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All goods and articles Of every kind land
ed or received upon any OF the whar"es
are thereafter at the risk OF the owners'
ard not Of the company, ard must be re-
moved the same day. or at furtnest, tne
neat day. after which time any of said
goods and articles remaining on the
wfarves, the owrers and consignees
thereof. will be responsible for. and will be
charged an additional wharfage of one
third the rates specifet III the preceding
schedule for every day they so rcnair. and
without further notice tat the RISK anu ~
pense Of the goods and the owners anu
consignees thereby TO any pape OF tne
premises, continuing the charge fs az
dit.onal wharfage each day they remain
or said premises. Or the Wharf comp2i
may have the same removed and stored
out further notice Cat the risk and ex,
rense OF the aools ard the owners ana
consignees thereof. and the same VIII be
he'd un.il all cherries are paid. s Sam ~
articles delivered from one vessel to an
other, provided that either of such veg,
seis is fast TO the wharf or to any vessel
fast to the wharf
The company hereby gives notice that II
VIII not be liable for losses II caused by
excessive or unusual weights. or by DING
tr heavy articles such as salt. more than
three sacks high, and railroad iron more
than two tiers high. on the wharveS; or DIV
landing articles of extraordinary weight
such as locomotives, without special per-
mission VIA NIItliIs'' itvitl .4,N = :,
agent but that II will hold all persons
liable for such damage as may he occa-
s.oped by Overlooking the whdrves with
out special permission.
All vessels of - tons and over not en-
gagged in receiving or dischargng cargo.
or seized BY legal process, and lying at
the wharf after such seizure, Will be
charged wharfage at the rate of 2Is cents
per registered ton for each day or part OF
q day.
The company also gives notice that II
does not Undertake storage, and Will not
he responsible for losses or damage from
any cause 10 goods or articles landed O.
received on It's wharyes.
On all shipments over the company
wharves, both inward and outward, the
vessel receiving or dischargtng cargo will
be held responsible for the wharfage. and
the company will hold the vessel until the
wharfage is paid.
But no cotton or other cargo will be
permitted to be loaded from the wharves
onto vessels or lighters without prepay
ment of the wharfage or satisfactory pro-
TO vessels with general cargo for gulf
ports.
All wharfage is contracted to be paid
| and "a due and payable to the company at
its office in Galveston.
Cotton and Oh cake will be permitted TO
| remain on the wharves for ten days with
out extra charge but an additional
| charge OF one-tenth the regular tariff viii
| be made per day for each succeeding day
| the articles remain on the wharf, in addi-
! ton to the regular wharfage on such ar
| ticles.
| Vessels of less than 70 tons will be
| charged wharfage at the rate of 81 per
day or part of a day.
| j. e. BAILY. Secretary.
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but partial, and believe that when 70
shall be ut home with the Lord, even sne
most familiar words from His book Will
then open to Us with breadth and length
and depth and height Of meaning that We
never dreamed Of.
10. "And now abideth faith, hope, love
these three. But the greatest OF these y
love" Heb. ri is tho great fnith chapter;
Rom. viii Is the great hops chapter, ana
this is the great love chapter The love Oh
God TO US is the greatest thing we ever
heard Of. and His love to others manifest
through us Is the greatest service we can
render. But we must also remember that
without faith it Is impossible TO please
Him " Heb. ri, O., and also that the hope
is the great purifier Of our lives q John
III. 81. There are no contradictions here.
but we must take the whole testimony and
rut it before us TO see the whole truth.
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- not purified ana united in the service
81 the moral idea REV. George A. Cor
don, consregstionsiist, Boston. Mass.
ST. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was
thu embodiment OF the ideal OF tbs Irish
race. He was a man OK bright spirit, sol
derry bearing and . master OF music. Co
Iumbkilfa aer1t out ha monks in Tho dark
davx. after the barbarian1 mad destroyed
tho ancient world, TO rekindle civilization
Ia Europe REV Father Shahan, Catholic.
New York CITY.
COMPANIONS. do not think 4 fool
harmless because he has little wit, nor
chat you can manage fool because he
knows little He Ia like a blind snake.
He will strike even the hand that sondles
bin. by all means surround yourself with
wise companions. even though they be your
superfors .--Rey D. N. Bcnham, Presby-
terrain, Pittsburg. Pa.
HOME Maybe YOU have stood at the olf
home place and looked at the spot where
the old house stood-nothing left now but
tho foundation walls and tho old chin
ney and tho old fireplace where you used
10 sit with mother when you were boy.
what made you leave home anyway ?---itey.
r.. Il. Mccauley, Lutheran, Cedar Rapids.
Iowa.
OVER pIOus. Tho people who AFRO too
pIous TO enjoy outdoor exercises and
breathe the pure air Of heaven, even on
the Sabbath are too religious TO be ~ much
consequence 10 themselves or to tho world
about them and the sooner, 70 my mind,
they are transplartedor build little world
and fence Il IN, the better for all con
cerned --Rey, s. d. Samnls, Baptist New
Brunswick. N. j.
THE WORK OF GOTH The old Goth
kneeiing In the forest put his hands to-
gethtr in the form OF a sharp capital A.
Comforted by that aspiring mood, hs asked
the praying hands 10 repeat their form
in tho upward pointing windows. An
aiyzed. lis cathedral w frozen prayer.
petrlied pulse beat, the OTTER and ma
terial embodiment OF az inner alnd spirit-
ual aspiration Rev. n. D. HllIis. Inde-
pendent. Chicago. Ill.
MODERN PROPHETS Men blunder
whe1 they try to prophecy. When VIII
lam n. seward prophesIed AZ the begin
ming OF cur civil war that II would b. all
over In a me- nth--that It would be sort oi
before breakiss! Job war poor pro-
phet. When Tom Paiue prophcsied AZ
dinner party, Gentlemen. IN Ava years
there Will not be a Bible left ia America. %
he was p~os prophet Rev 9. w. Brown
Mothai#;. KansaI city. Mo.
PERSONAL EDUCATION II like 10
lsh and to hunt and thero are folk who
think u ia perfectly horrible TO do either
Of these. Some women have told me that
there WAS rothing more villllnous than
shooting innocent llttle birds aud nothing
more degrading than catching fish. | pload
guilty 10 these latter. But then I asked
thtse women II they ever eat mutton, and
thy said they did Yon see It's all mat
tor OF personal EDUCATION. Roy. Thomas
Dixon. Evangelist. New York city.
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c.
pricL 81. -, 80. coilee' iah, etc tsmal1i
biick, common. per
flAns, doors. sash, per cubic foox Z
Zones and horns per 100 lbs.
Borates, pei 100 Ibs................s's 4
Bonedust. bone meal. bone black, - !
lVo lbs ........... ..................,-'S
Carboys, full ............ ........,.s;
Carboys. empty ......... ....... .......sf
CanaigrS root, per 100 Ib5-.....,r<x
Cattle, each ........, ...........,...s
cement, plaster. per 100 lbs ,...,....sH
Cudrcoai, Der sack ...-....... .........t{
Copper Matte. per 100 pounds. ~
Gotten. per 100 lbs dale estimates - Z
500 poundsJ 80. Observation-Disclosures 4 !,
Coal. per 100 lbs 1900 z
Cottonsesd, per 100 his .''ssss
Ccttonseed meal, per 100 lbs. .....' \ \
Coffee, per 100 lbs s,5
Cotton ties. per 100 lbs. inward M, 7f &
Cotton ties. per bundle. outward n n Z Z
Coal oil. per 49, 4 4
Cocoanu.s. per 1p0 '- - 5 5
Crates, crockery. per cnhin foot ''ss
Dry goods per IOI lbs $3.50 4" ! !
Flour, per 100 lbs ''''' 4 4
Fustic and dye woods. per 1fs) lhs ~ IL Z \
Fertilizer ond ptano nea- I'm lie - \ \
Groceries. rer IW1 Ihs $500
Grain. in sacks, per 100 lbs 1865 ~ 4
Grain. for exnort. delivered hv ~. ~. y
vator. per 100 BIS ..... 81 =
Hay per 100 lbs
Horses and mules 90 ,.h y 4
Household goods. ner 1oo lbs
Hides loose each - ' '''ss =
Hides, In bales. pes 100 lbs '''r '
Hides. green. in bundles az . each 4
etc. ner 100 his AoHp' "'ouAne
Iron water nine ner lnn III. $3.50 1855 \ \
Iror. iunk per 16n lbs '.''.'.'''''' /; !
1stle. per 100 lbs \
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
Sociology and Religion.
Itcy. Sam q. Jones on the Creation
of Mnn,

