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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24
DUsTOY, TUESDAY, AUGUST "a.
'E N p A. O. ES
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

4 he gardeners and truck raisers OF Bee
l ntY have taken exactly the right course
!. organizing and connecting themselves
Z II the vegetable growers OF Southwest
,s;as. Tho object OF the organization is
~ only worthy one, but is fraught with
lat outcome TO this section.
Examination In this case. as In every
I Ter. is the very life of trade. Particular
isdn the matter OF perishable shipments,
some kind OF system necessary. and the
i.t that the fruit. melon and vegetable
4 wers will cooperate In securing cheap
Eight rates aud fast trips to tho North,
VI mean ordinarily thousands of dollars
annum 10 South Texas that are not
IN received. The region around Mobile
III year, and again this year. counted it's
,.flts INTO the hundreds OF thousands and
same was true OF the territory ada
AZ TO savannah. The Texas coast re-
"a Ii superior to either OF the sections
irtioned in uniformly richness OF soil.
subirrlgation and In all the features re-
iisu W prouuce money making early
etable field. That we have not grown
tlthv In this immediate territory from
isly vegetable culture is due to our own
I,,,fligence and nothing else.
is In these apparently small lines of
aIture, In the despised products of a re-
IL. in fact the greatest profit
found. Not even cotton, nor corn,
tat hogs. can equal in value to this
s,tion a systematic. well-organlzed veee-
&c or truck farm culture, ana when we
Il such action as that taken Ut Deeville
4 can begin to hope that the tight lnd
progress has begun Kansas, Missouri,
'praska. the Dakotas. Minnesota and
llaois can be all easily supplied by trls
I'ion with early vegetables, fruits ard
CONS and when this fact Is accomplished
means incaleulahle wealth to us.
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A CHARACTER.

lie sowed and hoped for reaping-
az, A happy man and wise;
The clouds, they did his weepinp.
me Wind 1t sighed his signs.
The. limit OF desire: MN
Thanked God for shade y, sur,, -
In winter time for fire. 'e' uays'
WEN tempest as with vengcful rod
ms earthly marsion cleft. '''
I,s sae nisnk sod he still thanked God
S1n.sh,; MS earthly race he ran
9 And died-so people say ="
WV WV zen years later than the man
IF. L. Stanton In Atlanta co,xt,,,,.a
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SOME POsTsCRIPTs.

Anomalous as II may seem. a Kentucky
filter.
Cigarette smoking is on the increase In
Japan. Every month 10 600 900 imported
ana 900 native cigarettes are con
sumed. Women and children smoke al
most as much as men.
The price of Virginia peanuts VIII be
advanced soon, because the stock OF shelled
nuts In Virginia barely exceeds - 900 bag,i
as against $4,000 last year and 80, 900 al
this time In 1896
5. p. Leland has accepted DR.. F.. l..
hatons place ON the prohibition ticket IN
iowa Eaton WAS nominated for governor.
but was found 10 be Ineligible on account
Of limited residence.
The weather bureau has taken the
trouble 10 gravely announce that there IN
no truth In tho story OF n sensational New
Y ork paper that the government would aeon
begin sending out warnings of crime waves
hosxdin, In the coal mining district OF
Siiesia, Is collapslng rapidly, owing 10
reckless mining close TO the surface. one
thousand people are already homeless and
Sooo,ooo worth OF buildings are DESTROYED
"Tte railroad ran over us recently y,
writes rural Georgia editor 'but in this,
as In all other Instances, Protidente was
against us. The fool engine only cut of
our wooden leg, and We can't get dam
ases!"
The first man who discovered gold a,
Australia was hanged for his pains. He
was one OF the first convicts transported IA
botany Bay. and when he learned the great
secret he brought sample to show his
success; aud was promptly hanged for at
tempted escape.
Jasper county. Missouri, woman whose
past experience included a marriage and n
divorce, was compelled to furnish the re-
corler evidence OF her mothers consent IN
her malrriage before he would grant II,
! only II. ~"
| The salaries OF the professors Of Glasgow.
university last year amounted to eas' iss
ths best-paid az them being Prof. Cleland
who received fl6a5. while the SMALLEST
emolumcnts were those OF Professors Slmp,
son. Nor .s and Becker, each Of whom re-
Is COMMONLY believed that the first fac-
tory Tor making friction matches on 4
iarse scale was established at Vienna An
1As$. but. arcordsng 10 the Sprinsiield Re.
puplscen, there WAS such : factory al leas n
l eosly - that n the center 81 the Con.
ee1Neut vnlley. y N hislsrio 80 ~ N,
1921 q Q9leg2eo etseet. a
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

