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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-09-16
Cnne Be1t Extension.

Wharton, Texas. September l5.-From
parties coming down from Bonus. the cor
respondent learns that the extension of
the Cane Belt in Wharton county begun
this week. This force will be supple
mented from time to time so as 10 push
the completion of the grade to Water
housewife of the Colorado river, eleven
miles distant, at an early date. The rails
will be laid as soon as received.
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MIR. Kattmann serenaded.

Mr. Kaufman, the very popular secre-
tary of the Houston Turnverein, was sere-
naded Thursday night by Prof. Schmidts
band. This band has been furnishing mu-
sic for the Turnverein summer night con-
cers during the summer, and the serenade
to Mr.. Kattmann was in recognition of his
many kindnesses and courtesies to the
hand.
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onthniic KNIGHTS.

st. Patrick's branch No. S54 of the Cath
ollie knights of America will meet at the
Temperance hall tomorrow morning at Z
a. M, from where they win go In a body
TO holy communion at the Church of the
Anuunclation. There will also be special
dedication services in the evening at 1880.
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paIlas Adopt. petroleum sprinisIine

Dallas. Texas. September 15.-Experi-
ments have proven so satisfactory that
crude petroleum has been adopted as a
regular sprinkIing material for Dallas. A
trainload OF the fluid was ordered today
by Mayor Traylor. 1t is procured direct
from the oil fields in the corsicana dis
trict.
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Bay Shore Sunday Rate to Galveston.
Account Sunday Gravel the Bay Shore
line will sell round trip tickets to Calves
ton at 81. Tickets will be good on the s
a. m. and lao p. m. trains from Houston,
and good to return on trains leaving Gal
weston 1870, and 1890 p. m. Sunday.
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Mex,cans Celebrate.

San Antonio, Texas. Sept. l5.-The three
days Hestas Of the Mezican population OF
San Antonio began with torchlight pro-
cession tonight. followed by speechmaking
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at San Pedro Springs. The celebration
commentaries the eighty-ninth anniyer-
sary OF Mexico's independence from Spain.
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Good business Mt Texarknnn.

Texarkana, Ark. September 15.--J w.
Farley, until recently freight agent for
the Cotton Belt railroad at Greenville,
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that the extra session of the legislature
would be called in November next. He
was not prepared to discuss the probable
length of the session or the matters to be
taken UP.
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An Error Corrected.

We have special wagons for collection OF
.9AGGAGE from PRIVATE RESIDENCES for
Al outgoing trains; also for delivery to pri-
yate residences in the city. We are on duty
~ all hours. WE NEVER SLEEP. Tele-
None orders from private residences receive
t14cial attention. Phone Sc.
lEM HOUSTON TRANSFER CO.
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WI NOTE-Tralns leaving Houston at gao a.
( In. and Ass p. m. and arriving at Houston
Slf4:ss a. m and o:S5 p. m. also run into Grand
III Central depot, departing ten minutes earlier
f*snd arriving ten minutes later than time
ftf plyen above
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G., G. s. $. f. n. II.

" Galveston Special leaves Houston 1880 p. m.
a. Sundays only. All these trains leave the
d Santa Fe Congress Avenue Depot IS minutes
III later than the above
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n. q q. Q. n. n.

c., H. e. II. n. II.
Depot foot of Congress Avenue.
Galveston Trains
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NI3saeS-All trains arrive and depart from the Grand
4 Central depot except the Missouri Kansas and Texas
Tins. which have depot in the Fifth ward the In
4 tGsnatona and Great Northern and Columbia Tap.
which use the International and Great Northern depot
%Sq Congress avenue. The Missouri. Kansas and
Xaxas and Galveston. Houston and Henderson trains
TaSs the Information and Great Northern depot.
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NOVEL FIRE TEST.

F0Rnters' and American Cotton Company
N Contest for Popular Favor.
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f II. e. y w. r. n. II.
s Grand Central Depot.
1--we 9. 80 p. Express Train Arrive $40 D. n.
Ssl# shreveport. Kansas City and Clnclnnatl.)
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c., H. &c N. II. n.
Grand Central Depot.
For GuIyeston and La Porte,
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-27
An Impossible Wager.

