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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-15
IN THE COTTON MARKETS
Statistical information from Leading tx'
changes Of United States and Europe.
1rLECRApHIc SERVICE WAS pEAoRAlIztD
N stnt,.ticaI Information Received
New York spots and Futures his
er-HoIiduy in Two Markets.
otacc Of Tho Post.
Houston, Tuesday, February II.

Houstoh I,'.s,Io l., The
Thare were no sta''Ss,s' $3.50, ,,,, 4,
cotton markets touSS' ~ ,t.,r. ,,.as
the East Kept traaers a. uoi"o ''.u
dong. heports rom POI - ""u sa..,,t-oa
"eis not receiVea oNins W ~"
telegraph serVlcs' ,,,o,
NeVertneiess' Wy ,i"' n.y. 49,. ,aa
strength as IN" o"'is az wa
we's'her LOT an tuey cah'
~ the commencement p'iV's ~, o.,
" polhtS III HeM ioIN' ''v ono.
lo"eu' anu AT ths o''Si''s '"S w.,
rece'Feu sho"eu es'h o'et W
points
Liverpool FUTURES were Nlrtue4iy uu.n"usS'
at mo close. spot sales were lV,oVv p"'es'
New YORK adVanecu Spots l-iou' o"' nv
safes were reported.
New Orleans ana galveston polh ooserNeu
holiday.
1Io,,s,o, ,v,oc,u oosO IN 9s5o tomorrow
.', o,.- ,eo.
against zouo last year anu 400 III 1870
New Orleans expects 1000 10 1900, against
"A 80 -. 49,. .,a "A go a., tso5
iV'''p last Se'4 "Hu A''VV' ~
,,, = r,,,-.,- = t1.,,s,o,, ecu. New
NarsH' O. h'ehd' US'ii y. itVu'o"
York took kindly to the Dull markets IN LiN-
.KwH NNl
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! Ncw YORK rcnsurc-.

No wires; only closing quotations received.
Futures closed steady.
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sT. LOUIS

81, Louis. February t.-Cattle--Reccipts
$500 including $500 Toxans; natives SLOW ana
range; fair 10 fancy native Shipping ana eN-
port steers f.eoN5 10; dressed beef ana butcn :
~ steers 3 .6Om5.35; steers under 1000 po'tinas
4 o05fd so; stockers and feeders 3.u0n4.So y
COWS and mixed e.00n475: Texas and Indian
steers 200a5. o0 cows and hcafcrs 2,7pa3. q.
Hogs Receipts N.6oO, pigs and lights s;i uo
sheep--Rcceipts 100. STEADY; native muttons
75dii %; lambs 4.oog5.e5; fed Texans 3.e0n
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Houston SPOT Quotations,


1aEeston-- Holiday; quotations arc for Mon
gay ',m sRcts CLOSED quiet and firm Nc up
Ordinary, .,....a& Good middijng ssts
Good ordnary...5gs Middlinr fa,r
Low miealing5A Sales ..'.,......iiS
ManS, or,sans- Holiday quotations are for
Low ordinary. 3 i5-i6 Middling s,r-,e
gG can ers;ro.: 7-i6 Coco niidding;rs sis
Lam n,ids,inS Middiing fair...7 1-i6
. Nov lork-spo,s closed steady. 1880 mn
LON n SIISSsinlih,yS Coed middlng ri5-is
MIcei is ~ Midalins fair...s s-iC
- LIVERPOOL Spots closed unchapsed, s,,s.
i igeo' q Thash 200 were American; Imports
sr.sSV, os "heh a.. were American. 20
ra e oirsa,n,ary.3 i-l6 Good mid, I'M az
IN Amer. mid fairs sI-ss
,,.,, New Orleans Fnturcs.
I,ltures o,c aug',tions given are for Monday.
Hcsed quiet and steady. ~ nooh sieaus'
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NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
Nr,x York Nona,.

