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octopus as badly as we have been led to be-
ievo--exeept when the trust makes a cut.
Governor Mount's action with reference 10
the kentucky acquisitions for fugitives from
justice makes him took like mole bill.
The Boer commissioners might now proceed
10 apply for naturalization papers and feel
fully authorized TO abuse the government 70
their hearts content--the exercise of such
privilege would only require a declaration
OF intention to become citizens.
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"Scme good Eastern man" for the vice
presidency will be a familiar sound again
around tho democratic convention. But not
too fai east again, % your iife
Quite n number OF rcbbeffes have occurred
In ths city within the past few days. It may
be the preparation of some OF our winter
birds OF passage for their annual summer out
Ing North.
There Is one thing that can be said for
this Mckinley administraton--it has the gir-
tue OF consistency and courage in Disregard
Ing the popular sentiment of the Nation.
On the motion to take up the Nicaragua
canal bill in the senate the friends OF the
measure counted 81 while the Panama canal
and the Transcontinental railway cast rs
votes.
All the big religious conventions stand
sauarely by their foreign missionary work
and thus the sword Of conquest will continue
to be supplied with its claims for damages.
Governor Mount of Indiana must be an
extremely humane and charitable gentleman
he is disposed to turn the State OF Indiana
into a rescue home for the scarlet poll
ticians Of Kentucky.
The ordinance for the inspection OF milk
and food stuns in this city came none too
soon and ought to be vigorously and con-
tlnuously enforced by the health department.
1t will have been observed that Lord
Pauncefote was CALAMITY hanging on tho
flank of the Beers while Secretary Hay was
engaging them in front. Par Mobile fratrun.
The Chinese highbinders in San Francisco
ought to have few lengths taken out of
their rope.
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Waxahachie, Texas, sFssi'
funeral Of Mrs. George ! .ii,sDdsl
terdiy y was very largely ely, aS ssDs !,
bus,. ess house and eyer ,,,.souis
clos, = doors during ;hs
trict court also adjou. .p',,nOs. csri'
The T. R. Andersen l i'D ~ pssi' |
been engaged to attend e, srsss's''
fair and Yesterday rscslTea ' re "
S very T much elsted over ~ - rt tra
o,essart anticipat.ons o. r' y. M
me directors Of the s. ,ls,t
pany have placed orders ~, - IL
~ masSinery and sdTsF'.s 'ss,;si1 !
~, ~ oorsTr,,stlon Of ths rs .s,Srss Z
ings. Nothing short Of wsss,,hs:sis
Of fate will prevent
building the mill low -u.s, irgr'
S. ". wesley, an a..o W. sfsya
n y nss home home in iss syss'sa' brcs
stsls his horse and nnss !'usrs u.
daylight of the pupES rol tie 4
now the officers have
clew. -. .p,rr :
The Light-En,erprssshook ~
general oface nine are west s.
satlonal game of pan =
this afternoon. n1.u,to1 sl'ol
Edgar Watkins. ss,.,rlct court .
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10. Vegetables: les legumes; - lay
gum.
20. Some green peas; des pstits- pois !;
- puh-tec pwa.
q. Some string beans; des haricots verts
- ah-ree- koh-var.
% Salad with mayonnaise dressing.
De Ia salsde a la sauce Mayonnaise
2S Dreamed onions.
Des oignons- q Ia creme.
- on-ee-yon zah lab krem-
"a. Cauliiowors buttered
Des choux-tieurs- au beurra.
Day shoo-hoor buhrr.
20. Plain boiled potatoes.
Des pommes de terre 4 rAnglaise.
Day pun duh tairr -
&c. Fried potatoes.
Des pommos dc terre irites
"a. Baked potatoes.
Des pomnes de terrc cuites.
y. Mashed potatoes
Des pommes dc terre en- pureo.
", Sliced raw tomatoes dressed
Des tomatcS crues biea>. Asssisonnees
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The news Of number OF American garrl-
sons being virtually imprisoned by the Fiji
pinos aud nos adequate force available for
their relief or the pachcauon Of the sur
rounding country, Is not reassuring by any
means to the imperialists of this country.
WIN we be compelled 10 send more soldiers
10 tie Philippines at last7 What a miserable
mess Mokiuleyism has made OF that Philip
pine jot from beginning TO endl
carpetbaglsm means plumber and imperial
ism means oarpotbagism.
.
II is gratifying to motto that Mr.. Jahn and
his lice milf will not be allowed to escape
us without another EFFORT on Houston's part.
Possibly our citizens now begin to understand
that the question really Involves the seloc-
tlon OF the future center OF the rice trade OF
the Texas coast reglon. To allow the clash
Of private interests to determine such an issue
agninst Houston would DO deplorable in the
extreme.
The sugar trust has just raised the price
OF sugar and the independent renners nave
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Scene good Eastern man" for the vice
presidency will be familiar sound again
around the democratic convention. But not
too fan east asain. % your lifel
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broueht to bear against s ltaI,o. n b
effectlng the canais - I'D N iniair)
section is really yet 70 y ssua il 4
any legislation thar E .s., s sss 4
the development OF An s.,ous biss 4
production would pc = horegef. a Y
section. It is thought, nve irss|
proposed legislation : .ss, s,sr
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lows do not want TO be protected from the
octopus as badly as we have been led to be-
leve--except when tho trust makes cut.
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Governor Mount's action with reference 10
the kentucky acquisitions for fugitives from
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IA. How is your wifea
Comment va madamei
Is. Docs your daughter feel better to-
dGyl
Mile votre file SO porte tt-elle
meux aujourd'hui7
10. Where is your husbandf
Oh est monsieuri
II. Can ! see your soni
Puis-je Voir NJ. yotre fist
Is. We wish to take ride with your
daughter,
Nous desirons iaire une promenade a
cbevsl avec Mile. votre file.
Note-The French ure very polite in addressing
PERSONS II one Is not familiar with person, he
must always observe the polite form. and speak
MS shown above; How Is Mrs. your wlfsl -
VI ss your daughter; - Mr. yoar husbRnd7 -
Mr. the doctor, etc. In speaking of ones own
family the same form is used In English-my
son; my wife, ETC.
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The sugar trust has just raised the Price
Iof sugar and the independent renneis nave
followed suit Possibly these independent fell
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aT s J0H HIS v,er. PsssIDssT
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Quite a number OF robberies have occurred
in ths city within the past few days. It may
be the preparation of some OF our winter
birds OF passage for their annual summer out
Ing North
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! There is one thing that can be said for
I this Mckinley admlnistratlon--it has the vir-
tue OF consistency and courage in disregard
I Ing the popular sentiment of the Nation
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The ordinance for the inspection OF milk
and food stuffs in this city came none too
soon and ought to be vigorously and con-
tnuously enforced by the health department.
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sEPTInME LEGION.
A FeM urefuI HING.

