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

Eng my hearty thanks for the many coln'-
tesles i have received alt slle halhis OF we
psople OF Houston, ] nave irull uAt tue
much lalked-of hospitality OF pae ieNens
Is mot a myth but a rssl. faacEla-aig tasl
Il want TO say that Secretary Wll5on b9ne
ma tell Won That he Was very sorry ne could
moi be here with yo,i. He expteted TO Vlsil
TENS on this occasion anl 10 astend DO IL
the TsIbasco Growers messing ana fae Mr.
xionsa Faamsrs' congress, Bu{ uae Pre- ieht
accepted an iwyflntien 10 @s,eQi WIRE Ps45'
tubyiee at Albania and asked h.s Eapinet W
70 90 the Georgia capital MIN MIN. d rioN-
ever he hopes 10 be able TO come 70 TEX y
sx,on and means To elitbrl3e the tirsl o.
lortunity 10 nnAke.I tiip thiiousn Vae go. So
ksn,t Shwt st He sent me 10 Is&as uias tiuT
ana asked me VA represent nan
.The depattment OF agriculture has taken
ana IL taking an active itterast IN ing
tobacco industry. The kind OF tobacco you
growers are producing, tnat lht -. anas,
TIA manufacture OF cigars 10 the nnes,
erOwn II reaches the wealthy classes ara
car be styled d luxury. We grow IN the
Unihk1 States mary different kinds OF To-
.haoco. We send tobacco all over Euro Q
ana nave to grow a different kind for thc
pa0ple Of each country, Cuba and SumiTa
4 produce very the tpbacc0s. ! behoovs's Us
4 - study the coud.sion 81 their soias. Wy l,s
i ktr1lA az tobacco they grow, etc, IN nv
i 6uck good VIII come nf such study and
&taf S9sgy tobancO grower Will profit there
.sThat mart 81 Cuba that produces the
nnG6k f6barc0 n small area In the ex-
is.tiis 3eskkin part 81 the islana In Mill
" 1qOhA = heavier grade Il grown and ~
# Cuba the planlcrs raise topscce
Z 4 SISS 4 ss9Anx 6re tobacco the sails MUS
~ 1kn61n i carefully, the tob4ueo chiet
I: 55fly and kept Hi Il has reachc I
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, ur r. Munger, Mr.. r. II. Hall
~, - Nacogdoches. Mr. w. X. u.HSif.
MIR. Ed Sssne. ,;,,..e ~
rane al ih,s organization was called 'ne
It ,;sssor ys,s made By Mr. II. NJ. carter q
,vsimar that Nsssrs. a. X. Moore. ~. ?;
" lanes ann C. r. Munger be appoini.SH
~, ,i.s,yy Avn suitable bylaws ana a cons,s.u-
tson oor both the state and suSiiafy apSv-
Citations and to report AZ 'ne neN'
ing. .u.,,..rar ~ tne TO-
!. ~, c,jtuTc. the meeting adjourned sud-
;sct 10 a call by the president ~ any . laNS
W. - : j. n. Taub. Secretary.
r,,,p E,nARY AND Il TREAsURHR's Fl
- IT, NANCIAb REPORT.
IN sundry bills at various dates
for p1stage, printing sleln
graphite and mimeograpnac 40 os
wnrk observation-disclosures. 800 20 ~
nv membership dues.s......... sis ""
To balance due the associa- i, ).
t5an :. ..............s :. 49, II s Sf -
| / IT, Davis. the treasurer OF une OF sani-
aaron reported that the organization WAS
sss Or IN tiept as about s53 had been eS-
| mem, ed and the to,al membership Was onsy
| eiehiNen. vito paid an annusi rec OF 49,
~
Vice President Caiter moved 1nat nhe
membership books be opened and all pres
emit be asked to join.
The doaowing members were enroiiea'
Dan Reeswell Coimesneil; Louis 7. pe
Mouche. yfcvoria; H. s. Elder Lufkin; s
E. Barnes, 1li1ity; j. NJ Saladnier, Bran;
e. lulsineas, La Grange; 2. Y. polso 90
Hous GA; w. f. Blatr, Dayton; John niall.
Dayton: 7. w. McGehee Weilnar; W:lsan
a. d, a. Cae.o; T.. T. slack, Arcadil; w
lT. Mialnes. Hockey. Il. L. Anger. Hu'lts'
