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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

The contract for the building of the agri'
cultural and Horticultural annex to the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college has been
awarded. In providing for the growing &c
mands made upon the capacity and faciii
ties of the Agricultural and Mechanical col
iege, the state is pursuing wise policy tho
benefits Of which are simply incalculable.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

Little winsboro. away down in East Texas,
picks up the relns of industrial progress ana
cxolaims: '1'll take cotton factory III
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

General Joe Wheeler announces to frienu'
by letter. that he is coming home TO take
his seat in congress. The monkeys tan IL
conceded to be most prchensile appendix
but it's nothing when compared to General
Joc's prehensile grip on two soft commits
sions
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

Now that they can come to Texas we trus,
our New Orleans friends are In q happler
state OF mind Looking at tho matter humane
~ We can not say that We can blame them
for protesting against u quarantine thai keeps
them out OF Texas Fort Worth Register.
Nor can The Post blame them for wantius
70 come 70 Texas The Lone Star State Il
Gods country.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

The childress Index has again enlarged to
seven columns. the increase In the size being
dus to tho increased advertising patronage
given the paper by the merchants OF childress
The business men of its town are doing thoir
duty by supporting their home paper as they
do.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

Factories are being promoted all over Texas
and railroad lines being extended and new
Il ones pushed forward Great Is Texas!
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

The Pest attacked Mr.. u. NJ. Neilra
is,0 .ooo-bale crop estiaate. aha II also de-
nounced his lator claim that IT, yield OF
cotton would b. 100000 hales. MIS- paper
has constantly ana continually calIce atom
tiop 70 the utter absurdi,y, as Will = the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

II the republicans could be fair they would
at least admit that the recent elections rep
resented a dogfall on the issues involved, but
1t must require something more than fair
ness-absolute generosity-for the democrats
to admit that such was the actual fact.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

Mound City, H., November THE cleo
ton in Pulaski county today was for the
raining of two members of the board of
county commissioners. Two tickets were
IN the fold "a republican and an iDdepend-
ont Indications are that the republican
ticket Is elected b. 900 majority. About
,,ne-third of the full vote WIS polled, the
lghtoSt vote for fifteen years.
Petersburg, H., November LESS than
two thirds of the full vote of Menard
county was polled at the election for coun-
ty commissioner today. Semi official ie-
turns from all the precincts show the cleo
lion of w. E. Johnson tRep.) by ma
iority
Golden H., November 7.--For county
commissioner, Golden gives Groner Dem
eSi, Boswell (Rep.) 169; justice of the
peace, Lawrence tDem.) Eli, Blggs (Rap)
ISL.
Red Bud ILL.,, November Little inter
est was shown In today's election. Only
county commissioner is TO be elected.
Bierman Dem.) received majority of Z
over Smith iRep.J
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

There is something gravely ominous In the
presence Of bluecoats at the ballot box. to
men who remember the evil days OF recon
strlction.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

Houston has added another plume to the
gorgeous bonnet Of municipal progress IN
voting an issuance OF 100000 in bonds to
construct and equip an electric light plant
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

English newspapers are rejoicing over the
recent election results because they mis-
takenly construe them as meaning the re-elec-
ton OF William Mckinley IN 1900 and tho in
dorsement of his policy OF imperialism rhey
30 even beyond this. and hold that they In
dieate American collision with Great Britain
In Its Chinese open door designs. This IL
but another fact in support OF the suspicion
that there already exists secret alliance be-
tween official Washington and official Lon
don, TO which Is directly traceable the i'm
perialistic trend Of politics as artfully manip-
ulated by the executive heads OF the rcpub-
lcan party. British Endorsement OF gov
ernment policy In the United States is. under
any circumstances, fruitful of alarm to
thoughtful citizens. and tho COMMUNICATION
coming from that quarter for the unwarrant-
ed procedure OF a republican president may
serve, when all else shall fail. to bring the
American people to their senses. II this
wholesome result shall not follow. then II Il
osly u question OF time when the United
SITES viii BIO mixed up with England In all
the alters entanglements with the conspir-
Ing PAYERS OF continental Europe.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

Nartervilie, III, November 7.--carry the
Jews 10 John R. Tanner that CartsryIlle
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

When a great railroad gets in behind a
gubernatorlal ticket, with Its money and
power, the audacious determination OF the
corporation to control, in the affairs of gov
ernment becomes threat and menace to
the liberties of the people.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10
TEN PAGES TODAY.

