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SOME BAD NURSES.
Census fer Girls who Are Merely Fol-
lowing e Fad.

The fame and publicity which at
taches to this profession tnursing) have
stimulated a false enthusiasm which
seeks the satisfaction of pride and vani
ty by fawning at the feet of the goddess
of notOriety. The result is that the, girl
who is not satisfied with her home vol
unteers as nurse. She sees in it poetry,
life and fame She, finds the service of
.Ier own relations dull, uninteresting
and prosaic; but she sees glory on the
horizon if she enters a hospital ward.
Her own friends do not fulfill her en-
pectations OF what is her due. she finds
no pleasure il the duties of the home,
but there CLEANS to her entranced ella
ton vision of the dawn of the ideal
service in becoming the drudge of the
unknown. But she who cannot serve
her own will never serve another. Her
dreams viii vanish with a cruel raPidity
when once inside the walls. g..
Hundreds Ct those who stand on the
doorstcHs Of our London hospitals, seek
ing by all sorts Of ingenious devices to
gain admit;ance, are not capable of
dustinG ladv's drawing-r6om. much
less fit to have charge over life and
death. A large percentage of them
know not even the clements of domestic
economy ard cleanliness, and it were
the gravest Of errors to permit such into
the ranks of those who must combat
with the micro-organisms of disease.
To commit the charge or dressings and
cleansing to such would be to foster an
enemy in the camp. The strictest ex-
animation, the prolonged preliminary
training may have, must have, serious
disadvantages. but it is effectualat least
in this. tlia Il makes the rejection and
elimination Of such candidates as these
easy, and safeguards the public from be-
ing inundated with f1imsy counterfeits.
Westminster Review.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

John Mossman, Of Parkersburg, w.
Va, made a fortune of 100000 with his
nose. He was deaf mute, and could
pick out Il piece of ground under which
there was an o., well by simply smelling
it. He recently lost his life in railroad
accident.
The biggest crab ever captured in
Mobile bay was recently caught by DR..
r. Aubrey Dickson and George W. Owen.
1t weighed twO pounds, and measured
% inches from tip to tip of claws. The
shell measured nine inches in length
by five in width.
Several farmers in central Kansas
are connected by telephones, to permit
the farmers families to engage in So
cial conversation. The instruments cost
six dollars each, and the barbed wire
inclosing the farms serves to transmit
the conversation.
Reports on the Indian wheat crop
are beginning to come in. From the
central provinces we learn that the area
of wheat is Only 1,S9S.G22 acres. as COM
pared with 2,7l4,4 ,454 acres for 1896, and
ten years average area exceeding
100000 acres. The estimated outturn
is 324,755 tons, against $685. for 1896
and 7S4 SOP as the ten years average.
Experiments show that light of
one candle power is plainly visible at
one mile, and one Of three-candle power
at two miles \ ten-candlc power light
was seen with a binocular at four miles,
one of 20 al. five miles. though family
and one of 33 candles at the same distance
without difficulty On an exceedingly
clear night white light of 32 candle
power can be distinguished at three
miles, one of Sc at four and one of 12 at
five miles.
1t appears that the domestic cricket
of Europe, the "cricIct of the hearth" ,"
has been introduced into this country
In Minneapolis and elsewhere they have
proved to be a great nuisance. House
agents there claim that besides being
tiresome and noisy, they are very de-
structive, so that "a house invaded by
them could not be rented" This cricket
was observed in Canada by Kahn in
l749, and its recent occurrence there has
been confirmed by two well-known en-
tomologists; and it has been observed
III various eastern towns by Uhler and
others. but It has not hitherto been com
mon in the United States, though fre-
quently observed in Canada
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COAL AND IRON.
Showing That Great Britain Ii. Net
Holding Her Own.

