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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-04
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CITY BREyITIEs.

The Second Baptist Sunday schoo Will meet
next SUNDAY at 915 a. M.
Shearn Epworth League will hold It's regu.
lar monthly business meeting in the chapei Mt
S15 O'Clock.
The friends OF Mrs. w. + Fielding VIII
be gratined to learn that she was not in
jured in the accident which befell her
Wednesday
Police Clerk Forrest will officiate as aauc-
tioneer at a sale of impounded stock. which
will occur in the station house ward at 10
O'Clock this morning.
The Bay Shore line Will run their regular
summer night excursion 10 La Porte tonight.
trains leaving Grand Central depot at and
Z 30 p. m. returning leave La Porte at 1915.
Several persons were arraigned in Justice
Hlls court yesterday for runplng wagons
without paying an occupation tax. They set
tied their cases by paying the tax and costs
of court,
MIR. Albert Hamburger returned yesterday
afternoon from chicken hunt with his game
bag full. He says they are very scare. but
he managed to locate them after going nearly
TO Clear Creek and back.
An unusually large crowd saw the free
vaudeville performance at Magnolia Park last
night and enjoyed IL and the ride down
and back very thoroughy The programme
OF specalties this week Is exceptionally good
and the resort is daily increasing in popular
favor.
Fred Mason. the only oolored lawyer in the
city received his commission YESTERDAY au-
thorizing him as an attorney or claimants
before the department of the interior. The
commission bears the signature OF chief Clerk
Edward NJ. Dawson. Mason is the only coll
ored lawyer in the State favored with such
recognition.
In quiet little pugilistic bout which oc-
CURED less than ten miles from the center OF
the city last night, David Wagner defeated
Charles Wolf in tho fourth round, the later
being knocked out of the ring The victor Is
about II years OF age and weighs in at l0sle
pounds. while his opponent Is IL years old
and weighs 1856 Wagner is a recent arrival.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-04
SOUTHERN RAILWAY

The improved schedule and facilities
make the Southern railway the choice
route from West TO East.
Leaving New Orleans or Memphis via
the Southern railway you reach Washing
ION. Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York without change of cars and hours
ahead of other lines. The improved facil-
tiles make the Southern railway particu-
larly attractive. sold vestibuled trains.
composed of elegant Pullman drawing
room sleeping cars, high backed coaches,
superior dining cars, library observation
cars, cafe cars, everything that will con-
tribute to the pleasure of the passenger
Only "a hours from New Orleans to
Washington, and 40 hours to New York
without change. Only 80 hours from Mem.
phs to Washington, and 80 hours to New
York, without change of cars Safe and
swift and luxurious.
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GARBAGE cREMAToRY.
The First Garbage Was Cremate
I'm Ii Yesterday.


The new garbage crematory. located In
the Second ward just beyond the Hill
street bridge, description OF which was
printed in The Post few days ago, COM
menced operation yesterday afternoon, the
first load of garbage being dumped into It
about 3 p. NJ. in the presence Mr. Fred
Erickson. chief of the garbage department
OF the city; Alderman Heinze, chairman of
the street and bridge committees; County
Attorney r. Lee Schwander and a reporter
for The Post The Ares in me furnace had
been lighted ell day and the garbage that
was dumped In, though not apparently
very infiammable. was readily cremated.
Mr.. Erickson had directed all OF his
carts to dump their loads during the Gay
the furnace was pretty we'll loaded, there
being about eight loads dumped In during
the afternoon, the single carts containing
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r,r. Recruitment Changes.

Several changes have been made in the
fire department. ice Rail, former captain
at station No. 1. has been promoted to
captain at the central station, Mr.. Kid"
ollre taking charge of the central station
chemical Captain Allie Anderson has
been promoted from station No. Z to cap
tain of station No. /. Henry Wooley. who
drove the chemical AT the central. has
been made captain of station No. O. and
c. E. Buchanan has been made captain
OF station No. T.
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tbev bubble over on all occasions. have
taken The Post to task for being irrever-
ant and disrespectful of the veteran Jour
palist. n,,
No one has more respect for Uncle DAM
than The Post, and the best OF the JOKE is
that the paragraph reproduced above was
written by Uncle Danl himself.
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six and two-thirds yards, the double wag-
ons eight yards. The consuming capacity
of the furnace is seventy-five yards per
day. which will not embrace by half the
daily gatherings, but upon the successful
working OF this furnace will depend the
construction of one or two others. as the
needs may require.
This furnace is also constructed to ham
die night soil, which is consumed through
a series of pipes that run through the bot
tom OF the furnace.
Mr.. Ward Risley, the patentee of the
furnace, will superintend its operation un-
til its working is sufficiently understood
to be undertaken by any one the city may
place In charge.
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Uncle Dan Lnughs.
A few days ago The Post printed the

