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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18
UNCLE SANS DOMAIN.

It may surprise those who have given
the subject little thought or investigation
TO know that while Uncle Sam Is steadily
disposlng OF his public lands to home
stead purchasers he yet owns something
over GOO, 100000 acres.
Up to the close Of the last fiscal year
the public lands OF tho government were
distributed among the various States and
Territories as follows, Alabama. 5a2.-
1893 acres; Arizona, a. i00,2l1 acres; Ar
kansas, S,o22,042 acres California, A.
sil,oi4 aeres, Colorado, 4,037, 204 acres;
Florida, l,7o7,eG2 acres; Idaho, 45,962,-
sos acres; Kansas, lOi6,bSs acres; Louis
lana, s45,o20 acres, Michigan, 522. AL
acres; Minnesota, 6.2io,ois acres; Mis-
slssippi, aii,220 acres; Missouri, 497.76l
acres; Montana. 7i,4s2917 acres: Me-
brsska. lo,ess,a5a acres: Nevada. si,s7s,-
bSS acres; New Mexico. b6,sss,Oi acres;
North Dakota, ai,Ss5,29s acres; Oklahoma.
s,1oh2Ss acres; Oregon. S5,s92.sls acres;
South Dakota ls,25o.7is acres; Utah, a..
so7.27o acres Washington. l7.95s.5a6 acres;
Wisconsin, 454.i07 acres: wyoming, 49,
64i.6sS acres, and Alaska, 500. 500, 600 acres.
1t Will be seen that over half this vast
domain lies in Alaska, which is probably
too Wild and rugged and the climate too
severe for II to ever be utilized for homc-
steads or anything else except for mining
purposes, but there Is stll left nearly $780,
100000 acres OF land, much o. II In tho
most fertile and productive States of tho
Union. subject to the homestead laws Of
thls country.
Here is a theme ior the phianthropists
and reformers in our great and conpested
cities; and whoever starts a successful
movement having FOR It's object the eettle-
ment OF the destitute poor OF our cities on
the cheap and arabic lands waiting for
thom. will have solved one OF our serious
social problems and win deserve and should
receive the plaudi,s OF a grateful people.
Tho consested condition Of our cities
conduces TO industrial stagnatlon and neral
decay. The element injured by this condi-
ton must be introduced to the soil and
taught the arts Of the husbandman. They
win be better men for II and their children
vail Erow up honest, sturdy men and ylr.
tNous. healthy women.
Let ~ look to the soii for some relief
from present burdens
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18
RECENT INVENTIONS.

States can be quickly and easily cleaned
by new device, consisting of casing, to
contain water, with spring stopper rod
running through it. carrying button at
one end by which 1t is depressed, to allow
small quantity OF water to flow into the
sponge mounted on the opposite end Of the
casing.
To assist In pulling inner tubes into pneu-
matte tires a wooden sectional hoop 10
provided with a groove in its outer surface
In which the tube is held by rope to pre-
vent its slipping, as the hoop is forced
around the tire. tho rope being then loos-
ened so the hoop can be Withdrawn from
the tube.
Water faucets are being made which will
close automatically without the aid Of
spring, the valve seat being set in the
vertical portion Of the faucet, with lever
In the lower end to force up the valve,
which falls back by It's own weight and the
pressure OF the water as socn as the lever
is released.
10 do away with the necessity for using
wrench In removing wagon wheels a new
nub has cap fitted ever the outside end
which carries clamp on the interior TO
De pushed forward and engage the nut when
IL is desired to remove the Wheel the
vsanp neang Withdrawn again as soon as
the wheel turns the nut tight.
Flowers can be easily carried on a bicvcle
oy recently patented device which is
iormed OF single piece OF wire bent into
TWO parallel arms with a hook In the center
70 hasten 1t 10 the head Of the machine. the
arms extending outward to support the
ring, which carries a rubber sack into which
the flower stems are pressed.
warm air in houses, churches and thea
,ers can be purified and cooled by a new
Enshsh device which consists of two tanks
Win a series OF horizontal pipes between
mem, over which brine flows from one
again to the upper tank. An air fan i
placed at one end Of the enclosing chamber
10 Iorce the air into contact with the cold
brine on the pipes
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ru, ~ cksvs,sGs $3.50 ~ axsstsA, =
y t6aSt tssssneA
~ isdGsovimiaAas ~ y tAsss dsaAy
po1ocas 70 irsvponslboe essscns has LETT :
inii x ulssry d 81 ~ srsat caues. and
~ oaiy practini w Of chsckins Y T. g
ilmIt II = ths psssniptisu Of regular ply
s,o,ans. ~ doctors know ths cases %
which Try ~ Applicable; they know the
onantties that oszuh< 70 b administered
y every instascs. and TO permit . layman
- unlimited ~ Of such fstAi drugs =
vxy wrong.
N rsstriction Of this dangerous TRAFFIC.
thersfoes = worthy the serious considers
TN Of our local iaw-makins bodies, ana
ths movement on foot In this city looking
% this end u timely end TO ths point
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE AND SILVER

