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HOUSTON DAILY'POST: SUKtJAY MOKNING. JULY 50908.
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IS AN INCREASE
Receipts at Fort Worth Greater
Than Week Previous.
CATTLE PRICES LOWER
Hogi Have Beached the Six Dollar
Mark and the Day of the Fire-
Cent Hog Is Thing of
the Fait
(Houston Poit Sptcisl)
FORT WORTH Txm July 4. All claw
of live stock with the exception of calve and
hortea and nulea thow an increase' for the
week aa compared with receipts of a week ago
dwaplte the fact that Saturday waa a holiday
and only five day figured In the count of this
weeJt'i totaia which shows the following:
Cattle 1TW6; calves 0779; hogi 20223;
heep 3304; horaei and mules 137.
The market on cattle has been very unsatis-
factory and everything closes lower than a
week ago. Calves have taken the lead with a
decline of 1.J3. Steers are anywhere from
Steady on strictly choice fed beeves to M'g tfOc
lower on other grades. Cows are 15 25c
Under a week ago and bulls are about 23c
lower.
Receipts of steers have been light not more
than 110 cars being on sale during the entire
fire days of the week. Packers have oeen very
indifferent bidders from start to finish and the
market ia in a very bad shape. The market
waa topped at 6.50 and one car sold at 6 00.
All such stuff has been ordered in however
and commanded price in line with any paid
during the past mouth for such grades. Some
1070-pound steers sold Thursday at 4.00Ji as
against 6.10 for a load of the same feeding two
week ago which shows that during the past
two weeks the market has suffered 1.00 on
some grades.
Cows are co.ning in freely and the decline ia
due largely to the light demand for fresh meat
during the few days prior to July 4. Traders
expect to see things liven up immediately now
that the holiday hu passed.
The movement of calves is heavy and the
markets at the Eastern centers is in a bad
shape; in fact even worse than in Fort Worth
Good calves had to sell at 3.50 Friday al-
though they would have sold at 4.70 a week
ago.
Hogs have at last reached the 6.00 mark
and the indications are that the 6c hog wil I
soon be a thing of the past. On Monday's mar-
ket a top of 6.06 was established only to be
followed by a 6.13fc top Tuesday. The market
then lost its strength but a reaction set in
Saturday and local packers paid up to 6.10
which waa the highest they nad given during
the week an exporter paying the 6.13H-
Sbeep have sold to good advantage 4.60
being paid during the latter part of the week
lor some choice wethers and ewes. This market
is at present fully the equal of Kansas City
or Chicago if not 2Sc higner.
HOUSTON CTJEEENT QUOTATIONS
(The quotations given below are wholraale
price to the trade and are corrected daily )
AMMUNITION Powder per keg. 9S 95
less 5 per cent in five-keg lota: 10 per cent
TO teOHceg lota; blasting powder per keg
M.M: drop .hot per aacE 93 20; buck 99 RO.
BUI ILK VIL In barrels 60c; halt bar-
reis BSc.
PEPPER Black Singapore per pound in
seeks lie in small quantities lc more.
STARCH -Standard goods: Pearl in 49-
lb boxes 4V.C; Roval Gloat c: best 4c;
balk 4c; Nickel 1O0 packages per box 93.20-
corn starch lUc per lb M and 40-lb boat.
PICKLES five-gallon kegs 1M; 10 gal-
lon kegs 94.M; 8 barrels 9.T8T.S; pints
American styles 91 00; quarts American styles
9&.T0; H-gallon 93.00; gallon plain 95. 00
0.10: H gsjlon. hexagon 99.76.
ROPESiaa). basis T19 THc; Manila lc
SALT Ieuialana coarse TBc
CANDLES Star full weight. 10c; Gran-
ite full weight. 11c; Electric Light c; light
weight JOtte.
COFFEE Rio: Fair Be; choice Mc;
fancy 10c; Peaberrr 11V41H4c; Cordova
14Ul&c; wsshed Guatemala flat beans Itlc;
Pa berry lie. Roasted coffee: Ariosa. basis
100-lb cartons 91"B delivered; Luilanne Mo-
cks and Java blcn !. I lb cans 19Vc; lib
and 4-lb pails 1111.- . Porto Rico roaAted
91C.B0; Supremo 1 .u : 2 1b csns INVic; Co-
lombo 18c; Grandma- Delight Bib pails
UHc per psil; javaian! 1. 2 and 41b paila
18Vfcc delivered; Saniio Bib palls TBc de-
livered. CRACKERS N. B. C. soda bulk boxea
Tc; 1-lb cartons per doien 91 OO Unreda
biscuit per dozen BOc ; raism okirs. Irmon
cream and ginger snaps 8c; macaroon snaps
and assorted iumblrs 12c; vanilla wafers 16c
CONDENSED MILK Eagle 9fl 40 .1 fl 75 ;
Magnolia 95-00; Dime 93.KB Full eight
S3.93ST5 Chsllensje 94 20. Winner 94.SB.
FARINACEOUS FOODS Grin SOc; hom-
Inr and cream meal in SB-lb aacks tier sark.
80c; 1TH lb aacks STc; Scotch oats 9900;
Friends Oats 93.00; Grape Nuts 92.70; Cream
of Whest 94 SO
WORCESTER V( I". Cheap grades pints
9O09Bc per dorcn l.ea e- '' ' n- 'j pints
9TB; pints 9S.2S. i'i ;. fx 7.".. tniik .heap
rrsde 4000c per fc'Ui. bist urades OOctjj'
l.2B
CATSUP Half pints medium grades 75
80c per dozen; lanrv 91 2rl 35: pints
medium 91.2S1.7B; fancv 92.00'u 2 SB; bujk
medium BOc per gallon; fancv 7B(8Bc.
PEPPER SACCF. -King 7Sc water bottle
patent Hoouts 92 40.
VINEGAR Per gallon lOAfSSc according
to grade; Germari vinegar 100 er cent 2Sc.
