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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-17


Chicago. February iG.-salcs Of cattle To-
day were slow. choice shipping aud export
cattle excepted, and prices for stcers too
pnor IN quality to meet the wants oi export
eis were largely Zoe lower. steers sold largely
AT i2Oft5.l0, tho commoncsi lots going for
s.sOn5.0o, while extra lots were about nom
inal at aA0G5a0. Only few offerings wera
choice enough to brins 5.s5 Native canning
COWS sold nj mn extreme. range OF e.O05fa 90,
few going below 40; hulls, sOOG,i 90: stock
ers aud feeders were fairly active at i.O06ti 60
Hogs averaged about lower. selling all tho
way from sss up 10 ii7's, the greater part
OF sheep and lambs were exceptionally large,
prices ruling about 10 lower. sheep sold a,
Soo9isa; yearllng sheep nj i.ho@5.oo. and
lambs at i,hOup,Gn; sheep sold at aa0fii 80
and lambs mostly at 800 and up. Receipts
Cattle $1,000; hogs $4,000: sheep. as,ooo,
Kansas City. February ls.--Cattle-- Receipts
1900 natives and 800 Southern: choice spring
cattle steady to strong; medium slow TO iOc
lower; cows and heifcrs steady to l0c lower:
prime heavy cattle strong, others casy: Texas
Ga.SIis; native steers. s,I5ef5.47ta, highest
prices since December, 1876: Western steers
2aai IS; native COWS and heifcrs. .. assiI .:
steckers and feeders, s.2St'i2o; bulls, s,6oG
steady 20 3 lower than Tuesday and closed
easier; bulk of sales. as0GrL0o heayies, sSsis
ati;oS; packers, asoaii,oo; mixed, 3I59pas7,s;
lights. S,7CMS,90: workers., 3S5SlS 90: pigs. q "a
I3.S5. sheep Receipts, 26lo market active;
lambs, 4.s5Ih,i5 muttons, 3,759aso
81. Louis. February 16.--Cattlc-- Receipts.
$500, shipments, 100, market steady for ma
tiyes and loo lower for Texans; fair to fancy
native shipping and export steers. l.2Sdnsas;
bulk, i.1ON5,l0 dressed beef and butcher
steers, 3S5Gt,Sb; bulk aQOqi.6a; steers I'M.
der .ioco pounds. s,p5@i6o; bulk. s.sosra 70
stnckers and feeders, s5odi,5 so; bulk. asOff
$50; Texas md Indian steers, 3.s5fii 40; bulk,
%; cows and heifers. 9.0oafs25. Hogs--
Receipts, $500 shipments, 500; market weak
70 lower. lights. 3,o5dpi,V5; mixed aSs5fi0D:
butchers, i0QUt.lsE. Sheep--R Receipts, 1900,
shipments, none: market strong; native NUT
tons, ioQMi.so; lambs. 5,ooIa.75.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-17

asked: b bid: nominal.
Liverpool Futures.
Opened steady, with demand fair; at . p.
M, steady. and closed quiet and steady; ten
ders 400 new.
Evening star., 1898-09-10
CATION IN ENGLAND.
Great Progress Has Been Made in the
Last Fifty Years.

FROM Literature.
But what of the mass of the people ?
What is education, or what passes for
such, doing for them? 1t is more than fifty
years since in England the first faint
hearted steps were taken by the state to-
ward the instruction of its citizens-a duty
up to that time abandoned to private en-
terprise and the strife of religious parties.
1t is nearly thirty years since the nation.
in the education act of 1870, Tor the first
time set its hand to manage it's own schools
and 1naugurated a partially national sys-
tenn Of education. The schoolmaster has
since been abroad throughout the land
with the result that almost every one can
read and write, and the entry his or
her mark in a marriage register. once
almost the rule, is now a rare exception
BY slow degrees, through many failures
ana mistakes, IN spite of political and the
ological obstruction, our education author
lIeS nave evolved system of elementary
instruction which on paper leaves little
10 De desired We have, in fact, the raw
material Tor first-rate system of national
education, and all that is wanted in the
words OF recent writer on the subject,
Is TO make 1t national and to make it edu-
cauonaI- How this is to be done we do not
now inquire. But it is worth while TO ask
what has been or is being done-What is
the effect of all this educational activity
upon the intellectual tastes and recreations
OF the people?
our laborer Or artisan is not yet a liter
airy or even cultivated person, nor is it
either likely that he will be, or necessary
that he should be. But education is SLOWLY
widening his Intellectual horizon and eiv
ing is him few sips of the Pierian spring.
Inc machinery for giving him such men
tai cultivation as he is capable of is all
lhere, and only needs to be more intelli-
gently applied, and for a longer period.
Nhen more enlightened public opinion.
and the influence and example of his en-
pioyers and social superiors point the way.
ne may begin to see that it is worth his
whlle to continue learning after he is
Twelve or thirteen years old. He is now
the dominant factor in politics. His vote
can make and unmake ministries States
men of whatever political party must give
Evening star., 1898-09-10
The Argument Was Convincing.

