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The St. Louis Republic., 1902-07-13
NEW POCKET CASH REGISTER.
Machine That Will Ring Up Shop
pers' Expenditures.
REPrHLrC SPECIAL.

Minneapolis. MINI July IA cash reg
ister 10 be cs--ied in the pocket X the latest
novelty TO oe added TO TIE list OF Mime
apolis manufactures II is device By
which a shopper may ring up the nickels
a. she spends them. and thus keep exact
tab on her financial status. Also the com
me.c,al trcve-er, by a simple wagSinS OF
the nnEer when he pays a hotel bill. may
avoid the train-TackinS ordeal OF filling out
his expense account
The pocket cash register was invented by
Ell zimmerman. a salesman
The register vii record In amounts not
less than ; cents each up to n total OF
SiOo before resettInE. In dimensions Il Is "a
Inches long and "a vide and !. inch in
thickness.
II Is made OF aluminium and weighs liitle-
on the face Is the register. the first two
Indicators heirE for dollars and the third
for cents on the reverse side is the key Tor
registering.
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REprErIc srr-r.r-

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Boston, Mass. July l2-Aiiss Florctta
Nining, known as the Mayor OF Hull"
whose structures upon the youthful society
wcHan have set staid Boston rs the ears.
has included NV York in her Gisapprcbs-
tion.
Miss Nininr said: Il have been IN n po-
sltion 10 view New York society equally
well with that Of Eoston- ] an a member
Of the Sorosis Club OF New York. and I al
ways stay at the wald0Tf-AstoTia Rheu-I
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naratus a distance Of two miles. fired the
life line from the shore over the stranded
ship. rigCed the breSches buoy and rescued
all OF the crew.
Seven years ago three young women were
STAYING for the summer at Point Lookout.
on Long Island Sound They were guests
OF ;he wife OF the keeper OF the life-savinS
station at that place. and their names were
Jennie Rhodes. Mrs. Celia RayuOr and Mrs-
Rene Southard A gale sprang Up and o
vessel clrnc ashore about a mile west Cc
the station As subsequently ascertaired.
she was the Martha 2. Tucker, bound from
Port Tampa 10 Carteret. y J.. with car
60 Of -nLnarlhaf. rnrk
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dries weakening drains. heals irfanuas-
ton and liberation, and cures female
weakness dsi
-You hzSe my hrart- seit ftzuls for he kin1
advlE yoa sent mes writes NrS Fhureocn
Archer. of Eascn, Macon Co.. Tenn- aWczi9
hn 10 cxprcs what endured for abcrx siEhk
years With fcmalc trouhac. rhe awfnf p<tz 6a1k
i had 10 endure eneh E7o0th, no tongue Saa
CTR Thse hearinxdovn pzins. hackaeke.
bcatachc. dfstrcS In nay stomach and aUca n
my hrczss. c-znp m Hnhs-thry kzve all teR
nc asa healKh hzs tzkrn thc pl,cc of thcscd3.-
tresinx trunbicx WSzt czrsed then 10 lc1Sef
Il -as the hcx moScinc On ezrth-DE HGpeas
Fayurikc Prodipt,or- In. cze weeks tir,e
the 'Rexurite Prrsdipsi1u' ard 1z;zg thc tuzf
treatment yur adsisea fcst hkr 4 nrE Euufaass
Dr. Rrcr's Pleasant Pellets shG9h&1
always be uscd with q FsSur1e HS6lp<
tom Hhen<yer laxative - TeQuhed3zsS
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Helped 90 operate Apparatus.


