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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-28
NEW YnRIi srock MNnKrr.

New York February THE volume OF
business IN stocks today WAS about equal
70 that Of tho previous dav The Indus
trials again held first place In point OF
activity as group The nnrkct was ir-
rrguar with do" Gwari tendency, and
marked declines occurred Ia several IN
stances baltimore and OHIO was the par
hcularlY weak feature, declining an eN-
treme points to 70. The depression was
caused hy disturbing reports, conveying
the impression that tho result of the cN-
per; report which has been made by Mr.
stephen Little, the accountant employed
by the syndicate, had been oven more an
favorable than had been anticipated and
forcshadowed the grayost consequences
II was also implied thnt the company
would be unable TO meet tho interest duo
March J. amounting to about Sio2.0Oo. or
hcial denials of the rumpr were made 10
the Associated prei,s representatives. about
Tho close Of business, subsequently, tic
rtork rallied TO rs ANA clnacd AT 274, Ia
the iuduSsriaiH. Leather preferred was
pressed heavily for sale ms n result of
mort of operations published yesterday.
Tho stock lod the market IN extent of
transac Ions and closed at n decline OF
ON the day aud "a below vest crdays final
figure. The ssn, ral market moved ireCu-
larry, but tho Nucuatons, except iu one
or two INSTANCES were not wide. Opera
tions for tho day began with a depressed
market. which was partly attributable 10
a. change of front 70 the bear side by for
ogn dealers ia Americans. Rcali2ations
were also Effected by local OPERATORS b
Leather preferred referred 10 above, nm
faVorahly affected others of the industrial
group. Sugar ycldcd 5-S 20 lld'a on offer
ings from int res recently identified with
the hull movement IN the stock. The rail-
WAYS were az n rule quiet, aside from St
PAU and Louisville and Nashville, in
which fairly extensive business wnS done
and moved within narrow limbs. The
downward tendency was checked late IN
the day and under moderate covering by
shorts substantial gains were made in a
NUN her Of stocks. Tobacco improved ia
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MONEY AND INVESTMENTS.
Doings Of q Day With Wall Street
Operators
DOWNWARD MOVEMENT CONTINUED.
baltimore and Ohio Shares and Gopds
Badiy observation-disclosures siumped
Considerably,

New York, February 27.--(special) 1.-THE
stock exchange was treated to somewhat
OF sensation today by movements IN
Baltimore and Ohio shares and bonds.
The stock suddenly dropped TO the lowest
price ii ever sold In this market. Later
there was a recovery OF 2 and the stock
was in good borrowing demand and loaned
at lea premium. The per cent bonds OF
lG5 were sold for London account at %,
seller ~. and were subsequently, offered
down to ~: closing price last evening
70. The immediate occasion OF the dcpre-
citation in baltimore ana OHIO SECURITIES
was various ruruors ailoat IN regard to
the finances of the company. IL was re-
ported that figures prepared by Stephen
Little. the expert accountant. showed "a
hoaung debt in excess of A.vOcVp0 the
amount previously stated; that a re-
ceiNership might be found necessary,
though this was subsequently denied.
There was considerable talk about an i.-
sue OF collateral trust bonds or preferred
stock, the Impression prevailing that S.N-
WoWr OF the latter would ho put out, but
nothing official transplrcd and the whole
matter WIS left IN doubt
An early decline mud a later rally Ia
sugar certificates was attributed TO manip-
ulaiiou for tho bull POOL TN the stock.
Ia sugar circles more Importance was
attached TO tho expected action ON the
pnl 10 Increase the export bounty to be
voted ON In the German reicnstag next
week Leather preferred declined on liqui-
dutiun caused by the bad showing made
IN tho annual report; an extremely low
price IN the last hour was reached on
safes by prominent banking houses with
important Boston connections Cotton
on preferred dropped 3 H.
rho cotton market weakened under the
wolght of an avalanche OF selling orders
primarily by Liverpool markets showing
unexpected weakness; prices lost All i'm.
proveIment established from last weeks
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Total o1port,............a@Ls 7t7.sa0I i,ais.07t
STOCK
ON sHIpnoAnp NOT CLEARED.

The total amount OF cotton on ship.
board not cleared at Galveston today II
na follows;
For Grsnt Bri,ain--Ss Capenor s5le; Rita
li7s Wilma i7aS; Rose Castle 35d3: Alicia
6iGi Legislator 1908, total 18Th.
For Ilremcn--Ss Oberon 1917.
Far llamburg--Ss Conisciiffe 40: Bona
100; total t50.
For Wnsa.a.-pk storiScn 1926.
For New York--Mallory limo 3202.
Total u, 200, against 80 bs1 last year.
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u AaNod. b Bid
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
opened barely steady. T. OK quiet. closed.



LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
OPENED steady. demand moderate pm,
barely steady. closed steady nj decline.
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Up and Sailed.
Ship British Isles. Calcutta, sid Jan. l.
So Ethiopia, Glasgow, sid Dec. q.
Rk L.ttoe. Seville. Dcs. "a.
Ik Blcnda. Grcanock. aid Jan. g.
IS Helen, Androsson. sid Feb. rs,
IS MnriAtow. Vera Cruz. sid Feb. IL
rs Obercn, liavrc. sld Dec. ~.
Ss Roarmath, iim"tlck sid Jan, 7.
Ss Bcndi. constnutinopic sid Jan. g.
~ Conisclinc, Gibraltar. sid jan. 81.
~ llopetown, Limerick sid Jan II.
rs byndhurst. ~. Vincent sid Feb 20.
ga Faika, Barry, sid Jan IS
ss Sapphire. st. Vincent, sid Feb. IL.
SO Tormorc, Port L.mon, sid Feb %.
IS Gracih, Liverpool. sid Feb Il.
IA Marian, Pennrth. aid Feb. H.
sE Fulwell. Newport Ncws sid Feb. 6.
IA Cambria. Hamburg, sid Jan. II.
80 I)thelrida, Avonmouth, sid Jan. &c.
is Lent. cardiff sid Jan, IS
su Millfcld, lpsevich, sid Jan. 2,
~ Whitby. Londonderry, aid Feb. 7.
Sch Charmer. baltimore, SID Jan. ~.
Sch u. j. Barr, baltimore. aid Jan %.
So Iseonn. New York aid Feb. ~
Ss Lanpasas. New York sid Feb, 26.
RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS.
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Sailed
SIS Alicia. Aldamig, Liverpool.
Sch Carrie A. Lane, Quick, Tampa.
Vessels In Port.
70 J. Moller & Co.-Bk Hirotha. StorA
ken, So rita (Sp) Sa Wilma.
To Fowler g. McVltit>~Brig Sihlcy, (hm).
So Bona, SO Capenor Ss Lorstaken
10 NJ. Munn~-Sch Helen, IS Rose Castle
sch Isaiah Hart.
10 VIM Parr & Co.'s Legislator.
To w. w, Wilson~~Ss Niagara, Eden
more.
To Adoue a Lohit--Sa Maria SPAN.
10 Ripley & iloenthal-Sa North Sanda.
TO j. ". Sawyer & Co.'s Genial.
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nrcrIpTs AND sHIpMENTs

Total receipts OF cotton at Galveston
today were as follows: Gulf Colorado and
santa T'e COS. Missouri, Kansas and Texas
70s Galveston, Houston and Henderson
2OG barge Eddie 1866,
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NEW YORK SPOTS


NEW YoRK FUTURES.
Opened steady mt decline i2,0S steady.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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FORT WORTH.

Marke. well SUPPLIED with stock; DC
maud licht.
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alGs TAKE A TUMBLE.

dropped TO s cents today, after
1t 81. and cents per dozen early
week, The decline was caused
fsssed receipts. and the weakness
)igo. New York and other mar
which Houston dealers have here
onslgned large quantities. As
|g The Post : Geographic reports
ffrng southern eggs sold in New
l'ser,ay at Il cents. I'm Chicago at
nn,s. In ST. Louis SA cents, ana
City at cents. The overstockfd
q Of the Northern markets Will
tsly cause rush OF oggs to llous-
he next { " days, and a further
Z tho market may be expected.
YORK and Chicago houses have
had representatives in Taxas
ne hen product Of many places.
mere is practically no market
h points now, Texas towns VIII
~ Be flooded with consignments.
~. Today selling AT midsummer
~ these are just about one half
Fatons prevailing at this time last
Ia Ihe milo winter experienced
ms year has caused Tho hens
Pg prolific in their egg produc-
W they. are going ahead with
regardless or prices. Tn, only
can stop them Is a long smell
seatther, and when that comes
@s De expected to advance ma
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United State. 47i,ss,. against uo.rss ,ass-

MARINE lNTELLIG ENCE.
Port OF Galveston. February a.
Arrived
Str America. Wright, New Orleans.
Cleared
Rkt Jennie Sweeney, Hudson. Pasca-
Euuln,
So Lorsiaken, Olsen. Observation-Disclosures
The state herald., 1896-05-08

