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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-14
Houston Railroad Receipts.
Houston Spot Quotations.
Closed easy at a decline of Lice:


GaIvestOn spots.
The Galveston spot market closed
steady and unchanged.
ofd,nary. " ...... q cood m'adilns X
Good ordinary. 6,s Mitdling fair. n
Low middling.. 6h Ieales 734
New Orleans Spots.
The New Orleans spot market closed
irregular, at decline of 1-16c.
n .;oW .ra'H"', "a l Moda msan; SA
i 800 oia na 20 a.,.a fair: 5ho
New York Spots.
The New York spot market closed
easy at a decline of 1-1ec.
Low mddiIns f5-ls siidGiing falr.. 8 lie
Mddling. .... IN sales. ........... SAB
Liverpool Spots.
Demand fair; prices 1-32d lower: sales.
10000; imports $500. of which 5000 were
American.
Today. Satday.
ordinary ..................... 8 2l-oz olA-io
Good ordinary. .I'32 "a
low mlddlng 49,. ........... 31-32
Mddlng uplands. 3-32 4b
Good M ddling uplands...- An 9-32
American mddling fair. 1889 40 :
New Orleans Futures.
Opened quiet; closed steady; sales. $500.
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PEARS sh@s15c per lb.
RAisfNs~California 4. L. boxes. lisa
LIZ: V box L. l.. raisins. ~: Scrown y.
M. raisns, 80 ID boxes, SIC; 3-croWn 4. ~.
% p Il NEE 5o-sos 7,sc ec7os.
&c: 70-sOs, &c; 90-100s, Sc. co..
NtTs-Brasil 1oai1c per n; nlncrts PC
ny lial1Ac; Naples, NE wain ~ Iaai ,Sc;
a. per ID. II, sacks; pecans. 7lsdSlsc.
GRAIN AND HAY.
Carload lots JOB cars from nils -. qea ~,
IL On bran, Ease per bushel on oats and
no S and io1iSc per 100 lbs on hay.
eeHoFPEbp tc;oRN-7c per 100 lbs.
CORNING. 2 sacked, 44a45c; on corn, 80
UcfTHo ppED OATs--75aSoc per 100 lbs.
0ATT-Texas, 2sG2Sc.
Wheat SCKEEjNINGS-70c per bushel
HAY-Aifalfa. $1o5pqil.oo per ton; millet
s12 90; timothy, $l2.50i12.75; South Texas
nrairie hay, $5.0005. SO; North Texas. $500.
'COTTONsEED PRoDuCTS-Meal and
cake. f7.0On1S.O0 per ton; hulls, 800.
SORGHUM SEED-s5d90c per 100 lbs.
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Houston expects 1850 to 1850 bales IA.
morrow sssdst AS,s q tEs ssns az
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LIVE STOCK.

HOUSTON.
:. II. Hall. live stock commission mer-
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Cotton Is Cheap.

H. I. Woods & Co. of New Orleans
write; I'VE regard cotton as cheap ON its
owe merits, but its situation accumulated
by adverse crop reports makes its posi-.
ton douhly strong, and we must remem-
Der that We are selling next crop de.
hverles at heavy discount on presen,
prices and at figures that seem to us to
discount fnll yield Every fact war
can We discover shy reason why on,
should indulge contrary opinion, excep,
that he is bear!sh from habit and ina,
haoit has grown 10 be second nature
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Comparative Spot Markets.
The following are the closing quotations
for cotton on the spot today at the leading
markets. together with the closing Of mid
cling yesterday. with todays sales.
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Unsntisractory Gables.

New York. September B.-The cotton
market opened steady, with near months
20S points lower and the latter months
point lower TO higher The early de.
cline was the result OF unsatisfactory
cables at hand when the call started. but
later cables Were of more favorable pur-
port. and the market rallied as the cal,
progressed. While destitute of outside
speculative interest the market showed a
Iify steady undcrtone at slight aver
age decline during the forenoon, and raj
He'd sharply later on buying by commits
sion houses. Still later the market deyel-
oped irregnarity on conflicting crop news
a.la views regarding the probable move
meilt. rhe market closed steady at nm
changed prices to a net decline OF Q points
The Dry Goodn Market.
New York. September I3.-T,he dry rcod.
market showed fair trading at first hands
and active buying with jobters. stanl.
eottens im all lines for domestic use ara
In steady request In all goods suitab,a
FOR export use. the demand Ia light ana
prices. although advanced are unst esdv
Prints continue very strong. Omar X &
vances In both fancy and STAPLES have NJ,
vel peen made, but prices are very Arm
Iraae is active throughout, and die, AN
tisdi az second hands IL active W.>nsss,
gooSs In all grades are strone ana s",r,s
active on reorders. .ss'4s
Cotton P0lnta.
Houston expects q, 800 10 n soo 49,. y,
na0stoWs oganmt 1bl9 On tho na1ns -,
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NEW ORLEANS

