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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
Afro-Amcrican Fair.

eoiored People of Houston ana the
Of Texas.
Fs'e Is a progressive colored man in
r or in Texas. and for that matter
s"i'ed states, who hes not clearly
|'0od and appreciated the vast
men's and abundant possibilities OF
SAHeflean Fair and Interstate Ex.
" him | have 10 say that this as
r. at us birth anG in its infancy
ut'iAer OF 1886 registered speed
go advancement anI-tena9isy OF
sHefgy Unparalleled in the history
ace as rioneer effort. We not
| 'oicame The manifold resistance
co az new enterprises, but proved
hnpie'e satisfaction of the moss
s ttGineSs mon OF Houston that we
1 I'M. VI organizing and conducting
en-! UPON purely business princi-
|p..se efprlse @. any magnitude,
ma. ION II TIE fair o, '96 IN the
80, sinlilartude would be but
4 b saur 10 the phenomenal sue
an n3te already attained.
Ials aceeiersted advancement, tts
~. 'eaait o. constant activity. de-
bm-1 We extend from this very no
Ibs the causes commansuraio
|Ian Inevitable eff c. o. the pen s. d
nln, open in October. 1855. This
|lstsa,,s nis eNtension, Of cause, wbieh
hizs,Gts ana pu passes amoun $ ID a
M in,ns p an eNelnplihcation Of the
e. az, ,'.st in the race ana the cause
q ~, .aieAse Natioaa. usefulness
|o,s p'ete citizenship. which the
hi ~ ~ ms great enterprise have
|hs e,,aFls'a ana fostsred. To share
|asa ay wish viii accrue /, our
Eecss = tAs city o. Hous on and the
kess e % make our assuranc 8
[sise y y deubly sure. / invite 100
ks IT, roiesed man ef Texas TO ioin
|noroli'.es say that this exposition viii
INA r. u rs Influences Il MI 10
rarase the basic prIneinles
|hsDas' M and industriii M II
~ !. within It's peculiar magnitude
az saa state in the happdest tela-
priss exhibits in lis lis: Of : virtues
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
New Years observation-disclosures
Meeting This Afternoon.

New Years KeccptfOn--GOsp
Meeting This Afternoon.
Young Mems Christian Association
tking great arrangements for the
B New Years reception. The mem
y the Ladies' Auxiliary are look
Fward to one of the most enjoyable
In the history of the work A
plumber of members have been added
auxiliary the past year, and the oc-
will be of interest to every one
association. This year the New
kushers itself In on Saturday and
|ternoon from A to Z will be spent
aking OF most excellent supper
Pc men of the city. During these
Ievery man living in Houston is in
Members, contributors and their
{hances are most cordially invited.
|the social feature is TO be one of
psf pleasant affairs ever undertaken.
Re Will be Il meeting for men only
Pttrnoon at 4 o'clock in the hall
association. Song service for fifteen
~, followed by a meeting Of inter
Fli men are most cordially invited.
2rchestra and some members of tire
(quartette will aid in the meeting.
fers are invited to attend.
Pruay is Christmas. The week will
/ OF loving remembrance. Thousands
Erts VIII be made to rejoice over the
Poh OF some present. The parents,
i of the association. can make many
young mems hearts rejoice by giving
ror remembrance ticket in the
Fuon paid for twelve months in ad-
by so doing you will place your
Il your neighbours son, in a posi-
/ remember you every day in the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

10 the Editor Of The Post.
houston, Texas, December 10, wish
70 answer the article signed "old raeyn
Ia wednesday mornings Post. go to the
hiysian street school and am in the toarth
srade My arithmetic has the multiplied
''oh tables in 1T. hut, like "old Fogy s.
boy don't know It very well.
II Old Fogy'' will put on his snsos and
look again he will find the BILE. II HE
boy mas not torn out the leaf.
am ~ years old anl have usei BON
primary and intermediate arithmeties INA
eaen mas ghe multiplication ta,de ir If.
Hillin NinrniL.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

AT the regular meeting of Lone Star
lodge No. 26, National Benevolent Legion
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing Years; James y. Cotney past
president, Frank p. Noland, president;
Peter Chalmers, vice president; G. II.
Minton. secretary; Mrs. II. Cotney. col
hector; Lee Rankin. councilor H. 10,
Macdonald, protector Mrs. j. Minister
treasurer; Clementino Shepler. chaplain
W. Walters, guide; John Pay,on. war
DEM John Charlton, sentry: Samuel
Greene, Samuel Lake. j. Brocker. trus
seec
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

