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HOUSTON TEXAS MONDAY...
; ' Rumbling of RaH way Labor Disputes '
'" MOtk toan try wide railway labor dispute la its .beginning. It the present
' preliminary spanHjg eau anything we ue reminded again that ther la
lUM aide to a transporutioa tabor dispute the third and usually forgotten
tid being the pobHc itselt t
At this Stage of the controversy wt are being regaled with the charge and
couiter-charges Incident to such warfare. And in the meantime the gov-
ernment Is being Invited tnto the controversy by one aide.
But soma things nav been nUi reasonably clear. When the wage do-
'"snands of the men were last adjusted the increase and more was promptly
jaaeed on to the public.
.? : The railway manager said at the time tky had no objection to raising
rib gay if they could be permitted to increase rates. And accordingly the
Zfngm and the rates went up.
V;- It la seen now what ought to hare been apparent all .the time vis. that
vtoHs aaajr be fixed so high as to discourage traffic and curtail revenues. The
finlgh rates have been followed by decreased tonnage and passenger traffic
Tfritfc tho result that the roads are not prospering.
The managers have boon attempting to meet the situation by reducing
operating and' shop expenses hut that is not solving the problem. Freight
""taut passenger rates are above the point where revenue can bo sustained at
; Us maximum.
- - It ia not exactly a shippers' or a travelers' strike but the rates are
Tat It level where they are affecting prices to the point of constituting a
'Tftetraint upon trade and are thus reacting upon the transportation lines.
; I Commercial travelers many of them are making their rounds in auto-
Mobiles. Shippers are using trucks for short hauls. Freights are absorbing
Croat a percentage ot the selling price of perishable fruits apd vege-
tables that the producers can not prosper and they are curtailing pcoduc-
"tion. which means'curtailing tonnage.
hi this situation the railroad problem goes right back to the managers
' and the workers. The public refuses to pay more and ought to refuse to
t; pay more. Indeed the public is demanding reductions and reduction seems
-4o ho the logical solution of the present difficulty.
If as the railway workers say the managers are operating their prop-
. titties wastefully and recklessly and for the purpose of forcing a reduc-
tion of wages that matter ought to be promptly investigated. It as the
.managers assert the present system fosters Inefficiency then the system
Jpught to be changed. As for railroad wages they must respond to inexor-
. able natural law as everything else does.
It the cost -of living shoujd fall to the level- of 1914 it's not there yet
Tmlnd you the workers could not reasonably refuse a revision of wage
V scales unless they bold that all other workers must suffer reductions just
-Jo give extraordinary favors to one class. For mind you the war wages
- that remain at present levels as prices fall are increasing in a most material
"sense since buying power is the ultimate test of wages.
i.L Tno people are taking a keen interest in the controversy and It is well
enough for managers and workers to understand that the people are not
"going to stand another raise; on the contrary they are conscious of con-
trictlng processes at work in their own earnings and they expect the re-
adjustment to reach ra'iways and railway workers as well as themselves.
Early Morning bbservationa
' ; ty George) M. Bailey. " ' j
Governor McRae of Arkaatat signalised the new
law allowing women to hold office by appointing four
women as notaries public. 'The governor will have
to do better than thatw The eaMlumentaVatttctimears
of public office are sot distasteful to women. Aa of
fice Without pay in ill right in society but u pontics
women as well at the need something for carfare
and hutch. . . ; . .
The bother about the .army question is doe' to the
circumstance .that u time of peace we can scarcely
manage- te keep 10000 busy so little do we need
them while in time of war we need 5000000 en an
extremely urgent job
A Kansas City jury prayed in a murder case the
foremaa claimed to have a virion And the defendant
was acquitted on the strength of t$e vision. Some
strange things happen ia Kansas City and both aides
of the river. - r ?.
The violet fringe of the verdant" awards in Hous
ton and the inexpressibly saucy little pannes that
riot in their warm tunny beds have tended to -con
trovert the prophecy of the ground- hog last Tuesday.
But -we still tremble for the peach crop and will not
take 'em off.
A Florida woman had to go to a hospital as a re
sult of the bite of a rrdbug. The dear little redbugs
we know in Texas are not such voracious wild beasts.
Compared with those Florida pests they are simply
delightful
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For the present the allies do not seem disposed to
let Germany play with even a beanshooter.
