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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
The Little To Res.

Who are these little folk crowding about
And clambering all over our kneesY
They family of which will tell
The family Of Little to Bees.
These our soldiers and sailors to come,
Our generals and presidents, too,
Our lawyers and doctors and merchants and
priests
And our patriots, all good and true.
Some little fellow that Is bubbling DER,
Full of mischief and rollicking fun,
Will some of these days be dignifed judge
And, we trust. an equitable one.
This little rogue with the tangle of curls,
And the sliest of all the gay lot,
Will possibly grow a general to be
Or president, likely not.
Thus all of business, affairs of state,
And our commerce on land and the seas,
In very few years will be carried on
By this family of Little to Bees
-Arthps J. Burdick in Chicago Record.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
A Horse That Eats Pie.

Down town when the noon hour ap-
proaches there is a general movement
of lunch wagons and pushcarts from
the shadows of the tall office buildings
in the vicinity of the Stock Exchange
toward "cheap and hungry corner" as
the intersection of New street and Ex-
change place is called, says New York
paper.
AS the noon hour begins to wane
down the slope of New street from
Wall street beyond come a white horse
and little red wagon lettered ''Street
Cleaning Department, No. g." The
driver and his italian assistants sweep
from the cutters on either side, and the
white horse slowly picks his way among
the crowd as the sweepers work along,
pile by pile, down the street When
Exchange place and the curbstone lunch
wagons are reached, the horse is among
friends Hucksters and messenger boys
all know him. Brokers stop to pat him.
''Here, Peter, catch thisr' comes
from one side, and then follow other
shouts, each followed by pear, plum
or piece of pie With neck outstretched
like goose and head pushed well for
ward he deftly catches all the good
things coming his way in his wide open
mouth. He is always ready for more
and sometimes cannot wait for his
friends to give them to him, but calmly
reaches down and appropriates piece
of pie from Billie's cart or a cruller
from Teddy's. Instead of getting
angry, the owners mildly demonstrate
with Peter and push their carts farther
away from his head. In this way he
crowds his way down the narrow street.
always apparently making for the place
where the pushcarts are the thickest
and where he knows he will get the
most to eat. Occasionally he reaches
out and pinches the arm of a shouting
pushcart man, as if to remind him that
hungry friend is around
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
Strange Magnetic Mountains.

The stories of magnetic mountains
that exert an attraction that cannot be
withstood on all vessels that came into
their vicinity have some foundation in
reality. The island of Bornholm, stu
ated in the Baltic and belonging to
Denmark, may be regarded as huge
magnet. Although the power of this
magnet is not so great that it can draw
the nails out Of ships, as was told of
the legendary magnetic hills, the mag
netism Of the rocks on the island Of
Bornholm can cause a good deal Of
trouble to ships in quite another way,
for the island exerts such an influence
on the magnetic needle of the navi-
gators instruments that it can cause a
vessel to turn perceptibly aside from
its course. The effect is perceptible at
q distance of 91A miles. A rocky reef
near Bornholm is also made of the
same magnetic substance.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18

ders dropped. and she was bent Hike an
aged woman.
Its me back she explained
"Come here said the surgeon.
The child shuddered.
''You amt got no knife nor nothin p
''No," said the surgeon, and he re-
peated more gently 'Come here.
Then he took her on his knee, I'M
fastened her dress and ran his hand
along her spine, kneading it carefully
here and there As the examination
proceeded his eyes sparkled and he
breathed hard.
''When did this happen?'' he asked.
''T'ree year ago." replied the child
runaway boss.
Anything ever done for it 2''
''Pet;e took me to man that puts
irons on me. but dey hurried SO dreadful
dat Petite trun 'em away"
The great surgeon swore softly.
There he said, 'fthat will. do I"
He smiled down at her as he helped re-
fasten the dress. ''Science accepts the
exchange" he gayly added
"An Petite p
'Petie will be taken care Of until he
gets WELL" said the surgeon. go and
see him today. I shall want you tomor-
row.
The child shuddered slightly.
"Wh-what for2" she TREMENDOUSLY
asked.
Don't you worry, % said the surgeon
''That Mrs. Flaherty of yours was lit
tie harsh. Anyway there'n be no knife
for you Be here at o'clock tomorrow
morning. I want a wise man to see
you. Then you will go to nice place.
where children who are not strong are
sent and, please God, if all goes well,
we will fit you out with straight new
back
But Petite an me amt got no
money!" gasped the child.
''Science. who has just made bar
gain with you, will have to look out
for that herself laughed the surgeon
anyway you needn't worry"
The child looked up at him with
shining eyes and made an awkward lit
tie courtesy.
'You-you' splendid MANI she
cried "Goodby.
"Goodby," said the surgeon.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18