trcIn Law Notes
A correspondent sends us the following
story from Mississippi: Counsel for the de-
fense was addressing a country ]. P. of the
''old school," Said he: Il realize that !
stand in the presence of a descendant of
the grand old Huguenot family that emil
grated from France to escape from re-
ligicus intolerance. Many able jurists have
sprung from that family and embaliished
the bench and bar of the Union. Their
watchwords are honor, truth and justice,
and their names ara spoken in every home.
The law is plain in this case that 'he
who runs may read Shall insult the in
telligence of this court by reiterating a
proposition so simple? Need I say more?-''
NO" interrupted the judge. "'tain't nee
essary-I'll give you a judgment" Counsel
sat down, while the judge with emphasis
knocked the ashes from his cob Iipe and
counsel for plaintiff began:
MAY il please the court"
Squire, what are you fixin' to do?" asked
the Judge.
81 have the closing argument" was the
reply.
''Well, you jes' as well set own. I done
got my mind sot on the other side" Judg-
ment for defendant.
Evening star., 1898-09-10

ing up an efficient Mexican army and navy
and is the lookout for the latest ad-
vances in war IDEAS Mexico is not making
the too common error of buying war boats
before it has trained sailors to man them
To this end the school ship Saragosso is
constantly cruising the seas with its ca
dets under an English captain, and a
naval academy is being established on the
west coast to cooperate with the Chapul
tePec Military Academy. 1t will be only a
few years when Mexico will be a definite
power on the southern seas, as it's present
small navy is steadily increasing.
Mexican Rough Riders.
The feature of the military demonstration
which arouses most enthusiasm in the
crowds during the September celebration is
the appearance of the Mounted Rurales,
the rough riders of Mexico They go
swinging by on mettled horses, cinched
under sflver-trimmed saddles, and the men
wear their snowy "charro'' leather uni
forms becomingly. This is the great an
all the rest of the year will pull trigger
on any outlaw who strikes their range.
Irat is why train robbery is not at present
a profitable occupation south of the Rio
Grande, the law providing that bandits
may be shot on capture, as the prelimi-
nary step of the investigation into the af-
fair, Numbers of the Rurales were once
famous outlaws, to whom the president Of
fered pardon for past offenses if they would
enter the military service, and they now do
their work well for law and order.
In 1900 Gen. DiaZ will complete his twen-
tieth year in the presidential office, when
1t is his desire to permanently retire to pri-
vate life, as he said he would do in a recent
interview given me at the National Palace.
Evening star., 1898-09-10
The Round Robin
From The Proyidarca J,urn,I

From the Providence J, urnal
The 'lound robin" Of which General
SKATERS division and brigade commanders
made use, and which, according to report
was resorted to by the tars of the navy
just before the commencement of the war.
as method by which to inform President
Mckinley of their views regarding the
Maine matter. had its origin several Gen.
turies ago in France. 1t was used there
by officers Of the army as a method of ax-
pressing their dissatisfaction with the
course of the king or his ministers Bv
signing in a circular form the leaders of
the movement could not be asCertained and
singled out for punishment
The first instance on record Of the Use
OF this form of protest in the navy oc-
CURED in 1922 At the instigation of the
Duke of Buckil CHAM. the kings favorite
an English fleet, under Admiral Benning-
ton, was dispatched to Rochelle to assist
in the coercion of the Protestant subjects
of Louis XIII of France. But the En-
glish tars, in common with their fellow
ccuntrymen, locked with favor upon the
resistance of their coreligionists against
the proselyting zeal of the French king
and they signed round robin" express
ing their determination not to fire a shot
against them, and, without waiting for a
reply, they weighed anchor and brought
their ships back TO England. The admiral
however received a peremptory order to
return to Dieppe, whereupon the whole of
the crews quilted the ships without fur
ther parley.
Evening star., 1898-09-10
n Barefaced BunkO Game.

