The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-24
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.


The women-bless their dear soulsi--are go
Ing TO the front with rapid strides IN other
words. they are getting there with both
feet in all the walks and vocatIons of hui
man skin. and. II they keep up the present
pace. there's no telling whore they will land
some of these days. Here in Texas it seems
they have Jumped another notch. for. accord
ing to the Gonzales Inquirer:
President Foster SAYS there is nothing in
the law to prevent girls attending the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college
Why. OF course. not, and why should there
be? When the sweet things" can face an
audience In lecture hall, or preach from the
pulpit in a crowded church; when they are not
afraid to enter the dlssecting room or prac-
tce law in the courts: when they oan edit
newspapers and give the men some pointers
on boards of trade: when they can either &C
up in balloon or fight their way in the
frozen Klondke: when they can do all these
things. and do them we'll why should any
little spawned statute debar them the right
OF attending the Agricultural and Mechanical
college. II they sec At? over In Kansas they
are acting as justices Of the peace In other
places they are serving as Jurors aud in one
recent instance which has come under the
notice of Tho Post woman was elected
sheriff. with her husband as chief deputy.
In this State several OF them are serving
very acceptably as postmasters. and 1t is only
short time ago that prominent railroad
president visited Houston and when his spec
lal train pulled out of the city his beautiful
and accomplished daughter occupied a seat In
the cab and officiating as locomotive engi-
neer. cent tho special along IN safety at
forty mile-an- hour clip Yes, the women are
surely longing ahead they are getting thor
oughly up to date In everything. and under
such circumstances 1t is not at all strange
that tho gallant Colonel Foster should throw
out the hint that the great institution over
which he presided has the latch string on the
outside whenever they apply.
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The Boerne Post conveys the startling news
that:
Upwards of 500 dry Austinites visited san
Antonio last Sunday and tho citizens went
out of the town by the thousands to othe'
places.
Oh. there must be some mistake In this.
With the water flowing seven feet over the big
dam how in thunder could ANYBODY be
thirsty" In the Capital City,
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sarah Grand says that woman Is neglect
full of her best interests who goes out into
the world to work when she can get nice
man to work for her.
And now comes the editor of the Voice of
Kemp and ungraciously whispers:
Come OFF that perch. Sister sarah Neh
language Is nightly dscouraging TO the ma
who has n nice woman to work Tor NM
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The ope, Glass OF Galveston peers into the
future, anu here is what 1t evolves!
In a few years Texas will be as thickly
dotted with railroads as Illinois and otner
Northern states,
The Gonzales Inquirer has hit upon novel
way of encouraging home enterprise. The
plan ought to work, viz:
The next time a travelling peddler calls at
your door ana tries to sell YOU goods, ask
him II he will take your butter; ask him II,
when your neighber Gets ready TO build a new
road bridSe over the slough, he Is willing to
donate a few dollars to help II along. Tell
him OF a poor family down the road who
would be thankful II he would donate few
provisions. AJAX him " he will contribute TO
an enterprise Just starting. III he agrees to
all these Things patronize him. Your home
merchant will do this and much more.
Tho community that does not encourage
home industries is blind to its best interests.
Uphold your local factories, patronlze your
home merchants Give them the benefit OF
your trade as far MS possible, aud II you do
you will have your neighbors instead of far
away strangers enjoy the prosperity they are
entitled to.
The Galveston Tribune may or may not be
on cold trail, but in any case its utteranee
is well worthy of serious consideration:
The man who can invent o Notwithstanding
drink that will DO accepted the world over as
a substitute or beer, whisky. gin, etc. will
be tho greatest bepefactor OF the human race
In New York party Of church people with
| the purest aud most phianthropic motives,
| Rave established tea saloon In opposition to
the beer saloon.
The tea saloon is a good thing In It's way,
but the fellow than can invent the great non
Intoxicating and all-satisfyins beverage our
contemporary first refers TO will please step
to the head OF the class.
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The III Paso Times throws out the follow
ing conuudrum. which is respectfully referred
TO the local branch OF the &, o, p.;
Where will the republican party get money
the party opposes the trustsg No doubt that
Is what Hama was thinking about the other
day when he said the trusts had benefited
Ohio.
As a level-headed business man. so long as
be lets politics alone. your Uncle John Wanna
maker is a daisy that the business manager OF
almost any newspaper would wear in his
buttonhole. Here is what an exchange says:
John Wanamaker has Just closed a contract
with the Philadelphia Record for a page adj
yertisement every day In the year The price
is 900. The great merchant has made his
fortune from the use OF printers ink.
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A FIVE MILLION JOB.