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Lawyer Scored on Judoe.

. Lord Mansfield received a hard set
ting down from Thomas Erskine. The
latter was arguing a case before the
house of lords-a Scottish appeal re-
lating to a trust estate. In the course
of his argument he had frequent occa-
sion to use the word curator" always
pronouncing it in the manner approved
in the Scottish courts; that is, with
the accent on the first syllable.
This grated upon the ears of Lord
Mansfield, who, though a Scotsman by
birth, had taken pains to become
Anglicized. At last he broke out:
Mr.. Erskine, we are in the habit In
this country of saying curator, fol-
lowing the analogy of the Latin, in
which, as you are doubtless aware, the
penultimate syllable is long" &
Il thank your lordship very much,"
returned Erskine. 1--WE are weak
enough in Scotland to think hat in
pronouncing the word curator we are
following the analogy of the English
language; but l need scarcely say that
| bow with pleasure to the opinion of
SO learned a senator and so great an
as your Observation-Disclosures s..
Walsh, in the Sunday Magazine OF the
Chicago Record-Herald.
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romancing; but presently set her
broom against the door-jamb and
turned to speak more in her real mind
Amy woman wants to blackguard
a little once in a while, Mr.. Halsey,
sir, and all women like to lie twice
in a while. I'm just lynn to you now,
because the birds is slngin' and the
weather % sc fine.
Listen! Amy woman that's goin'
TO be happy is goin' to be happy be
cause OF the stomach she has for
eatin', and the Joy she has for dane
In, and the heart she has for love of
her man and her children. And amy
woman that has her heart in the right
place Is goin' to stand by them and
not by herself; and not by amy one
ilse. Try me and see if I'm lynn now!
You're the boss. Fire Jim Sullivan
to-day, and see do | stick with him. or
do ] go with some man that gives me
di'monds, and AUTOMOBILES. I'd stick
and sod amy other M that
loved her man and her children"
I'm glad you think so, Mrs. Sulli-
van"
You know | think so! Oh, maybe
It's because ] wasn't born in this coun.
try. Over there, It's the woman helps
to make the stake. Here, she helps
to spend 1t. IT'S a fine country this
for policeman. So far as bein' happy
in it's concerned. / dunno! Maybe it's
the Irish in me that's happy, and not
the American. | dunno again. 'Tis
all a question which you want to be,
rich or happy!"
"Or useful" ventured Halsey.
They're the same. Bein' useful is
bein' happy. Amt IL the TRUTH"
Halsey nodded again and Mrs. Sui
livan reached once more for her i'm
plement of industry.
Jim Sullivan fits in his job" said
she. Hes strong and can hold his
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CHAPTER K.
The Silent Partner.


There are men who make a living
sometimes a very good one, through
the process of teaching others to do
what they themselves can not do You
can purchase for a price in any of
many quarters printed maxims en-
bodying full formulate covering the Sc
cret of success; in each case from one
who has not succeeded. Nothing is
cheaper than maXims, in type. in
worsteds, or in transparencies. To be
in the fashion you should have GER.
tain of these above your desk, and
should incline your ear to those who
profess to teach what can not be
taught even by those most nearly fit.
ted to teach.
John Rawn cared little for maxims,
being above them, in his own belief.
at least. In all likelihood he had new.
er read the advice of the philosopher.
to wit: that each man should hitch
his wagon to a star. No, he knew
something better. He hitched his to
a river.
Very naturally, John Rawn selected
the largest river he could find His
silent partner was none less than the
Father of the Waters!
There is this to be said about a
river. that it Is wholly t~ireless and
immeasurably powerful; that it enters
into no combinations against capital,
and does It's work without unseemly
disturbances. Rawn was wise enough
to know these things, nor asked any
maxims to advise him therein. In his
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SYNOPSIS.

