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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

TEE HOME FORUM offers the best form
OF insurance 10 both men and women
Sickness Accident. Partial and y Jtdi
Disability and Death; Cheap. Reliable.
Safe, Invest CATION invited. For par
ticulars call or drop me q card. q. g..
Decker. organizer. 1ll3iA Congress
avenue, Wanted-Lady Or gentleman
s,rti.itor
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

$50 WEEKLY salary ard expenses paid
statesmen for cigars: experience unnec-
essary: permanent position. The w. l..
Kline Co.. st. Louis. Mo. ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

SITUATION wanted by Young man we'll
acquainted IN the city to do any kint Of
honest work. Address NJ. H., tha ottlce.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

FOR SAI.E-f'ine gin plant, cheap. IN
ltpngc. Texas. capacity 10 bales per day;
seaGon 400 bales, q bonanza, Address
Scharre Bros., Runge, Texas. ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

PIANOSl PIANOS, PHANos'--New York
secondhand upright. sli5. easy pay
mcnts. I'll Main street. 20
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

FOR SAI.E--Bakery and restaurant doing
Rccd business. IN town of bOoc cotton re-
oo.pts 30 90 to 5000 bales; owner going
to Europe. Adlress Dick. this office.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

FOR SAbE-An assortment of second
hand betting, pLllcys. chatting, hangers,
piping, etc. CAN at the business office OF
The Post. [;
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

DOCTORS location. home al a sacrifice;
county seat population 200: two RAIL
roads. only four doctors. \. Il. H.. lock-
box u.s. Henrietta, TexuH. rs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
MEDITERRANEAN HOUSE RENTS.
Hi.Eest at Gibraltar md lowest ON
TIE Island Of Malta.

f.sP
In no place on the surface OF the globe
is rent "a higl, as at Gibraltar. The rca-
sol Lei..@ ~>.l.ts tie Pi.iladt lpliia In
quirer. that the geographical position
of the town preciudes the possibility
of its being extended in any direction
A long, narrow strip of what was once
sea beach is alone available for build
Ing purposes. All the rest Is precipitous
rock.
Upon this narrow parapet, in some
cases less than 100 yards in width, are
crowded the homes of $4,000 people
AS much as ten dollars week is asked
and obtained for the use of one small
room. and this, too, in place where
the normal rate of wages is quite ten
per cent. less than in America. Natural
ly, the overcrowding is fearful. and
the water supply being scarce and in
termittent, cleanliness of living, as we
understand it, is almost impossible.
No wonder that in the old da, the
plague and the cholera ravaged the
"rock" with virulence unknown in tht
filthy and pestilential cities of the fan
east.
In Malta, on the other hand. house
rent is ridiculorsly cheap. Anywhere
outside of Valetta an excellent seven
room house can be had for SIS year
while rates and taxes are unknown
The houses are built entirely Of tn,
cream-colored stone of which the island
is composed, and which is so soft thai
Z ha -
slabs of any desired size or shape. So
while the Maltese builder is digging NJ
his foundation, he is at the same time
getting out the material for his walls
his flooring and his roof
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
The WRONG HOUSE.
But q Man in the Same Condition W ns
Evidently Expected


The inen.icr OF congress f.@El---i
Washington Posts the kiAde:i
hearted fellow alive. lie wiis going
home very late few nights ago, he
says. when he met a young man whom
he knows. The young man was hope
lessly drunk. The congressman hap
pened to know where he lived. and
kindly guided him home. A light was
burning in an upper window OF the
house, and the congressman had no
sooner pulled the bell than the door
was flung open and a tall and vigor-
Gus woman appeared. She said not a
word, but she grabbed the intoxicated
young man by the collar and gave him
a shaking that fairly loosened his teeth
in their sockets. Into the hall she
shook him and slammed the door. The
congressman was descending the steps
when the door opened again and his
friend few out as if flung from cata-
putt. He landed at the foot of the
stairs and the congressman picked him
up. He was very much frightened and
he was almost Sober He managed to
gasp out:
I'VE don't live here. We've moved
last week"
That's all the congressman's story,
but think the really interesting thing
would be to know what happened to
the man who does live there.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
SCOTCH SiNECURE.
That May Be Olivia ted After Running
Six Hundred Years.

