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WHEAT MARKET OFF
Decline of 31-2 Cents Yesterday, Caused
by Speculators Realizing.
EXPECTED TO GO UP AGAIN TODAY
MeinpHi Milling Man Raya the Heavy A
- la Prte'»* is Caused by Spec
ulations*— Eiormoui Profice.
Wheat fell off 3| cents yesterday, and
declined steadily until the close at 56
cents.
But Mr. H. D. Cothran the well known
broker, stated that he thought the de*
cline was caused by the buyers all settling
up and realizing profits. He expects the
price to go sky rocketing again today.
Many private sales the past week were
at sl. The Mountain City Mills in Chat
tanooga bought heavily at that figure.
Over a million bushels were exported for
11.06 J.
The foreign demand continues to be
enormous, and the natural conse
quence is the heavy advance.
A big mill man from Memphis, L.
H. Lanier, claims that the present
high price results ,"directly from spec
ulation and not from legitimate trade
conditions.
But it is said that the crop in the
great grain growing states in the
Northwest has been greatly overesti
mated. The spring wheat crop of
Minnesota and the Dakotas was esti
mated some weeks ago at 200,000,000.
Now none place it above 125,000,000.
Mr. Lanier, of Memphis, in an in
terview with a Commercial-Appeal
man says:
“The general estimate with the im
proved mills of the country is that it
takes four and a half bushels of wheat
to make a barrel of flour. Os course,
all of this will not be of the highest
grade, but the bulk of it will be, and
hence we calculate upon that basis.
With wheat selling at $1 the average
price for flour in this section of the
country should be very close to $5 per
barrel, so that I would now say that
flour was lower than wheat by about 5
cents to the bushel of wheat used to
make a barrel of flour. But that is al
ways the case with a market that is ris
ing rapidly. Nearly all of the mills have
a few cars of flour on hand all the time
and the miller will say to himself, *1 had
just as well let this car go at the price
which I am offered for it, even though it
may go a little higher. At the present
price lam making a handsome profit
upon the deal, for I bought the wheat at
much less than the price corresponding to
that which I am offered for the flour.’ This
always has the effect of keeping the
price of flour a little under that for wheat
upon a rising market, and upon a falling
market there is sometimes a little differ
ence between them in favor of the flour,
on a falling market the miller
keeps well up with the supply of wheat
that he has on hand.
“Os course no one can say where the
present price will go to, but I think that
the bulk of the flurry in the price for the
past few days is due to the fact that there
is a tremenduous short interest in wheat
in Chicago, New York and Bt. Louis.
The worst bull in the world is the scared
bear. There is no limit to the loss that
he is liable to sustain, and when he is
looking for cover he is apt to run the
price up to any figure. A man who buys
SOMETHING NEW
Ganily Liver jneflicine.
KEEPING abreast with
the inventions of this
age, we, by modern ma
chinery, compress our
powdered Dr. M. A. Sim
mons’ Liver Medicine into
tablets and sugar coat
them.
Consumers can either
swallow the tablets whole
or chew them up and swal
low with water. The
candy sugar coating ex
cludes the air, protects the
purified medicine from
microbic influences, pre
vents the .possibility of
deterioration from atmos
pheric changes, insuring
perfect purity and full
strength when taken, and
makes it pleasant to
take as candy. Tablets
contain only the powdered
Liver Medicine, same as
sold in packages by Dr.
M. A. Simmons arid we
his successors, since 1840.
Price 25 Cents p»r Package.
C. F. Simmons Medicine Co.,
PROPRIETORS,
St. Louis, Mo,
Who can measure ■ ■ ■ I ■
the influence of a RfIAVMQI* |
tit lasts through all
ages and enters the |
confines of eternity. I
With what care,
therefore, should she
be guarded and how ,
great the effort be to ;
make her life happy.
Mother’s
Friend
makes child-birth
easy, assists nature
in its sublime effort, leaves the Mother
stronger after than before confinement,
and robs the trying hour of its terror.
