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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-26
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JULY 90, 1902
y PAGES TODAY.
REPUBLICAN ADVICE TO THE DEMOCRATS.

great many republican papers have been need
lessy busying themselves giving advice to the demo
Gratis about securing control of the next house The
prospects of democratic in the fall congresson
al elections are very bright The republican papers
recognize this they have not sufficient sense of
humor to refrain urging upon the democrats that
a democratic house Of representatives would be bad
policy for the democrats.
The republican wseacres arrive at this remarkable
conclusion by the argument that a democratic house
could effect anything but obstruction in legislation
and that the blame for everything that in
the future would be put upon the democrats whereas
they say if the republicans remain in complete control
of the government until 1904 their party, having had
the entire power will be held responsible to the full
for its exercise.
The republican solictude for the welfare of the
democratic party is laughable That the republican pa
pers should have taken the pains tender advice to
their opponents and springes, however feeble to
catch democratic woodcocb shows any rate that the
republicans believe the democrats extremely likely
to win The advice itself however leaving out of CON
sderation for the moment source is baseless and
worthless The republican party will he put on the de-
fensive in 1904, whether have democratic house
as the result of the fall elections not. The Ameri-
people but mad nor-nor'west. When the wind
blows southerly they know hawk from handsaw as
wen as Hamlet did The blame will be put where it
belongs in 1904 the republican party, which, in
spite OF democratic house. with republican senate
and republican president, will control legislation
The value of democratic house is in this very OBJ
struction deprecated by the republicans If the demo
Gratis having control of the house, obstruc and
prevent passage OF such legislation the ship sub
sidy BILL the Fowler money trust banking bill and other
proposed republican legislation of plumber the people
will be saved and will not be deceived to which
party they their salvation and to which party they
the attempt at their spolation The real crimi
nails viii not escape by the sationng of democratic
house policeman guard, and while the police
guard will not be able to arrest all the gang
until the people come to his assistance in 1904, his
presence will prevent the commission of further wrong
and he can sound upon his whistle such alarm as
win thoroughly the people to the fact that is
necessary TO come to the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-26
A Test of Circulation.
(Ffom the National Advertiser.


Once upon time there lived more than hundred
miles the city Chicago shrewd and thriving adver-
tiser who put patent medicine OF his compound
ing He advertised in the country papers all land
and he paid his bills down the nail with
He least
believed implicitly in their crcuatons told to him by
their publishers And that this advertiser
in looking around for scheme by which he might
cheaply supplement his ADVERTISING accidentally
schemer whose ideas grew apace
out OF his bald head got their together
and thought out new plan beat the postofice That is
not exactly beat it, but dodge its rules regards the
laws about second class matter Now those days
regulation which prohibited any publisher from
ing with his paper any supplement inset folder
OF an advertising character that printed the Office
of said paper and being to the contents
said paper But the rule did anything about
being put upon those 1t docs now believe but
that is another story, Kipng
Well the eonspirators to work and prepared four
page literary in two sizesseven and eight columns
wideand when they had the outline of ready they sent
proof of the front radiant color and beautiful
to the publisher every paper they advertising with
and thousand that carrying their ads
With the sample page Smpyworded letter setting
forth this going publisher
the. KuoNown knocker, beautiful
he could for Easter number The fourpape cover
would be filled with original stories poems jokes articles
etc. all by special writer's and the four pages would be
tfuy illustrated The top OF the front would be NOR
tised the each paper and each publisher could
gratis for nothing of these covers as he
could possibly use the only stipulation being that he the
publisher would pay the freight them when shipped to his
Office
When all these letters had been mailed there came hill
of days the bulk OF them had gone to distant
letters and sample had only been sent 10 nubh
papers conformed the sizes of covers and
the information about this was derived from the American
Newspaper Directory Soon business began TO be brisk
The mail sweled with orders for the covers but Al frs, -
per OF the replies Of the inqusive order W.
the have advertsnsi II So whose, II any
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-26
A Few Wrinkles In Chinese Education