q good many years yet. A session Of the
legislature every two years y ABOUT 81
the people can stand, Without Dene m
A constitutions; convention would be .
blerssng instead OF an dnfiction.
TIE Hanletsviiic Herald says:
The much busted Grlf Shore railroad
reached Stockdale. wilson county; Friday.
| and tho people OF that long ISOLATED burg
| have been celebrating ever since.
Oh. what heaa they'll have when they
Ret through
The Bmham Weekly Chronicle. w. T..
Case, editor. Is one of the newest ex-
changes to climb up,n this table and de-
mand an audience 1t looks like a healthy
youngster,
The McGregor Observer says:
How much happier the people of the
world would be II they would only exer-
else O. little NOR. charity ana be wiling to
help bear one another's burdens.
Yes. that's so, but the man who tries 1t
before human nature has been changed is
going to be powerfully lonesome.
The Alvnrado bulletin says:
Texas IL still for irrigation, but evident
" prefers the Mary Jane Cox plan.
We haven't heard Of anybody applying
for PARENT that would improve Mary
James plan.
The Troy Enterprise says:
IT. n professional man Hes on his back
IN his office aud thinks that hs business
VIII increase. he had Just as we'll pull
down his ShiHgle.'
He usually lies standing UP and looking
you sauarcly In the eye. and thus keeps
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24
DISREPUTABLE BUSINESS.

Sentinel a Of
NO 81 William street, New
proof OF
to
to
the case OF unsigned articles credit them
w.
An examination the nclosed
contains the interview
the
would be credited
AS this letter d1ted August H. the
aware " the
denounced the product
the We
OF the committee but the
Farchid Eery Anderson John
preserve the national honor
as this 1t might better dband
notify committee should
In in
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24
HOLDING COTTON.

r. Julius Runge OF Galveston be,ieves
N cotton viii soon show an advance
:irly eqeal To the enhancement In wheat
'saes. He admits that the coming crop
emises 10 be large one, but states that
Z mills OF the world are In need Of Just
i'm Yield. Mr. Runge points out thas
itners everywhere have little or no
ies. and advises farmers to market their
p slowly in order to force an advance in
aes.
sich advice as this has often been given
n Southern farmer, but not once in n
aen years has It proven profitable to
Use who were guided by the admonltion.
~ no doubt true that II the planters
I3d combine to hold their cotton they
'sd force a temporary advance. but there
lever such unanlmity Of action. In fact
man who gives such advice L., un,n-
lfionally, the farmers enemy. Last year
e president OF the American Cotton
rrwers' association told the world that
u American crop would not be over ~
1000 bales and that prices would be
..c to advance. He told tho growers ID
4 their cotton or to market II very
my. In two months from that time
l(cs had declined over one cent per pound
4 the crop will turn out o million bales
Ter than Mr.. Lane prophesled.
g one can tell what the next crop OF
ION Will be. nor can anyone predict the
INT Of tho demand Much less can
one forecast the price that VIII be paid
Iaths staple two or three months from
"A time. u II well known that cotton Is
'H'2wn on the market from every state in
lyober, and It may DO that the man who
f1lsets the staple IN August and septem-
& viii obtain the best price.
|fast experience would suggest that the
Pr diareeard al speculative advice, sell
,cotton a. fast a. he can get It picked
y sinnsd. and ut the market msnipu-
w DO the h0ldIpg.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

Journal.
w.
his
Methodist
Southern
Of
country His book and publishing the
and through Georgia
had in
He did
both.
No 70 benehw
of
Methodsm
In the service Of the Master o
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24
THE TEXAS EDITORS.
The sherman cour,er .,y,.

