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I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, KPSnSTUT. PErEMlIKI! 26. MM, 11 Liverpool and New Orleans Exchanges Still Cele brating Christmas. NEW YORK WAS OPEN Opened Lower, But Rallied Slightly Later—Business Was Small. Sen: York.’ Dtc. 26.—Con.ldcrlug the Llv- ,f|,onl cabin laat Saturday, the local cot- the call the Mat rnllied several point-, reflecting a demand from room The Liverpool and New Orlcaua cotton ex- dunces were cloeed today for tho Chrlat- ami holidays. The New York exchange waa open; but. In Hi. abience of advices from the English an 1 Southern markets, tvahsnctlons oo a small acalu and were without great value as a guide aa to the aeotlmeut or the C'uvrnl cotton trade. Buslneaa was largely la the bauds of the professional element, on,I as a consetincnco opening prices allowed defines of from 2 to 8 points, n shnde bet. ter Ilian due on Liverpool'" closing tost Saturday, but during tbo early trading tbu trend was upward, the early loaa being par tially recovered, NOTES ON GRAIN. Pointers on Prqvisions. ,.T h0 „Chicago Record Herald; "It la har.l wfd tv ? n IS." !* opinion on oats." .*V Neatly, who was down recent ly "h 0 .!?. £11 a n oai" »| I *. ••Prices are relatively ri!i\!ra » K th "“ ot *i <,r , I n *. bat It It a sure Portion Northwest Is strong and that the gnwrniuent rofiort, lu to far S* Northv.eft Is coucerned. It wrong. ,n tju»r «e* lion art* about one-thlril '^oatf at a year ago; there fS’ p ^“*. , if m “ ,l '*'(‘ > r"everything nvllhffile; il teem * the receipts. are light and teeui likely liely. The qnnIUy of t to continue In ief'nltely. The quality ... STat year ,,n0t ftv * ro * e 0M ^ood at that of ,‘T 0 !? 1 ?* 10 .*• poking at far East tral Nebrntkn for corn thlt year," said , Cock,,e , °* Omaha. ••Tho western demands are larger than ntual. although western nr—:;;—• ••••n«a iumi illthough tho \\est always takes a little of the first movement from the crop. ~ Ineen disposed to wll cc.„ throughout Nebraska for the last ten days. but conn try dealers can not get sufficient t0 business moving as It should." Company, of Omaha, bought lw,000 hnvhela of corn from n single OWtt in Iowa Saturday and reported free offerings!both from Nehrawkn and western claim to have assurances from railroad source* that ears wilt ta much more plentiful after today. They said that this meant-a very material increase in the marketings of corn at Chicago. , p f .be Isaac Hurter Milling Company, of rolcdo, Ohio, In unswer to nn offer of wheat from a locul grain house, writes that It hna a large quantity of choice No. • red winter wheat and a good supply of hard wheat lu Its elevators at Fostorln. It claims also that If the export demand for flour la ns dull In the next two or three months as It has been sluce early Oetotar Its wheat supply will he largo Edited by Joseph B. Lively Mr. Uvety's twenty-five years" experience ed iting markots In Atlanta and the South has mud** him a racogntzed an thorlty In h.'a apeefalty RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCKS AND COTTON MARKETS NAME OF STOCK AuiUvfcantuieU cwpfcw* • Atiuuu. Cunat Una. . stun run <» hugu* twL . AuUCOUdA • • American LiocuiaoUfa. do. pra'.erred. Am. buittnu* U*f. . . do. pretirrvu. . • • Alclllauu. do. p ref acred. . . . American Cot'ou OIL . Am. Car Foundry. . . Itultlmore k OUio. . . Brooklyn Uaptd 1'. . . CauadUu Pacific. . . . Chicago it Northw a . Chesapeake k. Uhto . Coloiudo Fuat k iron. Central leather . . . do. preferred . . . Chicago St Orest W. . Cblrugo, M. k rtt P. . Beiaware At Hudson. Mktliier a Securities. Erie, do. | General very opening. All exchanges will be open tomorrow. Edmund St Charles Randolph wire II. H. Brown, manager, as follows: ••Some spot houses are tailored to have straddles still out between here and Liver pool. counting on nu Increasing New York itix-k to widen the difference* between tho two markets to a more nrofltalde bat!