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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-22

d4, and the old settlers with a pig
/ ca l. dHcS5 character ir. If time
"he1 land was wo h no hing, and in
du>try brought a premium. requ red
thai -treeJ liaes >hOul confirm 10 the L
bru> h fences, and This accoun for nom
re -ularity of It ee on the e rly map.
SeveI al surveys were ne -ess trv until
all par les We're finally sirisied that
thev were geft ny fair deal. On the
Orisinel Mills map. the boundary of
improvements were n-icated by dotted
lin :. h. o u Alan d 1. rum ng to the
mo her town of Ell Paso del NOrte.
VIII San Francisco. San Antonio ana
St. l. ui- streets. We're the old mail
roads le ding 10 those points. and the
res of tha country acronmo6 atad its If
to tn eX 5 ing est, bli-h d facts The
n tmes of the or gintl lot holders were
writ on the map.
Associated with w. T. Smith as
town prOrrfetOrS vera judge Josiah +.
Crosby. John :. Gillett md Henry S
Gtl-tt. then lie d ne mercha"ts here
u der the firm of Il. >. ami ]. 5 Gillett.
mercantile finn Of VIM b II hman &
Co., and William J Morton. lawyer
and prot ge Of judge Grossly. H. ).
and j. $. Gillett owned half Interest.
and the others each one fourth
interest.
Smith israputed to have been a widow
er with no children, He was Of a convi-
vial nature and in 1860 he with party
OF gentlemen who had been to a frclic
at San Igr acio. wee upset il the stage
al san EliZtriO. and he suffered spiral
in uries r IN which h djcd during ths.
night, Mr.. Morton was a sspcnsrlv
gentleman: he died duSisffe war.
Mr.; st. Nrain digJ~N the seventies.
ana and Is :, " wldo|~Tmelia later married
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-22

.d venturOus oldier- lured by the pres
poets of fortune. a some by the sweet
smiles of the d4r6 eyed senOri,as re-
mined: and with the Anv o-Saxon in
fu len, came q restless &C wi Y in COM
N rec that soon brOus ht tie llage
into regular communication with the
is de world.
This city was called in the early
days Franklin. by viii h official title it
was de5ignateh IN pot Off &C depart
uent, and which nan { it. received from
Benjamin Frank lin Coons o. Kuhns.
member of a wealthy Missouri family.
and who is perhaps stu wing in Car
ondelet, suburban part of St. Louis J
Mr.. Cooos bough the Ponce farm pay
for il iu trade freight outfit val !
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-22
between the Nueces and Rio Grande

between the Nueces and Rio Grande
rivers, and the governor appointed
Joel L Ankrim and josiah f. Crosby
to he respectively, judge and attorney
for the district. Although this was u
Wild country, and Mr.. Crosby had only
reached m jority, vet with that settled
determin alton that is characteristic of
him, he accepted the trust and ably
filled it. As be was going so far from
home, he MARI ed and brought his wife
with him. arriving here in May 1852,
aud the two are still honored residents
of our city. Their old homestead is the
adobe building near the Piersou, now
occupied by Cinnamon, and in this
was born their son William, who is
sa d to be the first Amer. can child born
in Ell PaS).
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-22

pot now called Juarez, which became
i-fatura or chief city of this section.
\ Go very early day a penal colony was
founded at San + IL .rin, ard fort or
re-idio was established. Pu b o, were
It ,rted in perhaps d"z n places on
bnth banks of the river. the mcsG prom
"ant Of which on the T-Xts bank were
the TWINS Of San Fl carlo, Socorro,
Y-leta and CInecu, whose people r.
lived a royal grant or patenI for their
la"ds as early as the middle of the last
century.
The crltivable valley on the north
bank of the river, where row stands
the present city Of E. Paso was almost
nothing a. tn ea~ly part of the CEN
tury. Indeed the river seems to have
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-22
THE WEEKLY HERALD.

THE WEEKLY HERALD.
A large eight page paper giving the
local events Of the week, published
every Saturday. just the paper to
send friends for information regard
ing FL Faso. Price So. 90 per year
six months ST. CO.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08
EngIishmen SURPRISED.

