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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
IS WORTH GOING
| % MILES FOR
That is what Mrs. Burns
said of Tanlac Gains
nine pounds.

Il had to 90 sixteen miles to get my
first bottle OF Tanlac, but from the
way the medicine helped me, I would
gladly 90 a hundred miles rather than
be without it." said Mrs. George NJ
Burns, Of 1900 Spruce ave. Kansas
City. No, to a Tanlac representative.
recently
For six months before I commenced
taking Tanlac had suffered a great
deal with stomach trouble and lndt-
gestion." continued Mrs. Burns, Il
simply didn't have any appetite at
all and what little did manage 70 eat
didn't seem to do me much good, be-
cause I couldn't seem TO get any
strength and I was so aWfully nerv-
Gus I could hardly stand a bit Of noise
and even the bark OF a dog would up
set me completely. Ny kidneys gave
me a lot of trouble, too. because
suffered a lot eth pains in my back
and I finally GOT so weak and run
down in health I wasn't able to do my
homework
4 was in just this condition when a
friend Of mine, who had taken Tanlac
and been greatly helped by it, told me
L ought TO take it. At the time, was
living at Chautauqua, Kas., and had to
go to Sedan, about sixteen miles away.
to get the medicine, but IL was GER
tainly worth going that distance. or
more for, because the Ianlac helped
me almost from the very start. Ny
aPREA4AE picked uD EAEAL away 50
continued TO take Tanlac and now I
can eat just anything I want and
what / eat does me good. too. because
I am gaining in strength right along.
I have already gained nine pounds
in weight and my nerves are in fine
condition and 1 can sleep just as
soundly at night now as . child and
get up In the morning feeling per-
tectly rested and refreshed Tanlac
has certainly built me up, because my
general health hasn't been as good as
Il is now for years and I have rec
commended the medicine to many Of
my friends and all who have taken II
tell me they have been benefited.
Tanlac has done me more good than
anything I have ever taken and I
cheerfully recommend II for stomach
trouble and for those who need a
general building up"
Tanlac is sold in FL Paso by Kelly
& Pollard and by the leading drug
sists in practically every city, town
and village in America
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
Chickens and
Pigeons Hit At
Cost OfLiOing
Rabbits Also Help; E.
Pasoans Are Raising
Them Profitably.

High cost OF meat and eggs IS con-
verting hundreds OF FL Pasoans into
raising their own meats and eggs in
their own back yards.
With eggs selling near the dollar
mark and meat the highest since they
can remember. many FL Pasoans have
lately concluded that they can make
money by raising chickens. pigeons
and rabbits to augment II not com
pletely furnish their supply OF meats.
Many a family is supplying all its
meat and eggs with a back yard flock
OF chickens and pen Of rabbits.
The chickens not only furnish eggs
for all the family IN many instances,
but in many other cases enough eggs
are sold to purchase the meat not sup
piled by the young fryers raised in the
yard
In the case Of pigeons. there are
scores and scores Of back yard pigeon
pens which furnish practically all the
meat the family can eat The same
is true Of rabbits. Pigeons and rab-
bits breed fast and the meat is de-
llciOus.
Rabbits are the most prolific breed
ers. A mother will give birth TO from
six to eight young every six weeks.
II wen cared for. and with n few OF
the breeders on hand. 1t Is not long
until the family has plenty Of nice.
juicy. tender meat Many FL Pasoans
who never thought Of raising their
own poultry or rabbits before the
price Of food became so high are now
doing It and they get a lot OF fun out
OF 1t while reducing the cost of liv-
ing
Chicken raising in the back yard
has long been a profitable as well as
an entertaining occupation for many
FL Pasoans, but il has increased ten
times or more since the world war
broke out Now il is an exception
rather than the rule not TO find back
yard flock Of hens in a residence. par
ticularly in the outlying section. and
those who have taken to chicken rails
ing say 1t is profitable. The chick
ems can be fed largely on scraps. with
additions of the regulation food OBJ
tanned from the local dealer, and.
while consuming the table waste. meat
Is being made for the table later on
and the old H c. Of l. is being given /.
real blow that counts.
curtiss d Co. buy Liberty Bonds.-Adv I
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
SERVANT GIRLS
ARE OVERPAID
Wealthy Employer Says
Too Much Pay Makes
Girls Frivolous.

