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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-11

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OF household necessities OF quality; splen-
old opportunity FOR right parties. Write the
Western Distributing Co. Roswell, y N
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
M1MICRY IN NATURE.
Overlapping Scales of Pineapple Ar-
 ranged as on Pine Gone.

The work of nature is carried on so comprehend her method. Cause and effect are relative. Every cause is the effect of some earlier operation, and every effect will cause some sub sequent change. In looking over the ground, the old question comes up over and over again: Does the duck swim because it has webbed feet, or has it webbed feet because it swins?
 But in working out the great varie- ty of results method is plainly shown. Certain mathematical principles give like figures to objects which are in no way related to each other. The over tapping, pointed scales of the outside of the pineapple are arranged in the same order as the pine cone. No doubt this nimicry gave name to the fruit. They both flourish best in a sandy soil.
 It is interesting to note how exten- sive1y this arrangement is followed. Not only in the cones of great variety is it found, but in the order of leaves and fronds.- Those who have an op- portunity to see tropical tree ferns in conservatories and elsewhere will not have fallen from the stem the scars left are arranged in spiral lines.
 Again, there are spiny euphorbias that have the stem strikingly like the cactus, and it is said the ironwoods of the tropics branch like our com , monly known horse taiIs.-Exchange
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
AN AGE OF BIG FEES.
Modern Lawyers Get as High as $1OO.-
 900 for a Case.

This is, indeed, a big age. A few days ago it was announced that a fee of $1OO,O00 had been allowed to A. H. Wintersteen, one of Philadelphia s ablest lawyers. That was for his ser vices in the Harrah estate.
 Other lawyers tell me that, large as that fee appears to Iayman, it is quite moderate considering the value of the estate involved.
 Nearly century ago Daniel Web ster made upward of $75,OO0 out of one case which ran over number of years. For his day Webster was a heavy charger.
 Alexander Hamilton was surely one of New York's leading lawyers during the last half dozen years of his life, but he never made more than $14,000 in a year, and his average was about $12,00O.
 had the word of the late w. U. Hense1 of Lancaster for it that James Buchanan after practicing few years in that small town-as it was in his day-earned $s,OoO year.
 Thomas Jefferson himself put it on record that he earned about $3,0O0 a year shortly after being admitted to the bar.
 Tradition has it that Roscoe Conk- ling was the first American lawyer to make $10O,0O0 in a year. He did that after his quarrel with the President and his retirement from the United States Senate. Unless reports are all awry 8 Philadelphia lawyer has made several times that much in a year.
 A century ago men apparently did not expect a great monetary reward for even valuable services.
 Bushrod Washington engaged Chief Justice John Marshall to write the life of his uncle, George Washington. Two decades after that biography appeared Bushrod Washington, then justice of the United States Supreme Court made formal statement to this effect:
 He and Chief Justice Marshall to- gether had received $11, 1000 for that book, and they divided the money equally.-PhiIadelph Ledger.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
HANDWRITING
 ART DEGRADED.

Good handwriting is today virtually conceded to have gone the way of the Assyrian and the Greek, to have be- come, to most intents and purposes, a dead art
 Why is it?
 Pens and pencils are still manu- factured in large quantities, also copy books for schools. But still there's a lack. Where, oh, where, are those ecstatic curves and fourishess those carefully wrought shadings of earlier days? Take up a handful of letters left by the postman and compare their inscriptions with the statuesque- ly perfect script of a business school advertisement. Nine out of 10 vary from the frankest, most ill-considered scraw1 to a rough approximation of good looks and legibility, while the rest of the handful are distinctly type written.
 There comes the modern improve 1nent, the bright and shining light, tr- ritating as well as gratifying to folk of this 2Oth century. With this par ticuIar innovation-the typewriter was popularized though not born in this country-comes the query. How far is the typewriter responsible for the decline of penmanship, for the dis appearance of good handwriting? Or is it not responsible at all?
 Handwriting, when 1t was a living art, was considered an exceedingly inn portant one, and there was a special distinction, a nice little halo of fame, clinging to those who proved them selves skilled penmen. Good hand writing as a fine art had a golden age all it's own. That, according to David N. Carvalho, handwriting expert, four ished in the 18th century and the be- ginning of the 18th. MT. CarYelho gets out an old, old book long out of print-it appeared somewhere about 1740-the pages of which are engrav- ed with original freehand scripts. We'll to the forefront one notices ''The Writing Masters Invitation to Instruc- tion,'' which, headed by an engraving of a 1aurel-twined pen, reads as fol- lows:
 Come, Youths, this Charming Sight
 behold!
 With Laurel PIum'd, a Pen of Gold. If You would win this Glorious
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

GRADUATION BASKETS AND BOUQUETS.
 JOHN RICK 6 SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
CHANGE TO MAKE MILLION.
Just Invent One of the Things Here
 in Mentioned.

