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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-08

Fon SALE Wurcrly bicycle, nlmnE, n.'~
so cash. iiayr Two and can only ride
SEEDS hMp PLANTS or EVERY DE
ScklI'TfpN ~o offer THIS week ns tol-
lows 10000 vinc.csa md yellow yam
slips. 10 por 1900. lo0,p1o tomato. 400 per
IOo. 9g.c husho!s sorghum Sod. A. per
hush.l, 100 bushels mil,ct seed 35c par
busheI 10 bushels Mexican Jun. corn,
siW per bnsheli 5000 bushels stock pens.
$40 per husbel Fruit boxes. berry
boxes and fruit hns'Scts al factory price,
Bun Aeods Of every description. liolio-
way seed Co. DnIlas Texas
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-08

FOR RENT--Two-story six-room house
lroS Iollas avenue bath. sewer conncc-
ton servants room. inrgc yard with
shudc trees; underground cistcrn, APP
uly ltlh DnllnN slXrnuc 10
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-08

WANTED-Tcn men TO occupy rooms, n
and % cents night 800 and N.:5 week
cool rooms; no mosquitoes. Capitol
House. Capitol avenue and Main street.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-08

MANrEp--By n lady OF large experience
position AZ working housek.cper. Ad-
dress use, cnre Posi-,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-08

FOR RENT-Four-room house. No. al,
State street Apply mt No. 10 Artesian
Place, ~
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80 if-|- --@-H-|'I-f~7~-T
Financial.

1890 TO loan on city properly. Apply l..
bryan * Co.. room No. ], Fox building.
sl7is Main street. .
$1,000 TO LOAN for term OF years; Sc.
CURLY must be productive business prop
erty In Houston. Apply TO u. Raphael.
secretary at Raphael Bros Insurance
office. II
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srrb, s.hAVEY, conviction for man.
sys,v.ir' Appealed from Kerr county
,"sen and dismissed.
Wv mu'e'ment charges that James
ma I'D then and there. with
a,p, malice XII Rafael Crane by
p.,o,., num- the said Rafael Crane, with
ery sIerMnaf ee afore,hought Is n noe.
ficle se "a, N either degree of murder
b Word !, miisnn's Grim. Stats) There
the VAN ~ We Indictment which stands
We mus, ai9rethought" in the stat
the ststu,a amer hol1 that this word
blnIars IS bad in this partieuln ua' 'n'
"''a by Hurt, p. 7
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-08

PRINTER Young man. strictly temper
ate Wishes Il position ON some paper,
country or city, wili WORK cheap recon-
nlynsut.on given. Address al once,
"SpHce'' care sam Williams III. T,m-
riu fuNnS, 9
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-08

Can for particulars, Geo. l.. Porter,
301l. Main street. II
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-08

FOR SALr.- ilousrhald and kitchen fur
niturr, one Jersey COW. one pharion,
one road wagon. one thoroughbred ioni
horse lnqulrr nl rs Dallas avaniir.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-08

FOR T-.Twostory house; modern
convcnicnces, stable. servants room,
good neighhorhood. moderate rent. APP
PLY lNlD Main street. ~
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TAPE JEsSAMINE EGDS and other
flowers by the oarloaa. Cape JcssaInine
buds pc per 100, 500 pofr 100, 20 AZ
$500 per hunufed. 81 Y. Wright. Flor
is', No a52i Washington street. Houston.
TeSas Ga
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liAhfW ELI q SfRONG FIRE INSUR-
anre. surcessors to Harvey ~ -. VIII
III strong companies. Loss promptly
pnld. RING us up go
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FOR sALt-some small parcels oiIoiud
Way down, look at II. You can not ran
to max" tn" purchase.
LOT . cpintp block 1i9. CAPITOL ave.
anu loth street. oi!s 500.
~ AcT's nttnnart cDtU.y Jnn, Mangh
SURVEY, un,y TWO miles iIom station, Ia
mites out, only SanI
Lot 2, h.och No, /. t'nstgnlc survey ana
cottage, No. 20. Sauiiner 81, rents ion
y pr month. t'uy sou.
Three choice corner lots. south corner
Ola Mtin street. corner E.gin ave. on
chr iin"' c.eEani buildins site. only
sa,tN.
Ahou, u. lots and powder ionsc. near
Mhin 4tro't, south side. only .@p
iiock ~ Dala4 Pullt aud sampson
streets 'ihird ward. only :.uN
liluciss :. :. 1. and . hasic addition All
wei drnin,d open prario ground, gn
lots fur 1850
Five acres splouiid lAnd on giaaed
county road lust outside city Nn.ils.
only sion0
-Four lots In block &c" Oh charires
street. letwren iindiey ma Mrcowea.
only si5oo
Cal for particulars, Geo, l.. Porter,
3pf'. Main street It
FOR SALE Five room 1oitngo and
ground. App.y liol Dallas Aye. 10
FoI, SALE one lof With improvements
GA chhr1res street, Apply at 1916 thar-
ircs ST. Garner Bon Ave-, II
ron HNi.l. improved cottage home;
also nu!mrrovod corner lot. both at II
l..t Htss "A
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Trade or Exchange.
Wanted to Rent.

