The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-25
WITH THE PASSING THRONC.


j Mr.. Jack Beall, prominent young
lawyer OF waxahachie, is a guest at the
iCapltol hotel, having come down from
his home on a matter Of private business.
| Mr.. Beall has figured quite prominently
in State politics for sometime past INV
was member from his district OF tne
| senate OF the Twenty-hfth iegisiatuis' to
| Is great admrer OF Houston anu nst
ways and expressed himself yesterday az
being much pleased with the many EVIL
dences OF progress to be seen on all siues.
~
| Mr.. Charles b. Hervey, manager OF the
| CAPITOL hotel returned yesterday morning
from trip to Natches, Miss, whithe'
he accompanied his wife, who Is now WIS.,
iting relatives there. While absent MI
fiervey spent day or two in ViekspuFg
and at both the places visited he reports
the existence OF an unusual activity In
business circles as result OF the pres
ent high price of cotton.
"0pinions as to the size OF the crop
vary thore as they do everywhere else,
said MIR. Hervey TO representative oil
The Post yesterday, "and IT is absolutely
impossible 10 reconcile the views OF the
opposing parties in the premises. Several
cotton men with whom / talked, however,
stated that most of the cotton in that
section of the country had been marketed
and that IL the staple was being heid IN
any large amounts they were not aware
of the fact Business in all lines seems
TO be very active and the people all seem
to be satisfied with existing conditions.
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from Bloomington, Ind, yesterday morn
ing and joined her husband at the Capt.
tol hotel. AS was announced IN yester-
days Post Mr.. Gentry will winter TWO
and perhaps three of his shows in Hous-
ton, and TO a reporter yesterday ne ex,
pressed himself as being highly pleased
with the arrangements he has been ena-
bled to make He will be here in person
to supervise the work of putting the dogs
and ponies into winter quarters ana IL
is likely that he will remain in houston
most of the time his animal actors are
here. Mr.. C. S. Primrose, one OF Mr.
Gentry's advance representatives, is also
in the city.
admiral Dewey is no doubt very sorf,
that he gave first TO his bride and then
to his son the home presented to MIN
by the people who went wildly and IDIOT
ically insane over him not long ago. said
a we'll posted citizen yesterday. In my
opinion the only mistake made by the
hero of Manila bay occurred when he
first accepted the gift, After 1t had passed
into his possession it strikes me that II
was the business of no one but himself
what he did with it--that is, of course,
so long as he did not sell it. What harm
bos Nv re n
Dewey or to the new Mrs. Dewey, for
that matter? The admiral will die some
time and the home would have to be
transferred then, SO where is the diner-
ence? He WILL of course, continue to live
in 1t and so long as the deeds TO il re-
main in the possession of his immediate
family / fail to see why all this furry
should be kicked up | thought that the
American people as a whole showed par
ticularly bad taste in being so wildly
and foolishly enthusiastic about the ad-
miral at first and now that the matter OF
the transfer of the home has come up ]
hope it will have beneficial effect on
that species of historical mania known as
hero worship Admiral Dewey undoubt-
eddy made a bad break when he accepted
the gift, but after that | think he should
not be criticised for the action he has
taken"
Another public man who probably
wishes he hadn't done it," remarked a /
listener to the above conversation, "is I
Senator John M. Thurston. That alleged
poem of his will be the Heath If him .
yet. just imagine man on the wrong /
side of fifty writing such stuff as that
not because he was a poet, and the |
thoughts came to him naturally, but be-
cause he wished to compliment the lady
he married few days ago. Just listen:
II said to the rose: oh. rose, sweet rose!
VIII you lie on my heart tonight?
Will you nestle there, with your perfume
rare,
And your petals pure and white?'
II said to the rose: oh, rose, sweet rose,
VIII you thrill to my every sigh,
Tho' your life exhale in the morning pale
And you wither and fade and de-?
Il said to the rose; oh, rose, sweet rose!
viii you throb with my every breath?
WIZ you give me the bliss of passionate
kiss,
Albeit the end is death?'
The white rose lifted her stately head,
And answered me fair and true:
i am happy and blest to lie on your brrast
FOR the woman who gave me to you
nc t-asiSfH papers are not doing a
single thing to the senator" went On the
speaker. aftcr recting the lines OF the
now famous poem Nearly every one
II the journals which are expected to
print that class of stuff, have parodied the
ines and the PAROLES range fIcm low
ana vulgar to really clever. according 10
ne caiibre of the paper printing them.
me OF the burlesques In particular. which
vas printed In one OF he yeitowcst OF
ne New York dailies, was of such
' roh as 70 suggest some very serious
rouole for someone If Senator Thura-
on was inclined that way. Verify the
ne OF the average public man is not all
'oslness and happiness and the one who
',a.i seems to be an especially easy
he a. nste OF iate. or course in this case l
ne TACT that Mrs. Thurston was diyorcee 4
las nothing to do with it,"
LAMPAsAs ITEMS.
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