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HOUSTON, THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1880.
TEN PAGES 1UDAYn
BIRrnDAY OF ROBERT l.. LEE.

This Is the anniversary of the birthday
Of Robert e. Lee. the Souths great CHIEF
tain, whose grand life was without fear
and without reproach.." The anniversary
OF this great and good man should be OBJ
served in every city In the South, and The
Post is glad to know that the Daughters
of the Confederacy in Houston, and
throughout Texas, make 1t sacred hoii-
day.
4 The life and character OF Lee
should also be impressed upon the
minds Of the children Of the
South. and exercises appropriate to
this day should be held in every school.
The nobility Of soul the holiness Of life,
the grandeur OF the deeds OF this model
and beloved hero, can not fail to make a
powerful impression for good upon the
should be taught to revere his memory and
to emulate his great example.
Probably the best eulogy of Lee ever
uttered by human lips was the following
magnificent expression by Benjamin II.
Hill
HE was public officer without vices;
private citizen without wrong; neigh
Dor without reproach; Christian without
hypocrisy. and a man without guile.
..He was Caesar without his ambition;
Frederick without his tyranny: Napoleon
without his selnshness. and Washington
without his reward.
.'He was obedient to authority as a
servant, and royal in authority as true
king.
HE was gentle as a woman In life; mod
est and pure as virgin In thought; watch
full as Roman vestal in duty; submissive
to law as Socrates, and grand in battle q
Achilles!'
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exterior lies q lake of tears, and l have
often seen him moved by the simple recital
of pathetic incident. He is brave as
lion and tender as a woman. pictur-
esquc, unique and altogether lovable char
actcr has passed from the press galleries
OF Washington to his Texas home and
the benisons and blessings, good will and
earnest friendship of the entire corps OF
correspondents here go with him.
~
His successor. George NJ Bailey, has ar
rived here and, as everybody in Texas
knows George and his worth, it is rn-
necessary to say that the News will be
well served George has grabbed the con-
gressiJnal grist like veteran and VIII
soon he able to prognosticate with the
best of them. The only alarming thing
about George Is that since his arrival no
has developed such fearful and wonderful
appetite for the New England pies sold
in the house restaurant. that he is in
danger of laundering himself.
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A strong Team.
n SIT
Victoria Times.

Nlctorla Times
The Austin Tribune of January II says:
Judging from his remarks made on
the opening day of the present legisla-
two session. wnen nominating Mr..
Bailey for speaker of the house, Judge
Kttrell Is going TO camp on the trail
of tho lobby or third house. which
always assemblies at the State capitol
when the law-makers get down to Il
grind He referred to the lobbyist In
manner which Indicates that he is
prepared to don tho war paint on the
slightest proyocatlon."
Mr.. Kittrell is the man for Victoria to
keep in mind. He Is safe man to do
business with. II Judge Kittrell, T. G..
Mcfarland and John Bailey will double
teams, and camp on the trail OF the lobby
OF the third house," there Is little fear that
the consultations schenu can be put
through the legislature. John Bailey Is a
fighter; he is game man, an honest man
and has no favors to ask at the hands
of corporations. He made gallant fight
against the Merger bill" two years ago
He can be relied on to do 80 again. Mr.
Mcfarland will fight for the interests Of
his town. He knows the sentiment Of the
people here. and he can not be ZAP
preached" by any set OF men who want 10
injurc his home town and county. Kit
trell Mcfarland and Bailey will champion
tho peoples rights--an what's more. will
win out
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EAGAN AND THE COMMISSION.

