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From the trio whom shall I take? Lyman J. Gage "Whom will I take for my Valentine?" P. M. G. THE RISING SUN. 1 . , vnivxcv.V ' S L., - I Phil Mothersill "Take me. I'm the pride of New Mexico." Mose Dillon "I'm the man. I'm the man." Robt. P. Campbell "How do I Btack up?" R. M. Moore, last but not least. Harrison's Valentine "I'd. like to ka'dw." OUR VALENTINES. A Few Sketches on St. Val entine's Day. Fun ami Fancy Interwoven in the Sen limeut of the Day Gotten Up For the Herald's Readers. St. Valentine's day comes on Sunday this year, so the celebration such as it is comes oo this bless-ed day Saturday, and the post office is burdened with the usual heavy run that makes the post master imagine Christmas has come again. St. Valentine's day is not observed in this part of the country as much as might be expected. One book and stationer dealer says ne aoes not handle Valentines at all. At one drug store, the proprietor says he is selling more than ever, at anotner drug store, the call is nothing more than ordinary, and at a news and paper-notions store, the demand appears to be lor comic rather than the high toned outfits. However, quite a number of the bet ter class of Valentines are being sola some u teem quite expensive, ci pressive of love and tender sentiment generally, and the average young swain is thinking, thinking, thinking whether he shall buy himself under wear he is sadly in need of, or go shiver ing, and invest the cash in a fancy Valentine with a locking glass in it and a whole lot of love gush for the obj-Ct of his heart's affections. Sentiments expressed in some of the missives contain sucn poetical seuu mcts as: You led him by a silken string, And with him walk the avenue: For me vou do not care a thing, Though on a string you lead ma too. On him your smiles you lavisn iree, I of your kindness have no part, To thinlt he should my rival oe That ugly bulldog has your heart! Boo: Under the romaotic title of "One Fad More," a St. Valentine's day poet writes: Of fads, and whims and fancies dear, I know you have a score; But, won't you, love, your way see clear To taking up one more? 'Tis not a fid that others know, Yours all alone will b?: Heed, sweetheart, while I whisper low That little fad is me! A poet who takes salt water in his up of sentiment, indicts his moon- truck fancies thuslv; Oh! crueller than frost in May. You called me "such a stick" one day, But gilded thick with true love's gold; Bright with his rubies red, behold, The stick, transformed, a jeweled wand, Fit even for yo ir fairy hand. Yet another valentine s day poetry manufactory, with a mind running to wards filthy lucre in illu-tration of his ideas indicts: My lady's purse contains who knows? A little change, some coins of gold. The remnants of a withered rose, Reminder of some love of old, No matter what the contents be, Such trifling things or even worse, They are of small iinpDrt to me. 1 love her person, not her purse. A moon inspired versifier writes these two etanzis for valentine con sumption; Ah! Betty dear, your warm lined frock Makes all my hopes run high and daring. You can not at a sovereign mock, he while bis colors you are wear ing. The hue is loves, fair lady mine. lo scoff at him were utter treason. Ob surely since you don bis sign, 1 ou 11 let him ba the vogue a season. As to pt ices of valent'nes. thy range ill the way from a c ?nt to a dollar aod upwards, though in larger places thai El Paso valentines run up in cost to and this sort of valentine the buv- er gels the fines-t scented satin, real lace, and (lowers that look alive. Th ; )mi ; affairs are generallv cheap aod more or les cude, and represent tin mediocre attempt at Wit. and "appMil to the galle-y." Some of the senti ment is Di)i over elevating, and when a man or woman re -five one that hits off their failings, they are apt to lose th- ir temper. i 1 Paso people will (elebra'e the day as fifi"rly a- they cj.n. and there will be more or less merriment lor a few days at the expense of personal pride. New Mexico Notes The Socorro county, N. M printing has been given to the ban Maruial Bee. Postmaster Murrav. of Fort Bavard has suicided by shooting himself on account ot lamuy troubles. Deming is talking of a militia company. Lordsburg will want one next. In the mean time where is El Paso. The New Mexico board of quarantine commissioners have lifted the quarantine against Arizona cattle, except