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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-05
LIEN HERE.
the Katy Likes
eatest City.

In addition we greatl
laundry, closets, bath nent ana general
age and a complete i, Kansas and
works, barn and OF. Hall, general
na ma IN f anu iolase, M. I'inney, a
off and beautifled, and, same system
tages for the use and lay in Mr.. AL
widows of the home, st
separated from the N around" said
children, making 1t NOR one of our reg
Without an endowmthing whatever
arises, how are all tn. | am always
to be secured? The ansis a great and
funds on hand must be 81
per capita assessment on the Katy
ship, Twenty-Five cents per teAntonio,
period OF four or FIVE years win there
the means to make this instittg along
it was intended 70 be from the / If the
1.-THE browning glory of Odd F, to be
in Texas" This question is
pressed upon the atention OF repleased
tlves and past grands, for 1t ice Of
met. 1t can not longer be dela5ity was
suggest that we meet 1t likcisl and
men should meet business Ississippi
The powers OF the superirld," he
the home should, in my opnlsd better
siderably enlarged and his the ia
creased. He should be made
OF the institution and be ch
carrying out the instructions ".
OF trustees.
I desire to call attention,ept. Arc
mary OF tables appearing
report of the proceedings oerr,rc tha
1899. I am afraid that thesy
not consulted and studied byAii"ay' the
ship at large, nor even Dyer arrange
of this grand body. lon changing
The figures there given
Odd Fellows OF Texas" ha1'"S ~n.
treasures of their SUB relations with
said year total iaes, no definite and
DIsBtnents are yet forth
Sick benefits to b
Relief OF wido;nt Independent position
Educating eed, there are many conf
Burying bTons by high authority, but
support Z the, plans will take Is not
For spe
uilding of the Kansas City South
materially affected the Missouri
Lsas and Texas, both companies con-
fling routes from Kansas City to the
LII. Since the reorganization OF the
lansas City Southern, however, the form
r keen railroad competition has been
considerably modified and both proper
les have been doing we'll. Any extern
ion of the community or ownership
rinciple now practically in existence oy
mutual interests of the controlling pow
RS in the Kansas City Southern, the
iissouri, Kansas and Texas and the MIS-
ouri Pacific will, it is believed, unite
Ii the roads.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-05
nate clerks Meet Today.

san Antonio. Texas, February 4.---iIe
rate clerks or roads represented IN the
southwestern Passenger bureau miu eoad
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-05
FRISCO TO EXTEND
\. Pineries Of East Texas, II Is or
d ficially Announced.
HtxAs SHORT LINE CHARTERED
, -, IN VIII Prevent the Absorb
ion. he Mobile and ohio--Mr.
and dlen in the Cuy.


The wife vas fepruary f.--The in
standing. ivvouchsafed from an OFF,
vorced fromrhe Post corre,nondnnt -
membership a 1o,,t- W.
The marie uiS anu san FRAU
low, whose Will not stop at sherman
the order. is that point, but will build
in Rebekatd Hort Worth ara ~. !,
The initiate. .,.,~ '"A' ~
In the lodgi eAuension OF IT'S lines
elected. 5ilmer and ultimately 10
The driver CHI the East Texas pine.
the liquor buslN
the law on th
to membership t,Ihr
Guides to the Z
be allowed A SEQ Is suspended for
one who refuses x will be resumed In
have charges prefthen go on uninter-
Lodge funds can
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-05

Orphans Home.
l have always found
cared for and happy.
superintendent and
worthy persons, we'll
tons they are filling.
For details in regaI
ment of the home |
OF the board OF trust
found very fill aud
Ny observa lions, du'
led to some very def
regard to the needs
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
The Bed Chamber.

