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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-14

". - IpshgW. Atlanta. Ga........ :,
\ u Carlisle Wacu......... lu
+. NJ Mcdonnell Lousview To
! II Crauhl Waco ............ 10
J NJ Carroll. Waco.....,........... l0
T. Hanks Abilene. 10
e. " Daniel TcNarlana. ..... 10
\. j Benson san Marcos ...... 10
g + kyEor. Texas ,............. 10
\. II ingram. caldwell. 10
j. t. Ward Decatur ............. 10
i. w Ncwhrnugh. Cloburnc. ...... 10
G " Truc,t Waco Observation-Disclosures. 10
J W. 4 Scale acknowledgements.
J G Kculal Waco. .............. N
T. G. Everett San Antonio . 10
II h Rest Waco Observation-Disclosures. 10
J II Taylor Honey Grove. p
$. l.. Norris Waco. ............. 10
A. j. Fawcctt. Tyler, ............. %
Il. J Grant, Waco Observation-Disclosures. r
\. T. Baton, Brownwood ......... T.
j. II Truott Whitcwright h
T. Il IIarrcu Nacogdoches ...... :
- LrScur. Gcorectown- ........ &
Total .--.......,,....,.. s225
w. ,'"u"' ", NVEu,n arose hud
give To ihe convention n eoid wntrh worth
$40 The watch's valuation is to Be di,id
"d h'tWcoh nc state ana foreign missions
h'N. =. u'kcr ui ih' chhpcl car
Good VIII contributed $50, swelilrr the
'o'', 10 S''l ana agreed II any minister's
would abandon tobacco ana contribute The
amount he would spend during the next
year, me- would give Ike amount. Earn
est Nillic' tpshaW saii he would do like
wise.
nv unanimous vote W 7. Battle of Waco
was elected treasurer and later submitted
his annual report, which WAS adopted
Tho board nf trustees for Baylor Female
COLL. -
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an apology from DR.. S. A. Hayden. as de-
tailed heretofore. was ordered expunged
from the minutes.
Rev. Hanks, chairman OF the special
committee appointed to audit the books of
DIR. ]. b. Cranhll, during his administra-
tion as superintendent OF missions, four
years ago made the following report
which was adopted as read.
We your committee on the books of DR.
J. b. Cranill's work during the last six
months OF his administration as superin-
tendent OF missions and corresponding sec
rotary OF this convention, beg leave to re-
port:
We have gone over the hooks very care
fully, adding the amounts received as
put down in the cash book, opposite the
names of the donors, and dates OF the do
nation, finding them to amount to $l3,
56i.3l.
We also went over the amounts paid out.
scanning the name OF the party giving the
receipt. and the amount receipted for. with
the date of such receipt and we md that
they amount to $l3o6l.3l showing that
the amounts paid out are all stated sepa-
rately and that there is receipt for each
amount. and the whole amount paid out
is exactly the amount which had been talk
en- ill., So we report; That the books were
simply and well kept; that the tented
accounts can be easily understood and that
the books are correct and the vouchers
the rocepts-are all in hand, and that the
superintendent Of missions deserved the
complimentary resolutions passed by the
board at the termination OF his work
We call attention 10 the fact that this
work was done in 1891 ?, fonr years ago
that It was audited by a committee OF the
hoard. and pronounced correct. and then,
oil ettl, ffI ity he M
vontion and declared correct. 1t was pro
nouncod correct by the convention in Mar
shall Two years ago. Now, we your CON
veniion OF 1896 do also declare that this
work is correct and well done. So that,
II it is possible for this convention TO
pass upon the financial work of its ser
wants and settle 1t to the satisfaction of its
constituency. this mutter has been set
lied forever.
However, les, there should still be others
with distrust In their minds, We recon
mcudthat the secretaries Of this convention
be instructed TO publish in the minutes
of this convention an tented table of tho
receipts and disbursements of this mat
ter. and thus allow all the brethren an
opportunity 10 see for themselves every
item in this sin months work, now IN
der review.
And wo believe and hope that every fair
minded Baptist in Texas will then accept
the matter AS settled with honor to our
T. u Cranhl former superintendent Of
missions Treasurer John y Battle aud 'ho
board of that period and that further
agitation OF this matter would show
distrusl and an evil motive which would
ho aishouorablc in the agitator.
X. r Hanks,
j II Taylor
A. y. II Garrett.
r. " Hunt.
r NJ Mcconnell
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II 7 Thorp appointed as presiding off
Ger OF voting precinct No. 20. vice Frank
Bender. resigned
Voting place OF precinct No. 10 changed
from Isaac school house to Middle Bayou,
t'onal culvorts on Washington road grant
ed.
ordered that Commissioner Meyer be au-
ordered that commissioner Meyer be au-
,horiLed to receive bids for the opening of
the cut of road
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Neenub baben unter 0iebereien BON
@eiten Der Sramps 81 leSsn.
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3miI@en einem @eri4tsahefor uno
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ai7eNor 6eibt @or9ert; Der Offi3ier,
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so Ii If n. aiir3lif peranI taltez
te cine pripatseieui4aft cine mastirte
l%1ntertaltung, an wel4er ii4 audi Der
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-02-19
FIRE AND AIR.
Their Intimate Relation Was Early Rec
ognized-Lord Baron's Belief