*. Friday Is first notice day for Jnutiary con- irons and the ides Is that tenders on the Prat dnv will be light, with tho hulauce of me local stock held/** a nieuace to bti"* *- operations. It Is rantored several ho an* prewiring to receive cotton If tendered Fridav. Local spot people say exporters aro looking to Tcxns for future expansion lu •applies of good grade*; a* the area there • an be very greatly Increased and the rich toll mokes cultivation no cheap proposl- The market closed barely steady, net 7@9 points below last Friday’s finals. points I Movement at Atlanta: Receipts today day last yefif.. Decrease Shipments today... Mame day last year Increase Stock on hand today t&me day last.yctyr 1G.M0 10,027 6,479 NEW YORK.- i\i\i Last 1 vt lo. j il .n life Jnn Feb. March. . . . April Majr Jnn** July Am* 9.131 9.13) 9.b!> 9.14 9.18 9.13 *9.44| 9.48]‘t!4C i»'.6ij'9.»i'l!63 ’Mi| K$iI*K» 9.681 9.0S| 9.67 9.10 9.13 *9.44 *»!t5 9.67 1111111 9.17-18 9.31-22 9.3S-40 9.52-63 9.61 G3 9.72-73 9.77-79 9.83-94 9.71-72 . the big mills nt Minneapolis are out of the market for a day or two, but elevators are taking No. 1 northern wheat at May . price and No. 2 northern nt 2V*c discount, wired J. F. Wballen. of Min neapolis. to Bhosrson, Hnmmlll & Co. "I look for nn active hour market* to spring up shortly after January I. One of our large niftier* here Mild he thought the ac tive demand for flour would appear very suddenly and when no one expected It. Isroomfutl! cnblcs that the European ci«,, outlook is unchanged nud generally favor- “ ‘ “ Argentlr* ** * able. Ills Argentina cable favorable, but wheat scarce. Reports concerning the corn crop The Russian cable says nre excellent. „ the strike at Odessa Is ended und load lug of wheat has commenced. The Rhellabnrger Elevator Company, of Decatur, reports that It has only 260,000 JSIactrfc. . • . Illinois Central Am. Ice Maturities. . . Louisville St NashvIlW. Mexican (Votml. . •*. . .>■••>18*11 . ruirni. Missouri Pacific. 3fK imk . .... zijT .| 92<| 93S4I iu-: ns’4 m2 m2 41V 62 81', SAME OF STOCK N, uht. A \\enter*. Lead. . . . Northern Pacific. . . New York Outrnl. Norfolk A: W-atern. . Pennsylvania IVopte'e »}*•. 4 ^te* t car. do. preferred. . Pacific- Mall. .... n\ 187 120* 'Hi'S FLASHED From Wall Street Private Wire to Fiuthorn Rxehnogo. Nee York. Dec. 2flL--Tonn T^picn: Wc look tor a trading ro irVet ?«>r the uoxt couple wee Kg or aa v.lth a. cop- tin nation tf llfutdfttion for the time being on the part .'f wegkeptd r*e;»Ix CnMI the slronger u*tie*:-' f*** IDEBS AFRAID to ear stocks utlo Bt! nisfdPn Houses Rep >ri >iuesf< Small an.l : ITn- ^ uionev pln* o n^o ovt-r. and that -nm *:et \ if the Hunk of Rngli ! .vinsre-Ucti to follov i.i** ni\11 3 3 t STRONG FIRST HOT’ woiibtwn Ps«.tfi.*. »cutt!i*re Ituliway prefev ns Recorded 1 From Fractions Two Points. to- itn Ceutl St I mo. \n* A ISietfic. Pacific. ‘ r.l»< ctamteal. do preferred. - ‘.stern Chios VaiMtah. . • • • do pref'****-*1. 's3Tii"%' ATLANTA MARKETS huus-canuica, nciire, ac. LIVE POPI.TRY —Hen*, active, each: chickens plentiful. 11'uXc each; tucks. Pvklu, each;, puddle, Mfflk 14c pound. l*»REH»Kr» POTTLTRY-Geese. artive, KkBlS^c pound: turkeys, undrawn, “ " pound: heus, undrawn, ac id; docks, undrawn, fancy, bnahcU of outs in seveutcen houses It la now operating, against 600,000 bushels In fourteen houses under operation last year. Up to the prerent, the shipments hnve been levs than 60 |>er cent of those of a yenr ago. Last week’s exports of provisions from Atlantic ports, with comparisons, wore: Cor. week Last week. 1005. Pork, barrels 2,710 3.810 bnrd, pounds 13.996,noo 19.716.COO Dncon, boxes 20,258 30,612 The world’s wheat shipments were: . Last Previous Last \Vef*k. Week. Year. American 3,328.000 4.S24.009 6.49G.OOO Russian 1.032.000 1.520.000 2,192.000 Daiiublao 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,928.000 Indian 660,000 160.000 696.000 Argentina 1,300.090 712.000 768,000 Australian 136.0*10 264,000 32,0i)0 Austria-Hungary . 