FROM Inc New Orleans Times Democrat
One evening while Colonel Riches regi-
ment was stationed at the fair grounds a
bronzed and broad-shouldered Texan walk
ed into the office of the Commercial Hotel,
and, squaring himself at a table, began
the task of composing letter 1t was evil
IDENTIFY a hard job He stuck out his tongue
scratched his head. changed pens dozen
times and went through all the contortions
dance before he concluded the epistle. Then
he ffshed out a black wallet, unwound a
strap a yard long, and extracted a five
dollar bill. which he carefully folded up
with the sheet. By that time the perform
of several bystanders, and one of them
pointed out the mail box in the corner.
Just put your letter in there, my friend -
he said. "Hey?" exclaimed the Texan,
glancing UP. Il said to drop your letter in
that box" repeated the other. The big
immune bent upon him look of unutter-
able scorn. We'll, I've heered tell of all
kinds of city bunko games,' he said slowly,
but that's the durndest barefacest one of
the hull lot! Don't you say nothing, now.
or I'll have to smash y. Say, mister!" he
called to the clerk, kin you tell me where
the postmaster keeps his shop?" He was
given the proper directions, and returned
beaming. Say" he asked one of the hotel
green all that-like I'd bite at sech a
game?' He was assured that he looked
like a thoroughbred, and went away happy.
Hope to die ii l ever give any more tips to
a Texan was the comment of the gentle
man who pointed out the box.
Evening star., 1898-09-10

form entirely different class As to
their merits or demerits, their claims &c,
consideration or otherwise. opinions will
undoubtedly differ. In the past they have
assumed an air of superiority over all on
the island. except the army and the church
They were the merchants. the shopkeepers,
the usurers, whose sole purpose was to
profit at the expense of the Cuban. For
centuries they have done all IN their power
TO hold him down and prevent his appoint
ment TO any office Many years ago they
entered into a conspiracy with the church
and the state to keep him in n condition Of
financial and political slavery. They took
good care that neither he nor his interests
were ever represented I'm the cortes at Ma
drid.
They prejudiced the crown and the cortes
against the Cuban; they bought up the
Judges and shared their plunder with the
Nenal politicians and military authorities
who came out ostensihy for the purpose
of just administration OF the laws They
cared nothing for the island. and did moth
ing TO benefit II. Their money was spent
In spain, their sons were educated there
and helped to form the vast army Of the
voluntarios. They furnished the spies they
built the forts the harricades. the trenches
ana the trochas. They contributed large
part OF the funds which carried on the
war of Spain against the Cuhans. They
are Dltter, bigoted, uncompromising and un-
progressive.
No Love Lost.
That they are cordially hated by the Gu
]
OF the political phases which during the
period of reconstruction the United States
VIII hnd the most difficult to handle This
class numbers about 10000. They Will un-
doubtedly vote for annexation; they would
vote Tor anything rather than submit to he
ruled by the Cubans. The remark made
20 me ny Spanish lady al ~ Prado in the
Guy OF havana, Will Illustrate the uncom-
promising, mediaeval spirit OF the con-
serVatlVe element toward the Insurgents:
wish to God that the forces Of Spain had
hloodhounds with which to hunt these Gu
pan ours out of their holes and tear them
llmb from limb" Again. in the city Puerto
Prlncipe Spanish resident as his BOYS
LETT the house for school, remarked in my
nearing: Il never see my sors leave that
gate Tor school but what | trembla for
rear that they may return contaminated
with that Dernicious rot termed liberty and
independence"
The teacher of the school was a Cuban.
lhese people were the opponents of Marti-
neZ Campo, -he supporters of Wpylsr
These facts need no comment
Ihose Cuban convicts and cutthroats lib
Grated from the Isle of Pines. and owing
TO their accurate knowledge of the topog-
raphy OF the country, Incorporated with
lhe regular army, to be afterward known
as spanish guerrillas, are beneath the dig
Hlty o- polltcdl discussion. That the terms
cI capltulauon at Santiago granted honor
able parole and the protection of the United
states TO these ruifians. with permission to
retain their arms and remain in Cuba was
a case of mistaken generosity which we
VIII nave occasion to regret in the future
GEORGE RENO.
Evening star., 1898-09-10

