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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-24

HAMBERMAID wanted at the Magnolia
House. 1920 Congress avenue "A
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FOR SALE-Five or ten.acre block close to
city limits, south side; will sell very
cheap for CASH Apply room 814 Bnz
building. "a
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FARMS-10S2 acres BRA
zorla county, improved, tenement houses,
etc, near railroad, at 81 so per acre;
al under cultivation, leased $1,000 Der an,
num- at $1,000, easy terms: III acres
eighteen miles north Houston, Improved.
residences, barns, etc, 5000: 427 to Gao
acres Dlmmit county. all under cultiyn-
tion, houses. barns and wells at So per
acre cash r. w. Gamble & Co, ii9
Main street "a
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WANTED-A good sCTIbc maIe or fenaIei
who can use a typewriter, to work 10 IN
abstract office. Address in your own
handwriting, stating experience and sd-
airy expected, Lock Box 243, Orange;
Texas. -
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WANTED--Offce boy 16 TO II years old.
Address In own handwriting, Z. O. box
202 %
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SEVERAL BARGAINS In houses and lots:
can sell on small cash payment, balance
monthly, city and country property in any
amount and in any locality. T, ]. Collins
& Son, l0l65 Congress. 81
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Girls for MESSENGER Bows.


"Tf you please, sir. here's the mes
senger boy said my maid with .
smile the other afternoon as she usher
ed into my room a neatly dressed and
not Unlocking young girl" says a writer
in the London King AT first thought
there must be some mistake, but her
ladyship soon disabused me Of that no
ton, and with a good deal of self pos
session. but no trace of fOrwardneR
informed me that she was dischargins
messenger boys duty. She took my
telegram, and the money therefor, with
the customary 'tuppence for the mes
sage, please and have no doubt az
quilted herself Of the not very Onerous
task Of bearing it to the postoffice -
featly as the human boy would have
office made inquiries. and was told
that it was only in few Of the West
End Offices that the experiment Of using
young girls instead Of boys was being
tried, and that even in these districts
they were only used when the duty was
a fitting one for girl to undertake.
The fact Is, the clerk in charge assured
me. the company finds it impossible 10
get a sufficient supply Of boys. They
have lately been enforced to employ
men at sixpence an hour at some Of the
city Offices, and when the government
royalty is taken into account this does
not leave much Of a profit for the COM
pany. 1 hear the cable companies are
also at their wits end to find messenger
t0vS ~
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state Of collapse. He was to be at st.
Therese in the evening, and, it being a
joint meeting of Conservatives and
Liberals. his best efforts We're needed.
We arrived ut ST. Therese ut > o'clock
in the evening and, as l was busy
with other things, l left Mr.. Laurier
to go up TO his room and rest. | was
away perhaps half an hour, and. upon
returning | started To go up to see
how he was getting along. l felt my
way along the dark passageway lead
ing to the stairs, and was about to go
up. when ! saw dark mass crouched
just to the right. 1t was our future
great Premier. He had dropped there
exhausted. We got him into bed and
called in n country doctor. and when s
o'clock came we had to carry him 10
the meeting The Conservative speak
ers had their first say, and they fiayed
Mr.. Laurier and the Liberals unmerci-
fully. Mr.. Laurier sat there in a great
fur coat. not moving a muscle. The
minute his turn came. however, he
jumped up. threw off his coat. and
began to speak. 1t was one of the
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Exciting Chase,

A young man had taken his wheel, in
making journey Of several hundred
miles to inspect some Western land. In
: the course Of his trip he crossed a large
prairie field. broken near the middle by
a high transverse ridge. Says Rev. c..
T. Brady, who tells the story:
When he had climbed the ridge and
mounted his wheel to proceed. he no.
ticed what the rise of ground had OBJ
scured; that the field was filed with
Texas cattle, grazing in little punches
of ten to fifty. Just as he started one
of the '.lOng- horns" caught sight Of him,
and the bunch followed its leader, to in
vestlgate. The young man naturally
lquickened his pace. and the cattle took
after him.
Presently other punches caught the
contagion of pursuit, and the cattle
started upon grand man-hunt.
The trail was straight and level, lead
ing to big gate. The boy bent over
his wheel and pedaled for his life. He
could hear the believing Of the cattle
and the pounding of their feet behind
him; but he looked neither to right nor
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QyElR SS<eI5

