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SOME rosTsCRIpTs.

a doctor says nearly as. many deaths
occur from ovcrcating as from excessive
drinking.
\ plaster OF ,allow and soap will reduce
the swelling and relieve the pain OF q
bEnlon
The segly group consists of forty
Islands five only are inhabited, and they
contain about 1900 people.
Since Il Hosiery truss has now been
formal. stockings will doubtless be much
higher hereafter.
Nearly one thousand parsons suffered by
having their lands wholly or partly COW
cred 10y the moving IRISH bog.
a Chcago eye specialist has started
crusade aga nst the wolr.ns OF veNs,which
ara had for the sight he says.
Nearly sl2 o0o has been appropriated In
the Prussiaa budget for the development
OF ghe practical uses of the Roentgcn
rays.
An automatic singer" has been EXHIBIT,
ed In Par.s. The voice can be heard 20
yards off, Tho apparatus IS said to be
simple,
II IS announced that the island of Trim
dad wifi ce.oJnite the centenary OF lts
subsection to British rule 10y six days fes-
tivlucs.
A pinch of black pepper wrapped IN CO..
ron and dipped N camphor WI cure the
toothache. from which children suffer 80
frquartiy
In the street cars of Hoyoke, Mass. Is
a large card. conspicuously displayed. on
wlrch IS printed. when 1t comes 10
spy,ting on tho car floor, DON'T
According to our last census 1851 persons
over 10, years were found, and OF these
g5s3 were women. In France In 1879 there
weru only 50 men and IN women over the
100 mark,
Tho most valuable fur $ that of the sea
otter. one thousand dollars has been psi. Il
for a single skin OF this animal NOT more
Than two yards long by three-quarters OF
a yard wide.
California proposes TO appropriate $1,000
to secure a State exhibit In the Tennes-
SEQ Centennial exposition. and thc state
board of trade is 20 have charge OF the use
OF I.
Work * beginning on the great South
mn Terminal station IN Boston, thirty
tive acres OF the building are to be re-
moved. ana 5000 pies are 10 be driven
for the bu III ng 10 rest upon.
The 10000 recently bequeathed by Mrs
ponahuN OF san Francis o for charitable
PURPOSES Will among othcr objects. pro-
wide for two new kiaicrSartegs and an
orphan asylum.
4 Mich gan evangelist recently portray
ed hcll as largo ham, at one end of which
u walking match WAS going on. while al
The other cn1 Bob IugersoN WIS deliver
TX "A lecture on Genes So
4 recent applicant for 4 pension who
had been wounded white his regiment was
in retrea. put that fact IN this way: II
received my wound" he said, while
marching rapidly IN front of the enemy
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OUR TREMENDOUS EXPENSE Ac
COUNT.
OUR

