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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-01
MARKET CLOSED STRONG
Taking Of Heavy Blocks Of Railroads Aug
menied Prices.
INDUSTRIAL STOCKS BOUGHT EAGERLY
r.h,cco. Conf, Iron, steel and Wire
showed Heavy Gains from
saturday.

New York July sl.--There were hummer
Of depressing influences brought TO bear on tue
stock market today and prices opened lower
but later there was a rally ana the close was
strong Most conspicuous Of the depressing
| Influences was the report OF yellow FEVER at
the Hampton. Va, soldiers home, The group
| Of railroads liable to suffer from yellow lever
| endemic end the resulting guarantees nave
been fayorites In the recent speculation, es-
| uecially on the part of London. setback
TO them therefore was calculated to have
tar-reacbing influence on the general list
Louisville and Nashville did in TACT opsn
down ~, and the Norfolk and Western stock
Southern Railway and Chesapeake aud ONO
| were also depressed and ruled below satur-
days level all day recovering in the late
dealings. The exhibit of the associated banks
In last Saturdays statement also had an uh-
favorable influence in the early dealings.
A decrease OF nearly 1900 tons in the east
bound shipments Of freight from Chicago as
compared with last weeks movement had "a
rather halting effect on railroads. The effects
of these combined influences was to turn
the tide of speculation at first from the rall-
roads into the industrials The stocks OF
iron and steel companies were quite largely
bought but the earliest strength was connhed
to a few OF them, Federal Stpel Tennessee
Coal, Steel and Wire and American smeltlns
being the exceptions to the early strength
Later the entire group was affected, the gains
extending from / to 3ia American TIN Plate,
American hoop and American smelling AL
shared In the movement. The tobacco STOCKS
were strong aud Peoples Gas moved upward
on the declaration OF the quarterly DIVIDEND
There was early depression in sugar on
report of additional competition In prospect,
and when this stock rallied strongly 2@s IRON
the low point the last evidence OF weaKness
was disslpated The strength OF railroad
stocks was much augmented IN the late deal
ings, very heavy blocks being. absorbed. There
was continued breaking OF southern Pac,nl
which gained about points. Northern IA.
cifc, Union Pacific and Atchison preferred
rose from ! to points The coalers were
strong throughout and Lackawanna was con-
spicuous for an upward movement OF "a
points. Pittsburg, c., c. and ST. L. rose .
points .,,
Sterling exchange was notably weak actuai
rates dropping IA aud posted rates i2c There
was an abundance OF commercial bills III the
market for future delivery against exports
and the bankers sold short bills against these:
There was considerable selling OF bonds OF
Southwestern railways. Otherwise BOND
prices we're unchanged or higher Total sales,
par value, $2.SIi,0Oo,
The range of quotations on stocks as re
ceived by Cargill & Richardson was as ioI-
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Chicago, July Sl.--Tnere was fairly acti,,
demand for cattle today, and as the supply
was not large. prices were steady. Good tc
fancy cattle sold at 5.3015.95 commone,
grades at 1. i0q5. 20; stockers and feeders 3 VI
"a 90; bulls, COWS and heiters 200n5. IL,
Texas steers 3 5OQ5.30; calves S.5Oa6.75. Tie
early market for hogs was strong but the
general dullness of trade had depressing
effect later. Heavy hogs ranged from 9Oa
oli2, mixed lots 4.20u4. 65 and lights 3Sg
10. pigs sold at 75Gii So and culs 9 00n4. o.
There was a good demand at steady prices
for sheep, and lambs were active and strong.
Sheep sold at 2.50GS.50 for culls up to 5.0jG
.. % for fancy wethers: lambs sold at 600
Loo for culls up to d.55d6. 80 Tor prime focks.
DQn ' = -
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St. Loui. Grain and provisions.

