of thcir lives tn
BRIDEGROOM IN his long sklrted coat
adorned with the downing insignia
has sr imposing appearance ~ ~
wear gorgeous wedding headgon'
an enormous erection almost hid.no
his whole facc composed ~ many sili
ribbons yellow green and orange
porrtcd urrn tho very top Is p c'rou
lar basket filled With rod flowers
rlass halls and rosemary The brides
maids have 50 much gold embroidery
upon their stomachers and ribbons
TINT they absolutely glitter IN the sun
shine
Tho guests and relations havlnc
greeted the Young pair with n speech
the wedding progress begins ne'l'
ring as the procession moves toward
the church With a serious dignIt,
the bride steps 10 the side OF the hrs'
man while the proud bridegroom
walks beside the bridesmaids Th'
plIttering procession stops at the ~
tic village church waiting FOR me end
n The service Presently the churc,
dor Is opened and the procession OF
tors the crowded building 10 M
sound ~ the ringing Of bells and th'
music Of the organ
The clergyman after addressing th'
bridal pair blesses them. and tho
zeal their marriage by Joining hands
No rings are exchanged
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
OWN BABY FER GRANDCHILO

A woman who is stepmother TO her
own children and who has step
granddaughter born In the direct line
~ descent. has been discovered near
Kalamazoo Mich Mrs Christiana
Workinger is the mother OF ten chill.
dren. Her eldest daughter married
Charles Strabel and after becoming
the mother Of three children. died
shortly afterwari Strabel married
the the second OF Mrs Workingers
daughters and was divorced from her
Then Mrs Vorkinger herself was
married 10 Strabel A few DAYS aeo
4 baby was born to her The child Is
the womans own stepgranddaughte
She is also Grandmother OF her own
children
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31

The press dispatches tell OF Texas woman
3 years OF age who is in the JUNIOR class OF
the Wisconsin State University. In answer to the
question From what school did you graduate"
she answered a log school house in North ILL
noi4 in 1874"
This incident furnishes opportunity for treat
ment from many favorable and commendabe
viewpoints In the first place i further disproves
the theory entertained by Osler that Improvement
ceases at the age OF 90 and that senile decay is
inevitable That cases similar to that OF this elder
ly student are the exception rather than the rule
the fault OF erroneous ideas and ndsposton OF
the individual 4 man who had been editor OF
a city paper IN Iowa sold his interests at the age
OF 30 and entered the State University OF Iowa to
take a course IN English LongleIow made trans
la,ions from Dante after 90 years OF age which en-
riched the field OF letters, not by the poets rare
genus but by his ndomitable perseverance in the
undertaking OF such an arduous task Sir Walter
Scott paid off enormous debts by writing Waiver
ly novels at a very advanced age These illusira-
tions being entirely OF mental success would rather
indicate that OF I'll the powers OF man his men
tally Is the CREATES, IN that period which sentimen-
tasts have pleased to call the declining years.
It may be argued that in the case OF the woman
years Of age her early education was sadly
neglected 1t must be remembered that those log
school houses are responsible for our Websters
our Jacksons Sam Houston and hundreds of
Others. This is criticism on modern schools
but the lack of opportunities in the early days in
tens tied the acquisition OF rudimentary knowledge
which is ten basis OF mental development One
who has been a close observer for fifty years can
more thoroughly enjoy research and study and
can be OF valuable assistance IN working out great
problems The old adage y oung men for war
and old men for councillors is just as valuable
in this day Of hurry bury as it ever was in the glo-
nous times OF Greoian and Roman history.
The old man and the old woman have place
in lie. Their physical powers may be handicap
ped, by nfirmity. they may not be as spry. nor as
handsome; but the brain is fuuowed with ex-
perienoe their bodies show wrinkles and scars
when the voice OF age speaks from experience
there is hes,anoy seldom opportunity for re-
versal and no need OF explanations. Colleges
should have special arrangements for students ad
vanced in years As much of the work of any
curriculum is designed only to train the young and
inexperienced mind this irksome part might well
be taken from the requirements of those advanced
in years. and degrees given in less ,me-Houstor
Post
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
DAILY MARKETS
OKLAHOMA CITY Livestock

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. Jan 80
Hog receipts 1909. market steady 10
five higher
Cattle receipts, ! 900, market s'ea-
dy 20 ten cents higher.
Sales Az. W. Price
Crawford Purcell
30 Steers ........ $3.50
Wilson. Tishomingo-
80 Steers ....... sac g.7j
Bevins a. Carroll Oklahoma City
~ Steers ........ 1866 $50
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
KANSAS CITY Grain

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. go
Cash Wheat-No . red, l0l n 100;
No. 3 red. go 1903; No. ? hard, 50
II GSg: No. 3 hard. S5N SO.
Cash Corn-No white, 49l2
No. 3 white. 42i2 n = No. . mixed
AZ Lam No. 2 mixed, asa r.
Cash Oats No. . white, 30 a IA
No 3 white. 33a, asa. No. . mixed
.34G3i a.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
Minis Work ard Wo.nan's.

