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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-14
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Since the ;,h OF this month, II Is sig
n.ficant 20 observe. nobody seems TO be
worrying or caring about the old problem
as TO what shall be done with our ex-
Drt-46ents
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is expected to mean a dress suit. Before
that order he wore the costume of the
country to which he was accredited.
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The great Sullivan has started for Car
son and the sovcrnsr OF Nevada VIII
have an opportunity to shine under
reflected light by welcoming John at the
lar.
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Notwithstanding tho fact that Senator
WolcoH has been back from Europe for
more than a week he has SO far failed to
hand in an itemized report OF his achieve
ments while abroad.
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The people of Houston are not hkeiy
GO care much who cleans the city THIS
spring and summer. so It Ia cleaned. That
Is a direction In which particularly the
public want results and no, speculation as
to what could be done.
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Austin. They are good mon. command the
respect Of their fellow members and have
influence.
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In King Georges attitude the powers
can see how much character and prestige
they lost IN procra stinating with the sui
tan. If Greece stands them on they
might as well ring down the curtain on
,,ofr eanpcarf
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Harris county was never before more
ably represented IN the State legislature
than IL Is this year. We are peculiarly
fortunate In having Senator Burns and
Representatives Holland and Browne at
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-14

The big powers do as much talking be-
fore lighting as some well known people
in this country.
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The Gal1Dal News thinks tae legislature
VIII not comply with the platform de-
mands. This doubtless is a case OF wish
being father to tho thought
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II hopes be realized that are based on
tho most promising outlook, South Texas
VIII have hundreds II not thousands OF
more acres OF fertile land IN cultivation
this time next year than now And every
town In the coast region Will feel the t,-a,
ehcial effects. There ia local basis for
our hope OF better times down here.
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There IS considerable talk Of Chicago
minister as consul general TO Cuba. THIS
doesn't look much like determination on
the part OF the new administrator to fight
the dev.l with fire down there.
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Mr.. Vanderbilt. who was unwell the day
of the Inauguration. gave the committee In
charge OF the parade check for $40, 900
to have the procession pass by his palatial
residence
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An homes; efrort IS being made to find
ont what Mr.. Mckinley would have said
on the Cuban question had he said any
thipg
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The best way to help your town is 20
patronlze those merchants who are them
selves of some local bencft-those who
pay taxes, rents, otc.-in preference TO
mere agents and peddlers. DID you never
,hgnl af
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Cuba has had 10 take a back seat while
Europe has been determining what TO do
with Htte Greece. hut we know weyler
is sttll there and that fact e. sufficient
TO keep alve sympathy and effort in
behalf OF the struggling patriots nearer
home 90 us than Crete.
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Dr. Depew Is now denying that he ever
had any designs on the court OF St. James
and would rather be railroad president
than anything else he can think OF Just
at this time. II is the charm about Dr.
Depew that no Is always preaching a
cheerful philosophy.
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The applications for office by Texas
republicans are calculated to cause MIR.
Mckinley to wonder how the democrats
ever carried the State.
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] have heard It stated that all the rulers
o. Europe are Germans. Is the statement
correct? PIE II.
Il Is not exactly true. but is very near
the truth. The British royal house is
German so is the RussiNn imperial house.
In spite OF It's name. or course all the
princes. potentatcs and powers IN Cor
many are of German blood. The Austrian
emperor is German and so are the
Spanish princes. The king OF Denmark Is
a German, tho king of Sweden Is of
French ancestry Chc founder OF the pres
ent line was Bernadotte). but HIS recent
ancestors have been Germans. In fact.
the French royal lines. tho Portuguese
and Italians. are the only non-Germans
among them all, except in Turkey. Even
the kiags and princes of the former Turk
ish provinces. Serv,a, Bulgaria, Greece.
Roumania. are Germans.
When was there month without a full
mconY @ II n
The month OF February. 1856, was known
among the lovers of tho curious In nature
as tho 'moonless" month. from the Fac,
or II having no fun moon. This can not
possibly occur moro frequently than once
each twelve and a half years. or eight
times in a century.
what were the three Fatcs" EJE.
Three goddesses. who. according ~ Gre
clan mythology. controlled the destiries
of mankind. They weie Clotho, who spun
the thread OF human life; Lachesis. who
disposed OF destlnias twirllng tho spInaIa
on which the thread was wound. and
Atropos. who cIt the thread of life.
Why Is a woman said to "givc the nit
ten when she refuses "A mans pronosaI
OF marriage? 'INNPoosa'
II IS believed that the saying Oates FROM,
the time when women wore lace mil,ens
or mitts, and that It menus that the
lover, sciZing his swcethcart's hand b,a
thar Withdrawn from him. leaving the
mitten In his grasp.
What IS the court dress Of our min,s,-
TO EnglandY y So UT
dress suit. Mr.. Buchanan, while soc
rotary of state under Polk. ordered tb,,
an American minister should wear tbs
costume OF am American gentleman. which
The advocate., 1897-09-29
About the MOsuuito,

