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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26

WaSnhaohie, Texas. November 25.--Pro-
fcssor w. /. Gibson has purchased the
people's party paper OF this city. Professor
Gibson ran for superintendent Of public in
struc'ion on the popuist ticket at the last
election. lie has taught school here for
many years.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26

criminal district court In tho sum of 500
each They are held on the chxgc Of high.
way robbery.
II IL. Bryan. who was arrested as an
accompi'ee, has been released.
sidney Preacher, brother OF Bud. was ar
rested yesterday for intimidating n wit
ness In the case, and for idlepcss and liar.
ing He will have n hearing later -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26

The Santa Fos local freight office will
close today.
paymaster Burtis CT the Bay Shore was
in Galveston yesterday.
Conductor Lasher of the Houston and
rexss Central came near being killed in
The wards at Ennis Tuesday. He was struck
by an engine and fell on the pilot and WAS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26

The various railroad quarters In Hous-
ion and some Of Tie local Offices viii enjoy
a holiday today 70 give thanks Tor the
,nspy blessings received during the past
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26

~ and to engage in aympataetic strike
n necessary,
llcidmanns coal poriers struck this
morning
The fuerst bismarck is bong htted up
for tie accommodation pf tho men whd
have decided To Contlnuc working
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26

Mandy Peters vas arraigned before jury
IN Judge Raliey's court yesterday and fined
500 for keeping a disordorly house The
fine aud costs amount to S22l
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26
no FI T

\ our ( tIi5'tsit'ssing you with the
o sise ', so,. toes and trl mn gs
- aaia. '1S Wear, at Sans Shoe
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26
NEW STYLES

In Wine, Tan aud Enrnel Shoes. for men,
lust received Sans shoe Store. $40 Main
street.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26
MATTERS MASONIC.
More Members before the Comp,y,tc~
ON WOrIs-ENr North i.niNc.tn,,

Tue committee on work OF the Grand
chapter Is s'ill In session, prelimnar, to
the meeting OF the grand bodies which " IN
occur Monday
The following additional mlmb rs o. the
committee arrived yesterday
G, X. Phillips, McGfogor, Z. D.; w r.
Kelley, Grandviow. ~; A. r Cannon, Hen.
derson Noakum. 80: D. a. Allen. Honham.
81 John 4, Patterson. Cisco. 100; A. w
Campbell. Dallas, ".
fast Grand Master +. u, Cochran Of Aus
TN was among yestAt' AVS arrivals
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26

AT mcetIng OF Holland lohgo No !,
Ancient, FREQ aGd Accepted Maspas. las,
night committee was appointed to net
WIZ like committees from Gr,y. Harmony
ana tHcker lodges 20 secure thc location
81 the Masonic Widows and Orphans'
hcme az North Galveston. the location q,
the home 10 be nado at the present eom.
mnnioation ot the Grand Lodge The con.
luittee ia composed " $ NJ. Williams. j
c. Kidd. c. j WRIGHT, 4 W Ctonan. q C.
Gibbons J w. lIaskins, l.. L Moves and
". LII. CNNln
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26

Paul Simpson aud Bud Preacher We're ar
raigned yesterday morning for imperson-
ating an officer and bound over TO the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26

,,,.r.-rs for Theatrical Basgasr'
The Western roads have Feaeheu
agreement on the question OF excess pss'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-26
CAPITOL
HOTEL,

ARRIN y Is.
Rates. $3.50 to
$500 per day.
S Nty elegant
+ o o m 5 with
bath. l. az Z 9
ta1nple rooms.
Centrally loclt-
cd Gest accom-
jnola:ions 70;
commercial men
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10

UnIuotstuess seems to be confined to
the bringing of the tail feathers Of Ju-
nos bird into house. [ am not aware
that this ldaa is held outside this coun-
try, and if it is confined to England
many various causes may have led to
the belief. which possibly arose in COM
parativeIy modern timea-nO earlier
than the Grusades.
Nothing is more probable than that
several crusaders brought home the gor-
geous feathers as curiosities, a strange
sight, and SO likely to make deep inn
preston Nothing is easier TO conceive
than that some misfortune, death from
disease, Iosa of wealth or other "bad
luck may have happened to more than
one possessor of the beautiful feathers,
and that ihey would on that account
SOON be credited with being the cause.
A belief OF CHS kind once started is of
rapid growth and very long lived
Notes and Queries.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
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Mrs. A. Fluegel, residing at S8S
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Nobody knows what I have suffered.
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and the stiffness of my arm was SO far
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again, something have been unable to
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Munyon's Rheumatism Cure seldom
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Munyon's Cold Cure prevents pneu
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Munyon's Blood Cure eradicates all
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Munyon's Female Remedies are a
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Munyon's Asthma Remedies relieve
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Price 81.
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A separate cure for each disease. At
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Personal letters to Prof. Munyon,
1906 Arch street, Philadelphia. Pa,
answered with free medical advice for
any disease. DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
rhe Blind Girl.

