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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-18
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REPRESENTATIVE SALES.
SHIPPERS AND NOTES.

There were many of the old-time and
regular shippers on the market yesterday
with consignments Of hogs of various
grades and in all cases selling at the
best market prices. Some of the yarded
receipts did not sell and these were car
Tied over for the trading on todays early
market. Both cattle and hogs sold well.
such as We're bid upon and crossed the
scales and the small line which was held
over Will De disposed Of on today's trad
ing.
The Dold shipments yesterday were
good both from the straight car line and
The iCbbing and express trade. All divis-
sons showed up Wen and the output was
ahead Of the same period a year ago.
So far this week the Wichita market
has displayed very fair activity, and
fully up TO the condition of other mar
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XeuYork Loan Market.

Now York. May T.-Money On cat
steady, at 21-2a3 II per cent, last loan.
- per cent. Prime mercantile paper.
1-2a41-4 per cent. Sterling exchange
strong. with actual business IN banker
bills al sis7 1-4Gis7 1-2 for demand and ~
40 1-4a4s5 IL for sixty days posted
rates. 9Lssa4ss Commercial bills. sfs4f
4s4I-2. silver certificates. 61Gs2. Far ell
yer. 81. Mexican dollars. g o.
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. DRY GOODS MARKETS

New York, May 17.-Further advances
in bleached cottons today IN medium
grades are reported, confirming strong
position generally Of bleached Gcottons.
Brown sheetings and drills difficult to
buy in any leading make. Print cloths
dull, but very firm. Some good orders
placed for fall lines of fancy prints,
mostly a value Ginghams scarce and
very firm. Worsted dress goods tending
against buyers in both staple lines and
fancies. Silks firm, but business mOder-
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CASH QUOTATIONS.

F1our-Dul andunchanged.
Wheat-No. > spring. I0424nc; NO. g.
66d70c; No. red. 72l2G7c.
Corn-No. 2 SS14c; No. yellow, $40
Sac.
Oats-No. ?. 27G271zc; No. 2 white, Doc;
No. 3 white, 29I402994c.
Rye-No. ., 6l462c.
Barley-No. ?, 35q40c.
Flaxseed-No. l, $l.O6; northwest, H.o71z
Prime timothy seed-S2.S5.
Mess pork-Per DBL, sS.10GS15.
Lard-Per 100 lbs, 81 67l2d5. 90.
Short ribs sides-(LoOse) 1854. %;
dry salted shoulders. Cboxed,) 44q4lz;
short clear sides boxed, $.95G5.0O.
Whisky-Distllers'> finished goods, per
gal, $l26.
Sugars-Cut loaf, unchanged. I
Clover seed-Contract grade. sic.
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RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.

was as follows:
Butter-Steady; creamery, 12G1Sc; dairy,
1O6l6c.
Egg-steady; fresh. 111zc.
Cheese-Steady; cream, sale.
CHICAGO.
Chicago, May 17-Wheat-No. ? red, TN
d75c: No. 5, 69d73c; No. 2 hard, Sc; No
5, sc: No. northern spring. 7Iizc; No. .
northern spring, 7012Q71c; No. 3 spring,
66d7Oc
Comma, :, 33Hc; No. 3, S2iac
Oats-No. ., 27d2715c; No. 3 369t 627i4c
Flax-Cash northwest, N0Il4; southwest
81 60; May 81 or; July, sl.G5l2.
BuJter-S,eady; creameries, 124lSc; dali
RES, 10G16c.
Eggs-Steady; fresh. 11lzc-
Dressed poultry-Turkeys, 11i4c; chick
ems, IeQlol2c; ducks. SQSi2c.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, May T.-Wheat-July
opened up sc at 655sc, closed 65Asc; Sep
TENDER. 66ssc; cash. &c higher; No. . hard,
6sla069c; No. 5. 64Q67izc, No. red. ia
75c: No s. 7Ud7Siac; No. 2sspring. 65a6Sc;
No. s 62q56c
Corn-July. SOC: September. So7sc;
cash, firm; No. mixed. S2i4 GS2izc; No. ?
white, sc; No. 5, 3S5zc.
Oats-Flrm; No. white, &C.
Rye-Fsrrn; No. ,. 55i2c.
Hay-Lowe-. choice timothy. $. $40 =;
choice prairie. S7-75GS.09.
Buffers eady; creamery, 15c; dairy.
1Sc
Eggs-steady; fresh, &c.
ST. LOUIS
S. Louis. May 17-Wheat-HiEher ard
firm; No. . red. cash. elevator, &c; track.
74c; May. $40; July. -l7sc bid; September
72l4 C asked. No. > hard. sSH691zc
Corn-Unse:tled and weak; No. : cash,
sc; track. Sac. May. S-izc; July, 5@i4 q IS
September. 2zssc-
Oais-I5igher: No. cash. sc; track. .
G2Si4c; May, 2Sisc bid; July. 24izc bid;
September. &c bid; NJ. white, -. ISec
Rye-S-rouE; ole.
FTou--Duil and unchanged
Dry salc mests-Boxed shoulders. 3 81
4.S.1z; extra shorts. $50; ribs. S5-l1iz;
shorts. s5.25.
Bacun-Boxed sheuafcrs S.I2lz: extra
shorts So: ribs. $5.s-lz- shorts, s5-S-iz
ReceiprS-F'lou-. 1"oe; wheat. Hoe; corn
p 90: oats. 1S.051.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-18