RICE Fancv head V4c; choice head 6c;
f medium head B"Wc; ch nce Japan 6c medium
apan 44c; broken head 4g44c
PACKTNG IIOi:SE PROIl'CT3--Dry salt
extras .1B; dry salt reculars 9H2H; dry
salt bellies sverage 20 to 2f (Vnnds 0 82;
extras 10; bacon regulars 10.70; bacon bel-
lies sverage of 20 to S3 pounds 10.83 break
fast bacon IB: Gold Hand breakfast bacon
12c (iold Band picnic hams 0T4c; plain bamj
average 14 to 16 pounds. ISHr; Gold Hand
ham11 IBc.
LARD Simon pure leaf lard 12c; com-
pounds 8Hc; pure isrd lOHc.
HARDWARE.
NAII-S W ire 92.63. basis 20 to
penny
basis 10s and lfls Be advance; 8s and Us
ltsc
advance; 6s SOc advance; 4s and Bs SOc ad-
vance. Ss 4Bc advance; 3s sine BOc; 2s 70c
advance; easing 10 pennv up to 40 penny
l.V advance; 8s and Os 2.V advance; 6s and
7s SBe advance; 4s and Bs BOc advance; 6s
TOc advance: finishing 10s and 20s 2Bc ad
vance; 8s and Os 8Bc advance; 6s and 7i
4Bc advance. 4s and Bs 65c advance; 3 8Bc
advance.
KIT CHEN CTFNSII.S Plain stamped
dairv rmns. dnrrn lots I qt 21c; 2 t 32c
8qt Sic. 4.t 47c; R-t STr; 6qt 7.V; 10-
qt li2c : IS ot ItSe Deep pudding j)ans dozen
lots. Sqt 33c; 4 tit SOc. qt 63c; 8 qt 83c.
W ash basins dozen lots. OHinch SSc ;
lnch 47c; ISVsinrh 82 Coffee pots in half
doien lots 1 i;t 70c
C LVANIZE1) SHEET IRON 28 basis
94. 65 vr 100 pounds black sheet steel for
stove pi!e 27 bssis 93 35: 28 gsuge gslvaniaed
corrugated iron 94 00 per square; gslvanired
iron lands 9S70: black 92.70.
HARMED WIRE Galvanized Glidden
93 25. gslvanired llaker Tetfect 93. S3; Ral-
vanized Waukegan 93.35.
SIHiAR. MOLASSES. ETC.
MOLASSES Blackstrap 10c; fair centrifu-
gal 18 . fancy centrifugal 20c; mixed fair
20c; mixed fancy 28c pure fair SOc; pure
fancv 33c
C.NDV Stick wrapped basis 24 No. 2
IMC pound; No. t full weight asis 24.
THc per pound special sizes He higfcer.
ITONFV In barrels 65c per gallon; in buTV
4Bc er pound; in 2 1b cans extracted BVa
7c: j.ound sectlqsjs SftjflOc.
St'tiAR Quilations are for smsll lots; spe.
cisl rates sre given in carload lots: Cranu-
lsted Arnerlcsn B.OOc; cubes snd powdered
6 SOc; Ixmisiana fancy yellow clarified BMc;
ahoice Be.
HIpES AND WOOL.
DRV HIDES Flint hidea 16 pounds snd
fctp (Sc dry salts 6c.
GR FEN SALTS B N4c.
CRI I N HIDES All weights Be.
W'OOl Nominal at 10c.
ilORSE HIDES Green salted 91 OOl.BO
tEESWAX S824c per pound. .
CANNED MEATS
CORN I'D BEEF 1 lb cans 9145 Sib
91 sW
POTTFD HM- In quarters 40c
ROAST HEI I' I lb 91 46. 2-lb 92 4B
( HIPPED HEEF - V4 lb cans 92.4B; l ib
B2 4B; In glass l ib 92 4O0S7B.
VEAL ANT) HAM LOAF tt lb cans 91 SB.
IJVJvtB S TONGUE In glass 1 lb 93.00.
CANNED GOODS.
C ' SN. FRUITS Apples.
9dh 911B:
eyeless sncl
te
ie (ZpSS ! llclcWHl OO
ie 9Lw91 8
extra grated 91 IX) W
? 10 fear b fl. 40; peachet 9-M 9940; 9.
b 1 ' if 1 "f "10 P' Pah 91.79.
t tl IGETAJBLES Tomatoes.) -lh
ocosida TSei aWb ssnrmds 91.00 ; tomato oulp
Mr pac ooscq; okra and tomatoes 2-lb M
90c; Iftelb asparagus 94.23 8.00 Asparagus
trpa..l-lb M.60T50; baked beans S-lb SSc;
lib bhkssl hoauw 46c; S-lb string beans SOc;
-lb Iridney beans 88 96c; S ib strlngless
beans . 91.35; marrow fat peas 91 .OA; S-lb
Amertcaa petit poit 91 7B- extra Maine com
SOcetl.M; extra standard corn lV5c6fl.0S;
seconds TBQMc: sourkrout. 8 1b cans 99c;
avoet potatoea. S-lb cans 91. BO.
CANNED MOLASSES Sirop de Bstterie
1 -gal Ion cant per caste. 93.30; H gallon cant
per case 92 BO; Ksfoenel S-lb cans 91 00 per
dosea; 5-lb cans 92 BO per dozen; 10-lb cans
CALIFOwJlA FRUITS Extra stsndsrd
9H-lb peaches lemon clings 92 75 w 2. KB;
yellow Crawford 92.B88H60 blackberriea
92.13; white cherries 93 65fiS75; apricots
9SM9S.M; plums MOvfSlO grapes 9200
fcSlO; pears 92 7B&S.HB standard 10c per
doxen less than extra ttandard prices.
MAPLE SYRUP Quarts 98.20 hslf gal-
lons 96 25 gallons 91LB0.
SALT AND CANNED FISH.
SARDINES American quarts plain 98.60
fr8.7S accorilinir to arade : with kev opener
98. SB; mustard 93.9909. IB; imported quarters
911 00 10 00; faney sprau quarters 98 00W
10 00; regular sprats 97 50 08 00
SALMON Fancy Pillar Rock Columbia
river 8105S2 00; fancy Sockeye 91 .98. Red
Alaska 91 45; fancy Pink Alaska 91 00; Co-
lumbia 91 30.
