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Total
Spots closed quiet; prices Lie down sal
Comparative SPOT siarkers

The following are the closing quotations
for cotton on the spot at tho leading markets.
together with tho closing OF mlddlng yestel-
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New York. May s--The demand on home
account has been slow for ali descrin ty,ns
~ ov goods and for hsavyI brown eottcns.
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Galveston Country Producc

Tomatoes-Nons in market
Bseswax-Good yellow sOa2se: mixed lots
lSal9.
Hay-Choice timothy l6 25@l6,5 80 per ton:
choice upland prairie ll.00al2. 90 per ton,
according TO quality; choice alfalfa sl4. 90.
Dealers ask an advance OF soc 10 81 per ton
on these figures.
Feeans-Texas 1870 per pound
GAFllc-EXtra fancy red 50dbpc; Mexican
sqlOe pound; ordinary S5d40c per string.
Blter-Fresh Texas country i0ql3c per
pound creamery zee
sirawberrIes-si. e5Gl.75 per crate OF "a
oe2ri9 according to quality.
iiohey-IwelVe square crates 81 25: strained
VIC per gallon. In cases; m barrels 50G65c
sweet potatoes-T5ffS5c per hushei.
Cabbase-TeNas cTop s., 25m2. 50 per St
Louis crate. New coast crop 81. 25ai 50 per
100, according to size.
onions Sl.25Ql.50 per bushel.
irish Potatoes--Westcrn eating. SOC per
buahel new potatoes, Sl.sO per bushel
Pooltry-Grown hens $500 Uer dozen: fun
grown spring chickens s. 50MS. 10: old roos
ters ~. i5d2 90. hroilers 81 25dfi so. ducks
s5,m@S. 95 turkeys hens. good stock. Sc 90
~ 0oi rohblers f.oon9 90. guinea hens Ss %
q ~ geese rnplnoked S,Q0G5 co.
Eggs Frcsh Texas eandled cases returned.
oggs i0c.
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Galvoston-Closed steady, prices unchanged.
Low ordinary. .79s Mlddling ...q%
Ordinary. .....Sh Good riddllng.9 9-16
GOOD ordinary.S% Mddlng fair. . 1916
Low mldding. .9M Sales .............
New York-snots closed quiet; prices &c
up.
Good ordlnury...s 1916 Good middling 10 s-f6
Low midding..o 7-i6 Middling fair i0aa
Middling....... o7s Sales .....,... {, 03i
New orloans--spots closed steady; prices
unchanged.
Low ordinary. ~ 1i-iG Mlddiing .sH
oralnary ,......s BIO Coed middlins.9 Il-i0
Good orGlnnry...s 1916 Middllne fair. o is N
Low middlng. .,9h Sales ........s,55 $50
charged; sales 10000. of which $500 were
American; Imports 1000, OF which $500 were
American.
Ordinary. Middlinr = re
GOOD ordinary.5 3-t6 Good mIddiing Si1
Low ordinary 5-l6 Middllns fair 5 i1-is
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KANSAS CITY.

a kansas City May s--cs,tle--HeceiptE a7ot
s us..!Nss ana 500 Texans desirable esttie
sc'iss and steady: few poor grsdss shade
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MARINE TNTELLicEscA
Port Of Galysst0n. Wy
ARRfNEn

Port Of Galveston. WI
ARRIVED
SIS Tito tNor). from Key wss,.
IS Syller (Nor). from Neuvl;as.
CLEARED.
None.
Nh
sArLEi,.
Sch Nieeto SPAIN for Hsmbpri VI =
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The range of prices on the active months

