The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13

ing eaten IN all the potato salad at
Workers. Cochran being an freshman is
very fond of potato salad and nj NonkerS
they make It finer than Mt Tipperary.
Wen, when the salad was all gone. before
he had had chance to get any Cochran
sworc he'd get cyen-nnd he did The gen
tleman who got mad was what we call
a one speech man; that is, he had one
single speech that he had got down pretty
get 1t on. In country places where we only
spoke once, he was all right, and in New
once and to keep on the list Of speakers
for the other nights OF course, he picked
out the Madison square meeting as the
biggest Of them all and sat on the platform
swelling and pulled out with that speech
OF his, which wasn't such a bad speech, but
which We, had all heard something. like lol
chance to get even, He was down on the
program before his enemy, and when his
railing with his usual sef,possessed smile,
that l fancied was just little broader
than common and l thought there was the
twinkle In his eye that an. freshman has
his hand for silence, for the audience kept
| npplauding. MS he Is very popular and.
/ when he began, for a moment ] caught my
breath IN short. did not know what
| was happening. There was Cochran delv-
erlng in his most mcliauous Hibernlan ac-
cents, word, for word the speech, the only
! speech, Of the distinguished gentleman who
| was TO follow him next upon the pro-
gram There was. no installing It. We all
i
was recitlng Il well, with considerable clio.
/ cutlonNry encct more. indeed than the
owner owner Of me speech possessed A SUP
! hut Cochran kept right on to the end. I
| stole glance At the distinguished gentle
man, who was listening to his own speech
| His face had turned quite green and his
! eyes were blazing az Cochran as n he
! would burn holes In his back When Coch.
| called, ne bent over the chairman and
! whispered In his car and the chairman
! gnuounced that he much regretted that the
to SPEAK and that the gentleman next after
| on the program, the Hon. Amos Cum
minga would address the meeting
had been pained by the Infinite repetition
| OF the speech snd who also had not gotten
any potato salad az Yonkers, took Bourke
4 ! use the expression euphemistically. when
| J say q bottle mean MS many. bottles
! treated. n he's properly treated"
~
! Mr.. c. II. Gueriuger, well known hotel
/ man, who was formerly located In Houston,
! hut who is now manager Of the Arlington,
the new hostelry al Marlin, spent yesterday
| In the city on business and returned 20 his
| new home last night, He saws that A great
! many. people nre taking advantage Of the
I curative qualities OF the waters NJ Marlin
ana that business In all lines Is brisk
~
/ Mr., II. X Payne, who represents large
| Eastern concern. which Is interested IN q
number OF street railways throughout the
South. is a guest at the Rice hotel MIR
4 Payne, who for a long time lived az Now
! Orleans. and who was stationed here foY
several months last winter IS now located
/ a. El Paso, where his company is putting
/ In n new street railway syStem
! Mr.. Payne says that III Paso Is growing
| raridly and that conditions IN that sec