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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03

ANOTHER eENp OF THE WORLD

tWar Cry)
When the bottom Of the sea gives
way from some future volcanic dis
turbanee. the whole earth Will be con-
sumed. according to Louis Rabourdin,
the French scientist Recent volcanic
disturbances lead this scientist TO be-
lieye that such a time is not far dis
iunt. The earth's crust Is very thin at
the bottom of the sea, he says, and
he adds that the floor on which we
stand is more frall than we are led
TO believe.
Mr. Rabourdin imagines n disaster
so great as to involve the whole earth
II such an event should occur he
thinks that from a distant world its
appearance and progress would ex-
Iactly parallel what we ourselves see
in the case OF the 'novae." or distant
stars that blaze out in the heavens
from time TO time.
Mr. Rabourdin says. suppose that
following upon an extraordinary
twisting movement. due to retreat of
bottom should let In the mass OF the
oceans waters upon the ineandeseent
Interior matter. The water would be
ldecomposed by the heat, the hydrogen
would burn and It would burn more
as il had access to more oxygen the
conflagratlon would thus gain gradu-
ALLY in force, accompanied by electric
phenomena. and the greater part OF
the earths crust would probably be
displaced, The earth passing through
a critical epoch and returning for the
time being to its formative period.
would again be nothing but a globe OF
fire
For the far-off worlds that swing
IN sldcreel space this would he the
phenomenon Of a new star that blazes
ont all at once. increases in brllliancy
as II II would eclipse the luminous
splendor Of all its neighbors, and then
becomes feebIer and feebler to disap-
tpaar finally forever in the profound
darkness of tho lmitlcss distance.
When such catastrophe takes
place. II ever Il does, that Will he
the END Of the world so far as we
at least are concerned.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
CHEAPEST GAS IN THE WORLD.

ttOnSuldf heHOFtS.)
The Widnes corporation Of England.
which has for many years held the
proud position Of purveyor of "the
cheapest gas in the world" has just
still further fortified its position in
this regard by making another reduc-
tion in price. The Gas World of Eng
land reports that the council has
adopted a recommendation of its gas
engineer and manager to reduce to all
ordinary customers within the, hor-
'ough by cents per 1000 cubic feet,
making the price to consumers below
1000, 600 cubic feet per annum "a
cents net per 600 cubic feet; TO con
sumers over 100000, 90 cents net.
and to all users of gas for motive pow
or purposes, Is cents net. At the
meeting at which the reduction was
sanctioned II was stated that the re-
duction, which has been made posi-
BILE by the improved carbonizing re-
suits from new installation of hori-
zental retorts, will make Widnes gas
f.om 90 to q per cent lower in price
than that Of the nearest competitor,
the Sheffield Gas company.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03

(s T.. kiser In Leslie's Weekly)
There are heroes who have never
Heard the fearful din of battle,
Heroes who, unknown forever,
Labor where no sabers rattle.
There are heroes who are giving
JOY TO others day by day;
Who are making life worth living
Just BY making honest pay.
There are heroes who are wearing
No bright medals for their merit,
Heroes who may not be sharing
Splendor that the proud inherit;
There are heroes who prefer the
Tasks Of righting wrongful things,
And thus make themselves more wor-
thy
Than the pampered sons of kings.
There are heroes. accompanying,
who are striving daily, yearly,
So the goals we would be gaining,
More each morning shine more
clearly
There are heroes, unrewarded,
Who, by tolling late and long
In surroundings that are sofdid
Help the luckless to be strong.
There are heroes with wan faces.
who uplift their fallen brothers:
Heroes who, in lowly places,
Labor for the love Of others.
why not pause sometimes TO cheer
them
For the courage to reveal2
WHY not willingly revere them
For their patience and their zeal?
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03