The requisites of healthful bed
chamber are thus set forth by Maria
.Parola in the Ladies Home Journal
Every bedroom should be provided
with tine essentials for healthful sleep
and the daily sponge bath. As nearly
as possible the room should be kept
free from anything that would tend to
contaminate the air. 1t should be as
large as one can afford, and the win.
dows SO arranged that they may be
opened at the top and bottom. If pos.
sible the floor should be bare and the
ruge so small that they can be taken
outdoors with ease for cleaning and
airing. Everything about the room
should be washable. The bed should
be light and fitted with strong casters,
so that it may be readily moved; the
springs ought to be firm and strong,
and the mattress the kind that will
not allow the heaviest part of the body
to sink, and to cause the sleeper to lie
in a cramped position. My own
preference is for q cheap hard mattress
next the springs and a light one OF
hair on this, but any kind of q firm
mattress is better than one that is too
soft. Above all, do not overfurnish
the bedroom.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
Ooorkeeper too Much for Mansfield,


Nearly one hundred people figured
in Richard Mans6eld's production OF
"Cyrano de Bergerac" last season, and,
in order to prevent any outsider from
getting behind the scenes, he pro-
vided each member of the company
with a ticket not unlike those used
by suburbanite commuters, which
served as a means of admittance to
the rear stage entrance and a
tally for the salary list, says the Chi.
cago News. In order to see if his
orders were strictly enforced, Mans
field one evening presented himself at
the door, but as he had no ticket the
infexible guardian of the stage not
only refused him admittance, but pro-
cseded to use force to make him
move on. When the joke had gone
far enough Mansfield wrenched him.
self free from the grasp of the burly
custodian and asked, impressively:
"Do you know who l ami"
"No," replied the guard, eying the
speaker with distrust. "Do you be-
long to the show?"
NO." laughed Mansfield, as he
started to 20 away; "but the show
belongs to me-"
The next day the incorruptible
guardian received raise for carrying
out his orders so unflinchingly.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

1t is a jellyfish creed that has no
bones of difficulty.
Abiding achievement is greater than
restless activity.
Evil iastens on us only because il
finds affinity in us.
Too much service steals our time
for serious thoughts.
A good man not only knows how to
live; he knows how to die.
The appreciation of self is seldom
born of the approval of conscience.
The modern plan is for a man to be
publican and pharisee in his prac.
tice.
1t is hopeless consulting the COM
pass OF conscience when you lay the
loadstone of lust beside it.
The roots of a strong tree do not
make much rustic, but they do the
hanging on in time of storm.
AS rule the laborer is worthy OF
his hire, but there ore cases where the
salary is rather bigger than the
preacher.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
DOUGLAS FIR FOR OIL DERRlCkS
A New Market for Washinston's Crack Timber
Product

The manufacturers Of Puget Sound
hr lumbar, ever on the .cokout for
new markets for their products, have
recently begun to turn their eyes to-
ward Texas with view of furnishing
portion OF timber for the thousands
OF oil we'll towers that are being erect
ed in certain districts OF that State, as
result of the discovery of crude pe-
troleum.
That this field is TO provide mar
kel Tor an enormous quantity OF lum.
ber there can be no doubt. Already
Thousands OF companies have been or.
ganized and millions OF dollars SUBJ
scribed for the development of the
oil fields, and for every we'll that is
sunk (and there will be thousands)
several thousand feet of lumber will
be required.
This lumber for oil we'll towers
must be long, strong and clear OF de-
fects. These are strong points in the
Puget Sound Douglas fir. The only
limit to the length in which this va.
riety OF lumber can be supplied for
that purpose is the limit placed by the
ability of the railioad companies to
handle the longer lengths.
Until recently the freight rates into
that section were such as to make it
impossible for fir to enter the markets
there in competition with the cypress
OF the Southern States. Even now
the rates are not such as to enable it
to compete on an equal basis, but on
account of the superior quality of the
fir, in-leng!h and clearness from defect,
it is possible that large market. may
bs found there. At least the Puget
Sound lumbermen are going to over
look no opportunity to enlarge their
market and men are now in the pros
pective territory looking over the field.
A new lumber rate was put in last
fall by the Northern Pacific, Burling-
ton and connecting lines, extending
south over the NJ. X. & T., which pro-
vides for a rate Of y! cents per hum
dred on fir lumber. At the same
time q rate into the same territory Of
S2a cents hundred on cedar shingles
was announced, which has resulted in
the local mills getting a number OF
large orders for cedar shingles from
that section, and there seems no rea-
son why the same cannot be accomp.
lished in the matter OF lumber.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
STRAUSS IS AUSTERE.
8. F, Dramatic Review.

