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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-25
BAND To PLAY
CIRCUS MUSIC
Gentry Triumphal" Dedi-
Gated to Veteran Show
man; Wonderphone Solo.

Circus day and its bands will be
echoed at the military band concert to
be given by the sixth infantry band in
Cleveland square Friday evening The
first number on the program which has
been prepared by bandmaster Max Null
Ter is "Gentry's TriumphaL by Fred
Jewell This march was used Tor years
by the Gentry Bros. circus as Its grand
entry number for the opening of the
show. Fred Jewell was player in the
Gentry band and composed the march
and dedicated it 10 H b Gentry
asOId Kentucky Home"
The program also includes a fanta-
STA. NV Old Kentucky Home with va
riations for all instruments, and q
-'wonderphone" solo by Sergt Vincent
SeIbic1y-
The program is;
March. ''Gentry's Triumphal,' Jewell
overture, Barber Of Seville" RossinL
Fantasia, MY Old Kentucky Home, -
with variations for all instruments),
Dalbey.
Madame Butterfly" Charles Godfrey
Grand Fantasia, The Storm King"
Ctuba solo performed on wonderphone
bv Sergt- vincent Selbicky), Ringleben.
Fantasia. "Traumbilder,' Lumbye.
star Spangled Banner"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-25
MASCAGNI AIR
TO BE PLAYED

Mascagni,s world famous "Cavalleria
Rusticana' will be played at the post
military band concert Friday evening
by the 18th cavalry band Leybach' s
s'IFifth Nocturn" will also be played by
rhe Fort Bliss band and a grand pot
pourri Of musical jokes will be one of
the lighter numbers. The complete
program is:
March, Albanian" Hall.
Overture, "Pique Dame" Suppe.
Selection, "Cavalleria Rusticana, -
MascagnL
Waltz. Gold and Silver" Lehar.
Nocturn. Fifth NOcturn," Leybach.
Grand pOtpourri, Musical Jokes, E"
Hamm-
Novelette,, whispering Flowers"
BlOn.
March. Tenth Regiment" Hall
The star Spangled Banner"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-25
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

TWO WARMERS FEATURES.
Just released from Warmers studios
and being shown for today only at the
Alhambra theater. 'Iife's Crossroads"
a dramatic production showing condi-
tons true 10 life, will be a big feature.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-25

It is a three-reeI drama and grips from from
beginning TO end. How a man VIII
resort to crookedness. although nor
mally honest, when beset with an IN
usual temptation, is shown in this PIC
ture- giving the leading player an op-
portunity to depict the terrible suner-
ing of the mind when his exposure IS
imminent As an extra today. the Al
hambra offers "A Lively Analr' a
comedy that is a. continuous laugh ana
is really so funny you forget the war
It is a travesty on the uptodate SUI
fragets and their grotesque antics are
caricatured in a lauEhabIe manner MY :
How they hate a man
The New Chief of Police" an act
that has created a sensation Wherever
shown and made a reputation Ior It's
author. Walter Montague, is also on
the bill. Toledo & Burton, IN nlSh
class comedy and singing act. and
Lewis and Abbott in a musical and
gymnastic novelty act conclude the
bill. which is one Of the strongest ever
shown here. Don't forget the matinee
with pictures only from II a. m 10 b
p. m. Admission is sc and lOc.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-25

For Best Home Made Sausage. I5c
per h., phone Opitz Market, I36,-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-25
asTHE DEVILS DANsANT' TODAY.

The Wigwam today will show The
feature, with Alice HOLSTER in the
leading role. The story is one Of
modern society life with district at
torney's wife as the central figure.
She becomes a patron OF dansant
which is in reality a blind for a fash
iOnable gambling house Incidental to
the story is the introduction Of the
latest society dances by professional
dancers, cabaret numbers, scenes in
one OF New York's famous dansants
and specially arranged musical pro-
gram at night on the unit orchestra
and human voice pipes by professor H.
R. Nergara- The picture has created
a sensation everywhere it has been
shown II will be at the WigWam one
day only.-Advertisem
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-25

Best Round Steak, 171zc per ID. Opitz
phone ADVERTISEMENT
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-25

T Bone Steak. zoe per ID. Opitz
Market. phone 36.-Advertisement.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-25

!
Tomorrow being the last Saturday Of
the month. Herald carriers viii present
bills for September subscriptions. Sub
scribers will please note and be ready
for the boys.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-25

Today the Bijou will show Lubin
twO-part dramatic production entitled
As We Forgive Those" which con-
tains a Mot that is out Of the or
binary. II is a story Of runaway
wife. The husband searches for the
man he thinks to be her lover, but who,
ia reality. had used every effort 10 Ire
vent her elopement with another The
complications are very interesting. A
Selig comedy, "Oh, Look Who's Here. q"
viii complete the program. saturday.
as usual. you can see one Of George
AIDES comedies Every Friday, begin
ming October ?, Arthur Johnson viii be
seen in The Beloved Adventurer" in
Is complete chapters which are printed
in book form. The book is now on sale
at the Bijou box Office at 25c--Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-25
.OUR lIUTUAL GIRLr-GRECIAN.

