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DAILY
Til? Harket of London;
as we are constantly hearing
in New York. By raising and
lowering the rate of interest,
and by doing it frequently, and
j always keeping it adjusted to. tbe
' actnal needs of the money niar-
Mr Walter Bagehot, an Eu-I ket^itis in ai state of eousttnit
i ^vhnlflsoTno afttivitv. and IS not, i ^
per cent, on the capital stock of
uincli reason to know to our I the company, imyable as follows,
cost, made the football of des- vr2.:
perate speculators. The, ao- Five i^ceut. on the 1st day
triers -v - '• —*--J- 1 T— ** *« and live per cent.
of each succeed-
Offick IIoi'ston* Gas Liunt Co., i
Houston, Texas, Oct. 18,1S73. J
On the 10th day of May, 1873,
the Stockholders and Directors
of the Houston Gas Light Com
J™1' " . i wholesome activity, and is not, I pany made an assessment ot 25
zmwmot oooaitoUtlt^n hike Wall street .W wehavetoo1 " '
has lately written a
"Lombard Street/
London for m w t Hm,
Wall street or Third street in | ootiiit given bv Mr* Bagsiiot j ot June, 18 <3, a
which he gives a fbtt, clear, and j of- tlie Nations of the great ele- on the 1st day >
popular aecoont of that Eayate- I 0f the money market—the I ing month, iiutil tbe entire as
rioas thing, the money market. Bank of England, the joint-stock sessment was paid in. One no-
We «f« given to magnifying the i |)an}jSi private bankers, and bill tice having been published in the
importance of that which we do discounters—shows that we have Houston Daily Tdeyrapk o May
not clearly understand, and even I aI1 tUese except the Bank of | 12th, 1873, and daily continued
bankers art prone to lend their Rpgland; it is like having all
help to the vague uncertainty in I parts of a steam engine, and
-whksMhe secrets of the money getting it to work, to find that
market are shrouded froni the there is no governor—and with
public g%^e. Mr. Bagehot has a about the .sauio result—a want
taste for unraveling mysteries Ufd<teQl, prodiicifig a wa&te of
and for showing t^>here^I | inequality in the amount
* ,T" of power, and just such a tfant
of confidence as we see in out unpaid on certificate iSo. 30, for
own money market, as compared two shares.
to the safe and steady movement I Charles Tinsley, all install
of business in Lombard street. $ iharfir iHiffaid;:an) certificate Nd.
Banks and insartnee.
Halvealoa Advertisements.
St. Loois Advertisements.
>11K ( ITY BASK OF HOUSTON.
ipitnl *500,000
HorSTO>'. TEXAS
BLACK STAR LINE.
STEAM LUBMCATESG OIL WORKS
Liverpool and Texas Steamship G-EO. PARTRIDGE & CO.,
IU.NJ. A. ISOTT8.
i'rasldont,
B. Y. WEKMB,
Cashier.
ways a plain truth behind,
which he delights in-.-telling in
very plain terms. He wrote an
excellent book on the English
Government, in which li# un-
covered many things that
had for years passed as
profound secrets of state,
and now he has done the same
thing for the money market^
where governments are often
until fKfe t?£li day of this mouth.
The following named persons
have failed to make payment on
the shares standing in their
names on 4he books of the, com-
pany, and set opposite their re-
spective names, as follows:
J. T. Tinsley, all installments
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
36, for 37 shares
J. H. Tinsley, all installments
unpaid on certificate No, 35, pa
six shares.
W. H. Howard, second, third,
fourth ind fifth installments of
All persons entitled to register
o as voters of Harris county, who
nowadays .made and lost. His [ have not ^registered under the | five per cent, each on certificate
account of the Bank of England, provisions of an act to provide shares. !
with its conservative system, foe,the registration of voters, etc., D. McGregor, 3d, 4tli and 5th
shows that it serves an excellent passed by the TlurteenthLe^sla- installments, ot 5 per cent, each,
purpose in keeping a steady bal- ture, approved April-29, 1873, j on certificate No. 7, for fifteen
ance between all the lenders and are hereby notified that I will
all the borrowers who. come to attend in person or by deputy at i j w Henderson, all install-
r<oiyl«n>—the* one class tc^ 5get j the following named times =dna me,nts unpaid on certificates No.
money, the other to get the best places, for the purpose of com- ^ for Mteen share8.
prices they can for it. He shows pleting the registration of tie H HfenflSt&ort^fell in-
top that the money market, I voters of Hams county. Au gtallments unpaid on certificates
under whose potential influence those entitled tqf register, and No 27 ana 50 for fifty shares,
we all live, is after all, of com- who a^p uwOrie tpj^tend at the I sterling Price Henderson, allin-
parative recent creation—born registering places hereby named, gtallments unpaid on certificates,
as late as 1119, and not with the are informed that the registra- ^os 03 an(j 51 on fifty shares/
canny Scott, William Patter- tion books will remain open at B authority of the Charter
son, who really founded .the my office at the courthouse in au^By.iawg? ofJfhe*Q6mpaiiy,
Bank of England in 1694. The the city of Houston, closing j an(j Resolution of the Board
Offi'ri its services to the public, aud toilette
sn .,conal« of Merchants, banker*, and
oth*r> throughout the State.
Deposits received subject to oheck, and in-
Test aunts mad* on favorable terms.
Will gtve special attention to collections oa
tooeaaible points.
Bankers 07 merchants ean remit money or
draftr on this city and (Hires ton, and have the
prot-eedr transferred to their Northern, West-
er ■ an<l Southern correspondents free of
jharg*. - Tcept for Exehaage
Dirootors:
BBVJ. A. BOTT8 President
W. i. HUTCHIH8, t. W. GRAY,
a. j. burke. oob. xmns,
W. M. BIOS. t B. OT78HISQ
EXCS4K0S on London. ^arl«. Frankfort. B. e-
iqrc and Berlin. In rams to salt.
(Company's Steamers:
BAN JACINTO, (1209 ton*,) A. C. BOItKOW.4.
Commander.
8AN ANTONIO, (1200 tonv.) JOHN KKA. Com-
mander.
SAN MABCOU, BuildioK,
FOB LIVERPOOL DIBGOT.
SnCANSIUP SAM .TACIMTO,
Will salt on or about OCTOBER 1st, to be fol-
lowed by the
STEAM9HII" >AS ANTONIO.