A few days ago The Post printed the
Uncle Danl of the Age came In
last night from Wallisville, via Lib
erty and the Southern Pacific He is
very lame and has to use a crutch, and
says it comes from a would received
AT the battle of Bull Run, but as he
vas not within SEQ miles OF there
when the battle was fought that can
hardly be. 1t might be supposed that
he is maneuvering for a Confederate
month pension, but his long rent
roll and large bank balance are an
effectua bar TO that.
Some papers that are so full of bile tina
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-04

the city be called upon to appropriate all
the money necessary to meet 1t. This mo-
ton prevailed.
Mr. Johnston moved that the general
committee, through its ward chair1nen.
perfect organization in every ward In the
city and begin at once TO map out its work
and that each ward chairman call meet
ings in the wards to carry out this pur-
pose. Carried.
Mr.. Moskowitz moved that every citizen
present clean his premises and that all
other citizens be requested to do the same.
Carried.
Tho meeting then adjourned.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-04

1000 Reward--Conroe, Texas, August q
All officers look out and arrest Jim Myrow,
white man. about So years old, 8 feet 10
inche, high, weighs about $50 pounds;
general appearance and looks mean; dark
hair and light blue eyes, downcast look
face looks scaly or rough; left foot split
between little toe; think he has relatives
In Milan, Bell, Robertson and McLennan
counties. Wanted for assault to murder.
I hold capias. l. C. Griffith, sherih OF
Montgomery county, Texas.
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Thrown from n TRIM.

George Cunlif a soldier of the late war,
while attempting to ride out of the city
Wednesday night on a Southern Pacific
freight train, In an effort to get to New
Orleans. was thrown off the train aud
badly hurt. He was taken to the in
Urinary, where his condition is regarded
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suERrrFs DEPARTMENT.

strayed or stolen. one ircn gray horse
mule. about years old, branded I X on
Jeff shoulder; one black mare mule about
s years old, Branded tbar above u on
left hip. VIII pay a liberal reward for
any information leading to their recovery
Address C. W. Parneu, sherln hlcnmonu'
Fort BEND county, Texas, or Edgar Beav-
ers. Orchard, Texas.
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Identified His Assailant.

Mr.. O'Flanigan, who was assaulted and
robbed about two weeks ago at his store
out Main street, near the Arkansas Pass
crossing. came in yesterday and, going
to the jail, identified Billy" Jenkins and
Tommy Hamilton, held there on suspicion
as the two negroes who assaulted and rob
he'd him
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-04

The Charity and Relief association of
Houston has just celebrated its first ami
versary. During the first year of its exist
ance the association has expended 1886
in cash, found homes for thirteen waits
distributed 1000 garments among the poor
and has given out large number of
books
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-04
LEVY BROS,
An Interesting List d
Friday Bargains.