From "The Empress Dowagers System of Modern Colleges
for China by Robert E. Lewis in the American Monthly
Review of Reviews for July,
Her majesty, rsu Hs has issued series of edies rom,
pletey upsettng the hoary educational system Of China
and substituting in its place modern colleges and schools IN
all the county seats the preectura cities and the provn
cia capitals preface succeeding DEGREES showed that
the dowager took herself seriously and would he
dangerous to trife with the reform measures which con
tnued TO be indited by the throne
The literary of China were startled tn read i; ,b;
papers edict Commanding the abolition OF the W.,
chang in examinations for literary degrees" and subst.
ing essays and articles modern matters and Western
laws constitutions and political economyl This edct az
iecs this year about million civil service student.
he ancient system OF military education was abolished
warning was gwen that modern military academies i; ,h
various provincial capitals be established The d
system of practising the bow and arrow ~ lei ~.
broadsword, with weights was acLnoa,dI 'ue
not OF the slightest use in turning out men for the 49,
hutter of excitement passed through the ceIes,;i
corps when the ediet promulgated amy
The vermion ink was scarcely dry on a srco.oa; -,
low decree when it was handed the telegranb $685.
me ancient capital who notified the Chinese world -
still greater innovation. The proclamation read VI
T. Isu Hsi, etc, command all existing coI,u. :. =,
empire (Contucian and Buddhs) to be turned rto 80,
ana colleges OF Western learning Each provinci.l
Is TO nave university like the Pekin UNIVERSITY t;t ~
colleges in the procedures districts 81 ~. WHIST inc
classes" ~ SECOND ana third
! shall not forget the amazement on N. f,o. -.
students they read this proclamation d Oh eninese
dertone, and then turned to ask The fi u IN un.
be true Was it TO be taken iteralyp woia u u II could
manded9 Why should the dowaeer no 49,; DC counter
erees TO these for which in 1875 The Esr" similar de-
was dethronedf e'of h~ang Hsu
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-26
THE ACRE AFFAIR.

1t is said that in Bolivia there is brewing deal of
bother district which lies in its northern terri
tory and is called Acre. The Monroe doctrine may be
brought into play by the United States Germany is
said to be the alert. Peru and Brazil each have
finger in the pie, and 1t remains to be seen whether
either will pull out a plum merely get her finger
sticky.
Sir Martin Conway, the English explorer became
convinced that Acre is a Ell Dorado and only need
ed capital to produce vast profits. He hied him to
New York and interested several Americans possessed
of money and speculative itching for more They
organized company and persuaded the Bolivian min
lister cede to them the Acre district which Is about
large Great Britain, in consideration of the pay
Bolivia of 60 per cent of the profits The ces
sion is absolute. The company is to own Acre, to be
its absolute sovereign, with army and fleet and tax
gaherers and all the appurtenances perqusites and
profits apperaining any of the governments of the
world.
Now Peru says Acre belongs to her. Brazil says
that the Amazon afuents, which the country
only outlets to the belong her. and that she will
close them to navigation The German emperor It is
said, will form similar companies with his Brazilian
coonsts is said that secretary of state is
mitted to the support of the Acre company, and will
therefore be obliged to sacrifice the Monroe doctrine
when Emperor William urges the Acre precedent
justification of his dolngs in Brazil, and that
will probably be drawn into Bolivia and Acres quarrel
with Peru and Brazil 1t is very pretty quarrel ii
stands and may develop In many remarkable and mo-
mentous ways
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-26
SOME PosTscRIPTs.

