The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-08

in the hotel Hobbies and enjoyed hinseit
heartily.
Colonel s, s. Moss OF Cieburne. one q
the best known men In all rexAs, is dei-
erate to the Masonic GRAND Lodge. Colo.
Houston aud Is q strong believer IN shis
citv's future. He Is running his bank:
hclpng rim Ceburne and keeping out o.
uoIitics these days.
State Senator A. d. Kerr Of Fiatcnia
Is at the Hutchins hcuse Senator Kerr
Is leading members OF the upper branch
of the Texas legislature. He said TO
Post reporter yesterday. II am the orie
snal Csilbcrson man Of the Twenty-fffth
LEGISLATURE. was the. first e. des!are an
irtentaon 10 vote for him for United Staten
senator and am prosM OF It. Governor
Cclberscn is a strong man and viii be a
credit to his State as menhcr OF the
United States senate II Major Savers
runs for tho senatcsship two years hsaro
very formidable opponent OF both Bailey
and Chiffon. am not ses rcaas 20 say
what shall dc on the Hogs fee matter"
Colonel Thomas Kingsley, noted whcr-
ever the whistle OF locomotives has aroused
strange echoes In the ctrcun,ambient 40
the travelling passenger agent Of ss
Ellen NJ" otherwise known as the LOUIS
willie and Nashville railroad, landed ID
Houston last night and Will spend tntlay
doing" the Flower show and as many OF
his rival passenger agents as possible. The
colonel Is exuberant. He has jutt succeed
ed in making big haul for his hne ana
is harry. Colonel Kingsley is kentuck-
ian md now and then drifts Tack to tho
old home he lett SO many years agv 20
come to Texas. He was up In tho blue-
grass not long ago and still wears signs
taI IA tu
Just TOW he is looking for people who cx-
rect TO spend Christmas with the old folks
at home. He says he Is finding thcni. too.
and that most of them IRE going TO take
turkey by the l.. and N. route.
Prominent men have their trials 40 well
as common mortuls. Hon. ]. w. Rlakss
tribuation came yesterday. Usually the
most gallant of men,, yesterday he spent
SIX touis busgly avoiding committee OF
handsome ladies who We're trying to thru:t
honors upon him. Tuesday night he got
Al note asking him to act as one of the
Judges at baby show. He positively de-
clined to act as such. but dli not care 60
offend any one by writing any such
strcng personal convictions So he let the
matter drag along until yesterday about
noon. when a friend Informed him that
the ladies who had the baby show in
charge were Determined he should BIZ one
OF the JUICES anu WeIe even tneN on tue
lookout for BIN. He turned pale, cold
perspiration fought its way through has
skin and stood out on his face. He looked
Ike man ready to faint and was unable
to st!f for a few moments. Then his
vented energy came back to him and he
MADE an air limo for some scheduled spot
where no one would think of finding him.
As soon as the Grand Lodge of Masons
began its afternoon session he sought the
Temple in roundabout way and, gaining
IT'S entrance, left word witt the doorkeerer
to tell all connEttees looking for him that
he had gone to Mexia. He evaded the
committee, but believes it was narrow
escape. But the story got out and George
" Tyler at once dubbed him Judge"
Blake. He Is being carried high by MI
his acquaintance. He said last night:
mo baby show for me. read long ago
what a stir Paris created when he gave
the palm of beauty to Venus over Juno
and Minerva. Well the strife that carve
of that decision is nothing to the war forty
irste mothers would make when sstneb hy
elses baby got the beauty prize ia make
one fri7nd as Judge at an exhibition Of
tbs kind and fifty lifelong enemies. No
baby show for me-