Aurora, H., Sept 5.-Miss Ann
Frazier, one Of Aurora's wealthiest
women, replying to a demand for ser
want girls for an increase in wages
says they are "overpaid and frivol-
GUS" They should not be paid more
than 81 q week and should be salts
fled with bingham dresses and cotton
stockings which cost no more than
so cents. she says.
"At the. present time her lodging
and board cost her employer many
dollars a week" said Miss Frazier.
speaking Of the servant girl demand
for increased wages las a usual
thing instead Of practising economy
and thrift she is actually wastefui
and by her ignorance and careless
ness adds unnecessarily to the cost
Of maintaining the home This should
be taken into account in determining
the value Of her services. HOusemaids
at even 81 a week have more money
TO spend for clothes than many mis-
tresses have.
las conditions now are the women
who have plenty OF money and who
spend 1t freely and extravagantly are
largely those who in factories and !
wages commonly given They clamor
for more than they are capable Of
earning in order that they may dress |
more extensively than is fitting. |
Probably a majority Of these work (
ers give less or poorer services than
is due for the pay they are now get
ting
at IS the one ambition Of the ma
iority OF them to make a fashionable |
appearance, and this, I was assured /
by a girl with whom / was discussing
the questions of costs She says that |
with silk stockings at $3.50 a pair /
and wolfe waists at 81 apiece one must /
have money. When I suggested to her /
that she buy bingham or other dur /
q BILE material for her dresses rather /
than gauZy fabrics and select good 1
cotton hose at not more than so cents 1
a pair instead Of flimsy silk, she said /
that one had to dress in order TO be I
in it, Dress and fun Is all that fool
ish. ignorant girls see in life worth /
effort, and. Of course, the more money /
one has the easier II Is to obtain
apparel and engage in friv-
olous pleasure"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
AFRICA To SEE
BIC PROGRESS
May Become the Boom
Continent of the Tween
tieth Century.

Washington. D. c., Sept 5.-"The
war is over but the necessity for
learning strange sounding names of
new lands and peoples is far from
over" says a bulletin from the Ma
tionaI Geographic society. in Wash
ington. which predicts that THE
spotlight which has brought 10 view
such little known peoples as the
Czechs. the Croats and the Ukrain-
ians in Europe, now viii be turned.
in part, on Africa
Through the redistribution OF
colonial possessions. and the removal
Of the blight OF German domination.
Africa bids ffdr 10 be the boom con-
unent OF the twentieth century"
With this introduction the society
announces a series OF bulletins deal
ing with colonies Of the erstwhile
dark continent" First Of these is
Mozambique which, it is explained, is
a Portuguc-e colony to the south OF
what was German East Africa, now
rel sased from the imperial designs Of
German African expansion, and there
fore extremely apt to play more
conspicuous part in African develop
ment
Three Million Inhabitants.
4 description Of Mozambique based
on a communication from o. ". Bar
a country as big as the Atlantic
states from Florida 10 New York,
with the capital near the southern
boundary and half a dozen smaller
towns scattered along the coast;
more than 5000, 900 Inhabitants, OF
which only about one percent are
white. one Of the oldest Of all Euro
pean possessions and one Of the
richest in agricultural possibilities,
At least, but one Of the least known
countries in the world. Such is No
-Four or five good ports and as
many bad ones five towns and a Z
small but up-to-date capital city, and
q generous number Of military posts
and outposts. a few Of which are in I
real raw interior, millions or acres Of l
the finest aluVial soil fairly aching Z
to show the farmer what big crops
may be grown, waterways like the 1
Zambesi- the Limpopo, and plenty Of /
smaller ones TO allow cheap handling /
OF products; no deserts, no salt sinks. I
no large swamps, no mountainous 4
wastes, no impenetrable jungles; out
Of some 20 only one or two tribes that 4
oDJect seriously TO paying taxes TO I
the government. now that thay rea-
lie that the tax collector is a vital Z
organ Of the white tribe. which OBJ
---a ~ any NAAa AAA1g EAAEA
another in the good old way: for
wicked as a push policeman tries to
be, he must needs fall far short o.
the unrestrained chiefs fnduna'
Horrible Early History.
The early history OF this strange
section Of East Africa should not be,
even = II could be, written We know
the Old-time black was as bad as a
barbarian can be. and the endless tale
Of persistent widespread, and con-
tiuuous butchery would not be goou
to read
The Zuius have had for centuries
: superstitious fear OF salt water. ami
50, when Chaka, Dingaan. and their
brother tiends had devastated prac-
tically all the country betW cen Zull-
land and Inhambane, wluing out I
kraals and even WHOLE tribes Dy
scores, they came TO a long chain OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
appeals TO Negroes
to Assist in Keeping
Down Race Troubles

