The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-21
WITH THE PASSING

to Keep" said we'll know,
to representative of The Poe,
80 think I'll tell Il to Won. ~ :.
my tale is Mr.. Andrew Dow. M !.
to nearly, IL not quite, every On. !.
ton. Mr. Dow, in company win I,
Mllby, MIR. George Hamilton. Il -
Crate and one or two others ,.a-at
on fishing trip to Texas CITY NV
out on the water very early hss.
vided themselves with plenty !,
other accessories, to say nothine I.
number OF shipping tags ,si
various friends TO whom theS ~
send the fish thev were to-rSfrt 'pS'
fore they left the wharf Inc,
fine catch of fish. aggregating rons,s's
over a hundred pounds, which ~
been gathered In by local hss..
The other members of the partv ~
according to the story as II W, .a9
me. that Mr.. Dow gazed At
rather longer than was absoluts,s
sary in view of the fact tbat n. H'>
pressed for time, and he was asr.s
plain his action. After some bss,s' u
admitted, according to the fru,h,ss
tleman who first told the story a
was just little in doubt as N n. 's y.
TO catch the number of fish he IA
Used his friends and that, In orSs.F
sure of his footing. he Thought q 1872
wise to buy some OF the beauties ,ss
In the bottom of the local Isaac MY
beat. SO that the party would IA s.ss a
for all emergencies. The otbrrr Nh.
that his fears were entirely groundl,r.
that his reputation as fisherman ~
be lost forever Ii he allowed himss,, N, Z
drawn into any such deal NJ ~.
yielded TO the pleadlngs of his frlesss y
although rather regretfully, LEFT H. NJ
and started out for the day.
1T is not necessary to state vhs, /.
pened, but in any event the party rs,r.,.
that evening without a single All
the meantime the catch made by tha n,
! city man had been expressed 10 No.
and there was nothing doing n III :.
of buying fish. The other gentlemer h
that the Joke Is on Mr.. Dow. hui \, (
of the opinion that 1t is decidedly an ~
Anyway, he thinks now moro HrmIv X,
ever before that a fish In The III. \
worth any number In the bay Ana N
time be will act accordingly"
| Il have grievance want To Air a
a Houston gentleman to a reporter r,s,
/ day. The reporter resolved himself n
a committee on grievances and hes,s n
gentleman's case. 81 do not wish d Nj
my name used" said the gentleman "a
the grievance, for may step on sos4
body's toes. My trouble is this. ots
have to write the names of ladies, and 4
late Years, since this fad of Changing 4.
spelling of feminine first names has Cd,
In vogue, it is impossible for me 10 ID,
cases on the names of even my yos1
lady friends, to use sporting phrass.
The first place, 1t strikes me that HI
young ladies usually change their b;
names at least once during life, u,
should be satisfied with this much X
they are not. In this popular I'D III
may be termed the evolution Of narA
Mary goes away and speeds few I'D
with relatives In Arkansas and signs Y
letters Marye. Lucy spends yeN I
school and her drafts on her dutifuIh
er are signed Lucie. Lillian spendi Y
weeks and 1921 at a summer resort ~.
the evoluting process her name -
Lyliane. Hattie discounts the orths'srl
of her parents, conforms her cog, ,ul.a-
the resistless fad and writes ns' Y,
Examples might be multiplied u iIus y. !,
the names common to girls a'cneu' 81 !.
in some cases / have know naM.
change three or four times bore isoss'
er could finally settle dow, on WnM J.
deemed the proper form. ms ploes''
evolution has not yet taxa 10 lne ns- Y
of men but when it dos ! Suppose 4
shall see Mike written Nue, WINE ln' s'
will be changed to Planque' ru.,.
might not be among ne imposs'p''"''
and Phred will be quiz common
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Considerable surpise has been rnanlles
ed by the uninforusd public owing 70 ;.
fact that no cut ofthe new LAFAYETTE %
lar has appeared Tany OF the newspsps'
It's all owing tothe Jealousy win S's
Uncle Sam guars his currency, exenF
fed by the pecllar wording oil az ~ :.
congress. and the peculiar interplslan
placcd uron thy the secret service aeps'
ment of the United States treasav'
other words II is regarded Is psns'
tense to prbt representation oi ~, I.
which CONS under the head OF iessl y
der. Acccding TO this ruling, nssss
per pictue of coin is to all inlen'' :
purposes counterfeit of that coln'
J must b, dealt with accordingly ~
why tb cut of one-cent piece @
tho trsIemark OF the Philadelphia kecv
Americas pioneer penny paper nv ~
adorp the Office stationery oau y =,
a cp OF the new coin?" an ente,p', \
renrter is said to have asked ~ US I
the other day, after the ceremon's. y
teiding the coming of the hrst Latr 1
dllar. You may" Mr.. Roberts a ~,
{ the mint, Is quoted as saying , y
rant to take chances with CHIEF VIVA
"The war with Spain" said q trae
man at the Lawlor yesterday asa'
s;rated that our warships are so's'
nearly perfect in construction as 'us'
well be under present condition.. y
Ftroyers they can not be impro w.,
YET TOR their own safety the wo~,ss
niture which heretofore mas s,a $500
officers quarters will be supp'aSr' ~
metal. The story comes iron liz
shipyards. 4 consignment Of vIs.
bles. sofas. beds and other art.ss !
Of chilled steel and light wire W.
, been ordered by the BROOKLYN as ~
for the cruiser Atlanta, and 81 .aT "a
vessels will be supplied with tns s a. !
OF interior equipment as rapiay =
BILE. The cause given for TINS ms
is that when wooden Furnishes a.sssr
used on shipboard it was nsossb
throw overheard all the furli'',s
beginning naval engagemeh. - 4,
caution against fire. conseqi 4,
metal furniture. in case OF snr ,ar 4
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