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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-08

DON'T YOU FORGET
Monday II opening Day for Holiday
Books. etc. at fIanCock's Book Store.
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Gas cooking stoves and hot plates for
sale by Houston Gas Light Co.
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CASES SET

The following cases are set for Monday
In the civil district court:
I1,if7-NIrs. Kate I.ocfner VS. Houston
and Texas Central Railway company.
l756i-Butler Davis VS.. Missouri, kan
sas and Texas Railway company of Texas.
15.6l3-C. Albroclt VS.. Herrle & sons.
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At 35C.

70 Ladies' Very Dainty Swiss Aprons
with ruffes all around and trimmed with
ribbon, lust the thing for present. and
it's good value for Toe: tomorrow Sc
each.
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At 22C Each.

s dozen Plaid Tam O'Shanter Hats for
Misses and Little Girls. This is an article
away under value You readily pay Zoe
for this hat elsewhere. tomorrow they go
at pc. None to dealers.
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OPENING or THE BOOKS.
At Hancock's Book store. Monday don t
fail to SEQ the display
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CHANGES TODAY.
Tho International and Great Northern
afternoon train Tor Galveston, which FORM
erly left Houston at . y. IN. commencing
today leaves twenty minutes carlicr--i:i0
u, M
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4 present for every one free at Diem
stag's Crnckcry store, 2l6 Main. Emmich's
t1J at
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At PC Ounce.

200 pounds of Columbia brand of Zephyr.
in split and single; tomorrow only 2isc
ounce. Only 10 ounces to a customer
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Coke and TAr-t'or sale by Houston Gas
Light Co.
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Csc.

100 Ladies Large Size White LAW
Aprons, with very pretty Embroidery a
bottom and fun strings; it's a great 5Ot
quality; tomorrow they go at 25c each.
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HOUSTON GAS LIGHT co.
Gaj for Illuminating. cooking, heating
and power. II desired. Apply to J. J.
Mckeever. General Manager.
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Burghclm's for fine Perfumes.
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4Oc.

A box Of the Celebrated Pozzoni's Com
finished Pun Box, sold all over at soc.
We want to bring you 10 our Fancy Toilet
Articles and will give you the Powder
and Puff Box for only 40c.
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The latest improvements IN photography
Blackburn x Bailey. l0OS1a Prairie avenue
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At 125C each.

20 dozen more of those extra good LadIes
Heavy Ribbed Under Vests. You paw 90
for the same article elsewhere. Conc n
us and get what you want at l2iac
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MONDAY
You are invited to Hancocks
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At Csc Each.

500 Cents Large Size silk Initial Hand
kerchiefs. one of the regular SOC qualities:
kind, and YOU can't do better; during this
month only 2jc each.
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At 75C Each.

We offer tomorrow choice of the balanc.
OF tho lot OF Children's All Wool Cloaj:s
some trimmed with braid and some viii
fur, IL not $500 value. bring them h,cr
and get your money. Be early.
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At 1OC each.

II dozen Gents Large Size initial Hand.
kerchiefs. one of the regular sc kind.
call and select the initial You want before
the lot Is picked over.
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At 10C Yard.

One lot of Fancy Silks. including good,
which we have sold at from SOC 10 75c in
order to make a clean sweep. We will mn
them In the reach of all and out thew ca
at l9c; very suitable for fancy waists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-10
The Peniteniiarr.

