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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17

S6VX TELL. did you like it as well
w as you expected" asked
Louise as she and Helen
pushed up their seats and prepared to
leave the theater.
Yes, think I did" returned Helen.
thoughtfully- Wait a moment, dear:
have dropped my gloves" and she
seat Here they are" and they Joined
the crowds slowly, pushing down the
aisle
I'VE ought to go to the theater often
together said Louise, enthusiastically.
7 know it. but somehow the time
passes so quickly and I have been up
70 my ears in Christmas shopping.
What are you going to give Carrier
'Oh, thank fortune. I have decided"
said Louise, with a sigh OF relief The
subject Of Carrie was always a sore
one between the two women. Al
though Louise got along much better
with her than Helen did. just the same
she knew and appreciated Helen's tenn
permanent and felt for her when Carrie
was particularly disa greeable. I am
going to give her sterling silver pep
per and salt casters She ought to
appreciate a present like that"
Did you. notice the man who sat
next TO me in the theater2' said Helen.
with a shudder of disgust.
NO; what about him, dear2"
He was terribly annoying. First
he tried to lean over against my arm.
and for awhile I thought II was &C
cidental. Then / turned and looked
at him and found him smiling broad
""
why didn't you tell me?"
7 didn't want to spoil your pleas
ure- A thing that always annoys me
more than il does any other woman"
7 could have given him look"
said Louise.
Nothing to Hide.
'I know, but it doesn't matter now
Pm afraid he heard our entire CONVEX
sation, though He listened attentive
" to everything we said"
Well. whatever he heard won't make
much difference to US Here comes
my train, goodby, don't forget dinner
Sunday"
Helen went slowly down the stairs
and over to the uptown platform She
still moment when well-dressed
man came up to her, and, doffing his
hat, said courteously:
Did you enjoy the play2'
Helen recognized him Immediately.
He was the man who had sat next to
her in the theater. At once her heart
leaped in nervousness. OF course there
to one of the guards, but that would
attract attention, and Helen dreaded
making a scene.
Z don't know you. do T. she finally
said coldly.
The man looked rather surprised at
the directness Of the question. But he
said quickly:
Don't you know me-are you sure2H
I am sure I do not know you" said
Helen turning away and walking to-
ward the train which had Just come !
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17
UNIVERSITY MUNICIPAL
BUREAUS BIENNIAL REPORT

Texas is known the world over as
the original home OF commission gov
eminent Not content with this dis
tinctiOn in municipal affairs the Uni-
versity of Texas established a couple
OF years ago, a bureau. the sole pur-
pose Of which was to investigate and
report on municipal problems. also, of
cooperating with the cities Of Texas
In needed reform in the conduct Of
municipal business.
This bureau now makes its first re-
port. a copy Of which has been sent to
his office by DR.. Herman c. James
director One Of the most striking
features of the report is a twO-page
map of Texas showing the cities that
have applied to the bureau for assist
ance since its organization. A list Of
the various perpleNing problems that
have been put up to the bureau by in
curing and ambitious Texas munich
pallties, causes surprise that there are
really so many problems connected with
urban life.
A list OF bulletins issued by the bu-
reau is suggestive OF the research work
which has been done A model Charter
for Texas Cities. Methods OF Sewage
Disposal in Texas cities. A Model Civil
Service Code for Texas Cities, What is
the City Manager Plan?' Street Paving
in Texas, Public Service Rates in Texas
Cities, and so on TO the number of a
dozen or more
copy OF this report viii be sent
free upon application to the bureau.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17

Z WONDER why most of Us are so
afraid Of being kind2 We seem to
conduct life on the principle that to
be kind is TO be misjudged- We act
for the most part as IL kindness and
weakness were synonymous The world
would be for the most of US an infin-
itely happier place if we frankly lived
up to our kindly impulses.
The news family at the end Of the
block seems very pleasant says Mrs
Smith. I'd really like to call, but Pm
so afraid they'd think l was intruding."
And Mrs. Smith does not call She con-
quers her impulse TO be friendly and
neighborly lest she be iudged-and
she is misjudgedi Says Mrs Brown,
head Of the new family, "Oh. / wish We
had never come into this neighborhood.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17