SALT FISH Mackerel No. 1 new in kits
9110; H barrels No. 1 96 7807 BO. tubs
94.238 00 according to grade. Herring--Per
keg 0c 1 00.
SHRIMP 1 lb per doien 91 20 1 SB.
LOBSTERS 93 50 ff 3 00
OYSTERS l ib 4-OJ 9100; 2 1b 10 oz
91.05; Mb B-oz 91.10; l ib light weight 63c ;
lunch oysters S-lb 3-oz 98c.
PAINTS OIlFaND GLASS
WHITE LEAD Per cwt ttrictly pure.
97 78: second grade 97.38: third grade 96 00.
1 I "RFFNTINE Per case of two B gallon
cans CBc; in barrel lots 90c per gallon.
MINERAL PAINTS 88c to 1 00 per gal-
lon. DRY METALLIC PAINTS Per cwt In
arrels. 91 102.00.
VENETIAN RF'DS Per cwt American
91 80 English 93.38.
- READY MIXED PAINTS 91 30 I SO
WINDOW GLASS 90 per cent off Janu-
ary list.
OCHRE Per cwt American 32.00. French
93 00
LINSEED OIL Western best boiled BOc;
raw 40c; Calcutta 83c
DRI'GS AND CHEMICALS.
QUININE SOtriSBc per ounce bottle; mor-
Shine S3.2SS.B0 per ounce; cocaine 93.B0((T
05 per ounce; borax Oc per pound in lOOlb
packages; copperas 91 50 in barrels; castor oil
91 25 per gallon in B-gallon packages; P.psom
saKs 91.80 per 100 pounds in baarcls; alcohol
92.78 03.00 per gallon: sulphur 978 per 100
pcunds in barrels; sulphur light flowers. 93.00
per 100 pounds in barrels; alum Sc per pound
in bsrrels; camphor 60c in 80-Ib lots.
DRIED. FRUITS AND NUTS. (
APPLES Fancy evaporated Blb' boxes
84c; 1 lb cartons fanry 84c; cartons choice
8Wc; choice evaporated THc; sun dried 23c.
OURRANTS-xJn 10 1b boxes SSc.
CURRANTS 35-lb boxes cleaned bulk. B
8Hc; 12-oz packages HVic; 16-oz 10c.
PEACHES Choice new stock 184c; fsncy
19c.
PRUNES- SO-tO new 25 lh boxes none:
40--60 none; 50-60 none: 6O-70 none; 70-80
8Vc: 80 0 none; 00-100 6c.
DATES lib packages Tc.
RAISINS California 8-cmwn I- L. bozea
92.00; Sacrown I- L. 91-00; quarter boxes
L. L raisins 6.V ; 3-crown. L. M. raisins.
60 lb boxes 8-; 3 crown L M. raisins 8 He;
60 1b boxes 8c: 8 crown L. M. raisins 8V4c.
NUTS -California aoft shell walnuts per
pound none; imported walnuts none; Cali-
fornia soft shell almonds 17c; Brazil nuts
14V: filberts 18H'S14c; chestnuts 5W10c.
FIGS California. 10-lb boxes 7Bo81O0
per box. importrd 10-lb boxes. llVir
COCOANUTS Per 100 94 75 5 00.
PEANUTS Jumbo per pound c; fsncy
hand picked No. 1 8c: No 3 hand picked Tc.
PECANS Market irregular at 10 18c
FRUITS.
BANANAS 8 V SV4c.
ORANGES California 93BO4.B0.
LIMES Florida 91 001.2B pei 100 Mex-
ican 31 00 (ft 125 per 100.
LEMONS -Messina 93 50 3 78.
PEACHES 45(6 3c.
GRAIN AND HAY.
BRAN Per 100 pounds 91 S8Q1 87.
ttlKN CHOPS Pure 91.971.70.
CORN No. 2 mixed sacked 00 ij 92c . white
94 f 06c.
OATS Western white sacked 646Bc;
Western mixed 6263c. new Texas oats
sacked 48 050c; Texas red rust iiroof seed
oats nominsl.
HAY Choice Colorado alfslfa ilBOOSr
1B B0; South Texas pr ainr 90.00 ft 7 00 ; Nortn
Texas praine 91 1 00 jt 12 OO; timothy 916.30
lg 17 00 Johnson grass 910.00(3 11.00.
VEGETABLES.
BLACK EYED PEAS Hc
CABBAGE- lV02c.
ONIONS New crop l4Sc per pound.
POTATOES -Texas 91 001 10
PEPPER Chili new SOc ;ier ponrid.
TOM A Tt)ES Market glutted.
COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.
HULLS - Per ton 97 50 in csr lots.
COTTON SEED OIL- Ixose f.o.b. mills
prime crude 33 84c; prime summer yellow
S6MS7c; in barrels 8c higher.
PRIME COTTON SEED MEAL Per short
ton 920 SO fa 30 00 cake 920 50 6 30 00.
LINTERS Per pound 3nji4c f.o.b. inte-
rior mills according to grade and quality.
EGGS AND POULTRY.
EGGS
Market steady; Texas 1212Vic
case count; candled 18 $1 16c
POULTRY Hens 83004
91 7S'(j 2 23; small frvers 92.80
3 50;
broilers
medium
3.00;
93 S3
tl SBft: large fryers 83 254(3 50: ducks
94 00(4.80; turkeys 8c per pound; geese full
rkeys
I'd I
feathered 4 0KprBOO old roosters 93 78
8 00 guineas 92.80.
FIELD SEEDS.
SEED CORN 91 BO & 1.88 per bushel.
CIOYEK -Prr 100 pounds 98 80 S1900
BERMUDA GRASS Per porlnd ffic
RESCUE GRASS Per 100 pounds 913.80
KENTUCKY 1U.UEGRASS Per 100 lbs
317.60
SORGHUM SEED Amber 93 ?0 per 100
pounds.
