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Las Vegas optic., 1914-10-10

Cutler Brothers insurance and real
estate agency removed to northwest
corner of the Plaza in Hotel Ro-
maine. Phone Vegas S8S.-Adv.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-10-10
LOCAL NE VS.

Finch's Golden Wedding rye. aged
In wood. Direct from the distillery to
You. At the Lobby, OF course, ADV.
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NOTICE

No shooting, hunting or fishing al
lowed on what is known as the A. G.
Green lake and ranch, north of the
city. Trespassers win be prosecuted
to extent of law.
A. G. GREEN,
Mrs. P. G. NILSSON,
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the kind friends
and neighbors for their assistance and
sympathy during the illness and death
Of the late Eli Caldwell, our husband.
father and grandfather We also
thank those who sent the beautiful
flcral pieces and bouquets.
Mrs. Eli Caldwell,
Mr., AMI Mrs. Marion Stewart,
Mrs. j. v, Reynolds and family.
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Fnr onening Mondav. Mnffa and

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Fox, Gray Fox, Swift Fox Raccoon,
Black Lynx, and Black Wolf. All nat
ural skins, no limitations. A cordial
invitation is extended to all lsiles. ].
A. Taichert. ADV.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

cent. anu ne only 10 per-
The mani manifest unfairness of this
the desire to chamDion t6is I'd .iOn anu
Ior an ms strength and c1evernees
seemed SO unable to demand his iTsf
due from the financial yJori5 MS Just
Soon their talk drifted to r,ora init
mate details and to the Sree - -, = ~ NJ
blUOnS OF Freece, his desires t. T,sI-e
the WorIo better, to help the WorIIiney
man MAJ. 70 recOsnlIlon and to a better sta
uuS, ana So at last to his own naads
For a moment the yVo,iI Il ilS0N Isl
Iost 10 DoIh OF them, then Emily drew
away in sudden confusion 5sF21,+
maven eOIq you, she cried 'I forgot
1ather-tauner doesn't wish me bare
now In the study" she fiDisbe5 a
little vaguely, striving to hold him hack
as he StrOVe to draw her asair into his
arms but Just then the door Onened
and Gertrude came in. brinriD con-
fusion to the lovers. who dTeTJ sTEJav
Stiffly. Preece trying to look rncOn-
cerned, while Emily said cold1v thar he
was Just going. At that the Young man
would have protested, bur when Fn1iIv
whispered please" he went with one
last tender look of love, while Emily.
with a sigh. turned to her aI1nf who
was too agitated to really notice the
confusion of the pair. so full was she of
the scene she had Just left. when John
and Rose had taken turns at cross
questioning, scOlding and barang1ire-
on the subject OF Emily and this young
man who had ''drifted' into friendship
with her
Grossly, and yet with note of rueful
tenderness Gertrude told of it all, end
ing triUmphantly: We'll. at any rate.
I was able to tell them they were max
ing ridiculous fuss about nothing"
Nothing! Was it nothing, indeed! The
warm, sweet glow came rushing back
into Emily's face and with q little
tremulous laugh she said softly: Well
anyway. I've let him kiss mel"
(TO be cOntinued.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

r r ASHINGTON. D. c.. Jan. 1.-THE
! attention Of the great government
" observatory, and of astronomers
elsewhere, has been directed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17
CHAPTER VII


II OK few minutes the pleasure at
n the thought Of seeing the mikado
had driven thoughts Of Preece
from Emilys mind. but now. brought
face to face with him. his personality
enveloped her at once. and the unjust
attitude of her father. combined with
a rebeIious sense of being treated as a
very little girl made Emuy's welcome
warmer than ever before and brought a
sudden eager light into the young mans
face.
Arthur Preece. though both he and
John would have denied it. was at
that time what John had been %
years before. He was the dreamer
who lived and planned for the fu-
ture, Juggling against the bonds Of
old ways, thrustinE aside 1885 to plan
for 1905
Born in the clerk calss. he had, by
his ability and his ambition. pulled
up into the place he now occupied and
he intended to go much further before
he stopped
His clothes alone still bore traces Of
his clerkdom. for fashion played no
part in his scheme Of things. Emily,
however. never noticed his clothes, his
eager ewes and voice suthclng to set
her heart beating high whenever he
was around.
She tried now to hide her interet be
meath the airs Of a woman of the world.
but Preece was too excited to notice.
and began at once. under the pledge Of
secrecy to tell her of a great discovery
he had just made. I've succeeded he
cried, falling to keep the eNultauon out
of his voice. in making mild steel near
" five percent lighter than its ever
been before. Nearly five percent light
er and no extra cost"
He might have said he had succeeded
In making the Egyptian sphinx tell its
secret or the houses Of parliament into
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17
~MILESTONES-
Copyright 1912 Arnold ne ward
Condensed Nozam Of Arnold Benefits and Edward Knobauch Comedy
of Three Generations ByG0ce Van Braam Graz

