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Daily Statement.

Galveston-Quiet; middling 111k. sales
los, receipts 100, stock $3.50.
Mobile-Nominal; middling 10A, receipts
3, stock 1S47.
Savannah-Firm; middling liz, re-
ceipts $50, stock 1854
Charleston-Firm; middling II, stock
1851.
Wilmington-Nominal; middling 1O1h.
receipts 2, stock 5676.
Norfolk-Steady; middling lbs, sales IA,
receipts 600 stock 1854.
misunderstanding; middling 117s, stock
BAIT.
Boston-Quiet; middling 1905, net re-
ceipts 60, gross rs.
Philadelphia-Stead middling 1925. re-
ceipts %, stock 1856.
st. Louis-Firm; middling liz, sales 1923,
receipts $50, stock 12,617
Memphis-Irregular; middling ia, re-
celpts 1850, shipments 1903, sales 400, stock
Ills.
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Local STAPLE Groceries.

Appies-western evaporMed. 1'h1shc-
Flour-Fancy patent. $3.50; half patent.
81
Sugar-Granulated, sac; Y c.. INC.
Coffee-Green. 7Mq9ltc. Arbuckie'%
packages. $40 30: Lion packages. 5000;
Cordova packages. 5000; Porto Rico.
$40. 30
Meats-Dry sailed ribs 1O7sc; clear bel
lies. 12kc; dry sailed rib bellies. 10%c;
hams. fancy. 14%c; medium. l3ssc; extra
clears. lose; California 10Ac; breakfast
bacon. 14c.
Lard-Leaf. 10Ac.
Compound Lard-Snow drift, SIC.
Molasses = Centrifugal. l5QSoc. sugar
house. 4nc; Georgia caro-. 36c.
Corn-Mlxed, 66c; white Csc.
Meal-Bolted, SLIP; water ground, 81 IL
Hay-Per to.. timothy No. |, s2l5O; clo-
YER mixed, $40 90; prairie, 1890; johnson
grass. $780,
Oats--Mixed. nc. white, 4sc.
Cotton Se-a Nteal-Per ton Se3.00.
Pearl Grits-92 lbs. l.65.
Bran-Pure wheat, $1,000; shorts, $22
hon.lny feed, s2l.00 e
Beans-Navy $3.50 per blshel; Lima. 60
61sc per pound
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Naval Stores.

Wilmington. May 23.-Splrits of turpen-
tine, Sac receipts, 81 casks. Rosin firm.
81. 7oa1 rs; receipts. 1876. Crude turpentine
quiet. 81. So % ard $S.75; receipts. 149. Tar
81 IS; receipts, ID.
Charleston. May 2S.-Turpentine steady.
40c; sales, none. Rosin steady, A, b, c,
ID, SIS; e. s1.G0; F. 81 90; G. $40; II.
s2.95, I. $3.50; K, IS; NJ. $40; Window
Glass. S3.25; Water White, 1855.
Savannah, May 23.-Turpentine firm at
tic; receipts 500; sales. 1861 exports, 1887.
Rosin firm; receipts 1860; sales, 2434 ex-
ports, $50. Quote: A, b, C, 81 Go; D, e.
$40; F. s1.75; G, s1.SO; II, $40; I. SO. O5;
X, 1910; M. 50. 20; N, SO. 25; Window Glass.
1895; Water White, $3.65.
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Cotton Seed Oil.

New York, May 2S.-Cotton seed oil:
Prime crude nominal yellow, 4sc. Pc
troleum steady refined New York, 80 So:
Philadelphia and Baltimore, $780, do in
bulk $3.50. Rosina steady strained, COM
mon to good. $2d2.O5. Turpentine. 53h
Oslo.
New Orleans. fay 23.-Cotton seed oil:
Prime refined in barrels, 4211c; off refined
in barrels, SIC; prime crude, loose, 36c.
Memphis, May 23.-Cotton seed oil: Car
load lots, per gallon, prime crude nomi-
nall off crude 25@S4c; off summer yellow
nominal choice cooking, summer yellow,
less than car load lots nominal cotton
seed meal, prime, s1925d2o; cotton seed
cake, prime, $40.
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New York Cotton Futures.
The Mats Market.

