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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

The mayor reported that the COM
mittee had looked over the ground
propo: ed for the drain for the lower
end of Ell Paso, and had seen the Bias
Real Estate Co., in charge of the Cotton
addition, and they both agreed TO let
this drain cross their property. The
mayor stated that when Mr.. Hawkins
presented his petition and agreed to
have the work done at once he saw no
reason why the council shouldn't
grant the permission.
The bond matter was taken up and
the clerk stated that he had received a
good many inquiries in regard to the
bonds.
The mayor gave the clerk form of
the bonds for reading. After this a
discussion of lithographing came up.
and it was decided to send copies:of the
two bonds to different hthographing
companies and have them wire their
bids 80 as to have the two sets finished
by July let, to be sold on that date.
Each bid is to be accompanied by q
certified check for $1,000.
On motion of Mr.. Clifford, which
was Observation-Disclosures d, thebouds are
to bear date of July 1st, 1898, with in
terest payable on Jan. LIST, 1899, and
every six months thereafter. These
bonds will be sold to the highest bid
ders. Sealed bids will be received and
opened by the city council at 1Os. m.
July LIST.
Both the sewer and city hall bonds
bear interest At 6 per cent and
payable either at the city clerks
in this city, or at the Chemical Nat
al bank, New York.
New business was then taken up and
as there was An outstanding account
against the city in the real estate fund
and there was none of that fund in the
treasury, Alderman Clifford suggested
that the amount due this fund from
the contingent fund be turned over.
This suggestion was adopted.
Delinquent taxes were taken up. and
the clerk informed the council that
there was sS3, 686.l2 delinquency in
the tax rolls, and that there was q
delinquency in the '97 rolls of $40,
1889.
Alderman Clifford suggested that
there be an additional 10 per cent.
penalty added on all delinquent taxes.
City Attorney Kemp was asked about
the legality of this addition, and he
advised the council to let the matter
rest for the time being, as he was go
ing to present an ordinance soon that
would cover that point.
Alderman Clifford said: 81 wish that
the newspapers would write up the
tax payers instead of the council" and
Clerk Catlin told him to address his
remarks to the HERALD" General
smile all around).
That famous street maintenance
fund was then taken up. Mr.. Clifford
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10
Wire In the Streets.

and said: 81 wish that you would
make an appeal to the users of baled
hay in Ell Paso, and ask them to des-
troy the wire that comes off the hay =,
and not throw it out in the streets as
Is being done all over town. This wire
causes more trouble to the riders of Ell
Paso than almost anything else, as it
not only punctures the tires, but it
gets tied up in q wheel and breaks the
spokes. Then again it gets in the
wheels of buggies and carriages"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

This morning in front of the custom
house q smuggled horse was sold at
public outcry aud there being only one
bidder the horse was sold. to Mr.. Spiers
of the Singer Sewing Machine Co., for
the sum of 50.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

A curious theory lately in Italy is
that the sap of tree Gibbs and flows
in sympathy with the tides of the
ocean. A grower of vines and fruit
trees says that mo tree should be lop-
ped or pruned except during the hours
of Obj tide. He has taken fourteen
years to come to this conclusion, and
now always acts upon it.-Ext'hange.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

81 only regret that 1 have but one
life to give to my country. "-'The last
patriot and spy who WAS hanged by
tie British September, l776.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

DIR. Bulmer is in the city. DIR. Bull
mer has been writing up the history of
Casas Grandes aud the mines near
there for use of the Smithsonian Ipsti-
down to Ysleta to make report on
the remains of the early settlers there.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

Owing to uncertain weather the
grass widowers and bachelors were not
able to have their entertainment last
night, and it was postponed. The date
for tho entertainment will be an
nOunced Inter-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10
FAREWELL.

Go fetch me pint of wine,
And fill it in a silver tassis;
That 1 may drink before go
A service to my bonnie lassie:
The boat rocks at the pier of Leith,
Fu' loud the wind bias frae the ferry.
The ship rides by tho Berwick-law.
And I maun leave my bonnie Mary.
The trumpets sound, the banners fly,
The glittering spears are ranked ready
The shouts O. war are heard afar,
The battle closes thick and bloody:
But it's not the roar o. sea or shore
Wad make me LANCER wish to tarry;
Nor shouts o. war that's heard. afar
IFS leaving thee. my bonnie Mary.
Robert Burns.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10
Her Last Hope.

