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was found here In the wer Of
climate and soils aad pro-nise fci
the future. Tie common remark by
these strangers has been that III
Ito Northern people only knew wha;
you have here" or 'ii this region were
only better advertised" population would
quickly double and the coast lands would
soon blossom as the rose. II appears from
the frequency and monotoay OF this kind
Of talk that either the South Texas people
are iadlfferently backward in making their
section known and in consequence retari-
lng its development. or the people In other
sections are wofully ignorant o. the gen-
orai soil and climatic features OF the South
west.
Possibly there Is something OF both back
wardness on the oae side and want of in
curry on the other In the situatioo. As the
chiefly interested party. al any rate. the
coast country, through It's more viie-awske
citizens. should act upon the hint given
by these visltors--we ought not 10 allow
the responsibility to rest upon our shout
ders. II VIC have not beon furnishing the
necessary Information about the Texas
coas, country We should cot delay doing 80
any longer.
The gratifying and especially note
worthy fact In tie statements OF our Wis
i,ors is that whom the remarkable advant-
ages and general attrectlyeness Of this
section are known in the Northwest and
Northeast. we may expect to see a rush for
the coast lands. That would mean the in
crease in values, and in extent and variety
Of crops and the quiokening OF every kind
Of business In South Texas. as well as the
rapid growth Of population. I, the declara-
tons Of those who have been lately pros
peoting here are 20 be believed. aud there
Ia no ground whatever to question them,
tor every dollar iudic,ausly expended by
the Texas coast country people in adyeriis-
ing ;hcir section during the next year or
two in the North. they will get ten IN
return in tho way OF Increased sales Of
land. in increased valuations and increase
OF business. To turn comparatively IN
territory into region Instinct
with life and industry is no mean business
or moaey making TRANSACTION Il IS great
and legitimate speculation in which the
prohts are assured. Tho best manner Of
advertising is 4 question FOR local leagues
and commercial and agricultural orge-.=4-
,ions to determine.
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TRAVELLING TO oKLAHeAA
Strange Pair of Men Passea ~
on Thursday.

To the Editor OF The POST.
Waller. Texas. April 22.-Thh n'H
about $50 strangely acting ma
the depot at this place. He was MS
gig, drawn by large dark nay no''s
stopped a minute or more to SPEAK y
Denman, porter at the depot. ne
had driven from Houston. haVis ~ nm
at 8 o'clock this morning. stopper :. I'M KIM
ley about an hour aud was going "a ,sl
homa tonight. The man was aooas y
of age, small in stature ana 'o.v ~ mi
German or French. About hall . NY M
town he stopped and asked 9 ' ria|
road to Hampstead, He said 40 ~ .sOS
to Oklahoma tonight; said ~ M M N
$4,000 OF rentable properly. n. NJ
passed through he was hatless nv rrsti|
lions and disconnected conversatloI III M
to an unsettled mind. He said y ~ hsA,I|
his family behind. About NV yNS. .,rs,si
him rode an old man, ridios a.,sntnI
horse, bareback. No one paid any a IA N
to the mysterious couple, as lns! =
pass through the town. put ~ /, n
west Of the depot, The horse oI', .sasa n
bareheaded man was very mucn ,st a n
although a fine animal, APPEAR, 4. ~
broken down. The writer no'l".s srsa,h|
stable here and he has gone 70 NV n
tho two men and investigate. 1--WE
IDENTIFY something wrong.
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WHOSE Is THE OVERSIGHT?

is 1t possible that this State and partic-
ulariy the people in this portion OF the
State, are standing in the pathway OF their
own growth and prosperity by falling to
advertise their advantages or to make
khown the Inducements and promise to
home-seekers In the Texas coast region?
Or Is 1t simply a fact that the mass OF
Northern people do not read and aequaint
themselves with the possibilities aud pr
cuiiar features of different sections OF the
country?
IN the past few months large 1umber
OF visitors and prospectors from Colorado.
Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois have
looked over South Texas and especially the
coast region tributary to Houston ana
Galveston, aud In nearly every individual
case have expressed establishment at what
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COURT REFoRMs.

