The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-08

OF a sort Of coffee bar across one end of
The room with a row OF splint chairs alone
5qe Inese b ase huSn ass Win nun
|. ger. Here one goes to the bar and Il
giyda coffee la o shaving mug, and with
thls ana a wcdge OF pie or a sandwicn
y ~! the hvit sold only on subscription
IN other ctisa.-on the other hand one
seeks eplint chair and sits down 10
thair consumption, Ihen one pays 70 cents
reseautaut has q horseshoe counter piled
Il with an ohuuf5,te assortment Of dAinues,
and where tue rules Of the game permit
one % eat anything IN slight for nickel,
The patient III these horseshoe resorts Is
posed on ronnd stool 80 high thai his
feet hold no traffic With the noor. AS he
feeds his lev sinks into that dishearten.
Ing condition termed going 10 Sleep
l This happens TO everybody. ! believe, for
noticed several rs they Jared forth Into
and they all walked with the degage air
I common 20 people With wooden legs, aud
which Is sign Of that condition OF leg
synoope iirst gcilronicled.
Nv.
Washington q tho home Of the profess
sionai WIDOW. There are thousands here.
\ Their black frocks and ehon wells darken
the departments Many OF them have po-
siuons under the government. Sonre who
! have through the measreness Of the years
1 representation or otfter csisise faiaen outside
the bfeastworkss Ind other avenues 70
senate durlns the sessions Of congress.
and their fiittings from one end OF the
urpasel % me osneg reIna 2ns q ,ae
ussdt look mournful were Ii not for their
faces, which are the thcaters OF happy
Women. aud their biaek ccsniass turns turns
oni g be extremely fetching They look
Hike naie. sweet pictures set IN Jet. 10
per cent of those eriaf ROBBED young lalies
afe uelllsions ana snares. They usually
lssaii congress N coupled. Their fell pur-
poso - the iueInbsrs Their method y
simple. Atthe commencement OF the lirat
session they get some mefnher--who Will
90 u by being reQuested--to Introduce a
BIZ about some Antinne -laitt, 4 ,,Aadn, n
necessarily be q valid claim as nothing Is
yer - be done directly with H. This bill
viii De referred u some committee, and
stick there Your pretty mournerS do not
care Tor that, II accomplishes an excuse
for them 70 haunt the doors OF the house
end the marble room OF the senate. and
send IN for members to come forth and be
DsBNileu, VI course. congressman are not
always begtilled Some Indeed a-e quite
Last session was but scant harvest 10
ladies' Of legislation. The Breckfnridge-
Polard Involvement had danpening eT-
rect II withdrew many Of the countiys
lawmakers from general circulation and
caused them 70 remain strictly at the
agency. They never left the reservation
once And many spring dress Is being
mace over Tor tho biting winter drawing
on apeee AS the d9lefnl consequnece.
Tour congress sinsn Is but a tlnid. hare
hearted thing, and let the general baroni-
eteT OF promiseuous JOY get such a Jolt
lard reached tor Breeknridge in court
and your congressman make for high
srsss IN pale-faced groves
Your native washington man is sensi-
tive soul Now and then this aspen.lesf
nervousness ,.,ai Of his opegates In some re-
mafkable way. There was n run last
summer on bank at the corner Of Ninth
and Il streets. Frenzied depositors fought
ana strugBiec FOR their money They
were getting It as last as every clerk
In the hGBk-al were acting as PAVING
tellers that day--could pay 1t 10 them Al
ieAst oyy of them were crowded In ana
tnrns. Among others Was the traeedian
Charles Hanfpid Frank Hattbn editor a
me fost, was aiao there looking on The
DAY, notwithstanding the run = was eiuu
and to wait was very tiresoine Tattnn
u q man OF prompt methods. Something
Yiil6tlt ~ pS c9-as Y Please tue crowd.
mount q box which stuod convenient and |
entertain the waiting uepositors with a |
retitation Hanfofd was nothing loath |
re climbed upon the box and gitve then,
Hsmlet's soliloquy \, aiming 10 ti,e v,..rii I
ne launched out on the surly fnonofnriie
e. tns humped and crippled Gloster. Then |
NJ tried them WIN Mare Autonys asser-
ttot " 81 y haesar worth and greatness |
ana would. no doubt have trotted a fourth |
efe berhaps stu further reciiatiye heat I
py the time the historian had Caesar b,tr /
led the sensitive so,,ls who bsi ,,,nn,,
~ PERL eould bear no mere and aed the 7
itattpn and the bank The deposifnrs baS
aisdppenred. the run Was broken The L
p 7ss OFFICIALS crowded about the tfaee,
liah IN tnnnlffulress and cDngrattllaiiop
We would have gone Il die yiafi ss,s, =
SUI the bank president az he .iinnsd
! tahfora's fingers, but FOR yon. We We're
them 10 fiight We art saved ana ~ ss,ss
our salvation 10 you Have a eirarA
taanford accepted The tobacco, but his 4
one Of the most touching traits IN he
y Ashiaston charaeter is the natives, loS4
'or doas Everybody to The manner barn
9r natatalized owns q dog. There are al
5olnte,t III hl y,,,l Sreyn2nnds, settera,
teSs. Jhen there are ours ana fnonsrafs
ilu common yellow dogs. Ihese ara seen
isv s,, n so ,,,s q negroes The other
x was one uf these low paraIiei dot,
snleh has Q body four feet long and legs
q Ah9ts rs lie temper OF nn old rnald
ie said II WAS Dachshund h0t I df no7'i
lnow about that / don't know trhsf y
y es.,as. " nut the name doesn't hsif
StAtas tne facts 10 the case OF this dog
very uoE here 10 taxed 81 yearly. Ansj
ueesn matter whether The dog Is me 4
". ss Aothgr % the family rs Just 81
ler, does he have to pay these n Ana <
IN ne wont forego his dog one dav &. 1 :.
~ NtAiAt Z iitlii Ntliucu Lfht q pllD WA I !
iot dog, ana therefore not The prone !
Nplfct under the lay OF this tax. Id
senf INTO court about Il. Tho,,eaDie ~ q
ntereisgis NJ tIyes liocked IS lie ifitfaplc >
49, q ans ms ldai7pden q the dogs The
use ~ resisting the tax They refas,ts,. :
, y, a raeiing lawsuit was tried anu =
nlln a hurricane of eNcitement the corr I
ssl9sa tfat 4 dog was a pup and no dor p
= ~ until 10 was u months old. and y
llefetore not to be taxed T,Vflye rr,,f,fb o
we're nxel on as sgrt ~ dog bryhood 9
Nor tiat ne WAS 81 age and subject "a 2
itf, Inc lttlHa1stH were uAilGhtad ana l. "
ere AWAY their emancipated pups ii fri =
nsphs aut aiasl ans aiaeki The rere
uea Of the city fell short over $1,000 III, 4
~ A. result pt this Needless decision \
1entit Threatened The court coacltiaeH 2
reconsider The matter Another az
s9s nlaas Afein ga lawyers mi TIL q
49, ss,ssss MI tue'r eoqnepre, Never was 2
mere such another lawsuit ia tho diAfriff n
III, ~ time the eeprt reversed ~ formef y
eclsiun and ueciued 5nce Il dog alwnss II
DOB that no such thiug a. 4 nun ~, p
e a or ggn,a sSisl n ash Inks0n Il va Y
fucceedine lis advent Xnd b