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Evening journal., 1898-09-19
BE DIDN'T LIKE THEIR ATTIRE
A Plain-Spolsen Young Man Doubts
the Sincerity of Two CHI
cage street Preachers.

Two itinerant preachers" in a
wagon, deliberately attired and silk
hated and accompanied by dozen or
more women Of assorted ages, caused
a partial street blockade at the cor
ner of Madison and Dearborn streets
ON recent evening. Attracted by
the singing and the powerful voice ex-
hortations of the preachers, a crowd
of boys of several hundred soon gath
cred about the vehicle, says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
A prominent feature Of the Service"
was collection taken up by half q
dozen of the youngest of the women as
soon as a considerable number of poo-
pie bad congregated.
Near the close of the meeting we'll
dressed and intelligent-looking young
man in the crowd created something
Of a sensation by stepping to the front
and requesting permission to ask a
question. The preachers" seemed TO
have suspicion that his Intentions
might not be honorable and sought TO
ignore him, but he persisted, and,
pointing at the portly pair whom he
was addressing, inquired in a loud
voice
Say, do you fellows ever try TO help
anybody except by preaching? Did
anybody ever hear of your feeding the
hungry or clothing the naked? If
caught either Of you doing that once
instead of singing hymns in a white
vest, swallow-tailed coat, and plug hat
for one would feel a lot more like ac-
cepting your invitation 20 be a Chris
tfan."
Neither of the persons addressed at
tempted to make any reply to this
eccentric broadside, but took their
seats and the wagon quickly departed
in search of pastures new.
Evening journal., 1898-09-19

In the United States army, things in
regard to relative medical rank are in
AN entirely satisfactory condition.
The rank of medical officers from a
second lieutenant up to a brigadier
general is clearly defined, and a doc
tor is treated exactly as are the Off
GERS Of the same rank in other parts
,of the service. The best of feeling OBJ
tains in our army between the line and
the staff officers; doctors, of course
always being members of the staff
This is not so, unfortunately, in our
ravy. We think before the war is over
that things will be very much i'm
lproved there, perhaps wholly righted
and engineers and doctors will have
rank conferred upon them which will
cause them to be treated with the
same respect as are those who are
strictly speaking, naval officers. Ger
tainly in the navy, even more than in
the army, the doctor shares the dan,
gers Of the fight fullywith his nominal
4 " more warlike comrade or superior
although he is deprived of the salts
faction of firing back.-Post Graduate
Evening journal., 1898-09-19
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

New York has more fire engines than
London and Berlin combined.
The first nugget Of California gold
discovered weighed 4s pounds.
In all countries more marriages take
place in June than in any other month.
More than 100000 acres Of land are
devoted to the cultivation of tobacco.
Bismarck gave his consent 10 hav-
ing the town OF Bismarck, n. d., named
after him.
Before the war Cuba contributed
about one-twelfth OF all the tobacco
used in the world.
A single sponge has been found on
the coast Of Florida with circumfer-
ence of five feet six inches
On July there were 1850 inmates
of jails and prisons in Massachusetts,
a decrease Of a. from the preceding
year.
There are coal mines in Cuba, but
none of them rave been developed, and
almost all the coal used In the island
Is shipped there from America
Thenumber Of newspapers published
Ia this country is 1882 in the Eng
lish language, with TAI German, 65
Swedish, Sc Spanish, 81 French, 30 Boz
hemian, 80 Polish e5 italian, is Dutch,
is Hebrew, etc.
Romano and Lost Springs are towns
il Kansas. The population OF each is
about 200 people. Neither town has
an idle man or boy or unoccupied
house. Neither has q saloon. and dogs
are unknown.
A Left-Handed Club.-Southern Cal
ifornia has a "left-handed" club. with
membership OF nearly 1000, scat
tered throughout all the principal
towns. To be left-handed Is the only
qualification necessary for member
ship.
In recent address before the Hun
garian Academy of Sciences, Florian
Matyas tried TO establish tho facts
that the Magyars first invaded Hun
gary in the year $50 A. d., and that
the word Ungri 10 denote the Mngyars
occurs as early as s3s.
The manufacture Of the Undertook
and flint is still carried on In the vii.
lnge of Brandon, on the borders OF
Norfolk and Suffolk. A large demand
for the primitive forms OF lighting Is
created by hot, dry climates, such as
that of Africa, whore matches cannot
possibly be kept.
Evening journal., 1898-09-19
PAID IN LIKE COIN.
How Pennsylvania Troops Are Even
ing Up Things with n Prac-
teal Joker.

