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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-03

st. Louis. September 2.--Cattle- Receipts
e0.0. including 1000 Texans; steady; native
shipping end expert steers 6UOMT 10;
dressed beef ana butcher steers 4,35a7 %;
steers under 1000 pounds 415d5 %; stock.
ers and feeders 2.756f470 cows and hoif.
ers .. 25@5.00; Gamers 1.T56l2. 70; bulls 2TJ
@4.50; calves 4.50d70o: Texas and Indian
steers .. SOd50O: cows and heifers 2BOd
S,45, Hogs Receipts 4O00 market i6i1Ge
higher; pigs and lights Z 250T Coz packers
T,dOdi775: butchers 7.6G1Ta0. Sheep-Re-
celpts 1900; market easier. native muttoas
S.75d4.50; lambs 4.5o665O; culls and
bucks .25m4oo; stockers i.5Ol3 %; Tex
ans 3.35Gi4l 10
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KANSAS CITY.
lSnnclnl % The pnrA L

Stock Yards. Kansas City. September a.
The following sales OF Texas and Terri
tory cattle were made here today; N,
Dunn. 0chelHta. As steers. $40 pounds, $50;
246 steers, 575 pounds. 265; Charles Klr-
j. ID. stine, Sugden, rs cows, s64 pounds.
$40; c. w. Swinniger. Perry, SO steers,
us pounds. $40; Sol Myer. Davidson 9s
steers, BIO; 10 steers. . So: Fiorer & Bird.
Tuttle. Minco. s steers. 1922 pounds 325;
=. ]. Cooper, Vernon IA bulls. 1925 pounds.
2,75; 212 steers. 713 pounds. 30; r. s..
go; l35 steers, $40 pounds, $40; W. c.
Medford. Stanford. 80 steers, 1888 pounds.
80; W. r, Moore. Mil Greek, 141 steers.
1884 pounds 30: Charles cowen, Stan
SOB pounds 1925; r. REYNOLDS Bros. David
SON, 90 steers 1852 pounds, 2,T5; Sol Myers,
90 calves, 267 pounds, os5; rs steers, AL
pounds, 415.
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SUGAR.

New Orleans. September ~.
Strong, open Kettle 2isd3 : ~ 9e,
centrifugal 3m3ta; centrfugll y,
OLE seconds 1Ad3ia Mo'a''
centrifugal sails, e.s.f
New York. September = S1~l
steady; fair refining 21s; ccntyss..esd5 y
Sh; molasses sugar 2s- heu"s
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COTTON SEED PRODUCE

r. o. b. mill Texas interior po.s'
cording TO location, fe'
Prime crude oil loose. , -
Prime summer yellow OIL. "
Linters, according 10 quality v-sss
Prime cotton seed meal. .S24
Prime cotton seed cake. "a -
Quotations on prime cotton ~
and prime cotton seed cake are l0'
at Galveston.
Memphis September .. Cotton ~
Prime crude nominal, on -'Y
yellow 3Sls; on nominal; choig
summer yellow nominal. Meal A
Prime 2300: on nominal. -.fr'
New Orleans. September Pr. V, 4
oil Prime refined IN barrels ~
prime loose nominal.
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GALVESTON STOCK.
coFFEE.

New York, September .. -spot Rlo
STEADY: No ] invoice $50 Mid Firm:
Sordovs @dllls. Coffee Futures closed
net 10 70 20 points higher ard aulet Totoi
sales 5000 bags, September 5 4OflS ~.
October $50 December .5S(i5 o.. Mn
1900 100 50 April 5SSat5.e0; June 500; JULY
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GALVESTON.

