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

eee how you can tell l"other from Which"
Then they would have to. explain that
there was a Woman named Mrs Wotheriy-
Glue, who had little Book in which she
fras scented specimens of the AriStocracy,
and no matter how much Agony yUl threw
Name was Dennis. So the Game was to
induce this Hyphenated Lady to let down
the Bars and stamp Your Ticket
After they had been thrashng around round
seeing 4 Chance 10 slip through the Lines,
Elvira decided to give 4 Dinner and invite
all the Well Known Characters they had
met, and make it sort of opening Wedge.
When tho Regrets camo pouring in, II
seemed that every new Acquaintance was
lndisposed, or had Serious Illness In the
Family or was comrelrd 10 Decline ON ac,
count of i Recent Bereavement; Alec read
all these Throw Downs, and said there was
one Consolation. If there was that much
Sickness and Death in the local -Four Hun
dred, he figured that the whole Caboodie
would he EXtluct In couple OF Years, ana
then he would be afforded happy hehel
from his Troubles.
Eiyira and Farina were hanging on the
Ropes for a few DAYS after the proposed
dinner Party made Flzzle, but they did
e eSf Gy and YP res mns3y 5a ga pe
Lists and forced their way nto, ali the
Charity Dress Parades, and got large up
ho DIST Pew right in the, Parguette Circle
of the Church attended by the NotaDles'
and they positively refused to be over
After three Years Of Patient Endeavor
they cot their Wish, for all Things come TO
him who puts mp his Margins ana continues
"a look Pleasant and who, Is so kesii ,I,i,
tbot he comes back into shape every tline
The hand Wagon runs over MIN EiNirii'
1nr t'"rma and Alec ere invited to Break
n pre,d with Mrs. Wetherby- Giue.,
.STonlght's the night, sala Et W. IA a.
,rembling like an Aspen. you waht 10 So Ue
sure and Laugh every tune tne NJ raI,c,n.
her thai the little Cup early III tne d pr@
uor+ains Cousomme and not Tea so uoh
t"ss any Loaf Sugar into it, or pA'k 10 th'
N"HugtemrS the Triumphant Event. when they
~ coming homeward in inc NarIlasg
Nero was Sound of subdued Cussihs'
was H Adeg'i like TO Beef" he said; But
,.oi NJ NJ me Farm Hand from Muscalin'
!eei Irnunted ont his summers Wages ah'
M M Vixen No the wrong shell A.,
tisIl i'or mn = said Elvira. 1T was lol
orohIv punk Evening, but. thank GOO" n,
,nss we have Arrived; Bv the WhAs, Mhe''
We're YOU al during the solemn III ,1I1d IN.
N"glThcv had me tucked away nehiih9 IN sn
s sih,ad AIec "a spare Lady and ] were ma
! plleu az there together. She told me al
ing cow, Snitz Dog, and | said es
au%un over 500 times. calculate that
ma W. mt i'm the Best Years or my Lite AZ,
nav $40 600 to find out about that t' ~,
/ Son the Hack! / want 70 IA wnnt int,
~ Fat And he got out anu went '"''
a, , 9ysiafIr . The cheapest and best Way, e
/ Moh = Ea,ho,tt Cav Society Is 70, buy I'M
! nminiir Dallar Kind. for SAFE NJ an Ne"S
/ S+urds
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-05
The PRESS AND FARMER.

,..,1ov,nr Is the address OF Colonel Frank
>, ,Ia,1,nd before the State Real Estate
,,,.,,ars, association. held at Tiillsboro:
rho nress and the farmer go together
twin relics of less progressive
IN the agricultural African and the
.,oot nIoddlns mule. OF course, the
LII" a,a,,ng nress is meant IN the text; hut
~ - aoston press. the hay and the cider
~ ana farmer. all work together for
~. rho only press that the farmers
$50 ot heen able TO handle probably is
The express. An eminent divine recently
stated. Not one chnrch soer IN ven cares
whether the preacher SUCKS 10 MS text
ar not" This is real estate convention
bat the program reads somewhat IKE ina,
~ a farmers institute. Therefore, con,
Guide there must be some consequently be-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-05
y MODERN FABLES. X
BY GEORGE AIDE,
Author OF "FabIes in Slang"
ssssssssssseessesss.e.ssosses.
Especial for The Post.)
Copyright, 1901

