The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-17
GOSSIP OF Con

New York, July l2.-Tba
rectory, which will be ON !.
will contain 100000 odd nam, 4
with Absalom and ending M
Among the shortest name, ~.
There are lots OF long mama. =,
enfluegel is probably the lon., -
haps the oldest. The cosme.'s \
acter OF the metropolis ia rls.a
strated by the big book. Sa
Every section OF the rnetnc,,,
own rules Of etiquette. Cb,,s.
courtesy, however, goes IN. Al
a young resident OF the E,.s NJ
oughfare asked a man for a NJ
which TO light a cigarette. N. /
fused to give up, and thu r,,s
then stabbed him three time, =.
knife. In some spots hero Nv
reasonable requests should h -.
plleu with.
The East Side can boast y, !
boulevarA leading practicall, n
Hundred and Ninth street ID 4, /
Fist avenue, from Twentieth IA n
street, is now paved with s,,,,
a months time the remaInID, y
be completed, The improyerps,, }
lieve Fifth avenue Of hear, !,
give wheelmen u fine stretch a.
a rider can now make A cornr.,.
OF the city on smooth stree,
paths.
Anglophobia isn't epidemic ma,
according to the statement a.,
laid in a big stock Of queens 81
venir spoons, huge iron affair
England. YOU know. In nou.y
ner he stated that he had abc.
that this Isn't a good YER IN
spoons in general and Jubilee n
particular. In fact, he though
would have to send his stock h
shop. There are o Their trsS,
same line who think the same \,
A few blocks from South Fem
a little junk shop filled With 1,
condemned cannon and relics nt,
various battle fields OF the La
proprietor has a veri;able nu,,
own. and. although he makes, N
dealing in articles of this kind \
part with them. He attends era
the navy yard, and, as be keen
such matters. he knows all tss
torical value and bids then i
shops are quite thick on the wiz
4 fad which threatens to hui
bottlers is catching on In some 4
hotels. 1t is the serving Of t5S
in glass pitchers. The Ma,ets
first swell hosiery to make Til
and the Imperial and y
have followed suit. Beer In gin
comes a trifle high. A pint caa
and a quart 40 cents, but ha
doesn't cut much ice where scott
in the line OF eating, drinking WI
is involved.
Gotham girls who live out" nj
on strike. They objec. to dda
homework. A philanthroplc lih
been doing all in her power to v
Ing girls. even going so far utl
! private employment bureau NJ
most impossible TO get a girl tos
housework at a reasonable price
10 s25 month is now deman&
same quality OF labor that usst b
Itself amply compensated al Nn
The old-fashioned docs
want is almost extinct here.
Among the many buildlnp %
iced TO the Elm street III
scheme will be that which hbn
iears been occupied by the ltdn
cation OF the Church Of San A'
Mulberry street, near BleSxss
han sixty years this buildiA
columns, almost difueV
he headquarters OF the munE4
las been landmark In the Rt
rhe widening OF Elm street VII
Broadway jam and will cost w
Ian provides also for widenins
or its entire length TO sixty lee
The City Improvement s'e%
to instruct the nsaa
.rt of kicking. II wants NV
tand UP for their rights, aad "
little book which tells them WI"
o kick. The small but hand!
quotes sections OF the sanital! 81
orbids things that annoy mea
very day. and yet are toieHs
table. The society oHefs
IN tbese and otis
tated nuisances. Then tnefs \
ates and the regulations o.
nd the police stations, ail mc
life will be more conforms.
ticker begins to kick real nsls