Tho dispatches tell us that the appro-
prlacon bills have at last been practically
completed and acted on by congress-. and
whilo some changes may be made In con-
ferenoe the amounts have virtually been
determined and the record OF the Fifty
fourth congress In the matter of appro.
prhtions can be intellgen,ly appreciated.
The billion dollar record OF preceding
republican congress has beon beaten and
mo total moneys appropriated by the
present body are In excess OF anything n,
the kind ever before known iu the history
OF the government.
The provisions for public expenditure,
made by this congress rea,lire ono tbou-
sand and fifty millions OF dollars in round
numbers,
In spite OF the efforts OF economists IN
the house and senate and tho tendency n,
presidential campaign. tho republican
mousse INDUCED In reckless appropriation
OF the public moneys never before wi,
messed. The average OF over $500. 900 00c
per ahnum to run the government Is a fig.
uro TO stagger the thoughtful citizen n,
the repuplc. Where is It to come from
The receipts are far below this amount
and II is Questionable II anything shor,
of confiscation or exorbitant internal tax
alton will raise the sums required--fol
high tariffs will never meet the trouble.
There is no imperial establishment IN
the world requiring so much as $500, 900,
600 per annum for it's maintenance TIL,
British budget is ordinarily about 1000,
600 pounds. or si500OO, 900. The vas
standing armies of Russia. France and
Germany do not cost as much as our civil
establishment. These are facts that may
well cause reflection. II not alarm. And
1t must be borne In mind. too, that our
postoffice department is practically self
sustaining.
Tho figures Of our total expense are bet
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coming and Is near at hand We are re-
ceiving better advertising patronage al
home than for some years at this sedso1,
and in addition we are receiving moro in-
auries for advertising rates AMI het'er o.
fers from for ,ign advertisers than we have
for a long time. The prospects for sooi
live business year for Callahan county were
never brighter than at this time. aud a
general feeling OF Improvement Is being feit
all around. None will give old Miss Pros
pcrity a heariicr welcome than the star,
even II 1t makes Mckinley president Tor
eigh, years instead Of fcar.
Concerning the accent rate agitation at
Austin the Liberty vindicator says'
Thorc is neither wisdom nor justice In
ii. The railroads need rest IRON icsisia-
tion. especially such legislation as Is sure
to impede their progress ana usefulness
Besides. the indicator believes the rall'
road commission has, OF should have, ex-
elusive jurisdiction OF this question:.
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ter understood, however, when We reflect
that the item OF pensions alone takes
$40, 900. 900 a year--a pension list In excess
OF that OF any two monarchies. with all
their wars and history back OF them. Tho
royal protegcs and favorites and super
and disabled veterans OF England do not
cost tho State half the sum that we give
away annually-and millions of II given
to able bodied men who are not entitled
to 1t. The sum OF 900 oush, to
cover this obligation OF the government.
II such were the case We should have
small surplus rather than deficit notwith-
standing the tremendyIs expenditures to
which we are given.
But 1t will be years before we can hope
for relief In that direction. In the mean
time what Ia to be done7 How Is the big
and constantly growing deficit 10 be nett
VIII greater prohibition against Imports
accomplish the end. IL looks like economy
were Impossible. and In truth any great
reduction in expenses is almost imprac-
ticablc. Either expenses must be cut,
however, or internal taxes must be raised
and multiplied. 1t is serious problem
confronting the new administration. and
IL 1t is successfully solved without adding
greatly to the Inconvenience and burdens
OF tho country. The Post will oheerfuily
accord credit 10 whom credit is due.
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TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Edl,oriai All Rusineyy. leg,
THE CITY.

The Post 10 delivered 10 any part OF me
city by carriers at 500 per month; three
months. s300; six months. $50, one year.
el2o0.
Mr.. Theodor. Boring has charge OF ihs
City Circulation and Collecting.
Messrs. Theodore Bcrtng and Chsrles
city bills. both advertising and suoscTlp-
ton. and no money should be paid 10 ai.y
one other than thosc named. unless SPECIAL
written authority signed ~ the Business
Manager Is shown. All accounts or any
sze should be paid by check IN FAVOR VI
The Houston Printing Company
No orders for goods" etc. are given pT
the management, and none Will be accept
ed IN payment OF Office bills.
Subscribers failing 10 receive the paper
regularly will please notify the Office
promptly Every Subscribers paper Is ee-
peo;cd TO Be delyered not later than 90
&. 10.
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Wants Information.

Henrietta Herald.
We have been worried by a brutal and
vcNatous sense OF anxiety ever s,ace the
November clo,tion. We dare not sleep
with more than one eye closed at timo
for fear that the tidal wave of prosperity
so frankly and vociferously promised by
the goidbugs may swoop down upon us
AMI escape before we can put in our bid.
We have scanned Fosters predictions aad
Ayers almanac, but can learn nothlAg
We think the department ought at least
inform US what form u VII assum--
whether reptile bird or beaSt-so that We
can watch intclligrnly.
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To nrenk Tint Chniu.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

The endless chain can be comn,ete,y
severed. The process by which gold is
pumped out of the reserve can be wholly
stopped by short bill enacting that re-
deemed legal tenders Shall become part
OF the reserve, to be reissued only in ex-
change for gold, which gold shall take ,ts
place In the reserve. The extra session
should not pass without the enactment m
this provision. With the endless chair
broken and the tariff question settled
congress can leave further questions for
consideration at its regular sessions.
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New York Mall and Express.

