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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-23

Ennis. Texas, September 22.-The citi-
zens of this city met at the city hall To-
day and arranged plans and appointed COM
mittees to act IN the reception of the gal
liant soldier boys on their return home from
the service OF the government They are
expected hcIne every day and grand tins
10 anticipated. A bail aud banquet will
conclude the exercises
Colonel w. l.. Thompson. who mas
charge OF the special ear OF the Texas STATE
Fair ana Dallas Exposition. came in here
yesterday over the Houston and Texas
central railroad and spent the greater por-
! ton Of the day Advertising that institu-
tion. which opens October and closes Oc-
lober l6. The fair will be well attended
by Ellis county people this year.
/ The following programme mas been an
nounced for the literary meeting OF the
Ennis Camp Longstreet United Confei-
crate Veterans, 10 be held at Rowe's hal
Sunday, September 25. at o'clock p. IN.
| Prayer Chaplain Is. NJ Taylo
Music. Misses oliver and Lena Trirleit
\ ana Douglas Fugate.
! Prayer
Recitation. Miss Pauline Com
Address .............,.....Jo John ii. SDarf
Vocal solo ..................M Miss Ada Beii'
Recitation ........... Mrs. George o. Alvi
Music.
Prayer and benedctlon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-23
CUBAN SOLDIERS ARE DYING.
Lack of Food and Disease Rapidly DeCimat-
ing Their Ranks.

92Repor the island besides
soldiers bal and that eny dimn
show2s deaths Of viii smallpox
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-23

Prayer and benedictlon.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
HOW HE VOTED.

Character Who Had q Way for CIR
cumventing Inspectors.
Citizens of the Second district of the
Fourth ward, says the Rochester IN.
W Democrat and Chronicle, are having
considerable fun with a well-known
character of the vicinity who developed
n novel idea of the blanket ballot sys-
TEN of voting, on election day. For the
purposes Of this narrative the char
acter may be called Tom. He was given
a ballot by the election officers, and re-
tired into one of the compartments to
make his little cross marks. After re-
naming in the booth for time Tom
emerged with a self-satisfied air, but
empty handed.
'Where's your ballot?" asked an cleo
ton officer.
"Oh, that's all right" replied Tom.
81 put it In there oil right"
"You haven't voted yet; go back and
get your ballot"
"Yes. have; you can't fool me; !
voted it in there; you can't get sight
at my vots."
After little more argument on the
same line an investigation was begun,
which resulted in the discovery that
Tom had carefully marked his ballot
to his own satisfaction, folded it up and
slipped it through crack in the back
Of the booth. From there it had slipped
down into pile Of agricultural imple-
ments stored in the place. and it was
with no little labor and some difficulty
that il was "fished" out and returned to
the would-be voter. who, much against
his will, was obliged to permit the in
spectors to handle it before it was de-
posted in the box.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
NO MACINTOSH


Contrary Effects Of the Absence OF
One ON . Friend OF Col. Caiiiper-
II knew q man once" said Col. Cal
liper. according to the New York Sun.
"a young man who had everything that
heart could wish for, who, notwith-
sta nding that fact, was pretty ane and
sensible sort Of young man, but who,
nevertheless, did at times. in his young
err days. before he had learned the
philosophy of life, occasionally have
periods of depression. In one Of these
on his way home once from Europe
he came to the conclusion that life
wasn't worth living, and he made up
his mind to end it all right there by
jumping overheard. AS he looked over
the rail and realized how wet the wa
ter was, and how much there was Of IT,,
he knew that he ought not to go out
in it without a macintosh.
Going below he discovered that he
had neglected to bring one. On this
occasion of all others when he wanted
one most he had none. But he couldn't
think of encountering the wet map
propriately clad, and 30 be deferred
jumping overheard until he eonld do so
in proper form. Next morning, with
the resliency of youth, he was feeling
better, and he arrived in New York
buoyant, hopeful and strong.
And. curiously enough, while in
other respects he remained as punctili-
Gus as ever about his dress, he never
after that wore macintosh; and he
went out in all sorts of weather with
out hesitation. 1t was his carelessness
in this regard that led finally to death.
Out without macintosh in heavy
rain at the age of o. he caught cold
that settled on his lungs, developed into
pneumonia and carried him off, and so
ii may be said of my friend that he
owed his long life, and his death, to the
same cause"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
Concerning the Klondike.

