davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Jean Ingelow's personal estate amount.
cd to only 100000 at her death.
Tho medical department OF Queen Vic
torlas household costs 10000 yearly,
and comprises twenty four persons.
Or. Manson, the famous Arctic explorer,
VIII be deliberately entertained by the
National Geographical society on his visit
to Washington on october 49,
Count Alfred Won Waldersce. the most
eminent military authority In Germany.
Is said 20 owe most Of his success to his
American wife, formerly Miss Mary
Esther Lee Of New York
1t was Pat Foley when he worked at his
trado al a carpenter. It Is Sgnor Foil
now that lie Is on visit TO his old home
In Hartford Conn. with A record as 1.-The
world renowned basso'' back OF him.
Miss Lizzie O. Thomas prominent
young Florida woman, has gone to Hi
snshima, Japan to tslSe charge OF a school
there under the direction OF the Methodist
Episcopal church. Miss Thomas will prob
ably stay five years.
Mrs. Anna Eiehburg King. who Is re-
memhercd ~ the writer OF the charming
Kitwyk stories published in the leading
magazines. Is soon to be married to John
Lane, the British publisher who gets out
the Yellow Book.
Isaac Newton, In his salad DAYS. fell IN
love with a Miss Storey while studying
at Grantham, Poverty, however prevented
the match. He remained faithful. and was
ever her true friend. hut. womnnlike, she
was not inconsolable and married twice.
John w. Mackay. one OF the California
"bonanza kings" means to build In Green
wood cemetery Brooklyn, superb NOR
tusry chapel, and he Will have TO get
dispensation from the vatican before he
can have II consecrated es n Roman Cath
ollie place OF sepulturc should be.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
SOME POsTsCRIPTs.

Apple blossoms are reported from all
over tho Maine countryside.
The first sermon In Maine was deliv-
cred at Monhegan. August Q. 1907.
At recent melon feast I'm Rocky Ford.
Cal. 10000 watermelons were provided
The deepest river bed is said to be the
Niagara's. under the suspension bridge.
During the year 1896 dead dogs to the
number OF 10,002 were taken out OF Chi
cago.
The Cathedral OF Roien. France. boasts
Of a clock that has kept time for 500
years.
A waterville (Me.) man is reported blind
AZ the result of swallowing al piece OF
tobacco be was chewing.
Bird feeding boxes for parks is an Evan
ston. Ind. idea. They have resulted In
an increased number of birds.
Observation-Disclosures is the name of
a small hamlet In the Isle OF Null. con-
talning not more than dozen Inhabitants.
Sweden exported in 1896 wood worth
$4,000, 900 crowns. iron and steel worth
$500 tools and machinery worth $780,
600.
learned professor at Geneva, Switzer-
land, states that France drinks more alec :
hol annually than any other nation In ELL
rope.
Thte deepest holo ever bored into the
earth Is at Rybnek IN Upper Sllesia. and
has now attained depth of over 1000
meters.
When metal is intensely cold II seems
to burn the hand, and Hungarian a1as
undertaken to cook food with SO degrees
Of frost.
During 1896 there were stamped In
Austria LEI, Pas decks OF playing cards
for home use and 931 ,730 for export. Only
1856 decks were imported.
Basle,>- Switzerland will open an ex-
hibition OF Hans Holbeins paintings ana
drawings at the beginning OF October, TO
celebrate the 4Q0th anniversary OF his
birth.
In 1876 there were 13.72S physicians In
the German empire. In 1887 the number
was 1884. and In 1896 it WINS about 81, 900.
no official count has been made since
1887.
There Is agreat deal Of sickness in the
British Mediterranean fleet, the Malta
naval hceptals being full. One storeship
from Crete brought seventy men sick with
dysentery.
The bicycle census OF Worcester In
creases every year. Two years ago there
were only 1900 wheels owned In Worcester
while this year tho assessors have found
and taxed 193l
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
HOUSTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER o..
TIE n u A. G ES
THAT ErrIGY BUSINESS.


