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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29

Austin, Texas, August 2s.-H A. Jones,
general freight agent of the Houston and
Texas Central. was here today and sub
mitted list to the railroad commission Of
the switching changes In effect ON his
road. ~.
railroad Commissioners Reagan and
Mayfield will be in Austin tomorrow.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29
AN Error Corrected.

have special wagons for collection OF
CAGE from PRIVATE RESIDENCES for
kscIng trains; also for delivery to pri-
RESIDENCES in the city. We are on duty
II hours WE NEVER SLEEP. Tele-
elders from private residences receive
y attention. Phone So.
HOUSTON TRANSFER CO.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29
New Katy Feeder.

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas has Just
issued the following circular:
The Missouri Midland railroad will be
completed and in operation August 80,
from Columbia, NO., to McBaine, Mo-, a
point on the Missouri. Kansas and Texas
railway.
This line, In connection with the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas. offers the short
est and quickest, as well as the least ex-
pensive trip between Columbia and the
Southwest.
Trains will be run between Mechanic ana
Columbia to connect with all Missouri,
Kansas and Texas passenger trains.
In addition to this service Wagner sleep
ing cars will be carried on the katy Fly
ers" between Columbia and st. Louis.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29
WASHINGTON NOTES.
fsnecial to The Posts

Washington, August 2s.-Texas pensions
issued today.--Mexican war Widows bar
bara Ann Springer. Haskell, ".
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29

\ Rssia srnve kilograms at the Of
rsldwe,i Union Telegraph company
M iof n ''olored), w. A. Rogers and
W. = and P. railway.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29

Correspondents Is in progress between
the members of the American contingent
OF the Canadian high joint commission
looking for a meeting at an early date
with view to making report to congress
upon the safe Of the negotiations UNDER
taken by the commission.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29
G., c. & s. F. r.. II.

|ssrsDu Special leaves Houston 1850 p. m.
$3.50 onv All these trains leave the
a. K Congress Avenue DepotIs minutes
|Rsean the above.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29

~ TAIN, arrive and depart from the Grand
< Ipc, except the Missouri. Kansas and Texas
Eyhkhhaye a depo, in the Fifth ward. the ln-
1.u,l ,ud Great Northern and Columbia Tap.
" he International and Great Northern depot
IxEtss avenue. The Missouri. Kansas and
n, Galveston. Houston and Henderson trains
e International and Great Northern depot
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29
d. E. q W. It. II. II

HE. d w. II. II. Il.
Grand Central Depot.
eSop. m..Express Train Arrive o.4O a. y
/ Sary,por., Kansas City and Cincinnad)
G, H. & N. r.. n.
Grand Central Depot.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29

sofr--Tnln, leaving Houston az $40 a.
"a ID, .. N. and arriving at Houston
= ) nd o:ss p. m. also run Into Grand
~, s,cot departing ten minutes earlier
4 sriyjnr ten minutes later than time
|jNibove.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29

Dispatcher's office AT Waxahachie.
waxahacLie. Texas. August 2s.-Through
those who seem 10 know The Post corre-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29

4. a G. N. II. II.
n, mt of Congress Avenue.
:. ~. Louis and Chicago.
Arrive $50 a. m
N North to Palestine.
-. = !. Daily. Arrive AIS p. m.
M,. and yeInsco Trains.
Daily Except Sunday.
Arrive $40 p. m
g., H. & II. II. II.
30, foot Of Congress Avenue.
Il r,xesfon Trains
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29
ST. AGNES CONVENT FIRE
MANY MIRACULOUS ESCAPES EFFECTED
That More Lives Were Not Lost Was
Due to the Hcroism of the Sis
tcrs and Older Boys.