No Mother can afford to neglect its use.
Os druggists at fl.oo, or sent by mail on receipt
of price. Write for book containing valu
able information for all Mothers, mailed free
The Bradfield Rerslator Co., Atlanta, 6a.
the wheat in the speculative market for
$1 per bushel can lose only that amotii t,
for it can not go lower than nothing, but
the man who sells it for $1 may have the
market run up on him to any price and
will lose the difference. It is estimated
that in the markets referred to there aie
no less than 100,000,060 bushels of short
interests, and this is putting the price up.
What the final high price will be no one
could say, but I am positive of one thing,
and that is that there is nothing in the
condition of the wheat supply of the
world to justify even the price at which
wheat sold upon the boards of trade yes
ter lay. The generally accepted estimate
for the shortage of the crop in the import
ing countries is some 200,000,000 bushels,
and upon that basis for a legitimate busi
ness the market is now too high, but the
flurry in the speculative market may run
the price considerably higher or it may
begin to fall in a day.
“I say that the market price is too high,
for the people of the country, the mass
of the consumers, have only so much
money that they can pay out for biead.
“If the price of wheat goes to a point
beyond that then they will look for a
substitute to cornmeal and will begin to
economize on flour.” j
BIG FORTUNES MADE.
I
Big Speculators Find Enormous Profit Dur
ing' the Wheat Boom.
G reat fortunes have been made by
speculators in the past few days.
Last Thursday when the market
had reached only 89 12 cents St.
Louis plungers came out ahead of the
deal as follows:
' W. D. &C. F. Orthwein $500,000;
D. R. Francis (ex-secretary interior).
$300,000; E, B. White, $200,000; John
Warren, $100,000; C. H. Spencer SIOO,-
000; ex-Congressman S. W. Cobb, $90,-
000; Amaudee B. Cole, $75,000; Thos.
Akin, $60,000; Thos. Booth, $50,000;
Thos. Francis, $50,000; W. C. Hart
stick, $50,000; total, $1,575,000.
Here are some of the larger win
nings that have been made in the
Chicago wheat pit the past week:
A million dollars each by Joseph
Leiter, of Chicago; Charles A. Pills
bury, of Minneapolis, and B. S.
Barnes, of St. Louis.
A half million dollars by W. T.
Baker, of Chicago; Win. G. Haar
stick, of St. Louis; David R. Francis,
of St, Louis.
The following are content with from
SIOO,OOO to $250,000 profits: G. W.
Allerton, Chicago; George Smith, Chic
ago; Arthur Orr, Chicago; Charles T-
Trego, Chicago; E. A. Driver, Chicago:
W. C. Comstock, Chicago; C. A. Wair.
Chicago; Frank K. Dunn, Chicago; C.
H, Spencer, St. Louis: W. L. Green
Company, St, Louis; ChariesF. Orth
wein, St. Louis.
“They don’t make much fuss about it.
Wo are speaking of DeWitt’s Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for consti
pation, biliousness, and all stomach and
liver troubles. Curry-Arrington Co.
Line ISu-t F’«»r Governor.
Birmingham. Ala., Aug. 23.—United
States District Attorney William
Vaughan, whois also chairman of the
Republican scare executive committee,
denies the story that he attended a con
ference at Huntsville during the past
week, at which several Republicans at
tended. and where a decision was ar
. rived at that Charles P. Lane, editor of
the Huntsville Tribune, the organ of
the Republican party in the state, would
be the Republican candidate for the
governorship of Alabama.
An Alleged Rubber Arrested.
Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 23.—De
tective P. R. Burns has delivered to
Sheriff Vest of Shelby countyat Co
lumbiana, Thomas N. Low of Ooxville,
I;id., charged,with robbery. It is al
leged that he and Gus Hyatt, who is
now serving a lb years’ sentence in the
Tennessee penitentiary for robbing a
train at Clarksville, robbed the Louis
ville and Nashville train at Calera
March 9. _
Kvervbody Stys So.