The range Of prices on the active months
In the future markets follows:
Opening High. Low Close.
q" ADJUST HsW i ''!' $3.50 o.m $40 s.so-al
December -. S. Osb 500 SOS S.06-07
At New Orleans:
October ..... 5000 sos SOC sO4-o5
The New York Journal Of Commerce says
editorially; An esteemed correspondent Is
confident that the coming cotton crop viii
bo moderate, because tho planters have so
much less than usual of the cotton seed fertil-
izer, and because tho cereal crops are inoreas-
ing and tho growth of manufacturing rs with
drawing labor from the fields We make no
attempt TO measure the precise force OF each
Of these considerations, but the official stn 10
tstics OF two Statas indicate Tar larger
consumption of commercial fertilizers this
year than usual This may bs due TO a
decreased supply OF cotton seed fertilizer or
u may be more than enough tn make up for
that deficiency. There is, from year to yeaf,
some increase in the cultivation OF cereals
In the South. but the increase is less than
many good Judges believe ia be for the good
Of tho South and tho recent publication OF
tho department OF agriculture giving the cot
ton and cereal crops aud the numbers Of
domestic animals Ia the southern states. In
dicates little diversion Of land from cotton
10 cereals. II the cotton mills OF the South
have actually created a shortage in the AgrI-
cultural labor Of tho region the industrial
revolution has gone much farther than has
been gupposed
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DULL COTTON MARKETS.
Range Of Fluctuations Was an ExtremcI,
Narrow One.
SOME Of THE MONTHS ADVANCED SLIGHTLY
winter and spring Positions, How
ever, Were Wealx-Uenter's INTO
Sight Up to May !.
ONCE Of The Post,
Houston. Tuesday, May s.


The old story was repeated in the cotton
markets today. There was an absolute lack
Of activity and tho amount Of trading done
was as small as at any time during the sea-
son.
There was a slight Improvement In Liver-
pool contracts that market at the close being
about $3.50 higher than yesterday Tho
opening on this side was at practically yester-
days ngues. some of the distant positions
being slightly lower, and after session,
which was characterized only by It's dullness,
the close showed New York to be points up
on the spot months TO down on some of
the winter and spring positions. New Or
leans was unchanged to 2 up. The range
Of fluctuations was extremely narrow. tho
widest difference In any of the active months
being but points.
Tho crop and weather news continues to
form the feature TO which the attention OF
the majority of tho members of the trade is
attracted. The conditions all over the belt
being, apparently, somewhat more favorable
today. there was no new buying Of new crop
months to speak OF and for that reason the
fall and winter positions did not show the
same ratio OF increase as some of the
others.
feature OF some importance Is Afforded
by the fact that there is difference of
1so points, or IS per bale. difference between
May and December cotton in New York.
There appears to be somewhat better
demand for spot cotton and the sales reported
today were larger than have been posted
for some time past In New York an ad
vance of 40 was noted but none of the other
large markets showed any Improvement aud
on the local exchange a decline of 1-i6c was
announced.
Tho movement continues along practically
the same lines. the figures In all cases being
considerably smaller than those for last year
and three years ago. Houston received 50f
bales for the day against 1915 last year
and 1884 In 1897. while for tomorrow the osti-
mate is $50 TO $50. as compared with COS
and $50. The New Orleans estimate is 1900
to 2000 against Gall and 2S2.
Mr. Hesters figures showing the move
ment In Texas and the Indian Territory up
10 tho first of tho present month are ., iss, 300
against s,39i,597 last year
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WIFE AMI NAILS

WIRE Galvanized Gldden $3.50 wauke-
! gan SO So.
I NAILS-s3f0 base Advances for common
over base 3D. zoe; Sd i5c; Id and Sd Soc ID
SOc, sd, Toe: l0d and l6d. &c. Quotations are
Tor less than car lots,
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LIVE STOCK.

