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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-19
Personal.

DR.. s. c. Red has returned from Phila-
delphia.
Miss Louise Howard of Dallas is In the
city visiting friends
Miss Fanny Clemow will leave Monday
for Austin to visit friends.
Mr.. Sherman Brady has returned home
from trip to West Texas
Mr.. Bert, Everts will leave Tuesday for
Quntana for two weeks trip.
Miss Beatrice Moskowitz has gone to Ea-
gle Lake for few weeks visit.
Mr. o. L. Cochran and family have gone to
Seabrook to spend the summer.
Mrs. John Huey is in Beaumont visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Il. b. Bonner.
Miss Jessie L. Reese and Mrs. Brandt OF
Velasco were in the city last Thursday.
Miss Beaumont of Coleman is visiting
her sister, Mrs. S. G. Gay. at 24O6 Travis
street.
Miss Lizzie Dwyer left last Thursday for
Chappell Hill, Were she will join Miss
Jennie Davis and visit friends.
Mrs Il. w. House accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Edith and her son, James
H. b. House, left for San Antonio last
Wednesday.
Misses Mile Dumble. Mary Waldo and
Libbie Dunn attended the commencement
exercises of the University of Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs j. i. Dickson returned home
last Tuesday, having spent a most delight
full month in San Francisco and other
points of interest in California.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Lewis have moved to
1904 Crawford street, where they will be
at home to their many friends
Mrs. j. d. Bryant and children will re-
main few weeks in Richmond visiting
friends.
Miss Laura Franklin left last Tuesday
for Clear Lake, where she VIII spend
month at the summer home of her sister,
Mrs. Fort Smith.
Mrs. c. j. Smith. mother Of Mrs. l.. j.
Parks of this city returned to Austin yes
terday after a pleasant visit here.
Miss Eta Breaker and her two little
neices, Vara and Eta Court. are spending
the summer with relatives at Luling.
Miss Adele Cameron left Thursday even
ing for La Forte, where she will visit her
sister. Mrs. Charles w. Aahl. who is sum-
mering there
Mrs. b. A. Randolph will leave tomorrow
for San Antonio, where she will visit her
relatives, the family OF ex-Congressman L.
NJ. Paschal.
Miss Susie Edmonds is on visit to rela-
tives in New Orleans. She will remain in
the Crescent City for some time.
Miss Lucy Brady has returned home from
Dallas, where she has been attending school
at the convent. She received a hands inc
gold medal for music and studies.
Mrs. James G. Patterson OF San Antonio
is In the city, the guest of her mother, Mrs.
L. B. Hte.
Mr.. John D. Woolford. wife and family
and Miss S. E. Walker. accompanied by
Miss Bessie Andrew as a guest OF their
daughter, Miss Edna. left last Tuesday for
Seabrook.
Mr.. and Mrs, l.. w. Macatee left last
Wednesday for Fort Davis and other points
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eral weel.s. ~ q 7
Ing friends in Housic,, We - ~ n
nrght, returned to her n bns 'oF n
Mrs. H. c. Jone. ~.
summer. oo'orAlo z \
S MIS-. r: NJ. Magill ",
s sail, Mexico. where ~ \. ~ ~
Mrs. Susan Hurley ~. \.
moved moved to Dr.. Eckhartss g
rannin street. where NV. H..
to see their friends. :
Miss Clara vosburph NJ
TIN to visit friends. sbs ~, Z
e siai weeks. and visit IL nv wv
Texas before returning y Dsai
Mrs. l. :. Myer returo.x x,
short visit to North Al -
Went to attend the ersd,, ,sse =
Baylor college. Her dsnssu!. "a
VINO was Raylor's first S ssaM
Turned with her and thes 49, "! A.
