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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08

looked through the windows at the
parents and children living on his
estate Great lawyers were ready TO
inaugurate legal proceedings that
would have made him millionaire,
and such legal proceedings would
have been instituted if the heir
in person had not visiteG the scene OF
his estate. lie began to feel that in
stead of such fortune being bless
ing, as he dreamed in the nighttime
about dispossosslng such a multitude
of people of their humble homes it oc-
CURED to him that to secure his estate
at such an expense would make it
burden.
After earnest prayer and sieepless
hours In the midst of his vast acres,
he was seized with the conviction that
each member of this multitude of
families living on his property needed
i more than did the heir, and there
and then he made up his mind that he
would leave them in quiet possession
of his estate
Naturally his friends told him he
Was fool Well. SO in sense he
was. Is it Celtic or medieval. or both
that phrase which the "quxotic"
course of Palmorc brings up in the
memory, 'fhc Fool of God2"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08
HE RESIGNED slo.ooo. 600.

The Rev. Or. Richard Beverly Par
more, editor of the ST. Louis Chris
tian Advocate, died in Richmond re-
Gently. lie was born in Tennessee log
cabin He served throughout the
civil war In Marmaduke's cavalry.
Thereafter he earned an education
aud became Methodist minister. In
the far corners of the earth are coli
leges which he founded and other
lasting evidences Of his service. The
memorial sermon was preached by
the Rev. Or. James w. Lee.
Aud now we come to his grand re-
nunciation. A fortune estimated at
$4,000 900 was within his reach
whcrcwith he could have endowed
and furthercd those works of charity,
education, pieiy. which were dearest
to his heart The story is too roman
tic to be trusted save in sermon. So
In. Lee shall tell
Long after the civil war. when the
boy had grown To be man. he found,
to his amazement, among his fathers
papers deed to b,SSS acres of lana,
located in what is known as West Nir-
ginia. This deed was II great surprise
to all who saw or heard Of it. Putting
this deed in his pocket, young palmore,
the only heir TO the property, made a
trip to West Virginia to look over his
vast estate, which was far in the in
terror,
Starting from the city Of Charles
ton, West Virginia, he drove in a bug
rs into the region whore his planta-
ton was located. lie traced the boun-
daries of his property and found thai
hundreds OF families had settled on IL
without any right TO il, but were liN-
ing as If secure in the possession of
their separate little patches of terri
tory lie found that beneath the sur
face Of this land there was almost linz
itless wealth, hut the multitudcs who
had built themselves humble houses
on the surface did not know Of 1t, and
had been living thus in undisturbcd
possession for number Of years. He
quietly walked about at night and
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08

Here is mn incident from real life,
which viii more than likely appeal to
you like glimpse of a familiar friend
No doubt you have been similarly Sit
uated
a typical breakfast scene, in typi-
cal prosperous American home-in
any small city. Already Tie four seat
ed at the round table are merged
into the lays absorbing interests
Father is slipping his coffee and rum
ming through the news. Mother is
opening her mail The SON and
Daughter, both in the high school, arc
absorbing breakfast food and occa-
sional glimpses of the notebook he
side their plates Nothing like last
glance at the days first recitation,
The silence of Individual concentration
rests upon the quartet
Suddenly with groan, father filings
aside paper The others look up.
Who has falod? What has gone
wrong in the business world9
Mothers thoughtsfly to the tea for
which she has Just issued invitations
OF course they can be recalled. The
son thinks OF his fraternity dance, a
girl, with appealing eyes yiolets, a
cab. The DAUGHTER wonders il this
means that She is 10 be dcnied the
promised camping trip.
John, murmnrs his wife, what
has gone wrong ~
'Rurnham's dead-die8. yesterday
at 81 Josephs hospital our old
beokkeeper Reen with The firm for
years. Father cave him the place"
NO doubt you can replace him at
once mother remarks, but father
pushes back his chair impatiently
leaving the omelet untouched
"Oh. | can get dozen good book
keepers this morning but YOU see
well, Rurnham's wife telephoned me
three DAYS ago saying the old chap
had been asking for me | promised
to 20 up that afternoon, but Quigley
came in from New York, and yester-
day the girl who was doing Burnhams
work got halled up, so | sent a basket
Of fruit and pat off going told my
stenogfaphcr to phone to the hospital
They said ne was doing as well as
could be expected. / meant TO go the
first thing this morning and now-the
old chan wanted -ts see me tho son
OF my father-and I said hadn't
time. | said there were more Inn
portant things to be done, when there
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08
HOW WOMEN WE'RE MADE.

