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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-19

wAN1YED--'ro buy a iirst-class second
hard hearsc for q town Of 100 po,ila-
t.on; must be cheap. Address j. H.
thiH office. N
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WANTED--White woman with no chit
drcn to cook on scotton. good home ana
Congress avenue and Louisiana street.
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FOR sALE--A bargain II sold IN the next
ten days 11-room house one block from
Southern Pacific shops. For terms ap-
ply 1909 Elys!an street. ~
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a YOUNG cpiorcd man wants work as
cook for private family. Address i. n
NacfSersan, 14l7 Curoiine street. n
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WANTED TO BUY-One 25-H r. engine.
without boiler: give fun description and
price: must be cheap for cash. Sawyer
Bros, Livingston. Texas "a
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WANTED TO BUY.

! WANT TO buy DOR cash about 100 acres
~ land In East or Southeast Texas;
partly improved; plenty OF water
healthy and IN good neigiiborhood; maiat
be cheap. Address "Fsarmcr." this office,
n
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WANTED Thoroughbred Jersey COW,
fresh In mix. must be cheap for casi, ).
Apply Room 40i. Moore-Burnct build
inr. 20
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WRITE US for extra Inducements ofYere,
Ter business, until January LIST, Harri,
Patterson, State managers HArtfort
iAIe. DsdlaA Il
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WANTED-Sstua BY a I7.year-old bo,
an 3ffioe on grocery store; wi!liax (,
work can furnish first-class references
A6fdress r. b. W.. this office. q
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FOR SALE or ExcHANGE.

WANTED--Buggy horse for it's feed dur.
ing winter months; good trotter pre-
fefred; will give best attention to same.
IN 10
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FOR SALE OR ExCHANf} r. IL ghty-nve
acres land two miles from Bryan; good
change for city property or good mer-
chand4se. p. o. box zoe. Bryan, Texas.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

| OFFER ten acres ait half value, next
ten days only, in Third ward. win SOL
Tor double In SIX months. Reynolds I7,s
Main N
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THOSE looking for bargains In city real
estate and farm lands w.ll do well 10
look over my list. &c. N. Brown. 305A
MaIr sfretst u
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FOR SALE--Fuli leather ton buggles.
worth s7b. for $50. Edw. clarendon. cor
nor Franklin aud Caroline street. 10
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FOR SALE--At a bargain, $40 acres on
oyster creek, on Columbia Tap road, 8
miles west Of Angleton. 200 acres In cul-
aviation. 900 acres timber. 40 acres pra!-
rie; no better cane or cotton land to be
found anywhere. Apply to VIM, -.
CLEVELAND A. ca n
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FOt, SALE Elegant full leather ton
rhneiow. with leather Trimmings aaI
sillng backs. worth sle9 SIS. Cow. Lar
oi,lop. corner or Franklin and Caroline
street. ~
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WANTED--SITuATIO an expert
enced salesman; dry goods and clothing
sixteen years I'm business With best or
reference. Address Business" this Of
flee. 20
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TWO lgMne OF OoRvy drSS HcFVSN tSSfs
Osxahly broken and Acc(lmatoi, FOR eaie
q y low prace Midway Harm. Waaler,
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Precious Meals.

Almost any dish which had to recon-
mend it rarity, costliness, indigestibil-
ity, and, to our way Of thinking, nasti-
ness, was sure to take with the Roman
epicure. And if he were unable to make
it costly any other way he would add
powdered precious stones or gold dust.
Nero dined on one occasion from
peacock which was sprinkled with dia-
mond dust, and specimens Of that bird
dressed with gold or with crushed pearls
were by no means rarity at the tri-
clinia of the moneyed Romans. A dish
Of parrots tongues was great delica-
cy But dish of parrots tongues which
had been capable, when in their proper
place, Of framing words, was Of almost
incalculable value, which increased in
direct ratio with the vocabularies of
the defunct parrots.
Another bird for which the Roman
epicure was in the habit Of paying fab
ulous prices was the phenecoptrix,
which is believed to have been the ptar-
migan. 1t had its home in the most
northerly parts of Scotland and Norway,
and as this made it hard to get at the
Romans appreciated it all the more and
put it in the same rank with ostriches,
buzzards and peacocks. The tongues of
these birds were specially prepared, to-
gether with the brains, and took the
place which hors d'9uvre would now
lake. New York Post
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09
How to Cure n Cold.

