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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-07
4 Siatc's KeNcnme
From the rittsburg nispn,c

From the pittshurg Dispn'chl
Minnesota presents a striking cN-
ample Of the ADVANTAGES that may
come TO state which does not pro-
coed as soon as II has paid off its
old debts to blow In a lot of now
ones for such n round amount. say.
as $4,000. 5000. Us constitution
permits Il To invest its funds In mum
icipal loans. and Il Is this source that
Minneapolis and St Paul are look
ing for floating their bonds at I per
cent.
Not only has Minnesota eschcwed
the temptation To rush into big
debt for some purpose believed Ia be
popular. but she has conserved her
financial resources. For instance.
the state refused to follow the gen
eral example of selling land granted
by the government iu aid OF public
SCHOOLS. She kept those lands and
they have become very valuable. tho
income from them M present being
about $4,000 600. while It IS predict.
ed 10 reach S5,0O0.0OO IN ten years
Iron ore royalties yielded the stat
S.. 600 900 last year The state
auditor estimates that In forty year,
Minnesota will have revenue with
out taxation of S200.OOO, 900
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-07
CIIII.IbI,ESS.
Eastern star Officers.

The new officers of the Eastern
star Chapter have been installed.
Following are the officers who
will preside during the coming
year.
Mrs Mel HiggInbotham-W Worthy
Matron (proXy)
Dr. n. 4. Mcador-W Worthy Pa
iron
Miss Molly Coffcy Asst Nation
Miss Maggie Knight Secretary.
Mrs Charlotte Czcwski Treas
urer.
Mrs. Nola Lee Murphy--Conduc
trcss
Mrs. Pearl Ross Asst Conduc,
trcss
Mrs. Della Crawford Ruth.
Mrs. Rebecca Williams Esther.
Mrs. Ella Housh Martha tproXy
Mrs. l.. J Atkinson Electra
Mrs Alice Wellington Warder
y. T. Dixon Sentinel
Mrs Minnie Nash Chaplain
Mrs. BESSIE Klutts Marshall
Mrs. Gertrude Allen Organist.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-07
TtrI.IA.
Romantic Wedding.

fsofuanttc Weuutng.
At the Methodist Parsonage at
4:40 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon
Rev. NJ $. Leveredge solemnized
the rites of matrimony between Mr.,
irwin p. Hughes of Dereno, n. NJ.
and Mrs. Elizabeth kruse OF Fl
Wayne. Ind.
There is quite romance connec-
ted with this wedding. in that the
lady came more than fourteen hun
dred miles TO plight her troth and
give her life into the keeping of the
man she loved, who is well-known
and respected and an honest and
industrious man.
The Herald tenders its felicita-
tions to Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, wish
ing for them a Joyous voyage on the
sea OF life.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-07
Entire Nous Club.

Mesdames McFadden and Hayden
Donaldson entertained the mem
hers OF the Entire Nous Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
McFadden. who has recently moved
TO the " =. Rascoe home. The
time was spent In the clubs fayo-
rite game Rock, after which de-
rcious ice course with cake was
served The affair was very de-
lightiul indeed and those belonging
consider themselves fortunate In
having a club at which they can
spend such pleasant times together
once each alternating week
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-07
SOCIETY NOTES FROM
NEIGHBORING TOWNS

who are congratulating him upon
winning for his life partner such an
estimable young lady.
After a short stay In Childress
the newly married couple will move
out TO the big farm and try rural
life for time.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-07
\ woRKEE NrHEIATT~ TnI,

Vim Morris % rcsident 0. F'nf-
once Oregon. H.. For OH. last
- years my kidney and blaiIor in-
capacita'cd me for all work N.0Ht
clght months ago began usinE Foi-
ey kidney pills. aud they have done
what other medicines failed fo DO.
and nov am do.r- and feelire Zine.
heartily recommend Foley kidney
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They Vill help ans case Of kidney
trouble not beyond he reach OF med
iclne.
RANDALL ORIG co.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-07

4 vag the other day denied that
John Bunyan was the author Of The
Pilgrims Progress" Being vehement
ly oontradS ted Nay said he 4
question even n b. contributed Co tho
work for u r. Impossible that bun.
ton could contribute 20 any pilgrim 3
progress
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-07
announcements

The committee on Streets aud Al
leys aud Sidewalks aud the commit
tee on General Sanitation will have
a Joint meeting at Mrs. John Me
knight at 200 Van Buren, All mem
bers are requested 10 attend
The committee on Education and
Entertainment of the Federated
Clubs will meet this afternoon az 3
O'Clock at the Elmhirst Hotel An
members are earnestly requested 20
be present.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-07
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The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
sAD-LooKINe MAN SCORED
His "BIuff" Worked, and as conse-
quenee the Laborers Went Hun
cry Through the Afternoon.

