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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-01

Chicago, June 30.-The total number of
passengers handled for the Christian En-
deayor association by roads running ont
of Chicago is very close to 10000. This Is
rather more than the roads We're locking
f,-
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PpE pLin9WAJLoR;.RATEs $50 AND ,aoo
ppir-ffInnni :. JAMES LAWLOR. pRO.

nod s Ga Aiass,rson Galveston; Mrs. j. A.
fohnsa ' &. c. Gibbs, San Anten' S," % "1 ~
iin. = san Aniyso, j. NJ. Fg. Ser NJ ~
IVosleSs," brahon. Huntsville, iciear
Ls,ses.. Z, Wharton; NJ. l.. Mahon ' Pnrt
Best co,,, H. l.. Chapman, CGaro. George
Ns. ". M'f Hsn;,Ws,.a llace Mile, Austin.
Dummond, II y; lEa,bot. Palestine; j. +.
WESTON; Theo. B n 81 T.; Hugo Sacks. Cal
n'ises Georgetown '''FeS'oh' j. NJ.
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For thc ChiIdrcn.

City Ticket Agent R. D. Courtney OF the
Katy. has present for every cni'c VINO
calls q ~ qfticp SATURDAY noTnins'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-01
COLONEL c. c. CRIBS.
visit to Houston nf the Railroad
Lnnd Comm slmncr.

visit to Houston nf the Railroad
Lnnd Commissioner.
Colonel Charles Chesterfield Gibbs and
Mr.. r. d. Cobbs of san Antonio are Iii
the city. Colonel Gibbs is land commits
sioner of the Houston and Texas Cenlral
land grant, now owned by f. p. olcott OF
New York, and the land grants Of the Gal
weston, Harrisburg and San Antonio. me
Texas and New Orleans and the Gulf,
Western Texas and Pacific railways. Mr..
Cobbs is attorney for the land department,
Colonel Gibbs is one OF the most pecu-
liar original characters in Texas. lie is q
Jolly coed follow, makes friends wherever
he gees, is business TO the letter when 1t
comes TO q matter OF land. and he controls
a great deal of IT, and he Is truly out
spoken In evorything-in fact, wears his
sentiments upon his tongue where all may
hear them who listen. In his position as
land commissioner he issues IA proclaina-
ton semi occasionally. This PROCLAMATION
is signed Done by Gibbs, but bears no
red seal of executive authority. with a lot
nj pink ribbons attached TO it. IL Is PRINT
ed in the corner OF highly colored railroad
maps and announces to the world that
Texas has lands for The landless and
homes for the homeless and that he is
the only agent In the rack with good lands,
cheap lands and lands for Intelligent and
Industrious settlers" He especially caters
to the Intelligent" settlers because he
says a man who is not Intelligent can not
appreciate what a bargain he has. lie Is
the builder Of The Gibbs building, corner or
Franklin avenue and Fannin street this
city,
Colonel Gibbs has done great work IN
advertising 10 the weird the ADVANTAGES OK
the coast country lie has disposed II
great deal Of railroad land in Liberty,
Jefferson, Chambers, Waller, Harris ana
Fort Bond counties. lie has succeeupu III
bringing 10 this Part Of the state many
settlers who have cultivated The coast
Country and who are now good citizens
His advertisements OF the lands Of Texas
are sent broadcast, and the sales thfonsh
his department and by various agents are
increasing every day. and new settlers are
coming here constantly.
In,ernntionnrs New schedule.
Austin. Texas. June s0,--The new sched-
ule which goes into effect on the interna-
tional and Great Northern July l. aceei-
crates between Palestine and san Ah-
ionic an hour or SO, which is necessary Tor
the Gould lines to retain their mail con
tracts. effective from ST. Louis TO san an
tonic, where distribution Is made, Tor MeA.
leo and the Southwest. Thus was broukn'
about by the recent demonstration OF the
fanta ne thai shorter hours gould be made
between 81. Louis and Texas.
Under the proposed schedule the morning
International train will make connections
Nth the Katy At Taylor, and arrive a. san
Antonio shortly Alter 9 o'clock, The trsin
passing hAgs - ! ., p, MI arrive neesss
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THE HOTELS.

