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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-04-03
PICK LIFE WORK
EARLY AS YOU CAN.

Chicago. ILL.,, April 3.--Early selec-
tion of a boys life work was urged
by Prof. Frank NJ. Leayitt of the Uni
versity of Chicago speaking at the
eighteenth annual meeting of the
North Central association of colleges
and secondary schools at the hotel
LaSalle. Failure properly to map out
course of study was declared to be
responsible for many failures.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-04-03
FRENCH BANDITS
HAD POISON WITH
WHICH TO END LIVES.
Noted Auto Hold Up Men Who Are
to Die on GuilIotine Had Enough
Drug to XIII Fifty Persons.

Paris, April 3.AThe four automobile
bandits confined in the prison Della
Sante under sentence of death on the
guillotine, were searched by wardens
today and were found to have hidden
In their clothing sufficient poison to
kill fifty persons.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-04-03

Paris, April 3.--Both combatants
we're wounded in a sword duel fought
today between Georges Eerthoulat,
managing director of La Liberte, and
Pascal Ceccaldi, prominent member
OF the chamber Of deputies. Their on
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-04-03
WELL KNOWN COMEDIAN
DIES WHILE IN CHICAGO.

Chicago. April 3.-Thomas @. Sea.
brooke, comic opera comedian, died
here today after a brief illness at a
local hotel. He was SO years old. His
home was in New York City.
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ELAcLER IS IMPROVED.

West Palm Beach, Fla, April g.
Henry NJ. Flagler is much improved
today. He ate light breakfast and
friends feel hopeful of his recovery.
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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-04-03

ST. LOUIS SALOONlST
IS PUT OUT OF BUSINESS
st. Louis, April 3.---The first con
yiction as the result OF the wholesale
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02

Of the mufled hoof-beats: well, what
we goin' to do about it?"
"Humph! I've laid awake nights
figurin' that out. / reckon we'll just
have to git another foot-racer and beat
Skinner. He amt the fastest in the
world"
THAT takes coin. We're broke"
"Mebbe Mr.. Chaplin would lend d
helpin' hand"
mo chance!" said Slower, grimly.
Hes sore on foot-racin'. Says it dis
turbs us and upsets our equilibrium. -
Carara fetched a deep sigh.
IT'S YER bad ting, Senior. / don
die"
The three men loped onward through
the darkness, weighted heavily with
disappointment
Affairs at the Flying Heart Ranch
were not all to Jack Chapin's liking.
Ever since that memorable foot-race,
more than a month before, a gloom
had brooded over the place which
even the presence of two Smith Col
lege girls, not to mention that of Mr..
Fresno, was unable to dissipate. The
cowboys moped about like melancholy
shades, and neglected their work to
discuss the disgrace that had fallen
upon them. 1t was a task to get any
of them out in the morning, several
had quit, the rest were quarreling
among themselves, and the bunk
house had already been the scene of
more than one encounter, altogether
too sanguinary to have originated
from such trivial cause as a foot
race.
The master of the ranch sought his
sister Jean, to tell her frankly what
was on his mind.
See here, Sis" he began, II don't
want to cast cloud over your little
house-party, but l think you'd better
keep your friends away from my
men,"
why, what is the matter?" she de-
manded.
Things are at a pretty high ten
sion just now, and the boys have had
two or three rows among themselves.
Yesterday Fresno tried to kid Will
lie about The Holy City, said 1t was
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ana II amt up to no individual 10
force his likes and dislikes down no
other fellers throat" The other two
men he addressed mounted their bron-
cos stifIly.
81 repeat" said Willie "'The Holy
City,, as sung by Mrs. Melby, is the
SWEETEST tune that ever hit these
parts"
Carara muttered something in Span
ish which the others could not under
stand.
They're all fine pieces" Slower OBJ
served, placatingly, when fairly out of
hearing of the ranch-houses. You
boys have each got your preference.
Cloudy, bein' an Iniun, has got his,
and / rise to state that / like that
monologue, 'Silas on Fifth Avenoo,'
better than all of em, which amt
nothin' ag'inst my judgment nor
yours. When Silas says, The girl
opened her valise, took out her purse,
, closed her valise, opened her purse,
took out a dime, closed her purse,
opened her valise, put in her purse,
closed her valise, give the dime to the
conductor, got nickel in change, then
opened her valise, took out her purse,
closed her valise-" Slower began to
rock in his saddle, then burst into
loud guffaw, followed by his compan-
ions. Gosh! That's awful funny!"
"Si sill" acknowledged Carara, his
white teeth showing through the
gloom.
AN it's just like fool woman"
Uttered Willie. That's sure one
ridiculous line of talk"
Still Bill" wiped his eyes with the
back of bony hand 81 know that
hull monologue by heart, but / can't
never get past that spot to save my
soul. Right there / bog down, CON-
plete." Again he burst into wild laugh
ter, followed by his companions. 81
don't see how folks can be SO dam
funny" he gasped.
IT'S natural to 'em, like warts" said
Willie; they're born with it, the
same as was born to shoot straight
with either hand, and the same as
Mex was born to throw a rope. He
don't know how he does it, and neither
do I. Some folks can say funny things,
some can sing, like Missus Melby;
some can run foot-races, like that Gen.
tipede cook"
Carara breathed an eloquent Mex
lean oath.
do you reckon he fixed that race
with Humpy Joe?" inquired Slower.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02
CHAPTER n.

