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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04

A freight wagon slowly allied along
the sanuy road toward CasIle Dome.
The freighl,r, Davy Star, was trying
to slug IN his husny voice the song he
hau heard at tue eaioOn where he had
stopped d couple OF hours ago.
he had been told h. mi gnG Overtake
a strange lad on pony VINO Was en- he
road ahead of him, and who would like
ly lot 60 far tLas evening, judging
from the jaded appearance Of his AMI
NAL.
Star had also received a hint tina.
Henry SIN tn fam liarly Known simply
as Hungry fellow from Bhno
tie road and have 1t out with
MIN. Huuky had grudge
against nearly every man he knew, but
more particularly against Star. His
loatnIne of this midi idual mad most
naturAl, origin. For months Hapky
had bee n sp. nding lis tiue and mon
ey with the sweet sit ger of the Tanks
saloon; nevertheless star was preferred
stock whenever ne rolled into camp.
Her smiles and ca e-ses had marke5
value tor a / out Davy Star. This was
the cause of Smi h ) hati ed, ard he de-
cided ina Star should gut playing his
que, or casn In. Although star WIS
q man OF nerve aud accustomed t, those
hard wes terL ways, ne desired no en-
cOunter WIN maj he had uOthing
ayeinst but ia her liked, for wien
Smith came e., the TANKS u Year beto e
ne WAS u pretty decent kind Of ell
low, but since MS iLfatuation for the
woman he had b. cone perfectly worth
less.
star thought the press nee Il a strsny
err might .eud 10 preserve the p ac-.
He longed TO over axe That k i'd on the
cAyuse, and sure enough he oid
''How'y, lai. Bitter Tie that
bronco beuind and get up on the seat"
"Ihanks,' r,p led tie boy, with
s'udieu carelessn 3 ID, NJ care if L
do. Expect to each the Dome IT,
night
''Hal ol,; Well lay out uouiyht
Fitch camp as soon as we rsa:h that
sti etco OF sand yoLder. No tellin'
What Xii OF a critters res;erin' round
t. Jere rocks"
and Day told of an encounter he
once hau with u wildcat that nearly
cIaMeu his iaco of When he hao
flo shed bis a d turn Ell ROM be
fCunO his yOunl con pinlUn WIS asleep.
As lie looked him over he saw d diff
eut type o. lad than he nad b. Ell az
custOmed to-; h co hes fitted dim as
though they b d bee ma, for rome
one else, aud the soft lig Lit of skinny
moon showed smoo b, white face That
was unfamiliar t, the orcbing
winds aud flying sands of the de. ect.
Toe teamster lifted the sleeper and
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
A Twister.

AS was going down the street I saw
two bootbacks. One was u black boot
black and the other white bootblack, and
both had black boots as we'll as backing
and backing brushes. The black bootblacll
asked the white bootblack to black his
(the black bootblack's) black boots with
blacking. The white bootblack consented
to black the black boots of the black boot
black with backing, but when he (the
white, bootblack) had BACKED one black
boot ON the black bootblack with backing
he (the white bootblack) refused to black
his (the black bootblack other black
boot with backing unless he (the black
bootblack) paid him (the white bootblack)
the same as what he (the white bootblack }
got for backing other peoples black boots,
whereupon the black bootblack grew still
blacker in the face, called the white boot
black a blaokguard, at the same time
booting the white bootblack with the black
boot that he (the white bootblack) had al
ready blacked with backing
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04

and cattle stesling going on in the
country round about Tombstone. Stage
coaches were held up by a gang of
bandits, who had evidently adopted
the business as a regular profession.
This was in the early '8Os. Virgil
carp, brother of Wyatt, was
city marshal of Tombstone.
The Clanton brothers and the
McLowrys were a tough lot of
rdstlers, who We re- the main perpetra-
tors of the rsscality rife in that region.
Between them and the Earps rose q
bitter fued over the division of the
proceeds of the looting. The carp
boys believed they had failed to get q
fair divide of the booty swore VEN
geauce. They caught their former al
lies in Tom bStOne, -ur armed and shot
three of them dead while their hands
were uplifted.
''With this slaughter the thieviug
business stopped, but tie country be-
came entirely too warm for the STAY
ers. They were hauled up before
justice of the peace for a preliminary
he airing, but he was probably SEEM
and after a long Examination discharg-
ed the prisoners. Warrants were is
sued for their arrest, and summoning q
posse 1 went out to bring the Earps in.
They were chased entirely out of the
country, and Tom bstone knew them no
more. 1t was great town in those
days, with population of at least
5000. Now it is an Insignificant viii
laee of only few hundreds, and all
the wild spirits that gave it such un-
eaviable fame have either died off or
are scattered over the face of the
earth. ''-Washington Post.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04

