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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03

'ae United States can obtain guarantees
rem tue Eurcpean nowers that the Chinese
Esae VIII DO LEFT opsn to Americans on eous,
'sfnis with the citizens OF the dominant pows,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03

Foreign Ofhccs-Esstern business once "a Tribune
building. New York (rie s.. C.. Beckwith Spr-
cIal Agency; Western 400 lThe Rookery) Chi
cseo, (The S. c. Bsskwth Special Agency.
Auditor; E. R Holland. q. B. Thr e T iin
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03

spalh mas at last received the money for
'ue .fpi'ppinc gold brick she sold US with
suen an arhul show Of rsEret Brother ions
man WI get the hay out OF his hair after
awhile. however. '''''
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03

me monthly treasury report shows that thi.
administration Is steadily accomplishing the
expansion OF the public debt
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03

It seems that New Orleans is following its
old custom Of taking big risks on travel from
Havana at this season of the year. And New
Orleans affects to wonder why other commit
mites are so quick to slap on guarantees
against herl
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03

From the very general observance Of
Dewey Day" in this country II would ap-
pear that Monteio's feet at Manila was butch.
cred 10 make another American HOLIDAY.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03
Telephone Numbers: s ss,1ss!., A. ~.

The city.-The Post Is delivered 10 any part Of the
city BY carriers, per month, $500; three months
$500; six months. 5000; one year. $I7.oo
Mr. Theodore Berng has charge Of the city
circulation and collecting. Messrs. Theodore
Boring. Charles Lott and Tom South are the au-
thorized collectors OF all city bills (both dvertls-
Ing and subscription and no money should be
paid TO any one other than those named unless
special written authority signed by the business
manager Is shown. Al accounts OF any size
should be paid by check In favor Of This Hous.
ton Printing Company.
Subscribers falling to receive The Post regularly
will please notify the Office promptly Every
paper Is expected to be delivered not later than
t:,o O'Clock q. m.
Under no circumstances Will orders given by
employees on the Office be recognized and
paid. or accepted In payment OF accounts.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03

II every man in business in this city fully
appreciated the benefits to scorne from deep
water to this point. any sum Of money the
deep water committee could ask for would be
promptly subscribed
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03

While the gunboat Nashville is vending It's
way into the interior Of the North Ameri-
can continent. sister ship the sunbcnt
Wilmington. is ascending the Amazon. dis
tance OF 25OO miles The Western hemisphere
was built for big business.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03

Poor Dreyfus mind is said to be falling.
Justice is likely to come to him only as it
has come to thousands of other men--when
II is too late to do him any good
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03

" Quay Ia given his seat in the senate tine
prostitution Of precedent will be doubly mo-
torious. But what cares atter-d ay republic
an politics for nrecedenta Or constitutions?
Yesterday another American heiress mar.
ried foreign couut-pos5iby to repent at
leisure. still American husbands do not al
ways pan out as extraordinarIly rich to the
Tan,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03

Q. H. Bessonette. the inventor OF tho
rounn pale, Is in attendance upon the con
senllon' Mr. Bessonette sold some of his
Inventions In the making Of tho cylindrical
press TO the American cotton company. bnt
IS now putting up what he says Is suS
ueIior process OF round ballng. He is
SpeIalins under the name OF the Glnners'
npplplese company Of Chicago. The day
~ - nu' lsr distant he says when the square
paie compress buildings viii no ullized
chiefly for warehouses;. with thar vic,y ~,
y MUCH IN favor nt the enactment Of n
Ns,ehouse law In this state which would
msAe cotton or grain certificates negotiahle
,ent conditions, '''S
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
a Comfortable Trunk.