To form the plural of French nouns we
have to add an $50 to the singular, as: fe
ljyre. the book lun, lee-vr. Les hyresi lay
leeh-yr. ,, a. ..,,.
does not change in the plural any more. The
mural then is the same as the singular, as:
I, bras. the arm; ---- brah; les bras.
Note-There are many more exceptions TO the
above rues OF which shall however, give the
n ost Important ones only-nsmely'
8 II a noun ends in ''1n' or 'en," such
nouns take II" in the plural, as: % chapeGHi
the hat. - shap-oh les chapedtlr; lay
shap-oh. LIE nesea; the nephew inh nnh-
yuh; les neveuI; lay nuh-vuh.
4 Also, if a noun ends in al this termi-
nation changes in the plural 10 dhl, as:
IL cheval; the horse; -- shuh-vahl; les
cheydur; - shuh-yoh
Note--rhe arlci es for both the masculine and
feminine genders are "les" in the plural, without
any exception
Memory Exercises;
Much-Needed Words and Phrases.
l. This gentleman; ce monsieur; SUB
Q. This man Get homme; sett-tom.
q This friend; Get ami; sett-tamee
4 This lady: cette dame; sett-dahm.
Note-rne student will see here TINT this" Is
translated in three different ways-ce, cet. oeHe--
accord ng 10 the following simple rules, whioa ms
ought bear in MIND cspeolshY III ~ ii.'As 80
fences in writing and when carrying on CONVEX
sauon.
&c Is used before any masculine noun be-
ginning with consonant, as: &C tram TINS
train, go
Get is used II the noun commences with
to1cel or mute, as: Get hoteli TINS hoteli cet
etage; this floor; sett-taY-tazl
cstfs is used a,wsys before feminine nouns,
as cette rue: this street. and ces before all
plural nouns, as: ees parcs; these parks;
ces~ avenues; these avenues.
5. go; ie vais.
You go; Vous alleZ.
do not go; je ne vAis pas
You do not go; vous n 'allez pas.
Do you go2 allez-goust
Do YOU net got n'ailez-vous pasf
6. have gone; je suis-alle -,
You have gone; vous- etes-~alle
have not gone; je ne suts pas-alle.
You have not gone; vous n etes pas,
ale.
Have you gomez stes-vous-allel
Have you not Comet n'etes-vous pass
alle}
Z. 1t is very warm.
II fait tres chsud.
g. Yesterday il was very hot.
HER IL iait-uue chaleur excessive
| o IL Is not raining.
Il ne pleut pas.
10. Is is not hailing1
Ne grtle-i--ll pas
| II. We shall have storm.
Nous aurons-up --oraga
70, 1t is raining
II pleut
H. 1t has rained sll day
II plu toute la journeo.
The climate; lie climat; - klec-
NAH.
| Note-In French such terms rs given above are
/ oppressed in "a very peculiar way. We may term
/ It strictly "idiomatio; literal translation into
I English would make sense. since it would
! sound Is makes warm, II makes cold, otc. rne
verb 10 make is employed instead OF 10 be- in
speaking of tho weather. The student ust, thsre-
fore, try TO remember that the Brenchman says
| IL makes warm, IL makes snow. etc, as;
Is it not foggy this morningl
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| All the big religious conventions stand
squarely by their foreign missionary work
and thus the sword Of conquest will continue
to be supplied with it's claims for damages.
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The Posts Popular Reading an
TWENTY LESSONS IN FRENCH coNvss

