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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-09
HoUsToN.t SUNDAY. AUGUST .. 1896
GREAT PROGRESS PREDICTED.

General D!az has been reelected presi
dent OF Mexico v1thou, opposition and
the friends OF progress in that country
are predicting even a greater advance
along all lines during the next four years
than has been witnessed during the pres
identisl term Immediately pre- o.ding
The Mexican Herald. ;he up-to-date
paper printed In the English language In
tho CITY Of Mexico. is stanch supporter
OF Diaz and progressive policies In a
recent issue It looked hopefully TO the
future IN this way:
General Dtaz viii give the country a
great programme OF progress during his
next term II will he the greatest period
of Advancement and prosperity THIS Re
public has ever known. Tho railway sys-
TEN VIII be completed In all It's essential
parts. aud Mexico viii have gained Jew
seaporis and have extended prodElously
her tropical agriculture. Tae host Years
Of President Dias's llfe are being given
10 me Mexican pCoplc, and It IS "A pa
triotis service the Republic Will remem-
her through all Its future years.
The banking capital is becoming rapidly
Increased in Mexico. subscriptions being
IN many Instances three times more Than
the increase called for; manufacturing es-
Establishments are multiplying. agricul-
tural methods and prospects are improving
and the sister Republic Is becoming pros
porous AMI abrasive neighhor. rne Her
aid claims mat the silver basis Is largely
responsible FOR mnch II this d gciopm-u,
BE that rs II may. the fact remains that
Mexico IS growing and developing her
Resources rapidly, Every feature Of prog
ress down there ls a matter OF concern
10 the Ua!.,i States Either THIS IN
creased trade and commercial activity
must have stimulating ene1, on our
business through purchases here. or a de-
pressing effect by direct exchange, with
Europe. notably England and Germany
Mexican trade VIII DE q rich prize 10 "a
few years and the efforts q nmori-1
trade ceuters ought 10 he actively and
rersis,ently directed TO securing tive
ough, TO control it al and :hus. greatly
enlarge practically homo market.
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NArURALIzrD CITIZENS.


The information from Washington to
the effect that Russia is obstinate in its
position that once 4 Russian always a
Russian Is not news. although II relntes
recent diplomatic negotiations between
the government of the czar and the gov.
eminent at Washington.
The PROCESS OF naturalizing citizens In
ore country Is a process OF corresponding
eApatrk,tlon as TO scmo other country II
required great effort and some years OF
time TO induce several of the European
governments TO recognize as a matter of
international courtesy the operations and
results OF our Vory liberal naturalization
laws. In some latter day treaties The
rights OF naturalized citizens arr
formally Acknowledged, hut as general
proposition this acknowledgement is yet
purely matter OF courtesy. Russia has
rersisiently denied and still denes the
rights OF her citizens to forswsar allie
glance to the car. Wherever Russian
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PROPHETS AND THE ECONOMISTS.
Irish World

Much that Is being written on mo CT
fccis Of tho increased currency which Will
he brought abou, by the free coinage OF
silver is OF purely prophetic character
This does not seem 70 he the most sem
sihlo way Of considering results, foundos
on the immu,ahle laws OF political ccon-
omy. nor has II even the poor excuse of
being the only way, since We have both
history nNd science TO point out tho roau
does the science of political economy
tgach US about these results pav!d
Hume answers I'm every linGGom iutl
which money begins 20 How in greater
abundance thuu formerly. everything
ttkrS On u now face, labor ana industry
gain lite' the merchant becomes more en-
tnrprlsing, the manufacturer more dit
follows ms ploW With greater alacritY and
Az nton !, Il McCuloch declares that
'Wailc. IKE tlll of rain after T. lour
course OF dry weather, T. Increased cur
'tNcNl may he prCJudtCial to certain class
IS, u = hcnchcial to an incomp1rah,Y
u" !ter number including all wAo are ac.
nNciN engaged In industrial pursuits, and
f. spealHns, Generally, Of great public or
National ADVANTAGE" And The greatest
or Frluch economists, NJ. Chcvalicr. says:
Sneh a change Will benefit those who
live by current labor"
mere j. nothing prophetica about This
t'~llnunN, tho writer's worked ont their
conclusions on scientific principles and
compared them with the known facts of
ms orN 'hey wrote in the serene calm Of
studious seclusiou. unulucnced hy the
hunts and hury-hurly of political strife
Whom shall We helleve-thc scientists or
the prophctS9
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rExAs NEWSPAPERS.

