The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-03-05


another star. But all this chlvalry OF
war would pass for naught ana cease to
be II favorltism and not merit should
dictate rewards.
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II Philadelphia doesn't make it,, how would
it do to turn the location OF the republican
National convention over to the native poll.
ticians Of Puerto Rico? rhoy could probably
name what they would consider suitable
place with monosyllGblo beginning with Ii.
Some people do not even blow their own
horns-they borrow them
A Yankee chemist claims to have discovered
a substance 5i5 times swecter than sugar. Tho
average Texan has been living among some
substances of flesh mud blood 666 times sweeter
than sugar and has never had the foresight
to speak about 1t,
! correspondent wants to know the distance
from Key West to Puerto Rico. Answer: So
near and yet-so-far!
! II Mckinley produced the increase In tho
price OF Western grain and Southern cotton
we presume he wouldn't mind answering anent
the famine in India, the bubonlc plague In
| the Pacific islands aud the cyclone in Puerto
Rico.
A Massachusetts Judge has han.shed la
year-old boy from that State for two years
The boy is to be congratulated.
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Tho white elephant which stepped over into
the hands OF the honorable Marcus Aurelius
Hanna in the Philadelphia convention deal Is
small animal in comparison to the beast he
viii have on hand after the &. o, p. ball is
over.
Probably the reason the Brltons celebrated
so enthusiastically was the fact they expected
to hear different news by next cable.
| The poets OF kentucky are bowed low with
woe They do not know what subject to sing
about If they would compose "song OF the
sun they would probably divide honors with
Dewey and stil be in the march OF glory.
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! And to think that Philadelphia has appro-
prlated million or so to improve its water
sys'em' No wonder Mark Hanna is worried.
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! IL Milwaukee cares to kiss and mako IN
with Kansas City she might send along a
lew cars OF that cheerful nuid that made Nh.
waukee famous, and scheduled to arrive In The
O.
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AZ the hour OF going to press there was no
uuines from Sunny France anent the assassl.
nation OF Editor De Rddays by Count Bont.
breaker de oastellane
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man down in Merryland was paid $40 ooo
TO allow his wife to procure divorce. She
coss MIN only s.; and yet there are some ssntl.
mental people who are not ready to admit TIM,
''i0~ knows a Klondlke when he sees one.
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An expert eonnoisseur In animal flesh !,
south Africa says the mule is Superior ~
Tue horse Gradually Texas is coming 10 ths
front as world feeder.
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Former Consul Macrum's fame viii epdp,a
even II nothing comes OF his charges ~ !,
an Ohio man. aud the only one OF them IN ,ha
known world who ever voluntarily looscnsa
his grip on an office.
1
the Chicago Record says The increase in tho
price Of grain should be credited 10 Meklnlsv
10y the farmers, but tho increase In ,he nr,c.
et bipdins twinc they must credit 10 agni.
ualdo. 's"'
| Hoar y an old man, and having h.sn lii,
'ns republican party sll bis lite. he thlnks \,
can stay with II til he dies. even though -,
feeAs with rottsnnsssr--hs is used 10 II.