The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03

They was tellin' me In town here Il IS
as good beer was brewed riphf 4
| Houston as there was unywn,.te .5 1
country, and didn't b'Iieye II n,
an seed tor myself. H.
why, Mandy, you'd be surpri,ex " Z
should see the place. 40 bcvtr'
| every thing's Just as eieain as yo,,r ~ r.
ter home used to be. Then they ~
notbin but hops an malt in ihcss e
An they know how TO store their No.
TO keep 1t right till It's tust ripenad MI
proper. an fit for use. That's an'szl
Itself, an Prince u Hacker kno~.s NJ
business thoroughly. ] drinked ss.a1'
the beer. Mandy. an 'twus good t
brought you home some O their eal.i1s
Dixie Pale Bottle Beer N b.
well. don't hold with drinkins "a
Mrs. Miggs, "but / don't know but - e
a glass o. that, Dixie Pale, ana ~!
Jig for YOU for being good old bow "
The undertnkcr II Called No.
Just at this time one of those ~ :
cidents occurred, which cast rlo.r' Y.
the happiest lives, and although M XVI Is.
could possibly attach to Joshua ME- B
seemed to make him unhappy for w.
He stood ON the curbstone and wSi.'
to little bootblack across the strsS
call him over to blacken his shoes, Il n
not that they needed cleaning. M,
liked u patroniae the li,tin fellows. IN
The lad started to run toward sd
and in the middle of the street Nh r.
slipped. He fell directly in front Of Z 4
The horses hoof struck his head y
when Joshua Miggs jumped forward r
lifted him up tenderly. the boy was "
The shock to gentle nature liza r.
was terrible, but Joshua Mirgs would +
let the lifeless body out of his arms iiii5
laid 1t in the arms of the boys moth1t
Then, though his own tears were fsip3
fast at the sight of the mothers s-y,n2
he walked away In silence. The first fki,
funeral. so he inquired for the leadibr, N
dcrtaker in Houston and was, Of cos's5
referred TO Wall & Stable
II want you to give the little fello,
suitable funeral" he said, "and send y
bill to me-
Very we'll, sir said Mr.. Wall. "tIsu,,,1
of course. we arrange matters In acceNd
ance with the limit OF expense desired
any limit is fixed. But when II is ieit b
our discretion. we do everything we MA
is suitable to the circumstances And Il h
cases we relieve the family of ali the naIs|
full details of arrangement"
do everything that is right, 3
Joshua Miggs. and do everything n
mother wants done. S'E
That mother never found a better er,s,1
than Joshua Miggs was to her ALWAYS y
ter, but he often said that he found n
first comfort in the perfect arranleututI
made by Wall G Stable
All Ends in smoke
The long looked for evening cana
evenings generally do. IL you wait for ~
The guests were thoroughly enjoying
great house warming, and Joshua I'D
was showing them all over the laansS|
himself delighted. and honestly and slmyy
proud of the compliments they were ~,
ing him. Mrs. Miggs was similarly :,
gagged with some of the ladies' and NJ,
and John were leading the young fdl
around.
All was merry as wedding. Joil
Miggs was happy to be among friend
though hey We're new ones, and the pepA
Of Houston were congratulating the5I
selves on the coming of their new toVr
man, when suddenly John pulled his fam
by the coat-tail, and drawing him audi
Dad, we've forgot soDethf
liter all
What is 1t, my boy?''
Il was takin' some O. the fellows thrt1t
he smokln' room, an when | told EN- wk
t was. they wanted to smoke"
What did you tell 'em?"
II told 'em the servants hadn't got ar
hing to rights yet, but we'd have 1t reae
IN half an hour"
Good boy Now, rush down 70 IN
Yesner's, $40 Main street. He's got
BEST stock in town. Buy lot o thinp
Anything he's got.s
1t was a large order, even for burg
ike Joshua Miggs. But half an hour NY
he smoking room was fragrant.
Mr.. Yesner sent cigars by the box 10 W
III tastes, from the pale sweet Manllas
he strong, tull-flavored Havanas, Wy
ome of the best domestic brands, eqrat
rs good, but less in price. Pipes Of
kinds, from briarroo: to Turkish pl'
,hilis, with tobacco in profuse variety, lln
he rich heavy La Femme and the poe,
'eriqne to the mildest Virginia, Az
here were cigarettes of every kind kno'
n the market--scores of varieties.
So Joshua Migss' house warming eng
n smoke after all.