a dancing hall for all the words con-
viewed to Emily. but she caught fire
from his enthusiasm rather than ms
words and leaned forward crying; "Re-
ally? And how much is five per cent cent,
Her total ignorance beWudered
Preece for moment, then ne
plunged into explanations. showing now
the new steel could be used for SNIP
building making it possible to make
ships at a lower cost and to carry q
bigger cargo, and. finally, amid Emil
Tvs .exclamatiOns of wonder and delight,
drew forth a piece Of the new steel
offering it to her as souvenir
oh" cried Emily IooHlng down AZ
the bit of shining metal I'd part win
all my jewelry before / parted win lhls.
D'you know it makes me feel very
proud And when. think OF Door OIu
father not knowing anything ABOUT
it she broke OIL WIN SUI a H. 80
laugh which Preece echoed addlhg'
however. But I shall tell MN Iomor-
row, if he can spare time to see. me
Pm very ambitious" he said, I'M
consciously drawing nearer 10 WueIe
she stood. her eager face upralSeu' Iler
hands half fluttering out to him IN her
svmpatby and understanding. want
a whole lot of things. But II L tnoushJ
I could find some one-flnd a woman
who-feels as / do; who'd like, before
everything, to help make the "HOIe
world decent-fd-'
He broke off in confusion. his eyes
asking what his lips failed TO say, ana
Emily, with a little gasp. HttIe ges-
tl1re of surrender, answered that I'M
spoken plea, and whether his arms went
out to her or she went to seek ms
arms. neither of them knew but their
lips met in a kiss which was a promise
as well as a fulfillment-
The idea of her father being an I'M
portant person hard to see made Emily
laugh again and led Preece on to talk
more freely about the office. inadver-,
tently revealing to her that as far as
his inventions went his profits were
small, since the firm received 80 per-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

pIeIed II will warn all agents that
tHey lreSpass upon these premises an
thelf peril On New Years dav INV
nuSpand and I took our solemn Diedge
INDIVIDUALLY and collectively never III
gtIOLlze another agent. If he break
M ;17 Wv curing the current year he
VII nave TO buy me the black silk
dress have been wanting for az ves+s
anu I! l ran INTO the snare of the fowler
ne VIII use the money to h11y- bfr1sa1 f
d SUIT OF DrOadclOth and a nlrer bot
so II you come here Offering me goiT
dollarS at 80 cents each I wo1ldn't Inv
aIly. gu are privileged to go to the
Du6Sy sHeu' however, where Mr.. Chr
Nv II Ptd5lnIIng the sign, and if you
can sell MIN bottle of your chemical
triumph L won't object. ~ a.
But I warn you in advance +t,.+ 49,,
are IdhlIl8 your life in your hand when
you mention such a natter to M -
rev, Tor he Is covered with nOuIticas
ana sucking plaster as the result oF
Duying some chemical triumph from
another agent. II OiH
1T was just after Christras ,,,1,a,,
the agent came along with a n1arve1o1,e
compound mat would remove erea 60
STAINS quicker than you could saw P06
Jacklnsoh: we had goose for Christ
mas ana IL was very greasy one. and
MI SuttGw gOJ some of the gravy
ana SLuILlHS on MS fancy vest which
he wears only on special occasions
and II worried him greatly. So When
the agent came with his chemical fri
umph MI Curfew proved to be an easv
He read the directions ON +ba bo++7o
and then poured the triumDb into n
Dasln' ana began soaking his vest i'm If
Ihat triumph was nothing but gaso-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17
BY MAUDE MILLER.