TeEetr ~ he a15 Jsas - - JsF
sfa- 50. I-zssss sniteS - fslsra 81
September sfa. lE4
ssse-aeess 49, - A1iozes - aaT aaS
al ssass Essf - ard .ncs=4ag = Fsea.
Fsea.s. C9srsss s91exs. TsenTss, csey-
e-se aas -o-rsssssd .arr saeass4 pa.,s
ca fsszt-e sa-lnaz,si aarf % ,As n ~
fae es4-x trs s.ihla frs1sst lsaE g Jay
see. sns 81 fetarz tr2 = t@a nsa4 ..-z-l
g s.EszseT -.
rar Eartas- sFsrnetten esH - . ID
EssaN 4 r BL-ECEf.ET.
p & 2 A NJ Psr ag
rs " Gz.a 60 G----@, k&z-
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COTTON.

Ne7A York, May 7.-Cotton-Firm; mid
ding. CSC; sales, $50 bales.
New Orleans, May 17-Cotton-Steady;
middiing, 53sc
8 15-f6c
Liverpool. May T.-Spot cotton increas-
ed demand; prices unchanged; American
middIing, 32sd. Futures quiet but steady.
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GAMES POSTPONED.

Baltimore, May 17.-Rain was beginning
when the Orioles started their game here
with the Giants today, and came SO hard
in the first part of the fourth inning
that operations were finally called of.
One New Yorker was out when play
q topped. The score stood alto 8.
Cleveland, May 17.-No game; rain
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~niride oran Ah-eoader.

Berlin. Nay I--Ru85lf Riese. the bank
-. wh5se aigat wi-h ssLp marks IN AErsl
c.ussf q Sensation here and wno Eas az
res.a5 .. I.ztuSsc vfth his mistress. asx
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-18
Trra.nrr stafemenf-

Washington. D. C.. May l7.-roday >
statement OF the condition ~ tire trsa-
sury shows: Available cash - BE tctz.-
$1,000: gold reserve tn So. 80
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-18
MAZET PEOPLE AT WORK
On Van Wyck.s side Partner--Lex-
owing Rrwins IN Chica~n

New York May I7-At today's sessions
~ the Mazet investigator committee.
James 4. Mahoney. with whom Mayor
Van Wyck admitted that he mad had
some transactions. was put through a
long series of questions Mahoney ad-
mi1ted being a bookkeeper but declined
10 answer the question aS 70 whether he
IS conducting a pool room here. Former
Police COmmi Ssioner Hamilton. whom
Mayor Van Wyck yesterday designated
q 'hlaCkmailer" declared that what the
mayor had said was absolutely false Sew
eraI witnesses who within the past few
weeks have been doing detective work for
Counsel Moss. testified that q. large num-
Der Of poolro1ms are now being run in
New York City.
Chicago. May 1.-THE Old question. as
there gambling IN Chicago was the
frs; matter taken up by The Baxter leg
is.ative invest gsGnE committee which
began lis "LeNow-' work here today The
committee viii investigate charges that
the city administrator extended pSotec-
tion 20 certain gamblers Who are on good
terms with those ID authority. Several
witnesses testified today tha- there are
many gambirE houses nov dong business
in the downtown districts.
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oSharne LettIng aim-e.f Dowa E-sy.