Owing 10 the season. the station was
short handed. ard the twelve men on board
would have been drowned inevitably but
for the efforts OF the young women. who
helped in transporting and operating the
apparatus. thus saving eleven OF the crew.
The twelfth was swept overheard ane
drowned.
In January. 1892. n vessel was blown
ashore at niSht on the ccast Of Washington
state. IN lonely region where there were
TO llte-Saviug stations. II was terrinc
storm. and all night long Mrs. Martha
White the wife OF a local settler. patrOlled
the beach with lantern. She thought she
hclrd Guns at intervals. 31d when day
broke she saw the wreck. Taking on her
petticoat she waved II as a signal but the
situation Of the vessel was evidently hope
Nearly all Of those on hoard were lost.
but three men she succeeded. though her
self very Ettle woman. In pulling out OF
the surf. afterward restoring them TO life
For this service she received a gold medal.
Only three years aEo, in April. 1922. the
10 pieces G. the bar in trying 10 enter
Humboldt Bay. Cal A lifeboat was sent
10 her assistance from the hte-SayinE sta
too late, the ship having capsized
Dashed Into Heavy Sarf.
There were twenty persons on board. IN
81 them were lest: but three were saved
with the utmost difficulty. and under cir
TuInstances 81 the greatest danger. By wo-
men from the St1tiOn-Mrs. Hennig. the
keepers wife: girl named Shumway and
Airs Mclean. who vas the wife of surf
mar. Tho women dashed into the heavy
surf and dragged the unfo-tunates ashore.
all three OF them being afterwari resusci-
tated
ShipvreCkei PERSONS are likely to come
ashore almost. II not entirely. naked. owing
TO the fury Of the clements. and hence the
necessity OF having on hand plentiful sup
piles Of clothing for them. Nc sooner are
they fetched TO the lfe-saving staticns than
tfSy are nut To bed and FURNISHED with
every possible comfort by the women who
IN this way contribute very importantly To
the benevolent work II they did nothing
else. their services would deserve 10 be con-
s.tered most valuable. nut. as already ex-
planned. they often take m active part in
the actual business % saving lives.
Il Is a fact worth mentioning incidental
" that the first lifeboat service on the At
lAntlc coast Of North America was estab-
lished by a woman. norothea Dix. who
built and equipped a station on Sable Is
land, on the shores of Nova Scotia.
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WITHIMPAIRED health

in life
muh n adyan their
in S
the inn
insead OF
tnarrt ,ifb the Svrlutn ~
h-
vail tn r fain -, abeotsn npaths of his sp4f
witrou
his
pSysi cl- antc to
hssUt the
affn ar N-sb af h aduiSh
U Is
O. an , no ~ prove IN h 8 rt in a
u a
his ~ tine prUp Ilna
me my m o tim any
OpT0rtu been i n
co-cel eltra In "n direct ~
Manhood
arethe n
a mos and
OF
annno max an 7
; known 10 ba o rnenw
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FIREMAN MADE DARING RESCUE
New York Ladder Expert Caught
Heat Victim as He Fell.
REPUELc SPECIAL.

New York. July I2-PenEed in BY flames in
a Prince street building. Joseph SpetzeI. an
entry clerk for the firm OF Dearberg Bros.
had Il narrow escape fICm death. He was
posting books n the office. on the third
floor. at O'Clock in the evening. and did not
iotioe the ;.e until the elevator shaft and
StairWay were a mass Of fiamc he CIimfei
10 the window and Ras about 10 lump TO the
street when Hook and Ladder Company No.
- arrived.
William Sythes. member OF the hook
and ladder company. asccuded a ladder and
caught SpetTtl as he fen. exhausted from
the smoke and heat. With the man on his
hack the fireman descended the ladder. amid
IN. cheers 81 large crowd OF spectators
From the second floor. where the fire
started. II swept through the entire build
ing. uoinS damage estimated at $5a.o0J.
The origin OF the fire - ! mystcry
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-A - "--
from the offensive
examinations in
delicate question
ings and obnoxious
local treatments
still IN vogue with
some local practi-
TONERS Any sick
woman Is invited to
consult Dr.. Pierce,
by letter, free, and
90 avoid methods
which are offensive
to her nodesty. An
corTespondence Is
held as strictly pd-
vate and sacredly
confidential Ad-
dress Dr.. R v.
Pierce, Buffalo, NY.
Dr. Rerce's Pa
vonte Prescription
Is peculiarly and
particularly a med
icine for the cure
Of womanly dis
eases. It estab-
fishes regularity,
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skull Fractured by Car.

New York. July 12-Schumel Schutis. 81
years old. was knocked down by an electric
car at the BOwery and Blescker street. HIS
skull was fractured
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A Thine OF me PaSl.i

The town crier Is thing of the esss.
but medical methods as old and as e6oez
lete as the town crier are still practined
IN many country town. Women SUB
fering from wonanly diseases shtirk
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The Only Daily Through Car.
To Michigan resorts is via Vandalia-Penn-
sviyania Through sleeper TO Wequeton-
sing MackinRw and other Traverse Bay
points leaves l D. m. Dining cars Ticket
office, Seventh and Olive.
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the the fountain OF vts
Is exhausted old
No the thing for do is
"a back she vim The ySor and the vvecty CT youth DON'T
golden
! cana no cured
Curing diseases and wsanes q the sexual and urinary
during which time have lifted enough fallen
al
treatment Will You what you have ostyour
manhood discharges
Of yeor and gives perfect and permanent the sexual
bright flesh muscles solid
and a deSpoudsHCy-
NARICOJE a netho to STAY
surgery in
way. and 10 uss OF tO he patient.
HONE TREATMENT prefer each patient desiring
m
conveniently your language plain
symptoms.
Many be cured original OF GORE
factory results always assured -.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-05
LA PORTE LOCALS.
Prairie Fire Gave the Citizens Sonet
~