A sad-looking man entered the
shanty where the workmen were eat
ing their lunches. He was holding a
red can.
Hey. fellers." he saluted them.
Took at this can O. powder l picked
up outside. I've mind to blow me-
self up"
"Aw, cut out that stuff and beat it
out of here" ordered the foreman
The man looked around. then
walked deliberately over to the stove.
opened the door and thrust the can
inside.
There was a yell of dismay and in
a moment the shanty was empty.
Ten minutes later the runaways re-
turned. The can was lying harmlessly
on the fire and the sad-iooking man
was gone. So were their lunch pals.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
Private Says He is Called Titanic
Meyer Because He Was Not
Lost on Liner.

Berlin.-Whenever the kaiser re-
views regiment personally interest
ing stories concerning conversations
between him and some of the sol
diers form the topic Of evening talk
in the barracks and eventually find
their way into the press. These may
or may not be true. but they are al
ways interesting. and the latest is
well vouched for.
According to this report the en-
peror. while reviewing the guard regi-
ment at Potsdam, was attracted by a
private who was unusually tall and
awkward. The kaiser approached him
and asked:
What's your name, my SOM"
Titanic Meyer. your majesty" an
swered the soldier.
Titanic Meyer?" repeated the
kaiser. smiling. Don't you know you
bear the name Of ship which sank
last April? How comes IL you are
named after a ship"
Yes. your majesty" replied the sol
dier That's the reason I'm called
Titanic Meyer. When the ship was
lost the captain said to me: Meyer,
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
HANDS CRACKED AND BLED

St. Clair, Mo.-"My trouble began
about fifteen years ago. 1t was what
some claimed eczema The form the
disease worked under was a breaking
out with watery blisters on my hands
which would then dry and scale, and
then would follow the trouble. of
cracking and bleeding. also itching
and hurting. My hands were disfig-
ured at the time. and sore The trou-
BILE was very annoying, and disturbed
my sleep. This last February 1t was
ever SO much worse than before. /
did not do all my work on account of
the condition of my hands. / could
not put them in water without max
ing them worse. / tried lot of home
remedies, also salves and liniments
that claimed, to be a cure for the
trouble, but I did not obtain a cure
AT last l saw the advertisement for
Cuticura Soap and Ointment I sent
for sample. l thought they would
cure, SO sent for fifty-cent box of
Cuticura Ointment and some Cuti-
cura Soap. A doctor advised me to
keep ahead with the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and they cured me COM
pletely. No trace of the trouble re.
mains" (Signed) Mrs. Mary Taylor.
Mar. 20, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Kindness is the thing. though. Most
of the men who come in here are help
less booze-fghters. The booze-fight-
er has lost his nerve. He's a dead
one. What he needs is friend.
Chicago is the mecca of the down
and out, because they know that Chi
cago offers more kindness than any
other city in the land. 1t is surpris-
ing how fast young chaps from the
country strike the skids and go. They
get dizzy in the big city. and fall.
Kindness is the only thing that will
bring them back"
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
BATTLE IN M|DA|R
Partridge Battles With Kidnaper
of Her Chick.
After She Had Freed Victim. Golfers
Who Had Witnessed the Combat
Go to the Rescue Of
Her Brood.

