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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
Old customs in svnaoouuss.

When the annual reading Of the
Book Of Esther takes place in the
synagOgues as a prelude to the festi-
val Of Purim the children shake their
rattles (Haman ''klopfers'') vigorously
every time the name Of Haman, who
was counsellor Of King Ahasuerus,
monarch Of ancient Persia, appears in
the book. This quaint custom has
been observed from time immemOriaL
London Fvaning Standard
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
American Investments In Mexico -By--
Already More Than Billion Dollars Frank G. Carpenter
Ar Nor Hyn eM@n in he'll own Land
Copyright. 1913, by Frsnk G. Carpenter)

Mining Properties Americans Heavily Interested Than
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

Before you are filed
with Mercury and
% { her Poisonous
Drugs, see DR.. Che
.HOk. the botanist
specialist. who cures
the following dis
eases without the
aid Of minerals or
knife: Cancer. Blood
.P OILS on. x i d n e Y
Trouble. Rheuma-
.tism. Heart Disease,
and Liver derange-
.ments Consultation
free. SOC San An
tonic St Phone 2910
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

New York. March Oscar Hammer
stein, the operate impresario. known
on two continents as the greatest ad-
vertiser Of himself and his stars in the
world, at last has a secret. which he de-
sires withheld from the public Mr..
Hammerstein has taken until himself a
wife, but refuses TO disclose her iden-
tity. The mystery has seized all Of New
York, London and Paris with an cpl
demic Of curiosity, but the mighty Os-
car. the man TO whom no jealousy
guarded secret regarding the private
lives OF his operate stars was too sa-
cred TO be published broadcast by him,
has for the first time in his life drawn
the cloak Of silence about himself. This
is his second venture on the matrimo-
NAL sea His first wife divorced Mr..
Hammerstein in 1910 and died two years
later.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
CLIMBING STILL.

Rich Man Ito clerz)-I started in at
the lowest rung OF the ladder Ny first
wife got only IS a week alimony- Now
look at me- Paying $500 10 my last
and haven't stopped climbing yet
Puck.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
Natural Explanation.

"Why is It that women will not
learn by experiences" Because they
object to Times giving them any
wrinkles"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-23
Christmas Not n Humbug.

"Chrlstn"s humbug, uucle?" said
Scrooge's nephew You don't mean
that. I'm sure
II do" said Scroogp. Merry Christ
mas. Out upon Merry Christmas! !!
What's Christmas time for you but a
time for paying bills without money
time for finding Yourself year older
and not an hour richer. "A time for bal
ancing your books and having every
item in EN- through round dozen OF
months presented dead against youI
IL | could work my will every idiot
who goes about with Merry Christ
mas on his lips should be boiled With
his own pudding and buried with a
stake of holly through h,. heart He
should"
1t is many years since the conversion
Of old Scrooge from the error of his
ways by the three ghosts Of Christmas
past, Christmas present and Christmas
yet to come. 1t is many more years
since the first Christmas anthem rang
triumphant in the hush of an expectant
midnight nOur over the plains or Pal
estine. And yet, in spite of the years
and their message to the world. there
still exist those unfortunate souls who.
like the wretched Ebenezer. call Christ
mas a humbug and lose sight of the
real spirit and JOY OF the day.
"Christmas a humbug"' one is moved
to eXcIaim with old Scrooge's indig-
nant nephew No, not humbug, but
n feast of good cheer. of kindly i'm
pulses, of generous giving, if hearts are
opened and Sympathics allowed free
play, if cyniciSm is barred and peSsi-
miStic philosophy banishcd TO the linn
10 of all unpleasantnesS. For the very
essence of the spirit of Christmas is
that OF kindness. Of affection.
When the flame of the real spirit of
T"-'o'nns is dim or nltoOnthar 10" =
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-23
THE CHRIST CHiLD'S MANGER.
Pretty but ObsoIescent Feature of tho
Latin Christmas.