144,000 56.000 66,WH) “ Tcnn.. Chlle-N. AfrTc . 224 000 200.000 80,000 Totnls 8.624.000 9.736.000 11,218,000 The world’s corn shipments were: tast Previous I^tit - Week. . Week. Year. America 1.332,000 1.276.000 3,5O2.0iTO Russia 146.00) 293.000 57,000 nanublan ports .. 796.000 1.007.000 211,000 Argentina 1.439.003 1.999,000 919,000 Total 3.713,000 4,575,000 4.6S9.000 HERE AND THERE. Rome Paris cabs now bear the Inscrip tion, "English spoken." The'London Uveulng News has hopes of » "aerial derby” at on early dnte. ODDS AND ENDS. F.r.ch day there are 910.635 cash fares paid to the surface, elevated and subway rail roads of New York city. D. L. Bathurst,'a clerk In the New York P»!»toffice, expects soon to secure a goodly shirt* of $3,000,000 and wear the -title of heron of Lachlade. • Tho Chinese on the Rand were allowed so much opium, tho maximum a month being two pounds. This would suffice to stock *o ordinary chemist's simp for a year. Two Pounds of opium reprcsuut 27,908 average mrellolnnl doses. A Berlin periodical, the Lltcrarlsche Echo, collected nnJ printed the opinion* of 100 authors on tho effect of alcoholic •Irinka on brain work. A large majority of th.m pronounce It to be Injurious und nd Tocatr- moderation or abstlficuce In the use of alcohol. tlve, 13r ponu<-. 15c pound: fries, active. 15c pound. PRODUCR—>'Tennessee ribs amt imnes. *c. Tennessee sausage. 9c; lard. 10c lb.; hems octlve. 14c lh.; shoulders active, 10c Its.; tide* active. 10c lb.; butter active. 15tf22^c lb.; ** “ * "Micy. hr* beeswax, active. 26c pound; hooey, active. 8c itouud: honey In 1-poaml •right. $1,404/1.50. GAME—Qnnll. active, 15c each; doves, ac tive, 6e t*«ch; duck*, mallard, active. 40c each; ducks mixed, active, 25c cftchr wild turkeys, active, lie ponnd; rabbits, sc five, 12Hc each; squirrels, nctlve. 10c each: opossum, dressed, nctlve. lie pound; opos sum. live, active, lo pound. ini. live, inirr, « pwunu. FRUITK—Lemons, fancy Messena. $4-800 6.00 Bn tinnas. per bunch, cnlls, active. 90eff$1.00; straight*. $1.50^4100. JMnespples, Florida atock, per crate, tMMk Orunjea riorum i»rr imir. *-'*""7*" Florida stock, owing to site and conditio* on arrival, per tax. $2.0002.25. Apnlc*. choice Ben Pavla, $3.25tff3.60; fancy, $3.75{ New York state spplwk .winter varie- * "‘ el. $3. Bps. choice, per barrel. luuivr. in-. w .25«4.60; fancy, $3.754H00. rt 6rapea, New YorlFftAteMnJ^fy s.ocki owing to alxe antfcolor, per box $LW 02.60. Limes. Florida stock, per hundred, 60 cents. Nuts, fancy mixed. In taxea. per Coeoanuta. heavj rultana. pounds. 124014c. Coeoanuta. heavj rultana. sock of 100. nctlve. at $4.50.sack. Peonuta to sacks nrernclng 100 itonuav each, owing ti "vlfeA&lJOf^-Brrra.' «iMm» n»J—. nctlve, K.W crate; cnblutfc, atandam crate., 2c pound: cabbage, barrels, 2c pound; egg plant, nctlve, $2.00 crate; encum bers. 91.60 crate; romntoea. fancy, tetw $3.50 crate; tomatoes, choice, active, $L00O 2.25 crate; beans, round green. $2.60 crate; onion, dry. notlrc, hurtol; lrlrt |wl*- toeo, nctlve, Xo, 1. 86«90c hurtel: celery. - * — —*'-i, $2.25 Taking nil crimes, more are committed In the autumn than durlug any other or the seasons of the year. and forests of India. Pigeons and turkeys have each a natural temperature of 109 degrees, which Is 10 degrees higher than man’s. 41 per cent. It Is uow about 6. It lias boon worked for the Inst The duke of Bedford has presented Lord Tavistock, his eldest sou, with n silver- mounted motor car for his use while at Oxford university. Mouth Africa has ti new and profitable Industry-the manufacturing of hemp from olive and baiuinu Uhcrti. ft realises from $100 to $167 a ton In tandem Workmen were digging a drain'near tho ntter having struck -’’tnc-thing hard. "That must be a nugget,’ r furkefi a Jocular by stander. "I'll look.’ j-'i'l th- workman, and the next moment ho lump at quarts thickly studded with psM lu his hands. Attention has recently been called to the riwwM fact that the shells of certain anl- Mich ns cvphslopodi, brachlpod* and bivalves, are commonly marked by •Wfogresslve ebangea as age advances. "The man returns to second childhood In S*?'