once there was a Man named AlNander
no hved In Town that vibratcd with
excitement for a full Week ater a Dona-
ION Party or School Exhibition. Most of
~ Town seemed to be waiting for n High
aha 10 come along and give It fare-ye-
81 LII, but there We're two Brick Blocks
nl red Galvanized Iron Cornices and a
"sefofead Court House that had Put the
wal lax-Payers into the Hole for 200
ears to come.
Wnen Stranger happened along every
pe who lived there told him il was n Nice
.'e Town for fear that he wouldn't be
Ole 10 md it out for himself.
alexander owned a Plant in this Town
20 uy Close Figuring he had succeeded in
..ang enough of the hateful Rhino to en-
pie 10 build him large pink-and- yellow
ouSe with more than $1,000 worth of jig
scallops tackled all over IT., The Wife
AieAahder was Elvira, and their Daugh-
was Farina. the Name having been
ound In Cook Book.
Wien the Family sat on the Piazza of
ueF falatial Home the Sun got into their
yes so that they were unable to Recog-
we me Common Run of Town People who
~ along by delivering Mix and raising
ieir own Truck
enira and Farina went to Europe one
lu'mer with a Personally Conducted
~ that had been Picked Up and Driven
IRON as far west as Walla Walla. They
me home with their Carry-Alls full of
'akabie Junk, and began to use little
sncn' although Elvira had to brace her
W and hold on to something when she got
% OF Long One. While doing the Grand
Vur OF the Hotels they had met some
&VFely Gentlemen who wore Gloves even
psn they were not working around Horses
~ who hurried into real Dress Suits the
.au'e the Sun went down. So II was
Wy Tough to come back and settle down
aV"s the Provincials who wore the SS.SS
na from Eiscnstein's. when they Might
a' me Depot 1t seemed to them that the
Y"n mad been driven severs. feet into the
roand. They had picked up a few Points
Aten'teeture by reading the Guide Book
NV Nnen they came back and looked at
y, fancy House, they suspected that IT
sS'u nave given Mr.. Ruskin Case of the
- w. began to observe new Order
neSS Instead Of putting the entire
ppg Htuais out on the Table so that
paaSsSii onld Pitch In, Elvira had inc
,'es ossught In little Dab at time
fnl on medium Holler, but he was
"uied IN such a Jliy that he never
sny Back He had to learn to use an In
,uual Butter Dish and Finger Bowl
o ~ : Fruit and Vegetable Exhibit sailing
a. y.
A.. on oecame evident that Elvlra and
ovr vs. were getting too swagger to be tied
an,s waterTank much longer. They
-Nu 70 bic away TO the city, where they
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-05
In Mrs. Tobin,s Memory.

TO the Editor of The Post.
Richmond, Texas. April 2s.-By direction
OF Frank Terry chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederaey, 1 send the inclosed res
buttons. for publication 10 your paper. ne
spectfully Mrs. ". N. .. Fenn.
Corresponding Secretary Frank Terry chap
ter, United Daughters OF the confeder-
acy.
whereas. II has pleased Divine proyi-
dcnoe to call to her innl reward our b.
loved and distinguished president, MIS-.
Benedettc VI. Tobin, whose matehieSs eA.
eeutve ability. untrlng zeal, lntelllgfat
energy and unselhsh devotion to the iuity
principles aud purposes OF our order mas
made its influence felt throughout the
State;
Therefore, Be 1t resolved. by Frank Ter
ry chapter. United Daughters Of the Goa,
federacy that her pntimely death has hlieu
us with most profound sorrow n.raa
That, In her death the United DausR
ters OF the Confederar/ has sustained an
irreparable loss and been deprived OF one
OF It's most able, efficient and eourageonss
champions. While the bright lexicon OF
Southern womanhood Is replete with ne
role sacrifices and splendid achievements,
there are none OF nobler characrer tnhn
our departed president. She Is gone anu
the flowers OF spring will shortly bloom
over her grave, and the song birds OF tne
Southland make sweet melody over ner
tomb but her bright exa H ps n w,tl ma
lures challenge the admiration OF tne Gnu
Resolved. That the members of this
chapter wear the usual badge OF mourn
Ing for thirty days; ..ox
Resolved, That n memorial page ne ~
apart In the minutes. upon "nicn 'nrse
resolutions shall be inscribed. BE II fur-
thor 80. .snir.
Resolved Inal copy OF these resoiuf
tions be furnished to the press and 9
eony also he forwarded 10 the family ol
thc deceased. Mrs. r. NJ. o: Fem,
Wv Mrs. d, II. Pearson,
Committee.
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his feet: hut he still carries on, his back
n large part of the burden OF the world;
hecnuSe Others refuse to lend hand, aud
H. IL strong and able and willing. The
farmer who makes use of the press mas
not
Tho homeless face and the slnnting brow,
Eyes AT the edge Of his hair;
Tho type OF slave who knows not how
10 WELD q hoe or follow a pow--
picture OF blank despair
Not so the modern man of the sod,
Who reads and thinks for himself,
Depending alone on self and God,
Coming and going at no mans nod,
Working for pleasure or pelf,
He loves his country and loves his kin,
And loves the right no less,
Neither Cody man or man or SIN
80 sage or sophist can ever wih
O'cr the Farmer and the Press.
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The Hays County Gold Mine.

