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ANOTHER INVESTIGATION.
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 Alderman Miller thought that such a committee ought also to investigate why the contract for laying the East Grand avenue pavement had been let to the highest instead of the lowest bid- der. He said that there were two bid- ders for the contract, and that 1t was awarded to the one offering the larger bid. That could not be legally done, under the charter unless the court of common council so ordered. He offered an amendment to MT. Atwater's resolu- tion to provide for an investigation of the matter to which he referred. AL derman Beecher moved to table the amendment, saying that to adopt it would be slight to the mayor. He wanted to defer action upon 1t so that the mayor might be given an opportu- nifty to send an explanation in time for the next meeting. The motion to table was not seconded. The amendment was then adopted with only one dissenting vote that of MT. Beecher, and the reso- lution as amended was adopted. The committee was not appointed last night.
 A resolution from MT. Atwater to re- uuire contractors to remove over Sun days the OutllOuSeS WHICH they erect III streets where work is being done was referred to the committee on retrench- ment and reform.
 A communication was received from the board of finance asking that an or der for the bond issue of $4S0,00o. asked for by the board of ed ucat,or, he passed Uranimous consent for the passage of the or der was refused, Aldermen Beecher, Miller, w. F. Walsh, Whitaker, Savers, and Atwater refusing to give consent. w. F. Walsh moved that the order be referred to Q committee so that citizens might be heard. MT. Atwater seconded this and said that in the statement Of the board of education accompanying the request for a bond issue mention was made of some floating indebted ness, which it was desired to pay off, Money had been appropriated for the board of education each year, and he didn't see what the floating indebted ness could be. He was not i'll favor of building new high school just now. ]
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He thought that citizens should be giv- en a chance to be heard on the matter Alderman Hall said that the board of education had power to issue the
 bonds, regardless of any action by the
 common council. It was only desired that the common council pass the order
 and approve the issue in order to give
 the bonds stability. The bonds would
 be issued anyway but if the common council approved them and indorssd the
 action of the board of education and the board of finance the city would be able to get better rate on the bonds. That being so, he said that it would be short-sighted policy for the common council to antagonlze the board of edu- cation.
 Alderman w. F. Walsh said that he desired to refer the order to a commit tee because the public knew too little about the board of education. He said:
 'They do as they please, and will do so. I want to find out something about what is going on in that board"
 Alderman Miller-"A year ago, when we were Investigating the supervisor question, the board of educa tion gave the common council no courtesy, and 1. for one, don't want to show them any now. I move to table the communca- ton from the board of finance and the board of education. The motion to table was then passed by a large ma jority on a viva voce vote.
 A. A. Eise.e of No. 2S7 Dixwel ave- nue sent in petition for permission 'to kill calf now and then for my own retail trade on my own premises at the corner of Dxwe,l avenue and Henry street" The petition was refer red to the committee on licenses.
 The committee on fire department presented a report on the matter of fire mems salaries referred to the commit tee together with the schedule of sala- ries adopted by the common council some time ago, but not paid as it was decided that the schedule could not le- sally be paid. The report of the com mittee contains the following:
 Your committee is convinced of the fairness of the schedule of compensa- ton referred to them, and it is unaui- mously in favor of increasing the com- pensation of the members of the fire department. It is further of the opin- on that some of the employees are de- 3idedly underpaid, and that a reasona- ole increase Of pay is Q wise move to-
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Bradbury piano office removed to 7O9 Chapel street, E. l.. Catlin. au7 3teod
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WILL GO TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.