Statistics show that, whereas Great
Britain in 1S40 produced IS per cent. of
the worlds supply of coal, at the pres
eut time it produces only "a per cent.
Atlantic liners no longer carry coal
from Great Britain for the return jour
ney; they now take in American coal,
and no less than 500, 900 tons of Amer
icaR eoal were thus consumed in 1885.
The condition of the iron manufacture
ing industries has always exercised a
most important influence on the pro-
duction of COAL so that large demand
for iron draws with it large demand
for mineral fuel. During the last rs
years the worlds production of pig
iron has increased from $4,000 900 to
.e 100000 tons; but the share taken by
Cheat Britain has fallen from 4S.S per
cont to go per cent. while that of the
United States has increased from AL
per cent. to 26.s per cent, that Of Ger
many from 11.4 per cent. to 21.4 per
cent, and that of Russia from 8 per
cent. to At per cent. ll f
Indeed. iron is now being imported
from the United States into this coun-
try, and, incredible as it may seem, the
railway station at Middlesborough, the
center of the iron trade, is built of iron
brought from Belgium. Surely, then.
the duthor of "Our Coal Resources at
the Close of the Nineteenth Century"
is hardly right in thinking that British
coal and iron still hold their own, He
argues that other countries of Europe
are exhausting their coal supplies just
as Great Britain, yet the figures he gives
show that Germany has in reserve,
within depth of 1900 feet, 100000, ,000,-
600 tons of coal, as compared with our
81 $50. 100000 tons within depth of
1000 feet. And this estimate does not
include brown coal, of which Germany
raises "a, ,000, 900 tons annually-Nature.
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Pneumatic Horse collars.

There are now sold pneumatic horse
collars that are inflated just as bicycle
tires are. Pneumatic collars are made
for draught horses and for carriage
horses. Those thus far sold, however,
have been chiefly for draught horses.
They are made with a rubber air holder,
which is covered with canvas, and the
collar is then covered with ticking or
kersey or leather, in the usual manner.
Pneumatic horse collars cost about a
third more than the best collar Of the
ordinary kind.-N Y. Sun.
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Can't Afford Shabbfness.

How much better Benton dresses
nowadays than he used to-" said Daw-
kins. He must be making money!
81 think you're mistakem." said Haw-
ley. 81 heard on very good authority
that he was losing money. He prob
ably can't afford to dress y."-Tit-
Rits
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dying Love.

Mr.. Billion-You shall never marry
my daughter, sir.
Impassionad Suitor-Your threats do
not frighten me. I'll marry her or die!
earth can
MIR. Billion-Oh, I'm not proposing to
use force. How much cash will it take
to buy you off?
Impassioned Suitor-Um-er--how
much'll you give?-N. Y. Weekly.
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Th. Wa. ,gac,- 30 Mt lone.

They were having some private the
atricals. and Mr.. and Mrs. Jinks gave
the scene from the ''SchOol fer Sean
dal." in which Sir Peter rates and re-
proaches Lady TeazIe for her extrava-
gance and other shortcomings. Edith
Jinks, aged eight. was III the audience,
and when asked al the close Of the en-
tertainment how she had enjoyed her
parents acting. she electrified her hear
ers by saying, in tone of disappoint-
ment:
Acting. They were not acting!
That's the way they're always going on
at home."- ."-Tit-Bits.
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Interesting ton.

The reason they make 50 much fuss
over my birthday explained Kitty TO
the young man in the raror who was
waiting for somebody else, is that I've
only had six. Sisters had 80, and she's
so used to 'em she don't even mention
EN-. How many birthdays have you
had, Mr.. Spoonamore ?''-Chicago Trib-
Une
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A Sober Thought.

NO. | wouldn't take that piece Of an
tique furniture a any price" said the
shopper. lit is Inhabited"
rolling his eyes and rubbing his hands.
but y hat the ancestors of them bugs
came over in the Maytlower in this here
very piece of furniture ?"-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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Too Much Heat.