New York, May 2S-There has been
nothing of special note In the metal mar
kets today; prices remained generally un-
changed and buyers appeared to be indif-
ferent, taking only such supplies as they
needed for immediate requirements. Cop
per remained more or less nominal on the
basis of 14.75@14. sly for lake, electrolytic
and casting. Tin easy. unchanged; spot
$50 25Q29. 40. Lead steady; fair demand
4.S7lA. Spelter quiet and unchanged at
SIS. Iron nomnally unchanged; dull
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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour-Steady.
Wheat-No. 2 spring, 79ds0c; No 8. TAO
roc; No. 2 red, 7SQ79c.
Corn-No. O. 45c; No. 2 yellow 47c.
Oats-No. 2, 331ac No. white 371Sa3s1zc;
No. white, 35sf@371ac.
Rye-No. 2. soc.
Barley-Good feeding, sS943c; fair to
choice mailing, 49G51c.
Flax Seed--No. /. Slip; No. 1 northwest
ern, $1.171k.
Timothy Seed-Prime. $3.50.
Mess Pork-Per BARREL S17.3712617.50
Lard-Per 100 pounds, $s.95QS. 971s.
Short Ribs Sides-Loose,, 81. 40d9.50
Dry Sailed Shoulders-Boxed, $S121k09
s25
Short Clear Sides-Boxed, 9.75da. s7k.
Whisky-Basis Of high wines, 81. 30.
Clover-Contract grade, $11. 500ll1. rs.
Butter - Steady; creamery, 15De11kc;
dairy 15c.
Eggs-Easy, 14d144c.
Cheese-Weak, 111kQ12c.
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Liverpool Market.

Liverpool, May 23.-Spot cotton quiet;
prices points lower; American middling
fair &C. good middling 6.44, middlng 6.2S,
low middling sos, good ordinary 5.S4. or
binary 564. The sales of the day were
5000 bales, of which 500 were for specula-
ton and export and included $500 Ameri-
can. Receipts 1900 bales including 1900
American; futures opened steady and
closed quiet and steady; American mid
ding, g.o.c.: May Col, May-June $3.50
S. 80, June-July 5.96, July-August 5.s2. Au-
gust September 5.77. SeptemberO October
s. 3sa5. SO, October November sos, Novem-
ber-December 4.95, December-January
4 .92, January February 4.92.
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Chicago Change.

Chicago Nay 2S.-Wheat was rather
quiet early H. showed firmness later,
with slight advance. Near the close a
weak undertone developed and the close
was lower, July showing a loss of ls@Ac
Corn was firm with light trade, final
figures being at yesterdays close. Oats
showed considerable strength. July show
ing a gain of &c, while provisions were
fairly steady at an advance of 212ql0c.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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COTTON TRADING
WAS VERY QUIET
Little Disposition to Sell at the
Decline
LIVERPOOL STEPS BACK
TIE List Turned Easy In the Lat
Hour Under Realizing, But Was
Finally Very Steady and
Higher.
LIVERPOOL STEPS BACK