In the year 1864 the parliament of
Dole in France, was called upon to de-
eide an extraordinary wager between
two inhabitants of Pasmas. One of the
two had agreed that if the other would
Day him five dollars, ready money, he
would furnish him with certain NUM-
Der Of grains of millet in proportion to
the number of children who should be
born within certain extent of coun-
try and be baptized during one year.
For the first child he was to furnish one
grain. two for the second, four for the
third. and so on, always doubling the
number of grains for each successive
birth.
The number of children born was So,
and the proportion of grains to be sup
piled was so enormous that the party
hound by the wager demanded the cam
ceiling of the bet as being based on an
impracticable condition. The court
decided. after making the necessary
calculation. that the wager was natu-
rally impossible to be carried out, and
if consequently decreed that the party
who had received the five dollars, on
condition of an event which he de-
clared himself unable to meet, should
return that sum to his opponent and
should pay an additional sum of five
dollars. which was the only chance of
loss incurred by the winner if the mil
let had been furnished ed.-Detroit Free
Press.
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Everything, even magnificent cathe-
dral. has to be regarded from the point
of view of the beholder. A London pa
per says that two country girls, who
acted as if they might be enjoying a
holiday from domestic service, were
lately observed walking down the aisle
of st. Paul's cathedral. Under the great
dome one of them stood and gazed
around her with an air of such wonder
that her silence conveyed the impress
sion that her probably limited vocabu-
lary did not furnish her with words to
convey her impressions. "Oh, dear,
SARAH" she presently exclaimed,
wouldn't this place take long time
TO sweep out!"--Youth's Companion.
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never knew one word about III" said

never knew one word about it," said
their mother.
Trotty folded th1 letter. 81 shall keep
it," she said, "always. | showed il to
Mrs. Taylor, and she asked me if
wanted to come; and | didn't know
what to say, but II cried some. And
then she and Mr.. Taylor talked it over,
and-well, here am" said Trotty, joy
ously.
1t was a moment when words would
have been vain and feeble. Nobody said
anything but the baby, and he crowed
loudly and pounded Trotty with his lit
tie soft fist.
AS for Mrs. Rouse, her feelings were
too much for her She cried softly into
her apron. And there might have been
general flowing of happy tears ii
Trotty had not interrupted it.
ITS Saturday night, 90 you know
il ?" she cried. where's the molasses"
And Charley put another stick of wood
in the stove, and Lily rushed into the
pantry.-Boston Globe.
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MYSTERIOUS .RoRAIMA.
PeriIous Ascent OF the Famed souti
American Mountain Success
fully Made.

