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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24

flashing eyes, and still retaining May'n
hand. Haven't heard you allude
to the women as queer critters, con.
sarned critters, plaguey crittres and |
don't know how many other kinds of
critters, during the past two years and
upward that | have been with you?"
Eyes, s'pose ye have" acknowl.
edged Mr.. Johnson, "but-er-"
"All right, SIR" interposed Jerry,
briskly. "You promised me the best
'crittcr' on the place, and this is tho
one | wnnt--and the only one
Farmer johnson gazcl at the hand
some and smiling young couple before
him in II half.indulgent sort of way
for a moment; and then the latter
feeling got the better of the struggle
and he quietly remarked.
"Waal, n bargain is II bargain, an
I s'pose I'll halter keep my word; but
! say, young man." and Mr.. Johnson's
eyes twinkled mischevously, "don't
we think We sorter missed yer
vocation, not bein' a lawyer instead Of
a farmer?'-Chicago Record.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
Captain Iandais.

History tells us nothing Of Captain
Landais, except that he was French
man, whose bad temper had led to his
discharge from the French navy, and
who, at the time he was placed in
command of the Alliance, was so nm
popular that it was difficult to get
Americans to serve under him. Cap
tain Landais showed great jealousy
OF Jones in regard to his leadership in
the squadron against Great Britain,
and had shown characterization and
even mutinous spirit. In the ia.
nous battle, while the Richard, lashed
to the Scraps, was pouring deadly
shot into the enemy's vessel, the Al.
lance, Captain Landais, approached,
and, sailing around the struggling
combatants, delivered several broad
sides in such way rs to injure both
vessels equally. On board the Rich
ard eleven men we're thus killed and
an officer mortalIy wounded. The
opinion generally prevailed afterwards
that Landais fired into the Richard for
the purpose Of killing Jones and COM
polling his vessel to surrender, in or
der that he (Landais) mightretake her,
together with the Scraps, and get all
the honor OF the victory. Atlanta
Constitution.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
Men as Gastronoines.

az wonder" remarked the Observ-
ant Matron, show men succeeded in
making the world in general believe
they alone knew enough to order q
decent meal Long years Of expert
ence hayo taught me that the average
mans idea Of dinner is steak or
roast beef, anything else he may order
being suggested by the waiter. OF
course, men are never tired Of anus
ing themselves with the idea that q
woman's luncheon usually consists OF
pickles aud cream puils, though tho
same meal OF the ordinary man is
enough TO make Lucullus turn in his
grave. The other day 1 heard one or
der piece Of huckleberry pie after
eating three crullers and drinking u
cup OF chocolate. And when the wait
ress replied they hadn't any buckle
berry, but she could give him cranber-
ry pie, he took it."-New York Press.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
THE FLIGHT Of THE YEARS.

when one by one the silent stately years
Hlide IKE pale ghosts beyond our yearning
sight
Vaihly we stretch cur arms to stay their
flight,
30 soon, so swift, they pass to endless night!
We hardly learn 10 name thom
To praise them or 20 flame them,
To know their shalowy faceS.
Ere We soc their empty places,
Only once the glad spring greets them,
Only once fair summer meets them
Only once the autumn glory
Tells for them It's mystic story.
Only once the winter hoary
Wears Tor them It's robes Of light,
Years leave their work half done; like men,
alas.
With sheaves ungathercl to their graves they
pass
And are forgotten. What they strive TO do
Lives for while in memory Of "A few.
Then over all 0blyion's waters How
The years are buried In the long ago,
Julia G. X. Dorr.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-24
Old Coius Melted I'm.

The United States treasury is re-
tanning all the United States coins re-
ceived in the ordinary course of bust.
ness bearing the figure OF liberty
seated. These coins are sent to the
mint to be melted up. Over $1,000,
900 worth in subsidiary coinage has
been melted and recoined during the
past year. OF course the new dies are
used. This is but drop in the bucket
to the mass OF old silver which is
still in circulation. -Harper's Round
Table.
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The largest number OF tracks in any
German railway passenger station is at
Frankfurt-2l-Munich coming next
with 16.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
SOME: PosTscRIrrs.

