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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-05
CHICAGO.

Chicago. juno t.-catilc--Tradc I'm gon-
cral Was sluggish. with average prices
Tho best l3JO-pound steers sold at 40.
choice M 40. ana most good TO choice
beef steers 3.S,fii.v0; stockersa nd feed
$50: few cows sold up to 3sO, hulk selling
at 2.50d375: veal calves were just steady,
but about II of from values OF week
again plentiful and trade slow at little
lower range. selling at ss0fi3.s0. Hogs
Early trade was q. little slow at the
recovery was rapid and prices advanced
before the close OF yesterdays average;
q good many choice but heavy sold AZ
choice lights sold at s5olg3. Sc: big old
sews are Sun slow sellers around 80
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ZINC MATERIAL.

CEMENT : Portland cement ,,nr nh hers s, .7sqi
gsr-s am ' p.1 ssrsihs = fs ss.,SI ysl
Z. square Hsas a2 Acme AMI nSa n"ysl se% hsr
plaster per zone O., ,a slsy'i per H. ss.S.
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POLITICIANS REFUGE.

Springfield Hepublfoan.
With cyclones and politics the West %
having q stormy year Evidently the
safest place for politicians out thsss =
the cellar
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SUGAR.


New York. Jane l. Sugar Raw quiet,
steady. fair refining M; centrifugal rs
tcs' 81. refined unict.
New OrlcapE. June A. SugarDuli; open
Kettle. none In first hands: centrifugal
whites 3-H6iiis. yclows iflih; seconds
. 5-Su3 hes: molassos. centrifugal sue.
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COMMERCIAL. BRIEFS.

New York. June i.--Clcarings Aoi,SH.si''
balances s6si7,5s9. Az,
Cincinnati June 4-whisky sales q"
New York. June i.-iiides iirmer'
leather steady; wood quiet.
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MAXINE INTELLIGENCE.


Por, of Galveston, June 3.
Arrived.
Sch Senator sullivan. Crockett Bnin-
more.
Smiled.
SIS Gyller. Rasmussen. Montiza Fay.
in Port
SIS Rita. TO load for Liverpool.
SIS Gallici1, loading for Hamburg.
Vessels 10 Arrive.
81. Concho, from Now York, sid. May TO-
Ss Engineer, from Liverpool, sid May 20
IS Uoiyeiia. from Hamburg. SD May -
sch Bcrwind. from Philadelphia. sid.
Sch winship. from Baltimore. sid.
May 81
ON sIiIPBOARD NOT CLEARED,
Cotton on shipboard al Galveston today:
Bale
SIS RITA, Liverpool ..r:,.,....,,,.....- Nv.
Mallory line, New York ..........-" -,
TOtal iO1ay ......'...''''''' ''''''.'.'' ''.,''
Same day last year ......s............. a,io'
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PAINTS AND oNs.

OII-I.inseel IN bbls. raw. &c: boiled.
45c; petroleum, $50 est ~ bbls; iio; IN
stove gasoline. in cases. tl.7o In hh.s. lhc;
Eup!on oil in bbls, lac; IN cases, $3.50 cas-
tor oil. medical pure. 95c; turpentine. In
WiiiTE LEAD-strlcily pure, itnGhc, -.
WINDOW GLASS-in boxes. ~ and n
to 70 per cent discount. new list,
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InNnnN rnNsoLs.

London. June 4-consols money ll3 ,-l6,
silver 81 9-l6d pcr ounce. Money J. per
cent Rate OF discount m opon market Tor
short and three months hiils 1918 per
cent
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IT'V ~ ~ s'VNN -''T7i
UANKE MARK ET.

COMPARATIVE SPOT MARKET.
Tho following are tho closing quotations
for cotton ON the spot to-day nj the lead
ing markets. together with closing OF mid
Ming Yesterday with todny'p sales
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total visible for the United States, 2Ts.6ii.
against hs2gtS last year
Santos, June 4.--Cofrec-E'rm: good
average Santos i,.,co refs per 100 kilos
receipts. COO bags; stock, 5000.
Hamburg. l0irs. +.-Coficc- Quiet and
unchanged.
rio, June 4.-Cofroe Quiet: No. I Rio,
1000 refs per 100 kilos: exchange. II I'D
receipts. 200 bags. cleared for United
States, aoro; Europe, 600. stock ioi .cpp
liavrc. June ,-Cofrcc-lr Irregular at 10
to II decline. sales 1900 bags.
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GRAN AND HAY.