a parade Of Chinese soldiers is rather
gay. Nearly every man bears ban
ner, and the bigger the banner the more
Of hero he thinks himself.
Jean Nicale Gomard claims to have
recently found in unmOdified glacial
drift, on Long Island and Staten ISL
and, many stone implements and some
images.
In 1915 the postage on a letter from
New York to Wisconsin was % cents.
People wrote long letters in those days
in fine copper plate hand on thin pa
per-tO get the worth Of their money
but they wrote seldom.
Kerschdorf. near Heidelberg. has
lively 91-year-Old blacksmith and
church warden, who recently climbed
to the top Of the church steeple and tied
a new rope to the bell, after the young
men in the village refused to risk them
selves.
Near Worms, Germany, a few days
ago, a number of prehistoric tombs
were laid bare containing skeletons of
what must have been an exceedingly
tall race Of people, all buried in a stoop-
ing posture. The relics are assigned
to a period 1000 years ago.
A substituted forefnger was shown
by a Koenigsberg doctor at a recent
surgical congress in Berlin. The ex-
hibitor had cut of the patients second
toe and sewed it to the stump Of the
missing finger. Primary union had fol-
lowed and the new finger could be
moved by its owner
In 1891 there were 4, ,7O4, 80 people in
Ireland. There are fewer now, in all
probability. We have no figures show
ing the number of Irish in Great Brit
ain. In peace about Is per cent of the
British army is composed of Irish;
probably the percentage is larger now.
because many Irish enlisted to get q
chance to fight. In 1890 there were
1871 500 natives of Ireland in the Uni
ted States.
Professor Drake estimates that with
in the $50 square miles around Use
chau there are about three thousand
million metric tons of coal, and it must
be remembered that this area is only
a little of the ragged edge Of the great
coal fields Of Shan-si. Most of Shan-si
has been found underlaid by large coal
beds. RichthOfen estimates that the
anthracite coal alone of Shan-si
amounts to 63O.OOO million tons, and
that the coal area is greater than that
Of Pennsylvania.
ITO be near Williamsburg, the seat Of
the Virginia Assembly, George Wash
ingtOn's honeymoon was spent at the
White House, the home of the bride.
once the property Of Daniel Parke Gus
tbs, her first husband. The ground on
which the old White House stood, and
the changed building. are now the prop
erty of Robert E. Lee. Jr. When the
Assembly adjourned, young Washing
ton brought his bride to Mount Vernon.
For fOrty-six years Mount Vernon was
WashingtOn's home.
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DAINTY HABITS IN DEATH.
Insects Perform Their Toilet While
Yielding Up Their Lives.

Yielding Up Their Lives.
1t has often been noticed that there
are no animals which are more dainty
and fastiJiOus in their personal habits
than insects, the extreme pains which
the common hOusetiy takes in attending
to its toilet being Il good example Qf
this racial characteristic. The discOv-
cry has now been made that there are
certain insects which have such Il re-
Spect for Mrs. Grundy and are endowed
with such an innate love of neatness
and order that not even death. or,
rather, decapitation. can prevent them
from making one grand final toilet,
which is clearly designed TO give them
Il sedate and respectable appearance
after death.
Mr.. Ballion. skilled entomologist.
has discovered this remarkable fact
During one of my recent horseback
rides" he says, Il frequently caught
one of those large flies which annoy
cattle and horses so much, and
promptly got rid of it by crushing its
head. One day, instead of throwing the
mutilated insect away, | placed it on
the back of my hand and indolently
watched it. For some seconds the in
sect remained motion,ess, but then, to
my unbOunded surprise, it moved its
front legs forward TO the place where
the head should have been. and. after
it had rubbed them nervously together.
apparently in anguish. it began to
brush its body and to smooth its wings
with its hind legs. Under the gentle
pressure of these limbs the body grad
ually became extended and the e1-
tremity curved, while the wings gradu-
ally changed their natural position and
left the upper part Of the body exposed
Meanwhile the hind legs continued to
brush each other from time to time.
Naturally l watched this extraordin-
ary sight with great interest. and, in
order to see the finale, l took the in
sect into my study, where it lived an
entire day, spending the time ut the un-
grateful task of making its own funeral
tOilet"-New York Herald
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Chums No More.

