davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-10
WEATHER BULLETIN.
T. s DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTTRE
WEATHER BUREAU

Observation taken at
S a. m 18th merid-
ian time IS a III.
Fl Paso time. January
10. 1917.
Forecasts.
Fl Paso and vicinity
Fair tonight and
Thursday; colder to
tonight.
New Mexico and Ari-
iona - Tonight and
Thursday fair. not
much change in tenn
perature-
West Texas - To
night fair. colder;
Thursday fair
Relative humidity in
FL PasO at noon We'd
nesday, 90 Der cent.
% hours Guches1..l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-10

It's a fact that on the Illinois home
stead Is the importing office that today
handles hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars worth Of this underwear.
More than 400 needleworkers. a pOr-
ton Of whom work in a factory, are
now employed in the Philippines under
the direction of the daughter to do this
work.
This is indeed a new industry and one
certain to interest FL PasO women who
love fine embroidery.
The designs are dainty, delicate, airy,
fine. graceful-the highest type of
needlewOrk art. Every edge, stitch
and knot, every scallop. hem. button
hole and seam is done by hand. We
know that ecStacies await those who
see feel and inspect closely these garments.
The illustration is drawn from the garments. but
could show only eight pieces, and drawing Is only
a drawing the garments are uxuriously fine and
dainty.
Again allow us to say that the prices are much lower
than you have been accustomed pay for such work
This Is real opportunity for buying gifts, rousseaux
(sets may be mached). and for immediate personal
use.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-10

Precipitation in last - hou
Weather at a. m 10000.
Lowest Temp. last night. . 4
Highast Yesterday
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-10
FL PASO HERALD

THE WOMEN'S AND CHILDRERS
SHOE DEPARTMENT MOVES SOON
TO ITS PERMANENT LOCATION ON
THE SECOND FLOOR
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-10
" MI M
Chairman Press Committee

Horace + Dodge. recently made
under sheriff in Detroit AT a salary o.
$1,000 a year. has an income or $1,000
goo a month. which he receives from
ms interest in the Ford Automobile
company
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-10

OF this new source: and a discovery 1t
IS. like finding a new continent.
Some few years ago young bride
went to the Philippines with her hus-
band. who was in Y. NJ. c. A work.
She occasionally sent to her mother on
an Illinois homestead gifts of the fine
needIewOrk for which the Islands have
been famous
Admirng friends begged to have other pieces sent.
Soon daughter and mother found they were doing
business in Philippine underwear. Visions of an
important business came. Samples shown to the
owner of large department store aroused his
merce instinct An order was given and the daugh-
ter in the Philippines had the task of organizing the
needle,york industry of the Islands. She the
pioneer. and while others have followed up TO date
everyone else has followed.
If you could have visited the fine looking white
haired woman who manages the American end OF
this business seen the farmhouse in It's artistic set
ting the needIework from her own fingers the dainty
china painted by her own hands. that graced the
luncheon table, and the refinement of that fine old
country home. you would have understood as
buyer of underwear did, the artistic natures Of mother
and daughter who have made the business so sue
cessful
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-22
nadJte tint Aprtf einer 9nngcrsnOt
.n.6a G.c 6.%&eo oNe

midJte tut aprtf einer 9nngcrsnot
reconsideration. Sie bitten alle
Soffnnngeu besiislid Der ScriOrsnns
nit 2ebensmittein anf 6rmanicn
gelett II. Sieie ,Goffnmnaen ieien ber=
nidtet. Wir iuullen boffem, 0nR
lid, sic Sade uirflid 10 berbalt.
Sic idiueiseriiden STIMULATE in
Sen Scr. Stnatrn baben Mttstraa er-
6altem, alien Sdweisern, bic snr
s~lpeiten mrS 81 ben seilen Der bier
ten mmo f~iimften 9ibiiiun bes idueir
seriidJem Seeres geb6ren, bic mod
nidrt inter @affen itebeu, mitsatei-
len, baf lie ntnsc9eno mad) Sauic
snriidfebren mno iih sum 9icnit tel
len iullen.
Cine romiid)e Sepeibe bebauptet,
in Spriet ieieu $4,000 Yerlonel
perbnngert. 9as lit gatl5 eatid)ie-
ben gelogen.
Die Gnilem iuoilen uabren0 Oes
lebten Sabres 42S,000 @efangene
aenadt mno 525 &anollen erbeutet
baben. Die 3ablen tperoen mol III
geapobuter @eiie iibertriebelt lein.
Sic bentide &eaieriug bat ipeben
ein Eampblet perSffeutlidt, in benz
lie bic Deportation ,xno Sfpanssbts
idGftiettag Der .arbeitslolen Sefsier
amfts Gntldieoenite Derteioiat. Sic
ipieScrbolt BARN nnsefdbr oieielben
Mrsmmente, bic mir idlon ST Der
idJisSeneu s3eitsn perSffenflidt ba-
Zen ntS erflGrt, bah ibr gprseben
cher cine Noltat als elm 8efpalt-
aft seiueien lei. Die Gage, bic tuirt-
idafflid, lo,pOl ME bic politiide, 9as
&c elm oerartigcs gorseben orin-
seno notr0enSis sertadt.
lie japaniid)en ganfen berlana.n
non &mFlano fir bic Snmmen, bic
cs bort scborst bat siderbeiten.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-22
Die iroiidJen neberrelte SO

