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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-08
Houston paiIy statement.
Houston Connaratlve Statement.

Gross receipts thus Tar this week. n. s6J
Gross receipts 15a DAYS this season. I. $50, $40
Gross receirts IBn DAYS 1900. 1891 i SRI. Ri
Gross receipts $50 days 1890 1900. .1.55S.02I
Housfo, Railroad Rnorints
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"a. to Total sales Tor the day Gs4,7oo shares.
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Houston's estimated receipts for today
arc $500 TO 1900 bales against 5647 last
year. New Orleans expects $500 TO 6ooo
bales, against Gs25 last ycsr.
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ALL FEATURES BULLISH
AND ANIMATION THE RULE.
Values Steadily Absorbed Liquidation
and Removing the Pressure Went
Up Like Magic.
AT THE CLOSE:

AT THE CLOSE:
Liverpool. I to 2-e4d higher
New York, to 10 points higher.
New Orleans, 10 to points higher.
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"Not Included in totals because contain.
Ing other Items than clear.ng-

totals . -. sas-ao7os7 aa.7 -.
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COTTON MARKET QUOTATIONS

The range OF prices at New York and
New Orleans for the active months was
as follows.
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What Causes Foqs.

Fogs are, generally speaking,
caused by the precipitation of the
moisture of the atmosphere. They
are formed when warm stratum
of atmosphere comes in contact with
a cold stratum OF with a portion of
the earth's surface, as hill, by
which it is cooled SO that it can no
longer hold as much moisture in So
luton as before. This causes the
frequent fogs in mountain regions.
When cold stratum of air comes
over a moist, warm part of the
earth's surface, fog is also formed.
This is the cause of the mists that
appear over lakes, rivers and marsh
es in the evening, since the water is
then warmer than the atmosphere
above it. The blackness and density
of London fogs are caused by the
simple fact that the mist formed in
the upper air mingles with the as
cending clouds of smoke from hun
dreds of thousands of chimneys and,
descending, brings the smoke with it
and settles like a pail above the
buildings and in the streets OF tho
city.
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What a Dozen Is.

The child is taught at school that
a dozen means twelve every time,
but when the child grows into a
man he finds that dozen is a very
elastic term. A bakers dozen is
thirteen, and so is a publishers or a
news agents in many parts of the
world. In some sections a dozen of
tish means twenty-six, and there are
other anomalies of this kind. But
to find dozen indicating anything
from two to fifty it is necessary to
go to the earthenware trade.
Here the size and weight of ar
ticles decide how many make doz-
en-, and in jugs, bowls, plates and
so on there are two, four, six, eight
or mere to the dozen. A dozen COM
posed Of twelve articles is a very un-
usual thing in the wholesale pottery
trade, and es result there are few
clerkships more difficult to hold
than in this line. I tried the work
once and failed ignoniniously. To
have to find the cost of 500 articles
at so much a dozen when that dozen
may mean anything is very diff
cult task until q man gets thorough
ly used to it.-St. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat,
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PHILOSOPHY or LAUGHING.
Optimism. Supreme sedatIve-worrv
Is Bad For tho Health.

Optimism Supreme sedatIve--Worrv
Is Bad For tho Health.
/ Again word about the philoso-
phy OF laughter. When the system
Is nerved and is making conscious or
unconscious effort, the nerves that
tighten the walls of the blood ves-
sells are hard at work, and pressure
In the arteries is great; but hearty
laugh, as Brucke's interesting exper.
iments show, tends to bring the
blood over into the veins where there
Is no pressure, relieves the arteries
and brings the exquisite sensations
OF relaxation of rest. This is IA
vored even by the attitude Of a
hearty laugh. To draw in full
breath, throw back the head, open
the mouth and let the expiration
"gurgle forth with sonorous inter-
mittence," to quote phrase. from
the PHILOSOPHY of Laughter" and
to do it again and again slowly
throws off the chains of the worlds
great taskmaster and brings lis back,
back toward the primeyal paradise,
where there was nothing but Joy,
and sin and eorrow were unknown.
Once more, optimism is one Of
the supreme sedatives. There arc
men who worry because the sun will
sometimes go out art the earth grow
dead and cold like the moon, OF the
coal measures be exhausted, or the
fertile areas of the world dry UP
because Of the denudation of for
ests, but the philosophy of health is
that the best things have not hap
pened; that mans history has only
just begun; that, on the whole, there
has been steady progress; that in
virtue, comfort, knowledge, arts, re-
ligion and nearly if not quite all the
essentials of the further develop
ment of man, faith in human nature
and belief in a future better than
the present is the conclusion of ev-
cry philosophy of development and
evolution. vt is our good fortune
to live in day of the evolution of
evolution, and this is giving new
meaning to the very word progress
and makes us feel that the world is
rational and benefcent to the core
and that where conscious purpose
and effort fail we sink back into ev-
erlasting arms. This is sanifying
point of view authorized now by
both science and religion and is a
good psychic state to sleep on or in
which to enter the great rest.-Ains-
lees Magazine.
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Character In umbrelIaa.