Mr.. Joseph p. Smith, In tho last number
OF the monthly bulletin Of the bureau OF
American republics, very ably discusses
our trade relations with tho Latin Amer
lean republics south OF us and gives some
most excellent reasons why our trade
should be very much larger with those
countrieu than 1t now 10.
This Is a subiecu which the people Of this
country have not sufficiently studied and
as result, we are not selling our next
door noighbors onc-half the goods sold
them by England and Germany.
In summing UP his article Mr. Smith tells
us OF some Of the things we have not done
to obtain this trade and some OF the phings
we ought TO do to insure the commercial
supremacy OF the United States In South
| and Central American countries as follows.
], The careful adjustment of tariff re.
lations by means Of reciprocity arrange
| ments, waich Will secure TO each party
| the consumption, by the other, OF ali
| products which are needed. and do not
| enter into competition with home IN
| dustres.
p The speedy development Of means Of
| communication by the establishment OF
! regular lines of fast steamers With large
tiNffnA tNVNNltys WHICH small he Owned
/ AMI manned by, and fly the flag Of, ona
! or arethcr of the American republics.
.. The assimilation OF Uns,ed states
| tra'.e methods aud manufactures TO the
customs AMI tastes OF the different 10.
| calftles. What would be suitable for
! Mexico might be useless for Venezuela,
| goods which ceapld be sold in Hayti nj
profit might accumulate on the coun.
ters OF tho merchant IN Colombia or the
| bean sea depend upon the Un,ted States
almost absolutely for certain food sun.
plies. The northern coast or South Amer.
lea, on the other hand, wants It's inn
proyeu machinery. railway supplies. ag.
rcuitural implements and cotton goods.
The above suggestions are all excellen
and would do much to extend and foste
our trade with those countries, but Mr.
Smith neglects to state tho ono thing that
II adopted BY the United States would d,
more toward its trade cxtene.on In Mex
leo, Central and South America than All IN
reciprocity arrangements steamshi,
lines or the ''asslmilation Of methods an,
manufactures to The customs and tastes
OF those people who are our souther,
neighecrs. and that " bimetallism, w,
would then b complete commercial mas
ters Of the south American continent an
drive England and the Europesn gold bu
uinufacturing countries on the high sea,
- fAr - trade In ths lower half Of hi
hsmlspAsre 10 concerned.
To opeuing up and The increase OF trad
relations with thosa countries south Of y
also mears much to ths hnrbors ON IN
! essst q Tsam ~ = ~ psopls Of rsxa.
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SOME PosTsCRIPTs.

