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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-19
NOTIONS.

so dozen Gilt Belts value CSC Slaughterng Price. los
200 dozen spools Embroidery Silk value loc ball
Strengthening Price. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sc
Long Sdeconbs value csc pair Strengthening Price Oc
ladies' Cream Pure Silk Vests SOC and Use values
Strengthening Price. $50
Ladies' Linen Batste Shirt Waists Red Striped Col
lars and Cuifs-Lades' Fancy Persian Lawn Shirt
Waists very nobby, values Sl.50, Strengthening
Ladies' Fancy Calico Wrappers value Use, Slaughter,
ing 1rlce. OS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-19

The cantata of Esther" to be given
at the opera house on the evenings OF the
9Th and 2stn is well worth attic. ding
The caste arc thorough In their parts
and the chorus well drilled. Tickets ara
% cents and ~ cents. For sale by friends
all over this city.
Evening star., 1896-07-18
What the Guard May Do.

1t is unfortunate that unnecessary fric-
tion between the civil and military authori-
ties OF the District should have brought
about the postponement until next June of
the brigade encampment of the District
National Guard The camp has been an ex-
cellent school Of instruction and Ia of real
ton IL should be an annual event and so
temporary disagreements for which the
National Guard is not in any sense respon-
sible. 1t is understood that some of the
companies are seriously considering propo-
sitions TO go into camp on their own ac-
counts; not at Fort Washington but ut
summer resorts. That sort of proceeding
was once popular with the old-style military
companies in which the military feature
was not always more conspicuous than the
social: II Is out of date now. Volunteer
camps may be run with due regard for dis
Cipline but their locations and the fact that
the men pay their own expenses render
Any thing like business irksome and prac-
ttcaLy impossible In view of the post
pc nement of the brigade camp 1t is likely
that more than ordinary amount of inter
est Will be taken in rifie-prac tice, which is
an unqusstioned essential of soldierly abiIi-
~. 1t Is understood that especial effort is
being and will be made to exalt considera-
bly the average of excellence in this i'm
portsnt particular A hearty response by
the officers and enlisted men will give the
District National Guard a well-earned repu-
tation Tor rife-shooting ability like that
which Is the proud possession of the Dis
trtct's rife team.
Evening star., 1896-07-18

Proverbial meteorology has received
black eye in this vicinity, and 1t Is doubtful
whether the folklore method of prognosti-
cation will soon recover from the blow.
Wednesday was ST. Swithins day. and as
it raired hard twice between sunrise and
midnight there was every reason to believe,
according to the ancient Scotch adage, that
for forty days to come there would he
showers to call to mind the fame of the
bishop of Winchester. Thursday the adage
worked to perfection. But the spell was
broken yesterday, which was an ideal day
without even a threat of rain, and again
this morning the rose in a cloudless
sky and the indications are promising for
repetition of yesterday. The people of
Washington will hesitate to give credence
after this experience to the many verses
and sayings that come from the four quar-
ters of the globe. each with it's own partic u
lar foundation in mythology and supersti-
tion. st. Swithins day no longer has ter
rCrs for Fortunately the disproval of
the ada2e came 50 soon after the beginning
of the period of promised precipit ton that
there could he no mistake, for it Is noto-
rious that next to the weather Itself the
memory of man for weather conditions is
enc of the most tickle things known. Here
less be content to take their forecasting in
the regular homeopathic doses from the
official dispensary instead of swallowing
great boluses of prophecy from the pro-
verbal school.
Evening star., 1896-07-18
VIII There BE Another holt.

The logic of events calls for bolt from
the popuiist convention which is to be held
DIT 81 Louis next week Bolting is a prom
inent and recognized feature of politics
In 1884, 1t commenced at Pittsburg, when
the prohibitionists who believed also In
womans suffrage. free silver and several
other things. tore themselves away from
the straiShtout old-line prohibit ionists and
started a little party of their very OWL
Tnen the silver republicans seeded at St.
Louis and created much excitement Fol-
lowing tina. came the detection of gold
democrats at Chicago, which while devoid
of the theatrical effects seen at St. Louis
was not the less a bolt And now there Is
probability of complications in the popuIist
party that may rive that loose io,nted
body asunder. Scarcely day passes by
without adding some element of confusion
10 the already much-disturbed political con-
dtttons- What the situation will be election
day no one-not even the most reliable OF
soothsayers-cares to guess. The possibili-
ties of all sorts Of trouble may become
probabilities and may even materialize On
the other hand the political atmosphere
may be cleared without the assistance of
cyclones or tornadoes or thunderstorms
The situation is overloaded with problems
Evening star., 1896-07-18