F course. I would be untrue to
my profession if I said there
- was such another thing in the
world so beautiful as varying facial eX-
Dressfon." SAYS Miss Norma Phillips,
who is the mutual girl in the new Mu-
tuaI moving pictures by that name
s.And the funny part Of it is that / have
had to make over my own face. and so
I can speak from experience when 1 say
that true beauty is facial expression.
ct have what Is known as tragic
face. That is, my features are inclined
to droop and my eyes to look EistfuL
Tragic faces may do for tragic parts.
but the first thing to do in the making
over process is to know just when to
apply the brakes. Applying the brakes
is hard work, for it means looking
cheerful whether you are happy or not,
but it brought such wonderful results
after I had tried it a while and had
thought out a method that it was really
fun.
Her Smile.
It had to think cheerful thoughts
out loud whenever it was necessary
to look happy, so cultivated a smile.
Sometimes I smiled outside when was
miserable within, but after a while 1t
was easier and I found that with very
little extra trouble I could think happy
thoughts all the while After my smile
came naturally I began to practice
smiling with my mouth closed. This is
the very hardest thing in the world
to do, because it throws all the re-
sponsibility Of the smile on the eyes;
but it simply represented new diff
Guilty for me to overcome, and praC-
ticed until I could smile with every
feature OF my face. You would be sur
prised to know how much the nose
viii do for expression wrinkle my
nose ever so slightly when laugh,
and it positively radiates a sense of
humor. think what it is to have
nose express a sense of humorl
after a while I discovered that
could feel emotion myself and express
it more clearly # I felt it from my
diaphragm. So I tried to feel every
emotion there AID then gradually worll
it out of my system TIL e reached my.
face This pan worked beau1ssilllv
discovered that bodily expression iS
subordinate to facial movement. and
yet acts In harmony with it, and SO "a
great deal OF attention need not be
given to bodily expression.
The hands and arms may be used
for expression, such as their sudden
drOOp Indicating submission, or the
shrug Of the shoulders may be used
for a hundred things. but of what use
is either without the accompanying
facial eXperssiOn2 The dropping or
lifting of the features OF the face
mean absolutely everything in beauty
of expression, and without expression
a beautiful face conveys nothing more
to the mind and heart of another in
dividual than does a beautiful picture.
Varying expressions chasing each
other over the features Of an individ-
ual awaken interest; something be-
yOnd mere comprehension of a beauti-
ful thing There is nothing like learn
ing the secret of real expression for
the beaWifying of any features. To
natural beauty expression supplies
vivacity. to Che plain girl it lights up
the face as nothing else ever will"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17
Business Slack
Adventures of a Crouch
BY WALT MASON
The Famous Prose Poet

6O| HERE'S one thing that no up
tOdate hOusekeeper can get
along without" said the red
nosed man, "and that's a compound
for removing grease and other stains
from clothing. This thing Of taking
every sOiled garment or rug to the
professional cleaner does much TO ex-
plain the high cost of living. In every
home people are always spilling gravy
or butter or jam on their raimenT, and
the result is an ugly stain unless YOU
have bottle of Prof. F'urstenreimen-
burgers chemical triumph
ooh, go along with your chemical tri-
umphs" interrupted Mrs. Curfew, "and
let me close this door for the wind has
an edge on it like meat saw, and Pm
Just recovering from the epizOOtic and
don't want to catch a fresh cold No
mister, I won't let you step into the
house. If you are cold you can go to
a respectable boarding house and get
warm, if you have the money to paw for.
such accommodation, although if [ was
the landlady of such a boarding house
I'd think twice before admitting a man
with such a nose as yours.
said nose indicates that Won snend
much Of your time at the rum holes and
it's impossible to have confidence in a
man who drinks rum The chances are
that he beats his wife and steals Den-
and if he would conduct himself i'm a
proper manner, fleeing from the wrath
to come, ne wouldn't have to 90 around
on cold mornings trying to sell chemi-
cal triumph.
AT the present writing my husband
is painting a sign which will be
nailed to the gatepost as soon as com
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

line. mister, and it would have cost Sc
a Gallon. which shows how unscrUpu-
iolTs agents are OF course I didn't
iS,'o,r, # was gasoline at the time, or
"a have warned my husband to be
careful. I supposed it was made of
hanks and buds and healing herbs, as
nearly as all marvellous compounds
are.
nine tbe vest in the liquid Mr. Curfew
fiIiSd his nine and then struck a match
to Iigbt it. and the explosion that fol-
lowed turned the house inside out and
lifted the roof off, setting it down
ae-ain rear end foremost. Windows
were broken half a mile away, and
the man who runs the crockery store
saws most of his stock was DESTROYED
and he is suing us for damages. Mr.
Curfew hit the ceiling with his head
and then came down in heap, and I
have been bandaging him ever since.
and if Won think it worth while Won
may go and see what he says about
buying a bottle of your compound"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