KAFFIR CORN 93.10 perOjOO pounds.
M 1 1. LET 98 TS oer 100 pounds.
SPANISH PEANUTS 91.38 per bushel.
M1LO MAIil. tua.i sjer 100 pounds
PKAi-Whippoorwill 2 4fl; la
large black-
eve.l 93-00; velvet beans 96.00.
MEXICAN JUNE CORN 91 88 per buahel
BROOM CORN 81 .76 per bushel.
VEGETABLES AND SEEDS.
BFJSTS Per pound 40c. stock tieets SOc.
C AnMAGE Early and late rarieties
pound 91 23(R'l 80.
per
CARROTS Per pound 60c stock carrots
SSc
MUSTARD Per pound 60770e
ONIONS -Per pound 92.80(S423.
SPIN CII Per pound 23c.
TURNIPS -Per pound 22c; stock turnips
30c.
RADISH -Per pound 38c.
PEAS Bush and pole 93.50 tf 4 BO.
BEANS Hush and pole 94 50lB50
RAFF- linn f 1 scx 98.75 pei 1O0 lbs.
WATERMI I ' INS sO TBc.
MUSKMEU IN -80-78c.
F FRTII.fZERS.
ACID PHOSPIIATE- l'er ton 818.00.
TANKAG1 Per ton 925 00.
F.GF.I AHI E GROWER Per ton 831 SO
RAW HONE SUPERPHOSPHATE Per
ton 923 50.
GERMAN' KANIT Per ton 922 00
Nil RAT F. OF SODA Per lOO pounds
94 28
SULPHATE OF POTASH Per 100 pounds
94 00
MURIATE OF POTASH- 93 78.
HONE MEAL -93600 per ton.
CHRESE AND BUTTs-i.
( H EESE--W'isconsin full cream long horna
lOVic Wisconsin full cieam daisy lSViTOlOe;
Wisconsin Hats full cream. 13'lSVfcc.
PUT ! 1 R - 1 ar c y Elgin in 60-lb ruba SSc
30 1b tubs SBc; Red Clover in 1 lb packsgea
2Bc ; fancy renovated in tubs 26c ; Meadow
Gobi 27c; Lancaster SBc; Parksdale 28c: Lin-
coln Brand fancy creamery 1 lh packages SOc
COUNTRY BUTTER Per pound 12019c;
thoier Jersey IB 18c.
London Consols.
t4.r.tc atttl Prgji Ktpori.)
LONDON. In ! v 4 - ( on.ols for money 88
1116 account K8 S1 Bar silver quiet at
94 IS 16. Nfoney V 4j 4 per cent short bills
lVfc; three months bills lh.
Ocean Vessels.
(Houston Post Sfrcial.)
NEW YORK. Julv
i Ai rived
San Mar
cos. from Galveston fallen: r.l l icl. tor tal-
veston loncho for Kev West and Galveston.
HULL July S Arrived: Suram (Br.) from
Port Arthur via Norfolk.
FIUME Juno 20 -Ar ived: Alpha (Gee.)
from Port Arthur and Pensacola ria Fajtal and
Catania.
Fort Eads.
(Aitocialtd rrtu Htpoti.1
PORT EADS July 4. Arrived: Excelsior
(Am.). Havana: Orleanlan (Br.) Celba; St.
Laturan (Fr.) llavra via Antworsx Baruia asid
VTr'c'i ratal Protrtoo (NorJ. mgmei ttatj
Captain Sam (Am ). Port Arthur with Urge.
Sailed: Antilles (Am.) New York; Origen
(Noi ) Boat del Torn; Habil (Nor). Puerto
Cortes; EUiti (Nor ) Colon; Joa. Vocearro
(Br.) Ceibc
KfVKLFE LTIXIGE5CE.
(Hnuton Port Shtcidt.)
PORT OF GALVESTON July 4.
ARRIVED
from Newr-York.
CLEARED.
Ss. Ala
None.
SAILED.
Ss. El Alba for New York.
St. Lampasas for New York.
Ss. Skipton Castle for Fort Arthur.
Vessels in Fort
STEAMSHIPS.
Destination
Abimo New York
Bavaria Hamburg
IA Norte New N ork . . .
Hansa Bremen
Hector Philadelphia
Pier.
.. . as
.. . 39
... 41
. . . 88
... 38
Nordency Bremen
cv llremen 30
Vitalia Frontera Texas City
Vessels Destined for Galveston.
TEAMSH1PS.
Albanian Barbados
Belgian Liverpool
Cc mal New York
Dunston New York vis Para
Hannover Bremen
Howth Head Tampa
I nkum Liverpool
I-ampahas New York
Malin Head Grimsby
Sicilis Genoa
Thurland Castle Antwerp
SCHOONER.
Harry T. Haywood Philadelphia
8-34
8-23
6-10
8 8
ti- 24
8-18
B-23
-24
5-18
B-36
6 IT
A BEMAEKABLE EXPEEIMEHT.
Great Growth of a Horse Fed on
Dry Milk.
(From "Ainte. the Milk-Fed Race
llois.v' by c Kohlnson In the Out-
lug Magazine for July.)
It Is established beyond question thst
a horne can he hrou(rht up and worked
more than ordinary horses on milk. Fur-
thermore Aiote reached hit maxi-
mum weight and development 1012
pounds. In the. unprecedented time of
eighteen months ami ten days or an
average gain during the 683 dayt of feed-
ing of over one and one-half pounds per
day
Ordinary hones take two and one-half
years to reach their full weight develop-
ment and their average gain per day la
lees than one pound. Another astonish-
ing fact and one of which lie Is the only
living eiranple Is that he nad all his
8-year-old teeth when he was 2 yearn
and 2 months It would seem that the
day when the wise ones could tell the
age of a horse by looking In his mouth
was past. Now the ordinary horse doe
not reach his full power that la the
maximum of what he can do upon the
track until ho Is 4 or 6 years old. All this
best prizes are offered for 2 and 3-year-olds
and as soon as a horse beglnB carry-
ing weight for ago his chances for a
"grand killing' are pretty well over. Hut
suppose by a new method of feeding a
colt could be made to gain a year and
while In reality only 3 years old have
the growth and Ltrength of 47 With this
Idea of rapid development In view the
colt Azote was bought.
