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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

How Natures Gifts May BE Brough, to a
Better Development.
Ruth Ashmoro writes Of The l'rlv
'nHslihs most practical and use ful ar
hple' m An1l Ladies Home Journal. ana
presents the helps here given Ia good
hooks. NN'
me American constitution can not
slpna iaf cn'n bath into which the Enrlisl,
woman Iiunges wiatcr ami SUMMER. and
90 which she owes. as far as complexion lis
,2Hcsrnes' much ~ her beauty. DO not
N eiia'a 70 pun sonp on your face. use
pleyty - II. and WASH IL IN w.u ms Min
warm and then wiih cola water This sms,
eai N given 10 IA. face viii make you fool
and look sweet aud fresh.
sieep, " possible, IN a cold room. has "a
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
PASSING PLEAsANrRIEs

First Lady-My baby commenced
when only ten months ola.
Second Lady-That's nothing: az
talked when only three months OH
First Lady-Oh, of course. your b
girl, and that makes differsnx
Wave.
Husband-I don't see why II VIII
sary to call the doctor when the hs
only a trifling cough.
Wiie--Well. dear. / asked the dot.
he said ] did quite risht.-Pick-ltt
A charitable old country dame, d
al the ragged aspect OF . wayfarsf,
offered to mend his clothes for him
"Thankee, mum" replied the
I've got a button hare, if you'd
sew a shirt on TO it."-liousehold VI
"Flossie, have you Joined any 4
cieties lately?'
oh, yes: and it's lovely orsaa1
It's the Universal Sisterhooi Of III
versal Brotherhood Of Man."-n
Record.
Say. Dick, lend mo that IS bnr
nav ''s any. Ola man.
Yes. YOU have this photograph
tcok OF you shows one in-your VII
waisicoat pocket. Life.
The democratic outlook for ~
gan ihe hopeful one.
Il fear there will be nothing busS
look said the experienced one.
he on the inside to have an outlsai|
dienapolis journal.
De Tanque-You don't take encut|
else for man Of your habits.
Old Sonk-Why, ] have been shah
for drinks all the afternoons Pills
Record
Johnny had been permitted to
look at his new sister.
They all say she looks exactly y
dear" said his father.
Johnny took another look at u
nai-nosed, red-faced. bald-headei
humanity that lay blinking at "
then he went out and deliberately
fisht with a boy four years older ID
self and thrashed him. 1t was no
he could stand.-Chicago Tribune
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
REVIEW
Or SPORT
Events Transnlrlns. During
the Past Week and TO Trens-
plre. With Comments on Well
Known Athletes.

TO-DAY Houston will have final try Anson's Chicago
team and the will do all they know to defeat the
Windy City aggregation they may be successful bu,
the effort they will make pretty game from the
first ball the plate the last in the ninth
1t wont be any 80 TO game, you may safely wager
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

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N.E@u 4'tlf Nei1ise sr,ni 'hA' was In
/ an uIaefn Du' Haoe Nne MAJ
i"e IS sen thf 'h=S' were ifyine 10 siea'
"esr o. hNe-arTn catcher. writer
"-o Is WIN iha team ,eils 81 ine escape II
| az iV%oNs W hea on tho way bach iht
crew oTaSs49 some feiis ana Hssniiof
( ths uoFs INTO trouble. several ANels
ou'is NeFe roaming AROUND when one OF
! tnfn caught Fichi OF rAullltpns CRIMSON
i i"r>tN f'iiy was Jogging along WIKI his
/ heaa down. when St.vetis. who Has few
ftF-s away saw MI Eul on he oaat run
/ win h's AAa down.. making a iee-tns
+ flr Hamilton. "i-aprS jack let 70 one
% riios" Iron r1Nnitin ycNs, and The eti-
tire push Nert toc the stone tonCe and go
over q t,ine 10 Ece ine 5uA come pifisy
near n-it'ns me fierce. MAnReef Selef
f@N thf- PERFORMANCES ana I"1.ures t5ai
Z THOSE lf the boys Who took q The brush
vr-r animal r1aie BIS desceri ar 80
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05


