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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-27
OIL USED in ROAD MAKING.
Prevents Dust and Makes Them I'M
peryiOus TO Water.
HARRIS COUNTY IS NOW EXPERIMENTING
JUDGE vasmer Was Pleased with the
Initial Application Of the Oil-The
Cost Is Nominal.

i Judge e. II. vasmer is an active member
Of the Hnrris County Good Roads league
and is always wide awake on the subject
Of improving the highways Of the county
Where there are mems there are nj.
ways ways for road Improvement, aud In
providing the means Judge vasmer, Joined
hy the county commissioners, anh backed
IN by the taxpayers has Just succeeded
in negotiating bond issue Of 10000 for
the use and beueht Of the public ROADS Of
Harris county.
Iint Judge Nasmer does not intpad TO
stop at providing the county With s3cll
roads, which. when completed VIII rival
the famous turnpike roads OF the North
aud East kept up by means Of the toll
gate system. IN addition 10 having the
best reads for Harris county thnt can b.
made. judge vasmer IS now wrestling with
the proposition Of "dustless rnajs" he
Is also on the lookout for something thaf
Will render the county highway lmpervlnus
% water. This last he considers the most
Important Of the proposition.
In casting about for something that win
keep down dust IN dry weather ana pre-
vent mud IN wet weather Judge Vasmcr
has hit upon oil He does not claim that
the discovery l. new one, for oil hus
been tried successfully ln many places
where oil fields are not too far away.
After much reading ana research ON the
subject and after careful Ferusal Of
pamphlet entitled 'puStioss Roads. Judge
Nasmel has decided that oll Is tae sumnum
bonum when Il comes to rnad making
The prospect ~ gushrr heiug brought In
at Humble at an early date may have
aided him in this decision hut the straw
that turned the balance rreyOcaby IN the
direction Of oil was " gift OF ton ba,
experimental purposes, the presentation he
ing made through the lnstrumentnllty uf
Nj z w Hudson
Yesterday afternoon the nrst Of these
experimental purposes" occurred The
dustiest stretch of the Harrisburg road
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HOW WILL WE REBUILD
THE $500, 900 BONDS TO BE ISSUED
FOR STREET PAVING
viii Garry Houston Within $4,000 OF
Her Bond Issuing Limit and Schools
Need Money Badly

At the meeting Of the city council he'll
on the morning after the burning Of the
city hall Alderman o'fcaty presented Il
motion. which was referred to the attorney
and ordinance committee. providing for the
issuance Of 100000 ln bonds. 100000 to
be used for street paving aud sewers. 70
take the place OF the bonds lnvalidated by
AN error in advertising FOR the election,
100000 to be used in rebuilding the mar.
ket house and city hail, and 100000 for
additional school buildings
Alderman Tunly, the chairman Of the
finance committee, says the limit TO which
the city can go IN the was Of issuing bonds
Is abont S35O,00O This limit is nxed by
the State law upon the basis of the cty's
taxable values and It's bonded debt, and
the limit thus hxed cirn not be exceeded,
for no bonds beyond the statutory limit
viii be approved by the attorney general.
without whose approved they win be worth,
less
II the city carries ont It's original plan
Of issuing 100000 for street Improvement
II viii leave margin of about $4,000 with
n new city hall and market house 10 be
built and about 100 school children who
viii not be able next year TO get into tho
schools for the WANT of school house ac-
commodatlUn.
This rs the situation that now confrnnts
the finance committee OF the city, with
whatever consolation is found In the $40,
geo Insurance on the old building
What are YOU going to do about itf
was asked Chairman Jui1ly Of the finance
committee.
I'VE have not vet decided how we will
meet the delcmma.' replied the hnunCief
of the council ''rherc arc several ways
10 meet tho emergency, on be,ng TO cut
down the amount of bonds that Il was
originally proposed tu Issue FOR street pay
Ing aud thus restrict the street paving WORK
upon the ground chat market and city
hall Is q more pressing necessity.
81 presume the schools VIII have TO he
looked after FIFTY thousand dollars would
provide three or four large frame buildings
or one brick STRUCTURE
81 take it that $4,000 would provide tn,
/ city with "A new market and city hall and
| II the Issuance Of SS0OCO for street I'm
proycmnt is insisted upon we could use
/ the $4,000 Insurance money and take the
balance. say SiOOuh, from the ctv's gen
cral revenue taking $4,000 this year auC
/ s3rVp next"
what Is your idea Of the character ol
[ building 10 replace the one dcstroycdT'
II would favor nnc-StOry market COY
! cring the greater portion of the SQuarc
something uent and ornamental sup3ortVt
/ with Iron columns and light metallic nl
/ glass roof, something light and airy ne
/ serving enough spnce ON The square ON tbs
/ story modern office building to be used h,
/ tho Different departments ot tho city Rotl
/ uf these bindings could probably he con
/ strrcted for 100000
81 certainly do not favor duplicating th'
/ old building
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-27
ARTICLES LOST M FIRE

