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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-17

The regular moe'hs Oh fhe leNas 'af
Service association for the second quarter
was held at the association rooms in lious.
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w" 'Ns'N'''' ..'.-.'..4'.
lines OF the organization were represented
The manager submitted report OF the
workings OF the association for the six
months ending December /, which showed
an increase of 90 49, cars handled over the
same period iRst year hiso Il Satisfactory
increase VI e"'u'i'ss M" "oS''"S' !" W.
p'mses ,, -, ,. .,,o. ma r,,.
shnwcd loss OF 90 OF a day against thn
preceding year which was due to the IN
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,,slus .,.,.. I.8O p. N. . ~ P0HI.
p' ,hs International and 6reat
,be galveston. Houston ana
,,,,ve al and depart from mo
n senoi. foot OF Congress ave
y, Kansas aud Tcxna trains
IN depot. at the foot OF NNi-
,ss5p north side Of the bayou;
~ Porte and Houston ana all
], eIeept those mentioned use
f,n,ral depot.
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TO CURE \ COLD IN ONE DAY.
take Laxative Bromo Canine Tablets.
An druggists refund the money 4 /, fails
to cure. ?hc
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~ ,oalyeston. j r. Woo1sev n
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III !, 7, McWiniams Van AI,
ussley, Cannon, n n trl,,v
Ss,one' Sherman a. H. pargi
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The mckinney unr,ists.

Mckinney Texas, December ii~Dr n.
IL, King has accepted The call to the pas
,oratc OF the First baptist church In this
city. pr King has been pastor In San
Antonio for the past seven years aud ranks
among the furemost divincs In the South.
The congregation to whose call he responds
In Mckinney IL probably the wealthiest
here and worships in the most magnificent
church cdincc In North Texas outside OF
Dallas
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HUTCHINS nn1rsr

hiNbl 90,
Propr ctor.
Remodeled and
neWiy furnished.
Rates. $3.50 10
81 % per day.
Unequaled IN all
its appoint Inents IN
IN state OF Texas.
I ne leading hOtel.
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SYRACUSE. n. Y.-!The Cubsn-Amcri-
can league OF tn = city Is raising sub
ncrlptiun OF money and supplies for tho
rick ana wounded cub1ns.
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supcrintrndrnt >, W. MnNwcN.

The Railway News and illustrator. pub
,,shed at Fort Worth, this month contains
the portrait and biography Of superintend.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-12-25

All the scenes and atmosphere Of
ones native village-if enc is fortunate
enough to have been born in such To-
cality-lie around the memory like the
horizon line. unreaehsbls, impassabls.
Even a so-called cosmopolitan man has
never seemed TO me 5 very hsppy be-
ing, and a cosmopolitan child is, above
all things, to be pitied. TO be idsnti-
fed in early memories with some
limited and, therefore, characteristic
region-that is happiness No child Is
old enough to be q citizen Of this
world. What denatio3alized Ameri-
cans hasten to stamp as provincial is,
for children, at least. a saving grace.
You DO not call a nest provincial All
this is partieularlYmb5 qua chose
marked out by tempo -. sans, liter
airy career. Litersassl iPs,,i' and FOE ca, its
material only men, nature and books;
and of these the first two are every
where and the last two are reasonably
trauspovtable, since you can pile the
supreme authors of the world ia q lit,
tie corner Of the smallest log cabin.
The Cambridge of my boyhood afforded
me al that human heart could ask for
its elementary training, Those who
doubt it might, perchanee, have been
the gamers if they had shared it, "He
despises me" said Ben Johnson, "be-
cause live in an alley, Tell him his
soul lives in an alley. Col Higgin-
son, in Atlantic.
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eIFTs EoR Lee cHILpREN.

