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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-17

'" II Bachelor Co. of New orlesp.
wrote last Saturday: Tho movement neAt
week WI be closely watched. especially II A
sfason of good weather prevails. as the trade
On both sides are anxious ~ knon q, ~
very light movement has been the cause of
Wst weather and bad roads, or exhaustion.
Accornips 10 our advices the lighter rectip;s
bncd We see nothing In tho situation to
warrant ceiling for decline and telieye i.
mors advisable 70 buy. on soft periods AZ the
saf vii, iiiaJabtedly regain In two hours
~ = unchanged prices with white cotton selling
saS,lec above quotations and in good d.
mana u, Ia this connection I, is wen 10 bear
~ ,h,pq mat other than white cottons ar. not
ssu,tanie for delivery on contract in this mar
New York 'V'Nh'auon "
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IINTHE COTTON MARKETS
Satisfied information irsm the EXCHANGES
Of United States and Europe.
WALL srRfErlsrnf SUSTAINING ELEMENT
The Outside specuIstors Realize that
Cotton u Cheap md arc Investing Z.
Despite the Benrish News.
once Of The Post.

Houston. Monday. January Is.
The only sustaining clement in cotton a.
the present time is Wall street For some
time past there has entered into cotton dis
tinctiye gambling element, aud this is the
Wall street element. These SPECTATORS. hav-
ing plunged in everything else. are now III
cotton. They bought at a low price and arc
determined that they will reap profits. They
may have TO wait, but they have both money
and patience. A few points decline does not
deter them. Tho Wall street man plays FOR
good stakes and when he is a bull he wears
long horns. so to speak. He Is out for riso
ana he will hold on until he gets IL. M
Today the cables from Liverpool! wcro. de-
oidedly in favor of the bears. The opening
was at a decline OF 1-eid, bu. this was sub
lsequently recovered.
The American markets yielded slowly and
al the close New Orleans was 2 to 3 of and
New York 2 to lower
In spots Liverpool was i-:s2d down and
Houston and New York lis of. s
Houston expects tomorrow 1900 to 700 bales
against 1880 last year and 1880 IN 1896.
81 New Orleans expects 1900 to 1900 against
2l,359 last year and 1881 in 1895.
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arm, at 2s.@a 10; others, o .naTlsC0 HOGS.
plentiful and dull. prices weak; cornfed. ~,
prsss nouisa IONS s sfsS % ot aS@s
1. 50at2.o %.
FEEDING IN DENTON COUNTY.
Denton. Texas. January H. j. r.. Mcspad-
der Of stony has about 800 head Of yearlii,rs
which he has bought IN Denton county and
the Indian TERRITORY. at price Of about Na 20
q head and TX feeding al his ranch In the
western part Of tho county.
~ u. christal. grominent cattle nan Of
lure at his ranch all In good condition.
CHICAGO.
mace a strong market; rrices steady; finley
nstflc s sodf g. 90, choice sts.rr s.icu5.ts, me
s sS s.ssss sSSs s ssf' h slfsFs So
Western FED steers oods go; Texas steers 500
a. 30; calves s.cosf7; 10
5 .6SSfs 80; packing lots 8. boffs 6Iis mixed $50
dsIv; butchers s,S2'sas.IS, lights s,4saS,1o.
Sheer ~ Desirsbie stock steady, poor to prime
sheep a. 0oaa.bn; heavy oxport sheep s,scn
eS: yesrlines s.e0d4,SS: lambs s1Sg,JJ
With light WEIGHTS selling much higher than
n Rssspis--c..tle isisS. hogs ssooo, sheep
1900.
ST. LOUIS.
st, Louis, January lG.-cattlc-R Receipts. aicc.
Including 1000 Texans; strong; fair to fancy
Ss.ssa ' Ss ana az butcher sss' steers
iiIht steers 5. 00Gt.40; stockers and FEEDERS
q, 1874 as: cows and heifers s.o0di.5o; Texas
!. 25GlS .7b Hogs Receipts 500; stronger: piss
and lights s.45f1a, co. packers s,i0ffS .6s; hutoh-
crg 3. 6Of73S5. Sheep--Recelpts 300: slow, ma
1.-Two muttons I. ,ib; lambs 4.ooal5.2S.
KANSAS CITY.
k. s:,. CITY sa sSSoH.s
tive. strong 70 100 higher no choice native |
steers offered; medium native steers 4. bodp5 3o
40; butcher cows aud heifers 2 .sOdli IS; bulls
2.tuff1 o.; canners :Q0Q2..6i Western stscrs |
S.n06o.1o: Texans 1904 Il. HOGS Receipts |
3aoaf3.50; mixed s.4stt3. 70 lights s,sOQs. 20: |
pigs ls@s. ~. sheep Receipts $500: loo high.
a. 10; muttons 3. bo@t 60. feeding lambs Z. $50
9 80; fsdins sheep s.oodc 60; stockers s.O04p
SIS.
COTTON SEED rROuUUrs.
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MOVING.

