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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-24

a,ttternoon. denied the truth az ren,,r,
Sas,.t ms sompany's well had reached
a usn OF more than 1900 feet. MIR inshv
We'll since eav ves nor nan report from the
progress the drill had been makiny 'bh ~,
, wonl9 state that the well is now about
ns rather cautloasiss ar' .ss Are re- proceed
ana they are roaming the well ont eId
sehu'ng fonr-inch casing down" ""u
~
secretary D. o. Lively of the puYoio
vi company informed Post renorto, mi.
AFTERNOON that splendid progress is ho,nc
made on his company's well. ana thst ~
y. sharp, the, contractor. viii have sunl
ffne tMeiEe-lhch casing to depth Of An
no serious obstacle. VIZ"
Inc interest heretofore manifested In
the Kelly well is now being transferred N
the Texas and Pacific wen. Nothing now
was reported from the latter well today
time. ''NVu ior ht any
me W. Scott Haywood well. 25o vnrds
northwest of the Kelly we'll is tho dozen.
est well In the field measuring 1000 feet
IL Is reported that the drill has nnsscil
through no signs Of oil. and the nron,nters
oil the well are considering the susnonsiou
OF further drilling MIR. Heyyooa is Nh ~
aluustoh ana his desires In the matter ar,.
ny Known Ii Is thought that tnis VIM
Won NAY any great effect on further de-
mad really been discounted several davs
ago among oil men. "''
~
The Island oil company started work
TINS morning oh Its well ON Smiths island.
after considerable delay in getting the
machinery.
Inc Higgins Oil ana fuel company have
crew of from 70 to loo men LAYING inc
pipe me through the city. ANA are making
f'iplu progress. The pipe has alrealt pctn
strung along the entiip route ana * brnt,s
luld at the rate OF about 1000 leet a da, .
~
Prot. j. $. Cummlns, geologist. was here
today, Prof. Cummins is superintend ny
the drilling of well for the Banner ,nl
company, which is located eight miles
norm of town. He says the well is Il. W
about 500 feet, and they have found iudi.
cations of oil.
Speaking of the general situation in tnls
district, Prof Cummius SAID That tn, I'd n
lhai lhere was steal laae OF OIL nnder
lying all this country is Il mistake All
his Investigations have convinced nm that
the oil is III pools, aud NOT Ytry sd.Lc
pools at that, but he SAY there are n n, at
many of these ana tnele l. an emo nous
quantity OF oil i'll this district IT is ail
guesswork, Prof Cumlnlns said to ascer-
IAN the location OF these pools. becau. e
the man was never yet born who could ac-
curatoly tell what was undc meath ue
ground by what was ON top o. II. : i'll
he believes there Will he large number
OF producing wells as well as Il ,arge ntl al,
Der OF dry holes. Dry ho mean non II l..
but a bad guess, according to tn.s o.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-24
tllnh School Alumni.

There Is to - meeting Of the alumni Of
the High school at o'clock this Afternoon
10 consider HE annual reception and also
to discuss the establishment of a school
Of domestic science and Il course OF lectures
for next session.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-24
No Sales Al MarbIe EnIls.

Marble rails. Texas, May 20 The spring
w1,l clip At this place will be about 20,
H s mn po Sau r,n in tHis r"nntrV in, great
deal OF spring, 1900, clip Is still held.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-24
sHERlFFs' DEPARTMENT.

Crockett, Texas, May .2i-one black
mare about q years old, about II hands
high, long maze and tall white face, no
brand. also one bay horse about 5 years
old, IL OF 10 hands high, no brand, when
last heard from was near the Anderson
county line going north Any informant n
lending TO either recovery viii be Nprrc.
ciated and literally rewarded. Address all
Information to O. Peterson or Hcorgr Il.
Aldrich. nj Crockett, Texas, or II, H. Hale,
sheriff Houston county.
Strayed or stolen from John Thomas,
grave digger, Fourth ward, Houston,
Texas u brown Jersey COW. q or 7 years
old. branded J and dash on the left de.
miks only out of three teats, rather poor
50 reward.
StraNed or stolen from j. W Bnldrldgc,
Houston, Texas. two black horses 10 or 10
ycnrs Old, 10 or rs hands high, one branded
GP on right shoulder. the other has no
brand. both shod all around. one has scar
ON wcthcrs mndo by fstuln liberal reward.
A H. Anderson, Sheriff
Strnycd or stolen one dun horse, blnct
name aud tail. about q years old aud nhout
10 hands high branded r on the lert
shoulder, has n wire cut on nip grown MP;
also one red surrel horse, about . or H
years. about 10 hands high, three VII to
fcpt no brand star In forehead, slender
ana lean appearance. will pay So zach
Tor the recovery OF the above described
horses Address ] Il PAYNE, or Guy
townsend, sheriff Bremond, Texas,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-24
Lease in Travis County.