Vile; Cad Moers, Hous.on; Leopold Cam
| Beavllle; L. A. Renceke, Cueto; Y. ~
Euhode Galveston; l.. NJ. 0ppenhssmer
Montgomery county; c. S. Peatteld, hoas
lton; Finest S. Swiedom, Gtddiags; .4arse
Peterson. Rock Island; A. "ran l.aIa,s
lKv.e. s. p. Doherty Dayton; j. ;. DANls
Lufkin; H. NJ. Carter, We.mar
On motion tne constitution end bylaw
were read They provide ii substance III
object of the organization to be 10 promo
1.-The culture of tobacco. Ut provided lof en
elaa,h,n OF officers, the formation Oh CON
ntitees, etc., and fixed ahe duies oil Oh
organ. cations In addition TO the generi
orya,Dlgut1n tine cons iaution provided 10
aj,c Foundation of auxiliary ass2iat.on
lsihfoughoui the SlAte.,
| Mr. Davis of Lufkin objected to the rui
requiring each member of the auNlAaVy OF
g,ssagzat.on to contribute ~ 10 the seleis
oreanlzo ion. He Thought that eac1 aux
lufary Organization might be required TO pa
a S. fee 10 the general organization.
Gana.Aa opanhe.nier thought dhat tn
adoEion OF the constFtu lou ana bylaw
was premature. Hs thoushit u provi LED 10
too much cumbersome machinery IN %
wgy of auxiliaries There We're oaly aoou
tsn counties in the StDte raising to5aca'
and I'm many OF these there were n5t enoug
,-,c,yarc TN form mn aluNlFary.
lMr Davis OF Lu'kln conitendel that tn
formation of auxiliary Organizations wa
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raising. curing and sweating YOU are o.
yet ready to sell u. II should be properly
AIRED aud Texas growers should leart 'hls
now. No inferior tobacco should be sent one
Tho state. The reputAlol OF Texas To-
baceo at present Is In the hands OF YOU ~
alSidual growers and you should he vefy
careful about what you put on the Market
$50
1.-THE agricultural department Is in closer
touch with the farmers than ever be-
fore. we are dong less WHITING ana mofe
work. For the first time al, approximation
OF $4,000 has hIen asked OF CONGRESS 70
!, carry on our tobacco investigations This
| % not mucgS but we wlli put II TO the best
| uses possible We want TO do for the TO-
| Dacro growers what the geosogiceh survey
1 hes done fer the mining interests ~ eani .
| n,ars az so,ls. etc. VIE want 60 send ex-
I psrts to CUBA to STUDY SSH conditions there
and 10 collect all other Information reia'
\ ti,e To lhls industry We can possibly ODD
tsin We have In Florida now a celebrated
German plys,silglst and bacterolasis'
MS, Is ssudytng ths fermcnsatMp OF @,
bscco. the bacteria that play so impartsns
3 a part In this process etc. As soon u
pfacp.cahle the results OF his stuilss WI
be put in bulletin form and furnished Z
i The public
4 In 1900 great international exposltlo'
4 viii be held at Paris. The secfNtary Q
agriculture Is charged by law with the Gu
sItire horticultural exhibit OF the United
States. hope the Texas Tobacco Grower
viii turn sh an exhibit. und II YOU d
& furnish one. make II as crfditable a. pas
sllIe No such means OF swe:lsslns YOU
p,cfuet viii Ucme apain for long TIME
( Al the propar time III write 10 your presl
dent. wl,s Will arrange FOR the cxhin''
Again / thank YOU" tMuch app.ausel
q on motion OF Colonel Opeahe'msr. Mr.
!. iwhitxay was rendered vote Of thanks 70
y hk instructive address, bys unanimol
! | rallins vote lie WAS also slecsed an hon
! | oraxy mnember OF the association, tn
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...TEXAS...
Tobacco Growers

