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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08

the republic It is now giving a direct
service from La PaZ TO the ocean in A
hours There are three trains a week,
with sleepers and diners. This road is
about as long as from New York to
Cleveland. Leaving AntOfagasta. the
chief seaport Of northern Chile, the
train takes you through the nitrate
fields and across the Chilean desert TO
the Bolivian frontier
Is Scenic Route.
The Antofagasta road is one Of the
scenic routes of the world. and geo
logically and geographically it is one
Of the most interesting. The Bolivian
plateau was once a great inland sea
hundreds of miles long and 80 or more
miles in width. Parts of il are as fiat
as a floor and the road goes for miles
over beds of stone and stretches Of sea
sand Sea shells are often found. and
fossils OF fishes are in evidence. Some
Of the way is past volcanoes. and YOU
see beds and mountains of lava Of the
most wonderful character The road
taps the treasure vaults OF the Andes
and its freight is largely tin and cop
per ore, which is shipped from AntO-
fagasta TO the shelters Of Europe and
the United States.
Financed by Americans.
The reconstruction of this Bolivian
railway and its extension was financed
and built by Americans. Only a few
=
into a treaty by which Bolivia conceded
to Brazil a rubber region about twice
as large as the state Of Indiana for the
sum of $4,000. 600 This money was
used to build certain railroads for the
DEVELOPMENT Of Bolivia. Messrs- Speyer
* Co. and the National City Bank, OF
New York, got the contract for the
completion and extension of the Anto-
fagasta road Their scheme involved
an expenditure Of more than S27. 600 600.
the capital to be made up Of 5000, 600
advanced by the Americans. and of
S12,50O,OO0 by the Bolivian govern
ment
The American loan was secured by
bonds and the guarantee OF the gov
eminent one Of the extensions to be
made was the standard gage from
OrurO to La PaZ, another was from
OrurO to COcha banda, and a third a
line to TupiZa TO connect with the Ar
gentine system. The Potosi extension
was also a part Of the contract. This
was in 1906. shortly after which time
the work was begun. American en-
Eineers were brought in and by 1908
the line from OrurO to Viacha. above
la Paz. was almost completed. Other
constructions We're well under way
when the controlling interest in the un-
dertalSfne- was sold TO the English An
tofagasta & Bolivia Railway company,
and that at a big profit
In this way the Antofagasta & BO-
livia railroad passed ont of the control
of the Americans and into that Of the
English. The Americans may still own
some OF the stock. but the railroad be-
longs to and is managed by English
tt has been completed to
La Paz and is now advancing toward
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08

that OF Pixies Peak. which is 14.147
feet above the sea. It then descends
to lake Titicaca, and from there drops
down 20 La Paz, which lies in a hOl-
above the sea The Central railroad
goes Up three miles in altitude over
about 100 miles of track, and its total
mileage, not including the CerrO de
PascO extension. is less than 250 miles
The Southern road from MOuendO to
La Paz. including the trip across the
lake, covers a distance of more than
500 miles II is 223 miles from the sea,
where it crosses the Andes. and there
il is 1000 feet lower than the altitude
Of the pass Of the Peruvian Central
The La Paz-Antofagasta line has a
mileage OF more than zoo miles, and its
highest point on the main line is over
il, 900 feet above the sea. The highest
point on the africa line is just under
1900 feet. but the Antofagasta line is
building branches that are almost as
high as the highest point on the Moro
cocha branch Of the Central above
Lima. One Of these runs from OllaSue
to Colahuasi, where there are copper
mines owned by the Guggenheims, said
to be the richest mines in the world.
The other begins at Rio MulatO. be-
tween OrurO and Uyuni, and goes to
POtosi. the famous mountain that has
produced billions of dollars in silver
and that promises to produce like val
ues in tin
Built Under Difficulties.
Of all these lines the most difficult
OF construction was the Central Pc
ruvian. 1t was begun in 1879 by Henry
Meiggs. and its first Sc miles are
said to have cost more than 100000 a
mile That road is Of standard gage,
and IL has no gradient sleeper than ( =
in 100. II has 81 bridges. one OF which
it 575 feet long, spanning a ravine 800
feet deep. Meiggs also built the greater
part OF the Southern railway. and that
without cogs, and he was the con-
structor OF the road from Valparaiso to
Santiago that now forms n part OF the
first great route between the Pacific
and the Atlantic.
short Route to United States.
When the Panama canal is completed.
the shortest route from the United
States to Bolivia will be by way of
africa That port is 22OO miles from
Panama, and by the canal 1t will be
less than $500 miles from New Orleans
Most tourists will prefer to go by way
Of MollerdO and the Peruvian South
ern, the gradient Of which is more gen
tie and which has also the advantage
Of the halfway station at Arequipa and
the plea SAINT trip over Lake Titicaca
The quick jump from africa to the TOP
OF the Andes is liable to give one so
roche. and many will not care to risk
the long rack and pinion system
Some viii 20 to La PaZ by one route
and come back by another. At present
the most Of the traffic to Bolivia passes
either through Mollendo or Antofa-
gasta
The Antofagasta-Bo Bolivia railway svs-
TEN is perhaps the most important Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08

