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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-13

stained good white news
Z n., \, the boom at Beaumont but
sa-srdlng It's real inner life has
'us ,t' This IS the story Of a man
'sal ~ - weeks there, probably, who
isl' '1 .,,cb as when he left Chicago
~ "a wanted to leave bad.
~ ,lm a fortnight ago riding In
~ Wow orleans way. About FIVE
~. the town lights were notice
ias u,pt blackness of the night the
!, started yelling:
.,oot-next station, Beaumont!-
4 he last syllable.
a,n one.half the passengers-in-
.S.,neath and n-top-prepared for
All men with ideas In the
4 s,gthwest come to Beaumont. Don I
4 Z M oil barons there tell you they
An the rods? .
q stopped. So this is Beaumont,
,,snr of dozen coaches are stand
W. -. rails IN the very heart of the
,-tsble place OF fortune discov-
4 d the ,r, ..,. .z,azr,
esssts darkness, mud smell of oil,
/ = ronetary prosperity Beaumont.
:, ret rid Of first impressions.
Win the soft SLOUGH hat on the
VA answers the NOrrhcrner's ques.
y, aRrother." It sounds oddly to
I'm raised in the thronged cities OF
,srtie const. The man in the soft
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tho hepont has been extraordinary n
has completely hraced mc up I am iust as
vigorous ms when a hoy aud you cannot
realize how happy ! am"
Dear Slrs Your method worked beau
tifu0y Results were eNasty what ]
needed. Strength and yisor have comp,ete
ly returned end enlargement Is ebtrgS<
satisfactory"
"pear Sirs.-Yours was received ~ 1
had no trouble In making use OF I'll re-
cclpt as directed and can truthfullv say IL
is boon to weak mrl.''
Don't stop and wonder how they can
afford TO- do an this hut SEMI today; the
ohor q genuine, and the prescription viii
/ be- snut hy return mail M q perfectly plain
envelope absolutely free Just as stated.
Write today mud soon you'n be happy.
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NEUTRALITY MUST BE OBSERVED.
Munitions Of War for South America Car
Not Be Forwarded.

Munitions Of War for South America Can
Not Be Forwarded.
San francisco, April 12.-Twenty- five
cases OF munitions OF war were shipped to
the Colombian rebels from this port on the
City Of Sydney last Tuesday. The consul
for Colombia received word from New Or
leans that the arms and ammunition were
on the way from that city, but did not pre-
vent the shipment on the steamer. He
appealed 10 the collector Of the port In the
matter The collector wired TO Washington
for Instructions and today received answer
that he should prevent any violation Of
the neutrality laws. Further shipments are
sxpected and in view OF the fact shat tie
authorities Of the United States at this
port have been advised to take part In the
matter some trouble may be experienced
In getting the arms on any outgoing
steamer
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-13

victoria. Texas April II A large su'
deuce witnessed the exhibition az the
opera house last night By the physical
classes Of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation under the direction OF Director j,
L. Hunter There were Twenty-Five young
men and h0vs In tho two teams, nine
seniors and sixteen juniors and ii Is hard
N say which class gave the most pleasure,
as both showed remarkable proficiency and
zFility The program Vas pleastnEiy
varied by vocal and instrumental selections
$1,000 Gsitandar.
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w.ro E.,n,lu Matoh.d

Philadelphia. April H. Philadelphia jack
o'Brien ana Joe Wocott fought SIX fast
rounds At the Industrial Athletic club TO-
night before crowded house. SO evenly
matched were the men the spectators wsrd
divided as to which OF tho lighters had tho
better Of the go.
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ELouR NILS MILL sHuT DOWN.
The Premium on April Wheat and High
Freiahts the Cause.

Chicago, April 12.--On account OF having
10 pas n premium OF from J to IA cents
over NAY wheat, together with a decline
IN tho demand for -four and high freight
rates. saws the Chronicles Minneapolis cor
respondent. about 80 per cent Of the Mime
apolis -four mills will close down for an
indefinite length OF time tomorrow night.
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BEAUMONT.

them take this word, that there are more
unattached heiresses' hearts TO the square
inch In Beaumont today than In any other
section OF the great Southwest.
The woods are full OF EN-
Now is the time to get acquainted, for
many talk Of going North in q month or so.
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JEALOUSY THE CAUSE or MURDER.
A Divorced Husband Kills the Man Whc
Married His Former Wife.

