El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-01

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A Politicians Dream.
Lives o grea men of remind us
We may yet be shiniug lamps,
And departing, leave b hind US
Other heads for postage stamps
Other bridges DER the rivers,
Other arches high in air,
Other markets in the city,
Other statues in the square.
Other hatchest trees and stories
Bearing morals sure to faZe,
And-the dream of glorfes-
Other leg al holidays.
Wonder if there are going to be any
DIR Jerkyie, and M. Hyd $, in The
coming C tv elertiOu.' sol To-
gu z a pc ittcian this morning. Il
am fearful OF double dealing in these
rumors that have ben going around
about trades has made me skepCiral a d
| cont know where J am at. | have
been promised a certain job if the dem
ncra win Gin the ty election and L
have hea' d III 1t a repub lean has be n
promised the same job If the democrats
win. ard don't know where l an a.
[ ha.e iufuen e w tn large nun Der
of railroad voters, but | am actually
afraid to cast them rs [ intended for
f "a of j b. Politics has got TO that
point in Ell 2aso wnen a man don t
know what he's going 10 get when he
votes even on the winning side.
Scene. parlor, a. M, Angelina
"Harod you may kiss me now"
Harold-'Why, [ have just kissed you
fifly-siX times
Angelina sharply Harold you love
anOtner:"
There is one thing in which FL PasO
is benin her sisie cities IN the west.
Ell Paso bas 10 S ovation Army sa u
trav eler III is mo- ming. Now why Is
this thus. It's not b cause there is no
material he II ORR on, cause there
is pie Y f mat rial 10 Il | 'he d tfereut
branches of Ell Pa,u'e cial make up.
Now | have no spec al ella ms on tie
"hu ch or christi anily, but am cerrain
tuat to some extent the Sal alton Army
does gooI to humaui Y. Tue o"ga IL
ii n not d stylish one. but is c mpos-
ed Of people VINO KIN Nv the world AM
al the bad there is in it. Tney know
where wrong begins and wnst
its eudinr will be. Their eXhOrte RS
may not always be correct in taelr
bible quota iOuS, but experience has
.ugnt HIN what is right and what is
wrong to humanity, d it is from ex-
hort tons from human star d point at
tt pI eseut dat that they Go tie most
good. AMI it is from this cause that the
Sa Walton army has the following it
now has. Many boy, or girl for that
matter, that is slO"ly, bus surely DRIFT
ing astrav are checked in tt cir down
ward CA eer by hearing words sooken
by a Salvat on Army rXhOrJer t at goes
home in their own ,se and tuSeS them
to stop aud Thick. 1t j. e li9tie hings
of | f. that leads h youth of b tn sex
a<r1y. Th MS that Il e looked GA as
harmless mogehillS at first son gro
t, be great mountains of wee and
wrong. Most of she S AVIATION Army Is
composed of people who have passed
through the flame and have been
SEQ cned aud for his reason they are
TT able 70 point out the folli 5 aid
frivo tiles of this worlJ, than some one
who has lever experienced
scorching."
This is Cali Fools Day." but it has
not been celeora d to any great eX-
tent. People are nov gettir 9 'op busy
talking politics to look after other mat
tiers.
The origin of All Fools Day is said
to have been in France by some his
torians. others claim that 1t i Celtic
re ic. or a II ndO0 custom. III the Mid
die Ages 1t w.S assumed that the fools
errsnd was a take-O off OF the sending
hither and tnitner of Christ from An
mas to Calsphas, from the Roman gov
ernor to H rod.
Perhap-. however. the best eXplana
ing statement from Ere rch chronicle:
1T hal b zen III custom in France
for cen IL les to make certain presents
to mag str t s, land ers, high Off
cial Is and other persons in ant GRITTY on
tt Fl ST day of the year. that day then
falling on the first cay of Ap~Il But
W hen G aries IN accep'ed tne Jul an
Calender for his kingdom, IN accord
ance with its stipu afIons New 1etr 5
festivities were shifted from April lst
TO January 1t.
"When on January LIST, the lords and
gentl mn prepared TO reap their har- !
vest of good tn n2S. the vassalS for once ,
refus ID t. 'disgOrge.' claiming that ac- !
cord ny 70 ancient usage their 9 ITS
wee rot due unit three months later. |
The9 were sustained in t1ls BY decis- !
OnS of the court nj royal master. On |
the first dav Of April the feudal lords |
y y
'Orn m gaz mes, therein to store the |
New Years gifts of their vassals. But |
10 vaSsal Is came.
80 they sent their bailiff5 after
hem, reinfo ced by warrants and other |
cgal documents The officials. how
ever. were received rather disrespect
ully by the tenants and fiefbOiders,
who had armed themselves with an
'ther judicial decision, setting forth
that inasmurh as the first Of April was
lot the first day of, the year, the lords
,ould not lawfully collect the New
Re RS gifts laid o be due"
This was the tir-t successful strike Of
-assals against landlord, though not
h. frs fools errand on record. The
lt1rdture of the MIDI Ages AMI the
'eriod of the Renass snce is b imful of
pecimens of quaint April fooleries.
LAS to the article in the Times this
morning siene Il Benthere" l would
ike to : " tnat the party who wrote it
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