A writer in the Kanawha Gazette,
speaking of the West Virginia pen
itentiary, says;
The are twenty one guards, six
teen on day duty and five on night.
These keep watch over FIVE hundred
and ninety convicts, thirty-seve of
whom are in for life. OF the latter
twenty three are white and fourteen
are black. The oldest male inmate
is John Marley, the Ritchie county
murderer, he has been in for twenty
years, and is right at home. The
youngest male convict is George
Rice, a Taylor county forger, he
was Il years old when admitted.
The youngest woman is Mary Mar.
tin, from Ohio county, in for grand
larceny at The age of 16 years, and
the oldest female resident is Jane
Oldaker, recently sent up from Put
pam county as an accessory to the
murder of her husband.
seventy-nine men are at work in
the broom factory, eighty in the net
shops, hundred and thirty in the
whip shops, and twenty-five in the
tailor shops. The women are near
ly all employed in the knitting
department.
To feed these $50 prisoners it
takes per day >! barrels of flour,
27O pounds of meal, 275 pounds of
bacon, 500 pounds of beef, three
times a week, dinner and supper,
40 pounds of rice and hominy every
day, u pounds of coffee, II gallons
Orleans molasses, u bushels pota-
toes, twice week, and 30 pounds
of beans which are served every
meal. The convicts march in regu-
lar order and are seated by the tap
of a gong at three long tables. An
other tap starts them to eating,
which operation is allowed to con-
tinue 10 minutes. If any one fin
ishes before the time is up, he is
required to turn away from the
table, still keeping his seat however,
until the 10 minutes arc passed,
then they are marched away again.
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LFrom rrldny.s Dnilyl


Miss Gcrtie Thomas, of Letart
is visiting her brother, J. B. Thomas
Will Hubbard, of Charleston, was
in town yesterday.
Ed. Lunsford has returned from
Columbus.
Theodore Burdetto is visiting
friends this week.
Mr. Guss Wood has returned from
a business visit to Lexington, KY.
Lew Campbell is now clerking in
j. Friedman & Co.'S store.
A. R Shaw is spending a week
with his family in this city.
Sam Walker is at home on visit
TO his parents,
Joe French and Adolph Work
are down from Charleston, and will
return Monday.
Ben Middlecoff came down from
Charleston, to spend a few days
with his wife.
Miss Margaret Neale, of Ben Lo-
mond, is here on a visit to relatives
and friends.
Miss Mary Purden, of P Portsmouth,
o., who has been visiting her uncle,
John M. Purden, has returnedahome.
Quite a large crowd of our young
folks attended a pic mic yesterday
at Kings.
S. N. Park, of the Kline House,
went to Parkersburg this morning
on business.
Miss Alice Neale entertained a
few friends Wednesday with a din
ner party.
Hon. a. G. Nease and family, re
turned last nightfrom a visit to Mrs.
Nease's mother, at Mason.
H. Keib left Wednesday for Pitts
burg, tospend a week with friends
and relatives.
Miss Maude Day, of Point Pleas
ant, is visiting Miss Annie Cleek,
this week.
A. S. Fortune has returned to
take charge OF the X. & M. Office
here.
Miss Emma willege and Miss
Ida Slisher, two charming young
ladies of Logan, Ohio, are the guests
of Mr.. John w. Young and family.
Miss Emma Stagg and brother.
Willie, have returned to Pomeroy,
after visit to their grand parents.
| Capt. and Mrs. Parsons.
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Whether it be the Wilson bill, or
something else that is doing it,
there is certainly no question about
the apparently improved conditions
of business in certain lines of manu-
facture throughout the country.
This is especially true in all depart
ments of iron and steel, where the
stocks have been greatly decreased
by the inactivity of the mills in the
past two years. The demand has
increased materially in these lines
and there is a consequent better
ment in wages, and larger demand
for workmen. To what extent the
improvement viii extend is a aues.
ton for future conditions to deter
mine. There is a belief in some
quarters that the prospect is bright
ening all the time, and that there
can be no stopping the career of
business prosperity that we appear
to be entering upon.-Sentinel.
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Something to Chew On.

Here is bone for the opponents
of silver TO chew on for while. A
dispatch from Mexico City dated
June 9th says:
There is good inquiry from
Europe for the new per cent sill
yer bonds. Europe will take the
entire issue. These bonds, standing
today at 50, will make this one of
the most successful issues ever made
by this government
Bankers state that the European
demand for all classes of silver Sc
curities is growing. The rate ofin-
terest is tempting, even 3 per cent
internal bonds, payable in silver,
yielding Z per cent at the present
quotations in Europe.
Many American investors are
here, and large amount of Ameri-
can capital is going into tropical
plantations.
If Mexican silver bonds will sell
at all in Europe what travesty up
on honesty in public place and JUS
tico to the tax paying people that
the United States, great as the
country is supposed to be, must
issue gold bonds or go into bank
ruptcy. Isn'tit about time now
that the people of this country break
loose from the bondage of gold bugs
and come back to the favorite mon
ey of the people?-Parkersburg Sen
tinel.
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Civil Service Examination.