"How many prohibitionist asks the inquisitive
subscriber of Wharton "deep down in their hearts
would really like to see whisky return? We do
not think any would deep down in their hearts ; but
deep down in their stomachs some of 'em are a little
wobbly.
The nations wilt probably be glad to assemble for
a - disarmament talk but not removing their hands
from their guns thank you.
Patriotism.' said Samuel Johnson "is the last
refuge of a-Scoundrel." But the legal technicality
of American criminal jurisprudence hadn't Wen de-
veloped then.
Limiting Student Bodies
- In planning to restrict the student body of Princeton university to a cer-
jfrln limit next year officials of that Institution are revealing a condition
Vthat has come to be general among the higher- educational Institutions of
r the country. The number of students has outgrown the facilities for ac-
"'commodating them to such an extent that the alternative Is to turn nun
drds away or to erect new buildings and revise methods of instruction.
X Since the war there has been an unprecedented rush to the colleges by.
.Vyoung men and women. There are several reasons for this movement
' ..One is that many of those who went into the military service during the
mar returned to their studies after the armistice supplementing the army
of new students who had just arrived from the high schools. The pros-
' . perious economic conditions which enabled thousands to attend the higher
juJnatitutions who would net hsve had the opportunity in normal times also
Increased attendance. Also the growing recognition of the value of college
education and the larger number of women entering higher institutions
"f'liave been factors in overrunning the colleges with students the fast two
a.?-
. Denominational educational board reports tell ot hundreds being turned
'"away for lack of room last fall. If accommodations had been available
many colleges in Texas would have had almost double their normal capacity
"for students.
77 Dr. Hibben explains that the curtailment in enrollment at Princeton is
; J line to lack of room and he cites figures to prove the overcrowded condi
tion.
But it has been suggested by others that all college might do welj to
' l!mit student bodies by the process of selection eliminating that class of
tudents who did not seem especially adapted for. college training and
- "Which might fare better if trained along other lines. Perhaps there is
tjKmething in this if it could be applied practically. This idea may be the
-beginning of a new practice !n higher education although It appears some-
- frhat at variance with the generally accepted view that a college education
.is desirable for everyone with ordinary mental equipment.
What is more likely to occur is that the majority of colleges instead
l limiting their student bodies will undertake to meet the demand for
J. higher education from the people by seeking larger endowments and addi-
tkmal eouinment. The denominational institutions particularly that are
cregarded as important factors In the upbuilding and expansion of denoml
"'national interests will probably exhaust every resource to enlarge their
' facilities before trying the plan xf limiting attendance for any other reason
than lack of room or proven Incapacity to learn.
The challenge of the new Interest in higher education will be met by
determined efforts to adequately provide colleges and universities with
-buildings and faculties.
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Illiteracy a National Problem
. rne nouse committee on education makes a report whicn disproves trie
" '"hncient theory that illiteracy in America Is sectional. "The ignorant South''
- as critics sometimes refer to this part ot the country makes a com para
?4ively good showing; The larger Southern States have an actually smaller
"J'umber of illiterates than have the larger Northern States. The percentage
of illiterates runs higher in the South but the figures make it very plain
-illiteracy is a national problem not the problem of any section of the
- jutlon.
-"4 Thus. while Alabama has 352000 Illiterates Pennsylvania has 354000;
.While Georgia has 389000 New York has 400000; Mississippi with its pre-
dominant negro population has 290000 while Illinois has 168.000 and Massa-
chusetts has 141000. Texajs the largest of the Southern States by far has
1 1 tho smallest number of illiterates in the Southern group.
. . . The further statistics showing that there are 1000000 more white 11 lit
era tee than negroes are of little consequence as the negroes are so greatly
. -outnumbered by the whites other than to show that the negroes have no
. jnonopoiy on ignorance of letters.
"' And speaking ot the relative illiteracy among negroes in the South and
whites in the North the Birmingham Age-Herald brings out the thought that
'tho unlettered Southern negro is not as great a menace as the average illit-
erate in the North and East for the reason that the negro even though un-
- "able to read or write is well grounded in Americanism and la loyal to the
' Country while perhaps the majority of illiterates In other sections' are for-
signers who know little of the country and have little of the American
' spirit thereby being more susceptible to dangerous influences.
This is not a defense of illiteracy among the negroes but it ia a fact that
should not be overlooked in considering the results of illiteracy In the va-
Mrtous sections.