Reel So of "Our Mutual Girl' will be
shown at the Grecian today only. AS it
was announced last Friday. it IS i'm
possible TO hold the Mutual Girl pic
lures here more man one day each
week on account Of the popularity OF
these pictures everywhere. so come to-
day sure The Varsity Race" a great
Thanhouser two reel feature. is also
on today's Observation-Disclosures
The city itemizer., 1914-04-23
Election Notice.

Notice is hereby given, that
under an order made by the Board
of Supervisors at the April 1914
meeting, an election will be held,
at the various precincts, in Yalo-
busha County, on Tuesday the
18th day of May 1914, at which
Election the question of tick
eradication will be voted upon.
e D. BROWN,
@. V. BEADLEs,
E. M. BADDLEY,
Election Commissioners
aeg Save your Piano Tuning
and Repairing for A. B. ADAMS
Price, $4.0O Work Guaranteed.
Address Coffeeville, Miss.
For Sale.
Limited amount of Christopher
Improved Early Big Boil Cotton
Seed.
Eugene Mize.
Phone 376.
S-@
The ITEMIzER will do it for you
And the work will suit you.
The city itemizer., 1914-04-23

II mo. H. WA
Mrs. j. A. Overton, Toone, Tenn.
is spending several days in our
city on account of the sickness of
her father, Mr.. r. L Mccain.
Mrs. g. FL. Roach and children
of Oxford, returned home last Sun
day after few days visit to our
city the guests of Mrs. j. S. White
head.
Mrs. W. M. Allen, of Hardy,
spent few days in our city last
week the guest of Mrs. @. B Gray
Miss Lucille Addington left last
Friday for a weeks visit to Grena-
da where che will be the guest of
Miss Chester Smith.
DIR IL. II. Carr spent a day or
two in Greenwood on professional
business last week.
Miss Ethel Robertson, of Jack
son, Tenn, returned home last
Sunday evening after few days
visit to Miss Vivian Moore.
Mrs. F @. Shine and two chill
dren left last Saturday for a weeks
visit to Memphis.
Mr.. Ray Christy, now in the
auditing department of the l. @.
r. r. on the Southern lines, after
a several days visit to homefolk in
our city, returned to his post of
duty in Chicago last week.
Worldly mindedness and relig-
ion are rarely ever found flourish
ing together in the same carcass.
Mrs. j. b. Bateman, of Nash
vile, Tenn, is in the city for
months visit to her sister, Mrs.
E. E. Winter. !
The city itemizer., 1914-04-23

Mrs. j. A. Overton, Toone, Tenn.
is spending several days in our
city on account of the sickness of
her father, Mr.. r. L Mccain.
The city itemizer., 1914-04-23

Miss Ethel Robertson, of Jack
son, Tenn, returned home last
Sunday evening after few days
visit to Miss Vivian Moore.
The city itemizer., 1914-04-23

Mrs. J. b. Bateman, of Nash
vile, Tenn, is in the city for
months visit to her sister, Mrs.
E. E. Winter.
The city itemizer., 1914-04-23

Mrs. F @. Shine and two chill
dren left last Saturday for weeks
visit to Memphis.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-10

the possible cures IL general. In
parliaments and in chambers Of
commerce, in pulpits and on the
streets, In shops and factories, In
workmen's homes and international
hotels, one hears the discussion
on every hand. The very skies Of
the European continent rain pamph-
lets on the subject and in response to
inquiry. at any national or municipal
bureau. there is q deluge of statistics.
In the major countries, where the gov
eminent reports are comprehensive in
their scope. Official figures showing the
cost Of living in smallest detail may be
obtained. Even government figures,
however. may be untrustworthy. Let
M confirm or correct them in shop,
market. savings bank and average
home.
The sights" Of travel do not ap-
peal to me. 1t Is Of far more interest
to learn how the Egyptians. live than
to see the Sphynx by moonlight, to
observe the customs of the Frenchman
or German in his real home than to
look down on Napoleon's tomb in
Paris or look up at the Schloss in the
most un-German city Of Berlin. Just
this personal note az preface to and
explanation Of the LONELINESS of a
letter. for the figures of which, gath
cred in several countries and a doz-
en- German towns from actual prices
paid, have been supplemented by those
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-10
SNAKE CATCHING IN TEXAS
Six Competitors Working With Their
Bare Hands Capture and Bag
Thirty Reptiles.

