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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-04

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Cuba will be asinarket for sun.
ma'hirery. agricultural maeh,ns,,
light appliances, railroad supuy;s,
war;, etc. In fae;, there viii NJ
and constantly increasing mari
our productions, from clio hes "a !.
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70 Is to be hoped that we have not reckless
ly captured white elephant on the other
slide u, IN world.
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At present Cuba grows 1a.e,,Tl
Of tobacco let.s which opsns 4,
American manufacture. The 2;sl
coanuts raised annually SHOW N
OF active ard energetic capital "
nut oil factory. The "a. 900 .000 Z.
bauafGa ne" grown yearly a.
than doubled after political ,lifef.I
bstn set'ltf anC the trade OF Al,
in Ala.ria( Is abundant for ls
factllre ct soap, coarsely flbereI "
may kindred industries. Frult h
an avciase make large returns n
yea"s, osoe-. the banana, vi,
abundahtly after the first year
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lreie Sam ought 10 have loe 600 Vol
a.Aed. properly ofticerod and funy organized
re ryea. outside the National Guard. who
euAid 40 20 the frout In an emergency with
's' aolny and Vithout having any nee ques-
tona 60 FIRST settle The only cost would b.
Toe eouipment and a small appropriation Tor
a0neAl eneampmopts Of few days duration.
The National Guard would constitute the
second reserve 10 repei any attempted inya-
sion
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fact that Cuba was supported
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steadily and exceedingly. II l
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when let alone by its own and 4
pies. 1t has grown steadily rid4
the fact that its per capita y
three times that of the United "a
that Spain must forever keep \
the little Island. and american
be infused into its slow Southsr /
shall see great things rom Il
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which may not seem credttablr, yet |
tried to tell myself that | would have
taken the same course without it,
This was the reason which my con-
science forces me to disclose: old sam
Warren. Uncle Biuy's lawyer and the
only man who knew anything about the
disposition of the estate, gave me a
quiet hint that the property would go
to Uncle Henry. OF course, considering
our business relations, it was in the
highest degree essential that ! should
get back upon a basis of friendship with
him.
He doesn't know that he's going to
get the money, Frank" the old lawyer
had said to me, land of course he
doesn't know that YOU know 1t, but
that's the way the will stands"
So I went to Uncle Henry and had
most cordial and hearty reconciliation
with him. I confessed myself in the
wrong in our business difference and
yielded all points in the new agreement
that was then and there drawn up.
When that was over, we were the best
of friends.
/ could not quite forbear taking ad-
vantage Of our renewed friendship to
ii, Oh 7
'P ,.I,r-,t Enan,, &c r. tbot~ said he
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was Slad lHcle iitl'iS 'ellcNeu H. 'l''oI :,
it had led to the happiness OF heo'I'ru
and Daisy, ana could not help sl,ecu-
lating upon the result TO Mlldred' Cou.u
win her again? rms thouGht was III
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then that little Philomena started out
to see if there was not something that
she could do to make money, for the
stock which had been saved in more
prosperous times was beginning to set
dangerously l0v.
Philomcna hoped that with the money
she earned a doctor might be employed
to come and give medicine to her sick
father. While he had been able he had
craWled every day to the dispensary,
where a busy young physician gave him
hasty attention and random medicine.
The dime which the dspcnsary asked
for it's very meager service had grown
beyond the means of the family, and the
only hope that Mother Puegi and the
little Philomena had for better times
and the recovery of their dear ones lay
in the prayers that every morning and
evening they offered before the little
image Of Santa Lucia which stood on
shelf in the corner.
Philomena wandered out through Null
berry street down past the white po-
lice headquarters building, at which she
a squalid thoroughfare with its dinGy
shops, old rattletraps of horse cars
and throngs of sad and i'll clad toilers,
hurryng to and fro on their way be-
tween home and factories. About the
doors of some of the places might be
seen little knots of people waiting pa
ticntly for Il chance to see the owner
who had advertised for workers.
She was very hungry and u seeking
something to divert her mind from this
she spied another little Waf, black
kitten with tangled hair and wild look
ing eyes. Philomena called to the cat,
and it came shyly over to her and
rubbed its head against her bare feet
Phlomcna was charmed. She had
heard that a black cat brings luck, so
sh" gathered the little thing up in her
arms. When she started down the
street, the kitten followed her. Philo-
mena took it again in her arms and
went west toward Broadway. The
neighborhood gradually improved, and
! htfo. = she realized quite where she was
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The BLACK
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There had long been hard times in the
Puegi family They lived in u dirty ten
ement house in Mulberry street New
York, occupying a single little room, in
which the father, mother and four Puegi
children huddled at the best in the most
trying poverty. With the head of the
family sick in bed, the 2-year-old baby
suffering from n slow, weakening illness.
the result of the hot, impure air and
lack of proper food, things could not
we'll have been worse.