1 Do you want to make million dol lars and live like a prince for the rest of your life? Invent any one universal necessity out of this list and the money and luxury are yours:
 New automobile fuel cheaper than gasoline and good.
 Tire absolutely puncture-proof and as anti-skid as chin. | Non-1eakab1e fountain pen, with an ink we'll that cannot upset. |. Shoe that fastens with two snaps instead of laces or buttons. Quick-fitting corset clipping tight to the figure without facing. Moth-proof wardrobe for summer homes, with smell elininators. Automatic rug beater that will vii brate by electricity and hammer out dust.
 Window screen that rolls up like a shade, easily detachable. Secure, easy to remove window shade bracket that won't damage cA- sing.
 Collar that won't choke and can be attached without buttons.
 Twin bottle of iodine, best antisep tic known, and quick stain remover.
 Some means of using carrot flakes, better than wheat or corn.
 The guarantee of at least a million dollars as profit from any one of these inventions is made by the Sphinx Club, an organization composed of New York advertising men. Everyone of these discoveries not yet made is need ed by millions of people and will be received with both thanks and gold.
 There is a general impression that to make money you have to do some thing wonderful. But the records of fortunes made out of inventions show that there is much more money made in doing something simple better than ever it was done before, than in doing something strange and elaborate.
 Most of the young inventors who have done anything in this world have started without capital or short of cap ita1 Henry Ford had no capital at all to start out with. He did not in vent anything particularly new or elaborate, but made something simple which thousands needed - Detroit Free Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
BRIDGEPORT ELKS WILL
 VISIT DERBY TOMORROW

The trip of Bridgeport Lodge of Elks to the Derby Summer Festival which was postponed from last week owing to the disagreeable weather will take place this evening. More than 200 members of the local antlers will leave here on the 7:4o train for Der by as a return compliment to Derby Lodge of Elks for. the fine showing made by that lodge at the recent EIlSs' circus in this city. There is a strong bond of friendship between Bridge port EIks and the Derby Elks and ev- cly time the local boys go to that city they have the time of their lives. Upon arrival the local delegation will be met by the Ansonia band and a short parade through the streets of Derby will take place. A number of local singers will accompany the delegation and a merry time is promised to all who attend.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
.KIoK" GOOD ENGLISH WORD.
It Is Not Slang in the Sense of Velne-
 ment Protest. f.-+-@--

In recent decision rendered by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme Court, he em- p1oyed the word Kicked" in what many persons believe to be it's slangy sense. It is well known that Justice Holmes is the son of the "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, whose word once in Boston and in America was law in literature and medicine. Various newspapers have called attention to the fact that Justice Holmes had behind this use of the word kicked" a long list of excellent authorities. Doubtless the ultra purist will continue to kick at the "kfcked'' of Justice Holmes, when he said: t'The justice meant that the defendant violently objected to the decision or protested decidedly against the action involved. The fact is that Justice Holmes used the word in a sense in which it has been employed ever since the fourteenth century. La ter in 1896, we have on high author ity the statement: '"The wicked do ever kick against the preachers" In a Bible published in 1911; the year in which the King James version was is- sued, we have the words: "Wherefore lxicke ye- at my sacrifice % Prof. Louns- bury often pointed out that so-called slangy American speech turns out to be practically Chaucerian, and some times even goes beyond Chaucer. But we need not go so far back for a striking example of the use of the word kick. Tennyson gives us this notable illustration of it's use:
 Ye hold the woman is the better man; A dampant heresy, such as, if it
 spread,
 Would make all women kick against
 their lords.
 Freeman, the historian, and Besant, the novelist, and such American peri odicaIs as the Nation and the Electric Review not unfrequently employed the word kick in the sense given it by Jus tice Ho1me
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
GASOLINE IN GAS.