Simply take Otto's Cure. We know
Of its astonishing cures and that it will
stop cough quicker than any known
remedy.
II you have Asthma, Bronchitis, Con-
sumption or any other disease of the
throat and lungs. a few doses Of this
great guaranteed remedy will surprise
you.
II you wish to try It call at our store
on Main ST., and we will be pleased tt
furnish you Il bottle free Of cost. and
that will prove our assertion. Reynolds
Drug Store.
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A LESSON IN ECONOMICS.
A Young Woman Gives n Young Man
Some Valuable Tips.
gain it is a Washington girl.

Some Valuable Tips.
Again it is a Washington girl
This time she appears as an angel Of
economy to young man who needs
that kind of angelic administration
about as much as any other young man
In the Capital City, and she Is just as
successful as if she were trampling him
under her sco,nful heel and making
aim feel how utterly helpless man is in
conflict with the irresistible.
"By Jove " he was saying, this sort
of thing is simply intolerableP
"What sort of thing?" she inquired,
with admirable poise.
"Why, | have just had 10 pay mes
sengcr 40 cents to deliver a note up
town for me, and he was gone less than
half an hour 1t would be cheaper to
have hired cab and horse and driver,
and still cheaper to have sent it by
mail under special delivery stamp.
"What was the notc?' she asked,
womanlike before she thoughe
"A response TO all invitation to din
ner.
Forty cents is cheap for good din
ner, " she smiled.
But l couldn't co." lie walled. 1T
was n declination, and the 40 cents on
top Of that Really, though, this mes
senger service is rank imposition and
should not be tolerated. Twenty five
cents an hour is ample, with short dis.
tances ut 10 or Is cents. The conven-
ience is ea,ily worth that, but more
than that is plain extortion and the
greed of monopolies.
"You have my sympathy. You are
the more entitled to il because you
don't seem to know any better. Now,
why aren't you as bright as q man
know, who hasn't any more money
than you have? When he has a note or
book to send to a girl, he doesn't
waste 40 cents on grinding monopoly
oh, that's what it is" she laughed,
as she noted his look of surprise, 1--WE
have call i'll cur hCusc, and l am com
pelled to use it -: tiEcs-but he does
q much better tia. Ec just adds 10
cents to his 40, y!ll ',und to the for
lists, orders 80 cents worth Of violets
sent to the gill, puts the note in with
the flowers, and there you are. See?
Only 10 cents cut, and think how much
in-for girls do love flowers, even 90
cents worth. l."
The young man began gasping for
air.
"Or," she went right on, "if it is
the season when flowers are more ex-
pensive than messenger service, just
substitute candy for flowers. You can
get something perfectly lovely for 60
cents, and to add book or pleasant
note to it makes it well worth the girl s
kindest thought and your 20 cents ex-
ira. Now, is the plan clear to your stu
pid brain?"
Whether it was or not the young
woman that very afternoon received a
delightful note of thanks for valuable
information, accompanied by a 90 cent
bunch Of violets from we'll known
florist. Washington Star.
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THE INCONSISTENT SEX.

Dear baby spolte today" she cried
lie said Mamma as plain rs plain could
be.
And It was sweet his dimplcd smile TO see
And sweet his gurgling baby laugh to
hear.
,omc Guickl Perhaps he will again The
dear!
And. oh. I am so happy!
"Raby Is growing big SO fast,
And. oh."-the sudden tears gushed to her
eyes
Hell speak and walk and grow so big
and wise.
And love another b st ana WOO and wed
And have no longer need OF me- she
said,
And am 80 unhappy
j l.. Hcaton In THE Quilting Bee
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They were discussing the construction
Of new gown.
From hygienic point Of view and
merely as matter Of health" suggest
ed the dressmaker. 81 think it should
be made''-
The naughty beauty stopped her by
gesture.
"Hygienic point of view!" she ex-.
claimed. matter Of health! What has
that to do with it? When Iwant health,
will 60 to doctor. When want
style, come to you. We will now elm
mate all absurdities and discuss this
purely from common sense standpoint.
Will it be fashionable and becomingp"
philadelphia Times
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A Perfect Newspaper.