New york. MAY l7--It = stated sast
the case q Roland 3. Moi-neaax. caars-
ed wiln assault wiki intent - k.il Harry
2. Cornish, all not BE considered ay tAe
present g-aad jury. but waI b let fSr
ne June oo5y
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BROOKLYN. II; PHILADELPHIA, 10.
New York, May 17-Twenty-four players
were actively engaged in today's game,
which was a combination of smuggling,
poor fielding and worse pitching. Score:
p II Il
PHILADELPHIA ....c01027ooo I
Brooklyn ...,........6 0 2 3 0 Ill "A 6
Batteries-Ph Philadelphia, Wheeler, Dono-
hue and Mcfarland; Brooklyn, Hughes.
Farrell and Grim. EMPIRES, Swartwood
and Warner. Attendance, $500
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Gnih shinmenttnthe MInt.

New York. May 1.-THE United states
assay Office has shipped 20 the Pbrldei-
phis mint SO 200 IN gold bars.
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COLLEGE Bs~ehaII GamrS.

Middleton. Conn, May I7.-Yale. 10;
Wesleyan. 6.
Princeton. May Thrown. 8; Prince
ton o
Cambridge. Mass. May r--Tutts. 10;
Harvard l.
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REPRESENTATIVES, SAFES


The cattle market yesterday at the local
eards was steady, with TO heavy offer
ings ysrded. All sales registered were
lndde 9 pcs fully IN line with the quo
tations Of the other western receiving
points
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IRE 3srz~ demand foF aarss ssnEh' psr-
sfsseatly - pretty uv-a az asses ~
z!rezsv a. RrasI5stfve pFfoes- Terss ss'ss
- - ~ T-nlfes states a@w fsers and
tse 90 fgy-s. -ezisseres. ssveaoea Is g.
tie bid urfca-
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LOUISVILLE. 2: ST. LOUIS. I.

ST. Louis. May 17-Rain today stopped
the game between St. Louis and Louis
willie in the last half of the seventh in
ming, when the locals had three men on
the bases with only one out. St. Louis
would surely have won had the game
been finished. Attendance, SO. Score:,
r II z
:. Louis ..f0O000'-1 II 2
Louisville .............O2 0 90 % 5 2
Batteries-St Louis, Power and Criger;
Louisville. ,Phiuippi and kittredge. I'm
pires Burns and Smith.
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BASEBALL
Pr1TsBURG. II: CHICAGO. I.

Pittsburg, May T.-Game was called at
the end Of the eighth inning on account
OF rain. Attendance, 900. Score: r H E
Pittsburg ............2S10104 Ill 10 1
Chicago .............01O 00000-1
notwithstanding Rhines and Bow
erman; Chicago, Taylor and Nichols. uni
pires, Mcdonald and Connolly.
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ppoorv~ II. pr1rr.ADFT pH1A N

New York, May 17.-Brooklyn today re-
leased Pitcher CASTOR to the Detroit club.
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Lo5asa. My I7-ssgth Afr5ess ss-zrs-
Les oSezez "a, O. re SIX sxeazngs 20
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Il Is entirely superhuous TO tel people
that you are getting DID, you show il.
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Toledo MAY 16-Noaa Il. Swsvaa today
announced rhis candidacy FOR governor Of
Oalo and az a meeting OF Republicans
held tonight he vas assured q solid dele
cation from this county.
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Columbia. Mo. May ls-Dr. Howard
Ayres, president Of biology En- tae Univer-
sly Of Missouri. has aceepte- the prssi-
dsucy Of the University Of Cincinnati.
watch has just been rendered am.
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WEST
Parties or
Individuals

IIlQlNiQ udIS
Contemplating Trip 70
WASHINGTON,
CALIFORNIA.
COLORADO.
NEVADA.
OREGON.
IDAHO.
should bear In mind ths - Tlsr's sss sac
Francisco (Frisco Lfrsj railroad have q
direct route to al points % ahovs states
vi;A only one change % ears. We save
you time - Denver CheYsnre. Ogden.
Sacramento. San Franelsc2 ard points
adjzcezt. and lntrTn5e8iata stafiaIa %
Portland. Seattle ard points ir fss vein
IT, % Portland ard Seattle and inf@Tms-
date TIE time ss1 service - our con-
meeting Ire az E,suofth. kaH - net
sxcelIeg By c1mpefis1rH. ThrpsEa eaT
service pullman sleeper FsliHnaa tourist.
rrlzrant and essalr esfsl 20 80 P4clae
coast points write. tesevheHs ~ caH On
- far further lafsrmatssu ~ % tiass.
rates and routes
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II. o. Mortimo-e,

Clfy Teksi AEsnr
Corner Nain Street an1 poaEiss Av-ns-
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GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS

OF1ICAGU.
Chicago, May 1.-THE leading futures
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s. Louis. May Receipts. .
on. including .o5 Texans. market strong
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Western League.

