El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-02
The Spectator.

Halloween passed off quietly IN Ell
Paso and side from the few pranks
played by small boys in spirit OF
mischief. the occasion was not OBJ
served SO far as can be learned. ln
describing the many Halloween
pastimes in vogue among the young
folks an exchange says. Ha!iow-
all of which have for their de-
nouement the discovery of ones owo
true love, or the unraveiment of love
affair. Notwithstanding the fact that
Hallowe'en is the night of true love, 1t
is not considered propitious thing to
receive a proposal on that night. One
of the many traditions OF the night Is
that q, should sSs, n,sbs he so7 Should pre- be-
asked to tie blue ribbon on the we'd
ding ring finger Of his lady love. A
favorite Halloween diversion for Dung
girls is the apple trick, performed by
suspe ndipg an apple in the door way 50
that il bangs Eve feet from floor and a.
many persons as pass under IL SO many
mouths will elapse before her
marriage. IL the tenth person
hits the apple, the girl who sus-
pended it will m AIRY ten months from
tha at date or in the following August.
| If on Halloween q girl shakes hands
with a very blonde mao she Will have
q proposal before the bells shall have
rung in the now year of 1899. Ii, on
| the other hand, che shakes hands With
q very dark man, she will not have a
| prop zeal within a year. Ii with meo
ium man ,she.will receive one next June
Ifa girl has two lovers, and Is not
quite certain just which 10 accept,
should she think of both before going
to sleep on A -llowe'en she will dream
of the one she should marry. Toe
nerylest Halloween test is the best
1t is for girl to descend into the Gel
lar at midnight, just as the be Is are
tolling In one hand carrying a cand' e
in the other a looking glass. On The
way down the shadows throw then
fantastic shapes into the glass, but sh'
must walk on and on until sht
reaches the Gel ar bottom. The,
grope her way on TO the furthest cor
ner, and there she stands, looking into
the depths of the glass. a shape will
creep over IL until IL lies there before
her distiuc,ly. This is the face of her
future husband.
The work OF the Salvation Army pa
beeu conceded by many great divine
| to be more effective than the moder
religious methods of the church, 70
the reason thatsthe salvationi-ts do no
hold forth in elegantly appointed TEN
plf S where the rich cOngregate and th
sauctified silence is only broke
by the rustic of ! selken skirts a
same millionaire's wife or daughte
makes her way down the carpete
aisle to her pew. They do no. SUI
round,themselves with all the pomp an
pageantry that wealth can provide ap
then call upon the outcast ana the DC
praved, who Turk in alleys and hid
their faces from the glare of the sur
to come TO them and repent and ente
Into the paradise prepare,
for the rich aud the upright childre
of wealth The sslvationis.s go OF
and seek the lost, where the lost are t
be found. They preach the doctrin
of the Nazarine in the byways an
back alleys where the souls are feste
battle them in the cleo
sunlight OF the gospel al
many are healed Ridicu
has been hesped upon the heads of tn
Salvation Army workers. They hav
been reviled and prosecuted, but the
console themselves with the remeu
brance that Christ was Knocked an
put to death for his teachings. The
do not preach for fat salaries or Il
the approval of the rich, but to 50,
the lost and for these reasons the
y have met the commentator of mar
y great men.
i There is no Salvation Army in
Paso, but it's place is filled in a way /
g Methodist mission and each mig
services are held at the curbstone
the principal thoroughfares. II
simple services never fail to attract
= crowd of auditors.
Mexican oranges are in great d
In, hn init
Il claims to control the out put and Il
l6 Republic asserts that the supply is n
m equal to the demand. The followii
Il ia taken from that paper: A strikil