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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-06
Total commercial 7.sS9,34l S5,o7l,22.
CANADIAN FAILURES

Canadian failures IN Apru numbered II
with liabilities of $5s4,4so, compared with
So last year for SS9S,l22. In manufactur
ing there we're 90 defaults for S14I.o92
against 2b last year owing S1Ti7S4 in trad
ing So failures with nm aggregate Indebted
ness Of SABA sSS compared with 80 a year
ago owing S20A. S3s There appears MOD
crate decrease in number az compared with
last yeors April failures, but the def0ulted
liabilities we're much larger The increase
occurred In the trading classes, only one
losses were especially heavy in general
stores and stationery The latter was en-
tircly due 20 single suspension ~ Nrn
trent for SlOO, 600 As In the United states
reports for the month Of April, while tahiti
Tics expanded considerable IN comparison
with the figures year ago, compared with
preceding months this year there appears
a material decrease both In number and
amount of defaulted Indebtedness
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parlson Of these quotations shows
rantages in favor Of Houston as a
market When the buyer consid-
benefits to he derived from Hohs-
bght rates he will find that even
"a ouotablc figures at other mar
lower the price finally pail Is
greater. The prices are those rui'
IN Houston wholesale merchants,
Revised daily.
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HOUSTON CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

special rates are given on carload orders.
Standard graduated, &C. cubes and pow
dered, 59sc Louisina yellow. clarified and
fancy, 4Ac; choice. 4c
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WIRE NAILs-s2 .o5 base per key.
BARBED lRE-Galvanized. Oilidden.
So. 50 per 100 lbs; galvanized Baker, 50. IS
per 100 lbs.
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FRUITS.
FRUITS.
APPLES.-Ben DnyIs. S. 5066O0: bettel

APPLES.-Ben Davis. S5.5o660o; better
grades, STO0d7. 30.
BANAN As|Lose. S1.a@165; packed,
81. 10000; per pound 2Ac.
COCOANUTS-Pcr sack 1919.
LEMONS. -Mcssinas. So 250f3.j0.
ORANGES--California navels, S350a3.IJ
Mediterranean sweets. S2T5.
STRAWBERRIES - Gratis, IS quarts,
$1.35d1.T5. according 10 quality.
BLACKBERlHES--Pcr hncket. 50d60c
crates, 81 0C0il. 20, according to quality.
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crude sslsGi30: on crude nominal; prime
summer yellow 80; of summer yellow nom.
InnI: choice cooking summer yellow nom
inal Meal and cake-Prme 23.oo; OF, nom
New York. May 5.-Cotton seed oil Primo
refined In barrels 44ia; of rehned 4ii9;
prime crude, loose, Ss1
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wANTFD--Two good strong delivery wag.
ons; must be in good condition. also two
good teams Of medium sized native Texas
horses. Address g. H., room /, Ogden
building Beaumont,
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MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS,

