The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-11
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New YORK, April s.--The blind -.
city are combining TO protec, ,h..
Every year the department o. uusa.
ity pays each lump sum in M
hood Of $50. Since the com,ns :. .','i
New York, they are sorelv ,rans u ~
ing that the blind men a, ps ''S
other cities will come in ,sV'klr
their allowance. So they ara eu
10 cents each for a fund ~ n, palsl's
rights" and prevent others .
fortunate getting theirs. 'Suas
Doctor. medicine and burial IA
per week" is the somewha, ,,,sa
nouncement on tin sign jus, bs,.I
Bowery on Third avenue ~,
placed so close to the docto, ~,
cine that In the shock that s,,.,a.
observation one may fail IN
full Importance of the fac. that ~
may be had for 70 cents a wer, ~
a threefold deadly blow al N. -
the drug store and the undsr,...
competition" IN expressive Th,,s I,
phraseology.
The great American liner, Phi
not sail Wednesday for south,m,,.
advertised. Her propeller shaitiD, .
starboard side is in bad shape. a.
a long passenger list and the, n
sent by the Noordland, which =,
only sails to Antwerp. but ,sv &
southampton this trip. STEAMSHIP n.
are very generous, though, and ,
passengers do not care to ro :
Noordland, their hotel board wiilh.
until week from "Wednesday. VI.
ST. Paul Will sail.
One Of the oldest policemen on Nj
has just been advanced another N,
service and salary. He tells me Il z
been policeman for forty five yaa n
in all that time never made an ,uw q
'disorderly conduct" AS result i
the respect of the magistrate, d ~
gard of his superors and the cots
of the public. This is the exae. m,
lof tho course pursued by the h,t,s II
ba'ioner, who arrests on the Lin
pretext in order to make shovt.i ~
oloahs the petty oifense under Ag ~
orally m.sused term. "dlsords,t *
dut."
In the face OF all qualification, Il
the severe illness Of Chauncey " ID
and his retirement from the bu,ins
direct contradiction can be made d q
oft-repeated stories. He has h,: n}
trouble with his eyes, and the tra..
he had 10 undergo was usually .s,3
But the best after dinner spsaie
America-aqd that means the vu.s
not 70 ng TO retire from the sernls
! ess. social and political clrela
alorns II the truth were isr| 4
Chauncey's failure to secure the pa1
at the court OF ST. James, on icsa:s
some old woman's gossip. was ID
than those troubled eyes.
The probationary policeman ID t
stitutiou the reform administrator
is responsible for, and would slllt 3
away with II it could. The ci,a.1S
f)r brass button honors is put % Il
force on trial, a permanent poslti'i
pending on his efficiency. This -
that re roams forth with club in Or
and dark lantern in the other, ifsl
any and every one. They are conrIz
making mistakes. Fully score
called down every little while. II
little satisfaction to innocent wons
are so often arrested on the word d
imorant fellows, who claim to have
approached
Tho tremendous building operatioa
n Brooklyn are beginning to havssf
feet on rentals. they having fallen "
.oant within the past few months
manager Of syndicate. owning =
s7artment houses. disliked exceeded
follow the general lowering OF rev
he hit uron a happy compromise ".
tilted his several hundred tenants w
rent for one month each year woala
mitted. Though rents have iallsa.
estate men say owners Of apartHs.
flats have never before been so pr@Ya'
rents being paid promptly anu u"
floors being few and far between
The fate of Gus Werner, the acroal
settle for all time the triple son,e''i.
Barnum & Bailey's show. While no
bier has ever been asked to do ~ u
ncr required that he be permlhea
on the opening night. He tried, anu
lives. will always be crippled. hl@
the triple somersault shows that w
former invariably meets death. y
been made successfully from
of thirty feet into water, but 1a
Gently reported a fatal accidch' "a
kind. 1t seems that, calculate -
nicely. even the expert acrobat
- figuring on gravity and the 'H'''
an unsupported body In the ar
II the new woman expects to maA'
way in accepting positions and eaip-
own living. she must make pew
ord thar tina. shown by the unwri'@
tory of the pretty typewriter OF ~ n..,s
ords of those ticket sellers In the 81 ~ q
Iyn Il" stations. They wero I'D,
attractive girls-too attractive, ~.
ana the other day a lot OF them W"
charged for some suspected ca.d lid
others will follow. From beins ..,,,.y
believer in the now woman. Supeim,hr
Barton has turned scowling ms - III
He thinks the girls are betle,. msa
and will replace all OF them Will
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