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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-26
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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12

drew her close till her face touched
her husbands face.
"Kate," whispered Selden, "Kate,
may / beg forgiveness now?"
ooh, Sidnoyl have been so proud
and heartless! 1 Twas jealous and vaip
-and-and-so selfish and unfair
/ wouldn't listen to you, and all the
time / knew you never cared for thai
woman! Can you forgive me, too?"
Gust give me chance, that's all, ,
and then two pairs of arms met and
clasped each other close about thu
conquering hero, who seemed to find
himself quite suddenly an object o
only secondary Importance.
1t then occurred to Annette tina
Master Sidney would have dreadfn
cold unless his dripping garment
were changed Immediately; 30 sh,
carried him off in pursuit of dry cloth
ing.-Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12
Cocoa.

The use of cocoa dates IRON
the mythical times OF Quetzaleoatii
king of the Toltecs, to whom 1t was ad
ministered by magician named Tltla
chua in order that he might transpor
himself wherever he wished. Colnm
bus brought cocoa to Spain in 1494. AM
Cortez found that Montezuma, the ia
nous cacique of Mexico, was served
with chocolate, or chocolate, in golden
cups, with tortoise shell spoons. AT
first the English and Dutch sea-rovers
thought so little of cocoa that when
they captured Spanish ship laden
with it they hurled the cargo over
board in their anger and disappoint.
t. Cocoa was introduced into
u in the middle of the seven
utury, and that city now uses
70 pounds of it daily: Not
- # this, however, is estimated
to be> lmed as cocoa or chocolate,
the rest ling into the manufacture OF
confectionery, etc. In the United
States %, 400, 900 pounds of raw cocoa
are used every year.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12
HUMOROUS.

The public has decided that the liv
ing picture business is dead failure
''See how white the umpire is get
tingI' Eyes, the bleachers are afte7
him. -
81 almost always travel on my face
''Do the wheels in your head make
easy?"
Waiter-Gent at third table wants
hot roll. Cook-Hot roll? He mus
think we have money to burn.
Gobang-Faint heart never won fab
lady, you know Grymes-Oh,I I don
know. Some widows are fair ladies.
'Do know my stories are coming
out when 1 begin them?" repeated the
great author. "Oh, bless you, no!
dictate to typewriter, you know"
sMy good man, you do something
to bring light and purity into the
homes of your fellow men? Do yoJ
distribute tracts2' mo; l clean win
dows and beat carpets. y
Sapsmith - Do you know, Miss
Sally / spend gweat deal of my
| time in self contemplation? Sally Ga,
| Isn't that more like throwing Il
away than spending it, Mr.. Sapsmlth'
A rich man in New York, long trou'
bled with the problem of what to name
his new yacht, has at last concluded
to name it Floating Debt, i'll com
memoration of what such luxurles
cost.
bridget has had breakfast late
every day this week. Can't you dc
something to get her up on time"
"Well, there's the alarm clock, - 'Tha'
doesn't always 60 off. Lend her the
baby"
chad the infammatory rheumatism
SO bad once" said the elderly board
er, "that they had to call consulta-
ton of four physicians. Sort OF
ioint commission, eh?" asked the
Cheerful Idiot.
immy-Is an empire an an umpire
de same ting, Tommy? Tommy
Putty much de same, Jimmy AD
empire is place what's run by an en-
peror. an he tries to boss things as
| ulucn Ike III pAic o'0 LIN N'
Nellie (aged six)-Mamma, you said
it was not right to tell tales about
Jobn Mother-Yes, that is what l
told you, dear. Nellie-Well, then, l
won't say muffin, but 1 fink John
ought to tell you how he scratched me
pretty soon.
ooh. mamma" murmmed Flossie
| in frightened tone, as her dear little
sister leaned forward and grasped her
fathers cigar, which she attempted to
put in her mouth, wouldn't II De
dreadful if Flossie turned out to be
new woman?"
81 have read every book in my hus-
bands library. 1 really don't know
what to do for something to read, "
said newly married woman to a lady
friend. "You don't know what to do?
Why, what's the natter with getting
another husband
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12
THE ADVICE OF ACE.

