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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1884.
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commercial difficulties in which many of our
foreign customers are at present involved."
The idea that English industry is in as bad a
condition as American industry at present i«
merely a fool's paradise of protectionists. Like
(be depression which began here in 1ST'!, the
present depression originated in tills country,
und it already casts its shadow over the whole
world; but it is felt most severely in countries
that are afflicted a3 we aie by an unscientific
system of tariff taxation.
With regard to the conditions in France,
and especially in Lyons, I can not do better
than refer your readers to an editorial in
l'Economiste Fiancais of the 11th instant, by
Paul Leroy-Beaulien. I translate a few sen-
tences only:
As for as Lyons especially Is concerned, we illly
say truly that Lyoniso industry is the victim of
protectionism; it is tho martyr 011 whom protec-
tionism strikes with redoubled bloivs—not only on
French protectionism, but American protection-
i 111. Italian protectionism, Austrian protectionism,
the protectionism of all countries, Certainly the
n s nu< acturlig industry of Lyons must have a
singularly robust constitution to resist all the ef-
forts that with a deplorable unconsciousness the
government makes to oppress it. It oppresses It
iu a manner at once the most shore-sighted, the
most iniquitous, and, we dare to say it. the most
Immoral, when to the Lyonlse and Stephanlse
manufactures, which support nearly a million per-
sons, It forbids them to supply themselves with
cotton yarn from the only countries that supply
them cheaply—England and Swltzerlan d.
(otter and Hug nr.
The features of coffee and sugar in this mar-
ket have undergone some change in so far as
a better supply is concerned. In the former
two cargoes direct from Rio de Janeiro, ag-
gregating S500 sacks, and in the latter several
shipments of new Louisiana haye arrived. The
market continues quiet and prices are unal-
tered. The New York Commercial Bulletin
says of the market at that point: " The gen-
eral movement of Brazil grades has boeu so
slow of late as to place values in little better
than a nominal position, though as noted from
time to time time the tendeucy seemed to be
in buyers' favor, and every attempt to realize
indorsed that view of the situation. Holders,
however, have managed to retain fair control
of the supplies, and, notwithstanding the
full accumulation, express confldenca
in their ability to infuse a firmer feeling
should a reduction in arrivals at primary
points prove positive. There was no revival
of demand to day, and at the close the feeling
was a little heavy, with 9%c for fair about ail
that could be depended upon, though there
was an absence of the test of important sales.
We hear of only 1000 bags Rio ex Herschel.
Contracts have been slow and tame. Tho ad-
vices from Rio Janeiro Indicated a continued
comparatively moderate run of receipts, buC
about all shorts appeared to be covered; the
new demand was light and the market bad a
weak tone, with buyers fairly claiming advan-
tage at the close." The following aro the New
Yoik Coffee exchange spot quotations, Rio
coffee, on exchange terms:
No. Cents. No. Ceuts.
1—Prim e 10.00 7 - Low ordinary . 8.10
2—Gco d 9.75 8—Strict good
3—Fai r 9.50 common 7.60
4—Low fair. 9.30 9—Good common. 7.2J
5—Good ordinaiy. 8.WS 10—Common 6.85
6—Ordinar y 8.60
The market for raw sugars has been main-
tained of late largely on the confidence dis-
placed by holders ot the stock. They have, a?
claimed, made up their minds that the full
measure of depression has been expended upon
the market, and that now, with Cuba anil
Europe favoring, the influences are ripe for
some recovery. As buyers failed to meat
thim, however, there was a link mboing iti
tho lull chniu of support, and that nituruily
left some uncertainty over the situation. Mat-
ters do not change to-day. th»demand proving
light and uncertain and no sales reported, but
full former rates a sued.
Refined have been quite dull, an l there fs a
general complaint over the condition of the
ttttikct. The old line of quotations is retained,
but are somewhat nominal.
haw sl'oak.
Fair to good refining I! lb 5MJ @ 5^£
Molasses sugars 41.4 (ft 5
Ci-ntrifugal,56 degrees test 5« 5£f«
Manilla 41^5 @
remains l^j r>
tiflhia 1>4 @ 4M
refined sugar.
[Quotations for wholesale lots only.l
Cut leaf '|J)lb6')i @
Crushed &)i @
Cubes 6 7-16 @ 9'4
Powdered 6\i @ 6<Hj
Granulated <SXA
Mold A 614 @
Confectioners A 0 1-1644
Coffee A, standard <g>
Coffee off A @ Mi
White extra C. 5)4 © 5;S
Extra U 6 @ 5>2
C... 4% (ill 41
Yellow 4>$ <& 4^6
I give this passage not only because it was
written by a noted economist who is on the
spot, but because ho states u fact that nobody
in France dares to deny; and above all, be-
cause the evil he denounces is precisely the
same in kind as those which are sucking the
life-blood out of our American industry, a sys-
tem of taxation that raises the ost of produc-
tion to a figure that makes our products un-
salable except at a loss.
The Foreign Trade of theX'nlted States.
The New Orleans Picayune, November 1,
says: " The foreign coinraorce of the Unite;!
States for the month of September was some-
what smaller in the total movement than that
for August. The imports, including merchan-
dise and specie, w ere valued at $53,777,859, or
£S55,558 le.-s than the figure for August; but
as only #2,482,117 of this consists of specie im-
ports, ns compared with over four millions
for the previous month, there is an actual
increase in the importation of merchan-
dise amounting to $608,783. Of more
importance is the falling off in the
exports, represented by $018,594.
The total exportation for the month was
$50,240,481, of which specie contributed $3,
207,892; so that the exports of merchandise
were less by $1,355,617 than in August, a fact
the more noticeable because September gen-
erally shows an opposite tendency. As com-
pared with the same month of last year, the
imports of merchandise showed an increase of
$175,328, and the exports a decrease of
$1,504,068, making the balance of trade con-
siderably more unfavorable thau for that
month.
The returns for the first three quarters of
the current year show that there has been 8
decrease in the imports of merchandise
amounting to $29,010,003, and in the exports of
$61,785,4S7. An idea of where this last-men-
tioned heavy shrinkage has occurred, may be
derived from the facts that our exports of
beef, pork and dairy products for the nine
months now ended amount to only $70,117,688.
compared with $88,970,937 in the same period
of 1883; that of brendstuffs we have exported
but $109,466,9<5 worth, against $130,430,504;
and that there has been a large falling otf in
our shipments of petroleum and cotton.
