Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1914 — Page 2

ALWAYS MEANT RIGHT

By CALISTA HALSEY.

'■ Of course, Aunt Martha had said the wrong: thing, good Aunt Martha, -who always meant to say the right thing. “Never mind, Marcia,” she had said, “after awhile you won’t care.” Marcia turned her face to the wall. She wanted to care. She wanted to shirk nothing of this tragedy that had befallen her. She had had her glimpse of high happiness. She was willing to pay. It was useless to tell her that bye and bye, when youth had gone out of her, and she was an old woman, she would not care. She would rather be young and warm and alive, though she quivered >- every nerve.. So it was a relief when Aunt Martha went softly out and shut the door. She went over with herself again that Beene with Emil that had ended “in a broken engagement; broken by which of them she could hardly have told. ■ ■ * , ■ • ■ “I only told him that we must wait,” she eaid, “and I told him why; that I could not leave home now, not yet. And it was beautiful, just to be engaged; it was almost enough. I would have waited for him forever.” And then she went wearily over it ' all again, what he had said and what she had said, and how, at last, he had taken her two hands in his and holding 'her a little away from him had said, with quiet finality: “Very well, Marcia, if you will not even try to arrange matters so that we can marry, there is no use in our being engaged. I suppose, being a mere man, 1 am very material in my desires. But 1 know what I want I want a wife and a home.” “O,” she flashed, “if it is only a wife and a home—there are plenty—” “Don't pretend to misunderstand me, Marcia. It is our home, it is you that I want. You know that, dear.” Yes, she did know it. But at the gate of her Eden stood the, gaming sword of her promise to p&r mVther to stay at home till her little eater was old enough to taie her place. “It’s just for a couple of years, Emil —it’s for Louise. I promised mother; and she is growing up so fast. Perhaps in a year she could keep house for father.” He had glanced out of window to the gate at the end of the long country door yard where against the fading red of a winter sunset, two youthful figures were silhouetted. “Louise is out at the gate now talking to John Day. It looks to me as though if she keeps on growing up as fast as she has for the last year, she would be keeping house for herself before long.” “That baby—my little girl.” “She is as old as you were two years ago when you began taking care of this house. Why shouldn’t she take your place now?” “O, she couldn’t, dear; she doesn’t know a thing. And father depends on me so and Aunt Martha is so frail; don’t you see?” “Yes, I see?” he said. “I see that my happiness and I believe yours, too, Is to be sacrificed to agmistaken sense of duty. So I won’t come here any more.” “O, do,” she begged, heart brokenly. “There is no reason why we should not have our lovely evenings together. Do come sometimes.” But he would not promise. And he went away, hurt to the heart. The weeks went by Only Aunt Martha knew, and after that one burst of confidence, Marcia did not talk even to Aunt Martha about it. She could not run the risk of having her say the wrong thing again. One day a cousin who had come across the state for a week’s vi6it, was in Aunt Martha’s room; through the half-open door a murmurous stream of talk flowed out into the hall. “Yes, Marcia is a Peale,” Aunt Martha was saying, “and the Peales never go back on their given word. It’s what has made us what we are,” holding the family escutcheon high. There had been two separate kinds of evenings; those when Emil came and those when he did not come, and those when he did come had glowed like a rose. Now they all ran together drab and dull. It was very hard. “What’s the matter? Why don’t Emil come any more?” said her sister in the first weeks of his staying away. “O, nothing,” said Marcia. And Louise, having happy thoughts of her own, said no more. And her father did not Eeem to notice. At first, in pure self-defense, of her secret, Marcia went to church and to the social evenings of the neighborhood to get a glimpse of her lover, who neither sought nor avoided but who never by any chance lingered to talk with her. And as theirs had been a very quiet courtship, ehe was spared the public wonder at its lapse. But soon even this glimpse (jf him became m doubtful pleasure. To be spoken to by Emil as though she were somebody else was more than she could endure. And so she began to make pretexts for staying at home, letting Louise go out with her girl friends, and sometimes, but not very often, with John Day. She was too young, as Marcia carefully explained, to think of being In love. And with a slightly mutinous look In her blue eyes, Louise acquiesced; she was always “biddable,” and only lengthened a little her dresses and kept on growing up. Every evening Marcia read to her father. “If you are sure you don’t care about going out it’s mighty nice for me to have you at home. Are you sure you don’t care?" And 4he assured him she did not.