Car load lots Job cars i from 6 ml' pe q'i ioo
n , om" hs.n aafsc per bushel on oats ana
70 "sE"iRN-sackcd. ainSSc.
BRAN-6sst7oc. ,,.,,o u6aec COM
OATS 25n &c; NO. "h''e ''"'
mo" G9nnoP fTi3G coRSo, Ger rl 100 ,o ns :n,rc
nAyAlfaf;a 1ns sls"a H. H. so n1 lsc SoT,h
M rlIas 'i ngairie 500; South Texas prairie
&c hlff1 90.
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. Juno f. Money on call easy
nj Iikmo per cent: last loan 2. closed .
per cent Prime mercantile paper iubl2
per cent. Sterling exchange heavy WITT
actual business in bankers bills ~ +SS.m
4 SSH for demand and +s7i. @i.s7ia for sixty
DAYS. Posted rates 1874 ss's AMI iSNn
A. ssis. Commercial bills iSGi.. Mexican
dollars 533. Bar silver IS is. Silver GER
ti.ica,es $4,000 rs. Government bonds
flrner: State bonds inactive. railroad
bonds Irregular.
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WIRE AND Ma

Barh wire quotations are TOT car'oHu
lots. c,,,,o, galvanized
60 4 per ioo lbs painted wire, $3.50 Wau-
Kccan. Joe higher than Giidden, tor. adj.
,.o NJ 70 10 GO penny, 5Oc and penny,
S Ss'I and psnny, he; and d penny '"'
2 penny, $40: 2 penny; N'so .sr came
CuT NAILS-Ratc, g;w per Aes sam
odv,pces as on wire nalls.
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and average heavy lots have to 20 at s@
m3.S Shcrp-EApcrt demand was not
80 urgent today ami the choice natives
went more slowly and a shade on. going
To choice spring lambs l0rl5 higher an
extra 7G-pound lot up to 6.25, but few
reached 500 aud common TO fair grades
were not wanted NJ any advance, going
nj sbtff, %: a few extra lots at <e6uA "
and fair around S.5. Rcccipts-Cattie WV
hcad, hogs 2IVN. aheep 10000.
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rR1.1rs AND NUTS.


APPLES Texas 25N50c per l-3-bushel
boxes. .,oo
APKICOTS-Ca and Arizona Zoo
pnNNNNhsN Per bunch. 81 oodl75.
BLACK BER lFS-Per bucket. ioa6oc;
per 2i-auart crate. si.Wal5o
COCoANt1S s5.ndi 100 per 100; $500
e Administrations, sl5oa2.25 per 10
lemons - Messlna and Palermos.
choice. s75T4no: fancy. si.l0T4%
NI''rS-Bmz,i, lie per III: flberts. Sici-
ly, DC. Naples. u l-2c; walnuts, nmiSc.
peanuts. l-SI6c; almonds, TamEona, Ito
per III. lgc per sack. California almonds,
l0c; pecans. > Lease.
ORANGES California, navels. S75Gto'
PHI Ms-Texas. soai Toe per l-i-bushel
PEACHES-.Per l-3-bushel boxes, small
to medium. Sou55c' choice TO fancy. Vocu
Si.00.
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KANSAS CRY.

Kansas city. June g.. cn,tle-- Receipts.
sSlo shipments. 1900; market steady; ToNns
steers. s5oma6S; Texas cows 2aosI2 pc;
beef steers 2.rbu 9h, native cows, ! so1p
$40; storkers and feeders, 2ioua65, bulls.
.5ii3.no Hogs Receipts. 1i.SW. ship
',ncn,s. tso. market steady to strong:
bulk of sale, 2Soit2..~; hrnvics. 23hM2So;
packers {: Nmi2 90 mixed 2.soM3o0. lights.
eoor3.co: workers.. $500. prs. 2.Wu3W.
Sheep Receipts 500; shpmcnts. HDi
lambs, a.hnf; r. rs: muttons, a.1amto1.
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LIQUORS.

prEn- schitz quarts, sloso per bbl;
hints, sil.oo per Dbl; Dixie Pale, quarts,
sa 90. hints. seio; Lemp's Extra Pale,
quarts. $40 50: pints: sllco ouo,
WJJiSKY-Per gallon: Finished goods,
on nigh wine basis. 81. p; straight Bourbon n,,,,
ond rye. according TO age and qual,ty.
ST 75asOo; blcndcd sl75n3ho.
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NEW YORK.

