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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

California is another state that has deter
mined to get along with one United States
senator for the next two years. by the way,
why cant all tho States put up With one sena-
Tor each. to be elected by popular voter Il
would save good deal OF money in thes.
dcHoit- growing days,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21
The 81. Lnui. Tenn,

ST. Louis, Mo. March 2O.-Edward C.
Becker purchased the ST. Louis clrh fran,
ehifc from the creditors syndicate today
Tor consideration OF 500 COO The ar
heleS a. incorporation for q new basebnll
association Mil he hlsd at once and Mr.
De Haas Robson 81 ths CLEVELAND clt,, VIII
hclt ~ tff sent - ihs rtoei,, ~; Va x,.es
Y ssshspks fsr ibis V ME team 20 Lail
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

New York. March ao.-Ths workmen on
the Windsor hotel ruins found no bodies
since o'clock this morning. when the re.
mains Of two chsrred and unrseegssrabss
oodies wers fcuad. These two bring the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

A great mistake was made In not enlsrging
the Boundaries Of Houston ere this 1t will
hardly be done now before the next eensuL
and We shall fail to show up officially for
what we really are In a metropolitan way.
Big chunks OF selhshness are standing in the
way OF the progress OF Houston.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

Few more pathetic occurrences have been
chronieled in the United States for years past
than the deaths Of ten members of one fam
lily In the tornado that swept over Alabama
the other day. The only member OF the fam
fly LEFT was baby. Truly. the Nsys OF
Providence are past finding out!
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

The state department will soon begin
making arrangements to open all the
American consulates In Spain, necessarily
closed during the war.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21
WASHINGTON BRIEFS.

Washington, March 1a.-Authority has
been given by the war department TO Major
General Brooke to enlist In the regular
regiments in Cuba as many Of the enlist
ed men OF the volunteer regiments under
orders TO return to tho United States IA
may make application. Few, II any, adj
ditlonal regular regiments Will be sent to
Cuba.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21
A SMOOTH SCHEME.
Mat Qua. to Be Appointe1
Senator.

Youngstown. Ohio, March CO.,
Hon. Wick Taylor has re,urns
from Washington and states TN
while there he was creditably n
formed that Immediately followI,r
the adjournment of the Penns,l.
vania legislature Senator Psnrsu
will present his resignation to Ii.
governor and the latter will a..
point Hon. NJ. S. Quay to tho Va.
cancy, the term expiring in 1901.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21
The Pope slowly DYING.

London, March 21.-Tho Raus.
correspondent of the Daily Chrur1
icle says: Although there is b
immediate alarm, it is generala.
felt that the pope's life is ebbirs|
away. Communications have X
Gently passed between the differ
ent cabinets relative to the conslla
tionality of a conclave.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

members GU, "bullhesded" fools in oppo-
sition to improved machinery" simply
because II is improved machinery.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

danger. We are watching the sitcsl
most carefully; bit thus far there has Il
nothing 10 Justify an ultimatum and n
ing compliance, war, which seems 10 n
been suggested by a previous spsakuld
In the course OF discussion OF The X
ernments policy in China, William
John Broderick. parliamentary secrsa
for til foreign office, defended the Il
of dealing direct with the tsung II ~
and declared The suggestion that Ga
Britain should instead "go straight to ID
powers" absolutely untenable in the ID
ent condition OF AFFAIRS.
He asserted thai Rear Admiral u
Charles Beresford in his public declan.a
respecting the best course to pursue.
not represent the views of the goTs]
mcnt
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

The construction course at the naval
academy established by Hobson will be
discontinued in June. Students will be
educated abroad
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

All the members OF the Philippine COM
miesion now being at Manila. efforts lookS
ing TO peaceful acceptance Of American
domination will be gin this week. But in
the meantime the ightng will continue.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

Our reports from Manila have been killing
about a thousand Fflipinos a week for many
weeks past. but the native fighters stiil ap-
pear In large numbers in front OF our
lines daily. We have evidently been de-
ceiyed as to the size CT the Job we have un-
dertaken.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

