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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07
MIR. welsh MI.rcprc.cutcd.

Austin. Texas. February 6.-The follow
ing. which appeared in the Austin CORE
spondence Of Texas Farmer this week. does
the gentleman mentioned a great injustice:
Representative WEIGH enters the lists
versus labor unions, by bill that makes
blacklisting OF "rats'' and "scab" laborers
a penal offense Mr.. Welch may be u wiser
man when the labor union boys get through
with him--but, Ike the nlggor the mule
kicked he may not be as purity"
Whoever wrote the above must be woe.
fully ignorant Of his subJsct. for the object
Of Mr.. welch's bill ID simply TO prevent
eecAuse q msnhership In labor unions. Mr.
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any cold storage within any such county,
precinct. city. town or subdivision of a
county. or the agent or employe OF such
owner or proprietor. shall solicit or take
any order for intoxicating liquors to be
shipped or sent into any such county. pre-
cinci, city, town or subdivision al coun-
ny. and such intoxicating liquors shall be
shipped or sent thereuto by reason Of such
order j, shah De- deemed and construed In
law that the sale was made and completed
In the county. precinct. city, town or sub
division, IN which such order was solicited
III iaLar
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Assaulted in the Dsff'

Gainesville, Texas. February /.
at about 1880 Captain NJ lap''' d.
HemmIng Guards, was brutaily ~. 1. !,
an unknown man as he was ~ y, !,
room over his store. He naa - :.
the tor Of the stairs when ~ hh'
with hands up" and a iaIs, e,s h
drawn on him. He srapp'eIh ,aa ii
sailant and was cut on ,nr;ss M ~
across the chest. HIS lnlu ,,sr. r,a
serious nature. His assa
his qspape
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07
Prisoner. Quickly Caught

Hearne, Texas, February e-op
instant City Marshal T. =. Grim
a letter from the sheriff Of Poh
Texas. giving a description OF W.
John Thomas and Douglas Mgna
ed at Livingston. the former ~ I
murder and the latter for Dul.r ~
Griffin succeeded in locating ana
both parties before night ana s
sheriff who came yesterday, 80
prisoners and carried them s
work, that.
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taken up again at 1880 tonight Cd
Attorney j. T. Adams and Assistant llsaI
Attorney John II. Brooks reprsst 1
state and Mcssrs. Holland & Liz Z
George #. Poole the defense
The examining trial Of Steve KaH !
not yet been set,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

Austin. Texas, February 6.--The follow
ins is the bill introduced by Field of Gray
son to prevent discrimination against any
lawful money OF the United States;
section ]. That hereafter 1t shall not be
iawfu' In THO State 10 make any contract
or agreement whereby any legal tender
money OF the United States shall be dis
eliminated against.
SEC. ?, That this act shall not apply to
persons contracting with foreign countries
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

"ns'' iexas' February 6-The examln
'ns 'riai OF George II. Poole and G. C. Adj
inns charged with the murder of Dick
.onhson or January 80, has occupied the
o oime OF the Justice court today. and at
.,oek ms evening all the State Witnesses
aaa not been examined. The casa va
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cial and strategic value to the United
States; therefore, be II
Resolved, by tho house OF representatives
OF the State Of Texas. the senate concur
ring. that senators and representatives In
the congress Of the United States from the
State Of Texas are requested to support
such legislation as will insure the con-
struction OF the Nioaraguan canal and Its
unquestioned control by the government Of
the United States
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

Palestine, Texas, FeoruA'. ,,- y
Cook brought in Max WISE W u.' !. b,
tured at Dallas last night ~
with emOensllns money none t from ~ u ~
hurry. furniture dealer i hv,''
has recently been working.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL,
The Houston Charter Amendments
Again Submitted.
ALL OFFICERS ARE TO Be ELECTED,
County Attorneys Advised to bid in
Lands sold for Taxes Due the
statc-Miliun Appointments.

Austin. Texas, February 6.-Aldermen
Latham and Crouan of the city of uous-
ton, arrived from the Bayou City this
morning. bringing with thom the amend
be placed before the legislature for adop-
ton and passage Wednesday, when the
matter was presented to the representatives
Of Harris county, an objection was raised
as TO tho number Of officials to be elective
and number to be appointed by the council
and the charter was referred back to the
city council for adjustment. The repre-
sentatives say that it vas decided to elect
all officers by vote Of the people
Mr. Latham will return home tomorrow
night.
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rRoF. MISSIONS INAuGuRAr1oN.

