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General Sam Houston,
Born March ,. 1893; Died July :
26 1868. {.

Weather. stained and without other in
scrption. the simple stone cast its shadow
across the overgrown grave with its wealth
of tangled wisteria and honeysuckles, and
lifting up the fallen wreath OF withered
oak leaves left over from Decoration Day,
hung it once more upon the marble, and
glad that some hand had scattered roses
there, and hung the little flag in the limbs
OF low growing elm beside it, | stepped
back, and the chak Of my kodac alone
broke the silence as I made these pictures
OF the grave.
What wonder that a sense of isolation
and lttleness crept over me? What would
some day be and seem II this man whose
fame and valOr were known the world
over, this man whose name must ever
stand pre- eminent in the history OF Texas,
This warrior statesman and founder of a
republic lay there, mere handful of ashes
in an obscure grave, rain stained, in
scripuonless headstone and a broken picket
fence with a weight Of clambering wild
vines alone to mark It!
You give monument to your hremen
and grant 1t a place upon the capitol
grounds and yet this man whom the Ma
lions hOnCrs, this man whose ashes are
the loved property OF the State, even as
his heroism is yours to cherish and re-
member, this man has no more outward
evidence OF your appreciation and regard
than If he were an unknown farmer,
whose life had been spent in the peaceful
filling of the soil.
This is not a criticism. love and honor
your State. 1t is not even a plea, for it
is not mine, though | love and honor he
roes, too. to plead for a tribute that
know every Texan would gladly pay. 1t
is hut reminder, and perhaps a sugges-
tion.
Is there no one TO whom these things
will seem as they seem to me? l leave
my idea and pictures with you 10 be used
as You choose, but In my heart there Is
the hope that some one among you who
has the influence and the eloquence, viii
retell my suggestion until 1t touches the
public heart, and the tardy debt OF a fit
ting tomb and an honored resting place
he accorded TO the deathless memory tC
this wonderful man.
May the eyes Of his portrait looking
out from the senatorial chamber a. Aus.
tin, some day see the sunlight of these
same Southern skies gllnting upon a pol
ished shaft that will speak in perfect chis
cling the high and revered place that h,
holds In your loyal memories
To such i movement I would gladly
pledge my sympathy assistance and sup
port. Very truly yours,
Katherine B. Huston
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,esesss..o.oseossooeoososee.
THE GRAVE OF HOUSTON
A Simple Stone over His Last
Resting Place.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

To the Editor of The Post.
Huntsville Texas, May 17.--May So
journer in your State claim the privilege
OF space for the expression of an idea that
has haunted her so persistently that she
feels that it must find somewhere, voic-
ing?
A stringer of rhymes and scriboler OF
stories, my interest in your States his
tory and legends has brought me, like an
admiring patriot, to each spot where some
memorable scene has been enacted, and
having trodden, with reverent footsteps
beneath the broken arches of the Alamo
eagerly turned to the spot which assumed
the next greatest importance--the old home
and the lasting place of your greatest hero
and history maker, the brave and valiant
General Houston, for whom your city takes
its name.
1T must be In AUSTIN I told myself
for it is the States TO honor and 10 care
for the grave OF this great man, Beyond
a doubt l shall find 1t there, with mon
ument more imposing than any other has,
for the people whose freedom he purchased
But some one said, when | asked about
it, something of "A monument to the he
roes OF the Alamo, and one to the iremen,
but no other monuments there and fol-
lowing the instructions given me, crossed
the swamps and lowlands, and leaving the
main railway at the little city OF Phelps.
took a branch line which terminated here
in the hills OF Huntsville.
Curious as to the answer they would
give me- | asked them the first object of
interest in their town, and with pride they
pointed to their great grim prlson-one of
he largest in the United States they tell
me. And though asked perhaps dozen,
not one of them mentioned the object of
my quest.
In midafternoon, when the light shone
over the low lying hills with the clear
and unshadowed radiance Of our own loved
Southern skies, and q hundred marsh wEens
/ We'd with the hundreds of hooking birds
in the sweetness of the notes outilung upon
! the slumbrous air, | climbed the sandy
/ hill that led to tho cemetery and sat
down upon the worn steps 10 rest.
/ An old soldier in Confederate uniform
attracted my attention, sitting silently be
/ side a low stone vault, and advancing
| inquired with some eagerness, If that was
General Houston's grave.
| He DOTTED his hat with all the grace and
courtesy of the old regime, and his slyery
/ hair waved in the summer wind as he rose
and pointed westward,
1t Is over there, he said. you can MOI
miss IT, and following a path overrun with
wild creepers, found 1t at last the low
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NEUROLOGICAL.

