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SPOT COTTON LOWER.
\ DECLINE OF l-16c ON ALL GRADES
OF SPOTS.
nU e Influence of the Decline In Fn
tures Hml It* F,fleet on Focal Spots.
~„e local Sales 544 Hales—The
spirits Turpentine Market Firm at
Cents— Rosin Unchanged anil
,n Good Demand—Other Markets
Steady.
- ivannah, Jon. 22,-The decline of 1-16
~s m the price of cotton was the inter
! lift feature in the leading markets to
, ~ The decline in futures and other
brought about a lack of confidence
t.mong holders. The reported sales were
... nales. The spirits turpentine market re
mained firm at 3214 cents, with a fair de
ii.ar i. The rosin market was firm and un
, ranged. The following resume of the dlf
l, , t markets, will show the Quotations
ar l lone at the close to-day:
COTTON.
i ae local market succumbed to the de
-i .n in the futures markets to-day and
; ijl l, -.i 1-16 cents on all grades. At the
, rad at the Cotton Exchange, the
k. : tvas bulletined quiet and unchang
, with sales of 470 bales. At the last call
o’clock p. m., 'it was bulletined quiet
e , ;i decline of 1-16 cents on all grades, with
fairs of 70 bales.
■Che follow ing were the official spot quo
, ,lions at the close of the market at the
< ~t; ai Exchange to-day:
<; ,>d middling 5 7-16
.Middling '..5%
J.mv middling 413-16
n oil ordinary 4 9-16
Market quiet; sales, spots, 544; f. o. 0.,
S, a Island Cotton—The market remained
fi.ady and unchanged, with sales at the
following quotations:
Extra choice Floridas 14 @ls
choice Floridas 13%
Extra fine Floridas 13
Fancy Georgias 12%@13
Extra choice Georgias 12 @12%
choice Georgias 11 @ll%
Extra fine Georgias 10%
Fine Georgias 9 @9%
Jib lium fine Georgias 8%
Common Georgias 8
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day 2,131
Receipts this day last year 3,050
Receipts this day year before last... 2,157
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1897 939,861
Same time last year 674,981
Same time year before last 560,993
Exports, continent, this day 6,050
Exports, coastwise, this day 1,998
Siock on hand this day 118,559
Same day last year 79,487
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports—
Receipts this day 20,737
This day last week 38,035
This day last year 27,459
This day year before last 16,759
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1897...6,324,721
Same time last year 5,390,070
Same time year before last 3,896,402
Stock at the ports to-day 1,251,324
Stock same day last year 1,055,033
Receipts This Week East Year—
Saturday 27,459 Wednesday ....19,861
Monday 39,475 Thursday 13,633
Tuesday 25,021 Friday 20,864
Daily Movements at Other Ports—
Galveston—Easy; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 4.760; sales, 131; stock, 209,334.
New Orleans—Quiet; middling, 5%; net
receipts, 6.496; sales, 2,225; stock. 650,785.
Mobile—Quiet; middling, 5%; net receipts,
2,859; sales. 800; stock, 62,721.
Charleston—Quiet; middling, 5 3-16; net
receipts, 1,484; sales, 50; stock, 36,243.
I Wilmington—Firm; middling, 6%; net
I receipts, 356; .stock, 13,675.
I Norfolk—Steady; middling, 5 7-16; net re-
I Ciipts. 1,308; sales, 84; stock, 72,797.
I Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 5%; net
I receipts, 877; stock, 30,516.
I New York—Quiet; middling, h\\ net re-
I ’ I Pt s, 610; gross, 8,206; sales, none; stock.
I 143.303.
I Boston-Steady; middling, 5%; net re-
I cetpts, 644.
I Philadelphia—Quiet; middling, 6%; net
■ receipts, 1,2; stock, 11,575.
I Daily Movements at Interior Towns—
I Augu.-ta Steady; middling, 6%; net re
■ erupts, 542; sales, 477; stock, 61,314.'
:j Memphis—Steady; middling, 5 5-16; net
■ receipts, 1,259; sales, 13,000; stock, 131,572.
■ st. I.ouis—Quiet; middling, 5%; net re.
■ cetpts, 5,621; shipments, 4,732; sales, 100;
■ stock, 72,089.
I Houston-Steady; middling, 5%; net re
■ cupts, 780; stock, 78,104.
■ Exports of Cotton This Day—
I in, ni, e 9 t S^~ TO France - .>: to the con
■ NY- Orleans-To Great Britain, 6,733; to
■ l tance, 789; t o the continent, 4,815.
■ Mobile—Coastwise, 187.
■ Savannah— To the continent, 6,050.