Cleveland. ohio. April II william
Frank. resident Of Birmingham, Az.
wss shot and killed this afternoon by
Charles Anderson the divorced husband
Of the woman Frank married. yesterday Ia
this city The tragedy vas the result Of
jaalouBy on the Part Of Anderson, who had
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saengerfest Concerts az Auditorium Tues
served seats for sale at Capitol PharmacA
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THE FIRST SHOT AT SUMTER
Was Not Fired BY Roger A. Pryor,
Who Might Have Had That
Doubtful Honor.

know not the man who fred the
first shot in the civil war in Amer
lea, but who might have been that
man, and nearly was, says a writer
in London M. A. p. Roger Pryor
in recent years has been dweller
in New York, and for time occu-
pied a position on the judicial bench.
In his hot youth, however, he was
one of the young bloods of Virginia
whose fervor helped to fan the flames
that burst into the awful confagra-
ton. By curious coincidence he
was one of the party that demanded
the surrender of Fort Sumter. With
breathless interest I listened to him
one night as he told the story of
the eventful day when he and his
friends paid visit to Fort Sumter
with the demand that the northern
troops should give the place up. Even
when they are going to fght-even
when they are going to hang-in
whatever position and tragedy of
life they may find Inconsistencies
leans are thoroughly human; I sup
pose it is part of their democratic
training under republic.
And so it was that this interview,
Hateful with such awful consequences
to end in the destruction of a mil.
lion livestock place with pleasant
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JoHNNY's HIsT'RY LESSON.

think, of all the things at school
A boy has got to do, f.
That studyin' histry as rule.
Is worst of all. don't you?
OF dates there are an awful sight.
| An though study day an night. +
There's only one I've got just right
That's fourteen ninety-tWo. ..
Columbus crossed the Delaware
| In fourteen ninety-two;
We whipped the British, fair an square,
In fourteen ninety-two .l-nN. .s.-.'.
| We whipped the British, fair an square.
In fourteen ninety-two.
| At Concord an at Lexington
| We kept the red-coats on the run
While the band played Johnny Get Your
Gun, ..
In fourteen ninety-two. us
| Pat. Henry, with his dyin' breath
In fourteen ninety-two-
| Said: Gimme liberty or DEATH"
In fourteen ninety-two. f..
An Barbara Frietchie, so tits said,
| Cried "Shoot If you must this old, gray
But I'd rather 'twould be your own in
stead!"
In fourteen ninety-two.
The Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock
In fourteen ninety-two,
| An the Indians standin' on the dock
| Asked: "What are you goin to do?''
| An they said: 1--WE seek your harbor drear
That our children's children's children d ear
| May boast that their forefathers landed
here
In fourteen ninety-two.'
| Miss Pocahontas saved the life,
In fourteen ninety-two,
OF John Smith, an became his wife
In fourteen ninety-two
An the Smith tribe ct rfe6 then am there.
An now there are John Smiths everywhere,
But they didn't have any Smiths to spare
In fourteen ninety-two.
Kentucky was settled by Daniel Boone
In fourteen ninetytwo,
An think the cow jumped over the moon
In fourteen ninety-twO. t.-
Ben. Franklin flew his kite SO high
He drew the lightnin from the sky,
An Washington couldn't tell a lie
In fourteen ninety-two. . s.
Nixon Waterman, in Saturday Evening
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\ ~
Sj|lfz||Illf|lIl|!Q'@la|RE 2
AN APPLE JACK cARoUsAL.
4 Find That Resulted in . Hilarious
Old-Tlme and q Singular
Situation.

