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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-24
WEATHER MAP WAS
SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.
That the Hopeful Estimates OF Sufficient
Rain to Undo Damage We're Not
Well Founded

New York. Aprli - Todny's transfers
q stocks again reached an aggregate VI
over iOoo,oO0 shares. hut the animal on
% the speculation is decidedly dctrrlor4.tel
from the nearly 2.0U.UoO share business os
Monday
There was grea, variety In the dealings
today, hut the undertonc ~ tho market was
decidedly heavy al day ana the advances
IN some portions OF the Ist we're Insult
Client To- clear IN the tone The weather
news from the Western grain regions was
the central topic ~ discussion Prices were
successfully turned upward durfug the
ut1ilugs. the grain carriers beisp fnpv f.
tlc advance. in the case Of AtchisoH the
opening rise WINS IA. but half an hour litcr
NhtH trading began be- the grain markets
Win prices strongly advancing, these stock,
gave way
The government weather map was sun
cent evidence that yesterdays a6hefni cs.
Inmates Of sufficient rain to undo any dam.
ase already done We're not well founded
the strong rise IN the corn market also
helped 30 deprcfs stocks Notwithstanding
the nulibc,iAoud OF any accurate kuowIcd.
OF this time Of the chances NJ the ton
crop. Bpt the pydcuce al hama from duy
10 day ~ the farrcachlug effect of last
year, corn shortage j. SO Impressive mat
the speculative MIND VIII eventually be
very sensitive to the PROSPECT OF tile com
ing crop OF that stuul'.
lhrre was q renewal ~ the recent active
demand for the rOaicrs. the Headings s~aiu
taxing tie read on the supp"sition that the
srtiipuc nt Of the wage dispute is utni
nrut. Wien. however. II was perceived
that the strength IN this section " Tao
utrkcf hIh little eject in checking The
dtibblns liquidation of Western railroad
stocks. the movements OF the coaiers ceased
aId prices reacted there
Efforts wore made ou behalf of the large
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-24

Ncw York. April 81 business ir drF
goods market today has been nn 90 decidedly
uuiCt scale better feeling however. IS
evidenced owing To the improved v hiher
conditions and iobbcrS l00a t.r -ubstaa.it,
recorders The market closed quiet NJ I'M
changed prices.
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london FinancLaI CahIe.

New York. April - The Commercial Nd.
stocks were still brisk md confident so
dFy. cspecldllv Investment Issues. touSol-.
which sold AT 34A gave good toua Co
trading American Ttocks p"1ted Ncs-"r-
DAVIS movement. although business was
much less.
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London Corsols.

Loudou April -. Corsn,s for money
gi iG; account 49, HIr silver dHIl 2i5 81
por ounce. Money 2hfi5 prr cent. lliS
count for short bills ~ three months Oils
- I ltN14 per cent.
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SUGAR.

= New Orleans, April 23-Sugar steady--
Open Kettle 3ieN8 3,i6 open Kettle con
trifugai a1i3la centrifugal yellow af3d3S;
seconds sIsFiSiS Molnsses dull; centrifugal
TN1s
feir refining az: centrlfneal D8 test So
molasses sugar ~
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CHICAGn.

Including 200 Texans; market ss,is asoo -
suons TO 10 higher good to prime sts ss
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NEW YORK EXclIANGE.

Reichuiarks. CONNER rolay; lcst IS{ y,
cial. 90 days .. "a 1916 ~ 1916
Commercial ~ days. 8 Sii4s So
Bankers. ~ days.. z s4l5 800
Spinncrs .J.lSs j-lss
Francs commercial ~
DAYS ,...... ......5 1874 Ji'A
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SPECULATION WAS DULL.
SPOTS GAINED STRENGTH.
Bulls More Confident on Statistical Posi-
tion--Attention is Directed to May
"Notice Day"
AT THE CLOSE.

