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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

ntled Tho United States In tina Far East, or,
Modern Japan and the orient" and presents
many interesting facts in regard to the great
fsrtern questions Of the day The people Of
the South are especially interested In de
yelopinR the trade and ouitisating an ac-
nuaintance with the hundreds OF millions Of
peoplo IN china and Japan. and they Will
md much valuable Information about those
countries and their inhabitants in this book.
The work is admirably written, and is in
siruciiyc and entertaining in every chapter.
Reng the product Of a home author, and one
who has been given such high political pre-.
fsrment by the people Of his home state. II
will no doubt be read with unusual Interest
throt shout Texas
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TO LOCATE ENTERPRISES.
MINISTRIES that Are LooISjpp sor
Places to Locnte

CONNECTICUT.
Cheshire.-seth y. Thomas watch ana
CLOCK maker, is looking for location for
the establishment of his plant.
ILLINOIS.
Chicago The Smith G R,rnes p,.,,
company w n, Van Matre. secretary of
lhis city are looking around for locs.
non for their plant.
ot'awa-The Teetzell Well SUNNY com
pany of this city arc looking for a loc1-
ton for their plant.
Bloomington. Henry Means renressnt.
ing the Bloomington Cider and Vinessr
company is looking for a location for the
establishment OF pickle stating nlant
IOWA.
pes Moines. The Bartholomew Nacu-
featuring company is looking around ~
plant ei'' vi their
Dayenport.-C. n Newcomb. prop~,etor
OF inc Newcomb Loom Works Is consider-
ing the removal OF their plant Ia soma
other point. S'ino
MASSACHUSETTS.
Randolph.-Fred W. Leonard formerl.
0, tne nrn Of Bradley. Hagney & Leonard
snoe manufacturers, OF this place, is look.
LIZ around for a location for the esieb-
llsninent OF plant for the MANUFACTURES
OF shoes. a0'u'e
MICHIGAN.
Detroit.-The Detroit pickle firm n, WI.
lamp Bros. Charbonneau are loot,no
around for location for the establishment
OF their plant. Ni''en'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

While the outbreak Of the bubonic plague
anywhere is cause for regret It is fortunate
that the resources Of medical skill for sue
eefsful coping with The disease increase al.
most daily
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

II s not surprising, saws the Cincinnati,
Enquirer that the lmperalists In this coun
try are in favor OF slliauos with Great Brit
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Bering, Chss. Lott and Paul Hobby are the su-
thorlred collectors Of all city bills both s5yertls
irg and subscrpton) and no money should be
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Under no eireum stances will orders given by
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Michigan has passed law forhidding IN,
marriage OF any person suffering from certain
specified diseases, and providing nne o
$500 to $1,000 and i've years Imprisonment fol
It's violation.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

Tho Post called attention TO Ex-Governor
Aubbard'a new book IN us literary columns
few weeks since. and is srstiaed to know
that the publishers Of the volume a. Y. John.
ION PublIshins Co.. Richmond. VA report a
aycrabis rsesption OF the work. II is eu-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

Since c. p, Huntington withdrew his opposi-
ton to the Nicaragua canal it has been dis
covered that there is no necessity for awaiting
the report Of the investigating commission.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

A New Jersey woman has been sent to
prison for two months for beating her hus.
band. Can il be possible that this is the
Twentleth century, after aie
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Attorney cason Of Butte. Mont, has rather
unique idea as to what q lie is. according to
his testimony in the case Of senator CLARK
II don't think any abatement Is ever lie
which Is made with the understanding that II
is false"
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\ personal advertiser in New York
paper wishes TO secure zone who appreciates
a true husband and considers home para
disc Nes-but suppose a serpent should
come aroundf
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

The extra legislative session hasn't got
warmed up yet
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26
In that drainage movement the people Of
South Tenas are ON the rght trsnk


The tendency toward an hereditary aristoc-
rsoy in this country Is evidenced by the cleo
ton ot boy u years old az president Of a
railroad. ut a salary NJ 5000 ~ happened AZ
Atlanta, and tho new president is Cornelius
j. Simmons, Jr.. whose father Ia president Of
the Collins Park & Belt Line railroad, a
trclley line, The boy was nominated for the
place by his fond father and his election fol-
lowed BY a unanimous vote. The Inference
is that the elder Simmons owns the railroad,
and, being the whole thing could elect an
infant az the breast as vice president. secre-
tsry or treasury, IL he so desired or course,
says the indianapolis Sentinel. a railroad Is
supposed to owe some duties to the public,
and this looks like trning with them, but on
the other hand. there are probably lots OF
boys OF ~ who could run some railroads with
greater consideration for the public than they
arc run now
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

The Hod Mark Hanna is going around
carrying States for Mr., Mckinley with tho
ease OF man who never suffered with rheu-
matism in his life.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

