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The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

-~O~~~O0~~~~~~~~~~~OO~~O~~ and how beautiful she had grown) as Alice.
 While Lady Ockington was saying her adieus, turned to Alice. l saw she recognized me.
 Alice, my dearp' I said. felt rather than saw Lady Ockington wheel about.
 Alice put out her hand and smiled. took her hand.
 What an immense girl you have | grOwnp I went on. "YouVe grown too big to kissv'
 She looked surprised, but 1 bent for ward and kissed her lightly on the cheek.
 ''Mr. Merivale!' she said, but I thought she did not look offended.
 70, you must still call me Jerry," l said hastily. 'I suppose you will be leaving school soon"
 Lady Ockington, who had been re- garding me as if I were an intrepid frog, interfered.
 Miss Mansen has left school some years," she said in an awful tone.
 70, she has a governess, 1 suppose? Well, Alice," I said, q hope you are a better girl than you used to be-"
 "Alice, we must go," said Lady Ock. ington.
 "Good-by," I said. I still held her hand. 'I will call some day and take you to the wax works"
 She smiled as she left me and follow ed Lady Ockington from the room. I was glad she smiled. should not have acted as did.
 During this incident the stiffness of the room was terrible. Conversation began. again. turned to Lady Marten and began to speak of Pinero's coming play. But she was laughing convul- sively.
 You wicked, dreadful young man," she said. "Mr Burden told me what you intended to do but I couldn't have believed you would have dared-not even you-and Lady Ockington there"
 I protested that Miss Mansell and I were old friends. Nothing could shake her conviction that we had never met befOre-that 1 had kissed a girl who was an entire stranger. This was the general impression, thanks to Bobbys foolish talk.
 But I am not so bad as all that.
 Thenext day called at Lady Ock- ingtons house. I did not expect to be admitted, but I felt it would only be kind to call.
 The door was opened by an unintelli- gent page boy. Lady Ockingon was out Miss Mansell was in. Joy!
 Or the stairs I encountered the but Ter, who knew me. He directed kill Ing glance toward the lad. But 1t was too late.
 Alice was alone in the room. She came to me with the prettiest air of confusion. I took her hand.
 "Alice-Miss Mansell," I said, "for the last twenty-four hours my friends have been telling me that have made a mistake. Did you make a mistaken"
 "Mr. Merivale," she said, "for the last twenty-four hours Lady Ocklngton has been telling me you didn't make a mistake. Did you make a mistaken
 It was all right; she was smiling.
 "Alice-Miss Mansell, I cannot tell a lie unnecessarily; it was not mistake it was intentional"
 She shook her head.
 "I don't think it was quite nice of you," she said.
 I responded eagerly. "You are quite right; it was horrid. But have an ex- planation."
 Explain" she said, majestically. At the moment we heard ring.
 Tt is Lady Ockingtonp' exclaimed Alice.
 Shall hide?" I asked.
 "We are going to the Pinkertons to- night" she said. looking out of the win dow, as Lady Ockington entered.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

will never have much more So. you must not encourage Gerald Merivale. Now mind, Gertrude"
 Gertrude wept little q am sure of this, because her nose was a little red when we met later) and stopped en- couraging me. did not blame her. She was quite right. I confess I like a girl with robust common sense.
 But 1t is not about Gertrude I am writing It is of Alice Mansell, the 'she" alluded to at the commence ment.
 Little Bobby Burden came to my club, and began to talk excitedly to me about sumner"
 You've no idea," he said.
 "It is not kind of you to say so''
 "Tm talkin' about the girl She's just come out, and, by love, isn't she onerr'
 What girl?" I asked.
 "Her names Alice Mansell. My aunt, Lady OckingtOn, is running her. The daughter of Mansell, the railway John ny. They say she's a hundred mill lOns."
 1 yawned a little. Ecstasies always bore me.
 "I know as a fact" 1 replied, "that the figure you mention is considerably below the mark"
 His jaw dropped. "Reallyr' he said. "Or are you at your confounded sar- casm againY
 Introduce me-" I said, "and you shall be best man."
 Look here-let me tell you" he began.
 cake as you like" I interrupted, sooth- Ingly.
 You're a-"
 "A regular tuck in."
 "I tell you you're an ass."
 "You presume on your aunt" I said severely. But you needn't introduce me. 1 had forgotten for the moment. l know her. She was my playmate. I used to slap her. In fact, I think I adopted her. I forget whether as a sis ter or a daughter-one of the two. She Is very fond of me-"
 "I always did think you conceited, but I'm dashed if ever-''
 twill she be at the Martens this af- ternoon?' I asked.
 He replied reluctantly in the affirma- tive.
 If I have time I'll run in and see her" I said. taking up a newspaper.
 "I suppose you'll kiss her." he said scoffingly.
 Bobby retired uttering inarticulate sounds and red in the face.
 I went to the Martens that after noon. As was entering the drawing room encountered Bobby at the door. He grinned vindictively.
 She's in there" he said, jerking his thumb over his shoulder. "Go and kiss her."
 I took no notice of his foolish re- marks, or of the laugh from the group of men around him. It is better to ig nore vulgarity when you have no rep artee.
 I crossed the room to speak to Lady Marten The room was crowded. AS was speaking to her. Lady Ockington arose from her seat and came to her. She was followed by a girl whom rec ognized (hough how she had changed
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