He was taken from his mother when
he was 26 days old and started upon dry
milk He reoelved one-half a pound of
the powder mixed with two quarts of
water wery two hours and a half or
eight times a day Just like a baby. He
drank it from a pall in about a minute
and that was all there' was to his feeding.
He was weighed every morning at 8
o'clock and us he grew the quantity of
food was Increased In proportion to his
Increase In weight. After a time It was
found advisable to give him a certain
amount of hay. not for any purpose of
nutrition but In order to give bulk to
the highly concentrated food upon which
he subsisted. He was given about one-
half as much hay as other horses receive.
This Is all he has ever eaten a little hay
and the milk powder mixed with water;
never any oats or corn and In this lies
the novelty of the experiment Yet when
we consider that one pound of dry. sep-
arated milk contains at much muscle-
making material as flvo pounds of oats
or corn and as twelve pounds of hay. It
was not so daring after all. And besides
dry milk Is digested to the extent of K9
per cent oats and corn to 66 per cent and
nay only 3b per cent. The advantages of
this last fact are oovlous for besides re-
ceiving more nourishment In proportion
to the bulk It requires only twenty-six
hours for dry milk to pass through the
intestines whereas ordinary food takes
three to four days so that there Is muTh
less waste material and a horse during
a race carries over the course much leaa
dead weight It Is Just as If his handicap
had been cut down.
JTJNCO A NEW HAEDWOOD.
It Is to Be Found Only in the Bio
Grande Valley.
The Junro In t ho mtnstnK link of the
tree family. Reftrtcte-I to h slnftle vallev
that of thf Kin rn.nd- In -exico gmd
Teiai this tre with its small rrookfd
trunk biisHiriK with thorns Is little
known to the outside world It ia popu-
larly supposed to hear no leave flow-
er or fruit but it really bears all thre.
Th minute leaves are eralellkev th
flowers very small and the fruit Is a tlnv
berry. It is the only known reprewenta-
tive of its family In all the world. It la
not known that the Junro ever grew any-
where outside of the valley of the Rio
Urande or that it ever had relative)
close
enough
claim kinship. Home
extinct had wide ranjre
hi t r8 of ( 'alifornla.
h kt e v al 1 t h e way to
Kilt t he Junco. bo far
trefts now lu-iiily
In past aK ' he
for eiamp''. w"hl
the A rotic ocean
as Is known has always lived In one place
and has always been the nam dwarfed
crooked tree tiiat it now Is
Kxcept as f uel It has not been put to
any use Thousands of crds inljjht be
out In the nlley of the Hlo (Jrande. In
Mexico and Texas of late however the
grow In k scfrctt y of hardwood haa called
attention t I he drpplsed lunco tree as a
pons I ol e mibst Uute fur some of the more
popular woods n nd the result is a sur-
prise to (hone who thouRht the wood had
no commercial vaiuc. Clarence A. Miler.
consul at Mat a moron. Mexico has called
the attention of this government to the
good iiualitb'H claimed for it.
The wood Minks in water In color It
ranges from brown to black. It receive
a high and beautiful polish fitting U to
take the place of such expensive wood
as ebonv and rosewood for small cabinet
work 'the trunks are so short and crook-
ed that only small piece of tlmner can
be obtained from them Few trunks ex-
ceed seven Vt ! length and eight Inches
In diameter. The wood Is said to be ad-
mirably suited for the keys of musical
lnt rumen ts. Jewel boxe and other bu-
reau cabinets chess men. checkers paper
knives knobs and other Pinal 1 turner v.
Inlaid work and indeed for almost all
purposes for w hi' h costly foreign woods.
In small pieces are now used
Many of t b- 1 1 whose woods are
familiar in the lumber maikets belong to
large families There are 2.V member
t hey are nt Ihsl impede -of the pine fam-
ily and they mi e scat t ere J all orer the
Northern hemisphere The beach and
the oak famlh has even more members
and they. too. are widely scattered. The
laurel has over i00 the palm 1000. while
the apple counting the' many varieties la
aid to hae more than 8000. Hut the
Junco is fighting Its life nattle alone on
the dt v slopes of Texas ami Mexico with-
out a relative in the world.
Licking Them in Advance.
(From the Outing Magaitne )
There Is custom which ombodle the
wisdom of (Solomon observed by the
riiebla Indians (hue a year an Indian
garbed In the nkln of a mountain lion
which represents his god. whip suoh of
the children of th community a are be-
tween the ages of 4 and 10 both for the
wrong they have done and the wro&s
thAV ar tToliiaT to do.
The happlne of
these children who have paid
me penalty
of their misdoings for a year In advance.
is difficult to estimate The respect of the
Indian boy for hi elders and hi obedi-
ence to his parent testifies to the efRoaxsy
of thl treatment snd sufgest the wls
dxxn of IU Introduction to iM
youth of Um miixpoUK
Six MoQths' Failures
Commercial fitJIurtal ia th
durtr.K th first feaVlf Ot Uv
ata-ii--: complied by :
from reports) of bravnch nth
nlted Staiet
u cordlna; to
s Itevlew
of r. a.
r and 1126-
While this
; rirt&on wlUi
Dun & co. 919 CM In m.:
371823 n amount Of llavbllltu .
It a most unl9Wtble cu:.
the &7 lnwlTenetM for ton
corresporullnlr raoBUll of i.