80 soid before. ana learn how to treat
ths evo,1 N the best advantage from piaas-
ing time till IL is put on the marker.
+e~
.sTobacco can BIO grown on any land mat
win proiue corn AMI In all climates ~
fact tobacco viii grow on some iaads tnat
,xlil moi raise corn Bus fine cigar tobacco
wi,i vroX o0ay IN d few small Localities OF
,bts eatfb. are thtTe III ii peculur fos ma.
ron q. sUIi necessary TO It's g.0Nths = = =
lrofn wheie th5lss Localities are soils M Il !.
M 4;iidi0d ard studied carftuiiy. h ass
foiigJ; that eli tho bright yellow topa s,. VI
N4ietjjn. tho Csroltnas ali ONE 81 -, a
81 the south II grown on the poorts. h wy,
al SOL. 1ha lni@s look IKE tney ...a,;,,,,s,
worth cuitiyutinS, bat there ~ soiii t.
Yn .lf oil that produces this orsgnt To-
,bsr{s3 ihaf i'd other sui cpntalr.ss rms y
4 y4,yS .trs{yti nrgjnt tt,at Knowing Ftn9 ih-
gfadfonfk oil tho sol Is d ysry necessi
ATTRIBUTE hi successful tobacco sro oNn. 10
lilo iiftgst cigar tobacco nAies snouhl ~
yTy,rsn a., a closer sol than the wrapper.
StIa fIfnr H. ,.tronr and hardy uni n close
so9 on@y make Ii more vigorous. Bu me
Srapper IS tctkfer and can no stand tfe
IN .s.tf,$as III climate Bnd untavor-b-e
coaditiots Of soil lako the itller,
.,I. is impossible to discuss my subjects
nc length. They are too numerous ana
ean only refer TO them briefly. The curing
or TOBACCO Is ono OF the most important
processes corrected with its growth. ds
met mean 'dryisg when say curing, as y
freui.cA " ptacticed | saw some lonacr'
4, Southern California that was df-ea up
had no more substance than leaves. ! ~
uu4.H OF tobacco is not dryins. ~
n species OF fermentation that brtnss ou'
VIII n lr.pariy corlhdcied al that D+s
In the plant. Too great care ana tun.
,urlus can not be undertaken. Ihe Ooa
rccii ut farmers put their tobacco IN paies
7 where 1t is kept for SIX or twelve mon IN
trusting to hloNiden 10 keep II IN 10 ,
' condition bsiieve in trusu In ffoVi
.lenee but also believe In Knowing so'he
5 thing OF what we are doing
~ went TO Florida sometime ago 10 ie'tr
@ something OF how the Fiorid.ans coodut
4 the sweating of their tobacco. TINS 10
s kind OF fermentatlcn very essential to tc
. bacco and the department viii soon puoits
= a bulletin describing how 1t Is cone.
learned in Florida that IL is much b2tteI
work with large quantity OF TOBACCO INA
4 with "A small lot. III is almost impossible
properly sweat u small quantity. In Flori
many farmers work together and swe
~ their tobacco Mt one point under one maj
II agemont II not only can he sweated
n ,niach better success, but can be grade
:, much better. The perfect grading of sur
IA a4ra tobacco makes 10 much more yaiuit
TO manufacturers Tobacco growing IS
a extensive industry. After all the work
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Y. NJ. Q. A. No..

