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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-19
ST. LOUIS.

st. Louis. Mo, May ls.-Cattie-Re
ceipts, 5000; shipments, 1000; market SHADY
for natives; strong for Texans; fancy ei.
port steers - lJn5 20: fancy TO choice IA.
tive shipping steers. 1876. 10: bulk q
sales. i.SOq4.s 80: dressed beef and butcher
steers. 3.s5I5 40; bulk OF sales, 4.Ss+.ag
stockers and feeders. 2.65a4. 45; bulk u
sales. S.6ed4 40: steers under 1000 pounds,
3 7004.Gj: bulk of sales. S.7jl+.G5: cows and
heifers. 2.2nG4.50; bulk of ows 2.1bS3.A;
bulls. 2.20a3.3 5; Texas and lndan stetr,
fed, 3.40a4.l 10; grass, 2.SDa3.s5; COWS and
heifers. 2.25Q3, -. Hogs-Receipts. ~
shipments. 400; steady for best, other
weaker: light. S. i0aS.5 IS; mixed, 3.S5a3.G;
heavy. 3.3oT5.70. Sheep-Rece!pts, N;
shpn ents. 1000; weak TO loo lower. %.
hive muttons. 3.25ll.25: culls and bucks,
i.50a3. %; Texas sheep. s.oo9i.@; spring
lambs. go.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-19

The Financial Chronicle received last
Friday by cable Mr.. Ell'son's figures OF
European. cotton CONSUMPTION and spi9-
ncrs' s.ocks brought doHn 10 MAY /. The
revised totals for Us. wear are also given
for comparison. The %sDinuers' taktrEs in
actual bules and pounds have been rs fol-
W
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-19

--T'0r IS'1-Yf.--
october / 20 May liGt.Br.t'n- Continent.
Takings by spnne,S,
bales .....,......l 2~,l00,Ov9 a,s6l.eo
Average weight of
bales. pounds ........l SOL As.
Takings IN pounds...Il.0 c''l.5I9.O0.u
For l!95-g5.-
October 1 to Nav l.IGt. Brtt'a. Continent.
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BUTTER AND CFI9

orr or an s sraafs kept IN stock. Eli.
BdtteriRe. 's sScc,aA,l Also whclesslss9 Gran.
country orders. a''ehlion rivsn q
-F. Il, JONES. uou.,.
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LOWER PRICES FOR SUGAR.
Refined Grades Have Been Reduced
Another Sixteenth.
LARGE IMPORTS At NEW ORLEANS.
The sugnr Trust Has Bousht Heav-
iIy-EgEs Must lie CRndicd.
Aren In Wheat.
ofhce OF The Post.
dous,on. ruesiay. May Is.

Houston, TUESDAY, May II,
Refined sugar as row back TO the low
point recorded a few weeks ago, a de-
cline Of I.lec was noted IN this column
last week. and Monday another reduction
OF like amount took place. as quo,sd IN
The Post this morning. This makes a loSs
OF &c, with the market now steady. and
likely to remain unchanged for some days.
Willie the tariff uncertainty has been
par,ly responsible for the recent weak
ness, the immense s,o,ks accumulated by
refiners has doubtless been the main
cause Of the trusts action.
Although importers now ind i difficult
so get engagements for additional ship
ments for delivery at American ports ihls
side OF the announced date. July !. FOR the
proposed new ,arin. there are liberal sup
plies IN ports and under wey. Three car
goes of beet sugar arrived at New orleans
last Saturday-two from Hamburg ana
one from Fiume. Austria, amounting N
oil 10 5000 bags. This shows that the
trust and the importers are loading up
In anticipation OF the passage OF some
tariff bill Increasing the sugar dnC. Tile
same condition OF affairs exists AZ Ne9'
Yorl and all other large ports Of entry.
AZ the rate that sugar ig being
brought into THIS country mere WI zrHa
be enough to last fot an .lt .o year ahead.
just as there was go t1e ru ot che WI
son bill. On the eve Of the passage ~
tina; measure, tho Imports os E,w D--
Jeans exceeded wha, they hdd ever b.oa
before. but NEARLY htlf the .otai Wus Of
sugar.
Many traders bclicve tina, these large
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aasked: b bid.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
opered quiet and firm: closed steady.
suies. II 101.