stiiution 20 be settled by litigation
before banking could conform 10 IT,
Can the president force congress
to pass three antitrust bills In the
present session 10 which the business
o. The country can conform with the
same certainty and readiness with
which II conformcd TO the banking
law? The eyes and ears of congress
men are fixed upon political chances
In their districts rather than upon
experts In business with the best in
tention on the part Of the president.
he cannot shape business legislation
NJ he shaped banking
one bill gives to the Interstate
Commerce commission the same CON
troll over railroad financing that II
now has over the traffic Another
creates a trade commission to exer-
else similar supervision ever the
operation of Interstate business A
third transforms the broad principles
of the ShcrUan law INTO htalhl"te
and immunitlcs TO be
Interpreted bg the trade commission
and executed by the courts. much as
Ieh early railroad act WAS expanded
and interpreted by the Hepburn
aw
n has taken a generation ~ cx-
pericnce and ten years OF litigation
IL esia Blizh the law II trust organi-
alton and railroad operation under
government supervision, Does the
believe that railroad f.
and trust operation can be
made into definite and final law in
me session Of congress-that CON
iress composed largely OF green ma
erial2'
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
Hits From Sharp Wits

There is n rush for experiments for
something new.-Macon Telegraph.
The wise lover nowadays will re-
member that the mssives he sends
may be read by the jury as well az by
the girL-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
No man ever got very far by. stand
ing with one elbow on the bar and
imagining himself the favorite son OF
Destiny. Blade.
That money is not everything is re-
marked most frequently by the men
who have lot.-Albany Journal.
Silence Is wsdom's safeguard and
the disguise of ignorance Albany
journal.
BY following free advice one can
get lot OF costly experience.
Human nature is pretty much the
same the world over says the Ohio
State Journal Photographer, who is
spending the week with his wife's
folks.--Toledo Blade.
The loud voice as well as the loud
laugh speaks the vacant mind
Chickens come home to roost and
then the neighbours cat comes after
the chickens.-Deseret News.
Too many men who aim high are
Many people live well because of
the curiosity of Others Macon Tele-
graph.
1t seems that crowded street car
always provides an over amount OF
room for argument. Macon Tele-
graph.
The reason daddy likes to have his
boy go through college is because SON.
ny can come home ana tell daddy all
there is to learn about lfe.-Toledo
Blade,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
Courageous Londoner Actually F9outs
the "Oid Masters" and Art Critics

! For the timid ones who have weigh
ed the famous "Monna Lisa" Of Leon
ardo da Vincl in the balance and
found her wanting. but have gone
away silent for fear OF not being
thought artistic" one has spoken
up with emphasis. Mr. Twells Brex.
after looking M her from all angles
and all aspects" finds her--as he be-
lieves nearly every one else finds
her'--only "a slngularly unattractlve.
unspiriied. weary and sly-lookIng wo-
man. This opinion nc holsters up
by the Judgment OF friend who is
mot indeed a critic or an expert. but
a great lover Of art and a man Of
many catholic perceptions. The
one so described could see nothing
In It" Also and added:
1T may be technically perfect. but
for all that IL is ugly. To my mind.
the whole object of painting like
that of any other art--shouid be to
charm the senses or elevate the mind.
This picture falls In both"
Fortified in this way. he feels strong
enough 10 tackle the critic and the
conn0isseur, whom he describes as
the arbiters of the markets and 10
reply to their declaration that we do
not appreciate old masters because We
do not understand them" OF course
the critic will only find his reply sim
ple-minded, eouchcd as Il Is in the
question, why should they need un-
derstanding? In the London Daily
Mall he asserts the taste Of the plain
people against the cognoscenti.
Great art can sing 20 us without
Interpretation. strike primal chords In
heart and mind, and be understood BY
the multitude II It il perfect in tech
nlque II Is only perfect because II
conceals technique. and not because
technique II IFS all In all. The painter
does not paint for painters only. any
more than the writer writes only for
lltcrati. The master who was the
greatest master OF his art that the
world has ever known Is so simple
that there Is scarcely line of Shakes
peare that youth may not under
stand. who needs technical knowi-
edge Of drama or poetry to read the
great sonnets, to be enthralled at the
profound human psychology Of Ham
let, to thrill with the immortal lovers
OF Verona, OF to follow Harry Of Eng
land In his GREATNESS cpics in France?
"The supreme cant OF all critical
cant Is this claim of the cognoscenti
for Idols whose perfection Is invisible
To us ordinary people. this contention
that some obscure mastery Of tech
nique Is the summit of achievement.
The cult of 'eubists' and 'futurists IL
but diseased exaggeratlon OF this
creed: the craze for archaic and I'M
comfortable styles of furniture Is an
other manifestation Of this esotertc
whim The hobby of the collector Is
too often mere shibboloth. devoid
OF every prompting of the love of
beauty or utility For the craze for
the antique IL not confined 10 old
masters. In every little town there
is at least one shop whose stock In
trade Is tumble of things hideous,
whose sole value Is that they are old
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03