Kyle, Texas. May IA number OF Lock
hart people passed through here today
on their way TO the gold mine, some four
or nye miles northwest ~ Kyle. They had
with them a lad by the name Of Zachary
who they claim. possesses the sure tscnlty
~ betne annie 10 locate mineral gold sill
Yer or copper, Just as the water witch
does. using. Instead OF o forked switch. Q
rod with a gold coin on the enc me
dence In the boys ability. Colonel Schryyer
Is AZ work with a number OF hands sink
ing shaft and considerable interest 70
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sl,IIdinu Boom Al TRINITY.

Trinity, Texas. May S.--The excitemene
is not confined 10 the oil DEVELOPMENTS az
together while there. Is great s eIlss,Iy
hcom is not being neglected. Mr, 4 y =.
stanley is having a handsome resiusnb s
erected on the east side Of iSinity ri
viii soon have an elegant ,residence built
in : West Trinity. Mr., J; Moony -
negotiating for land on wni zen. se NTH q
town. K
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-30
THE POSTAL SERVICE.

OF all departments Of the govern
ment service there is none that comes
closer to the people than the Postal
Service and there is no branch that
should be freer from political influence
and any one familiar with the service
will readily see the truth Of this
statement if they will familiarize them
selves with the duties of postal clerks,
both in Offices and the Railway Mail
Service and it should also extend to
departmental branch of the service.
Usually it has been the custom to
choose a business man as Postmaster
General, and we will only go back to
the administration Of Harrison when
Wanamaker was at the head of the de.
partment and ii was mis- ambition to
bring it to a self-sustaining point, and
would have soon accomplished it had
he remained. Then came Bissell who
soon found his education as a lawyer
did not qualify him for the place and
so stepped out to make place for Mr.,
Wilson who was much better qualified
for the position. He after took that
of president Of a college, but in all
this time there was but shadow Of
Jobbery and that came in the Free De-
livery Division under the present su-
perintendent
Then came a great change; Mr..
Gary came in as Postmaster General
with the Mckinley administration, and
Perry .. Heath as First Assistant, and
while we believe Mr.. Gary was honest,
still he was soon surrounded by lot
of hungry politicians who combined
with his first assistant, and Mr.. Gary
soon found it convenient to retire
while he yet had a respectable reputa-
tion, and now we come to the present
incumbent, who could have been ap-
pointed for no other reason than his
political profession and in place Of the
postal service coming nearer a paying
basis 1t has gone the other way and
why? Simply in place Of conducting
the department on business principles
it has been turned into a great poliu-
cal machine Appropriations made for
an army Of temporary clerks, ten good
clerks would have done all the extra
work caused by the Spanish war, and
then came the ..ural Free Delivery
and the service was run over with peo-
pie called agents, clerks, etc. etc, and
they we're detailed for duty in the diff
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-30
sICKLEs-ENANs.

General Dan Sickles does not appear
I'm an enyiable light in his controversy
with the Hon, H. Clay Evans. This
alleged Democrat entering the enemy's
camp, and making a deal with the
chief manager for the soldier vote, is
anything but creditable to General
Sickles His treachery to the party,
and his double dealing with the Pen
sion Commissioner are startling reve-
atons. both to the old soldier who
placed implicit trust in his honor, and
TO the party that accepted in good
faith his professions Of loyalty. The
fact of the matter is, the old soldier
as well as The Globe and other news
papers criticising Mr. Evans manage
ment Of the Pension Bureau, have all
been on a blind switch, and II Ne
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-30
COLONEL HEIsrANp ARRIVES

