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RECENT INVENTIONS.

To assist n man in keeping cool in SUM
mer n new hat has a water reservoir In the
crown. having a small discharge orifice at
the under side below which Is n, piece OF
absorbent material. which Is thus kept
damp and cools the head by the circulation
of air passing through It,
pulyerized yulcinlzed rubber is being
placed inside pneumatic tires 10 gather
around small drop Of cement introduced
through the puncturo and confine the ce-
mcnt to small spot around tho hole and
mend tho punrture. the quantity of rubber
being large enough to mond q number Of
puncturos
Gridde cakes can BIZ quickly turned by a
new utensil which consists of flat blade
provided with two Journal boxes TO carry
both ends OF the spring wire handle, one
OF the boxes being rigid and the other piv-
oied so that a grip on the handle causes the
blade to rotAte half way by springing tho
wires past oach other
a handy natl-puller has an ordinary ham.
mer head pIyated on the section OF the
doublo-sprng shank which carries IL. the
other section bsing used 10 press against
tho opposite shank and close the jaws.
which arc formed at the ends of the double
shank. causing them to grip the nail and
draw. II whom the handle IL Tilted.
Hiram Maxim, the English gunmnker.
has invented an automatic gun. in which
the rceoil Is used to dislodee a fresh cart
ridgo from the masagine and throw It into
carrier, which inserts II into the breech
OF the gun AS the old Shell IL thrown out.
The mechanism heing operated by u series
OF coiled Springs which are all set IN the
uiscnArge OF the gun. ana released IN turn
10 operate tho mechanism
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taken from the official report now before
congress After a survey and personal
examination of the water route between
Houston and the jetties at the mouth OF
Galveston hay by Colonel Henry NJ. Rob
crt. Major A. NJ. Miller and Captain
George Nice. Derby. corps of engineers,
they reported to Brlgadier General John
NJ Wilson, chief of engineers, "A conser
vative estimate would place the annual
saving of $600000. This saving alone
would justify an Improvement of this mag
ntude, as IL amounts TO more than the
probable cost OF maintenance and the in
terest on the estimated first cost of the
work. The corps OF engineers further in
their statement place this saving MS but
small measure of the value of such ain
improvement to the farming communities
of the neighboring States as all rates to
the seaboard would necessarily be affect
ed" Upon receipt of this report, Brigadier
General John NJ. Wilson, in submitting it
TO Hon X. A. Alger, secretary of war,
closes thoroughly satisfactory report
with the statement: 1T is the opinion of
the board that the interest involved JUS
tify the improvement proposed
Hon. w. b. Hooker, chairman. with
majority of tbo committee on rivers and
harbors of the Fifty-fifth congress have
personally trayersed this waterway. and
publicly expressed themselves as favorable
to the Improvement
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SOME POsTsCRIPTs.

Tortosses and turtles have no teeth.
Fessenden IN. D. has 400 inhabitants and
four newspapers,
There are houses still standing in Nurem
burg Bavaria. that were built in 1850.
London has 100000 houses. Paris has
$4,000 houses. New York has III, 900 house,
4 Young woman in Chicago supports her
SELF by taking caro- OF other peoples birds
and flowers. 10
The cost OF maintaining a cavalry soldier
and horse In the British army Is about $500
per annum. 'TsS
Chicago paper complains that si30 000. :
oV worth of property in that city ~ ha,d
by absentee landlords
An aseptic barber shop has heen startoa
IN Baltimore whero all objects that touch
the lace have been sterlized
The Seoul independent says that !, 70
cent census OF Korea shows ,,,n,,i'.; ~,
. ,lsS24S. of whom 2.ses.767 arc males AND
22,32S,4Sf females 80 -''''
England has requested a hid from /. Me
sn,ri packing establishment for f,,rn,sh,n.
Ioo,ooo pounds OF canned meats for ,hn
British army In India -
There Is an immense, garden 4, ch;,.
that embraces an area Of $4,000 so,,nra
niles II is all meadow land and ,s f,IoS
win lakes, ponds and canals
tills have been introduced In thu Marv
land legislature to place married wo,rar y.
the same legal standing as their hushands
~ The matter OF holding or TRANSFERRING
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HOUSTON. TUESDAY. FEN. ~, isps
Dun REAL RULERS.

