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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17

Muntoria, tho e~months-old chila Of Mr..
walter Herford. narrowly escaped burning
to death between and o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The little one had been left for
moment by itself in q room with an
open fireplace. Seemingly II crawled up
near the hearth. where its clothes became
ignited and were soon ablaze. The chlld's
screams brought assistance and the namfs
were quenchei before they inflicted fatal
injuries, though tho little one was badly
burned about the face and chest. 1t was
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
R.tn Needed In Bee comfy.

Skidmore, Texas, December ia cold
drizzIe for the past twenty four hours has
pretty thoroughly soaked the ground for
a foot deep. This insures some carly grass
IN pastures and places farms In good con
dition for blowing. However. much more
rain is needed as the recent digging o!
holes six feet deep for telephone poles
shows the ground to be very dry thst
depth. We have had no snow or sleet YET
this winter and the lowest temperature has
been rs degrees.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
STEAMERS FOR HAVANA.
Ncw Orleans In Sure to Have 4 New
Service.

Service.
Chicago December 1.-the Chronic.e
says: Within the next few days it will be
decided whether the Southern Pacific Rail
way company, which operates the Morgan
line, will put on an entirely new fleet OF
e,eel1uners between New Orleans and HAY
ana, or whether the Illinois Central COM
pamy will put on a fleet of its own 10 han
die the immense business between the
points named that is expected after jan
uary 1.
Negotiations have been pending in regard
TO this enlarged steamship service ever
since the end OF the war aSd the reopcning
of Cuban ports to our commrce.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
BUDGET FROM BEAUMONT
Movement to Organize a Social Club Has
Met with Success.
THE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
4 Bnby's Narrow Escape from Bcius
nurncd to Denth-Wounds VIII
Not Prove Fatal.

Beaumont, Texas December l6.-The
movement to organize social club San
now be pronounced u success. Last Sstur-
day night several young men assembled at
the Enloe hotel and entered into pre-
liminaries for the organization by clecting
Officers. and then adjourned TO meet last
night in the Office OF II. D. Simonton, the
president. at which the following were
present: Messrs A. C. Bordages, NJ. s.
Hampshire. r. ~ simonton, A. N, VOLS
ton Marshall Edwards, Dan Edwards, c..
p. Eastman, Lorenzo Boykin. Henry Boy
kin. c. r. Bone, Joe Rosenthal. J. r.
Kicker NJ. Il. Parker. Il. b. Bonner and
9. II. McGary.
Those present gave the following as
names OF gentlemen who had expressed a
desire to become members of the club:
Burrell Boykin, Balm Price, Ogden John
son, Tom Dies Henry Lapgham, IL. A.
Stone, Mike Welker, Lee Blanchette, o.
w. Putnam, Harry Newsuul, Likens Ogden,
Bert Hopes, Jack Hageman Hardy
Blanchette. George Caswell, Fred Ligon
and Albert Eastman.
Those present transacted considerable
business, the most important OF which was
fixing tho initiation fee at So for charter
members and appointing S. H. MoGary,
O. r, Bone and II. s. Boykin a committee
ON bylaws.
The club will meet again on Thursday
night of next week, at which time the
charter will be closed. At this meeting
each member Is expected TO suggest
name for the club aud the one who sug-
gests the name which is adopted will have
his initiation fee RENTED.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
usroN DAILY POST SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER IL

Prize was won by Miss M. s,ells shepard
and TOR the N. l. c. by Mrs. j. A. McQueee.
a dainty luncheon of Grange ices and
lady fingers was served. Quite a number
oi ladies' were present ana all express
themselves as having spent one OF the
most pleasant afternoons OF the season.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
Big Dry Goods Firr.

Fresno, Cal. December ia fire in
the Poorinan block. the lower floor Of
which is occupied by the extensive dry
goods establishment OF Radn g. Kemp.
has caused a loss OF about $4,000. For q
time the business district OF the city was
threatened with destruction.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
THE YOUTHS COMPANION Boston. Mass.

