The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-17
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Have you ever noticed The Point 90 ". SSs
has recently been appearing in the Me-. ~ eolusr
lines Demoeratf gentleman OF literary ls 81
II IS signed Cynieus and is l understs,s .a nj.
Mr.. Carleton F. Pool Mr. Pool IL ,5..s'aI Tie WI.
hu'ho'ls' IS NarN VAIN His dry and ~. : GHs
Enthusiastically American humorous ,,,, wv sia
thing in serious manner will undoubted,s sung q
manent place in American humorous li,s,. sam nm
sample Of his work. He is writing =, -, HHs
Ii was said to be the richest man in the lung Gu
being placed at Ssoo,ooo,ooo Divide hi, ~ ns trs
one to five hundred and may be prs,,,, "saIe y 4
If he was really worth all that boodte =, NS+i hs Il
when he was Invested Of his yellow ;.a, s s'a Be d
buying a new one. yellow jackets can NOT 60. in'sis
IN CHINA where the emperor is always w,i,ns veg
stretched and itching palms 1t is the c.,1s wia
casian to magnify the virtues as well as ~. Of hs
eolored Booker Washington oond,... 'Ses q rs
table school, and he is hailed in the No,t eng d
great educators and thinkers OF the world 0as II
capacity equal TO that of recorders cou,, 80 q
is universally hailed as great diploma, 49,. = Y
He probably wrote some intricate Chinese no. '''
failed to discover any Improvement in the v.,i pI
hrecracker- since he came into Office and ~ sna :,
test is the one on which the Chnk must ar4 - a,
Have you ever noticed how we Tex...
speak Of railroads." asked Houstoni,n ~ e'a
turn OF mind We either abbrcyiate their
EN- joking nickname that comes into alr.. ,'s |
use The abbreviation tendency among our 49, l
shown in the Of San Antonio. Nobodv y : ",
nounoes the of that city in full II w.. 6a
time San Antoine as pronounced Now I, bas ~.
% 'Sautone But the nicknamng Of railroad I
Texasisr. Just them over for a minute n, v
and T. is the Katy. 1t even appears that w., ~,
road advertisements. The ~ Y T. and NJ !; 81,
ron The H. z and w. T. is tire Hill Fin, u.
Take It. The Timpson and Carthage is a. ui 4
and Windy. The S. A. and A. P is the San, ,1 ~,
time before stranger gets used to it. II Is AM.
confusing at first But until stranger doe, oet So.
he is not Thoroughly aeclimatizod"
4 believe train robbers often rob train or ,,,,.
Up without attempting TO rob- just for spor, 4.
an old brakeman. If it is anything else IN m.nr n
than sheer love Of sport its that wild feeling of -.
ness and desire 20 make son ethinq break thai con.
taking much to G-aE. had an experience ro !. u
years ago in point We were held up on the mains n
TeNas, and not only held up but wrecked III. III
unspiked the rails ahead of us and we went dov, n
vine coaches top Of engine and on top Of each a.
q great rate. Well all went over except the last II. II
man Strange TO say there wasn't ANYBODY bur n
cars just piled up top of each other and potbi,
broken, coach overturned and nobody hurt ".
went back along tie track to put down torpedo,s III
red Light 10 Stop the nest train When | had don. Il
feeling pretty tired from the shcck and excitement
down on a log by the road de and no sooner had 4
down when arg--baug--bang--bang came volsy n
the woods and a Wild whoop of laughter. I was IN
two places and was rescued by a party that came ahu
trom the wrecked train. But there was absolutely "A 4
tempt to rob the train the passengers at all WaatI
a case Of sheer deyilishress.'