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Exports 70 eonnnsns.......... e7.Tss sa.s7s
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TOTAL dsys.. i.e,see iea,0s4
New York Failures.
Fridays quotations:
Opened steady; Mt noon nrm and closed
steady; sales, 2l9, 200.
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MI n, j. TIUIIIk3UIl
1i2 Queenby ST., Grand Rapids Mich
| want 10 tell YOU what Po-ru-na has
done for mo | wns as bad Off as any man
could be- with indigestion for five years
and Pe-fu-na cured me ! spent lots ot
money trying 10 get cured. hui noYer was
helped permanently until took pa.ru-na.
can not speak too highly of Il. | have
recommended Pe-runa 10 over hundred
people here and in Chicago, where | have
been a great deal OF the time for the bet
ten years. a. J. Thompson.
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GALVESTON COTTON RECEIPTS.
BY Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fo railway.
1879 bsles Missouri Kansas and Icxas, 1914:
Charleston, La Porte and Houston. 2is. Jotai,
3ig3.
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HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICES.
Quotations for Round Lots of Stapls
Com mOilffiex

These quotations are revised daily. ana their
correctness can be relied upon. Tho prices
are those ruling In the Houston wholesale
markets.
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b bid; 8 sellers: value,
Comparative spot Markets.
The following are tho closing quotations for
cotton on the spot today ut the leading mar
kets. together with the closing OF middling
yesterday, with today's sales:
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II you want anything try Post Want
Adj They are sure to be read and they
only cos. one cent q word and less than
that If they run four times or more.
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Trade NOtes.

raons were received from primar,
sy On account of holiday In New
MI ~ CUBES and powdered sugar has
XII, Other grades are un-
: INC tone is very firm.
sao ior molasses is good and prices
r sSets are strong on account OF
sosances Mt speculative centers.
eo a,ied Lima beans firmer on the
iha o. telegraphic adyiccs from
|lstrjc, neei mat the weather in the
M IL unfayorable for the new
sIlt nssisnment of Strawberries for
|ous,o &c received tomorrow morning
Produce and Commission
III ,ss s'e was shipped TO this firm
|otincs,i night, according to tele-
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suffered about six years with catarrh
OF the head. II was SO bad could not
breathe through my nose for weeks at
time took two bottles OF your Perry ma
and now | am entirely well. II has bsen
two years since ! took the Ps-ru-na and
can not gay too much for II. My father Is
still using Pe-ru-na With great success.
Mrs. s. Is. Bryant.
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buying sf.sods.ec; selling. zoe discount "a par.
r mew orleans. buying v to par: ceiling y 10
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WIRE AND NAILS.

Quotations are for less than carload iots
Special prices on carloads.
BARBED WIRE Gldden. gal. S2.35 per 100
lbs; Waukegap, $40.
WIRE NAILs-Rate, $500 per key "a.
vaRces, 10d, I'D and l6d, DC; 50 anc "a, loc;
cd and I'd. 2Oc; 4d and sd, SOC; Sd. 45c; I'd.
15c.
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MARINE lNrHLIIGnNCn.
Port OF Galveston. February IL.


ARRIVED
eN Ormhcrland, MInot, Corpus Christi
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Kansas City, February 12-wheat sold at
"a which was ssGis below yesterdays close.
Nav corn sold at 21As and later had z7H bid.
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Miss Linnie Virgins. Berlin Heights, Ohio.
send my photograph and testimonial.
I suffered with catarrh of the head, nose
and throat for three years. ! could get
no relief until | began taking Pe-ru-na. /
took three bottles. II has done wonders.
Independent OF curing my catarrh It has
greatly improved my general health i
can not describe the change. Any enc
suffering from catarIh md knowing that
1t can be cured, would be very unwise not
to take Or. Ilartman's advice. Follow d.
rections. Pe-ru-na does the rest.
Miss Linnie Wiggins
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Cnrein 4 Richardson's circular.

