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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-15
Hosiery Department.

\ Special TOT Ills w btN.
40 dozen Misses Hose, IL to 1-2,
Fast Black and Seamless, regular loo
Hose, during this Sale 3 Pairs for Zoe.
M, less than pairs will be sold
100 dozen Misses Hose. English Ribbed.
Hermsdorf Dye, Double Sole, Knee, Heel
md Toe, Seamless and Stainless, a regular
quarter Hose, at 15c pair.
% dozen Ladies' Fast Black Hose,
Hermsdorf Dye, Real Maco. This par
tcular quality never sold for less than 30
cents. During this sale &c a pair, all
sizes.
Ankle Hose. the very latest fad, In all
the latest shades of Brown and Tan, also
Black, at SOC, 75c and SIS. See our line
Of Silk Hose.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04
ncpendInr on cofton.

The New York Herald. IN an article In
its Lass Sundays issue on The Money
Question" says: An ample yield OF cot
ton maturing three weeks earlier than
last years restricted crop is a blessing
10 the country al this time"
So 30 is the south that is 10 furnish the
means 10 prevent the gold in the treas
ury from being Withdrawn to an extent
that would cause financial panic II the
government did not issue more bonds for
gold. The important part which the south
plays in the commercial and financial az
fairs Of this country Is not fully appre-
ciated. II il were not for the south's
cotton the balance Of trade would be
against US all the time. II would take
vast sum Of gold each year TO settle
this balance. While 1t IS true We export
many other things. still We should be In
a rather sorry plight If It were not for
the south's cotton, which. in European
markets. Is just as good as gold.
The banks and business firms which
have bound themselves 10 keep Up the
gold reserve 10 NOO.O00.O00 run very little
risk in doing so. They know that cot
ton will soon begin 10 move from the
fields to the great cotton manufacturing
establishments Of the world. In fact,
TO a limited extent 1t has begun to move
already. Within month or six weeks It
VIII be going forward ia vast quantities.
and those who have bound themselves 10
keep up the gold reserve viii have no
difficulty in supplying exchange to all
VINO need It,
Although the people Of the south. as
rule, are in favor Of free silver coin
age. they cannot but feel a pride in the
fact that at this time it is upon the south's
great product that dependence is placed to
keep the currency of the country sound.
Wall street, with all its wealth. cannot
do what the south is able to do with her
cotton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04


a few days ago Senator Wo,cott Of Col
orado announced in an open letter that
Notwithstanding the fact that the Col
orado delegation bolted the national re-
publican convention he intended 10 stand
by the action OF the convention and give
the republican platform and ticket a loyal
support. lie also said that ne was
against free silver coinage BY this coun-
Try alone, but favored IL by international
bimetauisn. A day or two afterwards
there was a gathering OF republican lead
ers IN Denver who took steps 10 call
mass meeting with the view OF having
resolutions adopted requesting him 10 re-
sign from the Senate.
Last week the executive committee Il
Tammany Han. by an almost unanimous
vote adopted a resolution in favor OF Civ
ing Bryan and sewan a hearty support.
This same executive committee and other
Tammany leaders succeeded in sending TO
the Chicago convention an almost solid
sound money delegation. It is assumed.
therefore. that the executive committee
Of Tammany would not have indorsed the
democratic tickle; unless it had been COM
PEELED to 10 so by Che prevailing senu-
ment ia the ranks Of the Tammany or
ganlzatlon.
From the action Of the Colorado re-
pubHcans in the case Of Senator VOL
cou and the action Of the Tammany ex-
ecutive committee 1t is fair TO assume
mat the silver republicans in the west
are much more ready TO leave their party
for the cause OF silver than democrats
in the east are TO leave their party 10
promote the cause of gold.
No doubt there are republicans in Col
orado who viii vote tine republican ticket,
but the prevailing sentiment is strongly
against the party-so much so that Sena-
tor wolcott is likely TO md his position
a rather uncomfortable one although ne
is standing by his party on the other
hand. the Tammany bosses would have
had a rather uncomfortable time of il IL
they had delayed longer in expressing
their approval Of the regular democratic
ticket The conclusion from the Wolcott
and Tammany incidents is that the adher-
ents of the cause of silver are prepared
to go to greater lengths for that cause
than are the gold standard men for The
cause OF gold. That being the case, the
democratic leaders have reason to feel
greatly encouraged. They have reason to
think that the democratic ticket Is going
to have all the support in the west they
expected. and more than they expected
in the east.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04
He INneM the Game.