or that they are fraudulent limitations
OF the old. And 80 the fotsam ana
Jetsam OF one generation becomes the
sought-for and treasured Of the next;
II We could only live long enough we
would find that our comm0nest little
gods from Tottenham Court rond VIII
sell In 1895 for a knight ransom.
you will even see In the antique
shops OF today serious display of
terrible things that ten years ago the
most olf-fashioned and inartstie Of
~ were throwing In the dust-bins be-
cause the eharwoman would not take
them as gift. The ahtlmassar
period is now old enough to be pre-
ciousf mId-Victorian mahogany, glass
lusters. samplers, china dogs-by-
words OF reproach for their grim ug-
llness even OF a period when domes-
Tic art was VIGOROUSLY al lis darkest
In all history.
How much Of the value Of many
old masters IN not likewise fictitious
how much OF II really intrinsie2 |
challenge any critic to suggest what
the 'Gioconda' would sell for If II were
painted today by a living artist and
how many of the experts would arise
to call II immortal
This all leads up 10 the plight of
the modern artist, FOR whatever he
does is wrong"
III he ventures 10 tell a moving
story that brings the public around
his canvas he commits the unpardon-
able vulgarity. The picture that de-
plcts an incident OF life Is utterly out
u fashion. II he paints a landscape
we read that he Is 'tfivial:' If his
trees or his cattle initiate nature we
are told that he is slavish If he
paints a portrait. he is at least in
better case. for he may usually hope
Ia sell IL to the sitter. And thus he
languishes. while the market for old
masters ever scars. / was lately In
the studio of a water-color artist who
told me that he can now only earn
a third OF his former income. The
collectors will have none Of living
men. His paintings we're OF coun-
try that l know well; they were so
true. so beautiful and so tender that
in a Westminster flat | was by the
waters of Lodore, and forgot that the
painter stood beside me- / had 10
shake myself together 10 remember
his SHORTCOMINGS his foolish fidelity.
his forgetfulness Of that paraphrase
that the art world has made of Keats,
Truth Is not beauty. and beauty Is
all that ye need know
But his greatest fault Is that he
lives-thereln is deplorablc tech
nique"
\ day or two later another Daily
Mail correspondent. sends his pro
foundcst thanks to Mr. Twells Brcx
for his courageous article"
Il am sure II must have evoked a
wave of gratitude among your read
crs-unexpressed, but none the less
sincere-for II undoubtedly represents
the views OF the great mass Of even
educated people who are sick and tired
of the humbug Of the critics who rep
resent nobody and nothing but them
selves"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
Did lie Know.

But ! don't know you. madam
the bank cashier said to the woman
who had presented check.
The woman. however. instead Of
saying haughtlly, Il do not wish your
acquaintance. sir" merely replied
with an engaging smile:
"Oh. yes. you do, | think. I'm the
red-headed old virago' next door to
you whose scounirelly little boys are
always reaching through the fence and
picking your flowers When you
started for town this morning your
wife said Now, Henry. If you want a
dinner fit to eat this evening you'll
have to leave me a little money. |
can't keep this house on plain water
and sixpence a day philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03

upon examining the general. put a
blister Of cantharides on the throat and
took some more blood from him.
About II o'clock DR.. craik request
ed that Or Dick be sent for as he
feared DR.. Brown might not come In
time. About this time the general
was bled again.
DR. Dick came In about . o'clock,
and Or. Brown arrived soon after. Up
on Or. Dicks seeing the general and
consulting few minutes with DR..
Craik, he was bled again.
That evening between ten ana eleven
he expired without struggle Or a
sigh.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
The StOrytellers