D. r. Rowe. r. c. Sandow. Lynchburg,
Mrs. j. NJ. Brown, VI. Entriken. e. Spen-
Ger, G. II Stieff. A. Broro s. Faikson, W.
N Hull Bozan, & Rolf Jas. Kemp, Geo.
Massie. Mrs. Eva Douglass. q. J,Coleman
Arch Anders. Mrs. J NJ. Frost r KY
burr. Mrs. J Price. Mrs. A. b. Latting. j.
Horstmann, vallner,
The following packages remain uncalled
for in the office Of the American Express
company:
Arnold. James; Bassonctt ]. s. Broets.
man. q. Bering. G, L. 4 Theo. Breed
ing. Miks Hattie: Clark. +, A.: Galloway.
,. W.; Davidson. X. r.; 0asten. Joha q. ],
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

MIR. j. S, Chapman, Manager fer Texas
and Arkansas, Mutual Reserve Fund Lie
Association Denton. Texas.
Velasco. Texas. November -, lN9I--Dear
Sir: take great pleasure in acknowlc ig-
ing receipt OF your associations for $4,000
$500 having been previously advanced 10
defray funeral expepses) in fun payment
of policy No. 2002S issued to my late
husband Hennell Stevens The very
prompt payment OF this claim I appreciate
ana shall be pleased to recommend the
Mut,Ial Reserve t. all my friends who may
desire protection at so nominal a cost.
Wishing yourself and the Association
much success. / remain, yours very re-
spectfully, sapah ., S.eeeDa'
p. s.-lf the late Henneli stevens h3e
taken IN ordinary life policy N M on
system company, and raid the same amount
in premiums as be paid the Mutual Re,
sgrve bis heirs would only have received
s47lO ipstoad q $4,000. Cain by being m
srred tn Mutual Reserve, s59eG.
Crcd gents wanted in every town In me
state. Address nanager Tor information
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

At the last review of the knights OF the
Maccabees tent No. rs the following Off
year:
Commander. ". T. Anderson lieutenant
commander. William Mather record keep
er, Charles Weiss finance keeper, r. H..
l.. Swanson. chaplain. N. j. Weber. ply
slcian, Or X. 4, Norris; sergeant, Thomas
j. II. DeNonng, master at arms. i. j.
\ anch: first master OF guard. l.. II. RasCh l.,
second master OF guard. z, J. Roemcr;
sentinel, sam Dybalsky; picket, ". f. Ma
rOandprr
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
Crittenton Mission.

The services at the Florence Crittenton
mission S03 and 305 Louisiana street, OPP
posite Baldwins natatorium, havo been
well attended during the past week. and
a great time is looked forward to the CON-
irg week. Services on the market square
at 4:30 p. IN. and at the hall at 1915 p. IN.
Week services .. IN.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
FHERIFFS' DEPARTMENT,

ya or stolen from H e. lettering,
FNlile Junction, Harris county
one mare, dark brown, Z years old,
lus nigh branded f reversed II d
Yea on left shoulder; shod all round;
Yeu or stolen from H. W. Long. 1905
'" avenue. city, one horse, black.
I Old, 10 hands high, name reached
plhe' Roman nose; reward s..
Albert Erickson,
/. Sheriff Harris County, Texas.
". NJ. BauAh. Deniltv.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
SpirituaIistfc Meeting

The Houston Spiritual society viii hold
its regular Sunday afternoon meeting and
lecture at o'clock sharp at Bryan Han
No. $40 Fannin street Professor r. II.
Kneeshaw Will oftciate on the rostrum
The public is invited.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
Commander. w. T. Anderson; lieutenant


Last Tuesday destructive prairie fire
was raging on Mr.. Deichmans farm, Hunt
ing bayou. laying the barn in ashes. Ow-
ing to the fact that no one had lived on
the place for some time the fire had full
sway. The loss was covered by insurance.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

The United States patent office In NO
vember 80, 1897 issued TO the Smith Pre-
nlier Tyrew1itlng company patent No. $751;
7Q6, which Will be far-reaching In its ef-
feet upon the typewriter industry, controll-
Ing as it does a principal feature OF the
modern typewriter.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
pATRoNIzE HOME PEOPLE.

