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AMUSED DESIRABLE
And Then Became Ills Secretary ana
 Close Friend for Life.


 Lord Rowton, a very thin, pale man with the quietest manner imaginable, is not ones ideal of dashing Irish man. but at the same time he is de- Hghtful talker, with witty tongue, and has a charming manner, says a writer His old nickname, was Monty Cory" and when 9 young fellow he was brim full of fun and frolic. As may be supposed, he was a much de- sired guest at country houses, where he invariably proved the life of the party" It was under these circum- stances that he first attracted the at tention of the late Lord Beaconsfeld. i Disfae4i was never happy when one of a house party in the country. His wife used to declare that, feeling bored and not "in touch" with the rest of the party, he used to sulk and eat too much instead of talkiE at dinner. This made him inclined 10 be bilious, and she would be under the necessity of tuKing him home to Hughenden to re- cover. One evening. when En one ot these 1ow-spirited moods, he heard shouts and peals of delighted laughter proceeding from a room near that in which he was sitting, and on investi- gating found that this state of liveh- .ess-so unlike what he himself was feeling-was produced by the singing. dancing and infectious good spirits or the good-humored young Irishman. Monty Corry." Lord Beacons1eld crept into the room and hung on the fringe of the circle of laughing guests, and very soon an unwilling smile was seen to creep around his mouth, the said smile ending in a hearty burst of laughter, which effeetually scattered the last shadow of the weight of de- pression which had been smothering him. Soon after this pleasant intro duction he made Monty Gorry" his secretary, and they worked well to- l gether for the remainder of Disraeli's life.
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SABLE ISLAND PONIES.
Their Names Are Tn Some InstaMeeS
 Three Yards Long.

The story of animal life on Sable island is strange. Roaming the sandy wastes are herds Of wild ponies guard ed by pA2siarcha1 stallions, says Ains- lees Magazine. These ponies resemble the horses on the sculptures of Nine- seh, and approach the beholder seem- lngly out of the framework of antiqui- iY. They are stoeky aad remarkable for their long manes. which in in- ftanees have been known to grow to the length of three yards. These po- oies are the remnant of a stock thought 70 have been left by some Portuguese fishermen Portingalls" the old rec ords quaintly call them-who touched at the islands on their fishing expedi- ton at even an earlier date than the Marquis de Ia Roche. At one time there were from 400 to 500 wild ponies on the Island, but their number has been de- creased by exportatien, the severity of the winters and, some people think, by the importation, ef improved, do- aiesticated stallions. which have made the stock less hardy and consequently more susceptible to leath from expos- gre. There are now between eighty and 1Q0 wild ponies and about thirty for domestic use. Mounted on ponies, the life savers gallop over the dunes and among he hillocks on their long patrols, and the lifeboats are drawn to he scenes of shipwreel by teams of i've ponies, three at the shaft, and two leaders. Some of the ponies are sent to Halifax every year or two. and are sold at auction at an average price of from S15 to SIS.
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THE RAISING OF osrRrcHEs.
Five Farms Now Carried Tn the
 United States.

Five Farms NOW CaFFIeu oh HI Sno
 United States.
 There are now five ostrich farms iD the United States-two in California, one in Texas, one iu Florida, and ons in Arizona. The last named, although the youngest, is the largest and most iourishing in the country. It is To- cated near Phoenix, and the Salt river valley seems well adapted % the Af- rican ostrich. No protection whatever is required for the birds during the winter. They graze the entire year in the fields, the same as horses and cat tie, and are healthy and thrifty. The man in charge of the Arizona farm, who spent Is years handling ostriches in South Africa. says the birds do just as well in the Salt River valley as in Africa, and that the climatic and other conditions surrounding them here seem ss well adapted to their requirements as those existing in their native home. After the birds attain the age of tour weeks there is little danger or tSeir dying from natural causes for many years. lt is not positively known how  long an ostrich will live under normal conditions, but there arc birds on South African farms which are believed to have reached or passed the century mark, many of them having been in captivity there over fifty years. Most people have the idea, obtained, prob ably. from their old geographites when they were children, that the female ostrich, after laying her eggs in a nest seooped out of the desert sands, cov- CTS them up with the sand and leaves them. trusting to the heat of the sui to hatch them This is not the fact. The birds always pair off during the breeding season, the male bird making the nest by resting his breastbone on the sand and turning slowly round and round, scratching the sand away with his feet until a shallow hole is made, some three feet in diameter and about foot deep. The female then lays. usu- ally, 15 eggs, and the birds take turns sitting on them, the female sitting during the daytime and the male at night except that the male allows the female about an hour in the middle of the day to feed, when he takes her place on the nest.--Boston Herald
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RIGID CENSORSHIP IN AUSTRIA.
Newspapers in Francis Joseph's Donais
 Must Not Speak Too Freely.

