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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-27
FORECASTS BY FOSTER.

about the corn crop may be OF interest at
this time TO the friends OF these weather
bulletins.
About twelve months ago published
prediction that within thirty months
corn would be 80 plentiful and cheap tnat
u would, On some places, be burned for
fuel and that also within the thirty
months It would sell for so cents a bushel
on the farm
The, Of course, was correctly undo-
stood TO mean that within the porol Z
great crop aud crop failure would 10
suit. The extremes OF the prediction may
not be reached, but We had the big crop
last year and very cheap corn last win err.
am Of opinion that a drouth In July
OF this year will seriously injure tie corn
crop and advise farmers not TO sell their
corn before end Of July at less than 40
cents bushel,
49,
SCIENCE NOTES.
Inert matter 10 matter asleep. says
Hemstreet, and that is what call matter
at rest; but that rest, Ia most cases, 10 for
eternity. In the exceptional cases some
accident in nature must occur. such rs
earthquakes, collisions. etc, then the
matter resolved back into the gaseous or
etherlo form by the accident 10 81 a
20 through the process OF condensation pe-
lore 1t can again reach that condiAo1 n
which matter loses it, energy and lnls lis
rest.
Dr.. A. Waller has shown by magne 10
Instruments that each beat OF the near
seeds out an electric throb. Place o
hands IN separate basin OF water, hol ng
In them the poles OF an eleotromeger and
inf NIL urs al hn4 ff
heart.
Astronomers say that the rings OF sat-
urn are increasing In density and slo Wy
approaching the planet When these riags
break up and are preclpitated on 3 o
planet the Slturn!ans VIII have cat
snlysm similar to that which We call
Noah's food.
I4ematreet says we are magnets not in
sulated. medium Of Induction surrounds
us to lead off our power or to lsai power
into us We must know this law in der
10 hod our own.
II, as Is suspected. oxygen is the els-
ment from which air breathing animals
obtain most OF their electrical He force,
ge may let discover that the dynamo by
friction on the molecules Of oxygen strlrs
them OF their outer covering appropr.at-
Ing their Kernels which ! believe TO he
atoms OF electricity Az zine ard other
materials by the decomposition o. VIII Gu
electricity is generated are largely COM
posed OF oxygen we may yet discover that
in thus generating electricity We extract
the oxygen Of tho metal.
( Il has been discovered that snnspots are
in some way related to health o. man
and the lower animals. DR.. Sch lp OF
Baden BADEN says the electric con1i on
OF the atmosphere has far more friiuen
on health than is suspected even by physi-
clans.
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You can sit at
home and see
pretty near all the
wants Of Texas
in these columns

W. W. Gilleland, aged %, an expert
linotype printer, died last night and was
buried today. He was an employe OF the
Times.
Tonight the Athletic club will meet at
the board Of trade and adopt consti-
tuition and bylaws.
Rev. j. H. Spearng OF st. Marks Epis-
copal church win leave tomorrow to de-
liver the annual sermon Sunday az the
normal school commencement exercises II
Nat,hetoahes
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weekly Rank Statement.


New York, May 2s.--The Commercial-Ad-
vert ser's London financial cablegram says;
The markets here were stagnant and gea-
eraIly dull. though funds were harder. Amer
loans we're mostly shade under ty, but
featursless, W tn little or nothing doing IN
them. the market being deserted.
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c,xatry Troops orgaaixed.

corAcans. Texas, May 2s,--Ths organ
ization Of troop Of cavalry IN ccrsi-
cana has been completed and officers
sieeted SIS tolIows: Robert J, Ailen. cap
taln: N II. Murphy. first lisuterRnt; +
4 Blaczmau, second iieutenhnt inc
troop has been named the corslosna h'gnt
Horse ana Will be one Of the nne@ NM
tayy organizations IN tho statA
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Decrease.


New York, May 26.-Money on call easy
at Q per cent; prime mercantile paper sag
Az per cent Sterling exchange steady wlth
actual business in bankers bills at 4.SIlag
.s7% for demand and at 4.si9sg4s iA for
sixty days; posted rates 4.S5la and 4.sS@
4. ss1k; commercial bills 4.S444 s4A; silver
certificates 60G6l; bar silver 6Ss; Mex can
dollars Az. State bonds inactive; railroads
irregular; government steady.
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caal and Industrial League OF Shreveport"
u Is unanimously Endorsed and embraces
all classes OF citizens. The organization
Will be perfected next Wednesday. May 30
Next TUESDAY Is Labor Day here II
viii be csebrated by al the unions with
1900 men Ia line, fire department officials
and business floats. A half holiday VIII be
given for all 10 Join in the demonstration
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NEw WORK nXclIANuW.
uoI1sTnN RANK CLEARINGs.

