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Clearance Sale of Damask FIattirnrs.

We announce continuation of the special sale seasons i'm
potation Of Fine Cotton Warp japanese Damask Mangs These are
particularly choice goods importation new price
cost less than the cheap domestic
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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
A Spotted Season.

This will be a spotted season, the
old-fashioned polka dot being the most
noticeable note in summer fabrics.
Piques, fou1ards and light woods are
very smart When sprinkled with small
polka dots, white dot on a dark
ground being rather more fashionable
than a dark dot on a white ground
A favorite way of treating white pique
this season will be to stripe it with
colored braid. A blue and white pique
gown was .onderfully smart trimmed
in this way, the plain dark blue pique
being used for the tunic and Elton
jacket, the white pique striped with
narrow soutache braid appearing in
the skirt and revers. A plain white
vest of white pique was cut out very
low like a mans even vest to reveal a
stiff white linen shirt bosom finished
with high turnover collar and dark
blue string tie. -....
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

,ecoming unconscious was hurled into
he brook. The water barely covered
lin. He was drowned.
There is an ancient Jewish proverb,
'Wheresoever a man is destined to die.
;hither will his feet carry him." A
curious confederation of this saying is
,elated in the Talmud. On one occa-
sion King Solomon, attended by his
:wo scribes, met Az$ael, the angel OF
Heath. Seeing that the angels coun-
enance was sad, Solomon inquired the
-eason, and was told that the kings
scribes had been demanded at his
nands. On this, Solomon transported
his two favorites to the land of Luz,
where, according to a current legend,
40 man ever died. The next morning
Solomon beheld Azrael again, but this
lime the angel was laughing.
''Why do you laugh?" demanded the
King, surprised.
Because" he answered, 20 King!
You have sent these men to the very
place whence 1 had been ordered to
fetch them
To live ones life naturally and
righteously, without faithless worry
and fret, is both good sense and good
religion. Over-anxiety not unfrequent-
ly invites the very disasters that i'm
agination dreads.-Youth's Companion
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
A Fancy Neck trimming.

A ruff1e Or trimming of lace about
the neck heightens the charm of a
woman's beauty in way which can
not be equaled even by chiffon. Lace
softens the contour. of the features as
chiffon does not, gives the face the eff
feet of the heart of a rose surrounded
by many beautiful petals.
Ribbon is the proper material to be
combined with lace as a neck trim
ming, and the two together are very
effective. If double-faced satin ribbon
cannot be obtained, the plain satin
ribbon should be used, allowing the
satin side to be next the lace.
A pretty collette to be worn with
fancy evening waists or fancy bodices
is made of ecru lace Of delicate design
and turquoise blue ribbon. There are
two full ruffles Of the lace sewed upon
a band of the ribbon. Also sewed
upon the band of ribbon are ribbon
ioops of turquoise blue. The loops are
full and long and are put on separately
at frequent intervals. The collette
hooks invisibly at the back of the neck.
The proper hat to wear with this col
1ette is one of fancy straw with high,
wide crown and narrow brim.%s The
hat Is trimmed with punfs OF turquoise
satin put on around the. base of the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Running from Death.

In one of our seaport towns lives
a mother who determined that, what
ever happened, her son should never
be drowned. Her father was a sailor,
and was drowned at sea. She lost
her husband and her brother in the
same way. The horror of the great
deep was upon her. Only those that
have lived by the sea know what this
terror is. To guard her only son from
a watery death became a real passion
with her. The thought qualified all her
plans for his future and kept her in
ceaseless watch of his movements.
AS the boy grew he was not allowed
to paddle in boats or to learn to swim
and when he was old enough to earn
his own living his mother sent him tc
an inland town in the neighborhood O
Boston.
when you get started" she said
81 will come and live with you.
don't ever want to see the water
again.
It was not long before the young
man found work as a teamster His
work was satisfactory to him and tc
his employers, but one day the horses
took fright and ran away. The heavy
wagon swerved and upset upon a plank
bridge, under which a little stream
flowed The driver was struck, ant
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Bear Liked Sugar.