D. w. Browne Is now editor o, the Lu-
ing News and Is making IT'S columns
bright aud readable.
me Victoria Review Is one Of the pref.
west country papers IN Texas.
l. w. cravens has retired from the
."e'o sun and L. ID. Chaddock Is now
IN sole charge.
me Nayasota Tablet VIII soon be re-.
viv'd by t, T.. Maddox. VINO h,s r..o,,,i,.
,eoeVed new power pN,ss 10 no No.,
In Its publication. " ~ NS'''
me sherman Daily Post has been added
10 Voe list OF excellent papers already nun
'smoo IN mat lively North Texas town
in' Terrell Twilight has been ,n.rv,.,
, VI. .r mo INDEX with n. H. Fletcher and
'" ~ :, zones as editors and publishers.
49, ,'',,, rank and Buck whltiow are
now publishers and prcprietors Of Tho !,
Grange News, succeeding ,he n,,a "' IA
Stock company. ''''0'
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THE SITUATION AS TT re

Washington Post 0;oldbupN
Our republican friends vii,
make great mistake in attaching I'm.
poriancc either 10 the allepcd crio.to
tween tho pop,,l,sts IVA '''"on ne
touching Tho ,.,oo ~ ,ne dehocra' .
'''' VIC presidential candidate.
or the noisy protestations Of ma, ~
Bourke Cochran vbo ,r 49,, MN 'Ne
10 maka ,bor,.',.. nv are talking simply
20, cor,r,,,,'...,' YES Conspicuous and 10
papers. "'''''a'd news
The Al,h.,,,
nc 49,, elecuon has Just shown
.""' me porulists. in that state at
least, can not ho denerdoa ~
The don,o,,.... o"uo" on 10 defeat
H., my organization I'm a purelv
s,''i contest How much less. then viii
when tba,r 80 National contest,
silver coin," -, cH2hce of securing FREQ
MIR. Brvana !, yes IN the election al
stand tho roIuoS nor dinicult 10 UNDER
consent y, 'o,4c.1nce of the pnpnlisfs to
hitterncSs hu,ItoN' There has been rreat
crn Sta,e "ctWe,n the two m the S0i.thN :
ulists were eser, ,Tsn; ;rn because The pop
and hecauso ,ti.cIS from the democracy
always he's, their Political alliances hnva
The renrra en WIN mo republicans. Hens
the excharrS ana the denunc alton ord
Hence the 5eT.ia, ndnce ana hostilitv
more ,,"o,Helopment Of an aniaeonisn,
formorir ,.pillouS even than thgf With
nc ,t',e'ly prevailed as between 10 wien
In. nj, az" th, 'he republicans, Nctwithstnnd
tba, ~ "lS' however Wa Il, unf L.in,.
nive at He the poi1 dfs win deliberately con-
this wear TSo 'G aa 81 ftee silver maze
ever,-, H. H. 40 not II IS true. rcn,o4' ~
me- ,.I ling the populists aspire 10 h',
rrpubsGasHHS p5r some III ngs' whereas ths
Ioar .nlhss, u IS qu astion Of h,,c y.
to hest,nsDn nread. Are the populists lik.iv
late 10 any great extent ''"' >
tyne. liz s ar Bourke Cochran, he is a,
uh itt STANDS FOR a c'ass of dom, a.
I'M ,' nave never been able % rise WIKI
fore soo,S ORGANIZATION, ard VINO. thor
ng a sJ s,s1 70 sraiiiy their vanity by ma,,-
ever hesrd1 , q, no g. 50 outside of it, Nobody
rlc IpS rescued him from obscurIty and , an
~ Iva nm with office anI emoInr,o,'',,-
I,, n.m ne came TO Washington as - men,
~ OF congress a.n then h. insf - i i' '.ii-
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influence or power extends . Russian Il
regarded a. still Russian whatever he
may have done 10 expa triate himself or
d.savow his Russian allegiance.
II 10. therefore. no special discourtcsy
towards the United STAKES that Russia
refuses to admit that we have made
American citizens out OF former subjects
OF tho car. and wherever such natu-.
allied citizens set foot on the cars ter
r.tory they do so a, their peril. Nor can
We battle for their rsshts under such cir
oumstnnccs as we conid II they were
native born Americans. In the absence OF
treaty covering the point we are with
out rights to demand and deynndent upon
international courtesy only.
Nations generally refuse TO surrender
up political refugees. ard e 10 for this
reason that the Muscovite emperor Is 20
tenacious on the point at issue. Grant
hin, the right of eItradition OF political
criminals and he would doubtless be glad
In exchange to recognize our naturaliza-
ton laws. As II is. the former Russian
subjects should be careful not 10 fall
again under the power Of the Russian au-
thori,les. We have had similar troubles
with Germany and Austria and II Is yet
tho safest policy generally for our new
made citizens Of foreign hi-.h 30 stick
as closely as possible TO the land OF their
adoption
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II Is only with the Gal News and the Ike
out and out single gold-standard-as-a- s ood
thing for thc-people champions that the
restoration OF silver finds opposition now.
All party platforms declare in favor OF 1t
and admit the need OF IT, The Post opposes
now. as It has done, the single gold stand
ard as the settled policy of this country.
and is With the people In agl,atii.g with
out ceasing for change. In wha, exact
detail that change may be worked out
is not OF sch present moment as that
the people must have relief from the pres
ent dead sea o, existence. through TIE
restoration Of silver
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BRYAN'S LUCK IN ENhA''
IN. MI ln.nt.lnnI

