The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-23
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CALLING THE -.

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From darkening vallevs . - esk
Ing ~ II
Flowers fold in tho tends.
OF the drowsy nirht ~
And loud. yet sweet, and !,
Comes a well known so,,ns !. NJ
ear. ~
"Pig-oo! pis-oo. us.,
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Calling the pigs as thu A. IN, u
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The great dark mounta,o. 4,
twilight 'a'cx
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And low us the elves SOM, 4, n
Under the slim curved ~, =
With rose leaf face snd @
hair. u
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And the hunter smiles AZ = n.
No''f. .ne ecnoes stealing swsei,,
"Pis-oo' pis-oOl pis-oo.sss
Whiie hastes the hunter, po,,v,
10 the stars. with bright -.
with crying,
AS the last faint light Of thu a,
From tho mountain IA.
And now the hunter dravs,s y,
And the deep dusk thrfleth m /.
"Pis-ool pls-oo! pis-o.as.
She hears his steps; she turn, !. !.
Wi,hin his arms she laughs M II.
And whispers low with che.s.
me pigs came home thres hosr J.
a mighty cultured Boston IA,
ing a Houston lady who va,
mate. and is r warm and
friend. "a
Last Sunday they both a.t.,,..
and on their return the Bos,o, n
marked: y
your minister is certainly q.
cultured and refined man evs,
uhe pulpit. Such dellcacy o, J.,
and exquisite taste that he 49,
sermon was surprise and a.sN
me- nave never heard such
discourse. Why. in referring 4 y
never once mentioned his name N
ne drew striking picture a, N
ne had wrought on earth ana a.
ism and malice OF his na,p,
served through all a gentlers,,
oearance that shows an ext,.r..
waited mind. He seemed to ha 49,.
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fallen angels. and rather nv
IMAM by direct accusation he si,,.
linpreSsfng the minds Of ira ~.
ton with the dangers of llsisnIv,t
baneful words of the arch &c.
the world. Such sermon ~
done credit to Boston. His rsfs,s
the devil; while dlgnified and linz
were such as to impress his Meas,
the tremendous evil influence Of NJ
of demons" v s
You don't quite understand oc, j
er vet" said the Houston lady
wasn't speaking of the devil. M
ferring to Sam Jones'"
A Houston gentleman who h
somewhere up in the hundreds d,
sands and lives on sll a week, n
ting in his private office a few d,u
when a desperate looking man q:
and closed the door carefully beaiz
The man had an evil. villainou ID
face, and in his hand he held Va [
utmost care an oblong. square =
What do you want?" asked D.
tahst.
Il must have money! hik
stranger. Il am starving whis M |
rolling in wealth. Do you ses III
package? Do you know what
The wealthy citizen sprang fra
iesk In horror, pale with fright
NO. no. he gasped. You wrz
De 50 cruel. so heartless."
~ his package" continued the daS
nan, contains enough dynamite
all upon the floor, TO hurl this ID
nto a shapeless mass of ruins"
rs that ail?" said the capitalist
ng- into his chair and picking Y
lewspaper with d sigh OF relief,
ion't know how you frightened
hought 1t was a gold brick
The following letter from . Hs
ady deserves consideration, as II ~
a public nuisance:
Ladies Hat Critic. Houston P0l:
Dear Sir-Your remarks about Y
rats worn at the theater by lac5
veil timed. and while you have wv
n, perhaps you would mentl1
hing on the other side OF the
mere is a movement on foot tnl
o be suppressed. This movement
" the men between acts, ana
ny foot that happens to DO In ~
THE Houston opera house "a "
rranged on the temperance theAs
nj there is no provision mauo y
ons desiring to get drunk petNsI
he rows of seats. while rather
ether. are all right. If people Wy.
heir seats after once getting my
% have from three to five nfs q
1g past. treading on your w
reathing defiance and potato ~ ",
Ime the curtain goes down, ID
We do not mind sitting next
'ho is so full that he can W
om's Cabin" from full nous ~
@ does not weep down our IAN ~
l his sleep. but we do mol III
tilted as saloon steps. Vi
Ours ,s a long time for son ,sai
zen to 70 without a drink. ou' WI,
enerally tank up sufficienus, H. XXX ats
TX TO stay right In their cilr . "a 4
ext attrac ton. The KIND Una. ~ Il
yeen' acts are for the most 40
. had men who think IL iooams ,H5
, so. When they get ou,. ~ III
Mellen's food or a walk ~
emun who attends the tnea sI, ~ II
IS teddy, viii put his snn ,,om
iart of 1t when he stars III
nd bride a scene Shlfter |"
hen the show IS over; ..,,sht ID 4
These young men VINO uetis,rs,
& themselves obnoxious o,tlss u
ight to bn furnished with VA vS n v
Ieln in their seats. Inc A'I pueso,sa
it'll rubber tubes In theih' aIrst<1
South is just a-whooplnI
Colonies full OF fisn''
Half a million privaIss
Ready any night
North don't do much tal'''
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