Liverpool, ~ &c f-64d higher.
New York, to 4 points higher.
New Orleans, 2 TO z points higher.
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Wool, free medium, 20 ~
months, free from burs .....iO @lte
Wool, free fne, 20 70 months 09Hg10r
HfcsWgI ....... ............... 70 Gi92c
Glue ...,.,..,............. 06 eiQTt
Prime tallow ..,.,..............o 3lgQO4c
St Louis. April -. Wool nominaI-Me-
dlum grades ipsMfT; light hne t2014;
heavy me 9dli; tub washed 1iil24.
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COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.

z. o. 4. mill Texas interior poiats. g
Cordiug 10 location. fet saiyu'
Prime crude OH, loose ...,. 9tsae
Prime summer yellow 81 j,'%a ~
Per ton.
INVITE toosa S 90 q
plnue cotton seed meal. "a ~
Prime cotton seed cake = w a,q
Quotations on prime H'tuh ~ daltTsIy
o. Galveston.
lfcmpbis. Aprll -. Cotton seed Sr
PriIrc crude Stlh; on crude aip%n ~
sCnrlrer yellow ~; dH Sgin i,,i,, Sless tlai
car'c,fd lots. r.. Meal and caAe-ri'-
=. go. Ito OF nomilal.
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COTTON MADE SMALL ADVANCE

reached IN the arst hair Of tho moruifE
Fluctuations varied n6rrowly mtll after the
midday cnil when slow decline St Ia
aud carried the scale near 70 the Bottom
again within the next hcnr 4 3 70 {.
point improvement appeared IN the follow
Ing thirty minutes and formed The ievel
that ruled until the final call took place.
In the net August advanced l point. Sep
tember 4 and the balance Of the list went
2 and 3 points higher
New York started 1 point up 70 point
below tie previous close A small decline
sppeard at once. after whiem there IVES
IN upward move TO the highest cf the day
within the 6rst hour A slight drop foi
lowed, hut did not become pronounced until
near midday when bottom prices w,ro
touched on the noon call A 2-polut recoy-
cry occurred shortly after and made The
range that extended uutl near the close
Nhea another >maIi bulge was recorded.
In the net result October Increased . points
November :. December Is and the other
options gained and points, sales so the
four American markets amounted Ca 3sOs
bales. spot quotations were NOT altered.
Friday. April -. is notice day" for
May.
a small excess appeared in the seward
movement Receipts ot all ports for the
dap Vesa l2.Gu bales compared with IL, S24
,or the corresponding day Of last year
Since Friday tacy have been 43s67 bales.
cUiN1ared Wiih i5,S-B for the same time
la~i week and 4t,I43 foU the corresponding
time % lnst year. Thurs far ia the season
they hTYe been 1ulj 20 bulcs compared
vita hjJ4.Jlp iur thr corresponding Time
vt last season Exports since Friuay haye
H.4.fa |asH s..fH sFff N - for
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fiouaton paiN S.atement.


Gross receipts thus far tins wcck DNIl
Gross receipts - days tiis season sac, ia
lross receipts 2;i5 days 1883 1850. I. Us, 800
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HIpEs ANp WOOL.

500 a.sse 4e3. lo7 -,
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comparisons
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21

! must keep. The flames drive him on.
There is no stopping, no turning back
One falls in front and the others tram
PIE him to nothing as they rush on
When the flames creep around him they
burn only a shaDeless mass o. something
which once had been life.
This, too, is success-a mad stampede
of all humanity. fleeing from they know
not what toward something no man IN
derstands.
Success IS not only a tnskmasier; after
that FIRST supreme Joy OF attainment it is
a master. complete. cruel. driving. urg-
ing. ccaxing. cajoIing. but never for one
moment stopping
The only success which amounts to
anything is that which is the result OF
personal effort Success sings a song Of
hope. and tramples us to death while the
strains ring in our ears. Success which
filings a bag of yellow metII into our
arms is not the best sort. IN race gold
is dead weight to carry.
There is such a thing as a success that
is turdensome. The successful man has
to live up to his reputation. When the
taskmaster drives him hard it is not an
easy thing to do.
1t is the desire of all men to walk hand
in hand with success They never boast
OF what they have done when the realiza-
tion comes that they are not their own
masters. Success first beckons and then
drives It never walks calmly By our
side.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
WANTS SILENT BANQUETs.

The other morning. says the kansas
City Journal" Eugene Ware found the
following, from which dates and names
are omitted in his mail:
My Dear Ware: note that you have
positively refused to say word for pub
LEGATION or make z speech since your ap-
pointment as Pension Commissioner. 1
believe you are the man to pioneer a
great reform by taking the lead in or
ganizing a society which might be called
the SDhinxes. It's membership should
embrace all officers Of the army and navy
and all aDpointive officers in the service
Of the Government. It should be required
on the condition Of extreme penalties that
no member shall make a speech or give
out an Interview. Once a year there
should be banquet at Washington after
the fashion Of other social organizations.
At this banquet every guest should re-
main absolutely siIent-baging no toasts.
no speeches. no conversation on topics Of
a public misunderstanding the atmos-
phere with 9nIy such sounds as the cIat-
ter Of knives and forks and the gurgle Of
high balls"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
Comfort by the Almanac