American Brewing Assn. .lt.... SEQ 90
Commercial National BankS26 DOL ,....,,
Houston Land and Trust Col iu5 5ol.s.....
Houston Drug Co..,..,..,I 100 col Ito 90
Houston Drilling and Sup.
ply Co. ............,.,'..l.. 6o 90
International Creosote Co.
Of Beaumont ............ so 0ol.,....,
M STi''S National Si Bank. lis 90 40 90
Magnolia Park Cos,.,t.4.I .....t 20 %
ASSOCIATION 'a .s.. s"s ..~... $50 90
Planters and Mechanics
National Bank .......... liz so .....
Rockdne oil NH Co.......I ......l 1850 90
South Texas National Bank 1876 90 1872 50
Sour Lake Springs Co.,...i 100 90 $50 20
Southwestern Dry Plate Co l..... los 90
Trinity Rice. Land and Irrl 90 90
Texas savings. Real Estate
aud Investment Co...... 80 60l......
Union Compress To........ IL sol ,....,
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Comparing the failures by branches OF
business, II is found That only four out uf
fourteen manufacturing classes show
smaller liabilities than III the corresponding
month last year. Increases being especially
he ayy IN miscellaneous. lumber and cloth.
ing. Two large failures aggregating nearly
SGO0.0o0 in wall paper and steam heating
account for half the defaults In misccllane-
Gus manufacturing, but there were 10 ex-
ceptonal losses IN the other. two branches
OF business. Failures were few In number
In the liquor manufacture, but one large
brewery provided practically the total OF
liabilities, which exceeded the average In
norma years. While machinery defaults
were 100000 larger than last year, they
! were 100000 smaller than In April, 1900.
and compared very favorably with earlier
! years,
/ About half the trading classes recorded
! heavier losses than year ago. but the IN
/ creuses were large ~ only Few instances
! Miscellaneous trading defaults were fewer
! in number, but more than double last year
4 IN amount owing to two bankruptcies OF
/ coal shippers and lumber dealers for S6lI'
/ $50 The situation al the South ls stu Tar
from satisfactory. as shown by the large
| increase In number Of general stores sua-
pending IN that section Losses In grocery
/ lines were also heavy. and notably iumer'
Gus in the cotton states where q most XIX .sS,
| ties ia clothing failures were smaller thau
| a year ago. when the exhibit was less en-,
couraging than In most other branches OF
| busiuess Losses in the 1cwC!ty trade we're
sweiled by siugle large insolvency AT the
West Despite one large default OF a cigar
dealer. that division Of trading failures cont
| ned fgvornby with the came month last
yenr. Infnlyent brokers transporters and
other commercial concerns. not properly ID
cItJpd with manufacturing or trading fatl'
Tres we're moro numerous than IN preceding
cars Int NOT aorrespondngly larger "a
amount of defauted Indebtedness,
II1lnltlcs of failures 10 leading branches
az business In April. as shown by reports
"a r. @ Dun & Co, are compared belo"
With last year: ,,,.,
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COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.

F. o. B. mill Texas interior points, ac
cordiug 10 location, Per gallon,
Prime crude oil, lnose....., 8i1sm 30
Prime summer yellow OIL S7i3d 80
Lipters, according TO quality o290 ON
Per ton
ftulls, loose ...,,...,,..,..SS 90 q
Prime cotton seed meal. ,25 90 a
Prime cotton seed cake. "a so "a
Quotations on prime cotton seed meal
ard prime cotton seed cake are for delivery
"A IalVeRton.
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WANTED-ro buy entire or part interest
IN good paying, legitimate business IN
Houston or good wide awake town In
South Texas give full particulars; refer
ences exchanged Address r. q. BOX 5S4.
Hnmkton. TpNhE. n
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HIDES ANp WOOL,

ST. Louis. May 5.--wool--Active and arm,
hut unchanged; medium graoes lsdlH nght
fne l2mi4; heavy fine 9Gll,
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rAINrs. oII.s ANp G1Ass.

White lead, per cwt. strictly pure. Sc y;
second grade, $500; third grade, $500
rurpentlne, per ease, two 5gallun cans.
1913; barrel lots sic per gallon Mineral
paints. 6oc per gallon. Venetian reds,
per cwt, $50: yellow ochre. per cwt, Sl.O0
Llnsed oil. best boiled, T0QTlc. Ready
mixed house paints. 81 90, Window glass
IS and 50 per cent of January list.
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WANTED TO BUY.

A. zUBER, oil Milan street. pays highest
price for old clothing, shoes, hats, drop
postal, will call 6-5
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WANTED 70 buy-A full blood Maltese cat
Address w B Jones, Alef, Texas
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| AN In the market for e0rly Triumph 20.
tatoes, car lots. Address ]. 4. Ziegler.
Houston 10
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GRAIN ANp Hay


Quotations for carload lots delivered on
tracks, Houston or other points taking
same rate. Dealers charge from store sd
1uc per 100 pounds more en- bran, 2n3c per
bushel on oats and corn, 10d15c per 100
on hay.
BRAN-Per 100 lbs, s1.210ji.23.
CORN CIGOPS-Pure, Sl,J5G11.JG
oATS-No. 2 mixed, sacked. 16l4c; No. Z
white, sacked, sic; No. . white, sacked,
5Ihc; Texas red rust proof oats, sacked
sc,
CORN No. mixed, sacked s4lkc; No >
white. sacked Seize
IIAY-Cheice alfalfa, SIS OOFi15aO; choice
timothy SlSJOm 1900; South Texas prairie
hay. SS.O0m 1000, North Texas and Terii
terry hay, s1iOo@16.OO,
METALS.
TIN Firm. SOS 5od2o 50 lead, un
GALvANizED SHEET IRoY-eo and
per cent discount
BLACK SHEET IRoN-No. %, 81 PEI
ROOFING TIN-Maehine made. $40. 5oa
100 per box old style. sic 5oals.5 30 Pc
soIDER-Half and Hair, 17aIsc pei
To1RRuGArEo RoN,-calvaniaed. 500
per SQUARE. ss% ~
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
outline. ssa+oc pei ounce bottles moi
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DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
outline. ssd+oc pei ounce bottle; NOR
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16
TIE nomssffc NOVEL.

