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COTTO!\ ACREAGE OF 11-9S.
Strong Henson* AMi> It Should He
C ut Down.
New York, Jan. 19.—1 t seems to us that
♦he most vitally important lesson for the
South to learn Is that over-production
cotton Is seriously harmful to the matori '
prosperity of that section.
We have repeatedly written on this sub
ject and feel that we have exhausted t
argument; nevertheless, with the r. su t
the current crop, we are constrained to
write again, even at the risk of reiterat
ing what we have said before.
Whatever share the merchants and
planters of the South are to have in the
revival of business and general prosperity
of the country, now apparently well part
ed, will depend upon the profit that Is
made in the production of cotton, a cr ip
•worth $300,000,000.
The total crop of 1895-96 was 7,137,310
bales, and it was sold at the aver i
priee of 8.09 cents per pound, or $40.82 per
bale, according to the record of exports
and the official figures of the Bureau of
Statistics at Washington. The planif;
that year made large food crops, and
when the planting season the next y*ai
began, they were forrified with every re
quisite to produce cotton cheaply.
Bast year the total crop was 8.737.904
bales, and the average price was 7.12
cents per pound, or $37.40 per bale, the
crop yielding, perhaps, a larger net profit
chan for many years, because planters
had few supplies to buy.
The success resulting from tlie conserva
tive policy which was pursued these two
years did not induce planters to adhere
to that line of action; on the contrary,
they increased their purchases of fertiliz
ers this year, and many of them drifted
back almost to the all-cotton principle,
and planted the largest cotton acreage
ever known, hoping that the world would
pay remunerative prices for the staple,
no matter how large the supply.
The disastrous result of over-planting
this year is already clearly shown by com
parison with last -year, when the acreage
devoted to cotton was decidedly less.
Last year the amount of cotton map
keted to Jan. 1 was 6,395,192 bales, the av
erage price realized was 7.33 cents per
pound, $37.97 per bale, or $242,939,350.
This year 7,260.033 bales were marketed
to Jan. 1, the average price realized was
6.05 cents per pound, $30.49 per bale, or
$221,358,406.
The planters shipped to market 861.841
bales of cotton more by Jan. 1 this year
than last, and received for them $21,980,-
5)44 less money. In other words, owing to
the lower price, induced by over-produc
tion, the people of the South have lost on
cotton shipped to market by Jan. 1 this
year, the total value of 861.841 bales, name
ly, $32,724,102, and $21,580,914 besides, mak
ing a grand toal loss of $54,303,046.
To further illustrate the ruinous effect
of over-planting we make the following
summary of crops and prices:
Crop Average
Bales. Price. Proceeds.
5893-94 7,549,817 7.69 $292,932,899
1894-95 9,90,251 5.79 288,918]gO!
3895-96 7.157.346 8 09 292,234,437
1896-97 8,757,964 7.42 327!047!554
It will be seen that in 1833-91 a crop of
7.549.617 bales sold for $4,014,395 more than
the large crop of 9,901,251 bales the next
year; In 1895-96 a crop of only 7,157,346 bales
brought $3,315,9:13 more than the 9,901,261
crop, and that the crop of 8.787,954 bales last
year brought 558.629.350 more than was re
ceived for 9,901,251 bales marketed in 1891-
95.
Such incontestable facts show what
enormous losses the South has sustained
by over-production, nnd are sufficient to
cause a radical change in planting opera
tions.
It Is conceded on every hand that the
price thus far received for this year’s crop
has yielded no profit to the planter, and
even though more than two-thirds of the
crop have been sold to this dale, prices
are even yet below the cost of production.
On account of the large crop and low
prices resulting therefrom, it is of vital
importance, not only to the South, hut the
whole country, that the cotton acreage
for next year be materially reduced, 7n
order to advance the price of the greatest
•staple product of the United States to a
paying basis.
If the planters of the South suffer loss,
the people of the whole country must
share in it.
The South cannot stand another cotton
crop of same dimensions as this years’
without bringing about disaster and bank
ruptcy to planters and handlers of cotton,
and relative harm to the general mercan
tile interests of that section.
The price of cotton Is more readily in
fluenced by the inexorable law of supply
and demand than any other article of
commerce, for no commodity is so sensi
tive to fluctuations, and when a super
abundance is hanging over the market
cotton trade in all its branches is adverse
ly affected.
Cotton raising in this country is vir
tually a monopoly—two-thirds of the en
tire production each year is readily taken
by buyers in foreign countries, and llio
planters in the South are justly entitled
to a fair remuneration for their laltor.
An oversupply is the only reason why
they have to sell 6,000,000 to 7,000,000 hales
of cotton to foreign spinners, without
profit.
The cotton crop can,and should tie,made
the most profitable In this country. It Is
wholly the planter's fault that such is
not the case, as the figures in this letter
clearly shows.
The cotton Interest of every kind, every
where, would prefer an advancing market
to a declining one, good prices to poor
ones, because trade in all of Its ramifi
cations is quickened thereby. Even the
consumers of cotton goods are so slightly
affected by an advance of even 2 or 3
cents per pound in the raw material thot
they are not unwilling that the planter lie
well paid for his labor. But if the plant
ing Interests of the South continue to in
crease cotton acreage year after year, con
tinual loss Is inevitable.
The mere fact that a large crop has
been planted affects the price adversely
at once, and continues to affect it until
the crop has been marketed, and if the
planters of the South would determine to
largely reduce the acreage, a favorable
Influence upon prices and the cotton trade
of the world would at once become appar
ent.
