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IlOySTOK DAILY; VOQT:; JUUKSDAY MOliNING idAY X iia
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We have just revived a car
load and are prepared tfljjijote
prices and giva fuU inforraa
tion.- )Vait Sot our salesman
or write us before placing your
orcUrleewheee. ; ' '
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CLUBS TO FEDERATE
WORKERS IN SOCIAL CIRCLES
TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY.
A Temporary' Organization Will Be
Perfected) Which Will Likely
Perm a Permanent. One.
Delegates from the various branches of
ocial work In Houston met Tuesday
evening In the rooms of the .Business.
League and formulated steps to form
temporary organization embracing all
such societies. This temporary meeting
in turn will plan and It Is hoped per-
fect a perhianent'orgahlzatlon containing
every benevolent or charitable society in
Houston.
At the meeting were men and women
of all creeds and nationalities all Intent
on the work of helping those who need
help be it In the form of anything from
a kind word through the list of offerings
to money and the necessities of life
The need of an all-embracing organi-
sation was clearly shown by those iu at-
tendance. The needs of a federation
were upheld and convincingly stated tiv
speakers from organizations of far dlf-
cicin imiacier oom in membership
and work.
The temporary organization will be
formed next Tuesday evening in the
rooms1 of the Houston Business league
at 8 o clock.- Each of the' societies is
to send to that meeting a delegate em-
powered to Join a temporary -federation.
If- the .temporary federation .is perfected
and Is satisfactory 'to .the various com-
ponent societies the permanent federa-
tion will speedily be perfected.
Among those present at thlff meeting
were:
Humane society M. B.
dent; Mrs. M. B. Crowe.
Waller preal-
Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Kent.
Settlement house-M". J. B. Baker VMr
and Mrs. J. P. Krantz. 'x
Queen's Daughters Mrs. Earthman.
Christ Church Parish association Mrs.
H. C. Cook.
Ladles' Hebrew Benevolent
Mrs. Aaron Levy.
society-
Congregation Beth .Israel Dr. - Barn-
stein. Congregation Adath Yeshurun Dr. Wll-
neh Dr. Loebermann H. j. D&nnenbaum.
Pastors' aNKwiation Dr. Sinclair Smith
Rev. C. A. Lehmberg - v
Salvation Army Adjulirif John J.
Syers. ........
Faith Home association Mrs. B. F
Weems.
Star of Hope Mission George H. 'tee.
V. D. Dyer. '
Young Women's Christian Association-
Mrs. J. Lewis Thompson.
Wesley House Mrs. Mattle Wright.
Robert K. Lee Chapter Daughters of
the Confederacy Mrs. . Burton.
Sharks' club-Secretary Mulcahy Mr.
Dreyllng.
Harris County Medical society-Dr E.
F Cooke.
Sheltering Arms Mrs. M. B. . Crowe
Mrs. Watson.
Harris county Judge A. F. Amerman.
United Charities-Mrs. W. B. Sharps.
Mrs. J. C. tove. sunervisor Mrs. Clal-
bourn. Captain Taliaferro.1 4
Members of the bar Captain James A.
Baker. Stanley Beard.
Sunshine Circle Mrs. William Chris-
tian. Baptist sanitarium Rev. K. A. Pevoto.
Central Women's Christian Temperance
Union Mrs. M. Mlhllls.
Crittenton' Home K. L. Dennis.
Woodmen of the World W. J. Brown.
Civil Club-Mrs. Franklin.
Such a Good Excuse.
"You think." said a sightseer accord-
ing to' the New York 8un "that the
statement that you didn't get home until
3 a. m. because yoie were In Jail would
be an excellent excuse but evidently
some of the wives in this city won't ae-
oept It Magistrate Moss was presiding
tn.the night court sonfe. time ago when
a prisoner was arraigned for being drunk.
MAfter the magistrate had asked sev-
eral Questions- and was answered In a
manner that left little doubt that the of-
fender was Jit to be discharged he stern-
ly Inquired: -If I let you go will you tell
ydu're wife where you've been?'
" 'Yes your honor' replied the pris-
oner... " But she won't believe you' suggest-
ed the court. '
'That's arue too' sighed the man as
he left the bridge.
"The ne.xt prisoner a grizzled and nig-
ged old son of Erin was arraigned on a
similar charge.
" 'How about- you?' the Judge asked.
'Will you tell your wife where you were
If I discharge you?'
" 'Well your honor' answered the em-
barrassed man 'eiv-well you know how
n is.
' 'Discharged' said Magistrate Moss.