Possibly the scramble tor rare old pieces OF
China 10 due to the artistic development in
Europe.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

The duration OF the war In tho Philippines
appears to depend on the endurance OF the
Filpinos as sprinters
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

The trouble at Laredo reminds US OF the
fact that VIC have some Latin American prob
lens of our own In Texas occasionally.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

II lie surmised that in the course Of a few
years It win be possible to show by the
man themselves that We had a: less, 100, 900
snfn 81 the charge up ssa Juan hill at San
tiaHo.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

Mr Cleveland returned from duck hunt
tie other day without any newspaper men
ton OF the desree OF success OF the hunt.
What dreadful thing IL is to bs "has-
heantr
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

L Is veil enough that there shouid be
few riots In Havana before the Americans
leave. In order 10 allow the new police force
to properly get its band in. A few baniased
heads now may prevent a variety of funerals
later on
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

Arrangements have been completed by
the suhgeon general OF the raarine hos
pital service for the disinfection In this
country Of troops arriving from Cuba.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

Il 10 among the probabilities that Hon. Will
tan Jeanines Bryan. who has Just turned his
18Th miig post IL life, may lit down 10
bis ioth birthday DINER 10 the White House.
and not as anybodys guest, either.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

General Alsar s determined TO 10 to Cuba
thus indicating that even the astuts Colonel
Heoker may have overlooked some eopoy-
tunlties down there.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

More than hundred poems expressing coed
wishes wero sent 10 Rudyard KIpling dur.
ing his recent illness. His gradual recovery
shows. however, that they were not per
nlltted 70 reach him
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

or course the distinguished Republicans now
In the South declare that no politics will be
talked during the presidential party's IVA
cation"--only rest being sought. Nothing.
however, woild be so resttul as a rappioc he-
ment between The president and Mr.. Reed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
Eyes Which See Bir.

The other day a man spoke in my
presence about a certain real or fancied
popularity of some animals which. he
said, caused the eye to dilate when the
animal was subject to sudden fr>ght,
thus transforming the pupil of the eye
into a magnifying glass of high power.
"Why." he said, ''if a wildcat fright
n a horse, his eyes enlarge so that the
wildcat looks to him as big as a tiger
I have quit saying l don't believe
a thing just because I never heard of
it before, but, now, what do you
think of this? I can imagine a man of
the stone age telling this sort Of tale to
his offspring, the while their prehistoric
little eyes grew wide with wonder and
amaze, and then when they ran out of
the cave to play l see him looking over
at the old lady and smiling. Forest
and Stream.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
AntidOte AEainAt StinEA.

According to Dr.. Friedlander of
Wiesbaden, electricity is an antidote
against stings Of insects. His plan in
such cases is to apply a constant cur
rent and to place a negative cathode on
the spot stung by the insect. Galvani-
cation produces a rather strong sensa-
ton Of burning, but at the same time
the pain from the sting disappears, and
it the electricity is applied very soon
after the wound has been inflicted there
is little or no swelling. The current,
however, does excellent service even if
it be not applied until after some time
has elapsed, for it removes the pain and
also quickly reduces the swelling. The
supposition is that the poison which
the insect has injected through the skin
is neutralized and rendered innocuous
by the current.
DR.. Friedlander has repeatedly made
experiments of this kind on persons
who have been stung by bees and wasps
and has invariably found them success
full. He naturally believes that a sim
liar result would be obtained in the
cases OF persons stung by other insects.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
She Washed Her Hair.

If you observed closely a certain pref
ty bridesmaid at a certain wedding on
a certain day last week, you may have
noticed that her hair under the fetching
hat had a strange look, an oddly d.
sheveled appearance, but I don't believe
you ever guessed how narrowly that
bridal procession missed being one maid
short. The young woman we are speak
ing of has uncommonly pretty hair, and
in order that it might be fluffy and
silky and soft for the wedding she
washed it the day before. It is her GUS
tom to drop a handful of borax into
the water with which she shampoos her
~tresses, and on this occasion she drop
ped in a handful of soft, white powder
that proved to be not borax, but, horri-
bile dictu-powdered alum.
If you've seen the crystal baskets
your mother used to make by immersing
strings in alum water. you may have
some idea Of how the hair looked. 1t
was like a mass of spun glass threads,
and it broke off if you looked at it. A
hairdresser was sent for and vaseline
and sweet oil, and goodness only knows
what else were called into use. The
bridesmaids hair was finally rescued
after a fashion, but it wasn't a thing Of
beauty at the wedding, and it will be
weeks before it is what it was before
the accident. Washington Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
He Returned the Compliment.