' --- But the sectional question should not enter Into the matter of wiping
. out tho menace of Illiteracy it la a question for every community for every
ftati and for the nation to consider jointly. The Immediate task of our
- educational leaders Is to devise means for getting every child within school
-i-e In America Into the schools and to supplement the day schools with
r'ht nchoola which will open tho door of literacy to grown people. '
It is beginning to look like the government will
have to pay somebody millions to take over the Hog
Island shipyard which cost the government $140.-
000000.
An Arkansas banker declares that the financial
and commercial depression is at an end. But he evi-
dently hasn't been drinking the kind that is being
Bootlegged in thii vicinity.
We suppose Milwaukee Cincinnati. St. Louis and
Jersey City never expect to see another shadowless
ground hog day.
It is said the allies are still hoping that the United
Mates will wipe off some debts. "Hope springs
eternal ia the human brvSst man never is but always
0 be blest." Nothing doing boys we're too much
oser.
The Baltimore American says now that "Congress
Is Facing Great Jam." W loppose the "jam" fol
lows the pork.
Will Hays' plan to reorganize the Southern re
publicans will fait unless he can arrange for the
creation of a new and numerous batch of offices.
Congressmaid Robertson of Oklahoma declares she
against the blue laws and will support anything
the American legion wants. They never get too old
to bive a Soldier. The ex il ever to a SOldiir kind"
ote pope. 1 f. u
Wayne Wheeler says the booie wjll all be goal in
another year. And if he believes it? Well faith
like that ought to move mountains.
Scene. Chicago divorce court. Time last Tuesday.
Dramatis persona wife who posed - nude in the
altogether; irate husband ripping and snorting. She :
I posed for art's sake. I'art pour 1'art. don't you krTow.
He : She posed for the artist's sake.' The iinx won.
St. Louis announces that there will be no raort
whisky withdrawals in Missouri. Taking steps to
keep any of it from getting over into Illinois Iowa
Kansas. . Nebraska. Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee
and Kentuckv eh?
Oh. well don't be too hard on your legislators and
congressman. Just remember how hard it is for you
to be sensible yourself.
Tescs Historical Centennial
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By
C n. Wharton..
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' Fiom Nacogdoches to San Antonio Is not so far
ia the Pullman days but it was Quite a journey toe
years ago- - - : " t p
Austin' and Seauin. along with their litdev party
left Nacogdoches on July st following ' the old Saa
Antoftl road. They applied themselves with" ttt
by killing deer and buffalo as they went along. v
' . t)B Sunday August laT (hey reached the Guadalupe
where -'they went into camp and a messenger from
Saa Antonio met them there bringing news of the
independence of Mexico t There were 1$ ot Vie
Spaniards Ja the party and they received this in-
formation with manifestations of great joy. .
""The party arrived at San Antonio three weeks After
leaving' Nacogdoches and considered that the journey
had beets made ia a very reasonable time. ' . .
Old Sail Antonio the most4 interesting city in Texas
and rich ..with rare traditions dear to the student "of
history had its beginnings' more than 100 years!
before "the' advent of the Austins and had been toe
most important place in Texas during the last cesf-
tury." The chain of missions now in ruins which
one yet sees along the river are evidence of the
IWiic enons 01 3 pain 10 cvangeiiac auu (
north of the Rio Grande. AuUrbrities vary as to the
populaticga'of San Antonio at this time but .from
the best information obtainable the' population varied
(bout an much as thd reports that we now get. It was
a floating and more or less transient populace and va
ried from jooo to 5000 people. A few years before.
Colonel Zebulon M. Pike of the United States army
had come through Texas charged with a mission from
President lefferson and he gives a very interesting ac
count of his short visit in San Antonio where he rV
ports having met some very refined and cultured Span-
ish people. For the most part the inhabitants dwelt in
miserable booses with mud walls and grass thatched
roofs.' During the more than two centuries which had
preceded the Spanish title to Texas had been in much
doubt and the policy of rigid exclusion which bad
prevailed was due to the fear that either French or
English explorers would traverse the country and lay
claim to hY Spain was very much in the position of
a roan' who claims a tract of land with a doubt (id
title and who is drpendingupon his possession alone
to supply tie .defects in his title.