'No man having the name of Carrlgan
could tell a He to a Judge.' " -
If You Are Sickly
Just let Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters build up and
renew the entire System
make the stomach strong and
healthy and keep the bowels
free from constipation it
has done so in hundreds of
cases' in the past 56 years
and most certainly will
not fait you. Try it today
fpr Indigestion Dyspep
sla.Costlveness Bilious
ness Headache and Ma-
IVM Fever Ask for r
'STOMACH
BITTER
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Senator Bailey'i Eecent Speedy .
To Tx Emtoi : .. 'v'. ; yi
j Senator .Bstiey' speech Ja Hhe senate
Vacantly published hi The jPest. U s)
' claaalo an4 all the mors remarkable be-
caase delivered. Impromptu. For logic
faoilljy of expression and rapartee. all
displaying a mind with a ready grasp
on thd past and the keenest apprehension
of what is transpiring today. Senator
Bailey is an eloquent speaker wltb a
seeming. Indifference to many greet ora-
tore' tricks In other' words hie style la
eloquence defined but hie atyle Is pecu-
liarly hl own. Those who hav.d-
and kept 'In- touch with his utterances
for the last five years can not but aee
that a giant Intellect increases In
strength day by day.
The fact la. Mr. alley la a student
without ' the . fault of many ' students
that becomes prosy and stereotyped. Such
men Vre never accidents but are the
results of hard -work .mental training
And an observant outlook upon events
pajand now. They belong to the people
Irra- sense not ordinary.; They are bound
by obligations not ordinary nor can they
Ignore these obligations even though mis-
taken aad misjudged by the people. A
good teacher la rare one tbat knows
and can Impart what he knows because
ha does -know. Such a teacher la Sena-
tor Bailey. Ixmg may he live to repre-
sent the people
George B. Clothier.
Galveston Texas.
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Bev. 0. W. Story'i Call.
To the Edito :
I noticed In Sunday's Post in the report
of the meeting of Brasos Presbytery at .
El Campo that It was stated that Rev.
G. W. Story had been called to the pas-
torate of the Presbyterian 'church of
Eagle -Lake; while thla Is true the re-
port failed to state that this call was for
one Sabbath per month. I desire to make
this correction In order to give notice
that thla call will not demand my mov-
ing from this city but that we will still
continue 'to abide In' Houston at our
number on Cochran street. Space In your
paper to publish this correction will
be highly appreciated.
G. W. Story.
Houston Texas.
Colquitt Strong in Wilbarger Co.
To the Editob. : '
In Wifbarger county Mr. Colquitt will
'get a very strong vote; his vote four
years ago was 140; this year he
will get about 460 votes. I am sure his
vote wllf be strong In West Texas at this
election at least four votes where he
received one four years ago. His true
democracy and manly fight will surely
win among liberty-loving Texans.
We have a Colquitt club In this county
with 180 signatures and Increasing every
day. M. G. Neathery.
Vernon Texas.
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Deadly Nightshade
BY HANSELL CRENSHAW M. D.
Belladonna which means literally "fair
lady" Is one of . the most deadly poisons
In the whole range of materia medlca. Its
other name deadly nightshade" would
seem more fitting until we ome to un-
derstand that Spanish ladles at one time
habitually took small doses of belladonna
to lend brilliancy to their eyes; for the
drua- has the peculiar property of dllat-
lng the pupil of the eye. Belladonna Is
one or tne lew pianu me wnoie oi wniu"
It utilized as a medicine from root to
leaf.
Thla remarkable drug owes its effects
chiefly to a constituent existing In all
parts of the plant namely atropine.
Atropine belongs to' that Important class
of hlgblv poisonous vegetable extractlvee
called alkaloids. Atropine la so poison-
ous that it require the third smallest
dose of all standard drugs. This dose is
lees than one-hundredth of a grain. Atro-1
filne la. a white crystallite powder very
Ike morphine In appearance but thirty
times as noxious weight for weight.
It Is Interesting to observe that bella-
donna and atropine on the one hand
and opium and Its constituent morphine
on the other are In all respects abso-
lutely opposed to one another In thesB
effects upon the body. Opium depresses'
the. heart contracts the pupil of the eye
anj! stlmulatea perspiration; belladonna
stimulates the heart and. lung more -powerfully
even than strychnine dilates
the pupil and dries the skin Vnd throat.
In the whole range of medicine there Is
not another instance of such perfect an-
tagonism between two drugs.
Atropine Is prescribed by oculists more
frequently than any other one drug. Thy
firescrlbe solution of It to be dropped
nto the eyes for the purpose of dilating
the pupils. The pupil Is merely an open-
ing leading Into the cavity of the eye-
ball. At' the back of the eyeball la tbe
expanded end of the optic nerve the re-
tinaupon which all images and Impres-
sions of light and shade tall. Tbe aper-
ture of the pupil varies In site from mor
ment t6 moment according to Influence
operating upon the circular muscular
fibres that surround It. Atropine par-
alyzes the fibers and permits the pupil to
become widely dilated and through the
wide aperture the oculist Is enabled to
look and to examine the retina and other
structures Inside the ball.