That BELONGED TO the Dick Dowling
Camp-Piotures Books and Record.
Through the courtesy of the rity the p'ck
bowling camp has for the past several
years occupied as camp room FREQ pf
COST, which WAS formerly the old ryccum
room 20 the city hall Here the camp held
its meetings and kept It's records mud
relics among tho mttcr Ao,ug some vnlu,
and battle scenes, The grcNtcr portion OF
these We're saved from the tire that de
strored the building Nst Monday after
noon
senator Cuibersou recently secured and
presented the camp with handsome II
brnry OF histories Of the war something
over 100 volumes. hut t~rtuuNtnly these had
not heen placed In the canp room, as the
camp had NO hook cuse sufficiently large to
hold them. hence tht2e hooks, which are
stored NJ the Planters and Mechanics
bRnk, are preserved for the camp,
Several members Of the camp. notably
General neavcns Mr. l.. l.. Cohen, Cen
eral WAtlcs and some others We're prompt.
IN on hand on the evening Of the IRE and
more valuable effects Of he camp such
as the life size oil painting Of Dick Dow
ling, tho camp dag the sword that Dow
ling wore az the battle M Sabine Pass, re.
Gently presented the camp by MIR. Phil
Brotherson of Galveston, ana several paint
lngs and hooks, hut the following articles
belonging 10 the camp are reported as
missing; Three dozen chairs, two desks
with hooks and records. a grHTV picture uf
generals ~ the South, picture ~ General
Pat Clehurne. volume of the life Of Jef.
ferson Davis, volume 0f Southern history
Of the war by y. A. Pollard.
Some OF these articles may have been
carried nut and placed somewhere for safe
Keeping. II such be- the cRSf any one having
any Of those articles would do the camp
n favor hy turning them ever TO General
G. c, Beavens at 1905 Preston avenue.
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AFFAIRS AT SOUR LAKE.
Houston Party Returned from the c
Fields,

Houston Party Returned from the Oil
Fields.
Messrs. j n Boyle. Thomas Warden and
Judges Sampson and Loyeioy resumed last
night from sojourn az Sour Lake. Mr..
BOYLE Of the party says the behavior OF
that big gas well there Is very peculiar.
The gas win remain silent for few
minutes and viii suddenly break loose.
helchng forth stones, shca and like sub.
stances. These substances which are
yomited forth with great force AT lrrcgu.
lar Intervals have been mlnutcly examined
and they are declared To be exactly SIMILAR
10 specimens which came out of the Lucas
gnshcr before IL guShed Mr. boyle re-
ports that some land rs selling, hut that
rs a rule thore are more sellers than buy,
els.
The rotary rig was disabled by the
terrific force Of the gas on the hrst day
ne iiow was strpek- Il Is expected that
tue damage will 10 repaired aud work To-
sumed by Friday morning Eleven joints
Of tweniF-toot piping were thrown ont hy
the gas dow and hurled q distance " fifty
OF sixty yards from tile we'll some OF the
terrific force.
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STTrrERING CrREn-

Drs. Randolph and Mccullough, 20g west
Ninth street Austin, Texas. 10 cure forty
three Sufferers In one class Read what
Texas Christian Advocate SAYS:
We are pleased % announce to our read,
ers that Roy. G. w, Randolph and Dr L.
ID. Met uhough those noted specialists ct
the voice from St Louis have returned
20 Texas TO cure several hundred smttcr.
erS and stammcrcrs who failed To come
To- them last winter when they were in
Dallas, curing hundreds who ala come
We saw some ot them after they were
cured, and published letters from many
more who wrote of their cure weeks after
their treatment We know these Doctors
personally, and know what leading mea
and papers say Of them, otherwise we
would not publish this In the Advocate.
Ihey come highly recommended 10 u.s.
Texas Christian Advocate
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-27
PATRICK TRANSFER 90

Mr.. Jno, r., Patrick. manager Of the
above company has secured the job Of
OF the market house to the new quarters
IN the MILKY & Dow building. Mr.. Patrick
mas only been In business for himself
careful handling of heavy machinery. safes
furniture. ctr.. he is looked upon as the
most responsible party for doing such
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-27
10 Have a hlearinn.

defendant by the name Of Koss
charged with q violation of the Federal
Internal revenue laws. by peddltng cigars
on which the revenue had not hcen paid.
VIII have a hcnriug before United States
10 o'clock
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-27