''Apple jack" said the captain, in
the Chicago Inter Ocean, twas the
worst liquor a soldier ever drank,
and yet I cannot remember that it
ever precipitated any riot or serious
breach of the rules. When our boys
first struck apple and peach brandy
in southeastern Kentucky and Ten
nessee they knew very little about
it. They would prowl about the
smokehouses on the farms and fill
their canteens with apple jack and
take what they regarded as an or
binary snifter, expecting to be mod
erately stimulated thereby. But, as
q rule, they became fool drunk, and
after repeated experiments, they
looked upon apple jack as very bad
thing to take in the presence of an
enemy.
Fellows with an appetite would
take whisky in way to not promote
any feeling of general disability, but
they never could handle apple jack
in the same way. On the march
from Wild Cat mountain to Nashville,
in October, 1862, the men were on
short rations and there was great
temptation to drink heavily. But
to the credit of the boys it ought to
be said that, realizing the danger,
they kept themselves we'll in hand.
In travelling through the union set
Elements it was not difficult for men
who drank to receive informa ton as
to where barrels of apple brandy
were secreted.
"On one occasion I knew that the
stragglers under my immediate COM
mand had found a barrel Of apple
jack. To my surprise, however, not
single man showed any signs of in
toxication during the afternoons
march. But when we went into camp
l noticed that there was a good
deal of comforting among the men,
and OWNED that probably a dozen
were not in sympathy with the ma
jority. I suspected that there was
scheme afoot, and there was, but it
was not the kind I suspected. The
men told off six privates, one cor
poral, and a sergeant to stand guard.
The others let themselves loose on
regular, old-fashioned spree. Each
man had canteen of apple jack, and
before midnight they were all as
drunk as fools, except the eight men
on guard.
"These eight men armed them
selves with hickory switches, and
when the intoxicated men became
uproarious and unmanageable, they
whipped them into subsection. In
considerable alarm I interfered, and
advised against this proceeding, when
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PONY IN COURT ROOM.
Creature Loved Its Master, a Learned
Judge, So Much That 1t Followed
Him Inside.

Henry Ward Beecher, often visited
the courtrooms in and around the city
of New York, where, he said, the wit
and bubbles, quirks and pranks OF
the judges and lawyers made better
fun than the circus.
There were two scenes, many years
ago, enacted in the United States court
room at Frankfort, KY, which Mr..
Beecher would have said were equal
to Barnum's best. They were we'll
known to the lawyers of Kentucky of
the olden time. At present we will
speak of one of these scenes.
Hon. T. B. Monroe, at the time re-
ferred to, was United States judge for
the district of Kentucky. He was
sometimes extremely absent-minded;
when he became deeply interested in
a great legal subject everything else
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YOUNG EDWIN GOULD.
Although But Eight Years Of Age He
10 Displaying Rare Talent ~
q M0ney.Maker.