Ones character is said to be re-
vealed with infallible accuracy by
the way he holds and carries an UNI
brella. One enthusiast, who has
made study of the public's umbrel-
la manners, has announced that he
would want no better guide in choos-
ing his wife than to watch her furl
and carry her umbrella.
The man who pokcs you in the
ribs with his umbrella, for instance
does not alone announce by such ar
act that he is rude or careless. Tc
the experienced eye he actually Law:
bare the innermost secrets of his
character.
Th, man or woman who carries
an umbrella with the point back
ward and downward is unasscrtivc
On the other hand, persons who il
walking carry their umbrellas b,
the handles, with the points cont:n
ually extended or pointing forward
will be found self assertive and en-
crgetic. The pedestrian who grab
an umbrella in the middle and goe
forging ahead with it in this posi-
ton is likely to be found alert, bu
of q selfish, even conceitcd disposi
ton.
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superstitIons About Crows.

There are perhaps few who have
not heard of crows that cone is
lucky, two is unlucky, three is
health, four is wealth, five sickness
and six DEATH" The unluckiness OF
one living crow is of ancient date,
since the Greeks believed that if
such a bird appeared at wedding
breakfast there would be divorce
to avert which all roared out,
Maiden, scare away the crow!''
But Of far greater antiquity was the
belief that if the one crow were
dead the evil portent also perished,
since, according to Horus Apollo, it
signifed extreme old age or very
long life. According to what Hest
cd tells us, the crow lives nine times
as long as a man.
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Too Much Fault Flndlnu.

Henry Crabb Robinson, the kind
ly and philosophic barrister, once
gave an effecttal rebuke to the hab-
it of fault finding. It was, as we
read in his diary, during visit to
Paris.
He had spent the day in sightsee-
ing with a London acquaintance,
who said to him at parting, "I will
call for you tomorrow"
81 viii shank you not to call" re-
piled Robinson. ri would rather
not see anything else with you, and
I will tell you frankly why. I came
to Paris to enjoy myself, and that
enjoyment needs the accompaniment
Of sympathy with others. Now, you
dislike everything and find fault
with everything. You see nothing
which you do not find inferior to
what you have seen before. This
may be all very true, but it makes
me uncomfortable. So I shall be
glad to see you in London, but no
mere IL Paris"
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FATIGUE SENSE.
the Feeling That Notifies Man When
1t 10 Time 70 Rest.