The general public must have often won
desed why ii was that the supreme court
Of State ard tho observation applies 10
nearly all OF the States. should b. COM
PEELED TO return to the trial court llsez
reverted in tho superior court Why not
rather render iG every case such q verdict
as should hage been rendered below?
1t SCENE at last from the Memphis COM
uerclal Appeal ,bai Colonel lcarse CAN'T
Of Memphis, one Of the met brilliant
members Of iae bar Of Tennessee. has
reached tho coociusion that ro.orm on
tbs lines above Indicated would be tho
surest and beat way 70 expedite aad
eheapen litigation and to this end he adj
yocates the necessary constitutional
amendment 10 Tennessee TO permit, OF the
| reform. Tho Commercial Appeal fudorses
colone! Gantts proposition ana remarks:
c.ises iuuuncrtAie or., carried mp from
tne lower courts 10 the sJpfa mc r1urt,
ana 'bN nueEat tribunal after listening
90 ha 'r-spl-.rng logic WIN mud some
ground ur Vu"r FOR rcyclu ng ore tula-
mem ur f.3i"r or the lower court aul.
without Indicating "a proper iuasrent or
a'pl@c. the cas-" i- Hiin. y rerAt.ltd ~ 'ne
tral court for a ncw l-etrHE ~ money
NfrttItsn 10 il.flFaI a ftf-.. f+t. fs.. FH ~
20 tnr supreme court about AS or.ru Atf
M, In ,,lrf,,.,,lnrly i,..,at Nh a"
ability 20 d,ate-t errors 10 the lower eourie
,slrns "a he H., .,,,.f,j ,.i,-lt ~ i,,if .,s
s.enee n ne saprenie court w0T r.
efnr In ,be andinss ~ tl.c A.. n1J rem 1e'
der .proper judgement Of drcreo the casc
sna ' b,i1greis os ass ' e. vbeh W. oS w. ryre,
80 Inc siipreIue oour, fo1' t6r lc-e purp1s..
o,it nm o,,'.o+,.,, as 51,,. o I,i, 'E
corporations, would be sritie. iu lha ower
ssyr5 "'''i ''''''" 'AA' '-'' '''' ''''' '''
Anothsr ,urccztlon from ,bc ntaronb,s
attorney is WIEN referon,o IA c,,tti,, a,,,,
tb,, .,,,.sotoss ,,,. ,o.,i, -,,o nj. ,-,,...,..,
or r,co-,, n, ,.,s., ,,a, "a ~ ~ .,,.,.-
co,tr,s-, rofor,, ,h,, s,,e.a.t. i,s.t, .ut.
On, further ,r,,,,rc,,
-~ ''' '''i 80 h"'Hh"-'
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HOUSTON, SATURDAY.. APRIL -.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS.


The Macon Telegraph the Charleston
News and Courier. the Richmond Timns
and. indeed other Southern Journals. are
advocating the establishment OF great
textile school for the South that our young
men may be especially fitted for the eou
duct OF the highest branches Of cotton man-
uiacture.
Tho Richmond Times, after Remaining
that the South ought TO be able to compete
with New England or any other section In
the manufacture OF tho finer AZ well as
the, coarser grades Of cottou. says generally
in comment on the textile school propoal-
ton.
Iais Is i u,nsi ir.laryStins subject, ana
ogas 81 srestt Importance 10 the 3outh. No
rftse ucloFr sLprtia'ed suuch TN came
yseRs as tAoes- adY.Iacs'I by our GaorsA
ana Sovin - p.t1la eontemp9tH-es, AMI
va wound aeTa4a .supblsl1e Lte Importance
ot Vs3ehapl1fatsl ese haoss N 1hzs sect IN in
aoinS ~, w wopid not for non.al DR.
ccur1se tha cuiitSes and universities "
ihc sautG W. N1u!l not have them sup
f'.agi-sd by sorools Of technology, nor even
oyofEisaicNed. but, Wnae We are Itflig
some W Gus trya tos professional he, We
shCyd III otag.s Of tllen lok ...s lg1Ia.rsal
word.
The Macon Telegraph quotes the Times
'R,''S''H5''' @'-A e'.'l-''-''pA'
The so5ner We shsii nave them ,,e s"oner
NaA L1e aoG5h aegnlta ign- cemigert..aai
L. - ny \ sliars nas pfov,dcl lie
rsasoNst : Whereby me south dsay become
.eesSfa, ~, nav n.ateriai r. ii. h,,.II.
re nlnff i3d INC lit!t.rf m"y WORK In
tcslag ma, All y,erali. ~ ,GS south 10 pe
~ u,zs,ed IN the rl'' naii.2 arts. 81 aiat
~ stil.'-. ssse.aas OF IL country ana 81
Gunope as we!.
Tho Charleston He"s aud Courier would
have the ;hTee Sta,es u Georgia, North
aaa South Carolina unite tAeir efforts ard
resources TO establish Joint textile school
that would TO wOr,b' OF them.
Many months ago, during 1896. The Post
editoliaily advocated the greater extension
81 chronological institutes throughout the
South, pointing uut at The ilmo that The
best rewards OF Intelligent effort In the
South hereafter would Iot be found In pro-
fcssional liie hut IN she industrial aud me
ohsnicpl iiclds~in engineering. IN manu-
featuring and mining. In handling and
profiting by our vast material resources.
Already the professions arc crowded to
suiiotation and but few can reach the
heights whero breathing is Easy. rho bus
incas MAJ, the bank president. the factory
superintendent, the mne owner, the men
who haze made themselves conspicuous and
powerful in the commercial life Of com
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infnrmntion Wantee.

