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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-06
INpEMNIrY 10 eE pgMANDEo.
Steamship Owners VIII Protest to the
United States Government.

Steamship Owners VIII Protest to The
United States Government
New York January , II was announced
today that protest would be sent to Sec
Rotary Hay, complaining Of the treatment
accorded tho Red Line steamer Caracas
NJ la Guayra by the 5lockading powers
Tho Caracas arrived here today and owners
Of tho cargo. which was not discharged N
La Guoyra, declared they would seek TO
Obtain Indemnity through the United States
eoyerument Il f. understood that the con
tention Of the steamship line and the SNIP.
pers ~ the cargo n that the Caracas had
cleAred from this port before tine blockade
had been declared aud should have been
allowed 10 land her cargo az ia Gnagra
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-06
LIBERATED HER LOVER.
Daughter OF an Alabama Sheriff Accused
Of Releasing Prisoners.

Birmingham, Ala, January GA special
to the Birmingham News from oneonta.
Ala, says that, during last night, Miss
Eta Alldredge, daughter OF the sheriff,
liberated two prisoners, Louis Cnriey,
charged with murder and Mayburn Mrr-
phree, sentenced for adultery. Miss All
dredge, It is said, accompanied one OF the
prisoners In his hight, supposed 10 be Muir
phree, who is handsome young man OF
good address. The sheriff was absent on
business last night and his daughter was
IN charge OF the jail keys. Miss Alidredge
Is 20 years old, and very handsome young
woman. Notice Of the jan escape has been
sent 10 all nearby officers aud they are
on the lookout for the escapes and the
girl.
The story OF the JAN delivery and Misa
Alldredge's fight Is Confirmed by a deputy
sheriff. who works for Sheriff Alldredge;
also by the editor OF the oneoDta Dispatch
aud the correspondent of the Birmingham
News. officers are on tho lookout here.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-06
cLAlMEn nE MAs A MITcH.

Alaska indians Sentenceo tor StaNire
Man 70 Death.
Seattle, Wash. January 6-rnited states
Marshai shoup has srrived from yunesu
With three Hoonah Alaska Indians, sen
fenced to four years imprisonment ~ the
United states penitertiary q McNeils Is
whom they claimed 70 be a witch, They
kept Isaac tied 10 a Tree for eve .dayF, the
exposure and huafas raaaisng u e1h data
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-06

tons of every ginning establishment which
has handled any portion Of the growth Of
Ioos.
THE census office Is already perfeeting
plans for more frequent reports in con-
neetion with the crop OF 1908. its plans
contemplate practically monthly report
during ths cotton ginning season Of 1908.
The methods adopted can be gradually ex-
tended and developed, with comparatively
little increase of expense, so as TO include
statistics OF the cotton seed oil industry,
tho acreage annually devoted TO cotton,
the mill tskings and consumption of cot
ton, thus making the reports complete
showing of the production and eonsump-
ton OF domestic cotton"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-06
THE REPORT.

The census bureau report on the cotton
ginned from the 1909 crop, up to and in
Guiding December 81 last, is o,3Tr,s3s
bales, irrespective Of shape or weight, equal
to s,oos,so5, according TO the commercial
counting, The giuners' estimate is 1857
III bales, This is 90. 2 per cent of the
crop.
The report, in part. follows:
Active ginueries reporting.
Cotton gInped TO and including December
81, bales
3 Ginners estimate quantity to be gf.,ned
from this crop. December 81, bgles
4 Chnvasspg agents estimate to December
81, per cent
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
WILLIAMS, BOOM.
II Was Launched by Mr.. Rurleson
OF Texas-

OF Texas.
Special TO The Post)
Washington, January 5.--1he most
prominent article In this mornings
Washington Post was an interview
with Representative BurIeson in
which he criticised the work OF
Minority Leader Richardson; he Faid
that aggressive and active leader.
ship vas needed and launched q
boom for John Sharp Williams Of
Mississippi as leader. In addition to
making several suggestions regard
ing the appointment Of minority
members on committees and as to
the general course Of action Of tho
democrats In the house, the state
ments made by the Texan were very
vigorous and have been generally
discussed.
10 has been rather severely critt-
eised by some Of the oder demo
crats. but many OF tho otnera have
said that they agree With hin, and
have expressed their satisfaction
that some one has tnksa the iaitia-
tive, os Sc Is generally understood
that williams friends win make
nnisn Aght 70 havs him selected as
leader and at present the chances
seem 10 be In his favor.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-06
Bishop Ropert Dead.