The ladies bazaar at IT, y MI
rooms continues with good III
Quite a number Of pat1vos
wocms yesterday, especially xsi
progress Of the baby show 4
Seventeen little ones under x, I
years were entered in the 49,
with the following result: 81 a.
Prettiest girl baby. handsome "
fer.d by Sweeney & Frederick A.
Pauline Palmer. III ,S3s
Finest Toy baby. silver Gun ~
j. Il. Mitchell. won by MitcSs{l B'ISsI
Brightest baby, pearl handle Mls
fork. presented by William Tusten p
Ralph Rector.
The bazaar will continue durnx Nv )
and on Saturday another prIss n
/ awarded to tho N,st popular NM
babies may be entered. and i by3
set apart for each; all yisitov 5n1I
vote at the prizes Of a cent d ru.s n
| baby who polls the greatest nas
votes wins the prize. IL Y
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IL
rsbe second ANIMAL meeting Of enc ieNuS
rsntsrco Growers ASSOCIATION was heia y
rurrcr hail In tifls city yn5teraay- Esefs
m.sa,I6er Of the boiy, every Texan inter-
,.sf.,a N The grxsving Of the weed wh'aa sir
vlafrcr Raleigh in Inc long ago iearhsi
A,,.,o-s ;xous Is use and love. has cats
to fcsl proud Of the aaitial insesng o. tae''s
men. a feeling THAI q grlnI Texas ihias-
nv WAS bs6ng usherei into yisSfeu' l.ss.
t,lp,: the event marked the npslnnins a
new era for all tals section ol sae $500 ~.
pesyuded I'LL ilaose present ADD heisnss'i'a.
interest in the rlocseyl.nss
The tobacco men with their wives qua
1angsios began to arrive az the nAil e1fi9'
and by the Sima tho hour sst for coilse1'i ~
had arrived "a big room WIS ro-ntoi1ts'py
filled. on tbs Stage eat President A.sf.' 81
Moore IL rhe ASSOCIATION, sesietaly u ~
T,aigb Hon. Milton whitney oi WasIitston,
ass tlanl secretary oi tssr4eLigarei WAC Wiz
p,,ssent ms the s55IIAi Atsst o. tne tps'aSS,
men; Mayo SAN "A. blslseir, y l. :
Soan b. Strong, seyeIat os.ler WI vi 7niio y a
I HojslonaI ANA Il number oi l1days
TfouT1stly sar 1880 l4t,eJ.aisl't Moore calte,,
me asstu,iosgs to oI.der. lie s2FTJin@eu
Mavor Isitastfgar, WHO wslcpmsd me ssS4-
cfalon 10 ine city In d qteat lttf.e specs 1
81 fecl,p lie said, 'tliat Qn W@Ilo.n,hs W ,
ussotgetsinn L taln wsl1oanl4rg new ca I"
,yealth and prosperity for Texas new
,tnrtlI of conillturte unu4L resulS in uAe MOI
al the tq,plcco growers "a Texas. III osh -
az all rhe people OF nh.s city want TO wei
come You 10 every iIoa.di4isy 4At- holS1on
she convention cester isGl m u 5at5-is Ok td'
STATE. can offer" tAiat!~aSa'