■ , dta foreign exports from all ports this
|aj and thus far this week: To Great
| Britain. fi ,7 3 3; t o France, 1,769; to the con
■ tment, 26,260.
■ iotnl foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1897:
■IO Gr-at Britain, 2,100,575; to France, 565/'
■ 1 ’ th, “ continent, 1,718,825.
■ Liverpool, Jan. 22.—Cotton dull; prices
■ V ; American middling, 3 3-32d; sales
■ thf , <lay Were 6 - 000 ba,es ' of Which 209
I ,' ■' .‘°. r speculation and export, and in
■ U",ft -.,,00 American; receipts, 17,000
I US' including 10,500 American. Futures
■ \ L' 1 .1 /B’iet, with a moderate demand;
H. 11 11 middling, low middling clause,
Hr ’’ !; 'iJ&' ; Bo9d buyers; January-Feb-
■ v ’ e 07@3.08d buyers; February
■-'ir March-April, 3.07@3.05d
K'Aprll-May, 3.08@3.09d; May-June,
.1 tin. —July. 3.10d; July-August, 3.11d;
S' I'umber, 3.11@3.13d buyers; Sep
'"tober, 3.12d buyers; November,
K, - 1 buyers; November-Decembor,
buyers.
MN lock, Jan. 22.—The cotton market
c' l '-I st.-ady at unchanged prices to 2
H' J'' Hi-, line. It ruled inactive and uu
■ ' ' ic throughout the greater part of
R n "in, with business chiefly of a
"h ' s nature. Liverpool advices were
■' "'g futures at that point being
K*‘ an d lower, while spot cotton
■ ; 1 °nly 6,000 bales changing hands.
Hit'.',! 1 'filiation set in on a small scale,
!'• pilots gave way several
""h the market finally easy ala
HI ! 2c;;3 points. Port receipts fs-
H 1 the 1 day at 22,000 bales,
1 la *t week and 27,459 last year,
‘i’ls eslimaied for the week at
. '• in>t 236,823 last week and 140.-
>'■ At Memphis 1,209, against
■j, , , ’ or, and at Houston, 8,887,
; , A last year.
■ ' steady; sales, 2,600 bales,
H . l''ebruary. 5.64 c; March,
H ''.7oc; May, 5.74 c; June. 5.77 c;
Hi; August, 5.83 c; September,
\. K s.sec.
'y Jot). 22, 1 p. m.—Futures clos
March, 5.66 c; April, 5.09 c;
H June, 5.75 c; July, G.79c; Au-
September, 5.83 c; October,
■ ; "liter, 5.87 c.
H I<., Jan. 22.—Cotton fu
“ales, 23,890 bales; January,
HB ‘ bruary. 6.20@5.21c; March, 5.27
I 5.31@5.32c; May, 5.35}i5.36e;
lie; July, 5.4®@5.40e; August,
member, 5.58@5.55c; October,
• Jan. 22.—Riordan & Cos. say
-ilay: "There is nothing new
II K ttuatlon. At one time dur
■§ k '• looked as if a liquidation
i ’ '‘irge port of the long interest
HH ;in d to some extent it did,
'■ '"'l was always good. The
'• Is held well, and anything
ir, per of disgusted longs’was
. nmll decline, however, was
■B 1 ' > u result of the week's trad-
ing. Liverpool was lower this morning
and prices here closed silghtly below last
night. The session was not lively, and the
small decline was the result of liquidation
in the last few minutes. May opened at
5.74 c and cosed at 5.72 e to 5.7Je, with the
lone of the market easy.
"Receipts were light.
The bulls are as confident as ever: they
seem willing to concede that an 11,000.000-
bale crop is not all unlikely, but they
contend that the markets of the world
have faced this problem unfiinchinglv and
that cotton boug:;t r.ow is bought with the
expectation o-f a crop of that magnitude.
They pely upon good business everywhere,
the apparent determination of the world
to take any amount of cotton around cur
rent prices, and the proltability of a cur
tailment in acreage, both voluntary and
enforced, by ihe condition of the planter
to enhance the value of their purchases.
To us the outlook does not seem encour
aging, and we fear tllat no matter how
plausibly, one might argue that the staple
is now cheap, 11,900,000 bales of cotton will
prove too much for consumers, specu
lators and investors, and that unless this
crop is being over estimated, prices will
go lower.”
DRY GOODS.
