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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-16

Prices Il Commodities and an Index to
CcndIIlsns Existing n the Markets
ONlY ARTICLE fLucruArING IS COTTON
The Rise Too Late to BENEFIT Farm
ers This Year-Futurc Tomatoes
Firm-Notcs About Trndc.
Once Of The Post.
f5ouston. wedncsday. Febrnary' Ih

Houston, Wednesday. February 10.
Tbs only article which Is iuctuating Il
cotton and that has steadily advanced from
A5sc 10 csc ut Houston. Tho advance has
come too late to do the farmers much GOOD.
MS they had marketed the bulk OF tho crop
before tho new year set In It may. however.
It g now apparent that the size of the crop
was overestimated by from 100000 to q
100000 bales and that the surplus will BIO that
much short. Besides, the Eastern newrpa'
pcrs. published 10 the cotton milling towns.
state that the year opens up with better prices
and an unusually heavy demand both forei
and domestic.
Farmers should have been in the felds
preparing for the next crop. aud the only
drawback is that by the time tho wealth i.
clears up they Win. find 1t too late to plant
corn and Will plant cotton instcad III the
coming cotton acreage is materially reduced
there Is no reason why the present price
should not be about the minimum for Tie next
crop. The Atlantic State cotton planters are
not buying fertilizers as extensively MS IN
forner years. which is taken TO Indicate a
diyersihcaiion OF crops and reduction in
cotton acreage.
The rapid marketing OF the cotton crop has
cost the farmers millions OF dollars. The un-
precedented movement created the belief I'm
an enormous crop with a big surplus aud
enabled the bears TO Keep down prices Thu
factors assert that II they had the handling
prices, as they would hold back sales until
they got satisfactory values.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
ADJUSTMENTS.

Miss divers entertainment at As
sembly hall last night was of a very
different nature from those which pre-
coded it. 1t was a lecture recital on
Robert Burns. That is to say, Miss Oil
yer related the principal incidents in
the poets life, reciting the more noted
Of his poems as they appeared in rela-
ton 10 the events in his career. In this
entertainment, as in all else which Miss
Oliver has done, she was thoroughly
charming, and in touch with her sub
ject.
Scotch poetry, as a rule. does not re-
ceive as much attention as it deserves,
probably for the reason that it really
needs a competent interpreter to make
it appreciated. In such capacity, Miss
Oliver is most gifted. and has delighted
her audiences during her visit in Salt
Lake. Her lecture last night was inter-
rupted by frequent bursts Of applause,
and her popularity was freely demon
strated. She has shown the possiDili-
ties of Scotch literature TO the people of
Salt Lake and has been the direct
means of winning many admirers for it,
- % 80
The Katie Emmett engagement closed
at the Grand last night. Tonight the
Spider and Fly company opens at the
Salt Lake theatre, and the testimonial
to Lizzie Thomas Edward takes place
at Assembly hall.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
ONLY ONE CONSTRUCTION.


Our morning contemporary is making
all sorts of explanations for its deser-
tion of the silver cause Yesterday
morning it printed long harangue in
sinuating against the motives of almost
every other newspaper, which was
preliminary to saying few words on
the position of the Tribune on silver
Referring to its recent abandonment
OF the fight for remonetization, it said:
What there was in it to lead anyone
TO think that it had gone over to. or
was on the way to the gold cause, We
cannot imagine
Well. it certainly declared in the an
nouncement of its change of policy last
week. that the silver cause was a
corpse; and it said:
Our judgment is that it is useless to
make another stand for silver in this
country until conditions change. We
have drawn an undue proportion of the
worlds wealth to this country du-inS
the last TWO years. with the result that
there is not country in Europe that
is not distressed row for money and in
serious trouble, and our idea is that as
things are tending at present, the re
monetization OF silver will have to
come from the nations of Europe"
All the goldbug organs in the country
are treating that as a complete sur
render. They are copying that edi-
torial in great glee. They are saving
that this is exactly what they have
contended. They are reviving the old
dishonest cry of international bimetal-
lism. They are rejoicing over the return
Of their prodigal.
Ii there is any other meaning to be
attached to our neighbours declaration
of policy, we have yet to learn of the
first newspaper that has discovered it.
With one voice the goldbuss proclaim
II as an accession to their ranks. So
how can others construe it differently?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
RESERVATION OPENING.