'St. 062 In the
pr edlng
year ther la nntsh encouraK-ment In the
pronounced Improvement of t;e Latest re-
turns. Default lfl June :nuaxe more
favorably with laat year s "'irtiree than
any prevloui month of U08 while the rec-
ord for the MOOnd Quarter Bhownly
8800 failure witb. ao Indebte '.neat of -
668642 agalnat bankruiMee In the
first three month when the amount In-
volved waa $7570lm ft decrtaae of about
one-third. Am the latest figures are more
representative of current conditions It la
evident that the mercantile death rate la
diminishing aat the outlook for the future
brightens aa bualneae conditions uecomo
more healthful. A detailed comparison
for trie half year ah cram 2112 manufacturing-
Butpenalone Involving S3 442 304
axalnat 1296 failure last year for V '.84-
648; trading failure numbered 6236 with
UablllUea of HQ100 aalnit 1120 for 128-
744786; other commercial failures such aa
Insurance real estate brokerage etc. not
porperly included In the two principal
claaaea were 882 In number and $2:.'-.
In amount against 192 last year. Involving
96.13S.228. In addition to these commercial
defaults 120 bank and other fiduciary in-
stitution suspended with liabilities of 79-
880245 against only 22 In the first fialf of
1W.I7 when the amount Involved was only
I704028.
Failure statistics for the half year are
compared below for a serlea of years;
No.
8709
W07
6612
6210
M.i
(628
616S
6769
6332
Assets.
!78762.&8
42.163.iT8
32802020
32 262157
46764276
81967.761
81018.808
27636.046
a 436.669
Liabilities.
iiu.iii.m
62664074
f904685
79190.909
i7i.i0
60.374864
71717462
3808
1907
liW6
1906
1901
1903
ma
1.901
1900
While liabilities of commercial failures
In the first quarter of 1908 were larger
than In the corresponding three months
of any preceding year the second quar-
ter recorded smaller losses than in the
same months of 1881 and 1893 and many
other quarters of previous years supplied
heavier losses. In fact the Improvement
was so striking that the total for the six
months waa far below that of the tame
half of 1893 despite the heavy losses of
the opening quarter. Moreover it is prop-
er to take into consideration more than
mere aggregate amounts Involved or th
total number of failures. This is a point
too easily Overlooked in order to get the
most good out of these comparisons it Js
necessary to use proportions because
failure statistics are only a measure of
conditions whe.n allowance is made for
the changes In number of firms in busi-
ness and amount of capital Involved.
Had the nation stood still since 198 the
large decrease In Uab'Hles for the sec-
ond quarter would te encouraging but
how much more gratifying to note also
the fact that there were many thousand
more concerns at the later date and
many millions more money Involved On
this basis the ratio of liabilities to the
number of firms in business and to bank
exchanges supplies s table of statistics
than repay cloe scrutiny. Here It is
found that the actual commercial mortal-
ity was remarkably light ter the panic
of last October; even in the first quarter
of 1S08 the defaulted liabilities to each
firm in business being only 868.38. against
over 1100 In tome earlier years while the
ratio of liabilities to bank exchange
was only 82.52 per J1000 whereas the av-
erage In the previou decade was much
larger.
It Is also encouraging to find that many
other measures of trade conditions cor-
roborate the indications of failure statis-
tics. The attitude of the bank alone Is
significant. During the early months of
the year there was shortage of funds
and mercantile defaults were frequent. It
was difficult to borrow money on com
mercia! paper Banks femred to make ad-
vances in mercantile channels when the
borrower was In constant danger of being
forced to suspend. This lack of confi-
dence has wholly disappeared the records
for June showing lonns readily made: on
commercial oaoer at from 2 to 4 per cent
that could not have found a market ut any
price in Januarv when failures numbered
602 in a single week. The weekly aver-
age in Jne was scarcely more than half
that number althouarh still more numer
ous than in the corresponding month of
1907. Liabilities of manufacturing fall
ores were much smaller in June than
in the same month last year and the only
noteworthy adverse comparison was in th"
third class that embraces concerns of a
speculative nature of which there were
several large suspensions. These defaults
are spasmodic and do not exert the same
Influence over the general business situa-
tion as failures of trader and manufac-
turers It is nh" noted that the latest
statement of bank exchanges are muc
nearer tne figures of a year ago sun re-
ports of Idle freight car have shown
steady lmprovenTent while the ranks or
the unemployed are decimated each week
by the resumption of mills and factories
In preparation for an active autumn trail.-.
One of the greatest elements In restoring
confidence Is the rapid progress of the
crops each dav of June having taken mil-
lion of dollars worth of farm products
beyond the reach of harm and brought
the yield on other million of acres nearer
maturity
Geographical comparisons of fa. lures
during the first half of 1909 with similar
returns last year are of less interest than
usual because the crtsl was well dis-
tributed over the entire nation almost
everr State reporting more or less In-
crease. The change was practlcallv uni-
form as to number of failures and the
few cases where Hahllltle were smaller
this year lacked significance belnc due
to one or two especially larere .1. faults
last year. In some of the States that
are partly developed not over three or
four failures are recorded monthly and
the change of a single suspension for
850.000 may turn a favorable comparison
Into one that is adverse or vice versa As
might be expected the Empire Htate sup
plied the largest Increase cl h-tlv of de-
faults In the financial center ..f the coun-
try. This was the point at which the
panic started and here also the bulk of
the banking liabilities were concentrated.
The total amount Involved was particu-
larly heavy at New Tork owing to the
scale upon which the banking operations
are conducted In the metropolis but as to
number of fiduciary defaults other sec-
tions contributed the larger share
The number of failures and amount of
liabilities during the Mrt hslf of this
year and last In different sjectlons of the
country ara compared below:
Number. Liabilities
10B. 1907 1 908. 1907
New England M 906 88.ftT9.144 86.664.sn
Middle 11M 1.876 80.017.964 339i:.69
South l.Ml 1.129 21.8M.241 10.131 539
Southwest .. KM 500 8.114.134 3..414
Cent. West. 1.43 918 B.918.166 9.225.119
Northwest ... 772 692 5.900.1S7 8.194.708
Paclflo i.. 903 487 I.946.896 3.817.961
IT. States. . .8.709 5 (107 IU4.871.8JJ 869.668.
