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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04
SOME PosrscRIrrs.

IL 10 expected In Toxic that Japan's bud.
set next ywsr VIII show detie!t Of Is 900
900 silver dollars.
10 81 Louis there is enough vscan. ana
unused land TO make atrsp lbs feet vide
and nearly 900 miIes long.
Th@ number Of young fishes Transferred
last year from the hatcheries TO the Wa
tets OF wisconsin was II 900 900.
a telegraph and telephone line brsween
,hicago and Milwaukee In owned hv ,he
pNtrons, who pay cents for each message
Denmark has labor unions oosnnr,.tcv
s,oeo members. The Swedish unlora ha-n
q membership OF 1900 the Norwes,sna -
i2.eOo iaboring men,
A Kansas City young man Of Am.r,os,
parentage. whose Christian name w'..
Aoees, has had Il changed to Moke. which
may or may not be an Improvement.
The King OF corea has sen, ,hir,v
Young men TO RUSSIA 10 learn The Ia
s,ssEc Of that country On their return.
'ney are to eb employed as oaieials
Ftcairn Island now contains 100 ,.h..
,.so,s. TIE descendants OF the well knnvn
rsnsish mntinetrs and Tahitian womsr
ohiS ioT'y Of the inhabitants are men.
statsticsnn has figured out that ~ All,
INC apples raised In this country last YEA,
nsn been evenly divided among the inbss.
berreis. hao TWO
Japan which forty years aro h.d -.
otnsr than ccasiing vesseIs. none 81 Than,
steamers. now has several stea mship con,'
pAnies, the largest Of which owns sixty
: II the forestry building at the Tennessee,
cen,enrial exhibition forty -dyc d,sssrsu,
kinds OF hardwood are shovr y. ,h
". Tennessee. coun-
= An ordinance being enforced In Ncvh.,r
n q. prohibits anyone. prccrietors Urn;
e = included, from soins in Or out ont
MA = psaee OF business between SATURDAY
Tho postal authorities IA psrun
perlng 70 place ct the railway Ana 80.
Aticns 200 penny In the -slot mscbtnss
Ier ne sale Of stamps aud postal csrss.
80 for pencils to writs on the cards.
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o.n-a,utional conven,,on.
Texas Farm ana Ranch.

$500 = ~ ~ sHi i&itu-
The Houston Post. the best sli-around
daily In the South. is axitatias a caanss
or revision OF our State constitution.
There Is no questioning the fact thst a
better constitution than the present en-.
could be formulated. 10 the judiciary DE-
partment 1t would be hard 10 make wors.
one than that we now have. But The ae-
quiescence OF the people ia necassAry 10
any change In our organic law, ana they
VIII DO very cautious In approvinx !
scheme that may result In something ne
humping from the frying pan into The ars.
They know pretty well that certain proyi-
Sons Of our present constitution which
tney revere. are imposed by certain in
terests. and that now provisions are de-
siSea ny the name interests. which the psp-
nie wii forever antagoni1e The ueorIe
49, GO pIosisson permitting any subdiyi-
L. g the state TO tssus bonds Ia INV
soss e private satsspslsav ~ cxsm psins
uees' Z. eshess. trtn taBssieu.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

