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THE HUNTINGTON BILL.


REPRESENTATIVE whelcss returned last
night from Austin. He was kept busy
today answering the demands OF friends,
some of whom called to offer cpngratuln-
lions. others to ask questions and still
others merely out OF curiosity 70 Post
reporter, who asked him what the pros
poets are for the final passage OF the Hun
tington bill, Mr.. wheless expressed
hopeful view aud said
The house bill was reported fayurabiy
yesterday by the committee on public
lands and land office, to which II was re-
ferred. The bill that passed the senate
by vote OF 10 to . has come over to the
house and was referred TO the committee
on commerce AID manufacturing II is
our purpose to take the senate bill from
this committee and refer It to the same
committee that has the other bill We
will try to get floor report on the seu
ate bill Monday and then Will make every
effort to bring IL up for action, Tho only
danger at all Is in the fact that the bill
may not DO reached. The calendar Is
crowded and there are indications now
that the appropriation bill may come into
the house on Wednesday. II II does, there
Is. not much chance for other legislation
while 1t is pending.
I'm the opinion OF many members tho
session will last six weeks yet, and In
that event there Will be plenty OF oppor
tunities TO bring up the Huntington bill.
We are going to make hard fight for II,
and the men who are opposing II must
como out squarely and make their rea-
sons known. On the whole, feel very
hopeful"
Representative Nolan was also in the
city to-day, but reporters endeavor to
locate him were not successful.
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|flHS. z. DREW, lpawfch, so. OAK.
bill known treatment Invented by DR.. ".
Re OF iie d Main street, Adams. y. r.,
as perfectly restored to permanent phy.
n strength and the rupture completely
q. When we consider the number OF
J who have been ruItursd nearly all their
who have struggled through weary years
8eertainty, failure OF trusses, constant
% sudden death and all the pain misery,
|nfort and loss OF time and pleasure IN
j is a wonderfully bracing thing 70 know
Mere really Is a cure for The mslad5-
nc 10 Or. Rice for his free book that fully
1ns all about his plan OF treatment. Write
a Do not put on The inclination, but 20
Hat il and learn all about this new and
3ious rupture cure that restores you 10
snsut freedom from rupture.
q home cure. safe, PAINLESS. without
hon OF detention from work, and every
Mould send for DR. Rice'e book and mail
my one you know 10 be ruptured. Such
u Of Kindness vill be remembered by
mo suffer With the great affection OF
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a bottle of Pe-ru-na. and II did nae 50
much good that he got six more and | took
them according 10 directions and got en-
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.

AT the FREMONT. o. Thacker, city;
G. D. Pickett, Waxahachie: w. II. Maine,
Canton. Ohio; George II. Thompson, New
York: Joe B. Herstein, Cincinnati; Meyer
Rothschild. Chicago: C. B. Blotture,
Houston: ]. A. Russ, Palestine; o. W.
Case. Fort Worth; r. x. Baker Austin;
A. II. Pierce. Pierce. Texas; w. r. Mer-
riam. st. Louis; G. l. Cobb. Denison G..
Z. schenk and wife, Cincinnati; c, E.
Whiee. Holyoke, Mass. Norris Flcshe,.
New York: Elwood Meade, Cheyenne; n.
E. Loutrey, Gay Hill; W. G. Davenport,
Council Bluffs; H. w. Downey. Conroe;
X. c. Morehouse. Omaha: c. G. Zinke,
Fondulac, Wis: Arthur W. French, New
York; George Sturges. Dallas; J. R. Clark,
Cincinnati; George Anderson. Dallas; F.,
A. French. Philadelphia; W. B. Chatham.
Nashville; John T. Heard and wife. Sc
dalia. Mo-; Frank Gould, New Yor,., ST.
mon Weller, New York; c. f. Turck, New
Orleans: e. r. Drew and wife. Omaha;
A. G. Case and wife. Charles City. Iowa;
n. Mahoney. Austin; A. W. Drew and
wife, Houston.
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flTER SANDERS BOND FIXED.
mere strip of boy, under Is years
3 and still wearing knickerbockers.
&efore Judge Gavin this morning with
|&plicatiou for writ of habeas COR
The lad who sat on the witness stand
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ZIG BANANA BUSINESS,

The Eureka Banana aud Development
company will have to get SOME more
steamers If it wants to keep pace with tho
growth OF its business 1t is understood
that the orders for fruit were three car
loads in excess of the amount brought by
the last steamer. and there has been no
time when the company has not been able
to dispose of its cargoes as rapidly as they
arrived The only trouble is In getting
cargoes enough to meet the demand.
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WHARF, STOCK SOLD.

