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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-14

The ladies OF the Shcrerlug Arms asso
c'hRoh gave very pleasant tea on III,
lawn of Chtfst ohMrch ThursdAy evening
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The tea given Tuesday evening ot tn.
residence of Mrs. Wigrin. on Texas ave
nue. by tho ladies OF the rirst lontis
Church Improvement society WAS ser,
much enjoyed by all present;
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-14

Rnnsford Chapter. Order OF the Easter,
star. VIII meet THURSDAY evening In th-
chapter room Of Masonic Temple. whci
degrees VIII be conferred
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-14

The members of the Presbyterian chau-
,auQua circle Will close their s'noy for
the season by an open meeting in the
Chanel az the First Presbyterian church,
e.th7r Thursday or Friday evening. Dne
rotier viii he given of the evening chosen,
Members Of tie Ladies' Reading club, the
sbalSrspearr club and the Wonan's Read
in. club arc cordially invited 10 attend
and may find their complimentary tickets
hv calling at neMeritt A. Matthews. shoe
rtorr ON and after Wednesday, Mi Il.
IT Moves. who has made quite reputa-
lion in that line. has consenteh 70 e.Ve
an American tour illustrated bN sferacn-
ficen views. which will appropriately close
The study OF America, when mas ocoup'eo
Inc circle during the year
Mex, Thurs1ay an excursion 70 "A iorls
,lom. ar,esian well fiinn VIII pe s,', r,
,,,,,,., 10 ei,nervisaa of MIS- Fisdon -.
cc'.nst,,e ord Mrs. Samuel McNcli Evory
~, /. being nnfe % giVe, every
,,aa.. .. d-liehtful day, Wairh my COZ
mans n 'l-hn Post for roilreS ~ 'hp h""'
OF going and returning
AMONG THE CLUBS AND soN'hlihH
,.,o r,i,h Home association WI meet
1nape,.y morning in shearn chaps' AZ
1899
rhs Ladies Heading club nsin ,ion IN
far tho season III" ua ~ 49,, -
~ ,,nti, the first TUESDAY III '''''
rho closing meeting Cor th ,ss su' Wednes-
the Womar's Reading oiuo 'aS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-14

Tho last meeting for the season ot san
locin'p chapter DAUGHTERS of the Rcpuh-
lie OF Texas. WAS held Thursday "A, the
residence Of Major and Mrs. NJ. l.ooscAu.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-14
=, ,>tNoRTTLIE.

-. AZ a tender thought
~ XII never O word
G .ou from my soul tonight'
q W,: blo.somings heard?
N.Y. the white day stirred
~ " ~ a rose or the death OF a
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-14
]. -. speech of the soul tina

st-tAe speech OF tHe eo"' tHa'
a. sneech Of the lips that die;
Nv 5ssn soul calleth soul.
Nv ~ voiceless lang uogc OF wave
g. rosr breath speak as II pass
~ tho flower loves thoughts
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-07-25
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cured the plate and bullets at the
same time, and conceallng the bull
lets in the palm OF his band he held
Tie plate betWe him and nodded to
the sergeant to give the command
to fire, which was done and the per.
former tlMn turned the plate oven
with the bullets on it amid great
applause.
The greatest care is taken TO sec
that the soldiers have no amMunl.
ton Of any kind, and as there are
but SIX loaded cartridges III use,
aud az the magician does not give
the signal to tile sergeant to fire
until he had received the six bullets
it is easy to be seen that there can
brE no danger connected with the
feat, as he has the bullets in his
hand before The soldiers fire.
"1Nhen I saw the amount OF
space devoted by the papers to this
leat and noted with what excite,
ment the audience witnessed the
act, I could not help thinking with
Puck: 'Wl,at fools these m0rtals
he.'O
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-07-25