The number of failures by States in the
8outhwest for the first half of this year
and last and Hahllltle both years are
con i pared be to w
Number. Liabilities -
1906. 1907. 1908. 1907
Arkansas .... 261 132 81.182.671 8666 26
Texas 261 H9 2368.61 1.236.851
Missouri 871 21 2272.901 1608.211
Southwest... 882 500 tt.U4.U4 83.100111
1NSAKITY IS A BI)0D DISEASE.
It W at Lon(f Supposed However to
Be an Affection of the Bruin.
"'Insanity la not a disease of the brain"
says Dr. William llanna Thomson. In the
July Everybody's "because no anatomical
Investigation microscopic or otherwise
can show the least difference txMween
either brain cell or fiber of a person dvlng
Insane and the healthy brain of one killed
In an accident Hut the same absence of
brain changes Is noticeable In a whole
class of important chronlo nervous dls
ease such aay 'migraine neurasthenia
hysteria and epilepsy. None of these
shows poet mortem any hharmrterlstlo
ohange from normal bralna
"Now no one can minimise th Im-
portance of these nervous d lessee In
sanity alone I eerlou enough. When
X" frilart;ty
NEW PACK GOODS
WE RECEIVE FIRST CARS NEW PACK GOODS
1 r S Al Warren Fancy Chinook Salmon.
A u"r Castle Rock Steel Head Salmon.
1 Car 2-lb. Battle Ship Blackberries.
3-lb. Honor
1 Car
1 3-lb. Honor
1 Car 2-lb. Spring
Wm. D. Cleveland & Sons
Wholesale Grocers
Our Arkn Smokelea Coal I the strongest Steam Coal In the United
8tate not excepting Pocahontas. It I the moit efficient and economical
coal for railroad iteamahlpa. Irrigation plant and all power purposes.
Bache-Denman Coal Co.
MINER8 AND 8HIPPERS.
FORT SMITH ARK.
Analysis Arkansas Coal.
Moisture 1.44
Volatile combustible W HO
Fixed carbon 71.7&
Aah l.SU
100.00
Sulphur
Calorific value HBO B. T. U.
TURNIP SEED
We are now prepared to fill promptly all orders from the
smallest to the largest and at prices lower than any
Southern Seed House names. Wo furnish only choioe
New Crop Imported Seed. Write for prices or send us
your open orders. We guarantee you satisfaction. Field
Seeds of all kinds in season Poultry Foods and Supp'iea
Bulk Garden Seeds etc.
PITTMAN & HARRISON CO.
SHERMAN. TEXAS
SEED CORN
Northern-greWn Early Yellow Learning Silver Mine sad Gold Mine. Im-
ported Mexican June Corn. Cotton Seed Cane Millit Kaffir Corn Milo
Maixe Alfalfa Cowpeas. Turnip Seed and a' full line of all seasonable
seeds. Write or wire for price.
TEXAS SEED & FLORAL CO.
DALLA8 TEXAS.
NEW
HAY
Will be moving soon. We represent several large pro-
ducers of New Mexico ALFALFA North Ttxas JOHN-
SON GRASS and South Texas HAY. - Shipments subject
to inspection drafts payable on arrival of cars and satis-
faction guaranteed. Write for prices and we will keep
you posted each week on the hay situation.
. 0. Box 719 CS. DIXON Heaatoa
with It. loth in private and In official
relations do not lessen ny recoil from
the upoctarle of a pe.rmanet. Instead of
as with ilruKs a temporary raenta! de-
ranKcment. Ylut It ia facts connected with
theso yams insanities pnnluced ty drugs
entering the blood which awaken the
hope that we may find elsewhere than in
the brain the cause and therefore with
the cause the best treatment for this
dreadful affection aa well as also tor the
other nervous diseases which cause no
brain changes. If the brain of h man
who has been addicted to imincn.se doses
of opium for years still shows In It no
trace of this mlnd-deranglng agent while
chemistry quickly finds the reactions of
this drug In his blood the mlsiHke of
years on this whole subject begins to
come Into view It Is singular how long
the sway of that error has continued for
even yet many physicians InclU'llng some
neurologists fin not see the two sUles
of the problem"
WEALTH AND AKISTOCEACY.
There Is a Decline in Homage Paid
"Upper Claases.
(Thomaf AV cut worth Hlpglnnon In Har-
per's Maffnzlne fur July )
The truth la that In America as In
England Jher has been under all th
advance of modern wealth a gradual de-
rllna of what may properly be called aris-
tocracy It ha come to he recognlied
more and more that the older form of
arlitocracy was deceptive and that aa
Bcott'a .albert Olendlnning aya every
prominent family had Hi origin In one
humble man and has gone through a
period of assumed grandeur which tn
Kngland atiieaat la now declining again
Jn that country we Mill find traditions of
the eldf-r Argyh-a who used to dine at a
eeparate table from their guests because
once royalty wnn entitled to sit with ii-e
hosts; and of the innrquts of Ahercorti.
who would never go hunting without
wearing his blue ribbon and who required
hie chambermaid's to wear s hlte kid
gloves while making the beds Yet een
lu such regions It needs t go back hut
a little way to reach a Iovlv Mutton
When In hill King Jiimt-M crested t he
whole class of baronets hi Kngland. he
ginning with 200 who paid him h"'
Mploce for th honor II only prepared
the way for later tlmen wi.en w uiiam
'ltt said that every man whoso income
van .tiO.OUO a year ought to ho raised to
t hat higher position The art nal basis
i.f Kngll.ih aristocracy as a whole has
I ren that of wealt h. at lenst since thrit
.f the Georgian peri. .1 hen IT often
l.iid an origin even less crelltuhle Since
then wealth ha begun and all eUe has
followed meeting with rendy obsequious
neas from lower social classes. They tell
vou In Kngland the story of a well-trained
foot man who was present when the t wo
ltttle sons of a noble family were playing
on the stairway and the elder of tne two
fell over the bannisters and the younger
brother leaning over In terror as Led If
the other was hurt The footman cried
promptly. "Killed tne lud." One moment
bad paesed anil the whole habitual de
ferei.ee had transferred Itself instantly to
th next la rank
Hulled Corn.
Lima Beana.
Garden String Beans.