Very Strong o. Very Inexpensive Toys
the Most Suitable ChiIdrsu Should Be
Eanght Practically the Joy ea6 Blessed
nsss Of Giving.
In the thoughts Of every mother gifts
Tor the children are npPermost at this
time Of giving, which is especially the
children's own. As soon as they are old
enough to understand the difference
between mine and thine they should be
taught practically the Joy and blessed.
ness Of giving. When the tiny fingers
begin to fashion little articles Of oFna-
ment or use, as they do so early in
the kindergarten, or under careful
home training, they have the material
for gifts Of their own making. The
pride and delight which a child takes
in being able TO say: Il made this
myself" makes one feel that they are
deprived Of a Legitimate source of pleas
ure, a part of their birthTight, if they
are denied the opportunity. All chill
dren have generous impulses, some, Of
course. in a far larger measure than
others. but in all they should be eulti-
waited and stimulated, never repressed.
The mother has room for the exercise
of much wisdom in choosing the pres
ents to be made to them. Far toe much
money is wasted every Christmas in
purchasing toys which are played with
but for a few hours or days, then
broken and cast aside. If this expendi-
ture were INDUCED in solely by per-
SONS who could well afford to be ex-
travagant it would be bad enough, but
they are not the only thougbtless ones.
Those with small means, who have to
refrain from buying many things they
would like to possess, will throw money
away on some fragile plaything that
they know will not long endure the
rough treatment it is sure to receive.
We must remember that children do
not see things from our standpoint.
A beautifully-inished toy appeals to
US by its ingenious construction or its
excellent workmanship. These fine
points are lost on the child of three or
four to whom it is given. His unframed
eye does not perceive nor comprehend
the details which have charmed US.
To him it is only something to be played
with after his own fashion, and when
careless usage speedily reduces it TO
wreck he contemptuousiy losses it
away or grieYes over its altered condi-
ton, according to his disposition.
Either very strong OF very Inexpensive
toys are the most suitable for little
children. AS they grow older and can
be taught to care for them they may
be intrusted with more delicate and
costly ones.
We all know playthings that have
been handed down from one generation
to another and still delight the grand
children of their original pOssessors.
I have in mind white china lamb that
belonged to one who was a little child
nearly 100 years ago. She did not stay
in this world long enough to outgrow
the childish treasure. 1t was given to
another sister Of the same name who
succeeded her, and when she, too, passed
away, to a third, whose daughter still
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-12-25
BELL.RlNoINo eEaMANs.
why They Got into the Bea- Ringing Habit
and How Thsy Fean IL No.

why They Got into the Bell Ringing Habit
and How Thsy Keep 1t Up.
Since the changes Of population iHef-
Dent 10 the great growth Of New York
city there has not been what might be
called a German colony or German
quarter, for the 100000 or more Ger
mans and German-Americans in town
are scattered throughout the city, and
even the Avenue a region is now more
largely populated by HuBgarians and
Poles than by the old-lashioned Ger
man-Amerieans who once made it a
distinctive and picturesque section.
But, outlasting German quarters, there
is one distinctive feature Of cosmOpoli-
tan life in New York, where German
American residents are still nuns -ous,
ana that is the bell ringing propensity
Of some Germans in churches, schools
and meeting places. Any person who
has lived in a thickly populated part
of New York city knows that bell in
the belfry OF a German church or
schoolhOuse was never put there for
purposes Of ornamentatiOn merely, but
for practical, frequent, uHmelodiOus
and inopportune use. That is TO say,
the schoolhouse or church bell is not
rung at the ordinary hours on Sunday
or week days, but sometimes at dawn,
late at night, and always at the most
unexpected hours
It is a peculiarly of South Germans,
or of the German portion of Austria,
that they are fond of frequent and dis
cordant bell ringing, whereas North
Germans seem Indifferent to the music
of the bells All travellers IN Bavaria
and many in the German portion of
Austria have grown to regard the
huge, sonOrous bells as enemies and
disturbers of the peace, so often are
they heard for the many services in
the daytime, for the prospect of a
thunderstorm, to warn the townspeo.
pie against the danger of the light
ming, for a wedding, or for a funeral
Among South Germans in New York
SlAC ouu4C NuatDA4 HtSfUtAoY AllutNCu W
the city ordinances and the com plants
of neighbors, for it is difficult to make
some persons clearly understand that
there is any sound reason for the con-
slant ringing of bells at times when no
service is in progress,
This bell-ringing custom among the
South Germans who occupy a noun
famous region in their own country
can be traced back to the old village
custom of calling people together by
the ringing of bell in the most con .
spicuous edifee in town, that is, the
village church. In the mountainous
parts of Germany the first building
erected in the oldeu times was a
church, and that was tue beginning of
every settlement But the survival of
the church bell-ringing custom cen
turtles later in the city of New York
seems almost incomprehensible to
many who do not know It's historical
origin. N. Y. Sun.
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Tho Author,s InsnlratIon.