Austin. Texas. May 23.-R. c. Linden a
California oil man. today leased thirty
ave acres OF land near Waters station,
eight miles north Of town. for the, purpose
~ nrosnecting for oil Lease provides that
Ioring must begin within year
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-24
Retires from Commercial National

MIR John ] Cannon has scysrcd his
connections With the Commercial National
bank ana has taken up The dutIcs OF his
now position ms cnshicr Of the Merchants
National bnnk Of Houston.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-24

MALARIA CAUSES BlLlOUSNESs.
Groves Tasteless Chill Toplc removes
the cause.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-24

MALARIA MAKES YOU WEAK.
Groves Tastelcss chill Tonic makes yor
IrOng
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-24
ssssssesssssessessesss
BIG TANKS ORDERED.
The GuHy Company Win Use Ten
OF Them.

fittsburg, Pa, May 23.--The ]. NJ.
anny Petroleum company OF Texas
closed contract today with the
hter-Conley Manufacturing company
On this city for ten tanks OF iis.oW
barrels capacity each. These tanks
VIII be the largest ever manufac-
.ured The contract approximates
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
WHICH Is THE OLDEST CITYq

Tucson, Ariz., Claims the Honor Over
St. Augustine and Santa Fe.
Referring to the dispute as to wheth-
er st. Augustine in Florida or Santa Fe
in New Mexico is the oldest city within
the confines of the United States, the
Albuquerque Citizen brings a new
claimant into the field in the following
paragraph:
"Now come a Mr.. Hilzinger, who
gives the date of settlement of Tucson,
Ariz., as 1866, some half a century
earlier than the founding of Santa Fe
or st. Augustine. He bases his claim
upon authentic documents, including a
parchment discovered among the rec
ords Of the old mission of San Xavier,
dated 1852, when the settlement was
ordered to be established, and attached
to which is an account of the founding
of Tucson, written in the hand of Mar
Gus de Mia, who explored Arizona"
In former references to the disputed
claims of st. Augustine and Santa Fe,
says the Rocky Mountain News, this
paper has always maintained that San
ia Fe was the oldest continuously in
habited city in the United States. st.
Augustine was located by the Spaniards
in 1865 and then abandoned. Santa Fe
was founded in 1881 and has been con-
tinuously inhabited ever since, its ac-
tual municipal records beginning in
1904. After the founding of Santa Fe
st. Augustine was relocated. The his
toric fact is, therefore, that when Santa
Fe was founded there was no st. Aug
ustine. Judicial candor would accord
the claim of age to Santa Fe
AS to the claim in favor of Tucson,
there are grave doubts as to its cor
rectness. It always has been conced-
ed that the Spanish expeditions and set
Elements after the conquest of Mexico
by Cortez extended nothward, reached
the Rio Grande at Ell Paso and thence
along that river arrived at Santa Fe.
Subsequently their settlements extend
ed westward across Arizona to south
ern California. If this newly discovered
document is found to be authentic in
its statements it will become neces-
sary to revise the history of the South
west as it is now accepted. The con-
quest Of Mexico by Cortez occurred be-
tween 1919 and 1925 and it is exceed
ingly doubtful that only thirty years
later settlement was made in Arizona
The probability is that the date has be-
come mixed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
TURKEY AND PARTRIDGE MES rs.
Owner of the Turkey Found Them Sit.
ting on Nest of ERgs.