because she gets the old woman the
pleasures that she desires and cannot
get for herself, the girl is taken TO
places that no young girl should fire.
quent- She is introduced TO men she
should never meet She is taught 70
drink things she should never taste,
and lessons In life that innocence
should never learn.
Many a young girl is started on the
road 10 perdition by Just such an older
woman And many a girl who stops
short Of taking the final plunge has
her life ruined by such association be-
cause she has been given false ideals,
and acquired a taste for the bright
lights that makes domesticity ever aft
erWard seem duh and mOnOtonOus
Because of this danger, mothers. be
suspicious Of your little girls friend
ship with older women. Don't let your
innocent~ little daughter be used as a
decOv dove
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17
KILLS WIFE. SELF;
BABY PLAYS ON

GIoversville, n. Y, Dec. 1s.-Jesse
Sengman, treasurer Of the Gloversyille
leather company. and Mrs. Seligman
were found dead in bed at their home
here today. In Seligman's hand re-
volver with which he had evidently
killed his wife and then shot himself.
IN an adjoining room their little
daughter. Mary, three years old, was
found at play. Seligman left note
reading:
This is the only way out of Il"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17
Why Not Practice Kindness?
Beatrice Fairfax Suggests That Most of Us Are Afraid
OF Being Good Samaritans.
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

It's so snobbish and exclusive that I'm
really very unhappy here"
Multiply the instances a hundred
fold. Daily each of US, because of some
foolish ssif-conscious and selfish Rer-
sonal fear that our actions viii be mis-
interpreted. neglect to do the little
some one else. 1t is very cOwardly to
fail in manifest duty merely because
there is chance that motives viii be
questioned.
Be honest with yourself where there
arises such a situation. Ask yourself
quite frankly. What would / want
done for me if 1 were in his or her
position" And then with a fine frank
ness and a simple honesty offer the
best service you have it in your power
to give to friendship
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17
SUPREME COURT REVERSES
CHAYES COUNTY TAX SUIT

santa Fe. y. n, Dec 1.-THE state
supreme court has reversed the district
court, for Chaves county. in the case
Of the New York Life Insurance com
pamy VS.. JacobO Chaves. superintendent
Of insurance. 10 recover S954-31 tax
which the appellant had been compelled
to pay under protest
In the case OF Thomas Z. Waters. as
trustee, appellee VS.. the Treasure Min
ing company ct al, appellants, from So
zorro county, the motion to dismiss was
denied by the supreme court
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17
HUBBARD WILL IS FILED;
ESTATE TOTALS S4OO. 900

Toronto. Ont. Dec. I6.-The wills OF
Ebert Hubbard and his wife who
were drowned on the liner Lusitania,
Were MED here today for ancillary
Northern Crown bank of Canada.
The amount of Mr.. Hubbard's total
estate was declared at S397.S45 and that
Of Mrs. Hubbard at s35.T35. In each
case the estates were divided equally
between their children, Ebert and
Miriam.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17

Lord Stamfordham, King Georges
private, secretary, for the past six
months has adopted the habit Of doing
without brea kfast He has a cup of
tea and a biscuit when he rises at $50
a. m, and eats nothing afterwards IN
til noon, when he generally has NUT
ton chop.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17

Signor Marconi has still in his pos
session the apparatus with which he
made his first experiments in wireless
telegraphy in the garden of his
fathers house in Italy. He was then
10 years old
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17
GERMANS GET
FOOD BY MAIL

London, Eng, Dec 16.-"Considerable
quantities of food are being sent to
Germany by parcel post from Amer
our ambassador AT Washington on the
subject lord Robert Cecil, parliament
tiary undersecretsry for foreign af-
fairs, informed the house OF commons
today.
The undersecretary added that other
steps had been taken to deal with the
matter effectively.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17

The citizens committee for food
shipments to Germany and Austria an
nOunced in New York last week il had
delivered 10 the United States post
office its first package of food con-
sisting of condensed milk, lard and
rice to be shipped as first class mail.
These parcels. the committee said,
were for starving children in Germany
and Austria
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17
SONG is being, sung on hundreds
of stages all over the country
entitled Mother"

The lyric is by Howard Johnson and
the melody by Theodore Morse. The
song represents a young man who has
been knocked about the world. with
little opportunity for education. who
says
Ms for the million things she gave
TO me,
0-means only that she is growing old.
lis for the tears were shed 10 save
me,
His for her heart of purest gold.
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30
WORLDS FAVOR VERY TICKLE
Sale Of Treasured Trinket Owned by
Great Actress Shows the Value
Of Sentiment.

