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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-09

This wcIl-known Hotel, after
having undergone extensive
repairs, Is again open to the
public. Large and airy Sam
pIe Rooms. elevator service
, lay and night. Rates, $500.
$3.50 and $500 per day.
The sun., 1899-05-28
Country Board.


AN ELDERLY LADY is offered permanent
homo with private family in the beautiful town u
Westheld. n. J large. airy room; excellent table;
Ane grounds. shade trees &C.; So per week. Al.
dress II. J. NJ. Westheld N. j.
DECOSIC BAY.-Cooland healthy; boating. tshiuxi
Il three minutes walk to free bathing; plaa!a.
piano tennis court, shade trees; table the best
Address Capt. n. HALLOCk. Flanders. L. /.
I 1NDERCLIFF, N. j., 23 miles from New York;
" Erie r. r. commutation $3.50 month; god
board; terms reasonable. Address
Mrs. HENRY SHERMAN, Undorclth. Y. ].
The sun., 1899-05-28
9attnts,

DATFNTS for inventions procured promptly .oH
l rates. ROEDER BRlESES. ~ Nassau 81, y l.
Established 1864.
patents-Hints-Boo and advice free. ElGAr Tao
l. Il Co., Patent Solicitors, 2t5 Broadway. NJ lNEL
The sun., 1899-05-28
THE HALCYON

MILLBROOK, DUTCHESS CO., N. Y.
NOW OPEN The beautiful drives ideal bicycle
roads and charming scenery make this a perfect
resort, easily accessible: perfect cuisine; rooms
single and suite private baths music three times
daily nine hole golf links; electric lights high eevA
ton reached from Grand Central Depot in about two
hours. II. Il. ROBFRI ISON, Jr., Manager.
The sun., 1899-05-28
Country 8pard atautsd.

WANTED-Board for three months In country,
w farmhouse preferred, for mother and two
children. boy Of and girl OF s months must have
large, airy room and clean beds plenty OF milk ani
good table. Address, stating terms. j. H., box SO
Bun office,
The sun., 1899-05-28
Cost and found.


S1On hEWARD.--Iost Monday u'!n', ~ zen
tpAoO Martins restaurant. lulN"r- ~ r az
East 3sth st. ladys gold chain ST WITT lur .' "in
crystal heart clover leaf charm Rni E..'. ll,t
pearl pendants. one hundred dollars row .... !"
paid for return to Ii. d. LOW, itr, l'.f 1t..s s.
The sun., 1899-05-28
for Salt.

nESKS-Offce fixtures; high grade; second hSliI
~ repairing; fixtures bought,
PAUR, ~ Centre st, near Worth.
Nj oTORS.--Two. Ave, eight horse power; motors
4l bought. installed and maintained at reasonable
rates. ELECTRIC MOTOR REPAIR COMPANY, "
Park row. Telephone. 4lS CUrtlaudt
The sun., 1899-05-28
at'antra 10 Purchase.
BUY Old METAL.

l Bun OLD ME i AL
Have you any OLD LEAD BRASS. COPPER ZINC.
PEWTER. TEA LEAD, OLD TYPE, ELECTROIfIE
STEREOTYPE. OLD BOOKS, PAPER, &c. SFND
POSTAL CARD and / will call
BoRNsTElN. lsa William st.. near Frankfort ST.
NNANTED-Hayw ward orange peel or ~ ard
w bucket and holster, complete. ready tuT W'FL
HOLMES COGAN s53 GARFIELD av, Jersey t,;y.
The sun., 1899-05-28
PERSONAL 3lotirrs.