Grain and ProyiHion~ Elsewhere.
Kansas City. July si.--wheat-s September 81
a6s: December Is; cash. No. hard S962h,
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INTnE COTTON MARKETS
Statistical Information Of the Leading Ex-
CHANGES Of the United States.
FUTURES CLOSED BUT LITTLE CHANGED.
Spots Were Unchanged MT All Places.
BETTER Demand mt Liverpool.
Spot and Future Quotations.
onice of The Post,

Speculation In cotton for future delivery To-
da, was on a small scale; In fact there was
almost nothing doing. and New YORK reports
stated that the ring was deserted. The vol
low fever reports had some influence on the
market. and the bulls refused TO even make
an attempt to push up prices though at the
clio SO there was a gain over the opening oil Z
points, due to cables showing better de-
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Houston SDos Quotations.
Spots closed quiet and unchanged: sales


Gaiveston-spots closed quiet and I'M
changed.
Low ordinary. .sM Mlddiine .....5k
Ordinary. .,..,..S Isle ,,ood middling 81
Good ordnnry...4 1-lC M,ddiine fair, ..sn
Low middling...4 5-l6 Sales ........... mons
New orleans-spots closed quiet. steady
and unchanged
Low ordinary s-ls Middl,ng ......,aA
Ordinary, .......3 li-16 Good midding @ 7-1s
Coed ordinary..,4 s-is Middlng fair. g 1910
Low middling,. a 1915 Sales .,..,....,soo
New York-spots closed quiet, steady and
unchanged.
Good ordinary.,.b 1-l6 Good middilpr. 81
Low middling. IS l1-i6 Middling fair. q
Liyerpool-spots closed quiet. fair demand.
GALES 10000 bales; imports 5000
Ordinary. .......2 1916 Middlng .......3N
GcoG or1inary..3 Good middling..s 49, -
Low mIddling...S 3-16 Mddling fair. % 1910
Now Opleanu Futures.
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st Louis. July l.-Cattle-Receipts 1900
including $500 Texans; market steady; far
to fancy native shipping and export steer )
i.01p5.95 steers under 1000 pounds 3.7,I
ass; stockers and feeders 3 60u4 so; cows
and heifers 2.25a5.0O; culls ?. 25a3 so; can
ners l.50G275, Teas and Indian steers 3 i
Ni,s5 cows aud helfers 250GS rs. Hogs
Receipts 49, market Sc higher and strong
pig! and lights i.50G4 60; packers 500
TO; butchers 460a4.7O. Sheep-Receipts
log9, mLttoEs S5Oq4. 80; lambs 4509
as .25 Texans 90
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KANSAS CITY.

Kansas City, July 3l.-Cattle-ReceIpts sltC
natives aud 400 Texans; quality generally
poor; desirable steady; common l0c lower: nc
good native steers offered stockers and feed
ers 4O0ai.15; butcher, cows and lelfers, 8 90
n. 49, Gamers 2 5OG3 90; Western steers Q.
a., 20; Texans 3.2544.40. Hogs-Recept;
sb.V market active ana firm; heavy i.5O 4
i.55; mixed 4.35mi.50: light A 1904 80; pig;
40. Sheep-Receipts 4lSJ; mostly common
good KILN stun active and shade higher
common slow, about steady: spring lambs
i.5t, stockers and feeders 3. 25n425; culis
2.50d3. %
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New York Cotton.

