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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03

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4nssG room 81 sse Tacoma ho-
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-02
SOME POSTsCRIPTs.

The mignonette is the National flower
of Spain.
Gold coins are in circulation twice as
long as copper coins.
Three pints of liquid day are suf-
ticient for the average adult.
Hyenas always fight kneeling, the
shank of the foreleg being the most vul-
nerable part Of their body
A Catholic chapel has been built on the
spot where Macmillan Miramon and Mejla
were executed at Queretaro.
The addition OF workhouse to the Jail
in outagamie county, Wis, decreased the
annual number of tramp visitors from
1000 10 so,
The earthworm was glorihed by Dar-
win. 1t is now asserted that se common
earthworm promulgates diseases to an
alarming extent among animals.
There Is a quicksilver mine in Peru 10
fathoms in circumference and $50 feet
deep. In this profound abyss are streets,
squares and a chapel where religious wor-
ship is held.
There is one portion of the human body
which continues to increase In size
throughout life, and does not cease with
the attainment of maturity. This is the
crystalline lens of the eye.
black loness has lately been added to
the collection of animals in the Jardin des
Plantes, in Paris. Lions Of this color are
found only In the interior of the Sahara,
and are scarce even there.
Helmholtz's brain has been examined by
Prof. Hansemann of Vienna. 1t weighed
1440 grammes, above the average, but
not a remarkable weight. The convolu-
lions OF the brain, however, were extra
ordinarily complex
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Among the recent presents sent to Ad-
miral Dewey is an annual pass to thea
ter named for him,
The late II. C. Warren has bequeathed
to Harvard his rare library of Sanskrit,
collected at great expense during years OF
study
Chief Justice Fuller OF the United States
supreme court always walks with a gold
headed cane given him by a grateful client
thirty years ago.
James Bryce, NJ. p, author OF THE
American commonwealth" Is a lover OF
mountain climbing, and has lately been
chosen president of the London Alpine
club.
Secretary Wilson has obtained for Amer
lean distribution a lot OF muskmeion seeds
from Afghanistan, where the melons are
said to be the finest In the world.
Henry James does most of his writing
at night. frequently sitting at his desk
when 8 o'clock strikes. He lives ID LAND
house, at Rye. where George H. once
stayed.
When Mrs. Sherman, wife OF the ex-
secretary. was stricken with paralysis r-s
fall it was the first time she had been al
tended by a physician In all the seventy
four years OF her life.
John W. Brock has the largest indi-
vidual claim against Spain for CUBAN
losses during the instruction. me claim
aggregates $4,000, 900 and is largely FOR de-
stroyed sugar plantations
Mrs. Mckinley particularly admires me
Oriental room CT the White House ahu
this apartment she will probably nave
completed in the near future, and per-
fected in its minutest appointment
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The True Test.