Park Hill, N. ". August 2s.--Fire that
broke out at 1 o'clock this morning de-
stroyed ten buildings of St Agnes convent
and orphan home. entailing loss OF $780,
600 and caused the death of four persons.
The dead:
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23

Exclusive young matrons Of tie
smart set who are also dotina.
mothers have just introduced into
fashion a new ring, which is exciting
the greatest attention.
The woman who first wore che Of
these mysterious rings told ali about
1t the other day to a girl friend VS.
was admiring it and wanted to coDv
1t. She said, why, the little White
stone wouldn't be considered a gem e
any one but me. It is only one of nv
bapy girls pearly white teeth. She
Knocked out little front tooth not
long ago, and as it was too precious
TO throw away. 1 took it to my Jewel
ers and asked him if it couldn't be
set III a ring. And here is the result
told him to surround the tooth with
diamonds and turquoises. alternating
with one another, as I think lust the
touch of blue adds much to the beauty
OF the ring. The baby tooth e1cii.-
cleo with diamonds looks too willie.
A number of my friends who have
copied my idea have taken one of
their baby,s teeth to the jewelers. and
had it surrounded with the cbild,s
birth stone"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23
An INTELLIGENT RitIl.

Birds are qrick-witted. Listen to
this story told by a man: II a small
creature like bullfnch can tell when
his mistress is going out, and net only
that, but will welcome her back with
all the noise his little throat can set
out, before she is barely near enough
for a dog to make out for certain, srch
fact alone proves that birds eyes are
far-seeing. Many times has ny wife
placed her bu1fnch's cage the length
of three rooms away, one leading direct
to the other, with the door open; it was
rarely closed, and he would be bGsily
engaged on a small plum twig, full Of
buds, that I had cut for him, Whee,
just to test his keenness OF visien. sne
has held the pip from an apple that I
had been eating between her finger and
thumb and stood in the doorway far
thest from him. The bird looked; down
went his twig, out of his cage he dash
ed and he was on her shoulder, with
crest raised and feathery breast puffed
out, singing to her for his apple pip.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23

Epleures are developing taste for
miniature specimens of the eavth's
products. TO supply the demand in
larger cities for young vegetables.
such as the French consider the most
delicate and apBetizing, the truck
farmers bring to market tiny potatoes.
turnips, carrots, caulifower and even
heads of cabbage the size of a baseball.
Such vegetables are, it is said. more
easily digested, their fiber being tender
and succulent. instead of tough and
often of woody nature as the growth
arrives at maturity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23
An ODD Collection.

A French woman has collected for
fifty years specimens of eorsets worn
at different periods and in her chateau
is Il billiard room with glass cases in
which are her treasures. Those who
shudder at the idea of an eighteen
inch waist would be shocked at a corr
set OF the Catherine de Aedici reign
with q waist of thirteen and ene-half
inches, and outside cover Of steel bars
to prevent stretching. There are to be
seen some leather stays worn by Char
lotte Corday and a pair of brocaded
satin ones. which once belonged to
the Empress Of Austria, with only
nlteen and one-hait inch waist
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23
The Horse in Battle

A veteran cavalry horse partakes OF
the hopes and fears of battle Just the
same as his rider IS tie column
swings into line and waits, the horse
grows nervous over the waiting. IF
the wait is spun out, he will taemhle
and sweat and grow apprehensive. r
he has been six months in the service
he knows every bugle call. IS the cal
comes to advance the rider can feel
him working at the bit with his tongue
to get it between its teeth. IS he
moves out he will either seek 10 eef
on faster than he should or bolt. n
cannot bolt, however. The lines will
carry him forward, and after a minute
he will grip, lay back his ears. ana one
can feel his sudden resolve to brave
the worst and have done with It -
soon as possible.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23
King n. no11, specnantor.

The King of Belgium is a born spec
ulator. From his parents he Inherited
three-quarters of a million sterling
With this capital he began to speculate
and showed his mastery skill as
fnancier in his dealings in Panama
Canal stock, By judieious buying and
selling he is estimated to have made
four millions. Then he was seized with
the Congo Free State hobby, which
Obtained such a mastery over him that
his financial acumen was overpowered,
and he sank his private fortune in it.
Whether it will ever return good value
for the money remains to be seen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23
Nothing Like irwin %.

