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TEE WORLD. They say the world's a sham and life a lease Of nightmare nothing nicknamed Time, and we Ghost voyagers in undiscovered seas Where fact is feign; mirage, reality. IWhere all is vain and vanity is all. And eyes look out and only know they stare At conjured coast whose beacons rise and fall, And vanish with the hopes that feigned them there. Where sea-shell measures urge a phantom dance Til! fancied pleasure drowns imagined painTill Death stares madness out of countenance 'And vanity is all and all is vain. It may be as my friends allege: I'm pressed to move that life is something more; And yet a linnet on a hawthorne hedge Still wants explaining and accounting for. ?Ralph Hodgson, in'Saturday Review. J fB HARD TIMES. 28 ???? niOM TEE GERMAN. ???? m m By M*M- m r Paul Korner was a landscape ;tv painter; he was, also, a daily visitor at the Einhorn, the respectable little inn of Gruningen. Here he drank his bottle of Ingelheimer every evening except Saturday; on that night, after the heat and burden of the ;week, he felt justified'in substituting champagne for Ingelheimer. This had been his invariable habit from the time of his settling in the Tillage, two years before. He had never once deviated from this rule, | for, unlike many of his brotherhood, he led a well-regulated life. One Saturday night, finding him' self at the inn rather earlier than | .usual, he sought to pass away the time until his companions should arrive at the reading'table. The Eastern question was agitating the public mind just then, and people were speculating much over it. Paul began listlessly turning the leaves of a bound volume of illustrat ;?jed-^apers, looking indifferently at the ; ."Wood cuts. ff Between the pages lay a fragment 1 of a political newspaper. His eyes .fell on a letter from a Vienna correspondent, who, in a diplomatic and ^ ocular fashion, discoursed upon the "situation," winding up with the remarkable declaration: "We are standing upon a volcano, and no one knows what a day may bring forth!" Paul, who had never been especially interested in politics, closed the \ .volume with a startling clap. I*: The words, "We are staniding on a volcano," seemed to affect his^ind SjjK nVery materially. . \ lOPae detiec- SMte -/self. "War is imminent, and war is the declared enemy of all the muses! ; IWhat will become of me in the event H .which, according to this correspond|&?;ent, is close upon us? Horrors! | -.jWho will buy pictures when bomb shells are bursting? Alas! alas: 4 , must begin at once to adapt myself ??; to circumstances, and to live sparingly and economically." k . Now see what followed. U That evening he ordered, instead' f ?f his customary champagne, a modPest quantum of Ingelheimer, with the words: |r, ? "In these hard times we cannot in?Y dulge in luxuries." ? ' This remark made a profound impression on Herr Grundhuber, the ' landlord, and the next morning, when his wife asked for the money to pay the Sunday loaf of cake, he waved her back, saying: I "In these hard times there's no money to waste on cakes!" !f- , The baker's boy, who, according to Gruningen custom, delivered his sweet wares at their patrons' houses, f stared blankly, and did not fail to repeat to'his master, word for word, Herr Grundhuber's remark concerni ing the hard times. The baker, who thought himself quite a politician, looked up and S - down and around in terrible perolex"y "H'm! Herr Grundhuber, the wellto-do host of the Einhorn, denies 7 himself his usual Sunday treat! .There must be something in it! fi./ Tilings must be bad! His self-denial ^ jfcts proof positive that the times are hard indeed!" An hour later when he entered his wife's room, the baker found her examinng with evident delight a quantity of dress material spread out before her. "Which piece had I better select for Mathilde?" she asked, smiling. "Alack!" the baker exclaimed, "we h have had many expenses lately, and now in these hard rimes we must buy only what is absoluteyiy necessary. ^"~"What do you think? Grundhuber has taken no cake for to-day, and under such circumstances our chil* dren must take what they can get, and wait for fine clothes till the times mend." His wife's wits quite deserted her. "Heaven preserve us!" she cried. 'What will become of us? There'll v_ be war! there'll be war! I always said there'd be war, and who knows how soon we shall all be Turks? Oh, dear! oh, dear! .Lome, carry an tms 'i / stuff back as quick as you can, and tell Herr Klcesauller that we can't afford to buy with a war hanging over us, and while the times are so hard." The servant hurried away on her ~ . errand. Herr Kleemuller, one of the moneyed ?ien among the merchants ol . the town, listened to her message in dismay k . " ' , ... .. "" '. .. . ..