The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-26
GOSSIP or GOTHAM,

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New York, September 2i.--An autopsy
performed in hospital today disclosed
the fact that the dead woman's heart was
| III The wrong place. The surgeons knife
| need not always he used TO make such dis-
@osurcs good many women here even
! 70 80 ldr as to Wcdf their hearts ON the
sleeves OF their shirt waists
+ Hubert W.lke the baritone. is the very
latts. addition to the list OF singers who
/ have gone into the continuous vaudeville
/ ranks. He has just signed contracts to
appear at kcith's, commencing October
IL; lie Tnld me today that he wrestled
with the problem some time before he,
I finally maie up his mind that vaudev Ne
j. Just the proper thing for an artis; of
ms cal!hcr AT the same time, he frankly
admitted that there is big money In l.
There is a great boom in all kinds of
ocean freights, and disengaged sailing yes
sells are very scarce at this port. The
heavy rise in freights is owing to a very
heaVy demand for gra n from Great Brit
am, Great britain VIII have to rely al
most entirely upon Amer can markets for
KS supply of grain this season. Cargo
room was engaged last week for over
o'WloQO bushels. This bit of cheerful news
IS worth pushing INTO the Interior.
Miss Jane Adams of Chicago, who has
worked SO unsclhshly in that city for years
to better the social conditions of the labor
ing people, left for home a day or two
ago, She returned from Europe on the
l-ucir "a .dst saturday. but WIS unable 10
resume 1er Journey Yves; ward becaase of
what Is known LAND sickness" Ac-
cuAlomci for days to the roll ny motion of
Tie shil, It's sudden sc ssatiun causes ai2zi-
ness ana slight nausea to those ocean
tourists who arc poor sailors
peep nj the now ball room in the Wal
dorf disclosed a beautiful apartment. 1t
Is finished II write and gold a Ia Louis
NJ, with stained glass let into some OF
me panels of the cebling Two sides of the
room ARE covered with mirrors a third
coithNls SIX great windows to be hung
WIN nlauNe satin, ana the fourth side is
occupied hN "a deem gallery. behind which /
are ar. me dressing rooms. -Four lrci |
IS nearly twice as large as Delmonico's- !
quite too large, in fact for a dance Of not
more than $50 persons.
President Cleveani's friends say that
ne has given up his plan for a two years
IT y around the world when he becomes IA /
private citizen again He has recently
inspected the land that he purchased near
leml steIds Long Island colony two years
Struction of magnificent country seat.
~ niJog 's the extensive property of his
former secretary Of the navy MIR Whit
ney, ana the elegant Morgan domain is
not far off. The pres.dent's manor hail
VIII b ready for him by March 4. ana
the Hempatead colony is already IN ecs,a-
sy over IT'S coming acquisition.
Here's another queer phase OF the mar
age business; a strange society has just
been orsactzed in this city composed Of
young men and women who have decidedd
20 .uhordinata sentiment to a,lence In
other words. they believe II to be a crime
AGAINST sorrly and future generations for
CT' .hh PERSONS to marry. So they have
ineuE.d themselves not TO enter into any
ma ll1in MAI alliance with ,uY person
Nhos' iamily subject to hereditary dis
r n,.,l,.r Una, can be transmitted. ghs new
urltf j. called the Society for the Prevon-
t'oh OF Here !itary Disease.
There's no doubtiag the rermanency OF
The bicyc.e craze. If you doubt 1t, take a
iook at the dry goods stores. Every big
mart here has a wheel department. w-th ;
q, wy t H. NJ 700. a0d headwear and every
ot"tI Incidental necessary to the comfort
~ the owner Of a bike. The new styles
I, ~ WE new athletic world are legion. In
uootS and legglns the re are novelties num-
common sense shape, Others chic and
! IehchN end cf necessity hurtfUl. \ car
GUS effect was noticeable fl a sixth ave- :
iitne snow window, where the bloomers ran
INTO me nigh boots nat CO me up 10 The /
Nl''S, me cioth was a rouSh-facei nov l
'Ity from Paris and was of she same cCior =
as the her Tor the uppcrs 50 that the I
TWO seemed to be one ana uhe same suit. !
good many people have admired the 5
statue N city Han Park of a young man
III dlsheVelcd 10th ng. Of defiant attitude.
'nI bound hama ami foot with ropes J.
5 Nathah Hale. As the sun set ON the '
.uinS OF New York, September Il, l716. :
IL, ~ was pf2 ight into town a captive SPY !
ihd tax before Lord Howe lie had
p''-' teIed To- 20 Into the cnemy's camp. d
.if Hdu successfully performed his miss on
'lu was almost home when he was be- {
.tS 90 ~ relative and arres.e ell Hale
y "a - years o.l a graduate OF Yale and
,uol J." ne No red. Before Howe he lr- J.
,'"NirqGtd mat ne w3s u spy and calmly =
'rv!N a h'h ntence OF death on he fol- .
WI K mYrulig- on tho sraffod he was :
,ehi, 4 n hihle and clergyman. AID with y
~ last breath he 81 d: IL only -rCr.t | ;
may . have but one life to lose for my /,
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