WILL COTTON ADvANcEs

The average prize Of middling cotton "
Houston last season WIS ia cents per
pound. Today the staple only brings 8
cents, reduction Of ! i-s cents from last
yearia Average. sqaai To loss Of IS Is per
bale. This ID a severe decline. and means
thst bale Of cotton o. middliDg grade is
only worth w to s2s On Texas farms
The question row agtsstlng the whole
soush IS whother cation 10 to sell under 6
eensH for she remainder Of the season or
Will the price BIZ advanced TO a point that
the actual conditions u eurpiy and demand
vorls seer1 TO Justify. Thus FAR The sup
ply force6 upon the MARIE. has evidently
before In the history Of the cotton trade
has the September movement been ss large
a. Curing fhe pas. month. Thee heavy
recrfpp. IN connection with 40 Indifferent
demand from European splnners. have been
mainly responsible Tor the gradual decline
IN rAiues. The American consumption for
the psss SIX reaks has been greater than
ever before known. but the foreign taklnxs
are Our main Dependence. and when the
demand from abroad Is less than usaal the
narfet 10 Unable 70 stand the strain.
Il is doubtless true that The large erop
esiitnstea that have been given 10 ne word
are partly responsible for the Indifference
OF foreign spnnerz. but the shortage In thu
European food crops AMI the docres.ea
sales Of manufactured goods in consequence
tnerros, can likewise be held accountable
Tor the k~sene1 demand. In the meantime
however. English and consinentsl spln-
nsrs hayc been working of their
surplus stocks Of manufactured prodne,.
nave used up about all tbe,r old rot,on
ara are nov In a position where they
must either buy The south's raw r,ater,s,
or Close their mills.
may be that the entire consuup.yon
OF American cotton will be no greater thu,
last year. but even II no there is M ut.t,.
mood Of more than a comfortable ,urn,,.
~hen the season ends Never befar. a.
ne history Of the COTTON trade In. ~.
.orid eesn 40 dependent upon crop. the
puik Of which has never matnrcd and NAV
nsrer mature. The visible suon,v :,
american cotton Is today nearly 600 900
ol'ss les than last year. despite the fae,
.nAt over one million bales came into sigh,
bart month.
Even n tho crop should point 10 y,ela
'ne n<ishhorhood OF 10000 900 ba,.,
Mers seems 20 reason 70 antic,pate any
ussnsf decline Of consequence, although
= Possible thai heav7 receipts NAV
.oses Prices lower for a time. On ,bs
oner hand. however. II the damage 10 ,ha
crop last month was az great a. c,.,man
p ne stats departments. there "a NO no..
- Si,'y q yield much in excess Of s.ooo.-
- bales. such production would (.
lasuineisns for thu worlds need ,ps
1ou'a advance prices . cents /. pours
trum the present Low lcye, 'N
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For the Mac stewart Fu.G

Terrell. Texas. October 3.-vic 7
harat, adtutant Of j. E. B. Stuart 2
United Confederate Veterans. desirs
camp at Houston TO know that b.
mas about sis ON hand for the Mac
art fund when the camp differences
settled.
u. w. Donahey is the successful
Ior the asylum annex. He lives ~
Rock, Ark.
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Berclair. Texas. October mo -
received here from Monday to Friax
the Posts daily vistss were greatly +.
William Wiess OF Beaumont cans
terday. after having been detained y
Arthur for ten days by quarantine
J. II. Zachery has moved has "
dry goods from this place to Goiiss
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

Arfemus ward onoe asked . strsnges
where be cousd set square rDsai for >
quarter. ard On beng directed 70 res
fanrart irrneEatefy asked his new found
fr,end II be could tell hsm where be roald
get . quarter. Or. John GRAFT % aeont
ia the came M. ne bas tSid the people
fhasth< wave Of prosysr3y hAs come.
and row the newspapers are ssking nssT'
what he has done with 4 ana where IT
II at.
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Seven Thousand Delinausas

Corsicana, Texas, October s.-Tu
iector kenner has finished the deIiSe
TAX rolls for Navarro county. The a
quent list covers a period of ten yto.Hs
ginning with 1895. and is prepared !.
eordance with the Colaurt back ~
The list costains 1000 delinquentA,
is an astonishing figure.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

ncuity By declaring and redeciar1ng that
be ID illogical Mr.. Bryan Is tuxt that
lDgical that Mark Hanna's hosts, Including
the reoegsdes, contain no man who fzres
To nesf him on the stump. All they can
do u to belittle him and lie about hin.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04
south Texas the Country.

T'"H1VVVH IlntE
lotion has all been picked ou: in Ger
ua' ana North Texas. Here the work il
only fairly started. AMI VIII be Continued
TOT the next two or three months ,h.,k.
70 the long seasons watch lssure = r.i,iv
800 crop even After three IN. pihs.
country Of the world. = mt '''on
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

A posfmsster at rural postofncs "a
johnson county wants 10 turn tie offiee
1oo<e and cant Texas pcetmafters srs
no; allowed 70 resign ibis year. They are
all being bounced.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

II sons editor viii start paper and
call IS Exchange he VIII recears credl,
for more articles than all his contempt
raries combined.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

Nothing but frost will serve the people
OF New Orleans and the Assss.sssppa valley
row.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04
SHOULD Work Both w.x.
Mesquite Herald

= county scrip is good enough to nav /.
man Tor Jury service it Is coed enough
TOT him to pay his taxes with. mi ,sv,,,,-
. .n tne contrary IL wrong and incon.
'''@ht WIN democratic principles.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

Gansneiii has discovered the genuine
yellow fever germ. Every patient be
tired n on croaked. and that should at
test the genuineness Of the bacillus.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

