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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-01
FIRE on THE MArTEAwAN.
IL Was Discovered Just M the Nes-
sei Was Ready 10 Leave.

Galveston, Texas November sa--Just a.
lie steamship hatteawan OF the Lone star
II.e Was 10 sall this evening FOR New fors
Via Boston, fire was discovered IN No 3
boId steam was instantly turned on and IL
mar, heIns injected into the hold OF the vessel,
Eninares can not be ascertained untii .pe
fire Is suppressed and cargo broken OUT ny y,
Matteewan's cargo consists OF s.g "a naits ~
cotton for Boston, and for New York 21o Daie /.
OF cotton, S2 cases Of dry goods and ~ case. %
notions. How the fire originated IS se'
mystery.
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no MORE AprLlcATIoNs.

The Post Is requested to inform the pub
lie that J. s. Kendall. State superintendent
OF schools elect, Will not file any more APP
plicatons for clerkships in the department
OF education. The number of efficient APP
plicants now on hand is mapy times grentcr
than all the positions connected with tho
department From these all necessary Sc
leotions Will in due time be made.
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sunset Limited.

New ORLEANS. La. November 30 The in,
itial train Of the Southern Pacific's famous
Sunset limited will leave New Orleans at
II o'clock Thursday on its run to San
Francisco. In the matter CT passelZ srs
the limited breaks all records for ne first
trip, going out With nearly every berth
sold through.
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Nr.. Williams Convic,ed.

Fcrt Worth Texas. November 3o.--Mrs.
Bnrry Williams was given twenty years In
the penitentiarr by an Erath county jury II,
Stephei vile for completely with her husband
in killing Austin King, a newspaper man
last SIMMER. Her husband got off with
eighteen years.
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cm.LErT's AFFAIRS.
nearly Hair IA Million in Mortgages
in CbuSe County. i>hn.

Kansas CITY. Mo-. November so'-TA spseiii
N ,be stnr from Abilene. Kan, says; An I'M
nortant addition was made today to the GU
,ett paper by the compilation Of MORTGAGES
IN Chase county. there being .ionp 20 ~ yhsFs
frnnts., Who was CiiIlett's agent In the conn-
~. and some by C. r.. Trexei., Apout o'"
hoaS OF cattle have been found there
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need of Trust.

plano. Texas, November 29.--Mri' =. w.
Scoggin. doing millinery business here,
Gley deed OF trust with preferred credit
ors to-day, naming !. W, Reeves as trustee
t,lI and ali others prorated. Liabilities.
$3.50: assets estimated at 500
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Denison shops Shut Down.

DeuIson. Texas. November Gan order
was posted yesterday at the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas shops stating that al work
in the general department would ps snu,
down for two days. until the lsl seseia'
hundred employees will have rest
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Blaze ri 0iincr.

Glmer. Texas. November 2e,--The brick
business house OF J. NJ Hannicutt. oc-
cupiel an a meat market and billiard hall
burned at 9 o'csock this evening. No incur
anee or store $50 On billiard nall. fixture.
owned BY Dick Bassett
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court IN FrnnklIn county.

Mt. Vernon. Tex, November 2s-Diciract
court d In session at this place. Hon j. NJ
Talbot presiding.
The Gaze OF the State vs. s. D. GoS"icA'
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,nn,ication for Bankruptcy.

Austin, Texas. November ao.-John q.
and Thomas r. Huis3n Of Caldwell. Bur-
leson county. have fqsd voluntary petitions
IN bank,wptey with ths clerk of ice Fed.
erai court Of the Northern district OF
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= Suggestion TO n"rney.

Comlsncne chlei
We would suggest that Barney Gibbs
tour the State. leeturins on How Il Hap
peissl," the proceeds from the lectures TO
go toward building his celebrated READY
relief railroad"
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JAS. Butte
HOUSTON.
HOUSTON.

Campbell, w. l. Schwartz George oder
bolt Thomas Smith. Joe Friedman, John
Reslen, George McClanahan and c. j. Cam
terbury Walter Is. Wilson.
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NEWS FROM TIE CAPITAL CITY
RECEIPTS ERoM LAND SALES AND
LEASES DURING NOVEMBER.
Wei Known Newspaper Msn TO Bs
Married--A Reception to bishop
Fowler.