WANTED no REST--HotuI or GOOD
boarding house ready furnished In any
iilars. w. O. Loving. Bunn's Bluff
TexAn. "
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-03

Lemuel hit the ground with a thud. Fortunately it was plowed ground and soft. He was dragged along some twenty yards before he could let go, and then he lay for some time before he sat up and looked around. He was dazed, but he saw he was in some ones cotton field. Over a short distance lay the collapsed balloon in a haze of as- cending smoke. Then he arose, stood a moment unsteadily, braced himself and took his bearings. Things looked famil- far. At his feet lay hoe and all about radiated the weedy cotton rows. All at once the knowledge of where he was came to him like flash. That hoe was his hoe; that field was his fathers, nOne other in that country was so badly kept.
 Then and there Lemuel took off his coat, took up that hoe and went to hoe ing. He stuck to 1t till sundOwn in spite of his dizziness, his aches and his bruises. Next morning he was out at sunrise and has never since quit work ing.
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affected spot, will often give relief in less than ten minutes, without the aid of medicine. Hot lamentations are of equal value; though when the skin is very tender it is more advisable to use dry heat, nothing being better for the purpose than bags of heated salt, four or sand. which retain warmth for long time. Cold water, applied by the finger tips to the nerves in front of the ear, has been known to dispel neuralgia pains like magic. When caused by acid ity a dose of charcoal or soda will usually act as corrective. Sick head ache is accompanied by bilious symp- toms, and attacks usually come on when the person is oyertired or below par physically. This is a disease of the first half of life, and often stops of its own accord after middle age. A care ful diet is imperative in every case, sweetmeats and pastry being especially pernicious.
 Eating heartily when very tired, late dinners, eating irregularly, insufficient mastication or too much animal food, especially in the spring or during the hot weather, are frequent causes of in digestion, causing headaches by reflex action"
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To Cure Headaches.

"A hot bath, stroll in the fresh air, shampooing the head in weak soda water, or a timely nap in a cool, quiet room will sometimes stop a nervous headache," writes pr. B. F. Herrick, in the Ladies' Home Journal. "When overfatigued from shopping or sight seeing a sponge dipped in very hot water and pressed repeatedly over the back of the neck between the ears will be found exceedingly refreshing, espe- cially if the face and temples are after ward subjected to the same treatment
 Neuralgia is caused not only by cold air, but by acidity of the stomach, starved nerves, imperfect teeth, or by irdolence combined with too gener- ous diet. Heat is the best and quickest cure for this distressing pain. A hot Aatiron, passed rapidly and deftly over several folds of flannel laid on the
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Eugene Fields Tales for His Son

Eugene Fields Tales for His Son.
 When Posey was little fellow, the only way that it was possible to entice him to take an afternoon nap was for his father to promise to tell him an ani- nal story. Hand in hand they would ''trig- -trog" together to Genes room" Gas MT. Fields room was called), and there on the bed, with his arm around his baby boy, MT. Field would tell weird and marvellous fairy-stories. But at length even these could not prevail to keep the beautiful brown eyes open, and then beth storyteller and listener would go off together to that dream land which Mir. Field has so happily de- scribed. It is a great pity that some one did not write down or remember these Sleepy Stories" as have heard that they were among the most beauti- full and exquisite bits of fantasy ever narrated to a little child. Whether Posey will be able to recall any of them when he gets older, it is impossible to say. He is manly little fellow with very imaginative brain, and is fond of inventing stories for himself, all of them beginning with the phrase, "Once upon a time." The two elder children, whom thelr father nicknamed "Trotty" and Daisy" have very charming man. Eners, and may have inherited their fathers talent.-St. Nicholas.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-03