New York. FEBRUARY 1I--Money on can
steady q PAS per cent; last loan 3: prims
exchange atrong, With actual business m
bankers bills at l.S6Ni s6n for demand aud
sth Tor sixty days; posted rairs 4.st1ii .sfis
and sou S6ie; commercial bills 4.Ss; silver
certificates saisn6Ois; bar silver 59ts; Mexican
dollars AZ Government bonds hrmer; State
bonds inactive, railroad bonds firm.
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APPLES--feT bhi S50pd660.
BANANAs--l or bunch N.Nat.75. packed;
loose sLbOn1.1l,
COCOANuTS--P Per hundred $500,
LEMONS s.. 50dfa. 10
otANGEs-C California nayels $500: Califor-
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cbIeaeo. February II. = CattleATraders
t,dueht sparingiy today and offerings that
we're not good in quality seem largely 10c
lower fancy cattle 600ft6 10; choice steers
5J0n5g5; mixed steers fse05slO: beef steers
i f5di4 7h: efockers and feeders 3.30di.T0; bulls
2. 75fD425: cows and heffers 8.softf.00; Western
fed sfoers 3256i4.T5 Texas steers 3.toq4 20
calves 5.00n5.10. HOgs-Supply exceeded de-
mand. pricss slrtoc lower. fair TO choice pack.
ing lots 3.o0d3 so; mixed 3,e5d3.90; lights $50
1880; pigs 3.356i3.60. Sheep-Actise at loc
ndyance for desirable offerings; poor TO prime
Lambs 5O06I5 10; Inferior TO choice sheen : ~
Mj50 chiefly 3s5ltl.40; ycarlfngs 42cn4 W,
Receipts-Cattle 5000; hogs $1,000; sheep ~
an
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c0rroN snrp rRnnrcrs

Prime crudo oil. ......,........ 10 n 1ats
Primo refined summet yellow. 9sian %
Cotton seed meal. SIS % Sf1o 90
Lintnrs. a Observation-Disclosures. a. au
Cotton seed cake. .,....,....4... 10 90 ali6 %
Quotations are (. o. b. Interior and a.e based
ON freigh. rates.
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GALVESTON COTTON RECEIPTS.

By Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe railway
IGo bales: International and Great Northern
791 Galveston. Houston and Henderson, 1895
Missouri. Kansas and Texas. 500; Galveston
La Porte and Houston, 100. Total, 1911.
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corToN oN sHIrRoARp.

For Mancnestcr-ss Ramon de Larrlnags
2lSG. For Liverpool--ship Katy 5S9S: steam
ships Monmouth 3s7l, Paulina 1869. Total, H.
024
For Havre-Ss Hemisphere 1885.
L or other foreign ports-Ship Rhone 1900;
steamships Britannia 600. Consols 400, Mid
d!oham Castle 1914, Crefcld 1902 Castlefield 927
Strathclyda 1872 Total II 0Si.2
For New York-Mallory line 5000, Lone Star
line 1O.9O9. Total, is 800.
Total on shipboard 1852.
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Kansas City, February h-cettls--geceip,s
WAY aAtycss 1870 Texans; supply too liberal 70
steady 60 shade lower. while common butch
81 s.eers were todl6e lower. heavy native
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New Orleans Future

In,tvrss o, auetations given are for Monday
eieseu quiet and steady 49, az noon steady
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SUGAR.

New York February --suEar-Raw steady,
fair refining 1916; molRsses sugar 10
centriugal, % test, I is Is; refined quiet hut
STEADY
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Boro- Formalin elmer & Amend). A
now Antlseptio and proph5lactlc. The
ideal mouth and tooth wash Il n. schmidt.
Houston. Texas. agent.
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If THE BABY is ovs I. "a y
remedy. Mrs. winston 4 soothss y
Tor children teethsng. :, Iii pale.
sottens the gums, a ~. iesst ~
wind collie and y tDs Ia
diarrhoca.
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AAtNuNIrIoN--Powd per keg. $4,000
sst; blasting P;9wssds, s,. N.sS per Ees; drop
BACON--Extra short clear, IN sacks. SAC;
regulars. s4ci boxed Ao higher: smoked bell
breakfast baco'., 5hGphc
I3ACGING AND TIES--Lcrs than car lots.
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New York. February i4--Conec--Options
quiet and unchanged; sales rs. 500 bags. spot
lie dull No. Z. iuroloc ~, iobhlng &; mild
dull; cordova TAGi
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WIRE AM NAILS

