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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-01

TIE BEST PIANOS. the best house. the
lowest .rrlces the easiest terms of any
Texas house; new pianos $iS5 cash; new
organs. fno ones. 500. half cash. balance
easy terms. new pianos $40 monthly at
divers Music House. bnrgains this month
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FOR RENT--Storc. No. 2i2 Milan street: pos
session given December /. Apply. C. J,
koeher. zoe Congress. 4,
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HoCSES-Wc are headquarters for rent
houses; save time and money by calling on
us for anything In this line. Seaman &
Bartel', ?o6 Fannin street, opposite Post
Office. a
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FOR KENT-KO0m over woman's Exchanee,
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LIVESTOCK, POULTRY AND EGGS

FOR sALE--That nne team OF horses owned
BY Berry w. Camp: no objection to selling
separately: horses can be seen al Settegast
Stables. p. II. Timpson. 1908 Franklin
avenue. Houston. u
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HIGH GLASS TRIES OF all adapted sorts
freight prepaid catalogue free. G.. l..
Taher, Glen st, Mary Nurseries. Glen st
Mary, Fla. 1851
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JUST RECElVEp--Car top bussies with cur
tains and storm aprons, the best buggy
putt Tor the money; your choice SO, Edw.
Larendon. dealer IN CARRIAGES phnetons,
surveys, road wagons. harness and rubber
tired bueeses Repository corner Frank
lin aud Caroline street, i2ai
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-01

BUY YOUR x-MAS NOW and save money;
hric-a-brac. stationery. toys. dolls and iii
paraphernalia OF well dressed dolls. such as
bats. dresses, parasols, fans, gloves. watches
and JcNelry: all half price. Moody Bank
rnpt Stock, Masonic Temple. l0-a
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terey. Mexico, gentleman from Galveston,
kindly give Houston address. Address 7s44
this office 3
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FRUIT TREES Ornamentnls. direct from
nursery 20 planter, no agents or dealer .
profts Wholesale and retail catalogue FREQ
Alvip Nursery Comcamp. Alvin. Texas II
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WILL rent my rice farm In Orange county.
including pumping plant ana farm mple-
ments. cheap. Address Box l0l, Orange.
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DESIGNS for decoration OF carriages and
flowers. Address Mrs. A. e. sydnor, SOL
Austin ia
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WANTED.-Work by carpenter without
tools; will give satisfaction. Address isSs
this pflrn ~,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20

II the people OF the United States. and of
New York in particular, sought to express
the earnestness Of their desire for the
channel recommended for this harbor by
the United States engineers who nave been
studying the question, they would have to
adopt the ringing motto: "a forty-foot
channel or fight" Such, however, Is not
their attitude. They most respectfully
petition Congress for the boon.
The bill Just passed by the House Of
Representatives to establish a lighthouse
and fog signal near the Battery is a good
bill, too. There should be such a light, and
the place for it is at the end of the New
York Dock Commissions pier, where it will
best mark the shore and guide nocturnal
mariners without interfering with the pre-
cious outlook from Battery Park.
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possible, IL was Ignorant and inconslderate
taIR miscellaneous, too, though not for poor
men, since theyknow Tito be nonsense, but
for those who look on them rs "our less
fortunate brothers."
Nor do they pretend to go to a drinking
place because IL Is the poor man. club,
for they know It is nothing OF the sort, and
that ifthey attempted to use it as such they
would be hustled out by the keeper, to
make room for other customers. Except TO
buy drinks they are not wanted In the place,
and they do not 40 into 1t or remain In 1t
for any other purpose than to crafty their
bibulous instinct, not their " recreative in
stinct," or mere desire for social intercourse
Beer gardens, in which the frequenters
sit at tables with their families, may be
many, numerically, among the Germans.
though Of late years they have been lessen
ing in number, having been turned very
largely into places where the drinking Is
'perpendicular," or done standing at the
bar, but the great mass OF the drinkers in
New York are not OF that sort. The usual
way is to gulp down the beverage in short
order and make way for another drlnker.
or course. there can be no consistency in
the Church's justifying or excuslng that
bad habit in poor men. 1t Is selfish in
diligence. it Is extravaganza, and there is
no necessity about IL. IL o man has plenty
of money he Gun afford the cost, just as he
can afford to go to a rich restaurant and
rcgaIe himself with champagne, terrapin
and canvas-baok duck, Just as he can drive
in q carriage of his own or a cab. instead Of
hanging on to a strap In a street-car. just as
he can buy the best scat at o play instead
of going up TO the topmost gallery; but q
poor man can afford none OF these indul-
gences. The vast majority OF society are
shut out from them by the necessity Of
their circumstances they canno afford to
hire boxes at the opera.
But are they "our less fortunate BROTH
ers" because of the deprivation2 May it
not be that in the long run the LESS for
tunate" are the people who pursue pleasure
as a business and whose palates are palled
by luxurious excess? Who are the for
tunate and who are theunfortunate Chris
tianity answers that they are those who
inherit or those who lose the Kingdom of
Heaven. Dives of the parable was clothed
in purple and fine linen every day" but "in
hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torment,
and seeth ABRAHAM afar of, LAZARUS on
his BOSOM yet in life LAZARUS was a beg
gar, (which was laid at his gate, full of
sores" For a mans life CONSISTENT not
in the abundance of the things which he
possesseth"-a saying OF JESUS which, apart
from all religious authority, is Of the pro-
foundest and truest philosophy.
The saloon Is not a social necessity"
1t Is simply a concession to a weakness OF
human nature.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
THE LATE CALpIN s. RRTCE.