To the Editor OF The Post. w,tI n
San Antonio. Texas. April sl u, 4
please help young lady OF u. .,,nr "
placing an ad in your paper .,asos 4
information as to the prfse", ~ ~
her parents or relatives Her , l " 4;
is A. d. scallons and pr. ,,oa ~
Scallons. The last m.,ss IN or ~
have Of them is that they IMssi piorp,ys,,
Rockdale, Milan county. s An, her 10 !,
and Kindness you may snow .%aress .
highly appreciated. Her
Dawson street. San An,o ,ss, Arhl's*
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THAT AIR sHf'
Seen at LoGansport

Logansport. La, April W ,,e,u5
which has been soaring around Inv ~
for some time passed over Losan'p'vU NM.
morning at $50 o'clock. W. -. )
w. f. Graham and J. c. Mof ~ ~ ss u.
early doing some special WORK , S ~ ,
cago Lumber company when ~, tns, .outh !
large object approaching from ,a ~ q W
1900 feet '1 and " was moving at = vsn q
rate. The above men are the fore% sa@ps;i
two tlle rs for n' the Chicago Lumber '''S
and are reliable men.
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speciul star Commissioners.
THE CITY.
q Z WATSON, r. ~ JOHNSTON.
O. f ). F%rSrn, s S,Ss srs:'a''-

The Post 10 delivered to any part OF ms
eAy by carriers at lilo per month; thres
months, 800; six months. $500: one year.
el2eo
Mr., Theodor. Bertng has charge OF the
City Circulation and Collecting.
Nessrs. Theodore boring and Char.ei
Lott arc the authorized collectors OF AZ
city bills. both advertising and suosorip-
ono other than those named, unless special
written authority signed by the Bus'hess
Manager Is shown. An accounts OF any
$40 should be paid by check In favor VI
The Houston Printing Company.
No "orders for gooas." etc. are given r7
tho nanaE efnent, and none WEI De eccep.'
ed In payfnsnt OF office bills.
Euhscr. -srs iaa,ng 10 receive the paper
regularly VIII please notify the ofhce
promptly. Every subscribers paper is eI-
pected 10 DO delivered not LATER than t.2
a III.
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The peopie in Illinois propose 10 stop
nfty-year grants Of franchises hereafter.
or al icas, to stop use political careers OF
Tire country has ouisrown fisiy-year rr.vi-
iogee and people elsewhere than n Illinois
rt,ccen1re this fact. Puhlic officials who
foil ahso to recognise the changed eoIsdi-
-Dgxs VIII make fatal pol.-.cal mistake.
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a Great Paper.
CorsIcana Democrat.

N"'SN""s iFinOcrdt.
me houston Post is great paper md
~ rnr, ana indebted in the principles q
@ant in da, M such such i alls long felt
The Pos, 's grow 'Isa irrsr in Texas May
the coming Of every year. stronger with
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dollars worth OF rsrusscn. he certainly
cheated Thorn and they would have riga;
10 ksck. bu, not otherwise.
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ihe business Interests Of tho country
nave been demanding bankruptcy law
anom congress for years PAST. The senate
haa now passed hi which Is mucn
Nh'pier and probably AS gooI a. tho Tor.
reS OIL and the business world can try It's
POWERS OF persuasion upon Gar Reed 10
allow the hon~e TO take M TIM senate
measure Last Sass,on tho houza passed
7ho bankruptcy bill, hut It ,F..d In The
senate VIII the auioGrat OF the house be
able to stand Of the business world In tho
premises?
IN" marks apr ar TO be utilizing ali tho
passes necessary to hypnotlse .ho Greeks
-
Kansas Cit>slis who pad 20 hear Ingor.
soil the other night are klcb,ng because
they heard nothing now. What ID they
expect 10 hear new from a Nineteenth cen.
tiny inildel? The same oblea,!ons which
tie brilliant aEnosilo Is clothing IN pretty
rhetoric have been urged IN taga agaans,
for nearly 1900 yesrs. II the
Iagan lecturer did not give hiA audience
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

