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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02

London, October l,--Aiviees from Nv,
STA point to an acute economic crisis and
probably wheat famine during the com.
ing winter. The crops in Nos,hern and
Central Russia are complete failure and
in south Russia they are far below tho
average.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02
TEXAS FLOUR FOR PORTO RICO
Will Permit 1t to Be Shipped
in Foreign Bottoms.
tspeclal Dispatch to The Post,


all
to
uang oat"se trade goods
he
his o
which has decided Mr.
IN foreign bottoms to MI his
agreed TO ship this flour in English aud Norwegian
probably
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02
THE PUBLIC DEBIT.
An Increase During the Month of
September of sot ,GOS,iSS.

Washington, October 1.-The monthly
statement of the publlc debt shows that
at the close OF business September 30, 1898
tho debt less cash in the treasury amount
ed to si067 47a,205, An increase for the
month of s5i.6os4sS. The Increase in the
cash during September was siS,070,4lS
The total increase of the debt on account
of war loan. independent OF cash, is sI42,-
720,S20. of which about SOS 1000 was
added during September. The debt is re-
captulatei as follows:
Interest bearing debt $3.50. 1890 0SS, 900
Debt ON which Interest has
ceased sinGa mlturity. 1885 100
Debt bearing no lnterssJ...,. 3SS sol ,3tS
lotM 49,. ..-.., ......... VI, 0io, ,tpS
This amount. however. does not Include
Sa5i,o5I, bSS in certilioal,es and treasury
notes outstanding which are offset by ao
equal amount OF cash IN the treasury h Id
for their redemption.
The cash in tho treasury is class fled as
follows:
Gold So. -. ....... .s27S t4s2
Silver ....... O9.3nS ,57t
Paper -. -. 49,. .,.... 69,6)s III
Bonds deposited In National
banks. dlsbursing officers ball
ances, etc. ...,.., .,,,..,.. s2.o2e,'25
Total .,.t..- -, ....- ,..., " W, loo aSf
Against which there are demand llabll-
ties amounting to s6s2 ,5Ts 900. leaving a
cash balance on hand OF $S07 5a7 50S.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02
FROM The FA1HERLAND
Empcror William Interested 10 the
Tariff Negotiations.
AMBASSADOR HOLLEBfN TO REPORT
Dnta Needed to Present to Reich-
stng--Czar's Disarmament
posnI Meets with Favor
Especial Cable Letter Copyrighted, 1898. by
Associated Press.D

| Especial Cable Letter. Copyrighted, 1875 ~
| Associated Press.D
Berlin, October DIR Won Holleoen'
| the German ambassador to the United
States who Is now In Germany, Will make
his first report to Emperor William on the
lStter's return to Berlin week hence.
His majesty is particularly anxious Cor in
formation regarding the present state OF
the tariff negotiations with the United
States and their prospects, as on them
largely depends the settling of those eco
homie questions in the reichstag and Prus-
sian diet which concern America. the
Prussian agr9rtans have prepared NUM-
Der of measures more or less inlmical to
the American imports.
Tho correspondent here OF the Associated
Press learns that the cars proposal for Il
disarmament congress is quietly but slow
ly making Roadway. All the powers, In
Guiding France. have now accepted the in
ytatlon, but with limitations. ltaly's re-
ply, which has been published, ndica
cleerly what will be the basis of the con-
ference Ulterlor questions especially all
~ estlons regarding territorial arrange
ments. such as Asace-L Lorraine, Egypt
and the pope's temporal powers, will be
strictly tabooed. The discussions Will be
confjped to the social and economic aspects
OF the question. One German newspaper
suggests that Russia should begin dlsarm
ing by reducing her army on the western
frontier by 900 men. adding that Ger
many and Austria would then make a sim
ilar reduction and that by exercising In
flucnce at Paris, Russia could obtain the
reduction OF another $4,000 man on each
side OF the Franco-German frontier. Thus
the European active armies would be at one
stroke reduced by 200, 900 men.
The sarcophagus for Prince Bismarck,
which Emperor William commanded the
sculptor, Begas, TO execute. Will be a very
elaborate figure. The prince will rest on
the sarcophagus bGreheaded and in the uni
form of Culrassier. PANTY covered by the
German flag. Beside the pedestal dog
will watfa the body, symholizng tidelity.
In the niche above the monument will be
seated a weeping woman IMPLYING Ger
manys sorrow. A man representing
strength will stand at the right hanl and
4 figure OF justice will b. on the left.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02
Grand Jury vii, In,cs,,o.,,

waco Texas, September so.-Jnav.
scott SCOT sent fog The grand Jury i,d,y an, a.
lWeiea special charge on el,e. a, 80
ulei'uee' partieolariy referring to N, r..
GENT mayoral'y contest, in which charges
and counter charges occur IN the ns,,,,on
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02
DIR, Blunt Notified.

