The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-03

Farewell, &c speci. ators, farewell,
In disgust bid sou adleu;
In the end may 90 10 hell,
But III never come back a. you.
-Wcrthnm Journal
we are leaving you, leaving forever,
with your worship OF gain aud your lust,
But our sorrows no time can discover,
In your busters repcseth our dust
With this Issue We begin the twenty.see-
ond year OF the many papers 70 which this
ly the successor and the nth year 10 the
life Of the News-Chronlcie. In tue FIRST
Issue, four years ago, We stated that the
News-Chronicle was here 10 stay, was here
10 work FOR she best Interests Ut our town
and county aud was TO be one Of the best
comfy papers in Texas, and we have en-
denVored 10 Keep up 70 these resolutions
Just as far as the patronage would allow.
How far we have succeeded In giving YOU
the best paper published in this section
is for you to Judge. however reservng our
own opinion mat II we had had the lib
eral support which an enterprising paper
deserves a stlll better paper could have
been issued Caldwell News Chronicle.
You have done we'll, Brother Joiner, and
each copy Of your paper is an earnest or
greater progress yet to be.
II our trust laws are making the trusts
sqnlrm and lobby for change. II simply
proves that our work IL effective. law
on the statute books that was Inactive
would hardly bring forth the opposition
that Is coming from all moneyed quarters
Calvert COurierCbronicle
II we get law that win permit Texas
and the trusts 10 lie down together there
is strong probability that Texas will be
on the inside.
Because one hears most about the sensa.
ti0nal Notwithstanding preachers, II must
not be Inferred that they are In a ma.
Jorty. For every one OF that Kind there
are 800 preachers who quietly try to fol-
low the Master they serve and to save
mems souls, not To tickle their fancy and
get quoted in the papers. Italy News
Herald.
The newspapers should treat the noto.
rcty-seeking preacher as he was treated
by tho Chicago Record Herald II said;
"A preacher in Ohio says saloons are a
good thing, As It was evidently his de.
sign To- get his name into the newspapers
we omit IT,"
Mayer Tom Johnson Of Cleveland Ohio,
is adding to his popularity by o vigorous
onslaught on advertising signboards The
Worth MaiI-TcleEram.
The plethoric Tom should also go UP
against the handful nuisance; but possibly
the Northern cities have got past this
stage Of their career. A newspaper Is the
best thing in the world for a community
that wishes to progress. hut often, the
merchants Of such community will use
the bIllboards and dodgers in preference
TO the columns of their local paper.
~
Homer had to beg Socrates was vir
tual pnuper Dante was poor Milton died
In obscurity. Goldsmith often went "a
bed hungry and Poe never knew what 2
twenty dollar bill looked llkc.--Petty En-
terprlsc.
The Posts poet says that there is vast
difference between those old poets ond bin
| self, and furthermore that he is glad o. It
The reformers for the past twenty year,
| nave been the advanced guards on picket
| unty; they have kept their scouts out
| they have watched the enemy and have
monts OF the corporations and trusts ant
| have objected to their robbery Of the peo
! pie, while the two old parties have beer
crying; IAN is yell! All Is welll"-George
town sentinel.
The eact that thu cackllng Of geese saved
Rome seems TO establish q precedent.
Volume /. Number /, or tho Krum Ga
zette has Just appeared on our cxcharr.
table. II Is lively six page democrats
weekly launched by w +. Clcvcuger
May II prove good thing for itself and IL
neighbrohood.