q asked: b bid.
LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
Opened steady. demand moderate: closed
Worry Stp1GN
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-19

ot MMa a nally slutted with all classes
shippers should hold their stock back and
s ship only when ordered, as it is impossi-
c 70 MAINTAIN prices when market is
N''u ""h STOCK, as II is this week.
GALVESTON.
neported for The Post by A. p. Norman.
I'VE stock commission merchant. ~
Choice, per ID. grose on
Common. per ID. gross,," snX yf
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'"tSNinp' - "ks 1.92o. 2,2N3. i.30S.
SINNERS stock MAY /. 2l3. aS6. 100
The woody consumption Is now 1i5.co0
bales of 90 pounds each. against 1ii.0pl
hhIes OF like Weights AT the correspond-
ing time last year. The total sp.nners'
stocks in Great Britain and ON the ron
tin"nt have increased $1,000 talcs during
the month. and are now 6i.oN bales more
than at the same date last season.
New York. May 1s--For Tuesday and
no mails from the moro important inte-
rlor markets. tho new business concluded
by tpot purchasers footed IT much larger
results than were Lnticipa;et. ANY de-
mann was very Irregular and cal'el for
hlni"i aa7ortme15s az goods adapted 10
summer st,es. The tone OF the market
Tor s'lnle cGtions is steRdvinR and in
some Instances shows more nrmness.
printing cloths s.oldy at 7-lG.
New York. May lS.-Tha cotton market
had steady opening. with tho first call
d'N"'ov'nE an advance Of 3a4 points on
near Vosilons n ll!2 points on the more
remote deliveries. Following the first call
trading WAS slack. w.rh narrow cl cages
ana the market tnallv closed steady NJ a
a., aavhneo ar ln6 points. The early inn
news supp'"mentci by somewhat conflict
ing CROP reports and a predicted failing
of In receipts.
New York. May lS-IIubbard Bros. &
Co.'S cotton letter SAYS. Locally the henr-
ish feeling is dominant. despite the baltor
market abroad AMI the rand reduction OF
our stocks, as disappointment OF our sea
son have been so many thai, every one
hesliaies 10 buy cotton at a time VIXEN
the marx seems driitini, into a natural
'uia"r through the demand for export
ana from the East. a Go, cring demand
found, the market bare Of offerings ana
brought Il steadv closing. but no change
IN the tcmptr OF the trade.
Manchester, May iS.-Cloths and warns
business Is on a very restricted sale.
New York. May is.--The dry goods mar
ket was au:et today In the various lines
OF cotton goods. In spite o. the cheerful
weather OF the past Two days. the trade
at retail in the u.trN s~casnnahle goods
has been moderately fair This IL reflected
hack through iobbers 10 flrst hands. wiierr
buying Is exceedingly light for the tine
OF year. though supplementary orders for
sCinme goods are recorded. In woolen
and worstel mems Fabrics the marke. is
uuiet. tho fall sales be ng OF a iistless
sort. Dress goods are ta.rly active al far
prices. staple cottons quiet. BlonchaI
and brown goods are at a s,anlsti h. rrnt
cloths. . I-B Prints show no Charge I'm
n grade. Staples ere steady at firm
though low prices. $3.50
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NEW SPOTS.
NEW YORK SPOTS.

The New York spot market was steady
at Yesterdays decline. Quotations:
GOOD ord nary., IS, Good mlddlins, > l-i6
ow m.ddling.. 7s lMlddling fair =. sN
Mludilug ........ 1l Isalcs. ......... $40
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COTTON.
HOUSTON DAILY STATEMENT.
HOUSTON SPOTS.
SPOTS.

The Galveston SPOT market was easv at
Yesterdays decline. Quotations:
Low orduuaty.. o Middllng ...... 7-i6
Oodtnary ....... u b-l6lGood ddlng. Z 1915
Guod ordinary. . 1915 uiddltng tair < J-l6
Low nlddhne 4 l-lvl>ales, .......... 23S
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22
Making a Wagon Box.

The first thing to do is to fit the bot
tom boards. Cut them a few inches
longer than the box is to be when fin
ished, and saw off the ends after whole
is put together. Do not try to econo-
mize by using less than six good side
straps, or going without rods, for the
box will soon become so loose and rick
ETY. as to be constant annoyance.
Eastwood, according to the Western
Plowman, is the best material, all
things considered, for wagon boxes.
1t is tough, light, and if kept dry, very
durable. Elm does very well for bot
tom boards, if the right kind of elm
Is selected, there being a great differ
ence In the timber going under the name
of white or water elm. We have in
some of our forests, quite common, a
tree which is called chestnut elm, but
not generally distinguished from the
common water elm, so very similar is
1t in appearance. The wood of this
tree very much resembles that of the
chestnut. 1t is firm in grain and will
not warp more than Eastwood. Beach
Is sometimes used for wagon boxes. 1t
is durable, but too heavy to recon-
mend. Pine makes light, nice box,
but is more expensive in some localities
than most other lumber, and not as
durable S Eastwood on account of its
being so easily bruised and Clipped
World.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22
Curious Cuhan Caves.

