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HIIl County a Candidate.

Iiillsboro Texas, November aim coun,
" is candidate for the location OF the
experiment station and when the commit.
Zee meets at Fort Worth to locate the sta.
uon her claims will be presented by Hon.
:. X. Boyd. 1t being understood that a
bonus would not be considered In selecting
loeAtlon that question was net eonsld,
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF GALVESTON, November o

PORT OF GALVESTON, November o.
ARRIVED.
IS In aun (Brt. Liverpool
Sch w. IL. Clifford, Baltimore.
CLEARED.
Sc Bergenthaus tNorD, Havre.
SIS Hanover (GPr), Bremen.
SIS Ashmore (Bc.), Bremen.
Sch David p. Davis, Port Tampa.
SAILED.
SIS Hanover (Gen.), Bremen.
SIS Euterpe (Br.), Liverpool.
Sch David p. Davis, Port Tampa.
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The Crowley Market

Crowley, La, November 5.-Clcan market
remains unchanged with continued good
SAFES on lower grades. Clean rice; Head
o129o%' straights 2%d35s; screenings pa
90 Japans 3Ad4l2; brewers 1%d1%; pol,
ish SIS; bran S9miO. Tone Of market r,oo,'
Rough rice: Honduras 81 656i3.25: Janon
$l.ood29O. Receipts today 12,7OS Total
Tor season 353,3Ss sacks Rough markot
duh. Buyers Indifferent. maj Nu'
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Chicago, November Seattle Rerelpts
700 including 200 Texans and 1000 west,
erns. Market slow. Good to prime steers
oOOfbs0i poor To medium steers g TbGlS AOt
Go.oOi Texas steers a.0094.oo, western
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MAN ORLEANS

tSpeclal TO Inc foSt)
New Orleans, November 5.--The New Or
leans live stock exchange reports: There
is an ample supply of cattle, large and
small, on sale; trading dull. No cornfed
hogs or fat sheep In first hands; prices
unchanged.
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London Coneols.

London, November 5.-Consols for money
and account 9lB. Bar silver quiet 269s per
ounce. Money 2 per cent Discount short
pllis SBGShi three months bills 3A per
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erior Movement.
Comparative Spot Markets.
end $500 to arrive. Quotations were re

Developments today in the market for
contracts were somewhat startling and evil
denced clearly the lack of strength Of sen
5ment in the trade. The advent of killing
frost throughout the belt had been heralded
by the bull element as an absolutely Ger
tain foreruuucr Of mu n higher prices The
talent was nStonished therefore when 1t
learned that the frost had materialized,
but that prices on the other side had stimuli
tnneously taken a sharp downward plunge.
The opening showed decline NJ II to ia
end that net losses for the day of II points
each on November and December and Is
points each on the other months were re-
corded.
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HIDES AND WOOL.

Dry nine hides ................ 12c
Dry mint klps ,..,...,,,,........ SC
Dry sailed hides and kips, selected gflUc
Wet salted hides aud kips, selected 61ss 10
Su'VP PtiIS 5000 ....-.......s..lO tQ4OC
Deer skins, nlnts ....,......,..,. 2Oc
Goat skins, hints ...............1O 6l2Oc
nv ~ hdlI ...s... ...sar.........lI 0lSC
Wool, free medium, 8 to - months,
free from burs ..,...,.........'1O Qllc
Wool free fine, 8 TO 10 months. -. 9lslIiOe
BeesWax ................. 90 6Jl9c
Prime tallow ..................S lbSd 4c
niue observation-disclosures. a. &c
st, Louis November -Wool-Nomlnal
medium grades 12i5M17: light hne i3Gi4II.
heavy fine l0ailh; tub washed 1924.
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The Work of the Bool Weevii.

To the Editor OF The Post.
Lockhart, Texas November IL noticed.
] believe in The Post, that in mauy sec
tlons In the state that COTTON was well
weather continued for some time a good
fall crop would be realized. This is true
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STEADY TO A SHADE HIGHER.