And then all at once in answer to some casual question she found that Emil and not John Day was bringing Louise home from evening gatherings. “Yau’ll feel perfectly safe about me now, \ won’t you, Marcia?” laughed Louise. “Good old Emil. You know you said I was too young for anything serious. Anyway, he is much more interested than John Day.” “Of course,” said Marcia, “why don’t you ask him to come in?” “I do—always,” said the girl, “but he never will.”* It-was just one little thing more to be borne, hearing them come up the walk together. How could he help being attracted by her fresh, young beauty? Marcia had never felt so old in her life as when she beard his voice through the closed door. That was how it was going to be after this —through the closed dobr. One day Emil’s mother came to see her. “Mrs. McCain asked for you especially, Marcia,” said Aunt Martha, fluttering, “so I’ll go upstairs.” Emil’s mother was like Emil. She knew what she wanted and she had Emil’s compelling gray eyes. “Yes, I came to see you, Marcia, so I didn’t pretend that I came to make a family call. I’ve come to plead for Emil. I never thought,” with a brave smile, “that I should ever be begging any girl to take my boy away from me, but that is just what I seem to be doing. But it’s all right, for I love you both, and —don’t you think, dear, you are making a mistake?” “But I promised mother,” said Marcia miserably. “Yes, I know. Emil tells me things —yet. Your mother was my dearest friend, but if she were here now she would release you from this promise. Indeed, it is outlawed; Louise can take your place. It is only a morbid sense of duty that keeps you from seeing it. Tell your father all about it; he will not stand in the way of your happiness.” “I’m a Peale,” eaid Marcia, weakly, “and the Peales —” “Yes, I know, but you won’t be a Peale long, if Emil can have his way. O, Marcia, life is too short and happiness is too precious to be wasted in this way.” “Well, I will talk with father. I thought, perhaps, Emil was getting used to it; that he had begun not to care.” “No more than you have. He is wretchedly unhappy, though he doesn’t 6how it You cannot expect a man to go around with his heart on his sleeve. But there is just one thing, Marcia, that I do think,” and there crept into her voice the same tone of quiet finality that she remembered in that last talk with Emil, “if you cannot marry it should be broken off absolutely. He would better go away; I shall urge him to.” ’ "O, not that,” said the girl. “I will —I will see what I can do.” “And I hope you don’t think me a meddling old woman, dear child. It is just that I love you both.” That evening as ehe and her father sat alone she told him. “Why, Marcia! Why, Marcia! Poor little girl. I never thought of such- a thing. You must not do this; there is no need of it.” And with a few wise and loving words he set her feet in the straight and shining path of happiness. And while they sat in silence Louise and Emil came up the walk. “Won’t you come in,” they heard her say in her fresh, high young voice. “No, thank you,” he answered/and turned and went slowly down the walk. It was early spring now. The soft south wind was blowing. The moon shone down over his right shoulder. And all at once a shadow was walking beside his own and a hand was on his arm. “Won’t you come in?” the shadow said. - And he went in. (Copyright, .1914, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

The Days Before Elba.

One hundred years ago Paris surrendered to the allied armies of Austria, Russia and Prussia. The event ended the existence of the great empire which had been founded and sustained for 15 years by the incomparable genius and commanding will of Napoleon. The surrender of Paris, which already had been deserted by the imperial family and the court, soon was followed by the abdication of the emperor. Peace was concluded and Louis XVIII was recalled from his exile in England and restored to the “throne of his ancestors.” Napoleon was sent by the allied powers to the little Island of Elba, whence he was to escape a few months later to begin the brief and brilliant campaign that was to end in his defeat at Waterloo and his final banishment to St. Helena.

The Night Watch.

Mrs. Blinkenstein —For heaven’s sake, Isaac, what have you been doing?” Mr. Blinkenstein —Oh, Just having a little game of poker with Mose Rothbaum and Abe Winkler. Mrs. Blinkenstein —But look at your vest; it is covered with tobacco Juice. While playing poker can’t you turn your head when you spit? Mr. Blinkenstein —Not with them fellows. l i

Meant “Who Is That”

Excitable Party (at telephone)— Hello! Who is this? Who is this, I say? Man at Other End—Haven’t got time to guess riddles. Tell me yourself who vou are.— Boston Evening Transcript.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

GENERAL VILLA AND HIS GASOLINE CHARGER

General Villa, commander of the constitutionalist army in northern Mexico, has abandoned the horse for the motorcycle. He is here seen mounting his rather unromantic charger, which he rode during the operations against Torreon.