field this year Ia an average one, and III,
raca. which carries with II the blue rihbor
| of the American turf. promises 10 t~c wei
contested. Three horses that VIII be miss
ed N the Brooklyn handicap and the rict
| events 10 follow are EA mApc, keN 81 Santa
Anita and Reg del Carreres. The iirs'
harmed IS with WtshArd In England. anc
| tie two Califcrriaus viii carry the color.
of Richard Croker on the same battle
ground Rey del Chrrcres. 4 may be added
has been rechristcned and Is low known
as Americus
| There appears TO he an epidemic OF start
| ing machines. ana two more are now IN
! the field. Sunday George oakcs Of Covins-
ton viii test a contrivancc a. Ii cnia- The
| either machine is the invention 81 no other
| than the fnduuhtalie JACK Ch.nn. who is
/ always IN Il when things are 10 be started
, Colonel Chinn's machine Is 70 be operated
7 by electricity. hGi no has not given any
az ;nr details to The pushc as yet
Wnis Sims. tbs crack colorcd Jockey.
VIII r;ie u. ms West this year Tor the 'irst
time He ih.aks Zen Brush VIII WIN both
the Kentucky aD9 Oakley pcroles
a SO noe stake horse ana S7i animal
racing IN front together was q fnnay spec
tacie witnessed in the early stages Of yes
fer1ay's handicap.
CURLY Erowe has exhibited TO New
Orleans friends q model Of his starting
device. operated by electricity, When The
idea involved is pat In practice The pre-
siding Judge, or his assistant. Will combine
wish his present functions thai u starter,
as Il viii only he necessary for him 10 press
button 20 operate the starting gate.
Alfred IL nnen Morris was visitor at
the New Orleans track The other day, har-
ing ms returned from tho Morris rarch.
ia Texas. He witnessed the start 0g ma
chine In action Tor thr frs; time and was
a4s
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

sometimes called KID" who is so tail tnHt
Isl he stood On hoard as thick as q perfecto
cigar the top OF his had would he SIX fec,
from the ground. Mccoy is young. but he
keeps himself abreast or a little bit ahead
OF the times. He Is the only puriist. Tor
Instance. who has a likeness of himself on
his ietter-heads aud visiting cards. In
deed. there are few boxtXs who nave any
not strange that insurance companies or
patent medicine concerns should send out
calendars. Rut Mccoy is the pioneer In
his profession in this line He sends out
calendars with his picture on them THIS
shows that Mr.. Mccoy IS progressive
| fighter. Then. again, there is no law
| against q fighter giving away his picture.
80 long as ne doesn't keep a saloon and
doesn't wrap up cheese sandwiches IN the
| Autographs.
There IS a pretty hnh, on between the
| proprietor of "A London sporting ~eeklr.
| who happens 10 be an American patent
! medicine manufacturer aud bentnmlh
! Benton formerly Of Boston. hut now
/ direc Tor OF sporting affairs IL inc inrtrop-
oils OF Great Britain. rs all about the
/ articles for "a fight bstWfcn Corbett and
Fiizslmrions sent here some Gays ago.
! Benton used to direct the policy Of the
/ sporting publication IN question but the
owner was opposed TO war with Ger
1 many. which Benton trie1 to bring about
| in his editorials Now the owner declares
! that gepiron sent the alleged National
! Sporting club articles TO Richard X Fox
! without the knowledge or consent Of III.
club How this night win end is u matter
I Of conjecture but in any event the pro-
fessiond fighters involved in tn matter
are safe
Tommy Ryan has gone to Hot Springs
[ He has never got over the Effects of the
boating b. received at the hands 81 kia
Mc('fV
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

This conspicuous feature OF old-,ime
/ billiard matches has had an eNpn,iul his
tory sincc 1t was retired from public Ea2a
Cyrlle Dion became the permanent pos
SCISSOR of i by holding the championship
two and half wears, which was che of the
conditions 81 he matches. After his death
ID passed into the possession of his brother
Joseph Through his business rcVerses and
Unfortunate decline in health the cue came
h.io the possession of a Broadway store
X per as security for money loaned. Ridge
Levler. the hookmak n, then bought it.
SeXion next obtained H. ana after that Il,
wAs for lorc time conspicuous orna-
n7.ut In Sixth avenue jewelry stute near
ThrtN-secoud street Maurice DalA has 1t
row, handsomely displayed at his Broad
way billiard rooms.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