The specie movement for the nine month?
shows an importation of $24,906,458, or nearly
$6,000,000 more than for the nine months of
18S3, and an exportation of $61,355,861, or
about $37,000,000 more than during that
period. There is a considerable amount of
British gold on its way, but the most san-
guine dealers iu foreign bills do not expect
thnt the present influx will assume very large
dimensions, still less that it will give us back
what we sent away last spring.
Nervocs Weakness, Dyspepsia, Sexual Debility,
cured by " Wells' Health Kenewer. $1.
Frcji Mercer county, Minnesota, comes the
report that about twenty miles from Stanton
a cave has been discovered iu which were
fc-und a hideous idol carved out of cedar, four
skeletons, copper spear heads, a small cutlass,
implements of copper, and a stone mill for
grinding, such as was used in anjieut Egypt
and parts of Asia.
J5T Every smoker should try " Little Joker.
The roadways in parts of California are
said to be thronged with quail, so abundant
are they. In the southern counties farmers
offer rewards for killing them, as they destroy
much grein.
Ladies, ministers, florists, caterers, dress-
makers and milliners are anxious for this cruel
campaign to be o\ er. The wedding season is
necessarily dull as long us there is so much
politicn. _
Dvrkkk's Salad Dressing & Cold Meat Sauce.
The finest, mnynnoise for meat, tish and vegeta-
ble salads, a snperb table sauce Far surpasses
any home-made dressing. Everybody likes it.
Pike's tooihiephk Drops cure in 1 minute.
German Corn " lover kills Corns t Bunions.
Classified Advertisements.
HSLP WANTED—MALE-
*T\7 ANTED—A first-class prescription clerk, ua-
vv married; must have good references. Address
Box 880, Waco, Tex.
"TXT ANTED—Experienced Canvassers. Apply to
VV LEVI ORSKR,
14 West Postofflco, bet. 25th and 2(Jth sts.
HELP WAKTED-FilMALS.
WANTED—Two good servants to cook and do
housework. Apply Monday morning, .'306
E. avenue H.
WANTED~\Vell-recommende'i uurse girl for
ono child, at Mrs. SELIOMAN'S, 25G Church,
near 20th street.
"\T7ANTED—Lady Atrmits. We have the best
YV line of new goods for ladv agents in the world.
All ladies and children wear them. You double
your money and can't fail. It will pay yon to in-
vestigate. Address, with stamp, E. II. CAMPBELL
A CO., 9 South May street, Chicago.
SITUATIONS WAtVTHD.
WANT ED—Position as bookkeeper by an exoe-
rienced young lady, recently employed in a
New York house. Lest refrrence from employer
and prominent parties in this city. Permauent po-
sition a greater object than salary. Address, C. J.
R., News Office.
ANTED—A positiin as talesman on the road
by a competent business man.
F. B., this office.
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K1SOEUANBOUB WANTS.
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"VTTANTED BY TWO ENERGETIC AND EX-
VV perienced young men—The sole agency of
some small and useful patent. Address Box 13,
Willis, Tex.
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ANTED — fjTO NE-CUTTEHS TO KEEP
awav from Dallas during the strike on ac-
count of a reduction of wa^es.
y order of the Union.
WANTED — Kverybodody to know that the
Great Grand Extraordinary of the Royal Ha-
vana Lottery draws December 20, 1884, with only
12,000 tickets and a capital prise of $1,000,000. For
further information applv to
BORNIO & BROTHER, New Orleans, La.
BOUSE FURNISHING GOJC3.
EUPION and all grades of Oil, Crockery and
House-keeping Goods at
J. P. LALOtt & CO.'fl, Market, bet. 2lfch and v»r.h
FINANCIAL.
FOR SALE—15 $1000 25-year 8 per cent, gold
coupon bonds, secured by first mortgage on 25
years lesse on Georgetown City Waterworks and 4
per cent, annual sinking fund, deposited with the
State National Bank, Austin, Tex., where the inter-
est is payable semi-annually on first days of Janu-
ary and July of each y«ar. Payment of coupans
fuarantecd by Emzy Taylor, banker, Georgetown,
ex.
Address EMZY TAYLOR, Georgetown, Tev.;
or E. T. EOGLESTON, Cashier State National
Banlr, Austin, Tex.
0AN8 0N LAND *ND LIEN NOTES NEGO-
tiated, part repayable annually, if desired.
Vrancis Smith & Co., San Antonio and Fort Worth.
NOTICES, JQTG-
G1 A LVESTON, NOVEMBER 1, 1834. -TEXAS
f Gas Saving company, Pix building. Gentle-
men: The 'est of your gas saving governor, iu
presence of some of the members of the Knlglits
of Honor, at Reymershoffer hall, showed a saving
of fully 45 per cent, of gas, aud the light not af-
fected in tlie least. M. MANSBERG.
Ttstulgns governor. Believe it will do all it is
recommended to do. S. E. McILHENNEY,
Manager Temont floiiRe.
rpHE SELLING OUT OF LADIES' FANCY
± Goods, etc , at Mas. HENRY MEYER'S. 2i8
Postofflce street, will be continued until the 15th
Instant.
"Vj OT1CE—A liberal reward will be paid f><r any
JJN information so a^ to convict parties dealing in
horses of the following brands: DH with ^circle
above, DH with % circle above and IC above the %
circle, QC with bar above—belonging to us. Addr.
John A. McAIpIne, Whitehall, Grimes co,, Tex.f or
Lawless & Bin ford Retreat, Grimes co , Tex.
G
FX) El-.
HEAP FUEL—The People's Wood Yard, cor.
)t St., use th«'ir own wood and do their
and by dray or carload, can't be under-
de's Wood Yard,cor. Markotand 32d sts.
*n. Pafi
ORDS wood for sale on track. 8a\ved
—rnd f-plit wood delivered iu any quantity.
■'Wis & Co., 18th St., bet. ave. A and Strand.
CITIT BUSINESS G/L2U>S.
