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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-18

Beautiful Harvard Piano, on which
Mere has been S125.0O paid, and which
you can now purchase for the balance
due Monthly payments if desired Al
most like new Good for at least 25
years service Fully guaranteed by the
Oldest piano house in FL Paso. FL Paso
Piano Co. POS south side Of Texas
street.-Advertisem
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-18

OfEspecial Importance is this Clearance of Dresses
to Mothers who have girls between the ages of and
IS years, who would save on the school wearing
apparel. You would pronounce them good values
at their former price, $3.50. The final clearance
price has been placed far under their value. As
there is but limited quantity left, selec- M
ton Wednesday Is advisable, choice NC
(ThId Floor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-18
100 Years Ago Today

~ Ne HUNDRED YEARS AGO to-
day admiral Sir Alexander Co
chrane, commanding the British
naval forces in Chesapeake bay, ad-
dressed q letter TO the American gov
eminent declaring his determination to
destroy and lay waste such towns and
districts upon the American coast as
might be found assailable. Almost i'm
mediately the British set about to carry
out their threat, and their browning act
in that direction was the destruction
Of the Capitol and other public build
ings in Washington. Americans
claimed, with great bitterness. that this
was Wanuon vandalism, unWarranted by
the usages Of war. But the British
termed the march on Washington an
eXpeditiouary movement in retaliation
for the destruction Of villages on the
Canadian frontier by American SOL
diery-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-18
POPE HAS HIGH FEVER,
MILAN DIsp AnCL

London, Eng, Aug. 1S.-A dispatcn
10 the Daily Chronicle from Mllan'
Italy, says that the pope is In a slate
OF high fever and that his condlLloh
occasions serious alarm.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-18
ReceIres d u.

Already 81 car loads Of Palomas cat
., al --,,,,-ciased by George D. Elliott
siS been received from MOnahans,
La,,i,g been sent from the E. c. Good
rsnge7 The latest shipment consisted OF
Il cars mostly cows
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

like Dixie, he'd be Simpson with
the souse thing for sure.
When he would recover
strength enough to walk down
town without attracting the at
tention of the other side OF the
street, he would call on Lena and
say: LENA, forgive me for what
| done, but love is blind-and,
besides, l mixed my drinks,
Lena, / was on the downward
path and l nearly went to Helgo-
land"
Then Lena would say, ooh,
Simpsey, | wanted you to prove
your love, but / thought you'd
prove it with beer and not red
eye. Forgive me, darling!'
Then they would kiss and
make up, and the wedding bells
would ring just as soon as
Simp's salary grew large enough
to tease a pocketbook.
But these days the idea is al
together different.
Children are hardly out Of the
cradle before they are arrested
for butting into the speed limit
with a smoke wagon.
Even when they go counting
they have to play to the gallery
Nowadays Gonsalvo H. Puff
fenlotz walks into the parlor tc
see Miss Imogene Cordelia Hoff-
brew.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

bank open when we got home
and take all the money if I'd let
him do it again.
Just then ! got flash of Dixie
Lawrence bearing down in our
direction under a full head of
benzine.
Dixie was escorting a three
days jag and whispering words
of encouragement to it.
A good fellow, Dixie, but he
shouldn't permit a distillery to
use his thirst as testing sta
tion-he's too temperamental.
'H'ar'ye, Mrs, John z" he CUR
gled as the waiter pushed an
extra chair under him. "Howdy,
John? How d. do, little man?
'Scuse me for int'rupting a per-
fly splendid family party-my
mistake!-I'm all in-that's it
I'm all in and it's your fault,
John; all your faultw
whats wrong, Dixie? 2" l in
quired.
"Ev'thingw he martinied;
"ev'thing all wrong-lesh have
drink = my mistake = didn't
think Of it before. Your little
son growing to be a splendid
boy, Mrs. JohnH'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

'This is Stephen, my little
brother. not my little son.
Peaches explained. owe haven't
any children" she added ner-
vously.
Dixie carefully closed one eye
and focused the other on her.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

again. "S'prised at you John !;
little son is the most won'erful
thing any father and mother
could possess, with the possible
'ception of a III daughter-ain't
that so, Mrs. John? Little
brother is all right, but don't
compare with little son. Look
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