into the mind Of the young prin; "a
principles of good government and try
to awaken him to his duty during tIe
progress of the game, whi;h was pro-
ably most pic ures4ueIy played las it
has been.se veral times sipce) with liv-
ing figures, moving at the word of COM
mand, upon squares of huge til
courtyard, ana viewed by the nobility
and tue be- auti-s of the harem from
baicOpias above.
1t would appear that Behub was
more thought. SIS than vic ed, for he
was quickly struck by the truth So
clever!y inoulcate J, ard also conceive d
s"ch "a liking tor the Origina tor of the
game that he offered to grant him any
favor he might desire--Agues Carr
Sage in Godey's Magazine foc Deem
har
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04

was chap of peculi ,rities widely diff
ferent from the usual daredevil of az
A,izona camp He was very ret,ce
about himse /: iuqueries of a personal
nature W. re artfully do1ged When
Monte Pete asked his name he an
swered ''Trny Pepper" and the kno"-
ing Pete accepted it, at the same tin e
putt ng it down to humor Instead OF
truth, feeling the lad had some reis'
for withholding his real name. The
BOYS respect ID his silence and did not
ply him with questions.
His nerve waa never doubted. but
one of his weakn= sses wGs his foniness
for haneip around the woman folks.
who, from his soft voice and gentle
m manners. welcomed him as favorlte
from the first hour.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
Understanding Oxalis.

The oxslis 10 its many varieties is
one of the prettiest and most satisfac-
tory window plans we have, and owing
to its ease of cultivation and very free
towering qualities should find q place
in every collection of house plants.
Among the best varieties 10 grow are
the Bowel. a very charming variety
having tong, heavy foliage and bear
ing large, rose-colored flowers; Versi-
color, the closed flowers of which are
very deiica'ely marked; Bermuds but
large flowers: Lutea, an old tavorite;
Lutte plena, double yellow: Flori-
bunda, pick, and Floribunda, alba,
white. All of the above varieties are
grown from bulbs. which may be
planted in a four or five inch pot, thus
secur ng good b. al OF foliage and q
larg. number of blooms in one mass.
Ke p the pants in a warm, sunny win
dow while blooming, and wafer them
we'll as often as IS necessary.-Decem
her Woman's Home Comp apiOn.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
A few days after the affair that had

A few days after the affair that had
made Tony PEPPER famous in Castle
Dor e, Monte Pete asked him to take
a trip to Blind Tanks, who're Pete had
some business. Whe1 they entered
the camp, Tony was left at the Road
to Ruin saloon for awhile, and it did
not take long for the idle cit 'zens
therf about to con"'rde that this was
the me ldl some kid who had sent their
associ ite over the range.
A cowboy rode up sn1 tied his
arimal, a gaunt. home,y beast, Ito the
hitnhing post in frcnt of the saloon.
l. seemsd Ike IA pre- sErar ge1 p az,
but it was simple a natural cireum-
stance In fash the men saw the
chance TO- getting even had come.
There's a house," said one who
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
A Home-Made HOLIDAY Gift.

Something orisi IN the way of .
us eful bag to hold soiled clothing or
pieces of dress g rods and other scraps,
or, wh,n smaller, convenient as
work bag, is receipt scle maze of white
or colored piqne or duck. For the
smaller size Ike two p'eies OF VIII to
pique TWEEN y inch es long, twelve inches
wide. Bast on each design in blue
lipen-a spray of flowers or q conven.
tional pa,tsrn-,r d embroider 1t on In
blue and white fosses. Gun We the two
pieces in a deep circle at toe bottom;
at the top cut rounded lO5es, or square,
if preferred; line these with the blue
sa in or MORE ribbons. The squares
should be about four inche, when
finished -Exch ange.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
TOmbstOne's First Sheriff.

Capt. John Beha,, who was seen at
the Riggs last evening. was the first
sher fl ever appointed for The county
OF which TJmb >tone, Ar z, was the
county seat, &c living his com issi' n
from Gen. Fremont. who was ! is warm
pc soual friend Capt. Behal is a
small man, weighing only about 125
pounds, but the major rar. thereof i.
clean grit wiry activity. VIII n
he vas named for sheriff the celebrst-
Ell Wyatt Zap was also ca I'D id ate
the same carp that Alfred Henry
L wis lambasted so ,stily for his
DE- cision in tie prize fight out 10 Cali
forr la. Earp's failure to get the place
made him sore with the winner and be
logged for a chance to get even with
Behan.
There was in those days" said Be-
han, "a good deal of highway robbery
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
CARDS AND CHESS.
How tue Prince was Taught Great
Lesson.