By way OF proving that MaasaeEu.
sotts women sometimes carry house
hold neatness too far. tie Dostdh Cal
aHy once told story OF country
woman In the town OF H.. whose hosso
took iire In the roof All the neigh
bors, Ms n matter OF course. came rush
Ing up to put gu, the FIRE: but as the
streets were very muddy and the neigh
bors had no, picked Their way carefully.
IN their haste 10 saws the house. tt.ir
boots were covered with mud.
The housewife met them at the fihn,
door To get at the fire they mus 80
upstairs.
NO" she said. them stairs has just
been wnshcd-i cleaned en- this MORN
ing with my own hands, and ! amt
going to have you traiprin NJ and down
with your dirty feet"
"Du, tho fires got 10 DO but out"
thty gnnped
You hnlnt got TO 30 on my stnirbW
she answered. She stood steatfr.tly
rhpru hhe wAa. and would not let n nan
IN. Meantime the flrc made swift head
way, md soon consumed the entire
house.
Il don't care" tho neat housewife
IL said TO have remarked. M she
watched tho eonfngration from tho
oth..r side Of tho road, Il don't bel eve
there's n house IN Aassnohuset,H could
burn down any cloanor'n that, for !
scrubbed |, myBolf with my own hands
and that's some consolation
The state herald., 1896-05-08
n. nMtsL, an nh,ln.-

OF the martial songs moro partlcu-
lnriy connected with the various peri
DDS OF storm and stress In Germany.
one OF the most celebrated Ia that cf
the Rhine" composed by resker and
answered by Alfred 10 Musset In other
wen tnswh verses. The "waeht am
hhein." by Max sehneckcnburger, waa
composed about the same period as the
Rhine song. but attained Its widos,
popularity during the war OF 1870. Tn
like Beeker's song, 1t cannot rohat OK
having been be; 10 music by seventy
composers.
The patriotic song of Deutschland.
Deutschland uber Allies" was tho work
OF the popular writer. poet, philologlst
and historian. August Hoffman,. who
was born Mt Fallersleben In the year
1898. For time we find him acting M
librarian and later as professor at
the university OF Breslau. but tho lib
eral tendency of some OF his writings
caused him, In 1888. 10 be deprived VI
his professional chair. For many
years he waB librarian TO the duke OF
Rntibor and died In this sheltered post
In 1874 The German national anthem.
Hell Dir i'm Siegcrkranz." was writ
ten originally for the birthday OF
Christian VII. king OF Denmark. by u
HolBteln clergyman. The words were
written to the air OF God Save the
King" In 1890. and few years later
were modified for Prussian use,-Cham-
bers' Journal.
The state herald., 1896-05-08

Little Hobby Wanted to Know.
Little Robby-Is black color, pop7
Little Bobby's Father-No. Bobby;
black isn't color. ..-,
Little Pobby-But red's a colorf
Little Bobby's Father-Yes: red is a
color.
Little Bobby-Indians are red. amt
they. pop?
Little Bobby's Father-Yes. Indians
are red.
Little Bobby-But Indians amt col
ored folks1
Little Bobby's Father-N-no: Indians
are not colored folks.
Little Bobby-Nogroes arc co'orod
folks. amt they. pa?
Little Bobby's Father-Yes. Bobby;
negroes arc colored folks.
Little Bobby-But they're black, amt
they2
Little Bobby's Father-Y-yes: they're
black.
Little Bobby-Wcll. then. pop why
Little Bobby's Father-I don't know.
Bobby! l give It upl Run and ask
your moiher'
The state herald., 1896-05-08


Glad yidings relates story that oc-
CURED during the revival meetings held
By Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman In Buffalo;
A lady-a member OF one OF the
churches. but worldly-sought TO bring
her son TO Christ. lie was unmoyed and
showed no anxiety for his salvation.
She wrote him letter and told him OF
her desire. expressing the fear that sho
had. perhaps. been In the way. II was
true. Two ycars before. during special
services. her son had been Interested.
lie had asked his mother TO 30 with
him to n meeting. She said. Not to-
night. This Is the regular meeting OF
our whist club. but III no some other
night" From that time there seemed
to be smitten out OF him every thought
OF the Holy Ghost. lie read his mothers
letter, her cntreaties. She watched him.
Tears came to his eyes; but he put the
letter In his pocket. and never looked
Mt It again. oh! II IL u serious thins
to DO trif,lny when tho souls OF others
afe depending ON IN.
The state herald., 1896-05-08