A Tribute to His Memory from the Directors
of the Lake Erie and Western Railroad.
The minute adopted at the recent orsetors'
meeting of the Lake Erie concerning the late
Calvin =. Brice. who had been the President Of
the company. was as follows:
THE directors OF the Lake Erie and Western
Railway Company desire to record their sense
of the loss suffered by this corporation through
the death of its late President. Senator Calvin
s. Brice. and their own personal loss OF n
friend and adviser. with whom. during many
years. they enjoyed most intimate and affec-
tionate relations.
NJ Brice was largely interested in the sew
eral railroads through the consolidation OF
! which the Lake Erie and Western Cempany
came into being. He was mainly instrumental
in effectinG the reorganization OF the property
in 1887, and he became the President OF the
company on Oct. %. 1887. and from the time OF
his first connection with any part of the prop
erty its affairs were the object OF his devoted
care. He had a Just pride in its success and
felt that his own fortunes and reputation were
bound up with thisc company.
othor onparnriaas M I'M nj, I'M nnaii,,
ties which were shown in his administration
Of the property Of this company. and to all OF
tinue to be. felt to be a greater loss than that
which they would have suffered in the death Of
MIR. Brice was a man OF ~singularly original
and unconventiona mind: he had great
strength Of will. great persistence. a clear in
sight into the motives and n most Just judy
ment of the character of men. His career
was that of n typical. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
arduous and successful-yet his. interests
were not circumscribed by business, but
covered a wide range. and his life was there
fore. not only strenuous but full and rich In
many ways; His character was shrewd. but
amiable and free from very sort Of bitterness
and resentment: he harbored no Ill thoughts
Early in life he had been poor. but he was
always generous. As q young man he. had
been a good soldier. and all through his life he
Those who knew him well feel his death as q
keen personal loss. and to those who were asso-
ciated with him in any capacity his life will be
a source of encouragement and pride so long
~ thnu live -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
One-Tenth of Ono Per Cent.

We are able to report progress in the
work Of enumerating the signers Of the pc,
titions Of the Anti-Imperialist League, al.
though the immensely OF the lumber neces.
sarily makes the task slow and difficult.
On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday e1O
petitioners spread themselves upon the
record. Prominent among them were JOHN
NJ. KILL and nine other citizens, magnifl.
Gently described as. "of the United
States" F. b. DOGGY and nine other citi,
zens Of Nebraska, and JOHN SPITz and
nine other citizens Of Illinois. H. A. CARR
represented Montana. SAMUEL II. SMITH
kindly petitioned in behalf OF the State of
Kansas. On Friday j. S. CoUGHLIS and
HERBERT KELLY spoke for New York. The
anti-imperialist petitioners are not gre
g~arious. Ten is the usual limit on any
one petition, and frequently one, two or
three citizens are content to hurl their pro-
test, trusting more to the majesty Of their
opinions Than to the brute strength OF
numbers.
The average daily number Of signatures
was 2o3H. At thisr rate tho number for a
year would be 73,21625, or about one-tenth
Of one per cent. of the population. But we
doubt If the League could long keep up its
recent remarkable e%xertions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
watts. the Painter. on Universal Peace.