Washington. April Representative
ianham OF Texas yesterday introduced a
bin to cut down all official salaries one
third In order to lessen the expenses Of gov
eminent and discourage the othce seeking
industry but 4; isn't likely that the bill
~sll be agreed to this week. There have
been all sorts Of bills introduced this ses-
sion. some OF which a; least have the
credit of being original.
To enable the unemployed to earn q
living. TO utilize Industry. and to produce
general prosperity" Is the title OF a bill
which Congressman Rldgely proposes as
schedule for wholesale distribution OF
money. Mr.. Ridsely wants States, Terri
tories. counties. cities, towns, townships.
and even school districts, in the United
States TO issue bonds in unlimited guam
uties Whenever they want TO give employ
ment TO people on bridges, roads. canals.
school buildings. etc
bill which MIR. Howard has introduced
the authorship OF which is credited TO Jas.
seldom Cowdan OF Vienna Fairfax county.
virginia, is the most unique OF all. II is
wholesale reform beginning with the prop
osition that no member OF the house shall
be elected speaker Cu-iously enough. there
rs no constitutional objection TO the bin
The house Of representatives shall choose
its speaker" SAYS the Constitution. and 1t
does not say that he must be member OF
the house.
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Senator Hawley OF Conneot-cnt remarked
the other day that the presence Of large
Brush feet :n American waters and the
str'',sgste ming Of tho noriincaiions a, Han.
fax and in the BerHsuias, ought TO make
vs. slow abou, adopting the arbitration
treaty. To a maa up Il tree 1t looks like
such things ough; TO hurry up the rAtiiicA.
q On Of the tfNsaty.
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And why No''

