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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19
A LIBRARY CATALOGUER
MISS WANDELL SELECTED by THE
TRUSTEES.
Library Work Has Grown to Be a Science
and tho Ladies' Are Proceeding in
Approved Modern Methods.

Miss wandell, cataloguer for the Univer-
sty Of Texas, has been secured by the
trustees Of the Carnegie library and Will
begin her duties here on the LIST OF Noyem
Der.
The library contains at this time about
GOO volumes. These books have never
been catalogued aud for this reason have
been almost useless to the general public,
Two years ago the trustees began to in
form themselves upon the manner Of cata-
loguing In use in various libraries over
the country. with a view Of having this
work dono In the very best way. They
found that the system In general use. from
the library Of congress down to the small
est village library. was the card catalogue
system. BY this plan books are catalogued
not only by title and author, but the cata-
loguer must make q careful study Of the
book, write out as many cards as there nie
matters VI Importance treated or, ANA place
each card in its special group OF subjects;
In this way all the knowledge contained
Ia the library is brought ont and placed
at the convenience Of the inquirtng public,
The advantage Of this system Is appar.
ent at once. 1t makes small library We'll
Catalogued Of far more value TO the public
than a large library CatalOgucd IN the Ola
way. II also makes the post of cataloguer
most important and expensive one. In
large libraries he or she has a Stan or as
sistants and their work IS separate and
distinct from that of the librarian and her
assistants. But by n system Of co-opera.
tlon recently evolved by tho librarian Of
congress. any library by the payment OF
a small fee can be put on the exchange
list OF that institution and receive cata-
logue cards prepared by their experts Of
standard new publications. With this aid.
after the hooks In hand are catalOgued
aud the various departments well organ
i2ed II is expected that trained librarian
and one assistant can very well admins
ter the affairs Of the Houston library.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19

addition to the standing menace TO public
safety under present conditions rs
simple matter OF courtesy TO we F1tth
warders, II for no other reason, the rail-
way company should construct the tunucl,
and If they do not heed the promptings OF
humanity in the premises then the city
council should step IN and force them 20
do so. We have been needing ana asking
for that tunnel for years, and have nov
reached the stage where we demand 10 aud
propose TO have u. see II claimed IN
certain quarters that the sewer main on
Hardy street constitutes an obstruction TO
eXcavating the, tunnel This seems a very
main is twenty feet beneath the surface OF
the street, aud q sixteen or even four
teenfoot tunnel would he amply sufficient
TO relieve most Of the congestion Of traffic
at that point Ny preference would be
tunnel on this Hardy street as the
county commissioners have promised us a
Tor tunneIing. then Sny. other street viii
safe means Tor for crossing The Southern pa,
John Mailoy, grocer. 1920 Carr street
going to have IL. that's ali there is to the
matter, have no preference In the mat
ter OF streets; so long, al tiley glge Us
means q getting into. The city and home
again without constantly being called upon
to face tho danger " being run over BY q
whole herd Of switch engines before we
get there We have asked the COMPANY for
that protection time and again, hut unsuc-
Cessfully so far, and now have "A demand,
IN the form OF aynpmegously signed pctl
ton. before the city council that this pro
lection be granted us Something must be
done IN the matter, and that very soon, for
the condition Of Affairs Is growing worse
every day It's tough enough on MS men
folks, but it Is nothing less than criminal
to expose innocent women and children TO
the dangers OF sudden and horrible death
every time they have occasion 10 cross the
tracks.
Manager w G. Van Week Of the road
being out Of the city at present, the com
pany's view Of the question could mot be
obtaiued at this time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19
BuFFALo BILL.
Entertaining Chat With Major Burke, His
Veteran Advance Agent