CT even a thousand patents. Yet, since the days when the safety first appear ed and forced the older form of bike" the Ordinary-from the field, the chain, the main factor in the safety, las remained almost outside the ideas of the inventor and the patentee. Nor was it till last October that any chain was produced which attracted atten- tion. The new chain was the Simpson lever chain, which a short time ago, :n a series of formidable matches in Eng land, proved it's superiority to other chains.
 For a long time inventors were con tent to use the simple ordinary chain, grasp the idea that if the actuating grip of the chain were not, as in the ordinary case, on the inner side of the chain, but on the outer, and if the chain were end or upper part of which had the en- gazing rollers, the result would be enor- mOuSly to increase the leverage with oIIt increasing the effort; in other words, to transmit and utilize a far larger proportion of the force caused v the rider in the case of an ordinary chain. A glance at the drawings will show even to the unscientific why the special form of chain has it's advantage. It must be borne in mind that you can pot increase at will the diameter of the hub sprocket, the kind of axle on the hind or driving wheel. In size it has 10 be proportionate to the actual wheel, and it's relation in diameter with the crank wheel directly actuated by the pedals is of great impOrtance-that re- lation, involving the interesting ques ton of high and low gearing. The hub sprocket proper, which is pressed by the inner flat and connected part of tine chain, cannot be increased indefi nitely, though increase is gain. By Mir. Simpsons ingenious device, one gets the effect of an increase in size without enlarging the part whose pro- Lortions are important. In fact, by a chain whose outer and not inner side does the work, you have higher pitch and greater leverage than can come from an ordinary chain.
 Tom Linton, with it achieved a worlds record by racing thirty miles end PA yards in 60 minutes. More over, the great test of endurance-the Paris to Bordeaux race-had been won by Mir. Arthur Linton. aided by the lever chain. Despite ill health, a se
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Sir Claude de Crespigny tells in his Memoirs" how Colonel Burnaby, that hero of reckless deeds, once crossed the Channel iu q balloon, and of the adven- ture which befell him by the way. The first striking incident In his voyage was the sudden and very rapid descent of the balloon. He threw out pieces of paper, and noticed that they fiuttered in the air above. Then, to save himself from going down into the water, he be- gan to throw out ballast. The balloon took an upward turn, for 1t had been within five hundred feet of the sea.
 Then he found that the balloon had come to dead standstill. He threw bits of paper cut of the car, and they one and all fell straight into the Chan nel. He was thus, it was clear, be- calmed in air.
 For an hour he remained in this eXas- perating position, but at length he de- scended again within less than a quar- ter of a mIle Ot the water, and again reascended a little. Things were no better at this lower altitude; the bal loon continued becalmed. What was to be done? In order the better to con- sider the question, and to pass the time, the mad Englishman" took cigar out of his case and calmly light ed 1t, regardless Of the fact that there was continuous escape of infiamma- ble gas just above his head. He might, indeed, have smoked as safely in powder-maSazine.
 Since no cnange took place in his pO- sitior, and tbe balloon did not, as might have been expected, catch fire, he re- solved to ascend. He flung out bag of ballast, which fell with a loud thud into the water and up shot the balloon to height Of three thousand feet, again to remain stationary.
 Out went another bag, and up sailed the balloon again. this time to an alti- tude of a mile and half; but still pre- vailed that hateful calm. More bal last followed, and the car continued to ascend until the aeronaut found him. self at height of two miles.
 But at length, in the midst of cloud land, the balloon began to move, and to Burnaby's great satisfaction, toward France. Presently getting clear of the clouds, he was able to see the town and harbor of Dieppe, and there he safely landed.
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always comes from a crowd when brought face to face with an awful and pretending tragedy. Women tainted, children screamed and men ran hither and thither in agOnized helplessness.
 Far up in the blue void, ever rising, Lemuel hung like a spider from its thread. He grabbed the dangling rope and tried to push himself up backward, then he tried to squlrm himself into an upright position. His movements caused the balloon to sway ominously.
 Stop moving, you blamed fool" yell ed the aeronaut from above, land I'll haul you up if the knot holds tight.
 Lemuels gyrationS ceased. The aero naut braced himself in some manner among the ropes and then began to haul away until he had Lemuel astraddle of the trapeze and holding himself fran tically to the side lines. The balloon had now risen to an appalling height and was apparently stationary. AS Lemuel began faintly to realize his awful situation cold chills ran over him and his hair, defying the laws of gravi-
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HE SAVED THE NATION.
Jay Cooke Was Born Poor, Made Mil
 ions, Then Lost Everything.