The Civil Service Commission at
Washington has ordered that an
examination be held in this city on
Saturday, August ,, 1895, com
mencing at o'clock, a. m, for the
grades of Clerk. Storekeeper, Gau-
ger, storekeeper gauger.
Only citizens of the United States
can be examined. The age limita-
ton are as follows. For clerk not
under ls; for other grades not under
21.
No application will be accepted
for this examination unless filed
with the undersigned in complete
form, on the proper blank, before
the hour of closing business on
July %, 1895.
The Civil Service Commission
takes this opportunity of stating
that the examinations are open to
all reputable citizens who may
desire to enter the service, without
regard to their political affiliations.
All such citizens, whether Demo
Gratis or Republicans, or either, are
invited to apply. They shall be
examined, graded, and certified
with entire impartiality, and wholly
without regard to their political
views, or to any consideration save
their efficiency, as shown by the
grades they obtain in the examina-
tion.
For application blanks, full in
structfons, and information relative
to the duties and salaries of the
different positions, apply to
j. B. FINLEY,
Secretary Board Examiners,
Internal Revenue Service,
Parkersburg, w. Va.
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Personal Mention.
tFrom Wednesdays Daily.l


DR.. G. B. Waggener, of Arbuckle,
was in town, yesterday.
Capt. Robt. Haptonstall, was a
business visitor to Leon, yesterday.
Guss Wood left this morning on
trip to Lexington, KY.
Capt. John Porter, of MERGERS
Bottom, is town to day.
Clark Tillis, of Ambrosia, is on
the sick list.
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. F. Ellis, of Ambrosia, is quite
sick.
Col. Tbos. Munford, of Lock IL,
left this morning on business trip
to Charleston.
DIR. J. H. Dunlap, of Leon, was a
pleasant caller at this Office, yester-
day.
Judge Guthrie will go to Webster
Springs next week, to spend the
summer and recuperate his health.
John W. Bechtel, Esq, of ArIee,
was q business visitor to this city,
yesterday.
Miss Maud Day, left this morn
ing for Leon, to visit Miss Annie
Cleek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will O'Brien, have
returned from visit to friends and
relatives at Parkersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stevens, of
Indiana, who have been here on a
visit to ]. L. Hutchinson and family,
of Henderson, returned home yes
terday.
Mr.. Charley Walton, of st. Louis,
who has been here on a short visit
to his cousin, Miss Lizzie Smith, of
Henderson, has returned home.
Rev. J. w. Simpson returned yes
terday from Davis, this State, where
he has been holding a revival for
the past ten days.
Mrs. B. A. .Wesson and daughter,
Miss Myrtle Frazier, of Gallipolis,
are the guests of c. e, Ray and
family.
Messrs. A. ]. and J. G. Brinker,
of Graham Station, two of Mason
county's most prosperous farmers,
are in town today.
Russell McCulloch, Archie Camp,
bell, Alexander McCulloch, Thomp-
son BeaIe and Roy Williams, left
this morning for up the Kanawha
to camp out and fish.
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The "nigger's" mule and the
wandering bull are no longer the
bosses of the roads. King bike is
with us and has come to stay.
Nature failed to givea man a pair of
wings and by mistake put wheels
into his head instead of on his heels.
This mistake has been remedied by
the wild and whirling bike. The
noble horse is at liberty to snooze
in the shade and fill his majestic
name and graceful tail with burrs
as the whizzing bike goes by. All
sorts and conditions of men, all
grades and shapes of women, are
mounting the spindle-shanked and
rubber shod horse of the end of the
nineteenth century, which needs
neither chop feed, curry comb nor
Wetzel Democrat.
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,ing porer.-La Us. Govlt Repogt

SWeepings.
TO 81 is to be blest.
Out ebt out of danger.
Sland fiings stones at itself.
The need not beg welcome.
One is good until another is
told.
The ier's tongue is ever dane
ing q jig.
She neat dame that washed
the ass 10.
Pride prosperity turns to mis-
cry in d1yCssity.
Pastandto come seem best; things
present worst.
Plant the crab tree where you
will, it will never bear pippins.
Better be nettle in the side of
your friend than his echo.
He that will not permit his wealth
to do any good to others while he
is alive, prevents it from doing any
good to himself when he is dead.
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The Wheel.