All. yes! they used to run together.
Fair Jane and laughing May;
They had no secrets from each other,
No grudgings to display;
They used to be as happy sisters,
Each of them used to know
Who wrote the other loving letters
But that was long ago.
They used to share each others pleas
ures.
Fair May and happy Jane;
They used to babble DER their treasures
But time has rent the chain
That seemed to bind the two together
To-day they seldom meet,
And when they do. by chance, It's only
To beat a quick retreat.
Fair Jane and happy May are married:
When James girl isn't ill
Mays boy has something that is catch
ing
They love each other still.
But when one sees the other coming
She waves her back, for, oh,
They say diseases may be carried
Around in clothes. you know!
Chicago Times Herald.
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Even n Scotchman cannot always be
humorous, if he would. Like other peo-
pie, however, he is sometimes funny
without meaning TO be. The Scottish
American thinks that the message sent
by a young man in Peeblesshire to his
waiting bride may have kept her from
worrying over his non-appearance. but
that she must. after all. have received
it with mixed feelings.
The bride elect lived in a village some
distance from the home of William the
bridegroom. The wedding was to be
at her home. On the eventful day the
young man started for the station, but
on the way met the village grocer, who
talked so entertainingly that William
missed his train.
Naturally he was in what is known
as a state Of mind" Something must
be done, and done at once So he sent
the following telegram:
Don't marry till l come. William -
If the bride elect knew her William,
she probably knew how he felt when
he SEN the message, and forgave the
mental confusion which resulted in
what she must have looked upon as a
needless request.
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ii

The thought of that steep drop down
again and again with a fatal fascina-
ton put 1t away from his as he would.
Through all his broodings its somber
invitation stood out clear and distinct.
He could see even now the Jagged
rocks lurking below, dripping with
spray. looking for their prey.
At last he got up. 1t was no good
staying in. InactiOn was torture to
him In his present frame of mind. He
would try and walk it of.
He started of rapidly, without any
definite aim or intention, but uncon-
sciously his steps turned toward the
coast, and presently he found himself
once more ascending the steep little
path he had traversed that morning.
AS he neared the summit he per-
ceived that there was mans figure
before him, STOPPING perilously over the
dangerous edge, evidently gathering
some plant from the cliff below.
1t was foolhardy thing to do, and
evidently bespoke a strong brain.
A little nearer, and he stopped short
abruptly. The STOPPING figure was
Everett.
ALI his love and hate surged up with
in him. Everett, the man who had
stolen his love from him-the man who
had made his life a blank and barren
waste. A thousand devils seemed let
loose within him. How very near that
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that the wedding date will await that

that the wedding date will await that
event
1t was in Stockton that the Cooper
Webster romance had its inception.
Miss Mildred was not an heiress. She
was a salvation soldier i'm the VOlun-
teers Of America. Cooper had become
interested in the same organization.
and boy and girl love affair developed
between him and Miss Webster. There
was 4 separation, the girl going to San
Francisco. Then there was story
that she was detained against her will
by persons who knew that fortune
was coming to her. Finally came the
news Of her inheritance of her fathers
wealth. news which Cooper had the
best Of reasons for believing, as he got
1t in Il letter from his sweetheart her
self.
But the interesting point is that the
love engendered in the Volunteer days
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Unequal Division.