especislly when home merchants handle
the pest goods in the market and keen
M. moner in circulation. as It will cnna
Rack to you. Grunewald handles the Knahc
4 Fischer Pianos, instruments which the
o,sest arms Ia the United States have been
harding for the past forty-hve years. and
II orhers we're as god or hetsAr The Same
arms would handle them also.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

Mitchell, w. r.. McKerum, J. D. Morton.
A. A. Odom, N %. Orkin. j. J Pastorlza,
H. p. Perry, 7. ". Richards. Tom Rue.
Sam Ramon. T c. Sears. Mrs. simou,on,
salvation Army j. Steiner e p, spriggs,
8 A. Thompson J @. Tolman, IS. NJ.
Woodsou, A. +. Whitehorst. j. G. viii
liams. @ W. Walker W p. Van Horn. II
N Youngest, NJ Fisk
List OF unclaimed goods At Pacific ES-
press eompanys Office for week endinx
December ~. 1891
Bun Cotton, W r. Falls. Mrs z. GILL
ham. D. l.. Howard Johns Texas Land
company. V. Lemon. T.. II Mitchell G..
Mcclure Mrs. Z. Schwsnder, T. J. shelton
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

Any one having this stock and wanting
10 huy a Piano, organ or Real Estate c@a
be accommodated by G. Gruns"sId' inc
piano organ and Music s'ealer.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

viii never be sang to you II you give yostr,
susethSart one OF these elegant smsu
Guitars or Mandolins at crunewalc's Music
Store.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
VERY EASY
HAVE Yoq SEEN

are ire patsnt springbaek plush seSied
Piano chairs Ell Grunswala's Music store.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

Gonser. L.. (IIfllendahl. Texas; Houston
Packing company: kapner. A.; Meyers.
Louis L.. Mistrot Bros & Co.: Howard,
r.; Nelson. N. A.: Roos. Simon 4 Son:
Richardson. j c., South Texas Orchard
company. weingarten & Adels; Young, s.
W. NJ. p. Teetshorn. Agent.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
u,Nr pEM PRESENTS BACK

And holiday goods at HancocA's Bookstore
lnf6 congress2
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

CONDUCTORS AND ENGINEERS.
who want 1855 calendars for cabs and en-
gines call At Crunewalds Music Store.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

GENERALLY coNCEpED
That the line OF gift books. caxds ana h1nk-
Lets u always The beat q HAnooek'6 noek4
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

w. e. Fitzgerald, Forem,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
FRENCH EIANNEIS.

New and elegant novelties in genuine
French Flannel, which is non-shrinkable
and will retain its beautiful coloring
while there is a thread left. Every day
price is csc the yard, one E2r
week .... .............-...........
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
Drop in 50
DreSSmaking Prices

On all evening gowns. which goes into
effect Dec 10 From sl6 and SIS IN M
regular price Observation-Disclosures O'OO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

Johns Hopkins university, who says:
II have always believed that the civ
ilization of ancient Egypt was derived
from Babylonia, more especially from
southern Babylonia, bordering on the
northern shore of the Persian gulf.
The Babylonians who invaded Egypt
may have been Semites, but their civil
ization was no doubt derived from the
non-Semitic aborigines of Babylonia.
viz: the Sumerians. Many points OF
contact between the Sumerians and the
Chinese have already been pointed
out
Such is the substance of the new
proposition. The scientific and higher
critics, as is well known, regard the
Adam and Eve, garden of Eden and
fall of many story, found in Genesis,
as an ancient myth imported from
Babylonia or Assyria by the Jews, per-
haps during the captivity. The old
testament does not state who wrote the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
HOLIDAY DRESS STUFF} AND SILKS.