The present warm wave is likely
to bring happiness to a good many
hundreds of sbivering aat-dweIIers
in New York, Chicago, and other
| Northern cities where the jaIi-
tors let the fires go out on May I,
regardless of the state of the
weather. The cool spring days
which have been so great a delight
to Washington have been full of
ehills, pneumonia, and catarrh for
these unfortunate beings.
That is one of the prices which
must be paid for the privilege of
dwelling in an apartment house
and evading the cares of a separ-
ate mansion. In ones own house
one can regulate the stoves, the
fireplace, or the furnace by the de-
mands Of comfort and the capacity
of the individual pocketbook. If
there is still frost in the air on the
first of May it is perfectly possible
to buy little more coal and keep
the fires running, or indulge in
slight blaze IN the fireplace night
and morning, or adopt the expe-
dent of the gas stove. But the
fiat-dweIler is at the mercy of the
ianitor and the landlord, and
though he be half frozen on the
second of May, his steampipes re-
main cold and unresponsiye. 1t is
the same way in early autumn
September Is may be frosty, and
October 1 as warm as a summer
day, but the fires are kindIed on
the first of October, not before CT
after; and they are not allowed to
go out until May 1, though it is
/ sometimes matter for conjecture
where all the heat goes.
Perhaps some day we shall solve
the problem of individual comfort
in collective housekeeping. 1t is
the great problem of modern civ
ilization- There are many things
in which cooperation will lessen
expense and increase comfort, but
we cannot sacrifice our fndivid-
uaIity for a mess of pottage. When
a way has been discovered by
which we may have both tie pot
tage and the individuality, the mil
! lennium BiIl have come.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
THE TYRANNY OF THINGS

IlTT~
sensible
helpful IDEAS which to be hoped that American wOankind viii
q maerialie morality Of Miss
its strict ubordnaon ALL beautiful
than ultudinou
This the chaotic American
which
perfect
thing which
a
condition
neither useful
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21

carried across the neck of land between
Lewiston. on the lower river, and the
point selected by La Sale ab0va The fails.
This spot has been well located On the
Jackson Angevine farm, and there the
monument to his memory and deeds Is to
be erected La Sale remained with the
men until he saw the keel laid, and then
he led other men to the mouth Of the
river to take advantage OF the permit Of
the Indians to erect a fortified ware
house. Two biockhouses we're built. and
were later destroyed by ire while La Sale
was absent at Fort Frontenac.
La Sale arrived at Niagara again in
August, 1879. only to find that his credit
ors and enemies had welI-nigh ruined him
However. his boat. the GriTon. was ready
to sail. and in the proceeds Of q trading
voyage he sought financial aid. In order
not to delay this enterprise he abandoned
everything else. ard it was under these
conditions. this inspiration of his previous
reyerses. that La Sale set sail Up the
Niagara to Lake Erie in the GrifIcE
From that tine the commerce Of the
great chain of lakes mas been ever ca the
increase. until today it has attained a
magnitude of vast commercial Importance.
When the people of the various cities On
the lakes view the commerce Of their
ports. 1t may be interesting for them to
know that on the afternoon OF May q, the
monument to La Sale viii be unveiled
in the quiet country suburb of La Sale,
FIVE miles eastward from the Cataract Of
Niagara.-Detroit Free Press.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
BUILDERS OF THE STATE

At the annual meeting of the Society
of Colonial Wars of New Jersey. Richard
Watson Glider read the following original
poem:
Who builds the State? Not he whose
power,
Rooted in wrong. IN go!1 !ntrenched.
Makes him the regent of the hour;
The eternal light can Aot be quenched.
| This shall outlive his little span;
Shine fierce upon each tainted scheme;
Shall show where shame bIots all the
plan;
The treachery in the dazzling dream
He builds the State who builds on truth.
Not he who. crushing toward his aim.
Strikes conscience from the throne and
ruth,
To win dark, unpiteous fame.
Not he, though master among men
Empire and ages all his thought
Though like an eagle be his ken:
Down to the ground shall all be brought.
For this hold. and shall for aye
Till Heaven sends death-that they who
sos
Hate. and the blood of brothers. they
Shall harvest hate and wan and woe.
The curse of Earth's dread agcnfes
Whereto they added in their hour.
And ali the UNDECIDED tears and cries
They caused in lust of IawIess power.
He builds the State who to that task
Brings strong, clean hands and purpose
pure;
Who wears not virtue as a mask;
He builds the State that shall endure:
The State wherein each loyal son.
Holds as birthright from true sires
Treasures of honor, nobIy won.
And freedoms never-dying fires
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
HlNDOO EDITORS