A practical" joker, well known
downtown, is at present taking
good, hard dose of his own medicine.
About two weeks ago he packed a dry
goods box with old shoes, empty tin
cans and other rubbish and sent il Off
to Tampa, Fla, consigned to one of the
companies CT the Third regiment Penn
sylvania volunteers, with express
charges collect. The soldier boys
thought IL was a box of supplies sent
by some kind friends, and gladly paid
the charges. Their chagrin in dis
covering the contents of the box may
be imagined, says the Philadelphia
Record.
But they have since been turning the
tables with a vengeance. They learned
the name OF the joker, and for some
time past nearly every man in the com
pany has been writing a letter of
thanks every day TO the sender of the
box. The letters are mailed with the
soldiers privilege of sending mail
without stamps, postage to be col
lected from the receiver. The "joker"
is paying two dollars a day In postage
for the letters Of thanks heis receiy-
ing, and he's wondering how much
longer they will continue TO come.
Evening journal., 1898-09-19
IT IS WELL TO KNOW.
These Facts About Fruits should He
Understood by Every
HOuacisccpcr.

Severe acids, sweets, which frequent
ly form acids in the stomach, and fried
foods are certainly poison to weak
stomachs, and one thing should be con-
sidered, that which "a unfit for "a weak
stomach win certainly, if persisted in,
ruin even the most robust Scalloped
bananas, banana ice cream and
bananas cooked with rice are nutri-
tious and palatable.
While the pear does not contain suf-
icient free acid to be Objectionable It
does contain granules ofmaterlai dir
cult of digestion. Cooking. both stew
Ing and baking, will partly soften these
granules and render the fruit more ac-
ceptabe. rhe skin should always be
removed. OH tho dried fruits datesare
most nutritious. They may be eaten
raw, or the stones removed and half
almonds placed In the space, soaked
ever night, brought quickly TO boiling
point, lifted, the wnter reduced TO a
strip and poured over. These may be
used warm or cold, or they may be
chopped. fine and mixed with an or
ange or plain gelatin, nodded, cooled
and served with whipped cream. The
space from whence the stone Is taken
will hold nicely quarter Of an English
walnut, or two peanuts, and I'm this
way make n dainty sweet for the aft
ernoon tea table. Mixed chopped nuts
may also be used. Fresh dried figs
carefully cooked stand high in the list
of fruits which may be used as food
Ladies' Home Journal.
Evening journal., 1898-09-19
pIcI,Ich pencIlcs.

Allow four pounds of light brown
sugar one pint Of best cider vinegar,
one teaspoonful of ground cloves and
four teaspooufuls of ground cinnamon
(the latter tied in small cheesecloth
bags) to seven pounds of peeled
peaches. When the strip comes to a
boil add the peaches and cook slowly
until tender. Use n porcelain kettle
for picking when possible. Two-quart
glass jars are best for picking
peaches, and the strip should entirely
cover the fruit. Some housekeepers
throw away the first sirup in which
they are cooked and make fresh one
10 pour over, but this is unnecessary
Home Magazine.
Evening journal., 1898-09-19
Manifest MATES

The fault-fnding disposition is at the
root of the fault-fnding habit OF
speech. Learning to look on life with
clear eyes and a gentle discernment
of the best, we grow Indifferent TO pet
ty vexations and our souls refuse to
be thrown from their balance; our
equanimity is not disturbed by small
annoyances. The person who keeps
out of her countenance aud her con
versation every look and word eX.
pressive Of irritability with existing
circumstances viii by and by become
known among her intimate acqueint'
ances as most agreeable member oil
the home and of society. To cultivate
amiability on the one hand and to re
press discomfort on the other hand arc
manifest duties Of all conscientious
people. Over and beyond this shall we
not endeavor to be always thankful
10 Him in whose favor is life, and who
gives us so much richly TO enjoy?-
Detroit Free Press.
Evening journal., 1898-09-19

1.-TWO Spaniards went up in a bal
loon. The balloon burst. What ma
tionality were they when they came
down." asked the corundrum man.
"Give It up" grimly responded the
stupid man. zone came down a Rus
sian and the other got tangled up in
the telegraph wires and came down n
Pole" was the esponse.-Chautauqua
Assembly Herald.
Evening journal., 1898-09-19
SUPERSTITION OF SAILORS.
How 1t Was Manifested by british
Tnrs Mt the Albion's
Launching.