Much has been written of the de.
pendence of the authors inspiration
upon bis environment, born to the
minutiB of dress and attitude while at
work. Another instance of his sensi.
tiveness is afforded by Miss Knapp, in
her book on the "Thlinkets of South.
east Alaska" Miss Knapp had asked
an old woman to relate the legends Of
her tribe. The first day OF her sage.
telling, she was established, out Of
respect for her great age, in the soft
est upholstered rocking chair in the
house; she did her best to appear COM
Portable, but it was evident that some.
thing was wrong. what does she
want-snother cushionP" was asked of
the interpreter "She wants to lie on
the hoor," was the answer; and
sprawled at full length, with her chin
resting on her withered hands, she
told her tale.-Youth's Companion.
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has it as one of her most valued pos
sessions. Time has incrusted it with as
sociations and made what was an insig-
nifcant trife a relic of inestira2ble
worth to those who understand them.
A substantial dolls house will give uR-
told pleasure to a family of girls, who
will extract from it some OF the bliss
of real housekeeping, and learn mrJ&
that is useful in managing 1t. Some
children are naturally careful and it
requires little effort to make them take
care Of their belongings. Others seem
incorrigibly careless and wasteful; they
show the spendthrift disposition even
in early childhood. These need ju-
dicious training and it will in time bear
fruit, although TO the discouraged
mother the task often seems hopeless.
Ladies Home Journal.
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We slipped out Of bed and drew on
our trousers and socks, and descended
the stairs. which led up from the family
sitting-room. Only Two rustics. ignor-
ant Of the peril Of such an undertaking.
would have done as we did. When we
got downstairs we found the parlor
door wide open, the room lighted, and
the stranger stood at the table with the
watch in his hand. We had cFept down
so softly that he heard nothing. He
was fully dressed, even to his overcoat
and arctics, and as We watched him he
Focketed the timepiece and removed
the wrapper from the shawl. Sans
idea had been to raise en- alarm, or per
haps rush in on him, but as we cow
cred there and watched, a sense Of help
iessness came over him, and his teeth
began to chatter before mine did. We
were about to creep back to the stairs,
when the man turned the lamplight al
most out, and came into the sitting.
room, and made for the outside door.
He passed within a foot of US, and why
the humping Of my heart did not catch
his ear has always been a wonder To
me. He unlocked the door, passed
out and softly closed It behind him, and
we heard him going down the frozen
path to the barn. I was for going up
stairs FOR father, but Sam drew me
across to the side window, and pulled
aside the curtain and said;
Hes got the watch and shawl and is
now after that span of horses"
Let me explain that about the first
of the month the sheriff of our county
had taken possession of a span of fine
horses, supposed to have been stolen.
and they were being cared for in our
stables until the owner should turn up.
The stables were in the basement of the
barn and half underground. The win
dows were very small and the door a
stout one. This door had no lock, but
fastened with hasp and pin. We
watched the man until he opened the
door and entered the stables, and then
Sam said:
"Yes, he's after the horses and I'm
going to do something"
eve must call father"
eff we do, the man will kill him,
for ne hasn't got nothing to fight with!
You stand right here and hold the door
little open for me-"
''What are you going to do?"
'I'm going to shut him in the stable
Don't boiler nor run away, for I'll be
back in minute"
Out into the snow and cold dashed
Sam. 1t was about 800 feet to the barn,
and being in his stocking feet he ran
like a deer and as noiseless as a cat.
He found the door shut, and it did not
take him ten seconds to lift up the hasp
and slip the pin through the staple.
When he came back we ran upstairs and
aroused father and mother, and Just as
we all got down, we heard the man
kicking on the stable door. He had
both horses ready to bring out before
he discovered that he was locked in.
From the rumpus he made you would
have thought that he was tearing the
whole barn down, but it was useless to
kick against that door. In daylight he
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could have made his way up through
one of the feed-racks, but he had used
his last match and had to go slow IN
the darkness. We routed out the neigh
bors, sent for the sheriff, and in about
an hour the door was unfastened and
the fellow invited to come out. He had
strapped mothers new shawl on one OF
the horses for & saddle, and fathers
Santa Claus watch was ticking away
in his vest pocket. Why he had no
weapons I never could understand,
for he turned out to be a professional
horse thief and a desperate man, but he
had neither knife nor pistol. He was
marched of to jail while the ROSTERS
were Growing for Christmas, and Sam
and I were in court later on when he
was sent to prison for five years.
Boys" said my father, after the man
had been taken away from the stables
and we had returned to the house,
'boys, thank We a thousand times over
for this watch, which is something I've
sorter wanted for years, but let me
Jest tell ye that We both orteF be taken
out and licked fer not tellin' me about
that robber till ye had him safely locked
mp. Don't We never do sich thing as
that ag'in as long as ye live on the face
Of this airth."
"And, boys, added mother,with tears
in her eyes, as she Rugged the shawl
and US. too, Il not only thank ye as
much as father does, bat I say ye did
Jest right ia moi Wa4in US up: I'd have
had 3 III aud father might have tS;n5bisd
downstairs. and there's no te!iin who'd
adjusted up or who'd a tumblsd into
the eistern!"
SANS BROTHER
Detroit Free Press.
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a1nn Reuard sim.

