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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-05
ALDER-MANIAC HUMOR.

1t Is quite characteristic of our orna-
mental city council that they should
allow their babyish Ill humor directed
against the HERALD to lead them into
an act of gross indisc. elton that will
cost the city several hundreds of dol.
lars.
About the first OF July the city coun'
Gil called for sealed bids for doing the
city printing and for burying city
paupers. The contract with the Tri-
une-Telegraph, the "official paper"
had expired, and as there was large
amount of city printing in sight it be-
came necessary to make new contract
for the ensuing year.
The various bids were duly opened
on the 22d day of July. The COW
tract for burying psupers was closed
at once with the lowest bidder. The
bids for city printing were as follows:
The HERALD bid eight cents per inch
for the first insertion and five cents per
inch for each subsequent insertion: the
Tribune-Telegraph bid ten cents per
inch for each insertion; the Times bid
five cents per line for the first inser-
tion and one cent per line for each sub
sequent insertion, or forty cents and
eight cents per inch respectively, all
bids being for solid BREWER matter
running eight lines to the inch.
The bid of the acknowledgement
was much lower than that of the Times
on proclamations and resolutions,
which require but few insertions, but
the Times bid under the Tribune on or
dinsnces, which have to be published
thirty times.
The bid OF the HERALD was at least
forty per cent lower than either of the
others, and at the same time the HER
AID offered to show that its circulation
was larger than that of both the 9th
err papers put together.
The council rejected all bids because
the HERALD, which chooses to tell the
truth about our rotten city administra-
ton, entered the lowest bid.
With no official paper, the necessary
city printing was divided between the
Times and the Tribune; some of it was
given to both. A sidewalk ordinance
was published four times in each of
these papers. The Tribune broug hit in
bill for 81 20 in accordance with its
contract; the Times charged $3.50, its
maximum commercial rate. At the
rate the Times bid for the city print
ing the work would have cost SI.76,
and the HERALD, with its circulation
at least equal to the two other papers,
would have done the same work for 90
cents. Comment is unnecessary.
During the past month 100 inches of
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-05

THERE was some pretty strong talk
at the meeting of the medical society
Saturday night. Many of the sugges-
tions made, as reported on the seventh
page today, are most excellent. 1t is
we'll this question has at last been
taken up by those competent to deal
with it. The time has come when the
administration must be forced to act.
Theirs has been woeful story of in
competency and delay from the first,
and if the city suffers it Is upon Mayor
Msgoffin and his friends that the blame
must rest.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-05
End OF the Football Season.
rovidence Journal.

providence journal.
With the few college games played
on Thanksgiving Day the football
season Of 1898 came to a close. There
Harvard this year. She has defeated
Yaleand Pennsylvania allowing neither
TO score, while Princeton, which has
the next best record, did not play Penn
sylvania and defeated Yale much less
hsndily than the Cam bridge team beat
her. Harvard has rolled up 257 points
in the eleven games she has played,
and her opponents have kscored
but eighteen against her. OF
these, five are credited to
Bowdoin, two to Amherst, five to
the Indians and six to Brown. Prince
ton has rolled up few more points,
26S. and lost only FIVE, but her failure
to play Harvard or Pennsylvania, her
small score in the game with Yale and
the tie contest with West Point deprive
her of championship honors. Very lit
tie can be told by the record OF points
won and lost, as the merits of the op-
posing teams are most various.
Pennsylvania comes third on the list,
with no less than 392 points won and
thirty two lost. The Philadelphia uni
versity always piles up great total,
but this year her early performances
against weak colleges have not been
supplemented, late in the season, by
great victories over the stronger teams.
Harvard beat her ten to moth ng and
she won from Cornell by a single goal
on Thursday, Chicago University scor-
ed eleven points against her and the
Indians five. Fourth in the list comes
Yale, with defeats at the hands of
Princeton and Harvard still ranking
She did not play Pennsylvania, and
perhaps it is just as well for her she
did not. Her record for the year is
146 points won and thirty four lost. OF
these latter six were scored by Brown,
five by the Indians, six by Princeton
and seventeen by Harvard.
To rank the other colleges is diff
cult task. 1t has been said that Brown
comes next to the "big four" because
of her good showing against all of
them and her final victory over Dart
mouth, the winner of the pennant in
the Triangular League. Cornell
would, however, dispute this rating.
The Ithaca enthusiasts would say that
Princeton scored twenty-three points
against Brown and only six against
Cornell, and that Pennsylvania ran up
eighteen against the Providence play
ers, while the score with Cornell was
but twelve to six. Against this show
ing are Browns six points against
Yale and six against Harvard, the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-05
ADVERTISING RATES.