Sherman Register.
The employees of the Van Alstyne News
paid the following beautiful tribute to the
sterling character and worth OF their be-
loved deceased employer, the late s. p.
Evans, editor and proprietor Of that paper:
"Mr. Evans was an honest man, the trpest
trait that mortal man can possess. and
volumes are summed up in this simpis
statement Now let the sable curtains OF
death fall softly Ger the untimely ending
of friend and employer. and let his mem
DRY be perpetuated by the recollection or
his sincerity So with this, and With this
issue. your employees and the News must
bid you good-hye-that paper through
whose columns you have so ste1hIastiy
maintained the principles enunclntcd In
that simple motto which stands at It's
mast head, Here shall the press the peo-
Pies rights maintain. unawed by influence,
unbribed by gain" Next 10 man
family his employees who work under MIN
and with him day after day ald year
after year know him beat. Even MS bosom
friends can no. Get on the inside OF bis
real character like the nam or he boy
Who secs MIN and w'nHs Tor MIN every
day, viewing bis varying moods ard .hiins.
The hun,blest emplOys IN the shop knows
whether his employer treats him right or
not He knows whether me o. plover ~
broadgauged or narrowgauged, wnetner
he Is generous and cnIrl:ab'e o. pieayun-
ish and fault finding And one OF the truesI
tests OF a mans charastnr Is the opinion ID
which he is held by his empl 'yes- Tney
care nothing for his req talie'..they ~ 80
right into his charas >. Netaer VIII
mere honesty in dollars shl CENTS satisfy
them. Tho real. the U - inner man viii
te known by his employees II they w'rN
With him long enough.
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viewpoint; hence the last named quar-
;ette Of streets Is rarely invaded by yis-
itorf.
~
O'Reiny--pronounce WIKI the broadcast
accent. "o'Raleyn-~is another narrow
thoroughlare in the old part OF Havana
Il PARALLELS oblspo and is almost as mar
row. So narrow are both that cabs and
wagone.tes must go down ohlspo and up
O'keilly. The latter Is not quite as good
street as the former, but has many re-
tail stores. good many dentists. doctors.
lawyers and photograph offices IN X. ana
Is also being invaded by incoming Amer.
lean business At the lower end is the unl-
versity OF Havana. It's exterior presents
more OF an old factory or adobs livery
stable appearance than that OF a great In
stitutiop OF learning. But II is great
university, nevertheless. IL has FIVE de-
partments--sciencc, literature, law. medi-
elmo and pllltical economy. There are fve
sep2ra,o faculties with a complete gov
crniag oloister the head of the institution
being rector. The building Is a rough,
plain adobe and stone structure, OF two
low stories. without ornamentation Of any
kind. Entrenee is through the regulation
driveway doorway to an open court,
'NNShis pawn Win IOubN utbrs NluNnu
this are the various offices aud faculty
rooms on the ground floor, the teaching
halls occupying the second story. The
court walls are piastered over with a
roughly applied coat Of mortar, this col-
ored with dingy blue and yellow the
plaster being broken in many places, the
mold showing for distance of from sew
eral inches TO two or three feet from the
1 ground, as on nearly all of these old soft
I stone structures The rector Is an excpnd :
! ingiy courteous and highly educated gem
ileman, with whom 1t is a pleasure TO do
business after having tried to transact II
| with the less courteous and apparently not
as well educated Cubans in the offices OF
necessity al present most frequented by
| Americans. The faculty rooms are scrupv1
ously neat and clean, the clothes cabinets
\ OF elegant mahogany. with the owners
names engraved on silver plate; the
library is extensive. we'll catalogued and
we'll preserved. many OF the volumes bear
INK the age OF centuries.
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municipal affairs we are ber,nn,nv 20
make improvements that will be OF last
ing dement,, and private capital should
likewise be used With view to the future
as Well as to meet present demands. There
should be business improvements here In
line with our constantly growing popula.
uon and commercial expansion. Certainly
every business firm or corporation should
have decent buildings housing com.
mensurate with its trade and its Anancla,
standing.
At the same time let the work of ersct.
Ing fine residences be continued. No ona
need be deferred by the ideas OF that So
cialistic critic who wishes TO secure moro
factories by making our homes less bea,,-
tiful and less costly, seeming TO forget
that hundreds and hundreds of the worlds
factories are now devoted to sunnlvin,
the materials for just such expenditures
by the wealthy
NO, Houston doesn't need to become less
extravagant in that direction In order 10
secure industrial enterprises. There are
plenty of ways open for the city to bring
about manufacturing development. with
out sacrificing our few residential orna.
ments. All that Is necessary is for our
home capitalists to use the money that is
now bearded in banks or loaned out at in :
terest. 1t isn't even necessary for us 10
invite the cooperation of outsiders Hous-
ton may not have many millionaires, but
there are plenty OF men here with money.
It doesn't take any great amount to start
few industries Let half dozen men
here and there contribute for this purpose.
and they will coon find that their small
investment has netted them good returns,
and, furthermore, that It has benefited the
city to an inoalculabls extent.
~
Remember that every such industry
added to the city increases the opportunity
for money making-that every man who
| helps this town, not only helps himself,
but helps his neighbor.
Certainly the field is worth investigat
ing. The opportunities for manufacturing
development to be seen in and around
Houston are such that 1t is hard to under
stand why this field of work has been so
long neglected. The men with the vim and
the determination to undertake such en-
terprises are the men that are needed In
Houston today.
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state Enton,nIngist.

