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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-11

800 ACRES rice lands. S miles south OF
city all prairie, price $3.50 per acre;
GAO acres II miles south Of city, im-
proved all fenced, two houses, l6O
acres now IN cultivation. price Sl5 per
acre; 100 acres II miles south Of city at
Sl3 per acre. all smooth. black prairie
land. 1900 acres choice rice land on
oyster creek. good supply Of water,
price 81 80 per acre II taken this week.
O'Donnell Investment Co, rooms Ia and
-, Wilson building. "a
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REAL ESTATE, rentals. loans. Il. y. Lit.
tie. 310a Main street, -,st
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10 RENT. NO TNTEREST--Th years
and len months In which to pay fof 5000
home AT SGT5 per month. The Houston
Home Bullding Cooperative Company
viii enable Won to lift your mortgage,
buy or build q home or purchase real
Fstote any place In the United States;
the above rate continued 10 any amount
wnuted In case of death or total dis
ability. a clear deed will be given; books
omen for investigation; we take pleasure
in giving any desired information; cor
respondence solicited; agents wanted.
The Houston Home Building Cooperative
Co.. 400 Kiam building, Houston, Texas
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or, IANDs-Damon Mound, Sour Lake.
Saratoga and Big Hill In Matagorda conn-
" We have bargains TO oifer and IL
VIII pay you to investigate our choice
tracts and compare prices, Call for our
special bargain on Damon. Cash Y
Luckel. u
WILLIAM A. wILsoN--ofhce 203 KAN
building, headquarters for Houston homes
on monthly payment or any other plan;
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BOARD-RooMs WANTED.

ROOM AND BOARD. for map aud EIts;
thta ofHce. ~
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AN OPPORTUNITY for a physician In
town of about $50 inhabitants: good 10.
cality. For particulars write Herzk
. Bros, Engle, Texas. II
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FOR SALE OR TRADE-For cattle, ont
good. gentle, medium size saddle or worl
horse. Apply at sid westheImer's i
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FOR SALE--A well located and good pay.
ing business in Fifth ward. Address $40,
this office. 10
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

FOR SALE--A well equipped livery stable.
together with the dr0y, baggage and mail
business at this point, doing a good bust.
ness; no competition; In q town of 3pDD
people; three railroads; reason for selling
TOO much other business. 7. A. johnson,
DoN 100, Wharton, Texas -
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DoST "WANTS"
4 ARE CHEAP.
SITUATIONS-MALE.

SITUATION wanted Nv 4 Vonng Gernian
lately arrived, to work around house, Ia
Kitchen or to make himself useful, Ad
dress 5l3T. this office II
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WHAT DO
Wv YOU WANT
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT.
TOR RENT--TWO MODERN EIGHT
ROOM DWELLINGS,, on CAR LINE;
GOOD NEIGHBoRHooD AND CLOSE
IN. THESE HOUSES ARE IN COURSE
OF CONSTRUCTION AND WILL soon
BE READY FOR OCCUPANCY. CALL
EARLY
HOUSTON LAND AND TRUST CO..
HOUSTON
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WANrED-A position with some drm In
thts city, either as city or travelling sales
man; can furnish references. l., 1903
Prairie avenue 10
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PERSONAL.

et-5WFPS 70 want ads remaining In the
- oT The Post for the week ending
4 - i,sdSv. January 4, 1902: A. h. Bust.
a slu' 9S53. 4SO5: 705; 1892; 4S07; 4SSS;
-, 4s66; 4S17, 4S37; 1872; NJ. B., NJ.
30 $50: 1865 41J Travis; 1866; Pic
Pre- PhysIcan 4942; AIS; .S1ls; 4s6S;
IN. B. W; 5l69; 4S93; $50; Typo; PLY,
$6. V. c.; 4ST3,
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usIlII, CHEAP on EXCHANGE"- Good
Itah bicycle aud Standard Coey Railroad
Aftnchment Address G. W. Park, Ches-
60 Tevos 10
WE BUY SECOND HAND furniture. Barr
4 JSulier 414 Trayls 10
PAST FACING STALLION. dark bay, 10
hands, alfo combination gaits under sad
die; perfectly city gentle AMI fine
locker. H.. L. Gibbs, Deepwater, Texas
70
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local interest taken from the columns
of The Press, thirty years ago.l
May 16, 1879.