PROF. WINSToN'S INAUGURATION.
The Inauguration OF DR.. Geo. T. Winston a.,
president of the University of Texas will
take place in Austin. Wednesday, February
10, al 80 p. M, the date and the occasion
having been arranged by the board OF re-
gents for the university.
The programme Will include speeches by
Governor Charles A. Culberson, Hon. j
NJ. Carlisle. superintendent of public in
struction, ex-Governor l.. s. Ross, presi-
dent OF the Agricultural and Mechanical
college. and DR.. j. T. Y. Paine, dean of
the medical college at Galveston. anI ad-
dresses by Hon. Thomas ID. Wooten, chair
man of the board of regents, and President
George r. Winston.
president Winston will outline the policy
OF the university and indicate its duty to
inc state OF Texas. Us we'll as its preseat
urgent need
Inc exercises will be held in the Uni
Nersitv auditorium and in the afternoon. In
oraer that the Legislature may attend. II
is expected that many teachers viii be
present from dinoreRt parts of the State.
Excursion rates have been granted by tho
railroads. thus enabling the visitors 10 see
me capitol aud the legislature in session
wNlle attending these inauguration exer-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

Welch is union man and q railroad en-
pioye, and II is singular that Texas Farmer
snould have so mistaken his purpose.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11
HARD FIGHTERS.


The stickleback is the most combative
fish, according to The American Angler.
1.-The raison d'etre for a stickleback en-
counter" says the writer, sis generally, /
believe, that which actuates men to fight
over women. When have watched them
myself, L have not been able to learn
whether there has been u lady fiddler
present or not, OF, If so, which one she
was. But whatever the motive may have
been, l have seen them fight with as much
desperation as would have been necessary
if 40 females had been the point of issue.
Not only will they fight one another, but
they will even go out of their way to at
tack anything which may appear to them
offensive and if walking stick be put
into the water near fight the two COM
batants will almost surely suspend per
sonal animosities for awhile and make fol
the stick, butting IL with their horny noses
and trying to saw it in two by swimming
on their sides with their stickles rubbing
against the wood. Having conquered the
stick, the two turn against each other again.
"The victor stickleback assumes radi
ant, translucent green, his sides and gills
glow with scarlet and gold, while his white
under parts simmer like silver. 1t is then
at its finest. In an aquarium, however,
the stickleback loses his combativeness
and becomes faded creature, though at
first it fights the glass case if alone, and
another IL 1t has companions, till tie mas
terry is obtained, when victor and conquer
ed swim TO the corners and die or pine
away.
1.-The stickleback shoots at its oppo.
nent, strikes and is away as quickly as a
flash. Then back it comes again. Their
spiDes get covered with blood from each
others body, the spines being used like a
saw whenever the one fighter gets under
the other. Although the stickleback fights
at all seasons, the height of the fighting
comes during the mating season"
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11

Speak to German student in good
Hochdeutsch, writes friend now study
ing in Germany, and il he has the slight
est knowledge Of English he will surely
answer you In your own tongue. Appar-
emily he cannot resist the little vanity of
showing his accomplishment, though it Is
done very politely.
At table of German and English stu
dents recently one pleasant little German
was impressible in this respect. Every
sentence of his was bound to contain hayve
and alretty. A bit Of slang was to him
ponderous as the voice of an oracle, and the
English tn was simply impossible. He
commented brokenly on the bewket on the
table and the gaynose In n. Is buttonhole.
But the climax was reached I'm answer
to n question put in good German.
Are you going to the lecture tonight
Herr B. ?'
Zach, nop' with a wave Of his hand
"Ze ghost Is retty, but re meat Is feeble. y
Then the quiet man Strengthened out
our wrinkled brows by suggesting that
possibly he meant 1.-The spirit Is willing
but the flesh Is weak. youths Compan
lon
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11
CURIOUS FOREIGN TERMS.
The Government Compilation OF Weights
and Measures Phraseology.