WILEY .--Georgetown, Texas. June l.
Mr. Burl ], Wiley died here yesterday Of
consumption at the residence of his sister
Mrs Gid Purl. Mr., Wiley had been sick
for several months
LAuRlE.-Lockhart, Texas, June l.
mrs Laurie, very aged lady. the mother
OF MT j. Fl. Laurie, prominent mer-
chant Of this city, died Yesterday at the
nome Of her son, and was buried in the
city cemetery.
a, KELSEY -TeXarkana, Texas. June L.
Mrs Susie Kelsey, wife of w KeIscv
owner OF the Texas Car and Foundry com
pany OF IeNarkana died here at noon to-
uay OF brights disease Interment will
take place at Jefferson, Texas, tomorrow
Where the family resided before coming
10 leNarkana several years ago.
AfLOR.-Jefierson Texas. June -
r. NJ Taylor died at his home in the bend
az az '.oo Yesterday evening after short
illness with lux. Mr., Taylor was one OF
OUT most prominent citizens, native of
lnls county aud has lived here over fifty
years, lie was the son of the late Dr.
"A ~ Is Taylor, Nho represented this
county IN the legislature a number OF
times during his life, ana a brother OF
colonel E. w. Taylor of Fort Worth He
leaves a wife and large family Of chill
dren 10 mourn his loss
CRoss.-Lockhart Texas. June 2.--Miss
Lena Cross, youngest daughter of Pro-
lessor w. b, Cross, who died in San An
lnolo lew days since, was brought here
ana buried In the city cemetery ysster-
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SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS.

ALTO.-The potato growers sold two car
loads OF potatoes for so cents per bushel:
they were shipped to st, Louis.
DBNToN.-The summer normal will
convene here June - and close July %.
b. F. Lisk h. Sc, is conductor.
HILLSBoRo.-The first roasting ears
grown in this county this season WIRE
marketed here Saturday. Also the first
blackberries.
CuERo.-A colored woman by the name
OF Roland was found dead under suspi-
cious circumstances. The grand Jury is
working on the matter,
SAN FBLIPE.--The board OF trustees Of
San Felipe school reelected Prof. J. r..
Griffin principal for the ensuing term, and
Miss Lulu Gray assistant
sINTON.-The scholastic census OF San
Patricio county has been taken aud Is
as follows; District No. /, "a: district
Nc. ?. 1873; district No. 3, 9s; district No.
:. il9: San Patriotic. "; Arkansas Pass, AZ.
Aggrsgating 51s.
oP-superintendent Palmer OF
the city schools requests The Post CORE
sponGent TO say that there are no yacan-
cies IN the Bastrop city schools. All OF
the faculty will return except one, and
that place has been t1lled.
CUERo,-1he verdict In the case OF
letsch VS.. the Gulf. West Texas and Pa
c.ht Railway company was for $500 in
favor OF plaintiffs, The case has been
tried a number OF times and has been on
the docket since about 1886.
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additional fees to county clerks; that is
to say. that clerks are allowed 90 cents for
approving notaria bond. and 90 cents for
qualifying a notary public.
In reply to the above would like to
ask Mr. Smith ii he has ever read article
PAST, Revised Statutes, and If he has ever
read articles 1913. PAYS and 1904, or if he
has ever read section IA. chapter ), of
General Laws OF Texas of 1897; if he has
read article 3504 Revised Statutes he will
see that each notarial bond requires three
acknowledgements. If he has read article
2l72 he will see that the clerk is to charge
90 cents for each acknowledgements If ne
has read article 2457 he Will find this
clause:
Recording deeds, bills of sale, deeds of
trust, powers of attorney, etc. all papers
required or permitted by law to be re-
corded, not otherwise provided for by law,
including certificate and seal each 100
words 10 cents"
If he has read section IA. chapter S Of
General Laws of Texas, 1897, he will find
that any officer who fails to charge or re-
mits any fee required by law, shall be
deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor and shall
be fined in any sum not less than S25 nor
more than $500.
According to the above articles find
that the clerk must charge, three acknowl-
Judgements, $3.50 POSSIBLY $3); qualifying
notary 90 cents; approving bond, so cents;
recording bond. 50 cents (article 2457); to,
tai. So
Now don't you think that Mr.. Smith has
the clerks between the devil and the deep
olue sea? On one side they have his ruling
mat they shall only charge 81 for qualify
ing notary; on the other the law SAYS
mat they shall charge SO or be fined any
sum from S25 to $500 10y
query: Who shall guide us, Mr.. Smith
or the Statutes? Yours truly,
F. NJ. Howard,
County Clerk Bee County, Texas,
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1T MERITS AT7ENll
NEW PREPARATION Whioh
DYSPEPSIA AND sroaA'
TROUBLE.
Remarkable Curative Pr'''f

