The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-12
SOME GOSSIP Of elS

New York, July s.--Hu..
York children are plungIps
stern realities of life. ~
criminal court buIldInr ~,
ing until the last workIns
board OF health, where ~,
to work during tho yacat,os
law provides that no ch,ls
be employed without No.
tanned permission from tbs
tiles. That is why thousapd.
itan youngsters are comms,!.
activity under the tutel.ss
OF health. Nearly 1000 ~.
issued each day. The long ls.'
ones furnish pathetic stud,.. \.
ness They are intensely e.
they seem awed by the pross'..
and chatter and coniectur. I
90 'ney stand Ia ~
their turn. In parallel linz n
are ranged. Generally Ii. ss
The presence of the parent r.
to swear to the truth Of ~.
is compulsory, and the lnotl h
oath because the father 4 u.
labor. Then many Of tia M.
children OF widows. They ~ n
to make money and few q, 4 h
to say 1T would be more to Il 3
Ing to spend the summer Il e. }
pegging away for 50, So Or q
a hot, stuffy. stench-rIdden ss.,. B
tory. They are all IA. thcusI
them look much younger. 81. B
and strong and Others are hi, n
looking, carrying on their -. \
delible stamp Of congested t....'
Andrew Carnegie has acoulr,s !
title. To those of the "Steel M
the Laird of Skibo has been .als|
King Of Fifth Avenue" Tia II,
citizen who has done so much to,,]
tightening the present and comm,
erations is now the largest prou,rs|
IT on the most classic thoroushhn
metropolis, and he has named 4. ,
between Ninetieth and NI,s,]
streets, where his property i, N
The Highlands of Manhattans n,
cen large lots he owns there A., \
being transformed into beautiful \,
principally for the pleasure Of your|
Carnegie, and it will not be- Iour
he magnificent mansion ia shootivl
ward, large force OF workman ~ \
Property took great "
hat locality when Mr.. Carneeis,
ion to live there became kncn
he owners did their utmost % q
lin from dying rich.
The officials OF Washington un3
Brooklyn. and the health board n
.ulging In all the activities Of lh
.ccount of the existence within nl|
mes of the dead OF a restsurnt
emetery people contend that L 1
lolation of law to eat over Ci]
ne IS so inclined. The health hu|
ay passed resolutions that the rsrl
0 be closed forthwith by force v
etrimental to public health. ~
o not say what will cause ill-htilnl
ind of create the impression WI
emetery people have ghoulish dsap
heir patrons and are laying nes u
hem into the care Of patronillng "A
ort OF an uncanny war, to DO na|
'ithal amusing.
Many charitable organization y
.ty will not receive aid from y
ny more. The city, through Us w
as announced that not only M
lscovered that money given 70 "
anizations, in some cases, has Ha|
ecessarily squandered, but that w
nder which some received the =
as been repealed. Charity viii v
snsed under a new plan, detailsa Y
ave not yet been made public, W
atement is made that 1t will resu
wing of s1,5OO,0OO to the city iiiS
he plan contemplated is that 'hs q
BILE societies will be paid for 'h
.ey do, and no more.
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The big eastern arch OF the r.
mia railroad depot at Jersey ciu y
" resting on It's new foundations y
ZEN moved 125 feet toward me =
le arch is lightweight feet NY
ans $50 feet, and weighs many ~
tons. The work of moving y Nv
tending the great train shed VIZ
arkable engineering feat. y ~
by engines, jacks. puh''
lis, with scarcely any distplpA'
0 building.
Little Is said here concerning ~
smallpox which have deyelopea Z
rlous parts Of this city. 1t 10 ~
viewer, that there have been
elve cases a month ever since ~
there were five deaths last m0''s
berts OF the board of health ="
ire is no danger of an epidem's
~
last week 27S children. under ~ 1
age, died in Brooklyn. 1873 OF 'n'p
rrhoeal diseases. This is % - Il
airy mortality. and the health ~ |.
J are puzzled as to the cause
IN attributed to inferior water * 4;
the board has failed to connsS
hey Dan,f Give 1t 10 U Sue