The domestic novel may be said to
have begun when the worthy printer
of Derby published his History of
Pamela" The way that the idea of
writing such a book occurred to him
is significant. He had been asked by
a bookseller to compile a complete let
ter writer that might serve the ladies
Of the middle classes. who were not
versed in polite literature, as model
for correspondence. Richardson took
a servant girl as the imaginary CORE
spondent, and then, introducing a mar
rative to enhance the interest of the
letters, he produced his Pamela, with
the intention of both instructing and
interesting his readers, so that they
might learn simultaneously the art of
letter writing and the art of virtue
The novel began, therefore. in a series
of letters, 1.-The most natural as well
as the most improbable way of re-
counting a narrative" according to one
of its earliest critics. Richardson
avows his object-he writes for the
women, and, be it noted, for the wom-
en- of the bourgeoisie. Westminster
Review.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
Notice..
THAT PRINTING BILL.

The disclosures made in the last
issue of the Bee concerning the I'M
qualified violation of contract by
Moore & Houtz, the county print
ers, has excited much comment, and
it is the opinion of lawyers that the
contract may be declared null and
void by the commissioners. In near
ly every instance the charge made
by the county printers has been far
in excess of commercial values for
work performed, and their contract
is to do all work other than enumer-
ated in the statutes at the same pro-
portionate rate, when it is matter
of record that for such other work
they have charged double the com
mercial rate, and their bill passed
on that basis For 100 placards, the
same which they will print for So per
hundred for any commercial outfit
in town, they charge the county $40,
and in the same line for trife
larger card, their charge was SIS. No
county printer ever charged the
county more than $3.50 and So for
poll books, and at the rate called for
by their contract, and which the Bee
proposes they shall live up to, Moore
e Houtz should have only been al
lowed one-half for those items. The
official publications alone were
charged according to contract, for
there was no choice Of a technical
point there, and the body of the enor-
nous bill was carried on those items
The county printers simply piled
up the price on everything not la
beled in the statutes and carried the
day. Too bad they fell down on that
item of full sheet ballots That is
printed and is always listed on the
blank basis, but at the figures they
had taken the contract, they would
have lost money at the legal rate,
cut in two, and they knew it. There
is hardly an item in their bill that
they could produce honestly at the
contract price that they would not
lose money on if they hired printers
and paid the scale instead of two OF
three apprentices at the price of one
printer
The Bee has performed it's duty
and privilege in giving publicity tt
this high-handed looting of the coun
ty treasury, and can prove by the
statutes and the contract every state
ment made. Now let the officials d.
their duty
The incoming board of count,
commissioners will be justified no
only in annulling the present cor
tract, but in calling upon the bonds
men of the contractors to make 700
the erroneous amounts which hav
been paid under the contract.
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The Use of the Right Foot.

That the right foot is, like the right
hand, ordinarily more mobile and at
the same time stronger than the left
might be attributed to the more fire.
quent exertion of this side were it not
that the popularity is said to extend
itself even to the constitution, and the
left extremities are asserted to be more
liable to disease than the right. The
more difficult movements in stage dane
ing are usually executed upon the right
foot, and it is genel ally considered
that unless double practice be accord
ed to the left leg an ungraceful prefer
ence for the right will be shown by
the dancers in their public perform
ances
Most people tread more firmly with
the right than with the left foot. There
seems to be greater capacity for pro-
polling the body with the right foot.
From this the horseman springs, with
his left in the stirrup, and unless left
handed no boy in his play hops natu-
rally upon the left football Mall Ga
zette
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A RAILROAD COMMISSION.