Eduard Strauss, the Vienna Or.
chestra director, is having some
trouble because of his dignity. When
at home Mr.. Strarss is the "court ball
musical director to His Majesty, the
Emperor and King of Austro.Hun.
gary" On account of the dignity
pertaining to his high Office, he never
permits the members of his orchestra
to address him or to converse with
him in any manner.
Henry Vogel, the second violinist,
was out visiting some friends Wednes.
day afternoon, and when he reached
the California Theater that evening
he had imbibed, among other things
q sense Of the American spirit oil
equality.
"Wie gents, mein HERR" he said
affably addressing the court ball
musical director to His Majesty, the
Emperor and King of Austro Hun
gary.
The court ball musical director. etc.
looked up in bewildered astonishment
He stood speechless. Then he waved
his hand to represent few bars OF the
Chopin funeral march, and everybody
but Mr.. Vogel realized that there was
trouble ahead.
When the weekly salaries were paid
Friday of last week, from Henry
Vogeps claim of $37. so for the weeks
work, he deducted fine of $50
Vogel promptly engaged Attorney
Treadwell to collect the 500 for him,
and threatened to attach everything
belonging to Strauss if the court ball
musical director, ETC., attempts to &c
away without paying.
In all probability our musical ranks
will be swelled by the addition ol
another violinist.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
Prominent Women Suffrasists.

Here is list OF some of the dis
tinguished men who have advocated
the ballot for women: Abraham
Lincoln, Charles Sumner, William H.
Seward, Chief Justice Chase, Henry
w. Longfellow, John G. Whittier,
Wendell Phillips, John Stuart Mill,
Phillips Brooks, Ralph Waldo Emer-
son, John Quincy Adams. George W.
Julian, Joseph Cook, James Freeman
Clarke. Charles Kingsley, Thomas
Wentworth Higsinson, Rev. David
Gregg, Geo. w. Cable, George William
Curtis, Bishop Bowman, Henry Ward
Beecher, Charles F. living, Bishop
Hurst, Bishop Simpson, Bishop Gil.
bert Haven, George F. Hoar. Rev,
Minot Savage, Rev. John Pierpont,
William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore
Parker and James A. Garfield.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
Who Wouldn't be q Policeman?

The Tacoma News tells this delight
full story of calls sometimes rung in
on the policemen of that city:
There was q woman out in the
North End the other night who was
very much in distress and called upon
the police for protection. The tele-
phone rang at headquarters and the
obliging officer who manipulates the
telephone at the central station an
swered the call.
"Would you kindly send an officer
out 10 No. - North K street," a
sweet voice implored.
"What's the trouble?" asked the
officer.
"I'm all alone. They have gone
away and left me here alone in the
house."
"Well, who are you? How old are
YOU" asked the officer.
"It's none of your business how old
am" answered the voice, plainly
grieved at the query. "Can't o wo-
man get scared, too?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01

general shape OF the razor. Manufac-
turers have tried to introduce fancy
shaped blades, but somehow the man
who designed the first razor covered
every essential requirement, leaving
no room for any radical improvement.
Probably we cannot better close
this article on this somewhat unusual
topic than by relating an anecdote of
a transaction said to have occurred in
one of our local shops, few years
ago, which goes to show the dignity
yet maintained for once nobly hon.
ored calling by some of its craftsmen.
A nervous tradesman placed HIM
self in the chair for manipulation, and
had been lathered and rubbed and the
razor had been stropped in the highest
professional manner, when the knight
of the cleaning steel squared himself
for action with many fantastic
though strictly professional flourish.
1t seems that the customer that morn
ing was not in the smoothest temper,
and he broke out in petulant pro-
test against the apparent reckless mo-
tions of the murderous-looking instru-
ment so near his throat.
The protest met with instant re-
resentment and the majestic declara-
ton: Il understand my business, sir;
l want you to know l am a tonsorial
artistW
"Tonsorial artist, be d-dw ex-
claimed the nervous citizen, as he
sprang from the chair snatching the
towel from his throat and by a rapid
pass wiping the lather from his face /;
tonsorial fool, you mean," and the
vigorous slam OF the door as he
emerged on the street showed that
he intended for his words and acts to
be indellibly impressed upon the
memory OF his astounded victim.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
RESCUED THE LIBERTY BELL.
Philadelphia Press


