The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-25
sscIp OF GOTHAM.

december 22.--lndoor football
laI' p become a winter institution
W. " ,.usc there is nothing better
''n Y. place guess. because aon,ba ,o0's you
" !, " MD galore is as n deacon deacon ana
bat ~ As tame as uN'"
q, plsying croque''
49,, G. Oliver lselin isn't quite
~ ~" the victory of the Defender
hs uu' orders for probably the finest
~ CIV -, ever set afloat. 1t is to
Icins ys s,eel. and in this he intends 10
|i.ae o. ST. trip around the world.
z lels sr,sf trip UP the Thames in his
|sss.
yrssue Bevcridge. the famous
= ,mrlcan sculptress' who has Just
rs n ,s,r, Paris, is attracting atten-
80 -, s splendid work on a statue of
~ .ntonio Maceo. She Is a warm
Lssl a a.,sa and an enthusiastic adinirer
y o. uaD so the emotional young
he desa ,hrown more than the usual
- y. ~ soul into the clay
,,,;arjty Of high buildings is
|i'l ~. interest here since the building
'a .rs have honored these structures
s'0's ,,,ed attention. 1t has been
that many of them a. swer, ,sa 'r rsc.nt
) noon .,auyh this, by experts, Is cited
bb1ne, ~ their strength. A we'll
b pro@ ,uranher near Fifth avenue.
- pho.os - the roof of skyscraper.
nea' Tho tremulous motion injured
|,ptives'
...,, 0, dear recollections, here prom
!. n one of different kind. 1t is
-, about by the energy and long
!, ,,s managers of a big department
there seems no limit to what
~ ,,a can do. Since his defeat by
.be big Pittsburg champion. Joe
$, mas decided to retire from the
"a beginning January l, he will be
~ The sporting goods department
ss,town store. 1t is said of Joe that
", threw a fight. so he is sure to
sands in these uncertain times.
I. dd comparison, You are growing
IN "a St. Mary's vine" must give
IA pmething new, as that vine must
rHy.slx years ago the corner stone
|, Nnk's Episcopal church. Brooklyn.
! IA and a queer old architectural pile
ss,cl. Some one then planted the
mo that has ever since been eX-
~ tn slghtseers. Today 1t has so
4. A., mt an inch OF the building is
4 c,ry window being bower In green.
r,hs picturesque spot must go. to make
hra new bridge, and tho tramp of
Es.,is Of hurrying feet Will soon wipe
. ysder recollecticns of this pretty
three. story frame dwelling on Pa
,venue. Brooklyn, lives a mild and
rent little woman, living only in the
M waiting for the end, TO escape
vrs,iou her name is incorrectly re-
N IN the directory, but she is Mrs
Rsr Til,on. For two years this pa
= title body has been blind. but after
I mution for cataract on both eyes she
nv see. OF her family she would not
II escept that nothing but kindness
n from them. All her life she has
n lowers, and she carefully attends to
: vnts Of the plants that crowd her
N ,arlor windows. These seem the
y lhing things she cares for.
|sN York still boasts Its Dead Mans
m' on the cable line at Fourteenth
n and almost every day bad acct
\ Is reported there. The newspapers
y vt up cry against it with a de-
for slower cable. As the public is
ss for more rapid transit on this line
directors are In pretty mess. II
we're to consult the book of fates and
kger, the solution would be easy. 1t
Lya personal opinion from maui who
" owned very many cable roads, but
What few hints have heard here
elsewhere, the system should never
leen introduced al all. One stock
" told me it threw back the develop
Y electric power at least ten years.
sunday concert, open Libraries, mu-
and aquariums are institutions at
liked as the open churches and
n law hotels on that day. The Sur
concert was the hardest to secure
v'uon for, and the last successful eff
vii probably settle all future ques
boy has been scraping his violin
pitched to such tuneful nature that he
8en genius. 1t Is Bronlslaw HUI
eaen. only IA, who weeps when h,
me people want to hear him, are
near him. and demand that he APP
sunday concerts at the Metropolitan
leey may hear him. The Gerry sociely
up penal code or two and objected
'olected Mayor Strong heard few
from the wizard within the child's
ana issued permit that the DO,