The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-04


platform. M laid down by King Croker:
Biennial sessions at Albany, lower telephone
tolls, cheaper gas, ruore stringent trust
laSs and excise reforms.
| In this snpposod-to- be overly wicked
town there are more than ilo0 churches
including all denonstions. There are more
| than 5000 congregations, about 400 OF
which hold services in rented halls.
The spring girl will garry more braid
than brigadier Her gown and Jacket
viii be covered with hundreds OF yards OF
braid which are coming IN gay colors and
novel designs but thc blacks VIII hold
their own. When YOU see the braided girl
yon'll not upbisild Der,
Some of the newspapers here are freely
advertising chorus girl who told re-
porter that she has resolved. in case of an
outbreak of hostilitios, to go to the from.
as a yivandere. This silly puifery, TOO,
in the face of the fact that Uncle sam Is
not quite frenchy enough vet to enlist BAR
maids. This vivnndlere will hardly jump
across the footlights unless she rubz or
uaiut and powder and puts on the skirts of
nurse
She was a stylishly dressed pleasant
faced meek appearing old lady when she
was boarding the car the conductor shout
ed step lively, Hurry up now" He WAS
about to push her into the body OF the car.
but she stopped short, and. looking him
in the face. said. MY young man
II isn't worth while TO be In such an awful
hurry. You'll get TO soon enough"
scratch saint In the push here and you II
probably find sinner with sharp tongue
lD ct l.t.G ge. ~,
boothlnck who once had a stand in the
street entered into yearly contract with
an eminent fnancier TO shine his shoes at
the rate Of w cents a shine The boy.
TOO. had an eye to business. tor he played
the market in a small way and he ex-
pected TO profit by Information that he
might incidentally get from the e. { Is
a short time lie became independent and
retired. DID you get rich by playing Mr.
So and Sos tips on the market?" he was |
asked the other day mo, bv coppering
en- was the reply This is a straight tip. |
The sale of the Dana ceramics netted |
$ni,s20. Adding $4,000. the amount |
brought by the seven pictures sold, and |
sSos. 80 which was raid Tor number of |
small teakwood stands and covers for vari- |
realized by the sale was S1si. 500. 80. The
celebrated peach tinted vase was bought |
by Il city merchant for $4,000. Collectors
say the sale Nas one OF the most success
ful OF its kind ever held The art dealers
are doing better than the plumbers this
winter.
There's any amount of valor in Wall
street. Nearly all of the Younger members
,t the stock exchange belong to the Sew
NTH regiment. Indeed, the crack regiment
Is composed principally of young men who
nc employed in Wall street in some ca
laciiy or other, or whose fathers or broth
RS have large interests there. These
'ounB men nre actually aching for a fight.
ma at the very lirst alarm they would put
iside all thoughts of eighth3 and quarters
nd rush to their armory. The National
prit is Just as strong In the financial dis
riot "a II Is in Workers or rodunk,
This g touched for. On the eve of the
tool repentance season II cotillon for
Org couples was gwen IN one Of the upper
'ifth avenue palaces Among the favors
yas sartIer II consisted OF silver ank-
es aud, what Ia more, the Young men
iere expected TO clasp Them around The
miles of their partners, This was an un-
suai performance even for some cotillions
M each Young woman placed her dainty,
attn covered foot upon cushion. while
er knight OF the garter knelt in truly
hiralrohs fashion before his lovely lady
nd casped the Ank'et in place.
There is d chimney 40 feet high running
N from the separating department of the
ssay office on Wal! street 1t was built :
u 1854. lis inner lining OF frebrick was I
,unu last fall to be In bad condition Four
lonihs ago the work of rcplacinl, the lining J
as begun, and Yesterday /. was com
lcted. From the old tirsbrlck fifty two
andard ounces of gold ana $50 standard :
unres OF silver worth Sl5DD, were eX- ]
racted. While the repairs were going ON '
etween SB.0O9000 and $1,000 900 in bullion y
coilmnlated because the assay Office had !
OF the means TO separate IL. It will soon =
e In circulation, however. Money fire. q
iently goes up In smoke. but ii rarely c
'nies down again. I
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