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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17


wife. Can you, will you, hate me if I
ask you thus to be Leslie's mamma in
truth as we'll as in word?'
Moment after moment went by. The
shadows came closer and the rim of
lighter clouds near the western hori-
zon grew narrower. At last she said
Il, too, loved in the long ago. And
can never in any way love another
man. But
miss Varney''- he broke in.
mo, let me finish,' she continued.
''Take an umbrella and go down to
the east gate. Do not ask a question,
but take the umbrella and wait there"
Then she sped up stairs. He was
daZed; maybe that was the reason that
he, as in a dream, did as she had bid
and took his station down by the rus
tic gate, where the softly falling rain
dripped through the leaves on to the
gravel of the walk
Suddenly he was conscious of a rus.
tie at his side, and, turning, there
stood a tall girl, with a loving smile
beaming above the same dark collar,
with a sweet face shining from be
meath the same velvet bonnet remem.
bered so well from long ago, and an
old time voice murmured:
"Robertp'
"Gabrielle?" he gasped.
Yes" she laughed. Gabrielle and
your nursemaid in one"
When they walked up to the house
that night, she chung lovingly to bis
arm under the narrow umbrella, fol-
they were strangers no longer.-Ex
change.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17

on?" the man (who was
i'll apparently confused
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17
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Emmett Crawford Post No. 10, q, A, r
Meets first Sunday of each month at 2:2O p.
m, at X of hall, ALI comrades in good
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17

CoIored Knights OF PYthios
Myrtle Lodge No. 10.
Regular meeting every Wednesday evening
in Castle Hall. corner Third and Oregon SITS.
Sojourning Knights respectfully invited to
attend.
H.. j. QUARLEs. @. C.
w. n. SCOTT. X. of r. and s.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17

FL Paso Lodge. No. 1877.
Meets first and third Tuesdays in eacf
month in Odd Fellows hall.
s. J, GATLIN, f. K.
T. F. SHELTON. Secretary.
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
 IMPORTANT DECISION.
Interstate Commerce iConnnission De-
 cides Against RaiIroad.

Washington, November 28. The Inter- State Commerce Commission today dis missed the petition for irehearing in the case of the city of Danville, Va, against the Southern Railway Company and others decided last February against the railroad company. The original decision held that the freight rates between the West and Danville should not be more than 15 per cent above the rates to Lynchburg, and that freight rates for Northern and East erny cities and rates on certain commodities from New Orleans to Danville should not exceed those to Lynchburg by more than 10 per cent. The Southern Railway claims that to obey the decision would cause it a total loss of over $433, 900 per annum through necessary changes at other points.
 Referring to the claim of the company that its $12O,0OO,0o0 of common stock paid no dividend in 1899 and that the orders of the commission would deprive the owners of the stock of their property without due process of law, the commission says that the stock was issued as part of the reor- ganization scheme under which the con- pany came into existence, and 1t does not appear in the testimony that anything was ever paid for it. The commission rules that it does not rest in the whim of a re- organization committee in Wall street to impose a tax on the whole Southern coun- try; that the property of the railroad com pany should be more carefully protected but the property of the citizens of Danville is just as sacred as are the securities of the railway company"
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
lNDU -. HAL CONVENTION

From the New Orleans Times Democrat aroused to the fact that the Southern h. dustral Convention at New Orleans will be great success; and it will send a large and influential delegation. The Alabama town like not a few home people, was dis posed at first to look on the New Orleans convention as a small affair, one that would attract little attention; but it has evidently changed it's mind on this point, from what the northern papers have had to say.
 "The Birmingham delegation to New Or leans," says the Age-Herald of that city, "should lay before the convention the pro- posed plan of holding a great industrial ex position in Birmingham. The delegates ito the New Orleans convention will be repre- sentative of the industrial and progressive south, and such proposition cannot fail to meet with their hearty indorsement."
 The first favorable notices of the New Orleans convention came, we have said, from the northern papers. We are more than glad to see the southern press now taking up the matter so enthusiastically, for, of course, the main purpose is to con- sider and benefit the industrial interests of the south The increased interest and en- .thushasm now being shown over next months gathering is another proof of the old adage that nothing succeeds like sue
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
Isthmian Canal Report.