Now the mans work for his own
home is. as has been said, TO secure its
maintenance. progress and defense
he womans 20 secure It's order, com
fort and loyeliness.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
TWO BIG FAMILIES UNITED

William Moseley seventy three
years old. father Of 10 children by two
previous marriages and Mrs Matte
Russell. ffty-hve. mother OF IL CHI
iren by two other marriages. have
beer married In Terarkana.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31

Last call for qualification as a full-hedged ctl
zen Pay that polltax today both city and county
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31

Now if Senator Sheppard thinks OF anything
elseihe wants just let him ask for it.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31

The new order denying Annapolis cadets
cream puffs is calculated to reduce the number Of
naval recruits in future
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31

Discovery that stammerng IS a mental malady
enuncate.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

The Daily News will be delivered by carrier
anywhere in Amarillo, or by mail outside Of the
city. for S. 90 year. or SOC month. in advance.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31

The Fort Worth Star Telegram says that the
local cooking school is jammed. And this in ad-
vance OF the preserving season.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
TOP o. THE MORNING.

Power Here From Big Dam, says the Kan
sas City Star. Same here
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31

New Workers charge favortsm in the rogues
gallery. !, is our opinion, at distance, that all
aspirants should be included
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31

one OF thc most curious OF natural
formations q Michigan is found "a, st
lenace on The upper peninsula Il Is
formation Of seemingly yoncanic
rock called st Anthonys Rock. and
uts out o. the earth and rises to a
height Of abou, 60 feet There Is a
ght vegetation where dust has col
lcctod In the creylces Many tourists
and geologis's Visit the rock each
year and the latter are OF the opinion
hat isa mCtCuTite
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31

Entered as second class matter at the post
office at Amarillo Texas under the act OF March
3. 1879.
The Washburn leader., 1913-08-15
A Floral FIirt.

The bollyhock is the worst 6irt out
One never knows what to expect OF 1t.
except that it will always jauntily
throw up its banner spikes Of bloom
and look brightly and smilingly at
you. It is a stately coquette. 1t is
pretty and willful. 1t wont grow in
the place to which you carefully trans
plant it and positively refuses to al
low it's seeds to germinate in the spot
of your choice, but wantonly throws
them about in the most undesirable
places and flourishes it's coarse green
leaves from the most impossible loca-
tions. Depend upon it? Not much!
After you have carefully purchased or
saved the seeds from the most double
Of blossoms and sowed them In fear
and trembling. watched and protected
them for year. they will calmly open
their flowers and stand there unblush-
ingly and look you in the eyes. frown-
ed with single petaled bloom. OF all
the beautiful. coquettish. tantalizing
flowers the double hollyhock is queen
Suburban Life.
The Washburn leader., 1913-08-15
Java,. ! v.ji,x a. p,.th.

Javs's Valley Of Dssth. i.l71
The Valley Of Death 10 on the island
Of Java. It is the most remarkable
natural example Of an. atmosphere
loaded with carbonic acid gas in exist
ence. It has never been fully explored
because Of the danger Of remaining
more than q few minutes In it's poison
GUS atmosphere. Approached through
an opening between the hills. 1t is seen
to be an oval shaped valley about half
a mile across. 1t is about thlrty-6ve
feet deep. The bottom Is hard and
sandy, without vegetation and strewn
with large stones. The surface is COW
cred with the bones of animals. birds
and human beings. Explorers seldom
venture beyond the borders. though
the deadly air does not Immediately
affect human beings. This is because
the carbonic acid gas. being heavier
than the atmosphere. settles to the
bottom Of the valley. Dogs and fowls
thrown into it fall senseless instantly
and die in a few minutes. No craters
or assures are visible on the floor Of
this valley. and 1t Is thought that the
openings are near the base of the bills.
Exchange.
The Washburn leader., 1913-08-15
Their Lines Are Ended.

When one considers how many fami.
lies there are which trace their ances.
try in direct line for many genera.
tions it is rather a surprising fact that
there is not a single living descendant
in the male line Of some of the great
est men the world has ever produced
The following is list of some OF the
1llustrious men whose line never will
be represented on the earth again as
long as the world stands:
Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spencer, Mil
ton, Cowley, Butler, Dryden. Pope
Cowper, Goldsmith. Byron, Moore, Sill
Philip Sidney. Sir Walter Raleigh
Drake, Cromwell, Hampden, Monk, Pc
terborough, Nelson. Bolingbroke, Wal
pole, Chatham. Pitt. Fox. Burke. Wash
ington. Canning. Bacon. Locke, New
ton. Davy. Hume. Gibbon. Macaulay
Hogarth. Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sill
Thomas Lawrence. David Garrick
John Kemble and Edmund Kean.
The Washburn leader., 1913-08-15
Photo by American Press Association.

