The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-08
SOME PosTscRIpIs|

The Young Men Cbr,.,.
of Houston and Galvesion - eelst1
a grand championship con,a. AoS
om .soVetnper l they made az
tney entered into an agreemrr,
a .ss mat hustled up nors cs
,hah me other by given ssn ma
gang 'S' ior III
This has naturally excited -.
ana each BODY has hopes Of MIN.
price thereof upon the n, ua
last interchange of rsn oMes.
galveston to have secursd
members and Houston or,.. "
This fact Is humiliatipv NJ
tons pride, and should snn-
mems christian association az "
lean efforts. Go out into tn
byways AMI bid them 10 the ,svs
rarely that stuffed turkey oar sast
the many moral advanta aaa4
sinner to come In out Of the NJ. vaex
be no hard task for a man "a n
the standard on a clear con..,.V
cranberry sauce. Already ~
bers have signified their u,,r,Hs
sing hymns and incidentallv aA
turkey to the heart. Grace ava
abound. 1t Is strange 10 ern,,r.g
can not be found in Houston M ~
pentant and hungry enough % "
their city in this contest to ths ~ 1a
Shall Galveston be allowed N os w
carrying the banner OF the h,s.,h
Mems Christian association and -.
our best citizens and eat M,
Perish the thought. Let II, s,..a
selves and Shnrt. NV
town that when 1t comes to elevate y.
ais and oyster dressing. Hous,or
SLOUGH Let the roll OF new msmh.. (
filled TO overlooking.
This innovation in the work a. ".
recruits by appealing to the stomsI
well as the conscience may rsvolr,t.
the missionary business. People -.
not attracted by the promise ~ =.
being It's own reward may at onee 49,
the paths of sin at the blessed NJ
obtaining for once plenty OF ;lrb,
and gravy. Tangible affairs Of this n.
have already been utilized with IN,
cess by the Salvation Army. and w.
fore Christmas by Sunday school. \
members are assured that they viii 4
titled to full benefits of song seryis !.
a seat at first table. This inter -,nss,5
tan turkey contest should he NJ
matter OF home pride, and Hour-s.
should rally to the rescue.
The illustrious dead are rapidly W
dug up from their graves. and sutssI
to the criticism and analysis Of n
great ones.
The able critic is giving his loatAz
contemporary rest, aud is twistnr
scalpel around among the bones d
departed. Bulky volumes are being Y,
ten by men who feel themselves sps13
competent to judge their virtues aM
fects. Our modern soldiers are xr
the shades of Napoleon. welinr}
Caesar. Lee and dead warriors whoaH
tory has enshrined among the great J
ridiculing and beiittling their knovlk}
of war and strategy. our statesme >
writing books TO show that their depuI
predecessors were scarcely cogniiar
beans.
our actors laboriously labor to coav.j
us that Booth was no actor. but m15
played the parts that his peculIsral
fitted. and lived rather than played
famous impersonation of Hamlet. d
lady writer's are flooding US with esd
that strive to prove that George Eliot V
a hypocrite and that Eve was not N
she ought to have been. Henri Wa..-
son is going TO prize up considefsa
row about Abraham Lincoln in tctr
coming book. Nowadays when man
a woman rises to eminencc In any
they proceed to write an article dsmoA
ing the fame of whomsoever the wa
had been accustomed to regard as 81
Ing light in the same line. Referrrsl
possible future volumes Of this nature
our living geniuses. the following lMi
subjects and authors would doubles
of great interest TO the world:
Patrick Gilmore's Work--By VIM
Chandler.
Methusaleh's Mistakenly Levi
Morton.
Oliver Cromwell-By Thomas B. Red
The Chicago Fire-By Olga Nethersos
Life and Death of Chrlst-By Josl
Pulitzer.
Robert Browning-By George Frs''
Train.
The Tammany Times deNotes a coiu1
or TWO cry week TO the printing OF =.
words by its poet laureate, Citizen 'ie'ls
Francis Train Mr.. Trains poems are
markahle, They possess all the esos ss1,
mystery Of Browning, the typosraPa11
eccentricites OF the First Reader ana !,
humor of Three Men in a Boat" y
Tammany Times prints come of thess
erary doughnuts every week, needles
the exhaustion they must cause amohk
subscribers and stock OF capital .s Ky.
The last number contains the iohos.
terrible arraignment OF sonethinA
other;