Sir Richard Cartwright, the Canadian
minister of trade and commerce, declares
that during his twenty-five years of pub
lie service Canada's trade with Great
Britain has decreased from s6S.000,000 to
49,, 900. 900 annually. with a corresponding
Increase I'm favor OF the United States.
There Is a lerson In that showing. which
Is that Canada's political adherence TO the
British empire is form of unreasonlng
scntlmentalism which is directly opposed
to her commercial interests
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omfoTtuble.-LondOn TIT Bits.
"of course am only human"
81 thought Johnson was wrong when he
Insisted that you were an ass. "-Indlan-
apol.s Journal
been a pretty tough lot. sir, but
=. Peter-oh. never mind that-walk
nowadays that we can't afford TO be par
:icu,ar.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Papa" said the gro wing youth. how
ino?"
Five" he answered. without lookmg
up heavy middle, welter. lish; AMI
What class do Corbatt and FNsimmons
hc.ong tor"
II don't know" was the dreamy re-
spo7ee; paper weights. | bel5eve," and
his gaze returned to the interview in
which each said he'd soak the other with
a punch.--sl;. Paul Dispatch.
Ra,ber-,II,ye YOU had anyexperlence in
Applicant uor iob)-oh. yes. sir. al
ways go over their faces tw.ce with the
Back Of the razor and ask them II At pulls
much.
BARRIER Quite right; but You mustn't
during the opcot!on.-Judge
ANU Wv u'.AliSA'-l Whill YOU 10 XIII thla
nerve. please, I'm expecting some money
In = few days and then IN call around
and paN YOU.
pen.ls' (sarcastically) I can't * II such
nerve as you've got.-London Fun.
Mister sad the small boy to the
druggist, gimme another hottie o. them
patelt rs you sold father day before
Yesterday"
Are they dong him goodP" asked the
clerk, looking ple1sed.
IT d'no whether they're doin' father
good or not. but they're dom me gool
Nhev IS fit my new sluugshot "-Det,o't
Free Press
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Great ITinancicrs.

WFArtOn SntNfaIOT,
so long as Texas people continue to shin
their products 10 other parts to have them
manufactured. Just SO long WI Texas
people b. crying hard times. I'VE pay
the freight" both way. with an addlt:onal
por cent added. Great financiers. We Tex
ans.
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Ton Sensitive.

Those oolored republicans of Kentucky
VINO objected to an official ballot which WAS
decorated with the picture OF a coon are
s sn,n, sensitive. Even county Of
ncisis must sometimes have their Joke.
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=. .Ab.olute ana ,,s,i.

Was II "Ans" ',.,- ADVERTISE
New York commsf.''' ao,c,rd ts y
I'll There is no popa, '.,, as'a veto i "
conference. and a r lns 81 n lIps ~
r peoples overwhelming Inn absolute ~ j, N
Der BERN in favor Of the !, i he .insls So
S Ssa n' ss asss g., NJ ,.. f'is
ST shot . - Is , ioU bimeisllisn.
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From the Atlanta Constitution.
.snITTylI,nN ,sf.

ENCLUsIvENEss." recent tirade
against Southern textbooks the New York
sun comes to the front with another BIT
ter sectional fling.
As a reason for the alleged exclusive
ness Of the Southern people 1t is chang ID
by the Sun that a spirit ST reserve has
always existed in this section of tho conn.
Try. and that the people of the South
have always been in tho habit of sousli-
er.ng themselves Southorners Instead o,
Americans.
II the sun means TO imply by this state
ment that the patriotism Of the Son n
has always been restricted to this section
II botrays gross and ineNcusahle ignur-
anco OF American history. In building I'm
the National government the South tpoi,
a moro active part than any other section
OF the country. Besides giving to Inc
American revolution its commander in
chief. she also gave up the bulk OF It's
brave armies. In addition to the over
shadowins name of Washington she -ave
to the Union most OF its earlier presl
dents. including jefferson, Madison. Mon
roe. Jackson, Tyler, William Henry liar
rison, James X. Polk. Zachary Taylor ana
others, On the supreme bench of the Ma
ton she placed first John Marshall and
then Roger h, fancy. while on the floors
of congress her National patriotism was
illustrated by such men as Henry Clay,
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Alaska.
New York Mail and Express -, Il

New York Mail and ESpre''' ,- Al I
Here is surface area o. .' ','sI u
miles. or one-sixth Of the i.s e,,r,
the United States anu "a vplsiif,
vast expanse, filled y. " wealth ~
every variety OF natural Of ~ !
s se@rS Containing nlTi1s ne pron,, s,s :,
aud political relations ~ accident .
LETT 10 the control t,, ii to prcst
These facts are suitia ~ capable u
P Iafcfmsa n de1ssa,s iron, rom, iS;.s
i iuiei y indispensable from
point. ALI,
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CURRENT FUN.

