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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-01

Heryer of this city, who made decided
impression upon the audience with his
skill as mesmerist. MIR. Hsryers ability
as hypnotist compares fsvorably with
that Of any professional hypnotist that has
visited Houston.
Music for the occasion was furnished
by Professor Moerlein's orchestra. and the
dance which followed the entertainment
was highly enjoyed by all present.
The Saengerbund did not sing, owing to
the absence Of several members from the
city.
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SAYS HE Is OLDEST ODD FELLOW
Claim of John steward of Kokomo
Ind, Who Joined in 1912

kokomo, Ind, October 29--John Steward
OF this city, is the oldest Odd Fellow in
Indiana, and believes he is the oldest IN
the entire order. He says that while
there are many oldest Masons" in the
country. there is but one Oldest Odd Eel
low. and he is the man. He is a native
of Allentown. N. j.. and will be So years
old next May.
FSfty-five years ago Mr. Steward he
came member OF Madison Lodge, +. o.
Q. f., i'm his naive city. At that time ex-
Governor NeweN was the grand officer of
the lodge. Mr.. Steward Was next mem
Der OF Lafayette Lodge, in Hillsboro
Onto. He. was a charter member of a
lodge at New Lexington, In Highland
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Last Night Mas Halloween, the
Night Of Fate.
WIN Today Ne made special Points
Of Interest-Custcms Of
the Days.

Last might was Halloween. but OWNS
the fact that the festival this year oc'
Curved on Sunday It was not as general,
observed a. 1t ordinarily is. with all Of III
traditions and pretty customs.
Halloween Ii the eve Of An Saints Day
and while tho exact date Of tho establish
nent OF the festival is shroudcd In doubt
many Of It's pretty customs are still OBJ
served not 10 much for the religious sig
nincance or superstitlous Idea that at
tached to the observance In ages passed,
but more In a spirit Of revelry, the weird
superstition OF years ago. giving way to
the more pleasant diversions Of nut crack
ing, apple ducking. etc.
Halloween Is delightful combination
OF mystery and mirth; the night most
eagerly anticipated OF the whole year among
children. Small boys go nLeting weeks
beforehand. to gather their harvest for
this occasion, and IN the north OF England
Halloween Is stll known as nut-cracking
night. In Scotland Halloween is a great
holiday. and Burns in his poem on Hal
lowcen refers 10 Its love making proper
ties thus.
The aud gudewife's whel hoordlt nits
Are round and round divided,
And mony lays and lasses fates
Are that night decided
Some Nndle couthie side by side,
And burn thcgither trinity;
Some start ava wi saucy pride
And Jump out over the chimly.
Fu' high that night.
Halloween, as We know It. Is confined
to tricks, all OF which have for their de-
movement the discovery OF ono't own true
love. or the unravelment OF a love afinir.
Notwithstanding tho fact that Halloween
is the night of true love. II Is not con-
sldered a propitious thing to receive n
proposal ON that night. one of the many
traditions OF the night 10 that should
lover propose on that night he should be
asked TO tie n blue ribbon on the Wedding
ring finger OF his lady love.
favorite Halloween diversion for young
girls is the apple trick, performed by sus-
pending an apple in the doorway SO that
H. hangs Ave feet from floor and as many
persons as pass under 1t so many months
viii elapse before her marriage. II the
tenth person hits the apple, the girl who
suspended IT viii marry ten months from
TINT date. or on the following August.
If on Halloween girl shakes hands
with o very blond man she will have n
proposal before the bells shall have rung
In the new year of 1888. H. on the other
hand. she shakes hands with a very dark
man, she viii not have a proposal within
year. II with n medium man, she viii
receive one next June.
IL Is popular custom In places where
the church bells toll Mt midnight on Hal
loween not to retire I'LL you have heard tho
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Williams Laid Away.

Waxahach.e, Texas, October sl.--Elder
c. Mcpherson made a beautiful talk over
the remains OF Frank Williams lying
In the casket ready for burial. He told
how the young man had Joined the Chris
tan church and how he had struggled to
be a better man. A large attendance was
AT the graveside to see laid away all that
was left of big-heartcd Frank Williams.
who had his besctting fau,ts-as all men
have-Gnd who took his own life 10 gain
a Iericct freedom
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A Pric.t,. suaden nenth.

Jefferson. Texas. October 81 Father Re-
gan, the Catholic priest of this place. died
suddenly here this evening. After holding
regular services in the Catholic church in
his usual health he was found dead lying
across his bed about s O'Clock this evening.
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CIeburne Locals.