NexvsDapers in Francis Joseph's DomafH
 Must Not Speak Too Freely.
 The editor of small provincial par per in Austria was in great difficulty to find a fit subject for his leading article, having been too intent upon other business or upon pleasure to provide one. The last moment had come and the editor was in despair. He tortured his brain in vain, when he suddenly was inspired by happy thought and dashed off the lines: After carefully perusing the leading article written for the present number by one of the ablest of our contributors, we have ar rived at the conclusion that 1t may be nisinterpreted by the authorities and regarded as an attack upon the gov- ernment. We ourselves consider 1t to be perfectly innocent, but. as we are unwilling. for our readers sake, as well as for our own, to have our news naner eonfscated, we have very un- willingly, though, as We think, pru- dently. resolved to withdraw the art1- c{e. This must serve as the apology to our readers for the blank space in our present issue" The journal was pub .ished in the evening, and the sly ed- tor. after performing this little pieee of stratagem, left the office in high hunor. As soon as he arrived In the office next morning 8 clerk came up to him, with doleful expression, and said, "Herr Redaktor, the paper is confscated by the poliee!' For what reason?" asked the astonished editor. HTor malicious ridieule of the institu- tions of the Austrian empire by the omission of the leading article" re- piled the nan.-New York Press
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4 Great Scotsman of Today.

Sir Noel Patton, her majesty's lim- uer for Scotland since 1865, completed his seventy eighth year recently. In iS43 Sir Noel was admitted student at the Royal academy, and in 1850 he be- came an academician of the Royal Scottish academy. Sir Noel Patton is a poet as well as a painter. Almost forty years ago he issued book of verse, entitled Poems of a Painter. ' and in lS67-the year he was knighted his second volume of poems was is% sued under the title "Spepdthrift." In his house in George square, Edinburgh, not far from the building in which Sir Walter Scott first opened his eyes, Sir Noel Patton, who enjoys good health, has ana of the finest collections of arms and armor of any private owner sn tue country.
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Nc Insult Intended.

Philadelphia Record: While his meal EaG being served on Saturday night to West Walnut street exquisite, whom the excessive expenditures Of Christ oas week had reduced to cheap res taurant, lie showed displeasrre with the manner in which things were served. The constant rattle of dishes OF the hard tables and the believing of the walters as they announced their orders to the cooks at the end of the room made him nervous. When the busy waiter deposited his order before him the young man began fusillade of reproach on the substantial but homely dands. DO you call that veal cut let?" he demanded of the waiter "Why, such a outlet as that is an in. suit to every self-respecting calf in Bucks county" The waiter hung hia head for moment, but on recovering himself, said. in tone of quiet apo:- ogy: T really didn't intend to insqTt Eau. sir"
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 WOMEN Ird MARTINIQUE
Sleep Seems 10 Re the Chief Industrs
 There.


 That the woman who was Napoleon's first empress, the unhappy Josephine, was born in Martinique, and lived there till she was fifteen, is remember ed. perhaps, by very few who have read of the current disorders among tEe people of that French West Indian is- land. but by the residents thereof it is never lost sight ef for moment. It was in Martinique that Josephine ae- quired those qualities which later made her so much trouble-passion, indo- lenee and indulgence. The conditions that molded Josephine's character still exist, unchanged and apparently un- 1 manageable. If there has been any change in recent years the movement has been retrogressive rather than i forward. Everything tends toward al most continuous slumber in the French West Indies, from the climate to the rum, and, to speak truth, no one seems in the least to strive against the slumberous influence. To the out. sfder sleep seems to be the chief in. dustry 3f the islands: the people ap- pear to sleep, sleep, sleep, from morn ing till night Of course there are times ol the day when the sleeping is more nearly general than at other times, just after the midday breakfast, for instance, and again just after din- ner; then no one remains awake. The attempt to Christianize the harmless and peaceful sayages who originally peopled the islands, now French West Indian, began 400 years ago, resulted in practical extermination, and the place of the carlos was taken by the negroes Little by little since then the influence of tie negro blood has increased; since emancipation in 1848 the white population has decreased, the influence and interest of the whites have grown less year by year, home and social life has grown nar- roWer. prejudices have grown stronger hnd more numerous, and there is little likelihood of lasting improvement in any direction. WasherWomen in Mar tinique are made, not born. The strength, health and constitution re- quired for their calling is not neces- sary in any other. A habit of standing for days in the cold river is cultivated from ildhood.-Chieago News.
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EARLY LAMPS AND WIGKs. r1
The Latter Were Commonly the Pith
 of the Rush.

