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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24

An editor prints his paper to give his
patrons the news OF the day and for the
money there is In It. He is presumed to
know OF what he writes, and he generally
does. When he writes as he does In the
Leader Courier. osceola Mills. Pa, with.
out fee or hope of reward, that Cham
berlaip's Cough Remedy acts magically.
and we have found none better in our
household. u you have cough. try it,"
IL may be accepted as an honest expires.
sion, worthy OF credeuce. For sale by all
druggists,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
CHAMPIONS THE TRAVELLING MAN.
senat tor chandler strongly Uphoids
the Commercial Traveller.
Selected by the Press Committee

tSelected by the Press Committee
Some time ago. speaking of the organ
lied effort of commercial travellers in on
position 70 trusts New Yorker ''pro-
moter' named Pickerel made somewhat
violent attack upon commercial travellers
IN general and pronounced them an en-
tirely unnecessary part of the mercantile
for;es Out Of this has grown CON
troversy in which several men OF more or
1,ess prominence have figured. senator
william p, Chandler OF New HAMPSHIRE
now zones 10 The front as the champion
OF the travelling salesman. In a letter 10
tho pke5laent o. the Commercial Travel
ers Napppat League the senator takes
the s9rornd that the elimination OF tho
fravelne snlesman would sooner or later
reauitkiE hfgher. rather than lower, prices
for the consumer. He says;
An attempt has been made to break the
force Of the opposition by commercial
travellers 70 trusts by insisting that 1t is
Wise 70 dispense II possible with the ex-
peuse OF the travellers In order to lessen
the cost OF producing and selling articles.
and thereupon to furnish them to consum-
on at lower prices.
I But eau the cost OF commercial tray
elerH be saved Under any method OF trade
reasonably attainable. answer no Ii
il quits struP that II trusts are allowed
To deatg0S Sc0nipetitions commercial tray
fiers must be dispensed with. But IL
composition Is to continue to rule as the
ne Of trade the commercial travellers VIII
remain ~ indisUsassblt part such com
II cousstItou must 50 the commercial
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
Devoted to the T. p. A.,
the U. c. T., and other
Travelling Mems Or
CARNATIONS.
ganizations.

s. Brasher OF, Brasher. Borchard & Go
from the Bayou City.
Charles II. Pescay. with an insurance
company; w. Fs. Harris OF Gus Hye g&
Co.. T. A. Warden, with Clarke Courts,
and II. j. La Bait, Jr., OF Jake Davis &.
Co., from Galveston; D. II. Bradley, SELL
ing hardware. and W. A. Bailee of the
Lyons Drug company, represented the
Crescent City
Genial and popular Jim osbourne OF
Austin sold a fine grade OF liquors; E. NJ.
Bouldin of Weimar; c. Herbert Green,
with up-to-date dry goods, and II A,
Euler of Baltimore, supplied the trade
with dainty fabrics. Fred Robinson, with
Otto Zerkiel OF San Antonio, and C. A.
Burlow of Dallas. selling kitchen baking
powder, formed strong brace of rustlers
Mrs. $. Terry proved herself TO he In
valuable to her firm in the sale OF medical
and law books.
Autographed Mt tho Drummers' Home
were +. W. Norris, representing loan as
ISOLATION, w. ii. Mobly, with the Katy
also j. II. Wilson of Houston; James Moore
OF New York. and l.. G.. Rupine, the st,
Louis hat man, and James Mueller, SELL
ing fine -four, from San Antonio, formed
a trio that were an honor to the brother
hood.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
A Word to independents, So Gale.