as to Maricopa, Pinal and Yuma counties. The stockholders of the Rio Grande IfamiKltoan nf T .! a f 'nil on J huira vntuH to lease the Republican plant to Editor r. A. tnuerson oi tne xv. neon vveemy; and Editor J. A. Papen of the Republi can retires, i he Albuquerque Citizen says: "Mr. Anderson has b-ten trying I hard for some time to secure a foothold at the county seat of Dona Ana, and when he was here the other day he stated that everything was bright for the fulfillment of his wishes. The meeting proves that he was right." Colfax county, New Mexico people are trying to start a beet sugar factory there, as they think that all the local conditions are favorable to the indus try. Sunday Church Notices. Catholic Church of the Immacu late Conception; catechism at 9:110 a. m , high mass and sermon at 10 a. m. Christian Sunday school 9:45 a. m.; preaching at 11 a. m ; Junior En deavor at 2 p. m.; Young People's Endeivor at 6:1" p. m.. after which all will go to hear Mr. Sankey. First Methodist Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Regular preaching ser vice at 11 a. m.. with sermon by the pa-tor on the servants of Christ. At i:M p. m.. union meeting at wnicn -Mr. Sankey will speak and sing. Presbvterian Morning worship at 11 ocloc-t: no preaching services at 7;30 p. in. owing to union services in First Methodi-t church at that hour to heir M-. Sankey; Sabbith school at 9:45: Junior t'nri-tian endeavor at 3 p. m.. and Senior Christian endeavor at 6:15 p. m. Prayer meeting every Wednes day evening at 7:30. -Mr. Sankey will sing. if possible, at the morniog ser vice. St. Clement's Septuageima Sun day school at 9:30 a. m. Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30p. m. Morning Opening voluntary: Al lgi etto in G. Haydn; Offertoire: So prano t-olo. "How Beautiful are the Feet," Handel: closirg voluntary: Al legretto in G. Mozart. Evening Opening voluntary: Ada gio in D. Mendelssonn; Offertoire: An dante in A. Weber: closing voluntary: C'boru. "Great aod Glorious," Haydn. Union Services There will be a Union service tonight at 7:30 o'clock in th First Methodist chnrch on Myrtle avenue, where Evangelist Sankey will speak and sing, in view ot tne re markable experiences oi .Messrs. Aloody and Sankey in the large eastern cities this winter, especially in the Penta- costal scenes that have baen enacted there, there ought to be a crowded bouse facing Mr. Sankey tonight. Prepirations have been made by the t irt-t church people to accommodate a la--ge attendance. A CONVERTED SHOWMAN. J Rev. Joe Munday, the converted showman and play writer, will preach in the Baptist church tomorrow morn ing at 11 o'clock. At 3 o'clock tomor row afternoon he will lecture to men only in Chopin hall. No one under i sixteen years of age will be admitted to the afternoon lecture. No charge. I Drummers and male church members are especially invited to attend the lec ture. Y. M. C. A. One of the gymnasium boys is work ing in the interest of the ladies class. He reports he will bring a Houston lady in as a member iOOD. Geo. F. Hall's lecture "The Model New Woman," this coming Wednesday evening in Chopin ball, will not begin until 8:30 so as not to interfere with prayer meetings in the several churches. The class work in the gymnasium has been rather small this last week owing to the opera, etc. Boys our "blowout" will need some extra practice don t you know. The late Archbishop of Canterbury says of Y. M. C. A. work: " l oung men are left very much to themselves. The restraints of boms withdrawn, how verv important that they should have a centre, such as that which this institution the Young Men's Christian Association provides, keep ing in mind, by its very name, their highest calling that of Christians: giving them every assistance for a use ful and happy life, teaching them to associate together for a good and holy purpose: and thus enabling them to avoid the thousand temptations which would otnerwise beset their paths." Dr. Grant's Latest. A telegram from Washington states that Dr. John Grant, of Texas, is now seeking the appointment of fourth as sistant postmaster general. The Texas postoffiee statistics are interesting at this time. On January 1, 1894, there were 2,713 postottices in the state, classified as follows: Seven first-class, salary $3,000 and upward; fif teen second class, salary S,000 to S3, 000; 106 third-class, salary 81,000 to $2,000; 2,385 fourth class, salary up to $1,000. One