TO publish ALL THE NEWS promptly
and succinctly and in the most read
able form, without elision or partisan
bias: to discuss its significance with
frankness. to keep AN OPEN EYE
FOR PUBLIC ABUSES, to give
besides complete record of current
thought, fancies and discoveries in all
departments of human activity in its
Daily Edition Of from 10 to II pages,
and to provide the whole for its
patrons at the nominal price of One
Cent-that was from the outset, and
will continue TO be the aim of THE
RECORD"
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ED-FAITHFuL MEN OR WOMEN
w to travel for responsible established
house In Pennsylvania. Salary $50 and eN-
ponses. Position permanent. Reference.
Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope.
The National, Star Insurance Bldg Chicago.
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"De man dat boasts OBJ his cha 'ty,"
said Uncle Eben, "makes some folks
criticise. But he ain ez bad ez de man
dat ain got no scuse foh boastin, chen
II he wanted ter. Washington Star.
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And at Moderate Prices

form pleasing feature of furniture displays These
superb invitation to speak for themselves with rresst
ble pesuasiveness They demonstrate their claims to
place in every home What couch is nothing else can
be- What couch can be, you must to under
stand The ideas shown by us in this line models
of artistic beauty and comfort and calculated to
lend added charm to any in which they placed
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The man who has begun to live more
seriously within begins to live more
simply without. t.-Bishop Brooks
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The Daily and Sunday

edition together, which will give it's
readers the best and freshest in
formation of all that is going on in
the world every day in the year in
Guiding holidays, will be sent for $4 90
year or 35 cents per month.
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The
Philadelphia
Record

after career of nearly twenty years
of uninterrupted growth is justified
in claiming that the standard first
established by the founders is the one
true test of
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WANTED-FAITHFtL MEN OR WOMEN
w to travel for responsible established
house In Pennsylvania. Salary $3.50 and ex
pcnscs. Position permanent. Reference
Enclose self addressed stamped envelope
The National, star Insurance Bldg. Chicago
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The Pioneer

one cent morning newspaper in the
United States, "The Record" still
leads where Others follow.
Witness its unrivaled average daily
circulation exceeding 100000 copies,
and an average exceeding 10000
copies for its Sunday editions, while
limitations of its plan of publication in
every important city of the country
testify to the truth Of the assertion
that in the quantity and quality of it's
contents. and in the price at which it
is sold "The Record" has established
the standard by which excellence in
journalism mus. be measured.
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A.
Q|NGLE
.UTANDARD

only is possible. whether as II test of
excellence in journalism, on for the
measurement Of qualities, time or
values and
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THE RECORD PUBLISHING co.
Record Building,
Philadelphia Pa.
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The Daily Edition

of "The Record" will be sent by mail
to any address for $500 per year or %
cents per month.
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TO the twenty COmpe.
titOrS who send In the
next largest number of
wrappers flom the district
in which they reside, we
will give each an order on
any dealer for any Ten
$1,000 Cloth Coat or
Jacket they may select.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
(To be continued.)
BABY,s COMING.

Nature intended that every woman
should look forward to the coming Of
her baby with Joy and hope, unclouded
by anxiety. Almost painless parturition
is quite the usual thing among uncivil-
lied people. Even in our own country
It occasionally happens with women In
robust health and good condition. II
ought to be the rule instead of the ex-
Ceptlon; and it Is fact that very large
proportion Of the usual pain and suffer-
ings may be avoided by looking after
the mothers general health, and speci-
ally strengthening the particular organs
concerned in parturidon.
Many mothers have been brought
through the trying time almost pain
lessly by the aid Of DR.. Pierces Favor
ite Prescription. 1t prepares the system
for delivery by imparting the organic
strength and elasticity which the
mother specially needs; shortens the
time of labor and OF confinement; pro-
notes the secretion Of abundant nour-
ishment for the child and fOrtiaes the
entire constitution against the after
period of depression and weakness. It's
use should begin In the early months OF
gestation-the earlier the better.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

