The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
SOME rosrscHiprs.

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ommended the establishment Of shower
baths in public schools.
The people Of Dubuque, Iowa. will soon
erect a fne monument over the grave OF
the pioneer Julian Dubuque.
In India there is an idea that lion can
| not be induced 10 attack . prince OF any
| scion Of q royal family
II 10 estimated that about $4,000 people
daily travel through the completed sec
| lions Of the Boston subway.
Tho casep Of lunacy In England and
Wales showed an alarming increase Last
year. May was the most prolific month.
The legislature Of Massachusetts has
appropriated 100000 to be used In road
building in various parts Of the State.
Deacon David E. Cushing Of Cambridge
port, Vt, has kept the same store In the
Same place for fifty-four years, and hopes
to make 1t sixty years.
In 1915 the value Of q bushel Of wheat
in England was equal to that Of pound
Of nails. Today bushel Of wheat will buy
ten pounds OF nails.
An organ has been opened in Belgrave
church. Regents Square Is now the only
Presbyterian church in London which has
never had an organ.
The chief opponents Of music in Japan
dfo WHICH. MOsL men WOuiu CONblueT tndt
| they were making themselves ridiculous
by playing or singing In society.
| British pauper. aged 10 years, came
Into small Inheritance lately and treated
his friends to champagne supper at a
swell London hotel. 1t killed him within
three days.
| Gold was first discovered In Colorado IN
1858, and since then the State has produced
$500 100000 In gold and silver Out OF fifty
six counties OF the State twenty-six are
gold producers
Mans inhumanity to man makes count
less thousands mourn" is the legend, In
lieu Of the proprietor's name, which adorns
the sign OF High street ice cream saloon
in Glasgow
Not only is the distress among the poor
OF johannesburg seid to becoming daily
more acute, but upon commercial and pro-
fossional men the shadow OF impending
disaster seems to be settling.
Wales is the richest part Of Great Britain
In mineral wealth. England produces an
nually about $40 to each acre, Scotland a
little less than $40. but the product OF
Wales amounts to over $40 per acre.
Canadian artists have been invited b,
tho Dominion government to submit de.
signs for statues OF the queen and the lats
premier, Alexander Mackenzie to be erect
ed on Parliament hill, In Ottawa.
} Considerable indignation, 1t ia said. 1,
! being aroused In the hunting districts o.
, the English Midland counties, especiall,
among agriculturalists. in consequence o
the Importation Of foxes bred in Germany
English farmers. who know 1t Is agalns
the law to use ferrets to drive out rabbits
place In the burrow a rubber hose with
tin horn on the end inserted. Then the!
blow the horn and bunny comes out IL
quick order.
For short distance a lion or tiger cal
I outrun man. and can equal tho spoet
, of a fast horse; but the animals lose thel
f, wind at the end OF about half mile
They have little endurance, and are re-
markably weak In lung power
. Chicago sausage makers are nearl,
ruined by the Luetgert trial. as not hote
or restaurant dares place sausage" on II
bill OF fare. In fact, that mysterious edibl
has got black eye that shows far beyon,
O Chicago's line Of vision.