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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-18
HSMENEAL.

WALTERS. FARMER. Ennis. Texas.
June n. Mir. Joe Walters OF Athens and
Miss Attic Farmer OF Blooming Grove were
married al the residence of =. II. King In
this city Sunday. June ~. Rev. ". H..
Duke olhciated.
SLAUGHTER HOLLYWOOD. - Luling.
Texas. June married, al the residence
81 Mr.. ] q. Nugeni, Mr.. J. T. s.. Slaugh-
ter to Miss Jane Hollywood. Justice J C..
Nugrnt officiating.
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I,rnrns Iinppcnlngs.

Hearne Tex. June I7,-From parties VINO
have been out nshing at Little bra1os he
Post correspondent Is Informed tha' 'ne
river has risen rapidly and that Il VIII
likely be several days before hsh can DC
THE work of oyerhanling and repairing
me machinery at the National Cotton vi
mill win begin Monday. !.
Judge George ". Aldredge OF Dallas -
in The city looking after his Bra@os bot
tom interests.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-18
THE HOSPITAL TRAM.
~ 10 Remove sick and wounded
From 'Tptt,pu

'NP' - ~ Wv.
Arlington, June 1.-THE hosnita'
\ Tor the removal Of wounded soldiers
here today for Tampa. The train CON
OF ten Pullman sleeping cars, one
lg car, one cooking car and one com
lcn coach. II is fully equipped for
ial service, with medicines. surgical
luments and other apparatus.
II party, which is under the command
sSor Richardson, consists of two COIN
Poned officers, two non commission I'd
n" twenty-five privates and threa
from time to time as it becomes
sSsry, one or more coaches will re-
northward with sick and wounded
~ sailors or marines, who will be
70 fort Mcpherson, Ga. and other
~nefe there are army hospitals and
"lose condition demands high al
VIII be taken to Asheville. n. c.
Wscnes which remain at Tampa will
w as receiving hospitals.
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and department to his superior officer
while in the exercise OF his office.


Washington, June Ex-senator Hale has
introduced bill authorizing the garntlng
of American registry to prize vessels cap
tured in war which may he forfeited or
ordered sold by the prize court and pur-
chased by citizens OF the United States.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-18

Alvin. Texas. June 1.-THE executive
committee having in charge arrangements
for the summer normal to be held here.
commencing July g. report excellent pres
meets for a large attendance.
Two cassr OF Charlton were reported from
ps terson's hay camp south OF town, today.
Tlt q. A. Il. post Is making pfepafa-
.t5ns for flag raising:a large stau Is nc
Ing put in shape.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-18

Washington June l7.-Assistant SUI
,eon Daniel II. Morgan. attached 10 the
o,r,ser Cincinnati. which has Just arriVc'
a, Norfolk from cruise in the West ID
~, has hfeu ordered before a. general
.onr, martial for disrespectful language
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-18
-Lncnl OntIon Election.

Caldwell. Texas June 1.-THE commits
s!onefs court has ordered local option
election here on July 6, This precinct has
been dry for two years q M " x
anne inmates Of the tail to the Now countH
asylum for the inssnS q ~ poee eazul.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-18

Nacogdoches. Texas. June 1.-THE es-
aiming trial Of Booth and Lee. the TWO
defendants charged with the killing OF y,
Watkins on the night Of the 9Th. resulted,
this evening. In the granting o. ball They
gave bond at once. Booth In 500 ana Lee
in $500.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-18

Washington, June II The house com
mittee on naval affairs has agreed 10 report
favorably to the lHuse bill authorizing
the president to appoint five more cadets
this year TO Annapolis.
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TO Enlist Cooks:

Washington. June II. The house COM
mittee on military affairs has agreed on
and favorably reported to the house bills
for the enlistment of a cook in each COM
pany, battery and troop of volunteers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-23

salary of Sc, 600 in gold, gold being then
coo currency, then the largest salary paid
to any clergyman in the country. This
was afterward increased to $4,000
year, with parsonage, and in 1888 one
of the parisnioners died, leaving him an
annual income from her estate of $4,000.
DIR. Hall himself is authority for the
statement that he had received total
of nearly $4,000 during his pastorate
from wedding fees and like gifts. DIR.
Hall will. when his successor Is chosen,
serve as pastor emeritus. with suitable
allowance.
DIR. Hall was born in Armagh, Ire
land. July 81. 1929 lie is of Scotch de-
scent He was educated at Belfast col
lege, was licensed in 1S49 and preached
In turn al Armagh and St. Mary's alb
hey, Dublin. He accepted a call from
the Fifth avenue church in 1867. The
church WAS then in Nineteenth street.
The congregation prospered exceedingly
under his guidance and the church IN
Nineteenth street, which held only soo
persons, was abandoned for the present
magnificent structure at fifty~nrst
street and Fifth avenue. which holds
1000. and which was built especially for
DR. Hall The cost of church and par
sonage exceeded $1,000, 600.
Rev Mr.. Black, now assistant pastor
of the leading Presbyterian church OF
Edinburgh, Scotland. had been talked
of much as one to whom a call is likely
to be extended TO succeed DIR. Hall.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-23
GlJING A DROWNING MAN
by THIEA El[E4 L1rRDG LIGHT

Der the awful moment when the imper-
illed being disappears beneath the
water. So long as he can be seen strug-
Cling upon the surface, though all the
fates may be dragging him down, there
Is still chance for hope. 1t is the mo-
ment when the mortal creature surren-
ders and sinks into the arms of death,
that is unbearabie to witness. The i'm
agination is fearfully enticed by WIS.,
ions of the unseen close of the tragedy,
the climax that is yelled from view by
the dark water. To those who watch
the broadening ripples on the surface,
seconds stretch to hours. 1t Is not the
victim alone for whom time drags so
slowly that there is leisure for the re-
viewing of a life.
No one ever estimates correctly the
interval that e1apses between the disap-
pearance of the drowning man beneath
the surface and the moment when the
body is brought up from the depths, IL
that be speedily accomplished. 1t may
be five minutes. but a majority of those
who see it will say it was half an hour.
In proportion to the seeming extern
sion of time is the importance of 1t. A
half minute saved may mean the dill
ference between death and lire. That
difference often depends upon the exact
location of the BODY. In SndllOW water
where rover who has hurried to the
spot may grapple for the body with a
boathook, the impossibilty of seeing
more than a few feet below the surface
is the obstacle that prevents rescue.
This fact, so often noted, has led some
Partisan to invent an electrically illum-
mated boathook for use in such emer-
gencies. 1t is impossible to place the
exact credit for the invention, but it's
utility has been subjected, recently, to
a series of tests by the police in nata-
forum in Paris and the results were in
the highest degree satisfactory. An ex-
pert swimmer represented the supposed
drowning man. He sank to the bottom
of the tank and then moved stealthily
along the bottom so that not ripple
showed which way he had gone. The
surface light was so arranged that the
bottom could not be seen, but in every
case the swimmer was quickly located
by means of the illuminated hook.
The implement is like any ordinary
boathook, except that just above the
gaff, a strong glass tube Is carried. In
the center of the bulb is an ordinary
carbon-fibre electric light. Wires run
up inside the handle and are connected
with a storage battery which may be so
small as to be conveniently carried upon
the belt of the rescuer.
1t is the intention to equip the life
savers along the Seine-where drown
ing whether from accident or suicide
is notably frequent-with these devices,
and it is also believed that they can be
of great utility on uch-frequented
skating ponds, and at summer resorts
where there is saltwater bathing.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-23