Reported for The Pest by the 4 X
man Live Stock company.
Beeyes--
Good 20 choice ........,.,,..tsv w
Common TO fair .,.......,..' -
Cows ~
Good to choice. .,.......,..,.' ~
Common to fair .......,.'., N
Iearl'ngs-
Good 10 choice .....,.,..,.,' 9 Va
Common to fair .......,..,'.' II
Calves =. "a
Good TO choice .............'
Common TO fair ...s.,...,,..' NJ
Supply OF cattle and calves on ~
to meet present requirements p"'l
changed.
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New YORK.. September 2 There has bean
considerable business done AZ drst hands
TO-DAY q the general cotton goods Ths
tone ~ the market seems to be rsiuiur
strength, but no prices are ndVaneed
lflnt rloteb .dnlet hut steady. silks ana
Apeons are nrm Vita fair demand,
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cHICAGo.

Chicago September 2.-Cattle-- Receipts
$500 including 1900 Texans; lower; good
TO prime steers 7,T5ds co; poor to medium
cows 15o6s5.50; heifers 2.50Gi6OO: can.
ners 1,5QtI550; bulls 2o5d5.OO; calves
2;I5dT26; Texas fed steers 3OOef4. so;
, western steers 40O@0,T5 Hogs Receipts
I.65e{I95; light 7,30a775: bulk OF sales
i4OdI65 sheep Receipts $1,000: market
lover good to choice wethers 35cGf4. 90;
1air 70 choice mixed 2.5Od3 90; Western
sheep 2.50@5 rs; native lambs g. 5Ofl5. rs;
Western lambs 4OOd5BO
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Kansas city, September 2.--Cattle- Re.
ceipts GOO NATIVES, $40 Texans; $50 Texas
and 10 native calves, Steady; choice ex.
port and dressed hacf Steers 7 2nds 90.
ere 3,sonS loi western led itserI 500
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NEW ORLEANS LIVE STOCK.
Especial to The postA

New Orleans, September 2--The New Or
leans ldNe stock Exchange reports a mod
slNlt supply Of all classes OF cattle on saics
best qualities firm at quotations Cognfed
hogs and fat sheep in fair request.
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Vessels Destined for Galveston.
STEAMSHIPS.

Alamo (Aml ............New York Bsi
Astronomer tBrl ,..,...,,, Liverpool 8.
satlantan !hrl ........... .Liverrooi So
Bengah lGerl ..........,..... Harry S2s
kresiau sGer1 ...............B Bremen STA
Denver tAml ,.,......... New York s27
Dnnamnre Ntall ,.a......... Genoa T-2l
El cid ..........,..........Ne New YORK S.S
81 Monte New York sea
Hanover fser1 .........,..,. Rremen 2.2s
lrada tBrA ...,,....... Llyerposl SIG
lstrar Bro ............. Liverpool S,a8
lgsnna>aS tAm.a ..-...t-. New York S "a
Aslealsaaha Castle thrl.i,n,,, Bayry SIS
AehANk lbf3 .s,',a','.'sss,ss.sRe ala
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j. NJ. WlSNEf
- tt IT
Cotton Future BfcE
New Orleans Cotton Lxssifl
EnFnJ% Houston Cotton LIehinss ,
OFFICES
COTTON EXCHANes
HOUSTON. TEXAS.

Medium :. :. ',....'...'' = y
Calves !,
Spring $500. - 81 - - - 9 "
stays ..s''''' M
bulls. - '''...''''.' M
sheep.. :. .'..'''s ~
Hogs- =:
Choice cornfed, $50 lbs and m Z q
Mastfed ....,. =, -. =. ..,..' O. ~
Market clear Of all choice catlle
mand strong for yearlinss and ea'p,
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STOCKS ACTIVE AND STRONGER

net increases. Another favorable feature
which was not disregnrdcd by students on
the market was the large tncrease o. -.
ports over the corresponding period OF ins s
year. The list continued strong ana aetiNe
to the end though the closing, save III u
few instances. was not at best prices.
The only unfavorable developments were
higher rutes for call money, per con-
being the maximum figure, with Z fraetl05nl.
al decline nc the close aud fuwher urNl .
on local banks amounting TO SWmWO iog
the crop movements In the west anu
Southwest Much OF the days business
was credited to pool manipulation, nul
there was nevertheless much speculative
interest Of genuine character.
on tho curb Northern Securities ana new
stocks Of The Rock Island company suiu
higher than az any previous time koch
Islands strength was attributed TO nelya
buying for the controlling interests Stpehs
of the American Bicycle company we're
weak throughout as result OF the any
developments a.,
Railroad bonds were generally higher nv
sympathy with the stock list, pmticuiatlE
the convertibes Total sales, par value
81. $4,000. United States 2s aud IS an
yanced x on the last call
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nndon stook Market.

