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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
A HarowlOgl description of Life 10 a
Great Cotton Mill.
A MlSSlONRY WEEDS A cHINAMAN
Alfred Henry Iewfa Draws a Graphic
Pen Picture Of Thomas Jefferson and
REEVES Speech by John Jay.
Fg Richard spiIiuua5

New York December 11--(stan CORE
spondenee.l-n what Marie Van Worst has
written and which Is before the world IN
the December issue OF Bverybody's Maya
sine Is true. the fouiness ana the horrors
Of the Penhsylvania mlnes-.a condition
which has touched the great heart Of the
puollc-are no verse than those Of the
woman who tolls in the cotton mills This
picture Is from the pen Of patrician--a
woman vino left her home Of luxury In New
York to study the life Of the workers OF her
sex. 1t is an awful picture she draws-one
that Will stay with you like q nightmare,
one that Is 4 fearful indictment OF cur
boosted civilization.
Mighty MILL" sho SAYS OF tho Excelsior,
near Columbia, &. G., the largest cotton
mandatory IN tho world mighty mill
pride OF the architect and the commercial
maguats-charnel house, destroyer OF
homes. Of all that mankind calls hallowed;
breeder OF strife, OF strike of immortality,
Of addition and rot-building tremendous
you give your immutable faces, myriad
Widowed. to the dust heapA to the wind.
swept plains Of sand!"
She tells OF the boarding house; 'SHere
Is confusion incarnSte-aud hlthy disorder
The tumbled, dirty bed nils NJ one-halt
the room. In It Is little child, shaking
with ch.lls. On the bare floors are bits
Of food, old vegetables, rags. dirty utensils
Of ell sorts. The house has q sickening
oaor. The woman tells me she IS too 81
% keep tldY--s!cE ever since she went there
and her chile has fever'n aygu.'"
She says: Refuse not too vile FOR the
public eye IS thrown into the middle OF the
street IN front OF the houses. There IS no
sanitation. The general drainage IS per.
formed by ernptying pans and basins and
receptacles into the back yards"
OF the migratory habits of the mill hands
she has this observation to make: Moving,
amoWant population! tramping from hill
to hill from sand heap to sand heap to
escape the slow OF quick death, TO prolong
the tolling. bitter existence 1t takes q
great deal TO wake In these Inexpensive,
Indifferent faces illumination OF interest"
And 10 the immortality OF Il all she says;
They tell me they are too tired to eat;
thar al they want TO do Is to turn their
aching bones upon their miserable mat
tresses and sleep until they are cried and
shrseked awake by the mill summons.
Therefore they solve their own questions
Nothing is provided for them that they can
use, and they turn to the one thing that IS
within their reach-animal enjoyment hui
man intercourse and compauioushlp. They
are animals as sre their betters, and with
It. let US believe, more excuse.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14

Womb vor for an bour. turn back time
-. r.se.., ,,-,+A
ana be haAu anu e4oNe WIN oeH etsoN' WIN
the two Adamses, with Jay, with Hancock
,,+h Franklin with NIL that band Of pa
WIN 1o-H''N ,..,I,t,, -, +har
triots VINO won immortality "uen they
cast the die and wrought a nationf Much
'iSS 80 e $50 ~ 49, +r,,+hg,i nortrsvol
(which purported 10 De lruCnIu4 portray u
of that time Of big men and big deeds, but
80 ~ a. yyes trash Al last n master
IHOot "a -. - ~, II
hand mas Uoucheu the canvas anu Nv Pm
ture takes on life Alfred Henry Lewis
n genius with the pen, has turned from
David Garrick and James Fox to Jefferson
and his contemporaries. Unconsciously In
reading the first OF Lewis sketches-that
al Jefierson-we are made to feel we are
men. we see them living, loving, falling
striving as men do today, all innocent Of
tbe greatness Of their parts and uucouCerned
save about the business Ia hand. This sketch
he but one day, one page In the life OF the
| ereaf commoner but what day-the
Fourth of July i7TG the page the one on
Lvbich the nations birth Is writ! And we
GOO the Vlrpinlan as congress prunes and
edjts the draft Of the declaration he has
celTss with their cambric handkerchiefs
or brush the peetiferous files from their
Faces and hands and uecks for next door
ttSScre Is n stable and the greedy insects
49, t,,rned from horse and cow 10 human
- 80
Where Lewis dug up the speech he puts
into 3Re mogtn Ia enrcbed Bv IT'S h9m nding
Mr. President" says Jay, Who rises last,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14