A Chicago man named Quick has for his
initials p. d.
Japan's export trade has doubled in the
last five years.
There is a tavern in Switzerland to every
1872 inhabiI ants
The worlds annual taxes amount to the
enormous total OF $4,000, 000, 900.
Names steamboat traffic, both coast
wise ana foreign, is having quite boom.
Forty years ago there were 1000 lepers in
Norway. Today there are about 500.
Kansas Ci,y's fire engine houses are
numbered from to is, but there is no
number IS.
The Methodist ministers Of Chicago are
bitterly opposed to the opening OF the Chi
eago public library on Sundays.
little fellow who saw a steamboat for
the frs. time exclaimed: Lock. mamma
Inere is railway engine taking bath"
The offensive weapon of the ostrich is
ms lsS. he can kick ais hard as mule and
u Is remarkable fact that his kick is for
ward. never backward
At the cars coronation ceremonies a,
MOSCOW there were $500 yards OF American
moquette carpeting used. Eight thousand
were used at the queens jubilee
In Hawaii there are 23.27s Professionals
26,s6S Catholics, 1858 Mormons tpolygamv
is forbidden) 44,So6 OF Eastern creeds and
2o'ls2 who declined to state their faith or
possessed none.
Bicycle pedals are being made with a.,
adjus, able extension at the rear to slias
into the hollow Of the shoe next to The
reel ana prevent the foot from slipping for
ward on the pedal.
Five cats were boxed up by the patient
possesssr OF twenty hee in Punta Gord,-
Fla, and expressed to the mayor a. Az
cac,a. ana on the third day aftr shipment
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thing to the poor. and he answered: "Oh.
yes; when I come across a bad piece of
money | always give 1t away to blind
man"
Thanks to the activity Of Canon Rawns-
ley, movement has been set on foot in
England for the erection at Whitby OF
memorial in homer of Caedmon. "the father
Of English poetry"
Miss Mary Rachel Dobson. daughter OF
Austin Dobson, is one of the most active
workers in the university settlement for
women in Bombay, India. Their work Is
principally among the Parsees.
The report that there is only one sur
viving schoolmate of Abraham Lincoln has
been disproved. Mrs. Susie Yeager Of
Rhineville, KY, now in her 90th year. was
a schoclmate Of the great emancipation at
the first school session he attended.
The members OF the Philadelphia Aca-
deny OF Sciences are still trying to raise
the $4,000 required to purchase for the
academy the archaeological collection OF
the late Professor Edward Drlnker Cope.
Thus far they have succeeded in getting
$1,000.
The earliest forecast of the career Of the
Earl of Rosebery was made by shrewd
Scotchman, who heard him deliver speech
at a luncheon after military review. He
was lad Of IA, but he spoke so we'll that
his keen observer declared that the yolun-
teers had been listening to one OF Eng
lands prime ministers.
1t has taken seven years to build the
colossal mausoeum CT Gear Alexander ii.
In the kremlin at Moscow. The statue
by Opekouchine Is sixteen feet high; 1t
stands on pedestal of Finland granite
twenty three feet high, and is surrounded
by granite cupalo. the gilt bronze roof
II which rises to a height of 100 feet.
The mausoleum has cost 100000 rubles
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18
UsTON, THURSDAY, NOV. rs, 1850
TEN p A. G. il >
4 PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY.

The Post confesses TO honest admira-
ticn for the progressive community thar
can "get together" and in less than thirty
minutes raise $200.0o0 for the success OF
any deserving and beneficial enterprise.
This Ia what the people OF Victoria did on
Monday evening.
The growing needs OF the city and coun-
ty demand additional railroad facilities,
and victoria's wide-awake people have
come to recognize the fact. When Mr..
uriah Lott therefore. presented scheme
for the building OF line to Alligator Head
and Alvin, via Longmott and Seadrift TO
tho former. and through jackson, Wharton
and Matagorda counties to connect with the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe. they were
not slow in estimating its advantages, and
with liberality seldom excelled showed
their faith in the project by subscribing
as they talked. There was something moro
than glittering generalities. lay homlies or
wordy platitudes IN their action. II meant
business. One man, Mr.. T. M. O'Connor.
obligated himself to the magnificent amount
Of $4,000, and Of course such creditable
example could have had but one effect
that OF stimulating the other gentlemen to
willing hberality and effort, AS result,
1t ia expected the building OF the road will
commence within month. Its conslruc-
ton will give an Immense commercial lev
craze to Victoria, but not more than she
deserves.
The people there are to be congratulated
upon their public enterprise.
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woRK FOR THE r1TTY-FIFrH.