"A silent partner" said Rear Ad-
miral Peary. lis something on the or
der Of Mabel. Tommy and Dan.
Mabel. Tommy and Dan. three
ragged little country weekers. looked
anxiously at Joe. their brother. who
advanced across the barnyard toward
them crying bitterly.
Dan ran to Joe. Then the others
saw him burst into tears on his own
account.
What's the natter Mabel asked
when Dan came back leading Joe by
the hand.
Boo. hoo roared Dan. "A goose
bit him and he swallowed that there
new piece of chewin' gum. Boo hoo.'
ION. boo. hoo wept Mabel.
Boo. hoo. hoo. wept Tommy.
And little Joe, louder than all the
rest. kept up continual:
Boo, boo, boo. boo. hoo!
IT,
Defending an increase of per cent
In freight rates President Rea of the
Pennsylvania railroad said at a lunch
con at the Union league In Philadel-
rhia
you cannot run a railroad parsi-
moniously. Spend too little. and man
fold evils at once spring up.
when | think Of some of the rail
road ideas now being advocated by the
Ignorant, am reminded Of the
cinnaminson farmer and the horse.
"A Cinnaminson farmer bought a
horse at a Conshocken sale.
"on the way home, the day being
Rot, he thought a drink would refresh
the animal. but AT two troughs in sue
cession It refused to look at water.
Then, when he got home. the
farmer Offered ii a good feed Of corn,
and again, so to speak. II turned up its
nose.
The farmer looked at the horse
cautiously.
Well. he said. If was sure you
were a good worker. you'd be the very
horse for me-"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
Gan In 10 rfs

The president is said 20 believe
that he can iefec congress e pass
The antitrust bills and then can
quiet The business ~ the country With
the assurance that Il Will be hecaied
no more in his administration lie IS
encouraged IN this no doubt by his
experience with the banking and cur
rency bill,
In the form he passed that biz. il
sas accepted with relief by the BUSH
ness AMI finance 81 the country hut
that Nas because Il was finally
shaped IN accordance with the his
tory 81 fnanoe and the science Of
banking II was not an experiment.
II raised no questions OF Law or con-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
FLOWERS.

Spake full well in language quaint and
olden,
one who dweleth by the Castle Rhine.
When he called the flowers so blue
and golden,
stars that in earths armament do
shine.
Wonirous truths. and manifold as
wondrOus,
Gtd hath written In those stars above,
But not less in the bright flowerets
under us
Stands the revelation of his love.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
DIARY or wAsHINGTON'S SEC
HETARY.

Between two and three o'clock, Sat
urday morning. he awoke Mrs Wash
ington and told her that he was very
unwell and had an ague. She observed
that he could scarcely speak and
breathed with difficulty.
+ | dispatch servant instantly for
Rawlins ca professional blceder)
Rawlre came in soon after sunrise
and prepared to bleed him
DIR. Craik came In soon after and
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
TIE OLD SONGS.

fOliver Wendell iHolmes.)
Long hushed are the chords that my
boyhood enchanted.
As when the smooth wave by the
angel was stirred,
Yet still with their music is memory
haunted
And oft in my dreams are their mel
odes heard.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
sIxTy-E1GHTH BIRTHDAY.

Flames Russell LOVELY
AS life runs on, the road grows
strange,
With faces new, and near the END
The mllestones into gravestones
change
Meath every one friend.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
THOSE WHO SEE BOTH SIDES.

(Charies II. A. Wager, in the Atlantie)
Erasmus is an inexhaustlbly inter
esting historical parsonage, because
he is more than that, he is type as
old as civilization. He Is not to be
COMPOUNDED with the Hamlets and
Amiels whom he specifically resem-
bles Their disease is impotence OF
Wilt their weakness the lack OF The
courage of imperfection, the courage
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03

oar friend Charley Chadwick,
puhiielst Tor the Romero Baca Chad
Wick combination, Is so well inform
ed TINT most Of the time he Is the
only person in the world who knows
whether he is telling the truth or
not The rest Of the time we know
ho isn't.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03

MAYOR Boatright has begun to
practice economy by cutting or one
hundred dollars month in the city
engineers office. lie might continue
the good work By turning a similar
amount from his own salary into the
conscience fund
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
DEMOCRACY AND ART.

CDR. Frank Crane in New York
Globe.)
We are in the mewling and creep
ing infancy of art. Almost oil of our
art products are ludicrous because we
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
NOT WEATHER. TOWNS.