Rates of advertising In the Daily or Weekly
HERALD will be made known upon applica-
ton at the business Office. Those who pre-
fer can have a representative of the busin ess
department. call upon them, who will quote
prices and make contracts for space. Call
telephone No. 115
Classified advertisements or locals, ten
(imcents per line for first insertion and five
90 cents for each additional insertion.
Special rates upon five hundred 900 or one
thousand QO00) lines OF local, to be used In
one month. will be furnished upon applica-
ton.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-05

THE mayor has shown by his mac
tion that he was quite unable to direct
the course of the administration while
this smallpox scare has been brewing.
He is the man who Is responsible for
having let the health department go so
long without proper manag and
proper facilities for work.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-05
ADVERTISERS.
The DAILY HERALD

Reaches 20 per cent more
residences in Ell Paso than
any other newspaper.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-05

A sight worth seeing is the pilgri-
mage to the shrine of Guadalupe to be
held in Mexico City during Decent er
The Mexican Central Ry. will sell
round trip tickets Dec. lst to 9th inst.
at one fare for the round "Trip.
SEC. B. j. KUHN. COM'L ACT.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-05
BY CARRIER.

The Daily HERALD is delivered by carrier
10 Ell Paso, Texas, Juarez, Mexico and at the
EIPaso smelling works. at fifteen cents u5c)
per week, or sixty cents (60c) per month.
Subscribers failing to get the HERALD re-
gularly or promptly should call at the office
or telephone No. 115. All complaints will re-
ceave prompt attention.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
WHAT IS NEEDED.

When the meeting of the Ladies'
Blcomer Debating and Progressive
Club had been called to order the
President asserted that she had a
statement to make.
Before we take up the regular bus
mess CT the club" she said, Il think
it no more than right that we should
send our congratulations to Senator
Faulkner for his noble stand On be-
half of our sons and brothers"
Faulkner" cried the member in
the Alpine hat. Who's Faulkner"
And what has Faulkner done?"
cborused half a dozen.
Haven't you read about the bill he
has introduced" demanded the presi-
dent
NO" came the answer from ali
parts Of the hall what is it?"
We'll" explained the president, Il
will confess that 1t is net all that we
have right to expect in that line,
but as beginning it is all right"
what is it?' repeated the chorus
1T shows that he is disposed to do
the right thing went on the presi-
dent, "and if we pass resolutions of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
THE QUARTER DECK COURT.

In the early days of our navy COM
manGers if vessels had greater latitude
in the matter Of puaishmerts than to-
day When flogging and keelhauling
we're in vogue, a captain could sentence
one of his crew to almost any punish
ment. Now the Navy Department has
issued regulations covering most Of
lenses, and it is only for minor
breaches of discipline that the COM
mander of a man-of-war can distribute
justice.
The captain holds court on the quar-
ter deck, several times a week. 1here,
assisted by the executive ofhcer, he
gives ore man three months restric-
ton to the ship for smoking OUT OF
hours, another a weeks extra bright
work cleaning for being late with his
hammock and still another month
restriction for being over leave.
To the casual observer these would
seem saap shot judgments, but IN fact
they have been determined beforehand
in an interview with the executive Off
Ger. When a case Is grave enough TO
warrant a more severe punishment,
the offender is placed under arrest and
held for summary or general court
martial. The captain Of warship also
has the power to order man confined
in the brig" small cell between
docks, for periods of frop one to fve
DAYS on full diet or bread and water.
As in police courts ashore, punish
ment differ on different ships. Some
captains are known for the pictur-
esoueness Of their punishments. and
Others are famed. like the late Judge
Duffy, of New Pork, for their Solo
moniike judgments Many an erring
sailor has escaped the peralty Of his
misdeeds by laughing discreetly at his
commanding officers bad puns.
The captain of the old Kearsarge dur
ing one Of her early cruises laid great
stress on ridcuIe as a penalty. He
spent part Of his time inventing new
and rovel punishments for his crew,
some OF which proved useful, while
others only brought ridicule to his own
door. One of his most successful was
the calling out Of the punishment and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
Tor rods on each side and forming d