There is a series of small and large
caverns in the marble rocks of the Gu
ban mountains which are being gradu-
ally filled up, and that, too, in a most
remarkable manner. The common land
snails, of which there are many species
and varieties in Cuba, make these
caves resort during the dry season.
They congregate on the floors of the
caverns in imense numbers and mill
ions of them never leave. The reason
is this: The water which drips from
the roofs or ceilings of the different
caverns contains large per cent. of
carbonate of lime. When the water
evaporates the lime is left behind, and,
acting as a cement, it Clues great layers
of the snail shells together every year.
This process going on season after sea-
son is gradually filling up the Cuban
caves, and it Is only question of time
when there will not be single cavern
left on the island.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22
Silver Plate for Everybody.

All of the Livingstons had large quan1
titles of silverware, a good deal of it
having come over from Scotland with
the first Robert, whom it is now the
fashion to call Robert the Founder y
and much having been acquired by
later generations. But" said MRS.
Smith, "all the silver Of all the other
branches put together would not equal
the amount in daily use at Cousin Chan
cellor's, and among it all there was not
a single silver knife or fork; yet now
you think you could not dine without
them. Three-tined steel forks, and steel
knives with silver handles were then
the highest style China in plenty, In
cluding many most beautiful specimens
of Sevres, with the glazed closets about
the great dining-room; but it was kept
carefully locked away for service only
on very stately occasions, solid silver
plate being employed tor all daily uses.
In those days people were not 50 much
afraid Of thieves as Of breakage.-Cen-
tury.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22

The Wonderful Progress Made Within the
Past Few Years.
Diseases That Our Mothers Thought Incurable Now
Cured by Paine's Celery Compound.

1t is difficult, almost impossible, to
overestimate the importance of recent
advances in medicine and surgery.
In surgery there is the application of
the X-ray in determining complicated
fractures.
In medicine there is the serum treat
ment for germ diseases, and more i'm
portant still, the extended use of
Paine's celery compound in the treat
ment of the many diseases that arise
from faulty or impaired nervous sys-
tenn.
This class of ailments causes more
suffering and earlier deaths than all
others, and that is why SO much pub
lie prominence was at once given to
Paine's celery compound when it's dis
covery was first announced by Prof.
Phelps of Dartmouth college.
The rapid and sure way that Paine's
celery compound cures neuralgia, rheu-
matism and nervous debility is marvel
GUS even in the eyes of this wonder
working quarter of the century.
Ancient miracles were contrary to
natural laws, whereas the remarkable
power of Paine's celery compound to
make people we'll, comes from better
understanding of the natural causes of
disease.
That wonderful set of nerves known
as the sympathetic nervous SYSTEM"
that knits every part of the body to-
gether and harmonizes all, is under
stood today as never before. Many
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22

When the Lords Will Becomes Ours.
The blessed sense Of forgiveness we
are encouraged to expect, "as we also
forgive our debtors" Our natural will
is always demanding Of others some
benefit to self. We want their love and
their service; we want to enjoy their
talents and possessions; we demand of
them more than they can give; and If.
IN the exercise of their wills, they do us
an injury, instead of a benefit, we are
angry, resentful and bitter. All this is
just the reverse of the Lords way, and
we may measure our progress in receiv-
ing the Lords will instead of our own
by the inversion of it. When the Lords
will becomes ours, the inversion is COM
plete; we love to do good hoping for
nothing again; our enjoyment is not in
what others can do for us, but in their
happy life and in the little we can add
to it; and it is loving them thus, with
out any demand for self, that we feel
the forgiveness of the Lords love to-
wards them and us, and His enjoyment
of our Ife.-Rev. John Worcester.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22
THEY WE'RE NAUGHTY CUBS.
Two Baby Beasts that Caused No Enc
of Trouble to Their Guardian.