Is the millennium ut hand? The
Monroe Bulletin actually admits
that tho new election law is a
better law than it ever expected
to get.
We are strongly of the opinion
that the editor OF the Bulletin is
one Of those reformcrs who neither
expect nor wisi, to- get half III
the way of reform they clamor
for.
Without a grievance and with
no cause for 'skicking' such a
reformer as the Bulletins editor
would die ofennui.-CliNton Watch
men,
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Last summer one onf our grand children

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'SsgEESEEEEE
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11

In order to arm and equip the mea
raised by CONSUMPTION, Napoleon had
recourse to his private treasure, draw
ing b5. 200, 900 francs from the vaults
of the Tuilerles for that purpose. The
remaining ten we're transferred at in.
teryals to Blois. But all his treasure
could not buy what did not exist. The
best military stores were in the heart
of Europe; the French arsenals could
afford only Anticipated and almost use
less supplies. The recruits were arm.
ed sometimes with old muskets, the
use of which they did not know; they
wore for the most part bonnets, blous
es, and sabots. There were not half
enough horses for the scanty artillery
and cavalry. Worse than all, there
was no tine for instruction In the
manual and tactics. On one occasion
a boy conscript was found standing IN
active under a fierce musketry fire:
with nrtIess intrepldity he remarked
that he believed he could aim as well
las anybody If he only knew how to
load his gun.-Century.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11

he pine nSth was a most destructive
nd dreaded enemy of those valuable
]orests, but now 1t is 40 longer feared.
The caterpillars of the pine moth, being
Iorn at the end OF August, do very lit
lie damage before the autumn frosts sci
n and compel them to 60 into winter
quarters in the m~oss-carpeted ground
1t the foot of the trees. But in the
prlns, unless interfered with, they as
end the trunks and fall upon the green
leedles with appetite. 1t IA
stimated that a single caterpillas cen.
umes, on the average, a thousand pine
leedles. By scraping a smooth band
n the rough bark around each tres
runk, and then smearlng the band with
mixture of tar, grease and glue, an
nsurmountable obstacle is presented
0 the caterpillars, and In this simple
manner the great pine forests of mid
lie and northern Germany have been
ecurely fortified against their insect
hemies.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11
cultixatinr nntt.rnis..


Recent experiments in the applicai
ton Of both heat and cold to the egga
arvae and pupae Of butterflies have
produced very interesting results. II
his manner specimens of some varie
Hes Of butterflies have been made +,
initiate, In color and form, other varie
aes found In nature. The application
" heat causes a Fastening Of growth
and development. Variations of mois
nre and dryness also produce percep
dble effects on the growth and mark
hgs of the insects. The general result
II tho experiments goes to show that
by the application Of artificial condt
lions Of temperature, some of the nat
lral forms peculiar to certain season.
" to certain localities may be imitas
I'd, and forms may also be produced
which occur only In exceptional casei
and from time to time In nature. More
over, through this method OF culttva
hon, forms Of BUTTERFLIES can be pro
aaced which 90 not at present occur II
Aature but which, It IL thought, MAJ
have existed upon the earth at SOM
past epoch In Its history, or may be des
lned to appear through the gradual
Unfolding Of natural processes In the
htur@
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11
HuNIcy's Explanation.

"Can you tell NE the reason for the
fresh, healthy appearance Of the En-
gIish peopleY" inquired an American
tourist Of an English friend, according
to Larks. "Your complexion Is far
superior to ours or our countrymep
over the herring pond"
"Well, l know what Prof. Huxley
says"
"And what reason does he adyanceT"
"Well, Huxley says 1t is all owing to
the old maids
lowing to the old maids! You u
prise me"
Fact. Huxley figures 1t out this
way: Now, you know we English are
Tery fond of roast beef"
But what has that to do with old
naids?'
"Walt a bit. This genuine English
beef is the best and more nutritious
beef in the world and 1t imparts u
beautiful complexion"
"Well-about the old maidsT"
Hold on. You see, the excellence of
this English beef is, due exclusively to
red clover. You mark that?"
IAN but the old maids. They are
still lowering In the shadows" 0
"Well, this red clover is enriched
sweetened and fructifed by humble
bees"
But where do the old maids con
in?" said the inquisitive Yankee, wip
ing his brow YEARLY.
why. 1t is as plain as the nose OF
your face. The only enemy Of thu
humble bee is the field mouse"
But what have roast beef, red clio.
yer, humble bees and field mice got to
do with old maids?"
"Why, you must be very obtuse
Don't you perceive that the humble
bees would soon be eXtermlnated by
the field mice if 1t We're not for"
"Old maids?~
"No; If it were not for cats, and the
old maids of England keep the coun-
try thoroughly stocked up with catl
and so we can directly trace the effect
of the rosy English complexion to the
benign cause of English old maids
at least, that's what Huxley says about
1t. Science makes clear many mys
terious things"
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11
A Meteor's Adventure.