In amusing candor and ingenuity of ex-
cuses the average editor might learn
something from mis- Hindoo brother, who,
when anything goes wrong with the pa
per for which ne is responsible, is as fer
tile in excuses as a Chinaman.
When the first copy of q new Hindoo
newspaper made its appearance recently
its subscribers were amazed to see that
nearly half of it consisted of empty col
gmns. The following editorial note, how
ever explained this vagary: I'VE regret
that this. our maiden number. should lack
completeness, due TO nziseaiculation. We
thought we had sufficient material, and
consequently did not trouble to collect
more We can assure our fndulgent read
ers that this viii not occur again, and
we trust the quality Of the contents will
make Up for the lack OF quantity
Another Hindoo editor found 1t neces-
sary to suspend the publication OF his
paper for fortnight without a warning.
When the paper again made its appear
ance t contained this amusing notice:
We regret that, owing to misunder-
standing with q rival editor, in which we
failed to get all the best of the argu-
ment. II was necessary for US to retire
unexpectedly from the conduct Of this pa
per for the space OF two weeks, during
which we have had opportunity of devis-
ing certain improvements which We pro
pose to introduce into It. The rival edi-
tor, We regret to report, is still con-
fined TO his home"
When the HIadoo editor wishes to rest
for a tine from his Iabors ne calmly and
confidently announces the fact in these,
or similar. words: ''As we are beginning
to feel the physical and mental effects of
a years unremitting devotion to the in
terests of our readers. we feel it due to
them that we should take the rest which
our lahors in their behalf demand and
deserve, and as a natural consequence
beg to notify that this paper will cease
70 appear 70: the space of four weeks"
short time ago an Indian newspaper
appeared with two very conspicuous blank
columns on the front page. The editor ex-
planned this ecccntricity thus: I'VE had
reserved this space for al exceptionally
powerful article On a subject of universal
interest to our readers. but at the last
moment We find that the article cannot
be compressed within the two columns
reserved for it. It will make its appear
ance next week. Los Angeles Herald
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THE IRISH CURATE.

Indeed. the irish cuIate in himself, has
undergone Of late a notable transforma-
ton He is more cultured man than his
predecessors Of fifty. OF even twenty years
ago. but then his mental qualities and ac-
quirement are more on a plane Those
irregular salIies Of originality. those sud
den strokes Of raw wit and talent. that
once cuickened the wit of the clergy are
far more rare low than they formerly
were. Native talent among the clergy
does not seem to have grown with the
growth OF literary culture, says a writer
in "Donahue's Magazine" There are
many writer's III high order among the
Irish clergy OF today, but fewer licensed
Jewelers. in the field Of politics and pole
mics The IrisF, eurate has taken to learn
ed essays and refined eclectics. He is an
expert and a Iilettante in the matter of
criticism, Biblical and liturgicaI. His is
well-known name in high-class maya
zines. For he is no longer an enthusiast,
a humorist, OF what used to he called in
college cant a genius" Neither is he
what students Of yoge used to dub Ger
tain loud mouthed and lazy class of their
coIIegemates, "a general man" Nor, in
deed. does he covet that doubtful eompI-
ment. He adopts speciaIties and he ex-
GELS In them IN all this he is wise and
suits himself to his times. The DAYS of
the theological bludgeon land of the theo-
logical Iapier Hkewisel are over and done
with
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
IS THERE A TYPICAL AMERICAN GIRL
By REGINALD B. BIRCH. of New York.