No Russian officer may marry until he IS 20. .
Since 1872 1000 miles of railroads have been iaia III inc
Japanese empire ,.
In Russia factories usually near forests Woou oes
still the chief fuel.
The number Of epers the Philippine islands is estina
ed at about
Vladivosok possesses the only crematorium that has
been erected in the whole Russian empire.
The Manchurian railway administration is constructing
at Charbin a hotel which will cost 100000 rounles
At recent exposition in Berlin trains OF ten or Twelve
cars were drawn on circular railroad by alcohol locomotives
The arthing daily paper started in Vienna lew months
ago has suspended publications owing financial difficulties
Spiders with in the forests of ava whose webs
strong that requires knife to cut through the we
told. -.
An estimate made that the railroads of this country this
year will expend $4oooooooo in betterment cutots rolling
stock etc.
Butte Mont, is famed through the Northwest from the
that has but single More to be set out and
cultivated
companies discharge all foreigners who refuse to become
Russian subjects.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-26
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

DR. Herz the Zionist leader has been summoned to the
Yildz palace by telegram from the sultan and VIII nego-
tiate for the acquisition Of concessions in Palestine permit
ting of the immigration and settlement Of Jews there,
After careful study and two trips to the Polar re-
gons Lindsay Dyche professor of natural history at
the Kansas university has arrived the conclusion that the
first human beings born and lived in the Arctic
The that King Oscar OF Sweden is writ
ing his memoirs hardly surprise for the
that he frequently and successfully ventued into liter
are that might reasonably be expected try his hand at
state chronicles and personal "reminiscences
DR. Louis Duncan Of New York, who has been appointed
as head Of department OF eectricca engineering the
Massachusetts, Institute OF Technology Of the best
known electrical engineers in this country having been twice
chosen president the American Institute OF Electrical En-
gineers.
The car OF Russia is by the only royal person.
age who ring which taismanc power attributed
by superstition The German kasers hand is always adorned
with queer old ring said be Hohenzolern talisman
Enthusiastically quaint legend says the ring brought
by a toad 70 the wife OF Eeetor John Of Brandenburg
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-26

advertising that the paper already carrying they Wan
TO know etc-a long string OF all kinds OF questions
these straight reply sentthere would be no advets
ing whatever the first three of the cover and notn
ing the fourth but the advertisement OF the m tnat was
giving the covers.
Well it was mighty good offer to these publishers any
how and the bulk of them It, The were Of COCO
paper the articles and illustrations of the best The tue ol
each paper mortsed in that it looked like private
enterprise Of each paper and the would certainty
have the publishers few dollars had they bought
in the usual way Inside OF month nearly two miihon
copies of the Easter had been ordered and hen
curious fachat had occurred to either the advertiser
the schemerwas noticed There orders there to
1880 copies from papers whose heads bore the head
line: Circulation 1000 guaranteed -
There were offers to 700 copies from publishers who
claimed type the order sheet circulation ana
there generally the greatest shrnkage OF figures
the respective products of the type and the pen hat inc
eheme had And apparently the publishers oo
realize that they giving themselves away lhe
did wish pay freight papers than they nao
unconseouy they told the truth about their eou
aons for any And the scheme was NOT
only great success but the ncovering scheme was Ger
tainly no failure. ~ ~ lNK'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-26
NOTE AND COMMENT.

