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The Keota news., 1914-05-22
FoasioN.

Nrs. Isabella Fyvie Mayo. II. Scotch
poveiist. dies in London.
The drink bill Of the United King
dom for the past year shows IN In
crease Of $4,000. 900.
The steam collier Turrethill sank
owing to the shifting OF her cargo. OF
South Void. in the North Sea. with .
loss Of twelve men.
Tho Americaniza&ion Of Vera Cruz
goes steadily forward and everywhere
there are evidences OF the manifold
abilities Of the army and navy a. I'D
vance guards Of civilization.
King Christian K. and Queen Alex
andra Of Denmark arrived 1t Paris te
pay . two days official visit Of cour
tesy to France. during which they
were the guests Of the French gov
ernment.
/ At Christians, Norway, King Haa
kon and Queen Maude Of Norway
opened with imposing ceremonies an
exhibition commemorative Of the cen
tenary Of Norwegian independence
from Denmark.
Burglars broke into the postoffice
at Penticton. B. c., blew open the safe
and escaped with 5000 worth Of
money order receipts. registered pack
ages to the value Of $500 and con
signnent Of bank notes containing
more than 5000.
The County Council Of Limerick
ireland. unanimously resolved to sup
port the Nationalist volunteer move
ment, which was started for the pur
pose Of organizing . force to uphold
tho authority Of the crown and govern
ment Of Ireland on the same lines ~
the Ulster force.
General Carranxa telegraphed from
Durango the news that Constitution'
alist Generals Lucio Blanca and Raj.
ael Buelna had taken the city Of Tepic.
capital Of the state Of that name. after
q severe engagement lasting more
than "a hours. The message also
stated that the Constitutionalists had
taken the town Of Santiago Bxcuint'
Ian, and San Bias. Topics port OF
entry.
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HAIR CAME OUT IN HANDFuLs

Hughson. Cal.-"Last winter my
hair began to fall out and later my
scalp began to itch terribly and my
hair was full OF dandruR. There were
pimples broke out on my scalp. espe-
cially around tho edge Of my hair.
Sometimes I would wake up at night
and lie awake IN hour or 20 with the
itching. My hair came out In hand
fuls when combed 1t. 1t was dry and
lifeless and the dandrulf was 50 thick
It could be plainly seen.
Il used several different kinds of
shampoo and soap but 1t got worse all
the time for five or ak months. When
I had lost about half Of my hair I
started using Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment. In about six weeks my scalp
stopped itching and In two or three
months my hair began to come In
new. Ny head II clear Of dandrun
now and new hair IL coming in all the
time" (signed) Mrs. w. r. Candlish.
Dec. 10. 1919.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with SIP. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept L. Boston."-Adv.
The Keota news., 1914-05-22

coaAletln0.
.Ars yoa going abroad this year.
Nre. BarnoOby?
Really, I'm afraid not. Husband
has to nay such IN enormous income
tax, you know. that he says he can't
afford tho trip"
But, Of course. II his business 10
good"
But It isn't. Why. he told me only
yesterday that he hadn't made . dol
lar in nearly two years."
The Keota news., 1914-05-22
WASHINGTON.

General Funston cabled the War
Department that the Mexicans had
blown up the interoceanic railroad
bridge at San Francisco. % miles from
Vera Cruz.
The United States may recognize
the belngerency Of the Mexican Con-
The Keota news., 1914-05-22

