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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-24
HUNTSVILLE.
Programme for the state Normal
commandments.

Huntsville. Texas. April 23.-Thc pro-
gramme for the commencement exercises OF
tho Sam Houston Normal next month has
been completed, and Is as follows:
Saturday. May 80. $40 n. m.--Joint SEES
sion OF the literary societies.
sunday, May 30, 10 a, m.--Commencement
sermon by Rev. l.. d. Lamkin of Hous-
ton.
Monday, May 81, 10 a. m.--Alumni bust
noss meeting, $40 p. m, annual address
by Hon. j. NJ. Prosler OF Comanche.
Tuesday. June /. $40 a. m.--Commence-
ment exercises. consisting OF orations, es-
saws. etc n. m. Presentation OF GER
tlhoatos and diplomas. $40 p. MIRO
union.
II is expected 10 have the governor and
sion. as also large number OF visitors
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Huntsville, Texas. April 2S--Mr' -,
n. Adickes, one of this city's most feA
Young men, reports having seen tne an ,n1r..
last night. lie says Its appearance '. ss
spends very much with previous fs'N M
being cigar shaped and having wihss
also throwing out a bright light
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| altRoaeh IN the service OF the State, and 1.
Occurred 20 hIrN that tie salary aTr, ndei
1 - a nrofcssorship In the medical trsnea
WAS ht,le less than 4 GIT rr bounty. Sc
I ia- as the rHia university was cN'ncerntSi
( Re vas Ia favor % its development en1
I maintenance by the State. b., vita rcgaTd
10 the medical branch the clcmea's OF
pa'eruAlistn entered into as maintenance
70 thai extent that he could not support
NJ appropriation for ITS support.
Mr. Barbce offered an aInenimcn, to the
I Garrison amendment making The amount
I Appropriated 81 600 Instead 81 SSt,N9
/ Nj Ntlco1 sYafe In support OF the IN
/ creased appropriation recoasul, nacd ~ Mr..
Garrison, urging that Il Vas necessary
{ owing 10 the yer! perccauhlc tn'rease IN
I attendance.
Mr.. Randolfh thought tAs; 10 addition
! 20 tho inatr!cnlatiou fees collected from
I stneeais So oae per year ~as safieien,
/ for the maintenance of the b Snes.
Nj. Freeman. who was a riember OF
/ the subcommittee lpIoiuind to visit the
I branch, defended the Harrison amendment
! Mr.. Rcr;-sn favored she harace amend
nelt and thought that Ssi.W'p pr year
was enough ;of the medical b amen.
Mr.. SoAhury opposed AL the amendments
and said that with proper eu.cura cement
ihe Texas Me1icai university would IN
tcw years rank with the best IN The United
States
nj Field 81 Grayson thought that inas.
much IS the Appropriation for thf other
branches ~ tue lrirrTstty had been LET,
unchaneei the one for the medical branch
should be treated likewise.
Nj Williams orposed cutting down the
appropriation sHd favored liberaliiy
towards the med.csl branch.
Mr Patterson said that a stranger COM
lng into the house While II VAS discussing
iho appropriation Niil would think that
u hsa Sercrsl million dollars or hand that
Il aid no, know Seai 10 DO with aua that
4 MSS having 2 hard time determining
bow 81 SHOULD bo distributed among the
different Institutions. while "a matter Of
fact the reverse vas the case. He was in
favor ~ building up hiEher Institutions
% learning, but she state must crawl be
fore walking 70 this matter. lie had seen
half grown White girls working in the
cotton fields while riding on the train
from Hel! colnty TO Austin girls for whom
iae state had but 81 per year for cduca-
tonA purposes, and the picture Of those
toilRs children came 20 his mind every
Zine tae legislature was asked to make
appropriations OF so ner capita or more for
The education ct doctors lud lawyers He
was ROT opposed TO msa!nE provision for
the higher education OF the youth Of Texas.
but be- thought there should be an even
4sd symmetrical distribution Of educa-
i.ouai benefits and that it would be time
% become e2iTavagsnt tn the matter Of
universities afser the cor;moE schools had
been more literally provided for.
NJ Harris defended the appropriation for
Ae medical branch and showed that citt-
-sus o. Galveston had contributed large
sums fror their private purses for It's
establishment and subsequent develop ne1t.
on r1o,iou u Mr. Moore Of Lamar the
previous question was ordered on all the
afr.l Treats
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Fractured His skull.

corsicana. Texas. April 2s.-Charlev
Mecallon who resides at Richiapd. q few
miles south Of this city. while trying 10
catch train Was seriously IL not fata,,v
skull. ~ 'Ae
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Suit AgnInst Coe

Dallas. Texas. April 2S.-county 'uoss
Force today filed suit in the district 'VD'
against ex-County Treasurer W. NJ wv
and sureties for debt amounting TO 'osS...
The county judge alleges that the ao",
sum is the amount that was turned e'a VIZ,
Coe at the time of the latter's ihuu 's.i
into office and has never been aecouu',
for in any fashion.
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WANT BIDS FOR NEW ROAD.

