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

Mrs Mary Tyler the original heroine ot the
familiar poem. Mary Had a Little Lamb 3"
resided at someryille Mass until her death.
which occurred not long sg1. The incident,
OF the pc. lamb following her to school actually
occurred IN her childhood. Just as is told IN
the Jingle and was afterward mmortailzed by
youth who was then one Of the school chill
dren. Is an old woman Mrs. Tyler was always
proud To show hits o. the famous "aeoce ~
white as snow IN various stages Of evolution.
from The raw wool into a sast drass fabric
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
TEN TRITE TRilsMs.

It's har.ac 10 urlearn than 10 learn,
NSntca kittens may make soosr cats
We axe Apt 70 believe wha. pe wish for
Zeal without knowledge Is IRE with 1ut lirAt
Nha sog$ his cg.. N the 1e48 t-uSts In God
NS2 nes. 10, got ! sci3sa fsa to a-tIte upon
3i-s
CaMaecn guests e-s welcomes. when they
Are gene.
What ne canine, help Is eur misfortune, nc,
AR fault.
+ latArr Al ass he&s IS caly wasting soap.
Spanish
Pay vas; YOU eve. ana VIA. you're worth
you'. Know -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
EVERY MAN ms OWN ronr.

Yru hp!l6 sunr-s epaui this Tinn
J aur arst .Are ground cut 'ake tie mex, enc
And mako i. rhyme wi,A iAla one. JUS.
raen. ne&t yen match the a-s, line, {. you
Don, hurry tho machine. Tie lines must
s-An.
WIN steady motion tura the crank. Yoa
know
lis r5t sonnet e q iipps Co slow.
Nov md some rhyme for "sean'-for In
stance man.
Az to the last six lines some latitude
May ee allowed, Take any word. rs
Now hun, rhyme for latitude" Try
THIS lie mus, end With dove. or love. or
Asd III, With mood. or prudo. or crude. or
dude:
And i5sTe'a your Some. Throw It IN the
--Chicaro Tribune
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
A Con.erxntorv To,,a

An excellent wash for plants b
water. Take a handful OF tobacco II
steep them by pouring water over u
the water looks like q strong tea. vi
water has become cool wipe on N
and stems with sponge or soft eleo
duce the strength Of the infusion w
water and thoroughly wet the eartt
the roots This will keep plants heaA
rcnoNe al insects.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
HIDDEN IN A Cedar =

Her dainty summer wardroh. =.
On sofa, table. chair and beS Y
All ready to be put away Vl
With orris root and sweet aasNs.
This tennis gown goes first . m .
Twill do another season vel
Il had Ii on the day we met.l
This hat, all smothered Nh I, =.
Is quite passe; I'm sure Of tNs,S
She paused. above the autumS
She seemed to hear the nan al 4
He always liked me In This M.
This Jacket. too. he thought All.
III keep 1t. tho It's stained VIII n.
This parasol. all lined with -
cannot use again next year.
How many foolish things he ss,a
While holding It above my hSNi'
And meant not one. OF them, m ~.
III tear the cover from the stan
dts lucky parasols can't talkIs
This dancing dress, althoush -.
Is soiled about the hem, l IA. W.
He made me walk out In ths -
Il went quite willingly, It's sruSs
To that gnarled seat beneath m -.
This little rip. too. in the iaee
Was made there In that very No.
This morning suit OF white pis.a
! wore II when he said good.Sy.
never liked that suit, some We
I'll give II to the maid TODAY. - XII
She closed the chest down win ! y
Beneath the silent cedar IA
A girls dead dream of love lay NJ e
ELLA WhceiSs ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
w1.E AID OTHERWISE.

ws-sS thinking eta spins.a.'s nrst cnee o.
marriage.
Sos satissea-Jn.vcsssi humanity. inelviau-
xilr speaking.
Herman nSture--The raos; .nhunsn Of all
-AtSrts~-fn sy.c.s
lac1rsgs:ent eoasisssaey-Ssrying God pub
lscly Anc ihe Devil privately.
Not so-sh a snap sslAngl--The promises Of a
summer Watering riAre pretty girl
1etvtxt and Nesa--SAysas prayers on
sunday SAD sreAfs .sass MeusAy lrtii sa.us-
- ir..s.lLsAI -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