AusUIn, Texas. October 1-State Health
OFFICER Blunt received notice this morn
ing that owing to the development OF yell
low fever at poplarvile,, Miss the Lou
lsiana board Of health has declared quar-
anime against the town, as well as against
Pearl River county, In which 1t Is located.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02

and pleading. The grant Jury was directed
by Judge Scott to so through the record
OF the proceedings in that trial and inves-
tigate each individual charge, returning
hihs in case testimony is found incrim-
dnaling any one in connection with the
OILS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02
Mexican Border Quarantine.

Washington, october Surgeon General
Wyman Of the marine hospital service has
taken steps to pre-ent the entrance OF
yellow fever into Tsxas from Mexico, the
possibility Of which was reported by the
collector OF customs ct Laredo Texas Ad-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02

Knoxville, Tenn, October ia d,Trn,ch
from Johnson City SAYS that Governor
Taylor is worse, He passed bad night
ana is suffering badly with nausea to-day
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02
Colonel Bryan Out Driving.

Washington, October l.-Colonel w. ].
Bryan has so Mar improved today as to take
long carriage drive. He leaves for the
Virginia mountains Monday
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02
oxley Gives a,iI

bridgeport. Conn, October l.. Harry OK.
lev who was arrested as a principal Ia tn,
cline which caused the death OF Emma
GIL. was released on bail today.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02

ditionai In Inspectors have been appointed at
Laredo. El Paao, Brownsville and Eagle
Pass to intercept any suspects entering
from Mexico.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02
YELLOW FEVER REPORTS
The Prevailing Naady as Harmless
as Nhoopin1 Cough.
| HIT MORTALITY IS TX IRE MELY Low
Out of Nearly Three Hundred Cases
In Louisiana There Have Been
Hut Fifteen Deaths.

There have been so far In Mississippi
ia cases Of yellow fever and eighteen
deaths. according to the official report of
the State board Of health, distributed as
folloWg.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02

A'sahinesra. Cctnber ~scSse,ary Lonn
iesesved = e1biegram from Admiral Dewey
u y .inua reporting that all Ia quiet thure.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25
TOTE"

The recent controversy over the
word tote failed to determine satisfac-
torily its origin. The general opinion
is that it is a southern c~olloquialism.
This is wrong. Tote has been longer
in use in the woods of Maine than in
any part of the south. ven now the
foresters of the Pine Tree state are
dissected with tote roads These are
narrow paths through swamps n over
mountains, used by lumbermen for
dragging or 'toting' timber to the main
logging roads. The phrase tote has
been employed in lumber camps even
since the Maine forests were cut over
the first time, and it has wandered
away to the northwest, TO Michigan,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Da-
kOta. following the transcontinental
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25
THE ENUI,MOUS PENSIONS

Il is not surprising that foreign
newspapers shOu,d be amazed at the
huge pension outlay Of the United
States. 1t is so vast, 50 unheard Of, so
corrupt nat public journals every
where might Well stop to consider the
monstrosity of the business. 1t is in
deed most wonderful pension law
that can tax the country rom $145, 0OO.-
600 to some $3.50, 600, 900 yearly, and that
too thi~ty-f0ur years after peace, and
with an upward tendency in spite Of
feetIng ears 1t is the monster of
all legislation, and a constant raider
upon and rObbing OF h public treas
Ury-of the people who do not draw
a cen of the pensions, but have to pay
it. 1T is the wicked, unprincipled poll
iticians who have this wrong and thus
burdened the tax payers. Think Of the
pensions a~ggregating the great sum OF
S33, or, 1888 in 1871, six years after peace.
That was then regarded by honest men
as quite enough. Even Generals Grant
and Garfield said emphatically that the
pension outlay should never exceed
exceed ST., 900, 900. It began to fall for
awThile-continued to fall until 1878, at
the rate of 81, 900, 900 annually. Suppose
his steady reduction a continued
until now, 1898, a period of twelve
years, what would be the size now of
the pension? The total outlay would
net exceed $1,000, coo, for in 1878, the
expenditure was $26, S44, Ais. But in
stead of a trifling ST. OO, 900 thirty-four
years after the war ceased, it is some
$144, 600, 900 appropriated for cur
rent year, and it will require not less
than $3.50, 000, 900, it is believed in Wash
ington. The able Toronto Globe, seeing
n studying this taxation iniquity
most intelligently says:
"There are now more names on the
pension rolls than were ever on the
army rolls at one time during the war,
and the number threatens to Increase.
The chief influence maintaining this
ridiculous distribution of public money
us the protective tariff. If the revenues
were raised by direct taxation the pen
sion sWindla would have a Short and
anything but a merry life. But the
protective tariff cOmpels the taxpayer
to contribute both to the revenue and
the protected interests, these latter
being consequently DESTROYS CT keep
ing taxation aus high as possible. To
keep taxation is a simple matter. All
that is necessary is to waste public
MONEY!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

