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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

convention" said George II. Clements.
Publicity viii come out of the thing
which is of a different sort than is
usual and this international border
point will be on the map right with
newspapers in every section OF the
state East Texas will get an Oppor-
tuntty to stop, look and listen.' and FL
PasO will be conceded a regular place
by newspaper writer's from the Pan
handle to the Gulf Take it from me-
x
verifying is quiet down in the
Casas Grandes valley, among the colo
nists." said bishop P. H. Hurst. Small,
detached bands raid ranch house now
and then and take what they want
from the place, but no outrages against
women OF murders Of men are reported
1t seems peaceful enough"
= =
4 have been in FL Paso a number of
times. making the las visit before this
about two years ago, but must admit
that l was surprised indeed at the way
FL PasO is growing" said Mrs Thomas
EstilL The way the city is sreading
out into new districts while continuing
to build sOlidly in the older districts
has been amazing in the short amount
Of time that has passed since my last
visit"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

Of sardines or discarded coffee
grinder. This causes US to inquire why
it is that the ostrich never chokes to
death, while a baby which bites into
a soda cracker with its first teeth can
throw the entire family into nervous
fit
The appetite of the ostrich has never
been sounded up to the present writing.
The nearest approach TO this appetite
known to scientific research is that or
the winner Of pie eating contest It
costs more to put flesh on an ostrich
with a surging, funnel shaped appetite
than ii does to buy a few hours Of sleep
al New York hotel. This is why the
genuine willow plume rOOsts so high in
the department store advertisements.
If there is anything the ostrich is
good for except to tantalize reluctant
husbands with the price Of its wearing
apparel, nobody has ever discovered
what it is. Nobody would think OF
eating an ostrich for Sunday dinner,
and II has sour and highly inflam-
mable temper. If ii should become sud-
denly and irrevocably extinct, nobody
would mourn except the milliners.-
Protected by The Adams Newspaper
Service.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

"HE ostrich is a tropical bird with
a collapsible neck and tungsten
II steel digestion. It is manufact-
ured for the sole purpose Of producing
willow plumes and on that account Is
looked upon with suspicion and dis-
trust by every right minded husband
Men who have made close, per
sonal study Of the ostrich and have
observed his lack of table manners
tell us that he is not supplied with
the brain that ordinarily accompanies
The domestic cabbage. All the ostricn
knows how to do is to moult and shed
willow plumes which are then run
through "a dye vat and sold 10 women
who arc too proud to wear the wing OF
a defunct turkey. After a fond hus-
band has paid for enough willow
piumes TO ornament a four foot picture
hat. he will not be able to approach an
ostrich without shudder.
We are taught in our physielogles
that the man who invented the seam
less garden hose secured his inspiration
bv watching the ostrich take down his
neck lust before retiring and wind IL
around his person. 1t is a fascinating
sight to see n tame ostrich open the
top valve Of his neck and swallow
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

" He thermometer registered T.
jumps above zero. but so suave
was the handsome vendors voice
and so persuasive his tones. that a
crowd of thirty four persons, males
and boys. gathered to watch the dem
OnstratiOn Of Sizzenroths Miracle Soap.
Watch this lather. men, watch this
latheri" he cried, dipping his head in
to a bucket of water and then rub
bling a cake of soap over IT. "This
soap. men. viii not only remove every
thing from your hair but the color, bur
it also is guaranteed to restore all
damage done by other soap and re-
storers, as well as cure hay fever. grips
and small valises. Lamp this lather.
men. lamp this lather,'
And in truth, il was some lather. 1t
stood half foot from his head on all
sides like the chapeau Of a charlotte
russo.
"Ah-h-hr' sighed the admiring thir-
ty-fCdr.
Not to speak of removing rust and
oil stains" concluded the handsome
demonstration. Now, brothers, Just to
introduce Miracle Soap to a long-wait-
ing world. L will now sell fifty. only
fifty. cakes at nine cents a cake, chill
dren full price"
As one man, the crowd moved for
ward. but at that second a fire en-
CINE changed down the street and the
entire thirty-fOur took after it leav-
ing our hero alone in the icy blasts
that were fast freezing his snow
capped peak into a thing of perma-
nent beauty.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