The name Of Fanny Davenport was
for years a household word. Young
collegians put her photographs on the
mantlepiece or In the edge of a look.
ing glass. Born into famous theatri-
cal family, she brilliantly played parts,
and appearing In dramas by Sardou was
popularity known as the American
Sarah Bernhard
Personal property belonging to Miss
Davenport was sold at auction in
New York short time ago. A locket
containing her portrait and a lock of
her mothers hair was put up. Miss
Davenport had worn it constantly dur.
ing the last years of her life. The
locket itself was valuable. There was
a bid Of one dollar and seventy-five
cents. The auctioneer was dumb with
establishment. Finally he gathered
himself together and said that there
must be some misunderstanding.
Miss Davenport loved it better than
her life. She never took it from her
neck while she was living and died
with 1t clasped next to her heart, for
it contained the love token of her
mother. Again think of sentiment and
its value. How much am 1 offered
now?" Someone bid two dollars and
thus possessed 1t. Sentiment brought
twenty-five cents.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30
"ALARM" THAT is NoISELESS
Yet the Invention May Be Relied
Upon to Awaken Even the
Soundest Sleeper.

Alarm watches that signal the time
for which they are set by shrill ring
ing are common, but a "noiseless"
alarm watch which accomplishes the
same result is entirely new.
The story has been told of married
man who possessed a ringing alarm
watch and who, with his wife, was
awakened every morning by the silvery
tinkle Of the watch under his pillow
1t took this mans wife five years, so
the story goes, to discover that the
alarm watch and not the neighbours
alarm clock was really awakening her
every morning. The noiseless alarm
watch, however, performs its early
morning task differently. The noise
less alarm consists Of cord which
tightens about the wrist the pressure
gradually increasing until released by
the wearer Of the watch. This is &C.
complished by pushing small slide
and twisting the stem Of the watch a.
half turn.-Worlds Advance.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30
Winnlno PHILOSOPHY.

While Francis Ouimet's golf wasn't
quite SO good, or nearly so good as
! 1t generally is, in the recent open
championship his rare philosophy was
still better than par.
II played badly" he said, "but I
could have played worse. But that
part of it didn't matter. had cork
ing good time, which is what I play
golf for. l don't ever want to win an
other championship If winning one is
going to spoil my week. For some
times you can win, and sometimes you
can't, but in the end you generally get
what is coming"
when you are at the top Of your
game" added Ouimet, "the game plays
itself. And when you are not at the
top of your game you are not going
to win, and 1t is worse than foolish to
fret or bother about 1t, since there
is nothing to be done except to take
what you get"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30
REASON CANNOT BE GUIDE
Product Of the Mind, and is subject
to the VIII but Never
Superior.

Reason cannot select correct prem
Uses you give her. "Oh, what a won
derful creature is man." exclaimed
Ben Franklin; "he can find reasons
for anything he wishes to do" That
is the trouble with reason as guide.
Reason cannot guide. Reason Is al
ways guided by something else be-
hind it, which supplies the premises
from which reason makes its calcula-
tions and records. Reason is a cslcu-
lsting machine. Give 1t correct
premises and 1t will compute and
record the right answer every time.
But reason has no power of choice
in the matter Of premises; like any
we'll regulated calculating machine it
automatically accepts the premises
fed into it. You have but to watch
your own thoughts carefully to prove
this,
Who, or what, then, is responsible
for the choice of premises that you
feed into your calculator? 1t is life
itself which uses reason. 1t ia life
ASpOAh "hANh Vi OoISo hSooOAt bAO NoA-
culator. And why does life need
reason? Life needs reason to weigh,
compute, compare and record life's
institutions and experiences. Without
the calculator and recorder. reason,
life would endlessly duplicate it's ex-
periences and intuitions without
learning anything from them. Life
is the creator, reason the creature.
Life is the actor, reason is acted
upon. Life is positive and reason
negative. To depend upon reason as
guide is to exalt the machine above
the mind that made it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30
The Irlshman Scored.

