El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-12
A Sensible Serenade.

A Sensible Serenade.
I sing beneath your lattice, love,
A serenade in praise of you:
The moon is getting rather high,
NV voice is, TOO: my voice is, too.
The lakelets in deep shadow lies,
Where frogs make much hullabaloo;
| think they sing a tribe hoarse,
| And | do, too: and do, too.
The blossoms on the pumpkin vine
Are weeping diamond tears of dew;
IT'S warm, the flowers are willing fast,
My linen, too: my linen, too;
All motionless the cedar stands,
With silent moOnbeams glanclng
through;
The very air is drOwsy, love,
And | am, too; and L am too;
Oh. could I soar on loving wings,
And at your window gently WOO;
But, then, your lattice you would bolt;
So I'll bolt, too; so I'll bolt, too.
|
Broncbo Bill-'sSay, Ike, how come
Ton to pass in his chips?''
Alkali Ike-''Why, he committed
suicide"
| Broucho Bill-ssYe don't say; an
| hOw?'
Alkali Ike-''Took drop too much
from scatfold."
Some people think railroad man
don't know how to pray, and 1T may be
that many of them can pray, but they
don't think of do so very often. AT any
rate there is one brakeman on the
Southern Pacific that can pray and
| here is the prayer he offers up ana
which he would like to have engrafted
| in the rules for trainmen: sob, Lord.
now that have tagged Thee, lift my
| feet from off the rough road of life and
plant them firmly on the deck OF the
train of salvation! Let me use the
safety lamp known as prudence, make
all the couplings in the train with the
strong link of Thy love. and let my
handlamp be the bible. And, Heaven
ly Father, keep all switches closed that
lead off on sidings, especially those
with blind end! Oh, Lord. if it be
Thy pleasure. have every semaphore
block along the line show the white
light of hope, so that 1 can make the
run of life without stopping And,
as schedule, and give us motive pow
err enough to live up to the schedule,
and when 1 have finished the run and
have, on schedule time, pulled into the
great dark station of death, may Thou,
the superintendent of the universe say,
with smile, We'll done, thou good
and faithful servant. Come up and
sign the pay roll aud receive your
well earned check for eternal happi-
ness"
Little Elmer Dunk crushing in)-Oh.
ma, there is a ragged old man out by
the gate who says he is Klondyke suf-
fer, Shall let the dog loose?
Mrs. Dunk-No, indeed! They eat
dogs up there, and your father paid
ten dollars for Watch.
The fall elections are less than a
month away, and unusual interest Is
being taken at the capital in these Off
year campaigns. Although for the
most part these contests are for offices
of little national Importance, the re-
suits even in cities and townships all
over the country are looked Tor with
great interest. While the contests in
Ohio, New York and Maryland are
beyond doubt OF the greatest import
ance, there are contests in other states
which excite much interest. The
reason for this is that the people are
anxious to know the sentiments OF
their neighbors, and see how they are
affected by the results of the last
presidential campaign. In three states
the result will determine the election
other states there are important state
officials to be chosen, including gov
ernors, judges of the supreme court
and state officers. Elections will be
held next month in Ohio, New York,
Virginia, Iowa, Pennsylvania. Ken
lucky, Maryland, Colorado, Nebraska
and Massachusetts. In Maryland and
Ohio the legislature is to be
chosen and a United States senator
aIaotad Tn New York the contest for
the control OF Greater New York over
shadows everything else. In Massa-
chussetts, Ohio, Virginia and Iowa
governors will be elected, while Ken
lucky elects clerk of the court OF
appeals, Pennsylvania a state treasurer
and auditor, Nebraska a Judge of the
supreme court and regent OF the univer-
sity and Colorado elects chief JUS
tice There are various municipal cleo
lions in these states which also attract
much attention. The reports from
, Ohio during the last week state that
the republicans have come together in
Cincinnati, where they were badly
divided. The democrats have found
that they are losing ground on the
silver issue, and are trying to keep 1t
out of the campaign, but their efforts
are only stirring up dissensiOn. The
republican fight in Maryland is against
| German. The trouble in the repub-
lican party over the leadership OF
Senator Wellington, which threatened
| so much during the summer, has been
done away with by the senator's re-
tirement, but the republican forces are
not working in harmony. The regis
tration in Baltimore, which closes this
week, has been remarkably large.
| ROUND ABOUT.
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