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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-13

FOR RFNT-Eight-r dwelling nouac,
l0i7 corner Dallas and Fannin. Apply
M Man street. ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-13

WANTED-By August or September /. DO
siiion by registered drug clerk in retail
business; two and one-half years ex-
r"'i"c; soper steady. reliable. hest
references. Address Druggist li9S CapN oil
avenue, Houston, Texas. IA
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-13

HAY FOR SAI.E-About two cars OF
prime hay; $50 per ton on track Hous-
ton Midway Farm. Waller, Texas. 10
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-13

hARBER CHAIRS AND FTXTUKEsi-
Iicss Than one-,hiyd value. IL YOU want
me outfit. come Immediately TO Col
Inns Furniture company. under Hole.
Boyle. 2i6 Louisiana <trsst. Il
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Board ard Rooms.

HOARD AND ROoM-An elegant south
ronnn with hath privilege suitable for
two persons Mrs. Massie No SIS VI
kce street. ~
GET yon nice cool room r ghl In ;oan.
Where? Why AZ 2iiis Travis street. Now.
neat. clean; Will REM cheap for sum'ler T.
Mrs. DUBOIS. II
FOR RENT Furnished. very cool front
southeast room, opening on veranda
five large " ndows. in peasant private
home: no children: references NO. l6ii
Texas avenue. -------.--- ~
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For Sale.


FOR sALE-Two sets OF furniture and
htchen SET one cooiing stove, ono
heMer for safe very cheap. No. 800
'cs'on avenue. ~
Tor shipment, also Sc otch Collie Shep-
NERDS. from irnncrtcu stock. N.wfoAnd-
land males S, females $3.50; Collie. males
Z, isna's,s " Al uiendaie STOCK r"iin,
FOR sAl.E-One 5xS inch upright cngTi
one 'Slo Inch upright engine; ouc luNis
men horizontal engine, one SKIS inch
horizontal engine; one loxis inch hort
sontal engine, with hoiler ~ inches by
u feet. with forty 3-inch tubes; thrco
boilers. IS inches by IL feet long, with
twclvc 6-inch flucs' In each hoiis-r. a.
second hand. Can see same al McHow-
ems Foundry and Machine Shop Hous-
ton. Texas. Is
BARBER CHAIRS AND FTX7fUKEs5-
I'r,s than one-,h!rd value, IL you want
q me outfit. come Immediately 10 Col
ms FURNITURE company, under Hole.
foyle. 2i6 Louisiana street. II
HAY FOR sALE-About two cars OF
prime hay; N..o per ton on track Hous-
- ION. MIDWAY Farm. Waller Texas. IL
ELEGANT BED ROOM OAK SUITES.
fron $40 to $l2 uhey cost from ST. To $5o, .
selling to make room. See them. Col-
ms nndcr Hotel lioyle. 2l6 Louisiana. II
STONES i,S CHAIRS. LAMPS. WNKD,
than halt value. Thousands OF o,lor
thines Collins Furniture Co, under
Ilotel noyle. .6 Louisiana street "a
FOR SALE-A few pieces len. pcdroom
,e er' apwihg machins, writing desk. cen
cheap. leave in a week i6lo McC;o,vcn
.---------.--------- Il
FOR sALE-A lot u Jew hnrncss al
cost. l,atendon'a stables. corner Frank.
lin AND Caroline street. Ii
FOR sALE-A lot of leather top rhac.
IsnfaN.sIrf1 ~ .lkt
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-13

NOTICi--The board OF pharmacy OF the
Eleventh judicial district VIII NEE, July
15 1896, al 90. Men street, to examine
applications for registration A. T.. kies.
ling. registrar. I-lo
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-13

FOR sALE-r', type outfit complete
with tent and team, WIN Instruct pur-
chaser until proficient. now making
money; owner has other business. Adj
dress John Thompson. Wharton. Texas
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Advertisers should remember tnat let
ter9 directed TO initials only arc not deiiv-
used they snouid be directed to he care OF
come person, firm or postoince box; Ad-
vertisemen,s can be left hi our ofice or
rent through the vail to
THE HOUSTON POST. Houston. Texas.
r'-t. 1873. 305. 1851 (2) 1853, 7idi On
T;37 t9): 1862; .2sS IA 1890 1910 go. PIE. .
7SN2 ~; 7i'9 81; T2i3 tS) HDoner. nv.
15if rs -; 239 II: 1911 go: 81; 1872 Oh.
William. 1851. \. Zeleskay.
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NOTICE-A meeting Of the stockholders
Of the Merchants ana Planters on com
pauy is hereby called for Tuesday. July
H. at 10 "a. IN. at office Of 7. W. House.
Houston. Il. W. ltouse,
H. 49, Rice, Secretary. President.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-13

FOR SALE-Two sets of furniture and
kitchen set; one cooling stove, one
pnes,cr Tor safe very cheap. No. 800
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FOR SALE--Old established retail rro-
Gerry business. stock and fixtures nbout
5000; building leuscd. low rent and n
h.art OF city; rare chance; 7i2l this Of
nee -
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Help Wanted.