In contrast with this there was an appeal
made in Carnegie hall last Sunday by
great bishop OF the Sourh-the lighting
BISHOP Turtle Of this same State Of South
Carollna-and by Bishop Capers of Mis-
souri 1t was directed to the Sunday scAool
children Of New York The bishops asked
for $4,000 to feed tho missionaries ana
they asked the Sunday school boys and
girls to save their pennies between now and
Easter and give 100000 TO this cause as
thev did last year Why, IN the name Of
charity. are we so willing TO give 10 the
heather and so reluctant to care for our
own beuighted and suffering klndl
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
Dining Tables

q styles shown from the cheap $50
kind TO others At $50, 100. ~ nm
SEQ 1925, 12T5, 1900 and EZiUu
Special showing Of
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
Leather Coucl1es

Special aEaidav sale Of fine Leather
Couches, only such goods that are made
to wear all have the patent steel con.
Etruction and are guaranteed; the prices
are below the value OF the goods;
1900, 2aoo, 1900 $500 and an nm
up to .S................ uutuV
Grand ghiowing IN our
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China Cases
Gold Parlor Suites

Holiday sale Of Gold Parlor Suites and
fancy Gold Odd Pieces. These make
lovely presents and at the same time
add to the home. Our prices are below
any that these goods can be bought for
again. Thay start at $3.50 and up TO
$4,000 Suppose you look.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
Hall Trees

IN Mahogany and Golden Oak; c6 nm
$50, s. IS, 1919, 1880 and up to UuiO w
Elegant line of
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
Rag Department

Hundreds Of styles and sizes TO select
from, all kinds and prices to suit every
body, Sl25. S175, $2.2J, $3.50, m EIl
81 70 and up 70 ........,.-..-- luIOu
9x12 An. Squares, 10 m
eacn 49,. ........sss..-..s. 'otbN
Best administer Art Squares, 90 nm
9z12 size, value $500, only. EViV
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14

THE WILSON DIsTILLINs 90, ,
Baltimore, Md.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29
ng to be cheerful, but the mother

Ing to be cheerful, but the mother
knew.
At the end Of the month General Nell
son called. Mfr. Sidney had not re-
turned to his work as expected after
his recovery. Did Mrs. Martin know
Of his whereabouts2 No. Well, for
years Sidney had been man Of
moods. "You see." said the general,
"when Sidney was in active service he
risked his life to save brother officer.
It's an old army story. It's enough to
say that Sidney jumped between his
friend and shell the fuse of which
had become accidentally ignlted. The
shell exploded. Sidney received fear
full wound and was marked for life,
but he saved his fellow. Marked for
life. did I say? Yes, marked worse
than Hugo's Man Who Laughs That
shell fragment gave to the handsomest
man In the service the half-face OF n
fiend. lie was to be married, poor
chap, but the girl saw his face and
fed. She was the sister of the man
whose life he saved. What n world It
Is! Il He luCe Oi u ucNli anu his llIe
hell. That is George Sidney's fate"
II was the anniversary of the day
that George Sidney left the Martin cot.
tage. Helen was standing at the gate
looking down the moonlit road. A bush
partly hid her. She heard footsteps.
Leaning forward she saw figure ap.
preaching. Her heart gave n sudden
throb. and she muttered the half.
smothered cry, "Mr. Sidneyr The
man heard and turned as IL to hurry
away, but there was something In the
tone of the cry that held him. He saw
the girls face In the moonlight, and
in moment he was at her side.
"Helen," he said, II left because I
loved you"
She looked up. "Then stay because
you love me-" she said, and saying It
she drew the scarf from the side of his
face and, kissing him gently. said:
at is Gods mark of manhood. Ed
ward B. Clark, in the Chicago Record
Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29
An AlIuring Appeal For Recruits.

Nearly a century ago England was
in her life and death grapple with
Napoleon, and recruits being wanted
for that crack corps, the Twenty-third
Light Dragons. under orders for SER
vice with Wellington in Spain, the regi.
mental recruiting officer advertiZed for
men in terms whereof the following
Is a choice extract:
"You will be mounted on the finest
horses In the world, with superb cloth.
ing, and the richest accoutrements;
your pay and privileges are equal
to two guineas week; you are every.
where respected; your society is
courted; you are admired by the fair,
which, together with the chance OF
getting swished to a buxom widow,
or brushing with n rich heiress, renders
the situation truly enviable and desir.
able. Young men out of employment,
or otherwise uncomfortable-'There is
a tide in the affairs Of men, which
taken at the flood, leads on to fortune
nick it, and instantly apply"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29
HOW SMOKE sxpLopss.
Explained and Demonstrated for the Hen.
eft Of Insurance Men.

