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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-11

could so damage the crop that the average
yield would fail below one-fourth OF a bale
per acre. So far insects have not done
any damage There Will be very little
picking In August.
GeorRetown.--Th recent rains have put
new life into the cotton plant. which has
revived to such an extent as to show In
many cases little or no signs of the late
disastrous drouth. IL seems that too much
stress was put ON the belief that the dry.
hot weather would destroy the weevil. as
they are very destructive In some fields,
but they have not had time to show to
what extent the DAMAGE Will be. II Is too
early to estimate the yield with any accu.
racy. as 1t depends to a great extent just
where the next rain comes
Tuylor.--The recent rains In this section
have so materially advanced the growth OF
cotton that II has surpassed the most san
guine expectations Of local experts. The
cotton receipts at Taylor last year were
something over 1900 bales. 1000 bales OF
which was old cotton from the season be-
fore. The present condition OF the crop in-
dicates that this coming seasons receipts
Will be 1900 bales
Liberty Hili--It Is hard to say at this
time what will be the outcome Of the cot.
ton crop OF this section. In the bottom
lands. adjacent to timber. It is. at this
time. ruined with boil worm and boil wee
VII bile on jne upland there is very htiie
complaint The weed at this time looks
nne, but at this time there Is but very
little fruit; think oue-fourth Of hale
would be a conservative estimate.
Hutto.--While our cotton Is very small
and will be late on account Of drouth. We
have now had fine rains aud with favorable
/ conditions from now on our yield can equal
1 that OF last season. Cotton Will all nave
| To- Le made from now on. Formers usually
! begin picking cotton the last week 10 AN
| gust, and by September ! picking Is In fnH
/ blast This season win pick very little
| before October Very little complaint so
/ fdl % boil weeyil.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-11

st. Louis, August lo-Douahue pitched a
FIRST class game and was well supported In
the field orth did fairly well, but his
support was weak.
Score II II II
81 Louis .......,,..2 200 500 ok 6 10 I
Washington .,...., 900 300 OO0-- 3 q
Chicago, August io.-Boston won today's
game on Parents single, followed by Fer
ris' double, \ hard rain before tho game
left the field In bad shape and prevented
good fielding.
Score; First game It II u
Chicago ........ 200 col 9Ol 90 a ii "a
Boston ......... 900 OOl 800 OIL 10 IS
Patterson and Sullivan; Young and Criger.
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WILSON COUNTY

Flofosvllle.-slpce the recent rnIns the
cotton crop IN this county has taken on
new lie aud the present prospects are
fairly good Due To the continued drouth
the plant Is small. but is now full Of bolls.
squares and blooms. With seasons fair
crop may vet be made II the leaf worm
does not appear, but the crop viii be small
er than last year by Is per cent.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-11
BASEBALL.
American League.

Detroit, August 1O.--Niullin was hit hard
In the seventh and ninth and the locals
poor fielding accounts for the visitors other
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

their race, and had gone into politics for a
livelihood.
The Deacon would not have been a
Baptist had he not been deeply moved
with concern for the spiritual and mater
ial welfare of these people There would
seem to be enough work for our mission
aries right here at home he murmured
to himself. Il think that Greenlands icy
mountains and India's burning strand
ought to wait little, while We are clean
ing up around home. I'm going to say so
at the next meeting of the Board"
His mcditations were interrupted by the
interchangeable hOtcl-runncrs, who had
found out whittier he had gone. They sur
rounded him with a renewal of Their
clamors, to get him to their places.
Seat" said he. waving his umbrella.
Git ont VamoS, I'm not going with
none of you. I'm going to Wizards $.
Say, Pickanniny. which is the way TO VIII
lard'Sy''
Go right down dar to de avenOo, an
den foller long de avenoo till You comes
to Wizards" answered the bootbiacl.
''You can't miss it. You'll know it by dc
lot oh big ossifcrs round it
Cant be so very far thought the
Deacon, picking up his carpetsack 'and
the nights pleasant. | guess I'll just
walk. can see the city on the way.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09
Agriculture in Agentlna.