NtW VI u JNAli 'ihi' -.,le n
When most OF The derno',a W
papers IN New York bolteo "
nomination the secession ses'fea. ", y
n misfortune +, is evident now, M M
Ills annarent blow for an ala 70 "a "a
a. In \ h5t fieht I, is NUN y
rave ftol nrnmies than fool IN lss 4
,r, ,nhie.to think Of the posi-, -,
1ltercos If the boiling organs ~! ~ ~
I'm live ana hal gwen Bryan, ,, w
or sunnort thov are giving Mcn3 y
Yesterday one of the disans,NMr IA
rcveai~ll the awful fact mas m X, y
when i'm congress. had favoi. Nd
lax Another has b ,en dwei',"iI IN ~
time upon the possibility tnas d
the new dem1cracy might rs ~. ',,rst<a
rerrlng tho control Of the s'eshs. iuis
ton systems upon when t ,rou, u,
life of the country depeias,i ssssrs
tons 70 the people. \ or
"himetallism has had us u trs, srs
the limo sharply between o,ne.sllin
unadulteratcd gold nioa ni
fourth woos THE Soutae' ,m'ollte rs's
vote for sound money pf at ~
to rhe varieties OF ulni he bresss,,d
cago convention. IRON ,,,n,,llss y Y,
fish of the anarch.stlc il',,,p"nnce
and the high-pitohen Us have W.
certain OF their own pcosas To- Mr.
one gallus men OF ka, NIL, craekg.
II was crlcihally suppossr,.n ID;
81 40 nsrsS,,. including Won, 10 y
n i,yp 50 ruld be snol.w., W
a i,",-' ~ ~ Ter. as the re' uoit 4.
b oi,,T 20 80 of Inc supreme , sv y
nntoig ~" n,nd the esiini,S ~
creassd 10 huut $50 90 W,,,o,o,Ins ~
100000 votes cast ~ ne ,ea,Is Ihess
income taN Nd been vc..n.i ursf
them lad been selilsh ther ~
enough 10 wish 10 eVi' uhI.h,
of tho public burdens ,hers Wy.
known 81 n1i me lay ,ax msjorlp ~
romaiI lu con'v Ia county IL
li,Soo,0 d fo, NJ, ~ rom the osss
every r' E ~, his issue = n
81 by tr l- ing M attraclc. 4
two wov ee s,nly "a at lea, ~
promo g'-o certai . az voter. m.
hetNe ia fr iuMbe' r,ilrcies rs
terest4 Fl. ,stors y, ron r, Of ins.sss
ther niVI as l'''sts as paS'~
OF tn la Vs. intsie" Ia
shinn -4 sirr first. o,tsuipo's.. 4
OF eom,-e AR ,I lq3a, ther ,,s,v
priVil 10 con,'fr HannN ~
their u I'm ycters X y
West aNd Sou ~. heress, ~?
won NIr IN ~" r,,,n" ana :
them lnN 'gaIius nv the fi''
we 81 a. son ~ ohiecI.
Chi sho""
,7rs TIE CAKE
All Meas eatr,
Il iio3t "a POS the ccrrse}
IA taklrfti ffe cake La Of ~
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BEE KEEPERS TO MEET.