| AllaHtd constitution.
What braeing effect it would have
on the political atmosphere" exclaims
the New York Evening Post, "if the
democrats We're to cut loose from Bryan
and his dead issue and turn their faces
to the future with man OF brains and
character as presidential candidate! The
transformation that hwould come over the
president and all the members of the Nc
Kinley syndicate would be little short of
magical
There is another and an easier way
OF ettecting this magical transformation
so easy aud so obvious that we wonder it
has never occurred to the editor of the
Evening Post. What bracing effect it
would have on the political as we'll as on
the moral atmosphere if the country could
be assured that 7the independents and the
reformers mean something by their criti-
cisms on the administration and the re-
publican party; that they are in deadly
earnest when they utter their protests
against the various policies and projects
to which the republican party has been
committing itself of the past few years!
Such an assurance would not only create
the much desired Transformation. but
would have moral effect of incalculable
value 10 the whole country
II the Bryan Issue is dead. what have
the independents and the reformers to
fear from 1t? Mr.. Bryan is not dead.
and he is man of brains and character:
moreover, he is man who is very much
In earnest, If the Independents believe
what they say, that the free coinage issue
is dead. what Is there about it to alarm
them? Is dead issue more dangerous
than the mckinley syndicateg" Is a dead
issue more to be feared than the live pro-
1ertS 1yb hau
lated ana proposed by the republican
party, acting In concert with the Me
kinley syndicate?"
We h.ye tried hard to understand the
motives and impulses on which the indie
pendents and reformers are acting We
may be dull of comprehension, but our
dizziness is common to the public in gem
eral in this matter. The Independents
and reformers profess to be acting ON
sound moral principles; this, indeed Is
tho reason for their being; and yet, as
We have frequently pointed out, when
the pinch comes--when the supreme mo-
ment for action arrives-we find them
oomplacently. il not proudly taking their
places in the ranks of those whose policies
they have been engaged in protesting
against aud oondemning.
Especially is this the case when these
policies affect the nation at large In local
elections, the reformers and independents
arc pretenaturally busy. They hustle about
and hold meetings. and "denounce," and
,frown down upon" and view with
alarm" and In OFF years they point ia
the peril of tn nation" bu when the
time comes they quietly take their posi-
lion with the Quays and Patts and tho
ssrdicates' under pretencc Of administer
ing rebuke TO a dead issue" 1t would
all DO very amusing II 1t were not so dis
heartening. We may laugh heartily nj
folly, but rank hypocrisy is not entitled
to the faintest smile HA
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
Sold Good. at wharton.

Wharton, Texas. December s2.-Thc
number OF knights of the grip have moi
been as plentiful this week as usual, ow-
Ing TO the Christmas attractions sur
rounding the "freside ingle,"
Among the visitors were found at the
crissler w. r. Gillian the piano man from
Edna; II j. Andie. produce and groceries.
Of Galveston
Mr., AndIe shipped LOT OF Christmas
turkeys 10 his home.
Registered at the Nation hotel were
Eugene 7, Hieper. Houston's talented ar
chitect. to whose genius Wharton owes
some OF her handsomest buildings. ana
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
TWO KINDS.

tselocted by Press CommitteeO
There are two kinds OF men in our Order
today.
Just two kinds. my brother. and no more
| say,
Not the hustler and drone for tbs we'll
understood,
That the drummer who shifts gets LETT
on the road
Not the sinner and saint, for he's every
where.
And the c. It's no doubt OF both have
their share.
Not tho rich and the poor for II meas
ured by wealth
The knight of the grip would be laid on
the shelf.
Not tho happy and sad for we hide all
our woes;
And the man with a grievance, he reaps
what he sows.
No. you'll find In our Order, OF classes
these two
The active and passive! ask. which are
you?
You know what It is to be eased Of your
To look in the future with never a fear
Your wife and your children are safe from
the storm.
Though death should take from them your
shelterng arm,
Then why. not reach out to the wayfaring
brother?
fon know we're commanded TO love one
another.
Give Joy to the toiler who gropes by the
way,
Nor sees in the distance one welcoming
ray:
Just a word may uplift him and show him
" beyond
The rainbow Of promise. the hope OF the
dawn
there're two,
The active and passive Now nrov
4, which are you?
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
An Enterprisine President.

The scheme sugguested by Mr.. Dan M.
Lasker State president of the Texas divis-
ion, as printed in last Sundays Post. is not
only a splendid idea but evidences the
liberal spirit and enterprise of that gem
tleman. That he will have to buy hat
for the writer can only be denied by some
member on the same side who thinks
that he can get more new members, and
notice is hereby served. a new spring hat
in April being a very nice thing to wear
that all eligible travelling Inen had better
hide out or the writer win he seen pranc-
ing up the streets OF Austin with the
latest derby at the expense of our worthy
State president.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24

OF Bonnie Bros. OF Louisville. KY. were
among the knights of the grip here
during the week.
I George Mari OF the Armour licking
company OF Kansas City ana William
Van Hoogenheyser, representing Menslne
Bros. OF Galveston, were among the tray
cling men in Corpus Christi during th'
past week. s
]. w. Mulllgan. representing Maverick
Clarke G. Co. OF San Antonio. add j. W.
WEIGH, Philadelphia dry goods sales
man, were here this week W.
G. f. White OF Fort Worth and A. Har-
mon of Baltimore were among the dry
goods statesmen here this week.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
N Texas !! ( Travelling Men.