Cochabamba, a thriving town on the
eastern side Of the Andes
American Rolling stock Used
a great deal OF the Bolivian rolling stock
comes from the United States On me
AntofaEasta lire the locomotives are chleIly
Baldwins A great many Rogers are used
on the Peruvian roads. and on the area
line the engines are American. English ana
German During the construction OF that
road there were Is locomotives ana ~ ~
cars in service. The heaviest engine
weighed 20 tons
Our civil engineers have had much TO do
in laying out the roads OF BOLIVIA ana
Americans are now taking contracts LOT lne
new construction financed by the English.
The rough work IS largely done BY Aymara
indians who receive from 50 cents 70
dollar a day. This is very high for 30
livia, where the average wages are perhaps
not more than 20 cents per day
Notwithstandiug this, there is great trou-
bic in getting good men The Aymara usu-
ally works for a week or less. anu Ihen
1eaves Sometimes he goes away without
nav talked with one Of the contractors
a. night as TO the labor situation said he
THE chief trouble is that all Of the in
diaus are heavy drinkers Of alcohol After
pay day we find that we have TO lay off
many Of them so that they may sober up
They all chew coca. and We allow them
certain amount Of coca with their wages
They do not Ike foreigners. but we have
20 use foreigners as toremen- for the in
dians are 50 low intellectually that they
cannot boss or plan They have to be
driven. and their sullen looks show that
and are ready to leave at the first oppor-
tunity."
Much UndeveIoped Country.
The most important part Of Bolivia has
not yet been touched by the railroads.
refer TO the fertile eastern section. just
over che Andes. This consists OF enormous
forests and high. grassy plains, which viii
feed millions Of cattle The government
has planned railroads, which some day viii
be extended into this region These roads
go from the center OF the plateau to the
tributaries OF the Amazon. and some viii
be extended to the uavigable branches %
the Paraguay we'll one road IS planned
from Potosi to Sucre. and another from
Sucre 70 Lagunillas. the two together COW
ering a distance Of less than rs miles
Another railway is 10 connect La Paz and
Corlpata Coroico. and thence go on TO the
navigable waters OF the Benz. down which
ships can travel TO the railroad about the
falls OF the Mamore-Nadeira- When this
railway Is finished Bolivia Will have an
outlet TO the Atlantic by way Of the
Amazon
Another Amazon river branch Is to be
built from Cochabamha to the river Chi
more, which flows into the Mamore, and
there is also an extension from the Ar
gentine system 20 connect with the same
river at Fuerta Rojas II would seem that
santa Cruz is TO he the railroad center for
eastern Bolivia, and there will eventually
be railroads throughout the whole region
east Of the Andes opening pthe country
from Argentine 90 Ecuador and Colombia
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08
Diary of a Bachelor
Max and Manette Are Given an Auto Ride and Manette
Captivates Famham.

