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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14
IN THE COTTON MARKETS
Statistical information Of the Leading Elk.
changes Of the United States.
TRANSACTIONS FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
NO Activity Whatever TO speculn-
tion--Buils Are Awaiting Reports
of Damage 10 the Crop.
Office OF The Post.
Houston, saturday. May y.

ftOuSlOu, odluIuHy, May io'
Todayo market was decidedly tame.
The transactions we're few and far between
and the fluctuations narrow. The changes
in prices were in q measure erratic. Liver
pool was unchanged to n UP while the
American markets were unchanged to .
points lower. There was no change In
spots except that Liverpool was quoted
as being rather III buyers favor That
Is the condition on this side though not
so posted :,
The weather is all that could be desired
by the planter and the bulls are wal lns
tor some unfavorable errors. They ex-
pect to make a raid on damage reports
and are blding their time until they can
hear OF such damage.
Port receipts were 300 against 1903 last
year and 1913 In 1895.
Houston expects $50 to 450 Monday
against 236 last year and 2sS in 1895.
New Orleans expects 200 to 5000 against
2110 last year and 1853 in 1890.
Cargill Richardson say of today's cot
ton market: Liverpool advlces in cotton
were quite encouraging this morning, de-
liveries being h64d up, with 5000 sold
on the spot. This started the summer
months In New York firm two points
was over the market had receded to last
nights prices where 1t held nearly all
day. A little easiness was seen toward
the close, last prices being unchangrl TO
| two lower. New Orleans, after n dull
| dragging session, closed / to lower than
yesterday. The weather chart showed
cloudy weather In Texas, but no rains
| Little Rock and Memphis districts aver
| aged about half inch, while Vlcksburg
| reported over an inch. The Atlantlcs mad
| sbowery weather. Crop reports from all
sections are most favorable. North Texas
reporting cotton coming to good stand,
while Mississippi usys stand perfect ana
| plant growing fast oklahoma advices say
| q small increase in acreage Is assured III
this Territory. The market acts heavy
like some lower prices might be seen.
but prices are so low that any attempts
at hammering will be met by resistance
by n class scale buying which believes
in cotton under any conditions at pres
eut values.
New York, May 19.--S. MUM, Son & Co
say OF cotton The opening was steady,
points higher on satisfactory cables, ow
ing to depression in the stock marke
caused by the death OF Ex-Governor FLOW
err. which absorbed speculative Interest
there was an absence of outside business
The market huctuated within points an
closed barely steady, l point lower thar
tho opening. The continued free crol
movement and favorable weather in thu
! South is increasing the pesslmistic feeliui
of the bears, and while waiting some new
developments we would not be surprised t
SEQ the market sell off few points fur
Their.
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EXCHANGE AT HouSlu \.
HOUSTON BANK cLEAni.s,