Good cattle OF all classes In light sup
ply. fat beeves, fat COWS AMI hcifsrs In
common stock Of all kinds low and weak
hogs firm, sheep quiet.
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Nov Orb ans. La, September Surar
, ,,rs, fes,ls , Ssnsh sH9sN csnsrofsgal
New York. septensher Il, -sugar--strons
for rsy; fasr reclining. u; centrifuesl. y
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GALVESTON.

GALVESTON.
Reported for The Post by A. p. Norman
live stock commission merchant
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st. LOUIS, September ls.--wool firm ana,
higher. medium i5ue0ss; light fine, sSiis:
heavy line. sulals tub washed. p4sS3s.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-02-20

ears and hurrying. urging herself IN,
like O. me poor CID machine that has
been set ding for the last time regard
lefs of break pg the s'rinss
AT the third XII ometer she walled all
bert over, exhausted. N,w and tn n
her ssbot would hit against some stone,
WI ich w nd jar her head painfully: and
she FASTENED to get home for Il ar of
r. ling and havirg to he carried.
"'Old Yvonne is ,ipsyr She II down
and the boys in the street ran aft her.
She had strength enouo h 10 get up and
hobble away with her stick.
"OId Yvonne is tipsy! And the saucv
little rascals came ard laughed in her
face. Her head dress is sll awry.
las these little boys psered under her
cap and saw the look of despair an her
aged face they turned away.
AS soon as she reached home and Rad
closed the dor, she gave vent TO the
feelings which were sitting her, 10 a cry
of distress, and dropped into a corner
with her head against the wall Her
head dress had fallen over her eyes; she
threw it on the floor-ber poor, hest
head dress, which she had always been
so careful of. Her last Sunday dress
was all soiled: and lock of yellowish
white hair. escaping from her head band
gave the last touch t. the poor womans
disorderly appearance. She was hardly
able to cry. Very aged grandmothers
have no tears 10 their exhausted eyes"
This picture Of the proud little Breton
peasant, her back bowed by grief
which sge had left straight and supple
is affecting. Whistler drew bis mother
in the same way. / know moth Z g about
Lot, but, / think he is from Brittany, of
peasant birth snd this royal old lady is
his own grandmother. In spite of the
love story. the eea and the grandmother
are the chief characters in "An Iceland
Fisherman"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-02-20
First pub. Jan. %.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
by virtue Of an order Of sale issued by
the clerk of the district court of the
third judicial district Of Nebraska,
within and for Lancaster county. in an
action wherein Francis A. Lewis and
John q. johnson as executors of the
last will and testament Of George Blight
deceased is plaintiff, and Elsie T..
Epperson ct al defendants. l will. at 9
o'clock p. m. on the Ord day of Febru
airy A. ID. 1897, at the east door Of the
court house, in the city OF
Lincoln. Lancaster county, Nebraska.
offer for sale at public auction, the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-wit:
The east twenty five (25) feet OF LOT
ten (lO) in block one % in Lavepder,s
addition to the city of Lincoln, Lancas-
ter county, Nebraska.
Given under my hand this 2lst dav
OF January, A. D., 1897.
80. John j. Trompen,
~ Sheriff.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-02-20

timbers we're standing in their native
forest"
Then he stuck. The Cpturned faces.
the rapidly flowing water below. the
novelty OF the Notwithstanding
knocked every word out of his head.
and his address vanished from him like
the mist OF morning before the sun.
But the mayor was gritty and made
another Twenty years ego and these
massive timbers were standing in their
native forests" The same majestic
wave Of the hand, the same elevation OF
tho voice-and the came abrul pause.
Every other word had escaped him. At
first the audience thought he was re-
peating for emphasis. But at the Sec
ond halt they began to understand.
The mayor took drink Of water from
the stand at his side and once more
tackled his address.
Twenty years ago. he started in.
land these massive timbers were stand
ing in their native forest, and I'll be
damned il don't wish they were stand
ing there YETI
And with that last eliminating express
sion, the dedicatory address of the mayor
was ended. H. G. SHEDD.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-02-20
First pub. Feb. 6
NOTICE.