WANTED--A limited number of energetic
men TO solicit city trade satisfactory
ccItrnct given to right partr-. Gail
carly 1908 Prairie avenue, Houston.
T,xrs "A
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19

bottom of my heart for giving her a
shelter in her old age, and if money
will pay for it"
1t will notl" said Mary sharply, as
if the words conveyed slur.
mo, l s'posed not" said Cyrus,
with sigh. "But I've plenty of
money now. The dear old aunty shall
live like queen all the rest of her
days, for she was good to me when all
the rest set me down for black sheep.
I've made my fortune in Panama, and
I've come to redeem myself"
I've heard of Cyrus Dabney," said
Mrs. Miller gently.
And I'll venture, ma'am, you heard
no good of me-" said the giant with a
short laugh. "I'll not deny that l was
wild boy enough, but there wasn't
any actual evil in me, let folks say what
they would. And now I've come back
a rich man, and there's no one to bid
me welcome except old Aunt Abby out
Of the poorhouse."
He could not long have made this
statement, however. All the town was
up to bid the rich government con-
tractor welcome to Tewkstown, within
twenty-four hours. Human nature is
human nature everywhere.
But Cyrus Dabney cared little for the
friendly overtures of the old neighbors
Aunt Abby was the only person for
whom he seemed to care, and his great
est grief was that the old woman re-
fused to leave the old Dabney farm
house to live in the stately brick man.
sion which he built on Prospect hill.
And then he asked permission to deck
her little bedroom with the curiosities
he had brought from the Isthmus, and
in lacking up draperies and arranging
shells and old silver coins, he and Mary
unconsciously became friends.
Friends? She never knew that it
was anything else, until one day old
Aunt Abby, holding rich Oriental
cord for Cyrus Dabney TO loop into
knots for picture frames, was heard to
introduce Mrs. Miller to a neighbor as
"My guest, Mrs. Miller, the mother of
the young lady Nephew Cyrus is going
to marry"
Cyrus looked at Mary, dropped the
ball of cord and turned crimson.
MARY" he said, piteously, CT say
that it shall be 80, for love you'll And
and you were good to old Aunt
Abby when all the world turned
against her. sometimes think, Mary,
that you must be like one of the
angelsl"
And this was how they became en-
gagged.
They still live in the old farmhouse,
the happiest of married lovers, and
Aunt Abby firmly believes that they
are all her guests; for to her the world
stands eternslly still-the world that is
so full of bloom and beauty to Cyrus
and Mary.-Helen Forrest Graves, in
Greenfield Gazette.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19
Bleak House Localities.

Mr.. Charles Dickens, the younger, In
his Introduction to BLEAK House" iden-
titles some of the localities mentioned in
the story. Tom all -alones has disappear
ed, but the present Took S court, Cursitor
street, was Mr.. Snagsby Cooks court;
Chichester Rents, leading from the east
side of New square, Lincoln's Inn, to
Chancery lane, is the court in which Mr.
Krook came to such bad end, and Russell
court, between Catherine street and Drury
lane, is the thoroughfare whence "a reek-
ing little tunnel of a court gave access to
the iron gate of the "hemmed in church.
yard, pestiferous and obscene, " the "beast-
ly scrap of ground" in which the remains
of Captain Hawdon received Christian
burial.
Russell court has been cleaned up of
late, and the horrible little churchyard has
been converted into an asphalted play
ground for the children of the neighbor-
hood, but the archway, and the tunnel, and
the steps, Mr.. Dickens says, are still there.
Mr.. Tulkinghorn' chambers We're not far
distant from 5S Lincoln's Inn Fields,
where Mr. Forster lived, and Mr.. Dickens
has always thought that, although the
surroundings of the two houses are alto
| gether different, and although there was
not the faintest likeness between their oc-
cupants, Chesney Void was much more
than an accidental resemblance to Rock
ingham castle, in Northamptonshire, the
residence of the Hon. Mr.. and Mrs Rich
ard Watson, to whom David Copperfeld"
| was dedicated.
Although BLEAK House, when it ap-
peared was one of the most popular Of
Dickens books 1t excited good deal of
spiteful criticism. Lord Denman, for in
stance who had been chief justice of tho
queens bench, was very angry indeed
with the story and criticised 1t with con-
siderable acerbity in series of articles
which he contributed to The Standard
The "oausa teterrima" was Mrs, Jellyby
Lord Denman, an enthusiastic advocate Of
the abolition of slavery, overlooking the
fact that the novelist was rs good an aboli-
| ZIONIST as himself, somehow persuaded
himself that the satire which was directed
! against the absurdities and oxtravaganoos
of which Borrioboola Cha was fair
enough typo was calculated TO obstruct
the great cause Of human improvement. -
| He failed to see that one might satirize the
foolish hangers on Of Il movement and yet
preserve complete respect for and deyo.
ton to tho cause itself, Westminster Ga
zetto
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19
Fascination of Ugly Men.