travellers must go-not travelling. but out
OF existence. Yet 1t is certain that even
then under trusts without competition or
commercial travellers the various savings
viii not all go to the consumers They
Will be used to increase the profits of the
trusts. These will get the lions share
and retail prices are sure to rise. SO the
commercial travellers are lighting not only
for themselves. but FOR the consumers
As a pure economic question the position
of the commercial travellers is ininreg.
nable."
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
At Corpu. Chri.ti

Corpus Christi, Texas, December ar.
l. Groce, the hustling representative OF
= wills s Bro. Of Galveston, ami Phil
Fyerasch OF the Gunter mills OF San An
tonic We're amopg the travelling fratc nifty
here this week 9c
y y Booker representing Prirc, Boskar
& CO. OF san Antonio, and Max y, Nader
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
Couldn't nlow 1t out.

An old farmer who had been to New
York was describing to his friends the
splendor of the hotel he stayed at,
Everything was perfect" said he,
with the exception OF one thing-they
kept the light burning all night in my
bedroom-a thing I amt used to-"
'Wen.' said one of them, why didn't
you blow it out?" BLOW it OUT" said the
farmer, 'how could 1, the blamed thing
was inside a bottle
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
ssspyNENIR ALBUM,

Mr. Dexter mas mupsh MS oiHee 10 aos
Mainustreat. next 10 Houses bank. IN
order To more conveniently supply The
patrons for his elegant pictorial book an
Houston. ,Thersoare few gifts more beau
ifui for Christmas. = hi3ssy -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
The Cordova Hotel
BEAUMONT. TEXAs,

BEAUWUNT, Z ENAS.
Elegant Bath Rooms. Fire proof Building:
In fact. everything now. The CordoVa and
Imperial Hotels are under one management.
Everything modern and up-to-date. Hotel
uEtqualed; % elegantly furnished rooms.
Cuisine nnexcelled, Rates 81. 90 and 81 so pes
cay. Free sample rooms
II. d. ROME. Manager.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
Ludlow for Third vice President

AT caucus OF the Western CONNER
cial Travellers Association held December
Mr.. James e. Ludlow of San Antonio
was nominated for third vice president.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
OF THE TRAVELLERS, PRo-
TECTIvE ASSOCIATION OF AMER1-

OFFICERS OF THE TRAVELLERS PHO
TECTIvE ASSOCIATION OF AMERI-
ca.
National Prssident--L. v. La Taste
Monts smery, Ala.
National, Secretary and rreasurer--Loull
T.. La Beisume, room 412 Union Trus'
Bp,dins,n Seventh and Olive streets, st
Louis. Mo.
TEXAss DIVISION. T. p. A. OF A.
resident--DAn VI. Laskcr, La Grange.
secretary--James F Ludlow. San Anto
First Vice Presidcnt--B. B. Gateiey. For,
Worth
second Vice Presidential. W. Michaux.
Houston.
Third Vice President-c. 3. e. Holland
Victoria.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Post 6, Thona as l.. Freeland. Houston.
Post y. Frank Arnold. G. S. Austin and
c. V. Holland, San Antonio. Texas.
Post E. II. p. Marchbank, Dallas.
Post F. G. g. Horton, Austin.
Post @. II. J. Labatt. Galveston.
Post Fl, Thomas Farmer. Waco.
Post I, II. w. Slngletary, Corslcana.
Post j, r. L. Frye, Fort Worth.
Post X, 8. @. Bennett. Gainesville.
Post l.. G. A. Heilig. La Grange.
Post NJ, R. B. Wofford, Cuero.
Post N. C. H. Cox. Temple.
Post o. P, ]. Burgess, Victoria.
Post r. Tom C. Swope Houston.
Post @, L. Y. Harrison. Brenham.
Post r, Ernest Kohlberg. 81 Paso.
COMMITTEE CHAI'tMEN
Railroad. A. p. Foute, Fort Worth.
Press. Adolph Boldt, Houston.
Legislature, Joe Lee JAMESON. Austin.
Hotel, Ernest Lasker Galveston.
Employment, Paul +. Erb, Dallas
Livery and transfer, A. d. Edgar. Pales-
tine.
State physician. j. Allen Kyle. NJ D..
Houston.
State chaplain, Homer t. wilson. Fort
Worth.
Executive committee. Frank Arnold,
chairman, San Antonio; C. Il. Austin and
C. V. Holland. San Antonio.
Note.--The committee chairnap are also
members or board of directors.
OFFICERS OF THE UNITED CONNER
GAL TRAVELLERS OF TEXAS.
Past Grand Counsellor-A f. Dechman.
Dallas.
Grand Counselor--E, B. Mitchell, Dallas.
Grand Junior Counselor--Alt Dieckmann.
San Antonio.
Grand Secretary--J r. Seeger. Dallas
Grand Conductor-J r, Flckl!n, Waco
Grand Page~B. X. James, San Antonio.
Grand sentinel-W l.. Keau, Fort
WORTH
Executive Committee. NJ sedbury OF
Sherman and w C. Akard OF Houston.
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j. g. JOHNSON 4 4ss R s'sss sDs oFn 95s
tract with Travellers Protective Assn. Same d
VIC. I. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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ca.
National Prssident--L. v. La Taste.
MontE merry, Ala.
I. la Belstime, room 412 Union Trust
Buliaine,N Seventh and Olive streets, st.
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OFFICERS or THE UNITED CONNER.
GAL TRAVELLERS OF TEXAS.
Past Grand Counselor-A. r. Dechman.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-13
Trees In New Zealand.