~ uloh - snnouncs that We are NOV
4 ma ~ or nsN hulldin9e. coFney q
I f1osfio IN Lsnganch streets dust one
& ~ y - ~ iSiuss w shall
4 Z n IN IN fflep1s 1and !shcw
4 - ~ q 5ro1eo rQlis AZ hsppy
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X. W. Hunter a. Co. say Of today's cotton
market; The disposition seems to be. among
those who are actively on the long side of
cotton. not to buy on the advances but TO
await recessions. They seem to anticipate no
material decline, because az the continued
hrmness OF the spot markets In the South
ara the hullish feeling which generally pre-
vans. Ihe accounts from the dry goods dis
I'rt Fall River and Providence continue of
the most encouraging character. ana this is
stimulating bull speculation IN coitnn IN Val
street was buyer In a small way again to-
Gay. and these interests are now assuming
large proportions on the bull sid, There liz
some liquidation OF tired holders, and il de
perds upop how much OF this character of
cotiou there Is to como upon the market as
to how much further this fraction will extend
me big holdings in the market remain in
that they will be increased on further dc
cine Of ). 10 or even % points There was
soips buying today NJ the new crop months
ano notwithstanding Ssill's and other esti.
mates Of the crop OF II 800, 600 and over the
world pretty we'll seems to have made up its
own inint as 10 the quantity ~ cotton 70 10
supplied cut. Of this season aud thew are CON
cerning themselves much moro about whst
me next crop viii furnish, aud this can he
anticipated somewhat hy the preparation ihrt
VIII he made In the near future for the neYI
planting, il seems ALREADY to BE- taken for
granted that thnre will he reduction in rho
acreage planted. larger in some States than
IN others, but what the general average will
ne vs. something that would be worth cood
deal to know. Exports OF cotton for the tbre,
days this week ore 3s.0o0 bales ahead of tbe
same time last year, and stoeks nj tho pnrts
are lf2,oVl less than last year and tho decreas.
began only two Neeks ago ~
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suGAR.

Nov York. January lS--SuSar RAW unset
tied. fair Raining . 1919: centrIfugal. o. test,
4; refined dull and easy.
New ORLEANS. January iST-sugar quiet; open
centrtfneal grNnulatsd a-t60AS: whites lH@
~; ysiloys ~ Sst; seconds ~ ~ is-is. Mo.
iGiSi syrup none In AIst haads
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! : ! >! ! : DHETER
lHp0xTkbct Of InE TEXAS SUGAR CROP

Once Of Tho POST.
Houston, Maneay. January IL.

