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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-24
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spondent OF the Past says;
the government, 1T is reported, has au.
thorized its agents Throughout the country
TO Obtain the opinion OF the people ne ~
lhe desimblity OF terminating the war
senior Sagasta will announce the result
after the corteS is prorogued. :"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-24
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-24

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New York, June !, n
victed of the muroe' "
suppe a year ago, ~ ~ sss|
be executed durihs
gust !.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-24

Especial Gable Dispatch to the New York Her
copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Ben.
aid, London Times and The Houston Post
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
WHY HIS SHOES HURT.
Jabbit Discounts His Friends Stories
About Footwear.

Jabbit Discounts His Friends Stories
About Footwear.
They were seated in the back room,
and after exhausting all exciting top
les of the day the conversation turned
on the subject of shoes. One man held
that there was no sense in paying fan
cy prices; it was better to get cheap
shoes and buy them oftener. Another
claimed that he found 1t more econom-
ical to pay Waxend $12 pair for his,
as they outlasted three cheap pairs
and looked better all the time. A third
raised his foot to the level of the
table and said: There is pair
bought eighteen months ago for S.
I have worn them all the time and
they have never needed repairs and
never hurt my feet for a minute" Then
.Jabbit broke in. He was on the third
day Of spree and he pointed a wabbly
finger at his feet and sad That's
funny. There's pair I have had on
only two days and nights and they
hurt my feet already"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20

very rich, indsed-and the girls moth
or had believed him, and the girl-she
did not care whether he was rich or
poor-only that he loved her.
And so at last q priest came, and the
two were married, and went away to-
gether to America, and the other lover
staid at home and worked, and grieved,
and waited.
One day there came letter, telling
on its blotted, blistered pages that pitt
full story of mock marriage, cruelty,
neglect, and then, at last, desertion-
desertion not only of her, but OF an
unborn child
He was wealthy mamie had
prospered more than ever lately-and
ho said that he would go and find her
and bring her back with him.
For weeks he had hunted the great
city in vain, and then had found this
clew. The girl was dead, but there was
yet the child
He must see the baby now. What
was the address?
Then at last the doctor spoke, but
his voice was strained and hard as he
said: I'VE put her there so she should
have more love and care. and we all
go to see her often. We have loved
her much. If you wish to see her you
must come there with me now, for 7
l. and his voice sank so low that they
could hardly hear hint am going to
her funeral. She died two days ago."
Elk
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
SNAKES IN PACIFIC ISLANDS,
Hawaii, Samoa and New Zealand En-.
tirely Free from Reptiles.

Hawaii. Samoa and New Zealand En-.
tirely Free from Reptiles.
FOR the most part the Pacific islands
are destitute of snakes. That is abso-
lutely the case in Hawaii, In New,
Zealand, equally free of these reptiles,
the only knowledge which the Maoris
had Of snakes may be found in a le-
gend of monster called the taniwha,
concerning which the authorities differ
as to whether it is the ancestral and
dim recollection of a snake or of an al
ligator. All the eastern islands Of
Polynesia between these two outposts
are snakeless. Westward from Hawaii,
down among the Gilberts and the
Marshalls and the Carolines, the
square-bodied water snake begins to
make its appearance in the lagoons and
harbors. BY the time the PHILIPPINES
are reached the water snake becomes
both common and deadly and the
jungle of those islands are abundant
ly supplied with snakes. From the.
PHILIPPINES as one follows down the
chains of islands snakes are found
both abundant and venomOus. In the
wild lands of the western Pacific the
reptiles are frequently objects of wor-
ship, and in some legends are credited
with the creation of the world. Samoa
seems to lie just on the boundary line.
of snakes in the Pacific In the east
ern islands of the archipelago no
snakes are to be found; in Upolu a
few are seen at rare intervals. In Sa-
vail only a few miles to the westward
they are common and attain great size,
in the case of some kind at least. None
Of them is venomous and the islanders
neither fear them nor exhibit any of
that repugnance to their presence
which is commonly called instructive.
This Indifference to the reptiles is
made most markedly manifest at the
hamlet of Iva on the northeast coast
Of Savaii. Here are to be found small
snakes of the most brilliant red color.
They are so common that basketful
may be easily picked up in any banana
patch. The dancing girls of this
town are in the habit of employing
these gaudy snakes for personal
adornment in their dances. They tie
them about their necks, their ankles;
and their wrists, festoon them in their
headdresses, and tuck few extra ones
in their belt in readiness to replace
such as escape in the dance. At their
best these sivas danced by the Sa-
means are either dull or revolving
shows of savagery. 1t can be easily
imagined that they are made no more
attractive when the taupou or village
maid and her crew of attendant girls
go careering about with an assortment
of writhing red snakes. Still the Sa-
means, who have no stock Of snake
prejudices, look upon this as one of the
most successful and artistic dances in
their islands.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
Watering Sheen.