>;' 1 ' "' >:; "This is a fine prospect," said he to himself. "If the baker thinks even now of economy the situation must indeed be bad. Well, we must be ready for anything; the crisis may be close at hand. First and foremost, we must indulge in no needless expenditure." Thereupon, hastening to his desk, he wrote and dispatched the following letter: "Herr Paul Korner: "Dear Sir?I am obliged to give you a different answer from what I had intended, in regard to your 'Landscape by Moonlight,' which I had hoped to buy r.s soon as it should be finished. To my great regret, owi^g to the depression of business, it is necessary for me to deny myself the gratification of possessing this iiiascCilJlt'LC. UCL Ult vuv wish and the hope that the times will soon he better, when I shall feel justified in purchasing one of your truly admirable works of art. I remain, dear sir, very truly yours. "ALOIS KLEEMULLER." This letter was like a thunderclap to our artist. He had counted upon Herr Kieemuller as a sure patron; prosperity would certainly follow the sale of his "Landscape by Moonlight," which was now nearly completed, but, alas, that dream had fied! 'At the Einhorn in the evening, he ordered only half a bottle of Ingelheimer, and the groan accompanying his order created a deep impression, not only on the landlord, but on the other guests. The score that night was scarcely half as large as usual. "The times are degenerating," moaned Herr Grundhuber, as he examined his cash box next morning. A new reduction of his family ex penses was the result of this knowledge. Eefore a week had gone by, the village of Gruningen, but now so prosperous, had assumed an air of misery, such as might be accounted for only by the horrors of a civil war. The cry, "hard times," rang out from mansion and hovel. Business was about at a standstill, credit at an end. A fortnight later, Paul sat again in the Einhorn, which he now visited only twice a week. Again he drew toward him the illustrated volume which had been the means of disclosing to him so clearly the "situation." The paper with the Vienna correspondence lay there still. He cast a forlorn glance on the fathi sheet before him. Then he raised k suddenly, and what dismay filled his soul as he read for the first time the date of this correspondence ?it was four years old! | "This is foolisher than foolish!" he cried. "Have I allowed myself to be nearly frightened(to death by this nonsense of four years ago?" Rising and seizing the latest newsnonor iitcf hrrmrrht in hp rpad in thp ? ? ,teleg?apfri~c dTsVatchts-tfeat^tr^eea--' flict so long feared bad at last broken out. His bands fell at bis side. "We are then in trutb ruined, annihflated!" be groaned. "All bope is gone. ?t matters little what use 1 make of the two tbalers in my pocket, all I batffe left. Heaven grant tbe rest of my misery may depart witb , my money!" Thereupon, in this reckless mood, he ordered two bottles of champagne. The landlord smiled. "The painter is a mighty politician," he said to his wife next morning. "Before any one else saw the approaching fearful business depression he foretold it, and now he foresees a change, for he is drinking champagne again. That is a favorable sign. I am sure, Jetty, that the times are better. This afternoon you may engage the cake again as Defore." | "Thank Heaven!" said the baker, when Fran Grundhuber gave her order as of old. "The times are improving. I tell you what, wife, we'll but a fine dress for Mathilde now." A week later Herr Kleemuller purchased tfye "Landscape by Moonlight." Eusiness was "up".again. The prevailing "depression" had taken leave of the village, although the war that had caused it was only just declared. This short period of unusual terror to the honest citizens of Gruningen formed a subject for discussion for many years after, j "Heaven save >us from hard [times!" the housewives muttered, as they crossed themselves devoutly. A certain professor, passing through the town at that season of rhiserv, was heard to exclaim, as he took his departure from the hospitable Einhorn: "There are, forsooth, more simpletons among us than hard times!" I'Via YNiwea nf Pftrt'Pt*. A tailor wko~had leeeived an order for a suit of clothes "was asked by the customer's wife for an^fcp^erview. "I want to ask you "as ^ signal favor," she said, "not to put any pcKfc kets in my husband's clothe*." 