Tho interesting historical trophy Is valu-
shle, not Only on account o. us great m
tfi"si0 cost ana rare arilSuc beauty Put
It tells IN: complete record OF the most eN-
citing period IN American oilliafa history
ana suggests the extraordinary advance
mao" IN INC game WITHIN comparatively
Jew years Inc cue IS TWO istt three inches
ioaS ana ABOUT an men IN diameter al the
across and consists Of two and half
carat diamond. inc handle is ABOUT one
thlfI OF IT'S l"nsth ana IS covered WIN
goa plates, winch are studded win rup'es
ani pearls. The other part OF II is pure,
~ llN-pol!shea IVORY Ihf soia hahule Is
maid with eight ohions gold pieces upon
winch are inscribed IN names oil me
donors ana the nanes 81 the successive
contestants IN the dlnerent games Tor It's
possession. After ms SPACE was used up
me record for the subsequent contests was
printed artisically in spiral along the
IVORY toward the Zip.
r.
The history which The cue concisely re-
lates covers ii entirely from Zip to hui'-
The first plate tells that the cue was pre-
scented to Phelan n Collendcr IN 1865 as
the emblem of supremacy In the legitimate
game Of American billiards. The FIRST win
ner was, as stated above, John Deery. who
won 1t In tournament held al Irving hall
from April 70 to May %. 1863. In addition
PRICES amounting Ia S2jo0 were given, the
winner getting 5000. Tho contestants were
Henry Rhines. Peter Snyder and y. i.
Rudoiphc Of Chicago Edward Daniels Of
Boston John peerN William Goldthwaite
and Melvin Foster of New York. The
table Mas four-pocket aisNli feet in siza
ana me games were I-po poin,a cacf. SIN
g!e cairoins counted ,nree points ana uon-
ples s!N' beerN won I'VE oui OF SIN games
IN we following september peery &c
feaied Melvin roster. he next peat Cy-
rifle pion IN game played IN san iran
CISCO January , A'u' re nelI me einpie' N
unul Mhrch o. "hen n, \ huaolphe won II
IN game played IN san Francisco. me
new champion defeated the ceiehrated
brothers. Vyfille ana Joseph bion, IN
games played on May anu cctonor Z, re,
spectVely. OF me same year, me olihard
world received great shock IN the game
played IN bunalo January - lsn' wheh
The veteran Rndolphe was defeated Ivy the
then unknown Frank Farker Inc lattcr
lest the cue the following April TO cyrille
DION. on June ~ Melvin Foster again
tried for H. ana was beaten by me iron
nerNed cyrilla as he was frequently
called. Dion held the cue Tor over two
years, and was finally beaten by Maurice
DAILY, May II, 1873, DAILY held the emblem
only short time, being defeated by Al
bert GARNER october 1913 GARNER was
"a faR
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

! The fishing season is also opening up.
| and promises to give the angler consider
able pleasure the days grow m!lder and
the irocs begin TO put on their Easter
! garments
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

TIE JACK snip loves the loamy prairie
land and the hog wallows Of the bottoms,
free from ufidFrhrush or timber. The soil
frafi DC We'll wAferita TO salt the taste Of
he sidpe. Sol that II is an aquatic bird.
but 40 long ana slender BIN nsoos soft,
damn K9n 10 jeive In for the succuleui
WORMS on winch the bird feeds The
o.flksi birds usually Geek las, years corn
nelas for 1000 unil hey locate more con-
genial quarters for 8 ioahng spcll. They
,,nle ty iwos and thrfes ana singh. and
rofn.--iiues IN litle armies. The hunter
may tramp q field one day and not raise .
fgnxle yuck fnipe. while on The next every
auatsby place would be fruitful In those
idras The sacks travel in tho night. when
.hs moon lights their way and the balmy
yaufbarn bfeezFs wafi them on 10 new
t,.sslitF grounds. The sportsman can lake
~ a station ia the neighbcrhooi OF a snipe
marsh az nighi and soon discover whether
tho tirls are coming In. The signs and
sounds hf- unmisiaIAble. While the snipe
Ia isoi wing Whistler. II seems eager to
iet ons know that II ~ about by emitting
sharp little Eqna~ks when II rises in day
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

When a man emefges from comparative
obsooriiy and takes his place among the
celebrities Of the day people VIII talk iii.JBi
him. THIS II true oven IN IugiilAm. 1heS
are taking aow ABOUT chasles mccoy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