Cargill Richardson of Houston say:
Without New York for guide New Orleans
had quiet market today, with prices weli
maintained. An unconhrmcd rumor in New
Orleans that serious Cuban trouble was I'M
mnent gave prices weaker tone for awhile.
bat the strength of spot cotton and the fear
that large buying would advance New York
Monday made the bears cautious. Receipts
and estimates were quite free, Indications
pointing to a liberal weekly movement. spots
unchanged. New Orleans closed lower. Liv-
orEool 2-6id up.
Sentiment seems nearly equally divided In
the South, the bears probably being in the
majority, New York has been getting large
buying orders from the trade centors In the
North, and, as nearly all OF the commission
houses there are bulls, further support from
this source should be expected An active
market is expected next week, with plenty Of
opportunities for scalping.
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demand.
Chicago, February 12.-TradiDg In cattle To-
day was OF the usual Saturday character. The
few offerings that came on the market were
soon disposed OF and trade was over at nm
early hour. Yesterdays prices ruled. Choice
and heavy enough TO meet the requirements
of exporters are selling largely io4i5c higher
than a week ago, and n fow extra fancy
boeyes. such as were offered for the Christ
mas holiday trade. would probably sell con-
siderable above 5.5V
Hogs were strong and the supply was quick
ly taken at an average advance OF be over
yesterday's figures Sales were at an es-
IRENE range OF 3.65N4.07h, chiefly 3.so1i.O2ls.
and the bulk Of the shippngs sold at 1850
ass. Prices for sheep and lambs We're largely
nominal Sheep 3.25a4.75 for the poorest lot
10 the best. chiefly at 40oafCQ: rams bring
ing s2sas.5o; yearllngs, 4.0a5.2o; lambs. i,bo
~i Receipts-cattlc. 500; hogs. 1900; sheep.
1900.
St Louis. February i2.-cattle-Rseelpts.
100: market steady: fair TO fancy shipping
and export steers, 425a5.so; bulk Of sales,
4 1901. 90: dressed beef and butchers steers,
ss0Gs.s5: bulk. f.25ai.75; steers under 100
pounds, s.25li.s9; bulk. J.ooMi.25; stockers
aud feeders 2.s0nf.40: bulk Of sales at 3, 75n
4. 20: cows and heifers. 2.0Oat45o; bulkfof cows
2.5Olfs 40. Texas and Indian steers t.ioq4 80;
bulk. sso@4.io; cows and heifers, 5000. 70.
eG arss. y asns bute y"ns
3,a5af05. Sheep Receipts 40; dull: steady;
natives. 3.50d47b: lambz. 4,505.ss; Texas
muttoDs, 4.ooa425.
Kansas City, February observation-disclosures
300: market unchanged on retail trade, Hogs
Receipts, 1000; market strong; bulk OF sales,
S,15gs.soi heayiss 275g4oe; packers. s y oS
ynrLers 27b1f3. 80: pigs 3.10ff3. 20. SheclI---
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NEW ORLEANS.

Good beeves. good fat cows and heifcrs In
light supply and steady. good calves and
yearlngs scarce; hogs dull; good sheen In
demand.
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oSEY AND RANKING.

Ma Io s'iy 1.-THE local banks are
Ia. with money for ali purposes
fet. Inc no great activity In the
80 deposits generally showing
9 quoted as follows: New YORK
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Curb on Wheat.

Chicago advlces TO .. w, Hunter Co gave
curb on July wheat sellers at "a decline Lay,
erpool cables were 3sd lower on May and I'd
higher on March. There Will be good selling
on any bulge Monday.
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APPLEs-Fancy Ben Davis. S,75ai.oo;
Winesaps aud other varieties, s4,2e14'o0.
BhNANAS-sl 50gl75 per bunch, packed
cEANbERRIEs-cape Cod. s2'75aa'W per
crate; sS.0oGs.5o per Dbl,
I,EN0NS-M essina and Palermo. common,
se-J5; choice 50. 25Gl3 80; extra fancy; SD
CRApES-Almeria. s5.50M6,0O per barrel
oPANGEs-Calfornia seedlings, $225g2tni
nayeIs s275df325.
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leather Review says: There have
sales of packer hides this week
OF the small stocks the market
ytning gained in strength. The
week and continued into this
large movement of Texas steer
slop leather tanners are In the
psnt Texas steers and would
more Tor all lightweights than for
lne packers are compelling them
proportion of heayies with every
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HER BOILERS BURST.

