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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-13
The Scrap Book
WHAT HAVE WE poNt.


Fadins away. iikc the stcrs OF the
morning.
Hiding shoir light in the gIorious
stun
Thus would We pass from the earth
and Its toiling.
only remembered by what we
have done.
shall We BE missed, though by others
succeeded.
Rsaping the fields We In springtime
have sowedy
No. for he sewers may pass from
their labors
Only remembered by what VIC have
done.
Only the truth that IN life we have
spoken.
only the seed that on earth we
have owl
These shah pass onward when We are
forgotten,
Fruits OF the harves, and what we
ha"o done.
Oh. when the savior shall maxi up
his Jewels.
When the bright crowns OF reioic-
ing are won.
Then shall his weary and faithful
disciples
All br remembered by what they
have done.
REV, Horatius Bonar.
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With the State Press
RATION WOMEN TCTIMizED.

A number Of Ration m II IN
rumorod. have been vietimized ~
tho unique petticoat fraud. oi whicn
the United states government has tax
en- cognizancc In issuing through the
postoffice department a fraud oruet
barring the National Mail order
Brokerage Exchange, ~ Minneapolis
MINI, from the mails.
In some instances the ladies OF TINS
CITY have received their money back.
The scheme was 10 advertise that the
firm would send q bright colored pet
lticoa, to any lady sending them ten
cents In a letter. II T. said that the
firm vas doing a big business and
whiTe Uncle Sam does not intend
that the ladies Of the country should
stop wearing %petticoats. yet II Is the
desire mat the company sending ou'
the ADVERTISING, cease taking IN
money. as IL Is conteudcd that the
firm Is at distributing p~etticoats'
but simply sting the money. rht
fact of the matter II that h wore
was too good to be tue Tile katoi
KeuOTtpI.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-13
READ WHILE YOU ,nE yorNG

Were [ 81 again. ! should a. 4
great deal OF reading. ! believe IN
reading. I don't recall having ever
read anything that didn't do me some
good. ! wish | had read more when
! was younger.
II / were II again l should read
many hooks. | should read the
standard novels to get a good way OF
expressing my thoughts. ! should
study the great philosophers. but
with the temper of an !conclast. The
study Of philosophy IL a wonderful
stimulus TO the intellect. but mus, be
undertaken with a mind alert ~ fall
lacy.
Then there are books which pre-
sent a~ctualities / n statistical form ard
couple such statistics with authori-
tativc explanatory comment. refer
TO the various government rcports on
various subjeces that engage the in
terest of the man VINO wishes to be
well informed. our government
wastes thousands OF dollars printing
these reports. which need not he
wasted 10 only our young men would
read.
Read, I cannot too strongly rec
ommerd good reading six hours each
week OF serious reading Is not much.
but IL may mean the difference be-
Tween a $40, 0Oo.a-year executive and
a tg5 clerk. Read. Learn 20 think
with--and against--thc deep thinkers
OF the world
Al Of the time while YOU have
been studying and reading ana learn
ing TO disagree with the philosophers,
Whom their logic falls foul Of your
own reasoning. you should be dOing
something that is productive % well
earned money.-william Maxwell IN
lCullicr's WEEKLY.
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'potemIe campaign bave Just terminal
"a with the wrestling OF Bssdad from
the Turks. belongs 90 the younger
class OF British officers. being just
under So. nv WA educated az Elton
and sandhurst. entered the British
iafmy IN 1885. and was formerly an
officer OF the famous coldstpeam
Guards.
General Maode saw service In the
sudan and won laureis. as well az
metals. there. When the Boer war
beEan he vas a major and engaged
In some OF the hardest fighting In the
South African campsign. Also. he won
moro orders and decorations. lie be-
came a colonel IN 1911.
From 1905 until no was sen TO
MescpotamIa to re-estabiish the pres
tise OF the British In the near east.
|tsenersi Mande esrved IN various sec
lsiens OF the general ssaff in London.
A sman army was hastily sen 10
Mesopotamis by the Indian govern
ment In 1914 TO guard the oil fields.
II wont almost 10 BaEdad before IL
me, the ecs-.s n rs-fiy invited. II
was commanded by otaerai Townsend
who. with his force OF about ten
thousand men were captured by the
Turks.
General Maude showed Rreat dnsi1-
ing and brillisncy In CARRYING on hin
campaign. which illuminated sunday
an hfa fnli of uar dnd.
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EXAMINATIONS roR
PosTsrAsTERs