Tsarkoe-Seloe because it was their part of the scheme to send the Czar to the mined palace. Like his predecessors, he now fears to partake of food that is not prepared ill his presence lest it contains poison. He fears to remain in rooms that are not so arranged that his enemies could net gain access. And, worst of all, he is never sure who to trust. Frequently those who have pre- tended to be his warmeSt friends and councillors have proved themselves traitors and conspirators Threatened with war, with revolt of his country men, and with his own assassination, it is no wonder that he is a "trifie nervous" Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown could find no better exemplification than in the case of this great king. Now, really, wouldn't you rather be just as you are than to be the ruler of all the Russias? You can be contented and happy; he cannot.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

Maybe any good scout could have captured Aguinaldo as Gen. Funston did, as "a high army oficiar' at Wash ington is reported to have said. Gen. Funston waited in vain a long while, however, for some good scout to do it.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

In these times of plenty and prosper ity it is not easy to understand what service the Social Economics Club of Chicago hapes to render society by a | discussion of 'how to live on $250 a
 week." No one wants to live on $2.5O week. If industrial conditions compel boy or girl to live on that amount the
 Social Economics Club should devote | its intellectual energies to changing | those conditions. There are Russian peasants and Mexican peons who live on less than $2.50 a week. In the East Indies a native may subsist on less than for a whole year. His wardrobe is not heavily stocked. He does not care to obscure the handiwork of nature. He has no foolish and expensive fads about waistcoats to gratify. It costs nothing to have his trousers creased. He lives on the bounty of nature, unless he hap pen to be in the famine district. But why should the Social Economies Club discuss such a question in America, where the ambition is always to i'm prove the standard of living? It may be there are young men and young women working their way through our colleges and universities who are try ing to live on $2.5O per week. If they are, they are obtaining an education at fearful cost. Society is not in need of highly developed mentalities in starved bodies. The kind of "educa- ton" that Is obtained at the expense of the physical powers can be of little ben eft in the long run. Happily we are approaching an era of hygienic sanity when the habit of starving the body to nourish the brain is being vigorously discouraged. Young men and women are being impressed with the fact that they are better off without the 'educa- tion" that must be obtained by depriv- ing the body of needed nourishment. The highest mental attainment, in fact, is only possible through a properly nourished body. The Social Economics Club should discuss the question, How not to live on S25O a week."
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

The general election was on. I had to make four speeches every night, be- sides canvassing during the day. should have preferred not to. But had an agent. He said he was my agent otherwise should have thought our positions were reversed.
 Among other things he made me go to church on Sundays. It was neces- sary, he said, to conciliate the church people. We also went to the Methodist chapel to conciliate the dissenters. The result was we annoyed both.
 At the church 1 recognized a lady with Alice's black hair. She also had Alice's profile In fact, it turned out to be Alice herself. She was visiting her uncle, Col. Western, with whom she had lived in her younger days.
 I told my agent that our great defect was a want of lady canvassers. He proffered his wife. I accepted her, but said I would call on Col. Western and see if couldn't pick up few more"
 But Col. Western is opposed to us."
 "He is most good-natured," I replied. "I am sure he will lend us a few"
 My agent sighed. He was a conscien- tious person and had scruples as to whether I was a fit person for the House of Commons. eff he were only as sensible as some of his speeches" he said to my mother once.
 Nevertheless I sent my mother over to Col. Westerns, and she returned in triumph with Alice, whO as 1t hap pens, was a Conservative of the most unbending principles.
 We used to canvass together. The agents wife came, too. Alice thought this best. The agent eXpostulated at the absurdity and waste of time in- volved in three people doing the work of one We pointed out how much more thoroughly the work was done When we had all had turn at the for tunate elector he was not in a condition to refuse his vote. But the agent would not be silenced till Alice got his wife to stop him with a glance.
 The polling day came. Alice and my mother, the agent and I drove from polling booth to polling booth. Toward 8 o'clock the agent came to me dole fully and said he feared my return was improbable. 1 was very sorry for the poor man, he had worked so hard. When told my mother she burst into tears. She must also have been sorry
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