LETT on the eastbound train for theIr fu-
tire home In Lake Charles, Mr.. Loony
Is manager Of the Postal Telegraph busl-
ncss at that place and bis bride - one q
tho most chsrning and popular young ~
dies OF Orange.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17

The injuries received by Ad Won Kaick-
stein, proprietor of the Crosby house,
from heavy rolling pin in the hands
OF powerful negro. will not provo fatal.
The blow at the base of the brain slightly
cracked the skull, but fortunately the
brain was not injured and Mr.. Kalckstcin
rs resting reasonably easy today, though
his injuries are etill regarded as serious.
Tho negro who committed the assault has
not been apprehended Particulars OF the
assault were published in this morning a
Post
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
pAprIsr YOUNG pEopLE.

The Baptist Young Peoples Union held
their semi monthly literary @nd musical
entertainment at the Baptist church TO-
nigh. and presented the following pro-
gramme Ito a large audience:
Organ Voluntary. Anoante feisoso
Vocal Solo .,..... Miss jose Nov
Recitation ..,.......... Miss Nell Sioyall
Current Events ......... .Mr. o. I, DAHant
Readinz ......... .Mr. Albert Marchbanks
Voual Duet ....-..........'.'''.
Madhilda Christensen and Plnckney
Logon.
Bible Quotation Match ......,.....-
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CAN INCREASE CAPACITY.

In conversation with John Il. Wilkin,
mechanical engineer for tho Connersyille
Blower company. the concern which has
sold the Beaumont Irrigation company a
pumping plant. Tho Post correspondent
learned that the plans for the plant were
such as will make 1t easy for the company
to increase its capacity TO supply water.
Mr.. Wilkn drew the plans himself and
says that the plant Will be located so that
engines and pumps can be increased to
36S zoe 900 per day without expense other
than the purchase of machinery, he
further stated that lie had visited every
irrigation plant Of Importance in the
IJnited States and felt safe in asserting
that the one purchased by the Beaumont
Irrigation company VIII l'e superior 10 any
similar concern now in operation in the
country
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
.Tripity Topics.

Trinity. Texas. December i5.--I'he long
distance Telephone company has eishtssn
cars Of cedar poles here, IL frNsht
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
Killed by n Trim.

st. Louis, December lH-Fred Kehle and
Theodore Nassing, wealthy and prominent
farmers who lived a few miles from Name
oki. Ill, were instantly killed by pas
senger train. They had been to the viii
lage on business and We're returning home
in dog cart when killed.
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Neenah, Wis, December 16.--James
Christensen and wife while crossing the
Northwestern railroad tracks were struck
by a train and killed. They leave family
of eight children.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
WII,L NOT PROVE rATAl,.

reported as resting easy this afternoon and
will recover.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
nABY BADLY BURNED.

bic CO.. oaetatLaa Nation .....-........
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-26

Antonio Velardo, The rivers fled to
ried.
The brother has strenuously objected
to the match and never became recon-
ciled toward his sister of her husband.
He endeavored to make the life of his
brother-in-law a burden by taunting
him with being a sneak and a coward.
One morning the two men net and
Gomez told Velardo that he would
demonstrate to him that he was no
coward and challenged him TO fight
duel with ix-shooters. Nelardo
promptly accepted and on a quiet spot
on the Texas shore Of the Rio Grande
was selected for their rendezvous, each
procured a second and armed with six
shooters, met at midday.
They took their positions five yards
apart and, at a signal both deliberately
took aim and began to shoot, Six
shots had been exchanged when Gomez
fell with two bullets in his left leg
below the knew and his shin was badly
shattered. Just then the wbunded
mans wife appeared. She attacked
her brother with the fury of a ugress
and she was with difficulty flung
aside. The injured duellist and both
seconds beat a hasty retreat when
mounted custom inspectsys galloped
up and succeeded in capturing Gomez
and his second. The other second
swan the river and eluded his pur-
suer.
Both prisoners We're locked up on
the charge Of duelling and Gomez was
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-26
rTiIBET's MARVELLOUS TREE
Jesuit Missionaries Testify to Its Ex-
istenoe. and 1t Is Not Fraud.