Bait, French lndo chila.
Looney. Okla.
Crazy Peak. Mont.
Batty Bay. ArotIc
Looncyville. n. \.
Looney, w. Va.
Bugg. Ky.
Mutt, Ark.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
An EPIGRAM.

civilian Watson)
IT'S human natures happiest height
to be
A spirit, melodious. lucid, poised and
whole
Second in order Of felicity
hold il to have walked with such
soul.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03

A. Mr.. Bryan's Commoner is pub
lished only anee month. our gov
ernments position on the war Is not
disclosed,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
LEISURE.

And add to these retired Leisure,
That In trim gardens takes hi
pleasure.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-04
GRAFT HUNTER SENDS
CONTRACTS TO JURY

ALBANY, y. Y, Feb. 3.--James ".
Osborne, the State graft hunter. an
nounced tonight that he would send
two more of the 31s Foley good roads
repair contracts to the grand jury.
These are located In Warren coun-
". One provided for the resurfacing
of a road between Glens Falls and
Lake George at a cost of $52,973 by
the John J. Herlihy company and the
other for the resurfacing of the road
between Lake George and Bolton
Landing at cost OF $4,000. which
WORK was done by Flood and Vanwirt,
of Hudson Falls the home Of Winfield
A. Huppuch. the former chairman Of
the Democratic State committee.
Commissioner Osborne declared
that the State had practically lost all
the money spent on resurfacing these
roads and that the work lasted only
few months
II am going to have the Warren
county grand jury investigate every
one connected with these two pieces
OF work" declared Graft Hunter Os-
borne tonight, While 1t does not
make much difference in my investi-
cations. the original contracts on
these two pieces OF work cannot be
found either in the highway depart
ment or among the effects Of John A.
Hennessy, which were taken by the
attorney general from the Tub few
weeks ago.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-04
SEARCH FOR WOMAN
LEADS TO KILLING
Noah Sink Shot by Roanoke
Man Whose Married Daugh-
ter Was Annoyed.

ROANOKE. VA. Feb. 3-Noah
Sink, twenty-seven years old, was shot
and instantly killed this afternoon by
Norborne N. Akers, flfty-seven years
oid. at the fattsr's farmhouse. four
and one-half miles from Roanoke. A
shotgun was used and the entire con-
tents entered the deceased mans body.
1t is said bad blood had existed be-
tween the men for. aome time and at
the time Of the killing SINK was under
a peace bond to not modest the Akers
family.
The i'll feeling is said to have been
due to the alleged attentions of Sink
to married daughter OF Akers, this
daughter went West two weeks ago to
live with her brother. Today Sink
visited rhe Akers homo in search Of
the woman and . quarrel which en-
sued resulted In the shooting. Akers
u under 1rrest-. s1.,s. 4. s- I,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-04
SUFFRAGE LEAGUE
WILL ENTERTAIN
MRS. j. W. DURHAM, MRS. MORAN
| AND MRS. MACHEN TO
BE GUESTS.

The Equal Suffrage League Of Rioh-
mond viii be at home Thursday after
noon at headquarters, Commercial
building, on Second street between
Broad and Grace, and Will present to
its friends Mrs. j. w. Durham. now
of Roanoke. formerly OF Richmond:
Mrs. Katherine Fontaine Moran. OF
Characteristics and Mrs. Lewis
Machen, of Alexandria.
Mrs. Durham will probably mako
an informal address. She Ia well re-
membered here AS a speaker, and the
Washington papers In commenting on
the suffrage school held there just
after the national suffrage eonven-
ton pointed out Mrs. J. w. Durham.
of Virginia, as among those who
showed an especial gift as a public
speaker.
Tea will be poured and these three
representatives from the leagues of
Roanoke, University Of Virginia and
Alexandria will be presented to those
present
Thursday night. at the Y. NJ, c. A.
auditorium, Mrs. Alice Stebbins Wells.
policewoman. will speak under the
auspices of the Equal Suffrage League
Of Richmond She will be introduced
by Councilman Jacob Umiauf. and
while In the city will he the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. III. w. Rountree. in PARK
avenue.
Her experience as policewoman
in Los Angeles has put her. in posi-
ton to study the causes OF crime. She
is a fearless speaker and will tell the
reasons why policewomen are needed
in the interest Of aomen and children.
The public Is invited to hear this adj.
dress