The popular afr IN Boston is now Ky
Maryland, My Maryland" while the ORR
oles haven't even q easrp consng TO them.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

The brewnasters Of Detroit held con-
Ysn,ien the other day. How 70 draw two
plnts of 1oarn 10 every pint Of beer Was
doubtless one OF the qSestions discussed.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

When the ghost walks In an Indian com.
rsuns;y the supplies furnish anmunitior
for the ghost dance.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

DR.. Mary Walker Is to write her bog
rophy. This VIII reader an autopsy to tell
wha. Mary is entirely unnecessary.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

II IN bad srcugi for women TO henpeck
ttei- husbands. but when they crow over
II they should remember the couplet abou,
the end Of a csoninz ben.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

The school boz with piece Of booking
r1axs scatfers sunshine wherever he goes
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

Eosion girls have orgsnized an anti
kissing socsesy. Two 10 one the age 0.
cS&ent IN this club IL ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

Use mr.. Horsford'a Acia Fhe~
DR.. P. r. 0iImartan. Dstspl 4
says: 1T y very satisfactory - =
Notably In The prostrafiou sttso
Alcoholism"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

A epesl Of sharp cool weathcr woala
exsse general good feeling 10 Texas
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

neen. "a ths adnsntstra&sun usll - for
eunate II England does not force boad
i<sreS.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

Correspondents 10 writing 10 newspapers
slsraio Eanss their comrHartcstsoas by the
ienSth N the editorials In papers they
write TO- Newspapers which have no
room for lengthy editorials have none for
two coiusrr communicates.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

Now that wornne have injured the
cotton II ~ IN order for the wiseas.es 70
tell how the WORMS could have been pre-
ver.a1
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Journalistic Suspects.
smithyills Transcript.

tho Gai-Dal News and cther ;.unn,,.
s sS,SJe punaications. not being ahls TO an
umsntss overcome the ar.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

Wi.e many psepls. psrhaps matorsty
- 'eed eoadsuoa fox which hey am
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

AVailing for this great trust, Perh.,. ,ha
answer may be found in the reoly 10 the
question, what was IL that commended
Bryan to the Nation? Instantly We all re-
Ply his honesty. bis holiness. his frnnk-
ness He did not play at politics. Wien
=. nsss oesAn to discuss tie grea, issue
% monetary reform before the ueop,e ana
declared the duty ana responsibility =. par
YES, politicians held up their haris In her
rer, aud said: He Is running himself ana
.uJurlng the party; he is not democrat =,
out the people recognized n him a man
ot courage and without guile, wb, DID Rot
ussi IN riddles, and they adopted rim as
tnef spokesman. The Chicago ccpyentton
merely ratified their choice. The wi,Eprn
o. u Is now perceived by every enc. AZ
thougn II the leaders could have had their
way a. the time they would have gwen
As politician as a candidate insteaa of a
plain spoken man. The lesson shculd ro,
p vAstsd upon the democratic party. or
more honesty more square dealing. ana
less jugg.ery In its politics.
Precision In labor is quite a. essen,,s,
m industry to the attainment o, /.
measure OF success Most people 80
At radon. catching UP this or ,s., =.
accident or circumstance may cali their
attention to IL The man who knows W.,
re y about aud moves With steaay con
naent tread. inspires confidence whersvsr
ne soes People repose trust In him be.
cause they know his footing is SECURE. thai
ne - rot likely to wpbble The hun,cr
VINO does his aiming after his shontsr,-
taxes home little game. yet thar n ,he
,,aa Of large part Of human cranssc-
Wite many pseels. pssAAps ua,orsty
- seed eosdiuea fox vAicA hey ann
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-05-27

and who never answers. He is :niss-
ing. the others say"
Who is that one. my little daugh-
ter?"
"Ah. how nice 1t Is to hear yon
speak like that! And l like your voice.
100. But you can read. and the others
cant. Have you read 'Cinderella?'
"Yes. little one."
Would you like to read 1t again."
Il should-old as l am
noticed then that she had round
her neck the little oil-skin bag which
! had removed from her when / un-
iashed her from the spar. and re-
membered that Tom Wren had called
out that 1t contained books.
I've got 1t here" she said. touch
Ing the bag lightly. And another
book. too. Mother tied them round
my neck that dark night-my spelling
book. you know. Isn't Cinderella
beautiful? It's all true. every bit OF
1t. Perhaps We shall find prince
here one day. Oh. dear! II we could
get pumpkin and turn 1t into ship!
l shall look about the forest for good
fairy. There are some. l know; and
l must go all by mysclf-all by my
self-or she'll not come. Then every
thing will be right. No. not every
thing eyes overflowed--'the
fairy couldn't bring mother and Bob
to life. Only God codld do that
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-05-27
INFLUENCE OF MUSIC.
Effects of Different Harmonles on the
Human Heart and Respiration.