At least so thought little Philomena.
She was a thin, homely little girl of 10.
the oldest CT the Puegi children. Her
duty it was to take care of the house
and the sick padre when poor Rosa, her
mother, went out to look for work. She
was only an ignorant Italian woman
not long from her native Sicily, and
there was little that she could do, while
the great city was teeminG with eXpe-
rienced workers anxious for n chance.
She did not look very strong, nor was
she very intelligent, poor woman, and
when any one was employed Rosa was
always passed over
The search for work began to tell up
on Rosa, ana as the baby grew worse
she could not leave it at ALL 1t vas
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would let him. and this so angered
Daisy that she threw him over alto
gether, even before there was any real
cause for it.
Strangely enough, she laid the blame
for the trouble upon Aunt Harriet,
Henry's maiden sister, who kept house
for him. The two would scarcely speak,
and, as they lived under the same roof,
the situation was very painful.
Harriet believed that Mildred was at
the bottom of the whole difficulty.
That girl thinks Leonard is going
to get the money" said Aunt Harriet,
"and she has set her cap for him."
| could not believe it, for Mildred was
the sweetest creature ever sent upon
the earth to bless it by her presence.
| had been-indeed, then Was-very
much in love with her but she had be-
come cold to me, though once. l think,
she had really cared for me. II was the
money that had spoiled all. Mildred
knew of my quarrel with Uncle Henry
and believed that my merccnaly nature
was to blame for it. | had fancy
that her acceptance Of Leonard's atten-
tions was intended as a rebuke to me.
Thus we We're all estranged, though
We preserved an empty farce of eXter-
nal cordiality. / was Wroth with Uncle
Henry, he had quarreled with his son
for being so cold a sutton to Mildred,
Leonard was angry with Daisy for her
jealousy, Daisy would not speak to
Aunt Harriet that estimable lady re-
garded Mildred as Il serpent in disguise,
and Mildred looked upon me as one
whom the love of money had made I'M
worthy of woman's priceless affec-
ton.
No wonder the townspeople, who were
fully Cognzant of the situation, be-
lieved that open warfare would follow
Uncle Billy's death. AS for myself,
deprecated strife. My uncle's serious
illness had worked upon my sensbili.
ties, for / really loved him, and L be-
lleved that he desired peace and moi
strife to follow his demise.
With this thought in my mind ] tool
occasion TO speak privately with Uncl,
Henry. 1t seemed to me that that wa
the way in which I could best promote
good will. Let me be perfectly franl
! about it. l had reason for my action
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Before Daisy could answer we We're
interrupted by the coming Of Mildred.
How lovely the girl looked in the pale
glory Of the moonlight. Ny heart leap
ed up at the sight of her.
Frank" said she, II have done you
a great injustice, ana ! wish to humbly
beg your pardon. | thought that you
We're after this dreadful money but it
seems that you knew all along that you
We're to be the heir. And today, when
Uncle Billy is so i'll and the money so
near your grasp, you have gone to I'm
Gle Henry and settled all your differ
ences, yielding everything to him, when
you might have won every point with
the wealth that will be yours. 1t was
very noble of You, and | hope you will
forgive me for every thought Of mine
that has wronged YOU"
Dearest Mildred" said /. taking both
her hands, here is some strange mis-
understanding, but | thank heaven for
it, I am not the heir. | am not nearly
so good a fellow as you think me. but
love you with all my heart, and I be-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-10-22
A QUEER PORTO RICAN.

One of the oldest of the new inhab-
itants of the United States is Diogenes
of Porto Rico. Diogenes does not live
in a tub, although it is likely he would
not be too proud to do 50 We're not the
tub a little too large for him. D!ogane5
is a crab and, like the crusty old
Greek philosopher after whom he was
named, is a hermit. His home is the
shell of some other marine animal
which he moves into after the original
inhab!tant has grown tirsd of it. Scores
of these crabs Gather at tn" foot of
trees or under shruAbsry &2l come
times climb up into the branches by
means of their powerful claws. When
Diogenes wishes to express his dissatis-
faction with things in general, he gives
voice TO curious complaint something
like the croaking of a frog.
1t must be said of him that he is not
by any meaEs temperate where food Is
concerned, for he eats greedly OF de-
caying flesh of fish or anything he can
pick up on his marauding expeditions.