Prepaid paaasnger tickets Issued to persons
dealrous of sending for friends, and drafts sola
for £1 and upwarus.
For freight, or psssage, apply to
0. W. HURUSX k CO., Agente,
OunftoE.
C. GBIMSHAW A CO., Apenti, Liverpool,
■aptao IT
J.JOUSTON INSUKAXCE COMPANY
HOU3TOS, TEXAS,
W l! take Ptrc sad Mart** ItUka
On u rmvor&ble tsrtuf u«ajrnU*bl< oomptny.
'* -AMD-
wiuism* WiMea oa-ftrst oiasa
DWELLINGS, STOREHOUSES,
—AKD—
VEJi C H A N,D 18 K
In any partof UiaStata. Blank Applleatlona
wnt by mall when reqmeated.
Dil'OOtorB
W- J. HOTOBINB, W. K. B10X,
B. A. BO ITS, t.W. OBAI,
P. J. WILLIS. O. B. LONOOOPB,
BOBT. BBBWMKB.
+, P. A. BOTTS, President
H. ausKOM.aaOMteO. ,i(
T. L. Bunoi. AsaUrtact Secretary.
E
K., B« Ik Si A
I^SPjf JUSTICE'S PRECINC*> ;
Election Precincts Nbs. Ir 2r3,
which-Mr. Stephen Colwell form-
ed, and his family gave to the
U^jyeraity. there is a collection
of over six hundred separate
pamphlets about the Bank
England, but most of them re
late to its earlier history, and j Registering place for Precinct
that has little or nothing to do ^ -* at Macatee's warehouse,
with the part it now plays in the Firgt >v*nl, eitv of Houston.
money market of the world, 1 - - - - -*
since it has become the regulate
in front of the courthouse door
of Hawia iff*ntyj/in the city of
Houston, on Se 17th day of No-
vember, beingthethirdMondayof
said month, at 12 o'clock m., so
many of each delinquent's shares
stock standing in their respec
J4J1NG8 BAN M .
OF MAIN AND FRA2IKLIN STREETS
a 5' . a r.
F. A, BIO*......., Presldant.
BKHJ. A. BOTTS Vice President.
Biz per oent teterest paid oa depoalts often
dolUri and 0Y«r left for siztr days.
ritmk dollar to nuthmrmmi ioiimrt
recelred on J "posit, subject to sight check.
Gold, aire currency bought and sold,
aoglt-ta . , „ B. RAPHAEL, Agent
ol Lombard street, and Lombard
street of the world, in all its real
financial operations.
'The history of banking goes
back to the early banks of Gene-
va and Venice, Amsterdam and
Hamburg, but these have either
disappeared entirely, or they
azto of small importance; now
in the actual control of
capital. It has gradually
centered in London, brought
there partly by the enormous ac-
cumulation of wealth and t&e
control of it in English, hands,
and finally by the destruction of
French credit, or rather Credit
- in the safety of the ' Bank of
France hyjthe. recent Communist
troubles in Paris. -The Bank of
England has to make no' small
sacrifice to hold its place as the
Kegistering place for PSrecinct tive names on the liooks of the
Nft 2, at Allen's Station, Second | Company, and to cover the nec-
Ward. . i I essary expenses * f .advertising
Registering place for Precinct and selling same.
No. 3,at Courthouse, Third Xf£d. t. F. WHITE,
Registering place for Precinct Secretaiy and Treasurer Houston
No. 4, at Markethouse, Fourth
Wardi . 1 ♦
Registering pktee for Precipct
Np. 5, at Texas and New Orleans
Depot, Fifth Ward.. * :
SECOND JUSTICE'S P&EC^#.;
-A]
vw
CITATION.
[8442.] 1 Snit pendiiig
Wm. Brady et al. \ in
Harris dis-
trict Court.
fce et aT
Exchange and Collection Office.
^ LOA^S NEGOTIATED.
Election Precinct No. l^eopn-.f
mencing Tuesday, October 28, " • B.
1873. and ending Saturday, Octo The State of Texas, to the Sheriff or any Con-
C- lz'— - - I "stable o( Iffirij (Oimtif—Greeting:
Whekeas, Wm. Brady and
T. F. White have filed their peti-
tion in said Court, complaining
of Wm. B. Noe and his wife,
Mary Noe; B. H. Morehead and.
1873. Registering place
at John Dunn'soffice, in the t^awn
of Harrisburg, *
TfllKB JUSTICE'S PRECINCT. ;
Election Precincts No. 1, 2, 3
banks, such as the London and [ Seethe
Westminster Joint-Stock Banks, :
I«y 20 per cent dividends and ] to^L^Vrr t>iaCe for Precinqt
flection rrecmcts^o. i, j, o his Fannie Morehead, and
and 4, ooartttenemg^Ta^day, No- j0^n Bender, a transient person,
vftmtipp 4. 1873. and endmc ' alleging, among other things,
that the said defendants are in-
,Jtp.Jhegi in the sum of
mss 881
Street^ JOr WIU16 JOUBg® j PAmkfAuM t\1opo -ft\p 1
increase their
their earnings, the Bank OfEhg
land sticks to the good old legal
rate of six per cent.; but
then it is obliged, snot by
law or even by its own regu-
EeL
No. 2, at
Bagrou.
store, on Cedar
lacc for Precinct.
ahead sod for help wl%pa the dan
ger actually^comes. Hie won-
derful conservative power of a
for the Mke of gteaf^bility is
eminently English; bnt then it
is also due to the fact that even
its large capital of nearly a hun-
dred million dollars, 1s Owned by
men whose wealth is so largely J Westfield
invested in other enterprises
that they are willing to take a
goal! interest from tbe bank so
to ®afee a larga profit oa
their other and more specula-
tive properties. The fact that
the Bank of England is a pri-
vate corporation is often lost
t Mr. Bagelot shows
ow entirely distinct its
banking bttmaeas is kept from
the agency entrusted to it by
the wovemment. We have a
somewhat similar instance in the
case of the Farmers' and Mechan-
ic^ Bank as the financial agent
of,tin State and ot the city, and
that in no way makes the Bank
a State or city institution. The
«aoni 0us operations of the Lon-
don money market of Lombard
street are largely due to the
sense of perfect -confidence in-
spired through the wboie finan-
tial world by the course of the
Bank of England for more than
half a century. We cannot ex-
pect to see that confidence
transferred to New York while
Wall street is so largely subject-
to the operations of "rings" and
833 59-100, for divers sums of
money loaned, paid wit and ad
vaneed at divers times from 9th
December, 1871, to 1st Septem-
[xnmirm^ m i
3, at Old Lodge budding, m their gpecial instance and re
ttSBKij. I quest, as same appears by bill of
particulars, attached to said peti
tion. And affidavit having been
% *n(ft?re
Therefore, yo^ are hereby com
manded to sunimon, by publica
tion in some newspaper publish-
lations, but simply by custom j N^atSet^^ST'lS
and to preserve in tact its power, keen's ^
to hold a reserve of 40 to,50 per I
cent., while the joint-stock banks j fourth justice's precinct.'