To the Editor Of The Pos'' ,he rrls
Ferris. TEXAS. april 2h-7s i, pis'
States, under the preseh' W ,rsstiop' y
to legislatc upon he money w. Kan ps,s''
less she has the consent OF i0' ,aslr ~
would it not he proper 70 ~, Ne r.ultca =
ON all questions affect'ns ' crops " r.
and especially as 10 nv Mat Of -.
raise the kind md apR n. y ~
SHOULD be planted ~.
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II begins 10 hook as & the Euronean con-
or; were az unsuccessful as tbs nscea;
season of grand openl in Chicago.
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The towns that lave not seen asrShirs
tbs ssasun are laying up csaraeier for
IN, hxrsxAsfsr
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Mr.. McKlnley's want Of sons o; his own
may account for his conspicuous failure
To sympaihize deeply with the aspirations
Of presidents sons.
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The Greco Turkish troubles have aroused
the ardor OF the officers OF army and navy,
especially those who are young in the SER
vice. War is their trade. OF course, and
any kind Of conflict in which the United
States could be induced to take hand
would be eagerly welcomed by them. Pro-
motions are slow and II is no wonder that
a murinur is heard from West Point where
sixty-two young men Will be graduated in
June. and there is not a single vacancy In
he army to which one Of them may be
Aunointed. There are already eleven addi-
ional second lieutenants OF the army reg
ister. who have never been assigned to reg
iments. They belong 10 the graduating
class OF last year. These with fifteen non
commissioned officers, make total of
eighty eight who must be taken care of
According to the usual rate OF mortality
there Will be but four or five vacancies In
the list between now and June when the
future field marshals win be kissing the
girls at West Point goodbye, and those will
be given to enlisted men who have been
advanced in the last eleven months. A
Eurouean war would be a Godsend to these
technically correct young military lights.
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ro cunp 4 COLD . ~
40 Su as,xs Bronze osisaasnss i
All druggists refund the s
70 cure. &c. y lt5.
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Ex-oueen LII rises TO remark that Il
they viii give her d far race and q fa.r
count IN a popular election for the pre'si-
dsncv ~ Hawai-. she viii soon demon
s'tTsie which way the wcnd - blowing over
the Sandwich Islands. Unfortunately her
appeal Is nade TO a republican president
who has Etue coniideaee IN TIA; kind OF 4
preslaelEtlnl race
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Tina death Of Judge Holman. the great
ohie-tor." CT Washington removes an able
mum ana picturesque figure from public
i!te He was i terror to the people and
congressman with petty Jobs on hand, was
personally hcrest, and, Notwithstanding
LIS unpopulai4ty with members, always
their respect.
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The political bosses from Texas are not
the only leaders who are suffering from
the attentions OF clainorous office seekers
Some of them have a hard time keeping
from being worried 10 death by faithful
partisans. but Colonel a. r. Buck OF Geor-
gla, newly appointed minister to Japan,
Isn't troubled by them any longer, although
he is the head of the republican party in
his State and is supposed TO control the
distribution OF Federal patronage Since he
has been in Washington he has been stop
ping At the Hamilton, where he has an
office in the annex. His callers became
SO numerous that he WAS forced to resort
10 ruse in order TO have some peace Of
mind. Every morning the colonel disap-
nears from the hotel, and callers are in
formed that he is at one of the depart
inents. After being told this for several
DAYS seycrsl OF them decided to wait for
the oolonei4i None of them have SO far
seen him leave or enter the building. and
they arc figuring ON how IL Is all done.
1t Is amusing to pass the hotel and see the
line OF office seekers lined up on the X
street side. waiting. Nothing will cause
them to cease their vigil until Colonel Buck
denarts for japan 1t is said that while
ostonsibly at tho hotel. Colonel Buck is
safely secluded in friends house a mile
away.
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THIS hn'ks aprar TO be utilizing all tho
passes necessary to hypnotlse .ho Greeks
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Wa nigh; occtP; the settlement from
sfa.n thai ,hs war n tho Philippines IS
ended e: We had not sen cuba 50 thor
ougaly pacincl for the past yeor or more.
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John Allen of Mississippi-Private John
cane. II was straight stick with a long
flexible branch twisted around it.
This stick" says Mr.. Allen. came from
the grave Of George Washington, and was
given to me because embody all of his
virtues and none of his vices. Tho
straight part Of the stick represents me.
and this branch is the democratic party
clinging to me -
Somebody asked Mr. Allen how he stood
ton In the house. "Oh. we'll" said he, Il
haven't heen registered yet. and think
am on both sides. IT reminds me of a
man in my county who was running for
the legislature. | met him one day and
said to him: bob. how are you getting
alcng with the prohibitionsts? All right
said he. And how?' said l. Well said he.
I drink with the liQuor men and vote with
the prohlhi,lonists.'
Representative Fleming of Georgia made
an eifort on the floor the other day TO show
that an appeal from the ruling OF the
sneaker was n debatablc question. Mr.,
Reed said 1t was not.
After the adjournment, MIR. Fleming went
10 the speaker with little red book. II
was entitled Reeds Parliamentary Rules.
In II was paragraph which showed that
tho appeal could be debated
What do You say 10 that?' asked Mr..
Fleming t'umphantly.
II see H." drawled Mr.. Reed. as he cast
his eve over the paragraph in his book,
but, MIR. Fleming, tho book is wrong"
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Il]Tl SaIlsbury my retHe nom the BIT
isH premiership on the ground OF III
health. The situation into which the noble
marquis has got htmseyf and his country in
the East would make stronger man than
Salisbury sick.
American syndlcates continue to pass
right across Texas winch IS uudcr the gold
standard ANA invest their MILLIONS south OF
she RIO Grande under the SILVER standard.
OH. what blur was worked against tho
amo.e. weAk-lne-d american voter last
.i4llf
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Tia government has declared the snte
Quaransne effective May l. That Will b.
q good time also for the various cites and
towns Of Texas 70 clean Up Tor the helted
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-08-28

without a sound, tuined himself around
three times and lay comfortably down.
Three deacons We're instantly in the
aisle, coming up before the eminent di-
vine, who, we fancied, Wore a rc strained
smile. We heard the hurried whispers,
Belongs to them, Quite local in
stitution here, you know" Don't like
to offend sensibilities, and the minis
ter's prompt, by no MEANS" as he
went on with his service A short month
ago we would have repudiated Bones;
today we sat there in slightly supercili-
Gus attitudes as if to indicate that any
affront offered to Bones would be an in
suit to ourselves and followed by an in
Simultaneous withdrawal in a body.
All went well until the minister, lift
ing the large Bible from the communion
table and holding it in both hands be-
fore him, walked toward reading stand
by the altar rails Bones uttered dis
tinct growl. The minister stopped.
We and we alone, comprehended in
a flash the whole situation. The Bible
was nearly the size and shape of one Of
those soft clods Of sod which we were
in the playful habit of painfully launch
ing at Bones when he lay asleep in the
sun in order to see him cleverly evade
it. We held our breath. But the oppor.
tunity belonged to our leader, JEFF
Briggs, confoundedly good looking
fellow with the golden mustache of 9