The only objection to dilating the pupils
with atropine solution Is that the dilu-
tion lasts anywhere from five days to
two weels. during which time the patient
Is unable to read or make much use of
his eyes. There Is available how. how-
ever a modified atropine called homatro-
plne which dilates the pupil widerf. but
only Tor Knout forty-eight hours. Ilie di-
lating Influence of atropine upon the eve
Is very certain and persistent. The pupil
Is dilated If the drug Is taken Internally
If It Is put In the eye or If It Is given
to an animal and the blood or secretions
of the animal are dropped into the human
eye.
In case of poisoning by belladonna or
atropine tannic acid should be given
the stomach emptied and morphine ad-
ministered In full doses.
WOODS' STATEMENT BARRED.
Attorneyi for Andrew M. Wang
. Scored Victory.
(Houiton Post Sftciml.)
SAN ANTONIO Texas May 4. In se-
curing a ruling from Judge T. S. Maxey
this morning In the Federal court ex-
cluding from the jury any statement that
Will F. Wood the convicted (ashler of
the defunct Wooes National bank said he
made to Andrew M. Waugh anything
that he did wiyi Waugh or anything he
said he gave to Waugh the attorneys for
the defense scored a most important le-
gal victory..
This ruling will exclude some very vi-
tal testimony given by Woods at his own
trial In explaining the disappearance of
the $20000 note of Vineyard Walker ft
Co. of Eagle Pass. A Woods Is now
serving a term In the Federal peniten-
tiary at Fort Leavenworth Kansas he
can not testify and the government at-
torneys trill have to find other means of
getting before the jury the evidence with
which they expect to connect Waugh
with the disappearance of the note.
Aside from this ruling there was little
of new Interest during the session of the
court today. The testimony was for the
most part Identical In nature with that
brofght out at the Wood trial. An In-
teresting feature was the quiet but ef-
fective manner in which Jonathan Lane
who conducted the cross-examination
grilled the witnesses for the government.
Leon N. Walthall completed his testi-
mony' and In addition W A. Gordon. W.
A. Thatcher J. D. Anderson and J. M
Logan testified.
An Interruption.
Among the primary pupils enrolled In
a Baltimore-school-tlhls term Is the son
of a prominent business man of that city
says Harper's Magazine.. :'-' . --
One afternoon at close of school the
youngster .sought out hi father In 'hi
office to whom -he aald: "Dad Tm get-
ting tired of school. I thlnk.I'U quit."
."Why." asked the as to) ld parent
"what'a the matter TommrrTl thought
you wer fond of going ;to school." .
. "So I am. dad." responded the young-
str suppressing yawn "but It break
up the tlajr ..' . . -
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W. T. Shaw of Fort Wort
Adjutant General of the Texas Division'
United Confederate' Veterans.
Hews of the City
JUDGE WILLIAM MASTERSON who
hss been quite III at his nome In West-
moreland Is reported to be improving.
LADIES' SOCIETY. The Ladles' Help-
ing Hand socletyof tne Trinity Lutheran
church will meet this afternoon at i
o'clock at the church. All member are
urged to be present.
MARRIED. H. M. Bogart and Miss
JCate Cummlngs were married at the
home of Rev. C. A. Lehmherg of the
Bering Memorial church yesterday morn-
ing the minister officiating.
THE COOLET SCHOOL Mothers' club
will meet Friday afternoon at S o'clock.
At the meeting which wllf be the last of
the season officers will be elected and
other Important business will be trans-
acted. THE regular monthly meeting of the
ffewlah Women's Benevolent association
will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock
at Temple Beth Israel. A large atted
ance Is requested a Important business
Is to be transacted.
MAYOR )i- B- RICE Is expected to re-
turn from San Antonio this morning. He
addressed the citizens of that city Tues-
day nlvnt explaining to them the work-
ings of a commission form of govern-
ment. SUPERINTENDENT P. W. HSRN will
give a stereoptlcon lecture on the Pan-
ama canal at the Travis school Friday
night for the benefit of the kindergarten
of the school. These views are all new
and every one Is urged to attend.
J. W. LINK and wife and their three
daughters MIbscs Ura Imola and Dora
and two sons Masters J. W. Jr. and
Harold have moved to Houston an.d have
taken the Llgette Thompson home lo-
cated at 1417 McGowen. They will util-
ise this until the completion of their
beautiful new home.