In a Vermont maple sugar camp,
owned by a Mr.. Forsythe, the owner
this spring often missed cakes of the
maple sugar which had been set out
in the snow to harden. For a long
time the men at the camp watched for
the thief, but never caught him, until
at last one day they found bear tracks
leading away from the camp, and fol-
lowed them until they came to a cave
in the hillside. Mr.. Bear was not at
home, but in one corner of the cave
they found their cakes of maple sugar
neatly piled up. Mr.. Bear had hidden
away nearly 200 pounds of the sweet
stuff, and when they went to carry it
away they met him coming through
the woods, walking straight up on his
hind feet like man and carrying more
sugar in his arms. When he saw the
men he did not wait to be shot, but
dropped his sugar and ran away like
any other thief.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Long-Lived Prime Ministers

Speaking of Lord Salisbury, who en-
tered on his 10th year February 8, the
London News says for British states
man he can hardly yet be considered
an old man. He is younger than Sil
William Harcourt by some three years
and he has colleagues in his cabine
who are his seniors. Moreover, meas
ured by the duration of the life of tn,
queens prime ministers. his caree
should have still many years to run
The cares of office seem to be favorable
to longevity. Peel's career was shor
by a tragedy, and Melbourne did no
live to great age. Other of he
majesty's premiers, however-Lor,
Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, Lort
Palmerston, Lord Derby, Mr.. Gladston
and Mr. Disraeli, all exceeded the al
lotted three-score years and ten. Lor,
Salisbury is one of the Oldest member
of parliament, having entered tn
Commons 50 far back as 1883 as Con
servative member for Stamford.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Wise SQUIRRELS.

In Kansas City there is park which
is near school, and in the trees OF
this park are many squirrels. All day
long they frisk and scamper about
with their bushy tails up over theil
backs, peering around the limbs of the
trees with their little, beady eyes, a
the grown-up people without a bit o
fear. But as soon as they hear the bel
for school to let out they scamper fol
their nests, and by the time the frs
boy is out of the door there is not
squirrel to be seen. The wise little an
fmals know that when the bell ring
the boys will come out and stone them
More than this, the squirrels hav,
learned never to show themselves Oh
Saturday. This speaks will for tn,
smartness of the squirrels, but i
speaks badly for the Kansas City boys
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Horses That Count.

A Russian doctor has spent a great
deal of time finding out how much ami
mails can count, and has found that
horses can count more numbers than
any other animals. He has found that
a parrot can count four, a cat six,
crows ten and some few dogs twenty.
But he found horses that could count
more than this. One would pillow across
a field 20 times, and would then stop
and rest, but it never stopped. at 10 or
81. Always just 20. Another horse al
ways counted the miles along the road
by the white mile posts that were set
up. and stopped every 20 miles, as it
had been taught to do, to be fed. An
other one was always fed when the
town clock struck IL. When the clock
struck II it would lift up its head and
listen, but when the bell had stopped
would again droop it's ears. But when
the clock struck 12 it always neighed
loudly for its dinner.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
This Cat Works.

Near Stockton, CAL. is q cat by the
name Of Bildad, whose mistress, Miss
Angle Eddes, also owns some almond
trees. When these nuts are ripe, and
start to fall, Bildad begins work. His
mistress sets a large basket out in the
almond grove, and goes back to the
house. Then Bildad picks up all the
plump brown nuts, and carries them
to the basket, never stopping till it is
full, when the useful cat goes in and
pulls at the apron of it's mistress to let
her know that it should be emptied,
so Bildad can fill it again. Bildad also
churns. Mr.. Eddes has made treadle
to work the churn, and upon this Bill
dad stands and churns away. The cat
can tell by the sound of the milk when
the butter has come, and strikes with
his paw on a little bell to let his mis-
tress know that he is through. Besides
all this Bildad plays and enjoys a
romp AS much as any other cat.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Letter from q Cat.

Letter from a Cat.
Dear Editor: I hereby take
My pen in paw to say,
Can you explain a curious thing
I found the other day?
There is another little cat
Who sits behind a frame,
And looks so very much like me
You'd think we were the same.
try to make her play with me.
Yet when I new and call,
Though I see her new in answer,
She makes no sound at all.
And to the dullest kitten
It's plain enough to see
That either I am hooking her,
Or she is mocking me.
1t makes no difference what I play.
She seems to know the game;
For every time look around
I see her do the same.
And yet no matter though creep
On tiptoe lest she hear,
Or quickly dash behind the frame,
She's sure to disappear!
st. Nicholas
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
A Stenographef's Feat.