From he London DAILY Mai.
Among a large number OF letters received In con.
nection with the International Crusade OF Peace In
the following by Mr.. G.. 7. Watts:
"lthiEk the character Of my design in work has
always been sufficiently clear expression Of my
opinion aud feeling. and makes 4: unnecessary for
me TO attempt any utterance in words OF which 1
have none.
- confess to feeling that nothing will put an end
TO war but determination of the human race or
dreadful approximate possibility.
The story OF humanity from the beginning has
ever been written in letters OF blood; even the most
spiritual aspirations have been weighed down.
stained and clotted beyond every other endeayor.
Science has revealed to me laws. or rather law
by which the physical universe In governed; awe.
struck by its sublimity and unity. I have ceased 10
wonder, excepting at the why! But / confess sur.
prise at the human mind. its uncertainties and con.
Predictions. power and weaknesses, but must believe
that all is ordained, otherwise how could ii be?
This, OF course, does not exonerate those who
feel the workings Of he one divine gift, apparently
tho only one not shared, In a great or small degree.
with the inferior firm, Gar.
nest endeaNors in accordance with its promptinps.
with the greatest respect for your persistent
efforts after the highest. believe me to be al WAYS.
and with no less earnest wishes for success, very sin.
csrely yours, g. F. WAITE"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
Senator Depew's Currency Platform.


'uueins from hiS iehafhs' III U"e speech
ITO ni"uo W Ii nepupiic"n oiuo On "eunes-
uay erehihs' our newly eiecUeo United
SUITES oena'or' nv non, C~hAoNohi NJ Dh-
FEW "a 'uiy nay anu imperfect unuei-
stai'u,ne U '''e currency question mere ID
"ha' no iepor'eu U ave III
1.-THE gold standard should be so settled by legis-
lation that it can be disturbed only by legislation
enacted under the wili OF a majority OF the people
hu tha vb,To -, a prssidsnt C,rr.rcr uh,oh " .ns
life blood Of a nations commerce and prosperity,
must be both sound and elastic. Reform need not
necessarily be radical or experimental. We should
break inc endless chsin oy adopting the SUGGESTION
IT, u Co. aors ~ onuu ..n pau tn.o "a
We should allow banks to be Organized for the n.ed
of small communities with a capital of $50, 900 and
aiio" tine banks TO issue currency to the par OF Their
VIZ Don ~ mo osaD'i.y .nu" se."rea we
msasnra."
senator DhfhW Is ehIlreiy wrong IN as
sertihg that, WITHOUT i"rtner legislation IL
VIII oe possible lor the goiu STANDARD 10 Dc
disturbed ny the "him OF a PRESIDENT
mat standard is now estaolished poth by
ia" anu by inc settled praet'ee OF me pusl-
ness community Inc WORST thab q rresl-
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tho requirement Of ~soundness, and nothing
else does. A currency Issued by banks
upon their assets, and the redemption of
which they can suspend by combination
among themselves, as they have o
times, within the last fifteen years, sus-
spended payment 10 their depositors, may
he elastic, but It will not be sound.
The endless chEin - OF which Mr.. DEPEw
spoke, does not need to be broken by law.
IL works only when there Is a deficit in the
revenue, and with q sufficient revenue, as
there Is at present, it is powerless for harm.
Still, an act, such as The Sun long ago sug-
gested, and which President MCKINLEY
recommends, amending the act OF 1878 80
as TO forbid the reissue of redeemed Govern
ment notes except for deposits OF gold, would
be a wise precaution against a repetition Of
President CLEvELAND's financial trickery
Of 1894, and 1895, and, in that inspect,
would be useful.
Banks, with capitals OF $50, 600 or less,
for the needs OF small communities have
been shown by experience to be neither
possible nor useful. The laws of the several
States permit their creation already, and
they would have been created long ago. IL
there was Il sufficient demand for them to
make them profitable. Such banks did, in
deed, flourish before tho National Bank act
took from them the power OF issuing unse-
cured currency to an unlimited amount, but
they fourished by robblng the people at
large, and not by supplying the needs Of
small communities. Giving to the national
banks the privilege OF issuing currency up to
the par of their national bonds might be
advantageous to them, but how 1t would
secure stability in our currency system we
are unable to see.
Senator DEPEw's errors in regard to the
currency are of no particular Importance
just now He will not take his seat in the
senate during the life OF this Congress, and
there is little probability that any currency
measure will come before him during that
Of the next. Nevertheless he ought to
study the subject, and not talk about it
again until he is better informed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20