the Feeling That Notifies Man When
1t 10 Time to Rest.
Il hardly know who are most to
be Pitied, the rich or idle and lazy
who underworld or the very poor who
must overwork to live" says a writ
er in Ainslee's. ''The former grow
iiabby or tense, according to their
heredity, in both muscle and mind
become fastidious, fnicky and SEN
timental, arc especially prone to
yield to temptations of drink and
excesses, must aimlessl3 change
their interests, location and pur-
suits from sheer ennui, are easily
bored and finally lose the power Of
being strenuous about anything.
Ihe effects of an inactive life upon
the offspring are sometimes sadly
and markedly degenerate.
"The overworked, especially if
young, are prone to many forms Of
arrest. Children are undergrown in
both height and weight. They are
robbed of the paradise of leisure.
which is the literal translation of
the Greek word school. Tho high
ideals and ambitions normal to ado
lescence fade into n dull state of
apathy and Encouragement and at
worst of smoldering revolt against
the existing order Of things. To be
always tired is miserable, and indi-
vidual or social misery is a powder
magazine liable to explode at any
time.
"Man is endowed with a fatigue
sense that tells him when he is
tired. 1t seems to be specific feel.
ing, due perhaps to accumulated
| products of decomposition in tho
muscles. This pain tire is a warn.
ing to stop or let up. It is, however
possible to press on in defiance of it
and if we persist in SO doing there
comes point when this fatigue
sense is itself fatigued and tired out
and ceases to act. This is wher
runners get their second breath
when those beginning night worl
have fought through the period O
sleepiness that comes when the,
have been wont to 60 to bed and fee
very wide awake and alert, as if the,
could go OH forever. But the da,
of reckoning comes. They are nov
living on their capital, which is be
ing rapidly overdrawn."
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A Judge Of Sermons.

A clergyman in Scotland> invited
Bishop Selwyn to preach in his
church. AS usual his lordshiP gayo
an impressive and beautiful sermon,
which at the same time was perfect
!y plain and simple The rector was
delighted and said as much on meet
ing one of the most regular members
of his congregation.
"Well, sir, don't think so much
OF it," rejoined the man. cit was
so simple any child could have un-
derstood it. For my par::, like a
sermon which. contuses your head
for a week. I don't know any which
beats yours for that, sir." London
Tit-Bits.
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A Patron Of the Realistic school.

'Do you prefer realism or the
ideal in art?" asked Mrs. Oldcastle
as they sat down in corner of the
magnificent library Of the new
neighbors.
"Oh," said her hostess, "I would
not have anything but realism as
long as we can afford it. Of course
If people amt got much money I
s'pose that them chromos are better
than nothing for the poor things,
but I just told Josiah when we COM
menced building this place that
there wouldn't be anything except
real paintings in it if I could have
my way, and every. picture here is
realism. Chicago Record-Herald.
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A safa asfuae.

a certain wild beast tanner had
been on bad terms for some time
with one of his neighbors, and the
other day, as the result of violent
quarrel, the latter, with friend, at
tackled the former just before he
was timed to give his performance.
The tanner, unwilling to make a
scene, took refuge in the lions den.
Judge of the amusement of the
spectators when they beheld the two
men standing in front of the cage
and shouting through the bars at
regular intervals:
Come out of that, you big cow
ard! Come out of that !"-Chums.
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A simp,e Chance.

The little daughter of the house
watched the minister who was MAX
ing a visit very closely and finally
sat down beside him and began to
draw on her slate.
"What are you doing?' asked the
clergyman.
'1,m making your picture" said
the child.
The minister sat very still, and
the child worked away earnestly.
Then she stopped and compared her
work with the original and shook
her head.
81 don't like it much," she said.
",Tain't a great deal like you. I
think III put q tail to it and call it
a dog"
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WAYS OF THE sHAp.
Their Mlsraslons and How They Live
at Spawning Time.