operating in that vicinity for some
time, and the people banded together
to capture him. He was tall, dashing
sort of fellow. who wore high-heeled
and high-topped boots. One day the
thief fell into the hands of the vigil
lance committee, and short time aft
crward he danced wind Jig at the
end of a rope which was attached TO
one CT the trees near by the place
where the Sultana's victims had been
buried. After the life had been choked
out of him and after sundry holes had
been pumped into him by rifle balls
he was cut down and chucked into n
rough box, and in a few minutes he
was ready for burial. The horse thief
had been foolish enough to grow long
and tall, and this caused him to rest
for many years in most uncomfort-
able position, for the lynchers had
rather a snort box in which to bury
him, and they doubled up his legs SO
that all of him could be slowed away
inside the box.
One of the skeletons washed out by
the river is doubled up in a rude bSx.
A portion of the boots which the skel-
eton's owner wore can be seen, and
they are high-heeled and high-topped
This must be the horse thief. His skull
was lying exposed few days ago, and
may be there yet,-Memphis Scimitar
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JAPANESE EMBROIDERY.
NJ the Exercise of Some Clevernes"
Really startling Effects Can
he Produced.

For anyone with artistic instincts
and fair knowledge of drawing Jap
anese embroidery is most fascinat-
ing employment. The secret of the
wonderful effects produced by this kind
of handiworkis that the Japanese hesi-
tate at nothing which promises to pro-
duce the effect they aim at. If they
desire to initiate an evening sunset
even, in textiles, they attempt it, and
the result, although it may be a weird
combination that requires an eXplana-
tion to be understood, is likely at all
events to be rich commingling of
tints that is agreeable to the eye.
Take for instance the accompanying
sketch, which is taken from a state
saddlecloth that belonged to the rid
ing outfit of a Japanese noble. The
groundwork is of light blue cloth, rep
resenting sky; the birds are cut out of
thick, soft, white flannel; these are
applied with chainstitch of white
embroidery silk which covers the
edges. The eyes are put in with black
beads, and curved stitches of white
silk are used as the markings of feath-
ers, which, shaking deep into the fam
mel, give rounded effect to the birds,
that are supposed to be tluttering over
waves dashing up against rocks. The
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Obeyed Orders.

At Annapolis Junction one of the
soldiers on guard at some distance
from the main body shot pig, While
the game was being eaten his trans
gression was discovered and the Of
fender hailed before some of the of
ficers. He frankly admitted that he
had bagged the pork, but solemnly as
serted that it was in obedience to or
ders. what do you near? ?" demanded
the senior officer. 81 ordered that pig
to halt, sir, but he kept right on. I
gave him another chance by command
ing him to advance and give the coun-
tersign, but he disregarded this. and
then | realized that I must shoot" 4"
The dignity of the court could not be
maintained and the soldier paid the
penalty by hunting UP the owner and
paying hlrn For the pig.-St. ouls Re-
public.
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single entrenched line, and that very
short one in comparison with the ex,
tent of the territory which it thorough
iy protected. His right was protected
by the James river, his left by tho
Appomattox, and his rear by their
junction, the two streams uniting near
by. Then bends of the two streams
shortened the lines which had been
chosen for entrenchments, while il in
creased the area which the line en-
closed. Previous to ordering any
troops from Butler, l sent my chief
engineer, Gen. Bernard, from the army
of the Potomac to that of the James
to inspect Buffers position and ascer-
tain whether could again safely make
an order for Gen. Buffers movement
in cooperation with mine, now that [
was getting so near Richmond; or, If
l could not, whether his position was
strong enough to justify me in with
drawing some Cf his troops and having
them brought around by water to the
white house to join me, and reinforce
the army of the Potomac. Gen. Ber-
nard reported the position very strong
for defensive purposes, and that |
could do the latter with great Sc
curity; but that Gen. Butler could not
move from where he was. in coopera-
ton, to produce any effect. He said
that the general occupied place be-
tween the James and Appomattox
rivers. which was of great strength,
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HOW 10 secure Fresh AIr.

A lecturer upon health topics. said
once: IF you have not cross cir
culation of air in your bedroom it
can be ventilated or the air changed,
for the time being at least, by taking
the edge of one of the doors in the
hand and swinging it briskly to and
fro % or 23 times" This advice proves
to be satisfactory when taken, and if
anyone desires the best authority for
it the man who raises bees will give
it. 1t is only a returning to natures
first principles. One of the important
functions of some of the bees is to
keep the hive ventilated, and this
they do with their wings, tanning and
keeping the air in motion. In warm
weather they reduce the temperature
in this way.
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XII NIsN& W
GREAT WAR DISASTER.
Explosion of the suItann Near Mem
phis In which 1900 Soldiers
Were IKilled.