---~ NSf'Ns''ifNii >ukfitT S3ySs
mere Is something wrong with a mans
business abSLty Who does not adyertise
IN the lending papers OF his town.
~ has mossback microbes IN II.
The Gainesville Messenger has discovers,
the sneanest man Ill Texas. 1t says:
Some scoundrei robbed a blind woman a,
Paris the other day, ~ ~
The Victoria Times says:
A Houston business man was sand
baegad and robbed IN that city 'rues,lnv
nixht. This rs a warning 10 outsiders who
contemplate visstirg the Bayou City.
Simply an evidence that Houston IA no
longer a town. but q great city, Carl,
that's all.
The drccnvdlle Herald says:
We are surprised that a man should he
come bszamist IN this country, especialiy
as our facilities fo.' granting divorces are
UNSURPASSED. N
And We are surprised At Il after he has
had some experience with one wife.
The seguin Anchor says.
II tho next National ticket Il w =
4ryAn Tor presilcnt and James Stephen
noBg lot vace President Texas may ba
1871 ur9n for Its usual brutal demo-
cratic majority.
~ may be relied on for that kind OF |,
matosdty In any case.
The Mexla LEDGE says:
kreodom o. srsech can not ana never
Will 10 1urprNsEtd y, ~ -' =
They seem " doing i - IN Psuuuy,.
vanis ~ HsAt, y, risast. n ,.'6 q
xhs MARLIN o. ees1s 49,, !. a
~ 3cs.ss?n E2sa b I
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24
A Kansas Breath.

Wilson County News.
Because Kansas is a prohibitico 4
you must not imagine that every ~
breath smells like a cape jesssmlne
breath OF some of them smell W.
lumes from the bung hole Of ~
whiskey barrel. while that Of other
IKE the sulphuric fumes vomited ~
stomach of Vesuvius.
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Wa. Given an Ovation.

Was Given an 9vatios'
Texas Sandwich.
There may not be as much ~
spirit in Texas as In so3pe other =
but there can be no doubt abc9
genuineness OF the vel &ome vnln
visit of general rains evoked DUR
past week.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

Mrsar OF Charles King. sherman etc.--
lsSue OF August p
In,ssna s,naries Wilson. Miiburne.
ans. Deaison. 'e"aro ~ Burk-
mexicsn war survivor, Increase clam.
ene VI howard, San Angelo.
hscSsi u live iiVs: Is Ts:s snscial August ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

me acme OF utllltarianism has been
reached They are using Lord Nelson's
battlesh.p TO advertise patent pills.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

With wheat going up this way. there Ia
no better time to start Tom Richardson
10 Europe on that cornbread crusade.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

Yellowstone Park highway robbers are
usurping the privileges of summer hotel
proprietors In that section.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24
Farewell Tour,

Rockdale Messenger. ~
When Senators Quay and Cor
ouss the retirement question they \
wlnks. X
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24
The Claim Fa{ctery.

Pearsall Leader.
If the hot winds destro y the ~ y
Hanna's editorial factory will ela'1
me high price Of corn Is I ssmpN \
standard prosperity.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24
Coarttnw Trouble,

Alvarudo Bulletin. MI
Judge Reagan Is permittink
ender TO get dangerously nGSa
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

Hhose most ready to criticize city
administration are as rule those who
do the least to support II.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

Luling Signal.
When prosperity prevails 1t
sary to ship coal in refrigers ~
avoid the observation Of an ou|
OF starving miners.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

When Bates of Chicago and Kneeland
or ST. Joseph. Mo-. get divorces they
should set ono with coupons attached.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24
Your UncIe Mnry,.

four Un"Ie Mnry's Cane
kosse Cyclone.
Mary Ellen Lease being "dass
candidate for governor of Ksn1ae
her a kind of nightmare, ~ y
the other candidates.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

III Mark Hanna steers McKmiey's nd.
ministration as badly as he did his yacht
she'll strike a snag soon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

When you tell q prominent Texan now
adays that he Is good gubormatoriai tim
her, he looks guilty and bushes like a
peach with red netting over It,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

The city farmers have made more
money of wheat in the last week than
tho country farmers have In twenty years.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

Tho weather man should remain neu-
trail in the coal strike,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

Professor Androe seems to be having
some trouble acquiring terminal facilities.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

The Armenian enemies OF Colonel Abdul
Hamid are giving the old man a bomb
time Just now
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