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UBBER STAMFS, Seals and Stencils, Brands
for sugar and molasses shippers.
FREI). A. SMITH, 114 Treinont street.
R
ISLAND CITY CORNICE AND ORNAMENTAL
WORKS,
LOUIS E. SIEN. Contractor of Galvanized Iron
Cornices, Metallic Skylights and Cast-iron Fencing,
Railieg, Crestings, etc. Estimates given on w >rk
any where in the State. Also dealer in Stoves, Tin-
ware, Crockery and House furnishing Goods, etc.
Jobbing and repairing done on short notice. 218
Tremont street, opposite Tremont hotel.
Galveston Cement Pipeworks. Ornamental chim-
neys, ilower vases, tiles, garden edging a-
specialty. Artificial stonework, etc. A. R. Spald-
ing, 158 W. Market st. Dan. Crowley, agt, Houston.
iU BAUM, M ERCHANT TAILOR, CORNER
• PostofTce and 23d streets, guarantees satisfac-
tion. and solicits the patronage of the public.
HAVE YOUR VAULTS AND CESSPOOLS
cleaned by our Odorless Machinery, U. 8. Sani-
tary Excavating Co., J. P. Lalor & Co.
fishVOYSTBHS, DTO.
JOS. M AGN A, WHOLES A LE^AND" RETAIL
dealer in oysters. A full supply always kept la
water. 16th and A. Telephone 98.
JBIAG1NI, Wholesale Fish and OyHter dealer.
. Hotels and families fully supplied. Country
orders solicited and promptly executed. Box 130.
J" l7b7liYaze,
. DEALER IN FISH AND OYSTERS.
Country order* solicited.
g'-l AJ7VESTON7fISH AND OYSTER COMPANY,
VJI Postofflce Box 60,
MUSGROVE & GASTON.
JOHN H. LANG, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALER IN FISH AND OYSTERS. Also
finest oyster saloon in the city.
Country Orders Solicited.
80 Travis Street. - - - Houston.
b. MARSAN & CO.,
_ . Wholesale Dealers in FISH and OYSTERS.
Orders solicited from the country.
G
^ GROCERIES, ETC.
Crushed Indian, desiccated cocoauut, crop of
Blackwell'8 onions and Anchovy sauce. French
sardines in tomato sauce, prepared iceing for
cakes.currit'd fowl. Ideal Tea Store, 215 Market st.
Large and complexuj assortment of
English and Scotch Jams, at DEALEY &
SONS', proprietors of the Alexandre Tea Store.
Headquarters for Tea and Coffee.
I/I i Q LBS PURE WHITE SUGAR, $1. TIDAL
|' JLO Wave Flour, $1 55 per sack; Sea Fairy Flour,
$1 30 per sack. W. H. SIMPSON, Market street,
Letween 10th and 2Jth, south side.
INTERIOR BUSINESS CA1D J
Piper & dietz,
contractors and builders.
Plans and specifications furnished on application.
Headquarters, Ilallettsville, Lavaca county, Tex.
ARRY LAN D^
Commission and Forwarding,
WHOLESALE FLOUR, GRAIN, MEAL, SALT
AND PRODUCE.
Correspondence solicited
SUBNET. TEX.
TJL.il.NTS, SEEDS, ETC.
Large stock of fruit treesand orn'a-
mental shrubbery—everything that does well
I in this State—at low rates in larpre lots. WM.WAT-
I SON, Rnsedale Nurseries, Brenham, Texas,
y ^ANDRElH'S NEW'S'EEJS,
i CROP FOR 18s5,
FOR sale NOW BY
a. flake .fr co.
SEWmo 2&ACHINE3.
IT DOWNS THEM ALL—The Davis will last
Monger and t guaranteed to do a greater range
of work than any other sewing machine now iu the
ttiarket. Easy terms. L. N. Cowart. 215 P. O. st.
F&OFESSXGNAXi—
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D1VORCES-A Go-odricli, Att'y-at.Iaw, 134 Dear-
born st,, Cbie-isv. Advice free; 18 yrs. experi-
ence . PnsineKs quiMlv nnd legally tranaaotfti.
331X11*. JXCULIZI i* G-.
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P.S.E. MOORE,
fashionable dressmaker.
No. 67 Church street, opposite Trentotit hot *1.
IJKiTKBOIIOtl.
Ij1 WIEHLE, LONDON (ENG.) GONSEHVA.
LJQj.tory, Professor of Piano, Violin, Voice Oul-
Iture. Addl es care QOtiGAN & 13110.
TV EAT, estate.
f"OR SALE—70x43 feet of south part of lot cor-
ner K and L and improvements.
WM.R. JOHNSON.
Tj OR SALE—Several neat houses, with one lot of
J? ground to each, on avenue K, between 18th aud
23d streets; also, some large residencea and val-
uable corners for business purposes.
G. A. MEYER,
Real Estute A gent.
HT1LD1NG LOTS OF SMALL ANI71MR(/E
> dimensions, east and west, some with cottages
thereon, for sale or lease. SAM MA AS, N. & 21st.
REAL ESTATE AGBNTS.
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rpHOMSON & DONNAN-
K. M. Thomson. John K. Donsun.
GENERAL LAND AND CI.ATM AUENT3,
Buy and sell lands and land scrip.
Taxes pall for non-reiidents.
Promut personal attention plven to all dusIucsS
Intrusted to them. Correspondence solicited.
808 Congress Avenue,
Postofflce box 370. Austln. Te*^
JW. LAWRENCE & BON, AUSTIN, Dea'ers in
, Land & Land Scrip, buy & sell on com 'n, pay
taxes & redeem land sold for taxes. For sole 200,C*j0
acree tlmb'd land E.Tex. .tracts grailnn lands W.Tex.
mOFSSSIOXV'Zi It RSAL ESTATE
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Law and land office of Joseph
Franklin, Balllnger Block, Galveston, Texas,
has complete abstracts of Qalveston county. Spe-
cial attention to Investigation of land titles.
AHLKTON, JORDAN & TARLETON, LAND
Lawyers and Real Estate Agents, Hlllsboro,
Texar, bave a complete abstract of all surveys In
Bill county. Special attention given to buylnp
ind selling lands. Perfecting titles, etc.