Houston is now giving those Florida and
California towns lessons in how to be a real
nice winter resort
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

Aud yet the fact remains that Britain ex.
poets nm Independent country under suzer-
airty only 50 far ms making treaties with
foreign movers are concerned to he far more
liberal as 10 extending franchise privileges
than her own colonies in America were 600
years and more ago
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

The city administration would better smoke
up It has been week or two since a new
office was created.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

Champ Clark is writing a novel In which
no woman is to figure. Scene must be laid In
| a saloon
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

Tho veil is named" by the Philadelphia
Medical Journal as a frequent cause OF rcd
nose in woman Dr. Rosenbach Of Berlin Is
credited with holding a series OF experiments
which demonstrated that redness OF the nose
was most marked where the veil pressed most
closely against the nose and that when the
wearing Of the veil was abandoned. the oondi.
ton, In majority OF instances. disappeared.
Perhaps Dr. Rosenbach will, suggests the Bos-
ton Globe, now turn his attention to the scien-
tinc cause Of red nose In men There are
various theories on the subject but all are
coniectural.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

1t does not always pay to catch the Beers
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

II the democrats OF Texas are really loyal
to the State platform adopted at Galveston.
II Is hard TO see why they can support
Bailey. who has fought the platform from
the day 1t was adopted Perhaps Joseph has
grown greater than his party. -Brownwood
Banner Bulletin
II that be true. suppose you apply the
rule both ways. Didn't Senator Chiffon Juuip
the State platform OF 1896 on the subject OF
the tnriffp
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q
Mr.. Bryan looks the very picture + ~
bust health as he appeared on w i.
OF the house while here the otne' ~ In
looks ut for another campaign SUI u,
made in 90. There was a sooo ..-,,B
talk going on here about the u' e. 4
nominee for the vice presiaeas' urss
was asserted in some quarters tna. = ~
had expressed himself as peins I dr;s
of Mr.. Belmont for the posiuus' pelrcH
believe any such thing. ! tnsn' nd =
Is not candidate for the piacs, 30
were, Bryan would have 100 =, surbsh
TO say that he preferred him y ,sry ~
else. 1t would not only be ~ IA W.
taste. but the very acme OF gs.' olsrs
Bryan Is not built on tnoss a Eisf
lptHk Mr.. Bryan does not iasw "a =
err man at all for that pesinos' mis- ~
does not. then he displays not sr Hs'
taste, but good political iudsnrse We y;
take man from a section wns.r se'f'
not hope to win single eieu''r hsi,rr
The question OF successor 70 prssp y
Jones was not discussed when ,ar 90
here, at least not where ansvss ~, ~
hear IL. but Il is understood sro-
bIyan heard OF the Culbefson nj 3
that important position he c's 10 Z
mad and he sent Cuiberton wv ~ ~
wanted TO see him. whether
or not don't know.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

The details OF tho exports Of cotton from
Liverpool, from September TO December 81.
1892. are as follows: Belgium iSi5; Calcutta
and Bombay, sils; France, 1873; Portugal. $3.50;
Italy f7ti' Japan, $500 Russia, $40; Norway
and sweden. 26o4; Holland, 2ola Boston, 6si;
China, 1000; Hamburg and Bremen, 1910; Bull
Saria, $50; Manila, 100: Spain i2l; Austria,
sos. In commenting upon these figures the
New Orleans Times Democrat correctly OBJ
serves that there could be no better evidence
OF the universal consumption Of the South a
chief staple.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-26

AZ tho positions At the disposal OF JIous
toms mayor increase and multiply the hunger
OF tho politically hungry gets sharper and
xtRrner
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24

not overly clean looking East Indians
toriety in our large cities during the
last few years. While wealthy Hin
docs are comfortably following the
dictates of their morally famine
stricken consciences and refusing the
help they could so easily render to the
poor of their own land, Christian mis-
sionaries are doing all withia their
power to alleviate the suffering. BY
the aid of native preachers they gather
in all the furnishing children possible
and care for them. The English gov
eminent is doing it's utmost, but the
people often refuse to be placed on the
relief list until too weak to recover.
The viceroy recently declared that con-
ditions are steadily growing worse.
The plague is spreading alarmingly
and another drought is Threatened.
He announces his intention to spend
all the money in the treasury for the
relief of the sufferers. Outside con-
tributions have been made, but avail
able funds are inadequate to meet de-
mands.
A full-grown man at the relief works
may only receive four cents per day.
However, five cents daily will keep
Hindoo alive indefinitely, for, in his
land, the supporting of life on mini
mum of cheapest food has been reduced
to an art. A few grains of rice, sup
plemented with roots and grass seed,
will furnish him a fair uaol Wbap
the garrison of the British fort at the
siege of Lucknow were reduced to
daily rations of four ounces of corn
made into Cruel, some of the Hindoo
auxiliaries offered to live for a week
on the water in which the corn was
boiled. If the whole civilized world
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24

