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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-30

E,HtVI' TuOInH 2VI'-U0, BInE buIIdIhR,
Houston, Texas Each bid must be ne
sum of Eve hundred dollars $500 COZ
payable to the ]. H. 0'Donnell Canal com
pany MS an ev dence Of good faith on tho
part OF the contractor. The right II re-
served 70 reject any or all bids. john W.
Maxcy, consulting and constructing en-.
glueer II
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manufacture. IN excellent condition and
completely equipped Write TO D. L.
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-30
DOST NV ANTS"
Il ARE READ.
HELP WANTED.

WtaNI bD--Glrl or woman for general
iao, Wolk; good wages for good worker,
l5VS Congress avenue. 20
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-30

TWO new pianos. slightly used, former
prices $3.50 and $500; now one half price
for cash Cell soon, divers Music
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d IT'S IMPORTANT-The Pacihc
IND ~ Americas foremost annual
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, ln ~ solicitors on guaranteed
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Ma nss e, u you can prodTN 5000
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The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
A Town Crier's Warning.

During the early part of the week,
wires a correspondent. the town crier
OF Tewkesbury. in his quaint uniform,
made tour of the town, crying the
following arGouncement:
Oyez! Oyez Oyer! Please to take notice
that on and after this date any Beers
found lurking in the streets OF this LOYAL
and ancient borough will be taken to the
cross and duly tarred and feathered, By
order. God save the queen.
This notice soon brought together
the youthful population, who followed
the bellman through the streets until
they numbered about 200, hurrahing
and singing the national anthem. The
crowd then visited the residence of one
who Is supposed to have pro-Boer SYM
pathies and made demonstration, but
nothing more serious than shouting
was indulged in. Later a pigs head,
which had evidently been used as a
target for innumerable bullets, was
sent in basket to the same person.
From the London Leader.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
HELP FOR WOMEN
WHO ARE ALWAYS TIRED.

"I do not feel very well, am SO
tired all the time. do not know what
is the matter with me-"
You hear these words every day; as
often as you meet your friends just so
often are these words repeated. More
than likely you speak the same signifi-
cant words yourself. and no doubt you
do feel far from well most of the time.
Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, Wis,
whose portrait we publish, writes that
she suffered for two years with bear
ing-down pains, headache, backache,
and had all kinds of miserable feelings,
all of which was caused by falling and
Inflammation of the womb, and after
doctoring with physicians and numer-
GUS medicines she was entirely cured by
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
THE GREAT PESSIMlST
WHO REAPED FROM THE Saw
INGS OF OTHERS.
Addison Cammack, the EK-wa Street
Broker. Dies md Leaves His Vast
Profits to His Two Childrcn-soid His
Stock Exchange seat for Sls.Ooc.

Addison Cammack, who few years
ago was one Of the ablest and most
successful operators that Wall street
long illness. In 1897, early in Febru-
ary, Mr.. Cammack sold his seat on the
stock exchange. which he had held
since March 10. 1875, and retired from
business. The purchaser was Henry l.
Dittman of Lazard Brothers, and the
price was $4,000.
Mr.. Cammack was called the great
pessimist" of the street He was noted
for being a pricker of South Sea bub-
bles. He held that there were too
many railroads and too much water in
stocks, and he reaped wealth out of
the wreck of Industries into which
hopeful and mpire-building pioneer
capitalists put their money.
Many men have grown rich in Wall
street. The Vanderbilts and the
Goulds incidentally made fortunes
there as the result OF their real opera
tions in business. But few men cleared
fortunes on pure speculation like the
harvests reaped by Mr.. Cammack. He
did not create new wealth with his
winnings. He merely gathered in ex-
listing wealth by taking advantage of
human errors in real speculation and
by always taking the bear" side OF the
market.
The great pessimist began to be
known in Wall street when in 1870 he
formed a partnership with Charles ].
Osborn under the firm name OF Osborn
& Cammack. This was brokerage
firm, but in 1875 Mr.. Cammack with
drew and never did brokers' business
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
THE PICKLES TEST.