From the san Francisco can.
or all the wonderful sights reported
by the Jesuit missionaries, Hue aud
Goblet, during their explorations of
Thihct. by far the strangeSt Is what
they have to say of the trce Of ten
thousand images. They had heard
about this wonderful tree long before
they reached the locality of it's growth
and, as they approached the spot. their
curiosity rega, ding it increased thou
sand-foId.
Here is thc'r narrative Of the result
# their eXamiration of the tree:
1T will h"re he naturally eXpe ted
that we say something about this tree
Itself, Does II exist? Have We sarn it?
Has it any peculiar attrihutes' What
aDoLt its marve lous leaves?
Yes, this tree does exist. At the foot
Of the mountains on whi,n the Lam
asery stands, and not far from the prln-
cipal Buddhist temple, is great square
enclosure formed by brick walls. Upon
entering this we We're abe to examine
at leisure the marvellous tree. some of
the branches of which had already
manifested themselves above the wall.
"Our eyes We're first directed with
earnest curiosity to the leaves, and We
were filled with an absolute consterna-
ton of astonshmert at finding that. in
point of fact, there were upon each of
the leaves well-formed Thibetan char
acters, all of a green color, some dark
or, some lighter than the leaf itself.
Our first impression was a suspicion
of fraud on the part of the Lamas:
; q e
every detail, we could not discover the
least deception. The characters all ap-
peared to us portions of the leaf it.
SELF equally With it's veins and nerves,
the position was not the same in all:
in one leaf they would be at tho top of
the leaf: in another, in the middle:
i'm third, at the base or at the side;
the younger leaves represented the
characters only in a partial state of
formation.
THE bark of the tree and It's
branches, which resemble that of the
plane tree, are also covered with these
characters. When you remove a piece
of the old bark the young bark under
it exhibits tho indistinct outlines of
characters i'll terminating state, and,
what Is very singular these new char
acters arc not infrequently different
from those which they replace. We
examined everything with the closest
attention,in order to detect some traces
of trlckery, but we could discern moth
ing of the sort"
The missionaries, Hue and Gobet,
might have remained in Thibet as long
as they wished had it not been for the
interference Of the Chinese ambassa-
dor there. For some reason this indiv-
idual took a dislike to them, and ulti-
mately caused them to depart The
Lamas were willing that they should
remain, but it appeared to the mission
aries that their presence might cause
disturbance, so they quickly withdrew,
taking with them some OF the first
facts ever gathered in that mysterious
land.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-26