New York, June A.. Whea,-ReceIpts.
o, ion buehels: EXPORTS 13l GDG, spot nrm"r
~ rcd. ii rs: No ! hard. q rs. on
fions opened firm but lacked sustaining
mower. turning weak and forcing out local
lonrs md nj the same time encouraging
short snlcs. At neon on strong French
cables and lower Indiana and missouri
orop reports there was cons dcfabl"
acfiyity leading 10 M advance, the close
heirr i-2dl-S no, higher. No red June,
"a %. Snnfnmhcr. GA LIS.
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KANSAS CITY.

s,es,dy: No. Z hard. iSu52: No. 3. S6a 81;
No = red. j2Nba No. 3, 81; No. . sprlne,
4pm5l: No 3. i7Mi9- Corn steady; No
IN xcd. 2lm22; No. white. - u oats %
Recclpts-Wbeat. 1900. corn, 22,,W;
oatH. 1000. EhIpments nome
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st. Louis, June A.--Cnttlc- Receipts $500:
shipments. lice, market slightly easier.
hut not uuotabiy lower. native shtpning
steers, s..OoN 20. dressed beef and butchers
steers. aoonioo. light steers. 2sonS.";
heifera, 20ou3b1; bulls. 2onhaN. Texas
stoers lower. 2.6c9t3.Go,. for grass md fed
stock, cows, 20ou.ts. iIoga Receipts.
,,inn; ahlpmunts ZOO; market lower;
light apu3 70. mixed. a.Mst3.lo, heavy.
3onas2o Sheep Receipts. $500: shipments,
300. market steady, natives range 2.t"W
800, culia and bucks. l5ou2.5o.
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ST. Louis, Junc I-Flom STEADY. Wheat
nominal No. red cnsh elevator "a, track
E5m5s; No. , hard 81. July 3, - asked
August 81 rs asked. September b5fi Corn
2s As. July 26t. bid; September n, oats
strong but quiet. No. cash and August
rs. July II rs hid. Rye--lmll % Barley
nominal Corn meal .35ul.i1. Bran-Fast
track Sa1 20. Flax sred--S,endy ~. Tim
othy seed 2.5VI3 40. Iiay~-I'nchanged 1ull
whisky ls2 cotton tics and hagginw
unchanged pork-Easv, mess iohhing
Gs7isaTl2ts. 1.nrd-fIighor. prime steam
100 choice i.o5. Bacon Boxed shoulders
AMI longs 40. ribs and shorts s2's DRY
ago. ribs and shorts li2ir Receipts Flour
hpOo, wheat 1000: corn q 600, oats $1,000
Shpments--Flour 2op; wheat 5000. corn
pONl. onts 2b.N0.
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WY LARD is low.

bills, PARTICULARLY the holders of
ID" said n Chicago broker the
have been competing for
kon,hs past with bankrupt
| Cincinnati concern Of shippers
the London banks lluuidatcd
is Of lard for II. \ Berlin oper-
and n stock Of 1000 .ierces of
bu, on the BARGAIN counter fer
b. Those banllrup; stocks are
way now. believe. anI solvent
rs from this on sho III Rave n
Ince. believe lard mkt fall
aned up al &c a pound.
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EVENING POST CABLEGRAM