FTetty out ObsoIescent Feature OF tho
Latin Christmas.
All through the Italian and HunGa-
rian quarters in New York city may be
found traces of the manger ut Christ
mas time. The Italians call it the
"preSepio," which means manger; the
Hungarians the bethlehem"
The manger is an exceedingly old
and interesting devotion In the Catholic
countries of south Europe. St Francis
of Assist, who was born in 11S2. in
troduced it into Italy. and it Is still the
sign of Christmas in south Italy. as
much as holly In the windows is the
sign Of it in New York. 1T is not many
years since carpenter could not be
had for weeks before Christmas in Ma
pies or Rome. They were all busy put
ting up managers in the houses of the
quality, while the poorer folk We're
busy fabriCating their own.
This quaint old devotion is fading
out of the cities of the mainland, but
In conservative Sicily II remains in full
force. Every family there still erects its
preSepio some time from the 1st to the
10Th of December. 1t is not n mangcr
alone, but whole mountain side, made
of the rough, flexible bark OF the cork
tree. Peaks and cragS and precipices
abound, with winding trails, houses
and castles of Colorcd cardboards, for
ests of evergreen twigs ana sometimes
tiny pipes to furnish brooks and lakes.
In the center is the grotto. with the
holy family within surrounded 10y the
cattle y sky of blue paper is stretch
d s.N.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-23
SOM e DONT'S
For Stomach and Liver
Sufferers

Dor't take medicine for your Stomach all.
ments morning, noon and night, usually such
medicines only give temporary relief and simply
diges the food that happens to be in the stomach.
Don't permit surgical operation. There Is
always serious danger in operations and In many
cases of Stomach, Liver and Intestinal Ailments
the knife can be avoided if the right remedy h
taken in time.
Don't go around with foul smelling breath
caused by disordered Stomach and Liver, to the
discomfort of those you come in contact with.
cannot be helped, probably worse cases than
yours have been restored by Mayrs Wonderful
Stomach Remedy.
Most stomach ailments mainly caused by
catarrhal condition. Mayrs Wonderful Stomach
Remedy not only removes the catarrhal mucous
but allays the chronic Inflammation and assist
In rendering the entire amcntaTy- and intestinal
tract antiscptC, and this is the secret of its mar.
velous success.
Don't suffer constant pain and agony and
allow your stomach ailments to physically unddr.
mine your health. No matter How severe yOihi
may be or how long you have suffercd-oHe'
dose of MayrS Wonderful Stomach Remedy
should convince you that you can he restored &c
health again. Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy
has been taken and is highly recommended by
Members of Congress, Justice of the Supreme
Court, Educators, Lawyers, Merchants, Bankers
Doctors, Druggists, Nurses, Manufacturers
walks of life.
Send for FREE valuable booklet on Stomach
Ailments to Geo. ii. Mayr. lSi-lSo Whiting st.
Chicago, Ill.,.
For Sale in Lancaster, s. O., by Lam
caster Pharmacy, the Corner Drug
Store.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-23

there are dozen ways OF tanning it
into renewed life. So many things
combine To foster the Christmas at
moSphere. 10 make Ii. as Scrooge's
nephew said. IA kind, forgiving. char
table. pleasant time. the only time in
the long calendar Of the year when
men and women seem. by one consent,
to open their shutup hearts freely and
to think Of people below them as IL
they really were fellow passengers to
the grave and not another race OF crea-
lures bound on other JOURNEYS"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-23
A REAL SANTA CLAUS.

.ANTA CLAUS. | hang for YOU
BY the mantel stockings two
~ One tor me aud one to go
81 To another boy I know.
1 There's a chimney I'm the town
| You have never Travelled down.
| Should you chance to enter there
| You would find n room all bare;
| Not a stocking could you spy.
| Matter not how you might try.
And the shoes you'd find are such
AS no boy would care for much.
| In a broken bed you'd see
| Some one Just about like me
| Dreaming OF the pretty toys
| Which you bring to other boys.
And to him a Christmas seems
Merry only i'm his dreams.
All he dreams. then, Santa Claus.
Stuff the stockings with. because
! len it's filled up to the brim
Ne Santa Claus to himl
Frank Dempster Sherman.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-23

family Ii is Kept year after year un-
til worn out. but II needs to be fresh
ened up each year. always n welcome
task to the mother and daughters OF
the house.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-23

From others-make their livelihood in
crime
Now sit at tables with the best of fare
Children. unused TO luXures and Joys.
Now have abundance, are e'en blessed
with toys.
ror did not Christ take such unto his
care?
III" laborcr sick. his family hungry cold
Is now remembered; wood and coal ana
rent
Nrd -four and meal and fowl to him are
sent
BY them that know the genuine use OF
gold.
Whose eyes have seen the shepherds watch
by night
who've read the Sermon on the Mount
Alright.
Edward S Creamer in Brooklyn Eagle
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-23
CHRISTMAS TIME.