A new remedy, which may . ,
the treatment OF stomach suss
recently been placed before y. -
hears the Endorsement OF many
phyeicians and scientific men ~,
The remedy is not a wo iy.,,.
discovery, nor a patent m me-. Nh
is II claimed TO cure anything e% s,a
gestion and stomach troubles w w,
nine tenths of our Natloa -. Al a
The remedy is in the loIa .,sIusI
tasting tablets or lozenges c0a ~,
eaahle and fruit essences, pu pun
nensin Gree from animal in y. a. q
muth and Golden Seal .n'I he N
druggists generally under
st,,sTt's Dyspepsia Tablets -. ~
Many interesting expsrln aS.v ssss|
these tablets show that Wv ~ "A
NJ rn 1ar,5abIe digestive power, ~ ss.,,s|
the active principle BENG ZINES d
thoroughly digest SOVV ,s1s ass|
weight Of lean meat ets' his, \
similar wholesome foods NV stsl1
AZ not art on the bowels llks Il III
Mills. nor. in fact, DO 'a ss nsif|
particular organ, but lpe II ia
which they cure all forms forms ' n y
is mn this, They act entirely ,.,. vs. n
eaten. digestlng it connp y ne WI
every tissue and nerve . y q "a
Ni'i,, nerform the NofA ~ n
I thus giving the weak . siSlp'ir n
assistance sufficient " This Is ID
ITS normal strength. liz ~ bu, \
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Ga Soile ,G" they do not furn', ,SIng
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others ana enS' unless ttst i lasn b
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a ano Z" stomach bitter -as..ult III
no permanent good can ]
use. he rested -
in the work Of digestion 4 and y
r recover - sniI ibe remarkable, .
stuart's Dyspepsia rssr aso y
practically unknown s:,y ussd
Inc most popular wiae i..esss 81
remedy, es eve, y, its merits, =
been extensively Tshls,s Az
stnart's Dyspepsia lao Il 81
BY druggists everyMa a, ,hcui 10 4
package; if no hash sor frOu
will order them 10, MADE y ,,'s|
sala house. Tbey az Marssali .s
stuart Co, chemists .s "a lrist1
will be pleased 20 sysry "
testimonials from e''
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Changes nj Konperl,

Kopperl, Texas. June a.-Nr ID
Cottingham, lumber and grain dslEl
sold his stock OF lumber to NJ II.
Greer. who will continue the blsaa
Cottingham left this week With Us
lily for Roswell, N. NJ, where b Vi
sumo the lumber business. NJ, ID
Estes OF Meridian accompanied III
his family.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Craven sold yes.gl
Mr.. Sam Hunt his stock q !
groceries, Mr.. Craven goes soon 81
Dakota to enter the cattle bushes
his brother, who is now located ~
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day by the side of her mother 4, I,
sister. The funeral services, so,,,.'
Rev. ]. ]. Cramer, were held /, 4.
bytrian church, of which tbe d,,,,,,i
a nlomber, and We're larger '' "
by the old friends Of the tsrr, +
Cross was Just 21 years Of A. e,
left a sad father and grief.st,I,t,
to lament her untimely death
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WORK OF HIGHwAYaEl
A White Man and Two Negroes
70 She'll Ont in Kaufman CetiJ

Terrell, Texas, June Nv aa1
who lives several miles north o. IN
in town today and informed Clg u
Joe Kellar that between and y
last night while he was sianalnl H
road talking to two negroes a l'sn
wayman approached, and after io.,l
versation threw a pistol down Oh 10, !
robbed all three at the point o. y
The highwayman secured 80 Ii'. =
herd and several dollars from lHs n
groes.
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Engineer weed'I-uI.

Center, Texas. June 2,--Mr, James r.
Weed, chief engineer OF the Gulf, Beau
mont and Great Northern railroad, Is
quite sick at the Armstrong hotel. Mr..
Weed has not been well since his return
from Jasper, which trip was made through
the country. The corps OF hands are still
at work on the line to joaquin.
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BUSINESS MATTERS
Assignment at Yoatur,

Yoakum, Texas, June 3.-An !
Blackburn, millinery. made an sslr
yesterday for the benefit Of be. crs
naming j. c. Cook, Of the firm 81 d
Upton, assignee, Liabilities lbou.
assets estimated at $500.
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Fees of Notaries.

