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HIDES AND wv

y,Idcs-Prlces paid Dy -"
Dry hint, sel~teo'''''... sJ
VET sailed. selec'eo'' 49,. q
Deer skins ..'.;',,s strictly
Woo,-Guotations i,,,rp.. ~
Twelve months, i aes ..,,e]
Twelve months; ,d iine Ie:s. j
Six months. lu-s .,..~'~
Tnllow Prime -, ,, ~
Peeswax-Good run-..I
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LIVE STOCK.
HOUSTON.

T. h. Hall live stock commission mer-
chant reports IA follows:
Houston live stock market quotations
by f. X. Hail. commission merchant:
Beeves-First class. ......,....... 2i.
'tNss-- .......s. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. la4N
'flNts .'.''''..~'''.'.. ......,....... ZA4Q
tdl IhSS s.''s.'s' .s'.''............. q .l2
Sheep-Frst class ................ 3
cornfed hogs :.a......;..........,.. sisN 81.
All classes of first class stock sell read.
lily at quotations. Market hare of hogs
oyerstoclled with calves and sheep.
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WIRE AM NA1Ie

Barb wire quotations are for car load
lots, O b., Houston:
EAkBED WiRE-Giidden. galvanized,
y%0 per 100 lbs; painted wire. s. %; Wan
kggtn. !oc higher than Glidden
WIRE NAILS-Rate. 50. 10 per key; ad-
vhnces 10 10 90 r"nny, SOC, ana penny,
tpe and penny 15c 1 and penny. 90c /.
penny 81 20; ? penny. Sl6).
CUT NAILS-Hate s. 80 per key. same
advances as on M.re nAlla.
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Mexican. 1915 per box.
PAINTS AND OILS.

Sec. petroleum, $50 test, in lihs, lie, n
cases. si.70; brilliant oil, s.a5 In hbs. lie
stove gasoline, In cases. 81 s0 in bbls, lac
Eupion oil. in bbls. l9c. In cases. s.. 80, cas-
tor oil, medical pure. 96c; turpeniine. ir
bbls, a2c.
WHITE LEAD-Strictly pure, sasne
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t the Houston Cotton Exchange and

Board of Trade:
Per Gallon.
Prime crude. loose. ......... IS
Refined butter oil, loose zee. Nominal.
Prime summer yellow oil. 20
cake and meal f. q. b. mill interior
points, according 10 location.
Short Ton
prIle cotton seed cake.....sl2 so a II %
Prime cotton seed NEAL. l. 30 q II %
Cotton seed hulls ........-.. 5p "a 500
For local delivery Houston mills quote
meal. &600aie 30 per ton hulls, 500; lint
ers, No. /, Siac; No. . SIC.
kemarks--M Market quiet.
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LONDON MONEY

london, October 3l.-Consos for money
ana account les 7-1d Bar silver Soi per
ounce Money. tate per cent. Ratio of
olseount in the on L market tor short b rs.
IN PCT cent; for three months, 3lsG3 3-S
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sheep-Receipts were light but were
sSdwaS b for }ae DEMAND sba ad s5 Pg5i'ef
l.25n3.l0 and lambs at , Jodfi. 40.
keceipts-Cattle 800, hogs ll,0oo, sheep
9ep
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MONEY

AMERICAN AsIps y sSsi
M hs' nuila an !, 8
psyer; 1 e. i, as az l AZ +
SIRE, railroads.
Mine. RsArosA
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NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT,

