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NOTED PLACES WHERE
PEACE WON RENOWN
Pivotal Points Around Which Have
Moved Destines of Great
Nations
From Tit-Blts.

It ibtH 4ll-bllS.
The French capital has been the scene
of several peace parts some of which
have had mighty influence on the
destiny of the British empire. This re-
mark applies with force to the agree
ment which brought the Seven Years
war to a close in 1863. In the course
of this war, In which the English and
the French were the chief combatants,
we acquired Canada. and by Gives vic
tory at Plassey established our POSI-
tion in India. Twenty years later we
signed a further treaty in Paris where
by we acknowledged the independence of
the United States. At the same time we
made peace with France, Holland and
Spain, with each of whom in turn we
had become involved I'M war through
our futile attempt to conquer the Amer
lean colonists. Paris was also the
scene of the treaty which In 1855
marked the conclusion of the Crimean
war
At period when The Hague has be-
come the synonym of peace ii is inter-
esting to remember that at Ryswick,
a village two miles from the Dutch
capital, was drawn up the>treaty which
enueu the hlght Years war between
William III of England and Louis XIV
of France. In the course of this war
we achieved one of our greatest naval
vfctories-on Cape lie Hogue in 1692.
Holland was destined to be the scene
a few years later of another treaty
much more important in its bearing
upon British history. Utrecht, now
known as a university town, was the
place at which England reaped the
fruits of Marlboroughs great victories
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In 1713. there passed into British pos
session Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,
Hudson Bay territory and Gibraltar.
Aix-la- -Chapelle. the German city
chosen as his capital by Chnrlemagnc.
is intimately associated with the close
of more than one great conflict. Beau
tlfully situated near the frontiers of
Holland and Bel gium. its waters attract
thousands of visitors every year from
many parts of Europe. notable
treaty signed here In 174S WAS that
which concluded the war of the Aus
trian succession In this war England
successfully took the part OF Maria
Theresa, who. on succeeding to the do
minions of her father, the Emperor of
Austria. was attacked by France, Prus-
sia and Bavaria.
More famous in the history of AiX-la-
Chapelle is the congress of 1913. This
congress met to arrange the Withdraw
al from France of the allies army of
occupation. which had entered that
country on the downfall of Napoleon.
The congress was n brilliant assembly
of sovereigns and statesmen. The EN-
peror Alexander I of Russia. the Em-
peror Francis | of Austria and King
Frederick William of Prussia attended
in person. The Duke of Wellington
and Lord Castbereagh represen ted Great
Britain.
assembled at Vienna. Never before"
says one writer. had Europe seen such
a collection of rank and talent" The
four allies-Great Britain. Austria. Rus
sia and Prussia. who had united to se-
cure the overthrow of Napoleon-were
represented at this congress- together
with the minor powers of Europe. The
object of the assembly was to read
just the map In view of the abdication
of Napoleon. The escape of the latter
from Elba and the subsequent battle
of Waterloo largely neutralized the de-
cisions OF the congress.
Nowadays we hear nothing of Tilsit,
yet every schoolboy knows the name of
this town in east Prussia. situated on
the banks of the Mencl. It is famous
as the scene of the treaty concluded
between Emperor Alexander | of Rus
sia and Napoleon, who met for the pur-
! pose on raft moored In the middle of
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Origin of Life