New York baseball scribes say Lar
~ Doyle, the Giants second baseman,
ls the most valuable infielder in the
National league. They claim that
when Larry is absent from the team
for any length Of time the infield goes
to pieces. Doyle's value to the team
outside of playing ability lies in the
fact that he is splendid coach. The
New York pencil pushers say his ad-
vice to his side partners has helped
Improve their work in the defensive
line Critics of outside cities do not
agree with the New YOrkers. They
declare Doyle Is an erratic player. One
day he puts up sensational game and
the next goes all to pieces. When 60
ing good he Is a heavy batter, speedy
base runner, an accurate thrower and
q good fielder. He covers as much
ground as any other man in the posi-
ton in the National league. But when
he has an of day he shows up like an
amateur.
The Washburn leader., 1913-08-15
.why Memoirs Arc Tame.

why Memoirs Are Tame.
A professor at Harvard tea was
asked why books of recollections were
always so tame.
LET me tell you story" he answer
ed. "A great man once said to friend
"I think I'll write my recollections:
livery good said the friend. But
let me caution you not to recollect any
thing about celebrities that are living
"'Oh,' said the great man. living
celebrities are just the ones l want to
write about They're the ones that
will make my book SELL
Every well,' said the other. But
remember my warning
"'Why, what's the danger, anyway 2
""The danger replied the other, ii
that as soon as you begin to recollect
things about living celebrities they will
begin to recollect things about you -
New York Tribune.
The Washburn leader., 1913-08-15
A Distinction.

Whibbles turned wrathfully on his
yokel guide as his car sank up to the
hubs In the mired road.
"What In thunder did you mean
when l pointed this road out to you
on the man and asked you II 1t was
good road and you said 1t was?"
"Why," said Silas, ''you asst me II it
was a good road on the map, and It
was. Ye never asst me what kind Of q
road she was of the map. could
ha' told ye then 1t was the wust in the
hull dinged county."-Harper's.
The Washburn leader., 1913-08-15
UfsSfHT5GHEN
@aASUPBOARDI
THE WHOLESOME cvRRANT.

THE WHOLESOME cURRANT.
HE currant Il one Of the richest
fruits in albuminous matter. be.
ing excelled only BY the grape
trawberry and the orange.
Currant and Red Raspberry Pre-
serves.-Take one-third currants and
two-thirds red raspberries. Clean.
wash and weigh the fruit and allow
three-quarters Of pound Of sugar to
a pound Of the fruit and prepare a.
ordinary preserves.
Spiced Currants.-Take i've pounds
currants, four pounds brown sugar,
two tablespoonfuls cloves. two table
spoonfuls cinnamon. one pint vinegar.
Boil two hours or more till quite thick.
For Winter Uss.
Black Currant and Raspberry JAM
Take six pounds Of black currants, add
one gill Of water to every pound and
simmer ten minutes. Now put into the
pan three pounds Of raspberries and
allow one pound Of preserving sugar
to every pound Of currants and three
quarters Of a pound to every pound Of
raspberries and boil the whole forty
five minutes. reckoning from the time
1t commences to boil all over. or a lit
tie longer. Should it not jelly when q
little is poured on a plate carefully
skim 1t and keep 1t well stirred to pre-
vent It burning at the bottom Of the
pan. When done put it into pots and
de down when cold in the usual way.
Currant Preserves.-Take large cur
rants, wash and stem them. To q
pound Of fruit add a pound Of sugar
and proceed as for ordinary preserves
Bar-le-duc. Take three quarts red
currants. three quarts sugar, one glass
honey. Let currants and sugar stand
overnight. In the morning add the
honey and boil twenty-five minutes.
Delicious conssrves.
Peppered Currant Jam. To two
pints Of granulated sugar take two
and two-thirds pints Of red currants.
1t is better II some Of the currants are
not quite ripe. Put the sugar on with
enough water to dissolve and let boil
three minutes. Then add the currants
and boil fifteen minutes hard. Add
two to three saltspoonfuls Of red pep
per, according to taste. Seal in
glasses. One scant teaspoonful ground
cinnamon and one saltspoonful cloves
instead Of the pepper makes a good
spiced jam. Do not cook more than
the amount given at one time For a
jam that is pretty tart use three full
pints Of currants.
The Washburn leader., 1913-08-15

Pittsburgh Has Blind Fan.
Charles knight is the name Of
blind fan in Pittsburgh who has been
attending games regularly since 1901.
He says his hearing is developed to
such an acute stage that he can tell
everything that is going on without
seeing 1t.
The Washburn leader., 1913-08-15
Diamond, and Glass,

Diamonds and GIa0o.
The diamond, instead Of being real
solid. is a mass Of atoms all in rapid
and violent motion. The edge Of the
stone II formed Of these moving mole
cules az well al the body. Now. glass
Is also made up of moving atoms,
though they do not move 30 rapidly or
10 violently as the diamond atoms.
When the diamond edge, therefore. 10
applied to the glass surface the dia-
mond atoms drive the glass atoms out
Of the way and force passage.
The Washburn leader., 1913-08-15

Propose Changes In Soccer Rules.
Among the alterations to the laws Of
the association football game to come
before the English Football association
It is proposed that opponents shall not
approach within ten yards Of the ball
when a free kick is taken, unless stand
ing on their own goal line.