LFlIILeF NJ = IlIllpNl eII-- -A1lNl q
pires, Burns and Smith.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-03
The Pace That Kills.

(Fron the New York Tribune)
How some of our dainty, fragile-lOoklng
women of the world can crowd into their
existence the muItitudinous duties that
they say they feel obliged to perform is
a marvel to those who witness the energy
with which they hurry from one thing to
another and the vast amount that they
really seem to accomplish in the twenty
four hours. The truth of the matter is
that the pace of New York ia shionable life
is becoming tremendous, and to keep up
with its requirements, especially If wo-
man is both cultured and philanthropical,
besides being affectionate wives and moth
sooner or later must exhaust those who
attempt to fill every modern requirement.
To lead such existence woman of
fashion should be like the bears and other
similar crea lures. who retire to hole and
remain torpid for months at time
In the first place. her engagements re-
Quire her go out into the world every
a marriageable daughter At home the
younger children claim her careful super
vision. duty which it is only fair to say
she rarely neglectS. and she is generally
up for their breakfast and that of her hus-
band who is probably a business man.
Next comes her housekeeping and the or
ders for dinner, which, if she expects
guests, require careful consideration. Then
she is proba bly, on the boards of manage
ment of a number of charitable institu-
tiOns of which she is an important patron
eSs and the meetings of which she cOnSci-
entiouSly attends
If she keeps up with the times she has
the newSpa perS to read. the last new book
to skim over, and her correspondence
leisure of any ordinary person to attend
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-03
A PRIVATE SNAP.
A Bill to Conceal Legal Publications
From the People.

The bill to authorize the district
courts of Shawnee and Wyandotte
counties to designate an official court
paper, which is now on the calendar of
both houses, will be killed as soon as it
is reached, if the members of the legis-
lature have any consideration for the
real newspapers and the people who
read them OF course, the legislators
have this consideration and the only
thing that would induce them to think
of such a bill for a minute would be
some misrepresentation of the subject.
The legislation is not demanded in
either Shawnee or WyandOtte county.
While ostensibly a bill to authorize an
official court paper, its real purpose is
to authorize the publication of legal
notices in what is nothing more than
a daily court bulletin published for the
lawyers and htigants of Topeka, and,
so far as this particular court bulletin
is concerned, to revoke the existing law
requiring the publication of all legal
advertisements in newspapers of gen.
eral circulation.
As this bulletin circulates less than 200
copies among $4,000 people in Shawnee
county, 1t cannot, of course, give gen
eral publicity to legal notices that may
appear in its columns; many of these
legal advertisements. especially mort
gage foreclosures, Sheriff's sales and
probate Court notices, are of great i'm
portance to the public and should be
published in newspapers that can give
them general circulation. as the law 4
present requires. To hide them in a
court bulletin, which is noticed only by
the lawyers and a few others who make
II a business to keep posted on the work
of the courts, is little better than no
publication and is a fraud on the public
The existing law on this subject is good
enough If an official court paper has a
general circulation it can publish legal
notices without a special act of the leg
iSlature; if it hasn't a general circl1Ia-
ton it is all wrong for it to publish
authority from the legislature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-03
OTTER SKIN VERY COSTLY.
rFrom Chambers Journal


