The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-25
GOSSIP OF Gors.s

Ne" 10TH, April IA 49,
sraVes'ono was put up in cr.sa '' "
eieFy the other day, bearing .'t ny.
ton; Elizabeth r.. ril,on .ul' la'Ss
1884; died april 10. 1897" WI s.,a Ny
from lnan,, whom she has been .ep., .s.,'.
t"enty-one years, did m, AsM
neral. but a weeping s,s,ss a y
there. e' o. BIZ n
The East Methodist con,s-.,
In session in Brooklyn, CANA AZ y. 'ea
passing a resolution denopns,. Wy ta
bicycle riding. We're i, not f., ~ saAs
| quenee OF dozen prom,,er, we .
the thing would have been aoas miaasl
OF bicycles standing In A raoS t,a|
church explained the heat Of ,sas \,
! rem. VI lae tra.
50 1t seems a hungerlng puS,l. /. h
gaze on a multoscopic picture .nI
fourteen-round eight In Neyas, 49,. =
The rnmor that the negatives v.r. III
was spread to prevent pending ~
laws in severe legislature, !.
clnematographe show will 600, " vi
and Fitzsimmons and Corbe,t s ~ u'a
1t all over again. What M va WI
photography this is, when i, ,,a.. 49, !
dlnereht pictures to show the dsuis \
the big scrapl 4
About every branch Of thu ,r,.,u.
trade here has had crack a, N. :,
tariff, and now it is the diamond -
chants turn. They demand cm i, !.
duties to 10 per cent, at Least, ,Il,,.,
that higher duty would simplr rs,
boom In the smuggling trade Thu, !.
borne out in this by custom, hon.. =
iicers, who say diamonds are snr,,s
In here daily, but the gem, are 10 u,
hidden it is almost impossible 10 ~
the smugglers unless they happen |. N
identified az regulars" These rer.l,
are almost continually on the ocean.
Fanny Herring is outdoue. Her ...
genarian laurels have been graspA ,,u
AAN.h nv ~ IL buIIudu actress, VIA n
addition to her age, has great n
Marie Geistinger is wonder and 10 ~
take. At least twenty years Of he, NJ
have been lost In the shuttle somewhat
for as she stood on the stage Of The On.
mania the other night any spectator W
didn't know better might have been IN.
titled in swearing that she was no. IN
over 40. Although it is twelve ysrs
since Frauleln Geistinger last appHn,
here, German theatergoers had no. iorrs.
ten her. The little theater was iammN i
tho very ceiling, and there were On.
ers and applause galore.
Speaking of freak Legislation. Ar.a.
blyman Leonard has reached the .,1
in his anti-wcrm bill. Albany hu n
anti-liquor. antitrust, anti-cartoon u,
nearly anti-everything else, and nov |
demands anti-worms, The bill gravel
demands that sand worms shall not
dug on the shores OF Queens or Sutssl
counties without the permission .! u
board of supervisors Of the respects
counties. The ridiculous measure hp l.
ready passed one branch of the hcss
in Il paroXysm of laughter caused By ,a1
worm speeches by flippant member
now promises to become law unless y
senate should administer dose q ~
mifuge.
Some ones carelessness on board Y
hattleship Indiana is responsible III
tremor and n scramble among boau .
the lower bay. During practice o. y
big ship, ono OF those most dreaded o
gines of destruction. Whitehsi.s
ptdo. slipped overheard, and Is now II
ing around about ten fee. under VIZ
This is about the proper distance =
counter a liner and blow 1t 10 eng
come-if! The "if" consists in the y
that the deadly head" of the tofpea.s w
only loaded with water equal IN sta'
TO the gun cotton It would carry Y =,
tual warfare. So, unless this uni@s'
torpedo has acquired the VICIOUS ~
OF the unloaded pistol, there Is 40 o1as'
to craft.
Probably not one in thousaia
the brokers and other regulars ~ !
Wall street district have ever s'0Pp'
to think there Is anything unusual w. ~
that sign on the exchange coal' us-,
ing" remarked an old timer In hA'N'.'
place the other morning. ut aInu''' =,
every time look at it, though. Ine D.',
ing is only five stories high. rather fs, :,
ty at that. and an ancient strucla, r,,,s i.
sign bearing the name OF 'he SI nm,
is attached prominently on vaS 4,
II reads: Exchange Court bu'lu'Ns IN,
vator in this building. EVERY md,
read it can almost see the inns ' M
scored and in italics. l snpposss , m
ago the owner felt very prouu - "a ,
bad the sign painted after pusnIss ,st /,
elevator. 1t may have been 'ne
troduced down town"
OF all tine drugs that men a., ;,
stupefy themselves or to MAKE 'e Il,
fancles of their brains none is more =
gerous than chloral. 1t induces 'l' A,
delicious sleep and its work Is w..
choral VIII do It's work In two ~ Yam, s.ne
the outside. The end is always Inv IN d
insanity. Richard Brennan ~ ,s,p d
clutches of the drus. He Is Z, .,s.sI i
and looks to be so, He mas ohirs,
border line of reason, he wa ,i,i1e
with attempting to commit b. s' me Yofl
sat molionleEs for an hour w. Sssgei
vile court. He occasionally WI ne b,
be permitted to Kill hin's snr death
promised his mother before nS eraIug b
quit the choral habit, ana ,,G'u nli
Impossible tried to XII nv MIN, !,
says calmly there is no hope io s,f viii
his next attempt to stab hihis'"
more successful.
Andrew Cnrnegte's Nc"