There is 70 smallpox In Stafford, ru
NOR to the contrary notwithstanding.
The stock of the engine house associa-
ton, 100 shares at 1875 per share, is all
subscribed for, and the building will soon
be located and built.
Torrent Engine company contemplates
a street parade and public trial of their
engine on Decoration day. They propose
to visit the various cemeteries in the town
and will decorate the graves of the sol
diers, and will meet next Monday evening
to arrange the preli.ninaries.
Work Is being vigol ously p1 osecuted In
the Trusdell quarries this season The
privilege of quarring in that section OF
the ledge which lies upon the farm of o.
G. Dimock has been purchased, and work
has been commenced Immediately in the
rear of Mr.. Dimock's residtn q, making
third point at which the quarry is being
worked. At this place last Friday even
ing a seam blast removed over two tons
of granite, by actual measurement, all ir
pieces large enough 10 work to good ad
vantage in making curbing.
Marriages. Springfield, Mass, May 8
1879, by Rev. w. T. Eustis Jr., Davit
Davis of West Stafford, and Elizabeth
Davis of Greenwich, Mass.
Mansfield (Gureyville), 10, by Rev. j
o. Dodge, Henry M. Brooks of Stafford
and Ellen F., daughter of o. s. Bidwel
of Greensville, Virginia, formerly o.
WillingtOn
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15
Eugene Sues Vanity.

Notwithstanding the extraordinary
literary success which he enjoyed when
his works were the vogue, Eugene Sue
posed much more as a man of fashion
than man OF letters. After his dinner
at the Cafe de Paris he would gEavely
stand on the steps smoking bis cigar
and listening to the conversatfeN with
an air Of superiority without attempt
ing to take part in it. His mild was
supposed to be far away, devising
schemes for the social and moral i'm
provement Of his fellow creatures.
These philanthropic musings did not
prevent him from paying a great deal
of attention-toO much perhaps-to his
personal appearance, for even in those
days of beaus, bucks and handles, of
Counts d'Orsay and others, men could
not help thinking Eugene Sue over
dressed.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15
EIuding the Officers.

Here is an amusing description of
one of Balzac's periods of impecunios-
ity. Merry, the poet, a great friend of
Balzac's, was an inveterate gambler
and rarely left the card table before
daybreak. His way lay past the Cafe
de Paris, and for four consecutive
mornings he had met Balzac strolling
leisurely up and down dressed in a
pantalon pieds trousers not termi-
mating below the ankle, but with feet
in them, like stockings) and frock coat
with velvet facings. The second morn
ing Merry felt surprised at the coinci-
dence, the third he was puzzled, the
fourth he could hold out no longer and
asked Balzac the reason of these noe
turnal perambulations roundabout the
same spot.
Balzac put his hand in his pocket
and produced an almanac, showing
that the sun did not rise before $50.
81 am being tracked by the officers of
the tribunal de commerce and obliged
to hide myself during the day, but at
this hour 1 am free and can take a
walk, for as long as the sun is not up
they cannot arrest me-"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15
ROLLING AN UMBRELLA.
The Proper Way Is to Twist Rib
and Stick Together.

The Proper Way Is to Twist Ribs
and Stick Together.
"Why is it," AGED an inquisitive GUS
toner in a downtown umbrella store,
"that one can never roll up an umbrella
as compactly and neatly as it is rolled
when he buys it?'
'sYou can If you only know how"
said the salesman, "but If everybody
knew how it would mean less business
for us. The umbrellas would last lon
ger, and there would be a lot less work
for the repairers.
perhaps 1 shouldn't tell you how"
the clerk continued, 'but it's so simple
you should know anyhow. II you have
noticed, nearly everybody who rolls up
an umbrella takes hold of it by the
handle and keeps twisting the stick
with one hand while he folds and rolls
with the other hand.
''Now, that's just where the mistake
comes in. Instead of twisting with the
above the points of the cover ribs.
These points naturally lie evenly
around the stick. Keep hold of these,
pressing them tightly against the stick,
and then roll up the cover. Holding
the ribs prevents them from getting
twisted out Of place or bending out Of
shape. Then the silk is bound to fold
evenly and roll smooth and tight.
''Roll your umbrella this way, and
until it is old enough to get rusty look
ing it will look as if it had just come
from the shop."-New York Herald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