New York, Jun. 22.—The week closes
with a quiet market in nearly all classes
of cotton goods. Woolens show no change
of moment. The number of buyers in the
market through the week has been a
fair, one, too. In jobbing business the re
sult has been generally satisfactory, a
fairly good movement of goods has taken
place. 'Strike troubles have had a disquiet
ing effect on the local market, but the
final effect has been to add strength to
the demand for all staple lines and to sus
tain prices. The advance in print cloths
has helped the market. Brown and
bleached goods are firm at the quoted
prices prevailing and colored and coarse
cottons show no weakening. Prints have
gained in interest during the week, the
latter part of It showing more satisfac
tory results than the early part.”
Fall River, Mass.. Jan. 22.—Cloth ad
vanced to-day from 2%. plus 1 per cent., to
2 3-16 cents, fiat, for February shipment.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirtis Turpentine—There was a steady
demand for the reclepts. The market was
firm, but reports of sales were light. At
the first call at the Board of Trade, the
market was bulletined firm at 32% cents,
with no sales reported. At the last call,
the market was bulletined firm at 35%
cents, with sa.es of 50 casks.
Rosin—The demand continued steady for
the offerings in rosin and the sales were
fairly large. At the first call at the Board
of Trade, the market was bulletined firm
and unchanged, with sales of 912 barrels.
At the last call, the market was bulletin
ed firm and unchanged with sales of 372
barrels. The following were the quota
tions at the Board of Trade:
A, B, C 41 20 I $1 80
D 1 20 K 1 90
E 1 25 M 200
F 1 25 N 2 10
G 140 W. G 230
H 170 W. W 265
Naval Stores Statement-
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock April 1, 1897 4,836 177,339
Received this day 159 1,936
Received previously 298,143
Total 303,138 1,018,161
Exports to-day 465 1,985
IJxports previously 261,401 989,248
Total since April 1, 1897....261,866 991,233
Stock on hand this day 41,272 196,331
Stock same day last year ... 22,347 261,496
Receipts same day last year. 321 4,025
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 22.—Turpentine,
market firm at Sic; sales, none. Rosin,
firm; sales, none; unchanged.
New York, Jan. 22.—Rosin steady;
strained common to good, $1.42%@1.47%.
Turpentine firm- at 34%@35c.
RICE.
Market firm and active. The following
quotations are for round lots in first
hands:
Fair 4 @4%
Good 4V54%
Prime 4%@5
Choice 5%@5%
Rough—7sc to sl.lO per bushel.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange The market Is
steady. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial, demand, $4.84%,
sixty days, $4.82; ninety days, $4.81; fr a ncs,
Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.23; Swiss,
sixty days, 5.24%; marks, ,4ixty days, 94%.
Domestic Exchange—Steady; banks are
buying at par and selling as fol
lows: Up to $25, 10c, premium;
$25 to SSO, 13e premium; SSO to SIOO, 20c pre
mium; S2OO to SI,OOO, % per cent, premium;
SI,OO and over. $1 per SI,OOO.
Securities—The market is active in a few
special ties and dull in the rest of the list.
Many quotations are nominal.
Stocks and Bonds —State Bonds—Georgia
3% per cent, bonds of 1930, 106 bid, 108
asked; Georgia 3% per cent., due 1915, 105
bid, 107 asked; Georgia 4% per cent, bonds,
•1915, 116'bid, 117 asked; Georgia 4 per
cent., due 1926, 110 bid, 112 asked; South
Carolina 4%5. 108 bid, 109 asked.
City Bonds—Atlanta 7 per cent., 103 bid,
104 asked; Augusta 4%5, 1925, 103% bid, 104
asked; Augusta 7 per cent., 106 bid, 107
asked; Augusta 6 per cent., 107 bid, 108 ask
ed; Columbus 5 per cent., 103% bid, 105%
asked; Maeon 6 per cent., 114 bid. 115 asked;
Macon 4%5, 1926. 104 bid. 105 asked; Sa
vannah s*per cent., quarterly April cou
pons, 110% bid. 111 asked; Savannah 5 per
cent., quarterly February coupons. 111
bid, 111% asked; Charleston 4s, 93 bid, 95
aske<i , , .
Railroad Bonds—Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bon is,
6 per cent, interest coupons, 117 bid, 118
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage, 5 per cent, gold bonds, due
first ss, 1921, bid, 87 asked; Central Rail
road and Banking Company collateral ss,
91% bid 92 asked; Central of Georgia IJail-
VUIT first mortgage ss, 50-year gold bonds,
118 bid 119 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
wav first consolidated mortgage ss, 92 bid,
93 asked; Central of Georgia Railway first
preferred incomes, 43 bid, 44 asked; Cen
tral of Georgia Railway second preferred
incomes, 14 bid, l.y asked; Central of'
Georgia Railway, third preferred incomes,
7 bid 8 asked; Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910,
113 bid '114% asked; Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta first ss, li* bid. 111 asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage 7s. 116 bid 117 asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida new , ss ' flr
asked' South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage 7s, 102% bid. 103% asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage 7s.