C. 5. IEGIe HflU FHmIIV LeaVe for ,Jef-
 ferson To-Morrow
 Tomorrow President C. $. Leete of the Mechanics bank and family, of West Chapel street, leave for Jefferson, New Hampshire, for a stay of two or three weeks. They will stay at the Ho- tel Waumbek, one of the finest in the we'll known summer resort
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CAPITAL STOCK

Application for Increase Approved
 Albany, Aug 6.-The state board of railroad commissioners to-day approved the application of the Metropolitan Street Railway company of New York city for an increase of capital stock from $45 ,000 to $520OO,0O0 The com pany will employ the proceeds of the sale of the new stock in construction and equipment work to the amount of about $3,OO0,O0O and proposes to utilize the remaining $4000,000 for the pay- ment of it's floating debt, contracted for with the purchase of stocks in other street surface railroad corporations in New York city.
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Nasal eatarrh quickly yields to treat ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agreeably aromatic. It Is received through the nostrils, cleanses and heals the whole surface over which it difYuses itself A remedy for nasal catarrh which is drying or exciting to the dis eased membrane should not be used Cream Balm is recognized as a specific Price 50 cents at druggists or by mail A cold in the head Immediately disap- pears when Cream Balm is used. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren street, New York.
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CIosinU Prices,

Following are the closing prices reported by Prince X Whitely, Bankers and Brokers, 52 Broadway, New York; and 15 Center st.,
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Government Bonds.
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Quotations of Active Bonds.

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one OF the landmarks OF Washington aud
half century ago. like the Aston House OF
New York was numbered among the greatest
hotels in tho world
The bubonic plague Is primarily due TO
specific organism or microbe OF inhnitesimai
size-so small that probably sSo.ooO,OVo OF
them would DO required TO cover square
inch OF surface.
It is stated that the authorities at Scot
land Yard are now engaged In subiecting
police electric lamp to practical tests. 70
ascertain II II will stand the necessary wear
and tear OF the service.
Plans for the reclamation OF the meadows
near Newark. N. j.. are being considered
and thirteen plans were submitted. the
plans were sent in by experts and engineers
from all parts Of the country.
AS sequel to the demonstration which at
tended the visits OF the Argentine cruiser
Presidente sarmento to Spanish ports re-
Gently. Joint cabinet council has voted q
credit to hold Hispano -Aperiean congress
In Chinese household the parents are the
head, especially the mother She rules With
out appeal. Each son must bring his wife
to his mothers house on his marriage. and
he must remain there with his growing fam
I ily
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Rudyard Kipling has expressed the opin-
ion that. though short stories may be written
in youth. the novel must be the work Of
maturity.
Count Schwartzkoppen. the German mill
tary attache at Paris has been made major
general and put in command OF the brigade
of foot guards at Berlin.
william Sage, who. by the way. is son
OF Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson, the author
and dramatist will have his new romance
OF the French revolution published this
month.
The new lord mayor Of Dublin T. D. Pile,
Is total abstainer He is the frst Wesleyan
appointed to the office. which for several
years has not been filled by q Protestant.
Duncan Black Macdonald was installed
recently as professor of Semitic languages
in Hartford Theological seminary. He is a
graduate with high honors Of Glasgow uni
verslty
Young Alfred Vanderbilt, who inherited
the bulk OF his fathers fortune over his
brother Cornelius, because the latter's mar
rlage did not suit his father. is %. He has
graduated from college and has seen great
deal of society life
| The artist wilette whose carlcatures oil
Queen Victoria have won him notoriety. i;
grandson of Fragonard. the last of the
eighteenth century school OF decorative art
| lists. His father was an aide-de-camp o.
| Bazaine. Willette himself belongs to th'
Chat-noir group.
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BRITISH oFrronRs oRIrrcrsnp.