By the systematic and co-operative ac
tion between the merchants und planters
the cotton crop must .be kept within rea
sonable trade demands or else destroy the
most valuable source of profit to the mer
cantile and agricultural interest of the
South. For the good of all concerned, it
would be infinitely better any year to make
a million bales less cotton than half a mil
lion bales moie than necessary.
The material welfare of the South is
more dependent upon her cotton crop than
upon all other sources of income combined,
and I* is entirely with the planters and cot
ton commission merchants to determine
whether the value of this prop shall from
year to year be a source of annually in
creasing profit or a source of disappoint
ment and loss.
let tha in, Alexander & Cos.
/Dorit YoufakeV
VBrowns'ironJ
The
or ifie
Dropper?
There are cough medicines that
are taken as freely as a drink of
water from a dipper. They are
cheap medicines. Quantity does not
make up for quality. It’s the qual
ity that cures. There’s one medi
cine that’s dropped, not dipped—
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. There’s
more power in drops of this remedy
than in dippersful of cheap cough
syrups and elixirs. It cures Bron
chitis, Asthma, Croup, Whooping
Cough, and all Colds, Coughs, and
affections of the Throat and Lungs.
Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral
is now HALF PRICE for the half-size
bottles — 50 cents.
STORY OF A WASTED LIFE.
From a Comfortable Home to a
Traill it - * Condition.
From the City of Mexico Two Republic?
1 was about to enter one of the dining
room of this city for my regular after
noon meal, when a fairly dressed man ap
proached me, anti, after considering, he
said: “I am hungry; yes, honestly hungry.
Can you do anything for me?” His voice
had that smooth, educated sound which
one likes to hear, and, without consider
ing thut fact that I had previously been
made a victim of a number of his gentry,
I look him inside, and, as I ordered din
ner for two, I got a first-class chance to
look him over. He was a young man of 2t
years or thereabouts. His face, through
grimy, had a deoided'.y straightforward
look, and as he began to eat I also ob
served that he was refined in manners I
was becoming interested in the fellow for
some unexplainable reason, and when the
contents of the dishes had disappeared
and he announced that his appetite was
appeased, I asked him to take a walk. To
gether we strolled to the Alumeda, where
after seating ourselves I ventured to ask
him what brought him to Mexicoi After
considerable hesitation he replied; "Mis
ter, I am not used to this life, nnd I um
here because I have tried to get as fur
away from the city that I was born and
raised in as possible. I am the only son
of a man of wealth in a large city in the
northern part of the United States, and I
was raised in what is termed the lap of
luxury. I received the very last educa
tion that money could furnish, and when
three years ago I graduated from college
my father placed his hand upon my head
and said: ‘My son. 1 am proud, of you.'
From the college door I went directly to
the office of my father's extensive com
mercial house, and when I should have
gained what the ‘old man' colled a knowl
edge of the business, I would have been
taken in as a partner of the firm. About
this time I became engaged to a young
lady who was my equal in everything, so-
dally, and the wedding day was set.
"A few days after the date of my mar
riage was settled, an old college chum ar
rived in the city, and, what Is natural, ac
cepted my invitation to make our house
his headquarters while In town. He was
a hail fellow well met, and In a few days
we were nightly engaged in taking in
the town. One morning after being out
all night I accidentally mot my fiancee
upon the street, and she seeing my in
toxicated condition, passed by me, and
the mere sight of her sobered me com
pletely. That afternoon I received a let
ter from her, inclosing her engagement
ring, and stating that she did not care to
become a drunkard s wife, breaking the
engagement. For hours I was as a crazy
man, and, when my senses returned I
made an attempt to gee her, but was de
barred the house. I sent letters, mes
sages, begging, entreating her to for
give me. It was useless. In a few days
I returned to my office, but could not
put my mind on what I was doing and I
took the usual course, tried to drown my
troubles by drink. It was but a step. I
met boon companions, who helped me
down the easy path. From the saloon,
one more short step and I was in the
gambling house. At first I used to win,
and I was continually during the hours of
business to tie found at the card tables.
One day I had what they called a bad run
of luck and lost all the money I hod,
amounting to several thousand dollars,
and in my desperation I wrote out a
check, and, signing my father's name, to
it, I sent one of the employes of this
‘den’ to the bank, which cashed the check
unhesitatingly.
A few hours’ play followed, and once
more I was broke. I arose from that ta
ble a forger of a parent’s name, and rush
ing out of the house, I made my way to
the river with the intention of ending it
all. On my way I had to cross a number
of railroad tracks, and Just as I reached
them a long freight train came along,
bound whither I knew not, and cared less.
I boarded the moving cars, and crawling
up the sides I lay on the top of one of
them, and as I lay there my whole life
came to me, and in a moment of frenzy I
Jumped from the now fast moving train.
By some miraculous reason I escaped the
death I craved, but I was rendered uncon
scious from the shook. When I came to
my senses I crawled and limped along the
track, and in a few hours reached a little
town. Upon inquiry I was told that I was
fifty miles from the (own of my birth. I
sat down upon the platform of the station
and glancing at my hands I saw "our" en
gagement ring. Again the past ettme to
me, and this time I cried like a child. I
took the ring off my hand, and putting it
Inside of the last letter which "she" had
written me, I looked about for a pluce to
lie down; I was exhausted and faint. I
had eaten nothing all day, and it was now
late in the evening, in fact, it was dark.
I went up to the track again, ami lying
down upon the gross near by I slept the
sleep of the weary, and dreamed of my
home which I had so lately left. I awoke
with a start, and found that day was
about to break, and os I tried by the re
maining strength left In my body to stand
up, 1 heard a sharp whittle, and a train
was pulling’ out of the depot toward me.