A story Of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler,
which the New England Home Maga-
zine prints, may be old to some, but 1t
is good enough TO be told again on the
chance Of its being new to others.
On one occasion, when in Congress,
General Butler rose in his place, and in
timated that the member who occupied
the floor was transgressing the limits
of debate.
"Why. General" said the member, re-
proachfully, you divided your time
with me-"
Il know did" rejOined General But
Ter, grimly, but 1 didn't divide eternity
with you
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cOvery Of South America on Friday,
June IL. 1494. John Cabot received
his commission from Henry VIII. on
Friday. March 6. 1896, which resulted
in finding North America. Mendez
founded st. Augustine on Friday, Sept.
:. 1906. The Mayfiower landed on Fri.
day, Dec. %. 1920; George Washington
was born on Friday, Feb. 222, 1882; on
Friday, June IL. 1775, Bunker Hill was
seized and fortified: on Friday. Oct. IL,
17711, BurgOyne surrendered at Sara,
toga. and on Friday, Sept. %. 1880.
Arnold's treason was discovered. Then
came the surrender Of CORVALLIS, also
on a Friday; and last. on Friday, July
I, 1916, John Adams moved in the Con.
tinental Congress that the United
States ARE and ought to be indie
pendent."-LOndOn Express.
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Rather Too Sharp.

The Kansas City Star tells an anus
ing story Of ''well-known man of let
ters" who was staying at primitive
hotel in Normandy. With him was a
young friend.
One morning the elder visitor ad-
dressed the host as follows:
You would Oblige me by making
your charges as low as possible for my
colleague He is not a rich man."
The landlord, delighted with the pres
ence in his house Of the man Of renown,
promised to have due consideration for
the purse of his younger guest. But a
few days afterward the famous author
came to him again, saying:
by the way, don't let my bill be big
ger than that of my young friend 1t
would humiliate him. Boys like that
are so extremely tOuchy."
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AMERICANS MAKE THE BEST.
Why EnElishmen Prefer to Buy Shoes
Made in This Country.

Why Englishmen Prefer to Buy Shoes
Made in Thi, Country.
There are more American boots and
shoes in this country, says the London
Mail, than most people know of. They
have not been here long. but they have
found very firm footing and they are
going further every day.
One agent who came over less than
three years ago has / 200 names ON his
books, good firms who do not want long
credit and would not get 1t if they did.
That is the American system. These
names are drawn from all over the
British isles. His this years turnover
amounts to many thousands Of pounds,
with two good months still to run.
What is the reason? The answer is
simple. The American hustles. That
is to say. he works hard and he thinks
hard. Start with the American factory.
1t is on the biggest scale procurable.
The output of one factory alone is 1900
pairs a day and there are bigger ones
than that.
Now. mark. Every one of these 1900
pairs is sold wholesale at the same
price. The consequence is that the
whole time and thought and capital of
the manufacturer Is concentrated ON
this one prOblem-namely, how to pro-
duce the best possible shoe for that
money.
1t goes without saying that the Amer
lean manufacturer has the very latest
machinery and plenty Of it. As soon
as new machine or an improvement
on an old machine is invented he has il.
Again, his wOrkmen work by the piece,
not by time. In the English trade there
are hundreds Of wOrkmen who are liy-
ing on a reputation. They are quite
happy as they are and any improve
ment in process means trouble in learn
ing it; it also displaces labor.
American shoes are modelled on the
human foot. not on some last which a
clumsy shoemaker cut twenty years
ago. Compare an American last with
a typical English last. One of the two
is plainly and painfully distorted. 7. is
not the American. But feet differ. The
American, instead of trying to tit the
foot to the shoe, tries to fit the shoe to
the foot. He has, say, four or six
shapes to start with. narrow to broad
Then each of these shapes he makes in.
say, thirty or more gradations of sizes.
Consequently, you have perhaps 200
variations in size and fitting TO choose
from.
Is there any reason why the English
from his American brothers book?
None whatever. He is doing il.
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sfsht of Snow a. Treat.

Some years ago in the month Of De
cember q jeweler Of Sydney, New South
Wales. Australia, paid a man to collect
a freight car full Of snow in the noun
tains and deliver as much of it to him
as he could On Christmas day in the
jewelers. window was huge SNOWFALL.
resting on 3 deep iron tray, and when
the news spread about the city traffic
was blocked for several hours until the
novel sight had melted. Men who had
not seen SNOW for forty years, when
they emigrated from the "old country"
hobbled out among the crowds and peO-
pie swarmed and struggled to get q
glimpse of what they looked on as &
sort Of eighth wonder OF the world
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Knew His Place.