EiaIPs Great Discovery.

ono small Lotue Of Halls Great Dlsrn,,.
81 turvs al Kidney aud bladder houbI.
f.hptses gravel, cures diabetes sqnitn Il
s,ass4ons weak aud lame backs rhel,t,'
is anl ali Irregularities OF the kldnet
a. bladder 10 hoth men and Nomel hied
fl,Hbe IN children. II not sold az vH,,s
sgist. viii be sent hy mail on recent ~
tis'l one small hottie is two montAs'
atbeut. and VIII cure any case abayo
81 fiitioncd Dr.. e. W. Hail. Sole Munns,es
tlfpr H. o. Box GO St. Louis, Mo Sent
fcr Testimonials Sold by all druggists nm
fiOliSion Drug Company ~"
Gro speeck. Texas, September % This h
~ G, my fhat have been cnrd 81 kidnae
anl bladder trnnba with on botfiS of
Halls Cheat Discovery and I can fnflr
Recommend il 70 the public
J. W. THOMPSON.
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spEclAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ladies' society ~ the brotherhood ~
locomotive Flrcmen, Utopia lodge 30. AZ
NH give an Ice cream and cake Social
ihtNsday, June r. 1901, on the corner Of
Hardy and Providence streets,
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sTEINNAY PIANosl Line RnNns,

Independent Of It's superior musical ouall
Ties money IN q Steinway Piano is as GOOD
as though Invested IN United StRtcs
bond W1ll A Watkln Music CO. Daiins
general State dealers
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Nursino Mothr,,

And persons recovering from fever viii
gain greatly 10 strength and vigor by tax,
ing -Nufrine-the Food Drink pre-
pnred only by the Anheuser- Busch brewing
Association, 81. Louis, L S. A.
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Was list dasl stencils, rubber stamps
notary and lodge seals, metal cheeLs rs
J. " Love zoos Mechanic ST. Galveston
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PATRDcK's TRANSFER, PHONE 7ss.
Heavy machinery and safes a specialty
Stables corner Fannln and Commerce.
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PArRIcK's TRANSFER. PHONE 7ss
Heavy macninery and safes a specIaity.
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FRESH SHRIMP.
River apd lake shrimp; best a.h hai,
Art9Ey. tle Travis; phone ala.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

over long space a hastily improyised plank
pnose' and even when ne gains the other side
ne hnos barely more than a foothold.
ihats the time" said the bridgeman when
man must have his eyes open and his nerve
On TAP. There's no fooling and no skylarking
ON such job. Men so about their work In a
solemn manner. and keep their wits about them.
We can't afford 10 cough to sneeze like other
~orkmen. but must wait until we get TO a spot
"here We may do so without risk, and 10
funny stories-bridse builders have no use for
them except when they have an hour off"
The pieces. when they placed in position.
are fastened With temporary bolts and then
the rireters go TO work and finish the job.
There are usually four men in a riveting gang
ohe man does the heating of the metal another
llaoes II, another man holds it while the fourth
makes The head with a pneumatic machine a
pecuiailty of these gangs is that each one con-
ialns lefthanded man or a man who is an,b-
deNtrous. This arrangement is necessary he
cause there are pia 'es where a lighthanded
rireter could not work adyantageously The
various other gangs have 'leaeers." or push
ers," VINO must be competent To read plans and
these sub-faremen lay "Ut. direct ana supervise.
the work of the men whose chief stock-in-trade
is braWn and nerve
'Ho" can men take such risks as that man
is taking said woman. looking up at a man
who was walking leisurely on a narrow metal
beam. one hundred feet from the ground. 'and
why doesn't he have rUl'e about him. 80 that
III he fails ne won't drop away down"
That's out of line" said the foreman
mo man can work with rope about his body
All the precautions take tight fitting
coats. of which the winl can't make sails. shoes
without nails in the soles ana in wet winter
weather rubber oNershoes."
The pay Of the bridge builder is not tempting
considering the risk incurred in following the
calling. the ruling compensation being So az for
eight hours work. "a cents an hour. The fact
that in the two years m" work the Man
haitian end nf the New East River Bridge has
been in progress not fatal accident has taken
place among the men engaged on the structure
is evidence Uf remarkable luck on the part ~
the contractors great care and good juda-
ment On the part u the men. who at their
work in all seasons. except when high Winds
or sleet and ice make work On the lofty struct-
impossible.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
THE MOI VI Bf IIDFRS.
WE'RE THEY IDENTICAL. WITH THE SIOUX
INDIANSr
From The Northwest Magazine