Atlanta, Ca. Sept 5.-An appeal to
sane thinking negro citizens OF Geor-
gia to assist in keeping down race
troubles IN this state similar to those
which have occurred recently in
Washington and Chicago. was issued
by mayor Key when he delivered an
address Of welcome before the Grand
Lodge of Negro Odd Fellows at Big
Bethel church
Mayor Key said he had experienced
a great deal OF trouble in keeping
down race trouble in Atlanta and
urged the negroes to help him In his
efforts
we are not going 20 have race
trouble II you people viii show proper
intelligence" mayor Key declared.
This statement on the part OF the
mayor was received with cheers and
applause on the part Of the delegates
which lasted for several minutes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
Ocean Leather May SoLUe Problem,
Of The High Cost Of Footwear And
Provide Country With A Mev Industry
By FREDERIC J. HAsEITy

! EITASHINGTON, D. C, Seut. 5.-By
w wearing shoes made OF shark
skin, secretary Of commerce William
/ C. Redfield has become one Of the
first patrons Of a new industry which
his department Of the government.
through its bureau Of fisheries, has
I been boasting for several years, and
which now promises to become sue
cessful and important
Whether the high price OF shoes is
due primarily TO prOflteering or TO the
scarcity Of leather, there is no doubt
that leather has become scarce Hides
are a byprOuuct of beef, and We DO
not eat as much beef as We used TO
eat, because we cannot afford it.
Hence there are no longer enough
COW hides TO go around We are al
ready wearing good many rubber
shoes and composition shoes. and We
have imitation leather goods galore.
most Of these articles are not as sat-
isfactory as genuine leather goods.
Supply Inexhaustible.
But this objection does not hold
against shark shoes shark leather
wears well and takes on a high finish.
And the sea is full Of sharks, which
have no cognizable function in life
other than TO bite a leg of a surf
bather now and then The supply Of
skins seems inexhaustible- The only
things remaining to be done are to put
the catching Of sharks. and the tan
ming Of their hides on a sound COM
mercial basis, and this is already be-
ing rapidly accomplished by several
companies, ably aided by the bureau
Of fisheries.
Not only shark shoes. but several
other articles made Of shark and
other fish skins have been on exhibit
- ~ -
several years Catfish suit cases.
purpose music rolls, Goldfish pocket
books and WOlffish razor strOps have
already been manufactured and viii
probably appear in the department
stores before long
Two Companies Organized.
DR.. Lewis Radcliffe. of the bureau
Of fisheries, is in charge of the work
Of promoting the use Of fish skins and !
he has several assistants He reports
that two companies are already in the
business Of producing fish hide arti- l
cles. One Of these is operating sew
eral experimental plants. and the !
other has recently purchased sites on 4
the coast. where II intends to build I
tanneries close TO the source Of sup I
ply. Several other concerns are max /
ing preliminary experiments.
Dr. Radcliffe REPORTS that each new 4
batch Of tanned fish skins produced /
by these pioneers in the industry I
shows marked progress in the art OF I
tanning sea leather. They are now
producing ocean leather that is
strong. flexible and viii take a high .
finish.
Fish skins have been tanned and
for some years as nov
alties. but their use as leather on a
commercial scale is entirely new The
lnly commercial use OF shark skins
heretofore has been to dry them and
Use them in the rough state for pol
shing wood and ivory. somewhat 7
Ike sand paper It took a shortage
Il leather TO make the experts see
hat the fish skins could be put to a
much better use
Chance for Advertisers.
Shark skin shoes have one great
.dvantage in going before the public
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
Washington To-
Be Center Of
Worlds Trade
Delegates From All Allied
Countries to Meet IN
u. S. Capital.