That May Be Obv After Running
Six Hundred Years.
1t Is proposed 10y the lord of the
treasury to commute the payment OF
e242 15s, which is annually paid to the
holder of the ancient Office of heritable
usher of Scotland.
The Office, says the London Mail,
was originally conferred on Alexander
Cockburn, Of London, and his heirs,
by an act of parliament in Scotland in
1893, and the original grant was con-
firmed by subsequent acts of the Scot
fish parliament in 1851 and 1856, the
latter act attaching a salary of ESQ
year to the office, but certain statu-
tory deductions have reduced the
amount now payable to e242 15s.
In 1905 the office, with the salary,
being a heritable subject capable OF
being assigned away, was acquired by
Sir Patrick Walker for e.7,600, sum
equivalent TO 31A years purchase OF
the salary. In 1890, the question
whether the grant was permanently
binding was submitted to the law Off
GERS of the crown in Scotland, who
stated that in their opinion it was le-
gally binding. as resting on series OF
acts of the Scots parliament,
No duties Of an onerous kind are or
have been required for q long time
from the holder of the office, and it is
now proposed to commute the payment
at 81 years purchase.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
WORKED AN OLD TRICK,
The Deaf and Dumb Man Had

The Deaf and Dumb Man Had 10
Speak.
''In my time" said broker to his
friends at Delmonico's the other day
according TO the New York Times, II
have observed many sad and touching
scenes, but never one which affected
me as much as the one l witnessed last
week.
Passing along a busy thoroughfare,
/ paused for an instant in order to read
and reflect upon the miserics of man
who bore the legend Deaf and Dumb.
picturing to myself my OWN condition
under like circumstances, when the fol-
lowing remark somewhat startled me:
Say, Jimmie, here's poor dea f and
dumb man. Father gave me five cents
to spend, but l think I'd rather give it
to him. He needs it more than do
This was followed by the chink of a
coin in the tin cup.
"Instinctivcly l turned to the boy
who had made this remark to his com
panion and said:
"'Noble boy, 1 overheard your gener-
Gus words. You shall not want for the
money Here is dime
with a curtsey and Thank you, sir,
he fled.
Il turned TO the deaf and dumb man.
The muscles of his face seemed to be
working to a degree rarely seen on a
man bereft Of those important senses.
Unable to contain himself longer, he
blurted out:
Say, you're dopey. That kid has
worked that racket before. That
f-pence is made of lead!'
Il went home and communed with
mysek"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
HIS RICHES TOOK WINGS.
4 Farmers Treasured Geese Take q
Notion to Fly.

Notion to Fly.
A PaWtuXet valley farmer, whose
farm is near the village of Cromptan,
aad a literal eXemplitication few
lays ago of the old adage which says
that Riches take unto themselves
wings and fly away" says the Provi
dence Journal. Something over year
ago he and his son fired at flock of
wild geese that flew over his farm and
managed to bring down nearly two
score of them. About Is of the birds
were only wounded, and, surviving the
shooting, were so carefully kept that in
year their captors had succeeded by
Wdicious breeding i'll increasing the
stock to over 20 geese and goslings.
They were kept in pen that was COW
cred with wire netting, and seemed to
have become thoroughly domesticated
and satisfied with their surroundings.
One day lately the farmer, wishing
to let them feast awhile on the tender
blades of grass that were sprouting in
an adjoining field, opened the coop and
let the strange flock into the pasture
green and new. And this is where he
made a mistake. The half-wild ganders,
geese and goslings reveled for awhile
amid the verdant grass and new-found
freedom, but never made an effort to
rise above mundane things, and the
experiment was voted success by the
owners of the flock. They congratulate
ed themselves too soon, however, for
later i'll the day there came winding
over the Coventry hills, high in air,
snaky black line from which there
foated down into that Crompton farm
er'S pasture the "honk, honli" of the
wild goose, sound familiar to sports
men, which it seems the half-wild geese
in the verdant meadow also understo God.
Without waiting to bid their owner
good-by, with one accord the ganders,
geese and goslings arose on new-found
wings; to join their free fellows near the
clouds, and before the farmer knew
what had happened they We're out of
gunshot, following the black trail to-
ward the southeastern horizon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
Get Trusted for Their Fares.