stitutionalists. Formal demand that Il
do so IL expected to be made BY Cen
eral Carran1A
Members Of the Cabinet, after . pro
longed conference with President VIII
son on the Mexican situation. declared
the President maintains confidence
that mediation would succeed.
The President nominated Arthur
Bailly-Blanchard Of Louisiana. now
secretary Of the United States en-
bassy at Toxic. to be envoy extraor.
dinary and minister plenipotentiary to
Haiti
The President has nominated the
following Colorado postmasters: Rob
ert w. Tandy, Del Norte: N. A. Nc
Grath. Eaton: Herbert r. Sabine. Ala
mosa. Others are: Andrew J. Hern-
don, Prescott. Ariz.. E v. Long. East
Las Vegas. New Mex.
my order abolishing liquor drinking
in the navy will 90 into effect on July
as originally scheduled" The fore
going was the reply Of Secretary OF the
Navy Daniels to reports that President
Wilson had directed him not to make
the famous order operative.
Secretary Houston Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture had before him
the resignation Of DIR. Beverly T. Gal
loway, the assistant secretary. Dr..
Galloway leaves the government serv-
ice to become dean Of the a4ricultu-
raj college OF Cornell University.
Delegates Of the Huerta government
who departed from Washington Sun
day for Niagara Falls. Canada, to At
tend the mediation conference, are
confident Of the success Of their mis-
sion. which. 1t was learned, IL tho
broad question Of pacifying all Of Mex
leo.
Asserting that Presldent Wilson
was more than justified In refusing to
recognize Huerta AZ President Of Mex
leo and that the United States must
not turn back until 1t has established
constitutional government in that re-
public, Senator Owen startled the Sem
ate with a remarkable denunciation Of
the Mexican dictator.
That General Huerta, preparing for
crisis In his dictatorship. has long
been planning to leave Mexico City
with his troops and make last stand
at Puebla, midway between Mexico
City and Vera Cruz. was told Presi-
dent Wilson by Nelson O'Shaughnes-
sey. former charge Of the American
embassy in the Mexican capital.
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FROM ALL SOURCES
SAVINGS. DO IN q .. ACHIEVE
MEhTs, sUFFE RINGS. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

The Bank OF Brooks. Ia, state IN
stitution capitalized for $4,000 and
with deposits amounting to about $780,
900. closed its doors.
The Department of Agriculture says
that the winter wheat crop will be at
least one fifth larger than that OF last
year, and is estimated at 630.OO0.0OO
bushels.
The Sailors Union OF the Pacific,
with headquarters in San Francisco.
sent 800 to the United Mine Work
ers OF America In Denver to be used
in the coal strike.
Divorced one day. Harry Fulkerson.
twenty-five. shot and killed his former
wife and then killed himself on the
street at Dallas. Tex. The couple were
divorced in 1912 also. but remarked.
Robert T. Hodge. Progressive can
didate for governor in 1912. and for
merly a coal miner was admitted to
the bar by the State Supreme Court
at Olympia Wash, after being reject
ed three times.
Discovery Of gang Of international
counterfeiters became known at, Seat
tie. Wash. when 1t was made public
that United States secret service op-
eratives seized a counterfeiting plant
in Seattle valued at $4,000.
A minimum weekly wage Of $3.50 for
women employed in factories was rec
commended at Olympia. Wash. by the
state conference called to decide on q
minimum rate Of pay subject to the
state minimum wage commission.
The state corporation commission
issued an order requiring all locomo-
tives used in hauling trains in Arizona
to he equipped with electric headlights
within sixty days. The lights pre-
scribed shall not be less than 1000
candlepower
This is the greatest automobile run
ever conducted into Texas. and the
longest of the kind ever seen In this
country" declared Mayor Fisher OF
Galveston in addressing members Of
the Colorado sociability touring party
at Galveston.
Adlai E. Stevenson, vice president
Of the United States during Grover
Clevelands second term as President
was taken to Chicago from his home in
Bloomington, ILL.,, for medical treat
ment. Stevenson is seventy-nine years
old, and has been in i'll health for some
time.
The newspaper profession is as
sacred a calling as the ministry, in the
opinion OF DR.. Washington GLADDEN. OF
Columbus, Ohio, expressed in an ad-
dress made by the preacher and former
editor before hundreds of newspaper
men at Lawrence. Kan, at the national
newspaper conference conducted by
the University of Kansas.
The Keota news., 1914-05-22

Ari<ansas Jurisprudence.
Silas-Did you win your suit?
Jonas-Yes. I won It, but my fool
opponent took It to the circus court.
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6as1o a1l kills all
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AA0eAtal, 0oaveaionG
eAeap. Lasts all
season. AAdo OF
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ovse, viii net soil o.
in1 are eAything.
00ArAAtoo6 4 elective.
Al 0ooooeO o4S soa1
exprsss paid Soe dM
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The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26

