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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02

Parsley, cents n bunch.
Green or dry sage. 10 cents bunch.
Sweet potatoes, cents quart
Irish potatoes. 10 cents measure.
Soup bunch. cents
Lyc hominy. 10 cents a quart.
Turnlns, to 10 cents bunch.
Caulif'ower, 10 to 80 cents each.
onions, cents n bunch.
Horse rndish, for ~ cents.
Tomatoes, 30 TO 10 cents dozen.
Horse radish. ground. cents y cup.
Onions, 10 cents n quart.
Green peas. none In market.
Garlic, 20 cents dozen.
Spinach, cents quart
Dried okra. is cents u pint.
Curley iettuces, g cents a head
l,lack Eye Peas. 10 cents a. quart.
Egg plants, none in market.
Red cabbage, 10 to 25 cents q head.
Fruits.
Apples scarce. common Is cents peckl
fancy. 40 cents.
Cranberrics. Ii cents n quart. K
Dates, 10 cents per pound. M
Malaga grapes. none in market.
Washington navel oranges. IL TO y
cents u dozen; seedlings. 10 TO IS cents
IA dozen.
Mixed nuts, Is cents pound.
Pecans, 10 cents a quart
Cocoaniits, and 10 cents each.
Lemons. 10 cents a. d oxep. ~
Bananas. plentiful. and Is cents =
dozen.
California grapes, none in market.
California pears. 10 cents q dozen.
Japanese piums none In Market
Dried figs IL cents per pound
Catawba grapes. none In market.
Produce.
Eggs, 1919 cents a dozen.
Butter, country 80 cents pound.
Butter. Western, Is to 20 cents pound.
Butterinc 10 cents pound.
Cheese. 10 TO 10 cents a pound.
Peanuts roasted, 5 cents = quart.
Popcorn balls cents each.
Meats.
rJeef roast. to 10 cents q pound.
i3eof. round steak, to 10 cents I
Beef beef, sirloin steaks. 10 cents a pound.
Beef. porterhouse steaks. 10 cents .
Beef, tcnderioin steaks. 10 cents
Pork. ronst. 10 cents q pound.
Pork chops, 10 cents u pound.
Veal roast, 10 cents q pound.
Mutton, 10 cents a pound.
Bologna sausage. 10 cents q pound
wienerwurst sausage. u cents
pound.
Pork sausage, i2,s cents ! pound.
F PORK and de" beef Sausage. 10 cents
Fresh leaf lard. 10 cent? : pound.
Calf tongue, 10 cents each.
IIeadchecse. 10 cents a pound.
Frankfurt sausage. 10 cents q pouu0- Ia
Liver sausage, cents o pound.
Blood sausage, cents pound.
Fish. n
Trout. 10 cents q pound.
Buffalo, cents a pound. m,
Reddish. 10 cents a pound. saf
Black Bass 20 cents pound. III.
Perch, Is cents q pound. ss7sa.1 +,
Drumfish, cents pound, a, SsIs
Seapike. none In market. III
Catfish, 10 cents n pound. TX lEI IA IL
Redsnappe:, 10. cents Z pound. n
sheephead. 10 cents . pound Is
Pompano, 30 cents a pound.
Crabs none In market. W. e.Sss
Turtles mono In market .- " .sl
OYSTER Galveston 40 cents per uuu0kS f{
Berwlcks rs cents per hurdreo. *
Game. ~ ii
Ducks. innllard. 80 to. y cents . t9>zf II
canvas backs. 81 q pair; teal = - lsa3
Coons none In market. 4, 81
Quail, Is cents pair. S5i415
Squirrel. l2M cents each. II n " 4
Rabbits. 10 to Is cents.
Flower none in market. i'i & WI
'Possum, 20 cents = piece.
Poultry. kf5 Il
Chickens, q to 20 centa each. 5Sa
Turkeys. 50 cents to u,3 each
Ducks. IS TO Is cents each. esI'k
Cieese. rs cents 10 u each.
Dressed reese, as to Ills each. ii la3 l35lI
pressed chicksns, = 70 y cenf9
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02
1NroRMArIoN WANTED.

have two sisters somewhere in ms
state and would like to know their whge-
ahouts. They are the daughters OF io'-
bert and Catheron Higgins. MY la.lcl
died in Louisiana, leaving my pot,e.
y,itb four little girls. A short time after
father's death my mother died, leaving a
little babe 2 weeks oid-fiye little gfis
with strangers. not relative near them.
No older sister was named Mary ann
Eliza Higgins. My name Is Marina ..
Higgins. They called me Mltt; ana my
younger sister was named Nancy Jane
Higgins: she was called Jennie. she a',u
Mara are the ones am IN search OF. IL
anv one can inform me of my lost SIS
ters. / would be very thankful.
Matte Adams,
Headsviile. p. o.. Robertson county,
Texas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02
THE CITY MARKET.
What Irdiblcs Cost In the Houston Market
Yesterday.