New York, May 2s-The subsiding ten
dency of speculation in the cotton market
noted here yesterday was reflected in Liy-
erpool this morning, where prices ana
changes were narrow, that market closing
unchanged to points lower. This was,
If anything, under expectation, and with
the weather again favorable port receipts
still running heavy and accounts from the
dry goods trade more favorable, the regu-
lar market influences apparently favored
the bears. The market opened at de-
cline of to points on the list generally
while May still dominated by Its specula
tive position, was six points higher. Trad
ing was very quiet and there seemed little
disposition to sell at the decline. After
brief interval of irregularity, the bull
leaders bought moderately and rallied
prices TO about last nights final
During the later trading prices con-
tinued to show a generally upward ten
dency under supporting orders and some
European buying. while wire houses re-
ported southern business on the advance.
Speculation continued comparatively
quiet, however. July sold up to Hos,
August 10.72 and September to 9.S4. Toward
iAe ClOSe litIe was Il nllle hcAlNlA9
and July was bid up to Is. Then the list
turned easier under realizing but was
finally very steady, net 3 to u points
higher on all months except may. ,iiicn
closed 10 points lower The sales were
estimated at 1900 bales
New York, May 23-Cotton quiet; mid
ding. he; net receipts, 557; gross re-
eeipts, 1920; sales, 1856; stock. ,92S; ex-
ports to Great Britain, 1888; exports to the
continent. 1892.
Total today and consolidated: Net re-
ceipts, 4099; exports to Great Britain, 2091;
exports to the continent, 2O42
Total since September 1: Net receipts,
IDOL, 045; exports to Great Britain, 1854
1874; exports to France, 75OS62; exports to
the continent, 2,699,S62; exports to Japan,
1884, GIG
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cIeari-us and exchange

Memphis May Chickering's, $624.15S;
balances, $158, 065.
New Orleans, May Chickering's, $751;
3S1; New York exchange bank, 81 per
$1,000 premium; commercial paper, Coo per
$1,000 discount.
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months at 1905 per cent; money on call
nominal. Prime mercantile paper, 40
ga per cent; sterling exchange steady
with actual business in bankers bills at
4S4 S5Q4S5 80 for demand and at 4S7.S5 for
sixty days; posted rates, 4S51A and 1870
4S9; commercial bills, 4S4A@4S5A. Bar
silver. sac; Mexican dollars, aye.
Government bonds steady; railroad
bonds irregular.
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cothran & Co.'s Cotton Letter.

TBy w 77tC ~ w
New York, May 23-The market was de-
lightfuIiy quiet this morning. After all
that has taken place this week brokers.
without exception, were well pleased with
the change. Liverpool eased off a point
or two without showing any weakness and
the local market eased off as WELL par
ticularIy in the summer positions though
the fall months held very steady. There
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New orI.ar, Cotton Narket.

New Orleans, May 23.-The spot cotton
market today was quiet and steady. Sales,
300 bales, including so to arrive. Quota
lions unchanged. Futures were dull. At
the opening prices were / to points be-
low yesterdays closing. Later in the day
the bulls inaugurated an upward move
ment which continued to the close when
the board showed net gains on the day of
II points on May, Juns Q, July r. August
Is and the new crop positions to 6.
New Orleans. May 23-Cotton futures
quiet and steady. May, 11.S3 bid; June
II. 95ql2 90; July, 21Sq12. 20; August, Il So
oil 3d. September, 9.96@9.97; October
9.2Sq9.29; November, 9.10Q9.12; December
9.10q9I.
New Orleans, May 23.-Cotton quiet and
steady. Sales, 300. Ordinary 7-16c;
good ordinary, 9 15-16c; low middling
10 1-16c; middling, II 7-16c; good mid
ding. 11Ac; mi1dling fair. II 9-16c; re-
ceipts, 1923; stock, SO, 500.
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Live Stock Market.

Chicago, May 23.-Cattle receipts $780,
steady; good to prime steers nominal, 81 80
as. rs: poor to medium, S4lD4. so; stockers
and feeders, s3@4.75; COWS, S.5014 60;
heifers. $2Gl4.7 Gamers, 81 50G2 u.s. bulls
$2a425; calves, $2.50@6.75; Texas-fed
steers. s4a4.e0.
Hog receipts 10000; steady; mixed and
butchers, s.. 90@6.2 %; good to choice heavy,
Sc. 35Q6. 30, rough heavy. $6.15Q6 30; light,
SIS. 65Q6; bulk of sales, Sc. 10G6. 80.
Sheep receipts 1000; steady; good to
choice wethers, A.75d5 so; fair to choice
mixed, SO. 75@4.75; western sheep. 81 6O0
$780, native lambs, $4.5OG7; western lambs.
s4.5O07.
Cincinnati. May zS.-Hogs active, "a. $50
sos. Cattle steady, $2.75Q4.75. Sheep
steady. 81 .25@4.15. Lambs steady. s4q5;
spring, s5@7,25.
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rreasnru statement.