II some people could reolize that tho
word doesn't care rap what s'2e shoes
they war they would be good deal more
comfortable Tit Bits.
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chicago Times Her l,sT. sss., i :. ~, Z
The chief proves ..ssu lsss',! 80
Times Tin !. can !. 's s''sa y. ~, ss
e emotions when A.. he !. - ~
glyphics.
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Houston has been giving - ropIlo.rs
suburbs the free t~c OF its business facill-
ties obtained a. great cost. long clourh
now 10 EXPECT some return from the pco-
pie who have been using shem. Both city
and suburbs SHOULD be ready ana united
for rr,aping the fun rewards OF She bright,
future which = opening TO this com
nunity. Marrow seiashncss should no, be
allowed 20 stand IN the way OF puzzle
progress and The ctty's greatness
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great fIsa'

brooklyn Eagle u,,u ministers
In these days "s .ns ursrus'ilse }
s Gs.s,' s are 's Tnss .ss, 6.
s ssS i !. 1ss'is,s;sa:s. II, rs c. :
saa se'n1es, .s.s,, y' ~, 80 :.
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Entered nt tho Poston1cc NJ Houston. rer1a
as second Cinss Matter
irt;crption by Maii--Dsily and sunday POST oao
year. 50 90; sir months, $ivo: thfes months
500; ono month, 81 90.
tunday Post, one year u 80. -
eemi.Weckiy Post, (Mondiys and ThursdsyS ouo
year, tl,O0; sIx months. Soc three moths soc
Eastern Business once. IS Irlb inc Bulding, New
Yors, Tho $. Z. Beckwith Special Agency. ..,.
cAgo, The :. Z. Eco with tpectsl Agency.
G. {. E. Holland, 1ranvelng Auditor. a.
New tr6tps, la --Busness headqunrtefs A. l2t
st. Cnarlcs street, A. y. a. rooms H. H. GILBERT
Agent
Tho Posts 1ravslna Agents Colonel W. D. Car j.
General Travelling AGENT viii y. j. M, = Az
Benis h. u. II. Holland and b %. Carey
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Special star commandments.

AT AUSTIN-L. A. Petit. office In tho
State Capitol Building.
AT DALLAS-James Hays ouarles.
Windsor Hotel.
AT GALVESrON-J. II. sullivan. Office
In the Evening Tribune Building.
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"Of course l am only human
81 thought Johnson was wrong when he
Insisted that you were an ass. INDIAN
apol.s Journal.
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The 81; Louis platform VIII become op-
erative after the 4,h OF March.
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The improvement OF Buffalo bayou -
very PRO perry a subiec; OF safe interest.
II Is a movement 20 add another great
por, TO Texas. AMI while tbs locality
would derive Vls, benefit from the a..
corFlishmenf Of the plan. the good re-
suits would by no means be confined to
Houston-TeSas would be a great and d.
rec; sa.no-. /, Is. indeed. a matter In
which every citizen and interest OF the
State are concerned
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-25

speaker Reed is having greatness and
popular approval thrust upon him This
,''sl'h-he has succeeded IN getting the
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HOUSTON DAILY POST.
Houston Printing Company.