John Hawn is born in Texas. Early In
ME he shows signs Of masterfulness ana
fuotdtnate selnshness. He marries Laura
Johnson. He Is n clerk I'm a st. Louis
railway office when his laughter Grace
"a born Years later he hears Grace's
4oyer, n yosng engineer named Charles
ktaiSey. speak OF "a scheme to utilize the
soss current of electricity. He a~ppropriates
the idea as his own and Induces Halsey
70 perfect an experimental machine. lie
foTnas a company. with himself as presl,
1Nni. at u salary OF 500. 200 a year, ana
Rfaisey as superintendent OF the works az
~ salary OF 5000. Rawn takes charge or
the office IN Chicago. Virginia Delaware
rs assigned as his stenographer. she as
Hfsts IN picking the furniture and deco
ration Tor the princcly mansion Rawn has
erected. Mrs. Rawn feels out of place IN
\ new surroundings. Halsey- goes TO
rev York with Rawn and Miss Deia-
ware TO explain delays In perfecting lne
new motor to the impatient directors. lie
Setsta message that a d~eforrned daughter
Ess been born TO his wife. Grace Rawn.
hsawu bargains with Miss Delaware 70
wear bis teweiry and appear in public
with him, as q means to help him In a
business way. Rawn is fortunate In mar
Het organizations. piles up wealth and at
tSins prominence. lie frets because his
@tfe docs noN rise with him In a social
WAY lie gives her a million dollars to
krasc him. lie asks his daughter, Mrs.
HSisey. TO take charge OF his household.
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USE A BLUFF" TO IMPRESS
Some Cases of Deception That Have
Come Under the Observation Of
Group of Bankers.

A group of bankers met for their
where it was their habit to discuss
various problems. This time the con
versation drifted toward the various
modes of deception practiced by PEG.
pie. One member related how, among
his acquaintance there were five who
These friends, he stated, were in but
fair circumstances, and to his think
ing it was folly to invest merely for
the sake of appearances. Another
member Of the party stated that he
knew a family where they had five
shelves for the fake books to enlarge
the library SO that it would hare an
impressive appearance. Glass doors
covered the shelves, and whenever a
visitor expressed a desire to consult
any particular book the key TO the
doors could not be found. Each bank
er seemed to have some story to tell;
even Silent Clarke" as one Of the
members was known, because of the
few stories he told startled them all
by reciting the methods employed by
a man he knew whose desire was to
impress everyone that he was rich.
"Why!" he said, that man was so
crazy to show off that he BACKED him
self each morning and washed the win
dows to make people think he could
afford a & servant.'-.National
Weekly.
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about, Mr.. HaIseyy TOR the company
What's the company
1T furnishes asparagus for some.
and potatoes for others, Mrs. Sulli-
van"
"Oh, does It, thin? Does 1t mind
that potaties costs more than they
did, and so pay US better, or worse,
for what we do? If what we eat goes
UP, we can't live; and If we can't live,
them that can has got to support us
somehow. Amt it the truth? What's
the ind of it, me boy?
I'm not askin' about the Justice of
1t, but about the business of it. If our
men starye, what1l we do? Mr.. Hal
sey, sir, Wen raise hell! That's what
Wen do! Too much asparagus in this
country. and too few potaties, and
thin of a bad class, is goin' to raise
hell In this country. Amt it the
truth?
LUX at Jim workin' there. And LUX
at Tim protectin' of him. 'Tis fine,
isn't 1t? I'm thankin' God, meself,
there's birds and sunshine in the
world. If it wasn't for thin and the
priest. I'm ~wonderin' sometimes what
us poor folks would do"
The theory is that some men are
born stronger than others, Mrs. Sui
Ivan, and SO entitled to the aspara-
gus" smiled Halsey.
is 1t so? Jim Sullivan yonder is
strong In what makes a man. In what
makes a woman I'm strong. Hasn't
God got a place fer us, as well as Mr..
RaWn! And If God don't give IL,
haven't such as us got to take it'll
don't mean the asparagus, but just
the potaties %
But I've said enough" she went
on, turning suddenly. Its only be-
cause I'm fond of you, me boy. that
I've said so much. There's deyilment
and mystery goin' on here. | don't
ask you what your mystery is, SO
don't ask me what is mine. Jim's
likely to stick, and so am /. 'Tis likely
we can be useful in the world, and as
Tor bein' strong, were strong enough
TO have each other. And as | was
sayin', we've the birds and the sun
shine-and the priest! So take your
mystery you've got in there. and
match it up with mine. Lave Jim
Sullivan alone. and when these two
mysteries git together, yours and ours,
why. maybe therell be hell"
Halsey did some thinking when he
was alone. He knew now, and had
known, that something, somebody be-
sides the pickets of the labor unions,
had an eye on this mysterious factory
of theirs. He had felt for a long time
that there was an enemy working
somewhere, that a spy was making
definite attempts to get secret infor.
nation. Now, this unknown enemy
was able to offer ten thousand dollars
bride money. The case was serious
enough.
1t was worse than serious. He had
been sufficiently warned. Why, then,
his pipe cold in his teeth, did he sit
staring now and think of things alto
gether apart from the factory? Why
did he dream of the birds and the sun
shine? Why did comparisons still
force themselves into his mind, and
why did he long for something life
had not yet brought to him-some-
thing that Ann Sullivan and her man
owned, though they had so little else?
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job all right. I'm strong. and | a
hold mine here. just the same. We've
only six children, and / wish twas a
dozen. No, it's nc trouble to take
care of this house, too. I'm only
thinkin' of that little lamb of yours
she TUX away with her. 'Tis a mother
she nades."
please don't, Mrs. Sullivan" said
Halsey quietly.
II name no harm, and I'm feelin' fer
you, me boy. you havin' a crippled
child to face the world where even
the strong has hard enough times
ahead. Still, she'll have money, may
like!"
We'll, Mrs. Sullivan. I'm not sure
Of that"
"Of curse It's none OF me business
-of course not. But only look at the
sky and only hear the birds this morn.
in! You're young. and God may give
you two yet the dozen that | have
longed fer, denied as | do be with only
six, You'll be goin' up yerself some
day, with all thin rich folks, Mr.. Hal
sey, boy. I'm stayin' here with Jim
Sullivan, Whin we can't afford spar
rowgrass we eats potaties."
But tell me. Mr.. Halsey." she vent
on shrewdly, how long will we be
havin' even potaties to eat? Ye don't
keep min there in the factory long
there's not many at wurrk now. Be
sides, there's no smoke In thin chin
bieys! And it's time. What's the
mystery there. boy?"
"a good deal of labor troubles"
commented Halsey non-committally.
More than that" she insisted.
drawing close to him. Listen! j
mean we'll to you, boy. and so does
Jim. He'll stick. But Jim told me
the night that he could walk out, and
pick up a clean tin thousand dollars
fer the walkin'!"
Halsey controlled himself. This was
news of staggering sort. why doesn't
he, then. Mrs. Sullivan2 That's a good
deal OF money" he said quietly.
Eyes, why doesn't he?-with me
half American and gettin' more so
aich year-me a-needin' di'monds and
AUTOMOBILES! The fool Irish! IT'S
maybe his iiIotic idea he ought to
stick"
Halsey made no answer except to
look over At the gaunt factory build.
fngs. A blue-coated figure was pacing
back and forth before the door.
There's Jim Sullivan workin' In.
side. and there's Tim Carney walkin'
beat outside" she resumed: "and the
pickets tryin' to break In, and some
one eles tryin' e break In What's u
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-12-25
Favorite Fiction.

