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rmE TEXAS PAPERS.

The Garrison Enterprise says OF me
gool roads movement:
}; Texas oyer secures good roads, con-
f.el lshar VII have - he urlizei.
A. me young cir! ,r0duate would OK
pfees 49, the Morgan Nerve thinks Texas
',prl 700 raeD Tor 0uythlng" Il
says
/ Te1eH ~ DOW largo iower garden tho
g f.-iF DphTrs are h3"l with the per.
f.n@ uei Asfel Tho bees nave awaken
e. ffnW fHer winter rfpoat and are
s't ".rF f1e f-tHHi.pa with pleasure and
D 20. ff ana fNe NatitrHg pr1spr cts for
g ttAni ipi crap %, houny irduccs the r-o-
(" INN 20 way, !a@7cs, you
+ The iAkng Record thinks Tcxas legis-
lA'ors ni@y make s1ue errors. but d. at
i@as' mas ;sfh IA Their honesty ana intog-
rity.
me governor % Cyio'-,do has vetoed he
~ regulating the manufacture % ulro-
~, ~ 80 ,h" AID w. 90 vot0 nlvsaaNe ootu-
hsnF nlYYsd thai tho hhl had been passed
~ prge'5. Iekaa legislators may be
SIii1 ~ othei ehortcpin. niss, hut tho Rec b
ora Wa not hF.-otr rat anA two mont
bt'r IA e!fher hUaae could be- hrihrl.
ihe isellnD journal plys
81 sv,c az o'e-,!1n WI bc held in this
NlAt" n" Hecord Tuesday ln August tn
pSl9 upon the mum rpaa .mpogiam smeiid-
Hifttp Miiice have been proposed uv the
I tVS1n+tiuif. Ap exemption Of fa,s.1r -,
I ron t@AAt on and Me sStnlny OF county
bllpit Tor - iroa1 bonding and irr gauoil
! putlnf'A. p nu2p'ct by thc people. win
tlrl fore ~ i'lo vrfea iyo almost al on v.
tnrpr 10 get uader asnflNIv l.ffr. INA
closc OF The year. ''''
the Waco Telephone thus records III"
pfosrr's OF arrans"nenls for waoo's an.
/ prpaeiHos carnival o. qusena:
/ Tqe May carnival promises TcSas a M
! 9@lnt more extensive than tho St4.n huy
/ ever before Witnessed, The ,,or..epi an
and arrangements have proved ver, non.
ular and ghc result T. an interest which
/ extends 20 every section OF TeAas
| ,rs,o i,,rilrr'. ~, ~. nom par .ne McN-
/ hands & greatly Interested ana wln H.
/ represented. o,hcr distant towns aud sec.
| tions prom - queens, aud Contra rcNas
| H. meet thoroughly aroused ALREADY thir.
| ty queens are assured, and the humble,
! viii probably reach nifty. W!th their
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SOME PosTscRrpTs.

| 1t is said In New England that Bath. Me-
has more smokers than any other town @
| similar size In that country.
The BARRIERS International union OF Sar
| Francisco has opened a free employmeu
bureau. and is making a success OF it.
A report Issued By the Swiss Commercial
and Industrial Union states that weaving
bY hand in Switzerland has increased
Two whlte-wineed crows make daily Wis
lis to Robert Mullins farm at Leicester
Md. but SO far they have eludcd EFFORTS e
cauture them.
= police census OF York, Pa. Just taken
shows population OF 25sl9, an Increase OF
$3.50 over the Federal census OF 1880.
There are 1000 more females than males.
Harry Zimmerman OF snyaershurg, Md
shot and captured without doing II any So
rious injury a gray eagle which measures
three feet from besk 70 tail and seven feet
three inches across the wings.
-Four years ago. when wool was low. a
1oneshoro Me. man sold all his sheep but
one. which each year since then has raised
a black lamb. until this year. when 1t had a
pair Of white ewes.
Bones Of soldiers who were buried at
Clsrksylle Tenn. when the female acade-
my az that place was used as a hospital
during the war. were uncovered by a re-
40 !ess man iorty-iouF persons ch'etly
representing the old and rich Roman Cath
ole families Of Great Britain have given
lvoV oach 10 me building iund Of the ne"
thioohc caiheaTAl a. Westminster.
The average size Of The kangaroo is from
hFee to four feet in height. Specimens from
SIX 20 seven leet are irequently met WIN
On australian piaina. Kangaroo mas heen
hnoNn 10 MAKE reap ninety lee''
In giving out its monthly statement for
Aprn | the treasury Department estimates
The population OF the United States at a.
ail 600. and the circulation OF money per
caulfa haepd ON that estimate is stated al
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- ''tNtA' "E'''s
To the Editor OF The Post.