'ieir summer home at ss,s ~
9. 8; Pe,fieid and fsmll,
TO their home on San Is
yond the narrow gauge nv
OIL TWO weeks in the city,
Mrs MIS-; G. s. penfield csucsl.
receiving day and will 4
n mar friends any afternoon a. \ ,
Mr.. F. a. Hervey, III. ~
gay to visit her sister, Nm \ n
at Hampstead. N y
Frank Jrhan of San sap,ss.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Hervs- y =
his grandparents. = ~
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bluette silk and steel beads anG y
a full vest of white gause. ~
the Jacket are scalloped 10 WA
trimmed around with narrow u'y wv,
menterie and between the w
is visible frill OF the gauie.
OF the grenadine have o sup
Hoped MORE coming from INC w w
and running their length Nv NJ
passementerie finishes tDe III
scaIlops. The csinture ana * Ssl
collar are of bluette yelvel. Wi
fly bow of gauze finishes INC -
Jacket. as.jd
A pretty soft carriage eoNu IN. y
a young French bride j. M
cream foulard with a marrow IN 4,
The lining is of white tale \. NJ
fits close over the hips ana ~ NM
the back merges into q oe@ ~ ~
ing from the left side OF =. ;d,,i
there is a frill or hand emu emu M
gauze that slants gradual! NJ
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the effect OF n tunic. A.
The corsage is a blouse y, y II
foulard that opens at lne anyl]
away to show a small ~, s,asj 4
Of pale violet satin. ivy "a ID
the hand embroidered gauae -
of a wide round collar. h. uaS|
A full bow of plain ws Pm. y :
tached at the end OF the l ~ N \
of the same is draped os s,.,s b 1
the corsage, where 1t fass n
pretty finish. This Is s 10 y
the high draped girdls Q. . ~, ~
vet. The sleeves Of the s.r, M n
nlain with a bell finish at ~
The nat worn with this soss .s
round affair of violet sa,, a ~ ,
a drared crown OF wh VIM, Ism ;
with appliques OF Ens,s 4, X
with strass. At the pss sslst tivs !!
are eight white and vio.s ss,u y
them nodding over the
falling on the hair. ,rn Vii J
n DGItl liltlt w. ia nj ~ !
carriage toilette was msu IA
gauze. II was printeo !, Nib
delicate Japanese designs, y & ":
and was made over i'n a.';,s N
feta. II was covered w .ssed u |
ACCORDION plated gauze
OF bluette satin. ..u ana n d
The yoke that was iiii' ! ~.
was of bluetIte velvet. Z .ress
spangled rauze was drap ,ss i
lar and tied in a fuii as,snd&
The embroidered ends eA
edge OF the collet. Ia il ~
Enough can not BE- ss,u xsnss
lovely rarasols that these a. ihsi
carry on their drives. ~ IN
particularly was Simply ',.isrl1js
chiffon covsre1 with
cred In gold. "a "A ~
These are not intenden \, ~
the contrary. they are e e. sr13
open 50 as to fiaunt theft NJ
breeze.
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BuGLE CALLS o. i.

| got IN bot'l'd up.
l got m bot'Pd up,
! got m bot'l'd up in In -.
! got IN bot'l'd up, 80
! got IN bot'pd up.
lie can't get away al N.
Cervera is worse than old ~,
And Blanco is worse tban IA ~
end Weyler is noisy Ike ~ y
But Cervera's run 70 ~ =
I'm here at Manila. XII
m here near Cavite.
Ana they're out o coal IA Y,
They cant use their catls, \
Because they're not able. u
They are mine when | wam =,
AS sure as you're born.
Where's that fleet from Csdk
Cadiz,
Cadiz,
Where IN the hades
IL that old fleet from cadai /.
We are ready to smash 4
Smash it. VI
Smash 1t.
II 1t will only show up
You bet Wen s-m-a-a-ash IL
New Ynt|
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(Sousa has written the music for . new
song. "A Long Sweet Day Of June" which
appears In Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
for June. The words, written by Hunter
MacCulloch are as follows:)
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DEWEY CUT HIN Dew

Camp Meeting Hymn Which
l.. stanton Probably wrsl
Atlanta Constitution.