Asserting my will power, I started to my
feet and ran as fast as I could In the di
rection of the coming train. I saw ns I
ran that i* was a freight, und as the cars
began to go by mo I managed to see a
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JANUARY 2?, 1893.
door of one of them open. and. grasping
hold of a part of the door, I drew myself
inside. My strength here guve out. and i
once more I fainted. I did not rememlier
anything more until I one morning found
myself in a cheap lodging house in a city,
and those about me called me daft. I was
in rags, and as f mechanically felt for my
letter and ring. I found that they were
gone. 1 was stunned, but, throwing all
my remaining manhood into action, I
started out to look for employment. I
searched hard, but no one would give me
work, and I came to Mexico, beating
trains and begging my food, in the hopes
that someone would give me some kind
of employment here. That is all.”
THE Mitt MILE MIE TICKET.
How They Are Mude anil the Manner
of Their l so.
From the St. Louis Republic.
Since the adoption of the interchange
able mileage ticket by the Western roads
the new form of transportation has be
come very popular. The new ticket is
gotten up in a peculiar form, and requires
the investment of but fifty cents to give
the passenger the benefit of the 2 cents a
miie rate. The 60 cents secures for the
purchaser his credentials, which are got
ten up in the form of a neat leather jock
etbook. When the holder of one of these
credentials takes a ride on any one of the
roads in the Western Passenger Associa
tion he purchases a regular ticket at the
regular price, at the same time presenting
his credentials. The agent who sells the
ticket places the latter in an envelope, a
portion of which is a receipt for the tick
et. This receipt is torn off by the conduc
tor, and handed to the passenger, who
files it away. When the passenger hag
ridden 2,000 miles he turns in these re
ceipts and receives as a rebate the differ
ence between 2 cents a mile and the rate
he has paid for the 2,C00 miles he has rid
den. In case he does not ride 2.000 miles
within a year he does not get the rebate.
His chance to get the rebate, however,
has cost him only 50 cents, in return for
which he has a neat le'ather pocketbook.
One general passenger agent in speaking
of the new ticket said;
"Yes, it's a very nice thing—for the
traveling public—but I am beginning to
think that the railroads have got the short
end of it, and that it will make a material
difference in their earnings. Everybody
was in favor of the new ticket, and now
that we have got it, I am afraid we don’t
want it. The tickets ore undoubtedly very
popular. I havrt been on a number of
trains, not only on my own road, but on
others, since the new ticket was placed
on sale and was surprised, not only at the
number of people, hut at the class of peo
ple who were using them. I saw a great
many people who. I am sure, never used
a mileage ticket before and who, I rm
equally certain, would not plank down the
price of 2.000 miles of ri ling, hand up these
tickets. Before the new licket was placed
on the market, these people purchased
tickets at the regular fare. Not it takes
simply the investment of half a dollar for
them to get the benefit of the ch&ap rate,
and they are all taking advantage of it.
The loss of these regular fares will make
a big hole in the earnings of the roads.
Some of these people may not ride enough
to secure the rebate, but many of them
will, and it is a clear loss to the roads of
the difference between the two-cent rate
and the regular rate.”
INTERDICTED PHRASES.
Forms of Expression Tlint Custom
Says Should Re Avoided.
From the Philadelphia Press.
After three days of conference and dis
cussion of things literary and otherwise
apiiertaining to the teaching of the lan
guages, the members of the Modern Lan
guage Association of America closed their
fifteenth annual convention Thursday, and
most of the delegates left the city to re
sume their work in the various colleges
and universities with which they are con
nected.
In "Verbal Taboos,” the last paper read
before the close of the session. Prof. F. N.
Scott of the University of Michigan pre
sented one of the most interesting contri
butions during the convention's sessions.
Thff paper pleaded for the retention of
many words in the language which are
dropped from it on account of personal dis
like on the part of those who have the in
fluential places in the development of the
English vocabulary.
He explained that a "taboo” was a pro
hibition laid upon certain objects or acts;
a ban or interdiction, of such a character
that any one who touches the tabooed ob
ject or who performs the tabooed act is
liable to a penalty more or less severe,
and then went on to speak of the "taboo”
in relation to spoken words, saying:
"Very significant are the taboos pub
lished by Prof. A. S, Hill of Harvard Uni
versity, in his school text books. If we
listen to the voice of this New England
crier proclaiming his taboos to his fellow
savages, we shall no longer speak of any
thing as being a ’success;’ we shall sjieak
of it ns being ’successful.’ We shall cease
saying ‘an editorial,’ and in Us place use
'tin editorial article,’ or 'a leader.’
"We shall not think of the barn as being
‘hack’ of the house, but as being ’behind’
the house. According to Mr. Hill, we must
not say ’the United States is a nation;’
we must say ’the United States are a na
tion.’ The preposition ‘onto’ Is strictly for
bidden. It is wrong, I infer, to say ‘We
climbed out the window, onto the roof of
the porch.’ Instead the sentence should
read: 'We climbed out the window on the
roof (or to thereof ) of the porch.’
"To gesture, according to Prof. Hill, is
a verb which is not a verb. The sentence,
‘A beautiful doll came out and gestured
solemnly,’ la corrected to read, ‘A beautiful
doll came out and gesticulated solemnly.’
Finally, the verb ‘laundered’ is condemned
as a vulgar substitute for washed and
ironed.