Tho Fifty NTH congress. which con-
venes early next month. y going 70 90 as
busy q boy In humble bees nest
Many matters and grave matters VIII
BIO up before 1t for consideration. Among
the more important that will demand at
tention will be tho Hawaii and Cuban
questions, the railroad dealz OF the admin
istntion, which comprehend the sale Of the
Union Pacific, the proposed sale Of the
Kansas Pacific and Its course regarding
the Central Pacific; the armor plate mat
ter will also command attention. Then viii
come the great battle Of this congress. the
light on monetary reform" the discus
sion Of postal savings banks. restriction OF
immigration. a bankruptcy bill. bill on
the subject OF scalping. bills against trusts.
appropriation bins and innumerable pri-
vate bills and Incidental measures Will
keep the congressman exceedingly busy I'M
til far into the next summer.
So far as our foreign relations are con-
cerned, which will include the Hawaii and
Cuban matters. there may be some start
ling developments. The attitude assumed
by Japan has complicated the Hawaiian
question, and. though the administration
confidently claims a necessary two-thirds
vote Of the senate to ratify Its treaty OF
annexation. yet the minority may be
counted on for hard fight, and the
chances are that unless some concessions
are granted the minority In the way Of
silver legislation. the treaty will fail to
pass the senate.
The president and Speaker Tom Reed
held tho Cuban matter down In the spe-
oial session. but 1t will come to the front,
like cowboy at circus, as soon as con-
gress meets and stay there perslstently I'M
I'll settled. and in that settlement there
may be war for Uncle Sam The admins
trat!on must show Its hand in this matter
and can not delay 1t very long. The senate
has already spoken It's mind, 30 far as a
belligcrency resolution could do 1t, and
1t Is conceded that the house is to 1 in
favor OF the same or even stronger resolu-
tons
On the monetary reform" fight, tho plan
recently proposed by the secretary OF the
treasury will play Its part. 1t Will no doubt
be approved by the republican house and
as surely defeated by the silver majority
Of the senate. This means powerful talk.
Ing match and no results. It will practical
ly leave the question open for discussion
again before the people and repetition OF
the campaign Of 1896 along the same lines.
the hysterlcal assertions Of republicans to
the contrary notwithstanding.
The interest Of the people Of Houston and
South Texas in the doings Of the next con-
grees will not only be general. but win
center In the report OF the committee on
appropriations. 1t will reach the acute
stage after the report OF the engineers sen,
to examine Buffalo bayou, which We have
every reason to believe will be favorable
and recommend liberal appropriation to
make It nayigable for deep draught vessels
Then viii come our fight and 1t mus,
be winning one,
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THE SALE or POISONOUS DRUGS.

In protesting agaipst the lndiscriminats
NE q cocaine and morphine to persons
addicesd % ths uss Of these drugs The
Houston epothecartes have acted credit
ably q thsmssivss and ~ an example for
~ othsr dEusEtsts Of Tsxas.
To- hAstogy Of this traffic Ia this ana
eeh~ etatss furnishes shpndsns reasons Tor
~ ssvsre rsstrietion. and Ia The susxes.
NJ ~ lpuaj drug mesohaAts now propose
= eaer = ~ city oeQneil ~ eeneraIly
enfofee1 tnrouehous IL coantry many =
those "a epeeidss and much X that dcmss.
- snhepsineas which ~ asuspapsm =.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Governor Drake OF Iowa. who has ham
seriously Ill for some time East, is rand
~ recovering his health, though he Is hv
no means . we'll man vet.
Tna well known stinginess Of the ,.,.
Alexander Dumas has given rise 10 : w.
rety q anecdotes. We are told Ina, re
wes sure assed whether be ever gave any.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

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oURREss "a

Among Friends
ing to sing In the olc ~.
Monet exactly WI
heard my voice he sale
the ballet" ~.
"Humph! II you ~
might have let you
Ear. i
His Notion Of It,-M
80 many Of the poets ~
rod? 1t seems as j. evsH {
tried to glorify II"
"well," replied ne I, q,
on a farm. 1.-THE onH
give is that the pcets
to raise potatoes 10 ~
rod had got . SOC
Leader.
Not His Fault.-Fstas..
ly)-You should b
O'Donnell. You never
enough. ~. "
roight! OF never kug '.
enough Dim insinsiOs
Not So pad.-Psrry
thew vi have found a nins :
near the north pole. 4, ~
Wayworn watsou-o ~,
as 1t sounds. The W. ~:
froze.-cincinnati Enes
His First 1'hos!l 81
Tulpenthal, the cssal'st &
your daughter, Dul
money. v.,H 49,
Head of the Fir S1iSu
head for business'-
q n reveIaiio n Of scisns.
4 from a,s any other anip.
irc.t Nos mn one oysb ys.1
horse ?--Boston Trans
Dead Gss
Rockdaie Reporten
She is cer.ainly :
will run away frcu'
saay. and marry /.
and cotton only ~
when a girl gess ~
YOU can't pull hef ~
And besides the
are SO cute.
Mamselie
TIE hearts Of men y
She broke tne~ ~
which may, 10
Her present s0''s
For wAea at lsas.
From these ~
1t happened that
Had been ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