From the Pail Mall Gazette
Prof Sims Woodhead's lecture at the
Royal Society of Arts will have the effe +.
of putting an end. for time at least to
the wild claims of the younger genera
tion of scientists who every year or two
announce that at last they have made
life
Prof. Woodhead held out little hope of
the secret of the origin of life heng dis
covered In our time; indeed, he declared
that even before any advance in our
study of this subject can be made We
must have a great philosopher whosa
outlook is wide. and who can found his
philosophy on a broad, scientific basis
He declared that in the production OF
antitoxins In the animal body we have
probably one of the strongest of our
proofs of the existence of something more
than any mere chemical or chemico-phys-
les process Ehrlich and Weigert have
demonstrated that these antitoxins are
the result of some specific reaction be-
tween proteid toxins and the tissues of
the body.
For my part" said Professor Wood
head II am convinced that the study of
the origin of life must in future be very
closely connected and concerned with
these adaptive processes that can only
be carried on with any promise of sue
cess in organism. whose tissues react to
tn various nutritive, Preventative, ami
toxic proteids and in reacting produce
antibodies in great variety, but of high
sreciicity.''
But though the vast amount of TIM.
and knowledge that have been expende..
in pursuit of this great secret of life have
resulted in no revelation of the object OF
search. they have at least in an indirect
way added to the sum of our knowledge
Professor Woodhead closed Ills measured
and sober lecture by stating his belief in
personal God, by ''rebelling against
whose laws we are bound to suffer direc.
ly or indirectly.
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The Attorney General at Edmonton
ordered warrants issued for the arrest
of Tommy" Burns, the promoter;
William Mccartney, McCartys man
ager; Ed" Smith, Of Chicago, the ref
cree, and several trainers and attend
ants.
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toned above, l now read my New Wit
ness with 1edoubled interest, wondering,
the while, how much more of the litera-
ture of the day is produced under the
auspices of Hebe and Bacchus.
Peck's Poems Published
Perhaps the new era of zeal interest
poetry lately ushered in here by Mase-
field and Helston and Tagore is respons-
BILE for the fact that an English pub
Usher has just brought out a little vol
ume of verse entitled Perceptions" by
an American poet, Robert Bowman Peck
of Chicago, who has been living for some
months past in London in the house in
which dear old Mrs. Henry Wood is said
tC have written the novels that had such
an enormous circulation in her day, and
which are selling yet in England.
Pauper Wins Literary Prize
Two elderly paupers, one of them an
American citizen, have iust won the
first prize of $500 in a literary skill con-
test which is held weekly by London
Sunday newspaper. This contest is
called Finals and is a variation of the
'Limericks' idea which become such Il
mania in England a few years ago-a
phrase of three words being set, and com
petitors required to make another oppo-
site one using letters in the first one.
his effort a postal order for sixpence-
the accumulation of these paying the
prize money.
The two men who, in partnership, won
the first prize of $500 are aged respect
lively 50 and g. and they sent in their win
ming effort from the worithouse at East
bourne. of which both have been inmates
for several months. The phrase they
had to work on was "A Good Story Tel
ler," and their winning effort was Art
fully 'Dished' Esau.' Just which of the
twain actually evolved it has not been
stated. but they sent it in the name of the
British member of the partnership, w.
w. Elliott. the American, through mo-
tives of pride. not wishing to have his
identity disclosed. This man. the son Of
an American lawyer, was educated, il Is
stated. at Harrow, but his fathers death
threw him suddenly on his own resources
First a stock and share broker. then a
commercial traveller, he ultimately be-
came an insurance canvasser in New
York. Last year he returned to England
thinking to join sister at Eastbourne
but found she had gone to India, and
being without friends or employment he
entered the workhouse.
His companion. Elliott. is an old soldier
and was invalided from the Thirteenth
Hussars in 1856.
Both men have now left the worhhouse
The American it has been na'vely stated
intends to return to the United States
and ''re-enter society" with the 800 odd
which he has left after making good the
amount which has been spent on his keep
while at the workhouse.
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Modern Witches