New York, St. Louis ana W. ..illur
ing at SOC discount to par ''
MUM.
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MARITE INrELLIGfcSCD.
Port OF Galveston, May 10.
CLEARED.
gs India. Heinsch. Havana.
SIS Pensacola. Simmons. Pensacola.
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in numberless collections OF varying
merit. Mr.. Lang's fairy books being per-
haps as good as any. Uncle Remus is
collector Of African folk tales. There are
in print. besides, numerous collections
which are less known than they might
well be. Mr.. Lummis' 1.-The Man Who
Married the Moon is a collection of ma
tive Indian tales which greatly delights
little children. but which has attracted
very little attention.
All tales in which animals speak charm
most little children. Hence Aesop in
those versions in which the beasts hold
conversations is book cherished bv gen
uine children. The latest form in which
Aesop has appeared with Mr. Billing
hursts illustrations) unfortunately fol-
lows l. Estranges version. which with all
its quaintness does not attract children.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments"
has the charm of talking birds and sing
ing fountains, as well as of other Won
ders. The marvellous. indeed is the pro-
per realm for childhood. 1t should be
sought, therefore. where all is marvel
Gus In world Of talking rabbits. fairies
gnomes and enchantment. and not be ar
uhcially created by putting commonplace
children Inhabitants of the commonplace
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best of the historical stories. THE Max
ing OF Zimri Bunker now appears In a
second edition. Ii is a good little story.
with specific touches of description and
characterization. In "A Little Daughter
OF Liberty" the history Of the period mas
been assimilated and is not made OBJ
trusive for purposes of instruction. The
tone, the manners and the dress OF the re-
riod are reproduced in the book without
effort and without ostentatlon. rhs story
of boyish and girlish heroism is told nat
urally and unaffectedly, without art;fice
or false romance. The interest Of the
book is increased by the quaint illusc.a-
tions. q. c. Page & Co., Boston. % cents
each)
There IS some pith in Mrs Laurn f.
Richards Peggy" lively tale OF a siris'
boarding school. The tone Of the book
Is gay and natural. The incidents are
often amusing and the characters possess
some individuality. Dana. T. ties & Co,
Boston: 81 25)
Girls beyond childhood may perhaps find
quiet pleasure In Wheat and HuckIe-
berries The plot is weak and lacks
movement but the study Of character Is
skillful and the contrast between Maasa-
chusetts ard indiana country lie Is made
very vivid. ~. =. Wilde Company. Bos-
ton; 81 50.j
THE Dozen From Lakerim." by r. pert
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youthful readers. They lead to careless
haolis Of reading and thought, and they
encourage commonplace tameness of
cnaf acter They are not so much active
~ deinoralizing as they are trivial and
luiceless-as characterless, to use Charles
dudley Warmers words. as a dried ample
pie "Pp'e
children should have few books; they
shou.d read their books over and over:
me books they have should be such as
they can greatly enjoy; and their read
ing should store their minds with beauti
Iul' interesting and liberalizing memories
BOOKS really fit for children are those
haue IN child-like ages, and books in
winch some great soul has expressed
hseii IN a manner suitable by some lucky
accident 10 childr9n's minds and inter-
ests. The most OF such books are already
consecrated by tradition.
Very little children find the greatest en-
tertainment in little rhymes and iingles
Illustrated in bright colors. Mother
Goose and the old English nursery songs
nave never been bettered. Even in these
simple rhymes there IS "A kind of fullness
OF life which makes most modern substi-
tutes seem thin. Some German songs
are more beautiful and have been well
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matter how trifling In brief. this indis-
criminate habit OF reading may very
easily become a mere debauch OF the
mind. The injudicious encouragement Of
reading as reading makes this pcrnicious
vice appear like a virtue; and parents
teachers the public library. combine TO
support IT, What reading child actually
needs IS restriction. control and direction,
not support i'm his cNcesses.
The child who does not naturally in
cline 10 rnad 1nmch has the WAY made
easy for him by the nature OF the books
offered him. Reading which produces a
mild exhnarauou without taxing either
the intellect or The emotions affords
gentle amusement which may even for
an active child occasionally take the place
of play. The notion Is that reading is n
good thing i'm itself. and that the read
ing Of second rate books may in time
educate tie taste up 10 first-rate ones
The truth Is. only the Intelligent reading
Of good books is 0raiseworthy or bened-
cial. and second-rate books only estab-
I-sh the character OF those who read
them CA a second-ratc level. If a child
can Ike no books above the rank OF the
ordinary child's book. he had better be at
play or al work than be reading.
The conclusion OF the whole matter is
that current children's books with few
exceptions are injurious 10 all classes Of
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10 Make Proper Celecdon Of Christmas Cooks for chdre

translated. II saw a ship a-sailing' is
an example, and as a whole Reineke's
Fifty Songs for Children" is more
beautiful collection than any purely En-
glish book with which / am acquainted
Along with these ditties OF the nursery
come the familiar tales-some so ancient
that their origin is too remote TO be ever
known. others things of yesterday-but
all approved by experience. and all of
genuine literary and imaginative worth
Red Riding Hood" =" THE Three Bears. ."
who Killed Cock Robin?' Jack and the
Beanstalk." Tom Thumb" Cinderella" ."
are not only deserving of their popular
ity in the nursery. but are good stories
and in some forms are very well told
An unspoied taste can always enjoy
them Except OF course the taste of
adolescence. which cannot endure child
ishnessD.
Many Of the tales referred TO are folk
tales. or fireside stories, which were, cur
rent before printing. Such traditional
tales. handed down and recreated by un-
numbered generations of simple people.
are peculiarly fit TO be the delight OF
childhood. They are fun Of life and of
variety, and al the same time are easily
aDprehended. In them as has been well
said a child can wade, man can swim.
and a giant lind no footing. Many OF
course are fairy tales, and are accessible
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subject matter make II extremely .,
tractive. Many of the scenes rep,aI,
vividly impressed upon the memory nat
iy py the energy of the narrative ,ariI,
by certain grotesqueness. The awaken,
ing OF the bear after his long fast ,s ono
striking incident; and another is the do
ging of the reindeer for food undar 60,
rect or snow. Time would fail me 80
strove to do justice TO the vsrietv .pd
the liveliness with which the wild str,n',a
life is depicted. &C. Scribner's Sons Neu,
York: 81 50.) -'e"
The Adventures of Siberian Cub" &C.
the story of tame bear from his nictb
In the forest, through his wild inra,c,
and his years OF happy captivity. mis- re-
turn to the woods and long life therc ~
to his death in the SHOWS of winter !, -
marked oy the cheerful Russian fra,t
ness and good fellowship with men and
with animals which are such attrac-i,,a
qualities. o.. c. Page & Co. Boston a
Several other books are not wlthont
spirit and iveliness.
Two little books published by L. c. paSa
& Co.-'The Making of Zimri Bunksr',
by w. j. Long. and "A Little Daug1ter
of Liberty" by Edith Robinson, are he
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illustrations by
4my m.
Jacker -
In Edith Robinsons
Book.
n GiHle Daugh Ter Of riberfy."