Houston Mancay. January 10.
Althounh next TO cotton sugar is a great
Southern Industry. the average person Is not
\ av.arc Of the enormous sum Of money annuai-
" handled by the Texas sugar planters II 70
branch Or agriculture which is yearly ex-
pardlnw. aud the small planter sells his cane
by the ton 70 the mill
The vaflvy OF the Nile Is not richer than the
Bra,os LANDS contiguous 10 Houston, and.
while the small planter may not be able 70
establish a mill. he can raise the cane and sell
his product at handsome profit
The Louisiana Planter. in It's last Issue.
says o. the present condition: Tho campaign
Is now practically over. True, there are face
tories here and there striving 10 save the ROM
nsnts Of cane still to be delivered TO them,
aud working same with an apparent disregard
OF The TACT that Tho game doesn't pay for the
& candle. In the final roundup it viii BIT found
that very little cane has been actually aban-
donod--cer.ainiy less than the prospect carly
in E~tember Indicated The revolving sea-
soIss have now brought us 10 the time when
preparations must be made Tor another crop.
and those who are thus engaged fnd some
toiace In the reflection that next year can
scarcely Be as bad as this.
The weather during the week has been some
b what nckie and not in all respects suited 10
hcia work. yet considerable of Il is being done,
Ittis expected that an Increased acreage OF
cane VIII be planted. this feature OF the In
d1stry having been necessarily settled in De-
tober and November when tho seed cane quos-
ton was determined! II the seed cane in
windrows be found to have kept we'll. We shall
probably have an Increased acreage planted.
notwithstanding the adverse results of this
y season
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Cargill & Richardson say of cotton. The
cotton markets today were quite disap-
pcintrnent to the bulls. prices in all markets
being lower, with the trade inclined to som,
lower prices. Liverpool sent over " deeline
carly. later recovering ia-64d. Spots were re-
duced l-Se. but sales were 1900. Locally.
prices opened steady. at small decline from
saturday, Liverpool being the principal
seller. Prices hardened soon. however under
buying by Wall street which stopped with
the advance, the last half of the day show
ing quiet market, with longs the sellers
Inc receipts at the ports were proportionRte-
y larger than for some tins. but estimates
Tor tomorrow were quite light, New Orleans
ana Houston expectlng 5000 bales less than
but clear and pleasant in Texas
There are three distinct interests in cotto,
when must be considered In foreseeing the
is the short interest in New York from liz.
erpooi, which can he called a strong one. a.
their sales In America are again against pur-
chnses az home, and the Engiishman has
american. Another large interest in the New
YORK market is sales by the large BUYERS.
Who are holding spots to retail as the spring
one, AS they can afford to wait for the right
differences before disposing Of their SPOTS and
thuylng the futures. The third interest is the
doubttdly heavily long in New York. Added
TO TINS is the large speculative interest from
northern cities. people who have bought on
me advice Of New York brokers who are
is also large long interest from the south,
sympathetic one While we believe that
sooner or later cotton will be advanced ma
fertally, and that those who believe ths Wis
ihle and invisible will be 100000 bales next
september will wondar where the stuff has
Iene. We do feel that there is a chance for
me longs being given an opportunity of going
through period OF remargining before their
dreams are realized.
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COFFEE

| New Orieans January H.--Cuffec steady,
RIO ordinary 70 fsir, 7sGS&
4 New York, january 16,-CoRee Options
salts 10. 100 hags Spot Rio dun and barely
steady; No. !, invoice 81. iobbing ~; mild
SLOW; Cordova 7A0A
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other Spot Markets.
nm -. SHOTS closed quiet and u

l.iveircol-Spot'
12.CS. of which II
II. 900. of which /,
Ordinary. .
Good ordinary. %
Low middliug. 80
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Under date OF january Z, Thomas G. Gram
well 6 co. write from Baltimore: The gem
ersi market this week has been quiet. show
ing natural reaction from tho activity at
Tire ctose of last month. and also largely due
ri stock taking. etc. There has been a fair
INQUIRY for some lines of goods, but the week
has been one OF tho first really dull spells we
have had for long while. AS the month
progresses. however. there is hardly DOUBT
bur what there will he considerable interest
shown In q good many lines az canned goods.
and NC should not be surprised To sec quite a
goou deal of activity.
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Grnir nnd rrnHixtor. EI.c,,hcre.

Nov Orleans. January IL. Hog products
Arm pork. standard mess. a,so@ss5; lard, re-
fined usrce, t.oodi i2ts; pure $500 STA;
boxed meats. dry salt shoulders 400: sides
sugar cured siadais, Rice. ordinary TO fair,
ad5. Flour, grain and teedstnns steady.
Bra,, siaei. Hay--Prime iI.Oosfjs. 90; choice
4, 0oTIis,i0 Corp--No. sacked. white &2Is.
mixed i2is yellow a.. Oats--No 2 sacked
sSisdfSi.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-02

For medicinal purposes drink Glen
brook" sour mash whisky. Theo
Blauth, 4OTa K street. Tel. 297.s
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The Futility of Revenge.