RISE AND FALL OF

Combination of Whose Members Caused Mexican Revolt. TERRAZAS AND CREEL LEAD Former Began With Small Store, Entered Politics and Accumulated Land Until He Was Worth $100,000,000 —Latter Was a Financier. New York. —The history of the “royal family” of Chihuahua reveals conditions that made a revolution necessary and at the same time furnished an almost melodramatic history of the rise of a popular Idol and his fall in the estimation of his one time worshipers until he is now execrated as a villain. Chihuahua royalty consists of the Terrazas and Creel families, their connections and descendants. Owing to in-

Enrique C. Creel.

termarriages these are practically the same in both families, but as the legitimate descendants of Luis Terrazas, founder of the dynasty, number 130 royalty is not rare. Chihuahua is the largest and wealthiest of the Mexican states, and (gie conditions here brought about by the royal family have their counterpart in the rest of the republic. * “Old Don Luis,” as he is called, was born in the city of Chihuahua in 1829, became possessed of a fortune estimated at 1100,000,000 and is now in exile, while his son Luis is a prisoner in his own house. Don Luis held a few acres less than nine millions in this state, or a territory one-third as large as New York state; cattle, horses and sheep sis numbers that not even his administrador knew with accuracy, but which can only be numbered satisfactorily by the hundred thousand; banks, mines, buildings and what not. At the death of his father Luis inherited 6,000 pesos and went into business in a small way near the public market place. The fine residence of a son, Juan Terrazas, now occupies site of the store. With a partner, Amado Porvas, he continued in business through the ’6os. Much of the success of the store, which at first was of the type called tendajon or “Cheap John,” was because of the help and shrewdness of Porvas. Porvas whsc

his former partner became great was made administrador of his affairs. In the late ’sos Terrazas went into politics and in it found his real occupation. He is said to have resembled the late Mark Hanna in his appearance and manner—He soon fiecame jefe politico, then governor, and unflattering stories are told of his manipulation of the mint, for Chihuahua then coined money. And he then began getting together the vast estate of which he was possessed. In 1866 he was the grand seigneur of the district and on March 25 with his levies drove out the sympathizers of Maximilian. This notable victory enabled President Juarez to make Chihuahua his capital and return from what almost amounted to exile on the northern frontier. He was so delighted that he immediately created Terrazas general. Among other notables who served under Terrazas in this battle was Felix Diaz. This event marks the highest point that Terrazas reached, not in wealth indeed, but in the estimation of his people. Universally popular, fairly worshiped by the people, he was one of the great men of the country, and oddly enough, was a leader of that popular party of which the Constitutionalist party which has exiled him is the descendant. After this period in 1880 commenced his association with his nephew and son-in-law, Enrique Creel, half* Mexican ‘ and hkir grifago, who in the popular estimation fs the blacker villain of the two. . Ruben Creel, father of Henry* C. Creel, or as he is better known, Enrique C„ was American consul here and remained in the country. He and Don Luis married Bisters, Pas Cuilty and Caroline Cuilty, daughters of a family prominent in this locality and now extremely wealthy. Creel’s marriage took place in 1852. The connection between the two families was further strengthened when the younger Creel married one of Terrazas’ daughters. - -In-188.4, after the stormy term of Gen. Manuel Gomez as president of the. republic, Diaz was elected constitutionally for the second time, and immediately the centralization of power and the long period of material development of Mexico began. As under the Diaz regime governors of states were practically autocrats in their country. As long as they did not displease the president it was easy for the TerrazasCreel combination to take advantage of the growth of the country. They succeeded each other as governor, and while Terrazas’ ambition in politics seems to have stopped there Creel became minister to Washington and, it was said, desired to be Diaz’s successor. But whatever were his political ambitions, they interfered not at all with the process of building up a great fortune. He is reported to have been far from rich when he married the daughter of Terrazas and what his

MAY CURE CRIPPLES

Grafting of Nerves May Accomplish This Result. London Burgeon Shows Brain Cells Can Be Given Two Separate Functions—Makes Experiments on Foreleg of Dog. London, England.—The Times reports one result of important nerve grafting experiments recently by Prof. Robert Kennedy of Glasgow, proving conclusively that a brain cell may be taught, to perform two separate functions. Ea,ch nerve communicates with a particular set of brain cells which control its activities. It was supposed that these ceUs were able to perform only the function allotted to them by nature. Doctor Kennedy made experiments on the foreleg of a dog. He severed, all the nerves connecting with the muscles below the joint and then connected all these muscles to . the group

