The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-04
With The PASSING

fourteen years ago and will ). PILL
: by many on account OF the ,.,,..z b.
chanicai ingenuity he then .,s,s'
talent he has developed IA
while living In the Eastern 49,,
has very ably filled the poslH"s
chanical and consulting epeins..
Point. During the late war WIN 4
Bartlett was in charge OF n. %
connected with the West ~.
His work was principals vt,h =
facture OF common project,lss ~
piercing projectiles. with vh,.n
remarkable success. His succss.
Ing the cost Of these very. necssss.u
of warfare has attracted atter,,ss \,
out the country, and he IA ~ ~
some special articles describing ths.
ufacture, which will be pubiis,ss I
American Machinlst and scientis. v
can. ~
The part played by Colonel ~, (
in the recent Kentucky tragedy \. Z
to make that gentleman even b,tt,, ~
than before. and that is saying muss {
action In cody turning to the assI.ts,
Governor Goebel while the bulls. I
still spitefully pouring from the m. !,
dastardly assassin was altosetb,, I
with his established reputation IA 4.
to show very clearly the stun ~ rh,ss
Is made.
Colonel Chinn Is quite well knov.
Houston. He was here attending Il. !.
meet held here few years ago n Il.
pacity of official starter and his s,e,,-
nature and unstinted hospitality, d a
as his interesting personality, made h
many friends. In this connection N
is told by an exchange which viii, K
by no means new, is still n,pre,tv
When Chinn came to Houston Ne hvy,;
with him a negro who had been ,lsr
the Chinn family before the war A
night while in Houston the darky nu,
Chlnn and said:
'Massa Jack, Use goin out ii cutlaa
city heah tonight an I'd like to ben,
dat ivory handled sixshooter Of ypuu
take along"
why, you black rascal" returned
colonel. some of these Houston coon, h
take that gun away from you and brai
over your head"
The darby Strengthened up. Like
master, he was man Of unquesa,a
nerve. and there was a peculiar glIis
| his eye as he said:
| NASSAU Jack. you let me hab Dat n
an IL don't show up here wild BIT ia
mawnin you can go down to de mona
an throw down de sheet an say. 1aS!
don't he look nacherl"
Colonel Chinn's body servant us y
night armed in a manner that entitled Y
to move in the best circles Of Airo.Anr
can society In Houston.
Colonel Baden Powell, the hero d
sieged Mafeking." said a student d q
South African situation. has trans
widely and has made many adventure
a man of forty-two. He has servsd
Ashantee, India, Afghanistan, zulun
and Matabeleland, and has vcndss
talent for getting work out Of lows' ~
his principle being that a smile W
stick will carry you through any ~
Guilty In the world He knows M'
about a great many things, and m
haps, as many accomplishment
other Englishman Of his time mo- az
is he a soldier and wonderful scoul r
he is also an author with clear ana
mated style: an artist who can lllasl''
his books, and etch and paint eluail v
an amateur actor OF fine VERSATILITY
stefan with an excellent voice; q tpaf
man equally at home in the woods dl' !
a Yacht; crack rifle shot, an ~
swordsman, a polo player and the aiss
master of revels in any garrison OF w
circle. Colonel Baden-Powell w
OF nature, as we'll as man Of ine WI
and with all his varied accomplislmeas,
has the keen senses of an American ia.3
If he had been Sir George Whites eaA
staff or Sir William Gatacres 'pohes'.
the batallions would not have been
trapped in Dutch anlbuscades'
The queries propounded In the lo'N'r
letter to The Post, dated at Thorpe ~
and signed Jake have been re'ef's
the hero of the tale referred 10;
In your issue of Tuesday you s'Ns
first chapter of highly interesting y
beginning in this wise: "A snJ
present going the rounds at the w
OF a well known business man " ',s,a
ton, who for the purposes 81 '1n
may as we'll be called BY
anything else although ,l 10y
not his name" Now, vniN
were intensely entertained ana
by the first act in this little u,sI
searched Wednesdays Post 10 ~ w. I'D
the continuation of the same "a.
windup of these thrilling tales 49,
twenty five cents and get another w III
ment OF this intensely interesiins ! X W
which will be continued In our per- n
We know the most exciting parI
drama occurred after Brown len ~ -
and went home from the CLUB, ~ .,..{
much concerned to know wnaI malt
when he got there. Please answer ~
lieve your readers.
''The best place know Of 70 ea''' Z,
hand of charity" said traveins
yesterday, lis our pet dspsndsau
Rico. have a correspondent Ia@s
confirms all the worst stories NJ
regard to the suffering OF the peop'., ,,,
sands win starve II aid is not sen, -, 8
Two thousand tons of food couia !. pr
isfy the actual hunger that e., M
today. This suffering Is mol y. nlr
the hurricane which devastated ~
some time ago. The tarln 20 .,, 4
great deal to do with the unfortuns aar
dillon of the people. Some :. 10
moneyed men who spend mii!lo '., III
the cause OF humanity and relis,,
turn their attention in the dlfeH
starving Porto Rico"
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