Gas pspe. are now made Of manila Pap
This is the year for pine cones III s lei.
Vermont hickory will be used as IAN ''e
bars for bicycles.
No more slot machines are to be allowed
to operate in Lewiston, Maine.
Portland soon expects to see ioeeisn
steamers sailing from that port an tue
year round.
Two Of the guns of the old flagship hsrt,
ford have been presented TO the cry VI
Hartford.
The farmers constitute barge n,aiori'y
in the legislatures OF Maine anu ne"
Hampshire.
Berlin savings banks note an increase Q,
about $50 oaa, 600 last year In the sum Vi
the deposits
The London Chronicle says that the
baked banana is the ideal food for nervous
and anaenic brain workers.
Large game Is more thnn ordinarli!
abundant this year in the upper part OF
New HAMPSHIRE Bears as we'll az deer
have rewarded the zeal OF the hun1smen.
A wheel with an Adjustable sprocket srst
can be changed from 106 to the lowest gear
possible to make wheel move. is the lat
est product OF a Worcester mans brains.
Portsmouth IN. H. high school girls
art dEHSFttslue atI appfpdSuibS s<NOSt HNHs
fit by appearing on the streets as sand
wich men" with placards hung about their
necks.
The total number OF Chinese furniture
makers in New South Wales--all working
in factories of their own--was about 20.
NJ Chinese workmen are employed In Eu-
ropean factories.
Halleck. the poet, in difference 20 an old
woman passenger who entered The same
stage coach. threw away fine cigar which
he had just lighted. and which was MS
last. The old woman produced pipe emo
wretched tobacco and pulled away Tor IF
teen miles.
Alderman Bscker OF Brooklyn is phil
anthropIst-also a real estate dealer Ht
has offered to the first family that i:
blessed with twins in his district, house
rent free, as long as they want TO ocslip,
it. To the first family that registers trip
let's he offers TO give house and lot.
Showers of blood-bona fide, genuine
blood, or, at any rate. having he sans
prcperties--are by no means uncommon or
the Mediterranean coast. and in some part!
OF Italy. This rain has been analysed, shC
undoubie dly contains several Of the min
eral constituents OF human blood
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Menelek Of Abyssinia has been made a
knight Grand Cross of the Order of St.
Michael and St. George by the British
government.
Professor George Frederick Holmes OF the
University OF Virginia, vino died recently,
had held his position since 1851. and had
never been late TO single lecture.
Tolstoi is suffering from an affliction that
makes surgical operation Immediately
necessary. There is swelling on his right
check that must be cut away. His general
health, however, gives no cause for anxiety.
The report that there is only one sur
viving schcolmate OF Abraham Lincoln has
been disproved Mrs. Susie Yeager OF
Rhineyv.lle. Ky, now in her goth year.
was schoolmate OF the great emancipator
at the first school session she attended.
The deanery of Edinburgh. left vacant
by the death OF Mr.. Montgomery, has been
conferred on Oanon Wilson. a member of
the chapter, who has worked all his life in
the Episcopal church Ct Scotland and is
editor of the Scottish Guardian andaAf The
'Seabugy reports.
Sir Edward Reed, who has been putting
the roller boat, Ernest Bazin, through its
PAGES in the harbsr of Havre. reports very
favorably on the vessel. He attributes the
want OF success In this model to lack of
steam power and limited size, but considers
the principle established.
An autobiography recently published in
England is that OF Charlie Wilson," or
Catherine Coomes. who mrssqueraded for
forty-two years in male attire in that coun-
try, During that time she was married 70
two women and they lived with her for
years without betraying the secret AS
Charlie Wilson she earned f2 week,
though in her own name and proper d,ess
she could obtain but Ell. She confesses
| that her wives" gave considerable trouble
by running her into debt
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
THE FALL IN COTTON.