Owner of the Turkey Found Them Sit
ting on Nest of ERgs.
A peculiar and unprecedented friend
ship has been found to exist between a
turkey and a partridge near Month
cello, N. Y. Herm Cooney, who re-
sides on the shores of Silver lake, has
small flock of turkeys Of which he
is justly proud. The queen of the flock
is an especially fine specimen, and has
always proved perfect domestic mod
ell, but for week past she has been
acting strangely, leaving home in the
morning and not returning until late in
the afternoon. Affairs grew gradually
worse and finally reached the climax
when she did not return home at night.
Mr.. Cooney, noticing the absence of
his prize turkey, organized search
ing party composed of himself and Pat
rick Gallery, and started out to search
the woods. The search had progressed
for some time when they discovered
the missing turkey and by its side was
large partridge. The two were cov-
ering large nest and seemed perfect
ly contented. They were scared off,
and thirteen partridge eggs and nearly
as many turkey eggs were found in the
nest.
If the partnership between the turkey
and partridge continues to be agree
able, Mr.. Cooney intends doing an ex-
tensive business in partridge and tur-
key raising next year.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
That New Educationa1 system,

The Speers system of imparting use
full knowledge to the young, as exem-
plified in Chicago, is not a novel one.
With notifications, it is the same sys-
TEN used in training performing mon
keys and dogs. The learned pig gets
his education by the Speers method,
and so the system may Justly claim to
be well grounded.
In the Speers system as prepared for
the little bipeds of Chicago, the teach
er points out on the Speers chart the
word hop" Then the teacher hops and
the children hop. The next word is
skip" and the teacher skips and the
children skip. If the next word is
'grin," they all grin. If it is wink
they all wink. 1t is fun as well as
profit, you see especially for the teach
er. When it reaches Afip-fap" and
"summersault" 1t becomes more so.
'.What is that word, Georgey says
the fond Chicago father to his bright
offspring.
Pronounce it for me, daddy" says
the bright offspring.
Reverse, :" replies daddy.
"Ah, I know" cries Master George.
and at once stands on his head.
It certainly is nice system.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
FOUND AN ORIGINAL IDEA.
Critical Hearer Gave Credit to Pia-
giar;ZiuR Preacher.


Rev. DR.. B. was what is commonly
termed "a popular preacher" not, how
ever, by drawing on his own stores, but
by the knack which he possessed of
appropriating the thoughts and Ian
guages of the great divines who had
gone before him to his own use, and
by skillful splicing and dovetailing of
passages so as to make a whole. For
tunateIy for him those who composed
his audience were not deeply skilled
in pulpit lore, and with such he passed
for wonder of erudition.
1t happened, however, that the doc
tor was detected in his literary larce-
,nies. One Sunday a grave old gentle
man seated himself close to the pulpit
and listened with profound attention.
The doctor had scarcely finished his
third sentence before the old gentle
man said loud enough to be heard by
those near him: THAT'S Sherlock"
The doctor frowned, but went on. He
had not proceeded much further, when
his grave auditor broke out with:
.HThat's Tillotson." The doctor bit his
lips and paused, but again went on.
At a third exclamation Of "That's
Blair the doctor lost all patience and,
leaning over the side of the pulpit. he
cried: .Sir, If you don't hold your
tongue you shall be turned outI''
Without altering a muscle the old
cynic, looking the doctor full in the
face said. s"That's his oWn.o-Eoudon
Tit-Bits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
ORIGIN OF AMERICAN ARMY.
Article. of War Adopted by the Cont

| Articles of War Adopted by the Conti-
mental Congress in 1775.
In the month of June, 1775, the Cont
mental Congress, il session at Phila-
delphia, passed three important reso-
lutions, writes General Francis v.
Greene in Scribner's. The first adopt
ed and took over as continental army
The force of New England troops which,
under the lead of Massachusetts, had
assembled atBoston soon after the bat
ties of Lexington and Concord; the sec
ond appointed George Washington
general and commander in chief of all
the continentAl forces, raised or to be
raised, for the defense of American lib
erty;' the third adopted rules and reg
ulations for the government of the
arnty'-the articles of war, which, mod
| itied and amended from time to time,
still govern the army and form the ba-
! sis of the military law.
This was the origin of the American
army. In the intervening 126 years
nearly 5,0O0,0O men have worn its uni
form; 1t has conducted with success
five great wars. covering a period of
seventeen years, and numerous minor
campaigns against hostile Indians and
Filipino insurgents; it has been the
chief instrument in restoring order and
linauguratfng civil government after
the war with Mexico, the Civil War,
and the war with Spain; from it's ranks
have come eleven of the twenty-four
Presidents of the United States, and
many hundreds of men occupying the
| highest civil offices, Governors of
States, Senators and Representatives
in Congress, Cabinet ministers, ambas-
sadors and judges of the most import
ant courts.
For a people who have never sought
war and have only resorted to it when
reluctantly forced to do so, the army
| has filed a large place in our history
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
The Rewari.