Austin. Texas. November ao.-The State
treasurer reports the following receipts
from land sales and leases fer November:
SALES.
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.s6a1ss 81 sl7,ssa !:
RECEPTION no BISHOP FOWLER.

Total >. -. =. :. =. "...sas,iss Is
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moment and then said, with whitening

moment and then SAID, with WltherlnE
scorn:
"A pretty major general, you arel"
Sam grinned foolishly.
81 would grin if l were you, Sam
Dawson!" said Miss Matilda, with in
creasing scorn and indignation. Now,
you git up there and give an account
OF yourself or I'll have you arrested
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. | will, as sure as shootin'!"
Sans account of himself is best told
in Miss Gwynne's own words, as she
gave full vent to her indignation when
she reached home and unburdened her.
self TO a friend, whom she found watt
ing to see her.
The miserable creature never even
tried to enlist" she said hotly. Il
made him own up that he didn't! He
fell in with some creatures as trihing
and shif'less as himself there in B.,
and if they didn't put off up the coun-
try on a hunting and fishing jaunt!
Yes, they did! l should think from
Sans looks and what he owned up to
that they lived like a lot of gypsies,
and that just suited S,lnn
"Then he traipsed off yisitin' lot
of his worthless kin here and there.
He's been for the past three weeks
visitin' some cousins within five miles
of here, and its my belief that he was
getting ready to light out again when
| caught him at home. hiding under the
bed. He couldn't have got much
worse seorching in the war than gave
him and he'll never hear the last of it
from NE. I'm ashamed to think that
! live in a town that hasn't patriotism
enough in it TO send even one volun-
teer 10 the war. But it'll be one while
before l send another substituted"
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something 10 make even that unpa-
triotie and Anticipated wife proud of
him. They say that actual conflict de-
selops wonderful courage and bravery
in men one wouldn't expect to be pos
sessed Of much of either quality. l
hope Sam will come home a major
general
Sam had been gone three months
and no news Of his promotion from the
ranks had reached Miss Gwynne. In
deed she had not heard from him at
/ all. One day she went out to the
suburbs of the town, where the Daw-
sons occupied dilapidated old house Of
three rooms. in which disorder ran
rampant. II was Mrs. Dawson's argu-
ment that If body cleaned things up
they jess got dirty ag'in, so what was
the good of eleanin'? 1t want no use
at all"
Holding to this conviction Mrs. Daw-
sons domestic labors were by no means
exhaustive, and the house was in An
appalling state of disorder. loathsome
10 one of Miss Matilda's orderly in
stincts. Had she not felt that she was
talking 10 a possible major generals 5
wife she would have given Mrs. Daw-
son piece of her mind regarding the
condition of the house
Holding this desire in check. she
said:
Il s'pose you've heard nothing from
sam?s
Nom, l amt had line Geraldine.
you keep away from that there bed"
This last remark was sharply ad-
/ dressed to Mrs. Dawson's daughter OF
FIVE years, who was lounging around
a bed in a corner of the room.
Needless of her mothers admonition
Geraldine kept close to the bed, and
suddenly dropping to her hands and
knees on the floor she cried out. shril-
ly and gleefully:
"Peek-a-boo. daddy"
"Here. stop that" cried Mrs. Daw-
son, threateningly, darting forward
and grasping the child by the arm
But Geraldine was rebellious, and she
elung to the bedstead crying out
shrilly:
Il want to play peek-a-boo with dad
dy! Daddy! daddy! can't play peek
a-boo with you, daddy?"
The child tried to crawl under the
bed, but Mrs. Dawson grasped her re-
treating figure by the ankle and
dragged her back, saying, angrily:
What possesses you to act SOP"
"Ill find out" said Miss Gwynne,
with grim determination on her face
and fire in her eye. Striding across the
room she grasped the bedstead firmly
BY the footboard and rolled it away
from the wall. There, close to the
wall, lay Miss Matildas substitute!
Sam sat up in corner, abashed and
frightened, with Miss Matilda's tall,
gaunt form towering over him.
She stared at him in silence for
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-01
SALONS OF ITALIAN WOMEN.
Through Them Their Mistresses EI'
ercise Both Political and
Social Influence.