Jsque-Why does Miss Passey cross
the ocean in aD American vessel now?
Doesn't she know that she is liable to
be taken by some Spaniard?
Mazie-Just what she's going for.
She has lost hope of being captured by
an American.-Town Topics.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10
Dissolution.

Dissolution.
The firm of Vorce and Turner who
have been conducting the Vendome
dining room, has been this day dis
solved. Mrs. Vorce will continue
the business, and assume all accounts
Ell Paso June 9th '9S
VORCE & TURNER.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

Excursions to local points on
the Texas and Pacific railwty are
numerous this month. Several new
announcements are made under the
heading ''Texas and Pacific Excur-
siOns," in this issue.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10
Curious Johnnie.

Nurse-Johnnie, the stork has just
brought you q little baby. wouldn't
you like to see your little brother?''
Johnnie-Naw, but I'd like to see the
stork
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10
That Language of Ours.

Chicago News.
Timkins-Whst did she cay when
you proposed to her?
Simkins-She didn't say . word. but
just looked at me and then dropped
her eyes.
Timkins-Poor girl. 1 hope they
didn't break.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

f Smiths Creamery is open again.
Fine line of hammocks at Twins.
Ell Paso Steam Laundry, Telephone
No. Al.
CUT FLOWERS.
Mrs. J. n. Comstock.
O'Brien Coal Co., sell pitch, paper,
lime, cement, plaster, etc.
Ask for EEL PASO TRANSFER"
the best s cent CIGAR on the market
Rogers is now serving ice cream
soda in all fiavors with crushed fruits.
The best Mexican and Havana cigars
are made by the Ell Paso Cigar Mfg,
Co.
Telephone 1872. Only water from DEM
ing.
Buy your coal from "O'Brien Coal
Co, >" the agents and direct shippers
from the Cerrillos mines. Phone 8.
Vapor and medicated baths at 416
North Oregon street Rheumatism
relieved at once; massage in all forms.
Everybody goes to the st. Louis
Furniture company, BIZ Ell Paso street,
for good house outfittings and easy
terms.
Payne-Badger Coal company, Nc
Alester, Cerrillos and anthracite coal,
cord and stove wood, yard Second and
chihuahua streets. Telephone No. IL.
Refrigerators and Gasoline Stoves.
MOMSEN & ThORNE.
"Rubcroid Roofing" Most durable;
easiest to lay. No pitch to melt and
run of. Ell Paso Fuel Co. Agent AL
Santa Fe St.
Valley bran. wheat, choice clipped
oats, Cerrillos coal, wood and kindlinR;
building material of all kinds. Ell PasO
Fuel Co. Phone ITO. All S. Santa Fe
St.
Americas Greatest medicine ia
Hood g Sarssparilla, which accomplish
es wonderful cures of blood diseases
when ali other medicines fail to do any
good whatever.
Hoods Pills are the best family
cathartic and liver tonic. Gentle, re-
liable, sure.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10
CITY Council.

The council met in regular weekly
session last night, Mayor Magoffin in
the chair and all aldermen present, ex-
cept Mr.. Badger, who was excused on
account of sickness.
The clerk was ordered to read the
minutes of the last meeting; they were
read and ordered approved.
City Attorney Kemp was present for
the first. time since his trip to Califor-
Mis-. Judge Kemp said, ST have no
new report to make, but will confirm
the report that Judge Beall made on
the matter of the supreme court deci-
sion in the tax suit
Clerk Catlin read his report on
building permits; twenty-four permits
were issued and S24 received. His per
centsge being Is per cent he turned
over to the city treasurer s1S.
City Physician Race made his re-
port, saying: II have three men sick
now in the pest house. Two OF
them are getting well, but the
third is pretty eick man
Both of the last patients caught the
disease from the first one. And want
to state again, as I said last Thursday
night, that according to agreement ]
had to give the nurse some help, a
che now has three patients, and have
secured the assistance of the husband
of the woman who is the nurse. The
man I am paying s1.5O per day" DR.
Race presented accounts for transferr
ing the patients and for nurse hire
which amounted to $50. DR.. Race
asked that the council receive these
accounts and accept them 80 he coulc
get his warrants today. This wa
done.
Alderman Clifford, chairman Of the
finance committee, presented the fol
lowing bills to the council which wert
annrOved and ordered maid:
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