trade 'on 10 to 15 per cent, and •*'****>'. i
look to the Bank of England both I Election Precincts Nos. 1, 2
for caution when there is danger j and 3, commencing Tuesday, No-
vember 11,1873, and ending Sat-1 ©d in your county, sayl defend-
urday, November 15,1873. j ants, W. B'. Noe, Marr Noe, B
Registering place for Precinct H. Morehead, Fannie Morehead,
No. 1, at Huffman's House. ' to be and appear before said
Registering place for Precinct Court, 'in the city of Houston,s
No. 2, at Joe. Dunman's school- j Harris county, on the last Mon-
house, Dunman's Prairie. f I day df 1 j 1?^ *TOen and
Registering place for Precinct there to answer said petition ex-
No: 3, at Tautenhahn's store, on hibited against tbe said defend-
GreatNorthern Railroad, town of:| -tftftA.' / m ftria </ v \t
Issued 7th day of November,
1073. !
Witness: A. K. Taylor,
Election Prednets Nos. 1, 2, 3 I ( T _ s ) Clerk of said Court, at
and 4; Commencing Tuesday, ) ' 'f office, this day of
NovemberJU-j 1873, and endingeLflisnr-vrtjiSi.Y u
Saturday,"November 15,1873. | - ul' A. K. T&YLOB,
, Re&dsterins place for Precinot I ' ^ • * Clerk.
No^StMer's store, in the ) ' By F. M. PotAM), D. O.
FIFTH JUSTICE'S PR CTNCT.
g place for Precinct j I order this writ published four
Duct's store, in the weeks in the Houston Mercury.
1 - * , < A. B. HALL,
nov9-4w ,fSheriff H. C.
Registering place for Precinct
No. -3, at Rose Hill Postofficev
(Hiiseh's store:)
Registering place for Precinct
No. 4, at> gimmeHMMi^B old store
(nowfeakHt'^) owlio^^rpypressl
A. K. Taylor,
Cierk Bistriet Ccrarfc«i
. and Registrar.
Til El
MERGDRTILLDSTFATED
' Ax«ivr A STAC. '
W. a. EOBEETSOS*.
A. J. SHKPHEHD
RoWoi k SlBDfiSrfl,
F8r0' 0 r& m. iB ,
Comi
Kos.1
Liberal adv
Dtaltrs in C04
We will 1
terchants,
, oor. ot Travis,
2XAS.
1 Cotton and Hides.
rodBcc Generally,
for the beat ad-
"Spools f and yet the growth and
development of wealth in this
country are so rapid that san-
guine people think they see signs
« a future and not very distant
day, when New York shall con-
trol the money of the world, as
London does today. This con-
trol, however, does not come
ely from the superior wealth
. The Illustrations for oar Almanac for 1(7* are
now completed, i Tkey are froai tfaa best artists
nM information aTaraoilMMia cm yolom*..
It will contain not less than 150 pages octavo,
AM) WILL BE DISTRIBUTE!) FftEE
as m idrsrtlslng medium for cmr (
visage of Shippers. Our Cotton business ex
ciaslv^£on^fion^is«lon. ^ ^jgjt7-desAw
WOOD! WOOD! WOOD!
|,. rnr.mBm>iU
Provide for the Cold Weather
of London itself, for, great as it **• tWroku ach a* to insure
is, it is not a tithe of the monej' I Pra881"r*Uon
dealt in every day in Lombard
street. It rests jipon the ihet
the people of all conn-
trust implicitly" . their
surplus money to die keep-
lag. of London banks and
hankers,... and in turn go
to them just as implicitly
for money when they waftt iiy
lrowmina tlinf nn mnftov' :4>1 .'
that, no matter ^rith
they tteaU afler all, and
hack of all, tee is tlt Bnh Ofi;
England, whieh takes ear^of the
money market, and prevents any
possibility of such combinations
FIFTEEN THOUSAND COPIES FREE
Car last year's Almanac was promsne^} tkc
best ever issued la Texas. That for 1tt< A
twice the (ise a*4 at w. tiasaa the valae A
limited amount of space for good butine.<t adrer.
(Uemeat*. Fries most raaaeaakie.
Orders sbonld he stnt in prompt!}' tg r cnre
• yoaiWsn. f.t- «■>. _ -if
SUStt mZZk''& % ■ "•
PnMifthcr.
mHFLJbA.& CASH.
' PLENTY OF OAK WOOI)
Sawed and Split, is always to Be had at our
Yard, eorxwr Tnalsla a and Oongreas streets.
Lsavs orders at Mr. W. Sohweikart's, Market
Square, or at lotfr OroMry Store, corner Louisl
ana and Congress streets.
.-/) I MM /HiM PHIPPS k CO..
norl-lm Wood Dealers.
QITY qiuu ropqpft., <-«CZtfEEFL1
M+tblt
which
dollars per pound.
septMtf
5riJ i , ,
rjw «atei ME ED. 1
■elected
tfroi
Order early.
S. H. CttSBIXG.
GEO. B. MADDEN
OtTY and CHAMPION Bill Poster and Dla-
tributor of Texas. Owns two thonsmd leet of
Bill BoeM. Only Ctreus Show Beards In Cen
tral Texas.
" AkUl WMMyHn** — tea. gaUeti or
.«f aegM-tf
W. L. MOODY. JL S. JEMS80N,
moody & jemison;1
COTTON FACTORS
—AND— I
- iff ; • : " •' |
General Commission Merchants
sept30 6a , u Strand, Galveston.