Quotations nro for less than carload lots,
5p"cial rates on carloads.
BARBED WtRB-Glidden, gal. so S. per 100
lbs; Maukcgnn $3.50,
uJIRE NAIIS-Rnte s.. - per key; advances,
10 l2d and led. 80; sd and ID, Zoe, Cd and "a
zoe. Al and bd, Doe; Sd. 45c; ID zoe.
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HOUSTON wnoLEsALn raIons.
Quotations for Round Lots OF staplc
Ommoditfcs.
HEAVY sTApLEs.

Thsse quotations are revised daily, ana their
scrrsctness can be relied upor. re prices al a
Sbofs ruling IN Houston Wholesale markets.
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Kaufman, Texas, February 13.--Captain
John Deem, a large farmer and stock
raiser returned today from his stock
ranch at sunny, seven miles south of town,
and reports that he lost per cent of his
cattle in the last cold spell He was feed
ing with hay and corn.
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siARINE rSrELLIeENCn.

Port OF Galveston, february III.
ARRIVED.
Sc Ludwig Won Hangen, Hamburg.
IS Nueces. Risk. New York.
SIS Lingfeld, Ruthcu, Cardiff.
SAILED.
S. Lampasas, Barstow. New York.
SIS Mexicano. King, Vera Cruz via Tampico.
IMPORTS CO8STW1SE.
From New York-Pcr IS Nuoccs, 1o,5iO
packages merchandise.
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A BUSINESS BAROMETER
Prices Of Commodities and an Index to
Conditions Existing In the Markets.
wFEvIL AND FEVER GERMS FROZEN UP
This onscts the Damage Done by the
Frcexc.--Chicsso Country Hides.
Notes About Trade.
ofnlcyc 81 T i, Post,
Houston, tuesday, February IA.

ltouston, luesuay, i cDEuaiy il
The markets have not yet recovered from
the intensely cold weather, and business from
tue lakes to tho gulf is seriously retarded.
he railroads evidently expect another
freeze. ns they notified shippers this afternoon
that they would not accept perishabc freight.
While considerable loss has resulted to the
tuck gardeners and live stock interests, there
has been conpensating benefit
weeyil and other insects, which cost the
farmers thousands Of dollars every season.
have been frozen up and all the fever MI
crobcs and baciili have evidently been de-
st.oyed. so that there need be no apprehension
OF a visitation Of the yellowoid this sum-
Nor. This one feature Offsets all the Imam
cial loss to truck gardeners and cattie.
However. the merchants are satisfied that
". have enough bad weather for the present
ard Will welcome n change to normal condi-
tons so that business can pick UP again, as
trade Is rntheT too quiet In all lines.
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Now York cotton Mur,,ct.

New York, February 1.-THE market for
cotton futures opened firm in tone with mi
tial sales to II points above the final fig
n'es of Saturday. All through the session
the feeling was favorable to the staple and
with the exception of occasional spurts Of
proht taking under which prices went off
point or two, prices held well up TO The
opening figures Speculation was on gen
crous lines ana general
during the carly portion of tho session
Liverpool and continental houses were heavy
buyers. Commission houses were Identified
clo&sly vita the buying movement as were
local shorts southern representatives had
comparatively few orders. but these for the
most part were for the purchase of May and
August options The close was steady at a
net rise OF to g.
The dominating influences of the day were
strong English cables. smaller receipts at the
intsri3r towns and ports and bad weather
news from the cotton region. Even the more
confident bulls were surprised by the marked
strenSth OF the Liverpool market and had
not calculated on such small receipts as in
dicntCd.
Futures in the English market had moved
up TO ~ points over the holiday and spot est
ton had adyanced $500 with brisk demand
at better figures.
Private cables attributed the Improvement
In that market TO heavy covering of shorts
on tho American storm news and the failure
of a prominent Liverpool spot cotton firm
which pretty much all the season had been
persistently sticking 20 the bear side
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Galveston, February 1.-THE A, p. Norman
Liyo stock company Reports the market a.