Contented be with what you need,
Nor sigh for what you cannot get,
More independent then you'll be,
Than he who wears a corOnet.
Supply yourself with treasures, which
Are not consumed by moth and rust,
But which will pass as current coin,
When bank accounts have turned to dust
So trim your sails to adverse winds,
That they can't drive your bark astray,
And through the dark tempestuous nighi
With patience wait the coming day.
Waste not your time in vain regrets;
Your errors made, to profit turn,
That from your thoughtless follies. you
May lessons bright Of wisdom Learnt
No credit great to him is due
Who never in the dust has lain; e..
But is to him who. when he falls, n
Is brave enough to rise again.
The rougher be the travellers road; y
The sharper be the wintry blast;
The warmer seems the shelter inn,
When the wild day of storm passed.
Rufus c. Hopkins.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12
LoNDoN's GREAT GROWTH.
Four Times the Size 1t Was at Victoria
Coronation.


Whatever future chroniclers ma,
have to say of Queen Victorias reigr
and the brilliant celebration of hel
Diamond Jubilee" one point thai
can not be overlooked is the enormous
growth of London during Her Males.
ty's lifetime. The metropolis has
quadrupled in population, having in.
creased from little over million to
four millions and quarter. 1t seems
difficult to imagine that there ever was
time when London was a small
place, yet when the Queen was born i,
was very little larger than Glasgow is
now, and only double the size of Bir
ingham. 1t is usual to compare the
glories of Victoria's reign to those OF
Elizabeth, but between the London OF
today and that of "Good Queen Bess'
there is really no comparison. Lon
don was still girt around by the walls
built by the Romans and was largely
inclosed within them. The mansiont
of the great lay outside the city walls,
chiefly on the way from the Strand te
Westminster. There were few stone
houses, and none tiled or slated, being
mostly built of wood and thatchec
with straw. Beyond the royal palace
at Westminster was open country, anc
marsh lands formed the sole feature
of the landscape across the river. Or
the other side of the city was oper
country, with 'Merrie Islington," 3
village in the distance Sanitary sci
ence was unknown. The paving oI
the streets was in it's infancy; except
with regard to few of the principal
thoroughfares, each inhabitant paved
as much as he liked before his own
door with the materials that his pride
or poverty might suggest.
The streets were obstructed with
stalls, sheds, signposts and projections
of every kind; curbstones were I'M
known, and only in few thorougfares
were the footpaths divided from the
carriage way with posts and chains.
This was the London of Elizabeth,
just 800 years ago-a very different
city from that of today-a London
gradually becoming foul and pestilen-
tial, ultimately to be cleared and pu-
rified by the great plague, which car
ried off fifth of the inhabitants in
1865, and the great fire of the follow
ing year, which involved 400 streets,
13, 200 houses, So churches, st. Paul
Cathedral and four city gates. Before
the fire it is estimated to have con
tanned from $1,000 to $4,000 streets,
alleys and lanes, 156, 900 houses anG
about 700, 600 inhabitants. So that il
seventeen centuries London had grown
to population of under 730, 900. BY
the beginning of Queen Victorla's life
it had increased to ], 200, 600, and now.
at the end of the sixtieth year of hel
reign it is sevenfold what it was under
5 s'Good Queen Bess." Rather than to
Elizabeth London owes its growth to
Charles III, for, after the restoration,
those who returned with him did not
care to return to their old city houses,
but built themselves mansions further
West, leaving the city to the merchants,
by whom it has ever since been mo-
nopolized. To James 1 we owe Pail
Mall, and Kensington was originated
by the creation of palace there when
Whitehall was burned down.
con Standard.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12
OF ALABAMA.
,es of Study-New Blood In tine
-acultv-Reduced Expenses.

y
N.rbe new courses of study adopted
nv the faculty and approved by the
hoard OF trustees, places the oniversl'!
of Alabama abreast of the leading mp
to.date colleges and universities Oh 'ne
land. ..uu exod
or constant through the Junior year.
In the Senior year it is largely eieo'
tive
In the B. S. course the right OF cleo
tion begins much earlier, and is much
more extensive. In each case the
student must make up eighteen hours
a week in recitations. Later 1t is e1-
pected that graduate work will be ar
ranged, leading to the higher degrees
OF M. A. and G. E.
There are several new men IN 'he
faculty. They are;
DR.. James K. Powers, PRESIDENT.
Dr. George s. Wilkins, Engineering.
DR.. W. B. Saffold, Greek.
DR.. John Y. Graham, Biology anu
Judge w. S. Thorington, Dean oil the
Law Department. 1r,;
All in all, it is doubtful If the oni-
versity of Alabama ever had stronger
faculty in all its history. TUSCALOOSA
| Evening Times.
I A years expenses for cadets nave
been / reduced from sl7a.5o to $780,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12
when Umbrellas Were First Used.