S. JACOBS ft BECKHA8DT,
,i; . MAHDF1CTCREBS OF 'i
CLiOTHiNG-,,.
Ueuta' Farnlahinc Goods, Trunlu, Etc.
155 Strand, Galveston, Texas.
eeptW6m
LEON k H. BLUM,
IMPOBTEB8 ABD JOBBERS OF
Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods,
GENTS' FURNISHING' GOODS,
Boole aad Shoes, Ila^s, Nottana, Ktc.
STBASD BTB1ST, GALYB8TON, TBXAS. !
I New York OflMe—178 Jt T1 Worth Street.
septSO Km*
GBEENLETE, BLOCK & CO.
- tH r,- tr tn-vt ,
IMPOBTEBS AKD JOBBERS OF i(J *
RY GOODS, NOTIONS,
HATS, TRUNKS, ETC.
1X6, 188 ft 130 Strand, Galveston, Tex.
septSO 8m*
MAKUFACTCSESS AKD MACXBa XB
RAILWAY OILS AND CARGREA^
Lard and Seatsfoot Oils, XXX Beflned TaUow
Oil, Diamcud Illuminator, Ooal Oil, Axle
Grease, Etc. Western Agents tor the
Averill Chemical Paint Co.,
Office 718 N. Main 8treet. Factory 911 N. Levee.
sep:3-dly SAINT LOUI?, MO.
C. UKUCKHEB. S. ItA11LSB.
BRUCKNER & MAHLER,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IK
IMPORTED AND NATIVE IN***
LIQUORS AND FANCY GROCERIES,
'tlS Market Street,
_ e ST. LOi:i8, MO.
St. Louis Lager Beer guaranteed to keep in
any climate. septS-dly
J. O. rOBD. HXXBT SMITH. NEWTOB H. VORIi.
J. O. FORD & CO.,
SADDI«ERT
Saddlery Hardware,
Is. 418 Mata St.,
eept3-6m
St. Lonl .
W. J. HtrrCHINS, ' T. L. BLANTOH,
President. Oashiei
■RATIONAL EXCHANGE BASK
OF
H OUSTON,
A. ALLEN &
! —DBALKBS IS"—
CO.
!«
Marble,
COLLECTIONS MADE THROUGHOUT THB
—————■ unr —™
WILL BUT:AND SELL KXCHANGE
Oa tb« principal cities is the United Btatse and
U«M> S, ,i i HI?
W Accounts of Merchants, Bankers aad
othere solicited. * ' jefc-ly
lyraa.
oetlT-tf
f|pteiB and Poblie Houses.
ITTC HI g^HOTMK^
#. WSnSb, Proprietor.
BOARD THB DAT. WTO OB MOOT M,
WITS OB WITHOUT LODGING.
>>^T7tdgrai<irtteiri , It to.
QAPITOL HOTEL,
iikT*taMdtfii8B akxnB.)
EL L. Bbbmond, - - Pbopbistob
Hsestea, Tsias. oetl-Iy
s
KILTON HOUSE.
MB8 T.J PBABSON Manager.
gTEPHEN 8XILTON.......... ..Steward.
UKAK<«R. f^Jdlli.
Board by day, 1
*SESfbWE
wlthta soe square e t Ik
JLAHH
FREEMAN HOUSE,
Na-veusota, Texas.
IBA M. FBZBMAN,
aui. Proprieto)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
GALVHSTOW, '*■> > - if- "VKXAS.
WHOlieHT I H.UN HA| LUG
MmB&ctQred as cheap as New York, and all
Marble york Guaranteed.
Drawer *9. Bait Mir*. Kir! ngl6-ly
L. L6GIXB8S. H. LASKER. B. MARCUS.
LeOIERSE & CO.
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AND IMPORTERS OF
LIQTJORS AND CIGARS,
Strand, Galrtstea, Texas,
anglS-8m - ■ • •
v. x. nmuT. *• 1. annta,
P. H. HENNESSY & BRO
UVtFOI=*.TJEimf5.
AND TBOLSBALI DKA,LEBB 1*
STOYES, TEN PLATES,
Sheet Iron, SZlxxcs,
TINKERS' TOOLS,
-A- Tvri-> 3Vt^.Ot3IX3SrE!S:.
Sole Agents for the
3. L. Mott Iron Works.
19, 21, 23 & 25 STRAND,
G A LYESTO K, T EX A 8.
jyttrg , c.j j
taa u. wnjux, *.y.; oha*. b. aniun.
WILLIE & CLEVELAND,
J UWT1W, - r .
OFriCI—BALLINSBB A JACK'S BUILDING,
LACLEDE HOTEL,
SAINT L«UI3,
Chesnut Street from Fifth to Sixths
* V
Tlie New addition known as the Blrcher Hotel
is now oomplete, and is newly furnished tfcrongh-
ont, improved passenger elevator, bath rooms en
smte, and erery modern oonrenienoe. Table will
compere with any la Hue West and first Claas
in every respect. The LAOLBDB Bee capacity
for eight hundred.
J. W. MALIK * SON,
septa-fan Proprietors.
ST. JAMES HOTEL,
Centrally Located,
Corner of Fifth and Walunt Streets,
St. Louis, Missouri.
This Route has lately been enlarged and tut*
ocrgone thorough repairs, painting and new
Furniture, Passenger Elevator and other im-
provements.-
Our Hotel OarriagewwU] be found on the arri-
val of boats.
Omnibuses arrive and leave the 8T. JAMES
fear each Train, and baggage checked to all
points at our door.
Every attention shown our guests.
HDTKT W. BnoLAsn,)
Johw B. Owniae. J
BBOLA8KB A OWING8,
sept3-3m Proorielors
OWENS, LANE & DYER,
MACHINE COMPANY,
•
VAHUFAOTUmSBfl OF
PORTABLE AWSTATIOHABY ENGINES
CIRCULAR SAW MILL8,
HOSTICK, SEYMOUR ft 'COHEK,
Late B08TICK A SEYMOUR.
IIAHDWARK, MKTAL, lltON PIMC1
AND PPHP8,
Steamboat, Bailroad and Machine Supplies,
STOVES, TINWABE, TINNERS' STOCK AND
TOOLS.
'1 ho most complete Stock In the Soutli.
Uonris Sold at Stw York 1'ricci.