The military situation In South Africa
Marshal Roberts TO wholesale criticism of
his division generals. The public Is much
inclined to accept Lord Roberts criticisms
as we'll taken, In view OF Boer successes
which have scarcely been interrupted since
the outbreak OF hostilities except by the
surrender of General cronje and his little
force to an army OF ten times It's strength
In the matter OF men and incomparably its
master in heavy ordnance.
In every pitched battle OF the war the
British have vastly outnumbered the
burghers. British defeats can only be ac-
counted for upon one OF two propositions.
Either the Beers are the most marvellous
soldiers OF this or any other time or the
British officers have been incredibly
stupid.
Cronje's retreat from Kimberley witt
approximately 5000 men. with miles o
rommissary wagons and with heavy artil.
iery--oue piece of which was dragged ovei
rough country by thirty yoke of cattle
while 10000 troops hung on his rear an,
threatened to flank him right ana left.
demonstration of the mobility OF tn
Beers was no less a demonstration OF tn
British officers lack OF ability to appro
pirate the opportunity to cut him of an
capture his entire outnt long before h
should have been allowed to reach II
Modder river and make his stand at PaaI
desburg.
The wonder is not that the British car
tured cronje after q ten days fight. b.
that they ever allowed him to advan,
bis guns ana the major part OF his SUI
plies beyond British reach, whe
the true history OF British failure to d
strcy cronjs before he came TO Ia
shall DO written litsle credit Will attat
10 British generals In conduct Of that a
~. and much Of the reason for Lord aol
NJ bizt~ oopplaint Of the iaoompetsz,
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Texan. in New York.
Special to The Post.)


New York. April 1s.-The following
Texans are registered at New York no.
tells:
Dallas-Bishop Garrett at the Grand
Union; L. R and W. Munger, at the I'm.
perial.
FL paso-E. C. Eyring, at the cosmo-
politan.
Fort worth-M. z. and ". Berney, al
the Imperial; NJ. Jones, at the Neither
land; s. S. Friedman, at the St. Cloud.
Galveston-F. b. Moody, at the Grand.
Greenville-M. W. Strong aud G. B
Weber. at the Bay State.
Miltord-Dr. aud W. Kenworth. at tn.
Broadway Central.
seymourH. Bancroft, at the Grand
Union: q. o. and W. Matthews. at tn,
Park Avenue.
Mr.. NJ. Roche OF Ell Paso and Mr.. Car
sch~art. Jr., OF Galveston sailed today OF
the steamship Rhein for Bremen
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story in toto, but encloses letter from
Mr.. Clark TO himself. which is given be-
low:
Hon. r. C. De Grafenreid. Washington,
D. C..
Butte, Mont, March 26, 1OOO-My Dear
Sir: Before leaving New York had in
tended 10 write you concerning the base
and Infamous Islander referred to in some
OF the newspapers. l desire to say to you
that it is absolutely false In every par
tfcular, and, further. that never engaged
in any game Of poker with you or any
one else while | was in Washington.
can not imagine who could have fab
rlcatsd so foul a SANDER, wishing, no
doubt to iniure you, others and myself
wish to say that you are at liberty TO
use this letter or my name at any time II
may be OF any use to you or your friends
| IN branding this story as false.
! wish that you would kindly remember
me to all our mutual friends in Washing
ton and believe me, very truly yours,
Charles w Clark.
This would seem to etfectually dispose
OF the whole story as one made up out
of whole cloth"
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and the concave diverging lens. (see frst
and fourth lenses shown in Fig. 81
The simplest form of Photographic lens
is a single convex lens. \ convex lens
will cause the rays of light coming from
an object or group of objects to converge
until al fixed distance they form a sharp,
clear image. This distance is called the
focal length OF the lens, and Is greater
or less according TO the curvature OF the
surfaces Of the lens, being shorter In
lens having strong curves and longer
when the curves are weak. II we were
Co examine the whole OF the picture formed
by such a single lens it would be found
that while the circular image Is quite
large, only a small portion in the center
would appear sharply defined, while an
ever-increaeing amount of distortion
would appear from the center outward.
While no Photographic lens has ever yet
been made which would give absolute
sharpness over It's entire image circle,
the modern anastigmats designed by Prof.
Able of Jena very nearly do So 1t VIII
thus be seen that one OF the most valu-
sble features Of lens is the ability to
produce sharp, non distorted image over
the whole image circle, and the more near
ly a lens will do this the more valuable
it is. Coupled with covering power" as
1t Is called there should be rapidity The
speed OF lens depends upon the number
CT rays OF light which It will converge
upon given area. Light proceeds from
every luminous object, equally In all d.
rectlons, hence all lenses having the same
diameter will receive an equal amount OF
light. 1t is the manner in which the lens
coDverges the light which determines the
speed. The Photographic plate Is affected
more or less quickly as The light which
falls upon 1t is more or less intense. The
intensity Of light varies inversely with
the square OF the distance from its sourct
For practical purposes we may consider
the source Of light falling upon the photo.
graphic plate to be at the lens. Then
supposing two lenses Of the same dia.
meter and having the same size image
circles to differ in focal length by one
half, according to the law Of intensity thS
image formed by the lens having th'
shorter focus will be four times as brigh
as the other, the illumination will be fou
times as intense and the lens will secur,
picture in one-fourth the time required
by the other.
For rapid photography, and this in.
cludes the greater part OF amateur pho
Biography, 1t is obvious that the lens shoul,
have the shortest possible focus and a
the same time be able to produce per
fectly sharp image over the whole plate
The difficulties of the cptician begin whel
he attempts to combine these desirable
features.
To return 10 ours single convex lens
portion of its indistinctness can be don
away with by placing an opaque stop
with small circular opening in 1t, Il
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HOUSTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20. 1900
TWELVE PAGES.
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.