20 81. First National Bank. Barnes
vile vs.. Cook.
To Lulu Clark Cook, non resident de.
PENDANT:
You are hereby notified that on Janu-
airy end, 1897, the First National Bank
Of GAINESVILLE. Ohio, began an action
against you in the district court Of
Lancaster county, Nebraska, to recover
the sum OF 81, 100 upon two promissory
notes, executed by you and others, one
for $4,000, dated March 5th, 1896. due
four months from date. the other for the
sum Of 5000, dated May 18th, 1896, due
ninety days from date, with interest on
said sums from the dates of said respec-
tive notes, at 8 per cent per annum.
In said action orders Of attachment
have been duly issued and levied upon
all your right, title and interest in lots
number l, and 3, block number l, in
Capital Addition to Lincoln, in Lam
caster county. Nebraska, and have
further been levied upon all your right,
title and interest as stakeholder or other
wise. in the following named corpora
tiOns, tO-wit: The Union Savings bank
of Lincoln. Nebraska, The First Nation
al bank OF Lincoln, Nebraska, The La
ioe'o Aouu Soiupduy. Auc Union LdnO
company, The State Journal company,
The Lancaster Land company, The Lin
coin Land company, The South Platte
Land company. The First Nationa.
bank OF Crete. Nebraska, The First Nal
tional bank Of Pawnee City, Nebraska,
and The State bank of Dubois, Nebras-
ka.
In said action Cha, les A. Hanna and
Amelia b. CLARK have been summoned
as garnishees to answer concerning all
property belonging to you io their pos
session or under their control, and con-
corning all Indebtedness to you and in
said action it is sought to subject to
the payment Of the plaintiffs claim. all
your right, title and interest in the
above described land end corporations.
and in the property in the hands OF or
under the control OF said Charles A.
Hanna and Amelia b. Clark.
You are required to answer the plain
tiff petition on or before the 18th day
OF March, 1897.
S. l.. GEIsTHARDT,
SO Plaintiffs Attorney.
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STORIES IN PASSING.

Il want to buy a white silk bow tie, I"
said the tall customer. peering out of his
overcoat at tho university student who
clerks in an o street clothing store on
Saturdays.
Bow tie? Yes, sir" was the reply.
I'VE haven't white silk, but here is a
good white lawn which will please you
just as WELL"
But am not getting it for myself"
interrupted the man in the overcoat.
"For friends Well, I'm certain he'll
like this tie. It's more stylish and looks
better than silk. I'll tell you what you
do. YOU take out one Of these lawns to
your friend and let him try it on. II he
isn't pleased with it he can bring it back
and we'll refund the money"
But couldn't do that" said the Gus
toner after the clerk had run on in this
strain for some little time. "You see
I'm getting this tie for dead man we're
laying out. He always wore a white silk
bow and his wife says he ought to have
one to be buried in. So am 'fraid |
can't take one of those out for him to
try or"
And the young man was 80 overcome
by this piece of intelligence that he LET
the customer escape without making a
sale, which. in that establishment, was
an objectionable thing.
Eve Y evening just before the o'clock
whistle blows. rain or shine, sleet or
snow, the armies emerge from their bar
racks and for half an hour wage battle
on uneven o street. The "olds,' as they
are called, or Salvation army people,
come up Tenth and swing into o at
rapid pace, marching to AT the Cross"
set as two step. The band comprises
the Soman leader, the cornetist, dozen
followers in heir queer and ugly cos
tunes, singing and beating tambourines
savagely, and the bass-drum bringing up
the strsgelers. Through snow and mud
they proceed as il attacking the devil
himself, as far as Thirteenth where they
turn and countermarch up the opposite
gutter.
In the meantime, as il aroused by
notes Of challenge re-echoing between
the walls Of the building. the Volunteers
of America, or news" as they are
known, issue from their armory on P
street, turn up Eleventh TO o and en-
camp before the Funke, as il that were
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the seat OF iniquity. They are fewer in
number, but make up for this by big.
ger and newer drum. q shriller fife, and
more brszen cornet. Their dress is
bril liter and less worn by exposure. and
they carry an American flag IA their
emblem. Their street service is brief
and to the point. A woman prays. A
hymn is sung. And then the leader. q
man this time. commences to address
the few who have gathered about the
circle. The man talks quietly enough at
first but soon has cause TO exercise bis
vocal powers. The original army which
has been booming away up the street,
has arrived direc ly opposite the Volun.
teers. Then fighting the devil and saw
ing his victims is forgotten in the more
exciting experience OF resisting the rival
organization across the way. The "olds"
attempt to drown out the news" The
drummer Of the marching band beats
louder. the cornet blares fiercer, the
women scream shriller. But above all
the din, the powerful voice Of the
speaker paws forth like a torrent and is
cast back again from wall to wall. His
is the voice OF giant with the power OF
lion behind it, and he glories in his
strength. For he has been an auction
eer before his conversion.
The colds pass by and their voices
grow fainter as they turn into Tenth.
The "news" come back to their attack
on the devil again. And the battle OF
the streets is over for one night.
Such is the scene-humorous, pa
thetic, but enacted in deadly earnest
as it is nowadays Some time shall
tell of scene years ago when the "olds"
were new and ran a rival entertainment
to the Eden Musee band.
She is the eight year old daughter Of
a Twelfth street resident, and in her
way is quite original. The other even
ing she begged to dry the supper dishes
and her mother humored the wish. 1t
was a new experience to the child and
she was rather awkward at first, drying
the plates slowly and putting them
gingerly on the table. The mother who
was washing the supper things" beat
her out as We children used to say.
When the pans were rinsed, the dish
water emptied. and the sink secured. the
child still had the cups and saucers to
finish. These were nearer her size and
she handled them with more assurance.
As she dried each cup and saucer she
placed them next the others in long
row across the table, each time pushing
up the whole to make room at the lower
end for more.
Mckinley parade she said half
aloud, her childish imagination calling
up the recent political professions.
She had but two cups and saucers
left undried. Thinking to make room
for these, she pushed the row Of china
up farther than usual. She had been
watching the nearer cups, when with a
crash the other end OF the parade
dropped over the table and three cups
and saucers landed in a shattered heap
below.
"Oh, mamma" she said, running to
her mother. 1--we made three McKin-
leys march off the table, and they've
fallen all to smashes on the fioor."
And sobbiug she buried her wavy
black head in her mothers lap.
Years ago when the c., B. & Q. bridge
across the Mississippi at Burlington. Ia,
was formally opened, the mayor o. the
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-02-20