Die irbiidJen l1eberreltc Mo=
mirol 0ctpep's iu1,roen am Safnltag
nit aQe1 gbren. ipelbe Die Nation
DEM @~eritorbenen er1peiien fonnte,
a1f Dem Mrlinaton Srieobofe. IN Der
gsabe Ser @r1ber Ser linn i'm CODE
porongeaansenetl @omirale Sdlep
rno Compton. lotpie 5ipei bon
9emep's aopitdnelL Sen 2ambertoi
uno Soc G~onsblat, peid)e 9eioe Die
Shlaht bon Manilu mitmabten,
beiaelett. an ben I'M 5r%allerbanle
obaeboltenen 3eremonien nabmen
Ir1iioeut 8ilion uno Der Tarine-
Sefretdr tell. Gon bier aus iebte
lid, ser BUG nah Dem aapitol III
geluealile; bie aaoetten Der Wo-
rine Mfaoenie geleiteten Den
Sarq mad, ser &otnlba, mo Der friis
here aaplan Ser rSlpmpio@, mel
der ebenfaGs Der S1ladt b~eipo6nte,
sic oFfisiellc 2eidenreoe belt.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-22

itano 0es Gerletteh beoeutenb gebei=
lert baben unb begriinoete @offnune
auf pole MISUNDERSTANDING borba1-
BEN lein.
- Gin nllbefan1ter Mfant1, Der lih
/ mebrere Stunoen BET Ben 9ol5bofen
Der Gun8-albaugb 2limber Company
berumgetrieben bntte, tpuroe BON
Dem N~adtpddter Der 5irnta perbaf-
tet unb mittels Y~atroltpagen naf)
Der 8oli5ei -sStation geidafft. AIs
man i'm pl1s benz @agen laiiell
tpollte, fanb man i'm auf BENT goben
bes 6~aibrtperfs in ben lebten 3iigel1
Iiegealo. Ser Mann bate untertpegs
| Gift genommen ltno ltarb auf Dem
@ege na1 Dem &ranfenbaule.
5onntag abeno finoet in Der
! 9eetbopen @alle etlte gaba1at-
poritelung itatt, fir Die Elm iebr bib
ld)es Hrogranm 5uiammengeltelt
tit uno BEL Ser allBeroroentlid .tiid=
|tiae ardfte mitmirfen. 9as Yro<
arartlll, oas mir ioeben erbielten, lit
merfmiiroiger @eile baIb in gng-
lid nl1o balls in Oeutid abgefaBt.
8er feline uNol Sar" rlidjt be-
sablt, fam bei feiner @abl in bic
fem Sabr itimmen.
Batter SC. S. 8riinning, Yfar-
rer an Der bieiigen ct. @eraro Sir
DIE, murbe am Sanitng I'M elmer
Mutomobil Solution IN 0allas
ldpper am Giidgrat perlest uno lol
iih in eiltem Iebr fritiihen 3nItanoe
befinoen. 0ns Mutomobil, in benz
Ser @eiltlidc fllbr, geborte einem
Serrn 6. S. Hif uno tpuroe BON
oemielben gelenft; auBerocm iaBen
IN Der Maidine nod 9rall Gid nit
ibren BRET ainoern, Die ebenfaas
perlebt ipuroen. 9as Hif'i1e @u=
tomobil tpurOe beim &relisen Der
SmiB Mpenne bon eitler groBen
gomring : Gar, Die BON einem ltig-
ger gelenft miroe, iiber Den 5anfen
gefabren.
Sssn oent am Samitag BON
0en .Seanis" oes i. Stem Yorfer
@apaaerie- uno oes 9. teranilhen
Snfanterie Regiments peranltaltc-
ten SSuBboa Spiel fuurben Die Stem
gorfer BON ben S~eranern grilnofif
qelfloqen; Die Score" itunb SO 81
TO. Dos Spiel eripies iib finan5iea
als ein GROCER grfolg unb wliroe
BON nngefabr 10000 YerIolfen be-
fud)t. Die Stem Yorfer haben lid),
trotoem tie geid)lagen mnroeL gut
in urIerer Staot amilliert.
SIM Mlter bon 80 Sabren lit
| @eorae 8. @ogler aus Dem Seberl
aeifieoen; er miro BON ieiner @it-
me, einem ainoe, iomie ieine1 81
tern unp einem Bruoer nno elmer
| SdnpcIter iiberlebt.
Sreoerid s. Slider, Der IN
Deltiflanb geboren mar lulo etluu
Ieds Sabre in Gan Mntonio Celeb
! bate, lit i'm Sitter BON GIL Sabrer
| sur euiaen Mube eingegangen. 81
miro BON leiner @ittpc uno orei Sin.
bern betrauert.
GamItag nad)t fam es i'll Del
Wdbe ser Ynrpenir : ;3liderplan'
taae in Gan Domingo 81 einem
annlpf 3pifd)en Gingeborenen uni
omerifaniiden Mmineioloaten, be
benz stpei Ser letteren, Der Soloa'
Is. 81. Slion bon Der so. nno oel
aorporal George @ilion bon Der 81
aompaanie um's 2eben famerl.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-22
Sur ueti5.