tum OF the stride % help, / put the Cat
Of my hand against the shoulder Of the
man and gave him q shove. There are
three or four Harvard men who can tell
what that means, and they were braced
for it, which this fellow wasn't. BE
went staggering back as If struck by q
cowcatcher and lay down ON the ground
a good 10 feet away. His having his
arm around Miss Cullen's waist un-
steadied her so that she would have
fallen, too, IL / hadn't put my hand
against her shoulder ! longed to put it
about her, but by this time l wanted to
do only what / thought she would wish
and 80 restrained myself.
Before I had time to finish an apology
to Miss Cullen the fellow was upon his
feet and came at me with an exclama-
tion Of anger. In my surprise at reCog-
niEing the voice as that Of Lord Ralles
/ almost neglected to take care Of my
self; but, though he was quick with his
fists, caught him by the wrists as he
closed, and he had no chance after that
against fellow Of my weight.
"Oh, don't quarTelP cried Miss Cul-
len.
Holding him, / said, Lord Rallies, /
overheard what Miss Cullen was saying,
and supposing some man was insulting
her / acted as did" Then I let 60 Of
him and, turning, said, "Ian very sor-
ry, Miss Cullen, if 1 did anything the
circumstances did not warrant, while
cursing myself for my precipitancy and
for not thinking that Miss Cullen would
never have been caught in such q plight
with o man unless she had been half
willing, for q girl does not merely
threaten to call for help il she really
wants aid.
Lord Rallies wasn't much Modified by
my explanation. you're too much in
a hurry, my man." he growled, speak
ing to me as if / were O servant ''Be o
bit more careful in the future"
l think / should have retorted---for
his manner was enough to make q saint
mad--if Miss Cullen hadn't spoken.
"You tried to help me, Mr.. Gordon,
and / am deeply grateful for that, F" she
said. The words look simple enough set
down here But the tone in which she
said them and the extended hand and
the grateful little squeeze she gave my
fingers all seemed to express so much
that / was more puzzled over them than
I was over the robbery.
(TO no cnntinUed \
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/ found the eTpTess agent tied hand and
foot.
querque, one from Laguna and four
from Coolidge. This latter would have
looked hopeful but for the fact that it
was a party Of three women and q man.
Going back beyond Lamy didn't give
anything, for the conductor was able to
account for every fare as either still in
the train or as having got off at some
point. My only conclusion was that the
robbers had sneaked on to the platforms
at Sanders, and I gave the crew good
dressing down for their carelessness. Of
course they insisted it was impossible,
but they were bound to do that.
Going back to 81, I got my telegraph
instrument, though I thought it a waste
Of time, the road agents being always
carefnl to break the lines. l told a
brakeman to climb the pole and cut a
wire. While ne was struggling up, Miss
Cullen joined me.
"DO you really expect to catch
them?" she asked.
''I shouldn't like to be one Of them, +"
/ replied.
But how can you do it?"
"You could understand better, Miss
Cullen, if you knew this country. You
see every bit of water is in use by
ranches, and those fellows can t go more
than 80 miles without watering. So we
shall have word Of them, wherever they
CO."
Lime cut, Mr.. Gordon, came from
overhead at this point, making Miss
Cullen jump with surprise.
"What was that?' she asked.
I explained to her, and, after making
connections, called Sanders. Much to
my surprise, the agent responded. l
was SO astonished that for a moment
could not believe the fact.
"This is the queerest hold up Of which
I ever heard, I said to Miss Cullen.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

"The Land Of Big Red Apples" is an
attractive and interesting book, hand
somely illustrated with views Of south
Missouri scenery, including the famous
Olden fruit farm Of 5000 acres In Howell
county. II pertains to fruit raising In
that great fruit belt Of America, the
southern slope Of the 0Sarks, and win
prove OF great value, not only to fruit
growers, but TO every farmer and home"
seeker looking for q farm and home.
Mailed free. Address J. u. Lockwood,
Kansas City, Mo.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
CHAPTER III.