The newest combination piece of
travelling furniture is a desk, bureau
and wardrobe trunk for the CONNER
cial traveller
When open and in use this trunk
stands on end. The top drawer pulls
out and forms rest for the desk lid.
1t is partitioned off into compartments
for stationery The lid of the desk
opens down and forms the writina
table. The upper part of the desk i /
divided into the usual lot of pigeon.
holes for letterheads, envelopes, let.
tiers, contracts, billheads, blotters and
the like, similar to an ordinary Office
desk. on.a small scale.
All the desk part is finished in oak.
and the drawers faced with dark red
leather. and fitted with brass handles
and hinges, so put together that the
defects usually found in combination
trunk are done away with.
The second drawer is divided I'M
into compartments for underwear.
neckwear, collars and cuffs. and n hat
box lined with quilted satin. The third
drawer is for shirts, and the lower one
for wearing apparel. s
In the lid of this remarkable trunI;
are clothes rack and straps arranged
like a lower tray in an ordinary trunk,
but long enough to carry trousers AM
coats without folding.
There is sometimes an interchange.
able arrangement made to fit place
OF the two lower drawers, and this is
single section In drawer form fitted
with cleats to carry a typewriter.
Strange ms it may seem, there is nc
folding bed tucked eway in any cor.
ner, nor n cooking stove, otherwise
the traveller would not need hotel.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
Poe. Poo No. E.p.Ilea from College.

William II. Browne writes the fol-
lowing letter to the Baltimore News:
Il see paragraph going, the rounds Of
the papers to the effect thai 1t is re-
markable that Edgar A. Poe should be
honored by bust erected in the uni
versity from which he was expelled. it
has been shown again and again that
Poe was never expelled from the Unit
versity of Virginia. Mr.. J.. II. Ingram,
the author of a well-known life Of the
poet, wrote to Mr.. William Werten-
baker. secretary OF the faculty, to in
quire about Poe's conduct and stand
ing, and that gentleman. who was
librarian during Poes residence and
knew him well, replied, not from mem
DRY only, but after searching the rec
ords, that at no time did he fall under
the censure Of the faculty Mr. Wood
bury, another biographer, says that
during Poe's residence he did not
come under the notice of the faculty,
which is stated to have been at that
time unusually watchful and strict"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
AS TRUE AS GOSPEL.

Speak well OF your friend, OF your
enemy. say nothing.
He who says what he likes will hear
what he does not like.
A mans manners are the mirror in
which he shows his portrait.
Learning is either good or bad &C
cording. to him that has tan excel
lent weapon. If we'll used; otherwise
like sharp razor in the hands of a
child.
Life is no idle dream, but a solemn
reality based on and encompassed by
eternity. Find out your work. and
stand to 1t; the night cometh when no
man can work.
All brave men are brave in initia-
tive. but the courage which enables
them to succeed where others dare not
even attempt is never SO potent as
when It leads to entire self-forgetful-
ness.
Not unremembered is the hour when
first friends met Friends, but friends
on earth, and therefore dear; sought
oft, and sought almost as oft In vain
yet always sought, so native to the
heart; SO much desired and coveted by
all.
Human happiness has no perfect Sc
curity but freedom, freedom none but
virtue, virtue none but knowledge has
any freedom, virtue nor knowledge
has any vigor OF immortal hope except
in the principles Of the Christian faith
and in the sanctions OF the Christian
religion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
Velvet Coats I'm STYLE.