! aud bofly," states a well-known sden- Sf*- •"* 'Voshlngton, "and the shell of the ^Pf»M.>ned has, In old age, however distinct JSl "jithly ornamental the adult, very close wuidauce to Its own young." i.rf ,rc# incoming the atudenta matrleu- n . nt . c ®ri»ell In tho last twenty years In- s,( ! ^nt 42 |»er cent have come from nrl- whooln and 58 per cent from public S2"**-, Of private school pupils. 153 were uDpjio.l after the first term and 11 from •hoole. and the percentage of fall - .. i»wer inau tnoso or private seuoots. •wi^nyntly the Cornell faculty favors rawll, K the privllvgi* of admission by ^rificate from private schools. sacw | # gathered In the mountains near r^'^lretta. Byrls, aud Is packed In a *hai pit, tamped In tightly nnd covered straw and leaves. At the bottom of Ilf/!' n . wel1 *• tto «- * ,lrrtl “ eon * t!J. »} ** ,e ^ttom to carry off the water from meltfHl snow*. As the cost of nir ,“» ns selling Is very small, the Alk . wr *• tn delivery to the consumers, i*' 1 ,fc uecompllshwl by horses. The sell- 3,5. *”1’** *» W to 25 cents a hundred pound* » often cheaper. New York city has the Nhortest stream of water lu the world dignified bv the nnnn. of "river." It Is the lliutcm river, and Is strictly ouo of tbu mouths of the lludsoi). fnney. JMiSSc liunch: MMK «rUv« : ,UM crate; okra, .lx tuukelfc »m»ll, 15.30 cratf. ild iwer._ nejlve, -ClOe ,KtonO:_ l-ttae., WHEAT OPENED 1 SLIGHTtV LOWER iVn Easier Curb in the Northwest the Influence—Rallied Shortly Afterward. Chicago, Dec. 26.—Bears pounded th wheat market daring the session and they experienced but little trouble lu sending ft to s lower level. The close showed losses of H*t7?fcc for the day. The volume of trade, ns n whole, was only moderate, sad those who believe In higher prices failed to put In an appearance as buyers. Coni was 4v lower. Oats unchanged to Provluous werS 15$20u lower. • 4c off. The fact that we are now In the midst of the holidays has driven a few outsiders out of the business for the present, but they will be back la hnruestf after the first of January. Primary receipts of wheat 1,467,000 hush wheat. 428,030 bushels of corn "and 5,000 15.000 bushels of wheat and 40.000 bushels of oats. No bnslness reported for export. There were Inciensv* In tho visible sup ply of 691,000 bushels of wheat, 84.000 busn- els of corn and 726,000 bushels of oats. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET (Quotations furnished by Boutheni Exchange) THE WEATHER REP JR'1 LOCAL FORECAST. For Atlanta and Vicinity— Fair tonight nnd Thursday; warmer. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The highest pressure Is new centered over over th? country-south of the Great Lakes und east of the Mississippi. An area oi — treasure Is moving off the coast of low A sccoa3 low ares Is movlug In from the Pacific nnd la now centered on the Califor nia coast near Han Francisco, and this la causing rain. Moving In over Montana Is nuother area of Increased air pressure that Is causlug general cloudiness and rain and In that section. Cloudy weather baa fallen In portlona of Texas. Low temperatures continue cast of the Mississippi with killing frost In Florida aa far south aa Jupiter, where a temperature of 34 degrees occurred. The conditions favor fair weather In this section tonight and Thursday, with steadily rising temperature. Minimum and Maximum Temperature! and Rainfall. Observations taken at 8 a. ol. Atb msrl dlan tlm*. Abilene. . • Amarillo. . . Asheville. . . Atlanta. . . . Augusts. . . . Birmingham. for today WHEAT— Dec.. May..... July CORN— yusAT- p W> 74(4 78 774 734 1 IJJC..... 41,* 4114 41^ 41 ^ jirailwlVlOWMArin:SI «t low nctlro. ISo lm»h.l: .w»ot IMiUtOM whlto • OAT8- •rtlve. SOc bulb.l; kraut. li.IWi.rrrt, W.TS, M rou^wiara^li5kilie-4ir»wb«frt«fc'■«*? nt. FLOUR. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. FU»'B—Hl.hr.t |Mil.nt. ».»; br«t r»J »nt I4.M: •t»ml»ril portut. k.S; b.lf p.t- w... .... .. . (I pni,m. i •9h9®dBSSFr7«.r^:’'Xo. t.wMK «o- No 2 rrllow. *7c: ml xml. Wo; oM crop choice. «o: old cron No. 2. Me: new Tenner- lieo white. «Oc: crack corn, per buihel. *0e. ''oAT8-fdtole. whlto ellnned. SOe; No. 2 white. 4*e; No. 2 mixed. We; T.x*. ru«t- proof. r.4e. IJolden o«t«. 4Te. MEAl^-PInin wnlcr-xround. p,r hnih.L *>.r: Itoited. 140-ppnnil Into., per'otohel We: Hhort.. white. II.M; medlnra. R.ih; hrawo, •1 »: t nre hran. M.28: mixed nrnnd. fl.K. HAY-Timothy, ehole. I«r«« hjle«. M.23 do" loole- .until ItnlM. «.»: do.. No. elorcr. mlxrtl, 11.20: do.. No. t dorer mlxtd *1.15. Choice Bermuda. »0e. RYE— Ueorgln. SI.VO: Tenneoooo, 90e. liar ley, 9Jk Th«» rtiRive price* are f. pR4*»V!HIONK-Hupreme bama. lie. Port ham*. 15c. California bam*. $9 66. Dry salt extra rllio. 0.07H. helllex, 20.2s pound,. 10.23; frtt backs. R.0»>: plates. 8.00: bnprcuiu lard. 10.374; Know Drift cum pound, 8.60. '89 don... 16.46 26.46 16.66 17.021* 16.65 •Inn... 9.» ».M 6.13 Mglj.^60 0.50 VSh &#:;• Mil* l.nu 8.821* 9.421* THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. the number of plantation Intarers having risen from 24/33, lu 1897, t«> 48.229 lu tbu year 1905. The Irish farmers still cling to the enltl ration of the potato, "atid. horrowfullv vntion of the potato, "and. sorrowfully remark* nu Irish writer, "he will doubt less continue to grow It long after it has canned bis death by starvation." from Holland for her hosbumra estate In Mecklcnbnrg-Bchwcriu. But they were stopped at tho German frontier under the In some parts of England the practice prevails of displaying a flag from n school house roof when every pupil is present. Tho children take great pride In this aud tho rivalry between hchools Is found Improve the attendance. FI3tf. Bream. 607c pound; snapper. 10c.pound; trout. $c poonI: bine fish. 8e ponnd: pom* pano. 26*‘ pound, mackerel $c pound, mix Hi fish. 6c pound: fresh wtaer trout. 8«10e pound; bar shad, 59^630; rock shad, 25030c. The Trench ministry has decided to abol ish the cuirass. There nre thirteen regi ments of ci.trarslers In the French army. The weapon ha* l*eesi fnmoii* for onu hun dred yours, nnd Its traditions from Auster The Eastern gntrhound has wen rrotn time Immemorial »!«» hunting diw of the Eastern plali;*. and. making nllotvnnce* tor wlifeh the artistic nt|ninm<*nfs of those rtods, we tluii representation* or him are almost Hontlo.; with the dog* of to day on the uouuu.onts cud tombs of an- military authorities are expert- •fVr-d* Trl1 * 1 M device by which th* location wily , — , ww#r«l. Ifr tkl, il.vl-p tt I, pro S.1 J. ,r> WWW tho laulKipo thrrwxb |Mle iwuii**'’- Tho Cn,h of (uoki'IrM powd.r Jr*. r * »frohr In nd llrht, whllo owllnnry niw" *r c Mnniwi By furnl.LliMC #»l'l li'-.oltb ih, .l.rlra in omoiIou. which IL 1 -.' ."' w *jh Knnii ot th* proper tlht. v , of cMcnlnl mark,men can Iw TRIP0DLET8. A clone Inxpoftlon of Standard Oil ntock dlnpro'-en the old adawe that oil and water will not mix.—Colurahue Pont The Idea now In to dehorn the nhlp subsidy hill and set II through while It looks aa harmlesa aa possible.—De troit Pont. GROCERIES. BfUAn Ainnnnro gramiinted. nil York irltiiml. 4V; plnatnlloa. 6e. COITBK— Poniteil Arliurkl# n. Ill 30: milk lu luan or liirrela Ktttr; ci'—nilfli.v. RICE—Cnrollon. 4H97t*c. nreordlax to th, *c3&E*E—Fnpry foil emn) dnlry. I6t*r; twins. 15c. _ 8h/'.Mllint lilwnlt. 16 cm: No. I rallnd oat,. 68 cn«i'. Anch writ*. MtotudiI I.,., 81.63. Oy,t»r«. full welnht. {t.7» raw: llaht xclaht. tt.16 ran,. Ktraporated npplra Vie pound. I’eppor. l*e. Bahln* [Kiwclcr. » ca«c. Bid natnion. 63 raw. I'luk uliuoii 14.35 raac. f'oroo. 39c; chocolatf 26c; ,nuV. l.iiuund Jar,. 4Sr. Ruoat l>raf. 8l.lt .tie. Cornel 1,'cf. 81.80 raw. Cttup, 8Lk> ca^. Hlrun Now Orlran,. 