old.fashioned idea of courtship
has been chased to the woods.
1t used TO be that on a Satur-
day evening the Young Gent
would draw down his six dollars
worth Of salary and chase him
self to the barber shop, where
the Bolivian lawn trimmer would
put a crimp in his mustache and
plaster his forehead with three
cents worth of hair and a dol
lars worth Of axle grease.
Then the Young Gent would
go out and spend 40 cents
around among the tradesmen for
mess Of lilies of the valley and
bag of peanut brittle.
The lilies of the valley were
to put on the dining table so
mother would be pleased, and
with the peanut brittle he in
tended to fill in the weary mo-
ments when h and his little
geisha girl were not making goo
goo eyes at each other.
But nowadays it is different.
What with eugenics and the
high speed of living Dan Cupid
spends most Of his time on the
hot foot between the coroner's
office and the divorce court.
Nowadays when a clever
young man goes to visit his
sweetheart he hikes over the
streets in a benzine buggy, and
when he pulls the bellrope at the
front door he has a rapid-fire re-
volver in one pocket and a bot
tie of carbolic acid in the other.
His intentions are honorable
and he wishes to prove them so
by shooting his lady love if she
reneges when he makes a play
for her hand.
| think the old style was the
best, because when young people
quarreled they didn't need an
ambulance and hospital sur
geon to help them make up.
In the old days Simpson Green
would draw the stove brush
cheerfully across his dogskin
shoes and rush with eager feet
to see Lena Jones, the girl he
wished to make the wife of his
bosom.
Darling" Simpson would
say, 81 am sure to the bad for
love of you. Pipe the downcast
droop in this eye Of mine and
notice the way my heart is bub-
bling over like a bottle of Sarsa-
parilla on a hot day! Be mine,
Lenal Be Nine"
Then Lena would giggle. Not
once, but seven giggles, some
thing like those used in a spasm.
Then she would reply: "No,
Simpson; it cannot be. Fate
wills it otherwise"
Then Simpson would bite his
finger nails, pick his hat up out
of the coalscuttle and say to
Lena: False one! You love
Conrad, the floorwalker in the
butcher shop. Curses on Con-
rad, and see what you have
missed. Lena. have tickets for
a swell chowder party next
Tuesday. All, Farewell for
ever!"
Then Simpson would walk out
and hunt up one Of those places
that can't get an all-night license
and there, with one arm glued
around the bar rail, he would
fasten his system to a Jag which
would last q week.
Despair would grab him, and.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18
JOHN HENRY ON THE
LOVELORN.

~ AY! have you ever noticed
~ that when a gink with an
aluminium headpiece is
handed the "This-Way-Out" sig
nal by his adored one, he either
hikes for a pickle parlor and be-
gins to festoon his system with
hops, or he stands in front of a
hardware store and gazes gloom
lily at the guns?
You haven't noticed it? Why,
you astonish me-
Friend wife met me by ap-
pointment to take dinner at the
Saint Astormore the other even
ing and with her was her little
brother, Stephen, aged nine.
81 brought Stevie with me be-
cause I had some shopping to do
and he's so much company"
Peaches explained as we sat
down in the restaurant.
"Stevie is always pleasant
company" / agreed, politely, but
with a watchful eye on my
youthful brother-in-law all the
while.
That kid was born with an abb
normal bump Of mischief and by
painstaking endeavor he has
won the worlds championship
as an organizer Of impromptu
riots.
ooh, John!" said Peaches,
when | began to make faces at
the menu card. II didn't notice
until now how pale you look.
Have you had a busy day?'
Busy | repeated. We'll,
rather. I've been giving imita-
tions Of a bullfight. Everybody
] met was the bull and / was the
fight. Nominate your eatsl
What'll it be, Stevie ?"
Sponge cake" said Stephen,
promptly.
What else ?" asked Peaches.
More sponge cake" the
youth replied, and just then the
smiling and sympathetic waiter
stopped down to pick up a fork
Stephen had drc.,..od,
In his anxiety not to miss any
thing, Steve rubbered acrobat
ically, with the result that he up
set a glass of ice water down the
walters NJ (, and three seconds
later tray-trotter had issued
an Extra and was saying things
in French that would sound
scandalous if translated.
1t cost me a dollar to bring
the dish-dragger back to earth,
and Stevie said | could break his
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