TIA" exclaimed the jealous man.
Somebody has been pressing a kiss
upon your brow!'
NO, 10, no. protested the unhappy
woman.
Then you have been sitting too
near the radiatorr he Numbered,
with an afsectation of politeness.
For there is a hole burnt in your
complexionp'
1t is not easy to construct the story
that shall lie at once psychological
and medicorealistic, but as win be
seen, the rifle can be made.-Detroit
Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23
The ght of IlnriaI-

Despite the growing difficulty G. fed.
ing space for the interment Of publfc
men within the walls of WestmtDstag
Abbey at least one notable family sill
enjoys a preseriptive right Of burial
there. These are the Dukes of North
who have the exclusive use
OF a spacious vault in the ehapel s..
Nicholas. The vault, which was The
last resting place Of the Seymours. was
opened as recently as 1883 e received
The remains of Lady Louisa Perez. tae
elder sister of the present Duke.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23

The folly of going to law is shown
by a recent transaction in the Justice
Court at Greenyille. Tex, The con
stable levied upon 500 pounds of seed
cotton, which when sold the next day
under the attachment brought the sum.
of Sf1.34. When all costs were paid
there was left S3.70, which, by the
terms of the original instrument, went
to the attorney, leaving the attaching
party without a cent for the collection.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23
An Autonaton Dnch.

or all inventors of mechanical c37ries.
tiles Jacques Xaucanson was certainly
the king, says the Scientific American.
His automatic duck was To cepnois.
seurs an object of admiration. The
bird waddled off in search Of foea and
picked up and swallowed the seeds
that it met with. Il was impossible 70
distinguish this duck from a living one.
1t splasbed aboGt in the vatel. and
Quacked at pleasure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23
The Girl Who Can Draw Designs.

The young woman who can draw
her own designs Ter embroidefing and
painting is fortunate. In this way she
secures something original, and by
buying the real flowers with which TO
match her silks and paints gets natur-
al flowers and not Imaginary ores. 1t
is after all 4 bit difficult to improve
upoa nature in tho Rlatter of foliage
fruits and blossoms
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23

' orderG and all kind of sewing
Ave. satisfaction guaranteed,
ioar orders solicited. old
II
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23

gr3.e :. o Ed yards for hirh
'use Cochin esgs--s1.O0 per
g
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23
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The Publishers Price of this Work IS SO.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23

ne-h1salf day. a position as
BUca s9ilectOr or Other work.
- ANAN. at P B Telephone
rs
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23
Live Under Ground.

A subterranean city exists in Galicia,
Austrian Poland, which contains pop
ulation CT over. 1000 men, women and
children, many of whom have never
seen the light Of day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-23

Can mich Itch Cows for sale. Appiv
5; f'arp ri NJ Telephone new resi-
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-20
The Effort to Create Life.

The news that Wohler had obtained,
in 1928, out of inorganic stuffs a GER
tain substance, urea, which occurs in
nature as distinct product of vital ac-
tivity in animals, upset current ideas.
Then, later on, Liebig in Germany and
Frankland in this country made several
important syntheses, and in 1860 Ber-
thelot published his epoch making
work, "Organic Chemistry Based Upon
Synthesis, in which he proved that
the synthesis of organic bodies must be
pursued and may be achieved in a
quite systematic way, going step by
step over the whole series CT organic
compounds.
At the present time about $50 differ
ent acids, aromatic oils, fats, coloring
matters, and SO on, which are only
found in nature as products of vital
activity, have already been prepared in
our laboratories out of inorganic mat
ter. Some of them are already fabri-
Gated in this way for trade. Every year
brings some new achievement in the
same direction SO that the main inter-
est now lies, not so much in adding a
new product to the already long list Of
chemically prepared organic substances,
as in catching the secrets of the tiny
living laboratories in the vegetable and
animal cells-Prince Krapotkin in
Nineteenth Century.
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-20
Hi Rohinson,a Thrift.