A youth Of weak intellect, known n
Daft" Jimmy, used to frequent .
large pond near a midland town during
the skating season for the purpose Of
fixing skates. The first hard frost
found Jimmy at his accustomed post
Presently two ladies arrived
Twill the ice bear, Jimmyy. asked
one.
Dunno, ma'am."
'1Go on and try it. there's a good fel-
low, and I'll give you sixpenee."
Jimmy doffed his cap and answered:
"'Scuse me, ma'am. might be daft,
but l knows me manners. Ladies'
firstr'-LOndon Answers.
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NOT AS SAID. BUT AS MEANT.
Common News Items Which Might
Have Been Made Clearer.

The following news notes may or
may not be genuine. but they show the
necessity of exercising care in the clear
expression OF ones thoughts as well as
the use of the comma:
Nathan Price who was shot in the
suburbs last Wednesday is now able to
be around.
Thomas Merrill's property is for sale.
1t consists of a cottage containing
seven rooms and an acre of land.
Edward Jones has opened a shoe
store on Front street. Mr.. Jones guar
antees that any one can have tit in
his store.
The firm of Smith & ThOrndyke il
once more carrying on business at the
old stand. The concern now wants a
man to sell on commission.
Mrs. Walter Darrell would like to
hear of a good nurse for her child about
80 years of age and with good refer
ences. None other need apply.
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SIR .wILFRiD LAURIER.
A Campaign Story About the Premier
of the Can adian GoYernmenf

A Campaign Story About the Premier
of the Canadian Government.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier. who has recent
ly been returned to power in Canada
with big majority of Liberals at his
back. is scarcely the steady campaign
er of the Roosevelt or Bryan type. al
though he made tour of the province
of Ontario. and on one day, just pre-
viOus to the elections, made fifteen
speeches from his special train.
1t was while in opposition that Sir
Wilfrid did his hardest campaign work,
and, just previous to the elections of
five years ago, he made an average of
three speeches day. Senator Dan
durand. who accompanied Sir Wilfrid
(who was then plain Mr.. Laurier) on
that tour. tells the following tale:
..One day when Mr.. Laurier was suf-
fering from frightful cold. but had
made two speeches, he was nearly In q
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FORTUNE IN THE MIsTLEToE.
Georgian Has Made Money in Provi
ing wreaths of Holly.

Georgian Has Made Money in Provid-
ing wreaths of Holly.
In Georgia there Is farm devoted TO
mistletOe and holly growing. 1t is
owned by the Cartledge family, consist
ing of mother and two daughters. but
the daughters do the farming. It all
began through the failure of the elder
sister to make an immediate triumph
in art, TO study which she went to New
York. She realized in the great city,
as she never could have In her rural
Southern home, that talent for art is
too general to leave much hope for spe-
cial distinction. and wisely concluded
to turn to something that would bring
more speedy results. Being an OBJ
servant young woman. Miss Cartledge
noticed that holly and mistletOe brought
extremely high prices. and bethought
her that on the 500 acres at home in
Georgia both grew in wild abundance.
She returned home, and she and her
sister began to prepare for making the
neglected luxuriance Of marketable
value. In the months of January and
February following they set out ten
acres of young holly trees with their
own hands. Their cOlored farm-hands
would not plant a holly tree for worlds,
rs they believe that if they did they
would die as soon as the tree became
tall enough to cast a shadow the meas
ure of their graves. Last Christmas
the sisters found the trees so grown
that they required thinning out, and
the trees that were removed We're sent
north for Christmas trees and brought
high prices. as they were symmetrical
and covered with large. rich berries.
They plant the mistletoe berries under
the bark Of old oak trees in a crack or
hole, where they can get hold as
they germinate.
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John Bangs who will sail for Europe
Saturday would like to find purchaser
for his valuable bulldog. The animal is
no care and will eat anything and is
very fond of children.
A touching incident was noted at the
union station yesterday when an aged
couple bade each other good-by. The
old lady kissed her husband ferventiy
several times and he kissed her back.
DIR. Franklin White has returned
from trip to Switzerland. Speaking
of the robust health Of its peasantry,
the doctor says: The strength Of the
Swiss woman is remarkable. 1t is
nothing unusual for her to wash and
iron and milk several cows in one day."