J.
M. PEARSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
McKinnky, Texas.
Particular attention given to collections and real
estate. •
FOR SALE.
n >WO FINE MEXICAN PARROTS, VERY TAME
JL and good speakers. Apply at Commercial
hotel.
FOR BALE—A retail liquor business, with ele-
gant fixtures, located in a desirable part of
Market street, and being w ell patronized. Inquire
of G. A. MEYER, Real Estate Agent
"1VLORAL DESIGNS—For the 1st of November.
Jj Wreaths, Crosses, Hearts, Stars, Pillows.Broken
Columns. Pyramids,Crowns Anchors,etc.,elegantly
and tastefully arranged, with pure, natural flowers.
Can f-liip by express A. WIIlTAKER, Houston.
"ITOR SALE—Pure-b»ed acclimated Jersey Heifers
JO of best butter strains, bred to regist'd bull; al^p,
Holstein Heifers. Riverside Stock Farm, Dallas.
ORSE FOR SALE—
Gentle family horse; phaeton and harness.
Apply at the News office.
O
PRESS?
CYPRESS!
CYPRES:*!
A large stock of ALABAMA DRY CYPRESS
LUMBER on hand and to arrive, which I will sell
cheap. HY. BE1SSNER,
Office comer 29th and Market.
ri'O ARRIVE —Lot of Ornamental Tiling for
_l balls, vestibules, hearthstones, gardens, and
sk'ewallcs. Extra line quality Firebrick, Stone-
were, Portland and Rosendale Cement. All kinds
of Building Material fresh.
W. 11. POLLARD & CO., Direct Importers.
AKDWAltE AT PRICES THAT DEFY CO.vL
petion, DIsston 26-inch hand-saw, $1 50; No.
2 hatchet, 40c. J. P. LALOR & CO.
Market, between 24th aud 25th.
T17 ALlTPAPER,
VV WALL PAPER,
WALL PAPER.
Buy your Wall Paper of
D. W. DUCIE,
113 Postofflce street, between 2f?d and 23d.
^LL KINDS OF TILE,
MARBLE, GRANITE
AND
BUILDING "STONE WORK
DONE AT A. ALLEN & OO.'B.
li Uii hal.e~50.000 FEET IRON PIPE, 5000
J? pounds Iron Fittings, 6000 pounds lead pipe at
cost. Large stock or Brass Goods, Steam and
Hand-Pump Rubber pose, Packing, and a com-
plete stock of Gas Fitters' and Plumbers' Suj
JESSE ASTALL. 67 Strand. Galveston, Tex,
FOH RENT.
FOR RENT—2-story residence, on N, bet. 18th
and 19th sts.; one on Postofflce, bet. 20th and
27th sts.; one on P, bet. 21st and 22d sts.; cottazes
on 32d st., bet. Broadway and I; one on K, bet. 22 I
and 23d sts.: one on I. bet. 88th and 39th sts.; one
on L, bet. 28th and 29th sts.; one on Mechanic, bet.
Oth acdJOth sts. G. A. MEYER.
IT OR LEASE—Two I ots on northwest corner K
P and 38lh. High, rich ground, suitable for dwell*
irg and garden. Apply s. w. cor. 28th and K.
f 'Olt RENT-A small four-room coitugo oa
avenue 1 and 7th street.
Apply on premises.
IT OR RENT—Two cottages on east side Bath
avenue, between Church and W.nnie
G B. MARS AX, Central Wharf.
li OR RENT—Cottage newly plastered and paint-
J? ed, 5 rooms, bath room, etc., kitchen, servant's
rooms, stable, etc. A neat, comfortable home,
and cheap ro a reliable, permanent tenant. Thir-
ty-fourth street, west side, between L and M. Ap-
I ly next door.
TTOR RENT-A NEATLY-FURNISHED COT-
X1 tage (including piano), containing parlor, three
1 edrooms, dining-room and kitchen, south side
Avenue K, between 13th and 14th.
II. M. TRUEIIEART & CO.,
Real Estate Agents.
1j OK hENT—Cottage, 1?0 Winnie, near 29th st.
Jj Apply 313 21th street, or to
CAPT. II. LEASK. Labadie Wharf.
Ii OR RENT—House of nine rooms and two lots,
JP No. 420 Avenue I, between 10th and 17th.
W. 8. ANDREWS.
f 'Olt RENT- Large two-story house, southeast
corner 20th street and avenue M. Apply
J. LEVY & BRO._
f 'OR RENT—Six-room cottage, corner Bath ave-
nue and QU, one block from Beach hotel.
M. P. HENNE83Y.
Jj^Oli RENT—That large building—forty rooms—
TOE CENTRAL HOTEL,
corner Market and Twenty-fourth streets, will be
for rent, from November 1, at $ 150 per month.
E. T. AUSTIN or W. S. ANDREWS.
P OR RENT—Small cottage, n. s. H, between 9th
and 10th. Newly painted and papered. Apply
to ARTHUR B. HOMER, 170 Strand.
"TT'OR RENT—Cottage No, 007, E. avenue K, be-
Jj tween Twelfth ana Thirteenth streets.
I. LOVENBERG.
"IVOR RENT—CASINO HALL, for Sociables, Lec-
JJ tures, etc., with or without use of . stage. For
terms and dates apply to C. L. BENEKE.
BOOMS AND BOARD.
B URNISHED ROOMS—For rent, with or with-
out board, at 104 East Winnie, bet. 21st and 22d
sts.; price to suit the times. Mrs. J. H. HELLER.
Tj^OR RENT—For 1st November, a large furnished
X1 south room, with two beds and grate; a small
room for $7; bet. Broadway and K. 22d'st., No. 455.
L URMSHED SOUTH ROOMS; GAS AND
P grates. At No. 00 avenue H, next to northeast
corner of Tw< nty-fourth street.
COMFORTABLY FURNISHED SOUTH
room, with board, 103 avenue II, between
Twenty-first and Twenty-second.
ANDSOMELY-FURNISHED SOUTH ROOM
with board, Church, between 22d and 23d.
Mrs. E. S. HOWARD.
"TTOR RENT—Two handsomely furnished rooms,
J? en suite; southern exposure, with grate. 458
Wirnie, between 15th and 16th streets.