AS the train sped along over the Texas
prairie a drummer for a st. Louis house
came back into the parlor car and asked
me to come forward into the smoker and
take a hand in a game of euchre, says an
exchange. l found two other chaps be-
longing to the 'profesh," and we had
the car to ourselves. After a few min
utes, however, a young man got on at
a small station. He was a native. but he
didn't seem to be overnight and not at
all dangerous He watched the cards
with much interest for two or three
games, and one of the men finally OBJ
served:
stranger. do you play this gamer"
''No. l don't he drawled. What do
you call it,"
This is called four-handed eucher"
Lots of fun in it and you ought to
learn to play. It's good to take hayseed
out of the hair"
Tho young man removed his hat and
ran his fingers through his hair as if
expecting to comb out a lot of hayseed,
and it was three or four minutes before
he said:
Yes, nice game, isn't it?"
Pears like it, but I've got one to beat
it."
Have you? What do you call it?"
II call 1t a one-handed hold-up, and
here's lookin' at you"
He was not only looking at US, but
his two guns were doing the same thing
and the man looked bright enough and
carried a smile at the corners of his
mouth.
Yes, your game beats this" said the
drummer after a look. Boys, he wants
our DOODLE"
We put down four watches and four
wads of greenbacks, and the young man
eached for them, with the remark:
Il generally take all the tricks in this
game. git off here and if you want
to raise a row, so ahead"
we didn't. We sat right there until
the train started UP and left him behind,
and when the conductor came in and
saw the cards on the floor and four men
looking tired, he exclaimed:
We'll, we'll! But you fellows seem to
need something to brace up on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04

The republicans Of Indiana are talking
about sending ex-President Harrison to
the Senate, as the successor Of Senator
Voorhees,. whose term expires next March,
IN the event that they elect the next leg
islature Gen. Harrison's law practice Is
would receive as a senator. but man
who has ever had taste of public life
in Washington, is never fully satisfied
away from that city. Gen. Harrison
was in the Senate quite a long time.
and was four years in the White House.
It Is assumed therefore, that If he is
like other men who have served the pub
lie at the national capitol he would not
be adversed to returning there even in a
position humber than that which he oc-
cupied when he last resided there. There
IS no good reason why an eX-President
should abandon public life altogether
after having occupied the presidency
Having been President, he is better quail
flied to serve the people in the House Of
Representatives or the Senate than he
was before he was elected President.
There is no loss of dignity in accepting
an humber position in public life after
having occupied the greatest in the gift
of the people. John Quincy Adams suf-
fered no loss Of dignity by accepting an
election TO the House of Representatives
after having, with great credit to him
self, filled the Office of President. In
deed, he increased his already great repu-
tation by his subsequent career as a con-
gresham.
II Mr.. Bryan should be elected Presi-
dent. and the chances are he will, he
would be only about Al years Of age at
the end of his term. He has announced,
if elected, that he would not accept a
denomination. He has a taste for public
life and besides, he has the capacity and
the inclination to serve the country well
and faithfully. Why then shouldn't he
seek an eleC ton TO the House or the SEN
ate?
The question of what to do with our ex-
Presidents has been discussed a great
go as "iA "ii0O4fSN PANHleAh. II Geh
Harrison should be sent to the Senate
next year by his state. that fact would
assist in solving the ex-President prob
lem. Let it once be fully understood that
the election OF an ex-President to con
gress involves no loss of dignity and we
shall hear little or nothing more of the
question, what shall we do with our ex-
Presidents?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04