Honolulu, Januery Shy racihc eable.) ..
Bishop Gulstan II. Ropert. the head AZ liz
homan Catholic church ID the Hawaiian IL
lands, died late last sight.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

Gladys Deacon, American Beauty and
Heircss, Is In Favor with
English Peer.

Gladys Deacon has been the guestvof
the duke of Norfolk and his sister,
Lady Mary Howard, at Arundel castle.
The invitation extended to the lovely
American girl has been q subject of
much comment in London, as the
duke is one of the most reserved of
men and has no liking for the new and
rich who year after year get q firmer
footing in London society.
Since the death OF the duchess six
teen years ago the duke has lived al
most the life of a monk except when
official duties at court compelled him
to appear In public. Moreover, the
duke is not lover of young people
and seldom is seen speaking to the
young girls of society.
That Miss Deacon has been down to
Arundel by the dukes special invita-
tion has. of course, given rise to
rumor. and 1t is suggested that Miss
Deacon being Roman Catholic and
the duke Catholic leader. and being
anxious for a direct heir TO his duke
dom, the bright American girl might
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oNcT ON A TIME.

When night gifts round an supper's ate,
Dad lights his pipe fer smokin'.
An gifts tn newspaper an seq
To me. kinder jokin':
"Now. Bub, I'll take yer wool of less
You hurry up those slippers"
(He knows he cou'd'n. cause it's took
Already with tn clippers)
An then he sets an smokes an reads,
An mother sets a-sewin'.
A-makin' cio'es fer sister-sprise
You how that kid Is CROWN.
An I jes' scrter wait aroun.
A-hopin dads most through II,
Cause then he'll tell me bout TIL tale
It's got giant TO II.
'sThey amt no news but polykits."
Bimeby dad seq a-yawnin',
"An' John Smiths paintin' of his fenct.
An Green's put up an awnin';'
30 then I climb up on his knee,
An he sez: You young urchin,"
An rubs his whiskers 'gainst my face.
An thinks ! need a birchin'-
ssBut. wal" he sex. ''onct on time
Was Jack tn Giant Killer
And tells about tn dreffiest things,
r jes' plumb skeer q feller:
~ row Jack sworded on their head.
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In haste. guilt is written in his face and
In hers. In madness, he denounces her.
She meets his reproach in open-eyed in
nocence as one misunderstood. She
uses her dimples well, her dimples and
her wide blue eyes and her bushes.
Bah! they sicken me. They are but
sleeps clothing. Well, he gives her a
divorce. Society is not SO shocked, for
society is used to these things" He
shrugged his shoulders and lighted an
other cigar
Society" she murmured. half aloud.
"And she marries the other man." he
continues. his voice hard and metallic.
"and she goes on dimpling and blush
ing. while the new husband loves and
humors and pets and. / suppose, trusts
her,
"And the first husband ?" ventured the
listener.
"He? Oh. he smokes cigars on summer
hotel verandas and wonders il 1t ever
comes back to her, that first party"
She sighed.
He pulled at his cigar, looking out TO
the water, where a tiny light moved up
and down with the motion of a yacht.
harbor bound. Presently she spoke, her
eyes. too, on the swaying light
"A girl is born and her first dream is
Of doll. Later the dream children CT
her future fill her brain. She names
them: she sees their curls, brown and
golden. They are sweet realities in her
fancy. Still later she begins to dream of
the Prince who is to come: her noble
Prince who is to love her forever. Oh.
how she loves the Prince! long, long,
before his coming. Then. one night she
goes to her first party. radiantly happy;
her heartbeats quicken with the Joy of
living, of feeling admiring eyes upon
her. The freshness. the newness, the
wonder of 1t all. dazzle her. She has
crossed the border into fairyland out
OF which the Prince Is to come. She
waits; someone comes-she was expect
Ing the Prince-this must be he."
The light on the mast of the distant
boat had disappeared. and she was lean
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
REGARDING THE HAIR.
Proper Care Of II II = TbiIet 13uty
which hut Few women Seem
to Have Mastered.