The methods Of handling crops are
quite as crude as the methods of follow
ing in growing them. Wheat is thrashed
as soon after harvest as machine can be
secured, and heretofore has been market
ed as promptly as railroad transportation
could be had. Thrashing machines are
usually owned by the local merchant OF
by combination of local people On the
large farms where crops are grown by
tenants the machines are owned BY the
land owner, who makes . good profit by
thrashing the crops of his tenants. All
wheat is bagGed at the machine and is
never handled in bulk. Practically none
of the growers has any facilities for pro-
tecting his grain from the weather, and
the bags are simply piled up in the omen
field, usually without any attempt at shell.
ter.
At the stations the railroads have small
sheds constructed OF galvanized iron, but
these are never large enough to hold more
than mere fraction of the grain to be
shipped. The wheat is hauled to these
stations and again pild up along the side
of the track to wait for shipment At all
stations of Importance there is comDetition
in buying.
At the points of shipment-Rosario.
Buenos Ayres, Bahia Blancha and the less
important river points-thcre is comparo-
lively little storage room. When export
ers have vessel ready to load they strive
to get their wheat brought in by rail so
as to load direct from the cars. When
they are buying at country stations they
are represented by receivers" who must
sample each sack of wheat as it comes
in, slow and expensive method of deter
mining quality of the purchase. There is
not country elevator in use, and the few
elevators at Rosario and Buenos Ayres
are used simply for mixing houses and
to facilitate loading in bulk where the
shipper prefers that method of shipment.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

steady countenancc. The crowd yelled
to see the old farmer giving the bully n
stiff bluff.
The Irish cabman had Mt length Olsen
tangled himself from the hoop-skirt, and
angrily flung it away. AS luck would
have it, it fell directly in front of the po-
liceman, whose feet caught in it. and he
fell headlong, his club coming down on the
floor with a sounding whack. The crowd
yelled uncontrollably. Any mishap to a
policeman brought irresistible mirth
Jump on him. and tromp him while
he's down, old Hayseed,' they shouted.
"Now's your chance. You'll never have so
good one. Jump on him, and stomp his
lights out"
That's judgment on you for your up
The National tribune., 1902-01-09
ZIDSISM AGAIN.

The Zionist movement begins to take
| tangible shape, and to look as if something
will be done on grand scale toward gath
| ering the Jews again in Palestine. If they
could develop really great lcader-an-
| other Moses-the thing would be practca-
bic. But the task before such a leader
would be enormous. He would have to be-
/ gin with a comprehensive scheme Of irri-
CATION, covering the whole Of Palestine and
/ conserving all the water that falls upon
! the territory. Then the hosts Of poorly
educated, wretchedly-trained Jews from
| Russia and Poland and elsewhere would
! have to be placed On the lands and taught
entirely new conditions. Men and women
who have for centuries been living in
wretched ghettoes, densely crowded and
| miserable beyond description, and gaining
living by petty trading and working in
sweatshops, would with great difficulty be
transformed into independent farmers, re-
! yiving worn-out land, and developing
! homes, orchards, vineyards and grain.
| fields. 1t would be a very different thing
| from stalwart, self-reliant Americans go
| ing out into the virgin forests or broad
! prairies, and building up pleasant homes
| Another difficulty is that the very best
! class Of Jews would not go back to Pales-
| tine in great numbers, 50 as to assist their
brethren with advice and example They
are doing too well in this country, Eng
| land, and France to want to leave. Those
in America say that the United States is
| quite good enough for them, and they pre-
| fer to build up their Zion here. Those
! who have been born in this cOuT try are
/ particularly averse to leaving ii, aud their
leaders say that Zion is not geographical
fact but an ethical and religious idea,
which can flourish just as well this side
the Atlantic as in Asia. Still, there re-
mains the fact that there are millions of
Jews who are being terribly oppressed in
Russia and elsewhere, and the voice of
| tribeship calls out that all Jews do some
thing TO help them. They are certainly not
wanted TO swell the slums of our cities.
and no other country seems to want them.
| The attempt to plant them in South
America, which looked so promising, has
not succeeded, as was hoped. The plan OF
| gathering them in Palestine would have
/ Il sentimental aspect which would bring i'm
I menSe contributions, not only from rich
Jews, but Christians as well, which would
not be the case with colonization any,
where else. A large meeting held in Chi
cago last Sunday seems TO indicate that
| influential Jews are going into the Zion
movement~in earnest.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

