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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

INOTHFR M0DFL HOME-ht n bnrgain
foi this week only: Two.story, modem
built w Nil its appointments, seven largo
rooms and baths; servants house aud
car line. only S2T5O improvements cost
more thHn this pflcei act quick " YOU
wish tU take advantage Of this spiend d
street "
FOR sAIE-Th Houston Heights hotel
and summer garden. an Ideal resort; the
only one near Houston reached by street
cRrs. John a. MllrOy, go Main ST. u
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

WANrfh-r 10 exchange tWo-Stury house,
rooms, bath reon Cistern anu hydranl,
on street car line In FIFTH ward, Apply
iiuS Waycrly,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

w, fruit farm. stock ami timber lands !;
ea cheap good references furnished.
ens " Colby Aldlnc. Just north OF
tgusIon, -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

srRANHD OR STOLEN From s02 Pres
ton avenue. on July l. n white male
fox terrier, months old, liberal reward
for Information leading 10 his recovery
NO questions asked, S02 Preston ave
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

FOR SALE Horse aud buggy, cheap, a,
~ sampson street
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

SIRAYED- Jersey cow, almost solid
light red color, small stature, short horns;
only mark old horn thrust near tall Re,
turn for reward 20 Charles kuester, cur
neF Fletcher aud Gargan 10
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

all four feet white and white on breast /
name Sol" Liberal reward for the pup
and thief. A. G. Howell, 1908 McIlhenny
avenue. 4
LOST-Ladles' watch set with six dla-
monds IN shape OF star, engraved NJ. A.
r. also gentemhn's rope chain with
heart set In with diamond, please deliver
90 w. J Bergeron, Logan hotel, and
receive $40
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

HOUSTON will have deep water y not
at the foot OF Main street, II VIII ~
least extend TO the head of Long Reach;
Long Reach is near the north line OF
thc Magnolia Park property. For In
yestmenfs the Magnolia Park property
i gilt edged, and offers opportunities
to the small investor Buy you 4 rev
piiation for deep water is made, and
which wo look FOR this next congress
land values will more than p Gogol ero n
erty. Buy now. Apply to w. c. Moore
or L. W. Craig, Houston, Texas
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

SENENTY lots 10 Eagie addId0n ii-ro0m
residence IVA Fair Grounds addition 1910
ncres timber land and some cash 10 eN.
chaapr Tor good pasture land Ia South.
west rexus. ilahh 30 Main,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

f-11T7 ST -T-TWelve and a half acres win
m four miles Of city, near grayfl raaa,
hr r II Hanna 422 Blnz building
FoR rice lands address Stevens Mar
shall Liberty. Iexas. ---------------
11Tufoid wealth. 10000 acres or
land. rich IN minerals sifpng ss ma lead.
ooniv AZ per acre VIII sell small lots
finest timber lands On sarth. A. Assss
200 La Branch.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

'<gYERAL splendid residences in Fair
s;io1nds very cheap: also some vacant
Y IA $500 and upwards Hannah & Par
Il seas, l0if Texas avenue
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

GOOD H0RsE and light spring wagon,
chehp. ll0i DAllAs street.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

LOSr.Retween Alkemeyer's aud the street
car offlce, a pocket book contalnlng 81. ~
and an express money order payable 10
Mrs r. T. Chase; qnder please mail
money order TO lli2 Liberty avenue. Z
Lost Ring. -four opals chip diamond IA
center; hnder viii receive reward Leave
With cashier OF Wells Fargo Express
Company
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

HaNE all kinds OF real estate for sale ;
IN =. d. Bryant, oil. Land and
|tustcs u company, 1915 Texas ayebue
t----.t ltAIs. 4
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

WANTED Men that would lllpN to be lar.
tcis. VIC will teach the work ia two
nonihs; give outfit OF tools AND pay Sla
weekly when competent Make applica-
tlon by mall. Moer Barber College, 81
I outs Mo.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

WELL ENPERIENCED stenogaphcr de.
eltes position, best Of references 1901
POlk ave. O
WANTED Position at once hrst-class
all around machine man; must hive
work. First class recommendations AID
dress 26aS this oftVe.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

r, w. CRAIG has his office in the KAN
1o,,nd ~ 2Osi, Main street They are
t6c sole agents FOR the Magnolia Park
rtrncrty. which is now being offered
For resident or for speculative purposes
~ remarkably low figures, and on reason
Sble terms. buy now and make the al
vsnces which are certain 70 come In thss
next few months.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04

stn IA les, fenced, 2OOO pear trees,
y gill exchange FOR Imnroyed npoS
EA nv nHa assume or pay dilIerence Ia
. aytnra m reopen X Co., lO04I5 Pres
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
The Ideal ana the Real.