IND!ANsc
From The Northwest Magazine
In paper read before tht. Minnesota Histori-
cal Society recently. !. V. I;rover. of st. Paul.
presented evidence tending 10 show that the
mound builders of Minnesota were none other
than the old full hlooded Sioux Indians. He
traced these ahuriGines back to their ancient
habitati"ns and villages. and i'm the course of
his researches arrived some surprising con-
Eiusi"hS After describing every tribe OF Indians
Known 10 have been permanent residents of the
region explored. Mr.. Brewer gave his attention
tn the geological age of the lakes the surface of
the ground. and to the rivers. creeks and other
streams.
IL was shown distinctly. he saws that the
MOUNDS were built the top of the black soil
and cf that material indicating that hundreds
al them ar" "f more recent origin than many
suppose From the numerous village sites there
have been collected stone. copper flint and
tdrthcn objects and aTtifacts which are exactly
similar to the same kind of material taken from
me mounds adjoining the village sites That
iact shows that IN" people who built the mounds
also occupied the ancient villages.
Each of the village sites discovered has been
explored and charted. by the side of the chart
of lHs' the Fauquclin chart of lt;SS was placed
and il was distinctly demonstrated by the two
chtttS that the Sioux Villagers residing i'm Mile
Laos I'm l'iNS were resident at Identical places
where village sites were observed in I:HH,
The next proposition submitted was proof
from the records left by Radiss"n Hennepin
Duluth lie Sueur and Carver that the Sioux
made and used stone implements. clay pots.
copper cfeSCcntS, Hint knives. quartz
points. and various stone and copper objects
following which il was demonstrated hrvond
dispute that the Sioux removed the flesh from
thu remains of their dead and deposited the
bones. in a bundled condition. with the skull
'dtlinSS works We're here produced To- show
shat as late ls:., the Sioux We're building.
mounds over their dead. y chart was shown
dellneatlug the bundled bones of Indians at the
surface OF the ground at Mile I,acs with
mounds OF earth built over them
James ". Lynd historian of th. Sioux nation
was quoted showing that the Dakota people
were AT Mile l.acs at very ancient period in
fact. 50 long ago that no tradition remained to-
show where they came from how long they
had been there
No trace of two distinct classes OF stone i'm
p"mcnts and earthen pots has been found at
Mill" Laos. and the only island in the region
where the Sioux had village. 10 which Hen
nepin taken in 1850 is Ovcrsprcad With
broken clay vessels and stone implements
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

Robert o. Jenkins. of the Sargent Dramatic
school, is coaching the student actors. who will
enact the female we'll as the male parts.
frequent rehearsals have been held. and a pro-
hounced success is looked for. IL is interesting
I" note that "A number of players from Column
bias successful football team of last autumn
are in the cast. and the GIee Club and univer-
sity chorus lending their strength to the
performance.
After the New-YurS performances the opera
Will he taken To brooklyn. up the State and to
several New-Jarspy towns
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
THE JENlIT<' ri>r cAPIrlL.
From The London News.

FIOin Inc London NtMS.
During the last forty wears the capital of the
Society of Jesus has enormously increased, not
merely in France. but in all parts of the earth.
III is estimated at not less than two milliards
of francs. one OF the reasons why the French
Republic is the first among the modern States.
in our generation, TO propose any interference
with IL Is that great part of the shares Of
the French railway companies is known 10 be
IN the hands Of the Jesuits. The same is true,
60 considerable. degree, with some OF the Bel
gian railways. Still more surprising is the fact,
which is We'll known in Italy. that the largest
shareholder in the tramNays which ply through
the streets oi Rome, carrying the Italian
tiOnal UicOlOr is other than the Pope HIM
self, The property Of the Roman POniin was
never more safe. and possibly never much
larger than il is in 1901. He owes this
-Zenos," the eminent Roman Catholic scholar
who writes under this name honestly and boldly
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
ms ONLY REGRET.
From The Atlanta Constitution.