BOARD excellent; south rooms nicely furnished
breezy light; moderate rates: bath gas: day
boarders taken. Centre St. House cor. 21st Church.
"VI OTICE—On account of hard times, I have re-
XM duced mv board and lodg. to $1.50 per wk. MrSi
Gombert, 114 20th st. bet. Mkt. and Mechanic, e. s.
LEGANT SOUTH ROOMS WITH FIRST
c'ass board. Inquire at northwest corner
Postofflce and 17th streets.
TTOR RENT-riWdl furnished, large room, with
J? one or two bpds<t second story. References re- ,
quired 459 EascWlunie, near 10th street.
f I MiE BEaCH lit.fr EL—Will make Unusually Low
_L Prices for
PERMANENT BOARDERS DURING TIIE WIN-
TER MONTHS.
Ask for rates before locating. House will be
thoroughly heated with steam.
H
PXJUHZBSRS. O-aspxtters, Era.
Jf D. HARR1B & MATHEW8,
PLUMBERS, GAS AND STEAM FITTERS,
l oMteftlce street, bet. 22d aud £Jd.
TeleDhone connection
TmmK has not been a marriage of a presi-
dent miring his term of office since John Tylor
n.nrriecl Miss Gardiner and took her to the
AY bite-house in 1842.
A student of history has discovered that
false teeth were quite common among the an
dents, and this gives rise to the horrible suspi-
cion that Cleopatra had some.
81ATK PIIKHM.
What the Interior Popera Say.
The Jackson County Progress says ifc is in
doubt if the slaughter of Thanksgiving tur-
keys reaches its usual prop6rtions this year.
Too much crow to be disposed of. The success-
ful paity will take turkoy with thanks if those
defeated ccn not crow over their crow. Thoy
can take it in silence like toasts to the memory
of the deported.
The Progress says:
A lot cf cranks are at work now try in? to
pi ove that Shakespeare did not write Shakespeare's
plays.
These wiseacres should next attempt to prove
that St. Paul did not write the epistles.
The News tries to be solid rather than sen-
sational; yet the Progress says:
The Galveston Nkw.s still continues to astonish
the natives. The News's latest enterprise is that of
running a special train from Galveston to Houston
in order that tho " mud-turtles " can be supplied
w ith The News at as early an hour as if the paper
was printed in Houston. The train leaves Galves-
ton immediately after The News In printed, at
about 3:30 a. m., and arrives at the Bavou city
at 5:30. Truly, The News is a wonderful institu-
tion.
The papers are making appeals to voters in
the spirit of leaders on the eve of battle, which
is right. Many an election is more important
In its results than a btoody contest with arms.
The ballot is tetter than the bullet.
The Edna Progress is a model of neatness,
well and compactly printed, and sententious
and sensible in all it says. It does not spread
and inflate in anything, but reminds one of the
faying that the most valuable goods are put up
in small packages. A paper that has to stretch
things in order to fill up is apt to be like the
editor who took cabbage at the dining-party,
with the remark that it would help to fill up—
a little inflated.
The Colorado Clipper is impatient for a new
deal in the distribution of the political power
of the State, and says:
One of the moat Important questions to West
Texas that will com© up in the next legislature will
be in the shape of a constitutional amendment re-
quiring the census of the State to be taken every
live years. Under tho census of 1880, it is known
that West and Northwest Texas has no representa-
tion, at loest not half what her population would
entitle her to under a new census. The population
since last census has been twice doubled, but our
representation is the same. If we ha 1 the repre-
sentation which our present population would en-
title us to, we would be able to defend ourselves
against unjust legtelatior. The balauce of power
would be changed and we would have a chance.
The Corn Hill Express says without equivo-
cation:
Tbe Galveston News is the best paper in Tex-
as. If you would keep posted, subscribe for The
News.
Of course this presupposes that the readers
of the Express take that paper already. May
it have many more, and grow with its pa-
tronage.
A correspondent of the San Antonio Timos
rays the pecan crop is really worth more tc
the acre than is corn, cotton or wheat; aud
yet, strange to say, there are some people who
are actually so shortsighted as to cut down
their pecen trees to make a cotton patch.
The San Antonio Express feels like the boy
in the poem who knows it is a sin for him to
sit and giin at the old man:
It is written in the best of all books that41 some
men dig pits that others may fall into them," but
they tlu mtelves meet the fate intended for others.
It n ay be unkind to laugh at such malicious and
v irked fi-ii, ws, but f'»r the life of us we can not
he lp en lling aloud at the anathemas and execra-
tions of some of our neighbors who are unable to
C in fa « Ut of the Ugly holes dug for the Express,
I ut which serve no\v an the proper places for the
diggers to reflect and repent of their ungenerous
ai d ir ali.ious conduct.
AVhile the Express takes this view of tho
subject the fellows in the supposed holo3 are
i sing them as rifle pits.
The Colorado Citizen has a good word for
the departed:
1 lie Houston Post has suspended publication. Is
was established bv our young friend, Gail B. Jot ri-
sen, his father afterward becoming a partner in
the establishment, in a short time after which
Gail withdrew. The Post had many friends ia this
section, was a good paper, managed with great en-
terprise.
The Lampasas Eagle says:
Hon. G. W. Glosscock, of Georgetown, candidate
lor the state Senate, and church member, is quite
busy now, trying to explain why he stiggereel on
the streets jii»t after coming cut of a saloon. What
did he go into the saloon for anyway?
Just to see a man and voter. The judge 13 a
candidate. The question of his intoxication
was tried by a proper court and he was pro-
nounced not guilty, although it seems that he
was not put to the test of walking a crack.
The Pecos Valley Mirror that was is now the
Te^yah (Reeves county) Mirror. Its town and
county are in the vast territory including Tom
Green, Crockett, Pecos, Presidio and El Paso
counties—a region of magnificent distances
and boundless contiguities, where counties are
as big as States and the cattle from a thousand
bills feed upon as many mountains—the land
of El Paso wines, big onions and magnidcent
scenery.
The Rockdale Messenger remarks:
The Houston Post suspended publication on the
26th instant. It made a bold and energetic strug-
gle and died hard, but the inevitable had to come.