~ FACE and good will toward men.
Blcst Christmas time
That brings to famished thousands
a good meal.
While even those. immured in cells,
that steal
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-10-09
DO IT NOW
eamberg People Should Not Wait
Until Il Is Too Late.

Bamberg People Should Not Wait
Until 1t Is Too Late.
The appalling death rate from kid
ney disease is due in most cases to
the fact that the little kidney troubles
are usually neglected until they be-
come serious. The slight symptoms
often give place to chronic disorders
and the sufferer may slip gradually in
to some serious form of kidney com
plant.
If you suffer from backache, head
ache, dizzy spells; if the kidney Sc
cretions are irregular of passage and
unnatural in appearance, do not de-
lay. Help the kidneys at once.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
tor kidney disorders-they act where
others fail. Over one hundred thou
sand people have recommended them.
Here is one of many cases in this
vicinity.
D.. Pelk, Main st., Bamberg, S. c.,
says: "Doan's Kidney Pills procured
At the Peoples Drug Co. have been
used in our family for kidney com
plant and backache and have brought
great benefit. l am confident that
Doans Kidney Pills are a good kidney
medicine and act just as represented" :"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-10-09

All persons between the ages OF
twenty-one and sixty years of age,
except Confederate soldiers and sail
ors, who are exempt at so years of
age. are liable to poll tax of one
dollar.
Capitation dog tax so cents.
All persons who we're 21 years OF
age on or before the 1st day of jan
uary, 1913 are liable to poll tax
of one dollar, and all who have not
made returns to the Auditor, are re-
quested to do so on or before the
1st of January, 1914.
will receive the communication
road tax of two $4,000 dollars from
the 18th day of October, 1913, until
the 1st day of March, 1914.
G. A. JENNINGS,
Treasurer Bamberg County.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-10-09
Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure.

The worst cases, no matter of how long standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable DR..
porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves
Pain and Heals at the same time. 25c Soc, 81 .CC
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-10-09

Double and single entry fiat open
ing and loose leaf ledgers at Ihe
Herald Book Store.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-10-09
TAX NOTICE.

The treasurer's Office will be open
for the collection of State, county,
school and all other taxes from the
18th day of October, 1913 until the
18th day of March, 1914, inclusive.
From the first day of January,
1914, until the 31st day of January,
1914, a penalty of one per cent. Will
be added to all unpaid taxes. From
the 1st day of February, 1914, until
the 2Sth day of February, 1914, a
penalty of 2 per cent. will be added
to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
day of March, 1914, until the 15th
day of March, 1914, penalty of Z
per cent. will be added to all unpaid
taxes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04

in postal savings bonds.
The income of the system Tor the
fiscal year. will meet the interest pay
ments and the total expenses of the
central office, but will be approximate
" $275, 600 less than enough to cover
the entire expense of the service.
However, the postmaster generals re-
port says sit is expected that when
the deposits have increased to $50, Co.,
0o6, which at the present rate they
Will do soon, the system will be self
sustaining
The report recomm ends not only that
the parcel post rates be reduced, but
that the weight of packages be in
creased to a point above the maxim UNI
weight of eleven pounds. On this
subject the report says:
while the postage rates for the new
parcel post system range considerably
lower than corresponding express
will show them to be higher in some
instances than is necessary in order to
maintain the service at cost Like
wise, the restriction that places an
eieven-pound limit on the weight of
parcels mailed should be regarde ed as
merely tentative. After the system
is thoroughly organized on that basis
the scope of the service in its useful
ness to the public should be still fur
Their enlarged by increasing the weight
limit
The report directs attention to the
approval of the commission headed
by Associate Justice Hughes, of the
United Staes Supreme Court, of the
post office departments recommends
ton that the postage rate on second
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04
BROMLEY NOT TO 60
Road Official Says Riggs Coming
Does Not Affect Prens Agent.