When tt was evident that the Spanish missions
would fail the whole -colonization scheme seen) to
have beenr abandoned. ''.; -
In 1730 nearlyNToo years before the thne about
which we. write the .Spanish government made an f
fort to transplant people from its island colonies to
Texas and actually brought fifteen families from the
Canary Islands who were permanently located in San
Antonio. This plan was not carried further because
of the STeat cost of transplanting these people. The
feeble and futile efforts of Spain to. reclaim and col
onire this vast territory are shown in remarkable
contrast when we contemplate that it was just 14
years from the time that Stephen Austin first rode
into Saw Antonio in August 1821 until he led the
patriot army of 1835 which drove the Mexicans out
of that city. Austin and his American colonists did
far more for Texas in the first five years than had
been accomplished' by Spain and the Spaniards during
more than two centuries. Austin remained in. SaB
Antonio from August i to the August 21 iu con-
ference with the local authorities.
Martinet who had been governor in December
when Meses Austin was in San Antonio was still
governor in August when Stephen reached there.
While it was generaly recogniied that Mexico had
become independent yet the actual transfer of au-
thority did not occur until Iturbide made his entrance
into the City of Mexico in September following. Aus-
tin and Governor Martinei concluded such details as
they thought essential and Austin left San Antonio
oa August J to explore the Colorado-Braios country.
I: s none other than Ernestine Schumann-Heink
herself who is here tonight. Never mind where she
was born ; she is an American ; she had sons who
fought in our army ; she is a great artist ; she sings
like a herald angel. If you love art you can't afford
to miss Mme. Schumann-Heink.
We have discovered another enemy for ffllow-re-
tormers to save us from since our very existence is
threatened. Unless pig knuckles and sauerkraut are
prohibited we are a goner.
Anyay if the cabinet prognostications amount to
anything the South out of the fine and thoughtful
consideration of Mr. Harding will not be burdened
with any of the perplexities of his administration.
Mr. Harding's experience since November 2 re
minds us that in all probability next to the fate of
Lincoln the tyranny of presidency is about the most
terrific price one must pay for ambition's triumphs.
Raw sugar is falling in Cuba. But Cuba was So
nasty in the day of her arrogance and prosperity that
she'll have to squall louder and louder before our
sympathies stir. '
The funny part of it was just the next week after
her $30000 diamond robbery Toledo entertained the
State convention of the Ohio Plumbers' association a
republican organization of some sort.
Of course the' work situation is bad but still a
man might pick up a shovel or something and go
about something in Texas even without being lynched
Of coarse if the congressional seed we turned
over to tqe school children do not come. up we shall
lay the blame upon a republican congress for playing
such a prank on them. If they do come up elf
they may remember us Tf we ever run for justice of
the peace by voting against us solidly.
Some Postscripts
Sausage casings have been invented which are made
of wood pulp cellulose.
An aerial mail service to carry "overseas letters
arriving at Cape Town to three other eifies in South
Africa is planned.
A woman is the patentee of a cook book in which
each recipe is illustrated by pictures of the ingre-
dients to be used.
An electro-magnetic instrument has 'been -in
vented by a French scientist to test a person's mem-
ory and power of attention.
Australians are experimenting with a mammoth
oil driven harvester which strips grain fields at a
fate of about 60 acres a day.
An extra long j.lug has been invented for.inser-
tion in electric ght sockets carrying shades too
small to admit a! person's hand.
Simple enough for a blind- workman to operate
safely is a French inventor's machine for rapidly
trimming the bristles of brushes. - "
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Over Sea For a King's Cup
; From the S'nc York World.)
Albert M Belgium a knightly champion cf his
poople. ia he world war makes himself a royal figure
in wbrlff gneft with his. offer of a hoIJ cup for a
transatlantic race ODen to vatchsmen of all lands;
For the last previous over-ocean nice sailed in 1905.
the German kaiser presented a cup which proved to
lie of pewter and which was melted down for bullets
during the war. Belgium lives still and the trophy
offered by hy sovereign is of true metal.
Previous transatlantic races have been tour in i860
1870 1S87 and 1905. Reminiscences wiii be now in
order of how James Gordon Bennett's Henrietta beat
Vesta nnd Fleetwing to the Needles in the first of
these cont.fts; how the American Dauntless lost out
in tht next two events first against the British
Cambria and then against Coronet ; how the Amen
can vacht Atlantic outsailed fen rivals for the
kaiser's pewter. To spice the speculation till July
a. nrOBOSxi date of thi years strucule. there are the
records of many small boats including America's cjp
ehallciijrers that nr. v - crossed under their 0 n can
V3S.
