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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07


Without stone to mark the spot,
And say, what Truth might we'll have
said,
By all, save one perchance, forgot,
All! wherefore art thou lowly laid?
By many short and many a sea
Divided, yet beloved in vaini
The past, the future fled to thee,
To bid us meet-nO-ne'er a;aini
Could this have been-a word, look.
That softly said, I'VE part II peace,"
Had taught my bosom how TO brook,
With fainter signs, thy souls release
And didst thou not, since Death FOR thee
Prepared a light and pangless cart,
Once long for him thou ne'er shall see.
Who held, and holds thee in mis- heart?
Oh! who like him had watched thee here?
Or sadly marked thy glazing eye,
In that dread hour ere death appear,
When silent sorrow fears TO sigh
III ali was past! But when no more
Twas thine to reck Of human woe,
Affections heart-drops, gushing o'er
Had flowed as fast-as now they flow.
Shall they not flow. when many a day
In these, to me, deserted towers,
Ere called but for a time away,
Anectfons mingling tears We're ours?
Ours too the glance none saw beside,
The smile none else might understand;
The pressure of the thrilling hand;
The kiss, so guiltless and refined,
That Love each warmer wish forbore;
Those eyes proclaimed pure a mind,
Even passion blushed to plead for more.
The tone, that taught me to rejoice.
When prone, unlike thee, to repine;
The song, celestial from thy voice,
But sweet to from none but thine;
The pledge we wore-I it still,
But where is thine-Ah, where art
thoui
Oft have l born the weight of ill.,
But never bent beneath till nowi
Well hast thou left in life's best bloom
The cup of woe for me to drain.
If rest alone be in the tomb,
L would not wish thee here again;
But if in words more blest than this
Thy virtues seek a filter sphere,
Impart some portion of thy bliss,
To wean me from mine anguish here.
Teach me-too early taught by thee!
To bear, forgiving and forgiven:
On earth thy love was such to me,
1t fafn would form my hope in heaven.
Byron
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
Thirteen,

Thirteen,
Thirteen is unlucky.' says I to John
Gray,
That time he got married the 18th of
May. .-. 49,.
But John he Just grinned and said I was
sore
Because it want me that was gettin' Bess
Moore.
Well, it's twelve years since then, and
three weeks ago -..
1 was out to Johns house in New Mex
And We hadn't met in ten years, I guess,
When one day 1 seen him in Deming with
Bess.
must go s.
To pay 'em a visit at their place, and so
1 elm in their wagon, and when we got
there ...l..
thought we had lit on a Donnybrook
Fair.
Its only the children" says Bess." and
Them in right away to see our old friend -
And then they come in, the big and the
small,
And I counted the lot: there was thirteen
in all;
And looked up at John and John looked
away,
And says l to him: ''How's the 18th of
May?"
And John said he guessed he hadn't moth
ing to say.
P. S.-There was two pair Of twins.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
Heading Hor On.

Did you ever notice." he asked,
that it is always the homely woman
who wants a pug dog? The pug is 50
hideous that it makes her seem good
looking by comparison. Still, the ruse
is so we'll known now that the posses
sion of a pug is sufficient"
who's going to buy a pug?" she
asked. who ever thought of getting
one?"
he answered, for he was too wise a
man to admit that he had heard her
telling a neighbor that she thought
she'd get one.-Stray Stories.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
In the Fourth Grade.

From the Chicago Tribune: "Give
me some familiar proverb about
Birds said the teacher.
Tommy Tucker raised his hand.
THE early bird"
He paused a moment, and tried 1t
again.
The early bird
Yes said the teacher, encourag-
ingly. That's right
THE early bird gathers no moss
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
A Now Way.

Fuddy-Something seems to be
troubling McVener.
Duddy-Yes; he answered an advsr-
tisement which offered to send to all
who inclosed fifty cents a receipt By
the use of which they would get rid
of their surerfluous flesh without the
taking of drugs. He sent the half dol
lar, and this is the answer he got:
Sell it to the soapfat man. "-Boston
Transcript.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
o, These Girls.

