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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08

Street scenes IN HOUSTON. $ $ sSSEs;


can see the inscription, Mother to John.
ME and the 1Sk on this side. Simply
sale for 81 the hard.hearted wretch ran
me in. And because they found whole
lot more rings in my pockets marked the
same way they told me to my face taat
was crooked Yes, sir. that's just what
they did. mud then the Judge asked me
what was going TO do about 1t. J Just
lost my temper completely and told him
there wasn't hut one thing TO be dohe,
and that was going TO get out OF town.
! told him | wouldn't stay here minute
longer than was necessary either; thai |
had business IN New Orleans aud that
was going there by the first train. gave
him TO understand that | wasn't stuck on
staying here anyway. You can Just bet It's
going TO hurt tho town, 100, because I'm
going 10 tell every man In my line Of bust
| ness that | meet to keep away from here.
! Now Just figure how much fun the rubes
! the gold ring that mother left him wlnked
the other eye and started for his train.
y = y
One Of the most interesting places in
Houston. no matter what hour OF the day
and FAR into the night, Is the Grand Central
depot. With an average Of sixty trains
arriving and departing there daily on idea
mdx be gained of the enormous amount OF
| passenger traffic handled by the roads
! running into houston. Included In tho
number of trains mentioned are all the
roads entering Houston with the exception
OF the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
| road and the International end Great
! Northern, These roads use their own
! dcpots, the first being In tho Fifth ward
| AT the corner OF Second and Girard, The
| International and Great Northern Is on
! Congress and Bowling These roads operate
| some twelve or more trains, which will
| swell the total Of passenger trains to the
| number OF scventy-two. Just think OF
| thirty-six passenger trains In and the same
| number out OF Houston every day in the
year and then try and figure about how
many passengers are landed here every
twenty four hours. II this does not eutitlc
| Houston to the honor of being the railroad
| center OF the State then some people have
another guess coming. Al the Grand Cen
| tral the scene NJ times Is something amaz
| Ing, 1t is constant whlrl and rush and
crush. many passengers going but n larger
number coming. The waiting rooms or
either side of the rotunda are at times
taxed to their capacity and very often by
women and children alone. One sees ant
hears all kinds of things at q big railway
depot. the JOYOUS and ridiculous blended
With the pathetic, There goes the happy
bride and groom Just mated a few hour,
previously and everything on earth tC
them appears bright and cheerful. In nj
the other door attired In deep black an,
supported by an aged father enters a wo
man sobblng as II her heart would break
Two little tots, barely large enough 90 tro
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along. follow to the rear They are father
less. The hearse at the baggage door tells
the rest of the tale. Here comes the man
with the heavy load of Bourbon who wants
to know what time his train leaves. When
he finds that he is two hours behind time
he laboriously lifts his grips to the top
of the news counter, where they are taken
charge Of by the accommodating clerk, the
jag bearer In the meantime telling every
BODY against whom he can elbow what
be thinks of railroads in general and the
one TINT left him behind In particular.
Here comes the sweet young girl who acts
~ II she had never been to depot in her
life outside Of the one at MugE's station.
Sho wants to know what titno the train
Will get in. She starts In by asking the
depot Waterman; then sidles over to the
lunch counter man; next tackles the news
counter clerk and after worrying the ticket
agent to death she nuallY espies the official
bulletin. After sizing 1t IN for about ten
minutes she murmurs In an audible whisper
II do believe they all told the truth
Willie will he here In two hours. III Just
sit down and wait She waits; Willie
! enters. rableauN The lunch clerk throws
1T. He says it's been going on for two
months, II started n week after they were
married and the show Is billed regular FOR
once a weekfor that's how often Willie
gets home lie Is travelling man.
There's one thing needed In this depot
for certainty said one OF the attaches
the other day and that is buresu OF In
formation They rush in here to the news
| stand. TO the lunch stand or any place
/ their fancy happens to dictate aud ask ques
| NlNnH hlIl halut WoulO EeI ont OF pU-
| ticnce They want to know what time
| this train leaves aud what time that train
| gets In and they get insulted when you
| refer them to the bulletin board; they ask
| you what time 1t Is when they can't pos
! slby help but see that big clock there In
| the corner; they are anxious to find out
| II there is = show in town tonight. N Mr..