HOUSTON.
The following the quotations for this
market as furnished by the Box Bell Saua-
ders Comm esion poninany.
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l. NuVu cntue ana calves m falr demand for
Ntter part OF week. Market full Of trashy
calves and bun yearlines. No demand Tor
this class OF stock
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noise it made was so alarming, that as
soon as the anchor came home the cap
tain stopped the work, choosing to go
off with his anchor trailing in the water
rather than risk attracting attention
by the noise Of getting it on board.
At length the missing boat came
alongside. AS soon as it was hoisted
in. the word was given, and the steamer
began to move slowly forward. Scarce
" had she started when the ship which
had so narrowly missed seeing them
before, all at once reversed her course.
Her red light came into view, then her
green, and she appeared to be heading
straight for the little craft. Swiftly
she came towards their place, cropping
with the terrible s~earchlight in every
nook and Granny of the coast, and seem
ing to play with the steamer like "a cat
with a mouse.
Vaughan began to congratulate him
self that the steamer had been obliged
to wait. Had they started ten min
utes earlier, Il got out from the shel-
ter of the cliffs, nothing could have saw
ed them from detestion and capture.
AS it was. the order 10 halt was
promptly given. The captain assembled
the bridge and made a brief speech to
the excited crew, which Masalaki trans
lated to the E~nglishmen. The captain
informed his men that they must stay
where they were until the enemy had
passed again, and assured them that all
would be we'll. But the crew did not
appear to be entirely confident. Nasal
aki translated some Of their exclama-
tions to Vaughan. One mar ~consoled
himself by declaring that God would
never permit the capture of the vessel
which had brought bread to the Chris
tians. Others, less confident. ran down
below to escape the glare of the dread
ed searchlight. acting with the instinct
of the ostrich, when it hides its head in
the bush.
And so they waited there, while the
formidable battleship swept down
stabbing right and left with the terri
BILE weapon: More than once the light
blazed full upon them. and it seemed
impossible that they couN have beer
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overlooked. But, thanks to their we'll
chosen situation. backed by the high
rocks, they escaped again and again.
and at last the angry monster passed
away to its former station, and their
course lay clear once more.
Slowly, cautiously, they glided out,
hugging the coast till the last moment,
and Their making a dash for the open
ing across the danger zone. Once on
their way, they sighted what seemed
to be a torpedo boat in the distance,
but which failed to perceive them, and
so they got safe away from the region
of the %blockading fleets, and out into
the open Mediterranean.
as o as the uanger was over,
Vaughan went down, dead-tired, and
flung himself into his berth.
In the morning the captain entered
his cabin a different man All the pre-
vious day he had been sullen and mo-
rose; this morning he was all smiles,
and hailed his passenger in English:
Very good" He proceeded to confide
to Vaughan that he had left three little
ones in Athens, who shed tears when
| their father sailed away on this danger
Gus cruise.
Vaughan rose and went on deck.
where he found everyone rejoicing.
The officers sat around smoking ciga-
rettes and sneering at the searchlights,
which they declared to be blessings in
disguise.
1t was evident that although they
might be useful against an enemy,
which wants to reach you. they were of
extremely doubtful value as against one
whose object was to avoid you.
The crew were dancing and singing
in their own part of the snip. Vaug-
han ordered the steward TO provide
them with a drink round. To his as
| constituent, they responded by singing
a staye which he felt able to recognise
as intended for God a v the Queen
And so they returned in triumph,
past sunny Sunium. past brown Hy-
mettus and the splenuid peak OF PEN
telicon, till the Acropolis ros across
! the plain Of Attica, and they came
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steaming into the famous marbor OF
Themistocles to the boats that thronged
out to greet them, and landed among
the shouting crowd, like Alcibiades of
yore.
Returned in triumph, after having
crossed the sea to Crete, ran the gaunt-
let of the navies of Europe, landed
bread enough TO feed the patriotic
forces for two months, and came back
without the loss of a man or a sack Of
-four.
And still the wal hung fire, still the
Powers threatened and the Greek gov
eminent responded by calling out re-
serve after reserve, and not only so,
but the volunteers began TO arrive.
The volunteers, not merely from Eng
land, from Italy, from France, from
Germany, and from Denmark, but
Greek volunteers, fellow-countrymen Of
the subjects of King George. who had
come to assist in the liberation Of Crete,
in the hope that it might lead on to the
liberation Of their own soil. Volun-
teers from Salonica, and from Caucasus,
from Smyrna, and from distant Ire
bizond on the Black Sea.
One day a steamer entered the Pr
raeus bringing five hundred from rocky
Samos, an island of the Aegean which
already enjoyed quasi-independence;
and each day as these detachments
landed, they were marched up IN
triumph through the streets Of Athens
| to demonstrate in front Of the Royal
Palace; and when they had demon
strated and shown themselves. King
George came out upon the portico, and
acknowledged their enthusiasm with a
bow, or a few brief words Of encour-
agement; and so they were marched
away again and put into barracks that
they could be provided with arms and
| sent forward to the frontier.
About this time a letter arrived from
Mr.. Septimus Calcraft. The British
Brigade was on its way at last-a force
seven strong had been despatched from
London, and might be expected in
Greece within the e few hours. This