-. m an.
Market almost bare OF cattle and calves.
Mith on egiiNe demand for calves and year /,
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mow.,o. na,.y Statement.


Gross receipts :hus far this Ncek, S.0s0
Gross receipts Isl days this year. .....227S 2I7
UIuSa receipts i65 days in 1891 ,1SG
GrcsJ receipts ls6 days in S9i-05...l, ,3g6
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Cuero. Texas, February 14.--A slow driz-
zling rain is falling today, though it Is
much warmer y great many cattle men
report heavy losses from tho recent freeze.
One man has skinned seventy FIVE head.
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GALVESTON STATEMENT.
CATTLE LOSSES.

Beevilles Texas, February 14.-Reports
OF losses of cattle from the cold spell have
begun to come in. The heaviest loss so
FAR reported was l4O head on the ranch of
Charles Fox, in this county.
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Port of Galveston. february II,
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PRODUCE.


DEANs-Navy 2isnfHc Bayou 3Hc: .Eng.
iisn dried 2Ec; pinks 5@se Limas 4bso; BLACK
eyes Dc. 49,
PU,rrER-I,ino Star Gle: dairy t6fti7oi FL
gin creamery 25@2ec; lllein dairy bricks
lGise oleomargarine, solids Zoe; prints lies
special Blue Star 1Gc Texas country butter &c.
CABBAGE-per crate. sa.ooi 81, Louis. In
sacks 2H2Mr.
cIiEEsE-New York full crenm 1se; Wis
consl full cream 12k8isc; Young hmsriea
1aikaiic; Western skim lto. fancy rolls iuii
crelia l3Mn1ic
EGGS Texas, nominally iiql6c per dozen.
BRAUT-S3O0 in half bhis.
oE1oNS--LHifornir s5c per orHnel;
PEFpER--Chile 15ai7r per ID; black sinsa-
pore l5c.
pc bt 5hel. sweet potatoes 25c.
SEED POTATOBS--Easly Rofe, genuine
Northrrn, $3.50 per II peck bbls Peerless 81 10
per ii peek hhlg. Tennessee Triumph, in sacks.
81 90 per buahel.
POULTRY Hons, S25OaS .)o flyers. $3.50
ESQ: hroilers. slT5Gig.oQ. Turkeys. hons, 81 90
as.e0; gobbiers. SO 0oMl2. o. PEI dsaen; &C
Geese s4s0dB.OO. fun feathered.
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California Oranges.

According to advcos from California. ship
mtnts OF oranges TO New York for the past
weok show dccrease OF 81 nor cent rs COM
pared with those of tho preceding seven days
The lighter shipments are attributed TO thu
larger distribution in Western markets. which
are now dependent upon California because OF
tho scarcity OF other varieties According 10
late adyices all shippers on the coast havo
had their hands full In filling these orders.
and some Of the California growers. anuri.
patIns still better prices, are Withdrawing OF
ferlnGs
he California orange crop this year fell
much below expectations. as large n not n
larger output than that OF last season having
been looked for. From the best sources OF
information, however. II * learned that the
total cror for this season Will fall below that
of last year by 5000 to 5000 cars, The tSg1 -aS
crop amounted TO $1,000 ears which was said
to be the largest In the history OF the Indus
Try and about double that of the preceding
veal.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Unexpected Strength at Liverpool Caused
an Opening Advance.
IN VISIBLE CAUSED A REACTION
cIearanccs MT the scnboard Were
Very LIgbf-Corn Followed
Whenfa Course.