Though in Italy the so-oalled eman.
cipation" of women is by no means 50
far advanced as in England or Ii
United States, there are few countrie
in Europe where the political influence
of women is greater than in Italy. The
influence, though great, is not, how
ever, always apparent, for il is chiefly
exercised indirectly and privately by
the women of the upper classes In
stead of forming themselves into as
sociations and leagues and information
al unions, and organizing public meet.
ings and competing with political ora
tors, the Italian women interested in
politics work quietly, and certainly not
less efficaciously than their more
"emancipated" sisters. As rule ltaF
ian women work by means of the old
French expedent, the salon. In Rome
alone there are no fewer than dozen
salons devoted almost entirely to the
discussion of political topics. Eacn
salon has its own special political
color" which is generally that OF the
husband or father, or friends OF the
mistress of the house; but while the
thread and web of the politics carried
on in salon are spun and woven by
the men who frequent it, the personal
influence of the mistress of the house
acts on each one of her guests, modify
ing views and softening, or it may DC
accentuating, the roughness OF amp'
ton. As long as they remain in theH
salon Italian political women are III
every way admirable. There is a salon
in Rome which, though nonpoltlca'
outshines all others in celebrity ana III
terest The mistress of the house mas
no political end to serve nor social Posf
tion to gain. Countess Caetah'
Lovatelli. indeed, seems to be actua'eu
by the sole desire to make her salon
center for all who have conquered of
are conquering a place in science III
art. in letters, or any branch OF eruui
tion. Herself a woman of great culture
and learning, the only female member
ofthe Academy of the Lincei (theltalla
equivalent of the French insttu'eh
she possesses sufficient authority ="
meet on an equal footing the PROBES
sors and writers who frequent nei
salon. Officers, both naval and mllf
tary, diplomatists, and, since polluc'
do not form the principal attraction,
deputies and senator's ofall parties anu
all "colors" find there a neutral grounu
for social intercourse.-Wom
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On the Eating of Looms,

Man is creature of prejudice! In
Scotland he would not eat cells: in
Connecticut he will not eat sturgeon.
the royal fish of England, where the
first one taken in the Thames goes to
the queens table; in New York they
will not eat lampreys, miscalled 'lam-
per eels," which are delicacies in Con-
necticut, and in England some old
king-l never could keep record of
kngs-died from a surfeit of lampreys.
With these prejudices in my mind, and
| hate all preiudices except those
which ] entertain, decided to eat the
looms. There may be differences
among looms, as there are between
pigeons and squads. Iprefer an adult
pigeon to a squab, there is better chew
ing on it, but If a man wants real hard
chewing, with flavor of raw fish. let
him tackle an adult loon. That bird
could not be picked; il was skinned,
and in its stomach there was a catfish
recently swallowed. one partly digested
and the bones of another. The triggers
of the pectoral fins of the catfish were
set, but the stomach of the loon did not
seem to be troubled by that fact
Fred Mather, in Forest and Stream.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-01

pleasure. She made Sam the incest
comfort bag of all. Her enthusiasm
ran high when she saw Sam on board
the train, bound for the recruiting Of
flee in b, so miles distant.
"lou must write and let me know
what regiment you are put in and all
about it. And if you should be in a
battle you must write full account of
it for the Clarion. hope that you'll
distinguish yourself so that the whole
town will turn out TO meet you when
you come home"
Two days later the following brief
communication from her substitute
came to Miss Matilda on postal:
"Gott hear awl rite. Hav not been
assined to amy Rigimint yit by the
recrooting offs. Awl well. j may sale
for Kuba befor git time to rite agin.
if so, will rite from there"
Dear mel" said Miss Gwynne, on
receipt of this information. He will
have to brush up on his spelling be-
fore he goes to sending letters to the
Clarion. But ! guess that there is
many a good soldier who cannot spell" ."
Days and weeks passed without
bringing any word from the substi-
tute
But that is not to be wondered at,
irregular as the mails are now between
here and Cuba" Miss Gwynne said to
Mrs. Dawson, who said that sam never
,, ,. 49,, b,y3 80 ,,-t.ita lattaru ,pbov,- -
Miss Gwynne gave Mrs. Dawson five
dollars a week for her support and the
support of her two children. As this
was about three dollars a week more
than Sam had ever brought in. Mrs.
Dawson contided TO her most intimate
friends that she hoped that the war
would be long.
Atiluent as she now was, Mrs. Daw-
son added long desired green plush
album and lace curtains TO her posses
sions. and her children blossomed out
in blue and pink silk dresses, very
fimsy as to texture and very lavish as
tc trimming. A white silk parasol and
a pink zephyr shawl partly satisfied her
own aesthetic longings. although she
declared that IL Sam got killed and she
got big pension, her neighbors would
see her rugged out fit to kill"
Weeks passed and Miss Gwynne re-
ceived no tidings from her substitute.
She scanned the war columns of the
newspapers eagerly, and when the first
list OF killed and wounded was pub
lished. she almost feared to find Sans
name. When Hobson sunk the Mer-
rimac in the entrance to Santiago har-
Dor, Miss Matilda said:
If sam had only done that how
small it would have made the stay-at-
homes here in Kent feel, and what
lasting honor il would have brought to
the town! l do hope that he will do
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WHAT HE WILL BE.