There is no lack of variety in the CT forts to kill the CZar. However, It IS believed that the varied character or the anarchist program does not relieve 1t of its dIsagreeable features in the eyes of Nicholas.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

It may be that the man in New York whose stomach has been removed by surgery will live, but most people have no stomach for such operations.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

There is an impression that when a woman goes away on visit she writes her husband every day, but that he does not write her more than once dur ing her absence.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

Merely as a retaliatOry measure, why should there not be great dry goods trust? There has been a wet goods trust for years.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

The first patent medicine company that gets the Czar of Russia to write in praise of its nerve tonic will have good thing.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

The first indication that an old man is in love is his announcement that he takes a "fatherly interest," in the girl.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

From his recent utterances it would appear that some of that iron entered the soul of the Kaiser.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20
Prison Population of United Kingdor

Englands prison population is ninety per 100000 of her inhabitants, that Of Ireland, sixty-six per 100000, of Scot land, only fifty-twO in the same num- hor
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

When a man and a woman become husband and wife they are joined to- gether for a strenuous life.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

Funston will probably know better than to run for office. Surely he has heard of the fate of other heroes.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

Nobody talks much that does not o<s caSionally say unWise things.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

A drug trust is threatened. Where other trusts may simply mean robbery this would indicate a sort of pillage.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20
Paner Used in Books

About one-sixteenth of the paper out put of the world is converted into books,
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

Show a man another man who looks like him, and he will think the other fellow is too ugly for resemblance.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-07-20

will never have much more. So you must not encourage Gerald Merivale Now mind. Gertrude"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
SOME MORE TRICKY POLITICS.


In with
OF the
10 opposition
a poll
4 a hs own
politics the shscisl
Of
closely, t. To
the
heaven
I eenl"
unfair dealing and the lane < nadefo It,
on
the o a Of
opposition ickett
n
Is the
i note
Of should peako 1t.
al and
the with
the ought Ia PC 10 any
OF peut %
OF the
OF pr fairness
in our
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Marion Crawford believes that the pen
Is the true Implement of labor for au
author, For me- he says, "dictation is
impossible, and | lind that Il ! myself opc.
rate typewriter the result Is lfeless
string OF stln words" 81
Otis Bardwell Boise Of Berlin, Germany,
regarded a. one OF The great teacher. 1f
harmony and composition In Europe, has
accepted professorshlp At the Peabody
Conservatory Of Music In Baltimore aud
will come to this country iu July.
NJ de Bowlt2, the famous Paris CORE,
sp0Ident of tho London Times, spid In a
rcccut Interview: 81 have got SO used to
writing for publication that even my per
sonal letters have a sort VI printed tone.
For the rest, | dare say III die with pen
In my hand"
ON the occasion of the cightieth birthday
Of the Prince Regent Lultpold OF Bavaria
a Munich newspaper called attention to
the fact that no Journalist benefited hy the
attendant amnesty, for the simple reason
thai none had been Imprisoned lin striking
contrast to Prussia.
Three presidents widows are living Mts
Grant makes her home IN Washington, Mrs.
Harrison lives IN Indianapolis and Mrs.
Garfield at Mentor. o. Buchannn's ulecc
ana Arthur's sister, both prominent I'm
Washington during the administration Of
those presidents still survive.
The memoirs OF the late duke OF Argyll
will probably be published next winter,
edited by the dowager duchess, to whom
all her husbands papers were heduealhed.
Tho duke had been writing his memoirs
Tor several years before his dcath, and he
left tho work nearly finished. and careful
Glrections and ample materials for It's
completion
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
SOME PosTscRlPTs.