From the London Chronicle
Centuries have passed since witches
were executed in England; but in very
recent times they have suffered physical
harm. DR.. Jessopp knew a Norfolk man
who died In 1883. and In the sixties had
Joined with his two brothers In q night
expedition to the house of an old worna n.
They took her out of bed. and, In tho
presence of half dozen other people.
threw her into pond, where she would
infallfhlv have been drowned. but thai
some who were not so mad as tho res.
cried out that she was sinking to the
bottom ana must be saved" The con
elusive evidence AGAINST her was tina
she Iept black cat and wore a biacL
silk dress on SUNDAYS. In 1882 there was
still. alive. and master in an elementarg
school, one who. as young man. had
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weekly paper. THE New WITNESS" TO fui-
limitations In connection herewith.
II believe that Cecil Chester must
do most OF his writing In public house
or saloon as you would call it--in Ken
sngton," remarked n friend of mine
whose office Ia In that suburb, the other
day, for | see him enter 1t almost every
morning about II o'clock and emerge
about iinch time with a big bundle OF
what looks like manuscript under his
arm. He lives close at hand, by the way,
at his fathers house In Warwick Square,
close to Holland Park road.
Has Illustrious Predecessor
THE pub which Chestertcn affects, F"
my friend went on, lis called The Hol-
land Arms, and stands, as 1t happens, on
the site of an ancient one, called, think.
The Plough At this old hostelry, so the
story goes, Addison used to do a lot OF
his work-being driven there by the tan
trums of his wife, the former Lady Hol-
land so Chesterton can claim to have
had an illustrious predecessor, at any
rae"
All this struck me as rather interest
ing at the time, but I forgot 1t entirely
until the ther evening when I hap
pened to be one of a trio who had met to
discuss business-really-arou a little
table in the lounge of the Cafe Monico
in Piccadilly Circus, which resort is one
of the Londoners favorite places for talk
ing an observation" as Allan Quarter
main termed it, through the bottom of a
tumbler.
One of my companions was a musical
comedy librettist who knows the London
Bohemia from end to end and his first
observation after we had seated ourselves
was, I'm surprised not to see Hilaire
Belloc here, for he seems to do most OF
tt-..- IL l..
ner,'' indicating one that was unoccupied
Belloc Husky Chap"
Hardly had the words left his lips when
Belloc himself came in. He once was a
"sapper" in the French army, you may
remember, and he looks the part. being a
real husky man. perhaps feet 1
In height. bull-necked, broad shouldered
and heavy of jaw. But his features
though large, are sensitive, and betoker
Enthusiastically the thinker and dreamer
Sure enough, under his arm was veri-
table bale of manuscript, and gripped be-
tween the fingers of one hand he held g
sheaf of column proofs which hung dowr
like Rip Van Winkle's beard.
On discovering us, he threw himself into
the unoccuped chair. ordered an absinthe
which he drank neat, and two minutes
later was regaling us with the details
of row with magazine editor who. II
appeared, at the finish had been directed
by Beloc to betake himself 10 Gehenna.
As suddenly as he had appeared, the
author of 1.-The Old Road" took himself
off. leaving half his absinthe untasted
A few days later he appeared before the
special parliamentary committee which
is investigating the Marconi affair, and
on being requested to name the author
ity on which he had attacked Messrs
lsaaes, Samuel and Lloyd-George, virtu-
ally bade his inquisitors to join his edito-
rial friend in the neither regions.
AS a result of the communications men,
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, scratched a "witchs" arms till the blood
poured down, because she had over
looked him, and only so could his health
be restored.
A trial for wtchcraft and sorcery oc-
Cured in England in 1881. This was the
trial of the Fletchers, who We're famous
clairvoyants, crystal gazers. and mes
merists-who gave seances TO which the
whole fashionable world focked They in
duced a Mrs. Hart Davis to give them
jewelry and lace to the value of Gl0,0 900,
and when proceedings were taken against
them fed to America. The husba rd
managed to escape arrest, but Mrs.
Fletcher was brought back to England,
indicted under the old statute of witch
craft and sorcery, and sentenced to T.
months Imprisonment with hard labor.
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peeled right off 1t gives imme
relief for sore bunions. sweaty,
nelly and aching feet A twenty-five
snt box of Calocide is said to be suf
cient to cure the worst feet. 1t
works through the pores and removes
he cause of the trouble. Don't waste
me on uncertain remedies Any drug
FIST has Calocide compound in stock
he can get 1t in a few hours from
wholesale house. 1t is not a pat
A medicine, but is an ethical prep
go ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01
SOME "PUbL|C|STS"
WHO WRITE IN PUBS
Favorite Workshops of Cecil
ChestertOn and Belloc
CAPTURES BIG PRIZE
American Inmate of British Work.
house Wins $500 in Literary
Contest-Chicago Versifier's
Poems Are Published
CAPTURES BIG PRIZE
By HAYDEN CHURCH.