Colonel L. NJ oppenhslmnr, a leading 10
locco grower oil Mon gonreiy o-anty -
piled to The mayors welcoming speech. IL
sata dhe coston indul.ry was in lis dee1
dofsje t,nd toDacao e.taA.ng oitefed Aa'
channel for .ihe industry OF TeNus asrl III
surtsts. Experience hld preyen ihae IeNa
can Sitsw a type o, roblaoo e4tlll 90 any :
The world He told some experiences II
had With t5lylcGo cxpers in MO Ae ana sa'
HI. Succeeded IN crnV no3ug 1ils1n ,Mtt lsNi
yobarco. of which he carried algn2lei, WI
equal 10 any Cuban grown topaeeo the
could find.
Mr.. whitney was Introduced 10y Pres'deI
Moore ainld much applause nj the conc't
sion of colonei oppeaheimer's remarks 1
talked in a sensible. matter-of -fact kind
way FOR AN hour on the tobacco industry
ITS many bltunehes and made an addre
rhst enchbined uhe rapt attent ON OF 4
Is auditors He said in part
II wish to begin my remarks by expires
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Ns,e,s or slec5r!c power isa = a.y ~
i, most needed. YesseTa11, M ]
m, eIl,e eleva.ors in ne 's 81 n
iho,lses we're nlos rlDn y. !. ,rrcAsl
dsla,ing ahe afternoon. W. ~, vi Il 4
depend upon this gervicss Z, 'ns u. 4 VI
flleir psirpns 4nfonye " ! Z, ,,ss;s III
caused them consiaesa arn M 4 ~!
isis time, when the town 3
shoppers. assn much
,,,,n,,y,ance several lines -. s.cli4|
absence of lights u ssus sssui
city, the power .s va dsn,s;d &,
a:oisnt TO Supply ssi '.,,t IN o. e.: 4.
nave been suddenly ca. CIV II nretly ~
nleys ,have been fi,asrs z saIclst
w. 49, cous 1l,,y mura, ircosssi.ssu1I
chants ana Others dspena
x.irn s--s~<r~sr41
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black land. Yos h&ys
proper equipment. r NIX
foot barn space to evsfSi ~
must be property veotliS
be a certain amount q ~
mosphere to properly t,,sS y
Quired from $65 ID AZ ~
tobacco. He said the
fresh cotton seed, Manuss
FERTILIZER. as It initiated :
OF the plant. n l'.1l|! 81
A resolution VIVA 49, !. Z
appropriation Of 5000 49, n
tho establishments Of an =
ton. H.
a motion wrs made IA n.
| PRESIDENT appoint q comrr Z, 1. H.
for an exhibit OF Texas iohs " I.
expositiois. Ho appointed - MI
l.. M. openheimer. Mr.. R,,s - w \ /
NJ Richards, MIR. Eh,er NJ
A. NJ. Carson, Owen Snist \
Sam Resd, DR.. Roberts ~
L. Mathes, s. H. pattsrssc,,, i 81, \.
Jurgtson. sa q
After an announcement 50.
concert and bail at nirhf ~ !
adjourned.
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WISHING c.rl. ce.'y ~ I,