A sale of 175 shares OF Galveston Wharf
company stock at IS or Sc is reported
II is less than a year since the stock
was selling at So. Very little of the
stock has been on the market recently
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TMpRECSJYE ETG JTTs ES.

Senator Hoar figured out the cost Of
colonial acquisition as $3.50, 100000 a
year. Senator Caffery goes Senator
Hoar many millions better. He shows
that expenditures direct and indirect to
the amount of 1921, $4,000 will be re-
quired, while more than $6O,o00,0OO a
year will at the same time be lost in
revenues heretofore collected for duties
on sugar and tobacco, which now come
in free. He says: The largest revenues
ever collected by Spain from the Phil
ippines in one year was $13,000,000. If
we could collect as much, which will
not be possible under our more liberal
administration, there would still be left
over 5000, 900 a year of imperial ex-
penditures raised by new taxation from
the American people. If you capitalize
5000 000,0 900 at per cent. it represents an
addition to our national debt of nearly
Sc, zoo, 900, 900.
These are impressive figures. Can it
be that Destiny just at the time when
many think she Is about to raise us to
dazzling and unprecedented prosperity
Is planning to bankrupt us?
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heirlooms While many of the new sur
plice trimmings suggest very strongly
those women wore so generally but a
few years ago, the devisers Of new
things are out with others in which is
but bare hint of the old time finish
An occasional one of these is odd in the
extreme. That pictured here recalled
the grandmother finish but very family,
and was cut off short, at that. 1t was
simply bias piece of the dress goods
machine stitched on. It's intention was
more to make the bodice harmonize
with the skirt, than to bring old fash
ions to mind. Further bias folds sup
piled deep girdle, and yoke and col
lar were heavy cream guipure. The
goods was stone melton.
A current fancy in yokes is one that
greatly enhances the beauty of a bod
Ice. It consists of white satin yoke
covered with soft creamy lace in Point
de Venise, or Marie Antoinette Then
the bodice may or may not be further
ornamented by garnitures of lace me-
dallions in bow knot butterfly or flow
er spray design. These are new and
handsome ornaments and are mostly
confined to afternoon and evening
gowns The method is beautiful way
of treating a sombre colored silk that
needs enlivening and enriching for
evening wear To complete the toilet,
similar medallions may be wired and
used as hair ornament.
Fringe is bidding high for favor as
trimming, but it's chance for popular
ity Is by no means good. 1t is used on
skirts to outline an imaginary overskirt,
and on the bodice is arranged in round
scallops. 1t has one decidedly advan-
tageous effect as O. trimming; it does
not add to the apparent size of the
wearer, this without much regard to
the manner of its arrangement.
FLORETTE.
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SOME GERMAN ARMY HONOR.