= 4 Patrick Buffalo. +. NJ. McClen-
Ivn Smlihyiiie; S. G. Smith. Conway.
en- an, x. I. Helnsmiler. ST. Louis: W. n,
Inannhg. North Carolina. T. l.. Monogan.
d Taa,as' y H. Gasscti, New York: II, O.
nm run, Memphis; James Hays Quarles'
F res,as; Z. l., Carter Livingston: Earl
II ~ i,1 Yer: Il, Rochester. New York. j.
Nav S"y a,,. New York; j. +. Duncan.
& 4, r sus' onward Frazier. 81. Louise
T.,,,,, austin; 5. NJ. Finley. Dallas
7 on i,aiaess sal Antono: $. j. samuel
r,.,hsslle; J. n p, Davis. Richmond. T.
pn,SSaagh lay. Richmond: s. ]. WINSTON
E 49, {; Arthvc Williams, Texas. j.
'ei ~ New York; r. barrow, Galveston
K,n W. ,unay and wife, Galveston: John "
s : sy, Chicago; j. pinton' Detreit
otlean1ss 'aus New York; y. Browne. New
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BAY SHORE line

Trains leave Houston .. m. $50 p. m.
R,.lrn leaving SYLVAN Beach 9.lb p. M.
II y. m Good hotel, iine orchestra music:
dancing. sailing and bathing,
Street cars siect late special at Bon.
ners Point for Fannn and Travis line,
nlso Tor La Branch and Caroline
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-30
Tho Dragon-EIy.

One of the most useful of insects is.
owing to the ignorance of the public,
forever being killed. 1t is known as
the dragon-t1y, the needle-case and the
DEVILS darning-needle Says a writer
of authority: In it's larvai state it
subsists almost entirely on those small
squirming threads which can be seen
darting about in any still water, and
which hatch out into sweet-singing
mosquito. AS soon as the dragoon-iy
leaves its watery nursing ground and
climbing some friendly reed, throws
away the old shell and flies away, it is
helping man again. Its quarry now is
the house-tiy. Not long ago the writer
saw one of these insects knocked down
in a veranda, where it had been doing
yeoman's service, and the children and
women seemed delighted, although
they shrank back from the poor, wound
ed dragon-fy. They all thought it had
an awful sting at the end of its long
body; a cruel injustice. When the
writer took the insect up there was
general wonderment, which was in
creased when a captured fly was offer
ed it and it ate greedily. The boys OF
the household will never harm dra-
comfy again.
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Quite u Difference.

All disciples of Izaak Walton will
appreciate the story which is going the
rounds, concerning Mr.. Andrew Lang,
the English critic and essayist. An ex-
change publishes the anecdote which
one of Mr.. Lang's literary friends tells:
1t happened to me to spend a few days
last summer in an English village. Hav-
ing noticed a pleasant river which
seemed to promise excellent fishing. l
spoke of it to my landlady. "Oh yes.
sir" she said, there is very good fish
ing here-many people come here for
fishing" What kind of people come
here?" l asked. Literary gentlemen
come here very often, sir. We had Mr..
Andrew Lang staying here" ooh,
really! does he fish? Is he a good fish
erman?" Yes, sir, he fishes beauti-
fully" Really! does he catch much ?"
ooh no, sir, he never catches anything.
but he fishes beautifully"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-30
ITO BE CoNTINUED.I
MUSICIANS WHIMS.
Most of Them Are Daft About Som.
Things.