HOUSTON. FRIDAY. WOW. 10, 1soo.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

II e announced from Autin that Commits
sioper Aayaeid stands pat on canned goods
rates. Why MOTT He deals he cards.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

The San Antonio fair was great success
and has demonstrated that the people OF
Southwest Texas stand ready to support an
institution that promises to duplicate for their
section the benefits conferred on North Texas
Ia, ,ha pallas fair
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

The Atlanta Constitution devotes three-
column editorial to Henry NJ, Neil as a
Commercial Judas" Ncill is no longer con-
sidered a factor in the cotton market ana
he is hardly worthy OF such extended notice.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

The esction statistician 10 a little bit con.
fused by,ecent results. but II left alone he'll
hgure thcl out to his own satisfaction.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

The Brentwood Banner-Buletin recently
entered upon volume "a OF that splendid week
~ paper. When the paper was first estao-
lished by Colonel w II. Martin, long since
deceased the now prosperous city of Brown
wood was but mere frontier hamlet, and
the Banner Bulletin has kept apace with the
hustling, enterprislng place OF Its publica-
ton Mr.. VIII II. Mayes the editor and
proprietor. is popular with the craft and
knows how to conduct newspaper.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

uxuFe 'hcl out to his own satisfaction.
-
Mr.. HenryM, NELL was already held In dis,
favor througnut the South on account Of his
constant presentations In regard TO tho
cotton crop. anN now the foreign spinners
consider him hophet OF evil. They have
lost millions OF do,arp by relying upon his
exaggerated crop estimates this season. and
they WY never forSiW him He is now dis
creditsd from the cottol field TO the factory.
from the GIN to the spinoe.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-10

n Is, ,og ms y;cs.P Pss:'OssI.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
LARGEST FURNACES IN THE
WORLD,

The Carnegie Steel Company
will Immediately commence the
construction OF two blast furnaces
each of which will have a capacity
of 1000 tons per week. These
furnaces will be the largest in the
world, and will be built on the
Carnegie Carrie Furnace proper
ty at Rankin station.
The company will start the
erection at the same time of a
double track steel railroad bridge
across the Monongahela river,
connecting the Carrie Furnace
plant with the Homestead Steel
Works on the south shore oppo-
site.
The molten iron will be run in.
to ladle cars and hauled by loco
motives across the river in the
same condition, and, after the
mixing process at the Homestead
works, the iron will be used in
the open hearth steel furnaces or
the Bessemer converters.
The building of these two fur
naces will give Allegheny county
a total of thirty.two stacks, with
a total capacity of $3.50, 900 gross
tons, of which the Carnegie Com
pany will own nineteen, with a
total capacity of 100000 tons.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

Philadelphians, it is said, are
behind movement to form a no
tel trust in Pittsburg, the idea
being to combine a certain mum
Der of first, second and third,
class houses under one head
George f. Townsend, of Philadel,
phia, it is said, is pushing the
matter and is acting with Attorn-
ey James II. McCreery, of Pitts,
burg. The company it is claim,
ed, will be capitalized at $4,000,
600, If the thing is a success il
will be tried in all the leading cit.
les of the country. 1t is claimed
a great saving can be effected in
the management of a hotel by
this plan.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
LABORER A KLONDIKE KING

From a Chicago laborer to a
Klondike claimholder worth over
$4O0, 700, this is the experience of
John G. Hayes, who left here
three years ago with 5000 in his
pocket, says Chicago dispatch
of Oct. 3. He returned Sunday
and surprised his relatives with
unquestionable evidences of his
riches.
Hayes hadn't been heard from
since he left during the Alaska
gold excitement of two years ago,
and had been given up as one of
the hundreds lost in the mad
search for wealth. This after
noon he raped at the door of his
Cousins home at 4452 Champlain
avenue.
Lawrence j. Ryan, the cousin,
was surprised to see the relative
he thought was dead. Hayes has
certainly checks for $4,000 and
papers which prove his owner
ship of mining claims for which
a Peoria syndicate has offered
him 100000.
He tells the same story of hard,
ship and suffering related by all
those who come out of the Alaska
country alive. He is glad he is
rich, but more glad to be back to
civilization with health not i'm
paired. Hayes made his strikes
in and around Dawson City.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