While we were eating breakfast the
farmer said: "That remark O. yourn
yisteddy about sellin Elmiry the dishes
, an havin the coffee fer nothin minds
me O. the way Hi Robinson got some
thin fer nothin out O. the storekeeper
at the village. You member Hi, don't t
your He's kinder slow spoken, m some
folks calls him foolish. One day I was
settin in the store spell, with lot
more, an in comes Hi. He goes up to
Lish, who keeps the store, an takes an
egg out O. his pocket an says, How'll
you swapf' 'Oh, DIN kno's want to
swap fer one egg, says Lish; what do
you want fer it3' "A darnin needle ;
well, I'll swap with you, says Lish
an took the egg an Civ him the darnin
needle.
eli stood round awhile, an then he
says, drawlin like, Say, amt you goin
to treat2' .TreatH On one darnin
needle2' says Lish. Not much. 'Feller
cross the way will, says Hi. Lish
grinned All right, says he, jest to
humor him; 'what'll you have2' Cider
n egg" says Hi. That tickled the
rest O. us, but Lish brought the cider
an broke the egg into it-Hi's own egg
-an Hi see it was a double yelker. Hi
took up the glass an looked at the
egg some time. Then he says, says he,
Say, hadn't you better gimme mother
darnin needle1' Forest and Stream.
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-20
Moae4n surSe-S..

''The average man would be greatly
surprised to know how far the surgical
world has moved in The last quarter of
a century. said a prominent New. Or
leans practitioner. Its hard to realize,
even for ono in the profession. We do
things as a matter of course at present
that only few years ago would have
been locked npon as downright murder.
"I remember back in the seventies I
was. called to attend man who was
shot through the intestines with buck
shot, making a number of perforations.
l promptly opened the abdominal cav
ity and sewed up the wounds, which at
that time was regarded as "a wildly dar-
ing operation. The man died from un-
avoidable complications, and his friends
were determined to prosecute me for
killing him. In fact, had close
squeak from unpleasant consequences,
for great many other surgeons con-
demned my procedure in the severest
terms.
''Just think of itl Today things are
exactly reversed, and surgeon who
failed to open the abdomen in such
case would undoubtedly be punished for
malpractice. This is one instance out Of
many It is no exaggeration to say that
the modern surgeon saves thousands of
lives that his earlier brothers would
have abandoned without an effort.
Necessarily fatal would have been the
verdict and the sufferer assisted into
the valley of the shadow by a merciful
opiate. New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-20
The Grief OF Parting.

The man leaned right into the rail-
way carriage. There was positive an
guish in his drawn face. The lady in
side was very pretty and beautifully
dressed. Her softnesses of complexion
and hair, of lace and flmy material,
triumphed in the searching glare Of the
electric light, which showed the rich
luxury of every detail of her costume.
She smiled with a pretty, regretful
tenderness as she replied lightly to his
earnest works He looked at her as if
he could never look long enough, as If
her face held for him the whole mean
ing Of life. AS the train began to move,
his fingers fell passionately on the un-
gloved hand resting on the window
ledge; then instinctively he sprang
back, raised his hat. and caught in
full light glimpse of his white face.
Directly the train steamed out Of the
station the lady rose. carefully rolled up
her veil. and. quite Indifferent to my
presence, proceeded before the mirror in
the carriage TO dust her face with a
dainty pocket handkerchief. and to ap-
ply to forehead and nose the minutest
layer of powder with tiny puff. She
patted and arranged her curls. drawing
them with hairpin into coquettish po-
sition and cHrve, and then, lowering her
veil, she sank into the seat with sigh
of satisfaction AcG denny.
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-20
without Shutting OF Evasion.

From Fenimore Cooper and other au-
thorities we have gained the impression
that the Indian Is stolid, severe indi-
vidual, with no sense Of the white
man humor, but one red brother show
ed himself quite civilized joker in the
United States court. He was on the
stand In hotly contested case, and At
torney D. R. Bailey of Sioux Falls was
after him in the most approved fashion
of cross examination. Finally, after ap-
parently frightening the Indian with
the awful consequences which would
follow the slightest deviation from the
truth, Mr.. Bailey took his most porten-
tous tone and solemn manner and de-
manded:
''Now, sir, want you to tell me the
exact truth, without any shufiing or
evasion. want you to look me square
in the eye and tell me how you get your
living, sir.
The Indian looked straight at Mr..
Bailey, and, with that imperturbable air
familiar to all acquainted with the red
men, simply said, EAT
The courtroom roared, even Judge
Garland smiled and Mr.. Bailey let the
witness go.-St. Paul Pioneer Press
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-20
He Launched.