Brownsville. Textile first snake
catching contest known in the world
was pulled on at the mid-winter fair.
Live rattlesnakes that were az wild
~ any on the plains Of Mexico we're
used.
The catchers were compelled to
grasp the reptiles with their bare
hands and place them in an empty
sack and tie them up.
Juan Domingues. Mexican, caught
I'VE snakes and sacked them In one
minute and eight seconds. Isadore
Rodrigues, Mexican. caught I'VE in two
minutes and six seconds. w. A.
(''snahe") King and his wife caught
ten snakes In six minutes and twenty.
four seconds while working a. . team.
Against them Odell Dearn and Rattle.
snake Bill" were pitted. They caught
ten snakes In ave minutes and twenty
seconds.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-10
USES WOLF HOUNDS
AND AUTO TO HUNT
Dogs Easily Distance Car and
Run Prey to Earth-Profit
in Sport.

Denver, Colo.-Hunting coyotes with
. motor car and . pack Of Russian
wolf hounds-that IL q diversion Of
e. ]. .Guilbert Of Wallace. Kan, q
breeder Of fine Percherons. Galloways.
hogs and mules.
Mr.. Guilbert has Is of these big.
strong and feet dogs that would rath-
er down q coyote than eat When
he feels that time has dragged long
enough he calls the dogs and cranks
the car. He generally takes i've or
six dogs, putting them in the back Of
his car. and away they 60 across
the level areas of some Of the big
pastures sof the Smoky Hill ranch.
The dogs don't wait to have the
door opened when a coyote is seen.
With a wild scramble they jump from
the moving car and the coyote gets
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-10

been In the i've
she slipped on dreamla - =
Beside her stalwa
and approaching -
Just then the
head to tilt farther and farther resting nusly ~
=
Now this young didn't belong
the young and by the
sQuied and looked uncomfortable
rose when the name OF his called
n -
The huckled smiled giggled outright While t
young darted daggerike
At length the martyr could
blocks his stopping
With all
blonde hairs taipe out ~
his black suit Q Of that verify
the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-10
Proved Potatoes Wholesome.

Some food faddists insist that pota-
toes are unwholesome. but their
theory does not agree with the re-
suits of the experiments Of q Danish
medical man described in the Ham
burger Fremdenblatt. In order to
prove that albumen Is not essential to
the maintenance Of the human system,
DR.. Hindhede has since 1895 lived for
months at a stretch on potatoes for
his staple diet. favored only very &C.
with butter and milk. He
further induced his gardener, Freder-
lex Madsen, to live on potatoes for 300
days at a stretch, his average con-
sumption being nine pounds a day.
During the experimental period Mad
sen was 30 closely watched that his
master can vouch that he tasted no
other food. yet the diet left him
stronger than he had ever been be-
fore.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-10

down to business with motor car
and pack in full pursuit. Thirty
miles an hour, the speedometer
reads, but the distance between car
and coyote IL widening, for q coy
ote IL q feet runner. But the dogs
they are gaining. The gray streak and
line Of white get closer together Near
er-almost-now! There IL q tumbling
mass Of white and gray, and by the
time the car pulls up the coyote 10
kicking his last.
The hide is removed to be sold for
fur and the scalp brings 81 bounty.
The hide IL worth from 81 to -. de-
pending on its condition.
Mr.. Guilbert killed 10 coyotes this
fall, and a. q result there has been
more ease In the turkey roost than
any time since Thanksgiving passed.
Incidentally Mr.. Guilbert has one Of
the finest focks Of turkeys in west.
ern Kansas.
One hundred and forty of them were
reserved for the Christmas slaughter.
A lot Of them Mr.. Guilbert bought at
q bargain last summer from owners
that feared the coyotes would get
them. Mr.. Guilbert bought them and
checked the invasion Of grasshoppers
with the turkeysAand the invasion of
the coyotes was halted in the way
that has Just been described.
Recently Mr.. Guilbert's mother
came out from Ohio to visit him and
she looked with disfavor on q back
yard full Of the giant hounds Mr..
Guilbert treasured her in this way:
But, mother. just think Of the profit
In them. ! sold litter Of pups for
$135. caught $50 worth Of coyotes. and
had $1,000 worth of fun"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-10