New York. october Si.-rhe weekly bank
statement shows the following changes:
h'HVrNe, increase .,...,........,.,. s.. 5o2 }2i
t-"AIiS' decrease -................... 1851. 1Ou
Specle increase Gee. ....,........,. 2Gi5 500
i:'E"l tenders, decrease. ~ 700
Ieposlls decrease ..-...,.......... 2,o3G 300
',Huliuon, decrease .......,...,., II 500
Ihe banks now hold ST.. 49,. 495 In excess
OF me reQuirements Of Tho % per cent rule
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mel. HfA a., 80 California small white, 2ssa2hc
lima ~ hl;DoA-eyei peas &C.
hIl ItR-ltiur star. lSc. dairy l5c; Ia
re- lsci fancy Elgin creamery, PC
iFtsh Texas country, se2oc if in good con
~ oit t,, o.,'M.iARGAFiNE- Solids, lie; prints.
cS G'ALBAG i Missouri g .2502.5o fancy
CIiE ESE-Ncw York fun cr,am. 1,fa
i'sc Wisconsin fun cream i5Gillise:
Young America, lie; SWISS, pa Doc; im.tn-
Hon Ii,i9t swiss, i1glS': brick cheese. Iiai2c;
< E Cos In cases, candled. ,sc
GAME Prairie chickens. 81 75d3.oo per
aosrh ve4son' iH6c per pourd ploy.r, CO
Ho9c per dozen, quail, 11os 500 per dozen
squirrels. p1Nc per dozen
htA' New, 81 2542.J0 per half bar
0,NIQNS-Texas. $4,000 per bushel
rEPPEIi-Chl" 2oc per pound
PoTAFpES-N orthern and Western. co
Neoc' choice Colorado. I0N75c; sweet pota-
toes, 5HH05c per bushel.
ROT Chickens. per dozen, old
pens, Sgn2 %, large fryers. 81 1sd2 % /;
hiroilers A?iWlt) according 10 yize; tur,
k t'o hehs, H,~a5 90; turkey gohhlers, $500
Q9'N; ducks. S2.2jA2.15. geese, sS.50ai o.
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BEER-Schlitz, quarts SO 50 per Dbl
pints, $ll.W per bbl Dixie Pale quarts,
!g.W; pints, ~ %; Magnolia Pale. quarts,
81 90. pints, 81 20.
High WINES-Sl,1s per gallon.
WHISKY Per gallon: Fifiished goods on
high wine basis, Sis straight Bourbon
and rye, according to age and quality,
H.75a3.00; blended. 81 75u350.
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Total .....,..,.'..''',. 80,
Same day last year,
RECEIPTS AND shlir !

~ IN ~ .t.Ar h
day we're l9,763 bales, ~ u s,ns'
by Gulf. colorado anu !,
3505. Ia, and GrS
railway, 40, uouston W
BY Galveston, Hou'' !.
"a By Vii Missouri. Kansas 1' :.
1850. T.. Ports =
railway, 40. ,,,, 7s
By barge Willie ~. ~
iSy barge olive, so q,
by barge j, H. v" \
BY schooner, .; peln. ir,c 4
by barge c. W. ~
1890.
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lIrerencc Flee 24.es4 n. sss
HOUSTON PRICE CURRENT.