According to Hindu legend, this
is the proper origin Of woman.
TWashtri, the god Vulcan of the
Hindu mythology created the world.
But on his commencing to create
woman he discovered that with man
he had exhausted all his creative ma
terials, and that no one solid ele-
ment had been left. This. of course,
greatly perplexed Twashtri. and
caused him to fall into a profound
meditation. When he arose from it
he proceeded as follows. He took the
roundness of the moon. the undulat
ing curves of the serpent, the grace
full twist of the creeping plant. the
light shivering of the grass blade
and the 7slenderness of the willow,
the velvety softness of the flowers,
the lightness Of the feather the gem
tie gaze of the doe, the frolicsome-
ness of the dancing sunbeam, the
tears of the cloud, the Inconsistency
Of the wind. the timidness of the
hare. the vanity of the peacock, the
hardness Of the diamond, the sweet
ness OF honey. the cruelty of the
tiger the heat of the fire, the chill
of the snow, the cackling of the pa
rent aad the cooling of the turtle
dove All these he mixed together
and formed woman. Then he present
ed Ler TO the man.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08
FIGHTING THE DRuG HABIT.

The American Medical association
* supporting movement for uni
form state laws regulating traffic in
hnbit-forming drugs and for federal
legislation extending control over
Interstate trade A model law has
been passed In New York which aims
to control every hurtful drug all along
the entire path from the manufac-
turer 10 the consumer. 70 be- quite
effective, however II needs the sup
port of similar laws in other states.
The menace of the drug habit Is
sinister and far-roaching II grows
apacc. with multiplication through
chemical discovery of drugs snscep-
tibe OF misuse, and the spread Of
public knowledge concerning them,
victims multiply IN spite OF increas-
Ing public scnsltyenoss. The restrlc-
ton OF traffic IN drugs Of this sort
By legislation seems merely 10 slim
uatc a far larger secret barter, sus-
tanned on the one side BY greed and
on the other by appetite.
Apparently the Illicit drug traffic
can be reached In this country, as
China IL reaching the opium traffic
only Mt lts source. As China pre-
vents the raising Of poppics the pro-
duction and use Of opium ceases.
And when a province of China sue
ceeds in preventing the cultivation Of
the plant. India. under British agree
mcnt, co-oporates by refusing to ex-
port opium TO that province.
similarly II is practicable in this
country to regulate the manufacture
of morphine, heroln, cocaine aud to
guard every grain Of them TO a proper
and legitimate consumption. This Is
reasonably possible. But II requires
cooperation Of all the scientific and
moral forces to bring about the need
ed legislation and machinery for us
enforcement.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08
The StoryteIlers
The OptInlst.