believe that before the war there was
distinctly American sype Of girI-a fra
gle, dainty woman. with extraordinarily
tiny hands and feet and an intense re-
pugnaace to any kind of physical exer-
ton. In fact, it has been my privilege to
meet some OF these dear ladies' in their
old age. still delicately beautiful. with
the same enchantingIy small hands and
feet and most lively and scornfgl con
tempt fer the athletic proclivities Of the
girl of today.
I think one of the things that makes Us
assume the American girl. as type. to
have already arrived is the fact that she
is generally Sc easily picked eut from any
crowd-especialIy abroad. But this. 10
my mind. is rot so much due to any char
acteristics Of form or features as It Is to
her exquisite taste in dress and the way in
which she wears it
a FrenchEaa once said to ne: Zone OF
the most refreshing things about your
woman is that she absolutely refuses to
wear anything unbeceming to her, even
though it may be the height of fashion.
and consequently she has an individuality
which is charming
To my idea. notwithstanding the rapid
ity with which We do most things. we
must wait for some years to come. until
all the various and complete elements Of
cur Heterogeneous population have settled
doyn; and then. and only then, shall ne
develop racial type che finest the world
las ever seen. c-abodying as Il must all
that is best OF every race-moraly, men
tally, aud physically. !.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21

7 T seems TO me that the typical Ameri-
can girl is non-existent-that is to
I say. In an enormous country like
ours. with a population SO varied.
persistently added to by almost every
civilized people under the sun. many
years must elapse before the development
of distinct racial type, such as is IN
mistakabIy shown in the English, French,
German Italian. and other nations
Even where the earlier American types
are least affected by the admixture of
foreign blood, they still are different. The
girl of the East is quite distinctive from
her Western sister. while the Southern
girl differs again from the Northerner;
and comparisons could be carried still
further were we TO include other sections,
such as the Middle West. etc
It Is naturally fattering to our vanity
when. in the drawings OF Mr. Gibson, we
find a tall, Siilowy creature Of goddess
like proportions and queenIy carriage
whom we confidently point out to the be-
nighted foreigner as the Typical Ameri-
can Girl fear at the expense Of the
truth.
Had all of US Mr. Gibson's genius, We
might gee the American girl as she ap-
pears to bis eyes. and this, no doubt
would be a boon 10 his small army OF
imitators But even admitting the ex-
istence of such a girl, the fact that she is
tabulated the society giri'' at once makes
her typical of only very limited portion
Of the womankind of this country.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
A MONUMENT TO La SALE

4 FTER two centuries and more the
u name and fame of Cavalier de La
Il Sale is to be honored By the
erection of monument bearing 9
suitable tablet. on the site where IN May,
1879 he built the first boat known to have
sailed the great upper lakes. This beat
was named the Griffon-
1t was on November IS, 1878. that La
Motto. Hennepin and fourteen others
started from Fort Frentenac in a Teton
brigatine for Niagara, and On December
5, they rounded the point now known as
Fort Niagara. and their craft crept into
the mouth OF the Niagara river. They
anchored there-as ths5 recorded it, in
the beautiful River Niagara, which no
bark had ever yet entered" On December
II, 1873, Hennepin said the first mass on
this point Of land. and it has gone down
in history as being the first mass ever
said IN this territory. Id Sale had left
Fort Frontenac some time after La
Notes departure, intending to go to the
site of the fort he projected at the mouth
Of the Niagara However, he narrowly
escaped being saipEreckcd. and landed al
the mouth of the Gt1esee River He
visited the chief Seneca village, met the
chiefs, and obtained their consent to the
building of a vessel above the Niagara
cataract. and the establishing of a forth
fed warehouse at the mouth of the
river.
He Immediately set to work to build
the vessel. Ali the tools, rope, etc, were
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
By
Hon. WILLIAM FLEISCHMAN,
Mayor of Cincinnati,


owed or fair There is no stopping. no
turning back. Therein lies the horror of
it. Each person has his place. That
place he must keep. a moments turning
aside. pause to rest beneath the cIus-
tering masses Of green that line the high
the blooms Divinity sets down. and the
place is gone; the others have outstripped
US,
On the Western plains, over the end
less levels into the gray-broBn distances.
day after day hand of cattle grazes its
leisurcly way Sunlight, starlight, moon
light. it matters little to the lazy bovines,
so long as the bunch grass is sweet and
the spring still flowing Under the stars
they lie at ease, chewing away on their
respective cuds-quiet, save now ana then
an occasional moo, as some careful COW
mother finds the others crowding her off,
spring too closely. or a Iong-horned steer
rises and bawls With sheer happiness.
Into the peace Of thc herd asleep steals
the sense of a danger coming. Through
the prairie's black vastness leaps line
of fame. The bunch grass. which but an
hour ago was food, is now the hand of
Death With bellows and dusty pawings
and hoarse, half human screeches. the
cattle leap 10 their feet and run, MAJ
dened. away from the swiftly approaching
fire line.
Each one has his place That place he