Most of Them Are Daft About Some
Things.
am tickled to know that Wagner
was an exact and expensive dresser,
and that Beethoven was sloVen with
an old coat and slippers trodden down
Review. 1t interests me to hear that
Paganini always carried shirt in his
fiddle case because he sWeated so pro-
fusely over his solos that he had to
change between his parts if he played
twice. | even care to learn that Men
delssohn was perfect child about
pastry, which he could never resist and
which he always ate Especially cherry
pie) and which always disagreed with
him, that Schumann injured his third
finger by tying it back to his wrist
with string because he hoped to
make it more supple-it ended, how
ever, in his almost losing the use of
it; that Bulow got up in the night to
play over passages which he thought
he was likely to play inaccurately at
his prodigious recitals. When Thral-
berg was at the height of his fame
he wouldn't even carry an umbrella
for fear of it cramping the muscles OF
his hand; Malibran loved nothing so
much as romping with Mocheles' chill
dren on the floor; Paganini was so
stingy that he would stand up under
shelter in the rain and keep a whole
opera house full waiting sooner than
call cab. Prof. Ella told me he found
him one day crouching under the
Arcade in Regent street and that he
gave this artless explanation. Hack
ney coaches" he said. 'in London were
so expensive!" and this when he had
doubled the prices at the opera house
where he played and was rolling in
money.
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mere suggestion of my fathers death
In a certain way he had his wish,
| though the pattern of his grave was diff
ferent, and his coffin more spacious
one than was meant in his expression.
He died when l was Z years of age.
On a dark night, during sudden and
raging storm, while helping to reef the
maintopgallant sail, he lost his hold,
and slipped into the grave of the At
lantic. AS the wild waves received and
closed over him, plotting him out oil
the world forever and ever, perhaps a
vision came upon him of his wife and
child in their little cottage at Brixton'
frightened by the mementos OF his
love; and perhaps, in the midst of his
brief agony, it brought spark of COM
fort to him.
l was a sailor before my fathers
death, and the manner of his death did
not brighten me. 1t was proper
sailors death, thought in my childish
way, and was proud of my father for
dying it, and proud of myself for being
such a sailors son. Sometimes of a
night, when was abed, | would put a
shell to my ear, and, with my eyes
closed, l would see my father floating
down to the bottom of the sea, where
he would lie with a CHEEKY and smiling
face, among beautiful sea-weed and
coral and shells of pearl. | never in
these fances saw him with any but a
cheerful and smiling face. Really,
had been sailor in my heart from my
cradle upward | do not know whether
this came from innate love or from edu-
cation; but | do know that, whether
| was bred or born to it, l loved the
sea with a deep and passionate love
Never have l forgotten the first time
| saw it, 1t stretched before me calm
and vast, and over the water line in
the distance lay the wonders which
should one day see. They were hidden
| from me now, but the time would
come. | was silent from joy. That is
| the world thought my world, in
which l shall live and be sailor, like
my father. | regarded the land as OF
the very smallest consequences; it oc-
cupied but an insignificant position in
the universe according to my reckon
ing.
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A Characteristic Reply.

The incorruptibility of General Walk
err, late president of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, was above all
suspicion. A characteristic anecdote ia
told of him by ]. ]. Spencer in the
Review of Reviews: At one time when
General Walker held a government po-
sition, a place shared in a measure by
another, he was approached with the
suggestion that, since the whole de-
partment was under their control, by
working in harmony they could have
whatever they desired. 81 have no de-
sires," said General Walker. But,
general" said his coadjutor. "do you
not see that we can push forward our
friends and relatives into good plaees?"
Il have no friends" was the reply.
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always dressed sailor fashion haven't
the slightest doubt, judging from
the impressions | gathered, that the
children in the neighborhood regarded
me as something particularly marvel
Gus, and that no high-admiral, how
ever fine and grand his cooked hat and
sword and gold laced clothes might be,
would have held a higher position in
their estimation than young Amos Bee
croft.
| could not have been more than 6
years of age when found myself stand
ing on the outskirts of a crowd of peo-
pie gathered together in a street near
that in which | lived. How | came
there l do not know; but there / was
spectator of the scene. 1t was a vo-
lent crowd, and loud and angry words
were being used The people were
gathered about an open street door,
and from what could understand with
my childish mind, family were being
turned out of their house in conse-
quence of owing some money which
they were unable to pay. Their furni-
ture had been seized and sold, and
they were being bundled into the
streets. The sympathies of the crowd
were with them, as is invariably the
case on such occasions, crowds being
always composed Of poor people, and
oaths and threats were flung at the
man to whom the money was owing,
and who had in this way enforced his
claim. 1 heard his name. 1t was
bruce. Presently the crowd divided,
and by some means I was in the CEN
ter of it, standing by the two men who
played the principal parts. The face
Of one of these men was white and
pinched and livid, as though with fear
and malice; the face of the other was
convulsed with passion, and blood was
trickling down it. Instinctively, child as
l was. l knew which was the wronged
man, and which the wr0nger, and
their faces became indelibly stamped
upon my memory. The name of the
wronger, also, would never have been
forgotten by me, even if in afterdays /
had not cause to remember it. l ran
home, in terror of it and him, and
told the story to my mother with tears
and sobs.
Mr. bruce was a money-lender in
our neighborhood. When he died, his
son inherited his business. The name
was over his office, and l never saw
it in my boyish days without its bring
ing before me the faces of two men,
one white and livid, the other con-
vulsed with bitter passion, and with
the blood trickling down it. and in
variably hated the one and SYM
pathized with the other.
Up to a certain period in my life l
met this son but once. He was a man,
and l was a man. Perhaps he was
three or four years older than ] was.
1 stood with my hand on our little
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-30
That light, the breaking day which tips
The golden-spired Apocalypse.