chicago, February i3s--A large Increase IN
the visible supply together with the small
Viearapees at the seaboard today caused a
decline IN wheat. After nm early rlsa OF &c,
May lett on with d decline OF iaGMc. Corr
lost ssap3ecs and oats Sc. Pork closed vita
a loss OF loa121sc, lard nc and ribs 5a7lsc.
Unexpected strength 1T Liverpool in add
ton to light domestic receipts gave wheat a
strong start May opened 5.4Fsc higher ut
'aAn1ic. and as New York reported forelgn-
ors fair buyers OF March and May wheat az
Tho seaboard tine price s3on touched 7rkc,
lac same was truc OF fcreiGn business here
thu trade trying to buy in short wheat The
visible supply statement soon forced Itself
upon the attention of the traders and as IL
Gaye early evidence OF showing a considerable
infrctso II was, suggestive OF caution TO the
buyers, Tho result was an increase Of H.
llf.eOO busllcla toi the woclS, bringing the to-
al up TO Soil6iOo0 buabes. ms market.
however. In anticipation OF some such an adj
dillon OF STOCKS had become very heavy and
before the actual announcement was made
tic price of May wheat dropped to 799sc and
II got as low AS ISMMiJhc before It recovered
from It's Declining tendency.
Chicago eeeipts wnrn 1873 ears and Mime
apolis and Duluth received 73S cars siucp Sat-
urday moruing Tho WORLDS shipments 10
Europe for tho week were S,SS2O00 bushels
md the amount Oh ocean passage was in
creased to i,I20000 bushels. Tho clcaraaces
OF wheat and -four FOR the dag were very
smVil. nmounting to only 1900. a good
dcai Of long stock was offered for sale and
tho market was heavy July declined to 724c
aud closed at 29,m72Wc.
Higher ctbles and hrmuces in wheat started
corn firm II was freely offered. however,
to maintain the rise II commenced with and
when wheat Withdrew us support IL brought
corn 20 the ground,
Numerous outside buying orders and good
speculative demand from elevator concerns
strengthened oats.
Heavy receipts Of hugs aud lower prices at
thu yards handicapped provisions.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow WHEAT lli
catn 800 oats AS cars and hogs $1,000 head.
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Chicago Country hides.


market remains Hrr, and steady, With little
trading. Hides are accommodating and .he tam
ners show little disposition to follow the mar
ket until moro activity is shown in the leather
trace.
No. Bluffs. 40 TO 60 pounds, arc steady at
as.r. Two cars of neayy so to, s3-pound seicc-
ton cold about the middle of the week at 99lc,
with the second selection, at 9&c.
rio. 1 eNtrome light hides. - TO 10 pounds,
remain steady at ioAc but are In 'isht r.
qiost. Some small lots sold Ut this ngure,
with tho secouhs at 9Ae car OF heavy
COWS and butts was let 30 at gaic and dAc.
No. / native stcor hides, 90 pounds and over,
free OF brands and grub4 are steady. one
sar lot sold Thursday at Zoe. with 40 per cent
No. i heavy native cows 60 pounds and
over. free Of brands and gr'ihs. are cstAh~
lpbed at 1s.c. one firm sold 900 ut that price,
R:ttHg 9hc for the seconds. car OF heayy
cows, mostly 90 pounds and up. were sold at
ss;e. aud aAe for No 2
Branded steer and COW hides are In fair
demand and selling according to quality. They
brlae 9Isd9%e ilat
Bus arc steady at Size. One lot of 500 sold
Calfskins. to 10 pounds. are In fair de-
nland. During tho latter part OF the week
city calf were taken IN small lots. aggreEnt-
ing possibly 5C01 skins. The prices paid we're
1Sc and i1isc Tor ones and twos. Country skins
rule fairly steady Al 1886 and iihe. About
200 were taken al this price. Another lot OF
1900 gold at ~ under these figures
Deaeons under pounds steady and ia fair
"eUahn W DOC. ! ne ana o-Douhu Selecuun
readily brings ,5c each. During the week gev-
eroi good lots changed hands at This price
kips, IL to - pounds, are slow sale. sales
we've made at the close OF the week at t0l@c
and l0%c, with 1850 oss for the seconds
Horse hides were in demand during tho
wock, Small lots were freely taken at $40
each.
sheep pelts--The easier condition Of the
market and lower prices do not interest bly,
ers During the week about $4,000 january
and February packer pelts sold at 81, IN the
country market there ia fair volume of
trading IN freah green sRlted pels. Dry pel;s
are neglected. The puliers are not Interested
In Dry stock with The present prices ruling
III Eastern wool markets.
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Secretary Wilson of the agricultural
department had less to say on the pres
ident's recent trip south than most OF
the other members OF the party. He
did take occasion, however, to advise
some of the colored people whom he
met to plant clover and raise sheep
and cattle. "The trouble" he said, 'is
that you keep too many dogs and too
few sheep. The cost Of feeding one
dog would raise two sheep or one hog. y
Another economic statement was that
IL all the salaries received by the poll
ticians were compared with the value
of the eggs laid every year, it would
be found that there was more money
in hens than in h. 'itics.
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There are survivals of old-world
superstitions still existing in this coun-
try which. though perhaps harmless,
bring curious sense of wonder to a
rejecting mind. A Pennsylvania
German" whose wife had recently de-
serted him, ascribed her disappearance
solely to witchcraft. The customary
method OF procedure among his people
in such cases is to immerse a pair of
the delinquent's stockings in a pot of
water, place the pot upon hot fire and
keep it boiling for twenty-four hours.
This Is supposed to be infallible. The
belief Is that it will break the spell
under which the woman is laboring,
and will cause her such uneasiness that
she will gladly return home, but will
also inflict dreadful pains upon the
person who had bewitched her. The
husband followed the formula, but the
result is not stated.
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A newspaper correspondent, writing
from Moscow, states that the Russian
government is extending its plans fol
railway through Persia, SO as to
take in Arabia and the Red sea coun-
try. There is already Russian rail
way from Resht, on the southwestern
coast of the Caspian sea, TO Kasbin
near Teheran. The Russian plan to
carry railway line from Teheran to
Bushir, on the Persian gulf, is ex-
tended, not abandoned, and the project
when developed will give railway COM
munication between European Russia
and northeastern Africa, besides max
ing possible the mobilization of troops
near the Afghan frontier.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