A young man and a young woman
r leaning over the front gate. They
are lovers. It is moonlight. He is loath
to leave, as the parting is the last. He
is about to go away. She is reluctant tc
see him depart. They swing on the
gate.
"I'll never forget you," he says,
''and if death should claim me, my last
thought will be of YOU
"I'll be true to you," she sobs. "I'll
never see anybody else or love them as
long as I live"
They parted. Six years later he re-
turns. His sweetheart of former years
has married. They meet at a party.
She has changed greatly. Between the
dances the recognition takes place.
"Let me see,' she muses., with her
fan beating a tattoo IN her pretty hand,
twas it you or your brother who was
my old sweetheart? ?"
Greatly I don't know" he says.
"Probably MY father. "-Exchange.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
Deceitfu1, but Brave.

He had been out late. When he
reached his residence, the clock was
Ginning 5. Heavy, weary, disguised,
he opened the front door with some
difficulty and softly toiled up the stairs,
entering the bedchamber with elaborate
caution.
Thank goodness. she was asleepl
He dropped into a chair, and, with
out taking off his coat or hat, began to
remove his shoes. One he placed with
great care upon the floor, but, alas, as
he took off the other it slipped out of
his hand and fell with a loud noise.
"Wifey' awoke on the instant.
She looked at him and then at the
sunlight that streamed through the
blinds.
"Why, George. what are you getting
up so early for?"
Talk about reprievesl
"Why, my DEAR" replied George,
with the clearest e%nunciation of which
he was capable, II found I couldn't
sleep, so I thought I'd get up and go
out and take a walk
And out the poor wretch went, drag
ging himself round YEARLY for an hour
upon the verge of tears and torpor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
An Editors Reformation.

For over a year The Ledger has been
stealing from its exchanges without a
qualm of conscience. Notice is hereby
given that u better nature has assert
ed itself, and everything will be credit
ed hereafter. Tell you why. Saw an
item in a western exchange stating that
a woman was composed of $50 muscles,
$40 bones and $50 pins. Copied it as
original. Woman read it. Called us a
liar. Had concealed on her person $50
pins. Hereafter items will be credited,
and the blame of false statements will
fall where it belongs.-Roscoe pa.
Ledger.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
The Answer Was z asy.

When King Oscar was at Paris some
years ago, he was about seeing the
sights %inco2nito. Among other places
he dropped in at the official exposition
Of Sevres porcelain. Here the product
of every year was arranged chronologic-
ally and with great care. Of some kinds
there We're full sets. but of blue celeste
there were but three pieces, and the
custodian informed the king that it was
impossible to obtain more and that they
were of immense value.
"'What!' said the king. "Have you
only these three plates of blue celeste?''
"That is all"
"Well, them said his majesty, 81
have many more than you"
"You!" said the custodian in amaze
ment. "Who are You?
"The king of Sweden!'
"May I inquire, your majesty, how
many pieces of this exquisite porcelain
you have?'
"Hear thou, Nils" said the king,
turning to his first marshal, Count
Rosen, who accompanied him. "How
many have we?'
''Two hundred and fourteen pieces,
your majesty
"Heavens!'' cried the astonished Gus
todian. "How can it be possible that
you have preserved them all this timer
"Oh, that's very easily accounted
for!'' said the king. "You see. in Swe-
den we don't have any revolutions!'-
Philadelphia Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
A WOMAN you CAN'T sNuB.
Never Tribe with n skinny Woman
If Ie1 Face Shines.