THE NEWS Of the entire ruin Of the
peach crop is about due, but it is fore
stalled by the statement that the Brazil
ian coffee crop has been fcarfuIly DANA ged
and that prices will go up. This is OF
more interest TO the people of the United
States than to any other, Or we are the
greatest coifee-drinkcrs in the world. ON
consumption amounts 10 nearly II pounds
per annnm for every man, woman, and
child in the country. 1t is pity that VIC
have not developed coffee plantations in
the Philippines, Porto Rico, and Hawaii
TO take advantage of this rise.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

THEY are talking of sending ex-Prrsi-
dent Cleveland to represent us at King Ed
wards coronation. and Congress viii be
asked to appropriate $4,000 to pay his
expenses. Just why we should do any
thing of the kind has not been explained.
The coronation is simply a back number
mediaeval circus. that we have no more
business with than with the Lord Mayor 5
show. Our Ambassador at the Court of
st. James can do all the representing that
we need, and much more. The British
people do not go into coniptions, and send
special delegations when we inaugurate
Presidents. 1t is IL private little domestic
jamborce of our own. at which we welcome
representatives of foreign countries if they
wish to attend, but if they do not. moth
ing is thought about it. The coronation
of the King of the United Kingdom has
lost absolutely all of its former signif-
canoe. and become purely a social func-
tion for the effetc aristocracy to parade the
tinsel and baubles that ticklcd their an
cestors in the days when the nobility real
ly retained some power in the Government.
The Mardi Gras show Mt New Orleans Is
less, and Of no more political value. The
King Of England is the merest figure-head
and the gaudily-dresSed mobiles gathered in
his train but mummers. playing at things
dead and gone for centuries. What place
has any Special Envoy from the United
States in such q masquerade? TO send
one of our eXPresidents on such a mission
would be to degrade that high office. 1t
would bc to assume that our Presidents
are somehow on Il level with the deca-
dents who are now bitterly cOntcnding for
The honor of bearing the palace carving
knife, or the keys Of the royal wine Gel
lars, or Of walking beside the Kings
horse and holding the rcins. Edward VII.
is now, and has been for some time King
Of Great Britain and ireland. just as much
as he will ever be, and just as much as We
have any business with. The coronation
adds absolutely nothing to his power or
duties, any more than the Inaugural Pa
rade adds to the Presidents. 1t is main
ly a spectacle to supply the place taken in
this country by Barnum " Bailey's 'un-
paralleied street pageants,' to tickle the
vanity of the ObsoleScent arstOcracy, and
to fill the tills of the London hotel and
shop keepers. 1t will be wrong for Con
gress to appropriate a cent for it. The
thing will cost this country quite too much
in the vast sum that will be spent in Lon
don by the American tuft-hunters, "who
dearly love a lord" Save the money and
keep Mr.. Cleveland mt home.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

IN SPITE Of its great apparent adyan-
tages Of the shortest passage between the
two oceans, and low mountain range.
the Panama route has almost insuperahle
engineering difficulties. The mountain is
800 feet high at that point, and though the
Culcbra cut has gone down nearly 200 feet,
it is estimated that it viii require about
eight years to cut the remaining 10 feet.
Then comes the immense Bohio dam. The
foundations will have to he sunk 128 feet
below the level Of the sea before rock is
reached. Nothing like this depth has ever
been attempted before. though it is thought
to be quite possible. The Commission esti-
mates that it will cost $44.37 $50 to com
Dlete the Culebra cut, and about $33 ,O00,-
600 for the Bohio dam and harbor. These
are big figures, even for this day of big
figures.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