1 "Why not?" asked the astonished tailor. "Because they are responsible for his looking so shabby so mucji 0f the time," she explained. "He wears his clothes for weeks without dressing because he says it is too muc.h trouble to change the things in lnS p5c- | kets to another suit. He sa^s that half the men who go round ii^ seedy clothes do so for the same Reason. ~ x * ? -- 4 ? - 'l s\r\ TTA Aiif + V. _ ' II tnao 15 5U, JUSl icavc vuv, pUUkets and they will have no excise for shabbiness." "That is a new point of view," said . the tailor. "I will see about it." I But when the suit came home iti had the usual number of pockets.? New York Su~ k. BRYAN IS T CANDID/H Wishes to Lead Democratic Party Presidential Battle of 1908?Hon-^ or Too High to Decline. In an interview at Topeka, Kano.,Thursday, William J. Bryan practical- | ly admitted that he would be a candidate for the presidential nomination before the next democratic national convention. "While I have not yet announced t)iat I would be a candidate," said Mr. Bryan. "I have not stated tnat i would not be a candidate and do not intend to. Such a high honor as the presidential nomination is something that no American citizen should de- j cline." Mr. Bryan declared that he had never stated that President Roosevelt had stolen the thunder of the democratic party, although he said the president was now advocating many things favored by that paitv. Mr. Bryan said there was no fcun- j dation for the story that had been printed to the effect that he would, if nominated, favor the selection of Senator W. J. Stone of Missouri as chairman of the democratic national committee. "I have never told any oAe an> * " 4 * * ? i-V^ thing aoout tne organization ui iuc national committee," lie said. "I do not want to see on the comniittee" men who are not good, clean men who want a government for the people and not for the trusts. I do not care to see men on the committee like Roger Sullivan of Illinois." In speaking of the railroad legislation enacted by congress at its last session, he stated that he did not believe the legislation was what it should be, but he thinks that the president took what he ctcmld get. He said the giving of railroad passes was one of the most corrupting influences exercised in this country. Mr. Bryan spoke before the Kansas State Teachers' Association Thursday night. RACE CLASH IN FLORIDA. Four Negroes and Two White Men Wolinded in Shooting Affray. News has just been received of a shooting affray which occurred at Delwood, a small town in the interior of Florida, on Christmas night, in which two white men and four negroes were wounded; two of the latter seriously. The town is isolated, and early in the night four negroes, all brothers, by the name of Bell, entered the store 'uf."Tvachois," 3S5;Tcfeg-intoxicated, acted in such a disorderly manner that they were ejected by Nichols and white citizens who were in the place. Later, Nichols closed his store and, accompanied by* a Mr. Dykes, started for home. They had gone only a short distance when they were fired upon by' the negroes and both slightly wounded. They returned the fire, wounding all four of the negroes, two probably mortally. Officers went out from Mariani^ and arrested the Eell brothers. tata^H two to jail at ^arianna, but the <9^ two were so badly wounded that they could not be moved, and men were stationed at the house where they were found, to guard them. BISHOP COKE SMITH DEAD. Well Known Methodist Prelate Succumbs After Long Illness. Bishop A. Ccke Smitn ct me Aiecnodist Episcopal church died at Ashe'ville. N. C., Thursday night. after a lingering illness. He was 77 years of age, having been born in Lynchburg, S. C? in 1849. He graduated from Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C., in 1S73. and immediately joined the South Carolina conference. He was ! pastor at Cheraw, Columbia, Charleston and other South Carolina points. He was at different times a member of the faculties of Vanderbilt and Wofford. While pastor of Epworth church, Norfolk, Va., in 1902, lie was elected bishop. Two years ago he rr? moved to Asheville for his health. CHILDREN DIE IN FLAMES. Three Cremated in Fire Caused by an Explosion. Three children of Stanley Singleton, aged 13, 11 and 8 years, were cremcAed in a fire at Heater station, !