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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-07

Yesterday the steamship Hydra srt g,s
or John F. Kranz sailed from heis Y
ner ioi Fleetwood. England, with WI
OF hewn and sawn timber, valued u au
shipped by the Sabine Export COMPANY
the latter for Tampico, Mexico, Ehl q
53i feet OF pitch pine lumber and lles, II
at S5654. consigned to the Mexlfsn ~
railroad
The ship Marabout is yet anchored y
stream Just above Fort Downing olls
able to go out because OF not nA'ls
fun complement of sailors.
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HOUSTON Daily POSE: TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST Z 1900
cotton Exchange Notes.

the proceeds of the sale were to be devoted
TO charitable object
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opened. High. Low. Close
At New York
TRYING TO FORCE DOWN PRICES.
SPOT interests Are Using the Closing
of MILLS rs am Argument.


New York. August 6.-Reports reach here,
from North Carolina especially that until
the new cron is moving freely number
OF cotton mills Will be- closed This move
ment will not be scattered and disorgan-
ized one but the result OF a united and
concerted action on the part OF the mil own
ers. The only relief from this condition will
h a sham decline in the price Of the staple.
AS has been pointed out in The Post be-
fore, there are signs Of an effort by tho
SPOT interests in the New York and other
markets TO depresH uriccs and this new phase
in the situation is likely TO give further i'm
ustus to the proposed movement. While it
is not believed here that the proposition to
close the mills in North Carolina is a throat
on The part Of owners it is thought they
would gladly continue spinning il they could
procure cotton at profit permitting prit az.
Several Of the mills are being arranged for
change OF the grade Of their output to Il
basis better suited for homo trade rs such
a considerable portion of the foreigA ones
has bees closed TO them
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-07

The following are the closing quotations Tor
cotton on the spot today at the leading mar
kets. together with the cosing Of mddling
yesterday, with todays sales
Place Tone Today sat 'day Sale,
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Port of sabine.
Sailed

Schooner Glover, Christensen. Ncsls
Bark Ceres, Taylor Vera Cruz
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THE LOCAL MARKET
onice of The P'st
Houston, Monday, Angus.

Office OF The P''l
Houston, Monday Angus
Yesterday was blue Monday 10 saFisa
business circles generally. The Nodaa
commission men reported recelpls y
almost nil Jobbers received rev olsh,
even retail trade was slow II nss NC. ~
frequently for the past month 'ns' s w
is being interrupted. Roads IN YAK ~ T..
are almost impossible aud the unpa'sa y
In the city are veritable quaglmefs ,sl,
sections. Peddlers can not cover ~ =, !
ritory and therefore are not ou!iss n
so that the fruit and produce ussN n
more than any other class, ieenhs =
fscts OF the perpetual wet wea'n''
Jobbers expect an advance u W..
fore long and the undertone Of ne ~
very strong.
Although the Arbuckles reduced y
of then roasted coffees u cent Oh ~, \.
there was no change made To-Day " =
roasters.
Texas eggs are very scarce IT,
expect a scarcity at this time q y,
johbero sell Kansas stock Gooa IA n Z
properly candled and packed, D'las
tations.
Poultry Is in only limited sappy N
mand is good and prices RUE Ns,s
There is noticeable improvement Nd
quality of chickens coming on 'a' =
Honey in the comb in pcuna IVY q
scarce and badly wanted. as lngu""
class OF honey are numerous.
Receipts OF fruit were lisnt w. X a
mand was also light, SO there
in prices
Hides are weak in sympathy VIZ
cline il leather.
Cheese is firm while butter y ssrlI
be weak on account of the slns''
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-07

The following are tho live stock quotations
for This market as furnished by the BOX Bon.

Market has been overstocked the nost week
which caused decline in the market hut
choice stock will bring full quotations. Hog
market steady.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-07
Nothing doing
other SPOT Markets.

