The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-17

oils, wall paper, ETC., has arranged his ex-
hibit in very neat octagon cottage build
ing and on going into the interior the
walls are found to be very handsomely
papercd with eight colors OF ingram paper,
trimmed with narrow gilt moulding On.
the walls are hung some very high class
pictures in handsome gilt frames. They
are works 81 the artists brush in water
colors, pastels and oil and created great
deal Of admiring comment by visitors
Here is also a fair display Of paints, oils
and varnishes. but the attractive feature
is mammoth tallow candle about three
inches in diameter and when lit last Tues
day was five feet tall. Visitors are
vited to guess how long the candt .yS,i
burn The guess coming nearest TO the
time when the candle burns out will be
given prize OF $40.
KAUFMAN G. KNEELAND.
This firm displays to good advantage
samples of tents and awnings OF their
manufacture. They have four tents erect
ed The first Is d reception Office, where
representative was present and gave
out during the week more than 5000 SOU
venir tents, which makes a nice ornament
or childs toy. Another tent Is arranged
for the comfort of the sportsman or hun-
ter-camp stools at hand. and on the in
terror a cot and brace OF fowling pieces.
of ducks about to be prepared for cook.
ing. II forms pretty picture OF
hunters temporary home. Another style
of hunters tent, is also shown without
fittings. A child's lawn tent with canopy
presents another pretty picture fitted up
white enamel table and little chairs ar
ranged preparatory for little dinner
party.
H. II. HoLTKAMP.
lie hue Of. IT,.
| in a Dandy" windmill running prettily
| in the breeze. II stands 30 feet high on
an iron frame support and is connected
| with pump. which throws stream OF
water into two large galvanized iron
| tanks. The windmill and attachments
created a great deal of attention among
| farmers and stock men present and II is
understood that his exhibit has alre1dy
brought profitable returns.
JAMES VAUGHAN
| This gentleman has on exhibition y
| large display of horses hoofs with horse
shoes attached to show his approved man
ner of putting on horse shoe. They are
of many patterns, and shoes are furnished
for aay kind of hoof.
THE HULEN NURSERIES,.
This company. located at Hulen, Is
| known and organized as the Galveston
| Nursery and Orchard company, and Prof.
| F. w. Mally is the proprietor. He has
made special study of peaches adapted
for the coast and has tested 100 kinds. He
has the trees all in orchard to propagate
from and has q complete set of fruit
trees showing roots and their system OF
roofing, best method of grating and bud
ding 10 produce good roots, and then, also,
a special system of grading and assort-
ing trees, so that his customers get eX-
actly what they call for. He has all the
roots exposed and customers can see the
whole thing He has forty of peach
trees, thirty kinds of plums, ten OF figs
fifteen of pears. twelve of Japan persim
mons much neglected fruit twenty OF
grapes. etc His exhibition has attracted
marked attention and drawn tremendous
additions to his sales.
HEITMANN'S RICE PUMP.
An interesting as we'll as useful piece
Of machinery is shown by f. W. Heit'
mann on the grounds of the Annex. Thi:
is Iven's double suction centrifugal pump
for rice irrigation. Its capacity on aver
age lift is $4,000 to 10000 gallons of watel
a minute. which is sufficient to cover LOOT
to 1000 acres of rice in twenty hours
time. Captain William Dunovant of Eagle
Lake has one of these pumps in opera
tion and rice from his farm is exhibited
on the grounds. 1t is of good quality am
is worth $3.50 per bushel and produces l0'
bushels to the acre