When we were boys of eight or ten
We spent much speech in saying
What We should do when we were men
And past the age Of playing.
TEN Culver vowed he'd run a farm,
And little Billy Proctor
Said he would cut off Tommys arm
When he became doctor.
And Harry Stone world drive dray;
Dick Brown would be a parson
Hen Klunk. fun armed. would go away
And emulate Kit Carson.
And one would toll and one would teach
And one would go a-eruising
On board some stately ship Thus eaeh
Made statement Of his choosing.
I thought OF this to-day when Paul
Came to me gladly. gayly.
To hear me read the news 10 all.
just as ! read 1t daily:
And when / reached cerverats s name
And hurried through the column
About his treatment. quickly came
A look profoundly solemn
Upon that boyish face: and then
He said: When / am growed up
And just as big as other men.
I'm goin' TO get blowed up.
I'm not a brakeman any morei
heard all that you readed.
And | am goiE. off to war
And get whipped just like he die.
And be dressed up in pretty clothes.
That's bought me by the winners,
And have minee pie and jam. s'pose.
And cake al all my dinners:
And visit everywhere. Yes, sir,
When | get big and growed up
I'm going to be a prisoner
Whose battleship was blowed upH'
Chicago Daily Record.
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Peach Nerinpua

Moisten two tablespoonfuls Of corr
starch with one-half cup of new min,
and stir until smooth. Place the hn1.
ance Of quart of milk (after reserv-
ing the half eup) in double kettle and
when 1t boils stir in the corn starch and
continue to stir until thick. then re-
move from the fire and stir in one tsbIo.
spoonful of butter, set in a cool uIaca
and when cold add the yolks of three
eggs and one-half cup of fine sncar
Peel and cut in halves enough inicv
peaches to fill the bottom of a nudding
ulsh; sprinkle one-third cup of sugar
over them and pour the custa-d over
the peaches. Bake 20 minutes in n mod.
crate oven. Make a meringue for the
top of whites of eggs sweetened with
hne sugar. Serve with cream.-House-
hold Magazine.
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A SWEEPING WASpour
How IN Entire BniIrondnt
In n Single Nigh,
in Kansas.