From the London Telegraph: Con-
corning the stenographic prowess OF
the late Thomas Allen Reed, whose
death was recorded in these columns
yesterday, a correspondent sends a
curious anecdote. The late shorthand
writer was once on professional bust
ness in Liverpool, and stayed in the
same hotel as Charles Mathews, the
actor. The latter had appeared in
my Awful Dad and after the per-
Torrance he strolled into the smoking
room. Having heard of Mr. Reeds ex-
pertness as a note taker Mathews
challenged the reporter to jot down
certain passages from the character OF
Puff in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's
Critic" Reed expressed his willing
ness to have try. Mathews, who was
one of the best "patter" speakers on
the stage, began to gable the lines
with startling rapidity, and the other
strained every nerve to follow him.
When the test was finished Reed,
whose notes. despite the terrific speed
at which he had been writing, were of
neat and legible outline, merely in
serted a vowel mark or two and hand
ed them to an assistant who was called
into the room, and who Transcribed
the characters with but few mistakes
backward! Il should hardly have
thought it possible, Mr.. Reed!" was the
astonished Charles Mathews comment.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Sly Mr. Coon.

Mr.. Goodrich, of Potter County, Pa,
missed a great many of his chickens,
and one night not long ago he hid
near his henhouSe to catch the thief.
He had not waited long when he saw
a four-footed coon come stealing along
the fence and squeeze in at a small
hole near one corner, which he had
not noticed before. AS soon as the
coon was safe inside Mr.. Goodrich
clapped a big stone over the hole and
went inside to capture the coon, and
closed the door after him. Through a
window in the henhouse the moon
light came in so that he could see
plainly all over the floor, but he could
not find the coon any place, and had
almost made up his mind that it had
found some other way out when he
CHANGED to look up at the roosts, where
the chickens were sleeping, and saw
two great eyes staring at Kim out of
the dlmmest corner. The coon had
slipped up on the roost among the
chickens, thinking that perhaps Mr..
Goodrich would not see him. At first
he had his back turned, but he was
curious and had to see what was 60
ing on. And that is why he got caught.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
An Indian Legend.

A curious legend, which we are told
that the Indians believe and relate to
this day, is about huge natural. sp1re
Of weather beaten sandstone, which
rises sheer and stark eight hundred
feet from base to top. This natural
obelisk is in Arizona, in Dead Mans
Canyon, and is called 1.-THE Spiders
Tower"
1t happened, many centuries ago, That
one of the peaceful cave jewellers was
surprised and pursued by hostile
tribe, and driven into this canyon. On
and on he fed, vainly seeking a hid
ing place in which to take refuge.
The enemy was steadily gaining up
on him, and his strength was nearly
exhausted, when, coming near to this
huge pillar Of stone, he deserted a Sill
ken cord hanging from the top of 1t.
With trembling haste he fastened
one end of the rope to his belt. that
his enemies could not reach it, and
taking fast hold of it as high as he
could reach, he began to climb, hand
over hand, resting his feet in the jag
ged rock.
Nearer and nearer the hostile band
came, but when he had gained the
summit of the rock, their arrows could
not reach him, for the protruding
edges protected him. Many days they
waited for him at the base, but he fed
upon dew and eagles eggs and def1ed
their siege.
And when at last they departed, and
he returned to earth by means OF the
silken cord, he had learned that a
spider, seeing his distress, had spun
this cord OF extra strength, end fasten-
ing one end to the rock, had dropped
the other that he might be saved.
For, like all the brute creation, the
spider loved the quiet cave-dweller
better than the unmerciful hunters;
and it was in gratitude to his preserver
that the Indian told his story to his
tribe; and you, to this day, may visit
the spot and see the Spiders Tower"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Lady Curzon,s Tea CLOTH.

One of the farewell gifts which Lady
Curzon took with her to India was a
tea cloth, upon which were embroid-
cred the names of all the titled women
of London of her acquaintance. The
cloth was of the very finest linen, per-
fectly plain, with broad hemstitched
hem. Her friends had written their
names diagonally across the hem, and
each had embroidered her own in white
cotton It is a beautiful souvenir and
one which Lady Curzon will greatly
enjoy in her home in India.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

son after lesson until they are
quite convinced that there is no
danger to them, and before long
you might fire a 7-pounder within a
yard Of them and they would hardly
look around After this they are
taught to face fire-that is to say, to
gallop fear1essly up to line or square
OF infantry, blazing away with their
rifles, and to charge batteries Of quick
firing guns. OF course, only blank
cartridges are used. and SO to a
trained horse going into battle for the
first time there is no difference be-
tween the harmless thunder Of the ma
neuvers and the death-dealing storm
which sweeps over battlefield. The
poor brute only learns what the differ
ence really is by bitter experience.
When smokeless powder came into
general use it vas found that In many
cases horses which would face the
smoke OF guns using black powder
without fiinching flinched and SHE'D
at the flash and roar unaccompanfed by
smoke Continental opinion is some
what divided as to the moral effect of
smokeless powder on men and horses,
but the general conclusion seems to be
that in daylight it is not more terrify-
ing than black powder, although some
hold that to see men and horses struck
down by an invisible agency must
necessarily be so. But it is generally
agreed that the use Of smokeless pow
der at night has much more disturb
ing effect than that Of the old powder,
because the flashes of the guns, unob-
scured by smoke, are a, great deal more
vivid. The fear thus inspired can, how
ever, be overcome by training; but
there is another fear which must, in
the nature of the case, be felt for the
first time on the battlefield, and that
is the often uncomfortable terror pro-
duced both in men and horses by the
whistling Of bullets and the screaming
and banging Of shells. Some authori-
ties have, indeed, said that since the
introduction of smokeless powder and
the great increase in the range and ac-
curacy Of WEAPONS, it would be impos-
sible to keep cavalry in hand under
the fire of modern artillery, but this is
probably an exaggeration.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