A London costumcr suggests this
black velvet jacket, lined with Ameri-
can beauty satin and trimmed with
loweled buttons and two fat chin
chllla reveres. The collar, faced with
chinchilla, may be left open to show
the wide bow OF the violet stock he
meath. That the coat is cut with
spoon shaped tails and small sleeves
IL IS hardly necessary to state ~
Another beautiful cutaway in plum
colored velvet has the slight fulness of
the doublebreasted front, strapped in
by band of black satin ornamented
with genuine gold buckles set with
precious stones. The fancy-shaped
reveres are of white satin, covered
with lisse and edged with a piping of
chinchilla. A .chinchilla piping also
borders the rolling velvet collar. which
fastens with two little furred heads
The sleeves are half tight and half
pulled. a coat OF this kind is made
snug and durable and practicable dur
ing cold weather by All interlinine of
chamois skin concealed by the mauve
taffeta lining.
their newly acquired dignity as ma
irons lavishly admire the longer coats.
they ere Mt the same time demure and
coquettish, and are not lacking in chic,
with their fiat circular ruflles duaintly
applied stitched bands and Qerreons
Innings. Onejs in green broadclotb
lined with h6liotrope cord silk and
trimmed ~ the long cutaway fronts
with n circular louuce, cut wide Mt
the back and tapering into points up
inc front. What appears to be n
dress skirt in the same cloth shows
. beneath the open fronts. In reality it
is o part Of the coat, TO which the cir
cu!m rufile is applied in cutaway
form.
The other long coat is a blending Of
princess, and redingote in Havana
brown cloth, dashed with oblopo
lighter spots Tho skirt and fat
collar piece are outlined with scaIlops.
Ike coat Is doubie-breasted and fast.
cned toward one side nuder n loose.
narrow front piece. The side md
back arc tight-Gtting. A tailor
stitched baud trims the collar and
'front.' and heads tho shaped ruHle.
Little reveres Of zibeline .open over n
tucked shield of rose velvet. The BOIL
ing collar and tho piping Of the beige
hat are also ofzibeline. Rose velvet in
% large loose bow is used on the hat
without further trimming The cos
tumo IS lined with rose tafeta. and
may be worn either as gown or as n
wrap Philadelphia Times. t =.
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day. On the opposite page she writes
what she has done, where she has
been and whom she has seen. The
pages, says the young woman, never
agree and are usually fat contradic.
tons of each other. The silver lining
OF the cloud of pessimism which such
a perverse state of affairs would other
wise engender is that she has noticed
that when she predicts and expects
gloomy day, filled with disagreeable
duties or monotonous dullness, the
opposite page is sure to glimmer with
pleasant surprises-callsf from pleasant
people, letters from absent friends.
invitations of an especially tempting
character and all sorts of unlocked.
for enjoyment. The writer of the
diary says she finds it an excellent
antidote for undue citation of spirits
and check to despair. When she
feels down" she can turn to her blue
days and see how we'll they turned out,
and when she feels particularly ex-
uberant glance at the record of DAYS
joyously anticipated but miserably
spent has a wonderfully SOLDERING eff.
feet. The book keeps her in state
OF tranquil neutrality very restful for
the nerves. The absurd young WON.
an has had the odd diary bound in
pink and purple, typifying Joy and
woe, and calls it her book of faith
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07

Spiced Damsons-Sevenp ounds ol
fruit after it is prepared, three pound.
white sugar, one and one half pint,
strong vinegar, one tablespoon each a
cloves, mace, allspice aud. cinnamon.
Boil slowly until done. The damsons
should keep their form and the Juice
be thick and of fine flavor.
Good Fritter Batter-Four oupee,
OF flour, one gill OF water, one table
spoonful Of salad oil. Make this al
to a nice batter, let it stan j for an hour
or two, then, just as YOU want il foI
use, stir in lightly and quickly the
whites OF two eggs beaten to the stiff.
est possible froth. This makes do.
licious batter, but Of course its light.
ness must depend greatly on the fat in
which it is fried.
Baked Spanish Onions - These
onions arc more delicate favored than
the common sort, and we'll repav the
care In cooking. First put enough for
each to have one unskinned in n kettle
OF boiling sailed water, boiling one
hour, then drain aud wipe dry, lay in
creased paper, twisting the ends. &c
keep in the steam, and bake from one
20 two hours. Then remove the papers,
peel, serve with butter, pepper and
salt or hot seasoned cream.
Pulled Cream Candy-In a good.
sized saucepan put two pounds of
graupiated sugar, one tablespoonful
Of butter, one-half OF cupful o.
cream and one and one-half cupfuis OF
water Boil slowly but steadily until
q spoonful, dropped into cold water.
can be rolled into n firm ball Add
one-quarter Of teaspoonful Of soda,
take from the fire; add one teaspoon.
inl OF vanilla and pour on n creased
platter. Pull as soon as cool enough
to handle.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
Fashion Notez