Mr.. James II. Allen. president OF the
Louis. discusses la the ST. Louis Republic
she fall In the price OF cotton and says;
''of course. ;hcre aro many eapevs for
che low price. rs distsreeabie subject.
The chief cause OF the dcmvralixed condi-
ton OF the market Us the tdfde OF .it'ia
gamblers that arc oyerrunning the South
beating down the prices. They eall thvm-
fayes 'snirsner buyers. buzz piost of them
never SAW a spinner, The; ssll for ftialrc
delivery. aud then go out Into the coun-
Try and hammer prices down until they
can i.ll their orders II q rrofit, Most OF
them haven't sc enough money 10 pur-
chase a bale 81 cotton. ana II they lot
sausnt short thty could not ray their
There ire a few such biyers who have
some financial stanaiag but the large
majority. OF them are peddiers, Their
coribiwed efforts ALWAYS destroy prices,
and. although i took years 30 DO IL, tho
( big t6cto!s have been gradually driven out
OF the cottpn business. They are one
where they were ten. l don't think the
tath had any effect on the market
surrcsc Il was argued that II would boon,
Amer lean cotton factories. ard all | care
10 say is that II hasn't done t.
zone Of these days there will be a COM
Dirhton IN the big Eastern markets that
viii catch these little gamblers IN COTTON
ps'iUiuE, ard when IL comel IL MA suut exs
the lite out OF them, and II win NJ
GOOD Cay tcr cotton %hen THAI hap,,s r,a
These Fellows never buy an ounce IN eot-
ton until after they have II sold. ard ~
course " - their mutual interest 20 hmm
rier the life ont OF prices. Planter, WOO
isei 10 bhip their cotton TO leRttitna,te co.
ton factors to be stored and held for s.ir
prices are selling their product to these
alleged spinner buyers 1. ls proyb,y n
costly c>per1cncs Our travel,ls NOV
coming In from TIE South report condi.
hons there eloomier than ever. rhe No.
nle can not buy anything more prosp.' al I,
mas NOT reached them. and think thev
VIII learn . lesson now that they via no,
soon forget ~" 'o'
Some Of the explanations given for m,
severe decline In cotton during the mas
two months are indeed startling. One 1,
led to believe from trade reports ina,
the VI ID IL in poverty stricken conai
ton and will be unable to buy crop q
American cotton that may be few hun
dred thousand bales In excess Of the actua
consumptive requirements. The fact TIA
the price \ now nearly 2 cents poun
lower than when the consumpti,c need
wore erttmaxed. u given no copsidorati
whatever That 10000. 900 bsles OF lotto,
= ~ cents viii cot $55,ooO, 900 less tia,
! ~ esnne crop q cents. Is evidently no
4 :! lessd m taducsmsnt Tor spInnsu /,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
Reform in Insurance.
New York Mail and Express.

NEW lork Mall ana Express.
A most important change in the basis on
which life insurance is conducted has been
agreed upon by the three largest New York
companies, and is today for the first time
announced.
For several years the rate Of reserve has
been based on per cent interes. as
sumption. The more conservative life in
surance managers have, however, in re-
cent years considered this rate rather
higher than absolute safety might require.
or, perhaps, higher than the prospective
interest earnings would warrant of the
gilt edged" securities in which the assets
OF life insurance companies are invested
On and after January /. 1898. the three
companies referred to, at least. will main
tain on all new policies the more exacting
and consequently safer standard OF an in
terest assumption OF 3ls rer cent, aud the
guaranteed values to policy holders at the
termination OF dividend period will be i'll
creased accordingly.
The changes in premium rates and guar
antees are as follows:
ORDINARY JIEE rOJ ICrrc
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
HOUSTON, SUNDAY, nov. ~ 1897
THE CASE or MRS. MAVERICK.