How smoke explodes In burning
building was graphically shown the
Fire Insurance Society last night In
It's rooms by Underwriters Inspector
William McDevitt. Mr.. McDevitt set
two-story building, about three feet
high, on table. Then he partly filed
It with smoke from pieces of burnt
wood. Thrusting In gas jet, a smart
explosion followed, and n tongue of
flame and smoke ten feet long shot
out of the windows. The inspector
also endeavored to make, on small
scale, what flremen call a back
draught, which is really n downward
explosion of smoke through elevator
shafts or stalrways where there are
iron window shutters, but the roof of
his little house was blown Off, and the
smoke went upward instead of down
ward.
The inspector used only plain wood
to produce the smoke for his explosions.
Vanished or oiled wood would, he
said, have been more effective, as pro-
ducing more and thicker smoke. Be
fore giving his practical illustrations
of the explosive force of hot smoke,
explosions. In a fire, he said, free
carbon rises and mixes with hydrogen;
methyl, alcohol, creosote and other
gases are also present In smoke. These
gases become heated to the point Of
ignition and an explosion Is the result.
OF itself smoke would explode, he
said, at n temperature of from 600 to
800 degrees, but frequently 1t Is ignited
by sparks or by coming into contact
with a flame.
"When the smoke becomes ignited,"
the inspector went on, "the interior Of
the building Is instantly converted into
a mass of flame. The Hunt Wilkinson
fire strlklngly exemplified that. When
| first saw the fire great volumes of
dense black smoke poured out of the
windows. Suddenly there was an ex.
ploslon, and the smoke was trans
formed into such flame as | never
saw before: ..f>'.~'""
Very thick smoke, when ignited, the
| speaker said, becomes pillar of flame,
| and rolls through a room with such
| force as to shake the walls and make
the windows rattle. If sprinkled with
water there would be no explosion.
Where formerly firemen tried to keep
smoke in. under the impression that 1t
smothered the fire, they now immedi-
ately break in windows or skyllghts
to let 1t out.
Several ways of preventing such ex-
plosions We're described BY Mr.. Nc
Dewitt. In large stores, he said, If an
air shaft of sufficient size were in the
centre, there would be no lateral
spread of fire.-Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29
Young Cannon and the Old Judge.

Representative Cannon began his po-
litical career by running for States
attorney In his town. His opponent
was another young lawyer, who, like
Cannon. had not made much headway
in the practice of law. but both can
didates went upon the stump and
promised to do great things II elected.
One day as the rival candidates
went down the street together they
We're Joined by the Judge Of the court.
He stepped in between them taking
each young man by the arm.
"What are you boys making all this
fuss about?" he queried
I'VE want to be States attorney"
they replied in unison.
"Well," said the Judge laughing, 81
ought to take some interest In the mat.
ter, but don't. No matter which one
of you is elected there will be no Grim
inals sent to jail"
Cannon, telling the story, says that
he was elected, but whether 1t was be-
cause he was the best or the poorest
lawyer, he has never been able to tell
Washington Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29

tisement. My name is George Sid
ney. I know, Mrs. Martin" he con-
tinued, that my advertisement may
have seemed strange. l do desire alb
solute seclusion and freedom from call.
ers. My reference is General Nelson.
army headquarters, Pullman Building.
I should like to see the room, and IL
you find my credentials satisfactory,
think other details may be arranged
readily"
Helen led the way up winding stair
to a well-appointed room. Lighting
the gas she turned to look at her fol-
lower. He was in the act Of drawing
still more closely the folds Of the scarf
about the right side of his face. What
strikingly handsome. "Mother and
live here Alone" she said. "After my
fathers failure and death we came
here from distant city. We have few
friends and no visitors"
81 like the ROOM" said the stranger
''kindly look me up and let me know
II l shall make a satisfactory lodger.'
Then he said good night and left the
house.
"Well, mother, what do you think OF
him?" asked Helen, land why does he
cover up half of his face like the tai
ent that was buried In a napkinT
"What saw of his face, Helen. hat
something of nobility In 1t. As for hi
hiding one side of it. suppose that ha.
something to do with his seeking Sc
clusion."
Helen called on General Nelson II
the Pullman Building. Did he know
Mr.. George Sidney?
"Yes. well. He IL an officer In thu
army, retired for disability received Il
line Of duty. Mr.. Sidney is now work
ing on some ordnance plans. and 10
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29

