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SOME POSTSCRIpTS.

The British postoffice makes $4,000 n
year by unclaimed money orders
or the 100000 inhabitants Of New York.
only 100000 are of American birth.
The growth of girls is greatest in their
leth year, Of boys in their 18th.
There is only one sudden death among
women to every eight among men.
FOR every wdower who marries n widow
there are eleven who spouse maidens.
OF the so students in the Kansas uni-
versity 362 are supporting and 100
partially So
II has been estimated that it would take
man SoOO years TO read all the standai
works.
British countess wishes In promots
a grand woman's congress to meet in Paris
in 1900 '' ~ arts
IL is estimated that on an average eacb
penny In circulation changes hands eleven
times Il week e''''"
ne savings banks of the Dominion hayo
on deposit $4,000 600 of the money NJ Tho
people of Canada. VI '''
y hrltish capital is pouring into British
Nui'"nhia' 1t Is estimated that = O00 ana
POUNDS Will be taken there by syndicates
Foilowing chewing gum, the button craze
uds struck London. They have also iust
found found out that toastlng the crackers eSten
win cheese Is an Improvement.
In a thicket in the upper Harz mountain
S,"hlte monument has been found with
cue cue inscription: Here in the year 1747 tn /,
ntSI .rlalS were made with the cultivation
OF the potato" '''o"
VAL =. Is interesting to note that the capital
value OF the British navy at the nresent
time exceeds $4,000 600 hounds Tho f,rst
COST Of the fleet which ,,d =, ~ -,
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A NOTABLE CONCESSION.

Now and then partial indorsement a,
the demands of the free silver advocates
escapes even the leading gold bug organs
Inc obvious truths Of the lnNncial situa.
uoh can not be ignored even by those wbo
nave been most bitterly opposing any re-
napliitation OF the white metal. ma thev
are gradually. II unconsclously and min
tehtionaily, demonstrating the necessity for
VI least far larger use of silver than We
now have
IN the campaign OF last year the silver
ooiiar was characterized by tho gold bugs
Is cumbersome piece Of money unrit
lot use. II was a cart wheel and n firth
wheel ut that. The gold orators and gold
papers undertook to show that silver could
not be circulated aud pointed to tons of lho
collars In the National ana Eastern yau,,s
what We wanted was the lighter gold md
paper convertible into gold! And this 4,
tne race OF the fact that gold money was
SOU TOT sore eyes. so scarce was IL I'm cir.
culation. Now We find some of these same
people coming around TO the democratic do :
mand for larger silver circulation. rhe
Chicago Times Herald. one of the blpsest
and most potent Of the gold bug papers,
says:
We believe that the circulation Of co,n
SILVER and gold should hS greater th,,,,
a. Is. Let the new CURRENCY Alw prohih,t
Inc printing OF one, two and five-ooiia r
bills, and the silver donais In the treas
ury would soon be In the pockets of the
people. There Il no reason WHY s,lvar
collars should not circulate much nnro
widely than they do. In Great Brian tns
haif-crown piece. and In France the I've.
frame piece. are In extensive circulatian.
80 that II IL mere matter of hahl and
education. Every silverlte in the lan1
ought TO haal the opportunity of giving
greRter circulation TO his much loved
m7taA Let tho silver certificates be with
drawn. therefore. and the American sri
Rer dollar % given chance.
This Il decided change in the song! II
Is not such wide step from ''greater coin
age" to free coinags--from "a chance FOR
the silver dollar to an equal chance with
gold.
This concession from such source IA
pomethins. but 1t only approaches tho real
md complete remedy. A table published
W The Post the other day showed thar
1hess ere only 10000 900 silver dollars n
slsrul 4tiea In this country Ian insignificant
epupsred 70 the needs Of the Ma
~ & thsye sre two Or three hum
Ii j. liver sessifloatss. but ths
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HOUSTON, FRIDAY, DEC. II, 1897.
OUR GREATEST BUSINESS AGENCY