Cholly-Miss Spicer-Dolly-cawn
you see that I-er-have something on
me mind2
Miss Spicer-How stupid of me, Mr..
Saphed! OF course l should have
asked you to take your hat off at once.
philadelphia Record
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
Jones-Why do YOU think so?


Mr.. Grim onbeak-There' a terrible
smell of boiling cabbage throughout
the house.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Yes, we're boil
ing the lace curtains in the hope OF
getting the tobacco smell out of them.
STRAY Stories.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
Another Victim.

MY father" said the sweet young
thing, sis gold bug. Are your
NO." replied the young man, 81
belong in the melanoeste pt11pes
class"
Good gracious!" she exclaimed.
what's that?'
THAT" he fastened to explain. with
the aid Of a practical illustration, ''is
the scientific name of the kissing bug"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
Strange Creatures.

in greenhouse in this garden 1 have
two tame toads, named Martha and
Jane respectively. Also there is tiny
one called Babette, but she can hardly
be counted, as she is small and seldom
on view These toads are strange and
interesting creatures, differing much
from each other in appearance and
character. Martha is stout and dark
colored, bold-natured toad of friend
Iy habit; Jane, on the other hand, is
pale and thin, with a depressed air
which suggests resignation born OF
long experience of circumstances over
which she has no control. Some of this
depression may be due to the fact that
once, entering the greenhouse in the
twilight, l trod upon her accidentally,
a shock from which she seems never to
have recovered, although, owing to the
adaptive powers of toads, beyond
slight f1attening she took no physical
harm from an adventure which must
have been painful Indeed, 1 am not
sure that Of the two of us l did not
suffer most, for 1 know of few things
more upsetting than the feel of a fat
toad beneath ones foot. Anyhow,
since that day Jane has never quite
trusted me. These toadS 1 feed with
Iob-Worms, or sometimes with woodlice
and centipedes taken from traps ade
of hoIIowed-out potatoes, which are set
among the flower pots to attract such
creatures. In the latter case, the in
sects must be thrown before the toad,
which never seems to see them until
thew begin to run, although, it's ears
being quick, it can sometimes hear
them as they move along the floor be-
hind it, When the toad catches sight
of an insect it's attitude of profound
repose changes suddenly to one Of ex-
traordinary animation. Its swivel eyes
seem to project and fix themselves
upon the doomed creature Off which 1t
is about to lunch; its throat begins to
palpitate with violence, and its general
air betrays intense and concentrated
interest. Presently, from contempla-
ton it proceeds to action. By slow but
purposeful movements of its crooked
limbs it advances, pauses and advances
again. till at length it reaches a posi-
ton which it considers convenient.
Then. lust as the centipe4s gains
sheltering pebble, a long pink flash
seems to proceed from the head of the
toad. That is it's tongue. Another in
slant and the pink thing has twisted
itself round the insect and retired into
the capacious mouth, and there, once
more wrapped in deep peace and rest,
sits the toad, its eyes turned in pious
thankfulness to heaven, or, rather, to
the roof Of the greenhouse.-Rider
Haegard in Longman's.
What Young wasps Feed Upon.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
Exact Figures.

Eyes, it's a fine machine said the
neighbor who had been examining Mr..
Ferguson's new bicycle. "Whatts the
length of the crank?'
Mrs. Ferguson answered for him.
Give feet eleven and three-quar-
ters,'' she said, cycling her husband
dreamily.-Chicag Tribune.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
Magnaninnity.

Her Father-No, my dear; 1 cannot
consent to your marriage to a man
who CANDLES like Mr.. Bluff.
The Daughter-But, pa, he told me
to say to you that he would return all
he won from you last night.-Phila-
delphia North American
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
In.tha FeudaI District.

Smith-There seems to be some hope
for those Kentucky mountaineers after
ALL
Jones-Why do you think so?
Smith, overheard one of them try
ing to convince another that it was
wrong to kill a man on Sunday.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07

Hicks-What a talker that man
Brown is! 1 always regarded him as
such a gloomy, retisent fellow until
two or three days ago.
Wicks-Yes; I understand that his
baby just began to laugh for the drSt
time last week.-Brooklyn Life.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
Could Sympathize with Him.