193 bid 105 asked; Ocean Steamship •> per
cent, bonds. 1926, 105% bid. - asked; City &
Suburban Railroad first mortgageTper
cent, bonds, 84 bid, - asked; Alabama
Midland 5 per cent. Indorsed, 90 bid. 91
a-ktd: Brunswick and Western 4s, 7o bid,
7715 asked; South Bound Railway os, i0 bid,
aked: ami Alabama pr**-
ferrod ss, 102 bid, 103 askfd; Georgia and
Alabama cons. ss, 80 bid. wJ asked.
Railroad Stocks— Augusta and Savannah.
93% bid, 94% asked; Georgia common, 17a
bid, 180 asked; Southwestern, 93 bid, 83%
usked' Atlanta and West 1 oint stock, ‘01,5
bid 102 tjsked; Atlanta and We-t I oint 6
per cent, certificates, 101% bid. 102% asked;
Savannah Construction Company, 74 bid,
* Qa* Stoeks-Savannah Ga* Light stock,
S3 bid, - asked," ex-div.; Electric Ifight
and Poweruompnny, 75 b:d. -asked.
Batik Stock*. Etc.—Citizen* Bank, 09
bid. lie asked; Chatham Bank 481* bd_
18V. u.-ked. ex-div.; Germania Bank, 108
bi<i 109 asked; National Jtank of Savan
nah 124 bid. 126 asked; Merchants National
Bank 87 bid, 89 asked; Og.ethorpe Sav-
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 1908.
ings and Trust Company, 104 bid, 105
asked; Southern Bank of the State of
Georgia, 138 bid, 140 asked, ex-div.; Sa
vannah Hank and Trust Company, 102
bid, 102% asked; Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Company, A. 55
asked; B 51% bid, 55 asked; People's Sav
ings and Loan Company, 9$ bid. 99 asked.
Factory Bonds—Augusta Factory 6s, 101
bid, 102 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 100
bid, 101 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manu
facturing Company 5 per cent, bonds,
bid, 40 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 101 bid, 102 asked.
Factory Stocks—Savannah Cotton Fat*
tory, bid. 15 asked; Augusta Factory, 80
bid. S3 asked; GranitevlUe Factory, 145 bid.
151. asked; Langley Factory, 104 bid, 105%
asked; Enterprise Factory, common, 93
bid, 96 asked; J. R. King Manufacturing
Company, 104 bid, 105 asked; Sibley Manu.
facturlng Company,, 70 bid, 76 asked; Sa
vannah Brewing Company. 82 bid. 85 asked.
Paris, Jan. 22.—Three per cent, rentes,
103 francs 15 centimes for the account.
New York, Jan. 22.—Money on call was
easy at 1%@2 per cent.; the last, loan was
at 2 per cent.; prime mercantile paper, 3%
percent. Sterling exchange steadier, with
actual business in bankers' biHs. at $4.84";.,
for demand and at $4.82% for sixty days,
posted rates, $4.84%@4.85 and $4.86; com
mercial bills, $4.82. Silver certificates, 56%
@57%c; bar silver, 56%0; Mexican dollars.
45e. State bonds quiet; railroad bonds
easier; government bonds steady.
Washington, Jan. 22.—T0-day's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $239,506,950;
gold reserve, $163,360,125.
New York. Jan. 22.—The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes:
Surplus reserve, increase, $5,306,425; loans,
increase, $12,472,500; specie, increase, $2,008,-
600; legal tenders, increase, $9,012,800; de
posits, Increase, $22,859,900; circulation, de
crease, $497,700. The banks now hold $31,-
275,200 In exeees of the requirements' of
the 25 per cent.
New York, Jan. 22.—The Evening Post's
London financial cablegram says: "The
slock market here was irregular to-day,
business being checked by politics and the
settlement that is to begin on Monday.
There was no feeling on Eastern matters
and tlie feeling about Cuba is uncomfort
able.”
New York, Jan. 22.—Trading In stocks
to-day was of small proportions, even for
a Saturday’s business session. The mar
ket left off with slight recessions in value.
No outside intei&st was apparent, and
room traders did most of the business.
Commission houses had few orders either
way. Consolidated Gas and Metropolitan
Street Railway and a few other special
issues monopolized transactions again.