Yesterday at noon the Ute reseTva-
ton in southwestern Colorado was
opened to settlers. For two days there
was ( line OF applicants before the
door Of the land Office in Durango,
awaiting the hour of opening, with land
already picked out and applications
ready for filing The first and second
in line were men, the third and fourth
were girls, neither of whom was over
20 years of age, and so on down the
ine OF humanity that stood. and
watched, and tested their powers of
endurance like wheelmen racing against
a record.
This opening viii give that section
an Unprecedented boom for while, at
least, and will result in the develop
ment Of some of the best agricultural
land in the state. Il will be a good
thing. too, for southeastern Utah, since
it will make the whole locality more
inviting. more habitable, and viii pre-
sent inducements for another of the
Rio Grande's numerous Colorado ex-
tensions to be built in that direction.
It is encouraging to learn that the
class of settlers are above the usual run
of reservation boomers, and that they
are We'll suited for the active develop
ment. of the dormant resources of the
abutting corners of the four common
wealths chiefly concerned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
CONQUEST OF THE DESERT.

Golfers Weekly has an article by
John Bonner, treating the problem of
the Colorado desert in southern Cali
fornia- 1t will be remembered that in
June, 1891, the Colorado river over
flowed, forming a great lake in the
middle of the desert and moistening
millions of acres of land, from which
vegetation at once began to spring, as
if the seeds of the orchards and gar
dens near the coast had been scattered
through the sands for many years by
the hot winds of the region.
During the summer, however, as the
river fell, the waters evaporated from
the lake, until, by the end of the year.
it covered less than tenth of the area
it originally occupied, and the zone of
fertility narrowed accordingly. In
time the lake disappeared entirely-the
dry air and thirsty earth seemed to
fairly lap it UP.
People are wondering now whether
or not the freshets of next month will
overflow the great sun-parched hollow
again and give to man some mixing of
what he may do by way OF assisting in
the reclama ton of this Sahara.
Mr. Bonner is of the opinion that the
process of throwing the surplus water
Of the Colorado into the desert could,
of course, be assisted by engineering
works on the river; it is possible that
they may be attempted this year.
When Jefferson Davis was secretary
of war under President Pierce, in 1865.
he ordered a survey Of the desert made
by a corps of army engineers under
Lieutenant Williamson. The report
stated that "a large portion of the sur
face of the desert, formed of lacrustine
and alluvial clay, is capable of support
ing a luxuriant growth OF vegetation.
1t is of nearly the same composition as
the alluvial bottom land OF the Colo
radO which is covered with growth
of mesquite. cottonwood, willows and
grasses. Good crops OF corn, beans
and melons are raised close by"
Twenty years ago a scientific party
explored the region and published the
result of their observations in leading
periodicals of the country. Upon this
particular feature of the locality they
agreed that "a sufficient supply of wa
ter to irrigate the Colorado desert
would convert hopeless waste, which
is a terror to travellers and the home of
horned toads ard rattlesnakes. into the
most productive portion of the most
productive state of the Unioh.p
1t would take money and time 10
make the region habitable, perhaps.
But not SO much money. nor so much
time as are being expended in foreign
lands which are already more densely
populated than are the states OF New
England. And there is no danger OF it
costing the fathers and mothers, wives
and children of this republic any lives
that are more precious to them than all
the wealth of the Orient and all the /
glory of triumph over ignorant and !
helpless islanders of the far-off seas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
LIBERALS AND THE BOERS.

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Liberal leader in the house of COM
mons, the other evening demanded to
know what the present military de-
monstration in the vicinity of the
Transvaal means.
During the past three years the
British garrison at the Cape of Good
Hope has been increased from $500
men TO 1900 men and this has led to
the impression dat some move was
premeditated against the Transvaal
republic.
Balfour, the government leader, re-
fused to make a direct answer, saying:
There are conceivable possibilities
which might make these troops neces-
sary''
Since that time the Liberal organs
have been recountins suspicious cir
cumstances, among them the visit of
Salisbury to the locality, from which
he returned only last week. and they
strongly condemn any movement lead
ing to the seizure of the Transvaal.
They point out that the permanent
establishment of big garrisons in South
Africa is a complete reversal of the old
policy of withdrawing troops from the
colonies. The Star declares that hem
ming the Transvaal with British bat
talions is a sinister move, portending
serious danger in the future
It is believed that the Uitlanders,
who are mainly Englishmen, have
brought influence to bear upon the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
Prof. J. Reede OF Boston Gives Psy-
chic Demonstrations That Puzzle
the Most Skeptical-Ue Has Ar
rived In Salt Lake City.