Prairie Fire Gave the Citizens Something
Of Scare.
La Porte, March A prairie FIRE which
ragged west OF town for about two hours
this afternoon gave tho people OF this
place a good scare The Are started near
srang station along the east side Of the
tracks or the Galveston. Houston and
Northern railroad. fierce wind blew
from the northwest and sent the lire down
across tho prairie IN tho direction Of Il
ana Eighth streets where thcre are sew.
eral houses II II had reached these IL
~ timber into town, and the whole Of
tho west end Of town might have hcen
destroyed. score or more Of men went
out / street 10 the Scene Of the hre, pro
pared 10 night II In case IL reached the
danger point, but by a fortunate changs
IN the course Of the wind 1t was blown "a
10 another direction.
Prof II. NJ. Schoemaker Of Nuscatine.
Iowa, was in In Porte today he mas
been on n tour Of Mexico. looking int0 4
number OF prospective Investments. and
Is on his way 10 Beaumont. He spe Ks
very enoouraRinrly Of the future develop.
ment OF Mexico
day on husincss. lie Is an Iownn, who
purchased some 1000 acres near Snlrdie
Top over three years ago. and IL is urd n.
STOOD that he made some very Drn6ta Ne
land sales nfter the oil excitement broka
ort. lie stiil has control OF a large amount
OF innd constituting the best OF bis
petition was sIcncd here tod,v he
lo~-l ronuhllcanS inHorfiug Jrd~e Loci
NcDahrl Tor the position ~ district -
torney I'm the now United States distr,c,
court about 10 be created.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-05
GOOD TRADING IN OIL STOCKS.
ORDERS HAD ACCUMULATED.
COURSE OF PRICES VARIED,
Anelo-Ameriesn independence ard
Becky Sharp Increase in Activity.
Houston-5eaunlont improves.

Az might have been expected yesterdays
session Of the oil and Stock Exchange de.
vciopcd large trading results. The inter.
vention OF two days caused orders "a &C.
cumulate and much time was taken to al
them. The course ~ values was not Dis.
tirtivcy In either direction. while rnnces.
sions were made on both sides to get within
the range 81 limits.
Anglo American was highly active though
no important change tnok place In vaiua.
tion. Offerings at i1.c were freely taken
~, after wEich 20 was given. II SCENE
later that there would scarcely be tnLcrs
FOR all tie 1ftc stock, but II was hualIs
absorbed and the selling price die not fa.i
below 2c on the close Becky Sharp was
in mucn stronger demand; more than 20
ono shares changed hands at 4Nc. with a
few transfers at Re less and o few i,c
above. The latter price was asked at the
wlndup with BUYERS considerably out OF
reach. Independence held the 22ic mark
with more pronounced hrmn2ss and a
larger body Of buyers.
Gcyser of Galveston went 10 higher
level and easily sold At Saturdays ask
price vita the same refused later and
sellers holding for Sc better Houston and
Beaumont also made a stln advance, brlug
ing an Increase Of DC with 10 more to Ia
had on thar basis. Merchants and Me.
chanlcs claimed a larger share Of attention
with most % the transfers al isc ad.
vance and much more wanted Tor IEsc.
Victor new was in fully SIS high favor as
formerly and brought better Ggure on
several trades.
Manhattan moved IN another notch and
after selling at 64c. an advance Of l,iiSsc
could not be had on that basis Grace
remained weak and Higgins sold on OF a
25cG$l.o0 decline. 40 pet cent premium
on It's value was bid for Ground Floor
but did not hud responses. Beaumont Con,
federated was in better favor and could
have easily sold i4c higher. Beatty trad.
ed TO advantage and Lucky Dime was IN
good demand at upward prices
The total sales amounted 70 CASIO shares
regular sales and 1000 subscription sales,
making at total Of 1ll,87o
The prices bid and asked ana the sales
made were as follows;
UNLISTED STOCKS.
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HUSTON WHOLESALE MARKET

