The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-04
WITH THE PASSING THRONG

OF Houston who was slowly picking hls
way through the weeds and mud on a
sidewalk ncar the business section of De
riiy yesterday, meeting young man nlnl-
blS leaping from one dry spot 10 another
10 avoid losing the brilliance of the pol
ish on his shoes. Il want you to tell mo
how 1t Is that the younger generation
lays claim to progressiveness when thoy
permit such conditions as are noticeapl.
in the streets and on the sidewalks oil |
this city 10 exist. Look at these weedS-
SEQ the greenish, filthy scum over that
wator standing there in the gutter.
Ughl 1t is enough to make the whole
town sick with malaria. Now, that's the
serious part of 1t. and besides that.
doesn't the whole appear repulsive TO
your vision? Suppose you were looking
for location, do you think you would
choose town or city where water is
allowed to stand and become stagnant ON
paved streets? II you should l do not
consider that the place would be very
fortunate in acquiring your citizenship.
You certainly would be lacking in intel
ngence, for no sane man is going to To-
cate where the conditions are so favorable
for Jhe propagation OF disease germs as
they are along this street. Ana. not only
along this street, but several others In
the heart OF the city which ] have. UNI
fortunately had to traverse recently Talk
about the progressiveness of youth when
that progressiveness is only a wild scram-
Bile for the shekles, without one Thought
of cleanliness or any regnb for the higher
tastes! If that is the progress OF youth.
am glad | am old The idea OF young
men showing aside the old on account of
alleged fogyism when the young them
selves permit far more fragrant and repre-
hensible conditions to exist than that
which they apparently seek to overcome.
~
THE suggestion that the Belgian halo
is clearly the result OF mlsapprehen-
sion." observed Mr. J. n. Palmer, secre-
tary of the Harris County Belgian Hare
club. yesterday. The idea probably had
Its origin he continued, lin the theory
that the great fecundity of the species
threatens an oYerprOduction and that
thereby farm and garden products will be
endangered and deprecated upon by count
less hordes of the animals contemplated
in the imagination of those unacquainted
with the industry Al first blush this
/ fear may seem reasonable, but consider
moment and you will decide that there
is no more danger from this source than
can be seen in a prospect Of thoroughbred
| horses overstoehng the country. OF
! course the thoroughbred hare will be
/ looked after just as carefully In propoi-
] tioH " us uelnduuS TOT attention us lne
| highest class courser or race horse, and
it's offspring will be Just as valuable in
the proper ratio. Or take chickens for
! instance. DO chickens of desirable
strain ever become too common Then
ano her reason the hare will not prove
nuisance Is Its domesticity. They are
not wild enough to evade determination
by dogs and cats. You could liberate
almost any number tonight, and If the
dogs and cats did not wholly exterminate
them before morning II would indeed be
remarkable. The demand for the animals
Is much greater than the supply. The
meat is relished as a daily adjunct to a
MENU and there would be no decrease in
the demand from this source These
sources OF determination would keep the
pest pretty well in hand. think; don't
you?"
This thing of continually bu"ing new
tires Is getting TO be regular nuisance"
is the way a hack driver VINO oWas the
one he drives aud several other vehicles.
expressed himself the other day in speak
Ing of rubber tires. It's only a fail"
said this cabby, but 1t is proving an OK
pensive one so far as the hackmen are
concerned and 1t won't be long before
you'll see none OF them on hacks, This
new tangled style looks pretty al right,
and gives your hack a better appearance,
but you take one of 'hese up-to-late
hacks with good springs aud there is as
much comfort derived in riding IN them
without as with the rubber Tres II
costs about 800, or possibly a little
more to equip large vehicle like a
/. carriage with this new Invention, aud
they only last about eight or nine months.
These broad, old style, steel tires cnly
require an expenditure of about One-ten h
, chat sum, while they will wear about
four times longer. rubber tires are all
right so long as the sun shines brightly
and there is no rain, but auch rainy
and sloppy weather as we have had In
Houston for some time past has a most
injurious effect on them. There's not Il .
fortune in driving a lack rs people are
I wont to imagine, and in less than years
. tine I'll venture TO state hat You'll see
nothing but the fat steel tire on car
risges here in Houston.
a Mr.. ]. ]. PASTORAL has returned from
New York with his head full lof automo
, biles While there he tried to secure th'
Texas agency for the sale of these new
tangled motors. He spent several days II
T. one OF he factories inspecting their man
3 ufacture, The proprietor OF the FACTORY
o declined to give Mr.. Pastoriza the stat
agency but said that he would give hin
lHG dbtutN lot ilOuSAOhf NOhiiNAHhNN '''N
he would sell FIVE automobiles a month
t This, of course. stopped all further nego
a tiations, as Mr., PASTORAL did not think h
could reasonably expect to sell ave o
these machines year. their price oein
still so high as to render them luXur
r that only the very rich can afford. Tn
= cheapest Of these machines, a one seate
affair. is sold al $3.50, and from that thei
prices range TO $4,000. Those Mr., Paste
riEa saw we're equipped with steam motto
with gasoline as the heat producing powe
n and a man must necessarily be an eSper
ia engineer TO run them
II ~
d Il never saw qu:eter, more law-abiain
re people than the Cubans," remarked Nj
ly F. R. Hail, the well known cattemaI
ID now of Havana. "They are hard workers
Q too And they treat Americans bette
y. than they do one another. Why AN Amer
u lean is better treated than he is at hons
o The people are contented and eyerythin
= will be all right as soon as the soldiers ar
. renewed. That ought TO be done.
do the Cubans feel any luminosity, {
talk much about the postal frauds? M
10 they are too busy working to bother abol
S. 1t. But there is plenty OF talk over thel
n among the Americans. We all feel hu
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