Denver Health Department Doctors
Method of Diagnosing Mumps.
There has recently been an epidemic
of mumps among the school children
of the city, says the Denver Republic
can. According to the rules Of the
health department a child may not
return to school until he has fully
recovered. Every afternoon has
brought to the health department If
teen or twenty youngsters. some with
swollen cheeks and some without. 1t
is the duty of the physician in charge
OF the office to examine these appli-
cants for clean bills OF health and see
IL any trace of the infection remains.
But the force of the health depart
ment is small. and sometimes there is
no doctor in the office for an hour at
a time. This works a hardship on
mothers waiting with their children,
and Dr.. Carlin yesterday bethought
himself of the magic touchstone by
which Miss Mollie Currigan, guardian
OF the outer office, might herself test
the applicants. pickles are the thing"
said DR.. Carlin. III person with
the slightest trace OF Inflammation in
the thyroid glands takes bite Of any
thing sharply sour, the face is instant
ly contorted. In extreme cases the
pain is extreme" So bottle OF mixed
pickles was added to the pharmaco-
poeia of the office. Now. when there
is no doctor in the office. Miss Cur
rigan lines up the applicants for GER
tificates and goes down the lines with
the bottle of pickles. II the child takes
the pickle and smiles as healthy
child snould. he may go back to school
again: but II he scowls in pain. then
he Is condemned to stay at home.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
puk. H.. . Milton Acres.

The late Lord Leconfield was one OF
the eight-and-twenty noblemen who.
according to the Modern Doomsday
Book, possess over hundred thousand
acres in the United Kingdom. His pos
sessions amounted to sixty-six thou
sand acres in England and some forty
five thousand in Ireland. and his rent
roll was returned at EsS,000 a year.
The Duke of Sutherland is long way
the first in point of acreage, owning no
less than 1,35S,000, but the Duke Of
Buccleuch, who is second in acreage.
is first in point Of rental, which, ow-
ing to his town property and minerals.
must still be quite worth G217, 900 per
annum of the last return. Scotland
would seem to be the land Of the great
landlord, rather less than one-sixth of
that country being held by the six
great noblemen, the Dukes of Suther-
land, Buccleuch, Richmond, Fife and
Atholl, and the Marquis of Breadal-
bane.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
Chicago School bindings.

Fifty thousand children now attend
ing school in overcrowded, unsanitary.
poorly lighted, poorly heated and
poorly ventilated buildings will be in
comfortable quarters by the end of this
year IL work begun by special COM
mittee of the Chicago board of educa-
ton is completed as expected. The
plans of the special committee are to
erect at least twenty-five new build
ings and to make extensive additions
to as many more. Relief is to he given
every overcrowded school and efforts
will be made to get all the children out
of rented quarters.
The board of education will have
about S3,50O,OOO to use for building
purposes this year. 1t will get from
the tax levy, with the cost of collec-
ton counted off. S2,72O.OOO. In addi-
tion 1t has n balance of SSO0,OoO left
from last year. The total amount avail
able for building purposes last year
was S1.5SS.5 500. not all of which could
be used on account OF the labor trou-
bles.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
SPREAD YELLOW PEST
PHYSICIANS BLAME MOSQUI-
TOES
Returning Delegates to Pan. American
Medical Congress at Havana say the
Quarantine System Was Pronounced
, Absurd.