Two Baby Beasts that Caused No End
of Trouble to Their Guardian.
In the far north, where snow and ice
cover the ground even in summer, two
little Alaskan bears lived. One day in
June, while their papa and mamma
were away, an Indian hunter found
and took them to his wigwam down by
a lovely bay called Yakutat. Pretty
soon a big warship sailed into the bay
and anchored. The hunter knew sail
ors liked little bears, so he took them in
his canoe and padded out to the ship.
The sailors were glad to see these baby
bears, and gave the Indian some tobac-
co and took the little ones for pets.
The bears were glad now, because
they had all the bread and milk they
could eat. One day an officer gave them
a saucer of honey, for he knew all bears
love honey. Then you should have
seen those naughty things. They quar-
relied and scratched each other till
they had to be put to bed without sup
per. After that each had to have a
saucer of honey for himself to- stop
their Quarreling.
By and by they grew strong and
climbed the roap ladders with the sail
ors and didn't get bit seasick. One
day Betsy, as one little bear was called,
fell off a ladder and hurt her hip. Ev-
erybody was sorry. So the surgeons
were called, but when they tried to fix
her hip she bit them and they had to
put her to sleep with medicine. Then
they doctored her hip so she could walk
again. Now these two little bears
were very funny and cute and cunning,
but they couldn't keep out of mischief
One night the big chest where all the
ships paints were kept was left open
and these naughty little ones climbed
in and played with the paints. In the
morning, oh, what a sight, One little
bear was red and the other very green.
They were dark-brown before this.
They were very sick, too, because they
had eaten some of the paint. They
made everyone laugh, for they looked
so funny. but the captain was angry,
and had them sold to a circus, To-day,
instead of being sailor bears and going
around the world, they are made cross
by bad boys poking sticks at them in
their cage in the circus,
If they had not been naughty and
meddlesome such a thing would never
have happened to them, but instead
they would still be living on board the
beautiful man-of-war and been petted
by the officers and sailors.-San Fran
cisco Examiner.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22
About Doctorin~ Fowls

While it undoubtedly is unprofita BILE
to doctor very sick fowls, it is advisable
to treat slight cases, or rather diseases
in the first stage. Such ailments like
colds, sore head, lameness from cramps
or rheumatism, etc, can be easily treat
ed, and it is advisable to do so, but
when these troubles turn into roup.
cholera, liver troubles, and other con-
tagious diseases, then it is far better
to kill the patient. 1t must not be for
gotten that poultry and eggs are food
for us, and diseased poultry and eggs
are as dangerous as diseased beef or
pork would be. We firmly believe that
when a fowl once contracts a con-
tagious disease the taint can never be
eradicated from the system, and we
will not eat such meat, no matter
how apparently cured the fowls may
be. Neither will we eat eggs laid by
hens that have had conta gious dis
ease. Yet in this particular, how care
less are farmers ?-Colman's Rural
World.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22
Bikes Among the Kanakas.

The introduction of the bicycle in the
Hawaiian islands is told about by E.
o. White, of Honolulu, as follows:
years ago, when Kilauea, the volcano,
ceased to emit its shower of fire and
lava the natives had few terrors for
things pertaining to this life. But some
time ago the native population were
aroused from their state Of lethargy
by the appearance of the strange steed
as it whirled silently through the Sleep
ing city one night. Kilauea was not in
it with this last sensation. In wild
alarm the frightened natives sought
protection from the demon by frantic
appeals to their little images. The city
was in state of great excitement, nor
was peace restored till the following
day, when the use and the practicable
ity of the strange machine We're ex-
planned to all. They accepted the inno-
vation rather gingerly and those who
can save up enough money find no
greater delight than by displaying their
ability as cyclists to those unfortunates
who are still unfamiliar with the art OF
ma yigating the bicycle"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22
Farm Notes.