Galveston Spots closed dull, prices %c
down
Low ordinary g 1915 Mlddling ....sB
Ordinary. .....-.T I-l6 Good middiing .9is
Good ordnarY..7 15-lG Mlddnug fair 99s
Low mddling..S 7-16 Sales .....,....4S9
Sew Qrcans-spots closed nominal aud IN.
changed.
Low ordinary 30 9-l6 Middlug .......ois
Ordinary. ......7 3-lG Good midding 9at
Good ordinary rs Middilng fair. 10
Low mddiug.. q Sales ..............
Now York-Spots closed quiet and I'm
changed.
Guad ordiusry..8 7-l6 Good middung9 lS-lt
Low miudung.-a lie Midding fgir .tol4
Niddlinr ........ Ate Sales ,.. 00O
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SalIed. n
Redsnapper schooner Glide, fcf a
banks.
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GaIveston. Texas. August 6.-The A. p. Nor.
ln@h Lave STOCK company reports the live
ElOCk market u fnllnmta.
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Houston Daily Statement.
Houston comparative staten


Gross receipts thus far this week.. 81
Gross receipts 33S days this year. 746,S 6l
Gross receipts S3S days In lS97-9S. 3. 463 900
Gross receipts 1856 days in lSss-9g. ...1 1872 14g
Railroad Kecelpts.
The following are the receipts OF cotton by
the various railroads entering the ciiy: Baloy
Houston and Texas Central ........ y
International and Great Northern ...... IA
Houston East and Wes- Texas ........
Missouri. Kansas and Texas ............. L
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ........... 10
Houston spot quotations..
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-23
-:AGENTS WANTED:-

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ance of a handsomely bound, finely
illustrated, and extremely popular
book at the price of one dollar.
Forty thousand copies Of 'The
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Send 60 cents for sample copy Of
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-23

Wife Counting over her change
after making a purchase )-"I fear
he has given me the wrong
change"
Husband savagely)-"I thought
so, I thought so; that's the way
my hard-earned money goes. Trust
woman to get fooled. Go back
to the counter and get it made
right at once"
Wife returns to the counter and
hands the assistant half sover-
eign.
Husband-"Why, what have you
been doihg?"
Wife" Making the change right.
He gave me half sovereign too
much.
Husband (more savage than
ever wv ell, Dy lingo, you are an
idiot!- It'd Bits.
Yerkes, the Infamous Chicago
street car magnate and all around
boodler, is in London seeking ex-
elusive franchises, even as he had
in Chicago. And, as in Chicago,
he is endeavoring to Doodle the
London city fathers, but has so far
made little Roadway. It is openly
charged that he tempted a few of
them with $4,000, but the slow
going Englishmen had not yet
been educated up to the Chicago
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-23

"'No, sab, [ reckon not he re-
piled.
"'But you seem to be fishing
eyes, sab
"'But perhaps you are not fish
ing for fish,
"'No, sah.'
81 waited ten minutes for him
to explain, but as he did not I
finally asked him what particular
object he had in view"
ode objick, sah,' he repeated
without taking his eyes off the
pond or moving the pole-'de OBJ
jick Of my fishin' fur fish whar
dere hain't any is to let de ole
woman see that [ hain't got no
time to pick up de hoe and work
in de truck patch"
"Bill," said the old man to the
son incorrigible, as the family
were kneeling for family prayer
"Bill, kneel down thar
Billsullenly obeyed, but dropped
only on one knee.
''Let go the other" was the
stern command.
Bill obeyed with a scowl.
Then the old man began his
petition, and when "Amen" was
pronounced he discovered that
Bill was fast asleep.
He "let fly" the book of "Com-
mon Prayer and caught Bill
squarely on the head with it.
'Thar, now!' he exclaimed, eff
you won't git religion in yer heart,
hanged eff I don't beat it into yer
head, you fopeared sinner, your
Atlanta Constitution.
Oliver Herford repeats with
great delight story James Whit
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-23
Written for The PRISON Mirror.