A great many Washingtonians who have
all their lives been accustomed to spend the
summer at some northern resort are of the
opinion that Washington is an undesirably
hot place of habitation during the dog
days" AS soon as the temperature begins
to rise in June they move away rapidly to
the mountain and seashore and from those
sometimes supposititious points of vantage
pity the folks whom they imagine to be
suffering from midsummer warmth in the
District of Columbia. AS matter of fact
very much OF that pity is misplaced. for
of all the cities within a radius of two or
three hundred miles from the Washington
monument there is no other where exist
ence Is surrounded by conditions so delight
full are those prevailing at the national
capital Here are broad streets bordered
with trees of such profuse luxuriance that
there IS prodigality of shade. Nowhere else
is there 50 much of parking Immediately
adjacent to residences. while the city is
unique in its possession of more than three
hundred square, triangular and circular
reservations on most of which Is wealth of
verdure and very attractive floral decora-
ton Then there are the large parks. with
Rock Creek Park al the head-beautiful be-
yond description and yet capable of ma
terial Improvement. The Potomac too,
contributes to the amelioration of tempera-
ture and to the scenic pleasures.
Is IL any wonder then that a large propor-
ton of the city's population has come to
regard Washington as a more desirable
summer resort than many places that are
persistently advertised as such? Is it
strange that people who want to live COM
fcrtably and quietly invest in homes here:
Many things contribute to make this city
popular among investors The growth has
been steady. and has been the result of In
dividual preference and not of speculative
activity. In other cities real-estate has re-
spondad instantly and disastrously to the
price-cutting effects of Widespread COM
mercial depression: here the reasonably
secure tenure of office and the never-failing
Payment of large sums by the government
at regular periods insures a degree of pros
parity not to be enjoyed in less-favored
cities This is delightful place to live in;
comparatively speaking just as delightful
in summer as at any other season.
Evening star., 1896-07-18
A Supreme Moment.

/ have felt the thrill of passion in the
poets mystic book
And I've fingered in delight to catch the
rhythm of the brook;
I've felt the ecstasy that comes when prima
donnas reach
For upper c and hold 1t In long, melodi-
Gus screech.
And yet the charm of all these bIissful
memories fades away,
AS think upon the fortune that befeu the
other day.
AS 1 bring to recollection, with a joyous,
wistful sigh,
That 1 woke and felt the need of extra
covers in July.
Oh, eerie hour of drowsiness-'twas like
fairy spell.
That respite from the terrors we have
known. alas. SO we'll.
The maevolent mosquito, with a limp and
idle bill
Hung supineiy from the ceiling, all ex-
hausted by his chill.
And the early morning sunbeam lost his
customary leer
And brought a gracious greeting and
prophecy Of cheer;
generous afrability reached up from
earth to sky.
When 1 woke 1 felt the need of extra COW
ers In July.
In every life there comes time of happi-
ness supreme,
When joy becomes reality and not a gilt
tering dream.
'Tis less appreciated but it's worth a great
deal mere
Than tides which taken at their food lead
on to fortunes shore
How vain Is Arts Illusion, and how potent
Natures sway
When once, In kindly mood she deigns to
watt our woes away!
And the memory will cheer me, though all
other pleasures fiy,
Of how 1 woke and needed extra covers in
July.
Evening star., 1896-07-18
Clvil-SerNlce RefOrmers md the Cam
pa3Sn.