"In certain books that have appeared
within the last quarter of a century, at--
tempts have been mrtde to plaee a ban or
prohibition upon the use of certain well
known and much-used English words and
phruses. These prohibitions, which may lie
termed verbal taboos, from their resem
blance to the taboos of aboriginal tribes,
are the outcome of antipathies which are
formed In early years while the individual
Is acquiring command of speech.
"Such antipathies are common to all per
sons. being due to the associations which
naturally occur in the formation of the
speech habit; but In the case of most per
sons they are cheeked or repressed by a
sense of deference to the feelings of others
in the community.
"There ore some persons, however, In
each generation who are unusually self-as
sertive and aggressive in matters of lan
guage. Such persona look upon their per
sonal antipathies as universal principles
and do not hesitate lo impose them upon
their neighbors. It is from these persons
that verbal taboos proceed."
I.nnuttc Asylum Trustees.
Milledgevllle, Oa., Jan. 21.—The recently
appointed board of trustees for the state
lunatic asylum met yesterday at that In
stitution. Dr. T. 11. Dixon of Gainsville
was elected president of the board and T.
J. Carling of Macon vice president. The
prudential committee, who has the chief
responsibility of the institution, wore ip-
I tointed as follows: T. H. Hunt of Han
cock, T. J. Car'.lng of Bibb, and Eugene
Foster of Richmond.
—Mrs. Jones: Did your husband die hap
py?”
Widow Brown: Oh, yes; Just before ho
died he cried out ecstatically, "I see a
great light," and then added softly, "I
think I'm going where they give l>etter
gas,” and passed smilingly away,—Judge.
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HAS EYES LIKE X-RAYS.
French woman A\ lin Fan Read Rllnd
folded tlie Contents of Letters
Miles Away.
From the New York Herald.
Great are the Roentgen rays, but great
er, say those who know her, is a certain
Frenchwoman of Narbonne. The Roent
gen rays enable us to see through wood
and flesh, but they are jiowerlcss against
metals. Yet this woman of Narbonne, we
are told, can not oniy read a letter wrap
ped in metallic paper, but can read it
when it is at a great distance away from
her.
Dr. Ferroul discovered this marvelous
woman. The doctor, who was, some years
ago n socialist deputy in Paris, recently
settled dowh at Narbonne ami determined
to devote all his leisure to the study of
occultism. So he tried his hand at turn
ing tables and, like so many others, strove
to obtain messages from the dead by
means of Blanchette and spirit rapping.
His success was not marked in any direc
tion until one day he became acquainted
with a woman who possessed the strange
faculty of “reading letters through opaque
bodies.”
The doctor was amazed. He tested the
woman several times, and in no instance
did she fail to read the letter correctly.
Then he sat down and sent word of his
wonderful discovery to a friend of his,
Dr. Grasset, professor of medicine at the
University of Montpellier. The latter,
who is well known in Baris as a savant
of great merit, was at first wholly Incred
ulous, but finally promised to test the
woman’s power in his own way. First,
however, he went to Narbonne and had a
long conference with Ferroul, after which
he returned to Montpellier and wrote the
following words on half sheet of paper:
“The deep sky reflects our tears in Its
stars, or we weep this evening at feeling
that we love too much.”
Over these words he wrote in one line
three words, one in the Russian, another
in the German, and the third in the Greek
language, and then he added a final line
containing the Word "Montpellier" and
the date of the month. This paper he
folded in two, with the writing on the in
side, and then he covered it entirely with
a sheet of tinfoil, such as is used for choc
olate. This sheet he turned down at the
edges and he then slipped the whole into
an ordinary envelope, which he tightly fas
tened with gum. Finally, as Dr. Ferroul
had warned hint that btring sometimes in
terfered with his subject’s reading powers,
he fastened the envelope with a safety
pin, which pierced in such a manner that
it formed a sort of padlock, and, this be
ing done, the pin was embedded in a mass
of black sealing wax. which was stamped
with Dr. Grasset’s coat of arms.
To this sealed envelope Dr. Grasset at
tached his card, with a few word, and then
he placed the document in a large .en
velope and sent it by mail to Dr. Ferroul
at Narbonne. Two days later he reeeiv
ed.the following letter from Dr. Ferroul:
“Mon cher Mattre:
“When your letter reached me this morn
ing my subject was not at hand. I open
ed the first cover containing the envelope
and found your card. Having some vis
its to make, I decided to bring my sub
ject to my house at about 4 o’clock and I
called at her house to leave word.
"When I toid her w’hat I wanted her to
do she expressed a desire to make the read
ing at once. Your envelope, sealed with
black wax. had been placed inside its big
envelope on my desk, and my subject’s
house Is distant at least 300 meters from
mine.
“As we leaned against a table I passed
my hands over the subjects’ eyes and this
is what she told me without having seen
your envelope;
“ You have torn the envelope.’
“ ’Y’es, but the letter to be read is inside
in another closed envelope.’
“ ‘The one with the large black seal?’
“ ‘Yes. Read.'
“ ’There is some silver paper * * •
Here is what there is: The deep sky re
flects our tears in its stars, for we weep
at feeling that we live too much.’
“ ’Then there are letters like this.’ (She
showed me with her Unger tips D. E. K.)
" 'Then there is a short name that 1
don’t know.’ (in what sense are we to
take this?)
“Then she read the word Montpellier
and the date on your letter.
“There, cher maitre, is the report of the
oaperiment, which lasted at most a min
ute and a half. lam returning you your
envelope with my letter. Yours,
“Dr. Ferroul.”