Adyices from British Guiana bring IN
teresting details Of the final scaling ana
exploration of the famous Mountain
of Mystery" the table-capped Roraima'
which stands on the borders OF Brazii'
an object of fetch veneration to the IN
dian tribes of that nation and hlther''
a source of wonder and keen specula-
ton to geographers, geologists, po'ah-
lists and naturaists. All previous at
tempts to scale and explore the elevated
table land forming the summit oil
Roraima proved abortive until EVeraru
+. Thurn, magistrate and Commissioners
OF the Northwest territory, found
practicable ridge along the southwest
wall. He, however, merely gained lne
summit edge Some years later-in loSo
-Messrs. Quelch and Mcconnell, two
officials, did as much, but failed 10 pen
citrate the mysteries of the mountain.
Last year they made second attempt
in which they were completely sue
cessful.
Although standing isolated on an
open elevated savanna or plain, horai-
ma is really the termination oil the
Pacaraima mountains. Tie savanna IL
self is something of an elevated table
land being $500 feet above sea level
Above this the mountain proper rises
5000 feet, 1900 feet of which presents
a formidable mural precipice more per-
feet in form and wonderful in aspect
than anything like it to be found else
where, and which has made it the cen
ter of the great Indian legend and tradi-
tions, and not less the object of modern
scientific interest.
The exploring party left Georgetown
on August 20 and returned November
IS, the journey each way occupying 40
days of incessant toll and hardship.
while nine days were spent on the sum
nit of the mountain in exploring-or
rather exploding-its mysteries. lhe
results are exasperatingly negative.
Not an chronological relic was found,
and evidently the foot of man had never
trod its heights. The alleged mystery
of that summit resolved itself into an
almost arid waste of rock of most sim
gular and not uninteresting formation.
interspersed with scanty vegetation,
the highest tree not exceeding 20 feet
in height. No animal life was found,
except an abundance OF beetles and in
sects. large number of birds was
secured, but of these only three were
new to the colony, and may not prove
to be unknown \ detailed scientific
report of the exploration will shortly
be presented to the government of
Guiana.-N. Y. Tribune.
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Hickory nuts are an American prod
uct and we export them IN large num-
bers to Europe, where they are found
good eating. Pecans belong to the
hickory family.
Cocoanuts come from the East Indies.
the West Indies and the islands of the
Pacific near the equator.
Almonds are found in Asia. Barbary
and Morocco. Those we get are inn
ported from Malaga.
Walnuts grew originally in Persia.
the Caucasus, China, North America
and Europe.
Hazel nuts grow in Europe, Russian
Asia, North Africa and North America.
Filberts are a species of hazel nuts that
grow in Greece.
Pistachio nuts come from Syria, and
the Greeks were very fond of them.
Chestnuts form portion Of the daily
food of the Mediterranean nations,
though in American they are not
ground into -four but are eaten simply
as nuts.-Chicago Evening News.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-27

Cupid is blamed for many matches
made by cupidity.
The lowest life remembers; to the
highest only is it given to forget.
Money may not buy happiness IA, Il
will secure an imitation pleasing to
most people.
4 woman is said to be weak when she
is not strong enough to resist tempta-
ton for two.
When a man says he loves woman
he usually means that he wants her to
help him love himself
Ii is possible for spinster to be dis
appointed in lovers, but only the mar
ried are ever disappointed in love.
He who would win woman must
challenge her admiration, prove him
self worthy of her regard, appeal TO her
sympathy-and then wound her
Myrtle Reed, in Judge.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-27

What the drought of the last few
wears has cost New South Wales has
been estimated and the estimate makes
up a bit of very doleful arithmetic. The
focks of the colony have shrunk from
66.O00 600 to 46,oOo000 representing a
loss of 20,000,000 sheep. If TO this is
added the loss of natural increase, the
shrinkage amounts to j0,0O0,o00 sheep;
enough, that is. to equip consider
able-sized colony. In addition, there
has been a loss OF nearly 3d0,O 900 horses
and l50.0 cattle. That the colony has
been able to survive these terrific losses
is striking proof OF energy aud re-
source. Translated into money, the
colony has suffered a loss, due 10 mere
inadequate rainfall, of from & l2,OOO,OOo
10 6 O,0o0,O00 sterling. For 50 much,
when expressed in pounds, shillinSs
and pence, do few inches more or less
of rainfall count. We are probably en-
tering on a cycle of years, contem-
porary thinks. when the kindly skies
will pour on the far-stretching plains
their benedction Of rain, and these vast
losses will quickly be made up.-Wesi-
minister Review.
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NEW FOOD FOR CATTLE.
Successfully Manufactured from
Cornstaliss In the State of
Maryland.