standing next to the driver of laun-
dry cart. Next will come banker and
then a hod carrier. and then druggist,
and millwright, and baker, and
butcher, and barber, and so on
through every walk and trade in life.
And it is just this class of citizens that
goes to make up the juries of the Unit
ed States. You may so to every other
land on the face of the globe, and you
will not find such an average group of
intelligent and fair-minded men as you
can find in any county seat in your
own country. But even from this gath
ering of ordinarily intelligent men a
careful sitting is made; first by the
judges who pass upon the general tit
ness of the jurors, and then by the at
torneys who are to try the causes.
This examination of the judge ofttimes
proves an instructive lesson. and is the
means of bringing out queer phases
and traits of human nature. After a
general summons has been served the
court proceeds to select his panels.
"All those who have been drawn as
jurors" says his honor, will step for
ward"
There is a shuffling of feet and 30 or
40 men pass within the railing before
the bar.
Hold up your right hands" says the
clerk. and the oath is solemnly given.
The Judge axes up the list of names
and reads michael Mitchell"
Here" saiys Michael.
''How old are you? asks his honor.
Thirty -nine," says Michael.
'How long have you lived in Cook
county?"
"Thirty-eight years"
Born in This country"
"Yes, your honor"
"Where were you educated?"
'Chicago public schools"
"What grade did you go through"
Fourth"
"Do you understand the ordinary
terms of the English language-such
words as lawyers use?"
Il think do, your honor"
'What does the word 'preponderance'
mean?"
"Well, I know, but l can't exactly
tell"
Tell me as near as you can"
"Kind Of a good thing"
"No, it doesn't mean that. What does
the word conclusive mean?"
Il can't quite explain myself"
"What would lawyer mean by say
ing the evidence is conclusive?'"
He would mean that it was mo
USE" replied Michael.
"a good many of them probably
think that sometimes" smiled the
Judge, "but hardly believe they would
care to have the jurors take it in that
way. / am afraid you will not do, for
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Mohammedans, receiving in return, in
some instances, but 35 cents. The boys
are not marketable and are turne .
adrift and may be seen in great, home
less groups, sometimes 80 together
literally starving to death. They Gag
erly lick up the sweepings of the grain
houses, and are so emaciated as to be
hardly recognizable as human beings.
The natives may blame themselves
largely for existing conditions. Their
religion demands that they follow old
customs and they refuse to adopt mod
ern methods of farming. Again, while
most animals are to them sacred and
must be provided for to the best of
their ability, the high class Hindoos
not only fail to aid those of lower
caste in any way, but are rewarded for
their inhumanity by the sense of rect.
tude bestowed by an approving COLI
science. Probably the inclination t.
aid never suggests itself, they are so
hedged in by religious regulations
which, viewed in q certain light, are
certainly monstrous. There are some
among MS who prefer the teachings of
Buddha to those OF Christ, but If they
would for time leave the contempla-
ton Of some of the finer points of the
Hindoo religion and study the details
as they affect he people more, there
would certainly be diminished num-
Der OF followers in the wake OF some
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
MONSTER SPIDER WEB.
Many Fine Skeletons OF Birds ana
Lizards Have Been Found
In Its Ncshes.

Ccylon is the some of the largest spe-
ccs OF spider that has yet been made
the subject of chronological invcstga-
ton. This web-spinning monster lives.
in the most mountainous districts Of
that rugged island and places his trap
ness, but n huge net Of yellow silk from
five { o ten feet in diane ter-across the
chasms ard assures in rocks, says our
Fellow-Crcatures
The supporting guys of this gigantic
net, which in all eases is almost strong
enough for n hammock are from five
to 20 feet in length Gas conditions and
circumstances may require), made OF
series of twisted webs, the whole be.
ing of the diameter Of a lead pencil.
As might be imagined, this gigantic
silkcn trap is not set for mosquitoes,
flies and pestiferous gnats, but >or
birds gaudy moths and elegantly paint
ed butterflies, some of the latter hav-
ing spread of wing equal to that of
robin or a bluejay.
Some extra fine skeletons of small
birds. lizards, snakes, etc. have been
found in those webs, with every vestige
of flesh picked from them. The own
er and maker of these queer silk traps
is spider with a body averaging 4h
inches in width and six inches in length,
and with legs nine TO 12 inches from
body to terminal clam.
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Sos View.