The fame of Dewey has reached iisS
rriral districts of Georgia. At IA ttlxs
meeting recently the LENDER" lra
following impromptu hymn.
Satan cuttin' up he shines-
Try ter take de town:
Satan climb de PhilippineA
But Dewey cut him towN
o sinners!
Fly fun Satan frown:
Satan climb de Philippine.
But Dewey cut him dovnl !
Satan drownln' In de sea,
Try ter swim ter town;
Climb de Phiiippines-0 mel
But Dewey cut him downl
q sinners!
Fly hen Satan roun'!
Satal imb de PHILIPPINES.
But Dewey cut him dcwnl
And 500 voices sent that Original
like hymn ringing to the ROOF.
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Cuba Libre.
Our sturdy fathers did lott /
They fought for freedom 10 llG
But we grander job have @
Who freedom win to give as!
--Chlaso y
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MRS G. W. Robinson entertained Tho
Main Street Euchre club in mos, !.
iightful manner last Tuesday morn,n
her residence on Fannin street, ~
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Dr. and Mrs. William Armis,ea, r
announce the marriage Of their da,as,s
hs0na Hudspeth. to Mr.. Ben Sykes VEGA,
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MT. J. Frank Fowler and Miss Carita n
knight were married last Tuesday \, IT,
perance hall. Rev Father Hennessy psr-
FORMED the ceremony. The young couple
enjoy large Acquaintance in social circle
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THE PHILIPPINES AND
THEIR VALUE TO US.
Great Area Of Fertile Land Won 10 LIE United
States 6u DeueuS Brilliant UCt0ry
NATIVES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS

This Monsoon blows for five months,
and during this season as much as
eight feet of water falls upon the west
ern coast. From October to April the
northeastern Monsoon blows, and then
the eastern coasts receive their floods
of rainfall. Earthquakes are frequent,
and are so severe that most houses are
built of wood or light bamboo, and sell
dom more than one story high.
The warm climate and the coplous
rains make a luxuriant vegetation.
Corn, cotton, tobacco, indigo, and most
sub tropical fruits grow in abundance
The more elevated interior regions OF
the larger islands have salubr1ous
and invigorating though subtropical
climate.
The Philippines were discovered by
Magellan in 1921. A Spanish fleet from
Mexico in 1865 took possession of them
in the name of the Spanish throne ana
named them in honor of Philip Ii.
The history of Spanish dominion in
the Philippines is but an obscure coun-
terpart of that history in South Amer
lea. in Mexico, and in Cuba. Cruelty
and rapine have beer the significant
features here as there.
The operations of the Spaniards have
been mostly confined to the island of
Luzon, the largest of the group. Ma
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Commodore Dewey's advance with
his fleet upon the Philippines, and his
brilliant exploits and victory there may
make brief account of those Islands,
almost the only remaining possessions
of the Spaniards in the East Indies,-
a matter of some interest at the present
time.
This group of twelve hundred islands,
with the China Sea on their West and
the Pacific on the East, extend a thou
sand miles nearly parallel with the
Southeastern coast of continental Asia,
from latitude 5 degrees 80 minutes
north Of the Equator in a northeastern
ly direction to latitude 10 degrees 80
minutes,-as far as from st. Petersburg
to the South point of Italy. The mean
longitude of the most northerly island
of the group, Luzon, is something more
than 100 degrees west from Washing
ton. 1t may be stated, therefore, that
the difference of time between Manila
before our own.
The aggregate area of these islands is
100000 square miles,-a region nearly
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Soldiers Feet.

good many soldier boys, who are
fitting themselves for experiences in
Cuba, have been induced, by their we'll
meaning but ignorant friends, to pur-
chase a lot of refined sulphur for wear
in their boots. by way of a preventive
against yellow fever.