But the New Orleans Picayune says:
That the Southern league will go through
this season Is nositive fact. for shreye-
port And Columbus are anxious TO gain
admission into the league. Which OF the
cities, Will gain the coveted franchise ~
hard to say. hut the meeting OF the learue
al Birmingham on Sunday will decide that
point. Shreveport vs. woreirg hard TO %.
tain franchise, and II IL possible that
both that city and Columbus will be fix
lures in the league. for Memphis has dis
PLAYED some ugiiness OF late. which may
cauxe 4 force out. Tho Memphis people
are Inclined 10 be dictatorial. and for that
reason unpleasantness has resulted. But
The BluH city people have found out by
now that II v useless 70 assume an air OF
eaSefhsE. sad unless srsst change comes
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

The presence Of Albert GARNER In New
York recalls the fact that of all the former
champions Of the American four-ball game
ard holders Of the diamond cue only three
are living ANA are at present in Gotham.
They are Maurice DAILY. Albert GARNER
and John Deery. The last-named IS now
quite an old man, much broken in health,
and has retired from the billiard world.
He Was for many years popularity known
a. Handsome John. and was the first
winner Of the cis, 1t is a singular fact
that this famous cue IS The only substantial
and permanent emblem of the champion
ship tina; the billiard Grid has ever had.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

A special from Filisburg says; PETER
Mahers eyes are permanently affected
Quinn received q leitar from prominent
oculist stating that the red lining Of me
lower I'D OF Psler's lett eye has com.
r!eieIy disappeared as result Of IN. ooi-
rosiye substances received at Lar Cruces.
Mesico. This, he sayE. II an ophihalmailr
affection. which IN q few days WIN compel
MaheT 10 don spectacle.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

Say. Dick, lend me- that IS b!nr
Haven't any. ola man.
Yes. YOU have this phoiogrsph
tcok OF you shows one in-your VI
waistcoat pocket. Life. .
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-09
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Josephus Hopewood was nominated
for governor ut the prohibition conven-
ton in Nashville, Tenn. and national
delegates to Pittsburgh were elected.
The first state convention in Illinois
of the Republican Women's league was
held in Springfield and nominated Mrs.
Mary Turner Carried, of Jacksonville,
for trustee of the state university.
In convention ut Springfield the
Illinois republicans nominated John II.
Tanner, of Clay county, for governor,
and w. A. Northcott, Of Bond county,
for lieutenant governor, and then adj
journcd for the day.
At Montpelier, VT, the republican
state convention adopted resolution
expressing preference for Mai. Nc
Kinley as presidential candidate. The
platform opposes silver agitation and
favors protection and reciprocity.
Georgia republicans met at Atlanta
and adopted platform reaflirming the
principles of the republican party and
elected delegates to the national con-
yeDtion who favor Mckinley.
Michigan democrats In convention nj
Detroit elected delegates to the nation
al convention and adopted a platform
fnvoring the gold standard.
The Mississippi democrats in conyen-
ton ut Jackson adopted n platform de.
claring for tariff for revenue only and
for free coinage Of silver and selected
delegates to the national convention
who indorse such views.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-09
LATER.

The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the Sd were as follows:
Pittsburgh, SIS; Philadelphia, .667;
Boston, .6G7; Chicago, .615: Washing
ton, .5s3; Cincinnati, .5s3; Brooklyn,
500; Cleveland, 500; ST. Louis, .462;
baltimore, All; New York, .167; Louis
vile, .077.
The Moulton Leather company, hav-
ing factories at Lynn, Mass, failed for
$4,000.
The steamer Bermuda, which sailed
from Philadelphia April % for Cuba
with 90 men, two Calling guns. 1000
rifles, 100000 rounds of ammunition
and 1000 pounds of dynamite for the
insurgents, made successful landing.
The rebel forces in Nicaragua sur
rendered and the rebellion in that re-
public has ended.
Spontaneous combustion in the pants
factory of w. a. Fuller & Co. in San
Francisco started fire which caused
n loss of 100000.
Judge Horton decided in Chicago that
the bucket-shops were as legitimate as
the board of trade. II
Misunderstanding, second son OF the
late shah of Persia, was enthroned at
Tabriz with the title of shah-in-shah
(king of kings).
Two trays of diamond rings, valued
at $1,000, were stolen from the store of
M. G. Cohen in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rev. +. Edwin Hall died at his home
In New Haven, Conn.,, at the age of SO
years. He was the founder of the
Protestant church at Florence, Italy.
A cloudburst near GAINESVILLE. Va.
washed away many farm buildings and
hundreds of cattle were drowned.
A dispatch from Madrid says the
Spanish government has declined the
pope's mediation in Cuban affairs.
The new fremont temple, the most
beautifully furnished and costly free
church in America, was dedicated in
Boston with services of an unusually
elaborate character.
"The Pines the summer residence
near Ellsworth, Me-, of United States
Senator Hale, with oil it's contents, was
destroyed by fire, the loss being $50, 900.
Washington, May AFTER weeks
debate, which has taken a wide range,
the senate on Saturday passed the naval
appropriation bill. 1t provides, among
other things, for two battle ships and Ia
torpedo boats. In the house, after five
days of debate, the Henderson bill ia
establish uniform system of bank
ruptcy was passed by vote of 1877 tn
81. II provides for both voluntary and
involuntary bankruptcy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-09
Booths Message Scratched on Gl.s..