Chicago-Think of.a street car be-
Ing lost!
Incongruous! Yes. but not impos-
sible-
1t has happened-it happened just
. few nights ago, and In Chicago.
A 26-ton Chicago avenue "owl" car.
with its crew and two passengers dis
appeared as effectually az collar but
ton under . chifIonier. One of the
passengers was W. H. Pierce Of 616
Latrobe avenue, Austin.
The crew was green" The car
company's dispatcher questioned the
pair when they left the barn. Did
they know the route?. OF course.
Hadn't they been over 1t once dur.
ing the two days they were being
broken in?" Surely, they knew.
Fate decreed that the right switches
should be open for the first mile or
two Of the trip.
The various twists within the loop
were made true to form and the two
late workers who were passengers
AOuuu COuioiSou pOoiS1Ouc oAu uoo
settled down for the first of their
forty winks" when their chariot ap-
preached Randolph street
That was why they did not notice
that the car kept right on up Clark
street instead Of turning west in Ran
dolph street. az any well-behaved Chi
cago avenue car should have.
End of the line! ALL QUIT"
The conductors raucous shot woke
up the two sleepers.
"Wh-what end? Wh-what line?"
queried one. sleepily.
II don't know" answered the fare
collector. But the rails don't go any
farther this way and We got t 60
back"
Back where?" asked the second
passenger. now thoroughly awake.
Search me-" replied the oficial, in
differently. The motorman IL run
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-10
Making T0n10rr0ws
-TI1orId
uOrld:
THE HIGHER COST OF LIVING
BY WALTER UILLlAMJ, LID.
UssS sSsAseiafJssnsA. W Ussasav <Mhs.0

ed than his comrades In industry in
other countries of the continent Of
Europe, is shown at his best in a re-
port issued by the Metal Workers
union. This report gives the actual
budgets of income and expense Of 800
of the workmen in this best-paid in
dustry. The average was an income
Of $3.50 year, Of which 1915 was from
the workman's own labor, the rest
from that of his family and aids and
benefits. His annual expense was
$475, divided $255 for food, drink and
tobacco. sos for rent and taxes, $55
for clothing, $25 for sick. trades and
other subscription, $40 for sundries.
and, leaving saving of about IS .
year.
Budget Of UnskIlled Laborer.
The figures of the unskilled laborer
are not SO favorable. of course. They
are also more difficult to obtain. A
case of factory laborer's home at
Dusseldorf is not exceptional. how
ever, and serves for testimony. In this
case the fiat which was the workman's
home was on the third floor and con-
sisted of three rooms. The occupants
were a laborer and his family, a wife
and eight children. His wages were
IS a week of 60 hours. The rooms
were IA by 10 feet In size, the rent
81 q month and the local taxes IS q
year. In this case, therefore, the Ia
borer received $3.50 q year and paid
In rent and taxes more than ,one-third
His wife said that they bought a lit
tie meat for Sundays-about two
pounds; children never ate the meat
but they had the soup. She would
like, she said, to get the children milk
and eggs but could not afford to buy
them. She earned a little money by
selling fruit on the streets. sometimes
as much as rs cents a week. She com.
planned bitterly about prices of food
and goods rising. There was a loaf of
black, rye bread on the table. For 1t
she said she paid 3A cents a pound. :
Hard Lot Of . Molder's Family.
Another case is from Chemnitz, up
the concrete stairs of a row of dull
tenement houses to the third story.
The father, mother and eight children
had three rooms, Is by feet In size,
kitchen, living room and bed room.
The rent was SOS year. The father,
a moulder, was paid IL cents an hour
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-10

little bit less than nothing
dozen customers fully many BARRIERS ~ q
Upon
meath the gas tank
OF an north Georgia
scientific
How the thing managed to
scientific
Of water nom ne acw q
the Nile there in
burden then dropped into
into larger streams which carried
from which sucked into the
posted into feed pipe of the barber shop which
tank
only theories There are many Other, a.
Of
One be havt
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-10