Next in Importance 10 the complexion
in effect upon a woman's looks is her
hair. AS in the case of the complexion.
1t lies largely with its owner as to
whether it shall be attractive or un-
pleasing In appearance. This is not the
view held by numbers of women They
think they have been born with hair Of
this or that character, and that they can
not hope to change 1t. II 1t Is curly they
rejoice; If 1t is straight and stiff they
deplore; but they do not think they can
get the better of nature So. too, with
the women Of sparse locks. They mourn
over the stinginess of nature in this re-
gard, but 1t does not occur to many OF
them to take simple measures for im-.
proving the quantity of their hair.
Many girl who has sleepily and re-
luctantly given her hair the prescribed
hundred strokes every night before go-
ing to bed would have rejoiced to know
that 1t was one of the worst things she
could do for her head Where that bair-
brushing theory originated 1t is hard to
tell, but every woman has heard 1t. and
nearly every woman has been foolish
enough to do 1t at some time or another
in the course of her life.
The Office of the hair brush Is to re-
move dust from the surface of the hair.
to stroke down and smooth the snarls
and to distribute through the hair the
natural oil that should be spread from
the scalp.
Instead of doing this most women be-
labor their heads with the brush. drag
ging out and breaking of hairs in clus-
ters, irritating the scalp and injuring the
roots of the hair. Watch the average
woman brush the hair, and see the yigor
she puts into it. She is not satisfied
with the brushing of the hair alone. but
goes to the scalp, and brushes this as
though it were surface Of metal in
stead of being skin filed with network
of fine nerves. 1t is altogether possible
that she uses wire hair brush as an In
strumert of torture. thereby cutting on
many hairs that the ordinary bristles
would spare.
So far as keeping the hair and scalp
clean, the best Of women are as likely
as not to be sinners. Ihave known wom-
en-. tidy in other respects, who did not
wash the hair once in six months.
have known of children IL to IA years old
who could not recollect ever having been
told of the necessity of shampooing the
hair. Their mothers kept the dandruff
from accumulating by means Of fine
como! The women who do recognize
the possibility that the hair occasional
ly needs to be washed as much as any
other part of the body very often employ
agents that are almost as bad as neglect
would be. Women wash their hair with
baking soda. with borax, with ammonia.
with potash, with soaps of different
kinds, with alcohol, with almost any
lotion that is recommended by equally
ignorant friends. These preparations
are used also with total disregard OF
the proportions In which any one OF
them should be added to the water for
shampooing. or of the character Of the
hair or scalp to which they are applied
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
The slaughter Goe. on.

The rate at which our railroads are
killing and manning people continues
steadily to Increase. According to the
report of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission on railroad accidents in the
United States. within the three months
ending March 81 last, 300 people were
killed and 1884 injured In train acct
dents. Other kinds of accidents, includ-
Ing those sustained by employees while
at work. run up the total casualties to
S27 killed and 11,4S1 injured. That these
accidents cannot be put down entirely
to the fault of the passengers. and en-
ployes themselves is shown by the fact
that during the quarter under consid-
Grafton 1850 trains we're in collision
and 1,1S1 trains were derailed. .-Scien-
tific American.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31