citizenship in this country carries with
it an active instead Of merely tneO-
retical obligation Of service.
II would bring them into closer con.
tact with and give them a higher APP
probation Of the value of our institu~
tons II would tend to keep from our
shores the indictments and other unde-
sirables. With general military train
ing in this country there would be less
talk of hyphenated Americans, be.
cause their military education would
make them an integral part of our body
politics.
The assimilation of the thousands OF
foreigners who come TO America would
training, especially II they could have
service in the army. Young men would
go through il together and become
comrades and friends.
Compulsory military training would
cement and unity the various classes Of
foreign and native population as no
other process yet proposed. In such a
school they would not only receive mil
itary instruction. and learn our Ian
guage and our ways. but better still,
their association with native Ameri-
cans would inspire them with Ameri-
can ideals. Whether native or foreign
born. military training should be made
an important part Of the education Of
every young man and should be a pre-
requisite to his exercise of the right OF
suffrage.
From the sole viewpoint Of its effect
upon the foreign element, it is time for
every American who is concerned in
the destiny OF his country to give deep
thought to the question of universal
military training
obligation of the Citizen.
Our people in general. both native
and foreign born, should not lose sight
Of the very important principle that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

while there rests upon the government
a distinct obligation to guarantee ev-
cry citizen life. liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness both at home and
abroad. there also rests upon the indi-
vidual in return the very clear obliga-
tiOn to defend his country against all
her enemies even with his own life
To defend ones country against wrong
should be regarded as high privilege,
az well as a sacred duty to ones fellow
cOuntrymen and TO pOsterity.
Unless the individual has prepared
himself By proper training beforehand.
ne is not in a position to carry out his
part of the contract when the time
comes.
The implied obligation that calls up
on every citizen to prepare himself for
this duty Is plain
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03
canyons
- | }

LLH OUBTLESS very few FL Paso-
ans know that there is any
- considerable growth Of timber
in FL Paso county, but in the Dia0lo
range, in the eastern part Of the coun-
ty, is quite a heavy growth" said chief
deputy sheriff y. S. Good, sr. "The
growth consists chiefly of pinon. ju-
niper and oak. and in places the noun
tains are quite heavily timbered. The
formation OF the Diablos is very pc
culiar Approaching on one side you
ascend at an easy grade-so easy, IN
fact, that an automobile can be run to
the top. The other side is a sheer drop.
There are canyons that would hold Mt
Franklin and have room for te'N
more peaks. The country is wild ana
big game can be found"
"The farmers Of Kansas are in as
good shape as they have ever been,
said George p. Bowen. ION my recent
trip I visited in Kansas and found
prosperity everywhere. The state has
had good crops which have been sold
at high prices. and the good prices paid
for cattle and hogs also have contrib
uted to the prosperity"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03
NOTES On Compulsory
IN g g Military Training
Bn Brig Gen John i PERsRING, U. S. Army Fort Bliss.
CONTINUED From Yesterday

n 1esterday.)
itary instruction, either in n first class
military school or in the army, viii in
variably say that il played a very es-
sential part in fitting him for his life
work.
Young men who do well in the mill
tary courses of our schools and col
leges generally succeed later on above
their fellows. Many of the prominent
men of the growing west have served
one or two enlistments in the regular
army and all consider the training
highly valuable, both mentally and
physically. There is no system Of
bodily training that equals che actual
physical process Of making a soldier.
No better evidence of the beneficial
effects Of military training on the citi-
zen can be found than the testimony
of those who have experienced its ad
vantages. The class Of men who are
today opposing military training Of the
youth Of the country are those who
probably know the least about its BEN
efits.
Effect on the Foreign Born.
Compulsory military training would
serve to bring the foreign born of our
population TO a true comprehension Of
the worth Of the nations protection.
It would cause them to realize that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03
LECTURE ON EXPLOSIVES
AND METHOD OF HANDLING