Many good things follow the course
OF the sun aud come out of the east.
Among these, itseems, we must in
clude playing-cards, in spite of the
often asse tied myth that they were de-
vised to smuse the lucid intervals of
Charles vi. of France. Delivers into
card-lore, however, now positively as
sure US that the ancestors of the mo-
deru pack of cards were of HindOo
origin, while a very aut hentic Chinese
encyclopedias, published in 1878 records
that the dotted cards. of CHM were
invented in 1920, in the reign OfLeun
no, for the entertainment of that SOW
ereign's wives; and became common
during the reign of Kaow-tsung, who
assembled the throne in 113l.'
But there is almost as much revolu-
ton in amusements as in nature, aud
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
No. 257.-Charade.

The breaking waves dashed high.
The vessel rose and fell.
My FIRST was drenched from end to end
With every heavy swell.
The vivid lightning flashed.
The awful thunder doomed.
"Unless my LAST is sent to us,
The captain said. 'we're doomed"
The tempest cleared away
Before the morning light.
"Within my WHOLE" the captain said.
I've not seen such a night -
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
After he Battle

F ON 1.-The Lexington Leader"
comes story f the Civil War of Sc r.
20 be always welcomed. The scenes
described were witness d by William
Wi kerson, iu-t after the battle of
Ri hmoud, Kentucky. in 1862
"a son of my friend, Ca-sius NJ.
Clay. was killed In the fight. a. d 1t be-
csme nv duy to Witt the battle field
and ident fly the body, and take 1t to
hi- fa ther's home.
:'While riding slowly over the field
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
No. 27S.-Anagrans.

(Men and women of note.)
l. G. f. weed my nu chap.
2 Gander Vevro cell.
8. U. nab hot sansyn.
f. l or we cheer best heart.
5. My claim will mix K.
6. Holt long bars on limb.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04

NO gig. words i. Bear
with evil and expect good. 2 Gluttony
kills more than the sword. g. A fool may
throw a stone into a we'll which a hundred
wise men cannot pull out. 4 Love rules
his kingdom without a sword. 5. He who
would have what he has not should do
what he does not. 6. Quickly and we'll
seldom meet. z. If the staff be crooked,
the shadow cannot be straight. s. Willows
are weak, yet they bind other wood. 9. A
wise man need not blush for changing his
purpose 10 All rivers must have a
source.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
No, 276.-Beheadment.

Behead sombre and leave a fermented
malt liquor. Behead small singing bird
and leave a boat. Behead to sojourn and
leave to endure Behead a proposition and
leave letter. Behead to yield submission
to and leave a Turkish title. Initial let
ters, the name of philosopher.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
No. 273.-Satisfactions.

Satisfy the blanks by words pronounced
the same but spelled differently.
/. Do not - the blue - roots too
deep.
2. He - among the essays to discover
who has won the -
3. The reason of Johns - throat Is
that he tried to - too high when he de-
claimed.
4. - the quantity of - remaining
after the pressing of the grapes; then take
your letter of and depart on your
voyage,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
"Nigger Heaven"

De fellies in de boxes tink dey cuts a
heap o. ice,
An [ really hopes dey does because dey
has to pay de price,
Dere's carriages to tile fer an flowers
to b. got,
An caody an stack O. th nSs-oh,
gee! it costs a lot.
YCuse got ter own = * iOr dyke Ter ter
settle all the bills
Eff you want ter see de play in style an
put on al the friils,
But selling papers amt no snap like
Rockfeller's see?
An seat in nj gger heaven is de ting
dat ketches me.
His royal nibs a-ho' din down a soft, or
chestry chair
May tink he owns de show, but say, de
bioke ain't enr ywhere.
Eff he wants ter Ses en- oyment let him
trade his cushioned seat
Fer plank in Niger heaven, where
de higher circles meet.
You take a kid that's hustled sellin
papers tru the snow.
Fer to GIT enough o. penn es jest to git
i'm in the show.
And you bet your life he sees it, an he
likes it, too gee whiz!
And be don't need Oppry glasses fer
ter tell i'm what is is.
1 like the melodramers best, de ones
OATS cracsin full
O. plots al jAils an bloody scraps-say,
denis de kind dat pull
An caves an fire engine scenes al
pirates on de sea,
An swingin bridges an de like-Say,
denis what fetches me.
But when the show is over, gee! it amt
no fun to go
A-creeping up some alley OATS got
drifted full o. snow:
But when in box or Darrell from de
copper's We youse hid
It's corkin good to sleep and dream
you're rich as Captain Kidd
Nixon Waterman in l.. A. w. Bull
letin.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04
No. 275.-A Trip.

