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Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29
SWAPPING HORSES.

From Pittsburg Dispatch.
First Chief Carranza has just had
demonstration of the traditional fol-
lily of swapping horses while cross
ing stream. General Natera in the
attack on Zacatecas, has, according
to reports from both Mexico City and
Ell Paso, been disastrously repulsed
by the federal garrison in ,ight days.
so that it has been deemed necessary
TO hurry Villas forces south to sup
port his successor.
Natera's qualifications for the COM
mand in preference to Villa we're sup
posed at the time to be political rath-
cr than military. 1t was presumed
that Carranza, possibly fearful Of
Villas increasing prominence, or of
foreign criticism of the alleged ex-
bandits record, desired to have the
march on the capital conducted by the
more respectable, or at least less OBJ
jectionable Natera. But whatever Ma
terra may possess over Villa in that
regard can hardly compensate for his
inferiority in fighting ability. The
grim satisfaction with which Villas
men are responding to Natera's call
for help can be imagined. Even they,
however, are likely to find some diff
firulty in overthrowing the Huerta
garrison unless by sheer superiority
of numbers, judging by the defense
being made. 1t is likely to take all
of even Villas vigor to reach the
capital
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29
OUR RESPECTS TO LITTLE BEN

The contempt of the people of Colo
rado for Ben Lindsey is being in
creased, if such a thing were possi-
BILE, by his trip of Misrepresentation,
villification and slander. Little Ben
is touring the east giving speeches
night and day and doing all he can
to defame the name Of Colorado, one
of the best states in the union, whose
worst fault is that it let's too many
such lying skunks as Ben Lindsey
run at large to stink up the whole
nation. The time is past for tolera-
tion Of such cattle.-Fort Collins Ex-
press.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

Durangoites have nothing to kick
about If they want to make compari-
sons with other sections of the coun-
try, but we are suffering from the
blight of Shafroth, Thomas, a
Keating and their like in the national
congress which has passed laws that
have placed this big nation on the
blink. A difference of $75, 100000 in
trade in one month is enough to cause
hard times for any country.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29
CLAFLIN STORES TO
CONTINUE BUSINESS

NEW YORK, June 26.-Financiers
are confident that most of the Claf-
lin subsidiaries will be able to con-
tinue business with only temporary
hitch. John Claflin will probably ar
range to Immediately pay all obliga-
tions in full.
Ciaflin has offered his private for
tune to men to reorganize the concern
and the company officials predict the
firm will be stronger than ever when
reorganized. 1t is predicted that the
10000 persons employed at the Claf-
lin stores in America will not be idle
more than 4 few days.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

John McGuarren is another of the
Shafroth Democrats who cannot get
along without office. Been chasing
an office the past twenty years. De-
feated for one Of the commissioners
of Denver he has been taken care of
by the man who was elected at the
expense of the people. The surveyor
generals office is not so bad.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29
sNATCHEs FROM SUNDAY SER
MONS.