There viii he a lecture on the safe
Transportation Of Explosives and Other
Dangerous Articles" given by Col j.
l. Taylor, assistant chief inspector Of
the bureau OF explosives. at the Y. NJ.
g. A. building, at o'clock this evening.
is desired to secure as large an
attendance as possible of railroad men.
shippers and others interested in the
handling of explosives. inflammables,
etc, said r. Brophy, assistant superin-
tendent Of the G. II. & S. \. railway,
today.
The lecture is free and will be illus
trated by stereOpticOn views.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03
Useless Giving

Occasionally gets a line gift giving that
makes one realize how crude, ettered Savsh, and con-
venonal the whole art of gift giving is anyway story
from Paris of the efforts of Laurete Taylor the real
reg OMy Heart, Irish girl, to give something to
the Irish soldiers in the hospitals and trenches JOts
ones notions Of proper and desirable gifts to soldier
boys For the colonial of Irish regiment told the
Jolly Irish acting girl if she wanted to give the soldier
boys something that they would like in the hospital
IN the trenches, to make it mouth organs. One has
read much about gifts of Bibles and cgarets and chOcO
ates, and it has been said that the soldiers greatly
appreciate these but who would have thought of giving
them mouth organs?
The tale brings a moral that, like George Bernard
Shaws writings, is upsetting but not reconstructve
Inc upsettng truth remains that many bored little
girl has had to play politely with boy doll when she
desplses boy dolls; and many aged Christian
has had ITO pretend to be gTeafu for big gray shawl
when she hates shawls and gray makes her look yellow
and many wife has had to execute most skilfu tasks
IN hypocrisy and assume delight in parlor
lamp when she wanted a cheval mirror.
Houses and lives clutered with the useless the
superuous the unbecoming because of the deep ruts
worn IN the road of gft-gving which climb out
OIL only with difficulty While the remembrance that Ii
was mouth organs the soldiers yearned for, may not
help out with the next wedding birthday gift, the
fundamental truth that the conventional gift may be
burdensome may possibly help to stay the flood of pur
poseless unnspired giving The gift should be to
degree inspired, or it is waste.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03
The Hand Out

T HE most of working hard to stock the cupboard shelves purchase
coal Othe and
best and always strive to keep quarter for the fsnOwmn who
always needing
call and strain thew the wherswhal
tasks
like
aching 10 be
And when
protested NV the Ad.rn, r,v,D,,- Service,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03
MEXICANS FIRE INTO HOUSE,
THEN FLEE TO JUAREZ SID

Two Mexicans shot into a house at
$50 South CeOeca street, near the
river. Wednesday night about II
o'clock.
The house was occupied by Victor
Narela and the bullets passed through
the door and struck in the wall,
directly over the bed where Varela
and his wife were sleeping
Varela grabbed his gun and started
after the men who ran across the dry
bed of the river Varela has no idea
who fired into his house.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03
4 DVICE To
~ the Lovelorn
TELL YOUR PARENTS.

IELL hOIH PAHENIs.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am young girl Of Is and have
been keeping company with a young
man six years my senior for about
year Now he has asked me to marry
him. Ny parents know nothing OF our
plans. Would 1 be foolish to marry
him at my age and without my parents
consent. ] love him and think he cares
for me. What shall l do?
Brown Eyes.
You would be extremely foolish TO
marry without the knowledge of your
parents; in fact you are too young to
marry, anyhow, but by all means, con-
suit your parents.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

were frightened away before they sue
ceeded in taking anything from the
car
The room of c. L Beaudette, at the
Menger hotel. was entered Wednesday
night aud robbed of SIS in cash. two
suits an overcoat fountain pen and a
pair Of glasses.
Ben Morales and Antonio Martinez
Were arrested Wednesday afternoon
while at Old Fort Bliss. They were
charged with taking lumber from the
-Old fort
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03
COILS STOLEN FROM AUTO;
THIEVES CHASED FROM GARAGE

Coils were stolen from the Ford car
of n. v Jackson while he was making
a call at the Lawrence hotel on South
FL PasO street Wednesday night.
The thieves attempted to rob the car
CT Mrs. G. r Leary Wednesday night
while it was standing in the rear Of 1913
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

Most women argue that it is cheaper for a man to
marry than to live by himself. Judging by the bills
for the necessaries maybe So but when the bills for
uxures counted in the balance is the other way
Ergo for the poor without any luxury to count on,
and the ordinarily comfortably off with few luxuries
marriage probably is economy, but for the rich who
must spend money to amuse themselves, marriage is
only one more extraordinarily costly way.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