chauncey Depew has picked up rev
story which runs something like this
'ln one OF the mining towns OF the west
II WA customary for the miners TO have
elaborate funerals. The more lowly
tho miner. the more osien,atious was
the funeral. on the tomb1tones OF tho
Deceased miners II Sss customary 10
place h brief inscription reeltins some
virtue of the departed. On one grave
stone were the words; Il never drank
whisky Another inscription read y
si-ays paid my debtH.' These and
other commcndhblo characters wero
outlined on the various ,tonea In the
cemetery. IN oEo OF which, however,
Wa tho following rhilnoophie and
unique reading: James o'lris' ! dun
my damndest
The state herald., 1896-05-08

him. His face lost its rigid tenseness.
his eyes grew moist. He forgave Cas-
tranis insults. he told him Margaret
was pure. He put out his hands and
grasped those Of his companion.
20, sir" he said. II thank you'll
thank you'll You have made me as
happy as 1t is now possible for me to
become. 1t Is like going back to heaven
after q long absence. to know that she
was pure--that was not deceived In
her. o. Margie! Margiel my wronged
Margie! God forgive me for INDUCING
such thought Of you"
Castrani's hard face softened little,
as he witnessed the utter abandon
ment Of the proud man before him.
you may we'll ask God to forgive
you,' he said. You deserve the
depths Of perdition for harboring in
your heart thought against the pur-
ity Of that woman. Archer Trevlyn.
had she loved me rs she did you,
would have cut off my right hand be-
fore I would have entertained a sus-
picion of sin in her! 1t is true she
went North on the came train az l did,
but I did not know 1t until the jour
ney was ended. Previous to that time
| had not seen her for more than a
fortnight, and did not know she was
near me, until In Boston my attention
was attracted by a crowd Of roughs'
gathered around lady and grey
hound. The lady had lost her port
monnaie, and the crowd made some
insulting remarks which l took the
liberty of resenting, and when ! saw
the lady's face, to my amazement !
recognized Margaret HARRISON"
The state herald., 1896-05-08

very smart young man. wishing to
supply amusement for group OF young
ladies' that accompanied him. aecosted
the conductor OF railroad train rs fol-
lows:
MY dear conductor. what-er-do
you call an up train7"
why. n train that blows up, cx-
plodes. goes to tmash-anything Of that
sort"
"Ah. yes. to be sure. And-cr-what
do you call down trainf'
Down train7-why. that's a train
that goes down m e'rbahhinent. or
through 4 llestie-work: has some sort
OF fall. you know"
The young ladies' wero laughing
heartily at these answers. which en-
bnrrassed the young man. and desper-
ately pointing 20 the train the. -tfI
about 20 hoard, he asked. And where
might this train be goingT
"oh." replied tho conductor. I'VE
never agree to answer those questions
beforehand" Harper Round Table.
The state herald., 1896-05-08

There are fashions In soliciting for
charities. and the newest OF such fash.
lon In New Lork has won high favor.
A small silk bng II sent to n person Who
In likely to eontributec to any par,ieu.
lar object, with polite rcgues, that he
will place In the bag coins to tho
number OF his age. Tho coins may DO
pennies. quartcrB, dollars or other
pieces. The denomination IN left 10
tho generosity OF the donor. II he de-
uircn TO hide his real age he gcsersiiy
will send back 80 many coinn-a hun.
drod, for inrtaneo-thnt his nge Ii unre-
yoaicd. Unless. indeed, ho fion TO tho
oppoaite extreme and gives no little that
1, cannot possibly bear reference to his
years.
II ID said that these silk bags never
como back empty and that many u
worthy object haH been largely assisted
through them. Tho bags arc made by
women Interested In tho particular
charities or by poor people who have no
regular employment. and are thus on
nblcd to earn small wasca. This " tho
charity season par ekrellcnc. eth.
forty days Of Lent-nnd the little silk
bngs hfe In active operation all over
New York.-New York Press.
The state herald., 1896-05-08

In n volume entitled Aspiration and
Achievement" Frederick A. Atkinson
speaks M follows Of the duty Of cheer.
fulnessi Chcerfulncsa. pleanantneHH. n
bright mud sunny ,omper-,heso arc
nofnc OF the richest fruits Of true 70.
llrlon. II our Christianity Ia worth
anything at all. II II has nny po,en,
Influence over our llyon, n II In my.
thing else but tho feeble sentimental.
lam Of a selfish and artificial ploty, then
u VIII make Tin PHEASANT" II will
brighten our Hpirits. swoeton our man.
noru and tame our tsmpers, Almost
Tho first Indication OF tho new ilfo 10
inc desire to smooth ov'is trivial but
us'y difficulties. to pro note general
feeling OF Kindness NJ ! simplicity, and
thus TO rob HE Of iis dullnepa and pl,-
'erneHs and mono' nur. And
there IL certain tlnd Of Christian Of,
Tort which no ee<r.lttee can do, no or.
snn'ss''on can ,sstr.npllsh. no Gods Of
The state herald., 1896-05-08