The shipment of steel rails to England
has given the British mind an unpleasant
surprise Englishmen were under the i'm
preston that they could not only make
steel rails at less cost than this country,
but that they would always control the
steel rail market of the world. The ship
ment of thousands of tons of steel rails
to England is regarded by English steel
rail manufacturers as alarming. They
have awakened to the fact that they are
in danger of losing their own market.
The British manufacturers console them
selves with the belief that the present
price of steel rails in our market is due
wholly to the depressed condition of trade
in this country, and that when trade con-
ditions improve the price of steel rails
will advance so much that they cannot
be exported at profit. BY harboring that
belief they are preparing themselves for
a great disappointment. If steel rails can
be shipped to England now at a profit
it will be possible to ship them at a profit
next year and each succeeding year there
after. In this country there are mex
haustible supplies of raw material and
the best plants in the world for manufac-
turing it. While it is true that higher
wages are paid in this country, it is also
true that other conditions exist which
more than compensate for the higher
wages.
The steel rail manufacturers of the
United States propose to manufacture
steel rails for the world They can sup
ply the home demand and still meet the
demand of foreign markets. If the Eng
lish manufacturers think that when trade
conditions improve in this country no
more steel rails will be sent TO England
they are mistaken.
Many kinds of American manufacturers
are finding a market in England.
American cutlery is pushing English cut
lery out of the English market, and a
few days ago an Ohio shoe factory re-
ceived an order from England for 42OO0
pairs of shoes. So much superior TO Eng
| lish shoe factories are those of the United
States that the hides of cattle shipped to
! England are sent back TO this country,
tanned and made into shoes and the shoes
sold in the English market. Free trade
| in hides enables American shoe manufac-
| turers to control the shoe market of the
/ world
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08
LiftIe Rnfh,s onestinn

Washington society is perpetual, says
the Philadelphia Record. Every four
years new coterie of women comes to
the front here through their husbands
political prominence.
The women of this coming administra-
ton are interesting; not more so, per-
haps, to those who live away than che
women of other administrations. The
pretty stories that have been told about
Ruth, Esther and Marion will now nave
to be aged somewhat and tackled onto
the older women, for President McKin-
ley's administration can claim no chill
dren, and it may be pardonable to toll
a story of these children. 1t was in the
breakfast room Of the white house and
Mrs. Cleveland was sitting with her
babies. I'VE will have to leave this nice
home before long, children" she said.
"Why, mamma?" asked Ruth.
Because papa will no longer be Presi-
dent, dear"
But he'll be my papa, won't he?'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08

There is more dissatisfaction in Kansas
than in any other state in the union. and
much of the dissa tisfaction is said to be
due to a scarcity of money. But is there
a scarcity of money? Is there not rather
a scarcity of products with which TO get
money, or Of the kind of products. which
return a fair profit? It is said that the
creameries which have been established in
many of the counties yield good returns.
There is always a market for good butter.
Why do not more of the people Of Kan
sas give their attention to butter making
rather than to growing corn? There is no
profit in corn at % cents a bushel and very
little in hogs at present prices of pork
and lard.
But the cry that there is a lack of cur
rency in Kansas does not appear to be
wen founded. There are more banks and
banking institutions in the state than the
people can support. The last report of
the state bank commissioner shows that
the state has sos banks, having a capital
of S17, ~, 202 and deposits of S31, 115657. The
report also shows that the aggregate loans
and discounts are $31,951.S21. The popula-
ton is ], 10000, and the amount loaned is
SO. 40 per capita. The report of the con-
troller of the currency shows that in Oc-
tober 1885, over so per cent. of the capital
and deposits of the national banks of the
country was loaned, yet we find from the
report of the bank commissioner of Kan
sas that in 1896, only GA per cent. of the
capital and deposits of the banks of that
state was loaned Clearly Kansas is not
in need of more currency.
But it may be said the scarcity of cur
rency exists in the sparsely settled coun-
ties. The bank commissioner makes it
clear that such is not the case. Only eight
counties are without banks, and these
counties haven't 5000 population. No one
of them could support bank. There are
counties having less than 1000 inhabitants
which have two or three banks. From
this showing Kansas is not suffering from
lack of currency.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08
ERSONAL.