Washington, May 23.-Today's treasury
balances, exclusive of the gold reserve
show: Available cash balance, 1928, 1O7,-
S27; gold, $105, 210 673.
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Dry Goods.

New York. May PA good many buy
ers have left the dry goods market after
having purchased conservative amounts
of merchandise 1t Is generally admitted
that they have not covered their require
ments for the fall, but conditions have
led them to pursue a conservative policy.
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misunderstanding Co.

New York, May 2S.-Virginia- Carolina
Chemical company, common, closed at
5SH; do preferred 100.
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s.ahnard Air Linz.

Baltimore. May 23.--Seaboard Air Line.
common, 249sd25; do preferred. A&942;
do As, bonds, S1ssqS1&.
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Why suffer from the heat
when you can buy electric
fans at cost.
b. r. L. & p. Co.
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Fruit and Produce.

Corrected daily by C. F.. Bell & Co.. 2O1S
Morris avenue).
Oranges-California $27543.0Q; naYe'5,
$500; fedlngs, 50. 10000 per box.
Limes-Per 100, $1.00.
Lemons-360 size, per box, s350Q3.75.
Bananas-Per bunch. culs. ee175c;
straights. Sl.25@1.5O
rawberries-Cullman s2q225 per crate
of twenty-four boxes.
Georgia peaches, $500 to $40 per 6
basket crate.
neutrality-suspicious., per crate, $3.50.
Celery-Per crate, $3.00G350
Cabbage-South Carolina, $3.50 per crate.
Lettuce-Per crate, S1OO@1.5O.
Egg Plants-Per dozen, Soc.
Cucumbers-Per crate. $2.00G2.FO
Tomatoes-1 lorida 6-basket crates 81. so
@-75.
Green Peas-Per busheL etr5n.
Florida Squash-Per crate. s2.0SG2.50
Snap Beans-Moble boxes, H.75;
Peanuts-Fancy, per pound, DC; No. 2. &c.
Pecans-Ptr pound. 10c
English Walnuts-Per pound, loo.
Raisins-Per box. $40
Irish Potatoes-Per busl.el. old crop, S5c.
nev, crop. No. l. $3.50. No. ?. Dcr barrel.
Onions-Per pound. new southern, Sc.
Peas Black-eyed. per bushel. sl.50a1.s0.
Lima Beans-Per pound. &C.
Navy Reans-Per bushel. 81. G0Gi2.75
Poultry-Best friers SOC; broilers, 25q35c.
soc: hens, 3OGp35c: puddle ducks, 25M30c.
Butter-Best Elgin. 20c; best country,
10Gi15c; cooking, SGl10c; Jersey, 156l8c.
Eggs-Fresh. l5c.
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The Coffee Market.

New York, May 2s-spot Rio coffee
quiet; No. invoice 5h; mild, quiet: Cor
dova f&@12. The market for coffee fu-
lures opened quiet at partial decline of
points under continued fun receipts and
light liquidation. closing on that basis,
with total sales of $3.50 bags. June S.75,
July 1855, December 400, April 4.s0.
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LOCAL MARKETS.
Local Cotton Market.

Corrected Daily by w. ID. Nesbitt Man
ager for lnman 81 Coz
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Loc .llron Market,
Local Stocks and Bonds.
stocks.

corrected by Caldwell Ward, BankerA
2o15 First Avenue. Telephone
1853 See Card.)
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HIdea and Wool.