What Ediblcg Cost IN the Houston Market
Yesterday.
The Indictment weather was ue-
pressing, both upon buyers and sellers
Yesterday afternoon at the Central Mar
ket There were very few market wagons
In attendance and only those were pres
ent who had actual business e'thcr hs
buyers or sellers.
The prices of vegetables were unchanged
and trade was very poor. The following
shows the prices at the market;
Vegetables.
Carrots 10 cents IA bunch.
Beets. 10 cents bunch.
Cabbage, to 20 cents head.
Thyme, 10 cents bunch.
Radishes, 8 cents bunch.
y Celery. s l-3 to 12H cents a hcao.
Marjoram. 10 cents bunch.
Pumpkins. none In market.
Lettuce, 8 heads for 10 cents
Mustard greens. cents . bunch
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02

ing my eighteen months as master Of the
lodge which is an increase of 81 per cent.
| feel, therefore. that ! can report her
now as in healthy condition.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02

Don't fail To rnod Brown Bros. iarge shoe
ad en- Society Page and Department sais
ad ON page 8.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02

stream IN the bayou. Its huretIng forth Is
only a matter OF time and destruction to
the people IN i's vicinity In as certain as
that nil uncared for deletcrious material
will produce malignity. The death rate
In this city is failaclous ns given. Per
sorally, ] know OF mistakes that were
never reported Whatever happens 20 ho
conN enient IL done. and what is not con-
veriont Is left undone The ordinance
ought to hc changed 30 as to prohibit TN
dertakers from receiving bodies unless ac-
ccmpanied by n certificate, instead OF pro-
hibitnR them from interrinR, us IT now
provides, Then the ordinance ought to be
enforced"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
A spectacular Widow.

A Young widow in London engaged
the services CT young photographer to
take her picture while she leaned weep
ing over the tombstone of her dear
departed" On the day appointed the
sentimental beauty went to the grave
ward and at once opened the sluices oil
her great sorrow. She wept and wep'
for hours. but he came not. Finally
she went dry and home and straight
way sued the photographer for the re-
turn of the money she had paid in adj
vance.
The artist claimed that the appoint
ment had been vague; that he went to
the cemetery and waited three hours
for her at the grave, also in vain. No
they didn't compromise by marrying
each other. The judge rendered a de-
cision against the photographer, be-
cause 1.-The photograph showing the un;
dying fidelity of the pretty widow
might If finished at the time agreed
upon, have been instrumental in pro-
curing her a second husband" Al
least, so says Belgian paper.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17

When he came to know all about the
tribe it was matter Of wonder to that
gentleman that he and his party con-
trived to do so.
The acquisition of head is sufficient
justification for widespread rejoicing,
and the ceremonial attached to the
placing" of the prize is quite elabor-
ate. 1t is first of all put in a basket or
matched cover and is then hung UP
in a tree or perched on the top OF
bamboo until it ripens and bleaches.
Then comes the dedication day, when,
to the accompaniment Of the village
gong-a huge log of wood followed out
with a narrow slit in the side and
beaten with wooden mallets-the skull
is carried away and set up in the fatal
grove.
Naturally most honor is accorded to
those skulls which are acquired by the
proves Of individual members of the
tribe, but travellers in the region being
scarce and luck being occasionally
against the young warriors. 1t Is some
times difficult matter to add the requ.-
site number to the grove by the most
nonored mode of acquisition, and then
it is permitted to purchase the article
from neighboring tribes, who have to
resort to measures which betray GER
tain lack of commercial confidence in
the Was in order to retain their own
heads on their shoulders, and at the
same time to insure the equivalent in
silver The prices run from two rupees
weight of silver for the head Of lem
to a couple of hundred for unusual or
fashionable heads; and judging from
the whole range OF prices there would
seem to be good chance for an enter
prising man to make fortune out of
the business.
The practice of offering human heads
as a propitiatory sacrifice to the har-
vest god is, Of course. mot peculiar to
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17