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~illously near the line of communica-
ton with his base Of supplies. Orders
were given for suppressing the auda-
cious Boer, and then ensued a race be-
tween De Wet and General Methuen,
with the result that the latter was out
distanced and outgeneraled, and the
former gathered in a valuable convoy
and 1870 highlanders. This was on
June 3 and 80 miles distant from the
scene of his first exploit, but on the
9TH he cut the railway at Roodeval, 20
miles beyond, and onsthe, 9th had de-.
stroyed it as far as Fredefort, 20 miles
farther north. Doubling On his track,
he surprised a construction train at
Leeuspruit, taking so prisoners and
capturing the Fourth Derbyshires.
June IA another construction train was
attacked at Rhenoster river, and a
week later three culverts were blown
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did not sound encouraging, and the
Greek Minister Of War, who had under
taken to provide a Government ship 90
transport the British legion from Cor
fu to the Piraeus, withdrew his offer on
learning the numbers OF the detach-
ment. In the meanwhile the Foreign
Legion had taken shape.
Vaughan went one day into the Cafe
Olympus, the headquarters Of the for
eign volunteers. Here at two long
tables in the open air. he found
dining together in friendly eifus1on
comrades from half the countries in
Europe-uanes and Germans, Italians
and Swedes. sat side by side. fraternis-
ing together in the common cause. Here
were the G~arfbaldians who had come
with him 10 Corfu, and who recogniz-
ed him again with friendly greetings.
Out on a part OF the plain, towards the
Hymettus mountains, was the drill
ground. Here h~alf-a-dozen detach-
ments could be seen exercising, their
commanding officers ordering them in
as many GIHerent languages. Conspic-
uous for their discipline were the few
German volunteers. One glance was
enough 10 show that they cane from a
nation OF soldiers, and the smart way
in which they handled their arms and
executed the manoeuyres OF the drill
ground, made them the objects OF the
envy and admiration Of their comrades.
But ii was easy 10 see that the en-
thuSasm Of the Greeks was reserved
for the Italians and the Engllshmen.
BY this time Vaughan had already
become a familiar figure in Athens. He
had been TO more than one reception,
and nowhere nad he and his companion
been more cordially welcomed than in
the club Of the Students Of the Uni
versity. The students appeared to
have interrupted their studies during
the crisis IN order that they might
devote themselves TO the patriotic pur-
pose Of welcoming the foreign volun-
teers. No sooner did they learn Of the
impending arrival OF the English de-
tachTnent thar they determined TO or
ganize a public reception On their be-
half
GO be continued,
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awhile, they alluded to II as the last
spasmodic grasp OF a forlorn hope,
while the Beers viewed II for a brief
period as heralding the recovery OF
waning fortunes.
IF it were not that De Wet is known
to be no scholar" admits the London
News, "it must have been thought that
he had been studying the history OF
the exploits of some of the dashing
leaders Of irregulars during the great
American civil war, but in any case he
has practiced their principles with
great effect. . . . General De We
has, It is clear. a master military
mind" From which it would appear
that the great Boer successes were
mainly due TO their adopting American
methods, as is CALAMITY, though re-
luctantly, admitted by their enemies.
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July % he turned up at Honing Spruit
a second time and captured another
supply train and 100 highlanders.
The railroad between Pretoria, Jo-
hannesburg and the south was the
magnet that drew the Boer general
back again to sever the tenuous line
upon which the British depended for
supplies, and he seems to have been in
doubt whether or not to stick to 1t for
awhile longer. But he had stirred up
a veritable hornets nest all along the
line, and it seemed most prudent to
strike ENTHUSIASTICALLY after severing
wire and rail communication and
wrecking the trains he had captured.
It had been the intention of the au-
thorities at Kroonstadt when they dis
patched this train to northward the
day before it was taken to send by it
81, 600, 600 in bullion, but at the last
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hero of Mafeking, who might perhaps
have engaged his indomitable foe 10
advantage, but he merely sent cut to
ask what terms he desired and let him
go his way. The grim De Wet did o
stop to exact his terms just then, u
went over and bivouacked for the night
at the "wonderboom," a huge tree 10
miles from Pretoria and a resort for
picnic parties In times OF peace.
Instead of descending upon Pretoria,
q proceeding that might have been ex-
pected of this daredevil guerrilla lead
er, De Wet swooped around TO the west,
reaching August 20 his northermost
point at the Pyramids, whence he
plunged into the vast fbush veldt.
Emerging again, aided by General De-
larey, he darted southwark upon the
famous Rand region Of gold, forced a
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passage past Bank Station, three days
later crossed the Vaal river, and the
last the British heard of him he was
headed toward the section in which he
had commenced his wonderful raid
three months before.
The distance covered by the little
guerrilla band. at no time probably ex-
ceeding 1900 men, was nearly 900 miles,
In a country that is simply terrible to
traverse under the most favorable con
ditions, and at last accounts the force
had dwindled to lens than $50 men,
while wagons had teen abandoned and
guns buried all along the route.
1t is difficult to estimate the damage
done and results accomplished by this
raid, for, though 1t caused a great fur
ry among the British commanders for
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DE VETS RAID WHICHDAZED THE BRITISHERS.