AS a house is never attacked by fire
at the top and bottom at once, if there
is a safe and ready exit at both top
and bottom very little danger to life is
to be feared. 1t is important that all
exits should be so known as to be east
ly found by day or night by every in
mate of the house. If the clothes you
have on catch fire, blanket, rug or
some such wooden article should be
quickly and tightly wrapped around
you. Air is thus excluded. and the fire
goes out.
A small fire in a room can often be
put out in the same way in preference
to pouring water on it. In case of fire
keep all doors shut as far as possible.
If room is full of smoke. keep low or
crawl, because smoke and hCt air both
rise, leaving the floor comparatively
clear.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15
The Previous Question.

Old Senator Nesmith of Oregon, one
Of the first settlers of the state, used
to tell this story: At the time when
Oregon was admitted as a state and
the first legislature of the state met
Nesmith, who was a member, possess
ed himself of copy of book on par
liamentary procedure. This work,
which was at the time probably the
only one of it's sort west of the Mis-
sissippi, he studied diligently and by
the time of the first session was well
up in the rules Of debate.
At the first meeting of the new leg
islature a motion was introduced and
speedily carried, but on the second
measure a dispute arose, and for three
days the state legislators wrangled
and debated.
Finally, on the third day, Nesmith,
who had watched the proceedings
without even opening his mouth, de-
cided it was time to use a piece of his
parliamentary procedure, so he rose
and moved the previous question"
There was a moment of silence fol-
lowing this motion, and then amid a
shout of derision the speaker cried:
''Sit down. you fool! We passed the
previous question three days ago"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15
Where English Clubs Differ.

A point which strikes American Wis
itors to London about our English clubs
is the social aspect of them and the al
most complete absence of the business
side. At the Manhattan or the Knick-
erbocker, on the other hand, the bust
ness side prevails. The majority of
members do not drop in merely to read
the papers, hear the latest story and
play billiards, as over Lere. They &C
in most cases to meet man about "a
DEAL" to talk over the business of the
day and discuss the business of the
morrow OF to read up the finance of che
papers. The result is that when al
American becomes a member of al
English club he hardly ever uses it be
cause it's ways do not appeal to him
He would say that there was nothing
going on.-London Taller.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

Warnings are given in a medical
journal against the injury to skin and
even bone which may result from the
long continued use of weak-say, 3, 21a
or even per cent carboliZed applica-
tons, especially upon peripheral por-
tons of the body, such as the fingers.
This effect. it is asserted, is due in a
small measure to the action of carbolic
acid upon the v;;somotor system, but in
the main to it's destructive effect upon
the red and white blood corpuscles.
This induces. partly in a mechanical
and partly in chemical way, stasis,
first in the capillaries and, if the action
of the drug be continued. then in the
larger veins and arteries, with the re-
suit that the nutrition of the part is in
terfcred with and the removal OF the
harmful substances hindered; the mac
Grafton of the epidermis caused by the
acid favors evaporation, so that the
gangrene is dry one, mummifica-
ton, as it were.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15
RATS OF GNAT EGGS.
Their Floating illustrates a CuriOu
Property of Water.

Their Floating illustrates a CurfO us
Property of Water.
Many simple experiments show that
the surface Of water possesses prop
erty which causes it to resist the pas
sage Of bodies either from above or be-
low. This is true not only of soapy wa
ter, but of the cleanest and purest wa
ter as well. A sheet Of fine gauze tends
to float, because, it's weight being wide
ly distributed, each Of the numerous
separate wires is resisted by the sur
face film so that the water cannot
readily pass through the meshes
Insects and plants utilize this fact in
many interesting ways. Some water
plants whose leaves float on the water
have very simple contrivance to keep
the upper surfaces of the leaves dry.
This consists of a great number of mi
mute hairs covering the tops of the
leaves. Water cannot penetrate among
these hairs even when the leaves are
forced down beneath the surface.
The little RATS of eggs that gnats set
afloat on the water are kept from sink.
Ing and from being upset through this
same principle. The tiny eggs have
their points all upward, and they are
glued together so closely that, while
there is open space all around the point
Of each egg, yet the width of these
spaces is so slight that water cannot
readily pass through. You may again
and again upset such an egg raft, but
it will right itself every timr, and the
upper surface will remain dry.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