The "honor of the army" in Germany
must be maintained and is maintained
but some of the ways in which 1t is
maintained look queer to outsiders. For
instance, the other day 1t was thought
necessary for Lieutenant Schlickmann
of the Bavarian infantry to shoot and
kill a civilian named Tillmann for the
| benefit of the honor of the army. Till
mann was walking through the streets
of Metz when he encountered a number
| of officers The sidewalk was not par
| ticularly wide, and the result was that
Tillmann was pushed or jostled. He
had a stick with him, with which he
struck the man who jostled him. This
was an impeachment of the dignity of
the entire regiment to which the officer
belonged. Under a decree of the en-
peror he could not fight a duel, except
with the consent of a military court of
honor. The court was convened in SOL
emn session, and after several hours
investigation 1t was finally determined
that conditions were such as to warrant
duel. That Is to say, the offending
citizen was what is known as a man of
standing in the community. The pre-
liminaries We're Of short duration. Till
mann was notified that Lieutenant
Schlickmann had been chosen by his
regiment to do the fighting, although
he was in no sense a party to the quar-
rel except as member of the regiment
and the best pistol shot in it. He was
not the man who jostled TiHmann off
the sidewalk. He was nowhere in the
vicinity when the incident occurred
Nevertheless it was deemed his duty by
his comrades to go out and murder the
civilian, Notwithstanding the fact that
the latter's parents had appealed to the |
police for their Intervention. The ap- |
peal was in vain, for the police said !
they could not interfere with the find /
ings Of the military court of honor"
and consequently Tillmann was soon
buried.
Perhaps it was honorable to pick out
the best shot in the regiment to kill
Tillmann, but some people would think
that he should at least have had a fair
show with the man whom he had lin
suited
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build an old one, you know.-Boston
| Traveller.
George, are you doing anything for
that dreadful cough?"
Yes"
What are you doing?"
Coughing. Chicago Record.
Monsieur de France-You wind up re
clock to make him go?
English tutor-Exactly.
Monsieur de France-Zen what for
you wind up re beesiness to make him
stop ?-JeWelers' Weekly.
"The trouble with him." said the
young man who had been trying to fit
tingly describe an acquaintance, lis
that when he dipped into the sea of
knowledge he thought he brought up
so much that the blamed thing went
dry."-Chicago Post.
Harlow-What a rattlebrain Tibble is.
II he has to answer for every idle word
he utters in this life he'll be kept busy
enough in the next.
Barton-Thats just his lay. The
more idle words he utters here the long
er he will have the floor over there It's
Transcript.
II suppose you save a good deal of
money, now that the golf season is over
-caddie hire, ctc?' Save money! Well,
I guess not! It's more expensive than
ever. Why, only yesterday my wife
smashed $50 vase practicing her swing
in the parlor, my daughter has broken
two gas fixtures and 1 myself, as care
full as I am, have torn two holes in the
g!"-Harpers Bazaar.
When the old lady with the ear trunl-
pet called, little Bessie entertained her
till the lady Of the house was ready to
put in an appearance. While telling
about her recent presents and the health
of her several dolls, Bessie eyed the
trumpet curiously, and finally could re-
strain herself no longer. Are you too
tired to play me couple of tunes While
mamma finishes dressing?" Detroit
Free Press.
Appreciation WISH" said Colonel
stilwen of Kentucky, very gravely,
that you would contradict all this nom
sense about my having settled and
unreasoning aversion to water. water
is a great institution, sir"
"Of course, the remarks you allude to
are intended merely as good-natured
exaggeration.
"Of course. But I don't want water
mentioned disrespectfully in my pres
ence I understand that the fire en-
gines recently checked the names IN
distillery where thousands OF barrels OF
liquor were in danger Of being consum-
ed '-Washington Star.
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.E4iGAN'S SECOND THOUGHT,

General Eagan having discovered that
the second thought" of the people Of
this glorious and somewhat polite coun-
try didn't Uphold him in his vulgar at
tack on General Miles has had a second
thought himself. This second thought
has led him to send to the War Inquiry
commission a revised statement in
place Of the vulgar and abusive one,
and he has also sent a letter with it.
In this letter he points out that it is
unreasonable to believe that such mon
strous charges" as General Miles made
could have any other effect than to
work upon an honorable man in such
way as to goad him to a species of des-
peration, and that it was but natural,
when the proper opportunity was given
him to meet and refute the charges,
that he should characterize them in
harsh language, and in the terms that
are deemed improper, no matter what
the provocation.' But he withdraws
the Objectionable language and has
faith in the commission.
This is the very least General Eagan
could do. He will be lucky If 1t saves
his official head. which most people
think ought to have been In the saw
dust before now.
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The VOLTS Mt the Door.