Do you know who is the most eSas-
perating woman in the world? The. wo-
man you can't snub. She is two kinds
the meek and lowly sort, hat when
you smite her turns the other cheek un-
til You re positively too tired to deal her
another blow, and the one whose self
Importance is invulnerable as Achilles
heel. | met M of the last kind early in
the winter. On general principles l
would avoid this woman. because she's
skinny and her face shines. Something
way or another she's dangerous.
When a skinny woman's face shines,
it means she's above using powder and
is sure to make a parade, as a virtue, of
the very wrong that is to account for
the lack of flesh on her bones. l couldn't
help the woman calling on me, and l
returned her first call rather than run
the risk of what she might do to me if
l violated this fundamentaLprinciple of
right social action as prescribed by ev-
cry etiquette book in the land. When
she called a second time, she addressed
as my good woman l can for
give almost anything but being called a
good M Only a mental or medi-
ocrity past 40 is properly termed a good
woman. l resolved to snub this crea-
ture. and I wanted her to know l was
.snubbing her. would never return her
visit-never. And how do you suppose
she takes it? Every time she sees me
she apologies to me for not having re-
turned my visit-blots my intended
neglect of her out Of mind and patron
me with the assumption that it is
she who is neglecting me. Mark the
wisdom l ! have uttered.
Never trife with a skinny woman if
her face shines. Washington Star.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
Thackeray's Tenderness,

The following letter was written in
1888 by Thackeray to his wife. Surely
a more tender message. more truly in
stinct with love and religion, was never
framed!
Here have we been two years mar
ried and not a single unhappy day. Oh,
l do bless God for all this happiness
which he has given mel 1t is SO great
that I almost tremble for the future,
except that I humbly hope-for what
mar is certain about his own weakness
and w~ickedness? Our love is strong
enough to withstand any pressure from
without, and, as it is a gift greater
than any fortune, is likewise one supe-
rior to poverty or sickness or any other
worldly evil with which Providence
may visit us. Let US pray, as I trust
there is no harm, that none of these
may come upon us, as the best and
wisest in the world prayed that he
might not be led into temptation.
81 think happiness is as good as
prayers, and I feel in my heart a kind
of overlooking thanksgiving which is
quite too great to describe in writing.
This kind of happiness is like a fine
picture-you only see a little bit of it
when you are near the canvas. Go lit
tie distance and then you see how beau
tiful it is.
81 don't know that I shall have done
much by coming away, except by being
60 awfully glad to get back"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19

thought / saw the glsam of a light fash
under the door of my shanty. I was
about to hurry on when the boy laid 8
hand on my sleeve.
Presently there was a scratching from
within. A match famed up. The mar
who had lighted it was crouched on the
floor, his body between us and the
light. He was unwinding a piece of
very thin Irvine or strong thread and
carefully %stringing it across the floor
from the bed to the stove. He passed it
round a leg Of the stove and then back
again. securing it finally with infinite
caution to a little shiny metal tube
which protruded from the top of a small
parcel. This parcel was standing we'll
hidden under n of the chairs at the
foot Of the bed. AS the man turned l
saw his profile plainly. It was Callan.
An instant's thought and my engi-
neering training made plain to me the
whole Internal plot. The parcel was
gun cotton: the tube held acid in a thin
glass receptacle. Above this was a lead
en- bullet, kept in place by a movable
pin. The string so carefully wound
across the floor was attached to the free
end Of the pin. A touch of careless feet
against the string, the pin would pull
out, the bullet fall, the glass shiver and
the acid do its deadly work on the ex-
plosive below.
I had forgotten for the time all about
the boy. Suddenly, in a moment of mad
fury-for he, too, had understood the
plot-he sprang up and beat with his
fists upon the pane. Callan raised HIM
self quickly, but carefully, not forget.
ting the deadly string. What he did
forget wa how near he was to the stove.
As in a dream I saw his coat catch
against it. It swung and the big kettle
overbalanced. For an instant it seemed
to hang in the air. l strove to call out.
It was too late. Smash, it fell right on
the string. The whole world turned
crimson and burst into a great glare of
fame. Something struck me in the
chest and drove me backward.
"Praise the saints. his eyes are open.
doctorl'
Eyes, he'll do now" said another
voice, in a rich brOgue.
went to sleep again.
When l awoke it was bright daylight.
I was in Callan's hut, on his cot.
felt sore and bruised all over, and
at first could not remember what had
happened.
Then it began to dawn on me.
"Where's'- I began.
"Sh!' came in the same soft brogue
as before. Don't talk! Callan won't
be bothering ye any more. McKeown's
not much the worse, barring his hair.
And there's nothing broken in yerself."
"How long, I was mad to know
how soon I should be able to travel.
The doctor checked me again.
In a week" he said. "if you'll lie
l did, and tomorrow I am starting.
will meet me at Holyhead.-
Chicago journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
AT THE BOOK BARGAIN SALE
The Kind of Intelligent Salesladies
They Have In New York.