Rev. P.tJ. Rowe, now missionary
bishop OF Alaska, is well known all
over the Lake Superior country.
II. F. ,Gruudler, of Marquette, has
just received a letter from the
bishop which contains some interest
ing matter concerning the Klon-
dixie. He says:
Great is Alaska! What do you
think of it, anyhow? The world
seems to be moved by the wonder
full gold finds and tens of thousands
will soon be on their way to these
rich fields. The stories of the riches
found are all true, but l am afraid
30 per cent of the people f1ocking
thither will be doomed to disappoint-
ment. At Dawson gold was as
plentiful, almost, as sawd ust. Great
chances of doing well we're possible
still they were but chances. Sa-
looms, fast girls, ETC., reaped a rich
harvest. Poor men today were rich
by tomorrow. And yet the chances
are but chances; the risk is great;
the hardships terrible, and the pos
.sibility Of failure so apparent that |
haven't been uble TO aayise any of
my friends to try it. II is undouuu
cdly a great country and will hold
out for years. think had you been
there you would have done we'll
might do so yct-but who can tell?
] was in as far as Circle City this
year, but the excitement was all up
at Dawson.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
Eighty Years in Prison.

Chica 20, Jan. 4.-Julius Tunte was
given a sentence of eighty years in
the penitentiary today in Judge
Baker court, while one jury was
coming in with-a conviction of Tunte
another was hurrying out to find a
verdict against him. He was tried
on four indictments for burglary, al
though twenty-one had been once
voted against him On the trial Of
the third indictment Tunte broke
down on the stand and pleaded gull
ty. Under the habitual criminal
act he received twenty years for
each indictment, or eighty years in
all. This is the longest sentence
but one ever given in Cook county.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
KNOWS THE BIBLE BY HEART.
Deaf and Blind Colored hoy Who Can
Quote Scripture Correctly.

Deaf and Blind CoIored hoy who Can
Quote Scripture Correctly.
while visiting an old friend on the
Tennessee river, near where Shannon's
creek empties in the larger stream. not
reports the Louisville Post. IL saw a
negro lad of IL who is as great won
der to me as Helen Kellar, the world
famous blind girl and deaf mute. He
lives in a typical Kentucky backwoods
community, and has had no advan-
tages. My friend asked me if l would
like to see the youth, and assured him
| would. We went to the child's home,
if the little hut might be termed home,
and before left it opened my eyes
wide in establishment. The boy was
born deaf and blind, and with one arm.
He was for years, while a mere tot.
called the freak by the negroes who
unfeelingly poked fun at the unfortu-
nate. This child was given a raised
letter Bible by an old nomadic mis-
sionary, who happened to see the pick
aninny while preaching to the negroes,
and from it the boy learned every chap
ter in the Bible. He can quote any
verse in the Scriptures and do it quick
ly. He spends every hour Of his time
in studying Gods Word, and says he is
going TO teach the blind children of his
race. The lads name is Harry William
Ba!aam Freeman, and he is cookbook
ing mulatto. | am going to get some
friends Of mine to join me in collec-
ton to be sent the boy to further his
studies. His mother works in the field,
and his father is steamboat rousta-
bout"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
NOVEL TREATMENT.
The Russians Take an Ant Hath 20
Cure Rheumatism