/ Three things are against revenge
religion, law and common sense; in ia
Vor OF 1t is the satisfaction of getting
even. But the hope of getting ever
by revenge is futile; either the party
gets revenge in his turn. so starting
! an endless series, or the law steps in
or the higher law imposes a penalty
| of degradation of character, incident
| to embracing the baser instead of the
| loftier view of the relations between
man and man.
| At bottom, the trouble is that we are
| Christians only from the lips outward
| disbelieving that evil may be over
come by good. Yet the aim of revenge
! is victory-the acknowledgment by
| my enemy of my superiority, and his
consequent REIMBURSEMENT of designs
against me. But it is never by Grip
| ping or cowing my enemy, temporari-
| ly or finally, that I can win the vic
tory; I shall thereby but infiame his
hostility against me, and keep alive in
him the will to destroy me, even
though the power be lacking. Now
since the injury he did me was but the
physical expression of his Injurious
desire, and in itself, apart from the
motive back of it. was Indifferent,
calling for no revenge, it is plain that
my revenge leaves the real matter I'M
touched, and absurdly wreaks itself
upon the symbol. What hurt me-the
injurious intent-remains even fresher
after my revenge than it was before;
and l might as wisely have broken the
dagger with which he stabbed me, and
let him go scot free.
Moreover, my blow for blow does but
crafty his hatred by certifying him of
the success of his attack. His triumph
is to see me bleed; it were childish TO
imagine that his blood can StaunCh
mine; the more savage my retaliation,
the more is he assured of having
reached my vital spot. I can disap-
point him only by making him think
me unscathed; whereas my overt re-
sentiment proves me touched.
Long cherished or hereditary revenges
are more futile than those spurred by
the moment, because they impose slav-
cry upon the avenger. To live for
revenge" is to burden the soul and
mind with passions which inevitably
destroy integrity and usefulness,
whether or not they realize their os-
tensible purpose. My supposed victim
becomes my jailer and taskmaster,
forcing me to abandon my honest
thoughts, and surrender my useful i'm
pulses, to devote myself exclusively to
him. He makes me live the life of a
devil instead of a man, and thereby
wreaks a revenge on me far worse
than any l can hope to satisfy on him.
For his sake 1 do mischief to myself
which neither he nor any other man
could do to me; and 1 fatuously flatter
myself meanwhile that I am planning
to get even
But suppose that, after all my plan
ming, l succeed in killing him? That
seems to be my triumph, but in truth
it is his Being dead, he is beyond me;
but while I have merely caused him
to cease to live, he has caused me to
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do murder, and still has the best of
it. All men must die; but murder is
a burden voluntarily assumed, and
never to be cast off. My DEVILS life
has eliminated in my murderous act;
but it is not ended by it. My devilsh
purpose is accomplished: but the de-
vastation it has wrought in me re-
mains. Moreover, if lived to destroy
him, now that he is destroyed my oc-
cupation's gone. There is no good left
for me in this world; and if there be
another world. / can look for none
there, / have outraged society, and
have presumed to exercise the fune-
ton of the Almighty. l have done
fatal harm to myself, and to my enemy
(beyond the momentary pang of death,
which is trif1e) I have done none.
And my main business henceforth is
restricted to meditating on these things
and deriving from. them what consola-
ton I may.-Philadelphi Saturday
Evening Post.
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A saueamish Proof-Reader.

Noah Brooks. writing of Bret Harte
in California" in the Century, tells
this anecdote of the printing OF one OF
the novelists most famous stories:
Perhaps L may be pardoned for
brief reference to an odd complication
that arose wwhile ''The Luck of Roar
ing Camp" was being put in type in
the printing office where the overland
Monthly" was prepared for publication.
A young lady who served as proof
reader in the establishment had been
somewhat shocked by the scant NOR
ais of the mother of Luck, and when
she came to the scene where Kentuck.
after reverently fondling the infant,
said. He wrastled with my finger, the
ID little cuss," the indignant proof
reader was ready to throw up her en-
gagement rather than go any further
with a story so wicked and immoral.
There was CONSERVATION throughout
the establishment, and the head of the
concern went to the office of the pub
Usher with the virginia. proof-reader's
protest. Unluckily, Mr.. Roman was
absent from the city. Harte, when no.
titled of the obsetacle raised in the
way of 1.-THE Luck of Roaring Camp"
manfully insisted that the story must
be printed as he wrote it, or not at
all. Mr.. Romans leccum- tenens, in de-
spair, brought the Objectionable man.
uscript around to my office and asked
my advice. When I had read the SEN
tence that had caused all this turmoil,
having first listened to the tale of the
much-bothered temporary publishers,
] surprised him by a burst of laughter.
1t seemed to me incredible that such a
tempest in a teacup could have been
raised by Hartes bit of character
Sketching. But. recovering my gravity.
/ advised that the whole question
should be left until Mr. Romans re-
turn. I was sure that he would never
consent to any editing of Harte's
story. This was agreed to, and when
the publisher came back, a few days
later. the embargo was removed The
Luck of Roaring Camp" was printed,
as it had been written, and printing
office and vestal proof-reader survived
the shock.
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the President has been doing? Would
he have us believe that he has a secret
pipe line for news into the Presidential
headquarters? To accept Mr.. Bailey's
story as true is to argue the President
lacking in intelligence. He knows very
we'll that the people of the nation do
not want. an alliance with Great Bri-
tain, They do wish cordial, amicable
understanding, but nothing beyond
that. Bailey is evidently conscious
in the Democratic estimation, and he
resolved upon something desperate to
bring himself to the fore once again.
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Mr.. Bailey OF Texas has unbosomed
himself of secret. He declares that
he is convinced that President McKin-
ley has concluded a permanent alli-
ance with Great Britain offensive and
defensive, and that the only reason the
news is not given to the people is that
the President is afraid of the political
effect. Mr.. Bailey is a manufacturer
of stories. evidently. He knows (and
simply hopes to bank upon the credulity
of certain people, that the President
can form no such alliance without the
advice and consent of the Senate of
the United States. 1t is therefore false
that such an alliance has been formed
Had he said that the President was
negotiating such an alliance he might
have gained some credit; but after ALL
precious little, since he gives no evil
deflce of his assertion being true. How
did Mr. Bailey of Texas ascertain what
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The Decline Of Armor.

