The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-06

one Ia &c In haste and ret the nsxt best
thing. some cheese-oioth. Charlie At once Of.
fered his services ana departed. He was gone
such an objectionable long time that the doe
tor wAxcd wroth and started some ons 10
nnd him: but about the time Patience was
| spreading bar WINGS for an indefinite depar-
ture. Charlie returned. The doctor caush,
the bandsgcs from Charisy's hand and glow.
erinx at him. wanted to know the reason tor
his delay. whcreupon the warden stated
that they couldn't get It akinned any quicker.
| -" 'Skinnedp yelled the doctor. what do
you meang
why. the cheese. OF course said Charlie,
whilo his eyes were full OF wonder At a
question SO Apparently supernuous.
WELL DIT. williams sense Of humor Is OF
the rapid-nrs. responsive. sura-to-cxpiodo va
riety. and while the victim cf the accident
lay dying In Alsicrs. or. rather. suffering in
the Doctors ofnoe. the man who plays with
severed arteries and dlsgruntsd livers laughed
and laughed and laughed, until Charlie sot
mad and demanded to know tho reason for
such unsecmly hiiarlty. And The doctor told
him"
As has been said before, Moore occasionally
woos the muse and the following Ia u sample
OF his verse. which comes pcrilouslv pcar
being poetry. 40 distinguish his productions
from those of the more celebrated Tom Moore.
he usually dates them.
WOOD DREAMS,
A dream OF vanished summers often niis my
When on life's morning hills roamed. a hap
by nomad boy.
And learned the bliss OF liyinK. to PHILOSOPHERS
unknown,
The glory that transngurcs whore the winds
OF youth have blown.
The rosc-hanks showercd beauty on my beau
U-scekiug eve;
Where babblins brooks blew kisses to
tender woong sky;
Ana knew naught OF evil. OF the great
worlds endless dole.
For God was In the woodland and its music |
IN nv soul.
No wing swept down the ether but marked |
II for my own.
And royal mossy couches were reserved 70,
Where meath the noble archins of a fragrant
duskv shade,
heard old Pan 70 loutlnx down some fern.
embroidered glade!
tho wood,
And ! the Prince Imperial of all tho soil.
tudc!
Sir SQUIRREL was the scnesohai who led our
But Prince and wilding creature followed God
our Suzeraln.
'ar-taded are those holy days OF youthful
innoccncn,
And yenrs OF knowledge. pride. or power ar
ford no reoomponse.
The soul NAV dream OF woodland SPELLS amid
the clty's din,
Tut human hearts grow hard and cold in
bnbtudes OF ain.
Tom Moore June II. 1899.
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The following bit OF homespun philosophy
also characterIstic of this country editor;
we heard man saw the other dnv that |
here is no such virtue as gratitude. We did J
OF contradict him. for hc seomod to have ,
be law and the evidence on his side bio. Y
cnes once sought an honest man with 4
intern We doubt II he had been any more !.
lcccssful had no used a modern electric /
ght plants but II Is snid that explorers In
sarch for grateful mon have met with the
'me experience which rewarded the efforts '
the Greek gentleman who carried the Ian 9
'rn. AZ any rata II is coming to be gen .
ally believed that the legs Of -aose who ara I
foreriS grateful arc not blocking up tho 4
irdows OF heaven. or congress-"
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No country paper would be complete wiehou, :
periodical nppeal to subscribers to come In c
ID nay up their debts. Moore manaRee IN
indie tho import subject In his usual hu Y
orous style. az follows; p
NOW. honest. are you a subscriber TO Ia. u
IN. or iust a taker9' Your label NAV assist 81
II TO determine that question. Examine It. II
II indicated that YOU nrc from six 10 ten
ars In arrears, that Is an evidence that the OF
Del is wrong or that you nre not paying %
ur rent, II tho latter is the cnse. we will
clad to see YOU at your carly convenience: u
the former is tho case we will only be too 10
I'd to correct the error. Ono thing. how ~
or. is certain: We expect to clean house IN
ring the next thirt days. That is TO say. ca
intend TO revise our substitution list We AZ
70 this notice TO all those frisnds who owe co
81 and upwards. Any time during the co
4 thirty DAYS nil persons owing us on
'scrlption will BIO expected TO call In
". individually. In n hack. or otherwise do
failure TO arrive In the proper proportion tb
! be taken by us to mean you do not owe ~
that you can't pay. or that you don't nc
end to II you can help II. We will md ma
which when wo call on you. In tho re-
antlme. wo will endeayor TO make you CHI
, the paper so we'll that you will not do en
hout II even n YOU have to slip over 10 sai
IT Deighbor's and borrow IT, val
Just think Of II. II every man that owes mo-
dollar would remember enough Scrip i
0 TO come In and paw US. we could give a nor
ZOO celebration that would surpass that DIRE
Colonel Joubert MANIFOLD We'd DO It, the
But We are not thinking Of giving the Coz
'braton this summer. Perhaps our de. n
uents NAV force US 10 abandon cur ordl- ero'
y tri-daily sumptuous banouets. Thirty or
. will tell Now. don't tell ua that we BIO
or notified you OF YOUR Indebtedness. and wor
t cuss us for lBttinr IL yet 30 large. for atty
have had the paper. and we hone you
> enjoyed It. We also hope. for your e
J. that you will not get mad. for the Uni to
States Brotherhood OF American Editors strs
branch offices In all tho important cities the
be world. has agreed and Incorporated In and
ylaws that n will never print the obituary. uni
ny man who Is mean enough 10 ret mad GOV,
D asked for newspaper subscriptions. An
'efore II you want to die and leave the art.
d In sbsoiuts ignorance Of the event. they
get mad, who
great many people imagine that . nswp- an /
r man Is like n punchinE-bax. or MAhom- the
tomb. something SUSPENDED between tirel
i and heaven for the purpose Of SERVING pear
sort Of harmless amusement for the tons
raj public. II is not true A news bs q
r man has hopes. fears. loves debts. Just Ing
the sinner who nerlects TO pay for hts ness
r. The ministers ought 10 correct this crus