Cleburne. Texas, October ~
Attorney D. w. Odell has RI
position and has been succeeds
FINS johnson, by appointment.
will enter the law firm OF R
Brown.
The negro, Nelson Beasley,
thought to be insane and iucarc,
jail few days ago. has brain
is in critical condition, says Y
Rucker. the county physician.
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Waxnhachtc Locai..

Waxahachie Texas. October si.--I.odrs
NO. 80 A. #. and A. NJ. Initiated candi-
dates last night. After the initiation a
banquet was spread ami the best fra
terrnl feeling prevailed.
"A party OF sixty went up to Dallas on
F'riday to hear Keene ~
NM D, upshaw, the Georgia lecturer
MI MI ,aak 70 the ynnng people at the Ban.
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able tims end they will reach their re-
specttvc homes toAay. They had good luck
in catching nsh and In consequence had
more thai, they could eat, with plenty TO
spare. SO many truthful stories OF catches
on tho bay have been told that the landing
Of $50 pounds Of fine fish by two OF the
party w less than two hours is not sur.
them. vow they will furnish evidence OF the
clutches stated
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Thc rlornl nis !, NJ.

Mr. @ 1runewaid. the chairman OF the
flower department OF the Texas Fruit.
Flower and Vegetable Festival desires tina,
~ florists and those who are particularly
Interested In Horticulture meet at his store
Wv Mah street, at II o'clock tomorrow
Sicrnlng. Mrs, T. w. House and Ms a
" drew. members OF Mr.. Grunewald' :
eotnmNtee. will also be present.
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HOTEL ARRIvALAI

At the Tremont-Sam Fry, AuI
Pawkett. Palestine: d. H. IA.
las; p. d. Barziza, Houston; H.
Naoogdoches; Miss Cora Gregor3
S. Cage. Velasco; T.. H. Church
Owen A. Smith, Willis; II. n
Peoria, Ill.
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The Corn-Fed PHILOSOPHER bourh -
may not be true" said The Corn- Fej
PHILOSOPHER, that every nan has his prize.
yet, when he does have lis price. It is
always heap bigger than his intrinsle
vaiue. "-lndianapolis Journal.
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TRAIN ROBBERY At M'NEIL.
Sheriff White Has Three Men Under
Arrest.
THE CONFESSION or ALBERT FISHER.
He stated Positively TO the Sheriff
That He and the Others Are
the Right Men.

Beevllle, Texas. October 31.-Sheriff
White OF Travis county returned from
Refugio this afternoon with three Of the
Mcneil train robbers. They we're lodged
In jail here and will be taken to Austin
tomorrow. Sheriff White was accompanied
on his return by two OF the International
and Great Northern train men who had
gone to Refugio to identify the rob oers.
They say they are three OF the four men
who held up the train at Mcneil. The
prisoners had on breastplates. whit, were
taken from them and placed on exhibition
at the Nations hotel this evening. where
large number OF people inspected them.
They are rather crude specimens, but
would no doubt afford effectual protection
against bullets as they are very strong.
Confession of Albert Fisher.
Refugio, Texas, October 30 The sheriff
OF ftefugio county, G. w. Moss, has In
thnlDuy luItt ufu tudIbfu WIN tle NC
Neil train robbery. Their names are
Felix Wolf, Levi FISHER and Albert
Fisher, father and son.
Albert appears to be about 16 years OF
age. and has a pistol wound in tho top of
the head. which he says was done by the
porter at the Mcneil train robbery. He
says his father and Felix Wolf are the
ones who were In the cars and who aid
the robbing, and that no and the fourth
man were on the outside. The later has
not been captured, but a lettor which WAC
FOUND says he Is in Houston. but will
leave at once for the coast. Albert Fisher
has given the sheriff all the particulars OF
the robbery. The sheriff took gold watch
from Felix Wolf which the boy says Mls
taken, together with either $S2 or Sg2
from the passengers. He does not
remember the exact amount. Both Felix
Wolf and Levi Fisher had on steel tfeast-
plates when captured.
They were arrested on the San Antonio
river in this county for aggravated as
sault and sent here under commitment IN
default of bond. that Is, tho men were,
and the boy came with them, and when
he told the sheriff that they we're the Nc
Neil train robbers he n.moi-al them on hat
charge. and wired the sheriff OF Travis
county.
Wolf is identified by Len Jeter one OF
the victims OF the robbery, Jotcr is sure
he Is ono Of them. They were brought in
iate last night.
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ISLAND CITY NEWS
DR.. NcLaushlin's Disco ~,
que Bacteria Coufirn.;
CAREFUL INVESTIGATION w
by DR.. Cannon aud H. e
That the Disease MAJ r.
Diagnosed WitLuu, Ce.s.'