Buy i
of moreac lie OIL sensbl week.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

The new proposition that Adam was
a Chinaman has been advanced by
Professor J. de Morgan, for many years
director general of antiquities of the
Egyptian government. His contention
is that the civilization of Egypt came
by way of Assyria from central China;
hence, that our civilization did not
come primarily from Assyria and
Egypt, but from China. he says that
the African race went directly from
flint to iron, and that the link of bronze
is missing. That link he finds in China,
where there was the regular advance
from stone to bronze and from bronze
to iron; and hence he concludes that the
art of working metals came from
China to Assyria and from Assyria to
Egypt. More than this, he finds that
the hieroglyphics of Egypt are but an
other form of the writing among the
Assyrians NJ de Morgan is more or
less sustained by Professor Haupt of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

esque than apes of other countries, and
if Adam, if there were an Adam, came
slowly UP from a long line of pre-
Adamites stretching back to a COM
mon sirnian beginning, we certainly
should have as much pride in our or
iginal ancestor chattering among the
mulberry trees of China as we would
had he been the original occupant of
Eden's garden. Even if the doctrine of
evolution be unsound, and Adam, if
there were an Adam, was an original
special creation, as we'll as his rib, it
does not detract from the reputation of
either to believe that they first saw
the light of day in central China,
formed of Celestial dust, and that the
tree of knowledge may have been a
mulberry or huge bamboo, and that
when they had sinned they went out
from their garden to earn their living
AT raising paddy by the sweat of their
faces. And what is China" itself but
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

story. The popular belief is that it was
Moses, but this is only guesswork.
Again, the scientific opinion is that
man evolved from some lower intellect
many hundred centuries ago and slowly
progressed above the ape species; that
at one time he might have been a sort
of cousin to the ape, but moved on up
ward, leaving the simian Species far
behind.
This theory, however, did not con-
flict with the proposition of Professor
de Morgan Assuming that man has
evolved from the ape, it makes little
difference whether the ape was Egyp-
tan, Assyrian, Semitic, Sumerian or
Chinese An ape is an ape the world
over and time out of mind, and all de-
mands of pride of birth, as well as all
giories of ancestry, can be as well asst
isfed with a Chinese ape as with any
other ape. AS a matter of fact, a
Chinese ape is probably more pictur-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
HOLIDAY CLOAK And FIR REDUCTIONS,

Where the
Wrap?
mott
highest manu-
notification lowering AXE heed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
a Curious Town.

The most curious town in England
is Northwich. There is not a straight
street, nor, in fact, a straight house
in the place: every part of it has the
appearance of having recently suffered
from the visitations of an earthquake.
Northwich, as everyone knows, is the
center Of the salt industry. On nearly
all sides of the town are big salt works,
with their engines pumping hundreds
of thousands of gallons of brine every
week At q depth of some 200 or 800
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
Had Had Exnerience.

A rural citizen of Georgia, who was
about to be placed on the jury in a
murder case, was asked by a lawyer:
Would you hang man on circum-
stantial evidence?".
The would-be juror looked thought
fully for a moment and replied:
well, sir, I has hung a many of
'em on a good deal less"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

feet are immense subterranean lakes
of brine, ard as the contents Of these
are pumped and pumped away the up
per crust of the earth is correspond
irgly weakened. and the result is an oc-
casional subsistence. These subsidences
have q pulling effect on the nearest
buildings, which are drawn all ways,
giving the town an uDside-dOwn ap-
rauoa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

another form of the word SIM. Adam,
if there were an Adam, may Just as
well have been born in China as any
where else. AS a matter of fact, it is
immaterial where he was born. The
world somehow is not overwhelmingly
interested in the founder of the race
if he were the founder.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
WAS ADAM A CHINAMAN.
The --latest Contribution to the Gaiety
of the World.

If there ever were an Adam was he
Chinaman? If there ever were an
Eve, was she an Acknowledged. tiny
footed Celestial? II there ever were a
garden Of Eden, was it in China? If
tnere ever were a snake in that garden
was il dragon of the Chinese sort
Too hldeous OF aspect. to have enticed
any woman to sin?
These questions are now likely to
agltate the scientific world, if not the
theological one. 1t is probable the lat
ter viii scout them altogether as irrel-
evant, if not irreverent The. scientific,
however, win probably stop to consider,
as 1t always does whenever a new
proposition is advanced.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
millinery REDUCTION.

Following the rule of the store to re-
duce for the holiday season, every hat,
and some are copies of the newest
Partisan modes, all are rare productions
and beautiful-but trimmed or 0EH
untrimned they fall. - ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12
Special Sale Of
Black Goods 1870 Off.