Dinks-It's mystery to me what
Fenilworth's done with his fathers
fortune. 1t seems to me only the other
day that he had money to burn.
Botts-Well, that was the trouble,
guess. He had such variety of flames
who were anxious to be warm friends
of hiS-Puck
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"And so IMiIl." he returned. earnest.
MfRht Re WOrae.

These stripes" sighed the convict,
make a man feel small
The kind woman who had come into
the darksome place to cheer him
smiled radiantly.
"Only Think" she urged, chow much
worse they would be if they ran the
other way."-Detroit Journal.
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In the Wrong State

Mrs. Hoon--I have just been reading
of a waterspout that burst in Ken
lucky last week
Old Hoon-Burst? Course it did! A
waterspout that would try to do busi-
ness in Kentucky ought to expect to
burst-Harlem Life.
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Long itanue,

Eastern Tourist (eruditely) - The
man is wealthy, you say. and yet is
somewhat slow in paying you? Well
the thing you want to do is. draw on
him right away.
Nevada Ned-Draw on him? Didn't
I tell you he lived 40 miles from here :
What kind Of 4 gun do you think
carry?-N. Y. Truth
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A Fool at I. Bonrdinx House.

Jinks-That fellow, Sillypate, is the
most ineXcusable fool ever saw.
Winks-What has he been doing to
you?
Jinks-A few days ago some one in
vited him to dinner at our boarding
house. Wei, sir, that idiot just praised
every dish on the table, and compli-
mented the landlady on her cooking,
until she raised our rates two dollars a
Meek.-N Y Weekly
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A Lucky Chance.

Patsy Whalen (studying his lesson)
Sir Isaac Newton discovered the
great law of gravitation by an apple
falling on his head
Whalen-Shure and it's good ting
fer science thot it wasn't hod O bricks,
thin, or he'd never knowed phwat twas.
Puck
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Over 8S Miles Per Hour.

The electric motor will be an &C.
cepted and working factor of the West
ern railway of France from the begin
ming of next years summer service
The distances between far-off stations
from Paris are to be covered at the rate
of more than 65 English miles an hour
Westminster Gazette.
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On the Way Home.

How beautifully the preacher ex-
pounded that parable of the Prodigal
SOM"
Yes, but | do think he ought to have
said something in warning way
about the unwholesomeness of eating
veal in large quantities." - Chicago
Tribune
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A Realistic Play.

Mistress (who had given her maid
ticket for the theater)-Well. how did
you like the performance, Maria?
Maria-Oh, it was splendid, ma'am!
You should have heard servant sauce
her missus!-Tit-Bits
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Horror. Of Inebriety.

II went through every cent I had
last night groaned Jagway the next
morning, reaching with shaking hand
for the water pitcher, but 1 seem to
be getting head !"-Chicago
Tribune.
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A NTercenary Party.

An applicant for a suitable partner
was told by the proprietor of the mat
rimonial agency that he must make a
deposit of five dollars.
Five dollars!" he bawled. "Do you
suppose I'd want to get married at all
if had all that oney?"-N. Y. World.
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Poetry and Prose.

Before we were married." she said,
reproachfuHy, you told me that you
would do anything in the world for
me-"
"And so I-will," he returned, earnest
ly. What would you have me do?'
Bring up hod of coal."-Chicago
Post.
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What She Heard.

Mrs. Jagsby (at the head Of stairs,
five a. m.)-What is that noise? Is that
you, Mr.. Jagsby, falling upstairs?
Mr.. Jagsby (thickly)-N-no, ,m'dear! !!
The noise you (hic) hear, Lash just
the (hic) break O. day!-.;. Y. Journal.
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NONE LEFT.

Landlady-l believe in letting coffee
boil for 80 minutes; that's the only way
to get the good out of it.
Olborder-Well, you've succeeded ad-
mirab bly,, madam.-Up-to-Date.
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What They " ere.

Won Blumer dumping up against
Twickenham)- Hello, old man. Con-
cratulations | hear there is new ar
rival at your house.
Twickenham-Ies
Won Blumer-Then suppose III have
to take drink with you?
Twickenham (sadly) - Take two
drinkS.-Harlem Life.
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One of the First.