koeNllle Ree,
jennie Atchlcy, vice president OF the
Souihwcs, TeaNs Rec Keepers assoc,l-
ton, has issued q neat pamphlet, giving
the prorrammc Of the third annual coz.
Ncn9cn OF the aSSoc,At on to he held IN
heevillc beginning September ID. An in
teiostiug programme has been arranged
Tor she entertainment of the delegates
nhd ihose from II distance VIII he housed
Nv" and half miles north OF the city,
where ihey viii he shown one OF tho most
compf,e trstitut,ons Of is kind IN the
country
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TANAASY ~
New York Journal.

L.
over to Red r,u goes insm,, /.
t,,, ors, 'erguson's on
P''hPcu as.n d bar. ch.-- Avn
an some of d push ~, .nuf W \
lahan. ven IN skr.
tlmfno a golden so,s.
10 Red. Galatians ~ says caA,I
for bank doun so'uous. n.
b,s ., On Wall slrso.
~ ~ ne gold. See! Theva ~
nan IL springboard ~ give "a
Gimme a ,o,as nc wasn't "a, :.
,,... s''uen sour" sav. a..
''9' nv mat. '1c
Rcd thinks Callahan,s
amt ON ia ro go, s'fingk A, |
,ov. eSauef sous. TA.r.
nc" 10 i'ed.
"Wcm'u you take 4, In
Red TO Callahan. eivIn,e reenbsch~ y
cause Red don't advar,, MN tie h, \
from such gamcrls ~ ',se 10 ,ake M \
Reds Bryan man Niilalal. h, h
Nav; on d. level ,
warts golden 60. says call,h,,
what 1t is?' s'"'' Don't yov i.
where do van No.
still wld the dead " ss itg repAs !,
Callahan a'pe'ls .aoo In d nti-
to Red heres sunS ~ nle, an tI,,,
It's lrckv d. Nlgs ne g,liAs ~
putin II head on ~ Us ron the MI
,W-eu - vi 10 Callahan.
h,rn 4" 80 81 "p' get no Eolle, :.
siraipI,, ~ ~ aN last, when hi Y
hot sea, W, IriSzes. "You's N.Y.
am da,,s, ,.o, SCI beer at Rsd ~.
scls sn,,srai uiil' 10 say II over n n
cniabsn" l'iilVs,
7, ." 80 HIS peer, for haf. ~
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How old is the city of Mexico7

Mt EFT
me city dates from either lsg5 or ~
""eh the Azie7s settled there. II wa.
ABOUT 1850 when the old mud ana mr., =,
houses began TO he replaced by So
structures. The city had reached its b,che
est splendor in 1'a. Nhcu it had a nonnIn.
non OF ne'hars M7oc. about doup,e tho
rro'en; reputation we
,- hat was the market value Of silver
Wior 10 l>9S; also for a pori,d VET I
monihs after II was demone,,1oS1' sN
calledl? 'ne ,,el go.
Inc act disseminating the coinage .,
me standard silver dollar became a ,.u,
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DEMOCRATIC STRICTLY
Grocnvlllc Messenger.