The United States system of yellow
fever quarantine is an absurdity, ac-
cordins to the verdict of the Pan
American Medical congress, which met
last week in Havana, Cuba. Yellow re.
yer, the congress agreed, is not conta-
glous by inhalation, and on this ac-
count no amount of distinction can
prevent Its spread. "KilI mosquitoes
and the fever plague will end" This, in
brief. was the, conclusion the congress
reached.
Taking up experiments made some
time ago by the United States yellow fe-
yer commission, the assemblage of doc
tors representing several countries de-
clded that the mosquito is responsible
for epidemics of this malady. These
experiments We're conducted upon ten
men of different nationality, who were
listed as non-immunes.
After being exposed to the fever in
the many accepted ways without con-
tracting 1t, the men were placed in n
room filled with mosquitoes which We're
inoculated with yellow fever germs. All
of the men We're bitten and nine out of
the ten came down with the fever in
periods varying from two days and
nine hours to five days.
The congress was attended by seven
physicians from Illinois. Those who
went from Chicago were Dr. II. p.
Newman, DIR. George ii. Simmons, DR..
Il. Wyllis Andrews, DIR. Henry Il. By
ford and DIR. l.. III. Montgomery. DIR.
Montgomery returned yesterday.
Speaking Of the yellow fever question
he said:
"The congress practically agreed that
yellow fever quarantine is not only use
less. but TINT 1t is an absurdity. The
only way the disease can be kept from
spreading is by exterminating the culex
fasclata branch of the mosquito family.
AS that seems to be an impossibility,
there appears to be no solution of this
perpleNing problem"
The next session of the congress Will
be held in Buenos Ayres, three years
hence.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
UNMOvED BY MONEY.
Claimant for Damages Who Did Not
Grasp Mt u $1,000 Bill.

Claimant for Damages VINO DIG NOS
Grasp Mt $1,000 Bill.
"A professional compromiser who
understands his business is most
valuable man on the staff OF any big
railroad" said New Orleans lawyer.
apropos of nothing in particular. 1T
is n great art" he continued. "and /
had the fact impressed upon me by
something rather unusual that hap
pened early in my career. / had been
in practice only a year or two, as l
remember when | was engaged by
certain railroad company to represent
1t In damage suit brought by an old
fellow who had been hurt at a cross
ing. / got the job because the regular
attorney and regular assistant attorney
were out of town on bigger affairs and
l threw myself into 1t with unlimited
enthusiasm. A little investigation con-
vinced me. however. that the company
didn't have leg to stand on. and
neither, for that matter. did the claim
ant, both of 'em having been broken
above the knee. So / advised q COM
promise, and was told to settle, II
could. for 81 900. That fixed limit dis
Souia6Su pSeauoc shS ~-'e
been brought for 100000 and l knew
the opposition lawyers had been filling
their client with rosy hopes, but
thought up a scheme that seemed
promising" quotes the Times-Demo-
crat. THE claimant was an ignorant
old fellow, who had been a laborer for
years, and l took 1t for granted that he
had never had as much as 800 at any
one time in his life. ri Just hypno-
tize him. said to myself, and, going
to bank. got a brand new 81 900 bill.
Then l hurried off to his boarding
house. found him in n dirty little back
room. and made my proposition for
settlement. Just as l anticipated, he
declined 1t Indignantly. Very WELL
said I. pulling out the bill with stud
led carelessness. in that case I'll have
to return this money. But, by the
way l added. did you ever happen to
see 81 900 bill? It's quite hand
some piece Of paper.' To be candid. I
was rather awed by the thing myself
and expected him to finger 1t like a
piece of the true cross, but. to my
amazement. he took 1t indifferently.
glanced at it with no apparent interest.
and handed it back. It's vera pretty.
he said, stolidly. and went on smoking
his pipe
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
Comfort for Farmers in Town.

Menomonie, Wis, dispatch to the
Chicago Times-Herald: Senator ]. H
Stout has made proposition to donate
to the city n fine two-story building
24x4S feet, fitted with steam heat a
bathroom, toilet rooms. closets, etc. as
farmers rest room. providing the cit
liens would maintain it. The PROPOSE
tion has been accepted. The building
will be erected next spring. The build
ing will be in charge of a competent
person, and its use as lunch room
bath, toilet and rest room will be free
to farmers. Reading matter will be
supplied.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
pw,nd,,nr band of Grand Old Mon.