Dr. Grasset was exceedingly surprised
when he received this letter. To him, in
deed, the story savored of the supernatu
ral. The sealed envelope was once more
in his possession; there was not the slight
est evidence that it had been tampered
with, and yet this strange woman had read
the entire contents with the exception of
the few words in Greek, Russian and
German.
Are we to conclude from this experiment
that reading through opaque bodies be
longs to the domain of possibility? Won
derful, if true, and yet not as wonderful
as the fact that the reading in this in
lance was done at a considerable distance.
The subject not merely read ihe words
that were inside the closed and sealed en
velope, hut she did so at a time when the
envelope was 300 meters away from her
and when ihey were between her and it
such objects as her own house and Dr.
Ferroul's house.
Clear, however, ns the facts were, Dr.
Grasset was still half-afraid of being mys
tified and therefore he submitted the seal
ed envelope lo the members of the Acad
emy of Sciences und Letters of Mont
pellier, und, by opening it in their pres
ence. satisfied them that the envelope had
not been tampered with. The members
were as puzzled as Dr. Grasset, and at
once decided to make anew experiment.
Conscquently a committee was appointed
for this purpose, and it was agreed that
the memlwrs thereof should not know the
contents of the envelope and, while on
their way to Narlionne should not let it
for a moment out of their possession. As
to the result of this last experiment, noth
ing lias yet been made public.
A Mexican Catacomb,
From Leslie's Weekly.
The largest catacomb of the new world
Is at Guanajuato, Mexico. It Is a portion
of a treeless cemetery perched upon a
mountain ridge overlooking a narrow,
sterile valley, in which is located the city,
containing a living population of 30,000.
The high, thick adobe walls of the cem
etery contain receptacles for the coffined
dead. When rent for these receptacles i°
unpaid the bodies are removed to the cat
acomb, unccrffined, and piled with more an
cient bones and dust. The catacomb is
blasted out of the rocky soil, with a level
floor twenty feet under ground. It is a
roomy corridor, with vents for sunlight
and air through the arched roof of rock.
The bones of the unnamed and unnum
bered dead are piled compactly up at either
end.
Slowly the open space is contracting,
but lliere is still a hundred yards of it.
Along its facing walls partially preserved
cadavers have been placed, apparently to
attract the curious. They make a ghastly
array, with male subjects on one side and
females on the other. Most of them are
recent dead, and some are clothed, wholly
or partially. A few have papers loosely
pinned to them, slating names and dates
of death—a pitifully feeble effort to stay,
if but for a moment, the relentless march
of oblivion.
telegraphkT markets.
(Continued from Tenth Page.)
Jo do pref. .. 31(4jHaciOe (Mail ... 3314
N. J. Central .. 92(4]pullman Faiace.l76
N. Y. Central. .11214. Silver Cert 56%
N-.Y.C. & St. L. 13V S. H. & T 3ij
do do Ist pref. 65 | Sugar 137
do do 2d pref. 36(4 do pref. ..... 11214
Nor. West... 14 |T. C. & Iron .. 2414
No. Am. C 0.... 4%/U. S. Leather . 6%
No. Pacific 24V do pref 63(4
do pref 63%jU. ,S. Rubber... 1514
Ontario & W.. 16% do pref 6314
Ore. R. & Kav. 49% West. Union .... 90%
Ore. Short Line. 24 | Northwestern ..127V
FXttbuurg 168;4| do pref 164'4.
Reading 21V St. L. & S. W... 3%
Rock Island ... 88%i do pref. 9
St. L. & S. F... 7(4jR. G. & W.. 22
do do Ist pref. 56 j do pref. 56
do do 2d pref. 25% Chi. G. AV
St. Paul 94V|Hawaiian C. Cos. 31
Rdg Ist pref.... 45(4
Bonds.
U.S.new 4s,reg 127% N. C. 6s §25 I
do coup 128% | do 4s .'.'.002
U. S. 4s 112%jN0. Pac. lsts . 117
do coup 114% | do 3s 64%
do 2ds ICO do 4s 937
U. S. 5s reg .. 113% N. Y. C. & St. L
do 5s coup ....114(4) 4s ic6V
District 3 65s 16 |Nor. &W 6s 24 V
Ala. class A .... 108 |N. W. cons.,ofd' 145
do B 10S j do deb. 5s 117
do c 109 10. Nav. lsts ....114(4
do currency .. 100 jo. Nav. 4s . 95:4
Atchison 4s .... 91(4)0. S. d' 6s, Y "r " 125(4
do adj. 4s 59 10. S. L. ss, t r 99%
Can. So. iis ....108 |0 Imp. lsts t.r. 107
Chi. Terminal ..85741 do ss, t. r! .... 60%
C. & Ohio 5s .. 114(4;Pae. 6s of '95 ..303(7
C. H. &D.4 Vs I Reading 4s .... 83%
of d 194%) R, G. W. lsts .. 83(4
D. & R. G. lsts 108'ijSt. Louis & Ir.
D. & R. G. 4s .. 91(4| Con., 5s 89%
East Tenn. Ists 106% St. L. & San F
Erie Gen. 4s .. 70%j Gen. 6s 116(4
F. W. &D. lsts |St. P. Con 139(4
t. r 73%| St. Paul C. & P.