"Whoso is in love with cold, hunger,
disease, death-Let him follow me. y
Carl baldi.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born
across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that trans6gures
you and me.
AS He died to make men holy, rlet us die to
make men free,
While God is marching on
Julia Ward Howe.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10
Good Health

Came to me after using six bottles of
Twins Sarsapsrilla. 1 was bed rid
den for two years and friend induced
me to try this medicine 1 began to
mend at once and attribute my present
enjoyment of health. at the age of
seventy six largely to its use.
JAS. MCGINNIS,
Price 75c q bottle at Twins
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

"Liberty and Union, one and in Sc
parable, now and forever. "-Daniel
Webster.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

thought that each ward should receive
its pro rata share. Mayor Magofdn
thought that the parts of the city
which need it most should receive the
most. Alderman Drummer agreed with
the mayor.
At this point Chief Lockbart got up
and told the council he hoped that
while they were discussing this matter
they wouldn't forget that the city was
badly in need of q new jail, and il
another winter came while they were
spend ''severial dollars"
Alderman Brunrer made . motion
that the street and grade committee
make q report at the next council
meeting of all the sidewalks in the1i
respective wards that most needed re
pairs.
This motion was seconded and car
ried, and the council adjourned until
next Thursday night.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

For Over Fifty Years.
Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and Is
the remedy best for diarrh0ea.
Twenty-Five cents q bottle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

make q report at the next council
meeting of all the sidewalks in their
respective wards that most needed re-
pairs.
This motion was seconded and car
ried, and the council adjourned until
next Thursday night.
Toniqht,s Concert.
The program for the concert in the
plaza tonight is as follows:
I. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. National League
Il. overture-Barber of Seville: :. H..
3. American Patrol. .:Mescham
Characteristic Piece-Simplicity,
INTERMISSION.
Is. March-The Hoodlums. ........
6. Pilgrim Chorus from Tsnnhaeuser,
I. Descriptive Piece-Hunting Scene,
! 8. Star Spangled Banner.
Everybody is asked to join in singing
the last number.
Following are the words of the Star
Spangled Banner; clip this out and
take 1t to the park with you tonight:
THE STAR sPANGLED BANNER.
Oh say, can you see, by the dawn's
early light,
What so proudly We hailed at the twi-
lights last cleaning,
Whose stripes and bright stars through
the perilous fight,
! Ger the ramparts we watched, were 90
pallautly streaming,
And the rockets red glare, the bombs
bursting In air,
Gave proof through the night that our
flag was still there!
Oh say, does that star spangled banner
| yet wave,
| Ger the land of the free and the home
of the brave?
Oh, thus be it ever, when freemer
shall stand
Between their loved home and the
wars desolation,
Blest with vict'ry and peace. may tn {
heav'n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and
preserved us Q nation;
Then conquer we must, for our cause
it is just,
And this be our motto, SIN God is oul
trust!''
And the Star Spsngled Banner il
triumph shall wave,
Ger the land of the free and the home
of the brave.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

Grow fsA Eat at Smiths Creamery.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

Good eating q. Smiths Creamery.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-10

Hoods Pills are the best family
cathartic and liver tonic. Gentle, re-
liable, sure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
The Pelican and the Pilot.
From the Kansas City Star.


The mouth Of the Mississippi river il an
exceedingly moist place. What little land
there is just misses being under water by
an inch or two. The whole country is COM
posed of masses Of water, lagoons and
bayous, separated by threads of land: a
filagree of land and water. Through this,
confined by costly levee, runs the main
body of the great yellow river. There are
several passes to the gulf. but that leveed
by Fades is the principal one.
The distribution of land and water at the
rivers mouth is always impressive to a
western man. who hates to see so much
water going to waste. The lagoons or
laycuS are the home of an amphibious
race of men who live by fishing. oystering
and plotting. Here also is the home of the
pelican, bird that western men almost
regard fabulous. but which have giver
Louisiana 1.-The name OF the Pelican state"
All over the coast of Louisiana one will
such signs as THE Pelican Store" or
The Pelican Hotel" The pelican is large
gray or white bird, with a huge disten-
sible pouch under it's long bill. The peli-
cans fly about in 1ocks of from six to
twenty. The mouth of the Mississippi
river is their home and vast numbers of
them live in the water and on the strips of
land thereabout.
A Kansas City man, who saw pelicans
for the first time, asked an old pilot what
manner of bird they were. The old pilot
looked at them seriously and said:
Those birds are ghosts of old pilots
When l die I'll become a pelican. Why
sir, some of the old pelicans that fly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
Mighty Poor Sand.