ana rlchiy vital stories. For children still
oioer Scott's poems and his more roman
tIc novels, Cooper's best tales, much of
Dlckens, something OF George Eliot, not
little OF Stevenson, are appropriate and
are generally Interesting. Greek myth
olosy contains a great number of charm
ing stories. which have been told many
tInes over In many forms in English.
builhnch's Age of Fable" is perhaps
sun the most interesting collection on a
toierably extended scale. After all. Ho-
ner odyssey is now as in Aristotle's
uay' the best story ever written; and one
can only envy the boy who reads 1t
tnrough In Butcher and Langs prose
"lIhout ever having heard of 1t before.
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar" and his
historical English plays are of great in
terest to most boys. THE Merchant of
Venice and "A Midsummer Nights
Dream are often very attractive to girls
VINO are neither very bookish nor OBJ
sunately impervious to good literature.
FINALLY, IT may be said alike without
rehSious purpose and without irreverence.
the stories Of the Bible are the richest
OF all stories in beauty and Significance:
ana the one circumstance that the Bible
is not familiar in these days makes this
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Books Rec civ d.

"The Family of the sun Conversations
With a Child" by Edward $ Holden.
LID. d. Appleton & CO.. New York: 30
cents.
Little Doctor Victoria. by Louise
Carnahan. Carnahan Publishing Com
pany. San Francisco.
"In Connection With the De Villoughby
Claim" by Frances Hodssou Burnett
Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 81 so.
America To-day Observations and Re
nections," by William Archer Charles
Scribner's Sons. New York. 81 25
"A Seasons Sowing" by Charles Keeler
A. VI. Robertson. San Francisco
''The Circle Of a Century" by Mrs Bur-
ton Harrison. The Century Company.
New York: 81 o
1.-THE White King of Msnoa" by joseph
Hatton. r. F. Fenno & Co. New YORK;
81
Archibald Malmaison," by Julian Haw-
thorne. Funk & wagnalls Company. New
York and London. 81 @.
"Telegraphing Toms Venture" by
James Otis. The Werner Co.. Akron.
Ohio: 75 cents.
'The Island" by Richard whlteins. The
Century Co.. New York; 81 90.
"Outlooks and Insights." ny Humphrey
]. Desmond. Rand, McNally & Co. Chi
cago and New York
Lesser Destinies," by Samuel Gordon.
Herbert S. Stone & Co. Chicago and New
York; 81 %.
Love Made Manifest" by Guy Booth
by. Stone & Co.. Chicago: 81 %
"A Corner Of the West" by Edith Hen
rietta Fowler. ID. Appleton e. Co.: 81
Memories OF the Campaign OF San
tiago,' by James A. Moss. L. S. A. Pub
lished by the author.
"rhe Wage Slaves Of New York" by
Roy i. McCardell. San Francisco News
Company; 30 cents.
THE Golden Age" by Kenneth Gra-
ham. John Lane. New York. s. So
Jennie Baxter. Journalist" by Robert
Barr. Frederick a. Stokes & Co. New
York
The Future Of the American Negro"
by Booker T. Washington Small May
nard & CO.. Boston: 81.
e. +. Roe. "Reminiscences Of His Life.'
by Mary a. Roe. Dodd. Mead & Co. New
York: 81 50.
John Brown" by Joseph Edgar
Chamberlain. Small. Maynard a Co.
Boston; Is cents
Outing" for 1899. Outing Publishing
Co. New York
''Taurua." by Emily s Loud. Editor
Publishing Company. Cincinnati.
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age a less highly cultivated one than the
last.
A boy or girl who has read with youth
full fervor such books as these is already
in great measure educated. Every
trifiing. thin-blooded. trivially vivacious
little story written down to childhood's s
interests and designated to encourage
childhood's mental weaknesses which
crowds out any of the great books OF the
past has wrought and irreparable injury.
1t should not be inferred that all books
written for children come under this ban.
Mrs Ewings and Miss Alcott's stories,
Edward Lear's Nonsense Book" and
Lewis Carroll's alice in Wonderland"
and Through the Looking Glass" Mark
Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" and Tom
Sawyer" Thomas Bailey AIdrichs STORY
of a Bad Boy" Mr.. Kipling's Jungle
Books" are children's books which consti-
tute honorable exceptions TO the general
rule of emptiness.
None of the books received this season
deserve n place quite on a level with those
in this list. Two stand out conspicuously
above all the others-Du Chaillus Land
OF the Loag Night and The Adventures
of Siberian Cub"
The Land of the Long Night" IL A
narrative Of winter travel in Lapland by
Paul du Chaillu. The naive and simple
vitality Of the style and the oddity OF tie
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- CALENDARS FOR 1900. X