When q meteor falls upon the sur
face of the earth its career Is ended
but occasionally meteOrs appear to en-
ter and leave the atmosphere without
touching the solid globe. A meteor soeI
passing ove England and the Nortl
Sea last spring may have been enc o
these. When yer the city Of York ID
height was fifty-hve miles, but at Sun
derland 1t was but ifty-three milei
above the surface. Then the meteol
seems to have assembled once more will
reference to the esrths surface, FOL
over Heligoland Its height was calcu
lated TO be again ffty-nve miles. 10
velocity was about twenty miles a seq
Dnd. The utmost velocity that the al
traction Of the earth alone could pro
duce would be less than seven miles {
second. If this fast-flying little stran
ger really did escape again into oute
space 1t had a most interesting adven
ture, and must have carried with n
marks Of the fiery heat produced dur
ing its brief rush through the upper
air
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11

Joseph Ofo,Z, convicted of the muir
der of Theresa Boback, was hanged in
P%ittsburg.
II. II. Uemler was appointed post
master at McSherrytown.
jumping from a trolley car Mt Pitts
burg, Miss Bertha Kapel was killed.
Beaver Falls Federal building will
cost $50, 745, the contract being given.
In jumping from a freight train at
Hamburg young Scion DIETRICH fell
and was Killed.
A new mine at Shamokin, 10 cost
500, geo will lie opened by Bremen,
Boyle Il Foy, If Pittston. 4
~SchuylkiII county negotiated II loan
of $1,000.
Mrs. Anthony Heater, of Pocono
Summit. vas killed bv II tram.
Shenandoah will establish ten mig.
schools for a five months term.
As the result of a kick by a horse,
Thomas Pencil, of Palmer's Swamp,
Monroe county, has died.
While hunting near Williamsport,
Freeman Messimer accidentally shot
himself, inilicting a perhaps mortal
injury. 5
a Lancaster man paid 500 to the
conscience fund of the State.
Compulsory vaccination IF school
children will prevail at Dubois.
There are in Lehigh County %, 3Ol
voters, of whom S276 live in Allen
town.
A letter written three years ago in
Chicago has just reached its owner at
Reading.
A tram at Derry struck and killed
Daniel Wilhelm, a Pennsylvania Rail
road brakeman.
A Pennsylvania Railroad freight To-
conceive iuml,ed the track at OILERS
vile, wrecking eight cars.
The Cambria Iron Works, at Johns.
town, have closed in some departments,
trrowi G out of work 20G0 employees.
Simon Nauele died in church at
LoughIingstown near Ligonier.
In a fight at Reading Mr.. ~lIassler
was 50 badly bitten he will be dis
figured for life.
1t is predicted at Pittsburg that soft
coal will he cheaper next winter than
ever before.
"a P%ittsburg man makes a business
of shipping human bodies TO PhiIadel-
phla medical colleges.
Safe crackers blew open the safe in
the Pennsylvania Railroad station at
st. Clair, but got very little booty.
Brewers and hottlers who send their
wagons into Berks County are fined for
violation Of the state Liquor law.
Disappointment in love induced
young Maberry Reinhart TO hang him
sef at Lenhartsville, Perks County,
Suspected as the man who tried to
murder Policeman Houch at Altoona,
John Horner was jailed there.
Judge Cyrus l.. Pershing, who was
Ill for several years, now attends regu-
larly to the duties of the bench at
Pottsyiile.
franklin County Commissioners as
those elsewhere have done, refused to
pay Constables their usual mileage
fees, .
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11