"The Science of Palmistry."
1T Will Be the Least Bit Dat of hy
Way, l Assure You"
The Bed Was Very Comfortable,
Mrs. Irons; l Slept Like a TOP"
Reformed Spelling"
Your Esteemed Favor OF Yester-
day"
Il Never Felt Better in My Life"
"Why, Father, / Don't Know One
Gard from Another"
IF / Thought 1t Was Doing Me the
Least Harm I'd Quit 1t in q Minute"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-12-25
BABIES ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
Turkish Mothers Abandoned Their
Offspring In Retreat From victori-
u Bulgarian Army.

When the Turks filed before the
conquering Bulgarian army. as at Mus
taphia Pasha, mothers fleeing in pan
ic in many cases left children and
babies behind them, so that the con-
Guering Bulgars in addition TO gath
ering the dead and wounded had also
to pick up crying babies. Many a
Bulgarian soldier considered 1t his
duty to send home a Turkish baby
to be taken care OF when he discover
ed that It's mother had abandoned 1t
and could not be found.
A cavalry lieutenant from Sofia add
ed the other day to his family of six
children a seventh one-a Turkish
baby girl. His horse suddenly SHE'D.
and the rider saw on the ground the
baby. and jumped "a
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Her Identity.

A lawyer who halls from the Sunny
South tells this story.
Il had a rich client who died. Her
will set aside a certain amount to be
paid to her negro maid in monthly
instaliments.
The beneficiary could not write her
name. and each month | had her mark
the receipt with an X. One day she
handed me the receipt. signed with a
circle.
Didn't tell you to mark an X to
that paper?" ! asked.
Yes. jedge.' she answered.. but Is
married now. l done changed mn
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He Was HAVING Il.

Stubb-That's a witty Britisher.
While he was sitting on the park
bench some mischievous boys filled It
with wax and his coat tails adhered AZ
if they had been cemented.
Penn-Great joke! What did he
say when he arose?
Stubb-Why, that well-Enown Brit
ish expression: I'm having a ripping
time"
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Clean Fake.

