El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-12

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reduced to arithmetic. Such ploddinS
souls are bad enough. but infinitely
worse and not to be mentioned with
the same breath are they who measure
everything by dollars. For some peo-
pie the dollar is frequent measure of
things. because it has to be. others use
it occasionally because it is handy, but
some people never know any otho.'
measure of men or things. These he
people to avoid.
A Cleveland paper reports debut
ante with the announcement that her
coming out frock cost $500 and fifty
musicians played behind the palms
while she was being introduced. The
buckles of gold and pearls on her slip
perS were worth a great price. The
account proceeds with more figures Of
cost. II was probably inspired by her
ambitious parents but reads more like
the tickets on bargains in a dry goods
shop on Friday. than like an account
of the entrance into society of mod
est young girl fresh from her schools
and untainted with worldliness.
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Longwood. Illinois, is enjoying the
novelty and economy of a cooperative
eating association. The members eat
under one roof, have a housekeeper,
cook. and mattresses and have plain
meals whose average cost is eleven
cents. So far so good, but the difficult
ty which all cooperative societies have
to face and most fail under, dissension
may wreck the cooperation any day.
The supreme cause of dissension in
such a plan. differences of religious be-
lief has been provided against by strict
prohibition of religious discussions at
the meals. But there are other topics
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difference in lasts in jokes, in Ell
quette, politics, temperature. hygiene.
diet. and thousands of details of life.
These will probably break up the Long
wood cooperation association notwit.i
standing its reasonableness and its well
developed success so far ldealiSeS
and theorists and philosophers have
tried many times to make cooperative
societies successful in solving the prob
lens of the expense and work of life.
but rarely does one succeed. Ambition.
the love of men and women and OF
parents for children. sway them out
of the bounds of pure reason, and to be
a success cooperation necessitates per-
feet reasonableness.
Mark Twain has paid tribute to his
wife which pictures a personification
about her to his world wide public.
only one little tribute in the dedica-
ton of one of his volumes to her, but
the one description of her leaves little
else to be said:
THE mother of my children adores
them-there is no milder term for it
and they worship her; they even wor-
ship anything which the touch of her
hand has made sacred. They know her
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ever had or ever shall have: they know
her for one who never did them
wrong and cannot do them a wrong.
who never told them a lie nor the
shadow of one; who never deceived
them by even an ambiguous gesture;
who never gave them an unreasonable
command nor ever contented herself
short of a perfect obedience; who
has always treated them as politely
and considerably as she would the best
and oldest in the land, and has always
required of them gentle speech and
courteous conduct toward all, of what
soever degree, with whom they chauc-
ed to come in contact: they know her
for one whose promise, whether of re-
ward or punishment, is gold and al
ways worth it's face, to the uttermost
farthing. In a word, they know her.
and 1 know her, for the best and dear
est mother that lives-and by long.
long way the wisest.'
The women of Ell Paso who are in
terested in the art and perfection of
things and Culture with a capital c,
should go to see the carnival Hereford
cattle exhibited in the big stables on
South Oregon street. The HerefordS |
will give a special Eat home" for the
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are all tied with stout ropes and the !
visit will be attended by no foreseen |
danger. In the first place the beasts !
are beautiful in color. of an CndeScrib- |
ably warm brown, but having lights of |
all. Their hair is naturally curly and |
thick, making pretty knots and whirls |
of color in their coats. Second the |
beasties are SO perfectly bred and such
perfect cattle that it makes one wish
he were a better human. The cattle
are of fine form and proportions, with
big white faces. blue eyes, straight pol
ished horns, and slightly pompadoured
bangs and crinkly tassels on the tail
to complete the work of art that each
is. The second inspiration one draws
from the vision of them is that they
are so very clean. One young Sukey
of particular rich color and curliness
was taken out for bath and an in
tereSted audience gathered around to
watch the performance. First the head
keeper turned the hose on her and for
fifteen minutes played a stream of
water on her from the tip of her nose
to the last fringe of her trailing tail.
After about a quarter of an hour of
his soaking four brawny men took
our big cakes of tar soap and rubbed
he beastie until she was a mass of
'oamy white lather from nose ring to
all fringe. Then this lather was rub