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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-27
Sparks From The ENGINE.

The G. H. flag was floating from
the flag pole near the. G. II. shops yes
terday.
The Santa F'e shops at Albuquerque
were closed yesterday and the en-
ployes enjoyed a holiday.
General Manager Ramsey, of the r.
G., S. M. & P, went north over the E.
r. q N. E. yesterday afternoon in a
special car.
There were very few employees work
ing around the G. 81. shops yester az
and very little news to be had in that
locality. 1t was painfully quiet and
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-27

r. & p. Excursions.

Hot cakes at Smiths Creamery.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08
Periods of Infection,

According to the rules of the Penn
sylyanian state board of health. the
period of infectiousness of contagious
diseases is considered to terminate as
follows.
Smallpox-Six weeks from the com.
mencement of disease, if every scab
has fallen off.
Ghickenpox-Three weeks from the
commencement of the disease, if every
scab has fallen off.
Scarlet fever Six weeks from the
commencement Of the disease, if peel.
ing has ceased and there is no sore
nose.
Diphtheria-Six weeks from the
commencement of the disease, if sore
throat and other signs of the disease
have ceased.
Measles-Three weeks from the
commencement of the disease if all
rash and cough have ceased.
Mumps Three weeks from the com.
mencement of disease, if all swelling
has subsidized.
Typhus-Four weeks from the com.
mencement of the disease, if strength
is re-established.
Typhoid-Six weeks from the com.
mencement of the disease, if strength
is re-ostablished.
Whooping cough-Six weeks from
tho commencement Of the disease, il
all cough has ceased,
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08
rhex Come 70 Lnna 10 prlnl.


1t is curious fact easily verified,
that domesticated aquatic fowls do not
drink while they are swimming,
remarked M. A. Fuller of Arkansas,
ut the Laclede. can old farmer
friend of mine down in Arkansas
called my attention to this short
time ago, and have since been close
ly observing the habits of ducks,
geese and swans in this regard to see
If there was any variation from the
rule laid down by my friend. have
thus far failed to find the least excep-
ton.
Two weeke ago watched flock
OF tame geese nearly all day to see If
one of them would not dip his beak
down in the water while padding
along its surface and take drink.
One shrewd old gander twice startled
me by swimming ashore and satisfying
his thirst, after reaching terra firma,
by guzzling copiously and with mani
fest relish from the water along the
bank, and then swimming out to deep
water again, Even the goslings went
through the same performance when
they grew thirsty. / would say the
geese did this because they had no
better sense, but when / saw ducks
and swans go through the same per-
formance / cannot bring sweeping
accusation of idiocy against the al
ready too much maligned goose with
out also including in the Indictment
all other domesticated fowls. Probab-
ly the foolish and useless habit is due
to the fact that when young these
animals are taught to drink from
troughs and pans, and they haven't
intelligence enough to shake it off
when they get grown. / cannot nc
count for it in an other way. st.
Louis Republic.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08
TIE SLEEPING SEA.


The sun sinks down whore sky and watcr
meet
Tingeiag with rod and gold tho dark'ning
sheet;
Tho cloudy curtains close around his bed.
And Twilight comes with soft and stcathy
tread
The pale moon, popping from her fleecy
screen.
Lightens the waters with n silv'ry sheen.
The seagulls dip and skim along the waves
Toward their homes, among tho the rocks
and caves.
0, Sleeping Sea! How beautiful thy face.
Kissed by tho moonlight With a stately
grace,
caressins the white sands, thy waves ad-
vance,
And roll away into tho vast expanso.
Upon tho cliffs projecting gaunt ard gray.
And down beneath amid the foamy spray.
Where dolphins sport themselves and mer-
maids weep.
Tho nymphs and fairies their night vlgils
keep.
All, Signing Sea! ] wlst why thou dost
grieye;
Tls for for the wrongs that thou cans't ne'er
retrieve
Hearts thou hast broken. lives that thou
dldst blight
Tis for the lost, that sleepwlth thee tonight.
,, Mighty Deepl When we would compre-
hend
How thou vast formed or what shall be thy
end.
We are bcwildcred-'t not ours to 500
Thy hidden power, or solve thy mystery.
Yet, Boundless Sea- lesson thou dost teach,
Lifting our thoughts above the realms OF
speech,
To thy Creator-lIim whose potent hand
Guides and protects us over sea and land.
University OF the South Magazine
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08
A Tlylnr Snake.