among North Carolina democrats that
the democratic party must have no Of
fensiye and defensive alliances. but
make a square, open, hot fight against
all enemies of the state in whatever
guise or under whatever combinations
they appear, inviting all friends of
good government to unite with them in
saving North Carolina from injury and
in restoring to power the people who
love the state and would have it to
prosper. All true and patriotic North
CarOlinians should unite against the
vandals. The most disgusting, dis
graceful pages Of this country are
those that record the results of the
combine in the last three or four years
of legislation in this state. Let the
honesty and intelligence of the Stat
get together to put an end to such de-
pravity and prostitution of power
such wrong doing and corruption
among officials.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25
Hints for Smokers

Generalarzt DR.. Scholer publishes in
the C~entralblatt zu Gesundheitspfiege
a collection Of Hints for Smokers"
which are founded, as the Doctor
states, upon his professional observa-
ions for many years of the mouth,
teeth, stomach, lungs, heart, and skin
of the devotes of tobacco. The first
and foremost rule is never to smoke
before breakfast, nor, as a rule, when
the stomac is empty: this custom is
the worst possible foe of digestion.
New smoke during any exertion of
great physical energy, as dancing,
running, cycling, Notwithstanding,
or rowing, and especially if in a con-
test. lever follow "the bad custom of
the French and the Russians by al
lowing the smoke to pass through the
nose; never male it through the nose.
Keep the smoke as far as possible
from the eyes n nose; the longer
the pipe the better; the use of a short
pipe during work is to be avoided. A
pipe is the most wholesome form of
smoking, a cigar the next, a cigarette
the worst. Always throw away your
cigar as soon as you nave smoked
four-fifths of it; the last end of it is
the most h%urtful, in cauda venenum,
the poison turks in the tail. All ci-
garettes are bad, but Eastern cigar
cites the worst, for they are almost al
ways compounded with some degree of
opium. The smoke ought to rinse
out his mouth, not only before every
meal and before going to bed at night,
but several times during the day. The
best rinse for the smoker is a glass of
water in which a teaspoonful of table
salt has been dissolved. 1t should be
used as a gargle at night, and care
should be taken that every cavity in
the teeth is we'll washed with it. The
pipes p. p e place is in the hand,
and only occasionally in the lips or
teeth.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

trend of the lumber business."-Eew
York Press.
BY referring to Our Living and Our
Dead" for 1875, you will find a brief
discussion Of tn. word tote" by this
writer. We said it was in Chaucer and
had the meaning tina is given in the
~colloquial speech Of the south. 1t can
found in Chaucer. but not in the sense
we stated. Some years & we became
satisfied OF error ebsterl long years
ago spoke Of it as a word used in the
south. II is not used in the north cor
rectIy. We once saw this: a man told
the servant to tote his horse around
TO the gate. meaning TO lead him there.
Tote is used in the sense TO carry"
and Ito tote fair" a very common ex-
preston in the south, al to carry
your end Of the log fairly, or to con-
duct an argument fairly. We have
heard the word used for more than
half a century. The Old English word
was not used in the modern sense.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