Prof. w. j. McGee, Of Washington,
nggests. the new name Of Tennessee
pooh" to designate the period in the
Geological history of the United States
when the broad plateaus and great
ilains intersected by rivers, which are
Characteristic Of the southeastern por-
tion Of the country, were developed.
This he describes as a period of great
chemical activity. of decomposition Of
the rocks and of general dwelling Of
the face Of the land. During this time
the Tennessee river, which has since
sunk into comparative i~nsigniHcance,
was a great waterway. leading directly
into the Mississippi, draining the Cum.
berland. Appalachian and neighborina
regions, and acting as a chief part ID
the shaping of the country into the form
which 1t has largely retained to thu
present day.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11
Live. of Evon I.e.1th

The French Journal d'Hygiene calls
attention to the alleged fact that tho
duration of the lives of the lower ami
pals differs from that of mems lives
n being far more uniform. While hu.
nan beings die at all ages between in
ancy and senility, among the lower an.
mails, on the contrary, all individuals
" the same species live to very nearly
The same age, unless killed by violence,
Some examples of remarkable longev'
ty among animals are mentioned. Fol
Instance, there is the story Of the ele
plant named Ajax, which Alexande.
.aptured at his victory owe Porus. The
sOnquerer affixed an inscription to the
tnimal and set 1t at liberty. Three
hundred and fifty years later Ajax Is
aid to have been found still living
But little dependence can be placed or
post stories Of long life among ami
halls,
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11

DR.. Taylor, an English ethnologlst,
has discovered that deaf mutes are frs-
auently able to understand the signs
used instead of words by many savage
tribes. Thus in Berlin he found that
deaf mute children understood, with.
put previous instruction, the signs EN-
ployed, according to Sir Richard Bur-
ION, by the Arapshoe Indians for such
words as mother, sister, yes, no, truth,
lie, food, thinking, seeing, trade. day.
This fact, and others of a similar ma
sure, indicating a striking identity In
the sign language used in widely sep
lrated parts of the earth, have led to
the suggestion that mankind may orig
hally have had a natural language"
Of signs, common to all races.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11
New Jersey Items

David Morgan, aged 10 years, who
resided near Collingswood, was fatally
shot by Aaron W. Anderson, aged 10
years, a companion while cunning.
Anderson was committed to the county
Jail to await the action of the Coroner's
jury.
The St. Rosalie Hotel, at Long
Branch, was burned. Many guests
escaped in their night clothes, and one
woman had her leg broken.
Three members of the Coroper's
jury in the case of Miss Emma X.
He'll, of Pt iladelphia, who was
drowned while bathing at Ocean City,
signed a verdict censurng John II.
Fisher, of New York, with whom Miss
Hell was bathing, for careiessntss IS.
Ex-Mayor James W. Ayres, of Cam
den, died, aged "A years.
John S. Taylor and William Ryan,
Iaborers at Flhn's Point battery, were
killed by runaway car on a cable
railway. 8
Saginaw Inn at Atlantic City was
damaged by fire to the extent of
$500.
A fire at south Atlantic City de
stroyed six houses, causing a loss of
about S25 200. /
Joseph T. Ridgeway, ii prominen,
citizen Of Trenton and a civil engineer
of note, committed suicide by shoot
ing.
The steamship Allegheny has been
righted at q Cooper's Point shipyNrd,
and will be docked shortly for repa rs
Mrs. Martha Swift Morrison died at
Hightstown aged 81 years.
The tax rate in Burlington county
has been fixed at 70 cents.
In a fall from a wild cherry tree out
in the suburbs William Gordon, of No.
532 Liberty street, was badly injured.
He is being cared for in Cooper Hos
pital.
While scorching on Lands avenue,
Nineland, Harry smith, a young hi
cyclist, Collided with II wagon and was
Knocked unconscious and badly
bruised. /
The corner stone Of the new armory
in Camden, for the Sixth Regiment,
was lad by Governor Griggs. 2
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11
A subterranean Cttv.