[ ron Pipe and Fittings for Steam, Water or
L Gas. Brass Valves, Oocks, Oil Globes, Steam
and Water Gauge*, Boiler Tubes, Bolts and
Nuts, Hot Pressed Note, L*y Screws, Washers,
Birets, Blacksmitlis'Beflows, Vase«, Bar, Rod,
Sheet and Boiler Iron. Galvanized and Bus
sian Sheet Iron, Block Tin, Tin Plate, Zinc,
Antimony, Babbit Metal, Sheet Oopper, Pig
Lead and Lead pipe. Cistern, Well and Force
Pumps, Brass and Iron Wire Cloth, bice .Cloth,
Rubber, Lubricating and Hemp Packing* Bub-
ber Hose, Belting, Lubricating, Lard, StgdM,
Sperm, Headlight, Linseed acd Boiled Oil,
White Lead, Paints, Dot toil Waste, Cotton Psck.
ing, Gaslltters and Machinists' Stock Band Dies,
Pipe Cutters' Tongs, Wrencbee, Jack Screws,
Levels, and a complete assortment of Ma-
chinist Too'.s, Steel Flue Bnfthee, from 4 to M
inches; Patent Steel Flue Scrapers, T-amp.,
Lanterns, Headlights. Oil Feeders, a full 5up>
ply of Shelf Hardware, Files, etc., Tinners'
Stock, Stovei&nd Tinware.
Aseata : -
For GBAAF A CO.'s STEEL BBUSHE8, for
Boi'er Fines, and Cleaning Oastinas
For J.H.WESTON'S Premlnm LIGHTNING
BODS.
For POWELL'S PATENT 8elf-Griadlng GLOBE
YALYES. , . r T
For New England Mmnfictorlng Go.'m LINEN
HOSE.
For BUMSEY'S PUMPS and WELL POINTS.
For ASHOHOFXtj & BLAKE'S STEAM
GAUGES.
For DOWNEB'S and Globe LUBB1CA1ISG
OILS. m
Iron Pipe cot and fitted to any Length or
Bole' Agents for MINERAL SPEBM OIL for
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Texaa and
Florida. See advertisement of this OIL in
another column.
Send for one of our Prioe Lists.
BOSTIOK, SEYMOUB A OUHEN,
anl 47 Front,
ton streets. New Orleans.
. UL.
ENOCH MOBOAN8 SON'S 3
S A p O JL 10.;: J
is a substitute for Soap for all Household pur-
poeea. cxcept washing clothes.
S A P O L IO ^
for Cleaning your Honse will ear. the lafeor of - ■_
one cleaner. Give it a trial.
_______ g;
for Windows Is better than Whiting or Water,
No removing curtains i" ' "
SAP OLIO
cleans Paint and \\".OQi In fact the entire honae
better than Soap. No slopping. Saves lab. r
Yon cant afford to be without it.
...
:<o
•T3
PS
SAPOLIO id
for Scouring Knives tt better and cieaner than "A
Bath Brick. Will not aoKatch. O
,;j:5APOLIO
le better than Soap and Sand for polishing Tte-
ware. Brightens without scratching.
aS A POLIO"
polishes Brass and Copper utensils better tAaaS
Acid or Oil saA Batten Stona.
'SAFOlIO
foe Washing Diahea i
Cheaper than Soap.
SAP OLIO
t Mantel e. Tables and
tied Walls, and from
removes 8tj
Statuary,
China and Porcelain.
SAPOLK)
■s Stains and OTease from Carp
Carpets an
Nos. 45 anl 47 Front, and 46 and 48 Ent
angia^F
removes
other woven fabrloa.
There is bo one artlrli ksows tha
will do so many kinds of work aad -: J.
delt as well as Sapolto. Trjr It.
>
''M
J?
2*
S
:cT
I
f
Wood aad Iron Working Machinery,
Belting, MDl Gearing, Water Wheels, Etc.
No. TIT North Second Street, ST. LOUI-, MO.
eeptMam ■ ■ ■ ■ '
A. BEISSE is BROS.,
ixpcarms and dxalkss rs
? | TOYS & FANCT GOODS,
9)8 4c SM'SeUk Fourth Street, _
(Northeast Cor. ot Poplar St)
septMly ? | o,1 f ' ST. LOUIS, BIO.
STATE LINE STEAMSHIP CO.
LIMITED.
The following new first class, full-pa* ered
Clyde btilt Sjrew steamships ere intended • to
sad regularly between NEW OBLBANS and
LIVXBPOOL and GLASGOW and NEW YOBS:
LOUISIANA, 3000 tone register.. .Oapt Stewarts
MINNESOTA, 2000 tons tegist-r. Cipt. Hanmn.
ALABAMA, 3400 tons register Uapt, Flint.
PENNSYVANIA, 3600 tons register.Oapt. Bra*a.
YIBGINIA, 2600 tons regist-r......Qapt. Sailer.
GEORGIA, 2500 tons register......Oapi. Qaoyr.
The steamers of Oils line will sail for Liver,
pool dlreot, aafollows: •: £■ •
From New York to Glasgow, fortnightly.
Will receive and sign through bills of lading
to Uavre, B-emen, Hamburg, Antwerp, Better«
dam, and all Continental porta.
B tern tickets issued available for TWELW
MONTHS, at reduced rates, and Through Tick-
ets to all parts of the United Kingdom and
Europe.
A stewardess and surgeon an attached to
each steamer; no charge is aadt-lor attend,
anoe and medicine. „
Money orders granted free ol charge.
Pren id Emigration Tickets issued here to
parties desirous of sending for their friends.
These vessels cross the bar at all times with,
out detention.
For freigl Sim tuau ttfte superior at
commcdations, apply to
A. K. MILLEB k CO.,
* i So. 29 Oarendekt street, tiew Orleens.
NMM(| h, '•!«! !,.-
LIVEBPOOL AND NEW ORLEANS LINE Or
! , srrfAMBBS. *;/- \
BUILTEXPBESaUEFOB THE NEW ! :
: .-nr.- ti : OBLBANB TBADE. -
THE MISSISSIPPI AND DOMINION LINE
FIB8T-CLA3S POWERFUL SCREW STEAM-
,.a&r , \ EBS. „ -w.. v. - '
8T. LOUIS,Uapt. Edmonson ....lSJT tons
MEMPHIS, Capt Mellon .......26C0
MISSISSIPPI, Capt. Boberts....3600 •<
VICKSBUBG, Capt. rR 3606 "
TEXAS, Cant ......2500 *'
DOMINION bnUdlng.......