novel plan is to be carried out on Feb. 3
blythe alumni Of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. which should serve to open the
eyes Of people who argue that the Philippine
Islands are too remote from this country to be-
long to the United States. On the date men,
toned the Institute men intend to hold their
annual banQuets in Boston. New York. Phila-
delphia. Chicago. and st. Louis. and one toast
master is to preside simultaneously over the
scattered festivities. The five banquet halls
are to be put upon one grand circuit OF n long
distance telephone. whereby each will hear the
speeches delivered. in all the others. The hands
that will swing In the closing exercises of
Aud Lang Syne" will etaphorically be joined
in a single uhbroken circle.
Who knows but that ten years hence a society
OF the Massachusetts, Institute Of Technology
may be found in Manila. and that at the annual
banquet in 1900 the voice OF the Grand Central
Toastm aster may be listened to 10000 miles
away?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
rnr corrRianr AMENDMEyr.
Secretary Bolies of the Pho~toRraphers'
CoPyriRht Annexation Defends II.


The story in THE sUN on Sunday about the
proposed amendment to the Copyright law
whereby the punishment for infringing a copy
right may be more easily accomplished has
stirred up the photographers. The amend
ment Ia being pushed by the photographers
Copyright League. aud looks chiefly to the
better protection OF Photographic copyriRhts.
Charles T.. Bollss. the Secretary OF the league.
In n letter TO THE Sun. declares hat eriti-
cism OF the amendment Is unjust. He says
that the statement OF the official Of the LithoR-
raphers' Association quoted In THE Sun that
the amendment will wipe out n time limit on
prosecutions Is wrong. The time for begin
ming prosecutions is limited to two years af-
ter publication. Mr.. Bolles SAYS the amend
ment will benefit the photographers and the
newspapers. the hitter because IL provides for
the prosecution Of persons who cause 70 be
th2ss who print them, Ho says:
The main benefit. however, contemplated
lost sight OF or wilfuliy concealed by your in
fprmant. Under the present statute no. pen
atty can ATTACH to any %infrtnGeE unless the in
lis possession. The II new bill Strikes out this
clause and substitutes therefor the words 'bv
found in his possession have been literally
construed by the courts.se and have Enabled
s6rewd intending infrinEers e. evade the pun,
OF their dishonest publications before they
could by any possibility be discovered
To illustrate the hardshiDs OF the present
law IN such cases il is only necessary C, point
out that under this provision the publisher
who ignorantly prints an infringement. and
upon, whose premises they are found, must
pay the penalty OF 81 per CODY up to $4,000. al
though he has never made one penny by the
publication containing the Infringement
whereas. the sltrewd. tricky and dishonest
publisher who hurries them out OF his pos
session and who Illegally benefits bv their
sale cannot be held liable or punished under
this statute"
Mr.. Bolles does not deny that the present
Copyright law has been used by some I'M
scrupulous photographers for the purpose OF
blnckmlil and that the proposed amendment
will make IL easier for the same unscr upulous
ones to blackmail profltably In the future. The
interruptions ones have encouraged the pub
LEGATION of their pictures and when they slIc-
ceeded in getting q Copyrighted one printed
they have sued and recovered. Under the
proposes amendment in n case where q pho
tographic copyright has been infrinRed by the
printing of say 100 or 800 copies il will be pos
sible for an unscrupulous person to induce the
lntrtnRer. who may be an unintentional i'll
Finger. to print any number Of the picture.
say 1000, and then the owner OF the copvright
can recover So. q instead OF 500. The law
imposes n penalty of 81 for each infringement
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
Mr.. Ruskin and CIonfert Cathedral