The incident at C0nroc Thursday even
ing Involving as IL did, and doubtless as
1t was intended it should. an insult to
the governor OF Texas by burning him IN
effigy, reflected no credit upon anybody:
but. on tho contrary, in the estimation OF
thoughtful people. the effect inevitably
VIII be to discredlt the community where
Il occurred.
Whatever may be thought OF the
criminal, Gibson. II ought to have been
remembered that Governor Culbnrson act
ed in a strictly official capacity, and that
neither prejudice nor sentiment had any
righnul place In determining his duty UNI
der the circumstances.
The Post is positive that the governor
loathes and abhors this wretch, ns much
so RS any man 10 Conroe or Montgomery
county could, but when he became con-
WINGED that there was material and
officially developed doubt thatdhe man was
really guilty Of the crime OF which he was
convicted, then all considerations OF scnti-
ment and individual feeling were neces-
sarily swept aside and the plain. unsenti-
mental duty OF an official, under an Of
ficial oath TO the people. asserted Itself.
The Post 10 candid enough to say that
It would have been glad to have seen the
scoundrel hung by the neck until he was
dead as herring. or any other man, white
or black, who even attempts TO outrage
child; but The Post Is not an official
OF the great State OF Texas and has not
taken an oath to see the laws impartially
administered and to protect all mon alike
under those laws. While we are all hui
man and In the main actuatcd by the same
principles. not infrequently swaycd by tho
Same prejudices. there are times wien II
makes great difference whether n man
u an officer with official obligations or
Just plain citizen with no such account
ability. People should think OF these
things before they accuse and insul. an
official who oonscientlously performs
his duty as be secs It. Tho very fact ttat
Governor cuiberson interposed in this
case. In the face Of what no must have
known was strong local popular senti-
ment, ought to be proof conclusive OF Lis
honesty OF purpose and courageous deyo-
ton to bis sworn duty as he saw II,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
THE NEW YORK MYoRALTY.

The pool seller has the opportunity Of his
life In New York during the pending po-
litical campaign. There are tickets enough
to tax the capacity OF blackboard of
generous Observation-Disclosures Evening
Wisconsin (Indl.
II is not hard to distinguish where the
interests Of the Plat and Tammany or
ganisations and the free silver men lie In
the impending contest. Party or personal
advantage at the expense of the taxpayers
rs the object of their striving.-Detroit
Free Press Dem.).
Mr.. Plat has shown his hand and M
present the cords that count run something
like this: The republicans have Plat and
Quigg, high and jack the citizens com
mittee has Low. and II looks very much n.
though Tammany would have the game =
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem).
Low? Bosh. Tammany? 1t has put itself
out OF the hight. Tho really menacing can
didacy is Henry Georges, The whole COM
muhity VIII soon wake up 10 the conscious
ness that II General Tracy is not 10 he
our next mayor. the man Will be Henry
George.--New York Sun (McKinley,
General Tracy Is an ideal candidate An
the good qualities OF Low are combined In
him. As a citizen. publicist. and scholar
ne is the peer OF Low. His Knowledge 4,
municipal anairs Is not inferior 10 Lows
II elected he will administer the Office
with an eye eolely to the welfare of the
people ana tne credit Of the municipality
Tho nominee for mayor, General a =
Tracy, has an eaviable National reputation
nrst - soldier. then a. . lawyer and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
QUEER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

The Apaches have three different kinds
OF yiollns, each having but one string and
played with a small bow.
The pang -kou is small Chinese drum
resting on a wooden tripod. 1t is beaten
with common wooden drumsticks.
The -heen. or Chinese violin, In shape
resembles an ordinary hammer with its
handle. II has two strings and is played
with n bow
The psaltery Of Spain Is supposed to have
been introduced into that country by the
Moors. It is stu in common use among
the peasants.
The Algerian music is produced from
seven different kinds of instruments. two
being guitars, one rude violin. two kinds
OF drums. clarinet and flute. all OF the
most primitive forms.
The kanoon Is the favorite instrument
among ladies In Turkey. It's shape re-
sembles that OF a harp laid flat 1t has
seveniy-two strings, In sets OF three and
Is played with small plectrum.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS.

