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SOME PosTscRIPTs.

Freight forty feet long and capable OF carrying thirty
tons the load OF three ordinary freight trucks will be
running the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway.
In Moscow money lender, the OF several houses
lending money the OF 1872 per
All the trains the Central London railway TO
be OF fepoo construction steel and asbestos being largely
used Other precautions for the safety OF passengers
being taken
Mount Ena is found by Prof Rcco have been lowered
the north The top supposed have been slowly blown
away by the wind
To patrons and induce them stay late
keeper in Warsaw keeps in which his
driven home free Of charge between
p. m. and a.
A dispatch the New York Sun states that thousands
Of irreguars who fought under the British flag in South Al
RIGA offering their services the American consul at
Johannesburg fight in the Philippines.
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THE VACATION HABIT IN AMERICA.
(From the Chicago Tribune }

Not many years if man who could not number him
self the OF the earth fell into the habit
taking vacations he likely be regarded either
ricr a valeudnaran Now almost everybody has his
few days off time during the year People have
begun believe that all work and play has the
upon nation upon individual The best interests OF
the country demand shorter hours and longer vacations
Ii is difficult understand why there should have
been such growth OF sentiment in this Not only
have people be able afford vacations but the
character Of modern life has made vacations almost
bic One keep with the city all the year round
After travelling under high pressure for months
needs to travel under low pressure for the twelfth One
overdoes and then recuperate 1t may be that this
udeious mode OF life. One think of objections it,
All objections break down. however before the impact
business necessity No matter how much may rebel
against it he ends by falling with his fellows and keeping
up with the procession Then about the sth OF July he
drags himself off to shady and tells himself that he
will again get himself prostration.
For these therefore-greater necessity and
opportuntyhe vacation habit has become
shed 1t has further become established that the
shall in To forefahers, who lived when
the country almost totally agricultural this would
seemed midsummer madness One needed the then
for work The winter the time for whatever play
possible To-day the altered for large part OF
population Winter steady grinding. Summer
a little relaxation
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EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

Ignorance and crime terrible twin blights syh.
munty. Good schools and quiet and determined enfd&
Meas.
Houston has got the good schools
lls
The Wise County Messenger recently issued special e
on Of twelve pages giving exhaustive and excellent v
up OF Decatur and Wise county. The Messenger pro-
porous and well edited paper and thoroughly deserving
the success which it has attained.
It. not 50 p much in the uFymfn that y. ice % .
evading.-Sdn AHionio Light.
Still, it undenable fact that jues to great
extent responsible for the number of murderers who 60 tree
The laws delays also greatly responsible When '
is committed the charged with the ofense should
placed on trial without unnecessary delay then the VIZ
will all be hand and the will be fresh
their memory There is neither justice reason in sivs
murderer months and, in the Gallaher case, years
employ lawyers and build up unassailabe case sh ~
lays defeat rather than serve the ends OF justice
II is said that dude with Panama hat looks almost
cute as mule with his sunbonnet-Yodkhm Hsydia
1t is dollars to doughnuts that that item written
dude without Panama hat.
You can't make Washington of Agunado 1ny . mH
than you can make gentleman out OF DR.. Mary WAIKIKI"
memphis Commercial Apfe1l
Or a lady out of Mary Jane Cox
4
Washington bride refused to marry after the s.leT ~.
had begun. This goes prove that il is too m w
woman to change her mnd.-BoHhdm NerUS
Possibly it her mind so much her bridegroom
that she wished to change.
=
named McJimsey has been nominated BY the Wy.
leans of ST Joseph Mo- succeed Mr. Cochran in eons
Congressman McJimseyl What's in name, anyway
W1fdhachie Light
Sounds like there jag in that one.
y \
There is no question 10 the correctness OF ns IN,
ton Posts assertion that Farmer Gates crop Is he
est and finest in the United States This horny-ssaS
agreuturis cultivates field of only 6xio feet ~ a sI
eago gram exchange, but the OF his success ~
tnre lies in the fact that he has always believed in sh1
eYdt.
And that, when practced by the Of sand ana A"'
how is like the Indians sign OF rainit seldom fans
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Hogg is left conjecture is most likely he VIII again
the and give battle to reposses the honors ne
voluntarily laid down In such success alone at the
polls will him from afterlife filled with venom ana
Joe Ssyers probably reached his DOOM and I'm
retire on Federal appointment place IN
the State service he will go back the bosom of his ola
friends Basrop figure in ward politics receiving sueh
cold charities the tribe of politicians may disn OUT
TO him, the same as was done TO Hubbard at Tyler.
That the mistake Hubbard made, and the one that
Hogg didn't make Hogg smart to 60 back to Tyler
and foot He knew what that tribe OF political as
there headed by Cone Johnson and others would 40
him. and he wisely decided better stand head IN
Austin than foot in Tyler He what the Tyler gang din
Hubbard From this il is clear that the ending IS wna
caps the climax tragea ending is better than loss OF
prestige and slow decay Lincoln died at his zenith Grant
lived years long and Roosevelt bigger at San
Juan than he will be again Such the fortunes OF
political life and yet attracts the young like gh TO
rebugthe intervening glass prevents selfdestrueon
which the victim to die by degrees with pain nted
and bruises the body.
Politics is particularly attractive to the young lawyer
who thinks he in the tickle way to greater re-
nown only late in life that thousand fa by the
waysde where reaches the goal To those who draw
the prize, process OF undoing is at set to WORK
little by little the political edhce topples dashng TO
pieces youthful dreams OF future and the man re-
to clay
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The Uses Of Silver.
(From the Atlanta Constitution. }