Good clean wheat flour would be
quite as effective as far as warding off
the yellow jack goes and would do very
much less harm in the boots of an in
fantryman. Any woman knows, or
ought to know, that the best part of a
warriors strength lies in his feet. Long,
rapid marches have won almost as
many battles as steady courage and
good craftsmanship; therefore it be-
hooves sweethearts and wives to frown
on the sulphur superstition, and. before
sending their country's defenders to the
frort, take some of the following pre-
cautions: Just suggest to your brave.
good man to buy his boots close in the
heel and broad in the toe. If his feet
are in a state of tender irritation, as
the feet Of city jewellers are apt to be-
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Ii. Col. Theodore Roosevelt.

Rangers, but the uniform is the same.
as that of the cavalrymen of the regu
lar army, slightly modified. It's per-
sonnel-with the exception of the mil
lionaire members-is about the same
however, as that of the Rangers. 1t in
cludes men from almost every state in
the Union and they can one and all ride
well and shoot well, and many of them
have smelled powder in more than one
Indian war.
While Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt
took the most active part in it's forma-
ton, he does not command the regi-
ment.' That responsibility was deega t.
ed to Colonel Wood, who is almost as
well known in the West as Roosevelt is
in the East. He entered the army as a
surgeon, but he probably had muci.
more to do with the making Of wounds
than their healing.
1t is said of him that when he was
first assigned for duty to an Arizona
post he arrived at the post one night at
seven o'clock, and the next morning at
four was in the field and at work This
was during the Apache campaign in
1885, and Surgeon Wood soon won for
himself the name of the fighting doctor
He was conspicuous in the famous
Geronimo outbreak, having command
at various times of the infantry and
scouts engaged in the chase after that
Wiley savage.
The method of warfare the lead
ers of the rough riders have elab-
Grated and will follow out when the
opportunity comes for it's applica-
tion is quite unique. They are not
to charge as an ordinary cavalry
regiment would, for their fighting will
be done not with the saber but with the
rifle,-the weapon they can use with
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come lust at the advent of spring, per-
suade him to let you poultice the par
ticularly sensitive spots for couple of
nights in succession.
A little flaxseed meal into which boil
ing water and bit of sweet cream is
stirred makes the proper poultice. 1t
must be tied on to the foot while quite
warm and kept there all night. The
way 1t draws inflammation out of ten
der. Redeemed joints is a wonder. This
is the proper treatment for soft corns
and bunions, but not for hard cofhS,
until after they have been skilfully cut.
Then If any soreness is left q poultlce
will quiet the pain in short order
| To harden and purify the skin or a
pair of feet that are not accustomed to
much walking, institute night ana
morning foot baths OF cold water well
impregnated with listerine. Ii there Is
any ignorance on this point. show the
prospective soldier how to cut the nails
always straight across, never down IN
the corners. The nail should be cut 70
a level with the top of the toe, ana II
the corners are left untouched they VIII
not grow in, unless the shoe is worn en-
tirely too short. At the druggists order
a little box of salve, put UP in tiny
porcelain jar with a screw top. Coid
cream, worked up with witch hazel, are
the proper ingredients. and drop TINS
into the soldier boys baggage, with in
structions for it's use on feet that are
sore and strained from unusual walk
ing. Show the recipient of this gift
how. when he strips off his socks. to
rub the unguent quickly into the SKIN,
and solemnly warn him never to march
in ragged hosiery.
In Germany the soldiers are trained
to make forced marches with feet
naked of all socks, but thoroughly
creased with pure sheer's fst and stuck
thus in their shoes. Do not send de-
fender of his country off to the wars in
colored socks-unbleached balbrigsan
is the proper clothing, and locking over
his socks see to it that every pair is
whole and good That one that shows
the tinest darn must be cast out, for
on q march it can easily rub sore,
and a raw heel will as effectually
dampen a mans fighting ardor as
raging toothache under the hot summer
sun of the southern states and of Cuba.
