The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
TAMPERING WITH TRIFT !,
NEXT DOOR.

Tn eller in tn yard next door, he sets crbou, =, s
ease, ~k4<2
An lois each night an hour or more bene.,h " H
cedar trees; IN
An IL grin him an bat my eyes er,o.. . N
Whar flowers perfume tn twilight dim an waft y
ms ter my XII
7 h jasmines an TIL bow an nod ter me a.,
smile; sssH$
Now fur away an nearer now, their incense all ~ !,
beguile; uf
Whar darkest leaves bedeek tn trees mapnoIv,h u,
big an stout
But he jest grns an takes his ease-dont reaI,. !.
erbout.
All smile on him. beneath his fee, !,
spring, p
An way above his head each limb is bendin' down
soming
An in tn trees tn mockbirds sing, an redbira.
branches twitter,
An I'm afraid envy him; I'm sech a lonesom.
sick critter
Fer whar hail from way up North whar childbood,.
days spent,
Tn lilac pours its perfume forth, an in my longn 81,
pent
TIL menry O. TIL days knew, o 5uttercups an, 4 L
sweet
An all tn purity flowers at grew an clustered rom,
hayward feet
But sech regrets air bound ter come; it's human na,.
repine;
know I'd miss tn asmines bloom an feathery climb,
press vine,
An all tn odors blown afar by gently whisprin' sos.
breeze
Air far than lilacs air-they can't compete q
things like these
An send another smile whar tn Teller sets ucst
But he jest thar all tn while unresponsve e. MA
TIL ongn sleeps soul in gloom, feel put out an ~
blesome;
wonder when magnolyuhs bloom if he'd be apt ter e;
one
An tn moon comes up an throws, from the horlI
waverin line,
Its shafts OF glory tn rose an makes the moonao,
glow an shine,
An I'm TIL debtor O. tn breeze fer all TIL odor it can
1t brings them tn whspern an EN- ro
me an goes back
Ter gether more ez they are spilled an tote EN- on er
tn line
Till thro tn gloom with incense filled seem ter i,d
touch divine;
almost touch tn garments o lovin spirits in TIL air
Beneath their touch my git dim, peace broods
me everywhere !. e 8
Detroit has 3721717 yards of wooden block II
ment. Poor bumpety old Detroit We've only got Cong
avenue and two ohersbut they're plenty thank
& = =
Minnesota legislators have passed a bill fixing per,
OF $50 for cigarette smoking That's right There's no
why the doctors and insane asyums should get the WI
rake-off and the State nothing.
!; )"
The girl at Central have been out the night bef
When | called her up from pay station and gave her
number wanted she replied sleepily: Cash goes bel
conversation -
Beg pardon? ?" replied /.
"Sweeten the pot = bit mpatient1y.
II fear don't quite understand"
Feed the kitty came the response in sng-song vc
Can you not get my number" quered l. much pun
"Oh drop ncke in the slot" snapped she.
dropped the nickel and INDUCED in conversation b
have been wondering since what she could have
and il this reform has really reformed. s.
Mrs. Paine, the New York poetess who rece
granted divorce from her husband together with the
toraton of her maiden when asked how she stood
ordeal replied that her present sensation emit
"Paineess
Dowie has given up his divine healing in Chicago
has turned the home into Office building. Whatever
be said of his patients there is no gainsaying the fact
the healer is well heeled.
SEE THAT HUMP?
As stumbled, startled fearful DER form PROSTATE
beerfu piteous voice and fearful saying Il sho
like know-by the darkness shrouded round us-if
ternal ties have bound and if naught may COMO
us Say, you Buffalo,
Then paused in my replying while the midnight bree
dying bore his last faint signing in whisper
and low: by the dark skies arching DER you; by ii
pathway stretched before by the loved who ad
you; say, you Buffalo?
By the foaming glass potential by fes currents
quential; by lifes headaches penitental by all joys
boozers know by all things that | might MENTION, W
that come of long abstenton give oh give your swift att
ton Say, you Buffalo;
If you are then you've been guided by old Bacchu
derided speak, that may be decided let your att
ton hag if you are then I'm another let no doubts sa
kindness smother for need three drinks, brother