In the course pf railway lectures petore
the Purdue University, President lneai'S VI
tho Big Four system furnished some aston
ishing figures as to tho railway deVoiop-
mont and present railway Status Ia the
limited States. They are calculated to open
tho eyes OF even tho reading public TO the
magnitude of tho railway interests ana
business in America.
The lecturer occupies a position where
1t ia possible for him to obtain tho ia'o"'
facts aud he showed that at tho Close
OF business of the fiscal year ending WIN
June, 1896, there were $4,000 miles oil
main track, exclusive Of sidings in tho
United States or 24O 900 miles in oil. Thcfc
arc S5, o5o locomotives and l.2g1. 900 cars In
use,
During that year l1,0OO,O OO passengers
were carried and 765, 0Oo,O tons Of freight
The aggregate of freight carried one mile
was 5000, 900 tons al an average rate OF
four fifhs OF cent per ton per mile. As
an illusiration of how small things count
IN railroadipg. II the average freight ratio
had been Increased onc mill per ton the as-
grcgnte income Ct the roads would have
been increased by sos 000 900, The railways
OF this country employ $4,000 men, while
with those indirectly employed In making
supplies for railways. Including their fam
HES, the number of people directly de-
pondeut on railroads mounts up TO 10000
0uo. or one-seventh the population.
Railroad finances involve some eight
thousand millions OF capitalization bonds
securities, etc..
The mind can with difficulty grasp al
these figures The railway interests ar,
much bigger business than that of tn,
government 1t * not surprising that tn,
magnates OF such an Interest arc all pow.
erful. or on the other hand that the great
mass nf the people look with fear and
suspicion upon such n power, It viii not
40 Tor Tho public to cease to keep close
watch upon this giant agency for good on
EVIL nor viii II be wise 10 treat 40 much
capital and so much business involving tn,
welfare OF millions In n hasty or preiu.
creed spirit Railway regulation aud leg
,siation call for the best and most honest
and patriotic taleut and statesnanship nj
the country. The necessity for plenary
commissions, composed of ratable and
honest men to stand between the publ,
aho tho ronds and guard the interests O.
each. becomes doubly apparent in tho llgh
such statistics as the foregoing.
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q peoples palace, leave millions to
ooleEes, libraries and art SCHOOLS, and
Otherwise place his leavings where they
Mi. do the most good not even over
LOOKING the children Of the moor But
" all street knows Mr.. Sage we'll IT
knows his generous nature and his deep
interes. in the welfare of the masses: so
when the will mOngers began to circulate
story that Uncle Russell had been
seen buying an oil painting paying a
quarter Of u dollar for 1t after mucn
hagTlirg. the anxious ones knew that the
hears were at work on Manhattan. If
Mr. Sage had gone 10 extremes on sat-
urdaS ana had his shoes shnei. there's
no telling whore the excitement would
taFe landed the street" When Mr..
SAGE heard the rumors about his inten.
MONS and h'8 extravaganza, he became
Indignant, There's not a word Of truth
n thtm' he said 10 the newspaper boys;
mot one word"
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Temple d. D. will the hshopr of Canterbury has aroused great interest
all
the that
troubled
failing sight and is danger m Ing totally blind but the has been
religion" the
he
reacted his whom he bshptc His liberalism
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| government plant into immediate effect.
| The Independence and dignity OF the nation
are ut stake In this contest with the ar
NOR plate manufacturers.
II is estimated that a complete plant
| can be erected for f3.75000o that Will be
capable OF turning out 5000 tons Of armor
per annum and meet all the present re-
quirements of the country. The govern
ment has been charged such exorbltont
prices for It's arinor by The Carnegie and
Bethlehem works that single years cost
Of plates woiid equal tho cost OF gov
ernmert plant. And while charging the
home people outrageousIy. 'hese same pa
triots, who were among the leading "ooun-
try savers" last year, have aeen selling to
Russia at almost half the price charged ire
American government. Five new battle
ships are waiting In shipyards today for
nrmor because these American companies
refuse to accept IL price FOR thelr plates
equal 10 that which they charge foreign
crs. In the event OF war with another ma
ton these chips could not be ;onpleted for
year or two In consequence Of this mig
understanding.
Tho nation can not afford to be placed at
the mercy OF private firms in this way.
The government must he prepared 20 take
care of It's own interests and keep out OF
the clutches OF robbers. These conscience
less manufacturers who ere thus delaying
the development OF our naval arm, and
possibly jeopardizing the eatety aud honor
of the country are a part Of the same gang,
too who are today receiving big tariff
hounties from the people and last year were
horror stricken, seemingly. at the rossl-
blllty of a triumph of the ''enelnles OF good
government" Congress owes 1t to the ma
ton to rebuke such people and safeguard
the dignity MS well as the financial interest
OF the government.
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old "doIlar Of tho daddies" needs a better
Chance" and the Nation needs the dollar.
It Ia only question OF time, however until
the silver Of the Nation viii be permitted
to perform It's mission. II these republican
conversions to Its further use do not ac-
complish tho reform. assured triumph ulti-
mately Of the silver forces will do all that
la required in the premiseA
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SOMEL FADING EDITORIALS
From the Indianapolis Sentinel.