At the recent fur sales in London the
fur of the sea otter as quoted at an
average of SIS or $3.50 per SKIN ms
animal, when it Is alive ana WedIlhS
the fur itself is from three to five feet
An length from nose to tail tip, though
the skin lying upon it loose folds, the
actual ''pelt'' is OF fair size sum, sea
otter skins at $3.50, while sealskins are
worth from SIS to $40, can not De coh-
sidered economical wear .
Ever since Bering.sailing from RUSSIA
discovered Alaska, and found ITS ma
tiveS clad in otter skin. TINS Iur mas
been the prime object of the pelt hunt
ers' desire. Sable, marten, mink ana
even erTnine canbe trapped or shol
without extraordinary trouble; seas
are driven inland like fools to be SIaugh-
tered and skinned at their captorS
leisure. But the sea otter must oe
sought diligently as the diamond, for
three centuries of experience nave maze
him wise.
Just where the Alaska peninsula ends
and the Aleutian Islands begin a point
may be noted marked Belkovsky
This is the headquarters OF the sea
otter hunters, and between here and
Chernaboor Island to the south and
Saanak Island to the southwest the
bulk of the sea offers are taken
Thoroughly impressed with the value
of his own skin the sea otter takes care
of it by living far away from the mann
land sleeping with one eye open, upon
the floating weed beds OF a sea washed
North Pacific.
At the slightest sign of the approach
of man he dives deep, and stays below
for twenty minutes at time
Sometimes stray otter may be shot
from the land as he plays in the surf,
but the chief methods of his capture
are the surround and clubbing. In
the former case a party of Aleutian Is
7anders are conveyed to Saanak, there
to ancamp for two or three months.
Woe to the hunters if the wind be
off the shore, for then no fire may be
lit to make the beloved tea, no pipe of
tobacco smoked, or the hope of cap
ture would be vain. For the otter is
all eyes and ears and nose when alive;
all fur when dead.
Upon a calm day the hunters paddle
gently over the sea in their skin canoes,
keeping an eager eye upon the rolling
surf for a sign of the prey. A hunter
sees an otter and makes quiet signal
to his mates; like a flash the quarry
has dived. Raising his oar aloft, the
man who found the otter remains as a
buoy above the place of the animals
disappearance, while his mates form in
a huge circle with him in the center.
In twenty minutes, at most, the otter
comes up again in sight of some of the
canoe men. a frightfuI yell drives the
poor brute below again before he has
time to fill his lungs. Shortly he is
again seen. and the process repeated.
till at length his body is so gas-inflated
that he can not sink and falls a prey
TO the lucky hunter whose spear first
pierces that too rich coat of his.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-03
PASSENGER TROUBLES.
Union Pacific and Santa Fe Differ as
to the Western Association.

Chicago, Feb. 3.-GeneraI passenger
agents of western roads met to take
action regarding the proposed reorganf-
cation of the Western Passenger associ-
alton and good progress was made
towards an agreement The 800" line
was the only important road not rep
resented. General Passenger Agent Io-
max. of the Union Pacific. was not pres
ent during the morning session, but ap-
peared in the afternoon. Much depends
upon the action of the latter road as it
is the only transmissouri line not en-
tirely favorable to the formati ton of an
association covering all the territory
west from Chicago, St. Louis and St
Paul to the Rock mountains. The I'm
ion Pacific wants two associations one
east and one west of the Missouri river
The Santa Fe and other western
roads wants an association to cover the
entire territory, but if this cannot be
obtained they will be satisfied proba bly,
to get an agreement covering all bus
mess as far west as Colorado common
points. They are not inclined. however
to accede to the Union Pacific's demand
of ran independent association west of
the Missouri river. 1t will probably re-
qulre a session of three or four days to
dispose of the questions under consider
alton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-03
STATE LABOR CONVENTION
Is to Meet in Topeka Next Monday
and Tuesday.

The programme of the state labor
convention, which will be held here next
Monday and Tuesday, has just been
prepared. The convention will begin
in Library hall Monday morning. Gov
ernor Stanley will deliver the address
of welcome and Labor Commissioner
johnson will respond. There will also
be some routine business transacted,
and the new labor law will be dis
cuSSed.
The afternoon session will be given up
to routine business and reports.
On Monday evening addresses will be
given in representative hall by Prof.
Bemis of the state agricultural college,
and by Prof. Heron, of Iowa college.
Tuesday will be given up to the trans
action of business and perfecting the
organization of the state society. In
the future the society will elect the
state mine inspector
Thus far about IS delegates have sent
in their credentials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-03
A RARE PLANT
Found blythe United States Consul at
Guadeloupe.

Washington, Feb. 3.-Consul Ayme, at
Guadeloupe has transmitted an interest
ing report to the state department on
peculiar plant growing wild the is
land He says that if any leaf be bro
ken from it and pinned to the wall in
a warm room each of the angles in the
fluctuations of the leaf begins to throw
out a number of white thread-like roots.
Next a tiny plant begins to sprout and
this in two or three weeks attains
height of two or more inches. When the
leaf begins to shrivel, which may take
from six weeks to three months, the
young plants may be cut out with scis-
sors and put in the ground where they
rapidly attain full size When cultiva-
ted they attain a growth of four feet
and produce graceful red and yellow
flowers.
The consul expresses the belief that it
will make a desirable hot house, or gar
den flower. His report with specimens
of the leaves has been submitted to the
agricultural department.