IL wheat goes up much further train
robbers will not bother themselves with
passenger trains.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

dispatch from Cedar Rapids says "the
politicians are all at sea-" Now let some
BODY pray for storm and smash the
ltghthouse
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

President Branch says to the bankere'
convention; III the currency commission
does not solve the problem and guide
tho people to demand currency reform
based on eternal principles. 1t Is my sol
omn conviction that. with the Inevitable
return of hard times the people will solve
the question for themselves, and FREQ sill
yer may be the least of our evils" Pros.
perlty dependent on currency reform, and
not on the Dingley tariff! Free silver
"the least OF our cvllsi' Horrible. The
goldbug press should cut this Branch off
without delay
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

The next time big corporation threat
ems to lock Its men out. let the labor
union apply for an injunction to prevent
the company from doing It, Would the
injunction be granted?
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The bulls have ''pacifed' the bears In
the wheat PIT

1t " very strange that the coal mine
operators should refuse the mon a rate of
60 cents ton on coal Under the new
tariff law the duty is q cents and as
this Is aimed merely to cover the differ
cnce between the wages of American
miners and foreign miners It would fol.
low that either the foreign miners re-
ceivo less than cents a ton or the oper-
ators are unjustly refusing to give the
men the benefit of the tariff tax imposed
In their behalf
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-24

The Greeks seem to be anxious for an
other foot race.
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From the washlngton Post.


THE WORTH OF a DoLLAR.-Tho,s
great metropolitan dailles the Sun. Even
Ing Post and World OF New York. diner In
many respects differ widely and radically
but they are three OF kind when Il
comes 70 lying about tho silver dollar and
its value. We may suspect the World Of
sheer ignorance when It says that a stand
ard silver dollar is now worth almost ex
actiy 40 cents The World is not re-
markahle for the extent or the accuracy Of
It's information. The sun and the Eveniny
fest. however, are distinguished for In,
teitigence--as distinguished for that as for
the Vicious and ignoblc uses to which thew
sometimes put H. They are psrfcctlv
aware that, In saying the silver dollar 4
worth but 40.i3 cents" they are saving
what Is not true, and that dcllbers telv
They know that the silver dollar, bearing
the stamp OF the United States. q worth
exactly 100 cents. and that Il viii hi re-
osNsd at that value BY the government. Il
simply happens that In no matter reiatins
% siiyer coinage are these wall street 81.
eene WILLING e tell II truth,
~ u wa 0sloetunAte. thppsA. q vjev q
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FOUR DUCKS.
Cost Two Indiana Farmers $500 Each, and a World of
 Bother.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Nov 10.--John E. Timmons and William Sterrett are close neighbors in Carroll county, living on adjoining farms. Timmons missed four ducks, which were after ward found waddIng around oh Sterrett's farm. Sterrett. not being satisfied as to ownership, refused to surrender, and Timmons replevined the fowls. A trial by jury before q justice of the peace resulted in the jury disagreeing 4 change of venue was taken, and in another jury trial the plaintiff was awarded $l as dam ages. An appeal followed to the Circuit Court, and in trial this week the jury awarded the defendant S3 damages and custody of the ducks. The cost aggregate, $500. An appeal will be carried to the Supreme Court. h all three trials the ducks were introduced in evidence, and they will probably be briefed in the appeal to the court of last resort.
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TOMLINSON-ROAN
A Beautiful Evening Wedding at the
 Episcopal Church.

The friends and admirers Of MT. Frank Tomlinson and Miss Minnie Roane filled the Episcopal Church to overdowing Wednesday night, to witness the ceremony that made this popular young couple one
 The church was beautifully and arttsticafy decorated for the occa- sion, chrysanthemums, ivy aud palms being arranged on the chan. eel and cut flowers adorning the altar.
 The organ was presided over by that accomplished musician, Miss Henrietta Scheetz, and the magnif- cent tones of Mendelshon $ march swelling through tte church an nonncod the arrival of the bridal party To the time of the march the bridal party proceeded down the aisle of the church and across the ehancel, stopping at the foot oi tine altar In 3 most impressive manner the beautiful Episcopal marriage ceremony was read by the Rev c Gordon Smeade, and the VOWS were taken that joined for life the hearts and fortunes of the happy couple.
 The words being spoken that pro. nounced them man and wife, the bridal couple kneeled and received the benediction of the rector
 Lohengrin's march was sounded, and to it's beautiful strains the par ty retired from the courch.
 After the ceremony the bride and groom were received by their rela- tives at the home of the brides father.
 The bridal party was as follows: Acle Tomllnscn, flower girl; Mack Hammett, best man; Messrs Rufus Arnold, Drew White, Richard Davies, Roane Bell and Horace Roane, ushers.
 The GRAPHIC extends to Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson its best wishes for a bright and happy future.
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SHAT E PENCILS.
what They Arc eomposea of and How
 They Are Made

