El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-07
The Spectator.


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Time is an iconoclast, breaking down
old idols; annihilatlng customs once
dear to the hearts of whole people,
and moving down with his remOrseless
scythe those things which past gene
ration took to be flowers, but which
their descendants look upon but as SO
many numbering weeds. The changing
needs and tastes of the world necessl-
tate change of ha bits, and so one by
one the old customs arepassing away aud
new ones are taking their places. One
of these ancient usages on which war
is now being made ia the ringing of
church bells. says writer inSan ex-
change. 1t is indeed true that about
the tender chimes which have rung
through the ages q romantic sentiment
clipgs which it will be hard to kill
But the iconoclast of today says that
the bells time of usefulness is passed,
since every household has its own
timepiece to tell the hour of worship,
and that the ceaseless ring
ing in the Sabbath mornings
The Catholic Mirror of Baltimore
comes to the defense of the bells in the
following EDITORIAL: "Tbe Catholic
church had traditional affection for
the bells; they have rung in the towers
of her cathedrals and hum bier temples
for centuries. She bestows her bless
in p upon the bells when they are de-
dictated to the service of God. The
Anpelus has rune three times day,
calling the faithful to think of the mys-
terry of the incarr alton and to pray for
the dead. at least since the time OF old
Louis XII. of France, of not altogether
blessed memory. To the Catholic the
bell means much. The early morning
ringing, which consists of but few
strokes, is the signal of the beginning
of new day and q summons OF thought
to God. The few verses OF Scripture,
telling of the message of the angel,
are repeated, and we recall the
death and resurrection of Christ, and
implore God to give repose to those
who have passed away, as we must In
our turn. This again we say
at noon, stopping for mo-
ment in the hurly-burly OF
Toll and once more as the shadows are
deepening in the evening. OILY three
times in the twenty-four hours. Who
objects? Not the working people. BE-
lazy whose slumbers are prolonged far
into the morning-the people who
night before; not at labor,
but engaged in reading or at some
place Of amusement. Not one in u
| large city can reasonable object to the
noise of the bells, for there are other
| noises-those of the streets-which be-
gin long before the stroke of the early
we must stop all the town clocks, which
sound the hours through the whole
night"
| "There is no need to go through the
| holy land to see the scenes and sur
roundings as depicted in the bible. Go
over to Deming. N. M. LOrdsburg, N.
| M and over to Juarez just across from
your bustling city, and you will see tt e
Jerusalem of old, where Jesus Christ
travelled and preached the new doc
trine," said Fred G. Horn, of Dubuque.
Iowa, a nephew of the late apostl eof
day. he aid:i"There is the
old Rio Grande with its tawny bosom
barred to the catching sun and it.
snake like movements from the far
north-a clear representation of the
famous and historical river of Jordan
Out through New Mexico and along
the southern portion OF Arizona unit
you reach its western border you will
find with vividness portrayed
| Tue l6uu VI N4OdOy diOotlhO ouo o.
forth. Take the old ella river sn6
you will find a representation of th'
river in Babylon, where they huns
their hsrps on the willows in the good
old days of yore. And I dare say il
many instances the mode of cultivation
is as ancient as that OIL Jesse, the faith
er of David. It's fine study from the
Aztecs to the present day. Your cit,
il q modern one and energy, pluck, AM
good judgment are depicted every
where, l am glad to see. And be
lieve can say without fear OF success
full contradiction that your country i
the richest in historical material o
any place in the United States, AM
from a commercial standpoint tn
future ia brilliant. You must need
be happy people,"
The Evansville, Indiana, Journs
prints the following which refers t
ono of Ell Paso's most competent tel
egraph operators: "ManaRer Duk
and Chief Operator Wise, of the West
ern Union, have received the fOllowin
telegram from Ell Paso, Texas, date
Dec. 25.
ITO Seniors Duke, Wise, Yotras, Ev
ansville, Ind.
sun allegro aguinaldo y un feliz an
nueva muchos bOrrachOs. BYRD
Mr.. Byrd, who was kind enough {
remember his Evansville friends in tn
glad yule-tide, evidently forgot to sen
the key to the message. Messrs Duke
Wise and the others in the Offic
searched diligently through the Yves
ern Union cipher key but failed to If
anything that looked ike yotras, aeu
naldo or .borrachos. They finally dil
covered what Byrd was trying to cor
very to them and then they went on
to see friend. Mr.. Byrd was former
ly employed rs operator under Mar