The Prince of Wales, during his
visit to Philadelphia in 1850, rescued
the Liberty Bell from a dirt heap and
raised it to that position which it now
occupies in the American peoples
hearts.
Some ironical citizen conceived the
idea of taking the Prince to Independ-
ence Hall to view the treasures which
are the most forcible reminder OF
Americas "defi" to our mother
country.
The prince saw the portraits of the
men who stirred up the Revolution
and he did not gaze listlessly at them,
but made complimentary remarks
upon them. He looked with interest
on the manuscript of the Declaration
of Independence, and he did not finch
when he had placed in his hands the
swords Of men who hewed down the
flower of his royal progenitor's army.
Finally he came to the garret
This was where the bell was rung
when the Declaration was read, he
was told. Then he wanted to know
what had become of the bell. They
found it for him with the aid of their
canes. 1t was hidden away beneath a
mass OF peanut shells, orange peels,
waste-paper and other debris.
No one seemed to mind what had
been discovered except the Prince OF
Wales. He was apparently appalled,.
For a moment he forgot he was a
Briton; he gazed upon the poor
cracked bell that had rung at a ma.
tion's birth, and then he spoke the
words that made the American people
see that they we're neglectiul.
"This old bell," he said, ais the
greatest relic this republic has to. day.
Instead of being here, covered with
this accumulated debris, it should
occupy the chief place of honor in the
hall Of Independence. It is to you
what the Magma Charta is to Eng.
land. It is cracked but it is an in
spiration. Believe me. my friends, it
affects me more than anything have
been shown"
That was the renaissance OF the
Liberty Bell. No more dirt was
thrown upon it. During the civil
war its name was used to stir the Un-
ion soldiery, and then when the Chi
csgo worlds fair began it was taken
there 90 that men and women from
all parts of the world might see it.
To-day the Liberty Bell is Americas 8
greatest relic, and the Prince OF
Wales, now King Edward VII, made
il 80.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

It's an easy matter to master the
grief of another.
It's easier to earn money than it is
not to spend it.
Borrowing may be a disease, but
lending is insanity.
Cupid puts in a good deal of his
time at target practice.
The average woman acts first and
thinks it over afterward.
Faith is not very plentiful, but the
supply equals the demand.
Woman's ruling passion crops out in
her desire to rule a husband.
Things are actually what they seem
about one time in a hundred.
The microbe never bothers the man
who is unaware OF its existence.
The man who is too lazy to stand
up and tell the truth it apt to lie
about it.
No man is ever so friendless that he
can't find some one to jolly him along
There't nothing new. Our grand
mothers often took spins on chainleas
wheels.
The briny breakers at the seashore
are less dangerous than the hesrt.
breakers.
Providence never makes a misdeal
but it's hard to make some people be.
lieve it.
The tloOrwalker says the girl in
charge of the glove department is a
counter-fitter.
1t takes a man longer to acquire
fame than it takes other to forget all
about him.
Handsome men gifted with good
sense are equally as scarce as cleve,
pretty women.
Those who 60 down to the sea in
ships should see that the ships do not
60 down with them.
When young man tells girl loi
of yarns she isn't to be blamed for Civ
ing him the mitten.
One woman always pays more at
tention to what another woman has
on than to what she says.
Lots of men join a secret society be
cause they think its emblems will
show up we'll on their watch chains.
Age rarely brings wisdom; about
the best it can do is to teach us wha
particular brand Of folly we like best.
A marriage without love and steam
boiler without safety valve indicate
that some one is going to get blowr
I'D,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES.

A lion in jungle will jump twenty
five or thirty feet from a standing
start.
The habits of ants are more like
those of q man than are the habits OF
any other OF the lower animals.
The wool on the back OF sheep is
a shepherds barometer. The curlier
the wool the finer will be the weather.
Camels are perhaps the only ami
mails that cannot swim. Immediately
after they enter the water they turn
on their backs and are drowned.
Cats and several other animals have
false eyelid, which can be drawn
over the eyeball, either to cleanse it,
or to protect it from too stronga light.
The lions Of Mt. Atlas are far the
largest of their species, and capable OF
enduring extreme cold, frequently
travelling long distances through deep
snow.
In birds the origin Of sight is highly
developed. British naturalists de-
clare that the kestrel is possessed oil
such wonderful powers of sight that il
is able to see mouse when it is itself
at such height in the air that it is in.
visible to the naked human eye.
1t may not be generally known that
the rattlesnake has the greatest anti.
pathy for the leaves OF the white ash
People have proven by experiments
that this dislike is 80 intense that the
snake will even run into q fire O.
across the burning Goals to avoid
touching white ash leaves.
The extreme height of a full.grown
male giraffe may be put down al
nineteen feet, or trifle over that of q
mature female At about seventeen
feet. These animals are practically
defenseless. When brought to a
standstill they will chop out danger
ously with the fore feet if approac he'd
too closely, and occasionally among
themselves they butt with theil
heads, but otherwise they are quite
defenseless.
A striking example OF the intelli'
genoe of elephants was seen recently
in Middletown, Conn, during q circus
parade. A small child on Broad stree,
got away from its mother and toddled
out into the street. Before any one
could realize what the child was up te
it was directly in front of the herd o
elephants. Every one expected Il
see the little one crushed to death, bu
the leader Of the herd carefully picket
the babe up with its trunk and swung
it out OF danger.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01