invited guests as the noble drawing
room would contain.
When all were assembled, Mr.. Comp
ton, taking from his pocket two par
GELS, one large and the other small,
thus addressed them:
My friends, know YOU oil think
me a strange old man. and so I doubt
not / am, though perhaps not so
strange as you fancy. My conduct on
this occasion has not been without n
purpose, and that was the welfare and
happiness of this dear boy, who has
| been to me more than a son, and for
whom / would relinqulsh all ! possess
in this world. You all know the terms
on which the archery meeting of to-
day has taken place"
Mr.. Compton then opened the small
parcel, disclosing a box. from which
he took a most exquisite little pearly
shell, lying as it were, on a bed of
jacinth; this was made into q brooch
as unique as 1t was beautiful. AS he
held it up the sun played on the jac-
inth, showing the little pearly shell
to the greatest advantage.
Miss Flora Carter" said Mr.. Comp
! ton, "allow me to present you with the
|
compliment YOU on your great skill"
He then took the larger parcel and
| said:
| Il have now to present the estate
Of Great Tommarton, which do to Miss
Minnie Foster, feeling assured that in
so doing l give IL to the one / love
best. These are the title deeds, dear
Minnie; accept them as a proof of
| 4 ,t,.,t ..,,, nf 80.
which l have long been secretly watch
ing. And now," he continued, there is
still one piece of business to be ac-
complished-my penniless nephew is to
become the husband of the fair victor
in this days sport-if she wishes it."
All eyes were now turned to Flora:
but anger, spite, modification and dis
appointment were depicted on her
countenance, and. with Unsurpassed
rage, she said:
ooh, sir; L beg 7 may be no incon-
venience to Mr.. Clifford Bradley.
never had the least intention or wish
I assure you, to take any part in that
extraordinary portion of your enter.
tainment."
Clifford drew back, feeling, no doubt
that the penniless nephew was no prize
to anyone. but Minnie went at once
to Mr.. Compton, saying:
"Oh, no. no, never! could / do any.
thing so unjust, So"
Foolish child" said Mr.. Compton
"do what you will with the trumperS
parchments, l will not have then
again, they have long been a trouble
to me. and now in my old age, 1 only
want a resting place for a short tim,
and kindness, and both 1 know l shal
have from YOU"
Minnie looked at Clifford, and in on,
moment was in his arms.
That's right, that's right! hold he
fast, my boy; depend on it, your quee
old uncle has taken the right means
to discover the true from the false
And now bid the bells ring, for we ar,
all satisfied. l have still my dear ho!
and a loving niece as well. Clifford
has the wife Of his choice; Minnie ha
the husband Of her heart; they botl
have the estate of Great Tormarton
and Miss Flora Carter has the pearl!
shell. From London Spare Moments.
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Hood,s D;IIs are the best after-dinner
ioos hio pills, aid digestion s6a.
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ject was the string cipher, and which
consisted of string which had been
marked with ink and then wound
round specially prepared cards with
exactly similar marks upon them.
invaded the foreign office only to learn
that regularly after the lapse of forty
years the papers relating to cipher are
stored in the public archives. How
few people are aware of the extreme
use of cipher from time immemorial
by the governments Of great countries
How few realize the romance that is
hidden away among those gloomy rec
ords! And the immense quantity of
them! To my dismay the porter at
one place brought up the Ciphers in
a great trolley. | may tell YOU that il
is impossible for an outsider to de-
cipher foreign office cipher documents.
1t is curious" continued my host. as
we returned to his special work, "how
almost anything will lend itself to this
fautaStical and statistical treatment.
Only the other day | ha1 to prepare an
article for National Righteousness,
dealing with figures and statistics re-
garlinG tha opium traffic" How do
yCu set the primary idea for these
fantastical articles Of yours" / ask
cd "Ah, that Is difficult to answer.
| suppose each ono has it's birth in
some sort of friction among the brain
cells. Eut l Get SdEra as,ioas sent me
from al ovcr the world here is one
! had from the northwee; provinces Of
Canada: Put two Eraira @" wheat
wrote my CORES .ondcnt. on the irst
.., ,.r 4. Ia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-26
MANGoES IN CUBA.
Why Our Soldiers in the Island
Were Forbidden to Eat Them.

