The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-15

revenues, necessary compulsion should he
used
The recent capers OF a poriher causes The
AtEtin Tribune 10 saw
| The coid snap Of the last few days has been
OF untold benefit 10 the State, II has pre-
vented the blooming OF the fru.t trees aud
added TO our chance for a good fruit crop.
Texas has been forging steadily ahead Tor a
number Of years as fruit country. Espe.
cially Is this the case with the eastern por-
taking Smith county as center that can
not be excelled even by California in the
production OF fruits. A good fruit crop means
much to this State.
| Texas has concluded to work out her owl
salvation in an Industrial way and seems TO
be making great Roadway. There Is good
zeal OF home money In Texas and our people
| nave a good deal OF confidence IN their state
! ana IN each others paper. Texas has a great
variety OF soil and climate and many re-
sources and our people are now full OF the
spirit OF home industry and cooperation
v hicl is bound to produce wonderful results
! Ihty Will have as good q rate to the tramp
sh'ps per ton per mile as any other State or
krow the reason why.-Dallas Times Herald
Very we'll said. Cooperation and dlversiii-
cation hitehed to strong spirit of keeping
eyerlastingly Mt II. will make Texas the
richest commonwealth in the world. We must
net, We shall not, we can not fail II we fight
on aud falter not.
Sam p. Jones, the great Georgia evangelist
has passed up politics, and recently turned
in the following roast" on the standing can.
didates:
II you we're to gather every old politician
| tonight In Texas and run them into big
| Plate glass case and lock them up, the devil
would como up In the morning and take n
! look at them and walk Off and shake his head
and say, Boys, that's ahead Of anything I've
| got =
The Waco Chronicle OF recent date gives
an account OF the opening of the Texas Gem
trail railroad through to Stamford. This is a
rich section of the state and there is not a
man in Central Texas who has done more for
It than has Colonel Hamilton. general man
ager of the Texas Central railroad. congrat-
rlatons to the people and to Colonel Hamil-
! ton.
The editor of the Topeka Capital should DO
tho preaching for Rev. sheldon while the
latter conducts the paper. The pulpit might
get come new kings put into It and sonic re-
forms inaugurated. Sherman Democrat.
Perhaps, reformation would be goon
thing Tor both. The Capital is gold stand
ard organ from the Kaw to Kingdom Come,
and 1t is not believed in these parts that the
Savior would run that kind of paper II he
were controller of the journalistic soosequir
aud Bror Sheldon will find out Job had little
patience when compared with present day
editor Here's hoping both will get so much
saving grace that they'll preeu up and keep
on the gee side OF their paiamas in the dim
/ tph ara rfrar 10 lat 1.Tou
tine sunnower bospangled prsirles of sufterln'
Kansas.
Here are few names Of foreigners who
| have applied for citizenship papers in the
! United states circuit court New York city
spiro Papastavaropulos, coosero Tu,otlca
| Ferzan Dikran Barabus, Fascholiere LIE Hen
| gelieive Henri ~ Van der Paauwert, Pineps
Ivachtcnbroih Gapder Iorkildsen Felix I De
Cuspere BARREL, schwaTzbard Schilbse, Beu.
toiose Sirbas and Antonio S. Fernandes y
Roswisez. The above named are In their re-
speotiye order natives of Greece, Italy Tur.
key, France. Holland, Russia, Norway, Spain
Austria, Portugal and Cuba.--Port Arthur
| News.
| The Honorable Uncle Samuel is rather too
free With his naturalization papers. The best
citizen who ever came into this country ar
rived with squall that would make a steam
calliope Jealous SO poor he didn't have shirt
to his back, and weighed between eight and
twelve pounds. He was afterward christened
John Jones or Sam Smith. aud he generally
grows up aud breaks into congress.
! ~
The Omaha News exchange editor takes a
sood stif Tom and Jerry" and MARBLES forth
as follows while It is AZ in the shade and
stii a-pelting the thermometer:
Sleigh bells jngling. ears a-tinglng,
| Snow piled up around,
street cars TANNED up traffic damned nm
Horses on the ground.
P'lcemen fusslng, drivers cussing
Every one to blame
/ We oeginter have some winter
Worthy of the name"
1t would take us a long time to climb un
To the top crag Of our High Helicon aud sing
a real song, but under the circumstances we
will import stanza from the forks OF the
smooth rolling Sabine in rebuttal. Here goes
Flowers adjoining. stun a-growing
sun a-shining bright,
Street cars crowded. an skies unoouded
Real midsummer sight
Phoemen gala drivers daily
say they nothing blame
Nothines damned w. nit is damned UP
Hence our wondrous fame.