Entertaining Chat With Major Burke, His
Veteran Advance Agent
Major John Nj. Burke advance man or
Buffalo Bits wild West show, was In
Houston yesterday. Major Burke is an nd.
vance man Of the old school He has been
"ahead OF" Bufalo Burs shows since that
plansman nrst entered the business or
pleasing the people. rhis was so long ago
that Major Burke, who has better mem.
Org for events than for dates. has almost
forgotten the time. but when Major Burke
first told OF the wonders Of Bunalo Bill
Colonel Cody was starring IN blood, thunder
and war whoop melodramas, Instead OF
managing an aggregation OF wild western
events, wildly depicted by a race OF men
mat civilization Is now forcing into mem.
Dry n not ohntiou
Major Burke declares that Buffalo Bil
has IN his show this year a better ana q
more representative set Of men who were
has been tho case ~ former years, He
has plainsuSu from the W est who eau
mount and "sit' any broncho that ever
paved the air. and beloved with rage.
Furthermore, he has collection OF "out-
law bronchos that have never nckuowl.
edged plau the victor and never fan 20
make manifestation Of this fact
The cuwboys aud vasqueros In the Buf-
f0lo Blll'5 Wild West outfit are capable o.
DONG Us good work as is ever required ~
actual service ON the range with the larat
But however e2peity man may rope
and tie" q steer that skll was not Deces-
sarlly involve the ability o. do such surprs
ing things with the Tying moose as are ac.
complained by Senior OrpeSa IN the VIA
West arena. IN the hands Of this Mexican
artist the rope seems TO be a living thing
moved simply by his volition, The military
diills Of he foreign bodies Of soldiers the
battle scenes, the eUcking horses, Indian
war dances, ana all the other wen known
features Will be seen
Colonel Cody aud his congress Of rough
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19

A Monster Potato.
Mr.. P. II Barziza. who lives four miles
north Of Houston in the Cross Timbers,
yesterday brought 20 the office OF Tho Post
monster sweet potato weighing neven and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19
rIBRARY SCIENCE,

The board Of trustees in their efforts to
secure catalogOcr appealed first Ia the
University OF Texas, the only institution
IN tho South that teaches library science.
This branch OF the university has been
opcn for two years and It was hoped that
among the corps OF teachers or students
some one could be found TO do the work.
They were told that while the university
could furnish a competent librarian they
knew of no one capable OF cntalOgulng ana
organizing a new library, ana ADVISED tne
North At the same time they stated ~ ~
they had for n year the services o MISS
Wanden graduate Of the ililhuls 5cho"''
and were well pleased with her WORK.
The profession of librarian Is today a pro
fession In every sense Of the word. 10
successfully I'LL such post one must nave
quick analytical mind, must be an ON
nlycrous reader and possessed of retentNe
memory. Such position requires executive
ability of the highest order and a pleasing
personality is an absolute necessity. Wlile
many applications were received oy the
board OF trustees FOR this position upon
! examinations none of the applicants were
! found to possess the qualities and the re-
| quired technical training so cssentlal l1I
1 the filling Of n position or uns KIND ~
NAV also be mentioned that no SoulpeIl
/ woman experienced ia cataoguine applied
/ for the position, With the exception OF one
/ who Is still n college student anu mas NOT
! completed the library course. -
/ In selecting Miss Wandell TO perform TIL,
/ Important work the trustees feel that, an
! things being considered, the best talent Or
! tainabIe was engaged. Miss Wandell VII
| begin her work az once. She VIII arrang,
/ for the transfer Of the books to the new
\ library and will be Of valuable assistance
| 20 the board In selecting the furnishing
! for the building She has agreed TO direct
! the management for az least a year and he
! fore leaving she viii train and teach some
1 one vet 10 be designated to carry on Inc
work where she leaves OF.
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NECESSARY AccrssonIrs


In reply to query as to how the extra
amount would be expended Mr.. Bryan 70.
piled; 'rhe few hundred dollars additional
Is needed for preparing Foundation. go
curing an iron railing with which TO la.
close tho monument and for providing n
small ornamental drinking fountain in CON
nertion With 1t.
These nre necessary accessories With
which 10 surround the handsome granite
shaft and marble statue. and II The Post
Will lend it's aid in helping the committee
TO raise this small baloncc / think J can
speak for thnt body u saying that they
would be willing to change their original
pan ard place the monument wherever
The Post may designate. after ascertailiug
the. consensus Of public opinion upon the
subject"
II VIII he quite awhile vet before the
Dick Bowling monument IS completed and
ready for erection. and there Is ample time
10 choose. suitable spot for its location,
but the question should hc of interest TO
every citizen who desires TO add to the at.
Effectiveness OF Houston.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19