The new corn products, upon which
the Maryland agricultural experiment
station to determine its value as stock
food, has been given much considera-
iion by the farming community of the
state; in fact, many states have taken
up the subject and are conducting ex-
periments to ascertain its relative feed
ing value. In the process of the ex-
traction of the pith, the blades and
husk are first removed, and the stalks
are cut up in small pieces. After the
extraction of the pith from the stalk
the balance is ground up into meal,
which in general appearance resembles
coarse bran. This ground material is
termed the new corn product" The
new corn product contains II pounds
per 100 more digestible matter and tw1
pounds per 100 more digestible protein
than the whole fodder shredded. Dur
ing the past few years much has been
done in the way of testing methods for
preparing corn fodder for feeding,
with most of the results in favor of
some method of shredding the stalk.
Shredding possesses many points which
makes it superior to the ordinary or old
way of cutting fodder the principal
one of which, is that the shredded fodder
is almost wholly eaten by animals.
1t is found that the new corn product
contains within one pound as much to-
tai digestibe matter as wheat bran,
but less than one-third as much di-
gestible protein, consequently the nu-
tritive ratio is wider. 1t was further
observed that animals fed with a fat
tening ration with the new corn prod
uct base made more gain in live weight
and upon less feed than with fatten-
ing ration of the same grain and corn
blades The keeping qualities of the
new corn product are as good as linseed
meal, cottonseed meal or wheat bran
and rations made up with this material
can be fed with less labor and less
waste of feed than when hay and fodder
are fed separately, as ordinarily prac-
ticed.-Baltimore Sun.
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Cunner's Patron saint.

WHY was ST. Barbara chosen TO be
the patron saint of ali the gunners? 1t
is one of those things which are to be
known. and which one ought TO know.
but does not. Meanwhile there is the
fact that she does intercede for all
Cunners by land or sea. In the old
French navy the Sainte Barbe was the
gun room, and the name may be found
With that meaning attached 20 it in
all dictionaries. Moreover, in France
she is the saint not only of gunners. but
of all fire brigades. The Sapeurs Pom
piers, who for some mysterious reason
are a regular chopping block for jokes,
hold their holiday on the day of her
feast. This year it has been rather a
considerable occasion round Paris. Va
rious societies exist in that capital,
such, for example, as the Societe du
Souvenir Francois, for the purpose of
erecting and preserving monuments in
commemoration of the fighting during
the siege of 1s7O-'7l. They meet and
speechify once a year early in Decem-
ber, and this time, at least, if not al
ways, the day chosen happened to be
Sunday which was also the feast of st.
Barbara. Washington Star.
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WOMEN AS CRIMINALS.
Axioms Formulated by Chief of
Detectives Respecting the
Fair Sex.

Ben" Bohen, veteran San Francis
co detective captain, gives his views Of
women as criminals in these philo-
sophie aXioms;
Women as criminals are very smart,
but they cannot keep crime hidden so
well as a man.
A woman is more desperate in love
affairs than in anything else. Men get
desperate about money matters.
If woman of the criminal type loves
a man she will as rule, do almost any
thing to win him.
1t is difficult to convict women of
murder; the jurors are men, and they
sympathize.
Men don't want to have women
hanged, but a jury of women might so
to the other extreme.
Women don't like women as well as
men like men.
A woman has no sympathy for an
other woman who has done wrong, but
often a man has sympathy for wrong
doing fellow and will help him out.
If man doesn't like a man be wants
to have the other know it. 1t is just
the reverse between two women.
A halfway decent woman will do
anything to hide criminal VINO j. ler
lover.
Get a woman in a tight place and she
will tell about a crime quicker than 4
man would.
When woman is LED to believe that
a man has given her up she is apt to tell
about his crimes.
Men kill themselves when they are
broke; women don't. The women can
stand it better and are more used to it.
Most of the suicides of women are on
account of desertion.
When a man is deserted he gets an
other girl and begins life over.-San
Francisco Examiner.
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Mamma" said little May Smith, as
she came in from school, may take
present to lame Edith for her birthday?
1t is tomorrow, and would like to very
much"
Mrs. Smith pretended she did not
hear, but she was only thinking, and so
the same question was repeated. Ger
tainly." said Mrs. Smith, you may, for
! know she will like it, No more was
said, and May went out as usual to take
her walk. While she was walking she
would look into the windows to see
what she would buy. She at last
stopped at candy store, and. knowing
Edith liked candy, she went in and
bought a box of the best. Next morn
ing she went to her friends house and
walked straight into her bedroom, for
sad to say, her friend could not walk
You can imagine the JOY of the lame girl
as she saw the sweets. She never for
got her kind friend who remembered
her on her birthday.-Detroit Free
Press
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TWAS BUT A DREAM.