Sugar declined fractionally, Manhattan
was moderately firm. Consolidated Gas
rose 4%; Metropolitan Street Railway, 2%,
and Third Avenue advanced 2% on Influ
ences that had been operating all the
week. No liquidation of importance was
noted to-day, except in a few Isolated
cases, including Omaha and Jersey Cen
tral. The stock market for the week, in
most cases, resulted in fractional declines.
The favorable factors tn the situation
.outnumbered the others, though the dis
turbing features were regarded as of im
portance. Among the gravest is the situ
ation from a speculative standpoint were
the New England cotton strike and the
possibility in China, Cuba and the consid
eration by the Senate that bonds may be
paid in gold or silver. There was much
to cause an optimistic view on prices.
Among others, are the immense increase
in the earnings of railroads, large exports.
Egypt and Russia, usually sources of sup
ply for Russia, were reported to be im
porting American corn.
Money continues to gravitate here from
the interior of the country, the banks gain
ing over $7,500,000 last week. The break
In the money market was largely due to
the continuance of the government depos
its of Union Pacific money in the banks.
The Klondikers, Sugar and local corpora
tions, including Gas and Traction Rail
roads, were active, and at times showing
a buoyancy.
The Grangers and Coalers ruled heavy.
There seemed little outside interest In
speculation, the dealings being of less vol
ume and concentrated in fewer securities
than was the case last week. Advices re
garding the probable success of the Ha
waiian treaty were reflected in Sugar trust
fluctuations. After covering a range of
nearly 3 points, Sugar closed at nearly %
Improvement. Consolidated Gas closed with
a rise of 1% per cent. The extraordinary
rise since the municipal election on Metro
politan Street Railway was continued, the
advance for the week being 11% per cent.
This is accounted • for in the published
statements of increased traffic, owing to
the completion of the extensions of the
system, but manipulation was very promi
nent in the leading.
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
Louis were prominent in the dealifigs, ow
ing to excellent traffic statements and
scored net gains of 2% and 4% on the com
mon and preferred, respectively.
The bond market for the week displayed
a striking degree of strength in special
cases, which embraced liens of companies
operating the Pacific Northwest. Some in
terest was attached to the speculation in
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern lsts, ow
ing to the fight for the control of the
property by the two leading railway sys
tems which was reflected in an enhance
ment of 1% f?r cent, in the price of the
issue. Transactions for the week were $20,-
271,000. Government bonds ruled at slight
concessions generally throughout.
Sales of stocks to-day, 123,000 shares.
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchison 12%] St. Paul 94%
do pref 29%| do do pref 143%
B. & Ohio 12VSt. P- & Om ... 73%
Can. Pacific .... 89 ( do do pref ....148
Can. South .... 53 'St. P. M. & M... 121%
Cent. Pacific .. 13%j50. Pacific 20
C. & Ohio 21%| So. Railway ... 876
C. & Alton .....165%i do do pref .... 10%
C„ B. & Q 98% T. & Pacific ... 11%
Chi. & E. 111 ... 56 ;U. Pacific 31%
C. C. C. & 'St. L 33%IU. P. D. & G. 8%
' do do pref 80 |Wabash 7
D. & Hudson.. .110%! do pref 17%
D., L. & W 151% : Wheel. & L. E... 3
Den. & R. G... 11%| do do pref .... 12%
do do pref 47% Adams Ex 159
Brie (new) 14% American Ex ..110
do Ist pref ... 37 jU. S. Ex 41
Ft. W'ayne 169 ! -Fargo Ex ...112
Gt. Nor. pref ..130 |A. Cot. Oil 2094
Hock. Valley .. 5%| do do pref .... 74%
111. Central 106 lAm'n Spirits ... 7%
L. Erie & W.... 16 ; do do pref .... 15
dodo pref .... 71%JAm. Tobacco ... 85%
L. Shore 179 j do do pref ....112
L. & N 55%| Chicago Gas .... 95%
Man. L 117%;C0n. Gas 198%
Met. Traction . ,144%'00m. Cable C 0... 175
Mich. Central ..104 Col. F. & Iron. 23%
Minn. & St. L... 24%| do do pref .... 70
do do Ist pf.. 84 |Gen. Electric .. 35
Mo. Pacific .... 33%|111. Steel 60
M. & Ohio 29%; La Clede Gas... 46
M. K. & T 12%| Lead 35%
do do pref .... 35%i do pref 106%
C., Ind. & L... B%:Nat. Lin. 0i1.... 17%
do do pref .... 31%!0re. Imp. Cos 29%
N. J. Central .. 92%; Pacific Mall ... 31
N. Y. Ce * and ..112741 Pullman Pal ...176
N.Y. C. & df. L. 13%;Silver Cer 53%
do do Ist pf.. 65 jS. Rope & T.... 376
db do 2nd pf.. 36%'Sugar 136%
Nor. & West... 14 j do pref 113
N. Amer. C 0... 475t|T.,XJ. & Iron 29%
No. Pacific 26%|U. S. Leather.. 6%
do do pref .... 64%; do do pref .... 63%
Ont. & W 16%; U. S. Rubber ... 15%
Ore. R. & N... 48%i do do pref .... 63%
Ore. S. L 2.1%; W. Union 90%
Pittsburg 168%; St. L. & 9. W.. 3%
Reading 21%; do do pref 9
Rock Island ... 88%| R. G. & W 22
St. L. &S. F... 7%| do do pref .... 56%
do Ist pf 56 | Chi. Gt. W 14%
do 2nd pf 25%; Hawaiian C. Cos. 31%
Bond List.