(The Posts branch offica A. ".
at the fremont hotel. 49, IA
news, subscriptions and aT,,
will be received.)
Galy eston, Texas, October !,
liam Cannon. assistant 49, |.
pathology and bacterlology y N
cal University. has been snat:,s d
vestlgat.ons into dengue. tbs n
which are likely to be Of s,..'
In diagnosing the disease 49,
Twelve years ago DIR. j. " ~
lin, who DOW occupies the ~.
theory and practice of mediras.
medical college, carried ON Y
examination of the dengue IT,.
at that time. At the concinss.
researches he announced IN \
OF minute organism or rnIsss,3
Tar to this disease. The orr
UNIQUE peculiarities such a. ~
peei' observed In the microh>'
otner affection. DR.. McI.aussss
covery caused wide comment "
pre- essaon. and nearly ali ~
JSNi i,ois gave nam credit for hssxX
valuable discovery.
DIR. Gammon has carried IA.
uon to such an extent that ia
verify the work done by mr.
lir In 1875. He has found tha
Oh an organism On all the cases
come under his Observation
or blood from a densue nat,ss}
placed in ster.lized tubes shc~s
crobe and its neculiar ma.insr
ing that will render a positivA II
possible. 1t is safe to saw ths,
lirmation of DIR. McLaughlin's v
VIII go far toward remov,nS A..
SION that has heretofore nrev..
VII render a premature ann".
OF yellow fever In times Of I Nv
uen1c an impossibiEty. TN
profession in Galveston has ~.
ing the result of Professor 4. p
researches with much interaes
Mighty gratified with what bas
coinplished so far. DR.. C;anm.,{
case Under observation now ~,
turns out as all the others bava
a complete verification of tha
OF the microbe as the ca,,s S \
que. uSe a
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county Ohio. and in 1858 he came To Ko-
komo Lodge, No. 1873
In early hfe Mr.. Steward was n sai,o.
lie was personally acquaanted with
f,ather W2dey, who originated the order
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NOTES.

DR.. Ward White, who now "
Presbyterian pulpit at Winnie
to his charge yesterday, after 1!
Galveston. He recently came IN
Eastern Texas, where, for the
teen or twenty years, he, has bed
ing.
The weather bureau has dis{
for this season the issue Of iuI
giving the climatic conditions inI
ton region belt of the State. n
statement of the crop SITUATED
kept up through November and (
be discontinued for the season
The norther that came here d
ago terminated last might in az
hardest rains that has visited III
In a long time. The weather
ports a fall of 2.73 inches. n
cleared away before noon todGI
times the sun shone brightly CT
warm. Every low place about ~
pool of water this morning.
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THE LAWS RED rApr

A<<A w . INElJ 'TAPR
Much as some people may =,
contrary, the presidents Of tia
form a strong link in legal Al
one which is not likely to III
soon. This was exemplified M,
manner the other day. D.sttl
Easton was preparing the trans4
case that had been appealed "a
court. 1t was rather Il bulky ~
ISSUING OF many pages of typewnS
ter. AT two different places IN n
red strings We're observed susoe1
the top of the sheets. These m
carefully crossed at the bott0a|
page. glued them fast and then T
a Cargo red seal over them. Th<
Ing was watched with much m
a. bystander. who, when the
completed. turned and asked ri
PLANTATION. He was told that ~
served no useful purpose, but thS
q custom or precedent of the Law
been handed down since the eanyI
days.
THE original idea," said Nj!
was that the gluing of the strind
the page of a legal document NJ
sary to prevent interlineation al
In the manuscript. 1t was an q
tom, and the precedent has cons
and is observed to this good e
after il ceased to have any purpu
Notwithstanding that there \
lutely no use i'm doing this, thu
is still in vogue where import
ments are prepared for submiu
higher court. All of which gos
how Some precedents of the Law
a people when there Is no ba4
need for them.
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The Louisiana populist., 1897-01-15
50 THE STABLE DOOR WILL NOT
BANG