k,.u ton At- sod r,,lT.
their correctness can be relied upon. The
prices are those ruling in the Houston
wholesale markets;
/ ANLE GREASE-DiRmond, S.75 rer
gross. Frazier. M I'm boxes s.. 10 per yross,
Colder 5i46ac per dozen boxes. castor
ANiNIt' NITION-Po per kes. s40oT
A.50, busting powder, 500 per kee agents
price. drop shot per sack N.25Qi.S0. back
HAtG%-short clear. boxed 5s,li.5a,,. fl,
sacks. &C less. breakfast Siafiec. iry salt
WSs;:ora salt berles' 5iisi.e; snoSe5j bel,
lies fl.4s-c.
BAGfstNtj AND TTES-Carloa1 hrs
0. b. Houston or Galveston Baeginss ;,
r S.i is { ;. -, 1i io;. r ,s,, AFrow
r;','if,tIf p0vnr,p ,nax IN, con,
t,-l6 Sfs5 g.. III. 7sc. Victor lib pe,. dn2a,i
- -p '9N sr K ~ 81 ts's :, Sne spoon J.
X : NOV rans 80 ~ os, doyont t,-,s. a.
ID e. IN nor 'io1af- p6vsl H. q oo
CANNEb FRt-iTI fer' i1ser.: :. ro ,y,,or.
,tes M. ii ~ nire.tni,..s etsfja~5 q ,,.s
III. eyoi..s ,,,l co~i.i.s a X -
~, r.srs st,,ia- 49, A.. ,'ii,.,,
-. i,,, na,,a s-Ih is.,f
! r.. t,e1cte+ ,-r5ar' FL n ,S.,f1',.'
~ sir atc,i e. X: qiT ~. nt,.t q -
~ ,f t. ,s.n a.. 80 u
peaches, s7ise 6iack lerr.ss, i5aS5c s-.G
ANfy t3et, r.rj Pr 40 .. ,,.-,,,,a9
e,s5ldS,r. fsncl nlxei in Nils 5,t,en
res q ~ 5i, q H., a i'Ii Mi,reI ~
strinr he4,s 7niy-tr, rnrr rsreiSi r. Ami,
fo.s p-Ib .'s5i & ...o,, 49, i.W,
~ Sl,- IA l+3'i,,..i i.,,',ee III, --%uN
( C.AN-EFn M, re- ~,
81 ~ X. a.D - No. -, ~, 80
s-doven g f6sriI- IN, ,1,n,t t,ne',,e
dozen l. ,i,'i2 ~ IA nvrmr3 sa,'s,ee' .
ioa.n s7eo ~, 1911 s1uSAF E, ca
!. h pottei ham ,-dozor. 5,ic5r. Lib
lotfc1 ham, .-HoTeD 81 70; l.-ib deyllcd
ip1sr a. a',,,3 ~, wy -" "T i'e4 mann =
CANfI.Es- e;rayita Ga and s. 7G-lAo.
Star cg1aies aa asser'e' Vo'o's' ''a1i'''
~. i.h.-R,o Ani Corhoya: Fair, ~.
fsncv ~ y - - ono.c'
( Roasto1 49, el'tl p ~, y, .N Is. y
/ 5000 la.s =, 90 pHs''
lga-lh rssee e., On @ @ ~
S6-lb casa. ia a. NoSh- ~. -,
/ eien1 ~. Fi''''' N'orna an" 1a''' fancy
/ Ff.t5i1R-Car,o,a lots. ,r,dol vy,vs e no.
! Sea Fairy seHong roiicr 49,. a. a.. 80,
Nympb SStTa roiie- fs,yi "a ~, g. 10 =
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NEW ORLEANa-

Choice cattle ana calves in demand.
Market supplied with sheep ana hogs.
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LIQUORS.

WINDOW GLASS-In boxes. 60 and 20
to per cent discount new list.
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STOCKS.
Thetolpwing wore IA, o,p,ln. auotitlon. on IA,
nntIn stl.aa D m -. n, 4 ,nnlIA L.
COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.

HOUSTON MARKET.
The following quotations were posted to.
day BY the COTTON seed produc, depart,nsnt
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LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
Opened steady, demand fair; closed
steady.
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GALVESTON !
ON srI1PBoARD NOT y. :.

Cotton on shlpDO"
weston today; ...,...>
For New York..""""''.
l.or Alanchester ..''''''' ~
For Liverpool ......'''''''' -.
For lfaVre ..'''''''' ,.,.s>
For Bremen =. .'''''' -
For Hamburg ..''''' .....
For Antwerp ,..'''''
Total .....''''''''' .,,...
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DRIED FRUITS

APPLES-Fancy sliced. IT, boxes. 4yR
&c. choice evaporltei. 6iac; fancy, &c: ct
ron lac per 10. currants, in bbis, 44i4hc;
ngs. eyaporated. Sc; Turkish layer, f2c;
tons, disc; neciarines. evapc rates. Sc:
peaches, evaporated, di2c; pears. evapor-
RAISfNS-Ca California l.. h.. hoSss, new.
81 So; crown l.. NJ. raisins, 5O-lb boxes
Hsci 3 crown L NJ. 50-b boxes 6iec.
PRUN ES--Crop of 1856 caiior0ia pruues
0ie9s, 5p5t.c S0-sos. 6ixc 7O-S9s, 5dbisc:
60-70s, 1isc; 5Q-e0s, Sc; silver prunes. Nc:
ruby prunes, .igc.
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NsActi. - hlG.
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
Opened steady. Gales. 1000. closed quiet
ana steady, sales. 1850,
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GRAIN AND HAY.