The Denton Monitor pu,i,.,
stating that not n big DAM l., ,an item
sppportinS Bryan The Moni,or 49,,
re4d The Ho9ston Post, one OF he b n,snlp
sna Sess IN The south Ths Po
the Chtcago nonal.ees. e'a - Tor
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CAMPAIGN NOTES.

: over AT hts leisure:
! II is easy 10 understand why Nr, WHIT
ney would want an independent, i'otet i
, he can not accept the democrate ticket
for no democrat could accept Mckinley
without terrible qualms OF conscience. Bli'
We 40 not understand Why ne Shetl IAN
honesty" Mr.. Whitney Is an earnest ad-
,oeate Of international nimetAhism. and
II there Is anything in the theory ut in
,ernationai himetsliis's 4, woIit rave pre-
cisely tho same effcC; IN ret1c.ng tho
value Of money that free c1inase wouid.
The objec, Of both is to restore money 20
the relation TO prices which y, held prior
TO is7s--sn Other words TO raise prices
and when you raise prices ycu 'e-sen TIE
only measure ~ us value. u Mr. Whitney
believes that reducing thu 'slrc nt none
IS dishonest he should give Up his latin
In International elInetnilism.
The truth Of the matter is Irea. many
men In suggesting an internnu ,nai agree
ment are asking for something they dom ;
want. They may be lktned to the Willie
wearics who are hunting ioo. and lodging
around tte corners for fea' OF running
araerst what they aie looking for.
| The opposition organs In TEXAS are way
and beyond the repuoscan party IN their
opposition 10 silver That rarity dd not
dare to come out squarciy In favor Of the
single gold standard as the best thing for
/
he country but OF he contrary declared
| nat !, was 70; Il good thing COR tire
rcrls n, 4 that hey yynuld .'nromote' an
~. - -
esre"ther' WIN oNher thlohs 10 'eS"''
shs.r. The organs r Texas. however
( KICK a; tina; and say that all hope OF such
an agreement; is a myth and are urging
= mo. =;
| i've s,nr,. rol3 standard nh long may
/, wave
! O,o- go Ia. -. ,ho ,-oa and ,b. homes
! ,ha 49,,
Colonel James kHbourne' an extensive
other day declined . nomination for con-
gre.s and gave Dill. reasons "a follows:
For MANY wears have been a la,re
employer ~ lahpriug men. Whatever
nav Is ew'ns l"fscy 20 iher iai XIV
Is ,orar4. tben, ami or ~ t,ssent
nm mostly rrnce-nsd ~ ks.,nii.- i,em en-,
MA L.. ,hc .,ls-,,+ h,ts IS Ho,si.
i'o9e tstu Us rc, an ..1.1. -tin., ~, ,i, ,.,,1
II. .or,,i-e. .,,,, .n,,s,s,f "a no
- ~. tt ~. -
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Wonder will the Hanna object Lesson"
take in Texas on is rounds7

New York Journal; Statements made
voluntarily to the Journsl by gentlemen
In position to be exactly coEnizant OF
tho facts disprove beyond possibility OF a
doubt the report that Senator Jones spoke
tn terms OF dispar cement OF the popu-
lists Of the South. The Journal accepting.
very unwisely. The report printed in the
columns OF the World as authentic. based
upon It certain CRITICISMS q the chairman
OF the democratic National committee
which II believes nov to be as wholly un-
Just as tho alleged interview upon which
they were pred. lated was lying and fraud
Ulent.
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CAMPAIGN rr1oIinrrE.