of the Rush.
 It would be hazardous to el ljecture what the first wick consisted of, but when we come to consider the iron lamp or "crusie,' We know that the wick commonly used was the pith or the rush, which was gathered and par italy stripped of it's outer green cover ing, cut into proper lengths, dried and tied up into bundles ready for use. The iron lamp was hammered out of one piece of iron in stone mold. This was usually done by the blacksmith. and the moids are still to be seen in museums, in the hands of private col, lectors, and, no doubt at some of the country blacksmith shops. They are Of uniform shape, with some slight va- rieties. The lamp consists of two cups. one suspended above and inside the other. The suspender is so fixed and notehed as to enable tae upper cup. which holds the oil and wick to be shifted, and to keep Eae oil constantly in contact with the wick. The lower cup catches the drip of the oil, which can be easily replaced in the upper cup by lifting It off until the oil IS poured into it. The upper cup has sometimes a moveabie lid There is a remarkable resemblance not only between the iron crusies in this country, out to those on the continent and in Egypt. They preserve the same general shape, but differ itl the material from which they are made. The Pompeian lamps, or at least some of them, might be described as three crusies iD one. The cup of the lamp is the same, but 1t has provision for three lights. The oil used in the Scotch lamps was of the eoarsest kind. On the west coast the oil used was, a1ld is still, fish oil. The material for wicks was variable.
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Az Interestlng woman.

An interesting woman has just died in Russia. Irera FedeGsoya was one Of tho last ot those professional story. tel1ers ~ho, before the spread of edu- cation, were very numerous ln the east. She was quite illiterate, but her memory was so phenomenal ths. She could recito over 100000 lines of heroic sud legendary poetry. She was fre- quently in St. Petersburg, and was often invited to the palaces of the Imperial family and nobility to give recitations. In sG4~mer she wandered from town to village, and had never been absent from the famous fair of Nishni Noygorod for sixty years
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IS A THING OF THE PAST.
ton&-Hofned Steer Took Too Much Space
 and Held Too Decided Opinions.

long Horned Steer Took Too Much Space
 and Held Too Decided Opinions.
 Ten years from DOW the visitors at the stock yards in Chicago will look at the massive horns nearly six feet from tip to tip that hang over the doorways of offices and hardly be able to believe that they were taken from the head of a "beef critter" on the Texas ranges, and that hundreds of thousands of cattle with such horns once ran half wild on the ranches and plains of the Lone Star state For the passing of the long-horned, long legged, uncertain colored and still mora uncertain tempered Texas steer is thing of today, and in his place one finds stocllily built, red or roan ani- nal, with short. stubby horns, or no horns at all. The Texas steer of to- day is not properly descended from the Texas cattle of the past. He has sim- ply supplanted the others on the ranges, and the former animal has either migrated farther south or haa gone out into space and is no more. The inprovement-as it most certainly is-has been brought about in many ways. The first great change came when the cattle man decided that car space that could be filled up by good, salable beef, was more profitable than that taken up by the picturesque horns of the Texas steer, and began to dehorn the yearlings and young steers. More could be gotten into car, as they could stand closer together. It was but step to then begin to improve the quality by crossing the cows with fine bred bulls, Durham, Hereford and Angus, and the Texas steer of 1900 will compare very favorably with the cat tie in Missouri. He has taken on weight, and will average 100 to 15o aennds heavier tban in former days
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Manufactures In the South,

Today the south has S1.00o,0 100000 In. vested in manufacturing with an an aual output valued at $500, ,000, ,000. and paying $95O,Ooo,ooo in wages. It's cotton mills, with 5,00O,o00 spindles. representing an investment of $125,- 100000. already consume yearly 1,400.- GOO bales of cotton. It is producing about 2,500,000 tons Of pigiron year, 40,000,000 tons of coal, from 10000, ,0OU to 100000 bales of cotton. probably 1o,ooo,000,000 feet of lumber and 750,- 0oo,o00 bushels of grain. and it's rail- roads, steadily improving and increas- ing in length, have already 50.00Q mileage.
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The T1ansgaal oensorsk,p.