Uncle Rube-How's your boy gittin'
on at college?
Uncle Townley-Not any too we'll.
He's blowing himself on comic opera
Uncle Rube-By George, that's like
my Joshaway! Whistles all the time.
Chicago Tribune.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.

A Garfield Acknowledgment Edwards
Not u Hero, He Is Only an Ordinary
Regular - Clusters Joke on Osborn
Contrary to Regulations.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
A Swell Dresser.

Johnny Jones-My paws got more
money'n yours has.
Tommy Smith-Well, if your nav
wore as good clos as mine 1 bet he
wouldn't have, for I heard my paw say
so.-Ohio State Journal.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
What Young wasps Feed Upon.

From the Chautauquan: The wasp is
not a vegetarian like the bee, and our
cement-maker has before her the prob
lem of supporting her young with meat
rather than with bread. AS her eggs
are laid out in hot weather and as
enough food must be stored in the cell
with the egg to mature the young in
sect, the question is how to preserve
the meat fresh for so long time. She
meets the difficulty thus: After a tube
is finished except one end, which is
left open, she flies off on hunt for
spiders She finds a fat, healthy one,
pounces upon it, stings it and carries
1t OF and places it in the mud cell. She
repeats this process until she has
placed as many spiders in the tube as.
according to her judgment, viii be
needed. She then lays an egg IN the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

Strange Creatures, the Peculiar Charac-
teristics of Two Pet Toads-What
Young Wasps Feed Upon - Among
Tahitfs Savages.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
just Saved Himself.

Henpekt-Emily, these biscuits aren't
the kind that
Mrs. Henpekt (glaring)-Go ahead.
Henry; go on!
Henpekt-That used to get down in
Cuba in the war.-Brooklyn Life.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.

A Variety of Jokes. Gibes and Ironios.
Original and Selected-Flotsam and
Jetsam from the Tide of Humor-
Witty Sayings.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07

He lin an argument)-Well, thank
goodness, I'm not two-faced.
She-You ought to be thankful. One
face like yours is enough.-Sray Sto-
ries.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
In Chicago.

She Unusually inclined)-What is
your opinion of Wagner's works?
He-Never saw them; but 1 don't
suppose they are in it with Pullmans.
Chicago News.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
Trials of q Novice.

Angler-Hush! Keep back! Keep
back! 1 had a beautiful rise just then.
shall get another directly.-Punoh.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07
st-The man that killed

First Guest-The man that Killed
that chicken was cruel.
Second Guest-Well. he didn't have
much respect for old age.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07

Thirteen is unlucky' saws TO John
Gray,
That time he got married the 18th of
Nav
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07

Well, it's twelve years since then, and
three weeks ago .s.
1 was out to Johns house in New Mex
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07

But John he Just grinned and said was
sore
Because it want me that was gettin' Bess
Moore.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07

And we hadn't met in ten years, I guess,
When one day 1 seen him in Deming with
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

Cooks His Luncheon Mt His Omce ana
Generally Eats 1t Alone.
From the London Telegraph.