New York. June 4-The Evening Post $
London financial cabl.gram says: The
stock market was thnly attended. be-
cause OF the EPSON Faces, but the tone
was buoyant in all branches except Amer
leans. Home rails. Kaffirs and West Aus
trallans We're booming Americans have
been sustained here hv the general
strength of other markets but the close
was duh and under the best on the cablcd
news Of the progress Of the silvcriics in
the United States The Paris hoursc
opened firm, but closed weaker. The Ber-
lin market was steady
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wrapped, 9 1916 s-4c: fancy, mixed. in
pays r S.i@sc; rock. loGllc.
peas oel, so Lima beam: s,;iy
beans. 7on7sc; corn. soc@s sS S ,or s,r,ns
lib. ssass re; seconds. sass.. 's s's ss'i
cA ri oSRsSESy ee cnNN I'm seassS; s
i.e.; egg piums, slsoai.ss; aprieois i issf
~; pears. 81. SAILS: green cages i.soSS
White eSerres 81 ~ b,s slrsrSs
blackberrles. sl.60di.75. '''s''
CANNED MEATs-Roast beef Lib
a Ss,aa h ,., e. ,.lb corned beet
dozen. i2,eoas,775 i.s-lb clipped i dI'f BEEF
dozen. SlJa Lao; Lib oxford sausage ?
dozen. 300; Frankfurt sausage. Lis. i. ~;
rottel ham. dozen. !l2s; i..-lb deyiled
dozen. SIPS.
cANDl. Es-Granite es and SIS ea7c; ls.
o. paroiine assorted colors. aSaiic; Star
COFFEE RIO and Cordova: Fair. 1919
lIc; prime, l7Nalsc; choice. 1871. aisisc:
r fansy lasmSS psan ,S sns heas,ed
buckles In loo-lb cases, s2i.S,; In ss-lh
cases, 22lo. Mocha and Java. fancy blend
FLouR--..Tidal Wave. sass; Sea Fairy
second roller patent. $500: Sea Nymph
extra roller fancy. $3.50: Sea Pearl. $500
rye flour $3.50; pumpcrnickel, SO: y us
bury's Best. $40 Carload lots 100 less
per barrel, special rates for shipments to
interior points.
FARINACEous Goops-Grit.. hominy
and cream meal in bbs, $25JT2.6o pearl
4 sacks, scotch oats. s2.lon2.is per case
FISH Mackorel. No. l, In l0-lb kits $2.25
aiao: No. / half bbis, tm: sardines.
American quarters in oil. s2',a2.s5; mus
No. !. 70 III half bbls $3.50; 10 III kits, 500.
lIAMS-Standard. 9n9hc; picnic hams.
HoNEy-rn co III cans. extracted. &c; in
comh, lie; 10 ID cans extracted. l0c.
LARD Refined ticrces. compound, ia.sf
i7-sc; leaf. 5lsn5ls' 5o-lb cans, !. higher
7-Sc higher: alb. ic higher.
OIASSES-Centrlfugal. fair. l6Il1c.
prime 2Su25c. choice open kettle 10 oc.
klGE, Extra fancy head ss.m,s; fanny iasr
3isnaHc: prime 2s4m25sc.
RoPE-Basis for 7-is. 5Ma5lsc; cotton
SALT-l.iverpool. coarse 7sasoc; f,ne, SIC,
los sees: to-5s 81 80: ioo-3s $3.50: 7o-,s s2.is.
STARCH-S Standard goods; Pearl. IN 40
III boxes, s'4c; Royal Gloss. bulk Els;
corn starch. 5lauec per III. 10 and 40 ID
boxes.
SUGAR Quotations are for small lots,
Standard graduated. 5,2mEN; plantation
54m5ss. German granula,ed in sacks. si,n
5ssc; cubes. l3-l6c: powered. { 13-l6Q &c;
choice yellow clarified. 4;sn5c. fancy, 5'sc
PRODUCE.
. a-sc per lb Bayou. s-SNi2 s-sc, pink,
2i.m9ia, Lima, ;a4,.. black-eyed peas. 3,sc.
Bt1"rEu -Fi'o S'h'. 17Ni dary. lie;
tn, 10. lac; fancy Fisin x,esmery. ismlsc:
fresh Texas cort;i:.. S"s9ee. II in good
El'TrERINE Solids. lie; prints, l2c:
GNBBAGE~ :2.coa2.2s per crate;
in sacks. &c per III.
CHEESE Kew York fun cream, lie:
W sconsin fun cream. IL l-?c: fancy hiied
cheese amlec: Swiss. 2Sa29c; Imitation
Swiss, 17nlSc. brick cheese. lac: Limburg-
er. 1Sc.
ONIONS New Texas stock, ! l-2a2c
per III.
POTATOES New York. soc per pusheli
Texas new, 5ONG5r.
,ans q % 95s,s ~. snr.nr 81 'ooa2. u. accord
ing to size: turkey hens A.soa6:.o: turkey
gobhlers s6.5oIa.co; ducks s2.1Hda5o: geese
e. ,Al, IN
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LIVE STOCK.
HOUSTON.
FORT WORTIf

FORT WORTH.
Corrected daily for The Post by the
Fort Worth Stockyards company
Receipts Shipments.
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[(SINEsS BAROMETER.
|. "a the Condition Of Trade
Generally.
4
\ Trade IS CONSERVATIVE.
A.. UsIns . Hand.to'Mou'h
s..,ly Of Pcachcs-Bicycie
Prices are Lower
Office Of The Post,