and delightful. When not required, these
gilded, giass-walled palaces float gracefully
on the blue waters of Lake Nirs, the most
lovely of Persian lakes. When the heat
ceases to be comfortable their happy own
ers enter the floating palaces, which are
drawn by heavy weights down into the
transparent depths of the lake, and with
an ample supply of air from above, luXu-
rious surroundings, iced drinks and fan
waving houris, the Persian millionaire who
cannot enjoy ~ degrees in the shade must
be difficult to please.
The Prince of Agra has similar palace
moored in one of the reaches of the Jum-
ma. Its furniture and appointments are
superb; the very chairs are made of gold
and incruSted with jewels, and the curtains
are of the most exquisite silks. On sultry
days the prince and his suite enter their
river palace, which is at once unmoored
and floats gently on the bosom of the Jum-
ma at the will of the tide. catching every
ing music of harps played by fair hands.
Who would not be the Prince of Agra?
The cooling galleries of China are little
less delightful as refugees from a too torrd
sun. They hang suspended over rivers or
private lakes, and are sumptuously fur
nished with rare rugs and tapestry, set
tees and lOunging chairs: whilst every
cooling beverage that man can devise is
there in profusion.
In India the well-to-do Englshmen and
natives fly from the plains at the first blast
of heat and take refuge in the hills, where
the ccol breeZes blowing from snow-capped
noun tainS drive away all thought of the
simmering plains below.
In BOrneo the heat is tolerable in the
summer-villages rising on pillars from the
very heart of cool lakes.
Evening star., 1898-09-10

lars year is probably not excessive an
estimate of the entire expenses in Paris of
our 1900 transients, including purchases at
shops.
Comparing the cost of living In paris with
that in other great cities, say London, New
York or Vienna. there Is little question that
an American will get better value for his
money in the French capital than in any
other, much better value than he can get
in New York. Rents about one-half
what they are in New York, and lodgings
about one-half what they are in London.
Meals at restaurants are cheap per and bet
ter than in any other city. One may live at
a Paris pension, with good room and eX-
cellent meals, for $40 or S12 a week: so one
can in New York or London. but the thing
received will not compare with what one
gets in Paris. Gloves in Paris cost less
than half what they do in New York.
Clothes and boots made to order cost one
third less, the barber who shaves you. If
you go to quiet street. charges seven
cents, including the tip of two cents. against
10 cents in New York without any tip. And
SO on with many things.
EnjO.ments for Nothing.
Then there are in Paris inexpensive
amusements without end, cafes with fine
| music every evening. where one has mere
ly to buy a drink and listen, military bands
playing twice a week in all the public parks
where chair costs only two cents. and
every day Of he year, especially on Sundays,
the wonderful ana eNer-Varled gdytty OF
the Champs ElyseeS and the bouleVards.
which is free the air to every one.
A million dollars would not buy this in
dreary London or lazy Vienna or nerve
| shattering New York 1t belongs to the
genius of the French.
| Summing up all these various items of
expenditure by the various classes mention
| ed, and throwing in something for miscel-
laneous expenses ii will be seen that Amer
| leans spend in Paris every year an amount
| of money somewhere in the neighborhood
| of a hundred million francs. And this of
| course, represents only the spendings of in
dividuals for themselves or ther friends:
| 1t does not represent the vast amount of
| merchandise purchased in Paris every year
| by our great importing houses. Were that
included we should find our total mounting
up to hundreds of millions more. So it is
| 10 wonder, to those who study figures,
| that the Frenchmen have been singing a
! sweeter song to of recent weeks. To
lose hundreds of millions on the Spanish
| debt is bad enough but that is no reason
| for courting the loss of other hundreds of
mllllonS that have come from America. So
the thirty merchants of Paris have rea-
soned, seeing their profits dwindling and
have brought pressure to gag the ugly
speaking Paris press-which was not bad
| idea. either for them for US, since 1t
must be owned, If they like our money we
also like what they give US in exchange
| Tor It, CLEVELAND MOFFETT.
Evening star., 1898-09-10
To the Moon by Rail,
From London Tft-Bits