Following are clearances of the Houston
banks for the week thus far and for the
corresponding time last year. together win
the increase or decrease:
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los pairs Childrens Slippers,
worth 1,2S, now ...........,.,........,.S $50
80 pairs Children's Strap slippers,
worth LOU, now ......'.'.'.......,....l.z
TO- pairs Ch.dren's Lace ana Button
Shoes worth ] 49, now .,.............1,20
rs pairs CHI .ldren s Lace and Button
Shoes. worth 125, now ............ zoe
SAL pairs Infants Lace and Button
Shoes worth 75c, now ..... i0c
60 pairs Carpet Slippers,
formerly soc, now .,............,.....J 5L
100 pairs Lawn Tennis oxfords,
formerly T5c, now ...................A0 c
$50 pairs Mems Vic. NulEner slippers.
formerly 1.T5, now .g.,...,.........1.2
l9S pairs Mems Vci Nullifler slippers,
formerly 200, now ..,...,...........1.50
70 pairs Mems vici Nulliher Slippers.
kid lined formerly ESQ, now ....,.1.T5
y pairs Allgator Slippers, black and
tan, formerly LOO now .......,.,.. .G0c
ten, formerly 1.25, now .,.........,...S5c
1865 pairs Boys Vici. black aud tan,
worth 2.75, now ...,.................1.
s75 pairs Boys all splld Shoes,
worth 1.50 now ......................1.25
i2l pairs Youths Wei Shoes,
worth l.50. now ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, 90
30 pairs Youths Shoes,
worth 1.25, now ...,...................9 5c
l49 pairs Youths Fine Shoes.
worth 2.25, now .....,......,...,...h1. IS
2sl pairs Ladies' Button and Lace,
worth ZOO now ....................1.2
1865 pairs Ladies Button and Lace.
worth $50. now MISREPRESENTATION.
200 pairs Ladies' Button and Lace,
worth s.75, now ~. !4t,,.,.......,,.,.i.95
80 pairs Ladies' Button and Lace.
worth 90 now - Ak
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A PLEDGE OF SINCERITY.

o II
located
be
TO pos.
of
moansn
SAVING to his customers calculation
W. B. GREEN.
Clerk EXON
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subscribed $25OO for erecting fences, lay
Ing concrete walks, etc. The grounds are
ample. The orphanage VIII accommodate
100 inmates. II Is controlled by a board
Of directors OF most prom.nent elttzeas
and VIII be one Of the hapdsomest insIi-
tuition OF the kind in this State.
The merchants and mechanics have
named their organization 1.-THE CONNER
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in CONCLUSION

IN CONCL USION
This mammoth and spndous setting
early viii
pair Of shoes in the house have the
my goods as onohers This sale viii be conducted
Come
out
to
@ert amazemen at the I'm saugbtng
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THE PATIENT RECORD, Baltimore, Md,

mp and we started to voting, and-and
well, we voted enough to carry the
election, and | reckon we would have
been voting till yet II Mart Gary hadn't
stopped Us.
The negro that struck his a in
my mouth yer home and went to bed
and swore he had beer bitten by a mad.
dog, and 1T took all the doctors l.. Edge
field to save his life. | got comfort.
ably drunk that night, and didn't SUI
fer any bad effects and I'm here vet"
and Mr.. Rush laughed as he walked of.
This lie d true story In every detail.
The incident occurred at Edgeheld
court house in 1878, just as here mar
rated. Gen. M. G. Butler, Elk Gov.
Sheppard, and q host Of others now
living, will vouch for it's accuracy.
One reason why it has never been
published is that not until recently
have the white people cared to talk
about their methods of carrying cleo.
lions in the '70's.
And thus did it come to pass that q
piece OF shaving soap In the hands, or
rather, the mouth Of q man who knew
how to use it, was an important factor
n the redemption Of South Carolina
rom negro misrule and the restora-
ion OF the white mans government.
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INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL

There are 10000 consumptivcs in
New York city. A physician saws
that q majority Of the people living in
tenements have tuberculosis in some
form.
"A Missouri Gather prophet who
reads the future in the leaves OF trees,
says this will be one OF the mildest
winters ever known on the continent.
Census figures show that Dee
Moines, with q population OF 62, l39,
has sixty.eight saloons, while Dayen-
port, with but 80, 254 inhabitants, has
wet goods establishments to the num-
Der OF 1855.
The town OF Eatonville, Fla, has
loo Inhabitants, with not a single
white among Them. 1t has its full quo
Ia OF public officials. D bank and other
business establishments REQUISITE In q
town OF it's size.
"A smart piece of work was recent.
~ accomplished on the railway at
Streetville, near Toronto, where an
Ola bridge was replaced nv q new steel
lattice Pirder bridge OF 100 feet span,
the traffic being interrupted for 40
minutes only.
,-Blshop Peterkin. OF West Viz
ginia, has been selected to oversee the
work OF the Episcopal church in Porto
lttco, and will make an official tour of
h a island rext January.
The compilation OF the popular
vote Tor President has been completed,
according to the figures, Mckinley
received 1903 266 votes. and Brv.n
6,ll5 387. Mcklnley's plurality in 1896
was COL ,o54 and this year it was S17.
o2o, an increase of BAG, OPS.
OF the 100000, 600 passengers
carried upon the railways of the coun.
try last year 22l were killed and , 9IF
were Injured. or the EMPLOYEES 2237
were killed and 3S, TAG were pinred
ana OF the others-tramDs, trespassers
ana people who we're not in trains-
l oeo were killed n GIG were in.
!ured, making a total of 7,l3s persons
killed n 1880 injured.
The coffee growing Industry If
troplcal Africa Is developing tremep
dously. The seed was introduced int
nat country about five years ago by
some English missionaries with the
ooJecI OF ascertaining whether the re
sources o! Africa were favorable to the
culture OF The berry. TIE ground ap
pears 10 De peculiarly adapted to the
%.nuusIry as lUO tons OF coffee were ex,
III 'Buuud alOne last year
hn me result OF this years production
Will be even greater.
"a welI'known Chicago clergyman
the itev. DR.. Parker, OF the Centennia
Baptist church, has written a move.
I. ten Chapters, and is reaIing 3
chapter each Sunday at vesper ser
wees. The thems is the evil of elias:
distinctions, and he brings this out n
series OF character sketches based or
observation OF the widely varied type,
u aeniZens OF the street in which he
ives, me idea Is TO illustrate some
GEOLOGICAL facts In popular style, and
- experiment OF reading his own
80 s'ratk MIN as the most concrete
""m in which he could do so.
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" Full nineteen hundred years, and yet
Behold how Christians Christ forget
Out side of churches! Where, | pray,
DO men show brotherhood today?
In social life ?
See class with class,
Contending each to each surpass,
And hear their biting words of scorn,
For one, like Thee, more humbly born.
Then look in business. There
Is conflict in the very air.
Beneath fair smiles hate hides it's frown
There strong men knock the weaker down,
And Much goes riding over Less,
And tins what we call Success!
And then the armies, OH God, what
means
This conquest of the Philippines?
The Boer and this Briton slaughter, and
This raid upon far China's land ?
1t means that forms have not suiliced
ro teach mankind the law of Christ.
1t means the church has failed to be
A guide to high humanity.
1t means the great II growing need
OF something better han n Creed
10 lift the human race above
The mire of greed
thrist's law was Love.
TO live for universal good,
To make the world one brotherhood.
rms was the purpose and the scope
or all His teachings. Yet we grope
through war and strife, through gloom
and tears,
Now, after Nineteen Hundred years.
and yet, question not, nor doubt
But that Gods will is working out
a purpose, glorious and great.
Aud SO l trust, and hope, and wait
Until Loves banner be unfurlcd
10 civilize the Christian world :"
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N' oS"S vi
PurIfies the trouble, purifies the blood
tto aiooa tones up tho whole system and
- neutralizes the poisons which
produce tie diseased conditions. o.
all s;ie Yearly hc restores to nerfect
rro.sod health thousands of s,iforeSs
~ from Catarrh. Bronchitis. Is.
Liver and Kidney Diseases pi,os 'o.o'hacn'
'o''' Ho%ehia ana all manner of skin affections.
n~Iaeaaoso ~ DR.. Hathaway also treats With
Woman lne greatest success all those
d,sooeo. -, many distressing weaknesses and
"hion 80 many women are afflicted.
Electrical ~. Iathaway's Offices are fitted
ApplIanoaa. witha All the latest electrical and
,rh,ph "no other appliances, In the use of
mn,on. az wei as the microscope. nc has wor,d.
wIue iame as an expert. All OF the medic,no.
used by Dr. Hathaway lro compoundad in his
own laboratories. under his personal d,rect,nn
ana special remedies are prepared for each in'
ui'luuaVcase according to its requirements
Examination Dr. Hathaway has prepared a
1,"".f"" series OF self examination blanks
s,"nHy. applyingto the different diseases
wHlcI ne SENDS tree on application: No. 4, for
Men; No. 2. for Women; No. o. for Skin Diseases.
o for Catarrhal Diseases; No. 3, for kidneys
Non.,uax.. pr. Hathaway makes no charge
"'"su''a"oh for consultation at either bis |
Frees of1ceSor by mail.
L NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. n
800 Or. Hathaway 8 CO.,
SSn south Broad StIeet, Atlanta. "a. i
MENTION THIS PArER wHkN wnTTrNo.
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PURELY ON BUSINESS" have
cropped In sir" Tho man In the suit OF
,auea piack, who had edged his way
into inc private flee Of the merchant
hurriedly remarked, "slmplv On a
matter OF business-urgept business
am q businessman myself. and I
know the worth Of u busy mans time,
MY name 10 observation-disclosures Van
tluhck Horrigan, aud | used TO be in
Inc real estate business in Scranton
state OF Pennsylvania. Here ia INV
pr0iesS>ona card, somewhat soiled, bui
sun iegiole. Would that be good air,
,or the loan OF Il dollar and "a half, t.
down on the Tail ?"
1T would not" replied the merchant
scowling at him.
brings me to the next CUES.
y Would it be too much, air. 10 asv uHn
Tor O loan OF "a dOllar-merelv a doiIoouu
I'LL tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock %,
T" Ii would" 0o'A'
Since we cannot negotiate nm m
ordinary business basis sir. Mich"
ask you to let me have q ouarter
solely on your faith In humanity. md
ment2" 'oP"y'
NO, you can't" reared the merchant.
" Get out OF herel'
Certainly, SIR" responded the oth-
or, moving with alacrity toward the
door. AS said when / came in, this
10 purely. a business call. 1t ia O a
mater OF sentiment. Either you have
q rev cents to spare for the purpose OF
eePln the currency OF the country
Ving or you have not. 1t appears
grets about the matter at ali, sir. food
afternoon" Noo'
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KEEPING UP COUNTRY ROADS