The announcement Is now made that
the president has decided to order a court
martial to try Commssary General Eagan
for the abusive and violent Language he
used respecting Major General Nelson A.
Miles while on the witness stand before
the war investigating commission This
decision was the only one possible under
the circumstances and it hardly seems that
the careful elaboration with which the
president is accredited. was necessary to
reach such conclusion.
A grosser violation OF the rules OF gem
tlemanly and official conduct is not on
record. and the perpetrator of this outrage
upon decency, the violator Of every prin-
ciple OF military discipline. should have
been placed under arrest the very day his
indefensive TRADE was uttered
In the first place, the war investigating
commission should not have permitted
ence. Why did not the gentlemen OF the
commission insist upon gentlemanly speech
by witnesses before them?
In this connection the Philadelphia Rec
ord pertinently asks: Were tho gentle
men of the war commission the willing
or unconscious coparceners of Alger, Cor
bin ct al in the long apparent scheme to
Get rid Of General Miles? II not, why
was not Eagan choked of at once? II
they were, why were they not afforded In
advance an opportunity to strike the camp
iatrins slush out Of tho commissary gen
Gratis now Of nth! 1t Is this gross neg.
iset of ths commisston TO obsoryo tho coul-
mon decenciss Of formal inquiry proceed
insr. that has rendered possible the mood
ii army headquarters scanaal ana recripa-
ination which now threatens to render
~ war otace The laughing stock and de-
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SOME posrscRIpTs.

London has forty restaurants in which
only vegetable food Is served.
At tho beginning OF 1899 there were
1000 fewer licensed saloons in Chicago than
in January, 1898.
An English vicar just sent to jail for
forgery had published a book entitled,
Resist Not Evil
Ashville, in Hancock county, Me-, which
Is composed OF about thirty families has
only one baby.
Some children In the mountains of 81
lesia devoutly believe that beetles are both
deaf and blind.
The rural youth ana restaurant fire.
quenters of this country lubricate their
cakes with 29.000,OUo gallons of molasses
1t is estimated that 10000 tons of Gu
cumbers are raised and eaten within the
limits OF the United States every year.
Milwaukee had 257S manufacturing es-
adjustments In 1898, employing 56,297 per-
sons and having an output valued at SAL
1900.
The Church of England is supported by
incomes from investments endowments and
by voluntary contributions. The total rev.
enue of the church is about s35, 00O 900.
In Denmark 1t is the law that all drunk
en- persons shall be taken to their homes
in carriages provided at the expense of the
publican who sold them the last glass.
Whenever the human eye Is threatened
with injury the eyelids close snvoluntarily.
If n man had to think before shutting his
eyes on such occasions he would be too
slow to save his eye.
The Burmese have curious idea regard
ing coins. They prefer those which have
female heads On them, believing that coins
with male heads on them are not SO lucky
and do not make money.
There are so many languages spoken in
the provinces Of Austria Hungary that In
terpreters are employed in the various
parliaments to interpret the speeches of
the delegates and make them Ineligible
to all the members
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An un-.msrls.n policy.


VIII the esteemed Galveston News or
the esteemed San Antonio Express explain
what principle the Americans will be fight
ing for In the war with the PHILIPPINES
which is now imminent? This is the frst
instance In American history where we
have invaded foreign country without
provocntion from It's people. to subjugate
and place them under our control. 1t was
shame enough when this govern
ment should openly have BROKEN Its
Rvowal that the war with Spain
was not for conquest. but to free an OPP
presscd people. by claiming the island
Of Porto Rico. which came 10 us willingly
and to seek to claim the Philippines but
to impose our rule upon tho latter against
their viii und to shed the blood OF their
people. as wellfas OF our own brave SOL
diers. to accomplish such an unjust OBJ
iect. 10 crime. Americans should hide
their heads In shame for the disgrace
that Is now being put upon them by those
Into whose, hands they have given the
keeping OF their conntry's fair name. Oh
shame! That We who posed as ilberators.
- the friend Of The oppressed. stand now
before the world a. hypocritesr ~as greedy.
svAsping and unjust conquerors.
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An Editor. UuitinAtss'

