The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-03
m THE PASSING THRONG

ErH THE PASSING THRONG
u.4e sent out from Austin
TIA NJ ssy placing the school fund DIS
y 0,1s' this year at s4-25 is too low !
ioau0 IA superintendent b. b. James
s .s afternoon. we ought 70 se.
$50 money than that would give us OUT
0is a.r,s distribution. True, that was
"'' Ii. allowance last year, but IL
md me that the amount o. ava',aD :.
flAp' ,.aa should increase more rapidly
fn00' nronortionately with the natural
~ ~. s Of educable children We won !
=. sbst estimate as an accurate one
eosp' - more money to conduct our
.so7ls and until the official announce :
u0' !, the per capita distribution Is
pen1 ~ will not tie our faith TO any
sde W. ,r,.te however we'll founded 1t
odys e'' ~ course Houston and Harms
pay Pc ~, rocelye more dollars from this
odnv We w. n Il we're to develop that the
PURGE, .,,a,a is correct. This is very
~ es 'sa,, vou make comparison OF the
Pear "n s.,,rns of this year with those of
fnsus rnte the gratifying increase III
81 anu .sr ~ children OF school ages. We
70 nairo oce,ve 81. % more this year for
0uiu Mia on this years roll that Is
w, ,nded IN the totals of last year s
That would make difference
nsus ro,al thousand dollars in favor OF
a.r for Houston's portion, but the
~ 49, IN the county would not be In
Nas,,on n the increase in the city, for
Yp,aarssee NJ the children of the county
moi as great in proportion as that IN
be city,
,,aorran Thomas has returned from
NV shore, where he had an interest
v,erience In navigation. He has no
"a 1--we for the sea, and when 1T comes
naOths launches he is out OF the mar
ur Thomas party had a naptha
,.h ana n sailboat and early Saturday
aotljla hoisted anchor and sailed
Nv from Morgans Point, bound for the
!. ~ seabrook. The machinery on the
In eot tricky and wouldn't work, 50
10 saiboat LOOK IL III wv ihSA 49, 90"
!. vas becalmed and got tangled up IN
oss currents and ran on uncharteo
boals and coral reefs. Finally the launch
Bok notion to be good so 1t took the
llboat tn tow But the naptha crat1
80 more got as obstreperous as gas
pvIne and again the sailing craft heaved
4 a tow line. After buffeting about for
Eer twenty-four hours with no fish bait
ster or grab the lookout on mast of the
Ilboat discovered land on the etarboard
arter and the helm was put down and
nwly the craft headed for the shore
ly 10 run aground on reef, which Navi-
tor Thomas failed to locate on his chart
me mariners ashore put out in their fiat
ttomed rowboats and took the stranded
hing party ashore and they then hoofed
to Seabrook, where they were bountl-
lly fed. Mr.. Thomas says soldering Is
Ia enough, but he never will sail as an
B. on naptha war vessel.
~
Mall clerks handle so many freaks and
dRies in the way of mail matter in the
urss Of a few years experience tnat
It few Of such things which would eX-
te the curiosity of the average person
Ter attract more than a passing notice
these busy employees of that branch Of
government service. Every once IL
bile, though, something in the way OF
letter or postal card will come through
mail that will even interest a mao
frk and cause him to stop for a moment
50 In his act OF distributing all sorts
mlsslyes from 1S1G to love letters L
proper pigeon holes and pouches. One
these extraordinary curiosities came
rough the local office yesterday. Mr.
0, Bailey, who handled the letter II
sston, has had twenty years expe-
Fnco In the mail service of Uncle Sam
in describing 1t said it was the size
q z-oent postage stamp. THE address :
ntlnued Mr.. Bailey, was plainly wit.
IN a delicate hand, and was for {
ing lady in Boulder, Colo. On the re.
'se side was a 2-cent stamp, which wa,
seuy the size Of the envelope to T.
could not aftix the postmarklng' staml
y out cancelled the stamp and place
. colorado State package, and it /,
aurrylng on toward its destination
al my experience this surpasses any,
ns have ever seen or handled in til,
Of curiosity in mail matter"
~
'eH H. J. Brown, rector of st. Mary
4 Trinity Mission Episcopal churches
received a letter from his son Harry
os member Of a Texas regiment nov
h 'ne philippines which states that Their,
4 general belief among the soldiers tina
u'nado has been killed. He states tina
h va insirgent prisoners have giyel
incarnation to the Americans. an,
- llere has been no direct confrma
o4.ne report, the belief that 1t is tru,
'ssauny gaming ground. Aguinaldo ha
I seea seen or heard of for an unusual
' ,sssmy period Young Brown wa
s i while doing duty in the Philip
n several months ago. He has bee,
w hospital most of the time sine
n I ny IS rapidly regaining his healtl
Y ~
y ? Lord of Dallas, Southern superin
y IVY Tor the National Surety compan
Y s s,s York stopped at the Latham YES
n M. t' Lord reported the suret
IA ~ lexas as doing we'll.
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