Omaha. d. Haskell, banker of
Wakefield and Judge Eric Johnson of
Putnam. while playing match game
of golf several days ago. witnessed
battle royal between a mother part
ridge, defending her young. and a
hawk
The players were putting for the sew
enteenth hole. The banker had made
his third shot and won the hole, CIV
ing him one up and one to play. As
the Judge was putting his attention
was suddenly called to the loud cries
OF mother partridge. which Mr. Has
kell discovered nearing the eighteenth
ground. The mother bird was anx-
ious to get her four young ones away
from the golfers.
She whistled frantically. shrilly and
pleadingly. prompting them as If say
Ing: Hurry up. hurry up for your
lives, my children!" At the eight
eenth hole Mr.. Haskell had teed up
In readiness to drive off when this
attention was attracted by a new and
louder shrek from the parent bird.
Her mind had been on the golf
players and not on a large hawk
"AiSh hdu DceH lurking anu nONeTluB
near by. its greedy eyes fastened on
the plump young birds with a fe-
rocity in no way limited or modified
by the laws governing the close sea-
son.
The hawk swooped down and grab
bed one of the chicks before the par
ent could divert attention wholly
from the players to the bird of prey.
Mr.. Hawk was rising with 1t, when
the mother discovered the seizure and
made what might be called a flying
leap for the aerial pirate.
Then followed a duel in midair, Is
feet from the ground, which held the
golfers spellbound. They could not
have interfered at this stage of the
battle had they possessed the oppor-
tunity, SO fascinating was the strug-
gle between. on the one side of the
fearlessness. desperation and spunk
inspired by the mother love of the
partridge, and on the other side the
savagery of the hawk
Both the combatants tumbled to the
sward. with the partridge on top. claw
ing. pecking and rolling over and
over Feathers flew. Mr.. Hawk was
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
LONG SLEEP CAUSES CRIME
crimInoIogist Of Cincinnati Says More
Than Seven Hours Rest is
Weakening.

Cincinnati. O.-"Seven hours sleep
is all that is necessary for any hu-
man being and IL obtained regularly
in certain hours nightly will keep the
body and mind in a healthy state"
said Foertmeyer. coroner of Cincin-
natl. and famed throughout the coun-
try as an authority on criminoiogy
Much OF the disease of today is due
to too much or too little sleep. A
person who sleeps over seven hours
has had too much rest Men and
women who commit crime are as a
rule long sleepers. Their minds grow
weak from too much sleep and they
acquire the don't care habit. which
often results In crime"
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
Had None to Snare

There was a miners picnic at Butte
one Sunday. One of the features was
a tug-of-war between team of Irish
miners and a team of Slovaks.
The Slovaks were winning and the
lrishmen dropped the rope and began
to fight. 1t was a good fight One
brawny Irishman had an opponent,
down and was pounding him at his
leisure. when a friend came along.
Gimme a belt at him." said the
friend.
"Gwan." replied the other; "go and
get one for yourself"
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
SING ON WAY TO GRAVE
Mourners Obey Deceased's Wish as
They Go to Cemetery In
France.

Paris.-When an old man named Jo-
seph Hughes was buried recently at
Aramon. near Mines. the funeral pro-
cession, according to the terms of his
will. followed the coffin with every
one singing an old song of which
Hughes had been fond. The old man.
who met his death through falling
upon the fire while his wife was pre-
pairing his supper. was of an original
turn of mind and had kept his coffin
under his bed for twenty years. using
It as a wardrobe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Haskell and Judge Johnson. welding
their drivers. then made for the free
booteri of the air. and drove him off
While they were doing this the
partridge and three of her chicks
made their escape. leaving behind the
one that had been dropped from the
hawks talons. 1t had sustained a
broken wing. The golfers placed the
wounded chick in the tall grass near
by. where the hawk could not find IT..
1t was still there when they went
back in the evening to investigate.
but it was gone in the morning.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

on his back. and the mother partridge
kept shrieking and whistling to her
children to take to the tall grass. The
hawk had SO much to attend to in de-
Tending itself from the attacks of the
partridge that it was obliged in the
early rounds of the combat to drop
the chick.
After desperate battle on the
ground, lasting several minutes, the
partridge left the attack and fiut-
tered in the direction of her brood,
while the hawk doggedly made a dive
to capture another of her young. Mr..
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
RECIPE FOR SAVING