raragoric-The crying need of the mid
night hour.
undertaker-A man who follows the med
ical profession.
Liberty-Tbe right to compel an out
slider to vote with the gang.
Legcnd--A barrett lie ehat has grown
old enough TO wear whiekers.
Tact---A woman's ability TO make friends
oy laughing at mans stupid jokes.
Kiss--A simultaneous contraction Of tho
lips and enlargement Of the heart
Egotist-A bicycle crank who thinks his
Is the only high-grade wheel on the pike.
nsomnia-Somcthsn that keeps mans
wife awake until he comes homo III the
morning.
shark--A man who is always anxious "a
favor his fellow rnar--at the rate OF 10 Der
cent month.
Crank--A man who always insists upon
convincing others. but wtfl NOT allow him-
All e ~ convinced.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

State legislature with Mr.. Logan and
knows him we'll He Is a conscientious
man. with deep convictions and strong
will, thorough in his methods and dem
ocrat under all circumstances
Fannin County Favor.te: One democrat
says he is for Reagan for senator because
he thinks the ancient statesman would
quit the walks of men during the term Of
office and he wants to make the United
States bury with honor the only survivor
Of the Confederate cabinet
Ell Paso Herald East Texas had scarcely
sounded its first note of rejoicing over its
freedom from yellow fever, when it found
itself afflicted with an almost equally
pestiferous long-range political campaign,
which rival democratic politicians are al
ready endeavoring to inaugurate for No
vember 1898.
LAGRANGE Journal: We learn that Judge
T. j. Brown, IL he lives, will again be a
candidate for Judge Of the supreme court,
and it Is thought he will have opposition
in his own section OF the State. He has
made an able, hard working Judge, and, at
present We can see no reason why his
place should be filled by new man.
Gatesvile Messenger: Senator j. R.
Cough Of Mckinney, Texas. will enter the
race for lieutenant governor next year. We
have known Senator Cough from boyhood
and know of no brighter young man or
better parliamentarian than he He is a
successful politician too, never having
met defeat in any OF his political aspira-
tione.
Corsicana Democrat: W. r. Ramsey Is
mentioned for congress from this district.
Ramsey sat In the chair at the Waxahachie
convention and by a simple refusal to an
nounce the vote took the nomination from
Gossett last year. Navarro people do not
like political pilfering any better than
pilfering anything else, and should he con-
slider himself honorable enough 10 ask the
voters of Navarro county to vote for him
he will find. when 1t Is too late. that the
people of several counties In the district
are not phoos.
Weatherford News: If the nomination
of democratic candidate for governor
was left to the democratic weekly news
papers OF Texas. those stalwart sentinels
on the watch tower of the democratic
citadel that talk day and night to the
masses OF the democratic voters, and see
things in their true light, because they
never take their eyes off the signs of the
times. Hon. George T. Jester would be our
standard bearer by an overwhelming ma
jority, II he had been public benefactor
In nothing else his answering devotion to
the uniform text book law ought to place
him in the very front rank as the tribune
OF the common people OF Texas. The devo-
ton OF Lieutenant Governor Jester and
Senator Presler to that bill will. in the
next two years, save the school children Of
Texas not ! cent less than a million OF
dollars. and II either OF them had opposed
the bill 1t never could have become law.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
sub.titutlon by Statesmen.

II is the habit among some statesmen &c
endeavor tn persuade customers into buy
ing something else than things asked FOL
as the result OF the advertising OF special
ties, the advantages OF which are presented
In the advertising columns of the news
papers. Very frequently something is offor-
cd. guaranteed to be Gust as good" 1t
very often happens that the store indulging
in this imposition makes more money from
"iust as good" preparation. but the GUS
toner is the loser. Reputable dealers should
not try to substitute and customers should
DO careful to protect themselves by insist
ing upon being given what they ask for or
going elsewhere TO get 1t.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

s. today
to Albert Mnn
in
Sweden Ncoet Minnesota
grandfather
Minnesota 1857 and settled farm Sven sw rose to be
which elected in 1851
aerwd he
Then to Johns Hopkins uni
of studies the big Baltimore
he
leader educational affairs and has been
voted
presidential He
to in
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
TnLnPBONB NUMBERS
ndltssiai, N. Business. ~