The usual infallible signs as to
the weather the coming winter
are being discussed by the wealth
er-wise gossipers and editors.
They say we are to experience an
early and severe winter. "The
corn husks are thick, the squir-
rels have laid in an unusual sup
ply of foliage, the ragweed is
above the usual height, the goose
bone is streaked, and the hornets
have built their nests high in the
trees"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
BURNS AS A PUGILIST.

A part of the Masonic Altar
that once brought the Scottish
bard, Robert Burns, in dire dis
grace before his lodge is now in
the possession of a Chicago VIC
man, Mrs. w. f. Funch of 1850
Sidney avenue, and is treasured
by her as family heirloom.
Mrs. Funch is by birth a Cana
dian of Scotch origin. In the
days when her grandfather, Geo.
MacRae, was young he attended
the same lodge as did Bobbie
Burns and was one Of the "lichts,
of the town. One night before
lodge meeting the poet and Mac
Rae sat long together
Bousing at the nappy,
And gettin fou and unco happy
And then arm in arm they
sauntered slowly to the room
where the Masons were won't to
assemble.
All would have gone well had
not Burns desired to show his
Masonic brethren how good u
pugilist he was, and he let go u
heavy undercut at MacRae, arous-
ing the latter's fighting blood,
and the bout began, which result
ed in MacRae being felled to the
floor and Bobbie Burns throwing
the four legged altar, or stand, at
him as he attempted to rise.
Luckily he missed his aim, and
the stand struck violently against
the wall, shattering completely
one of the legs.
AT the following meeting the
two friends were brought before
the order for trial A fine was
imposed on them, and they were
made to replace the altar. The
broken one was thrown out, and
as MacRae went home he carried
tho stand with him.
1t is about two feet high and is
of a style out of use today in the
Masonic order. 1t has since
been preserved in the family as
an heirloom.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
WHERE Campbell GAVE OUT.
. He Tried to Turn the Joke on the
Stranger, but Was Brought
to a Halt.
From the New York Sun.

frOfn tne new 1OrK sun.
Very few of the readers of
TffE NEWS who have not heard of
General Charlie Campbell, the
WAR veteran, and will be interest.
eed in the following story even if
1.-THE joke was turned on the old
sso4esier.
YANKToN, S. d., Sept 80. Sew
cenal years ago no man was better
lhMOwn on the frontier of South
Dakota than Gen. G. II. Campbell,
who was sent to the Territory in
the COS by President Buchanan
as inspecting officer of the United
States Army. Campbell had
been severely wounded, and his
trip West was more to recuperate
than for actual duty. He had a
good war record, having served
throughout the Mexican cam
paign, and he was the most ac-
complished swearer that ever
came West. He settled on the
Missouri River about seventy five
miles above Yankton, where he
maintained ranch and wayside
inn, patronized almost wholly by
freighters, army officials and
frontiersmen. Hewas not tough,
but he carried this impression
until it came to be believed that
he would as soon kill man as
eat his breakfast.
Campbell had a habit of telling
the guests who honored his home
with their presence that they
could have anything they wanted
to eat, but when they called for
anything he did not have he would
inform them that he was not run
ming a Delmonico restaurant, and
that they would have to take
what they could get and be thank
full.
One evening q stranger came
along who was travelling for a
Chicago house. He was tender.
foot, inasmuch as he had never
been so far West before. Camp
bell rated him up as dude, he
afterward said, and asked him
what he wanted to eat, after he
had been seated with a dozen or
more frontiersmen.
"What have you for supper"
asked the newcomer
"What have / got to eat? Why,
I've got any ID thing you
want" replied the General, "and
you had better be quick about
deciding what you do want. /
can't keep the cook up all night
waiting for a ID dude TO find
out what he is going to eat. "
"All right, landlord" said the
traveller, "bring me some dog
and coffee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

