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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-07

A telegram was received by the governor
today from Representative Wheless of
Galveston, In which it is suggested that
Texas is large enough 10 take care OF the
flood sufferers without Federal aid, and
that the governor ought TO borrow from
the banks funds sufficient to meet the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-07

The scene OF the greatest distress In
the food district changed yesterday from
Brookshire and Sealy to Richmond, sar-
tartia and that country, which the crest
OF the food reached Wednesday night. Inn
mense damage has been done thereahouts
and several persons have been drowned,
Relief has been sent from both Houston
and Galveston. especially in the way of
boats, and 1. is believed the refugees Will
be taken out OF the bottoms very quickly
now.
The Southern Pacific company sent a
special train out OF Houston yesterday
morning at o'clock which went as far
as sartartla, small station about six
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-07
NEW FLOOD DISTRICT.
The Country About Richmond and
Sartartia Now Under Water.
Five Negroes Drowned.

selves lucky that they were away from
the high water. Twelve or fifteen Of these
negroes mostly women and children, were
in an empty box car In front Of the Texas
and New Orleans depot in the Fifth ward
all yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Baldwin
Rice set about securing the boats and
after considerable trouble. caused by the
fact that the sklffs were in the bayou
and the owners had to be, seen, eight
were gotten together and loaded on nat
car, The train. in charge of the same
crew, made another trip to Sartartia, IN
I'll Sugarland was reached excellent time
was made. the train running at the rate
of about fifty miles an hour The first
place where the high water was noticed
was at the Southern Pacific bridge across
oyster creek within few yards Of the
twenty-five milepost from Houston. At
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-07
WOMEN NOT ELIGIBLE.

Will Not BE Permitted tn BECOME
COuI Ors.
London, July e.-sS house of commons
this evening rejeSS the amendment to
the London COVE = ent bill proposed by
Ri. Hon. Leonard nry Courtney, unionist
member for the imin division OF Corn
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-07
S ga" talk Business?

Can you talk Il % those VIII might become you
customers' II you can. we can put you in a way o
doing larger amount OF business than ever before
postal card. addressed to the Local Manager OF the
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Com.
pany, will bring you full particulars
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-07

wall permitting the election of women
as councillors by vote of 246 against
the amendment to III in its favor.
The house of lords amendment providing
for the exclusion of women from the office
of councillor was then formally agreed to.
After applying the closure to the debate
on the military bill. the house passed the
second reading of the measure by 159 in
favor to SO against.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
CARE OF YOUNG TREES.
Makes But Little Progress
in Growth.

A large proportion of the trees that
are lost in resetting die because they
have been injured when they were
taken up. Without good root or stem
Il tree can make but little progress in
growth. In digging up trees the surface
soil should be removed to the root sys-
tenn, then a trench dug around the tree
outside the mass of roots; then by cut
ting under the roots with a sharp
spade on each side, the tree may be
loosened from the soil with a good sup
ply of young growing roots. If the tree
is large, the trench must be made
around the roots to the depth of the low
est, and the roots gradually loosened
and freed from the soil.
No matter how carefully a tree is dug,
many of the young feeding roots will be
injured or destroyed. Thus only small
amount of sap can be supplied to the
branches and buds, which nevertheless
continue to evaporate large amount
of water; thus the tree often starts very
slowly and sometimes fails entirely.
By removing the branches and buds in
proportion to the injury of the roots,
balance is maintained. All injured
roots should be cut off clean with /
knife and the wounds of large roots
should be painted over with some water
proof covering.
When trees are planted the roots
should have a fine mellow bed of soil,
which should be pressed firmly in con-
tact with every fiber, leaving no air
space around them, and all should be
spread out in natural position. The soil
should be pressed very firmly around ell
the roots, so that the new roots will be
encouraged to make a rapid growth. If
the soil in which the tree is planted
is the same as the one from which it
was taken, the tree should be set the
same depth as it was before it was re-
moved. If the soil is heavier, the tree
should be shallower; if lighter, it
should be placed deeper. The surface
of the soil which is over the roots should
be fine and light because the capillarity
is then broken up and the moisture
cannot escape.-W. IL. Moore. in Farm
ers' Voice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
COLORING BUTTER.
A Dairy Paper Presents Some Very
Strong and Logical Arguments
Against the Practice.