Their Intimate Relation Was Early Rec
ognized-Lord BRron's Belief.
The intimate relation between fire
that experience soon taught that air was
necessary for fire. The experiment of
burning q candle in closed vessel, now
80 familiar to every schoolboy, is very
old one, and the influence of blast Of
air ON furnace had been probably no.
ticed from very remote period. BY
some it was affirmed to be the food of
fire, while by others the same belief was
embodied in the phrase, "Air nourishes
fire."
Again, it was long ago observed that
inter, substance we'll known to the
chemical philosophers Of the past, could
produce intense ignition. 1t was hence
inferred that, since inter possessed this
property, it necessarily followed that
the two substances resembled each other
in composition. According to Robert
Boyle, the air contained volatile nj
ter" while Lord Bacon held that air
contained volatile, crude and windy
spirit" and thunder and lightning were
supposed to be due to the presence of
minute particles of this inter diffused
through air.
The important bearing of such obser-
vations is due to the fact that oxygen
gas, which is one Of the chief constitu-
ents Of air and the one to which it owes
it's power Of supporting combustion,
also forms the largest elementary con-
stituent of inter and is likewise the
source Of the power possessed by that
body Of supporting combustion.
The action Of heat on metals i'll caus-
ing them to lose their metallic luster
had also not escaped notice, and Cardan,
a philosopher who lived during the six
teenth century, in noticing the increase
in weight that lead undergoes when
heated in air, attributed it to the gas in
the air, which feeds flame and which
rekindles a body presenting an ignited
point. Scottish Review.
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LAMBERTvILLE n. j. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1896

us with the announcement that the YES
sci was rapidly filling. It was evident
that she had dragged from the harbor,
and first striking upon the reef had
swung to her present position.
While the captain searched for spare
oar, l grasped the line by which I had
fastened the dory and was Mortified to
find it slack. No dory was there-the
rope which had held her trailed away
astern and was lost in the darkness.
Our last hope seemed to have departed
But no = as I peered through the
gloom caught sight of a boat attached
to long warp that trailed over the taft
rail of the schooner. 1t was a seine
boat. We quickly drew it up and got
into it.
Our drift in the dory had carried us
considerably to the leeward of Smutty
Nose, SO that in our present position the
force of the sea was much broken. As
we crouched beneath the gunwale of our
new refuge, momentarily expecting to
see the abandoned schooner 60 down, a
light from Smutty Nose gradually shone
out over the waters.
We saw that fire had been kindled
upon the island. Down at the waters
edge people were moving about among
the rocks. In little while boat SEEM
ed to leave the shore and drift slowly
| toward us.
As her erratic movements seemed to
indicate that she had no one aboard, but
was drifting at the will of the wind, /
attached no special significance to her
appearance, though glanced toward her
occasionally. Yet nearer she came, some
times directly toward u.s.
| AT times a heave Of the sea would
throw her far to one side; then she
would seem to linger moment, to
start off anew in our direction. Half
dazed from exhaustion, l watched her
with tagging interest until she was
close at hand Then I saw the captain
reach out and grasp her by the gunwale
and hold her fast alongside.
He shouted for us to get into her, No
sooner had we all obeyed than she start
ed swiftly for the shore. Then I per-
ceived that long warp led from her
to Sinutty Nose and that tho people
there were pulling us toward them.
Owing to the direction of the current
the boat could not be dragged back to
the point from which she started, and
we struck the outer edge Of the wide
reef of rocks. 1t was nearly low tide,
and though the sea did not break upon
the reef every wave that rolled through
the narrow passage boiled up over it in
swelling flood, submerging the rocks
many feet, to subside again, leaving
them entirely bare.
To run this gauntlet was our next
trial. Waiting until sea retired, we
started over the slippery, weed grown
rocks and ran as fast as we could until
an incoming wave overlook us. Then
we flung ourselves fiat upon the reef,
while the flood boiled up over us, clutch
/ ing the rockweed with both hands and
clinging to resist the terrible undertow
backward.
When the refux left the reef bare
again, we rose and ran once more. -Four
/ times the fioea aqIavs.t nos .sl"'', 1T
breathless, bruised and half dead, fell
a grasp upon my collar, and was drag.
ged up out of the grip of the sea. safe
at last.-George Ell. Hosea in Youth (
! Companion.
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HIS VIGILANCE REWARDED.
The Story of "a Man Who Was Prepare
For Footpads.

