The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02
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care you sore7-
Are you dryr' 1} z;
Are YOU full oe eaSf,' u Il
do you blow = Srcat dealsss S s. y \!
is there a bussing IN your C6nn n &
head?" y ~. 81 ''|
DO YOU feel hankerins AFTER 81 y,
do you feed dizzy after drinking bsS1k
rs there bad taste in your poltticl,
DO you feel constant desiro "a Il
Officer" X - e 4 4
These symptoms are danreroxIh
should be attended to at once. Yser,
desiring treatment and free conssaitaff
should confer at once with Doctor s1ib5
Dallas. Texas. M
A woman with faded gray eyea aud
sharp nose entered a Main stree< al
store yesterday and said to the clxr, {,
did I'm old sandy-haired rot, Ia ! sho
hluo coat and knit suspenderA cosnk II
here during the last hour?'.
"A man answering that descrIption =,
here about half an hour ago." sid u
clerk. "a
did he talk In q hoarse vote ana ~
heavily. on the counter, and say scs1f
thing about TIL, world beiug false andSns
low, ana wnnt to buy 10 cents worth
He did, ma'am. and said that when Il
burdens of the world become too heavv
man Ind the right to seek oblivion In II
gi1ve.' sls''~-
did he say anything about his wife p,
~ believe not, but minated that Il
srusity q woman had driven him to h
II thought so, He was talking ubot
me, cut of his whisky money ypstcrsin
ann made him so TO work nj the CLOTH
Wrlngcr ma this Is the way he geuerall
acts Did You cell him what he wantedy
we are not allowed To sell poisops X
every one and this man seemed 30,
70 yop moan 10 say" said the womai
r!.,using her voice and swapping her eycl
magnetism instead OF what he called for.
- g.,vo MIN baking soda, ma'an;
nertcetly harmless, assure you.
You IDIOT" hissed the woman. ..Th
the third time that has happened / r.
lust like coming behind that counter an
smacklng YOU, on the law"
She switche out. with her nose Bharpe
than ever, and tile drug clerk was so raj
tied that he forgot to tell the next Gus
toner who asked which car went TO TIL
ccmetery, mat ne didn't know, but he ha
something just as good.
Managing Editor--We are In need Of q
editor for our prlzc competition depart
ment and would pay good salary to tn
rlsht man. Would You object to my an
plying test to your powers OF ingenuits
and problem sel,ing7
Internationally not.
llditor--Nery we'll, YOU viii consider thl
following story: Anastasia. tho heroine
IL pursued by twelve assassins, who mr.
paid by tho viliainous count 10 murdel
her She flies TO the mountains and at
tempts to cross a ropc bridge hcross q
chasm fifty feet wide and two thousanC
bridge her pursuors reach ono END at thu
Rame time that the count reaches tho
other. Tho count, with IA fiendish laugh
cuts the rope at his end Just MS. tho hired
assassins cut ~ at the other. Tho bridge
given way ana Apastasia is preclpitatef
Into tho chasgn. Can you invent su8sf
plan by which she can be extricated from
the apparently certain destruction That
awaits her, and Mt the Same time pre-,
serve q reasonable probability that would
be accepted hy the publcg
Applicant --Nothing easier, The solution
ls this Anastasa, when she felt the
bridge give way beneath her. commended
herself TO her Maker and rs she plunged
downward into the fearful chnsm. With
ringing In her ears, sne gave a wild start
and awokc TO find herself on the flooi
Wit. the bed clothes wrapped around her
neck,
up at . tomorrow and 20 to work.
The first faint quivoring rays OF rosy
light are streaking the east, ~ dim and
delicate that tho eye can scarcely per-
,cive them On the steps of n magnificent,
granite building that rears Its head
proudly aloft, stand group OF men shiv-
,rlng with cold. They arc thinly clad.
md their haggard fnccs and bowed fprM9
cstify to the fact that the anxietles ana
9urdens OF life ,,l have been laid ne athsy
With sunkon. jealous eyes, and draw theirsI
worn and tattnred coats tightly across
heir narrow chests as the chill nignt3
men no shelter that they are thus forced
o pass the night In the bitter cold upon
he steps OF this building?
oh. yes; they all have comfortnbIes
ZONES. but you don't understand the sttu-sl
Thoy arc Austin capitalists and they. are
~ to the fact that Treasurer WORKMAN
ants In tho morning. and they are wait-s|
ng at tho capitol door-thats AL.
~
'cYou have basely deceived me-" said =
Iouston bride of month to her aston,
shed husband when he came home from
he office. ~ trusted implicitly in you.
nd now I find that have made tcrri-A
lie mistake
Great heavens, Isabel. what do you
nean7 In what way have deceived
Look at thntr said the weeping wife.
ointing 10 her handngcd and bloody toes. 3
How do YOU expect me TO trim my cornn
18th II safety razor"
Git IN line, fur dc jubilee am comm:
Cali all de niggers frnm de hlis;s
k<r<~ Until