London, May Sl.-(Special) )-Accordins
o accounts which, by a coincidence, on ?
1eard within a few days of each other.
Il would appear that two of the most in
dustrious muck-rakers in this country
are fond of utilizing the halls of Bacchiis
as their literary workshops These are
Hilaire Beloc, the essay yist. and Cecil
-hesterton, "G ks younger brother.
who are largely responsible for the Sc
called Marconi scandal being brought to
light, having practically devoted their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01
Tag in France

From the Louisville Herald.
Tag, as little French girls play it, al
ways furnishes plenty of fun for both
younger and older children. Any even
number of children can play it, al
though, as in most games the more
children there are the better the fun.
Form a hollow circle of the children
standing two together in groups about
three feet apart. Place one child in the
center of the ring and another on the
outer side. The one on the inside of
the ring must tag the one on the out
side before she can take refuge by
standing in front of one of the groups.
If, however, she succeeds in standing
In front of one of the grouns. then tha
enid at the back, who will thus be the
thlrd in the group, becomes The nc
to tag the child left on the floor.
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the stream The treaty which created
the kingdom of Westphalia IS notable
as attesting NapOleon's supremacy over
the German princes
OF treaties which have concluded
great modern wars, Zurich, in Switz-
erland. witnessed that winch efIeeted
the expulsion of the Austrians from
Italy and crowned the labors Of Ca
Your and Garibaldi.
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in this for full
fifteen minutes,
gently rub bin e
the sore parts.
The effect Is re-
ally wonderful.
All soreness goes
in stantly; t h e
feet feel so good
you could sing
for joy. Corns
and callouSes can
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Elves Quickest and Surest
Cure For All Sore Feet

| he following Is absolutely the sur
and quickest cure known to science
x all foot ailments: dissolve two
'ablespoonfuls of Calocide compound in
3 basin of warm water. Soak the feet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

signs are local and are not sufficient
nor appropriate for great national
highway that should have one distinct
i've marker for its entire distance.
Perhaps, because of not being in close
touch with present road conditions and
sentiment, L had feared for the north
end of the BOrderland, but, despite
drOuth and grasshOppers in some sec
tons, large amount of work has been
done during the past year and from
Dodge City to Roswell will soon be
a road across that vast prairie, over
which can be staged race that, for
distance and speed should mark an
epoch in road racing events.
Change in Route.
On leaving Plains, kaS., L did not
follow my usual route, but drove east
through Meade to point due south Of
Fowler and then north through Fow-
Ter and on to Dodge City; this route,
while about three miles longer, avoids
the sand and is much better road to
From Dodge City, I followed the
markers of the old Santa Fe trail to
Mcpherson, where I turned north on
the Meridian road. What a road 1t was!
Leaving Larned one morning, we fairly
flew over the Santa Fe to Mcpherson,
ana, turning north on the road to Win
nipeg," with its streak of white reach
ing as lar as the eye could see NeNeIy
telephone pole painted and the road like
a pavement), we reached COncOrdia
early in the afternoon, having averaged
70 miles an nOur from LarneQ, and e&-
pected to be Tar north IN Nebraska by
night The best laid plans O. mice
and men'-weu, the 80 miles between
COncOrdia and Belleville, Kas., we
found the slOwest and most trying on
a car of any road between San Diego
and WatertOWn. 1t was so rough that
much of the time we ran on intermedi-
ate in order to creep slow enough.
Finally we reached Belleville and then
again had good road to Hebron. Neb,
which ended that days run, so miles
short Of what we intended.
The cost of the trip? Well, we had
good beds each night, ate three square
meals each day, bought gasoline, oil
and grease for the car as needed, and
the cost of the 1850 miles run was
SCI for two Of US, or just about what
it would cost one person to come by
train, using sleeper and dining car
accommodations.
The call of the southwest is becOm-
ing rather insistent and Mrs. Lester,
Roy and I are listening, so I think in
about two weeks / viii again turn the
old car southwark, but on this trek I
may take different route and come by
way of either Dallas or San Antonio,
over their new road.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
GOING IN AUTO
To CALIFORNIA
New Jersey Tourists Pass
Through El Paso-Auto
Sales and Notes.