LADIES mail &c. stamp for scaled instr '''ons
how to enlarge your bust in, 10y u-INs mhA
Bust Developer. Guaranteed. 2Iu. u..' An
logue cts. Address EMMA TOILET IA Al" IL
fremont st., Boston. Mas.
The sun., 1899-05-28

SHELTER ISLAND HEIGHTS,
SUFFOLK co. IL. -. NY
THE PROSPECT HOUSE.
The beauty Of the mountains and delights of the
seashore ombined. Fine golf links boating. bath.
Ing. nshng and all amusements. House aecommS-
bath, &c. Send for illustrated booklet. Office hours
sto IL A. NJ. ". NJ HAIGHT 80 West 2eth at. N. Y.
PROSPECT HOUSE AND COTTAGES,
BAY SHORE, LONG ISLAND,
Will open May 3Oth.
High class family resort. one hour from New York.
Receives 400 guests. Located directly on the water.
Picturesque country. Beautiful land d-lock ked bay.
with inlet to ocean oppoate afordine boating. hsh:
drives and bicycling Full orchestra and all amuse-
ments. +. NJ. ROGERS. Proprietor New York office,
Holland House, Mr.. Ormes to p. NJ
THE CLIFFwOoD. Sea Clin Long Island. Ideal 10.
L cation. overlooking Hempstead harbor. shaded
grounds descending to shore. Extensive piaZZas,
Commanding magnificent views. Atmosphere dry:
malaria unknown Nights cool Accommodates sixty.
Moderate terms unexcepti9nable table; Now open.
Golf. tennis. billiards. bowling. Excellent bathing
fishing. Yachting Macaiamihcd roadsi aSesssible
pretor. Circulars. photographs. complete informs-
nation. Manhattan Apartment Company. 1888 Broad
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most militant. shellback type. and at the
same time he ruined mis- reputation in
America by his charges against the yacht
Defender. which afterward he was I'M
able to substantiate. he seriously i'm
paired his popularity over here English
men object to a fellow cGuntryman MAX
ing an exhibition of himself and the gem
eral impression here is that his lordshiD
acted fOolishly. Only the other day Lord
Dunraven received gentle reminder that
his fatuouS charges against American
yachtmen were not forgotten by any
means. He is. one of the reactiOnary
members of the London school board If
only citizens of the United States knew
how Londeners have to fight for popular
education against thick-headed ioryism
they would not wonder at the ignorance
and drunkenness that are met with in the
poorer quarters of the mighty metropolis.
Dunraven was hauling a board school
master over the Goals for being. as ne
claimed the worse for liquor and on in
veStigation it turned out that the charge
was quite unfounded John Lobb. quite
character in his way. and also mem
Der of the school board. in making his
report of the matter wound il up with
the following words: In fact this case
turns out TO be a second occasion on
which the noble lord mistakenly believed
a gentleman to have taken on an unjus.
amount of ballast
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made by two Liverpool newspaper
proprietors, about that time, to estab-
fish a London journal on American
lines. 1t was called The Hour and was
unqualifiedly. the best news vehicle III
that great city, but it failed. This foes
to show that young Harmsworth en-
tered the field, with his advanced ideas
at a propitious period.
His success has raised up a rival
Arthur Pearson, the publisher of Pear
sons Magazine. will start a new half
penny morning newspaper at once. He
is engaging experienced news editors
and real reporters in this country and
threatens to give Mr.. Harmsworth a
severe twist before he gets through.
II is asserted that he. will issue
Sunday edition-taking advantage Of
the Transvaal war and the universal
demand of the British public for news
therefrom. BY the time the conquest
of the Beers is completed, Mr.. Pearson
hopes to have overcome the antiquated
objections to seven days publication
While the army is reducing the Beers.
he will show the dullest of British
minds the futility of expecting the
world to stand still for twenty-four
hours.
1t will be a pretty war. and well
worth watching.
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A NEWSPAPER WAR.
London Is About to Be Treated to a
Very Pretty Strife.
Philadelphia Times.)