Market I0c lower. Mixed aud butchers
sos; light 55oa5.75. Sheep Receipts is
coo Sheep and lambs good, stronger
common slow; good to choice wethers $50
64.21: fair to choice mile 3OOa(3. so,
western sheep 3OO03 50; native lamOs 80
@5l0; western lambs 3OOd4.60.
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DAY IN THE RICE MARKET

brewers ...''..'.......... OF a O2A
Receipts for the day were $50 sacks of
rough, making a total TO date of 1923
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FIRST SHIPMENT NEW CROP w
LOW DATES. IN eo-lb. BOXES, d
MONDAY. SOMETHING VERY IN
Houston Produce & Comma.
BALDWIN g. cARGILL.

Missouri, Kansas and Texas ........
Galveston, Houston and Northern,..,
lplal ........ -........ .......,..,i''t
No elevator movement.
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COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.

r.; o, b. mill Texas interior points, &C.
cordlng 10 location Per gallon
Prime crude oil, loose o7ISSl 81
Ffime summer yellow ell 3OlLM IN
iAnters according TO quality Oll5d O2
Per ton.
hulls, baled ...,.....,.....S5 90 ass 90
Prime cotton seed meal. % 90
Prime cotton seed cake. 90 90
Quotations ON prime cotton seed meal
and prime cotton seed cake are for delly.
cry at Galveston.
Memphls, Tenn. November 5-Or-PrIme
crude 2SiA; on crude 27h; prime summer
yellow 32H; choice cooking summer yellow
eaka-Prime 2100.
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as to the first part of the statement.
have noticed cotton closely In several coun-
they will not open even II frost should
never come The hollis have been ruined
by boil weevll and viii not open | wish
have a fan crop of cotton That idea is
industrlous.y circulated by cotton buyers
to hold down the price. send YOU by
mail a box of bolls. all sizes, showing
work OF the weevil. | send some partially
opened bol,s to show how it opens tor
rather how it don't OPEN when punctured
by wcevi | gathered these bols In VIII
aiamson county The cotton is effected
likewise I'm the counties Of Gonzales VIII
son. Guadaloupe, Hays, Caldwell, Travis
and Bastrop Cut the bolls open. and eX-
anime cloely, you will observe that they are
ruined Yours truly Lea Beatty.
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COTTON MARKET QUOTATIONS.

The range Of prices at New Orleans for
the active months was as follows
New Orleans Open. High Low. Close.
January ......7 23-24 7.2T Is 1.1v-2O
March 49,. T.21 PA I .lG Z Ills
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Reported for the Houston Post by the A.
Il. Norman Live Stock company
Quotations for live stock at Galveston
yesterday were as follows:
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n. and B. Beers Cotton Letter
tSpnciaI IN Tho Post