(From the Atlanta Constituton)
There many persons doubtless who think tina, rc.
our American silver free coinage agitation has subsidized the
only markets to silver producers that of the
that silver bullion in the and ornamental ndrstss
For that they talk of the metal in much the
terms that they in speaking OF copper zinc and steel
Last year. however, exports silver bullion ar,on
ed to $4o73a39o, or approximately hundred million
ounces Foreign countries do absorb this vast annual
weight OF silver in the manufacture siverwar and
lions The greater part OF is merged into the crrerc
systems OF the various European nations Their neone
greatr need for silver money than for gold coins b
their level OF living is lower than be served bv the
and more valuable metal Few of their families can afo,d
to spend in daily transactions beyond the dollar limit and co.
that reason those countries maintain heavv oI
OF small silver coins, 1"'e
The singular part of the business is that our gov..
and people ahead producing silver bullion and sell;n =;
an average price of less than per ounce n tho r.
peans, who Immediately convert into currency coins -
ratio TO gold that makes every OF the silver is
the mint with money value of $I3s In other words h
american silver producer makes about net Der
and the European makes about 8, cent? 80
teal ounce by making the silver into subsidiary co; W
STILL this is one OF the beautiful anomalies ~ ~ e.
eia OF this nation that is forever degrading and
tzins the money Of silver and declaring that the.
salvation, OF philosophy, redemption in any Other @
than God 's' "ane
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A VOICE FROM WISCONSIN.