HAND SAP O LIOse
a new and wonderfully effective
Toilet Soap, having no eqnai is
this country or abroad.
HAND SAP O L I O
as an article for the Bath, '■■ rescD- ^
es the foundation" of all dirt, ^
opens the pores and giveaahealtby S
action and brilliant tint to the
skin. J©
nAND SAP0LI0|
Cleanses aad Beautifies the Ski . ^
instantly removing any stain o Jr
blemish from both hands and face
0 LI Of
is Vrith6dt a rival in the world for
coring ~or preventing roughness
and etMppLog of either hands or —^
fkoe.
H A ND
HAND SAP O LIO _
removes tar, pitch, iron or ink
stains aad grease; for workers in ■ Je
machine shops, mines, etc., is In- Xm
valuable. For making the skin ^
white aad soft, and giving to tt a.
•'bloom of beauty," it Unusual ... ,
passed by snyOosmetio known. _ ^
H and SAP OLIO -f
costs 10 to U cents per cake, and tST
everybody should have it Yoa "OB
will like It ; .,u t. \ ^
Don't Fail to Try Hies^ Go^s. .
Bay It of year merchant If he has i©
it or will procure it for yea. If nst, -y
the* write for ear PawpkUt, " AH . .
ONTARIO, building.
Anstin
Adrer
erUsemenfc.
Commercial Hotel
ASD EESTAU1A5T,
CoMitxncx ryrgrj 0)1 mum Unox Drpor,
" HOUSTON, TBXAS.
at reasonable ratea. This 1st
honae for travelers to stop at la Ho
srs Ukso. JOHN AJKTO, Jr.,
oeU9-Sm llsnsfsr.
:-O A*> rm0t6tr.
Jy*-tf item
tax a a
Xj. PRICE, a
. (Late of Lagrange.)
LAW YM R.
Ogee Over the Newt offlee, Galveston.
P. O. Box 1384. JyH-ly j
ao.
. fHllIT HOUSE,
VV z\eJaixagton, XD. O.
1. N. CAMPBELL
JOHN EL Y. ROBERTS
^ASHIRGTON HOTEL,
GALVESTON, TEXAS. . ,
la':-• 'I ! ^ jfi ^ '
JOIdCU STJ2V1JVIE3FLS.
(Late of Itiakaaga,) '
Proprietor.
wit-" i
North Side Psklie Iqsart,
CAMPBELL * ROBSBTS, Pr#pr's,
*' SHERMAN, - ' *'•' *' TEXAS.
1 he only first class Belal la Xostkem Texas.
MoOLELLAND HOTEL,
"Waco, - -" - Texas.
The only first class Hotel in the cltr, contain,
ing over one hundred rooms. Table, the very
bsst. Special attention paid to tha comfort of
tha traveling pohlitv. ,
Fare, 93.50 par Day.
J. glUHIIE k 00.,
sept4-3m* proprietors.
OITSP ITOTBLl
,T. W. O'NEAL, - - - Proprietor,
Congress Avenue, Corner Oedar Street,
AUSTIN, TBXAI,
Has an ngebstructed Sonth view, aad Is the leet
ventilated hoase in the city. Btsges sail for pea.
seagers. Charges moderate. F atisfkcilon gaar-
anteed. '-■ - - oet31-ly
O. P. RUSH. * J. HOLLENBECK.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
, m.*u * uimbhskck. rnp'n.
Corner of Kim aad Jefferson Etta.
Dallas, - - T©:
We guarantee the best table and the best beds
in Tessa. Building new, aad fornishsd la tha
vory best style. sagM ly
CRUTCHFIELD HOUSE,
Johnson * MclLHENNY, Proprietor*,
uitliAtt, '-1 TtXAS.
STAGE OFFICE. '
a. xiKvvKa.
MARX & KEMFNEB,
WHOLESALE GEOCERS I
-AND- 'v fK
T iIQXJOR ZDEJ^-XjJEJFtS
161 * 16j STKAND.
GALVKSTOR, .... TBXAS.
Haw York OOsi 76 Worth atreat. Iy90-ly
GREENSVILLE BO WELL, M. D.,
SURG-EON.
Office, over the Newt Office, Galveston, Texas.
ItssUeaae. Washington Hotel.
TO THE PBOFX8SION :'
Da. Dowxix treats speciallywlth Instruments
invented by hlmaelf at tfcsfc>&owtag rates:
Baikal care of Abdomiaal Hernia.. 1«0 to f 800
Ha<Hnsl onrs of Stricture or Urethra 100 to aoo
Yuioocels aad Yariooee Yelas .... 100 to 600:
Urinary Calculi, (operation,)........ 100 to GOO
Tariooae Uloere. 60 to 100
Books and Ixutnointi tog tfiVf at
pcbUahsrs' and SMwufartiMsis' prices.
Glaas Eyes—ail ooloee—leeertad for MS to
••0. ■ • j . , ■
Students will be neetved aad instructed in
my specialties^ as well ae disessss of the EYE
aad KAB, with models and diserama. jyU-tf
TMOS. A. GABY. W. A. OLIPHIXT.
GARY & OLIPHINT,
Wholesale Grocers,
—AND—
COaTON FACI'ORW
Nos. 163, 164 aad 166 Itraad,
GALVESTON.
on ooaalgamei
furnished at lowest rates.
RAYMOND 1 HOUSE,
^bsmai vcxai,
B. M. ODOBf, Proprietor..,,..'
Situated wtthla two blocks of. the. j841ioad
Depot, and decidedly the moat pleasant and
ooavenleafly MM hotel la tfce o^fn 14 <. .
No pains wliibe glared to make guestoeom-
Tke general ticket and ttsartif titoeaBentn
ttie same building. .; septa tf
F. W. SUTOR,
• I'rcyprlotor
CITY BREWER'S
OOB. LIVE OAK AND GUADALUPE STS.,
(One Block below fhe Courthouse,) '; )
Austin, 'Wy- n >'£ . vitfckf.'
eatrastodto^e wiU be^Uy
TO TBiBEitS lini; '7 lf"li 11
1 :i .iat yjsiui-> -I r
COUKtlfT MERCHANTS.