She was a kipdly-faced woman, and t was easy to ice that she was bub- bling over with love for the little folk. She walked modestly into the office ot she city editor and inquired; Will you please tell me which one of the staff it is that writes all those pretty little stories about children? I know he must love the little folks because he writes such nice stories about them. I want to tell him a precious litt!. story about my darling boy, who is only" That's the man over there," tnterrnPted the city editor. (Which one, pray?" That one with the corn cob pipe in his mouth and swearing at the office boy.'-Omaha World Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
SHELL-DCDCING.
Fine Art Prncticed by the Soldiers Now
 in South Africa.

Frequent mention is made in the dis. tshell-dodging," and the average read CT is at first at a loss to understand the precise meaning of the words, un- til their constant repetition leads one .o believe that probably it is possible to see shells in their aerial flight, and consequently the soldiers are able te dodge them. A sergeant major of ar tillery, who has seen some active serv- ice all over the world, gives us some information about the true art. In all his long experience he said he had only seen three or four shells actually in the air, and they came from the gun he himself fired. He explained that there are few guns Wit4 q somewhat slow muzzle velocity, and the men fir ing these can sometimes catch a glimpse of the shells in their flight; but it would be impossible for any man to see shot coming toward himself Lodging shells is done by getting un- der cover immediately before Q gun is actually fred For instance" said the sergeant major, if were ataalbing a hill, at the top of which :. N25 di- rected against me, aoV}a tly when a shell was likely 10 cs-5.H. - Id. ing along. Before the OrIe. ez to fire the men in charge o1 ...- p.ece stand dear and that is the warning note, so to speak. Keep your weather eye on the gun directed again5e you,
 snd when the g1nners stand c!N IT you annra ihn shot :"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
#---=---- AMUSED DlSRAELi
And Then Became His Secretary ARs
 CIese Friend for Life.

Lord R0Wton, q very thin, pale man with the quietest manner imaginable. is not ones ideal of dashing Irish man, but at the same time he is a de- lightful talker, with a witty tongue, and has a charming manner, says a writer. His old nickname, was F'1Ienty Corry," and when a young fellow he was brim full of fun and frolic. As may be supposed, he was much de- sired guest at country houses, where he invariably proved "the life of the party" It was under these circum- stances that he first attracted the at- tentiOn of the late Lord Beaconsfeld. Disraeqi was never happy when one of 8 house party in the country. His wife used to declare that, feeling bored and not "in touch" witn the rest of the party, he used to sulk and eat too much instead of taikin at dinner. This made him inclined to be bilious, and she would be under the necessity of taking him home to Hughenden to re- cover. One evening, when 5n one of these low-spirited moods, he heard shouts and peals of delighted laughter proceeding from a room near that in which he was sitting, and on investi- gating found that this state of liveli. 2ess-so unlike what he himself was feeling--Was produced by the singing, dancing and infectious good spirits of the good-humored young Irishman. Monty Cory" Lord Beaconsfeld crept into the room and hung on the fringe of the circle of laughing guests, and very soon an unwilling smile was seen to creep aroand his mouth, the said srniie ending in a heaI'y burst O. laughter, which effectually scattered the lest shadow of the weight of de- pression which had been smotherins him. Soon after this pleasant intro duction he made "3Ionty Corry" his secretary, and they worked well to- gether tor the remainder of Disracli's fife.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
Cared ,t stamynerln..