Effects Of Different Harmonies on the
Human Heart and Respiration.
NM. Binet and ]. Courtier give in
the Revue Scientifque an account,
translated for the London Lancet, of
experiments made by themselves and
others on human beings and animals
of the effects of music on the heart and
respiration. M. Patrizi, an Italian
psychologist, had a patient with
wound In the skull which laid bare
the brain. He was thus enabled to OBJ
serve the actual effect of music on the
cerebral circulation. Music occasioned
an increase in the size of the brain
itself The effect on the cerebral cir
culation was variable, the vessels be-
ing sometimes CONSTRUCTED and some
times dilated. At other times no effect
was produced. NM. Binet and Cour-
tier experimental on a musician. 1so-
lated notes, chords in unison and dis
cords were first tried. Both major
chords struck in lively manner and
discords quickened the respiration, the
latter more especially. Minor chords
tended to retard respiration. When
melodies were tried 1t was found that
all. whether grave or gay, produced
quickened respiration and increased
action of the heart. The lively tunes
produced the greatest acceleration. The
subject also sometimes unconsciously
endeavored to synchronize his respira-
tions with those of the singer. In raj
lentando and diminuendo passages the
respiration was retarded. Where the
sound was wholly uncomplicated by
emotional ideas, as in single notes or
chords, the hearts action was acceler-
ated, but not in so marked degree as
when melody either grave or gay was
played. During operate pieces or those
we'll known to the subject the accele-
ration attained its maximum. The
subject had a strongly marked capillary
pulse. The influence of music on the
capillary circulation was tested by
plethysmograph attached to the right
hand. The capillary tracing usually
showed diminution Of pulsation. This
diminution was occasioned by the
sound of single notes. chords or dis
cords. In sad melodies, especially
minor ones, there was almost no di-
minution, while in lively airs the di-
minution was marked.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-05-27

DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY"
uniformed conductor laid hand on
his shoulder. to say sternly: wake up,
you, or I'll put you off the car. You
disturb everybody with your mutter-
ings."
1t had been good many years since
call exactly why 1t was that he was
wandering homeless about the country
Indifferent to the fact that his family
must mourn him as dead, or why 1t was
that he half hoped that they did so
mourn him. But to-day 1t was all wax
ing, waking within him under the iniiu-
ence of the day, together with the new
desire he had vaguely formed to take a
fresh start in life. When, half hour
later, he stood in the densely packed
crowd in the cemetery and waited for
the ceremonies of Decoration day to be-
gin, he strained his eye to see the in
scription on the huge obelisk, half bur-
led in floral tokens, around which the
guard of honor stood, but the sun was
in his ewes. OF course 1t was the
sun.
What soldiers is that monument
raised to, sissy" he asked, huskily, of
tall girl of IL or 10, who stood be-
side him, holding smaller boy by the
hand.
"'To the imperishable memory of the
heroes of the -th Pennsylvania Voluu-
teers, who fell in defense Of their coun-
try, this shaft is erected" read the
girl in clear voice ''Them's the sur
oh odd In
ton, as the sound of the band and the
nutter of the red, white and blue ban
ner was dimly discerned in the dis
tance, coming to lay flowers on 1t and
make speeches.
Matt Barlow shook so that he was
forced to steady himself by graspnig
the shoulder Of the small boy, who
gazed up at him with wondering
face which struck some faint chord Of
recognition within him. "They won't
know me-" he muttered to himself in
quavering accents. Lucy herself, nor
my own mother wouldn't know me as
| look now. An. anyhow, they could
MT do nothin' to me.
The tune played was, to him, not
Marching Through Georgia." but
Honor gone, all's gone;
Better never have been born"
over and over. The tattered battle flags
carried with reverent hands above the
heads of the marching ranks, almost as
the host is carried in Old World relig-
ious professions, made his heart first
burn within him, then sicken at the
thought that his place should not have
been here among those who watched 1t
from afar off.
Either with them-or themw he
thought fiercely. first glancing at the
ranks of battle-scarred soldiers, then
at the tall gray shaft, which seemed
finger to write on the skies its witness
to the glory of the fallen members Of
the --th Pennsylvania Volunteers
Some distraction from the thoughts
of the moment was absolutely neces-
sary. He picked up the 10year-old
boy, saying to his sister, "Bub here
can't see, way down on the ground"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-05-27