No. 35O.-A Riddle.
Up and down i rove,
And oft the sky SEEK.
I have language known to all,
Though none has heard me speak.
IT'S true l sometimes swim,
And yet, if you should look,
I might be cast upon the ground
Or fastened to a hook.
I quickly. hide from view
When danger is about;
Don't NEEDLE with me, lest you feel
Quite hurt if I'm put out.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18

pattern. A glance at the accompany
ing portrait of Sambo will convince
you that he is not a tailorS model,
though he might look well enough in
an English made suit.
When it was first suggested to Sam
DO that all Of the more cultured mem
bers of Boston society wore clothes
and that he would have to follow their
example if he expected to be received
among the best, he rebelled and re-
fused to be dressed. So his master
left Sambo in a cool place and placed
q Jacket and a pair Of pants near him.
After awhile Sambo tried to crawl into
the pants and fit the jacket to his legs.
At this critical stage in Sambo's ca
reer, when he seemed about to die in
his frantic effort to untangle himself
and his clothes, his master dressed
him properly. Sambo at once took the
clothes off and tried to put them on
after his own fashion. Again the mas
ter dressed him. This sort Of thing
was kept up until Sambo learned to
dress himself. In spite of the fact
that he is only 2 years old, he eats
with the family and has learned to
say mamma" and papa" as intelli-
gibly as most babies do. Mr.. l. l..
Buck, his protector, insists that Sambo
Is as intelligent as children usually are
at his age and that when Sambo grows
up to be a man he will talk as fluent
English as any member of Boston So
ciety. The question is If he will ever
grow to be a man. He has such fine,
long arms that he can lace his shoes
without bending over so far that he
has q rush Of blood to the head, and
he always 1aces them standing.-Chica-
go Record.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
IT THOUGHT 1 SHOULD BE LATE"

st THOUGHT SHOULD BE LATE"
and mamma. after saying Good
night" went away. Then the little girl
got up, dressed herself and went
out. Ere long she reached the spot
where the mushroom rings were and.
crouching among the underbrush,
waited for the fairies to appear.
Suddenly the bushes around her
cleaned with a thousand colored lights.
the air was filed with delicious strains
of music, while inside the mushroom
rings hundreds of tiny people, beauti-
fully dressed in silk and jewels, spun
round and round, merrily dancing to-
gether, laughing, singing and talking.
Above the hill the moon hung like sill
yer lamp. flooding the moor with its
cool, white light.
Jessie drew a deep breath of delight
as she watched the throng of dancers.
Then suddenly she spied near her the
fairy she met in the wood.
81 was afraid 1 should be Late" she
began. 1.-The moon was so long in COM
ing up, and l couldn't get away any
sooner
Then she stopped and uttered cry
OF dismay and establishment.
The fairies had vanished, seeming to
sink into the ground. There was not a
trace of them to be found. The moon
still looked down on her, and the I'M
derbrush rustled in the breeze, but she
was quite alone. Then she suddenly
remembered the fairy's warning and
felt ready to cry for having spoken.
Hoping the little folks would reap
pear, she waited for some time. Then,
finding that they did not mean to re-
turn, she stole back to the house.
81 might have watched them for ever
30 long if only had not spoken" she
murmured regretfully. Mamma was
right, after all. l really won't be a
chatterbox any longer"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
! CHAI7ERBQx JESSIE and
! the MUSHROOM FAIRIES

