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

Shreveport talking Tor drinks"
shorty had % littlo tno, Of listeners al
'ne end of the ban. white Jim was sur
rounded by four or five az tine other $50
brilliant was the conversation Of iHe tHo
hobocs That the two barkeeppr, we've h'p.
busy h'Iug orders. aud lhr Nn,HuW iu .h'
had told amy number OF interesting auor
duics wacu as usual. he began 900 his Gam
ilF history. Tie gave some of tine lending
features of tine ruorc Important decisions
convinced his hearers that hr"" Wi~ uu
other iurist In the world that Wl~ entitled
=" 40 on houc with him The prd Scott
decision was am infant alongside of ~ouo "f
the decisions OF his father vui.h had he.
cu3rr embodied I'm the Jurisprudence ur
every. civilized nation of tnr world.
FINALLY warming up tu his subject,
Shorty shouted TO the ether end ot the
counter.
You know my father JimF
'bh, yes replied ''Jiu disguised Mt
the interruption Of his story. 81 knew him
Wrll-tailor m Austin
Jlm had barely timc to dodge the de1antcr
hurled 0t his head, and HE ha.Non evening
was at end. Jim later protested 10 the *
digugut shorty" that II was "a fatal blum.
der 10 spring a leading question on HIM
without giving aim at least a hint as 70
from shorty" tho rcjoudcr There may
Do something In that, but Nour instinct
should have told you YOU idiot not to tell
the TRUTH Tint Is what hurts; tho some
was about played out anyway, hut 10 IS dis.
Eustlng to think that partner of mur
should tell the truth In tle presence OK @
barkecp'
talking game with not SO tragic an oud-
ing was worked In this city llwns the
eclipse Of last wear. \ tramp n'iptrt met
am Irish tailor aud both were suffering from
thirst analogous to that which Is s1ia In
Scripture ia be cpidcmic In the houop'css
pit, The printer proposed that they go 20
the nearest harroom and ne would IAN Tor
drinks, the lrishman only moking sHch ic,
marks as were obviously safe Going to
the nearest saloon the printer zoos card
from his pocket and drawing somC geuMet-
rical figures ON 10 proceeded 90 Nnrrv uIpp "a
barkeeper listened opcumoutAed io tnc
learned professor hut tho tiSh tailor
seemed 10 be something of am Astronomer
and easily followed his learned uiend
Many scientists, said tho printer, I'm
determining solar distance depend largely
ON calculations made during the transit of
Venus, hut judge the hest method 90 ne
20 fix on two innnitcsim1l asteroids, say
CirAuS and Cumplus 1.-TWO drinks here,
harkeepl, which appear about the size ot
pin points, Here we have a dcunito start
Ing poiut that can not Ice secured from as
large surface Ms thar presented by one OF
the larger planets, Then from these two
asteroids as a base we construct "A triangle
by means Of the aNUceptomctcr, the most
{
stone I'm Lafayette square
"Av course replied the lrishmnu, the
square NV the bypothauoosc az ot right
angled thVangle Is aausl 60 tAe sum OF
For Gods sake" whispered tho printer
while thc barkrcper was Solnr distance
away looking tor the decputcr 'lct ~
ON your school y commonplace or yuu'U
queer tho graft
The liquor was supplied and deyoured aud
the printer continued his learned discours
the freshman preserving discreet silence
but occasionally nodding his approval Of
the demonstration, his mods hcing espe
Cially emphatic when the printer repeated
about every hvc minutes two more of
tho same, barkap
During one OF mis- trips after the decanteI
the harkeeper said TO bis partner Come
down Go my end. Charley, aud hear those
two wise geezerS Talk about the eclipse
First time l ever knew anything about
a. These two professors know e all.
believe the smallest one, hh0 with the
Joio face that the other calls Larry wa.
the gee2A that ln,dnted aclipSes. They
are great Guess they are Tulane profeS
surs.
The professors" now thought It wa.
ahou; time 10 retire In good order and
the printer having advanced an ahstruse
mathematical proposition. the Iglshman
said Wees wrong there; wees can't eN.
thract the square root av minus Que"
Wrong am IT. said the printer indlg.