Tht duke Of Connaught tells a good
story against himself. Some years
ago when he was raised to the posi-.
ton of lieutenant-colonel of the
First Rifle brigade, the late Queen
Victoria commanded that he should
only be saluted as a regimental ofii-
Ger, and not as a member of the royal
family.
On one occasion, however, an Irish
sentry, seeing the duke and duchess
approaching, turned out the guard
and gave the royal salute.
The duke was much annoyed and
proceeded to give the sergeant in
charge a piece of his mind.
But the Quick-witted Irishman was
equal to the occasion.
"The guard, SORT" he said in the
richest brogue, rs for her royal high
ness, who, as a member of the royal
family, is entitled to it,"
After that the duke could say moth
ing.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30

One of the very best methods for
gathering the seed is to go into the
best ana earliest planted fields with
bags and select we'll matured ears
from the most vigorous stalks. The
cut shows a convenient way to ar.
range sack so that you may have
both hands free for picking.
You must not fail to consider the
stalk in selecting your seed, for it
takes large. thrifty stalks to produce
good big ears. 1t is not good plan
to take the ear from a stalk that
grew in hill by itsel' or from one
in the hill with a barren or veal
stalk. Many of the kernels on such
an ear are likely to be pollenized by
the barren or weak stalk.
Choose Ears of Medium Height
If you select the highest ears your
corn will gradually become late, and
if you select the lowest ears you will
soon have an early corn with shallow
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30
The Pity of Self-Pity.

Self-pity is INDUCED in by most men,
Some more, some less. The human
mind is so constituted that under
certain conditions of stress, it turns
upon itself and says: You poor,
abused thing" The ruination which
is wrought by 1t appears in the fact
that when a man pities himself he
does so for the very reason that ought
to lead him to self-condemnation. He
pities his weaknesses, rather than
reforming them. He coddles his in
firmities, when they need to have the
punishment which pugilists give each
other. No man ever pitied himself
when he is doing the hard things-we
mean, really doing them. While a man
is being brave the thoughts of being
abused or i'll treated are impossible
thoughts to him. The business man
who sits down, and while he holds his
face in his hands, bemoans; Il am
having a hard time" needs the dash
of that really cold water which ad-
versity always uses when she would
make q strong man. Self-pity I'M
twists the fiber OF which manly men
are builded. Hard times make great,
robust, stalwart men-when the sub
stance is there to work on.-Bloom.
ington Journal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30
GATHER And STORE SEED CORN
THIS FALL BEFORE IT FREEZES
Into Your Best and Earliest Planted Fields During This
Week or the First Week in October.
BY p. G. HOLDEN, Agricultural Elk.
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tension Department International
Harvester Company Of New Jersey.
II every ear of corn intended for
planting was harvested at the proper
time and properly stored. millions of
dollars would be added to the value of
the corn crop.
Fig. /. Harvesting the Seed Corn
for Next Years Planting.-Every ear
Of corn intended for planting should
be harvested before the severe fall
freezes, and stored where 1t will dry
out and keep dry. In Iowa and the
northern half of Illinois this work
should be done the last ten days OF
September and the first four or five
days Of October. Frozen seed corn costs
the country millions of dollars every
year.
A Convenient Method Of Gathering
the Seed as One Passes Between the
Rows.-Use an ordinary two-bushel
grain sack; a wooden hoop from a
nail key is put in the top Of the sack.
Some heavy cord, IA inches long
(binding Irvine doubled several times)
Is tied to one of the bottom corners
of the sack; the other end of the cord
is then brought over the shoulder
and tied to the hoop in the top Of the
sack. The cord is wrapped with an
old sack to prevent the string cutting
the shoulder.
Fig. 2. Tying up the Seed Corn.
Putting in the First cara piece of
binding Irvine is doubled and the ends
tied together. Note how the string is
held in the hands.
Fig. 3.--Showing the String of
Corn Completed Ready to Be Hung
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30
FLOURISH ONLY IN WOODS
Wild Flowers That Refuse to Be Con-
tented in Gardens That Are the
Handiwork Of Man.