Among the novelties in winter waists
is Norfolk cqteway with deep-yoke
front. e. :
Round rosettes of black velvet baby
ribbon are used as trimming on lace
evening gowns.
White cloth, fine and silky in finish,
is one of the, fashionable materials for
the bridesmaids gown.
Very pretty fligree bracelets are
shown, and evidently are again in
favor. Some are set with gems.
Cherry-red taffeta is the latest thing
for petticoats, and if you would be
quite up to date have corsetS to match.
Many handsome imported gowns
are in cashmere of delicate shades. A
coarse lace applique is seen on hand
some afternoon and evening gowns.
Hoods for evening wear are in
vogue. They are built of lowered
silk and lined with satin, turning back
from the face after the manner of an
old-fashioned sunbonuet.
Pompadour combs are now studded
with gems, some being of great value.
The ieweled side combs are still
fashionable, the newest styles being
made entirely of gold or silver and
set with small diamonds and other
precious stones.
A black velvet stock, at which the
women exclaim, isn't that sweet?"
has a-little double rufile Of white rib
bon at the upper edge and design in
the same ruffled white ribbons of n
double bowed Empire knot, and curry
ing ends joining.
Something novel in bridesmaids
costume is n white taffeta silk coat
with round tails and elbow sleeves.
worn with n white net skirt trimmed
with chiffon ruches. The edges of
the coat are finished with rows of
stitching, and the revers are covered
with handsome lace. -
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
A Queens Alliance.

The Queen of the Belgians has
issued n rescript to her sister queens
and expresses asking them to form an
alliance for the purpose of helping the
lacemakers of Europe. She has an.
pealed to them to forswear wearing
imitation lace and to bind themselves
to wear only handmade lace, pointing
out that the machine made fabric
threatens the extinction of artistic.
hand-worked lace. The number of
iacemakers in Belgium and France
has diminished since the advent of
lace machinery by forty thousand per-
sons. The Queens appeal met with
a ready response and the queenly
alliance has already become fact.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
1seautifyins tho Neck.

To beautify the neck the following
directions, if carefully and persistent.
ly carried out, will bring satisfactory
results: Battle the neck and shout
ders every night in warm water, then
rub them with olive oil. Use the
palm of the hand, making the strokes
from the neck downward, and then in
circular direction. Keep this up
about five minutes. Lay the chin
against the throat and turn the head
slowly to the right and around again
slowly to the left. Repeat this latter
movement five times, then rub the
thinnest part of the neck OF ches.
briskly with the palm of the hand
using the downward stroke. When
you have done this for few minutes.
stand with you shoulderblades and
head firmly placed against the wall.
the tips of your fingers resting on your
shoulder, and then take long breath.
Gradually relax. This concludes the
c>ercjse. Retire Immediately, and
generally ones sleep will be good and
sound the whole night long.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07

The other day a small boy, unite n
small boy, too, being barely four
years old, was having some pictures
taken, and, rs the day was dark. tho
plates had 70 be exposed longer than
usual.
When the proofs arrived there came
with them a notice that another sit.
ting would be required, because, os
was only too evident, the boy had
moved.
Time was precious, rs the pictures
were wanted to celebrate grandma's
birthday, and the mother was a little
put out.
ooh, Willie" she walled. "wlv
did You move? What made You do
it?"
The boy looked wisely from the
pictures TO her, and then shook his
head. 81 don't know" he said. 81
don't know why / did it-yes. mamma.
I do know The man told me I could
wink rs much as I wanted TO, and 80
i must have just winked all over.
Don't you seeY-Clevelan Plain
Dealer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
WHEN WELCOME is WORN OUT
Tactfu1 Hints of Hosts Who Are Weary
of Guests,