There's a haunting horror near us
That nothing drives away;
Fierce lamping eyes at nightfall,
A croucting shade by day;
There's whining at the threshold,
There's a scratching at the floor,
To work! TO work. In Heavens name!
The wolf is at the door
The day was long, the night was short,
The bed was hard and cold;
Still weary are the little ones,
Still weary are the old.
We are weary In our cradles
From our mothers toll untold;
We are born to boarded WEAKNESS
As some to boarded gold.
We will not rise! We will not work.
Nothing the day can give
Is half so sweet as an hour Of Sleep;
Better to sleep than live;
What ~ower can stir these heavy limbs?
What hope these dull hearts swell?
What fear more cold, what pain more SHARP
Than the life we know so well?
TO die like a man by lead or steel
Is nollng that we should fear;
No human death would be worse to feel
Than the. life that holds us here.
But this Is fear no heart can face
A fate no man can dare
10 be run to earth and die by the teeth
OF the gnawing monster there!
The slow, relentless. padding step
That never goes astray-
The rustic in the underbrush-
The shadow in the way
The straining fight-the long pursuit
The steady gain behind
Death wearled man and tireless brute,
And the struss.e wild and blind.
There's a hot breath at the keyhole
And Il tearing as of teeth!
Well do | know the blooGShOt eyes
And the dripping jaws beneath!
There's a whining at the threshold,
There's a scratching at the floor,
To work! To work! In Heavens name!
The wolf is at the door!
Charlotte Perkins Stetson, in the Con-
SerYatOr
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BrsSIA,s RAILROAD SYSTEM.

No wonder Russia wants to borrow
money. Her military expenses are enor-
nous, and she is also spending much
money in building railroads. For the
current year, 109,OO000O roubles. or
about s7S,O0O,OOO, will be devoted to the
extension of the railroad system, espe-
cially in Siberia and in central Asia,
even to the boundaries of Persia. In
twelve years, the Russian debt has
been increased by considerably more
than a billion dollars, and SS4 millions
of this has been due to railroad con-
struction. In addition to this vast
sum, the treasury has paid out in this
time about 1874 million dollars on the
same account. so that, if these figures
are correctly reported, the Russian
government has spent in twelve years
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WITH AN AEYss1N1AN ARMY.

| After n couple of marches from Hafar
we We're Joined by Ras Makonnen ana
! his army, numbering some fifteen thou-
/ sand men, and by M. Lagarde, the rep
resentatiye Of France. I was amused
| by the different methods of travelling
adooted by the leaders of the three
! camps The Ras rode a mule gay with
trappinss. Her Britannia Majsstys
agent had couple of smart gay po-
| mics. presents from the king and his
nephew, and the French representative,
in addition to his mule was provided
with two palaaquins, one closed and the
other OPEN Two mules We're harnessed
to these carriages one in trent and the
other behind Even on the flat there
was a certain amount of oscillation, and
thought that meme but bold man
would intrust his body inside one of
these conveyances over any other
ground.
Travelling with an Abyssinian a.md.
though a novel experience, is not to be
recommended for comfort. The Ras
would generally move off before sunrise.
attended by crowd Of his immediate
followers. After him came the d fferent
chiefs and their followers, Thus there
was continued process on 70" b ours,
now along a narrow and stony road,
now over the open plain, now again up
steep, winding, rocky pathway, where
everybody strave for himself. There
were men carrying guns, sticks spears,
shields and tent poles; women laden
with food and babies; boys driving
along the mules, ponies and d)niieys
with their loads of food also. Some
rode, others were on foot, but all We're
in movement, ever getting on towards
the next camping ground, ignorant Of
how far and where this might be, until
they saw the tent of the Ras, the CEN
ter of all other tents. Unluckily some
mules had disagreeable habit of flying
past one at some twenty miles an hour
Others, on the contrary, scarcely moved.
When once you had got into this living
stream there was no escaping from it
until the halt. My time was fully oc-
cupied in avoiding collisions or in dodg-
ing unintentional cracks on the head or
digs in the chest from some ob1ectiona-
bly, long pole. Mixed up in the crowd
too were the Ras's "tej brewers" a
well-nourished party of women with
large CONDOS of tel slung on their backs
in long pieces Of bright red cloth. AS |
they struggled along in the midday !,
sun, their burdens were Enthusiastically |
fermenting. The priest, too, with his |
white turban and diminutive umbrella, |
was a notable object. Towards the end |
of the march there were always some
who fell out to seek rest and shelter
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from the heat under the shade OF tree
or to reload a mule. Sometimes by the
roadside dead animal gave evidence of
the severity of it's task. Moving along
at slower rate was a string Of Arabian
camels, whose loads appeared no heavier
than those of the mules. 1t was in
deed, folly to take them on such jour-
ney, and some died before reaching
Ads Abeba.
The tents of this huge crowd were
pitched In wonderfully quick time. At
ter Ras Makonnen's had been placed in
position the remainder sprang up like
mushrooms. His was the center of all
the rest. Looking down from height
upon so large a field Of canvas, the tents
appeared to be dotted about indiscrimi-
nately, like plums on a plum cake; but
such is not the case. The senior officer
takes up his ground to the right front
Of the door Of the Ras' tent, and the
next senior on the left front, and In this
way complete circle Is arranged
Round each of the tents Of these officers
their subordinates place their tents in a
circle, and so on. OF course irregulari-
ties of the ground will sometimes inter-
fere, but this method is effectual, and
enables the Ras to know exactly where
to find everybody. The mules and po-
MES seemed to be even more hopelessly
mixed up, but as a rule they find their
way to their owners tents at nightfall.
Should a soldier miss one Of his mules,
he will make the round of the camp,
crying out: For the love Of God, has
anybody seen black mule! Tell me,
for Gods sake
Whenever the Ras halts the neighbor-
ing villagers are bound to bring in sup
plies; this custom is called "dergo." A
long string of men with piles Of bread
on their heads were followed by others
bringing tel and barley and sheep. This
"dergo" is supplied to all travellers of
distinction, though certain exemptions
are granted by the king to some who
would otherwise be bound by the GUS
tom. Tt was in vain that her Britannia
Majesty's agent protested before the
Ras against receiving these supplies
gratis from the poor villagers They
came pouring in, and Lieutenant Har-
rington, though he was prevented from
paying for these liberal presents of
food, never neglected to dismiss the
bearers with an ample compensation
for their loss in the form of 'bak-
sheesh' These poor Gallas were given
to understand, too, that they never hes
itate to bring supplies to English trav-
elers, from whom they would be certain
to receive fair ment.-Abyssinian |
Correspondence Of the London Times.
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FASHION NOTES.
Banded In n New Way.