IT.B. new 4s.reg.lZ7%j do 4s 102
do coup 126%! No, , Pac.’ 15t5...117
V. S' 4s 112%, do 3s 62%
do coup 114%' do 4s 96%
do 2.1s 100 >. Y.'C. & St.
U. S. ss, reg. .113%] L. 4s 106%
do ss. coup. ..111%;Nor & W. 6s ... 124%
District 3 65s ...116 j North w. eons.of-
Ala., class A ...108 I ferret! 115
do B 108 ! do deb. 5s ....117
do C 100 jO. Nav. 15t5....114%
do Currency ..200 |O. Nav. 4s 95%
Atchison 4s 91 |O.S.T,. 6s. T.1t..125%
do adj. 4s .... 58%j0.5.L. ss. T.R..100
Can. So. 2ds ...ltß% O. Imp. lsts, T.
Chi. Term SSV R 107%
C. & Ohio 5s ....114%| ■ do ss. T. R.... 59%
C. D. 4%5. |Pae. 6s of '95....KM
offered 104%jReading ts 83%
D. & R. G. lsts,loS%iß. G. W. lsts.. 83%
D. & R. a. 45.. 91%)st. L. A- I. M.
East Tenn. 15t5.105%1 pon ' 5s ... 89%
Erie Gen. 4s ... 70% St. L. & S. F.
F. W. &D. lsts. | Gen. 6s 116%
T. R 73%:5t. P. Con 139%
Gen. Elec. 5s ..100%, St. P„ c. & P.
G. H. & S. A. 6s. 107 | lsts 119%
do 2ds 102 : do 5s 116%
H &T. C. 6s. .110%| S. C. non-fund . %
do con. (is 105 | So. Ry. 5* 92%
lowa C. 15t5....100 jS. R. * T. 6s ... 57
K. P. con. T.R. 96% Tenn, new set 3s 81
K. P. Ist (Den. |T. P. L. G. 15t5..100%
Div.) T. R. ...117 do Rg. 2ds .... 31
La., new con. 45.102 U. Pac. lsts 121
L. & N. U. 45.. 86 IT.P.D.AG. lsts. 50%
Missouri 6s 100 Wab. lsts 5s ...103%
M. K. & T. 2ds.. 01 do 2ds 51%
do 4s 87% W. Shore 4s llS's
N. Y..C. 15t5...116% Va. Centuries ..70
N. J. C. 5s 112 do deferred .... 3
N. C. 6s 126
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, 6%c; sugar cured hams
9%c.
Lard—Market firm; pure, in tierces, 6%e;
50-pound tins, 6c; compound, In tierces,
4%c; 50-pound tins, 4%c.
Butter—Market steady; fair demand; Go
shen, 16@17%c; gilt edge, 22@23c; creamery,
23@24c; fancy Elglns, 25@27c.
Cheese —Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, ll@ll%c; 20-pound average, 11%@
12c.
Flour—Firm; patents. $5.40; straights,
15.00; fancy, $4.90; crear, $4 08; family. $4.10.
Corn—Market steady; white. Job lots,
49c; carload lots, 47c; mixed corn, Job lota,
48c; carload. lots, 46c.
Oats—Carload lots. 36c; Job lots, 38c.
Texas rust proof, job lots, 45c.
Southern seed rye, sl.lO.
Rice—Job lots, fair, 4%@4%c; good, 4%@
6c; 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, 90cj
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, ll%c; No. 6, 10%c;
No. 6, 9%c; No. 7, B%c.
Sugar—Equality Prices—Savannah quo
tations: Powdered, 5.62 c; standard gran
ulated. 5.43 c; cubes, 5.62 c; confectioners’
A, 5.30 c; white extra C, 4.80 c; extra C,
4.79 c; golden C, 4.55 c; yellows, 4.430 Tone
firm.