She would never see the sun rise
again, never watch the dawn flushing
over that low belt of frs that marked
the verge of the meadow. And her pic
lures, the tentative studies of which
had Constituted her keenest pleasure,
they would never be painted. No one
but herself would ever know how the
sun looked when it sank over hill field
green with the first green of spring,
while far distant along the horizon the
trees were bare in exquisite tracery
against slky of paIest violet.
All, tho days, the daysl She would
be ''poor Grace Her cousins would
surround her with their cheerful conso-
latory pity, their quiet. practical ac-
Ceptanoe 0f an extra care. She would
neyer be free again.
And then suddenly, in a crash of ter
ror. she saw the years; endless, innu-
merabIe, relentless from sinister gulf of
time Twice 10 was 38 She might live
her whole life over again and not be
middle aged. She might treble the num-
Der of her years and still not be old.
Had no oae, ever noticed how long life
was? Why did nO one exGlaim at it and
cry against its-EIizabeth Garter in
Lippinoott'H.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
Carborundun.

The manufacture of carborundum Ia
one of the most unique of recently es-
tablished industries, and the plant at
Niagara is one of extreme interest in
connection with the amazing power
now generated at that locality AS is
now well known, carborundum is a
compound of carbon and silicon, in ap-
pearance presenting a surface of high
luster, iridescent with many colors, the
valuable property of the substance con-
sisting in its extreme hardness, IN
which respect it stands next to the dia-
mond, and consequently is coming into
extensive use as polishing and abra-
sive agent. In the process of manufac-
ture, quartz sand, coke, sawdust and
salt are intimately mixed. This material
is placed in the furnace around large
cylinder of coke and the entire mass
covered up and finally walled in with a
loose framework of bricks. At the ends
of this furnace are the poles or cleo
trodes of a powerful electric circuit, and
when the current is turned on an intense
heat is produced, which results i'll a
chemical combination Of the carbon of
the coke and sawdust and the silicon OF
the sand. The process is continued for
"A hours, and then, after cooling, the
carborundum is extracted, series of
operations finally preparing it for the
market. New York Sun.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
Trolley Conductors, Eyes.

Street railway men, who are inclined
to ascribe all the ills from which they
suffer to the introduction of electricity
as a motive power on the car lines, have
discovered new grounds for complaint
about the hardships of the lives they
lead. A conductor of the Columbia ave-
nue. line put the case in a nutshell the
other night when he said: "Railroadin
amt the softes' job there is in the
world. When / commenced, 10 years
ago, I was stronger n Sandow, an now
it's as much as | can do to carry fist
full of nickels. My sights beginnin to
fail me now, an it's all on account OF
these here electric lights, for they we
knocked out lots of the boys already.
Every time we cross current breaker
the light flashes, an what with the
constant jarrin it makes my head ache
all the time I'd rather work under a
tallow candle or calcium light-any-
thing, so longs it's steady. I'll soon
have to be wearin glasses like the most
of 'em Thirty two out of the SO regu-
lars an subs on this division wears
glasses already" - Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
Making Allowances.

"Confound the boy" he exclaimed as
he opened one of the letters the post
man had brought and spilled half his
coffee.
'What is the matter, dear? Look out
You will spoil the tablecloth, /" remark
ed the wife of his bosom.
''Tablecloth be hanged. It's that boy
Tom.
"What has he been doing? I am sure
he's getting along finely. He writes me
that he is on the eleven.
Chats all very well, but here I
have bill from his tailor, and only
paid one last week.
''But look at the nice set he is in. ="
eyes, but why the mischief doesn t
he economize? Doesn't the young rascal
know the value of money!"
'But Tom is so young, dear. You
ought to make allowances for him. "
Allowances! For heavens sakel
have been making allowances enough
for him, and I'll stop his allowance this
month, he cried as he left the break
fast room to go to the office.-Chicagc
Times Herald.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10