The Story of Man Who Was Prepared
For Footpads.
There is a man in Buena Park who
has always been afraid of being robbed
by footpads. A few weeks ago he decided
that he would prepare himself to defend
his property and person If attacked. So
he purchased reyolver--not an ordi-
nary revolver, but long barreled one,
the sort the cowboys carry out west.
For several nights he carried the gun,
and the assurance with which he walked
no doubt frightened the footpads, for
they left him unmolested. He was
pleased with the sense Of security he folt
from the humping Of this weapon
against his leg, and his fears were quiet
ed until one night not long ago.
The sidewalks were slippery. and he
was picking his way along toward his
home, when man bumped against him.
The offender was profuse in his apollo
gies as he struggled to regain his foot
hold.
sit was purely accidental, / assure
you, SIR" said he. Certainly, certain
ly," replied the Buena Park man, "no
harm done," and they separated.
A moment later he felt for his watch,
it was gone. Then he felt for his gun ;
it was safe, and its size and weight gave
him courage. He turned and started on
the run in the direction the man had
taken, and before he had gone block
overlook him. He grabbed him by the
collar with his left hand, and, sticking
the pistol in his face, commanded him
to give up the watch
"All right, all right; don't shoot, "
said the trembling man, as he handed
out a watch, and, breaking away, ran
down the street as fast as his legs would
carry him.
"I'll teach you footpads thing or
two" shouted the Buena Park man, but
there was no response, and putting the
watch in his pocket he started toward
home. At each step he grew more and
more indignant at the state of society
that permitted such criminals as pick
pockets and footpads, and when he
reached home he was very angry.
"What makes you look so ferocious?'
were his wife's first words
"Been held up; fellow took my
watch, but got it back again, he said.
"What are you talking about? Yor
left your watch at home this morning.,
said she as she took from his pocket the
watch that belonged to the other man.
The Buena Park man is still adver
Using for the owner Of that watch. =
Chicago Times Herald.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-02-19
THE TRACER.
Row Ho Follows Up Dishonest Purchasers
on the InstalIment Plan.

Row He Follows Up Dishonest Purchasers
on the InstalIment Plan.
One Of the most important men in the
employ of firm that makes a speciality
Of selling goods ON the installment plan
is the tracer. " His duty, as his name
signifies, is to find ont the whereabouts
Of delinquent customers, who think to
get out of the trouble Of future pay
ments by quietly moving away and neg
lecting to leave their new address.
Nothing could be more foolish than
such course, for this is feature of
the business that the installment houses
have reduced to a science. 1t is obvious
that in this city the great majority of
those who purchase goods on weekly
payments live in flats. This makes it a
comparatively easy matter for the deal
ers to keep them under surveillance, for
one of the first things the collector does
is to see the janitor and inform him
which families in the house have bought
goods on the installment plan. 1t pays
to fee the janitor for this service, for he
is in a position to know when any NOV
ing is about to take place, and the in
formation he gives tho collector has
been the means Of nipping in the bud
many n we'll laid scheme to get out of
paying furniture bill.
Sometimes, of course, it happens that
a dishonest family will move away in
such hurry that the janitor is unable
to inform the firm in time. In such an
event the tracer" is put on the case.
He sets about his work with the method
of the trained detective. He is familiar
with the name and address of every fur
niture mover i'll the city, and his ac-
quaintance among the helpers is SO ex-
tensive that it is more than likely he
has personal friend among the men
who moved tho family he is seeking.
With such advantages his task is not
nearly so hard as tho uninitiated would
imagine, and there would be fewer at.
tempts made to .beat" the installment
dealers if it were better known how lit
tie chance person has to succeed =
New York World
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DOlRsses.