New York. September . The CONNER
cial Advertisers London financial ca9le
gram says: The stock exchange here today
practically was idle No business OF I'M,
portance was transacted. The bonds Wee
strong and active. Americans opened hrm'
Canadian Pacidc aud Union Pacific leading.
Prices remained hard, awaiting the open
ing IN New York Other Americans De
clined half a point, but on the renewal q
the bull campaign In the street Norio X
and Western advanced point further;
Missouri. Kansas aud Texas Ontario and
Western Southern Pacific and Union Pa
cihc were also In demand The close was
buoynnt
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=, Inc following ARE tho quotations for the
!touston I've stock market as furnished by
,ne A. e Bell Live Stock Commission com.
Beeves--
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PORT OF GALVESTON. September a
ARRIVED.
IS Mohawk arr, Hull
IS NJ Monte lAm.). New York.
80 CLEARED,
SAILED.
Ss Vpsdud tNor), Nuevltaa
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New York Money.

New York. September Mooney on call
arm at $685. per cent; closing bid aud
asked 51bd6 pr cent; prime mercantile
paper 5d5is per cent; sterling exchange
easy, with actual business In bankers Bills
az As6d6 Is for demand and at 4.S3dS -
for sixty days; posted rates 4.S56t4 S5iq and
4.STla64 Ss; commercial bills 4.s39t4 S312;
bar silver 52h; Mexican dollars 41h; gov
eminent bonds strong; State bonds In
active; railroad bonds frmer.
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Houston Daily Statement.

Gfosg receipts thus far Tits week. "a Naz
CROSS receipts day this seaaan 3466s
Gross receipts I day IA 1901 1907 i30Ss
Sross receipts ! day In i0o0 1901 3.6i0
Houston Railroad Receipts.
Following are the receipts Of cotton is
tge Various railroads entering The city
BALES.
hqpfton anQ Texas Central .,4.....I,724
lntefp4tiqnal and Great Northern 4 IS
EelNHfton HArrishnIg and San An. 3dae
houston Easf and Weet Texas ~
san Aiitonlc and Arankes Pass. SIT
AAaeopEi Kansas and Texas. .....s ,7ss
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BANK cLEARINGs.

Following are the clearngs 81 the H,ous
ton banks, together with the amount Of in
crease or decrease over last year;
This week Lost week. Inc
Saturday S21T4324 ST. 4S9 2II SGStOit
Tuesday. f,gs1 T44 $4,000 13hy4i
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TORI Head CBrl ..........,.. Belfast s. 4
SCHOONER.
Chas. l.. Davenport 1000 New York tn
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london Money.

London. September 2..-Consols for money
93% account "a; bar silver quiet 24lsd
money 2i5 per cent; discount for short
bills 1916 per cent for three months
bills ? 13-i6@25s per cent.
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COTTON MARKET QUOTATIONS.

New Orleans for active months was as fol.
lows:
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Ictoher - s.07.oe 6. 2s s.oT s.2t.22
anuary -. S.OI.0S s 20 S.OI S.lO-20
Houston Spot Market.
Other spot Markets.
oalyeston--spots clossd easy. pFie

