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The following ocean freghts (steam) on
cotton are quoted today
From Galveston: Liverpool 1o-Gid per-
pound. iiate. i9-Gid: continent. lf-Ciq
ll-32d; New York, 43c per JOG ponds.
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
Observations taken by the United states
weather bureau Mt all stations a. n. IN.
18th meridian time:
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= iorm1n, Mos Nnn!c HOWL, Fprt
4 d; ; T.. Corner. W. r Edwards. Gin
pat. T. NJ Walc. Nasty =, Cleo. 9.
PSlo DvIison; n. G. smith. Mob .;
julia Scott. Forest city; w. ii,
LAY :, New York: N. r harrington,
MC p ~. tcago j: i. Ward, Whir-
I'M, Fort WORTH, I, T.. Smith and WIFE.
\ nl Tenn Miss hrdle Johannes, Chi'
A r. \ jon @, Now York \. NJ. York.
ItNn; W II. Bro ding. San Antorpl;
HI Register Austin; J. II. S1mns7n j.
n ~ milton. W. G. Clark. II. II. lorgln,
| T. Hamilton. Chicago. W. II. Brown
m: W Thompson. II. = Morgan.
lSm n, Ncw York: J. - McQusr'ncv,
MS, " T.. SIN tn. Circnnsti: l.. II.
r. II. p williams. Mt. Pleasant; II
1 VT 70 Nc~rnu 6Ctv; S y. Good, city.
~ Wocd Fort Worth; u. Il. Mnlloy,
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WEATHER IMPORTATION.
LAST NIGHTS SYNOPSIS.

An area OF high pressure with cooler
weather overlies tine Nor;hw stern por-
ticn OF the country. extending a. ftr
South tonight as North Texas. An area
of low Iressure overlics thu East Gulf and
South Atlantic States. ana another sight
depression Is central over Western Texas.
The weather Is EcacrnE clear. except
over Texas and the Rocky Mountain
n'ope where II Is partly cloudy 10 cloudy.
with rain falling at Amarillo, which is
the only station that reports as much o2r
n,re) than 10 of an inch precipitation.
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MAXINE INTELLIGENCE.
P5Tt Of Galveston. October {.