In Paris they call the wheel "pneu''
short for pneumatic.
South Africa is mentioned as the
paradise of bicyclers.
In France the Government taxes
each wheelman 50 year.
Five thousand women paraded on
the Coney Island bicycle track last
Saturday week.
"Yes, light up after dark. Every
vehicle should be lighted. We claim
the sand rights that are conceded
to other drivers. All light up" So
says wheelman.
The wheelmen and wheelwomen
ride at too rapid a pace on the side
walks. Don't get the council after
you for fast riding.
"Don't waste your pity on us, ]
said a wide-awake wheelwoman in
reply to commiseration for supposed
suffering under the hot sun on
dusty roads. As for the dust we
leave it behind, and as for the heat
we don't feel it as do you slow plod-
ders on foot. We have a good
breeze in our face all the time even
in the stillest day. The rapid
motion makes one perpetual work
ing, big fan.
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WHERE is CONGRoVE!
A Mason County Man MysteriOusIy
Missing.

A Mason County Man MysteriOusIy
Missing.
The Huntington Advertiser has
this to say of the disappearance
of Z. Congrove, mention of which
was made in our daily day or
two ago.
The authorities of Central City
were yesterday notified by Mrs.
Congrove of Mason City, that her
husband had been missing since
June 18th. She stated that on that
morning he left home for Central
City, with quite a sum of money
on his person, to work in the in
terest of Building and Loan As
sociation, and that since that time
she has never seen or heard from
him. The poor woman seems very
much worried, and asks that the
authorities investigate the case,
in which two young men named
Cyrus and Thacker Falsely arrest
ed a man in Wayne county of a
similar name This is not the
party, however, as Congrove, of
Wayne county, was a farmer, and
has lived there for a long while.
On inquiry at Central City Con.
grove has never been there, and
if he has been the victim of foul
play, it has probably happened in
some other town. Congrove is a
middle aged man, strictly sober,
and is we'll known in Mason county.
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An Old Engineer Promoted,

One of the oldest engineers on
the Ohio River Railroad, Walter w.
Layman, has been promoted to the
recently created Office of air brake
inspector of that road. a general
change all around among the engin-
GERS will result from the above ap-
pointment.
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Dog Tax.

IuIIVI NtBIhItT,
We hope the county court will
impose a tax on all dogs IN Mason
county and from the dog tax fund,
pay flockmasters for all damage
done their sheep; and the remainder
of the fund at the end of the year
place to the credit of the common
school fund. =
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-10

Evaporated potatoes is the latest
preserved food product of the Pa
cifc coast. A Washington concern
engaged in the business of prepar-
ing evaporated apples and prunes
has been experimenting with pola-
toes and finds that, prepared in this
way, they will keep good for an in
definite time and retain practically
all their food value.
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A Globe CircIer,

John B. Thomas, of Evansville,
Ind, a newspaper man and Bro.
typo, arrived in this city last night,
and was the guest of the Kline
House. He is a cripple and is going
to make trip around the world in
a wheeled chair. He goes on Il
wager of $4,000, the terms of which
is that he is to complete the journey
within two years not taking a cent
of charity from anyone, and arriv-
ing at home with net earning OF
$500 He is now on his way to
New York, from which place he
will sail for Liverpool. He sub
sists by working at the cease, -
wherever he can get few days
work. We wish him success, and q
safe return home.
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DENTISTS.
DR.. ID. w. Petty. Dentist.

of this city, has now one of the best
fitted offices in the State. Every
apparatus and appliance in office
and Laboratory is new and of the
latest improved. If you want your
teeth SaUed 90 see him. If you
have to have an artificial plate, he
can make you the best.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-10

If one-half the reports about in
creased wages be true, there in GER
tainly an era of prosperity abroad
in the land.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-10