Shoes that are creased, enameled or
treated with any but the thinnest
dressing are intolerably warm and tend
to make the feet swell. The Indians
knew what they were about when they
invented the moccasin, and if a pair of
slippers is packed into soldiers kit,
he will get more comfort out of these
pliabe, cool foot bags of soft leather
than any gear of civilized make. All
the precaution an anxious woman can
take to prevent the soldiers feet from
dampness is to buy and slip inside his
shoes q pair of soles, nearly as thin as
paper and made of hair They cost
only ten cents, and will not only hold
moisture from the foot but afford
pleasant kind of ventilation in the shoe,
besides lending an easy, springy feel
ing to the wearer's step.
These last are a feminine invention,
and are very valuable to any one forced
to take long walks.
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QUICK DASH.

found that it is fully three-fourths
oxygen. instead of one-fourth as at
first. This fact gives rise to some very
curious phenomena. If steel wire
with a lighted match fastened to the
end be dipped into the liquid, it burns
like finder with the most beautiful
scintillations. The experiment is some
times varied by using us cup thin
shell of ice, giving a highly spectacular
contrast. Again, if a bit of cotton
waste be saturated with the liquid, it
becomes violently explosive Mr.. Trip
Ter showed me heavy copper tube
burst open by this means as if it had
been rent by a charge Of dynamite but
the effect. so he assured me, was only
due to extremely rapid combustion.
The cold water of this liquetied air is
something quite beyond ordinary hui
man experience. Compared with it, the
deadly chill of an arctic blizzard is like
a hot blast from the desert; it would
simply boil in the hollow OF polar ice
berg. 1t easily produces temperature
of 800 degrees below zero; but these fig
ures are almost meaningless to most
people. A few Illustrations will make
the matter more ineligible. II the
liquid be poured into a teakettle and
placed on q red-hot stove, water
thrown into the kettle is instantly
frozen to cracking ice, while this
strange stuff boils about it; and what is
still more amazing, thick coating of
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frost gathers on the outside. even be-
tween the bottom of the kettle and the
fire. Proof spirits may be frozen in the
same manner, forming beautiful crys-
tails never seen by man until this Won
der-working liquid disclosed them. The
liquefed air itself may be frozen by
the cold of its own evaporation, giving
snowy product that must come very
near the absolute zero" about which
there has been so much speculation.
Mr.. Tripler, however, has small faith
in this absolute zero of the theorists.
With adequate appliances, 'if you could
find anything TO freeze you could still
freeze it," he declared. But if you
say anything of the sort scientific men
are sure to jump on YOU he added.
We all know something of the intense
cold that sears the flesh like hot iron.
The effect of a bath in liquid air would
be more like that of a plunge into mol
ten metal. Yet just as a finger may be
thrust into the melting-pot with i'm
punity if instantly withdrawn. so
momentary immersion in liquefied air
will do no harm. In the one case as in
the other, a thin cushion of vapor en-
cases the hand like a glove, and pro-
tects it for the fraction of a second. 1t
is not we'll to daily, however. Mr..
Tripler showed me severe burn" the
result of incautious handling.
Another very curious experiment Is
the freezing of mercury. A rod of the
CONCEALED metal will sustain a weight
of fifteen hundred pounds for fifteen
minutes before thawing sufficiently to
give way. But most other metals-cop-
per is an exception-are rendered as
brittle as glass by this extremity of
cold. was shown a tin canister which,
when full of the liquid, had been
broken like an oldfashiored lamp
chimney by slight shock.
I asked Mr.. Tripler what had first d-
rected his attention to this line of in
vestigaton. He replied that it was the
enormous wastefuness of the present
methods of obtaining motive power for
machinery-the fact, for example, that
about so per cent. of the potential
energy of the coal consumed for
steam engine is thrown away. This,
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product in quantities hitherto I'M
known, and at a low cost which bids
fair soon to make it a staple article
than those which followed the intro
duction of the electric dynamo.