There is mile OF railroad In Kansas for
each la0 OF her inhabitants
The Uganda railway is now open to With.
In ninety-hve miles OF Victoria Nyanza.
The south African winter hcginsftoward
the end of April and lasts until September.
In the fve commonwealth states OF Aus
tralia there are some i2.50o miles Of rail-.
way
cuba's foreign trade is slowly growing,
but 1t is going to Europe rather than to
the United States.
There are now in New York about 500
vehicles OF the automobile type, and ahou.
40notH horsc-drWwn vehicles.
The Niagara Fails Power company nov
generates ao,O00 horse power of electricity
and Is doubling It's capacity,
The amount Of money given fot phIlau-
thropic purposes IN this country lass year
was Si7SO0o00. or Sl5,2S0.oOo less than
The year before AZ
young lady residing al Queenstown
who had been deaf and dumb since her
hlrth. eighteen years ago, has suddenly re.
covered her hearing and power Of speech.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29

weeks To put IN Beaumont There Is more
GnlVeStpn money IN beaumont today than
from any other city In the country. and
moro galveston men are to be- seen on the
streets every DAY than from any other ono
LEGALITY The effect Of the Withdrawn Of
TINS mouey VIII hc felt In all lines OF has
ness. The ultimate prosparttV however.
WI more than make M for the temporary
loss.
! know one man tn beaumont who has
not one penny invested In oil. who Is con,
tlnnnlly In the thick Of things, and who
has as many opportunities as ans body on
the ground. The man Is Walter Parker
The representative Of the Times Democrat.
Mr.. Parker has been over there three
weeks, working night and day for his pa.
per giving 1t splendid report each day,
sending IL hundreds of dollars worth OF al,
Nertlsng. The last few days he has been
relieved Of the disagreeable work To him,
OF soliciting advertisements. The man Is o
Il aryol who can resist the speculative spirit
IN Beaumont. To many the man Is Il Mt
subject for monument or luuatic asy
lum who can send to his paper day after
day a fair unbiased report of cunditlo Ions
and push aside the dollars that he could
have simply FOR the asking. Hut the news.
paper man understands lie knows that
personal Integrity and honesty Ia his re-
ports To his paper are more to the true
newspaper man than all the money In tho
banks of the world. And Walter Parker
Is one III those old fashioned true. blue
newspaper men.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS
Houstonians' Names Were Very os''s'
on the Registers. !,

on the Registers
Galveston, Texas, April 2s-A
the Galveston hotel registers contain 4.
or three pages OF the names of ious'y y,
on Sunday. Today there are no' u'A
dozen Houston people regis'ersu y
the hotels in the city and very rev - !,
streets The cause is attrihuleu RI
same thing that has attracted ~. ~,
people away-that is. that they ha'e 81
to Beaumont. The restaurants as
deserted. Galveston misses her III
visitors, but can not very wen sO~ n,.0ul
as the people of this city are IN Ds1'
too. 9, rs
ne bids for the rebuilding ~ - Il
rick's Catholic church. which WIN s,u,ih sHi
nlnced nj lis former site. Thirty WWsdpss
Svenne X. will be opened nsM archlift
Iiay morning at the office OF ,nrt,sIo IS o
Charles q. Dulling Of san An'
'n Joseob W. Field. formerly. Of ~ sn, eIty.
bnt now of Fort Worth, is III " ne cd
A. A. Van Alstine, treasure Railvs
weston. Houston and lienaei
company. is In New YORK. .,ss morris.
Dave McCaleb returne,d n thst az
from beaumont and VIII ~
agyln ton mo acont Of the InteEnssssyvs d
and Grent Northern Railway .s,erday.
Huntsville, was In the city u ths ~
n q. Archer general agen, r,rsny. W
sac Citv Southern Railway c9',ljchira
last night for his old home Usage ~
where ne was called by I ~ live.
his father was not expecteu
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
y PAGES TODAY
HOUSTON, MONDAY. APRIL 20, 1901.
A LAW OFFICER WHO DOESN'T
KNOWN


The new attorney general OF the United
States IS giving evidence early In his u.
achl career that he Is a worthy successor
OF Mr.. Grlgss and that the great cur.
porar or rather trust Interests OK the
country win have nothing to fear from
him during his ineumbcncy OF Office.
Going from the steel trust to the cabinet
and, as IL generally understood. az the
request Of the trusts, hc Is us dumb as
an oyster a. to The policies which he IN.
tends TO ADOPT with reference TO the en-
forccmrnt ot the corporation ana anti trust
laws nn the Federal statute book Mr.
Kpos submitted 10 an interview the other
day lp which the following coiloquy o.
cured;
.. Wlll you enforce the law relative to
trusts!
4. / can aa; discuss that. either. shall
meet ACQUISITION as II arises and shall not
9 DO You believe the existing antitrust
n; I'd doH'''i wish to rnlA nlqss that line
q win you give, IN a general way. your
Views on Capitalization OF capital and com.
binaiionsf
\. No.
Think Of the chief law officer or the
government, with the plaln code before
him and the oath OF office fresh upon his
lIps teillng the public that he Is nnpre-
pared 10 say whether he VIII attempt to
enforce the laws or not!
Such men make a moekery OF govern.
meut.
This appoptment It may he presumed.
Is part ot,the redemption Of the rcpub.
lIcan platform pledges 70 curb ana regulate
the trusts, ID the meantime, however. the
TNWfftnFtg M tpR., T ~.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
SOME BEAUMONT STORIES