Vans and cocgaauts are not disddined
when other food fails
dos acs does nos keep good hours
aud prowls about ut night in Il way
which would scarcely b. approved by
the original Diogenes, who was a very
short tempered Oh gent eman Whp lived
in tub to show his scurn of all bodily
comfort and made it his profession t.
criticise every one who did not agr c
with him.
Now, riogenes the crab is very hard
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money In the little box was spent, all
but one little silver piece, and the baby
dear little Tony-was scarcely able
to breathe, so weak was he, and the
madre no longer able to go out to look
for the work which no one would give
her. Therefore she Qittle Philomena)
was going to work and take care of all
of them.
1t was pathetic little tale, and when
it was told the policeman repeated it to
the people who stood on the inside of
the circle.
Poor kid" said a showily dressed
but kind hearted man. Lets pass
round the hat" A murmur of assent
greeted this remark and people who
say New Workers are not generous
should have seen the quantity of silver
and bank notes that the hat contained
when it came back to it's owner 1t was
poured into Philomena's lap, and the
lady gathered it up and knotted it into
her own fine white handkerchief for the
little girl to carry home.
There was so much money and Phil
omena seemed so dazed that the lady
said she would see her safely home.
Some one in the crowd insisted on call
ing a cab, and they went off in state.
When the padre was well enough to
work again, the kind lady, who lived
somewhere on upper Fifth avenue and
who had not lost sight of them, found
work for him in the country, where they
I l
and wear while the baby grew rosy and
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When it was whispered around Bell
port that my uncle, William Harris,
was dying, every one said that our
family was doomed to endless dissen-
sion. Uncle Billy" as the whole town
called him, was the only rich Harris ev-
er known in that region and the dispo-
sition of his property was matter OF
vital Importance in our family.
Not one of us knew where it was go
ing, for Uncle Billy never gave hint
about it. OF one thing, however, we all
felt sure-the property would not be
divided with any approach to equality,
but would go almost as whole to one
fortunate individual.
There were those in the village who
said that Uncle Billy had planned to
stir up as much strife as possible; that
he had figured it all out in advance
with malign satisfaction. The only ha-
sis for this opinion was Uncle Blllys
habit of figuring everything out. lie
had a faculty for combinations akin to
that possessed by great chess players.
| have known him to set down on paper
the results OF n town meeting, weeks
in advance of its date, with surprising
Hccuracy of detail.
AS TO the prospects Vi d Sit''''''
over his WILL no one could deny that
hey were excellent. We We're far from
harmonious even while he lived. Uncle
Henry and l had quareled over our
business partnership and were on the
verge of a dissolution harmful to both.
1 think l could have forgiven Uncle
Henry for his attitude in this matter
but for my disapproval Of his treatment
Of his son Leonard. This young man
was in love with our very distant
cousin, Daisy Vale, who at one time
had been supposed to have a first rate
chance to inherit Uncle Billy's money,
Her prospects changed, however, and
Uncle Henry came to believe that the
fortune would really go to Mildred
Lancaster, an orphan whom Uncle
Billy had taken under his protection
because of friendship for her father.
Believing that she was to be the
heiress, Uncle Henry forced his son to
pay court to her. Leonard was a good
fellow, but overburdened by the virtue
of obedience. He tried to follow his
fathers behest as well as a sore heart
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the ragged little Italian girl was on
the broad, wide pavement Of one of the
richest streets in America.
For some time she amused herself
looking in the show windows. Then
she remembered her errand and began
to go into the shops and ask if they
could give her anything to do by which
she could earn money.
Sometimes the people laughed at her;
sometimes they scolded and ordered her
out Of the stores. Still hugging her kit
ten, Philomena started to go across
Broadway. 1t was at Fourteenth street,
the crossing where many dangerous ac-
cidents have occurred, owing to the
rapidity with which the cable cars go
around a curve. The policeman at the
corner called to Philomena to wait as
she started to cross, but the little girl
did not understand him and hurried on
just as a car loaded with people came
rushing around.
Before she knew what had happened
she Was lifted from her feet and flung
to one side by the fender 1t might
have been a very sad accident, but it
was not. The car stopped, and all the
people got off to look at her. She sat,
a very astonished little girl, on the side
walk, where the car had thrown her,
while the kitten, safe in her arms, was
most indignant. The tall policeman
came up and spoke to her, and then
Philomena began to cry, for she was
afraid of policemen. The officer stopped
down and tried to stroke the kitten
thinking in this way to assure the little
girl that his intentions were friendly.