50 lDnn cronstouH. 81. Lucia.
Ss Chplicrtou, rcrd, Havana
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- I.uounEhlm, Leighton. Liverpool
- Conrho. RISK New York.
SAILED.
s. CNlior. Rasmufsen. sabine Pass
- poWgatc, Willis, Rouortum.
VESSELS IN PORT.
s. Meth Sands, Dn.l RIPLEY
ss Maritime. c9lliferd. clarl' s Co.
- ctncho. j. y. Sawyer y Co.
& !. 4fs sIana. WY W. f % W I CO.
s. Aieoi' Fowler h Mcviiie.
s. cromwell. cniliford, Clark & co.
IS Buckingham, j Moller ~ Co
So H!llcrag. Wm. Pnrr \ 60.
IS Dowga e. y. R'plcy,
SIS llenr.t;tr H.. Cu,lifOrI. Clark & Co.
s. Hcnllands. j Mollcr 4 CO.
So YArr w1nle, Fowlor & Neville.
- t'sa. j Moller & O..
$" RnthrrGlen. Fowler 4 MeNll!e.
S. City Of Gloucester. ". W. Wilson.
So Bedouln Fowler 4 McVluc.
So lnchisla. W W Whom.
IS Iloeuo Cullford, Clnik & CO.
SIS ron,acola Fowler & Neville
- city OF belfast. VIM. 'arr y co.
- Mex.cauo. Waters-I'ierco on co.
So lena, WIN Inrr & co.
s. ,.hollerion, lcw!u q McNi'io,
SIS Nornl s,phar. Fowler & McVite.
VESSELS SAILED FOR GALVESTON.
- Aeconae, Sunderland. sept. H.
rs AnrN, IlNfUuN n. sop -
81 Alglers, Port leada. Sept. 70.
IS Adarih, Grecnock, Sept. y.
s. Aiswnld Pcnarin, Sept. lG.
- Aldeisgate, Montevideo. oct. g.
81 Benr.dgt. ~ Suca, Sept. II.
~ Birchf cid RIO Janclro, sept u.
IS Cena. &. Ius "a. Sept -.
~ caslle5nic Dcmnrarn, Oct. g.
- Com ,. Now YORK. Sep. ~.
S. coil ngham Para, Sept. -.
SIS cromwell Aniwcrp Sept. o.
SIS Darlington, London. Sept, 10.
IS pelmar, f;eoJwood, Sept. 70.
Ss Drumirll. Barry. August IL.
So Deranore, SANTOS, sept. q.
~ Emma. sharpness
SIS Fal.erdon Hall. Mauritius. Aug. II.
IS frcshfield, RIO Janeito.
$50 Fuweil. Rotterdam september IL.
lis Carton. Santos Sept. 5.
IS GlenmoOr, Port Natal, sept. ID.
IS Hale, rrcmen. Sept. 70.
81 ililbrook, RIO Janeiro. sept. %.
SIS illHpania. Hamburg. oct l.,
- Inventor, Liverpool Scrl. 13.
IS Ieona, New York, oct 3.
~ Maria, Kingston, sept. 20.
rs MarihIsI. Cardiff, oct 3.
e A MSfP rG Ph,saeeps, sgt 1eso q,
SIS Niagara, Rio Janeiro. Sept. IA.
SIS Norma. cardlf, Auguat n.
So Quautock, Por, Said,
s. Straits OF Menai. RIO Janelfo. SEPT ~
IS Shiilt'o. Itarry. sept. ~ -.
Ss strathnevis, : ngapoTc, Aug. w
~ Sprngweli, Sunderland. Aug. H.
81 scarsdale Cardiff. August 70.
IA Treasury, Card n, Sept 70.
S. Victoria. Sunderland. Oct. I.
SIS Valeda, 81. I.uca. Sept. 20.
IS Whllhy Buenos Ayreh, August :.
a. Whitniirn. Barry, Sent. 30.
* 'l'hos. Wayman Barry. sept. ID
50 YORK MGntcyideo.
Bark Iilendi. Algoa Bay June ~
Sch Grace b. Buchanan. Ba.t''nore' sep
tcmhcr o. - .,
SCI Laura Lampson. New York, Ans. ID
Hltt Snawmni. baltimore. Sept. 2'
Bark Geneva Boston, Sept. T..
Srh Be.le O'Neil. bath, Sept. r.
sch Maggie Hart. l,osipn, rnpt'
Sch Sir Waite Ias'n, fhiladeiphla'
Sept. 2S.
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NEW HUTCuINs house.

-. y. AlNur'E,
Proprietor.
Remcde,od and
newly furnished.
Rates, S2JJ to
81 0n per 1av.
Unequnled IN all
10 appointments N
the State Of Texas.
The leading hotel.
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OK SHIPHoARp NOT CLEARED
Cotton Oh shpbosrd not cleared ut O..


Cotton OF sh'pbo,sd DOT cleared at tias-
weston tpddNt
Ncas0la onG Declarations Ia
Mallory Nrc NcN NorE s.......... s.Eg
So Book nyh8m. liverpool fs
So Ncled1, IHtrpucl .,..,.,f....,.,.- Nf
So Bodou.n, Liverpool ....,.....--.... hisa
- Alrnn. Liverpool .f....,.....t,..... gov
- Ruihrrrlen. Liverpool ...,-.,..... =. llt
~ knight Companion. Liverpool 500
IS Maritime, Liverpool ..........,..... 4.2N
IS Acomne, I.lVtfplol. ...........,..... Gli
s. Hcnrcttc H.. Liverpool. 1.fG1
~ SprnEwcll, Liverpool. ....,......+. aa6l
50 Treasury Liverpool ft
- Poinnn. Liverpool ................. 900
Vessels OF nun-mcmbcr@, Liverpool,. StJi
IS North sands. Hayrc. ...,.......... i.-H
So Darlington. HA,rc .................. 2,sJy
SIS pclmar IlAVre OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. VIZ
IS Cho,lcrlon, Havre ...........,..... 1879
50 saba 1iavre OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 40
SIS FuiN ELL iiuvro, 1.Wa
Ss cCnisc!ffc, Bremen ...,....,...... b9l
Ss Maori. Bremen ...,........,,.,....,. 2ml
So Yarrowdnlo Ircmcn. ~,
IS Cromwell. I3remen................. 2,NlS
81 Hcad!ands, Hamburg. ............ II,
81 Grsa. Hamburg ...~.....,.,.,...... 1pl
Othcr foreign, nmeu'bcrs......... F3
Total ......................... T7.sso
Same day last yrar.................... sb'n-A
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- IIOWWnte, WliIIs, K0tiITl1In.
- EucKinEhlm Leighton. Liverpool
s. Conrho, RISK Now York
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CAPITOL
HOTEL.
lsNstA Al Z