To the Editor OF The Post.
Are any of our readers OF the legal pro-
fession fond OF puzzles? Here is one to
solve; In England an action was brought
by a ship owner against consiguec, claim
ing demurragc, dead freight and detention,
The court OF queens bench allowed the
first claim and disailowei the two others.
On appeal TO the eNchequer chamber the
case came before six judges: two OF them
We're for the defendant ON all claims. thus
revising the previous judgment on the first
point and affirming it on the second and
third. Two others were for the plaintiff
on all claims, affirming the judgment on
the first point and reversing 1t on the two
last. The other pair OF judges We're for
the plaintiff on the first claim ana the de-
PENDANT on the others. thus affirming the
court below on all points. Who is the vic
tor? TCl
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DINGLEY ANSWERS CLEVELAND.

Congressman pnsl chairman the
city member committee attend the Grant memorial
world reporter found asked
cnds the Dns tariff and the republic
an policy much persuasion Chairman DnRey said
President Cleveland says that the
and the tariff issue in those parts
decided the contest had to do with the
publican other issue
the pledges of the party made its hrs
duty provide sufficient revenue to carry on fne -
industries the United States stricken by unfair competition
ithless to its pledges
rsacy res. assured there will be no allure indeed the triumph of the party
November last which has been accepted by the commercial world
a ound currency be eryei.
legislation
republican party
the favorable results be obtained and the ag
~ wH Sou'a rise tOl ,s 4 s ns $500 .n
Of gsla provide revenue o the
AS Wilson's
would creaiabe him preserved
the
the the industries of the country
- VISIONS assumption m protection Simply a'm some nous
tries and discrimination against others is in fact lust indictment Of the act OF
ties equivalent difference the while
places the free list certain other industries recurring equal protection
production
tGt9n abroad mainly on account Of the higher rate wages here
distribution
export by
placing od raw materials on the free list has not the slightest basis of fact
only material Of consequence placed on the free list by the uc, of 1853. was
export trade of manufactures of wool been in
neis do4r Inc farm INDUSTRY OF wool productions Not
1884 placing materials the free list
which this country has an actual natural advantage such mineral
more Of
pete oraon business this which
own markets aud compelled sacrifices
NO direction of
noted our foreign trade
OF business reduction o
1t astonishing
took the
been 600
ann i g one Of the phrs ignored the fact
city mat an end should be this deficiency
nIIe aie}a1 n e9 to carr on the Eoyernmen
no more the past two years than y o g g
our loss has been almost entirely
% @ must be sought where they have fallen of mainly duties
~ a' tatlt mus De revised
or encourage @ q here for markets.
, me inquiry Of the World when the bill
~ 'i jH T. however that " the latest date the tariff 0 viii
ASKED whether its character when it
An tariff bills changed to greater or less
infer from the fact that the majority as
doaS Win @ nefsasea Of Viii; a 8Sy o reduce
When asked times Would come Mr. Dim
a doubt that settlement question on protective
pass mere VIII be
take hut favorable business onsin 1w
the tide has within the next f
] VI" 5 be IN %hd ha s osh S3
cnrn"y on mo ,g lime being ayrted
' we were prosperous during those highest se
those a y a FnSay our during
o F R9 e o sxpress any ooen duty congress in the
M0DGAN
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oYEgPEorUcTioK soT ovgRcRowD,
nc