/ So and So keeps open all wight II Main
street runs the same way that Congress
! does n Won can get drink Sunday.
| how many police on the force how mauv
| banks and hotels In town; DO You sell
| stamps; mud so on and 40 forth to end of
human endurance. The Grand Central
| depot Ia great place"
What kind Of a market have you hereP
asked visitor last night Of well known
| Houston'an The latter told him the hest
way to find out was to see for himself
and accordingly the pair wendell their way
| 80 the city markets, the Houston man eN
| planning on the way the destruction of the
| big market building by hre and the ueccs
sity for suy kind OF a makeshift TO satisfy
the wants of local citizens until the market
| Is rebuilt. Market square on saturday
night Is about the busiest place In town
| In fact, even with the present conditions
| " Is doubtful II any city It's size make,
the show that the Houston market does
especially nSaturdqy and Saturday night
An day on Saturday there is healthy
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The dty is rapidly dliug with strangers
from all over the great Stare Of Texas and
from many other States as we'll and the
carnival Of 1901 bids fair TO surpass all
others In point Of attendance as we'll as
Rttractiveness
rne Houston carnival is the last big out
door festival OF 1901. with the exception
OF the Charleston exposition, but the adj
vance guard of buuco men and failrs long
ago decided TO cut the Texas metropolis
cut Of their itinerary and these familiar
gentry will be noticeable this season by
their absence. The Mardi Gras displays.
street fairs expeditions and other big
shows formerly could not get along with
out the green goods man. the lost spec
tacle man. the gold watch takr and the
man who wants to soak" the ring his poor
dear mother left hpi. But somehow or
other the word has been passed up and
down the line cut out Houston" aud
up 70 date. although few Of the craft
have blown In they have Immediately
assured the chief of police that their stay
was only for a few hours. Two or three
faced the chief and the members Of the
detective department during the week just
passed and they Impaired the Information
that there would be less number OF
grafters' In attendance upon the car.
nival this year than ever before.
While we have no regular orEaniza-
Tion,' said one of the advance guard the
other day, we have a way OF mparting
information 10 our brother craftsmen that
often saves time, trouble and expense.
While We consider that we are following
q legitimate line Of business, the police de.
partments OF great number OF cities
think the opposite way aud In several in-
stances where We thought We were right
We said and made stand. The re-
suit was nothing but time generally about
thirty days. tronble and expense. So we
decided TO lei 1t go at that, and In future
10 notify all the brothers possible to cut
out the inhospitabe cities that made II
their rlght to pry into our private business
affairs, rife our pockets of our love letters
break open our trunks and vnses and
yes-And take our money. Do you blame us
for not wanting TO come TO Houston thi,
yeari We had the tip several weeks age
that they were doing these things dowr
mere, but we generally prefer to see fol-
ourselves. That's the reason I'm here
Aud while | am about It want to say Il
you that the tip was square from tn,
shoulder They don't fool with you for
minute here, either. III YOU look the leas
bit like you've got pair OF spectacles IN
your pocket that you picked up on tn,
street and want to get rid of for q small
consideration, why they slap you I'm thu
follower. Why, l have ring here tina
was left me by my poor dead mother. YoI
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good. Many of tho out.of-town merchants
who do business here get only about one
shake hands with the head Of the house
he buys from and the carnival season
presents the best opportunity. The man
from the interior Is always assured Of a
good time during carnival week, but before
he goes out for this good time be generally
has q receipt in his wallet for carload
or two of goods. Taking 1t all in all,
don't think ,d Houston loses Anything ny
Speaking of interesting scenes in and
around Houston the bayou can furnish any
number Of them. An interesting sight to
folks is the manner Of handling cotton by
the Direct Navigation company near the
big bridge. On an average 5000 oales or
cotton day are barged at the landing,
the total running up TO about 100000 for
the season Then there are daily arrivals
q tugs, barges, sloOps and schooners. Dur
ing November alone 200 craft of all descrip
ton We're entered and IKE number
cleared. Galveston Is not the whole show
after all, even il she has corner on nearly
all the water In the sea.