1t is perhaps not generally known.
saws the New York Sun, even in
brooklyn, that persons of respect
able appearance may travel on the
street ears of that city when they
have no money. \ woman who has
left her purse at home, or II man who has
spent all his change specializing in
stocks. if ordinarily well dressed, has
only to tell the conductor the condi-
ton of affairs, on boarding car, to
get carried to any desired point. The
conductor gives the penniless passen-
ger an envelope addressed to the office
of the company in which to forward
later the lacking nickel. This is done
as matter of course, and only a pas
senger who looks disreputable meets
with refusal. This system has been in
operation some time, which is apparent
proof that the passengers who thu get
trusted for their fares use The envelopes
given them for the purpose for which
they are intended.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
CUPID IN JAIL
A "Reminiscences Of II Sly Courtshi 7
Years Ago.
myself -


cupid is no respector of persons or
places" says member of a well-known
Washington family, according to the
Star, for while love laughs at lock
smiths Cupid, to my knowledge, has
ma e himself felt behind prison bars.
Do gOu remember the old Washington
infirn,ary, which stood behind the
courthouse? Well that was the Jail
in old times-from 1904 to 1888. In
those days there was Imprisonment for
debt. and quite a handsome young man,
unable to meet his obligations, became
prisoner. The jailer lived in part of
the building, and his family included
a pretty daughter. Cupid set to work,
and the bars were no obstacle. In a
little while looks betrayed Cupid's con-
guest. One day, while on the street
debtors being allowed to go outside,
but not beyond The prison bounds
they met, had a talk which ended in
the procurement of a marriage license,
engagement of a minister and the mar
riage. They returned to the Jail, and
telling what they had done. the father
gave the son-in-law job as assistant
jailer, thus enabling him to pay the
debt, and when he died the son sue
ceeded him"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
JOBS OF CHEMISTS.


Chemists sometimes have queer eX.
periences. The following facts, SAY
the Chicago Journal were told by
4 professor in one of the western
universities: For about ten Years
| have made Speciality OF examining
and reporting upon cases of real or sus-
pected poisoning. as number OF my
cases have been connected with murder
trials, | have had considerable notice
in the daily papers. This reputation
for making analyses for poisons has
brought he queer class of patrons,
Every year l have one or more old
men come to me with samples of food
to be examined for poison. These men,
without exception, have married young
wives, and when the husband is taken
sick and does not recover as quickly as
he thinks he should, he begins to sus-
pect that his young wife wants to get
rid of him. and is poisoning him grad
Ually through the medium of his food.
Of course he does not want his wife to
know of his suspicious, and he quietly
gets n sample of the food he suspects,
| and at some unusual hour for work,
generally either early in the morning
or very late in the evening, he comes to
me and tells me very secretly that he
wishes to have an examination for poi
son made.
Now, the odd part is that, though |
have made a number of such analyses,
l have never found poison present in
eny case. Then the husband is very
much afraid that his wife will find out
that he suspects her, and he gets out
u my laboratory in the quickest and
auietest manner possible. So every
year l expect to see some elderly man
coming apprehensively up my office
stairs with well-concealed sample of
food about him to be examined for poi
son. Every year he comes, every year
1 make my analysis and find no poison,
! and every year the old gentleman gets
information that he considers cheap at
the price"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
TIVE TRUE REMEDY.

W NJ. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, ILL.,.
Chief" says: I'VE won't keep house
without .Dr- Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds
Experimental with many others, but
never got the true remedy until We
used Dr. Kings New Discovery. Nc
other remedy can take its place in oul
home. as in it we have a certain and
sure cure for Coughs, Colds, " hoop
ing Cough, etc" L. is idle to exper
iment with other remedies. even il
they are urged on yon as just as good
as DIR. Kings New Discovery. They
are not as good, because this remedy
has a record of cures and besides i
guaranteed. 1t never fails 10 satisfy
Trial bottles free at Henry Hinricbs
Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
LAUNDRESS TOOK THE HINT.
Made a DuttOnhOIe Large Enough for

Made n DuttOnhOle Large Enough for
the Soldiers ImprOvised Hutton.
The private soldiers washing at u
home station is usually done by the
married soldiers wives, who are eX-
pected to sew on missing buttons and
do general repairs. Patrick McGinnis,
says the Troy Times. had good deal
of trouble with his laundress. Sunday
after Sunday had his shirt come back
with the collar button off or else hang
ing by IA thread. He had spoken to hel
on the subject, and she had promised
TO see to it, but still the buttons were
always missing. One Sunday he got
out of patience when missing button
had made him late for church parade
Bad luck to the woman!" he ex-
claimed. ''Begorra, I'll give her hint
this time, anyhow" He then took the
lid of a tin backing box about three
inches in diameter, drilled two holes in
it with fork and sewed it on the shirt
which he sent to be washed. When his
washing came back he found his laun-
dress had taken the hint. She had
made buttonhole to fit it,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
FREE, PILLS.