That day is probably not far distant,
but at present liquid air is not on the
market. Mr.. Charles f. Tripler, the in
ventor of the new process, has in a
few instances furnished a large CAMS
ter of it for experimental purposes for
a nominal fee of twenty dollars. But
he is not manufacturing it for sale
he is otherwise employed-and the ar
ticle can no longer be procured at this
or any other price.
The process used is, of course, the au-
thor's secret, and the present writer
can disclose only so much as was told
him in q recent interview. The great
defect of the European method is that,
since the air is liquefied chiefly by be-
ing subjected to tremendous pressure,
which at the same time tends to heat
it, the greater portion of the liquid is
lost by evaporation the instant the
pressure is removed. In Mr.. Tripler's
process the heat generated is con-
stantly removed by the use of water
and other means. In fact, he told me
that very little pressure, comparative
ly speaking, was found necessary,-just
enough to get the process started. AS
a final result, a clear, steady stream
pours down from slender metal tube.
and is caught in cans or tanks like so
much rain-water, almost without
waste 1t is wonderful spectacle
Each gallon Of this liquid represents
about 7S1 gallons of common air.
This liquid is really mixture of two
-liquefied oxygen and lquefled nitro
gen-as distinct as oil and water,
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lions, mostly a low type of South Sea
islanders, Chinese, mixed breeds and
sprinkling of Europeans as mer-
chants and officials. The last mostly
reside in a few of the larger towns.
Considerable commerce is carried on
with the Philippines, mostly at Manila,
by the English, the Americans, the
Germans, and the Spanish. The an
nual exports and imports, in about
equal parts, now reach something over
$50, 100000. Cotton, indigo, Manila fab
RIGS, and tobacco in manufactured
cigars and cheroots, are the chief COM
modities of export. These islands pay q
tribute revenue to Spain annually OF
SIS. 600 900.
Excellent harbors, valuable minerals.
plentiful building and ship timber.
luxurlant vegetation, and not in
salubrious climate on the interior high
lands, would soon make these ISLANDS
the home OF a numerous, prosperous
and happy people, If freed from the
blasting effects of Spanish rule.
If healthy young men should be sent
there as soldiers for occupation of mill
tary posts, they would soon become ac-
climated, and would suffer far less than
English soldiers and civilians suffer in
the jungle regions of India. The sa-
luxurious and comparatively cool regions
of the elevated interior of any one OF
these Islands are always within easy
reach of the coasts.
Even American emigrants, especially
from the Southern States, would soon
find residence in the Philippines by no
means unpleasant, using the volcanic
interiors for country seats.
For agricultural and mineral re-
sources the islands are opulently en-
dowed. Nearly every useful food-plant
known in the world grows there with
marvellous luxuriance, and beds Of all
useful minerals, from coal to gold, are
found. The industries Of these tropical
Islands are almost undeveloped. lit
tie influx of Anglo-Saxon enterprise,
and a little Anglo-Saxon liberality of
government, would soon increase the
production and the commerce Of the ISL
ands fifty fold.
Copyright, 1898, by The international
Literary and News Service.
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though the difference in weight is not
so great. Still, the oxygen is slightly
the heavier, and tends to settle to the
bottom of the containing vessel. If a
portion of the liquid is poured upon
water, the nitrogen floats, while the
oxygen very slowly sinks, drop by
drop, though the drops are sometimes
as big as marbles. This makes very
pretty demonstration.
1t is to the oxygen that the beauti-
full pale blue tint is due, the nitrogen
being as colorless as water. Moreover,
the boiling point of the two is not the
same, that of the nitrogen being appre-
ciably lower than that of the oxygen
The former, therefore. evaporates
much more rapidly, and as a conse-
quence, after the liquid has stood for
q short time in an open dish, it will be