Umbrellas are of great antiquity,
among the Greeks they were a mark
of elevated rank, and one is seen on
Hamilton vase in the hands of prin.
cess. We find the umbrella figured
upon the ruins of Persepolis, and the
Romans carried it at the theatre to
keep off the sun. Yet Coryate, the
traveller, in 1911, notices the umbrel.
las of Italy as rarities. These and
other umbrellas are only described fo1
keeping off the sun, which may be ex-
planned by the comparative scarcity oi
rain in the above countries. The fre.
quency Of rain in other lands led to
their being used for very different
purpose. Jonas Hanway is described
to have been the first to walk the
streets of London with an umbrella
over his head, which he had prob
ably used in his travels in the East.
And'in 1778 one John Macdonald,
footman, was ridiculed for carrying in
the streets an umbrella, which he had
brought from Spain; however, as he
tells us, he persisted for three months
in carrying his umbrella, till people
took no further notice of the novelty,
s-Hrper's Round Table.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12
WITH THE suPERsTlTIoUs CLUB.


When the president of the SupeN
stitious club called that body to ordet
at its last meeting there were four
kinds of caramels, and as many differ
ent varieties of chocolate creams on
the table. 1t was evident to the most
casual observer that the season OF fast
ing was over. 1t was also evident
from certain air of alertness among
the members that a topic OF special in
terest was about to be discussed.
''Miss President" said the secre-
tary, con our dial of subjects tie hand
is turned 'to the wedding day. Is that
in order?"
"very-I mean quite so. / observe
six or eight of the members present
are wearing their winter suits u
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12
Meant 1t.

'.Several times during the delivery
of his commencement day Grafton he
paused and took drink of water. he
was very dry"
ssYou mean he was very thirsty.
Eyes, he was very thirsty, too. -
Chicaro Tribune,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12

~ p 4
III was such pretty scene! The
pes had the abundance Of verdant
Ifape that belongs to happy June /;
4 Grass seemed more than usually
n and green and the wild flowers
brs abundant than ever before
ere was a rural bridge over deep,
khing stream that fed aamill-dam
he distance beyond +; and roses clam
red over the broken rails of the
tdee and twined their wild tendrils
but an old tree near by, against
ich was a rustic seat. On the rus
seat was another rose very
bet and fresh and lovely rose in
lite muslin, with Marie Antoinette
la across her breast and knotted at
waist, and q wide Leghorn hat on
head that shaded her eyes so clev-
that no beholder could guess that
Is we're rising there from time to
and dropping on the white null
chief. And this had happened so
IN that the rose might very we'll be
to be washed in dew.
Ter name was Kate, and she was
\ angry with herself because the
would fall despite all the indig-
things she was saying to herself
be effort to stop their flow, till at
she started to her feet in dread
pet and began to walk up and down,
bhing the wild flowers under her
But that could not continue, for
was very sweet little woman and
d not hurt even flower without
etting it,; and presently she bent
graceful figure and pulled the wild
bones and the few late violets, and,
hg reached the rustic seat, she
d rose or two and sat down.
t'sa perfectly lovely morning."
nurmured, and pinned the flowers
pg the folds of the null kerchief.
onder where she has taken the
because"
g stopped and looked anxiously
till she saw, in the distance, the
and the little boy rambling
g the trees and apparently alb
u In gathering wild flowers and
ng butterflies; and the music of
bids laughter WAS borne to her
soft, perfumed summer breeze.
a heavenly sound-a sound to
en- any mothers heart; but Kate
sighed and drew from her belt
seIly crumbled piece of paper,
she had thrust there y in fierce
ence; and as she looked at it the
which had not retreated very
|aln rose to her eyes.
I'm just dreadful foolr' she
nt; "a silly, silly little simple
And I'm glad he is late, for I
~ have him know, for anything
world, that / cared enough to
And, smoothing out the
ed paper, she began to read the
words once more, though she
knew them by heart:
you will see me on Wednesday
talk the matter over. I have
with my lawyer. and he has
ea with yours, and separation
arranged without any public
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12

The feeding expenses of the London
geological gardens average $500 .
week. a.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12
THE OLD HOME.