Send your address to H. l. Buck
len Il Co. Chicago, and get free sam
pie box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
A trial will convince you of their
merits. These pills are easy in action
and are particularly effective in the
cure Of Constipation and Sick Head
ache. For Malaria and Liver troubles
they have been proved invaluable
They are guaranteed to be perfectly
free from every deleterious substance
and to be purely vegetable, They do
not weaken by their action, but by
living he to stomach and bowels
greatly invieorate the system. Regu-
lar size 25c. per box. Sold by Henry
Hinrichs Druggist.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
A QUAINT BIT OF GERMANY.
Region just Out Of Berlin Rema X A.
BILE for Its Old Customs

hes1On just Out III Berlin Remar a :
Bile for Its Old Customs.
The Spreewald is the subject of a
paper in Century. The, writer SAYS:
Strange, indeed, that so near Berlin sc
oid-time and curious community
could have remained reasonably uncon-
taminated by the hordes of picnickers
The Spreewald is too near great cap
ital for foreigners to hear much of it.
The museums and palaces of Berlin, the
palaces of Potsdam, absorb all the
spare energy of foreign visitors. And
for convenient outfiights it is a little
too far for most burghers of Berlin
Some have country places in and near
the Spreewald. MANY visit il occa sion
ally. 1t is d fs>urii- place for p-opI-
from Dresden aud Leipsic " no can give
several days 10 exploring its watery
labyrinths. Especially for the teaching
guild is it a favorite resort. Every vii
lage has its inns, and at Burg, where
Nendish services are held in the old
church and the costume remains the
most antique, there are several famous
taverns. One is the bleachery where
Frederick the Great established a col
ony of dyers and weayers, who have dis.
appeared, although the art is still prac-
tlced by private means for personal use
IN many farmhouses. But the fine
green, orange, pink and lilac headdress-
es and the turquoise, gray and yellow
skirts are now bought at Cottbus or in
Berlin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

PoRr TOWNSEND, Wash. Aug. 90
IN letter received here from C. NJ
Weymouth, who left here on the last
mp OF the Mexico, dated Lake Linde-
mann, Aug. I, Weymouth saws he is
disguised with the trip over the pass
and would come back but for the ter
rors OF returning over Chilcoot pass
In Neymouth's opinion Dyea will
become famous as horse market. for
the reason that horses cannot stand
the usage there longer than few
DAYS, when there hoofs regardless of
heavy shoes. become so broken as Ia
entirely incapacitate them for any
use Weymouth is with ". J. Jones.
the United States commissioner for
Alaska, and well-known newspaper
correspondent. which party was the
nrst 10 land at Lake Lindeinann since
the hlondlke rush began Both Jones
and Weymouth give an opinion that
not one In ten of those who are now
at Dyea and Skaguay and enroute
will be able to cross the DIVIDE this
year.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
TO A GOOD OLD AGE.
Many of the DIV. ellers In the Caucass
Live to lie Centenarians.

W
Live to lie Centenarians.
Last year an CID peasant named Ivan
Kouzmin was reported to have travelled
from Moscow to Kief at the age of 14O.
He was said to be in good health, says
London Lancet. He had formerly been
coachman to Count Sheremetief, but in
1910 was sent to Siberia, where he spent
81 years, returning in 1894. His is not
the only instance in which Siberian
exile has survived to extreme old age.
Two years ago there was said to have
died in Samara one Lavarentil EhmoH,
who had attained the age of $50. Ac-
cording to the newspaper reports of
him he took part as "a boy in the famous
pugatchef rebellion in the reign OF
Catherine the Great, and for his share
in that brief but sanguinary outbreak
spent 30 years of his life in Siberia. Re-
Gently there was said to be living In
the village of Yank (Saratof govern
ment) an Armenian aged ITO, the proud
ancestor of 81 descendants, of whom
/ II were still living. His name was
! David kazarian. Another Armenian,
a priest named Ter-Mikaelantz, was re-
! ported not long ago to be living at
Gori, in the Caucasus, at the age OF loS.
He was still able to walk to church and
once a year performed the liturgy. If
recent history i'll the Turkish empire
continues to repeat itself such instances
IF longevity among Armenians seem
likely to become rare.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26