New York. July Sl.-Sonrcely has the cot
ton market been so dull before this summer
a. today. There was not much of anything
today from abroad or from tho cotton belt 10
furnish any new basis on which TO transact
business. Tho local traders were without
confidence and did very little business them
session were extremely small. The entire
scope OF variations was matter of only 4
points. The market opened with prices un'
points more In the afternoon there was Il
little sign of recuperation and prices slowly
drfted back to about Saturdays level This
might have been oversod with prices al
ready exceptionally low. The market was
finally quiet net unchanged to point lower.
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New York. July 81 .--Whest-Recsipts 200.
s75: exports 13l,3S3: spot market weak; No.
red 1855 (. o. b. hoat No l Northern. Dl
luth TX {. o. b. afoat; spot. No. hard. Du-
uth S0M I. o. h. to arrive; No red 1i% ele
vator. OPTIONS on,ned weak at lie decline and
ruled heavy all day closinE weak at l%c net
decline: July 747S: September 745k: Deccnbet
II. Hides, leather and wool steady. Cotton
seed oil firm. Naturalization in the local
and Western markets and abroad TODAY wes
centered In tin. which advanced IN remark.
able force notwithstanding the unprceedenled
reported at all points and business was ex-
tensive. Strong cables buliish reports from
re.nonsihia g. ~ nss,,,nua,' ,n,nrover,on,
The ether departments wero about UNCHANGED
At the close the metal exchange called pie
iron warrants unchanged with 1921 hid md
~ .55 asked. Lake conper unchanged at 1880
Tin unsettled with % 90 bid and 81 so asked
Lead quiet with 4.55 bid and 4.51a asked
Spelter quiet at 800.
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FIRST TEXAS BALE.
Sold for S2000-Wiu De Resold Mt
the nnrtnm ENchmnRe.

New York, July 3l-Ths fret bale of the
new crop OF Texas cotton, grown at sinton.
San Patricio county. and shipped by Gov
ernor sayers. was sold at public auction in
front of the cotton exchange today for the
beneht of the sufferers by the foods in
Texas. 1t brought 5000
The bale was resola to the exchange and
sent TO the Boston exchange to be auctionet
of In like manner. The bale win then be
shipped to some other point and realize a
good round sum for the sufferers. The marke,
price of the bale Ia $35.
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NEW YoRk EXCHANGE.
1Nala AZ
Saturday


2ilTs per cent; last loan 3ii; prime mercan
lie paper Ss,alis per cent. sterling eA-
change weak, with actual business in bank,
ers' bills at i.S6isd4. s6& for demand ant
sgilS al. ssib for sixty days; posted rates 4 y
n. So and 4s7lhdisS Commercial bills 4. sly
mi.s3. silver certificates 60Hd6l. Bar sllvsI
CO.'S. Mexican dollars IS. Government bondi
strong. State bonds inactive; railroad BONDS
Irregular.
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Texas First Buie.

The following telegram was received
rom New York by tho Houston sotton
Exchange and Board Of Trade; Tho
rst bale Of new cotton was soln for the
enetit OF the Teas flood sufferers TO-
-ay nnG brought $1,000,
This is the bale which was
hipped to II. G. B. beer at New Or
cans from sinion. San Patriotic county
or which they paid the market quo
ations and premium of 500. and
hipped 1t to New York to be sold FOX
he benefit of the Teas food sufferers
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HIDES AND WOOL.
BUTTER AND EGGS.

Chicago. July 81 Butter market Arm;
creamery 1917; dairy l2GibM. Cheese steady
s%m9. Eggs firm at liis.
Kansas City. July 81. -Eggs-Market weak:
prices steady: eggs continue 10 arrive In bad
condition: fresh Missouri ana Kansas stock
first Sh. cases returned.
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SUGAR.

New York. July 81. --Sugar--Raw Arm: hello
higher with good demand: fair refining
1915; centrifugal 90 test ~. Molasses
New Orleans. July 81 .--Susar dull omen
kettle 3kM4 tbs; centrifugal vellows 4A.0iM;
seconds 2hGlA. Mclasses--Centrtfugal G1lt.
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A PANIC IN THE PIT.
Yellow Fever Reports Caused Q Big Slump
In Provisions,
WHICH HAS NOT BEEN KNOWN FOR MONTHS.
The Grain Markets Were wenk on
Favorable Conditions and
Closed Lower.
Observation-Disclosures