Mr. and Mrs A. T. Haynes, of Cape,
May, N J., have been spending a short
time in Ell PasO on their coast to coast
auto trip They left Saturday for Los
Angeles over the BOrderland route
They left Cape May on November To-
travelling in a Buick roadster, and eX-
pect to be away from home for about
six months. They will tour all through
California and expect to return by the
Grand canyon and other points of in
terest in Arizona. The Rad from Lit
lie Rock through Amarillo to FL PasO
they found to be very poor
P. E. Gardner has bought Buick
R. T. Leatherman, Of Pecos, has
bought a Buick car.
Charles Lawrence, of PecOs has
bought a new Hudson car.
Nordhaus & Taylor, of Deming. have
bought four Buick cars and driven
them to Deming. One is a six" two
are model and the other is a model
Carter & Burnside, Of Silver City,
have bought two six cylinder Buick
cars in Ell Paso this week
F. E. Maxwell bought a five passen-
ger Ford car this week.
Two new five passenger Ford cars
have been purchased by the Hotel Tax
icab and Auto company, which it in
tends to convert into baggage and
transfer wagons.
W. E. Fletcher has bought a five
passenger Ford.
Six International Harvester trucks
have been bought by the Hotel Taxi
cab company to be used for hauling
mail and baggage from the union sta
ton. J. L. Kinsella, agent for the
truck at Denver, came to town to fill
the order.
II. c. Harris, supervising agent Of
the REQ car, is in town for a few days.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

S there was so much automobile
"A matter in The Herald's columns
L A lately, I thought best to not add
to the plethora by writing upon my ar
rival home.
Perhaps now, an account of that lit
tie Joy ride" viii interest the auto
bugs" and this letter is really an ad-
dendum to the one written while on the
road. Below is a table OF my travels
Total distance Ell Pas0 to WatertOWn
fas driVen), 1850 miles.
Total running time, counting main
stops only, 71.5 hours.
Average speed per hour for total dis
lance 23.O8 miles.
On the long drive from Long Beach;
Cal, to this city, about z6OO miles,
mad but one blowout Tan old casing)
and one puncture. Had Z not taken my
castings off to reverse sides, l would to
day have two tires still pufted up with
the hot air" Of California This, how
ever, is largely matter OF good or
bad luck as evidenced by the fact
fbat the puncture / had was caused by
a tack picked up on the paved streets
Of a Kansas city.
Working on the Road.
In addition to the road Improvement
noted in my former letter wish 70
call attention TO the BOrderland work
being done by AlamOgordo in grading
26 miles of road TO a point south OF the
white sands to the work Of Liberal
haS.- IN opening q new AUe4AA lAAeAL a. elLA@s
the very heavy sand north Of that city,
and to their concession to the unneces-
sary fears of tourists by building a goOd
bridge across the Cimarron river at
the Edmund ford.
At Plains. Kas.. Liberal, and in the
towns of the panhandle Of Oklahoma,
there seems to have been formed an al
lance with Hutchinson, kas., offensive
and defensive, against the old Santa
Fe trail. An examination Of the road
man of Kansas shows Hutchinson on
the Meridian road from Winnipeg to
Galveston and at the south part of the
great curve of the new Santa Fe trail
between Kansas City and Lyons. Kas.
Under the arrangement it seems
Hutchinson is routing tourists west and
south through Meade to pick up the
BorderIand at Plains This road is al
ways good, except in time of heavy
rain. and is well marked with Hutch
insOn-Liberal" signbOards.
Signing Road TO FL PasO.
Four hundred dollars worth OF
small metal signs reading Liberal to
III Paso' had been received at Liberal
to be used from that point south.
However, I wish to point out the fact
that. while commendable, all these
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

CCORDING to the Los Angeles
a Examiner, there viii be more in
4 A terest next year in the Los An
geles to Phoenix race than ever be
fore.
The recent race made many of the
owners and drivers more determined
than ever TO win. Last year A B. Dan
iels the Coronado millionaire, whose
I,OcOmObile Olin Davis drove to Victory,
made the assertion that he would win
the next Phoenix.
And he did. by a systematic cam
paign Of practiclnS.
Now, J. c. Rice, the wealthy San Di-
ego autOist who put two Simplexes in
the race and drove one himself, has de-
clared himself early that he viii fight
for the 1914 Phoenix race. Billy
Carlson, who drove the other Simplex
Of Rice and was forced out with a bro
ken connecting rod, asserts that he and
Rice viii be a cOuple hard to beat next
year.
George T. Settle. whose go Simplex
OldfieId drove to a record to San Diego
and led as far as the Imperial valley,
where he met delay by sliding into an
irrigation ditch, also may have two
Simplex cars in next years race. Set
tie has won the admiration of Southern
California by his craftsmanship, and
when he once determines to go after