The illustrious mon in history who were
distinguished rs much for tho fascination
which they exercised over the fair sex as
for their talents and ability were, as n
rule plain and Insignificant in appear
ance Julius Caesar was very i'll favored
man, and yet when a nero stripping, be-
fore his fame in Rome, girls of his own
age sighed for him and mature women
longod for his love Among tho men of
later times who were renowned in like
manner were Sir Philip Sidney, plain al
most to ugliness; Paul Searron, the comic
poet, a cripple; Voltairo, Enthusiastically
ugly, and Rousseau, whose manners were
awkward as his face was plain, while John
Wilkes, who had the power to subjugate
any woman who spoke to him for even five
minutes, was admitted by his own show
ing to be the ugliest man In England in
his time
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19
Ten Cats in a Boat.

IA man | knew" said an old fisher
man, event fishing once In a II foot skiff,
made good catch, got back along about
the middle of the afternoon, ran his boat
up on the end of a little sand spit that
made out maybe go or 30 yards from the
beach and went ashore. He was going to
leave his fish in the boat overnight.
ut was pretty near low water when he
came in, and the spit was dry from the end
all the way to the beach. A cat that was
walking along the shore saw the boat out
on the end of the spit and went out to see
what 1t could find aboard. Another cat
walking along the shore and seeing that
the first cat didn't come back went out
and Joined it, and in half an hour ten cats
had gone aboard the boat and staid there
to eat fish.
1.-The tide rose the sand spit was COW
cred, and the boat swung to an anchor that
the fisherman had thrown over when he
came ashore. The cats had been so busy
that they hadn't noticed the rising of the
tide. They didn't know anything about
1t until the boat was afloat. Then one of
them looked over the side and saw that
they were surrounded by water. The spit
that they had walked out on was now I'M
der water to the depth of foot or two.
This cat must have told the rest, because
minute later they were all looking over
the side of the boat standing with their
hind feet on the bottom ranged along in a
row and looking toward the shore, the
most forlorn ten cats you ever saw. OF
course you don't laugh at anything in
distress, but if you ever did you coudn t
have helped laughing at those ten cats in
row.
Finally one of them made plunge
overheard. Cats hate water, but it was
more dreadful to stay out there in the boat,
with great body of water all around
them, than to take a risk in getting ashore.
This cat got ashore all right, and more fol
lowed until eight had swum ashore. The
other two We're afraid to try 1t. They
staid on the boat They might have got
off when the spit was dry again at the
next low water, 3 or O. clock in the morn
ing, but they didn't They staid on the
boat and the fisherman found them there
when he went in the morning. He held
them up, one in each hand.
'"Hah!' he said. See what / caughtl'
"'Humph!' said l. You had eight or ten
more last night
'But he was a humane man. He ddn t
throw 'em overheard. He just kept them
in the boat until he'd brought the boat
ashore, and then the two last cats jumped
out and scooted. New York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19
His Gambler Friend Was Kind.