Gen. Elec. 5s . lsts .... 21914
G. S.A. Gs ..107 | do 5s UGfc
do 2ds 102 jS. C. non-fund.. (4
H. & T. C. 5s .. 110 I So. Ry. 5s 92(4
410 con. 6s .... 106 |Stan. It. & T. 6s 57
Iwa. C. lsts —ICO )Tenn. new set 3s 87
K. P. Con. t. r. 95(4|T. P. L. G., lsts 100(4
K. P. Ist (Den. | do Rg. 2ds .... 31(4
Dlv.) t. r 117 |U. P. lsts 121
La. new cons., |U. P. D. & Guif
4s 102 j lsts 57V
L. & N. uni. 45.. 86 |Wab. lsts 5s ....108%
Missouri 6s 100 | do 2ds 81%
M. K. & T. 2d3 64(4|W. Shore 4s ... 109%
do 4s 88 Va. Centuries .. 70
N. Y. C. lsts ..116(4| do deferred .... 3
N. J. C. 5s .... 112 |
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
The following are the Savannah Board
of Trade quotations:
Bacon—The market is steady. Smoked
clear sides, 6%c; dry salted clear rib
,sides, 5%c; bellies, 5%c; sugar cured hams
1 9%c.
Lard—Market firm; pure, in tierces, 5%c;
50-pound tins, 6c; compound, in tierces,
4%c; 50-pound tins. 4%e.
Butter—Market steady; fair demand; Go
shen, 16@17%c; gilt edge, 22®23c; creamery,
237; 24c; fancy Elgins. 257527 c.
Cheese—Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, ll@ll%c; 20-pound average, 11 %@
12c.
Flour—Firm; patents. $5.40; straights,
$5.00; fancy, $4.90; crcar, $4.08; family, sl.lO.
Corn—Market steady; white, job lots,
49c; carload lots, 47c; mixed corn, job lots]
48c; carload lots, 46c.
Oats—Carload lots, 36c: job lota, 3Sc.
Texas rust proof, job lots, 45c.
Southern seed rye, sl.lO.
Rice—Job lots, fair, 4%@4%c; good, 4%©
sc; prime, 5®5%c.
Bran—Job lots, 90c; carload lots, 95c.
Hay—Market steady; Western, job lots,
80c; carload lots, 75c.
Meal—Pearl, per barrel, $2.15; per sack,
95c; city meal, per sack, bolted, 90c;
city meal, water ground, 95c; pearl grits,
per barrel. $2.20; per sack, SI.OO.
Coffee—Steady; Mocha, 26c;,Java, 27c;
Peaberry, 17c; standard No. 1,14 c; No. 2,
13c; No. 3, 12%C; No. 4, 11 Vic; No. 5, 10%c;
No. 6,9 Vic; No. 7, B%c.
Sugar—Equality Prices—Savannah quo
tations) Powdered, 5.62 c; standard gran
ulated, 5.43 c; cubes, 6.62 c; confectioners’
A, 5.30 e; white extra C. 4.SOc; extra C,
4.79 c; golden C, 4.53 c; yellows, 4.43 e Tone 1
firm.
Cabbage—Native, barrels, per head,
6<g7c; orates, $1.75.
Onions—Crates. $1.00; barrels, $2.75; large
Spanish, $1.65 crate.
Potatoes—lrish, $2.75.
App1e5—54.00754.25.
Oranges—Florida, $3.50®3.75.
Lemons—Market quiet; Messina, new
per box, $3.00@3.25.
Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated, 9c;
common, 6®5%c.
Nuts—Almonds, Tarragona, 12c; Ivicas,
10%c; walnuts, French. 10c; Naples, 11c;
pecans, 10c: Brazils, B%c; filberts, 10c; as
sorted nuts, 50-pound and 25-pound boxes,
10®10%c; cocoanuts, $3.75 per 100.
Raisins—L. L., $1.66; %-box. $1.00; loose,
60-pound boxes, 6%c per pound.
Peanuts—Ample stock; fair demand;
market steady; fancy, hand-picked Vir
ginia. per pound, 4%c; hand-picked, per
pound, 4c.
Eggs—Market firm; candled per dozen,
16@17c; country, 2c less.
Poultry—Steady; fair demand; half
grown, 25©35c per pair; three-quarters,
grown, 40© 50c per pair; full-grown fowls,
655566 c per pair.
Fish—Mackerel, half barrel, No. 1, 18 50-
No. 2, $7.60; No. 3, $6.00; kits. No. 1, $1.25;
No. 2, $1.00; No. 3,95 c. Codfish, 1-pound
bricks, 6%e; 2-pound bricks, 6c. Smoked
herring, per box. 20c; Dutch herring, in
kegs, $1.26; new mullet, half-barrel, $3.50.
Sugar—Market quiet; Georfla and Flor
NEW SPRING MATTING)
S< O JUST RECEIVED. ® o
200 ROLLED
In All Grades Of
CHINESE AND JAPANESE,
And They Are All Beauties.
SELECTIONS
Made now will be held until you are
ready for them.
Bicycle Bargains
Are being offered in all wheels. Wheels are iot
moving fast enough to suit us, and we want to
move them. We will give you the prices to dot.
1898 Wheels, list price $75.00, Get Our Price.
1898 Wheels, list price $60.00, Get Our Price.
1898 Wheels, list price $50.00, Get Our Price.
EVERY WHEEL IR THE STORE HAS GOT TO GO
These are prices that will move them. If you
want a wheel, now is your time.
Lindsay & Morgan.
HOTELS OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SYSTM.
Reached only via the Florida East Coast Railway from Jacksonville to MiamiTha
Miami and Key (Vest Steamship Line from Miami to Key West. Parior Car Hfet
Service now running.
ALL OPEN.
KEY WEST—Hotel Key West. U. S. Naval Station.
NASSAU—New S. S. Miami from Miami. Abroad in a night.