f q Z "a x -A-+'f . .ff%sHI =
Il ,ans ae ~ aaMething Is go-
ms to aebpef .h-s val sitaks he'll.
If mpn had half rs much grit Us
women there wouId he differsnt stor-
les written about good many homes.
If every boy and every girl to-
day had good mother the saloons
and disreputable houses would go out
Of business tomorrow.
Fooling away your time hugging
and kissing poodle dog, caressing a
"Spitz," drinking society brandy mash
and cocktail and playing cards is
mighty small business compared to
moulding the life of child.
Many boy would have turned out
better If his old dad had died before
the kid was born.
The Catholics have the right idea
when they say, "Give us the child
till he is 10; we don't care who has
him after that"
You get the boys and girls start
ed right and the devil will bank his
fires, lock and hang Grape on his door
and hell will be for rent within a
year.
Melba, Farrar and Schumann-Heink
are cheap skates compared to the
mother when it comes to singing.
No mother has right to raise her
children for pleasure.
Who is more TO blame for the
crowded prisons than mothers?
Ministers who don't believe in the
conversion of boys ana girls ought
to be kicked out of the ministry.
One ounce of example is worth 40
pounds of advice.
A mother has hard work making
a man out of boy whose father
has no more backbone than n slab of
bacon.
Moses refused to be called the son
Of Pharaoh's daughter. That's some
thing for you card-playing, beer
soaked mothers to think about.
There are no babies in hell.
Some people are so rotten the devil
would duck up an alley to avoid meet
ing them.
II there is anyone so contemptibiy
touchy that he will become offended
If you ask him if he is Christian
--let him go to hell.
Your life is what it is because you
want it to be what il is; heaven
stands willing to help you make ii
better, if you want to make it bet
ter and hell stands ready 10 make j,
worse if you want to make il worse
You say you don't believe the Bible.
Why. you're big idiot, big fool to
put your opinion up against the word
of God
If everybody lived us he pleased
'ery e'7r would drop from the flag
nd the blue and white would dis
ft.f iH rel-thnt means anarchy.
rust have eyes in the back of
year tssd, If you can't see that Gods
spirit IS moving in the Pixies Peak
region.
Go ahead You're granted the priv
ilege Of putting your feet under some
woman's mahogany and hittin' the
booze-but you're not decent If you
do.
II ! didn't care about saving you
do you think I'd stand up here and
work like this--ehop 90 years from
my life as the doctors and specialists
tell nc?
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29
FORMER DURANGO PEOPLE
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

SAN PEDRO, June 25.-Harry Ba-
ker yesterday bought a new auto.
Last night he took his first ride in
it and invited Percy Townsend, his
mother and sister and Myrtle Bran
don to accompany him. In the dark
ness the machine plunged over 1876
foot cliff into the ocean. Baker was
fatally injured and the four other
members of the party met instant
death. Japanese fishermen found the
bodies this morning.
The news of the death of these well
known people will be a distinct shock
to scores of Durango folk. The
family resided here in the COS, Mr.
Townsend having been engaged in
buisenss in town during the time.
Mrs. Townsend was well known
contributor to eastern magazines and
wrote several books, stories of west
ern life, that met with popular favor.
She was an estimable woman in every
way and held in highest regard by
all who shared her acquaintance.
The family moved to California in
the early days of the twentieth CEN
tury, locating first in Los Angeles and
later in San Pedro. Percy, the only
son, met with success as wireless
telegrapher. Miss Laura, the only
daughter, was connected with the San
Pedro postoffice in the capacity of
clerk. For some years the father
has not been heard from, but from
last accounts he resided in Montana.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

midst of the vast plain, brilliant
crimson and white in the 2laring sun
light. Entering the building one is
plunged into almost absolute dark
ness. Here, midst the dim light of
flickering torches were performed the
mysterious rites attending the awful
mystery of death among those peo-
pie centuries before the conquest of
Mexico by Cortez.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29
CONSTRUCTIVE THRIFT.