for rods on each side and forming q
spectacle awful beyond description.
There came from the stream of roaring
fam enc long, unearthly wall of ago
ny. For moment we saw the blazing
form Of the wretched bear writhe in
torture in the burning creek. Then
we neither saw nor heard him more.
''The heat from the moving wall OF
fire drove US back into the woods,
where we remained more than an hour.
Then the stretch of fire died gradually
away and became extinct, leaving upon
US and about US such a sense of gloom
and ghostliness that neither OF us had
the courage to remain longer on the
spot. We lost no time in making our
way in the darkness to our shanty UP
the run. Upon reaching there we
learned that an oil tank
HAD SPRUNG Al LEAK
that evening. and before the break
could be repaired a great quantity Of
oil--hundreds CT barrels-had run
into the stream and loated down on
the surface The unfortunate bear had
swan through this, and his fur had be-
come saturated with the inf1ammable
stuff. My firehrand had ignited it in
stantly. In returning to the run, all
ablaze the bear had set the whole oily
surface on fire, and met his terrible
fate" -Philadelphia Times.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
ROYAL, MARRIAGES TO TAKE PLACE

This summer and autumn will be the
occasion OF many European royal we'd
dlngs, although this year there ae no
English royalties to wed. One Of tho
most interesting will be that of Princess
Marie Of Greece to the Grand Duke George
Michaelovitch Of Russia. This marriage
has been fixed and postponed several
times and now the date given as certain
is September 20. Princess Marie. 1t will
be remembered. was In the carriage with
her father the King OF Greece when the
dastardly attempt was made on his lie
some time ago, and the princess behaved
with the greatest courage.
The only brother Of the German En-
press, Duke Ernst Gienther OF Augusten-
berg, Is TO be married the present month
TO Princess Dorothy Of Saxe-coburg and
Gotha. while the Princess Fedora, OF
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha the eldest great
grandchild OF the queen. Is 10 marry
Prince Heinrich xxx Reuss on Septem-
Der "a.
On October the second royal marriage
Of the year to be celebrated In Stuttgart
is that OF Princess Pauiina Of Wurttem-
burg and the hereditary Prince OF Wied.
The first was that Of the Duchess Olga
Of wurttemberg and Prince Maxiniliaa
Of Echaumberg-Li
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
THE FIRST WAR NURSE.

Al short time ago Miss Florence
Nightingale. most famous OF army
nurses, celebrated her seventy-eighth
birthday, and memorial address of
oongratulation was presented to her by
Americans in London and American
nurses. grateful for the interest she
has shown in their volunteer move
ment in our present war with Spain.
Miss Nightingale has served well for
more than the allotted span OF life. and
now the heroine of the Crimean war
has come to lie all day long, and all
the days. in a shaded room in her Lon
don home. 1t is a bed ridden exist
ence, but it is one made beautiful by
the light of other days. No che for
gets Florence Nightingale, nor does she
forget.
Her room is always Uttered with
new books, magazines and papers
bearing especial reference to the wo-
manly art OF nursing the sick. She
herself writes pamphlets on the sub
ject still, and pencils and note paper
are as abundant in that sickroom as 10
printed matter. Health and " nth
have failed her. but not the old inter-
est and zeal. Now. as ever, she shrinSs
from publicity. No reporter or news
paper correspondent need send up his
card but she is always accessible and
at home to any one who is honestly in
terested In nursing or care of the sick
and who seeks her aid and advice in
this way. Encouragement and coun-
sci she has for such, but never an In
terview has she yet granted TO a jour-
nalist. So it is easy to see how deep
" alive she is TO all matters concern
ing the American nurses who have Of
fered their services to the United States
army and are ready to serve their
country in this war with Spain.
From the first the aged heroine's In
terest has been made manifest toward
them. and hence the American colony
in London have In grateful apprecia-
ton sent this memorial TO the CHEEKY.
sick chamber at 5 Hyde Park square,
London w, for 1t Is CHEEKY. and a
loyal spirit dwells undaunted there.
She who has locked upon death with
fearless eyes Is not abashed at the de-
stroyer's drawing her to him A brave
heart is the sublime test Of endurance.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