London is on the verge of a. news
paper war that must attract the atten-
ton OF all members of the craft in the
United States. Alfred c. Harmsworth
a young man out of college less than
ten years, started the Daily Mail in
1896. 1t is half-penny paper, and in
three years its circulation has grown
to about 100000 copies daily. SO pro-
digious has been its success that the
staid old London journals have all suf-
fered. II has copied all the good and
some of the worst features in American
Journalism, presenting them in a clum-
sy- unattractive way that would dis
grace a frontier sheet. But the Daily
Mail has become a fad and John Bull
is clamorous for it
The friendly relations between Eng
land and this country doubtless en-
courage respect for the news-getting
enterprise that the Observation-Disclosures
list sheet constantly displays. It's
reporters actually print Inter
views with great statesmen and dig
nitaries of the church. The English
people read interviews" today. 1t was
different in 1876. when one article of
the kind in the Daily Telegraph cost
the giant OF Fleet street q large part
of its circulation. because ii was
American" A sturdy effort also was
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receipt of letters. In fact, there are
cases already where the increase in
the postal business is paying the entire
expense OF the establishment and con-
tinuance ot the route
Aside from the fact that the difficult
ties in practical way which prevented
IN times gone by the Installation of
such p service have since been over
come in great part. there are several
very good reasons why the present time
would seem propitious for the intro
duction of rural free delivery.
The generation of people that has
grown up in America since the civil
war has had the benefit of an educa-
ton under the best public school sys-
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ing combined in the same case, and l
believe that the German gunners calcu-
late on being able to fire when occa-
sion demands at least five aimed rounds
a minute, as against two at most of
their former weapons. What will be
the effect of such nail of .y-oiectileS
on an enemy whose fire has loss accur-
acy it is not easy to imagine, but that
the Germans expect great things from
this fearful engine of war is proved by
recent changes in organization. The
number of guns with each army corps
in the war CT 1870 was eighty-four. Not
many years ago it was increased To
10. Next year. so far as / can learn,
it is to be 16S, with the addition for
the purpose of searching cover and
bombarding villages. Of some batteries
of field howitzers- II must be noted.
moreover, that the corps. or reserve
artillery with each army corps is to be
almost entirely done away with, and
that the whole of the guns, with the
exception of the two-horse batteries
and the howitzers. are to be divided
between the two divisions. To discuss
the technical reasons which have led
to this decision would be tedious and
out of place. but it may be said that the
new departure betokens a more init
mate connection between the infantry
and artillery during peace training, and
closer cooperation on the battlefield.
The increase, too. in the number of
guns seems TO portend a revolution in
tactics. The defense of q position will
probably be very largely committed to
the artillery. for it is far more cap
able of protecting its own front than
heretofore, and the infantry, released
from the duty of holding the ground,
will be available for counter strokes on
larger scale. Il
With so huge a mass of artillery at
their command, and considering the
comparatively open ground over which
their next campaigns viii probably be
fought out, it is hardly matter of sur
prise that the Germans make no use
of machine guns in the field.
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cular reading room. one of the modern
wonders of the world. was not built
until 1851; while the white wing on the
east was only completed in 1884.
1t is in this reading room and the
other vast rooms where millions of
books and pamphlets are stored, that
is much Americans eenters.
Impossible to Count Books
l asked Mr.. George n. Fortesque. the
keeper of the public books of the mu-
scum. how many Americana books there
were in the museum.
He looked at me with a half amused
expression ON his face and said:
1T would be quite impossible for me
to tell you. l haven't the faintest idea
Nor do l know how many books there
are in the museum as a whole. nor does
anyone else know. save approximately.
In Paris, at the National library, they
count every scrap, every individual
pamphlet, and so on. as a volume. and
If we We're to do the same here. the
total number of volumes is more than
twice as large as the number in the
library in Paris. \ very complete cata
logue of American books was pub
lished by an American, Mr.. Henry
Stevens of Vermont. in 1856. bringing
the number down to 1910, but since that
time the number of American books has
attempt to say how great has been the
increase. but it has heen very great.
In point of fact. there is not an Ameri-
can book published that would be con-
sidered worth keeping in one of your
own public libraries which you may not
find in our collection. All your govern
ment reports, too, of every kind, we
have"
Another gentleman connected with
the library department of the museum
assured me that the British museum
had a larger collection of American
books. especially of first editions. than
any library in the. United States
Stevens catalogue is a complete one
as far as it goes, and was published
under the auspices, or with the sane
ton of. the museum authorities. He
notes in his preface, written at the
time of the issuance of the book that
the number of American books on
Christmas day. 1856. was at least
20.090. The number now must be at
least 100000 volumes. This estimate.