The Dodge Stationery Company. which
was the first to introduce the idea On
this coast of the large pictorial calendar
which has become 40 popular prssertt
some novel and artistic creations for the
coming year.
Its Ovid Wood Calendar is auts
unique. being made entirely OF California
woods fantastically burned and addi-
tionally decorated with paper owls and
leather.
The Barrie Calendar. illustrated vi.b
sketches of characters from the 'Iirr!e
Minister" contains some fire pen and
inks by Edward Mayer. many Of which
are we'll worth framing.
The Coon Calendar. illustrated bv n NJ
Freck. Is an attractive collection of char
acter1shc darktOwn faces. and Is also AZ
ranged that the sketches can be detached
without damage for framing.
The American Girl Calendar. while not
on such novel lines as fhe others. is sfW
very attractive and credltabiy illustrated
by Edw. Mayer and Gertrude PartinE,on.
The Mission Calendar. with its colorcd
Illustrations OF California missions.
makes an interesting present for Eastern
friends. while the Madonna Calendar ia
filled with delicate halftone productions
of the more famous paintings of the Ma
donna.
Ovid Wood. 81 80.
Little Minister proof 81 90. board 70
cents.
Coon. proof 81. board 30 cents
American Girl. proof 81. board 20 cents
California Missions. 70 cents
Madonna. large 81, small so cents
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Reviews by Professor
N q. -IatArop,
Stanford University.
9oao@o@o Q o~o3o 9o9o4o1o

a connected tale of some length the past
mas provided books of generous substance
ana enhancing interest. The Pilgrims :
Progress, "Gulliver's Voyages to Lilliput
and BrobdinGnag." and Robinson Cru
soc; The Scottish Chiefs; THE Tales
OF the Round Table" in any one of many
forms; the "Mabinogion." most easily
accessible in Sidney Laniers Boys
MabinoSion'-are all beautiful, simple.
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world, through impossible adventures.
Visions OF fairyland will not distort the
childs vision of his own life, but tales
OF boy detectives. boy thieves. discovered
heiresses, are well known to lead chill
dren minds astray Consistent romance
ana consistent realism are both excellent;
IL Is the masquerading OF one in the guise
of the. other which does harm.
For children who can begin to follow
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hughes, Is an exciting tumble Of hall
games hazing, fights and tramps, ice
Doating In squall, and. indeed. OF about
every athletic sport or trial of strength
boy could think Of The style is slangy
and the book is trivial: but the story is at
ieast energetic and possible. CThe Cen
tury Company. New York; 81 5O.)
=, Little Peterkin Vandike." by Charles
.. Fratt' gives pleasant hints for costum-
ing children as animals and outlines
pretty sport for little ones who have in
terested aunts with time on their hands
VI. - rage d Co., Boston: so centsJ
The House With Sixty Closets nv
Frank s. Child. is pleasant fantasv
which WIZ entertain children of s or 10. or
unsophistlcated children who are even
Older u-ee & Shepard. Boston)
AS Tor practically all the other chill
oren books received for review, they are
either absolutely colorless or sensational
III mechanical way, or duly improving.
or inadequate for their purpose
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Mr.. Arthur Morrisons ITO London
Iown Is the real thing. II is a tale OF
loWly lie In London. In which without
exasgeration. sentimentality. meIodran,s
or perversion OF any kind the inherent
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ployes of the Wheeling Railway Com
pany; that was not only duty, but n
pleasure, but after that did nothing
but what any honorable man would or
could do. l never advised those men as
to their demands: that left to their
own Judgment. never received one
cent, except Sc from the national office
as organizers fee. No person dare say
received any more. I do say early in
the history Of the local division, those
boys saw that ] was furnished with n
cab to convey me home, for which
felt grateful and have not forgotten.
had an interest In them naturally,
but 1t did not prompt me to seek no.
torlety before the public as a leader. I
am free to admit have talked with
business men as well as directors of the
company. all however, of our own cltl-
zers. and this was not for any other
purpose than honest Intentions. am
free to acknowledge that I met all the
national officers that appeared on the
scene and did nil could to make them
acquainted with the members Of the
divisions In this city. but I say now
most emphatlcally, there was no
scheme. no money consideration, no
promise for the future or any crooked
work upon my part, and now pro-
nounce all reports, publications and
anonymous letters as false. I regret
that was compelled to bear all this as
long as have, but l waited patiently In
order that the strikers would not be de-
tered in their purpose.
] hope that my friends will realize
my position and give me that credit
that is due me, and oil am entitled to
and nothing more, for had no AK to
grind and sought no notoriety.
THOMAS v. SALISBURY.
Wheeling, June 20.
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35.HORSE TEAM.
ID ivcn ut Brenk-Neck Speed by Ono
Mana Brilliant Triumph.