To the Editor Of The Post.
Rock Island, Colorado County, Texas,
March s0.--Now that the legislature has
provided for an entomoligist for the Texas
experiment station and the Agricultural
and Mechanical college, nominations may
be In order. First to BIO considered 10 com
potence. ! hope the appointing board VIII
also consider the Importance OF appointing
a resident OF our State. who would take
special pride IN working more earnestly
and devotedly for the good OF his own
State than though he was a resident OF
some other. In looking over the neld /
hnd no one who ] think would MI the OF
ice with more ability and conscientious
ness than Prof Fred w. Mally OF Huien,
Texas. Prof. Mally has had years OF ex-
perieDce and 10 probably better acquainted
with Texas conditions aud the pests PEE
culiar TO this Stale than any other person
in 1t. As assistant government entomolo'
gist In Texas he has had large experience.
Prof. Mally has made cotton insects spe
cial study for more than ten years and his
recommendation have been tested and
rarely ever changed by higher authorities.
Being a gentleman OF wide experience. q
practical entomologist and q resident OF
the State. we hereby nominate Prof, Fred
w. Mally Of Hulen as candidate for the
position
The following preamble and resolution
was passed by unanimous vote by the
Rock Island Truckers club last Saturday
night:
Whereas. The necessity for State
entomologist has arrived, with rea-
sonable probability Of one being APP
pointed at an early day; therefore, be II
Resolved. That II is the sense OF this
association that the Interests Of this
State would be best subserved by the
| appointment Of Prot Fred w. Mally
| OF Hulen, Texas. TO the office OF State
entomologist, and that we heartily in-
dorse and earnestly but respectfully
urge his appointment to that office.
Albert d. Rust, Sr.
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The New Constitution Must wait.
Wnno Times- Herald.

Tho New Constitution Must wait.
Waco Times Herald
The last hope for the submission TO the
people OF Texas of q proposition to adopt
a new constitution Is dead, so far as the
Twenty-sixlh legislature is concerned
Every intelligent otzen who has the real
interests and welfare OF the people OF Texas
ut heart realizes the necessity for such
changes in tho organic law OF the state
as Will serve TO keep Texas abreast OF
tho times and permit the Developments OF
her boundless resources, the utilization OF
her vast natural powers aud the setting
up OF her fertile plains and valleys. There
are Iogies and demag1gues TO whom mod
ern progress and It's attendant enlighten-
mont and higher civilization are strangers,
wbu pirate OF the danger OF turning over
tho State TO corporations and monopollsts
If the people are permitted 10 vote upon the
question OF adopting new constitution.
Such men show their own lack OF eonh-
dence In the stability and good conscience
of Texans by such reflections and the In
timatlon that the people can not be trust-
cd 70 express their wishes at the hallol
box without being swayed and controlled
ny influences antagonstio to the best In
teregts or the commonwealth. They place
integrity OF the citizens Of tho State that
has achieved u most splendid record
through the good qualities OF the men who
uphold It's name. True. these citizens have
been fooled, as witness the repeated ele-
walton OF certain so-oalled leaders to high
official positions, but the day OF awaken
Ing has dawned and the people are begin
ming to realize that corporate influence II
not the only evil to be comhatod.
The frequency with which veto messages
have been sent in by Governor Sayerh IN
dicates that there is need OF revision II
the constitution or In the sentiments OF TN
people and those who represent them u
the legislature. Passing by the question
OF the adyisablity OF permitting consoli'
dalton OF certain railroads 1t is plain q
be seen that tho progressive sentiments
and practical ideas OF the people have out.
grown the narrow limits OF constitutions
provisions enacted to meet conditions ant
surroundings that have long since dlsap'
peared. The people OF Texas have ex
panded and they seek TO advance theil
grand and matchless empire to q position
where II win reap the glory and benefits
in store for progressive American citizen
shin
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theatrical managers we're glad to return
to Il.
Even at that time, nearly thirty years
ago, the Herald's advertising columns
were better than a gold mine, When q
Chicago daily boosted that Il received s22,-
600 for column advertisement for one
year. the fact came out chat the Herald
received fios,soo for one column for the
came pasicd
OF course a good newspaper Is always
the best advertising medium.
sisns painted on rocks and fences; fancy
wagons sna balloons, and circulars and
pamphlets can never do the work Of a
popular journal of large circulation.
Henry Ward Beeoher once said:
In the United States every worthy cit
isen reads q newspaper, and owns II, A
newspaper is window through which men
look out on all that is going on ia the
world. Without a newspaper, a man is
shut up In small room, and knows little
or nothing OF what is happening outside
Of himself A good newspaper vii, keep
q man in sympathy with the worlds cur
rent history. II Is an overwhelming ency-
clopedlai an unbound book forever issuing
and never finished"
De Tocqueville tersely wrote: "a news
paper can drop the Same thought into a
thousand minds at the same mnment.'
Can any OF my readers tell what the
nrat ndyertisemen VIVA ahaute
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Sc. and criminal responsibility.