at Spawning Time.
Shad fishing is hard and precari-
GUS work. The fisherman must
count on having his clothes always
soaked with icy April water. Often.
too, the nets come in empty, and
then there is nothing to do but to
make another cast and hope for bet
ter luck.
A remarkable fact noticed by fish.
ermen is that the identical shad ap-
parently frequent the same streams
year after year. To prove this they
point out that those taken in Flor
ida waters are smaller than shad
caught in the north, while in diff
terent streams the fish differ in form,
thickness and shape.
After entering the rivers the shad
take little if any food previous to
spawning, but aftcrward they will
52te at flies or any shining object
floating in the water. They have
even been known to snap at artifi.
clal bait. The toothlcss mouth of
tho adult is unfit for feeding upon
anything except minute animal mat.
ter found in the water. Food is rare
~ found in their stomachs, tho only
substance commonly seen there be.
ing something closely resembling
black mud. From this it is sup:
posed that the shad swim with
mouths extended, swallowing the
animal life that swarms in the va
ter and on this growing plump anl
sweet.-Outing.
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When 1 again 1ookeI back thu
dog vas not more shan 800 Yards
away, and the base of the hill was
still mile off.
a. spasm Of terror seized me. but
to my surprise the great brute sud
denly sat down on his launches and
howled plaintively.
Z 1t was minute or two before he
found the trail, again. If his NAL
edX bad sdimmed' his sight and con-
fused him, there was still q chance
2ormes but it'Naa a,slim.one.
With tremendous effort broke
forward Lon my last run. This time
{ would reach the hill or turn at
the last moment and die, making a
vain effort to choke the monster.
The bloodrushed to my head, and
! could hardly see anything as I
darted on at the top of my speed.
The hound was rapidly making
headways and at last seemed to have
ne In view. A glance over my shoul-
der showed him not hundred yards
behind.
Everything wss II wwhhiirrii wwhhiirrii. Some
body was riding out from behind
the hill and coming my way. The
hat, the riding habit could not
be mistaken-it was Sallie Bolton.
Bat my race was nearly run. Even
with help in sight 1 could bear up
no longer. The girl was riding like
the wind, and I could see that she
had lasso in one hand.
l knew that this cattle queen, as
the cowboys called her, could do
anything almost with a lasso, but
would she get there in time? K
The man eater came bounding on,
and Sallie rode straight at him like
a little thunderbolt. She whirled
the lasso over and over around her
head, and-bue it was too late. I
could hear the dog painting behind
me!
A wave of darkness rolled over me
as I fell to the ground just as I
heard something swish through the
air.
But l was up in minute-just in
time to see my rescuer give a-pulf
that tighte!.ed the lasso around the
dogs neck. A few convulsions, and
the dog was strangled-dead within
six feet of me. Ny thanks were cut
short by the appearance of Light
wagon driven by one of Bottoms
neighbors, who offered to take me
back to the ranch, an invitation not
to be declined under the circum-
stances.
Sallie Bolton rode on ahead, and
when [ reached the house her father
was waiting to congratulate me upon
my escape. cit was Pedro's work."
he said. sHe unlocked the door and
set the dog on your trail-at least T
think;so. He had key, and he has
disappeared"
Undoubtedly it was PeS$o. He
had been trying to pay me back.
have never seen the Bottoms
since my adventure with the man
eater, but 1 am not likely to forget
the little cattle queen while I live.
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= In the game Of life the one
armed man plays lone hand.
- A man never knows whether q
woman 8 hat is OH straight or crooked.
The average wife imagines her
husband would have remained bach
elor if he had not been fortunate
enough to meet her.
= A man is always wondering what
his neighbor thinks of him-and his
neighbor is probably wondering like
wise.
- Most women would despise them
selves if they were as innocent as they
pretend te be.
= Any pretty womans jaw is a
thins of beauty-when it ism t working.
- 1t is one thing to do good act
and it is another to say nothing about
it.
= A man must have self-con6dence
to enable him to ignore his own mis-
takes.
= Few women make successful law
yers; they are unable to break them
selves of the habit of giving free ad-
vice.
- Social training enables one TO
appear interested when he isn't.
- Some men like to fish because it's
the next thing to doing nothing.
= A hobby is an idea that goes
around with crank.
= About the only perfect people in
the world are the perfect fools.
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He Meant the Bird.

Some time ago q man got curl
GUS present from sea captain. II
was a fine specimen of the bird
which the sailors call the Laughing
jackass," and he was not little
proud of it.. AS he was carrying it
home he met brawny Irish navy,
who stopped him and asked:
"Phwat kind Of burrd is that,
sorr?"
"That's q laughing jackass," ex-
planned the owner genially.
The Irishman, thinking he was
being made fun of, was equal to the
occasion and responded with o twin
kle Of the eye:
"It's not yersilf; it's the burrd Oh
name, sorr!-London Tit-Bits.
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a sey WHO DID iiia nuix.