Br erinden nniere Seller, oeren gbonnsment abseanfen II, rdf
bringemo, ben IdnIbisen gehaa mtsebeno einsniemoen, oa IS ms iA,
m5elid 1T, Sfn aanaen staat bereien SIT lahen. 5E
Mientanb foatc bus yIatt engesennebmen, Der oas announcement
aidt iortsnfeten uanidt. 1tm6 NIT Ser Mbdeieanng ioate bic GinienSnng
3s reaierenSen 8etrases erfogen. 45
0e 3eimmg lit Elm geibGft me ieoes amoere nnh oesbalb erlanbeH
mir uns, atIegfmti@ &ednnnsen a~nssnihidem, amf Seren pronpte Be.
sahIuna Mr bea6en ma6em, 6enn obne gdb lift id fdn 6elddft fb.
Sic GrpebitiDm.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-22
Mahreno oeg Leeten Serbltes

@1breno bes lesten 9erbltes
Iino in Dem agricultural u wted)ant-
cal College bei 8rpan Spiiden $50
bis 400 aopf Raiiepieb gegcn oas
Teras Sieber seimpft moroen.
- Ser Yro5eB gegen ben lllil9ell
SelIe Cabin Wdoaren ulo Sarrp
Mc8rioe. meldc angeflagt limo, Den
moIhobenoen Sarmer Irarf McSa'
rem pom EaDlor, ibren 8atcr relp.
'9nfel, ant 81. Iopember in elmer
qans infomen @eile getotct 81 bai
ben, miro ON ndd)Iten Mfittipod) III
@eorqetomn beginner. 400 Yerio.
men finb fir Den @eidiporcnen-e ietll
poruelu0em.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-22

Sin bemtldcs ltntcrieebuut, bas
BON benz Superintendent Wnen-
lde befehlist miro, ioll anf elmer
Meiie iedJssebn Sdiffe uerienft ba-
zen. Sic batten einen Gebalt 'pra
10000 9onnen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-22
l.ckdIes.
@abrfdeinlides 8etter.

Sir San Mrtonis una usssaeassos
&eute obeno: flar, falter; Sempera-
tltr 26 big 80 @rao. 9ienltag: flor.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-22
Die yTreie YreHe tiir Seras"
erid1eint ais gaaeblatt unb @pbemblatt.