Rev Bouck White. whose six
months jail sentence for interrupt
ing the services in John ID. Rookie
feller's church has been sustained on
appeal, is noted for his happy fund of
anecdote.
Il detest the shallow optimist,' Mr..
White said at a recent vegetarian
banquet in New York. Il detest the
shallow optimist who, shutting his
eyes to the numberess evils that sur
round us, insists that the world is
getting better.
This man. in fact. reminds me of
the nurse whose mistress said.
Was Johnny good at the party
nurse?
'''Oh, yes, mann, she replied. He
only broke two vases and kicked four
little girls.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08

timontalism which prevails among
ny now. or which at least il fire.
auenily aired IN Washington. Bryan
lem and Gladstoncism are pretty
much the same piece Of cloth, when
il comes to affairs mot domestic.
II Gladstone had not applied his
mistaken idcalism 10 South Africa
and Egypt. there would have been
no tomb ~ Gordon IN khartum aud
no hitter three Years war on the
veldt
Asquith tx making no such mis-
takes Whom the time came 10 strike
Germany. he struck promptly aud
decisi,ely Gladstone would have
and IN the end Great
iarinln would have bcen forced into
e var At disadvantage after having
lost her standing with her allies and
broken her obligations for the pres
rryailon Of The neutrality Of Belgium
and iuNemburg.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08
I.Ile6E MERELY \ BUFFER.

l4iege is merely "A buffer against
The Germans while the French army
In Belgian territory
where battles Of the proportions "a
Mukdcn may be expected before the
last Of August. Armies march at the
rate Of about sixteen miles a day,
Even in France and Belgium 1t VIII
4equire several days for the great
fufocs opposed TO each other to come
INTO actual contact.
Al iIege the lighting forces have
been comparatively small, and. not
withstanding the slaughter probably
nearly equal to that OF the entire bat
tie If GettSshurg insignificant as
compared with battles that are sure
80 occur within a short prob
ably inside of ten DAYS.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08
OIL IN HONDURAS.

Consul f. NJ. Lawton. Tegueigalpa. J
Honduras periodicals have recent
~ given considerable attention to the
subject of petroleum deposits In this
country. The Honduras oil company
has been organized by seventeen of
the representative business and pro-
fessional men Of Honduras. The cash
capital IS 100000 silver (41,S67
United States gold. and the com
pany has been granted by congress
the exclusive right to exploit the ter
ritory In three of the seventeen de-
paitments Of the republic, or 6.1776
square miles.
The company must pay from the
date of the concession an annual tax
Of 1000 pesos (about $l20 gold, for
the first five years, 1000 pesos an
nually for the next fifteen years, and
thereafter. 5000 pesos silver annual
~ The company must also rebuild
certain public highways and con-
struct others, as well as maintain
said roads for the term of the con-
eession, drilling for oil must begin
within ten months from March "a,
1911. and the road construction must
commence at once.
The oil indications are most no
ticeable at Guare, which is about sc
miles almost due south Of Puerto
Cortcz, or IS miles from the end Of
the present Honduras National rail-
road. An oil expert has recently made
an examination Of the field for the
company and reports limestone satu-
rated with petroleum in various
places near Guare The following is
an extract of his report,
This land is covered by layer Of
limestone that only now appears in
certain places, and this is due to the
erosion Of former years, Below this
layor of limestone | have struck what
is known by the name of red clay
cap or red schst clay below which
limestone is found of the same for
nation as the one that appears in
the oil in the Guare river.
The dark color of the sample Is due
to organic matter, very similar to
Ignite. No bituminous could be
pieces, numerous pockets were dis
covered, containing petroleum oil
with paraffin base. In my opinion
these samples give abundant evidence
Of the presence of petroleum on the
immediate vicinity of the place from
which the samples were taken. and
consider the indications amply suf-
ficient to justify the sinking of a
well.
If the development should disclose
oil in paying quantities ii would make
a strong incentive to continue the
long protected extension of the rail-
road to the south and eventually tol
the Pacific 1t is not improbable
that there will be market for we'll
drilling equipment in Honduras.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08
ENGLAND HAS LEARNED.