' SPECIAL SERVICE. Thursday night
May S the TfJm Avenue Baptist church
will have charge of the services at the
Star of Hope mission. The ladle's have
firepared a program for the occasion at
he conclusion of which they will serve
refreshment. All are Invited to be pres-
ent." DR. D. C. DEeVALT and Miss Ruh
Huntington wefe quietly married yester-
day In Brasoria. They immediately de-
parted for Houston and are stopping at
the Rice. Dr. DeWalt Is physician at
the Ramsey State farm at Anchor and
Miss Huntington I the daughter of a
prominent plantation owner.
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SOUTHERN Benevolent League tonight.-Houston
Chapter No.L Southern
Benevolent League will hold a very Im-
portant meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in
the wigwam of Tonkaway tribe corner
Of Travis and Texas avenue the en-
trance being on Travis street. Consider-
able business of Importance Is to be
transacted a number of applications will
be acted upon and a large class of new
members received.
JAKE H. SAM Grand lodge rcpresenta-
tlme for Lamar lodge. No. 19 Knights
of Pythias announces that at the meet-
ing of the Ismar lodge at Castle hajl
UliVt Main street tonight he will mane
a lull report of the business transacted
by the Grand lodge at the recent con-
vention held In Beaumont. All knights
who are interested In the order and de-
sire to know what the Pythians are do-
ing In Texas are Invited to be present.
HOUSTON COUNCIL No. 6!) United
Commercial Travelers will meet In regu-
lar session next Saturday at 8 p. m. In
their council room In the Business League
assembly hall when Important business
will be 'disposed of. As this will be the
Isst meptlng before the annual session
of the grand council which convenes at
Waco. May 13 and 14 a large attendance
Ig expected. The usual convention rate
of one and one-third fare for the round
trip has been made by all railroads and
tickets will be on sale Wednesday May 11.
Quite a crowd of members of the Hous-
ton council with thelrfamllles will at-
tend and the usual good time Is assured.
INTEREST GROWING.-Reporls from
the tent meeting being conducted on
Gray avenue and Crawford street by
Rev. John M. Green under the auspices
of Tabernacle Methodist church Indicate
a lively Interest with congregations In-
creasing. Several went forward last
night. This afternoon the preacher will
have as his subject "Samson's Follies.
Failures and Final Fight" or "Influence
of Mother and Wife L'pon a .Man." To-
night at 8 o'clock he will speak on "Tak-
ing Chances In the World" or "The Be-
ginning the Progressive Working and
the End of Sin." All are Invited to at-
tend these meetings. The afternoon meet-
ing will begin promptly at 3:30 o'clock.'
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THE REGULAR MEETING of the
Knights of Columbus will be held tonight
at 8 o'clock In their rooms In the Temple
building. Besides routine business the
members will discuss the feasibility of
engsglng a special train for their return
from Beaumont where they will go to
attend the 8tate convention opening In
that city May 10. The Houston members
will arrive for the Sunday Initiation.
About forty candidate will travel the
sands and much Interest locally and'
Statewide Is being displayed. Seventy-
five will go from Houston and the prin-
cipal Interest at tonight's meeting will
be the discussion of the special train and
rate. Other arrangements relative to
the special meeting will alio be dlscusaea.
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Entomologist to Visit Corpus. -
(.HoMitonPotlSptciel.) .
CORPXTS CHRISTL Texas May i-In
reply to a request made by Senator John
G. 'Wlllicy Commissioner of Agriculture
Kon wllf aend State Entomologist Mal-
lory to Corpus Christ! In the near future
to .make a thorough entomological report
on local condition and to have accuiats
and reliable Information given farmer
on varieties of method of culture. prof.
Mallory will remain In and around Cor
.. V rMDIRIC J. HASKIN. 1 ' fV
.The meeting of the International. Asso-
ciation of Pulp Sulphite Vnd'sPaper Mil)
Worker In annual convention it Albany'
today .' the - labor ' troubles bow1 on be-
tween the paper mill workers and the
mill no less than the declared Intention
of Quebec to follow the suit of Ontario
In prohibiting the exportation? of unmanu-
factured .wood and pulp from Its crown :
lands atU. together serve to bring the
paper question again to the front. New-
foundland will not allow unmanufactured
wood to leave the colony and Ontario
with its 11000000 acres of timber suitable
for paper making prohibit Its exporta-
tion. With One bee following sun and
British Columbia likely to fall In line
at no distant day conditions are rather
gloomy for the manufacture of pulp and
paper as well. as for those who have to
buy either.