If the Post had gone about its own business there
might have been no inevitable, but when it got it
into its head that a leading paper could be built up
in the State only by breaking down The Galveston
Nkws, it created an inevitable which was inexor-
able and finally overtook it. There may have been
room for the two, but the spite and nettishness of
the Post could not survive the dignified course of
the solid and substantial Old Lady by the sea.
And now the city of Laredo, following the
wicked example of Fort Worth, exhibits a
^disposition to resist lawful authority. The
Times, of the former city, says:
Morea Valdez was politely removed from a ja-
calian palace he was occupying against the wishes
of the owner on a writ of ejectment issued by *
Judge Dye, and executed by Sheilff Gonzales. This
morning both officers were surprised to find tae
old fellow re-established in his quarters, armed
with a club, and bidding defiance to the judicial
minions and all others who would dare to beard
him in his den. We passed on, leaving the aged
warrior still holding the fort, and our de facto
sheriff arguing the qiestion with him from the
duck pond in front, by courtesy to the ring, called
a sidewalk.
Let all good citizens hope the affair will be
settled without the intervention of the state
troops.
Tramps will find Abilene a desirable stop-
ping place. The Reporter says they are lodged
and fed at public expense, and afforded whole-
some exercise in working the streets.
The Helton Reporter, alluding to the late ad-
journment of tho County Court at Waco, to
permit the judge aud an attorney to settle h
vexed question by an appeal to their manly art
asks:
Would it not be well for 44 McLennan? county'
to abolish the judiciary system and substitute the
44 wager of battle "as a means of dispensing justice?
The Corn Hill Express expresses a willing-
ness to tread oh corns when necessary:
It never wants to wound the feelings of anybody,
but if, to do a general good, and it sees it mint
tread on somebody's toes, it takes the step juat tlu
same as if no toes were in the way.
Tlie Navasota Tablet says:
Since the rains the cotton has taken a new
growth, and the fields look as green as they did in
the month of May. All tlie farmers that we have
talked with say that unless the frost comes within
a few days a very fair crop of cotton will be
made.
The Tablet renews its condemnation of the
corrupt practice of using money to buy votes.
It is truly a terrible evil. A large clas3 drop
all honest labor before electious, aud live at the
expense of candidates and their friends.
These cormorants are becoming so numerous,
and many of them are so well known as unre-
liable, that candidates try to avoid them, but
find it difficult to do so. There is do more im-
portant work for grand juries than to try to
purge politics of this poison. It is destroying
the government, which is supposed to ba based
on the honesty and intelligence of the people
The Alexander Free Lance says:
AVe regret to ste the announcement that tlie
Houston Popt has suspended. Tt was a stood news
gatherer, but was run on a reckless seal ft of ex-
penditure. It was a larger paper than Houston
was a town. Still, Uncle Daniel's Ago remains
per ere and drops a tear over the spot that marks
the laht resting place of his unsuccessful rivals,
and points a moral from each succeeding collapse.
44 Who will be next?"
The colored voter of Camp county is posted.
The Pittsburg Gazetto says:
44 Is he a candidate, boss?" said an old negro,
the other day, on the street, pointing to a man who
walked up to a friend and caught him by the hind.
lie w as informed that he was one, and as the can-
didate passed on the old darky followed him, and
paid: 44Bofs, ain'tdis here Mr. ?" 44 Yes," said
the candidate, glad to be known by the old darky.
" Wal, boss, 1 am gwine to vote fur yer, can't you
give me a drink?" At first the candidate seetned
indifferent about granting tho favor, but after be-
ing Urged the candidate drew some sin ill change
from Ids vest pocket and the negro's eyes wore full
of gratitude to the great man, and as he wont into
a saloon near by. he yelled at the top of his voice,
44 hurrah for 1" A few minutes later Mr.
taw the *ame negro get a quarter from his oppo-
nent, and almost instantly began hurrahing for
him at such a rate as to make all hopes of the first
candidate's success shake and quiver with defeat.
This is no exaggeration of what actually
happens.
The E'abine Pass Times enters on its third
volume greatly enlarged and improved—an
eight-column, home-printed paper, with new
type and other material, and crows loudly, as
it has reason to crow, in defense of its own
broad barnyard:
Bring out your power-presses, brethren, and fire
away. Our battery is in position.
Still the TimeB has had trouble in breaking
its ancient shell. It bad to break the meshes
of a great railroad monopoly which retarded
its appearance in the present form, and says
the delay beyond the time anticipated resulted
from 11 not once thinking that the rules of the
Buntington syndicate were not of the civil
service order, requiring a competitive exami-
nation for its employes, and that not even a
knowledge of the geography of their
own belongings was necessary to hold a
pempous position in that monopoly.
Had we been better posted, should of course
have known that freight shipped from New
York, distinctly marked via Morgan's Steam-
tbtp end New Orleans and Texas railroad to
Sabine Fess, would go on to Houston, there to
remain until informed as to whether S. P. wa3
in Texas or Mexico."
Notwithstanding this want of knowledge of
the Pass by the railroad magnates, tho Timos
proclaims in four-line and bold-face letters:
Sabine Pass. Nature's roadway to the sea. The
shortest navigable route to all points on the North
Atlantic const and Europe west of the mouth of
the Mississippi. Harbor facilities in closer prox-
imity to deep blue water than any other point on
the gulf coast. A port in which more floating ton-
nage can harbor In perfect safety than anv south
of New York. Millions of people populating hun-
dreds of thousands of square miles of territory di-
rectly interested. The point where a great com-
mercial city should be established, which could
rapidly expand to accommodate 1,000.000people.
Why it is suffered to lie dormant aud at the mercy
of opposing Interests.
The " why " and the " how " are partly de-
scribed as follows:
Members of the United State engineer corp.*, able
engineers in civil life and practical ,4 old salts " pro-
nounce this the most susceptible of easy improve-
ment of any nort obstruction known to them But
htill the fcar grows. Yet thr.t little mud obstruc-
tion is suffered to remain! Yes, not only to re-
main but to build higher. Readers, the motto at
the head of this paper is the utterance of Governor
Cleveland, "Tell the truth 1" and that is just what
we do in saying that after government, under its
very efficient engineer corps having expended
" thr
$470 ,0C0 and ten years of time to procure deep
voter nt this cort, there is actually less water—by
feet—than before they touched it.