Once more to lie upon the fringe
Which hid the brooklet's smiles,
And watch the bubbles curl and break,
The fishes merry wiles.
To hear the murmur all around,
The life and leal of glee
That robed with magic every sound
The swift winds brought to me
The old home. the old home,
Once more at ease to lie,
And in wonder, rapt and still,
To watch the nights go by,
Her gentle hands so full Of stars
They seemed to tremble out,
The while the moons impassioned bars
Upon the stream made rout
To hear once more the siren song
The hours sang rs they fled,
TO see once more the future stand
With laurel-coyered head,
To lie once more in peopled sleep
or dreams so bright and fair
They never could their promise keep,
But died In beauty there f
hamilton Jay, in Florida Times Union.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-08-12

irna aid home, the old home,
~ \ would were once more
bov among the happy scenes
TSst T frightened life OF yore. ~
~ roam among the tangled bloom
~ with M torn straw hat and all,
"A watch the riffs Of summer suns
MI upon the landscape fall
m. catcb the scent OF roses fair,
~ ,nd hear the wild birds song
uith nassIon fill the balmy air
"" The leafy hooks among,
~ hear the bullfrog's merry croak
y On logs by ripples wet,
u,s 81 coat OF green a dazzling sheen-
Tseem to see him yet ~
Tho old home, the old home,
II 7 loved each blade OF grass
Thai Il sang through tiny bells Of dew
In ioy to let me pass
rha good old trees that welcomed me
IA Ind branches downward hung,
where oft In childish revelry
Iswayed and dreamed and sung!
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-07
GRADUATING EXERCISES.
Program and Personnel of the High
School Commencement. May "a.

program ana personnel OF the High
School Commencement. May 24.
On the night of Monday, May "a, the
Ell Paso high school holds it's gradual
ing exercises in the opera house. The
personnel OF the graduating class is as
follows: Marguerite Lucille Ainsa,
Jessie Judith johnson, Bessie Bailey
johnson, Ethel Petrie Shelton, Mabel
Gertrude Windsor, Christopher Colon
Augur, Randolph Saxon Terry.
The program will be as follows:
Invocation. .......... Rev. ]. T. French
Chorus q All Hail the Victor. .Auber
b Wiegenlied. 1890. Frank
49,. High School
Essay. :. care Kings Only Grateful
And Do Republics Forget
- Ethel Petrie Shelton
Recitation. ssTbe Story of Some Bells''
Bessie Bailey Johnson
Solo, ga Song of the Sea-. .Kamzak
Mabel Gertrude Windsor
Essay. ............... laboratory"
Randolph Saxon Terry
Recitation. 1.-THE Sailors REFUGEE
Marguerite Lucille Ainsa
High School Quartette, "Slumber
Alice s1 %se Shelton. Emma H selal HgfT
man, Grace May Allen, Marguerite
Henrietta Martin
Essay. .'SnaD Shots }
Jessie Judith johnson
Recitation. "a Successful Wooing"
Mabel Gertrude Windsor
''The Bugle on the Hip. Robson
High School Glee Club
Recitation. ben Hur's Chariot Race"
Christopher Colon Augur
Chorus q Nights Shade. ..Ro.sini
I b My Old Kentucky Home
..... roSber
Address to graduates. Rev. H. w.
Moore
Diplomas.
Benediction.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-07
RaDid Orange Sale.

A car containing 331 boxes of Wash
iugton navel oranges, and shipped
from Riverside Heights, was sold at
auction recently in New York for
81, 517, or an average of S4.57 IL box,
gross, or net in California of So. u q
box. This is the highest price ever OBJ
tanned for carload of California Gran.
geS in the New York market.
The so size sold for S4.36 a box, the
90 size bringing the same price, the
highest figure for the season for these
sizes. The $50 and 176 sizes
brought So, which is likewise the rec
ord price OF the season.
The car was disposed of in less
than five minutes after it was put on
sale.
The above fruit was transported at
Ell Paso from a ventilated fruit car to
a A. {. I. F. refrigerator car and for
warded from the 7. & p. station April
30 last.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-07
The O r.. C.,