The wind destroys many doors and
door hinges. Besides that, a banging
slamming door anywhere, whether in
mouse, barn or cOrncrib, destroys both
the temper and the nervous system of
those who must listen to it month after
month.
10 stop the banging OF his stable
door live stock man has devised the
arrangement described herewith.
The inventor describes his sliding
stable door as follows: For doorway
three by eight feet, make a batten
door in the usual manner, weigh it,
ami procure two square sash weights
that together will just balance the
door, or make the door to balance the
weights. Purchase about eight yards
OF sash cord and two large sash pull
leys. Place in position q frame made
OF two by eight inch plank, having the
pulleys near the top, and fit the door
so that 1t will slide UP and down with
out wearing the cord. Fasten the cord
out wearing the cord. Fasten the sash
cord to the bottom of the door, near
the tatten. On each side of the door
iasten to the frame strips of inch
square pieces to hold the door in posi-
ton. The weights may slide up and
lown on the sides Of the frame, which
may project out far enough for the
purpose, or be boxed in to protect them
md the cord from the weather. This
method. costs less than the common
overhead hangers, is very durable, can
'e Used for doors or shutters, and any
armer who is handy with tools can
EASILY put it into practice.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-01-15

the question as to what that orchard
wants. says Professor l.. H. Bailey.
OF Cornell University. nearly always
say to such man, "You have simply
delayed breaking your horse until your
morse Is old enough to die, or nearly
SO, and now you cannot break the
horse and make a good horse out Of
him." OF course, should try to cult
vate the land as we'll as l could; I
might try to prune the trees and spray
it. and work along with it year by
year, and possibly something would
come, but believe the only way in
that case is to plant new orchard
and begin an over. l do not believe
tAat We can begin at the back end of
the orchard and then Try to regenerate
It, l do not believe it can be done.
believe that an orchard when it is ten
years old should be in pretty good
bearing condition. An orchard. when
II Is that age should average a barrel
to the tree; when it is twelve years
Old it should average a barrel to the
tree every year from that time on.
we have an orchard planted in the
spring of 1889, and some of the trees
have already produced more than a
barrel of apples, and they have all re.
celved high cultivation-not extra high
as strawberries, but good cultivation
The Silver Knight.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-01-15
ENSILAGE FOR POULTRY.

One Of the best green feeds for poul.
try is made of clover hay finely cut
up with cutting box, and green sweet
corn. This should be put into barrels
In alternate layers. Pack the ensilage
In very closely. Head up the barrel
and cover with litter or earth.
one OF the best ways to use up the
late weeds about the farm is to cut
them up in this way and pack them In
barrels. Run them through the cut.
ting box, pound them down closely,
put them in cool Place, and feed q
teW handfuls at intervals during the
winter. This furnishes excellent feed.
anu removes what is certain to be q
very great nuisance. Indeed, if all the
weeds were gathered and stored where
fowls could scratch at them and work
them over, a great deal of trouble
would be saved the gardener and the
ne'ls would be correspondingiy profit
ed. 1t pays to gather up all the dead
leaves, weeds, plant tops and every.
thing that can be dried and stored
away, to throw into the hen house for
the chickens to scratch in.
1t is an axiom among the best poul.
try raisers: ''1'he more scratch, the
more eggs" Fat hens are idle and
lazy, and are of no particular profit,
save to put In the pot.-New York
ledger.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-01-15

The care Of the teeth cannot be be-
gun too early. If child loses those
of the first set prematurely the jaw con-
tracts, there being nothing to prevent
1t from so doing; the second teeth have
not space to stand properly and are
crowded. Particles of food lodging be-
tween the teeth cause them to decay
early. 1t is wise precaution to teach
a child to pass thread Of silk or dem
tai floss between the teeth after eating,
as we'll as to brush them regularly.
Salt and water is a good antiseptic,
end answers for a dentifrice as we'll as
many more elaborate and more expen-
Sive preparations.-Ladies' Home Jour-
The Louisiana populist., 1897-01-15
GINSENG CULTURE.