daffodil-yellow. This shelf, 1t should
be noticed, does not run straight
around the walls, but is fashioned with
bracket-like projections, on which
jugs, vases and such like may stand.
The wall below is spaced out with
''slats," such as panels filed with
Fabrikona or some other coarse can
vas, which in this instance I, imagine
to be OF soft gray-green. The stats
and holdings may be painted to match
the green, may be white or in dull
unvarrishec oak. II water colors
tinted engravings. silhouettes or small
pictures of any kind have to be taken
into account. the canvas left perfectly
plain forms a charming background:
II china alone forms the ornaments
ton, simple stenciled design in tones
Of brown and oliye-green. With perhars
a touch of warm Indian red. might be
introduced in each panel with excel
lent effect In any case, the china II
we'll grouped, even though not of the
rarest (though the more uncommon
the better, will have fulfilled an en-
tirely satisfactory purpose, consider
ably more pleasing and artistic than
that to which odds and ends" are rel
egated--the inconsequeBt adornment
Of the spare room, that universal
snapper UP Of unconsideted trifles."--
The Queen (London).
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have chance one day OF wearing q
coronet with strawberry leaves. The
duke is a great scholar. Miss Deacon
is an exceptionally clever young wom-
an, well read ana brilliant conver-
sationalist.
Writing in a recent number of M. A.
P. (Mairly About Pcople) 7. P. O'Con-
ner says under the heading: Two
American Beauties"
THE Miss Deacons have arrived in
London for the season. Once again
America has given its beauty and
charm to the old world.
Miss Gladys Deacon made her first
appearance In England about two
years ago and was chaperoned by Mrs.
Arthur Paget and by the duchess of
Marlborough. Her friendship with the
latter dates from 1895, when she acted
as one Of the duchess child brides
maids in the memorable wedding. In
New York. This youthful intimacy
was maintained. and Miss Deacon
formed one of brilliant house party
a. DiCnHCiuu w It'll tQ0 OcxludH t,IOWu
prince was the guest of the occasion
Her style of beauty is fair. blue-eyed
and radiant, she has rose-leaf COM
plexion, sunny hair and the sweetest
of smiles. She has been educated on
the continent and spent some years in
a French convent AS consequence
she is a good linguist. cosmopolitan
and thoroughly up to date.
For a girl in smart society she is
simple DRESSER wears few jewels and
prefers girlish gowns of crepe. muslin
or chiffon. Her portrait has been
painted by Whistler and by several
other noted artists in London and
Paris
THE younger Miss Deacon Is almost
as beautiful as her sister. but In an en-
tirely different style. She is taller.
darker, more stately and much more
sedate. Her school days have been
passed in Berlin
These two lovely Americans ap-
peared at Mrs. Adair's recent fancy
dress ball. one dressed as Greek
maiden and the other as Primavera
after Botticelli's famous picture"
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
CIDER VINEGAR.
The Only Kind That II Pure and Alb.
solutely Safe for House,
hold Use.

Old-fashi0ned cider vinegar that used
to be made from hard cider A long row
of cider barrels, in well-ventilated cell
lar.
First. the cider is sweet, very palatable
and much used as beverage by farmers.
and is even sold in some saloons
Afterwards, the cider becomes hard.
In olden times it was still used as bev-
erage by the New Englander, who was
perfectly innocent OF any suspicion that
it was an intoxicating beverage. The
next change which happened to the cider
was when it turned into vinegar This
was the sort OF vingar our forefathers
used. This is the only vinegar that ia
absolutely safe to use, says Medical Talk
for the Home.
The present method of making spirit
vinegar has great many liabilities, A
low proof solution of alcohol is passed
over beech shavings or birch twigs that
have been soaked in the mother of vim
egar or vinegar essence This very
quickly converts the alcohol into vine-
gar. Sometimes sulphuric acid is add
ed, and even hydrochloric acid.
The addition of any acid renders the
vinegar very liable to dissolve any metal
with which it comes in contact, copper.
tin, brass. bismuth. mercury or zinc.
Vinegar that contains the slightest trace
of any one of these minerals is apt to
be the cause of slow poison, sometimes
fatal poison.
The only safe vinegar to use is the
old-fashioned vinegar. In order to be
quite sure that it is genuine it should
be procured, if possible, direct from the
farmer who makes the cider and allows
It to sour. During the past temperance
crusades great discouragement was
raised against the manufacture of cider
by farmers. Cider was unIer the ban of
the temperance classes because of its
supposed damage to the good morals
of the people. This has resulted in a
great falling OF in the product of vine
gar by the farmers. and has encouraged
the manufacture of cheap and artificial
vinegars, which are very deleterious.
and sometimes absolutely poisonous.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
MOSQUITOES IN NEW JERSEY.
tngufsh the Pests. But They
Multiply and Thrive.