Cabbage—Native, barrels, per head.
6@7c; crates, $1.75.
Onions—Crates. $1.00; barrels, $2.75; large
Spanish, $1.65 crate.
Potatoes —Irish, $2.75.
A pples—s4.oo® 4.26.
Oranges—Florida, $3.50@3.75.
Lemons—Market quiet; Messina, new
per box, $3.00®3.25.
Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated, 9c;
common, s@o%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—E. L., $1.65; %-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,
14@15e; country, 2c less.
Poultry—Steady; fair demand; half
grown, 25@35c per pair; three-quarters,
grown, 40®50c per pair; full-grown fowls,
65®'66c per pair.
Fish—Mackerel, half barrel, No. 1, $8.50;
No. 2, $7.50; No. 3, $6.00; kits, No. 1, $1.25;
No. 2, $1.00; No. 3,95 c. Codfish, 1-pound
bricks. 6%c; 2-pound bricks, 6c. Smoked
herring, ixr box, 20c; Dutch herring, in
kegs, $1.25; new mullet, half-barrel, $3.50.
Sugar—Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup buying at 18®20c; selling at 20®
22%c; sugar house at 19@32c; Cuba straight
goods, 23@30c; sugar house molasses, 15
®2oc.
Salt—Demand Is fair, and the market
steady; carload lots, f. o. b., Liverpool,
200-pound sacks, 67c; Job lots, 65@90c; com
mon fine sajt, 125-pound, In burlap sacks,'
carload lots, 36c; common fine salt, 125-
pound, In cotton sacks, carload lots, 39e.
Hides, Wool, Etc.—Hides—The market
firm; dry Hint, 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, 2e. Deer skins, 15c.
Oils—Market steady; demand fair; stg
nol, 45@50; West Virginia black, 9®l2e;
lard, 48®55c; neatsfoot, 60@75c; machinery,
15@25e; linseed, raw, 42c; 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, $1.56 base.
Nalls—Cut, $1.55 base; wire, $1.85 base.
Advunced national list of extras, adopted
Dec. 1, 1896.
Dry Goods—The market Is firm; demand
brisk; prints, 3%@5c; Georgia brown shirt
ings, 3c; %e, 4c; 4-4 brown sheetings, 4%@
sc; white osnaburgs, 6c; checks, 4@sc;
brown drillings, 6%@6%c.
Lime,Calcined Plaster and Cement—Ala
bama and Georgia lime in fair demand,
and selling at 7Sc per barrel, bulk and car
load lot special; calcined plaster, $1.50
per barrel; hair, 4®sc; Rosedale cement,
$1.10®1.20; carload lots special; Portland
cement, retail, $2.20; carload lots, $2.00.
. OCEAN FREIGHTS,
Cotton—Market easy; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds: Boston, per bale, $1.25;
New York, per bale. $1.00; Philadelphia, per
bale, $1,000; Baltimore, per bale, SI.OO.
Direct—Barcelona, 55c; Genoa, 50c; Reval,
50c; Bremen, 43c; Liverpool, 41c; Havre,
45c; Trieste, 65c; Venice, 63c. Via New
York—Liverpool, 42c; Bremi n, 45c; Amster
dam, 48e; Hamburg, 45c; St, Petersburg,
57c; Havre, 45c; Roval, 67c; Genoa, 63c;
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 n range—lncluding Baltimore end
Portland. Me. Railroad tls, base 44 feet,
to Baltimore, 12c; to Philadelphia, 13c; to
New York, 13%0. Timber rates, 50c@$1.00
higher than lumber rates. To the West
Indies and windward, nominal; to Rosa
rio, sl2.ou@ 13.00; to Buenos Ayres and
Montevideo, $10.09® 11.00; to Rio' Janeiro,
$14.00; to Spanish and Mediterranean ports,
sll.3o<trdl.so; to United Kingdom, for orders,
nominal for lumber, C 4 5s standard.
By Steam—To New York, $5.00; to Phil
adelphia, via New York, $3.50; to Boston,
$6-00, via New York; to Baltimore, $4.01.
Naval Stores—By Sail—The market 1*
firm. Medium sized, Cork for orders, are
as follows: Rosin, 2s 10%d for barrels of
310 itounds, and 5 per cent, primage; spirits,
4s l%d; Genoa, rosin 3s 3d®3s 6d; Adri
atic. 2s 6d®2s 9d; South American, rosin,
SOc per barrel of 280 pounds. Coastwise
Steam—To Boston. 10c per 100 pounds on
rosin, 90c on spirits; to New Y'ork, rosin,
4%c per 100 pounds; spirits, 80c.