The Russians Take an Ant Hath TO
Cure rheumatism.
The Russian peasants, more especial
ly those residing in the neighborhood
OF Moscow, have peculiar and original
method of treating themselves for that
bane of mankind, rheumatism. Many
cures, even in very bad cases, are, it
is claimed, effected by making the pa
tent take ant baths, says an exchange
The manner Of preparing these baths
Is as follows: An anthill is sought. and
when found, a sack is filled with ants.
ants eggs, and IL it be considered neces-
sary, certain quantity of the earth
which composes the hill. The sack is
then closed Theoretically and carried TO
the home of the sufferer. A warm bath
is already prepared here, and the sack
Is plunged bodily into the hot water.
Soon this latter begins to give off pc
culiar pungent odor, characteristic of
formic acid. The bath is now ready for
the patients immersion. The action of
the bath on the skin is one OF intense
Irritation, and the result seems to be n
drawing out of the evil, and the con-
sequent disappearance of the rheumatic
pains.
IL is advisable for anyone who may
be tempted to try this remedy to be
careful not to remain too long in the
ant bath, rs the consequences might be
. total disorganization of the skin,
which would peel of, due to the violent
action Of the acid.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
SURGEONS DILEMMA.
Electric Light Went Out During .
Serious Operation.


A Lewiston physician tells story
about surgical operation and an cleo
trio light, says the Journal Of that
city.
1T was 12 o'clock at night" says he,
when L heard thunderous knocking
ut my door, and going to it found a
man WALKING up and down the steps in
pain. He had an abscess under his left
arm and was suffering intensely. 1t
needed lancing, and we proceeded to do
il. l got my instruments ready. placed
the man in a chair under the electric
light and made an incision. The armpit
is very dangerous place, MS many
large and small arteries gather there.
i had just time to see that had lanced
il, and had also severed a good-sizod
blood vessel, when the electric light
went out. | had no kerosene lamp or
gaslight in the room. could hear the
blood falling in a little pool on the floor.
and my patient was terribly excited. l
was scared. l seized a towel, made a
wad of it, and, chucking it under the
mans arm, told him to hold il down al
his side. Then ! ran to the telephone
and called up the power station. TN
be an hour before we can get the light
onagain. a belt has broken they said.
But l have just cut man and he is
bleeding to death in the dark here
Sorry. but can't help It, came the an
swer. then remembered kerosene
stove. and, lighting this, caught up
the blood vessel with thread and dressed
the wound by its failing light. II was
the most startling and precarious op-
Grafton ever performed"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
Tour of All Mexico.

Special vestibuled train Of sleep
ing and dining cars with the new
open No-Top Observation car start
from ChicagoJan. 18th and Feb. 23d,
under the management of the Amer
lean Tourist Association. Tickets
include all expenses. Apply to
agents Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul R'y for programs. Q-St2)
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
salmon and whisky.

Salmon fishing has been very poor
on the river Spey this season, owing,
it seems, to the whisky refuse from
the distilleries on the banks. Anglers
assert that the refuse kills or drives
away the fish, while the distillers say
that the salmon is hungry for it and
thrive on it. For either cause, how
ever, the salmon will no longer touch
the flies.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
Swiss lcrposftfon.

Last years Swiss exposition at
Geneva lasted six months, and during
all that time there were only 35 days
when it did not rain. The result was
deficit of $4,000. which the city
paid.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
Heavy Fire Loss i'm Inmber.

Saginaw, Jan. eight million
feet of lumber was burned on the
docks OF the Saginaw Lumber &
Salt company early this morning.
Ia loss j. &lp0. 600
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
An old Beverage.

Next to our grape wine 1t is believed
that Japanese sake. OF rice wine. is the
oldest alcoholicbeverage known to man,
hs use In japan dating back over 1000
years.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-07-09

There Is man in Maine who has dis
covered that bears eat spruce gum, and
he thinks he knows why they do Il.
One day this man was hunting for
spruce gum in the mountains. and he
had filled one basket and was working
on another, when he heard a growl be-
hind him. He looked, and saw black
bear eating the spruce gum in the first
basket. He hurled a stone at the, ami
NAL and IL ran away, but not before ID
had eaten all the gum. This was in tho
fall. and the man says bears always eat
gum, Ito keep their stomachs from
growing together while they take their
three months nap"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-07-09

