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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-19

SSii.e.-Farmers NJ well up with their
ana have neing to do especially.
j tt Uet'oek was tomy. owing to the
ssnste arouth an high winds Corn
4 hE had stopp( owing 10 the dryness
"A ground, buE again under way.
4 49, op VIII be Eeased 20 per cent
4 Nv. ne-half Of e usual acreage Is
t1NTu ana possiblbne-tent OF that Is
~ wheat 10 SIX OF planted. The
Us bn. Is about : same as last year
IA NM my looks as If tins having a struggle
Il tmeu IT'S own. .ven-elghths of the
sreyot,ss are buying tr corn aud hay; the
IL Ing price for IN Is 90 cents, and
ra ,lom Sl2 10 siber ton. Some ap-
KIN pp Mgrcos.-Th ieage given 10 corn
~. oe about the sai proportion MS last
tilnro subject 10 befeatly modified by
lsste 70 come up tarcount Of drouth
4 rmang mas progreA hnely aud most
<pme are ready toant II rain should
IN n. 4. copsiaerSbL 1t ciSP was sown
M mAni II almost Pomplete failure.
' ~ VIII be seeded tdher crops II not
ssptneient stand Of Dab ppear. IN q few
\ AZ 80; Where standaye come up, oats
m. 'alrly well. or vat there Is very
"A IN. rop prospects Pre- never woI...
HIDALGo dstTydiceii plieeI
sidalgo.--up TO the BAD attachment
n House, Houston.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-24
The World Of Labor.
Rochester street-car men are orasr

Rochester, street-car men are oraSniz-
ing.
Hamilton, Ont, striking electrical work
ers agreed to arbitrate.
Hartford taiors organized last week
with fifty charter members.
L. Wolverton, Of Grimsby, Canada.
will ship apples as an experiment to
Glasgow.
At Toronto syndicate contemplates
erecting a block OF worImens houses
at cheap rents.
Labor bodies throughout the country
are subscribing to the fund for the strils-
ing Pennsylvania miners.
The Chicago Federation Of Labor re-
fused to seat the delegates from local
| union of colored laborers.
San Francisco is to have the special
delivery letter system. BOYS 10 years
old will be paid cents message
Toronto textile workers are going to
test the alien labor law against Lowell
men who have taken their places.
The strike Of the 1880 bituminous coal
miners along the Allegheny and kiskin-
inetas rivers. which began April 16, has
been settled.
1t is believed that the structural work
ers Of the Pittsburg district will not be
asked to strike in aid Of the Philade1-
piliel OulOI III itS CUHlGHClON against lnc
American Bridge Company.
In default OF their own candidates the
Chicago Federation of Labor has decid-
ed to pass judgment on representatives
Of the political parties now up for NUM-
cipal, county and State positions
1t is thought that the Supreme Court
at Washington. D. c., will soon render
a decision which will bring the con
tent1on between the Parsons and Hayes
factions in the Order of the Knights OF
Labor to an end
The United States Garment Workers
Convention at Cleveland decided to es.
tablish a reserve fund Of $4,000 for the
organization. This will be raised by a
10 per cent. per capita assessment of all
members for the next five years
Freight handlers in the Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific freight house at ST
Joseph. Mo-. won raise OF from Il to
II cents an hour by threatening to strike.
They claim the company promised to raise
their pay August /.
AZ the recent convention of the Inter
national Typographical Union. in Cncin-
natl. 1t was decided that the Oldest "slb"
N printing office should be entitled to
nave the right to the first regular posi-
ton given out by the foreman. The con-
Yention also declined to restrict member
shin to printers only.
The first national convention OF en-
plcyer and employee will be held in Min
neapolis. September 22-26 President Roose-
relt will he present one day. Every labor
and trade organization of any Importance
Nj. be we'll represented. Presidents and
mar gers of important employing con-
Germs have listed as delegates with Score
tary Rockwell. Among those Gho will
attend are: John Mitchell. Florence KEEL
| ley. secretary of the National Consumers
Lea que: T. V. Powderlv. James NJ Lynch.
president 1nterna tional Typographical
t'n1cn, and F. p Sargent, former grand
muster OF the brotherhood OF Locomotive
| FtreHien. The national employer and ems
ploye convention idea Is the enlargement
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-24
PEOPLE AT LEXINGTON
A Delightful Hay Ride-A Missionary
Returns to China.
Special Dispatch to The Times.)