1t took me nearly a year and cost me
about 800 to learn why the man who kept
the poker room was such n warm personal
friend Of mine. He showed an interest in
my game from the very first, but that was
nothing to marvel at, for reasoned it WAS
part Of his business to "jolly" the losers,
but when he offered to lend me money
with which to play poker thought he was
really good fellow
"Ain't you going to sit in tonight" be
would say.
When l would tell him no, he would ask
me In the NEST genial way If 1t was be-
cause / was out of money. Upon my as
surfing him that he had OWNED tho real
cause he would say:
well, you expect to have money soma
day, don't your"
would assure him that did.
And you'll pay, won't you, If you
lose?'
assured him l would.
Here's sl0,' he would say. eco in
and try to win out. You're II good fellow,
but you're unlucky. I'd really like to sol
'em come your way
would ST. in and lose, and the next
day l would borrow again. The keeper
was such a,.lly good fellow felt groaI
sense of OBJ alton to him for lending luG
money to gamble WITH and for about Q
year was on a continual strain getting
money with which to pay my poker debts
Finally l learned something about H.
good friend and his methods.
One of the "pluggers" in the game fei
out with the boss and gave away the secrc
of his successful management of IN.
finances. He would lend me $40; then
would send in his "plugger" to cheat m
out of it, He really took no chance Il
lose When he won, he won a debt; ever.
dollar of whiun he collected was clear gain
He managed it SO nicely with mo that
paid him as | would IA brother He h.,
been so kind as to risk his money for ~,
sake, and ltlt l had incurred u debt %
honor l must pay at all hazards. He q;
planned to nie afterward In his cool wa.
that poker in all its bearings was yer
largely gamo of human nature. -Chicag
Chronicle
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19
Central Vermont Railroad.
Commencing June 20, 1886.

Trains Going South and East ,ciA Leave Mont
uelier as follOtos.
9; 55A. NJ. MAIL. for Fitchburg, Boston. Spring.
Car to Boston and Parlor Car, White River Junction
to New York. without change
1890 p. NJ. FAST TRAIN, for Boston via Low
ell, and New York via Springfield. Wagner Parlor
Car to Boston.
600 p. NJ. PASSENGER, for White River
junction and Windsor.
1888 A. NJ EXPRESS for Bcston via Lowell 5S.I
Wagner seepers to Boston and to Springfield.
Trains Going North and West:
$3.50 A. NJ. EXPRESS, for Montreal. ogdens-
real and Ottawa.
IO:IBA. NJ. PASSENGER. for Burlington, st.
Adams. Highgate Springs, Richford and Ogdens-
burg, making connections for Rutland, Troy, Albany
cage, ogdensburg and Richford Wagner Parlor Car
to Montreal and Wagner Sleeping Car Swanton to
Chicago without change, via Niagara Falls and
Michigan Central Railroad.
3:55P. Express from Fabyan's for Burling
ton Companys steamer for Bluff Point and Platts'
6: 90 p. NJ. EXPRESS for Burlington St. Al.
bans, Rouses Point and Montreal. Pullman sleeping
Due ip UbieaSo r. 10 PM, next night. Connects at
ESSEX Junction for Troy. Albany and New York
Through tickets to Chicago and all points West for
sale at the principal stations.
Suburban Train Service.
Leave Montpelier at $3.50, 9;l5, 1850, A. M, PISS,
$3.50, 500 p NJ, Arrive at Barre twenty minutes
after leaving tHie.
Leave Barre at 40, 1850 A. M 49, 90 M sos, $40,
II 100, p. NJ. Arrive at Montpelier. twenty min.
utes after leaving time.
Trains leave for willismstown at 1855 P. N. and
$3.50 p.
Daily, Sundays included. Sundays only
All passenger trains will stop at the Pioneer W orks
to take or leave passengers when signaled.
Il. b. BAILEY, Agent.
Y. W. BALDWIN, General Superintendent.
S. W. CUMMINGS, General Passenger Agent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19
How He Won His Bet.

"Say," sad the fresh young man, "I'll
bet you that l can strike that man stand
Ing there three times with my cane and
that 1 will not get into q fight either be-
fore or after"
The group OF young men, all of whom
were just us gay, readily took up the wa
ger. They could not understand how B.
could strike the stranger without produo-
ing a riot In the hotel lobby, where they
stood.
B. then set about hitting the stran-
ger three times for tho edihcation of his
companions.
The target stood at the water cooler
drinking B., having placed his cane at
an angle of 45 degrees, sauntered up to
him as though he, too, was about to TAX o
q drink. When he got quite close, he sud-
denly swung around as though to turn his
back while waiting for the glass. AS he
did SO his projecting cane raped the old
man on tho elbow. Quick as a flash he
turned in tho opposite direction. as though
to face the stranger and apologize. The
turn again swung the walking stick
against the others body.
B. at this juncture bowed very hum
bly, and begged the strangers pardon with
great depth If feeling and Chesterheldian
courtesy.
Certainly, sir; certainly" answered
the victim.
There was still one more rap to be ad-
ministered. This was given as B. turn
ed to leave the spot.
II am very awkward, sir. beg your
pardon. assure you that it shall hot &C.
our again"
Once more he was forgiven. Then he
returned to his'friends, who Joined In the
hearty laughter. louisville Courier-J our
nal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19
A Familiar Question.