Our own valley products are better than any i'm
ported truck From cantaloup round to cantaloupes
again the best stuff of its kind in the market will be
our own valley stuff Just it is the valley celery
which is so percent csper tenderer and sweeter than
celery from anywhere else.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

You can't prove any reducing by fasting" theories
by the birds According to reports bird twice his
weight every day and then does not get too fat Evil
IDENTIFY leaving off breakfast isn't all there is to it.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

A small FL Pasoan was reProached gently by his
teacher for answering that he did not know when
Columbus discovered America why, Peter, have you
never heard of 1892 in connection with Coumbus?"
eyes raam" responded the youngster, "but thought
that was his telephone number"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

Everybody is working his lawn and the thick
preen qrass next summer is worth it.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

January building permits in FL Paso smashed all
records for the month. That is good start on 1916
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03
Even the Queen Kicks

There must be some fun even in being queen The
Engsb napers tell story of queen Alexandra visiting
Soldiers camp and after inspection and the few usual
words. Her Majesty las she is always written over
therG asked the men if there anything she could
do for them.
There was a murmur and shuffling and nudging,
and the queen waited for some one to speak out.
tbeI, woIld like most would be for Her Majesty to
kick off for them
There was then a rusting and demurring among the
queens attendants, and general negative IN the at
osbsre but the queen was not behind her
Expressed willingness do something to please the
British Tommy and she gave the Pigslin the required
momentum with the royal toe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

general attack by Germany on TRANSATLANTIC COM
merce would start things to cracking.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03

Among tn other things a Teller gifts t.
believin' after he's rounded so is that
ever girl he remembers durin' his young
manhood wuL an ole sweetheart O. his'n.
LATE Bud has a gas mask L wear in
crowded interurban cars.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03
The Daily Novelette,
NINE A CAKE.

NO nutmeg is so great that sooner
or later IL won't stick up agninst a
CRATER. Prof Simp.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03
Ostrich Is Bird With COllapsible Neck
All 1t knows Is To Shed Big Willow Plumes
By HOWARD L. RAM.

nc lumpy artiole Of GOD. nc can
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-03
INo Goa SPoeU

SETTLNG 700 K CoclAG
AFHAl3C OVER DtE
PHONE WHILE NE
EFG ARE BORNING
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-10-12
BEN GAN EDITOR

Most any n can be an editor. All
the editor has to do is to sit at a desk
six days out of the week, four weeks
out of the omnth, and twelve months
out of the year, and edit" such stuff
as this:
Mrs. Jones, of Cactus Creek, let a
can opener slip last week and cut her
self in the pantry.
A mischievous lad of Piketown
threw a stone and struck Mrs. Pike
in the alley Tuesday.
John Doe climbed on the roof of a
house last week looking for a leak and
fell, striking himself on the gack
porch.
While Harold Green was escorting
Miss Violet Wise from a chuch social
last Saturday night, a savage dog at
tackled them and bit Mr.. Green sever
al times on the public square.
Isaiah Turner of Running Creek,
was playing with a cat Friday when
the cat scratched him on the veranda.
Mr.. Fong, while Harvesting a bron-
cho last Saturday was kuicked just
south of the corn crib.-Exchange.
1Query:-Where does the linotype
OPERATOR come in at?).
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-10-12
THE RIGINAL SMART SET
co. AT MEMORIAL HAZEL

The musical critic of n of Bos-
toms dailies recently wrote in refer
ence to Blanch Thompson:
"If Melba, the great, could see the
little bronze lady who is warbling at
the Grand Opera House, under the
plain Blanch Thompson, she would
blush with envy. If yer a modest
woman showed nerve this little singer
did so last night. She opened a
weeks engagement with the Original
Smart Set company with a series OF
classic and popular songs. So beau
tifully' + and lucid and youthfully
resonant did this talented artist sing
her n and phase them and enun-
ciate them that the entire audience
was stirred with enthusiasm. So
much. in fact, that Blanch Thompson
sang for twenty minutes before she
was allowed to retire."
This talented lady of color will APP
pear with the Original Smart Set in
the leading role of How Newtown
Prepared and Bullion Fared' which
comes to Memorial Hall next Satur-
day afternoon and evening.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-10-12
GONE BACK TO TOBACCO