Natural gas contains considerable gasoline in the form of vapor and this causes annoyances and expense when it condenses in gas pipes trunk lines where it eats away the rubber rings used in the patent pipe couplings. This may cause a "b1ow out,'' causing the gas to escape into the air. Repairing g blow outs at all hours of the night is a large item of expense, besides the amount of gas lost is sometimes very great. One company spent $16,000 in 10 years for rubber alone used in pipe lines that transported 100 billion cu- bic feet of gas through an 1S-inch pipe line for a distance of 35 miles. Thus, a method for removing the gas oline is valuable for the above reason outside of the value of the gasoline MetallurgicaI and Chemical Engineer ing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
''POP" SUPPLANTS BEERIN GERMANY
 ASSTAPLE DRINK
No Longer Possible to Brew Older Product in Suffi-
 cient Quantity.

Berlin, June 2O.-War, which has worked so many changes in the daily habits of the Germans, has now con spired with war weather to induce the Germans to drink ''soft drinks" Bot ties of lemon sour, ginger ale, cream soJa and other bex erages inc1ude1 un- der the generic name of "pop" in the United States are beginning to make their appearance on shelves and bars formerly devoted to beer, and the thirsty people are drinking them. not from choice, but because they have to.
 It is no longer possible to make enough beer to meet even fairly mod est demands of the reduced home pop ulation. The majority of the larger beer gardens will not be opened at all this summer, and fo~ some weeks it has been no unusual thing to find some of Berlin's biggest restaurants and beer halls without a drop of beer early in the evening of warm days. The sale of beer to households in contain CTS charged with carbonic acid gas has been discontinued. and only favored old customers can still get bottled beer.
 Bavaria, the greatest beer-drinking country of the world, where many a solid citizen normally drinks one to two gallons daily, and where the great beer halls are filled at almost all hours of the day, is in a still worse plight. The tune Tn Wh1Cn peer IIldy D0 SO1O has been steadily shortened, and now there has come an order permitting saloons, beer halls, etc, to sell beer only from 10 to 12, 9 to and after g o'clock at night Exceptions are made in the case of beer dispensed in factories to their workers, and by far mers to their help. No beer whatever may be sold locally until the wants of the Bava,rian soldiers have been sup piled.
 l The, scarcity is, of course, due to the fact that the empire has had to limit strictly the amount of barley which l can be turned into male. This amount has been fixed at 50 per cent. of the normal amount, but brewers inter ] viewed by The Associated Press cor respondent said they were not able to obtain even this amount. An unfore-
 seen inroad has further been made in to the available amount of barley by
 the fact that the shortage of coffee
 has required the roasting of grea1 lqi.antities of barley as substitute.
 The government has granted the i brewers permission to malt in the sec ond (current9 quarter of the year thf full quota of barley allowed them fol
 the third quarter. This will rob ho'
 summer days of some of their terror
 but even at best, the supply will be J4terIy inadequa te.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
Y. M. c. A.

On Saturday, June 24, the boys di' vision of the Y. M. c. A. will have an overnight trip for a group of eTa- ployed boys This will be the first of q series of outings to be run during the summer months for different groups of boys.
 On this trip they will spend the night at the Shack" The 'ShaciE" is a small bungalow on RunaBay Farm, in an ideal situation with pIen- ty of shade and 9, small stream near by. The boys have made several trips to it during the winter and have built a series of hunks in which to s1eep. They carry their own food and blan- kets Each one does his share of the |
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
PriZA--