h. and B. Beers Cotton Lettst
Especial to The Postl
New Orleans. November 5.-rhe prsa
absence of killing frost last night inaGll
Liverpool unfavOrIbly, and our markell
sympathy, opened u to IA points N
Notwithstanding there was consoles,
covering, values declined 4 to ) ponH
ditional later on the heavy recepk
weather and rising temperatures, coaal
net loss of II to Is points on the eI
The official prediction Is for frcS
night In Alabama, Mississippi, NoHa
South Carolina and Georgia. HepI
Northern Georgia and possibly pgaI h
In Interior of extreme Northern WI
should killing frost materialize IN taes1
states 1t will do a minimum amoai
damage, as the crop in these sections 4
ready assured. Texas looks as
escape the frost, as the cold wave II
ing eastward, and since this Stae u
top crop, the prospects are that tuss u
Will continue to make until checkN
good freeze.
The movement Is on liberal stae n
are in a weak position and specuia.s
restricted, therefore the chances as VI
may recede further, unless receipts WI "
materially, or European teXtlle p'YNN X
revives decidedly. II. q D.
Caroill g. Richardson's leus'
Houston, Texas, November 5--5is,
sonce of killing frosts in the cous.
was the incentive for bear auaSs
free liquidation In the cotton lsIN
day. Liverpool made a good slai,
only 1-64 lower. but when t1ey y
temper of the New orleans nlfhs' ~
declined quickly, the close belns
lower than yesterday. Now t1at ~
increasing a little, larger sales w N,
made, 5000 bales taken today
vices this morning from the rAi.
follows: Admission, Ala.-Coiu ~
frost reported" "Opelika' Aa'
and cool; no frost" "Rome- Ga.
temperature In this section was
night and being cloudy and wil .as,oa
no frost" "Atlanta-Lowest tei1 IA, "A
So; no frost In this section up t9aiS,
sufficient TO injure the crop. .ss
Cloudy and cool here; the piaut a, 4
been injured The receipts ~ ~ NJ
and estimates for tomorrow az ~
leans were large and helped ne %d,l
Mr.. Neilis bearish letter est, ,m N
crop at 11.250,Oo0 minimum VII ,orr
public In Liverpool tomorrow n IL
the opening, but it Is douDllun. sS,
have any effect, as his friends us' X
OF its Issuance since yesteruai ~ ~
Outside OF a small following ne Md
by the cotton trade I'm general', M
IS seldom correct The close u
leans was II to IS points LOVE IN N
terday. Spots were reduced ~ Il i
leans and Galveston, unehaDs ses
ton. Forecast for next twein.yqIss iisl a
is for fair, warmer weather ~ .tsr & 4
Hight frost predicted In the tas ees 9
The norther is passing 10 the eofs
is thought 1t viii leave the We ID
without doing much damage. eesa E
the weather viii from now on VIA 4
much OF a factor In shaping /.
the situation viii he regula'sss y e
supply and demand. Win Aishg y
falling on in the movement ns 1.
should be seen, but a contin t.,oS d &
ent receipts. poor demand, g, iEocBs g
around 7c New Orleans. atseensi '
ever, like present prices S thli b,
thing OF a bcarlsh nature ana ~ I'
clines will he followed by !" III
reactions. o.iesps r}t
ON basis ~ the New, orl .sr To- 3,
LIVERPOOL Is due to be La q "Rsiclgs q
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Houston's estimated receipts for to-day
are 1900 to 1900 against LBS last
year. New Orleans expects $4,000 to 49,
COO, against 1920 last year.
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American Brewing ACKNOWLEDGMENT 30 90
Commercial National Bankt225 90 l253 90
Galveston Houston inv...l 30 90 ....
Houston, Land and Trust 100 90 ....
Houston Drug. ...........ll 35 90 'l6O 90
Houston Drilling and Sup
ply Observation-Disclosures. 10 90
Merchants National Bank 1O1 90 ...,...
Magnolia Park ........... .......I1OO 90
Mutual Building and Loan 200 90
Planters and Mechanics
National Bank. 100 90 llO5 90
South Texas National. lbs 90 leo 90
Sour Lake Springs. .... As 90
Texas Savings Real Estate
and Investment .......I 30 50 AZ 90
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oo K9asF Z, o Guy. NoIem9eE, 5.-cattle-Re,

kansPs City, November 5-Cattle-- Re.
ceipts 1000 natives; 1000 Texans; 700
calves. Market steady to a shade higher.
Cholce export md dressed. beef steers 800
feeders 2.9O0t4, 40; western FED steers IS
Qd3O western range steers 1880 10; Tex.
as ana Indian steers 3.0O5Ji 90; Texas COWS
l.Ioq3O0; native cows G06t4 %, heifer5
?; 1895. 10; bulls 221lr4,O0; calves . 1915 90
logs -Recelpts 1900 Market To- lower
Heayy 5,s5@5o7H; light 5.25G5 s2ts. pigs
=. tMao22 sheep Receipts 10000 strong
Native lambs 4O06i4 SIS: western iambs
3 15Q465 native wcthcrs S.IOaAOO: west
ern wethers 325@3.S5; owes 275G3.35;
culls 2 p5t325.
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snot Quotations Reduced.

New Orleans, November 0.-There was
fairly active movement In spot cotton to-
day upon the basis Of lie lower, the sales
of the day footing up 1900 bales of spots
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KANSAS CITY.
Especial to The Post.)