A little time ago Australia was
cursed with the rabbit, which ate up
all verdure in sight and became such
N pest that the various governments,
particularly that of Queensland, were
compelled to adopt most strenuous
measures in order to keep enough
grass on the ground to feed the sheep
and cattle. Now there is a new pest,
vegetable this time instead of animal.
A few years ago some of the Austral-
ians thought the colony would be more
like 'home" il they had blackberries
to eat Some bushes were imported
from England and planted. In their
new environment they grew like Jacks
beanstalk, and now the country is
being overrun by vast brambles that
threaten to become in their way as
great pest as the bunny was.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29
John Bull, the Laundryman.

The allegorical figure of Britannia
presiding ut the worlds washtub Is
hardly gratifying to the national van
ity, but it is quite true that she is fast
becoming the washerwoman, or rather
the clear starcher, of the world.
There was time when the English
mans shirt front and collars were
"done up" by French workpeople in
London, but now it appears the tables
are completely turned. Shiploads of
linen cross the channel from France.
Not only does the French dandy send
hiD laundry to London, but on the
Dutch packets come great bales from
Holland, and cargoes of mems soiled
linen are sent from India at regular
intervals, being returned week later
in state Of glossy whiteness.
Britannia personified as a buxom
woman with sleeves turned up and
hands buried in the suds is not going
to appeal very strongly to the humor
Of the English people.-London Cor.
respondence. New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29
Baden.powells idea For Cavalry,

Baden-POwell's brain is never still.
His versatile nature is ever improvis-
ing and improving. The stern needs
of war have shown him many plans
to help cavalrymen in action, and one
Of the most important is n method to
hold horses in action from stampeding.
He has just been asked TO submit his
plan to the War Office. The idea is
simplicity itself, and, seeing that it
allows every man to go into action, has
been favorably received by the War
Office officials. The system is that
of leaving the reins simply undone
on the offside Of the horses bit, the
nearside being left fastened. The rein
is then fastened to the nearside stirrup.
SO as to give just sufficient pulling
power on the horses meuth to keep II
moving in small circle, II 1t is in
clined to move at all. In this way 1t
win be seen that all possibility Of a
stampede Is done away with, as the
horse cannot move ina straight direc
tion.--London Express.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29

Helen read to him from where the
light found its way through a half
opened shutter. How she had come
to do this she did not just know, but 1t
came about naturally. The girls life
had been a lonely one. and II needs but
to say that there slowly stole into her
heart something deeper than mere
interest In her charge. AS for George
Sidney, he knew, and the thought was
like knife to him that something was
once more creeping into his breast
which he thought was forever barred.
The day for the patients release
from the dark room had come. Helen
heard his voice calling her. The girl
went to the doorway. Sidney had
thrown wide the shutters and the room
was bright with sunlight. He was
standing with folded arms at the win
dow where she had sat when reading.
The strong light was full on his face
and theNcarf which he had ever worn
was gone. The girl gave one search.
ing look at the face so long concealed
Sidney's eyes were on her. A cry came
from her lips, and she recoiled with a
feeling half fear, half horror. Sidney
saw the action and heard the cry. In
an instant he had closed the door quiet
ly. Helen with white face fed to hei
mothers room.
Child, what is it?" exclaimed Mrs
Martin.
"Mother, l saw his face. He showed
1t purposely. Mother, 1t is the face Of
fiend."
The mother led the girl to sofa ant
took her.in her arms. They heard shi,l
pass on to the veranda, and both moth
er and daughter felt that George would
not return. A month passed. Heller
went about her duties - usual. stxiv
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29

The Indianapolis Sentinel has been
doing some figuring in averages on the
baby boys chances In life. 1t says
that the chances are 30,O00,OOO to 1
shat he will not become President of
the United States, or Vice-President,
or Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Yet it holds true that any baby boy
may reach either of these places-that
is to say, there is a possibility, until
ahe phenomena of his development
surely count him out The chances are
410,O00 to 1 that he will not. be a
United States Senator. 1O3.33O to /
that he will not be a member of the
House Of Representatives, and $4,000
10 that he will never be the Governor
of a State. The chances are 5SS to /
that he will not 90 insane. 1850 to 1
that he win not be blind. S64 to 1 that
he will not be an inmate Of a public
almshouse. 400 to that he will never
be an enlisted soldier or sailor, 1900 to
that he will never be city police.
man, and 0117 to 1 that he will never
he the President of National bank.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29
coronation" Clubs.