EN-rnned States Senator Pettgrew of South Dakota is
undertaking speak for Mr.. Bryan 1t doubtful il he is
the Oriental hotel Coney Island and on last SUNDAY there
was GonterenGe there between him and half dozen or
During the conference Mr., Pettgrew who, by way
millionaire, did talking for publication Two things
he sad are attracting some attention One that he
and his friends we're preparing literature srew along the
pathway OF Mr. Bryan during the aers speech making
day OF two The other was that Mr. BRYAN and his friends
would have good deal TO do with shaping next Ma
they would form political pary~Sa1annoI Ne5yg
In interview few days ago Mr.. Bryan stated that he
knew nothing of the alleged party movement, and is
not unlikely that the whole thing originated in the energetic
brain of New England newspaper reporter People
should take Mr. Bryan at what he himself says Read his
speech delivered last Thursday night.
Americans says the Transcript are always right
eousy indignant with English papers devong so much
space the movements of the royal family They call it
not only waste OF but they call harder names OF
course, Americans will readily that there is wide dis
ncton between British chronclng where prince
of Wales unched yesterday and ohronieng the
important fact that Kermit Roosevelt has a new dog
from authoritative source that Senator Beyerdge Of In
diana ha? eIPresfd WILLINGNESS to make at least four
to private kilograms between Beveridge and Scott
eys speeches in Gamers behalf may have The campaign
is warning up
All risht-let him come, by all means few speeches
cords" Of votes-to Mr., Garner
4 \
The year before the Dingey was passed customs 20,
eetons $Io2oooooo, Last year they reached S16s
II will take the difference offset the renewal 81
F wax tariff ne s's States
tme,--St. Louis Globe Democrat VS." ~ ''S
Not single tax that bore upon the labor and artisan
classes. removed retors the Chattanooga Times The
outrageous rates manufactures put TO enable such
pulling infants the United States Steel CORPORATION 70
squeeze dividends out of the people of h
ntous stoek-those remain. It's blessed tariff we are
blessed with, truly,
Mr. Burton Smith is of the opinion SAYS the Indanapos
Sentinel that lawyers class losing their grin and
playing second fiddle 10 the captains industry What of
1t! So the preachers and doctors and editors Kings
have been in that state for time The truth is that the
lawyers should be happy to be allowed TO play any kind
fiddle, and most of them if there is fee attached
The policy Of trying regulate everything LARGELY re-
sponsoe Tor the activity OF special interests IL we had
kept within democratic bounds and had stretched ou
hand OF the government in aid of special interests and in
cted punishment with the other on interests az nother
kind we would not have horde Of lobbyists in the push an
our conventions and still pushing when
meet at Austin When interest finds favor among the
powers that be there always other demand
the same or more liberal treatment When an industry or
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-26
HOME AND FOREIGN PRICES UNDER REPUBLIC
AN RULE.

It is not only the steel trust that is enabled by the
republican protective tariff to sell its product at home
dearer than sells it abroad and TO charge Americans
more for the same goods than 1t charges foreigners
manufacturing establishments of all sorts doing
this same thing all the time.
Mr.. Griggs, the chairman of the democratic CON
gressional campaign committee, has been offering
ward of 500 for a special discount list.
Through the aid of some manufacturers who are
friendly to the democrats Mr. Grggs has been able to
secure some figures of the manufacturers export list
which is not special discount list the prices of which
lower still, but which shows the discrimination
made to foreigners at the expense of the American
people in startling figures
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-26
sHIPBUILDING INCREASED
(From the baltimore SUM

Shipping freghts low the present time and
in British ports be bought prices under their
three years ago, yet shipbudinG continues
creasng Loyds table of construction of vessels
shows that all nations in 1893 built 1871
40 tons in 1900, 1S4o747 tons in ao4633q in
a,3ofoa7 tons Iu the United Kingdom also. where
there is complaint of low freghs and unstable ships
there has been continuous increase in shipbudng from
i,3oI,3lS tons in 1893 to I,5oy,o7S tons in
Even in the last six months the Scotch yards have turned
larger than in the FIRST half OF any previous
year Including both sail and the record
the Scotch yards for the first half OF the year has
follows 1890, 2565Io 23asS4 tons 1901, a46-
7S2 9oa 59so4 The fact be that there
is superluy OF old ships slow ships but demand for
e ships ships with special fitness for trade
ditions. The voutae of the worlds traffic is all time
growing rapidly thanks to the development of old and
the exploitation OF ones that shipping is needed
yearly.
An oversuppy does not last long Universal and
fairly general prosperity increased production
creased exchanges and calls for ships 1t believed by
many that the world has entered long OF inter
national peace and commercial The unpopuarity
Boer largely the result OF general feeling that
with anaehronsm unworthy OF the This
ing may defer further But commercial
struggles will he of increased intensity.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-26
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