There need be no asking of questions as
to where the eivil-service reformers will
be during the campaign OF pc They are
out for the ST. Louis platform and ticket
The National Civil-Service Reform Asso-
citation says so in an editorial published in
today's issue of Good Government" And
the ciyil-service reformers are sufficiently
plentiful now to cause their numbers alone
TO command respect. There was a time
when outspoken active believers In the
application of business methods to the gov
ernment's business were rarities: to be
sneered at by old fogies whom a new Idea
would disturb and assalled by the great
mass of selfish humanity classified as spoils-
Iasn- But that period has passed into his
tory, and has been succeeded by q new ere
Evening star., 1896-07-18
THE STAR DY MAIL.

Persons leaving the city for any
period can have The Star mailed to
them to any address in the United
States or Canada. by ordering 1t at
this office, in person or oy letter. or
postal card Terms: l3 cents per
week: IS cents for two weeks. or 80
cents per month. Invariably In ad-
vance. Subscribers changing their
address from one Post-office to
another should give the last address
as well as the new one.
Evening star., 1896-07-18
Her Impfession.

She takes very little interest in public
questions. and her father and brothers hat
disturbed her reading
Dear me- she exclaimed, do stop talk
ing about Mckinley and Bryan Anybod,
would think, from the way you keep dis
cusstnE them that they were base bal
players!'
Evening star., 1896-07-18
4 Reason for Pride.

L got my picter in the paper" he said
to his neighbor.
Did we see it?'
Il reckon 1 did
Purity good iikness, want it?'
First rate. Only don't see why man
Should be 80 proud o hevin' tuck lot o.
medicine, ez ter go an hev 1t wrote up.
1t don't indicate no Special superiority over
the rest O the human race
"Oh. yes, 1t does. Thet jes' shows you
amt studied 1t out. 1t shows what a won
derful good constitution he's GOT
Evening star., 1896-07-18
HYGlENHC ICE, the Purest,
Hardest and Best.

Is snhmitted: The Judges whose names are ap
pended to- this. are Of the highest standing in tht
the public schools Of this city: MIR. Upton.
teacher OF the Central High School. and Miss Cos
s!, 10: many years principal OF the city schools
Washington, d. c. July 16. 1885.
Mr. :. W. Curriden, President The Hygienic
lee Company.
Sir: oneying your request to take charge
Or the lists submitted In competition for the
SI0O OF prizes offered ry your company
according to the annexed advertisement, we
at once began the work of examination.
This was as complete as was possible under
the circumstances. The conditions Of the
competition gave wide latitude. and the
contestants We find have generally availed
themselves of every privilege. 1t WAS
Cause of much regret to find that those who
submitted the largest lists had not only
taken advantage of every privilege, but had
violated many IL not ali the conditions.
Under the circumstances, we recommend the
payment OF prizes not In the several
amounts named by you, hut as follows, the
aggregate thereof being the same:
Evening star., 1896-07-18
GOLDENBERG'S.
976-o78 7tfl-7o6 X st.

The second and last installment of
that lot of black foreign dress goods
saved from the recent fire of c. A.
Auffmordt & Co. and secured at auc-
tlon-go on sale Monday morning.
These are the finer goods, and the
values are even more extraordinary
than those which brought crowds to
the store during the past week.
Every piece is absolutely perfect
1nlurt by water or smoke-for these
were in the unburned portion of the
building, but ordered to be sold by
the underwriters.
OF course we could put them in
with our regular stock and get regu-
lar prices, but that wouldn't be like
us a bit-there's never a moment
when we're unmindful of YOUR in
terests as we'll as our own.
All these goods are piled on center
tables in the 9TH street annex.
All-wool Figured and Fancy weaves.
were 40 and AZ inches wide-and sell for
oOc yard regularly. They're now in half
widths, and will 60 at
Evening star., 1896-07-18