Claus Spreckles is building a 100000
house in San Francisco. In it there will
be six bath rooms that will cost $4,000,
no two of which will be alike.
The London committee having in
charge the memorial to Robert Louis Ste
venson has decided to raise the sum of
$4,000 with which to erect a statue of the
author.
in connection with the Beethoven cele-
bration it is Interesting to recall Wag-
ner's confession of faith. Just before his
death he said; Il believe in God, Mozart
and Beethoven, and also their disciples and
apostles. 1 believe that art proceeds from
God, and lives in the hearts of all enlight-
ened men,"
Six women in Europe who wear crowns
are smokers. From thirty to forty cigar
cites a day are the allowance of the en-
press of Austria; the dowager czarina
smokes a good deal but only in her private
apartments, for her daughter-in-law, the
young czarina, is very much opposed to la
dies smoking; Carmen Sylvia" the queen
of Roumania, the queen regent of Spain,
the queen of italy and Queen Amelie of
Portugal are the other royal smokers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08
BRIGHT BITS.

Mrs. Homer-"Is your husband off on
the road to-day?" Mrs. Traveler-"I
shouldn't wonder a bit He went out on
his bicycle this morning. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
in Boston.-"We enjoyed our visit
to the coal mine very much, mamma. We
went down 800 feet in the elevator In
the depressor, you mean, Janet. "-Chica-
so Tribune
-Yeast-tDo you believe that story
about Samson losing his strength by hav-
ing his hair cut?" Crimsonbealx-"Cer-
tainly 1 do; the BARRIERS have many time
made me feel tired talking to me."-Yon-
kers Statesman.
Her Justifcation-"But why do you
encourage him if you never intend to mar
rs him?" Mercy 1 wouldn't be so pre-
sumptuous as to tell him l can't marry
him before he asks me.''-Philadelphia
North American.
--Dehcately Put.-"And how did he
die?" asked the lady who had come west
to inquire after the husband she had lost.
"El-hy request, ma'am said the gent
cowboy. as mildly and regretfully as poS-
Embellishments Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08
An Ingenious Defense.

An old darby was brought before a
southern magistrate, not long ago, accus-
ed of stealing a neighbours chickens when
the nights were dark and no one stirred
abroad, says Harpers Round Table. The
old man put up a long but weak ar
gument, selling upon every possible straw
to support his defense. The evidence was
too strong. however, and matters were
rapidly approaching a climax that meant
a month of idleness in the town jail.
The thought of this and the attendant
ignominy stirred the old darby to a point
where he did nothing but splutter out;
'"Pon my honor, jedge, Ise-er-Ise
didn't done take en-
At last the judge grew tired. and was
about to sentence him, when a broad
smile illuminated the darky's face as he
cried out:
us got it. jedge; Ise can prove an alibi
bout dem chickens"
''Well, what is it?" exclaimed the judge.
'You see, jedge, no poor colored man
could take dem chickens at night time
Flows that-what do you meau?"
"Cause, jedge, deys nothin' but roost-
ers at night, and de charge am dat 1 took
chickens"
The ingenuity of the defense won the
day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08
The Time For Congress- TO Meet.

In his inaugural address, President Nc
Kinley referred to the long time which
elapses between the election of a con-
gress and the convening of that congress,
and minated that he favors a reduction
of the period that the win Of the ma
jority as expressed at the polls may be
enacted into law promptly. Under the
present law a new congress does not con-
vene in its first session until thirteen
months after it is elected, and before it's
second session is convened another new
congress has been elected. Thus, the
ffty-ifth congress was elected last No
vember yet the Fifty-fourth congress
was legislating for the people up to the
4th day Of the present month.
Representative Shafroth of Colorado
some time ago introduced into the House
a bin to change the time of the assem-
bling of the first session of congress to
the first Monday after the 4th day of
March of the year succeeding the cleo
ton, and of the assembling of the sec
ond session to the first Monday after the
list day of January Of the next year.
Writing of his bill in the North Ameri-
can. he presents some interesting argu-
ments in favor of the proposed change.
Probably the strongest argument is that
touched upon by President Mckinley in
his inaugural, namely, the long period
which intervenes between the election
and the first sitting of the congress last
elected. 1t is held TO be unfair to the
administration that so much time must
elapse before it is possible TO have en-
acted into law the measures upon which
the candidates went to the country, and
which are regarded as so necessary to
the country's prosperity. Mr.. Shafroth
refers to the Mckinley law as an illus
tration. Within five months after the
passage of the law, another election was
at hand. He holds, therefore, that the
law had to be voted upon before it was
possible to know of it's merits in opera
ton
Under the present law a representative
in congress continues to be a member
during the second session, notwithstand-
ing he may have been beaten in the No
vember election. He is the representa-
tive of the constituency which has repu-
dated him. He goes on helping to make
laws for his people after they
have declared they do not want him TO
make laws for them. Mr.. shafroth says
that the congressman in that position is
far more open to temptation than at any
other time. at is a fact" says he. that
nearly all. if not quite all. of the legisla
ton that is claimed to have been passed
by corrupt influences was enacted during
the second regular sessions of congress-"
His meaning is plain
When the time for the assembling of
congress was fixed upon the present
schedule, there was reason for the long
intervening period between election and
converting the first session. Then there
were no fast mails Gathering election
returns was slow. 1t required a long
time to get to the capital. Now the jour
ney across the continent can be made in
a week. Fast trains bring each section
into close touch with every other section,
and, it seems, TO keep up with the spirit
of the times, there should be less delay
in the assembling Of a newly elected
congress.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08
Marco Bozzaris.