A crusade has been organized,
which, though yet of slight pro
portions, should be encouraged
and fostered in every way possi-
BILE. 1t is against the wholly
senseless and often dangerous
custom of throwing rice after
bridal couples. Enough casual.
ties have happened from the prac.
tice to give pause even to the
thoughtless, but it seems hard to
break up. And the crusade is
particularly pertinent to bring
forward at the present time,
when rice is so much needed in
Puerto Rico, and mischevious
loads oft could be easily and glad
ly spared by unfortunate couples
suffering from their friends.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
THE BLIND WEAVER.

The great wheel turns, and through my
hands
feel the swift threads run:
My sightless eyes can never see
In warp and woof of tapestry
The tissue Fate has spun;
] know not what blindly weave,
And yet l dumbly pray
Thnt when the shadows closer creep
Some bit of beauty may keep
For all the toiling day.
Sometimes the thread is silken soft
AS thistledown afeld;
tremble--is it Love at last?
A light for vision overcast
And has my heart shield?
The wheel waits not, and toll on
Along the vast design;
From course to fine the woof-
threads range
All, foolish one, they shall not
change
For wish nor prayer of thine,
The night draws near. My tired soul
Is rent with sudden fears;
The wheel is still-the broken
thread
That through my weary fingers
sped
Is rough, and stained with tears.
My bleeding hands, l know, have
grasped
A web of somber hue
Pass not the sightless weaver by,
. Master, chide me not, for
Have done as best knew!
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

William Mercer, Of Raccoon
Creek, near Huntington, West
Virginia, has just married a Mof-
fat girl for the fifth time. Years
ago when Jennie Moffat was
twenty he married her. She died
and he married her sister Ada,
aged twenty. At her death, sis
ter Catharine, twenty, was led to
the altar, and then comes sister
Missouri. The fifth sister-wife
is Anna, aged twenty, Each of
the dead wives left two children.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
Published Weekly. Si.OO per
Annum in Advance.

Prompt attention will be
given to applications for ad-
vertiSinp rates.
- Job Printing of every deS-
crlption executed with prompt
ness, in a workmanlike manner
and at consistent prices.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

Remember in making your
shipment of apples this year
that the barrel must be of le-
gal dimensions or be marked
"short barrel" under penalty of
IS for every small barrel used.
The prescribed size is: Head di-
ameter, III inches; length of
stave, 274 inches; bulge not less
than GA inches outside measure
ment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
THE WRONG DOOR.

When forth he Jared upon life S quest,
He sought "a motto for his crest,
And so took from grog-shop door
The single, sharp behest it bore
"Push.'
Alas, when futile years had flown,
He found, too late, naught could atone
For lack of what was plaidly writ
Upon the other door, to witt
"Pullnr
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

Little Mike (who has stuck a
hard spotin hisreading) 'Father
phwat's a vamphire2" McLub-
berty-"G'wan wild yez. Whoy
don't ye use yure eyes and ears
whin yer hev chance? Begor-
ra! vampire is dhe feller thot
gifts bate to dith base ball
game"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

