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complishesl. And this public spirited con-
tingent. The Post Il compelled to say and
regrets 10 cay. is not composed, even
chiefly, OF the weaith!est citizens Of
HSuston. or of those having the LARGEST
and most direct interests In the upbuild-
ing cd the city Those who would profit
most handsomely from a rapid Develop
ment. and have profted most directly
from our past growth, are TOO often
content to allow others 10 bear the brunt
OF the fight. The wealth Of Houston. in
word, has not borne IT'S just ohare in
putting on foot great public measures cal
culated to benefit the whole community
The Pest, however, does not want u
see those "first-class funerals" OF which
the Statesman hints and that are pop
ulerly supposed TO be forerunners of pro-
gress and important adiuncts TO develop
ment. Houston's rich people are c.ever
enough, In way, and there is always
the hope that before they die they may
be gotten out Of The old ruts and indursd
to turn loose more of the money that
they will not be able to take with them
when the last summons Genes.
This thing of public spirit Is gradually
but appreciably increasing In Houston.
The leaven OF enterprise is getting
through more and more OF the lump each
year. The fact that money spent for tho
upbuilding of the city comes back four.
fold, and often tenfold, is better recog
nized now than formerly, and the hopc
ie not by any means baseless that pre-
sently We shall find everybody helping
to push the car of progress along here
where now only few are putting their
hands to the wheels.
There is contagion about public rnove>
ments. 1t may be slow Of development,
at times, but 1t spreads eventually. The
State is getting the fever Just now aud
we shall soon see the rich trying to get
richer more rapidly than eve. hef re-
Home money is not going to allow strang-
ers to win all the prizes, 1t is not GO
| ing to be long, in The Posts opinion. be-
fore the wealthy Hmossbacks" in Hous-
ton as well az all over Texas will be sur
prlsing themselves as we'll as the public
by the freshness with which they make
rush for the front seats and keep time
10 the music OF the band
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A Plea for school sus''|

Corpus Christi Caller.
The Caller believes that u ri
wise move for the public scno''
as TO include vocal music ID ~
Ing. Texas is reported as =
State in the Union for nea N
lives of ltheir fell0wmen, We ~
say, and the evil must be cae 4,
sic hath charms to sootne /,
breast. is a saying, and ma ID n
boys were taught vocal MUS y
improve their dispositions y
velop thousands OF good yO,s ~.
would be more happy, eiso. .s,s
grow less, disgraceful court 49, 49,
be lessened, expenses OF the vi a
tailed, etc. A good singer
popular aud usually we'ey <.
The time no learn 10 SING ~
youth. Once he is grown u N
possible to get him 10 opsa a
except 10 yell. He is atra.s i
and can't be pulled into 8 s'D'
with q yoke of oxen.
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OFFICIAL TURPrTUDE.