In response to a query regarding the
report that Edward G. Riggs, a New
York newspaper man of wide reputa-
ton, was soon to enter the employ of
the New Haven road to succeed Major
Isaac Bromley as press agent, the fol-
lowing official statement was made by
the road yesterday afternoon.
'eTSnere is no information other than
reported that Mr.. Edward Z. Riggs
has entered the employ of the com
pany.
''Mr Riggs employment affects in
no way Mr.. Bromley or the retention
of his office in New Haven"
According to those informed in the
railroads plans that reconstruction
will not come in the press department,
but Mr.. Riggs may be placed at the
head of the contemplated bureau of
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04
AUTO sABvE.

When your trip is a. trial
With punctures and breaks,
When rainfall and mud
Make the road look like lakes,
When your gas fails to feed
And your engine stands still,
When you lose all your speed
AT the foot of the hill,
When avoiding a crowd
You slip over the bank
And are forced to dismount
And connect with the crank;
just kindly remember,
You are not the whole cheese,
For others have been there
Before, If you please.
When your light tank gives out
In the dark of the night.
And you take the wrong road
In your terrible plight,
When your tire blows out
And you have no repairs,
Forget not that others
Had trouble with theirs.
just smile and look happy
Forgetting to swear,
Take my word for it now
You will surely get there,
just remember, my friend,
You are not the whole cheese;
I, myself, have been there
Before, if you please.
H. B. McCuI1ough.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04
LOWER RATES
FOR PARCEL POST
Postmaster
General
Changes.
Recommends

Postmaster General Hitchcock's an
nual report suggests reduction of some
parcel post rates and increasing the
limit of weight beyond eleven pounds;
recommends civil pensions for postal
employees; an increase in rates on sec
ond class mail which may pave the
way for 1 cent letter postage; the con-
solidation of the third and fourth
classes 50, books and papers may be
forwarded by parcel post; and points
out that during his administration,
expense of operating the postal service
has been cut down sac, ZOO, coo.
The establishing of postal savings
banks at Presidential post offices was
completed early in the fiscal year, end
ed June 80, 1912-the year covered by
the report. Since then the system
has been extended to 1904 fourth class
post offices, as well as to GAS branch
offices and stations in the larger cities.
There are now 1882 postal savings
banks at which patrons may open ac-
counts. The number of depositors is
approximately 800, 900 and the deposits
aggregate about $2s, 600 900, not includ-
ing s1,314. lat withdrawn and invested
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04

publicity, which President MelIen said
he would establish, for the purpose OF
keeping in closer touch with the news
papers of New, England. At that time
Mr.. Mel1en was known to be securing
New England for capable newspaper
that he was unsuccessful. 1t Is pre-
sumed that Mr. Riggs has satisfied
his requirements, and will be employ
ed by the road to begin the new sys-
tenn of advertising.
Mr.. Riggs has been political writer
ON the New York SUN for years and
was for time it's representative at
Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04
las. mail be increased from l cent to

class mail be increased from cent to
cents a pound.
''There is a widespread popular in
terest,'' the report says, in the plan
to lower the postage charge on letters
from 2 cents to L cent an ounce. The
proposed increase in the second-clasS
rate would pave the way for this
change making it possible to reduce
the first-class rate without departing
from the present policy of self-sup-
porting postal service
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04
w. III. BARBOUR DIES
OF CANCER IN BIERDEN

Meriden, Feb. 4-William H. Bar
bour, 81, for years of the firm Of Bar
bour Brothers Silver Co, died at his
home here, yesterday. His death was
caused by cancer and he was operated
on in Hartford at the same time the
late Judge Plat was operated on. In
1884 he was a member of the General
Assembly. He leaves three broeBlsE
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04
CEsxclustve Service THE SURVEY
Press B1reau.)