Laura and Bessie Mason were spend
ing a week at Grandma Strongs.
Grandma was a sprightly old lady. and
although So aged, she did her own
work; and almost the last thing Mann
ma Mason said when her daughters left
her was, s'Now, girls, hope you won't
be care to your grandma! I'm sure if
you try you can help her in many
ways"
The morning after their arrival, when
they had finished hearty breakfast of
broiled chicken and golden corn cakes
with delicious syrup from grandma s
own maple grove, Bessie said, DO let
us help you do up the work, grandma -
Grandma smiled. 81 like to wash
my china myself" she said, 'but I'll
tell you, my dears, if you really want
to help me, I'd like to have you sweep
up the kitchen and dining room every
morning. You can take turns at doing
it."
"Well, let me do 1t this morning,
then" said Laura. Bessie is so poky
particular about everything that it
takes her forever and day! And I'm
in hurry to run out and playp'
Laura went vigorously to work-too
vigorously, perhaps, for she tossed the
broom so high that the dust rose In
great clouds and set grandma sneezing
and made the yellow cat seek refuge
under the stove. He wasn't troubled
there, for I must confess that Laura
didn't sweep under the stove at all
She slighted other places, too. She lei
the big rocking chair stay where II
was, and merely swept around it; she
of lint collected there; not corner was
swept, nor did she stir grandma's foot
stool.
Grandma Strong did not say a word
however. She went on washing hel
pretty pink and white china, and hum
med her favorite hymn, "a Charge tt
Keep 1 Haver
The next morning it was Bessie's
turn. First Of all she busted the
chairs and set them In row out in the
entry. Then she took a newspaper and
covered the stand of plants. 'tMamma
says plants breathe through theil
leaves, and it isn't good for them to get
dusty" she remarked.
She put newspaper over the little
table on which lay grandma's WORK
! basket and Saints Rest" She remov
ed from the room the garments hang
|. ing there. Then she began to sweep
taking short, quick strokes. Not spo
was left untouched. All the corners
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
Thread Used in surgery.

The modern surgeon employs in his
work dozens of different kinds of
thread for sewing up cuts and wounds.
Among them are kangaroo tendons,
horsehair, silk and very fine silver
wire. Many of these threads are in
tended to hold for a certain number Of
days and then naturally break away
The short, tough tendons taken from
the kangaroo, which are used for sew
ing severe wounds, will hold for about
four weeks before they break away
Silk thread will remain much longer,
sometimes six months, while the fine
silver wire is practically indestructible
With the entire outfit a surgeon is
able to select thread that will last as
long as the wound takes to heal and
will then disappear completely. To
accommodate this assortment of
threads special varieties sof needles
are required. Besides the needle
craned in different segments Of a cir
Gle, surgeons use needles shaped like
spears, javelins and bayonet points.
Some are as long as bodkins, in point
like miniature knife blade. Others
have the sharpened end triangular.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
A Song for School.

A Song for School.
Some boys, when they come into school
(And some girls, tool,
l grieye to be obliged to say
That this is what they do:
They wiggle,
And jiggle;
They hang their heads,
And giggle;
They twitter,
And litter;
They bounce and f1ounce
And filter.
Whatever thoughts their minds may fill,
They've no idea of keeping still.
Some boys, when they take up their books
(And some girls, tool,
l weep to be obliged to say
That this is what they do:
They batter them,
They latter them.
They crumple, rumple,
Scatter them;
They scrawl them;
And maui them;
They snatch and pull
And haul them.
1t makes me very sad to state
A school-book's is O wretched fate.
st. Nicholas.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22

wife, Mary ]. Danforth, who died in
1880. At that time Mr.. Cross was prin-
cipal Of Chatham Academy. The young
Harvard man studied for the ministry
in the divinity school of his own uni
versity, and also at the Andover Semi
nary, and was called to the pastorate of
the First Congregational Church of
West Boylston, Mass, in 1910. There
after he lived for nearly fifty years in
one house. He was member of the
State constitution convention in 1858
and Of the legislature in 1873. AL
though approaching his centennial, Mr..
Gross is active, clear-headed and in
tensely interested in the affairs of the
world at large and of the old univer-
sity of which he is a graduate.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
..Phtholognyrrh' spells "Turner.'