On August ID, 1864, John Wilkes
Booth was playing dramatic engage
ment in Meadville, Pa. Upon his arriyaI
in the city that day he registered at the
McHenry house, then kept by a Mr.. h
M. U. Taylor, and after the performs
ance in the evening retired alone to his
room. When the servant entered his
room the next morning, after Booth had
left the hotel and city, an inscription
was discovered scratched in a large
hand on one of the window panes: "Abe
Lincoln departed this life Aug. 18th
1864, by the effects of poison" Little
attention was paid to the writing or
the glass Mt the time; but as soon as
1T was learned that Booth had killed the
president the circumstances connected
with the window inscription were re.
called, the glass was removed from its
sash, framed in plain black wooden
frame. n piece of dark velvet being
placed at its back to facilitate reading
and the signature of Booth entered on
the register August 10 was cut from the
book and attached to the window glass
The original pane is now in the posses
sion of the war department, to which
it was presented by the daughter Of the
owner of the hotel, Miss Mary McHenry,
some time after the assassination of the
president. All of the circumstances in
connection with the glass are certified
to by Miss McHenry and by other resi-
dents of Meadville.-victor Louis Ma
son, in Century.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-09
FOREIGN.

Henry Gotthard Won Treitschke, the
celebrated German publicist, died in
Berlin, aged 62 years.
The house of Jean Louis Mercer was
destroyed by fire at Magpie, Can, and
his wife, son and daughter persisted in
the flames.
The Spanish gunboat Mensagera cap
tured and took into Havana the Amer
lean schooner Competitor of Key West,
Fla, loaded with arms and ammunition,
believed to be intended for the insur-
gents.
Advices from Pretoria say that the
sentence of death had been taken off
the four prisoners, Hammond, Rhodes,
Farrar and Phillips. 1t was undecided
what punishment would be substituted.
In a collision at Woo Sung. China,
between the steamers New Cwang and
On NNo the latter sank and over 200 per-
sons. mostly Chinese, were drowned.
An explosion by which 100 persons
were believed to have persisted occurred
in colliery ut Micklefield, Yorkshire.
The Canadian government has adopt
ed an order eXempting American ves-
sells from entry and clearance charges
at Canadian ports.
Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter
of Queen Victoria and widow of Prince
Henry of Battenburg, has been appoint
ed governor of the Isle of Wight, the
Office previously held by her husband.
While Nazir-Ed-Din, the shah Of Per
STA, was entering the inner court of the
shrine OF Shah Abdul Aim, six miles
south of Teheran, he was shot and al
most instantly killed by an assassin,
who was arrested.
The distress owing to the drouth in
the northwest province of East India
was unexampled. ltwas estimated that
100000 persons were employed on re-
lief work.
Fifteen hundred houses were de-
stroyed by fire at Taleishi, Japan.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-09
self-ConAdence.

There are certain obstacles in every
path that can be overcome only by the
presence of self-confidence. There arc
outward hindrsnces to encounter, op-
position to meet, difficulties to sur
mount, prejudices to sweep away, the
very presence of which will terrify and
appall the wavering and respondent,
while they will melt away before the
firm dignity of self-respect and self
reliance. There are also the innumer-
nble obstacles from within, inclina
tons to curb, passions to restrain, de-
Rires to guide, temptations to resist;
these also need not only the power to
deal with them, but q confidence in tina,
Power that can alone make it effective.
IN. Y. Ledger.