In 6pite of all this, the future great city by
the sea has a moderate boom:
There is only one vacant dwelling house in town,
end it is to be occupied within a short time Tim
schooner Silas, i n the 8id, took aboard here 34
barrels of allifator *to''ns, for New York via t>al-
vf sicn. and about KOtK' pounds of cotton In the seed
for Galveston.
The Mi scow Pineiy was not left to pine by
the late chargo in tie mail schedule. It says:
Tint Galveston News has a^aln placed tho peo-
ple of Texas under obligations to its enterprise,
when Ihe schedule of timo on the roads entering
( nlvepton was so changed as to break the connec-
tion with several lines at Houston, thus delaying
Tee News one day from its subscribers, with their
Ufcinl vim thuy chartered t special car, and now
deliver The News aboard each train leaving Hoits-
on. 'I hus the "old reliable'' scoros another poiat
ard has cur lit arty thank9.
The founders of the Republic of Texas are
rot all diad jet. 'ihe Colorado Clipper re-
ports es-Uoveruor Lubbock iu his late speech
in that city:
The poverr.or said that when he first landed on
Onlveston island there was- not a house on it, aud
litat he built the third building in Houston; that he
nas at Dallas when that grand city was a very
small village, and il at he was iu Texas when there
were only 3600 people in the State.
In another place tho Clipper says:
Goiernor Lubbock and Judge C. MeGinnis,
tv o of tlie surviving Texas veterans, met last ni;ht
aft> r the spf aking, and the meeting was a very
pleasant ot e. they being old-time friends. When
the judge told the governor goodby he told him
tint i e wished him great success, and thai th *y
would probably never meet again on earth. Tho
governor said he expected to meet him in heaven:
thnt he was making a strong pull for that port, and
Le knew the judge would be there.
Fort Worth is bound to flourish, notwith-
standing the wickedness imputed to that city
by Dallas. The Gazette says:
No Pharisaical lie wis of the Dallas papers can
stop tlie onward march of "the place where the
panther lay down."
The Cosmopolitan reports tho daily fall of
rain at Brownsville from the 23d to the 28th
cf September, making a total of 1184-100
inches in six days.
The San Augustine Herald says nothing but
what is good of the dead:
AVe regret very much to learn of the suspension
of the Houston Post. It was a sterling paper, very
much prized here. We hope to hear of its revival
soon.
The papers report a good crop of ma5t, and
the prospect of plenty of pork—where farmers
have hogs.
The Shelby Champion makes this timely
suggestion:
We would like to impress upou every farmer of
the land the importance of sowing oats this fall or
next spring. It is more certain than corn and it
requires just about half the labor to grow oats that
it does corn. In fact, each planter should sow
from five to ten acres to the horse every year.
The editor of the Texas Monitor had holiday
the past week. lie took a little tilt with the
dengue. It got him down for a time, but he
came out victorious. It thrusts, but doesn't
kill.
The Gilmer Mirror says:
The world belongs to the man who knows. Know-
'edne is the richest of all riches.
This depends on whether the knowle lge is
adapted to the occasion aud enables the man
to meet it. The old dogma that mere scholastic
education is all a man needs in this world is a
in) th. Some good scholars are not even quali-
fit d prsperly to teach others what they them-
selves know. There is a wonderful diTerence
between the theoretical and practical, or, as
philosophers say, the abstract and the con-
crete. Sometimes it is less important to know
why the pot boils thau to get something to
boil. The idea that education is per se all that
a ycurg man needs, even if he iuherits wealth,
is a terrible mistake. Iu a recent address at
Feme, Ga., Rev. Dr. Haygood said:
For many long years I have been au educator of
tlie bojs of thU land. I have loved them and
watched them, and tried to guide them by precept
and e> ample, and 1 say now, with solemn convic-
tion, lhat there is no dancer, no peril, no tempta-
tion so fatal to youth as riches. Many boys come
to college as beneficiaries: many come whose
pr.rerts are toiling aud struggling to gi ce tl}pm an
education, and many come whose parents-are rldh,
and their children never know a want. U> is tin -
class only fhat bave ever given us trouble or
arxiety. "From this ela^s all the expulsions Come,
and not long ago we had to expel onrf of t'uvtm who
«as only sixteen years old for being a habitual
drunkard. I keep a roll of our graduates, aud
waieh lliem from jear to year, after they leave u-.
and it is only this class who come to grief, aud
make up a record either of indolence or of shame.
Cf course, there are many exceptions, and I only
al'v(*e to the contrast in general.
When Dr. Frenklin was a newspaper pub-
lisher he submitted on argument to prove hjw
much better it was to buy a paper than a
pound of sugar. The Luling Wasp hits on the
same idea, as follows:
If you propose to squander E0 cents for peanuts,
stop, dear reader, and think what injury you will
do your digestive organs, and then when you have
carefully considered the matter, cotno at
once to this office and subscribe for the
Wasp. Don't smell the parched goober
when it is warm from the oven, for at last
il biteth like n cucumber and stingeth like a case
of crump colic.
The Was;) does not itself sting even a rival.
It says:
The Galveston News has an elegant building,
and ours being the second great daily in the State
and the only really formidable rivaf Tue News
t as, we of course ore expected to bave elegant
quarters. Any visitors who would like to inspect
the new Wasp bull dine: have our permission to pass
along the street in front and gaze to their heart's
content. We will toon be fixed.
A wasp's nest is always neat and commo-
dious, and Ihe wasp seldom stings unless it is
molested.
The Waxahaehie Mirror says:
The Mirror regrets tho suspension of the Houston
Tost. It was, next to The Galveston Nr vs. the
best paper In Texas. It was too close to Tub News
to prosper. One such pat er as the Post was in
Northern Texas w ould prosper.
The Sherman Democrat, in speaking of the
late meeting of the West Texas Methodist
conference, mentions the fact that the confer-
ence is composed of all the counties west of
the Colorado river and extends into Mexico,
from Chihuahua to Saltiilo. This is an im-
mense territory, embracing hundreds of thou-
sands of miles of territory, with only 100
itinerant and some 200 local preachers. There
aie about 10,000 members of the church in it.