He was lookin" FIR fight whin he
heeld that George DcOiey an Packy
Mountjoy was miXin up an away be
whit to take a hand in it, Cousin
George was just through with tn Span
yard an was settin on top iv wan Nv
his beats playin' On the coronet FIR to
pass away tn time whin along come
Prince Hinry. Well, me Garman
frind, what can | do fer ye? says
George. I've come up says Prince
Hinery, FIR to interfere in this fight,
he says. 1 dent like the way ye have
rolled me frind Packey Mountjoy,' he
says. Hes a towny ~ mine an | may
have a fuss with We whin / hear frim
his brother, already says he. All ri
right SAYS George. All fright, ne
buck says he. All fright. he says
III wait f'r ye.' he says, TO hear firm
home he says, but, he says in tn
meantime, he says, If We get between
me an Packey.' he says, 'whin Packey
comes OFT firm tn manhole,' he says,
I'll have to push We ar-rQund,' he says.
IN take no advantage iv ye,' he says,
but tn postal facilities are poor he
says. an II We was in tn way | might
take a kick at We whether ye'd got a
letter firm home CT not he says. An
Irish fight, he says, is no proper
place f'r a Garman boy he says. An
he wint on playin' 'O'Donnell Aboo' on
tn ccronet.
What happened to Schwartzmeis-
ter's brother Hang'n happen to Prince
Einnery If he don't look out f'r him
silt Ye know, Looey-a big chunk iv
r-rounT-headed. good-natured lad,
with no more har-rm in him thin a
fshball-a Through mar in his thrade,
too-cud carry half a dozen stems on
each arm over a steeplechase coorse
without spillin' dhrop. Well, wan
night, Looey had been loadin' himsilf
up with kimmel an cursed wather. an
he wint out with tn two Regan boys
that was ciilybratin' their havin' car
rid tn prim'ries f'r Willum ]. O'Briea
be rollin' beer kags down into tn Chi
nese laundhries. Well, he had tn de-
Wis own time, though he didn't know
what twas ali aboY, him thinkin' 1t
was SERIOUS an tn tRegans on'y dom
it be way iy jokH An iyry time
they rolled In kal tn Cninnymen
r-run out in their on Clint clothes. an
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

Looey an tn Regain boys thrun bricks
at him, an, o, twas eloryous sport
FIR tn Regans an migAty inthrestin
to Schwartzmeister, him thinking
twas SERIOUS. After awhile tn Re
gen boys see man goin up tn sthreet
that'd wanst empired a ball game
again thin. an they put out f'r him.
But Locey bein' Garman an not
KNOWN how to fave off. whit on
rollin' beer kags. Down be tn bridge
he came acrost a basemint with lights
in it. an rolled a kag, because he was
a Garman an didn't see where IN
Joke inded He rolled this kag down
on top iv Walfe Tone Haggerty, the
shoemaker, who was peggin' boots On
his bench Haggerty was an INDUS
threes man an needed a r-rest an ne
dropped his hammer an come
bourdin out. Schwartzmeister, MIN
be.a Garman an not seem that IN
pint iv tn joke was that tn kag was
rolled again a Chinnyman, heaveu a
r-rock at him. Haggerty come IT M
near Clormel, where tn first thing
they larn whin they lave tn mother Is
to heave rock an tn mex thing
to duck wan, an he lodged an come
up again L0oey like Clancy hghtln
goat Pether Maher, an though small
man, an unarmored cruiser, We might
say, took him be tn feet an shtud him
on his head. Whin tn polls come out
he had LoOey in a vacant lot an was
jumpin' on him firm ON top iv tn
fince. Twas at Taste a week befure
Looey cud see to make change without
poppin his eyes open, an fr long
time he took his four quarts day
through a sthraw. Haggerty was on
good terms with tn OF man an he
dhropped in to see him tn mex day.
C'goost he says, we must keep yer
boy Locey off tn sthreet,' he says.
If he goes on in this way nell get into
a fight he says.
AZ hope" Mr.. Dooley conclu led,
that Prince Hinnery won't take cou-
sin George Dooley fr Chinnyman. If
he does. he'll get slapped. Chicago
Journal
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