GRAIN AND HAY.
Carload lots. Job cars from mills. deal.
ers charge from store 5ul0c more per 100
lbs on bran, 2g3c per bushel on oats and
corn.
BRAS-15c
CHOPPED CORN soc per 100 lbs.
Sacked. 40c.
HAI-Altalfa. 81 00al2.co per ton NIL
let. Sl0.5oN so, timothy, si6.o09 100, South
Texas prairie. si,o0l4.50.
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MAXINE INTELLIGENCE.
Port of Galveston, October

Port of Galveston October 81
ARRIVED.
SIS Leona, Wilder. New York.
SIS Solveig. Rodsith. New ork
Sch Chas. X. Schulz, Hall. Philadelphia,
CLEARED.
So Coniscliffe, Wrghtson. Bremen.
IS Dcinar, Rorpc, iIavre.
Sch w. W. Rasiu Nanman, Port Tampa.
S. l3irchneld, Horton, HaNre.
IS Craigmore, Cooke, Liverpool.
SAILED.
SIS Alamo, Evans. New York.
SIS Sprinswell, Kinwood. Liverpool.
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NEW YORK SPOTS.
LIVERPOOL SPOTS.

NEW YORK FuTuRES
800.
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DAILY INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
Receipts. Shipmts. Stock
augusta .--.-tsss it'lo 90 ssD "
Memphis ................- 3,n54 2,5O2 lO34s5
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miles, in straight. line. All the
afternoon they pressed on, making
somewhat better progress, and at sun
down reached spot of open cypress,
where the ground, though soggy, was
now free from surface water. They
estimated that they were about 3%
miles direct from their starting place.
Here they built fire and camped for
the night. They determined to start
at daybreak the next morning and go
on until noon, unless high ground
should be discovered sooner; IL moth
ing was reached by noon, they would
turn back.
They were walked with the earliest
glimmer of the next day by the trum-
peti1g of famingoes, the squawlxing of
herons snd the believing of gators
and croaking OF frogs. AS soon as it
was light enough to see they started
on. rt
just before noon they were rewarded
by glimpse of high land ahead,
which was reached at last by swimming
through a few yards Of deep water,
beyond which the bluff banks of a high
hammock island came sloping down.
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The Monroe Doctrine .

Ed. LEADER:-I notice in your val
uable paper of the 24th, that Senator
Wolcott, of Colorado, calls a halt on
the Monroe Doctrine, and is thankful
that he is of the same race as the
English, l also am proud of being "a
descendant of the Anglo Saxon, but |
cannot for the life of me see how any
loyal American can feel proud of the
English Government, and | would like
to remind Mr.. Wolcott or any other
timid citizen that is advocating Pacific
measures with England that it is not
the fault of the English that we are a
Great Nation, they started over hun
dred years ago to keep us in slavery
and squandered millions of dollars TO
make us bow to an imbecile, who they
called King And if the Continental
Congress had been composed of such
men as Mr.. Wolcott, believe that we
today would be slaves of some Europ,
can thing called King or Queen.
And a member of either house OF
Congress that cannot heartily support
the President in the stand he has taken
in regard to the Monroe Doctrine
should be severly reprimanded if not
expelled.
w. IL. HITE.
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more than q mile or so; nor had any
man, so far as was known, gone further.
Singletary, who was noted for his
skill as turkey hunter, had long been
puzzled by the fact that turkeys flushed
near the swamp would often fly straight
into it, where, as far as he knew, there
was neither feeding ground nor resting
place. Time and again he followed as
far as he dared, only to find that the
rirds had gone into deeper recesses:
and he would wait in vain for their re :
turn. He might find the flock on the
old ground week or a mouth later.
but where had they been in the in
terval?
Puzzled over the matter, he argued:
Turkeys do not go 25 or 30 miles to
feed, and then return. There must
be high ground not very far from the
swamp to which they go to feed o.
escape pursuit. If SO, it may be worth
investigating. 1t may be a regular
feeding and breeding place for turkeys;
it may be stocked with bear and deer:
or there may be Indian mounds and
buried treasure; and it may not be SO
very hard to get to, who knows?"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-01-29