A flying snake is reported from
South Carolina The Hartsville cor
respondent OF The News and Courier
describes it in detail as follows;
The flying snake was seen near
Newman swamp by Mr.. Odom on
Sunday afternoon, say at o'clock.
This is about ten miles south of this
place. Later, say 7 o'clock on the
same day, it was seen by Mr.. Henry
Poison, in Chesterfield county, twelve
miles north of here. Mr.. Poison saws:
The monster was low down, lust
above the tree tops; had it's head
thrown back in position to strike, and
was just floating through the atmo-
sphere lengthwise. He says it seemed
to be twenty-five to forty feet long
and about eight to ten inches through
at the largest part. In the language
OF Mr.. Poison, 'he do not say it was
a snake, but he do say it was the most
like a snake of anything he ever saw.
and he believes it was snake. There
are all kinds of opinions as to what
the monster could be. Everyone in
lower Chesterfield almost is giving
out an opinion, but the most original
explanation is from my friend, Will
liam j. johnson, near neighbor of
Mr.. Poison. He says it was surely
the devil going on to. Washington to
look after Ben Tillman and the Tariff
bill. Mr.. Johnson says the snake
was seen near Chesterfield courthouse
and also in several towns in North
Carolina
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08

A news paragraph In yesterdays
Courant from Block Island reported
that the swordfish are now abundant.
These big creatures come and go as
mysteriously as any OF our sea visitors,
and all fishes have their peculiarities.
Who knows whereM de shad are before
they begin to run up the rivers in the
spring? The swordfsh comes to
American waters grown mp. OF course,
they vary in size, but no young are
ever seen here.
This fact has been clearly set out
by government report on the sub
ject. The young are found chiefly in
the Mediterranean After they are
able to go il alone more or less ofthem
strike for the North American coast--
most of these gathering about Block
Island. There theylie and sun them
selves on top of the water, the prey all
summer OF the fishermen and their
spears. What instinct brings these
fish over 5000 miles of water to spend
the season and return? They come
when they arrive; they go when they
leave. That's all we know, although
the season comes within approximate
dates.
The swordfsh is a favorite sea food
here in New England. Boston is its
chief market, but it sells well all about
here. 1t is solid meat, with distinct
flavor and very edible New Workers,
who hunt the markets of the world for
new things, will not eat it.
How long these queer fish will last
is problem. They are hunted not
only for the market, but for pleasure.
If the rich New Workers, who are too
fastidious to eat them, should estab-
hsh the fad OF killing them and coll
lecting the swords, they would proba-
bly, soon exterminate the creatures,
kill off all the old swordfsh, and who
would guide hither those that were
about to make their first trip? Fol-
low that notion back bit, and who
guided the first of them over here?--
Hartford Courant
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08
Indian Languages Going.

Like the buffalo, the Indian Ian.
guage will soon be lost forever" ex.
planned gentleman who, under the
auspices of the Smithsonian, has de.
voted number Of years to the study
and preservation of the Indian Ian.
guage. cit was thought that the In.
dian language could be preserved by
the aid of the phonograph and graphic.
phone, and parties were sent out to
many Indian tribes to have them talk
into The apparatus and thus secure
record Of the Indian tongue.
'It was found, however, that but
few Indians Of the present day, and
they were the older ones, could talk
pure tongue. More than one-half Of
the Indians now on the reservations,
and this is the case with all Of the
younger Indians, converse in English.
1t is not good English, but it is the
kind they speak, a kind of pigeon
English. had the work of securing
some Cherokee talk, aud in doing so
talked with dozen or more leading
Cherokees.
"They admitted to me that they did.
not know one Cherokee who could
speak pure Cherokee. They said il
was with the greatest difficulty that
they could get the boys and girls to
speak in their native tongue at all, or
to learn even the commonest words OF
phrases. I arranged with half dozen
Cherokees, however, and secured
their services to talk into the machines,
and have thus got some pretty good
Cherokee, but / know enough about
the language myself to know that it is
very imperfect Indian.
''A few Of the Sioux indians talk
pretty well, but it is mixture. In
less than twenty years l do not think
there will be an Indian in this country
who can talk his native tongue pure.
As far as the Indian children are con-
cerned, they use six English words
whore they use one Indian word. The
machines of the day will record the
language if it is talked into them, but
the difficulty is to get Indians who can
talk with the necessary degree OF ac-
curacy. Washington Star.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08