Any old and beautiful church gives
as all that is most moving and noblest
organism, beauty, absence Of ali
things momentary and worthless, ex-
clusion of grossness, Of brute utility
and mean compromise. equality OF all
men before God; moreover, time. eter-
nifty, the past and the great dead. All
noble churches give us this. How much
more, therefore, st. Marks, which IS
noblest aud most venerable!
1t has, like NO other building been
handed over by man 20 nature; time
molding and tinting into life this struc-
ture already 50 absolutely organic, SO lit
to live. For it's curves and yaultings,
it's cupolas mutually supported, the
weight of each carried by all; the very
color of the marbles, brown. blond, liv-
ing colors, and the irregular symmetry.
flowerlike, of their natural patterniug,
are all seemingly organic and a iy for
vitality. Time has added that, y in the
polish and dimming alternately Of the
marbles and billowing of the pavement,
the slantiug of the columns, and last,
but not least, the furnishing of the gold
and the graduating of the mosaic into
an uneven surface; the gold seeming to
have become alive and in a way vegeta-
BILE and to have faded and shrunk like
autumn leaves.
One Sunday morning they were sing
ing Soma fugue composition. by l know
not whom How well that music suited
ST. Marks The constant interchange
of vault aud vault, cupola and oupola,
column and column, handing on their
energies 90 one another; the springing
up of new details gathered Of once into
the great general balance of lines and
forces; all this seemed to find its natu-
raj voice in that fugue. to express, in
that continuous revolution of theme
chasing, 8nyelopiDg theme, it's own
grave emotion of life everlasting being,
becoming; becoming, being. -Contem-
pOrary Review
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
Paid Too Much For the Baby.

Caleb has three children-John, Mary
and Jane. John is the eldest and so the
most inquiring. He had heard that ba-
bies were bought from doctors, and one
day asked his mother about prices.
"Mother, how much did cost?' he
inquired.
As some reply had to be made, his
mother said $1,000. John thought it
over for a moment, and then asked:
Chow much did you pay for Mary p
fFifteen hundred dollars.
"Why, she cost more than me. "
eyes, girls always cost more than
boys"
"What did you pay for Jane?' Jane
is little self willed tyrant.
"Jane cost $4,000" said Mrs. Caleb.
and John lapsed into deep thought
In few moments he said, Mamma,
I don't think Mary cost too much, but
you got stuck with Jane. New York
Times
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So Am I.

An elderly gentleman living in mid
Lancashire was noted for his inebriety.
On one occasion, when he had been i'm
bibing pretty freely, he was met by the
clergyman of the parish in which he
lived.
"Drunk again, JohnP' said the pas
tor.
$50 ana II So am IT, replied the
truthful John, much to the amazement
of his spiritual adviser. Spare Mo
ments.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
Fe,ninine Sal.

Statistical tables y{nii cl:~so-ss in
formation to the careful student. For
instance, they show that over third
of the women who kill themselves are
not yet 25 years of age. They show that
women take poison, where men shoot
themselves, and they show that the
poor, sick and the infirm are not by
any kind of reckoning in the majority.
A physician who makes a study of at
tempted suicide said this:
''Get a girl past s5, and she'll go
through poverty, sickness and desertion
and misery enough to kill ten men.
The more people suffer the more they
cling to life. I've seen it in hospitals.
1t is not the patients with the incurable
diseases or the hopeless cripples who
beg to die, but the young, strong, vital
woman, who hates pain and doesn t
want to suffer it, even for the chance
of getting well. 1t is strange thing,
this getting of a girl past %, but not
uncommon. Any physician with large
family practice will tell you of dozen
cases in his own circle of knowledge.
Sometimes it is called pyromania, some
times kleptomania, sometimes catalep-
sy, sometimes hysteria, sometimes feign-
ing and sometimes tantrums-it's all
the same thing-nothing else to do. !"
Another physician told Of girl who
committed suicide and who left note
stating that her reason was that she
was tired of doing the same things over
and over every day The monotony of
life had become unbearable to her. -
Philadelphia Times.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
want Of Time.

The man who immerses himself in
business that he may accumulate vast
property, or that his family may live
luxurious and idle lives, has NO right to
plead wantjof time for other claims 1t
is not true that he cannot comply with
them, but that he has chosen not to do
so. The woman who, absorbed i'll a
round of gayety and society, declares
that she has no time to train her chill
dren and superintend her household is
uttering an excuse as vain al it is false.
She simply decides to use her time for
other purposes. And this liberty Of
choice belongs to every one, in spite of
any desire or attempt to disclaim it
New York Ledger.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
No. IL In Rome.

An observing tourist who visits Rome
and walks through the streets is doubt
less surprised that there are very few
houses bearing the ominous number
Is, nearly all the houses that should
bear those figures being marked 12b
or IA. Nor is the superstition re-
garding the fateful Is absent from sci
entifc and phlegmatic Germany, for
the other day a merchant in Berlin ap-
piled to the magistrate of the district
to have the number of his shop hanged
from No. 13 to No. LIB. The magis-
trate, however, refused to grant the pc
tition. IN Frankfort, on the other hand,
the owners of buildings bearing No. 13
are allowed to change the figures upon
a simple application to the proper au-
thorities. New York Tribune.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
OF the Earth, Earthly.

