The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-28
GOSSIP or GOTHAM.

New York. June 25.-The latest rlcm,ns
trial crank halls from New Orleans. ",
is begging the authorities 10 permit hin
TO eat pound of arsenic. Just TO prov.
10 the world that the poison experts don.
know what they arc talking about ii.
hrsssss an IN white. even to his shoes
ctS would not he forced 10 lay out an,
money for grave clothes.
Wall street has already started RIOS
well p. Flower boom. There are a grea,
many democrats on the street who ar,
Wiling % bet that the former governor.
name WIN be piesentcd to the convention
and that he will develop great strength
boom assumes respestsble nc propor,,o ,ny
Wall street VIII send big deIega ION Ia
Chcaso 10 help II along.
The project of union of the National
Academy of Design with the ColumbI,
school OF Architecture. and the resulting
establishment; of an American Ecole DIES
1r,e nars as department of Columbia
lies. a suggestion has been mate 10 mis-
erect. and tho authorities Of both he
university and the academy are sad TO be
considering the subject.
A new recreation of Atlantic steamers
IS the bicycle race. The wheels, instead
of being slowed below. are firmly tied
70 the hooks of the, staterooms until the
,h .nross OF maj de mer are over. Then
an ana io .,ng away the days. have the
az rs cleared and the race - TIN, ming
vtfaEe. The ships of the future will prJl,-
ably have bicycle decks as well as scoid
A placard hung In one OF the depart
ments Of big jewelry store annoances
that training '.anes" are on sale there.
hese latest fads are designed to develop
the muscles OF the arm from the shoulder
t. me wis The canes vary in weight,
ana one who undertakes trl.n.ny Of MS,
biceps begins to carry one wlsnin- thres
POUNDS. and ~ entually reaches thu limit
OF even pounis. AS mad dogs arr almost
as Inlck as DcSrarS now. these muse le-
developing sticks fill \ long fel. want
A check for $4,000 has beeen receive;
ny the owner of The property at Broad
way ard Thrift, sixth street. and the
"a lder Of the. proposal HerNll Square
hotel now holds the title deeds Then
he moreaged the site for Is0oo0o. ana
Is nov =, g pre oDn to pu, w structure 10
of the Giisey house Will pay rental
OF $4,000 a. year. The pullcrs down Will
soon he kicking up dus. on the dnApi
The open smoking cars" on Broad
way. which were intended solely for the
use of men, were today hauling loads of
women. In riost of them smokers were
forced to stand up between the cross
seats, thereby permitting the odor of their
cigarettes to pass harmlessly over the
heads OF the ladies. most OF WHOM take
ionn trips on ihG cool coaches, But the
they see It. AMI a fsttic topacr-, smoke -
rot at al Objectionable 10 them. thanks
to the educational influence of the music
hall. the roof garden and The excursion
steamer.
The newest wrinkle IN bicycling is to
take dog alorg wheeling with you.
Scores OF women bdcychsts, thus accom-
panied by their dogs, are TO be secn at any
time on the highways nowadays. although
1t was only a little while ago that such a
thing was a novelty and everybody
turned to stare at Il. If the dog is htg, he
runs alongside he wheel. If small he IN
carried in a hammock Nike affair attached
70 he front OF the machine. One swell
whetcwonan never. takes sMn without
her grea, Dane. whose prose nee has A
soothing effect upon scolfers of all types
and sizes.
A child Of the streets the other day
picked up an envelope containing nearly
$500 in bank bills. He walked up to the
nehrsst policeman and remarked: "Heres
lot Of money I've hsst found. and
guess YOU had better take care of w." The
"i'''''' ACCORDING 10 III" Hohcst lad, took
The envelope with glad hand. enchanting:
That's right, ny good boy, You can
~ II along now and III gee trii the money
ientlrs IT'S .nlful as; IA: The
hr shf BOY di I'M mn along. lie fol
lowed the bliocoat Ia the police stasion
and 6'dn't leave nntl he saw he wealth
handed over to the serccint. The sia,ip
on the envelope .sc'on led 10 the discovery
Of ne owner, who is president Of a large
manufacturing concern. He cook the hon
esq hoy away with him and no d1nbt
i!mpresse u'"n pas No!i r'r1 re fast
that Honesty Is the hest policy" cvnn
" lots of people here and elsewhere think
otherwise.
AFRo-AMERlCAN FAIR.
Doing Good Work In North Texas-Den.
ison Daeply interested
Denison. TeSas. June 26.-'rhe coloreo