At a meeting today OF the county COM
missioners and board of public works 1t
was agreed to advertise for Ave days for
bids for the building OF the new road on
Thirty-h street. between Avenue II and
the beach
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PETITIONS.

In tho house this morning the following
petitions were Introduced;
Petition from citizens of Polk county
protesting against restoration OF jurisdic-
ton To county court.
Petition from citizens OF Tom Green
county protesting AGAINST redlstrietins bill
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osived by members OF the legislature today
In rcriy TO the circular signed by Doctors
Downs and Ashton. received yesterday and
mentioned Ia these dispatches.
Further the circular goes into details
ard gives an elaborate explanation OF the
manner In which the medical university is
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system are. M
Who tested lls III
It's and we're , ,In,e,
after losipg ,,s .A.
m N, and palien"
in experlmIlm,,,Iiin,ro-
duced many nsn.
ago by pr =.
away 4 o.9si.,uta
say their papsTThs
Is the best st.b nj
n, The eo,ih
a cure Is less - &c.
a",sawhere on ID
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THE BEST.
The Peoples Opinion OF DE-
awuy ~ co.'s Treatment"

Those who speak the highest ola q, ybe
Hathaway d Co.'S system are peVp sc tosr
sought cure for their trouble. o or
n vain that they became almost trisi
III" opinion of man VINO h' s,srch.
everything carries wa.ght. The s,a surs
est illNocaIas OF thelr qnlet alld sair .hasa
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-24

The genuine Angostura Bitters cure r,,r
digestion and restore the appetite ~,
druggist keeps them. Or. j. u s"e'
Sons. sole manmfacturers.
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Lul.iNt..

valuable silver lead Discovered
on Farm.
Luling. Texas. April 23--The silver min
Ing exoitemsnt In the eastern part OF the
county has broken out again. Mr.. A. =
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-24

The following bills All -es1latio5f were
ir-roiucel 30 the senate tpiAy
Ply Yes; ihy rsvuesf ,--Asnoa iius he law
relating 10 -. uratLire p. rlRrulsey Aaa
morr clearly 1e'r.sr ne duties CT Tho
sac eIEuirinr hof-G
By surr=-1o prevent cogT'cts from
arirg Lr,-1 20 t.tl, lssls ara corpora
tiaas sul : prevent coiuoeiitol With free
labor
= resolution was Introduced ~ Mr
ist-eH s-a-tias 20 iadEe Eugene Archer
q ;ae Ietr-t-e.cafh luiiliai d,Srict sixty
says ieese o. aasenca ttp1. tAe state
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-24

Austin, Texas April ga circular
signed by the faculty Of the medical branch
of the university at Galveston Was re-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-24

elected president for the ensuing yu,.
Waco was named by the convention v NJ
place for next annual meeting.
At 10 o'clock the convention adioCsH
Sinn die
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AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Greer was the first speaker Of the
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-08-12
VOL. XXXVI.
a TASTE FOR THE ANTIQUE.

Plain. oil fashioned people! Them's the
kind | like;
Either keepn' still or tellin' truths where
they will strike.
Never sayin not at home" to callers
down below,
Nor sendin' their regrets to where they
didn't want to so,
Et they said Glad to see ye," why, there
want no more to tell.
They didn't say to sick folks: Dear, you're
lookin' very well.'
Them's the sort that really seems to suit
my sentiment,
Folks that never spoke without your
KNOWN what they meant.
Them was our forefathers. They didn't
throw no flowers
To please the pride of others when they
didn't are for ours.
They riz right up and lectured till the very
air was blue
About "our lives, our fortunes" and "our
sacred honor" too
They didn't choose long sentences that only
waste your breath:
They summed it up in gimme liberty or
gimme death!'
ike to read their words gain that echoed
Ger the sea.
Plain. Of fashioned people-them's the kind
fur me,
Washington Star.
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NO. 81.
PlTh AND POINT.