To the Editor Of The Post,
Beeville, Texas, June 1.--dn your paper
Of yesterday l see that Mr.. Smith, the at
torney general, has ruled;
I. That notaries must pay to the State
81 for "A commission.
?. That they are required to pay but 81
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TRINITY UNIVERSITY.
Tebuacana. Texas February H. 1899.

socie Iousto Teras
Manual ana peg 10 say a
in opinion OF commentator IL WI" ao
the
OF their
drn wards will bring TO many
much for the promo
youth OF our coun
try Wishing YOU success am yours trulv L. A.
p Faculty
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CLlNGtiAM-CULLEY- Tex
Bouchie Culley were united In marriage at
the briie's home In Fairview at o'clock
this morning. Rev. w. A. Freeman oin-
ciated.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Texas. June L.
Mrs. Melvin died here last evening, aged
Is. She was horn In Paris, France. but
came TO this country when quite young.
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unpretentious marble slab that bore sim
ply name and date.
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THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SOCIFT1
and have the approval and endorsements
E approval and unqualified endorsem,.
v 'sIll d
FARGO COLLEGE.

Fargo N D.. Feoru,,, !,
National Educational Society Fuqua secrearv 49,, IN
Houston, Texas. sufh Nh
Dear February with agents manr.,
them with and believe your oh our
plan for securing it is busnesslke likely IN @
the good Of friends Of education ~ust VA
write this Dean of the College and acting head IN -,
President for pro,r. s'sss
cerey p q v.ipsN
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
BEHIND A COUNTER.
MILLIONAiRE'S SON FINDS HIS
HEARTS CHOICE.
They Are Married, and Now Society Ii
Whispering That tho Groom's Father
Ia indignant and Will Disinherit
His Son.

When Cupid starts out to unite two
hearts he generally accomplishes his
purpose, though he may take strange
and unthought of ways to bring this
about. The story of one of his latest
tricks turks behind this notice, which
occurred late in the past summer, in
a Boston paper: On Aug. 3, at the
church of the Ascension, Roxbury, by
the Reverend Edward l.. Atkinson, pas
tor, Horatio Bigelow, 22, of Boston, and
Mary Alice Reece, 81, also Of Boston.
Horatio Bigelow is the eldest son of
Albert S. Bigelow, the copper king OF
Boston and Cohasset, whose wealth
runs away up into the millions-be-
tween twenty-five and thirty millions
so report goes. The son of a many-times
millionaire is not supposed to go in
quest of wife among the silks and sat-
ms and ribbons of dry goods store.
Perhaps young Mr.. Bigelow had no
thought of finding wife among such
environments, but he did, nevertheless.
1t was case Of love at first sight on
the part of both. Miss Reece was pref
ty, young and refined in bearing and
manner, though her home was not
among those of the aristocratic ones
Of the Hub Her father is worthy
mechanic and veteran pensioner of the
civil war. In the summer of 1898 Ho-
ratio Bigelow, then junior at Har-
ward, went to the store Of Jordan,
Marsh & Co. to make some purchases
In the back end of the store at one
of the counters there stood a sweet
faced little woman with the softest of
brown hair. drawn smoothly away
from a low, broad forehead, and with
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10

! Consul Atwell at Roubaix, France.
reports a decrease in French wheat
crop over last year. The provisional
figures from France show a crop OF
346, 6OO,55 bushels this year, against
crop of S72,O49,474 bushels in 1898.
This is falling off of 25,O9S,963 bush
els from last year, but an increase OF
84,741, $50 bushels over the mean pro-
duction of the last ten years, which Is
figured at 379,321,97 bushels. Taking
the general needs of consumption in
France at $50, $4,000 bushels, the crop
will meet the demand, IL accounts be
taken of the exceptionally abundant
crop of last year, which has left q
large unconsumed stock of old wheat
available at present. The probable
Importation is figured at 4,255,5O0
bushels. This will probably be con-
fined to hard wheat, which is not
grown in France in sufficient quantity
to meet the needs of manufacturers OF
alimentary pastes.. The production of
the world at large for 1899 is estimated
nv French statisticians at 1925, OOO.5OO
bushels, against 2,SO7 O76,7OO bushels
for last year, a decrease Of 291, O76,2o0
bushels.
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Battle of an Eagle and a Lobster.