1--WE must find ways and means to
bring our mines, our fields, our fac
tories and our shops through concen-
tration of energy and practice Of
economy up to the highest standards
Of efficiency and productiveness; and
most Of all. we should begin to prac-
tice personal economies."|. T. Tai
bert. National City Bank, New York.
If you doubt that this nation needs
a new birth in thrift, consider these
facts:
We spend ss.AOo.oOO q year for
cigarettes.
We drank 70,OOO.OOO gallons Of
whisky last year.
We chew up over sea, 5000. 900 worth
Of chewing gum annually Zone con-
cern spends $4,000, 900 q year advsr-
tising its gum).
Last year the American people
paid out $9O, O,O00, 900 for candy. Al
These figures and many more like
them are the measure Of what is
largely popular extravasance.
We could do without . very large
part of the things represented by
those enormous figures, and be just as
well off-yes, great deal better off.
But 1t would be useless, II 1t were
possible to shut off such foolish ex-
penditures suddenly unless the money
SO saved by individuals were put to
good use either by the savers them
selves or by the bank In which they
deposit the money.
This brings up the point which is SO
often raised by persons who fail to
see any economic good in saving.
They say that the spsndthrift gives
employment to others and that his
money gets into the bank eventually
even II he deposits none of 1t there
himself.
That is all very true. but how much
better 1t 10 to have the money used
constructively In ways which mean
sobriety, industry. home ownership,
integrity. good citizenship and educa-
ton Of children. Savings just for
the sake of saving is not advocated,
Thoughtful, purposeful saving is the
thing.
Genuine, constructive thrift has an
important bearing upon Industrial and
national progress as well as upon the
material success of the individual.
Here are q few examples of what
is meant by constructive thrift:
The invention of the engine burning
oil as fuel instead of coal
Intensive cultivation Of land as con-
Quoted by Maryland family that
makes $4,000 = year from 20 acres
Of flowers and Vegetables.
The school, back yard and vacant
lot gardens, which help lower the cost
of living.
Applying ths principles Of thrift to
methods Of bricklaying by cutting out
supsrfluous motions. as was done bv
F. B. Gilbreth.
The new scientific management"
OF business generally. including the
establishment Of bureaus Of standards
by municipalities to savs the people.
money in buying supplies for public
use.
rTv
The commission form of govern
ment in cities. and irrigation and 9th.
er conservation projects a. conducted
by the governmsit.
T. D. MAC GREGOR.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

"When affairs are Strengthened out
in Mexico, will Mr.. O'Shaughnessy be
sent back there as ambassador 2"
asks the Boston Globe. Probably not.
But his grandson may, or his great
grandson.--Kansas City Journal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

If the law acknowledged the valid
ity Of the obey clause in the mar
riage contract, every husband would
have ground for breach of promise
suit.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

Should Tom Patterson be defeated
in the primaries or later in the cleo
tion it will send him to his grave.
Could not stand defeat at his age.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

On the other hand this hammering
Of the trusts may be good thing;
the Standard Oil company, which has
been hammered long and hard, is now
selling gasoline at II $40 cents a
gallon, and coal oil is almost as cheap
as water.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

1t must be admitted that no other
Mexican general equals Villa in the
art of smiling and looking pleasant
when facing camera.-Washington
Star.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29
OWEN BILL BILL is
KILLED BY SENATE

WASHINGTON, D. c., June &c.
Tho senate, after . hot debate, this
afternoon struck the Owen stock ex-
change regulation bill for the calen-
dar and sent 1t back to the banking
committee for rssonsideration.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

Ben Lindsey is too busy travelling
around the enst abusing Colorado to
announce hia candidacy for office He
would make a good running mate
for Brake.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

Martin wants an office but doesn't
know just which one to strike for.
But this isn't q very good year for
Democrats, especially the kind who
met with the agitators and sympa-
thized with them.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

In opening its jails to make more
harvest hands Kansas City is helping
Kansas in about its usual way.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29
COMMENTS.

It's back to the land for Mexicans
Just as fast as Villa is able to shove
them into it.-Philadelphia North
American.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

Perhaps dining car prices are in
tended to prepare the rural residents
for what they may encounter in the
large cities.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

Villa ought to know, that one little
revolution more or less, cannot fur
ther complicate the mess.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

There are Mexicans who would sup
port motion to strike out media
tors" and substitute "gladiators.
Washington Star.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

The world continues to was just Al
though Griffith had not come out fol
senator.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29
NITLA. THE PLACE OF DaArH.'

The ruins Of ancient eitiss, rsm-
nants Of dad eisilissaions. have .
fascination for most psepls. q Ds ,tAsy
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

These are anxious days for John
Martin of Pueblo-the friend of the
lawless element.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

1t might be surmised from his pic
lures that Carranza is the populist
candidate for president of Mexico
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

Villa is not participating in the
mediation conferences. 1t isn't his
kind of game. He is shooter and
looter, and doesn't fancy gabfests.
Kansas City Journal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

Will some ono tell us if Hucrta
has saluted the flag yet,
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

"Huerta says he will quit" Is this
an honest-to- goodness decision or is
it like the decision baseball players
make or stage stars announce in con-
nection with farewells? - Detroit
News.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