The people have spoken their preference
for United States senator There can not
be the slightest prospect OF reversal Of
that choice. If other public men have
held their ambition to a place in the
United States senate. they should have
submitted their claims when the campaign
was inaugurated between MIR. Bailey and
Mr. Chiffon and defined their views upon
the momentous Issues involved in that
contest.
The time has never been in this contest
when personal following could have been
relied upon to decide the winner,
No previous race for the United states
senatorship. within our knowledge OF pub
lie event in Texas has been so free from
individual Significance or SO u,eiy
resultant upon clear and satisfactory po-
si.ons. on the part OF applicants Tor pop
ular favor, with reference 10 the meas
ures upon which the democratic party now
hopes to deserve and acquire the presi-
dency.
Mr.. Bailey's views on all these ques-
tons have been plainly and, in view o
the manifest efforts OF some OF our pub
lie men to rather avoid square commit
ment with reference to them. almost vo
lently set forth from the initial momen
that he submitted his candidacy to III
judgment OF his countrymen. He has wo
perforce of these views, rather than fror
any other differences which might hav
controlled during less strenuous al
critical period.
Discussions and suggestions about som
new applicant for senatorial honors ars
therefore, not only discreditable to thos
who indulge them, but cruel to the publ,
men who have been subjected to this III
hammered clamor. There has been moth
ing factional, nothing partisan in TIL
United States senatorshp contest, nor ca
such elements be introduced at this tim
The people have declared the
choice aud declared it deliberately, More
over, they have declared II with referent
TO questions OF constitutional sconstructio
and vital principles OF republican go,
eminent now, more than ever in the hi
tory of the Republic, essential TO the Coz
cern OF the citizen. Again. to this d,
cision has been brought an intelligenC
and patriotism both gratifying and assn,
ing to every thoughtful student of IL
times.
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.
Of hts division commanders viii be under
stood.
Gatncre goes homo In disgrace aud Bull
Her and Warren are under the dispieasure
OF their chief and threatened with recall
Butler was ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and out
mAnueyered on the Tugela river and
around Ladysmith by an inferior force
which did not allow him to reach General
| Whites beleaguered garrison except by
sheer strength of overwhelming numbers,
Through the stupidity OF General Warren
his entire division was almost annihilated
bv a small force OF Beers at spion's Kop.
These facts have come to the ooservant
and critical public by the grace OF the
British censors who, strive as they may,
have been unable TO conceal the superior
proves OF Boer line officers over the best
/ trained and veteran generals of the Eng
lish army.
Lord Roberts own inactivity at Bloem-
fontein. with the Beers lowering all about
him and capturing whole companies ana
many guns within rife shot of British
Headquarters, has filed all London with
solictude and revived the enthusiasm OIL
the hard riding, hard fighting and alert
Beers.
| While the whiriwind of elimination aud
recrnination gathers in the midst oil Tue
British general STAFF the Ameer OF Al,
ghanlstan growls at his ancient enemy and
calls in vain upon his English ally for help
surely the imperial policy of Great Britain
is about to reap It's harvest of dragon
teeth.
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parently been bent more, thus 1t is that
the greater the difference between the
density OF the air and that of the re-
fracting substance, the greater the amount
of refraction Skillful opticians take ad-
vantage of this fact in the construction
OF lenses combining dense and light
glasses TO give the greatest amount OF
refractlon wish the least dispersion of
the light into its primary colors. The
subject OF dispersion is one OF great in
terest to the photographer, but one which
would require treatise in itself to ex-
plain thoroughly, hence we shall con-
tent ourselves with the statement that II
objects are viewed through a prism they
appear fringed with colors. The same is
true to less extent II an ordinary strong
magnifying lens is substituted for the
prism. Were these color fringes present,
even in the smallest degree in the Image
formed by the Photographic lens they
would cause indistinctness and render the
lens useless.
II ray OF light be allowed to pass
through a prism it will be found to have
been refracted by the prism in such a
manner that it is bent toward the thick
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The Posts Home Study Circle. Ssssss S 81

