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


JOHN p. BROWN Of Chicago. Ill.,. arrived
In Houston last night from California. Mr..
I Brown Ia the secretary ana treasurer Of the
international Society Of Arborculture Of
which the late j. Sterling Morton WAS the
/ arst president and was The executive head
M the time Of his death ''rhis society is
| doing a practical aud much needed work
/ throughout the entire country" said MIR
| hroNu TO q Post reporter Pre- emiuenuy
| lag object has been TO present the real situ-
alton u regard TO timber supply 60 the
| great railways. aud urge them TO provide
timber tor crosstles ami lumber ScorV
or more OF the RAILWAYS have begun the
( planting ot catRlpa specosa Tor The pur-
pose through the effort of this society,
/ only laet spring the luucis Central plant
od iloOOo " thc5c trees at HQrRhau,
/ eight miles north OF Sew Orleans. of witch
I work had charge rcxns is a great hcld
I FOR this work, Climate, soil, long growing
/ season and cheap lands IN abundance make
/ Texas I'm an PROBABILITIES the best location
/ iu the United states tur forest planting.
/ '1i1lpR trees near New Orleans that we're
/ plated eleven years ago are new seventy
/ h'n Inches Ia sirth, q most wonderful wood
increase These viii make a dozen cross.
/ ties each A thousand acres az such timber
1 would pc worth million dollars All the
I NRY trum Sau Antonio 10 the east line nc
] i'|' N'Nl' rs HNlitn 10 tHAhlHN AIhNlNA ne
/ rucaiy ptus or Australian gum tree. which lie
/ 200 extensively grown I'm California. win sue
Good perfectly tu UeNaH II is OF CatrNWely
rapid growth and is the equal ut hickory
I iur work, II would pay Well tp plant
eucalyptus Tor fncl, snd as an ornamental
/ tree Il has few suporiora Tho Magazine
/ Arhprlrulturc has procured quantity NJ
eucalyptus seed from New zealand nud
! VIII distrihut" n grotuitously 10 subscribers
/ w The south II not bripg hardy p ihe
T r.,t.f h..-, 4ff
/ forcsts make II imperative that rcos be
planted quickly 20 take tho place ot those
being manufactured. II VIII pay every
/ turmcr I'm the South to plRnt either or both
/ W these trees OAK pine and other timber
trees grow 90 slowly II would not ho econ
omy IS" plant them, put these trees arc
! "t rapid growth and very valuable. Cata'pa
t'mher lasts century,
"GLINrs FROM TIRE anvil whore
/ Thought strikes Are, Ia what the visitor at
1 talodonlun Halt Ia treated 10 every sunday
| night" said one OF Hoastons scholars 10
Post reporter yesterday. Metaphysical,
as these teachings must necessarily be, II
/ became q matter Of more than passing In
tercSt 70 hear eXpurudcd, plainly aud clear.
( ly such Ano points as the difference" be.
| tween facts which may be recognized log
/ lcauy thurman logically, or theologicNiy
/ TODD logically. That there IL distinction
/ without REAL difference SIS apparent when
/ the general conception or dennluoO OF words
! In common use ts subjected to the crucial
/ HualysiA necdtm In revealing the essence
I ~ their embodied thought The theologmn
( mRy hold In the broad generalization thnt
( Cod being a mystery, conclusions orH per
mlsSihc for which sbought analysts can
I furnish no expressed reason, L. e.. that the
I lunuttc Is NOT intended to be understood 10y
the ante Yet just here 10 whore the thco'
! loglhn and the mctaphN siciau really meet
! ON common ground save that the latter
/ holds ingsmueh aa al must oe natural or
/ logical when viewed from the higher pianos
[ OF thought ard understanding, the right
| cons enerclRe OF reason or logic VIII dlssl-
/ pate the cpNeloplng mystery; which, yNulsl'
Ing leaves, IN It's stead knowledge that Is
power, ana az the same time reducihle to
such laws as human Intelligence can grasp;
nud grWspug, behold! that metaphysi Tor
witch uO creation ErobnS This 10 is for
tho huitc 20 he lost ia the unuitc for the
durkuess to disappear ia the blazing ighti
/ for SORROW TO Doe displaced with JOY and Tor
( death 20 ne swallowed mn la that NE which
I Is victor over h, truth every inspired
teacher visiting the dbudc ~ WnrtalS has
sought 10 mstlll into the fomting lives OF
mvu aud women,
l,R A. G. WILKINS ~ Icunngs La,
| was "a visitor to Houston yesterday, and
I registered at the lurc, nr wnkins is
+ largely Interested IA thc jennings OIL neid.
/ Nhi,h has reached immense proportions.
1 The discovery ot OH al JcRniuE~,' said
! mr. wilkins 20 Pest reporter. was a
mere accident wa one ~ the promoters
I ~ the erst we'll ppt down a. the place
/ uzmsa and an who hsd ppt any money
| into tho enterprise Vers very much dis
hoarteucd before 90 wss onsuy struck
! spd we're about 20 shandon enc property
/ ms, before the actNsl discover VS. made
1 we had nut down about 500 feet - rips
] Without any EeSnltA beinK obtained. and