ssssol0Oss sl.za.O7s
.Common only. iAfter deducting the siO-
100000 paid by stockholders as assessment
under the reorganization plan of ISIS.
Considering a loss OF sol 600, 600 in
the market value of these securities in
fen wears. and the further fact that on
the great bulk OF them there has been
absolutely no income for many years,
the notion that transportation rates in
Kansas are made to pay big profits on
watered stocks is sufficiently grotesque.
The one hundred and fifty-ninth edi-
tion of Pieerre Lofts An Iceland Fish
erman' trans ated by Helen b. Dole has
finally reae h, my hands. The Iceland
fisherman is a Breton youth who goss
with the Bret fiett every summer to
Iceland to fish. The Breton fisher folk
and their homely anxious lives are told
with sympa' by and ms gbt into humble
lives that is the glory of The 1Angelus."
Pierre Lo s pic ure shows him young
man with an upward turned mustache,
lookir quite incapable OF drawing an old
woman like Gran dmother Moan the poor
woman whose grandson is shot in the
war and in mournir for whom she loses
her mind. After the official had bluntly
announced the death of her grandson
she had to walk many miles to her hut.
In Paimpol she went along, looking
straight before her, without seeing any
one. a little bent forward as If she were
going TO fall. ard with buzz ng in her
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-02-20

Years ago when the c., B. & Q. bridge
across the Mississippi at Burlington. Ia,
was formally opened, the mayor OF the
town was invited to deliver the dedica-
tory address. The m yor had never
made speech in his life. but in an evil
hour he accepted the honor. He spent
considerable time over his speech, and
being a man Of considerable ability, pro-
duced good address. He was especial.
ly pleased with the opening sentence.
And he had cause to be. for that was
about all the speech he delivered after
all, as you shall see.
His time came and he started in with
a sweeping gesture over the bridge, at
one end OF which he stood.
Twenty years ago and these massive
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-01-27
Cute Carrie.