While the decision cs President
Wilson and Postmaster General Buric-
son to place first. second and third
class postmasters on the civil service
Hist has aroused considerable indle-
nation in certain quarters. ncverthe-
less the plan will meet with the APP
prevail OF a majority OF the citizens
of the country. because the step IL be-
ing taken for che good Of the service.
and efficiency IN the postal branch OF
fhe government service Is highly de-
'sirabie. Republican and Democratic
politicians in congress may erumole
at first. but after the usual protest
aeains; losing part % their control OF
party spoils they wiz yield To COM
mon sense.
The patronage at the disposal of the
postoffioe department has been q
source Of everlasting intrigue in con-
gress. Postmasters Jobs have usually
been handed out &c pay for political
services, and in many eases men have
been given good paying positions
which they were wholly incompetent
10 fili. Most Of the senaters and rep
resentatives. we believe. will be glad
TO be relieved of the annoyance 20
they have been exposed when
a postmastership was about to
become vacant
There IL enough work 10 be done
BY all members OF congress who take
their duties seriously without reauir.
Ing them to land office-seekers IL
positions for which they have no par
tcular qualifications.
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cTEslpuoN. ruE ANCIENT

Ctesiphon. the city captured by
Britain's Mesopotam.an expedition q
few days ago. has been the capital OF
two kingdoms. To-day II is but a mass
OF nuts with the ruins az one gigantic
palace. called the Takhti khesra or
"thronc Of Chosroes.
Two thousand years ago Ctcs!phon
WI. one OF the great cities Of the
east that is row dead From Il me
PaIthian kings planned their inces-
SAINT warfare against the Romans and
AKA met the hurdes Of Turanians. foes
that menaced them ON both west and
east The city lies OH the lett bank
Of the Tigris iu whpt WAS once one
90 the most fruitful regions Of the
world. The hrst mention 81 81 In
history occurs about the year -.o
u. G. II was then a suburb ut IN
Greek city Of SeluCia, which WIS sit
uated on the opposite uank 81 the
Tigris. The Parthian Arsacids con
uuered that section Of Asia near the
middle Of the second century before
christ and made Ctcsipnun their cap
ital Under Mithridutes | and II
Cteslphon grew into a metropolis
Parthian rule tasted three cen.
turtles. They were three centuries ot
almost continuous war for the Ru-
mans were in~,placable. The Parth-
ians held out until iIadrlan's time.
when their land was conquered ana
Seleucla aud Ctesiphou almost COM
ple,ely destroyed.
The Parthians were amons the
most picturesque of ancient fighters.
They were wonderful horsemen and
| bowmcu " unusual ability. In fact
thcv have left in literature the say
ing ~ Parthiap shot" II comes from
the Parthian trick NJ turning and
airing the last deadly volley ~ arrow'
while riding away from the field OF
battle.
Ctcsiphun was rebuilt during iht
reign OF the Sassahian kings Of Per
sln and probably reached It's heigh'
Of greatness In the nth century wh'r
| Chosrocs |. the most notable OF th'
Sassanian monarcns. putt a aplehdlc
palace there. This palace still stand'
To-day. a magnificent yaulted hail. OF
namcnted with pilasters.
TIL, Arabs p%lundcrcd the city lr
lear and from that time its decay oe'
gan. Basra and Bagdad sprang ~
and took "a ecedence In the region
Now Ctesiphon fnds a place only OF
occasional maps. H. Ike 50 NAM
other places IN the region that wa
the cradle of the race. Is now merely
% memory. a city that was
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-13
DIRECTIONS OF UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT FOR GETTING RID
OF GOPHERS AND PRAIRIE DOGS