subjugated them and cut them all to
pieces. Since that time the Wa Hal
have had an unenvable reputation for
their ferocity, their masses of pure gold,
their depravity, their fairy lake, and
especially their nakedness and their
cannibalism.
This reputation is borne out by the
experience OF Mr.. Scott. He tells that
outside every village, though not neces'
sarily at any special point of the COM
pass. is an avenue of skulls referred to
in the euphonious language of the peo-
pie as the On eau Pong Kau. These
groves are conspicuous from long dis
lance. They consist Of strips or the
primeval jungle, huge forest trees LETT
standing where all the remaining coun-
try is cleared for cultivation. The I'M
dergrowth is rank, and these avenues
arc usually in deep shade. Here there
are rows Of posts. all in one line-not
on both sides of the path-decked Win
human skulls. A niche is cut in the
back of the post with ledge on which
the skull can rest.
There is "A round hole In front,
through which sometimes only the
teeth and empty eye-sockets show, and
60 other times the whole skull grins a
horrible CHASTITY smile. These head
posts are very trippingly called TAX
Heng," or "K'rawng Ngai." and there
is never village so poor that 1t has
not a dozen of them. while some that
Mr.. Scott encountered numbered a
round hundred.
One purpose which they fulfill is to
drive away the timid shans, but the
primary purposes is sacrilcial The
harvest god of the Was still demands
human heads, e..d it is necessary to
add some skulls TO the pathway every
year if the crops are to be good. Feb
ruary and March are the busiest
months, but there is no CLOSE season"
The heads of distinguished and pious
men and strangers are the most effica-
cious, and bearing this in mind. it is
no wonder that no traveller prior to
Mr.. Scott ever contrived to return.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17

| the Was. Perhaps the most notoriorS
head-hunters are those Of BorneQ
whose general practice Of disposina
them around the village is identical
with that Of the Was. Among thu
Nagas, too, much the same incentive
exists-that is, the heads are offered
to the gods, but feminine caprice Il
said to be one of the prime incentives
If the young women of the tribe did moi
chaff the young men because they had
not earned their tattoo marks, Their
the young men would probably not gel
wild and go out and cut off few heads
Just to show they have grit In them.
1t looks as II the young women were
not particularly critical, for something
like half the number Of heads taken
are those of their own sex and Of chill
dren. Among the Djaks the head is
more of personal trophy than among
the Was, and in addition to the disposal
| of important skulls In a conspicuous
line at the entrance Of the village
every self-respecting native has
choice collection ranged round his own
| hut.
The custom Is found among the cam
nibal tribes of the South Seas. In some
of the islands 1t is not the heads OF
strangers but only those Of defunct
chiefs that are allowed the distinction
of being placed on pedestal. Here
however, strange heads being only good
enough to crafty the individual owner
and make his friends envious-the OBJ
ject has nothing to do with the propi-
tiatlon OF any particular god, but only
the names of the dead chief himself
who Is supposed to stand guard from
his coign of vantage over the destinies
of the tribe. and who is prevented from
going asleep and allowing these same
destinies to look after themselves by
liberll libations of roast hog and poce-
poce
Among some Of the more advanced
Kachin tribes inhabiting the country
round about the wild Was, the offering
of human heads and human bodies to
the gods has ceased, and the god OF
harvest has to content himself with the
ornaments and garments of the females
to whom possibly they eventually re-
turn. The transition from heads to or
naments is more simple than 1t looks
First mems heads are Indispensable
Then with the growth of spirit OF
scepticism women's heads are consid'
cred good enough. Finally, when wo'
men are too scarce to be. as 1t were,
an unfailing source of supply, it is not
considered reflection on warriors
courage or skill If he goes out and pur-
cbases heads for himself. The head Is
the main thing. 1t is preferable to be
obtained in war-but obtained IL mus'
be.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17

ders for the sake of the trophies. Any
devoted scientist contemplating the
study of the head-hunters in stu can
do so under favorable auspices on
group located slightly north of Patkal,
between the Disang and Dekhu rivers,
and extending through the hill country
as far as the boundaries of Manipur
and Cachar. In the group there are
something like forty-six villages divid-
ed into eight or ten distinct sub-tribes,
who are on the Observation-Disclosures con-
tinue principle generally at war with
each other. The facial tattoo marks
are Identical though the dialects vary
slightly. In the matter of dress, arms,
houses, customs, ETC., the Nagas appear
to be identified with the Battaks in
Sumatra, with the better known hun
tiers of the human head in Formosa and
Borneo, with the African skull-taker
and with their now extinguished
brethren of Australia. 1t is said they
still preserve their totems or tribal
marks.
Not very far away from the Maya
country. dwell the wild Was, another
people given to the hobby of head-col-
lecting. Not much was known about
the Was until year ago. when Mr..
Scott. superintendent of the Northern
Shan States under the Burmese gov
eminent, made the journey to their ter
ritory as a diversion to the pursuit OF
a deposed Tsawha, who had been CIV
ing trouble in Moughan. Some very
strange stories have been floating
about India and Burmah for many
years regarding the Was. The coun-
try has been. to Burmah especially, a
land of mystery and fable and romance,
and 1t is on record in the annals of the
kingdom of Ava, that the Burmese, at
tracted by rumors of wonderful gold
mines, once sent regiment Of 5000
men to subjugate the Was. who instead
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
SOUTHWEST BREEZES.