fAtl-GIeeIe f1dl4eCk.
Marco Bozzaris, the Epaminondas of
modern Greece, fell in a night attack upon
the Turkish camp at Laspt. the site of the
ancient Plateea, Aug. 20. 1923. and expired
in the moment of victory. His last words
were: ITO die for liberty is a pleasure
and not a pain.)
Al midnight, in his guarded tent,
The Turk was dreaming of the hour,
When Greece. her knee in suppliance bent,
Should tremble at his power;
In dreams through camp and court he bore
The trophies of a conqueror;
In dreams. his song of triumph heard;
Then wore his monarch's signet ring;
Then pressed that monarch's throne-a
king;
As wild his thoughts. and gay of wing,
AS Eden's garden bird.
Al midnight, in the forest shades,
Bozzaris ranged his Zuliote band,
True as the steel of their tried blades,
Heroes in heart and hand.
There had the Persians, thousands stood.
There had the glad earth drunk their
blood.
On old Platae's day;
And now there breathed that haunted air
The sons of sires who conquered there,
With arm TO strike and soul TO dare,
As quick, as far, as they.
An hour passed on. The Turk awoke;
That bright dream was his last
He awoke 10 hear the sentries shrek,
ITO arms; they come; the Greek; the
Creek"
He woke to die midst flame and smoke.
And shout and groan. and sabre stroke.
And death shots falling thick and fast
AS lightnings from the mountain cloud;
Aud heard with voice as trumpet loud:
Bozzars cheer his band:
"Strike-till the last armed foe expires;
Strke-for your affairs and your fires;
Strke-for the green graves OF your sires
God, and your native land"
They fought like brave men, long and well;
They piled that ground with Moslem
slain;
They conquered-but Bozzaris fell
Bleeding at every vein.
Bozzaris; with the storled brave
Greece nurtured In her glory's time,
Rest thee; there is no prouder grave,
Even In her own proud cline
We tell thy doom without a sigh;
For thou arc freedoms now. and fame
one OF the few. the immortal names,
That were not born 70 die.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08

A staff correspondent of the Wool and
Cotton Reporter travelling in the south
sends the following to his journal:
Georgia comes very near being the larg-
est state, territorially, east of the Missis-
sippi river. and there are 100000 of I'M
occupied acres, or more than one-fourth
of the state, over which nearly 100000
sheep have a free range, except so far
as they are now being encroached upon
by the fruit-growing colonies. Emanuel
county alone has over 10000 sheep, and
if these sections have done so well under
the ownership of people who only see
their sheep once year, what might they
not accomplish under intelligent and well
directed sheep husbandry? While the
piney woods afford an excellent summer
pasturage, good winter feed could be af-
forded by sowing winter rye in the very
bottom lands which are malarious and
uninhabitable in summer. Half the peo-
pie in Georgia do not know there are
any sheep in the state.
The correspondent is probably right
about half OF the people of the state
being unaware that there are any sheep
in Georgia. And it would seem that the
majority of members for several terms
of the legislature had come from the
uniformed half. Numerous efforts have
weed out the worthless sheep-killing dogs
which prowl the woods, so as TO give the
sheep a chance But the ''yaller dog"
the southern Sleeps worst enemy, is a
mighty power in politics. and any indus
try which interferes with the "yaller
dogs" liberty or life has, so far, had
to keep away.
1t has been repeatedly asserted, by per-
sons well informed with regard to the
matter. that South Georgia offers excep-
tionally good opportunities for sheep rails
ing, and stock and cattle raising. AMI
mails may run at large in South Georgia
pastures or in the lowlands and cane
brakes the year round and find plenty to
eat without crops being planted for them
No period Of two or three months of Sc
Verely cold weather, during which stock
must be kept under shelter and fed reg
ularly, Is ever known in this section. The
grass in green longer and comes again
sooner in this part Of the country than in
those sections which make sheep, stock
and cattle raising a paying business. In
deed, in the southern section of this state
| and in Florida there is green grass the
twelve months round.
The difficulty in the south has been that
the people have had the cotton pulled over
their eyes so thickly that they have not
been able TO see the wool, and the beef
and the blood horses They are. however
now getting the light. They are diversl-
flying their crops and developing their by
products. Cotton continues TO be king,
but the people have discovered that the
king isn't the only trump In the deck;
and they are reaching out for "fuli
house"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08
His Political Career.

