El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-19
Let There be Music.

ASo ohO SIilloi Cl pltbJ eehA SUA'oA 80
the green;
Call the people out to view the glad,
some scene
Let the band play Annie Rooney
And the young folks spoony, spoony,
When the nights are clear and
mOony.
Don't be mean.
Come, cough up your little dollar. Don't
We must have il or we cannot have
the show.
To ! ear the futile of the flute
And the comets tuneful toot
Every musical galoot
Must give dough.
If your heart is touched with sorrow by
And you cannot give nickel, give
dime;
If you haven't got it, get il.
And you never will regret it,
For these concerts you can bet it,
Are sublime.
Now, the object of this poem Ito be fair)
Is to interest the people everywhere;
Though the poem doesn't show it,
1t is well to let you know it,
It's concerning open concerts
In the air.
Lately an ad was sent to the HERALD
Office which read: 'Three room well
furnished yard and cellar
It is "nigh on to- the proper time Of
the year for the open air concerts in
the park, but so flr no money has been
ra sed to pay the fiddler.
It is stated that the falling off in the
demand for cigars in the United States
last year amounted to 100000, and
this loss is largely credited to cycling.
Il never keep a thermometer" said
Mr.. Gurgleton. Its enough for me
to know that | am hot or cold; | doa't
care for the narrowing Details
This is an off year for elections aud
the city and county officials can afford
to sit idly by and let the high water
wash out the property of the voters
in the second ward and East Ell Paso.
The proposition of the Southern Pa
citic company to pay one-half the eX-
penses of building dyke from the
Stan ton street bridge east, if the city
and county would stand the other half
of the expenses, has gone glimmer-
ing. The railroad people have found
way around without helping the city
aud county out of the quagmire.
Petty thieves seem to have it in for
Britton Davis. Last night Officer
Smith chased chicken thief out on
Magotfin avenue and when the thief
passed Davis place he dumped a sack
OF chickens in his yard. Smith caught
the thief and one rooster.
The growth of the bicycle industry
in the United States is simply am arvel.
In 1890 the number of bicycle factories
in the United Sta,es NUN bercd only
about seventeen. while they now num-
Der upwards of 700, with an output Of
l, 800, COO wheels every year. of which
some % or 30 per cent are export ed.
The Australian base ball team that
was to have been here have failed to
Just where the KangaroOs
got stuck no one seems to know.
The following poem is taken from
the Chicago Record, but is very APP
proprlately applied 10 local condit ons:
I come from thawing mountain peaks,
l make sudden sally,
Down where my tributary creeks
Have overlooked the valley.
cut "A channel through the crops,
With tiercely flowing current
And neither bank nor Ievec stops
My onward rushing torrent
undermine the earthen dixie;
L wreck, destroy and pillage,
And swing across a bend and strike
Slam-bang right through a village.
roar and thunder on my way
To join the brimming ocean;
For men may dig and dam and pray
But cannot check my motion.
The swine and kline gaily drown,
Or drive to distant ridges;
wboop along and food the town,
And ruin fifty bridges.
The farmer seeks the tallest tree,
And while | sing and carol,
His wife goes rushing toward the
Tight clinging to barrsl.
And houses, churches, household ware,
And cJrpses, hen coops. fences
hurry to the southwark, where
The great gulf stream commences.
roar and thunder on my way
To iOin the brimming ocean;
for men may dig and dam and pray,
But cannot check my motion.
The famous ST Perkins orch estIa
will render the fol- owing progrs III dur
n the performance the play / y that
lame on ard tonight and tomorrow
Lovers of high grade music
mould not fail to be there early and
near the entire program:
a TRIP TO CONEY ISLAND Synopsis
hush to the boat. ''Ail aboard"
W hlstle. Life on the ocean wave
Italian band playing on the steamer
Appearance of jubilee singers. "AIl
Ishore y Whistle. C4r0usals Pass
ng free-and-easy. Ejecting an un-
pleasant customer. Appearance of
yerman band. Entering West Rrirh-