Mt j>; "JflUlIOff 'ti• £!A iiiin—mmi*
She ^sqaat.fire la Boston hartac.eavaad a
maWtaladvanoela • .,j
r BOOTS ANB SHOES, :ftti
.iMiilOMli*)') if -ni iHiit f ii
, Ihere«tthe4w my BNTIBE BTOOK of same
•ahead s ri i^ln
^.t; OOBt,
I have also some
$40,000 Worth ©f Dry Goods,
laelniWng FLANNELS and other Woolen
Goods (which have advanced from 30 to Si per
caaA)as walls*
A General Assortment of Notions,
Which I will ssll at LOWEB FIGUBSS than
can be purchaeed tat aay Mtjr la the Union.
....aooo
. 1..SOOO *
For Liverpool Direct,—The steamship
* ' ST. Lftlilil, ";.
Ed mondson ,'Commander,
Will sail oa or about every fifteen days,' from
Wharf between Jarkton aad Mllip
sts.. Fourth District. Will .repalve and sign
through bills of lading to Havre, Bremen. Ant-
werp, Rotterdam, and all Continental ports;
Parties desirous of sending for their friends
. can purchase prepaid emigration tickets here.
A reduction allowed when applied for in groups.
For freight or passage, having superior ac-
commodations, apply to ' SILAS WEEES,
? AS OKonMet street.
5WH6T8—FL1NN, MAIN A MGNT-
GOHEBY, 13 Lancelot Hay, Chapel s™t,Uv-
DOHN k CFiAllWKR,
DEALEBIN
HAV, BRAN,
FLOUR, BAULKY, HVK,
OBACKED OOBN, CORN XEAL, BOOK. SALT,
,v.; ... g^jfrp<igr.TaMnBf*wl ".m '
Western fparoca-xAOo.'
No. 97 Peters^t, (late New Levee,) and SI Ful-
ton st, cor. Lif yette,.New Orleans.
Orders solicited and promptly attended to.
angia-4ma-i n- i <--.t ,
FLtNNE'S VARIETIES
aboat gapalio," sad u will be
free.
ENOC^^^gAN^ SON
aag?-3m-d£w *—
•ile<l
kOE, N. Y.
JaS. FLYNNE Proprietor and Manager
CHARLES PETBIE... Stage Director
OPEN YlE&R AROUND.
The snly legitimate Yartety Theatre fa New
Orleans. sep^-tt
HOFFMAN,.MARKS & CO.,
no. 38 CHA&TEES STREET,
s '•' NEW OBLEANS. " ^; |
Liberal Cash Advances made on sll Conslga-
Monday, Wednesday and Trlifg—Dry
nisunguoo* '
«aK
1. P. MACHECA. JOH* KACSSCA. X. MiCHKCA.
' BEANC^OF , j
JOE MACHECA & CO.,
Gomimssioa llerchaal^a |
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in til kinds of
FOREIGN AND DOXESXIC t-, iS |
FHUITS ANjf2 ITUTS,
OOB. CABP A° OANAL 8T8. :j-,o F
*>'■ - •"< ' "-■■■ NEW ORLEANS. J
nov5-2m f.v. a".no-fa e;fl' 1 ■
It la ai sarnsst daalre to retire from the
above msattofted branches of busiaess, and de-
vote au attoatton sxclaslvely to „
! !
Merchants will tharefbre find it to UifAr to*
teesstto •, ' ' .. .. ' ..! *
:T i rJTfi r«.j iitfi}ii|fS«af . ?
CALL ANB KXAM1NK tk% cMPHfH*
As liberal eonoessions wUi oertalnly b« ica^t,
1 aoSOtf • ; '• <*.' id. liWBMBi
J. €. EYAK8, «';•« j *
SCENIC
Libsral oash^dvanoes made oa ocmaigamsnts.
aad Ties f
Tliiflnr
Zbw
0m
Northern Texas.
ang37-«m
A ftnen dastec, m an e^Ulenco
of overcoat wealth at this season
of the year, is too thin.
, LADIES
tr? i : *■ 4 ^ .j r* ± i
Vititiay Catds, Busmen Cards of aU
kinds, Gentlemen's Cardt, plain and e t-
lasted, in'ptain Uack or colored inks, ex-
tcuted in the highest style of the art, at
* thi most reasonable prices, at the Mercury
Steam Printing Establishment, over the
Psstojlce.
The Academic Department
OF THE
CBITTEXOE9 BUSINESS COLLEGE.
This Institution prep pass to Impart to youths
-— -— (who alone are eligible
FRESCOS PAINTER.
f Ortstafcr pabltc sad private Theetrieal Scen-
ery, Church, Theatrical aad Public Hall Deoora-
tions promptly attended 4k 1...
AJdrees, Galveston aad Houston. Jy*-tf
i i> * ■ 'f-i* U,- M
HOtSTON CITY LIBRARY.
Elstat3lielied 1870.
OV ER 120O~VOLUME S.
Terms W Cssts par Hoslk,
CHANGEABLE AT PLEASURE.
See theaewadditions:
VISS or KM?—By WflMe ColMna.
boa IS to 16 Mrs or age (who a
sf ISteMS aadtta faitlsaM? laaUUtanto I ?*?"•
J^S^wSWilSh SfcSS BAWB rraiBISH—By Father Barke.
ygfgR ^^NSoS^By Danbury News
urlFh«^raphyor Short Hand, ft I ^PASSION IN TAT ER8—By Annie ~
Tinas—Per month, la advance, $57
t*month, in advance, $57 . ,| BTBAKGEB8 and PILGBIMS—By Mlse Brad.
Mo extras sxoeci for blank books aad sla- I don.,
ttoawjr^ 'li TOO SOON—By Miss Maequoid. .fJ,
Hoars from 9 a. m. to U u.. aad from 2 to 4 I news. Beak a, staltsaery A Varieties.
P'M" ^ I BALDWIN * CO.,
ootH* I septl9-tt 84 Bain Street
01TTT HOTEJi, :
R. S. MORSE, Proprietor
Ossner eiOsssp ia« (Hmmsa lireeMb,; j .
.- . WW OBLEAJg Le.! .
- ^ .; H. HENKE,^ ^ ^ [
SEW ORLEANS GROCERY STORE.