Own to the world free of all handicaos. huild
in? restrictions an3 tnhnical triflings King Alberts
race should be the giant sporting event of 1021.
And it ma) serve as well for international friendship
as for an international rivalry of builders and skip
pers. The entry lists tor the run from Ambrose Light
to Ostt-nil should be filled promptly and tenuously
by ikt.'is from every land that has and loves its
sailors.
Venting Spite Through Wills
(From tiff PMic Ledger.)
A Philadelphia woman has left a will that is prpvoc-
ativefof controversy. She gives nothing to members
of her family for. th?y never treated her fairly she
avers; but the executors are directed to spend $5.00
a week forthe maintenance of a dog named Tweed
in the Mate to which it has been accustomed.
The will is of a familiar type as rearing a sort of
spite fence betwixt the dead and the living. Shakes-
pearean s are still debating whether Shakespeare in-
tended to slight Mrs. Shakespeare when he left her
nothing but the second best bed. For meticulous de-
tail Dean Swift's will rivals that of the author of
"Hamlet." Swift left a friend a silver box "to'keep
the tobacco he usually cheweth called pigtail."
In 1 89 1 Alfred Bamber left Edward Payson "one
sealed envelope which contains reading matter and
nothing of money value.'1 Another testator according
to Judge (lest left $50 to Archbishop Ryan to have
herself and her husband made "life members" of a
certain seminary. Executors are often confronted
by strange testamentary embarrassments. Evidently
the dog named Tweed who benefited by the will be-
fore us is still frisking about in the land of the
living ; but in a case that came' before Judge
Ijmorefle of this city thirteen years ago the two cats
who were to be supported could not be found and
the judge held that "Judicially at least their re-
spective nine lives have been snuffed out."
It is not hard to undrstand the sentiment of a re-
cluse who in the companionship of animals has found
solace for neglect by human relatives ; but the life of
perennial solitude is likely to impair if not destroy
the proper scale of values. Some people lavish ten-
derness on responsive dogs and cats and are indiffer-
ent to the welfare of pitiably dependent human
beings.
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Education of the Negro
From the CharlolH (N. C.) 0bterver.)
There is a state and federal vocational education con-
ference goinj on at Montgomery and the only man
who has sdi I anything worth while up to this writ-
in is Major Moton principal of Tuskegee Institute.
This negro educator laid down the proposition that
there sho dd be "equality" for the negro in two im-
portant respects in the "dispensation of justice and
the mat'-rial things of life" That is a -contention for
which the better class of white people in -the South-
have been standing and what they are succeeding in
large measure in bringing to pass. Then Major Moton
pressed the button that turned on the' real light. "Tht
great need of the negro today" he said "is to have
their teachers educated here in the South so that
they may imbibe the spirit and traditions' of tht
South." That is great truth. It has been the history
of negro educational initutions in the South that
where northen instructors after periods of -more or
less unpleasant experiences hatfe been supplanted by
teachers of more.familiarity with the South and with
the Souths friendly feelings for and inferest in the
negroes there has been an establishment' of harmony
nd educational progress. Wherever a negro com-
munity -comei under the influence of' a southern-
taught teacher not only are the best of relations found
among the white and blacks but the negroes are
being educationally developed along the better lines
of citixensbip. . It all depends on the teacher.
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Ju;t a Rhyrr.s or ;Two
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cold wet wind blows from the sea and putt
rheumatics in my knee ; my sole remaining tooth gets
sore and aches until it. seems a -bort. The wind
comes sighing from the sea alt day and puts a crimp
in me. But on the aiUa some mile away the breeze
is warm throughout the dav. the sunshine on tht
landscape glows and there aa old gent might repose
without. aa ill to cause bin grief without occasion
for a beef. -Whv then you ask 'do I remain upon
the aeathsts aai ssmplain 1 Alas I eould not happy
be where everything is fair to see; unhappy is the
wight who wakel to find hit perse fret from aches;
he has bo topic and no them to justify a roar or
scream. I sit-and watch the seagulls wheal and tell
the world how tough I feel describe the ache that
racked my head last evening wheat I went to bed.
detail the symptoms I posset and analyse my sours
distress and life seems sweet and fun to mt when
fUrlr Wind come ia from the sea. I miaht her freed
from all my ills they tell me if I sought the kills
but then I d have no good excuse for shedding tears
to beat the deuce. Waat MasoW.V
(Copyright by George Matthew Adams.) "
- : THE OYOt'S PAST. .