"A soldier who remarked he had been
in seven engagements was interrupted
by small boy, who said his sister had
been engaged II times.-TitBits
--Brondi-'I see here that the Cuban
insurgents are remarkably well armed"
Sellers-"Um; yes; and, on the other
hand, the Greeks were we'll legged
Philadelphia North American.
The Uncertain Future.-He-"My
darling, / always feel like taking off
my shoes when enter your sacred pres
ence." She--"Well, | would rather you
did it now than after we are married"
Life.
Glass Prejudice.-"Weli, there is ose
thing to be proud of; we have no class
prejudices in this country" Il guess
you were never around when three or
four sophmores got hold of a fresh
man" n."-Indianapolis Journal.
Lady (sitting for portrait)-"And
make my mouth small, will you-ever
so small? I know it is large, really, but
make it quite tiny, will you? Artist
(politely)-"Certainly, madam. If you
prefer it, will leave it out altogether"
-Tit-Bits. --.. -.
Jeremiah" she said to her hus-
band, who dislikes pets, ''you know that
you think great deal more of that dog
than you used to-" '.That's true" I'm
glad to hear you say So" Every night
now he refuses to let me think Of any
thing else."-Washington Star. .- .
Tommy had a bitter disappoint-
ment yesterday" What was it?"
Tell about it, Tommy" "Th' paper
said our preacher wuz goin' to exchange
pulpits with mother preacher--an' I
went t. church, an there wuz tn same
pulpit-an' mother man."-Chicago
Record.
She Suited Him-"You seem to
have taken quite fancy to Miss
Barnes" Eyes. She's very strong
girl" Strong! What has that to do
with it?" "She's the right kind of a
girl to take out on tandem. never
was fond of work myself. f."-Chicago
Evening Post.
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TALK WITH CHICAGO GREEKS.

Some of the Questions They Are Asked
by People During War Times.
Perhaps the most interesting local
characters to-day are the men who man.
age fruit stands, who, American citi-
zens one day, may be Greek soldiers the
next.
What do you ask for bananas|'
man will inquire, and while they are
being put up in a paper bag and he is
hunting for change, he says:
81 see they are having fght at
Domokos. Ever been there?"
"Oh, yes" the mendacious fruit ven
dor says; "me live there"
80? Well, now, don't you think you
ought to be there now?"
"Yes, me like help fight" ~s@ @1@
That's right. You're no patriot il
you don't go home and strike blow for
liberty. Whip those Turks and then
come back here and settle down. Luck
to you," and the man with the bananas
goes off to catch his car. The next Gus
toner is a. woman. -... A
"Oh, you are a Greek, aren't you?"
Yes, men,"
81 want to ask you if you have any
Greek postage stamps? My little boy
is making collection"
The fruit dealer politely takes out
letter, the only one in the drawer. and
shows the stamp placed on the spot
where the envelope is sealed. A
81 dassent not open," he says. ut
| is for me pardner-and our people seal
A. I,{& 10, hot
open" o.. 1s
"Oh, will you keep the stamp for
me?"
"Yes, men,"
The next customer is jaunty girl,
who says saucily:
"Oh, you're Greek, aren't you?
Great people, you Greeks, to let those
nasty, half-civilized Turks get the best
Of you. How many oranges for five
cents? Why don't you go home and
fight? l thought all Greeks were SOL
diers. Say, have you any Greek mill
tary buttons? I'd just give my two
eyes for one to wear on chain. Are
you sure those oranges are sound? l
suppose you'll be gone to fight when !
come round again. I'll be regular Gus
toner when you come back"
And before the poor fellow has recov-
cred himself tall, angular female, car
rying roll of manuscript, stops to say:
The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sung!
"Man with heroic blood in your
veins, go rescue your country from the
hateful Turk. Go! Go! Greece needs
!, you" .-...-...,..
And then, to soothe his lacerated spir-
it's, she buys a banana, and her place
is taken by newsboy, who asks in
i, blatant tones:
Have paper, mister? All about del
war wild Greece and Cuba--an' de-
Turks whipped de Greeks."-Chicagt
: Times-Herald.
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YEMlN!NE FASHIONS.
Fhe Latest in Costumes for the Suna~
mer Season.