Ellen BLAKE was undeni-
ably bored. The sultry aft
ernoon was very long-long-
er even than Berkeley Fres-
nos autobiography, and
quite as dry. 1t was too hot
and dusty to ride. so she
took refuge in the latest
best seller" and sought
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02

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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02

written as a coon song, and wasn't
sung in good society. If he hadn't
been guest. guess Willie would
have murdered him."
"Oh, Jack! You won't let Willie
murder anybody, not even Berkeley,
while the people are here. will your
coaxed Miss Chaplin, anxiously.
what made you invite Berkeley
Fresno, anyhow" was the rejoinder.
This is no gilded novelty to him. He
is a Western man."
Miss Chaplin numbered her reasons
sagely. I'm the first place-Helen.
Then there had to be enough men to
go around. Last and best. he is the
most adorable man I ever saw at a
house-party. He's an angel at break
fast. sinfe perfectly beautifully-you
know he was on the Stanford Glee
Club"
"Humphi" Jack was unimnressad-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02

Fair ana square! 10 you mean &c
say Hump Joe run that foot-race on
the square?"
81 never said nothin' like that what
ever. mean we bet 1t, and we lost
it. Listen! There goes Cararas
piecel"
Out past the corral foated the an.
nouncement in a mans metallic syl-
tables:
1.-The Baggage Coach Ahead as
sung by Helena Mora for the Echo
Photograph, of New York and Pa-a-a-
ris!"
From the dusk to the right OF the
two listeners now issued soft Spanish
phrases.
"Madre de Diosl The Baggage Car
in 'FRONT.' T'adora Mora! God bless
'er!"
During the rendition of this affect
ing ballad the two cow-men remained
draped uncomfortably over the barbed-
wire barrier, lost in rapturous enjoy
ment. When the last note had died
away, Slower reused himself reluc-
family.
Its time we was turnin' in" He
called softly. Hey, Mex!"
Isl, Senor!"
Come on, you and Cloudy. Vamos!
It's ten o'clock"
He turned his back on the Cent?
pede Ranch that housed the treasure,
and in company with Willie, made his
way to the ponies. Two other figures
joined them, one humming in a must
cal baritone the strains of the song
just ended.
"Cut that out, Mex! They'll hear
u.s." Slower cautioned.
"Caramba! This ting is brek my
cart" said the Mexican, sadly. ut
seem like the Senorita Mora is sing
that song to me. Mebbe she knows
I'm set out ere on cactus an listen
to her. All, love that Senorita YER
much"
The little man with the glasses be.
gan to swear in his high falsetto. His
ear had caught the photograph opera.
tor in another musical mistake.
THAT horn-toad let Mrs. Melby die
again tonight" said he. ITS sure
comm to a hunnacaboo between him
and me. If somebody don't kill him
pretty soon, he'll wear out that ma
chine before we git it back"
"Humph! 1t don't look like we'd
ever get it back" said Slower.
One of the four sighed audibly, then
vaulting into his saddle, went Looping
away without waiting for his compan-
ions.
"Cloudy's sore because they didn't
play Navajo" said Willie. well, /
don't blame 'em none for omittin' that
war-dance. 1t amt got the class of
them other pieces. While it's devised
to suit the intellect of an Injun, per-
haps it amt in the runnin' with The
Holy City, which tune is the sweetest
and sacredest ever sung"
Carara paused with a hand upon the
neck of his cayuse.
''Eet is not so fine as The Baggage
Car in Front" he declared.
"It's got it beat a mile" Willie
flashed back, harshly.
Here, you!" exclaimed Stover mo
arguments. We all have our favorites.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02