Really, Jessie, 1 don't believe you
could go two minutes without speak
fng! mamma would often exclaim.
"Thats because I'm such a chatter
box, 1 guess. Every one says So" the
little girl would reply
She was spending her holidays in the
country, where there were so many
things to see and do that the days
passed far too quickly. AS she had no
brothers or sisters, mamma was usu-
ally her companion when she went
blackberrying or nutting. Today they
had gone to search for mushrooms, and
presently they came upon some grow
ing in circles on a smooth green spot
"What beauties! All pink insider
cried Jessie. 81 wonder when they
came 1 didn't see them when we pass
ed by yesterday. What makes them
grow in rings, mamma"
"Perhaps the fairies were dancing
here last night" said mamma
''The fairies! Oh, do you really think
so?' cried Jessie in delight.
"People say they meet on the hill
sides to dance at night" said mamma,
"and that where their feet touch the
ground the mushrooms spring up"
All the way home Jessie could think
of nothing but the mushroom fairies.
eff only l could see them dancer she
kept saying. "Oh, it would be lovelyw
After dinner she went into a wood
near the house to pick flowers. She
gathered some and flung herself down
under a shady tree to read, when she
saw something moving in a spiders
web near her. Thinking some poor
butterfly had got caught in it, she ran
forward to release it, then stood still,
gazing in astonishment before her.
In the center Of the web was a wee
man dressed in green and gold, with
wings that shone with all the colors Of
the rainbow. He was struggling to
free himself. but the more he tried the
more he became entangled.
"Oh, dear! Oh, dear! What shall 1
do?' he moaned in pfteous tones.
81 will help your cried Jessie.
"Oh, please do SOP cried the wee
man. looking round.
Very gently Jessie removed the Cos
samer threads from his wings, and
presently the fairy shook himself free.
81 can't thank you enough" he cried,
as, standing on a tall fern, he bowed to
Jessie. eff there is anything you wish
for, tell me, and I will grant it to you,
eff only 1 might watch the fairies
dance near the mushroom rings" be-
gan Jessie.
Certainly, certainly cried her COM
panion. I'VE meet there tonight. Come
as soon as the moon is up"
He took from his belt a p' ut and.
bending forward, squeezed tn mice Of
It on JeSSie'S eyes
"Now you will be able to see," lie
cried; "but, remember, you must not on
any account speak while you watch us
Or we shall Immediately vanish
Then, leaping to the ground, he dis
appeared.
Jessie scarcely knew how to wait till
evening. But at last bedtime came,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18

1. Substitute one vowel for another and
have, first, "any steep activity, whether
rising from river or forming the steep
side of hillock on a plain;" second.
vertical tiers
2. In the same manner change "a kind
of soft, sweetened biscuit to peril, haz
ard
3. A symbol of affection to part of a
ladder.
4. A native of one of the northern
countries of Europe to that which he
must do every day; then to "a low hill of
sand accumulated on a seacoast;" then
all is finished"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
Got a New and Finer Doll.

An English little girl dropped her
doll in a very deep hole not long ago
and wrote to Queen Victoria that she
thought it had dropped through the
earth, and, as she had heard the other
side belonged to the queen, she wished
the queen would order it sent back. She
did not get her own doll back, but she
got another one great deal finer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
No. 3S1.-AnaSrams.


Words with defnitions.l
1. Chat, he, pry.-Under the rule OF
seven persons.
2. Dial, hoy.-The schoolboy's delight.
3. Post, hail.-A very valuable institu-
ton.
4. Cent, lip, sea- great scourge.
8. HAPPY, got, hop.-A wonderful and
valuable modern science.
6. Even, rue.-The income of a state.
z. Pet, rice.-An acknowledgment.
8. Crop, rid, hash.-A musical inStru-
ment now out of date.
8. Too, or, air.-A sacred performance.
10. Vat, pen, me.-Under your feet.
IL. Nine, PauPs.-Joined to n cont
nent.
II. A, clad, cave.-A procession, not on
foot.
13. Thyme, .sat.-A precious stone.
II. Graft, men.-Not q whole.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
A Polite Cat.

A gentleman says: I once had cat
who always sat up to the dinner table
with me and had plate in front of
him on which placed the cats dinner.
The cat used his paws, of course, but
was very particular and behaved very
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
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: How MQDlie Mode 0 :
9 u,.u |.
) B0IQQh With Science i,
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The great surgeon pushed back his
chair from the table. He had finished a
good breakfast and was disposed to be
amiable
"Well, Martha, what is it p
The girl was standing in the door
way, waiting to be addressed
eff you please, sir. there's child
wants to see you.
Didn't you tell her to call during
Office hours?"
Eyes, sir
"Well?''
''She wouldn't go away, sir.
els she at the door nowF'
mo, sir; she crowded past me into
your private office. ="
"What2"
The great surgeon scowled at the
girl Then he rose quickly and passed
from the room and across the hall into
his inner Office. It was rather dark, and
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
Newly Defined.