lne gensing plant thrives best Ia
loamy soils, such as are usually found
IN sugar maple and oak forests at the
north. Shade Is Also essential. Select
piece Of land at the edge of some
forest where the plants are found
growing wild. Clear all underbrusb
and small trees during spring or sum-
mer, then break up the soil two or
tafee inches deep, removing all weeds,
grasses and their roots. The bed thus
prepared will be ready for the recep-
tion of seeds and small, unsalabla
roots, as collected in the autumn. the
season of ripening depending some
What upon latitude. Ginseng berries
are OF crimson color when ripe, each
containing two seeds, produced in
sElall clusters at the top of a central
pedunole elevated above the principal
leaves. When gathering the seed. the
roots may also be dug and all small.
ana unstable ones preserved and re-
painted in the prepared bed. The seed
should be rubbed from the pulp very
carefully, with the hand, and then
Sown, or, better, pressed into the
ground with the finger about half an
inch deep, and one every six INCHES
along the row. The rows should be
from one to two feet apart, for con.
veiience in removing weeds, should
any appear. Both seeds and p,ants
should be in the ground before hard
fr0sts occur, In autumn for when thew
come, tie leaves Of the large trees
VIII fali on the bed and give the ma
tural protection required. The follow
ing season no cultivation will be need.
co. IL the bed is thinly covered with
leaves, except to cut out sprouts and
remove any large coarse weeds which
may spring up from seeds or roots left
IN the soil. At the end of the third
season, the roots will have reached a
marketable size, and may then be dug
lnd the same bed worked over and re.
stocked with seeds or small plants
American Agricuhurist.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-01-15
FARM And GARDEN,
ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST TO THE
FARMERS
TO Stop the Banging OF the Stable Door,.
The Neglected orchard...Fruit will be
Cheap this Winter.
FARM FISH CUITJtRE

For many years past the govern
ment has been at great pains and ex
pense in establishing aud keeping VI
plsiculture establishments. And mil
lions upon millions of fish have beel
Matched and distributed to private in
divlduals and turned loose in the wa
ter courses in various parts of the
country, and have perished for the
want OF proper attention. And the
public, generally, have derived but lit
tie benefit for the money expended
In foreign countries, fish culture has
been Profitable, and it could be made
prohfabie in this country provided the
farmers would turn their attention TO
IT. and prosecute it with Judgment and
energy. Every owner of a farm of any
dimensions can have his own private
fish pond, and supply his table with
the rarest and best food at little ex-
pense. And fresh fish is always ready
sale in the country markets. On a
great majority of the farms there is a
place worth but little for cultivation
that might be converted into an excel
lent fish pond, and made to yield it's
proportion of food for the sustenance
OF the family. But so far, farmers,
or at least very few of them, seem to
have given the matter any attention.
l know but one farmer in my neigh
borhood who has given the matter any
thought, and he has been remarkably
successful.
fondS intended for fish culture if
pcsslbley should be made where there
is an abundance of shade, and made
as deep as possible, so that when full
there will be no possible danger OF
their freezing to the bottom. And on
the bottom should be placed large, fiat
stones with their edges elevated by
placing another stone under them.
Under these stones the fish will 20 for
protection either In very cold or hot
weather. The margins of the pond
should be made s.anrtng gradually
Water s9,wth sh.uld be let show
around the edges, as it has tendency
to shade the water and keep y. cool and
fresh. The purer the water can be KEEP.
the Better. Consequently, neither stock
nor fowls should have access to it.
Tor When the water becomes impure
lne hsl are not good for food. And
they soon sicken and die.
The German carp, the California
salmon, the pike, the shad, and many
o-her kinds have their admirers. and
Ire highly recommended, but for hardy
Alnds, and those most likely to thrive
would not exchange the bass. the
'llHalo, the perch and the cat of our
'Wn native streams for any others
'lsh, like everything else confined TO
narrow quarters, should be regularly
ed Coarse bread of any kind with.
MT salt or grease, is an excellent food (
v hen wanted for table use they can
y taken with a clip net or small
ieVe' and the small fry returned to the
ond.-C. Glover, in Journal of Agri.
ulture. ]
The Louisiana populist., 1897-01-15
THE NEGLECTED ORCHARD.

we leave our orchards too long be.
gore we come to the point of doing any
lnlng with them. People who neglect
taeir orchards until their trees are
twenty-five, thirty or forty years old,
after the orchard has been set a gene
raliofi, have just come to the point of
asAlhs, " nat Is the matter with my
orchard" A man can begin to tell.
Wne'ner an orchard is going to do any
thing when it is tea gea.,s old. A man
Waos has his eyes upon i'd can tell when
an orchard is seven or tight years old,
i mat orchard has future, and he
ousnt 10 begin right there to study
The Louisiana populist., 1897-01-15
A Mince Pic.

The mince pie Of to-day is round.
Four centuries ago to eat round mince
pie would be to stigmatize yourself as
q Jew or hereto The orthodox shape
Is q long oval. 1t was doubtless meant
to represent the cradle In Bethlehem,
and tradition further asserts that the
strange mixture which makes the
mince represents the fruits and spice
with which the three kings In the
legend filed the cradle.