Whht They Are Gomposed Of and How
 They Are Made.
 Slate pencils undergo t namhef og processes before they are ready for use and in making them nearly all of tho manual labor is done by boys First broken pieces of slate are put into mortar run by steam and are crushed to powder, which is then bolted in | ma. chine such as is used in Touring mills \ fine slate flour results which is thor eHghly mixed in t largo ttb with stea tite flour and other materials, tho whole making 8 stiff dough The dough is lSneaded by being passed between iron rollers a numherof timos, and it is then taken to table, where it is made into short cylinders foar CT five inches iii thickness and containing from eight to ten pounds of material each
 Four of these cylinders are placed in a strong iron resort which has achange- able nozzle so that the size of the pen eils may Do regulated In the retort the material is subjected to great hydraulic pressure and isthus pushed through the nozzle i'll the shape of a long cord. As the cord comes through tho nozzle 1t passes over q knife and is cut into the desired lengths The lengths are laid on boards to dry aud arc then placed on sheets of corrugated zinc, the eorugafion preventing Che pencils from warping during the baking process The baking is done Ill a kiln into which superheat- ed steam k introduced through ppes
 Tho pencils go from the kiln to the finishing and packing room, where the ends arc held for an instant under a rapidly revolving emery wheel, which neatly points them
 Finally they are packed iil pasteboard boxes 100 pancilsin each box, then 100 of tho pasteboard boxes are packed in | wooden box, and they are ready for shipment Philadelphia Times
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THE COMPRESS BUSY
Over S6,OO0 Bales Already Con-
 pressed This Season.

The Standard Compress is rushed with business and for sometime has been running day and night. AL ready 36,000 bales have been com pressed this season, and Manager W. E. Adams gives it as his opinion that the number will reach over 70, 900 before the season is out.
 In consequence of the immense amount of cotton already at the compress, the Standard people are refusing to take any more cotton, at present, unless it is for immediate delivery.
 Some 800 or more bales of cotton are stored in a big lot opposite the compress awaiting orders, while nearly every warehouse in the city is filled with the fleecy staple.
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PICKLE WOMAN.
She skips With a Man While An. other Had Gone to Obtain
 License to Wed Her.

The fiekleness of woman was demonstrated last Friday by Miss Lena Roland, of Beech Grove, says the Henderson, Ky. Cleaner. Harvey Pillars, q young man of perhaps 21 summers, had been paying his at. tentions to Miss Roland for some time, and she had consented to be hls bonnie bride, and last Friday was the day the happy event should occur. So MT. Pillars left for Cal houn 10 procure the necessary pa pers. When he returned he found that his expected bride was in wait ing for him and the preacher, but she had flown with another admirer, in the person of Fletcher Brown. Mr. Brown and the lady went to Dixon and were married in the county clerks office by Rev. c. c. Ward, of the Methodist Church.
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EupIonl Eupionii Enpioni!l

No doubt many people are awar that Eupion oil makes much bet ter light than the lower grades oi coal oil, but we doubt If there are any thet know that gallon of Eupion lasts longer than cheap oil. Then, why not have the best light when the differencein cost is scarcely nothing. Eupion is sold at the fol owing places:
 sicCain Grocery Co. John II Talbot X Co Robinson Greenfield. j. L. Lloyd. Me an- Tankersley Co, Bros,
 " L. Dewoody & Co Houston & Roane. L E. oldsmith k C.. rhalheimer Bros, Ferguson & Russell. P |. Mercantile Go H. F. Seveke, c Lumpkiu, E. Simmons. Bluff City Lumber Co. q, N. Hart Drug Co. W. Beard oedtf s1s Hearin < Alexander.