Il heard men tell their experiences
In here. The testimony rang true.
That appealed to me. SO I said. Here
goes. / quit the booze right now
That's what l did. 1t was an awful
battle. but won"
Mr.. Monroe retold the story of the
conversation of BILLY" Sunday. ma
tionally known evangelist, when the
latter was Capt. Anson's fairy boy"
the most promising athlete of the old
White Sox.
Sunday and a group Of drunken ball
players stopped to hear the street
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
LAUGHS AT SOLDIERS NAME

why weren't you on the Titanic? Then
we wouldn't be bothered with you
here Since then I'm called Titanic
Meyer"
The kaiser laughed unrestrainedly.
but the captain appeared not to en-
Joy the incident
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

service on South
State street that
was being con-
Quoted by Colonel
Clarke and Mr..
Monroe. He left
his fellows. Joined
the mission and.
while accompany
ing the team in
other cities. re-
fused to play on
Sunday and con-
Quoted m l s s l o n
services instead.
Mr.. Monroe was
asked what it is
that wins men
back to self-re-
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
Prospectlve Customer.

Small Girl-Teacher. did you say the
Lord makes babies, too?
Sunday School Teacher-Yes, in
deed
Small Girl-About how much does
he charge for one, cause | want a
baby brother awful bad
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
OLD PALS DIE SAME HOUR
New Workers., Each 80, Long Friends
Breathe Their Last at Fated
Time.

Middletown. N. Y.-At exactly the
same hour Archibald Little Vail and
Abram Wilcox. old friends and former
business men of this city. died at their
homes after years of illness. Each
was eighty-three years old.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
Growers Shipping Broom Corn.

As the price offered for Broom Corn at
shipping points is below the cost of pro-
duction many growers are refusing to
sell and instead are shipping their corn to
COYNE BROS, 160 w. SOUTH WATER
ST, CHICAGO. The financial RESPONSE
billty of this firm exceeds one hundred
thousand dollars. Growers should eorre-
spond with them. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

1t is far worse for woman to mar
ry a man she can't love than 1t is for
man to love a woman he can't
marry.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
r,n,rs CAN xyr,n s,,ors

one size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease. tho Antiseptic powder to be shulgon in
to the shoes. II makes tight or new shoes
feel easy. Gives rest and comfort. Refuse
substitutes. For FREE trial package, ad-
dress Allen S. Olmstod, lie Roy. N. y. ADV.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
WHY INCUBATOR CHICKS Die
He is still sinoIe.

You are the first girl have ever
loved"
And you'd be the last man I'd
ever love-
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Some Measure OF Love important.
It is best to love wisely, no doubt;
not to be able to love at all.-Thack-
cray.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

have fallen. He pointed to sign on
the mission wall-"How Long Since
You Wrote to Mother?" and then, in
clear tenor voice. sang a sympa-
thetic old song: THE Little Brown
Church"
Song" he said. that is the stuff
that gets to a mans heart, and pulls
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Some people are as unpopular as 1
last years popular song.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT
MEHT falls to cure any of Itching, Blind
Bleeding or Protrudng Piles In o To IA days. bOc
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
Its Kind.

"Is this a tentative arrangement
"Nothin' like that. It's jest TO try
1t out for awhile"
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhammar
tion. .allaya pain wind CO. ic sc bottle As
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

The average man has lot more TO
say about what he is going to do than
about what he has done.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Sometimes a young lawyer makes
good because he has wife who lays
down the law to him
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Red Cross Bag Blue. much better goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
good grocer. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

If some men were compelled to pay
as they go they would never get start
ed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Amy man who shaves himself is apt
to cut his best friend
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Only One "BROMO OUININE"
That Is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for the signature of w. GROVE. Cures Cold
In Ono Day, Cures Grip in Two Days. 3c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Write for book saving young chicks. Send ua
names of 2 friends that use incu ubators and get
book free. Raisall Remedy Co., Blackwell, okla
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28
Head of Chicago Mission Tells
How to Rescue DereIicts.
Harry Monroe Declares He Was a
Tough, But Was Called From Life
Of Debauchery by Conviction
Of Its Hopeiessness.