Secure your seats now for the
Elk's Concert, July 10th, as they
are going rapidly. On sale at
Hooffs Drug store. Price so cents.
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From wednesday,s pntlx.l

The county poor practice was
awarded to the following bidders
yesterday, they being the lowest;
Arbuckle district-Dr. c. B,
Waggener, $50; Clendenin dis,
trict-Dr. W. S. Reece, S85; Cologne
district-Dr. II. Dunlap, s95; Cooper
district-Dr, o. II. Kent, s57, Ora,
ham district-Dr. l.. F. Roush, sos.
Hannah District-Dr, II. J. Camp
bell, s63; Lewis and Robinson Dis
tricts, including the Infrmary-
DR.. L. F. Campbell, s275; Union
District-Dr. c, B. Waggener, 500.
Waggener District-Dr. c. w. Pet
ty, $50.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-10

The Manufacturers Record fears
that the constantly improving trade
of the South may cause the initia.
tion of boom such as prevailed a
few years ago and warns the people
to be satisfied with steady progress
1t is not likely that the Southern
people will be again led into indul-
gence into such wild speculation.
GA burnt bairn breads the fire"
and all over the South are many
"bairns" suffering from the burns
received during the speculative
period of '9O-'91.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-10

Leather is still advancing and
shoes are becoming more expensive
every day. Better call on Bailey,
the popular shoe dealer, and get a
pair before they get to high for
your purse.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-10

DEAD.-We regret to announce
this morning the death of Mrs. Enos
Stephenson, which occurred at her
home in Henderson, last night. The
funeral will be at her home at 2
o'clock tomorrow, and she will be
buried in the Henderson cemetery.
Superintendent Dawson, of the K.
& NJ. Railway, is one of the best
officials on the road, and is the right
man in the right place. He is pref
ty strict with the employees, but dis
cipline is necessary, when life and
property are at stake. Employees
who aim to do right and obey the
rules, have no trouble.
The rooms and halls in the Phe-
nix Hotel are being papered in a
handsome manner, which adds
much to the beauty of this popular
hotel. When the work now going
on about the building is completed,
the Phenix will be the incest, clean
est and best hotel on the river.
The proprletors and clerks are all
clever people, who make it a point
to make all who stop at their house
feel at home.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-10

Logic is logic and there's no way
of getting around it when properly
expounded. This was demonstra
ted pretty clearly by preacher of
the Baptist persuasion, at the re-
cent meeting of the Baptists in
Pittsburg. He rose to speak, and
opening the Bible, the first verse
that met his eye was this: "And
the voice cf the turtle shall be
heard in the land" "Brethern," >"
said he, "at first sight one would
not think there was much in this
text: but on a little consideration
you will see there is great deal in
it. Now you all know what a tur-
tie is. If you've ever been along
by creek you have seen them on a
log summing themselves. Now, it
is said, 'The voice of the turtle shall
be heard in the land But the tur-
tie hasn't any voice that anybody
ever heard, SO it must be the noise
he makes in plunging off the log
into the water. Hence, we con-
clude that immersion is meant, and
that immersion will become univer-
sal" No one but a "goId bug" or
"sound money man" could get
ahead of such logic as that.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-10

Miss Matte Smith, daughter of ex-
Congressman c. B. Smith will take
part in the Elks Concert on July
10th, at Hoofss Opera House, given
by the American Concert Co, of
which she is a member. Miss
Smiths ability as an elocutionist is
well known all over the State.
She received her training at the
Pittsburg Female College, and the
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
AT both places she won a gold
medal for her unusually fine work.
She also, few years ago, delivered
an address to the G. A. R., meeting
at the Fair ground at this place,
and many loud praises were made
about her graceful way of address
ing an audience.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-07-10

Honest Abraham Lincoln, the
"grand old man of destiny" made
the following prediction in letter
to friend in the State of Illinois;
"The money power of the country
will endeavor to prolong its reign
by working upon the prejudices of
the people until all the wealth is ag-
gregated in a few hands, and the
Republic is destroyed" The pre-
diction of the martyred president
has come true to the letter.