Terrell Index.
Some weeks ago we stated Icy
opposed to expansion. and natussH
posed that the administrator ~ II
mediately flop over to our way = =
ing. but to our surprise Mr.
continues to pursue his former v~ss 4
CARELESS of our suggestions. 4.
sible that he did not receive ~ VI 4
copy we sent. If this Is tns a
he has our sympathy. But = sts
headlong into this sea Of -
having been duly warned, ~ ~ ~ ~ Z
swim, for we are "hanus W
offer no further advice. ...4,,. Y
The daily reports from sss ~
news OF troublesome times On ~
The natives have daubed on ~ ~ r
and il they undertake to Gail c1i,|
numerous threats. Uncle ns%
semble very much the s ,,sS q
the yellow jacket in his si1ru
there will be no cause Iol .SI11
situation will be lust 9 i'tps
ing. " q!
We sail forth under color Z
tianity and freedom to hpe. nsis 1'11
pressed nation, but finding ~ WI n
rich. have not only decided y y ~
ourselves. but IL neeessaIy = y
IL with the bones OF the VI, ,Sf|
came to save. Now THIS mp M
call Justice. We trust ne ~
consider. rs p 4
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MOI since the foundation OF the Federal
government has the two great political
parties been SO divided within themselves
as upon the Vital issues OF currency re-
form and foreign policy. Democrats haya
crossed the line and arrayed themselves
on the republican side. and Republicans
nave abandoned their former COMRADES
sno gone over to their ancient enemy. ON
nosn these momentous issues. No preced :
~ .ns IRA .rm N american politics has presents cd
.umarkanie spectacle OF factional
s.,ne ana division, The rank OF neither
rsae can now select their leaders with
~ Viearness and ease that has hereta-
sv'9fe marked their choice between man
n nv measures s.s As long as tho democratic
comnrc s.y.u Iortn as the champion OF un-
,sr,m omising opposition TO protective
"n ana National banks its members'
, ans,namous Practically on both issues. cx-
ps''snced no difficulty in tho determInstion
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Bryan, Texas. January 1s.--Mr. Joe sala-
dinas, who had fine tobacco exhibit from
this county at the Houston Fruit. Flower
bacco on exhibition here for several DAYS
re Is selling seed and many farmers arc
buying with view to raising tobacco Of,
large scale II they can grow Il success
ful!y Much OF the land u ehis county Is
ven adapted 70 the growing Of tobacco,
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Teach spspisA.

Temple Tribune. ~
In many OF the Northern =
ish is added to the curricu'n
of the recent acquiremenl
Spanish speaking territory 2,
States and the enormous
ments. calling for America
speak the language, y = 1890
very valuable, II not necss-S3
education to include tne .rsS
very beautiful and easily 81, ~
The Tribune suggests mar Z
public schools follow sun "
foys and gir.s' somethiug
would nd' not 4 justify ire add u,a
of a Spanish tnaches eeI ss
set at which those who enc 4s'
take lessons. without
pupils couii be secured 70 49,
able. Temple would 20 !.
Texas OF q ayslcm thss y (
come popular IN 81 cifsse Il
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Incompetencs OF the commissary de-
partment Let It stick to It's mutton
that is. to rs canned and bearded beef
Was this beef good, or did rascaily con-
tractors swindle the government in It's
purchase. assisted by ignorant aud In
capable subordinates OF the comrnlssary
scneiNig This is the real point at issue.
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The gentlemen who are promoting the bill
before the Illinois legislature for the estap-
lishmt mt of municipal pnwnshops In the larger
cities of the State can nnd interesting expert
ence In that direction In Mexico and tho
South American countries, as we'll rs In Eu-
rope. A monte do plodad, or mount OF piety''
ns the pawnshops are generally known can
bs found In nearly every city of Spanish
America. conducted both us municipal and as
bepey client institutions. The rates OF interest
are usually per cent month and lonns are
limited 10 20 per cent OF the estimated value
OF the article. The deposition has the priylege
of redcenling his property at my time within
q year. and 1t Is concealed from the public
| until the limit expires 1t is then placed on
exhibition and offered for ssiie for something
lilss IT, value. The crushing interest charges
frequently imposed by unregulatea pawnshops
IN this country would indicate a sore need Of
pawnshops modelled utter the Mexican system.
In Ncxllo. whore death Is the penalty for
railway holdnps. there were none last year.
The Philadelphia Times thinks the trains In
tina. country might thus be held up for cx-
ample elsewhere.
Guessing at the size OF the cotton crop upon
a basis OF what has been marketed to date III
brought into sight to January l for the last
ten years has been us follows: 1sg7-ss, ss.15
ls0o-s7, 1906; lss5-e6 sos; 1s9i-e5, 1864;
1894 72.ao; isa2.os. 1850: Is9149e. 1854;
1901 67.Ss; 1Sso-a0, 1850; 1sss-s9. 7i.52. Now
tho amount Of the present crop In sight on Do
ocmber 81 was 1,725.is6 bales II the move
ment has been as rapid as It was In $4,000.
tie crop would BIO lo,2is9oo bales. II 1t has
been as slow as It was last year, the result
would be l1S5S.600 bales The average OF the
ten years would make tho present crop 49,
siU. 100 bales.
Senator Foraker says the "page OF infamy
In the history OF tho United States will be thu
ono which records the stealing Of Cuba from
the Cuhclns" And yet the senator ID an Ohio
republican. What a reformation!
-------------------
Tho great cardinal priuclpic In the Ameri-
cun policy was most clearly enInclnted ny
Washington In his farewell address,, that ''the
great rule for us in regard to foreign nations
Il. ID extending our commercial reintiona TO
have with them a. little political connection
a. r0splble;" that II was "unwise In us To
impIicnte ourselves BY ARTIFICIAL ties n the
ordinyry ylcixsitudss OF told World po'cIes
or the ordinary combinations snd collisions
q her friendships or enmlties Our detached
ei's oifAunt nituhtoh xntpies us 10 pursue
different course. y Taking care always
70 lser ourselves by suitable establishments
or respectable defensive posture, we may
saisly trustto temporary alliances FOR extra
ordinary emsrgencles.''
One Of the arguments against the employ
msnt OF married women as teachers in Chicago
10 distinctly novel. ~ don't believe We ought
70 encourage malo ps,asites.H says President
Harris Of the board Of education. ''Thcrc ere
M of them IL town LYING % q wsnsu
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teachers. and don't see why We should add
to The number. II We pass this rule. then ths
men who are looking around for woman to
support them VIII pick out some one besiies
a teacher. Then the teachers win be careful
not TO marry men who haven't the ability 10
support them"
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lNe DA.ly POST, 4 me SUNDAY Posr.