Cnsoarets Caudv Cathartic, the most won
jerful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refresllinv to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cine heiulacbe, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of C. C. C. to-dny; ill, 25. 50 cents, bold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Arnold’«-Brotno-Ce)ery, Student’s
headaches cured without fail. Use it.
,10 oeuts. For sale by Curry-Arring
'ton company.
THE ROME TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. AUGUST 24. 1897
A SIMPLE DRESS OF A
■r WHITE LAWN. TH
Channing little dresses for the young are
made of the cheap lawns, organdies and dim
ities of pretty, bright colors, which are now
offered in great profusion, and ribbon, bands
of insertion and lace edging are used to adorn
them, but neatly rather than extravagantly. In
the sketch is shown one of the simplest df
the season’s, modes. It is a dress of lawn
with fancy stitching above the hem and on
the collar. The front of the waist has its
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fulness drawn well to the center by gathers
at the top and bottom and the backs show a
similar arrangement of fulness at each side
of the closing. The sleeves are seasonable.
The straight full skirt is gathered at the top
and deeply hemmed at the bottom, the hem
being held in place by a row of fancy
stitching. Pale blue lawn made up in this
manner had a few rows bf white ribbon above
the hem and a belt and ribbon stock of the
same. A little brunette may have a yellow
lawn with black ribbon trimming to give the
relief note. . ■
The Butterick pattern is dress No. 9234; 8
sizes; ages, 2 to 9 years; any size, 20 cents.
It b mis everything except a broken
heart, may b -«id of DeWitt's Witch
Hazil Salve. Pilas and rectal diseases,
cuts, burns, bnuses, tetter, eczema and
all skin troubles may be cured by it quick
ly and permanently. Curry Arrington
Company,
WILD MAN SHOOTS' WOMAN.
«Jo»eph i’risniy I rohab y Intally Wound*
n Cliar»«*»Ci*n bruit
Charleston, Aug. 23. Without the
least provocation Joseph Prunty, a mad
mm, made a murderous assault on Mrs.
John Mallo, a Greek fruit ddaler, and
shot her once in the neck with a pistol.
She is not expected to iive.
Prunty is said by his parents to be
crazy. He left home with his pistol
and wandered aimlessly through the
streets. Once or twice he stopped and
seemed reauy to fire, but did not. Later
he walked tnrough a side street and
Stood in front of the fruit store. The
Mallo woman ca me out ana was ar
ranging the stock in the window when
Prunty, with a wild yell, rushed on her
and iet his shining tveapon touch her
neck. Then he fired, and quietly walked
away, while the woman was rol.ing in
a pool of blood.
Prunty is iocked in a cell, a raving
maniac. It is said that Prunty noticed
some fruit on the stand tor which he
has a strong dt-iike. The man. will
probably be sent to an asyium.
Notice.
I want every man and woman in the
United States interested in the opium
and whisky habits to have one of my
books of these diseases. Address B. M.
Woolly, Atlanta, Ga , Box 362, and one
will be sent you free.
An Excurmun I'ntin Bitched.
Chicago, Aug. 23.—An engine at
tached to a heavy excursion train on
the Chicago and Calumet Terminal rail
road was derailed near Riverdale. The
pass-tigers were thrown from their seats
by the jar. and one man was probably
fatally injured. Seven others received
slight injuries. After a delay of two
hours the engine was raised to the track
and the train proceeded. The injured
are: Joseph P. Murray, injured in
ternally. may die. Thomas Kennedy,
engineer; Daniel Foster, tireman; Ben
jamin Mead. John D. Smalley, Allison
A. Walker and B G. Young. The ac
cident was caused by a misplaced
switch, beueved to have been the work
of tramps.
Don’t nauseate your stomach with seat
and bitter herbs, but regulate your liver
and sick headache bv using those famous
little pills known as DeWitt’s Little Early
Risers. Curry-Arrington Co.
Week End Rates by the Southern
• Railway.