Washington. D. C. Sept. 5.-Wash-
ington is already the business capital
Of the United States. It will soon be
the business capital Of the world. It
is now the great financial center to
which the nations OF the world are
looking for ready cash and exchange
to make commerce possible and the
rebuilding Of the Industries Of Europe.
Washington has never been a manu-
featuring center. nor one Of the great
marts Of trade; but it has arrived At
a much higher destiny. for it's already
the center from which American in
dustry is developed and directed. from
which the policies are promulgated
that will govern the most important
industries OF all the other nations OF
consequence in world trade. And the
business halo is growing broader and
brighter as GROWING glory OF the
rlchest nation in the world. creditor
for the largest countries. already q
dominant factor in commerce and de-
termined to be merchant marine mis-
tress Of the seven seas.
A league Of nations seems to have
Deen born OF the American partfcipa-
ton in the war ito make the world
SAFE Tor democracy" Out Of the
American participation in the war
imposing upon American Industrial
lie almost impossible burdens. has
come new mutual understanding and
artnership between government and
business in this country. Out OF the
American participation in the alliance
OF nations to preserve human liberty
mas come commercial league Of ma
lions, a trade union Of allies. with
Washington as the headquarters and
capital
Great Britain. France, Belgium.
italy, allies in the war, are now send
ing commercial missions to the
more than 1000 business leaders who
helped to mobilize American business
70 win the war. An American dele
cation has gone overseas to meet this
commission and escort it to Washing
ton The rebuilding Of Europe is a
stupendous task, scarcely conceivable:
the restoration and rehabilitation Of
industries are a most urgent task of
herculean proportions. without any
readlly available resources. financial
~ broke" and dependent entirely
upon prospects, these nations realize
mat their future, and especially the
promptness with which they rise out
of the shambles and ashes OF war. de-
Ponds on the United States.
american business, growing more
eIticient from war experiences. in Z
vited these nations to a great inter- !
national trade conference. so that I
there may be an understanding of
Nhat they need, how this country can I
pest supply it, how unessentials can
PC dispensed with and the industrial !
ne OF the United States most eff 1
GENTLY get down to work in supplying /
ne machinery and raw materials 10 4
-ehabilitate European industries and !
ieciding in conference how this inter
lallohal rebuilding can be financed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
"UnwOrthy;;" Won
Permit Use of His Name

Macon. Ca. Sept. ST have no de-
sire to get married again. but just
don't want my wife TO bear my name
any longer" J. W. Jackson. aged 10
declared in filing suit for divorce
from Mrs. Jackson
Jackson's matrimonial adventure
began 25 years ago. The craft went
on the rocks In 1915. Jackson asserts
he has not heard Of the wherea bouts
OF MS wife since. He says he is IN
willing for his wife to bear his name
longer because she Is not worthvn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
T orquay VIII Be the
Los Angeles of England

London. Eng, Sept 5.-Torquay
the beautiful Wales watering place
just off the Bristol Channel. promised
to become the British equivalent to
Los Angeles as a center for motion
picture studios Many scenes already
have been filmed in the Torquay
region
British movie producers are alive
to the necessity Of improving their
goods II they are not 10 be further
outclassed by American rivals.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
No More Salary Aduances
for Chicago Citg Embloues

Chicago. III, Sept 5-That's a
good fellow. lend me five" may be
heard frequently around the Chicago
city hall hereafter. unless city en-
ployes learn the thrift lesson which
city treasurer Henry Stuckart IS 90
ing to teach them Hereafter the city
VIII make no more salary advances to
its employees.
According TO Stuckart. about Is per
cent OF the employees at present col
lect nothing but I o. Us when the
bi-monthly payday rolls around They
recently received an increase in pay.
and Stuckart says they should get
along without borrowing. Anyhow
they viii have to as far as the city Is
concerned.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
Pastor Calls Part of His
Flock "The Dirty Dozen .

Kenton, Ohio, Sept. 5.-Preaching
sermon to his congregation in
which he called their attention to the
fact that he was not getting the
proper support from the members Of
the church. he is alleged TO have al
luded 10 certain members as the
dirty dozen" Rev. Leon H. Couch has
been asked by a special committee"
to make "a public acknowledgment
and ask forgiveness"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
Rushes a Blazing
Auto TO Fnehouse

Manchester. y. H. Sept. 5.-An
automobile belonging to Lucien Ros-
seau caught fire.
The owner damned on the gasoline
and hurried 10 the central fire sta
ton, where he informed the ffremen
he had brought a little blaze he
would like to have extinguished.
4 chemical tank put out the fire.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
''I'Oe Married Rich"
Pardoned Prisoner Saus

Topeka. kan. Sept. 5.-'Tve mar
ried a rich widow-you'u not hear
from me any more" was the closing
Of a letter which judge c. ". Smith.
pardon clerk in the office Of governor
Allen here, received from a former
prisoner at the Kansas state peniten-
tiary at Lansing. The man was re-
Gently discharged. He said that he
and his wife had just purchased a
$4,000 home
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
4sTEvEv RETURNS PURSE.