Professor Reede is a man who has
made a reputation for himself, way in
advance of his years. No practitioner
of occultiSm can equal his tests. He
tells every visitors age, full name, date
of birth, or anything of their past or
future, without asking single ques-
ton. His feats have surpassed the
marvellous and bordered on the thrill
ing. Love, courtship. marriage, d.
vorce, sales, changes, empioymentS,
wills. property, speculations, patents,
old estates, lawsuits, seem alike 90 him
to become plain, and the best course
indicates Itself, however involved the
affairs might have seemed at the out
set. Difficulties in love melt before his
wizard touch; the most difficult prob
lens of married life become as plain as
the a, 3, C. Speculation becomes GER
tainty, and troublesome questions of
business stand ont as clear as crystal
when once brought before his far-see-
ing eye. Sales are made or avoided to
the profit of the client; old intricate
meshes of law involving the settlement
of estates long in the tortuoUs channel
Of the courts. present new and clear
phases. Information relative to pat
ents is obtained offhand without resort
to r,usty records or hiring of an attor-
ney for costly investigation. On each
and every subject the brilliaIcy of
mind acute and in touch with some su-
perior element makes itself known and
its effects felt.
Professor Reede's Office at PA South
State, opposite Hotel Knutsford. first
floor. reception-room 2. is secured with
that view to privacy SO frequently de-
sired by those who are foreign to the
knowledge of the wonderful results OF
these psychic consultations and advice
From a. m. to I:30 p. m. daily, and
Sunday to p. M, the professor can be
consulted on all difficulties. whether in
mind, body or spirit. He guarantees
absolute satisfaction or will positively
refuse any remuneration. His charges
are within the reach CT ALL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
RUBBING 1T IN.

The treasury departments preliminary
summary Of the imports and exports for
March shows that the exports Of manu-
features for that month were S35. 025. 1888,
as against SIS. 2l4, $50 for March. 1898. For
the nine months ending with March they
were 1922 S3.s45, as against SOS, lSS .0S6 for
the corresponding period last year. In
other words. the March exports. rs COM
pared with the nine months of last year
We're nearly all pure gain. The Press has
called attention TO these enormous gains
repeatedly. and il viii keep on calling
attention TO them. Ii wants to rub it in
on the Wilson law prophets. I'D it wants
Republican voters to rub ii in" on VIII
son law voters. The Democratic prophets
both newspapers and public Speakers
have ceased to attempt to explain the
matter.-New York Press.
The foregoing is an evidence OF the
hysteria from which protection organs
are suffering since economic facts have
upset all their economic theories.
Dingleyism doesn't control the export
business 1t levies tribute on import
trade. It prohibits q. great many ar
ticles from entering this country. AS
revenue collector it does service as far
as it goes. but it would do better if it
? didn't go so far.
But we send our exports abroad in
spite of Dingleyism and in fiat contra
diction OF the claims of protectionists
that our manufactures and producers
cannot compete with the so-called pau
per labor of foreign lands.
While the Press is engaged in rub
hing in it ought to apply a little Of
this to its own anatomy.
There is nothing in this expansion of
commerce for Democrats to explain. 1t
is exactly what they have for many
years contended that this country was
thoroughly capable OF doing. 1t is
tearing down of the old Chinese wall of
commercial exclusiyeness with which
Republicans tried for quarter of
century to surround this republic. And
this new cry of the Press is quite diff
ferent from that of few years back,
when il was shouting for home mar
ket," and contending that the only GUS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
LITTLE LIGHT MOCCASIN.