wealth amounts to bow la a matter of conjecture merely. Chihuahua has never been property surveyed unless the German engineers working tor Terrazas surveyed it in its entirety. In fact theTe are still large areas where it is highly probable that no man with the possible exception of some Indian band has been since the Spanish conquest This fact together with the law that there must be definite titles to land, facilitated one means of getting land. In some cases haciendas were bought and the contiguous lands claimed under the title deed. The possessors of these lands had small chance to prove their claims in court against the accurate surveys of the members of the royal family. Or an even simpler process was to fence in lands and lay claim to them. Here again the abler lawyers and actual survey were convincing in court even had the judiciary been uninfluenced, and whatever the facts of the matter were, the people believe so Btrongly that the. courts were not impartial that many of the legal profession have thought it safer to leave the country for the present. There are also many stories of threats and violence used to remove the possessors from desirable pieces of land, but these are impossible to substantiate satisfactorily at present At one time a law, perfectly reasonable on its face, was passed that all titles to land must be registered publicly within a definite time. Land to which the title was not registered became available for public entry. As was to be expected, many of the peon proprietors neglected to do this or never heard of the necessity, and those in authority were in the best position to take advantage of their omissions. The real downfall of Luis Terrazas and his family came in the latter part of 1913, when the present revolution began to gain strength. Gen. Pancho Villa is the worst foe of royalty in Chihuahua. When the present rebels occupied Chihuahua they Beized the Terrazas and their properties and Villa

Luis Terrazas, Jr.

announced that he would restore the land to the peons. Gen. Luis Terrazas fled to El Paso with other prominent citizens of Chihuahua. Villa seized Luis Terrazas, Jr., and held him prisoner in Chihuahua, demanding $500,000 ransom. He threatened to kill the son of the old general if the money wasn’t paid. With his estate confiscated, Gen. Luis Terrazas didn’t have money enough to meet Villa’s demand. Even with the aid of friends he found it impossible to scrape together enough of his former $100,000,000 to free his son.

He appealed to the United States state department and Secretary Bryan took a hand. He forced Villa to spare Luis Terrazas, Jr., and Bryan’s appeal to Carranza got the prisoner his freedom. But “freedom” only means that he can stay in Chihuahua* under guard. Villa has killed many of the Terrazas family agents and relatives. General Terrazas’ lawyer Was shot to death after he paid $16,000 for his freedom. Gen. Luis Terrazas, now more than four-score, announced recently that he would start a ranch in Texas and try*to regain his lost fortune.

of nerves controlling flexion or bending. The dog was for some time unable to direct or co-ordinate its movements. Gradually, however, about the ninetythird day, this power returned and was regained completely by the one hundred and twenty-third day. The possible applications of the discovery are wide. For example, the nerves of a withered or useless limb, the function of which has been lost because of some injury to or disease of the brain, if connected to the nerve trunk leading to a healthy part of that organ might again receive and convey stimuli. In that case the degenerated and flabby muscles would again regain power and the infirmity would b& cured. *

Man 107 Weds Woman 97.

New Orleans. —Morceline Brady, one hundred and seven, married Willis West, ninety-seven. Both are negroes and were slaves when their romance began 76 years ago.

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His Business.

“That man is a denizen of the underworld.” “I’m sure he doesn’t look like such a character.” “His character’s got nothing to do with it. He’s a miner.”

ECZEMA ON BACK AND CHEST

Pierson, N. Dakota. —“The eczema started on my scalp. It finally went on to the back of my neck, then on to my hack, arms and chest. It broke out in pimples first and then seemed to run together in some places, making a sore about the size of a dime. At times the itching and burning were bo intense that it seemed unbearable. The more I scratched it the worse it became, and there would be a slight discharge from it, especially on my scalp, so as to make my hair matted and sticky close to the scalp. The hair was dry, lifeless and thin. My hair was falling so terribly that I had begun to despair of ever finding relief. My clothing irritated the eruption on my back. The affected parts were almost a solid scab. “I had been bothered with eczema for about a year and a half. Then I began using the Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I used them dally for two months and I was cured.” (Signed) Miss Mildred Dennis, Apr. 30, 1913. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address postcard “Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.” —Adv.

Extra Special.

Guest (in New York restaurant) — What’s good today, Henry? Walter —You ought to try the Cave Cuddle, sir. It’s got the Hesitation positively stopped!—Puck.

His Specialty.

“Did you hear about Muggins taking up settlement work?” “Yes; he usually works his creditors for 50 cents on the dollar.” —Town Topics.

HOW DO YOU GET UP?

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Her Way.

“How does she manage to keep her complexion so fresh?" “She keeps it In airtight Jars.”

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