Eas SaaebIatt lit pieratg uno folRt SOC per Wonat ooer Sc per Sabr.
2ns gspdenblatt lit ied5ebnietis ao foiht So per Sabr. @ab Merteo
50 @oIo. gead3 europe, eorto eihgelhloien, So.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-22

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
San NntpniD, Tcx., %. sSnn. 1917-
Hrime Grloe Cotton Geeo Oil, ST.
se.ts pes ra,,,n..
Nen Wnrf. - Sal 5pof S1240.
sonunr S15 40 mn Sf2So: sSsbrnnr
S1o 9s mn S12I3- m6rs SfS45 mn
S1o sl,r;l e15 90 nS e1o *.
Io; $40 "a ms s15 a. s,,ui $40 al
,rra - 90. S,,f; S1o 81 ,,nS efo 90,
of,,n,5t sf9 81 ,,,,a' s1o %
$500
oa 80. ~ son or
Sai aEIpiaos Ses., ~ ,,aie ISt saes
@M.iel io'-1 . psr SsS
SieL llhit Iitl"e) oa DO. psi o Eso
2upIeI -.l4s psl 9sus1
5lIIe9s ptl rIuny
Sssl5e1 $i.95 p ~ m,,E3s1
Safer ..... Csc her gai3rl
Sen ...... $500. S14.e0- Der Tonns
semitic
Qer+ossefn eol;fnru;o s325-S33.5 50
,,,,S GnIornSn "a 25-S3 20,
sSse Sortoffeln $t,50. .4uupHr
gam So. SO uno $3.0 90.
A1piebeln. California. 5000.
Wobnen. Crime, $2.2H per @ufdei.
G4uafb. $3.50 per 8rfdeI.
So,!afen. aeTas, SoIpe' S 'os
sef
NhIme,fobf. S1.75 Der grofe.
Qpbl. $500 Der Crate.
@riiner gfeffer, zoe per Sfutsc.
Gr;;ns G,hse,, s10n Nor Aorrhev
Stra % ~ a. MrShef
@aat. co O. Sa nsr >1nnssSA.,s
EeerretttasWnrsetn. PEE Ffo. i2he
gnTIe!' PEI erdss; Sa.vv. r.s..
Seae[!g: by =. s..9 AZ aosS,.SeT
xeferttiie. 4Uc per 9
S Sn Mof "a 90 "a rsr" @rot,
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-22

yseberner Nab : ttnterridt. 3nfdneis
@dilerinnen MAIDEN tire eigenen aieiz
6en' Nnbrobieren uno Ndhen gelebrt.
Der. tpdhrenb fe Iernen. @ir Hre8en
geut5d. ,,Ebe Msbern DrefMta4tms
SdreI", 504 @aroen Ctr. Can Antps
MO Seros.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-22
Nesablt Care rYOl Sar", MIR
md, 2eif bis ;uin 81. Sannar.

Nob oen lebten Nadridte1,
oie ans 0al[as iiber oas geTinoen
oes I'M SnmItag in eincm Automo-
bilsllufol ncrlnaliidten HSiorrers V.
s @riini,ig peu San 9ntcnlo bier
ciuaetrofirn iil;b. lpa iidl Der 3u-
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-22

Nni,nnuols.


6nn antDnio, Ser, t6A Cts.
@alpelton, geftern, feline g6rie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-22
OLD PLANTATION MEL ODIES

IT has come to be generally believed
that the negro has produced few
plantation melodies" outside of the
true folk songs or spirituals
IT was a wandering minstrel negro
VINO wrote Listen to the MockinG
Bird" That is. this is the claim of
negro Investigators. The understand
ing OF the white race is that the
author OF the song. which, because of
Its long popularity may be said to be
established as a great song was Sep
timus Winner. The claim of the negro
authorities is that the composer of the
song was George Melburn, and that il
was set to music by Septimus Winner.
a white man. who, according to the
negro year book, got the credit and
the financial profits.
There is no doubt that James Bland. n
negro musician, wrote Garry Me Back
to Old Virginia" 1t is said of the work
of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor that in it
is something of the plaintive wistful
quality of the plantation song" During
the days of slavery there were in New
Orleans quite number of well edu-
Gated negroes. and among them a num-
Der who gained distinction as musical
composers. Five of these were Edmund
pede. Basil Bares. Lucien Lambert,
Sidney Lambert and Samuel Snaer.
Much of the music that these men
wrote is of permanent worth. One of
the earliest American negro musical
authors was James Hemmenway His
home was in Philadelphia. and during
the second and third decades of the
nineteenth cntury he wrote much
music which by musicians of authority
lie set down as excellent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-22