ia Puut = delivered to any part o. the ~.
oafy 81 cSrf7erS u 3i.00 per month: tnrSe
0ontks, 600; SIX months. H.W; ons ssA''
RI. Tneodors Bering has charge OF inc
City Circulation and Collecting. ~,.,..
NeNrs Theodore Boring, and Cna "a IN
Lott are the authorized collectors OF al
city Bills both advertising and subscrir.
tion, and no money should be paid 20 a;y
one other than those named, unless spseia.
Wrttten authority signed by me bns'n ns,,
oise should be ptid by check IN favor "
The Houston Printing Company.
No orders for goods" etc.. are xivcn y
the management, and none Will DO accop'-
"a III payment OF office bills.
Subscribers failing TO receive tho papeI
regularly will please notify tho ofnce
promptly. Every subscribers paper IL ex.
bec&ed to b delivered not later than $50
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
Epitaph.

Out OF the dead mans breast
orchids sprouted richly dressed;
Out Of the dead mans eyes.
fSnsies purple as evening skies.
BUT out OF his heart no flower had grown
For ms heart was naught but = rounded
-Post Wheeler in New York Press.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

A Boston old maid has found man
concealed under her bed. It's now in or
der for some old bach to discover fe-
male burglar concealed under his single
breasted bedstcad
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
Dan Stuart Surrounded.

The picture gallery OF nron,,rert ro
In last Sundays Express must hsra eh n
d ifee-for-all sweepstakes entry as q.
contained the likeness of such states,,an
as Mills, Reagan, Kilgore and the CuIharl
cons clustered about the mobile" featnrae
OF panuel Stuart of prize ring fame ns an
TO blame. eAeH He was not
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

Ears fortune which In his lifetime was
estimated to be 900, has dwdndled to
t15.oo0.000 II ne could only come back.
how he woaild get after tax assessors
and boards of appraisemert.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

It's a mistake to charge the Central
American Republics with not being up-to-
date. With every di,irnai revolution OF
the earth comes the report of another
Central American revolution,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
beyond Comprehension

Fannin County Favorite.
One OF the odd incidents amono r.u.
items this week is the starting OF a mn
uiist paper at Denton. What a man wants
wltn populist paper In Texas now Is
beyond comprehension. -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
Welcome improvements.

ooo an eighteen-stall brick round honse
sow SOW asel OF car sheds, a $4,000 brick pas
0,nser uepot, gate system for its street
CROSSINGS! Well, yes, the Sap railway
people are making few improvements i'm
ioakum. And there will be Others. -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

resoiutiUns shall be introduced IN tho
house when congress assemblies. That
settles II, as there is no appeal from his
decision until November. 1893
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
CURRENT FuS.

Not Superlatively Clean.-nn
the telephone)-Mrs. j.. csat h
boy Willie stay here to iuncn'
is very anxious to have MN
Mrs. J.-Yes-I-think 50,
isn't all dirty; perhaps he'a
home first. IA
Mrs. Bob, no, he isn't = =
he's as clean as my boy.
Mrs. ]. (unconsciously n =
cious!-Harper's Bazaar.
Gentle Art Of Hanging. --tn y
Here's a letter from the WY
We lynched last night
Second Whitecap-You dont
First Whitecap-Yes; she ~
our style of doing things ysn
asks II we'd mind dropping -
ing this week to hang 70"
her.-petroit Journal.
Then He Began.-He-W&
say II were TO kiss you!
She-Well. II you knew "
wouldn't get a chance 70 -
Cleveland Leader.
Provoking Indeed!-"Tnas ~
ly is horrid." q.
why, dear! I thought
engaged"
Eve are, but last n'gnt ~
was too good for me, anu
coxcomb didn't deny it,.
The Savage Bachelor,
mind to get married, 49,
Man. -
1T takes" said the
'just about that amount ..
OF such a thing. "--Cincinnsn
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
That. the way z

Brenham Press. 3
Houston is making arf ~
fruit. flower and vegetable ~
held December 6 to II, ineas ,,I'
dertaking ought to be he',
by the entire coast ccsn
make q display that h
and the appetite IT tns
benefit of such - exp
general and 1t ought
ported throughout ths
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