Perhaps no better railroad legisla-
ton could be enacted by the coming
legislature than upon the lines
pledged by the republican party in
Washington
We are in favor of the passage of
bill by the next legislature estab-
fishing railroad commission, to
consist of three members, to be ap-
pointed by the governor. no more
than two to be taken from the domi-
nant political party; said commits
sion to be clothed with power to regu-
late freight and passenger rates, to
determine the value of railroad prop
erty for purposes of assessment and
taxation, to prevent unjust discrimi-
nations, and to inquire into and rem
edy such abuses as my be found to
exist"
Governor Toole has so committed
himself in favor of regulation of the
railroad corporations that he may be
depended on to meet the legislature
half way, or more than half, in fur
therance of the ends of such legisla
ton. Further, he may be depended
upon to appoint men on such a com
mission who will see to it that the
railroad companies pay their just
share of the taxes and are not permit
ted to rob the public to any create
extent than they now do. The rail
road lobby at Helena will no doub
be a congregation with long reach
but the all seeing eye of the peopl
will be upon them and any effort
they may put forth to. subvert tn,
majority will be cried down.
In Washington state the railroa,
lobby has already started upon g
Dernicious campaign, and assertion
is defantly uttered by the lobby tina
the anteeleetion pledges will not b
kept by the republican Legislators
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16
one Misery of Ang1o-rndian Life.

Every night at dinner the Anglc-In-
dian holds kind of levee. The in
sects which attend dance gayly round
the lamp, and one has to watch ones
plate and glass carefully lest some of
the insects should dance into them.
There is one insect-a little, fiat,
brown, shining creature-which emits
the worst odor in the world. If one of
these touches your food, the whole is
tainted and rendered inedible. You
dare not kill these pests, for if one be
squashed the whole room becomes
filed with it's disgusting smell and is
uninhabitable for the next half hour.
So these abominable insects fly about
with impunity while the poor Anglo
Indian must perforce look helplessly
on and inwardly sigh 'Spero meliora. =
London Saturday Review.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16
ALCOHOL AND CRIME.

The demoralizing influence of alco-
hol is forcibly shown by the official
statistics gathered in Paris upon the
ages of criminals and the causes as
signed for crimes committed. It is
shown that there has been a rapid
increase in the percentage of youth
full criminals and in over 80 per cent
alcohol is given as the cause of
crimes committed, eitDer by direct
use or through heredity. Alcohol is
perhaps more potent than any other
agent in bringing about human de-
generacy and is the direct cause of
more criminality and insanity than
any other agency.
Nearly all of the inmates of institu-
tons for epileptics and idiots are the
children of drunkards, while a large
proportion of the cases of insanity
are directly traceable to the use OF
alcohol
The most noticeable feature of the
published statistics is the large per.
centage Of youthful criminals, some
of the most atrocious murders being
committed by mere children. The
child of ten or twelve years of age
who commits such a crime undoubt
edly has a diseased brain, and the
law which merely provides for the
punishment of the criminal is of but
little use in such cases. The prob
lem to be solved is how to protect
society from the creation of such
criminals, and this can only be done
by preventative measures. The ques
ton is engaging the attention of the
most thoughtful men of the age, anC
their work will furnish forcible if no
new arguments for the temperate,
reformers
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The Union Jack.

British newspapers complain that
Englishmen often hang the union jack
upside down.
To ascertain which is the top" and
which the bottom" of union jack
look at the diagonal red cross (the
cross OF st. PATRICK, and you will note
that the white lodgings" to it, which
are really the diagonal white cross Of
ST. Andrew, upon which it is placed,
are much broader on one side than on
the other.
The flag is right side up when both
these broad white lodgings" are above
the red diagonals on the side next to
the pole, whereas if you get the two
narrow lodgings" of white on the top,
ON the side next the pole, your flag is
upside down.
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Somers Scraps.
nipped.
Correspondence


G. T. Booth of Chicago was calling
on friends here Saturday and Sun
day.
Cupid's dart has found its way to
many a heart of late, as several we'd
dings are announced to take place
during the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs F. Brown, spent Sat
urday at Kalispell.
John Downey has resumed his
work at the mill again. after a three
months siege of sickness with ty-
phoid fever.
A dancing party was given at the
Sparkling home in Happy Hollow
Saturday evening. A most enjoyable
time was had by all who attended.
f. w. Norquist. the choir leader
has received the new music fol
Christmas and many pleasant even
ings are spent at the rehearsal by the
members as we'll as spectators.
Somers, Dec, Is, 1902.
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AROUND The WORLD.

