The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-13

v1o fell outside the 5reastworss IN feNa'
In the campaign Of iooO--fcli vslantly 4tr'T-
ing to gct starvation stipend from the ua-
certain yoS popuii.
some o. the Texas papers are wondering
how the farmers are 70 inves. their solptt es
cash. They have penty OF food ana e'otr t
and II ig suggested Tat they invest u ia
tories. Tha. IA all right and they couiu
also build big barns. granafies and SMOKE
houses. brild new residences ana llNPfNsN
their live stock and also get the county ~
improve and straiynton the public roaus aHa a
ms Z on the authorities Keeping up fle
bridges and highways for auick and SAFE
travel TO market; Sherman Democrat
a full smokehouse and new suit Of
clothes do not satisfy the ambitious and pros
zrersive farmer. iudlclous Bystem OF ~
dustry Is needed TO keen the smokshouse
filed and the wardrobe repenshed. Besides
this It must be remembered that It Is not
every year. even in Texas that crops are
large and prices high.
~
The Dowers are stll quarrslins over ~
China about the terms IF settlement ana
the prospect for an ali-ar9und hgnt IS as
good as ever.Paris Aivocate.
In that Gaze. the China will probably get
broken pretty badly.
vNf
A boy in Fort worth died this week. re-
quilting from q TOW pR,ol the wad o. the
charge going INTO his hand. producing lock-
Jaw. The toy plstoi ana cannon cracker
have claimed many lives In the state and u
does seem that law would be IN oruer
to prevent their sale or importation.-Goh-
zales Inquirer.
It does seem SO. but It is probable. in the
| light Of experience, that such law would
D., mn no ipgr
| which never amounted to anything. Young
America, like his older brothers. Is bound to
have 80 much sport. with the accent on tue
sport.
Instead OF having good roads and making
time and saving the.i teams ana wagons
| tncy persist In travelling through the mud
| and ever rough drlveways. The question
OF road improvements Is being ag.ta'ed more
| aud more every year and should be made an
/ issue in every cornty campaign. II Is iitt!e
| less than stupidity on the part OF the peoplt
that they do not demand road Improvement
and see that they eci them.-fcakum Times
! All OF whlch is well said and 10 the point
1 Nothing short OF an active, vigorous cam
| psian will get the right sort of pubic high
ways, notwithstanding that the entire popu-
| lston OF county Is directly interested ii
the question.
|
The Pltisburg Gazette seemingly takes hoti
sides Of the colonization question. 1t says
The Missouri house Of representatives las
Tuefday passed resolution EXPRESSING sym
pathy for the Fiipinos in their struggle 10
liberty. Trio sooner they yield IN
better for them. Uncle sam viii never re
HnQuish his authority there.
In The same column It shows the troubl
England is having as sequence to il
iUff cria lie ir DClirV follows
movement has been revived in Canad
looltlrg - Independence and a small re
Euglard has her bands full in South Africa
She seems to be confronted With trouble 4
many quarters,
II all the citizens of Corsicana who hay
heen raising sand about the dark streets
tho mudpath sidewalk and the faulty street
would put their shoulders TO the wheel an
secure a special charter CorslcHua woUl
stand good chance to remedy the evils
, Corsicane Sun.
. II the streets are very muddy 1T woul
, appear to most people that the raising
sand should not be stopped Sand is some
times better for muddy streets than chan
ters-especially in rainy weather.
The packing house trust thinks The sal
rust very wicbed thing. and, the sal
{ trust thinks the packing house combine en-
sicily 100 fresh Paris Advocate.
The packers combine may be fresh at tn
4 beginning. but It VIII certainly get prett
briny before It gets through with the salln
neart thriller and thrcbber.