The wreck of the steamer Sultana,
which occurred on April 27, 1865, and
which sent shudder over the entire
length and breadth of this land, has
been recalled by the action of the Mis-
sissippi river, on whose broad bosom
the catastrophe took place, and in
whose cold embrace hundreds of sol
diers went down to rise no more.
The Sultana was a very large Missis-
sippi river packet, and was engaged by
the United States government as soon
as the civil war was ended to convey
federal troops from the far south to
their homes. The steamer took on a
large number of troops at Vicksburg,
and took on several smaller detach-
ments on the way up. When she ar
rived here on April 26 she had 1900 fed
eral soldiers aboard.
The boat lay in this port for several
hours discharging cargo of molasses,
and started up the river early on the
morning of the 27th. She had pro-
ceeded about six miles, being opposite
Hen and Chicken island, when, without
any warning whatever, her boilers
burst, her hog chains parted, and the
shattered wreck caught fire. AS many
as 1900 soldiers were killed or drowned
as a result of the accident, and for four
days dozens of floaters were captured
every hour or so.
More bodies were recovered near the
scene of the wreck, and these were
buried at Mound City. AT that time
the people in this vicinity cared pre-
cious little for Yankee soldiers, though
they gave them a decent burial. No
tombstones were erected, however, and
the graves were not kept green.
When the Sultana's victims were
buried at Mound City the impromptu
graveyard in which their last sleep was
to be SLEPT was far from the rivers
bank, but the Mississippi, seemingly
with a fiendish desire to claim the
bones of these victims for her waters
to ripple over, as they have rippled
over for years the bones of other vic
Tins of the same catastrophe, has
gradually worn away the ground until
now she sweeps by the graveyard with
steady, sullen murmur, and bones
and ghastly skulls look down on the
water from where they lie, few feet
away.
One skeleton which has been exposed
by the river brings to mind lynching
which occurred just after the war at
Mound City. A horse thief had been
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The little sack was made of pale pink
lawn with pin stripe of emeraldgreen
running through it. 1t was cut very
long with the side seams shaped just
enough to make it curve to the figure.
The neck was cut to form V, and was
finished with revers bordered with a
deep ruffle of white embroidery. The
sleeves were of the bishop pattern
gathered at the wrist.
The belt was of emerald green ribbon
and the sack could be worn on the in
side or outside of the skirt, as desired
Embroidery like that used on the
reyers finished the front.
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A LITTLE GIRLS BRAVERY.
She Placed HcrseIf Between Her SOi-
dier Friends and the Guns OF
Their Enemies.