when the government reports are taken
into account. is doubtless for too low
Swarms of Americans.
And not only are there very many
features of American interest IN this
great museum, but there are many
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patrons as well as financial failures.
Others however, succeeded from the
very start. and by the beginning of the
present administration it had been
pretty clearly demonstrated to students
OF the subject that a system of rural
free delivery judioiously inaugurated
could be made less expensive and moro
nearly self-sustaining than urban free
delivery in the smaller cities. Mr.
Heath found available an appropriation
of $4,000 for the continuation of these
experiments. Results We're almost i'm
mediately of such a satisfactory nature
that congress appropriated for the
fiscal year 1898 S150,000 for rural free
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Americans to be found there too. No
matter if YOU visit the museum in the
late autumn. when the tide of American
travel is setting westward. you will
still be sure 10 find many American
faces in the bewildering maze of cor
ridors. This year there have been more
Americans visiting the museum than
in any former year. Naturally the
greater number of them are tourists.
who pass through the museum as sight
Seers, but there are not a few, also,
who come again and again TO study
this and that feature of interest: while
Americans who write, or those from
our great educational institutions and
who wish to avail themselves of the
splendid opportunities offered for re-
search. make more protracted visits or
come to London for a number of
months to study in this greatest school
of the globe.
The method of obtaining the use of
the books in the collection is very sim
pie Perhaps you wish to consult soma
work of some American. of no matter
of what age or era of American litera-
ture. You must first go-to the office
of the secretary of the principal
libraries Here you register you name
and London address in full This is
for means of identification. You are
then given printed slip which bears
your name. the number of your ticket,
the date of issuance. and the formal
permit to use the reading room for the
day. If you wish TO use il longer you
may. as a request from anyone in
authority at your embassy, secures a
permit for a month, or six months. or
as long as you desire
In the Great Reading Room
With your ticket you go to the read
ing room. 1t is a vast circular apart
ment, which must be at least three
hundred feet in diameter. Its walls are
lined with book cases reaching up to
the point where the great dome
springs into its mighty arch In the
center are circular desks. occupying
all the main central part of the floor,
and outside of this. in even larger cir
cles are desks or tables fitted up with
ample room for many volumes. You
select desk which suits you, note its
number and letter on the printed slip
by which you make application for the
volume you wish to consult, and look
up the catalogue for the number of the
volume. The press mark, the name of
the author or other. heading of the
work wanted, the place where the vol
ume was printed. the date of the print
ing the size OF the volume the date
of the application. your own name. and
the number of the seat you have Sc
lected must be written on the applica-
ton. The catalogues form small Ii
brary themselves They are large vol
umes alphabetically arranged in the
cases below the application desks.
You will find only quill pens at the
writing desks When you have handed
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lea. IN another part of the vast de-
psrtment devoted TO the life and char
Scteristics of races. there is a splendid
collection of North America Indian ma
terial. 1t is as though one were sud-
denly transported to some quiet nook
in an Indian village where tribal trais
were still the proper thing. The col;ec-
ton OF all manner of implements of
warfare, head dresses. garments OF
! skins. beautiful specimens of the hand
icraft of nimble InGian fingers, is in
tensely interesting.
chronological Collection.
The collection of the chronological gal
lery extends along the entire eastern
side OF the vast museum, divided into
series of bays, as they are called, and
comprises about all that is accessible
concerning the races of the earth. The
term ethnography as used in this con-
nection, the museum authorities define
as the scientific studies of the manners
and customs of particular peoples and
of their development from savagery
towards civilization; and it more par
ticularly concerns itself with those
races which have no written records.
The purpose of the collection. in the
words of the museum authorities. is
ito enable us to understand by what
methods man. in his earlier efforts of
development toward civilization. sup
plies the wants of his existence. pro-
tects his life, expresses his religious
ideas, and gradually advances toward
the cultivation of the industrial! and or
namental arts
The American room proper. the one
which is 50 named in the museum, is
quite large and admirably lighted. 1t
contains much pertaining to the an
cient life in America, case after case
of arrow heads of different periods.
specimens of pottery of all types, here
and there collections of stone or clay
burned images illustrating the God idea
of the savage, and very many interest
ing utilitarian objects in earthenware
and stone. A curious fact is that the
stone implements and weapons very
closely resemble the ones discovered in
various parts of Europe indicating
either a general and common origin. or
else a token of the fact that the savage
emerging from barbarism in any land
is moved by the same mental pro-
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HmeIedns at the British Wuseun
Unique Display
RelcSFln Knife
American Bookstore American Visitors Than Other