]
The official announcement is made
of the arrival at San Francisco, of Col.
II. o. S. Heistand. The Globe last Sun
/ day anticipated the War Department,
showing plainly enough our superior
sources of communication with the
Orient and our Pacific ports. The col.
onel, the announcement states-we
mean the official one--is en- route to
Washington to answer charges prefer.
red against him and other high army
officials by Major E. l.. Hawkes..
We are satisfied that the colonel is
in hurry to answer and brush aside
these charges, as is our great War Sec
retary. The evidence of this is too ap-
parent to doubt it for a moment. The
charges against Col. Heistand were
brought to the attention of Secretary
Root eleven months ago! During these
eleven months Col. Heistand has been
on specially luxurious detached SER
vice; a portion Of he time the gay
capital of France, and from thence by
easy stages to China, so that the Box
ers never had a chance at the colonePs
scalp, it took him such a length of
time to reach Pekin
This fact has not, however the Globe
is pleased to observe, deprived the gal
liant colonel Of some of the honors
distributed among the brave defenders
Of the Legation, the rescuing troops in
der Gen. Chaffee, and the other soldiers
and civilians who were at the theatre
OF action before the arrival of Col.
Heistand.
Gen. Gas-alee, Of the British con-
tingent, who early in the Chinese
troubles at Pekin, assumed the role of
umpire or court Of honor all to him
self, decided that our gallant colonel
should receive honorable mention at
his hands. Gen. Chaffee let the Brit
Usher compliment everybody and any
body he pleased, for Chaffee is essen.
ually soldier and fighter
Gas-alee is a little hazy as to why
our gallant colonel should be compli-
mented with an honorable mention"
but we will let it go at that, as Gas
alec might be embarrassed if brought
down to specifications, and that would
be uncousinly on our parts Touching
the forthcoming investigation into the
charges preferred by Major Hawks, we
can not expect the distinguished col
onel to get ready for the Senate inves-
tigation before late in the fall. The
heated term is now on, and his wasted
strength must be recuperated. We are
sure that the Secretary of War will
make the way easy for the gallant col
onel and allow him leisure until that
great war horse, Adjt Genl Corbin re-
turns from the Philippines loaded with
hOnors and schemes; but, when the
colonel, Corbin and Root appears be-
fore the Senatorial Military Commit
tee, with such formidable array Of
whitewash brushes in hand, what will
become of Major Hawks, notwithstand-
ing the evidence Of the guilt of the
parties over their own signatures, in
his possession?
A long-suffering public is awaiting
the outcome of this now celebrated case
with an equanimity and fortitude re-
fiecting the greatest credit on the even
temperament of the great American
people.
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-30
.FREMONT'S GRAVE UNMARKED.
Leader of a Famous Expedition Lies
in an Obscure Cemetery.

On the grave Of Gen. John c. Ere
mont, to whom the republic owes so
much, there is not even a stone to in
dicate the resting-place of a man whom
foreign nations delighted to honor for
the important work he had done. All
that remains Of the man who opened a
way over the Rocky Mountains, who
suffered great privation and almost
lost his life for the benefit of his fel-
low-men is now resting in Rockland
cemetery, in the lower part of Rock
land county, New York. The body OF
Gen. Fremont might just as well be in
any ordinary pasture lot as where it
is, so far as any distinguishing marks
are concerned His grave is over
grown with grasses and weeds and
only the men employed regularly in
the cemetery are able to find it.
When the body of Gen. Fremont was
taken to ROckland cemetery there was
much talk Of erecting a suitable monu-
ment to mark the spot where he was
buried, but the plan never got beyond
supplying a base for the shaft. The
base was put in position and for a year
or so means were furnished to keep the
grave in order. Then interest in the
movement Jagged and there was an end
to 1t.
For several years nothing has been
done with the the grave. Weeds and
wild grasses have grown over it until
all trace of the original grave has dis
appeared. One man, acting as the rep
resentative of a Grand Army post, saw
thai it was properly decorated with
flowers on Memorial Day, much to the
surprise of the cemetery attendants.
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-30
MURDER TRIALS.

Recent murder trials in New York
have served to emphasize the sup
pressed opinion Of the public that a
strict sense Of justice does not wholly
control the actions Of the District At
torney's Office. Where a sensational
crime is mysteriously committed, and
the police are unable to detect the per.
petrator, they do not hesitate to pro-
cure a victim to be offered as a sacri-
fee upon the altar Of official incompe-
tency. Nobody familiar with the case
believes that the half,witted "Frenchy"
killed the miserable bum known as
"Old Shakespeare" But "Frenchy" was
made to serve as a scapegoat, and the
police testimony showed him along to-
ward the electric chair, and would
have had the wretch shocked into eter.
nifty but for some timely judicial inter.
ference that landed him in Sing Sing
for life instead ow it is boldly de.
clared that this hapless victim had no
more to do with the case than did Dr.
Parkhurst Many people think that
Carlysle Harris died a martyr to mis-
directed official zeal The Mollineaux
case has not added greatly to the repu-
tation of the prosecuting attorneys en-
gagged in that effort to furnish plads-
ible victim for the sword of Justice.
And now comes the remarkable trial
Of Dr.. S. j. Kennedy to cover the
States officials with confusion after
three years Of persistent endeavor to
cruelty an apparently innocent man.
Thus it would appear that the courts
are used to imperil the lives of the
innocent and enable the real mur.
derers to escape without a shadow OF
suspicion attaching to them. Truly an
amazing state of affairs, yet strange to
! say this seeming persistent miscar
| riage of jusuce causes no widespread
alarm in the metropolis, 1t is a plain
! fact that a dweller in New York has nc
rights that the police are bound to re-
spect. Any respectable New Yorker
will tell you that he is more afraid OF
the policeman's club than he is of an
assassin's knife or bludgeon The re
cent exposures of brutality to the in
sane at Bellevue Hospital we're but
samples Of the tyranny Of the Tougi
as exercised throughout the city
4 whenever the individual fans into tn,
clutches Of the minions oil the Law
The eminent law-breakers who are il
the game flourish unmolested but hea
ven help the poor wight whom th'
coppers run in, and who hasn't "a
pull i'm the courts.
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-30