LEXINGTON, VA. August 23.-Miss
Fe:sie ouisenberry. daughter OF Repre-
sentative John NJ. Quisenberry, of the
Virginia House of Delegates, and Repub-
licar Representative from Rockbridge
cou1atyI gave delightful straw ride
Thursday night to a large party of
friends In honor Of her visitors. Misses
Mabel and Gay Dame, of Salem, Va.
Mrs. W. F. Edwards. accompanied by
her niece. Goldie Schoppert, is visiting
relatives at Shenandoah Junction. and
later will go to Brunswick, Md, where
they expect to spend some time.
Mrs. John e. Laird has as her guests
Mrs NJ E. Laird. of Atlanta, Ca; Mrs.
4. ". Woodward. OF Washington city,
and Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Laird. OF Oil
City. Pa.
Miss Beu,ah Montgomery left Tuesday
for Atlantic City. whera she will spend
some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. NJ. Leitch and three
children. of Baltimore. are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Funkhouser.
Miss March Hardy. of Winchester. IS
the guest of Mrs. Leander Wright.
Mr.. Frank Nelson. of Chattanooga. is
Mrs. A. L. Nelson, of Washington and
Loe University.
Mr.. Joseph Gillock, Of Richmond IS
the guest Of his brother. Mr.. John Gil
lock. OF East Lexington.
Miss Nellie Irvine OF Charlottesville.
is the guest OF her brother and sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Irvine
DR. William F. Walz. OF Lexington. kS.'
is the guest of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs
William WaIz.
Mrs. Henry Muller and daughter. MISS
Marion Muller. OF Columbia. $. G.; are
the guests of Rev. Dr.. and Mrs. Thorn-
ton Whaling.
MrDanfel Brown, formerly OF Browns
burg. Rockridge county. now OF Texas IS
the guest of his mother. Mrs. Brown. VINO
is summering here.
Dr.. Koontz. OF Salem. spent several days
In Lexington during the past week on his
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-24

return from his former homo IN Harrison
burg, Va
Mr.. George Orchard. Of Greensboro. N.
c., Is the guests OF friends in Lexington.
Professor and Mrs. Addison Hosue, OF
Washington and Lee University, LETT
Tuesday for Boston. where they Will
spend three-wesks' outing trip.
Mrs Phoebe Parke, OF Nashville,
Tenn, Is the guest OF Miss Bette Alex
ander. She was reared In Lexington. but
left some fifty-four years ago.
Rev. Absalom Sydenstrickerr returned
missionary from China. and wintered In
Lexington during the past winter. has
started on his journey to the land Of the
heather again, to resume his missionary
latorS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-24

dingy office in Wall Street the little man
who had made the markets tremble with
his might sat silent, staring into the
darkness with straining eyes-eyes that
looked away across the sea to the tropic
town where the Stars and Stripes lay
wrapped about the silent form of a pri-
va the -ankS
And far away from the office in the
crowded mart of Wall Street a girl sat
with a month-old letter in her hand
and a day-old paper before her eyes,
and the smile that was on her lips died
away from the sight OF Private Billy
Evers and as the smile fled the laughter
went out of her heart forever.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-24
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The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

floors and four balconies Of this strbc-
ture will be devoted to the customs,
pleasures and characteristics of differ
ent nations.
"One of the most novel features Of
this pleasure palace will be the eleva-
tors In the shape of immense wine bot
ties. with a capacity for carrying fifty
or sixty people at a trip. Each floor
will have a separate elevator.
stationed at the entrance of each
on the ground floor will be guard in
the attire of the country to which his
elevator will carry you. This guard
will speak English and the language
OF the country he represents.
Each elevator will bear large
transparent label, on which will appear
in electric lights the name of the wine
for which the country is noted. On
the elevator for the German village
will appear the label Rhine Wine on
the one for France. Bordeaux for
Hungary 'Tokay.'
''On the ground floor will be cigar.
candy, florist and drug apartments. an
information agency. telephone booths.
a telegraph and cable Office. and
newspaper agency. The center of the
floor will be occupied by one of the
largest fountains in the world. Water
fall effects. including a miniature Nj
agara Falls, will afford interest and
plea sure.
The German village will be on the
second floor. Die Wacht am Rhein
and other popular airs of the Father
land will be played by little German
bands and by orchestras in different
parts of the village. Here will be
German peasants and peasant girls
some singing, some dancing, some tell
ing fortunes, all dressed in the ma
tional costume.
Tiny kitchens beer houses, inns
will be prominent everywhere. A min
iature Rhine will be feature OF the
village. Along the banks will appear
miniature castles. some in ruins. A
part of the village will be devoted to
All open-air concert garden.
The stairways will be novel. There
will be two flights to the top. each
open to every noor. The stairs at the
left will be tho moving stairway. This
sta&xway will rise through . tunnel or
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