Written for The Prison Mirror.
II wonder what in the dickens
has got into them chickens any
way? They never made SO much
noise before. Sorter CESS they
got a touch of high life. It's
about time the case was being
looked into. But I don't see why
they can't make all that noise in
the day time. This thing of wax
in Teller up in the night never
did agree with me any way. But
doc says that if a Teller is going to
be a doctor he's got to answer
calls at any time Of the day or
night, and 1 sorter CESS by the
way them there chickens are car
rying on that [ got call all right.
Cess there amt no use to take
any medicine along, kos [ don't
know whot be the matter with
them yet. Gee whiz! she's dark
out. Cess I'll take my lantern,
kos if [ don't I can't see what is
the trouble
Bud soon dressed himself and
went down stairs, lighting his Ian
tern he started for the chicken
house which stood close beside
the barn, and as he opened the
door to see what was the matter,
he was surprised to see colored
gentleman standing in one corner.
He had an overcoat on and as it
was rather chilly he had it but
toned about him and he also had
his hat pulled down over his eyes.
Bud stared at him for moment
and then said: "What in the
dickens be you dom in here?"
"Sh, chile, dis am hard case to
spIain. Desc poo creatures am all
troubled wifi dac mind and as [
am a graduate in disperableness
and hamperahenology, [ dun
know zacly what to scribe TO desc
poor creatures"
Say, stranger, you might be
darn good Teller and all that, but
I'm the doctor about this place
and [ can cure these chickens
without any of your monkey work"
Hole on chile; yo' am extamer-
ated. Yo' mus cool yo' self, kos
yo' am got very hard case afore
you"
swell, stranger, 1 was just a.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-23
From Other "Pens'
US BOYS.

'Now, boys, when [ ask you a
question you mustn't be afraid to
speak up and answer me. When
you look around and see all those
fine houses, farms and cattle, do
you ever think who owns them all
now? Your fathers own them do
they not?''
Eyes, SIR shouted a hundred
voices.
"Well, where will your fathers
be thirty years from now?''
''Dead!" shouted the boys.
''That's right. And who will
own all this property"
''Us boys!' shouted the urchins.
Fright. Now tell me, did you
ever, in going along the street,
notice the drunkards lounging
around the saloon door waiting
for some one to treat them?"
Eyes, sir; lots Of them
''Well, where will they be thirty
years from now?'
'Deadp' exclaimed the boys.
and who will be the drunkards
4hen?"
''Us boys!' shouted the I'M
abashed youngsters.-Ex.
''After I had watched colored
man fishing in a South Carolina
brickyard pond for forty minutes
without pulling up his hook
said the traveller to a Washington
Post man, Il asked him if he
thought there were any fish there
TO be caught"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-23
BUD AND THE COON.

thinkin' the same thing myself
when Teller is caught in chick
en- coop at this time of the night.
It's no wonder the poor chickens
called for DOCTOR
''Shoo, chile, yo' am bout to
lose yo' mind. Dis heah disease
am compagus an yo' am kitchin
it sho."
"Say, stranger, you can't give
me no song like that. You think
you are all right. Now what are
you adding with them chickens
in that overcoat pocket?"
"Well de fac am, mistah, de poo
chickens am have de fevah so bad
it am come quite necessary to put
de poo fowls out of de misery, an
so I JUS hipnotize dem an put de
poo fngs to Sleep"
"Well I sorter think they are
asleep all right and, when they
wake up I'm afraid they will be a
darn sight older than they are
now.''
"Heaben bless you chile, does
yo' 'spect dat yo' can be young all
de time? No, chile, no; cherry
breaf yo' take it makes yo' older"
"Well [ reckon if that's the case
them chickens will never get any
older, and I'm afraid if you keep
on doctoring chickens like this
you will be old enough, too, pref
ty darn soon now. I'm going to
give you bit Of advice
Ssh, chile, dis poo nigah am
full Of vice now and dem poo
chickens am tired of livin'."
"Well [ don't blame them a
darn bit for being tired of living
when Teller like you is prowling
around at night"
''Hole on chile, yo' am miss de
goose and hit de gandah.''
"And you stole the chicken"
Just then Bud got swing on the
jaw that sent him and his lantern
all in heap in one corner. When
he picked himself up and after
finding part Of his lantern, he
went to the house and to bed. and
no one was the wiser for it, except
Bud, and he came to the conclu-
sion before he went to sleep that
he had learned another hard les
son. Roxy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-23