The best preacher on earth can spoil
a sermon by preaching too long.
There is no higher praise for
friend than to say that he is faithful.
Some people seem to have no ambi-
ton beyond making a collection OF dis
eases.
The trouble with cute children Is,
they soon outgrow it. and become i'm
pudent.
No man Is really unlucky unless he
can make train late by going to the
depot to wait for it.
Thousands OF people would appre-
ciate sympathy and help who never
ask for it, and never get 1t.
Some barber is losing the chance to
make great hit by not inventing a
Paderewski Hair Tonic.
When there is a snow storm the
fancy Of very young men lightly turns
to thoughts of tracking rabbits.
Most peoples browning proof that
they regard a man as good friend, is
that they abuse their kin to him.
The martyrs among women are near
ly always women who are treated par
ticularly we'll by their men folks.
The women can always depend upon
this: that a man at his meals will ask
for something that is not on the table.
1t would be pleasanter living in the
world il there were not so many fools
in it, but more difficult to make living.
There never was man who would
die for a woman, and never man who
has not said he would do it cheerfully.
When the average woman ATTENDS n
play, she wants to see noble youth
triumph over a lot Of unprincipled old
married men.
There is only one thing for a man to
do when he finds himself married to a
woman who enjoys spending money,
and that is to learn to enjoy earning
it.-From the Southwest.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17

"Mikew called the editor OF the Ho-
boken Hasbeen, to the foreman OF the
composing room.
Eyes, sir" replied the latter, poking
his head through the slide.
Don't forget to double lead this edi-
torial announcing our farewell bow to
the reading public Of Hoboken; and
print the paragraphs calling attention
to our manly struggles against adver-
eity and final surrender to the grim de-
stroyer. in plea"
Eyes, sir Anything else?''
Eyes. Commence this obituary with
a wreath of immortelles initial letter II
you have one; If you haven't, slide in
that cut of the broken column out OF
the undertaker's ad. We shan't need
1t any more"
"All right, SIR" returned the fore
man. but whose obituary is it?'
The editor sighed as he looked affec-
tionately but pathetically at his muci-
lage bottle and shears.
at is the obituary of our last remain
Ing subscriber" he said.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
Consistent.

"'Twould never do" she firmly said;
1.-THE clustering curls that crown your
head
Are blonde, which is my color. too.
Your eyes, alas! like mine, are blue,
Sanguine are both our temperaments.
I am compelled to drive you hence,
Science forbids that we should wed,
'Twould never do!"-she firmly said.
"Then I must seek dark brunette
He sadly sighed-"with eyes OF JET
A woman languid, dreamy, slow,
Would be my counterpart-Just So"
He sighed-"Across the street from me
Lives such a one-I'll go and see
How she, on nearer view, appears
"And leave me?" she inquired with
tears. iLy
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17

ing. Scientific India has been put into
a ferment over the fact, which comes
assured on the authority of Prof. Peal,
the well-known English ethnologist
The mere Anglo-Indian will rejoice TO
think that his head will for the future
be all the safer on his shoulders, and
will probably bless the spirit Of prog
ress for having touched the Nagas and
led them into paths of virtue. The an
thropologist, on the other hand, will
be glad to learn that, though the Indian
first-cousins of the ferocious head-hun-
tars Of Borneo are conforming to the
more peaceful pursuits of civilization.
they have not been emancipated en-
tlrely, but still go about when the spirit
moves them and cut off each others
heads with all the cheerful bloodthirsti-
ness that has characterized them and
their ancestors during untold genera
tons.
The Maya country does not exceed
twenty miles square and 1t speaks vol
umes for the energy Of the inhabitants
that the past forty years should have
seen upward of twelve thousand muir
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17