has been too wet to permit the sugar plant
ers TO accomplish the worE which awaits
them In the fields While some of them are
nearly through the planting Of cane. mucA
Of the crop has yet 60 be planted aud cor.
sequenty dry weather which will put the
soil Ia proper condition for planting and
blowing Is being anxiOusly awaited AT tue
hrst opportunity work will be resumed ac-
lively aud pushed 10 an early completion.
Seed cane, stubheS and fall plant seem
all sound aud 10 promise we'll.
A PacIdc coast correspondent statcsi
"rhe market for dried fruits Is strong, with
stocks light and all price changes upwarI.
Evaporatcd apples are slightly higher.
"Aprlcofs are nearly nll gone. and peaches
are going fast. Sales OF choice peaches at
9is cents are lcp rtca. Inquiries ere cont
ius from the East aud South for all vurlr-
iohh!pe movement Of prunes, Figs have
advanced y cent"
Referring to canned vegetables the Trade
Journal Of sau Francisco says: "Coid
weather has made the asparagus late, bot
the rains have been favorable With warm
growing weather the crop will come for
ward fast, Canning Will commence In
March. The now season pack has praetl,
rally hceu booked. Tomatoes are stu oh
tlincbie az 81 for 2Es STANDARD. The call
Is very slow, as the trade appears 10 nc
NuDlttl TOT present NNlNN. lfAN II - Ntll
that some win be short before the new
season, provided the usual trade cnll rules
during tho spring months. In peas aud
corn nothing new is reported
In connection with salmon the Seattle
Trade Register says; "Thc low prices
made IN san Francisco on red was entirely
due 70 the low quality of the salmon. which
passed through two or three hands before
going forward 10 Europe 1t Is pretty safe
To say that there Is probably all toll not
over $4,000 eases of red s7lmol available.
The A. p a. is all soil out and, outside
the holdings II the y r and y Co. an
the Trade Register can loarn Of Is 500
cases by the Alaska Salmon cnnipanW
Twenty thousand cHscs by tho NakpHk
y ckirg company, 12,OOo cases by HallPr,
4toO cases 10y P'ummcr AMI 1000 clses by
the y r. Trading and Packing company.
1t is thus Enthusiastically n fact that the sal.
mon market IS In FIRST cllss cond lon and
VIII II opens next month II will he folnl
that our forecast. when thf packing was
clo sing Is well horne out, that the coo.
sumrtion has more than KEEP pace with
production ~ even such a phenomenal pacs
as that Of last season This consumption
includes the new and growing demands 81
the Orient South America. South Africa.
Mexico, Australia ard other points
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New Orleans, March 4-Tradlug 10 rough
rice was on meagcr lines. tota' sales 7
the day helng ouiy thlrty-one sacks OF top
grade Honduras Clean rice was falFIy SC
five especially in Honduras lines. tho low.
er grades Of which were a shade higher.
Japan lines were easy at quotations r..
ceipts from mills were moderate. Receipts
1851 SACHS Of rough OF 1898 pockets Of
clcan. Sales 3347 pockets Of clean ana 81
sacks Of rough, Of which 81 sucks were
Honduras.
Clean rice Honduras steady: head 54t5Nt
straights 3ffiis; screenings 9HEts No
1J.W3; japan easier head 3l.H37, strrights
.A.a3' screenings 2M2N No l1s12; nc.
tuai sales at 2HJla.
Rough nce-lionduras steady, NJ 2C06f
4.iO; domestic Japan quiet al 225Ff8 ~.
with actual sales Of Honduras 375.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-05
HEAVY STAPLES.