There would be some excitement
in the film if the movie men could
get picture of the mental processes
under way at Niagara Falls.-Wash-
ington Star.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

In requiring Mexico to be "politi-
cally pacifed" before he quits, Senior
Huerta is imposing a rather difficult
condition. There is no peace in poll
tics.-Indianapolis News.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

The last seen of mediation it was
going round and round the whirlpool,
having successfully negotiated the
first rapids.-Philadelphia North Am
erican.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

At this writing our old friend V.
Carranza seems to be the darkroom
plexioned gentleman in the sawdust
Houston Chronicle.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

The trouble about the selection Of
a "man of the hour" in Mexico is
that he would last only about go min
utes.-Boston Evening Transcript.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-29

General Huerta may be depended
upon to stick" just as long as he
thinks he is safe from getting
stuck. k."--Philadelphia Inquirer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-11
American Surgeons Rebuild Many
Men Manned in Battles in France

character as would be impossible ex-
cept in time of war.
DR.. Joseph Blake, of New York, at
the American Ambulance Hospital, is
making new nose. over an artificial
bridge he is grating flesh and skin
from the wounded mans forearm.
Surgeons at the Val-de-Grace Hos
pital, constructed new chin of rub
Der, covered with beard trimmed ac-
cording to the soldiers photograph.
In the American Ambulance Hospi-
tai a powerful electric magnet is in
stalled for removal of shrapnel, max
ing unnecessary the long and difficult
operation Of probing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-11
(By Associated Press.)

d PARIS, Nov. 11.-Advances made in
surgery during the last few years are
being utilized with remarkable results
in the treatment of wounded soldiers.
American surgeons who have gone
to the front, in particular, are per-
forming frequent operations which,
while now new to science, have been
rare in the past. Through their eff
forts men who otherwise would be
compelled to go through life manned
and disfgured, ere being reconstruct
ed physically.
At the same time these surgeons are
obtaining experience of such varied
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-11
PITFALLS FOR THE CITY MAN
WHO WANTS To Be A FARMER

$4,000 cash and assumed a $4,000
mortgage on farm worth only about
$1,000. Another paid $4,000 cash and
signed a mortgage for $4,000 on a
farm that was later appraised at 49,
600. A city family that had saved ST.
600 used this money to make first
paymet on cheap farm land, and when
their eyes were opened found they
still owed considerably more than the
farm was worth. For seven years they
have worked almost night and day to
meet the interest, without being able
to reduce the principal These in
stances could be multiplied almost in
definitely.
''In purchasing a farm great care
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-11
(By Associated Press.)

NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 11.-With be-
tween 500 and 1000 sacks of mail on
board, on unknown steamer, said by
some to be German, and by others to
be the Dutch steamer Westedyk, is
nearing Cape Henry, and is expected
to arrive in Hampton Roads tomor-
row.
The Norfolk postoffice today was no.
titled to hold in readiness as many
mailing clerks and mail sacks as could
ge spared to handle the big bulk of
mail carried by the unknown yes
sci.
This steamer is said to have run the
gauntlet of French and English war
ships all the way from Hamburg, and
is bringing the first mail direct from
Germany since the war began.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-11
FEW FOLKS HAVE
GRAY HAIR NOW
Druggist Says Ladies Are Using Recipe
of Sage Tea and Sulphur.

Hair that loses its color and lustra,
or when it fades, turns gray, dull AMI
lifeless, is caused by lack of sulphur
in the hair. Our grandmother made
up a mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur
to keep her locks dark and beautiful,
and thousands of women and men VIII
value that even color, that beautiful
dark shade of hair which is so attract
i've, use only this old-time recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mix
ture by asking at any drug store for a
50-cent bottle of "Wyetehs Sage al
Sulphur Compound" which darkens
the hair so naturally, so evenly, that
nobody can possibly tell it has been
applied. Besides, it takes off dandruf,
stops scalp itching and falling hair.
You just dampen a sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this through
your hair, taking one small strand as
a time. BY morning the gray hair dis
appears; but what delights the ladies
with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur is that
besides beautifully darkening the hair
after a few applications, it also brings
back the gloss and lustre and gives it
an appearance of abundance. Hooks
Pharmacy. adIt
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(By Associated Press.)


WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. IA
diary kept by Mrs. Tunis Hamlin, a
we'll known American woman who was
in Nauheib, Germany, when the war
broke out, covers the period from the
beginning of hostilities until Septem-
Der 8.
Writing on August 20, she says:
"The Germans look more cheerful
today, except the older men, who re-
member the war of 1870, look very So
Der, for they are now the only reserves
left. 1t is astonishing how thorough
ly the land has been swept of men.
Women and infrm men are doing the
work, and most things are left I'M
done"
She pays high tribute to the kind
ness shown Americans by the Ger
mans. Describing the situation at the
railway station at Frankfort, while
en- route to America, she says:
cat Frankfort, train had just been
emptied of wounded who were being
taken to Nauheim. We went on through
to Weisbaden where a train had been
emptied and pulled out. We stayed
there two hours during which time
other trains of wounded soldiers came
in. They were lying in box cars with
straw on the floor, just as it is in a
stall for cattle. The men were lying
or sitting in this. Some whose limbs
were injured had to be carried upon
stretchers; others with hands or
feet done up in white bandages,
were given soup on the train, and
then taken to the hospital.
The most seriously wounded had
been left at field hospitals near the
battlefields. But the number here
showed how the hospitals must have
been filled up since they are now
bringing them to Wiesbaden and Nau-
helm. When this train was unloaded
another Immediately pulled in. We had
to get out several miles down the
road.
Sees Wounded Soldiers.
Afterward we were taken in on one
side of the depot and a train If wound
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-11
German Ship Races to Norfolk;
Runs Atlantic Gauntlet With Mails

The postal authorities profess not
to know the name of the ship but
are making preparations to handle
her vast cargo of mail. The steamer
is coming to this port for fear that if
she attempted to go to New York, she
might be captured by one of the Brit
ish cruisers said to be patrolling the
coast off that point
The steamer is expected to land her
mail cargo at Newport News. The
postoffice in that city, however is not
large enough to accommodate such an
immense quantity of mail as the I'M
known ship carries, and arrangements
are being made to unload the mail in
one of the freight houses of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio railroad and have the
Norfolk clerks on hand to help assert
it there.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-11
Especial to Times-Recorder.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 1.-THE
Department of Agriculture receives
many letters from city people who
have read glowing accounts of the
wealth that may be made on the farm.
A large percentage of these pople have
already bought farm land. Some of
them appear to believe that the reason
all farmers are not rich is because of
extravaganza, wastefulness, ignorance,
and lack of business ability. To
these letters the Departments special
lists reply much as follows:
LAS a matter of afct, farmers as
class are intelligent, industrious, and
economical, and many of them are men
of good business judgment. Further,
those who have made thorough study
of the business side of farming know
that it is not an easy matter to make
money ON the farm. Only the most
practical and experienced farmers are
making any considerable profit out of
their business. Most of the money that
has been made on the farm in recent
years has been made, not by farming,
but by the rise of price on farm lands.
In the nature of things this rise can
not continue indefinitely, and some one
will own this land when the price be-
comes practically stationary or per-
haps starts to decline.
"While it is true that occasionally a
city bred family makes good on the
farm, this is the exception and not the
rule. 1t is always a risk to invest in
a business without first making a thor
ough study of that business. Many
city people who have saved up a few
hundred dollars and who have had lit
tie or no farm experience, but who
are imbued with a rosy vision of the
joys and profits in farming, buy poor
land at high prices and thereby lose
the savings they have been years in
accomplishing. One city family paid
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automobile, which every one knows
and recognizes, and the road is always
cleared for him. They think here that
the crown prince is responsible for the
war and point to the fact that the
kaiser was away at the time. In the
afternoon we got into the valley of
the Rhine and little farther away
were the battlefelds. We reached Co
logne after dark"