"Wie Gents, lmogenen

"Wie Gents, lmogenem !.
Gonsalvo,
"SimlichH' says Imoo.,
standing at right angles
the piano, because she thn
she is a Gibson girl.
"Imogene, dearest" Cons,
continues, Il called on your +
in Wall street yesterday n z
out how much money Won h.
but he refused to name the 3
therefore you have M;
wealth - 1
Gonsalvo pauses to LET
Partisan clock on the ma,
tick, tick, tick!
He is making the bluff al
life, you see, and he has "A
even that on tick.
Besides, this furnishes
local color.
Then Gonsalvo bursts a
again: "Imogene! Oh! Imopl
Will you be mine and | vii
thine without money and 4
out the price? ?"
Gonsalvo pauses to let \
idea get noised about a It'll
Then he goes on: "Be h
Imogene! You will be minus
money while I will have
price!"
Gonsalvo trembles with i
passion which is consuminp
pocketbook, and then Imo1
turns languidly from a +
angle triangle into mora h
straight front and hands d
salvo a bitter look of scorn
Then Gonsalvo grabs his
volver, and aiming it at her b
BILE brow, eXclaims, "Mar1y
this minute or | will shoe,
in the topllnot, because
you"
Then papa rushes into
room and Gonsalvo politaly|
quests the old gentleman to 4
two or three bullets for 81
few moments.
Gonsalvo then bites DE-
into a bottle Of carbolic acid
Just as the Coroner climbs
the house the pictures Of
modern lover and loveress
pear in the newspapers
fashionable Society recei
jolt.
This is the new and D.
date way of making love.
However, | think the old
of courting is the best, be-
you can generally stop a ia
fore it gets to the undertake
What do you think?
Copyright, 1914. By the
Newspaper Syndicate, all STAG
dramatic rights rcserved.)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

at me, Mrs. John; can't ever
have little son-when | think
about it l could bust right out
crying Grief has made me al
most hystalical, historical, hys-
toAfied-I mean I'm nervous
lesh have drink"
whats gone wrong, Dixie %
/ asked. Each minute you
look more and more like Mona
Lisa without the smile. What's
the trouble ?"
"All your fault, john" he
plunged on again. Most bew'-
full girl she was, Mrs. John; per-
fly bew'ful, with won'erful gray
hair and golden eyes, perf'ly
bew'ful girl. I told your hus-
ban all about her-I made con-
fession that I was madly in love
with this bew'ful girl and your
husban' told me to go and pro-
pose to her and drag her off to
a minister; and l did propose
my mistake. After | made my
speech she said to me, this 'bew-
full girl said to me: That's all
right; no doubt you do love me,
but are you eugenic?' And
said, No, I'm Presbyterian
Dixie paused to let the horror
of the scene sink in and then he
fell overheard again with moist
splash.
THAT bew'ful girl JUS glanced
at me coldly-jus' merely indi-
Gated the door, that bew'ful girl,
and l passed out of her life f'r-
ever. Two days later / found
out JUS what eugenic meant and,
b'lieve me, from my heart, my
sincere regret is that / was not
college bred before l met that
bew'ful girl"
Saying this he grabbed wine
glass from the table and held it
close to his heart in order to il
lustrate the tensity of his feel
ing.
The next instant a thick, red
dish liquid began to flow slug
gishly over the bosom of his i'm
maculate white shirt and was
lost in the region Of his equator,
seeing which Dixie gave vent to
yell that brought the walters
on the hot foot.
I'm stabbed, stabbedw
groaned the startled jag-carpen-
ter, clutching wildly at his shirt
front as the plate-passers bore
him away to a haven Of rest.
Its my clam cocktail" whis-
pered Stephen to me; Il poured
it in his wineglass cause they
was too much tobascum sauce in
it for mev
Brave boy" / answered. ut
was kindly deed"
Then we finished our dinner
in all the refined silence the
Saint Astormore so carefully
furnishes.
Dike's sad story of misplaced
affection and an unused diction-
airy puts US wise TO the fact that
in these changeful days even the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

Haven't any little sonny
mistakew Then he turned the
open gig-lamp on me and began
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-10
Some Sporty New Golf Course Is
Being Laid Out at Glen EIIyn.


ieved will be the most attractive
golf course in the West. This is 10
Gated at Glen Ellyn and forms part
of the land purchased by the Chester
field Country Club at that place.
The grounds begin at the corner
of Lorraine and Hillside avenues in
Glen Ellyn and run west nearly to
the Wheaton line.
None of the various holes are in
sight of the tee. This course covers
more than $500 yards in length.
The land comprises one abrupt eleva-
ton following another of good
staunch turf that has been a hay
meadow for more than thirty years.
The club grounds lie few hum
dred yards north of the Chicago-Ba-
tavia road, which has been selected
as a link in the coast to coast auto
route chosen by the National High
way Commission; is also reached by
the Chicago Northwestern and Elgin
& Aurora railroads.
The club house, which is under
construction, includes fifty-four
sleeping rooms, surrounded by sleep
ing porches, also bowling alleys, bill
lard fooms, swimming tank, ban
quet hall, ballroom and stage for
amateur theatricals. Seating capac-
ity for more than a thousand in the
diningroom and banquet hall will be
a feature.
Pond hazards are met on three of
the holes of the golf course, mashie
pitch over a wide lagoon being neces-
sary to reach the sixth green. Again
at the circus ring seventh the loft
from the tee must carry the lagoon.
At the ninth, the sportiest of the
course, a good second will drop on an
island, the pitch to the green carry
ing a guarding bunker.
Socialist labor unions in Germany
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-10
Feds Adopt Tactics American League
Used 13 Years Ago.