If oleomargarine were put upon the
market undisguised and sold honestly
for what it is there could be no ground
for complaint, either moral or legal.
If people knowing what it is deliberate
ly buy it, they have a perfect right to
do so, and any law fOrbidding it's man
ufacture or sale would be not only un-
fair and unjust, but in direct violation
of the letter and spirit of the rights of
American free men. But there is, we
presume, no case on record where I'M
colored oleomargarine was offered for
sale as oleomargarine and sold for use
as a substitute for butter. If it were not
colored to resemble butter the amount
sold would never trouble any butter
maker. In fact if there were no butter
color there would practically be no
oleomargarine sold. 1t is in coloring it,
shaping it and stamping it 10 resemble
butter that the fraud consists. 1t is
against the butter color that the law is
aimed
In the same way so-called butter,
ringed, streaked, striped and spotted,
without regard to previous condition or
composition, is colored and nodded to
initiate first-class butter. The original
stuff out of which this process butter
is compounded is but little, if any, bet
ter than the raw material of oleomar-
garine. But butter color cures all de-
fects for the purpose of sale, just as
with oleomargarine.
Against this and process butter all
real dairymen wage open and relent-
less war, but with the utmost incon-
sistency they take the very same but
ter color and use it precisely as the
oleomargarine and process people do
for the same purpose, too; that is. for
giving their butter uniform and at
tractive color, the color of the best but
ter when at it's best-Jersey butter
from June grass. The difference is of
degree and not of kind-of bad, worse,
worst. The whole practice is inexcusa-
ble!-Jersey Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
HINTS FOR THE DAIRY.

A COW abominates an uncleam person.
Many dairymen feed too much; more
feed too little.
Cows need roots from October to May
for best results.
Sailing the cows Is one of the things
too often neglected.
There is good reason to believe the
colastrum, or first mess, should be di-
vided between the COW and calf.
In dairying brains are needed as
much as blood" yet the amount of
brains is not as essential as the quality.
Most COWS prcstrat&el with fever can
be cured if prompt attention is given.
The remedy is not physic, but warmth.
Chewing tobacco orswearing accord
ing to some) will dry up cows. know
if hear any swearing the swckte-
dries up mighty quick.
The greatest blessing tbat aver comes
to dairyman is sweet, tempered wife,
who can make fine butter. l know this
by experience. This wife appreciates
having her HUSBAND say nice things
about her and her work. - Midland
Farmer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
POPE'S ASTRONOMER.
Was Once an Instructor IN the An
napOIis Naval Academy and
Harvard University.

There is a subtle irony, in view of
GaHleos fate, in the pope's keeping an
astronomer. The present director of
the Vatican observatory is Rev. George
Mary Searle, A. NJ, PHI. D. Though of
American stock for several genera
tons on his fathers side, he was born
in London on June 81, 1889. DR.. Searle's
childhood and youth were passed in
Brookline, Mass, where he received his
early education, afterward entering
Harvard, from which university he
graduated in the class of 1857, having
among his other classmates, John
Davis Long, secretary of the navy in
the present cabinet. DR.. Searle then
became assistant to DR.. Gould in the
Dudley observatory at Albany, state of
New York, where on September IL,
1858, he discovered the asteroid Pan
dora, the first discovery of the kind
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22

