El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

but he is in for gorgeous lot or IRE
works. Also he is apt to be the CEN
| ter of attention when the hurry-up
wagon reaches the place to make re-
pairs.
Difficult Evidence in Murder Case
There is an old murder case here
An old soldier named Lanckton-well
known in Texas as a gymnast under
his nom de circus of the American
Hercules''-is accused Of having muir
dered a Mrs Wren. and the ony wit
ness of the tragedy is sister of the
woman, who is deaf, dumb and COM
pletely paralyzed. No way of getting
her testimony has been developed yet
and the police will be thankful for
suggestions. There was little defense
fund of 5000 or whereabouts made up
for Lanckton by the Grand Army and
circus men who knew him, and this he
turned over to his attorneys. Now they
want to withdraw from the case but
refuse to refund, saying that half OF
the money was used for expenses and
they propose to keep the rest as their
| fee for services so far.
| New Uses for Skim Milk
| was talking 'tother day with man
who is a whole trust in himself. He
is al lively young New Yorker from
the dairy district and he contracts for
all the skim milk of the creameries.
taking the food from the mouths of
a number of deserving swine thereby.
| acih
and the curd which is thrown down. is
washed and converted into combs. mir
ror backs and what not, making a
good imitation tortoise shell. This is
done by working it up with enough
boraX solution to soften it and drying
Some of the curds he converts into
a food preparation by dissolving it in
a little soda. filtering and evaporat-
ing to dryness. A German manufac-
turer started to do this a year or so
ago and his product made big hit
on the European market, resulting in
any number of imitators abroad. Not
much has been done here before the
New York man took ii up. The food
is a yellowish white powder. dissolv-
ing in water to a substance which is
very much like white of egg in looks
and taste and can be used for it in
puddings. But it won't set hard on
boiling. like egg.
West Point Standards.
The board of visitors at West
Point has made report to the secre-
tary of war recommending. among
other things. that the standard for adj
mission be raised. As their standard
| is about the limit now. it will take a
mental. moral and physical prodigy
/ to get in if the change is made. say
| the army officers. Uncle Sam is a bit
like the German shopkeeper who eX-
pected all the cardinal virtues for 30
cents a day.
| Queer Signs and Names.
a Washington storekeeper offers "a
fine large garbage pail with every
pound of our Shakespeare baking
powder Which looks as if he had
mental picture of a long vista of I'M
successful experiments with that par
ticular powder. \ barber has a sign
of shoes shined inside" hanging in
has window and | am admiring his
| thoroughness. The only thing in MIS-
tory to compare with it is that story
Queen Elizabeth used to tell about the
conscientious actor who blacked linn
self all over to play Othello. Mr..
' ermillion is an appropriately enough
| local painter: Daniel Camphor de-
bugs carpets: and Mr.. Hackney keeps
a cab stable. Miss Ophelia Head would
probably protest vigorously against
| the evident Interpretation of her name
| Washington's Crank Population.
| But it is for genuine all-around
cranks that Washington takes the col
| lection. The government offices are
largely filled with 'pride-of-i intellect
boys" as we call them for long: men
| of the kind who take their intellects
with pride. wipe them off carefully with
a silk handkerchief. polish them
bit and then return them to headquar-
ters. If a man is hunting trouble it's
les on the cause of the aurora borealis
| from the next sixteen men he meets.
| The odd man will have positive infor-
nation on gravitation likely and dis
| in non-nucleated space''-whatever
that may happen to mean. And the
| whole bunch yearns to improve other