El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
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The other evening q forlorn looking
emaciated tramp found his way into
the HERALD editorial room. His clothes
were in tatters aud he was covered
with filth. The man opened the door
falteringly and hesitated before enter
ing. Once inside he fumbled in his
pocket moment ana Withdrawing his
able able LOOKING jack knife. He
asked to be loaned ten cents and
proposed to leave the knife as security.
The mans gaunt face and hungry eyes
we're enough to move q heart of stone.
He wanted the money to buy some
else on earth of any value except his
knife. No one in the office
had cent ard the mendi-
cant went away empty handed.
This same man was picked up about q
month ago near Payne-Badger's coal
yard by the police. He was lying un-
der an old wagon shed
with several newspapers spread
out on the ground beneath
him and was very i'll. He said he was
from the east and wanted to reach q
rich relative who resided near Bisbee,
Arizona. He was taken to police head
quarters where he was fed and housed
for several days.
Wild swans have been plentiful dur
ing the winter months on the Rio
Grande near Anthony. They are
beautiful as we'll as extremely rare
birds and are rapidly going the way of
the buffalo. They are very wild and 1t
is an unusual thing for them to be
found, except in the most unfrequent-
ed water courses remote from civiliza-
ton. The birds bring fancy prices,
even In Ell Paso market, and one of
them killed by q Mexican near An
thony recently sold here for S25. Otis
Andrews procured one few days ago
from the same source and had it stuffed.
1t is now on exhibition at his store.
He SAYS the one in his possession had
lived about 100 years before it perished
by the hand of the M exican hunter.
sYou hit the nail right square on
the head" said Mr.. Berrien of Emer-
son and Berrien, Syesterday,r' in your
article about Col. A. j. Fountain being
in Mexico or somewhere else in hiding.
Psso and have never believed that he
was dead. He was capable of dis
appearing Unjust that kind OF . thestric-
know that he had any
motive for going away at that time,
but just on general principles 1 believe
that he would choose q theatrical way
of makingS his exit from the territory.
He was built that way. That was his
style exactly"
Reports were recently sent from this
city tv eastern dsilies by q special
correspondent that smallpox had been
practically stamped out. This report
had q wonderful effect on the surround
ing country. Two days after the item
was published invalids began to arrive
and the town is now full of one
i ipngsrs - and nd persons pc M, Nth
Dallas. and St. Louis with Fl Psso as
their objective point, but were afraid
to come any nearer to this town than
those cities on account of the wild
rumors in circulation concerning the
smallpox situation.
81 do not object" said Chief of
Police Lockhart. ITO persons believing
that l am getting an enormous salary
only for one reason. A lot of people
willtry to borrow money from me. Now
as q matter of fact q great number of
fugitives are captured here but it
is not often that q reward is collected.
Many officers living in other states
seem to think that we have nothing to
do but look after their fugitlves. We
get enquiries every day."
"Dr. BersOn," said q man yesterday,
6 'is like other scientists. He Is an
and has given such close
to thessubjects of buried ruins
and extinct races that his mind con.
stantl dwells thereon and to the or
binary individuals he appears to be q
little weak in the upper STORY. So it
Is with all scientists. They are looked
upon as cranks by the common herd"