I have just returned home from the
Northwest. where have been attending
series Of chautauauas. These chautau.
quas are annual occasions In the communi
ties whore they are held lasting from two
weeks 20 twentyono daye. They arc
largely attended and nre seasons Of Intel
lectuai and social enjoyment on the part
OF the people. They grow in interest and
crowda annually ! shall perhaps attend
some thirty or more OF tho chautauquaa
this summer and lecture on their plat
forms.
heard a lecture this week on sociology
To most people that la a bag word. II is
tho science that treats OF tho origin and
f~story of human society and social pho
'iomeua, the progress OF civilization the
lave controlling human intercourse;
philosophical and historical study OF tho
human race. 1t was profound lecture
and interesting from start TO finish, Tho
lecturer was master not only OF his sub
ject, but OF his audience | WAS especially
interested IN tho lecture myself. am al
ways Interested Ia a sensible fellow. He
had something to say. OF course. about
theology, biology and geology, with q llttiG
''mix,ry." ah the old woman said. OF chron-
o.ogy.
! Ho began With the pre-. historic man and
| the historic man and the man OF today,
| running over the stone age, as II is sclcn'
| tifcally called. the brass or metal axe,
| and the Iron uge There was n good deal
OF Spencer and Darwin and Tindali In tho
lecture OF course. being a scientific gen
tloman be said the account OF creation
| was scientifically oonsIdcrcd n myth, but
geology aud biology and chronology with
ccnyineing proof taught tina; tue world
| was thousands OF years old. The prchls-
tcric man, FOSSILS etc., dated back far
beyond any period OF ak thousand years
that u the world was created six thou
md years ago Cod greeted great many
FOSSILS and put on great many stones
hy~oglyphics and created In Adam the
memories Of prehistoric race. aud 80 on
and SO on.
But when he touched upon the creation
OF man he dug up thousand snakes NJ q
lick with hsa scientific irattuck, and they
erawiod In every direction. He said that
u a man these days under the light oil
science believed that God picked up q
piece OF mud ono day about ak thousand
years ago and blew on It and a living man
walked out--a perfect man. with reascr
clear, with unruffed passions and 4
stranger 10 prejudice. aad so on. that
that fellow was like Ingerxoll's man who
said no believed everything he had eycl
heard or rad and was now looking 10,
some things on which to try his faith. He
sa,d mat II had been evolution with the
race as far back as they could be traced
that 1t was certifying TO man to show
that he had started little above an ami
he occupies today, and that this wa.
but the promises OF what should be Il
man. He said no would hate 10 belley,
that man started perfect and ate an appl,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
SOUR LAKE RESORT.