Newly Defined.
Life is but a little story,
Punctuated, in the main,
With commas of our happiness
And with periods of pain.
New York Life.
A billet doux is anything
Except little bill,
But the fillet at the boarding house
All, that's a little fill.
Chicago News.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
A New Reading.

"I'm told that the photographer maj
fied his model"
"Woman poses; man proposes. "-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
No. 349.-An Enigma.

Five letters
In New Hampshire.
In New Hampshire.
In New Hampshire.
In New Hampshire.
In New Hampshire.
Whole is a city in New Hampshire.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
SAMBO OF BOSTON.
He Wears Clothes and Can Lace His
Shoes without Bending Over.

Sambo's face is pensive, almost sad,
but he is not unhappy. The fact that
he is an anthropoid ape, so closely re-
sembling man that he has the mereSt
suggestion of a tail only, does not
weigh upon his mind apparently. He
is, in truth, Of cheerful disposition and
lively nature, but he lives in Boston.
1t may be that in his early childhood
he learned that he was destined to be-
come a resident of that famous center
Of culture and that a sense of his COM
Ing responsibilities gave the serious
cast to his countenance. However,
Sambo,> one Of the cleverest orang
outangs ever introduced to humans,
has become prime favorite in Bos-
ton and expects soon to be wearing
store clothes of the most approved
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
Key to the PuxxIer.


No. 33S. - Consecutive Letters: "a
mans a man for a that"
No. 339.-Rhomboid: Across-Lotus.
Nadir. Banes. Leans. Slaps. Spank.
Down.. On. Tab. Udal. Sines.
Reals. Snap. Spa. Sn. x.
No. 34O.-Logogriph: Snail.
No. 341.-A Tireless Wheel:
E
R Il n
T T o
Il a 6 I e A q
No. 342.-Hexagon Puzzle:
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
No. 346.-word Squares.

No. 346.-WOrd Squares.
1. To repeat. 2. Exultant. 3. Some IA
nous islands. 4. Particles. 5. A sub
stance useful to bakers.
1. Courage. 2. To go in. 3. To stand
as an equivalent. 4. Tears. 5. A lock of
hair.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18

nicely. When he had finished what was
at first put before him, I sometimes
gave him part of mine
One day he was not to be found any
where when the dinner bell rang, and
we began without him.
Just as the plates were put round for
the pudding puss came running up
stairs and sprang into his chair with
two mice in his mouth. Before he could
be stopped he dropped a mouse on to his
plate and then one on to mine. He di-
vided his dinner with me as I had often
divided mine with im.-Chatterbox.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
Hard Luck.
4 Call Down.

The Goat-My, but I'd like to dine on
some of that delicious grass, but, being
q comic paper goat, suppose have to
eat these cans.-New York Journal.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18

No. a47.-Pictured REFUSES.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-18
No. 34s.-yoyveI Chanre..

No. is advice to young folks. No. 2.
q boys opinion.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-09-28
NORTH CAROLINA LEADS.

North Carolina will have between
forty and fifty leaf markets for
1S99-19O0,a greater number than any
other State. They will be well dis
tributed throughout the tobacco
growing sections. and every farmer
will sell his crop without having to
haul it long and weary distance.
This is a blessing that would have
been fully appreciated only in the
event that the warehouse trust
scheme had been carried out as
originally planned. None of these
markets will handle less than a
million pounds of tobacco, and the
largest, Winston, hopes to reach
twenty-five million pounds the next
year. Two or three others will prob
ably go beyond ten millions pounds.
Winston JournaI
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-09-28
CIRCUS TIME is COMING.
When Dull Care is Dispelled and Life
is Roseate Once More.