> viiin^o near Weston. Icwa, Wednes day night. After the 'Singletons had retired natural gas escaping from a defective valve, caused an explosion. The fa| thcr and mother and the two elder ^children occupied one room. The rt^ldren were awakened by the cries of xfceir parents, but they were enveloped in flames and escape was im| _ WRECK OCCt'RS ON SEABOARO. F.ast Mail Crashed Into Freight Cars, Killing Engineer. The Seaboard Air\Line's fast mail, vn northbound, from Atlanta to Richmond, crashed into a string of . loaded freight cars at Beachlanj, a Hag station, 19 miles east , of Monroe. N. C., Saturday nignt, partially wrecking the passenger train, and killing Engineer Maxwell of Raleigh. m Imetto SlateKews; A Killing in Chesterfield. Frank Perdue, 24 years of age, was shot and killed by Duncan Wilkes, age 28. Both were said to be drinking. The affair occurred in Chesterfield county. * % * Studying Immigration Question. ivir. r. J. vvarne, secretary of the immigration department of the national civic federation, is in South Carolina investigating this state's immigration movement. He has been given every facility for obtaining information by Commissioner of Immigration Watson. * * * Burned Jail, Gained Liberty. On Sunday night Samuel Rollins was arrested by the chief of police of Belton and placed in the guard house. He was charged with violating the dispensary law and also with neglecting his family. Some time during the niflrht. he burn ed a hole in the building and escaped after extinguishing the fire. He spent Christmas week wnere he pleased and is still at liberty. * * * Card Game Causes Tragedy. Jas. Kimbrough and John Cunningham, white operatives at the Laurens cotton mills, in Laurens, had a quarrel over cards and Cunningham was shot in the abdomen and is seriously injured. Kimbrough is in jail. He attempted to escape out was capped by Chief of Police Bagwell. He is . Tennessee. * * * Clemsi Opening Postponed. The openinto ^f Clemeon College has been postponed on account of a shortage in the coal supply. Dr. Mell has been in telegraphic communication with the officials of the Southern railway in Washington, hut he does not hope for coal before the 9th. The coal companies say that it is impossible to get cars. / * * * Baseball Franchise Sold. A new company has been organized taking over the Charleston baseball e i-i ?O TAA irancru.ic .ux" a L'uuMuexaixvjx ox ,?,uw. The capital stock of the new company is $5,000. <? Wilson Matthews, who managed Savannah last year, was elected Charleston manager. Matthews will begin work at once and a hard effort will be made to land the Soutfe^yttlantjc "league pennant. y ^ * * To Study Child Labor. Mrs. J. Elle Foster, who hold? a personal commission from President Roosevelt, has for several days been inspecting the cotton mills of South Carolina with reference to the conditions of child labor and employment of women. She "v^ill make a report to the president, on which he will base a special message to congress. * - > * * Young Man Burned to Death. M. D. Smith, a young white man who lives in Chesterfield county, about five miles north of Patrick, was burned to death at his home a few nights ago. He had been to cneraw ana was j said to be drinking. The house caught fire and it is supposed that Smith was J unable to save himself. He was found I in the yard with his clothes burned [ off. * # Do Not Believe Porter's Story. The sheriff's posse which went to Mount Zioi, the blcck telegraph station on . the Southern railway, six miles from Spartanburg, in response to the appeal for help sent out by Operator Porter, at that station, returned to Spartanburg and expressed the opinion that no negroes had attacked the station. Porter declared that shots were fired into the block tower; and that at the time he sent the message he was penned up in the :|jttion by a mob of drunken negroes. Members of the sheriff s party attributed the excitement to fright of the operator. The mP5<?a<rp sent to Spartanburg by Por j ter was as follows: J "I am penned up iu a blockhouse ! and surrounded by a mob of negroes, who have threatened my life. They a e beating down the door. For God's g ike send me help." * * * Died as Four Taps Came. Fire Chief O. G. Margenhoc, for twelve years at the head of the Charleston Fire Department and ex-officer of the National Association of Fire Engineers, a frequent contributor to firemen's and insurance publications dropped dead at midnight at his home, coming after a battle with a troublesome fire just hs the four taps on the fire bells announced to the city, "fire's out." rfe was about GO years of age and was very higmy regarded for his intelligence and splendid ability as a fire-fighter. He leaves a large family. He had extensive business interests, wholesale and retail,-and was looking forward to breaking all records for mi mm smell fire loss of 1306 iir Charleston. He was generally * beloved and respected throughout the city. * * * A Lynching Averted. Tiney Chavis. a white man, was shot and killed near Springfield, in Orangeburg county, by Stephen Clemens. Chavis went to Clemens' house and asked him for some money, the negro