The kauri Is the monarch of the New
Zealand forest, an indigenous pine,
growing to enormous height, frequently
80 feet, before it sends out a bough,
while its average diameter is from eight
to nine feet 1t is said to be 800 years
in reaching maturity. There is no un-
derbrush in a kauri forest, the prince of
trees permitting no rival within his do
main. The totara is another species of
pine, which, however, has none of the
characteristics of the conifer8 Of other
countries, either in habit or in appear
ance.
The most singular of all is the rata,
a peculiar tree with somewhat the ma
ture of parasite. If it springs up near
a rimu pine, it winds about it like a
huge vine, it's Tightening coils gradual
ly crushing the life out of the unfortu-
nate pine. When it reaches the top, it
sends out branches and stands hollow
shell, it's coils knit closely together by
a dense network of fibers, which appear
in the last stage Of its growth. 1t has a
like affinity for its own species, and a
second rata springing up beside one of
earlier growth will absorb ind destroy
it as it destroys the rimu. If, however,
neither rimu nor rata is within reach,
it grows up respectable and we'll be-
haved tree, attaining height of from
80 to 60 feet, and is used for masts in
shipbuilding. g.-Chautauquan.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-13

An evil practice by which the ma
chine may resolve itself into q rotary
system of self-preservation is the GEN.
tralization of power in the committee.
There should be promulgated
by the Republican convention at Co
lumbus, a declaration in language
most emphatic and unmistakable,
repudiating as unRepublican and
unAmerican this practice of selecting
convention delegates through the
agency of county committees. There
should be resolution unequivocally
calling upon the party to revert to its
principles and its precedents of free,
full, individual expression of suffrage
at the polls.
If the convention go no further it will
wisely anticipate the certain action of
the next General Assembly by recon-
mending that the committees of both
political parties shall declare in favor
of compulsory primary election law,
by which the primaries of both parties
shall be held on the same day, during
the same hours, and in the same booths,
and governed by regulations as strict
as those which guard the purity of the
regular elections. = Cincinnati Com
mercial.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-13

"The Eve of the Future" is the theme
of a writer in the Paris Figaro who is
almost willing to admit that she will
be an American type, the result of the
intermingling of many races and the
pursuit of outdoor sports. She will
have, he declares straight brow,
rather low than high; neck we'll
poised on sloping shoulders-a neck to
wear high, narrow collars; slender
arms, waist that one could span with
two hands, hardly any hips and an in
dependent, manly carriage. "The aris-
tocratic air." he continues, "is not al
ways linked with beauty. AS matter
of fact blood does not always tell
Zone finds the aristocratic type in all
classes of the social scale-the rather
long and finely cut nose, the firm chin,
long, slender white hands, with slim
and taperiDg fingers; tall, erect figure !;
long, narrow, delicate foot, made for
pointed shoes; the whole person alert,
elegant, snella, as the Italians say. We
agree with the Americans in attaching
more Importance to the expression than
to the shape of the features, and we
prefer spirituelle, mobile and viva
oious face to features Of perfect purity
and perfect immobilty. Form attracts
us, but we are in love with life, and it
is the secret of the Parisienne's charm. I"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-13
ANTS EGG TRADE
How the Collectors of These Tiny
Articles Go About Their
Strange Work.