Tho report that came from Washington
The other day that war with Spain, or ~
least intervention IN The Cuban war, by
this government. was largely dependent
upon the financial question, * worthy Of
more than simple ptblication-it com
ports 80 fully with tho popular conviction
that thla administration is Owned and d.
rected by the Wall street inil,icncc.
The rumor referred to wa 10 The effect
that Wall street would be willing Tor a
fight &c the war chest was to be tiled with
money obtained from The sale Of bonds
but would bitterly oppose action at Wash
ington n 1t were 20 lead 20 the increase
in tho volume OF grcenbaeRa or of silver
No patriotism. no humane impulses, no
manhood, unless a bond speculation were
IN the background! No war II 1t woald
lead to moro money in circulation!
These fuancicrs would be willing TO
corner the money we have and exchange
It for bonds and add TO the Interest -bear-
Ing burdens of tho country and eramp
trade aud development through the trans
fer OF our present circulating medium TO
war uses, but would crush any other imam
Cjal war measure.
II Is u common belief In the United
States and in Europe that Wall street
has held back the government since the
beginning of the Cuban troubles, That
influence dominated the Cleveland admin
istration as 1t dictates to tho Mckinley
administration. The possibility of being
forced to the coinage Of more silver or the
issuance of more greenbaoks. has stood
In tho way OF justice and hight and national
dignity. J. Plorpoat Morgan has not been
willing to risk The effects upon stocks or
tho possible financial operations that
might become necessary, and the admin
istrations have been silent!
Aside from the merits of the question
Of interference or non-inierferenoe IA the
Cuban light, II ID bitterly humlliatlng TO
feel that the foreign policy OF the country
and the assertion OF national manhood,
or honor, or dignity are in the keeping OF
the Wall street spectators and selfish
syndicates. But deny the fact as we VIII,
or as we may want to, there Ia hardly n
doubt In the popular mind that the baud
OF the money POWER is shaping all our
government policies
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nnrrns or nrnorEAy lNrnncun.

Tho domestic troubles that arc about 10
pronlptate n revolution or a massacre in
France. have been inexplicablo on any rea-
sonablc or plausible hypothesis until the
explanation WAS furnished bv the London
Daily Telegram of Sunday Why should
the French government exhibit such cold
blooded malice toward Dreyfus and those
who maintained that he had been uniustly
dealt with?
Officers have been guilty OF treason be-
fore in France and elsewhere, but the gov
eminent did not cease to become their
prosecutor 10 become prosecutor. The
hate. the yindictiyencss, the extreme sensi-
tiveness OF the government in this affair
have been remarkable. Tho public, ON the
outside OF France. could come TO no other
conclusion than that there was something
state secret OF vast Importance which the
French people ought not in the opinion Of
tho government to know.
Hence the secret trial OF Dreyfus and
tho bitterness shown toward any one who
would reopen tho case as Zola has attempt-
ed TO do! Hence the cruelty toward ORGY
fus as II he were an arch conspirator
against the very existence o. France'
All this is explicable and Ineligible un-
dor the explanation that Russia and Ger
many had secret understanding before
the Franco Russian alliance and that Rus
sia was to furnish Germany with French
war oiice secrets, while Germany betrayed
Austrian plans to Russia. Bismarck 1t
will be remembered. gavo the Franco Rus
sian treaty blow by admitting that there
was u private understanding between Ger
many and Russia.
Drcyfuy, It is said. traded with Russia,
Frances supposed ally, knowing OF the
secret Russo German treaty, Gernany's
declaration. therefore, that she bought no
secret from Dreyfus was strictly correct.
I, VIII be seen that this ,li,,covery IL trcaci-
cry on the nart Of Russia would alarm the
French government and II known by the
Frcnch people, destroy the alliance upon
which Franco has depended for prestige.
Such revelations would create panic in
Franee and drive The present government,
from power.
Under the light Of such an explanation,
tho persecution o. ilrcyfus and zola can be
easily understood; ths government hate
and Jealous guarding OF the real revelations
OF the Dresfus trial arc apprnciable but
what intrigue and international wheels
within wheels and ;eaIo,ixIes and hnIlowness
are disclosed in the whole miserable busl-
ness y would not be surprising to see
red revolution grow OUT Of the situation at
last,
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THIS RrvE1 AND HAaBoR MIL.