Miss Hurryup-Ah, George, you
cannot tell what troubles q girl has
who is receiving the attentions of a
gentleman.
Mr.. Holdof--Troubles, Carrie? Of
what nature, pray?
Miss H.-Well, ones brothers are
always making fun of one, and ones
relatives r always saying, when
is it to come off?' as If marriage
was q prize fight. But that is not
the worst. There's the inquisitive-
ness of ones parents. They want to
know everything. There's papa,
now. He is constantly asking such
questions as Carrie, what are Mr..
Hoidoff's intentions? What does he
call upon you so regularly for and
stay so late when he does CALI"
And he sometimes looks SO cross
when he asks this question that !
actually tremble.
Mr.. H.-And what answer do you
make to his questions, Carrie, dear.
est?
Miss HI can't make any an
swer at all, for, you see, you haven't
said anything to me, and-snd-of
oourse-I-I-
Then Mr.. Holdoff whispered some.
thing in Carries ear, and next time
her father questions her she will be
ready with a satisfactory reply
Pearson's Weekly.
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BLACkMAlL IN ENGLAND.
Secret Owning Servants Seem to Be the
Greatest CuIprits There.

CtCTtI OHUlIS ScEfdutS Ctthi w DC tHo
Greatest CuIprits There.
That was q wise philosopher who
remarked that d valet knows his
masters character better than any
one else. In the privacy of his
chamber a busy, barassed man is
apt to throw off all reserve and to
reveal those very traits in his dispo-
sition which he otherwise takes the
utmost care to conceal.
A valet Or a lady's maid has al
most unlimited opportunities for
matchmaking. Their chances of pry-
ing into their masters affairs are
u%noqualed.
tisnot surprising, therefore, that
servants who extort money r
among the worst tcrrors with which
society people have to contend.
Toward the end of last year a we'll
known public man was found dead
in his bed. 1t was evident that he
had poisoned himself, although no
cause for the deed could be discoy-
cred. A few days ago an old valet
of the unfortunate man, now a pub
lie house keeper. received a evere
injury from a fall from a scafiold,
and fearing that he would not recov-
er he confessed that it Was chiefly
through his fundamentally that
his master had been driven to his
death.
He bad found in an old drawer a
packet of papers which, without
doubt, contained past history. Be-
ing in need Of money, he demanded
a lament of e10, in default Of
which he threatened to make the
papers public. The money was paid,
but be soon ran through it, since be
had lost his situation. He again ap-
piled for another e10, and finally
succeeded in obtaining it. He now
wished to set up a public house and
found that ego would allow him 10
do SO. Accordingly, for that sum he
sold his masters secret to two men
OF his acquaintance.
These men Immediately organized
a system of Matchmaking, with the
result that their wretohed victim
was driven to take his own life in
order that he might escape from
their tolls.
This is only one instance selected
at random from u little pile of the
kind.
Those who read tho society papers
O otherwise become acquainted
with scandals will remember the
case which occurred a few weeks
ago, of the duchess who was habit.
ually addicted to the use of a certain
drug, which proved very fatal SO far
as her social position was concerned.
What did not transpire at the time,
however, was the fact that her lady
ships maid had amassed a consider.
able fortune by q skillful manuipu-
lation of the knowledge Of her en-
ployer's weakness. 1t would fire.
quently happen that when driving
her carriage and Fair in the park
she would meet her one time mis-
tress and force her to hand over
then and there any money that she
might have in her purse.
A man Or woman with a past has
no worse enemy than q blackmail-
ing acknowledgements Weekly.
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She Turned Tn Again.

st rode up to a cabin in Knox
county, KY" said John Williams,
a travelling man, to Star reporter.
"9nd, as / approached, the man Of
the house inquired:
s'Stranger, did 20 see a redhead-
ed gal with a yaller sunbonnet comm
from town?n
mo
4 reckon she'll DO byor termor-
rer.'
Expecting company
mo; jess my darter. She'd been
down ter Frankfort. She TUX in her
head ter git married an run off with
a no count Teller, Tim Hadley. They
stole a raft o. mine an fioated down
the Kaintuok ter Frankfort.
Did You stop them?'
No. Mail gifts ter Frankfort
quioker'n a raft, SO / writ ter Jim
Wakefield down thar ter buy the
logs, put Tim in Jail fer stealth the
raft an send the money back hyer
with Sal. IIeekon she missed the
stage
"At that moment a girl turned
the corner of the road, and the old
man said:
WAL, Sal, yo' got baok?'
"'Yaas, dad
Tim in jail?'
"'Yaas, dad
Bring back the money fer the
logs?'
".Yaas, dad
'Naal, go in an cook supper,
an mex time yo' git married run
OF with q man who has more gump-
ton than ter try ter git away On a
raft
'Yaas, dad And the girl went
to the kitchen rs though she had
never lett ii. "-Washington Star.