Science, so far as the determination
of mosquitoes is concerned, has received
severe blow in South Orange, N. j., q
little but very aristocratic and select
village. The home of millionaires, II
was not to be supposed that it would
be permitted that their comfort and re-
pose should be interfered with by SC
common thing as a mosquito, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser. Con-
sequently last year it was determined to
exterminate and forever prevent the
multiplication of the strenuous little
pest.
A mosquito committee was appointed,
consisting of scientists, reformers and
members of the First Presbyterian
church, the last being the original re-
ligious home of all that is good in South
Orange. The committee promptly got
to work, and, having secured the nec-
essary money, they laid in supply OF
crude oil and proceeded to have all cess
pools, ponds and streams well deluged
Herewith. The work made the hitherto
fragrant village smell in spots very
much like section of Bayonne or Hun.
ters Point, but the committee asserted
that the village was free from mos.
quitoes last summer. On this point there
was a conflict of opinion. There Is nc
conflict of opinion, however, on the
question this summer. The committee
is humbled to the dust
Never before in the memory Of the
Oldest inhabitant-and there are some
pretty aged ones in this village-wert
there so many mosquitoes here as there
are this summer. Where there was one
years ago there are millions now, &C.
cording to the most veracious citizens
Not only have they apparently been In.
creased In number by the liberal sprin.
king of crude oil on the waters anc
marshes, but they have seemingly sc
thrived on the diet provided for Their
determination that they have waxed fat
grown larger In size and more brutally
voracious in their habits. Were South
Orange not a law-abiding community
1t is difficult to say what might not be
the fate of the mosquito committee.
AhO PioSuO 10 Ou, uOWcNcE, anu t0t
only persons who are deriving any bene-
fit from 1t are the owners of drug stores
The supply of joss sticks has given out
and the druggists are kept busy selling
pennyroyal, oil of tar and citronella oil
for people to annoint themselves with be.
fore retiring, so as to get some sleep. Ir
some stores the supply is exhausted. II
is impossible to sit out of doors and ever
In church devout worship is almost out
OF the question. The buzz of the mos.
quitoes almost browns the choirs.
There is another and perhaps more
serious feature connected with the at.
tempt of the committee to suppress the
mosquitoes and which may result In
someone having to pay damages for one
OF the results of their good intentions
1t seems that cows which have drunk OF
the oil-sprayed streams or ponds have
proved more vulnerable than the mos
quitoes. At least one COW has died, it Is
said, as result thereof, and the milh
OF other cows is favored with the OF
and is unstable. On the whole, there |
fore, the mosquito committee is comins |
In for a good deal of unfavorable criti |
cism and not little chaff.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
ARTISTIC DECORATION.


The illustration suggests an artistic
and completely satisfactory >arrange-
ment for turning miscellaneous COL
lection of china to eminently decora-
tive account. Supposing the plates.
jugs and bric-a-brac here shown TO be
Of varied and strong coloring-or In
deed, II they were Of blue color or
any other uniform tone-a plain black
ground is necessary to give them their
fullest value. Accordingly they are
ranged upon narrow shelf. placed at
the height Of an ordinary picture-rail
below frieze distempercd q pale
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-10-31
When the Prince
Came
By ANNIE SHANNON MONROE
lcopyrlsh., ,ses, b. Dang story rus. co.,

LIE had strolled to the farther end OF
the veranda, found a secluded seat
and lighted cigar For a moment he
looked back on the scene of warmth
and beauty he had just quilted, then,
Struggling his shoulders, turned coldly
from it, and tried to penetrate the deep
darkness that hid the placid waters of
the lake.
Presently he leaned forward to shake
free the cigar ash. and discovered her
sitting on the top step of the porch, half
hidden from view by the vines. He re-
called having seen her during the past
few days-a new guest at the hotel--and
she seemed to be alone. Now, with the
freedom of the summer time he spoke;
not that she interested him. but she was
alone
mot dancing?"
mo, not dancing" she answered. Her
words and manner showed an indiffer-
ence equal to his own.
II was thinking" volunteered she, "of
my first party"
+ "And l." he said, was also thinking
Of young girls first party-a girl
knew once" He puffed at his cigar.
She leaned wearily back against the
vine clad pillar, her slender hands
clasped about her knee.
"a man is born," he unused, "and
strafghtway he begins to work. The CEN
trail thread of his life-loom Is to make
money, to have home of his own, and
some day marry a sweet-faced girl
whose hair falls away from her temples,
softly, as does his mothers. That is
all he asks" He paused moment and
plucked viciously at the leaves On the
vine.
And them" she asks.
"One night he meets her. II is her first
party. She is young and innocent and,
he feels instinctively, good. Her hair
curls softly. .dimples hide in her cheek
to peep out when she laughs; the
bushes come easily. He woos her, wins
her, marries her. He is sublimely hap
py. One day he arrives home unexpect-
edly. A man-his best friend-leaves