Lieut.-Col. Andrew @. P. Haggard, an
elder brother of Rider Haggard, the
novelist, recently returned from trip
to Newfoundland, and tells Of re-
markable sight he saw while sitting
on the seashore with a guide with
whom he had been fishing for salmon
in the Terra Nova river. They had
been watching for some time the evo-
lutions of white-headed eagle, called
by the Newfoundlanders grip"
After soaring round in several circles
above and in front of them, the eagle
suddenly dashed down into pool of
water near them on the beach and
reappeared holding an enormous lob
ster in his talons. 1t was an old lob
ster, with a huge claw, white with
barnacles. The eagle had him clutched
firmly around the back, and at first
the huge claw hung helplessly down.
the barnacles shining white in the sun
light. This was only for a second,
though. The ripples on the recently
disturbed pool had not yet died away
when the captive lobster suddenly
awoke to the seriousness Of the situa-
ton. and to think with him was to act.
Up moved the great white barnacled
claw until it seized the eagle round
the neck There was a furious flut-
tering and beating Of the eagles WINGS;
a melancholy squawk from his choking
throat, and then, tumbling and rolling
head over heels in the air in con-.
fused mass, down came eagle and lob
ster again, splash back into the pool
The two spectators Of the scene rushed
forward, thinking that they could per-
haps in some way secure both COM
batants, for the splashing of the con-
fiict continued in the shallow water.
But they had hardly time to pick up a
stone apiece to throw at the eagle be-
fore the lobster, feeling himself at
home again, let go his hold. With his
neck all torn and devoid Of feathers.
away few the bedragsled eagle In
most melancholy guise to a neighbour
ing cliff, while the lobster, to- give Col.
Haggards own words, still brandish-
ing his enormous claw In defiance. re-
manned SHINING at the bottom Of the
pool"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10

OF the many attempts to establish
cheap and attractive homes for self
supporting women, some have failed
because the cost of living was too high
for the class most in need Of such ad-
vantages, others because the rules were
too strict and the institutional" char
acter too pronounced The Brooklyn
Home for Business Women seems to
have avoided both difficulties. 1t fur
nishes food, lodging, laundry and med
zeal attendance for $3.50 week, and Is
home" in fact as well as in name.
There is matron, but her attitude
toward the dodgers is that of hostess
and house-mother rather than that OF
a guardian. There are no rules about
rising or retiring. The dodgers pre-
serve their individuality, and enjoy
all the rights and privileges they
would have in private lodging-house.
That they appreciate these advan-
tages is shown by the fact that the
home is self-supporting. There ought
to be such institutions in every large
city, and there is no reason why there
should not be.
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walked along the south side of the
square Tut came in sight about eighty
yards away. They halted and both
drew their guns and fred Tut fell
dead; Hickok was unhurt, though the
ball passed two inches from his head
and buried itself in the wall Of the old
Shepherd building. 1t was his only
duel, for he was not quarrelsome and
the gamblers avoided him, knowing
well his ability as shot.
AS has often been told, he met his
end in Deadwood, being shot from be-
hind by man who had followed him
for years because of the death Of a
brother, whose taking off was the
gamblers act. Hickok's guns were
beside him and he reached for them
but his strength was gone. His slayer
was taken out and ran the gauntlet Of
a party of good marksmen, but escaped
them all and fled into the mountains,
never to be heard of again. 1t was
considered poetic justice that the
killer should meet his death at the
hands of an avenger Other avengers
had tried it, but none was quick enough
before. The miners buried him on the
wooded hillside near Deadwood, and
for a long time his grave was I'M
marked. Then one day an admirer of
the old scout Struck it rich" and put
up monument that is one of the
unique cemetery adornments Of the
nation. 1t bears bust of Hickok, be-
meath are two crossed revolvers CHS
eled in the granite and scroll recites
his virtues. Some years ago an effort
was made by number of rich Cali
fornia miners to get permission to
move the body to that state for burial,
but nothing came of it. The people of
Deadwood have in the grave one OF
the chief attractions of the place, and
would be 10th to allow its removal.
1t is somewhat curious that though
he went through life as wild BILL"
he had nothing in his name that war
ranted the title. 1t was in fact stolen
from his elder brother. who was killed
in some dangerous mission during the
war. When William died, the younger
Hickok, John B.. became "Bill' and
later wild Bill" 1t was perhaps his
superb craftsmanship rather than any
other quality, unless 1t might have
been his experiences at cards, that made
Hickok great. Be that as it may, he
has secure place in the history OF
the frontier, and any relation of cattle
trail days that omits his deeds and
misdeeds is incomplete.