hundred and twenty eight of tbe above, of the brst, second and third classes, are presidential offices. ihirteen cities have tree delivery, as follows: Austin, Cjrscicana, Dallas, Denison. El Paso, Gainesville, Galves ton, Houston, Laredo, Paris, Sin An tonio, Sherman, Tyler and Waco. With 2,500 Grant men holding fourth class postottices, the Green men affect to believe that the national committee man would be something of a boss him sen. v ice President Adlai Sievenson made a great reputation as "official headsman" in the first administration given the country by President Cleve land. 4f Dr. Grant should get the position. it would give him a stronf pull on fed eral appointments in Texas, especially in matters pertaining to the postoffiee department. f... f, rT fcrf jl m I am not much given to elaborating on events that do not apply locally to El Jraso, but Mrs. Bradley-Martin a bal masque calls for some attention on account of its sumptuousness and cost $236,000. That's a large sum of money to spend on one ball and it will be a long time before El Paso's society leaders can compete with it. Tbe ball took place in Hotel Waldorf last Wednesday night and is described as follows: Beautiful beyond description was the bal masque of Mrs. Bradley-Martin, says a writer who saw it. Columns have been written about the affair and pic tures have been drawn, but the fancy of the reporter and the artist did not picture scenes -one-half as lovely as were presented in tbe Waldorf. For weeks Mrs. Martin has worked in the preparation of the sumptuous affair. Her efforts were richly re warded. The bitter criticisms burled at her were forgotten and the hundreds who were present vied in making her the happiest woman in America. The decoration throughout tne Wal dorf was exquisite. American beau ties, lilies and the rarest of imported blossoms with vines and palms were intertwined in a marvelous, beautiful scheme. Never in New York has a greater floral display been made at a ball. Tiny electric lights and mirrors were used in a bewildering and artistic manner, all comb ning to transform the already beautiful hotel into an en chanted fiiry house. The arrangements for the bill were tested to their fullest, but with excel lent good fortune thy were equal to every emergency. Thousands of men and women crowded the streets around the hotel, but the police kept them moving, and no conflicts or excitement of any kind resulted. Ddteetives swarmed in and around the house to prevent trouble, but their presence was not needed. The costumes were exquisite. All the great men and women of tbe last three centuries were represented. Ar rayed with costliness beyond the dream of the originals were the men and women who appeared as ladies and gentlemen of the olden periods. At.midnight the ban was at-its height. All society was there, gathered to portray the regal splendor of past centuries. T. be great billroom of the Waldorf, beautiful with a wealth of roses and fragrant flowers, was then a scene of grandeur never bjfore equal ed in this country. Courtiers of old of every clime mingled with grand dames and ladies, kings and queens, princes and princesses, but here and there the old spirit of loyalty had man ifested itself in the presence of colon- nial men and women of the old and quaint days in America, Great social functions ot the past in this town were eclipsed, even the memorable Vander- bilt ball or l!tj, with which since tnen all other affairs have seemed to suffer in comparison. Arrangements for receiving the guests as they arrived were as nearly perfect as could be. 1 he guests alight ed from the carriages at 13 West Thirty-third street, which is the pri vate residence of Manager Bolat of the hotel, and went directly to the second floor of the hotel, where sixty apart ments bad been set aside as dressing rooms. The guests were received by Mrs. Martin in the snull ball room. The scheme of decorations in this room was tbat of the time of Louis XV and before the dais passed the counterfeit presentments of all the prominent peo ple of that time to mingle in pictur esque confusion with characters of other dais. After being received by his hostess, who stood upon a raised days under a canopy of rare tapestry, the guests passed through a flower lined corridor directly into the large ballroom. In the early part of the evening danc ing in the main ballroom on the first floor was general, but it was not until al! the guests had paid