voice has been lifted up in Wisconsin in
certain tones.
Hon. William F Villas, who represented Wisconsin
in the from 1891 to 1897 has given his views OF
the issues of the coming campaign.
Mr.. villas recognizes duty TO the unhappy Fill
pno II they are not given their dues, so surely
justice rules world America will bitterly atone for
it in suffering Of her own But not all at once, he
continues. "can National wrongs be redressed and
those borne by countrymen must challenge first re-
lief" The country is suffering, Mr.. Villas finds, from
the rapacity OF the trusts.
Under the false and decetfu Of protection to indus
try such system OF combining devices Of
legislation with the OF business management to obtain
other land the nqy of which it would be hard find
parallel for, unless in Oriental countries.
At the pace the movement has attained, il can be bat
few unchecked before substantially the entire
range Of manufacture mining trade and transportation will
stand composed Of few and millions OF employees
the latter constrained TO trade only at what may be eaied
heplesy ensnared already is 70 small extent Lib
peared for with the devices OF modern invention is
unnecessary longer manace the condemned with ball and
The people must aim their stroke the root of the pos-
cia conspiracy The victory to be won which
trail governing conspiracy Of protection.
The democratic party, Mr.. Villas asserts, remains
today the hope of the people of this land He finds
that:
On no other be placed any expectation OF rescue
from the menaciug conditions that bcset Any can
who sill the truth that all the combinations of greed
all the potte who work upon government to win special
gain the cost Of the people large to he found sup
porting the party IN power Tor the democratic party
they have always. only hostility 1t must Of course be
because whoever will sacrifice the public good for private
class advantage expect from
which stands devoedy for the welfare Of all Many
there are indeed Who know that their prosperity will be sui
fcient it consist with justice to all who prefer that jus
cc without any personal reckoning and Who il allied
share gains derived the cost Of their fellow
would rather yield than hold them such The truth
remains that if delveanee is come from the rapa-
cious combinations in real control OF the coIntrys at
fairs # the abuses OF which have shame
National principles and traditions find redress the
let spring from party which Will unite the people in
defense Of welfare in unhinching hostility
sidious and powerful enemies.
The contest, Mr.. Villas finds not longer be post
poned but with the utmost peril TO the rights of
countrymen He does not fear the issue, but points
out the everything need Of concentration of opinion
and cooperation in political action by the people"
Mr. Villas statement is full of sound democratic doc
trne. 1t is able of the political situation
and constitutes calling of the democratic hosts tc
battle that is thrilling and inspirItng the sound
of trumpet.
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lie plumber, the pursuit Of power which threaten to
subvert ancient ideals in America have been dnned
into the Of the people Of this country by their
perts until there no excuse of lack of knowledge OF
the real condition OF the structure Of the tower how
ever firm II may appear to the casual observer.
Let us remember the Campanile and not put off the
day Of repair until 1t is too late.
Every ten years said Machiavelli, the nation that
would live must 'replgliare 10 stato'-must recover
the state" The time get back to first principles has
in America. In the four quarters of the country
the warning has been given and reiterated
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Seductive Politics.
lFrom the KountEe Now. J


The pathetic side of political life getting OF the
old politician that has the end truly in pable
condition His life and vigorous manhood has been spent in
seeking Office 70 neglect OF all and unless he has
frugal reaches the quitting place pcnniles and frendles
that has been in politics asmates that OF
barnyad that has held the boards and been
the walk so long He, like Sullivan matched too
often and ambitious youngSter takes his place by
quest So grand old bird is reegated to fence
spend the balance of his days in lodging passing blows
undergoing the humiliation of seeing others enjoy the
that his and they in turn must the
way when their time is out There is such thing po
oa reverence lasting honors Horace Greeley will serve
lustrious type OF the politicians ending, with lesser
in line like John ]. ingalls, and Grover Cleveland with
an army OF retiring governors and congressman In
Texas the exit from Office has been fearful spectacle
probably killed Ireland and Coke il reduced the grand
soldier, and statesman, r. r. Hubbard pri-
vacy and WANT the proud and worthy man
Roger O. Mills and put old Harry in the eloquent Herndon
Those OF the list who survived either into Punishment
or else Joined DEVILS army and began pile up ducats
In the John G. Carlisle and w Hsrndon Of Tyler
conspicuous examples. Just what will - the fate OF
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-23
EDITORIAL PlckuPs.

candidate Tor mayor of San Antonio. on non.salary G
torn He is willing the city free OF ehaIs NJ
good platform. The laborer worthy of his hire sna
out salary poor could afford to give ms H.
bully good fellow but he won't be elected mayor III
Snashan will go back to the throne sure as rt @
nike doesn't care much He is getting lot OF m ms
advertising of his spiel and no man in Texas app'
advertising more than he.--OraHgc Daily Tri6nHe.
Kansas newspaper is charged with asserting " XII Is
areamyeyed duck from the dark wds Of the way M an
mas reached town with hand press and SHIRT LII sou
type and proposes TO start rival paper. His mag r
Briggs Enterprise.
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SOME LEADING EDITORIALS.
THE WORTH OF A NEGGHBOR.
(From the Wood County Dcmocrat)