Chicago, July 81 yellow fever in
the United States demoralized the FRO
vision market today and caused q
break that has not been equalei in
many months. Pork declined 6Iise,
lard 17l,d zoe and ribs 251sIlac Grain
markets. were ali weak on favorable
crop conditions; wheat losing NC;
com ~ and oats u; for September.
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London. July sl.--Consols for money
274d per ounce Money az per cent. Rat
discount In the open market for short bits
7-16 per cent; for three month bills 3 '-lta
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NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans, La. July 3l-The live stocb
exchange reports:
Recepts-Catte 93l. calves and yearllnr.
6S5. hogs i24. sheep 81.
sales-'cattle iSs, calves and yearlings io4
Left oser-Cattle 3i6 calves and yearlinsq
1855. hogs 40. sheep l46
Prlces-Grown cattle shade off in conse.
quence OF liberal receipts choice beeves Al
~. Supply equal to demand OF calves aud
y,eariings; choice 4q4ls hogs. light supply.
4}eaiA choice muttons AZ
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st. Louis. july l.--wool-strong on al
upper grades and IN good demand. combine
l9IhG2O; bright medium 1s9l9ia dark l5gl'7s
Texas grades range 10Il7ia.
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LINE sTocK FIRMs cnMn1Nr

The BoX-Bell Live Stock Commission COM
pony and the firm o. Saunders & Hotchkis
nave been combined under the name of ,hs
Bon Bell Saunders Commission company.
WIT headquarters at Houston. The new ara.
is composed of Messrs. W r Box A. c XII
and I, B; Sanders. Jr. Mr.. Hotchkis hav.
lnE retired They vii! do a general live stock
commission business.
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New York. July S1,No material change
developed in the character of the market to-
day in either cotton OF WOODEN goods The
demand for cottons was OF great extent.
prices were frm Prints we're in average re-
quest Ginghams quiet and firm. Print cloths
firm, but no demand for regulars Men s
wear worsteds very irm and well sold ahead
Moolens quiet but firm.
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COFFEE.

New Orleans. July sl.--Corce auiet, Rio.
ordinary 10 fair fm6%
New York. July 3l.--Coffes options were
steady. prices s points lower. closed steady,
unchanged to points lowsr: sales a2.S0l
bfrs. SPOT coffee. Rio dull and easy. Mild
dragging market.
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Pork-Standard mess e.25 Lard-Rehnsd
ieree i,zd4%; pure lard s6sM. Boxed meats
DRY salt shoulders 5k: sides 5Md5is. Ba-
sugar cured 11Gi12. Rice steady; fair to good
3m4A. Flour. grain 49, feed stuffs quiet.
Flour- Extra fancy s.4oa3 80: patents $500
70 6cai4 So choise IS. ooSis.5o. coln-No. Z
sacked: white A.: mixed 40; yellow a. Oats
No. 9 sacked 32
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Port of Galveston. July 81.

Port OF Galveston. July II.
ARRIVED.
SIS Nueces, Risk. New York.
SIS Morgan Staples, Morgan City.
So Celtic Princess. Morrison. Sunderland
SIS Governor Walton. Barbados.
CLEARED.
SIS Morgan. STAPLES Brazos Santiago.
SAILED.
SIS Alamo. Hix New York.
SIS DarEai. Whiteway, Hamburg via Norfolk
IS MORGAN. Staples, Brazos Santiago
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spcnoing time last year. together with the in
crease or decrease.
This year. Last year. Increase
Monday ......... s9s6,42' ssssIi sS.2i
Decrease.
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LIVE STOCK
HOUSTON.

Nd9tleu hoES .s..''s.s..''.. -r2u ga
Market quiet: choice cattls firm at above
quotations: common grades slow sale; good
demand for corn hogs. $50 ROUNDS and up.
Car lots of corn hogs can always be sold on
arrival at market price.
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BY Cult Colorado and Santa Zee, bales;
by International and Great Northern II; by
Galveston. Houston and Henderson, Il by
Missouri. Kansas and Texas. 2: by barge
Boots 100 Total. l50
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Morgan. STABLES, Brnzos Santiago
Vessels in Port.
GTEANICDTDE
Vessels Destined for Galveston.
NTcIIpE