INBRED At rHe posTorF3cs Ar HOUSTON TEXAS.
a As SECOND CLASS MATTER,
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!. y f sHsSsTc m s BssssssT.
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II may be well to remark right now that tho
Introduction Of useless bills doesn't make Z
legislator statesman
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1t has often been said that ala grippe" was
unheard OF prior to tho epidemic OF 1885, In
the Hrst edition OF Constantine Herrins's DO
nestle Physician" published In 1855, is a
complete description of this disense, which at
one time caused grent suffering in Philadel-
ph,a. Moreover, 1t was then called ala grippe
or Influenza"
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1t is certainly true that no army can bs
maintained in discipline when those holding
ths highest positions can pour out a iioodtide
OF blackguardism against fellow officer. And
yet the secretary OF war advised that the
Eugan Incident be ignored!
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j. is said that 1t will take 900 to make
Iia, ana sanitary. A Memphis, paper MENTIONS
that this amount Is nearly one-tenth OF the
sum this United States lose whenever the yell
low fever is introduced into this country from
the West Indies.
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New trusts and combinations are being an
nonnccd daily. but II is noticeable that no an
n.uncement has been made SO far this year OF
an increase OF wages as consequence of the
Wholesale consolidation. Prices to consumers.
however. have been raised In many INSTANCES.
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What We need In the war department"
remarks General Brcckinrldge with emphasis,
sis SGT OF gentlemen" The matter of de-
Gliding whether or not United States army
officer must be also gentleman now appears
to rest very largely upon one William Nc
IA N
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The Pittsburg Dispatch calls attention to tho
fact that. while an expansionist organ is rails
ing a vociferous, and not wholly unjustifed,
fuss about admitting ono poygamist to con-
gross, It has not word to say about admit
ting whole archipelago Of Mohammedan
polygamsts with their harems to the rank OF
citizens OF tho United States.
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suosersptSoa ~ Maii--Dally ana Sunday Post. one
YEAR $500; six months. e4.oOs three months
91.oO, afe month. $500.
s TIE SUNDAY POSI-, one year, St.SO.
+. The WEEKLY Posi- mondays ana Thnrsisys)
one year, Stool six months so cents; three
months. - cents.
rsFss9n s H. vs 9vssss o'se e. ' S
III ciAl AKency); Western AGO THE Rookery) Chi
sneo. tThe S. c. Beckwith Special Agency
travelling Afents--C. S. E. Holland, Travelling
Auditor; E. r. Holland. B. ., Thfoop. Travelling
AGENTS. 49,
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One Of the argun,ents against tho employ
nsnt OF married women as teachers in Chicago
10 distinctly novel. ~ don't believe We ought
"a encourage malo ps,asites' says President
Harris Of the board Of education. rrhcrc srs
NY of them IN town lying ~ ~ wsnsu
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The New York papers have elaborate blogra-
pixies OF DR.. Depew, hpropos OF his new
honors. The World. for instance. photographs
his smile. and mentions the fact that he
donned HIS Arst pair of trousers at the early
age OF g.
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In NexlIo. whore death Is the penalty for
railway holdups, there were none last year.
Tho Philadelphia Times thinks the trains In
tina. country might thus be held up for cx-
ample elsewhere.
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Bill Stsrrstt has made more sunshine in
the press gallery. dissipatcd more blues
and created more honest. hearty merrI-
ment and hurt fewer mems feelings than
any character who ever labored there
Why shouldn't, no be loved and regretted
Bill stcrrett Is not only an able man. he
10 philosopher aud thinker. He is big
Drained and big hearted, He won't lilo
and he won't do any man an Injustice. He
is absolutely honest and incorrnptiblc and
no man over dared approach him soliciting
the advocacy Of An unworthy thing, BE-
hind what be trlas to make believe is rough
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-03-16
THE EAST.