MEXICO is coming to the front. The
Department of Public instruction has or
dered that the study of English be made
obligatory in preparatory schools, instead
Of Latin. There IS little practical need Of
Latin. The men who spoke it are not do
ing business now.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

IT LOOKS as If about the only use the
Panama people can make Of their ditch
will be to cut it up in bargain lots and
sell il out to Western irrigatOrs.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

AN admirer has sent Admiral Sch!cy a
present of a piano. The Admiral certain
iy understands the value Of the soft pedal
in the present controversy
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

Up TO the time of. going to press VIM.
Allen White has not retracted his charge
that Senator Platt used to wear side
whiskers. and played on the melodeon. and
we suppose the libel suit will have to go
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

WE SHOULD not make the great mistake
of paying too much Difference to the Span
ish language in Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines. Especially in the latter, it is
really the language of very small frac-
ton of the population, and the larger part
of these cannot read or write it. Nine
tenths Of the people have to learn another
language, in order to communicate with
the people just outside of their little local
tiles, and while they are about it they had
better learn English.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

THE AgrarianS in Germany are not the
men who work the farms, but they rent
the farms to the men who do.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

A COLONY of Illinois. Iowa, and other
Western farmers is to settle on the Isle
of Pines, just south of Cuba. If they
are the right kind of men they will prob
ably do very well there, for the island has
great possibilities in cattle raising, tropi-
cal fruits, tobacco, sugar, etc.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

THERE seem to be in Cuba also politi,
clans who make noise absurdly ont of pro,
portion to the votes they influence In
spite of all the clamors by the Masoites
against Senor Palma, he received 80 ont
of 40 electoral votes.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

II TIE British weuld only take a leaf
ont of the history of Gen. Sheridan's cam
raigning against the Indians who inter
fered with the building of the Pacific Rail
roads, they would learn something of the
art of war applicable to the present trou.
blaS
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

An INVENTOR has developed process
by which 16 messages can be sent over one
wire at the same time. IL he viii now only
turn his attention to telephone wires, and
invent method by which man can or
der ton of coal or 4 package OF groceries
without waiting for two women to get
through settling the trimming on dress.
he will be regarded as Il true friend of hui
manity.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

ELDER DowrE is far from thinking that
water should be only used for drinking and
baptismal purposes He bought lace
factory for $63,600. and Immediately
stocked il at 81 .103. 600
The National tribune., 1902-01-09
THE TWO ROUTES.

Stated in briefcst terms, the comparison
of the two Isthmian routes is as follows:
In favor of the Panama route:
1. It's length is 1900 miles, against
1896 miles for the Nicaragua route.
,. A ship would be able to pass
| through it in II hours, against :3 hours
for Nicaragua.
3 1t would cost S2,0OO.O0O a year To
operate and maintain, against $3,350,e0O
for the Nicaragua route.
1. 1t is one day nearer the west coast
of South America.
;. Ii has less sharp cnrvcs.
g. 1t has better harbors.
Against the Panama route are:
/. 1t is involved in endless legal com
plications and restrictions, the end of
which no man can foresce, and will oper-
ate against our complete control.
=. The Culebra Cut and the BOhio
Dam are much more serious problems than
any engineering work on the Nicaragua
route.
3. 1t would take at least eight years
to construct it, whereas the Nicaragua ca
nal can be completed inside of four years
from the time of beginning.
T. 1t makes from one to two days
longer Journey between Atlantic and Gulf
ports and the Pacific Coast and the Orient.
>. There are many more earthquakes iii
the vicinity of the Panama route than the
Nicaraguan.
In favor of the Nicaragua route:
l. 1t is entirely free from amy legal
complications, and we can immediately OBJ
tain entire control of the whole territory
required.
=. 1t is n much shorter route between
the eastern part Of our country and the
western part and Asia, which will be the
path of so per cent of the American bust
ness for the canal
,. II can be built in half the time.
4. 1t is much more favorable for sail
ing vessels.
>. 1t goes through a healthy country,
while the Panama route trayerscs an eX-
ceedingly unhealthy region.
&. In the many surveys jhat have been
made by Spanish. French, English, Dutch,
and American engineers, of all the routes
across the Isthmus. the Nicaragua route
has been given most marked preference.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