From The Atlanta Constitution.
They tell this story in Lee County II a negro
who applied To Justice Of the Peace To inarrv
him. He had no money. and off red string If
fish Il the ft-.-.
After a year had passed the Justice met the
man and said:
We'll. William. how DO you like married
lifec'
rd eat dem fish,"
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
COLUMBIA'S COMIC OPERA.
PRINCESS PROUD" To BE PLAYED BY
THE UNIVERSITY ACTORS
THIS WEEK
THIS WEEK

This week the students Of Columbia University
will give eight performances of their annual
college opera. Ever since the days Of the orig
inal Columbia Strollers. this has been red let
ter time in local college affairs. and an event
in the social world of the city aS we'll The
operas are always the work Of graduates or
students in the college and in previous years
the music has been reproducrd in The French
Maid" at Weber and Fi"ldss and elsewhere
This year Princess Proud Is To be presented
The score is the work nf George Sanford Par
sons. of Brooklyn leader of the University tilee
Club and the book ani lyrics are by Parsons.
with Adrian Russell Allan collaboration.
The action of tn, piece Ceals with the troubles
Of King lIOtstun H. ruler Of the Kingdom of
Nowhere Tin pdrticularp- His Majesty has had
many adNrrsities III war. ana has boon s;r'atiy
Inundated 10y defeats At the hands nf King
Preface. of the ntichburinG realm. His dauSh-
ter the Princess Florence is ais" Il source of
much trouble through her obStnacy in refusing
the lovers her father has picked out for her
aul psht5 hcr troth IN secret with Bernard. Il
Young gallant. IIotstuff however. decides &"
offer the hand If the prin 'ess Proud u any one
Who shall succeed IN making HIM smil--l thnf;
ho has not ("n- for y"aIs-lnd, in order to get
E,'!nai / out # the way. sends him ~ the head
# the royal army against pitfIcc. \ band of
transforming actors led hy the urba." and self
contidrnt Wuodhy- Actor. appear On IN" scene
and. learning; of tn" award. decide Z" enter the
competition for tn, hand rf the Prin" Along
with all the other competitors. however. they
are sentenced hy the irLScIhle Hutsiuff To dis
mai term in the palace dungeon ami all seems
lark At the nr"nrr jimr. however. BERNARD
appears AMI annpuureS the defeat and capture
oi PiefaC" who l. brought in as u hostage in
triumph. ana III" Princess who has -Ioped.
turns u shar" bernard glory Iotstum. de
lighted at th" turn "f affairs. smiles forgives
and furgets. ana al comes To the usual comic
p"ra md
Tlr c"med; in the show predouinates and
is supplied by the company II alleged actors
IT," meek ami ducil" + imr Minister I.onliker-
ch""' ha and thc coy. ripuaut Princess.
Opportunities ara offered for many catchy
songs and chpiu=rs notable among which are
Mistress Girl \ Penny FOR Your Thoughts"
"CinIy" and We Never DO Such Things as That
To-day"
Tn" east has been select Il as follows
tias II isiuf II 7 sss
l~r'iiA't rhooCha lguct
Bernard ...-.-...-- harrington
N".ihy Actlr....--.- II r spence
fi"-f 'ltn " blum
~"rin FeegrAt5er .............w ADAMS
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
OBSERVING THE PROPERTIES.
From The Chicago Tribune.

From Tn, Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. ChuEwater- Josiah that niece Of mine
down in Aurora has married the slim legged
young fellow from ~. Louis who used To- come
and see her now and then She sends her
wedding cards. | suppose ought 10 make
some reply
Mr.. Chugwat"r- Certainly Send her our re-
l;rets. something Of that kind.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

says. ito the much and ceaselessly deoried mod
ern Liberalism. and 10 its triumphs the old
hesallsm Nothing worse could happen for
the rope. as a wealthy proprietor than a diyid-
ed Italy
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

or these men. Harrington. HUhler. Spence
Ross ana Spencer have been in former shows.
and the new men give promise of cr"ditabl-
work.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-01-24
BraIntree.

Remember Randolph's fifth annual
musical festival Feb. II to 15, inclusive.
Mrs. Doty of Roxbury visited in town
over Sunday.
Ida Battles and Mrs. Hattie Lamson are
sewing in this vicinity this week.
Mrs. Burnham has finished work for
Mrs. Tarbell and gone to Rox bury.
F.C. Carey and family OF East Braintree
visited at S. r. Batchellor's Sunday.
Elwin Scott has recovered from his re-
cent illness and resumed school Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Batchellor enter
tained the Whist club Wednesday even
ing.
Zorastus Brown, who has been sick for
some time, is much better and able to be
out again.
A little daughter came to gladden. the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Blanch Tues
day, Jan. 10.
Emerson Brown went back TO his work
on the &. V. r. r. last Monday after stay
ing at home for six weeks on account OF
his fathers illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wagner gave one OF the
most enjoyable whist parties OF the season
last Thursday evening. There were eleven
ia ables. Mrs. Dean and Henry Farr came
out 80 plus.
Mrs. Sarah Tarbell, Mrs. F. c. Batchel-
lor, Miss Eta Richardson, Mrs. l.. l..
DicKerman, Mrs. B. E. Nickerson and
Miss Marion Nickerson attended the
Spiritualist convention at Montpelier last
Saturday.