SnaAh expenditures Not Economical 1.
The annual presentation of reasons for
the speedy completion of the Potomac
river improvements and for the -emoval
OF the present Long Bridge and it's re-
placement by a modern, safe and comlno-
dlous structure. contained In Mai Aliens
report. reproduced in last evenings Star.
ought to have convincing force with Con-
gress at the next session. The great work
of river improvement has necessarily COW
cred a long period, but with little more
hberality in appropriate it could Goubt-
less have been all finished long ere his
and probably much money could have heen
actually saved from the item of repairs.
These great engineering enterprises are
liable to partial demolition by the elements
and often a great deal of ground is lost by
the lack of adequate means to press the
work at the proper time, and thus take ad-
vantage of favorable conditions. An ap-
preparation four times as large as that al
!otted for the present year would not nave
been eXtravagant. fer under the day-labor
system that is in vogue every penny would
as a rule. produce its proper return in the
form of work done, and instead CT being
next winter a confirming object of further
appropriation the Potomac river improve
ment would have been practically a COM
pieted project subject only to very slight
item for maintenance.
The readers of The Star were of .ourse
long ago familiar with the reasons why the
Long Bridge has not been removed or re-
placed. With this question dependent upon
on its own circumstances. it might be
fairly reasonable for Congress to daily
with the matter. but the Long Bridge Is
not only menace to the city. but it is a
constant threat against the integrity of
the work already done on the flats at such
great expense. Legislation eqiifing the
abatement of this nuisance would be d.
rectly In the line of economy from the gov
ernment's point of view. The same is true
of the projected improvements IN the Ana
costa Eastern Branch. where every
year of delay adds in a rapidly-inc craIsing
ratio to the work to be done and the diff
culties to be surmounted- If the city alone
were concerned the indifference of Congress
might be understood and tolerated, like
other more or less necessary evils. but the
fact Is that the greatest sufferer by the
hack of attention to the deplorable state of
things in the Eastern Branch is the United
States itself. whose great gun factory at
what is now practically the head of ,,avi-
CATION on that once-important stream is
slowly but surely being isolated from the
waterway near at hand.
Evening star., 1896-07-18

The gentle hopes of a decent campaign of
reason which have been expressed should
not be regarded as rudeiy dashed to tbs
ground by the epithets of "gold-bug rob-
ber." Anarchist. and the like which have
already passed. Compared to the possibili-
ties of campaign vitupera Sion these are but
courteous remonStrances
Evening star., 1896-07-18

Ex-Governor Waite has pondered on the
power of oratory and mas concluded that
there is 10 telling what few eloquent re-
marks about bloody brides may not do
for him at the popullst convention.
Evening star., 1896-07-18

This has been splendid day for building
operations, but there were only two hun
dred and twenty men employed on the new
city post-office structure today
Evening star., 1896-07-18

Mr.. Bowler would like 20 know whether
Bryan's remarks on the income tax indi-
cate an intention on his part to give les
Sons on how a iecision of the Supreme
Court can be effectively reversed
Evening star., 1896-07-18
SHOOTING STARS,
His Fear.

4 greEs 1 had better give these biscuits
to the first tramp that comes along" said
Mrs. HuIntmune. with pathetic candor
No exclaimed her husband, nervously.
don't do that. He might throw them at
the dOgu'
Evening star., 1896-07-18

The London newspapers are convinced
that there IS something going on in this
country and are developing moro or less
vigorous determination to find out what It
Evening star., 1896-07-18

Senator Faulkner is in harmony with his
party to the tune of with All Her Faults.
l Love Her Still"
Evening star., 1896-07-18

Fame, said Uncle Eben. lam ies' like
swingfn' In er hammick. Hit am mighty
good fun ef somebody doan' cut de string
an drap yer"
Evening star., 1896-07-18

Mr.. Bryan's political oppone ats refuse to
give him credit for not being old enough
to know better
Evening star., 1896-07-18

Mr.. Bland seems fated to be kept in poll
tics Just far enough TO prevent him from
swing his personal attention to the farm.
Evening star., 1896-07-18