The difference between the private and
tho public morality and convictions and
conduct OF coed dbhlzens ought not ITO be
Wide enough ITO be appreomble under any
system OF we'll ordered society. AZ a
matter of fact this difference In this
country Is sumdthing startling aud ap-
palliug.
Men who are repNGred to NJ honest and
upright I'm private Ilfe, who would be
held TO DE reputable and credible wit
nesses under oath in a court Of iusace,
become entirely different characters in
their official lite. They sacrihce their
convictions no party eHpedlency. they
champion ROTTEN measures. they assist in
plunderlng on their own and on their
friends account and openly, oa1lously and
daily violate the most solemn aud COM
prehenslve oaths With 1t all there Is
uDeer shamelessncss, apparently.
An incfient occurred in tho United
States senate the other day illustrative,
in way, of the broad gulf which EXISTS
in our american lfe between mans
honest private convictions and his off,
cial condaIct. The man who furnished
rho alluSitra1Scn was the very prominent
nrd able senator, Lodge of Massachusetts,.
The senator mad written a history OF the
Santiago campaign In which ne had in
dulgeh crushing arrabgnmeut OF Gen
erll Shatter for hts utter incoInpetency
and pointed out how narrowly the Nation
t1,s
dncompebenoy. AN anIendmen was pro-
posed to the army bill to promote Shafter
to a MAJOR Seneralship as a reward for
mis- distinguished services. A report of
tihe proceedings SAYS that when the
amepdnent was called up
Mr.. petuigrew desired the clerk TO read an
account Of the Santiago campaign from a
history of the Span eh war from the pen OF
'tho most eminent OF modern lis orians."
WHO u the suttor7" SOME one asked.
Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts" re-
sponded Mr.. PettigrSw.
A general laugh In which Mr.. Lodge
joined, followed.
Then MIR Lodge proceeded to vote FOL
The amentneHt 20 mako major genera
OF the man whom he had as a historian
and good otriIen and andignsnt patrio
scathlnSly condemned.
Ono of tho big men IN the senate fol
yeans post has heen Senator lloar alst
OF Massachusetts. The most powerful
denunctataon of the Mckinley Philippine
policy yet delivered in congress was b,
Senaltor Hoar Just before 1.-THE nomina tin,
conventions oS fast summer It was cas-
on hdeh moral and patrlotic grounds
Then Mr.. dIoar proceeded to take th,
stump Tor The Mckinley ticket and tn,
continuance az this Philippine policy!
These are only two Instances out o
hundreds that are known 10 every oh
servant citizen where official oonduo
runs directly opposite TO personal char
acter or private conviction. Public III
is thus made public mockery aud
living he. And the heaven of this violou
and ahameloss inconsistency ieavens tn
whole lump. from the senate down TO tn
wards and cross roads.
What can we expect ultimately from
government managed on such principles
or rather want of principles? What /
to become of a republic in which privst
virtue does not serve as basis or in
spiration for public virtue2
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c,nnndn,s Future.

Toronto Mail and Empire.
Aud what of the future? We
epoch just closed with S5o,OOo ipn'
we part from it with 100000 W
bors BEGAN with 100000; they q
with 10000, O00O. Beginning tolf
the United States has left on, y
tory washed by both oceans, ~
yond calculation, and rich IN e,s
we can confidently expect thai v
tieth century will give US Ply
which that of the period jusl
not at all comparable. Lolkns
into the future. It is possible
well occupied country SUSTAIN.
porous farming community,
great cities boasting their hl
workers in industrial and mercsl.
suits; enormous activities 10
and fisheries; great strides y WI
that administers 10 the eoinlo.s
The new century is, indeed, iuis
Use TO every one Of US ana 70 =
shall follow.
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From Minor Lnwbreakcr,.

Great Britain makes over $25OO, 600 Il
year-the cost of first class cruiser
for the navy-out OF the people who do
things they ought not. First ON the list
comes the assault" cases. People who
punch each others heads pay $3.50 600 a
year for the privilege. There are two
reasons for this big total--the number
OF such cases. and the dislike mavis.
Wstes have for people who break The
peace. The limit fine is very often i'm
posed, aud the average is about $3.50 per
mead Next come the unpleasant pennle
who are caught selling adulterated food
such as sanded sugar, meat 'unit for
human consumption" and saussges MAIDS
solely OF bread; s250,000 is the sum tbe
nation gets every year from these maIe-
factors; and for that amount new reui-
ment could be started. or a torpedo boat
built. People VINO continually take more
10 drink than they ought pay the nation
S225OOo for the privilege. The actual to-
tai of cases of this kind beats ali tho
others, but the fines are small. as a rule
averaging S. The limit is $40, and The
money is nearly always paid, rather than
the alternative fourteen days"
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An lsIe OF Mnn snnerstition.

There is no end TO super.altaons. They
form part OF the very lives of all, gem
tie and sample. They have as many yari-
cites az there are places to lG1ate them
The Isle az Man ab5unds in them, and
among Others the i'll luck OF the third
boat is held in great awe. None of the
II nsrmen, Wnen ahe fishing season Is on
VIII leave haI'bor rhird. The law OF ma
ture which insists hat amongst many to
leave place some one must be third is
SLOT over by No beat and No. being
l1shet slide by side and moving into open
water in company. A boat proprietor
n tho litcle ManX town has no faith in
the superstition, and rldiculas the men
For being put out by Il. Once" he
saws. we had a captain who deled this
bit OF folklore. He lost two men from
lever, broke his own leg, and the cabin
boy fell overheard. He would never go
again in the third boat. And he is an
Englishman. toe. | can not pug un with
such gross Ignorance This Is a some
what mixed manner of pointing his I'M
rthet IN the superstition, certainly, ana
though OF course common sense auails
t6iore admitting anything uncauny in tie
tflrd boat stun tine English captain was
nct far wrong, trcm mis- point OF view, in
ue+ns MS best to be on the safe side.
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Crockett Courier.