a ,germlai, was given = All u
c,a i @s ). Il. waties lsst z z. n
the Misses WILLIAMS !, a y. ~ !!
son Of Columbus ana ~ q yIi
waimar, ali Of whom ''.s e
during the 'fes.iNn ~ !
Con recently formed xs i,
CIV slemenlt Of llne ~ q
tine was enjoyed s
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sHERlrFy DErART,s,

strayed or stolen, Nom MI &
hous on, Texas one black 49,!
hards high one brown hor,s' n l.
16 hands high. cut on girSt q vi
pair bay males lone horse NM !
each about II hands hish: "a
face bay pony. IA hands NIX h!
stiayed or stolen from 4 j n
Drummer Texas. one red a. \ ri n.
cow branded PIP with sianfiss r, y
ON rlght hip; one black ~
ycarling. Al n NH.
I !, shsrliI Hani ~
BY George R. Brinehurst Dsa; y
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The Power t,nxe IN.

The merchants Of Houston vsp
upon elevators for 'rhe convenisrssd I
patrons 10 facilitate their shDpplS 81
various departments above The gNsli
are complaining very much on
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AFTERNOON SESSION

m.etins then adjourned tin the after
Catoctin clarion., 1898-07-07
Tho Trado Of burglary.

Burglary Is a trade It has Its
tricks, It's tools and it's ups and downs.
It Is q trade which is continually
changing ana improving. Methods
Of high class burglars that were In
vogue 20 years ago are hardly known
now. The thiefs jimmy" is out Of
date. Safe blowing has 8 given way to
safe cracking. -Four or five men,
with a few sticks Of dynamite, rob a
train nowadays as easily as 20 men
armed to the teeth did 1t dozen years
ago. But In spite Of the changes the
motto Of all low grade crooks Is, THE
way to steal Is to steal"
They embrace every opportunity
and steal whenever they can, often
making a bungling Job and getting
nipped. After a few terms In the
penitentiary, however, they are no
longer low grade crooks, but have be-
come educated professionals. The
penitentiary Is their school. There
they are taught all the improvements
Of the trade" and there many bur
glars devices are invented by brainy
but vicious men.-St. Louis Globe
Damocrnt
Catoctin clarion., 1898-07-07
oFFIcB-MASON1C BUILDING.
East Nam Street.
Church Directory.

Reformed Church-Rev. G. A, W hitmore
,as or. Services biweekly alternating
morning and evening. Services eones'
day. D. m, Sunday School Up. m.
Guild each Lords Day $50 p. m. either SER
vices announced from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church Rev. A. Bredenbek, pas
tor. Services, Sunday 10 A. NJ. and 6So r.
Sunday School, 2. P. X Prayer Meet
ing, Wednesday. Gas P.
United Brethren Church-Rev &: G. b
Castle Pastor. Regular Services by ap'
appointment from the pulpit.
Glass Meeting every two weeks at ~ a. M
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening
Sunday School Pm.
Mite Society S-mi.monthly, "wednesday
evening at o'clock. W. MIS-. Meeting
Monthly at Parsonage.
Noravian Church Rev. N. F. Oerter, Pas
tor. Sunday School every Sunday, a; m.
Preaching services will be held every other
Sunday as heretofore, alternating morning
and evening at 10 ard $50 respectively.
Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev.
n. II. Courtney Pastor. Services every aiter
nate $ ,nday at 10 A. M. and 700 T.
Sunday School at 9 A. NJ. Prayer Meeting
every Wednesday evening at 100 =. NJ
ST. Stephens Church, Protestant Episcoal
-Rev. Ernest MGGi Rector. Services
every Sunday at 1913 "A. NJ, and p m,
exec t ,ast Sund in month, at 1850 g.
H., 8 p. III. Service Fridays at 33o p. m.
Catoctin clarion., 1898-07-07
ehakespe eare's Eyebrow.

Miss Sarah w. Gillette OF Evans
ton, nls., rejoices in the possession Of
what she believes to be Shakespeares
eyebrow.
Miss G. 3 father, the late Dr.. H. G.
Gillette, bought the relic from R. G.
Oaks of England. In 1881 Oaks wai
deputed to carve an olive wreath to
encircle bust Of Shakespeare. AT
that time the Duke Of Devonshiru
owned the Kesselstadt death mask OF
Shakespeare
This death mask had been discov.
cred in a pawnbrokeFs shop i'll Kes
selstadt and pronounced to be a
Shakespearean mask.
Oaks was permitted to use the mask
in making the laurel wreath. Hs
says: I'm my examination for tha
pores in the plaster, to decide wheth.
er the cast was original or not, J
found two hairs Of the eyebrow stick.
ing in the cast. extracted one en-
tire; the other broke.
These are the fragments that art
In possession Of the Evanston lady
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Catoctin clarion., 1898-07-07
Daudet's Bete NOir.