Science now tells US that the great
EiffeI tower of Paris breathes. 1t is
not after the fashion of human being,
but it certainly moves, for Colonel Gull
laume Basseurot, government en-
gineer. formally deputed by the
authorities of France, has made care
full examination, and so decided.
1t seems odd enough to think or the
great steel structure more than l,poo
feet high being accused OF anything
savoring of the human. but as it bends
and sways, the smile does not seem SO
far fetched, after all.
The engineer tells us that there is not
a moment during the "A hours that go
to make up the day that the mass OF
metal is not in motion. At first the
discovery created great alarm ana
those who knew of 1t were cautioned
to say nothing. That is why the story
has only just been revealed. After the
engineer had made the most minute
sort of an examination he discovered,
so he now tells us, that instead of the
tower being weakened by It's MOTION II
was really a guarantee OF its safety.
The motion, too, is rhythmic and not
a steady settling, first one inch, then
two inches and SO on, but the tower
jingles and jumps just as II 1t enjoyed
the realization of its power of motion
and wanted others TO know and appre-
ciate the fact. AT first the people who
did not know what made the queer
sounds in the tower took the superstl-
tious view, and said the noises were
the voices of the ghosts of the suicides
of Paris, those unfortunate wrafths
who are forced to stand sponsor for all
the uncanny things that the Partisan
thinks he discovers. 1t Is not generally
believed yet among these persons that
the engineer told the truth. and the
fact really is that the Eiffel tower Is
likely to retain it's acquired reputation
of being haunted. !
The cause of this breathing of the
tower is that the great metallic mass
contrasts and expands, just as does the
chest of a human being. Hence the
statement that the metal breathes, ana
/ the absolute proving of the fact that
at last perpetual motion has been dis
covered in he form of a huge tower.
Perhaps 1t may be thought of in the ma
ture of a Jest to call this perpetual mo-
ton, but who is there that has ever
constructed anything which more near
ly approaches it than this great mass
of metal?
The fact that the engineer whose
duty Ii was to examine and report as
10 the safety of the structure has de-
cided that the motion Is an additional
proof of the structures solidity, is con-
firmation of the decision OF the experts
regarding the great sky-scrapers of the
United States which are really built
upon giant skeletons of iron and steel.
1t was noticed a long time ago that
some of these buildings often shook and
shivered like person with the ague,
The experts examined them and de-
! eIared it was in this fact that their
safety lay If there was no vibration,
then every shock would weaken the big
building so constructed that 1t would
never bend, but break. So our sky
scrapers are safe after all. -
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-23

The COW fs striving to rival the goat
sn point of appetite. Thus far, ii Is
in about the same proportion as the
goat rivals the cow on the milk ques-
ton. Nevertheless. if the prediction
for hardware developed by a Georgia
cow grows among the kline there is no
knowing where IL will stop.
The particular COW referred TO Is
owned by Reuben Smith at La Grange
Ga, and although she Is dead and gone
Hhe way of all beef. her memory bids
fair TO live after her. owing to the dis
covery made by those who dissected
her. Look at the accompanying pic
lure and it lis not hard to fathom the
reason why. Any COW that could eat
no penny nails. staples from a barbed
wire fence and brass medal with the
face of Grover Cleveland stamped on
one side is certainty worth niche in
the gallery of fame. not to mention a
few echoes in the Halls of Time.
No one knows how long this hard
mare diet had been cultivated by Mr..
Smiths cow. He remembers now his
attention is called to 1t that nails left
about the cowshed mysteriously dis
appeared on various occasions. Then
he thought some one must have need
ed them or a small boy made n dis
covery, but now he is convinced that
he has wronged every one in favor of
his COW.
To show conclusively what the cow
really did do, here is a list furnished by
MIR. Smith himself of just what he found
i'm the animals stomach:
One brass medal. ornamented with
she picture of ex-Prcsident Grover
Cleveland
Six shingle nails.
Three staples, picked from a barbed
Mire fence.
Three horseshoe nails.
After this astonishing discovery was
made. the cows stomach was carefully
examined to see what effect the taking
of such substances into IL had had
Contrary to expectation, 1t could moi
he learned that any injury whatever
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-23