Now York.
plans have bssn
70 be erected 81
old Fourth PfesbyI
Thir'y2fourth stssS
IN! The property IL III
100000 to EdnunS
have the hotel reaSv
stu there's NOR
man who Is the No.
loose change" sDc,S' a|
hotels or thntres.
Two little dausAtss
Geirha have come 1,
convert their uist9',
After they hs|ve dcn
and become graduafs y
lege the sole eiomesf
remaining will b.
translated, mean
Bloom.
Admired Dot. TIE ~
cafe near the Grand
is now tho boniiacs y
Plains. Metropolitan 49, 1
q rush Of patrons. "A
David O. Yuensllus. X I
brewer, could not ~ I
was today examined L
ceedinss. He tsstiass
abroad the indshtedsss
increased suddenly An NJ,
An ne lett metz ":
eight banks. On lii rSs.
that thirty-fou housss "
1881 his interest Il ~
bears his name was NJ
Last August he wa d,ssS
$50 a week in payment =
Trivial are the causss
ducive to suicide in III "
day a hysterlcal RussiAs
on the gas because ~ ~,
slight desire to partsk, Z
knowledge. Another 49,,
mixture OF beer and cossS
her husband had dases ~
suicide and she had nsv~ "a
A third idiot interfered "A
OF the foolkiller by sendInf,
his head, the sole reason A
his inability to tie ! hid y
On the ways ct the IN
OF the Poillons. in Brssln
craft that will be uued d
next year. The boat i il
seventeen feet beam, a, 4
draws two and a half fest
a. stern wheel like that 4 E
steamboat. When she Il 49,
be taken apart and shIpped n
will be fitted with hydfaulIs 4
electric light plant that a
owners to work nights =
The pumps will be used n
bars, where, 1t 10 eSpegl
will find much gold mlssl !
and mud borne down tn I
and hills.
The most important ~
fifth annual meeting d y
Naval Architects conceyad
torpedo boats. The afgsn
vanced that they Wegv al
against a ship at anehes,
valueless as a means Il IN
in motion. The sacrifice L 4
stance was advocated. ~ /
to increase the thickrsn1 I
boats shell was rsceiy1t
While officially they dsyNs
like movement on the ut !
officially they doubles ~
portunity to give prsciiui
theories would mako : ~
time battles a blessin&
Grace church is n ~
vantage much pattcni1M
DESTROYS OF witnessing ~
bloomer-clad high schod
Of these rosy checked ysuae
this point on their way Y
school on Twelfth stteet
Advocates Of physical tv!'el
school might point VA
specimens Of the result y
objection given to the ias!
yided skirt is that lack .
their making an ertire w
in the school house = W
gymnasiums. Slngularly Il
cnts do not object to lns.
which seem destined y
end Of the century horfH'
.,tA.,,nr ||II' "a
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Afro-Anaerican Fair.

Calhoun County News.
a movement is started by colored peo-
pie to hold big Afro American fair a,
Houston for three months. beginning In
October. 1898. Tho enterprises should hs
encouraged by the Southern people.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

1t was = formal caller
Who had only minute to stay
But che fingered half an hour
In trying 10 break away.
--clsvsiand Leader
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

The Post prints some facts and figures
hearing on tho electric light proposition
this morning. 1t vial pay every citizen
Of Houston to read them carefully.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

II the people OF Houston can, with the
expenditure Of the same amount. or lass
OF morey now being paid for lights, se-
cure better rghtcd city, who can blame
them for doing SOC
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

When Tenn Platt's funeral occurs II will
be bigger than Henry Georges, but there
won't be as much crepe worn.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

The Christian quarter of Canea. de-
stroyed In the recent war between the
Turks and Greece. will be rebuilt by the
ezar Of Russia at his own private ex-
pense. His majesty has quite a job ON
his hands. but he is probably equal to the
occasion.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

Every community In South Texas should
he represented by an exhibit at the Fruit
Flower and Vegetable Festival.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

Ihe Texas Cattle Ralsers' association
VIII celebrate Its twenty-tirst anniversary
at Fort Worth November 49, and the re-
union promises to be an exceptionally
pleasant one.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

In response to the inquiry. Where is
Joe Bailey?' the Macon Telegraph says.
IN Texas, we presume. preparing TO meet
McMGln and Reed next month--a zoe
within ard a foe without" Bailey cam
cope with the two of them.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

Blanco appears 10 be In dilemma. BY
adopting the policy of Cancellation. he
Will have to protect the sugar estates, and
II he protects the sugar estates he would
virtually have 10 abandon the field to the
Insurgents. In either event his lot is far
from being happy one
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18

The electric light proposition now be-
fore the people is a simple business prop
osiuon. and should be considered and de-
clded as such.