tract taken from the National Intelli-
gencer. Mr. Rothwell says:
At this date CSn2) Congress was in session
for the second time in Washington. The city
had not been incorporated and contained less
than 1000 inhabitants. street the prin-
cfpal fhoroughfare. Pennsylvania avenue was
an unmproved road of difficult passage and
was in parts washed by the daily tides
Of Tfber creek. The first preaching sup
piled and ordinances administered by Rev. Will
liam Parkinson, then chaplain to Congress.
The little church. which then stood
at the southwest corner of 10th and
streets. was without a pastor OF its
own until 1907. when Rev. Obadiah B.
Brown of New Jersey accepted the
charge He shepherded the flock from
that date until 1850. His memory is
held In affection by many Washing
tonians who will read these lines The
congregation worshiped at 10Th and
until 1888. when they built a fine
church on the east side of 10th be-
tween f and F streets. and they wor-
SHIPPED in that building until 1850. That
spot is historic as the site of Ford's
Theater. John T. Ford bought the
church building.
One of the celebrated men connected
in a romantic way with that church
was Rev. Spencer H. Cone, who be-
came chaplain of the House of Repre-
sentatives. was for a long time pastor
of the Baptist Church in Alexandria. in
which jeremiah Moore preached for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-22

IN LIMITATION melodies have exer-
II cised strong influence on Amer
lean musical taste. and conse-
quently on American music These
melodies are numerous. much good lit
erary effort has been devoted to a
discussion of them, and considerable
success has attended the work of COL
lecting and putting them into perma-
nent musical notation, that they may
be preserved
Monroe n. Work. in charge of the
the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute, In editing the Negro Year
Book. wrote what follows under the
head of negro folk songs:
These songs. more commonly called
plantation melodies, originated with
the negroes of the south during the
days OF slavery. They have been eX-
tensively collected ard written about.
Although there is some connection in
scale. composition and s3ontaneity
with original African music the
imagery and sentiments expressed by
the songs are the results of the con-
ditions under which the slaves lived
In America. These songs have for the
negro the same value that the folk
songs of any people have for that peo-
pie. In the days of slavery they fur
nished an outlet for aching hearts and
ansuished souls. Today they help to
foster race pride and to remind the
race OF the rock from which it was
hewn'"
One of the earliest books on the sub
iect of negro folk songs was african
Melodies" written in 1874 by John c.
Scherf. William Francis Adams in
1867 wrote book on slave Songs of
the United States" and Thomas Went
worth Higginson in his Army Life in
Black Regiment" published in 1870. de-
voted one chapter to what he called
Harris has written of plantation mu-
sic and the banjo: Thomas Wentworth
Higginson wrote of Hymns of the
Negroes; Emma NJ. Backus has writ
ten Negro Hymns from Georgia" and
Negro Songs from North Carolina"
written of Creole Songs from New Or
leans" Within recent years the Jour-
nal OF American Folklore has pub
lished articles on nero music. the In
True Negro Music and Its Decline" Ply
Mrs. Jeanet Murphy: the Southern
Workman has published numerous au-
thoritative articles on negro music.
and w. E. B. Du Bots in his book on
Souls of Black Folk" set aside one
chapter for The Sorrow Songs of the
Negro"
After the negro folk songs come songs
of a class which have their SAVIOR and
draw their inspiration from the older
songs stephen Foster. who composed
Kentucky Home "old Black Joe" and
a score of other songs that did not at
tain the same height of popularity, was
a master hand in composition of this
class and because he was a white man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-22

here a salt spring. the brine of which
was SO thick that 1t could be boiled
down into salt.
1t was during the war Of 1912. when
salt was high on account of our war
with Great Britain, that small salt
works was erected near the salt spring
Almost fifty years later when Judge D.
D. avery was the owner of the Island.
another big rise in salt occurred on &C
count of the civil war This caused
Mr.. Avery to make salt by boiling. the
water. The salt rose to as high as
SIS a barrel and both Confederates and
Federals depended upon Louisiana for
Il part of their supply.
1t was at this time that John NJ
Avery sent negro workmen to deepen
the wells and one Of them came back
saying he had stuck sunken log End
could go no farther. Mr. Avery invest
gated and the solid bed OF rock salt
was discovered Since then they have
been mining salt here more or less
continuously. and as n result have out
lined the great block of salt which 1
have described.
During the excavation they have Dis
covered the bones of mastodons here
and there in the salt, and with them
Indian crockery ornamental with
circles md an imitation of basket
work. Some OF the mastodon teeth
found have weighed over Ave pounds
each, and one tnastodon tbfrh hone
was over nine inches in diameter.
diameter.
There are different theories az to the
origin Of the salt. DIR. Dumble saws
that for long time 1t was supposed
that 1t came from large laEoons lying
along the Gulf of Mexico. These Ia eoons
were protected from the tides by low
sandbars. but the storms filled them
with sea water. The hot sun evaporat-
ed the water and thus built up layer
after layer OF salt. until this enormous
thickness was reached. ono obLection
TO this theory Is that sea water Is not
pure sodium. or common salt, and also
that there is a great deal of lime and
gypsum on top Of the salt deposits.
Another theory is that the mounds
solutions forced up through the earth
These solutions cooled as they came in
contact with the colder strata and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-22