A little boy and girl were once sitting
On a hoWery bank. and talking proudly
about their dress. says the Pittsburg Dis
patch
See" said the boy. what a beautiful
new hat I have got. What me new
jacket and trousers. and what a nice pair
OF shoes. las no- everybody that's dress
Cd 50 nneiy as I an"
Indeed" said the girl Il think I am
dressed finer than you, for I have on a
silk cape and a handsomer feather IN
ny bonnet. ] know my dress cost great
deal Of money"
Not 50 much as mine" said the boy,
Il am sure"
Hold your peace" said the caterpillar,
crawling on the hedge you have neither
or YOU any reason TO be proud Of your
clothes. for they are only seconc-nand,
and have all been worn by some creature
or other, OF which both OF you think
meanly, before they came into your pos
session Why, that silk first wrapped up
such a worm as 7 am q"
There. miss, what do you say 70 that
said the boy.
And that feather" exclaimed a bird
perched upon tree, was stolen from or
cast on By some Of my race"
w nat do you say 10 that, miss re-
peated the boy. wen. my clothes We're
neither worn by birds nor worms"
True" said the sheep, that was graz z
ing near by, ''hut they were worn on the
back OF some Of my family before they
were on yours; and as for your hat. ]
know that the beavers supplied the ma
terlals for making that article, and my
friends, the calves and oxen, were killed,
not only to furnish meat for your table,
but also leather TO make your shoes
with
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04
WHAT IS THIS DISEASE CGlIFn
DYSPEPSIA

Like thief al night. II steals in
unawares. The patients have mains ~ e
the chest and sides. and sometime - ~.
back. They feel dull and sIee,-. ..'
mouth has a bad taste, especisUv H. ,-7
morning A sort OF sticky slime COLI
about the teeth. The appetite fs --.-
There is feeling like a heavy load -
stomach; sometimes a faint, all-ro-. ,'7
sation at the pit OF the stouaob --z..
food does not satisfy. Eyes are So
the hands and feet become cold. ana 90,
clammy. After awhile a cough sets d.
first dry. but after a few months E. g.
tended with a greenish colored exna-..-'
tion. The patient feels tired an -
while. and sleep does not seem n -
any rest. After a time he becomes .r.--'
GUS irritable and gloomy. and has evn
forebodings. There is a giddiness = -
Of whirling sensation in the head -
rising up suddenly. The bowels -
costive; the skin is dry and hot ar 49,
the blood becomes thick and s+s9,s-.'
the whites OF the eyes become ti-...,
with yellow; the urine is scanty and 49,
colored. depositing a sediment 80
standing. There is frequently a spirtin-, m.
OF the food, sometimes with sour ~
and sometimes with a sweetisb go
this is frequently attended with palni+o
tiOn of the heart; the vision become -
paired with spots before the eyes. tho ~ a.
a feeling OF great prostratiOn and W.,
ness All Of these symptoms are in -
present. 1t is thought that nearly o -,n
third of our population has this disoae.
in some of its varied forms. In has 80
found that medical men have mis+sl,-aa
the nature of this disease Some bsI.ii
treated it for a Liver Complaint so,,s
for Dyspepsia, others for Kidney nj.
ease ETC., etc, but none Of the "a rio,,-
kinds of treatment have been attenJs5
with success.
Now, the Shaker Digestive Co,s,.,
causes the food eaten to be digested Tbjs
will cause an appetite for more food sn5
this being digested will result in an ~
crease of strength, an increase of f,ssb
and an increase of nerve power.
The tired, weary feeling will give vvav
to vigor and courage. The pale. thin a1S
emaciated will recover their color ana
plumpness, because red blood and FAT ara
the result of properly digested food
A ten cent trial bottle will produce a "a
suit. Its good effect will be realized ~
once. You viii not have to take a dozen
bottles to find out if it is doing Won arv
good Try it. and then give praise to fbs
Shakers Of Mount Lebanon, New Yort
for the relief that you obtain
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04
storie. of Ah.ent-MIndcdness.

The other day. says the Spectator be
fore a large party in a country house,
intent only on making an early start
agreeable for his departing guest. a ge-
NAL host observed: Il am very sorry TO
find that no one else is leaving by the
early train
In my Balliol days 1t was said that a
very absent-minded undergraduate, going
for a walk with JoWett. complained of
feeling weak and unWet. JOWstt asked
him what he had eaten that day. He
thought for a moment and then said he
could not remember OF having eaten any
thing but two walnuts. Jo~ett burst out
laughing.
Once, some salt having been accidentally
spilled on a dinner table an eccentric Lam
cashire gentleman is said to have made
haste to repair the mischief by pouring
some port wine over it! The same mental
absentee $50 L call him) is, or was, a
cOnnoisseur in china. Some questions
about china having been raised at a
dinner party. it is reported that, forget
ting that his plate was full Of soup, he
turned il upside down, in order to look
at the mark underneath.
From these doubtful anecdotes l pass
on to one or two which l can give on
good authority. The late Rev. w. r.
Jelf told me that his brother, the prin-
cipal OF Kings College now chiefly re-
membered as tho courteous adversary, or
perhaps the persecuteur malgre lui, of
Maurice), once, when giving a dinner par
ty, hired a butler who was quite new TO
the work The poor man, after drawing
for the first time the cork of a cham
payne bottle, lost his head so completely
that he poured part Tor the whole of the
contents down a ladys back. Another of
Mr.. Jef's numerous anecdotes may be
mention. l was reading with him at
his beautiful place between Dolgelly and
yarmouth. He assured me that a raw
Welsh servant once announced to him
some visitors as them people as lives
on the other side of the water"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04
A Giant Connection.

