The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-17
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New York, August IA. The burs1.
tai statistics estimates tho present
ton OF New York city at 1,9e6. "a
this news reaches Chicago anothS.
Of noses will be ordered on the ~
According to report submitted q
health authorities. asphalt causes
Tho pavement forms an air-tight rS
the street and forces all escaping iis
find an outlet at the sides OF the IT.
into the houses. section Of Madisox1
nuo Is suffering at present. Eycry7
certainly has it's thorn.
The last Partisan craze calls for ~
rocco shoes and red sir stockingn. p
have tslkcn the place OF white duch
and stockings. A man Just over ssv
are sean everywhere. OF course, 49,
feet will soon twinkle In the line on I1N
way. II doesn't take long for fads "a n
New York from Paris or London. ca
A new Flagstaff to take the place y
one that was splintered by lightning
ing placed In position on the dome Il
Manhattan Trust building. The d..
sons 800 feet above the ground and J
nggers look. like midgets to the huskI
OF observers down on the sidewalk
"steeplejacks" OF this town are ysri,7
human monkeys, and they face desn
most every day.
A good many teacher students fra
over the country put in their vacation y
Teachers Of the arts recognize the o.
for summer instruction and keep their
dos open during July and August.
may meet the students OF art In grouul
Riverside drive. getting sketches; in n
trail park after landscapes, or making p
les in the Museum OF Art. These seeI|
after knowledge apparently enjoy nv
selves as well ais their sisters on
strand.
The Museum Of Natural History I
soon offer to the public a notable collscs
of butterflies of every cline. There
more than 10000 specimens In the OH
ton. which Is the gift OF Londoner
Alohcg value 10 SsoruUU. ING COLLECTION \
be mounted in glass covered cases ,
stored away on the shelves OF the den
ment OF entomology. collection OF Al
lean born butterflies is also being mour
by its donor. The museum IL one Of
city's greatest attractions.
A 25-year-old wife sold her husband
s25 to widow the other day, and nov
regrets it. The transfer was legally N
through notary, who drew up a req
bill of sale. which the wife signed a
she received the cash The money aid
last long, and she took legal steps to
gain possession OF hubby, but he fed
Jersey with his owner before the police
move on. OF course, stranger thL
than this happen here every hour.
Staten island isn't the sleepy old .
that most people imagine. Her board
supervisors have awarded contracts
nearly twenty-three miles OF macad
roads. to cost over 100000. When
roads are completed, late in the fall, Sta
island will have seventy five miles Of me
dam roads OF the highest class. Sta
island towns will shortly contract for
building OF local roads TO cost over Ss
900. In due time, this money will q
back. for Staten island Is well patr0ni
by the wheeling fraternity.
y. r. Schrum of j. R. Schrum q
millinery. Columbus, Ohio" When a va
an wrote this in the big register opened
the Merchants association at its ha
quarters In the New York Life building
man in charge looked up In surprise:
she had right to all the privileges Of
place. and she told tho secretary that II
merchants of the metropolis continue
present enterprise next season there vc
come time when sha will no longer
the only woman merchant in the crowd
The most beautiful founding within
memory of those now In charge of Bel
vue was king OF ward 81 the other a
The fine muslin cap was covered \
needlework and edged with Valencienl
lace. The white cashmere coat was des
ombroiderd with whiUs silk designs aros
the bottom and having deep frilled q
OF the embroidery. A white dress \
yoke OF embroidery edged with nan
cambria followed. A band OF insertion !
at the top OF the skirt hem. The M
echoed tho policeman's verdict none (
your common babies" Finely formed. D
fectly nourished. 1t outweighed any
babies OF its age In the ward. How
inouiier could abandon such beautl
babe passeth all understanding.