" HIS is the first summer Nanette
has ever spent in the city, and
when 1 see how pale and Ian
guid the hot days leave her I realize
what tortures the little children Of the
tenements must endure while summer
blGzes down on them. If 1 ever re-
trieve my fortune I shall devote one
tenth Of my money TO giving the chill
dren Of the poor an idea that summer
Is a hOliday-nOt a holocaust
Last Thursday was an almost unen-
durable day The heat was intense
and the humidity broOded over the city
ike heavy cloud of steam from
teakettle that was angry at having to
boil too long I had all Of DarroW's
personal affairs 10 attend to. and sew
eraI little deals Of my own clamored
for my attention In addition I had
to suffer the GOODNESS that Marian
Church has shown me ever since L
bungled affairs so badly in Cambridge.
Rex Farnham has been in town, and
] suppose the contrast Of his entire and
whOle-hearted devotion has not made
my reputation for gaIlantry any great
err
When I left the office at 6 Rex was
just helping Maid Marian into his car.
Jump in with US. Max, old man." he
called It's much too hot for a sub
way ride to be a JOY, so s'pose we
three 90 for little joy ride to cool
off"
An AMHnAElLAOma
On the way uptown a glorious in
spiration came to Rex. He asked me
10 bring Manette and join him and
Maid Marian and her mother on a lit
tie ride they had planned for the
Fourth. Pride might have prevented
my accepting, even though I had sad
memories Of the lonely day I had en-
dured on the 30th Of May-but I had
not the heart to deprive Manette of a
holiday in the country or to endure the
thought Of Marian and Rex off for the
day together!
1 was not quite sure that Marian
wanted me But that only seemed to
make il more important that I &c.
Diary, old friend, you may as well
know the worst at once am miser-
ably Jealous Of Rex Farnham.
The car came for US before g. Maid
Marian was in front with Rex, who
drives in the same charmingly easy
going, reckless manner that he does
AL things. Even in q long linen buster
and q plain little black hat, Marian
looked daintily, femininely alluring.
Manette and piled into the tonneau
with Mrs. Church, who has a sweet, /
depressed, faded prettiness that shows /
Just how Marian comes by her little 4
fine-lady manner.
We drove out Broadway and then 1
wound out along the river with the 1
glorious panorama Of the Palisades /
unfolding before US. On and on we
sped, coming at last to West Point,
where we arrived just IN time to hear
the salute TO the States and Territor-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08
Tongue Reading Is New
Fad in Paris; Character
Told By Size and Shape

Paris. France, Aug. s.-The latest fad
among fashionable Parisians Is having
the tongue read 'GIossomancy, as
the new science is STYLED, is akin to
chiromancy and graphology. and con-
sists in having the character told by
the shape and dimension of the tongue.
A long tongue shows frankness,
short one, dissimulation; broad one,
unreservedness; q narrow one, concen-
tratiOn.
When the tongue is long and broad,
It is a sign that its owner is inclined
to gossiping; when it is long and mar
row, that he is moderately frank and
omen Those who possess a short ana
broad tongue are untruthful, and peo-
pie should be careful Of those whose
tongue is short and narrow, for they
are slv as well as bad tempered The
new science makes sticking out the
tongue not only bad hammered but
dangerous
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08
By MAX.

les. The only impressive noise have
ever heard on the Fourth Of July was
just the sound of those guns booming
out over the river at West Point
We picked up some officers who
were stationed at the Point, and who
were great friends Of Farnham, and
all Of US dined at the hotel One Of
them had a pretty young sister visit
ing him, and when we strolled around
Irritation" as the beautiful wild path
along the banks Of the Hudson is
called. she consoIed me a bit for Maid
Marian's detection.
Realization.
Marian and Alanette struck I'd a
quick little friendship Of the warmly
intimate sort that young girl things
so often feel for each other and my
fifteen year old, golden haired niece
seemed to be holding her own in the
court that surrounded pretty Marian.
I had never before realized how near
my little Marian is to wOmanhOod.
say, Max, the kids all right"
laughed Rex, as we strolled off to-
gether to get the car after the mag
nificent spectacle OF Dress Parade and
the lowering Of the flag at sunset
Did you see those young cadets flock
ing around herr
THAT was only because Miss Church
was sweet and tactful and shared her
triumphs with the child-for that is all
Manette is, Rex, a child Of fifteen"
she looks seventeen, Max, and she
is a little beauty and she shows class
I think III ask her to ride back in the
drivers seat with me It'll make
little Church Jealous, and might as
well begin to get solid with Manette
against the day when she makes her
debut and is belle. I'm only 80, Max
how'd you like to have me for a
nephew three or four years from now?"
REX. don't talk like a clowni Man
cite is a baby-a mere baby. and
don't want her to wake Up to her
beauty and power for years to come
I'm going to try to keep her a child
as long as 1 can"
RIO laughed easily-and there was no
way for his guest to impress Rex
Farnas,m with what an ALFRED cad
he vas.
I only said coldly: You arranged
this Iarty, Farnham. and I am glad
tEEC Z gaze Nanette a chance to meet
a fine lie soldier in the army OF
wcren Who work I'm delighted the
two girls Ike each other"
Don't pIeach, Max. We leave II for
college freshmen and dOtards OF sew
enty to marry stenographers."
Manette did ride back on the front
seat She confided TO me later that
she thought Mr.. Farnham the hand
soonest thingi And she asked il we
couldn't invite Miss Church and her
mother TO dinner some Sunday. an
sweTed that I'd see
I feel that I'd like TO warn Maid
Marian against Rex Farnham- But
who is TO warn her against me?
Heaven help us-are we all snObs2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08