Hides-Dry flint 11Ac; dry sailed. 91Ac;
green, SIC.
Woodbury. unwashed. s112c; free un-
washed. 15c; tub washed. 2i1z4c.
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Bonds.

United States refunding rs regis..... 105%
United States refunding rs coupon. 105N
United States IS registered -. 49,. 1071l
United States 3s coupon 49,, ...., 1917
y states new IS registered 1854
y Uniteo S.a.es new 4s coupon ....... 1852
y uni.eo States oid IS registered 110%
, U.ii.c9 S.ates ola IS coupon -. 11O%
, uni.ea S Sta.es os registered ..... 1O21s
t Urs.eu Sales o. coupon 49,. 1O21s
Mobile and Ohio As ..... hid "a
Central of Georgia 2nd incomes. ga,
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Money on Cal.

Money on Call
New York. May 23.-Time money steady
sixty and ninety days at per cent: six
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-17
PERSONAL AND IMPERsONAL.

When the king of Siam is attired in
his full complement of royal robes
and and is wearing all his state deco
rations their value amounts to some
thing like $1,OOO,oOo.
John Sargent, the famous portrait
painter, has a morbid dread of pub
licity. For 20 years he resisted all
efforts of photographers to get him
in front of camera and only con-
sented recently because fake pic
ture printed in an eastern newspaper
has been extensively copied. Even
then the picture made him look 20
years older than his age. 1t is not
believed that he ever consented to
be interviewed
A lot of young fellows in an Ohio
town had good time with tramp
recently. They took him into shed,
gave him good bath, shaved him and
cut his hair. They then bought new
suit of clothes, white shirt and stand
up collar and dressed him out COM
plete. But when they attempted to
burn his hobo clothes he objected and
fought for them with such despera-
ton their suspicious were aroused
and upon searching they found $1,4OO
sewed up in the coat.
The Paris Correspondent prints
selection of Emperor Williams utter
ances with a view to portraying him
as he sees himself. 81 am your en-
peror," he once said to the Germans,
"by an immutable decree of God"
Again: what 1 require of my peo-
pie is fidelity that never wavers."
1.-The assertion of an emperor must
not be disputed" 'Frightful was the
time, bitter were the years before
Germany had an emperor" To a
gathering of German bishops he said:
"Regard me as the intermediary be-
tween you and Germany's ancient
God"
1t has almost passed into proverb
that physicians and lawyers are con-
stantly being asked for advice by ac-
quaintances in the course of ordinary
conversation. A medical man having
downtown Office says that at So
cial gathering recently wealthy
woman of his acquaintance asked
him with every appearance of inno-
cence how long babies should be al
lowed to sleep. Refusing to rise to the
familiar bait, the doctor answered,
quietly: GIN just the same way as
short babies should be allowed to
Sleep" Then he bowed and moved
away, leaving the lady with an I'M
usual flush on her face.
Rev. w. S. Rainsford, rector of St.
Georges, the noted New York church,
told of snub an old lady once gave
him. IT had the habit in my youth"
said DR.. Rainsford, "of conditioning all
my proposed actions with the phrase:
Dec volente. or, God willing or some
thing of that sort. An aged woman,
the head of an aristocratic family, in
vited me one morning to dine with her
the following night. 4 shall be de-
lighted to dine with you. madam 1
said, if 1 am spared The terminal
phrase seemed to displease her. Per-
haps she thought she shifted can't in
It. She frowned and said: ooh, if
you're dead I'll not expect YOU"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-17

much greater than at any other
time, for there is an immense
number of bills, reports and docu-
ments of every kind which have
to be printed solely for the use of con-
grcss. But there is no time during the
year when the presses are not rumb-
ling and when publications, sometimes
in sets of many volumes and frequent
ly with superb illustrations, are not
being thrown off.
There is no establishment in the
world where finer work can be done in
spite of the great mass of it, and the
beauty of it is that the work can be
done with astonishing rapidity. An
extraordinary instance of this was the
publication of the report of the Samp-
son court of inquiry on thedestruction
of the Maine. That report contained
300 pages and was illustrated with a
great many half-tone cuts. 1t was
brought into the senate on the after.
noon of March 2s, 1898, in manuscript
The next morning it was on the desks
of every senator and representative,
printed and bound, and thousands of
copies had already been struck off
Since that time the government print
ing Office has given many other exhi.
billions of speed and skill.
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-17
FOR ANTIQUE SETTINGS.
There Is Fancy for the Hour Glass
Just Now Instead of Clock
or Watch.