''If you roped him for Helen Blake to
brand, why have you sent for wally
Speed?"
well, you see, Berkeley and Helen
didn't quite hit it off, and Mr.. Speed
is-a friend Of Culver's." Miss Cha
pin blushed prettily.
"Oh, I see! thought myself that
this affair had something to do with
you and Culver Covington, but I
didn't know 1t had lapsed into sort
of matrimonial roundup. Suppose
Miss Blake shouldn't care for Speed
after he gets here?"
ooh, but she will That's where
Berkeley Fresno comes In. When two
men begin to fight for her, she'll have
to begin to form a preference, and I'm
sure it will be for Wally Speed. Don't
you see?"
The brother looked at his sister
shrewdly. ut seems to me you
learned a lot at Smith,"
Jean tossed her head. How abb
surd! That sort of knowledge is per-
fectly natural for a girl to have"
Then she leased: But you admit that
my selection of chaperon was ex-
cellent, don't you, Jack?"
Mrs. Keap and I are the best of
friends" Jack averred, with supreme
dignity. 'T'm not in the market, and
a man doesn't marry widow, any
how. It's too old and experienced a
beginning"
Nonsense! Robert Keap is only
twenty-three. Why, she hardly knew
her husband, even! 1t was one of
those sudden, impulsive affairs that
would overwhelm any girl who hadn't
seen a man for four years. And
then he enlisted in the Spanish War,
and was killed"
"Considerate chap!"
Roberta, you know, is my best
friend, after Helen. Do be nice to
her, Jack" Miss Chaplin sighed. at
is too bad the others couldn't come"
Eyes, small house-party has its
disadvantages. By-the-way, what's
that gold thing on your frock?"
tits a medal. Culver sent it to
me-"
Another"
Eyes, he won the intercollegiate
championship again." Miss Chaplin
proudly extended the emblem on its
ribbon.
81 wish to goodness Covington had
been here to take Humpy Joe's place."
said the young cattle-man as he
turned it over. THE boys are just
broken-hearted over losing that pho
nograph."
III get him to run and win it back"
Jean offered, easily.
Her brother laughed. Take my ad.
vice, Sis, and don't let Culver mix up
in this game! The stakes are too
high. l think that Centipede cook is
professional runner, myself. and if
our boys were beaten again-well, you
and mother and would have to move
out of New Mexico, that's all. No,
we'd better let the memory of that
defeat die out as quickly as possible.
You warn Fresno not to joke about 1t
any more, and I'll take Mrs. Keap off
your hands. She may be widow, she
may even be the chaperon, but I'll
do it; l will do it," promised Jack
"for my sisters sake"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02

Names Skinner" Willie observed.
1T sounds bad"
Pm sorry Humpy left us so sud
den," said Still Bill. Wed ought to
have questioned him. If We only had
proof that the race was crooked
"You can SO gamble 1t was crooked"
the little man averred. Them Cent?
pede fellers never done nothin' on the
square. They got Hump Joe. and fixed
II for him to lose 30 they could get
that talkin-machine. That's why he
pulled out"
I'D hate to think IT," said the fore
man. gloomily; then after a moment.
during which the only sound was that
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02
Hethodist Church

, Methodist Sunday School. $3.50 a. m. Ira d.
sunday at u. m. and 80 D. m. Rev. ] II
walker, Pastor. Prayer meeting wedpes-
DAY, $50 p; NJ. Epworth League, regular
drst Tuesday night each month. Miss Mar
CARTE Burn. President. Ladies' Aid Society
meets mrs, Monday each month Mrs. For
airy society meets Second Sunday in every
month. Mrs. Virgil Babbage, President.
Choir practice Friday mig hit 20, A. ri. Mur~
raw. Director. 49, a. ~ "".
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02
CHAPTER !.