Several months ago a local company
bought car load of crushed ore in Mexi-
co. Advices were duly and officially re-
ceived that the ore had been shipped
twenty tons of it. Weeks slipped away and
the ore did not come The smelling COM
pany politely asked the local agent of the
railroad company when 1t would be here
The local agent said he had never heard of
1t. The smelling company then appealed
to the general agent. The general agent
gave it up-if 1t was a conundrum. Along
the line the question passed until 1t reached
a potent official, who started out a tracer
for the car load of crushed ORE
A tracer Is document on which every
agent. train conductor and other person
who has had anything to do with a ship
ment must say whence he took it and
where he laid it down. From the mine in
Mexico the car load of ore was traced from
junction point to junction point, from sta
ton to station, until it was we'll within the
railroad company's local yards and thence
to side track by a round house and into
the possession of the master mechanic.
A car load of crushed gold ore looks like
a lot of coarse yellow sand and this par
ticular car load had been knocked about
and disrespected as a car load of common
sand should be.
When the officials were notified that the
sleuths of the tracer had chased the car to
the master mechanics track they sent him
note asking him Of the disposition of the
car, giving its number.
The master mechanic turned the note
over and Endorsed on the back:
THE car contained a d. bad quality
OF sand. Some of 1t I used in the sand
boxes of the engines, but 1t was not SER
vieeable. so I had 1t scattered along the
right of way"
The railroad company paid the smelter
company $50 ton for the sand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
THE WORLDS MAIL.
TwO-Thirds of 1t is Made Up of Eng
lish Letters.

From the New York Herald.
Two-thirds of all the letters which pass
through the post offices of the world are
written by and sent to people who speak
English. There are ubstantially 500 COO =
900 persons speaking colloquially one or
another of the ten or twelve chief modern
languages, and of these about twenty-five
per cent, or 125, 600. 900 persons, speak En-
glish. About 9O.0OO,OOO speak Russian,
20. 100000 German, 100000 French. 49,
OO0.O0O Spanish, 81. 900 900 Italian and T.
OO0.000 Portuguese. and the balance Hun
garian. Dutch. Polish. Flemish, Bo-
hemian. Gaelic, Roumanian, Swedish. Fin
nish, Danish and Norwegian. Thus, while
Crly one-qnarter of those who employ the
facilities Of the postal departments of civil
lied governments speak, as their native
tongue, English, two-thirdS of those VINO
&C rrespond do so in the English languag e
This situation arises from the fact that
SO large share of the commercial business
OF the world is done in English even
among those who do not speak English
as their native language. There arc, for
instance, more than 10000 post offices in
Irdia. the business of which in letters and
papers aggregates more than 300 100 900
Parcels a year. and the business of these
Offices is done chiefly in English, though of
midas total population. which Is nearly
3U0.U00U0, fewer than 100000 persons
either speak understand English.
Though 3O.000,0On speak or understand
Russian. the business of the Russian post
department is relatively small. the number
of letters sent throughout the czar's en-
pire amounting to less than oEe-tenth the
rumber mailed in Great Britain alone
though the population of Great Britain Is
considerably less Than one-haif of the pop-
uiation of Russia in Europe.
The South and Central American coun-
tries in which either Spanish or Portu-
guese Is spoken do comparatively little pos;
Office business the total number of letters
pasted and collected in a year in a. the
countries of South and Central America
and the West Indies being less than in
Australia. Chile and Argentina are, in
fact, the only two South American coun-
tries in which any important postal busi-
ness is done. and most of the letters re-
ceived from or sent to foreign countries
are not In Spanish. but In English. French,
German or Italian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
Record of the Clubs,
GEORGETOWN ATHLETICS.
Spring Field and Track Sports IT
morrow Afternoon