mer SEASON..
Very beautiful black-lace insertions
varying from one to four inches iii
width are used with elegant effect on
summer toilets of silk or diaphanous
textiles. rlaited ruches of black
mousseline de sole finish the skirt hem
and decorate the neck of the bodice.
Many of the hot-weather gowns are
made with surplice bodices most grace
fully arranged. The skirts are gar.
nished with ruchcs, frilling, tiounces,
ribbon in rows or fancy devices, ac-
Gordon plaitings, and lace edgings and
insertions put on in every manner that
modern taste and ingenuity can de-
wise.
The bolero, the Eton, and all the trim
and natty little jacket effects continue
to be very much in evidence among the
seasons latest importations, and mid
summer will find them as omnipresent
as the birds and butterflies. These
Jackets, however, in no way interfere
with the host of charming and stylish
basque-bodices, the Louis XIV, Louis
XVI, Victorian and other historical
coats, or the pretty round waists, Bret
on corsages, the shirred, corded, puffed
and tucked bodices, with skirts deco
rated to correspond. Some of the very
smart models for summer gowns show
the skirt laid in alternate knife-kllt-
ings and narrow-braided panels. Robe
| dresses of plain and machine-embroid-
cred linens, batiste, or the lighter
grass linen are particularly effective
so made up, and in moire, satins, or
failles, in combination with sun-plait-
ed nets, grenadines, crepe de Chine or
silk etamine, some extremely elegant
costumes are shown.
The modiste and the tailor have this
year made yachting and tennis costumes
| that are suitable also for beach and
| country wear-some in skirt form,
| others with a canvas, serge or mohair
skirt, and waist of different material,
| each of fancy taffeta or the cooler fig
| ured India silk. These are not the fa-
miliar shirt-waist and pointed yoke
and stiff collar-a style relegated to
mere utility uses-but are made over
thin lining in rather fanciful fashion
with fluffy front, spreading shoul'
der effect. a seamless back, small
siecve-puffs and a ceinture-like-waist
finish that is not too wide to give a
slender effect. For cool days there is
a jaunty-jacket bodice en- suite made
of the skirt fabric
The new bell skirt is much used fol
summer gowns of silk, cotton ant
wool materials. 1t is cut in three
pieces-a front gore and one bel
breadth each side of this gore which
is very wide, and has bias seam dowr
the back. The skirt measures about
four and one-half yards at its creates
circumference, and it can be used as {
drop skirt under draped skirt or over
dress. All the various French models
fit smoothly around the hips, the full
ness at the back either gathered o.
plated in compact form, and with jus
an easy graceful flare around the loves
portion of the skirt.-N. Y. Post.
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HOME MAKING.
Cleanliness and Variety Are ImpOr.
tant Factors.


Except in rare instances, the woman
who has a home of her own, be it ever
so simple and plain, desires to make
the spot as pretty as she can. The in
stinct toward neatness and beauty dies
hard in womankind, but it can be utter
ly destroyed by the slow process of dis
couragement and the fact that nobody
cares. The truth is that human beings
need not only to see cleanliness, but to
see freshness and variety and change;
and the housecleaning should be nc
more All object of pleasure and interest
to the woman than to the mau. There
is much she can do without him. She
can scrub. the floor, but he could and
should whiten the ceiling. She cannot
paper tie walls, perhaps, though many
a farmers wife has done even that; but
give her the money, and she will buy the
paper and find some one to hang it.
After hey willing hands have scrubbed
away last years fy-specks, any man
who can handle tools can make the
frames foc screens for her windows and
doors. If, besides this, he buys the pre-
pared paints, and little by little gives
a fresh coat to the various rooms, it is
no more than his share of the task. Yet
there are women who only ask the
paints and will attend to the rest fol
themselves. Without the background
of occasional fresh paint and paper, ths
scrubbing is Of little avail. With it, the
| woman has fair field on which to dis
play her taste and skill. Give her thes'
| and you may trust her for clear shining
windows, spotless and pretty curtains
fresh and bright coverings for. lounges
chairs and tables; dainty wall-baskets
well-dusted book shelves, few fresl
ferns or flowers or growing plant II
| the window. Give her the house will
the essentials which she cannot get fo
herself, and you may trust 10 out o
every 20 women to make pretty and at
tractive home. Washington Hom
| Magazine.
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If you want a swing hammock in a
yard offering but little space have two
brackets or dav:ts made of two-inch
gas pipe and bent at the blacksmith's.
At the hanging ends hooks are welded,
tc which hang the hammock. The pipes
are fastened securely to The fence by
bands of iron screwed fast to the fence.
Wires may be strung overhead, upon
which vines can be rainsd.-Ladies'
Hcms yonTaal, - "
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Must XIII n Bear.