forming a great row OF mounds, which
begin at the mouth Of the Atchafalaya
river and run westward through the
marshes at wide intervals apart. The
the third Avery Island, the fourth
Weeks Island and the last the one
which Joseph Jefferson owned and
where he had his winter home. They
are now mining salt on Weeks Island
and the block there is said to contain
something like six billion tons of pure
white rock The depth OF the deposit
is unknown The shafts have already
gone down six or seven hundred feet and
the bottom is still TO be reached.
There are vast deposits of similar salt
Just across the boundary of Louisiana
in Texas. ! have before me a report
made by Prof. f. T. Dumble. who was
formerly the state geo1oSist. He has
investigated the salt deposits near the
Southern Pacific railroad. and he esti-
mates that they alone contain more than
1900 million tons of pure salt The
Avery Island deposit is supposed to con-
tain at least two billion tons. so that
we have here along the Gulf OF Mexico
known bodies OF salt which are enough
to give more than two two-horse wa
gonloads of salt to every man. woman
and child In the world. The Texas de-
posts are measured by the depths OF
the wells already sunk. but none OF
them has yet been gone through.
There are four domes. or mounds. lying
down under the earth. each of which Is
known to have n minimum thickness of
more than 1000 feet. In other words.
you could sink two Washington monu-
ments one on top Of the other into
these salt beds. and they would not
reach the bottom. Mr.. Dumble esti-
mates that the salt thus brought to
sight in the Damon mounds equals
more than 500 million tons. and that the
great mound at South Dayton. Texas.
contains 662 millions. The Damon
mound is 5s7 feet from the surface of
the earth. and the Blue Ridge Is 645
feet down. At High Island they first
struck salt at 1900 feet, and when the
drill had gone down to a depth of dou-
BILE that. or almost a half mile from
the surface. they were still in the salt.
The Damon mound is on the Brazos
river. not far from the Southern Pa
cifc railroad. 1t rises right out Of the
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The Kaiser's Epitaph.

TT HE late Joseph H. Choate said one
day at the Metropolitan Club in
New York:
The kaiser from his youth up de-
clared that no reign was ever a great
one that did not contain one great war.
He meant a victorious war. of course.
Nobody. in composing an epitaph for
the kaiser. will ever dream of calling
him great. The best epitaph the kaiser
can hope for will be one like Calhoun
Clay's.
When Deacon Cal Clay died they
asked Deacon Wash White to say some
thing good over him at the funeral.
Deacon Wash demurred, for he had al
ways hated Deacon Clay, but his OBJ
Jections were overcome at last, and
this is what he said of the dead man:
"'Breddern and sistern. Abs promised
ter say sump'n good about Deacon Clay.
diseased. and de bes' All can say about
him is dat We all hopes he's gone whar
we knows he hain't'"
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whatever the law may say to the contrary not
withstanding. for have more confidence In her
Justice, integrity and uprightness than in all
the courts that ever sat in this commonwealth
or elsewhere.
The Rev. jeremiah Moore left, condi-
tfonally, part of the old homestead tract
to his son. John Moore. saying:
That soon after my death as my son. John
Moore shall deliver up to my executrix all
notes, bonds. obligations and agreements or
memorandum for money due from to him.
that then he shall forever hold and possess in fee
simple all that part Of the tract Of land on
which l now live that lies south Of Ellzey's
Church road. fully II had conveyed the
same to him by indenture under my hand and
seal.
The children mentioned in the will are
Jessie Moore, Francis Moore. Angelina
Hunter, John Moore, Ammishaddai
Moore, Margaret f. Smith. William p.
Moore, Elizabeth and Nancy Moore. He
also makes mention of a ward, saying:
All the cash in hand snd bonds and notes due
me- amounting to about $1,000. leave to SETTLE