The death of Lord Armstrong makes
a gap In the rapidly dwindling band OF
grand old men" of the nineteenth
century. Some of his seniors are still
left. Sir Frederick Halliday is "a, the
Earl of Perth and Melfort SO, Sir
Charles Nicholson and Sir Henry A.
Pitman, NJ. D., 90, Admiral Sir H. Kep-
pei, 81, while Lord Gwyder and Sir
Andrew Lusk have attained more than
four score and ten. The more or less
distinguished men who are over so
may be counted by the dozen. ranging
from the Duke of Cambridge to Sir
John Tenniel. and including most of
the ranks between. Among women the
Baroness Burdett-Coutts has attained
the great age of Sc. 1t can hardly be
said that the race has lost its vitality
when We find so many men who have
been the architects of their own for
tunes. living and working, too, beyond
the allotted span.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.
If you are troubled with pains,
fainting spells, depression of spirits,
reluctance to go anywhere, headache,
backache, and always tired, please re-
member that there is an absolute
remedy which will relieve you Of your
suffering as II did Mrs. Rice. Proof
hams Vegetable Compound is the
greatest medicine for suffering women.
No other medicine has made the cures
that it has, and no other woman has
helped so many women by direct advice
as has Mrs. Pinkham; her experience
is greater than that of any living per-
son. If you arc sick, write and get
her advice: her address is Lynn, Mass.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
Snow shoes for uorsss.

When man tells about putting
snow shoes on his horse one imme-
diately thinks that there is some Joke
on or that the man is talking about
the arctic region, but it seems that
such things occur nearer home. A
farmer from. Sidney was in Augusta,
who said that he came without much
difficulty, as he had trained his horse
to wear snow shoes. He said that
without the aid of these it would have
been almost impossible for him to
have made the trip.-Lewiston (Ie.)
Journal
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27


agein. His operations were all con-
fined to absolute speculation. He was
often associated with William H. Van
derbilt and Jay Gould in their opera
tions, and he was close personal
friend OF the former railway magnate.
1t was Cammack who, in 1888,
brought about the collapse in North
ern Pacific stock. He loved the ex-
citement of the market to the last.
When he retired four years ago he did
so under pressure from his wife, who
insisted that he had had enough OF the
game. He did not marry until he was
SO years old. but at that time he did
not look more than 40. His was a
wonderful vitality, and the way he
held his age was the wonder OF the
street" where his youthful appear
aacc and his real age were a proverb
among the young men.
Mrs. Cammack was Miss Hildreth
OF Washington. The dead speculator
leaves two children. both boys, one of
whom is IA and the other II. On his
wedding day he presented his wife
with $l.OOO,000 In first-class securities.
Mr.. Cammack was born at Hopkins
vile, Ky. His parents were very poor,
and he drifted to New Orleans as a
youth and there became clerk. He
was afterward a cotton speculator in
London. and wholesale liquor dealer
In New York. He lived at 46 West
Fifty-seventh street and had a country
home at Tuxedo.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
How's Thisr

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall 3
Catarrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props. Toledo O
We, the undersigned have known i. J.
Cheney for the last l5 years and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able TO carry out any obliga-
tions made by their firm.
West s. Truax. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo.
O.: Walding kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Testimonials sent free Price
'bc per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Halls Family Pills are tho best
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

There is no remedy that can equal
Garfield Tea for the cure of all derange-
ments OF the liver; it has for years been
the standard by which other remedies
are judged.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
slber,n a Lana of Churche..

The three great luxuries in Siberia
are churches, theaters and museums.
Even the smaller villages can usually
be sighted from afar by means of the
white walls and the towering dome
shaped cupolas of their churches. These
are all amply supplied with bells,
whose rich tones roll in majestic har-
mony over distant hill and vale and
break the monotony of the peasants
daily toll. Inside. these churches are
highly ornamented with paintings, and
they are presided over by married
priests, who take n deep and genuine
interest in even the poorest Of the flock.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27
The Trust Prob,em.