The statement of Mr.. John Kaiser
appearing in Tuesdays Leader correct
ed an entirely wrong impression that
had gone abroad in connection with
the electric railway franchise applied
for by Messrs Gracey, Kaiser & Moore.
These gentlemen now, as year ago,
do not ask that the profits of the rail-
way venture be made secure by the sale
to them of the city light plant at beg
carly figure and the purchase from
them of the city street lights at u cor.
respondingly princely figure. They
are willing to construct, equip and OPP
crate an electric street railway inde-
pendent of other considerations and do
not solicit pay for taking the franchise.
This removes the street railway feat
ure entirely from the proposed i'm
provement of the city light plant and
at the same time destroys the first, last
and only argument against the issue of
the bonds to be voted upon next Mon
day. Assuming that Council has the
welfare and growth of the city at heart
and that they will follow the recon-
mendation of the light committee,
which declares unequivocally in favor
of granting the franchise to Messrs.
Gracey, Kaiser & Moore, the electric
street railway may be counted upon as
an assured fact
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it rose at least 20 feet above the sur.
rounding swamp, contained perhaps
five acres, and was covered by dense
growth of live oak, rubber, mastic and
magnolia trees, with very little under
growth.
Our adventurers estimated they were
five miles from the edge of the swamp,
and, naturally, supposed that theirs
were the first human footsteps to tread
this beautiful but inaccessible spot.
What, then, was their surprise to find
near the center of the island five or
six ancient buildings, now rotting
down, but in fair state of preserva-
ton.
They were all onc-story high, some
with two and others with only one
large room, ana were built entirely of
hewed logs and rived boards of cy-
press wood.
The logs, hewed t. n straight edge on
four sides, were laid with the broad
faces down, dove tailed togci her at the
corners and ch:nl:ed with kind of
concrete which had become as hard as
stone, making the walls tight and solid.
The floors were made oe smaller tim
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FASHIONS IN RINGS.

In Nero's time there was a fashion
prevalent of wearing large rings, the
setting of which was carved with the
bust of the special divinity who was the
wearer's patron.
Paradise rings were greatly worn in
Italy three centuries ago. They were
very wide aud bore on the circumfer-
cnce representations of Adam and Eve
in the Garden of Eden.
When the tomb of the great En-
peror Frederick, who died in 1850, was
opened in 1880, his coronation ring,
set with beautiful emerald, was still
found upon his finger.
The ring of Edward the Confessor
is preserved among the royal regalia
of Great Britain. For several centuries
it was used in the coronation cere-
monies of the esEnglish kings.
In the Etruscan tombs of northern
Italy gold rings have been found made
in the shape of a cord, a large knot OF
intricate pattern forming the princi.
pal part of the ornament.
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WHO WERE. THE BUILDERS?
Remarkable Structures on an
Island in a Florida Swamp.
How the Discovery Was Madc-Perilous
Exploration-A Deserted village Dihed
by Five Miles of Almost I'm
pass.;ble Morass.
rcopYRrcHr. 1see.]

Southern Florida is still, to a con-
siderable extent, an unexplorcd coun-
try. Many of it's immense swamps,
full of rank tangled vegetation and al
most bottomless mud, have never yet
been penetrated by white men, There
are places covered by a few inches of
water, where a pole may be thrust down
90 feet without touching anything
solid; where it is impossible to sink or
swim, and any animal stepping upon
the treacherous surface is drowned.
Near great swamp of this character
lived recently hunter named James
Singletary; but though raised on its
border, he had never penetrated il
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-01-29