I. Z. WATSON, II. NJ. JOHNSTON.
President. Vice President
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The greatest political problem Y
trying governmental tansls . :
in the near future. is how 70 c'Aas
satiate greed of some Of !, OUT m,s %Is n
and restrain tho avarlce ., . u IA Il
tons OF capital. with b,ysn 4. Y
srpss to match at the helm; X TSil
rebus would soon be ,eh, Az. N,t,nt
Hanna helping to make %. Us ssr,euta|
McCook attending to tn ,,l,,us ,Asl
such ~ men as Rockefeller lC COX, orr N
II is not hard to oei'e'0 On
ills are not yet ended
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me managers Of both the big pugil,sts
arr perfectly justified in engaging exh,.
b|ion halls 10 san Francisco for Tho
night or TWO succeeding the Aght. The
Fellow who Is licked win In all Likelihood
be a sight worth seeing.
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The wholesale groeers In Iowa are 60
lnE 10 try to put naw life into things IN
that "7'y-'hey are going to build a yeast
factory
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The INVESTIGATION Of the ,1ieis IN Now
ofN creates widespread ponular astonlsh-
heht ihhi these great concerns xhouIl
nave gentlemen In thor management who
affa!ra ''-"
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seif INTO an efor, to locate the biIn.
Houston has an 4ivartage over many
other towns not to be ruderes,ima;ed in
the r-are tor supreFna cy-the unbonndea
confidence e It's leading citizens IN it,
srea; future. Tho only danger g hat this
confidence may weaken The recognition OF
the necessity fos earnest and systematic
effort;
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The Syracuse Post thinks tina. Eng
lands new African and Indian campai gns
VIII aoon result Ia some new celebrities
'or tho Midway Plaisancos Tho em'r
OF Nupe and tho king OF Benin would out
draw Little Egypt-fnr while.
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wants a psFemptory demand made on
Spain for the rel>s 80 OF all American 1us-
poets In Cuba, and. Il no; complied with.
then the bombardmeni OF Havana. The
Cuban sympathy in Gibson's district must
bs htetally boiling over.
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zxs DAILY POST. synD,A A. Post POST,
70 Columna 40 10 lS2 Columns
ssmi-Weekly Post, ~ Coils. per Week.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-04-02

CHAPTER IT.
DISINHEEIrFD,
unpronising

John and Mary Green had married
against the wishes of their parents.
Mary's father objected to the match be-
cause John was not as high in the
scale Of life as he thought his daughter
might aspire, for she was n bankers
daughter and John was but a common
clerk. Then, to even up matters, Johns
ther rotaiiated by declaring that no
son of his should ever marry into "a
family the head Of which presumed to
look down on the Greens.
Having come to this kind OF terms on
both sides, the elder Blatchford, the
banker, and the elder Green, the farm
er, strutted about with as much pom
posity as they could command each
doing everything in his power to sho"
how vastly superior he was 10 1lo
other, and each succeeding to perlec-
tion in making himself ridiculous IN tho
eyes Of everybody but himself
Thus it went on Tor u year. the TWO
old men passing and repassing ana new
er speaking, or deigning to look at each
other. In the meantime the two lovers.
met clandestinely and enjoyed thein'
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ern Kansas. It was short, plain and
pointed, and evidently anyone ought to
have understood it at a glance. Yet
John Green read it and studied it as
though it was somo deep problem with
mysterious meaning, At last he put
down the local paper in which the ad-
vertiscnent appeared and arising paced
to and fro across the yard with his head
bowed and look of deep trouble on his
face.
II don't know" he mused, as he came
back and resumed his scat near the
cabin door. "Something must be done,
and done ut once; for, as matters stand,
starvation st2res US in the face. We
must have food, and we must have
money in order to get it; and there is
but one way, SO far a5I can see, to get
money-but one way. And yet | dis
like TO think Of IaortgaginE the farm.
| have had experiences with mortgages,
and dread them They are the bane
of poor mans life, the cancer that
eats in deeper and deeper until he is
left destitute and homeless"
John Green shuddered as he drew
this picture, for it brought back TO him
in all its CHASTITY vividness that time,
but few years before, when that vam-
pire, the mortgage, had eaten up his
last dollar and turned himself and fam
ilv from their loved little home in the
east.
For long time he sat in moody
silence, now with his face buried in his
hands, and nowloo.,ing with a sad far
away gaze out across the endless
stretch of bare, brown prairie to where
the sun, like a great round ball of fire,
was slowly sinking behind the edge of
the earth. For an hour almost he re-
mained thus, the shadow on his face
deepening with those of evening, his
ewes diInming, while ever and anon d
tear stole down his rough, weather
stained check.
eyes, we must have food" he re-
sumed at last, land we must have mon
ey, and we must mortgage the claim
to get it. 1t is hard thing to do, but
to suffer from hunger is worse. We
cannot starve, that S certain"
Just then a woman appeared in the
doorway. She was a wan, sad-faced
creature, plainly a victim to overwork
and worry Her once beautiful face
was fuTowed with deep lines of care,
and her waving brown locks were pre-
maturely streaked with gray. The fire