A confederate officer, Gen. Dabney
Maury,, in his "Recollections of the
Civil War;" gives many examples of
the courage and patience shown by
suffering women and childre'lin the
south during The long struggle. One
anecdote of n little girl, Emma San
son, recalls the story of the brave
"egg-gatherer," a child who risked her
life during the revolution for the cause
of freedom, and whose story has been
told in the Companion.
Gen. Nathan Forrest with 400 men
was in pursuit of Gen. Straightin Geor-
gia, and had reached n bridge over the
Oostanaula when little country girl
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of IA ran out into the road and signed
to him to halt.
The enemy" she said, have gath
cred in great force beyond the bridge.
You cannot cross it,"
SIS there no ford across the river?"
demanded the officer.
"Yes. A mile above the bridge is q
good ford"
Can you guide me to it?"
"Yes."
He took the child up on the horse,
and she pointed the way through the
woods until they reached the ford.
Dismounting, Forrest with his officers
advanced cautiously through the trees,
to find that the federal troops were in
possession of the ford. They opened
fire on the confederates, the bullets
whizzing around Forrest, when to his
amazement Jhe child darted forward
and spreading out her little frock,
cried:
"Get behind mel Get behind mel
They won't shoot at me-"
He picked her up and carried her to
place of safety, where, unharmed,
she saw the skirmish which followed.
Gen, Maury gives us Glimpses of in
cidents in the war Unrecorded in any
history. He shows us southern Off
GERS while undergoing aInputation re-
fusing to use the scarce ether which
was contraband Of wnr, in order TO
save il for men whose wounas were
more serious, and tells us of Ger.
Grants kindness TO southern women
and prisoners.
1t is good for us now to recognize
in federal or confederate soldier only
our American brother, brave. gem
/ erous and loyal to the cause he be-
heved to be just.-Youth's Companion.
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ship and the assassination of our sail
ors."
And Admiral Sampson was right.
The men under Schley's squadron of
SIMPSONS fleet made every shot tell
and the result of their work was that
every one of the warships of Spain was
destroyed by explosions and sunken
in such a manner as to resemble the
shattered battleship. the Maine.
AS soon as Commodore Schley dis
covered Cervera's fleet in Santiago har-
Dor he began a blockade of that har.
Dor, and the statement went broadcast
through the newspapers that the Span
ish feet was bottled up" Recently
there have been inquiries made con.
cerning the origin of that expression
1t was first used by Brig. Gen. Bar
nard. chief engineer of the army of the
Potomac, in June, 1864. Gen. Barnard
ing the army of the James under com
mand of Gen. Ben jamin f. Butler. He
was answering inquiries propounded
by Gen. Grant and used the expression
innocently, by way of illustration
Gen. Grant, in his personal Memoirs,
gives the story in full, with apologeti'
mention of the fact that he gave Off
cial currency to the peculiar state
ment. The position which Gen. But
Ter had chosen between the two rivers
the James and Appomattox, Was on'
of great natural strength, one where
o lrrge area of ground might b'
thoroughly inclosed by means of |
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and where with an inferior force he
could hold it for an indefinite length
of time against superior, but that he
could do nothing Extensively. l then
asked him why Butler could not move
from his lines and push across the
Richmond & Petersburg railroad to
the rear and on the south side of Rich
mond. He replied that it was i'm
practicable, because the enemy had
substantially the same line across the
neck of land that Gel. Butler had.
He then took out his pencil and
drew a sketch of the locality, rSmark-
ing that the position was &ke a bottle
and that Buffers line Of entrench-
ments across the neck represented the
cork; that the enemy had built an
equally strong line Immediately in
front of him across the neck; and it
was, therefore, as if Butler was in a
bottle. He was perfectly safe against
an attack. but, al Bernard expressed
it, the enemy had corked the bottle
and with small force could hold the
cork in its place. This struck me as
being very expressive of his position,
pdl %" bhN nasty
sketch which Gen. Barnard had drawn,
and in making my subsequent report
l used the expression without aiding
quotation marks never thinking that
anything had been said that would at
tract attention, as this did, very much
to the annoyance, no doubt, of Gen.
Butler, and, l know, very much to my
own. | found afterwards that this
was mentioned in tbS notes of Gen.
Badeau's book, which, when they were
| shown 10 me, / asked 10 have stricken
out; yet it was retained there, though
against my wishes. l make this state
ment here because, although l have
often made it before, it has never been
in my power until now to place 1t
where it will correct history, and
desire to rectify all injustice that l
may have done to individuals, particu-
larly to officers who were gallantly
serving their country during the try
| ing period of the war for the preserva-
| ton of the union. Gen. Butler certain
ly gave his very earnest support to the
war, and he gave his own best effort
personally to the suppression of the
| rebellion"
The relations between Grant and
| Butler at that time were very much
strained, Butler, in fact, upon Grants
suggestion, having been removed, by di-
rection of President Lincoln, from the
command of the department Of Corth
Carolina and Virginia, and ordered to
repair to his home in Lowell, Mass.
| After the war the differences be-
tween the erratic genius from the
Bay state and the hero of APP
pomattox were amicably adjusted.
1t was because of his desire to set But
Ter right that Grant devoted so much
space in his book to description of the
| incident.
Now we know how that expression
originated. Butler was bottled up" by
the confederate soldiers, and Admiral
| Ceryera was "bottled up" by rhe Amer
lean navy. Buffers army was taken
out of the bottle by Grants orders.
Cervera's fleet oozed out of the neck
OF the bottle, and the Brooklyn, Texas,
and Oregon smashed every ship, kill
ing many men and capturing many
more. The Spanish feet is no longer
bottled up" but all Survivors of the
Spanish navy to-day have ample cause
to "Remember the Maine!"
SMITH d. FRY.