In a recently published bulletin on
the construction and maintenance OF
country roads, Prof. f. II. King, OF
the Wisconsin Station, says:
with u present system of work.
ing country roads there Is no posi-
bllity of either making or maintaining
earth roads in first-class order. IL is
possible, however, to do much better
IMAM Is done In many places, and one
OF the most fundamental changes
which needs to be made, IS 10 reserve
a considerable part of the road tax
each year TO be worked out along the
INES o. maintenance on any day dur
ing midsummer, fall and early winter
when it is seen that something needs
to be done and when the soil is in lust
the right condition to permit the most
effective work.
"The general practice Of working
out all of the road tax in the late
spring and early summe makes it
necessary to be nearly all Of the time
either making road or repairing that
which is III very bad condition, and
the result is that during most of the
time the travel is ovcr poor or bad
roads when, If the work were more in
tclligently distributed through the
seasons when work may be effectively
done, nearly the whole labor would be
devoted to correcting the slight defects
n thus enabling nearly all travel to
be over good or fairly good roads.
"Ihc intelligent use of the grader
and roller at the right time after The
rams of q wet period and after a dry
period will make marvellous changes in
the character of earth roads of all
classes and particularly in those which
are proyerbially bad.
eve cannot too strongly emphasize
That TO drive up n side of the road
with a road machine and back on the
other, scraping a lot of loose, hetero-
rubbish and earth into the
middle of the road, to be tramped out
again by the traffic, IS neither re-
pairing nor maintaining the road.
The material brought upon the road
should be well distributed and harrow
until an even, uniform layer has
been secured and then the roller
should be thoroughly applied when the
earth is i n just the right condition to
pack well. Work of this sort will
ami will be appreciated"
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1t is a common fallacy that impure
water becomes sterilized at q tempera.
ture of 81 degrees. One of the curl.
Gus facts about bacteria is that while n
single ray of sunlight will extinguish
ne lie OF innumerable hordes, and
while a very moderate increase in the
temperature around them will have
the same effect, they are absolutely
uninjured by any degree of cold.
Thirteen colored women, whose ages
range from 35 to 70, are attending
night school in Jersey City and taking
their first lessons in reading. Several
of the older women we're born in sIay-
cry and some of these have become
sufficiently accomplished to read
simple history of the United States.
GA
' assss, tho ''' s.aa You Have Always Bought
q EMxHZNlZM
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DIR. Hathaway
Treats All Diseases.
his Method Invariably Cures All
catarrhal, Bronchial, Lung, Stom.
acll, Liver, Kidney and Other Com.
plants, as Wen as All Diseases
and Weaknesses of Women.

