The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-15
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GOSSIP or GOTHAM.


Now York. February IA poster thar
was suppressed Ia London has been staring
people iu the face here for some imc. M
,hony Comstocl, must Dee color blind, else
he would have been shocked long ago 10y
idis chronHtic image Uu prominent hiI
boards Bat then. one man can hardly p~
c1pec'c 90 TO see all the shifting sghts IN
this town.
Tho wheelmen and wheelwomen are
chipping In for the purpose OF raising funds
60 construct "A four-foot bicycle path from
th.s city to Albany. With smooth road
ways leading 60 hln and shore. ana pros
pective pathways designed To tap pleasant
places the metropolis IS destined TO be-
come the paradise of these Cyanks WHO
virtually live IN the saddle when tue
weather Is fiji and tho highways ua'Hahi 70
If you see man drop "a pocket book ON
the Bowery, or any other of hand color
street bore, don't offer 20 divide the con-
tents w.th the man who Will say that he
saw You pick il up but who viii not say a
word W you share with him TIE contents
To-Day sutialu.s S.EANc-r found Heath
er' ln the Howery Vt contained "a one
dollar note and % hundred dollar bil. The
man Who saW thc tourist hud Ute wallet
said 81 would he alb right tt he got utty
dollars ms his share. iir got ~ in Eo0l
money. Tho rube Cpt hundred dollar
counterfeit and Eood rtcepback. lic V;s
merely Il .icl.m OF the ''drop" gumc when
c.iN survives ga spite OF numerous and
cheap newspapers
Wall street today amused Itself with n
rumor TO the effect tha. the Metropolitan
traction syndicate was reaching out for
control OF the elevated Eystem. either hy
lca1e or purchase. Tonight an official of
rhe latter company empilatlcully drn.' J
tho rtlnOr which, he said wa circulated
solely FOR the purpose Of booming OF de
pressing the stock of these city carriers.
No NEGOTIATIONS Of any KIND have been
suggested, according 10 the surface ltur
masuato. who should know what he rs
talking about.
There IS brand new colony IN town
that Of the Swedish population For more
than a year the Swedeg hayr been shifting
from all PARTS OF The cite. aud settling IN
the atrects running Oft THIRD avenue from
Twenty -fourtA to Twenty eighth strceie
| The presence In thal res On ~ 80 many
people from the Lead ~ the Midnight son
hes already been ielt iu q commercial way
! There are saloons that cater 10 tho Swod-
! ish trade, butcher shops. grocery stores
! aud drug stores .hat especially provide ioi
( Those people. ON YWenty-noN street
/ near Lexington avenue. thorc SIS a Swedish
! church. Not far away Us a SN ciish SalVn'
| ilon Army hnll swedish social clubs, IN
| triiiErucc offices and $50 forth are spring
| ing up MI over the district
An oagio-cyed sleu,h yesterday SAW q
| young woman give a drug clerk a C,ess
| Fitzgerald wink. The soda water seyvoi
drew u suspicious looking bottle from hc.
Meath tho marble counter, poured some OF
It's contents mo glass and then filled d
with nzgy stuff. Tho woman was about t,
raise the glass 20 her lips when the de
tectlYe rushed IN and grabbed the glaze
from her hand. " aiic the slsUh Ha.
| HampliuE " the woman ran AWAY. III,
druggist was baggcd, however and mus
stand trial. II Mr.. Roosevelt is after tn,
drug stores there's more sorrow lu Htur
| for the thirsty. for they are now the Ch g
source OF Sunday supply In certain dis
| tricts. good many metropolitan drug
gisis mix more drinks Than prescription
every day in the week,
Tho 81" car was crowded when On
vision IN fur and rpcry entered Sh
glanced No and down the filed coach wit
n sor. of some one-should -give-mo-a-seat'
expression on her madeup. but, for al
that, handsome face, The young man wh
| caught har eye trSt arose. lOned hia hast
and she ilounced down on the cane cushlo
without go much as 2 "thank YOU OF
grateful nod. The gallant youth reddenec
bit his lips and tried to catch the thank
, less creatures eyes, But she assumed
baby stare and he gave II mp In Il minut
or two he touched her gently on the shou
Ger. EXCUSE me, mss, but LETT IN
| gloves on the scat" he remarked IN tono
? loud enough TO be heard almost the iengt
of the car. The girl OF the period arost
and the snuhbed youth simply stepped b,
hind her and sat down in The seat neve
uttering u word, or course her face wa
a study. But she held her temper nm
) when The next station was reached ah
, | left the ear amid the filters OF the passet
gers, who had yttnessed the clever lesso
| man Will probably smile sweety upon N
youth or man who stands up for her sab
In a crowded car.