A very important operation 1as late ly reported to the French Academic ds Medicine by Prof. Iennesco (of Bu, CAaresN, who asserts that he has com pieteIy cWed boy of thirteen Of q confirmed stammer by craniotomy. Ills theory is that the cause of the imped'
 ment is often a fattening of the left side of the head, which prevents the proper development of the skull, and consequently compression of the nratu at the very place where Broca thought that he could localize the fac, plty of speech. He therefore cut away such portion of the tissues as appeared a2 cnnfine at that part the dura mater. rsna found the experiment completely successful. One wonders whether this. s0o, was known to neolithic man. Many neolithic skulls have been found from which small circular piece of the 5ana has been removed evidently dur 3ng life; and 1t has also puzzled an 1hropologists to assign cause for this primitive kind of tFephining. But if VIC assume it was done to cure stam- aering all difficulty would vanish
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
WHEN THETIBERI ONRAM PAos
Efforts to Control Its Torrents Have
 Been Only Partially Successful.

Efforts to Control Its Torrents HaVo
 Been Only Partially Successful.
 Owing to ill-calculated engineering operations. by which the northern branch of the river by the 1iber is. land was deepcned few years ago, the southern branch, which skirts the for mer Ghetto, has dried up into heavy bank of muddy 8and, and this is it's normal state, making Git will be un- derstood) the island of St. Bartolome Tneo as ridiculous as g. swan On land. The absurd aspect Of t is the more ac> eentuated because tie ponte fabrico, or eGo3rcc8Pi, which unites the island to the southern bank happens to bo both the eldest and best-preserved ridge tn Rome, dating from G2 5. C.. &.s.2 be- ..1g composed Of two bold sic arches aad Q small central food s4sA. On fd4a occasions, however, after heavy as1Rafa Is, the river, rising in it's srath. succeeds in 7e&saerting it's an- aseat dop4inien, and we sae the beaut
 zal bridge built by Faa.acus spanning sttz9 waters sent down rom Monte pat .in0 and Ansciano S19h rise has taken place, ia consequence of which the forum is inundated by means of the Cloaca Max ma, while the f5sm.ng yellow flood has reached 8 height Of but three feet below the little Franciscan garden be- .onging to the chUssh of St. Bartolom- meo Tha ancient confessional below hat basiliea, dating from about the seventh century, is entirely filled. In fact, the waters have risen about forty feet. and rain should continue to fall He may witness the Fiber invading the Cerso and Piazza d'Espanga. Happily, , change seems to be setting in. It was quite fascinating sight the other morning to see the main, or northern, food racing beneath the Ceetian bridge like a succession of maelstroms, almost giddying to behold. AS usual, a crowd af people amused themselves by watch Ing the operations of those who on such occasions fsb Cor driftWeed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
An nacounter with A Mad RnlI.

4 telessr l from Paris describes an encounter with mad bull at Mont de Marsan. A woman was terribly in- jured and an officer who went to her assistance with drawn sword was tossed several yards and badly hurt
 X sergeant charged tho animal with fixed hareaet, but was knocked down a0d s4amPlea upon, being frightfully maagle&. The bull next charged the village omnibus, killing both tho honscs. Sc eral villagers. armed with cities. at length succeeded in killing it
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
0ounod's Lost Opera.
Few people are aware that Gounod once. in a moment uf anger. tore up
worns44 Genipser.

Many of the Eost useful noyel51es o. the day were evolved by women. Silk weaving was invented by the wife of tue fourth Chinese emperor; bronze work by a Japanese woman; the weay. mg of cashmere shawls by a woman of the 1adiaa l4arem, and the lost secret of Venetian point lace was rediscov- cred by an Italian WotG3a. Harrie. !Iosmer invented way to make mar ale from limestone Nus Strong, who began by inyenting corset. ended by taking out patents for dams and reser> roirs A woman invented q sateheI bottom paper bag and was offered S2O.. 900 for her patent before leaving Washington. \ Texas woman invented u digging machine; an English woman a horsesDoe; t Flcrida woman 8 rail- road ear. and aa Illinois womaa a cu heater
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
asLE wtTnRoMANrIc HISTORY
1t Was Found on the Plains aad Used
 on Many Coremonjai Occasions.