The case Of Mrs Maybrick. the unior-
trnate American woman who for tign'
years has been confined in woking prison
England, for tho alleged murder OF Fer
husband. appears to have gotten INTO ofN-
;sh politics. and AT last tscrc seems "
be come hope for her release
Extraordinary efforts have been made ny
psople o, nearly all lands 70 have her SEN
tencc Of life Imprisonment eanceied, but
no to the present her jailerS have been
deaf 70 all appeals Queen Victoria has
not manifested even spasm OF sym
psgay. and. IN spite Of the general eonSle-
,ion that the woman IS innocent OF the
crime for which she is suffering. she is
still convict
Mrs. Maybrick was originally condemned
20 death. but her sentence was committed
for no o,her reason than tha; The sn,hor-
impressed by public sentiment
aroused by the paIpAbly unfair rulings o;
The trial Judge, aud the evidence showing
tbs; the deld man had been confirmed
uner Of arsenic--became c,uyineed that
ste did not ds-ssrys the death penalty. and
that there was az least a reasonable ele-
nent Of doubt as 10 her gust. British
nnwiiiingness TO confess tha, British jus
iics can n.Sc4rry Seems to b. more re-
syo1Hibie than anything else for nc con-
,lnued detensson OF this unfortunate rFis-
oner. There was no question that her bus
band hsd Tor years ben addicted to the
eating o. arsenic, consequently u zas only
natural THAI the autopsy disclosed the
presence Of the poison. Besides. her trial
was almos. legal farce, the presiding
judge being not only prejndiced and I'M
fair. but ou,rageousiy bitter aud severe
toward her IN his charge to the jury. In.
deed. there Is reason TO believe tliat ih'
man was nos in his right mind al the time
for be died socn afterwards IA iunsfic
asylum. Under all the circumstances Of
The case Il seems strange that the Englisi
authorities have held on. against the ap
pals for justice made in behalf OF Mrs
Meybrlck. One petition alone. addressed tC
the queen. bore the signatures Of 100000
woman. but II failed TO move her majesty Il
pity. Even the United States ambassado
has personally but yainiy intereeded TO
the unhappy prisoner. but, now that he
case has become semi political Issue, 1
is believed and hoped that expectancy vii
soon effect what justice and humanity hny,
heretofore failed 10 bring about,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14

pssrksss nsp ia ny viIi setssllv
1 pesd
Do IL ps~iniSts tssnk that the con-
stsntIy ipcrsastns demand for cctson ssc1s
can not b ssftber Increased by nvsr
pr,ees ID he nnssufacsnred prccsess- y
4 ,o.stb,e nat the people in ciyiiised
souutr,es cun buy only = certain amount
a. 800 spd 70 nsosc. no matter Doe lSv
ths pricss my Be, DO these trade prophsts
sud uuarkr< nsnipulstors wish The Ara<ss-
can fArmer TO believe that the corstsnty
incrsasing demand for cur cotton in Russia
China snd japan VIII nos b further s'im-
xDssed BY prices that are cents pr po"nd
b~iox the average for tho pas. sir ysars'
VIII the number OF cotton mills IN tho
world, which we're increased LIZ 80 spsn
dies last year. be lensened when sptnhers
have the opportunity Of buying COTTON At
prices that are below the cost Of produc-
toni
It would be folly to presume for mo
raent that cotton manufacturers neemea
The present prices Of cotton 100 high o. I'M"
they were nos buying the staple IN large
quantities Despite the fact that s.svs'vp
bales have come into sight In this coun-
try since the season opened. the visible
snpp,y AZ American cotton IL rov only
1,7ss.0e0 bales. A. there were 100000
bayee len from the previous crop. IL viii
be s.cn tina, practically 2 GEO 900 bsisx have
disappeared in ten weeks. II the world
should continue 10 take the staple At this
rate there would need to be crop OF To-
f05. 900 bales 10 supply this demand Our
exports OF cotton this season have been
greater than for the same period last year:
Northern mills have bought more than In
The first ten weeks OF last season. and the
takings BY Southern spinners hare been
greater than ever before known In a SINH
lar period
The ccnsumptiYe demand shows no de-
crease in any direction. and the reports To
that effect have been made solely for The
purposs OF depressing the market -
large crop and Q poor trade" has been the
cry all the season. aud yet the world will
need more cotton during the balance Of
the season than 1t is likely 10 hnd avail
abie at present prices. 1t is only too true
that the gold standard Of values has re-
suited in decreasing the purchasing power
OF the people. bui the price OF cotton has
already been cut In half TO diseoun: that
feature.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14