The cat spat at him, and the crowd
smiled. Then the policeman entered into
a rather one sided conversation in which
he asked questions, and Philomena sob
bed Historically a lady in the crowd
who had kind, sweet face said:
Let me talk to the little girl"
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indeed to please. Before he finds shell
which suits him as a place Of residence
he hauls at least d score OF them to
shore and tries each one until he finds
ore that fits. Even then he IS only
sGtts'od for a time, dsaarding that
shell to go cut house hunting again
when line or overtatirg has made his
quarters apr-&" rather craMIcd. At
night. When tn" crabs are providing
about on the shore they knock against
:heee empty shells making a great
clatter ana commotion, sometimes
frightening unaacustcmed persons, who
90 MT Lacw how to account for the
noise.
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THE LITTLE WHITE POODLE.

little white poodle went out to walk
With big brown dog one day.
He felt so fine he began to talk
About the weather so gay, so gay.
About the weather SO gay.
Along came a coach dog, black and white
And attacked the big brown dog.
The poodle ran, yelpng. away with frigf
And hid behind a log, log, log,
And hid behind log.
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Tie color # birds eggs, especially
light tints, are apt to fade on exposure
to too great sunlight. This is the case
with the green;sh blue eggs, as those oe
the murre. by experiment in museums
the darker coIored eggs Of olive brown
or chocolate hue have been found to I'm.
dergo least change.
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they made it all up How fortunate that
she was misnformed."
Very" said /, good deal perpleXed
by the amount of transformation that
seemed to be in circulation. do you
know who told her?'
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The officer Of the law, much discour-
aged in his efforts, stepped back.
What Il pretty kitten" said the lady
as she put her arm about Philomena.
The little girls heart was won, ana in
very bad English she sobbed out her
poor little story to the lady; how the
padre was sick-vcry sick-and the
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lieve that in the light of your eyes |
could grow to something almost worthy
of you"
Daisy had quietly slipped away, but
I don't think we should have paid any
attention to her if she had remained.
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happy, and the children went to schC oil
every day, SO that now Philomena can
speak English as well as any of the lit
tie girls of her age. The kitten is now
Il large black cat, and the entire Puegi
family firmly believe that they owe
their good fortune to pussie.
ALICE DE BERDT.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-15
NIX. =. n. SMITH IN CHARGE.
Elecie" Ficc-iresiient and General Mana
ger OF a Philadelphia Shipyard.

The Philadelphia Item contains the
following of local interest:
The new board OF directors of the
N.niie Il Levy ship and engine build
ing firm that was elected on last Mon
day afternoon at Il meeting of the
Stockholders met yesterday afternoon
for organization. After outlining n
broad and liberal policy for the future
management of the Well known firm,
the following executive officers We're
elected to serve for the ensuing year:
President. Matthias SeddinEer: Vice
President and General Manager, Som
nlers n. Smith: Secretary, j. Ncatie
Whitaker; Treasurer. Edwin T.. Full
Ter.
The board OF directors are Matthias
Seoeingcr Sommers n. Smith. Eli X.
Price. +. l.. Levy and John H Watt.
Sommcrs y. Smith. who will have
the active management of the yard.
will assume charge of his new duties
IN week or ten days. For several
Years he was superintendent of the
Newport News ShipbuidinE and Dry
Dock Co. Last February he resigned
MS position and 1T once made arrange
inents for locating in this city. His
nome will be in Germantown Henry
N"ntsky. al present in charge OF the
construction department, will sever his
connections with the Ncane & Lew
flin tn" latter part of this month"
Mr. Smith and his family left for
Philadelphia yesterday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-15

Tie remains Of Mr. joel l. Nh't.ey.
whe de! -: The - 'nes:,r al" cd
nesday afternoon, Will be taken to
Surrey COURTHOUSE ON the steamer S.
a. Mccaull this morning. During the
war between the states MIR. Whitley
WAS Il gallant Confederate soldier, ris-
ing from the ranks to be the first lieu
tenant OF IL battery from Surrey coun-
tJ. ... ..
Staunton Cva.) Argus: Cards have
been sent out by Captain and Mrs Z.
II. Rawlings, of Ncsuvius, announcing
the marriage at their residence, "Os-
ceola Home on April 90 at 1880 p NJ,
Of their daughter, Matte Row Raw
inSs, to Wn. b. Bucker, of Newport
News.
Colonel IT. cab" Maddox, the 20
litic;l prosnosticator and the largest
man i'll Virginia. is in the city Cab =
us he is generally called, is the best
knoWn travelling man in the State,
ana Whenever he makes a prediction
on future political events it generally
comes true. Like most of the Virginia
and Kentucky colonels his title was
Won on the political battlefield