CT r ASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 1.-THE
NA( attention Of the great government
w observatory and OF astronomers
elsewhere. has been directed
lately to the question whether or not some
Of the moons are 1nhablted-not our moon
(Which is doubtless a dead and tenantless
orb but certain Of the satellites Of other
and larger planets Of the solar system
Jupiter is more than 1900 times the size
of the earth, and one Of its four principal
moons is autually bigger than the planet
Mercury-that is to say over 5000 miles IN
diameter. It might well accommodate there-
fore a considerable population
The monster planet Saturn possesses no
fewer than nine moons and being itself in a
serni-incandescent state, ought to be able
to furnish them with ali the heat they need
for the maintenance OF ite-the sun being
rather far away.
cited at the present time by speculation In
regard to a number Of giant worlds which
have newly revealed themselves TO astrono-
but nlanets Of systems other than ours
many times as big as the earth on which
We one Of these has been accurately meas
ured 1t is $4,000 miles IN diameter or
nearly as big as our sun Cut into pieces, 1t
would make 100000 such worlds as our
Are Planets Inhabited?
Immediately, Of course, the question sug-
gests itself. is this montrous world inhab-
tied? The answer is that noDouy Knows ana
presumably we shall never know. because o.
the vast distance which separates the huge
orb from US But already ABOUT a dozen
such giant planets of other systems have
been revealed to the very powerful modern
telescopes, shining by the light OF the suns
e-o111d which they revolve, and the pre-
suUDtion is that at least some Of them are
occupied by living beings
NJ orb above described revOlves about
the sun AlgoI, in Medusa's Head, making
The circuit once in So hours Hence it is
that at regular intervals, Just that number
~ borrs apart Algol, from our point of
view. loses three-fOurths of its light The
dark sphere, which is not quite Iour-tlfths
ne n alternately to glare and fade. It
atSsrates much like the shutter Of one Of the
revolving and intermittent Hghts on mod
Now among the most familiar Of heaven
" bodies are Castor and Pollux, in the con-
lyt,iiotioD Of The Twins. Through a good
tsIescoDe Castor is seen to be not one, but
a pair Of suns, each Of them larger than our
own orb Of day. The bigger OF tne two has
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17
TELEPHONE EARLY IF
HERALD ISN'T THERE

Subscribers failing to get The Herald
promptly should call at the office or
telephone No. 2030 before $50 D. m.
All complaints will receive prompt
attention.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-09-11
SPECIAL MEETING
BOARD or TRUSTEES

Hail of Council Chamber, Welsh La,
Sept, 10, 1914.-Council called to order
in regular session convened by the
Hon. Mayor R. S. Greer.
Members of the Board of Trustees
present: W. E. Taught, P. H. Good.
reau, ChaS. Dautel, E. E. Kimball;
Absent: A. R. Arceneaux.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved. The Mayor
and Board of Trustees then proceeded
to open the ballot boxes, canvass the
returns of the three ~ mill school tax
which was voted on by the tax payers
Sept. 9Th. After completing the count
of the school tax ballots. they then
proceeded to open the ballot box con-
tanning the returns of the special FIVE
.tS) five mill bridge tax voted by the
tax payers Sept. 9Th. After completing
the returns of both elections held Sept.
9Th, 1914 they then issued their Procla'
nation.
Being no further business to transact
moved by W. E. Taught to adjourn and
seconded by E. E. Kimball and carried.
A. E. LOGNION, Sec.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-09-11
Class EntertaIns

The Girls Class no. 5 and the Boys
Class of the Methodist Sunday School
gave delightful entertainment We'd.
neday evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Milton Sullivan.
The lawn was beautifully decorated
with Japanese lanterns and the class
colors pink and white portraying the
class motto: Be true to thyself. The
program consisted of pleasing series
of out door games and several musical
selections after which refreshments
were enjoyed. Those present were:
Misses Bessie Davis, Carmelita
Sullivan, Mabel Shoemaker Anna Cox,
RoSalie Prentice, Trudie Newton Matte
Barnett, Helen and Rena Day, Fern
VanNesS and Lee Lewis. MeSSrs John
Compton, Webb Harris, Roy Comton,
Elmer Harris, Milton Sullivan, Lee
Smith, Harry Shlpman, John Barnett.
Leo Reeve, Robert and John Sullivan,
and Marvin VanNess. Mr.. and Mrs. M.
B. yanNess, and Mrs. j. M. Sullivan.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-09-11
WAR TAX FIXED