20, l wanted to ask you about that
society novel you were reading. Did
be marry her after all?"
"No; he was one Of the first to marry
her."-Detroit Journal.
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1t Wouldn't Do.

"In France it has been decided
by the courts that an unmarried wom-
an becomes an old maid at 30"
THAT rule would never do in this
country"
why not?"
Single women never reach the age OF
30 in America. ."-Detroit Free Press.
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Connubial Ways

Did you have good tine while you
were away?"
no; rather monotonous; | think it
must have been because we didn't quar-
rel as much as usual" - Louisville
Courier-Journal.
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A PeriiOuS Comparison

Todd, your wife has voice like vel
vet"
"Gracious! Don't talk so loud. 1t
she should hear that | would have to
get her lot Of gowns to match it,
Chicago Record.
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Probably Dear at That.

Clarence - Miss Rockingham made
me feel awfully cheap last night.
Freddie-How was that?
Clarence-She offered me a penny
for my thoughts.-Chicago News.
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From Two Points of View.

The Boarder with smile)-My hus-
bands appetite is getting better.
The Landlady (whh j .ong FACET
should say it was getting worse.-Yon-
kers Statesman
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In Sun day school.

Never forget, boys" said the teach
cr earnestly, that time is money"
You don't say" calculated the new
scholar. Then my pa must be aw-
full rich"
How so, Tommy"
cause he got 20 years last Tues
day."-N. Y. Journal.
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A Bit of Fact.

"After all, Margaret, there's no use
trying to tell fibs about ones age"
Why" .grt
There is always some oldladyaround
who remembers that you were born
the same day as her Billy Louisville
Courier Journal. .n
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A Different aintter.

jacks Charlie man 10 be trusted :?
Cholly-rd trust him with my life.
Jack-Oh, yes, know. But would
you trust him with five dollars?-
Life.
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Ti,c SnHrrOW.

Until you've given up the ghost,
Full well we know your breed, bird!
Yet when you re uE d piece Of toast
You figure as reed bird.
N Y. World
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A Fortunate Affection.

He always hesitates to tell lie.
Or say a word to cause t., reiends sigh
Yet no one praises him for that you know
He cannot help it, for he suffers so.
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Willie-Your papa has only got one
eg. hasn't he?
Anrie-Yes.
Willie-Where is the other one?
Annie-Hush; it's in Heaven.-Up-to-
Date.
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Not What II Ourbt to he

Not What 1t Ought to Be.
l. Patron-Did you see this steak
broiled?
Waiter-No, sab.
Patron-I wish you would investi-
gate. l have suspicion that it was
ltanned-Detroit Free Press.
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Our Musical NeiGhbora.
The square piano has four legs,
The grand has three 10 its frame:
The upright has no LEGS at all.
But it gets there just the same.
Chicago News.
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j. P. Dahlstrom,
TAILOR.
/ Door West of Brainard Hotel, ,
1923, Boulder.

Having on hand well assorted stock
of American and Imported goods suitable
for fall and winter Suitings. All orders
carefully adjusted and made up accord
ing to latest styles. Come in and see
me before placing your orders else
where and save money.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-26
THE PEE GEE
In D.nd Earnest About nuiidiug IN
Port Arthur.

Galveston. Texas, May 25.--L J Smith
who is building the last link in the Kan
sas City Pi,tsburg and Guif was IN Gal
weston this morning, leaving at $40 for
Fort Worth over the La Porte. He came
here on private business. but was found
at the fremont hotel by Tribune repre-
sentative and talked over Fee Gee nnairs
quite freely.
1--WE nre now building from Leesgllle 10
Beaumont distance OF about 100 miles
An of the grading Is done aud we have
Two ck-laying gangs at work, putiing
down about four miles OF steel - day.
There remains about nincty-two miles OF
track vet 10 lay, when the Pee Gee WIZ
have liz own rails from Kansas cry 10
port Arthur As We are working every DAY
nd Sunday. too. and as there are bur ie"
bridges land they are all Insignificant at
fairD to huild. we viii have the llho
opencd and surfaced mp in sixty days
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-26