Steam railroad companies are just be-
ginning TO realize what a great COMPETE
tor for business trolley car lines are get
ting to be. In Pennsylvania. New Jer-
sey. New York, the New England states,
Ohio, in fact in all closely settled commu-
mites. trolley lines are being built with
remarkable rapidly.
It does not cost a great deal to build
these electric lines. AS a rule they run
along the highways and the right Of way
costs little or nothing. The cost OF con-
structng them Is small in comparison
with that of steam roads and the cost Of
operating them is also small Consequent
~ they can make money on half the
freight and passenger rates charged by
steam roads.
AS yet the trolley lines do not cover
great distances. They are operated be-
tween cities and the surrounding small
towns, or between towns OF the larger
size. They are cutting into the revenues
Of the steam roads and express companies
TO such an extent as to alarm them. The
steam road companies which have trolley
line competition are already beginning to
think that they will have to reduce their
fixed charges. They cannot stand much
more OF such competition as they are
having. And yet the electric lines are only
in their infancy. That is evident from
the amount of money that is being in
vested in them.
OF course much of the business they
have is new business. They follow the
highways, and hence run close to the
homes of farmers. Consequently farm life
has been greatly frightened where the
trolley lines have been built. At a very
small cost a farmer and his family can
so to a city ten or twenty or more miles
away and take eggs, butter, milk, fruit
and such things to market and return
home within very few hours, for these
trolley lines run twenty miles or more
an hour. 1t can be readily seen also how
much more attractive farm life is when
trolley lines run in front of farm house
doors. Visiting among the farmers is
carried on to a much greater extent than
ever before and their social life is much
more attractive.
The trolley lines are being extended all
the time It is predicted that within a
year or two it will be possible to make
the trip from New York to Chicago in a
trolley car. OF course going by a trolley
line would not be quick way of making
the trip. but plenty of people would find
it pleasant to visit the towns and villages
along the route.
1t will be sometime before trolley Ines
will come into general use in the south
outside of the cities, because the country
is too thinly settled, but they will come
in course of time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04
Personal.

1t is said that DR.. Max Wolf of Heidel-
berg, who has discovered a number OF
asteroids, has never directly seen an as
teroid. His discoveries have been made
from the Photographic plates, on which
the planets appear as short lines, owing
to their motion, while stars are shown as
points.
"A curious story is told about one CT
the paintings just disposed of at the sale
of the late Lord Leighton's effects. 1t is
the large picture of Orpheus wooing his
wife from hades, painted by Lord Leigh
ton, and exhibited under tue title of Tho
Triumph of Music" in the academy Of
1856. it followed his first great success
the Gina bue Procession" picture, exhlp-
tied in 1855. and bought by the queen, but
IL was received with a volley of hostile
criticisms from the press. The young
painter was cut to the quick; indeed, ne
always was sensitive under censure even
where, as in this case, he did not think
II. was intelligent or just. The picture
passed out of sight after its first exhibI-
ton, and not even his most familiar
friends knew what had become of it,
Lately it was found rolled up in a cellar
at his house. and now that it has been
hurrledly mounted and framed, it bears
no sign of the wear and tear of forty
wears.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04