Packet gophegs are readily caught
In any one ~ several makes of special
trans commonly on the market anu
A few OF these suffice to keep small
areas free OF the pests. Fol rlddlhg
alfalfa feldr, orchards and long
stretches az ditch entertainments -
them. "A yer, successful and mu'h
more practical method ~ To poison
them by use ~ battle " sweet potai"
Or ~ parsnips placed IN their under
ground runways.
The bats shodld be cut about l men
Ions aud = inch square, u W1sh''
and drained. From u copper buN
slowly slit y ounce Of powdered
%s,rychninc talkaloidl n lilo OF TINS
auantity uf saCCharinc 1gtound 10,
ret,.r in = MORTAR over about :
quarts of the dampened bats, s'irrlni
to distribute poison evenly
The which are usually '
To ) inches beneath the surface. cav
be located hy means OF a prone nau'
! of any strong handle an inch In diam
.ter and 36 inches lonr one ena
should he hiuntly pointed. Into IN"
other should be fitted a piece OF
inch iron rod. protruding about i
inches. and bluntiy pointed. A foot
res, aids In probing In hard soils. w.
forcing down the iron rod near gopher
! workings, or y foot or tw" back OF
fresh mounds tho open tunucl can b"
felt as the point breaks INTO a. Thr
blunt end OF the instrument Is theh
used carefully to enlarge tn" hole, d
' bait or two Is dropped Into the run
aud the probe hole closed.
one soon becomes expert In incat
ing The runs, aud = man can treat ~"
TO 500 gopher workings In u day. baiti
need be- placed a. onlt tW" points
IN each separate system OF 10 &" ~
mounds. which n usually the home "i
q single gohpcr Experience has shown
that Naits placed fairly in the open
runs inyarinbly kill the gopher The
method has found great ti'"'
: wherever introduced
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home he saw u large lrishwoman
STRUGGLING along with o huge bun-
die. He stopped his car and said DO.
llitaiy:
"Mayn't I give you a lift. madamg'
IN that thing % she said. ~ never
rode IN one IN all my life.
Well. Jump IN he said. And
when she had climbed in and deposited
the bundle on the seat beside her the,
started on.
After he had covered a mile MIR,
J Jones became n little uneasy. hut he
kept on for nearly another mile aud
then turned and said. where do yod
want to go. madam?
she gave him a broad smile ana O
gracious nod OF the head and replied,
Anywhere YOU wish. II makes no diff
ference To me"
Blu where were YOU going when 1
took o in?" asked MIR. Jones.
Oh she said. only to the next
honsel"
Ard Kind Mr.. Jones had to turn
back and take her two miles to the
next house. youths Companion.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-13
Sizes AwAKENINC ~ CHINA

The presidents recent visit to pao.
tiagfu lB suggestive Of the process Of
development slowly but -urcly taking
place In China. A thousand studeuts
graduated at the mil tary academy In
the old capital OF Chihii. and the
president vent one hundred miles by
train to attend the graduating cNer-
cises. leaving ~ 2 a. IA" and returning
at I y. m. Therein are contained
three facts. remarkable because they
are indicative 81 a state ~ things IN
conceivable IN CHINA a generation ago.
The least slgnineant fact is hat It
is possible 10 Journey a hundred miles
from Pckin into the Interior. to do
solid business al ones destination,
and 20 return 10 the capital, an Within
"a few hours,
Next comes the fac nat one thous-
and young Chinese OF IN, better clas-
ses have just completed a military
education Of q modern character. mt
ting them for commissioned rank.
Thirdly. the ruler 81 the stato
calmly walks ln ana ont of his palace,
drives along streets iu his motor,
lrushC. through crowds at railway
stations. makes q popular address 20
q crowd 81 lads aud an the time ID
doing what everybody thinks natural
and proper.
Truly. the times 4 %changing. This
trip OF the president is indicative Of
nothing less than o revolution ct
thought In The mind OF china. a rev.
olution 81 Ybich she possibilities are
equally endless and cncouraging.-
Shanghai North China Daily News.
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HIGH COST OF LIVING.

In an interview with DIR. T.. y. Ciax-
ton, commissioner Of education In the
department OF the interior. he made
the following statement regarding the
high cost of living and q partial soi1-
ton Of Il:
High cost OF living Is on tho lips
OF all people In all cities. towns. sub
urban communitiea. and msnufac-
turing and mining villages In the
United States. 1t W discussed In tho
editions OF every newspaper and mag
Axine. To millions OF laboring people
and professional people on small sai.
aries u is a very real thing. To hun
dreds OF thousands with large families
OF children 70 support and educate
Il has come to be a fearful thing; tc
many. torture ana death.
"For the high cost OF living there
ore many causes. Two OF these ar'
the unusual lack Of food. and the fac
that most OF the food is consumed fai
from the place OF production, which
makes the pay the cost o
storage and transportation. and tn
profits OF the middlemen, many o
whom. in times like these. take ad
Vantage Of the wants OF the peopi'
to make profits larger than the
should.
'Is there n remedy? There II a par
tiai remedy at least. but not wholly II
investigation or legislation. TIL
remedy y 80 simple and close AZ han
that. as 10 40 frequently the case. 1
g. overlooked. In the schools of IN
%clties. towns. suburban communitic'
land manufacturing anu mining villa
gcs OF the United States there ar
approximately 6.000, 900 boys and girl
between the ages Of min and sixteen
Most Of them are idle more than hal
, Of the year. Thcy are iu school loH
Than 1000 hours in the year. and al
-llowing 10 hours a day for sleep. m
out Of school more than 1000 wakln
, hours, more than an average Of min
hours q day, not counting Sunday
National and state laws make u I'm
possible for most OF Thorn To do au
profitable work iH min, mine or ahul
land many Of them are forming haol'
OF ldleness and falling into vice Eve
during the vacation month"; only aoou
10 per cent nave any profitable en-
pioyment; only about o per cent
them 80 away from their homes 60
cept for a few daysn stni they mus
live n he fed and clothed.
For four millions 81 these there
access 90 back yards side yards from
yards. and vacant lots. which Nigh
be cultivated as small gardens for th
growth OF vegetables and email fruits
Many live where space could be sss
nv had Cor chickens ducks. or pis
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-13
Tudsy,s Anniversaries.