Mary Austin, in the Land of Sunshine
Little Light Moccasin swings in her bas
l.et
Woven of willow and sinews of deer,
Rocked by the breezes and nursed by the
pine tree.
Wonderful things are to see and to hear.
Wide is: the sky from the top of the noun
tain.
Sheltered the canyon from glare of the
sun.
Ere she is wearied of watching their
Little Light Moccasin finds she can run
Brown is her skin as the bark of the
Light are her feet as the feet of a fawn
Shy little daughter of mesa and noun
Little Light Moccasin wakes with the
dawn.
All of the treasures of summertime can
These are the playthings the little maid
knows.
Berry time. blossom time. bird calls. and
butterflies.
Columbine trumpets, and sweet brier
rose.
Bear meat and deer meat, with pine nuts
and acorns,
Handouts of honeycomb dripping with
sweet,
Tubers of joint grass the meadows pro-
Bulbs of wild hyacinth, pleasant to eat.
Holes in the rocks for the wild bees
hiving,
Leaping of trout in the sun-dappled
pool.
Down-dropping cones of the broad-spread-
ing pine tree,
Piping of quail when the mornings are
COOL
When on the mesa the meadow lark
STOPPING.
Folds her brown wings on the safe
hidden nest.
light,
Little Light Moccasin goes to her rest
Counting the stars through the chinks of
the wickiup,
Watching the flames of the campfire
Hearing The songs of the wind in the pine
tree.
Little Light Moccasin falls fast asleep.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05

toner the American producer and man
ufacturer cared to do business with was
the American consumer. 1t was this
narrow policy that drove American
shipping from the seas and enabled the
infant industries" that have, within a
few years, become giant trusts. to
charge the home consumer more than
he charged the foreigner for the same
goods.
These are some of the things the
Press would better explain. Democrats
are content to see it and other protec-
ton advocates coming around to a re-
alization of their errors of the past
quarter of a century.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05

government to aid them in overturning
the Boer government. There have
been a series of clashes growing out
of racial antipathies and political diff
ferences. A few months ago the Uit-
landers presented to the queen a petit
ton bearing the signatures of every
man and woman in the colony. asking
British intervention to secure to them
their political rights. 1t is difficult
feud to settle and whether Great
Britain expects to intervene or con-
tinue to attend to her own business is
what agitates the Liberals of England.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
GERMANY AND PEACE.

The llaiser's appointment of delegates
to tie peace conference is regarded in
European diplomatic circles as an an
nouncement that his sympathies are
rot with the avowed purpose of the
car Recent advices Indicate that even
the most sanguine of those concerned
have lost faith in the illusions that held
out such promise at irst.
There is not likely to be any sub
stantial progress made towards either
disarmament or even a suspension of
armaments. The car himself and his
encourage are reported to have lest all
enthusiasm, If, indeed, they ever had
any, and it is said that the proceedings
and treating of military and naval
questions win be confined to the merest
generalitics. None of the decisions will
be binding, ard even in the matter of
international al bitration, if anything is
agreed to. it will not be absolutely OBJ
ligatory.
Emperor Williams choice Ct Professor
Won Gtengel as delegate is looked upon
as an expression CT his real sentiments,
and when il is known that Won Stengel
is a declared advocate of war and no
toriously hostile to all attempts to Sc
cure universal peace. a sort of fire
eater after the kaisers own heart, the
leading newspapers of other European
capitals are saying that it is hardly
possible the German emperor can desire
the success of the conference, if he
maintains his nomination
Won Stengel has just issued a pam
phlet in which he asserts with great en-
phasis. and attempts to prove that the
Germans, least of all nations, should
support the fantastic aspirations Of
the friends of peace"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
A Modern Mrs. MalaproP.

tttOuSenOlu NOTuS.D
An interesting volume, With a Palette
in Eastern Palaces by L. NJ Merrick
tells amusing stories of many chimes. OF
the western world was a modern Mrs
Malaprop. pretty, amiable and rich. who
sat to the author for her portrait. She
told me-" he says, that her husband
'hobnobbed' with everybody and told
such cotton wool cock and bulb stories;
that a girl she knew was training to be
an .archdeacon' tdeaconess): that she
was obliged TO part with her coachman
because he was such a gay Othello: that
she had India rubber tiles put on the
wheels of her carriage; that a man she
knew was a regular marmoset (marti-
metz in his own house: and a certain title
ALWAYS descended from uncle to nephew
as they invariably died childish. Among
the numerous celebrities whom Miss Mer-
rick met in India was Lord Roberts.
whose antipathy to cats gave rise to
little story of metempsychoSis. On one
of his homeward voyages Lord Roberts
asked 10 have the cat removed when he
came on board ship. and a stranger. not
knowing who he was. said to Lady Rob-
,erts. Don't you think that little gentle
man over there must have been mouse
in a former slater
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
One wav to Scatter Crowd.