ID 'ivcn ut Brenk-Neck Speed by Ono
Mana Brilliant Triumph.
"Hark!" They're coming!" 1.-THE
race is on"
Hear the distant sound Of hundred
hoofs beating the earth in fierce de-
light"
Nearer and nearer they come! Soon
the grand hippodrome arena presents n
huge mass OF palpitating. throbbing
horses. The scene Is one of animation
and splendor."
Abound the great circle the world
famous team Of thirty-five English
thoroughbreds dash at terrific speed.
two, three and four abreast, and there
standing erect on two prnncing steeds
is the heroic rider. frantically urging
the excited animals on In their thrill
ing flight"
The rider Is William German, known
the world over as the Hero Horse
man." and the scene Is one of the most
beautiful and sensationally thrilling
features Of the combined Adam Fore
paugh and Sells Brothers circuses,
which are announced to appear here on
Saturday, July Is.
Who does not love horse? And why
Iol: lHTuuBH long anu luInlllaT QSSO-
citation he has become by nature the
nearest animal to mankind, serving
and understanding the human race as
no other animal does or can. The
countryman possesses the same adml-
ration for his easy-goIng, family horse,
that the professional truckman does
for his fleet racer or the wealthy for
their proud, housekeeping. maneless
and tailless beauties. Indeed. all man.
kind loves the horse, and for this rea-
son the great equine achievement which
the Forepaugh-Sells show introduces
has made most remarkable hit this
season,
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OBJECTS TO INsINUATIoNS.
Secretary Salisbury, of the Trades AS
scmbly, on tho Strike.

pSSAS'ssaJ = VI ihb-
scmbly, on tho Strike.
To tho Editor of tho Intolllgcncor.
sIR:--No one feels more relieved than
do in consequence OF the settlement OF
the strike. No one feels more jubilnnt
than do over the result attained. and
It Is for the purpose of stating why,
that ask space In your paper. While
I do not believe In this manner of ex-
pressing ones feelings. do think am
Justified on this occasion In going Into
print.
All through this twelve weeks strike
have been referred to rs one who bas
been active In prolongins it; In some
instances have been accused OF living
or the strike. and quite n number of
reports hnvcbecn made us to my prom
lncncc and opposition to any settle
ment. True. l did organize the en-
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Friday evening, June 38th, via Wheel
Ing Il Lake Erie. account appearance of
THE Three Black Mantles'' opera COM
pany. Of Wheeling. at Opera House,
Steubenvihe. Special train leaves
Wheeling $40 p. M. city time; return
Ing after performance. Fare only rs
cents round trip.
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IT is SETTLED.
After a Struggle OF Nearly Twelve
Weeks the Great
WHEELING STREET CAR STRIKE
Is now Settled, by Concessions
Coming From Both Sides.
EIGHTEEN CENTS AN HOUR

Is the Rate of Wages Decided Upon
by the Company and strikers-Ei-
even Hours to Constitute n Days
Work-The Present Employees are
to be Observation-Disclosures to be Dis.
charged for Cause Only Tho Settle
mcnt Arrived at Yesterday After
noon After Conferences Lasting two
Days.
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Squire Rogers will likely announce
his decision to-day in the case OF Frank
Coss, charged with criminal assault on
Miss Katie Davis, of South Market
street
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The Warffuel yacht Is the quickest
and shortest route to the Midway.