A gentleman went into a fancy
shop one day to buy something. It
was early, and the shopkeeper's lit
tie boy and he were alone in the
house. The shopkeeper had to 20
upstairs to get his cash box in order
to procure some change, but before
doing so he went into the little room
next to the shop and whispered to
the boy:
"Watch the gentleman. that he
doesn't steal anything" and, bring
ing him out, sat him on the coun-
ter.
AS soon as the shopkeel er re-
turned the child sang out: "Pa, he
didn't steal anything. I watched
him. London Tit-Bits.
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Some men are SO lucky that whe

Some men are so lucky that when
they get up in the night and go down
! 70 the dining room to get drink Of
water they will walk on the fly paper
with their bare feet if it is stuck to
the ceiling.
- It is but na.ural that the board
ing achool girl would rather board
than keep house after she is married.
- The man who says he never
makes mistake probably doesn't
know one when he sees it.
E If you start out in the morning
with smile on your face you will be
surprised at the number Of pleasant
people you meet.
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MAxIMs OF a WITTY ABBE.
a Notable Eighteenth Century Figure
10 fT6hcn Society,

&eukdiT Gb2QId
- fFeheh Society.
Some OF the maxims and anecdotes
OF Nicholas de Chamfort, the witty
abbe, who during the latter half Of
the eighteenth century was such a
notable figure in French society,
4aye been translated by Mr. w. G.
Aatchison and published by a Lon
don firm. Here are some samples
OF the abbe's wit as rendered by the
translator: #I
Living is disease from the
pains OF which sleep eases us every
sixteen hours. Sleep is but pallia.
tive; death alone is the cure"
"The worst wasted Of all days is
that in which one has not laughed" !"
lis not generally known how
much wit q man requires to avoid
being ridiculous"
"The best philosophical attitude
to adopt toward tho world is q union
OF the sarcasm Of gsyety With the
indulgence of contempt"
Society would be charming af-
falr II we were only interested in
one another"
"There is no history worthy of
attention save that of free nations.
The history of nations under the
sway of despotism is no more than
collection of anecdotes"
Some of his anecdotes are good.
Mime. de Talmont, seeing NJ. de
Richelieu neglecting her to pay at
tentions to Mme. de Brionne, yerv
beautiful woman, but said, to be
rather stupid, remarked 70 him,
You are not blind, marshal, bat
cannot help thinking you little
deaf"
Mile. Duthe having lost q lover
and the affair causing some talk, a
man who called to see her found her
playing the harp and said with sur
prise: "Good heavens! I was ex-
pecting to find you desolated with
grief" "Ah," she exclaimed in a
pathetic tone, "you ought to have
seen me yesterdayp
A woman was at a performance
of the tragedy of "Merope" and did
not weep. Surprise was expressed
81 could cry my eyes out" she said,
but l have to go out to supper to-
night"
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Origin Of the Word "Money." :"

In tracing out the origin or deri-
vation of the word "money" you
find it is from the Roman word
"Moneta," because the first regular
coins Of the Romans were "struck"
in the temple of Juno Moneta. The
word "coin" is no doubt from the
Latin "cuneus," meaning a die or
stamp. Many coins are so called
from their original weight, as the
English pound" the French "li-
vre" and the italian 'lira."
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A Careless Bow.

Mrs. Boggs-Little Johnny has
lost his knife, and 1 was thinking
Mr.. Boggs - What? Has that
boy lost another knife? It's out
rageous! Here I am shaving my
self to death to support my family
and everything going to rack and
ruin. That was good knife, and
it's shame.
Mrs. Boggs-I was thinking, my
dear, that as I have found six or
eight knives that you have lost you
might give him one Of them
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Appropriate Texts.

One of the restaurant men of
New York who have popular eating
houses all over the city likes to in
eerpolate little literary morsels on
his advertisement cards.
Here are three appropriate ones
which he printed recently: Coffee,
which makes the politician wise.''
Pope. Dispatch is the soul of bust
ness" Chesterfield. 1'Let good di-
gestion wait on Appetite" Shake
speare.--New York Tribune.
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raIIey-and,s Clover Retort.

Napoleon described Talleyrand
as one whose face would preserve a
smile while he was being kicked
from behind. Tallcyrand had his
revenge. cit is pity" he said,
that SO great man should have
such bad manners" And the mot
will cling to Napoleon forever. Ma
canlay has said the same thing in
comparing Caesar with Napoleon.
But, after oil, Cesar was a gentle
man."