Two entomologists-Dr George Dim
mock, of Massachusetts, and Prof. ]. B.
Smith, of New Jersey-have been telling
what they know about the mosquito.
What the rest of us know is better felt
than told.
1t will please the misogynist, or con-
firm him in his cynicism, to know that
the male mosquito 'is an inoffenslve
creature, and, like the bee, dotes on
honey. 1t is the female that buzzes
around your ear, then alights on you
and gets in her fine work" Why the
mosquito bites you, Doctor DimmOck
says, is not known. We have popularity
supposed that it was to get food, but it
is now proved that mosquito after
gOrging itself with human blood, dies
within few hours. Such of these in
sects as eschew human diet often live
through an ensuing winter to enjoy a
second season. 1t seems the adult mos
quito does not need food. In the larva
stage it has stored up enough nutriment
for lifetime-and therefore things pal
atable are its invitation to death. What
it needs most is moist air; and so mos
uuitoes have been known TO exist in
moist cellars through all the winter
months.
Much as we are bitten by them, it is
only for mutual damage-the impulse on
their part being something like the
drunkard's for grog; and much as we
complain of them as pest, Doctor Dim
mock says not one in 10000 ever tastes
human blood. There has been a doctrine
aAnot thaf tho hite Of thn mnSnuifO is
beneficial to us, after all; that it inOcu-
lates us just slightly enough with the
malaria which makes a part Of its en-
vironment to save us from any real at
tack OF it. But this remains to be
proved. "In Havana Doctor Findlay has
found that yellow fever 10 carried by
The advocate., 1897-09-29

conspicuous case. Moreover the failure
Of these colonies cast a great deal OF
discredit upon the Socialist movement.
The outside world judges by general re-
suits. 1t never goes into the ins and outs
Of a subject. The enemy Of Socialism
has but to point to dissensiOns Of So
cialist communities to refute the most
powerful arguments. The enlightened
Socialist knows that the success or fail
ure Of any cOmmunistic colony in no way
affects the validity of the great princi-
pies upon which his faith is founded.
But the man In the street cannot be ex-
pected to take this into account He
wants to see Socialism tried. He looks
at the Socialist colonies, and when he
sees them in fragrant dissension, he
forms his own private Opinion.-Twen
tieth Century
The advocate., 1897-09-29
Occupation and Suicide.

The first investigation of the relation
between mans occupation and corre-
spending death rates in this country has
just been completed by the national gov
ernment. No data has hitherto been col
lected which will serve as substantial
basis for definite statements concerning
this matter.
From all States in which physicians
are required to keep a careful register of
deaths, says the Boston Transcript, the
government has collected definite figures
as to the cause OF each death and the oc-
cupations Of those who have died. The
statistics have been compiled by Mr..
King, now chief statistican in charge of
the Census Office under direction OF DR..
j. S. Billings, Assistant Surgeon Cen
eral U. S. A., retired.
The vOcations of the great male army
of the employed are divided into eight
grand classes: First, professional; sec
ond, clerical and official; third, mercan-
tile and trading; fourth, entertainment;
fifth, personal service, police and mill
tary; sixth, laborers and servants; sew
enth, manufacturing, and eighth, agri-
cultural, transportation and other out
door occupations, Women are treated
The advocate., 1897-09-29
Why COOPERATIVE COLONIES FAIL.

The reason so many cooperative col
onies fail is simply that, as general
thing, no great number of human be-
ings would put up with the personal
difficulties Of the life. A man goes off
into the woods with a number Of his fell
low creatures. He may be an earnest
and sincere Socialist, convinced Of the
great destiny in store for the movement.
He tolls and moils in the wilderness to
build village, plant crops and make
roads but il the people with whom he
associates in doing all this are not con-
genial, he will not feel hope or pleasure
In his task. The fact that people are
not cOngenial is not necessarily fault
OF their own. 1t may be due to diver
sity of tastes. The man whose hobby Is
Homer Is not apt to enjoy the continued
society of the man whose hobby Is bridge
building. 1t Is true that in this world we
must take people as we find them, but
there are so many people in this world
that 1t is not difficult to find variety.
In the narrow limits Of the cooperative
colony this is out of the question. There
aie the same associates day after day,
the same experiences to go through.
The colonists, il they are not a we'll
assorted company, may In time grow to
hate each other
This trait In human nature is perma-
nent and ineradicabIe. Allowance must
be made for it, Not to take 1t into ac-
count is to run great risk of collapse in
forming cooperative colony, Never
theless few managers of such colonies
do take 1t into account. They announce
that they want volunteers and recruits
for their colony, and any one who APP
plies and can show a good record Is
apt to be accepted out of hand. When
the colOnists get together out in the
woods they first begin to really get ac-
quainted. They are apt to learn things
which it were we'll they had known in
the beginning. The fact that the colo
nists did not get along we'll together is
no evidence Of incompatibility on either
side. Men who are very good and very
agreeable are difficult to like, in some
instances. It is said that IL a man took
his love to the woods to live there for
ever, he would hate her in week.
what the remedy is it is difficult to
say, Tests of affinity are hard to ap-
ply, and as a general thing new col
ony must take such material as it can
get. The rage for forming communities
has begun to subside, owing to the ex-
periences Of great many people in
them. These people agree in that they
still pronounce the cooperative colony
d theoretical success. It's only practical
difficulties are connected entirely with
the circumstances we have detailed. 1t
might be we'll for colonists in the future
to admit only their own personal inti-
mates into their community. The ac-
cepkance OF every casual stranger has
led 10 dolefNl consequences IN Q recent
The advocate., 1897-09-29
Myth Of the Term "El Dorado .