Asos s lset and hands Indicate poor circu.
p.,'.. y the blood aud nervous predis.
ls .,SsI colds start with checked circulation.
lns. y a chill or shiver, cold feet and
hs 4 ~ OF ~" starts tho blood cours-
Sarh ssP The veins, the extremitles
5, ~ ", ana the Cold is broken.
Nj \, a I "7T' consists Of a small
s'fSsSat peilets-ats the vest pocket,
Ee,,l, : !, Dfusgists, Is cents, or mailed. on
Hssr ys p'lee' Doctors Book mailed free.
Mi "Ni'an and John streets, New
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19
nick D0lDling Monument.
.;or at Styeef Intersection Preferred to CITY PART

likely eoncede, as II would give the civ
an ornament for the park which, In com
lseFelal Naue alone, would be far IA excess
YI the small appropriation we were solicit.
lpR. While the placing Of the monument
ELSEWHERE would likely deprive us OF fbis
opportunity OF raising tho balance of the
monument, yet | believe that this small
amount could be raised through some other
source when i Is known that tho money
hand" NauJ III
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ment was the Maccabee drlll by sixteen
g1opt,ior Vounr iadv rcsuIted in fSyor Sf
Miss Efhe Boyd, and she was awarded
oil immense cake. large crowd was pres
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19

e keep in close touch with
cd in this line aud you can
! the newest and most correct
Bishop and Auto stocks and
ldered Windsors in a lovely
of colorings are now being
at prices that range from
C 10 $50 Each.
hand embroidered turnovers
Ee stocks are also being shown
eat variety of dainty patterns.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19
LadIes Of AZ Maooabees.

The dance and social given by Victoria
A. Goodman hive, No. 40, Ladies Of the
Maccabees, Mt caiedonian hall last Thurs.
day evening, was a very enjoyable AFFAIR
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19
Expert LassOers "

riders OF the word--hi6 show depicting the
events OF bygone days, even though those
days DO hardly a generation ng9-will he IN
Houston on next Friday. Two performances
VIII be glven-atternoon md night Major
burke declares this Will likely be the last
time Colonel Cody aud his show Will ever
be seen iu Houston, as the whole aggrega'
Fion--cowboy vasqueroa, outlaw" bron-
clos, CossAck riders and all-will sail FOR
Europe where they Will remain for some
time, on Decemger -, next.
mounted street parade VIII march over
the principal streets on next Friday morn
ing---show day.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08
VACATION ON THE FARM

With the first hot blasts from sum-
mer's furnace, thoughts turn to the
old hill farm. The house itself, low
eaved, weather-beaten, with history
written in every time-gray single,
spreads and clings to the hilltop. I'm
der it's low roof you will watch the
dawn redden the window-panes, and
drowsily listen to the whistle of the
quail and the impatient lowing of the
cattle, or sometimes to the steady pat
ter of rain and the drip, drip of the
eaves-trough. There is Brindle to be
given an apple, the old SOW to be
scratched with a stick into granting
contentment, and the whinny of old
Dobbin warns that he must not be
forgotten. There are delightful drives,
rare woodland retreats ,woOdgirt ponds
to fish, old back pastures blue with
berries, rare bits of scenery to be ad-
mired anew each day in the belief that
you are the first to discover them,
rides up from the meadows on big
loads of hay, your nostrils filled with
the sweet odor the old farm knows.
There are long, lazy hours in the or
chard, and in the cleaning the drive
to the village in quest of the mail,
where you realize anew the. spice of
honest gossip, if only about the wealth
er and the crops. The lover of golf
will find natural hazards and bunkers
enough to make his favorite game of
interest, even though greens be lack
ing.-Country Life in America.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08
sELF-CULTURE AND SUCCESS.