PhHadHphia TIme9,
II would be within tho power OF legislature
TO enact. II II chose. that a man should be
punished for murder by death and a wo nan
by Imprisonment But the tenderest ssnti-
mentalLsts would hardly adyocate this dts
crintinatiop IN the statutes. They would
rather appeal TO the Tenderness OF the sxecu-
tive. II Is only on the assumption. that a
woman IL not RESPONSIBLE member OF soci "
that she can be EXEMPTED from tho ordinary
penalties OF crime. This theory Is no longer
practicable. whether II ever was reasonable
or not.
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Not Alone In un.r.tefulne-..

Beaumont JOurnaI.
Old General Gomez has reached the con-
clusion that the Cubans are an ungrateful
people. II Gomez viii note how men who
bore the hrunt OF battle on the American
side have been neglected. while those who
performed clerical duties at home have re-
ceived promotions. he viii ind that Other
people besides the cubans are ungratcful.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-02
sHERIFFs' DEPARTMENT.

Hampstead, Texas. March Sl-Who wants
one brown bay mare about l6 hands Eign;
long body, no brand; when taken up nsl
barb wire cut on breast. still sore Apply
TO John ogg, Jr., Fields Store, feNas.
Iuling. Texas, March 31.-Who wants
two hay. mares. is hands high, good conai,
tion. fresh harness marks; one Is pranael
81 on left side and shod In front; iorelVp
clipped. Apply to 3, B. Works deputy
sheriff, Luling, Texas.
Columbus, Texas. April 1.-Strayeu, que
tall black horse mule. pin ears, pranu M
known. and one small brown horse inui ~
unbranded: when last seen were gong ~
direction OF Oakland; $40 reward WIN ps
paid upon delivery of said animals 70 I'VE
er J. r. Wooten. or W. 4. Bnrfora' sne'ln'
Columbus Colorado county, Texas
Eagle Lake. Texas. March 29--ous ploMn
mare mule. ) or years old. u hands nish
been reached about one month; IN soov
condition: has wire cut on right s,us =,
right hind foot: Is somewhat o,lp.svosrs
from Il: no brand viii give - re"si.
for mule or s25 for mule and th'el,
dress all information to J. NJ ea'''O'
constable
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pon,t &c, Run over.