A NIGHTS WORK ON THE ALKALI PLAINS.
l hurried Miss Cullen into the car,
and, after bolting the rear door, took
down my winchester from its rack.
''I'm going forward" I told her,
"and will tell my boys to bolt the front
door; so you'll be as safe in here as in
Chicago"
In another minute was on my front
platform. Dropping down between the
two cars, I crept along beside-indeed
half under-Mr. Cullen's special. After
my previous conclusion, my surprise
can be judged when at the farther end
found the two Britishers and Albert
Cullen standing there, in the most ex-
posed position possible. I joined them,
muttering to myself something about
Providence and fools.
"Aw," drawled Cullen, ''here's Mr.
Gordon, just too late for the sport, by
Jove."
"Well," said Lord Rallies, "we've
had hand in this deal, Mr.. Superin-
tendent, and haven't been potted. The
scoundrels broke for cover the moment
we opened fire. "
By this time there were 90 passen-
gers about our group, all Of them ask
ing questions at once, making it diff
cult to learn just what had happened,
but so far as could piece the answers
together the poker players curiosity
h" l aroused by the long stop, and,
] out, they had seen single man,
wl,n u rifle, standing by the engine.
Instantly arming themselves, Lord
Rallies let fly both barrels at him, and
in turn was the target for the first four
shots 1 had heard. The shooting had
brought the rest Of the robbers tumbling
off the cars, and the captain and Cullen
had fired the rest of the shots at them
as they scattered I didn't stop to hear
more, but went forward to see what the
road agents had got away with.
I found the express agent tied hand
and foot in the corner Of his car, and,
telling a brakeman who had followed
me to set him at liberty, 1 turned my
attention to the safe. That the diversion
had not come a moment too soon was
shown by the dynamite cartridge already
in place and blythe fuse that Lay on the
floor, as if dropped suddenly. But the
safe was intact
Passing into the mail car, found the
clerk tied to a post, with a mail sack
pulled over his head, and the utmost
confusion among the pouches and sort
ing compartments, while scattered over
the floor were great many letters. Set
ting him at liberty, I asked him il he
could tell whether mail had been taken,
and, after glance at the confusion, he
said he could not know till he had ex-
amined
Having taken stock Of the harm done,
I began asking questions. just after we
had left Sanders two masked men had
entered the mail car and while one COW
cred the clerk with a revolver the other
had tied and sacked him. Two more
had gone forward and done the same TO
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

the express agent. Another had climbed
over the tender and ordered the runner
to hold up. All this was the regular pro-
gramme, as / had explained TO Miss
Cullen, but here had been q variation
which 1 had never heard Of being done
and Of which couldn't fathom the OBJ
ject. When the train had been stopped,
the man on the tender had ordered the
fireman to dump his fire, and now it was
lying in the roadbed and threatening to
burn through the ties, so my first order
was to extinguish it and my second was
to start new fire and get up steam MS
quickly as possible. From all 1 could
learn there were eight men concerned
in the attempt, and confess / shook
my head in puzzlement why that num-
Der should have allowed themselves to
be scared off so easily.
My wonderment grew when 1 called
on the conductor for his tickets. These
showed nothing but two from Albu-
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

Kansas City Times: A tramp accosted
a Mcpherson woman who was shoveling
snow of her sidewalk the other day, for
something to eat! "Shovel this snow
off," she said, "and I'll give you a din
ner" He drew himself up to his full
height and replied: Madam, do you
think for moment that am 80 dead to
the instincts Of a gentleman as to enter
into competition with woman? Perish
the thought"
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
SYNOPSIS OFF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS,


Dick Gordon, Yale graduate, goes In for
hard work. From the Chicago & Alton rail-
road repair shops he is gradually promoted
and finally works up TO the position OF super
intendent Of a Western railroad-the Kansas
& Arizona. The story opens with an account
of trip by rail Of Mr.. Cullen, a railroad vice
president, over the lines OF the X. & A. Cor
don is asked to meet Cullen and party and
pilot them through. In the party are Madge
Cullen, with whom Gordon falls. in love;
Lord Rallies, an Engllshman, in love with
Madge, and Captain Ackland, brother OF
Lord Rallies. Talk turns on train robbers.
Madge would like an adventure with hold
ups. So would Rallies and Ackland. While
horseback riding near Santa Fe, Gordon
points out among convicts working ON rail-
road grade Jack Drute, train robber under
fourteen-year sentence. Madge speaks to
the convict, who answers gruifly. CHAPTER
1.-THE party is joined by Madge's invalid
brother. On a special train all go on west
ward. While Mr.. Cullen, his elder son and
the two Englishmen play poker and Gordon
and Madge enjoy the moonlight on the rear
car, the train is held up by bandits.