The golden-spired Apocalypse.
Madame de Stael did a world OF work
in her time, and one day, while she was
seated amid instruments OF music, all OF
which she had mastered, and amid
manuscript books which she had writ
ten, some one said to her: How do
you find time to attend to all these
things?" "Oh' she replied. these are
not the things am proud of. My chief
boast is in the fact that have seven
teen trades, by any one Of which could
make livelihood If necessary Ana
If in secular spheres there is so much
to be done, in spiritual work how vast
the field! How many dying all around
about us without one word of comfort!
We want more Abigails, more Han
nahs, more Rebeccas, more Marys, more
Deborahs consecrated-body, mind and
soul, to the Lord who bought them.
Once more | learn from my subject
the value of cleaning.
Ruth going into that harvest held
might have said "There is straw,
and there is a straw, but what is a
straw? l can't get any barley for my
self or my mother-in-law out OF these
separate straws." Not so said beautiful
Ruth. She gathered two straws, and
she put them together, and more
straws, until she got enough to make
sheaf. Putting that down, she went
and gathered more straws, until she
had another sheaf. and another and
another, and another, and then she
brought them altogether, and she
threshed them out, and she had an
ephah Of barley, nigh bushel. Oh,
that We might all be cleaners!
Elihu Burritt learned many things
while toiling in blacksmith's shop.
Abercrcmbie, the world-renowned phi
losopher was philosopher in Scot
land and he got his philosophy, or the
chief part of it, while, as a physician,
he was waiting for the door of the
sick room to open. Yet how many
there are in this day who say they are
so busy they have no time for mental
or spiritual improvement; the great
uulleS vi lie CTOSS the llelu llhe SlIoHS
reapers, and carry off all the hours,
and there is only here and there a
fragment left, that is not worth CLEAN
ing. All, my friends, You could go
into the busiest day and busiest week of
your life and find golden opportunities,
which, gathered, might at last make
whole sheaf for the Lords garner. 1t
is the stray opportunities and the
stray privileges which, taken up and
bound together and beaten out, will at
last fill you with much joy.
There are a few moments left worth
the cleaning. Now, Ruth to the field!
May each one have measure full and
running over! Oh, you cleaners, to the
field And II there be in your house.
hold an aged one or a sick relative that
is not strong enough to come forth and
toll in this field, then let Ruth take
home to feeble Naomi this sheaf Of
cleaning: "He that goeth forth and
weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him." May
the Lord God of Ruth and Naomi be
our portion forever!
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! wooden gate, and he came ana $1,000
before me. had no idea who he was
never having seen him to know him,
His shadow falling across my path
caused me to look down upon him.
could do that; | was taller than he. A
thin, inquistive face was that race Oh
his, with eyes that were bright, bu'
had no softness in them. He could not
have been ashamed of his face, for II
was perfectly smoth and hairless
Mine, on the contrary, had plenty OF
hair upon it.
Good evening, neighbor," said he
That was a claim to kinship In
friendliness.
Good evening" said . I. scarcely
looking at him.
"A fine evening" was his next OBJ
servation.
1t happened not to be fine evening,
and l remarked that he talked like
barber. He accepted my correction
good humoredly.
mot being a sailor" said he, Il
don't know the signs Of the weather
| as well as you"
"You know when it rains, l sup
| pose" said, with wave of my hand,
for slight mist was falling.
"Ah, yes, indeed" he replied, in
tone of surprise, looking up as though
he were only now aware of the fall
ing mist. "You have been long time
| away"
had been absent on long voyage.
and had been home but few days.
| nodded, Yes, a long time" and
would have left him, but that he SEEM
ed to have something more he wished
to say.
"You have been to Africa, | hear?"
Eyes, to Africa, and other coasts"
give read" said he, that gold is
dug up there by the savages."
That's So"
"And feathers, worth their weight
in gold?"
81 don't know about their value.
Feathers are got there
"And pearls in other places, and
coral?"
That's So"
"And you've been to those places"
cay"
His bright eyes that had no softness
in them cleaned still more brightly
and eagerly, but still it was in hest
tating tone-as though he were sus-
picious | should take advantage Of
him-that he continued his question
| ing:
Have you got any," asked he.
ANY what?"
Feathers and bits of coral and that
like"
| l laughed at him.
1--WE enough to do" said I, without
bothering my head about such things,
Besides, they're out of my reach"
"Out of your reach" he repeated.
GAY. 1t takes money to buy them"
He chuckled, and rubbed his hands.
"And you've no money!"
mot more than | know what to do
with. Have you?"
At this question of mine he gave his
body such a remarkable screw, that it
appeared to me as though all in one
moment he was buttoning himself up
from top to toe.
give got little said he, with
slow twisting of his fingers. land I'm
fond of turning it over-turning it
over"
WELL" said I, with another laugh.
turn it over"
"In trade, | mean. I'd like to buy
some of them pearls and feathers and
cora"
Easily enough done if you're so
flush 81 money. Go out there"
Il can't spare the time. Couldn't
you bring home some?"
I'll tell you what could bring
home"
Yes, yes; WHAT"
What do you say to a mermaid?"
"a mermaid he cried, excitedly
1T would do to exhibit. Can you &c
one?"
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TALMAGE'S SERMON.
FRIENDSHIP UNFAI LIMO"
LAST SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
From the Following Text: "And She
Went and Came and Cleaned In the
Fields After the Reapers; and Her Hap
Was to Light."--Ruth 2:3.