with a Bible in one hand and a
loaf Of bread in the other-thats the
only way to save the man that's
down"
Don't drop the bad man. the man
that's strong and wrong. That's the
man to stick to. If you win you've
got real one"
Kindness is the thing. Slap him
on the back. Help him get a front.
then make him hustle"
THE helpless booze fighter has Just
lost his nerve. He's a dead one. Help
him materially as well as mentally. If
you don't he's a goner. He can't make
play at ALL"
Chicago.-Harry Monroe gives these
remedies for the redemption of those
who have strayed or have fallen.
The kindly little fat man with the
twinkling eye and handshake that
has given hope to thousands thus
sums up. in advice to others. the acts
that have made him successful at-Pa-
cific Garden Mission.
Nearly everybody has heard of Har-
ry Monroe. Among the derelicts he
Is known as a friend. Among church
folk he is the genius who guides the
Pacific Garden Mission, the mother
Of American missions"
Still another class of people know
Harry Monroe. Thirty-fye wears ago
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

"WelIl A Man Who ort of tho dive,
nss been on tne OF Whisky Row
Water "a Years and most of III,
Should Not Look time was drinxin,
o'o al oo' heavily. An inter
viewer remarked about his youthful,
pink cheeks and clear eye.
That's from more than twenty year
on the water wagon" laughed Harr,
Monroe. You think I'm SO. Well.
passed the so mark last year.
Thirty years ago l staggered pas
this place. / was wandering aimless
ly. ! heard the singing. / came IL
and sat through the service. Says
to myself. This is the game that
right. I'm wrong tried to drive
away that feeling. but it wouldn't go
i came back
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

when Pacific Gar
den. at 81 West
Van Buren, street,
was one of Chi
cago's most no
torious free and
easies." saloon.
cafe and dance
hall. the round
ers" knew Mon
roe as a pal"
Monroe w a 8
then a young
tough who fought
his way in and
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-28

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-27
As QUESTIONS
FOR THE GROOM
IRy Latest Nail

PHILADELPHIA. Applicants for
marriage licenses under the act re-
Gently signed by Governor Tenet will
be required to answer 4S questions
before the permit is issued. Under
the old form OILY II questions were
asked.
. A defect in the form of application
has been discovered. No provision
has been made for inquiring into the
relationship Of the applicants, not
withstanding that the marriage OF
cousins or nearer blood relatives is
forbidden in this state 1t Is prob
able that revision will be made in
"a few days.
Unlike the old method under which
either The man or woman could OBJ
tain the license, both must appear
under the new law. In addition to the
usual questions of name.. residence,
age and occupation, the applicants
under oath will be required to give
the following information:
Name of father, name of mother,
maiden name Of mother, residence of
father, residence Of mother, color OF
sather, color of mother, birthplace Of
father and birthplace of mother.
1 lie clerk will further ask:
is the applicant an imbecile, cpl
sleptic, of unsound mind, under the
guardian as person of unsound mind,
nr under the influence of any ihtoxi-
eating liquor or narcotic drug? Has
the applicant within five years been
an inmate of any county asylum or
home for. INDECENT persons? Is the
applicant physically able to support
a family p - =
The marriage license clerk is given
the power to refuse licenses to per-
SONS barred by the new law, but APP
peals may be taken, with cost, to the
orphans court.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-27
CAL F0RNIA'S FRUIT ~.
HARVEST Is BRISK
by Latest NALL

SAN FRANCISCO-Se cir
eular of American National Bank
says: California is in the midst of a
fairly profitable though subnormal,
harvest. AS shortage in supply of both
canned fruits and dried fruits becomes
more apparent, the market becomes
more brisk and prices are advancing.
Experts estimate yield OF raisins at
hardly more than so per cent of last
years crop. Output of prunes, dried
apricots and peaches will also fall be-
low expectations.
Walnuts will yield exceptionally
we'll - perhaps 1000 tons in excess OF
last year-bringing more than $4,000
900 to growers Hop-growers in So
MONA valley and some portions of Sac
ramento valley have abundant crops
and high prices. Beans and olives
are among lesser products doing more
than reasonably we'll. The remark
able growth of horticultural interests
in California is illustrated by official
figures showing fruit and nut trees in
beARing this year to number of 49,
S0oN91, gain of about 25 per cent
sinca 1910. In addition, acreage plant,
ed to vineyards is 333,564 acres, COM
pared with 279,S00 in 1910.