The Gould family heritage, which
seems to be to make millions out OF
pennies, has developed in new cen
ter. Edwin Gould, Jr., has set ~
in business for himself. This is sur
prising, for Edwin Jr., is but eight
years old. What is more, he is mucs,
in earnest over his money making
venture, and, like his father and
grandfather, has chosen to begin in
a small way. He is in the retail pin
business and his scale of prices is one
cent for 200 pins.
Young Edwin drifted into the pin
business rather unconsciously, but
his efforts were well directed from
the first, nevertheless. He is q
grave child and among his earliest
reflections was one on the waste OF
things in general and pins in .partic-
ular. He canceived the idea that the
pins thrown away should be saved,
SO he started out simply as a collec-
tor. He gathered hundreds of these
little brass strays and castaways
with no thought of gain.
At this stage of his development
heredity asserted itself and young
Edwin came to the conclusion that a
thing could not be pleasurable unless
profitable. So he put price upon
his labors and in the Gould pin es-
tablishment the motto, 5000 pins for
one cent" was created.
Edwin had the pin collecting fad
for some time before it was known,
but his unnatural business instincts
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cropped out one day at dressmak-
ing establishment where he was in
company with his mother.
Mrs. Gould noticed that for some
time her little boy had seemed fond
of going with her to the dressmak-
er's, and she soon realized that the
clever little fellow was not without
motive other than his natural fond
ness for her society. He knew that
in these centers of fashion making
there were pins, really riotous
waste of pins. One day at the Fifth
avenue establishment when MRS.
Gould and friend she had brought
with her were busily engaged in criti-
cising the various imported gowns
brought out for their inspection, Miss
Ward, the head saleswoman, noticed
young Edwin Gould bending over q
spot on the floor where box of pins
had been carelessly upset some hours
before. Noticing that he was pick
ing them up she smilingly offered to
give him some.
NO." explained Mrs. Gould, che en-
joys collecting them. At home I
sometimes strew them over the floors
just to give him the pleasure of pick
ing them up,
Apparently unaware of the COM
ment he had excited, the child con-
tinued his researches, and later,
when Mrs. Gould had gone into an
other room, and a saleswoman ap-
preached and offered him hairpin
to dig the more recalcitrant pins
from the cracks, he was so much alb
sorbed that he did not even look up
to reply.
Even when she told him that he
would break his finger nails in the
pursuit he did not falter, and only
when she explained that the hairpin
would greatly increase his speed in
acquiring pins did he accept it.
"Why do you pick up pins?' she
asked, encouraged by his gracious &C.
ceptance.
II get pennies for them," answered
young Edwin, promptly. Il pick up
all I can find. and when I have 200 I
get cent. I can make lots Of
money"
He did not stop working to give the
information, and even when Mrs.
Gould was ready to go to her car
rage he left the house of many pins
with evident reluctance, but enriched
by several cents.
The Goulds have always known the
value OF money, and the early COM
mercial instincts developed by the
scion of the Edwin Gould family are
the natural result of influences of
heredity and otherwise. Jay Gould
was the son of poverty-stricken
farmer in Delaware county, N. Y.
When IA years of age he started out
to make his way in the world with a
total capital of so cents, and in the
next 30 years carved his way to q
fortune of more than $sO,O00,0o0.
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ness on both sides. The garrison re'
ceived the deputation in hospitable
spirit; drinks even were exchanged.
But both sides took up their posi-
ton with that infexible and iron de-
termination which is another Amer
lean quality.
And then the confederates went
away; and soon after the order was
given that the fortress was to be at
fight was to be fired. Lightly, dare
say, these wild young fellows thought
of what they were about to do; for
if the men of the south had not
been reckless dare-devils they would
never have provoked this struggle
the end of which was as certain as
anything could have been in history.
Somebody suggested to Roger Pryor
that his hand should have the honor
as it was supposed-of firing the
first shot. Though he was SO young
and so hot-headed, some good angel
whispered into his ear that this
might turn out to be one of those
|
sibility that would haunt a mans
conscience, and perhaps blight his
life forever afterward, and he
waived away the proffered honor.
Another man too eagerly took it up
cannot recall at this moment what
was this poor mans name. But it
will be easily remembered in Amer
lea. I understand that the awful
fact did have those very results,
which Roger Pryor foresaw in one
of those moments Of prophetic fore
sight that sometimes come to men.
The man who fred the first shot
was bound to become known to the
whole American world, and was
thereby a target Of attention, at
tack, pity. It weighed upon and
overwhelmed him, and believe he
felt for a long time like a marked
and doomed man; an outcast and an
accused one. How it ended with him
T do not recall, but I believe his
death was tragic. ...-. e..
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I was informed by the non-drinkers
that this programme had been
agreed upon by the men who were
now in a frenzy of drunkenness.
They knew about how they would
act, and they had solemnly sworn in
the sober contingent to use the CAD
| on them.
"The scenes of that night were be-
yond description. They were mostly
on the frolicsome, ridiculous order.
The drunken men labored under the
impression that they could walk on
fire, and they would rush up to the
heap of burning logs with intention
to show that fire could not hurt
them. Then the men with the hick-
DRY switches would come into action,
drive the fre-walkers back into the
| tall grass, and make them lie down.
While they were doing this another
squad would make raid on the fire,
and they would be whipped back, but
| finally every canteen was empty,
every drunken man was asleep, and
the next morning the march was re-
| sumed with all the men as quiet as
if participating in a funeral. I was
assured that the resulting headaches
| were something to remember a life
time.
''All of the sufferers were good SOL
diers. Only few of them were hab,
itual drinkers. Many of them
never tasted apple jack after the ex-
perience of that night. Two OF them
are living in Chicago, and one of
them, now strictly temperate, has
| often assured me that he carries the
marks of the switchings received
that night, and that he remembers
distinctly the feeling that came with
his third drink, that he had been
transformed into a hog, and felt i'm
| PEELED to grunt and squeal and take
| to the woods. He always conludes
his story with: No more apple jack
Ter ns'is
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vanished; he became totally absorbed
in it, oblivious to the world outside;
he pursued his subject to the profound
est depth. This concentration of the
powers of his mind, no doubt, assis ted
him to become the great lawyer that
he was; but it sometimes raised a
good joke upon him.
Judge Monroe lived on that high,
steep hill on the west of Frankfort.
His saddle horse, on which he rode
down to court, was little pony, raised
on the hill, where he learned, with
the goats, to climb the hill and the
stairsteps of the houses. When
mounted, the judges long legs nearly
reached the ground, and when Sc en- at
a little distance it was hard to tell
which of them was riding; whether the
pony was carrying the judge or the
judge the pony. He was kind, little
fellow, loved the judge with all his
might, and when at liberty they walled
around Frankfort as boon compan-
ions-wherever the judge went, like
"Mary's little lamb" he was sure to
CO."
One morning, when the Judge had a
specially heavy subject on hand, caus-
ing more than usual absent-minded-
ness, on dismounting, totally oblivious
to the pony, he forgot to hitch him,
as he often did, and started off for the
court room, the pony in close pursuit,
and through the capitol square and up
the court steps they went and into the
middle of the court room they walked,
seemingly ready to take seats on the
bench together, neither of them at all
embarrassed. The roaring laugh and
clapping of hands of the lawyers and
the crowd walked the judges from
their reverie, and the old town that
night was jolly as a circus.-Cincin.
natl Commercial Tribune.
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Heirht of Hoosier Soldiers.