Helroarngj akesmith will protest against ts n 9 9
manner in which the president has dealt with y
Jacob should take his medicine like man and ~
stars that it is no worse.-LdrcdO Times.
Jake should remember that he is over the az y
should have lest the secretary of war should
own order to him.
A Mississippi murderer hanged yesterday sstas Y
thought that he would soon be in hell. Are y j
there awhile the probabilities are he won't teei -
boasting about it-WdfGhachie Light.
Doubtless even by this time he is willing y y
the climate he left wasn't so bad after ALL
It will be but short time until we have fropsH
midst.--F!dtoniG Record.
Somebody send you watermelon!
A republican has been found who actualy, ni W
eminent job Senator McLaurin declined me a1 h,
OF the United States court OF CLAIMS IMP =. ~
least, unusual and would like to take pest M
democrat who would rise up and refuse soo' ~ *
Sherman Register "a
No real democrat has so guilty conscience Y
has.
A French physician disputed Dr. Koehs .as'9 y 4
sumption can be transmitted and tried TO Prov 7,
inoculating himself with matter from eoS SSsas
fering with tuberculosis He now has wen y. S,i' II
Orange Daily Tribune. -
He has now learned the difference between w.
condition and theory.
Harry Tracy may conclude little; la'e' :"
pursuers to urrender.-YoGkum HerdId NJ
Possibly he will do as the Beers did-peln. .dss
to leave the country, provided they don't ''A' :
them,
ed ID u
Duncan Lockey, Holiness preacaassIl,, s att "a
was badly burned this morning at the mSn'
Sulphur Springs Evening NezUS
Did he make any remsrksH
Z 4 Z
President Roosevelt has discovered ms' bs il
Of industry" enemies OF the peopie, S,;ons al q
hood to rise above party policies and uans IL ~
that the trusts must be curbed. ny toL on X ssnhi
pulses Mr.. Roosevelt make himseh ~ TAD m
American people for president in 1904 ssaa5;,icrs
ticians lesson, If he will throw the tfsal'pI W, "a
of the republican party to the wind anu IKE tn;
for Justice TO Cuba, for a modification o. i;s s
suppression of trusts and against inc
from the constituton--El Pdso IfHe'. ,.nsi
The trouble with Roosevelt is that rs = :. .hsa
of announcing and dearth of curoins !, :. T., ii
the humble chicken and not eackle un'h ~
Mr.. Roosevelt has had picture rn H. 10 q.
act of jumping the fence. we woulTT h ere ihe ~
graphed jumping the tariff wall. ms
Wdxohdehie Eagle. ..,Misisj
A photograph of him Jumping tin''
either.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-26
THE DEFEAT OF RECIPROCITY.
(From the Baltimore Amcrican.)

The Philadelphia Public Ledger charges that the Cuban
reciprocity bill not kept from passing the senate by the
numbers persisency Of the beet senator's but
through the cowardice and insncer Of of its
tended advocates This charge based upon statement
Gently made by Senator Burton and verified Washington
has BEEN according the Ledger confirmed fact to the
satisfaction of President Roosevelt The thing was the
Ledger done in this Some of the republican lead
in the senate who pretended all the while be support
ing the administration in its fight for reciprocity
crety encouraging the beet resist and
ally furnished sufficient reinforcement to the Boxers to
keep their number fifteen to make that
il the bill should be brought from committee it could not
ceive ortyhve republican After laying this charge,
the Public Ledger upon what it claims be good
hoy that if the majority the committee had brought out
the bill there time when could not have been
passed. the actual beet sugar contingent numbering not more
than half dozen senators.
If these charges true-and to
doubt themthe is of almost objectionable duplici
II is pretty hard to conceive that senators would practice
such deception but sometimes do peculiar things,
and the evidence this time be against the sincerity
the majority The thing would have been strange
had it been that the administration pledged eci-
procity and energetic behalf Of it. Then, there the
sentiment of the country, which unanimously Endorsed the
proposition relieve Cubas distress To defy the admins
traon and a unanimous public sentiment and the
time thing the republican majority did not dare
attempt hence the scheme OF deception indicated invent
ed make the people believe the majority the mercy
OF a small contingent OF its force,