For the purpose Of assisting the trades
men of this country 10 proper under
standing of the weights and measures In
countries with which the United States has
established trade relations tho state de-
partment in Washington recently caused a.
compilation to be made of foreign weights
and measures, with their American equiv
alents. This compilation contains some
curious as well AS instructive features.
The word candy in India means 800
pounds in Madras and $40 pounds in
Bombay. The word barrel in Spain
means 100 pounds Of raisins, while in
Malta il is a customs phrase for H. gal
Ions dun" is Japanese for one inch, and
eli" is Chinese for alb feet. In Ger
many the word last means two metric
tons, or 4, 4S0 pounds, while in England it
stands for q bushels of dry malt. A per-
son who said "pie' in the Argentine Re-
public would describe nine tenths Of foot,
and the person using the word ''sho" in
Japan would designate 1.6 quarts.
"Rottle" in Palestine means 9 pounds
and in Syria 5H pounds. Seer" is In.
dian for 1 pound 13 ounces, "salm" is
Maltese for 400 pounds, and "pood" is
Russian for SO pounds. A "catty" i'm
China, Japan and Java means about ~
pounds, while in Sumatra IL indicates about
2H pounds. "Coyan' is Sarawak for
pounds and Siamese for about 3 n pounds.
"Fanega" is a common unit of dry meas
ure in South and Central America; it
means 2H bushels in Chile, 3.SS bushels
in Uruguay, "a bushels in Venezuela, ~
bushels in Mexico, and about the same in
Cuba. "Arroba" means 32h pounds in
Brazil and 25h pounds in the Argentine
Republic. "Arshine" is Russian for 20
inches and 'artel'' in Marocco means l.l2
pounds
In Denmark and Sweden some queer
names prevail, with widely different mean
ings, although the pund (poundD is the
popular unit of weight in both countries
In Denmark "tonde'' means 3. "a bushels
and "tondeland" means SO acres. ''Cent.
ncr" stands for 40 pounds in Denmark
and 93.7 pounds in Sweden. In the last
named country "tunna" describes Al
bushels and ''tunnland" 1.22 acres
"Mil' in Denmark means 4.68 miles
"Bu" in japanese is one-tenth of an inch,
and "to" in the same language is 2 pecks
Tan" is Japanese for one-quarter of an
acre.-New York Times
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11
A Magnetic Mountain.

In the Arabian tales "a story Is told about
a magnetic mountain which attracts IRE
sistibly all ships, and when they come neaI
extracts every particle Of iron from them,
even to- the nails. Such mountain ex.
lists In reality, although not quite as dan.
gerous In its activity as the one mentioned
in the oriental fairy tale. The island of
Bornholm, in the Baltic, belonging to
Denmark, consists almost entirely of mag
netite, and it's magnetic influence Is very
well known to the navigators of those wa
ters, and also much feared by them, not on
account of the possibility of its extracting
the nails from then ships, but because of
its influence on the magnetic needle, which
makes the steering Of a ship almost impos.
sible. This influence Is felt even at dis
tance of miles, and when this island Is
sighted all mariners on the Baltic discon-
tinue steering their course by the needle,
but turn to well known lighthouses and
other helps to direct their course. Between
Bornholm and the mainland there Is q
bank Of rock under water which Is very
dangerous to navigation and because of II
being constantly submerged vessels have
been frequently wrecked at that point. The
magnetic influence Of that ore bank Is 80
powerful that magnetic needle suspended
freely in boat over the hank will point
down and II not disturbed will remain in
. perfectly perpendicular line.-Philadel.
phia Record
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11
AMERICAN LOOMS.
The r;sst In the World and Larger Part
ot the World swept With Them.