After tho mayor has fixed tho time for
the people Of Houston ITO vote on the
electric Hight proposition there should be
inauBurated at once a campaign OF thor.
ougf education. The people should be
put In possession Of all the facts IN order
that the vote may be one Of Intelligence
and properly directed. whatever the re.
suit may be Those who have been so
actiVe IN securing this submission of tho
Issue to n popular vote should proceed
further and emllghton the people on all
the material paints involved.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

Mayor Harrison of Chicago; ,srhe
streets and highways of municipality
belong to the people, and when a fran
ehlse Is granted for their use partner
snip Is entered into which should provide
an adequate return TO the people for their
contribution 10 tho joint arrangement.
what that return should be varies with
eaoh individual case, This is n safe prom
csition, however, that the compcnsa ton
given the people should be sufficiently
large TO prohibit more than a reasonable
return to the corporation In the shane
OF interest on the money actually Invested
and a safe insurance agains, the hazard
incurred"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

me European concert Is now rehearsins
mat inspiring air entitled Yankee Doo-
de-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
ST0N DAILY POST.
ltuutea iPrlatiaa Company.

;ss ss frssIdsns
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

It's about time for Queen Vic to send IN
another speech to parliament as that Is
the only time when John Bull boasts of
being at peace with all mankind.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

Tho board OF health az New e,r,..n.
ssys tho yellw fever 10 more vty,Isnt a.,
we n'tny parts Of the city. This prohasny
scoonnte fcr ~ mt betrs combined 10 any
one icoantk = ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
SPANS IMPoTENcY.

The talk about Spain fighting the United
States will only have to be submitted to
the test of well-known facts to become ut
terly ridiculous. A comparison OF re-
sources and figures would indicate case
OF insanity on the part OF Spain should she
seriously determine to try a war with ,ie.
Our credit Is not surpassed In the world
amount OF money for an armed conflict,
while Spain is already bankrupt. We could
put millions OF men In the field where Spain
could put hundreds OF thousands. Our
snaps by heavy draught upon our re-
sources could be made to number hundreds
where SPANS would number scores. We
have people trained to the use OF fire.
arms II not to military discipline, which
at the best is but n matter OF a month or
so. We number 70,000,000 against 16,0O0,-
600 or 1S,0oo.0OO at most, and the disparity
In wealth. In intelligence and all the re-
sources OF great conflict Is still greater.
1t Is chlld's play or idiocy for Spain to talk
OF opposing us in serious struggle, and yet
we are continually regaled In the morning
dispatches day by day with this old story
of the Dons resenting our interference In
Cuban affairs even to the point of war
The latest authentic figures about Spain
show that the national debt IL fully. three
times that Of the United States. &i1s,'tho
population is one-fifth. and the riches of
the country a possible tenth or twelfth.
AS an intelligent commentary says the
sorry fact about Spain is that the disease
is integral. She has no staunch peasantry.
The mass of the people are a stolId, In
tensely ignorant class who find content
ment in their very misery. or n total pop
nlation possibly OF $4,000 900 who expect to
fight us, 100000 can neither read nor
write, and yet these inflated dons imagine
they can fight us successfully. It's funny
but It's true, and It Is all OF Interest In
view of the developing circumstances.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

pr. swallow Is the name of the pro-
hioiuonist nominee for State treasurer OF
fennsyivania- Rather suggestive for n
teetotaler. .
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

Chicago woman has Invented a fire.
proof enamel, That's all right for Chi
cago, where they have Big fires and the
enamel o.. woinan's face may crack un-
IA she looks cd and wrinked, What
women want elsewhere is an enamel that
Is Waterproof and is not susceptible 10
streams OF Precipitation.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

what the Nesno is Doing" Is a headline
IN the Atlanta Consultation. In Texas The
sood negro Is doing Just what the rood
white man Is doing. He's hard at WORK
attends to his business ana is saving ~,
money The bad Niger" IKE the had.
white man Is patrlotically serving his
State-in the pen. 'S
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

II begins to look as though the neon,a
IN Southwest Texas were in earnest ah.,,,
building that railroad to Brownsvil,e n,
course II will tap the roads running ,nta
Houston and that means more trade ror
Houston wholesalers. 'or
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

It's a mistake about Spain wanting :,
sen CuDa TO the United States. All uncle
sam could DO would be to take up the
pawn ticket cuha's been soaked" long
ago. ""s