+" OUR cowboys inclined theiI
!: :; :: 7: !: I: !:
III bodies over the barbed-wire
III fence which marked the d.
". viding line between the Cen
SM tipede Ranch and their own
AA staring mournfully into q
- summer night such as only
- the far southwestern coun.
-S try knows. And as the four
inclined their bodies, they
inclined also their ears, after the
strained manner of listeners who
feel anguish at what they hear. A
voice, shrill and human, pierced the
night like a needle, then, with a
wall Of a tortured soul, died away
amid discordant raspings: the voice
of photograph. II was their own,
or had been until one over-confident
day, when the Flying Heart Ranch
had staked it as a wager in a foot
race with the neighboring Cent?
pede, and their own man had been too
slow. AS it had been their pride, it
remained their disgrace. Dearly had
they loved, and dearly lost it. 1t
meant something that looked like
honor, and though there were ten
thousand thousand monographs, in all
the world there was not one that could
take its place
The sound ceased, there was an ap-
proving distant murmur of mems
voices, and then the song began:
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
Lift up your voice and sing"
Higher and higher the voice mount
ed until it reached again its first thin,
ear-splitting pitch.
still Bill Slower stirred uneasily
in the darkness.
"Why'n'ell don't they keep her
wound up?" he complained, Gala
ghers got the soul of a wart-hog. It's
criminal the way he massacres that
hymn"
From a rod farther down the wire
fence Willie answered him, in a boys
falsetto:
81 wonder If he does it to spite me?"
He don't know you're here" said
Slower.
The other came out of the gloom,
a little stoopshouldered man with
spectacles.
~ amt noways sure" he piped.
peering up at his lanky foreman.
why do you reckon he allus let's
Mrs. Melby peter out on my favorite
record? He done the same thing last
night. 1t looks like an insult"
Its nothing but his ignorance"
Slower replied. "He don't want no
trouble with you. None of em do"
I'D like to know for certain" The
small man seemed torn by doubt. IF
! only knew he done it a-purpose, I'd
git him. l bet / could do it from
here"
Stover's voice was gruff as he CON-
manded:
Forget it! Amt it bad enough for
US fellers to hang around like this
every night without advertising our
idiocy by gun-play?"
''They amt got no right to that
monograph" Willie averred darkly.
"Oh yes, they have; they won it
fair and square,"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02
CHURCH DIRECTORY
CIoverport Churches
Baptist Church

Baptist sunday school. $3.50 a. NJ, G. r.
Wednesday 7'90 D. m. Baptist Kid socsatS
society meets Monday after Second sunds VI
Every rs month. Mrs. A; b. Skill Imam. President
80 ~ m. Rev. E. o. Cottrell Pastor Choir
practice every Wednesday night after pray er
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02
Notice to Those Who Write
For The Breckenridge News

Persons who send articles to the
Breckenridge News. kindly take paths
to make them plain and on paper Rf
reasonable size. Wrapping paper Il
not convenient to handle on typs
case or desk. Always sign name.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02
Presbyterian Church

Presbyterian Sunday School Gas a
Conrad Sipp, J, Superintendent. Pr,acbiny
every Third Sunday. Rev. Adair Minister'
Prayer meetii Tue sdsy. 80 j.. m. Ladies
SUI day every month. MRS Ch8s. Satterfeid
President 800 ""'' f"''e'h eiu.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02
Catholic Church

rHSt sunday OF each month"; Mass Sermon.
and b, ned cti, n. 300 a. M, OH ,r tir, Snn,
days AZ 1O;1H u m On week DAYS Mass AZ no
a. a. m: Sa,ecbetical Instruction for the child
days at $3.50 a. m. and 2 80 D. m.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-04-02

shaded gallery, where Jean Chaplin
was writing letters, while the discon-
ISOLATE Fresno, banished, wandered at
large, vaguely injured at her lack of
appreciation.
Absent-mindedly, the girls dipped
into the box of bonbons between them.
Jean finished her correspondence and
essayed conversation, but her compan-
ions blond head was bowed over the
book in her lap. and the effort met
with no response. Lulled by the SOM
niferous droning of insects and lazy
echoes from afar, Miss Chaplin was
on the verge of slumber. when she
saw her guest rapidly turn the last
pages of her novel. then. with a choco-
late between her teeth, read wide
eyed to the finish. Miss Blake closed
the book reluctantly. uncurled slowly,
then stared out through the dancing
heat-waves. her blue eyes Swallowed
with romance.
did she marry him." queried Jean.
mo, mol" Helen Blake sighed, bliss
fully. 1T was infinitely finer. She
killed herself"
II like to see them get married."
Naturally. You are at that stage.
But l think suicide is more glorious,
In many cases."
uiss rhanin vawnAS anAnlv "Snaat-
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-13
FOREIGN.