nee<~ary nat be shouid pay say stten-
tim TO the gosd organs
| second. the Express seems not 10 know
| ,h.s he rsnubiican Legislative majority
hs. txeu Gu; down in Ohio from s. en- joint
hanoi to S. vita one or two CT these fve
n some doubt. As Hamilton county has
rolv u members. these results must nave
hseu accomplished 10 the rural districts
But the Ncws seerss 10 have noted these
thines. for. in commenting On the position
cf the Chicago Times Herald. which =
simiiar to that Of the Express. toe NeNs
ays:
The Tines-Herai5 does rot disclose me
method by Which Z rcssnss ~, ~ :, s,,ch
view the real signiticaBes OF me rssu .a
has been tightly and .rnpcrfectly eonslu-
erred The fact that igrt voss ives
raiIcd 81 most Of the states = mol ma
tersai Ii q arite eyiden: faat many
voters have changed their party anna
.inris sirs-e the president al election. ~
cal rot be ignored that republican maj91l-
sirs have becn greatly reduced IN sre Ia. .
81 th~ unshaks-sv demand 81 Mr. Bryan's
sptrorters for free coinage NeSsAssa re-
nlaired stsadfaet IN Ene, Iowa, WIKI
democratic candidate Tor governor aIso-
eating even wilder theories than the tni-
rar., convention ever ifs arse'i Of. mao Us
last years republican majority cut in TWO;
Kentucky, with free silver as the only
Issue swung back 10 the democracy ~
% sn majority: Ohso's legislature Us barely
republican airnougn the campaign was
fought on the SILVER issue. the reS,uoiGsns
carried Maryland by reduced majority.
virginia was soNdiy democratic; New
YORK reversed republican plurality last
year OF 2esco ane wen. Democratic ny
nearly 5000. And yet. according 10 Inc
Times Herald this was a verdict asaans1
silver II s. useless for republican organs
10 essay TO avoid the issue. The Mex m
ley adnItrast ration has dcHe absolutely
mott hing to. remedy the currency disorders
which have so lorg menaced ccrnmsrcfai
s;stskty: bsr IL Inns passed q tariff law
which ras placed the produn&ng ana COLI
suInsng nnaspes more than ever at the
mercy OF trusts ard protected interests.
This people are disappointed and II the
Tsmcs Herald doubts Il i VIII get ITS eyes
opened next year when the FIFTY Skin
| cor gress Is elected
The Post IS interested In this Just 10 the
extent OF showing how the gcidbug doc
tors are disagreeing as to the character
OF the naiady which invaded their tribe
on thu first Tuesday In this month.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14

Warriors who die on the sanguinary
field OF battle, in a good cause. win Lau
rels JmperieaaoIe: the engineer who
stands by his post and goes down to
death with his hand on th> throttle. Is
hoaored as a brave man deserves. but
Miss Miskei Of Frankfort Ind.. who gave
up her young life OF fourteen sunny sum
mers that her little friend. Eva Toney,
might be saved from death beoeath the
wheels of q locomotive. she--weii. she will
be given a few brief newspaper para
graphs. and live only in the heart OF her
widowed mother. Yet she died as the
gallant die. she gave her Nfe to succor
her friend from death. and grander sac
rihee than this does not brighten the
golden records even of the angels in
heaven
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
ORDINARY LIFE POLICIES-GUARAN
TEED PAlD-UP INSURANCE.