Life on the frontiers of civilization
is sure to develop that attribute which
we call pluck" All Australian boys
are taught the necessity of guarding
against snake bites and the method OF
treating them. Two boys had gone
into the bush to play, and one of them
pushed his hand into hole after rab-
bit. He jerked IL back, with snake
attached TO one of his fingers. Quick.
Charley!" he cried, laying his hand on
a stump. Charley brought down his
AK and amputated the boys finger.
Then the little fellow ran mile TO
drug store, where the druggist dressed
the hand. Think of that for nervel
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-07-09

the notes are sounded. IL took him two
years TO teach the dog the simplest tune
SO that he could trust his pupil before
an audience, But the reward was great.
Blacks first appearance was made in
Paris and the hit was instantaneous.
Prof. Fills taught Black to play tina
few airs in his repertoire by the most
persistent practice. No aspiring
musician ever spent longer hours or
more labor over piano than did Black
He had one advantage in that he never
had to do scales or practice lingering
o. pedaling. The professor guided u
paw to one key enough times TO teach
the dog its location. then upon another
and another, going back 10 the begin
ming and repeating an infinite number
OF times until the whole mechanical
process OF that particular tune was inn
pressed on the dogs brain. But even
after all this practice Black cannot be
trusted to play ar air before an audi
ence without rehearsal beforehand
II Prof. Fills should rehearse him on
THE Last Rose of Summer" only and
the audience should demand an encore
master and pupil would be in guam
Diary, for, large as Blacks repertoire is.
he couldn't strike a note correctly in
any air except the one he had rehearsed
and just played.
The piano Black plays on isn't really
a piano. IL is a system of electric
chime bells, containing enough notes
TO play any ordinary tune. When
Black presses key with his paw he
really presses button, causing a bell
to ring. But the tune can readily be
recognized, and with the accompani-
ment of the orchestra flows prettily.--
st. Louis Post-Dlspatch.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-07-09
DOGS WONDERFUL ACT.
Mack Probably In the Only Canine In
the World THAT Can Play .
Tune Correctly.

This dog is Prof, Fills most valued
possession. He IA the only dog in the
world that can piay tune. Probably
half the people who see this remarkable
performance believe that IL is trick
and that the piano is fixed to play
without the assistance of Black u
the dogs real name.
Prof. Fills laughingly destroyed tho
fond illusion OF the man who believes
animals reason by explaining that this
Russian poodle really has no idea Of
music and doesn't know A from ID when
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-07-09

the coracle, and CROPPED my way STUN
blingly out of the hollow where / had
supped, there were but two points visi-
bic on the whole anchorage.
One was the great fire on shore, by
which the defeated pirates lay carous-
ing In the swamp. The other. mere
blur of light upon the darkness. In
dicated the position of the anchored
ship. She had swung round 20 the ebb
her bow was now toward me--the
only lights on board were in the cabin;
and what l saw was merely reflection
on the fog of the strong rays that flowed
from the stern window.
The ebb had already run some time.
and had to wade through the long belt
OF swampy sand, where sunk several
times above the ankle, before i came to
the edge Of the retreating water, and.
wading a little way In, with some
strength and dexterity set my coracle,
keel downward, on the surface.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-07-09
saw, an these buccaneers wesv - cal
Ions m the aea they nailed on

saw, an these buccaneers wesv - cal
lous a. the sea they sailed on.
At last the breeze came; the schooner
sidled and drew nearer In the dark:
i felt the hawser slacken once more.
and with good, tough effort cut the
last fibers through.
The breeze had but little action on
the coracle. and / was almost instantly
swept against the bows of the "Hia-
PAMELA" At the same time the schoon-
err began to turn upon her heel, spin
ming slowly, end for end, across the
current.
(, wrought like fiend, for 1 expected
every moment TO be swamped: and
since I fovnd could not push the cor
scle directly OF. now showed straight
astern. At length was clear of my
dangerous neighbor; and just az I gase
the last impulsion, my hands came
across the stern bulwsrks. Instantly
grasped 1t.
Why / should have done 10 can
hardly say. It was at first mere i'm
stinct; but once had IL in my hands
and found 1t fast, curiosity began TO get
the upper hand, and / determined I
should have one look through the cabin
window.
1 pulled in hand over hand on the
cord. and. when / judged myself near
enough. rose at infinite risk to about
half my height, and thus commanded
the roof and slice of the interior of tho
cabin.
BY this time the schooner and her
little consort were gliding pretty swift
ly through the water; indeed, we had
already fetched mp level with the camp
fire. The ship was talking, as sailors
say, loudly, treading the innumerable
ripples with an incessant weltering
splash; and until got my eye above the
window sill / could not comprehend
why the Waterman had taken no alarm.
One glance. however, was sufficient;
and IL was only one glance that durst
take from that unsteady skifY. IL
showed me Hands and his companion
locked together in deadly wrestle, each
with . hand upon the others throat.
fro be Continued
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-07-09
CHAPTER XIII.
THE EBB-TIDE RUNS.