1t has been said that, next to the
savages and the infidels, sailors are the
most superstitious portion Of humani-
ty. A few weeks ago, writes London
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,
when the new British warship Albion
was launched, the bottle of rosewater
not of champagne, remember-with
which the duchess of York was TO
christen England's proudcst vessel,
failed at the critical moment 10 break
against the ships bows. Immediately
there was no end of ominous talk
among the sailors about this ahortiyc
attempt at baptism. Mr.. Iyey, the
mayor of the place of launching, In
commenting upon this fact, observed.
81 have been a sailor myself, and ]
know what sailors are. There are
plenty Of them who wouldrather have
three months OF hard labor than serve
on board that ship. If anything hap
pens TO her, they are sure TO say at
once that it was because she was not
christened, and, in a way, il Is quite
true that accidents do follow evil
omens. Suppose there is a storm. II
is critical time, and there is a super
stitious man at the wheel He needs
all his nerve and GOODNESS. but just at
the critical time he remembers the bad
omen. All says he to himself, that
bottle didn't break. Something Is
sure to happen He loses his balance
and something does happen. II Is I'm
that sort of way that these unlucky'
incidents do really bring ill-luck."
Evening journal., 1898-09-19
oda curntirc rrcntment.

A Transyaal doctor is credited with
the discovery OF a new curative treat
ment. Tie asserts that he can cure per-
sons of smallpox, fevers, diphtheria
and many other maladies by simply
wrapping them IN milk sheets. The
patient is laid on a mattress covered
with blankets, and is packed in a sheet
just large enough to envelop the body.
The sheet has been saturated in a pint
and a half of warm milk, and Is ap-
piled 20 the body without wringing
After lying still for an hour thus
swathed, the patient is sponged with
warm water. or put into a warm bath
for few moments TO remove the milk
The treatment is based on the germ
absorbing power of milk, and the idea
of it is said to have been suggested by
the fact that milk absorbs poisonous
germs from q bucket in which II has
been standing.
Evening journal., 1898-09-19

she-You're a big, able-bodied fell
low Why aren't you away fighting
for your country?
He-Gracious goodness! Iguess you
don't keep very well posted. Didn't
you know that had been chosen as
one of the members of the team that
Is to represent our golf club in the
match game against the Muxegos next
month ?-Chicago Evening News.
Evening journal., 1898-09-19

Yolks Of five eggs beaten stin, add
five tablespoonfuls Of milk, sprinkle
with pepper and salt; when small piece
Of butter is hot roiir two tablespoon
fuls Of the egg; cooktwo minutes; put
into oven TO dry; put back on stovei
spread one half with two tablespoon
fuls of the whites beaten stiff; fold and
rve.-Ladies' World.
Evening journal., 1898-09-19
RczssuriuE.

Nervous Passenger-Captain, what
would be the result the steamer
should strike an iceberg while we
we're plunging through this fog?
Captain of Steamship-The iceberg
would move right along. madam. just
as if nothing had happened.-Chieago
Tribune.
Evening journal., 1898-09-19

assume charge OF the sick soldiers
brought to Philadelphia and issue fur
lougs to them, has been re-
tired from active service at his own
request.
Evening journal., 1898-09-19

Take Your trade 70 the storekeeper
who sells what you want to buy, and
does not wear out your patience trying
to make yen accept something you do
not want
Evening journal., 1898-09-19

William H. VanToor, of Morton
Vile, Pa, addressed the young mems
meeting OF the Y. NJ. c. A. yesterday
afternoon on the subject "Discrimina-
ton"
Evening journal., 1898-09-19
CAPTAIN AVERY RETIRED

Captain f. P. Avery Of the Third
United States Infantry, who was detail
ed here as recruiting officer on
Market street. and ordered TO
Evening journal., 1898-09-19