lI6i-fsarl Grey. prime minister OF
England. by whom the FIRST reform
bill was carried. born. Died July ~,
1875.
iSt5-Genera, Jackson received
news of the treaty of Client and
learned for the nrst time that his vie
tory ut New orleans had occurred
we weeks after peace had been cUn
Guided.
is29-Richard Coke. governor OF
Texas and United States senator, born
az Williamsburgh. Va. Died at Waco.
TEXAS. May ~, 1897.
lSgS-Chicago board ~ trade or
gnuized.
ISTs-Marrlage Of Duke Of Con-
naught and Princess Louise Margaret
OF Prussia,
-Sst-Czar Alexander II of Russia
assasslnated by explosion of q bomb.
lSS7-Germany. Austria and Italy
signed a treaty OF alliance against
Russia and France.
iSa5-Sccretary Gresham directed
the American minister AT Madrid TO
den and prompt PREPARATION for the
hring on the steamer Alliance By a
Spanish %gunboat.
iaO0-Presideut Of the United
St,'es offered to mediate between
Great Britain and the Beers.
leOi-Bonjamin Harrison. twenty
third president .f the United States,
dicd ~ indianapolis. Born az North
Bend. O.. August 90, 1919.
isiG--The province OF ManttOba
adopted prohibition.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-13
TmE CIGARETTE HABIT GROWS

our people are smoking just about
one million miles OF cigarettes In q
year.
Drinking OF alcoholic liquors Is de.
clining rapidly. as club bar receipt.
eloquea.ly prove. but the smoking Of
tobacco gains every day.
We .mericang consume just eight
times - many cigarettes as vera
made In the United States when Nc
kinley was reelected president.
our smoke bill Is the largest nom
essential one the American peopls
pay. Tobacco collects from us'morc
than church and school combined -
Girarl IN the Philadelphia Pubic
Ledger.
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Lordsburg Is to Have
Two New Banks, Each
With $35, ZOO Capital

Special Correspondence t0 The Herald.
santa Fc y. NJ. March l3.-Lords-
burg, Grant county. II 10 have two
new state banks, articles Of incorpora .
ton or both Institutions having been
filed with tho state corporation COM
mission. and certificates issued Ouc
is the Bank Of L~OrdsburE and the
other the Lordshure state Bank. each
porators ~ the Bank OF I.%ordHburr
are j. A. Loahy. Benton : Jackson,
and Oscar r.. Allen, all 81 Lordsburs,
and Of the Lordsburg state Bank II.
- Lakeland. n. g. DeMoss and - T..
I'm 90 L%ordsburg. and T. ~ Terrell.
and W. r. T. McSain Of El Paso.
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Icons. Aud there ART no less than
s.ooo. oou older boys ana eIrls ana
adult men and women for whom an
hour ~ two of work each day In a
anrdcn would he the best form Of rec
~rcation and rest from the routine OF
their daily labor In office or shop or
mill or mine. and who might easily
nne time Cor a.
with some Intelligent direction,
these school children and older boys
and girls and men and women might
easily produce on the available land
AMI average OF t7s each in vegetables
and fruits for their tables or for
Ie in their Immediate nelshborhood;
fresh and erisp through all the grow
ing months and w~hoiesomciy canned
ana preserved for use In winter. This
would add t75o,ooo.e oe to the best
form OF food supply Of the country
without coat OF transportation OF
storage and without profits of middle-
men. Tho estimate is very consefv-
alive. as has been shown by many ex-
periments.
Ia addition to the economic prof
its. there would be for the children
health and strength. removal from
temptation to vice. aud education Of
the best type; and for elder persons.
rest n recreation in the open air
and the Joy OF watching things grow.
This might all be attained at COM
psrativciy little cost by putting into
the public schools for every hundred
children between the agcs OF nine and
one teacher skilled In gar
and paid for all the year. one
such teacher could easily direct the
work Of 100 children. and OF the $50
older persons belonging 10 the fam
ilies OF these children or living in
community. Thus 10000
teachers u this kind would be sufi-
A'N Nht NhAAt NobNhie AnNNN
,eechcts might easily he had FOR an
average additional salary Of $500 OF a
Of $50 zee, 00o. There would be
some cost FOR seeds and some Tor fer
this ers and tools. but after the FIRST
year the cost Of these last two items
be comparatively little. The
proceeds would repres mt profits to a
extent than In any other kind
% production. The miracle Of 1t is
In bringing together idle land ON the
one hand and idle children and tired
people on the other. Alone neither
IS productive, but all would bee pen
by the combination even IL the
and fruits produced had
no value. the land by the cultivation,
children by the health-giving. ed
ueatlonal labor. and the older people
by the hours outdoors and the con-
with the SOIL
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WHY THEY