With dry weather it is essential that
sheep of all kinds should have at hand
liberal supply of clean water for
drinking purposes, says Farmer and
Stockbreeder. Some think that sheep
do not require water, bu: this is a
most erroneous notion. Sheep, like
most domesticated animals, require a
certain amount of liquid, and though,
in wet weather, or when on roots, etc,
they need but very little, they even
then do better with supply at hand.
On the other hand, when the weather
is dry, and the food containing little
or no moisture, it is imperative that a
be used at will, and then no harm can
or will result. But it is necessary to
remind one that if thirsty and parched
sheep are driven to the water. in
either pond or brook, great care must
be taken that they do not get too
much this danger never arises when
the supply is always open to them, for
they will only take that which they
require An important point, too, is
that the water should be fresh and
sweet, not stagnant or stale. but the
latter is far preferable to none. The
trihing cost that may be incurred in
providing the water will be found to
be far and away paid for by the great
cr increase in weight Of the sheep IL
fattening, and by their general health
fulncss Of store
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20


wanted to know what the dickens that
great healthy baby was doing in his
place.
At last one of the doctors suggested
that they call certain philanthropic
young lady whom he knew into their
counsel, and when she came she really
had some thing to suggest.
She knew of such a nice place up
town, half charity and half pay, where
they took limited number of babies
and gave them special, individual, and
wonderful care.
There was vacancy there at pres
ent, and for small monthly payment
she could get Agnes in-the question
was, could it be done?
So Agnes moved away from her first
home. and to the disgust of her assort-
ed parents. seemed to rather enjoy the
change, and began to grow fatter than
ever.
At the hospital all had been we'll. 1t
was not hard to steal one unwelcome
baby from among SO many, and none
of the authorities ever knew-that is,
for a good while.
But one morning something happen
ed. A carriage drove into the great
court a queer, dark man jumped out,
asked for the warden, and was closeted
with him for an hour.
Next there was great running
among the clerks, and turning over OF
records-a few blasts from the warden,
and protests from his assistants, and
then at last certain house physician
was sent for in post haste.
And then, swiftly, clearly, sadly, he
was told the story of that dark Legged
girl who had died there so many
months before, leaving behind her no
name or history-only a little, helpless
child.
The swarthy stranger told this
own dark eyes burning first with an
ger and then with tears
He had known the poor young moth
CT years ago in-Wcll, In another cOun-
try-and he had loved her, too.
She had meant TO marry him, until
one day a stranger came, who had won
her quite away from his old rival. The
stranger had said that he was rich--
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
AGNES HISTORY.

