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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
To ADVERTISERS.

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advertising. copy for same should
be at the business office not later
than 10 a. M
ADVERTISING RATES.
Rates of advertising in the Daily
or weekly HERALD will be made
known upon application at the bus
mess office. Those who prefer can
have a representative of the bus
mess department call upon them,
who will quote prices and make
contracts for space. Call telephone
No. lis.
Classified advertisements for locals ten
QOc) cents per line for nrst IN
sertion and five (5c) cents for each
additional insertion. Special rates
= upon five hundred (50O) or one
; thousand QOOO) lines OF local. 70
be used in one month, will be fur-
nished upon application.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
THAT TELEPHONE FRANCHISE

By refusing the franchise TO the
proposed new telephone company the
city council has again placed itself in
the position of a protector of private
monopoly. The council will no doubt
excuse the common people of the city
if they question the motives of the
said council. The same thing was
done not so very long ago in the en-
deavor to perpetuate the monopoly of
the old electric light company. The
people expressed themselves upon that
occasion in no uncertain terms. and
it is little queer that the council
again takes action against the express
desire of the majority of the people.
The proposition OF the new telephone
company is fair enough. The council
could easily have satisfied itself as to
whether the company meant business.
If it did, and does, there can be no
excuse or justification for the council
refusing the franchise.
In so doing the council is not guard
ing the public interest. The Compel
ing teiephoHe hdS oeeH III opeidlioH
in many cities for a long time, and it
is not recorded that there is any such
strenuous opposition as is stated by
the councilmen who oppose the new
company. In any event it is a ques-
ton of opinion and preference merely,
and if five or six hundred citizens ask
for the granting of the franchise, as
they did, it is against public policy
for the city council, whether from
personal prejudice or other motive, to
stand in the way of the project.
The whole deal, the way it was done.
and the specious pleas of the opposi
ION, look to the average observer IKE
a case of persecution
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
NEW RULES FOR THE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE

Today The Herald prints an extend
ed account of the proposed changes In
the bylaws of the chamber of COM
merce. Many of the changes are OF
vital Importance to the welfare of the
chamber. First among these are the
new rules concerning the election OF
a board of directors. Second in i'm
portance is the change in the method
of electing the president of the cham
Der.
1t is greatly detrimental to the inter-
ests of the chamber to depend on an
open meeting, attended too often by
ten or a dozen members. or even TWEEN
ty. to elect directors. The work OF the
chamber is in the hands of the direct
ors as a matter of fact, almost all the
time. and in the constitution OF the
board rests the power for good in the
chamber. In practice every city has
found it advisable to elect directors by
ballot, having a regular polling place,
open all day, after the manner of
public election. The best practice also
includes a system of nominating in
advance, and posting the names OF the
candidates, in order to concentrate the
votes to some extent.
1t is this plan that presents the most
advantageous features, as presented in
the article published today. 1t is the
first described therein The second
plan has no merit that is not involved
in the first, and introduces unnecessary
complications. making the primary in
fact the election, and yet leaving it in
the hands of a very small number of
members to defeat the real will of the
chamber. The eighteen highest
might include several with only two
or five votes apiece, and yet these
would stand a chance of being elected
or hundred apiece.
In the board of directors the oppon-
ents to the first plan base their OPP
position on the expressed or implied
presumption that the members of the
chamber of commerce are not intel
igent enough to comprehend the sys-
tenn that is used in other western cities.
1t is hardly likely that the members
will coincide in this opinion. A care
full reading and consideration of the
two plans will readily indicate which
is the better.
The change in the manner of electing
a president contemplates the election
of this all-important official by the
board, by ballot without nominations.
The absence of nominations is the i'm
portant point. Under the old way,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