(copyeht 1900. Seymour roon, ~ hkSA1
THE HOUSTON POSTS HOMO STUDY CIRCLE: DRrnrruu
MOUR EATON -ci I'D BY Pa
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On the motion to take up the Nicaragua
canal bill in the senate the friends OF the
measure counted 81 while the Panama canal
and the Transcontineutal railway cast rs
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Central and South Texas suffered from.
another sood OF rain this week, and the
farming outlook Is gloomy down there. North
Texas has been getting just about enough
rain TO SUIT the farmers, on an average
Garland News
Grand old Texas! she's too big for weather
clerks or Jupiter Plugiuses 10 down.
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Governor Mount of Indiana must be an
extremely humane and charitable gentleman
he is disposed to turn the State Of Indiana
into a rescue home for the scarlet poll
ticians of Kentucky.
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"A Georgia member received a letter the
other day from one Of his friends asking
him to send him a saddle; another one re-
celyed letter from the head OF one OF the
oranges telling him that he had fine
fiddle which he wished he would sell for
him. Mine is almost exclusively an agri-
cultural constituency. but rural as it Is
and as the people are In their tastes aud
habits there are at least 5000 original in
Ventors among them, whose time is en-
ployed Ia discovering and perfecting every
invention from perpetual motion down.
Here is letter ] received this morning
which blnwsislth has sent me-
1t contains description and model OF a
cannon. self-acting and self-loading, which
he swears win blow into atoms all the
armies and naYies Of the earth. lie wishes
that patented,
Another has singletrec which Will Gu e
a mule OF kicking. Another who has never
seen ship in mis- life has an idea which
he wishes patented OF stopping 4 leak and
preventing the sinking of ship.
These are only few samples which I
receive and which am supposed 10 answer
inteiligently. And Shen the pension de-
hauch makes life burden. Here l have
a letter from an estimRble lady.
'sShe tells me that she Vas engaged TO
| be married 10 man who was killed In the
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carpetbagism means plumber ana imperial
ism means carpotbaglsm.
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II will have been observed that Lord
Pauncefote was CALAMITY hanging on the
flank OF the Beers while Secretary Hay was
engaging them in front. Par Mobile fratrum.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-23

The 18th of May illustrated edition Of the
Abilene Reporter, devoted to an exhaustive
presentation of the abilene Country" is an
artistic and most valuable publication, dis
playing pluck. industry, ability and re-
source ON the part of its enterprising pub
fishers. It's illustrations are numerous and
elegant and It's write-ups interesting and in
structlve.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-23

MIR. Felix Probandt, who has for three years
past been valued and able worker on the
San Angelo Press. has accepted position
with the san Angelo Standard.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15

1t has been considered until recent
ly that it was almost impossible to
produce cheese from pasteurized milk,
but short time ago a chemist OF
Stockholm succeeded in effecting q
preparation that solved the difficulties
Owing to this discovery, the product
Of which has been named "caseol,"
palatable and nourishing cheese, free
of tubercular bacila, can now be made
from pasteurlzed skinned milk. This
preparation has, moreover, the excel.
lent quality of rendering cheese more
dlgestible. Several dairies in London
have made experiments with "caseo"
with the same favorable result
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
sac LIghts on ourselves.