RTlZ0-
 Do as Your Master Shall Advise: ITYlI You from Learners, Masters Make both the Bays & Gold your Own.
 Come, Listen, Youths. and I'll D1s- play
 He that in Writing would Improve
 Must first with Writing fall in Love; For True Love for True Pains VIII calI
 And that's the Charm that Conquers All
 This appeal is followed by the more familiar:
 Three things bear mighty Sway with
 Men:
 The Sword, the Scepter and the PEN; Who can the least of these Command In the First Rank of Fame will
 stand!
 Handwriting ! has deteriorated; there is no doubt of that" says MT. Carvalho. "and doubtless the typewrit CT is largely to blame. And yet it IS not, either; individuals and the schools are really at fault. The typewriter has had a decided effect upon the teaching of writing in the schools. Formerly pupils were required to rate high in penmanship. The reason was not alone aesth etic; it was largely commercial. When a young woman or a young man applied for clerical position the great test was handwrit- ing. A sentence or two was dictated to the applicant or a paragraph pre- sented for copying. Legfbility was not the only point sought. There were aesthetic requirements as we'll, beauty of form in letters and proportion. To- day 1t is quite different. Good hand writing is the last thing demanded. The employer seeking help is not in the least interested in the applicant's s penmanship; all he asks in that line is accuracy in stenography or typewrit- ing. or, more often, both. "Specimen penmanship,' MT. Car valho continued, "came into vogue before the advent of steel pens and hard paper and when legibility was a desfderatum Few characteristics showed in good writing, none at all | in the perfection aimed at; it is al- ways in the departure from the per- l feet that they are found.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
TIME FOR PAYMENT OF
 SPECIAL TAXES SHORT

Less than two weeks now remain for the payment of the special taxes at the Internal Revenue Department, as after Friday, June 30, those who have not made return must pay a pen atty of 50 per cent. to the govern ment There are still 8 great many returns to be filed tn tzAS &szA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
waAr TO DO.

s'In case cI war with Germany, what would you dc ,?
 t'The governrnt mt, if I could get a biz supply cont ct.''-Boston TT .ns- cript.
The Lamar register., 1916-12-13

the street he stopped TO ask Il native,
who owned the big place.
That's Mr. stone said the man,
grinning Il guess you've hear Of
him, haven't you?"
The man who's building the big
damn"
That's him. sure"
"Confound it," thought Frank For
he had come to EppinghHn, investing
his last ten dollars on the train fare,
because he heard that thrI was to be
unlimited work on Mr. Stones dam.
He had been gently born, but he
had not made the most Of his oppor-
tunities. The call Of the road was I'M
perative to him. Again ana again he
had settled down. only 10 fling up his
position and try elsewhere. But now,
after run of hard luck which had
reduced him to n position which he
had never contemplated before, Frank
was glad enough Of the chance of po-
sition at day laborer's wages. And he
had ruined everything by his dream
ing
"I1l give up. Fate's against mel"
said Frank angrily.
He turned out Of EppinGham into
the woods. Eppingham was the last
station on the line, beyond ii stretched
a great expanse Of state forest. 1t
was early June, and summer was call
ing. Frank could have spent the whole
summer in camp without a qunlm.
He resolved to strike the trail on the
chance of picking up summer work at
u club or bungalow.
He had gone about a mile when he
was startled to hear screams from the
bend of the trail. A moment later
there appeared young woman, mount
ed on bay horse, which was evidently
running away with her. She was hold
ing on for dear life, and the horse had
a frightened look; also his ears lay
fiat back against his head.
Frank did not hesltated an instant.
He leaped forward and planted him
sci in the middle of the roadway. As
the horse reared he caught at the
bride. 1t dragged him several yards
and stopped putting and snorting. Still
holding the bride. Frank extended his
The Lamar register., 1916-12-13

Stone
By FRANK FILSON
It.-e,x- e,yl. -. o,xl. .e,X.. .e,N,. eoHs.e,N.o

Copyright 1916. by W. C. Chapman.)
"Henceforward, I'll be rolling
stone no more" said Frank Latham. as
he stepped out of the train at Epping-
ham. I'm going 10 get job and
stick to 1t. I'm twenty-six, and It's
time l settled down somewhere. Ep-
pingham's good enough for me. I'll
become a local mugnate and own half
the town, and be an influence in the
county, and maybe I'll go into politics
and perhaps wind up as governor, or
even"
Hey, young fellerI Get out of
thatr"
II was sad awakening from his
dream. Frank had inadvertently
stepped off the road and into the flow
er beds of real local magnate, to
Judge from the splendor of the house
and the extensive grounds. And when
carefully.
With low apology, Frank turned to
make on But the elderly gentleman
who had shouted to him came running
up, wild with excitement.
what do you mean by walking over
my geranium beds?" he demanded fu-
rlously.
81 beg your pardon" said Frank.
81 didn't think where l was going"
You don't have to explain that"
said the man wrathfully. Get out
Of here, and don't let me see your face
again. or I'll have you run out Of
town. I'll know you next time we
meet" he added.
Frank made on; there was nothing
else to do. In fact. \ little way down
The Lamar register., 1916-12-13
oeeoy Duck ouaeks and swIms.