Detroit Trlhuie
|" II It proper for presidential candidate
70 20 ON the stump? In other words, is
Wilderness pratu6ielal 70 National dignity:
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Rocktaale Messenger: A f.re-oatinS ne
gro created a little sensation last Satur-
day by eating fire, matches. glass pa
per of pins and an old live rooster. he
was barc-footed and jumped onto PIE
Of broken glass and went through WIN a
dance.
Marble Falls Standard: There IS now
living on Captain Magill's farm about one
mile from Leander, the oldest person In
the Ur- ted States, and probably the oldest
on TIRE American continent. she is Maria
Shitilit,, colorcd better known as "Aunt
Maria" She was born in Alhcrr1arle Couh-
ty. Virginia and wa; brought to Texas
by Mir. Joseph Shifhut Mir. Shifhit, "
NNing, would now he 81 years old, and he
said She was the mother of twelve chill
drer when ne was born She is now III
her i23d year.
Yorktown News: While trying to ex-
tract a rabbit from hollow log out at
the Eckhardt pasture last week, n Next
can had the misfortune to be bitten by
a rattlesnake. The Mexican however,
proved to he something of u bitter himself,
for he had TO bite. the snake IN two De-
Tore ne Nd detach 1t from his finger,
lie then removed the rtttles, Twelve in
number, and sent tham 70 town by n COM
rade VITO came for whisky. At last ac-
counts ghe su5kc-htton aud snakc-htlnc
man was dong well.
Columbus Citizen: There is no telling
what q hungry Texas COW will eat and
what she may have in her stomach. Fri
dav evening Mr. Anton Cross.,,..r -,o
,,,,,,,.,... -. - '''
&c ~ ""nh"r' klHed =
In nor stomach q ,,i,l e,,r,o, s,,,,,,.
long and four inches in circumrerenca
Tncre IS DO telling now long the sick Was
In tho animars stomach; i was slick as
- % NJ. two tr.-
Ksrnes County News; p. r. and II II
LYONS and tIi Copwa,. Won't oa, ,,,,,,n,r
Ia Ruckman's pasture Tuesday night
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nllf-NFftar d
%N2r,G F-uoi lar '''6iSi y
.yo,,t,..,e,!! - -, 80 IN W
Dmn -, .' w4l,7i -
llalf-dime ......-............. $50 2le @
nreo-ce!t ,-S5S, =. -
Toree-cs,,, f9iNkeD '' ','.'.,'', q;ssis 4
TNo-cent tbronze) ......... oi2,o2o ~
Cen7 lconper' ....-....'.'..'..' = ", -
~, d.-nrye, '''''''''''''''''' -c,s =, a.
Ilalf-cent ....................... M.3a5 II
,,ls,ia,, ~, 1gt me VIVA you can p
,r,,o o,ss,,,, ,,,,,.,. 60 49,. -,o,-.- - IVA
,.,,,,,. -.~.t,,,.a. ,,,,. .h, -.ssi.- ,,,r.,-
- a,.'a,,..,,,,, t. ~ .,o,.,. -. .,,o 1T
,or, c,er,,I,, ,r1,s fl,,.o- ,,,t,.s
-, c,u,t,--, p-,,.t 49,. --,,s 4-.,i,. .r
certain parts NJ England ana ireland and
In the Southern states Of the Union Tne
flower re..,,,,s3 ms name from, ire f,-.ia3
'''"'' 'N''e- i's ''"l'iV ''"'" ''.e i"-'l' ~"
lVSeNNidh'c ~ the corona 20 'ne crown
Of thorns, NJ the three st cmata 10 the
three nails by which the Savior was fas-
tened 20 the cross. while the i've petals
and five sepals were taken Is symholzlng
the ten apostles-lcaNfrs out Peter. who
denied Christ. and Judas, WHO betrayed
Him. The plant = generally known in
the South Us the Msy-pop.
ttou, dia ,,o 49, ..,o,,s.,,..,,,.,s ~. ..s
absence" orirfnate$ k AT.
The phrase can NOT be traced TO .ts
origin, but it was made popular ly Lord
john Russell, who used II IN 1853 in
speaking Of Lord Derby's reform bill.
"One OF the defects OF the bil." ne said.
rs conspicuous by It's presence ana an
other by its absence" This expression
was severely criticised and several days
49,, 10 ~ i, 'rs'I.'eU ~ ~ StY 'ns
'H"t re TOOK II from one OF the greatest
historians OF antiquity la'ltus' VINO says.
IN ueS''lons inc funeral OF Jun'a' But
asS'us anu hru'us were the most con-
10'''' iO' ''e Ne'S reason ''de 'heN
s''' "e'e "o' SVcl.'
Can you refer me to anything giving
an 'eNpiahha,on OK me phenomenon known
have s.ar,hed throush tba rncyclo ,1ail'T
Britannica but failed 10 find what want.
We do not understand your query. I'M
les II refcrs to a certain n.riod ~ w.,
ca,,,,,.s ra,.,,,,,t,., ,.,,,,a,.,,,, ,,,'.,,, w.
t"enN'-four hours. This is measured by
the interval between two successive tron.
sits Of Il celestial body over Tho .o,,a
meridian. and takes a spec,dc nam. From,
that of the body Tins If this is the su,
the day Uhe interval betwoe, two srccos,
si,., .r,,,....- - -. 0' w. S"NoV9-
'''''''"'"] IS called solar day; If 1T is
S''''' S'oeteA day If 1t is the moon. a
luna day The solar day is fully described
on page ~, volume ., of the Encyclopedia
Britannica
w..
gold dollSr co,N Was We first American
value of the dollar? "'u '"ey " TX rH me
ny act of congress Of ,,ru ,-oa
v,.io, ras ats u, Ai"'l > I'2 pro-
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Who said:
'Trifes light as air
are To the jealous combinations strorr
as proofs of holy writ" 'e
C.ED.
The lines are from Shakespearc,a
otnello. act Ill., scene 3. You will no, GA
mat two words, Combinations" ana
proofs are in the plural number. thav
are often misquota I'd In the singular nun
her NUM-
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JUMPED THEIR CLAM