To TIL EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir; Mr.. John
Ruskin has sent u donation toward the restora-
ton OF Clonfert Cathedral. Mr.. Ruskin says
that. as a rule, he objects to all " restoration. -
but he was much struck with the beauty of the
cathedral. He expresses a hope that no din
Guilty will be experienced In obtaining the
amount required. The restoration Of the
chancei and sacristy is now complete.
A Thousand pounds will now be required TO
restore the nave a thousand pounds TO rebuild
the transepts. Checks will be thankfully re-
ceived toward this object, Canon McLarney
appeals to Americans for help. more especially
as IT. Brendan, the navigator. founder Of Clon-
fert In tho year Dos, is credited with having
landed in America 800 years before Columbus
was born. Sc. Brendan IL buried in Clonfert
Cathedral. ROBERT N~cI.ARNEY,. Canon.
rector OF Clonfert.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
THE JAPS.
Reyolutionized and DemoraIized by West
ern Civilization.

From HE Yokohama AdiHichi ShimJun.
The Japanese are now inflated with conceit. The
progress made by them in tho past twenty years was
the result OF being humble and working earnestly
TO supply their deficiencies. With the loss OF hui
mility and the development Of a conceited mood.
progress has ceased.
Look at the social customs OF the time. There aro
balls and garden parties in accordance with Western
fashion. but the spectacle they present is as that Of
n monkey in n "bell-topper."
And II We turn TO the moral side we find an I'M
happy absence OF sincerity. japanese have been
known to export rape seed under pretence that it
was silk worms eggs. They have 30 loaded their
silks with sizing that American haberdasllers have
been compelled to advertise. not that they sold JapR.
neso silks, but that nothing Of the kind was among
their goods. There have been men who. obtaining
funds under pretence OF foundinga Christian school.
have applied them to setting up a tobacco store. A
Japanese has pRlmed himself oil as a prince and
succeeded in swindling a London widow out OF her
money. Students have returned from Europe and
pretended to be tho possessors Of degrees which
they never obtained. Others have obtained foreign
university degrees under false pretences.
Insincerity. like a eanker. undermines Japan >
chances OF success.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
Ratify tho Tireaty!

Tho reporttimt Senator DAVIS of the For
eigD. Relations Committee Us determined To
keep the Treaty of Paris before the Senate
etendily until n final votes Is reached Is ac-
companied by the report that Senator Cor
MAN willluse all the artsiof' obstructive par
Elementary strategy totdefeat that result.
Now, tile ratification of that treaty OF
peWcee Ia necessary to remove ths'only re-
matninrE obstacle in the path of progress
y dprosperity upon which the business OF
tiissu Union has lately entered to eliminate
tlief. only element OF uncertainty In the
situation Everybody knows TINT It's ac-
ce~ptance'by the Senute would give forth
with renewed impetus to the forward COM
merclal movement and establish even more
firmly the publ cun1idenueus to thenation's'
ACKNOWLEDGMENT which, was produced by
the victory In war. IL IL Essential to the
full progressofprospeiity that ratification
shall come peetilY.
Tile Senators. who deliberately put OBJ
structionsin tiieSvayw will befightinR against
their own country as directly as III theyhad
gone over to tho Spanish in the war. His
tory records no, instance where a country
reflsedito acceptrthe~ conquests of war on
tho preteSt that they were greater than
they siiuuid' liaveAbeen. A single moment
of~eontroVersy overtthe treaty on any such
pretence Is an outrage On the memories of
ths brave men who gave their lives that
this, victory might be- OMAN outrage on
common sense,
1t is not the habit of people to refuse to
accept full title TO property for which
they lave given n priceless consideration.
Neither nations nor individuals do business
In that way.
,ThgSenate Is the trustee Of the people.of
the United States in this matter. The
Treaty Of Paris simply transfers
lY valuable property to the people, and the
Imperative duty Of h trustee is to COM
plete the negotiation in their behalf.
1t Is not a question Of expansion or nom
expansion. It is simply a question of for
mally taking property bought by the self
sacrifice and treasure Of the American
people, and rightfully theirs in the eyes Of
all the world.
Ratify the Treaty of Paris! Lasting In.
fanny for every Senator who dares obstruct
Its ratification!