Stock Yards Kansas city, Mo, November
5,--The following sales by Texas and Ter
ritory stock men have been reported for
today and Yesterday; j Glenn, Gaines
Quannah, 79S-pound cows, $50; j. d. Rob
ertson, Vinta. 933-pound steers, 3.O5; C..
II. Howard, Ryan, 9llpound steers, $40;
V. Herard, Elgin, 043-pouud steers, 3.j5:
1033-pound steers $3.50: c. II. Cornell,
MARROW, ISL. pound steers. $50; Newman
q Trammel, Portals, StS pound COWS, 30;
American Pastural company, Amlrillo, S26-
pound cows, 2.60; Sugg Bros. Sugdeu, 93I-
pound steers, 300; A. Telle. Atoka, DO6-
pound steers $40; .. Gordon, RcdfoIK,
l0s6-pound steers, 3.71; John Franklin,
Ne-pound steers. $40; 1l1ipounl steers,
$50; w. X. Moore Red Rock Sl2-pouud
steers, 3 %; William Davis, SCI pound
COWS. 300 lOlSpodnd steers, 400, r. $
Hutton, Oaklaha, SfO.p0und steers, 3 40:
l04S-round steers. 400: A. G. Pannell'
Kaufman, 90i-pound steers, $50; 1861
pound steers, 465.
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MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS.
The following bids and offers of stocks
other than oil companies were reported:
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SIlGAR.

SUGAR.
New Orleans. November 8. -Sugar-Qulet
but steady; open kettle centrifugal 31sd3Ia;
centrifugal grauulated 4 30td4 40; white
3 l5-16d4; yellows 31g63 1916; seconds 2II
ass Molasses-Open kettle strong 26d36;
centrifugal steady 1924. Syrup-None.
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lshnresL h PrLGe
NEW YORK. ENCHANTED

Relchmarks. CONNER Today. Yesterday.
clal. 60 days. 94 1915 "a N. i6
Bankers. GO days .4 s3s,- "a 4. S8s.. So
Commercial 60 days. "A s31t.h 4 SS1t-h
Splnners 80. ..........4 spy 4 SOY
Francs, commercial, ca
days =. ..........'5.lsN 5.ls%
sLess 1.16e
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RtSA.,LvEsroN GRAIN MOVEMENT.
e,.sceigts teday-Whcat-- GAYS
Salf' ceiesada sAd santa );
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New Orleans Futures
liverpool Futures S.

No on, a o. is Us, M9r-Apr - 'V4 4S
Dcc-Jan ana O5s Mny.June - Dab
A .U4-Uos June.Julv "A DAD
Fcb-Nnr. "A 04-05s July-Aug "a Dab
h hid: : selling: value
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Net Receipte al United states Ports.
Difference 1s,o63 31,s64 1897

Total -. 7G04N 1S3, 3O1 9, 23O091 2,3jO,OSS
last year. 57,Cs6 ISL ,437 2,35o,0ss .....,.
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Houston DaIIY Statement.
Houston Comparative Statement.

Bales.
Gross receipts thus far this week. 1854
eros receipts 81 days this season. .S2D, IFS
Gross receipts % days In 1900 1901 T7B,Os4
Gross recelpts 90 DAYS IN 1S9N- 1900. .Ib4. s5H
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Other Spot Markets.
.pSfnn gnots ,i..e.a ..,to. ,-tcos

Liverpool -Spots closed easy, prices un,
changed; business moderate; sales Sbu
bales, of which 1900 were American; specu-
lation and export 500 bales; Imports $1,000
Of which 81, 400 were American.
Ordinary .,.., 3 l5-l6 Mlddling ...4 ZIG
Good ord mad 3-16 Good mid a 1872
Low mid. ....4 Sic Mid fair "a 1882
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Following were the ruling prices:

Japan rough ...........,.s2 % a 50 30
Honduras rough .......... l so q 3 rs
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end ins1ds n lmso which Defined he
worlds Ear 1xpesdt1on. for he 11aWay
was not . pase q the fair prsUss4y. - q
least Il w. . Dast By ITSELF thsse arU senl
standing several buildings which wsss Oesd
q places for housing the Ghfbats - for
sther purposes directly pertaining - he
great show. ne principal Of theoe n olse
10 the AT building at the north end q the
park. IN which The ylssd Coiumhian lrDs-
en- b bow housed. The tnO@eo building
70 showing the maf3s q time II ~ pesshss
Of laths outstanding wAsso - ~ ~
broken Oh. Many Il - AguoD VoouA
adom ne exterior havs bssn 011v 0nsss0
by the orumblinG q ne 11u1 1sUm
which they wses made onA tAsgU uUeul-
y ~ appsarancs q - absu1 ne gsoV1IA-
bsswn wallA
the figures q Hons. m ne yanlnA
would seem - have been scattusa Ill
a1oue ehe gfoanda and thGo arU nAIy q
tASDs ar0und he ssvsr1l entrances e tho
I'D art building. Ths two witch guasa the
seuth sotrancs . street. and thaG stand
Ing erect. Icok out acfose ne basin which
makes the northsrnmost PAT Of the sys-
TEN Of lagoons which traverues the
grounds havs . great deal taken from the
natural dignity Of the poss they aru gfver
By the falling away Of the stan which made
their flashing tails. This leaves the iron
rods which furnished the Substitute for the
tail bone sxposed for several feet oe length.
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M. winston Chsrshi1 b ~ = - vvrs-
ing On the fsuswtns seessR - seesas i
0eQusnc0s
Richard csrvSl n. . Esis q ~ ~
q ma
Minnie orvs. - cAs ossaa Nsusssa
War.
IAssas CANA - - M.sua 0susrs.
mise.
Richard carvsrD. esun1BsA = oosry q
The Cfvn Wa.
Henrietta carvaI - 0s ma Nsv~ An
Woman's Rights.
Deadwood Dick 0rvsl . T,s q IN
Great Plains.
Centennial Carvsl - VINO CT - Qe6sl
at the Philadelphia EpoAt1sn-
Hessk1ah csrvsl - Alsas h wan oes,ss
b isD.
Grover cssvsland csrvsl - On - ve.
tory.
Bryan carvsi. - n cfess q Oesa.
Hobson Carvel or Down With the Nefr4-
mao.
Sampson carvsi. q Training for ss
Medal.
laura Jean Lnbbey carvsi. or the Blue.
eyed Beauty Of the Button WORKS.
Emaneipato Csrvsl Or the Belle Of The
Philippines. .
Continuous Carvei. OF the Inherited Pub
fsher.-Baltimore American.
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but the material side Of the thinG have
built their nest in the crsvics which the
modeier made to represent the open jaws
that It was TO be imagined were about to
emit q terrible roar that would carry con-
sternation to all the denizens Of the forest.
The owner Of the half block OF ground
evidently has some sort Of regard for the
figure. as 1t has been allowed to stand this
long.
Inside Of the precincts Of jackson Park
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coon. half . mile way. The grass grows
right up to the foot of the platform on
which he rests and mercifully covers from
dences Of hts hoilowness n decay
The dandelions blossom beneath MS
shadow and q lilac bush In full owe
stands where the u Of thousanda passed
in the days of his glory. The little birds
perch on his shaSEy mane. and one couple
Of matter-of-fact sparrows who see nothing
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VIVIAN 2ARroGEM

was to have taken place July II at he
home Of Mrs. Gordon. sister Of the laSs
Algernon Sartoris and aunt Of the bride
to be-; 1t was understood that the inst
days Of the honeymoon would b spent
in Scotland end b a shortly Afterwards
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ENGINE rs
AMI ASSASSIN"