The "City of the Salt Mines Is stu
Ited several hundred feet below the
surface at Wlelicska, Galicia. This
wonderful subterranean city has a pop
nlatlon Of e 1000 men, women and
children, scores of whom lnYe never
seen the light OF day or the earth's sur
face. This remarkable city has its
town hall. a theater and Its assembly
room, as we'll rs a beautiful church.
decorated with statutes, all being fash
loned from pure crystalized rock salt.
It has well graded streets and spacious
squares, all well lighted with electric
Ity, There are isolated cases in this
underground city, where not a single In
dividual In three or four successive
generations has ever seen the sun or
has any IDEA of how people live on the
outside Of the earth. Their rock salt
houses are said to be perfect sanitari-
ans, and the average longevity OF the
asnizens Of thu "City Of the Salt MlAss-
70 said 10 sxoesd that Of the sukfaes h.
aAhaaamtsS & 041laa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11
LII Hung Chang. liberal views

1t Is claimed that, Notwithstanding
Ii Hung Chang has shown some iiber
ality Of views toward modern improve
ments and education, he is at heart q
hater of Foreigners, and has an abid'
Ing faith in Chinese Institutions and
methods of government. He is. 1t Ia
true, a great admirer of the Confucian
philosophy, and remembering the en-
during history of his people we can
hardly wonder at his devotion to the In
situations which have made that his
tory possible. When we call to mind
the experience China has had with cor
tain Western nations, 1t might-ast-be
considered strange II mis- attachment
to foreigners was not very ardent; but
In all his public life his conduct shows
thai he feels the need of foreign aid,
and Is disposed to give it proper well
coms, and of all Chinese statesmen ne
Is the most liberal minded and fres
from prejudice. He Ia far from claim.
Ing that the present system of govern.
ment Is perfect. He has, in fact, urged
upon the authorities at Picking tive
important changes which look to a re
form of the most serious defects In the
system; to wit, the withdraw from
the viceroys of provinces of powers
which should be exercised only by tho
imperial government, and such q
change In the method of admission to
the public service as will liberalizs
the examinations, and make fitness
rather than scholarship the test. There
are other changes which he would glad
ly bring about If he had the power; but
as he confessed to Marquis Ito. 'Chins
is hampsred by antiquated CUSTOM
which prevent desirable reforms."-
Century.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-11
DIVING.
An Anchor Brought Up from Tes
Fathoms of Sea.

Fathoms of Sea.
Tind 1t not been for the skill and en-
~iurance OF q Kanaka shell-diver, the
chances are that the barkentine John
D. Sprcckles, which plies between this
port and the Hawaiian Islands, would
have had to sacrifice a costly anchor
Ind chain while at Mahukona recently.
The vessel made her usual visit to hat
little harbor, and having discharged her
lupplies and taken on considerable
sugar, tried TO take her departure. The
Ieamen found, however, that the an
shor had become fast TO the rocks at the
bottom, and they could not dlsiodge 1t.
They waited for the turn of several
tides, and stlll they could not free the
lncher. Captain Christensen did not
rvs Vt to lose the anchor, and yet that
Ieened TO be the only way out OF the
~,redicameBt. At last q happy thought
truck him. He sent ashore for q
Sanaka who was reputed to be a skill
ul diver, and when the dark-skinned
ellew arrived made a bargain with him
% release the anchor. which was lying
N ten fathoms Of water. This did not
TEEN to bother the Kanaka in the least,
however, and be plunged overheard for
/ re%connoitering tour. He was gone
about two minutes, and then returned
to the surface to report that the anchor
vas clinging to a conical-shaped boul-
Ter, asi would have to be dragged
tway from II. One of the sailors warm