From the London Telegraph
William Waldorf Astor leads a solitary
life when he is in London. lie goes down
to his office at 1870 each morning There
he attends to his estate and newspaper
business for a couple of hours. and remains
in his office, as a rule, until after 5 o'clock.
not even leaving for luncheon. Lunch is
cooked in the office. one part of which is
fitted up with perfect cuisine arrange
ments.
The chef comes from Carlton House ter
race for the purpose. Astor usually
lunches alone, except when he IS Joined
by his daughter; but he sometimes invites
Sir Douglas Straight the editor of the
Pail Mall Gazette; Lord Frederick Hamn-
ton, the editor of the Pail NAH Magazine,
or the business managers Of the papers
After luncheon, about 2:SO, he gets the
first edition of the Pail Mall Gazette.
which he goes over with his secretary
making criticisms and suggestions. Then
he gets to his literary work, and ID Is be-
lieved by his encourage that he has som
big book of "reminiscences or history on
hand, at which ne works regularly, con-
sulting a large number of books of refer
ence, and occasionally going to the Brit
ish Museum, where he sees the books IN
the private readers room or consults
scolars engaged in special researches.
When he is living at Cliveden, his lovely
place on the Thames, which he bought
from the Duke of Westminster, he comes
to town just the same every day except on
Saturday and Sunday. He seldom goes out
to dinner or entertainments of any kind.
and sees no Americans regularly, with the
exception of Ambassador Choate ana First
Secretary Henry White.
Aston is morose and unpopular, and does
not receive many visitors, but on his re-
turn from his Scotch holiday next week
he will give a reception al Carlton House
terrace, where big preparations are now
being made This Aston function Is some
what strangs, as London at present is so
cially dead. The servants are English, and
the man on the door at Carlton House
terrace is one of those fellows a child
would call king Of men and be disap-
pointed when tod the man was only AS
tors hunky.
At Cliveden a firm of builders is always
In possession of some part of the estate,
and alterations and additions are constant
ly being made During the last season the
house parties have been few, and the AS
tor family has not been seen so much on
the river in its steam launch.
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TWO JOLLY GAMES.
One Is Called "a Test of Memory
and the other Homemade Or

Onc Is CalIeu "a rest OF Men Ory' ~
and the other n Homemade Or
chestra.
To fill an evening and make special en-
tertainment for a party OF young people
games should be simple in character
Those needing little paraphernalia are
therefore, just as enjoyable as amuse-
ments in which there is much expense, at
the same time doing excellent duty, how
ever formal the function. A game that in
variably amuses people is called "A Test
of Memory" Previous TO he arrival of
the guests, the hostess arranges any num-
Der of object upon a large table in a room
adjoining that which is to be used for the
entertainment These objects may be any
thing she choose which can be collected
from any part of the house, such as bit
of bric-a-brac a pretty pincushion, calen-
dars, silver toilet articles etc, care being
taken to make the collection as varied as
possible. When the guests are assembled,
they are ushered inio the room and allow
ed so many minutes in which to observe
and study the contents WhenSthe time
expires a signal is given, ana they all
troop back into the drawing room where
each one is provided with paper and PEN
ell and invited to make as complete list
as his memory allows of the objects seen
on the table
i or TINS Work tNeft IS also a tune unit
sec but what il shall be must depend on
the size of the collection a large one re-
curing more. smaller less time. After
the final signal is given, the lists a re all
signed and collected. The hostess then
compares them with her complete set and
prize is awarded 10 the one most near
complete
For good rollicking fun nothing can ex-
coed the game known as the Orchestra
PLAYERS which includes any number Of
gusts, both men and women. When the
company are assembled they form them
selves into a large circle. The players
then choose from among their number one
persons whom they deem fit to be an able
conductor, who, when chosen, assigns 10
each one some imaginary instrument which
II is his duty to initiate as closely as pos
sible the sound with the voice the move
ment with his hands When all are equip
ped they are ordered to tune up, and the
fun commences. AT the onset the leader
begins to hum lively air. the whole band
Joining in each with his instrument
At regular intervals the conductor as
sumes the work OF one of the players
while the player 10 whom the instrument
belongs takes up the imaginary baton and
conducts until the leader again abandons
the position BY this manner the conductor
and musician change places. Should any
player fail 10 fill the conductors place he
must pay forfeit. OF course 10 make this
game a bowling success the conductor
should be quick witted and IL possible
change as rapidly as possible from lead
ershp to musician. The more noise the
greater the fun. The brighter the leader
the complication more confusing. After
the game is ended the forfeit can be ,e-
deemed and become an additional amuse-
ment. "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