1t Was Found on the Plains asd Uaeo
 on Many Ceremonial Occasions.
 The Bible which was used in the ceremonies beginning the celebration tn this city of the tiftieth anniversary of the state of California has history that is very interesting. In 1849 a young man in coming across the plains found q pile of books by the side or the road with stick stuck among them bearing note telling travellers 70 help themselves. The young maa In searching through the old volumes Found a handsome Bible, which he con- gidered a shame to be left upon the dreary desert. He placed It Tn hlS pack and carried 1t to Sacramento. He presented it t0 Dr. +. H. Mcdonald who at that time conducted drug store in that city. Some time after the advent of the Bible into Sacramento q meeting was called in that city for the purpose of founding lodge or Masons. That was on Jan. 3, 1850, aud the lodge was to be known as Connecticut Lodge, No. 75. It ehance9 that the meeting place was adjoining the premises occupied by Dr. MeDons ald When it was convened 1t was found that there was no Bible at hand with which to conduct tEe ceremonies and Dr. Mcdonald presented the book 1hat had been given to him by the young man for the lodges use. On the 18th of the following April the grand lodge of Masong' was formed and Ghe Bible again played an important oart in the ceremonies. After the form ation of the grand lodge the name oi Connect 2ut lodge was changed to Te- hama lodge, No 3. but eTer since it's establishment on Jan. 8, 1850, the Bi- ble has remained in the possession of aha lodge R. o. Craven, prominent officer of the lodge. has been appointed Q represent the lodge here during ths Jubilee exercises and serves as the GUS s8afan Of tha pFi2ed old book during
 t3 visit to this -l's7-san Jose (Call 8gaEcury.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
I.ake of Snlnl.nrio Acio.

I. nay be difficult to believe in the txistenco of a lake of sulphuric acid. put according to Tit-Bits, there is sueE 2 lake in fhe center of Sulphur island. eff New Zealand. It is fifty ares in extent, about twelve feet in depth an5 f1ftecn feet above the level O. the sea, 1.be most remarkable characteristic ot this lake, however. is that the water contains vast quantities of hydro. eAlcri, and sulr,2uric acids, hissins ana buAbling at q temperature of 11G degrees Eahrerhoi.. The dark greer co>o.ed water looks particularly un- inviting Dense clouds of sulphuric fumes constantly roll off this boiling caldron, ani care has to be exercised iE approaching this lals9 to avoid the risk Of s;'ff0e@tioJ. On the opposite side 0f the lake may be seen the tremendous blow oles, which, when in full blast. present an awo-inspiring sight. The roat of tho steam as it 7ushes forth Into the air is deafening, and often huge bowlers and stones are hurled out to a height of several hundred feet by the various internal forces of nas lure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
PresA, v,ns Ee.s In Stocklne.,

The latest advice for keeping eggs comes from a farmers wife Shs takes loEs stockings, fills them with eggs. ties them shut and hangs them in the cellar and garret in 2 current of air. Every week or two she takes the stock tngs ocwn and hangs them upside down. This is quite an important part of the method. Eggs have been kept sweet for long time in this manIet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
THE RAISING a@ o.rRfeHFs.


 Tive Farms Nc, tasrried on I'll the
 Uh.teI siates.
 There are HOW i've ostrich farms iD &he United States--.tWo in California. one in Texas, one in Florida, and ona fn Arizona. The last named, although fhe youngest, IS the largest and most doafishing in tho country It is To-. gated near Phoenix and the Salt river valley seems eall adapted @ the Af Tican ostrich. No protection whatever IS required for the birds during the 1.atef. They graze the entire year in &he fields. the same as horses and cat sle, and are healthy and thrifty. The man in charge of the Arizona farm, who spent 15 years handling ostrietles ln South Africa, says the birds do just as well in the Salt River valley as in Africa, and that the climatic and other conditions surrounding ,'hem here seem @s well adapted to their requirements as those existing in their native home. After the birds attain the age of four weeks there is little danger Of sEeir dying from natural causes for many 5ears lc is not positively known how long an ostrich vii! live under normal conditionG,but there are birds on South african farms which Are believed to A2Ye reached or passed the century marx, many of them having been iL captivity there over fifty years Most people have the idea, obtained, prob &9I5, from their old geographites whef. fhey were children, that the female ostrich, after laying her eggs il nest Scdoped out of the desert sands, coy sts= them up with the sand anG leaves them, trusting to the heat of the sun 70 hatch them. This is not the fact 4ae birds always pair off during the breeding season, the male bird making ..1e nest by resting his breastbone on 2pe sand and turning slowly round ant To9nd, scratching the sand away witt. his feet until shallow hole is made, some three feet in diameter and about . teet Geep. The female then lays, usu- ally, b eggs. and the birds take turns sitting on them, the female sitting duthg the daytime and the male al night except that the male allows the gefhale about an hour in the middle Of fhe day to feed. when he takes het place on the nest.--Boston Herald
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-08
IS A THING OF THE PAST.
long -Horned Steer Took Too Much Spata
 and Held Too Decided Opinions

