El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-12

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And men moved on and gave no heed
To life or death-and this is Crede.
Slsn:ing Annie, Gam bier Joe.
And Missouri Bob are sleeping
there.
But slippery, sly cd Clio,
Who seems to shun the golden stair,
Has turued his time to lOftier tricks
He's doing Denver politics.
-Cy. Warman.
The postmaster at Albuquerque re-
ceived letter from Pueblo, asking:
do you know of any railroad now in
operation between your town and Ell
PasO, Texas? The ignorance of Colo
RADIO people is terrible. New Mexico
ought to make an effort to send a few
missionaries up to them.-Albuqu erque
Democrat.
Jack Everhart, the we'll known light
weight pugilist, passed through the
city last evening en- route to his home
in New Orleans. Jack had been to
San Francisco where he had twenty
round battle with Kelly. Everh art
has been continually on the go since
he was here one year and a half ago.
He has had many fights in which he
mixed things pretty lively with such
men as Livigne, Critic, Ziegler and
many other stars in the light weight
/ class. Jack stands right in line for
the light weight championship.and wi
probable reach that point in the mex,
| year and half.
Outer Place was lately engaged to
Miss Fortune, but after late bicycle
ride a GOODNESS of the icycle class
sprang up between the two and since
then they have not spoken. Place
could stand the stra no longer so this
morninghe walked intosthe Office with
cloud burst looking face and handed
| in the following piece of poetry which
he insisted should be published for
Miss Fortunes benefit:
If you loose the girl you're after
There are others:
If you miss your sweetheart's laughter
| There are other:
If.yOu're duped by liars rare,
Who do ali but what is fair,
Don't sucumh to foul dispair,
There are others.
/ If your friends desert or mock you,
There are others:
| If your best girl flirt or sacks you,
There are others;
You are not the only jay
That's been treated in that way,
Just look at her and gaily say,
There are others.
A Georgia farmer employed the poet
of the village to write some obituary
verses on the deaht of his brother. He
gave the poet all the points at his COM
mand, and the letter began as follows:
He lived this life of pain an strife,
Paid all that he did owe
And said one day, Il JEST can't stay:
reckon L must CO."
"Tbat's Jest what he did say,'' COM
mented the farmer: ''go on"
Upon the skies he sot his eyes
The Christian brave and bold;
An then he took the heavenly prize
A crown an harp of gold"
stop right thar, john" exclaimed
the old man: stop right thar, an
change that. He wuz fer silver to Their
last
The board of directors of the fire
department met last night and acted
on cOnsiG cradle routine business.
Among other things vote of thanks
WAS tenCered L. II. Springer for pre-
senting to the department several neat
at and coat RACKS which have already
been put up anu are now in use. A
motion was also carried that the city
council be petitioned to. turn the extra
fire horse Frank" over to the Hook
and Ladder company, the latter COM
pany agreeing to keep the horse on
the pension list free from cost to III 9
city. The horse has always done go d
service and been the pet of the depart
ment and the Hook and LADDER COM
pany does not want to see him sold or
abused, but want him kept in gOOj
condition. Frank is now out in pas
ture and has throat trouble which
incapacitates him from work, still he
is willing 10 work and it is believed
that if he were started on a run to a
fire he would drop dead before he gave