MIAMI—Hotel Royal Palm, Hotel Biseayne, Casino Swimming Pool. Bicycling,
swimming, fishing and hunting.
PALM BEACH—HoteI Royal Poinciana, Palm Beach Inn, Casino Swimming Pc*f
Bicycling, golf, winter ocean bathing.
• ORMOND—HoteI Ormond. Bicycling and golf.
ST. AUGUSTINE—HoteI Ponce de Leon, Hotel Alcazar, Casino Swimming Pool. Bi
cycling, swimming, golf, hunting and fishing.
Send to the General Offices, St. Augustine, for the New East Coast Book of Half
tones. C. B. KNOTT, Gen. Supt.
MCDONOUGH & BfILLfINTYNE, y(
lion Founders, Machinists, p ft, ■
Blacksmiths, Boilermakers, manufacturers of Stationary and’
Portable Engines, Vertical and Top Running Corn Mills,
Sugar Mill and Pans. SHAFTING, PULLEYS, etc. m
TELEPHONE NO. 123. 0 it
ida syrup buying at 18@20c; selling at 20(®
22%c; sugar house at 19@32e straight
goods, 23®30e; sugar house molasses, 15
©2oc.
Salt—Demand is fair, and the market
steady; carload lots, f. o. b.. Liverpool,
200-pound sacks, 57c; job lots, 65® 90c; com
mon fine salt, 125-pound, in burlap sacks,
carload lots, 36a; common fine salt, 125-
pound, in cotton sacks, carload lots, 39c.
Hides, Wool, Etc.—Hides—The market
firm; dry flint, 14c; dry salt, 12c; green
salted, 7%c. Wool—Firm; prime Georgia,
free of sand, burrs and black wool, 18c;
blacks, 16c; burry, 6®9c. Wax, 23c. Tal
low, 2c. Deer skins, 15c.
Oils—Market steady; demand fair; sig
nal, 457150; West Virginia black, 9®l2c;
lard, 48@56c; neatsfoot, 60@75c; machinery,
15@25c; linseed, raw, 42e; boiled, 45c; kero
sene, prime, white, Sc; water white, 9c;
fire-proof, 10c; deodorized stove gasoline,
barrels, B%c.
Gun Powder—Per keg, $4.00; half kegs,
$2.25; quarter keg, $1.25; Champion duck
ing, quarter keg, $2.25; Austin, Dupont
and Hazard, smokeless, half kegs, $11.25;
quarter kegs, $5.75; 1-pound canisters, $1.00;
less 25 per cent.
Shot—Drop, $1.75; B. B. and large, $1.50;
chilled, $1.55.
Iron—Market very steady; Swede, 4@
4%c; refined, $1.55 base.
Nails—Cut, $1.55 base; wire, $1.85 base.
Advanced national list of extras, adopted
Dec. 1, 1896.
Dry Goods—The market is firm; demand
brisk; prints, 3V4®sc; Georgia brown shirt
ings, 3c; %c, 4c; 4-4 brown sheetings, 4%©
sc; white osnaburgs, 6c; checks, 4®6c;
brown drillings, G%®C%c.
Lime,Calcined Plaster and Cement—Ala
bama and Georgia lime in fair demand,
and selling at 75c per barrel, bulk and car
load lot special; calcined plaster, $1.30
per barrel; hair, 4®sc; Rosedale cement,
sl.lo® 1.20; carload lots special; Portland
cement, retail, $2.20; carload lots, $2.00.
OCEAN FREIGHTS.
Cotton—Market easy; rates quoted are
per 109 pounds: Boston, per bale, $1.25;
New York, per bale. $1.00; Philadelphia, per
bale, $1,009; Baltimore, per bale, SI.OO.
Direct—Barcelona, 55c; Genoa, 50c; Reval,
50c; Bremen, 43c; Liverpool, 41c; Havre,
45c; Trieste, 55c; Venice, 63c. Via New
York—Liverpool, 42c; Bremen, 43c; Amster
dam, 48c; Hamburg, 45c; St. Petersburg,
57c; Havre, 45c; Reval, 57c; Genoa, 53c;
Naples, 60c; Japan, 90c.
Lumber—By Sail—Freights are firm at
ruling rates. Foreign business is more or
less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $4.00®
4.50 for a range—lncluding Baltimore end
Portland. Me. Railroad ties, base 44 feet,
to Baltimore, 12c; to Philadelphia, 13c; to
New York, 13%c. Timber rates, 50c@$1.00
higher than lumber rates. To the West
Indies and windward, nominal; to Rosa
rio. !$12.00®T3.f10; to Buenos Ayres and
Montevideo, $10,008.11.00; to Rio Janeiro,
$14.00; to Spanish and Mediterranean ports,
$11.30011.50; to United Kingdom, for orders,
nominal for lumber, £4 5s standard.
By Steam—To New York, $5.00; to Phil
adelphia, via New York. $5.50; to Boston,
$6.00, via New York; to Baltimore, $4.00.
Naval Stores—By Sail—The market Is
firm. Medium sized, Cork for orders, are
as follows; Rosin, 2s 10%d for barrels of
310 pounds, and 5 per cent, primage; spirits,
4s l%d; Genoa, rosin 3s 3d©3s 6d; Adri
atic, 2s 6.1®2s 9d; South American, rosin,
80c per barrel of 280 pounds. Coastwise,
Steam To Boston, 10c per 100 pounds on
rosin, 90c on spirits; to New York, rosin,
BV4c per 100 pounds; spirits. 80c,
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.
New York, Jan. 21.—Flour quiet, but
steadily held higher; winter straight,
$1.45© 4.30; Minnesota patents, $5.00®5.50!