s.,, ,-,-
SATURDAY review "aiNeS'"h.
4 lot Of folks are going to get sick In
pca,,,nan, hnn't moan sick In bcnrt hut
,...t..,,
IN pnuN some OF thr men "Ie '"IEe'HhS
half the laws Of nature. aud nature gen.
orally MANAGES To got over, some how or
Z
otAef luerhay one man lolh me nc
O'Clock in the afternoon that he had not
eaten ANYTHING since breakfast. ana hrcak.
fost nod co,al.t,d az , cnn ,r corec aud
some bread aud butter. st ] a. m, he
closed ms office AMI walklns nome ronl1
6etdgrhe Hc bSd mtend@d e"ttipg some
hot supper, somebody came lu, ihcn some
body els and Ne hndh' hgd umr- since
i,l,c rin5N.d u,, r,1rJ, Ssn,sb IL, ,.n',,fis.
T r.i, ~ '''i'''' tti.I,, a,,,t,I L.
1,fTi, l,,nt h., ~ ,r,,,',i n,ybtin A. hc,itb
49, & ' ' 'i /" " my e i,.er
,,f w, 5''' 81 Ia s''' w.
M *, Mon v-gs, nam, H. rnost IN
I rs,,,ti. ,,,Uth ,yh" mas unodc A. icnst
10y" Hinimt" ~ t,,,,,,. ~ ,f'.
nh ,o ninr"s n a., 1ons nn, raim bI,nssIT
r. bn A. MOI vt All ~ no bnr,ihir ,%hiri
chincry too much worn L. going to snap
Ills friends tel him this, bur he only
A"sns al tne" ana N''pS 'Hnt on
speaking OF not eauhg renlhaS one g.
eating beaumont h"s done herself proud
L
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
10 DEVELOP MARsLg ouARRIes.
Probable Houston Win Be the Distribute
mo Point

Corslcana, Texas April IS The Texas
on and Marble company, with general OF
hces In Corsicana, and 4 branch at Maria
1tNas, nlcd Il charter late this evening
The officers OF the new company are, Pres.
idtnt, George +. Jester OF Ccrslcana; Woe
president, NJ u. Jordan Of Marta; secrr
tary aud treasurer DR.. Clay Johnson Of
Caisieana. Tho capital stock Il SiaOOS1.
organlzed Cor the purpose Of developing the
marble and niinerai properties IN the west
and oil IN the beaumont and Corsieann
hel,is and Intermediates iIrrltory, HoustoS
VIII probably be TIM point Of dlstrihutlon
~ the hne marble Quarried In Bremster
county. This Is claimed g he one u the
state and Is composed entirely Of home
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
Nam sohooI for q Co.

lei paso, Texas, April 2I-lns ~ s5ao
hoard let a contract last n'sI sosva also u
high school building TIE ia Ia bulIan
dered the erection Of one de I,
and extensive improvement Y M = ~
old buildings The tottaal w
cost the city nearly sp'o
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
Prosnective Marriages.

Austin. Texas, April os-Miss heN'
Brady of this city will be married Tuesps,
to Mr.. d. T. White, a prominent ysIs
business man of I'll Paso. 100,
DR.. w. II. Rhodes will marry Miss iAl Ivy.
Kane on the. same day and on Weahesar
Mr.. Clareuce Test will he united ID u''
rage TO Miss Nellie Donnan.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Bonds Purchased.

Austin. Texas, April %. AT meeta'
of the state board of education yestefau
afternoon $4,000 worth Of BeNar counu
court house and Jail rcfundlng non1s wv
purchased for the permanent school illss
also S35.0O0 Liberty county court AosA
rCfunding bonds.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
Radlu Stunned by lime.

Austin, Texas, April 2S.-Qsear hnsoas
n laborer emplosed at the Seton nosp',aA
suffered painful accident YESTERDAY. q
slipped and fell into a lime pit, While NH Ma'.
ing by IT, His arms and breast were , ussj
burned. and some of the hot llnic sp'asi''
into his eyes.