She was born in the prison ward OF
The big hospital.
Her mother, a slender, dark-eyed
girl of barely 20. had been arrested for
fortune telling only two weeks before.
and now lay sad and silent, unheeding
Of the doctors, the nurses, or even tho
chubby bunch that kicked and cried be-
side her.
She did not seem to remember about
the baby. Even when they held it up
before her she did not realize that 1t
belonged to her, and that If her life
ended another weaker one would be
left to fight and face the world alone.
And so that night she died. The
doctors knew they could not save her,
because she did not care to live.
How beautiful she must have BEEN
the night nurse whispered. DO you
know anything about her?'
The doctor shook his head. mo" he
answered, nothing beyond the fact
that she told fortunes to save herself
from death, and so brought on this
last misfortune, which made her wish
to die. When l asked her if she had
no home, and where the baby's father
was, she just began to cry. You see"
and he took the limp, white hand be-
tween his own, "she wears no ring"
NO." the nurse said, quickly, but
she has it here and she drew out
little cord that lay about the slender
neck, and on it hung plain gold we'd
ding ring.
In the morning the question arose.
What shall we do with herr" AS
usual thing the babies whose mothers
deserted them in this fashion were
packed off to the founding asylum,
but doctors as we'll as nurses had fallen
IN love with her.
AT last it was decided, and with the
warden's consent she was carried off to
a ward where not a shadow of the hate
ful prison bars was left upon that
small, bright face. But there arose the
necessity of name, and a little con-
clave was held around her bed one
morning.
1t was easy enough to decide upon
the first name-it should be Agnes.
after the nurse who had known and
loved her first down in the prison
ward, and so, with the aid of the chap
lain, she was christened, but when they
came to decide the second name that
was not SO easy, for some wished her
to keep the name her mother used, but
others, knowing it was false, rebelled,
and so they let the question rest. and
she was only Agnes"
And, though she ruled them all, yet
what good baby she was, and how
bright and pretty, with dimples in her
cheeks and on her toes and fingers,
and great Greasy bracelets round her
chubby arms and legs.
So things went on and every one was
happy, when suddenly it dawned upon
the older ones that this could not go
on forever.
One of her own special doctors fin
1shed his term and went away, and
then one of her nurses went, and the
others began to see that in time they
all would go, and that the hospital au-
thorities were not in the habit of bring
ing up orphan babies in their wards,
fact which was emphasized one day
when the warden, who had forgotten
all about her. stumbled over her when
she came creeping up to him, and
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
Hoods SarsapariIla
A Jolly for Papa.

She-And what shall l say In case
papa asks me what your prospects
arc?
! He-Wcll, cr--you might say that
am figuring on securing one of the
most prominent, influential and
wealthy men in the city for my father
in-law. That ought to fetch him.
Chicago News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
A Prediction Eighty Years Old.

The poet Keats wrote to his brother
George in Kentucky in 1918 as fol-
lows: Russia may spread her con-
quest even to China; l think it a. very
likely thing that China itself may fall.
Turkey certainly will. Meanwhile Eu-
ropean north Russia will hold its
horns against tho rest OF Europe, in.
triguing constantly with France"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
Lots of 1t.

Is there any movement in Botcher's
ncy play?'
Movement? You ought to have
seen the author move off the stage
when the audience yelled for-him after
the first act."-Philadelphia North
American,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
An Excuse,

81 Think" said she, that shall go
to the fancy ball as tax list"
Il comprehend" said he, with his
represent something that will permit
you not to have on more than half you
ought o."-lndianapolis Journal
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20

DEAR ED1ToR:-If you know of solicitor or
canvasser in your city or elsewhere especially
y man who has solicited for subscriptions.
insurance, nursery stock books or tailoring. or
favor by telling him to correspond with us; or
II you will insert this notice in your paper and
such parties will cut this notice out and mail
to us. We may be able to furnish them q good
position in their own and adjoining counties
Address,
AMERICAN WOODEN MILLS CO.. Chicago
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
Mimi 1t WnAs

''.Juse listen how they are pounding
that floor with their feet" said the ira
gedian behind the curtain.
Yes" said the leading ingenue,
that is the stamp Of public approval"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
Horrible ThOuuht

Horrible Thought.
Weary Watkins-Wot are you lookin'
so sore about, boy?
Hungry Higgins-It jist struck me
mind dat Pm like voter, cause l nev-
er run up hill.-Indianapolis Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20

Incnpacitated.

II am sorry" said Meandering Mike,
"but 1 can't take that job you offer me
in the factory"
"Why nOt?"
whenever l get cold I'm slightly
deaf l mighn't hear the whistle blow
at quitting time" -Cincinnati EnQuir-
er.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
Just the Came for Him

I'm surprised to hear you're so en-
over golf, Slighter. Do you
play?"
Not in a thousand years. Wouldn't
know link from balloon. But my
wife is so completely taken up with
the game that sh' has quit trying to
run me."-Detroit Free Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
Outward Signs.