owed. Clemens picked up a gun and shoved Chavis out of the door. He followed him into the yard and shot him dead. Chavis was not armed. The negro was captured later and taken to the jail at Barnwell for safe-keeping. There was considerable excitement LII'C llimit'OI uuu v* '^UM> ? were anxious to get the negro. A mulatto from New York made himself conspicuous asking questions and as a result he is nursing a broken head and a well-tanned skin. * ~ * Charleston Projects Park. A project has been launched at Charleston, supported by Congressman Legarre and a number of capitalists, to construct a beautiful resort across the Ashley river from Charleston, a feature of which will be a Japanese garden, with lakes, labyrinth, fairy islands and other attractions, making a unique pleasure ground. A race track of a mile in length will he built, to be conducted by an independent company, in connection, however, with the gardens, and this race track organization will, be a member nf the national racing: associations to insure racing by blooded horses. An electric railway will be constructed, having its^ferminus in the upper section of Charleston, crossing the river on a steel bridge, for which the permission of the United States government has already been granted, and extending beyond the pleasure resort through a string of islands for. the better accommodation in the movement of the products of the many truck farms. AFTER ROOSEVELT'S SCALP. Threats Made in Japanese Newspaper Published in California. Secret service agents at San Francisco have had their attention called to an inflammatory paper published in Berkeley, Cal., by Japanese, entitled, "The Revolution," in which the as sassination of the mikado, President Roosevelt and others in authority is Q/l,fAnoto.] In nloin Vriwllth Marked copies of the paper were sent through the mail to the board of education in 'Frisco. The paper is printed in both Japanese and English. The articles in the latter language are the ones that advocate assassination. following- iangrr2^^TS~-TTsed "in relation to the attitude of President Roosevelt on the Japanese school question.* "We believe that such a thing as the trifling legislation which the capitalist class may l'rom time to time fling to the wornfers wM prove of no avail; that it is about a3 effective as the tiny stream from a baby's water gun thrown into a raging fire. "Our policy is towar4 the overthrow of the mikado, king and president, as. representing the capitalist class, as sOcn as possible, and we do not hesitate as to the means." v ir CHINKS REGISTER KICK. Boycott to Be Used by Chinese Be" cause of Exclusion Act Dispatches received from Canton, China, report that more than 1,000 persons were present at a meeting held there Monday to discuss the American Chinese exclusion act. The following resolutions were adopted at the meeting: First, to revive a boycott against American goods. Second, that newspapers shall not advertise American manufacturers. Third, to dissuade laborers from proceeding to Panama, Fourth, to petition the viceroy asking the imperial government to negotiate with America for a modification of the exclusion act, and lastly that these resolutions be placarded throughout the country. FAMOUS WOMAN DEAD. Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Beloved of ail Fnaland. is No More. ; The Baroness Burdett-Coutts died iii London Sunday night. Her death, occurring at the age of 92 years, besides depriving the country of one ot its greatest and most famous philanthropists, remo\es from Lcndon a unique personality and an interesting social figure. As a link with the almost forgotten past, her life beginning during the reign of the Emperor Napoleon, she lived during the reigns of five British sovereigns. Inheriting an immense fortune, she so used it in lavish charity as to die beloved by the whole nation. PURE FOOD LAW .EFFECTIVE. Uncle Sam Will See That Statute Is Strictly Enforced. The government pure food law went into effect Tuesday. Henceforth all things in the food and drink line are ^ ^ ? v/iBi-loMAtls oc tn to i;e pure. lif IC^Uittuv-o tw vw adulteration affect all drugs and medicines as well as tood articles. The government is preparing for the strictest enforcement of the law. Federal inspectors will be kept busy buying samples in the open market to be tested and analyzed. ; . 1 WRECK HORROR GROWS. ;j List of Dead in Collision on B. & Oi 1 Road, Near Washington, Reaches j J 52 and Others May Die. A Washington, special says: The . Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Terra Cctta Sunday night, grows in magni- fl tuue as uic injurs puss. h The most conservative estimate of the dead made Monday night was 52, I with three score of injured at the hos- . I piials or at their homes, suffering 9 from wounds ana fractures sustained 9 in the rear-end collision, which com- . 9 pletely demolished the two day 9 coaches and the smoker attached to the-local Frederick, Md., train, No. 66. \ Several1 of the most seriously injured are expected to die, and the death list ^ may reach 60 or more. Heart-rending and pitiful were the scenes at the city morgue Monday, . '.-M where hundreds of persons flocked to assist the police in the identification - mrlc* onrl airoTl OI Lilt ueau. UUUIVU, io uuu V>v>? men with iron aerves, sobbed aloud / and fainted as their relatives or ' yl friends were found among the corpses. j'd strewn about the floor. A Officials of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad are conducting an investiga lion of the wreck in Baltimore for the D purpose of placing the responsibility D lor the disaster. .. General Superintendent Todd exonerated Milton V. Phillips, the operator """^D at the Takoma block station, the last ID signal station that the equipment train passed before crasning into the pas* JJD senger train at Terra Cotta. The sup- <1 erintendent declared that Phillips was. 1 obeying instructions when he went ] home at 6:30 o'clock, leaving the dou- J ble green signal burning. While niak* : ?| in'g no positive charge, Superintendent v . Todd intimated tnat the burden of the blame vould fall upon the engineer , and crew of the extra. The Jive mem- ^ bers of the crew who were arrested .1 shortly after the accidet, are now her - . ^ ing held to await the result of official : j investigadon. They are: Harry H. J Hildebratd, engineer; Ira C. McClel- - land, fireman; Frank F. Hoffmyer, ccn- V$;A ductor; Ralph Rutter, brakeiuan; Wil- 1 liam A. Morris, baggagemaster. 4 Gazing vacantly between the Iron ;J bars of his cell at the police -station* Engineer Hlldebrand is too full of . m emotion to make any definite state- . fl ment. "It will all come out at the in vestig^tioq," he said. "I doil't be- ' lieve that there is anything for me >>>?< to say and I could not say it if there was." ^ Before he whs arrested>>/ffi^l^L^^f3l neer made a stall? fc'in which hev j:ji declared that if the t^Hfer signal light " ' was displayed at TalfSmo, he failed to see it, owing to the - dense fog. -^Milton V. Phillips,' the operator, whc> is also held a pnsoner at the Tenth precinct, said that the equip- % ment train ran past his danger signal - zff? board at a speed of 50 to 00 miles {J an hour. He said there was a heayj V fog, but not enough to hide the red.v light. He declares that he immediately notified the operator at University v \ station that the train had taken the v block against his orders. His statement Is corroborated by the Univer sity station operator, who says he re- a ceived the message. EDUCATORS NAME OFFICERS. . fi Tighe Eeleqted at Montgomery Meet- ^ Ing to Head Southern Association. ? ^ The Southern Educational Associa- : % tion at its session in Montgomery* Ala., elected the following officers: President. R. G. Tighe, superintend- j ent city schools, AShevtlle, N.C.,; first vice president, Dr. E. B. Craighead, M president Tulane University, New Or- 9 leans; second vice president, State- 9 iSuperintendent C. L. Floyd, Montgom- fl ery; secretary, Principal J. B. Cun- n ningham, Birmingham, Ala.; treasurer* 9 E. P. Burns, member board of educa- 9 tion, Atlanta, Ga. -;? After the adoption of this report, the I association received invitations for J the holding of the next meeting. Three M cities were prominently mentioned, S New Orleans, Jamestown, Va., and fl Lexington, Ky. Decision on this will fl be announced later. .. It was decided to found a. depart- m ment of libraries. S PASSENGERS LOSE VALUABLES, Brace of Robbers Loot Sleeping Car 1 on Seaboard. - J Near LaCrosse, V3., on the Sea-* J board Air Line, at 2:20 o'clock Mon- -1 day morning, the passengers in the J sleeper of train No. 81, out of Rich- 1 mond, were held up and robbed of ,* about $800, besides jeweliy.- The rob- ' bers, two in number, got op. at Richmond as passengers. The Pullman I conductor, while attempting to arrest i them, was shot through the arm. The I T->i,ii<vf rhA emergency brake | men iiicu puu-u ? cord, stopped the train, and escaped. , 3 i HOUSEKEEPERS FEAR SERVANTS fl Families in Houston, Texas, Dispens ing With Colored Help. I 1 A supposed attempt to assassinate 1 Mrs. T. H. McGregor, the wife of Representative-elect McGregor and the I announcement that members of tiw m family of F. Charles Hume had been m , poisoned has led many Houston, Tex as, householders to discharge theiir