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No Christmas joyanee In her SOUL
Upon her lip no pTayer7
Good viii to men! Good will to men!"
In the rich place the tones made way.
The pictured saints leaned down TO hear,
GTeen-WTeathed for Christmas day.
Good will to menP o, lady fair!
In splendor weeping thus apart.
How strange 1t seems a ragged boy
Should have so glad heart.
For hungry are the helpless ones
Who look and long for his return;
And bare the chamber where they sit,
And low the hearthfres burn.
Good VIII to menu The meaning pierced,
Though selfish impulse barred the way,
Deep to the ladys inmost heart,
That shining Christmas day.
And dimpled children, cherub-fair,
Who into Heaven had slipped away,
Seemed whispering 10 the mother there
Thoughts meet for Christmas day,
Of little ones who moan for bread
While Christmas bells ring merrily.
20, give to them" one seemed to say,
AS once you gave 10 ne"
Then TO herself that lady said;
For my lost babes I've soTrowed long,
There comes a cure for aching hearts
In that sweet Christmas song"
She called the singer from the street,
He sang it Ger and Ger again
Peace on earth to all who mourn;
Good Will, good will to menu
Through lane ana alley, side by side
The singer and the lady went;
And, strange to tell, ne was her guide
To measuTeles5 content.
Within her stately rooms no more
She sits and signs the hours away.
The pictured saints look down and see
Sweet children at their play.
Mary F. Butts, in Youths Companion.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-12-25

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Eya-Is yonng De Fortune brightly
Ethsi-Rright2 Way, he actually
ssked zoe what the custasi Of hanging
mp The mistlStos msantis
Evs-Bld you explain to
Ethsl-Xea. and BE never soe< ths
hlAt-DstFait Free PEesa
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One or the Other.

Wiekwire-HaVs you noticed that
Nudge has quit cigars and taken up a
pipe?"
Yabsley-Yes; wonder what is the
cause? Has he been playing the races
or getting engaged?-Indianapolis
Journal.
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No Balm.

''It will kill me-" The funeral serv-
ices had been interrupted by a violent
thunderstorm, and sympathetic rela-
tives were assisting the weeping widow
back to the carriage. AFTER spend
ing Els on a Grape dress for jim, to have
it ruined like this! I almost wish he
hadn't died. London Figaro.
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10 ~ a PenaltE tor DLnInE

Is rather hard, isn't itl Yet how many are
compelled to do this after every meal. Dys-
pepsla, that memorable prosecutor, never
ceases to torment of its own vOlition, and
rarely yields to ordinary medication. But
tranquility of the stomach is in store for
those who pursue course Of HOstetteT' S
Stomach Bitters. This fine corrective also
remedies malarial and kidney complaints,
nervousness.
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mo, MY dear, it's no use talking. I shan't
give up smoking until I'm dead" His
Wife bitterly leads you to be-
Heye that you will giveitup thenn-B Brook
IyrD 7 Sic
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TaERE sTe people who would do great
sets; but because they wait for gTsat eppor-
tunitieS, life passes, snd TIE acts Of love 1rR
not done at aiL-Chicage Standard.
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Rnnd.fold.

Beware Of the sin whose only defense IS
that it is highly respeotable.-Ram's Horn.
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Frs stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days uss Of Dr.. Kiine's
Grsat Nerve Restorer. Free s. trial bottle q
treatise. DIR. KLIEE, 9SS Arch St, Phila-, Pa.
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THE man who always does his best viii
find q steady demand for the things that he
can do.-Ram's Horn.
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He climbs highest who helps another up.
Chicago Standard.
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''WALKING has been a pleasure TO ne ever
since / can remember eyes; the painful
part OF IL was before you could remember.n
Chicago Record.
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The morning Of opportunity passes, tbs
dsY Of accountability never Chicago
Standard.
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Don't Tobacco spit sna Smoke EcuE Izse
Away.
il you want tc quIt tebaccs using sasil5
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BACKACHE, to0thachs, fr0st-bites, too, sc.
Jacobs Oil viii cure-thst's true.
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BIS sure; neuralgia viii cease. St Jacobs
VI Girs SVre, Get ease.
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TEE same-old or newrheumatic pains St.
Jacobs Oil will cure.