Outward Signs.
New Yorker-Are times improving In
your part of the country?
Kansas City Man-Yes; things seem
to be getting little brisker. We've
had two train robbecies lately.-Chica-
go Tribune
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
Her Rcaa0na.

"Why does Miss Johnson always
wear black?"
"She is in mourning for her hus-
band" '-'-----
But she never had one"
cts on account of one She didn't
have that she's mourning" New York
World.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
Dislikcd the Word.

HIN" said the policeman, Il guess
we'll have to investigate this"
mo, SIR" exclaimed the cynical citi-
zen, whose house had been broken in
to. What want is for you to jump in
and find out in hurry who did it,
Washington Star.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20

The poultry house should have pien-
ty of windows. and If the fowls are
permitted to roost in 1t in summer, all
the windows should be open.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
Hearing Organs OF Animnls.

The hearing organ of animals is no.
always located in the head. In some
grasshoppers 1t Is In the forelegs and
appears on tho wings of many insects.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20

eff you shine up to me-" said the sofa
to the polished table,. Il can see your
finish"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20

Mrs. Misunderstanding Syrup.
For children teetbinR. tens the gums, reduces IN.
allays pain res wind collie. 25c bottle
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20

educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic cure constipation forever:
i0c e5c. II c. c. c. fail. druggists refund money,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20
Nd -0Ol[BC
CHAPTER: VIII.

While judith WAS helping Elsie TO
dress. he servant brought up Il letter.
"1pen it. Judy: il ii from Mrs. Bar
clay. Elsie said
NnIl ltlnNIN 1 Ii. In,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-04-01
Brown,ng aud tho Ath.n.um Club.

0 0ASA SAAV 1AS1uV4&O8UA NAuOs rA5
Calling upon Robert Browning a.
the Athenmum club, then AZ now, says
Colonel Higgenson in The Atlantic,
the headquarters Of intellectual pursuits
In London and Of which it used to be
said that no man could have any ques.
tion to ask that he could not find some
body to answer, that very afternoon, be-
tween 8 aud 6 o'clock at that club, It
seemed strange to ask page to find Mr..
Browning for me, and IL reminded mo
Of the time when tho little daughter Of
. certain poetess quietly asked at the
dinner table, between two bites Of an
apple. "Mamma, did I ever see Mr..
Shakespeare" The page spoke to q ra-
Their short aud strongly built man who
sat in q window aud who jumped NJ,
and grasped my hand so cordially that
1t might have suggested the remark of
Nine. Navarro (Mary Anderson) about
him-made, however, at q later day
that he did not seem like q poet, but
rather "like one Of our agreeable south
ern gentlemen" He seemedfh man OF
every day. or like the typical poet,of his
own "How it strikes o contemporary y
In all this he was the very antipodes Of
Tennyson. He had o large head of Ger.
man shape, broadening behind, with
light and thick gray hair aud whitish
beard and had blue eyes and the most
kindly heart.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-04-01

..N.
~ ~ : me s., ~. os. a re. uss
'la. .lIlS " .Is s,sa AI' .o.a
Foaas.cal sso.oe,ons M..lsn W. Sss!u ~
uss eApelielssa naso sssn p.es $4,000 "
cSml ~ p1Vxtoaeaes - oAe Alno
ol rue -
LOW oaoou ulul' .n.s say,
~ H.G W. Wo1.n u tetsoaAoa euu 01e
q .mu
--, nel,neIus - w peop.e snoulu
understand y OF STATE tetn-
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-04-01
shoestriug Statistics.