When Amos c. Vaughan of Anadar-
ko, Okla, goes duck shooting he takes
with him n set of his mechanical de
coys and places them in the water in
front of his blind. Before doing so,
however, he winds them up, notes Pop
ular Science Monthly. When a flock of
wild ducks appears his decoys begin
10 swim about and quack as II they
were alive. The result is that the in
ventor goes home with full bag for
no wild duck can resist the mechanical
wiles Of his decoy.
The decoy is composed of two parts,
bottom and top, which can be opened
for cleaning and repairing. A clock
work mechanism drives the propeller
and also the sound record of the pho
nOgraph. As the mechanism is set in
action the stylus, or needle, as well as
the propeller is operated. A cylinder
or disk is used for the record. A con-
trolling cam renders the needle mop
eratlve at certain intervals, so that the
calls or cries are sounded intermittent
ly. Who makes the Photographic rec
ord of the quack that leads the duck to
Its doom? We are baffled.
AT the opera House.
''In the last act the villain was shot
and writhed on the floor for nearly FIVE
minutes"
II presume you would call that Gre
ating a heavy atmospheric"
yes. And he succeeded all right.
By the time he finished Hopping about
the air was thick with dust"
The Lamar register., 1916-12-13

manu- 10 the frightened girl. who col
lapsed in a heap upon the ground be
fore him.
1T was bear frightened my horse,
she gasped. "He has never run avail
with me before"
1t was some minutes before she wa:
able to stand on her feet, and then sh'
was trembling all over. Frank thought
he had never seen such Il pretty CIR
before.
"I don't know how to thank yor
have me 20 riding by myself, but l al
ways laughed at him. 1 shall know
better in the future"
"You must let me see you home"
said Frank calamity.
'I can't ride Polyphemus again"
"If you like, I'll lead him home for
you" said Frank.
The suggestion proved agreeable
and, as the girl was at length recov-
ering from her fright. they set of
along the road together, Frank hold
ing the bride and the girl at his side.
As they chatted gaily. all his past life
rose up to confront him. What fool
he had been, a regular rolling stone,
when he could have settled in this
town long before and known girls like
this.
He told her as much, and Indicated
so strongly his meaning that the girl
looked like a peony when they reached
the outskirts OF Eppingham. Yet he
could see that she was not displeased
with him.
'why don't you settle here and try?"
she asked
Would you allow me to see you
again7"
THE future will tell" she answered
enigmatically. But, honestly, If you
are looking for employment, my father
would be only too pleased to offer you
something. know. He is always look
ing for suitable men, men who will
stay with him. You see. he is the
largest employer OF labor in the
county"
At this moment Frank perceived the
old gentleman of the flower-beds com
ing toward them at brisk walk. See
ing the girl with Frank, and the latter
leading the horse, he stopped in par
donable astonishment.
Father I" exclaimed the girl. "Thls
was good enough to rescue
me when Polyphemus ran away. He
was frightened by a bear, father-and
you were right, and / shall never dis
nhaxr tKTfu aN In
troduce you to my father. Mr.. =" she
added.
Latham" said Frank. 81 think
we've met before" he added to the
father, a little sheepishly.
young man." said Stone, 81 reckon
that / see a new face every minute. II
we have met, you must pardon me for
not recognizing you. I cannot thank
you enough for saving my daughter.
Is there nothing can do to show my
Mr.. Latham spoke of staying here.
said the girl. looking at Frank,
you like our little town." asked
Mr.. Stone.
81 love It," answered Frank. "Yes,
II can find any office work in town"
"Are you a sticker7" asked the 9TH
er. "or just a rolling stone7 1 only
have stickers about meT"
II can stick like a leach" answered
Frank grimly.
Are you a stenographer"
yes, have done that work"
Because 1 happen to want a sec
retary at fifteen hundred dollars" re-
piled Mr.. Stone. "And 1t is difficult
to get a really competent man to
stay in Eppingham."
"If you would try me" Frank be-
gan.
And 1t did not need the look from
his daughter to induce Mr.. Stone to
close with the offer. So well did Frank
stick, indeed, that 1t was less than
year before wedding bells Indicated
that the attachment had become a