An Eskimo youth is qualified to
marry when he has succeeded in kill
ing a polar bear unaided, this feat be-
ing regarded dis proof that he is capable
,f providing for the wants of fam
lily. He starts forth at night to Sc
cure a wife, which he does by seizing
The first girl he can surprise unawares.
N. Y. Sun, .r.-~
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ChfIdren's Colored WOOlen Frocks

Children, even little tots of three
years, wear woolen frocks of small
checks, plaids or mixtures of serge,
cheyiot or canvas weaves in shades of
brown, green tan and bright blue.
Bright red dresses are never out of date,
and for summer are of challie, CASH
mere, etc. With white guimpe these
frocks are bright and do not soil easily.
They are trimmed with narrow, black
velvet or satin ribbon on the belt, wrists
and revers, around the neck or epaulette
pieces in pointed or square shape. Pink,
light green and pale blue cashmere
frocks for really dressy wear have ep-
aulettes of guipure lace square over
the shoulders, ribbon BOWS near the COL
lar, with loops hanging to the waist
line IN front. using satin ribbon an inch
and half wide,~-Ladiss' Home Jour.
nal, @
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Division of Duties.

my dear, you should not be SO angry
lbout my not mailing that letter. Let
your motto be: Forgive and forget"
sOh, yes, indeed! You do the forget
ting and I can do the forgiving, sup
oose."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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In a newly patented letter

in a newly patented letter press the
presser plate and screw are mounted on
4 hinged yoke attached to the bed OF
the press so that the yoke can be turned
1own after the screw is tightened to
iurther increase the pressure On the
copying book,
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4 stery.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Here's an item
which says: in railway collision in
North Carolina fopr-year-old child at
an open window was thrown out of the
window by the shock and escaped in
jury" .
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-How in the world
do you suppose they ever managed to
get the window open?-Yonkers States
man. a~.
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On the top of the parish church
tower in Bicknoller, Somersetshire, Is
a yew tree, now fire feet high and still
growing,
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-05-01

Look at me, old man. he said, "a
sen,or-four years Of "proms" and
dances, and the biggest Jumper in the
heap. Oh, what FOOL"
"Sachee that ice, my lad, ard then tell
me about it." said. whats happened?
Suspender smashed?"
"No." he almost roarsd. 1T was that
COMPOUNDED sixteen dance. You
know I was telling you about-Miss
Martin of Omaha; as 1 thought, and my
bad memory, and all that. Well. I hustled
for that girl half through the dance and
then went over and sat down by Miss
Morton, whom I've been trying to get
on the right side of all winter. / had
the next with her thought. and in
tended putting in few moments before
that two step stor ped. told her all
about the girl and my hunt and she
eaid she Was in about the same boat as
her partner hadn't come in sight.
"welT said, 'let's let EN- 60 and
dance this out together. Any lazy cur
who'd forget you ought to be pounded"
"Let'ssee who it ID" she said. - We
arose to dance, holding up her card.
"why-why, its-it's Mr.. Henton.
~And dropped right there cd man.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-05-01

human impulse is told with apower that
never falters except wh' n the inspiration
Of the novelist is o,erpowered by the
historians ir stinct to tell the truth. the
whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Everybody knows that Nero was bad
man but the ser sual egotist OF Sienkie-
wicz indicates the appalling difference
between rumcur and reality. Sienkie-
wicz is a master OF the technique Of
language and although the book is
long. an interruption in the midst OF it
jars the nerves. The book has added
to the authors already great repu'a-
ton. The sale Of it is increasing and it
will probably take its place as one Of the
few great historical novels.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-05-01

Miss Miss -, Ma TT
oh, that must stand for Miss Martin OF
Omaha. Jim's cousin. that big. tall girl
over there. / couldn't dodge Jim soon
enough and had to 60 through with it.
But have faint recollection that our
cards didn't iibe on empty dances, so l
had to express my sincere regrets. you
know, and pass her by. But that can't
be. Here's her name, so I'm in for ten
minutes OF the rack. Probably treads
the floor like a stone crusher-big girls
generally do. Queer about hsr name
being here, but must have mixed up
the girls in my mind in that breakaway
on the start. Say. have you nineteen
open? Yes, well, savethat and we'll have
something then and Ill tell you about
the pavement breaker"
The music had already begun and my
roommate plunged into the crowd to find
the tall girl from Omaha. / saw him
circ'e the room several times, walk
rapidly through the tooths aud then
hopeleesly throw himself into a seat
besice pretty little Miss Morton. Then
! went into the sn oking room and for
got him until he dragged me excitedly
into a corner Of the refreshment rcom.