The reelection of Senator Morgan comes none too soon in order to permit him to return to Washington free from care, where d great task awaits him in the Nica- ragua Canal Commission. When he returns to Washington he will find there the pre- iminary report of the Isthmian Canal Com mission which sustains every position he has taken. After examining all known routes, it recommends the construction of a canal 30 feet deep on the Walker line across Nicaragua The commission puts the cost of such canal at $12O0OO, 900. A S5-foot canal would cost s175,O 900, and the commission does not think such an ex- penditure is at present necessary. It re- comments, however, that the locks and dams of the proposed 30-foot canal be so constructed as to permit the canal to be deepened five feet when commerce requires it.
 The Panama scheme Is knocked out not only on account of It's greater cost, but also by the fact that Panama people would not name price for their scehme as it stands. They evidently desire to defat the Nicaragua work, when they would be able to float more bonds. They do not care to sell. for they will not name a price. This
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puts the Panama scheme out of the reck- oning.
 -The line adopted by the commission Is thus described; Beginning at Brito, on the Pacific coast and following up the east side of the Rio Grande, vessel would by and level of Lake Nicaragua, which is 116 feet above the Pacific ocean. The distance from Brito to the lake is 176 miles, The canal line then crosses the lake, distance Juan river. Following this river for fifty seven miles, the site of the proposed dam is reached, at Boca San Carlos. Here the canal leaves the river bed. but follows the valley for twenty, one miles to point op- posite the mouth of the Rio Saripiqui From this point nearly straight line is made to the Atlantic ocean, at Greytown, twenty-two miles more
 To build this canal to a depth of thirty feet, as recommended by the commission, it will be necessary to remove about one hundred and sixty million cubic yards of earth and rock. The great engineering fea- ture of the enterprise is the proposed dam at San Carlos which will be 1SS feet high from its rock bed to the crest, and the crest will be nearly fifteen hundred feet in length The building of the dam at this point avoids all questions which arose un- der previous surveys concerning the pos sibe flood waters of the river San Carlos, which in the proposed plan enters the San Juan below instead of above the dam
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 It is estimated that the following are the fourteen great wonders of the world. Those of the Old World were:
 l. The Egyptian Pyramids, the base of the largest covering 11A acres of ground. 2. The Mausoleum erected by Mausolus the King of Caria.
 3. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus. 4. The walls and hanging gardens at Ba- bylon said to have been eighty-seven feet thick and six miles long.
 5, -The Colossus of Rhodes-a brazen statue of Apollo 105 feet in height.
 6. Statue of Jupiter Olympus at Athens, made of ivory and gold.
 '. The Pharos of Ptolemy Philadeipnus a light house 300 feet high on the island of Pharos, in Egypt.
 The wonders of the New World are: 1. The Art of Printing.
 2 Gunpowder.
 g. Optical Instruments, such as the Tele- scope and Microscope. 4. Steam Engine.
 5. Labor-saving Machinery.
 6. Electric Telegraph
 z. Photography.
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
THREE SISTERS To NURSE LERERs
From the Louisville Times.

From the Louisville Times.
 A dispatch from Syracuse, N. Y, states: Three more Sisters of the Order of St. Francis have gone from this city to the leper colony in the Hawaiian islands Of the three one was a former Syracuse girl, Miss Anna schillinger, daughter of Louis Sehillinger
 Miss Sehilinger joined the order of Fran ciscan Sisters about eighteen years ago, and for some time has been located in Louisville, Ky. She came from that point to bid adieu to her family and join the other members on their way to Molokai. The party goes direct to San Francisco, sailing December for Hawaii. From there the. Sisters go to Molokai the leper colony.
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
Crops of the Year.