86c aalloo; roru tie Ballon; Cnlm 36c Ballon; Oconfix cane, 33c. Halt. 100-pound. 60c. Axle (mar, 81.ti. Hoda cracker,, ttir pound; leiaon 7^c; oy, ler 7c. Barrel per pound. 6c; mix- ed, p-r iiotmd. C1*c Tomatora. 3|«mid. 81.90 raw; Snoirad. 82.23. Narj bran,. 12; luma l.cmx. 5’,*c Brat ittnlrhra, p*r (rcaa 81.13 Maran.nl. VWle per pound Bar- dine, mnatnrd. »A”cn«c, l-nta,h. 13.30 1*1 cane. PrannO 6U- Rope. 4 pl» cot . Y1.50W eon*. ton 131*c. Hoop. An Eastern clemptan nays there will be three women In heaven for ev ery man. Thin statement would be received with much more confidence If ... explained where he *ot the Infor mation.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Chlcaco, Dec. 28.—Ho*n—Estimated receipt, today 19,000. Market 10c hith er; quality fair; left over 4,407; bulk 16.30(66.46: estimated for -tomorrow 35,000; lltht *6.15466.421-2: mixed 36.30 @6.50: heavy 36.00W6.471-3; roufh 96.00(66.15; pics 35.60466.30; yorkera 36.35(60.40: rood to choice heavy 16.35 @6.47 1-2. Cattle—Estimated receipts 18,000. Market strong to a shade higher; qual ity fair; beeves 34.00CF6 <1.90: cowa 11.35 @4.79: heifer, 12.45465.10: calves 35.50 @8.00; good prime steera 33.45@6.90; poor to medium 34.00(65.40; stackers and feeders 92.75466.46. Hheep—Estimated receipts 18,000. Market strung to 10c higher; quality fair: native 33.3565.90: Western 13.50 @6.90: yearlings *5.7066.60: lambs *4.75@7.90; Western *4.8507.90. SOUTHERN EXCHANGE GRAIN LETTER. Chicago. Dee. 26.—The grain markets evidenced a holiday air, but price, re malned steady on small world's ex ports previous to porno unsteadiness due to fuvorable weather conditions. Market purely professional, and with out any unuaual pressure. Receipt,, 811,000, against 739,000 year ago. Ex porta, 326,000, agalnit 230,000 a year ago. Corn steady, but receipts are beootn Ing heavy at Chicago, Indicating move ment of new crop has .begun In earnes' The grading la poor, however, and thl may restrict an unsteadiness from heavy receipts. The market U likely o show some decline from lack of out side epecolatlve Influence. Interior re- celpte 712,00'), acalnst 769,000 last year. Exports, 119.000, against 793,041 last year. Oats ateaflv with a very good under tone. The effect of government repot I flgures appears to have passed away. Interior receipts. 421.000. against 445,- 000 last ysar. Exports, 1,000, agalnxt 90.000 last year. THE METAL MARKET. New York hsetwlors, according to one of our contemporaries, live In the greatest luxury. The fset Is that a New Yorker who Isn't laying alimony ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO., PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS Empire BuiUing. Bell Phone, Main 858. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. There la a suspicion abroad that the reason President Roosevelt took »bch drastic action relative to the colored troops was that It furnished an oppor tunity he has Ion* been waiting for to take the bad taste out of the mouths of Southerners oer the Booker Wash ington episode.—New York News. The edict has gone forth among the fashionable four hundred of Glveadam Guild that private bottlee at parties nnd rereptlona are to be tabooed. You either drink what the hostess furnishes or go dry. This prevents any mixing of the brands or making odious com parisons.—Arizona Kicker. Hips have been done away wltb for the 1907 girl. Bhe Is to have broad shoulders and narrow hlra. And her hair Is to be blonde (or biondlned) and her cheeks are to be red (or painted) her head to be erect, and her etrlde to be swlngy. There Is going to be a change in business all around.