= =
Rates, $50 to
500 per day,
SIN V elegant
r o o n s with
bath. l. at : g
iainp,e rooms
Cc.trally % oat-
cd. GcoI accom-
no1at.Cus TO-
commercial nea
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GALVESTON sTATEMENr.

GALvEsroM srock,
7his Day, Last Year,
~, O. ~, rritaln. 81. ssa 1915
Npr Franco .'.....'..'... 4Lvoe eso"
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s. GNllrr. RAsmug en-. sabine Pass
- DoWgatc, WUliF. Rotterdam.
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OCEAN rKEIGIlrs.

Total O.. .: ..-...s,.-.,.......'''.' 20
Same day last ear......".......,... S5''
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cf.nnK MING RESIGNS.

In the case Of Lee vs.. the in;eFnakiona.
ard Great Northern Railrpad coWrGny.
suit for damages for $1,000 tried in the
Third district hsrc today tho Jury
brought in a verdict for defendants.
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The manner in which David r. Locke
Petroleum V. Nasby) produced his ia
nous Letters From the Confederit X
Roads," which during wartime and for
some time thereafter attracted atten-
ton, is thus described by The Newspa-
per Maker: The Letters" began to ap-
pear when Locke was struggling with
poverty as an obscure country editor,
first at Bellefontaine, o., and later at
Findlay, in that state. He never re-
duced the Letters" to writing; he sim
ply took the composing stick, went to
his case and put them in type, i'm
promptu, as it were. As an aid, how.
ever, he first procured an OVERLOOKING
glass of gin, which he placed ON print
ers' stool at his right. He would take a
swig of the stuff and then begin bust
ness. After setting stickful Of type he
would interview the glass again, and so
on. The gin and the Letter" were fin
ished at the same time, and Locke was
about finished" too, as far as his use-
fulness for the rest Of the day was con-
cerned. Locke" said friend to
him on one occasion, "your Letters
show downright genius. I" "Ginius, You
was the laconic reply
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Oddities OF Animals.

Observe for yourselves. Every spotted
dog has the end Of his tail white. shile
every spotted cat has the end of her tail
black.
Try it. Gather 10000 OF the threads
spun by full-grown spider. t~is, them
together and see ifihey equal in substance
the size OF one Of your hairs
Oysters live ten or twelve YEAR.. ahsu
they have the chance. In this country
they don't get the chance.
Many horses are fond 81 beer. aud 70
a tired horse bottle Of beer in i,is srggl
is a.great restorative. II acts - a 'giek
me up" and often makes hosee Nth 10
appetite eat freely. Breaers nSaeFss2nd
this and that is one reason shy sileis
horses always seem to be in good congs-
ton.
The large horned beetle can carr 3i5
times its own weight. One has been
known to walk away With tuo aud a
quarter pound, weight.
Live bees are sometimes shipped on lie
so "a to keep them dormant dnring tie
journey. This is practleulsrIy the ease
with bumblebees, which have been taken
to New Zealand, where they are ussfui 10
fertilzing the red clover that has
been introduced into that colony.
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A Painter rake. In scntnturc.