With the look Of a loving and ODE
dent wife Lillian staggered into the
cab. Once inside, her expression un-
derwent an astonishing change. There
were several moments of silence, while
the storm gathered fury and broke.
"Scoundrel! Liar! To harrow my
feelings for week, to get 1Ae down
| like this and then to find it was all
bluff! / might have known you would
not have spirit enough to do itv'
II like you when you're mad. But If
| were you, Lii, l wouldn't take on so
in that thing. High tragedy and it
don't agree. BY the way, the cloak's
mine. l might strip it from you and
expose you to the public gaze in the
other enormity."
"Oh, you are too bad! l suppose you
think you have bought me with your
$25Ov
81 wish could, were it thousand
times that amount. l mean your heart,
my dear, and l know money can't buy
that"
| Silence for a few moments.
you'll acknowledge, Lillian, the sit
| L
only thing l could do?'
| "Oh, OH oh, dearw sobbing. "It's all
been too much"
That's right, little girl, lean your
head against me. That's where ii
ought to have been long ago, if only
had had the right sort of spunk.''
| "What do you call the exhibition you
/ are giving me, thenY"
"Well, little girl, don't see what else
1 can do. When fair words for five
years will not win girl and yet a man
finds that she does care for him a lit
tie, he is going to get her the way he
can. You have shown me that the only
way is to take possession, as the saw
ages do"
Ten minutes later the cab drew up iI
front of the boarding house where Miss
Lillian Fairweather occupied a fourth
floor back room.
"Goodby. savage" Then to herself
as she mounted the stairs: "It is not sc
bad to be taken possession of. l de
like masterful man!'
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15
Mother at Prayer.

Once, says writer. suddenly open
I'd the door of my mothers room and
saw her ON her knees beside her chair
and heard her speak my name in pray
er. l quickly and quietly withdrew
with feeling of awe and reverence
in my heart. Soon l went away from
home 10 school, then to college, then
into life's sterner duties. But never
forgot that one glimpse of my mother
at prayer nor the one word-my own
narle-which l heard her utter. Well
did l know that what had seen that
day was but a glimpse of what was
going on every day in that sacred clos
ct of prayer, and the consciousness
strengthened me a thousand times in
duty, in danger and in struggle. When
death came at last and sealed those
lips, the sorest sense of loss l felt was
the knowledge that no more would my
mother be praying for me.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15
CO. -. Retter of Hotel Clerk.

s.With all his faults began Mr..
Fairchild. 1.-THE hotel man is first
class fellow, who will go long way
to keep his guests from shining too
much in public or from being seen by
doubtful guests. l recall an instance
which happened to me in New York
not long ago. l had registered in the
morning and, leaving my key at the
hotel, came back again in the evening.
Finding the night clerk on, but not
on to me, asked him, giving him my
name, if / was in. Not knowing the
number of my room, decided this was
the way to find out.
"He looked at me rather suspiciously.
Evidently the result of his inspection
was not reassuring, for, after making
a bluff at feeling in my box, he replied
quite stiffiy:
emo, SIR; Mr.. Fairchild is not in
I sat down on the lounge and said
calmly:
"'Well, when he comes in please tell
him that he is here looking for him
SELF
"The porter carried the clerk up
stairs. New York Tribune.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

The longest cold season in the United
States is found in the Rocky mountain
region, where it exceeds the warm by
about ten days. The warm season in
Texas and the lower Missouri valley
opens about ten days earlier than in
the region near the middle Atlantic
coast and from twenty to twenty-five
days earlier than on the southern coast
of California. In the northwest the
warm season opens from twenty to
twenty-five days earlier than in the
lake region and from fifteen to twenty
days earlier than in the north Pacific
coast region.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15
The Artist and His KaleidOscOpe