Now open for the season Of 49,
accommodations are better than a
fore. Good clean rooms. excelis
and well kept baths. Good fis11.
hunting. All skin diseases. rhe
etc. cured BY our hot mineral %
All dyspepsia. indigestion. liver
troubles cured BY our mineral Snz
them. Hotel rates. SO and S13
Plunge baths. 20 cents: hot mini
s. cents; hot mineral mud bathxs
The Sour Lake ca. Sour LahA
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
LOCAL CHURCH NOTICES.
EPISCOPAL.

Christ Church--Corner Of Texas avenue
and Fannin street, Rev. II. D. AYES. rector;
Rev Fl. J. Brown assistant. Tenth SUN
day after Trinity Holy communion at a.
N. Sermon at II a. m. Evening song at $3.50
p. IN. Sunday school at $3.50 q. m. Messrs.
W. ID. Cleveland and w. v. r. Watson,
lay superintcndents.
Trinity Mission--Corner McGowen avenue
and Louisiana street. Sunday school at
$3.50 a. m. Mr.. A. 8. Dyer. lay superintend-
emit Morning prayer and sermon at IL o..
m. Rev J. II. Brown officiant.
Clemens Chapel--Corner Bingham and
Sabine streets Sunday school at $3.50 a.
m. Mr.. Sessums Cleveland. lay supe-in-
tendent. Evening prayer and sermon at
o'clock. Rev. II. J. Brown officiant.
st johns Chapel--Corner OF Iceland
avenue and yelasco street. Sunday school
at Q o'clock p. IN. Mr.. Simon Priester. lay
SUPERINTENDENT.
TUESDAY. August Gath St. Bartholomew
Day. Holy communion al a. m.
st. Mary's Church--Corner Hardy and
Cont streets. Rev. w. X. Lloyd rector.
pTepth Sunday after Trinity. Morning
prayer IL a. n. Evening prayer s p. m
The rector will officiate during the even
ing service. During the absence Of the
rector. Rev. j. Cooper Vaddill, 14is Milan
street. will answer any call. All seats
free.
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PRrsBYTERrAN.