Despite the prevalence of clocks and
watches numbers of sand time glasses
are now sold. Those with three-min-
ute gaugeare regular accompaniment
of the egg boilers and egg coddlers of
rich bronze or copper now popular for
table use. Many sand glasses are in
favor for debating the length of time
the tea must draw, or the exact num-
Der of seconds the cocoa must "set"
after withdrawal from the fire, says
the New York Sun.
Many housewives use a sand glass
when preparing the sauces for delicate
fish dishes or making dainty omelettes
and desserts, apt to spoil in the breath
of seconds overlooking or under
cooking.
The sand glass is picturesque
table equipment, performing its duties
noiselessly and having romantic
time-honored suggestion that chimes
in appropriately with the simple an
tique furnishings now in vogue.
Sand time glasses now find place in
sitting rooms and bed chambers and
are installed on many desks and dress
ing tables in fashionable houses. The
girl who elects to time her occupations
and amusements by the running of the
sands is likely to have shoe buckles OF
quaint pattern, an ancient snuff box
got from an antique shop for a jewelry
holder and a Colonial souvenir for her
neck chain pendant.
Time glasses mounted in oddly deco
rative porcelain are sold for luxurious
desks. Quaint oriental hour glasses
are mounted in amber or ebony and
some are choicely enameled. Hand,
some glasses are made to order set in
ivory or mother of pearl, or in the rich
woods used for finest wares. The
frames of glasses for ordinary pur.
poses are of maple, cherry or orange
wood
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-17
LIFE OF AN ANT QUEEN.
Within Artificial Surroundings the
Insect Lives TO tho Age of
Fourteen Years.

How long may an ant queen live?
In their natural habitat some queens
doubtless have short lives; but by rea-
son of the protection afforded them,
and the seclusion enforced by the work
ers, they probably live much longer
than other members of the commune
ty. Within artificial surroundings they
attain comparatively long life. The
oldest emmet queen known to science
was one preserved under the care of
Sir John Lubbock, late Lord Avebury,
writes HI. c. McCook, in Harper's Mag
azine. A number of years ago during a
visit to this distinguished naturalist at
his country seat, High Elms, Kent, the
writer for the first time saw this ven-
cradle sovereign, diving in the ingen-
ious artificial formicary which had
been prepared for her. She was then
in the prime of life, as it afterward ap-
peared, being seven years old.
In the summer of 1887, Sir John was
again visited. this time at his town
house in London. After greeting, he
was asked about his royal pet.
81 have sad news to tell you," he an
swered.
what? Is the queen dead?"
"She died only yesterday. Ihave not
had the heart to tell the news as yet
evento my wife"
Having offered my hearty condo
lence, | asked TO see the dead queen.
Sir John led the way to the room where
his artificial nests were kept. The
glass case which contained the special
formicary in which the old ant had
lived was opened up. Lying in one Of
the larger open spaces or rooms was
the dead queen. She was surrounded
by crowd of workers, who were ten
derby licking her, touching her with
their antennae and making other
demonstrations as if soliciting her at
tention, or desiring to wake her out of
sleep. Poor dumb, loving, faithful
creatures! There was no response.
Their queen mother lay motionless be-
meath their demonstrations.
"They do not apepar to have discov-
cred that she is really dead" remarked
Sir John. Afterward he wrote me of
another queen which died at the age
of IA. The ants dragged her body
about with them when they moved un-
Til it fell to pieces.