The wall goes up from all over our
turn out graduates who can spell and
write and speak correct English.
Business men complain that the stem
ographers and clerks who apply to
them for work are deficient in the rud-
iments of learning. Our public schools
are excellent and ever progressing to
better things. and any pupil. no mat
ter how great his ability to learn and
his hunger for knowledge, may satisfy
himself and work out his highest des-
tiny through their help. But there
is no doubt that the commonest
branches, the three RS and geography,
are too soon dropped. Children too
often leave off these studies in the
graded schools and never hear of
them again, while they proceed to
take up literature, science, general
history, languages, and higher math-
ematics. In the city of Washington,
where the United States government
concerns itself with the public schools
of the city, some of the senators have
raised such a commotion that now
spelling drills are insisted upon until
the graduation day; high school
scholars are kept in" to get their
spelling lessons. and have to write
the words they have missed over and
over again. 1t seems childish and
yet there is no doubt of the utility
of the change. The higher studies are
excellent and we are proud that our
common schools have such varied and
learned curriculums, but the common
est branches of learning are the foun-
dalton of all learning, and what shall
knowledge of many ologies avail a
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
man if he cannot spell or speak his
own tongue correctly?

Alabama is having queer difficulty
about the governors Office. Mr.. San
ford was recently elected governor but
when the time came for swearing him
in he was lying seriously ill and had
to take the oath of Office in his beu.
His relatives anu friends have hoped
all along for his speedy recovery but
now there is little chance of it and he
has not been able to undergo the in
auguration ceremonies. Alabama, I'M
like most of the states, has no office
of acknowledgements and in this
emergency the dying governor request
ed the appointment of an acting gov
ernor. and w. d. Jelks, president of
the state senate has been acting as
governor during Sanford's illness.
Jelks will probably be governor in case
of the death of Sanford which seems
more than likely now.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
PERILoUs WORK IN THE HIGH All
The Hazards Taken by Men Who Re
pair Church Steeples and Flag-Poles
on High buildings.

A remarkable series of papers entit-
led Odd Adventures in Queer Callings
is being published in the Saturday
Evening Post, and the installment in
the Christmas number tells of the hair
breadth escapes of the steeplejackS.
They are gathered by Mr. Forrest
Crissey from the men themselves. The
article says: The journeyman steeple-
jack in the employ of a contractor
generally receives a wage of five dol
lars a day, work or play the year
round. Employers of steeplejackS gen.
orally insist upon training their own
men, preferring to have their appren-
tees begin when little more than boys.
Lads who are taken into the service
in this manner are first put only upon
buildings of moderate height, and
great care is taken not to force their
progress too rapidly.
''One of the main things persiStently
impressed upon his mind is the necs-
sity of never making an unconscious
movement. He is taught to be wide
awake to the nature and consequence
es of every step he takes. of each ges-
ture OF his arm or turning of his body.
Scores of fatal accidents have, accord
ing to the men in this calling, result
ed from a failure to observe, to the
letter. this vital rule. In almost every
other line of work, physical action is.
to a large degree, automatic; but in
this perilous pursuit the worker who
allows himself to become so concen-
trated in his task that some phase of
his action is performed unconsciously.
is almost certain to meet with acct
dent.
Perhaps the most remarkable feat
of steeplejack work recently accom-
plished in this country was that of
placing and stripping of it's wrappings.
at a height of 1874 feet, a twenty-five
foot wind-vane statue, weighing 22O0
pounds. on the top of the great tower
of the highest structure in Chicago.
To add to the grewSome peril of the
situation powerful wind was blowing
from Lake Michigan. Whenever this
shifted it's direction the statue. mount
eu on double ball bearings, whirled
and carried in it's circuit the supports
which held the steeplejacks. The rig
ging of the latter had, however, been
constructed to meet this particular
emergency, and the movements of the
wind-vane did not cause the daring
workmen the slightest trepidation.''
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

The Presbyterian committee which
has been in session in Washington
reports that a majority of the Pres
byteries desire some change in the
creed. such change not to impair in
anyway the doctrine and faith of the
Westminster confession, but to make a
new statement of present doctrines.
The Westminster confession has been
attacked violently by many of its most
brilliant ministers of this generation,
but it seems to loom up as firmly as
ever.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
A wOMAN'S AWFUL PERIL.