Representative Kyle of Ohio sings
like an angel; Representative Skiles of
Ohio does not. There was the very
dickens to pay. therefore. when. the
other day, some newspaper announced
that Representative Skiles of Ohio had
contributed several fetching ballads to
the entertainment of a dinner party.
Sing" repeated Mr.. Skiles, when
some one asked him If the report was
true. IF the people OF my district
hear that ] have been singing at a ban
quet they will want me to come home
and explain ! can't carry tune from
here across the street"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

Through the corridors of the capitol
yesterday fitted the substantial shad.
ow of Dock" Smith. one of the repub
lican bosses of Michigan. His nick.
name does not mean that he has grad.
uated in medicine. Many years ago
he bought an old farm. which was GOV
cred with dock weeds. 1t became
known as Smiths dock farm" The
change to Dock Smiths farm" was
easy. and Dock" Smith he is to every
body today.
Dock" Smith is a man of quaint
phrases, Some one asked him once
whether certain candidate had any
chance of being elected.
Chance repeated Smith. He
amt got any more show than soup
made from the shadow of a starving
pigeon"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

guard and once outside when the
time came to return they dropped away
into the woods in little groups In
Major Davis party there We're FIVE at
the start. one Massachusetts, man be-
side himself. Captain Charles S Ken
dali of the First Massachusetts,, and
three officers of the United States SER
vice. The party of woodchoppers had
felled a tree and the others were called
upon to take hold and lift it up; in
stead of their doing so the Ave officers
walked away into a swamp and struck
out for old Tennessee and Knoxville.
They had been prisoners of war from
sixteen to eighteen months.
They had been out two days, when
the discovery OF the loss of 200 or 300
Union officers was noted at Camp Sor-
ghum, and for their recovery the COM
man ding officer of the Confederate
army offered to give to any family
that brought in an escaped prisoner
the right to name a man in the ser
vice who should be gwen thirty days
furlough to see his people. The major
and his party. by good luck. had
crossed the Saluda river and were
concealed upon the other bank when
there was a disturbance on the side
from whence they had come and they
saw before their eyes some of their
com rades. escaping prisoners, recap
tured by the rebels without their being
able to lift finger.
They hid by day and marched by
night. always in lock step. so that
there should be but one track and but
one man would be exposed on rising
the top of a hill. All took turns in
being the leader.
On the thirty-one anxious days and
nights it would take long story to
tell. Once they came near capture by
rebel guerrillas who had but just left
the house to which they came. Ulti
mately. however, their eyes were glad
dened by the sight of Old Glory near
Knoxville. Tenn, which they passed in
safety, having traversed a hostile
rough country for more than 500 miles.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

He visited a noted specialist, and,
after waiting an hour. had an oppor
tunity 20 pay a fee and narrate his per-
sonal misery of insomnia. The medi-
cal man listened and suggested one
remedy after another. with each and
every one cf which the visitor said he
had unsuccessfully experimental.
Finally the specialist wrote pre-
scriptiou and handed it to his pa.
tient.
What is it," inquired the latter.
oh. 81 bromide" said the doctor; it
will benefit you"
Rats" said the other. degenerating
into slang: tried 'em all; they amt
no good" further receding into bad
grammar.
The doctor. evidently annoyed.
bowed, and handing the man back his
fee, destroyed the prescription aud
said: There's only one thing left
you had better try sleeping cars
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