A man does not need a college edu-
cation in order to succeed in any or
binary business. You may reach q
commanding position in the CONNER
cial or political world without attain
ing a high degree of scholarship. You
may be successful, in the purely mate
rial meaning of the word, without a
touch of higher culture, without any
appreciation of the nobler things of
life. You may be a millionaire, with
great influence in your community,
and yet be almost wholly ignorant of
books, art, music, or travel.
But this is a very narrow view of
success. Is the meaning of life not
broadened and beautifed by an expan-
sive mind, a wider horizon, and the
satisfaction of finer culture?
The glory of a sunset, the beauty of
a landscape, or the delicate loveliness
of a rose or a lily is not necessary to
our mere animal existence, but it adds
much to the sum of the highest things
of life.
Pictures and draperies are not nee
essary to a wall, oriental rugs to a
floor, or delicate pieces of statuary
and br~ic-a-brac to the furniture of a
room; libraries lined with noble books
are not absolutely essential to bare
existence; a knowledge of the mys-
teries and beauties of science, the fas-
cination of literature, the delights of
music and art,-none of these things
is necessary to the support of life;
but how barren life would be without
them! If we were suddenly deprived
of these things, what could we substi-
tute for them to diferentiate our
lives from those of animals ?+Success
for July.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08
HEARTHsIDE TYRANTs.

Every family has its selfish mem
bers, and it is a wrong thing to en-
courage them in their caprices. There
comes a time in the life of almost
every woman when she has to choose
between a species of slavery and free
dom, and when, if she ever expects to
enjoy any future liberty, she must
hoist the red flag of revolt and make
a fight for her rights. It counts for
nothing that the oppressor is general
ly of her own household and is bliss
fully unconscious of being a tyrant.
One may be bound just as securely
and as fatally with silken cords as
with iron letters, and the fact that
our jailer happens to love,us does not
offer adequate compensation for being
in prison. No amount of gliding ever
made a cage attractive to the poor
wretch within, All of us have sufff-
cient spirit to repel the attacks of the
enemy from without. We are armed
and prepared for them, and their first
act of aggression arouses our fighting
blood, but there is nothing else on
earth that takes so much cool nerve
and determination and courage as to
make a stand against those we love
and whom we dread to wound. The
thought that he will hurt them, or
anger them, makes cowarls of u.s.,
and we keep giving in, and giving in,
to their demands and whims and ca
prices until some fine day we find out
that we have not a vestige Of personal
liberty left, and are nothing more than
bond slaves to the tyrant on our
hearth.-The Presbyterian.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08
AUNT JENNIE.
OLD N IN THE SOUTH.


Dear Aunt Jennie:-I will tell you
of some recollection of before, during,
and after the Civil War. I was born
and raised in a small village of West
ern North Carolina. My grandfather
was from New Hampshire; did not
believe in owning slaves, therefore
there we're no servants in our family
except hired ones. In my mothers
lifetime we had a negro woman to cook
and two negro boys to wait on the
house and attend to us children. All
I can remember of the slave owner
and their slaves is that they were good
masters and mistresses and obedient
servants. We lived door neighbor to
a wealthy slave owner. I cannot re-
member of a single instance of harsh
treatment or disobedience of servants.
What I can remember of those days
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08
The Home Circle.
MIR1AM's SONG. =

(ExnGus Is ,z0)
Sound the loud timbrel DER Egypts
dark seal
Jehovah has triumphed-his people
are free.
Sing-for the pride of the Tyrant is
broken.
His chariots, his horsemen, all
splendid and brave
How vain was their boast, for the Lord
hath but spoken
And chariots and horsemen are sunk
in the a
Sound the loud timbrel DER Egypt's
dark sea;
Jehovah has triumphed-his people
are free.
Praise to the Conqueror, praise to the
Lord. \
His word was an arrow, his breath was
our sword
Who shall return to tell Egypt the
story
Of those she sent forth in the hour
of her pride2
For the Lord hath looked out from the
pillar of glory,
And all her brave thousands are
dashed in the tide.
Sound the loud timbrel DER Egypt's
dark sea,
Jehovah has triumphed-his people
are free.
Thomas Moore.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-08
orE ROUGE OF MoTHERHoon.