There is only one chance to save
your life and that is through an opera
tion." were the startling words heard
by Mrs 1. B. Hunt, of Lime Ridge, Wis.
from her doctor after he had vainly
tried to cure her of a frightful case of
stomach trouble and yellow jaundice.
Gall stones had formed and she con-
stantly grew worse. Then she began
to use Electric Bitters which wholly
cured her It's a wonderful Stomach,
Liver and Kidney remedy. Cures dys-
pepsia. Loss of Appetite. Try it. Only
so cents. Guaranteed. For sale by
w. A. Irwin & Co.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

The Orientals take kindly to the
automobile. The Chinese minister in
Washington is an enthusiastic mobi-
list and the shah of Persia carried
back to Teheran a craze for the horse
less vehicle and has proved a success
full manipulation of the steam carriage.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

Rents in many of Denver's bust
ness blocks are to be advanced TWEEN
ty per cent the first of the year. The
papers point with pride to the fact as
a sign of prosperity. If high rents
are sign of prosperity Ell Paso has
no kick coming.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

At the reception given Lord Roberts
in Cape Town a few days ago the pop
ilar and gallant commander concluded
his address of thanks by quoting the
first stanza of Kipling's magnificent
ReceSSiOnal
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

IIela is needed at once when a per-
sons life is in danger. A neglected.
cough or cold may soon become serious
ard should be stopped at once. One
Minute Cough ure quickly cures coughs
and colds and the worst cases of Group
bronchitis. grippe and other throat and
lung troubles. Fred Schaefer. druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

II you are going to California this
winter, or expect to visit Arizona or
Northern New Mexico, it will pay you
to make the trip via Trinidad Gateway
using the uneQualled service of 1.-THE
Denver Road" in connection with the
Santa Fe through service to the coast
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
Emerson & Berrien
IT M u Err II A x Il RS
phonas 4
n

Moki Tea positively cures sick head
ache. indigestion and constipation. A
delightful herb drink. Removes all
eruption of the skin, producing per-
feet complexion or money refunded.
25 cents and so cents. NJ. A. Webb,
druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

Altgelds chances to make speeches
were short lived. He is as silent as
an oyster these days and never served
his country so well as in this his 81
lence and obscurity.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

The city council endeavors to keel
in touch with the public" So, by tn
way, do pickpockets.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
FOOD CHANGED TO POISON.

FOOD CHANGED TO POISON. =
Purifying food in the intensitines
produces eTects like those of arsenic.
but DR. Kings New Life Pills expel the
poisons from clogged bowels, gently.
easily, but surely. curing Constipation.
Billiousness. Sick Headache. FeverSs,
all Liver, Kidney and bowel troubleS
Only 25 cents, at w. A. Irwin 6 Co.'S
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

Flowers always make an appropriate
gift.-Potter e White always keep
choice ones
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

Would it not be a good plan for the
people of the state of Texas to elect a
vigilance committee to look after the
legislature during it's session?
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

81, 500 to loan at per cent. for i've
years on improved business property.
B. F. Hammett & Sons,
Mills Building.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold
on a positive guarantee. Cures heart
burn. raising of The food. distress after
eating. or any form of dyspepsia One
little tablet gives immediate relief. 25
and so cents NJ A. Webb, druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

The Hadley dining hall-a1l Amer
lean help.-The best 25c meal in the
city. Corner North Oregon and Franz
lin streets. $500 per week.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
dainty little pills, but they never fail
to cleanse the liver, remove obstruc-
tons and invigorate the system. Fred
Schaefer, druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

Take a look at the Christmas goods
at Potter e Whites 1t won't cost
you anything.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
The Daily HERALD is delivered by

The Daily HERALD is delivered by
carrier in Ell Paso, Texas, Juarez,
Mexico. and at the Ell Paso smelt-
ing works, at fifteen cents 15c)
per week, or sixty cents (6Oc) per
month.
arhecribers falling to get the HERALD
regularly or promptly should call
at the office or telephone No. 10.
All complaints will receive prompt
attention.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