A new method OF undertaking the
support Of 3 growing city's charities
and u new way out of perplexing prob
lens Of philanthropy were opened
up recently when the Cleveland
Cham Der of Commerce decided to or
EznIze = Federation for Charity and
Philanthropy For the donors and
phnanthropic associations agreeing TO
come under the plans the new or
gRnlEatzon viii serve as a clearing
house The innumerable appeals will
be pooled each year into one which
And IT aims to do away with tags and
tickets, benefit bazaars, fairs, enter
ta3nments and balls.
Five years Of painstaktng study by
lent Associations, following its work
OF charity endorsement as carried On
since 1900. revealed the fact that the
support for CIeveland's philanthroptes
was being provided by a small and
even Diminishing number of gtvers. In
1909, seventy-three institutions were
calling for 1880, 900 a year-a sum
nearly equal to 50 for every man, Wo-
man and child in Cleveland. They
sought direct contributions of about 81
per citizen, or roughly s65o,00O. But
ali this money is given by less than
1 per cent Of Clevelard's population
In 1907 there were 5,T33 persons con-
tr1buting to sfxty-one institutions. with
total budgets of less than q million
dollars; IN 1907, 10 institutions with
budgets of one and one-ha1f millions
were being assisted by only $3.50 sin
gle n1versI In 1907 thirteen people
we're giving IS per cent In 1909 on
II six people were giving AZ per cent.
In 1907, seventy-four persons were
giving SIS per cent In 1909 fifty
four persons were giving So per cent
with increasing difficulty in secur-
ing funds each institution apparently
solicited a few big givers instead of
culffvaffnz the small giver and edu-
eating the non-giver. In prosperous
times the many small gtvers seemed
unnecessary. And the expense of ed
uczt1onal campaigns is great In the
solicitation Of money each institution
spent nearly $1,000 or over 10 per
cent OF the gifts solicited This meth
O. mcreover, over-em phasizes good
representation as compared with good
work by the institution
The Cleveland. Federation for Char
iEy and Philanthropy is to be COM
posed OF a board of thirty trustees: ten
to be elected by the phiIanthropic or
Eznizafions which become parties to
the Federation ten to be elected by
the donors who agree to contribute
funds through the Federation and
ten to be appointed by the president
e AAA Chamber OF Commerce and ap-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04
CLEVELAMD'S
GROUP PLAN
A Large Scale Experiment in
Good VIII and Char
. table Giving
C. w. Wilkins. Assistant to the
President. oUerlin College.)

President. Operlin CoIlege.)
Cleveland was one of the first Am
zrican cities to launch a civic center
rro1sct to group public buildings 1t
Is the frat large city to scheme out q.
group plan to bring all its pIlilau-
thrOpIc agencies into q new era Of
team work and EFFICIENCY. The plan
Commerce, and its base is the coop
eratdve collection OF charitable sup
pert But It Is drafted along origin
al lines, and In the views of its advo-
cafes 10 far more than a fiscal enter
prise To- quote one Of them, THE
plan viii be Ka1lure-
l. II 1t does not raise more money :
; II It diminishes the personal
quality In charity. even though twice
AZ much money is raised;
3. II the Federation does not have
the courage to divert money to work
w1are II Il Breatly needed. and fails
70 persuade organizations to abandon
as16s better covered by others
& II Il fails to build up weak or
Ean1zafions whose work gives prospect
of service 60 the community
o. II 1t does not stimulate new or
SENSATIONS to meet new needs.
Perhaps the most definite criticism
lodged against such projects In the
past has been that they would tend to
mun1ry under the thumb of the bus
mess interests It is claimed for the
Cleveland plan, ON the contrary, that
Il will STIMULATE giving among vast
Eumbsrs Of people of moderate means,
and boards OF direction need no long
sr BE numbered up with Mrs Cold
Rocks and Mr.. Brown Stone Front
These boards. assured of support
through the federation. can choose ao-
tive members
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04

Unfaithfulness in the keeping Of
an appointment is an act of clear dis
honesty You may as well borrow a
persons money as his time.
Horace Mann.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04

The blessed work of helping the
world forward happily does not wait
to be done by perfect men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING

PIainheId, Conn, Feb. -Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Laross celebrated their
golden wedding in Taftville yesterday
They have eight grandchildren and
many grand and great-srandchildrer
WANT ADS. GENT a WORD.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13

Just received a big shipment
of ribbon, which we are selling
at very low figure. The Famous.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-16

the ink stain. Sprinkle with half an
ounce of cornpneal, allow to stand
twenty-four hours, sweep off meal
and no stain should be seen.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-16

three years Ago and plugged along
for two years on So, $40 and $12 a
week, and her big chance came just
as she was about discouraged and in
clned to give up.
She was put in as leading woman
in within the Law" and not only
made her reputation, but the reputa-
ton of the play.