Cotton Factors
I 9v
ARKAN8A3 AND OKLAHOMA COAL.
Daily Capacity of Mines 3000 Tons.
Analysis Oklahoma Coal.
Moisture 1.79
Volatile combustible 97.1
Filed carbon 49.7
Ash 11. B
100 00
Bulpnur 1.69
Calorific value. U969 B. T. V.
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
It Is Now a Stable Reality and in
No Danger.
(American Review of Reviews.)
It la not difficult to remember time
when one of the most frequently
ruaaed ubjecta waa wheiber it would be
possible for the French people to live un-
der a republican regime. "Would" so the
opponents of the republican solution ar-
gued "the heads of the army ever have
for a provincial lawyer or for any poli-
tician of tfle same kind the respect that
most be felt for the heed of the state?"
They held for the theory of the hereditary
ruler protected by aeveral centuries of
Illustrious ancestry or for the theory of
"the man on tjorseback." "ow to the
Flysee on the night of an official recep-
tion and see the 111 vision and corpe
d'ariuee commanders surround the presi-
dent end eagerly stek for an opportunity
of engaging htm In private conversation.
Better still go to Paris and on the Four-
teenth of July follow the crowds that
gather round the Ijongchamps race course
made famous by one of the Boul anger
songa. See one regiment after another
pass the presidential tnd and decide
whether any be Jeweled hereditary uniform
wearer presents a more impressive figure
t linn tie i lv II lan who presides over the
destinies of the republic when returning
the sai-ite of the armed force of the na-
tion Years ag)v how Impressively our royal-
ist friends would declare It impossible for
a Frem h republic to form any alliance
with any of the old monarchies of Eu-
rope. I ow tly would dwell on the aim oat
ridh iilmis sbeciaole presented by plain
Mr S-and So hobnobbing with the wear-
ers of cent 'try-old crowns And now turn
jour evos first toward London and watch
the uiimlst wkable cordiality of the greet-
ings exchanged by the two true gentle-
men win. one by heridJtary right the
other bythe choice of hla cuntrymen
head the government of France and En-
gland then toward Berlin and see the
thoughtful look of the grandson of Em-
peior William I and nephew of King Ed-
ward VIII Then you may nay whether
t lie republic has "made good ' and you
will exactly understand tne place of the
Fninch presidency among Its institution.
Universal Standard of Exchange.
(From the Outing Magaslne.)
Few people have any conception of the
part milk pWys In the world. The figures
of the department of agriculture show
that the dairy products In America ex-
ceed In value the output of th ateel truat
In a given year. In America ther la on
cow to every five Inhabitant; In Europe
about the same. Today milk 1 reoelred
In England from JL over the world soma
of it being more than ten weeka en rout
and rroaalng the equator. Surely It la no
longer ndream te speak of th new food
or prmllct that milk h been mad a
staple commodity which will b quoted
on tbe produce nouoo Uk aajr oUkf
LOWEST PRICES'
HULLS
CAKL AND MLAL
STREET & GRAVES
H0U8T0N TEXAS.
LUMBER
Everything Undsr Covr.
WE EAUDLE ONLY THE BEST
JESS1TH. JONES & CO.
W.V. ANQLI Manager.
Phon.s 24. Main an MoKlnncy.
LUMBER
PROMPT DKUVERT.
Beat Quality Lowest Price
EVERYTHING UNDER SHED
Q RAVEL FOR CONCRETE! WORK.
C. R. CUMMINGS
LUMBER COMPANY
Phonea 817.
14 Mel street.
LUMBER
Whit Pine Yellow Pine Oak Cypr
Lumber and Shingles.
Stat Agents for MalthoJd Roofing and
Malthold Building Paper.
BURTON LUMBER CO.
HOUSTON TEXAS.
SHEET IRON AND HEAVY PLATE
WORK OF ALL DsUCRIPTIONS.
TOFTE
BOILER AND SHEET IRON WORKS
Old Rhene 479. New Phone 441.
O. C. A 8. r. Track near Runnel 91
REFRIGERATORS
For the Horn) and 0mravl Ua
kept In stock. Our own make superior
'a anything- on the market and prlosa
lower. See them before making pur-
chase. HOUSTON SHOW CASE AND laAJTO-
FACTTJRINQ COMPANT.
Corner Washington and Height Boaue-
vard. Hulls and Meal
prompt Shipment auarenteadL
Write er Wire Us for Prices
INDUSTRIAL fJOTTON OIL CO.
HOUSTON. TEXAS.
WeBny New Potatoes
lota f.o.b. shtDplna station.
Get ear prlosa on POTATO BASS.
Desel-Ooettcher Co.
HOUSTON. TEXAS.
BALDWIN & CARGO!
WHOLESALE
FRUITSandPRODUCE
Potato Sacksl
Jnat recelTed ear 100-lb. bags AL ' S- '
If interested get prices. f
DISSEN & SCHNEIDER !
Houston. Texas
S. MYERS
Fruits & Produce
WE SOLICIT TOUR C0ISI6IHEITI
ESTABLISH ED 1890.
Chas. E. Yates & Co.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Dealers In Produce Oraln and Hay.
.Ship us your Butter Eggs and Poultry.
Highest price guaranteed. Phone a.
TU Travis Street. Houston. Texas.
GUS JAPHET
Wholesale Fruits and Prodno
and Commission Merchant
917 Commerce Avenue.
HOUSTON TEXAS.
Bank Fixtures
Bar Fixtures Show Cases
Estimates furnished promptly.
Bernard Brown Mfg. Co.
Psoas 1682.
food stuff. Those who Klv deep thought jL
to this question predict that In twenty'
fiv.. years tlm number of cow In ike i7
world will be doubled. Eoonornlate ' '
wheat Is a more staple monetary Statw v
ard than gold: Derhavs our ohUdtwa Kt
lire to see milk the BUlTral staVaatM
nt unhaasa . t ai.-
1
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Htuart a promroeot planter (Tool Pottm. ;
was in town mar ana repon tn esf
jook ter we eeuon erqp laTomnie
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