THERE are a whole lot of things beside
that Of getting a free market in the United
States for their sugar and tobacco to sober
down the Cuban gentlemen who are quite
sure that they know just how to run a free
and Independent Government OF theii.
island. In the first place, they have been
having all the luxuries of good Govern
ment. mainly at Uncle Sans expense,
Habana has been cleaned up, yellow fever
abolished, excellent schools maintained ey-
erywhere, and competent officials have
collected and disbursed the public MONEYS.
Even with the utmost care, the receipts
have been but little ahead of the expendi
lures. How will it be when they have To
do all these things ont of their own mock
cts, paying the great salaries which each
Cuban patriot thinks his ability deserves? d?
AS WAS TO be expected, and hoped there
is a growing reaction against the use of
the electric chair in executions. 1t never
had anything to recommend il, except tbe
fancies Of some maudlin symDatLizers
with criminals. To any thinking man eIec-
trocuiOn is much more repugnant than
hanging. There is an amount of handlinc
the criminal in preparing him, that must
be torturing to him, exceedingly distaste-
full to his executioners, and very unpleas-
ant for anybody to think Of. In hanging
this handling of the condemned is reduced
to minimum and has advantages opIv
surpassed by shooting. 1t is far better.
much less brutal and equally certain as
the French guillotine. Several physicians
have come out strongly against electrocu-
ton. Some Of them assert that there is
no certainty that life is extinct after the
execution, and that there is a possibility
of recovery by artificial respiration and
Dther resuscitatiyes.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

THERE are some six routes across the
Isthmus south of Panama, but the Com
mission has considered that only two of
them-the Caledonia and San Blas-are
really possible, and these involve the con-
struction of immense tunnels. which makes
them impracticable
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

of the new Siamese Minister to the
United States. If he expects any reel
procity from this country, he can not too
soon change his name to Brown or Jones.
If WE ever get to be really suzerains of
South America our first peiice regulation
will be that no one shall he allowed to
start revolution on the streets without
first taking out a license.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

IN 1915 Louis Napoleon, then a prisoner
at Ham, entered earnestly into the project
of digging canal by the Nicaragua route,
and obtained all the necessary concessions.
The French Government, which was quite
willing that, he should devote his ener-
gies 70 canal-building. instead of political
plotting. favored his scheme and it was
thought, when he made his escape, that
he would 20 at that.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
has been sharing in the general prosperity.
The Methodist Year Book reports an in
crease of IS, ,463 in the membership during
the past year, making the total 2,94S, 13T,
with 1S,463 ministers, and % ,574 churches.
The National tribune., 1902-01-09
q q :Si kleqg; Shorty
SSSx 1MaMeBll9NrLn 2.
N=aSsa O1i the Marcia AV0uyq1Ae CarOlilas
The Deacon Arrives in Washington. and Pu
Up at Wizards Famous Hotel.

conzrlstea ls the pnellseers of THE N.1lexA rnlnusr
The National tribune., 1902-01-09

Office: ass Penus,Ivanta Avenue n. VI.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-06-20
HOW CHEAP BAKING POWDER is
MA0E

The Health Department of New York
has seiz ed quantity of sOcalled cheap
baking powder, which it found in that
city. Attention was attracted TO il by
the low price at which il was being sold
in the department stores. Samples were
taken and the chemist Of the Health De.
partment reported the stuff 10 be AN
alum powder, which analysis showed
TO be composed of alum and pulverized
rock
The powder was declared to be dan
gerous 10 health, and several thousand
were carted 10 the offal dock and des.
troyed
1t is unsafe TO experiment with these
so-called Cheap articles of food They
are sure TO be made from alum, rock. or
other injurious matter. In baking powd-
ers, the high class. cream Of tartar
brands are the most economical. because
they 90 farther in use and are healthful
beyond question.