The crop report of the division of sta tistcs shows that the average yield of sheled corn per acre in Alabama this year was Il bushels, against an average of 25 8 bushels in the country as a whole. The highest averages were in Vermont and 3S bushels. Indianas 3S and Illinois B. The average yield in Texas was IS bushels low as the average yield in Alabama was, 1t was equal to Mississippis and higher than Georgia's. .Floridas or South Caro- lina's. The average quality of the corn Tn Alabama is put at S5, while the average of the country was S5.5.
 ! He average yield this year of sweet po- I tatoes in Alabama is put at S9 bushels per acre, against S6 bushels in Mississippi S5 bushels in Georgia, 61 bushels in South Car olina and 9S bushels in Texas The average yield in New Jersey was 135 bushels an acre, but no one in Alabama will accept Statstician Hyde's averages as to quality, for he ranks New Jersey sweet potatoes higher than those grown in Alabama. He is simply mistaken An Alabama sweet po- teto outranks a New Jersey sweet potato as much as an Alabama possum outranks in every way New Jersey opossum. There are no opossums, however, in Alabama just straight ,possums.
 The average yield of corn in this State was two bushels below the average yield for ten years which is put at 13 bushels an acre. But the average yield in this State $ of sweet potatoes this year is higher by 10 bushels than the average yield per acre for ten years in this State. There seems to have been too much rain for corn, but just enough for sweet potatoes.
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
Child Labor in Georgia.

The cotton mill men of Georgia are or the Legislature by a we'll known lawyer of Atlanta, and they do not propose to permit any interference with their right to hire lttle girls at 10 cents a day-a day of 11h hours, by the way-to do certain work that would otherwise call for an adult at per laps one dollar day. It is a mere ques- ton with them of dollars and cents but with the Legislature the question takes on broader proportions.
 The Miller or compromise bill, which for bids the employment of children in cotton pills under F years of age, and secures to all 30 minutes for the monday meal, will doubtless become law despite MT. Spald- i1g's statements and spacious appeals.
 MT. Spalding said, among other things, that the child labor bill before the Georgia Legislature was inspired by New England cotton mills for the purpose of handicap ping Southern competition. There could be no handicapplng for all the New Eng land states have much more stringent laws on this subject than have been proposed in Southern Legislatures. A Fall River corre- spondent of the New York Commercial states, however that the Fall River manu- facturers deny any such desire on their part, adding by way of proof that not few of them have put money in Southern mills.
 The New England bugaboo raised by MT Spading is mere moonshine, and no atten- tion should be paid to it, in this State, at least. Whatever the Legislature considers best should be done wholly without refer ence to any desire in any other state, be that desire favorable or unfavorable. The care of the children of Alabama is entrust- ed to the General Assembly of Alabama alone. Neither Georgia nor Fall River have any interest in the children of Alabama or any responsibility connected with their care Let the Legislature of Alabama act up to its sense of duty, and all will be well alike for the children and the State
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
THE SECOND BEST."

By Matthew Arnold. Moderate tasks and moderate leisure, Quiet living, strict-kept measure Both in suffering and In pleasure
 'Tis for this thy nature tyearns. But so many books thou readest, But so many schemes thou breedest, But so many wishes ifeedest,
 That thy poor head almost turns. And (tlre worlds so madly tangled, Human things so fast entangledD Natures wish must now be strapgled
 For that best which she diScerns. So it must be! Yet while leading A strained life, while overlooking, Like the rest, his wit and reading
 No small profit that man earns, Who, through all he meets can steer him, Gan reject what cannot clear him, Cling to what can truly cheer him;
 Who each day more surely learns. That an impulse, from the distance Of his deepest, best existence To the words, Hope, Light. Persistence,
 Strongly sets and truly burns.
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
On Saturday at Noon.