upholstered seats and rubber tires
may fascinate small boy for a few
hours, but you'd better place your
faith in a good, old-pattern rocking
horse. with saddle and stirrups, and a
name and tail Of real hair. The rock
ing horse is not going out OF fashion
by long ways, and | predict that in
the horseless age, II that time ever
comes, our children's children will be
jerking the name of a wooden 'horsey'
and whipping him on his painted
TANKS, and trying to feed him crack
ers. Also, they'll be falling off his
back and humping their little fore
heads in the old-fashioned way, and
'horsey' will have to be thrashed and
locked up in the clothes closet for his
bad behavior
And as for dolls, you've got to give
them real baby dolls and not grand
ladies in the latest tango gowns and
hats. For the last so years or so
doting parents who are well to do have
been trying the experiment of present
ing their little girls with waxen fash
ion models-only to find the precious
one crying for the rag baby of the
Iaundress' daughter Children show
the real mother instinct when they
spurn the 'play-child which is too
dressy and up to date.
Il have one friend, the father OF a
large and lively family. l make him
happy every Christmas time by pre-,
senting his kids with bunch OF cheap,
mechanical toys. After about half an
hour of winding them up, the little
ones tire Of the clicking wonders and
return to their woolly dogs, rubber
dolls and other simple favorites. That
is when fathers fun begias. He in
sists on winding up the toys and run.
ming them all Christmas day. osten-
sibly for the pleasure of his young.
sters. He does not cease winding until
the toys begin to get out Of order, and
then he has the additional pleasure Of
trying to repair them.
Sometimes think that a msnufac-
turer could make a fortune selling
toys Just for grown-ups. Seeing a
bunch of adults busy working me-
chanical toys reminds me of the time
when the whole family insist, on tax.
Ing little Johnny to the circus.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
HANGING M|STLETOE
Origin of Custom Associated
With Christmas Festivities.
Plant Is Surrounded With Many Su.
perstltiono in European Countries
Sign of III Omen In Some
Parts of Ireland.

HE good old custom of hang
ing mistletoe from the cell.
ing at the Christmas festivi,
(S2 ties is said to have its origin
in the idea that since the
plant did not have it's roots in the
ground no part of 1t should ever be
permitted to touch the earth.
Among the Saxons the fact that mis-
tletoe was suspended from the roof
OF a dwelling intimated to the way
farer that the hospitality of the house
was at his disposal and beneath its
branches friend and stranger, vassal
and lord, gathered in comradeship ane
good cheer.
The religious aspect of the mistle
toe tradition, which had it's origin in
the Druidical rites and the gatherir
OF 1t by the archdruid with his gol.
en- sickle, merged later into a. purely
social symbol. and the idea of simple
hospitality developed into one of mer
rymaking and somewhat riotous en-
tertainment.
The kiss of the Scandinavian god
dess expanded into the custom of a
kiss given for every berry that grew
on the bough. Small wonder that, in
spite of the mistletoe having origin
ally existed in the odor of the sanctu-
airy, the church came to regard 1t as
an entirely pagan symbol and refused
to allow it to participate with the
lily and the evergreen In the Yuletide
decorations.
There is an ancient belief that the
mistletoe was the tree from which the
holy cross was hewn and that after
this was made the plant withered and
ever afterward became a mere para.
site growth, clinging for support to
other and sturdier trees.
Other stories, however, credit II
with divine gifts in the healing of dis.
eases and the expulsion of evil spirits
Ram, the high priest of the Celts, re.
ceived In dream the intimation that
by means of the plant he would be
enabled to save his people from the
plague which was decimating them.
To celebrate their delivery he insti-
tuted the feast of Noel (new health)
a midwinter holiday, which has come
to be considered coincident with the
new year
In many parts of the United King.
dom the silver berries and the gray.
green leaves of the mistletoe are
looked upon as anything but an en-
blem of good cheer; on the contrary
the plant is regarded with dread as be
Ing the bringer Of III luck and the sign
OF III omen. This superstition exists
both in Deyonshire and In ireland.
and, strange to say in neither of these
places does the plant flourish. owing
report has 1t, to the fact that both
incurred the displeasure of the Druids
and were In consequence cursed In
such way that their soil became In.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
The Old Sad Story.

When a plausible. albeit shabby,
stranger approached the thrifty house,
wife and offered to install an electric
bell for almost nothing she felt that
1t was her duty to give him the job.
He looked as II he needed it.
Preparations for the work were
hardly under way when the "electri-
clan" approached his employer with
ali apologetic air.
I've been out of work for so long"
he explained, that I'll have to ask you
for an advance to buy some OF the ma
terial."
He needed 35 cents. he said. but she
mad no change and gave him half
dollar. He fastened away for the ma
terial. and he never came back
The thrifty housewife told her hus-
band about 1t when he came home,
adding:
Il can't see how I lost anything. He
left a pair OF batteries here or l
shouldn't have trusted him with the
money"
Her husband went out to take a look
al the batteries They were both
burned out. ut."-Louisville Times.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
Many Uses Of elottIna Paper.

