The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-03
A QUEER slc,

MS Aroiessor Tells Hovr ~.
,,,. 1t May Have u
Times. sr'' In Pa
DO you know" said N. !.
saw a rather queer sign !, r y
this morning? haze he.. ~ &
II a good deal. and althonm, shitksy
or painted, III apparens%sn
! can not, for the iife god
my mind exactly what y me, u
me professor had hasn neats'
long II time that 1 feareS" Ellen 8
some sort of troubIs ne m{s
relieved. therefore, VII ao ! "
known the subject Of XII Ii. x tts
ON | cried. that's ali ,@.euais
II "S" ,In, ne i something 7. serious.' y
:, e. IL Is serious" Ia "a
tormSS,Y% 1$c' And Va = /, siT + / aos :
formation clearly IL miv ss nA CH
be hung up-it IL bet,sss nS y I'll
not be hung up," s' Nal Y
YOU talking about? l did ma, 70!
tn,hg unusual of that kinds
or course YOU didn't" uid 4,
men 20 not notice things = q
incy should. 1t would be bsts.s r.
IL they, were more obseryant. ~
nhH. better progress, not XII l
worl'l,'; '"' IN their knovlsdss
But the sign. professor "a,
s s,;,, 3,, nat impatient, what ~
s,alll tell you; It was. Til, N,
Stops at New York; ' 1"s
~ don't see anything "a op..
that" said WV
ih"t, answered the profssso, !
cause you haven't been thinkiss +
what does II mcan?"
1t means" responded. "the, q.
stops at no place but New Yorss.s '
Y m glad you answered oujr,,.
said, "bccause If you had thours,
you'd have been as uncertain !,
The meaning YOU give Is poss,M
when you say i, without any III,
Suppose you read II thus em,ls2
this aud only. This train osly y.
New York.
why tha, would mean" I ~,
rather obviously, that this trtn I,
other stops at New York"
81 believe thutt right" sadt,
I'M pretty well confused myl1i
emphasize the word stops ond ~
you haveY'
I'm not exactly sure"
II think-yes. that's right! TIT ?
mean that It only stops-does notssi|
III couldn' inke on or let of pasxs
COULDN'T take on coal or water.
not do anything but stop. In fac, h
not even start again, which yoqA
rather unpleasant result OF an and
| sign. Eut what does II mean |! MI
plastic the words Train and OMIT
81 don't So. that that means arye}
] answered
We'll, 1t does" laughed the ,a}
at means that the train and ne.1I
the trim stops. That Is, the pa,s|
and their baggage go right aheai, I'd
stopping IN New York at all-vnita 1
be rather difficult to effect.
YOU might suggested. "tls]
tiain suddenly by running II Into 1
thing and Thus shoot them all aa'a
That's So" laughed the prciss,x
| quite evident, I think, that the W
as it stands is a little lndeanis
try to improve IT,"
IAN right" answered. "try wv
Grain stops at New York."
1 Thought had IT then, but tn 1
sor did not agree with me.
6Same fault" he said. I'm the fff
that Is not What The sign really 7,
because there arc a good many triIl
| stop at New York But even waival
it's faulty. only This train, ETC.
this train and no other. But e'ni.t,,
only and train puts you Under a1
necessity of having a colIse-
again"
This train stops only at New y
suggested. -,
"I'hat's better. by far, but vi
to quihblr | might find fault WIZ !.
it with the emphasis on tram y
passengers may stop clsewhele ~
train goes on. someone might nss
stand that and then"
"Ie might Jump out Of the VIII
added.
so. But might save the i s,
pcnses by writing the sign ~
train stops at New YORK oAlS' ~
"or." suggested seriously ' III
| try only this only train on'y WI
at only New York only"
lyon see.' said the proiessol.
at mo with n grieved expresEoa
was moro fun and instruetion y
out Of that sigr than you tno4.
only have to think-that Is, you ay
to think ~. M
II toll you, there's no WORD - D n !,
Itch i,ny1nge so often misplScn Y
word only. The safest rule; , tsa'
put il, before the word It Is ll,-i
emphasizes. But some times, u N i.
seen, even that will not preven. Y, Y
agreeable necessity of throWlns
gers from the windows. You g u
nortant II Il to say what yoa u.s.