Across the Hoosac river. close to the
Vermont state line, swings and sways
bridge that makes person with
nerves shudder when he walks across
1t. The bridge is $50 feet long and one
looks down from it 200 feet to the river
beneath. 1t was across this structure
that George Round, a bicycle rider,
scorched on his wheel recently, accom-
plishing a feat that to those who
watched him seemed sure to result in
the riders death.
The bridge is composed of stringers,
held in place by two wire cables. For
guard rail, single wire is strung,
low down, so that person riding at a
height at which the cyclist rode stood
every chance of plunging headlong into
the gulf below the bridge should he lose
his balance or his wheel become in the
least degree unmanageable.
Cyclist Round considered all these
chances, but made up his mind that he
was equal to them. as he had ridden
across bridges at dizzy heights before.
When he told the people of Williams
ton, Mass, what he intended doing,
they tried to persuade him that his
thought was fqolhardy. When one
stops to think that the pathway across
the structure on which it was necessary
ITO cross was single line of 10-inch
planking, their belief seems wise.
| Mr.. Round has been asked to de-
scribe his ride and the accompanying
sensations. and in response to this re-
| quest, says:
1.-THE 10-inch planking which consti-
tutes the pathway across the bridge is
lower in the middle than at the ends,
| because the bridge support, two wire
cables, naturally says at that point.
| The actual difference in height between
| the middle and the ends is eight feet,
and when you consider the swaying
| nature of the structure. that is consid-
] cradle.
Il had walked the bridge several
| times, and the moment l stepped on 1t
u noticed that it swayed with me in a
! rather unpleasant fashion. Any wheel
man knows that motion of this sort
| greatly increased the difficulties of rid
ing / was very sure | could ride the
bridge safely, and was not in the least
| frightened, although / fully realized
| that a fall from it was certain death.
have stood a chance of escaping with
my life in case of fall. but as 1t was
! only two feet in depth and ran over a
| bed of almost solid rock, it was plain
! enough what would happen If ever |
| dropped.
"Well, l started little bit slow. and
| then it came to me that the sooner /
| got to the other side the sooner / would
| be away from any possible danger, and
! so / just scorched it across. as hard
! as / could. The bridge shook a great
deal and once / held my breath for a
second when the wheel struck some
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years old, she is capable of sitting at
the piano and playing any music she
hears Strangest of all, the child can
not read music.
While playing the instrument, the
little one never looks at the keys, but
gazes upward as II inspiration came 10
her from above. Still. she has no great
fondness for classical music. although
she will play it as ready as any other.
She likes best, ner parents say. Sousa
music although that Is only present
fad, as from time 10 time she, like 9TH
ers much older, has new faxorites.
Her mother is very fond of music, out
has been able TO teach the child only
little Even this Lulu resents and says
10 her mother on such occasions:
Mamma go away. / viii get IL all
right myself This is the simple truth,
for indeed Lulu does get IL right. AFTER
she hears a new tune once she VIII 60
to the piano at the first opportunity
and play IL over. Perhaps an OCCASION
al chord may be wrong, but the young
ster will continue playing until she sets
every note exactly as IL should De-
Not long ago she was with her par
ents AT the house of friend when some
one of the guests played a Beethoven
sonata. One of the ladies present said
70 Lulu that there Was sometaing tnat
she could not play. The chiid insisted
that she could and begged permission TO
he permitted to do 50. This being
granted she sat down at tho instru-
ment and played the most diihcuit mu-
Sic from beginning 10 end without an
error. ,.,;,,s,y, -,
nhxsfrians 10 see III her nervous or
ganization is different from thar 81
others or whether there is develop
ment that would indicate that her
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-23
A cow THAT DINED ON HlAIRDDIAIRE

had resulted. Neither did the articles
themselves show evidence of having
been where they were found any great
length of time. For all they showed,
the COW might have been eating hard
ware for years.
1t really demonstrated that the scien-
tific opinions regarding the possibilities
of the stomachs of animals are guess
work to a certain extent. 1T has been
held concerning the cows stomach, for
instance. that il was very tender, when
the variety of food the animal ate was
considered But To the lay mind to say
that the stomach of any animal that
can digest hardware is tender, seems
bordering on the verge of nonsense.
is there any reason. therefore, to sup
pose that the stomach of the COW can
not hereafter be classed with those OF
the ostrich. the goat and the camel!
1T really seems as II the cow might,
in measure, become a scientific prob
lem.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-23
Dirt STORIES OF ODD FACTS OF REAL INTEREST
HOW TO TEST
THE COAL
gOu BURN