Democrats of the ways and means
committee yesterday completed the war
revenue tax bill providing for tax of
three per ceut on all freight transpor.
tationS, an increase of so cents ON beer
and 20 cents gallon on all domestic
wines. This will net an estimated reve.
nue. of $1O7, 100000 year. The tax on
freight was amended after a conference
with the president, who had expressed
opposition to it.
Chairman Underwood said he believ.
ca the bill would be approved by the
president and tie democrats in Con.
greSs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-09-11
PROSPERITY USHERED IN

Jefferson Davis Parish is now begins
ming to put on that big smile that
won't come off.
Her crops are bumpers. The prices
are satisfactory. The seasons are
good for harvesting and the farmers
will come out with a good balance of
pure coin of the realm in their pockets
at the end Of the year.
The crop of Honduras rice is now
pretty we'll harvested throughout this
section. The grade was fair and the,
price in the main was satisfactory.
The prices thus far have ranged from
A:lO to $3.50 per barrel. The market
however within the last few days has
shown a tendency to weaken.
The market from the beginning of
tho season has been brisk and the drop
in price within the last two or three day
is natural and is only temporary mat.
ter.
The Japan and the Blue Rose rice
will begin to come in next week.
The corn crop of the Parish is good
and the aceage is much larger than
ever before in this section. Other
crops are CORRESPONDENCE good and
the old Parish will be well fortified for
another year.
It's a very encouraging sight now
in Welsh to see the long line of wagons
waiting to be unloaded in front of the
warehouses. It makes one forget the
rainy season of last fall when the rice
crop went to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-09-11
TOWN ELECTION TUESDAY

A very light vote was polled in the
town election Tuesday. Only thirty
three votes were polled, and both
propositions voted an were carried
practically unanimouly. The one was
proposition to levy three mill tax
for period of ten years for aiding and
maintaining the public school; only one
vote was polIed against this PROPOSE
ton,
The other proposition was one to
levy five mill tax for period of ten
years for the purpose of maintaining
streets, bridges and public improve
ments. Three votes were polled again
st this proposition.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-09-11

their convictions as those of us who
are opposed to it. For that reason, let
us endeavor to carry on our fight on
the highest plane, using reason and
logic 10 convince those who do not
agree with us, rather than attempt to
force any one to our belief.
| feel fully convinced that by con.
Quoting the campaign along the lines
indicated by those members of the par.
ish committee and of the several ward
committees that we cannot help but be
successful. and win by a big majority.
To do so, however, we should have the
active, earnest and intelligent effort Of
every man and woman in the parish,
who has given this subject any thought
to the end that no Istone will be left
unturned, no argument left unanS.
wered; and when the fight will have
been ended. we can all return to our
vocation with nothing but the kindlieSt
feelings for all our fellow citizens,
whether they were with us in the
fight or against us.
We should not only be successful in
winning the election, but we should
make the victory so decisive that no
further attempts will be made in the
future to return to the licensing Of Sa.
looms by its advocates.
l know that it is the custom, and has
been the practice, in other campaigns
of this character for both sides to heap
abuse upon the other.
If any such manner of campaign is
to be INDUCED in, let it be by our oppo.
nents. Abuse is not reason, and then,
too, we must concede to our opponents
in the same degree of honesty of pur.
pose that we would expect them to &C.
cord to us.
Respectfully.
Marius Fuselier,
Chairman
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-09-11
To The Patrons of The School:

The Welsh High School will begin
work next Monday morning at S:45 a. m
Let me impress upon you the import
ance of having your children enroll the
first day and then of keeping them re-
gularly in school for poor attendance
and failure 90 hand in hand.
Please visit us often and give lis your
cooperation in every way possible.
please bear in mind that all children
must be vaccinated before they enter
school this term.
We shall each strive to make this
the most successful year in the history
of the Welsh School.
l. r. Aylesworth, Prin.