From the Boston Evening Transcript
In the long list of suggestions from
the medical department, all of which
were disregarded. the ripe mango was
recommended as a desirable article OF
diet. But somebody at headquarters
issued an edict against it, and the sol
diers were called up by the company
commanders and told if they ate the
fruit they would be punished. This is
the way the company commanders ad-
dressed their men,
Now, / see that some of you have
been eating those mangoes i'm spite of
our advice to the contrary. DO you
know what the Cubans call this fruit?
They call it General Mango, because
they say that the mango has kille !
more Spanish soldiers than all of their
generals put together. If you eat 1t
General Mango will kill you, just as
it has killed the Spaniards. l am told
on good authority that II you eat
mango every day and then get yellow
fever you will swell up frightfully and
surely die. Now, l give you this posi-
tive order that not one of you shall eat
any of this fruit and l shall punish
severely any man that disobeys the
order"
After such an order the obedient
regulars generally let the mangoes
alone, although they We're abundant,
tempting and delicious. The Volun-
teers ate them more freely, without
any bad results, so far as heard from.
When the Cuban officers and aides were
asked their opinion as 20 the whole
somness of the fruit they generally
said: 1T is perfectly wholesome If
eaten ripe; all these bad things apply
to the unripe mango, which is some
times eaten by the Spaniards." Most
of the army doctors seemed to think
that the only way to prevent the eat
ing of the unripe mango was to pro-
hibit the fruit altogether. There were
many cases in which the most obedlent
regulars were impelled by thirst and
by hunger for a bit of fruit to dis
obey the order: and. as the clear yell
low mango is always ripe, while the
unripe fruit is green or greenish, It
did not take a very high order of in
telligence to discriminate between the
fruit which was fit to eat and that
which was unfit.
1t is certainly hard to believe any i'll
OF mango when one looks at It, The
tree itself Is a most beautiful and at
tractive thing. Imagine a tree as
large as a big Massachusetts oak, COW
cred with rich and glossy foliage finer
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-26

than that of the orange tree and COW
cred also with golden fruit ncstlng
brilliantly among the green leaves. on
such a tree there must often be a
hundred barrels of mangoes, fully ma
tured, every one of which is as large
as a goodsiZed pear. In shape the
mango is not unlike a short and thick
cucumber and 1t has a thin, tough
skin, which, when matured. reveals a
mass of the most delicious juicy pulp.
The only trouble about eating the
mango is that one needs an ablutiOn
afterward. Some say the ideal way
is to get into a bathtub. take the man
go, eat it. and then go on with the
bath. But one is perfectly willing to
take the trouble to seek the ablution
for the sake Of the fruit. And imagine
the trees whiCh bear the fruit grow
ing wild everywhere, and also spring
ing up in every garden and door yard;
the largest and finest ones were away
up on a wild mountain side, where APP
parently no one had ever gathered the
aboundinC fruit. Nor are they ma
tive fruit In cuba they have been in
troduccd from India and simply gone
wild in the rich soil of the island
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The Great Russian Canal.

From the Philadelphia Record,
The Great Russian canal 10 connect the
Baltic and Black seas will be begun in
the spring. The minimum waterway is to
have a depth of 2S feet 4 inches a width
at the bottom of ll6 feet s inches, and a
width at the top OF PIG feet s inches. Its
total lengh is some 1000 miles, but only
l25 miles will be an artificial channel The
route is from Riga along the Duna as faI
as Dunaberg. From that point to Lepel,
on the Beresina, an expensive cut must be
made. From the Lepel the course of ths
Boresina will be utilized as far as itI
junction with the Dneiper, and then ths
line will follow the latter stream to Cher.
son, on the Black sea
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-26

PILL-FlME.-1O cents a vial for On
Agnew's Liver Pills would not MAKE
them the fame they enjoy today IL tn,
curative powers were not in them Worth
will get TO the top and that accounts foI
the wonderful demand for these little
gems. They positively cure Constipation
Biliousness, Sick Headache. Sold by MAJ
thews Bros. and w. 7. Clark.-S9.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-26
SoUGHT AT FIVE YARDS,
And, Strange to Say, One Partici-
pant Escaped Uninjured.

From the st. Louis Republic.
Two Mexican citizens of El Paso,
Texas, TO settle an old fued, met on the
field Of honor and exchanged shots
until one of the duellists fell badly
wounded. The feud out OF which "a ew
the sanguinary encounter began three
years ago, when Ramon Gomez eloped
from Juarez, Mexico, one night with
the beautiful sixteen-year-old sister Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-26
Simple Reason.

"Why," shouted the opposer OF II,
tyranny Of the trusts, "why do l have ls
pay cents a pound for sugar?"
Because" shouted in return one whs
was plsinly an emissary, because you
can't git no more credit"--C incinnati En,
quirer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-26

removed to the hospital, where his leg
was amputated. Velardo is engaged
in the cigar bushes and Gomez is 9
merchant