Frank Lane, who lives on the Pan.
ther hill, near the foot of Panther
mountain in the southern Catskills.
witnessed an interesting tussle be-
tween big buck deer and an old
bear one day last week. Lane was
eating his morning meal when he
heard tremendous rumpus outside
the cabin. He grabbed his gun,
whistled to his dog and ran out.
The battle was royal one, but the
advantage was with the buck, which
was more agile than bruin, and as the
bear rose time and again to seize the
buck IN his claws the deer gored him
with his terrible forked antlers
Lane held his dogs, as he was
afraid they would attack the deer,
which would have brought him in con-
flict with the law. He watched the
battle until the buck, with bound.
jumped clean over the bear and, be-
fore his antagonist could meet his
new move, impaled him upon his ant
lers and tossed him into the air n
dozen feet
The bear fell to the ground, aud rs
he struck the buck was upon him
with his four sharp hoofs, stamping
him like battering ram. This, it
appeared, was too much for the bear,
and, picking himself up, he beat a
hasty retreat. The deer gave a snort
Of triumph, and, seeing the dogs,
which We're tugging at their leash,
bounded away and was soon lost in
the forest. New York Commefaial
Advertiser.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08
Senatorial BicxclIatr.

Tho Washington Post says that
Senator Tillman is an ardent wheel
man, ignoring the street cars al
together, except on the raniest Of
rainy days. Senator Warren of Iowa
is new recruit, but manages to
pedal along quite skillfully, while
Senators Bacon, Chandler and Elkins
are old stagers and enthusiasts, al
though Mr.. Bacon is noted for his
extreme carefulness. Senator Chandler
has nearly 5000 miles to his credit, but
this is because he spends his entire
summers riding over the New Hamp-
shire roads. Among the Populists,
Senators Butler and Kyle are good
riders. Senator Faulkner looks like
q promising member of an athletic
club, when lie dons his abbreviated
trousers and golf hose, with nobby
cap, but he will not ride at night. The
daylight, he says, is good enough for
him. Senator Perkins Of California
used to ride one Of the old-fashionod,
high-front, big wheel machines, but
when he mounted low safety the
other day he mastered the art Of
cycling under new conditions in less
than half an hour. Senator Wetmore
and,Senator Wolcott ride fine wheels,
and are tho best dressed cyclers in the
Senate. Senator Lodge can ride q
wheel, but doesn't, and Senator Nc
MILAN has also ceased this sport.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08
pEARLsobF raoUcHr.

An injury repaired ia a benefit !
two. "
Great griefs are dumb, and r.n
cares cry aloud. '''''o
OF all deceivers, the self.dooo,
is most to be pitied. 'ei'ei
A vice never seems TO us 40 bo,,;,.,
as when practiced by some one wa Vls ~
not like. " w
Deep streams move with silent y.
esty, shallow brooks babble over axosr
tiny stone. "
Pain is one of natures teocho..
whose lessons we cannot afford n Az
pense with. -''
With rudeness suffered to ROMAN ;,
home, impoliteness must necessar;ly
be the rule abroad.
Debt is the worst kind OF povo,t,,
1t makes us feel that each debtor y
the moral master of our purse.
When we are alone we have or,
thoughts to watch, in the family on,
tempers, and in society our tongues
The lottery of honest labor drawn
by time, is the only one whose priaes
are worth taking up and carryino
home.
Good nature is the very air Of good
mind; the sign OF a large and gonerous
soul and the peculiar soil in which
virtue prospers.
III good manners are not practised
at home, but are allowed to lie by
until occasions call upon their weore,
to assume them, they are sure to be
bad fit when donned.
A character which combines the Low.
of enjoyment with the love Of duty, and
the ability to perform it, is the ono
whose unfoldings give the greatest
promise of perfection.
All great men are brave in initiative,
but the courage which enables them
to succeed where others dare not even
attempt is never 80 potent as when il,
leads to entire self-forgetfulness.
1t may be truly said that NO man
does any work perfectly who does not
enjoy his work. Joy in one's work is
the consummate tool without which
the work may be done indeed but
without its finest perfection.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08
rlan to Reclaim snhnra.

Many travellers have entertained
sanguine views regarding the cultiva-
ton of the Sahara. While it seems
hopeless that the arid plateau could
ever be improved, it is pointed out by
Mr.. Deschanel that local experiments
at El Golea and elsewhere prove that
in valleys favored with a small amount
of water, such trees as the acacia,
eucalyptus, tamarisk and poplar can
be successfully grown. The poplar
proves to be most capable of resisting
the influence of the desert Under
the shelter of these trees fruits and
vegetables can be cultivated. Chicago
Inter -Ocenn.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08

The Scottish American tells a story
of cobbler who was sentenced by q
Scottish magistrate to pay a fine of
half crown, or, in default, twenty
four hours hard labor. If. he chose
the latter he would be taken to the
Jail at Perth. "Then I'll go to Perth, :"
he said, 'for l have some business
there. /" An official conveyed him to
Perth, but when the cobbler reached
the Jail he said he would pay the fine.
The governor found he would have TO
take it. "And now," said the cob
bier, II want my fare home. The
governor demurred, but discovered
there was no alternative the prisoner
must be sent at the public expense to
the place he had been brought from.
The cobbler was sixpence ahead
through his shrewdness.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08