1t is no time for the Legislature to be
tndulgipg in political pyrotecnics or
president making, The people didn I
send them there to make presidents or
to prepare the way for tae same The
country has had too much politics now.
We want more of business. 1t will be
ample time three years from now to lay
wires and to play to the galleries in
tho Interest OF some man or candidate.
Meanwhile with the people of Texas the
supreme question is what can be- done
Tor the development of the great re-
sources OF the greatest State in the
Union? Lex t,he Legislature cast out all
plays at politics and address itself to
legislation solely and strictly in the
interest OF the States material welfare.
Invite capital to the State instead OF
poibttcians. Put down all hostile legisla-
tion aimed at enterprise. Give tho State
and those who would help develop the
state chance. Then adjourn and come
home
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waking stick MS a weapon.

"Baritsu," as the comparatively new
form of self-defense is called. would APP
pea: to be acquiring popularity. Already
the baritsu school in Shlftesbury avenue.
London, is crowded, and & branch estab-
lisnn ent Is to be opened. This after all,
is not to be wondered at; pusilspi sa'
vors OF brutality, in site of ali that has
been aud sulll IS urged TO the contrary.
The rapier is an antlquated weapon; the
single is of no practical use; The
fols find favor only on the condnent.
The walking stick, on the other hand,
we have always with rs. and in these
days and nights Of Hoolgans we never
know at what moment we may not pc
called upon TO use it, either in sclf-de-
tense or in defense of others.
Baritsu is, practically, the art of self,
defense wilh the walking stick At the
school in Shaftesbury avenue all the
most telling strokes that it IS possible
TO make with an ordinary walking stick
are explained. illustrated and taught, and
the pupil is shown how best to tackle
the man--say a street rough who
comes at you anyhos with a stick. "
Personally | am of opinion that every
young fellow ought to learn baritsu. for
it appears to be the one mode of self
defense liable to prove of practicable use
to any man and at any moment even to
the man who lives moves and has his
being only in this prosaic city of London.
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LVuNIIlUIII JNUTHdI.
The most prominent attractive and in
teresting feature OF this mornings Hola-
ton Post is an account of Beaumont's
big oil we'll. OF the reading matter it
Is given the first column of the first
pase' with a spread head that catches
every readers eye as soon as the pa er
Is opened There is no 'shriveled local
Ism" about The Post. 1t ia kind ami
liberal to all Texas cities. II is especia,-
" kind and liberal to Besuront ana IT
mas reason TO be. for no other nor1ing
caily paper is patronized in Be1un MT
SO literally as The Post, or cireu ed
so largely.
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81, , u.c hive.

The following is told at the expense OF
an American gentleman WHO was recently
staining with his wife at o big London
hotel. On their first evening there ne
hapncned to retire somewhat later tnun
his spouse. Arriving at the door Oh WA
he imagined to be his room, ana nuuin n,s.
II locked ne tapped aud Galley: Honey
M answer came. aud he called again
more loudly; Honey" Still he got no
reply and becoming somewhat uneasy
he shouted the endearlng term with his
full lung power This time reply came,
and in an Indignant male voice: go
away, you idictl This is a bath ROOM
not a bee hive!"
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a Trees Jubilee.

