The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-01
GOSSIP OF GAY GOTH

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Christianized Indians with their int
tiers. arc about to visit this city and ~
F! In half dozen or more Baptist chu,,{
| They are Lone Wolf" for manv r.
| chief OF the Kiowas, and Buffalo f.
the chief warrior of the Cheyennes ~
tour will include Pttsburg.
Space costs money here. a younv =
who occupies hall bedroom had ~.
low box made to At into the snsc. !,
meath his couch. In It he keeps his u
suit and his frock coat. Outsider p
may ask themselves why hall bedro61S
needs such luxuries should rcmembey n
appearances go q long way In this t0ts|
Farasols grow more elaborate as ~
advances. In the show windows "
Broadway house that displays a Coz,
arms some elaborate sun shedders mai ,
women sigh as they size UP their r.
The parasol Of 9s will hardly become ~
mon.
Probably. two-t thirds Of the fire WV
in this city are now shod with shoes
rubber pads, to give them a securer ~
ing upon asphalt payements unde4 h
weather conditions. The horses SO 49,
stationed chiefly above Fourteenth n
where smooth streets are now numeroj
The pitfalls of price to the unenlI
ened are many here. a woman, VIA
mircd the design and finish of soma
crystal goblets in a friends home d.
~ -, a.
liar ones were within her ample but
luxurious means. Looking over the =
in shop she found. after a little ~
design that pleased her and inouI
the price. They We're sI25 dozen,
they are still in stock.
At the close of the stock exchange
terday it was variously reported tkaf1
wager of $1,000 against $1,000 had \.
booked or offered, the bettors odds 81
against declaration of war between 81
and the United States. AS there is q ttS3
rule against betting on the exchange ri
names were mentioned. Small bets s53
offered on tho street at these odds W.
conditions. \ good many people here, M
ever, invariably copper" Wall strSl53
wagers. W
The head of the Rapid Transit comrB8
sion says that the actual constructioa Il
The underground railroad will be begM HN
few weeks time. 1t is announced u
there will be two or three bidders for l27
big Job, in spite OF the fact that the r3:SS
tractors must file bond for S15, 000.0 N I'm
a guarantee of good faith and SO fill
Unless there is some unlookedfor 0bsls&
there will soon be new work in sight hs<
for $4,000 toilers. WI
In the course of a banquet given To NV
at st. Petersburg a few weeks ago ll
bassador Hitchcock boldly announced u
he could procure from the United Ssnf
as fine set of cut glass as 1t was p
BILE to procure in England or elsewhSS
The statement was challenged and M2l3
was made. The minister to Russia imnEz
diately cabled to a firm in this city. ORTIZ
ing the best set which money could procr7
A service was accordingly prepared c2
as shipped to st. Petersburg a few
ago The manufacturers are confident "
our patriotic representative at the ia
OF the car will easily win his waget "a
possibly open UP new market fof on
cut glass. W.
The Western Union and Postal ~ N
graph companies sent to Washington tvaSs
ty-five extra operators for service ta4l
during the war excitement Chauncw 81
Depew said in his speech last night t4si<
the telegraph companies. next to the bap6s4
would profit the most by reason Of WIN
and his assertion is confirmed by the htflSS
increase in business done BY them siH 4
the sinking of the Maine. The corresHl
ents in New York of newspapers in OH
titles have sent every night an ayenS{
II 10000 words in excess Of the usEf
mount dispatched over their regular leas55
wires. From Key West the press wa
patches every night have averaged lNSsia2
words at 10 cents word. E{
Rev. DR.. Inglehart of the Simpson Ms4|S
,dist church, Brooklyn. preached resa5s35s9<
war sermon Sunday. War, horrS
hough it be- he said. sis not as'
wrong; it is often right, and the arm
Tod for the maintenance of the right
United States" he declared, "shoudfan
he Spaniards from Cuba by the peso
zen of diplomacy ii possible, by the oal
II war if necessary" Rev. Henry ~
n the Metropolitan church. spoke 10
Il recognizing the independence OF Y
There is but one word he said
,ation need speak at the present mos.
nd that word Is Stop Stop rnuls
top this infamous barbarism, stop snl
ON, assassination, stop thrusting sx
through shrieking women. impalins
rem on bayonets. crushing the bons
.lAx@t r,o
rates of hospitals. who lay groaniu&
heir fevered touches. Let this be osF
FORD to Spain"