thair respects to Mrs. Bradley Martin and she had been escorted to the ballroom proper that the fancy dress ball was declared formally opened. In the small gallery, where were the members of the twenty-second regiment band and the Hungarian band, the music suddenly stopped for just a mo ment, to be broken by a flourish of trumpets as Mrs. Bradley Martin and her escort, Mr. John Jacob Astor, en tered the room. A moment later they had taken their THE SETTING. BUXf. I places at the head of th room. There was another flourish of trumpets which told that the quadrille d'honneur, ar ranged by Mrs. WilUam Astor, was about to open. The forming for the first figure, "the salute," was like the turning of pages of history. The characters gathered from all sections of the room. These were Mrs. Bradley Martin, wearing a Marie Stuart costume, copied from an old plate of that queen's time; Mrs John Jacob Astor, in a Louis XVI court costume; Mr. J. Townsend Mar tin, as a cavalier of the court of Louis XIII, and Mrs. Henry Lohr, in Louis XV court costume. From another sec tion of the room came Mrs. Orme Wil son, looking picturesque in a Louis XVI court dress of white silver brocade which followed the elaborate designs of the period, and Mrs. Whitney War ren, wearing a costume of pale blue brocade and silk, after the style of the time of Louis XV. Mr. Lispenard Stewart closely followed his partner, Mr. Whitney Warren, dressed as a cavalier of the court of Louis XIII. The other sixteen who took their places in the quadrille were: Mrs. Lee Tay lor and Mr. Craig Wadsworth; Miss Gerry and Mr. Conter Hitchcock, Miss Lena Morton and Mr. B. B. Van Alen, Miss Madeline Cutting and Mr. Stuy Aesant Fish. As these partners waited for the open ening bars of the music the scene was tbe most beautiful of the night. Far bjyond these characters of action about them on either side were the rich laces, the glittering gems and all that went to make up the historically represented personages of the ball, the whole back: grounded by the natural flowers, the lights and the ferns. The El Paso Social club gave a dance last Wednesday night in the court house. These dances are looked forward to with such pleasure by the members of the club, as it is the social organization of the city, and th oc casions of the dances are always en joyed. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Waters Davis, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Akin. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Neff. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Coles. Mr. and Mrs. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Griffith. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Feldman. Mrs. Morehouse, Mrs. Moran, Mrs. Watson, Miss Buford. Miss Newman, Miss Jones. Miss Radford, M'ss Hag gard. Miss Clara Eiwards. Miss Mar tin, Miss M. Edwards, the M sses Aug er." Miss Nannie Beill. Miss Florence Beall. Miss Evans. Miss Neff, Mi-s Baldwin, Miss Shelton, Miss New trom. Messrs. J, W. Magoffin. W. R. Brown, J. F. Williams. Harry Car penter, Henry Biach, Mr. Cooley. J. L. Mrr, B. T. Butler, Howard John son, Murry Baldwin, W. S. M ;Broom, Henry Newman, Zeke Newman, G. D. Moore. Mr. Swan, H. Y. Grubbs, B. F. Tucker, R. Y. Deckman, W. D. Howe, K. E. Moore. Last Tuesday night Mr. James Ma goffin entertained a party of twenty seven, composed of ladies and gentle men from the city and Fort Bliss, and they all went in a body to the opera house to see the opera of Paul Jones. A card party was given at the resi dence of Mrs. Lieut. McClure, at Fort I Bliss, last Thursday evening which was mostly attended by the ladies and . gentlemen at the fort. ir Last night Mrs. J. H. Duval, of Fort Bliss, gave a social and a large number of people attended from this city be sides the large number who attended from the fort. The Las Vegas Optic says of several society people who are known in El Paso as follows: "The other evening, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Reynolds, of Canon Cty. Colo , en tertained several friends at a 6 o'clock dinner in honor of their guests, Mrs. Joshua S. Raynolds and daughter, Miss Kate, of this city. Cjvers were laid for twenty, and the repast was of the highest order. After the dinner, a very delightful evening was enjoyed and it was late before the guests took their departure. Mrs. Raynolds and Mis9 Kate are now in California, they hiving left Salt Like City, Utah, for the golden state on the 5th