CHEAPEST GROGXRZ IN HOUSTON. • .
OppoRte Bailff," «a Coagresi Street
. le< st< ■ #
49-Oome sad see as aad bepsnaafled. ' 5*
>rn oe(9e-lm i <=*•;« .aier? iVtiaovo 1
RICHARD M^CLOSKE FS
BE8TAUHANT,
10 A 72 ST. CHARLES ST., NEW ORLEANS,
Meals served at all hoorsin the most elegant
style. AU the deUcSciee of theeeeaen, with a
large aeewrtmert o{ Wtass sad Liqaors.
Private rooms for Damll"
octlG-lat
$9 5 5,0 0 0
I3ST CASH GhlF-TS
TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY TI1K
Mercantile l*ri«e Associati
W 1«| TOBE.
. h DAILY DRAWINGS.
A Prize for Every Tieket.
"S
Z**
TS*
-
1 Cash Gift, $100,000 1 75 Cash Gl£t8,each, $1,000 -= B
« •« « 60,C001 800 " " " 600
13 " 88.0001 aoo " " " 230 . _
to • " 5,000 1 280 " '• " lao "T.
too Gold watches. JM to 900 . ©
176 Sewtng Hachinee v. ao to 160 - •
76 Elegant Pianos each 260 to 780
60 " Melodeens *• Wto 0^SS
Cash Gifts, Silverware, etc., valued at $1,600, - **t
mi :
A ebance to draw any of the above priaea for ^
25 cents. Tickets describing prices are eaaled la
envelopes and wril mixed. On receipt of 26
oeats a seated ticket is drawn without choice and Si
seat by mall to any address. The prise asmed (5
upoatttobe delivered to the " "
payment ot one dollar. Prizes i
sent to any address by expressnr return 1. _
Ton WiU know what your prise Is beforsyee -— ^
pay for it. Aay prize exchanged for another ;
of toe same value. No blanks. Our patrons esa p.
Opcxokb of ^sss .—Fair dealing ean be
MMoa-N. i. Herald, Aug. &. A genuine ;.
dlstrUmtion.—World, Sept. 9. Not one of the ~
humbugs of tLe day—Weekly Tribune, July 7.
They give general satisfaction.—Staats Zeitang, ™
Aug. 6. .1 ^
Bisrsaxscss —Bv kiad-permisslcn. We refer ~ S
to the foUowlnir : Franklin 8. Lsae, Louisville, - 0C
drew $13,000. Miss Battle Maker, Charleston, J-J
Mrs. Louisa T. Blake, St PauL $70tt
T. Baymond, Boston, $5,600. Eugene -JH
D. Bracksett, Pittsburg, Watch, $806. Bias
Annie Osgood, New Orleans. $5,000. Emory L. 5T
Pratt, Columbus, Ohio, $7,000. .. . . " 2
One cash gilt in every package of 140 tickets r .
gBftrasteed, 6 tickets lot $100 ; 11 for $2 00 :
$5 for $800 ; 60 for $600 : 160 for $16 00.
Agents wanted, to whom we eCer liberal in. jJJ
duoemeats and gaarantee satisfaetton. ' —
ae
Address
FALTEB B. TUHNBBAOO..
H 746
Z.J&
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
willxak h, gun, wrmna e. waaa. 55
CRANK & WEBB, IS
ATTOBmEYS AT LAW, 31
'ii f. . HOUSTON, TBIAk cT,
Win practice in sll tha State sad Federal S
Oourta.
Oct. 21-8m
■? *+
j QC
J. B. LIKENS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
uousT-on
Orp io*~ In Bice's BnUdlng, Osacnss stre<
aoond door from First NaBaaalBaak. frMf
.TEXAS.^
oiUes ap state*.
C< HEBON, Manager.
• ' STONEWALL ;; j '
SALE STABLES,
No. 134 Barouste St., Sew Orleeas. |
I wUl keep constantly on han4, j '
6000 WORK H0B&E8 A MULES,
Which I will selfta'the meet reasonable forms.
Parties wishing to bar would 4a well to es-
amine my Stock before parr basing elsewhere.'
eept27-$m
JAMBS
W
B1DWELI/S
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
St. Cljarieafjtrcst, Orleans, j
The favorite Family Theatre of tha South,
pteaeaUng in rapid saccession, all of the poj>-
ular amusements of the day/ and st popular
priesa. rr- - i mil i-i -h — '
Bras* Hatlsca Kvary gatarday.
Oct8-d2m. '• s-r, * tstfr ■
JOB WOB%' fl,: • s.ii
Circulars, Bill Heads, Receipt#, Drafts,
Later Beads, (mi Job {fork of all Muds
executed*in the metfptrHsHc manner,
with the grea^ etonqkk. and at the
lowest living rtSesf 'at T&Mtratry Steam
Minting Ettabtlsh-rrimf? over me Post-
office. ■ •' * ;
SD
e*
ae
ji,c. c. WIUCH,
^TTTOBNEY AT LAW |S!
Bfostea. - - Twas, ©
lanW
eao. ooLmswAizs.
tJOLDTHJrt'MTE *
ATTORNEYS &GOUKSELLGBS it
VAN AISTTNE*S BUILDING.
HOUSTON .n - - TE IAi.
jy22-ly t
DR. J. F. KERB,
S-CLX-sfeOTX Dontiet.-ft
Is now eeparod to perform all work in . ^
OPERATIVE and MECHANICAL DECTIBTRT g
at the home of Ms patror.s. AU orders mailed
to his address, f
BOX 459, HOUSTON, C,
wiU ao promptly attended to.
1 Bsfers, by permission, to the following well cj*-
known persons ot this city:
B. Powell, M. D.: Leoaid&s Hodspeth, M.D ; '
G. A. McDoancl, M. D.; D. T. Lundy, M. D.U "Jt
aad all of his patrons. July2> tf — p*-
SP
K°
WARD * BVTUBKFOKB,
V PHYSICIANS,
Offioc—Congress street, next door to Wagley
A Loqkirtb ap stairs. sep3l-y
(K
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P
3
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2
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Dodgers, Hand Bills, Oitcmlars. and ^
every kind of Printing executed at Ike —
shortest notice, in the best rt|f*, mt fke X
m«MB>eral price*, ol the Houston Her- ST
e#yl8tamPrint*
the Fottoffbe.
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