New York Commercial Advertiser.)
1t was late in the afternoon and COM
nuters were hurrying toward the Hobok-
en- ferry slip. At the corner of West and
Barclay streets an intoxicated man sank
to the sidewalk a crowd gathered. Two
policemen forced their way through it.
One lifted the man to his feet carefully
and braced him against an awning post.
The other policeman turned TO the crowd:
rs this mans state so interesting that
YOU should waste your time looking at
him?'' he asked
There was no answer. The policeman
continued: IF there is any person here
would would like to take care of this man
and take him home. we will turn him over
to him. If not. you had better hurry on
and catch your boat"
The crowd vanished
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY.

Our morning contemporary lays great
stress on this clause required in the
contracts made by the board of public
works:
The said contractor further agrees that
none but bona fide residents of Salt Lake
City shall be employed upon the work
that preference shall be given to taxpay-
ers and to those who have families to
support; and that all laborers employed
upon the work shall be paid weekly.
Yet stipulations like this are fire.
quently disregarded. 1t is easy enough
to invent some excuse for going outside
of the classes mentioned for laborers
on public works. This being an advis-
DRY, rather than a mandatory specifica-
ton, secondary consideration and not
an essential part of the contract to be
carried out, its violation might be con-
strued as an abrogation of the agree
ment between the city and the con-
tractor.
1t therefore depends very largely
upon the disposition of those in charge
of the work and looking out for the
interests of the public, whether or not
this clause in the contract is carried
out to the letter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05

Among the reservation boomers who
entered the race from Durango to the
Ute strip yesterday, was a Miss Pier
son from Chihuahua. Mexico, who had
been on the ground for the past several
days. and has had three townsites sur
veyed, one of them near Pine river,
having already made arrangements for
water franchise. She speaks Spanish
fiuently, and is an old hand at the bust
ness, having taken part in the rush at
the Cherokee opening in the Indian
territory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
SOCIETY NOTES.

Mrs. Mary Judge, Miss Katherine
Judge and Miss Ivers leave early next
week for an extended European tour.
9 % O.
Mrs Lynforth and Miss Carrie Lyn-
forth OF san Francisco are the, guests
OF Mrs. W. w. Ritter.
% g @
Mrs. Rancke entertains the German
club tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. G. s. Holmes and Miss Winnie
SDrague returned on Tuesday from
California
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
STOCKS AND INVESTMENTS.

Utah Bank and Commercial Stocks and
other. High Grade Investment Securities
bought and sold
Loans on Stocks.
Dividend-paying stocks bought and sold.
Investment orders from institutions.
trustees of estates and capitalism will
receive the best of attention.
JOHN c. CUTLER. JR-.
Tel LII. 90 Main Street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05

Now that Calve has her tombstone
and Sarah Bernhardt her coffin" says
the Baltimore American, there is moth
ing left for Anna JJeld but TO order her
grave duE or have built an especial
crematoriuIn, sirce suol, gruesome adj
vertising is now the tad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Of
fee of the Weather Bureau.
Salt Lake CITY, Utah Ma

salt Lake City, Jtah May l.
Maximum temperature, IS degrees min
imum temperature. So degrees; mean tenn
perature, IS degrees. which is 9 degrees
below the normal Accumulated defcien-
cy Of temperature since list of month, 30
degrees; accumulated excess of Iemperd-
ture since Jan. !, % degrees. Total pre-
ciSitauoa from D. "a. TO 6p. m. none;
accumulated excess of precipitation since
]st of month, Al inch; accumulated eX
cess OF precipitation since Jan. l. LO1
jncn