the Assassin" h the nams given 70 .
v1ciodD- locking, shifting engine which piles
in ths Jersey City freight yard q the Penn
syivania Railroad. The yardmeo give It
that name because they are convinced that
It really takes = pleasure In running evsr
and k1ring persons. When II was built.
they ~. there must hav been something
about the surroundings that cast IN evil
spell upon the ponderous thing.
Locomotives. according to q writer h the
New rork Journal. have temperaments Just
like human beings. They are g~ood-natursd,
bad tempered. murderous. or charitable II
10 even asserted that some locomotive
Rave spscialties In their wickednsss. One
will take delight In killing little childrsn.
another m siaughtsr1ne women, whas 4
third WIN make Q speciality Of tfamps q Of
yardmsn.
"Ths Assassin' for many months has
been looked upon a. Q locomotive With n
murderous heart. II has already killed two
men and more than . score Of others have
narrowly escaped its wheels. The trainmen
declare that its thirst for blood has not
been satisfied by the two murders II has
done. They feel sure that moro victjms
must coon fall before Il.
they tell strange stories Of the locomo.
tive Quickening its pace with q fury that
the engineer at the throttle cannot contro,
whenever there is q chance Of running down
q man. Some Of the experienced railroad.
ers think this 10 imagination and rupersti.
Il. ton. but the oid-tims engineers are con.
i. WINGED that what they say 10 right.
The last victim Of The Assassin VA,
= ,Gsoree e. Durham. . BON Of william Dur.
; ham. former chief Of the New Brunswick
IS Fire Department. who worked at night In
1.-The yards. Come Of the men now say tina,
he had several narrow escapes from The
! Assassin. The more imaginative believe
that the engine had some special srudse
againet him personally.
A few nights ago Durham kissed MS
- bride OF two months sood-by and went "a
% his work. He had not been long In the
gard before The Assassin ran upon him
9 from behind and knockeA him down. Both
q of his legs were cut on near the hips. HI
~ vas removed to St. Francis Hospital,
-rwhere he died soon Afterwards in the arms
his wife.
These are not accidental" said an old
% engineer: they are murdeTA h locomo-
~ tive ought to b taken TO pieces IN the
spiscss thrown away or buried. II they
other engine that engine would have the
essams ehasacteristies that marx Ths A.
.s6ssia"
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where the forepaws have been broken of
and where there has been q hole punched
in the curve Of the hind legs. The figure IL
looking out towar the southwest. where
stood the principal part Of the white city.
and over the heads Of the people who may
easily be imagined to still throng and frolic
through the Midway. The old monarch II
ill alone. however. and there are left to
him company none Of his glorious COM
panions nearx than the margin Of the Ia
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ne couple wUuld come - America h
visit Mn. Grant and Ma sartog1A Thu
Grant residence on Nassaehusstto ave
nue.. Washington. 10 closed foe ths sum
mel and both Mira Grant ana hel
daughter ars now at Cobourg. Canada.
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Old World Comic Opera Navies
and the Queer Craft They
Include. - ~ ~ ~
Fleet Of the SultAM Of Aosseee Csasts1s d
One SteA Mer. While the LihesiAn H.
public In Africa Boa sts Of . f1eiilla 81
Two 'Penny" GvnboAts.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REfCBIdc
F.nsland's Parliament recently had issued
Via, was claimed to De a complete list of
all The vessels in every navy in fhe world.
But. though 8; includes many queer craft.
4. cmits some Of the queeres; and most In
teres;irE,
There is no mention. for instance. OF the
navy Of TIE Sultan OF Morocco. which n
sis,s Of one steamer. the Hsssanie. with .
Creek Captain. q Scotch engineer. and q
Moorish crew. &
This vessel n was which went IN pursuit
Of tho English "Fun-runner" Tourmaiine on
the sus Coast and failed TO catch her.
though she fired her comic guns At the un-
apmored trader.
Ru. the descendants Of the ealee RovsrS
are very proud Of the Hassanie.
Then there 10 the nav OF the black Re-
public Of Liberia on the Gold Coast
This consists Of two gunboats which are
alleged to have once ben 'Dsuny steam
ers' on the ThameA
Their chief mission b to visk h r.
mcter creeks and bays Of the coast and COL
lect taxes.
In one Of thess trips the other day M
OF them was nearly captured BY the un-
civfiised negroes. and another aroussd b
Indignation OF fhs local white man ~ nrsns
a shot across the bows Of an English
steamer - q signal for her to stop and
settle up some little customs formally.
Another interesting notflla - the navy q
the Rapublie Of Colombia. In Central Amer
ica. which was % hard pressed the other
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ticipated in Washington by the near
friends Of Mis- Sartoris. as q previous
communication had been received by
Algernon Sartoris the day before he was