Amcrican brooms are exported I'm large
numbers TO many countries. Our exuor-
tatiUns of Drooms to some countries have
within recent years, owing 10 natural
causes, decreased, but our aggregate ox-
ports are nevertheless now laroer than
ever, and still Increasing. We send brooms
O. Central America, south America and
South Africa; TO the United Kingdom and
10 France and Germany. We sent many
brooms 10 Australia. Now we send few
! lrooms there But we send large quanti-
ties Of broom corn, and we send there, too,
broommaking machinery. American
broommaking machinery is sent also to
other foreign countries. At one time many
American hrooms were sold in the Argen-
tine Republic, hut now they are raising
broom corn on tho Platte river, and max
ing brooms down there too' We send now
and then little lot Of brooms to China,
but we send none, or practically none, to
other Asiatic countries, and our exports to
China are SO small as to DC of no consider
alton whatever in the account.
The climate of this country Is favorable
to the growth of broom corn, and here
broom corn is cultivated with the greatest
skill and with the best results Consider
able quantities of broom corn are raised In
Italy, but it is of poorer quality, and IL
is commonly permitted TO ripcn too much
until it is red and lifelcss and brittle. The
Italian corn is made into brooms in Ger
many, where the labor is much cheaper
than here. But that cheapness is offset
by the effective use Of machinery here In
this country even the corn itself is har
vested and sorted by machines. American
brooms OF the lower grades arc put down
in Germany at prices that are very close to
those of the poorer German brooms. The
higher grades of American brooms cost
more, but they are the best brooms in the
world. They excel in durability and in
all other good qualities Some brOoms arc
packed for export in boxes, but there are
countries in which import duties are levied
on gross weight where u packing box
would be too costly a tare, and brooms for
export are commonly packed in burlaps,
handles and all being completely covered.
We send no whisk brooms to Europe.
There they still cling to the old fashioned
clothes brush. But to all other countries
to which we send brooms we send whisk
brooms too.-New York Sun.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11
MODERN MEXICO.
The Place In It's Building Up That Pres
ident Diaz Holds.

The race In It's Buiiding Up Ihat fres-
ident Diaz Holds.
When once we had spoken of the school
system President Diaz has created for
Mexico-the theme which more than any
other seemed to kindle him-and when
he had given in five minutes an astonish-
ing birdseye view Of huge field, he add
ed, it seemed to me with fine mingling
of dignity and pathos: "And the English
Is compulsory. So, when we, the old, are
gone, Mexico will have two idioms."
And again, when the theme was the
steps up which one by one he has handed
Mexico from intermittent anarchy to sure
peace, he said grayely and with that same
terseness: 1T needed something Of the
strong hand 0a mano dura). But every
year it could relax. Now, though there
are some who do not love 'Porhrio,' all
love peace. So the fist Is wide open. There
is full liberty-free schools, free ballot,
free press. They may do what they will
SO they do not fire gun at me-" Here Is
the keynote Of modern Mexico--a dictator
ship which has spent ungrudgingly it's
blood and its care for the country's prog
ress.
1t is this man, whose eye and voice and
step belle the half of his years, that has
wrought the Mexican miracle. And IL he
has put a new face on his country it is not
a whit more remarkable than the trans
formation he has wrought upon his own
shoulders. This has been a TRANSPORTATION
of which know no parallel. Making due
allowance for the change Of fashion in
facial landscape gardening, Porfrio Diaz
was not from the start visibly frOntispieced
by fate for all that he has become. Within
youths memory he wore the mere fea-
lures of q soldier. Even in the seventies he
might have been chief of rurales. But
today his face Is unmistakable, and q
proverb for "the handscmest man in Mex
ico." BY sheer features this is not true.
But by the collective impression it is. In
a generation he has given himself new
face, and even made over the shape Of his
head. In all the breadth OF a regenerated
republic there Is no more striking monu-
mept to the thought it has needed to turn
the Mexico in which Juarez died into the
Mexico of today than the very head of the
man who did it.-Charles +. Lummis In
Harper's Magazine.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11
Flipped the Coin.

The story about the king Of Denmark
ktepping of the sidewalk into tho street to
allow two strangers TO pass recalls that
other story of tho Yankee In st. Peters.
burg who meeting distinguished Rus.
sian in very narrow walk, on either side
from his pocket, dipped IL In the face OF
The Russian, smiling, signifled In perfect
French. Tails" and tails IL was. With
o low bow the Yankee stepped into the
mud, knee deep, and the Russian, salut
ing, passed on. IL was Baron de Giers. the
great foreign minister. New York Press.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11

helpl
1t was n cry full Of anguish.
The man was going along the street
barchcaded. On, on he went, ever and
anon giving vent to this cry:
"Hclpl Can you not SEQ am looking
for helpr'
He had accostcd Mr.. Suburbs That
gentleman understood the unhappy man 8
sufferings.
Come" he said kindly. He linked his
arm through the others. II myself am
looking for help. Let us 60 to the en-
ploymcnt bureau together. New York
Journal
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11
Hardening steel.