The Department of Agriculture Is do
ing all 1t can to make the best of bad
matter-the free seed distribution. In
his annual report the secretary states
that the division of botany has been in
trusted the task of testing all the seeds
sent out by the department, not only
those OF the regular departmental dis
tribution, but those imported through
the recently established section of seed
and plant introduction and those pro-
cured in other ways for the expert
mental work of the various divisions.
Never before has the department dis
tributed seeds of higher purity and
germinative capacity than during the
past year. Furthermore, an elaborate
series of field tests was made to ascer-
tain whether the seeds were really OF
the varieties stipulated in the contract
1t was found that in several cases the
varieties were wholly at variance with
the contract, seeds of cheaper varieties
having been substituted, presumably
by the subcontractors. The fact that
these varieties were not true to name
could not, OF course, be ascertained for
several months after the seeds were
distributed, but a portion of the pur-
chase money was withheld, pending the
result of the field tests, and a common
surate reduction was made In the price
paid for the seed. The principal bene-
fetal result of this action is expected
to lie In Its warning to future con-
tractors that they will be paid for nc
inferior seed, whether this inferiority
is due to themselves or to their sub
contractors.
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Two Children Moderated

Fort Bragg, Cal, Feb. II. - George
Boyle, q section foreman, during a at
of delir!nm tremens, dropped a lighted
lamp upon the floor of his cottage near
this city and burned to death his two
grandchildren, aged two and Ave years.
respectively, who with their mother
resided with him.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
Iee1sOnpsl

Frankfort, Mich. Feb. IL. - Frank.
fort harbor is closed for the first time
In five years. The Ann Arbor railroad
steamers have been iccbound two miles
out In Lake Michigan for twenty -four
aOurS
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

1T does not pay to spend Two thou
sand dollars on a two-dollar boy" a
western father once observed to Presi-
dent Eliot of Harvard University.
True! but as each boy may ticket him
self with his own value, the conclusion
is just enough.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

The man who has been the widest
In his youth cannot stand the least
indication of the same traits in his
boy.