El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-18

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Pick ing the Winner.
Three maids So fair! How can L choosef To
which one give my hea ,ras. ,u eating
Such jolly girls, my reason whirls-rm a.
And On their shining bicycles they ride right
For Kate in Knickers is SO sweet. and Bess in
My heart is soreIy pull ed and rent to choose
between the two; u,.,,e e. will re-
Both bioomered Ress, and knickered Kate
for petticoated Jane
And vet. by all that's chivalrous. that heart
That yields its quick allegiance at petit
Though sober skirts are we'll enough where
And knickerbockers make girl look like an
As K athieen mounts her wheel to ride. my
tickle fancy turns With .d-
miration burns
Ny love flows, like a mighty wave upon the
Past bioomered Bess to knickered Kate, not
petticoated Jane.
Alas, how Can tell its Call me foolish If you
Ny o5 fsnsV ssl Par must no" indi'e another
For Bess In bloomer costume is so uncon-
That am sure my only love this charming
So sweet is she that any man would surely be
Who didn't show affection for this blooming
If anv one can bind my heart with loves
firm golden chain,
IT'S bloomered Bess. not knickered Kate
nor petticoated Jane.
So pity me. I'm all at sea- AS they go riding
My puzzled heart with many smart for
century n G rum U With any one Of them my fate
For nothing aids Dan Cupid like companion
But as al three are bound to be for ever at
I'll have % buy tandem i'll wish to win a
Or else my heart | needs must share and
With s Sioom ae Bess ana knickered Kate.
and petticoated Jane.
The citv council has annulled the
fire limits and will allow the Mexicans
to build stick or board houses south OF
Sixth street. That part of town should
be called on the styx.
Bob FitzsimmOns does not have
much of an OPINION on parsons light
ing qualities. If in his rambles he mao
met Parson Potter, the fig htlng Metho-
dist preacher, he would think differeat t.
News comes in confirming the death
of Francis Schlatter in the Pledra=
Verde canyon, near COlOnla Juar. z
the Mormon settlement in Mexico.
Schlatter was not 'cruclfied on a cross
of gold," but died of Starvation.
Ell Paso is in quandary over the
dam question. The peop.e will proc
ably keep up the row ana get neither.
where both would be acceptable.
This is the evening when there will
be free music in the park AM the chil
dren will roll on the grass aud soil
their clothes. and the dudes and the
turtle doves will bill and COO under the
china trees. Keep your weather eye
on the Washers.
A couple of drunken Mexicans from
old Fort Bliss got into u row last even
ing at the head of LEON street and de-
clded to SETTLE their differences with
rocks. After several wild throws one
of the fellows at last succeeded in
putting a rock close up to the temple
of his antagonist and the latter fell to
the ground covered with blood. The
police caught The wounded man aud
took him to the station, but the other
fellow made tracAs for old Fort Bliss
aud hid himself away amongst the
numerous nations guests who are lOcat
ed up there, where he Can peacefully
sleep off his drunk and feed at toe
public crib.
Mayor Magof1in has announced him
self ss being in iavUr of stopping the
new channel that has cut across the
so Itnwester part of town. A demc.
crat only take s to water as q last re
sort.
Alderman Scott has been appointed
| u smelling committee to See if there
are any gas leaks in the pipes at The
| city hall.
In some cases it takes q terrible lo
of evidence TO convince q recorder Of
some mems guilt.
After many months the grand jury
has found Indictments against tnres
Mexicans for numbering SHORTY An
derson. Stlll there are people who viii
insist that there is no evidence tina
Shorty Anderson ia dead.
| There is no good reason why every
body who leave their horse united or
| the streets should not b arrested JUS,
as those who ride bike without ligh
at night. Botn ordinances were intena
ed to protect people from injury within
the city limits AMI there is more dan
ger from being injured by runaway
horse than there is from being rur
over by a bicycle. Horses hltched &c
wagons, carts, buggi.s and every kine
of vehicle are left unhitched on the
streets every day and if the police d.
not see them il is because they dOn'1
want to see them. The night men car
see the blind bike: It the day men
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