The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-02

E1AIIs VIII p@ second 70 none III tue }elIo@
zine belt
Giles Siusiesary. the reIl know Sew
ton county tinbsrmsu. was here this week.
/ While here he closed a coa:ract ID get
out long timber for Aisx1nier s.tr.cr .n
The Sabine river and Cow c;se&. he will
begin work az once On the Sabine river
+ near Belgrade
| OF the thirteen vessels now n port O.
Sabine Pass. six are talin= Fargo FOR sJ8.h
! America, three for the continent. one .os
thu United Kingdom. Qua for South africa.
one for the West Indies and one Cor MEX
leo.
]. F. Whitney E 60. ship brokers. New
FORK, report for the week andias December
Is:
Steam tornage-Tim.er an6 deal fre'shis
ecnlnge dull aat rates are ncmsaai,J un-
enansed.
SAL tonnagc--Tnauiriss for lumber ;op-
mage TO the River Platte are Doticej. tut
shippers have fixed the limits they will
pay. and refuse TO neg5,ia.e at any adj
vance. The quotations ETcas the gulf are
sll75G Gl2.oe TO Montesiieo and 3pelos
Ayges. Some few vessels ara wanted with
lumber tom he ;:out.i 70 stio; lie last
fixtures we've 1t $50 not FROM the ruif
and sia,50 satiiia rivsr. Toe coaTtgisc
lumber trade Continues very dnil Sitn
yates low and unss-'. act5ry.
Two Disappearing Luminaries.
Washington Post.
The announcement that Hon W. d.
Bynum has opened law office IN Brook
Ign, whero he can be near Professor Seth
I.ow-and the resignation b. Hon. Henry
watterson OF his once-prcud leadership o.
the democratic party. are events wn;ch
have not. in our opinion. axcited the com
men; their real significance deserves. When
men Q: the calibsr OF Bynum aad Water
son DO anything, they do il for some great
and useful purpose. and tina .cei mas a
bearing Of u.ore or less violence upoa tire
generation.
~ at least year and a half pass. Mr.
Bynum las been engaged in Evangelical
work aiIbas The beaiga,sd aaa l!nl,'ous
democrats OF MS native land. So las Mr.
WatIerson. Each IGbo.ed IN MS J,cu.iar
say-Mr. Bynum in tae rosggssin. Mr.. Wat.
tsrson through the medium d. IN. press
but both had a righteous and IL. INV. both
Ite.kai- ID q
citizens tFcna tse!r errors ard brinE tbt1n
hack into the fold with The sl70So ae.nc-
Gratis who alone dwelE IN the Hight Of ,s1-
elatioa and ppaalG the true ana only ga.,n.
That they laocred gailsntfy IN this chus4n
ii.!i % theirs no fais- minded aaI IN, usha
sei oessFTeT Of contemgorAEa ous e.euts wall
venture y deny Mr. Byu4ms soscc as
heard upon hundred platforms liz srOke
so beautifully, he appealed 10 the irrinw
millions OF the democracy Si.h sGeh cn-
chanting eloqrsnee AMI such eaecrIos.f 70
soiicitude that several weik.ns su!i; j, w.
cent Ioll4bis emotion sad beer .l7I ts5ys II,
equal quantities vsFe SIZED tor niles arouud
he went everyEhere and preached MS
slAsl1 Dirt ieTTens gospel often 10 c4slous
aid again 10 rihsia audiences, pgt uiways
with poser s1d intensity. Mr. War.e-sca.
although he reuagaei IN TIE cl3lster of
MS sanetusu and was seldom seen NJ .asn.
tcstS1 with no less devotion in the sreres;
clnse He covered rear.z ard .eauis with
burning importantly and fond cspossula-
ticr- He issued bulletins End rrneiania-
iscns TO the wanderers He oIercd tom
pardon ard free p-atlquc sithia the In.
d.aE2Folks sphere Of s;Stesmans ilp. lie
oedewed them with editorial rtino1sirstsi. cs
a. tentef as early greens ard Longer ilan
the longest clothes line He spoke Of
shambles and OF hetacombs, az llsa,;sl
things and yawning graves. and sooblng
rsinfalls In the night. lie wressici with
them dreadfnlly, he did AGi yet. Is "a
the case Of She ,rnetul and pers'.,eni
3ynnm. the recaieitrants weaf "a their
stubborn way, and lott aim as one who
bays the moon alone.
Now. as We have said, p-rlcus thing
has come about, Mr. aynum h1c ful:ed
that voice OF melody mud wz,tersoa les
retired from the place o. erari high
lecturer on democratic light Bynum, from
rt haa he nrne 81 b
Beautiful. and the Good IT, politics de-
seends 10 earth again and cen ssas him
self into the narrow proportions Of Drook-
iyn lawyer. Wayterson. VINO 50 ,resL fIy
was poet laureate 10 the real tle.sc-raey,
now lays aside his biastes Iyre sud turns
TO the common organ as IN euiis. fn- HE |
soul. Two shining Lights bays fad. a ON |
the wall. Two notes OF sxen.est music |
have been strangled in he mir. And NE |
sit here more shame 20 US, KS though |
nothing In particular had oeerrrSs.