tent. Presently this content will be
replaced with deep and fervent ours
ing. This happens when the smoker
in hales q gill of nicotine instead Of
the smoke. Until automobiles were in
vented, keeping a pipe in order and
smoking sweetly was the greatest sci
entific problem which confronted the
ordinary man
Some pipes are made of meerschaum,
q peculiar mineral substance which
gradually absorbs the nicotine and
turns from a creamy white to a beau
tiful glossy brown. COlOring a meer-
schaum pipe is a labor Of love like
running on the Democatic ticket in
Vermont and requires great talen and
patience Many a young man who has
Stood at the head of his classes in
college has ignominiOusly burned the
top off Of his meerschaum pipe; while
many man who has been expelled as
unworthy Of the attention of the pro-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08
MEETING HIS PARENTS.
Dear Miss Fairfax

Dear Miss Fairfax;
I was introduced to a young man
about five months ago at ball
Since then he has taken e out quite
a number Of times. but he did not
introduce me to his parents yet, al
though I have introduced him to
mine MARY =.
You are exactly the right kind OF
a girl 20 have your parents meet tEe
men you know In the case Of a man
the same necessity does not arise as
he feels more independent about
making friends without the sanction
of his parents Custom has made this
so, and yet I.too, Ike the idea OF a
man wanting his parents TO meet his
girl friends However. etiquette does
not demand this introduction until the
man feels that he is introducing his
future wife.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08

fessors has achieved wonderful results
in meerschaums with little apparent
effort. This shows how futile it is to
judge men by mere scholarship.
Pipes are more economical than
cigars and five cents worth Of tobacco
burned in a pipe will make as much
smoke as a river steamer. There are
several hundred brands of smoking
tobacco. Some are used merely to
produce pleasure for the smoker while
others are very useful for suffocating
insects, fumigating houses and break
ing up small gatherings OF people who
do not smoke themselves
Many men become extremely fond
Of their pipes and smoke the same one
year after year These men can be de-
tected. when the wind is in the right
direction. at an amazing distance
Copyrighted by George Matthew
Adams
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08
DON'T LET BOYS KISS Y0T.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
A short time ago met a young man.
and after going ont with him a few
times he wanted 70 kiss me re-
fused to allow him to do it. for which
he got angry. / love him dearly and
and hate TO lose HIM should I write
TO him. HELEN.
You did just the right thing ielen-
If this boy cares for YOU in the right
way ne viii surely IKE YOU all the
better for being too dignified TO per
nit yourself to be kissed II he is
one Of those scamps who insist on
making love 10 every girl he meets
you are well rid OF him. lou did the
right thing. now don't lower your
standard by writing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08
Fashionable Paris
Has Mosquito Pest

Paris, France, Aug. s.-The fashion
able quarters Of Paris and sections Of
the suburbs are suffering this sum-
mer from a plague Of mosquitoes. The
source OF this unprecedented annoy
ance is a profound mystery, althOu-
the city authorities have been making
great efforts to discover the breeding
places.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08
Hotels Of Switzerland
Employ $1,000 People

Geneva, Switzerland. Aug. s.-Au-
thoritative statistics Just published
show that the hotel business is the
largest Industry in Switzerland It
employs 5000 persons. The average
profits are Is percent annually on the
capital invested. the figures being:
Capital. s2oO,oOO,OOO. and earnings s5O.-
100000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08
PIPE S
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Author Of AT Good Old Siwash.''

4 PIPE is a small receptacle made
"A TO hold o portable connagration.
- - It is also used by its owner as
a means Of discouraging intrusion by
strangers and fastidious friends.
A pipe consists of a wooden bowl
filled with tobacco and a stem filled
with nicotine and other noxious sub
stances It is connected with a man
who is filled with smoke which he
exhales with mutterings Of deep con-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08
SHOULD COME TO YOUR LONE.