The kaleidoscope is of wonderful as
sistance in geometrical drawing, and
people who suppose that this little toy
is Of no use will probably be surprised
to learn that the greatest portion of
the geometrical designs employed in
art and architecture are copied by the
artist from the figures produced by
the kaleidoscope. The instruments en-
ployed are somewhat larger than the
toys sold in the shops, and some of
them are fastened upon stands in such
a way as will enable the craftsman to
retain his instrument in the same posi-
ton for a considerable length of time
and thus give him an opportunity to
make copies Of the figures produced.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

81 believe that moonlight shooting is
peculiar to California; said a resident
of that state. 1.-The air there is so dry
in certain localities. the nights so clear
and the moonlight so bright that one
gets good range of vision, and every
thing stands out with startling dis
tinctness. Wild ducks frequently move
in the night, and the sportsman who is
alert will get the whir of wings and a
sight of them almost as we'll at night
as in the daytime. There is an added
tinge of excitement afforded by night
hunt. and many California hunters go
out on clear nights and frequently with
great success."-New York Tribune.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

SoIATIo RHEUMATISM CURED AFTER
FOURTEEN YEARS OF SUFFERING.-"I have
been afflicted with sciatic rheumatism for
fourteen years." says John Edgar, of
Germantown, Cal. II was able to be
around but constantly suffered. tried
everything l could hear of and at last was
told to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm,
which / did, and was Immediately re-
lieved and In short time cured, and | am
happy to say it has not since returned "
Why not use this liniment and get we'll
For sale by E. K. Taft, Fl. F. Cady,
Stafford; Gardiner Hall, Jr., & Co., South
Wilmington.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

The very head and front Of all offend
ers in the preparation Of anachronisms
was Shakespeare himself. He speaks
of cannon in the reign Of John. whereas
cannon were unknown until century
and a half later; of printing in the time
Of Henry H.; of clocks. and striking
clocks at that. in the time of julius
Caesar; be makes Hector quote Arts
totle and Coriolanus refer to cats and
Alexander; he introduces billiard ia
BILE into Cleopatra palace; he bowers
Bohemia with sea coast and makes
Delphos an island.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

''At the end of the campaign" writes
Champ Clark, Missouri's brilliant con-
gresham, "from overwork, nervous ten.
sion, loss of sleep and constant speaking
had about utterly collapsed. 1t seem.
ed that all the organs in my body were
out of der, but three bottles of Electric
Bitters made me all right. It's the best
all around medicine ever sold over drug
g1st's counter" Over-worked, rundown
men and weak, sickly women gain splen
did health and vitality from Electric Bit
ters. Try them. Only soc. Guaranteed
by A. G. Eaton, druggist, Stafford Springs
and W. P. Fuller, Somers.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

Throughout the length and breadth
of India the Ficus religiosa. under
which Buddha rested for seven years
plunged in divine thought. is dedicated
to religious worship and may on no ac-
more universal but not less sincere rev.
erence d. the peasants of Russia pros
trate themselves before the trees which
they are about to cut and deprecate the
vengeance or the. deities whose rest
ing places they then proceed to de-
stroy.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

"What is meant by the lap of lux
ury?' asked teacher of class of lit
tie girls.
please, ma'am, l know" exclaimed
the smallest of the lot, holding up her
hand.
"Well. what is it, dear?' inquired the
teacher kindly.
Its when the cat steals into the
larder and ticks the cream off the
milk" responded the little one.
And the teacher on reflection wasn't
quite sure that her pupil was wrong.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

A celebrated preacher when speak
ing to some 5000 children, after de-
lighting them with variety of stories,
thought it might be we'll to point the
moral of one of them. He had hardly,
however, begun to say, "Now this
teaches" when little ragamuffin on
the front bench cried out: Never mind
what it teaches. Gie's another story"
81 learned from that rascal" he said,
''to wrap the moral well in the heart
of the story. not to put it as a sting
into the tail"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incurable, Sci
ence has proven catarrh to be constitutional
disease, and, therefore, requires constitutional
treatment. IIall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to teaspoon
full. 1t acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address,
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Y-Sold by Drug lists. 75c.
Hairs Family Pills are the best.