1t is a sign of the times to find "cor-
onation" clubs are being instituted
throughout the busiest of London dis
tricts. The cue has been taken up by
the clothiers and linen diapers of the
poorer parts. BY entering at once and
punctually paying sixpence on SO a
week, either a man or woman can in
sure new garments for wear on the
eventful day of the approaching cere-
monial. Some one or two have pro-
vlsional rule to the effect that should
a member desire to withdraw from the
club he is at'liberty to do SO, andshave
the privilege of securing goods to the
amount he has already subscribed, but
no cash will be returned. - London
Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29

Syracuse, n. Y, has maintained n
municipal lodging house for the past
two years at n net cost to the town of
F6.O3. For this sum the town has given
lodging accommodation to the number
of 1850; single meals to the number
of 25,T3S, spnd baths to the number of
11,2SS. The institution is kept on a
self-supporting basis by compelling
each night lodger to work four hours
on the streets of the city and an hour
for single meal. During the exist
ence Of the house the superintendent
has found work for l19S men.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29

reasons of his own he works only Mt
night. He Is soldier and a gentle
man."
For two months the members of the
little Lake View household saw George
Sidney infrequently. He left for his
work after nightfall and returned just
before daybreak. At I o'clock every
day closed cab was driven to the
doorstep. The recluse drove away In
It, presumably to his breakfast. When
ever Helen caught glimpse of their
mysterious lodgsr she saw the ever
present scarf concealing the greater
part of his features. One morning her
surprise almost overcame her when she
heard his voice calling from the upper
floor Lieutenant Sidney wqs st9pdlng
in the doorway of his room with his
head averted. 81 am sorry to trouble
you, Miss Martin" he said, "but wish
you would ask the cabman when he
comes to go for DR.. Girard, the head
quarters surgeon, at once"
The surgeon came. He saw the Mar
tins lodger, and then going to the lit
tie parlor said to Helen: "Mr. Sidney Is
suffering intensely. l have expected
this trouble and have urged rest. Now
he must take 1t. He must keep his
room and on no account is he to use his
eyes"
Thus It was that Lieutenant Sidney
became the patient as well as the lod-
ger of the Martins. For weeks he sat
in darkened corner of his room while
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-29
II WROTE TO BOTH MEN.
But They Compared Notes and Spoiled
His Eject

His Eject.
Many tales are told of the dealings
of Ii Hung Chang with his diplomatic
subordinates. and there Is a character
istic story afioat with regard to his re-
lations with the present Minister TO
England, Sir Chih-chen Lo Feng Luh.
The time was that of the siege of the
legations in Pekin, when all the civil
lied world was i'm fear as to the fate
of the beleaguered, and when China,
with her emissaries and all pertaining
to her. was looked on with no very
friendly eye. Ii Hung Chang was the
virtual ruler of China, and 1t was from
him that the various ministers and
ambassadors received their instruc-
tions. There had. apparently. been
some fresh manifestation of European
displeasure, when one day the minister
In England received from Ii n mes
sage, the purport of which was as fol-
lows:
ave are not satisfied with your ef-
forts In London. The English are hos
tile, and you must do something to al
ter matters. You are not energetic
enough. You are neglectlng to innu-
ence the Government. The man who
Is doing all the work is your colleague
in Washington, Wu-Ting-fang. He is
the man you should initiate"
Unfortunately for LIS little game,
Sir Chih-chen and Wu-Ting-fang hap
pened to be close friends, and the Min.
lister here conflded what had hap
pened to his friend in Washington
Wu-Ting-fang was. to say the least of
IT. surprised.
This is very extraordinary" he re-
piled. 81 also have had message
from Ii Hung Chang. This is what he
says to me:
"'YOur efforts are not giving satis-
faction. We feel you should be more
energetic. and that you should try to
influence the American Government to
take our side in this affair. You are
| not doing half enough, and, II you
want an example. you should turn to
Sir Chih-chen Lo Feng Luh. the minis
| ter In London. He Is the man who Is
doing all the work. THE Candid
! Friend.