The surplice effect in waists as now
worn is either attached to the waist or
separate. 1t crosses in front, extends
around the waist, and is tied in bow
at the back, much as it was worn some
years ago. This Is O. pleasing fancy
for more than one reason. 1t is almost
always becoming, and affords such a
variety Of ways of adjoining a plain
bodice. This return of the surplice
front to favor will set mothers and
grandmothers searching in old chests
and boxes for laces and fichus. It's a
fine chance for the display Of family
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ADVERTISING RATES

situations, Wants. Rents, and other small
advertisements. One Cent Word each In
sertlon. Five Cents Word for full week
fseven tlmes).
Display advertisements. per inch. one in
sertlon, $1.2O; each subsequent insertion. 20
cents; one week. $500; one i-onth, $40;
one year, $40
Obituary Notices. In prose or verse. Is
cents per line. Notices Of Births Ma
LEGAL Notices. 10 cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their
own immediate business (all matter to be
Professionalism. and their contracts do not
include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
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The Medical Record, discussing the
question Of music and hair growth, sug-
gests that "a good rule would be as
soon as musician finds his hair falling
ne should cease playing for others"
That would be a good rule, but better
one for some musicians would be to
never play for others as long as they
have any hair.
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"A movement is on foot at Pittsburg
TO liquidate the affairs Of eleven banks
Of that city, and form single large in
etitutton as a substitute. The plan TO
be pursued is similar to that followed
tn Boston-a syndicate to buy the stock
OF the banks, close up their business
and carry as much of 1t as possible over
to the new bank.
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the grandfather will be their uncle and
should there be children in the fathers
home the son will be uncle and step
brother. The old mans wife will be
aunt and step-grandmother to her sis
ter's little ones.
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1878 million, or more than billion ana
quarter of dollars for equipping the
empire with railroads
Of course when the Russian railroad
system is completed it will be great
military convenience and a great slim
ulant Of growth and prosperity Espe-
dends on watered stock.