The remarkable announcement is
made by Caryl ID. Haskins, the well
known Barton electrician, that we can
now determine by means of the A-ray
exactly how much ash material there
Is In the coal that we burn before 1t Is
burned. In other words. turn the x
ray upon your coal and you can tell
how much of it will remain as ashes
after it Is burned and how much VIII
escape as gas. 1t really seems as IL
some of the most remarkable predic-
tions concerning the Roentgen ray
were coming true.
Mr.. Hasklns. on being requested to
outline the discovery he believes ne mas
made, has sent the following as an ex-
PLANTATION to the public OF just what
he believes he has discovered.
1t is of first Importance to all users
of steam power. The coal which costs
the least per ton is not necessarily the
cheapest coal by any means one OF
the most reliable indications OF the
steam making qualities of coal lies In
the percentage of ash. A coal which
leaves a large amount OF ash is, of
course, a coal which has a relatively
small amount of combustible constitu-
ents and vice versa. 1t Is the deter
mination of the amount of ash In coal
which / believe can be accomplished
with considerable accuracy by means
the horoscope by piece of coal OF a
given size and thickness is apparently
dependent for its relative density upon
the amount of ash producing material
in that piece of coal.
If, therefore, a number of samples OF
uniform size and thickness of various
kinds of coal having known percent
ages of ash be prepared and If a lot of
coal which is to be investigated have
several pieces taken haphazard from
thicknesses to the pieces of known
Goals above referred to, then it is only
a question of matching up the density
of the shadow case upon the fluoro-
scope by the unknown value of coal
with a sample of known value, and
the quantity of ash per ton in the coal
under consideration is Immediately
fixed with, believe, considerable accu-
racy. The method may be termed a
kind of photo metric veil.
So important is the subject consid-
cred that it has been taken up for dis
eussion by a number of scientific So
cieties both in this country and Eu-
rope. Analytical investigation is sure
to follow which it is believed will re-
suit in most important developments.
Mr.. Haskins' experiments in this direc-
ton have been somewhat crude, and
yet they have brought to the attention
of the world knowledge which, from a
mining standpoint, cannot be consid-
cred of too great value.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-23
THE ElFFEL TONER is LBREA Timing

serted a tube, through which the pa
tient was able to breathe. He remained
in the hospital for several weeks, but
was finally discharged and. although
his general health was in an almost nor
nal condition, he could not speak.
On Dec. Is he was admitted to the
Jefferson hospital, and two days later
the operation was performed. The
wounded portion of the windpipe, which
had become shriveled on account of dis
use. was reopened and again knitted to-
eether, the tube this time being in
serted above the injured part. In the
course of a few days the patient was
able to speak. and yesterday he had so
far improved that it is believed his
power of speech is permanently re-
stored
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-23
RESIGNATION OF DR.. HALL.
Surprise Mt tho Wealthy Minister'S Com
ing Retirement Is Genernl.

Expressions of surprise and regret
were general throughout the Preshyter-
ian denomination last week over the res
ignation of DIR. John Hall, who an
nuunced his coming retirement from the
pastorate of the Fifth Avenue Presby-
Iterian church last sunday. DR.. Hail
has been at the head of that church for
so years and is now IS years old. He
has been one of the best known and
most successful clergsmen in New
York. and he has also been heard fire.
quently in Chicago in the pulpit of his
son, Rev DIR Thomas c, Hall, who was
pastor of the Forty -tirst street ana OF
the Fourth Presbyterian churches.
DIR. Hall enjoys the distinction of being
the best paid minister in his denomina-
ton. The congregation Is one of the
wealthiest. If not the wealthiest. in the
country. When he first became the pas
tor there, so years ago, he received a
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-23
YEAR.oIp MUSICIAN WHO p LAYS EVERYTHING HEARS

that is probably because she is so
young. Though but six years of age,
she appears TO be much older. and the
accompanying illustration is taken
from photograph made expressly to
illustrate this statement concerning
the child. Very many musicians have
been to see her and each of them has
said that she has a remarkably aecu-
rate ear and touch that is delicacy
itself In no sense a singer she is in
every sense a player, and the music
that cannot pour from her throat seems
to have found an avenue of escape by
means of the fingers.
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IInAS COUNTY

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