Cave Spring and return 50c.; Lithia
Springs and return $1.25; Lookout
Mountain and return $2.00; Tucker
Spriugs, Tenn., and return $2.25.
Tickets at above rates are sold for
Saturday afternoon trains only and are
not good to return later than the follow
ing Monday morning.
C. A. Benscoter, T. C. Smith,
A. G. P. A. P. <fc T. A.
HomeSiakirs EKOureloui ti The Wjst.
Missouri Pacific, Iron Mountain and
Tdxas Pacifies Ry’s will sell round trip
tickets to Arkansas, Texas, Indian Ter;
ritory, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas,'
Nebraska, Colorado. Wyoming and
Utah on the following dates,
Aug. 3rd and 17th, Sept. 7tb and 21st,
Oct. sth and 19th. Tickets will be sold
at one fare plus $2.00 good twenty one
days to return.
For further information address
A. A, Gallagher,
Southern Passenger Agent
Chattanooga, Tenn.
EfSxSfS 1 " 1 .
p ....FASHION’S MIRROR....
Mixed serges combining dark tones are new
and very fashionable. Then there are zibeline
tweeds, long silky hairs forming a sort of tan
gle upon a tweed ground which, if black,
forms a contrast with its filmy covering of
purple, blue or green, and if gray or brown, has
its hairs of red or yellow.
A white velvet toque is embroidered in gold.
Around the edge is a band of mink, which is
knotted at the back. Toward the back at the
left side is a rosette of cream lace with a
(.hinestone in the center. At the right side a
unch of violets sustains a pale-yellow Para
dise aigrette.
The walking hat is still a popular shape-
An uncommonly dressy specimen is covered
with tiny puffings of black taffeta. Black tulle
is twisted lightly about the crown and in front
.is perched a green-and-blue bird. At the left
side waves a black-and-green Paradise aigrette.
* For street wear large hats worn well over
the face accompany tailo;-made suits or cos
tumes of silk, cloth or velvet. They are pic
turesque and becoming when a profusion of
plumes toss artistically over the brim and
crown, but must not be worn at the theater.
Green is in favor this season, moss and
myrtle being most highly favored when united
with brilliant geranium-red, delicate primrose
or daffodil-yellow.
English walking hats have returned to
favor; they are less severe than formerly,
owing to the generous amount of trimming.
The new style of veiling worn with them has
a softening effect, and renders them becoming
for morning wear.
Rocaille and Irish point embroideries are as
popular as ever. Both are unusually open
patterned and the former is heavy and very ef
fective. Battlemented edges are seen in many
embroideries and are newer than either scol
lops or points, though both of these are in
vogue.
Mechlin and Valenciennes laces are plenti
fully used in the new Swiss embroideries. A
bow-knot design is wrought in one and the
edge is of ruffled Valenciennes lace. Into tha
band matching the edging two rows of laei
insertion are let and edging is fulled at each
side.
Bodice belts, yokes, plastrons and even
jackets will be trimmed or made of the bands
and the edgings will be used as ruffles on
skirts and waists.
Covert cloth in mixed purples, reds,- greens,
blues, grays and tans will be devoted to tailor
suits, and unless rigidity is insisted upon in
the development, a second fabric will be em
ployed to produce a soft effect
Paquin serge, which has been described as
a serge with a heavy cord in the twill, is pre
sented in a seasonable weight and will be
mado up in costumes for business, shopping
and general wear.
The new poplins have very fine cords and
they aro but little heavier than canvas tex
tiles. —From TUe Delineator. _ ,
Sales
With Hood’s Sarsapa- WOB ■ ■
rilla, “ Sales Talk,” and 8 IIX
show that this medi- ra I
cine has enjoyed public confidence and
patronage to a greater extent than accord
ed any other proprietary medicine. This
is simply because it possesses greater
merit and produces greater cures than
any other. It is. not what we say, but
what Hood’s Sarsaparilla does, that tells
the story. All advertisements of Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, like Hood’s SarsapariUa it
self, are honest. We have never deceived
the public, and this with its superlative
medicinal merit, is why the people have
abiding confidence in it, and buy
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
Almost to the exclusion of all others. Try it.
Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass,
u ir-k-.. are the only pills to take
klOOd S HIIIS with Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
VIM, VIGOR. VITALITY
RESTORED
30 DAYS.
Guod Effects at Once.
CATON’S VITALIZES '
Cures general special debility, wakefulness,
spermatorrhoea, emissions, impotenty, pare
sis, etc Cui rects functional disorders, caused
by errors or excesses, quickly restoring Lost
Manhood in old or young, giving vigor and
strength where former weakness prevailed
Convenient package, simple, effectual, and
legitimate.
Trie Cure is Quick and Thorough.
Don’t be deceived by imitations: insist on
CITON’S Vitalizers. Sent sealed if your
druggist does not have it. Price $1 per pkge,
6 for $5, with written guarantee of complete
cure. Information, references, etc., free and
confidential. Send us statement of case and
25 cts. for a week’s trial treatment. One only
sent to each person.
CATON MED. CO., Boston, Mass
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Only a Few Weeks
• •••AND ANOTHER -.. ■
Big New Stock
Will be in. Before it arrives we are going to get
rid of what goods we have left over, and for next
few days we will sell all our
FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, Etc.
at greatly reduced prices. ’Tis midsummer
and we are going to give Extra Bargains in
all our lines of goods. Don’t buy a single
article without getting our prices first. You
can thus save your money. .... ... •
•HPT? Mosquito Frames and Nets,
handle best and cheapest Don’t
want a step ladder to place them.
~ Always ready. Easily attached to
any style of wood, brass, iron or folding beds
OUR FALL STOCK.
We will show you the largest and prettiest line of goods,
Carpets, Rugs, Mattings. New styles of furniture,
etc., ever offered the trade of North Georgia
High. - Tariff
Can haye no effect on the prices of our goods We
anticipated it and bought early, therefore can
sell our trade at prices never before equalled in
Rome.
McDonald-Sparks-Stewart Co.
Nos. 1,3 & 5 Third Ave. and 304 Broad St.
The Unspeakable Turk
As Gladstone calls him, would find no difficulty in
talking over the Toll Lines of
The Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Our lines are Copper Metallic Circuits, equipped
with Long Distance Transmitters, which give per
fect service. Connections affording all the advantages
of Personal Interviews can be had with
Rome, Atlanta, Macon, Columbus, Amer
icus, t Albany, Athens, Opelika
and Fifty Other Places.
A Night Rate is in effect between 6 p. m. and 8 a. m.,
and is One Half of the Day Rate.
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The Chattanooga Boggy and Wagon Manufactory,
ALL KINDS OF TOP AND NO TOP BUGGIES,
Merchants’ Delivery Wagons, Bread and Milk Wagons,
PLEASURE AND FARM TRUCK WAGONS.
The cheapest place in the South for first-class Vehicles, all kinds.
We carry a full line of Springs, Axles, Wagon and Buggy Supplies. In
our repair department we do first-class work. Employ competent
mechanics and the best painters and trimmers. Best Oils, Paints and
Varnishes used. T. L WILSON. Proprietor.
THERE is no getting away
from the fact that Pure
White Lead (see list of, brands
which are genuine] and Pure Lin
seed Oil make the best paint.
Properly applied, it will not
chip, chalk or scale off, but .will
outwear any of the mixtures
offered as substitutes. It is, there
fore, by far the most economical.
By using National Lead Co.'s Pure White Lead Tinting Col
rKrr ors, any desired shade is readily obtained. Pamphlet giving
* valuable information and card showing samples of colors free;
also cards showing pictures of twelve houses of different designs painted in
various styles or combinations of shades forwarded upon application to thorn
intending to paint.
NATIONAL LEAD CO., CINCINNATI BRANCH, '
Cor. 7th St. and Freeman Ave., Cincinnati, O.