CO., -, ~. v,ac,,,r,or rrosnondcnte
i, co,,h.,,, ,.,,,,,,s ,o,. hae, advancing
,a,o,v ,ba, ~ nrosncct Tor tho framing
ana nassaec ~ Tho National house OF /,
uheraI and conprebensiyo rivers and hnr-
bors hi, aro much brighter than they
were n few weeks since.
This viii he encouraging news 10 the
de,ceat,on NJ Houston citizens leaving to-
morrow for washington In the interest Of
tho puffalo BAYOU shin channel. They viii
m with argument 10 back them that Il
tinanswerabIe and N the merits OF PROPOSE.
tIons ore IN decide the duegtion Of appfo-
nr,ations thev need not far IL, place their
object In going 10 Washington alongside
any that thr rivers and harbors committee
viii be called mon 10 consider.
The ONLY obstacle that il to ho fearel is
Tho possibIo policy OF the republican party
towards tho river and harbor appropfia-
lions as 4 whole. II craftsmanship shlil
tilfyiatc that policy and the dread OF 4 great
deficit under the Dlnkley bill shall restiit
In killing nil aftennts 10 facilitate the
commercial advancement of tho snutb
thrnfEh nm Improvement nf our WATERWAYS
Houston win have 10 vail with The balance
OF the South. But can tho republicans
AFFORD 10 10 before tbc country with such
n rauzy oxc,lse for Tho neglect of the great
interests Of the neoplcg win an utterly
false economy be appiuded that ia based
on incompnt.ncv and eowartico2
II IL this latter view of the case that
,s iupellinr many thnuphtfnl and indie
nepdent rnnnblirans In The bouso IN rs,,,I
acatnet tho n,,rl,,o,v ana ,e,loct tNst
y,cr,, obo,,t ia cbnraatorize thn narlv poliev
in tbo nrcmiues ono corrnsnondent says
hat this element declares that rivlr and
.barbor work ~ of far too much impor,nnco
10 be neglected mr. attended IN i,,st os Tho
pojttiool eyipencics M tho n,riv I'm nov,,r
may dictate. On The otber hand ia neg
lect should be regretted moro than tenn
porsry deficiency In the TREASURY. II is
work OF yitnl concern to IN. National CON-
mercc ana enables The DEVELOPMENT of inc
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BLOWING Up OF THE MAINE.

The American people have right to
know promptly by what means an import
ant warship carrying their flag was de-
stroyed while at anchor in the sheltered
herbor of a nation with whom the United
States is at peace.-Ph Philadelphia Bulletin.
AS for the future. no one can predict.
The whole Republic awaits the truth from
Havana with an anxious expectation that
is intense. II there is cause in the sit
uaton for any other National sentiment
than that of grief the people will respond
as one man. Washington Star.
The prompt action Of the commander
of the Spanish cruiser Alfonso MI in send
ing boats 10 aid in the rescue of the Off
GERS and men of the sinking battleship was
an evidence of friendship that on the sur
face indicates that this deed was not per-
formed with the connivance or approval OF
Spanish authorlty.--New York Mail and
Express.
But the American people are too generous
and too fair to permit their suspicious to
dominate their reason and they will wait
for the truth. They are not so calloused
by prejudice as to close their eyes and ears
to tho probability that the explosion was
duo TO causes with which the Spanish gov
eminent have no remote connection
troit Journal.
The brave men who lost their lives will
be mourned by millions of neople that never
knew them, and their families will lave
the sympathy of every true American in
their great bereavement Bit so far as
the political feature of the case 10 con
cerned, we would re-echo Captain Sigsbee's
caution Public opinion should be sus-
pended till further reports. = Indianapolis
News.
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The roI,tlcnl Rrokcr.

SNOWMAN Registsr
y Is all right for a man to change his
political belief, but " he makes continued
and sssiclnaiin study he is net likely to
change moro than once What tho people
''sspise Is = public man who is continually
changing from one policy tc another, np-
plGanlly keeping tab on popular sentiment.
III man makes an honest change ana
sticks to Il he should be honorcd Tor n.
hut deliver us from the political broker
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many, while the few reap unnatural ad-
vantsses and profits.
The inasnates snap their fingers at the
antitrust laws and consign the public,
figuratIvcIy speaking, to perdition! They
laugh at popular protests. How long will
they be permitted to laugh? Whom viii
tho Nation demand that natural conditions
shall prevail again In production and COM
y,afItlon
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. John A. LOGAN and Mrs. Georya i,
through Mexico. ea Vour
congressman I'll Quigg is exciting n,ucn
sttension IN Washington by his latest 1 stvln
~ co'nure. Some Of his friends say thai
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-22
COAL MINING coHFA'
1t VIII Develop the MIS-
M Once N =