cave the walls and ceiling of which
VIII be a panorama. Ct ~
From the ground floor. 10 the floor
of the German village the pictures will
depict German life and scenes. The
scenes of each country will appear on
the canvas as one IS gradually carried
to it. The stairway at the right of the
building will be spiral and will lead
through a srotto.
The third. floor will be the French
village. A feature here will be 'Mou-
lin Rouge. =, Wine gardens will be
found everywhere. Stools end chairs
will be in the shape of champagne
glasses upside down.
"A noted feature will be the Boule
ward des ltaiiens. balcony circling
the building. Customs of French life
will be seen on this boulevard. and Tiny
trinllets familiar to the + Frenchmen
will be disposed of as souvenirs.
The fourth floor will be the Chinese
village In a Chinese harbor will be
seen miniature junks. sampans and
other types of Chinese craft. A minia-
ture reproduction of the great wall of
China will be feature.
There will bs mandarin bands. and
Chinese restaurants. where chop-suey
and other Chinese dishes will be found.
In the Japanese village will be found
| tea fields, Geisha girls. tea shops and a
Japanese theater.
In the Scottish village Que may
hear the bagpipe. feast his eyes upon
miniature hills. lakes and castles for
| which Scotland is noted.
The top of the building will be an
| inn,anSe roof GARDEN with hnOn-
! shaped balcony circling it, This bal
cony will be a bicycle path. so ar
ranged as to give opportunity for rae,
| ing at night. Another feature will be
| an enormous searchlight.
There will be a dancing pavilion
| and A continuous performance. An i'm.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

people in the American portion OF the,
desert. at least fourfifths are in cities.
towns and mining camps.
. AS a place of residence the desert
is one of the most salubrious On
earth. Like the greater ocean. the
desert has been a great storehouse OF
tragic. pathetic and mysterious his
tory What stories could it tell of tho
annihilation of those who have tried
its conquest before the ming OF the
railway. Now and the. tn old Birdie
bit. spur. perhaps a backle. rusted
and corroded. recall the days OF Span
ish reconnaissance. Great ruins ike
those OF Casa Grande. Gran QuiverA:
of San Vincente. testify to the death
OF communities that failed by organ
ized effort to thwart natures inexoe-
able law. Deserted houses of moro
modern structure, such as those of old
Fort Bayard. recall the days not long
past when soldiers lived and endured
the desert life. But now steam and
telegraph have annihilated even the
Great Desert distances. and its future
is bright and hopeful :. ~IS~s
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21
TIE :" Barrel House =
Scotch Pepper outline. Unaqu. Building
York.

"A party of Scotchmen arrived IL. New
York last week and on their first night
in town chartered a cab and told the
ariver to take them to the barrel
house. -" ~
The what?" asked cabby.
Barrel house,, house of the barrel.
mon. sure you ken it we'll
Nothing but foreigners" said cab
by to, himself and he drove them to
"athskelter.
The Scetchmen were indignant. They
rode back to their hotel and COM
planned to the clerk. The clerk said
ne had never heard of the barrel house
With superior air one of the party
showed him recent number OF the
Weekly Scotsman and remarked that
perhaps the barrel house was not com
plete yet; but it did surprise him that
the clerk should know nothing about
it. The clerk read the article in the
Weekly Scotsman which described the
barrel house and then marched the
party to the bar to have one with him.
He isn't sure yet but that some such
thing may have been planned for New
York, though the fact that his first
news of it should come by way of a
Scotch weekly paper has cast doubt
upon it. The paper published picture
of this novel building and the follow
ing description of what it terms New
York's Latest Amusement"
"A barrel Of fun-a real barrel, but
made of brick and stone and twelve
stories highs soon to be another of
New York's odd attractions. 1t is to
be on Broadway. in the theater region.
The StepS will be the spout of the
faucet
THE entrance leads to an oval hall
fifty feet long. which will form the
tube part of this immense faucet. The
walls will be decorated to simulate a
grotto, made radiant by thousands of
colored incandescent lights. Eleven
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21
STRENUOUS LIFE IN WASHINGTON

Coiorsd Citizen Has Best OF Argument.
with Trolley Car.
A dusky citizen of Washington while
laboring under the effects of severaf
pints OF hatIucination attempted to
wreck a Pennsylvania avenue motor
car one evening last week. He butted
into it with great force, the impact
driving the car back considerable
distance and putting out all the lights
Several passengers who were dangling
from the straps were flung to the door
with much violence and the startled
fare register rang up seven unauthor-
lied fares.
The shock was felt even in the power
house. where the pipe Of the chief en-
gineer was rudely hurled to the noor
and the night watchman's dinner pau
fell Off window sill.
Experts who saw the accident are
convinced that the only thing that
prevented the telescoping feature.
which. which ia usually character
istic of head-on collisions, was the
elasticity of the colliding oodies-or
rather. OF the dashboard and the dusky
head.
Strange to say, the only visible iudi-
cation OF the collision is a deep dent
in the forward end of the motor. ths
other party to the bump having walked
off apparently in good condition
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21
Light DlscoIors Gems.