If trees are pruned properly while
young the necessity of cutting off large
limbs will be avoided.
The first month of milking will de-
eide the question of whether the heifer
should be kept in the dairy or turned
to the butchers block.
Do not attempt the raising of too
many varieties of apples. If for home
use they should be timed to come in at
all seasons; but for market too many
kinds will make a great deal of trou-
BILE, without yielding a corresponding
degree of benefit. Let neither the ear
ly nor the late supply consist Of more
than one or two varieties.
All machinery, wagons, ETC., that are
not under shelter will be exposed to
SHOWS and rains, and consequently rem
dered almost worthless for use in the
spring. If it is cheaper to buy new
tools every year then there is an ex-
cuse for neglecting the tools, but it is
generally the case that the farmer
who does not take care of his imple-
ments has but little interest in his
farm.
Are pure breeds high? This may be
considered by examining the methods
in England. No farm in that country
contains any but choice beef cattle, as
the farmers endeavor to excel in choice
beef. Although the English farmers
have been using the Shorthorn breed
of cattle for over a century, yet it is
nothing unusual for a choice bull to sell
for 200. They want only the best to
be had, and they find it pays to use
no other.
When looking over the prices quoted
for any article produced on the farm,
and which is be sold, it may be no.
ticed that there is quite difference
between inferior and extra choice"
grades. The difference between and
cents per pound is but 1 cent, but it
Only the extra choice" brings the
highest price, and no farmer should
sell anything that cannot be so graded.
Good beef cattle should not weigh
less than 1000 pounds each, and as it
is not difficult to make every animal
in a herd weigh 1000 pounds. the
cause of lack of profit in cattle can be
easily pointed out-inferior stock. At
the fairs many of the prize steers
are the result of using pure bred Short
horn or Hereford bulls with common
cows and pushing them with liberal
feeding. Any farmer can do the same.
No prize steer has ever yet been seen
that was not a pure-bred or grade ami
NAL
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22
niscellany.
THE HOLE IN THE SEA.

Circles and bubbles atop of the waves
Where Jacky plunged through to the
darkest of graves.
Down, down. deep down, far under the
blue,
Making splash that the sunlight danced
through,
And it's marked in the log-book, the hole
in the sea,
"Lat South, 1850; Long. West, 49,"
Frock coats, and blue shirts, so clean and
neat,
And Jack dressed in canvas from his
head TO his feet,
Sewed up tight with canister, grape. and
black shot,
To carry him straight to the burial lot
That's down, deep down, in the deep of
the sea,
Where many a sailor and lubber there be!
MANY fiying-jib down haulv' "Royal
clewlines stand by!'
"Clew garnets and buntlines; all hands
pull away!'
now haulv'
"Shake leg there, my hearties, don't
We hear the pipes call?"
Now the ships all aback with the wind
at her head,
And ready for quarters to bury the dead.
Frock coats on the weather, blue shirts
on the lee,
Marines on the poop deck, brave show
to see.
And the sky pilots dressed in his Sun
day-best rig
And Jacks in his canvas, there, sewed
up so trig.
All ready TO plunge the gay sunlight
through
And make bubbles and circles atop of the
blue!
Charles H. Rowland, in New York Sun.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22

persons are not aware that any such
nerves exist. They do not know that
nothing goes on in any part of the body
that every other part does not Instant
ly know Of" The closeness of this
sympathy is familiarly illustrated by
headaches, Indigestion, rheumatism,
neuralgia, etc. About every case of
sleeplessness, nervousness and dyspep-
sia is "sympatetic strike" by brain,
nerves or stomach, induced by the low
ering of the general health.
People who think to get rid of these
troubles by some medicine that disre-
CARDS the general health of the body
are on the wrong track. In getting
such diseases as neuralgia and rheuma-
tism out of the system Paine's celery
compound proceeds at once to restore
normal appetite and regulate the
nerves, as the foundation for building
up the health and vigor.
ItIregulates the bowels without delay,
and sees to it that the poisonous hu-
mors that are bursting through the
skin, in what are, for purposes of
classifying, called skin diseases, are
given ready outlet. On this basis
purified blood and regulated nerves the
permanent cure of every form of blood
diseases, such as eczema, salt rheum,
bad complexion, is now assured by
this really wonderful remedy. If the
reader of this is not in perfect health
let him simply try first bottle of
Paine's celery-compound and carefully
note the results.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-22
Ten Acres

A farm Of ten acres can be made to
produce all of most things a large fam
lily needs, and can be run at small eX-
pense. To begin with, driving horse
and two cows can be kept on it, at small
expense, and the horse will give world
of pleasure to the family, while the
cows, if so managed that one is fresh
in the spring and the other in the fall,
will furnish milk and cream in abun-
dance, and ought in addition to furnish
all the butter needed. Then a quarter
of an acre of poultry yard stocked with
forty or fifty hens will give eggs and
chickens in abundance, and a few tur-
keys for Thanksgiving and the holi-
days. An acre in garden and small
fruit will furnish vegetables and fruits
sufficient for the family wants, so that
there will be constant succession from
the time asparagus comes in April un-
til winter sets in, and then the cellar
will be stocked with canned fruits and
vegetables to last through the winter.
Allowing two acres of land for pasture,
one for garden and truck patch, which
includes small fruits, and half an acre
for ornamental grounds around the
house. we have six and a half acres left
to cultivate.