AMMUNITIoN-rowder, per kGg, SiI.o 100
blasting powder, 81 90 per keg; drop saot'
per saek, 81 As; buck, $40,
iolS@i0&c; regulars 1o%Gl1c; boxed 14c
B4GGiNG AND TIES - Bagging, 2lb,
i iS' lots lots. from Houston, SIPS.
rlNDY-Stick. wrapped, basis %. No. >,
s,Sassc rer ID: 30. |, fuIl weight. basis
h@Ja;2Ga Per Ic Pe td an s5IGS e H'sh
MINDLESS fnll weight. 10c; Gran
lie. fnlI weight, iOEc; Electric Lights, sAc,
CENEET- Portland, S2-75@@2o; Rosen-
css6,FFEE@ fair, sisasYc;, Prime, r oa
berry, 124d13lhc; Cordova. 13lsc; ro snd'{i
coifees Arhuckle's Ariosn hasiS loo-lO
cases, lie, delivered; Apex, II .4oc; Lion,
1O-50c; Gold Seal Mocha and java, Up
cans, CSC; Mocha and Java blend, IN
cans, 2.lb and Alb pals, 1SAc; Information
III Java blend lib tins, 1s24c; and Alb
nails. 1890: ROYAL Anna Mocha and Java,
lii tins 2sc; bulk, o6c.
re: lib cartons, per dozeu ooc; ginger
cakes md jumblcs, lie.
Flour Basis 4s-lb sacks; Fancy nigh
patent 81 %; fancy, half patent. Sf."3'
third grade, 81. IS; 24-lb sacks, loc per bar,
rel higher; aour In wood, i5c per barrel
FIRINACEoUs Goops-Grits, hominy
aud cream meal, In 4nlt sacks per sack,
sSc; pearl meal, in S6-lb sacks, s. 40 per
barrel Of four seeks: Scotch oats, 500
Friends oats, S3.O5 Columbia oats, - So
Hsgkeye oats, S2s3; Hecker's buckwheat
1prlb packages, $3.50 -
Manufactured tlerce, compounds, sieg
than ticrccs; lob cans, %c higher; 5lb
cans. &c higher; BIB cans. IL hisher
HANS STANDARD, llAc; fancy l2&4lSe;
pIgfME@Blik, si.oo per barrel; coopered.
MONEY barrels, e5a75c per gallon;
n eo-lb cans extracttssd os1Gc per p ogsdd'
6ihn &c; pound sections. 12ql3c
MOLAssES-R eboled, fair l6AG1sc;
nflre 2o@2lc; lhoice. 25Q26c' fancy "
crop syrup, 32G33c pure new crop syrup
coNDENsEp MILK-Eaglc, sG75aI 90;
Magpoha s4S5g3553 pine $ 81 S5q,s y
Z pSSTERs-l-lh full weight. 4 % S51e0c;
2-lb full weight. OF. Sl.6o6tl 20: lib, OF,
a0m05c; lib light weight, 51d'o"; ZIP,
light weight, s5G9oc; lunch oysters I'D
] SfcKL Es-Flye. gallos kegs; Sl.oo: 10
gallon kegs, s3.75; l1sbh's $500 pl,nis,
style. 81 so: h-ralion, $50; 1-gallon, Amer
icisn style. $500; l-gallon hexagon, $40
RlCE-E1tra fancy head o. d6lEc. choice
20 fair, 4EG4hc; fancy imported so
n 'RoPEF@-issii2saai. basis 7.l6; eHc; Manila,
Me- untnrred lath yarn, Sc; tarred, 1Ac
bsls, 2s-ios, y Co. GUS. s. i5i ioo-ss,
500: 7O-4s $3.50.
2ALT FISH, ackerel No. l. in Job
kits, none; haf,harrels, 70-lh, No. !, S5.OVg
$50; tubs. 50. 5oa5. -.
SALMON-Faney Pillar Rock, Columbia
River. 81 50. Castle Rock Columbia River
xlr3: Spear Alaska, Sl15; Toy. Columbia
NNer, Si23 blue Bel, Columbia River,
aSc:Violet brand. $50: Carnation brand
Ysncy Red Alaska, $i.S5G1l 40i Pink ALAG
Ia sl10.
&7b; mustard, So lOdS. 20; Imported GIT
Iette grade, quarters, $3.50; fancy srrats
drs,s rters. IS Hnsd1o according 70 grade.
$TARcp- standard goods: Pearl, IN ~
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GOOD INQUIRIES NOTED
FROM CLEAN RICE BUYERS.
Attention OF Trade Attracted to Pros
poets for Next Crop-Vslue OF
the Cereal.

The rice market Yesterday was quiet and
steady. Good inquiries were noted and the
output Of the local mill was sold SIN fur
Their into the future. The planting season
is coming nearer aud the prospects for the
crop are attracting the attention OF the
trade. Tic outlook Is highly satisfactory
as regards increased production and work
IS at the same time progressing to extend
consumptlon. on the value OF the cereal
the Rice Industry OF this city says:
"When il is remembered that about one
half the D0pnlatl0n u the globe suls 81
almost exclusively upon rice ana that thes"
peopfr are physically vigorous and by no
means mentally dull. the value OF the cereal
I'm the earth's economy, as well as s uutri-
tive merits can be partially apprchendfd.
No other plant approaches rice ~ " con-
trIbution 10 the susten0nce OF the human
race; and yet the American people have
scarcely a tasting acquaintance with T..
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H. g. 9. Beers Advice.
Special to The Postl

New Orleans, March 4.--LIverpool ad-
vices were more favorable than looked for,
consequently our market opened 10 Z
higher, advanced 6 to S additional on fresh
buying. eased OF later on the large New
Orleans estimate for tomorrow, closing at
receipts for the past few DAYS are HOO
less than last year, but the four leading
interior towns during the same time have
received 5000 more, and from indications
the sem-weekly interior movement will be
somewhat in excess Of last year The re-
Cripts on the whole are larger than an.
ticlpated, yet sentiment continues very
bul,ish In expectation OF a marked fniling
off in receipts shortly. H. g. b. Beer.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-05
CANNED GOODS.