new lot of pretty Fancy Stripe snch ask Tafeta Rbbr,
value Soc now per yard. VI
very pretty lot of Belt Buckles just in value so
special price ............. VI
Choice of our best selected stock of and CSC Scotch M
today for per yard IA
Sterling Silver Beauty Pins, Va
Rubber Hair Pins worth CSC dozen todays price, !.
per dozen MI
Wash String Ties, bought to sell for i5c,
Coored Stripe KS all pretty patterns and worth CSC and CSC
for, yard fW
Al.Woo 4oinch Granite Cloth shades value ssc a.
4onch Curtain Swiss large and small dot zoe value, "a;
today for per yard IZA
3o inch Curtain Swiss stripe designs, SC value -
today for per yard IN
aides White Duck Skirts =.
adde's Lace and Embroidery Trimmed Corset Covers 75c value
aides Corset Covers, we'll made, !.
Ladies and Chldrens Sun Bonnets Al
Congo Steel Rod Gloria Silk Umbrellas, value si2s, ~
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~
Irish Point sideboard Covers slightly oied s5c values 4,
Mems very best quality Cambria Night Shirts 75c value al
for. 4J|
yards Special quality 6-nch Domestic, free from starch M
Very pretty Pink and Blue Stripe Lawns, D
for, per yard
Extra large size a-Lnen Huck Towels value 81 50 dozen,
2 to 4-inch Torchon Lace Edge and Insertion to match,
yard.
2 to 5-inch Torohon Lace Edge and Insertion to match
yard
Our l2tc and lo White Dmty will be sale today for ~
per yard
Good quality Check Nainsook az
today 10 yards for
Ladies White Silk Paao natural wood handle, csc value S0
today
Ladies White Silk Parasos natural wood handle and ues Of IA
silk and chiffon $3.50 value, today ..l4
Vast quantities of Ribbon Remnants prices hardly half their value
New Side Combs f0c f5c and
New Back Combs Csc, $50 and
SEE OUR NEW STYLES OF GOLF HATS
Pearl Gray Golf Hats good quality, fk
felt and long quilts
Extreme Shapes of the popular Golf Hats,
IN pearl gray 2.50, 295 to To
BROS
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Austin, Texas. August g. - The
State board OF education was In
session for brief while today. but
adjourned until tomorrow without
taking any action on the Houston
school question.
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/ ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Notice.

The following paragraphs. taken from
lie printed rules and ,rpslrtit's's Of the
BNillist0n schools are pNa'l1sAsd Tor ~
benefit az the public generally:
%8 RULE g.. Nsa-resideats and appsts
c.,nts over twenty years Of age raay he
admitted " pn,silA 10. tire several grn'fes
where there are. vacant seats, upon ray.
ment Of tuition as follows:
81 HIGH School, 40 cents q week; Gram
mar, 80 cents u week.
Tuition shall be paid in advance for
each term to the Principal. who shall
receipt therefor, and who shall have
power to refund such portions OF un-
earned tuition money paid in advance
as shall be- claimed by pupils for absence
caused by sicknesss; and ut the close OF
each term the Principal shall pay the
School Treasurer the net amount re-
ceiyed, taking Ills receipt therefor, and
report in full to the Board
Non-resi,ients paying school tax on
city property are entitled to Faduct'o''
IN tuition charge to the aaMoN,t OF such
school tax, on presentation to the Pr'n.
5cipai 81 evidence of the PAYMENT Of such
tax.
No pupil liable for tuition shall he adj
n,itted to any grade until he delivers to
tile teacher q certificate Of the Principal
that the tnition has been paid.
Ifths Principal doubt wlether pupil
or atperson applying for admission as
student DO an actual resident of the city,
he shall report the csse to the Board
for final decision.
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COuldA't he Fixed,

An Australian, coming up on a re-
cent steamer, fell in with two sharpers
who led him into many wagers. They
were so Invariably successful that he
became suspicious that they were Elk
ing" the bets, but each new proposition
was so tempting that he could not re-
SYST it. At last. as they approached the
Golden Gate, he counted up the rem
nants OF his roll. Gentlemen" he said
to them, II find have just S22 in Amer
lean money left. Now, will risk it all
If you will let me name this last bet >"
The others were curious, and knowing
they could not lose much, consented,
and asked what his proposition was.
ut is this he said; "I'll bet you s22
that l can yell louder than the ships
steam whistle. OF course, I'll lose" he
added. but, by jingo. l know the
whistle can't be fixed. San Francisco
Argonaut.
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FOUGHT FOR THE HAIR.

Barber and His Customer Stand W
for Individual Rights.
"Now you have cut my hair" said
the shorn countryman to the barber,
kindly collect the hair from the floor.
wrap it up in . paper and hand it to
me-"
II shall do no such thing" the bar
Der replied, firmly. "That hair belongs
70 me. I cut it of, didn't II That
makes it mine"
The customer got excited, says the
New York World.
Don't you know" he exclaimed hot
~, "that under the common law of the
land anything that grows upon my
head is as much mine rs are the, con-
tents OF the head? In every copyright
case it has been settled that the prod.
uct Of a mans brain is his. Don't you
know that?"
Now was the BARRIERS turn to &c,
mad.
If hair is the product of your brain, :"
he shouted, II guess it's about all il
does produce. What do you want the
blamed hair for? I don't need it N.Y.
self, but I'm fighting for principle,
and I'd spend my last cent to do you
out of that hair"
None of your business what I want
it for. " howled the countryman. 'Per-
haps l need it to stuff pillows with, and
perhaps l am . wholesale manufac.
turcr OF wigs. That's none of your
business. III admit that don't need
the hair. What then? I'm fightingfor
principle, too. Gimme my hair
They shook their fists in each others
faces. It took policeman to separate
them.
Such are the Ills Of life. For. these
trifies do men wildly battle
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They Met In a Hasl.. aad Each Had
CARPET Hn:, That lie
Had Found.