ever Ind her closets ia a condition oi
plentlfuness.
" Y
Il is better 10 buy the material and meke
Your sheets, pillow casAs and c3mfortables
February and March arc gonl months I'm
which q ptrc lase al1 make mp linen sup
plies blankets are cheaper In March and
April; hut print and other material ueel
for comfor;ablCs are usually cheaper In the
late summer or early fall months, Sep
temher being tho best for making comforta-
bles. They are then out 81 the way before
the October days bring the winter sewing
for the family I, Is wise plan IN get a lit
tie moro 'hdn tho required pattern Of ma
terial. and III case about twelve inehes;
deep ovar each end ~ the comfortable Paste
i on. remove and wosh when snilal. II ID
a great saving 81 the comfortable and Will
recommend itself 10 ali cleanly house
keepers.
There is cred, diversity Of opinion regard.
lng material for sheets and pollow cases
some people consider It cheaper 10 buy un,
hleaehed muslin or eheet,ng. sometimes
nsing the unhleachAi for pillow cases. /
!avor good quality OF hleachei sheetlnr
Two yards wide. at about 20 cents yard /.
and the ordinary fine heaohod muslin. nj
or cents n yard for pillow caees In
our mothers time the seamless eheetinr
was almost unknown. two widths OF muslin
or linen bong sewed SO carefully together
10 an overhem stitch as 10 almost deny
Tho fact Of there being any seam. A great
many women follow that custom to-day II
may be good old way, but have no ma
thence with the mother Of Il family and ONLY
one pair OF hands TO work for them. who
Will sit and strain eyes CHIT and back per-
hans temper as we'll. IN the simple overhem-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

The rHter1 woman has taken tc burning IN
ecnse AZ her own shrine. Tha latest ding IA
jvTeet smelling bottles ls yrrtrahle censer
nat sW.nEf from mlaiy's cfatrlalne. and
"fsn .icHted 1iuases destcate perfume ana
t+ly cloud OK incense
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
He Didn't Know.

From the Boston Transcript.
Hicks--It would be con,foftlss 4
the dead could revisit the earth to M !,
the great beyond"
Wicks--r don't know about that ~,
a man returns from q few week. n ~
becomes pestilential bore for -
wards.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
For White Hnnds.

insufficient drying IS the cause u
chapped hands. Il is an excellent IN
on ones dressing table a box OF almcaa
with perforated cover When the ",
dried with the towel little almosI
busted over them will complete the vu.i1
sorhiag the moisture and the hand q
chap,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

Invasion Of foreign artists Hho are to PARTED.
rate In the next DAyreuth festival. Amons
tho later will he the DE ReszSe eTolhess. tho
strong and several orchestral l1a9ess from
1
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
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EsTELLE'S ASTRONOMY.

Our LITTLE Esteise
WAS re.glI%xed whsa SAe found
Sc That th.s wonderful werla
4Aa: We axe 81. Is round
iiaw 'iis heli In lis plA.s
In lis orbit 90 ttue
Vas q pussls 10 her,
WtA M ana ses II view.
~; Dus; re" said Estelle,
Like 3 bah in the air
That Is huns hv 4 string
Bat tbs string isn't thesew
-OeliA AAr. S,cne IN Msrch 81. Nicholas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

spared better tAan the whole amount at
once, and woman making use q TINS man
ever Ind her closets in condition Of
plentifulners.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-17
A French Baptism.

At last our bantling is labeled, reg
istered, catalogued, classed in its place
in that closed and guarded society
where each one of us stands on hts
square like a figure on a chess-board.
1t has not yet breathed the fresh air;
its first outing is usually for the sac
rament of baptism. Carried to church
In sumptuous robes, its sponsors re-
nounce Satan's works and pomps in
it's name, while it's forehead is all
wrinkled by crying as the holy water
trickles on it, and its little face all
screwed awry by the salt laid on it's
tongue. This ceremony. performed
before the assembled family, is a
very simple one in Paris and all large
cities. The godfather gives the god
mother a present, another to the
young mother, and invariably presents
his godchild with silver mug. fork,
and spoon. Sugared almonds in or
namented and gilded boxes bearing
the child's name are distributed to
friends, but that is all. The plain
est peasant baptism has much more
solemn stamp. II never takes place
without great feast; the file of guests
walking to church behind the god
parents, arm in arm and two by two,
is as imposing rs wedding process
sion. And in this respect matters
take the same course at the chateau
as they do on the farm. There is
great ringing of bells, feast. and
showers Of sugared almonds. min
gled with pennies for the village urch.
ms. The baby's nurse, overwhelmed
with gifts that day. is the heroine of
the festival-Century.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-17
Victoria and the Monarchy.