Great NORTHERN, as2o a. M, May so; leave
Austin, International and Great Northern,
i2;4b p nj. May 30, arrive I.ongyiew june
ton. International and Great Northern.
II p M. May so; leave Galveston. Inter
national and Great Northern, $40 u M,
May so; leave Houston. International and
Great Northern, 1855 y, M, May So arrive
Longview junction, International and
Great Northern, II y M. May 30 leave
Fort Worth. Texas and Pacific, a;so y. m,
May 30; leave Dallas Texas and Pacific,
e:i5 p. M. May so, arrive Longview June
ton Texas and Pacific, II y. M, May 30.
All go together from Longvicw according
to the following;
Leave Lonsview junction Texas and Pa
cinc, IL 20 p M. May so; arrive TcNarkana.
Texas and Pacific 3 a, IN. May n leave
Texarkana, Iron Mountain. S;2G u. IN. May
81. arrive Little Rock, ircn Mountain, 7:t5
a m. MAY 81: leave Little Rock, Iron
Mountain. s;iA 4. M. May u; arrive Mcm-
phis. Iron Mountain. LAS y NJ, May al
leave Memphis. Nashville. Chattanooga and
St Louis, 2'i5 y. m, May Si arrive Nash
Vile. Nashville. Chattanooga and st. Louis
IL D. m. May 81.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-26
WALL STREET. GOSSIP.

% New f92rh , May %. Forwarding sugar
fhia5o, h9rk by canal from the port OF
/, is nlnhla 20 ovol1 New York reporiinu
ported aoi,hHt the sugar company is r..
sscba ,ce has been posed a, the cotton
Dwight ' q star, standing n tho namo OF
van ns American me- Tobacco company Is al.
repor,ei pll'e, OF It's goods and sale =
u ,n,,aHH.nE en- our slider of s9.Ot) .Go0 worth
,oyerrn, So ior carly delivery to the Italian
mt NTH" tb., have for some time been cur,
Ii pool NJ, - le1reanzaulan of The steel
nseo',aWas ahoui to be effected. with II
lens adN nee IN ntie.s
,tao ~ ~, Monheer Fransiol, of the Man.
Il E.tiai"d Railroad denies the re-.
tsnuTn,uil tina, the company was about
n.rHP - lines win electr G munc
ny PenAleton: Some one hlnted
40 Npul be a great scheme to force
ta,ss ~ sen onl s'cek ana securities ny
unN u,'lli way and then after 1uadn;
va, ,ne notion get together quick aud
ton, socks at four ports are o65As
the'ri p,.V tnns more are stiolt tlr
g,gic slates The onico're o. this
int speculation viii he watched Win
uiat I'm. ann WI IN ever way n goes spec
VIII want to get on and de.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-26