It was stated freely In the course of .
the debate on the tariff that If Canada
hould decide to forbid the exportation
of unmanufactured wood from its prov-
ince a had already been done In the
0 case of two. It might force the cost of
Bmiii payvi imkiitti man u rvur nan nmii.
eretofore Quebec hax had a license tax
of forty cents a cord on all timber cut
on crown lands .with an added tax of
twenty-five cents if it were cut for manu-
facture outside of Canada. This has
meant that the United .states has had to
pay a Canadian export duty of -twenty-1
five cents a cord for all pulp wood re-
ceived from there. What the outcome
of the present legislative situation In
Canada will be no one can predict with
safety but many believe that It will force
publishers to pay more than ever beforu
for print paper.
And this falls particularly hard upon
newspaper publishers. They can not very
well Increase their selling price as the
tendency Boems to lie down Instead of up. '
Some Industrie may find the rise In the
price of raw materials an excuse for mak-
ing a two-fold Increase in the price of the
manufactured product.' But this la not
true of the publisher. It was. one In-
stance where the "ultimate consumer"
the newspaper subscriber in this case
was not the sufferer when print paper
went up so sharply two years ago. The
advance was variously estimated to ag-
gregate from tlO.OOO.omi toj 125.000000 a year
and It came at a time when the adver-
tisers were cutting down their contracts
and the sales of papers were falling off.
The burden fell on the publishers them-
selves. In order thoroughly to understand the
basic principles of paper making frojn
wood It must be remembered that wood
consists of fibre and binding materials
the fibre corresponding to the brick
and the binding materials to the
mortar In a brick wall. To make
pulp for paper It Is necessary to sepa-
rate the fibre from the binding material;
the former being used and the latter ex-
cluded from pape making. This Is ac-
complished by three different processes.
The vast majority of the pulp used in
print paper making Is produced by a
mechanical process. Much of the higher
grade paper Is produced by an acid proc-
ess while the remainder Is prepared
by the use of an alkali. The sulphite
worker make pulp by the acid process
sulphurous acid being the chemical agent
through which the binding materials are
separated from the fibre.
Paper made by the sulphite method
usually la of a higher grade than that
made by the mechanical process and
the pulp costs just about twice as muctl.
or upwards of thirty dollars a ton. It Is
used mainly In the production of book
paper though a small percentage of It H
used to mix with jntchanlcally produced
pulp In the manufacture of paper for
newspapers. Anyone who has watched a
small boy turning . grlndstorie while his
father sharpened an ax. has a fair Idea
of the way in whl 'h print paper pulp Is
produced. The bark Is removed from
sticks of timber and they are pressed
down against uge grindstone by hy-
draulic pressure. It the end of the stick
were pressed against the revolving stone
It would produce- a kind of fine wood
flour; but by pressing the sides against
It the' fibres are otn loose and they give
the necesssrv strength to the paper.
When the pulp Is ground water Is kept
playing on the grindstone In order to
carry ofr the other elements nd to pre-
vent the wood from becoming dangerously
heated by the great friction.
The supply of spruce timber from which
the major portion ot the ground wood
pulp Is made Is estimated si 70000(100
cords In Mie United Btates and many
times that much In Canada. The aver-
age cost of spruce timber In Canada Is
about 6 a cord while In the United
Btates the cms! Is about $9 60 per Cord.
The average transportation charges from
Canada amount to approximately tS.r.0
per cord so II will be seen that the trans
portatlon charges place the cost of Cana-
dian logs on about an even footing wil.i
those of the United States. Wood pulp
can not he produced profitably with steam
or other expensive power. It requires
from 75 to lift-horse power a day to turn
out one ton of mechanically ground wood
pulp arid the pulp will not be worth
as much as 1S h ton when tirade. It is
only by the utilization of extremely cheap
power that mechanical pulp can be pro-
duced at a profit under present condl- j
tlons.
There were El factories In the United
States engaged In the production of wood
pulp in 10S. They used 384;.000 cords of
wood with a value of 1280(10.0110. Count-
ing five cords t" the acre It will be seen
that this means (he annual deforestailon
of HfiP.ono acres of land for papermaklng
purposes alone or a territory equal In
area to the Stale of Rhode sslsnd. Of tha
total amount of wood consumed 1417.000
cords were spruce wood. The principal
woods other than spruce were poplar
hemlock pine nnd flr Spriice and pop-
lar comprised two-thirds of all the lim-
ber used in paper manufacture. Of th
spruce one-hnlf was made Into pulp bv
the use of sulphite and the other hnlf
by the mechanical grinding. Caustic soda
vas the reducing agent of nearly all of
the poplar.
In making sulphite pulp the wood Is
first "rosscri" or deprived of Its bark.
It Is next cut into very fine chips and
then placed n a machine known as the
digester. Here It Is cooked for eight or
twelve hours with sulphurous acid under
pressure and isthen taken out and Hie
refuse separated. The same process is
followed In the usn of caustic soda. The
chips must be short so as to alforif the
digesting agent opportunity to follow the
fibre as very III tie of it would soak In
across the grain.
