The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-19
GOSSIP OF GAY GOTHAM

father and son. are Just now va,
much in the eyes Of that portion :,
the reading jublic which wastes tina
over the sensational prints here. nvs-s
once in while some wonderful Ak,
covery Is laid at the door OF tho wss5
ards workshop, and the son is also cr.s
tied with remarkable scientific and ms
chanical finds. But there's such thIr.
as tso much publicity, and Edison IN
elder Is out In card protesting again.
the use of his name in connection win =
wld-eyed fiction concerning a hirh IA
time in Mars. He said that his uarne ,s
forged to the Marian matter, but for ~
that 1t keeps on appearing. In casa -
this kind 1t would seem that the rnar,s
would have more weight than a carl. nr,-
viding the offended party really feels so,s
on account Of the free advertising. f)nivE
yesterday the chip off the old hloftS
submitted to an interview about schem.
to harness the ocean at cost OF Sgs. .un &
600 for the experimental plant. One rec,s-
nizes in this contemplated achievements
an old friend. How Industrious seniuses
can find so much time to waste ,n ~ e
writer's is at present one of the worriss
of7the boys who do the work" s
While we are not sending warships -
Cuba, we are sending other things M,
Will do far more good. Quinine balls a.
preferable to cannon balls Ex-Mayor
Schieren, enc OF the Cuban rsiisy
committee, informed me tonight that 2,UoS, !.
600 two grain quinine pills have ,sSn
shipped to Cuba. and that there win ~ !
another large shipment next Wedncsdav'
This is thought to be the largest puruha,s
OF qunine In this country since lLs civflsl
war for relief purposes. The public has 81
conception of the extent of The aid hci6S h
sent to Cuba. The last Ward steamer car.s
ried 30,0 900 packages to Havana, he gjIt os8
this committee. These packages conlainod
hard bread, beans, coffee. CONDENSED niill
and other articles of food. The freiRhr
charges on this consignment would hsSss
amounted to $500. but the Ward line tram.
ports the packages free. There will Is
unother shipment next Wednesday almoA
as large. M
The scientists of the country will Be
surprised when they learn that pancake,
common, everyday flapjacks, If you
will--are explosive. set of nine went
eff today in an aristocratic kitchen.
frightening the cook and tho cat and &
calling out the fire department.. Eos.
tunately the pancakes We're put out heiors
the hose was turned on. The inspector pf y
combustibles took a stenOgraphc report Of 4
the cooks narrative, but the mystery Il. 4;
mains as dense as ever. When pancaEe5 A
become pcrilous. bubbles who hang atouts
the range while the cooking school bentf
half is endeiavoring to turn out a baJch Il
bread ought to carry an accident poiicy.
Such bread should it explode, would % y
much damage as Il bombshell.
Mayor Van Wyck, talking about Con.
missioner Moore's bad spelling, soid thdt
some of the most thorough men lie IN
ever known, men possessing the finest nat.
ural intellect, have utterly lacked any d
the niceties of education. He gave nnin-
stance of his own knowledge of a muu m
could neither read nor write, but w
stated a legal proposition so clearly and II
brilliantly as to cause the late Mr.. South.
mayd, whom the mayor thinks was IN
greatest lawyer America ever pro iuced. q
declare that 1t was the most femGkApk
proposition of law ever brought to h8 ~
tice.
Eleven reindeer arrived from abrcud ~
terday morning, and will be shipped % "
Klondike The original shipment ronslHt
ed of thirteen animals two OF which ~
ished during the passage from the ltIesN
of bad weather. A steamship which elHe
ed here from Halifax brought 2cO Nsts
foundland dogs, which are to he sem "
Alaska for transportation purposes SesAg
vessels are fitted out for a trip a1le
the Horn, and everything points q y
early stampede for the gold and ~
fields.
Uncle Russell Sage is getting ~
his old age. He has purchased an up'@
date road cart and q spanking tAA
roadsters, the whole about as fasay
anything that ever came down tho P "
This extravaganza naturally ainases y
friends in the financial district, soms
whom fear that the old man y " =
verge of second childhood.
William Rockefeller has signed : -
for s25O,O00 to John Burrage, colin4 =
the Boston gas companies, as bis pss''
legal fee and commission on tne a's sr
sale of the Brookline and Boston 49, ~
les to Henry Nj. Whitney. This y se 9is
from Boston as the largest fee eses -
ed by lawyer in that town
Four bucket shops in the WM
district were raided by the POLES
afternoon, and eighteen speculaso1
hauled to a station house. AM ..s,s k
was a woman employe, VINO ~ M n
vain. The raid is the outcome y
now being waged en- the out'A~ ''ss n
downtown exchanges. :,
A seat on the Stock ExcnanAs Fe
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