The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-14
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.

New York. January 11.--joseph Nolan
sky, the victim of the monkey disease"
the only case Of it's kind known here, is
dead This strange and awful disease is
known to science AS the ''bubonic plague,
and the case attracted wide attention.
The dog is entitled to his first bite That
is a maxim of the law and is set up as
defense in a case now pending. Here is
The absurd legal decision they hold here:
"A dog is not vicious IL contemplation Of
the law until he has established a reputa
ton by first bite.
Two words that daily drift in with the
Cuban news provoke a variety of pronun
citation. They are "machete" and "trocha.
The former should be pronounced match
ay-tay," with the accent on the second
syllable The other should he "tro- chab.
| accenting the latter syllable. This. pre-
g"m. IS official, as it comes direct from
the junta.
4 trial. CHASTITY sombcr. has reen going
on in the Office of the board of charities.
1t is that Of Murgur Keeper White, charged
with selling the bodies of unclaimed dead
10 medical colleges. As 1t has been I9tVon
that he has done so time and again. there
seems TO be no necessity of a public trial
and the forcing OF sickening details on the
people.
For thirty eight years the prominent
signs Of the Pennsylvania railroad have
been conspicuous on the wallis OF the Astor
House on the Vcsey street side. The other
day they. with others. were taken down by
men from the bureau Of encumbrance. The
pretense given is that they project over
the sidewalk, but people at The hotel say
u is u petty piece of spite on somenodys
part.
For five years Colonel NJ. c. Murphy,
Tammany leader in the First district. has
taken food through tube in his stomach,
his aesophasus having been tightly closed
oil that time. New he finds it mas suddenly
resumed its normal functions and the
colonel is In funny fix. Having two
mouths he thinks he viii use the silver enc
for the necessities and the one that has
taste Tor the eiccteras. Hows that fol
lucky man?
Curious barber shop signs stil continue
to hang out. On East Twenty seventh
street, for instance. there is a quiet little
snop bearing only the barber's name end
the words, Expert Barber-Late OF Wall
street. on Chatham square there Is
Ahop which has an announcement, 1air
Cut. Cents; With Scissors. 10 Cents"
and nearby, on Park Row, another with a
sign reading. Hair Cut-all Off > cents.
On Ninth street. near Sixth avenue one
may see the sign of The jolly Bdsler
shop
The legal price for kissing a chorus sirl
against her viii has heretofore been fixed
at 81, but young Louis Schscfer the other
day reluctantly parted with $40 sor the
same privilege. The magistrate .aid it was
not the mere fact of the kissing. but the
inopportune time chosen. Schaefer attend
ed the performance at the Appel concert
nan the other night Without word of
warning he threw away his glass of beer
climbed upon the stage grabbed the uretti.
est girl In the chorus and Eave her a re-
sounding smack while the audience arose
as one man and howled.
Folly reveled the other night in n French
ball-just little onc-an appetizer for
the great event soon to come. It was the
annual affair given by LAmitie socie,e
ana was Just proper enough to be enjoy
apIe' of course no one that Was anyone at
Such anails ever thought of going before
in the morning but it was quite decorous
Just little high kicling-not too high
nut Tor practice; dash of liquor. a slight
tlnge OF tobacco smoke and some astoun1-
las french. Here is what one smart younp
man palmed cil os IN invitation 70 dance
thst would haNe dazod Partisan; "View
rev danser' cherry he whispered TO
rosy -cheekcd etri attirod in an enniro
S1"n reaching Just TO her kuees. "Ah
watcher givln' us?" she returned scorn'
iuliy' But they danced. jus, The same
Wnen the purpose OF the cavalier vas
made clear, When the orchestra hegan 70
pay Faust the lights were lowered. Then
oi MAS slender toes began pointing to the