OF Official reports, particularly an IL
Illuminating one by George H. Roberts.
. British member of parliament, a rep
resentative of the Typographical as
ISOLATION. and his colleagues.
Prices Of Necessities Increased.
How does the other fellow, assuming
that he works for his daily bread,
live? The disputed Sauerbeck figures
for England and Wales show a grad
ual increase In wages, but in the last
ten years . much greater increase in
prices of necessities. The consump-
ton Of wheat and wheat flour-a mark
Of . standard living In western lands
has remained about the same In
Great Britain, decreased in France,
and increased In Germany and the
United States. Az to the amount of
consumption. France comes first, the
United States and Great Britain sec
ond, and Germany last The importa-
lions of meat. coffee. tea. sugar and
rice into northern European countries
have necessarily increased In the last
ten years. This shows an increase
in the standard Of life of the people
which. to . degree, explains the higher
cost which the other fellow must pay.
"More People Want More Thines."
THE question of the increased cost
Of living" said Harold Cox, the Brit
ish authority. els an extraordinarily
dinicult problem. believe. however,
the general explanation Is to be found
IN the fact that wages have been ris-
ing throughout the world, especially
among the poorer classes and the
more backward races, for example. in
India and In eastern Europe. The no
suit il that the labor cost of produc-
ton has been increased. This may
have been Offset to q limited extent
by the increased use Of machinery and
the wider cultivation of the new coun-
tries of the world. but the improved
economic position Of the poorer class
esther increased demand and In
creased consumption-is the root
cause Of the rise In prices. It must be
remembered that these classes are
eating more and dressing better than
they did ten or fifteen years ago. II IL
. question Of supply and demand-we
always get back to that. To sum the
matter up In an instance, you can say
that because the Poles. who formerly
lived on rye bread. are now demand
ing wheat bread. the world has to
pay moro for its wheat" Which. be-
lng interpreted. means that living u
higher because more people want
more things. But do they get themf |
Here are some replies that each may
|nterpret for himsslf.
German Metal Worikers' Budget
The 0ermsu workman. better situat- |
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-10
CAT COSTS ENGINEER HIS JOB
Rsvsrses Locomotive 70 DIspeI the
Hoodoo, and Gets Pink Envelope
Soon After.

Alton, m.-Peter Houseman has
lost his Job a. engineer Of the Illinois
Terminal railroad because Q black cat
sped across the track in front of the
train. There was no chance Of the
cat being hit, but Houseman reversed,
put on the air brake and made q sud-
den stop. When the surprised train
crew and passenger looked from the
windows to ind out the trouble they
saw the engineer throwing snowballs
at an Usage hedge tree. wherein was
perched the black cat.
what are you doingr" inquired the
conductor.
THAT blamed cat ran across the
track. and I've got to chase It back
again to break the SPELL" retorted
Houseman. - he gathered fresh am
munition.
Soon he dislodged the cat, which
ned back across the track. A COM
pany onicial was on the train. House
man promptly got . pink envelope"
stating his services were no longer
needed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-10

and worked Sc hours a week. The ten
members Of the family occupied the
one bed room. Among the children
were three girls, aged seventeen. six.
teen and fifteen years. The few beds
and the baby's cot took up nearly all
the available floor space, leaving only
about 15 inches for the occupants to
walk to their beds. The mother evil
IDENTIFY endeavored to keep the place
ciean-but what struggle. She won
dered II the prices of food kept going
up. what would happen.
The workman's wife in Germany az
elsewhere on the continent, has little
to spend but she makes that little 20
long way. Her home is small but Il
is generally well-kept. She frequently
supplements her husbands income by
working for pay at home or outside.
washing. sweeping the streets or at
other employments, while at the same
time she keeps house. Her children
are many but, despite terrible over.
providing. are clean and orderly.
FOOD Prices.
Prices Of foodstuffs vary somewhat
In different markets. Those usually
paid by the average mechanic or Ger.
man Of the middle class may best
serve as typical. In the meat diet.
pork il large item. It ranges from
20 to Is cents q pound. Beef may be
bought from Is to 80 cents, veal at
20 cents. Horse meat Is eaten for
cheapness, advertised In some shop
windows at to 10 cents q pound.
Dogs are eaten to . small extent, not
for cheapness, but a. q fancied cure
for certain ailments. The bread or
dinarily consumed among the working
classes Is Of two kinds. The most gen.
eral is q heavy, close kind made nm
In shape not unlike an ordinary Ameri-
can brick but larger. 1t is of a dark
brown color, baked of rye, ground
wet, and costs about 3 cents a pound.
The other bread Is lighter In color. a
larger and differently shaped loaf. and
costs 4 cents q pound. Good coffee
costs from 30 to so cents a pound.
Many workmen buy a mixture of chean
conee and chickory at 20 cents to 26
cents pound. or what Is called malt
coffee at to cents. Butter is little
used at ordinary meals. A substitute.
butter oil. sells at Is cents q pound.
and oleomargarine from 10 to Is cents.
Sugar sells for s to 6 cents q pound.
It ID . beet sugar. granulated and weak
sweet stuffs, II they are really sweet
which IL not often IN Germany-are
dear. MIX. sold from central dairies,
b about 8 cents pint
Vegetables are cheap, potatoes, q |
food particularly 20. The
onion and the cabbage. German favor.