The only instance Of the butternut .,
waite walnut tree Of North America
lJusisns cinerea) producing fruit in
ENGLAND has just been recorded bv tha
middleton tLancashirel Botanical -
cray, me tree was one OF seven miami.
60 at Garstaug sixty years ago. nsitSsc
OF which had until this year been frni,.
tul' The wonderful summer induced nns
o. the white walnuts to celebrsr. H.
sixtieth year by bearing fruit. The ons
stnorites at Kew, in response to a letis.
on me subject, stated that they hsS
lever seen one OF the nuts. They re-.
with small branch OF the tree fo We, =
permanent record. This was done
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HOUSTON, SUNDAY, JAN. 20, 1901.
% PAGES TO-DAY
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Correspondence OF all descriptions,
whether intended for tho business
or editorial department.. should be
addressed to "The Houston POST"
and not to any individual. and all
checks, drafts, money orders, etc,
made payable to the "Houston Print
ing Company"
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what the prohibitionist' ~

San Antonio ENpress' ~.
The ppchlbitionists succeeoss Z
ing out the army canteen' =
groceries in the neighb9I0o~.., ~,
ernment reservations ana
can now he depended on, ~ M
business. The abohtion y
II will soon be found, WIN
to soofiety and morality ~
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Telephone Numbers: s ss.ss.:a IL

lie city.--The Post Is delivered 10 any part Of ne
city by carriers. per month. $500; three months
$500; six months. 5000; one wear, $500,
M Theodore Boring has charge Of The city
circulation and collecting Messrs. Theodore
Bering. Chss Lott and Burt Hull are the au.
thorred collectors Of AZ city bills thoth asverils-
tux and subscsiptonl and no money should be
paid 10 any one other Than those named. unless
special written authority signed BY the business
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ton Printing Company
Subscribers falling TO receive The Pos, regularly
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tneer no elreum stances will orders givsn by
employees on the office DO recognized and
paid. or accepted in payment Of accounts.
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Germany's Paternal Governmer,,

Here is story of German petty Off.
eialdom' a gentleman living in small
provincial town possessed in his garden
near the road u magnificent old elm
Tree, Of whose height and beauty he wss
Justly proud, The police, having little
eIse TO 90, discovered on the footpath
some eaterpillars which had Sror" HSt,
from the rec, Forthwith. the Owner ~
the tree received a mandate TO nav a
me and clear the tree of all larvae Tbs
former he did, under protest, bur de.
elared his limbs We're TOO valuable "a h,
risked in obeying the latter order rSe
red-t apeism could only be appeased nv
the hewing down OF the ancient elm
such are the little drawbacks to the han
py, happy fatherland" ADE'
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A Judgment worthy Of so,omon

a story Of President Kruger is told
oy an ofncer Just returned from South
AREA The patriArchal rule exercised
by Com Paul over his burshers Is we'll
known, and some OF his legal aeeisions
aae reminiscent Of the judgments of Sal
onlon' \ question about the division 90
hs psopetty. as to which two brothers
- i@o 4 dispute, was referred TO him. ana
= was agreed that his judgment a1s
10 accepted. After hearing beth siass
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And Wv. nrNnn,r Friend.

Galveston Dallas News.
Tie democrats In the Massachusetts,
legislature played Mr. Richard olney In
nomination as their candidate for SEN
ator, MIR. olney VIII be remembered as
the great attorney general and secretary
OF state of Mr.. ClevelRnd's second ad-
minlstranion
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Congressman Balls Record.

non Thomas Fl. Ball, congressman
from the First district of Texas has
MADE reeori that any man could feel
proud o. Tom Ball is fair and sors 70
mlh' ana has the courage to stand m
e heM Tor his convictions. He is a
sentieman and scholar, too.
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The other day when the Texas legislature
invited ex-senator Hill to address that body
the action was interpreted by tho Washing
ton correspondent Of the Dal-Gai. News as
rebuke TO Bryan and a swinging around
OF Texas to the Eastern democracy. Ii now
appears from the same correspondent that
Mr.. Hill does not regard the invitation In
that Light at all, but Is rather embarrassed
by the discussion which preceded the aiop-
ton OF the resolution and the adding Of Mr.
Bryan'b name by amendment 1t is aid
Mr.. Htlls friends did not wish It urder-
stood that he was Mt this stage OF tho game
competitor of Mr.. Bryan for the favor OF
the Texas democracy, or that the invita-
ton should imply at the outset a contest
between him and Mr.. Bryan" As mntter
of fact the legislature did not So III der
stand and did not so imply In the imitation.
1t was the correspondents of the bal. Gal.
Nows persuasion that sought to give such a
meaning 10 the resolution. And in so doing
they have naturally embarrassed tho ex-
senator He may. therefore. decline tie IN
wtation; in fact is likely to decline. He is
not as big fool some of his fool friends,
or as some OF the Cleveland "reorga lize.s."
Tho ship subsidy bill appears to stand IN
need OF some substantial government assist.
ance itself.
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nut schIey Is stiII at Y