The recent raids in the Transvaal of
General Christian De Wet, which con-
stituted a sort of continuous perform
ance of dashing exploits extending
over a period Of more than three
months, will go down to history, the
military experts say. as among the
~st brilliant episodes of the war.
Y 1t was Lord Robots ambition to en-
ter johannesburg the queens birth
day, May "a, and he came so near to
accomplishing his desire as to make his
triumphal entry on the 31st. The only
Fly in the ointment" was the capture
that very day of his crack imperial
yeomanry by General De Wet, who had
broken out in some mysterious man
ner and made his presence felt at Lind
ley, a small place to the south and per-
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up at Honing Spruit.
BY this time Lords Roberts and
Kitchener, heroes of Kandahar and
Khartum respectively, were terribly
alarmed for the safety of their COM
munications, as well they may have
been. and their ablest commanders
were sent scurrying over the country
in search of De Wet. who was brought
to bay July 2 near Winburg, where he
had a fight with Rumble. On the 18th
he effected a retreat to Fouries5urg.
and on the 10th, just as Rumble and
Hunter thought they had him sur
rounded, and where, in fact, they
rounded up other commandos, the able
successor of slim Pet" Joubert broke
through and escaped. Overtaken three
days later by superior numbers, his
force was partly dispersed, but on
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moment they decided to consign it to
another train, and so that amount of
British gold was saved for its owners.
The good fortune which had so far
accompanied De Wet seemed to forsake
him awhile after this, for he lost sew
eral wagons on the way to Reitzburg,
which he reached July 26, and in his at
tempt to get away from Methuen he
left some men and guns behind, after
crossing the Vaal river August 6. But
his supreme audacity and dash did not
desert him, and scant two weeks later.
August 10, he suddenly appeared before
General Baden-Powell. $50 miles to the
northward with a summons TO surren-
der.
The exquisite humor of the audacious
demand was not lost on the gallant
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SYNOPSIS OF P RECEDING CHAP
TERS-Ernest Vaughan. engaged to Ger
she viii not marry at once. He suspects
that she has formed an attachment with
a certain Theodore Kalarakis, a young
Greek, who is about TO leave LONDON to
fight in the Turco-Greek war. Vaughan,
after breaking his engagement, determines
to volunteer for service with the Greek
army. lie does so, and on the way out is
Joined bv Kalarakis, against whom he
cherishes indefinable suspicious. Waugh
MS firsl war experience comprises an at
tempt to break through the blockade, es-
tablished by the powers OF europe lot tae
purpose of carrying provisions 10 a pooy
Of Greek Insurgents in Crete.
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Oopyr lighted
THE ORDEAL OF FIRE.
BY ALLEN UPWARD,

Author Of the aSecrcts of the Courts of Europe" "The Yellow Hand,
aThe Accused Princess" 1.-THE Prince of Balkntan," &c.
The colored American., 1900-03-17
From the Boston TranscrIpt.)

TIE national American Woman Suf'
trsge AssOcialion hiss just closed what
is undoubtedly the most brilliant, en-
tbusIaslic and memorable convention
Of its long history, The ever no emorab.e
Worlds Fair congresses Of 1898, one re.
calls. were the focusing of all the great
yoman's progressive movements, Of
which he church, missionary, temper
aocs and suffrage organizations were
the advance heralds. One had only to
Deer into the croWded auditorium, in
which the recent Washington meet
ings convened, to get realizing sense
Of me fact that the suffrage cause Is the
lmpelliDg force Of all the rest. How best