The Messenger gave not long &
a very amusing anecdote concerning
Bishop Wilmer, of Alabama, VINO IS
gifted with both wit and humOr. We
see in the New York Times another
anecdote that illustrates the Bishops
facility in happy repartee. The Force
bill was a very hostile bill to the south.
1t gave d~esarvedly great offence to all
southern white men who had character
and self respect. The story below
uTn upon the Force bill and the very
obnoxious federal officials that meas
ure OF repression and oppression in
hand. The bishop said:
Il was written to some years ago by
an editor Of the north, Who wished to
know the reason for the solidarity of
tha south. = = = The weather at the
time vas cold beyond precedent, and
waters were frozen over. / replied
to him in n sentence. The solidarity
Of the south is due to the same cause
that just now makes our water solid
Ur.fIi6adIy breeze from the north"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

Recently the Messenger commended
that as a general thing the refined and
merCiful game of foo ball Gas she is
played"D vas not favorable really to
proficiency of students in colleges and
universities. There might be some rare
exceptions. One was given but with
of doubt on our part.
President Eliot, of Harvard University
on Of the oldest and largest, with
over 1000 stuients-a distinguished
official among such officials, and with
opportunities of large observation of
the workings of the foot ball game, in
his last annual report to the OverseerS
Of the great university, expresses the
opinion that athletics and high schol-
arship do not harmoniZe. The Messen-
ger for years has discouraged this view.
The Chicago Tribune says:
st has taken President Eliot some
time to find out What has long been
apparent to outsiders. If he had pur-
sued his investigation a little further
he might have discovered also that
athletics as practiced in colleges and
humanity and gentlemanly conduc do
not !harmOniZe. This latter view of the
situation has become apparent in
several western colleges, which are
making a manly effort to h~umanize
SluSball and other games, but lit is not
on record yet that the movement has
received any encouragement from
eastern colleges, notably from Presi-
dent Elliott's institution"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

Stealing other peoples money is a
great crime on the part of officials
whether the sums purlOined be small or
large. They call it breaches Of trust
rascals-rogUes. How a there he inn
beZzlements." The rue old word
stealing, correctly describes the acts
and puts the right brand ca the
rascals-rogues. How can there be i'm
provement in public morals, in the
standard of official probity, in even pri-
vate honesty when the Stealings OF Of
fiC;als are larger al by year The
New York World publishes the coma
pilation of statistics in h "defalca-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

grade. OF course. the conditions
abroad-in to bread stuffs,
has a no little TO do with the swell
ing Of the exports. II the United States
had all the trade they might have with
the South American countries. n
those south Of Us on this continent, the
foreign trade would be greatly enhanc-
ed. The increase OF exports for last
year was s93. 292,27S over the year 1886
What vas the showing for December
last? The present republican robber
tariff tax had failed TO produce as
much revenue as expenditures needed
up TO December. The robber advocates
insist that the new tariff will produce
all the revenues needed. That is a false
~pretense. They have already increased
the internal tax so as TO enlarge the
etUrns. The New York Evening Post
gives this as TO the December opera
tions and a candid consideration will
conclude hat they are rather omnibus
for the new drastic tax measure:
The total imports for that month
decreased 1,465, 900 from December.
1896. This decrease happened il the
imports free of duty: but in the duti-
able imports alone the gain over 1896
was only s1,24S. eco. and it will be re-
membered that in December. 1896. such
im~portatiOns had fallen TO by far the
lowest level in a dozen years. Deem
Der was the fifth month since the en-
actment Of the Dingley tariff: il would
appear, therefore, that if the reasoning
Of the ariff builders of 1897 was accu-
rate, 'a~nticipat0ry importations' ought
by this time TO have been in a reason
able degree consumed. Yet here is a
wholly insignificant increase during
December, supplemented, during the
opening fortnight of January, by for
eign merchandise receipts at New
York city smaller by 20 per cent. than
those Of the same period in 1897"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25
GREAT FIGURES FOR 1870.

The report of the Bureau OF Statis-
tics. published two or three weeks ago,
will be examined with interest. 1t shows
a remarkable exhibit for 1897. Altogeth-
er it is phenomenal. the most extraor-
binary in the history of the United
States. Here are the figures for two
years:
Observation-Disclosures. 1895. domes-
tic. s9S6. $50. 0S0; foreign. $4,000, 161.
1897. domestic, s1,079. So, $50; foreign,
SO, 366, 563. Total, 1896, 81, 005.s 37, 241;
1897. s1,J99, 129,519.
"Imports-Free OF duty, 1896. 1922 952,-
457: dutiable, 1858, 627, 099. 1897. free of
duty, s377, 372. 1872: dutiable. $500, 52S, 063;
Total, 1896, 1851. $40. $50; 1897, s742, CSC. $50.
Excess of exports-1ss6. 1924, 251 SIS;
1897. 1856, 49S, 664."
1t is a big showing when the exports
OF our country reaches the great figures
of s1,Oss, l2s, 519. The exports exceeded
the imports 1885,, 4sS, S64. The foreign
trade Of this country is on the upward
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