El Dorado is the term now heard on
every side in connection with the placer
mines Of Alaska and the northwest terri
tory of Canada. It's derivation is Of in
terest. In the fifteenth century it was
rumOred that there existed in the north
ern part Of South America a city of great
wealth called Manoa, whose King, by
name El Dorado, was periodically
smeared with oil or balsam and was
then powdered with gold dust, until his
whole body had gilded appearance. 1t
was said that on these occasions he
threw gold emeralds and other precious
metals and gems into sacred lake, in
which he afterWard bathed.
Beginning in 1882 the Spaniards sent
many large expeditions to search for this
phantom city, and most of them ended
disastrously, hundreds of lives being
lost. One explorer, Orellano, averred that
he found El Dorado in his voyage down
the Amazon in 1540. This was disproved,
but the search was continued down to
the eighteenth century. Some of the re-
suits were the conquest and settlement
of New Granada, the making known to
the world of the mountain region Of
Venezuela, the discovery Of the noble
rivers, the OrinoCo and the Amazon, and
the exploration of the vast forests west
Of the Andes. About the end of the six
teenth century an English expedition
either sent out by or under the personal
leadership of Raleigh penetrated into
Guiana, thereby obtaining a claim on
that country which has resulted in the
requirement Of the modern British col
ony of that name.
1t has been supposed that the origin
Of this fable arose over the yearly Cele
bratlon of tribe of Indians near BOgota,
whose chief was on these occasions
gilded with gold dust, but this ceremony
was never, witnessed by the Spaniards,
and the story may simply be another
version Of the El Dorado myth.
The name FL Dorado was commonly
used to describe the city or country
which was the object of the search, but
a later usage Of the term has been its
figurative application with regard to any
region of more than common richness
Ell Dorado county, in California, was the
scene Of the famous gold finds Of '49, and
since then the expression has been used |
to describe many gold camps
These facts are taken from the Cen
tury Dictionary and CyclOpedia, and, !
adds the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette,
may be accordingly accepted as quite au-
thentic.
The advocate., 1897-09-29
Family Reading.
UNFINISHED STILL.

"A baby's boot, and skein OF wool,
Faded. and sOiled, and soft;
Odd things, you say, and no doubt yOu'rorlgh
Round a seaman's neck this stormy night,
Up In the yards aloft.
Most like It's folly; but, mate look here:
When first went TO sea,
"A woman stood on the far-OR strand.
Witch wedding ring on the small soft hand
Which clung so close to me,
My wife, God bless herl The day before
She sat beside my foot:
And the sunlight kissed her yellow hair
And the dainty fingers deft and fair
Knitted babys foot
The voyage was over / came ashore;
What think you, found there2
A grave the daisies had sprinkled white;
cottage empty, and dark as night,
And this beside the chair.
The little bOOt-'twas unfinished still,
The tangled slSein lay near,
But the knitter had gone away to rest,
With the babe asleep on her quiet breast,
Down In the church-yard drear. Anon.
The advocate., 1897-09-29