The best papers are made from rass
and the very best of finest papers como
from ratfs taken from shirt and other
garment fuctoi ics. The rags are baled
like hay. with huge steam compressO'S.
They are first opened and then placed In
the "thresher" 'heie they are beaten
and threshed be mechanical apparatus
and the dust carried off by suction tubes.
The odor of old rugB Is utmost unbeara-
ble. From the thresher they are taken
to the Hssoriliig room where they are
sorted and alj buttons and other foreign
materials reinved by ronien sorters and
shredirers I'roni here they are taken
to the cutter which chops tlie'm up. Then
they go Into the "devil" a machine that
gives them such a chastening with Us
spike teeth tht they are ready to re-
lease the.lr final hold on ell the dust and
dirt that has accumulated during their
Journey from the cloth mill to the 'rug
pile. Thev next pass Into a slevellke
structure where alternate suction ami
blowing removes the dirt and dust. Then
they are ready for the cooker where they
are boiled anil tumbled and tossed and
then boiled and? tumbled and tossed some
more. The resultant pulp Is emptied on
a floor where the color and dirt are al-
lowed to drain off. The pulp Is then
conveyed to the washing machines
where It is cut and torn and washed and
strained until it is pure white snd the
water poured over it runs off through
the sieve unsullied.
The rul! next goes to the drainer and
from there to a machine called the heat-
er which manipulates It nnd mixes It
with bluing..- The (fiioeyery of. this proc-
ess whs due to an industrious housewife
who accidentally dropped the bluing bag
Intended for her wsshtubunto her hus-
bsnd's paper vat. It produced the whit-
est paper he had ever made. He took It
to London and. sold It for a high price
and the ehagria that Mrs. Ruttonshaw
felt when she dropped her bluing Into the
paper vat was turned Into rejoicing when
her husband f h'- exMot ' t (be
if MSgSp
SSNS Its use a protection imd 1
jSnv guarantee agaiiut olum uj
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thought was her misadventure bouajht
her a scarlet coal for her discovery.
After this comes the "sizing." the
transformation of what woistl otherwise
be absorbent blotting paper Into writing
and printing papers. This Is followed hy
a series of operations which transform the
pulp Into finished paper. Omitting for
brevity's sake the description of some
of the ancllllary and Incidental operations
the Fourdrlnler machine first has the
ftulp discharged on a wire cloth which Is
n the shape of an endless lielt. Deckel-
straps of India rubber determine the
width of the paper. As the stream flows
on the water tlralne out and the wire
belt carries the pulp through the "dandy
roll" which jnaftes water marks and other
characteristics. Then It passes between
two felt roUs and. on an endless belt of
moist frit. Tnrough two metal rolls wnlon
squeeze out any remaining water. From
this It passes from one roM to another the
latter ones heated by steam to hasten the
drying process. It then goes to the cal-
endar for the finishing touches. Loft
dried paper Is dried by hand.
The printing and publishing trades
taken fromhe manufacture of the raw
materials to the actual printing and pub-
lishing Itself represent the greatest In
dustry In America outside of farming.
wnne an other traaes snow an average
advance of fifteen-fold In the past six's
years the printing and publishing trades
nave made a progress which shows it
gatn of more than thirty-two times what
they were In I860.
Personal Mention
J. N. Arvln I In Houston from Browns-
ville. J. Bussing came to Houston yesterday
morning from San Antonio.
J. Marks Is at the Bristol for a short
visit from his home In Waco.
Joe Price and M. Mattlson arl registered
at the Brazos for a short stay.
H. Jones Is In Houston from' his home
In San Antonio for a short stay.
Sol Levy Is In Houston from his home
In Galveston for a visit of a few days.
F. Hull Is at the Bristol from Fort
Worth. He will be here until Saturday.
Dr. R. llenrv Harrison of Alleyton was
a business visitor in Houston Wednesday.
G. Dunn of Palaclos Is a guest at the
Macatee. He came to Houston yetserday.
A. Cambers came to Houston yesterday
for a short visit and is registered at the
Rice.
E. Henkel and wife are among the Pa-
laclos visitors that are In Houston this
week.
K. Lang came to Houston yesterday
from Fort Worth and Is registered at the
Brazos.
Dr. C. Wallace of Center Is a guest at
the Hiazos. He arrived In Houston yes-
terday. YV. K. Webber came to Houston yes-
terday for a short visit from his home
in Austin.
C. B. McColhim Is among the Browns-
ville visitors In Houston this week. He Is
at Ihu Rice.