Nervous people observed with much
pleasure last Christmas that the FIRE
crackers were pretty much fizzle Prob
ably half of them would not pop at all,
and those that exploded did so in a
manner indicating that the heather Chi
nee who made them did not care three
straws whether they were enthusiasm
stirrers or not, just so he got his money.
The heather did not put enough powder
in them, and did not roll them eompactIy
enough If New York importer has his
way about it. the frecrackers of next
Christmas will be of the real, old-fash-
toned kind, warranted to rival a musket
in the way of noise. He has invented a
machine TO test the crackers. and will
send duplicate of it to China. When
he makes his next order it will be with
the proviso that the crackers must come
up to the standard called for by the
machine. This information will delight
Young America more than anything else
in the world would. except probably
an order for new Bicycle.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04

A Michigan milling firm advertises that
il VIII put wheat upon a dollar basis
Immediately. a. the same time putting sii-
yer upon a free coinage basis. II adver-
tises that II win pay every farmer who
sells ii wheat Ia lots Of 30 bushels or over
one Mexican dollar for each bushel OF
wheat. II 1t were not for the trouble and
expense Of handling the silver. the firm
would be glad 10 make all transactions,
large or small. upoa --s same basis. It l.
said Another "obiect lesson" - offered
by a Cincinnati grocery concern. which
gives ten cigars that retail AT 5 cents each
and Mexican silver dollar in exchange
for an American silver dollar. All OF these
object lessons" by the way ought 10
have the effect Of advancing the price OF
the Mexican coin. The demand for Mexi-
can dollars must have been pretty heavy
for the past few weeks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04
Mid-Sumn1cr.
George Edgar Montgomery, in Harper
" eellly

George Edgar Montgomery, in Harper s
Weekly.
Why rail against the radiant summer sun
Because it beats too harshly on some
days
Because it brings not joy to every one,
Nor peace, nor comfort to all human
ways
Because with sudden potencies it beats
Upon the city in death-burdened heats?
What season of the year has not its
sting?
Winter is glorious. yet may freeze the
heart;
There is subtle poison in the breath of
And autumn harbors an envenomed
dart:
Each has it's charm, each feels its own
DESIRE
AS every soul its own imperious fire.
These days of summer are so rich with
So sweet with perfumes of the flowers
So wonderful with starlights hazed in
gloom
So full of mystery on rnelodious seas.
So tender dreamful, with bird-daunted
And songs of soft winds under yellow
moons.
That we who live them with love-Hghted
SOuIS,
Gather their sweetness to ourselves and
grow
Beyond the commonplace of common
goals,
Beyond the dull restraints that all men
know,
And we are thrilled with divining sense
OF love and its supreme omnipotence.
Now earth seems like a garden where our
thought
Blossoms anew in fresh and tender
guise,
Where beauty has the power of life full
wrought,
And youth sees far with wide, enchant-
ed eyes
And where the air is scented as it flows
With fragrance of the jasmine and the
rose.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04

The New York Sun says: In the 1900
electoral colleges of Mexico the vote OF
Diaz to the presidency was unanimous.
What a. wonderfully prosperous, contented
country Mexico must be, with no discon-
tented element, no kickers against the
government, and no agitators seeking to
lift government and people to a higher
plane! Can it be that they have solved all
Of the problems of government in Mexico?
Against any such supposition. however,
looms up gigantic probability that the
people have but little voice in the govern
ment and that they are afraid to engage
in any political agitation, except under
orders.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04

Air. T. F. Johnson's now famous gold
standard bale Of cotton, the first OF the
season to reach New York. is likely to
do campaign service. It was bought by
a firm Of chemical manufacturers, and
the understanding is that it will be made
up into campaign buttons. Since the
price at which it was sold was about
three times the market rate. it can be
seen how political enthusiasm turned into
commercial channels at the proper mo-
ment can be made profitable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04

That Muncie. Ind. man who alleges that
he viii shortly start for Cuba with 1000
Georgia and Florida negroes as recruits
for the insurgent army is talking through
his hat. Contemplating time in this sec
ton is at hand. and that Will be followed
by 'tater-digging' time. and hog-killing
time, and when frost makes its appear
ance the 'possums viii be ripe. There is
no use Of talking about Georgia and
Florida negroes going off to fight in wars
when all Of these good times are just
around the corner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04

Mark Twain, who has just arrived in
London from the Transvasl. says ener-
getic young men who have a knowledge
of the mechanical sciences could do no
better than to go to South Africa. John
Hayes Hammond would probably not
agree with Mark, without qualifying his
remarks.