Among the truly wild" flowers, two
in their native Businesses are the may
flower, or trailing arbutus, and the
twinberry, or partridge berry, the last.
named a member Of the madden fam
lily, and distant relative Of the coffee
tree. The mayfower Is widest and
shyest of all. No more is the eagle
at home in the farmyard or the cardi.
nal in the cage than the mayflower
In the garden. AS the imprisoned
cardinal pines away and dies when
the gilded bars of a birdcage separate
It from its liberty, 80 the mayfower
sickens and withers away in the gar
den.
The moth mullen for many q year
has been a rural mothball It Is a
member Of the f1gwort family. Among
its relatives are the great MULLEN, the
blue toad-flax, the small snapdragon,
the turtle-head, the beard.tongue, the
monkey-fower, the lousewort and the
cow-wheat. The country-dwelling
housewife uses its leaves In packing
the tiny cloth moths of summer. It is
also believed to be q bane to cock.
reaches.
The snowy lady's slipper, a shy
member of the orchid family, flower.
ing from June to September, never
seeks the haunts of man, but tries to
remove itself as far from their COM
ings and goings as it can, and it sue
ceeds 30 well that only the flower
lover who is willing to take pains can
approach its dwelling place. More
over, it is so persistent in its efforts to
be let alone that 1t has come to have
tiny glandular hairs which contain
an oil that is somewhat poisonous to
the human skin, and it is said that a
number of cases of dermatitis have
followed the efforts Of flower lovers to
carry It in triumph out of the woods.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30
LEAVE NOTHING FOR ENEMY
Soldiers Are Sehooled to Become Elk.
pert In the Matter Of Destroying
Weapons of War.

Military men are taught how to
destroy surplus stores which may be
useful to the enemy and which are in
danger Of capture.
1t may be necessary to destroy
guns to prevent them falling into the
hands Of the enemy, or to make cap
tured guns useless. II q small
amount of dynamite or other explosive
is available Of course this can be done
very effectively.
II not, the breech of the gun is
closed and the hinge-joints smashed
as much as possible with handspike
or pick. If there is time few rife
shots fired at the vital points Of the
gun effectively jam the mechanism so
as to make it useless.
With rifles, the butts are broken
off and the barrels destroyed as much
as possible. To do this the rifles
are we'll heated over fire and
smashed up with heavy hammers. The
army hand books lay down that party
of five soldiers should be able to
destroy so rifles an hour.
Ammunition is destroyed by plac
ing it in a deep pit and setting 1t on
FIRE.
Telegraph wires are cut up into
small pieces and the poles cut down
and broken up.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30
Fig. 4.

kernels and wide burrows between the
rows.
Pick ears that droop over so that
their tips are turned downward. Such
ears shed water better when 1t rains
and are usually drier than ears stand.
ing upright. The shank should be
short, as ears with long shanks are
harder to husk, and are more often
damaged. See that the husks are long
enough to cover the tip of the ear,
BIZ do not extend far beyond II the
tip Is left bare, it is likely to be dam.
aged by insects or disease, and If the
husks extend far beyond the point OF
the ear they are usually tightly closed,
so that 1t cannot dry out we'll and is
difficult to husk.
There should be a medium growth
of broad, thrifty leaves distributed
evenly over the stalk. and the plant
should be free from all form of dis.
ease, such as smut, rust, etc, and
should be free from suckers.
The advantages of this method OF
storing are first, that it gives better
protection from mice than when II
Is spread on the floor, or corded In
piles or put In racks. Second, 1t gives
better circulation of air, which al.
lows the corn to dry out quickly and
thoroughly, thus protecting 1t from
molding or sprouting and from being
frozen while 1t is sappy. The greatest
enemy to good seed corn is freezing
while It still contains moisture, con
sequently there is more danger from
late harvesting than from too early
harvesting. However. It is not good
plan to harvest seed while the corn is
immature. as 1t is more dificult to
preserve. will be chaffy and give weak.
er plants than corn which has been
allowed to fully mature on the stalk.