In DR.. lIathaway's most
extensive practice, GOV
erlng Il period OF more
than2Oy years. he has been
called upon to treat all
manner Of diseases OF
men and women and
along the whole line of
human ailments he has
been uniformly sue
cesSful.
Dr. H~athaway's me.
thod of treatment gets
1trnnfly af thn ca,
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Lao p IN train makes ,,iose conn.o,,S.
"V S un Falls for all points on s.. A" T..
Close connection at Greenwood for oil
polhts on 3. A. L.. and G.. a q. Raiiwau
way, " "o"'norh rail-
rates any information relative to tickets
fa'es' etc, address '
W.. ShAId. Gen. Pass. Agent
L. u North, Sol Agt. Augo Ia, ia.
I'm EAKRsoR. Traffic \ 49,
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closing Of the century. Few Of us who
are alive today ever realized this con-
dition of events before and doubtless
few of us will see ii thus again. Here
and there VIC find a belated Traveller
who has fingered longcrthan Inc others
before reaching "Tkc wayside Inn,
where the toll shall end and the rest
begin" The century, SO soon to be a
thing of the past, has brought to us
many material blessings, but are we
really a better people for all this ?
We look around and see the hurry
of life in this present day, and the mad,
blind rush for money and power the
rich in many places getting richer and
the poor getting poorer, - Mans in
humanity 10 man." making 80 many
countless thousands to mourn. Then
the fact seems patent to us that spirit
tually we have not kept pace. We have
forgotten tie teachings of Christ, {" In
honor prcfcrring n another" This
is n time for earnest meditation, ant
if, measured by the Golden Rule, We
are not squaring our life line Alright
then it would be wise for us TO Z" abou
face Some time, we know not when
the boat man pale will signal to u
from the silent river whence none eve
return. W. must go when the sum
mons comes, and wise are they VIII,
are ready.
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Tine city OF Downs, Kan, has more
that i,ooO Inhabitants, among whom
there Is not a single lawyer.
GA H
Bear. tho ' The Kind You Have lways eopgh,
q NxHM@&m
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En- En"rT,a Sprlmgs. DAILY except Sunday.
ror Rates, Time Tables, or further ;S..
'oE W. ~ call on any Agent, or write 70
bia, sc. '"' agent, Column
I, M. EMERSON, Traffic Mgr.
a.. NJ. EmERsoN, GENT. Frt.eE pooo
Wilmington, N. q. rass' Agt.,
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This is an unusual Christmas-tbe
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~ INV
to keep Hammond awake, and he
thought it would certainly do so as he
laid his head upon his pillow, after
having secretly arranged the suite in
such a way as to favor the transmission
of sounds. The next thing he knew
the light of morning was IN his eyes.
he had secured an exceptionally good
nights rest-as will sometimes happen
by resolutely I ylng to keep awake.
lie was out of bed and into his clothes
IN the quickest possible time. The door
of the butler's room was open.
CHANGING at the lock he perceived that
the bolt still projected. He closed the
door AMI opened it again. The lock
was defective; it did not catch. Prob.
ably the new butler had come out
without discovering that any attempt
a been made to restrain him.
Hammond walked slowly toward his
den with the idea of spending some
minutes III quiet reflection. AS he pass-
ed in from the hall he was greatly sur-
prised to perceive the new butler sound
asleep in the big chair. Beside him
on the desk lay the diamond bracelet
and it's empty case.
Hammond laid a hand upon tho
sleeper's breast. The man walked slow
ly, and as he walked his face assumed
an expression of deep joy.
81 found it, sir" SAID he. "I
found 1T after you went to bed. You
dropped 1t out of the case and then
set the lamp down ON it. The square
thing on the bottom of the lamp is hol.
low underneath. That's where the
bracelet was all the time, sir"
And you've sat here all night',--
Waiting for YOU"
"Tell me " said Hammond, after a
pause, (" why did you break IN here 2"
81 was in the courtyard at the back,
sir, F" he replied. 81 know the SER
wants rooms in this big house opened
the court, and 1 'oped L might get
D bite to eat. But there was no light
any of the windows, and so, as I
starving, / crawled in 'ere, being
it was on the ground floor. L went
INTO The dining room and then in 'ere
looking for food, sir. You don't
know what 1t IL to be starving. But.
hank God, / didn't find anything, no.
lr, not even a crumb of bread, did /
AXE, ever, from you or any man 20
"Tbere will be three meals q day
or you here, " said Hammond, from
time forth. And-and- by The
ternal, I'm glad you dropped in ~ =