The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-01

| an DPtlIliSt, anu biIlt I'm DidiStS WNh w.
coated tongue of n penitent.
| We should dismiss from our hearts the
cold precept that history repeats Itself,
and strive to believe that the dshciences
of the day will be supplied by the morrow
| Since fancy whispers to us that at the
stroke of midnight the old order Will
change. yielding to the new. let us put
aside. II possible. all knowledge to the
contrary and revel In tho fairy tale told
by the merry bells
! Mans arbitrary division of time into
| hours days and years causes no percepu-
BILE jolt beneath the noiseless pneumatic
| tire of the cycle of years. No mortal tack
can puncture that wheel. Old father Time
| is a "scorcher'' and he rides without
lamp or warning bell. The years that are
as mile stones to us are as gravel spurned
beneath him. But to us, OF few days and
an occasional night of they serve as
! warnings to note the hour upon the face
OF mighty clock upon which the hands
| move silently and are never turned back
The new year is feminine. There Is no
question but that the world has become
badly mixed as to the gender of time.
| And again, the New Year is no cheiubc
| dehutnnto with eyes full of prophe ic
I Joys. nut grim ana ancient fpinstsI WHO
/ flutters coyly into our presence with
: glddy giggle, rojuvenatcd for the occasion.
/ We have made obeisance to those same
charms time out OF mind; We have WIS
pered soft nothlngs into those same cars
many moons ago: We have lightly brushed
those pain ed and powdered che ks In time
! gone by when they gljwed with die
damask bloom of youth. But let us hug
once more the dear deusion. Let MS say
! thnt she s f0ir and fresh as the rising
morn, and make unto ourselves a seas5n
U ~ akrsl md t.
Tho hddles strike up and the hautboys
| sigh. Your hand, sweet. c y New Your
take care OF that rheumatic knee--come,
/ let US foot 1t as the Gladstone bells pro-
I cloim your debut--number 1896
The last day OF the year is generally
spent in laying in as big stock as
possible of things suitable for use the
mex, day for swearing Off purposes.
| 1t is 50 much easier to resolve to do
without anything when we have just had
too much of 1t. How easy 1t Is on New
/ Years day, Just after dinner, when We
are fun of good resolutions and turkey,
20 lSneel down ana solemnly affirm that
we win never touch food again. The man
who on the morning of the glad New Year
stands trembling with fear on the center
/ table while snakes and lizards IN rrily
/ play hide and seek on the Il ior, finds NJ
! difficulty In forswearing the sparkling
bowl Tho dark brown copper iSetei
.dSte W.lTh acvoi,ipaiiiss Wiz. vs., ~ nj, ~ II
/ tongue. Is great incentive to form.
The beautiful siren like Christmas pres
| ent cigar may Is 80 lnlr u gazi up n
| when u turns Hike a viper and stinss us
into ahiuring my lady nicotine forever
When we attempt to SIT upon the early
| scarlet runner. hat d-emoroider,d rocking
/ chair cushion presented to us by our
maiden aunt ana slide out upon the door
upon our spinal vertrbrae, we feel Inclined
between our teeth and swear by heaving
never TO SIT oowh aeaih'
, ",,Vn We 80 upen we s',se's w'ar,i'R 'ns
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GU tee." "e''u our WY nito 'he shi'
, iissIg ioi US Wy 'ho IN, han9s OF our
| fighter tinn The iast one worn nv The
late lamented Harry Hayward. and tho
! t9li Thereon more biased than ?opnlist
| tbat ia4ve mon eUr manly nhcst IT, :,
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! streets or houston on the last evening OF
, 1875. little sights and sounds obtrude them
solves and reveal thc sn,rit NJ .ho tive
| e." -, wy ''n',
as "t'io purse beats fn1lcate the general
tone of the human system.
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| neat and trim os n ashton plata How
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| - - n"'' wow an" "oi h.'o po"t
ht'ls neat Il merry uctac upon the pave
ment. Debonair and fun of life and fun
abe moves rbD,..1, mud h,nnv ~, bo- mos.
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