Alphonse Daudet's thorn in tho
flesh Is the letter writer. No other
novelist, he declares, can be SO pes
tered by unknown correspondents as
he is. Women and young girls are
the chief delinquents, their object In
writing being to get him to use them
as heroines in his next novels. They
invariably inclose photographs. One
Of M. Daudet's admirers, madmans
possibly in confinement, has for
about Is years written regularly to
say that he has caught grasshop-
per, and having taught it the novel
lists name let it 60. Another fancy
of his was to write M. Daudet's
name in the snow.-London Stand
ard
Catoctin clarion., 1898-07-07
Tho Tale Of tho Telephone,

Tho first telephone that was ever
used was not electrical, nor was it q
scientific instrument in any sense OF
the term. A little more than 30 years
ago the employees Of large manu-
factory beguiled their leisure hours
by kite flying. Kites large and small
went up daily, and the strife was to
sec who could got the largest. The
twine which held them was the
thread spun and twisted by the la
dies Of tho village.
One day to the tale Of the largest
Kte was attached kitten, sewed In
q canvas bag, with netting over
the mouth to give 1t air. When the
kite was at its greatest height-2oo
feet or more-the mewing could be
distinctly heard by those holding the
string. To the clearness OF the at
mosphere was attributed the hearing
Of the Kittens voice. This Is the first
account we remember of speaking
along a hne.-Shefield Telegraph.
Catoctin clarion., 1898-07-07
Explanation OF . Sword Trick.

explanation OF bwofo UcA
A trick in which a sword Is appaf-
emily passed through persone alb
domen Is explained as follows; The
sword employed Is a thin, flexi-
BILE, dull blade. The prestidigitator.
whose body the sword will simply
pass around, but not pierce, carries
concealed beneath his'vest sheath
that consists Of q hollow tube, semi
circular In shape, the two extremities
OF which are bent in contrary direo-
tions In such a way that they are
situated In the same straight line, the
two orifioes opening in front and be-
hind at right angles with the abdo-
men. This tube runs around the
farther side of the man, who, appear
ing instinctvely to grasp the point
Of the sword as II to protect himself,
directs it into the metallic tube. The
flexible sword makes its exit between
the tails Of the coat. It Is necessary
to operate rapidly, 30 that the spec
tators shall not have time to see that
the length Of the sword has dimin-
khed, the curved line that it follows
not being the shortest passage from
one point to another.-Cincinnai En-
Ouirer.
Catoctin clarion., 1898-07-07
Deaf Man at the Opera

When opera was running in New
York, there was no more attentive
member of the audience than q
slight, fair man. who was perfect in
dress and had a pleasant suavity Of
manner. He was always present
with his wife, but 1t was noticed that
they rarely talked together, and he
never seemed to take offense, as so
many of the audience used to do, at
the talking and laughter in tho
boxes. He was stone deaf. He en-
joyed color and dancing and piotur-
esque groupings, and he went to the
opera to see it. He could sometimes
get tho gist of a sentence by watch
ing the lips Of a speaker, but he had
not even that comfort at operas
where the singing was done in Ger.
man and Italian. New York Sun.
Catoctin clarion., 1898-07-07
4 Queer Rainbow Superstition.


The Kurds and Armenians, whose
many folklore stories and tales Of
mperstitious fancies far exceed those
of the gypsies, have some rainbow
beliefs which are perhaps not dupli-
Gated In the popular notions Of any
others among the races Of mankind.
They hoot at the idea Of It's being q
witness to Gods covenant with man
that the earth will no more undergo
the ordeal of food and declare that
1t was made for the express purpose
of letting the first man and woman
down from heaven, the man securely
fastened to one end Of the great va
riegated band, the woman at the
other. The end Of time, according
to the Kurds, will be ushered In by
the appearance of four rainbows,
which will cross at the zenith, fur
nishing eight passageways for God
and his hosts. st. Louis Republic.
Catoctin clarion., 1898-07-07


Slang expressions generally orlg%'
nate with the railroad men, and Q
person not versed in slang might
listen to a crowd of railroad men
talking for an hour without getting
tho slightest impression Of their
meaning. Consequently, when an
Atchison girl received the following
letter from her Apollo, brakeman,
she was somewhat puzzled: my
dear, pushed the cons face yester-
day, and he told the supe, who put
me on the carpet and finally put the
can to me. I will have to lay over
on the hill for 10 days and will b
down to go you soon."--Atchison