N-Oi ATohuon
Is a little startling to learn that the
railways of the world have mileage suffl-
clent TO make a railway from the earth to
'ie hooh ana yet leave residuum long
enough to coil another railway six times
round the earth at the equator.
OF this enormous mileage Persia is co,-
teht with a railway barely long enough to
Wnm Umset Charlns Cross and Tunbridge
s,,er "ers' ~ TN mas but one mile of railway for
eVely l3,Z3o square miles, an area nearly
q elual 10 that of Holland, or for every 294-
600 of its people.
China. with its seventy-three miles Of
| railway, is in some respects in worse MIGHT
For each mile of railway it has a nonnIa j..
ilon equal to that of Yorkshire. and an
area nearly as large as Belgium.
Japan with its 2,23I miles of railway. is
much more enterprising For each mije n
| has only to meet the claims of Is775 neo.
pie, and an area of seventy-one sotIa~e
miles Although 1t has, roughly, only one
mile for every ten in the United Kingdom.
| 1t carries no fewer than 10000 600 passen,
| gers a year.
OF the worlds total mileage the United
| states ciaim nearly half, or. more ac-
rrately, 10000 miles, length roughly,
equal to seven and one-quarter times the
earth's circumferel ce at the equator.
In proportion to population, the United
| States have for each mile Of railway in
| Russia twelve miles, in Germany or the
| United Kingdom, five miles, for each mile
| in Austria. six. and in France four.
| Among European nations Belgium is
| most blessed with railway facilities in pro-
portion to area; and Spain halts impotently
1 in the rear of all the other nations
| During the last five years Russia has
| shown mcst railway enterprise, with an IN
| creased mileage of 20 per cent; Germany
follows with an increase of Z per cent:
France with 6: and the United Kingdom is
| content with 3.
| Africa has one mile of railway for every
1,210 square miles of territory. and Au-
| stralasia one for every 321 sOuarA rnflea an
4 area approximately that of the county of
! Huntingdon.
Evening star., 1898-09-10
MALARIA.
How This Dread Disease of the Soil
diers in Cuba is Transmitted.
From the santarian.


From the Sanitarian.
The Madagascar campaign affords
striking lesson regards the Importance
of aerial transmission. To facilitate the
transportation of baggage into the interior
of the island the French government had
supplied its troops with metallic wagon
cites, so constructed that they could be
fioated across streams. For one cause CT
another it was soon found that they could
not be used, and the construction of 4
cross-country road was determined upon.
The young soldiers were put to the task
and bravely and uncomplainingly they
worked. Soon, however, the sick list in
creased, and, by the time the road was fin
ished, the mortality list had become appal-
ling. Why the military authorities permit
ted this when natives could be had to do
the work it would be difficult to explain.
To US the lesson taught by this holocaust
or victims is that under no circumstances
should unacclimatized men. be employed to
work the soil.
Europeans must not attempt to work
the ground in the intertropical regions -
writes Medical Director Maurel of the
french navy; lit is death to them but IL
does not injure negroes or other natives
who should be secured for this purpose -
Inc Importance of aerial transmission is
1urther shown by DR.. Maurels personal
! observations. In Africa he had spent
nights tramping in the marshes without
suffering the least inconvenience. while his
assistants suffered from chills; merely he
cause they did not seem to be able literally,
speaking, to keep their mouths shut" He
absolutely refrained from talking so as To
allow none or the miasmatic air to reach
his lungs through the mouth the nasal
passages as is We'll known. acting as
sterilizing apparatus through the destruc-
tive action of the nasal secretions upon at
mospherfc organism.
Evening star., 1898-09-10
How They Keep Cool.

From London Tft-Bits.
Whilst the Englishman resigns himself at
times of intense heat to perspiration and
grumbling, his fellow-men in the east have
solved the problem of how to keep COOL
by methods as ingenious as they are varied.
OF all these delightful methods the "sInk-
ing rooms Of Persia commend themselves
most to ones conceptions Of the luxurious
Evening star., 1898-09-10
But the Last One Counts,

From PCck.
First Spaniard-'Those Americans are
slow. They cannot accomplish results az
quickly as the gallant sons of Spain.''
Second Spaniard-"That Is true. I have
been watching our bulletins, and observe
that our forces gain brilliant victory the
first thing in each battle. while the Amer
leans come IN with a victory a day or SO
later"
Evening star., 1898-09-10

There is a time in every girls life when
she regrets that she wasn't named 'Lu-
ellie. ."-Atchison Globe
Evening star., 1898-09-10

It may not be too late for Spain to mend,
but she has an awful lot Of mending to do.
.Puck