Ooooo Ooooooo, COCOON, Ooooooo.
OooOOOoOoO
From a city in France to a city in Per-
STA, thence to province of Prussia, from
there to one of the United States, staying
in capital city of the United States.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04

per rert hand letter to the lower rIgnu MANU-
letter. will spell the name OF a man who
won famous victory early in the present
century.-St Nicholas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-04

Smiths creamery. Open ell night,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-02-07
:. x.DOLETjN 'EDRCINTlL DE- PUERIO-RICO.

PERIOnICO CONSAGKADO j. IA DkFuNSA lie LOS IN
TEREsES NACIONALES N AM Ri a.. ORGANC
DE LOS zSPANOLES INCON DICIONALEs gN pToRIct
OONDIClONE Els GEN ERAlES 0cordodas por IN DreeesSp
para todG cluss de sensltsdos q npnclox
de
oHvsncienales deerminH.An en-
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mas con In dc able de
Los oEgnss* dc comuDcsaos gscsss
deSultos
No responds Ii de clctEs
L@ ooanaDs Del psroa coalras sEsnts
largo.
Ei ennncane no ts0da eerech xiyr
pnbicacloh
IlO por 100 sotre Il prscio de ssr,fa
III OLICH publication m snauesa
teRdfa una bonlncscn de ~ 100
uando inporte de- los PESOS
Anuncn reci'A un psr6dco
viArA ndmsro.
Para lot no susero del BOLETlN
10 remlido, eion CENTAVO5
Lea sncEpotes endAn 100 de ahcaa8n
gsoiin ccmunicAdos e'1 zap fa'45F1
mporte Dc los suscrpon satas,
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-02-07
TkRLA RXkCTA

DE CUENTAS FORMADAS
aplicables al cobro de jornA.
les, fraccionados estos On )
tavo de dfa, princlpiands pc.
un cuarto y terminando Oh Z
dias, con preclOs esoalonxdta
desde un real fuerte ha-La tire.
pesoC, y expfesando cana FRI
ci6n su valOrintrfnseco On ne
sos, centavos y c6ntimos .s
centaxc, ,.J
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-18

of the law. 1t was necessary Tor the
champions OF personal liberty to buiid
up strong fortress to hold every men
of ground wrested from royal despotlsm.
Now such phrases as "bulwarks OF llber-
ty" are too often mercy the cant OF the
criminal lawyer and the slop rhetoric OF
the criminal court. There is no danger
now that a Jeffreys will deluge the land
with innocent blood. The fact Is tnat
innocent blood Is being shed every daS
and social crimes are d.sgustinSly COM
mon, because of the weakness OF the law
and the inefliciency, or worse, oil the
courts. Why should we frlghten our
selves with ghosts of medieval tyranny
when actual murder walks red-handeu
through the land and the higher class or
criminals laugh at the law? our law OF
criminal procedure is simply an invitation
to what has been called the higher
grades" of crime. The advantage given
to the defense In the selection OF a jury
together with the requirement of unani-
nous verdict, makes ii next TO impossi-
BILE to convict where the criminal has
friends, money, and skilled counsel to de-
fcnd him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-18

upon the community Being within
these limits question of conscience it
follows that it cannot at the same time
be a question of statutory law, for stat
utory law must rest upon the free con-
sent of majority. Laws relating to
the excise, according To this view, must
deal only with those phases of the IL
quor traffic which a majority opinion
pronounces proper subjects for legal
regulation.
Here is an antagonlsm of theories not
lik aly soon to be reconcilcd but we be-
lieve that the trend OF American opinion
is i'm the direction of the position as
sumcd by Mr.. Low. Local option-for
that is what it amounts to- assumes
that the majority in any community
should rule in matters exclusively per-
tanning to that community; "nd 1t
leaves op7n to the minority the hope
of making a sufficient number of indi-
vidual converts to enable 1t to become
ultimately n majority. whereupon it
could replace the old law with a new
one more to its liking. 1t is probabl,
that a popular vote in New York would
call for onen bars on Sunday; but it
would also. we dare say, sanction the
suppressal of disturbance, the denial Of
liquor to men i'm the visible stages of in
toXication and other restrictions and
regulations calculated to minimize the
harmfulDess of open bars. This would
not produce spectacle enjoyable for
least the consolation of knowing that
they could effectively modify the situa-
tion by converting to tn -ir view enough
voters TO order things otherwise. Be
sides, law backed only by minority
sentiment could not be satisfactorily
enforced.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-18
Grsat:r Qo!ham's Lqgor Problem.