Al in,e.uesn; eEehsrgs pciuts cut ;he
faei tha: rte ~ q "oyereru4ding" 10 he
tnitse SAFER. uhleh s to,ps times uAed
70 ezylsin SIC s,zEaa,ior a. but!nest and
scoc4ai for Tts tho1saaas o, hungry and
unemployed E>s5p5s. ia fully hundred ysafs
chase o. tbs iliae s'EeR i might b. ass.
tsloea via. any show O; reason
TIE p9yuisu9n u the country = pooa
about 7l,Vyo 20 ant ti,e territorial extent.
IN round numbefF Q go 900 square milex IN
cher words cur population is less ,Asn
iwen'y I've % tAs square mile The fru-,
10 Germany are 255 to The square milo. III
France 529. aud 80 England sos people +.
"fery square mile Of territory The ropr.
lssion Of Germany " nearly ten times q
dense &c ours aud in England more thar
t"enir times ss great 10 the square mall,
than 10 tho ruited States. Actually ther.
Is no more complain; Of hard times aud no
more people hungry and out Of employ
neHt 10 Germany and England than VIII
us. Those az work here may indeed liy,
better than those at work in Europe. bu
the cry Of want from oyorcrowding is mo-
heard as often possibly in Europe as IN thi.
MAGNIFICENT country where an KINDS Of foo
products are raised in the grea,est album.
dance.
The trouble with us Is correctly estimated
BY tho Boston Globe TO be- the very rlch.
ness OF onr soil and abundance Of products
compared with our really sparse popula-
tion. Those who produce VIII not, OF
course, give their surplus away, and tho
population Of the Nation IL not sufficient
10 create home demand for the oonsunip-
tion Of the National surplus. The only
salvation. therefore, for years TO come Is o
toreisn market large enough 10 buy our
oxcess Of agricultural and manufactured
products.
The true American statesman is the one
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floats they will form a beautiful spectacle
ana vet this rs but a small feature OF the
great programme. The International
queens prusn.tss a display not even con-
temptated when IL was frst designed that
they should be a feature The Mystic
hrew wall present something startling and
novel. The numerous othar tsst;ures have
signs. Each cay Is hrsnes ng out add, ions
and enlarE-ments until even the eEltausi-
es,ic board OF directors are aston.shed az
the prospect. The May Queen carnival
arrangements have now reached that
point where they may he safely osserici
20 insure the most elaborate and gorgeous
display ever produced 20 Texas. Waco
WI kesp open house for the State on that
occas9on, and Il guarantees all visitors
sights that will repay them.
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The CITY.

The Post 10 delivered 20 shy part OF INA
ely BY carriers al 81 70 per month; iAFes
months, $500. SIX months. ss.e. one y@a''
G2o
Mr.. Theodore Beiinr has charge OF wa
CRY Circulation and Collecting.
Gessrs. Theodore Bsiing AID ChaT.e5
Lon are tho Authorized collectors OF a.!
city bills. both advertising and suoscr.p.
ton. ana no money should be PAD 10 any
one othc. than those aafaed. uuieAs spec!ai
written authority signed hy the Business
Manager ia shown. All accounts of any
sze should lie pt!d BY check "a favor Of
The Houston Printing Company
NO orders Cor goods. etc, are giTen oy
the mana cement, ard none viii be accept
% N payment Of office bills.
Subsc-. ais faS.inE 10 rec-ive the paPtT
regularly viii please monty the Once
promptly. Every subscribers paper is eI
leossa 10 te delivered not later than y
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CnlI for Ediinr..

Beeyillc, Texas, April 2s,-A call has
been issued for a convention OF the edi-
tors ard publishers OF Southwest Texas to
convene at reoyille on the 4th Of next
month. The convention Will meet with a
view OF organizing a Southwest Texas
Press association a neat programme has
been published naming several important
subjects regarding newspaper work TO be
discussed the foremost Of which viii be
what can be accomplished by Il south
west roNas Press association"
Considerable interest has been manifest
ed as evidenced ny the various letters
received here hy Editor Atkins OF the Bee
willie pioayuue.
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