Fuel orders filled with the first
quality by Kaseman, Phone 8.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

Telephone 5s7 for fine Deming water
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

Buttermilk. Telephone No. 1856.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

PURE HYGIENIC WATER.
Made from distilled water. Ask your
family physician or druggist at to the
purity and healthfullness of our ice.-
Telephone No. IA.
Ell Paso Ice and Refrigerator Co.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14

Ell Paso Steam Laundry. Phone ~.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-19
THE HORSE IN BATTLE.

Parsons Magazines: The thousands of
horses killed in every important battle
have to be disposed of; they are either
buried or burned, according to the
climate. In South Africa burial is always
resorted to, but in some of the northern
parts of India the carcaSes are left where
they fall, and in less than eight hours
a%fterward are picked clean by the vul-
lures. This is by far the best way from
a unitarian point of view. for the bones
may afterward be collected and ground
down for manure. The interment of
slaughtered animals is always left to the
burial parties, and can scarcely be said
to be any part of the veterinary surgeons
duties.
In a cavalry charge, especially when
the firing is at long range, 1t is practl-
cally impossible for the enemy to aim
at so small a figure as a human being
with any certain chance of hitting him,
The horse presenting the larger target is
shot at and the list of casualties among
horses under these circumstances is
naturally greater than among men.
Al Talavera 200 horses were killed and
24O men, While at the famous charge Of
the Light Brigade at Balaklava the losses
among horses were $50 n among men
$50.
The horse is more liable to suffer from
hunger and van of rest than a man, and
consequently we find that in all protract-
ed wars the loss in horses from disease
is terribly heavy. In Napoleon's cam
paign across the Niemen. out of 10000
horses no fewer than $4,000 succumbed
in 81 months. At the siege of Plevna
the Russians lost over 30 per cent. of their
draught animals. and in the Egyptian
war of 1882 half the English horses We're
disabled of which 600 died from sickness
and only sixty on the field of battle.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-19
ONLY TRAMP DOGS.

Two tramp dogs wandered into Kirk
Mo-, from no one knows where last
week. People noticed them proving
the back entrances of houses. but
gave them no especial attention until
compelled to do so by the walls of one
of the animals, a dog with a trace of
shepherd blood in his veins. The wild,
Presbyterian church at midnight caused
an investigation by a few who were out
late. They found one of the dogs lying
in front of the church dead. A wagon
had run over him. The print of the tires
was across his body. At his side sat the
shepherd dog, reared back on his
launches and bowling as if in a delirium
of agony. This continued all night, for
those who tried to drive Pythias away
were only snapped at.
In the morning the town marshal tried
to coax the animal away from the corpse.
but he would not bulge, though he had
been bowling a dirge for II long hours.
And when any one attempted to approach
the remains of the dead dog he snapped
and showed his teeth menacingly.
The marshal was perplexed. Finally
some one suggested that he be lassoed
and dragged away while others took the
remains of the lead dog and buried
them. The marshal adopted this method
with entire success, for the dog was
dragged away despite his protestant
bowls. Then the remains of the dead dog
were taken in an opposite direction and
buried, after which ne was turned loose,
given a kick and told to ~"begone.' The
dog put his nose to the ground ana
started off. An hour later he was found
lying on his partners grave, occasionally
giving forth a howl of irreconcilable
grief. People are beginning to nix he
deserves a reward for his devotion. and
several of the most kind-hearted are
talking of adopting him.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-19
COSTLY