1t is certain that with the decline of
| armor, it became the fashion to regard
| it as cowardly, and especially with the
| gilded youth. In the minds of reck-
| less and high-spirited young gentlemen
its weight and inconvenience no doubt
| would go far to foster such an affecta-
ton; nevertheless, it seems impossible
| to deny that a kind of contempt for
| its protection was the root of the mat
| ter At what time this devil-may-care
sentiment first arose upon the CONT
nent | cannot say. In France, Louis
XIV found it necessary to be constantly
| issuing ordinances against the practice
of going into action unarmored; but, in
our own islands it would appear to
have begun, when, upon the other side
of the channel, armor had barely en-
tered it's decline. Conspicuous among
the ironclad warriors of Henry lis
grand army was body of four hun
dred Englishmen, all gentlemen volun-
teers, ION handsome geldings with lit
tie armor for defense" Their weapons
were swords and lances like half
pixies"
A contemporary Italian writer, in
y
notes with a lurking admiration the
exceptional equipment of English and
Scottish lancerS, who, he says, had lit
tie or no defense armor beyond a doub
let with iron quilted into it, and who
carried short and light Iances with
broad butts, which they rested on their
thigh or saddle and rode in with a
straight arm-trusting clearly to horse
manship and activity for their effect,
and feeling, no doubt, a thoroughly in
sular contempt for men who feared to
increase their offensive power at the
expense of little of their invulnera-
bility. The death of Sir Philip Sidney
must have given a great impetus to the
craze Every one knows how the idol
of the English youth crowned his rep
utation by fiinging himself into the
mad melee at Zutphen without his
thigh pieces, and so came to his end.
Sir Richard Hawkins, whose heroism
was of less fiashy kind laments that
by no means can English sailors be
got to wear armor, whereby they are
placed at disadvantage with the
Spaniards in close engagements. For
prevention of the error" says he, 'al-
though l had great preparation of ar
mors as well of proofe as of light cor
selets. yet not man would use them,
but esteemed pot of wine a better
defense than an armor of proofe."
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TOO BAD.

Yreka Journal; It is really too bad
that Mckinley fails to heed the ad-
vice of bowling Democratic editors, yet
should he do so, they would flop, be-
cause they are anything to be forninst
the Republicans. right or wrong. They
are running politics ahead of the coun-
frxy
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The
Weekly


Is a t2-page family and business
newspaper issued every Friday
morning. Thus, for the very small
Sum of ST its subscribers receive no
less than ga pages of choice read
ing and news matter in year.
This reduction has been made
that we may afford the people in
these times of stringency the fullest
onnortunity to have the Weekly
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All the world, or as much of 1t as IS
fair play, applauds NJ. De Gallifet of
the French Cabinet. The fear of the
army has not operated in his case. He
has saved France from a revolution by
orable officers, and applying discipline
with rigor. He has taught the French
army official that the people and not
the army run the republic, and that
there is still power in the civil arm to
do justice.