-'Of the washouts that oco,s
my ten years of railroad bufdis
the west the most complete and lug
ing was that of the Mcphersos
Lyons railroad in Kansas in lsson
civil engineer recently. III 10y 10y
while we were building THE .. As
branch of the Atchison thar
vision engineer in charge of tha vt
ern end. We had begun work in N. nv
at the Mcpherson end, and /,
necessary that the road should bo va
pleted, with the trains runninc w =.
Lyons, by the 1st of June or sa.
in bonds would be forfeited For.
months the weather was perfao, =
the purpose, and the contractors w.
not lose day, so that the work NJ
fairly spun. Although the gradipo~
very heavy, with deep cuts and Inv Io.
high fills, the goth of May saw u
road-bed finished from one end tog
Other and the track carried nearhs :
Lyons.
up TO that time during all the N,
struction not drop of rain had fan,.
but on the night of the 10th nss
derstorm came. II was not long M
it began at midnight and was oyerT
fore daybreak. but while it lasted
was as if the bottom of the sky b5
fallen out and let the water dron n
at once. But | had no idea of h..
much water really had fallen until =
going out of doors in the morning
saw that what had been a dry Grad
bed ever since my coming to Lynn,
was a river, full from bank to bas[
and running like a millraee. n,
sent me off in a hurry to look al n,
track-but there was no track to h.
found. There were rails and ties wbs,
the track had been, but the roadbs,
that had been underneath was poB.
The prairie, after the long dropob,
had become as hard as a payempr,
so that it took up none of the rain
that had fallen, and the rush of watt,
from a great watershed coyeringto town.
ships had come against the roadbed
The openings at pile bridges, 100 fe.t
long, intended as waterways, had been
as nothing to carry the water off. and
the roadbed had gone-simply melted
away. It was a queer sight the pl.
bridges standing forlorn and lonef
looking twice as high as before, and
seeming to wonder what had become
of the roadbed that had connection
with them. Wooden culverts wer.
carried off entirely in the flood. Som,
of them we found off on the prairie
and some were ney4r got.
well, all this was r heartrending
sight to engineers who. the day be,
fore. had looked on their work on this
road as finished. But the trains had
to be running into Lyons in ten daysm
the $4,000 in bonds ould be sacrificed
and we set to work TO repair the dam.
ages. The Atehison road was behind
the enterprise, so that we had thl
sinews of war; the bridges were stand.
ing, the cuts in the roadbed made, and
the contractors gangs still at hand
| would say that il was a very finely
constructed road at that stage but
rode out Of Lyons on June l on The
first train, for we had got there aftei
ali."-N. Y. Sun.
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I well. il a4gr kind o. hard said
sam. in his usual tone of whining
complaint.
Il don't know why II should with so
much rain as we've had 10 soften up
the ground. Set down on that bench
and rest a spell. while l talk to YOU"
Sam obeyed willingly enough, and
Miss Matilda sat dewn beside him.
sam she said abruptly, why don't
yon volunteer"
Huh ."
"Why don't you show the people of
Kent that at least one man in the
town has little patriotism, and go
and fight FOR your country"
Sam grinned. Then he said: 4 got
my family to sport"
"v'ell. YOU don't half do it," said
Miss Matilda, blunfly. "Your wife
takes in washing and maybe she'd be
willing 20 take in more if you went to
war"
"No. she wouldn't. She hates to
wash even her own Slings. ! got to
stay to home an sport my family
Would you go if you were sure that
your family would be well provided for
during your absence?"
II might be absent forever if one o.
them Spanishers got a good dig a me. -
We'll. YOU would have died in the
service Of your country. and then there
would be the pension for your wife and
children"
THAT wouldn't do me no good. But
then" he added, after a moments re-
fection. ''mebbe / could manage to git
disabled just enough to draw a good
big pension my own self"
Sam Dawson, I'm ashamed of you'll"
WHY"
For not having any more real pa
triotism than that. II were a man and
went to war | wouldn't accept a pen
sion If | got all my legs and arms shot
off. | couldn't feel that I'd given them
to my country if l took pay for them.
But, truly, Sam, do wish our town
could have at least one volunteer in the
war. If you'll come out like man and
go, Sam. I'll be responsible for the sup
port of your family while you're gone. ="
The man looked up with real interest
in his fabby, forid face.
you're such a big strong fellow,
Sam. and such a sure shot with a gun
you ought 10 make good soldier. I'd
go II could, but as l can't I'd like to
send you as my substitute, and, as l
say, I'll see to it that your wife and
children are provided for while you
are gone. You think the matter over,
and let me know Tomorrow
The next issue of the Kent Clarion
contained the following notice:
we are pleased to announce that our
fellow citizen. Mr.. Samuel K. Dawson,
has decided to respond to Uncle Sans
latest call for volunteers. This will
give our town at least one soldier boy
at the front Hurrah for SAM"
The notice gave Miss Matilda great
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-01
Tomatoes stuffed with Fish,

Tomatoes stuffed with fish are va
ration of baked tomatoes that is rec
ommended. Canned salmon may be
used or any kind of cold boiled fish.
A sauce such as is prepared for any
FISH is made of butter. -four and milk,
paprika and grating Of nutmeg being
an addition. To this boiled sauce, be-
fore il is stirred with the salmon. add
the powdered yolks Of two eggs, boiled
very hard, and the pulp of the tomato.
The tomato shells are then repacked
with this mixture. the top covered
with a little buttered cracker crumbs.
and the whole baked. with frequent
hastings, until browned.-N. Y. Post.