0AiNehton---SpotS closed easy. prices I'M
changed; stock 36,42o bales.
Low ord ......Ha MiCdhng .....S B.lB
Ordinary. .....7M Good mid ,..s 1915
Good ord. ....TA Mia fair ....g l-le
Low mid. 49,. .SM Sales .....s.2, 400
New orleans-spots closed steady, prices
unchanged stock S6.42e bales.
Low ord. ..... .8la Aiddllng 49,. Sib
Ordinary ....I 1.16 Good mid i. tM
Good ord. .....7 e-lo Mid fair ...gM
Low mid ..,...8 i-16 Sales ........2,7oo 8
Nav York Spots closed steady, prices
unchanged; stock 5s.35T bales.
Good ord ....,,s Good mid ....e 5-l6
Low mid ....,eA Mid fair 5000 8-l6
ubiddhng.....,s Sales .....4.. TT8
Hverpooi--spots closed easier prices
1852 down; business moderate: sales 1000
Of which 500 were American: speculation
and export 1000 bales; imports 1000 bales.
OF which 1900 were American
Ordinary ......4 1912 Middliug B
Good ord.-....4 1882 Good mid. ...5 s-s2
Low mid. A 20-32 Mid fair. .b 1882
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Liverpool t-32d lower
American side, unchanged.
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BULLS In FULL CONTROL
ON WEEKLY BULLETIN,
Last Years Production Exceeded General
Estimate, but Fell Far Short OF
Consumption.

Z AT THE CLOSE:
Liverpool, t-2-64d lower.
New York, to 10 points higher.
New Orleans, to points higher.
CpnTc.
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Total sales for the day 1,2o1, 100 shares.
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Liverpool Futures.
Net Reo.lpss at An u. s. Port,
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

DLnerencs l4oao 90 2l.ll2
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THE MARVELLOUS HUNDRED YEARS.

of the
clearly
introduction Gfr
in
Bakava
Pas and many
about the first
realized
the
naturally prominent place especially the first half of the
commercial developments
o
method which Mr.
possible and still
historical
a gov
of
things
instead raphes
the
all of that time and
p. F. Collier
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BROOKSIDE LORE.


combna
ton scientific and popular in
ing with delight
Fischer. C. an
individual
be
will
twisted loie
older
do a
hrubbery.
furnishes endless supply Of woodpup for their fac
Of
a
and o. 0 pursues"
pieturesqueness
ts effectiveness S a
to
sticky
Of webs
Of
in the
of atmosphere when
typical Ameca
forms
pleasant facts Doubleday. Page & Coz
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PERSONAL GOSSIP.
The Business Mans Ordeal.

Harper's Literary Gossip tells this
Story about Mr.. Howells and Henry James
al their earlier days. A certain promi-
nent publisher in New York had invited
numerous guests to literary evening. -
vi winch the piece de resistance was to be
.ne presence Of Mr.. Howells and Henry
James On the very eve Of the event the
publisher fell suddenly i'll. and requested
,' son-in-iaw to act as host in his place.
now the son-in-law was business man
not accustomed to consort with literary
.o'k' ana not enthusiastically anxious for
'neH company. In fact. being n mod
es' man, he felt that he could not sun
po'' conversation sparkling with bon
.no's ana scintillating with epigrams. He
'nereiore urgently desired to escape The
ordeal; but his father-in- law was a kind
ano wealthy man, and 1t seemed inad-
Visaoie to decline. So he promised TO Of
nciate. And this was his account OF the
affair: 81 got through yery much better
'nan expected. But I confess was a
httie scared at the meeting between
Howeils and James. Now I'm in for the
genuine brilliance. thought i, and 1 wait
ed for the shock.
Hum eh-ha-how are Won. Mr.
James" said Howells.
-hum-eh-how are you, Mr.. How
eIlsg said James. And that was about
all. A Philistine told me later that lite
fary stars were afraid to say much to
one another. for fear an idea might es-
cape and the other fellow would print it.
II was great fun for me. / haven't been
afraid of literary gatherings since"
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| sound. They were IN the greater river
stood up and threw the great dome back
I've are at the foot of the Pont ST.
Michel said he. Please to go on deck
Upstairs, on the rcrrow steel deck of
the boat, Davignon gezed fascinated upon
the starry scene about him. From the
river itself there came a shiver OF tremu-
lous wied, fresh as a mountain breath
after the heat OF s, summers day The
heavens were clear. with a rolling world
of unclouded stars. High above him, on
either bank, the lights of the city shono
as the distant lamps of some scene Of
stageland. Partisan as he was. never be-
fore had he been on the c..y's river by
night. The rem0teness of the picture, the
valley of waters which it seemed to place
between the world he had found, sur
prised him to the point of wonder. There
were all the familiar objects. yet how un-
familiar now. The high pointed roof Of
Sainte Chapelle, the lights on the Quai
st. Michel. the countless windows of the
precture. the great towers of Notre Dame,
the vista of spire and dome and pinnacle,
all merging in the blue black shadows of
their horizon. the ripping stream upon
their PROV. the silence about them, the
low hum OF life on the distant boulevard
a scene. surely. unlike anything he had
known or dreamed of. The very merits Of
the boz ahieh had carried him to it were.
for the time being, aforementioned.
For the rest. the story deals with
French politics. and is OF the present day
entirely. tNew York: Frederick A Stokes
Company
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A ROMANCE OF PARIS.