Washington. April 2e.-The election OF
Mr.. Deboe 10 the sens;c from Kentucky
Will. In certain contingencies, give the
Republicans a majority Of one on strictly
party vote until the balance IS restored
BY the election OF q Successor 10 Mr., Gal!
from Florida. There is no immediate pTus-
pect OF such a vote being taken. however.
and she plan Of organization VIII not be
Affected By the election OF the new sen
"ior so That IL 5 probable mat fhe + tot-
9 ida deadlock will be broken heicTo the re
/ publicans hav. an opportunity 20 cap
any gain from their temporary advantage
The colored man and brother who was
so much In evidence IN Washington eight
years ago when Harrison had just taken
the rcns Is now conspicuous by h.s alb
senoe Then all the hotel loobAs were
crowded with Afro-Aperican applicants
| for office. but where there were twenty
then there are not five now. Whatever
/ the cauee-wno,hcr the lily whites have
icrowdei the blacks TO the wall or whe-nrr
/ their ambition for Once ho.dhS mas Gel
out-1,he negroes are showing FooI !qas
mont an stay ~ sway from the caPltii'
and a good many others wuald be wiser
/ IL tfey followed the same course.
Senator Mason of Illinois was formerly
resident of Iowa IN .he course Of his
I<A+if Nl~al 10 N4lt W ltitr must lit nap
rened 10 NEE, a number Of old frienis IN
the presidents ante-room. Considerable
good natured chatting followed. The Iowa
men insisted that Mason ives the third
senator from Iowa, one Of them said:
"Youse good deal digger man in
every way, Billy. .han You used to b.
when you lived ont among Ne,
DO You mean Ia gr h.' asked the sen~
ator
w y ~, d!dn, i you know tn"' was Iail-
. ~, yga9 How do you DO ~"
"Bat Sou don't ride do you senator"
ar de2 Certainly no.. dodge. And
THAI IS what keeps me- thu"
The private secretary Of the secretary
OF state, Mr., L. j. Eaheock, IS i well
known figure In Washington and he has
friends galore from every STATE In the
Union. He has had long ara hon5rable
career N the public service ite WAS pri-
waite secretary TO Mr.. Brstow when that
gentleman was at the head ut the treas
uiy. and when MIR sherman took the
sH'c portfolio Mr. Paddock retained his
former postton. and he has been with
the Ohio Statesman all through MIS- eena-
tDrlll career.
WHOM l was in tho treasury, over
twenty years ego" sad Mr. Bab OK, "A
good many OF the citllt$ g0t a ciaace TO
SCI Europe without any cost 10 ms rov
cTumeut or loss Of fay on Their rnrt. AZ
that time We Wtr. engaged In rounding
our dcbt aud 10 Was a pretty u > job.
Rather than pay Insurance ga tins new
bonds sent 10 them FOR exchange, she Eng-
l!sh iinancicr] would defrly the expense
or a detachment o. clerks sent from
Washington IN charge of the b1nls md
thereby save thousands Ok dollars, + was
sent over on one occasion 10 drirtr 10 the
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SENATOR GoRMAN ON CLEVELAND

inc straight party democrats frank in tbI, -
Ihayeno expressions
iahus speech WIN f oeve-
morning OF meanings IN the
49, F''' 'o'H adapted occasion 80 t"o
'Unpaohs ana eonoeastie Oh wholesale
ana isolated position in the political well enough m individual
,''""Y large receives his declarations ana tho
i" my Interested and rather number Of oed " do of
HI o. ms words small indeed asn Who
osE ha i'" him without
hoN as "e' as anything he has ms speech
utter napAy 10 and his
look TO MT Cleveland
Will file N the W. speech
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nara, ,cpnarn,ca with Himself,

Austin, Texas, April 26,-I notice in yes
toriay's Post that the tallcst policeman
in the United States was William o. Rob
inson o. Knoxville Iowa. desire TO say
that the tailest man connected with tho
legislature of Texas is Colonel James l..
Robinson. assistant journal clerk of the
house, who is perfect giant in height.
Not long ago he told lady friend who in
qulred as TO his height that he didu, know
whether he WAS feet and inches ,all or
feet and inches tall. Lee J. r.
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A strawberry Question.