A literary man who was compelled
by circumstances to use his family sit
ting room as study missed his pen
holder one evening while absorbed in
writing story
He looked over his desk, through the
pigeonholes and in the drawers, but it
was nowhere in sight. 1t was not on
the floor. He felt behind his ear. It was
not there.
"This is what comes" he said i'm
patiently, "of trying to work where
there is houseful of children. Which
one of you has taken my pen ?"
The children looked at each other
and laughed. He became irritated.
''I don't want any foolishnessl' he
exclaimed. "Where's that penn Who
has taken it p
After-a- moments pause one Of the
children said slowly:
'If you'll laugh, papa, you will find
it."
He stared at her in astonishment.
Then, as her meaning slowly broke in
upon him, he joined in the laugh, and
the penholder fell out Of his mouth,
where it had been all the time.
How many Of the little difficulties Of
this life one can extricate oneself from
by laugh hl-Youth' Companion.
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-20
Snakes Sense of Smell.

Snakes have the sense of smell. It is
difficult to obtain food for the rattle
snakes and copperheads out at the zoo
logical park. The keeper has been try
ing them on the house rats and mice he
has caught about the building. He
would leave them in the snake cage over
night and through the day. They would
run over the snakes with impunity.
The snakes would pay no attention to
them, but when he happened to secure
some field mice and put them in the
cage the snakes ate them at once. He
put in several rats and mice of the or
dinary house variety that were living
out Of doors under the sidewalk, and
these were seized by the snakes almost
as readily as the wild species.
The keeper then conceived the idea of
making an earth box to keep the rats in
for awhile before feeding, and he found
that if they were put in there for 12
hours or SO before they were given to
the snakes they would be eaten. The
only apparent explanation is that the
smell Of the earth is agreeable to the
snakes, and that the smell which the
animals acquire about buildings is OBJ
jectionable. Chicago Record.
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-20
TO FIRST VOTERS.

There is a constitutional pro-
vision which will become opera
tive before the next general elee-
ton is held, Of which the general
public maynotbe aware, although
it has been published in connec-
ton with the Constitutional Con
vention. 1t is an educational
test. 1t is "that no person who
becomes Of age or who is natura-
lied after January 1st, 1900, shall
be permitted to vote who shall
not be able to read the Constitu-
tion in English, and be capable of
writing his name"
Middletown transcript., 1899-05-20
He BREADS A RAZOR.
And He Has Good Reason to Aftei
His Narrow Escape.

And He Has Good Reason to After
His Narrow Escape.
'tThere is a physician now stopping
at this house, remarked the proprietor
Of one Of the hotel barber shops, "who
has mortal dread of a razor in the
hands of another. 1t originated in re-
markable experience. Some years ago
he was in town in Iowa and stepped
into barber shop to get shaved. All
the chairs were filled, SO he sat down to
wait. In few minutes one of the bar
bers called Next and he was getting
up when gentleman who had just en-
tered addressed him.
/" 4 am in a great hurry to catch a
train he said, and would be very
grateful IL you would allow me to take
the chair ahead of you.
"Such requests are not unusual, and
the doctor, who is naturally obliging,
told him to go ahead and resumed his
seat. The other man had hardly climbed
into position when the barber picked
up razor and cut his throat from ear
to ear, killing him instantaneously.
''In spite of stories to the contrary, I
think that Is the only case of the kind
that ever happened in the United
States The barber turned out to be in
sane, but the horror Of the scene and
the almost miraculous character of his
own escape made such an impression
on the mind of the doctor that he has
never since allowed anybody to shave
him.
"Only this morning 1 trimmed his
hair, and in finishing the job started,
as is customary, to shape up the growth
of his temples with the corner of my
razor. The moment he caught sight Of
the blade he turned pale as death.
Don't touch me with thatP he exclaim
ed. DO the best you can with the scis-
sors and let the rest gol' He has known
me a long time and suppose has conf
dence in my sanity, but the reminis-
cence was too much for him, and, really,
l don't wonder. New Orleans Times
Democrat.