The second section of the G. Fl.
train from the east is due here at 8
O'Clock tonight with big load of con-
ductors en- route to the Los Angeles
convention. The special consists of a
baggage car, dinner ard four sleepers.
and will remain 10 Ell PasO over TWEEN
ty-four hours. A car of conductors
will arrive on tomorrow morning g
Texas & Pacific and yet another car OF
the order will be attached to tomorrow
afternoons No. 20. It is expected tn at
tomorrow S arrivals will join tonight's
company, and all go west together.
y car will be along Sunday over the
Texas & Pacific. The conductors 60
ing west through this city will return
east over one of the northern lines, and
OF those going west over the northern
lines not few will return east over
the Southern Pacific and the Texas &
Pacific
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-07

The surfacers are reported less than
day behind the track layers on the
Corralitos road.
Senator Chiffon has introduced a
bill into the nited States senate
granting right-of-way through the
Indian Territory and Oaklahomaro the
Chicago, ST. Louis q Texas Railway
company.
H. NJ. Parsons, formerly chief clerk
in the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
Offices in this city, is now chief clerk
under General Agent Tedford, OF the
Santa Fe at st. Louis, where he is
doing well.
Commencing May LIST, all chief train
dispatchers on the Texas divisions of
the katy lost their official heads,
and train masters will have the added
duties and labor Of train dlspatchers in
theta offices.
The Southern Pacific track between
this city and the smelter is no longer d
good bicycle path, as the cinders have
been washed out by the raius, leaving
the ties uncovered. So bicyclists now
use the embankment beside tae Santa
te track and the county road between
this city and the smelter. Strike off
to the santa Fe track at the west end
of San Francisco street, and take the
county road ut old Fort Bliss.
In the use of oil for fuel on the loco
motives of the Santa Fe, between Bar
stow and San Diego. an average Of re-
suits on freight engine show that four
barrels of oil did the same work as
1900 pounds OF Nanaimo coal. Taking
coal at $500 per 200 pounds and oil
at Sl.33 per barrel, which is near the
highest priced reached, Il money saving
of 21.2 per cent is effected. Other cases
are given, where saving of over l per
cent was effected on overland passen-
ger trains, by the use of oil instead of
coal, even when the price of oil was
over ST per 1900 pounds.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-07

Five shafts, each oae thousand feet
in depth, to be sunk Immediately, by
the recent purchasers, upon the Pa
cifc group of mines. This is i'm
portaut and welcome news as to the de-
velopment of these properties. These
five shafts will be one upon the Mica
Grande and Ohio mines ard Qhree
shafts upon the Pacific vien) one on the
claim formerly owned by the Pacific
Gold company, one on the Pacific ex-
tensions and one on the Pacific No. =
While the report has been in general
circulation that perpendicular shafts
would be sunk away from the vein,
these reports are untrue. The eX-
perienced and efficient manager Mr..
D. B. Gillette does not believe in quar-
ryipg country granite rock. The shafts
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-07
THE WEATHER
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Blank books cheap at Twins.
Go to Irwin for window glass.
Acme saloon for good whiskey.
Home cooking at Smiths Creamery
and II year old whiskey at Acme.
Butter % and 35 cts. Smiths Cream
cry.
Apple sauce with cream. Smith IS
Creamery.
Fresh Buttermilk-Smith's Cream
cry.
Hot biscuit. Fine butter Smith
Creamery.
Ell PASO STEAM LAUNDRY,
Telephone No. at.
Mining Location Blanks for Sale at
This Office.
Mining location notices for sale at
the HERALD Job Office.
Ask for "EL PASO TRANSFER"
the best cent CIGAR on the market
The best Mex, can and Havana cigars
are made by the Ell Paso Cigar Mfg.
Refrigesators, Ice cream freezers
and gasoline stoves.
MOMSEN & THORNE.
Team, harness and wagon for sale
cheap. Call at Hughes Harness shop.
corner of Santa Fe and West Overland
streets.
Payne. Badger Coal company, Nc
Alester, CerlIlOs and anthracite coal,
cord and stove wood, yard Second and
chihuahua streets. Telephone No. IL.
Ell Paso Fuel Co., are THE" agents
for the celebrated Cerrillos White
Ash and anthersite Goals. Successors
to Cerrillos Coal r. r. Co. Phone
nc.