r wns cashier of u bank in Pcnnsyl-
v,rnia coed many years ago." said the
man who vas travelling ON q dcadhead
pass, "andl after a souple of years !
made up my mind that things were too
slow for mo In other words decided
to gobblc' up what money I could and
skip for Europe, and go into business
on MY own hook. bidcd my time, and
enc night when T Knew ! could lay my
hands on about 1000 prepared to bid
the town good-by. I had key to the
bank and another to the vault, and as
we had no Waterman inside / had no
trouble in getting in twas about mid
night when l made my raid. and |
hadn't opened the vault yet when the
president entered. He had an empty
carpet bag under his arm, and got weak
in the knees us he saw me. We hadn't
passed question when another key
clicked and the manager entered. He
also had an empty carpet bag, and he
also got weak in the knees. The three
of us sat down. each with an empty bag
at his feet, and looked at each other for
lUuR tilllC. IL was tuC pACoAuSAS "AO
spoke first. and he said:
''T was worried about the funds in
the vault
So was T. said the manager.
$50 was T. added.
".And hadn't we better seeif they
are safe?'
''I think we had
$50 do L.
"Then the president unlocked the
vault and the three of us stepped in
side and assured ourselves that the
funds were all right. As we came out
and the doors were locked behind US, he
said:
"I found this carpet bag on the
street as came along
"'And found this said the man
ager.
'''And I found this added.
There was an interval of painful 81
lence and then we all walked out to-
up as we did so, and the president OBJ
served:
Special meeting, you see. James:
You'd better go inside for the rest OF
the night
Eyes, inside said the manager.
Yes, inside. James, added.
flames was locked into the bank"
continued the ex-cashier, land we babe
each other goodnight and separated.
1t was an even-up thing as far as it had
gone, and it ought to have been so to
the end, but the honest man is always
the one to suffer. Next day got the
bounce. The president said that he and
the manager had been thinking things
over, and had come to the conclusion
that I had been tempted to rob the
bank, and would doubtless have got
away with every dollar if they hadn't
happened to show up. Twas honest in
acknowledging it and had to go. and I
believe they had their salaries raised
for their zeal and solicitude!"- Boston
Herald.
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SulLtvAN'S SECRET,
How He Could Tell Whether It wss .
Boy or . Girl.

How He Could Toll Whether It wss .
Boy or Girl.
When John l.. Sullivan was in Wash.
ington about q year ago he amused .
crowd of listeners.who happened to be
Of q variety intellectually superior to
the average crowd Of hangers-on who
worship the great mans memory for
what he was, with an exhibition of At
tainments in which, according to Johns
idea, brain instead Of Drawn and fstic
proves plays the better part. He told
the age Of any man in the crowd who
was learned enough to add, substract
and divide . series of compound figures,
which John furnished. and nine times
out of ten hit the mark.
But one feat which he performed, and
in which he believed with the fervor of
an idolator, says the Washington Post.
goes into the marvellous. 1t involved
the telling whether the flrstborn of q
given couple was boy or girl. The
way that this feat was accomplished
vas profound secret with the pugilist,
nlt in . burst of confidence he disclosed
the method to the writer.
To solve the problem the only neces-
sary data are the full maiden name Of
the mother and the full name Of the
father. According to Mr.. Sullivan's
formula, if, after counting the letters
in both names, the sum is an even one,
the frstborn is boy, if odd the issue
Of the union is girl. For example, al
the letters in Mary Jane Brown and
Hiram Smith form total of: twenty.
three, an odd number. Result, girl.
If this formula is reliable it will serve
forecasting purposes rs well as the
establishment of post-facto results; but
no editorial guaranty goes with the pre-.
scrinti0n
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II Amazed the C-n.,..