Among the preachers are some thirty Mexi-
cans. The Methodists have ever been amoug
the pioneers in the extension of American in-
stitutions since that church was established in
the United States. In Spanish America the
Catholics have been the great missionaries,
and done much toward the civilization, educa-
tion and conversion of the natives.
The Hempstead Ledger remarks:
The Galveston News is now running a special
train on its own hook to Houston every morning
before daylight, thereby furnishing the Houston-
ians a morning newspaper. The enterprise and
grit of The News seem to be unlimited. an<l tho
new venture is meeting with abundant success.
The Brownsville Times describes another
sharp and reckless attempt to induce Mexicans
to vote for Rentfro for Congress. J. N. Cor-
tines, the famous Mexican, who is regarded
by Americans as an outlaw but esteemed by
many Mexicans as a defender of their race
against the " perfidious Yankees,"is a prisoner
in the Mexican capital. He has many friends
on the lower Rio Grande. The Times says:
A few weeks since an uninelosed letter was
brought Jo the house of a friend of Dona Carmen
Cci tina, sister of the general, by Tomas Oortez, to
be delivered to Dona Carmen. The bearer stated
that the letter was inclosed in another to Fecundo
Cortez, who is the president of the Republican Red
club of Cameron county. This letter purported to
be from General Cortina to his sister. Dona Car-
men. Its contents were to the effect that it was his
wish that all his relatives and friends should sup-
port Rentfro for Congress, and such nominations
os tlie Ped club might make. The sequel to this
sharp practice is that Dona Carmen Cortina, oue
of the cleverest of women, immediately detected
the fraud and pronounced the letter a trick and
forgery. The number of votes which it was
thought would be thus captured, will be uniuliu-
enced, and the letter wiil prove a boomerang to
its inventors. This Is a fair sample of the methods
of the custom-bouse ring, and the manner in which
tte will of the people is sought to be perverted.
< OM.MKHl IA L (J 1.1! timus.
A slight improvement in the volume of tr tde
in the general market was noted during the
latt days of the week, but on tho whole it is
yet dull and dragging. Of tho condition of
trade at the leading business centers the New
York Commercial Bulletin, October 27, says:
" The general testimony of our reports from
(he leading business centers for the last week,
it will bo observeil from the extracts below,
points to a disposition among merchants every-
where to shorten sail and keep as near shore
as possible until the pending political excite-
ment is eliminated as a disturbing element. In
less than another ten days, it is something to
know, we shall have weathered that port, and
then we may reasonably look for a return to
increased activity and a more cheerful outiook
all around."
The fluctuations in cotton during the past
week were very marked, with a general up-
ward movement prevailing. Wool and hides
continue quiet aud values are unchanged.
The wool market at New York is thus com-
mented on by the Commercial Bulletin: " The
conditions of trade for the majority of domes-
tic w ool remains very much as last noted,
with only such small fluctuations in tone as
might be expected where trading is not of a
regular character. The opening of the week
nearly always brings with it a slight drag to
business, but all indications aro that there is
really no great use for stock at the moment,and
buyers simply stand off because they tiiid little
occasion to make up invoices in more numer-
ous or larger form. Cost is considered nom-
inally unchanged and quotations generally re-
main about as before, but the situation is
favorable for buyers, and they can with
ordinary shrewdness obtain many little favors.
General arrivals are not very full at the
moment, but stocks of Texas are moving for-
ward to some extent and the aggregate accu-
mulation hero will increase rather than dimin
ish unless distribution expands. We hoar of
no arrivals of California fall wools. B'oreign
stcck generally is quiet and clothing grades
to a great extent nominal, though a few sales
at 88<g37c. are reported at the eastward."
Position of the Cotton Trade.
A correspondent of the New York Commer-
cial Bulletin, writing to that paper under date
of October 25, says:
Permit mo to present to the consideration of
your renders a few facts in the present condi-
tion of the cotton trade that are very inter-
esting at the present time, and will, as tho sea-
son progresses, attract more and more the at-
tention of the whole world.
The Liverpool price of American cotton is
lower than it has been any timo in twenty-nine
years. The port receipts since September 1
are 1,158,360 bales, against 1,223,986 bales same
time la6t year.
The exports are as follows: This year, to
Great Britain, 367,349; France, 25,200; Conti-
nent, 141,849. Last year, Great Britaiu, 307,-
775; France, 89,190; Continent, 188,148.
Our spinners have taken 205,043 bale3,
against 269,338 last year.
Never in my recollection have English buy-
ers had so nearly complete control of our cot-
ton market. Why should this be so I I will
tell j ou; England is the only country that can,
st the present time, find a market for th:< pro
duct of her mills. The system of taxation,
falsely called protection," is now ripening
rapidly, and these are its fruits. Bo not de-
ceived by the bad accounts of trade sent out
from Lancashire. England is now a b iyec.
end slie understands herself perfectly, if vva
do not. Her spinners, you say, are working
short time. Of course they are. They would
be fools if they did not; liut they are buying
cottcn with an eagerness they have never be-
fore mamftsted in bad times, and very rarely
ever in the best times.
Lock into the London Economist of the 11th
inst., and see the board of trade letunis for
September and for the first nine months of th9
current year. I will only quote the eommen^s
of the editor:
"Turning next to our reports of home manu-
factures, it will be seen from the table that of
nearly nil our chief ] roducts we shipped larger
quantities last month than in September last
year; but in looking at these figures the extra
working day last month must of course be
taken into account. The chief exception to the
general growth is found in iron and steel, the
exports of w hich continue to dwindle, the de-
crease being made all the more unsatisfactory
by the fact lhat it is not in one direction
only," etc. Again: "The increase in the ship-
ment of cotton pi» ce goods, which was tl'i1
favorable feature of the August returns, con-
tinues throughout September, the gro.vth
being a [tain m< st marked in our exports to the
East, ai.d moro especially to China." Again:
" Much more satisfactory, because it has b>eu
much longer sustained, is the growth in th>
shipments of woolen and worsted goods; aud
tf.kir g our exports as a whole, they ade-
cidedly mere encouraging than might have
been expected, in view of tho financial aud
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