The Chino-French bank signed
contract for loan to the Chinese gov.
ernment of $30,000,000.
Mendel Beiliss, defendant in the IA
nous ritual murder" case, was &C
quilted at Kiev Russia.
From Paris came cable that Gen
eral Porfirio Diaz has advised Huerta
to retire from the presidency OF Mex
leo.
Seventeen hundred men quit work
on the Pacific Great Eastern railway
grade between Newport and Lillobet,
B. c., completely tying up work there.
Provisional President Huerta, it was
learned in authoritative circles at
Mexico City, q, has secured sufficient
British capital to operate the Mexican
government at least until the end Of
the present month.
Suffragists made another demon
stration at London at the service at
st. Paul's. At intervals they sang:
God save Annie Kenney and Sylvia
Pankhurst, who are being prosecuted
for conscience sake"
Sir T. Van Sittart Bowater was in
stalled lord mayor of the city OF Lon
don with all the solemnity and dis
play that ancient custom demands
The oath was administered by the new
lord chief justice, Sir Rufus Isaacs.
Ludwig ILL.,, the new king of Bava
ria, who replaces the mad king, Otto
took the oath of office in the throne
room of the palace with the simple
formula prescribed by the Bavarian
constitution: Il swear to rule accord
ing to the constitution and the impe
rial laws, SO help me God and His holy
Sriptures."
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-13
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Thomas Briscoe, a copper-colored
negro, was arrested in Chicago in con.
nection with the murder of Miss Ida
G. Leegson a month ago.
The Rev. Hiram Vrooman, former
pastor of the Liberal congregation of
Denver, has been installed as pastor
of Sheridan Road Swedenborgian
church in Chicago.
A jury composed of women promi-
nent in club and social life at Santa
Monica, Cal, convicted Frank E. See
ley of wife beating and then recon-
mneded leniency because he did not
injure his wife.
Three small children of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Buck were burned to death at
Charlottesville, Mo-, when fire de-
stroyed the Buck home. The parents
were away and the children had been
locked in. The Oldest child was six
years old.
To combat the evils of the immoral
cafes, ]. Frank Chase, secretary Of
the New England Watch and Ward
Society of Boston, addressing the In
ternational Purity Congress at Mime
apolis, proposed the establishment OF
"tripartite saloons"-one part for men,
one for women and one for couples.
Trainmen and conductors of West
ern railroads. who have been demand
ing an increase in pay and better
working conditions, have abandoned
the movement temporarily. The roads
will be given another year before they
are called on to consider the PROPOSE
tion of the trainmen and conductors.
This action was taken at Chicago re-
Gently at a meeting of the trainmen
with the railroad managers.
Mrs. Sarah Todd, 1O3 years old and
a sister-in-law of Mrs. Abraham Lin
coin. walked to the polls at Eugene,
Ore, and cast her first vote in the
referendum election. Mrs. Todd was
born in Kentucky when that state was
a wilderness. She went to Oregon
twenty years ago. This was, there
fore, her first opportunity to enjoy the
right of suffrage. She will be 1O4
years old March 20, 1914. Her hus-
bands sister was Mrs. Abraham Lin
coin.
Turning their peaceful harvest
dance into what is known in the white
mans tongue as their blood Dance"
the 500 Navajo Indians in the vicinity
of Ship Rock, in the extreme north
western corner of New Mexico. have
within the last few days become SO un-
ruly that Agent Shelton of the Ship
Rock reservation, fearing a general up
rising. with danger to settlers, has ap-
pealed to the United States marshal
for an armed force to cope with the
situation at Albuquerque.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-13
SPORT.

Yale easily defeated Brown at New
Haven, Conn.,, by II to 0.
Denver university defeated .Univer-
sity of Wyoming at Laramie in the last
game of the season 26 to 0.
The New York Giants and the Chi
cago White Sox played hit or miss,
to Z, nine-inning game at Los An
geles before $1,000 fans.
kid" Williams, the Baltimore BAN
tamweight. and Eddie Campi of San
Francisco have been matched to box
twenty rounds at Vernon arena in
Los Angeles Dec. 13.
Willie Ritchie, lightweight cham.
picn of the world. defeated Leach
Cross of New York in ten-round
bout. which went the limit. at Madi.
son Square Garden, New York
Solomon Meyer, owner of the In
dianapolis club, said that the much.
discussed sale of his club to Denver
baseball men would not be completed
and that the deal was now entirely off.