Cyclists are becoming alarmed at the
general tendency to tax bicycles. In
Chicago the municipal authorities are
trying to collect duty on all cycles and
are not popular with the owners OF
wheels, in consequence. In Maine,
from the returns thus far mado bv the
local tax assessors, the taxing of
biNJeie~ lA--'' bovVnv s5ouvraI. a good
income is derived from this source,
and the assessors think it has had n
marked effect on road inlpro gc.:... sat %.
.an attempt was made to provide for a
like tax in Columbus, Ohio, where
some time ago vehicle tax ordinance
was introduced before the CITY Conn.
Gil, rating bicycles at seventv-five
cents each yearly. The question of
constitutionality was raised, and it was
decided by prominent legal author.
ity that the ordinance could not be
applied to private carriages and bi-
cycles.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08

Perhaps the best known of Ameri.
cans who have preferred residence in
England is William Waldorf Astor
He was admitted to the New York bar
In 1915, became member of the
Legislature of that State three yeors
later, and was reelected in 1891. and
he was Minister of the United States
to Italy from 1882 to 1885. Bret
Harte, who has dropped his first name
Francis, has made- his residence in
GfSS.st- britain Since his service as
Consul at Glasgow from 1880 to 1885
Henry James, the novelist, is also
resident abroad, with his address
given in care of his publishers in Lon
don. William Livingston Alden is
another American man of letters
abroad, having, like Astor and Harte
entered upon his exile through the
channel of diplomacy. He was the
Consul-General of the United States
at Rome from 1886 to 1889, since
which time he has devoted himself IN
novel and story writing. William
Clark Russell, the spinner of sea
yarns, was born i'll New York in Feb.
ruary, 1914, but he lives in England
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. the
artist, was born in America in 1s35
educated at West Point, and per.
mitted to live continuously abroad
since 1857. His address is 10 Rna
de Bac, Paris. Edwin Austin Abbey
who is in his forty-fifth year. but al-
ready an associate of the Royal Acad-
emy and of the Royal Water Color So.
ciety, went to England in 1878. and is
member of the Reform, Arts and
Beefsteak Clubs. j. S. Sargent a
member of the Royal Academy since
early in the year, was born in Flor.
ence, Italy, in 1856, but is the son Of
a Boston physician. DR.. Moncure
Daniel Conway the minister of the
South Place Ethical Society, was born
in Virginia in 1882. Mary Anderson
Mrs. de Navarrol is an English woman
by residence now, but that hardly
counts. Of different kind is the de.
naturalization of William Ashmead
Bartlett, born in Plymouth, Mass, in
1851, and now named Burdett Cloutts.
and member Of Parliament, having
married the Baroness Burdett-Coutts
and taken her name.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08
MECHANICS OF The STATES.
The Complete List with tho Notices {
the State Seals.

the state Seals
The following are the nicknames by
which the different states Of the Union
are called, and the notices on their
great seals of state:
Alabama, "Cotton state"--Here we
rest.
Arkansas, 'Bear state" -.Regnani
populi.
California, Golden state"-EurelSa.
Colorado, Centennial state"--Nil
sine numine.
Connecticut, ''Nutmeg state Qui
transtulit sustinet.
Delaware, "Blue Hen state"-Lib.
erty and independence.
Florida, "Peninsular state"--In God
we trust
Georgia, "Cracker state"--Consti.
tuition.
Illinois, Sucker state"-State SOW
ereignty; national union.
Indiana, 'Hoosier state"-Consti.
tuition.
Iowa, "Hawkeyo state"-Our liber.
ty we prize. our rights we will main
tain.
Kansas, "Suhhower state"-Ad as
ira per aspera.
Kentucky, "Blue Grass state"---
United we stand, divided we fall
Louisiana, "Pelican state"-Justice.
Maine, 'Pine Tree te"-Dirigo.
Maryland, ''old Line state"-Cres-
cite ct multinlicanini
Massachusetts,, EBAY state"-Ense
placit placidem sub libertate .qnietem.
Michigan, Wolverine state" e
pluribus unum; tuebor; 81 quaeris pc
ninsulam ameuam, circumspice.
Minnesota, "Bayou state"-The
United States Of America.
Missouri-United we stand, divided
we fall; salus populi, suprema lex este.
Montana, "Stub Toe state"
Nebraska, "Blackwater state" -
Equality before the law.
Nevada, "Silver state'-All for oul
country.
New Hampshire, Granite state
Sigillium reipubllcae neo hantoniensis.
New Jersey, 'Tersey Blue state"
New York, "Ehpire state"-Excel-
sior.
North Caroline, "Old North state. I"
North Dakota, "Flickertail state"
Ohio, Buckeye state"--Imperium
in imperio.
Oregon, "Bever state"-The union.
Pennsylvania, rKeystone state
Virtue, liberty, independence.
Rhode Island, Little Rhody'--
Hope,
South Carolina, f'Palmetto state"-
Animis opibusque; dun spiro, spero.
South Dakota, "Swinge Cat state"
Tennessee, Big Bend state"-Ag-
riculture, commerce.
Texas, Clone Star state"
Vermont, "Gfeen Mountain state"
Freedom and unity.
Virginia, 'sThe Old Dominion"-
Sic semper tyrannis.
Washington, "Chinook state"
West Virginia, "The Pan Handle"
Montani semper liberi.
Wisconsin, Badger state"--For-
ward.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08

