The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-10

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Mr.. ]. b. wesendorf. of BellviIle. was at
the Rice yesterday. To Post man he
said. "onr section has very bright pros-
poets for the coming season. During the
past three years we have been very unfor.
tomato. crops having been badly injured.
If everything goes now Ike It looks, we
will soon be on our feet again. Our country
has great recupcratve powers. nhh our
people are ant In taking advantage OF II.
OF course one good season VIII not proba-
bly, pnt as back where we were hat y we
right Yes, every thing looks bright now,
Rnd We are all hoDeful."
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Mr. r. N. Gray said yesterday Il the
Short Talk mani 81 thoroughly ngrce With
the gentlemen who have said in your col
umn that rice is the best and most whole
some OF all the small grains. They have
alse shown that Il IL very easy to rob 1t
of its strength and nutrment, but thoy
never undertook to show how 1t could be
cooked 10 way that oil essential oils
could be saved | am not q professional
cook. aud have no right to lny claim to
any distinction In the great art that keeps
the world In good hudnor, but | VIII say
that II Is very easy to cook rice properly.
In the FIRST place. only much water aa
Will cover the rice placed In the pot Is
necessary. Il wants to boil only about
the water to disappear. II VIII he taken M
by absorption and escape In steam. The
Tesut Will he that the rice Is not LETT Il
sodden mass, but each grain is twice as
large as It was before II was submitted to
the process and each one is free aud clear
Of all the balance Just as 1t was In the
original state. When II Is cooked IN that
nj liner 1t loses none Of It's strength and
there Is no water to drain away from
gGtlnous sodden mass. II you wnnt rice
soup, which is very p7latable dish. why
Tafft Ia LOFT Mt .utn pYNI bpif III
the rice loses all OF It's original shape.
When seasoned as other soups are there Is
nothing more nutritiors."
II want to tell you" remarked a gem
tieman who happened TO hear Mr. mn
speak to the reporter in reference to the
famous Cortinn, as related elsewhere in
this column. "Cortiua was a character who
will furnish for the future Bctlou writer as
much material as did Claude Duval or Dick
Turpin to our forciathcrs. lie was ms
smooth q villain as ever cut a throat or
scuttled snip. About Hun there was Il
kind OF .hivalry TINT made him n chars
pion OF women wherever he met them, ana
II was a law among his men thar tue
weaker sex should never ne harmed or
disturbed II they kept out OF the way. He
was a large. dark skinned athletic man. In
looks no was a typical MeX'cnn, but was
slightly above his couutrymrus average
height. and was corrcspOudipgly heavier.
There was a personal magnetism about
hin, that made II easy for him to win those
10 himself who would be Of service TO him.
In that regard, he reminds me OF n d..
ecTinti0n | heard one man Give to another
of third party they we're about to meet.
He said: oh, he's a scouulrcl. a thlcf aud
q sneak, but you VIII not be able to keep
from liking him So II was with Cortlna,
lie never, however. att mpted to play upon
the credullty or confidence OF any one
telling them plainly who and what ne was
and he had great regard for the friend
ships that he attempted 10 make or tried
20 cultivate, lie thus showed that he had
some Of the traits OF the North American
indians, from whom. AT least on one side
he descended. lie was practically unedu
Gated, hut he had a nntive cultivation that
sometimes gave him courtiy bearing tha
e6n never be taught TO any man. lie new
troke his word when gven, and he wouli
Aeive II friend ut any expense. lie Away
declared that he only robbed those win
perc able to lose, and was willing to ho
EiFtHnce. At one time he had several hun
dred men under him, und he was free
booter proper. The fact IS he was Amos
an ideal brIghud. and hts counfernart II
many regards Is not known 20 ouS history
IS Mr. Hin told you. hl' name was Jun
Nepomuceuo Cortina. but lie was known h
Bis inumntes as 'Cbcnn' which Is TN
Mexican dlRnutiyo OF Nepomuceno.
Mr.. Lon G. Nm Of Beoyllle is at the Ric,
hotel. Mr.. Hin has recently made som,
heavy Investments IN land on the lowe
Rio Grande. In speaking Of It he said
''Thc Rio Grande valley from Rio Grandl
Chy 20 Bagdad is one Of the richest an,
most fertile spots on the North American
cor1inent Like the Nle. It ~ regularly
overlooked and the result Is that the de
posts that are left havN made soil tina
j. many feet deep. very rch and nEso
lutely lnexhaustihie. II rs sufficient T.
say that we who have been down Their,
know what Will grow there and Ne viii
not undertake 10 argue with dorbt!ui
ThomasCs. There Is no railroad iptn th
lower RIO Grande country aud a bopan~t
awaits the hrst company that gets In there
When u comes, there Us no spot In thi
State that will hoom like Cameron. Hidals,
end Starr counties, BY the way, our see
ton in m historical sense IS aa fnmou
rs Houston or san Antonio, My land |
not far from the battlefield Resnea de 4
Palma. II was along that porlion Of IN
Rio Grande and among the resaraS that tn
far-fHmed Juan Nepomuceuo Cnrtlnn plnyC
his daring games aud kept thc rangers O
Texas and tho soldiers Of the Uni,el State
guessing for SO long Ry the wRy d.
you know that Cnrtina WAS ever q vapuern
Well he WIS, pud the last tune that h
was known to earn an honest dollar wn
when ne was hired 10 Captain Juhu
Dix. the present surveyor OF Duyal county
20 belp drive n herd OF horses from IN