HaIIetsvIIIe Herald.
You can't stem the tide Of Bryanlsm
The Bryan democrats have TOOL wsy OF
getting In the middle OF the road sad STAY
Ing there. Get IN the band wsgoni
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-02

This remarkable advertisement was
talked about and copied. and thousands OF
people made inquiries about Melrose sta
ton and the Bonner place. The fact came
out that It suffered no more from fever
and ague and mosquitoes than other To-
calities in that region, and the result was
that It was sold for very satisfactory
price.
The New York Herald once got some
profitable advertising in a queer way.
ItAeems that the Herald refused to print
the advertisements OF the Maretzek opera
and Barnum's museum. The theatrical
managers OF the city held meeting and
Withdrew their patronage from the paper.
But they made the mistake of announcing
in the other dsilies and on their posters
the fact that they did not advertise in the
Herald. This attracted attention TO that
paper. ana its independent course made Il
20 popular that. before many month"; the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-02

as cities there are always a few
spirited citizens who donate fine
|s nns parks and fine monuments
el's In which they have secured
snieA they are due their pros
III. = houston We haven't been thus
ssa snu It is really not necessary that
IA a.n'nrcpy be extended in order
s,s,s soOut what is needed. If the men
sss, a mere will merely use a portion
h, uss have earned In erecting new
,ss, nv, business houses the city Will
b,s.. . Let them realize that their
i, sis as well as the necessities of
N usnand these improvements.
4a'apal improvements are going
IN, i rapidly as We could expect; now
,.s enterprise be stirred UP. The
4. armed thar few loads OF dirt
~ ~. nstis patching ., a street or
''''s didn't meet our needs. In
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These illustrations also serve TO show
the way business is done in Havana. There
is no set price TO anything. 1t ia get what
y,u can and take what you can get But
here is slight disposition on the part Of
cuban or spanlaFd to observe the latter
clause OF the axiom when an American Is
N The deal. We are looked upon as in-
truders. to be made to serve Their fnan-
cial necessities, treated with scorn and all
hut uncivilly many times, even where doll
lars and cents are involved, II the tourist
vans 20 buy fan, jewel, a clock,
niece OF bric-a- brac. it is better first TO be-
Gene acquainted with Spanish-speaking
nerson and let the latter do the purchas-
ing .4.-a, ,r c-o,,nos-
telia street, as also IN Habana and Cuba
strae,s In the lower part of the city. while
Peina San Rafael Neptune and Gulliano
40 duty for the people in the out districts.
Ths Prado and Central park divide the
c,tv into two distinct sections though
many portlons OF each ara alike. Bus the
visitor rarely seeks purchases beyond the
1 ,ngisterra hotel and tho Taeon tneater'
.bs two chief landmarks which indieate
The local geography from the tourists
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In last Sundays Post nntlced a person
asked you the direction Of the Philippines and
you said east Now. 1 have been figuring on
ii at and eau not make 1t out as you do, so
would ask you to explain how you arrive at It.
Dan Troy.
" you will take globe you can easily ng-
ure out that Manila IL east. II looks as
though 1t we're west on a FIAT map or atlas.
You must look at the degree OF Longitude. Tbs
extreme western limit Is on tho isoth degree.
All nearer that appears on nat map is west.
beyond Is east. 1t Is the dividing degree
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-15

The combination OF the rain and
snow storm and consequently thick at
mosphere last night, made IL impossible
10 ascertain whether the generally ex-
pected meteoric display took place or
not, and to those who were disappointed
by the weather conditions there is the
comfort left that, perhaps. last night
was not the time for the grand display.
and that tonight Will offer a better on
portunity for observation.
In the meantime Prof. Upton of
Brown University has made very elab-
crate preparations 10 take data on the
maleonc shower RE has establish
two stations outside of Providence. At
the Ladd observatory he will beassisted
by an augmented slan. Here ae has ',,5
telescopes mounted equatorially and
moved by clockwork with camera at
Iachments TO Photograph the phenome-
non. There is also an SX10 camera with
4 wide angle lenz used here. Other sta
ions are at North Attleboro, I'm charge
If DR.. Frederick Slocum, and one at
Bristol IN charge of l.. l.. Anderstrom.