In his letter accepting the nominal
tion for mayor Of New York Seth Low
touches i'm an interesting manner upon
the Raincs law. That law. he remark d,
contained the germ Of an excise system
far better than chat which it supplant-
ed, but
whore the Rainos law failed as applied
to New York. it fails because it does not
take into account the public sentiment Of
the city. Now York, while cEaraCtcris-
tically an American city, is also, as the
Germans say, n world city. 1t is Cosmo-
politan in fact and cosmopolitan in scnt-
mCnt. Men Of every sort Of upbringing
must be able to live in such city hap
PLY and naturally, of course, with due
regard to the rights and convictions or
others Legislators on this subject should
never forget that the excise law stands
midway between the laws that everybody
believes i'm and the qCad laws that nobody
believes in, and that the effective public
sentiment behind it, locally, Is the only
permanent force on which to depend in
it's administration For this reason, in
my opinion, al excise law so far as II af-
fccts the daily life and the habits of the
people should reflect the public opinion OF
the city. ON such points, i'm case Of
radical differences of opinion, | should
take the appeal to the people themselves
In a community like this ! know of no
better way to secure for an excise law
the support of a sentiment that will sus-
tain its even enforcement.
This is doctrine open to severe thao-
retical criticism but it is doctrine rest
ing on demonstrated eXpediency. The
morallst viii say that question Of
morals such as the desecration Of the
Sabbath by the sale Of liquor should
never be put to a popular vote but that
the moral law should be enforced rigid
ly and with grim determination. on
the other hand it may with perfect pro-
priety be replied that the question of
what citizen may or may not do on
Sunday is a matter for determination
by his conscience exclusively, so long as
his doings inhiet no demonstrqble harm
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-18
LAWYERS AS JURORS.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

ROCneSter democrat ana CnrOnlCle,
We have an idea that practicing law
yers are legally exempt from jury duty.
Whether this is so or not lawyers very
seldom get into the jury box. Possibly
this is because the lawyers engaged in
the trial don't want them there at any
price. There is a tradition that case
was once tried in the old Marine court,
before a jury of twelve lawyers, forced
into the EoX against their will, and
that the judge and the counsel had very
bad time of it as a result The case was
a simple one of the "open and shut or
der that ordinarily, would have been
tried in fifteen minutes or so. But the
lawyer-jur either with malice pre-
pense or because they were built that
way and couldn't help il, took the case
in their own hands from the start and
ran ii to suit themselves. Claiming the
jurors right TO ask questions, every man
of the twelve examined and cross-eXam-
inod at enormous length every witness
produced. Every ore felt 1t his duty to
act as "amicus curiae," and eXhaustive,y
discuss the law of evidence, at every OBJ
lection raised by either counsel to any
question asked by the opposite counsel
or by any juror. Every juror wanted
personal explanation of every contention
of counsel in his summing up and man
aged TO turn the explanation into an argu-
ment So the jurymen kept the case drag
ging along all day and only allowed them
selves 20 be dismissed to consider their
verdict when they grew weary. The story
goes that here the joke turned on the
lawyer-jurors themselves; that they had
managed to so befog themselves with legal
subtleties that they couldn't conscient-
iously agree on a verdict and were locked
up over night, as they deserved. Since
that experience judges and counsel in
New York have had the most serious OBJ
jections to lawyer-jurors.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-18
TIE RAINBOW GOLD.

A. the foot of the rainbow lying,
Is a pot of shining gold;
So they told the wOnd'ring children
In the sunsEOwer days of old.
And far over misty highland
And deep i'm the forest dell,
Did We haste in our breathcSs ti!tcing
Toward the goal where the rainbow fell
But ever the small feet wearied,
And ever the fair glow smiled
Beyond the wistful fingers
OF even the pretticst child.
Now the rainbOWs on earth are faded
Are gathered to Heaven far;
And burn in the Arctic twilight
Under the red North Star.
And rare in the distant vision
OF splendid banners of fire
Flames forth the wondrous Aurora
Like the Last Days's funera! pyre.
And down at its earthwaTd bending.
True is our childhood's dream
There the pot of gold Is shining
BY the Yukon's icy stream.
Harriet Clay Penman.