The Kind of Intelligent salesladies
They Have In New York.
Mr.. B. Worm-Have you a cheap
edition of 1.-The Iliad?'
Miss jenkins first saleslady. shift
ing gum)-Who by?
Mr.. Worm--Homer.
Miss Jenkins-We got a cheap edi-
tion of 1.-THE idiot by a man named
Homer, Miss Smithers?
Mr.. Worm--Not ''The Idiot"-''The
Iliad"-Ill-ee-ad.
Miss Jenkins - 1.-The lily Add
Queer name that. Don't think l ever
heard of the book. Sounds Roosian.
Bout Roosia, is it?
Mr.. Worm-No. I think not: Greek
mostly.
Miss Jenkins-Oh! It's a Greek story,
Lizzie. I think I've heard of it. Tells
about the war they had between Greece
and Japan. I b'lieve.
Miss Smithers (second saleslady)-
The name Of the book you want is "The
IDIOT You want it in paper cover?
Mr.. Worm-No: I'm sure it's ''The
Had"
Miss Smithers-Well, I think you've
got it wrong. 1t might be "The Kali
yard" I've heard Of something like
that. Who do you say the books by
Homer? Don't know his full name, do
you?
MI. Worm-No; that is. that's all
there is of the name.
Miss Smithers oh, I see-norme de
ploom. I never heard of him. Must be
some new man amt got his reputation
made. W. don't keep none but the real
poplar books. Miss Jenkins, s'pose you
look through that pile in the
Miss Jenkins (after three minutes
search)-No; we amt got a copy Of
1.-THE Lizard. New York Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
"knOtty" History.

Tying knots in a handkerchief to jog
ones memory had it's origin in China
thousands of years ago. Before writing
was invented in that country. which
did not happen until 5000 B. c., memo
rable and important events were record.
ed by long knotted cords. The most an
cient history of China is still preserved
as told by these knots.
When Emperor Tschang XII invented
writing, the entire system Of "knot-
ting was abandoned. And today the
memory knots made by us in handker-
chiefs are the only surviving descend
ants Of that ancient custom.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
Taking the COWBOYS Picture.

"Now." said the border p~hotogra-
pher. pulling his gun and leveling it
across the camera at the man in the
chair, twill you have the kindness to
look pleasant
Much amused by the cheek and the
cool nerve Of the request thus conveyed.
the bold cowboy smiled broadly, and at
that instant the border photographer
pressed the button. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
How to Pronounce Albany.

The common usage Of pronouncing
the lame Of our city as though it were
spelled ALBANY has * long prevailed
that it will probably surprise many
readers to be told that the first syllable
Of the name is properly short and
should be pronounced like the Al in Al
fred and Albert. Edwin Forrest, who
was an accurate orthoepist, called this
city Albany, not ALBANY or Anvil
bany.-Albany Argus.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19

A bucket TAB miles deep and 74S
miles from side to side would hold
every drop of the ocean. The bucket
could rest quite firmly on the British
isles. To fill the bucket one would need
to work 10. 600 steam pumps. each
sucking up |, 900 tons Of sea.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
Necessary ~PrecautiOn,

"What are those pegs all over your
back yard?"
"lve ordered some trees, and ! drove
those pegs down to show my wife where
didn't want them planted. Chicago
Record.