Collingham (British) ..,...,A AT Leghorn Z 2
Comal Evans ..,.,...,...... New York 7-27
cynthia British ..,... Passed Southend Z
Governor British .....,.,... Barbados 7-i7
Edenmoor tBritlsh) ...... At Yarmouth 7-i0
Elizabeth Rickmers (Gerl. .... Bremen 7-25
HomisDhere (Brltish. Davis. swansea 7-lg
MeXicano (Brlush) ....,.... philadelphia I-27
Midlothian Castle (Br). Jackman .....
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Penarth T-26
Shandon .................,......... Azores 7-2l
straits OF Menai BRITISH ..... Naples L I
Trelyon tBrltishl ......,..... Marseilles 4 Z
Willow Branch ........,.....,...Sw Swansea 1877
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Houston pa,,y statesmen.
H"u.te. Gompnrntlve sta.emen,.

Gross receipts thus far this week.. ~
Gross receipts 3S2 days this year. z .oao
Gross receipts 1872 days Ia 1878. i 1dS 49,
Gross receipts 33l DAYS in lSDi-9 80. .l,7S'S3
HGaston ltniiroad Receipts.
Houston's Gross receipts OF cotton by tns
various railroads entering The city were Us
follows; bales,
Houston and Texas Central ..,......... 13
International and Great Northern 80.
Galveston. Harrisburg and San Antonio -.
Texas and New Orleans ..,.....,...... 49,.
Houston East and West Texas ,......
Gull, Colorado aud Santa re,.......,-... go.
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass ...,...
Missouri. Kansas and Texas ........ So.
lotai ....,.....' $50. - -, .......'. -
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Quotations for Round Lots of simple
Commodities.


These quotations are revised daily and their
correctness can be relied upou The prices ar >
hose ruling In Houston wholesale markets
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New orleans. July sl-W II Bachelor a.
Co.. Ltd, say of cotton and grain;
The recent decline seems to have partly
discounted the situation and in fact there arc
symptoms OF a reaction from the excessive
bearishness that has prevailed so long Among
the favorable indications of the moment are
good investment buying by foreign and North
ern interests. which sentiment In the Engl. sh
market has decidedly changed for the better
Liverpool was partial 64th better on futures
today. spots unchanged. sales 10000 bales.
| Our market opened about the same as Sat
urday s closing prices. The existing dull
ness may be ATTRIBUTED TO the favorable con
ditions supposed TO be in order, wnicn have
caused excessive apprehension In regards TO
the possibility OF another extremely large
crop. This, II may be observed. totally is-
pores not only tho condition Ot the cotton
manufacturing trade throughout the world
but the various contingencies which the sea-
son may develop before the entire crop is
gathered.
Weak English cables and bear spesuatlons
combined to lower wheat today and a steadily
resisting market was IN order All through the
Of longs. corn opened lower. The recent
rains in the Southwest partly disslpated all
fears of drouth. Country offerings were large
and elevator representatives sold freely
against country purchases.
Oats opened at unchanged prices.
Provisions ruled weak and easy, Porn
opened ~ cents lower than SATURDAYS close,
and finally closed with a loss OF 81 cents
ON the day, The weakness IN the provisiol
market was attributed to the yellow fever
scare at Newport News. where there were
seven deaths in the National soldiers Home.
and when diagnosed found to be yellow
FEVER.
81. Louis Grain and Provisions.
st. Louis. July 81 .--wheat--No. 2 red, cash
69as: July So; September 6e4d6sTs; No. =
hards $500. corn-No cash 81; July 81;
September 29Ss; December 2ih. oats-No. 2
cash 20is; July 20%; September 1875; May
ana, No. white 26G26%. Pork UNCHANGED
Lard--Prime steam $40; choice 5.l5, Eggs
slow; 10. Flour dull; straight SioGS. 25. pat,
ents ss0G3 so; clears S.S543.so. Corn meal
steady at 75Ql.so. Bran lower; sacked lots
ems. track, s.7a; Hay steady: timothy 5000
IL 90; prairie .b0ff9 90 Whisky steady AT
1875. Iron cotton ties quiet. Basgins Quiet
at 6q6%. Dry salt meats steady: bosei
shoulders SIS: extra shorts s. Is clear ribs
5s5: clear sides 500 Bacon Quiet: boxed
shoulders 5.75; extra short 5.s7is4i6. 90: clear
ribs b.S7isQf6 90; clear sides 6l2h Receipts
Flour 10. 600; wheat ilso0o; corn 2i&00o: oats
$1,000. shipments Flour 900. wheat 1900.
corn 206,0oo. oats 5000,
Grain and Provisions Elsewhere.
Kansas City. July si.--wheat-s September o.
a6s; December Is; cash. No. hard S0e2h,
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SUHUUNER.
Mary Il. Morse Dinsmore. AT Havana So
GALVESTON COTTON RECEIPTS