A. II. Hill, manager of tho Galvest
Houston and Henderson, was In the
yesterday. X
II. c. Kinney OF Galveston, supcrinto
ont of tn. Pullman Palace Car comps
was in the city yesterday. 5E
ellison \. Bass has ncen appointed !
passenger agent Of the Nissouri, NAE
aud Texas railway al San Antouiof
The International and Great North
fast mail train for 81. Louis left yester
with every berth In the sleeper ocenries
General Passenger Agent X. y. yoaf
of the Houston East and West Texan r
way has returned from business trip
Northern points.
Fred Miller, travelling passenger agcn
the Illinois Central. arrived In tho T,
yesterday from North Tcxas and rcps
everything nourishing,
circular OF the Kansnu City, Pittsh
and Gulf railway announces the Apo
mont OF o. II. Porhlcr as commercial ~
at Shreveport. effective June j.
General Freight Agent II. A. Jones OF
| Houston and Texas Central and Soutf
! Pacific has returned from Austin. WI
ho appeared before the railway commiss
Captain y. d. Cobbs, attorney OF Z
! land department of the Houston and II,
| Central and Southern Pacific. was In
city yesterday and was welcomed b.
host OF his friends.
II. L.. Flnto. city ticket agent OF
Houston and Texas Central aud somtl
Pacific railways. who has been abs
from the city. was checked In yester
During his absence Emil Hartman WAS
lief agent.
Wm Rclnhnrdt, travelling passei
agent OF Tho Southern Pacific, has on
A reward for his hat, which no says \
taken by Washington county offiria
Eagle Lake. Willie says II the hat Isl
turned no questions Will be asked.
loo HELEN. chief clerk OF Assistant q
cral Passenger Agent Parks of the So
crn Pacific. who was In attendance Y
tho rate meeting nj 81 Louis, says 1
meeting was one Of tho llveiiest he
attended, but says everything Will Il
out all right In the washing.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-26

In tho office Of the train dispatcher Of
the Houston and Texas Central railway In
Il cat which is now nursing lot Of new
horn kittens, The feline family Is source
Of much amusement 10 tho attaches OF tho
office. and thoy devote sparo moments TO
watching the mother care for her littlo
ones day or two ago The mother cat
climbed on the operators table and In
walking about happened TO step with foot
upon each Of the two instrument keys. A
slight shock WAS the result. and since
then It has been Impossible TO persuade
Miss Pussy 10 Investigate teicgraphy The
kittens are TO be given away. II any obIlg-
ing person will accept them, the donors
agreeing TO allow tho fleas to go with the
snimals,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-26
The Chnngc Mad..

Palestine Texas. May ~ There was
meeting Of a number OF Psleetine's repre-
sentative citizens in the office Of Hon y
A. McMoanp. this afternoon. VINO
paesed resolutions Of sincere regret on the
dsparture Of ex-Geberal Manager T. NJ
Campbell. The same was also expressive
of the eminent abilities Of this disiin'
enished lawyer and railway manager.
a committee was appointed 10 welcom.
Mr. Leroy Trice and MIR. Lawrence Noble
uessrs. Trloe and Noble arrived in the
CIV last night ready 10 assume their ar
d,ious aud responsible posts OF duty.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-26


The Post made note few days ago that
the quickest piecc OF railroad work evcv
known 10 have been done was completed
At Nj Paso. This was when Manager Van
Week. J. T. Mahl, superintendent Of main
tonapce OF way. and ID. X Cothurn, SUI
pcrintcndcnt Of bridges and buildings ot
the Southern Pacific. personally attended
TO the building OF three miles vi track
through tao mountains near Bi pasc. which
was done In forty hours. Tho road was
graded bridges built, cribbing put In and
track laid IN this time. Such marvellous
piece OF work was never known before
But now comes the benefit OF IT. II IS
well known that the Southern Paol1lc
tracks have been under water for seine
time and trains could not pass over the
old track. which ncccsSita,cd the laying
| OF this now track. Now tho Rio Graudc Is
higher than II has been known to bc for
! forty years, The Santa Fc tracks nre under
water and travel !s stopped and had not
| tho Southern Pacific done this nne piece
Of work their limo would have been washed
away. Tho limos which have been hu'lt
| are holding well against the heavy food
and no further danger is anticipated.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-26

l.. ]. Smith. prominent railroad ct
tractor, was In the city yesterday and |
last night for North Texas. He is n
pushing tho business OF the Kansas CT
rittshurg and Gulf and SAYS that the n
viii soon be completed, There Is nlne
seven miles We, to be built and he si
that the rohd VIII DO completed TO +
Arthur in sixty days. He has au adv
'isement In today's Post for 200 men I
he Says he will, with this force, push (
read through faster than n road ever ,
built. He expects TO rAuru to Houston
morrow, when he expects to take the n
to In, front