"when 1 was boy" said the middle
aged man, "my mother always used to ask
me when / was going away anywhere,
Have you got everythingp She wanted to
be sure, so that when 1 got there and un-
packed my vallse wouldn't be disappoint-
I'd by finding that 1 had forgotten some
thing.
1.-THE other day, when my son was about
to start on little journey, his travelling
bag lying filled but still open on the floor,
heard his mother saying to him, Have
you got everythingf' 1t was almost star
thing. That was what my mother used to
ask me, and l hadn't heard 1t these years
and years. But l guess 1t is familiar
question, though one asked oftenest by
mothers, perhaps, out of their constant
care for thor ohildren's welfare and COM
fort. New York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19
OF ANN ELIZA HUBBARD.
STATE OF VERMONT,
DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, ss

In Probate Court, held Montpelier, IN and for said
District, on the 18th day of August, A. ID. 1886
The Montpelier Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany, u corporation duly organized and established
at said Montpelier trustee of n fund created by the
last will and ties ament of ANN ELIZA HUBBARD,
late of Montpelier, in said District deceased, pre-
ance and makes application for decree of dstri'
it is ordered by said Court that said account
and said application be referred to sea
ONCE, in said Montpelier, ON the 18th day of Au,
gust A, ID. 1896, for hearing and decision thereon;
given all persons Interested by publication of the
same three weeks successfully In the Vermont
Montpelier, previous to sad time appointed for
hearing, that they may appear at said time and
place and show cause, II any lhey may have, why
said account should not be ALLOW and such decree
made, by the Court. Attest.
1915 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19

The IDEAL PANACEA. - James l..
Francis, alderman, Chicago, says: 1
regard DIR. Kings New Discovery as an
ideal panacea for coughs, colds and
lung complaints, having used it in my
family for the last five years, to the ex-
clusion of physicians prescriptions or
other preparations" Rev. John Bur-
gus, Keokuk, Iowa, writes: 81 have
been minister of the Methodist Epis-
copal church for fifty years or more,
and have never found anything 30 ben
eficial or that gave such speedy relief
as DIR. Kings New Discovery" Try
this ideal cough remedy now. Trial
bottles free at G. Blakely's drugstore,
Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19
Fish Hatched by Hens.

Thehens of China lead busy lives. When
not engaged in Matching out a brood of
their own kind, they are put to the addi-
tional and novel task of Matching fish eggs.
Chinese cheap labor collects the spawn of
fish from the waters edge, places 1t in an
empty eggshell, which is then Theoretically
sealed with wax, and places 1t under the
unsuspecting sitting hen.
After some days the eggshell is removed
and carefully broken, and the spawn, which
has been warmed into life, is emptied into
q shallow pool well warmed by the sun.
Here the minnows that soon develop are
nursed until strong enough to be turned
into lake or stream. --Philadelphi Rec
ord,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19

let parents not live for their children,
but min them" The mother should allow
no false nodesty to stand in the way of her
daughters knowledge of herself, of her
possibilities, of her perils.
For over thirty years Dr. Pierce has used
his Favorite Prescription " as a strength
ener, a purifier, a regulator 1t works
directly upon the delicate, distinctly femi-
nine organs, in natural, soothing way. It
searches out the weak spots and builds
them up. A woman who would understand
herself should send 81 cents to the Worlds
Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y, for DR.. Pierce's
Medical Adviser, book of 1908 pages.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19
An Ingenious King.

Before Mgr. Massaia was elevated to the
eardinalate he passed much time in Abyss
Einia and was the prime favorite of King
Menelek. One day the king asked the flu
ture prince of the church to secure him q
sewing machine of which he had heard.
The machine was shipped to Abysslnia in
parts, and no one at the court or In the
following of Mgr. Massaia could put them
together. At last the king, despairing of
outside help, took the machine to his
rooms, worked at it all night and the next
morning sent for the monsignore and the
queen to show them his handiwork He
had succeeded in putting the parts togeth-
or perfectly