"It's almost impossible to believe
some of the things you read in the
newspapers nowadays"
What have you run across now?
This ~half-column article about a
city-bred girl yanking off her petit
coat and stopping a cannon ball ex-
press from dashing into an open
switch"
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Go Ahead. Jimmy.

And remember, Johnny Binks,"
said the teacher, who was endeavor-
ing to drive a moral precept into
Johnny's head, there is always plen-
ty of oom at the top"
Il guess you got that a little wrong.
teacher" said Johnny. whose father
is a street-car conductor. PLENTY Of
room up 'front.' is the way my pa says
It,"
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1@@gS8a(HRa9

at that moment a shell fell on the
saddle of the horse. The baby saved
the mans life. He left ii In the care
of a Bulgarian woman in the city, and
when after the battle he could not dis
cover its mother. he SEN 1t to his
wife to care for as one of her own.
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Matchless.

And what became of that girl who
was such a matchless beauty in our
set when ! went away?"
she still Isl"
What. after all these years."
mot SO much of a beauty. but still
matchless. She's an old maid"
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She Didn't Understand.

See here" said his wife; Il hear
you acted %scandalous on that trip with
those Knights of Sparta"
me? How's that?"
Mr.. Wombat says you posed az
the Isaak Walton of the party. What
do you mean by going around under
an assumed name?"
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His Solution.

Mrs. vansook Cat the chiliren's par
ty)-I declare. little girls aad boys of
twelve stay up half the night. owa
days!
Mr.. Newlyblest (absently)-I sup
pose they acquire the habit while they
are babies.-Puck.
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No..

1T seems strange to think that one
little word from you. will make mo
happy for life!"
Yes. But there's another little
word the saying Of which will keep
me from being miserable for life.
am just selfish enough to say that
one"
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A Bigger Contract.

so you think you ear support my
daughter?"
II think So"
And can you support her Frsnch
maid. her two poodles and her -
monkey1"
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Got Mixed.

What sort of a proposal do you
suppose that business adnnirer of hers
made Gladys?"
What was it?"
L suppose he was negotiating for
some real estate at the same time, for
he asked her to give him the refusal
of her hand"
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Up to Date

How are you?" asked the first
nosey a
We'll. thank you" answered the
second. with his guard up.
How do you find business, these
daysg"
by Advertising"
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A Gentle Knock.

A.G y tIe-.Knock. 1000
That girl has pretty hair" remark
ed the young man.
YES" said the damsel he was with,
and she has some at home that n
even prettier louisville Courier
Journal.
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Usual Distinction.

Young Wife-That pudding l have
just made for you Is q poem.
Huhby-And l suppose I'm to be the
w~astebasket. - Pennsylvania Punch
Bowl
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A PrinceIx Gift.

There are not many great philan-
thropists."
Il heard of one the other day"
what did he do?"
He gave away a pass to the worlds
SERIES"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-10-17
HOME PLOT COMPANY
SELLS ITS HOLDINGS
R. L, Thomas and Associates IncOr.
pOrate and Continue Model
Farm Development.
ACTIVE SELLING ORGANIZATION
Number OF Local Real Estate Dealers
Will Have Exclusive Agency
and Will Push Sales.

II Drmlng and Alfalfa Dairy
RancHrs Is the name Of new cor.
poration which has taken over the
suburban farm holding, consisting Of
1000 acres Of The Home Plot Com
pany of which {. j. Laughren was
president, The new concern is being
formed by Robert l.. Thomas and ~.
-oriatcs. Mr.. Thomas Is now in
Louisville, kentucky, but will be in
the city IN week or two.
The land will be- developed us be
gm by the former owners, that L.,
each tract will be- equipped with an
individual pumping plant and every
thing necessary. \ farm expert has
been employed to do the work. Frank
Monscr will have charge Of the clcc-
lrical installation.
Another corporation will be form
ed soon which will have the excln-
Slvc sales of the land. This corpora.
ton will BE composed Of well known
Ioca. real estate operators.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-10-17
PROGRESS
EL PAS0 BOOSTERS WILL
BE IN DEMlNG ON MONDAY

The RI paso trade excursion
boosters ARE expected to arrlv" on II
special train from Fl Paso nj 1880
o'clock Monday morning They will
depart Tor Silver City at 80 O'Clock
IN the afternoon. \ stop will be- made
at Spadng where the sixty or more
Pas, City visitors will be treated To
some Of the excellent rasubae which
were grown in large numbers on the
Rio Mimbrcs tract The party will
be in Dcming almost three hours and
will be entertained by the Deming
citizens. With the party il one of
the rcgimcntal bands from Fort Bliss
which will give II ronrrr, on one OF
the main streets.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-10-17
Mountain OF Tin Near Deming