The completion of the Pacific cable
from Vancouver to Queensland is an
important step in the worlds prog
ress, although it has received but
little attention from the busy world.
1t is another of the great achieve
ments of the British people, and is
the last link in the electric wire en-
clrcling the globe. One may now
send a message entirely around t.. e
world, and this has already been
done by citizen of Boston. the time
required being about thirty hours.
The new cable gives the British gov
eminent a wire around the globe.
which touches foreign territory only
at the Cape Verde islands, and this
Is great advantage to the nation
upon whose dominions the sun never
sets.
When the first Atlantic cable was
finished it was heralded all over the
world as great event, (which 1t
truly was, but the public has become
interested in wireless telegraphy and
other electdical discoveries, and to-
day the finishing of a submarine ca
bic more than three times the leng,..
of the Atlantic cable is hardly no.
ticed
The service of the new cable. how
ever Will be duly appreciated, and
with electric wires reaching to the
most remote corners of the globe, it
can no longer be said that one-half
OF the world lives in ignorance of
what the other half is doing.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16
ST. Cuthbert,s Comb.

1t was formerly the custom to bury
combs with the dead, which clearly
shows that these articles of the toilet
had sacred significance in the, eyes of
the people of the old world. the comb
buried with st. Cuthbert and now pre-
served at Durham, England, is of
ivory and measures GA inches in
length and AZ inches in width. 1t is
ascribed to the eleventh century and
has double row of teeth, divided by
a broad, plain band, perforated in the
middle with a round hole for the fin
ger.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16

President Castro of Venezuela is
now kicking himself that he was
fool enough to make goo-goo eyes at
Spain during the late unpleasant
ness between that effete and defeated
monarchy and the United States.
Just to scare little Venezuela
the Great Uncle Sam isn't say
ing a word, while the Britons and
Hessians are despoiling Castro's
navy and threatening to reduce the
seaport towns of that snappish little
misnomer. 1t may be necessary to
substitute some other bean for La
guayra coffee as a beverage when the
Anglo-Germanic warships get through
with the seaports.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16

MIR. Churton Collins, in the New Lib
eral Review, traces the ancestry of
some of our most familiar proverbs.
at is q wise child that knows his own
father" is from the Odyssey; "Famil-
iarity breeds contempt is a saying of
Plutarch; "Set thief to catch a thief"
is of Catos coinage; Zone swallow
doesn't make a summer" is cited by
Plato as already proverbial, as was
"His bark is worse than his bite" when
Quintus Curtius wrote it down.
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Invisible.

Maud think that it is just too hor-
rid for anything. Here I've been stand
ing over the side of the vessel for half
an hour and can't see it.
Ruby-Can't see what, my dear?
Maud-Why, the equator. The cap
tain said we were crossing it.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16
Thn Renann.

Wife-I think these new women who
affect masculine attire are ridiculous.
Husband-I'm sure there's no dam
ger of your wearing mems clothes.
Wife-Well, | should say not.
Husband-No; mems clothes couldn't
possibly be made expensive enough to
suit you.-Philadelphia Press.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16

The old timer, the ubiquitous old
timer, is prognosticating an old fash
Toned winter in the Flathead, with
plenty of snow for business and
pleasure 1t has been four years
since the Flathead had an outlook as
wintry, but it is good for trade.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16
Unreasonable Question.

"What happened 400 years ago this
year," asked Freddie's teacher
Don't know, please, SIR" answered
Freddie. 81 am only seven years old"
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and that Governor Mcbride will find
himself shorn of his power when the
lobby gets through handling the law
makers at Olympia
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Taken up.

Came to my ranch, at Ashley lake,
December 10, one buckskin colt, 8
years old, weight about 900 pounds,
no brands visible. Owner inquire at
this office.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16

Notice to the Children: I will be
at Wilson's department store with
large line of dolls for Christmas.
Yours, Santa Claus.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16

The blizzard RACES all through the
north countree, from New York to
the Dakotas, and even the banana
belt of Montana is getting a little
niDped
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-16

Notice to Members of A. L. U.
The semi-annual election of offic ers
will take place next Thursday eve
ming, December Is. Please attend,
I. R. GILDEA, Secretary