the table, as the ranchers recog.
nized the probability of a row be-
tween the General and the new
man.
Dog" yelled the General, and
he walked around to the opposite
side of the table, where he could
look his guest squarely in the
face. DOG, did you say? Do
you take me for Il Sioux Indiany"
At that moment, when the
General was working himself into
a rage, a sudden thought occur.
red to him.
"You want dog, do you? l
thought you were II tenderfoot,
but | see you are an Indian; I'll
fix you. =" With that he strobe
out of the room, curSing like pi-
rate, while everybody laughed at
him for the joke the stranger had
perpetrated.
Presently Campbell returned
carrying a large dish covered
with a cloth, which he set down
in front of his guest. In his right
hand he carried a big revolver,
and while he removed the cloth
with one hand he covered the
stranger with the revolver in the
other nand. The cloth being re
moved, a litter of puppies was
found sleeping in the dish.
"Now, young man, you see that
there is nothing that this house
cannot supply at moments no.
tice. You wanted dog, now you
must eat"
The General had realized that
some one had perpetrated a joke
on him and he thought to turn it
on the stranger, but the young
man from the East was equal to
the emergency. Without APP
pearing to take notice of the big
pistol or the Generals threat, he
carefully reached over, selected
the best looking puppy and be-
gan to prod it with his fork, and
in apparent seriousness tried to
cut into the animal with his knife.
The Generals hand became very
shalxy. After several trials the
stranger called for an oil stone,
and with the greatest deliberation
proceeded to sharpen the knife.
Still the knife was not sharp
enough, and grumbling at the ho-
tel which provided such dull
knives, the stranger reached in
his pocket and drew out his own
pOcketknife. A smile overspread
his face as he remarked that sit
was more than a week since he
had had any dog" then he pro
ceeded, to all appearances, to
carve the pup, which set up a
cry of pain.
Now, these puppies were pedi-
gree hounds whith had cost the
General considerable time and
money, and he became alarmed
at the strangers apparent fond
ness for them. Grabbing the
strangers hand, he seized the
dogs, remarking; "See here, you
Indian, this is a white mans
ranch, and if you want anything
to eat you will have to take catfish
or Texas steer; that's all we've
got. Amid roar of laughter
he carried away his puppies.
''That's the last time | ever
tried to work off joke on
stranger" said Campbell, in re-
counting the story, "and it was
the last time that | ever boasted
that my house could furnish any
thing a man wanted to eat"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
BIBLE ENIGMAS.

l. There is an interesting story
of a plant which was neither a
rosebud nor an ivy. 1t might
have borne fruit, though we do
not know that it did. It's rapid
growth and speedy death have
passed into a proverb. (Jonah's S
gourd.)
2. Who was the first new wo-
man, Judging her by her judg-
ment Of men? (Miriam.)
3. Yellow as gold, precious and
priced; older than iron, yet twice
made by man; used in the Old
Testament, referred to in the
New; u salvation and Il type of
salvation. CThe brazen serpcnt.) J
1. Who organized the first
church choir spoken of in the Bi-
BILE? David
). What infants tears saved a
nation? Moses 81
6. Of whose public work was it
said "that fox could destroy
it?" (Nehemiah's wall.)
z. Who is the youngest exam
pie of public life mentioned in the
Bible? (Samuel.)
8. What annointed king carried
bunch of popped corn and
cheese? David
9. He was lonely in life and
alone in death. His fur garment
was not worn for fashion. His
belt of skin did not carry weap-
ons. That his food was sweet
was simply a matter of conven-
ience. What is said of him can
never be true of any other man.
John the Baptist.)
10. What bore buds and bios
SONS, but never fruit? aaron s
rod)
II At a feastattended by hand
some men, one was not there who
had a right there. Who gave the
feast? Who called a pause?
Jesse. Samuel.)
II A meal of bean porridge and
little spiced meat ruined for
time the happiness of three fam.
lies. Whose were they? Qsaac's
Jacobs, and Esau's.
13. The best illustration of the
truth, "Whoso diggeth a pit shall
fall into it. (Haman.)
IA. Seven years, fourteen years
twenty years. Many times de-
ceived, but never hurt. A Jour
ney, a scare, present, a prayer,
strange encounter, a promise
won. (Jacob.)
Is. When did all the world look
at the same thing at the same
time? From the ark at Noah's
dove)
16. Who was wakened to find
warm food and water near, pre-
pared not by human hand, and
twice hidden to eat? (Elijah.)
II. She did not inspire the
army with her poetry or her
song, but, biding at home in the
performance of womanly duties,
with one exception, she won the
battle. (Jael.)
1S. A man in whom extremes
met. Small in every physical re-
source; with heart and brain of
giant; LOVING, yet fearless; gentle,
but uncompromising; always lik-
ing what he has not, always max
ing the best of what he was: of
great ambition, yet truly hum
BILE; prolific in speech and with
pen-he was the inspiration of
the generation in which he lived
and the admiration and despair
Of those coming after. (St. Paul.
LABORER A KLONDIKE KING.