in The present erisln Great ntitaln
has acted With wonderful energy and
pfompiness Those who remember
the carR eightins VIII fcgall the
Gladstone ministry The great do
NESTLE statesman accomplished much
for the welfare % hts rouagmen
al home during those five years but
abroad he prepared di aster faf his
country His policies led hamareA 10
cay with Il sort of contempt
III ia an my hfeirme had dome
my country as much hafn as 10 has
donc ia four years, I would consider
eternity ton short 20 repent Ia
The damage wrought hs clad
stone and Lord Granville ID those
days was not reetifed until twenty
years had pissed. II was so great
that the liberal party which corrc-
spouded then il many respe g tu the
democratic party Of our own country
today, actually learned wisdom ia
foreign policy 30 that weakness and
ideality IN the foreign office cannot
be charged asalns, the Asquith min
istry-
Read Gladstene's pronouneements
in parliament and on the hustinss
regarding British relations with IN
ferior or weaker peoples, and you VIII
ind that they smack Of the same sen
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08
4 Cynical Judgment.

representative Taylor was talking
in Demopols about a political pro-
iect of which he disapproved.
Il can't help feeling cynical about
it," he said Il feel, in fact, as Gym
ical as Hogs wife at the seashore.
with her little son and a couple
of girl friends Mrs. Hogg returned
from the beach one Saturday after
noon, and as they passed down the
long hotel corridor with its num-
bered bedroom doors, one of the
young girls said:
"'Oh, l wonder II Mr.. Hogg has
arrived yet for over sunday
Mrs. Hogs answered with Gym
ical laugh
"'Clank the baby's bucket and
shovel together, and spray a little Of
that Eau de Venue in the air. and
George, If he's within half a mile Of
us. will stick his head out of the door
to flirt with the chambermaid.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08
Very striking Indeed.

Representative Wagner. at a picnic
in a charming glen on the outskirts of
Waco, advised a group Of young ladies
TO avoid the international marriage.
SYou'ye heard. no doubt he said.
with smile. "of Lolita Gplde.
Lolita was running down interna-
tional marriages.
They're all alike. she said. |
have had three husbands. The first,
Lord Laeland, slapped me The sec
ond, Comte LOignon. slashed me
with a dog whip. Prince Spaghetti.
the third. hit me on the head with his
fist. This proves that between all in
ternatlonal marriages there exists a
striking, very striking. resemblance. -
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08

The strategic points of Liege. the
Belgian city before which the Ger
man advance is reported to have
been checked and where. according To
European dispatches, the first great
battle in force of the impending war
may be fought. are numerous. Prn-
! eipally II Is the most strongly fortified
obstacle to the supposed plan OF the
Germans to cut across the lower half
OF Pelgium into French territory. but
in addition to this the city Is OF itself a
prize in many ways
In it's surroundings II Is the Pitts
burgh Of Belgium. For miles to the
southwest Of the city along the banks
of the river Meuse there are scores
Of blast furnaces. pudding furnaces,
rolling mills and FORCES. II IL the site
OF the famous Cockeril works, said to
/ be the largest mandatory OF machin-
cry in the world.
Llege proper with population OF
! f6S 900, lies at the iuncturc Of the
/ Meuse and Ourthe, in basin mar
gincd By hills. Many handsome build
lnss and gardens strive to keep them
selves handsome against the tremen-
dous odds of coal dust. All around
the city is a wealth Of coal and iron
ore. The mines extend even under the
city and river. These natural riches,
in connection with the favorable sit
uation of the city nj the juncture of
two navlgablc rivers have given rise
to the extensive manufacturing in
dustry in the city itself.
Manufactures Firearms.
The products are varied. but the
principal one, and that which would
make Liege valuable prize of war.
Is that of firearms.
More than 10000 persons in and
around the city are employed in the
manufacture Of guns, ranging from
small arms TO the largest OF modern
weapons There is a royal cannon
factory and a small arms factory also
in the suburb OF st. Leonard.
In the wars of the last century
but with prospect of siege today
the city finds itself well defended with
modern Notifications. Its strength, II
is said is far greater than has gen
orally been appreciated by military
strateglsts In 1883 the Belgian au-
thorties decided to adequately fortify
both Liege and Namur. the two inn
portant points on the Mouse. At each
place, number of detached forts
were constructed along a perimeter
drawn distance varying from within
four to six miles of the city. At
Iiege twelve of these forts were con-
structed, SIX on the right bank and
six on the left side Of the river.
All of these forts have been kept
fairly we'll up to date. The heavy
guns, in their concrete easements, are
raised and lowered automatically. The
names of the forts on the right bank
of the river are Barchon, Evgnee, Fle-
ron, Chaudfontaine, Embourg and
Boncenelles The average distance
between the forts is four miles but
Fleron and Chaudfontaine are separ-
ated by little over a mile in a direct
line. as they defend the main line of
the railway from Germany.
The six forts on the left bank. also
commencing at the north around a
western curve, are Pontisse, Liers,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08
Liege, Famed in Romance and History, Is 4ts4
Also Point of Great Strategic Importance