HotrHt Tribune.
J., ne porulists seem chiefly embarrassed
,s ~ me TACT that the mid,lo of ,na -
10 already occupied Va the road
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Tvs, ~ 'Ne a4,@s',l in'e''irw upon "'''''
! '''' wiz fe''' 49, was F"'s ANN liAUN
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i'o" 4o'to' '''d' "', W iiv'''o'' '''''e
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We have suspicion tina, MIR Sterling
Fisher Of san Marcos lays county
eAAs. 81 '''iliS como s.lsu' onJ'e''oi
''e '., .,'-''"' ''.',',''- 81 W." "Y l''',a
'' S. h .t- , - 80 -
would seem to indicate as much. Sorry.
bu, in a POLITICAL campaign 1T IN sometimes
unavoidable but let Il 20 al that, Air
FISHER viii understand.
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INC '9hi''s IN i0s' aAs ~ ,'i'''
""i ''' Is ~ ~ A"s
'o'1'''s 70 9'''" M az I'' .',' % ~. voc
oee" '' sue '',,''S " ''' -
thus perform a ereat public se;TioA II
30 has no FuiA evidence he Should hasten
to apologize to th democratic i.ominee
That fusion movement at Galveston
SONS TO hay,. used parched coffe7, on its
hro,-h
-
,r,o not,t,rs nps II t,n.icucv 10 add saiety
r. no congregational situation In rcxos.
r-,,, ,-,,,h A. q, be- ,,i,,s 20 lac kind Of
jelly all around this year
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is taktnr 90 eaks ,rics o. ~
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