Gives Friendly Warning to Prince
Hinnery His Highness In Place
Where He's Liable to be Rolled
Prince Hinnery Should Read
Schwartzmeister's Story.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

fury he 1eaped from the wagon and
bounded into the woods The burn
ing coat was caught on the brush and
was torn OF the panther, but the
smell OF singed hair and flesh the
disappearing beast left behind indica4-
ed that he had not got away I'M
scathed. l heard that panther's yells
for long time, each one, however,
growing fainter and fainter In the
distance. / lost no time in hurrying
on as fast as could in the darkness.
1 had not gone far before l met
COUPLE OF THE DRILLERS,
who had heard the cries Of the pam
Their, although their camp was a mile
away, and had come cut to see what
was going on. l didn't find my
horses until next day, and l never
travelled that road again at night.
ITO this day, if you should ever go
into the Cherry Tree Run district OF
the Oil Creek region, you will be sure
to find somebody who will remember
how I set bear on fire once in that
district, and set two or three miles of
creek en- fire in doing it. You may
never go ever there, though, so I'll
tell you about it myself. Folks may
not know it, but bears can swim like
ducks. I don't know whether they can
dive or not, but if they can my bear
made the mistake of his life by not
diving and swimming under water
from one bank to the other of the
stream he had ventured into Good
paying territory had been found and a
number Of good wells put down In the
vicinity of Cherry Tree. Trout fishing
was excellent in the mountain streams
Of that region, oil not having yet been
produced in sufficient quantities along
them to mingle with the water and
spoil it fer fishing | was an enthusi-
astic trout fisherman, and one day in
June, a fellow operator and l went for
days fishing almost toy the head
waters Of one Of the small creeks that
enlptied into Cherry Tree Run. It had
got along toward dark by the time we
had fished down to the mouth Of the
creek. We were loaded down with
trout, and about, and about as nearly
tired out as two vigorous young fell
lows could well be. In fact, we were
so near tuckered out that we concluded
to camp at the mouth of the creek for
the night rather than trudge the three
miles that lay between there and our
shanty After
HEARTY TROUT SUPPER
we built big camp fire and lay down
on the ground near it to sleep. The
fire threw glare clear across Cherry
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

Tree Run. which was wide and deep
there.
Il wasn't long in falling asleep. I
never knew what woke me, but | woke
some time in the night suddenly and
wide. The campfire was still burn
ing brightly, and as | lay there look
ing at the bread pathway of light it
cast across the run I saw the water
where the light rested upon it sudden
~ become agitated. ard l soon became
aware that some big object was SWIM
ming the stream and coming directly
toward where l was lying. 1t was a
spooky sort of situation, and, to tell
the truth, l was scared; so much so
that l couldn't stir. ! lay there scarce
~ daring to breathe, with my eyes
fixed intently on the approaching OBJ
ject. 1t pulled deliberately across the
stream, and by and by reached our
shore. where it crawled out of the wa
ter and up the bank. Then l discover
ed that it was an enormous bear He
paused a moment and then moved to-
ward the camp fire. either prompted
by bear curiosity or attracted by the
scent Of our trout, bears being particu-
larly fond Of trout.
"The spot where we had camped
wasn't more than twenty feet from the
run. The appearance of the big bear
and his impudent advance upon our
camp broke the spell that he'd NE. I
sprang to my feet,
GRABBED A BLAZING STICK
from the fire, and hurled it at the ap-
preaching animal. who was then almost
within arms length OF me- The brand
struck the bear If l had been fright
ened at the first appearance Of the
bear in the run, l was simply terrified
when the burning stick hit him, for
like fash CT gun powder flames burst
from { the poor beast, enveloping him
from snout to tail. With a howl that
filleds the woods with frightening
echo$ and brought my sleeping COM
paniSn to his feet, the blazing bear
turKd and fed to the run and plunged
in. iii he had expected to find help in
the current of the stream he was Woe
full mistaken, for in an instant the
r,,4 from bank to bank and far above
an Mellow us, became a line Of leaping
fir Fighting UP the gloom of the forest