'It has been," says the Montgomery Ad- Yertiser "a matter of common talk that in case Colonel Sanford was not able to qual- fly on December l, the Governor intended to hold on to the office. It is generally rec pgnized that such course would be in keeping with his record. He never yields any vantage of power, CT fails to use 1t selfshly. He has declared since his crush ing defeat last spring, that he had friends to reward and enemies to punish. There is | little doubt that he has made up a long list of persons he includes in the latter l category. Nothing would please him so much as to hold over in the Governors of flee long enough to play for even with a lot of his political opponents"
 If this were the desire of the Governor in case the Governor-elect could not be sworn in December l, it must still remain his de- sire even if the Governor-elect take the oath of office at the prescribed timeI The swear ing in of the Governor-elect will not change the desire which fingers in the breast of the Governor whose title from the people eX-l pres by constitutional limitation Decem- Der 1.
 There is no nervousness over the success sion. There is a feeling in the State that the elements of usurpation are at hand, and that the State may be called upon to wit ness a struggle between the Will of the People and the Will of the Usurper. Such e contest would cover the State with shame and bring in confusion and possibly some disorder. But any such effort on the part of the outgoing Governor, after serv- ing four years. need disturb no one.
 It would be short lived and of no effect It would be a physical impossbility. First because the Will of the People is not in doubt. It has been duly canvassed and an- nounced. The people have said beyond doubt or question that William J. Sanford shall be Governor of the State. They have fur ther said that while he is incapactated Will liam D. Jelks shall be Governor, and if MT Jelks should become incapacitated they have solemnly and consttutionally said
 
 Whoever attempts to thwart the Will of the People in Alabama will have to meet at the outset the assembled representatives of the people in the two houses of the Legislature. Those representatives know their duty, and any one who says they will not do it, does not know the present Gen. eral Assembly. They will do their duty fully and manfully. They will see that the Will of the People remains paramount and supreme They will teach an usurper a les son that will not be forgotten while the State endures. The Montgomery Advertiser is wholly within the truth when it says the Legislature has taken and will take steps "to prevent Governor Johnston re- malnlng in office day longer than the term to which he was elected" That term ex- pires on Saturday next at noon.
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
SOMETHING LEFT.
Report on Condition of German Nation
 al Bank.

New York, November 2S.-Mr. O. P. Tuck CT, of the German National Bank of New port, has sent his report of the condition of the bank to the Comptroller of the Cur rency. It appears that there is at the pres ent time cash and remaining assets on hand sufficient to realize to the depositers some thing over 90 per cent of their claims. The general condition of the assets is said tot be good The condition of resumption will be fixed by the Comptroller very soon.
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
CELESTIAL OPPORTUNITY.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 The Chinaman is said to learn languages easily. His opportunity just now to learn all the principal languages of Europe is remarkably good.
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POWER WASTED ATFURNAcEs.

Bryan Donkin, in the Engineering Nigga zine for December.
 We, have In the blast furnace two sources of power at present more or less wasted namely the surplus store of gases going to waste in the atmosphere, after the needs of the fornaces have been supplied and Imperfect utilization of those now burnt under boilers, when power might be gener- atcd from them by direct combustion in gas engine. The usual standard of work ing blast furnaces is about one ton of coke burnt per ton of iron made. From 160,00O to 1SO,OOO cubic feet of high-furnace gases are produced per ton of iron smelted or per ton of fuef burnt. Assuming that 10,- 100000 tons of fuel are burnt annually in blast furnaces in Great Britain, this gives about 100000 horse power wasted, which might be converted into useful work, es- pecially for the production of electric en- ergy. We have only ito consider the i'm mense output of pig iron per. day from the. high furnaces in England, the United States, and the continent, to see how vast. a store of potential energy is at present. untouched
 The successive steps in utilizing bast-l furnace gases may be thus summarized :
 
 no value, and were often burnt off at the mouth of the furnaces. They were next partially used, by retaining a portion to heat the air for the blast and burning larger proportion under boilers to generate steam for driving the blowing engines No attempt was made to burn the gases eco nomically, and a considerable quantity was wasted. In 1894 attempts were made in. Scotland at Wishaw, near Glasgow; at Seraing, in Belgium, and at Horde, in Germany, to expode them in an engine cylinder, in the same way: as producer gas instead of under boilers. Complete success attended these pioneer efforts. It was found that when thus utilized, the quanti- ty required was only one-fifth of that need ed when burnt under the old system, and this discovery has been very fruitful of good results, especially in Germany and Belgium, where the subject has till now att tracted much more attention than in Eng land.
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
The Rivers are Falling.