separately, the principal heads under
which their occupations are classed be-
ing musicians and teachers Of music,
teachers, accountants, bOOkkeepers,
clerks, cOpyists, laundresses, nurses and
midwiVes, servants, mill and factory en-
plOyes, milliners, seamstresses, dress
makers and sewing machine operators.
Under the first class of occupied males
are grouped those who may be called
professional men, including physicians
and surgeons, lawyers, professors, au-
thOrs, literary and scientific men, cleT-
gymen, journalists, actors, artists, archi-
tects, musicians, teachers and dentists
Bankers, brokers and officials Of cOmpa-
nies, as well as neWsbOys, are counted in
the clerical and official class, with stem
Ographers, clerks, copyists, etc. ApOth-
ecaries are counted in the class with
commercial travellers and all who follow
mercantile pursuits. Saloon keepers
bartenders, hotel and boarding house
proprletors are grouped together under
Entertainment" while BARRIERS, janitors,
policemen, military men, ETC., are col
leCted under personal service, ETC."
Out Of every 100000 males employed in
the area represented by the returns
about seventeen commit suicide every
year. Men engaged in personal service,
police and military OccupatiOns-thOse
Of the fifth class-are to be found to COM
NIT suicide more frequently than any
other class taken as whole. This class
includes BARRIERS, janitors, sections, laun-
derers, nurses, policemen, WatChmen, de-
tectives, United States soldiers, sailors
and marines and undertakers. The pro-
fessional class is second in rank as to the
frequency of suicides, the clerical and
official class third, the entertainment
class fourth, laborers and servants fifth,
manufacturing and mechanical sixth,
mercantile and trading seventh, and
and other outdoor class
eighth and last. 1t is reasonable to sup
pose, therefore, that followers of out
door occupations are the happiest Of the
eight classes named. They live nearest
nature and breathe the pure air of the
sea or of the open country. They are not
victims Of the nervous shocks, irritatiOns
and responsibilities to which the resi-
dent of the city or to which the seden-
tary student, clerk or servant is sub
iected.
AS far as the statistics of individual
count, in the long run, we
can infer that if man wishes to insure
himself, as far as possible, against temp
ions to suicide, he should be steam
railroad employee conductor, brake
nan, engineer or f1reman-which indi-
1iduals appear to have the lowest sui
,ide rate Of all occupations considered in
detail, and numbering sufficiently ITO |
make the averages important.
The advocate., 1897-09-29
Written for the Advocate.
OUR HEAVENLY HOME.

When the friends who've gone before us
Have reached the realms OF endless day,
They'll wait to bid us welcome there
When we have passed from earth away.
When the storms of life have ended,
And our work on earth Is DONE
And In heaven we meet our loved ones,
We shall know them every one.
When we meet our blessed Savior
On that bright celestial shore,
Well play our harps with angels,
And praise him ever more.
MRS. FRED SAGE
The advocate., 1897-09-29

the mosquitoes" They will bite patient
laden with the germ and then pass it
on to another person disastrOusly. Per-
haps the second or third one it attacks
in this way will not fare so badly, for he
may be made only trihe i'll from what
is true incubation.
1t Is wet weather, of course, that
breeds mosquitoes. when the female is
ready to lay her eggs she chooses stag
nant pool and shapes the batch of eggs
so they float about on top" It takes
only a few days for the "wriggler,"
which we have all seen, to hatch out.
The "wrigglers" are the larvae. They
are often found in tubs apparently hang
ing head downward; but in this position
they are breathing. In a few days the
"wriggler" becomes a pupa, floats around
for a while on it's skin, gets dried as it
floats, and soon takes wings for it's pleas
ure and human crusade.
The perfect anti-mOsquito remedy Is
yet to be fOund-that is, the means which
shall destroy them. Campers-out in the
Catskills and elsewhere drive them out
with a smudge; and petroleum poured on
the surface Of ponds where they breed
has been thought to diminish their num-
bers. Aromatic ointments containing
camphOr and pennyroyal are good to use
OH the face and hands for repelling their
onset. The DEVILS darning needle, or
dragon fly, is the mosquitoes enemy, but
as he is also his own, he does not in
crease fast enough to keep the mOsqui-
toes down.
Professor Smith, of New Jersey says
that the species in his State are pecu-
liar. 'In other States the mosquito acts
in a businesslike way-takes one nip
and goes about her business. But our
species are much different. They will
give a musical performance by way of
then hover about some un-
reachable spot and give their final jab,
and there will be a large lump there in
a few minutes. l have studied them all,
and find the New Jersey specimen by far
the most interesting"
There is no doubt that this last judg-
ment is confirmed by an impregnable
body of unwilling human experience.
One of the most interesting facts about
the mosquito is that it's weapon of tor
ment is multifOld. 1t is, in fact, COM
posed of six different instruments-al-
most as many as there are in carpen-
ter's kit of tools. From such surgery as
these imply-which we call bite
many people this year have been made
ill: and in three or four cases,
not all of New Jersey origin, fatal re-
suits have follOwed.-Leslie's Weekly.
The advocate., 1897-09-29

The honorable burial accorded to dis
honorable persons is a scandal of our
time. FulsOme eulogies attributing to
the deceased virtues they never pos
sessed; the use of emblems Of hopes the
bereaved have no adequate grounds for
entertaining whole grows gro
tesque, and would be honOred in the
breach.-Anon.