comanche. Texas, N0s y
Content Coal Mining oonpea
was organized in this citv ~
a capital Of 100000. VITA
officers and directors: ~
Comanche, president; y. III
Comanche. vice president, u u +.
son OF Abilene. secretalys r
OF Comanche, treasurer - 4,
Strawn. general manager :
The company will sink : ~
splendid property at Sl q
county. at an early cale
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We have come around to the anniversary
once more q the birthday 81 the Father Of
ilis Country Poszibly few genuine patriots
~. = different points N the country. csle-
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|
great mass OF the people The day viii only
be distinguishable because the banks and
postoff1cts viii be closed This IL widely
difcrent country now from that left us by
Washington and much Of his then good ed-
Vice is fnapplcablc and out Of date. but the
force OF HIS upright and patriotic example
ought always 10 be felt,
zoln Ia too realistic. It finally appears. to
suit even French taste.
. rs 4-----4z-----
Spain hopes TINT the expressions Of Span
ieh sympathy and commendablc Spanish con-
duct under the terrible disaster to the Maine.
viii produce 4 better feeling between the two
countries. That win depend on whether the
trouble came from within or Without the
Maine and whether SPAN Is In any way rc-
spouslbic. 1t must DO admitted, however, that
The action Of the Spanish authorities after
the explosion was all that could have been
asked. AZ
Dallas today has a drawing onrd equal to
n Mardl Gras procession.
Tho proposition being urged upon the Louis
lana constitutional convention. to tho effect
that II iliIteracy IL Ii bar to the cxerclsc OF
The right Of suffrage then the state owes it
10 the isuornnt TO give thcm all possible cd
ncational facilities, is n safe and fair sug-
gcstfon Ignorance should not be permitted
.3, -, ,.a,,..,.5,..... .....t, H. ..,,,,
,,a.,,,, ,,t,,e,
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Tho Father OF Ills Country would have to
~, .s,..,,.,.,.
rho speculative splrit that has been OBJ
served Tor so long ia congress Is said to be
developing in the legislature at Albany, con-
cossions TO or regulation OF various on
torprises In New York and Brooklyn fur
nishing tho bnsis for tho flyers" II is not
matter for surprise that the honest granger
orpy LII, ,,a,,,,, ,aa,a,,t,o,,
- -
The Syracuse Post offers Iuetgert Tho con-
ISOLATION that y life sentence nowadays means
about five years!
a -, 49,
stock exchanges 10 create Bringing peace
at-any-price sentiment there is enough con
naonco, somewhere. in ADcricAp manhood to
disturb stock specnaiions 10 an extent. Even
Europe rs allowing American securities to go
downward. Possibly they do nat realize
abroad tho stroug hold that the money power
has upon tho administration.
thc amount OF work left Tor the sanitary au-
ihoritles in this and other Southern cities, and
the sooner they ought 10 tackle the Job.
ihn contributions ilom .le corps OF cnuo'S
at mo Asrleoiturai ana Necpahie" ppi'eSe
the late president Of tho Institution was with
those under bia charge Governor Ross was
a lovablc character and the fact Is demon
| strntcd In nothing so much AS the esteem in
which he was held by those with whom he
came most Intimately In contact.
Reports from Tylcr' Houston mud Folk
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brate the day by reading the Farewell Ad-
dress and drawing some inspiration and en-
enlargement from the character and dis
tinguishod services OF Washington. but to the
great mass OF the people The day Will only
be distInguishable because the banks and
postofflccs viii be closed. This is widely
dncrent country now from that left us by
Washington and much Of his then good adj
Vice is fnapplcablc and out Of date, but the
force OF HIS upright and patriotic example
ourht always TO be felt,
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ugfraD AZ fAs eosrofFicH Ar HOUSTON. TEXAS.
: As SECOND CLASS NATTER.
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mia Killed by = Piece Of nre.a.
nahis' Texas. February 2i.-A little
uniid OF MI. and Mrs. j. w. Broxson Of
ms caly choked on piece OF bread yester-
stantiy, SUI p'eo ~
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Not !. cottes Exeh..,l

Not 4 COtfOn n
To the Editor OF The
New York, February 3,
ferring to the article q 4
l4th instant tpase y =.
Mr.. j. r. Roddy =
been. q member o.
exchange. Yours I
Member Nev ~
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Tho Father OF His Country would have TO
look second time today To recognize tho
old relationship.
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zoia ia too realistic. 1t finally appears. to
suit even French taste.
Dallas today has drawing onrd equal to
n Mardl Gras procession.

Tho proposition being urged upon the Louis
lana constitutional convention to tho effect
that II illiteracy is ii bar to the cxerclsc OF
Tho right Of suffrage then the state owes it
10 the ignofhnt TO give tbom all possible cd
ncational facilities, is n safe nnd fair sug-
gcstfon Ignorance should not be permitted
10 rule, but to deliberately maintain ienor-.
ancc under such circumstances would be man
lfcstly upiust.
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They have been having lots of fun in tn
New Jersey legislature over the proposition
to tax bachelors, The latest move is NJ
amendment to tax the spiustcra also. 1t wa
to BIO expected that such measure woult
reach danger point before being perfected
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Galveston has had big time for some days
pnst. The government has been good to Gal
weston and the island and Its morning paper
should not begrudge others little govern
mont assistance. The pretentious abstinence
of gentleman who has just gorged himself
is not the most admirable exhibition of tenn
perance or virtue In tho world,
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The Syracuse Post Offers Iuetgert Tho con-
ISOLATION that life sentence nowadays means
about five years!