.Phtholognyrrh'' Spells Turner" !"
He walked up to the hotel register
and signed his name with flourish,
e. K. Phtholognyrrh5'
"Look here, Turner" exclaimed the
clerk. who knew him well. "arez they
hunting for you or what? Where do
you get that outlandish name?"
"Get back, my boy, get back! You're
slow" replied Turner, airily, as he lit
a cigar; that's my same old name writ
ten in plain English and pronounced as
usual just Turner Look at it. OF
course do it just to get them all guess
ing. They wonder what nation am
from; what my name is. can now
hear people talk about me all round.
It is, as / said before, English spell
ing. .Phth,' there is the sound of It
in .phthisis'; .olo,' there is the .ur' in
Colonel 'gn,' there is the n in .gnat;'
.yrrh' is the sound of 'er' in 'myrrh.
Now, if that doesn't spell Turner what
does it spelI?'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
and her hands were stretched out to helm

and her hands were stretched out to help
me over the boats side.
If Tardif had not been here should
have kissed them both. AS it was, 1
tucked up my wet feet out of reach Of her
dress and took an oar, unable to utter a
word Of the gladness l felt
Whore are you going to?" asked, ad-
dressing neither of them in particular
''Tardif was going to row me past the
entrance to the Gouliot Caves" answered
Olivia, "but we will put it off now. We
will return to the shore and hear all your
adventures, DR.. Martin. You come upon
us like a phantom and take an oar in
ghostly silence. Are you really, truly
there"
CTo be continued.)
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22

behind the lounge, under the stove.
Last of all she lifted up grandma's
footstool.
''Why-ee" she exclaimed in surprise.
STOPPING and picking up tiny round
yellow-something. Here's money! a
real gold dollarr'
YES" said Grandma Strong. COM
posedly, though her black eyes twin
kled as she looked at Laura. "Yes.
Bessie, put 1t there yesterday morn
ing for some little girl, who, in sweep
ing clean, should find it"-Youth's
Companion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
Hens Not Feeling Wen.

Twelve eggs sold by a Brooklyn
dairyman had among them five that
were decayed. The purchaser returned
them, saying that he wanted the prod
uct of healthy hens. These" said the
purchaser, "must have been laid when
the hens were not feeling WE'LL
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22

May, aged 8, was watching her moth
er knead some dough, which squeaked
as the air bubbles were pressed out.
Mamma" queried the little observer,
"shal I hit your bread with the
poker"
what for, dear" asked her mother.
"'Cause," replied May, 81 hear a
mousie squealing in it,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22

Little Preston's mother, who was
very fond of singing "God Save the
Queen" was Mortified one day to hear
the little fellow shouting: "God save
the milk! God save the milkv. and
took him to task about 1t.
''Well, mamma" said Preston, you
are always singing God Save the
Cream and If He doesn't save the
milk first there won't be any cream"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22

Templar, at the re-
cent convention at
Louisville, KY, is
a native of New
York, having been
born in Essex
County in 1910.
He has, however.
been a resident of
Texas since his
21st year, and is
now living at Bry-
100 49,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
One on Papa.

Willie (aged 5)-Papa, didn't you tell
me that If 1 took care of my pennies
my dollars would take care of them
selves?
Papa-Yes, my son.
Willie-Then why didn't your dollars
when you lost your pocketbook?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22

ID
" removed to Texas when he took up
arms for the South, serving throughout
the war in the Confederate army. He
was paroled May Is, 1865, at jackson
Miss, having risen to the rank of cap
tain from private. Since; that time
he has been in the cotton and cattle
business. He is now one of the leading
cotton brokers of Texas. In the Texas
Volunteer Guard Mr.. Stoddard was a
brigadier general from 1885 until 1893.
In 1867 Mr.. Stoddard was prominent in
the relief of the yellow fever stricken
in Texas, remaining in the little town
of Millican when there were but three
people left who did not have the dis
ease. He also did heroic work at Gal
weston during that city's hour of need.
He is greatly beloved by his brother
knights.