his day wherever German-Americans
congregate.
In Germany the ceremonies will be
especially notable. In Frankfort-on-
the-Main a great historical exhibition
will be held, the feature of which will
be documents relating to the life and
works of Goethe. Most of these treas
ures will come from the Goethe mu-
scum and Goethe house in this city,
and among them will be manuscripts,
portrait and copies of the first edi-
tons of his works.
Fifty years ago the anniversary of
his birthday was celebrated in New
York city, the principal figure on the
occasion being the learned bookseller,
Solomon Hirzel, whose fine collection
of Goethe relics is now in the Leipzig
library. On the coming anniversary
Goethe will be honored at Leipzig not
only by the city, but also by the uni
versity and by the members of all the
theaters.
In Strassburg, whittier Goethe went
to study after leaving Leipzig, and
where he formed close intimacy with
Herder, statue of the poet will be
erected. In the towns near the Rhine,
and especially in Dusseldorf, the day
will be appropriately celebrated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22

ever made in the states by original
search. In January, 1859, DR.. Searle
entered the service of the United
States coast survey. In 1860 he re-
ceived the degree of master of arts
from Harvard university.
DR.. Searle was originally Uni
tartan; but in 1859 he entered
the Protestant Episcopal (Anglican)
church, remaining in that communion
until, on August Is, 1862, he was re-
ceived into the Roman Catholic church.
In September, 1862, he was appointed
assistant professor at the United States
naval academy at Annapolis, Nd, and
remained in that capacity unth 1866,
when he returned to Harvard univer-
sity as assistant in the astronomical
observatory of the university. Here
he remained until 1868, when he en-
tered the novitiate of the Congregation
of the Missionary Priests of st. Paul the
Apostle, commonly known as the Paul
list fathers, at that time established
only in New York city. He was or
dained to the priesthood in 1871.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
Snn Jose Scale Sneciflc.

More than one authority states that
there is practically no interest in Cali
fornia over the San Jose scale. The San
Jose spray is considered a sovereign
remedy. The formula for it is follows:
Unslaked lime, 40 pounds; salt, Ii
pounds; sulphur, 20 pounds. Ten
pounds of lime are first slalled and
boiled with the sulphur in 20 gallons of
water for three hours. The remaining
lime and salt are then added, and the
whole boiled an hour longer. Sufficient
water is then added to bring the whole
solution up to so gallons, which is
strained before using.-Guy L. Mitch.
ell, in Farm and Fireside.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22

''Mr. Speaker" said the honorable
member from Cattawampus county, in
voice that trensDled with Indignation,
81 wish, sir, to rcfute the assertion that
the people of my section of the state
prefer the muddy, bottomless, harbar-
Gus and beastly roads of their ancestors
to the hard, firm roads that mark the
advance of civilization. / wish, l say,
to refute that imputation!"
well" said the speaker after pause
of several moments, why don't you?"
Il can't" responded the honorable
member from Cattawampus, wiping
the perspiration from his brow and
sitting down.-Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
watercress for Marketing.

A good deal of money ay be secured
from many small streams where water
cress either grows naturally or could
be made to do so by judicious seeding
and planting. The cress seeds abun.
dainty after its season of growth is
over, and when a stream is once stocked
with it the growth of the plant is apt
to increase. In some places gardeners
have made artificial beds which they
have planted with the cress, running
from the stream into little coves which
can be easily kept under water. The
first cress of the season brings fancy
prices at the large hotels and restaur-
ants. The cress has sprightly spicy
taste that is almost universally liked,
and it is believed by many that it has
medicinal virtues that give it especial
value as tonic to the stomach at the
time when it first makes it's appear
aRCe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
OUTDOOR MUSHROOM BED.

ter. The north side boards may be
nailed fast, and the south side left NOV
able, leaving in the south side six inches
of space for ventilation at the top,
where the overhanging rafters of the
north keep rain out.
When gathering mushrooms, the
south side boards may be taken off to
allow space to reach in freely. The only
attention a bed of this kind needs is a
slight watering when the crop is being
cut, and a covering of litter or long
manure to keep off sun and frost. The
bed must not be water-soaked, and to
prevent this the ground has to be care
fully graded, so as to turn water. Dur
ing July and August, the bed is allowed
to become dry on the surface, and is not
watered to start the crop again until
eptember.-RuralN New Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
MUSHROOMS OUTDOORS.
How n Profitable Crop Can BE Raised
Outside Both in the Spring
and Autumn.