last." Washington hostesses complain of t the selfishness of the young men they have been so lavishly entertaining, the cubs drinking their champagne, eat ing their dinners, making their houses nirtation grounds, and then forgetting to recognize their entertainers on the streets! Referring to the $240,000 fancy dress oaii given in iew lork by the par venu Bradley-Martin, Henry Labou chere, of London Truth, says the fellow "is not satisfied with aping the most vulgar aspects of European sc- uicvy, uuu is uujiiuus 10 return 10 tne orgies which disgraced Rome." A comic paper is illustrating cupid in different nationalities and races. A late number of the periodical has --cupio in Airica, " in the shape oi a plump, festive piccaninni astride of a galloping pullet, with a slice of water melon under his left arm, while with his right hand, the African cupid is brandishing a decrepit razor. There does not seem to be any room left for the whitewash pail. Mrs. A. P. Coles entertained the Merry Wives, their husbands and friends last evening at high five and a royal time was participated in by the following ladies and gentlemen: Mr and Mrs. Waters Davis, Mr. and Mrs. U S Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. John Akin, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrr. D. Y. Hadley, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. McPhetridge, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hix- son, Judge and Mrs. Frank E. Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Canby, Mr. and Mrs. A. Kaplan, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Coles, Mrs. J. M. Dean, Misses Etta Jones. Elise Haggart, Pansy Loomis, Katherine Martin, Messrs. Beach, Cooley and Latta. Mr?. Dean won the lady's first prize. Mr. Beach won the gentleman's prize. Mrs. Hunter captured tbe consolation Dnze. The Blue Ribbon ileet. On February 22. the Cycle Track will give a Blue R boon meet and all of the local crackerjacks have tender ed their services for its success. The entries will be the largest of .any meet yet held and it will be necessary to run the races off in heats. There will be a two-:hirds and one-half mile match race between Macy Thompson, former ly of Los Angeles, and John L. Decker, of Boston. Both of these are profes sionals and stood high in their res pective districts. Decker also intends to go after some of the Texas and southern records. Among those of the local cracker jacks who have entered are: John Dulaney, Florin Lane, Herbert Cole, James Hagan, Norvell Rand, J. C. Bushong. Lee Bridgers, James Paul, Freme Higgins, Chas Newland, Joe Molinary, Chas Kelly, Chas Purtell and others. The two mile handicap will have about twenty-five starters. The following will be the order of the program: Half mile open for amateurs. One-third mile, match for profes sionals. Two-thirds of a mile for boys be tween 15 and 18 years of age. One mile open for amateurs. Half mile match for professionals. One-third mile for boys under 15. Two mile handicap. One-third mile exhibition by J. L. Decker. Several of the amateur's will also attempt to break some of the records. The Herald's cycling department has received notification tbat Major Edward A. Weed, representing the Cycling West and the Olympic, of San Francisco, will arrive in this city some time next month on a wheel, Major Weed, in the advance circular sent to the cycle editor of the Herald says: "Having learned to ride a wheel in Chicago, he became so fond of the bicycle that he made many long rides and several "centuries." Oct. 15, 1896, left Portland for a tour of Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Tex as and the Mexican republic to the City of Mexico, as correspondent and general traveling agent of the Olyim pic, of San Francisco, and contributor to several eastern periodicals. Since then, up to Jan. 31, lsu, he has ridden 2 556 miles, and since June I, 1896, 6.418 mile?." Major Weed's object in visiting Mex ico is to write up its resources and ad vantages, to secure views and inform ation for an illustrated lecture and for a descriptive book of travels of that highly interesting and wonderful coun try, that the people of the United State may better understand and ap preciate their sister republic. He is now 56 years old. BrUCK "I'm the nreltiest nno nt the lot." McGlennon "I've-bsen toCntoa and seen McKinley." Smith "I'll be there on time. Chief Connors -"I'm rot a candi date, but will look after the fire depart