eyes, held a public office once" said
the man in the macintosh, according to
the Chicago Tribune, as he proceeded to
light cigar-and the others FASTENED to
get to windward of him.
Have a contract for sweeping it out?"
queried the man with the green goggles
Somebody die and will it to your
asked the man who had his feet on the
table.
either of you" he retorted. That's all
that ails you fellows. 1 don't mind say
ing. either, that my experience as an Of
ficeholder was not a pleasant one"
"Weu?"
go on"
''Why don't you own up?"
MY experience, say, was not a pleas
ant one. l was nominated at a township
convention, against my WILL for the office
of town clerk. l protested, but it didn't
do any good. Some of the boys had put
up a job on me, and they rushed the
thing through with a whoop. I was not
only nominated for the office, but l was
elected. It's one of these little jobs\ you
know, that are a whole lot of trouble and
mighty little profit. l served the term
out, but it was really an injury to me.
1t took me away from my business. 1t
made all sorts of bother and l was glad
enough to lay it down at the end of the
term
What did the office pay?" inquired the
man with the white spot in his mustache.
at was worth $500 a year"
"Then what are you kicking about?'
cit was really worth $500 a year, 1 say,
but the actual salary, all fees included.
was only $40. That's where the injury
came in. And the people of the township
added insult to injury"
Howe"
"They said the salary was more than
I was worth"
And the man in the macintosh relight-
ed his cigar, smoked on in silence, and the
others got still further to windward of
him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08
Daniel Hogan,
The Corner Broughton and Barnard
PROPOSALS WANTED.


TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office
Supervising Architect, Washington, D..
c., Feb. %, 1S97.-Sealed proposals will be
received at this office until o'clock p.
M, on the 25th day of March, 1897, and
opened Immediately thereafter, for fur
nishing all the labor and materials re-
quired for wharf, boat house, gangway
and spur at the United States quarantine
station, Backbeard's Island Sapelo
sound, Georgia, in accordance with the
drawings and specification, copies q
which may he had at this office or the Of
flee of the superintendent at the United
States quarantine station, Blackboard ;
Island, Sapelo sound, Georgia. Each bid
much be accompanied by a certified cheek
for a sum not less than per cent OF the
amount of the proposal. The right Is re-
served to reject any or all bids and 10
waive any defect or informally in any
bid, should it be deemed in the interest Of
the government to do so. All proposals
received after the time stated for opening
will be returned to the bidders WILLIAM
MARTIN AIKEN. Supervising Architect
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08
sherman Regretted the March.

At a dinner in New York few night
ago Gen. Horace Porter told little story.
says the Pittsburg Dispatch, Referring
to the great sound money parade in New
York during the last campaign, of which
he was grand marshal, he said: That
parade reminded me somewhat of one
that Gen. Sherman and 1 reviewed many
years ago. All the bands In the parade
played Marching Through Georgia. There
were seventeen bands in line, and the
seventeenth was worse than all the rest.
1t would have been good band to go
into battle with. because after hearing il
one would have been resigned to any
death. After the last band had gone by.
Gen. Sherman said: Wen, if I had ever
thought we'd have to stand this, I'll be
- if I'd have marched through Geor-
egia 81"