The dolasses of tho Kaffirs and Hot
tentots used for divination are not our
dice, but substitutes for them. Precise
ly the same things served in the most
ancient time for dice, and these are
knuckle bones, which, under the name
of astralgi, children played with in old
Greece and Rome. We have today a
beautiful antique statue Of a girl play
ing with knuckle bones. The Mashonas
use something made of bone which re-
sembles the Roman tall. These dolasses
do not bear numbers, but peculiar,
small incised pictures. Mr.. Bent. in his
"Ruined Cities of Mashonaland, de-
scribes these dolasses.
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marked in his physical being If he's a
glutton, his stomach is most in evil
dence; if scholar or brain worker, his
head is sure to be thrust we'll forward !;
but if he preserves proper intellectual
balance he walks with his chest in adj
vance of the rest of his body.
''It is curious, too, how one may
really influence his own mental condi-
ton in this way. just try and see how
impossible it is to say, oh, how happy
1 ami with sunken chest and spent
breath. One involuntarily lifts his chest
and takes good long breath when he
says anything optimistic and brave, for
if he doesn't he might just as we'll say
Have mercy on us miserable sinners.
The effect is the same. There isno surer
cure for the blues or like maladies
than merely lifting the chest and taking
a good, long breath. 1t scares away all
the bugaboos of pessimism. New York
Sun
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Remarking upon some of the geo
graphical charts now available to the
student of physical science, it is pointed
out by writer that elsewhere in the
world there is not so majestic flow of
water as the gulf stream, remarkable
body having its headquarters in the
gulf Of Mexico, from thence flowing
northeasterly along the shores of the
United States to the banks of New
fengalana hen sgsl'i,nag rBesre the
AtiA of Is SiS ISricasn isIes, II Is
divided into two currents, one flowing
northward to the Atlantic ocean, the
other southwark to the Azores, and the
velocity of this immense flow being also
more rapid than that Of the Mississippi
at New Orleans or even of the Amazon
at 100 miles above its mouth Phenom-
email, too, is tho fact that, although its
bed and banks are cold water, yet the
vast stream is very warm, and so great
is the absence of affinity or commin-
Cling between these waters that their line
of junction is distinctly visible to the
eve. Further, the waters of this Won
derful stream do not i'll any part Of their
course touch the bottom Of the sea. They
are defended at the bottom and sides by
what has been termed trough of cold
water, one of the best nonconductors
Consequently very little heat is lost,
and the warm water is carried thou
sands Of miles, losing only four degrees
of heat on the journey from the gulf OF
Mexico to the British isles.
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hring her back TO health and strength.
Most women do not understand their own
bodies, or the things that make them wen
or sick. The most frequent cause OF SICK
ness in women is the cause last looked TOT.
A women will go TO doctor when she has
a severe cold, or some acute digestive dis
turbaucc. but she hcsitates and procrasti-
mates when the trouble Is with the distinctly
feminine organism. And yet the latter IS
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lie consequences are always serious, and
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facilitating. 1t saps the life and strength
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leaves, the color goes from the face ana
holIows sink into the checks. lrritaDiiity
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The place Of conicniment Little by little
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The late DR.. Thomson, archbishop OF
York, when he was bishop of Glouces-
ter, suffered from toothache, and by
medical advice resorted to narcotics to
relieve the pain. One morning. after a
night of great suffering, as he left the
house to consult the doctor, Mrs. Thorn
son begged him not to allow the ply.
stefan to prescribe narcotic, as il
affected his brain for several hours after
taking it, On his way the bishop met
the postman, who handed him a large
official envelope. He opened it in the
street and read his appointment to the
see of York Instead of visiting the doc
tor he fastened back to communicate
the surprising news to his wife.
"Zoel Zoe!" he exclaimed. "What
do you think has happened? I am arch
bishop of York. F."
"There, thereV rejoined the wife
"What did I tell you? You've been tax
ing that horrid narcotic again and arc
quite out of your head. "
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There is man living near Maben,
Miss, who prides himself on his econo-
my, and the other day, when discussing
his favorite topic, he remarked that he
had saved several dollars in matches
why" he said, when l came to Mis-
sissippi nearly 40 years ago l brought
my fire with me, and | have kept the
same fire ever since, never allowing it
to die out, and during all this time /
have never spent cent for matches.
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Minlsterlne to a Quiet Kentucky Flock.

Ministering to Quiet Kentucky Flock.
In pleasant, social little Kentucky
town not long ago now minister arriv-
ed. Fervent in his mission against the
world, the flesh and the evil one and
not duly considering the points of his
compass, he delivered frorRi. his pulpit
lta esse CssAaslAs. tiA.1o aBai.sat Ts4.- !
playing. On Monday the wealthiest
member of his flock called on him and
said:
"Oh, dear Brother Parker, your SER
mon was very unwise. You will offend
half your people if you talk against
cards. We are just little quiet COM
munity all by ourselves here, and we
play cards whenever we want to- Don't
say anything more about card playing. F."
So the next Sunday the new preacher
launched out ON dancing. Again the
wealthy member visited him to say that
his church people had always danced all
they wanted to, and he must not say
anything more against dancing. The
evil of horse racing was his subject the
following Sunday, and this brought the
rich member TO him in great distress OF
mind.
"Great goodness, Brother Parker, this
is one of the finest horse sections in the
state You are beside yourself when
you try to put down horse racing.
"Well, said the Respondent preach
or, eff you say so I'll have to let these
evils alone Next Sunday I'll abuse the
Jews. F"
"All right, remarked the wealthy
member, "but don't overlook the fact
that I'm the only Jew in your congre-
CATION. louisville Courier-Journal.