La ioIl' auNpHlSf'.
Another sclson the berry growers OF the
coast country must ship their berries TO
Northern cities In refrigerator cars. II
seoms thar Flor IA strawberries sent 10
CLicNgo gh.s year m refrigerator cara
arrived IN nrme condition and brought
high prices. whle the Texas berries no, 50
sent suilevo1 In comparison. Would ~ mot
Prov feasible tor the Shippers 20 combine
SO as TO send a refrigerator car iFom
Houston each day.
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| Hikn thTlsI wall are lgpoTdnuy lntreaSluA
the very cmbarrassments from which VS.
| are now suffering. What We must have
is market for our surplus wheat and corr
and meat aud cotton and manufactures ant
II the home field is supplied there Is nc
alternative but to cut down presen, pro-
duction rather than trying TO stimulate It
| or else bend every effort intsllgen,ly to the
building up OF a far greater foreign trade.
--------
a local census Of New York's segears
foo,s up over 1000. Half Of The NUM-
Der are possibly imposters or profession
ais. but few cities In the world presen:
such striking contrasts between the mos;
affect poverty AMI unmeasured riches as
tho great American metropolis The po-
lice UP there are now getting line on
the Iauper frauds and locking them up
or running them gu; OF the ci;y--a course
by the way. that could be properly and
probably followed IN :he smaller c4ues
Tho Gre,ks are as quick to lose hear,
over few defeats as one OF the Texas
baseball lea ue towns
The 'totel" business In New York " N
unders,3 sidiea and rrmarks BE con-
traction owing 10 the amendments TO 81.
Ra!ues law. For year or 50 past Kew
YORK cocld bias; that no city on earth
surpassed her n 'ho,e, communications.
The Accommodations. however, consisted
In the facilities for taking drink aad
siondius around tie bar the remainder
81 the day.
II Will he a long time between senatorial
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who is seeking an extension o, our for |

who is seeking an extension OF our for
eign commerce. Those narrow minded link.
erers with our economic conditions who are
continually prating about the home mar
ket' and are even now seeking TO put ad-
ditional handicaps upon our foreign trade by
high tariff wall are iguorantly increasing
the very embarrassments from which we
are now suffering. What We must have
is market for our surplus wheat and corn
II the home field is supplied. there is no
alternative but to cut down present pro-
duction rather than trying TO stimulate It,
or else bend every effort intelllgenuy to the
building up o, far greater foreign trade
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spcc,a, stan commissioners.

AT AuSTIN-L. 4. Petit otace In the
State Cauitol Building.
AT GALN ESTON--J- II. sullivan, ONCE
n the Evening Tribune Building.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Editorial, AL Business. lsS,
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HOUSTON DAILY POST.
Houston Printing Company.

Houston Printing Company.
Z WATSON. r. N. JOHNSTON.
President. Vice Presldent
q. ]. PALMER, Secretary.
1HE DAILY POSI- SUNDAY POST.
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Entered At tho rosto.ncs ~ Houstoa- Ieri
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year, IS 90; six months, sA,g0; three monias
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tsmi-weekly Post Monday, ard ThuroyS uhs
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O. Z. A. holland, Tranvellnf AUDITOR 80.
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Benlsh, q. h. Aollsad and .. o. carey.
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Tho Gre ks are as quick to lose hear,
over few defeats as one OF the Texas
BASEBALL leo gue towns.
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II will he q long time between senatorial
dr.aks again in Kentucky. but the present
legislature has TO kick coming to Il on
49, ....-..
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The totel" business In New York viii
unaerEo siaden and remarkable con-
traction owing 70 the amendments TO the
Ralues law. For q year or 50 past Kew
YORK eogld bias; that no city on ear1h
surpassed her IN hotel communications
The Accommodations. however. consisted
In the facilities for taking a drink and
s'ondius around tie bar the remainder
of the da.
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Mr. Gladstone has aa1.n refused a peer
age. NJ Gladstone may be permanently
%; OF office bst he proposes TO retain
ne resreet o. me puble.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-09

Hall lots that the Grand Jury will try to
have the Supervisors condemn and con-
vert into park than John A. Russell, the
vete ran clerk of the board.
Mr.. Russell held his present position
when the transfer of the property 10 the
present holders was made. and in fact
complied the records tnat now exist
regarding the transaction.
The propertv bounded by Larkin. Nc
Aillster and Market streets. comprising
the present site of the City Hall and the
land that the Grand Jury proposes to con-
vert into public park, originally be-
longed to the CITY," he said yesterday
''and was used as pubic cemetery. We
called it Yerba Buena Cemetery in the
early days, anc l remember attending a
funeral there in 1851, when we had to cross
morass and the sandhills to reach it,
The ground was used for cemetery
purposes for numoe of years subsequent
to that, and in 1861 was dedicated to pub
lie use by an order of the Board of Super
vlsors that authorized the Mayor to take
possession of the property and hold it for