OF Guests,
An Ohio host, wearied out OF all en-
durance by the persistency OF his guest.
chose as his medium the family prayer
after breakfast, and said: 20 Lord.
bless our visiting brother, who will
leave us on the 10 o'clock train this
morning" / prefer the subtler and
more reverent method of another
Ohioan, the father of William Dean
Howells, the novelist. His practice
was, when n visitor had worn out his
welcome, to be called away on bust
ness and to say to his guest: 81 sup
pose you will not be here when | re-
turn, so / will wish you good-by."
Excellent and highly appreciated by
the boys was the formula used by DR..
Vaughn, when, as headmaster of Har-
row school, he had to entertain the
highest form In the school In patches
at breakfast Commiserating the bash.
fulness of the lads who did not know
how to leave and yet wanted to do so,
the doctor would say-apropos Of moth
ing: Must you go? Can't you stay?"
This was the signal for departure. 1
admire very heartily the transposition
of a laundering narrator. who, in tell
ing this story, gave the formula as
Cant you go? Must you stay?" A
fellow feeling makes one wondrous
kind to this revised version.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Do not begin a long journey until
some breakfast has been eaten. After
taking a warm drink do not go i'm
mediately out into the cold and do not
drink anything hot Immediately as
you come in out of the cold.
To soften nails. rub the following
preparation we'll into them each night
and sleep in gloves: Lanoline. one
ounce; vaseline, half-ounce; olive oil,
ten drops. The hands should always
be washed in warm water and the nails
polished with a leather.
The upper part of the arms Of wo-
man should be large, full and well
rounded. The forearm should not lie
too fiat. A dimple at the elbow is
very desirable. Correctness OF form Is
not the most necessary thing for
good arm. The owner should also
possess the power OF expression and
here is a word OF advice-the slowest
movements are always the prettiest
People are most likely to catch cold
in the back than they are generally
aware of and if neglected may prove
a serious matter. The back. especially
between the shoulders. should always
be kept we'll covered and never lean
with your back against anything that
is cold. Never sit with your back in
direct draught and when warming 1t
by the fire do not continue to keep the
back exposed to the heat after II has
become comfortably warm. To do so
is facilitating.
The woman who wishes TO retain the
beauty of her face should forego the
use OF the smelling bottle. Stand in
front Of mirror and inhale the pun
gent odor from a smelling bottle and
notice the number of lines which form
about the eyes. nose and mouth. Each
sniff taken from the bottle causes the
same screwing up Of the face and each
time the unbecoming lines deepen. Re-
member, also, that 1t is an unpleasant
experience which has called up these
wrinkles. Those caused by laughing
and talking are bad enough, but wrink-
les formed by the use OF smelling
salts gives an absolutely undesirable
EXPRESSION
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07
he Sofa Box.

As ordinarily arranged, sofa boxes
are not very successful. If the top is
padded sufficiently to make a com
Portable. seat, then the lid becomes so
heavy as to require the Drawn of a
giantess to raise and lower it. The
box part can rarely be visited, and is,
therefore. of little practical use. An
English woman overcame the diff
Guilty by making her lid solidly fast.
so that it could not be lifted, and max
ing the front face of the box into cup
board doors, concealed by the usual
frill of cretonne. Behind these low
doors the box itself was divided into
compartments, each filed with shelves
on which lived the boots, hats, old
magazines, and the other hard to be
kept-tidy articles of the room. The
top OF this box was padded most lux
uriously, and on many occasions furn-
ished one of crowd with a comforta-
bic bed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-07

The readers of this paper will be pleased 20
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that's Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cureis the only positive cure now known TO
sdtutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken I'm fer
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
work. The propTietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that IL fails 10 cura
Send for list of testimonials. Address
f. j, CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Treatment For the Old Carpet.

Sprinkle the newly 'put-down old
carpet with naphtha quite literally, in
tireless room, into which no light
must be taken, no match struck until
1t has been thoroughly aired, and
sweep the carpet to bring up the nap.
"A greatly freshened carpet is the re.
suit, which may be more laboriously
obtained by sponging over with warm
water, into gallon of which table.
spoonful of ammonia has been poured,
and following the sponge with a dry
linen cloth.