Surely we might think that Gerome 3
ambition was satisfied. and that he
might thereafter rest quietly, painting
when the spirit moved him and spend
ing his declining years in the happy con-
temptation Of successful career. He
was now so years of age, rich in world
ly possessions, the owner of handsome
house in the fashionable part of Paris
and Of lovely summer home and q
chateau ON tho river Seine, at a charm
ing little town called BougivaL Every
thing that goes to make life agreeable
was his, and yeti was not Gerome's
way TO
Sit idly down and say.
The night hath come; 1t is no longer day.
for he felt with the poet
The night hath not yet come we are not quite
Cut off from labor by the falling light
Something remains for us to do or dare;
Even the oldest tree some fruit may bear;
For age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress.
The great energy of the master could
not be bottled up, and, like Alexander
of old, he sighed for a new world to
conquer, SO he went to work quietly in
his studio to study in clay forms and
masses that he had heretofore represent
ed in color. In short, he dropped his pal
cite and brushes, and gave all his atten-
ton to sculpture. How we'll he succeed
ed is matter of history. for, at the uni
versal exposition of 1878, he received
medal for sculpture and the grand medal
of honor. "A Famous French Paint.
err" by Arthur Hoeber, in st. Nicholas.
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General News.

DR.. Hoenock, the versatile swindler
whose Swedish Punch episode in Seattle
created sach- sensation and who was
afterwards arrested in Portland for lar
ceny, has been sentenced to 10 years in
the penitentiarv.
II is said that the President iavors Car
isle for the presidential nomination. and
that he will shortly indicate his preference
in letter declining to allow his name to
be used as a candidate at the coming
democratic convention. The silver irac-
ton of the democracy is making wry
face over this announcement.
DIR. Brown, the San Francisco minister.
has been acquitted OF the charge Of inn
morality and censured for unministerial
conduct. He considers himself vindicated
of all the charges preferred agsinst him.
but will find it difficult to convince the
public Of bis innocence.
The Kentucky legislature, after one OF
the most stormy and disgraceful sessions
that can be imagined over which the
governor was Obliged to call out the mi
litia, adjourned on Tuesday without elect
ing successor to Senator Blackburn.
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sf.noo.non AIreaax.

A conservative estimate of the amount
OF money already expended by the friends
OF Mckinley to make him the nominee oil
the st. Louis convention would be very
close to sl,011,0o0, and this is only the
beginning of the fight. The heavy work
which will call for very large expenditures
OF money will come later on. But APP
parentIy thd2fcKinley people are prepar-
ed to meet every demand that may be
made upon them. The Mckinley fund
that is. the amount OF money which has
actually been set aside to be devoted to
the promotion OF his Presidential pros
poets, is estimated at s5,000,00O Mai.
Mckinley himself is poor man, and he
is not in position to make any substan-
tial subscription to his own campaign
fund. The money that has been raised
in his interest has come from his friends.
Mckinley may be very popular man,
but there is no record in politics Of any
man being able to command an indie
pendent subscription OF any thing like
the amount stated merely from personal
friends. Friendship is one thing--busi-
ness is another. 1t is impossible to raise
S. 100000 TO promote the canvas or can
didaey OF any individual on purely phil
anth;opic lines; in other words, il this
amount Of money has been raised ia the
interest of Mr.. Mckinley ii has come from
manufacturing and other interests which
are interested in maintaining high pro.
teetive tariff system in this country. At
no time since the commencement of the
agitation in favor of the nomination OF
William Mckinley for president has bis
friends been without money. There has
never been moment that the Mckinley
forces were not in position t. COM
mand all the money necessary to acorn
piish what they had in view. To this
perhaps as much as any thing else is due
the preponderance, supertcialy, of the
Mckinley sentiment throughout the
country.
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which he has taken along are not used to
carrying burdens OF long shape like tel
egraph poles, and in many cases they re-
fuse 10 go on with their loads. Each
camel was loaded with four poles, two
being strapped to each side, the smaller
ends dragging on the ground.
Bayole found il necessary to leave be-
hInd half OF his poles at stated points,
and continue on the trip with the tighten
ed burden; since only short distances are
covered at n time, he then sends the
camel drivers back for the rest OF the
load, and in this way the poles are trans
ported without being dragged on the
ground.
Since the eamels iii not carry the
poles when strapped alongside of them,
he had to resort 10 the peculiar mode OF
balancing the telegraph pole across the
pack saddles and fastening them in this
position by means OF straps and ropes.
From little distance it is quite n curious
sight to be hold tie file OF camels with
their swinging gait, and load extending
many feet TO each side. One would think
that drove OF gigantic birds with spread
wings was sailing over the desert.
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Died with His Chum.