child In the old cottage at Brixton.
After a little while, however, recalled
Pearls wandering thoughts to the
matter in hand.
About this man who is missing,
my child. Who is he?"
Mr.. Farley she answered.
Then l remembered that that was
the man who had danced 30 wildly
round the fire when 1t was first lighted,
and who had SO strangely disappeared
when l was calling over the names.
Now, in my almer mood. l remem-
bered. also. that that was the name
of the man to whom I had intrusted
my gold on the gold-fields. and who
had run away with 1t. His appear
ance answered exactly to the descrip-
ton I had received of him. 1t was
because he had stolen my gold that he
was afraid to meet me face to face.
But l could afford to forgive him for
the theft. OF what value now was
gold to men in our situation. II he
had the stolen money about him he
was welcome to 1t. All animosity to-
ward him with reference to his knav-
cry had died away.
But 1 resolved to search for him. and
did. believing myself to be in some
way accountable for him. as command
er of the crew. found him after a
time, living by himself in the forest;
but he SO persistently avoided me. fly
ing at my approach and hiding his
face from me, that l ceased to follow
him. directed my mates to keep a
watch upon him. and to see that he
did not want food: and I kept his
secret, and did not let them know he
was a thief.
fro RE CoSTiNUED.)
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get folks here in Philadelphia. an It's
half likely | may look 'em up" An
unaccountable trembling had come iu-
to Barlow's voice as he answered and
into his feet as he shufIled of with an
air remotely Initiating energy, and In
to his fingers as he ran them down In
to his coat pocket and drew out dingy
pocketbook. besides rs fiat as pressed
autumn leaf. He took out an equally
dingy piece of newspaper and studied
the words printed on 1t as thoughtfully
as though he had not known them by
heart for month or more:
"If John Barlow. of Northumberland
county, Pa. sometime resident OF
Philadelphia. will communicate with
the undersigned he will hear something
to his advantage. The name and ad-
dress of the American representative
of well known English law firm fol-
lowed.
"It means some o. them English re-
lations O. course" mused Matt Barlow
as he had used dozen times before.
II uster hear Grandfather Barlow talk
of money that had oughter come to us
from the other side by rights. but never
expected nothin' to come Of 1t. Won
der II Lucy seen It? Wonder II" and
then the thoughts which gathered
round that name became Of character
not to be uttered aloud to a drink
sodden, frowsy tramp, even II he hap
pened to be oneself. AS he waited on
the corner for the crawling horse-cal
which amply met Philadelphia's de-
mand for rapid transit in 1874. he did
mutter few words audibly:
She'll act queer at first-if she AIM
married again-yes. there amt nc
doubt but she'll act queer. But kir
make her understand that at first II
was as much as my life was worth tc
turn up anywheres. and then, when the
war was over. twas too late; she
wouldn't have had me. Lucy wouldn't!
But now that kin bring something te
her an the children. as well as myself
by comm back. 1t amt SO much Of s
prodigal son business"
"A deserter! A deserter!"
The vagabond woke from an uneas!
dream in which all the people In th'
car seemed pointing scornful fingers n
him and kissing that title of reproacl
| in his car. He started as the blue
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-05-27

But his hearer was man without
curiosity. "Thasso?" he asked, indif-
ferently, and returned, as though he
had no interruption to the subject of
his former monologue: "Yes, it's as
l say, be throwin' about the country
for q few years an you amt good fer
nothin' else an you don't ask fer moth
in else. Man looked like minister
come along this here square Just yes
tidy n jawed me bout 'bracin, up an
bein' some use In ther communerty an
all that. Here he says. I'll give you
the address of burer of charity in this
city where they're anxious to put able
bodied fellers like you on farms in the
west Laws, he might as well saved
his breath to cool his puddin'. I've got
ther card, but ther burer'll never git
me. Coin Already? Well. s'long; we
may meet ternight on this bench agin:
don't expect ter go nowhere else if
ther cops leaves me alone"
Maybe we will and maybe not I've
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-05-27

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