Blotting paper has many other uses
grease Is spilled on a rug or carpet
cover the spot with a piece of blottlng
paper and place a warm iron, not hot.
over the spot. Grease on tho wall may
be removed by covering with blotting
paper and pressing with. a warm iron.
Fine lace and collars may be quickly
dried by being placed between two
sheets of blotting paper and covering
With weight. II you are short on
rubber rings when canning, blotting
paper rings will serve Just as we'll as
rubber There are many more uses
for blottlng paper which will suggest
themselves TO the alert housewife.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
TO KNOW FUTURE HUSBAND
Many Old English Customs and Su.
perstltions Center Around
Christmas.

All down the ages girls have been
whether they will be "old maids"
or. as they are now called, bachelor
girls" or wives and mothers. Christ
mas. as we'll as all the other festivals.
has been allotted its customs and su-
perstitions through which the secret
OF the future may be learned.
To find the answer to the impor-
tant question, wife or old maid, q girl
lad to go alone on Christmas eve
and knock on the henhouse door. II
u cock answered her knock by crow
Ing. she would be married, but II no
cock crowed In answer. then she
would be an old maid. This under
taking would require a good deal of
courage In the old days OF supersti-
ton. as on Christmas eve evil spirits
were supposed to have increased pow
er and ghosts were supposed to prowl
around
If girl wished to know the name
of her future husband she took four
onions and named each one after =
boy friend. She then placed one in
zach corner OF a room and the One
that sprouted before January 6 bore
the name OF the man she would
marry.
In some districts this was carried
out rather differently. Several onions
were selected and named and placed
close together, and the one that
ON tod G,at L.,
to be hers. We can imagine how
carefully the warmest place would be
chosen for some special onion.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
EE~HILDREN are conservative
beings, even old fashioned,

EE(HILDREN are conservative
beings, even old fashioned,
when 1t comes to choosing
toys They aren't up to date and as
full Of the modern spirit of progress
and invention as the toymakers be-
lieve them to be-
Thus spoke one who is sort OF
professional Santa Claus-that is, he
has played the part at SO many Sun
day school Christmas parties that he
sometimes imagines he is growing cot
ton whiskers.
They display the same quaint. sim
pie, old-fashioned taste as their grand
fathers and grandmothers when they
were children" he continued. Most
of them, do, anyhow. Every year the
toy manufacturers break loose with
a new crop of automatic racing cars,
aeroplanes, submarines, fire engines
and kicking donkeys. II the children
were constructed on the same nervous
clock-work plan, they would give old
Santa Claus no rest unless he kept up
with all the modern inventions. In
stead of toy soldiers they would de-
mand mortar batteries. and they would
not be satisfied with mooley cows, but
would demand that they have pedi-
grees and give only certified milk and
cream.
"They would not accept Noah's
ark unless 1t was a combination of
the steamship Lusitania and modern
cement bungalow, with sleeping
porches, twin-screw propellers, cleo
trio searchlights, wireless apparatus,
second chattel mortgage-in fact, all
the comforts of ship and home COM
plete. They would require Mr.. Noah
to carry pilots license as well as a
college degree in natural history. All
the animals would have to be trained
to do tricks. and poor Noah's family
would have a fine time herding them
while wearing wooden raincoats and
stove-pipe hats.
Fortunately children, real children,
are not constructed that way. They
want their arks on the old-fashioned
plan, whereby you lift of the roof and
md Noah minus his head. and most OF
the animals trying to hobble on three
legs.
Automobiles in miniature, with real
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
WHEN WAR IS SILENT
uAs NO soPHISTRY WITH WHICH
TO CONFRONT WOMAN.
Great a. Must Be Acknowledged Ars
His Powers Of Deception They
Fall In the Presence Of the
Mother Of the Slain.