The gaunt form of adversely has
appeared in the land and cast its
frightening shadow of dependency;
troubles have been multiplied and
heaving signs have rumbled through
the country. With down-hill alac-
ritv our fondest hopes have passed
away, and into the misty haze of the
unreal have our ambitious dreams
been dissolved. Grim despair has
opened his hollow Jaws and scooped
us into his cavernous vaults. But
vet again shall all these calamitous
things pass as tale that is told, for
even now is the sun Of pleasure cast
ing his ambitious rays towards our
horizon, and when he breaks above
the cloud line our troubles will melt
as the morning dew. Joy shall hold
high carnival, and forgetfulness shall
assuage the stings of former woes.
Ring the JOY bells, clang loud the
cymbals of pleasure, smite the soft
toned Tyre of happiness, and twist
the tail Of trouble as it gallops into
the limbo of obscurity; too long
already has it held US captive to its
will Watch for the cloudburst of
sunshine-the circus is in the land,
not here yet, but within the bounds
of the wealth.
Once again cometh the greatest
aggregations on earth, once again
shall we behold the plenteous panta-
looms Of clown and rapturously drink
from his fountain Of antedeluvian wit.
His fun shall be fun afresh although
we have oft paid for it before. Again
shall we see the gorgeous parade of
greasy-robed knights and ladies and
look with breathless anxiety at the
serpent's sinewy coils around the
ancient limbs Of the fair young
charmer. The fat lady will even
again reward our search for the
wonderful, and red lemonade will
flow as free as water, of course it
will. Oh, it staggers the mind to
contemplate it all Sound the loud
timbrels, gather up the nickels and
prepare to give the children a sight
of the animals. Let joy be uncon-
fined, Monroe JOurnul
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-09-28
SHAME ON THE STATE,

Ii has been referred to time and
time again by the press of the State.
that it Is to the shame of North Caro-
lima that many of her good and re-
Spected citizens who have been 50
unfortunate as to become demented.
are confined in the common iails be-
cause there is no room for them in
the State hospitals. 1t has been said
that not more than half the States
insane can be provided for in her
hospitals. Sundays Charlotte o.
serrer contains three columns Of eN-
tracts from letters pleading for ad-
mission that have recently been re-
ceived by Dr. Murphy, Supcrintend-
ent of the Hospital at Morsanton.
These letters tell pitiable stories of
suffering, much of which might be
removed if the State made ample
provision for taking care of her I'M
fortunate ones. North Carolina
should do more along this line
Greenyille Reflector.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-09-28
Highest Market Prices Guaranteed the Seller.

Whether llepro
for
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-09-28
The GOLD LEAF.
HENDERSON,, n. G.
THURSDAY, SEPT. %, 1899.
SOUTHERN POETRY.

rive this week two Of Mr.. Stock
ards sonnets-thc best verse that
he has written, think. They were
published in the CcnturV some five
years AGO and neither, if ! remember
Alright, are embraced in his volume Of
verse, which was published before
these sonnets were written.
Mr.. Stockard has written more
good verse than any other North
Carolinian. He has all the gifts Of
the true poet and needs only mastery
of technique the art Of verse
making-to give him permanent
place among the poets of the country
Except to the great geniuseS this
mastery comes only by the hard
study and long practice CT mind
with a certain measure OF freedom
from the burdens which this step
mother. earth, lays so heavily upon
most of us.
The critics in their most depreciato-
nv estimates of Mr.. Stockards verse,
have virtually admitted that the
man had the Gift divine though he
failed to cultivate it. 1t is rather
singular that lacking in technique as
he unquestionably is, that his very
best verse should be in the sonnet
form, which is the most difficult OF all
forms and requires the greatest
mastery Of technique. Even If 1.-The
Closing Century" does not sing itself
like Millions great masterpieces IN
this line, it is noble poem and will
live as part OF Southern literature.
B.
THE CLOSING CENTURY.
As one who, reused from sleep, hears far
The closing strokes of some cathedral bell
Following the hours, strives all III vain |"
= II denser grows the night, or pales the
day
So we, reused to life's brief existence, say
eve on whose waking falls century
knell)
Is this the deepening dusk of years, the
And solemn midnight, or the morning
gIay!
We stir then sleep again---a little sleep!
(Howbeit undisturhed by anOtherS ringo
For though measured with time, century
l. but vanished hour tolled on the deep,
Yet what is time itself? lis but a SWING
OF the vast pendulum of enternlty.
THE PAST.
Dye that pine for the vanished years, a
p,ned
Odysseus for one glimpse of Hellas
more,
That towards them lean, as towards their
fading shO e
Poor exilcS unto carth'S far ends con-
sighed
Lean to reclaim some echo which con-
fined,
Bird-like shall ring in memory's mournful
dOO.,
Know this lifc's earlier land lies and be-
fore
Not over windening seasons far behind,
And We shall find it in the great To Be.
1t 1apses not away. as to our eyes
Doth seem, but swiftly and forever nears
As brave Magellan who sailed the I'M
charted sea.
Full circling earth, saw his home shores
arise,
So shall we come again to our lost happy
years.
HENRY JEROME STOCkARD.