.,,op Thursday, June T.
Hous'o .,,,,or,. NJ n
biye pee'' =" a,ar.c,cr in the
Jan oru'"" do, for several
grocery , ,ho only article
Sugar 10 ,,r extent. and
fuc'u .'., IL s,,ll uncertain, al
et on ."a declined about 5sc
prices nav .,.., o,o,ks The buy
,a in nearly all lines oil gro
bsen very conservative All .ne
:, and now that the season LOT
IN muny lines Is approach'hs'
I.s,yatism is becoming "o'e
Prices are at rock bottom an"
General belief that purchases
~, ,rove prollfnb,c. yet this
vi" rs,,.n,,, e,rour 10 cause
mol suii'e'''''' g. c..,....
Slers to order supplies LOT i"'u'e
M. huvinc is strictly Of II hand
INV - ,,d will continue so
character al" ..,,.
m or two TO come IN F." VAIN
conservative policy is IA favor
'v"s, - ,,o, merchants are
II s"oM' ,.. ...,, .on,,
risks whatever. oh' WI" p's'"
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CHICAGO.
The leading futures ranged A. follows!


Chicago. June 4-.Rnd crop reports.
which 80 influenced sterdey's wheat
d,immining todsS's sr"t,ila,ioa " and
turned an apparently hopeless weak mar
ket INTO a strors one, July closing lie
hiphcr Than yesterdays final figures. Corn
cluscd about l-4c hrner and oats a Sri,ic
lower. Provisions made slight advances.
Whoai-There was hut a moderate spec
luigc Tor the day being use. The open
ne was weak aud irregular rms was
news favored the buying SIDE Liverpool
VAS quoted isd higher. The Price Cur
rents crop summary was resarded ms
seahoaid We're heavy. nearly ,w.nm bush
els IN wheat. flour included. Hut tho
liberal Northwestern receipts. amounting
to w cars. me weather aud prospects OF
continuance Of the same. together with
rather weak markets ai 81. Louis aud
Minneapolis. all tended to offset the fore
selling orders. Tho ohio report showed
condition Of ~ per cent aeains, i, per
cent last month and the Michigan report
was said 10 he on, With q condition Of
- rcr cent. The report OF Michigan tend
I'd To boost the market up ami top price5
were scored. There were scmc reactions
rnclpally due 10 realizing sales. but the
closing was steady.
Ccru followed the course Of tho wheat
early Oh the favorable weather. Inter
turned strong AZ wheat went up aud
closed nrm.
Oats were decidedly quiet Tie influence
Of wheat ard corn was counteractcd by
flee offerings. and prices ruled II shade
easier at III" close.
sympathy with the open ns oi, grain and
hog prices. Prices aflorward improved
With grain AMI with iair support. tho
close being steady aud at Il slight adj
vance.
.Fs'imaiccs for Friday Wheat II. corn
nal mo-. ft..fNc A. "a
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The following kilograms wore received
by careli 4 Rirdnrlson today.
New York. 1910 4. m. Advance On ,xci
on better liverpool. Shorts covering
Don't believe in I. fondhcim.
New York. 1880 ~ m.-Chroniclc's acre
agc IL per cent increase. Expect will
causc market TO improve King.
New ORLEANS, II rs n. m.--Bombay re-
r.inia 81. n10 against G7.0s last year aiii
Is 0fH year brfoie; shipmouis. 81 0oo,
against 1850 In lE'i and $500 In 1874
E.lgn. Texas. June i--Cotton crop pros
poets n Sntthwcs, territory are nne No
~ IN needed fer TWO weeks. A. Breycr.
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..........,........ 1900
NEW YORK SPOTA
''"a Inn S C"i1 CLOSED ~ Sso q

Opened steady, ia:cs steady, closed very
STEADY sales iag 80.
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EXPERIMENTS IN COOPERATION.
RY CHARLES G. sToRRs.