The coracle-as had ample reason TO
know before was done with her-was
q very safe boat for q person OF my
height and weight, both buoyant and
clever in a seaway; but she was the
most cross-grained. lop-sided craft TO
manage. Do as you pleased. she always
made more leeway than anything else.
and turning round and round was the
maneuver she was best at. Even Ben
Gum himself has admitted that she was
"queer 10 handle till you knew her
way"
Certainly I did not know her way.
She turned in every direction but one,
the one I was bound to go; the most
part of the time we were broadside on,
and am very sure never should have
made the ship at all but for the tide.
BY good fortune, paddle as pleased,
the tide was still sweeping me down;
and there lay the "Hispaniola" right In
the fair way, hardly to be missed.
First she doomed before me like a
blot OF something yet blacker than
darkness. then her spars and hull be-
gan 20 take shape, and the next mo-
ment, as IL seemed flor the further ]
went the brisker grew the current OF
the ebb), was alongside her hawser.
and had laid hold.
The hawser was as taut as n bow
string-so strong she pulled upon her
anchor. All round the hull, In the
blackness, the ripping current bub-
bled and chartered like little noun
tain stream. One cut with my sea
gully and the "Hispaniola" would go
humming down the tide.
So far so good; but 10 next occurred
10 my recollection that taut hawser,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-07-09
DREAMER AND SChEMER.
Napoleon Thought He Could wi.
Glory In Mexico.

Napoleon Thought He Could wiz
: Glory In Mexico.
Z When the Mexican empire was
planned our civil war had been raging
fol-. nearly two years. From the stand
point OF the French rulers. the moment
seemed auspicious for France to in
terfere in American affairs. The es-
Establishment OF great Latin empire,
founded under French protection and
developed In the interest of France,
which must necessarily derive the prin-
cipal benefit Of the stupendous wealth
which Mexico held ready to pour into
the lap of French capitalsts-of an en-
pire which in the west might put a
limit to the supremacy of the United
States, as well as counterbalance the
British supremacy in the east. thus OPP
posing n formidable check TO the en-
croachments of the Anglo-Saxon race
In the interest of the Latin uations--
such was Napoleon's plan, and have
been told by one who was close 10 the
imperial family at that time that the
emperor himself fondly regarded it as
"the conception of his reign
Napoleon III. labored under the dis
advantage of reigning beneath the
shadow OF n great personality which,
consciously or unconsciously, he ever
strove TO emulate. But however clever
he may be. man who, anxious TO appear
or even TO be great, forces fate and
creates impossible situations that he
may act leading part before the world,
In only schemer. This Is the key 10 the
character Of Napoleon III. and TO his
failures. He looked far away and
dreamed of universal achievements,
when at home, at his very door, were
the threatening issues he should have
mastered. The story is told OF
him that one evening. mt the Tuil-
cries, when the imperial party
were playing games, chance brought
TO the emperor the question:: what
is your favoritc occupation?" TO which
he answered: ITO seek the solution
OF unsolvable problems" 1t is also re-
lated that in his younger days n ia
vorite axiom Of his was: Follow the
ideas of your time, they carry you
along; struggle against them. they over
come you; proceed them. they support
you" True enough, but only on condi-
ton that you will not mistake the shrill
charms of few interested courtiers
and spectators for the viocs Of your
time. nor imagine that you pr-cede your
generation because you stand alone.
He dreamed Of PARKWAY glory and his
flatterers told him his dreams were
phetic.-Cornelius Stevens, In Gen.
fury.