HE time that Ruth
and Naomi arrived
at Bethlehem Is
harvest time. 1t
was the custom
when a sheaf fell
from a load in the
harvest field for
the reapers to re-
fuse to gather it
up; that was to be
left for the poor
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CHAPTER II.

49, AACN ~ ~ "
dered at that | had
such ideas, for my
inclination for the
was fostered and
encouraged in every
conceivable way. I
was the sailor pet
of the neighbour
hood, and from
the time l remem-
bered myself | was
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-30

In Kentucky travellers say a general
store is usually kept by colonel. This
is true in the major portion of the
state. If private information can be re.
lied upon.-Somerville Journal.
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CHAPTER I.

II liNtu III q ii'eAN
cottage at Brixton,
situated in a lane
behind the broad
highway. At that
time there were
three of us; Bee
croft, Mariner;
Mary Beecroft, his
wife; and 1, Amos,
their son. Brixton
then was not what
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-30

When amid the storms they sang,
And the stars heard, and the sea;
And the sounding aisles of the dim
wood
Rang to the anthems of the free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
THEIR FEMININE VALET.
She Attends to the Clothing Of Four
Society Men.

She Attends to the Clothing of Four
Society Men.
From the st. Louis Republic.
There are at least four men In this town
who will never be hampered and done
for" when they marry as they are now
One Of them is a widower, the other three
are dyed-in-the wool bachelors. They live
in handsome apartments in the West End,
and between them they have a woman
valet. She is a motherly looking. middle
aged creature. quite lady-like, and always
ably does not see her employers once a
month. She goes to their rooms every day
after they have left them and puts their
clothes in order. She gets the laundry
ready and delivers it to the laundry wagon
returned, sorts it, sews on missing buttons,
darns the silken socks. puts the handker-
chiefs between their scent bags, and regu-
larry once a week she cleans out the draw
ers.
When one of her charges leaves her a
note, saying that he is going to the theater
or party at night, she lays his dress suit
out, puts the shirt ready, adjusts the but
tons. varnishes his pumps in fact, has
everything SO that all the man has to do
Is to put them on. Next morning they are
as carefully put away. His various suits
OF clothes are brushed every day, and his
valet doesn't have to be told when they
In the trousers and a sponging Of coat and
vest.
A moderate charge per week is made for
the service by this woman, who makes
really a good living out of her clever idea
Of doing for gentlemen.