them was naughty, and to punish
her the mother made her stay in
doors all day. To add a keener
edge to her disgrace, favors were
showered upon her sister Sister
was dressed up in her very best.
Sister was given new parasol and
went prancing up and down the
front walk in the greatest glee.
Presently one of the neighbors
came by and paused at the gate to
speak to the child.
you're one of the Brown twins,
aren't your" asked the neighbor.
"Yes'm,'' answered the little
girl.
(Which twin are your" the
neighbor inquired.
The child gave her skirts proud
toss.
"Oh,'' said she, complacently,
'I'm the good little twin that's out
walking" Chicago Times-Herald.
The judge of western court
decided a point adversely to a
certain lawyer. The lawyer was
stubborn, and insisted that the
judge was wrong.
81 tell you that I am right"
yelled the judge, with flashing
eyes.
81 tell you that you are not!'
retorted the counsel.
"Crier!' yelled the judge, IL
adjourn the court for ten minutes.
He pitched into the counsel,
and, after a lively little fight,
placed him hors de combat, after
which business was resumed. But
it was not long before another mis-
understanding arose.
"Crierf' cried the judge, 1--WE
will adjourn this time for twenty
minutes
"Never mind, judge cried the
counsel, keep on your coat-the
point is yielded. My thumbs out
of joint, and I've sprained my
shoulder Spare Moments.
A well-dressed lad, the son of
wealthy parents, thought it would
be quite manly to earn a few cop
pers for himself by selling news
papers. He stopped a tattered
newsboy in the street, and said to
him:
DO you think should be able
to earn money as you do if I
bought some papers and came to
this corner to sell them?'
"Why do you want to sell
papers?"
I'm tired of being idle
"Well," said the philosophic
little newsboy, with a serious air,
"d'yer think you can hold twenty
papers in one hand, lick three or
four boys biggern yerself with the
other hand, while yer keeps
two more off yer feet, and yells
war 'dition! all the timer"
"No-o, I don't" replied the WE'LL
dressed boy.
-" Then ye're no good in the
newspaper biz replied the tat
tered philosopher. you'd better
get yer people to prentice yer to
something light" Spare Mo-
mehts.
The other day military officer
engaged cab in Edinburgh, and
at the end of the trip paid the
driver shilling. A shilling was
the exact amount due, but more
gracious customers were in the
habit of paying ix-pence more for
the same distance, says the Car
diff Western Mail
"Bad luck to the Boersr NUT
tered the driver, who was an Irish
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-23
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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-06-28
Honey Fer ssAelars,

"Honey and bread was great meat
with Pythagoras and his scholars and
counted sufficient food for tenn
perate life," wrote DR.. Thomas Muffett
in 1915, "for bread strengthens the
body. and honey both nourishes much
and also cleanseth away superauities.
"PollO Romulus being asked by Au-
gustus, the emperor, how he lived SO
long! BY nourishing (saith he) my in
wards. with honey and my outward
parts with ayle. The like answer like
wise made Democritus, being demand
ed the like question Furthermore, 1t
Is SO general n meat through Russia
that the children eat 1t ON their bread
every morning as ours do butter to
their breakfast; with whom and with
old men it agreeth exceeding well,
cleansing their breasts, opening their
pipes, warming their stomachs, resist
ing putrefaction and engendering sweet
and commendable blood. Raw honey
is never good, therefore clarity it thor
oughly at the fire; also let it be honey
that ran and was never puffed out of
the combs and Of young bees rather
than old, feeding upon thine, rose
mary, flowers and such sweet and
wholesome herbs. Then may you
boldly give 1t us meat to young chill
dren, to cold and moist compilations
and to rheumatic old men, especially
in northern countries and cold climates
and in the winter months"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-06-28
BlackeninK One. shoes.

There are men in New York today
whose fortunes are not small, yet they
never pay bootblack cent a year for
shining their shoes. They are their
own bootblacks, and not one is asham-
ed Of it. You may depend on one thing
these men were reared in the coun-
try, where they were educated in the
use of the brush. l said to an acquaint-
ancc some time ago, when he COM
planned that his 12-year-old son had no
exercise about the house, "Why don't
you make him blacken the family
shoes every morning?"
He was stunned ut the suggestion.
"NIy son blacken bootsv' he walled,
throwing up his hands. "Do you think
would disgrace my own boy? give
him 10 cents every morning to have
his shoes shined Mt the corner where
have mine shined."
reminded him that he was teaching
TINT boy to be IN upstart and that lie
was giving him $3G.5O a year which he
stole from his friends. Blackening
shoes is splendid exercise. Many n
ragged street Arab is too proud to do
1t because of some fool father like the
one mentioned, but such a father
ought to be in the business instead Of
robbing his friends. Let every boy
learn to shine shoes. He may have to
make living ut 1t some day. There
Is money in the business.-New York
Press.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-06-28
NORWAY.
CllristianiS