their maligu influences the most amiable an
helpful disposition will become Soured. TIE
witc that promised to be a cheerful capable
aud wiling helpguitS surprises her husband
~ proving oIckly, nervous, fretful and
helpless invalid. This unfortunate outcome
ct Loves young dream" NAV be pre-
vented or Femedicd by resortine 10 the right
IN ,dicine for troubles of this nature
ms right medicine l. DR.. Pierce Favorit
Prescription. Over 90, 600 women have SAID
SO IN unsolicited letters to its discoversr
Dr. r Y, Pierce, chief consulting physician
TO the InralidS' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute, AT Buffslo, y. y. The " Favorite Prs
scrintio1 " acts directly uDon the ORGANS
that make ~IirhnSd aud mo, hrIitand posSi-
hlv- ii makes them strong aad healthy Y
silaN> Inflammation Iad -ooth-s pain Ii
relieves tbs >trdtu upon the nerves II pre-
pareS for motherhood aud insures the health
Of the child. All medicine dealers sell IT,
u take pleasure" writes Mrs Jessie Fuller of
EuloSy. Bosque Co, TeNHS, 'in writing YOU again
! am IN better health than have been in six
years l think your medicine is the best in the.
world. hope every woman who IS afflicted as /
was viii take 1t. Your Favorite Prostitution
has saved my lie. was not able 10 get up whel
Twas sick until began TO take Your medicine |
cannot thank YOU enough for what YOU have done
ior me You can use my statement as you like =
Constipation is the all embracing cause
of i'll health. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
care it They rever gripe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
Color Line In Brftish Armu

With all England's condemnation Of
the social disadvantages to which the
colored race is subjected in the United
States, she is giving abundant evidence
OF being imbued with radical preiu-
diees that are every bit as strong.
Thus. the volunteer regiments of the
great universities have declined to ad-
NIT to their ranks students of Indian
or of African origin. and a number of
other volunteer and militia corps. in
Guiding the Inns of Court battalion,
composed of members of the legal pro-
fession, have followed suit.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

MrDDLEsBoR0. Ky. Aug, 19.-Lena
Collinsworth of Claiborne county.
Tenn, is dead from the effects Of a
fifty eight day fast. She has been
starving herself to death under vow
She quarreled with her husband, they
separated, and she vowed that she
would fast until he returned to her.
Efforts of friends and relatives to
force her to eat have been of no avail.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26
RELIEFIN SIX HOURS.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder ans
eases relieved in six hours by the "Ne "
Great South American Kidney Cure. +"
Ihls new remdy is a great surprise on
account OF Its exceeding promptness ID
relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys,
back and every part of the urinary pas
sages IN male OF female. 1t relievee :
pentlon OF water and pain In passing it
almost lmme diately. If you want quick
relef and cnIe this is your only remedy.
Sold ~ =. G. Buerstatte, Druggist, Mani
towCc, lis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

Doctor" said the physicisn'8 wife,
why cont YOU take a good, long rest
20 away somewhere and epj " yourself.
You're Working yourself into your grave.
% haYeo't teen out 0, town for five
years
My dear" tns celebrated physician
SalG, i co not dare TO leave. II did 90
most Of my prt!scts would discover that
tEty could get along JAS IS wsii without
n, ana ny practices vouid be guinsdG"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-26

San SEea-TIAN, Arg 29.--'t;a1aa' A.
gio'llso who shot s,d kIii-d Slnor 1eno-
vac d-l Castillo, the Urin- minister a.
Sps'o. ~ Snrdav. A1zEat 8. visa exeru' =
ed - II o'clock this uorpiCg sccorGio 2
70 rhA sentence ot the copr5 martial m
poaed uunu n,m o1 Monday ia=t sitter
hIs TRIAL o. the rrevic7= Sunday. which
se-'snce was confirmed hy tne supreme
couCei! az wsT yesterday.