As the above table shows, the effect OF the
change OF reserve basis Is a slight increase
IN the rates OF premium 10 be charged upon
endowment and limited payment life poIl-
eles ana also upon ordinary life policies
At the older ages. from SO inward da-
crease In rate occurs. inasmuch as expert
ence has shown that the present rates
charged at advanced ages can in equity he
reduced. and should ba. -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14


guilty Of this loathpme offense. and Il We
have erred In speaking Of him u hdA Dcep
uDoa the side OF leniency.
Much has been said and written oi Mrs.
Larxtrr Moralsus and preachers nave
shot their little barbs at her ana urawp
cheap lessons from her NE. rpe hfs pesn
target for every harrow png anu s.st-
complacsnt lecturer Sne mas ,urnihueo
precepts for ten thousand contsnts1, sniirk-
ing hoiniliex. The sermons tnat nave ocen
delivered upon that text wouiu ioai snip
Tho petty maxims based upon ns1 nie
would We treasury. But, coinparsl VIA
the meanness ana degraoauon VI VIZ 'rA =.
indulgence. has sought TO olacken ner ~
the wosme essen - ,h,tsr
,ten tha driven snow. faircr than Astarte's
shining brow. She is thing OF trivial pee
cadilloes contrasted win mons1r
Micksuhess AM I'LL. ~ ~. s,,r,ssstnp mean
ness sunro.a The worst OF her. and yet she
is a miracle of geutleness and grace COM
pared with the renegade VINO once canea
ne, ms wiz. :, ..,. ,.,,h ,ha hvno--
,,sv w',ifb ,ej,s ms IN sneak kindly always
OF the dead. IT seems to us that when q
man leads long NE Oh uegIaua.yn, ~, ~.
.ns MI ess' i.aS,,rs =, ,o,ohis ana ,,ea n
thin9s and bathing his very soul in COW
ardice and treachery-it seems TO VI that
sucn man shouiu ne ueaueu " .ne n.aS
ure OF ms deserts wnsn tne IsS. - 80. -
done anu his recoru lies uipsu
US. Inc only str'ice ne een oS At"us ~
I form LOT Ms geheihtin rn". " - -.
Ject lesson ana warning. neiuee 10 IL
ana his lie mas pee. an injury ,nnucu -, ~
our part we snail uecilne IVY so, IT,.
J
ence between the .u"anu L-ansus y.
| months ago ana the L""atu '1"nse' ~
| To-Day rs that thFn ne was iNins ee' "'iu
now ne Is ueao ohe'
from the sioux oity J"uiha''
| ASTRONOMY Astronomy is an lntehse-
" Interesting study. even With all the fic
| ~, - ,no.,,,,,y. ro,sons. yround nut
'ion anu
or II. enough is Known Oh Tue sSais anu
the universe to fill many volumes. ana TINS
hnowjedee has been gained by slow and
- - ,,.,,, a,,,r svs,.,r
soie o"' -,
has been wen exploited tne piahe's an 10
Gated, their movements measured. and the
char,c,ar,stic. n, the central luminary well
,,,, -. -, -. no,,,,rv 400
stue'e'' "HeA' i'Ns 'A""
the processes OF magnltyiES the iiSnt 'roih
the heavens analyzing 1t with the spectrum
and recording results by means of photog-
- .. ~ Go,
fapoy were u-oaehO tose.hei ioi 'ne Al
time, mans positive knowledge OF tue uni
verse was immediately greatly expanded
The motions OF the stars became better
known, and the astronomer was also able
10 tell OF the minerals and gases or which
they are composed. But peeriug far be-
You'd the great suns that look 10 US like
infinitely small points OF light, the astron-
umers caught the faint glow of the nebu-
lac ana proyed that these are but the uu-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
The Post Get. There.
Garrison Enterprise.

Garrison Enterprise.
The Houston Pest management have
made arrangements whereby the nsor,s
nvnhs on the Houston East and West Texas
n DC supplied with The Daily Post same
DAY Of publication. This will no ,,,s,ao,..,
line. ' aions the