Jay Cooke Was Born Poor, Made Mile
 ions, Then Lost Everything.
 In the seclusion of a Philadelphia suburb, Jay Cooke, the once mighty man of finance, is passing, in quiet and comfort, the evening of a turbulent life. There has been nothing monotOnous in tis career. He has been in financial wrecks and gone down in ruin, bat struggled out of the deep and ventured anew on the tempestuOus sea of finance. His boyhood was spent in poverty; at go he was a millionaire; at 50 many, many times a millionaire, at g almost pennIless and wofully in debt; to-day, at 76, he is again the possessor of mill ions. In the gravest crisis of Uncle Sam's existence-during the civil war Cooke loaned millions to the Govern- ment and was proclaimed the nations savior.
 Cooke was born in Ohio in 1920. When 10 years old, he entered the banking house of E. W. Clarke & O., Philadel- phia. After brief trial he was made confidential clerk, and upon attaining his majority he was admitted into the firm. Here MT. Cooke was wonderfully successful and made q million before he was 30. In the 25 years he was with the firm he piled up several millions.
 Just previous to the breaking out of the war MT. Cooke established the banking house of Jay Cooke & Go. The house rose at once into prominence and Cooke became the controller of the na- tion's pocketbook. Branch banks were established in London, New York and Washington. When the war broke out the Government needed money badly. Secretary Chase turned to Cooke and tho latter formed a syndicate which loaned $50,000,000 to the Government. Soon another and larger loan was re- quired. Money was now growing scarce and the possessors of 1t had fears for the future of the United States. Cooke, however, issued an en- thusiastic appeal and soon turned over to Secretary Chase $2500, 100000, $50,- 100000 of which he had raised in
 
 million dollar palace in a Philadelphia suburb and named 1t Ogontz, after an Indian chief who had been his play mate as boy. There he gave magnifi- cent entertainments.
 When Cooke seemed to be at the pin nacle of success disaster came. He had attempted to construct the Northern Pacific Railroad. Money was eaten up by the millions and in 1873 came crash. Cooke was once more a poor man-except for a few thousand dol lars which he saved from the wreck. His magnificent home went at receiv- CTS sale and was transformed into female seminary.
 For most men ruin so complete at B would mean the end of ambition and energy. Not so with Cooke. The few thousand he had saved he invested. Though practically unheard of now, the flnancier was still at work. He bought
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tation. stood straight up toward the

tation, stood straight up toward the realms of boundless space.
 Far below was all the country, spread out as though map in relief, with it's rivers, hills, forests, road and town. A grand sight, but far beyond the luck less spectators apprecia ton.
 Young man," again spoke the aero naut, If you ever get out of this alive you can thank the Lord on your knees the balance of your life. All you can do is to hold tight and trust to Him to save you. You may drop easy and you may come down hard. Pray for the easy drop. I've done all could for you, and now I've got to leave you"
 So saying, he loosened the ropes that held the parachute, bound his wrists to one of them by heavy leather bands, so as to prevent his hold breaking in the descent. AS Lemuel saw these prepara- tions the thought of being left alone enabled him to find his voice.
 For Gods sake," he gasped, "don't leave me-"
 But prayer and protest were unavail- ing and the aeronaut jumped. Up shot the balloon, relieved of the weight, and down shot the parachute until it spread out and leisurely dropped to the ground. It was cold up in those regions of the higher air, but Lemuel dared not let go, even with one hand, to button his coat about him. A great bird, an eagle or a hawk, came at him screech- ing viciOusly.
 ''ShoO~ yelled Lemuel, and the as- l tonished bird "shooed."
 For a long time Lemuel never dared to look below, and when he did he mo- ticed the earth he had left coming rap- idly up toward him. Then he knew the balloon was falling and at such a rate as fOretOld disaster. Nearer and nearer came the woods and the fields. Lemuel shut his eyes and prayed. Just before the ground was reached a breath struck the balloon, careened it and carried it along nearly parallel to the surface.
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A BICYLE THAT FLIES.