In the "reminiscences of General Sii
Evelyn Wood, himself brave English
soldier, touching instance Of courage
and self sacrifice is given. One June day
in 1885 a detachment Of English ma
rines was crossing the Woronzow road
under fire from the Russian batteries.
All of the men reached shelter in the
trenches except seaman, John Blewitt
As he was running terrific roar was
heard. His mates knew the voice Of o
huge cannon, the terror Of the army,
and yelled:
"Look OUT 1t is Whistling Dick!"
But at the moment Blewitt was struck
by the enormous mass Of iron ON the
knees and thrown to the ground. He
called to his special chum:
'Oh, WEIGH, save mei''
The fuse was kissing, but Stephen
WEIGH ran out Of the trenches, and seiz-
ing the great shell tried to roll 1t off Of
his comrade.
1t exploded with such terrific force
that not AN atom Of the bodies Of Blewitt
or WEIGH was found Even in that time
when each hour had its excitement.
this deed of heroism stirred the whole
English army. One Of the officers search
ed ont Welch's old mother in her pc
home and undertook her support VI
she lived, and the story Of his d.
helped his comrades ~ noa-srt'7
lions Of soldiers dag
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Nearly Rnlea by q Deer.

The literature of hunting is full Of
anecdotes which show the danger of q
too hasty assumption that wounded
animal is dead or past the power of de-
Tending himself. A new illustration is
furnished by Mr.. Roosevelt in his
Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail"
Not only will big, black tail buck
beat off dog or wolf coming at him
in front, but he is an awkward foe for a
man. One Of them nearly killed COW.
boy in my employ.
The buck. mortally wounded, had
fallen to the shot, and the man rushed
up to kill him. Then the buck revived
for moment, struck down the man and
endeavored to gore him, but could not,
because Of the despairing grip with
which the man held ON to his horns.
Nevertheless the man, bruised and
cut by the sharp hoofs, was fast becom-
ing too weak to keep his hold, when in
the struggle the two came to the edge
Of a washout and fell into it some IL or
is feet. This separated them, The
dying buck was too weak to renew the
attack, and the man crawled off, but it
was months before he got over the ef-
fects of the encounter.
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Training Bees ms Letter Carriers.

An apicultprist has commenced train
ing bees for letter carrying purposes
After few preliminary trials, he says,
he took hive of them to the house Of a
friend four miles distant. After some
days. when the bees had become famil-
lar with their new surroundings, some
of them We're liberated in room, where
they soon settled on plate of honey
which had been especially prepared for
them. While they were busy eating il
their trainer placed ON their backs the
tiniest of dispatches. fastened with the
thinnest Of thread, and so arranged them
as to leave the head and wings absolute
ly free. They were then thrown into
the air, and soon arrived at their own
home with the letters on their backs
The writing was magnified and quite
legible. Here, then, is an opening for
new industry. In time Of war bees would
have the advantage over pigeons of in
visibility, and might go through the
enemy's lines with impunity. West
Gazette.
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Climbing Mont Blanc.

It is an expensive as we'll as a very
tiresome undertaking to ascend Mont
Blanc. 1t costs at least $50 per person,
for by the law OF the commune of Cha
mount each stranger is obliged to have
two guides and porter. So far as the
danger is concerned, it is now reduced
to minimum, but almost every year
the mountain claims victim. Bad
weather is the chief thing feared by the
guides. and so swiftly does it come that
cloudless sky may in Is minutes turn
to binding snowstorm, which beats
you to the ground. Thus 1t was that
some years ago a party of ii persons
persisted. Five were found frozen stiff
In tho snow. The other six still lie
buried in the Glacier des BLOSSOMS
Forty years is the time allowed for the
glacier to yield them up in the valley
below. Boston Transcript.
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The Rosters Crow.