Handsome elegant stuffs, richest dyes,
permanently black. A dry goods home
should be gagged in standing by its
stock of Black Dress Goods. These are
our pride were willing to stake our
reputation on them, but we want them
to be gone for many trade reasons.
Kinds and prices too varied to enumer-
ate in limited space; every pieca from
the 39c quality to $500 yard this week
you get % per cent taken off by sales
man at counter when purchase is made
$50 Off
If desirable any of these patterns can
be secured upon small payment, to be
delivered when wanted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

We offer for the week, genuine black
French Coney Capes, all silk lined,
large storm collars, so inches long, 40
sweep. made of full skins, s15OO&S x
value ........... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES -
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

A process Of extracting gcld by which
every particle Of The metal in the ore
IS recovered is stated to be in success,
full operation In West Australia. It is
called the ore atomic process. Cold
quartz is crushed into small Jumps and
is then put into closed chamber, sub
tected to the heat of a furnace, to the
action Of water and Of hydrogen gas,
This eliminated sulphur and reduces
all oxides to the metallic state. After
being heated the material Is suddenly
cooled by Jets Of water-an operation
repeated several times till the quartz
crumbles to powder at the touch Of the
finger. It Is then thrown into tank
and the gold IS separated by washing.
-ChicagO Tribune.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12
Woighing Ice by Measure.

A correspondent of the Western
Druggist complains that he is contlnu.
ally defrauded IN the Ice delivered for
his soda fountain, and weighing not be.
Ing exactly practicable, he wants to
know if he cannot find the true weight
Of chunk of ice by measurement.
st. Louis druggists are not alone IN
their complaint about short weight on
ice, and the explanation for the dimnu.
tive size Of a 100-pound chunk of ice,
namely, that it is the GOODNESS of II
which has contracted 1t so, will be as
familiar to them as to their brethren
in III luck in Chicago. AS to the ques.
ton of our correspondent, that is en-.
tircly apropos, and we take pleasure In
assisting him. The calculation is quite
simple If we remember that one cubic
foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds. One
cubic foot equals II times II times II
or 1,72S cubic inches. Dividing this by
the number of pounds Of water gives
Us LIPS, divided by 62.5, equals 27.65.
Hence, one pound of water measures
27G5 cubic inches, which for 100 pounds
makes 2,765 cubic inches. While ice
blocks, rs delivered, are not always OF
exactly rectangular shape, yet in n ma
jority Of cases the weight could be de.
termned approximately correct We
would advise our readers to try thi;
plan, appealing 10 the scale when theli
figures are doubted.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

William Johnson, who has Just re-
turned from Binghamton, N. Y, from
trout fishing trip to Delaware County,
made successful experiment with a
number OF small incandescent light
bulbs. which he used rs bait. He at
tached bulb about the size Of those
used by physicians, to his line near
,he hook. Then he made trip up
the stream at night, throwing the
lighted bait into the water, the current
being furnished by a pocket battery.
His success was phenomenal.
The fish attracted by the light would
flock around the strange object and
snap at the baited hook Mr. johnson
says he has consulted counsel, and
finds that this manner of fishing is not
prohibited by the game laws, and ex-
perience satisfies him that it is most
remuneratTve from a fsherman's point
Of iew.-New York Press.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12
IHE EuR SEAL.


It's Breeding Grounds, Growth, Home
Life and Produetiveress.
The male fur seal, or "beaohmas-
ter, reaches full maturity at the age Of
seven years. At that time his weight
is about 400 pounds, being consider
ably heavier when first in from the sea
in the spring. or after feeding in the
fall than in the intervening period,
when he fasts on land and grows grad
ually lean and weak. The males vary
considerably in color, the general
shade being black or dark brown, with
long hair or bristles Of yellowish white.
These are especially long and numer-
Gus on the thickenad back Of the neck,
forming the so-called "wig. The
wiggod males have a rough, coarse
coat. and their skins are without mar
l,ef value. The animal makes its home
on the rocky shores Of the islands IN
large, closely-massod bands, forming
what are called rookeries. 1t is ex-
extremely gregarious; individuals sell
dom venturing far from the main body,
while on land, though wandering about
singly in the sea- The female tu1
seal is much smaller than the male,
and has soft, smooth hair OF varying
shades Of brown, under which IS the
dense. short, brown fur. The female
bears her first offspring at the age OF
three years, but her full growth IS not
IaA4