Every Man His Own Poet.
You build a sonnet on about this plan:
Your first line ground out, take the
next One-so:
And make it rhyme with this one'
Just below.
Then, next, you match the first line,
II you can.
Don't hurry the machine. The lines
must scan.
With steady motion turn the crank.
You know
IT'S not a sonnet II it limps. Go slow.
Now find some rhyme for "scan"-for
instance. man.
AS to the last six lines some latitude
May be allowed. Take any word' as
grove"
Now hunt rhyme for latitude. Tell
shrewd.
This line must end with dove, or love-
or strove.
And this with mood. or prude, or cruoe'
or dude;
And there's your sonnet Throw II
in the stove.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
NeuraIg ia

in one eye and about my temples, es.
pecially at night when had been having
hard day OF physical and mental labor.
Itook many remedies, but found help only
in Hoods Sarsaparilla which cured me OF
rheumatism, neuralgia and headache.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has proved itself atrus
friend. also take Hoods Pills to keep
my bowels regular, and like the pills
very much" ISAAC LEWIS, Sabine, Ohio.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
Sic Transit Gloria MundL

Sic Transit Gloria MundL
Lay away the bright brass buttons
That our Paddy used to wear;
In a fight down on Canal street
Paddy climbed the golden stair.
Lay away the great big billy;
Lay away the awful pop;
Paddy has pair Of winglets;
Paddy now Is fly cop.
ID. NJ, in Chicago To Date.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
"a n k

President Isaac Lewis of SGbina, Ohio,
is highly respected all through that
section. He has lived in Clinton Co.
rs years, and has been president OF
,he Sabina Bank 90 years. He gladly
testifies to the merit of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, and what he says is worthy
attention. All brain workers find
Hoods Sarsaparilla peculiarly ada,ted
to their needs. 1t makes pure, rich,
red blood, and from this comes nerve,
mental, bodily and digestive strength.
az am glad to say that Hoods Sarsapa-
rills is very good medicine, especially
as blood purifier. 1t has done me good
many times. For several years suffered
greatly with pains OF
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
A Reversible Overcoat.

Gus De Smith, say, Kosciusko, your
overcoat looks shabby. Why don't you
get a new one?
Kosciusko Murphy-Mose Schaum-
berg has shut down on my credit.
"Then take it to tailor and have 1t
turned"
"Humph, do you think that this over
coat has got three sides?"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17

"Blest If I can understand this cur
rency question. I asked somebody
what legal tender was, and he said 1t
was like this: II owe you 81, and 1
offer you a 50 bill to settle the debt, You
must take It,"
well, that's right"
Yes; but what a blooming, idiot you
would be If you wouldn't take IT.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
Half-Dollar Horses.

Several carloads Of horses that start
ed from Oregon for Kentucky recently
were stopped at Shoshone, Idaho, by
the owners, and the horses were taken
from the care and sold for fifty cents
apiece. This was more profitable than
to pay the heavy freight bill with what
the horses would have brought in Ken
lucky.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
Two OpinIOns.

what know about bicycle riding"
said Scorchleigh, would fill a good
sized volume"
What you don't know about It," said
the officer who arrested him for run
ming down an old lady. would fill
good sized cemetery"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17

Stranger-Can you tell me where the
nearest letter-box is?
Citizen (quietly)-Yes (walks on).
After several minutes he turned
around and said: do you want to
know it,"
Stranger-No.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
PnlitIcal DYSpepsla.

A party of Canadians and Americans
were conversing at an hotel in Toronto
about the possibility Of war between
Britain and the States, when one or the
Americans, with good-humored brava-
do, said: "Oh! we could gobble up all
Canada for breakfast!
Eyes; but what an awful time you
would have digesting it" was the quick
retort of a Observation-Disclosures In
quirer.'
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
WE SELL FARMERS DIRECT.

No Agents. No Commissions.
Send 10 cents in stamps for Wen
Machinery Catalogue. Full of valuable
information. Buggy Catalogue ready to
mail May Ist., cents in stamps. We
sell you direct Write us.
KANSAS Cry MACHINERY Co.,
1000 Hickory street, Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17

"T tell you the time in which one lives
has a great effect on his career. Take
Washington, for instance"
well. what Of him."
do you suppose a man who would
persist in telling the truth at all times
in these days would ever get further IN
public life than notary public?"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17

Blossom, who has just answered
ring at the door Why, how are you,
doctor? Come ri Oh, excuse me,
doctor, but is this q professional or
social call?
Doctor-Social, Of course, my boy.
Blossom Come right in, doctor,
come right in. Mrs. Blossom will be
down in a few minutes. San Francisco
wave.