~
scene seldom witnessed in any city
was the removal one day last week from
one resting place to another Of four bodies
that had lain in the tomb for many years.
They were those Of Tim Donuellan who
was buried in 1859; Henry Donnean and
and Mrs Dwyer who died In 1867. The
transfer of the remains was made from
the vault at the north end Of the Louisiana
and Franklin avenue bridge to the new
vault in Glenwood cemetery. Messrs. Wall
aud Stuhe, local undertakers, had charge
OF the removal Old timers will remem-
Der the death of Mr. Donnellan and par
ticulary those Of young Donnelan and
Ritchey. The two young men met tragic
and sudden death, being literally hloTn to
fragments by the explosion of an old eOmb
! that they had picked up In the bayou.
Not knowing what It contained, or whether
| 1t contained anything at all, they were
| anxious to ascertain and to this end they
| carried the bomb to their shop and began
| operations on it with a large hammer An
! explosion followed and the two young men
were killed. The news Of the tragic death
| Of the young men quickly spread and
| thousands visited the scene There was
nothing left Of the bodies when exhumed
but the skulls and principal heavy bones.
| Several of the relatives OF the deceased
were present at the ceremony OF removal
and re-interment.
Speaking OF the removal or trassfer of
bodies from one place to another and the
| conditions of the same at removal Mr.
I Nichols, Of Wall & stable, said Yesterday
! that he has yet to find a corpse that has
| lain In the ground come out with a full
| and flowing beard as many people have
| claimed TO see. They all 90, or ali that |
have seen do, the way the Creator or.
dained," said Mr.. Nichols, land that is
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dust to dust, ashes to ashes. went /.
Cuba last year for the government M
took q hand in the exhumlng Of 1855 boI.s
Some were buried in fine metallic cs,E,s
others in plain pine collins. while nm
were taken out of the trenches, Wy,
the poor fellows had fallen, Their All
covering being the uniform they wo,, M
army blanket wrapped about them. Il.
bodies were In all stages, but | BALM.
those taken from the trenches were btite
preserved. II Is well known fact hi,
moisture tends to preserve a body, II Al
In coffin causes gases 10 form ID d
body. Coming over with tho remains I
these poor boys on the transport Meckln
we had a time. 1t is a fact well klssl
that sailors are the most supersttisus ~
pie on earth. and we had all we could b
TO get them to make the trip. Eyefyihs,
went well until we were three days OF
propeller blade. There we were Il IL
mercy Of the wind and waves, whla, ID
tuuately for us, were both very mild BIZ
YOU should have heard those sailors M
had sworn from the FIRST that scneav
was going to happen. They said they li
never Travelled the sea In their Tvs vi1
a corpse aboard that something ant
go wrong and now here was pTitla
Illustration. AT first there was low nv
tering amongst them and then thsy y.
a caucus wherein cuss words Of sol V.v
choice variety was the principal leiils
The conclusion was reached tasI p'i
wasn't but one way to save re shlP "
that was to pitch every stu On sla
into the sea. Wen never see bona "
don't lighter this cargo anatnslslt III
to dump Ii Is In the sea, thef DECAY.
Things looked bad for us for Fnie Y
within a few hours a friendly s ag
in sight and we were saved the nnnla.na
and disgrace that would have resultsEa Ky, n.
such an inhuman act. About the guy ~,
that prevented the actual earryiss W
the sailors designs was the abss'e
n leader. Three lays later we were n'A
into Norfolk, Va"
"Houston will be pollced durlns ~.
:, al week by sone OF the best Ensra
tectives In the county, ssIa d p IN *,
police official yesterday. iney wy, " N
From the large cities Of Texas ana W.
the Northern, Eastern snd western ~
THE Southern States, outside OF Islaa
also he represented. These detectives
he in plain clothes and viii COVE ~
around though their princlpal nv, .,p
vantage will be the Grand uehssvs w h
nation and Great Northern anu lees 3
pots. While the word mas nees N .l,ss
and down the line by crooks q ~ 4 as
to avoid Houston this year, MAN. sr
are bound TO drop in. but sacn Az u
oeptlon is awaiting them tas' ,sss;sy N
have barely time to pay tneil is asx,sssS
the chief before their train Is fnu ,ss,{
There are quite number OF ~ WI MI
mon on the road now also anu 49, X
not he surprising II the BOYS N AZ
other cities would recognise soIe Ma MI
and land few good prizes ,a vTsdu n
bars. Police headquarters Is pOOn'
a warm spot this week.