1.-THE Giants Gate" is the enigmatical
in which the hero is a general of France
and the heroine an English girl. 1t is
as full of action, incident, and intrigue as
Mr.. Pemberton's novels usually are,
which is saying much.
One of the most striking chapters deals
with the trial of a submarine boat, and
the author has seldom written better
lows:
Would they ever come up to the lights
again? For they were sinking now, down,
down. A chill, freezing air. coming to the
lungs with an odor OF rubber. began to
fill the place. The boat trembled. oscil-
lated, glided from its moorings. They
passed through the tunnel to the open
river beyond.
From light to darkness, so the boat
passed. But the darkness was that of an
instant. Scarce had the ship begun to
move when lurid yellow light was fo-
cused upon the walls of the tunnel
through which they passed. and showed
tervened. Never. perhaps, since the moat
was built, had the eyes OF man looked
upon those slime e-worn walls or fathomed
the depth of that inky water. The strong
est swimmer would not have dared that
fetid rivulet. forgotten even by those who
mapped the sewers. The very sluice gates,
which once had blocked the drain. were
now but pillars OF clinging fungi. So near
they seemed to the cabin that the great
dome above them caught up the slime and
weed and shut the picture momentarily
from the sight. And upon that the walls
vanished instantly. The weed was swept
away in a rush of luminous green water.
~ hiss of rushing air, sense of buoy
ancy. a great oscillation. as Of ship
turning upon her axis, and the passage
was made. The boat moved without
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Russian Literature.

G. p. Putnam's Sons are planning the
publication, in two volumes, OF an An
thology Of Russian Literature" by Leo
Werner. professor of Slavic languages in
Harvard University. 1t is a curious fact
that though Russian literature has come
to be OF permanent interest TO the Eng
sh-speaking world. there is not as yet
in existence a comprehensive history of
that subject which pays equal attention
TO all the periods from the ninth century
TO the present time. Nor could such a his
tory be made sufficiently popular, for the
reason that there ere practically no ac-
cessible translations in the English Ian
guage for the periods preceding the nine
teenth century by which to verify the
statements it would make, while only a
few of the nineteenth century authors
have been rendered into English.
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NEGRO LIFE IN NEW YORK.

HE tapped one contdentially on the
shoulder, as who should say, My dear
boy, have but two friends in the world.
and you are both OF them"
TITS a pity you weren't born older.
It's pity most men aren't. They
wouldn't have TO take so much time and
lose SO many good things learning
These things are part Of the give and
take Of a negro club In New York. which
Mr. Dunbar calls school for the lower
education OF negro youth. The descrip-
tions Of this club are among the best
chapters in the book. This picture of
negro life in a big city is the best thing
of its kind yet done. and IL is deplorably
true to life SO far as IL goes. OF course
there is another and a more agreeable
side. but Mr.. Dunbar is not concerned
with giving that here. His business is TO
show how helpless plantation family be-
came. when tossed by their fate into this
maelstrom, the sport of the gods" (New
York: Dodd. Mead & Co. s1.5O)
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Ruskin in the Country.