W. A. Grlffls Is at the Macatee from
his home in Coleman for a business visit
of a few days
C. Allen csme to Houston yesterday
from Austin for a short visit. He Is regis-
tered at the Hrazos.
Dr. .1. P. Corley of Greensboro arrived
here yesterday for a few days" to attend
the dentist convention. j
A. G. Newsom came to Houston from
Dallas last night for a few days and he
Is registered Hi the Macatee.
IT !. Wallace of Center Is a guest at
the Brazos He came to Houston yester-
day and will stay until Saturday.
Dr. P. Davant and wife are In Houston
and are registered at I lie Hrazos. They
will remain until the end of the week.
J. Closner of Chspln Is at the Bristol.
W Sieger of Dallas Is registered at the
Bristol for a short visit on business.
F. H. Conklln' and wlfp left yeslerday
for Jackson a heajth resort and Dans-
Jlie. N. Y. to be away for some time.
A. l.andley and Mr. R. Alexander are
registered at the Macalee having reached
Houston yeslerday from Mineral Wells.
M. F. Woodruff and J. Clarke are In
Houston from San Alilnno for a short
visit and they are stopping at the Maca-
lee W. Bralnard of I.ufkln Is among the
guests at llie Brazos. He came to Hous-
ton yesterday and will stay until Satur-
day. W. If. Ford and .1. W. Tohln'are In
Houston for a short vUll. They arrived
here yesterday and are stopping at the
Rice.
E. Morfls of Corpus Chrlstl Is 'a guest
at the Hrazos having arrived In Houston
yesterday evening. He will he here until
Friday.
J Cardiff and wife and their daughter
and (.'. ('. Cardiff anil wffe are regis-
tered at the Bristol from their home from
Woosier.
W. D Kllln and wife are registered at
the Brazos. The; came to Houston yes-
terdsy for a short visit. They are ac-
companied by J. F. 'ook and E. Hunter
of llen lalr
P. CI MiirVnn who with his wife. Nana
Bryan has been playing at the Cozv
theater is a son of the late Congressman
Billy .Mac I can of V'rvlnla and a graduate
of Princeton college. New Jersey. "Ted"
McLean as he is funill'arly known on the
stage is a story writer and play-writer
of some note and was a member of
Roosevelt's Hough Riders sorvlng with
Roosevelt at San Juan Hill In the Spanish-American
' war as corporal A In (he
Hough Klder company. Mr. Mclean Is a
genial gentleman and a Southerner to the
very core.
H0ESE THEFT CHARGE
Was Regiatered Again.t Marian
Javrez.
Mat Ian Javress was arrested on a
charge of mule theft by Sheriff Anderson
and Deputies Cain Vossand Wilson near
Pierce Junction yesterday-
It Is alleged that Javrex stole two mules
from Mis. J. I.. Nix In Middle street
this city and disposed of them.
Javier Is also wanted at Beaumont for
horse thefl. It Is said that he rented
a horse snd buggy In that town and
drove to Houston arriving Tuesday even-
ing. This rig was sold In Houston for
1100.
Call for Statements.
(HoHitott P04I Sf trial. )
AUSTIN Texas May 4. The depart-
ment of Insurance and banking today is-
suer to all State banks hank and trust
companies In Texas a call for a state-
ment of their financial condition at tht
close -of business hour May I. ;
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PECULIAR REQUESTS
AfiE DAILY BEING RECEIVED
BY THE POSTOFFICE.
Request for Monkey and Parrot
Have Seen Received Last Week
. "One for Baby Wat Received. '
Of all peculiar requests that are dally
being received by the Houston postoffloe
the climax was reached last week when
Postmaster Beth B. Strong received a
request from a resident of Qrapeland
Texas asking him to choose for him
a boy baby from a consignment of sixty-
two that I headed southward from New
York. All .kinds of requests have been
received at ' the postofftce previous to
thla date requests that are actually
freakish many of them putting the de-
partment to no end of trouble but the
request for the baby Is the first of Us
kind and according to the postmaster
and official completes ths list ot "odd-
ities." The Houston postofflce Is one of the
principal sources for information In the
city. Bvery day the office Is In receipt
of numerous Inqulrle regarding every
uhject that may be found In the most
voluminous encyclopedia not taking Into
consideration the requests for actual
favors. To list them would necessitate
enrolling nearly every subject that comes
to the numsn mind and an effort will
only be made to mention some Of the
"freak" that have been received off and
on. In all cases whether the requests
be freakish or not. Postmaster Strong
and his assistant F. J. DeMerltt make
an effort to either answer them person-
ally or place the communication In the
hands of the proper person or authority
to competently handle the subject.