Married couples in Norway are priT.
LEGGED to travel on railways at fare
md half
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-11

ran till after the 18th year, yet the
vast majority of cases are covered by
the period between the 9Th and 10Th
year, while the greatest use is between
the 10th and the 18th year,
There are many reasons why chill
dren learn and use these languages.
One lady confesses that she originated
Q language, and introduced it into .
mysterious set of ten, in order to write
notes in school; and she truly adds that
had their teachers discovered the key,
they would have learned many truths.
whether ct can these never i.neu ns knU Uri,
ginated in tho very first
cases with children. The names would
in many instances imply that children
had to do with them, - they show
things familiar to the child and loved
by him. So in the secret languages,
we find animals playing an important
part in the naming. The hog, dog,
goose. pigeon, pig, fv, cat, and other
animals, are attached to these Ian
Ruages. The child in the old. fashio
cd school, where all sat together, hear
ing the Ito him) senseless and I'M
known Latin, would ma urally attach
the name to this language, and thus
give birth to hog Latin, goose Latin, etc.
Seeing or hearing . language ,one letter
may strike the child's fancy, IS in one
the latter b 10 ''hash," An 30 hashsd
language is the result. In another
"bub" (b) finds the funny spot in child
nature, and SO bub talk comes forth
The child in former days, SO frequent
~ hearing Of the b c's, would upon
the construction of an alphabet lang
uage, at once recur to such, and 80 name
this the -bud-cin-dud language.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-11
A Child's Original Story.

The following story was written by
Q little boy in the Denver schools, one
of Q class of children six or seven
years old. They were asked to write
an original story, and the boy in ques-
ton, who, an exchange remarks. has Q
future a. q modern novelist, submitted
this:
ga poor young man fell in love with
the daughter of q rich lady, who kept
. candy shop. The poor young man
could not marry the rich candy ledy'a
daughter because he had not enough
to buy any furniture.
"a wicked man offered to give the
young man twenty five dollars ii Be
would become . drunk ard. TT
young man wanted the money very
much, 20 he could marry the rich
candy lsdy's daughter, but when he
got to the saloon he turned to the
wicked man and said; 4 will not be-
come drunkard, .even for great rich
es. Get thee behind me, Satan.
son his way home he found q pock-
ct book containing Q million dollars In
gold; then the young lady consented to
marry him. They had q beautiful
wedding and later they had twins
Thus you see that virtue has its own
reward -
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-11
| q. FOSTER

A. n. WHITMER, .. .. s.
Dentistry In al its branches.
ONCE Over Santa Fe Ticket ONCE
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-11

The obliQue march is shown in figure
four. When proceeding in column of
fours the command 10 given: One.
Fright Tor Lefty oblique" two, ''Msrch. :"
At the command march each man
turns 30 degrees to the right, and
moves forward in the new direction,
preserving the distance of his relative
position; each rank of tours retains its
parallel, to the rank in front. To re-
sumo the original direction, the com.
msnd, one, forward" two, "march,
10 given, and each man turns 30 de-
grees to the left or right as the case
9ulatinR on the guide. These move
Fments are of incalculable advantage
in passing distractions on the side of
the street on which the march may be
and regaining position after the
obstacle 10 passed. In the oblique
march the guide 10 always on the side
toward which the oblique Is made.
The command for obliques applies to
company fronts or files or any other
formation as we'll a. tours.
When the formation 10 that OF COM
pany front, either 1t halt or in motion
and it is desired to form column OF four
the command is given: some, "Fours
right" Tor left; two, "march, guide
left" Tor right. Each four wheels 80 de-
urees 10 the ripht as in Figure
When the command is given at halt,
each four mounts % the wheel 10 COM
pleted, and the motion is continued in
column of tours. The guide in ex-
ecuting wheels always is on the oppo-
site flank upon which the wheel is ex-
ecuted, a. in tours right the guide IL
left. The command may be necessary.
One. fright Tor lefty, forward" two,
s'fours right" three, march," four.
guide left Tor right.) The direction
are the came except for the four on
the right or left of the line, which
moves directly to the front, the othe'
fours wheeling as directed and follow
ing in column the last four. In all
wheeling by tours the forward march
is taken on completion OF
the wheels unless tn.
command halt be given. The line
may be reformed by the command:
Tor leftl; three, march" While in
motion forward to change direction
the command is: One, column right
Tor left); two, "march;" when the first
four wheels as directed to turn and the
others do 30 when they reach the Joint
indicated on the same ground as the
first four.
To march the column of tours to the
rear the command is given: One,
s'Fours right Tor left) about" two,
''march;" three, guide" fright or
lefty. Each four, all acting simulta-
neously, wheels to the right Tor left
$50 degrees, Great precision is neces-
sary in this movement, see figure Z,
to prevent the TANKS from interfering.
Being in column of tours to wheel q
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-11
BICYCLE EVOLUTIONS FOR MILITARY DRILL.

