The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-15
WITH THE PASSING THROsG.

mind the fact that he is native Texan
said a travelling man who calls Texar-
kama his home. "Arbuckle used to be
lawyer in my town. that is to say, No
had tin sign swinging TO the preezes in
'Ss, announcing that Maeiyh Aipusn
was an attorney at law. He was ohly
young fellow then--in fact, had Just ceie-
brated his twenty-second birthday, anu
had suffered a rather crushing deieal III
an effort to be elected justice OF tne
peace. His opponent was grocer WIZ
didn't know anything about BlaeKstone,
but he was able to offer credit at ms
provision emporium 10 the honest Cyl
ored voter, something that Arouckie
couldn't do. My young friend was pretty
we'll down on his luck when Pete Baker
happened along. with his German I'M
migrant" Arbuckle had won consider
able local reputation as a promising az
tor by reciting scenes from the Immortal
bard's works for the benefit OF the nome
fire company, and had an idea he eould
do almost as we'll with Mr.. Bakers COM
pany. His first appearance was az
Shreveport La. on Christmas Day IN
1888. and special train brought over
lot of friends and relatives from TeXar-
kama. | was present and not SO sure
now that Arbuckle made a pronounced
success Of his initial effort. but he evil
IDENTIFY was good enough to suit the re-
quirements of the piece, for he re-
NAMED with the Baker organization for
four months"
/ Mr. Arbuckle will be remembered here
for his clever work in Broadhursts why
Smith Left Home"
! The Galveston storm seems to have
been most productive of newspaper faklrs
and magazine romancers. A Post re-
porter was shown a copy of the Nickel
Magazine for November, which contained
pipe dream" worthy of Mulhatton him
self The story purpGrted to tell OF the
unearthing near La Porte Of hundreds
OF prehistoric human skeletons, supposed
to have been buried perhaps a thousand
years ago by a great tidal wave. In tact,
the writer figures it out that the former
owners and proprietors of the bones his
Imagination has unearthed were buried
by two or three tidal waves, occurring
at different times, since the bones are
found in three different strata of a
mound on the bay. Tho writer OF the
story says this remarkable find makes 1t
evident that Texas was inhabited by a
prehistoric race with exceedingly large
skulls. He furthermore AYERS that hun
dreds of the bones will be sent to Buff
falo, N. Y, to be placed in the ethnolog
zeal building of the Pan American expo
sition
The only foundation for this story IS
that when the La Porte Railway COM
lpanv was eXcavating the shell bank at
the mouth of Clear Creek for ballast for
its roadbed several skeletons or frag-
ments of skeletons, were unearthed Gong
with lot OF beads, pipes etc, leading
to the Inference that the human bones
were those of Indians,
Houston is to again have the dis
tinction of furnishing winter quarters for
the Gentry Dog and Pony shows" said
Mr. George d. Hunter to a representa-
tive of The Post yesterday. "As was
told of in The Post at the time Mr.. Henry
b, Gentry was in the city few days
ago for the purpose OF arranging to bring
some of his shows here and / have Just
been Informed that he has succeeded 10
closing a deal whereby his shows, Nos. /
2 and f. will be quartered for the winte!
at the old Phoenix mill property in the
Fifth ward The old Cushman foundry
property was used last season, but il
was impossible for Mr.. Gentry to secure
II this time. The fact that only one
of the shows was brought to Houston
at first. aud that additions have beer
made each subsequent season now three
OF the four are to be brought here, shows
very couclusively what the Gentry Broth,
ers think OF Houston. The dogs anC
ponies and the people who handle then
will arrive withiL.the next two weeks OF
so and the animals will be Immediately
put into winter quarters"
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1T is possible that we will give a Bel
gan hare banquet in connection with ou
show at the Auditorium in December, "
said a leading member OF the Harris
County Belgian Hare club after a meeting
of the club held at the Hutchins house
last night. I'VE discussed shat at the
meeting awhile ago, and It may really bt
given. / think il would prove a very en-
r, joyabe feature of the festivities that
week, and there Is enc thing certain i,
would serve to educate the people up t.
thorough appreciation of the Belgian
hare as food. Those of us who have
eaten the meat need no assurance that il
is good, but some people are so skeptlca
they require an actual demonstration be.
! fore they will believe anything There are
many persons. even IN Houston, who still
insist that the Belgian hare Is nothins
more than common rabbit, but gher
; they have partaken of its flesh, propery
prepared, they will see where they we
: mistaken and it's ten to one that The
NEST skeptical would css>me the mos
! enthusiastic OF US ALL"
, I'VE are progressing toward norma
conditions as rapidly as is to be ok
pected under the circumstances. re-
marked Mr.. C, W. Norrell of the Housto,
3 Drug company which suffered such ;
severe loss by fire few days ago. "W
are filling orders for certain goods direc
from the uninjured portion Of our stocI
whlie al other bills are filled for us b,
other houses so that a minimum amour
OF delay is experienced by our custom
ers' Work toward the rehabilitation n
! the damaged building is now yigorousi,
pushed and 1t will not be long. / hone
! until we are able to return to II an,
, resume business as usual"
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MT Charles W. Rein, who guides IN,
destinies of the Orange Leader. was il
the city Yesterday chanaronoa - n =,