The Problem of Aerial Navigation
 Solved by YOung:LenG Islander.
 The problem of aerial navigation, which has bothered the minds of scien- lists and inventors for several hundred years, has been solved by young man of 19 who has gone out of the beaten track of past experiments and devised Il simple apparatus which actually flies. The name of this young genius Is J C. Ryder, of Richmond Hill, L. l., and the main principle of his device is taken from the bicycle. Mir. Ryder recently
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HUMIDITY.

The collar melts upon the neck, The shirt front is a sagging wreck,
 The cambric tie
 Is all awry And lacks its prime solidity; The 'kerchief OCT our brow we flip From every pore we ooze and drip.
 And all our glee
 To miser-ee Is turned by old Humidity. The airs a gulf of sluggish grease, A surf of oil, murky fleece;
 The agile fly,
 Stuck on the pie, Devours it with avidity; There's not breeze to stir the leaf The long drinks respite is but brief;
 And out of sorts
 The dog cayorts Froth-sculptured by Humidity. That soon it may, oh, let us hope,. Turn into rain or toilet soap,
 Or anything
 To make us sing Of our restored lucidity; Oh. may it vanish to the sky, Nor grease the pan the chop to fry;
 We've learned enough
 About the tough Grim demon of Humidity. New York Journal.
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a silver mine and made a million dol lars. Some of this went into railroad fnd earned several hundred thousand more. Then he invested in other min ing property in Montana, Utah and Idaho, out of which he cleared millions He now owns vast tracts of farming lands in Oregon and California and IS interested in railroads besides Six years ago the last of the 5000 creditors of Jay Cooke x Go. was paid and all the obligations growing out of that great panic of '73 were discharged in full. To-day he is probably nearly as wealthy as at any time of his life.
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LEMUEL'S RIDE.

Old man Simmerlow owns the model farm of the Turkey Track" district, in the State of Alabama. It has become a sort of show place, and planters come from as far away as Montgomery and Mobile to get pointers for the better management of their own plantations.
 All this is directly the result of the good management and the eXtraor- dinary industry of the old mans grown up son, Lemuel. AS the farm is model farm, so is Lemuel a model farmer. He is the first man at work in the morning and the last to leave in the evening. The attractions of the nearby town are nothing to him. He never rides in with his neighborS on Saturdays or horse trading days. The circus may come and go, but it makes no difference to him.
 But there was a time when the Sim merlow farm was anything but mod el; when it's aIl-around poor condition and general dilapidatiOn were as mark cd as now are its many perfectOns. And at this time Lemuel was known as the most no-accOunt boy in all that region. He hated the farm, hated work, and as a dOdger and Shirker of his tasks had no equal In those days he couldn't keep away from the town. He loved to loaf about the streets, to hang around the saloons and to pitch horse shoes in the back alleys. Lemuel chang ed all at once This change was not gradual; Tot the slow awakening of conscience to the mistake of evil ways, but was sudden and violent. One sum- mer afternoon a circus was in town. A grand free balloon ascension was ad- vertised prior to the performance; a daring aeronaut was to perform on trapeze way up in the air, and then to fall several thousand feet, hanging from parachute. Lemuel was on hand. Out at home the young cotton was choked with weeds and needed thin ming out with a hoe badly. Down in the crooked, weedy furrOws lay Lem uerS hoe, where he had left it the day before, and where there was every pros pect of its remaining for several days to come. Circus days always caused mental and physical breakup in Lem uel that lasted quite while.
 He stood in the inner circle of the crowd watching the preparations for the ascension. It was a hot-air balloon and was charged from an oven.l like fur mace. AS it became filled it expanded and rose as far as the restraining lines would allow. The aeronaut, a gorgeous being in pink tights, mounted the tra- peZe. The ropes were one by one loos- ened from the posts and lay trailing on the ground, like the tentacles of some tremendous monster. At last only one or two held the balloon, and they were ready to be looSened in an instant. Somebody said Ready" another "Let her go." Just here, in his eagerness and excitement, Lemuel stepped forward and put his foot into a slip-noose on one of the loose detaining ropes. In sec ond his feet were jerked violently from under him, the earth seemed to fall away and he was dangling head down ward, five hundred feet in the air, his long coat tails Tapping about his ears, and still going upward. A pint of pea nuts, a hat, a package of cheroots, 75 cents In silver and half-emptied whis- ky bottle came raining down. That indescribable, terrible roar arose that