THE Harris local option bill is the
chief legislative topic now before the
people of Ohio. Briefly the bill pro-
vides for local option by counties as
well as townships, and requires the
question to be submitted to vote
every two years. BY its provisions it
would be possible for a number of
townships in favor of local option and
having large vote TO enforce prohibi
tion upon another township or town.
ships having smaller vote, though
the latter might not desire it.
Politically considered from Repub-
lican standpoint the bill may prove
another case of didn't know it was
loaded" with the usual disastrous re-
suits to the party. We certainly hope
the stand the Leader has ALWAYS taken
on the liquor question will preserve us
against the accusation of defending
the traffic when we express doubt as
to the wisdom, policy or probable eff
fectiveness of the proposed new bill.
The Repu blican party, which has given
the temperance people of the State all
the beneficial legislation they have re-
ceived, and which on occasion has
suffered by so doing, must shoulder
the responsibility of the Harris bill if
it is enacted into law. Look before
you leap" has always been good ad-
vice and it applies now The existing
Dow law is conceded to have so far
been effective and just in its restric-
tions and has been satisfactory in gen
eraL Should further restriction be
deemed advisable there is the plan,
easy of ful6llment, of increasing the
tax Representative Leland, of Noble
county, has drafted a bill to amend
the Dow law, increasing the tax to
$500, and to go into effect on May |,
next The Dow tax law was passed
May IA, 1886, when tax of 5000 was
placed on the liquor traffic On March
2G, 1888, the tax was raised to $3.50 the
state receiving the extra $50 Mr. Le-
lands bill amends the distribution of
the money as follows; Under the pres
ent law the state receives 2-l0, which
is increased to $40; the poor fund now
gets 2-10, and the Leland bill raises
this to $40; the police fund now gets
6-10 of the tax collected, which is re-
duced to 40. The penalty for non
payment is now $500, which is raised
to $1,000, and the requirement made
that it shall be collected an enforced
unless the tax is paid by June 20 and
Dec. 20.
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He often talked the matter over witt
his neighbor Joe Evans, also a skilled
and resolute hunter, and at last they de-
termined to make the attempt.
Accordingly, they started On a bright
morning; each carrying a small hatchet,
hunting knife, rife, compass, coil OF
rope and small rubber bag contain
ing provisions and ammunition.
The first half mile was easily passed.
Beyond that lay unknown dangers and
difficulties. Progress was slow; every
step had to be cautious. They proceed
ed in single file, some distance apart,
and connected by rope knotted around
their bodies, so that if the leader should
step into bog, quicksand, or alliga-
tors hole, the other would pull him out.
Often for hundreds of yards, wading
in water and slime knee deep, they had
to cut u passage with their hatcheta
through the dense underground. Often
they came to boggy places, which could
only be avoided by long detours to the
right or left. Occasionally there was
a narrow lane of deep water where it
was necessary TO swim.
Animal life wa chiefly represented
by alligators and snakes, and care had
to be used to avoid stepping into the
jaws of one or being bitten by the other
Many of the "'gators" were 10 to II
feet long, and showed little fear of the
strangers or disposition to yield the
way; while the cotton-modth moccasin
more dreaded than rattlesnakes, be.
cause equally venomous and more vi
cious, were numerous.
At noon they lested awhile on big
cypress log, and estimated that they
! had penetrated the swamp about ~
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bers, hewed to about four inches in
thickness, and showed the wear, seem
ingly, of several generations of con-
stant use. In each building there were
loop holes, but whether for guns or
bows and arrows could not be told;
and there were pegs and shelves on
which to hang or place household arti-
cles.
Evidently the work had not been
done by Indians. by whom, then, and
what had become of the builders? Sim
gietary and Evans staid two days,
seeking in vain for some solution, and
then returned. The news of their dis
covery awakened great interest, but no
one was found who could throw any
light on the subject.
In the absence of certain knowledge,
there are conjectures; some of which
at least seem plausible.
All trace of a Spanish colony on the
southern gulf coast of Florida, ante
dating the foundation of ST. Augustine,
was lost, ard what became of them has
never been known. They may have
been the builders.
In the early part of the century many
negro slaves, escaping from owners in
Georgia and the Caroliras, took refuge
with the Indians IN Florida; and a
party of these, under an able and reso-
lutte leader, may have been driven to the
swamp to escape pursuers, and discoy-
ering the islands, may have built these
houses. Here, at least, they could be
free.
Or the builders may have been refu-
gees from justice, or from religious
persecution-who knows:
r. Il. ROBINSON.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-01-29

The reports printed generally that
the well on the Burg Smith farm, near
Beallsville, o., had come in Friday last,
and was doing 10 barrels an hour. are
incorrect Mr.. II. W. Wilson, of this
city, was at the well yesterday. The
drill was sent through the Big Injun
sand, which was dry as bone. The
Mellon people own the we'll and hold
all the territory. Yesterday afternoon
they were at work pulling the casing
and will abandon the territory.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-01-29

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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-01-29

IT is asserted that Tom Platts Nor
ton boom has been launched in Ohio,
but the feeling grows that it has stuck
on the ways. AT any rate the specta-
tors have not seen anything yet