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SAID well known dry goods m.r.A,D,
Yesterday; From all indications 49,
crowd Is GOING 10 be much lsrrsS ,h tns
usual In fact, the number OF strsn ,aan
last year and II the weather he ma, OF
soraole | look for a record breaLbnn "a
tendance There Is no question M. az.
'nsss earaiEaii Do Heustsa 4 Sssis -
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London Academy.
An hour ago the steamship Una had
landed me on the quay, and now, having
handed in my passport. duly vised and
countersigned, to the Cars vicar in the
hotel bureau. | stood upon the Nevski
Prospect trying 10 identify the peculiar
odor OF St. Petersburg. for every city has
its peculiar and distinctive smell. At the
end of the Prospect was the tower whence
the Waterman watches day and night for
fire. As / edged through the afternoon
crowd and lodged the headong drivers of
droschkies l noticed certain black balls
run up the signal tower. The Jingle of
bell the clatter OF hOOfs and a trumpet,
and the blower. mounted. came galloping
round corner. Then the jangle of a bell,
the clatter OF hoofs and a fire engineer
at least part of a fire engine. For the man
who sat by the driver and waved the bell
over his head heralded other vehicles. one
carried a hose pipe. another a barrel which
might have contained healing water or re-
freshing vodka. There were six in all, and
upon each were big men In bright brass
helmets They galloped up the Nevski Pros
pect toward a huge column of smoke. Sui
denly amid the trumpeting and the ringing
and the clatter every helmet lowered.
and as the horses dashed along every man
reverently crossed himself. Even the bell
ringer. with bell still alOft In his left HAND
did homage with his right hand the
eikon at the street corner.
The column of smoke grew thicker. black
er. higher
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lowed the same Method. If their Converse
ton had been set to Music, they could have
done 1t as Chorus.
He broke away and played the Candid
Friend game. Instead of praising her Cos
tune, he would tell her, on the Q. T., that
some other Color was more becoming. He
would deliberately pick a Quarrel so as to
have a warm little Tiff and a Reconcilia-
ton. They began to be afraid of him and
they paid more Attention to him. When he
did yield Point and bestow a Smile of
Praise, the Lady knew it was Sincere. In
the meantime all the Boys in the Second
Division could not understand why the
Women took such Interest in one who
was given to Sour Comments. They never
seemed to grasp the Fact that the Olive
stuffed with Red Peppers is an Antidote
for Gum Drops.
Moral-Even Sincerity becomes mOnoto-
nous when made regular Diet.
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IL seemed 10 him that Harry B. Smith
would have to use a Want AID TO recover
his Iaurels and the Private Muse of w. S.
Gilbert would be awful Jealous. The Little
Thing that he wrote right out of his Head
ran as follows:
OH Gentle Maid with Eyes so blue,
Oh Chances so alluring.
Oh Constant be and ever True,
When / am far away.
OH Mild COquette with Dimples rare.
on Love viii be enduring.
OH Saw that others you'll for swear
And name the happy Day.
It was such a Neat Thing 10 be done by
Hand that he took it TO a Friend who
worked in a Music Store. and had it meas
ured for an Air. Then they had the Ditty
printed in Sheet Form with Cover in two
Colors. They used TO sit around for Hours
and sing it and pelt each other with Bou-
quets-
The Composer knew an incipient Melba
who was about TO spring the Public. as
soon as the Public wasn't looking. She had
n Voice that had been gone over and sand
papered by a DagoIint and she promised to
sing IL at a Church Musicale.
II was a large Crimson Night for ye Au-
thor when he went up 70 the Church Par
Tors 10 hear his Work translated into So
prano. He shook like a Dice-Box while
waiting for his Number TO be called. AT
last she hoated 10 fine Foot-Lights. She
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}vs 4 HALF DOZEN GEMS ia
5 ~ OF ATTRE AND HUMOR AZ
CopyTeGG ~ Howar I'd
Copyrfehf IooI, by Robert RnsseH.