M t7NICIPAL"lNFORMATION
flmong the principal queries are thos
relative to the city of Houston. A great
many are relative to the commission
fortn of 'government. These are usually
turned over to the city authorities or the
Houston Business league although when
personal opinions are asked for. the post-
office officials answer them. The water
and school systems a'e often Inquired
Into as all virtues and vices of the city.
The majority of communications such as
these ale turned to the business league.
Requests for seeds are numerous while
If many requests were followed the post-
office would become one of the largest
buying snd selling marts In the South-
west. All kinds of letter along those
lines sre .weekly received many asking
for purchases to be made or offering for
sale rows plows' farms and produce.
In fact everything In the category is of-
fered for sale through the po'stofflca
department. As an employment agency
the office excels. Many requests for posi-
tions of all character are being received.
In many Instances these are answered di-
rectly nut mostly they are turned over
to the proper authorities as In the esse
of applications for positions as school
teachers. These are always placed In
the hands of the school superintendents
either county or city as the case may re-
quire. All of these are listed among the
routine and little or no attention la paid
to them.
Anit now to the "freaks." The first In
this class that excited attention was a
request for a monkey from a man living
In Denlson. This was received several
years ago and Postmaster Strong Im-
mediately got busy and looked up monkey
trainers and fanciers. A dealer In simi-
ans whose residence was away "from
Houston wss found and the letter sent
to him. I-atrr It was learned that the
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to the local office were
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1 ANT PARROT.
Several year passed before- th"
key' counter partr-a :S parrotW
quested. In fact. the month. 4ras
so slowly that the office was In feet
a request for a parrot; would nev
received. -However a woman front
TVxas wrote asking that the pox-
purchase for her a parrot and the
force forthwith got busy. The r
wa turned- over to a local bird I.
and the woman' wishes satisfied.
Again a Ions; stretch of months r
on and nothing out of ths ordinary
asked the office that to nothing 1 1
rite comment. A month or more s
request from.. Beaumont was re
asking that ths office In some way
the name of a woman into the "
f tapers a she had never seen her t
n print and wished to experience
novelty. Laa weak however' ren
Interest was given the. Information
partment by the request for baby. '1
request Was received on a postal
from a resident of Qrapeland who c
notarized himself as a bachelor. . He '
read In Ths Post of a consignment ef
fants elxtytwo . tn - number being
from the New York Foundling and
phan asylum to Southern cities. The
requested that Postmaster Strong
one for hint; ship It to Orapelanl
of the agent and to notify him.
master Strong will do so to the !
his ability and intends to be. u i
scene early to give ths Orapelanuy t
the advantages of an early choice.
Now the office Is wunuortiuj. what '
come next ..- '";
MUST TAG DOGSiQlJI
i.
n
Ike. Dog Wagon -Will ftart
Tags Have Been Placed on'.
at Police Headquarter.
I'.
Ha your dog been no not njimer
ed" but Just ."tagged" by ths poUc j
partmentT V!'??: ?' N'-i
If pot and- If you happen to'Jb 71
owner of sons member of. the can
family which you desire to keep' ' t
I a necessity which must b forthcom
In a few days. .-i -
Tags will be placed an tl thl ras.rr
at the poUce station at Ih price ot
for male and 13 for female" Those
the "lady pup" will be Just a bit -difr
ent from those of tks other sex. In or.
that owner will be careful .and. not
mistake or otherwise buy vthe r
kind of idesttlflcatloq tparks' for" th
dogs. r ' - i ' -' - .- A
Friday moi-hlnit the "dog waeon."
Ii charge of a husky driver-whoost H1
to grab stray -ooggles that look If II
could catch hydrophobia eler than
could catch them will start on;J!sm
slon of hunting dogs and trouble. '
The season Is - getting nearer to I
dreaded "dog-days" than 1 destral-
wlth a lot of stray canines prowling I
streets snd Chief Kills Is going to
some quick work la cleaning things i
We don't 'want to be unfair thoug
he said. "Wednesday and Thursdsy
lie devoted to the sals' of tags and
he ample opportunity for owner to pi
chase them. Then th wagon wilt star
The splendid work of .Chamberlali
Stomach and Liver Tablet 1 dally cor
lug u light. No tuch grand remetly 1
liver and bowel troubles wa ever Vnoi
before. Thousands blesa them for cu
Ing constipation sick headache blllou
ness jaundice and Indigestion. Bold
all druggists. -.
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Ree county Texas will consider' the
suing of bonds to the amosnt of t-.
for roads -
P Pnrnc 1 ix re A 1 -Vrct.
100 years too early to
enjoy a Robert Harris
But they now iiv6
together in the.' esteem;
of smokers and scholars
Little Bobbie" hat all the good &ahi
or its fanqbus. daddy half its
size and therefore half the price.
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