A lady in waiting to Queen Alex
andra told a friend a touching little
incident which took place soon after
the death of her son, the Duke of
Clarence. The princess, with her US
ual gentle r~eticence, tried to hide the
grief for her frstborn. It was shown
only in her failing health and in IN
creased tender consideration for all
around her. One day, while walking
with one of her ladies in the quiet
lanes near Sandringham, she met an
old woman weeping bitterly and tot
tering under a load of packages. On
inquiry, it appeared that she was a
carrier, and made her living by shop
ping and doing errands in the market
town for the country people.
"But the weight is too heavy at
your age" said the princess.
eyes. You're right, ma'am. I'll
have to give it up, and if I give it up,
I'll starve. Jack carried them for me
"And where is he now?"
"Jacki He's dead! o, he's dead"
the old woman cried wildly.
The princess, without a word, hur-
ried on, drawing her veil over her face
to hide her tears.
A few days later a neat little cart
with a stout donkey we're brought to
the old carriers door. She now trav-
els with them to and fro, making a
comfortable living, and has never been
told the rank of the friend who has
tried to make her life easier for the
sake of her dead boy.-Chicago Post.
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cluded Chase, Dallas, and Fesseden.
All of these we're coIege-bred men,;
and four of the FIVE were graduates.
Twenty-Five, or so per cent, of the
men who have held the Office of Sec
rotary of War, and eighteen, or so
per cent, >of the Secretaries of the
Navy were college graduates.
The Office of Secretary of the Inte-
rior was not established until 1849;
hence the number of men who have
held it is comparatively small. There
have been in all twenty-one, of which
number eleven, or 1913 per cent, were
college graduates.
The Postmaster General was not
made a cabinet officer until 1889, but
in the following estimate all the men
who have ever held the Office are in
cluded. There have been thirty-eight
of these, of which number twenty, or
52.6 per cent, were college graduates.
1t is singular, unless a college train
ing fits a man for business, that so
many college graduates have been
called to fill this position, which re-
quires high business ability.
Of the forty-fve Attorneys General,
thirty, or 66.66 per cent, we're college
graduates, and 80 per cent college
bred men. Probably no one will deny
that of all the cabinet positions those
of Secretary of State and Attorney
General are the INST difficult to fill. It
is, therefore, a very strong evidence
of the superiority of the graduates
over the non-graduates to find that the
former so far outnumbered the latter
in these important positions.
The superiority of the college grad
nate comes out most clearly in the ap-
pointments of justices of the Supreme
Court. There have been ifty-eight of
these; and of that number, forty, or
nearly SO per cent Of the whole num-
Der, we're graduates. There have been
seven Chief Justices, of whom six, or
85.7 per cent, we're graduates. Of the
eighteen Associate Justices who were
not graduates fourteen we're appoint
ed prior to 1886. I asked an ex-judge
of the Supreme Court, a lawyer of
much ability, to name the most dis
tinguished men among the Associate
Justices. He gave me six names; and
among them was not the name of a
non-graduate. A logical de-
duction from the facts I have stated
is, that the influence of the graduate
our national affairs is on the in
crease. From 1889 to 1841, a period
of ifty-two years, the college grad
yates among the Justices of the Su-
preme Court we're just so per cent of
the whole; from 1841 to 1898, a period
of ffty-seven years, the graduates
form nearly 81 per cent of the whole
number.-John Carleton Jones, in the
Forum Magazine.
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TIE PROPER z

Martha, the colored washerwoman,
was complaining of her husbands
health to one of her patrons The
Christian Register reports the dia-
logue:
"He's ve'y poly, ma'am, ve'y poly.
He's got dat explanatory rheuma-
tism."
"You meal infammatory, Martha.
Explanatory is from exclaim, which
means to cry out"
eyes, miss" answered Martha, with
conviction, "dat's what it is. He hol-
lers all de time"