Co OPERATION seems to be the only
solution of the great question of
profits and wages as between employ
er and employed. The Illinois Cen
trail of this city has recently de
termined to let its employees become
stock holders, paying for stock at par
at the rate of SIS per month with in
terest at 4 per cent on payments
until the stock is paid for, and it is
to be hoped this example will be fol-
lowed by others.
One of the most successful mer-
chants of the United States, Mr.,
John Wannamaker, who recently pur-
chased for two million dollars the
store once owned by the late A. T.
Stewart, New York's famous mer-
chant prince, has for ten years pur-
sued the cooperative plan in his
great Philadelphia establishment
with entire satisfaction to employees.
The first year of the cooperation he
divided 100000 among the employees
in excess of salary, and his business
has grown every year since until now
he enters the New York field to carry
out the same principle there. During
the centennial in Philadelphia Wan
namaker's store was almost as great
an attraction for visitors as a de-
partment Of the exhibition itself.
The visitor today who goes through
the immense Philadelphia establish
ment will be struck, first of all, with
the brightness, neatness and attract
iveness of the different departments,
each one, however, subordinated to
a pleasing general effect. The en-
ployes, also, are distinctly different
from those in department stores gen
orally, in that they seem to take a
greater personal interest in their
customers, each one realizing that it is
to his or her own interest that the store
should be a success. The influence
on city of such an example, and of
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Leaving aside all ideas concerning

Leaving aside all ideas concerning
the next life, is it not beautiful
thought, that we can leave such a
heritage here? That we can live and
linger in the world after the body de-
cays9 This is the Immortality which
each of us can acquire for ourselves.
The practical lesson for us today is,
SO to live that we may acquire this
earthly immortality. He who does
this need never think of the soul-life
in the world to come.
We search out the good traits, speak
of the virtues and forget the frailties
of those whom the angel of death has
claimed. Why should we wait until
they die7 The living have more use
for such kindly treatment than the
dead. When the body is lifeless all
the praise, and love, and kindness
that the world might bestow upon it
can never stimulate it to new activity,
fill it with fresh hope, nor cause it
to respond with love. Perhaps when
alive, the soul which animated that
body yearned for love, lopged for
praise, wishfully waited for kindness.
We seldom forget our obligations
to the dead; but sometimes we do to
the living. If we were as thoughtful
in life as we are considerate in death,
this world would be filled with more
happiness, and death, perchance,
would be robbed of many of its pangs.
CINCINNATI, o.
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OUR CONTRIBUTORS.
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.
BY PRESIDENT I. M. ATWOOD, DID.

THE theory of the National Confer
ences is, we suppose, that they are a
sort of free parliament. In them each
speaker whether assigned or impromtu,
is to free his mind. Things that would
not be lawful to say in convention
may be spoken without offense in con-
ference. To some extent this program
has been followed in the conferences.
But those who have watched to see how
much more freedom of speech would be
INDUCED in the conferences than in
the conventions, must have concluded
that there was not much accumulated
and pent.up thunder in the Universalist
Church. The freedom Of utterance en-
joyed among US at all times has rendered
a special opportunity Of escape for sup
pressed sentiments superhuous.
Some criticism found expression in
the recent conferences, particularly in
the Portland meeting. But most of it
seems to have been in the nature of
friendly suggestion. He is the wise man
who In a gathering of his brethren
knows how to so criticise the polity or
policies or the administration of his
church as to leave the impression of an
interested helper rather than of dis
gruntled caviler. There is a harmful
and helpful criticism. The harmful
criticism may be just in the letter but
it is unjust in the spirit. 1t finds fault
without the pleasant relief of words Of
approval, and it does 30 in terms that
convey no hint of remedy. The helpful
criticism shows what is wrong, COM
mends what is right, and so phrases its
censure as to suggest the corrections.
We trust the brethren who have re-
newed the discussion Of the conditions
OF entrance to our theological semina-
ries, and of giving assistance to the
students for the ministry, will continue
it until all who have thought on the
subject have expressed it. Some
changes and improvements are desir-
able. Those of us who have had expo.
rience in the seminaries have more
intimate knowledge of the matter than
others would be likely te possess; but
we may not be in so favorable situa-
tion to judge what can or what ought to
be done in the way of betterment. We
should like to avail ourselves of the con-
sensus Of opinion on the subject.
I'm the meantime it will harm moth
ing to remark, that the seminaries can
not manufacture students; they must
take such as are sent to them. Or il
they 60 out to seek students they must
still take such as they find. There is
not now nor has there been any throng
Of applicants. The road to theological
schools, like one described in Watts's
hymn, has only here and there trav-
eller. Yet those who persevere to come
to the school and to get into it and to
stay in it, are but small per cent of
those who at one time or ano her think of
doing so. We get, therefore, but mea-
ger residue. Are they the sifted. win
moved. elect residue? If they are not
the fault lies with the church, and
specially with the pastors, who let the
tide of capable and promising youth go
by without picking and persuading more
of them for this great servics.