AN old-timer was in our Office the
other day, and said when he was boy
at school he read his lessons some
thing like this: "See the COW. Il
the COW nice? Yes; the COW can run.
Can the COW run as fast as the horse?'
But the latest up-to-date style of read
ing by the average kid is as follows
"Get onto the COW. Amt she butte
Sdre, she's a corker. Can the COW
get move on herself? Can she hun
like hoss? No, she amt in it with
a hoss."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
TWO STORIES BY JOJEFFERSoN

Joe Jefferson was asked what he
considered the most amusing exper-
lence OF his stage career, particularly
in connection with his famous Grip
Van Wrinkle"
The most amusing incident con-
nected with this play" he said, "was
the receipt of a letter from a citizen
in a small town where we had played
the night bafore. He said he had
enjoyed the performance very much,
and would not have missed it for anv.
thing in the world. 1t might be un-
usual, he said, for stranger like him
to write his thanks to so distinguished
an actor-those are his words, not
mine-in appreciation OF the smiles
and tears OF a whole evening; but
that, while he was thoroughly dis
interested in the matter, he felt under
an obligation, and would like to make
some reparation and some return for
the favor he had received as an auditor.
Il am the inventor, he wrote, of a
patent spring bed, and l would like to
send you one OF these beds as a pres.
ent; all l would ask of you is just
simply, when you wake up in the fifth
act, you would say that you wouldn't
have felt SO bad if you had been sleep
ing in one of Dunk's potent spring
BEDS"
But by far the funniest experience
OF his road life was furnished by the
late w. J. Florence, with whom Mr..
Jefferson was starring the New Eng
land circuit of one-night stands. Mr..
Florence loved to be called out to
make speech before tho curtain
! One night, in q Connecticut city, he
was called out, and said:
ladies and gentlemen: 1t is to
you that 1 owe all the success 1 have
attained in my profession. 1t was the
early encouragement that 1 received
here that prompted me to 60 on with
my professional work. was here a
boy; l know you all; recognize you
all; we knew each other, and / can
never forget the kindness that has
been showered upon me by the people
of Hartford"
A man in the audience shouted
This is New Haven, Mr.. Florence"
"It thus behooves an actor" said
Mr.. Jefferson, in telling the story,
"not only to be prepared in his
speech. but pretty we'll satisfied in
what place he is acting"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
The Briton's In the Soup.

There's a turning of the tables in the
Africander land,
And the Dutchnen all are dancing to
the music of the band!
At the cracking of his rifle every fighter
gives a whoop.
For the Boer is on the kopje and the
Briton's in the soup!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01
Runs in the Family.

A young gentleman took his little
sister with him while calling the other
evening at a house where he is regu.
lar visitor. The little girl made her
self quite at home and showed great
fondness for one Of the young ladies.
hugging her heartily.
"How very affectionate she isp
said the lady of the house.
Eyes; so like her brother" re.
sponded the young lady, unthink'
ingly.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-01

SOMEBODY says few women would
vote if enfranchised. Well, it often
happens in an election that more than
half the men refuse to vote. But il
one man or woman wants to exercise
the right to vote, what earthly reason
is there for denying it because other
men and women do not wish to exer.
else it? If l desire to breathe the
fresh air of heaven, shall / not cross
my threshold because the rest of the
family group may prefer the stale
atmosphere indoors?-Secretary of the
Navy John d. Iona.