Corn meal steady.
Wheat, spot, steady; No. 2, $1.02%; op
tions opened higher on bullish Liverpool
and Argentine news, advanced sharply
on covering and foreign buying, and fin
ally collapsed under reported liberal Ar
gentine receipts and closed l%c net higher
on January, which was influenced by scant
supplies; No. 2 red, $1.04%@1.05%, clo-eS
sl-05%: May, 83%®84'ic; closed 84%c.
Corn, spot, steady; options openc-iM
steady and advanced a little with wheat
closed quiet, steady and unchanged. \
Oats, -pot qnie., No. 2, 28%c; options,
very slow, but steady with corn, closing i
unchanged; May closed 2SVic. Hay dull. J
Hides steady. Lead steady. Wool steady, j
Beef firm. Cut meats steady; pickled be!-I
lies, s@6c; do shoulders, 4%®6e; do hams,l
7Vic. Lard-firm; western steam, 5.05 c; I
May, 5.15 c nominal; refined firm. Porlqj
firm. Tallow quiet. Cotton seed oil quiet, J
but firm; prime, 19@19%c; do yellow, 23d!
Rite steady;fair to extra,s%@G%c.Molass J
steady; New Orleans, open kettle, 28®
Coffee; options opened quiet with price*
unchanged, closed net unchanged to 3
points decline; sales 12,500 bales, including
March, 5.70©5.75c; spot coffee, Rio steady!
No. 7 invoice, 6%®6%e; No. 7 jobbir.gj
6%@6%c; mild, dull; Cordova. 8%@15c. SuJ
gar, raw, steady; refining, 39-16 c;
fugal 96-test, 4 l-16c; refined steady.
Butter, quiet; western creamery, 14’. \
20c; Elgins, 20c; factory, ll@lsc. Chet s: fl
quiet; large white, September, B%c; small
white, September, 9%®9%c; large colored,
September, B%c; small colored, September,
9 l 4®'9Vic; large October, 8%@8%c; small Oc*
tober, 8%@8%c; light skims, 6%c; pail
skims, 4%@sVic; full skims, 2©3c.
Chicago, Jan. 21.—l After advancing a cent
to-day on the remarkable strength of Eng
lish markets, wheat flattened out and clos
ed unchanged for May, but July held Vd> 1
%c of its gain. Heavy Argentine shipment
rather took the wind out of the bulls sails, j
Corn and oats showed a little more activ- J
ity, but substantially no changes in price.
Provisions closed unchanged to 7%c higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing,
Wheat, No. 2
Jan 94% * 91% 93% 8*
May 92%@92% 92% 91% 91 7 8
July ......84% 84% 84 84%® 81'%
Corn, No. 2
Jan 27 27% 27
May 29% 29% 28%®29 28%®-9
July 30% 30% 30 *1 ,
Oats, No. 2 J
May 23% 23% 23% 23ffl
July 22% 22% 22% - 4
Mess Pork, per bbl.—
Jan $9 65 /
May... 9 72% 9 87% 9 72% 9 77's
Lard, per 100 lbs.—
Jan.... 4 72% 4 72% 4 73 470 j ■
May ... 4 82% 4 85 4 80 4 S2'a
Short Ribs, per 100 lbs, —
Jan 4 79
May ... 4 82% 4 87% 4 80 4 82’a
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady; No. 2 yellow corn, 27®27%c; No. .
spring wheat, 87Vi@8Sc; No. 3 spring wheat,
87%©91c; No. 2 red, 93®94c; No. 2 corn, -T>l
27%c; No. 2 oats, 23c; No. 3 white, •
No. 2 rye, 45c; No. 2 barley ,$26%
flax seed, $1.21%® 1.25%; prime timothy see
$2.70. Mess pork, $9.65©9.70; lard, per
lbs., $4.70@4.72%; short rib sides (loose).
$4.77%®>4.57%; dry salted shoulders (boxed).
4%©5c; short clear sides (boxed), $i.S )© '
Whisky, distillers’ finished goods, per gi‘<
$1.19. Sugar, cut loaf, unchanged.
Cincinnati, Jan. 21.—Flour firm. Wheat
firm; No. 2 red, 95c. Corn steady; Na J
mixed, 29c. Oats quiet and firm: No j
mixed, 24%c. Rye steady; No. 2,46 c. L lr 'J
steady at $4.62*%. Bulk meats steady •
$4.60. Bacon quiet and firm at s'■"*
Whisky, $1.19. .
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 21.—Flour unchanged.
Wheat unsettled, closing %®%c lower
futures; spot easy; No. 2 red cash eleva*
tor, 93%c; track, 95%@96c; Jan. 94c; Wait
94%c bid; July, 81c; No. 2 hard cash,
87%c. Corn steady; No. 2 cash, 25%0; J® 1 ’*
uary, 25%c> May, 26%c; July, 27%c. Oat*
futures firm; spot steady; No. 2 cash e l '
vator, 23%c; track. 24%c; January. s?'•
May, 24%c; July, 22%c; No. 2 white,
25c. Whisky, $1.19. Pork higher; slant-® ’
mess Jobbing, $7.95. Lard higher, Pf* l ”.
steam. $4.57%; choice, $1.65. Bacon box™ j
lots, extra short clear, $5.37%©5.55: shot 1 ,
$5.62%®5.75; dry salt boxed shoulders, •• •
©5.00; extra short dear, $1.75©6.00; r ‘“
$4.57%©5.00; short, 5.12%®5.25,