The crow of these birds, which may
seem to the unobservant very UNMARRIED
sound, discloses to those who havo low
ingly studied them at least half dozen
distinct notifications. In the fiedgling
male wko just begins TO feel the spirit
Of his kind, and who goes through his
performance in the adolescent way, it is
cheap and often pitiful call From the
open roost in the trees, where the birds
are gradually aroused by the slow COM
ing day, we can often hear the note of
the half awakened cock, as full Of the
sense of slumber as the speech of sleep
ing man. As the creature gradually
awakens his cry becomes more resonant,
until it has the true morning ring.
Brave as is this note of the full day, it
Is not to be compared with the Growing
Of gamecock, the most splendid brag-
CART sound Of all the animal world. -
ScribDer's
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.ouite English. You KNOWN

"Give me ticket to Helephant." a
fiorid English gentleman is reported TO
have said to one Of the busy clerks at
the Union station, st. Louis. The clerk
looked puzzled for moment and then
said Are you snre you want to go to
Helephant? / don't know Of any such
place ON our line. f" Awe, man, dost
thou think I'm bloomin fooly Iwant to
go 10 Hontario. and they said must go
20 Helephant and Niag'ry Falls. " "We
could send you by way of Buffalo, said
the impatient clerk. GAVE, blast me
eyes, Buffaloi That's the cussed place.
knew il was come kind Of bfarsted
hanimaL Give me ticket to Buffalo,
not 10 Helephant. Exchange.
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aem,uaea Him Of webster.

Chauncy Depew tells the story ola well
known senator, who was being shaved by
an aged colored barber at the Arlington.
He remarked to the barber: Uncle,
you must have had among your custom
ers many of my distinguished predeces-
sors in the senate-many of the men now
dead who have occupied the great place
which | fill?" Eyes sah," said the bar
Der, Use known most OF dem. BY de
way Senator, you mind me of Dan'l
Webster" The grstified statesmen rails
ed in his chair and placing his fingers on
bis forehead. said as it my brow p
mo, boss" said the barber, sit is your
breff."
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A Dlsinfectlnr Perfume.

N. Villou Of Paris has devised a
method for disinfecting the sickroom by
perfumes He prepares special sachets
capable of diffusing the perfume with
which they are charged in any kind Of
a receptacle. All that is needed is to
place two of these sachets in a recep-
tacle containing little water
The perfume (essence Of violet, rose,
Jasmine, etc. is mixed with oxalosac-
Charlie acid and inclosed in sachet that
is colored white. A second, colored blue,
contains dry bicarbonate of soda. These
substances mix when the sachets are
soaked in water, liberating carbonic
acid gas, which diffuses the perfume
around the room. Sachets with oxygen
as basin can be prepared by placing
powdered permanganate Of potash in
one and binoxide of barytum in the
other.
The medical writer says:
"The process can be applied either in
therapeutics or hygiene. The sachet has
merely to be treated with medical es-
sences or any volatile substance to set
free constant supply. to saturate the
atmosphere in which the patient lives. y
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-03-19
The smallest Land Grant.

What is beyond doubt the smallest
body of land ever granted by the United
States as a homestead is in Dade, the
extreme southeastern county Of the state
of Florida. consisting of a small island
in the north end of Lake Worth. This
island is two rods less than one-fourth
Of an acre in extent, yet the claim for
it was entered in the United States land
Office at Gainesville. Final proof was
duly made, and tho owner took posses
sion. He is J. ]. Haley of Rhode Is
land, and the island cost him $5.37-$5
for the entry fee and 81 cents for the
land. The homestead is but a small
sand pit, situated about one mile from
the ocean, whose tide flows into the lake
from an inlet about that distance from
the isle. Mr.. Haley makes about $50
per month from his investment, as the
island is just in the path of green and
loggerhead turtles coming into the lake
from the ocean to feed, and there he
catches them.