El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-19

said the HERALD'S art st this morning;
aud the manager straig ht-aWay oroeFeu
another ton of coal.
"What are YOU going to do about the
cut in the price of eggs sad one hen
to another, "Oh. | shant set" sad the
other. Il can t afford to raise family
on such cuts in prices
Have you not mistaken the pew
sir?" blandly said a Sunday Cnester-
field to a stranger, as he entered 1t.
81 beg pardon replied the Intruder,
rising to go out, Il fear [ have-l took
it for Christians y
The woman's suffrage question grows
apace and the advocates OF the rights
of woman to cast q ballot are stronger
in their arguments than ever before.
Il ght here in e. Pa-o there is strong
under current in that direction ana the
believers in that doctrine e pot Only
females, but there are many male sup
pOrterS of the cause. The matter Is
often made light of by the men, but
when the question is argued with iady
who has given 1t study they bring OUT
some strong facts in its favor. NOT
long since the question was sprung In
gathering of both sexes, and as the ar
gument pro and con grew mere heaIeu
one lady spoke up and said: Il 90 noI
see why it is that men think that the
women are not capable of casting an IN
telligent vote, when the same men at
election times. will 90 among the most
illiterate of MeXicanS and seek their
votes" The men on the other hand
argue that the women are TOO StrOng III
their prejudices to make goo1 voters,
and would not look to the good OF the
governme Mt. Tue question is one that
an be argued both ways, but It looks
l. ke a long time b fore women Will be
allowed to vote in Texas.
lone of the engine horses is laid up,"
said Chief Connors thi- morning, ard
| am using the extra fire morse, bad-
ger. in his place. rms engine morse
has stood so long on the hard floor that
mis- hoofs have become hard and the
tendons of his legs drawn, as though
ne had the rheumatism. ~ horse can
stand on a hard floor for six months
wit out injury, but when 1t comes to
standing day in and day out for years,
ne cannot stand it. The council has
given the department PERMISSION TO
Guild corral so that the ire horses
can have some place Tor exercise ana d
place to roll in When the corral is
finished the horses will be turned in
every day, and [ think they will do bet
ter for the change. BeS deS this, L
propose to have the floor cut away In
the stalls, and pu1 in dirt H0or with
.inders at the bottom and sand on top
This. [ think, will keep the horses
noofs sosJ and in good condition. Ii
he horses are kept standing in the
stalls with hard floor much longer
they will ali be LAID up and unfit for
) rvice."
"Tbere is not much talk about who
will be the candidate for mayor in the
coming municipal election" said ID
citizen this morning. "trom what L
IAN hear there seems TO be desire to
get good business man, irrespective
# bolItical parties. and run him, but
so far no one in particular that could
com bine the people has been mentloI-
I'd. There is d certain click IN town
hat are always taking advantage I t
Just such conditions, however. to folst
ON the peop.e candidate who Will
work. out their little schemes and
knock out the bang Il the treasury
| oar el so y can al ways reach IN ana
nelp themselves. when taeir own bank
account runs short. | have heard II
reported that few of the select have
already put their h lads together for
III u purposes, pub L = III Al III I S''h-
vinced that before they can accom- pills b
such a scheme they viii have to go
down in their pockets and dig up
and they will nave to dig deep and
o ten before the polls close on the city
election n April. Their schemes are
being watched closely and the watch
will be kept up until the polls close. "
Speaking of the rambu1ctiousness of
northern eXcurSIonisuS in this country,
al Id mer reca Is to mind: Nv hen
excursions first began to come down
here. the peOp e over the river were
very glad to see them, and the OLD
church was kept open for their free
and unlimited inspection, But tue
tourists got TO running over everything
there. They would jump over the
altar rail and make no hesitation at all
about gra bbing Things from the altar
and carving them off for souvenirs,
Just as though the MeXlcans had no
rights that northern exc .rsionists We're
bound to respect. Moreover, eXcur-
sionists would gallOp up the stairs to
the choir loft ard pound away on tn
organ TO their hearts delight, to say
nothing of singing and making
general V as much noise as they
could, just as though they were
all out on ID huski bee in barn.
This f,raging and ransacking bust
NJ SIS was carried to such an extent
that the Mrxicans shut up their church
and for II long time no foreigner could
gaiu entrance outside of service hours
when of course good behavior was i'm
perative. The church has been opeG-
ed again now for some little time, but
the premises are closely watched, and
when IL bunch of eXcursioniSts show up,
half dozen Mexican attendants show
up so, and the visitors are CLOSELY
Somehow some Americans
do not sem to know how to behave |
when in foreign country. |
They get the idea that they own the
whole ranch, and that they can whoOp, |
romp, grab. ravage, and raise thunder |
generally just AS they"goll darn please"
aud no body can say boo! to them.
Then when they are called down.
they are highly indignant and think |
they have been mis- ued,
Commercial Agent Hunt, of the
Southern Pacific, has succeeded in in
1urirJ his ppoDlp To MAKE n rate of one |