Pittsburgh Gazette. =,
Modern greatness and gic' "A
as evanescent as a dream III
little is heard OF Dewey aae .,.,r
the other man who tried 70 ssai6
rcls. and other once famous
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he said 10 the elder one: 81 decide that
y9i. being the senior shall have the
dividing Of the property; but" he added ADDED
with A twinkle in his eye. II also decree
that your brother shall have the choice
OF the two portions.
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TAMPERlNG WITH !
THE DREAM MA,r.

you,
And the light Of the dsv y,
VIII you come to me wit. a
the dew, "s
With the loyeiight deep II =.
true, 'VH
And the same sweet smI,s
to do.
Thro' the pertumed and d.,
will you list once more ia 4,
told,
I've told in the night ana ],
The same sweet story TIA,
old
While breezes blow and ma.
And autumns run riot in gree, \
And the heart of lover Z FL.
Will you come to me when <.
town
Are wrapped in the garb q, =.
When sleep like a benson Ut.
Leaves me enmeshed in w..
brown
And your eyes smile back via
frown
And glow with the old tim, !.
You'll come! oh, you'll CONT. !,
do!
And Wen enter the dreanlaa,
And wander again in the patA,
The dear old paths we havs
through,
We two, all alone, In the dark !,
TIL the features of night grsv
And then you will go! shall u.
Through the light of the gsrl.
Till night shall whisper in tend.
II bring her back! cen the u,s
known:
Beneath my mantle she's all VI,
In dreams she is yours als,,s
The investigation into the M,
Cadet Booz makes the ayersrs
feel that he would far rather !,
of his dying comfortably at hDn
to be subjected to the refined /,
devised by the young brutes /,
Point.
There are things man may not mi
Without counting grave disastr
Most any man will weep to part
With a cllnging porous plast,,
Daisy Grogan has been lett |.
of 100000 by the death Of 40 i,
France. Daisy is an actress d
fortune is either an adyertsIu
or it isn't. Take your choice.
. L 4
The maiden grasped the hero's Id
And gushed, with smile aa
sweet:
Your deed was most heroic! gu
! should have loved to'ye III
feat!"
lie who had dared a fiery dsin
To set imprisoned mortals irs.;
Now blushed, but, sticking out y
He mumbled; well, mum, ihr
be-"
"A young man who eloped aud 81
ried was soundly whipped on III
to the paternal mansion for stan
late. Well, married men ought
good hours. The next time be "
will arrive home in time for supF
\ ~
A fire in the pathological nrs
Berlin, so a dispatch says, danis
eral of Prof. Virchow's skelslaa
professor is in luck in having n@
one. Most of us if our skelas1
dana ged by fire would be psf74
retired from business.
Canada's Future
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Is Worth All IL Cost.

E""TNI INVaIaTcr.
90, .ae legislature of the State is exactly
an IN sefusinS the services Of chan
~. rec. They know the resnnnsi,,iII-
"a sh man assumes when he unSerte W.
"spnsfd flock like that AT Ans,t in
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Come to order. Gentlemen,

IHauuIaI Vldette,
Let US give cur support to the Twenty.
1 T,' legislature which meets next
t tuesusy, and instead of cursiug them
LOT what they can not accomplish give
t tSem our support ana influence TO helm
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Not So Small Now.

"NAAnachie Mirror
thu nee a0ie sam continues to grow during
the N sssn.iera century as he did during
thing on sss' Ne will be the biggest
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feet in his stockings. His daddy ought NOT
to give UP cent for him.
Alger would have been wiser II he had
arranged TO have his memoirs" published
only as posthumous work-the public yet
have some respect for the dead. tho actually
and physically doad
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Antonio Llvbt.

san NutUHIO i4lenI-
Hogs amendments to she constitu-
ton are fartesohed, but the constitution
needs amending all over.