Louis Americans, signed to Brown
contract which has yet two years to
run, jumped to the Kansas City Fed
erals yesterday, signing with George
Stovall for three years at a salary
reckoned at $21, 900 for the entire
time. In addition he was handed a
bonus of $4,000
Which means that real baseball
war is on. What has gone before
between the Feds and organized ball
is airy persifage compared to what
may be expected.
And the organized gents are howl
ing about how the Feds are negotiat-
ing with players under contract, Civ
ing such action all kinds of hard
names, and playing themselves up as
lily whites who have never COM
mitted wrong act in their baseball
lives.
This, coming from the American
League, is not consistent.
Evidently the American has en-
tirely forgotten some occurrences of
13 years ago, when it started a war
to the knife against the National, not
letting up until the older combina-
ton sued for peace, and the two
leagues banded together for self
protection.
Nothing was thought then of grab
bling men under contract. The Feds
have been novices at the gentle art
of grabbing players beside the Amer
lean.
While the Johnson coterie is rails
ing such a, fog about the Hamilton
case it should not forget Napoleon
Lajoie, grabbed from the Phillies by
Cleveland, and prevented by injunc-
ton from showing in the Pennsyl-
vania city.
It should not forget RUDE WaddeII.
1t should not forget dozens of other
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-10

Socialist labor unions in Germany
have a membership of 1858, 492.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-07

$4,000 bonds to pave public square
and main streets.
Manatee. Fla.-City voted $4,000
bonds to pave streets.
North Richmond. p. o. Richmond.
Va.-Town voted $4,000 bonds for
street improvements. etc.
Bonds to BE Voted.
Bastrop, Tex--Bastrop county
votes June 30th on $4,000 bonds to
construct roads.
Cumberland. Md.--city votes Ju-
ly 14th on $4,000 bonds to pave
streets.
Howe. Okla.---City will vote after
June 30th on $4,000 bonds for road
construction.
Poteau. Okla.--City will vote on
$4,000 bonds to construct roads
Rock Hill. s. City voted June
5th on $4,000 paving and funding
bonds
sapulpa. okla.--Shady Point town
ship. Creek county. votes June 3ntn
on $4,000 bonds for road construc-
ton.
Contracts Awarded.
Baltimore. Md.-State awarded
s4o3.s09 contracts for road construc-
ton
Birmingham, Ala.--City awarded
s25.539 paving contract.
Parkersburg, w. va--City awarded
s52,26710 paving contracts.
Vicksburg, Miss--Warren county
awarded sa6.2b2- contract for sixteen
miles Of roads.
Contracts ~ Be Awarded.
Athens. Ala---Limestone county
will expend $4,000 on extending Fay
etteville- Athens road.
Huntington, W. Va.--City receives
bids until June 10th for paving por-
lions of several streets; cost $50. 1000.
Lonoke. Ark.---Lonoke county road
improvement district receives bids
until June 20th for eleven miles of
macadam road construction.
Newborn. n. City received bids
until June end to resurface about
10000 square yards with tarvia pave
ment,
lakewood. p. o., at Knoxville. Tenn.
Town invites bids to grade and ma
cadamize twelve blocks OF Houston
street.
Portsmouth. Va.--Seaboard Air
Line railway will lay 500 feet paving
at passenger station.
San Antonio. Tex.--City asks BIDS
until June 22nd to pave about 500
900 square yards with suitable paving.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-07
Poor Rubens Bite the Dust as
Claim Office March on to GLORY
Scherers Farm Hands Unable to Check Onward March of
Office Men and They Pile Up Tremendous Score.
<'Skinny" Clark in Usual Form.