To thoughtful mind. the trust problem
firmly grappled with for 1t creeps upon
society before you are aware of its ex-
istence. In this respect much resembling
the various disorders which attack the
stomach. such as constipation. indigestion,
dyspepsia and biliousness. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters will cure all such all
ments. and prevent In grippe. malarial
fever and ague. Be sure to give 1t a trial.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

It requires no experience to dye with
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Simply
boiling your goods In the dye is all
that's necessary.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

The family of very nmable woman
often have to eat biscuit which are not
done on the bottom.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

"Oh, you'll find Gruf all right IL you
only know how to take him." "Should
be well shaken before taken, l sup
pose"
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

A great many people object to Mrs
Nations methods-especially kansas
saloon people.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

Don't Got Footsorsi Got FOOT-EAsE.
A certain cure for Swollen, Smart
Ing, Burning. Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder. Cures Frost-bites and
Chilblains. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, CSC. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

1t has been decided that Delegate
Wilcox did not commit treason, so he is
to be allowed to remain in Congress
and commit mileage
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

DO you ever take sides in n quarrel?'
yes; l take the outside-every time"
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

You always look pleased when you
meet Jibbs. Yes; he once tried to cheat
me and couldn't.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

NJ RSHA ALL'S BUCHU-KIDNEY
PILLS prevent Brights Disease. Sold
and guaranteed by all druggists.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

"Now Johnny" his mother said. wip-
ing his nose as they started for church,
II want You to behave like a good lit
tie boy" II can't" blubbered johnny.
II don't know any good little boys"
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

La Grippe conquers life-Wizard OIL
conquers La Grippe. Your druggist
sells Wizard OIL,
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

There Is n material difference between
the golden rule and the rule of gold.
Under the latter there is not much re-
spect paid to the former.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

1t is said that laughing will cure dys-
pepsia, but n man who can laugh when
he has dyspepsia must be crazy.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption snved
my life three years ngo.-Mrs. THos. ROBBINS,
Maple Street. Norwich. n. ", Feb. IL. 1900.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

What would you do now IL you were
Carnegie and had eighty-hve million dol
lars handed to you in a lump?
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

Fruit II . necessary article of diet. Its
prime essences are In Primlsy's California
Eruit Gum.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUIStSE TABLETS AL
druggists refund the money II 1T fails to cure.
+. w. Groves signature is on the box. 25c-
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

The bluest blue makes the whitest
white. that's Russ Bleaching Blue. the
modern bag blue.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

The best hing about apple dumplings is
that no one has ever been able to invent
u stylish name for them.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

]. Pierpont Morgan has doubtless dis
covered that Mr.. Carnegie Is giving away
libraries not steel mills,
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

The congressional report on hazing at
West Point will contain 100000 words,
but the subject seems to Justify it.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

We arc now at work on our Spring Of
1901 Catalogue. Send us your name and
address and We'll mail you n copy free.
Sixty-four Illustrated pages. containing
styles and prices of footwear for men.
women and children. mems and boys
clothing with sample of the goods.
hats. caps and furnishings.
THE MAY SHOE & CLOTHING co.
Denver, Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

MARSH HALLS REMEDY FOR
the dollar back If it fails. All druggists
The Lamar register., 1901-02-27

A correspondent writes mankind
and womankind." This is unnecessary
verbiage; mankind embraces woman
kind,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-25

The new dumb-bell fruit which
has recently made its way to Lon
don resembles a Siamcse-twin peach
and tastes lika peach favored Win
pineapple. Is 1856 an Amersan,
named Jeifreys, embittered by q love.
affair. made his home on . small
island 1000 miles south Of Ccylon.
Here he remained until his death,
in 1898. occupying himself with sci
entifc studies and .he cultivation Of
iruit trees. He produced several
curious vsriciies-his most astonish-
ing success being the dumb-beu
fruit
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-25
JOHN W. RODGERS,
Practical Boot and Shoemaker
REPAIRING NEATLY DONE.
second Door East Of White swan Bakery.
Dissolution Notice.

Notice IS hereby given that the
partnership heretofore existing
between J.. j. Wood and w. q.
Marrs, under the firm name Of
Wood & Marrs, is by mutual con
sent this day dissolved, W. G.
arrs retiring and L. G. WOOD
continuing the business. All ac
counts to be paid to Mr.. Wood
who viii pay all Indebtedness.
L. j.. WooD.
w. @. MARRs.