The restlessness and the promiscous-
ness Of society in this country is Of
fensive to many people reared under
more staid conditions. The Ladies'
Home Journal tells Of an Englishman
who, after residing five years in the
United States, has got tired and is
going back to England. "There are"
he says, "but four classes at home-the
peerage, the gentry, tradespeople and
working folk. There are 500 classes in
America In yOnder big shop, where 1
am, the owner is looked up to as a SOW
ereign by his clerks; the saleswomen
speak to a hoorwalker with bated
Seath; the drivers, the messengers,
the cash boys, the porters, each form a
different social rank. Nobody thinks
of equality. In every alley in New
York there is an exclusive aristOcratic
set to which other sets are working
up, struggling to enter. My head
swims. 1 have made up my mind to
go home, where the footing Of every
man Is secure"
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
prlzn. for rnlthfu1 serynnts.


On the Austrian Emperor's fete day
a number Of prizes were distributed
to servants who have been a long time
in the same situation. The prize was
about SIS in each case. First on the
list was a valet, aged seventy-three,
who had served forty-sl:; consecutive
years in one family. The second was
q nurse, seventy-two years old, who
had served forty-two years in one
family; a maid-of-all-work, seventy
seven years old, who had served forty
one years in a nunnery, came next;
then an undercook aged fifty-fve,
who had served thirty nine years in
boys orphanage. There was a maid
of-all-work, aged seventy-six, who had
served thirty-nlne years in one family;
a kitchenmald sixty-nine years old,
who had been in the household of
Princess Clementlne Of Coburg for
thirty-one years, came next and then,
sixty-eight years, came one who had
been lady's maid to Baroness Schey
for thirty-eight years Altogether
there were twenty-one names on the
list, and the shortest term of service
was thirty years.-London News.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
rAr BOOKS M usEp To REAp.


] do love readin', that's a fact: Dad used
ter say it took
A pull as strong s steers ter git my
nose out Of a book;
I've sot up nights till after ten ter finish
up tale
And see the hero married and the villain
jugged in jail
But lately, I dunno how t is, never
seem ter find
The sort Of yarns love, because they're
all Of diff'reDt kind;
SEEMS if the authors nowadays had sorter
gone ter seed,
Why don't they write some stories like
the kind we used ter read?
Yer member them old yarns? Gee Whizl
Say wasn't they somethin' primer
The hero was a duke OF lord, yer bet yer,
every time;
And he was nightly harnsome, but most
ginerally pore,
And had a thievin' uncle who was rich as
all out door.
He loved a beaucheaus damsel, name er
Lady Eunesteen,"
Her raven locks" and "fawn-lke" eyes
beat all was ever seen;
He chased her through five hundred long,
thick pages, one by one,
But all the time yer felt plum-sure he d
bag her when t was done.
Then there was robbers, tew, that lived
in caves all lined with gold
And piled with kags er di'mon's, jest as
full as they could hold,
And there was ghosts that hung around
some murdered chaps remains
And used ter sashay round at dark and
howl and clank their chains.
Yer member when yer read them tales,
upstairs at night, alone,
How every seprate hair d unkink when
them things fetched a groanl
But ghosts in these new-fangled books
amt nawthin' more-why, pshaw
Yer d les soon poke 'em in the ribs and
ask 'em fer a chaw.
The hero nowadays don't swear by his
dead fathers bones
Ter have some caitif's blood. He amt no
duke his name is Jones.
The heroine, she rides a wheel as bold as
ever wuz,
And, drat 'eml they both talk jest like
reel folks that's livin' does
Oh! give me back Jane Austen! Hey?
Or old Sylvanus Cobb
He was the boy-Svvanus wos,--yer bet
he knew his iobl
Consarn these modern chaps. I say, and
all their tiresome breed!
I'd like to git novel of the kind we used
ter read.
Joe Lincoln, in Puck.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
Longest ReIgn IN English HIstory.