you could speak before the Emancipated
League. You say that the modes came
from all paris of the country2"
Yes, Mrs. Dobey. For the great figure
of Victory more Than half dozen real
live girls have posed. The South has fur
nished a cam PEACEFUL brow and a pair
of great, glorious eyes. The West has con-
tributed pair of magnificent shoulders
and arms From Maine 20 Florida beauu-
fuf women have been selected TO furnish
perfection of charm That viii be adequae
10 voice the feelings OF the American peo-
PIE toward the hero of the day"
II imagine char Mrs. Screechcr would a /
that idea visionary one. She believes in
actualiles."
And in Mrs. Screecher," said DobIey
You seem very bitter about poor Mrs.
Screecher, John but she means well! You
know those homcly women have to take up
some fad"
81 have reason TO feel bitter" said Dob
ley Il find YOU woman of ordinarily ex-
cellent disposition fine perc ptions unusual
intellectual charm"
80. Johnr protested Mrs. Dobley, dim
plng.
Il am stating facts, Honora, l have
no wish to tiatter YOU, for l know you
are woman who has always been supe-
rior to such adulation. / find you for the
first time uttering the time-worn rant that
is always heard from the lips of the typl-
cal strong minded female. Speaking of be-
ing down-trodden and oppressed, of cast
ing Off whalebone and shackles. II Is my
home-my hearthstone-that Mrs. Screech-
er threatens. / am to be driven from my
happy fireside-"
why, John Dohley, / am sure I hadn't
the slightest idea of taking up the thing
seriously, l told Mrs Screecher that I
hardly thought ia join. III write her n
note and tell her to devote the initiation
fee | gave her to some of the worthy So
cieties she belongs TO. It's only $40. She
Is the president you know, and collects
the fees. She got four other women to
join this afternoon, so she won't mind my
dropping out"
ITO think" said Dobley that I have
been the means of rescung YOU from tho
chasm of the Advanced Woman move
ment just as you We're going over the
verge think We had better celebrate
the occasion with a new fail hat"
II suppose Mrs. Scrcecher-is all wrong
John faltered Mrs Doblcy-"she ccr-
tanly was wrong about women taking no
part I'm tho welcome to Admiral Dewey
as YOU have proved"
THANK you, Mrs. Dobloy." said Dobley
beamingly.
Il wonder II she could possibly be pis-
taken about the other matter-the Ameri-
can eagle being "A hen?'
Wei not worry about that Honors-
II Is sufficient for us to know that the
American eagle is a bird, and that Just
now Dewey has given it its cue to scream"
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establish a city where each man will own
his own home and make enough money to
live ia comfort To this end he has begun
a model village on the outskirts of Kim
berry, which is called Keniworth. Here
there are beautiful cottages built with the
best sanitary arrangements which the
employees can rent for pounds 10 shillngs
per month and purchase on installments
There are special buildings for bachelors
and an excellent clubhouse, with billiard
rooms, library and all the other appoint
ments. The~vllage Is threaded by wide
drlveways hahked with eucalyptus. oak, cy-
press and pine trees.
Making a model town. however, has
been only a small part of this enterpris-
ing Americans services to the De Beers
Company. Every day he goes over the
three mines now being operated, namely.
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ing flched and it transpired that the boys
stole them in the mines, concealed them
until they got in the compound and then
pitched them over the fence to a confeder-
ate on the street. Mr.. Williams thereupon
had the entire compound rooted with fine
wire netting and this terminated the thefts
of that sort.
There is very little opportunity these
days for a native 10 dispose of a gem
He is never permitted to leave this COM
pound and when his time of service IS ap-
preaching he is kept for two weeks in a
special compartment absolutely naked
along with fifty or sixty brothers IL the
boy has concealed in his anatomy some
where precious stone il is bound to make
its appearance in that time. A surgeon
goes over each boy every two days, and
If he looks sick puts him through a sort
OF third degree that geneFpyaeiicits a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

settlement into model city He is so
greatly valued by the De Beers Company
that he is given carte blanche in the man
agement of the mines aud no one ever
questions his actions. He has often re-
quested them TO accept his resignation,
but on each occasion the directors increase
his salary for him to remain. As for Mr..
Rhodes, he seldom comes to Kimberly these
days and makes whatever suggestions he
has by letter His last instructions were
to decrease the output for the next twelve
months, which will accordingly be done.
Wants n Model City.
Mr.. Williams is about so years old. of
imposing figure and kindly face. He holds
the position of American consular agent at
Kimberly and any reputable citizen who
lands there is sure of, good treatment. In
Kimberly he is the whole show, 10 use the
miners descriptions His ambition is to