y man sent out postcards TO all the
married men of his town asking them.
why did you marry?" Here arc one
or two OF the replies:
That's what I've been trying Tor
eleven years To md out.'-X.'
Married TO get ever with her
mother. hut mover have.-w."
please don't stir me up"
because Il Is Just my luck.-P"
Because | asked her u she'd have
me. She said she would. She got me.
q"
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1,oday's 1,irthslays.

General Sin James Wolfe Murray,
one uf the prominent British com.
mapder- on the western front born
60 years ago today.
Fairfax Harrison, president 90 the
Southern railway u II ~ the spe-
ciav commissioners to direct transpor-
tatiun in case " war. born IN New
York. ~ years ago today
Oswald G. Willard NCw York edt-
tor and publicis;. horn At Wiesbaden,
GERMANY. g years ago today
RI. Rev. Joseph ;. Glass, Catholic
bishop of salt LaNc CITY born 30
Bushnell. III. - years ago TODAY
Charlie :. Haskell, nrst state gov
crnor of oklahoma, born In Putnam
county. a.. 81 yeas z today.
J. Franklin BAKER. third basenIan
OF the New YORK American league
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WE ruopuCE r,Ir GOODS.

The city clerkship of Albuquerque
may be expected 10 he a much sought
after place In the future since II has
proven la two cases at least 10 he 4
stepping stone To the superintendent,
of the state OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Fe
Eagle.
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MOSTLY THE SNAIL.

Thc opposition To the president en-
abled = few names to come before tho
public whose owners were never ahl'
10 attract attention before Congress
b. composed ur the great and he
small pcros VALLEY News.
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FINE IRIIT PROSPECTS.

The indications are that the or
chards IN this vicinity VIII yield
%abundantly this season. one sanguine
orchardist thinks his eight hundred
peach trees will bear fifteen bushels
Ia the tree.-The Fort sumner He
view
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\ GREAT CONVENIENCE

About three miles from his place
of business lives MIR. Jones. and he
goes back and forth every day In his
automobile, Now, Mr.. Jones has "A
kind. generous heart. and when he
sees a pedestrian trudglng his way he
win often offer the man a INT"
one morning shortly sncf leaving
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..pIGs ~ pIGS" Tml.sI DNYs

The Pts Came Into the Tatlor
says the old song with piss selling a.
$3.50 a hundred pounds they have
q right to 20 In the pdrlur "r ~.
safety deposit box with diamonds aud
potatucs Tho Maxwell Mail.
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HAS BIGGEST FEET N THE NAVY

Grand Raplds-Pctcr J. Wagner
has the biggest feet OF any man Tvs
the United States navy. according to
word he sent back TO his relatives,
Wagner enlisted recently and was
SET; to the naval stetlon at chicago.
where se will serve temporarily. He
IN Is years old. six feet one inch tall
and weighs rs pounds. II takes 4
l5t shoe to q, his right o q and the
lott takes size 1914
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EMPEROR OF THE WORLD.

The kniscr would evidently haNo
every body believe It lust about right tn
have il read Kaiser Wilhelm the /.
Emperor of the World -Glenrlo Trib.
unc-PTogress.
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.F-"G
STARTED At THE WRONG END.

Clrranza claims to nave restored
peacc aud prosperity to Mexico with
Tho exception OF the northern tier OF
states. lie seems 10 have begun At
IN. WRONG end II his endeavor wa
also to make the United states COM
Portable The Tucumcari News
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ON NICk BEING OuTwIrTED.

There's enough beargrase IN qua
county. New Mexico. Va make a hang
mans moose for every criminal IN the
United States. and there would ne
enough let "a bind the 1917 khtr corn
Irrop of West Texas. Some people ar"