/
| SOUND MONEY.-wc print elsewhere
a communication from Mr.. J. +. Baker,
! In accordance with our custom OF allow
| ing free discussion of the money question
from all standpoints. but feel that some
| persons might be mislcd by this statement
| which he makes
This specie standard is a deluson, q
superstition akin to festishism. Credit.
both public and private. has so far dis
placed specie that specie Is no longer
matter OF such consequence. 1t is only
matter of fancy. but like most other
hctons 1t answers all the purposes OF
truth when believed. The imagination IL
that specie alone makes the basis foe cred
1t, that 1t affords adequate security Tor
tho average value OF the entire country.
This is gigantic fraud Property is the
basis for credit. Money is only circulating
credit. II gold was tho basis of credit
there would be no moro credit than there
was gold"
There seems to be some confusion OF
terms here. Nobody. or at least nobody OF
ordinary Intelligence. believes that money
Is the basis Of credit. in any exclusive
sense, though 1t is one basis OF credit
but 1t Is not proper TO say that money
Is circulating credit" That is true
enough Of credit money but it Is not true
or specie. Paper money, of any kind Ia
promise TO pay. But to pay what? To
pay specie, to pay redemption money
llere ON be no such thing as an alb
Sirlcl promise to pay--a promise to nay
nothing In particular Credit necessities
something to pay in. and although any
property may DO a basis of credit it il
50 elthtr because it is money or can be
yDnNo'teu INTO money. or course you can
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NEED OF GOVERNMENT PLANTS

One OF the first things congress ought 10
do Is to adopt the report OF the armor plate
factory board and maks the necessary ep-
propriationf Tor carrying the scheme Of =
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From tho Atlanta Constitution.


From tho Atlanta Constitution.
THE REVENUE PROBLEM Now tina.
Mr. Reed is getting things into shape to
tell tho republican house what to do some
very interesting questions are suggesting
thcms elves to thoughtful republicans. one
OF these is in regard To the deficit which
continues TO grow although the Dusley
law was intendcd TO cure It,
How Is II to be romediedl Are the re-
pubhoans, by remodellng the Diugley meas
ure willing to confess that their tariff ca
perts are mere chucklo headed blunderers
who didn't know what they were about?
II Is hard to imagine Mr. DinEley and his
60 laborers moving to modify or amend his
cherished law SO as to change 1t from II
deficit producing measure to one that Will
produce revenue.
There Is ono other way by which deficit
may be partially remedied and that is
by tho reduction OF expenditures. This 10
an easy thing TO say, hut II r. 10, un
easy thing for the republicans to do. ThelE
| administrative aud legislative Programmes
all run IN contrary direction. They have
contendod with much gravity that sur
Plus in the treasury Is not healthy sign,
and IL is matter Of history that they
seized upon the large surplus accumulated
und,r the first democratic administration
anu uiSslpateu 1t III lshy' since lheh 'ney
nave taken pains 'h"t no surplus shail nc
vuhul"lo, 10 prevent u we h"rrlsou au-
n'liS'rauoh Sel us naha 10 an e.oril.euS
| 'uV'ease OF the h"n"'"n li"'' ""V 20 otho'
unnecessary ana eE'raNaSah' 'Npe"u''ures.
| u mo eNpens's OF WY government Wero
| uoWn lo th' leVel OF we hIst ueihucta'lc
auu'.nlstFSlioh me ptopani'N Is thh' ther'
| Wouiu De slhah surplus III 'he usHsury'
, hut among the very h'sl ac'S 81 'hs prs
ou' lei'upn.ah VousleSs WIS measure
10 Increase taNaton ana at mo same .inhr
~ p''uuce uoh'i'' "hn t"''c ""s peen
| 9o hln' OF suEses'lon o. ues're 10 eu'
uuWh eNpFnSeS OF 10 a9u''h'Ster tue gov,
Si"ulont WIN NOR" r'E'u eS'hoiuY' Anu
yNt' as the Eoia cohtrh'u"nists dotelully
lolnt out tnvIe can De no currency re-
lotn on thelr hnes as long rs there Is
| ueuel', EVEN Mr. Mckinney new re-
u mp'''h hN'r'men' M the treasury would
'ail 10 work because the grtenhacks can
not be oQrnored by the government until
| II would be hard to hold them even then.
70 theI tbs problem which the republicans
nave Vohsiitr IS even more serious than
me obl'teWuon al the deficit II they can
| lTrlall uroh the senate to adopt MIR. Me
Mhity plan they must provide com
lr,tahle surplus before that pbln can bN
PM in operation. Otherwise tho green
hacks That arc paid into the treasury VIII
have to he raid out again.
The house supplemental tariff measure
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Mckinney. Texas. Decsnlne' s...I
Allen shipped $4,000 pounds o. 49,
here today, billed for the 81. -
This was the largest shipmens
ever made from Collin county IS
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BUFFALO BAYOU SHIP CHANNEL.