This is what ke used to ay:
"Take your laughter while you may
" Love the sky when it is blue.
Let the sunshine warm you through
'Take your fill of earthly ioy.
Play the lover and the boy
' Soon too soon glad lips grow dumb
Soon enough will sorrow come."
Then to him the sorrows came
Quenched was summer's gentle flame
Round his home the tempests blew
Chilling all the joys' he knew
Grief and age were his to share.
Winter's snow was in his hair;
Even then he'd smile and say :
"Life was lovejy yesterday.
-' " Battered is this heart of mine
And these eyes vhave lost their shine
Prom the garden I have known
. Many tender blooms haye flown
' But how rich I've been and glad
Through the summers I have had ;
From the joys of long ago
- Come these scars of hurt and woe.
Lips of beauty I have pressed 1
- - Caueed this hurt within my breast
' Poor am I today and sad
But the joys of life I've had ;
Life has given what death must take
. Love has built what time must break
And though now the joy has flown
All God's blessings I have known."
(Copyright 1941 by Edgar A. Gu'est.)
WHAT HE MEANT.
"You told me" complained the purchaser "that
parrot I bought was the most intelligent bird in your
shop while the fact is he doesn't talk at alt.
"That's what 1 meant" replied the dealer "when
t spoke of his intelligence madam."
CUXBING.
The ohild begin; with climbing walls
On which his little feet slip down.
The man goes climbing still. He falls
-But ever the adventure of the crown
Beyond the height so limitless
Impels his soul to onward press. '
- I watch the roses year by year
Climbing the post beside my door;
And the scuppemong I've planted near
And the muscadine from Virginia's shore.
Soch steady slow sure climbing rose
And grape alike with inner force
Impelled to some sun-encircled course
Of progress upward. Man and vine
Are one in this purpose drawn so close
Seeking the light the prise of 'being
At the vast peak and crown of seeing;
Flower with its mission of beauty burning ;
Man with his inner conflict yearning
To mate with the- best there is to know.
That when in the end his fruits of creed
Are ripe to cast forth where nations go
They shall be the fine and perfect deed
From which life's vaster dreams shall flow.
(Folger McKinsey the Bent rt own Bard.)
HE THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD.
" How came you to steal the bicycle from outside
the cemetery gate! asked the judge. .
"Well yer honor" the culprit replied "it had stood
there so Jong that I thought the owner was being
buried. "
RULES OF THE HOUSE.
The Agent 1 must remind you that no one is al
lowed to keep dogs cats birds phonographs chil
dren boarders or lodgers in these apartments.
The New Tenant What day are we permitted to
receive visitors and write letters.
THERE IS NOT THAT MUCH.
William J. Burns tha detective was greatly dis-
pleased with the work of one of his men and by way
of a hint presented him with a book of "Sherlock
Holmes." "I guess this means that if I took enough
coke 1 d be a great detective sneered the man
"I'm sorry George" said Mr. Burns shaking his
head sadly but I m afraid thera isn t that much
coke."
TIME TO TURN LOOSE.
"We have a mummy in this museum" said the
guide "that has had some wheat in his. hand since
the days of the Pharaohs."
"Well" rejoined Mr. Dustin Stax "I'd advise him
not to hold on any longer. Wheat'll never be any
higher."
' OPTIMISM.
"Here I am unable to find a place to lay my head
yet the town is full of garages" said the fretful
visitor.
"Why don't you speak to a garage owner?" said
the optimistic citizen. "For the price of a hotel
room and bath he might let you sleep in a car."
WHERE ARE THEY?
A lecturer had been describing some of the sights
he had seen abroad during his tour in many coun-
tries. 1
He described the Pyramids of Egypt Niagara Falls
in. America the Steppes of Russia the boiling springs
of Hawaii and concluded generally:
"There are many spectacles in the world that one
never forgets. I .