Il was on the detail for street clean.
ing in Santiago" said the volunteer ser.
geant. land had four carts and q lot
of eubans under me in my district. All
they had to do was to rake the refuse
into heaps and load the carts. and that
seems simple enough for born idiot.
The way they went to work knocked me
out. Instead Of driving the cart from
heap to heap they shoveled the heaps
along for half mile until they reached
the cart. l let each gang do this way
once, and then made the cart drive from
heap to heap, and showed them that
they had wasted four-ffths of their
time. When they understood they
stared in open-mouthed admiration and
exclaimed: 'Ah! Such people-such
Americanos! tits no wonder that Cuba
is to be Observation-Disclosures Press
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Tho Desr slayers.

The Yellowstone dser hunters are
back and with them enough venison to
satisfy the whole party, their cousins and
aunts. T. R.. st.aw and G. 6. Thomp-
son arrived hast Saturday bringing with
them the booty to date, tweuty-thres
deer, the balance Of the party sr.ived
yesterday. and shipped from Buford
whom they left. three deer.
The seasons hunt was very suecessfnl,
consid sying everything, and the weather
was excsptionlly fine. The total days
spent IN camp were eighteen. The de-
vsllopnsent ct the, bwer Yellowstone and
adiscent sountry the last few years is
very remarkable considering the vast
area that seems useless. Eight years
ago there was hardly anything there but
large ranches. controlled by southern
capital, principally from Texas. but now
4 the river bottoms are dotted with homes
Of all nationahtiea. with limited means,
all apparently doing we'll. The increase
in the prices Of everything has revived
tho cattle and sheep industry hundred
fold. The freight traffic on the Great
Northern railroad tails the story; where
there was couple Of trains . day there
are nearly : dozen now Msny new set
tiers have come in the last yesr.
Prouty & Co., Stroud Bros, Murrell's
sheep ranch and few others have occu-
pied this country the longest. Mr..
Noble, who is the silent partner of Pron-
~. said lie shipped out eight hundred
head Of cattle this fall and mono netted
him less than SIS, while several went AS
high Us $S5 Wool has been sold this
year at twenty-five cents per pound as
against seven and eight cents four years
ago. Stroud Bros. raise nearly all their
Young stock and have upward Of three
hundred cows for this purpose and near
" as many horses. -PemLina Pioneer
Express.
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... Summons.
State Of North Dakots. IS In District Court.
Georgew. Irons. Plaintiff. .
VS.
Mary A. Irons Defendant.
The State Of North Dakota to the above named
defendant:
You are hereby summoned to answer the com.
plant in the above entitled action. which il
filed in the Office of the clerk of the district
court of the second judicial district, in and for
the county of Williams and state Of No tn Oa-
kota and to serve copy of your answer to the
said complaint disorders At their office in
WilliSton. in said county and state, within thir.
ty days after the service of this summons upon
you. ex IL sive of the day Of such service: and
in case Of your failure to appear or answer.
Judgment will be taken against you by default
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated November q. 1899.
COPELAND T. DIVERSION
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Williston. N. D..
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Batter pudhin~

One pint of milk. four tablespoonfuls
Hour, two eggs, pinch of salt Stir the
Hour smooth in part Ct the milk, add
the eggs without beating and beat all
together well. Add the remaining milk,
stir we'll, pour into buttered dish; bake
hall an konr Or unit! the whole top has
nsen up. Serve with sugar and cream
willie warm.-Ladies' World.
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Notice.

We desire to announce to the ladies
Of Williston and yacinity, that Mrs. H.
F-Merrill has accepted the agency for
cur Toilet Cream and Skin Food. and
will take pleasure in showing you those
GOODS. Give her q call and examine
into their merits. and b convinced that
she has the best Toilet Goods on the
market.
DU VEAU TOILET Co.
1908 Champlain Building.
Chicago, III.
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Notice of Final Proof.

Land Office at Minot. N. D.. Dec. 9th, 1899.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention
to make final proof in support of his clnim, and
that said proof will be made before the county
Judge OF Williams county, N. D., at Wialiston, N.
D., on January 20. 1900, viz:
MARY A. THOMAS, formerly widow of
William Fl. Monro,)
H. E. No. 1876. for the nL nwN, sec. Is. and *
swN OF sec. II. Township l54. Range IM.
4. She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF. said land, viz:
Herbert E Field. Jess Hill, Thomas Burgess,
John W. Snider, all OF Williston. N. D.
dec7 ThOAAs E. DISCARD. Register.