All wires from the seat of war are subjected to a strict official censorship, based mainly on two rules. One rule Is that no intimation of deaths in tha field shall be allowed to pass until sueB deaths have been announced by the authorities. The other strictly forbids the cabling of any information re- garding the movements of troops.
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To m Residents Of s
 AND vIeII

:. The City Marl..
 Monday, oetobe,r. Y elusively a high a,.l Morris & Gon,a'' S',' dressed fresh meat, K canned meats, paeI, eaeles, Lard, Brs| Dried Beer and 1 Hams, A. C. I..a a) Smoked, salted aai' < also Fire Fancy RI Lake, River and oa zoo Celery, New \ and Baltimore e.xxttr,1 CTS, Dressed po,,l. 2. and Rab5s| Pickles, Potatoes | auliAower. All courteous treatn,e| service, prompt 1 charging reasonaH| merit a continuanc.l ed patronage
 R. P. HoIl
 2Iol
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 A Four-Legced Criminal.

A mastiff was trained to assist thieves in Paris. It was in the habit of bounding against an old gentleman and knocking them over in the street. A "lady" and "gentlemau"-owners O; the dog-would then step forward to assist the unfortunate pedestrian to rise, and while doing so would ease him of his watch and purse.
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Don't Flake Up Your Hind

that you can not have pretty home because you haven't lots of money. You must not judge this store by the prices others charge. Don't think you must pay high prices to get the best. Iii sn't always necessary. It isn't at all here just at present We have lots of home-brightness for some one.
 BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE co
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The Good News Spreads

and our business grows larger, and the prices small CT, every day. People come here from all parts of the city. When ever they need anything in our line, they think of us. We have furnished more cozy homes than we could possibly name. We have done it to the owners satis- faction, and we can do the same thing for you.
 BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
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Midland

acres aI| lands for sale cleared lands fora line of the=ArE Railroad. Free est st| and mills.
 For farms or tinA dress,
 G. UpDE|
 General RI
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FOR SALE-Barbvr shop, two chairs and FIX
lures, doing good business; good reasons
Tor selling. G. Golding, Alvin Texas, ~
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HIGHEST CASH PRICE paid for second
hand furniture and household goods cloth.
ness saddles and iron safes NJ. sandberr
$40 Travis street II
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hides AND WOOL,
|,o !. Country Produce

s-es.S Der crate
N' yellow 2o922c. u,,,
timothy sls.OOais % ~, -,
| b set hi1ris 'lo.5OgIl 50 per t ,nn :
"a ssysS, choice alfalfa sd 90
.ttss sauce OF SOC 10 ST ner ION
|i,s s rsr bush.l.
Fla, T, Hc per bunch.
per pound according
b; sr ss1sy red q 5oasoc: Mexican
ssas ;s ss Florida 81. q ne s.r rrs T.
'sh f,ss Der bushel
'eay ,sc country ioa1sc Der
Fats y sh moving in large volume
Y trats y are quoted today nj
ssalty v twenty-four quarts
~. 4 SQUARE crates 81 q. s,r,.
2slass' 49, In barrels 50Gpsbc
'tiAs c, 49, per bushel
New nv rr N.25a2 80 psr c,
E,,ss p slss' crop 81, 25ai so pe rel
\ WA! andled. cases returned.
per dozen; fresh bay
b x hens $500 nor 49,.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FoR DISTRICT JUDGE.