Pittsburg, November 2S.-The rivers are falling rapidly and tomorrow navigation will be completely resumed out of Pitts. burg, Shipments of coal to the South will also be resumed within twenty -four hours. The health boards of Allegheny and Pits-- burg are working industriously disinfecting the water-soaged cellars ito prevent disease.
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News. Where knowledge is wisdom fingers.
 True Christianity is as deep as charity is high.
 Beauty is natures temporary gift to the far sex.
 The shorter the pleasure the more pleas ant it is apt to be.
 Old maids are all the more charming be- cause they are mntchless.
 An economical woman tries to make her waist as small as possible.
 Every little helps-especially little kicks when you're going downhill.
 Absence makes the heart grow fonder- either of the absent one or of another.
 Words are like spectaces they darken whatever they dot not help us to see.
 The factory hand may indulge in song, but he prefers to knock off with the whistle.
 The average man resembles a whale; he blow.
 There are only two really great disap- pointments in ilife-rrot getting what you want, and getting 1t.
 Wise is the woman who doesn't worry, but twist her crowning glory up in curl pa pers and keeps right on hoping for, the best.
 A fashion writer says: "A woman should always dress to suit her figure" According to that if lady is hump-shouldered she should wear camel-hair shawl.
The age-herald., 1900-11-29
GETTING A RUN FOR HIS MONEY
From the Boston Globe

One Slyield ran away from England when a boy, and now goes back heir 10 a fortune of $27O,OOO It was certainly worth running away for
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The Duchess of Zimmerman IT, Manchester is returning with fourteen trunks duly checked, and three maiden aunts that could not be checked through.
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The Kentucky battleship is in fine condi-. tion to create few rare ruins for the Sul- tan of Turkey
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The President Is adding to his messagel day by day. He has only two more work ing days left. however.
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THANKSGIVING.

Be joyful! Oh, be stha1rkfu this glad
 Thanksgiving Day. That each can tighten ii he will some fel-
 low-creature.s way.
The age-herald., 1900-11-29

Corn of contract grade is the best crop in the Chicago market.
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boots. for not only was MT. Davis a gem tleman, man of wide jBlformation. liter ary attainments, and possessed of great diplomatic skill but he was d strong, reso- lute character worthy of any high office. He held the first and most epRled position in the Senate, being chairman of the for eign affairs committee, and there is no man left worthy to fill his place. with the possible exception of Senator Morgan who, being Democrat, is not to be considered. The death of Senator Davis is distinct serious loss to the nation!'
 Former United States Marshal Ben w. Walker of Montgomery, an applicant for the collectorship of the port of Mobile, was in Birmingham yesterday. It is understood that Captain Dimnick, clerk of the United States Court at Montgomery, and Post master P. D. Barker of Mobile are in Washington trying to have the vacant col- lectorship filled. The applicants said to be former postmaster Robert L. Hous- ton of Birmingham, now resident of Mo bile who is said to be supported by Sena- tor Morgan and Senator Pettus; former Marshal Walker; Hon. Frank H. Lathrop; and E. H. Hubbard of Mobile. Captain Dimmiek is for MT. .Lathrop. The struggle amongst Republicans to have the vacancy filled is understood to be entirely friendly.
 "a
 Col. T T. Wright of Nashville was the guest of Maj. Frank Y. Anderson last night
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 Perhaps the most valuable present re- .ceived by MT. Leo K. Steiner and Miss Dian Holzer at their ,happy and brilliant marriage last night was Alabama Class A bonds to the, face. value. of $400O, the gift of DIr. B. Steiner and MT. eSigfried Steiner of the banking house of Steiner Brothers. The market value of the bonds at the moment is S11O for each $1OO.
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This is the saddest day of the year in the turkey world.
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France is trying to hit John Bull over Dom Pauls shoulders.
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The English creditors of son-in-law Man chester are looking to Pa Zimmerman for redress.
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the minimum expense of conducting live dock"
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The Duke of Manchester will soon be en- gagged in leading Cincinnati society, especi- ally that part over the Rhine.
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Harvard should confine herself to intel leetuals, for in the .physieals she is not. in 1t.
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The historical cordwood of rural newspa- pers has no reason to feel ashamed along side the political pie of larger concerns.