0rom the Wood County Dcmocrat)
The following in the Tyler Daily Courier of the roth
instant impressed foreiby with words head this
article The Courier says:
he Courier is under obligations Editor Cooke of the
DIR for allowing the paper be off his press The
Courier broke down yesterday afternoon but for
the kindness OF neghbo we could not have issued
today"
There is nothing startling in this short item. Newspaper
men often in tight places and have have help
impressed the thought the hard things these
two editors had said OF and about other only few
short weeks and made think how foolish for even
rival newspaper 10 fall and fuss. Editor Green
would have been in bad SHAPE say the if he had
happened to this misfortune during their bitter controversy
and been forced call his neighhor Editor Cooke
allow OF them warm numbers OF the Courier TO be run
off on his press.
Thus it is in everyday lives. We become offended
at something neghbor does,
consideration the fact that need that ueighbor
that neiehbor needs The erangement wideus go
heedess until sickness perhaps death enters our homes
and the worth Of our neishbor is felt and realized
1t afforded pleasure read this item in the Cou-
rer We pleased note that Editors Green and Cooke
have made up and have dropped their fooshness Both
the talented gentlemen have greatly the advantage in
all things and il either Of them tell where and in
what wy they have been benefited heard of any
else being benefited by fussng and quarreing we will
admit that they know stil a great deal than
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-23
A MARRIED MANS MUSINGS.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
It's always question with the orginators of fashions
with whether to make the sleeves tight or too
loose.
Kansas saved widow from drowning and was
married to her inside OF three months. One can't be
careful.
May is OF the unluoky months in which to get mar
ried. There cvelen others
Every wife should have dictionary Of SYNONYMS fell
low gets tired hearing the old words after coming
home late from sitting up with sick friend
It's after he's married that fellow begins TO devote she
cia attention to his explanation department
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

New York Press.
woman can love of the most egresious vanity
on earth, but not OF meek humility
You skim the off milk and have something left
that sweet and good but skim your love what is left
is bitter gall.
When changes her way of doing up her hair and
her husband doesn't notice it, she knows right away that he
doesn't love her any more.
he first thing for to do with the woman he narries
TO force her understand that he going TO be firm about
making her have her own way
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TAMPERING WITH TRIFT 3 !
By J. M. LEWIS.
ON TIL GAL.Ry.

When the day is hot an sultrv
I'm aongin fer tn gloom
An tn big chair on TIL garry
Where III honeysuckles boorr
Where tn eandlebugs are hyn'
An tn mellow moonbeams shin.
When tn day is gently dyin'--
Through tn honeysuckie vine
When tn day 10 softly dyin,.
An III suns away down low
Bet like til solid comfort
Where tn honeysuekles grow.
There's wife at waits my com;,,
An a baby girl is mine,
Where tn bees are softly humnniu
In tn honeysuckle vine.
That's my own, my sanctuary
Where sorrow eer can reach.
There set an in tn eyenin'
We all tn world ter each
An make up wondrous stories
Till my baby's blue eyes shines
Like two dew-wet morning glories
Meath tn honeysuckle vines
There shall Sorrow seek and find N. a
If she find at all
But she'll hear laughter ringing
When she comes around to call
And she'll have ter be a-goin'
Fer know shant have time
While tn perfumed blooms are BLOWN
Off tn honeysuckle vine.
= y
MEAN MAN
mabel is going to break her engagement. to you,s -.
rious' zoe
"She was, but when he absolutely demanded ~. y.
Of his diamond she has changed her mind" S'
GEMS THAT FAILED.
Most any man could win the maid
Who holds his heart beneath her SWAY
II he'd remember half the things
He had prepared himself to say
4
MADE HIM SOAR
"Here" said the needy inventor as bIre nr;-. :. .
plans for my 1irship.
Take it awsy replied the tesy capitalist ~ am not
terested in fly paper"
LOW QUARTERS.
All what an ankler Amos said;
1T is joy to meet heri"
She gave slap and he was dead
For he was Amos Keeter
DIFFERENT.
Z thought you said old Bullion was near reatiy.
yours"
NO, confound him." replied Harduppe who had jus
tried to make touch Il said close relative"
CRUSHED
He told Miss Embonpoint his love-
Then his sad mishap
Ere he had time to take il back
She Topped down his lap
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THE Posrs protest the hasty adoption the pro-
posed plan settlement with the railway company has
had the desired effect and there will be opportunity for
the council and for citizens generally thoroughly consider
matter. Special inquiry should be made into the
railway fares and OF the consideration which the
company should Justly pay for the blanket franchise oper
any and all of the The experience
other should be consulted before final disposition
OF the case
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The Presidents Futile policy.