The Post Is authorized to announces
JUDGE JAMES r. MASTERSoN as a
candidate for the Office OF District Judge
OF the Eleventh district, subject to tho
action OF the democratic party in prlma-
ries or convention, II such be held.
The Post is authorized to annuonce
G, w, Tharp as n candidate for the office
of district Judge Of the Eleventh dis.
trict subject to the action of the demo-
cratic primaries or convention.
The Post is authorized 90 announce
Judge w N. SHAW as a candidate for
the office OF District Judge OF the Eleventh
district, subject TO the action OF the DEM
ocratlc primaries or convention.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
l hereby announce myself as n candidate
for the office of county commissioner. pre-
cinct No. l. subject to tho action of tho
democratic primaries.
JEROME II. COCHRAN.
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FOR SALE.

sfECIACLEs will do double service II kept
Ian Ian ny DR.. Heisig's Spectacle cleaners.
euz1s Main street. Houston. Eyes tested
Tree All eve diseases successfully treated
u
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

NOTICE-The annual meeting OF the stock
holders Of the Texas Savings and Real
Estate Investment Association viii take
place on Friday. April ~ at s o. m, at
the Office Of the association. rooms 3Ol -905
Mason block. NJ Kaufman. secretary q
NOTICE OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES ELEC-
TlON-By virtue OF the authority in me
vested by law ! hereby order an election
trict composed OF the territory known az
the city OF Houston. Harris county, Texas.
for the purpose of eectng n board OF
seven ca school trustees said. election to
be held on Saturday the 9Th day OF May.
1900. and being the first Saturday In said
month The following places are des gnated
wards, and the following persons are al.
pointed TO conduct SAID election,
First Ward-sehuptrine' ball, r. D. II.
Schneider, presiding officer.
Second Ward-No. 10 engine house, Char
tres street, 5ames A. Thompson. presiding
officer.
Third ward--G. c. Street. presiding Of
hcer. Turner hall.
Third Ward-second district. No. 8 en-
gine house, Crawford street, F. A. Rice.
Fourth Ward--Market house. Lamont
Bailey. presiding officer.
Fifth ward-Pythian hall, p. c. Gagne
sixth Ward-The store house building
corner OF White and Washington -. A.
Rlesner, presiding officer.
Said election 20 be held in 3ccordance
with the State law governing elections and
returns thereof made 10 the county Judge
=. H. Vosmer.
81 County Judge Harris County.
THE BOARD OF PHARMACY for the Eiev-
enth district will meet May II, at 500 Main
street. Houston. TO examine applicants for
registration. A E. KteElng, Registrar. 5-i7
NOTICE is hereby gwen that the regular
snnual meeting OF the stockholders aud
directors Of the Hearue and Brazos Valley
Railroad company Will be held at the gen
eral Offices Of the compsny IN the town Of
Htarne. Robertson county. Texas. on the
Let day Of May. 1900. W. P, Ferguson. sscre-
tary Hesrns ana BraEos Valley Railroad
Company. 5-i-0o
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

Regular meeting of San ia
4. IS !: 4: 4. !.
A cinto Lodge of Perfection No.
~ G. Ancient and Accepted Scot.
WV tsh Rite Of Freemasonry to-
| R TX night at s p. M Lodge room
An M4SaA at 1ll3h Congress avenue, OPP
poste court house There will
be work in the fourth and firth
degrees and a full attendance is desired.
Visiting brothers are cordially invited to at
terd.
J. II. Rothwell, Venerable Master.
Dawes E, Sturgs, 32nd Secretary.
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roR couNTy COMMISSIONER.
SPRING HAS COME

Aud with II rheumatism. pains in body and
limbs My home treatment Will relieve you
from the beginning regardless OF cause and
will be- sent on receipt OF tho following price;
One months troatmeut 81, trial package ST. A
trial will convince you. No opate or anes-
thetc used.
one honest testimonial In
worth hundred mnnufac-
turcd ones. Head!
Mr.. +. G. LEO 1902 Taylor 81, Houston. says:
After suffering long time with tho terrors Of
Rheumatism. with no benefit from anything,
tried Or. Thornton'a treatment which gave
me relief from the FIRST day, and cured me in
less than a month, Through the extreme wet
weather which has always made " worse
have not taken dose OF medicine suffered
day.
Address
PENN II. THORNTON, VI. H..
Houston Heights, Texas.
Telephone 57b rings.
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FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

TRADE OR EXCHANGING equity in nice
close in residence for Jersey COWS; easy
terms on balance Address quick. Tho
owner. =. o Box isS. Beaumont, Texas SIG