Lantin. Loncin, Hoilogne and Fle-
MALE.
II has been estimated by military
authorities that $4,000 men would be
necessary for an adequate defense OF
these Notifications today.
ImmortaIized by Scott
Licgc was made 10 figure largely in
Sir Walter scott's novel Quentin Dur
wood" in which Scott made a blunder
by speaking of the people of Liege as
talking Flemish. The city Is. In fact.
the center of the WALTON country. The
wallons arc Romanized in a much
truer sense than their Flemish neigh
bors and speak the French language.
The city first appears in history in
the sixth century. at which time "A
town grew up around the original
chapel founded there by st. Monulph.
bishop of Tongres. In the tenth cen
fury the Episcopals of Notgre, which
had succeeded in the early line, were
marked by large territorial acquisi-
tons, and the See became recognized
as an Independent principally of the
French empire There were many
popular risings for freedom from the
exactions of the Episcopal sovereigns
who were also occupied in preserving
neutrality in the various wars, and
preserving their territory from be-
ing raided by invading armies.
They were only in part successful.
Liege was taken by Marlborough in
1902 and the fortress was garrsoned
by the Dutch until 1913. The French
revolutionary armies overran the
principally in 1892 and from 1894
to the fall of Napoleon 1t was an
nexed to France, and was known as
the department of the Ourthe. The
congress of Vienna in 1916 decreei
Liege with the other provinces of the
southern Netherlands should form
part of the new kingdom of the Meth
erlands under the rule of William |, of
the house Of orange.
Famous In History.
The city Of Liege took an active part
in the Belgian revolt of 1880 and since
that date the ancient principality has
been incorporated into the kingdom
of Belgium.
The principal point of interest to
the tourists In Liege has been the
great cathedral. or church of st. Paul,
founded in the tenth century and re-
built in the thirteenth century. The
university. founded in 1917, is one of
the largest In the country and en-
Joys high reputation for education
in the art of mining and manufac.ur
ing.
There are many beautiful gardens
and the rivers are spanned by SPLEEN
did bridges. but the larger portion of
the city has a crowded aspect of mar
row, crooked streets.
The railway lines through Liege
are the direct routes from Cologne to
Paris, and from Luxembourg to Brus.
sels the possession Of either of which
would be valuable prize to the Ger
man army.
Waterloo, which everybody knows
as the scene of the downfall of Ma
poleon at the hands of the allies on
the 18th of June, 1915, is not on di-
rect line from Liege, but lies some
sixty miles from it In an air line.
south of Brussels.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-08
\ VEGETABLE DYE.

Country housekeepers may like to
know that they can dye beautiful
shades of brown by drying and using
the green and brown moss aud lich-
ems that. in some sections, grow all
most everywhere on rocks, fallen trees
and fences
Boil the moss in enough water to
rather moro than cover it. Strain IT
and put Il in the goods. For light
ground only short time is required
For darker shades leave longer in the
dye. If left in very long time. the
color will deepen until it is almost
black. This vegetable dye is fast It
viii not fade, as do so many brown
dyes.