Philadelphia Record "a
Compulsory publicity and possible supervision ~ -
Gated but the immediate curb of such tarin rst
would cut the claws of monopoly is not suggested
no one thing the trusts much dread as the s
OF the e,rrsade behind which they safely carry on -
against the home consumer
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a eeoralan's Dangerous Gift.

ocItIaf.
woud-be regieide in Georgia has shipped 10 Kin, Z.
ward $50 pounds Of perityphtis in the form s ~.
Georgia-grown watermelons VI iour
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Ring Him OF.

he man who srunts and political eo,d,io
speaking tube" '" soss MS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-23

The king OF Spain would better stop the abuse OF his
mother or she will turn him and it will be case OF
After you, Alphonse"
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NOTE AND COMMENT.

That a queer fight they have in the senatorial district
composed OF Travis williamson Burnet and Lampasas coun-
ties For the senatorial nomination Lee j. Rountree had
majority of the convention vote to while J. H. Fau-
bion had popular majority OF the district whole Both
candidates claim be the nominee and will the race
1t The Post that in accordance with party
law and and in the absenee of any agreement for
blanket primary Mr. Rountree the nominee OF the party
and such entitled to the support OF all democrats OF the
district, Doesn't il look that wayl
Whatever may be said OF the president he honest up
right and candid Democrats know this we'll the repu
leans do When the president visits Texas he will be made
understand how the good people OF democratic Texas
his position and honor the splendid American who fills
it-Gal- Dai Ne0pS.
Even Texans proyerbsly polite and hospitahle,
but the reception could and would be enthusiastic
possible eliminate entirely all remembrance of that Dec
Grafton Day speech delivered Arlington But let 60
what the News suggests.
Race prejudice reported be of the great obsa-
eies TO the pacheaton of the Philippines and kindly
relations with the natives Mr. A. La Roy who spent
in the Philippines private secretary Commissioner
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-23

Ms r. G. SESrER, Of Judge CocSres campaign man
ayers what the language OF the would call
spiel published in The Post today in regard the
fight Craftsmanship of the State democratic
committee All Mr.. Senters charges made during the
Galveston and ignored dsheleved by
convention which body Of representative demo
Gratis There is machine" in Texas democracy is
there any Congressional trust These things but the
magnngs of the defeated who only njure themselves by
such displays OF i'll temper and soreness in defeat.
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Rev RILEY " evidently trying to raise hot time in the
rfJ4
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HOUSTON PRINTING COMPANY.

r. NJ. JOHN President
O. j. PALMER. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Vice President
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OFFICE OF PUBLICATION,
Nos ifof, 1903. tto5, 1907 fioe Franklin Avenue
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Birmingham News,
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IT perhaps thing say but Roosevelt pictures
look enough like of Teddy IT, for him be his
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Entered at The Posioee Houston Texas. SeeondCia"
Mail M5ffcr.
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The worm has turned last An Indiana baseball uru-
pre recently shot the who questioned his decision