The report Of the army board Of survey
on the feasibility and cost Of deep chan
| mel from Houston to tho 1ettles at Calves
| ton will be read with interest and graft
| flcatlon, not only In this section. but
throughout Texas and the great Middle
| West
That report nxes the proposed work as
among the most important of the kind
that Will come before congress.
II Is pleasurable surprise to ind the
estimated cost comparatively 60 small. II
was feared. and generally expected, that
81, 900 900. or more. might be required I'M
Houston deep water. 1t is well understood
that government engineers figure the out
side limit and make liberal allowances for
contingencies. and yet the cost OF giving
Texas and the West another deep water
harbor In this instance falls n million be-
low popular expectations. A few there
were who thought 100000 would be tho
extreme cost. but they were few. The
Galveston lump appropriation was over &c.
900 900
| The renort Of tho board concludes intel
| ligently and truthfully that this cost Of
| 81 900, 900 for such channel as Is proposed
would be an Insignificant expenditure In
| comparison with the vast interests to BIZ
| guhscrved, and the resulting benefits 10
the great West-notably to Texas. Kansas.
Nebraska. Colorado, New Mexico and okla
hona. A saving OF 100000 year in
froights to deep water would soon pay the
public for the cost Of the work. not to men
ton, the board say. humorous other I'D
vautoges 10 Western trade.
A ppecial feature Of the report, worth
the consideration Of Houston. Is the item
Of expense for bringing the channel con
tomplated from Harrisburg to Houston
~ ~ the ooSN'VS' lS''' VI ''' WIN "'''
| II II were deemed best to stop for the
present Ht iia'''sours' Flr'uN''y e'''"'S
SUBURB VI '"'S '''S' INV '''''' ''''''
| IL.
'S''''''''o oou''"s'"o''S' "oU'o ''"'" o"''
S2'Soo ooo' TINS 10 matter 10 De "e'e''
mined largely oy 'he oN'b'n'''N OF '''
situation as they may "eVe'op ""' the az
utude OF congress
Houston leSeS ana the west arc To u
eongr"tn'hte" upon 'll7 S'r'N"NN l"No'"
ei' report u "p'iS 70 '"o p"'''c inc vas
p"SSip'ht'eN III 'h' p'''n''N anu stamp
the project WIN "'''"'' 'n''"''''' 'Non
p"' op''o'S o' h"''o'"' "'"S"''u'' "'' ''"'''
TO engage inc "''on''on OF tne rivers AM
htppo'S commune /" '"' p'oS'"' N''''
ana 'ho h"'li'' bayou sup opono'' Ahou''
uhoe' the report occupy prominent p'ac
IN 0onsr'Ss'oh"' "''''n'
Now however the obligation ana neces
sltS rest upon tho o'tlR'nR OF houston u
demonstrate 70 congress that the FACTS upol
when the board acted challenge nhtiona
approval
thousand ana one sehemeS are annual
before the rivers and harbors committee
shr'Veiied loca''sm attempts ITS selhs
advancement, and to crowd out measure
OF national or large sectional import
ance'
Houston. aided by representatives fror
,he state ana tho West, must be prepare
at onre TO press the maSnitnde Of thi
bayou Improvement upon congress an
forafy Its requests by the cold logic @
wonderful and irrefutahle facts,
These facts are at hand, and congress
; must he made as familiar with them a
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Tho women riders OF California have
discarded the sidesaddle and the resula-
ton riding habit. They have taken 10 tho
cross saddle aud bloomers.
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An embryo sugar trust II said to have
made its appearance ,n Mexico. 1t will
not be long under Mexico's protective
system before the trusts will have n Zee
simple deed to the industries Of the coun-
try
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TIM DAILY POST. n THE SUNDAY POST
70 celnmns. i<o0 - Sen'
DaMl.wEEkLY POST. ia Gels. pr Week.
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81 sE0'EMNsSgToN. - Pss:'Dss1:
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n1fSRpp AT vns posrorricH At HOUSTON. rHxAA'
As SECOND CLASS MATTER.
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on sober second thought spain seems
unable to aetesnine whether Mr.. McKin.
ley was coquetting or banning In his mes
sage over here we could tell the Span
hrds that the president was merely erin
ming"
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Inc uhtutored savage knew thing or
two when he referred to the government
as the Great Father'-sore family out OF
every fourteen IN this country is said 10
be wholly or In part supported by the
goYernment.
New Ulm review., 1897-03-10
MADE WAY WITH THE BOY