The Philadelphia Records calculat.
ing barber says: II sec that your shoe
strings are tied in bowknots. Did you
ever stop to think how much Of the
string is required to make those useless
loops9 Probably three inches of each end.
Tie the laces in ordinary knots, and you
could cut from the pair four pieces.
each three inches long. There are
5OO, 900 people in this city and
80, 000, 600 in the United Statos who
wear laced shoes. If each Of these
bought three pair Of laces a year, that
would mean 90, 200, 900 pair, from
which could be shipped $50, 600, 600
ends. These pieces, placed end to end,
would make a continuous shoestring
II, 045 miles long-long enough to
stretch two.thirds of the way around
the earth. Suppose that the shoestrings
cost at retail an average Of 8 cents a
pair, then the 90. 600, 600 pair used an.
nually in tho United States cost g..
zoe, 1000. One-ffth of their length could
be done away with by cutting off the
useless ends, and the value of these ends
is therefore one-Afth of their not cost,
$40, 600. This sum would buy upward
Of 10, 200, 600 pocket handkerchiefs for
the heather Of Africa. Witch hazel or
boy rum?'
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-04-01
rhe Relation Of structure aud ranstio,

The Relation Of Structure and Function.
Reproduction and dispersal aro the
two great aims in the life Of every plant
aud animal. All else ia but the means,
the mere co%ntrivances, to gain tho best
advantage in the accomplishment Of
these ultimate efforts. Every species,
every individual, exists by virtue of
having striven to attain these ends. In
the structure Of each one ia the record
Of the attainment, partial or complete,
as the case may DO, and each MAJ and
woman Of us Is toiling In his or her
way toward the sanle goal, unconscious
Of that something within us, greater
than ourselves, that ''guides u.s., blind.
fold but safe, from one ago OH to an.
other"
Tho burs and "stickers'' that cling 20
persistently to our clothes are but u part
Of the samo great effort. 1t Is the only
way sweet oicely, desmodium, the bus
marigold and their kin have Of travel
ing through the woods, aud 10 Oh from
forest to forest, from swamp tangle "a
swamp tangle. They live their lives 81
truly as q man lives his, with equally
az good a purpose that ia equally as well
attained. Each embodies those essential
qualities of living that the Great Teach.
er discerned when he bade men "consid.
or the lilies of the field. Professor 8.
Trotter in Popular Science Monthly.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-04-01
The Bells.

1t was In the late John Sartain' q mag.
azine that Poe's poem, 1.-THE Bells, .
was first printed. OF Poe's last visit to
him in his old sansom street house Mr..
sartain recently said: ut was ON q
Monday in l849. Poo had been locked
up in Moyamensing prison over Sunday
for intoxication and was completely I'M.
strung. He thought there was conspir.
acy to kill him aud asked to he hidden.
! humored the frenzied poet'shallucina,
tion, and for two days he remained iu
concealment in the SAMSON street house.
I even went so far as to cut OF Poe'i
mustache. at the latter's request, III or
der that his fancied enemies might moi
recognize him." The first draft Of "sThe
Belle" consisted Of only two stanzas,
and for these he was paid el6. A couple
Of days later no appeared with another
verse. aud before tho poem was pub.
lished he had added again to it. By
this means he received t45 for the poem,
and had not the day Of publication been
near at hand he would probably have
kept on adding to it III the hope Of re.
ceiving additional remuneration. New
York Tribune.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-04-01
Elsph.Dt Life In tho Ju.el...

DsOPAOAS AZ ~ SU0 " Bs0Us
Without elephants jungles would be
virtually impossible. The great beasts
are o mixture Of strength and weakness,
Of craft and simplicity. The paths
through the jungle from village to vii
lage r merely tracks from which the
interlacing foliage has been cut and
thrust aside and the virgin soil trod.
den into q black mud. After . rain this
mud is many feet deep, and no living
creature except an elephant, q buffalo
OF q rhinoceros could labor through it,
The elephant-makes his way by lifting
one foot at a time and inserting II deep
into the slough in front, withdrawing
another with q sound like the popping
Of q huge champagne cork. Nothing but
q ride ON an earthquake could be com.
pared with the sensation Of being run
away With by an elephant. Az for stop.
ping him, some has we'll aid that
you might - we'll Try to stop . runs.
way locomotive BY pulling with your
walking stick on the funnel a. seek to
check IN elephant at such q moment
with q goad.-Exchange.