Dear Miss Fairfaxt
am twenty-five and am keeping
company with a young man two years
my senior. He wants me to call at his
place Of business. from which we 90
out together. His excuse is that he
does not want 10 see my parents
They never interfered in our affairs
him A 3. c.
If this man truly loves you. some OF
his tenderness Of feeling must ex-
tend to the parents you love Insist
pleasantly. but sincerely on his com
ing TO your home and being amiabie
TO your mother and father.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08

SOME ay-some gttering blue day when the big beat
cream clouds drifting the bowl OF the sky
the wind is right and the bay water swapping away
in tumut Of bung and suds, when you're foaming be-
fore the wind your little boat lifting herself along
flying fish the the hair of the girl who's Just your
chum-your heart and hers still humping steady in your
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08
Advice To the LOveIOrn
FORGETTING ENGAGEMENTS.
By Beatriee Fairfax

EOEAHE<A AANG EhNrAANzA-l----t =
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I an a young girl Of nineteen and
keeping company with a young man
one year my senior
He has a way that annOys me very
much. He is very forgetfuL He in
vites me to places or amusement and
when the time comes he never speaks
OF IL D. W
Do not permit any mar 90 slight you
Simply tell him quietly the next time
that he invites you anywhere that you
viii make no engagement with him
10 respect IL.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08

chests fancy free, all sereneyou look off idly your sta
board bow, buried in Shaping catteng water and you
about and pull him in by a Pass him up-sail
right by him ike wicked black pirate would dOturn your
face the other way, strange your pity and don't haul him
aboard
For you'll blanket and pet him and feed him beef tea
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-13
OUR TRUE MILITIA.

When 5000 women are willing in
the sweltering summer time 20 jour
ney many miles TO conspire for the
general welfare. it is a noteworthy
sign OF the times.
Chicago has seen many conventions.
but none more significant than that Of
the national federation OF women's
clubs
II is significant for one thing in
that il isn't meeting of high society
DANES. 10 show of fuss and feathers.
The great majority of delegates TO this
affair are women Of moderate circum-
stances. wives and mothers OF the
middle class.
The uppermost motive is neither
canity nor personal ambition, but how
best 10 help forward their homes, com
munity and nation.
They viii report back in a thousand
places what they heard and learned to
a total Of hundreds of thousands of
wives and mothers like themselves.
Women have been the first to catch
the passion for social service. 1t is
natural that they should. for they
cannot mother their own without also
mothering the race.
Think what IL means TO have in each
city and town in the land an organized
group Of devoted women on the watch
towers 10 guard against periss without
and within.
Most men are too busy. Many are
too careless. Some are too stupid TO
do this work of vigilance.
But the care of the mothers is un-
ending
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-13
THE PROPERTY OWNER.

Vice workers In Chicago are going
after owners Of property used for i'm
moral purposes. One Of the largest
property owners in the city has been
cited 10 appear in court on this
charge.
The defense Of the accused is that
he leased the property in question on
a long term lease and that he does
not know what the lessees sublet il for.
That defense introduces the point
the vice workers wish to make that
the property owner must know what
purpose his buildings are rented for
and assume the responsibility He
cannot shift that responsibility to an
other with a long term lease.
immortality is protected evil.
Otherwise 1t cannot exist. Vice seeks
the shadows Of the night. the shelter
of buildings, the screen of window
shades. Its votaries may stalk abroad
and fiaunt their signals in the face of
the sun. but their deeds are done in
darkness and concealment. Whatever
contributes TO making the sought Sc
crecy possible contributes to the act
and shares the responsibility.
Il is not sufficient that a man shall
receive his rents and pay his taxes
and not know the purpose TO which his
property is being devoted. The public
is entitled TO protection, and if the
property owner does not voluntarily
give il the law must force him 10. To
not know is TO not care, which places
the property owner in the class with
the procurer and the delinquent. He
may satisfy his own conscience by re-
fusing 10 see. but he cannot satisfy the
public.
II every owner Of property is held
accountable for it's use vice will be
discouraged. The fallen will be forced
TO abandon their evil ways and the
innocent will be far less tempted to
stray. The property owner IS the key
20 the vice situation.