Queen Victoria has done much to
strengthen the mOnarchical idea in the
affections Of her people. When you
know England you see that this Is not
an "effete" idea, as our humorists and
stump speakers are accustomed to de-
fine it. When you ask the Rriton IL he
means ever to disassociate himself from
this idea, he points out that he has
nothing to gain by doing so. He has
everything that we have, and he re-
minds us, with some humor, that his
national Affairs are giving him rather
less uneasiness than ours are giving rs
lust now. We remind him that we have
a huge country to govern, and he re-
torts, .But Britain has vaster en-
pire." You say then that royalty Is ex-
pensive. He says: Not very. Not more
than we can afford You raise other
criticisms, but he replies with reason
for each article of his faith.
When you know England well, you
,flnd that even here there Is q reason for
most things. You also discover that
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-17
The Swan and the Crane.

The Ladies' Home Journal presents
the initial paper Of Dwight l.. Moody.
in MIR. Moody's Bible Class SERIES in
which the famous evangelist treats of
the redemption from sin, and employs
the legend of the swan and the crane to
empha size his teaching: 1T seems
that a beautiful swan alighted by the
banks of the water in which a crane
was wading about seeking snails. For
a few moments the crane viewed the
swan in stupid wonder and then In
Quired: Where do you come from?'
II come from heaven- replied the swan.
And where is heaven?' asked the
crane Heaven. said the swan. 'Heav-
en-! have you never heard Of heaven"
And the beautiful bird went on to de-
scribe the grandeur of the Eternal
/. City. She told Of streets Of gold, and
the gates and walls made Of precious
stones; Of the river of life, pure as
crystal, and upon whose banks are the
trees whose leaves shall be for the
! healing of the nations. In eloquent
terms the swan sought to describe the
hosts who live in the other world, but
without aousing the slightest interest
on the part Of the crane Finally the
crane asked, Are there any snails
! thereY 'Snailsv repeated the swan.
No! OF course there are not Then
said the crane. as 1t continued its
search along the Shiny banks If the
pool. you can have your heaven. l
! will search for snails.'
This fable is but a mirror. How
many young person to whom God has
granted the advantages Of Christian
home, has turned his back upon it and
searched for snails. How many man
will sacrifice his home, his wife, his
family, his all, for the snails Of sin.
How many girl has deliberately
turned from the love of parents and
home to learn too late that heaven has
been forfeited for snails."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-17
CATARRH IN THE HEA.
A Constitutional Disease. Requiring
Constitutional Remedy.

Catarrh in the head consists of inflam-
nation OF the mucous membrane in the
nasal passages, and sometimes it extends
to the air cavities which cover consider
able portion of the face. Catarrh in the
head frequently destroys the senses of taste
and smell, and its tendency is always de-
bilitating. The best authorities say catarrh
Is just as surely constitutional disease as
is scrofula. 1t is caused and promoted by
impure blood. The teaching of experience
proves that the true way to cure catarrh is
to purify the blood. The One True Blood
Purifier is Hoods Sarsaparila. Thousands
OF such statements have been written by
honest, straightforward men and women:
they have been published year after year;
and their genuineness is beyond any pos
sible question.
II you are suffering from catarrh, do not
daily with snutfs, inhalants and useless
local applications. Take the direct
road to health. Cleanse the stream at
the fountain head. Purify your
blood with one True Blood Puri-
fer, Hoods Sarsaparilla. In a short
time you will be convinced of the wisdom
of this course. Hoods Sarsaparilla will
give you an appetite, tone and strengthen
your stomach, make rich, red blood, and
remove all the disagreeable symptoms of
catarrh by permanently eradicating the
causes which produce them.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-17
CONVENT EDUCATION,
The Place Where Girls Are Pre- H. red
Only to Apnear Neil in SociefY.