A process Of hardening steel by means
OF an electric current trayersing the redhot
metal has been invented in France Ex.
periments maze with tools thus hardened
are said TO have given surprising results.
A sharpcned table knife cut a oDe-eighth
inch iron wire as IL IL had been string.
Iron bars were easily cut with circular
saw. Drills pierced cast steel plates with
twice the speed and ease of ordinary drills,
and In oil the experiments the tools show
d no injury.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11

Imp once meant child. Shakespeare,
speaking Of the children in the Tower, calls
them imps. Jeremy Taylor, in one of his
sermons, speaks of the beautiful inps that
sang hosannss TO the Saviour OF the tom
ple ~
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11

Nothing sharpcns the arrow Of sarcasm
90 keenly ms the courtesy that polishcs IT.
No rcproach is like that we clothe with
smile and present with bow. Chester
field
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11

One Of the sweetest pleasures Of domestic
economy is poet backing white stock
ing 40 that u won't show through the ns'
sure of his bootA
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-11

The title reverend" was, until the stx :
teenth ccntu-y. addressed TO many others
besides clcrgynen. such as judges and emf
pent writcts. eut from that time its use
has bcen strls'ly confined to the clergy.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-01-08
THE LAW AS. TO DUNNING on
A POSTAL CARD.

The case against WIN l.. IIOugh,
editor Of the Deposit IN. " Journal,
who was charged with violation Of
the United States postal laws, is at IN
end The action was brought on the
complaint Of James n. Osincup, Of
llOrnellsvilIc, who imagined the laws
had been dagrantly violated by his be-
ing requested on A postal card to pay
a sun Of money lie had borrowed.
The case was brought before the
United States Grand Jury at Auburn.
After hearing all the evidence pre-
scnted by Osincup and his witnesses,
the jury refused to find a bin
Of indictment against the defendant,
consequently the matter is 'Out Of
sight,
For the benefit OF many people who
entertain a Superstition" that it is
an unlawful act to dun a debtor on
a postal card, the following extract
from the United States Postal Laws
and Regulations is given by the Jour
nal, from which the foregoing is
taken:
Sec. 800, A postal card with a state
mcnt Of account written thereon may
be transmitted in the mails when it
does not contain anything rejecting
lnJuriously upon the conduct or char
actcr of another, or a threat Of any
kind, or any other matter forbidden
by law.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-01-08
ARTIFICIAL DIMPLES.
ONE DRAWBACK Is THAT THEY DO NOT
VARY WITH MOODS.

Boston Traveller.
Any roman who has been oyer
looked by nature in the distribution
Of dimpleS a have the deficiency
supplied by machinery.
The new apparatus, the advent Of
which has been hailed with JOY in the
world feminine, consists u a specially
designed knife, with a dainty, but
very sharp blade, a tiny keen-edged
scoop, and a very fine needle. With
these instruments a pretty, lite-lisc
dimple al be produced As effective as
the genuine print OF the angels
kiss
A small, straight incision is made
in the cheek or chin Of the ambitious
patient, representing the diameter OF
the proposed improvement. With
the little scoop a small portion Of the
fat underlying the skin is removed;
the delicate needle sews the edges Of
the cut together again, and the opera
ton IS completed. In two or three
days the stitches are removed, and
within a week the wound is entirely
healed, leaving the slight depression
in the surface Of the skin which poets
call a dimple.
Not often does a woman in the pos
session Of a natural dimplc desire to
have it removed, but occasionally a
man who considers the mark a badge
Of efemency wishes to get rid OF it.
This is just as simple an operation as
the other. Instead Of removing a bit
Of fat from beneath the surface a
small portion Of the thin skin itself is
cut away. The edges Of the dimplC
are drawn together with stitches, the
incision heals, and the depression dis.
appears.
The artificial dimple, however, has
its drawbacks. 1t is too permanent
No matter whether the owner bC
plunged into the depths Of grief
whether her faced be darkcncd by
anger, or distorted by jealousy, the
dimplc smiles on. The novelty SOOr
wears off, but the dimple does not
and becomes a m0Ckery and a de
fusion.