morrow Afternoon.
The spring field and track games of the
students of Georgetown University will he
held tomorrow afternoon on the college
Campus at 2:30 O'Clock. The events and
entrants and handicaps follow:
First event, one-hundred yard run
b. J. Wefers. scratch; Cody, two yards;
Maioney, three yards; M. Walsh and
Owens, five yards each; O'Shea and Half
ford, seven yards each; NJ. O'Brien, eight
yards; Dowd, ten yards.
Second event. pole vault-Claiborne
scratch; Walsh, three inches; Flemm1ne
SIX inches; owen, eighteen inches; Apple
garth and Sheridan, twenty-four inches
each.
Third event. 22O-yard hurdIe-A1aloney.
scratch; Douglass. fifteen yards; II.
OBrien, five yards; Horsey and Claiborne.
hfteen yards each; Monohan TWENTY-FIVE
yards; McAnerny. scratch.
Fourth event. half-mile run-Dessez,
scratch: J. O'Shea, thirty yards; Apple,
garth, forty yards; Douglass, sixty yards:
five yards
Fifth event, running broad jump-M
Walsh. scratch; McAnerny fifteen inches
Flemming. eighteen inches; Owen, twenty
four inches; O'Shea thirty inches
Sixth event. two-mle bicycle race-E
Kennedy. l.. Lauve and Oscar Ceppi
Seventh event, two hundred and twenty
yard dash-Wefers, scratch; Cody and Ma
lcney, five yards each; O'Shea and Owens,
fifteen yards each: Haffor6. twenty yards;
Barry. sixteen yards; Horsey, fifteen yards
Miller. twenty-five yards.
Eighth event. one hundred and twenty
yards hurdle-Maloney. scratch: Douglass.
five yards: Claiborne. eight yards; Owens
and OBrien, ten yards each.
Ninth event. throwing the discus-Frank
Smith, scratch Wefers, ten feet; Walsh
twelve feet; OConnell and T. O'Connell.
fifteen feet each; Flemming eighteen feet
Owens and O'Brien, twenty feet each: Fitz-
patrick and Duffy, twenty-five feet each.
Tenth event, broad jump-Walsh, scratch
Sheridan. four inches: Owen and Horsey,
six inches EACH Claiborne, five inches
Monohan, eight inches
Eleventh event, one-Cuarter mile run
Wefers, scratch; Maloney. fifteen yards:
Dessez. twenty yards; Sheridan and OShea,
twenty-five yards each; Claiborne. thirty
yards; Applegarth and Barry, thirty-five
yards each; Miller, forty yards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
tendons. The bird was dead when discov-

tendons The bird was dead when discov-
cred but whether the shock of impact
killed 1t or whether it died as the result
of the fierce struggles to free itself cannot
be told. There was no wound to be found
save the broken wing ard torn skin and
terdons. Some Highland Park cottontail
rabbit IS doubtless congratulating itself to-
Gay on the narrowest escape of it's life and
on the death Of one of it's implacable enc
n les.
An orioles nest of last year was found
the other day swinging from the tips Of
the branches of a silver birch Hanging
side by side with the nest was the body
of goldfinch. This bird. which many
people call the thistle bird stays in this
neiShborhood all winter. during which sea-
son its brilliant summer livery of black
and gold is changed for a somber coat of
buff and dingy green. One of these little
creatures looking for warm place to
pass a cold night had sought refuge in the
deep. closely woven cradle of the Baltimore
oriole. In starting out the next morning
In search of breakfast the goldfinch slipped
Its head into moose of horsehair of which
the nest was in part composed. and hanged
uSelf. The dried body of the Self-eXecuted
little fellow still swings by the side of the
nest. with which it forms now an interest
ing part of Chicago collection of curiosi-
ties.
On the east side of the last house on Oak
street on the left as one walks toward the
lake there Is great vine which is literally
nlled with the nests of English Sparrows.
Half way up and near the front of the
house there swings a sparrow's body. A
piece of white string is wound tight about
Its neck. and Is fastened as firmly at the
other end to a part Of the clambering vine.
Some people insist that when a sparrow is
particularly wicked the other sparrows try
him and II they find him guilty. hang
MIN after the approved methods of man
kind. That Oak street sparrow is hanging
so neatly as almost to give color to this be-
lief, but the chances are that he became
entangled and was swung off by the neck
as a punishment for his carelessness