4 mountain of tin has been d'sroN-
cred six miles north Of Mirage, the
next station north on the Santa Fc
railroad. II has been essaycd at
SGO II ton, hut i, expected to run very
much better under the surface. II
the strike Is what il appears to be-.
I will make the section one of the
richest in the country Very little
Tin is mined in the United States
though the metal has long been
sought. \ dozen or more have nj
ready filed on claims, several good
locations are still open, according
10 information which was brought
here yesterday
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-10-17
$4,000 WORTH LAND
SOLD BY c. f. M|ESSE
One Purchaser In Party Which Ar
rived Here From the East,
Bought $4,000 Worth.
NEW WELLS BEING DRILLED
Development OF Alfalfa Company's
Lands Near Carne Has Assum-
ed Colossal Proportions.

The party of Mrsar buyers who
spent the latter part of last week
and early part of this week IN Drm.
lnp and OH the l0O,000-acrr tract
east of the city, departed after buy
lng $4,000 worth of land. The lurg
cst purchasers were ". T.. Weeks and
Mrs. Weeks of I.ongpoint, illinois :,
and l.. X. Ensign of Longpoinl, II.
lmois Mr.. and Mrs. Weeks pur-
chased 2lO acres Of land.
NEW WELLS
Twenty one new plls have been
dug for wells ou the tract. in addi-
tlun to the wells compIrlcd and ~iN
which are down ninety feet or more.
\ new Keystone drop drill takes up
the work at ninety feet, following the
ghtcr mcrry-go.round type. Up to
date the wells, according to the re
port of the state engineer have de-.
\rIop'u nNr times the amount ol wa
ter which the contracts call for.
Thrrc-rlghr,-inrh casing is being us
I'd on the wells after the ninety foot
level j., passed and on down To the
loln depth of lj0.
PROGRESS
Tue new hotel Is more than half
completed on the Mlrs,r lowusitc,
and the Southern Pacific company
j., ready To install switch and sid
my. More than 1000 acres are now
ploWrd and the three tractors have
again been attached lu the gang
plows. Prof. Alex Mcpherson, the
California farm expert. Is III charge
of the development work.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-10-17
TO SELL STATE LAND
HERE ON DECEMBER s
More Than $4,000 Acres of Land,
Much Of II is In Shallow Water
Belt-0ffered at Auction
TWO SECTIONS ARE NEAR CITY
Valuation Of So and $40 has been
Placed But Bidding Will Run
Choice Plots Much Higher.

More than 10000 acres Of Min
brcr Valley land, the greater part OF
which i, in the shallow water belt
will be- sold ut public auction to tn,
highest bidder at 10 o'clock in the
morning, December s, in front of the
courthouse by Robert +. Ervcin, stat,
land commissioner. The minimum
price an acre for this Is - for graz
ing land and SlO for farming land
though it i, expected that, that part
which can be- reclaimed by pumping
viii be- sold H. high rs $50 un acre
\ section which adjoin, the Dcmng
cemetery two miles east of the city
aud another section three miles south
are the cream Of the offering and 4
spirited contest is expected. The
full description Of the land offered
appears in the legal advertising col.
mmne of this issue; also the terms ol
which it can be- obtained.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-10-17

Biz line of napkins, $500 values
ut -. 80 per dozen at NordhanN---ad'
is standard of intelligence and ed
ncation; its industries; It's cost oi
living: its public provisions for tn"
ror, of the sick: etc. As the nature
Of the problem has be"om" clearer
!, has been possible to classify them
under three general headings. name
ly. (a) Those which fall TO the share
Of the government. OBJ Those when
belong to private organizations su"h
os Anti.tubercular societies. tc)
Continued on page hve)
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-10-17
MRS. S. A. BiRCHFlElD SELLS
PINE ST. MILLINERY STORE

Mrs. ). \, Birchfcld has sold her
millinery stock "u Pine street to II
purchuscr whose name has been
Withheld. Possession will not be given
b,fore the end of the year The
stock has all been placed on sale and
is being rapidly sold out.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-10-17

Don't forget that Montravillc Wood
will lecture Wednesday evening, Oc-
Dobcr % ut the Crystal thcatcr on the
monorall. ultra violet ray and the
gyrosropr. This is the second num-
brr on the Lyccum course and will
be- one of the most interesting aud
instructive The Deming Woman's
club has charge of the lecture course
and it should be borne in mind that
every cent realized will 60 toward
the securing of library for Dem
me.