right or left into line the command il
One ''on right Tor left into line;" two,
"msrch;v three, "halt." The leading
four wheels to the right, Tor left and
marches in the new direction until the
command is given. Each of the other
fours moves four yards beyond the
wheeling point of the preceding four,
wheels in q similar direction, and mo-
yes on to- the alignment of the first
four and dresses on 1t, as shown in fig
ure 8.
70 form on front into line in the
direction in which the column is NOV
ing the command il; One, fright Tor
lefty front into line;" two, ''march. "
This movement is executed as shown in
Figure 8, the leading four continuing
straight ahead, the other tours oblique
to the right until they reach q point to
form on line with leading four, and
then to the front into line.
Being in the column of tours to form
column of twos the command is: One,
fright Tor left by twos;" two,
march," as sbown In figure 10. To
reform fours from twos the command
line;" tive, march," and is executed
as in figure IL.
Being in line to form column of twos
the command is given to twos as to
tours for: "Fours right" or right
forward, TOURS right"
The best formation for bicycle clubs
is In companies of eight files or two
fours, each with two sergeants right
and left. In moving column of tours
the sergeant rides on the left of the
tours, which necessitates the left SER
geant following in the rear of the sec
ond four and the right sergeant hold
ing his place with the first four in
movements to the right, and the re-
verso is the order In movements to the
left,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-11
DIR. v. R. REGISTER,
Chief Consulting Physician to the
New Cure Medical and
Surgical Institute

of Hot Springs, Ark, has permanently
located in FL Paso on account
OF climatic advantages.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-11
Secret Language of Children.

Oscar Chrisman has . novel article
in the Century on "The Secret Lang.
uage of Childhood" in the course OF
which he gives many whimsical ex'
amples. Mr.. Chrisman says:
Tho secret-language period 10
thing of child nature. There are three
distinct periods in lsnguas e-learnine
by the child. The q ct is the acquir.
ing of tie mother tongue. The second
period comes shortly after the time Of
beginning to learn the mother tongue,
aud is q language made up by chill
dren, who, perhaps, find themselves
unable to master the mother tOpg que.
Very few children have . complete
anguage of this kind but all children
have q few words of such. Then come
the secret language period. Although
N q very few csses the learning of sec
ct languages began about the 9th
year, and in some instances the perios
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-11

ALL GRADES AND KINDS OF FINE STOCK.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-11

shown in figures 2 and 8. The com.
msnd Column right" or left, will
bring them wherever the director de-
sires them. ~
To stack bicycles the command ID
given: One, stack two, ''cycles."
At the first command each odd-num-
bered man places the left hand on the
saddle, at the same time removing the
right hand from the steering head and
passes quickly by the rear to the right
of his bicycle and faces 1t: each even
numbered man faces his bicycles. AT
the command ''cycles, lift the bicycle,
one hand Rrasping the saddle the
other hand holding the steering head,
and move them toward each other I'M
til the distance between them 10 two
feet: then put them on the ground and
incline them until handles cross each
other; let them stand so aud face to the
front. At the command, one. take
two, ''cycles," the above execution 10
reversed.
To rest, at the command crest, each
man stands in his place aud the bicy-
Gle is held in any position desired. To
resume, take the original portion at the
command Attention"
The club having formed in one or
more lines the command, one.
"couut," two, "fours" is given. Com
mencing on the right the men count
of as in military formation.
The mount may be made either at a
halt or while marching, and either In
liue or column. When the men are
standing to cycle the command is: One,
"p-epare to mount" At the first COM
mand grasp the left handle grip with
the left hand, raise the rear wheel
from the ground with the right hand
by grsspiug the saddle; adjust the
p.dals to horizontal position with the
left foot; lower the wheel to the
ground and grasp the right handle
grip with the right hand; step to rear
OF bicycle; place left foot on pedal and
stand ready. At the command mount
take three short steps forward with
right foot, and rising on mounting foot,
slide gently into saddle, taking pedals
easily. The command "Mountl' must
be instantly followed by the com
msud: One, "forward;' two, march"
When the men are marching and the
command "Prepsre to mount!' is
given, they grasp the handle grips
and at the command "MOunt!" they
place the left foot on the mount
ing bar and go gently into the saddle.
To dismount at the command, one,
"prepare to diemount," the riders slow
down. and at the command, two. Dis
mount" rise from the saddle and
throw weight OF body on left foot,
scending lightly to the ground and
Immediately lead the bicycle ~
described by steariug head or stand at
attention as already mentioned.
Whenever the riders are In motion |
and the command "Halt!' is given, !
dismount and stand to
cycle.