The socialists held meeting in this
city May % which was attended by
hundreds of laborers and socialists.
Publisher Knudsen of this city presided
over the meeting. The socialists of
| Norway are now said to number moro
than 10000 people. Their organization
comprises A societies, with an aggre-
gate membership of 1888. Ninety-fivc
delegates were present Mt the meeting,
which was significantly large and en-
thusiastic one.
Sofie Parelius, the popular actress at
the National theater, who has never
failed to interest theater goers with her
splendid talent, has announced her in
tentions of retiring from the stage.
She has appeared on the Norwegian
stage for As years and retires with her
well earned laurels, enjoying the re-
spect and admiration of hundreds of
her countrymen.
Carl Kcilhau, one of Norway's prom
inent young Journalists, died on the
night of May s6 very suddenly from
heart trouble, aged 36 years. He was a
man of ability and progressiveness and
enjoyed the greatest popularity and re-
spoct among his colleagues and all
those who came in contact with him.
DIR. Henrik 1bsen, who throughout
the winter has been suffering from a
severe attack of influenza, is now much
improved and has departed for the
Sandcfjord baths, where he will spend
the greater part of July and August.
The old church at Arendal, which
was recently destroyed by fire, was one
of the old monk churches. Its age was
unknown, but certain it is that the edi-
flee was more than 900 years old.
The Norwegian government is awake
to its naval interests. The storthing has
granted the appropriation requested by
the navy department., IL, 4S5, 900 crowns.
| Major H. w. d. Keilhau has been ap-
pointed major general and chief of the
Intendantur Korps. The general will
assume his duties Oct. /.
Forest fires have caused much de.
struction Of property in the vicinity of
Hoen. Large tracts of valuable pine
have been obliterated.
Bergen.
The Forestry association of this city
has imported II large number of flower
and tree species from England and
Scotland.
The Hohenzollern will be anchored
in Bergen waters during the latter part
of July. This is tho third summer in
succession that the German emperor
sailed i'll Norwegian fiords.
The tourist season proper will not
open until next month, in fact. it is ex-
pected that August will be the tourist
month this season, rs travellers will
then return from the Paris exposition
The English tourist traffic has already
started and there will be more English
men spending few quiet weeks in
| Norway than ever before.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-06-28
DENMARK.
Copenhagen.

The death is announced of General
Herman Christian Andreas Rothe. He
fell in battle at Manacal, Venezuela,
where he commanded division of tho
insurgent army. General Rothe was q
Dane. He received military educa-
ton in his native land, and six years
ago he went from Denmark to Ven.
ezuela and entered the army. When
the revolution began last winter he
joined the insurgents and became a
general in their army. He wes only 80
years old at tho time of his death.
An English officer, who recently Wis
tied Copenhagen on his return from
South Africa, claims that General
Cronje, now prisoner at St. Helena, is
of Danish extraction. The Englishman
maintains that Cronjo's original name
was Crone and that one of his relatives
had, years ago, been chief Of police of
true the brave Boer general is near
relative to Judge Crone, the organizer
of Copenhagen IS police system.
| Another strike of Importance is
hourly expected i'll Copenhagen. At a
recent mass meeting attended by more
than 1000 laborers, resolution was
passed to the effect that unless employ
ers in general would agree to pay So
ore an hour for manual labor, a strike
would be inaugurated. Employers have
offered to pay this scale after Oct. 1.
The Alberg Cement factory was de.
stroyed by fire on the night of June /.
All buildings were burned to the
ground and the loss entailed is est.
mated at more than 100000 crowns.
Tho Aalborg Cement factory was one
of the largest i'll Europe and exported
cement in large quantities even to far.
off Siam.
A monument erected to the memory
of the late Queen Louise of Denmark,
the consort Of King Christian TX, was
unveiled in Copenhagen some days ago.
1t stands in front of woman's hos.
pital, which the queen had founded
and was unveiled in the presence of the
king, the crown prince and other mem
bers of the royal family.
The Russian car and consort will
probably pay visit to their royal rela
tives in Copenhagen during the latter
part Of July. Definite arrangement,
for their visit have not as yet beer
made, however, but q persistent rumol
has it that they will come.
Customs Inspector Carl F. Meier O
this city passed away few days agt
after short illness, aged 81 years. Mr.
Meier was appointed customs inspector
in 1870.
King Christian has departed fo
Wiesbaden. He will remain there
about month,