S1me men have sand" enough to
pPfster house. Jim Murphy Of Alma
Was out in field tho other day when
4 huge rattlesnake struck at him. The
fangs OF the snake passed through his
pantaloons and stuck there, without
touching the flesh. Murphy coolly
reached down and claspad the snake
by the neck and carried it mile into
town, where he now has it safe vi
coop.-Kansas City journal,
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08

The advanced woman seems to the
Trenton IN. j. American to be invad-
ing every field of labor heretofore nc.
cupied exclusively by men. The
sensation of the day in Now York City
and its suburbs is the discovery that
Mrs. Mary Hansen, sixty-four years
old, has proved to be, by long odds,
the most successful confidence opera
tor in the country. She reaped about
SlOo, 900 in Jersey City, aud the total
OF her gains, so far as they have been
ME- % known, in New York and Brook.
lyn. fooriec>Sabout $3.50, 600, and ex-
tend over poSeSSS.s.,sbout twenty
years. She has GeSH-,- -SSpged in
variety of swindles, and thus far has
managed to escape publicity. She
spent the money obtained literally,
seeming to have no idea of it's value,
aud now is said to be poor. She is
in jail awaiting the action of the grand
Jury.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08


After the death of Prince Albert the
Queen went to the Highlands, and one
of her first visits was to q widowed
peasant woman. The two cried to-
gether, and when the old woman
begged pardon for not controlling her
feelings, the Queen said she was
thankful to cry with somebody who
knew exactly how she felt.
The Queens colpnation ring is never
out of her sight, and is worn by her
every evening. II is band of gold
containing cross in rubies, sur
mounted by white brilliants. A coro.
nation ring is supposed to symbolic
the wedding of thl sovereign with the
nation.
1t is reported that at the time OF
Vlctoria's marriage it was suggested
the word "obey" might be left out of
her response. The Queen instantly
checked this piece of snobbery, and
declared that she would be married
like any other woman.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert were
on trip the north of England and
gentleman in hearty fashion expressed
the pleasure he felt at seeing the con.
sort and ''his wife, The Prince was
greatly delighted With the homely ref
erence and expressed pleasure that his
beloved partner should be spoken of
by an appellation which was the high.
est honor that could be bestowed upon
any woman.
The Queen is to be put on canvas
IN company with the three generations
OF heirs to the throne that are now ON
deck, the Prince ofWales, the Duke of
York and little Prince Edward. The
artist to be honored with the royal
command is William Quiller Orchard
son, Il. A.-The Pathfinder.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08
Gbe SEA Coast Gfbo.
Published every Saturday at Bay st.
Louis, Miss.

The Two Republics of the ci'y Of
Mexico says that ga proposition
is before the department OF
public instruction to introduce the
study of the ancient Aztec language
under the patronage of tho govern.
mento
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08

Harold Frederic, in his cable letter
to tho New York Times, points out
tho fact that the new developments in
the Eastern question amount to moth,
Ing, and that the Turk is still worthy
of the name of an artful dodger.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08

Says tho Baltimore American,
Every dollar of gold in the world has
cost over two dollars, and of every
50,0 gold mines in the world only
two have paid. These are statistics
which ought to stagger even n person
who is getting ready to go TO Alaska.
The sea coast echo., 1898-01-08

"Yardsley donated a castor worth
ninety-seven cents to the minister, and
put tag on it marked SIG"
eyes. +"
We'll, the parson took tie article
to Yardsley's store yesterday and
traded it for drygoods. Yardsley's
smile won't be able to be out again
for six weeks. Harperis Bazaf. =