front Of the lens. Tue sm.,..
ing the larger the area -
be. at the same tina the al
will be CORRESPONDENCE ssN
lens made slower. The nrsn.
is the use OF a stop Of mos
a lens having an image cirss
than the diagonal OF ~ "a
camera, thus allowing NJ. XIV
ton OF the image circls j, 'oan
the limits of the picture Il y
der these immutable cond,,,.
seen that only q lena -
speed can be had when III asl
form is employed. This I, vs'
form OF lens made. Ths si..s,
lens Is an improvement
convex form. which Il resa,rs,
exception that the surface 49,.
ject is curved inward inslesS T. !,
This increases the area ~ ~
the image circle and pernn,,. a
a lens at shorter focus ana 81.
ture.
Inc rays OF light which An :.
portions Of lens s,.rthest -.
ter and at the most oblIors y
the ones which are most ~,
the lens. and which, unless ~
provision Is made for them \ 4
struction of the lens, causs !. \ 4.
in the image and make Il VIZ
shut them out by means q s "
fore the lens which can brIns =
number Of these marginal ~. 1
the formation OF a sharp IN.
the most rapid and give IL 7.
torted image.
The next step In this mu...
employment of two lenses \ .
shape cemented together II a. J.
One lens is of crown glass VIA Y
lively low refractlng power IA I
of flint glass Of great refraciis'
The resulting lens is called ~
matte lens, and is superior "a Il
double convex or meniscus !, !,
circle has a larger sharply Az \
and much shorter fpcus NAV Il =
on the same plate. thus givlp,
speed. These single achromal.
are also made convex and mai,
which the menlscus is the bet.s,
proceeded 80 far, It is easy x ,
still further results can be X,
the proper combination Of two "A
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AN IMAGINARY GAVE.
SANDER on IA Worthy Texas Com
gressmnn.


Cleveland (ohio) Recorder.
on March the Recorder published a
detailed story OF poker game which was
said to have taken place In Representa-
tive De Graffenreid's rooms at q swell
hotel on Pennsylvania avenue. in which
Il was asserted that Charles W. Clark,
son OF Senator Clark OF Montana, lost
$40, 500 and the amount was divided snoug
De- Graffenreld and two friends
This article, it appears. was copied wide
ly and reached several papers in Texas
in MIR. De Grantenreid's district.
1t now turns out that the article was
not true in any essential particular. Ths
source from which we received the lnfor-
nation was not trustworthy and the Re-
corder was imposed upon sd in turn i'm
posed upon It's readers. We greatly rs,
greet this and. desiring TO repair any in.
Jury We may have done. take this oppor-
tunity to correct the story.
In a letter to the Recorder Representa-.
tive De Graffenreid not only denies the