wore a Gown that cost go Cart-Wheels.
but she never earned the Mon by singing.
Her Voice wouldn't go as far as that The
Accompanist jockeyed for awhile on the
Piano and then Emma Eames No got rid
of the following:
Aw-wl Gen-haw may ee hisaw blaw.
AVN Glons saw-saw Ol-loo-hoo:
AVN Caw-stawbaw aw aw haw traw
When hi ON fob ah-wah
Aw-wi Mi ho-hette win dip-puls raw
Aw-w. Law waw he eh-daw-haw.
Aw-w. Hay
Just then there was a Shrek and an
Author in a new Suit Of Evening Clothes
was discovered writhing on the Floor, try
ing to bite the Legs off the Chairs.
Morai-Never allow any one else to use
your private Masterpieces.
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They rounded up the
little Hickeys at a Mis-
sion and gave them a
Free Show. Every
Swipes in the Place
was a Monday Night
Gallery God. so the
Church Talent was go
ing against a knowing
Proposition.
A pale young Man
with amber FREES
capes sprang a line of
Parlor Magic that
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Pale, beyond porch or portal
Crowned with calm leaves, she stands
Who gathers all things mortal
With cold immortal hands:
Her languid lips are sweeter
Than loves who fears TO greet her
To men that mix and meet her
From many times and lands.
There go the loves that wither.
The old loves with wearied wings;
And all dead years draw thither,
And all disastrous things.
Dead dreams of days forsaken.
Blind buds that SHOWS have shaken,
Wild leaves that winds have taken.
Red sprays Of ruined springs.
From too much love Of living,
From nope and fear set free.
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be,
That no life lives forever;
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
-Algernon Charles Swlnburn'
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would have queered even Supper Show.
The Bunch advised him to back off the
Dump When a Young Lady with Glasses
tackled 'Stabat Mater on the Violin, they
broke her up with Cat-Calls and told her
to tear off some Rag-Time. They bleated
at the Amateur Elocutionist and acted
Rowdy when a Stout Woman got up to
read a Fairy Tale from Hans Christian
Andersen. Then they began to yell for Null
ligan and Hicks to come on and save the
Show. Whereupon two pug-faced Kids
came forward and did a Hottentot Song
and Dance with a Buck and Wing finish
and killed them dead.
Moral-The Waits cannot be expected to
lift themselves many Notches above the
Public Taste.
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fest in the kingdom Of the infinitely minute
as in that of the infinitely vast All kinds
of matter are probably notifications of one
primal element; all modes of motion are
varied operations of one unknown energy;
all differences between living things, from
worm to man. are differences of degree,
and not of kind; and the only heresy that
science knows is denial of the oneness of
the universe.
Next Week:
Bird Migration" by Sir Herbert Maxwell,
Bart, NJ. =.
[*Copyright in the United States of Amer
by D. T. Pierce
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teaching Young La
dies how TO wither
their Parents. She
came home with a
tan-colored Automo-
bile and a good deal
of Hat, looking as
flip as a real Actress.
The antique Hay and
Feed Merchant who
had been sending the
Money greeted her
with Open Arms.
Gal, I'm tarnation
tickIpd to see YOU
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SAAal dAAAOAA5 Tic w OAAACAl
of his Acquaintance
the Olive stuffed with
Red Peppers was
more popular than the
Gum-Drop. Up to that
time he had been deal
ing in Gum-Drops. He
had worked along on
the Theory that my
Lady Isabelle hank
cred for nothing but
sugar-coated Compli-
pliments. All the other
Young Fellows fol-
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Hand while with the
free Wing he carved
the following out of a
solid Block of the
English Language,
using a L cunt ain
Pen.
1t was a Sentiment
al Song entitle d
oh" When he had
il Done on both sides
he read IL over and
admitted that il was
exceedingly Ka-tish.
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Of the Life Sentence
and finally 1t became
rather trying on the
Eyes. Therefore he
was glad to be called
away for a couple Of
Days. 1t was his first
Vacation since leasing
the Flat, and he sent
word 10 some of his
former r u n n i n 6
Mates to meet him at
the Train, as he could
transact his Business
in about 20 Minutes,
after which he would
remove his Bride and