A Mume nan who chewed 20 cents
worth of tobacco a week concluded
to try a tobacco cure, says the Hume,
Mo-, Telephone. In two weeks he
ate $1.50 worth of the cure, and for
the next two weeks, ate 5 cents worth
of candy, 5 cents worth of gumdrops
a day. During the two weeks he also
consumed two large rubber erasers,
ate the rubber tips from fourteen lead
pencils, chewed up a dozen pen hold
ers and browsed off his mustache is
far as he could reach. He is now
chewing tobacco again. in the interest
of economy.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-10-12
MEMORIAL HALL, OCT. IA,
THE ORIGINAL SMART SET

One of the seasons offerings and
one thai has won for itself a promi-
nent pace in the foremost rank of
musical comedies of today will be pre-
sented at Memorial Hall on Saturday,
October 14th, under the title of How
Newtown Prepared and Bullion Far
ed" Those acquainted with colored
shows will at once understand that a
good time is in contemplation and the
emminence of Whitney-Tutt-Thomp
son, who have been entrusted with
the leading parts Of the captivating
comedy, allows no romo for doubt as
to the success that will attend their
efforts when combined with the IN
usually funny scenes, situations, and
bright dialogue, catchy music, sing
ing and dancing which will predoni-
nate with the Smart Set.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-10-12
WHEN CAMELS RAN
WILD In MISSISSIPPI
biologists Find Ancestors Of Chewing
Gum Tree Under Cotton Fields

NNUiOEint5 t"OHolUIS vi lit htIIR
Gum Tree Under Cotton Fields
The geology of mountain regions is
generally more difficult to master
than that of plains, because the rocks
have been more broken and tilted
about, but the geology of certain parts
of Mississippi is almost as difficult
as that of a mountain region. because
certain widely distributed formations
bear few definite identification marks.
particularly remains and impressions
of plants and animals that lived at
the time the deposits were formed. A
peculiar sandstone, which biologists
have called the Catahoula sandstone,
has been studied with care by G.. C.
Matson and e. w. Berry, of the Uni
ted States Geological Survey, Depart
ment of the Interior, who have been
able to identify and follow the sand
stone by means of tn eremains of the
plants. Among the plants found were
pines, ferns, leaves of date palms,
-copical myrtles, figs, and a tree close
~ related to the present day Mexican
and Central American sapota, from
which most of the material for chew
ing gum is obtained. These fossils
pants show that at the time the sand
stones was formed-perhaps five mil
lion years ago-the climate of this
region was tropical, and bones of cam
els found by other biologists and the
similarity of the sand composing the
sandstone to certain tropical desert
sands have a similar implication. The
report describing these fossil remains
professional Paper 9SMD is purely
technical. A copy may be obtained
from the Director, Geological Survey,
Washington D. C.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-10-12
A TWICE-T0LD TALE
One al Interest 10 Our Readers

Une VI LIllSINEA w Uuh AuN
Good neaws bears repeating, and
when it is confirmed after a long
lapse of time, even t. we hesitated to
believe it at first hearing, we feel Sc
cure in accepting its truth now. The
following experience of an Erwin man
is confirmed after four years:
Is. v. Sublett. Erwin, Tenn, says:
Ter nearly ten years | suffered from
weakness and a constant, duh ache
acros the small of my back. The mis-
cry was so great that [ could hardly
est. My limb became stiff and sore
end the kidney sccretions were too
frequent in passage. On q neighbours
ADVICE, / used Doan's Kidney Pills.
they gave me more benefit than ell
The ether remedies I had previously
taken"
OVER -FOUR YEARS LITER, Mr..
Sublett added: My former endorse
ment of Doans' Kidney Pills was en-
tirely correct AMI | am glad to con-
firm it. | still use Doan's KIDNEY
Pills with excellent results"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a Kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pits the same that
Mr.. Sublett has twice publicly recon
mended. Foster-Milburn Co. Props,
Buffalo, N. Y.