The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-03

~ accomplish their deadly work is told IN
st-rliing way. Then follows the Invasion of
tarand by three hundred thousand Freuch
regps, ali N Aecor1ancc with plans car"
7lfy arranged in adyanee,-an INVASION which
axes place 20 qniehIy-,thai thc French bat
ariidEntt almost helofc the foreign cGicr
tnows 81 the declaration OF hnsuiitiesj then
7iiows the occupation Of London, ct cesefa
The Century Magazine Ter April has an
7itifle Of extraordinary Interest ard import
arc IN Rear Admiral sainpsons full ana
frank statement Of the part taken by "fho
Atlantic FLEET In the spanish War" Majof
| seherai Francis V. Greene, ono OF thn high
50 ltvins authorities on modern warfare
glvcn full account from personal experience
u me actual capture OF Manila. ana jain r.
1Syutcheon cesgrihes the surrender al Ma
nun Hs viewed from Admiral Dewey's HaG-
ship. Mir. hccGtcheon was on tic bridge
Mith Dewey during the action. An account
py the American director Of tho school AZ
Athens OF recent American discoveries at
eorlnth includes the turning up of ~ Relic
81 ST. Paul"
easter in the Church.r pic,nripe some
churches most artiatically decorated for Eas-
ter appropriately opens the April Ladies
Hrme Journal Easter Morn in coorsd
convent and Easter Mondays "lssg Rolling
IN the Presidents Big Yard" though diner
,tH w'ceiy, are also timely and interesting
eentrc and dazzling career OF 1.-THE Mag
uilcent Madam Rush. the most famous
500 ial leader Of her day, aud another por-
trays The Life Of Japanese Girl Three
articles of peculiar interest arc entitled ..tiow
to BE Pretty Though Plain About Men
emphasizing the evils of flirting, and s'what
y Means to BE Housewife" showing the
demands and requirements OF the vocation
The "Easter Morn In q Colored Convent is
rom the pen, of Mrs. Julia Truitt Bishop
formerly of Houston, but now OF New Or
leans.
Professor T. J. j. See in the April Atlantic
gives 10 the world for the first time the par
toulars and the results of the momentous
aiftovery recently made by him ms to the
Lows OF Temperature governing the astro-
nomical relations OF the whole universe Pro-
tessor sees discovery is nothing less than
reversal OF all the theories preyiousIy ro-
cciyed by astronomers and il estabiisbes In
contradiction to the hitherto accepted nv
notbesis OF the great Laplace, that the original
condltlon OF what arc now the stars and the
plarets-tne astronomical universs--was not
one of extreme heat. but OF extreme cold
In the April Womans Home Companion the
second paper on the Southern Confoderacy, by
Edward Page CASTOR describes the inaugu-
ration OF jefferson Davis. Another suhiect n,
tauonal interest is Mrs. Balentines account
9l the Women Who Grace Cabinet Members,
Tones o Illustrated from recent photographs
Inc arguments In the club controversy arc
nleely baianced In the earnest appeal, '"rha
Queen OF Clubs" by Emma PLAYER seabnrv
ny special Easter features include the OK.
qWhlte painting by OTson Lowell reproduced
on ine cover page, and an Illuminated mage
OF choce verse appropriate to the Easter sea-
sen. se"
me hrst chapter OF new serial by Amelia
r. barr is the leading feature OF the April
81 Nlchoias. 1t is story for girls written
In MIS- Bars most attractive manner. and
bearing the pleasant ana suggestive title,
Trinity Bells" The scene is laid In New
| YORK, and when the tale opens "a vouIg man
named Napoleon Bonaparte is making the
french behave themselves" The mascot OF
ths hesolute, a fox-terrior belcreing TO the
sunpo&t captain, Commander j. Giles Eaton
Is the hero of " Prince in the battle of San
uago and tn dogs owner is the author
OF the sketch This Is followed by the true
| story OF 'Cristobal Colon" A net cal thet
Vas rescued from the DESTROYED ornIs.r ~
t,iet name. and presented 10 Captain Clark OF
| the Oregon.
Major General Wesley Merritt contributes
the leading article. entitled "our Flag n the
Philippines to tho current April number
oil FRANK Leslie popular monthly. No maya
zine contribution could possess greater au-
| thorlty. timely interest AMI value than tbs
| fbll and graphic narrative Il the Philippine
| campaign. by the distinguished army conl-
n'ander who. in conjunction with Aduiral
| Dewey, took the city of Manila on August
IL OF last year. neral Merritt's comments
| on tue present operations tho PhlllDOines,
and UPON the outlook for the establishment
OF our military control there are decidedly
optimistic and make hrst-cass reading.
which is enhanced by elaborate pictorial IL
lustratlon.
OLD Hartford county in Maryland at the
head of Chesapeake hay. Is a delightful
region. fun of interesting history and ira
dltion, as one realizes In reading Calvin Dill
! Wilson'S excellent description OF IT, un6er
oh an hAe 10
| In the April issue OF the New England maya
zine. Here was the birthplace and early
! hons OF Edwin Booth and many other nota-
| hles have been proud 10 call themselves hsr-
/ ford county men, The people here are still
loyal to inherited cus toms and ideals. and
! strikngly Indifferent to change. One of the
( Hartford county towns, Havre de Grace, once
I narrowly escaped becoming the capital Of
the United states, coming within vote
| OF securing tie prize
Public Schools and Parents Duties" forms
the theme OF very clever article by Julian
Hawthorne in the North American Rey.ew"
for April. Touching upon American parents
neglect of their children. Mr.. Hawthorne
SAYS: 1--WE do not do our duty bY thea.
| 1t is too soft an EXPRESSION to say tiat we
cEtrust them to the state: we abandon them
! 70 II. We pay for their book learning. ana
their ADJUSTMENTS; but we aeaY them what
/ it IS our chief concern to give them-op-
! pdrtunity tn develop character, Yet II is IN
ord to afford them that opportunity We rs
parents exist"
| Ernest NJ. Jessop. in an interesting and
beautifully illustrated article In the April
number OF the Pail Mall Magazine describ-
| ing "The Queens Furniture at Windsor
/ says that Her Majesty possesses Il must ro-
! tentive memory and that IN the arrangement
OF her personal surroundings is exceedingly
| co! servative. Her favorite pieces 81 iurhl-
ture always occupy the same poslho'.s both
| at Windsor and her other palaces On her
/ fol eign tours and home removals mere aye
critain favorite- pieces OF furniture, brlt a
/ h~ac and mementoes OF family AMI tr,oncs'
| wi .ch always accompany her.
An Illustrated article in the April Nc
clures records the experiences of Cleveland
Monet, the writer, aud w, D, stev.pq, the
a;tst In runs on locomotives and in mail
| cars. at ninety miles an hour ana upward
/ uider the new East and West mail schedule
! l. the same number Captain Badei Powell,
1 of the English army, describes his reihlTka-
be war kite"-a kite that lifts man, Zap
tain Mahan concludes his valuable series Of
articles on The War on the Sea and its Los
SONS" with a paper treating especially OF
! 'thC guard set over Cerver9 and the watch
| kent on Canara"-- n double duty that The
rcyy. with very insufficient means. achieved
IN the most brilliant and triumphant maj
mo-.
Self Culture for April has an Interesting
store OF articles on timely aad important
] MA nf uOfzhlo writer's