—Enid (Okla.) Events. rar.ocd from 1* to 4*c. i spelter quiet but srndy. Bismarck. . Boston Buffalo (.'hnrtrafon. . . Clinrlotte. . , . , Chlraxo rinctanntl f'orpns ChrlstL . Imrenport. . SrtRfYv. Fort Hmltb. . Galveston. . , Havre Jacksonville. . Jupiter. . . . Kansas City. , Key West Knoxville. . Macon . . • Memphis. . Mertulnn. . Mile* City. Nashville. . . . New Orleans. . New York. . , Norfolk. , North Platt*. . Omaha Palestine. . . . Pittsburg. . . , Portland. Me. . Portland. Ore. , He. tanls. . . , St. Pnu1. . . . S’nn Frnnrlaco. . Savannah, . . Spokane. . . . Tampa. . . , . Taylor. Thoinatrllle. . Vlcksburff. . Wash Inc ton. . Wilmington. . vllmlngi TludTf lent** trace of WEATHER FORECAST. Georifin--PH|lr and wanner Wednesday and Thursday; Ut to fre*b w**t rinds. Virgin!*—Fair Wednesday and Thursday, with slowly rising temr>erature; fresh northwest wind*. North Carolina and South Carolina—I ia—Fair .irmhyi il wanner Wodneadav Hpht to fresh west winds. ~~lKnstern Florida. Western Florida and AI- [Wednesday and Thursday. winds. Mississippi—Partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday; sotnewpst warmer; , llsht to fresh east to aruthnaat wind*. Louisiana—Part!v cloudy nnd* somerhat wanner Wednesday: Tnurvla huraday cloudy. eft l| b vA r's-end spasm i ht* *'U r, Mrate. markri la tatov the level of n year •••** and In »h meantime tjeneral condition* hate Improved F’rocln und wM»Mernte earnings Increased corre spond In*’ y. Money continue* the dominating Influence on price* at preaent. BLUFFING. If mebbee In-yer system there’s t little ■portin' atreak. You'll undenitand the Joy of which I’m tryln’ fur to epeak: When you’re kind o’ loeln’ courage an' yer lurk le runnln' hard, An' ye hold a bobtail flush an' raise and draw a single card. An* It ain’t the. card ye wanted, but you don’t give In—not yet. But Jen' keep on a-ralsln’ till the reet are nkeered to bet. You hold a thrill of pleasure seel) as comes to very few, Life’s golden dream of glory when yer bluff goes thru! We're all a-b!uffln’ mors or lees fur big or Ilttlo stakes, Wo keep a face that’, smilin’ an' con cesl tho heart that aches. Ae we risk onr time an’ money In the hope of oaso or fame. You dasn’t show you've weakened when you start to play the game: But now an’ then you mlsa It; It may be a railroad dost Or some little hope you chsrlehed that goes wrong, an' then you feel As sick an' sore ae If you'd Jea’ been token out an* mauled, I tell ye, boys. It's awful when your bluff glut called I —Washington Star. Mrs. Beacon Street (during Miss Skraerhe's vocal solo)—Do you anjoy Howells. Mr. Porkhnm? Mr. Porkham (from Chicago)—You bet I don't And If there's another Vtree to that song I’m going to got out.—Town and Country. No. mamme. end we ere not going to re hearse II. Sufficient unto the day ts the evil thereof.''—Chicago Tribune. The very day I Bret met him." said Miss Plune. ."something told me.be would even' tually fall In love with me." "Imleert7". replied Mlse _Knox L JThe some thing wesn't your mirror, wee delphls Press. She—No. Horry; I’m sorry, hot I'm sure that we could not got on together. You know I alwaye want my own wey In every thing. not, my deer girl, yon ronld go on wanting It. von know, nfter we ere married. -Illuatrnteil Bits "You looked pretty sheepleh when I MW o yesterday, declared the fox terrier, labamed because yon were In Imab?" tit waau'l that.' answered the ttoaton hnfi. "I>l<3 yon notice what waa at the other end of the etrlngT'—^Washington Her ald. Gunner—Po tha antnmnhllea In London ■arc th* same kind of horns as those over beret Gnyer-Oh. no. In London they here fog horns.—Chicago News Referring to the recent theft of a statue from the I-ouvrr, parte, London Pnneh re marks' "Borne cities seem to hare all tho luck. Nobody ever steals onr ststura," ^ uo the *tf»-k< (Okie ertrrtal obfect „j ep»«tl. liar rallied 3 pu , In fc-.’ion. the Co;.w shared ■ on-: (oMslatenl luijlng of Sic-' c-m . mi woe a fmtore. TradliiB In all th-sc iay.ira was comparatively active. Jut ont- aide of these the list was vary dull tied the pilot were trifllog. The Illli atocka t w|ion.