"I wish you would tell me where I can get a pair I
exclaimed an old lady in the audience. "I am al
ways forgetting mine. 1
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KNOWLgawa. i
Knowjedge' ia. truth is tne gr" '
firmament. Life and power are scattered wun 1
all its beams. Danirt Vkbtitr. x . r- J
Twenty-five Years Ago
fPtw Th. Houston. Foil FUM.
' t futfiaV 4B9. wt Houston.
W. ft. Tucker' of Vftco is the guest of H. Baldwin -
Rice this week . -. -. -'.-. ? " ..
... . -a. mnnan at Brysn PSJI
honor of Sessums' Cieieland and his bride.
John R. Morin was elected treasurer of the Hous-
ton Light Artillery to succeed Alex Barttungek. re-
signed today.
' The residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Collins Pe-
cajur street was the scene of s pleasant surprise
party and dance tonight. .- ---
Messrs Ike Harrison Henry Dannenbaum Simon
Greenberg and L. Houseman report a membership ot
j for the Hebrew Bikor-tnonm society.
Andrew Dow says Houston has cheaper eoai tnan
many places nearer the mines. Steam-coal sells tor
j.jo per ton while grate coal is worth S8 deliverea.
Georgia won the main after a sharp ana nsra nil"
with the Texas birds today. The attendance was
large and interest intense in the last battle at tne
cock pit.
Among the honor guests who have beeri mvltea 10
.4. ottA i4 in-J tier the Robert EranKt
celebration entertainment are Hon. O. T. Holt Hon.
John T. Browne H. B. Rice M. Looscan 1. r--Byrne
G. A. Quinlan. J. A. Baker W. L. Foley J.
L Mitchell. B. A. Riesner J. J. Sweeney W. H.
Coyle John H. Kirby. Ed F. Dupree Hon. John Ken-
nedy Hon. W. A. Moroney. Cliff Grunewald J. 'W.
McMillan J. MeAwghan H. Hamilton C. W. Burns
T. R. Franklin Jerry Crowley Tom Cronan. W. B.
Mulvey.
STATE HAPPENINGS.
Hempstead Pick Taylor negro killed a leopard
!. it In helirved to have escaped from a cir
cus ten years ago and lived in the woods ever since.
Rusk. Judge Guinn appointed the following Ocie-
.... ti.nl th ;iitr convention for the semi
centennial at Dallas: J. E. McFarland M. U Earl
A. B. Blevine T. L. 'Fams Dr. J. r. vwggms jum.
M. Claiborne
GENERAL.
Washimrton. President Cleveland signed the bill
prohibiting prize fights in the District of Columbia
and territories. Troops will be used if necessary.
Constantinople. A dispatch boat for the United
States was denied passage of the Dardanelles by the
Turkish government because she was not a party to
the treaty of Pans.
Didn't Change His Habits
(From tht Dttroit ATettW.)
When James B. Duke tobacco king was earnii!
$50000 a year and rapidly becoming' known as eTie
leader in the industry he lived in a hall bedroom in
a cheap rooming house and ate his three meats a day
from the counter of a dreary little Bowery -restaurant
When questioned as to why he did this he declared
it was in part so that he could save every dollar pos
sible to otit it back into the business and Daftly be
cause the grinding poverty ot hii youth had not been
forgotten - . '
When he was a boy hit father havini- lost everv
thing as s result of .the civil wsr was forced to take
a job ss farm hand on a farm 30 miles from Durham
N. C James and his three small brothers lived with
their father in a shanty that permitted storm and cold
10 cnicr irom an aiucs ana tne lour nsa to Sleep On S
single husk tick in one comer of -the place for tht
sake of warmth. Their food often consisted of fittle
more thsn a handful of parched corn It was year
after tht war that the first ray of sunshine came.
Some of the farmers that owed young Duke' father
money from before the wsr began to pay him in to
dscco. . inn was tne start ot tne company that he
came in time one of; the greatest corporations the
worm bis wver anowa . . 1 -
Little Stories for Bedtime
By Thornton W. Burgess.
Tohnnv Chuck awoke just as jolly round red Mr.
Sun nulled his own nightcap off. At first Johnny
couldn't think where he was. He blinked and
blinked. .Then" he rolled over. "Ouch !" cried
Johnny Chuck. You se he was so stitt and sore
from his great fight the day before that it hurt to
roll over. But when he felt the smart of those
wounds he remembered where he was. He was in
the old hollow lost that he had found on the edge.
of the Green Meadows just -before dark. It was
the first tune that Johnny had ever stent anywnere
excepting under ground and as he lay blinking his
eyes it seemed very strange and rather nice too.