First dig out trench five feet wide
and IA to 16 inches deep, sloping to
wards the center. Mix together manure
and soil, and form bed in the trench
high enough to be nine inches above the
level when well tramped down. The
shelter is formed with three by four
hemlock for a span roof, allowing the
north side rafter to overlap the south
eight inches. The lengthwise boards
overlap like a single roof to turn wa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22

mailing it to a wood hoop (b), so the
edge will come above the wheel and
thus make a false bottom for the milk
pail. Make just large and small enough
so the pail will fit close enough to carry
the false bottom without touching it.
When through milking the bottom can
be removed by showing it off the pail.
When milking in the barnyard or open
field fake bottom of this kind is very
handy.-S. Bibby, in Farm and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
IN HONOR OF GOETHE.
The 15oth Anniversary of fhe2Great
Poets Birth to Be Observed3in
Germany and Here.

Imposing ceremonies will be held IN
this country and in Germany on Aug
ust 2S of this year, this being the one
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of
Goethe's birth. In many American cit
es, and especially in New York, Chi
,ago, Cleveland and Milwaukee, there
are Goethe societies, and the members
of these organizations are already maxi
Ing arrangements to fifty honor the
great poet. Banquets will be held on
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
Tram and Millionaire

Mayor Jones, of Toledo, o., in re-
cent article takes the ground that the
idle tramp and the idle millionaire
should each contribute to the welfare
of the country. He thinks that the
capitalist should invest some of his
money in road building and the idle
vagabond should contribute some of
his time and strength. These services,
in his opinion, would be as patriotic
and as worthy of the love of men as to
risk ones life in battle
Don't get your cows into the habit of
eating while being MIXED.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
Puni.hment for Ohio BOYS.

Columbus, o., has a new police judge
who begins his record by sentencing
two boys to go to Sunday school for
four months. The penalty may be out
side the statutes, but there are many
boys so bad that they would regard
such n sentence as punishment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22

Adalbert-And so l am the first man
that you have ever kissed?
Guinevere-Yes Adalbert; the othert
all took the initiative.-Chicago Ever
ing News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
HANDY LITTLE THING.
False Bottom to the Milk Pail Is n
Great Promoter of Cleanliness
in the Dairy.

Cleanliness in the dairy can be in
creased by making a wooden wheel the
size of the bottom of the milk pail (a),
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22

Richardson, the mine superintendent,
and Thompson, the San Francisco
stockbroller, sat talking over their cof-
fee and cigars in Virginia's best res
taurant:
"You say he saw the whole thing?"
Eyes"
swell, it certainly is remarkable
story. When did he return?"
Yesterday, l believe"
"Of whom are you speaking, Rich
ardson?" some one asked from an adj
joining table.
"Why, Jim Sanders, that fellow who
went into a trance three or four months
ago, and so narrowly escaped being
buried alive."-San Francisco Argo-
naut.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-28
NEWS NOTES OF YESTERDAY.
A Collection OF the Small Events of Each
Passing bay