weight, light draft and sharp bow.
In fact, it is the handiest form of board
slifr in America, not excepting the
dory, which, however, it very closely
resembles. the chief difference between
these two rowing boats being that one
is adapted for comparatively smooth
water, whereas the dory is used on the
open ocean and is deeper and has more
sheer. In construction, the SHARPLY is
simplicity Itself, and is the easiest and
cheapest boat in the country to make.
First, draw the vessel on paper, to a
scale of one inch to the foot Take
off the shape of the midship section,
that is to say the section at the widest
part of the boat. Make temporary
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24

durable fastening may be made as fol-
lows:
Cut from piece of canton flannel or
chamois a disc ten inches long. Make
a large knot in the end of the cord.
Gather the flannel or chamois about
the ball and knot. Tie firmly by bind
ing the edges of the disc close to the
cord above the knot. Paint a black cir
Gle one ZACH wide six feet from the base
of the pole.
Bore hole three inches from the top
of the pole push the end of the cord
through and then knot it. This makes
much the best fastening.
TO play: Toss up to see which player
shall have the choice of court. The
courts consist of half the circle about
the pole. If the winner of the toss pre-
fer he may forfeit the choice of court
and choose in which direction he viii
wind the ball.
After deciding this point the two
players take position in their re-
spective courts. con no account must
either make an otr-side play by tres
passing into the court of an opponent)
The player to whom has fallen tho
choice Of direction now begins the
game by knocking the ball around the
pole in either direction he may de-
sire.
His object is to continue the play UNI
til the cord is entirely wound round the
pole. His opponents play is to, if pos
sible, interrupt this and start the bal
in the opposite direction. The last de-
cisivc turn of the cord which brings tho
ball against the pole must be above the
black ring mentioned.
If a player strike the cord above the
ball and so winds it around his racket
and stops it altogether, his opponent is
allowed free scrve.--Boston Globe.
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STARVING TO DEATH.
Direful Results of the Famine Now
Prevailing in India.
Millions of Men, Women and Children
Are Dying by Inches in City and
Country-Disaster Caused
by Drought.
Especial Correspondence

a BOVE the noise of everyday
N events, the clamor of political
intriguers, the din of more or
less disreputable warfare, the cry OF
starving India, increasing in volume
from day to day, SO demands for itself
a hearing that it can no longer be dis
regarded. How much longer the lives
of white men in the outlying districts
WILDE safe. while the natives are eX-
periencing death in its most CHASTITY
forms, is question which is beginning
to asitate that portion of the public
mind which is personally interested in
the fate of that unhappy country
White men are already regarded by the
ignorant classes as responsible for q
great amount of the suffering; but
while there may be grounds for COM
plant, it is certain that no nation
would have accomplished more than
has England while laboring at such a
disadvantage. OF course, mistakes
have been made. In the distant past.
conditions, to a certain extent, righted
themselves. During years of drought,
followed by famine, the population
was so decimated that in the succeed
ing years of plenty there was an
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MAXlMS FOR BOYS.

Always ask your parents what is best for
you to do;
Begin an active business LIE with noble
ends in view;
Care for those about you who are poor
and in distress;
Don't take undue advantage when you've
power to cypress;
Erdeavor to gain knowledge OF the natural
laws of health;
Forget not your honor while striving for
great wealth;
Give only what you're able-you can do
nothing more;
Have respect for the aged ones--be they
rich or poor;
Indulge not in intoxicants, nor in Ian
guage that's profane:
Just dealings are more profitable than
underhanded gain;
Kindness ofttimes purchases more than
glittering gold;
Lay something by while young for your
needs when old;
More money spent than earned will al
ways keep you poor:
No amount of self-praise ever gets be-
yond your door;
Obey your superiors-'twill bring honor to
your name;
Profit by the examples of all good men
known to fame;
Question well the motives of all workers
"llliout pay
Resolve to do your duty, no matter what
others say:
State the facts or nothilg-don't indulge
in lies;
Teach those who are ignorant; take les
sons from the wise;
Unless you make the effort, there's moth
ing you can do;
Virtue is its own rcEard-a maxim trite
and true;
Wealth cannot purchase happiness in this
world of strife,
kept It's used to glorify the One who gave
you life;
Yield all unimportant things, for lawsuits
do not pay;
Zealously observe these rules-there' s
nothing more to say.
Jack Timmons, in Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune
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D
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midship section mold of pine boards.
Get out the stem and apron, and the
stern board, and the plank for the
sides. Hold stem, midship section mold
and stern board in position by light
batten nailed to them at the gunwale
line. Then spring the planks of tie
sides around the midship section mold,
and fasten them strongly with strong
galvanized iron nails an inch apart
first boring a small hole with gimlet
bit for the purpose. Complete the
planlling of the sides. Turn the boat
over and plank her across the floor her
whole length. Turn her back again and
put in the frames. teelson, thwarts,