Brussels Carpet at SOC and SOC. Stair
Carpets, 1Sc, 30 and 35c. Floor Oil
Cloth, l yard wide, first quality, at PC
per yard
A big drive in fine Umbrellas. just
received, from soc to $l.75. To see
them is to buy them.
We have also just received a nice line
OF fine light weight Underwear for
~gents-Shirts and Pants, all wool, but
light, for spring. at so each.
Gents Suits in fine Black Clay
WOrsted at 500, $500 and $1,000. all
wool, fine goods,
A big lot OF Spring Capes. all wool.
at soc, 75c. $l.00 and s1-5O: some Of them
are all silk.
A beautiful line OF fine Spring Flow
ers. Hats and Ribbons.
Spring Percales, l yard wide, in short
lengths, fine quality, at 61ac per yard.
Long pieces we G at &c per yard.
Apron Check Gingharns at 3Rc. Pretty
Calico at 4c. Nice double fold Dress
Styles Spring Worsted at 15c, zoe, BIC
and soc per yard.
Come to see US and be convinced
that we do an up~to-date, progressive
Dry Goods business and sell goods
cheap for the cash, at 112 North Front
Street, opposite the orion Hotel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

This total is between 81 900, 900 and
SO, 900, 900 greater than similar stealings
for 1896. And yet in the face of such
figures bankers and ministers of the
gospel in New York city say that the
standard of honesty is higher" II
that is so it is limited as to number
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25
BREVITIES

The business part of the country
need a general bankrupt law. After
years of delay the enactment OF one is
in a fair way to success. The house
has passed a bin that we hope will
prove to be best possible.
AT last the country has begun to
awaken 10 the responsibility Of killing
men just for fun in games of football.
That English judge may rave put a
force in motion that may 50 reform the
game as to make it toleraGole and not
mor obnoxious and dangerous than
Spanish ;bull-fighting. A man was
charged with m~anslaughter and con-
victed for killing a player in a game.
The morality of Yale. University is
under public suspicion or censure. Tee
much drinking among the students is
the charge.
Italy expends s54, 900, 600 on its army.
Austria expends so, 900, 900; Great
Britain 500, 900, 900; Germany. s12O, OO0,-
600; France, s13S, 900, 900; Russia, s142,-
600, 900. United States expend on pen
sioners alone $3.50, 600, 900, or more each
year. What fools the Americans are.
A Paris mob has again attempted to
take the life of III. lola on trial. He
made a very narrow escape. His case
becomes stronger. A fail trial is what
he cannot obtain in France.
The Maine had a deserter. Did he
have any hand in the deviltry? He is
under arrest in New York for stealing
$500. While good men are destroyed
this wretch lives.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

~
.GaPtain Buck Kitchin, of Halifax
.countyp is out in another letter on the
politicaF; situation. He is clearly de-
sirousl to, defeat the rascals. The last
paragraphs this and it is good read
ing; E8s we'll as truthful. Coming from
one 10 Vas a year or 50 6 iden-
tilted with the populists and united
against the democrats With the old rad
fcaI thing, it Is significant and hope
fu1: e''' y
t"tJf. a~repubLeap -9r his principles are
any better now t1an they We're in the
days of reconstruction L have not dis
covered Fft!1aIfI they are any better
aualihed1 too govern 1this country now
Cham they, were I'M t~heudays of Jeffer-
son and jJacksoT.i they have not made
1T anifest Mark Hanna and com
4any,} Butler, ri Russell and compan!
have C~onciusfvHly proven their lncapac
7ty, inconpEtency and-unftness t(
govern either state or nation"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25
HOME FOLKS.

1t is quite probable that Liuetenant
Jenkins, lost on the Maine, was a ma
hive Of Granville and half brother to
Captain r. A. Jenkins, of Salem, and
brother of Mrs. Cicero Harris, known in
Wilmington. She obtained a place at
Annapolis for a brother, n the
unfortunate lieutenant was dobutless
the one who persisted in the sinking of
the Maine. Granville. lost another
man-Mr. Morse.