Mrs. Frayer's Second Confession Leads to
Arrest of Willie Maxwells Father.
BRA1NERD, Minn., March 9.-David
Maxwell, father of the murdered boy
whose remains were found in the ruins
of the burned barn at Daggett Brook,
on the strength of the statement made
under oath by Mrs. Nellie Prayer, who
is under sentence Of life imprisonment
for connection with the crime. She
now says Maxwell killed his 9-year-old
son, and that she fired the barn in or.
der to cover the crime. That matter
was planned between them. Court
has not adjourned, and Maxwell's ex.
animation will occur in the morning,
indications being that he will be held
for trial. Mrs. Prayer will not be
taken to Saltwater until she has given
her evidence against the man in court
New Ulm review., 1897-03-10
THE TALK OF EUROPE.
Eastern Cities the Only Subject Discussed
Abroad.

Eastern Cities the Only Subject Discussed
Abroad.
LONDON, March 9.-Little else is
talked about in London, in Great
Britain or on the continent than the
Eastern crisis, and the possibility of q
war between Greece and Turkey which
may involve the great powers of
Europe.
The officials of the foreign office here
were busy throughout Saturday night
and all day Sunday in exchanging tele-
grams with Constantinople and other
capitals.
The agitation of the lovers of liberty
in favor of Greece is spreading every
where in Great Britain. A demonstra-
tion in Hyde Park, London, was at
tended by $4,000 people. They con.
sisted of all classes. Among those
who addressed the meeting was Lord
Coleridge, a dozen members of parlia-
ment, several clergymen and others.
The departure of the British consul,
Sir Alfred Billiotti, alone, for Selino,
on board the British battleship Rodney,
although that vessel was accompanied
by other foreign warships, is badly in
terpreted by the other consuls, who,
however, had previously rejected a
proposal to go there in order to make a
fresh attempt to save the Moslem fam
lilies, who are in danger by the invest.
ment Of that place by the insurgents.
New Ulm review., 1897-03-10
Thousand Ready to Strike.

NEW YORK, March 9.-Five hun.
dred union shirtmakers in IL shops
struck during the day, and 1000 are
now out. This number will probably
be largely increased. The cloakmak.
ers, knee pants and capmakers and
finishers' union is said to be so well
organized that if strike is ordered
fully 10000 operators will quit their
machines at moments notice.
New Ulm review., 1897-03-10
j APAN AN D SPAIN.
The Relations of tho Two Arc Such Thas
War May Follow.

The Relations Or the Two Are such Thas
War May Follow.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 9.The long
overdue schooner Vine, which left this
city on trading trip to the South Sea
islands last June. has arrived in port,
with important news from the South
seas, regarding possible war between
Japan and Spain.
Captain Luttrall brought advices
from the Caroline islands of happen
ings which may involve Spain in an.
other war, this time with the ambitious
Japanese The natives on the Buk
islands, part of the Caroline group,
which belongs to Spain, are very fero-
cious when foreigners attempt to land,
and all trading with the islanders
must be done by other natives. The
islanders are almost all cannibals.
They refuse to become civilized and
wear no clothing. A number of Japan
ese traders have recently established
prosperous business with the more
peaceable islanders, but when they at
tempt to go inland they have been
fiercely opposed Just before the Vine
left the Caroline islands, dozen or
more Japanese traders were massacred
by the islanders without provocation.
The remaining traders sent the news to
the Japanese government and have
asked for a war vessel to subjugate the
inhabitants of the Spanish islands.
The general belief at Kasais, when
the Vine left was that war would
follow, as the Japanese covet the
islands, and are generally understood.
to be desirous of having colonies
throughout the South seas. It is sur
missed that Japan will attempt to SUBJ
jugate the islands and celonize them
irrespective of Spain.