Bucyrus. Ohio. Sept 5.-"Steve"
Is a bull dog. He carries papers from
one news tand owned by Jolly Bros.
10 another. Trotting down the street
he haw a lLdy he thought was Mrs
49, A. Jolly drop a purse He picked
up the purse and followed in pur-
suit In the meantime the woman
noticed her loss and, looking around,
saw steve" 1t wasn't Mrs. Jolly,
but steve" returned $50 in bills and
some change.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
Pheasants Damage Crops,
Ask LaU TO XII

Windsor. Colo, sept 5.-There is a
law protecting pheasants. but the
farmers in this Sc, ton have asked
permission to kill them because OF
their damage to crops. One instance
OF the activity OF these birds is told
by farmer who states one field eu-
bracing 10 acres was almost entirely
stripped Of leaves. They also eat the
crown out OF growing beets, and this
has resulted in thousands OF dollars
loss TO farmers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05

lakes 1.-THE lower Inharrime9 parallel
with the coast. and there they
stopped, thus saving one tribe Of true.
pure blood Kafirs who had fled over
onto the dunes and low. bushy hills
between the rosary Of brackish Ia
goons and the Indian ocean This
tribe. the Mchopis, IS the purest Il
not the only unmixed Kafir tribe now
in existence.
AT Quesico we had the good for
tune to witness a batuque, or ball,
lasting nearly three daTs. at which
about 5000 fine specimens, mostly
adults, were present To describe the
weird minor music OF the narimbas,
or huge Ky Ophones. the blood-freeZ-
Ing death chant. the thrilling wal
songs, the expression dances Of both
women and men. and rites and divina-
tors were induced to show US would
require much space.
Girls Wear Ankle RatfIers.
THE young girls dance Of tn
M'chopi tribe requires several years
practice before the difficult poses and
cOntOrtiOns can be successfully per
formed Ankle rattles are worn b.
the girls. These hollow spheres are
madeof palm leaf or grass. If not
young gourd fruits, and are par
tally filled with large seeds. pebbles
etc. The noise Of these ankle rattIes
is supposed TO assist in keeping time
in the dance This is probably a Zulu
custom, and even today in civilized
Durham the ricksha boys frequently
wear similar ornaments
Near Mopea, three days up the
Zambes. We passed through two
small native kraals in which the lions
had eaten IS people in three months
previous. It Is quite impossible to
hunt these man eaters on account OF
the tail. rank grass -four 10 six feet
high, and, since they soon learn that
two or three cuffs will make a big
hole in the side OF an ordinary hut.
the poor native must roob high o.
die"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
Price of Eggs Spoils
4 Sporting Event

Cleveland. Ohia. Sept 5.-'Eggs is
eggs" these days.
This fact interviewed and caused
failure Of the feature sporting event
OF the Rotarian's annual picnic-the
wornen's egg race.
The impediment-the egg-was too
much Of an impediment, financially
speaking. The skirted contestants
simply refused 10 take any risks with
their precious freight. so they walked
the length Of the course
4 don't know what the prize Is
worth. but I do know what an egg
costs" one explained.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05
Apple Tree Grows So
Kinds Of Fruit; Some Tree

Findlay. O., Sept. 5.-Henry Fla
ter. horticulturist. has an apple tree
upon which Sc different kinds OF fruit
grow with regularity When Flater
got the tree IL was puny, leafless and
apparently dead Today It IS one Of
the most thrifty IN his orchards. bear
ing some OF its many varieties of
fruit annually.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05

women who sold for the treasury OF
the United States four and a half bill
lion dollars worth OF government
bonds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05

Housewives make up the greatest class
or women drug addiots IA New York city.
according 10 a report OF health commits
sion Copeland, based on a study OF 277s
caseE
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05

Curtiss a Co. buy Liberty Bonds Adv
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-08-21
liver C|DN'T ACT \
DIGESTION Was BAD
Say. es year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tell: How She Was Resve
After Few Doses Of Bk;kDraught.

Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Cynthia
Higginbotham, of this town, says: "At
my age, which is IS, the liver does
not act 50 we'll as when young. A few
years ago, my stomach was all out Of
fix. I was ccnstipated, my liver
didn't act. My digestion was bad, and
1t took 50 little to upset me. My ap'
petite was gone. was very weak.
I decided I would give Black
Draught a thorough trial as I knew it
was highly recommended for this
trouble. I began taking 1t. I felt
better after a few doses. My appetite
improved and I became stronger. My
bowels acted naturally and the least
trouble was soon rIghted with a few