Tom Martin and his aggregation of
stars started the going good yester-
dy afternoon and before one of the
largest crowds ever assembled at
Scherers farm trimmed the Varina
boys to a finish. Skinny Clarke, the
little r. & o.. pitcher. was selected by
Martin to do the slab work and those
farmers fell before him like lambs to
the slaughter, while w. ]. Garner was
pounded ALL over the pasture and me
continued throughout the
contest. Throckmorton. Otto Kean and
George Stone did remarkably well for
the farmers, being responsible for all
the outs made by their team. Joe
mace six desperate attempts
after line drives, but were out of his
reach and was not given any figures
in the tabulated column.
The temporary bleachers in right
field collapsed after Lorraines home
run in the eighth and there Is some
rumor about the game begging protest
ed on account of ground rules For
no one was hurt. Several
locking people. possibly
scouts. swarmed the field at close of
the ninth, and hopes are entertained
that the claim Office is not going to
lose any men to the Mountain league.
To write a complete story Of the
slaughter would take many columns.
The tabulated score:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-07
FATHER EDWARD
DIES OF INJURIES

Rev. Father Edward. pastor OF st.
Mary's German Catholic church. died
shortly after o'clock yesterday at
ternoon in the priests house. as East
Marshall street. following an Illness OF
three months OF complication of dis
eases due to fall OF about year
ago when he suffered fractured rib.
Father Edward was forty seven years
old. and Was orTginafyy from ST. sfarys,
Maryland He has lived in Richmond
for about twelve years having sue
ceeded the Rev. Father Edward Meyer.
The changed funeral arrangements
for Albert j Meyer, which WAS to
have taken place tomorrow morning
at 10 O'Clock, from ST. Mary's church.
conducted by Father Edward. will he
ANNOUNCED today. Albert Meyer died
Friday In Ashevtlie, N. c.. and his body
reached Richmond yesterday, and was
taken to the home OF his widows sis
ter. Mrs Patrick McDonough, 2T0i
Hanover avenue
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-07
RICHMOND COLLEGE
FINALS UNDER WAY
sopHs GIVE ANNUAL PARTING TO
SENIORS AROUND BRILLIANT
BONFIRE.
LAST ON OLD CAMPUS
EXERCISES BE-
GIN TONIGHT IN CHAPEL WHEN
HACCALAUREATE SERMON
WILL BE PREACHED.

with a bonfire burning bright, and
a negro band playing ',Anae College
Rag" the Richmond college sophie
mores last night entertained on the
campus the seniors and their young
lady fyiends. 1t was the annual good
bye fete of the sophs to the graduates.
and passed off brilliantly.
A reception was first held on the
coed lawn. when refreshments were
served. Later the party adjourned to
the campus In fIbnt Of the college, and
here the barnfire was started. Around
the fire gathered parties of students
singing the college songs, while the
sophs and seniors danced the Virginia
reel, and this later turned into a regu-
lar war dance to the tune of Hail!
HALT The Gangs All Here" sang for
the last time by a number of those
gathered ON the beloved t,id- campus
This affair was the beginning of the
Richmond college finals. The eighty
second annual closing program. mark
ing the end of the college career at
the present location, Will be completed
Wednesday night at 10 o'clock, when
the president will be host at reeep
ton. All the public exercises Will be
held In the college chapel,
Tonight at S:15 o'clock. Rev. James
H. Franklin. d. D.. OF Boston, Mass.
member of the class of 1895. will de-
liver the commencement sermon.
Monday will be given over to class
day exercises. The planting of ivy
will take place at 10 o'clock in the
morning at Westhampton. the location
of the new college. The senior re-
ception Will take place at P. M. and
at sis P. M. there will be held the
public exercises of the class Of 1915
Tuesday has been styled alumni
day" The trustees of the cole
will assemble in annual session a.,
10 A. NJ. The historical address will
be delivered at 1880, by Garnett Ry-
land, M. A. PHI. D.. class of 1892,
professor OF chemistry in Georgetown
college. Rev. J. Emerson Hicks,
NJ. A. D. D.. class OF 1900. pastor
First Baptist church. Of Danville Va,
will deliver an address. following
which there will be the presentation
of portraits. At 1:30 the alumnae
luncheon will be held. and at S:15
F. NJ. the general society of the alum
nae will meet in annual convention,
following which there will be the
alumni dinner.
Wednesday Of commencement
week is commencement day" The
exercises of this day will be opened
with the academic procession at II
O'Clock. At 1880, the commence
ment address win be delivered by
Congressman Andrew jackson Mon
tague, IL. d, OF the class of 1882.
At the conclusion of this address.
honorary degrees will be conferred
The Hna1 eXercfses VIII be held at
Sis p. NJ, when the awarding of
medals and honors and the confer
ring of degrees upon the members of
the graduating class will take place,
The presidents reception bdgin-
ming at o F. NJ. viii bring the com
mencement program to a close.