Methought saw. the other night'
A wildly cheering crowd
Which homage did unto man
or lordly mien and proud,
Who condescended now and them
To smile upon the throng
AS he trod upon the roses
Which his path were strewn along
There were lawyers, servants, preachers
And inventors there galore;
So many really famous men
I'D never seen before.
Indeed, saw that in the crowd
CTheir luster somewhat dim)
Edison and the airship man
Their hats took off to him.
My curiosity aroused
/ asked the naughty one:
-sWho art thou? Prithee tell me.
And why this homage done?'
When with plying glance at me
He proudly said: II am
Inventor of car door
The brakeman cannot slant!
Then was 'wakened by jar
That drowned the engines scream;
The brakeman had pass'd through the car
Alas, twas but dream.
w. II. T. Shade.
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Hoax-You know Schneider, the bot
tier, who recently became magis-
trate?
Joax-Yes.
We'll, he discharged prisoner yes
terday who was charged with stealing
a dozen bottles of beer"
"So?"
"Yes; Schneider said that wasn't
enough to make ase."-Philadelphia
Record.
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Easily Accumulated.

did you ever have any trouble in
getting out of town." asked the friend
to whom Mr.. Stormington Barnes was
relating his theatric experiences.
"None whatever was the answer.
THE towns we played were so small
that all we had to do was TO walk two
or three blocks. Washington Star.
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Wanted Him Herself.

They say she married man who
is old enough to be her father"
Then perhaps that is why her moth
er, who is still pretty lively widow,
was 50 strongly opposed 10 the match" !"
Chicago Record.
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The down Of peach is preferable to
the down OF banana-skin. Chicago
Daily News.
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"But she had three girls OF her own,
and she saw how more than willing l
was. She said, though, that some time,
If her girls ever left her, maybe I'd
hear from her. And now her last girls
married, ard she and Mr.. Taylor are
alone-and I've heard from her. said
Mrs. Hornbeck.
"Trotty,r she said, 'it's just this:
They can do better by you. They're rich
folks, compared to us, and you'll have
splendid home with them. You'll be
ten times better off It'll just about
break my heart, but we've got to do
what's for your good, Trotty.'
The candy was burning and filing the
kitchen with its smudge, but nobody
noticed it. Trotty bent over the baby's
high chair; she hid her face against
his chubby, warm cheek.
1--WE been here" she cried, with a sob
"most ever since | can remember
ever since Lily was baby, and the
first thing you did you made me red
plaid dress with a pocket in it-and-I
i don't want to go and live with any
Taylors!"
La Junta tribune., 1899-04-08

portion Of county road No. Io5
was received and Isaiah Murray,
A. Brooker and A. X. Wilder
were appointed commissioners to
view the road and report to the
board at the next regular meeting.
The board received a communi-
cation from Governor Thomas re-
questing additional names, with
recommendations. for appointment
to the position OF water commits
sioner OF Water District No. ~.
To this request they replied that
S. w. Cressey was the unanimous
choice of the board, the farmers
and ditch men OF Otero county
and refused to send in any more
names or make any further recon-
mendations.
The board adjourned Thursday
afternoon until April 18TH
La Junta tribune., 1899-04-08

The La Junta TRIBUNE has en-
tered upon its 2oth volume, it be-
ing one OF tke oldest and also one
of the best papers in this section
OF the state.-Lamar Register.
An invitation was received by
Lamar Lodge of Masons to attend
next Tuesday at the La Iunta
Lodge, on the occasion OF candi-
date receiving the third degree. 1t
is quite probable that quite num-
Der of Lamar Masons will accept
the invitation and be present on
the occasion.-Lamar Register.
|. w. Vandivier received letter
from his son Wesley, Thursday,
dated at Manila, February goth.
He says that all the La Junta boys
are well and in the best Of health,
and not to worry about any OF
them. The natives are being
moved down in droves, the results
of the carnage being awful to be-
hold, and the battle fields resem-
bling a slaughter house. The
boys say nothing about desiring to
come home.