COTTON ON sHIPBoARD.
For Hamburg-Ss Obi ISL bales: SIS Celti
ESQ. Total. i0l,
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NO. 2 red 6s. Corn--septcmber 27sa Deem.
white $4,000. Oats--No. 2 white 25%m25.
Receipts--Wheat l21, 200; corn $500; oats 49,
200. Shipments--Wheat $1,000; corn $500,
bats 1000.
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HOUSTON BANK cLEARiNcs.
Following are the ciearances OF the Houston
banks for the week thus far and for the corrs.
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MOTIONS S.

to Dc with him. The turtle had different
ideas, however; he had found a comforta-
BILE home and meant to stay in It, he had
very likely led a life of hardship and in
tended TO end his days in peace and Sc
curity, so he returned, but was again turn
ed out upon the cruel world. The turtle
had a will of his own and was determined
to live in that particular spot, so he crawl
ed in again the next time the gate was
open. The family gave up in despair, and
Flowed the unlimited guest 10 remain
ew days before they turned him out again.
3ut he returned once more. This per-
Torrance was repeated a number OF tlmes;
II they shut the gate on him, he would
rear up on his hind legs and put his Two
fore feet on the top-like a great dog.
1t was necessary to accept the inevitable.
The people to whom he wished TO attach
himself began 10 feel a certain superstition
and allowed him 10 take possession OF the
garden which he had SO long coveted as
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17
Popular Books at Popular Prices.

1.-THE Conjure Woman" by Chestnut.
Young Mlstley.' by Merrlman.
"Tattle Tales of Cupid" by Ford.
THE Black Douglass" by Crockett.
"A Duet" by Doyle.
"Mr. Dooley in Peace and In War"
"Roden's Corner" by Merriman.
when Knighthood Was In Flower" by
-askoden.
"Dross," by Merriman.
1.-THE European Tour" by Allen.
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his abode. There he cTawls about IN The
daytime and sleeps at night and is given
his three good meals a day Of bran and
water and scraps from the table He Is
a perfectly harmless old fellow, and the
children have great sport with him, two
or three az time riding on his back. II
is only dangerous to place hand en- the
side of his neck for. as he contracts his
neck quickly within ms shell, IL Is hkeiy
TO be drawn in and injured. But his fun
nest characteristic developed after he had
been fairly accepted into the family cir
Gle; in return for the kindness lavisned
upon him he took upon himself the func-
tons Of a watch dog. The poor beast is
not able TO bark, but when a stranger en-
ters the gate he gives forth such loud and
formidable Kisses as 10 Brighten the most
courageous untI they discover that his
hiss is worse than mis- bite.
1t Is estimated than this great turtle 10
very old. While not Of a rare species, he
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

has grown to an unusual size His neck
is beginning TO shrivel and take upon IL
self the drawn look Of extreme age. 1t -
thought by some that he Is the famous
turtle that belonged to Kamehameha l.
lie was the greatest conqueror ana King
of the Hawaiian Islands, and lived over
one hundred years ago. The animal re-
manned for generations in the custody Of
the royal family, and last belonged to the
Queen Dowager, kaploiani, who died on
June "a. Some time before the Queens
death The turtle disappeared. But whether
this Queer old beast, with its almost
human Intelligence, has such a romantic
history or no, It is to-day one Of the most
interesting sights Of Honolulu, though few
visitors know of its existence.
Anna Northead Benjamin.