''No,' said the gentleman who is
fond of quoting texts, II cannot give
you anything on that account today. !
know [ promised you, and am sorry,
but man is naught but poor, weak clay,
you know
'SI realize that, y said the collector.
81 am glad you do, my friend.
''And I.came around here in the hope
Of striking pay dirt, but | seem to have
missed it. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
Dropping a Bali Through the Earth.

&c. H of East ST. Louis asks the
following curious question, IF it were
possible to bore a hole foot or more in
diameter entirely through the earth,
and to then start 100 pound ball to
falling through this s, 900 miles of hole,
at what point would it stop?" In an
swer to this we will say that weight,
in the sense to which our correspondent
alludes, is the measure of attraction of
gravitation, or, in other words, it is
the measure of force with which a body
is attracted to the earth. This attractive
force decreases both ways from the
earth's surface Therefore if a ball
should be started on the tour outlined
in your query it's weight would decrease
to certain extent with every yard of
it's flight Cor fall), until finally, upon
reaching the center of the earth it
would have no weight whatever. This
curious state Of affairs would be brought
about by the gradual lessening by the
force Of attraction, Or gravitation, until
the center of the globe would have been
reached, at which point the ball would
be held in suspension, as though fixed
by numerous magnetic points. In other
words, at the center of the earth the
phenomenon Of weight is entirely want
ing. st. Louis Republic.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10

A gentleman who is usually home
keeping man, but who was induced to
enter the race for a minor office early
in the campaign was giving his ex-
perience'' outside Of meeting the other
day. He said: mo, shall never run
for office again, not if I know it. For
three weeks after took the stump I
did not see my family, and during my
absence at that time a fellow who was
shipping watermelons for me pooketed
the returns for four carloads and skip
ped the country; tramp rode away on
one of my best horses; my wife invest
ed 5000 in bicycles; my youngest
daughter ran away and married fell
low for me to support, and all of our
mutual relatives came to congratulate
my wife on the honor which had been
conferred upon me and incidentally to
spend the summer. Those three weeks
cost me in round numbers $500, to say
nothing of the son in-law, who threat
ened to be permanent, and the office for
which I was striving is worth just 5000
year. won't :obe elected, however,
and I'm - glad of it. But this has been
a campaign Of education to me, for in
it I have learned just how much OF a
fool I really was. "--Atlanta Constitu-
tim
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
A Unique Republic.

The republic of Goust is the'smallest
in the world. Andorra is an empire III
comparison. Goust is about a mile
square. and it houses $50 persons. 1t
has been independent these $50 years.
It stands on top Of a mountain by the
Spanish border, near the edge of France,
and it gets along very comfortably with
out ever mixing itself in other people s
affairs, and without reading the even
ing papers. or, so far as we know, the
morning ones. The delectable 1870 govern
themselves by council, one member of
which is selected to see that the bust
ness agreed upon is executed. Matters
go along very smoothly, and Goustians
are all the happier because nobody
knows much about them, and therefore
they are unenvied. Kansas City Times.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
Good For a Paragraph.

A well known Dublin journalist tells
the following anecdote:
One night as a messenger from the
office of an evening paper was passing
along the quays on the banks of the
Lifey he heard the sound of some one
struggling in the water.
''Are you drowning?" he shouted.
ct am, replied feeble voice from
the water.
"What pity!' said the lad consol-
ingly. "You are just too late for the
last edition tonight, but cheer up-you II
have a nice little paragraph all to your
self in the morning. London Tit
Pitts
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Out of Sight.

First Aeronaut-I bought new bal
loon for my wife yesterday.
Second Aeronaut-How did she like
itP
First Aeronaut-Oh, she was quite
taken up with it.-New York Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
Your Bones Ache.

Your joints are stiff, your appetite
poor, your nights restless, yonr ambi
ton gone, Your liver is affected, your
remedy is DR.. Rays Celebrated Liver
T. For sale Ivy Woodward & Conley,
Starkwcather & Co, c. II. Hnrd and
Hackley's CClncr Dlrg Store. II
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
Girls Going in for Basketball.

Oshkosh, Wis, Dec. 5.-The girls of
the normal school have become enthu-
siastic upon the subject OF basketball
and clubs are being organized. The
girls arc now in active training and
practice every day. They wear cos
tunes consisting of blouse and bloom
ers, long stockings and tennis shoes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10

In heraldry nine different varieties
of the crown are recognized as insignia
of rank-the oriental, the triumphal or
imperial, the diadem, the obsidional
Grown, the civic, the crown vallery, the
mural crown, the naval and the crown
celestial.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
Du Maurier's Portrait.

George Du Maurier's last portrait of
himself pictured man family re. an
bling the author of ''Trilby'' and pro-
vided with the wings of an angel and
the tail and hoofs of-something else.
Over it he wrote: "Some seem to think
he's got wings like an angel; some,
that he's got cloven foot and a forked
tail. He is quite an ordinary little man,
I assure you. l."