A Collection OF the Small Events of Each
Passing Day.
Council this evening in regular
session.
The upper yacht ferry resumed
yesterday morning.
There were seven cases in Police
Court, yesterday morning.
One deed OF trust was admitted to
record in Clerk Robertson's Office, yes
terday.
Louis Baughman, the popular South
Side barber, will open a shop on 354O
S. Jacob street.
The Opera House orchestra will
give another one of their delightful
concerts at Arion hall next Sunday
evening.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the w. q. B. S. will be held at the Y.
NJ. c. A. building on Wednesday, March
LIST, at 2:20 p. m.
The Council Committee on Ac-
counts met last evening, went over
the books Of the Clerk and Receiver,
and audited bills.
The Webster Club gave a very en-
ioyable dance last night at the Pyth-
ian Castle, corner of Twenty-seventh
and Chapline streets. The attendance
was very large.
The Commissioners Committee on
Court House and Jail met yesterday
and audited the regular bills. The
Committee on Poor House and Farm
will meet to-day.
In another column appears a notice
calling attention to the sale of Exley
Bros. drug store at the Southeast cor
ner Of South Penn and Zane streets,
Island, to Mr.. L. A. Lallance, of this
city.
Box SO called portion of the fire
department to High street, near the
head Of Twelfth. A lamp had exploded
in a house belonging to Thomas Burke
The blaze did not amount to much
The services of the fremen were not
necessary.
A new division of the American
Boy Cadets has been formed in oppo-
sitiOn to the division first started. The
new division is comprised of much
older boys. At its head are Otno HE'S
KEEL, Jr., Harold Bremen, Charles Bru-
baker, Cecil Baer and Herbert Baer.
The foundation for a large, new
tank, to be put up at the upper end
Of the Riverside plant at Benwood, has
been filled in, and work on><he tank
will be begun at once. The waste gas
from the coke plant is to be stored
in the new tank, after which it will
be transferred to the tube department
OF the Riverside works for use.
According to an article appearing
in the Geneva Free Press, Harry Park
hurst, one OF the residents dlu lu lulu
hurst, one of the assistants in Main S
animal house at Geneva, Ohio, was at
tackled Friday afternoon last, by a
Jaguar and severely bitten by the
beast. Animal trainer Arthur Spencer,
OF this city, and Joseph Berris, of Gen
eva, were witnesses of the attack and
promptly repairing to Parkhursts as
slstance, succeeded in releasing him
from his dangerous position at the
peril Of their own lives.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-28
CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS.
Movements of Citizens and The Arrival
and Departure OF Strangers.

Movements of Citizens and The Arrival
and Departure or Strangers.
Miss E. Scalley has left for New York
on business trip.
Marsh Watkins, son Of c. H. Wat
kins Jr., Of the Island, is i'll.
Attorney Lowenstein, of Charleston,
is a business visitor to the city.
". P. Crawford is home from Sisters
vile, where he has been on business.
Miss Ella Wheeler, of the Island, left
yesterday for Indianapolis to visit
friends.
John Farley has returned from a
business trip through the Wetzel and
Tyler oil country.
Mrs. B. keenan, returned to Toledo
yesterday, after pleasant visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Joseph A. Ankle, on
South Jacob street.
MIR. Kunkle, the well known bicycle
rider of St. Gainesville, was in the city
yesterday He is already in training
for the coming season, and will enter
races in all the big meetings.
Prof. W. B. Outright, who has been
a member OF the House of Delegates.
is spending a week in the East, accom-
panied by his wife. Prof Outright will
return to take charge of the West Lib
erty Normal School next Monday. He
will resign at the close of the term and
begin the practice of law in Buckhan-
non. 1t is understood that he will be
candidate for the Republican n0mina-
ton for Prosecuting Attorney of Up-
Shur county.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-28
BRIDGEPORT.

John Berry, of this place, fell yes
terday forenoon from a ladder in Bail
ey's store, falling to the floor a dis
lance of about twelve feet, breaking
the bone in his left leg above the knee
in two places, The unfortunate man
was taken to the Belmont House.
where DR.. Hepler rendered medical aid,
Finley Dickey, of ST. Clairsville, was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Wa
terman yesterday.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church are making preparations for n
turkey supper to be given in the church
on Thursday evening of this week.
j. Z. Trueman has returned from
Washington, d. c.
The Monday Night Club was pleas
antly entertained last evening at the
home of Miss Madge Turner.
Chauncey Hogg, of Cadiz, was in
town yesterday on business.
This evening at the Opera House the
members of the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen win give a ball. They
have made arrangements with the
street car company to run a car to Bel
laiTe at 2 o'clock. Meisters orchestra
will furnish the music fer the affair.
A young child Of foreign family at
Wheeling Creek, died Sunday and win
be buried at Linwood cemetery this
morning from st. AnthOny's church.
Louis COffland returned to Scio coll
lege yesterday.
Miss Olive Hillyer is home from Mt.
Union College visiting relatives.