In which the theories and practices essen
tial to good government are popular. There
fore the attitude taken by civil-service re-
formers with reference to candidates for
political honors and the platforms upon
which those candidates stand is matter of
moment. The reform element In taking
sides in the present campaign is Influenced
by the platforms of the two parties. The
republican platform declares:
''The civil-service law was placed on the
statute book by the republican party, which
has always sustained it, and we renew our
repeated declarations that it shall be thor
oughly and honestly enforced and extended
wherever practicable"
The democratic plank on the same topic is:
We are opposed to life tenure in the pub
lie service. We favor appointments based
en- merit. fixed terms of Office and such an
administration of the civil service laws as
will afford equal opportunities to all citizens
OF aScertained fitness.
The republican utterance Is clear and
direct. The democratic remarks are some
what vague. yet specific enough to be
regarded as menacing; they outline -opposi-
tion to the principle of retention for good
behavior-which is the so-calIed life
tenure"-and they advocate, by the demand
for fixed terms of Office" says Good Gov
ernment. the periodical turning out of
destruction of the security of the Federal
Judiciary, and continued resistance to the
repeal of the four-year-t term law" There
fore the National Civil-Service Reform
League comes out fatty In support Of the
republican ticket.
An interesting feature in Good Govern
ment's" declarative editorial is the quoting
OF Jefferson to overthrow the frequently
alleged JeffersonianiSm of the democratic
platform. Shortly after the passage of the
tenure of office act-a reproduction of which
seems to be intimated by the Chicago plank
Jefferson wrote that The late mis- chievous
law. vacating every four years nearly ali
the executive offices of the government
saps the Constitution and the salutary func-
tions of the President. and introduces a
principle of intrigue and corruption which
will soon 1eaven the mass. not only of Sen
ators. but of citizens That's the kind of
a Jenersonian democrat Jefferson was.
Evening star., 1896-07-18
Hygienk|
lCE Co.'S
PRIZES TO SCHOLARS.

The following report of tie fhrec judges designat-
lists submitted in the competition for prizes for the
greatest number OF words IL less than Ave let
amerirans am produced from the letters contained in
Evening star., 1896-07-18
H2 H=2c. yard.

Full 36-inch French An-wool Ser2es,
3S-inch AllwoOl Henrietta, Imported
Figured Mohair, which sell regula rly for
39c. and soc. yard, also Silk Figured
Crepon and Fine Fancy Dress Stuns, the
two Inter In half widths which sell
regularly for as high as ST. 30, to go ut
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-02-15
BEAT OF THE PENDULUM.
A Device for Keeping II Plumb and
True ut All 1inics.

The illustration represents n leyeling
device adopted for attachment to a
clock mechanism to control the pendr-
lum and verge. whereby they will be
kept plumb, irrespective of the frame
carrying the clock mechanism proper.
The clock mechanism may be Of any
desired construction, and the verge
wheel shaft II journaled In the fran.
at the back ana In bracket projected
at the front, each bearing being formed
with boss having IN integral stud.
anu on the studs being pivOted the up.
per members of a U-shaped frame from
which depends q weight.
The front member OF the U-shaped
frame IL at all times In front OF the
verge rod, while the rear member Is
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-02-15

straight. ON the inner face of the front
member IL pivoted a block In which Is
tournaled one end of the verge spindle.
Its opposite end being held In the usual
spring. The verge Is thus carried by tho
weighted swinging frame, ana the pen.
dulum rod ut Its upper end, after pass
Ing through the verge, Is secured In the
usual manner to post, which Ia also
secured to the back OF the forward
member Of the weighted frame, where.
by both the pendulum and the verge
are kept perfectly plumb. The device
10 very simple aud Inexpensive.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-28

earliest moment 10 proceed with my expul-
sion IN the formal way laid down in the by
laws copy OF the charges and the notice of
expulsion by the club will be in my political
career most valuable document.
10 enable your committee to prepare specif-
cations and charges ] avow the following:
Ihat wrote, worked and voted against BRYAN ;
that took part in the Palmer and Buckner
movement IN California and was one of the
committee OF three TO prepare a petition to
have the Palmer and Buckner electors placed
on the official ballot; that 1 procured person
ally over 800 signatures; that / was on the
com mittee on distribution of literature advo-
eating the single gold standard; that
! was nominated for President tial elector
on the Palmer and Buckner ticket and ac-
cepted the same, though L afterward resigned
in favor of jeremiah Lynch Esq, to show my
respect for the virtues for which he is well
known. I repudiate the Chicago pla atform
and indorse the platform of the National
Democratic party at Indianapolis.
Mr.. Ball drew up charges to have Mr..
Heenan expelled.
Abraham Jacobs denied with some heat
that he was any relative of Isidor Jacobs,
as stated In morning paper. He then
moved to remove President Cleveland s
picture from the room, but his motion was
voted down.
Then tue council fires were put out and
the braves struck out on the trail across
the prairie.