First Presbyterian church-corner Main
street and Mckinney avenue. Rev. Wii,ians
Hayne Leavell. u. D.. pastor SUNDAY
school at $3.50 .. m n chapel. McKinney
avenue entrance. e, W. Taylor supsrin-
tendent. John e. Wiley assistant superin.
tendent. Miss Fannie q. Vincent superin.
tendent primary department Public wor.
ship at II a. m. with preaching by Rev.
9. w. Story Young Peoples meeting al
!:lS D. m. Strangers cordially welcomed
TO all services. :.
Cumberland Presbyterian church-Rev.
j. M, Halscii, Iastor. Sermon By the pas.
tor ut II a. M. and $50 .. m. SUNDAY
school at $50 =. IN. All services in the
new chanel on Fannin and Pease. All cor
diAllv invited.
Westminster Presbyterian Church--Cor-
nsr MAIN ana Capitol streets. Prsar6ing e
- :. y, ~ ~ PASTOR. Rev. Aslury Kre1.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

Subject: DTsiting"--Hebrews. 2:i. Ser.
vice at .. m. subject: "Bsthers Hero
ism Esther. 4:xyi. Christian Endeayor
service at 6:45 o. M Sunday school al {! 20
a m. George A. Byes, superintendent.
Within the past week the seating capacity
OF the hall has been doubled and the facil-
ties for ventilation greatly Increased. All
are cordially invited and made at hume
at these services.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
SpIRTITIfAIfSN

The Houston Spirltualists' Association
hold their regular weekly religious service
at BRYAN Hall on Fannin street between
Rusk and Walker avenues every Sunday.
Good music and entertaining lectures on
subjects pertinent to spirltuallsm. The
public Is cordially invited 10 attend. Ger
vice begins promptly at 5 o'clock p. IN.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
cR1rrENroN MISSION.

Florence Crittenton Rescue Mission Hall
-4lS Milan street. between Prairie and
Preston avenues. Mission Sunday school
10 to IL a. IN. Gospel services IL to IL Sun.
days Night services every night at 5 p.
M. An welcome. VIM. Bradburn. super
intendent.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

Services will DO held In room No. 32s.
Mason block. corner of Main street and
Rusk Avenue at II a. m. The International
Bible Lesson Will be considered from q
Christian Science standpoint. by readins
references from the Bihle and the Chris.
tan Science text book Subject "paul's
Definition OF Love. All are cordially in
vited.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

There clergyman in Long Island village who sI
fered from dyspepsia such that positively
sometimes though his doctrine somd was howe
only stomach trouble and had nothing do with the NINA
Being convinced of this of his pashoners lady
him with small quantity of Rpans Tabues and the relief he
perienced such that all the congregation noticed
ment and although his salary is SMALL this clergyman
his wife devote portion of it keeping the medicine Clos
stocked with suitable supply Of Rpans Tabues Doup'H.
there many where what has been thought heresy
fact nothing less than dyspepsia and Rpans Tabu
dyspepsia One gives relief
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
RATES AND REGULATION
WHARFAGE
.OF THE..
nlTTTnnmnRT TTTTTlnU nm
GALV ESTON WHARF CQ

All vessels and their owners landing goods on the
wharves thereby contract to and responsible
for the wharfage the according the foov.E
ing rates to be collected from the or their
agents:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

many points left untouched that =
continued at this meeting, ana ~
terested are cordially invited 20 ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
THEOsOPHY..

The Houston Theosophical society win
inset a. usual thia afternoon at rom COS
iutinn, which was discunsed last Su,,dav
pssved q saeA Interest and thsre were 8
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
METHODIST.

METHODIST.
Shearn Methodist Episcopal Church
tSouth) REV. Seth Ward, pastor. Sunday
school al $3.50 a. IN. w. b. Jones, a. G.
Howell and S. Z. Tracey, superintendents.
Preaching - IL a. III. and S:l5 p. nj.
BY the pastor. the Rev Seth Ward.
Epworth League service at p. m. Stran-
gers cordially Invited to all services.
Mckee street Methodist Episcopal Church
(southl-On Mckee between Providence
and Cont streets Rev. s. w. Thomas.
pastor. SUNDAY school AZ o 40 a. m !. D
Freeman sunerin.endent Preaching a, n
a. m. and 3 n. m NV the nastor Junior
Leagne rnee,ipg =, I2n senior
T.aaeue ,nos,tna a, 80 cordtaI
a,eIenn,a ~ ~ ~. a. III 800 thas., Ia
vires
vasbf,g,o, c,roo. ua,boa,S. c,h,-oA
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s-URFEW-I pray for the time when the
Irfew INV shall be enforced. DO you know
acre your hoy is tonight? II you don't,
q time is coming when you will sing.
s,h. where In my wandering boy tonigbtY"
Rev. J.. w. Collie, Adventist. Louisville.
10 fr
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