A record of the height of Indiana sol
diers in the civil war shows that out
of 11s,254 there were 15,o47 feet 10
inches high, s,7O6 feet II inches, $3.50
feet high, 2,614 feet 1 inch, 1857 6
feet 2 inches, 400 feet 3 inches, and
1856 over feet inches. Commenting
on these statistics, DR.. Gould, actuary
Of the United States sanitary commits
sion, wrote: cit is evident from our
statistics that the Indiana men are
the tallest of all natives of the United
States, and these latter the tallest Of
all civilized countries" -Indianapolis
Journal,
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How to See the Wind.

We know very well when there is
wind, without being able to see it, but
under proper conditions it is possible
to see the wind. Choose a windy day
then secure polished piece of metal;
a handsaw will lie the best. Hold the
metallic surface at right angles to the
direction of the wind, For example, if
the wind is in the north, hold the saw
east and west inclined about As de-
grees to the horizon. Now look care
fully along the back edge, and you will
shortly see the wind pouring over II
like q waterfall.
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A Bull Run Tree,

At the historic field of Bull Run to-
day, the guide leads his visitors to a
certain cedar tree that grew so much
faster than the others in that locali-
ty that an investigation was made, re-
vealing that it had grown over the re-
mains of an unknown soldier, which
had not been carried away to Airing.
ton with the others.-San Francisco
ArpOnaut.
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Nothing Too Difficult,

Freddie read the sign over two or
three times. Then he picked out the
clauses about the separated" and the
''lost affections and dwelt on them.
Then he looked up and down the street
hastily, plunged into the fiat house,
and knocked 1T the Yelled Lady's door.
A young woman with her hair in
curl papers ushered him into half
darkened front room hung with Orien-
tal-looking and very dirty draperies.
There was stuffed baby alligator on
center table, with something burning
in bowl beside it which smelled bad,
and various other outlandish but mex
pensive bric-a-brac.
Now, don't say word" said the
Yelled Lady, as she appeared from be-
hind . velours portiere. you're in
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determination.

Determination counts for more than
anything else in character-building, as
it does in other forms of effort. Every
temptation to desist, to let things go,
''to let we'll enough alone" unless re-
sisted, will keep you from arriving at
the goal first set.-Success.
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Generous to Herself.

Aunt Hannah-Oh. don't think
Mary would do such a mean thing as
that. 1 have always heard people
say she was generous to fault.
Uncle George-When the fault
happens to be hers. she is.-London
TitrBits.
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After q Competency,

Blim--What is Speeder doing now?
Blum-He's interested in get-rich.
quick scheme.
Blim-You don't say so.
Blum-Yes; he is counting IN heir.
ess,-Town Topics.
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Set a Good Example.

Rimer-And who is your favorite
poet, Mr.. Kostique?
MISREPRESENTATION.
"Good gracious! What do you find
to admire in him."
"He committed suicide" - Stray
Stories.