never vote a Republican ticket again
as long as they live, after the damnable
work done by Bidwell and Croft, back
ed up by Spaulding and Chance. Mr.
Gage, the saint of the Administration,
don't know a thing that is going on.
He simply looks up towards the stars
and says. This Department is abso-
lutely under civil service" Well If he
will only let MIR, Spaul..ng take va
cation and send Deacon Lyman along
to conduct the outdoor services and
take a look into the correspondence
sleeping in Mr.. Spauldings Depart
ment, he will read some interesting
letters from the old soldiers, friends Of
those whose heads lie in the basket.
1ne slickest game Of bunco is being
played that was ever operated in poll
tics. Col, Hanna strutting around as
an old soldier. Gage and Spaulding
playing into the hands Of the easy
boss" chopping off heads in New YORK,
and the merry war going on all over
the country, with the once friend of
the voters in the G, A. .. drawing him
self up and playing for time. When
appealed to, his man Friday-Mr. Cor.
telyou-writes your letter has been Re
ferred to whom? Why, Spaulding, and
Spaulding being the Secretary of the
Treasury. files it for his own use and
not for the eyes Of the sanity Gage,
who has no time for such things and
now comes a new play, the old man
of the White House is going to trans
fer Evans to anew job and put in
Peters Of Arkansas. That will not give
bread to the deposed veterans whose
Offices have been declared vacant only
to be filed with ward heelers the very
next day by George ;ell, the ally
Of Mr.. Spaulding. During the Cleye-
land Administration there were great
howls of complaint for every removal
of veterans Just let me say right
here, If we can take the word of the
G. A. r., Mr. Mckinley has removed
four times as many veterans in four
years as did Mr.. Cleveland in eight
years, lat do you think of that?
But just wait and watch lor the cam
paigns to come Mckinley and his
crowd have played the old soldiers for
the past twenty years, but they will
come to their senses some day, and
when they do they will be again heard
from, as they were in 1892. We simply
cry out for justice, not only for the
veterans, but for the virtuous and hon
est men and women who are doing
their duty in office and who are sup
posed to be protected by civi. service,
which once stood for merit but which
has become a stencil and by-word in
the mouths of so-called statesmen.
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-30

ferent bureaus Of the department so
that the civil service was wholly ig-
nored and there has not been an ap-
pointment or a promotion made that
a Senator, Congressman, or some other
outside influence has been back Of it,
notwithstanding the Evening Star
howl about the merit system, for not a
single appointment or promotion has
been made on merit alone
Women have been appointed agents
Of the Rural Free Delivery and placed
in positions in the department, old
clerks have been brow-beaten into ST.
lence, or their places filled by 'toadies. y
The sop of patronage thrown to Sen.
ators and representatives until their
eyes and ears are closed, then the
decks were clear, ready for action, and
we need not follow Heath, Rathbone,
Nicely & Co., to Cuba, for if it were sift.
ed there has been enough jobbery put
up right under the reign Of the pres
ent administration to make Neely
blush
Look at the combination in the bu-
reau of the First Assistant Postmaster
General Machen, and the man called
Louis and several more that could be
mentioned all doing the bidding of
Hanna, Heath, Platt & Co., and the
Postmaster-G General is only a figure
head, to see the corruption go on. AS
was said previously the sop Of patron
age has been thrown to Senators and
Representatives until it is very doubt
full if an investigation could be made
under the present Congress and one
might as well talk to the wind as to
say anything thinking the President
would take any cognizance Of the fact.
With all his boasted friendship for
civil service reform he knows it is a
sham and a delusion under his rule
and he has allowed the peoples serv-
ice to become a rotten pontical mess.