ANN->NN~
 Ten years from DOW the visitors at the stock yards in Chicago will looh at the massive horns nearly six feet from tip to tip that hang over the doorways of offices and hardly be abls to believe that they were taken from the head of "beef critter' on the Texas ranges, and that hundreds ot thousands of cattle with such horns once ran half wild on the ranches and plains of the Lone Star stats. For the passing of the long-horned, long legged. uncertain colored and still more uncertaiL tempered Texas steer is thing of today, and in his place one finds q stocl{ily built, red or roan ami nal. with short, stubby horns, or no horns at all. The Texas steer Of to- day is not properly descended from the Texas cattle of the past. He has sim ply supplanted the others on the ranges, and the former animal haa either migrated farther south or has gone out into space and is no more. The improvement-as it most certainly is-has been brought about in many ways. The ffst great change came when the cattle man decided that car space that could be flied up by good, salable beef, was more profitable than that taken up ay the picturesque horns of the Texas steer. and began to dehorn the yearlings and young steers. More could be gotten into a car, as they could stand closer together. It was but a step to then begin to improve the ouality by crossing the COWS with fine bred bulls. Durham, Hereford and Angus, and the Texas steer of 1900 will compare very fayorably with the cat tie in Missouri He has taken on weight. and will average 100 to 15Q nGHnds heavier tban in farmer daPs
 0ouaod's Lost Opera.
 Few people are aware that GounoG once, in moment 6f anger, tore up the manuscript of an opera he had composed, and. though he afterwards repented ( hls action, he was quite unable to recall is melodies. Gounod' 8 opera Faust" was nearly lost to the Sorid by the religious scruples of the great composer. About the time he wrote it he determined henceforth only to write sacred music but, happily for posterity, lie thought better of his reso- iuii8a
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-06
A MATCH CONSOLIDATION
Diamond Match Company Makes
Peace with Its English Rivals.

Peace With Its English Rivals.
NEW YORK, July "a dispatch.t to the
Herald from London says:
Arrangements have been perfected by
which the Diamond Match Company, lin
tied, of England. becomes amalgamated
with Bryant and May, the famous match
makers of Bow.
While all details of the proposed
amalgamation are definitely settled, the
actual papers will not be signed until
Thursday next. after which date the Dia-
mond Match Company will cease to ex-
list as an English company.
The parties interested decline to discuss
the terms by which the long standing feud
has been patched up, but it is generally
understood tina these contemplate a diVis-
ion of territory between the former rivals,
the m Match company taking the
North of England, Scotland and Ireland,
while Bryant & May devote themselves
entirely to the midlands and southern
counties The PERCENTAGE of profit from
the Liverpool factory Of the Diamond
company. which formerly accrued to the
Diamond Match company of Illinois, Is
wiped out, in the shape of capital awarded
to the parent COMPANY in the new combi-
nation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-06

Moreover, 1t would rather support a
Southern Democrat on a sound Demo-
cratic platform knowing he would be
defeated than to support a man like
Bryan from some other section believ-
ing he would be defeated. But 1t
would prefer to see a sound Democrat
nominated. with a fair chance of cleo
ton. The Democratic party should not
be content to nominate and run a man.
regardless of consequences. 1t has had
enough of that policy. 1t should use
some judgment in the selection OF a
platform and candidate and then make
an intelligent effort to win. The Re-
publican leaders are heartily In SYM
pathy with the movement to nominate
a Southern Democrat for President.
Nothing, except the nomination Of Mr..
Bryan, would please them better"