El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-27

on my first months earn
ines for my own and nay
family's support I and they would
have starved. However the fees of
this Office amount to about $4,000 per
annum but the clerk is limited by
recently enacted law to $1,000, and the
surplus goes into the Golfers of the
state. The greater amount OF the fees
attach to the suits and are not payable
until the suit is settled. That is why
my first months Ioash Income was 30
insignificant. OF course 1 earned more
than that, but some of the fees may
not be realized in cash for several
years. Joe Escajeda, my predecessor,
is still collecting money earned by him
several years ago and much OF it is still
outstanding.
ibid you ever work for q small man
with q large swelled head?" asked q
wage Garner, yesterday, swell, 1 have.
and I'd rather be respectable thief
than earn my living in that way. Such
a man is not approachsble, like other
individuals, but he is liable to offer you
insult in reply to a civil question.
He also arrogates to himself
the results of the best efforts of his
'hirelings.' The only way 10 hold
the favor of such q despicable person
10 to cultivate the art of boot licking
and make him believe that in your
opinion he is the next thing to the
Almighty-but no self-respecting per-
son would do this. Hard indeed ia the
lot Of the employee who is cursed with
such an employer"
DR.. Yandell says he ran across .
middle-aged Mexican yesterday who
instance" said the physician, 'for
nearly all of them have the diseaee
when they are infants. Smallpox is
one of the most violently contagious
diseases known to medical ecience No
one is immune from it. When it gets
in family no one escapes If the we'll
reside in the same house with the sick
and come in contact with them. Per-
sons may be exposed constantly to
yellow fever, diphtheria, whooping
cough or measles and not contract the
disease, but not so with smallpox. The
only safeguard against it is waco nation
and that is not always potent.
"The rules of procedure relative to
BANKRUPTCY cases adopted by the United
Stateslsupreme court last November be-
come effective January 2. said Attor-
ney Jay Good, yesterday. ''These rules
have not been enforced during the
t me that has elapsed since the bank
ruptcy laws became operative and sew
eral wise judges have withheld ac.iOu
relative to bankruptcy cases await
ing the new rules. Among these was
Judge Thomas s. Maxey of this federal
district. There are at present num- Der
of bankruptcy cases piled up awaiting
action by him and he in turn has been
awaiting the rules"
An exchange remarks: The Ell Paso
HERALD,of Wednesday, says, " Anum-
q comet was visible from this vicinity
early this morning. Just what comet
this one is, is not KNOWN 1t was pro-
baby the New Mexico statehood boom,
brother, which we hope will soon be
visible over the entire United States.
This afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock the
moon will be full and at that time it
will be fully eclipsed. The moon en-
tiers spenumbra at 1892 p. M; enters
shadow at 2:47; total eclipse begins at
1851; middle OF eclipse 4:42: total eclipse
ends 5:26; moon leaves shadow 6:36;
leaves penumbra $50.
A number of Ell Paso's staid citi-
zens, who stayed no late the other
nigh t,saw q comet at about o'clock 9.
m. Some SOcorro people saw q whole
flock of them one night not long ago
but they were too modest to m ention
it,-Soco. 70 Cheftain.
The foundation of the new city Jail
and fire department has been laid and
on the west side the stonework Is as
h h L.