War sat on high place near the
city named Earth, where all who
passed along the highway called Life
could see him as they went on their
Journeys. Among those who took their
ewes from the ground was King. When
he saw War he stopped.
"Who are you that sits beside the
highway of Life?" asked King.
War answered.
81 am Power, and Dominion, and
Pride, am the maker and unmaker
of dynasties. I set up and pull down
the rulers of Earth, the great city in
which you dwell. BY me wealth and
strength are apportioned. dishonor is
redeemed, right is made plain, and
Justice is done"
So King went his way, thinking,
"War is good"
Soon there came Young Man, and
he too asked who War was.
War said:
81 am Adventure and Daring, Bold
ness and Hardihood. l bestow renown
and distinction on men. Those who
follow me grow brave of spirit and
hard of body. They learn the happi
ness that comes from ardent toll, the
joy that is born of struggle. The peo-
pie of Earth look with greatest favor
on those who enroll themselves in my
record book and reward them with the
first consideration"
Young Man whistled as he followed
the highway called Life, and cried
aloud, WAR is noble!"
Next Old Man, weak of sight and
hard of hearing, peered at War and
said: "Who are you, up there?"
To Old Man War replied:
81 am Memory and the Thoughts Of
Yesterday. 1t was who filled your
heart with friends and clothed your
mind with the good memorials Of a
glorious past. I took from you your
arm, but in its place l gave you some
thing far better. the service OF de-
voted friend. BY me you were made
poor in pocket, to beg your bread as
you walked the highway called Life,
but in exchange I gave you the great
days Of your manhood to comfort and
sustain you"
Old Mans face was lighted by his
thoughts of the brave days when he
knew War, and as he set one foot be-
fore the other he chuckled, and struck
his thigh with his hand, and mumbled
in his beard: Il mind now that War
is the great thing"
But then there came on the high
way called Life Woman. who had
borne sons that War had destroyed.
and daughters who had wept upon her
skirts for their husbands that War
had torn from them; Woman, who
had dried the ears Of orphans War
had made and stanched the blood Of
wounds that War had given; Woman,
who had mourned Wars dead and
starved that War might eat.
And Woman saw War and asked
him nothing. but fled shrieking away
from him on the highway called Life;
and as Woman fed from him War was
silent, for he had no words to speak
New York Times.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
Most Economical Woman.

Most men are not blessed with such
treasure OF wife as is Langley. re-
marks Harper's Magazine.
My wife Is the most economical
woman In the world" confded Lang.
ley to friend one night with pro-
found pride. why, do you know, she's
even found use for the smell OF my
motor car"
Great heavensl Do you mean IT."
exclaimed his friend.
"Surest thing you know. She hangs
theesecloth over the gasoline exhaust
and packs away her furs In II to keep
the moths out during the summer"
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
Gunpowder and Dynamite,

While both gunpowder and dynamite
are explosives, they fall into different
structural classiications. Gunpowder
Is nitrate mixture, whereas dyna-
mite is nitro compound-that is. the
former Is combination of nitrogen
solution mixed with other ingredients.
and the latter is a compound OF nj
tro-glycerin absorbed by porous In.
ert solid material.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
Cooks Held In Hluh Hopor

There is no better proof OF the DELI
cacy OF the Greek palate than the
honor in which cooks we're held. They
piled their trade with the greatest
freedom, and. not being attached to
this master or that. they were called
In by the rich on occasions OF brilliant
festivity. What wonder then the
cooks was a respectable profession.
becoming free man?
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
Something for Nothlnu.

something can never be got for
nothing. repeats the waysids philoso.
pher. On the contrary. there are some
things that can be got for nothing.
Love is one. when It's unrsQuitsd. Ad.
vice IL another.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
Loss OF Water With Aoe.

The slow but sure loss OF water with
age has been noted In the tissues OF
rats and other animals. There is more
water In the bodies OF young animals
than In adults. and the quantity OF nj.
troEen and phosphorus they contain
also diminishes with age.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
An Old Friend,

Humorous Artist-''Tve brought you
an original funny joke this time. A
friend Of mine thought of It." Editor
latter reading iD-"Yes. II is funny:
but l prefer the drawing that wsa
published with 1t In the seventies!"-
Punch.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
The Linen Of ireland.

In 1858, the year OF tho accession of
William III, the export OF linen from
Ireland barely reached $4,000 worth:
in 174l 1t reached $4,000. 700: In l77s,
T,500000. and In 1925 tho declared
value was Sl&.455.0sO
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
After hIa Own heart

Museum Attendant-The bill Of this
prehistoric bird had thousands upon
thousands OF little holes all over t.
Congressman tenthusiastically)-Msg
nificent! What an ideal one to intro
duce In congress s!-Judge.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-12-26
Where tho Earth 10 ThIckest.

Scientists have figured that the
earth Is 'hickest along an ina Einary
line drawn from the top OF Chimbora.
20, mountain In Ecuador. and a point
on the coast Of Sumatra. where the
land is fairly high.