"Well well well! What are you doing here?''
cried a sharp voice.
Johnny Chuck looked toward the open end of the
Old log. There peeping in was a little face as shaoi
as the voice. ' . '
"Hello Chatterer" cried Johnny.
"I say. what are you doing here?" persisted Chat
terer the Red Squirrel for it was he.
Just waking up. replied Johnny witn a grin.
"It's time." replied Chatterer. "But that isn't
telling; me what you are doing so far from home."
1 Haven t any home said Jonnny nis lace grow-
ing just a wee bit wistful.
''You havent any home!" Chatterer's voice sound-
ed as if he didn't think he had heard aright. "What
have you done with it?''
"Given it to Jimmy Skunk" replied Johnny
Chuck.
Now Chatterer never m'ves anything to anybody.
and how any one could give away his home was
more than he could understand. He stared at
Johnny as if he thought Johnny had gone crazy.
binally he tound his tongue. 1 don t believe it
he snapped. "If Jimmy Skunk has got your old home
"Who has a discontented heart
"So such thing. I'd like to see Jimmy Skunk or
anybody else put me out of my home." Johnnv Chuck
spoke scornfully. "I gave it to him because I didn't
want it any longer. I'm going to build me a new
home. Everybody else seems to be building new
homes this spring; why shouldn't I?"
"I'm not" retorted Chatterer. "I know enough to
know when I am well off.
Is sure to play a sorry part."
Is sure to play a sorry part.
Johnny Chuck crawled out of the old log and
stretched himself
somewhat painfully.
uwa L may iw DM
there are different
kinas it discontent.
"Well. 1 must be'
nn.-ing along if I am
to rtt the wurid."
So Johnny Chuck
bade Chatterer good-
bye and started on.
It was very delight-
ful to wander over
the Green Meadows
on such a beautiful
spring morning. The
violets and the wind
flowers nooded to
him and the dande-
lions smiled up at
him. Johnny almost
forgot his torn
clothes and the bites
A QMt Ann.t- tttlZTTh. and S"at.cn of his
Haart of Johnny Cnuck. fifeg Z
. 1 t " day before. It was
fun to go just where he pleased and not have a care
in the world. He was thinking of this as he set up
to look over the Green Meadows. His heart gave a
great throb. What was that over near the lone elm
tree? It was yes it certainly was another Chuck
Could it be the old gray Chuck come back for an-
other fight? A great anger filled the heart of Johnny
Chuck and he whistled sharply. The strange Chuck
didn't answer. Johnny ground his teeth and started
for the lone elm tree. He would show this other
Chuck who was master of the 'Green Meadows
Next Story: Why johnny Chuck Didn't Fight.
Tariff Miracle-Workers
(From the New York Times.)
It was a despairing professor of that branch who
said that "miracles driven from their own field"
have taken refuge in political economy." Instances
abound. Take' the high tariff advocates and beggars
in Washington. What they gravely propose looks like
necromancy.. They profess to think that they can
by a customs duty "make" the foreigner pay to aet
into our market" and yet that when he does et in
the native consumer will not have to pay him" and
all local producers higher l price on account of the
tariff tax. This is sheer thaumaturgy-if it is not
nonsense. So Js the solemn plan to keep out al
foreign goods yet compel foreign nations to nay the
uttermost farthing f what they owe us. That nav!
meat under such editions could be made only by
retort to the Black .Art. v r
Mr. Harding recent message' to the Southerners
about the tdyflio Wuties of a protective tarlfTwa!
straight from the Age ot Innocence economicalli
sprtimg. It was an echo of the earlier wShuffi
To it wonders were of every-day occurrence 1
were all they while falling (tYm tfie sky t .Stte m
tactlonist pies. There fas then a ehlldUk? fafil? ?"
tTe efficacy of tariff taxes which nobody "fid. Swf
Slmpe hearted folk believpd implicky in aS-trtA
promises of th miracle-mongers of oroteetlnn t '
Industrial situation 01 the wunrW & tl
changed radically our financialToutlook h becS
completely altered yet the Republican ani.. V "
Washington are still oshbUnf theold ffflr u .j Nh
protectionist Buraery. ' .7 7" .MM
EJUS.' J . K.' ' TV.
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