An explosion Of gas IN the Mahonine
City (Pa) colIiery burned Is men, two
probably fatally
In the United States there were IS
business failures in The seven DAYS
ended on the 10th, against 1s6 the week
previous and PAS iii the corresponding
/ period Of 1905
During the week ended on the 10tL
! the exchanges at the leading clear
/ ing houses in the United States aggre-
gated SL91O,473, or, against $2.15I.393,-
992 the previous week. The increas.
compared with the spouding week
in 1895 WAS 1913
At Auburn \. Y. Frank y. Sheldon
ON trial a second time for the murder
of his wife, committed suicide in the
Jail
For the murder Of James c. Pitts
Of Summit, Louis Roesel was hanged
at Elizabeth, \. J.
Margaret Z. Cody, convicted in Al
bany, y. y, Of attempting to black
mail George and Helen Gould, was re-
leased on her own recognizarcc.
Joseph Meta. Peter Libuza and John
Percwicz were fatally burned and a
dozen were hurt severely by molten
metal in furnace at Scranton, Pa.
In an interview in New York Bishop
Potter of the Episcopal church, said
! that the prohibitionists were hypo-
critics and likened them to scribes and
pharisees of old,
From New York The United STATES
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A PATRIOTIC PRELATE.
to True American Sentiments
Relative to the War.

London, March 10.-The Rome CORE
spondent of the Daily Chronicle tele-
graphs the substance of an interview
he has had with Archbishop Ireland,
in which the latter explains his atti-
tude toward "Heckerism" and his
course during the SpanisL-American
war. With reference to the war Arch
bishop Ireland said: Before it broke
out | was pro-Spanish, but when hos
Utilities commenced | forgot everything
except that | was an American citizen,
anointed to love and to serve my
country"
The Rome correspondent of the
Morning Post says:
"Since the recovery of the pope the ques-
ton of 'Americanism is being eagerly re-
discussed. The pope's letter TO Cardinal
Gibbons was prepared by Cardinal Sa-
TOLL AID Cardinal Camille Mazzella
(prefect of the coungregati ton of sacred
rights. both of whom are strong enemies
of Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ire
land. and the letter was an absolute con-
domination in the original, OF all American
tendencies. The pope and Cardinal RAM
polla, papal secretary of state, cut, eX-
purgated and added to the draft, until II
was unacceptable by the authors.
Neither side is completely satisfied, but the
real victory remains with the Americans,
and ii is said that the red hat viii be be-
slowed upon Archbishop Ireland as a mark
of the pope's approval"