Queen Victoria had reigned on Sep
tember "a just four years longer than
her venerable grandfather, Farmer
George" of pious memory. King
George III. sat on the throne Of Eng
land for fifty-nine years and ninety.
six days, from October %, 1760 to
January 20, 1920 but his illustrlous
granddaughter on September "a made
up the record of sixty-three years and
100 days, from June 20, 1887. Though
there was no flourish Of trumpets in
the Court Circular over the date, it
was remembered and duly toasted
when the head of the family sat down
to dinner surrounded by her descend.
ants on the evening of the oath.
Victoria the Good has utterly dis
tanced all her predecessors on the
throne. Only three Of them, since the
time Of Egbert, have even liYed to keep
the jubilee of their coronation Ed
ward ILL.,, whose reign may be consid-
cred fairly brilliant, though not to be
compared in solid national prosperity
to the present one, sat on the throne
for fifty years. Henry III. wore the
crown for fifty-siX years, but it was a
half century of trouble and civil war,
a complete contrast to the last half Of
the nineteenth century.
George III. lived to see Wellingt0ns
brilliant victories and the re-establish-
ment of peace in Europe, but his per-
sonal infrmities and family sorrows
rendered the last twenty years Of his
existence a sorrowful story compared
with the domestic happiness which has
marked his granddaughter's declining
years.-London Modern Society.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
POPULAR SCIENCE.

OF seventy-three Swiss glaciers OBJ
served last year, only ten showed any
advance, while sixty-three were re-
treating. Only one glacier Of all that
have been noted has shown steady
and continuous tendency to increase
during the last few years.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
IuNcLEs AND IEsTs

Slllicus-"No man is really famous
until he is dead" Cynicus-"Been
reading tombstone inscriptions"
Efie-"Jack and I fshed for four
hours yesterday" Elsle-"Catch any.
thing?" Ehie (coyly)-"Only jack
Town Topics.
Patient-"Do you believe in ghosts
doctorT Doctor-"No, ma'am How
could 1 go on practicing If 1 did?'--
Brooklyn Life.
Bobbs-"Mrs. Nobbs is dressed to
kill this evening" Dobbs-"Yes; she
bought the outfit at slaughter sale"
Baltimore Herald.
One token of a failing mind
You'll find this is a fact
Is to discern that all your kind
Is getting somewhat cracked.
Chicago Record.
The Deacon-"Do you know what
happens to boys who tell llesT' Small
Youth-"Yessir. They gifts off most
times, If they tells good ones."-Har-
lem Life.
DOAA AltsNN AAiO BAAcNN tt'NNh ~'NAJ
three years. think 1t is so interest
ing" Gracie-"Graciousl Whatever
do you do with them allY-Glasgow
Evening Times.
"You see Clarence told me ali I've
told you because I'm his confidential
friend" "No; you mean he told YOU
because he thinks you are his conf
Dental friend Indianapolis Journal.
Sir Cynic merits no applause,
He is a selfish elf,
He wants to stop all joy because
lie has no fun himself.
Washington Star.
Lena-"I didn't think you let a man
kiss you on such short acquaintance"
Maude-"Well, he thoroughly CON
vinced me that it was all my own
fault that l hadn't met him sooner -
Smart Set
He kissed her in the hall,
The clock was there, as well.
"You mustn't, Joel" she cried. You
know
They say that time will tell"
-Philadelphia Record.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
PRIM6CURA.

Primacura not only RELIEVES but PER
hANENTLY ERADIcATEs prickly heat Al
ONCE, and cures all skin diseases. 1t il
an IMMEDIATE and PERMANENT allayer OF
inflammation. It is o new and economical
remedy which affoois permanent cure
For sale by Evans, 924 F ST.; Simms
t4th st. and New York Ave; Ogrom
18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave, and by
druggists generally.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
Chineae AImnnnr

The Chinese almanac is the monop-
oily Of the Emperor, none other being
allowed within his dominlons. No
Chinese deems his household complete
without a copy of this unique docu-
ment on account of the wonderful in
formation as to lucky and unlucky
days which 1t contains.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-15
orIrin of the Funny-Bone.

A lecturer on osteology at a college
for colored men in Alabama was enum-
Grating the different bones Of the arm.
He had just explained that the large
bone connecting the shoulder with the
forearm was called the humerus when
a young negro in the rear Of the hall
rose up. "Doctah," he said, pointing
to the tip Of his elbow. sis dis hyar
bone called de funny-bone cause 1t
bordahs on de humorous| - Golfers
Weekly.