The Plnce Where Girls Are Pfeparcd
Only to Appear Well in Society.
To, show the transformation that
woman's education has undergone in
France, and to indicate as clearly as
possible what still remains of Tie old
forms, and what new ones the future
promises, ask permission to so back
to the last century, when a little girl,
far from being her mothers insepara-
BILE companion, as she is now, was mere
~ brought to her once a day by her
governess. When eleven or twelve
years old she was taken to a convent,
where, we are told, she acquired 1.-The
accomplishments necessary to the
status Of a woman who is to live in So
ciety, hold a certain place there, and
even manage household"
This may seem very extraordinary to
those who imagine convent as pris-
on or tomb. but it is certain that the
unchanging convent has remained just
what it was when Rousseau was both
praising and blaming it. The boarding
pupils still play many games and have
plenty Of exercise, and the result Is that
they are usually in very good health:
the calm serenity of the moral atmos-
phere surrounding them seems to pre-
serve them from all nervous excite
ment. Besides the convents-and re-
fer to the great converts such as the
Sacred Heart, the Koule, or Les Oh
seaux-are still the places where wOm-
Ell are best prepared for appearing well
in society. How is this done? BY keep
ing up old traditions, the special for
mulas of a fortunately vanished period
when young girl left the convent only
to be married. She was then at once
supposed to ignore no single shade Of
etiquette, to do nothing awkward, to be
armed from head to foot for the grand
ceremony Of her presentation at court.
These may be puerile formulas, but
they separated one, once for all, from
the common people, and they are still
preserved behind those great walls that
ammure the past. In addition the nuns,
WHO are the guardians Of these tradi-
tions, frequently belong to aristocratic
families. This atmosphere of hostility
to all progress, this silent protest
against both the good and the evil of
modern times COMPOUNDED in the same
tacit reproach, are the converts worst
features.
1t would seem like a scene from the
middle ages if an American Protestant
could see the parlor Of the celebrated
convent Of the Visitandines, where lit
tie girls come to talk on Sundays to
their relations behind a double set Of
narrow gratings. Not all converts are
clustered; there are some where no
grating separates parents and chill
dren; but there is always nun walking
up and down. discreetly present at all
interviews, and all letters sent or re-
ceived must be read by the Superior.
Save during the two months Of vaca-
ton. the separation between mother
and daughter is complete. and this is
why in the present time, when home
education seems to prevail, the con-
vents are less in favor than formerly
Century.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-17
What Could All Her?

In certain New England village
there is little Irish cobbler whose con-
versation is much esteemed by his fell
low citizens for the amusement which
they are pretty sure to derive from it.
Good mornin, Mr.. Mooney, said q
customer one day, going into the shop
with a pair Of shoes to be mended. II
hear your wife is ILL., What is the mat
terY
ITS mesilf that's tried to find a ray
son for NOrah's being took sick since
yistherday morning" said Mr.. Mooney.
Unless it's the heat, don't know what
the trouble is.
DAY before yistherday she was as
Well as liver she was. Ye mind it was a
powerful hot day, day before yisther-
day! Well, thin, Norah took no notice
av the weather. no more than usual.
She picked blueberries all the morning;
thin she made blueberry pie for din
ner, and she ate the half av that pie,
and a quarther Of watermelon I'd
bought. and she relished livery mouth.
full. ....
Thin she made the rest av the blue
berries into nice cake for supper, and
she ate the half av that-me eating the
rest. same as did av the pie-and the
last quarter Of the wathermelon: and
what wild irish doughnuts and the last
end Of Mrs. Mulcahey's wedding. cake,
she made out fine meal And in the
evening, 1t being so terrible hot, she
made pitcher av lemonade, and drunk
the whole av it.
IT'S the quare thing her being took
sick yistherday morning afther being SO
we'll the day before" said Mr.. Mooney.
''She ate twice what did, and l re-
mimber spanking to her about her fine
appetite, wild the heat and all; and
here she Is fat on her back since Wis.
therday morning.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-17
Oyster Famine Out OF Sight.