New York Sun: IF there is anything
that can compensate a person for the
loss of deformity of one or both limbs,
1t Is the exuberance of fancy in which he
may indulge in the ornamentatiop Of his
clutches" said a dealer in these aids of
the halt. That is" he added, provided
he has the money to crafty his tastes.'
According to that" said the inquirer,
"crutches u be an expensive neces-
sity."
Not at ALL" returned the dealer, 80
long as you confine yourself to the bare.
plain crutch. The light-colored, every
day article which you generally see on
the street is a very cheap affair, it Is
made of maple and costs only $3.50 to 81
a pair with so cents extra for the rubber
caps at the end. Why you can get a first
class crutch made of the finest of rose
wood for 50 or $40 a pair. Such a crutch
as that is as good as any reasonable per-
son ought to want. for it is neatly finish
ed in nickel n provided with s~plendidly
padded spring cushions and will last a
lifetime. 1t is not in the crutch. itself.
that the expense lies. 1t is in the trim
mings. You see. a crutch is like every
thing else. Its cost depends not so much
upon the solid material composin = it., but
upon the fixings. You wouldn't believe
how fond some people who nave been
crippled for years are of a rutch The
senseless wooden sticks become, to their
minds, a part of their being. 1t is a never
failing friend. You and l sometimes
think we bestow exceeding care upon the
mt OF a coat or a dress or the shape of a
hat, but that attention is slight compared
with the thought Of a cripple gives to his
crutch.
II clipped an article from a foreign
magazine a little while ago in which a
wealthy Englishman was ridiculed and
blamed for spending 5000 on a crutch.
But l don't see why they made such fuss
about 1t. Why that's no price at all. I
know men right here in New York who
have paid five times That amount. The
trimmings of these expensive clutches
are of gold n the best Of them are set
here and there with small, but valuable
stones The most expensive crutches I
ever saw were made for an old woman
over on the East Side. The cost of the
pair was 81. $50. She had her monogram,
j. c. s. outlined in gems on each crutch.
To get these decorations finished off in
good taste required infinite skill and pa
thence, but I declined to undertake the
initials were the same as my trademark
and that the work would serve as a good
advertisement for me. I accepted the COM
mission.
"Oh, yes, when you come to think Of it.
I suppose it is absurd, to put so much
money into something that is apt to get
lost or stolen or broken at any time. but
then you might say the same thing about
gold or silver-lnounted harness, jeweled
fans and parasols and. in fact. all other
expensive fads. There's about as much
sense in the one as the other. in my opin-
ion"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-19
LANES

-. good remedy. and there Is not any,
thing on the market :hat equals French
Tansy Tablets for the relief and cure Of
painful and irregular menses. These
tablets remove all Instructions, no mat.
ter Whit the cause. Manufactured by A.
Augendre. Paris. France. and for rale
only by the Ncwbro Drug Co.. Butte,
Mont, sole agents. Price. 81 per boxS
sent by mail. securely sealed.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-19
Great Sacrifice Sale of Towels

Great Sacrifice Sale of Towels
(Continued.)
Extra large size linen towels, In dam.
ask, buck and birdeye designs:
fringed and hemmed. Regular price
is 35c. Sale price .......
I7c each
Best quality of pure linen; size 26x5O; |
extra large; fringed hemstitched;
open work, indented and lace work
ends. Some sold as high as $1.25
each Your choice tomorrow. ......
soc each
Check linen glass towels; fringed;
large size. Regular price is $500 a
dozen. Tomorrow ................
$I.35 a dozen
Linen Crash
CRASH AT BARGAIN PRICES
-1S-inch loom crash, dice patterns;
red border and full selvedge; Zoe a
yard is the regular price. Tomor-
row ..............
sc a yard
I L lie CIdSI, lull lSGQS very
absorbent; Barnesley finish; 1Oc a
yard is tie Irregular price. Tomor-
row ................ ................
&c a yard
1S-inch twilled stripe linen crash and
18-inch ~unbleached crash, pure flax,
just suited for roller towels .......
&c a yard
Underprice Sale of Linen
DamaSk
UNDERPRICE SALE OF LINEN
DAMASKS - 58-inch unbleached
loom damak; a quality that will
wash nicely and wear we'll: 45c a
yard is the usual price. Sale price,.
nc a yard