B CANNED FRUITS-Apples, BIB, 95c@
y1.i0. pineappleS, sliced $40; eyeless and
,S:oEeiass, sl'65ati.75; extra grated $l.seo,&
~. 10Q1 90: blackberries, 2-ih D4sJc;
peaches, 2-lb, 81 coal 10.
z CANNED INTERCHANGEABLE BIB
fuiI weight Doc; 3.lb fun weight, So
n %: 2-lb. seconds. 90dA5ci Slh. seconds,
81 2O@l. %; okra and tomatoes, 2.lh. SlOo;
.anned graut, S-lb, s1.05dl 10; California
aaparagus. 2l2-lb, $la5d2 10; lib Canfor
MD asparagus tips. S2Goi baked beans, Bin.
e5cs 2lb string beans, Soc; 2-ll kidney
beans, o5c: Glib stringless beans, SL25; lib
narrowfat peas, 81. 10; 2-iD American petit
poIs, 81 5Od1. 70; Al corn, Sl.O0; lib Blue
Ridge corn, Soc Pride Of Maryland Doc
Newark soc; Better than Gold s5c8
\ cALJFfSRNIA FRUIT--Extra standard,
2sz-lh peaches. lemon cling, s1e5d2 90;
yellow Crawford S1.S5d1.95, black cher,
rios, 81 2olI2. 25 white cherries, S22oB
$50; nprlcots slsOal.00 Strawberries.
S2O0do To- pums, S1.G3dl.75; grapes, SLIGO
mt.75; seconds, l0c per dozen less than
extra standard prices.
+ canned MOLASSES--P. & F. Old FASH
,oned. gallons, So. 10 per case; y gallons,
$3.50 per case z gallons, $3;I5 per case;
Kaifofnel syrup, 2.lb cans, 0OQ9oc; GOA
Medal brand fancy table syrup, quar- jars;
Sf:00 per dozen; r B. y Co, Gold Medal
2ib, Doc; BIB, S1.35; 5-lb. $2,25; 1Olo'
81
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-05
BIDS AND PROPOSALS.

NOTICE TO Contractors scnled bids
will hc received on or before 3 O'clock
~ m on Saturday, the 22d dan Of March,
le0., al the ,fhc' ~ aud addressed 10
G.. A. TAFT. superintendent Wells. Fargo
~ Company Express, Houston, Texas Tor
tho erection Of an express depot build.
Ing. and all bids So received VIII be
opened Immediately thereafter
Pluns ana spe ,iAcltions OF said build.
ing may be seen and form Of proposal
can be had at the office of Oh ],
Lorcln, arcmtcct 3inz building Hous-
ton Texas.
The work will be let In two separate
aud distinct pats MS follows; The gen
,ral work, aud the rlLmhtpg, scwcrtnr.
and gas fitting. aud each bidder VIII be
required To luclusc Will his proposal Il
certified check. drawn ia favor Of g. a,
Taft. superintendent, Tor the sum Of eve
per cent a. per cent? ~ the total amount
" his bid as liquidated damages In case
successful bidder fails TO make bond as
per specifications.
The superintendent reserves the right
to reject any and oil bids.
G. a. TAFT Superintendent.
ole Lorehn, Architect. II
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-05
DRUGs AND CHEMIcAIs-

Quinlue, 40di2c per ounce lotte; NOR
prime S2.2J@250 per ounce: cocaine, 500
per ounce; borax. size per pound ~ iOOIb
packages, copperas, $40 IN barrels; cas- or
epson salts, Si.75 per 100 lbs in bar Els;
alcohol, $2.7O0i3o0 per gallon; sulphur
s. % per 100 lbs In barrels; alum 24o per
pounds In barrels; saltpeter. &c per ponn
In barrels; camphOr, zoe; wood alcohol
SloO; gnm opium, S3s5: powdered opium
$3.50 carbolic acid. 4n442c per pound n
hotties; calcium carbide, S52j per lOl, de
llYered Ie1as common railway points.