iRTH OF RELIGfoN--Man save TO
surc's forces personality. The nature
til became The hero myth and In n
N development was given a moral sig
cameo. REV DR.. Pratt. Uaiversalist.
lar Rapids. Iowa.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

iTTs AMsHIPS-The great iron palace Of
deep. the logical and seientiho descend
OF the dugont OF tho savage. Is an cpl
10 or civilization. II shows what man
dos--Rey. Jcnkln Lloyd Jones, indie
dent, Chicago.
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liIsf.I--f regard II as great misfortune
nv tho word "hell." which has In the
Frmon mind the meaning OF the place OF
m torment, was used instead OF the
fird 'hades' In the Presbyterian creed. -
s;v. Henry G. McCook. Presbyterian.
siiadeiphia, Pa.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

.ipITAL PUNISHMENT Every deed
/ seed and every seed brings forth It's
kind SO murder begets murder. We
not by killing teach our neighbors not
till .--Rev. j. s. David, Swcdenborgian.
francisco, Cal.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

.'ARlALYSIs--M1ny men are Issing their
ills because they don't believe the story
Jonah and the whale, They are spirit
5iy parhiyzed because they Fan not re-.
loiIa REORGANIZATION aud free viii Rev .
bert Macdonald, Baptist, Boston, Mass.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

AND MISUNDERSTANDING In
y ID acquisition Of ~ great quantity OF mis-
islianeous matter. wisdom is capacity.
river. character. Use OF yourself, and
s.ires with tho knowledge OF that which IL
visible and eternal.--Rev. Lyman Abbott,
songregationalist. Brooklyn, N. r.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-05-01
SHARK HOOKS.
Fitted with n Length of Stout Chain
That the Shark Can't Bite Through.

Fitted with n Length of stout Chain
That the Shark Can't Bite Through.
Shark hooks are made in various
sizes, ranging in length from five inches
to IA inches, and in width from 1%
inches to 3H inches They are pro-
vided with a. chain and swivel, the
chain of the various sized hooks rang
ing from 1OK inches to % inches i'm
length. Shark hooks with chains sell
from SO cents to two dollars, says the
New York Sum.
Shark skin and shark oil are utilized
for some purposes, and in Mediter-
ranean countries young sharks are
eaten; but the catching of sharks for
profit is mostly confined to Europe.
Here they are aiken mainly for sport.
Every coasting vessel Is likely to carry
a shark fishing outfit, and e~very-fsher-
man is sure to, and shark tackle is
often carried on yachts. Fishermen
may catch sharks. to get them out of
the way so that they will no longer pur-
sue and disturb the fish. On q coasts
err if they run across sharks the men
are likely to fish for them just for fun
and shark fishing from the yacht would
also be a diversion. 1t may be hat
in shark fishing from ayacht the owner
will try his skill ON the shark with a.
rifle, killing it beforo it is hauled
aboard.
Sharks are sometimes mounted by
the taxidermist as show pieces for ex-
hibition purposes, but they are never
mounted whole as trophies, Occasion
ally n sportsman OF a sailor brings in
to be mounted n sharks Jaws.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-05-01
LIVING MUMMY IN PARIS.
French Physicians xnmine m Ex.
trnOrdinnry Creature.

French Physicians Examine m Ex-
trnOrdinnry Creature.
The Academy of Medicine in Paris is
just now studying one of the most ex-
t~raordinary human beings who lave
ever been born into this world, says the
New York Herald. He is known as
the man mummy, and n glance at his
CHASTITY face and body shows that he de-
serves the title.
This phenomenal being is named Cas-
tagna, and, according to the civil regis
ter of Paris, he is now % years old.
He is about four feet high and he
weighs only 43 pounds. Even with his
clothes on he is a most singular looking
object-a veritable lusus naturae. His
forehead is large, and over it is
stretched a thick covering of parch-
ment-like skin. His eyes, the muscles
of which are atrophied, are quite round
and t wide open, like the eyes of
night birds. His nose, too, reminds one
of such birds, for not only is it entire
ly without flesh, but it is also curved
in the form of a beak, dropping in this
fashion over n mouth in which the teeth
can always be seen, set together as
though in a grimace. Altogether the
head and fac are so uncanny and so
horrible that it is impossible to set
down anything like a vivid description
of them On paper.
His arms and legs are in~conceivably
thin and slender. Bones and nerves
are pressing close against each other,
and b tight skin holds them together
as though it a sheath of India
rubber. The whole body, is, indeed, q
miracle of frailness and meagerness,
and the wonder is hat a good puff of
wind does not blow it away.