El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1896-12-31
CURRENT CONF ENT.


labor unions.
Next year is the centennial of the
silk hat, which first came into use in
Paris in 1897.
Three thousand men were employed
in New York the other day IN cleaning
the snow off the streets.
President Faure has been decorated
with the order of the Chrysanthemum
by the mikado of Japan.
Illinois spends at least 1000, 900 q
year in Furnishing criminals. 1t spends
scarcely anything for their reform.
A Belfast (Me.) judge has ruled that
throwing dice for cigars is not gambl-
ing, but shaking them for money is.
Mexico claims a population of TO-
600, coo. 9 500, 600 of whom sleep on the
ground and 500, 600 live in comfort and
luxury.
A proposal to tax foreign commercial
travellers to the tune of $1,000 has been
defeated by the municipal council of
Rio de Janeiro.
The Canadian government is consid-
ering the ACCESSIBILITY of deepening the
st. Lawrence and the canals from
Montreal to lake Erie.
A north sea codfsher carries a set of
line 72a0 fathoms in length and having
The amazing number of 1850 hooks,
each one of which must be baited.
A California man is attracting atten-
ton from his ability to sleep staudin g
up. The case is considered remark alb e
owing to the fact that he is not police
man.
American apples are having a great
run in England. One firm reports
selling in a single day 5000 barrels.
The United States will this year rex
port to Europe, it is estimated, 10000
900 barrels.
The present car cultivates his tenor
voice when be has time. His father
played the trombone and his grand
father whistled when he was not &C.
cupied in the pleasant occupation of
deporting nihilists.
The first seven chapters OF the new
charter of Greater" New York are
ready for publication. There is an air
of ito be continued in our next about
the announcement, which the residents
of Brooklyn might have been spared.
A bill posting machine, which sticks
bills on walls, even so high as 80 feet,
without the use of ladder or pastpot.
is said to be doing useful work in
Europe.
Il is proposed to place tablets on the
former sites of the worlds fair build
ings at Chicago. There is See that
my grave is kept green" air about the
whole affair.
The state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, has
imposed tax of 8 cents per area ilC0
square meterS) on all lands planted in
coffee, and . ceutS per area on all
lands planted in tobacco.
Mayor Swift, of Chicago. vetoed the
four cent street car fare ordinance
recently passed by the board of alder
men, on the ground that it violated
what amounted 10 contract with
the companies, and besides there was
40 public demand for cheaper street
car fares.
The Brazilian congress has declined
to vote 81 600, 900 for IA exhi bit at the
Paris exposition. The RIO News, in
commenting on the fact, says that
the money can be used to better ad-
vantage in paying debts aud otherwise
improving the financial condition of the
country"
Ii Hung Chang's foreign visitors
since his return TO China noticed a
dress. He has lost much OF his old
brusqueness. The Old gentleman con
5tantly uses walking stick of General
Grants, presented to him by Colonel
Fred Grant, in New York.
Sarah Bernhardt, in enumerating her
claims to fame, puts much emphasis on
the assertion that five moths ago she
refused an offer of ! 200 900 francs for a
short series of performances in Germa-
ny. She does not attempt the impossible
task of explaining what merit there
was in this.
The governing O. ~1ittee of the New
Y ork Stock EXcha%, in consequence
of the disputed transaction in United
States government bonds between d
board member and a clerk on Monday,
decided yesterday that on and after
Jan l, no person except mem bers or
partners in Stock Exchange houses
shall be allowed to stand at the rail.
An order issued by the secretary of
war, rOhibtting the use by employees
of the department OF calendars, pam
phlets, or books containing advertise
ments, went into effect on Tuesday.
This order will necessitate the abau-
donment of many official guides of
various sorts that have been found of
much convenience in the past, and the
clerks are wondering why the command
was given.
The attempt to transplant Pacific
coast salmon to the rivers on the At
lantic seaboard has not proved success
full. There is no adequate explanation
OF the failure. Immense quantities of
eggs were Matched out beautifully, and
the young fry grew rapidly and were
observed to go down in vast numbers
to the sea. But what afterward be-
came of them is mystery.
Blood Is Life and upon the purity
and vitality of the blood depends the
health of the whole system. Exper-
fence proves Hoods Sarsaparilla to be
the best blood purifier.