Perhaps your knowledge of the dialect
is equal TO understanding what a dales-
man in the English lakes said about John
Ruskin. BY barns you will know that
he meant "bairns:'
He was fond OF Everything in t'dale, and
partickler fond O. barns. School childer
wad walt for him at lonning-end Just on
chance of word or cat o. { head fra
{ professor. Eh, dear! i mind how ne
wad be of at times to dame school on
Hawkshead Brow just for plessur Of seeing
tn barns; how the lads and lasses would
get him TO sit on their laal bit sled cart;
and trail him up L hill. and he wad hev'
{ girls tie up their hair WI bright
ri5ands. and wad say they sud hey' warm
bright cloaks in winter time, and be
proud Of their dress, but hev' 1t good sem
sible MAX for wear and tear Same as in
old time, when fwoks wove by hand"
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even here it would not always be pos
sible. Neither would it be possible
anywhere else for the younger
daughter of such family to take the
lead in all its practical affairs, man
aging and guiding her elders in all
questions of etiquette with a sub
lime, if ignorant, self-confidence as
| Lottie Kenton does; but all Ameri-
cans have seen it done in public too
often to question Mr.. Howells' We
racity. There are all sorts of minor
character studies mixed up in the
story; for example, the subtle differ
ence between the cad and the non
cad. There are many people in this
land of ours who cannot be called
exactly cultivated, but who still are
familiar with many things which in
the same station. in other lands. they
would not know; and there are all
shades of difference between the cad
and the gentleman. Some men
Judge Kcnton. for instance,-w
not be considered absolutely gentle
men in the Old World sense of the
term; but they are distinctly non
cads. The development is the more
curious because such man may, like
Judge Kenton, have n daughter who
is all cad without redeeming lady
like quality, not even correct spell
ing; and another daughter who,
while she may be foolish and over
sentimental. is still essentially lady
like in feeling. What is to be done
with such n miscellaneous popula-
tion as ours?
The thing which Mr.. Howells has
done with it-and in this he has rem
dered service-is to picture many
of the people along the dividing line
as they are and not as they imagine
themselves to be. When people who
are imperfect-and this takes in a
very large proportion of humanity
can be brought to see themselves as
others see them, they are apt to
squirm and then shift their ideals,
which is usually an extremely good
thing. 1t would be interesting to
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THE; ENGLISH CABINET

ment which took place during the
eighteenth century was due to the
! coming in of the House of Haps-
burg, and to the character of the
House OF Stuart. Neither of these
houses could be called strictly Eng
lish. The Stuarts were French and
Celtic. the Hapsburgs were solidly
German, and what we now know as
tie Anglo-Saxon was not in either
family. The author of this study
of cabinet government brings out
this point in discussing the infiu-
ence of the Georges. She says:
'The characters of their foreign
rulers did much to break the spell
which royalty had hitherto cast
over the English people. To begin
with, the elaborate etiquette of
English court life was disagreeable
to the first two Georges. They
therefore abolished it, substituting
for il the simple manners and GUS
toms of little German court. To
the English the pomp and pagean-
try of royalty had been the out
ward symbol of an inward great
ness. They therefore saw in this
simplicity of life tacit acknowl-
edgment on the part of the new
family that they had no claim to
the reverence which had been felt
for the sovereigns of England.
"As the kings were no longer sur
rounded by the awful and the mvs-
terious, their lives and characters
might be known and criticised as
the lives and characters of other
men. And when Englishmen looked
at their rulers with eyes no longer
blinded by superstition or dazzled
by splendor, they saw nothing in
them to inspire reverence. There
was no personal dignity to disarm
criticism, and no moral dignity to
command respect The Georges
were men as other men were-only
less dignified, more disagreable, and
more vulgar. Not perhaps more
vicious than the House of Stuart
the House of Hanover did not un-
derstand. as their predecessors had
understood. the art of being vicious
in a gentlemanly way. No veneer
of elegance and culture made the