The discoloration of precious stones
when they have been exposed to the air
for long time is well known. Emer-
aids. rubies and sapphires are less sus-
ceptible to atmospheric influence, but
even they, says the Tatier, are not ex-
empt from change. If two rubies of
the same size and shade are kept for,
say, two years. one in a showcase and
the other in absolute darkness, an ex-
animation of the stones at the end of
that time will invariably show that the
showcase ruby has become distinctly
lighter in color. The most sensitive
of all stones to variations in light is
the opal, This stone draws its mar
velous rainbow reflections from nu.
merous little clefts, which allow the
light to pass and reflect it In different
directions, Often the opal stands the
manipulation of cutting and polishing
we'll. and all OF a sudden it splits.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21
In fbe Greaf sDese,'f.


fornia has resulted in the develop
ment Of communities of great wealth
and culture. where the ideals of per-
feet conditions for existence ara as
nearly attained as possible.
The Great American Desert in 1900
yielded over 100000. 900 worth Of
metals. chiefly silver. copper and gold,
and there Is every reason to expect
that the mineral output of the desert
will be quadrupled in the next decade.
The total population OF the Great
American Desert in 1900 was about.
100000 people. or Is to the square
mile, or twice as many to the square
mile as the Sahara. or this total pop
ulation in the United States. 300. 600
are in southern California. leaving
less than one person to every two
square miles in the remainder of the
territory. OF the remaining TOO. 900
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

the existence of cities and industries
Like the deserts of the Sahara and
Asia those of America have supply
of underground water. Though not
often sufficient sor agriculture enough
has usually been found TO afford a
supply for cattle. railroads and mines
The sterile and hopeless looking scHi
OF the desert when artificially watered
is apparently more fertile than that
region where rainfall is more abund-
ant. There is no nobler spectacle than
a dreary waste converted into an EN-
erald oasis by water artiticialiy ap
piled, and in the desert may be seen
some Of the most profitable and skill
full agriculture in the world. The
wheat fields of Utah and Sonora. the
great cotton farms of Coahuila. the
alfalfa valleys of the Rio Grande and
the orchards of California are all in
spiriting examples. The transforma
ton made in the desert where irriga-
tio1 has been possible is marvellous
and In one instance-in southern Cali
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

third squadron by Captain Charles
Francis Adams, and fourth squadron
by Lieutenant Charles G. Davis.
Away they went at long. swinging
trot, little thinking of the trap in
waiting for them. The Confederates
were in larger force than had been
supposed; they sent in two troops. one
to the right and the other to the left.
while the remainder pressed down the
center. Our boys were outtlanked. The
crash was terrific. The squadron was
fighting in a veritable horseshoe.
Major Davis horse was shot and
killed under him; he himself was
wounded in the shoulder His left leg
was caught under the animal and held
down. Further resistance being use
less. those men who could, cut their
way out, but in that charge four OH
GERS and " of the old troopers Of the
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21
Tsnnyson's Crossing eh~ Hsr."

one Of his latest poems. Crossing the
Bar" in the letter written by the Rev
Donald Cargill in 1850 to a friend who
was under sentence of death? Thus 1t
runs: Farewell. dearest friend, never
to see one another any more. till at tho
right hand of Christ. Fear not. and
the God of mercies grant fun gale
and a fair entry into his kingdom. that
may carry you sweetiy and swiftly
over the bar. that you find not the rub
of DEATH
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

"A big snakes muscles have won
derful elasticity" says a keeper.
That's why pythons. anacondas aud
boa constructors can gulp down AMI
mails much bigger in girth than tkeen-
selves The jaws OF snake are not
pivoted like the jaws of most animals.
but are simply imbedded in the throat
muscles. and when the muscles stretch
to admit OF the passage OF bulky food
the jaws open to corresponding ex
tent"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-21

First Massachusetts were captured.
The whole party were hurried Off
through Smokers Gap; then to Win
chester and from there to Richmond
and to Libby. Their captors were
found to be Mumford's men of the
Virginia troops.
Major Davis was a guest at Libby
from July %. 1863 to May Z. 1864,
when the advance of Grant alarmed the
Johnnies and the prison was depopu-
lated.
While in prison about 100 of the Of
ficers formed a scheme by which they
could be counted twice when the pris-
oners fell in who were going out. By
going to the bottom of the line again
they succeeded in slipping by the