The Trout and the Ring.
The tale sing is a song Of spring,
And is true beyond doubt;
The players are Miss Clara Carr,
Myself, Uncle Jess and trout.
Twas Clara's wish to take fish
So rugged her a line, both strong and
And baited her Limerick hook.
snatched the bait and made the line
sing;
I gave her a shout at the sight Of the
trout,
And Clara dropped her ring.
We searched for days, in many ways.
We raked and dragged and sounded
We sifted ooze, but twas no use
In short, we never found 1t.
Many a trout was taken out
OF the pool where the stream was
crossed,
And opened with care, but no ring was
there,
And we gave it up for lost.
Twas year. guess, when Uncle Jess
Caught big trout on the fly;
1t was plump and round, and weighed
pound,
And he brought it home to fly
His eyes shone bright as he told, that
night,
OF the ring lost year ago;
On the very spot where his trout was got.
And never found, high nor low.
"Now what do you thfnk?' asked he with
a wink;
I'll bet you never could guess
What was in that trout" 1.-The rtng!'
they Shouti
Nothing but fn'ards," said Jess.
Forest and Stream.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

ed three charming house gowns made
in empire fashion. 1 particularly liked
one of these empire gowns made OF
cashmere and panne velvet. The cash
mere, which was of delicate green,
almost the color of pure olive oil, was
used for the undergown, which fell
in straight lines from the bust. There
was no fullness in front or under the
arms, the cores giving the slightest
fare-a flare hardly perceptible, how
ever, about the feet. The yoke was
fitted perfectly across the bust. and
the line where it Joined the skirt was
concealed by a lace applique closely
studded with dull green beads. A sim
liar embroidery was scattered over the
entire front of the skirt, a fern front
being used as the motif. About the
foot of the skirt ran three narrow
ruf1es Of olive green satin curving up
to point on the left side. An over
dress Of olive green panne velvet was
designed to be worn over the empire
fac-simile of the court robes worn in
the days of the first Napoleon. It fell
away from the shoulders and revealed
the entire front of the undergown. The
robe was also heavily embroidered in
a trailing design of fern fronds ap-
pliqued in lace and heavily beaded. An
empire gown similarly. made was of
white silk and brocade, the brocade
forming the overdress. A sash Of mus
lin de sole was tied high under the
arms, passing beneath the overdress at
the back and falling to the hem OF the
skirt in front. The ends of this we're
appliqued in point lace.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
The Mystery of Dreams.

On an occasion during the civil war
I dreamed that I was standing beside
a road when there came marching
along it strong column of prisoners
with guards, at intervals, on the tanks.
I asked one of these guards who the
prisoners were and where they had
been captured. He informed me that
they had been taken in an engagement
with the enemy on the day before,
and that there were nineteen hundred
of them. then asked some bystander
what day of the month it was, and
was told that it was such q, day of a
certain month, some six weeks later
than the date of the dream. The whole
dream was extremely distinct, and it
made strong impres on me.
related 1t to a numb # my COM
rades within the mex days, and
then thought of it NJ e.
Six weeks later, O. . morning OF
the very day that had en- mentioned
in the dream as the d: when the col
umn of prisoners hs passed before
me, was on picket EE@ miles distant
from the point wherein bad seemed to
be when I saw them. faFas soon after
Breakfast, and I was imoQding by the
side of the road at tf fHre, talking to
the officer of the picI when an aide
to the commanding glReral came rid
ing down the road. He had been a
schoolfellow of our officers at West
Point, and refined up when he recog-
nized his friend. He told us that he
had good news, that there had been a
sharp engagement with the enemy the
day before, and that our people had
captured nineteen hundred prisoners,
who had just passed the headquarters
that morning on their way to the rear
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