Ants eggs are the base of rapidly
increasing business in the British isles.
Hundreds weight of the tiny spoil are
imported yearly by the bird fanciers,
who feed them to young pheasants.
canaries and aquarium fish. They are
collected for the most part In a certain
district in the south of Russia, where
many thousands of peasants make a
living by them. A collector, going out
upon a sunny day to some hills he has
in mind, piles upon them little twigs
and sticks. Then he rudely disturbs the
ants in their busy home. Their first in
stinct, on having the roof torn off their
dwelling is to fly to some shelter. They
make for the pile of twigs. just as the
peasant had thought they would. He
does not wait for them to hide all their
eggs there, but goes off to repeat the
trick at dozens of other hills, returning
in the evening with stiff paper bags to
collect his spoil. This is very simple. as
all he has to do is to sweep the tiny clus-
tiers of tiny eggs OFF into the bag. 1t is
said that an industrious man may in
one day collect as much as eight pounds.
These are, in turn, gathered up by
agents of large firms, who handle for
| expectation. At present. Russia is the
only country where ants eggs are gath
cred, although the forests of South
America, where there are said to be hills
12 feet high and IS feet round. ought te
be good place to gather them.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-13
HAVE KIDNEY
TROUBLE AND DON'T KNOW

There is disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so de-
ceptive. Many sudden deaths are
caused by it-heart disease, pneumonia,
heart failure, or appolexy are often the
result of kidney disease. If kidney trouble
is allowed to advance the kidney poison
in the blood is apt to attack the vital
organs, or the kidneys themselves
break down and vast away cell by
cell. Then the richness of the blood
the albumen-leaks out and the suffer-
er has Bright's disease, the worst form
of kidney trouble. Kidney trouble can
be detected although it be slow and
deceptive. First by analysis of the
urin; second, by the simple test of set
ting the urine aside in glass or bottle
for twenty-four hours, when cloudy
or brick dust settling indicates it.
1t was for just such troubles that His
infinite power and goodness the Great
Physician caused Swamp-Root to grow
for the benefit of suffering mankind,
leaving it for His servent, DIR. Kilmer,
the great kidney and bladder specialist
to discover it and make it known to the
world. Its wonderful efficacy in
promptly curing the most distressing
cases is truly marvellous. You may
have sample bottle of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-ROOt the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy, by mail free.
Address DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y. When writing mention
the Bellefontaine Republican.
Druggists in fifty-cent or dollar
sizes.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-13
TAKLA-MAKAN.
Dead city of Forgotten People
Buried in the Forests of
Central Asia.

Interest is being revived in the buried
city of Takla-Makan and the dead for
ests around it by DIR. Sven Hedin, the
Swedish explorer, in the Desert of Cobb.
Central Asia, at an elevation of be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 feet above sea
level. DIR. Hedin considers that the
site of this city now exceeds in dreari-
ness and desolation all the other desert
parts of the earth, and yet under the
sand drifts he found undeniable evil
dence of the existence of great and
populous city, mostly built of poplar
wood, whose inhabitants were far ad-
vanced In arts, religion and industry,
and whose very name has been lost to
the world for over 1000 years.
The find has even rivaled, from the
pathological standpoint, those which in
Mashonaland would appear to have re-
vealed the habitat of very ancient
community who have been lost sight
of since early Biblical times. They ap-
pear to have been very large colony
of gold diggers and wheat growers, who
had their outlet at Ezion Geber, on the
Gulf of Akaba, and it is quite probable
that they were the community from
which King Solomon drew a great por.
ton of his enormous supplies of gold.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-13
GYPSYING.

When you and go gypsying, we1l laugh the
whole day long.
We II stop at every cottage gate and thrill our
hearts with song.
We Il live the joy of summer skies when hopes
are well begun.
VIII IN you and go gypsying, We'll travel to-
ward the sun.
We'll use the old. old magic that shall never
cease to be;
The charm of love whose mystic spell is over
you and me-
Our henrts will know rapture fine, that time
can ne'er outrun.
Ehen you aud go gypsying, wen travel to-
ward the sun.
With some far eastern splendor strange, with
some unbought delight
Well fill our eager vision as it looks beyond
the night,
And still, to feed the fire that burns within
our heart as one,
When you and go gypsying, we'll travel to-
ward the sun.
Well leave behind us every care and see our
way afar,
Beyond the low horizons verge to some love
lighted star.
Well dream the dreams of earth no more, a
happier dream begun.
When you and 1 go gypsying, Wen travel to-
ward the sun.
Lewis Worthington Smith in Independents.