''There may be an end to the oyster
business some time," remarked an old
Washington oyster man, "but it won't
come for many years yet The oyster
beds Of Chesapeake bay alone are 5000
square miles in extent, and while the
oysters there are probably not as plen-
tiful as they were some years ago. there
is still good supply. Notwithstanding
the number dredged yearly. OF late
years the supply has very considera bly,
increased, owing to the millions Of small
oysters dredged Off the coast Of the Car
olinas, and planted in the Chesapeake
bay to grow. When the ocean oyster Is
first dredged 1t is too salt to eat. In
several years, however, 1t loses it's fiery
and very salt taste and soon increases
In size. Though oysters are plentiful
all along Long Island Sound, and good.
too. yet the great supply Is taken from
Chesapeake bay. the annual yield of
which is over 100000 bushels"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-17
One Collector He Couldn't Stand

I
For heavens sake!' he cried, II
never saw anything like this collecting
mania"
Its very instructive amusement"
Eyes, may be. but not for me. There's
my daughter Agnes, she's collecting
buttons and asks me every day to go
around to the headquarters to get her
some, and must buy of every street
fakir l pass or she doesn't like It,
There's my daughter Lucy, she goes
over all of my letters and cuts of the
monograms. destroying them l don't
like her to do 1t. but can't stop it. She
says some internal nonsense about it
being all the rage Then my son Tom
is just as bad. He asks me for postage
stamps and cuts them or the letters be-
fore read them in the morning. And
they are always having something new
to collect. Every member of my fam.
lily is collector"
How about your wife,"
20. she's worse than any of them
She says she is collecting coins and
makes 1t an excuse for going through
my pockets every day. She calls it be-
ing numismatist. think it should
be called kleptomania." Just then a
man with bill entered the Office.
II am" he began. "a collector for
-"
"Confound you. then, get!' cried the
Infatuated man. II am a collector N.Y.
self. / am trying to collect my senses"
Chicago Times Herald.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-17

you are as little likely to convert the
Englishman to a desire for republican
government IS he Is to convert you to
wish for the monarchical form. He Is
content, and SO are we. He takes his
monarchy quite as seriously as we take
our republic. II we raise the old fetish
about bending the knee, we are remind
ed that the Englishman Is quite as self
respecting person as any other. Some
times we find reason to believe that he
thinks little too much Of himself. But
that is matter of human nature.-Bos.
ton Herald.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-17
SLAVES WHERE VICTORIA RULES
Trade In Human Beings Under Great
Britain'o Flag.

Trade in Human Beings Under Great
Britain's Flag.
Great Britain's consul At Pemba, near
Zanzibar. tells. In his report to his Gov
eminent, some strange facts about the
prevalence Of slave trading under the
British flag. Pemba Is an isolated de-
pendency Of Zanzibar, lying some miles
N. n. E. Of 1t, which passed under
British protection with Zanzibar itself
at the time when Heligoland was cede'i
to Germany AZ price for her acQuies-
cence in this arrangement.
1t y indeed q picture Of helpless SUI.
fering that the consul draws in de-.
scribing the present condition of the
slave In Pemba. The Arab proprietors
are inexorably stern and exacting task.
masters. The slave y a chattel, beast
Of burden. He lives In what may, by
courtesy, be called hut. He is allow
ed to till small portion Of the land for
his own superior two days Of the
week. The remaining 1--WE he devotes to
work for his masters benefit.
But not all the year through. When
the harvesting Of the staple product OF
the island comes round, the picking Of
cloves, and labor is more than usually
valuable, the slave works for his mas.
ter seven days in the week. being gen.
erously allowed to retain for himself
the third part-in some cases two.
thirds-of the fruits of his labor on
Thursday and Friday.
And SO this miserable drudge lives his
weary life, until his strength is exhaust
ed; and then, when his arms are power
less to labor, and his legs refuse to car.
~ him; when his back Is bent, and he
ts. though young in years, decrepit old
man, his Arab master turns him out OF
his hut, deprives him Of his plot of land,
and discards him-a WORKOUT instru.
ment for which he has no longer any
use.
Such is the picture-no fancy one, OF
highly colored-of the African slave
who lives in British protectorate.
On the island the slaves die like flies,
and yet there Is always an abundant
supply Of them. Where do they come
from? 1t will scarcely be asserted tina,
they voluntarily intrust their lives to
the tender mercies of the Arab slave
master. In this part of the world the
slave trade Is still, at any rate, a aour.
ishing institution.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-17
Returned It with In,cre.t.

More than thirty years ago Louis
Davenport, of Mosier, Ore, was robbed
Of 5000 worth Of gold dust. He was
never able to recover the amount nor
to learn the identity Of the thief. It
Eow tranpires that the person who
took the gold is dying and that he has
made will In which he provides that
the original $4,000 shall be paid to Mr..
Davenport, together with interest at
the legal rates from the day 1t was
taken until 1t shall have been paid. It
will amount to over $27, 900.