A story IN told by Rev. Mr.. Adams.
OF tho American Baptist Mission In
Central China. Of Mr.. Tscn. formerly
a wealthy merchant. but who. ruined
by opium smoking. became low for
tune teller. Ho eamo aitcrward under
tho Influence OF the Gospel and burned
his magical bookn. and sought TO re.
form. Tho sufferingn he endured while
seeking 10 break on the habit were In
tonae. but borne patiently, Tho temp.
tntion to seek relief by returning TO tho
uso OF tho drug wns such m few could
have renlated, but he would not yield
though hc died. And die he did. stead.
fantiy refusing TO Yield hgnin to the 10.
duc,lona OF tho drug which had blight
ed his life.
The state herald., 1896-05-08
LESS LlBsnrY in GERMANY.
No On. i. Allowed 10 Critics. tn.
HatSsr.


AZ a well-konwfi German newspaper
has said, It has now come to this-that
any adverse criticism Of the kaiser's ut
terances Is d tenal offensc. says tho
Contemporary Review. Praise or 81
lenoe-thcse are the alternatives. And
yet nSver perhaps was there monarch
whose speeches moro loudly challenged
criticism; but they Arc sacred. To
comment on them In words that raise
even suspicion Of disapproval Is sum-
Client to conoign tho speaker or writer
to Jail for at least Tires months. more
probably six, possibly twelve. Nay, as
tonishins as II may appear. It Is none
tho less fact that lese-ma1este may DO
committed by saying tothinsl In octo-
Der last, the Cologne Gazette hsd m ac-
count Of a mana German who hea
been In Anerica--who was unfortunate
enough to offend IN this way. He was
at a cato with some compahicns, and
they fell to discussing the comparative
merits Of the German and American
constitutions. OF course. tho man who
had been In America waa in favor Of tho
American constitution. He wnxed elo-
quent on the subject. and won't on to
say, "As for the kaiser'-then suddenly
realizing the dangers that beset that
word, he stopped short. But he had al
ready said too much, He had been
overheard by someone who denounced
him to the police. They arrested him
and no was ultimately sentenced to
three months Imprisonment. 1t was
not asserted by the prosecution that no
had said anything against tho kaiser;
no was condemned on the facts as have
stated them. II was assumed that, II
he had finished the sentence, II would
have contained an insult to his majesty.
md this was enough.
A later example is, II possible. more
astounding still An upholsterer In
Dantzic was asked at restaurant to
estimate the value of plaster bust OF
the empress, and snid that II was worth
only n shilling. For this he was tried.
At tho trial the bust was produced, and.
being found OF very inferior quality. tho
man was acquitted. But that he could
have been tried at all on such charge
is significant enough.
Such cases nre ludricrous except for
the Victims. But occasionally the over
sentative loyalty Of the German leads to
results ndll Esfe absurd. Thus ut Bonn
last sumner party Of friends were
chatting At a restaurant, when one OF
them said: "What fool that Kaiser
iBr The audacious words were not al
lowed 10 pass unavengod. A policeman
was at once called III BY an oavesdrop'
per and the culprlt given into custody.
Then II came out that he had been
merely referring to an acquaintance OF
,hs name OF Kaiser "a not uncommon
nnmc In Germany. Even then he was
taken to the police station. ana had
some dIiIeulty in obtaining his re-
lease.
The state herald., 1896-05-08

We know what We ask cur friends to
DO for uas but we seldom know all tho
devla,ions which are made from the
original Instructions. IN ais-s,.onable
fiat few months ago the society dafHi6
who was going to tho neashoro left her
beloved poodle. aopsa, In charge OF her
nearest, dearest friend In tho fat, with
elaborate directions On her return
Mopsa was dSi!.ered in gopa health and
spirits, but gone on In her looks, tow
zlcd rnd ragged. One day her mistress
unil:
Marie, l can't stand 1t my longer
do toll me wha, YOU did to Mopsa whl''
was gonc2 She looks hoii'd.'
Anr Marie honestly replied:
Julia. sho was such a nuisance. nj
ways running out when the doors wer'
open. kept her In my bird cage
philadelphia Times.