|ed the Iraat of soy to the rallvtnc inovemenL a circumstnoce wtilcb could tie •splalucd. oo donbt. Iiy the nBltnrton of 'he Meatern state offlctnls to lialk the new Great Northern stock Issue. Call money did not go abort 7 per cent, and sterling exchange felt again near the lowest of the K V. But expectation that the money mar- will tizhtun a sale ahnrply at the close or the week was the chief uotsnent open speculative opinions. I New York, Dec. 26.—Tht market opened Irregular. Atchison np S. Hteel common 4* In all; Union rut* I fie *i, uraat Northern Or* an , uiiivu * anue urrm ^4orm«*ra ur* rartlflratai and Hmoltors preferred opened ■ Uni Car and Houthora H hljrbtr. Preasod steel t „ raclfle up v;. Reading waa off U; Q Northern and Northern Pacific off Vi. The market ruled quiet anil strong all Great through the first hour, gains ranging from fractious to 2 points In neiirlj all tU« Issues trade*! In. Union Pacific was promi nent In the generally dull trading. Com- nils*ion hoqoe* reported bnalneas small and unsatisfactory, om broker remarking that outside speculators seem to bo afraid to buy ivernraent tnvnds aro unchanged and other bonds irreguter. MINING 8TOCK8. ..Bonran. tfae. 26-Rhode Island 6H; Trio- Itf 164*8 Tecnmaeh 29; North Butte 109| Michigan 22; Daly West 111*. STOCKS AND BOND8. Bid. Askod. Georgia Railroad Is 136 t rr Georgia 4>*i l»d) U2 118'* Savannah 6a. 1909 IOTA 104 6S, 1911 — I0S 104 Me. 198 107 m.<* A wait Point 150 166 Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta MONEY AND EXCHANGE. New York. Dec. 36.—Money on call *810 per cent! time loans Arm, uO and 90 days and 6 months B por cent. Posted rats: Sterling exchange Ann. with actual business In bankers' nil's St 34.13 3-4034.1316 Cor demand and 34.77750*4.7785 for 60-day bills. Commarclal bills 6@7 for 30 to 90 days Rar sliver 69 l-*c. .Mexican dollars 63 3-40. Railroad bonds lower, • ' The fact that the estate of the late Samuel Spencer, both real and per sonal, will not exceed *80.000. shows how far such a man was from being a "grafter" when bo many opportuni ties are presented to men In positions that he occupied to get rich quickly and unscrupulously.—Knoxville Senti nel. HUMORESQUE. "She has postponed her marriage until late In January." "Why 7" "She wants to make aura of a Christ, mss present from him."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. "He it a radical of radicals." "Year "He even advocates the publle own ership of legislatures.” "Good hruvens! Would ha laave no Held whatever for prlrato enterprise7" Life. 'A horse U a man's best friend," said the man who likes animals. "Yes,” answered young: Mrs. Tor- kins, with a sigh, "but when ha gate on tha race track ha la liable to pror« one of thoso fool friends who make so much trouble."—Washington Star, l#rht to fresh ensi Mini!* Knirf r*»x.'i» — Fair lYHn’Sflnr nnt| Tbu i^r: Vi^ht to froth no*!ih*r»At wtaN, »Vsl Tcxse-Pnlr Wwliwudiiy md.J Thur* THE SUGAR MARKET. York. Dec. raw '»«*<$ M*gnr market • , <*.i*|y m onflon market rliw..,l to*lav. The market cb ««>*I Irtegitiar, with a relit itbuicy in crbicn-je lu a nurntar re Hr of f*. SOUTHERN EXCH.tNJE LOWRY NATIONAL BANK Dcsijjmted Depository of the United States. $500,000.00 400.000. 00 140.000. 00 CAPITAL SURPLUS UNDIVIDED PROFITS A general banking business transacted. Foreign exchange, Letters of Credit. Corresponds direct with the National B*mk of Cuba. Old*at Established OM.-* South. C OTTOS—-STOWS K1?—CMIft Orrvind Floor O’uirt ^ ildlng Dally j inariief letter Nnd f.&rkrt manual ; mafird cn applIrAllcn THE AMERICAN AUDIT COMPANY Home Oilicc. 100 Bromlivay, Now York City. F. W. LAFESNTZ, C. P. A., President C. E. Manwaring, Viet Prctid.nL The;. Cach e., Jr, C. P. A. Bci BRANCHES NEW YORK—Wald.-rf-Ast- ria . r\ m, N ,t : BOSTON—Egchange B.illdlng .’HICAR . i- p WABIDNOTON--C-.l tndo IltllLt p- It! .«• 11-7: , NEW OBl.iJ.iN8—H*n;un B did n- :r • , . LONDON. ENO!.VXD—< • ATLANTA BRANCH !0'5-1» F-.- -th *;at.-ns C!,ik Bu, 0. B. BID WELL, aea.de Talephons, Main *72. WW88KttS!teS*9tK 1 nnk IGO.OOO.OO,' $*300,000.00. ■■*e.z£&*'zsanui L. H. FAIRCHILD k COMI AXY. Cabia agrr. Aaicrcsie Arrrdit, N.