Copyright, 1899. by S. S. Mcclure Coz
1t is not likely that there is any other
Roof in the world covering so many
precious and wonderful articles as the
one which covers the vast spaces of TIL:
British sIuSeum.
England has been particularly fortu
nate in her consuls, her soldiers in for
eign fields, and generally in her pub
lie and private citizens abroad in that
they have had an eye open at all times
to those things which would go to mako
up the aggregate interest of this Won
derful building.
Naturally, the part taken by Amer
lea is no inconsiderable one. In the de-
partment of ethnography there are
great glass cases whose contents illus
trate manv phases of the early and
later life OF America. One such case
has splendid collection of articles
illustrative OF the life of Arctic Amer
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Card From Bishop Scanlan.

feel it my duty to protect Catholics
and the public generally from frau6 sn5
imposition by notifying them from time
to time that no person bearing the
name and dress of a priest or sister
or anyone else is authorized or per-
mitted to solicit or collect in this dio-
cese for any purpose whatsoever con-
nected with the Catholic church with
out having from me permission in writ
ing, bearing my seal and signature.
Should anyone be found engaged in
this unlawful work of collecting with
out such a document ne or she. as the
case may be. should be regarded by all
as a fraud and an impostor..
~ L. SCANLAN.
Bishop OF Salt Lake
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writing desks

in your application you go to your seat
and wait for the volumes. 1t will not
be long before whatever you have
ordered. be it in almost any tongue
under the sun, will be brought to your
desk and you are at liberty to read and
make notes as long as you will.
There are large rooms opening off
from the central reading room in which
are stored vast numbers of books of
priceless value, which you may con-
suit, either in the main room or by
students permit in the specia. rooms.
w. S. HARDWOOD.
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Free Nail DeHpery For Farmers.
City Will
Interview With Postmaster

Copyright, 1899. by S. S. Mcclure Coz
Our postal system has been for over
decade both the wonder and admira-
ton of the world. Yet in the matter
of rural free delivery this country is
far behind many of the nations of the
old Fundamentally England. 1t is not
commonly known that a penny stamp
Will insure The free delivery by gov
eminent carrier of a letter in any part
however remote of the British isles.
Yet such is the case.
For some years past our postoffice
department has been experimenting
with a rural free delivery service. AT
first these experiments met with little
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completed until 1S4T, and the vast cir
interesting and rare idol masks. the
faces of the most grotesque types.
Very minute pieces of rare stones Of
various colors are matched and blended
in such way in these masks as to
produce the most curious and interest
ing effects.
During the comparatively short life
of the British museum marvels have
been wrought / say comparatively
short life. for the museum. library and
all was only opened to the public in
1883. and it was then but a compare
lively small affair. its basis being a
purchase of the museum of Sir Hans
century that the museum has made its
Sloan 1t has been during the present
progress. until now it leads the world
in the extent. the magnitude and the
Importance of its collections In point
of fact. the present great building in
which the museum is housed was not
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GERMANY'S ARTILLERY.
Now Equipped With the Best Rapid
fire Guns.
Gondon Times.)

II. however. there is no movement to
be observed in the dress and equip
ment of the German troops, it is far
otherwise with the armament The
death-dealing capacity of the army has
been enormously increased by the in
trcductiI of the quick-firing field gun,
which is said to be three times more
formidable, owing TO the rapidity with
which it can be loaded and fired, than
the powerful cannon it superseded. The
ammunition is fixed" like that of an
ordinary rifle, cartridge and shell.
whether shrapnel or high explosive, be-