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.
New York, Jan. 22.—Flour, quiet but
firmly held. Wheat, spot, firm; No. 2 red.
$1.04%; options opentd firm on Liverpool
caliles, easel off under small foreign soil
ing. but rallied and closed firm on higher
late Paris market, final prices were at % i
%e net advance, the latter January, No.
2 red, January, $1.(4%; May. 91%0. Corn,
spot. steady; No. 2. 350; options opened
steady and ruled quiet, but steady all day
with wheat, closing unchanged; January.
33%c; 'May, 34%e. Oats, spot, dull; No
vember, 28%e; options, dull, hut steady
with Che other markets; May, 28%e. Wooi,
steady. Beef, steady. Cut meats, steadj!
Lard, quiet. Pork. firm. Tallow, nominal.
Petroleum dull. Rice steady; fair, 3%.i
5%®5%. Molasses quiet; New Orleans
open kettle good to choice, 28'33c. Cotton
seed oil Inactive, but fairly steady; prime
crude, 19@19%c; prime summer yellow, 21c;
off yellow, 22%e; prime winter yellow, 27".
®2B%c.
Coffee options opened dull at unchanged
prices to an advance of 5 paints, ruled inac
tive and featureless with weak undertone,
following disappointing European cables
and largo receipts at Rio and Santos; sell
ing checked by decrease in the United
States warehouse deliveries and firmer
views of spot holders, closed dull with
prices unchanged to 6 points net decline;
sales. 2.900 bags, including January, 7.f,0c;
spot Rio steady; No. 7 February, 6%%.-;
mild quiet; Cordova, 8%®150. Sugar, raw.
steady; fair refining, 4 9-16 c; refined steady;
mold A, 5%c; standard A, 5%e; crushed.
5%c; powdered, 5 7-16 c; granulated. 5%e;
cubes, 5 7-16 e.
Rutter steady; western rrenmery, H%fr
20e; Elglns, 20c; factory, ll@l6c. Cheese
dull; large, white, September. SVnSV-,
small do. 9%@9%c; large colored, Septem
ber, 8%@8%e; small do do, 9%e; large. Oc
tober, 8%®8%o; small do, 8%®8%c: light
skims, 6®6%c; part skims, 4@5%e; full
skims, 2®3e.
Chicago, Jan. 22.—The trading In wheat
was very dull to-day, the market through
out (he entire session moving within a
narrow range and closing at practically
unchanged prices. Corn and oats were
dull, and In sympathy with wheat. Pro
visions closed unchanged to 2%@5c high
er.
The lending futures ranged ns follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. 2
Jan 94 94 93.%
May 92% 92% 91% 92
July 84%@84% 84% 83% 81 @84%
Corn, No. 2
Jan 27 27 26% 26%
May 29 29 28% 25%Ci29
July 29%@30 30 29%@30 2D%@30
Oats, INO. 2
May 23% 23% 23% 23%
July 22% 22% 22% 22%
Mess Pork, per bbl.—
Jan. $.... $..,. $9 65
May 9 80 9 80 9 70 9 73
Lard, per 100 lbs.—
Jan 4 70 4 70 4 67% 4 67%
May 4 80 4 80 4 77% 4 80
July 4 87% 4 90 4 87% 4 87%
Short Ribs, per 100 lbs.—
Jan .... .... 470
May 4 82% 4 82% 480 ( 480
Cash quotations were os follows: Flour,
<?ull; winter patents, $4.80@4.90; straights,
$4.20®4.50; spring specials, sf>.26@S.3o; spring
patents, $4.40@4.80; No. 2 spring wheat.
S7%@B9c; No. 3 spring wheat, 89@91c; No.
2 red, 92%@93%c; No. 2 corn, 27®27%c; No.
2 oats, 23c; No. 3 oats, f. o. b., 24%c; No.
2 rye. 44%c; No. 2 barley, f. o. b., 27c; No.
1 flax seed, $1.23%@1.27; prime timothy
seed, $2.70; mess pork, per bbl.; $9.05®9.70;
lard, per 100 lbs., $1.67%@4.90; short rib
sides (loose), $4.57%@4.97%; dry salted
shoulders (boxed), 4%@6c; short clear sides
(boxed), $4.80®6.10; whisky, distillers’ fin
ished goods, per gallon, $1.19; sugars, cut
loaf, 6.14 c; granulated, 5.51 c.
Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 22.—Flour firmer.
Wheat firm; No. 2 red, 95c.
Corn steady; No. 2, mixed,
29e. Oats quiet; No. 2 mixed, 24%@a4%c..
Rye firmer; No. 2 rAixed, 47c. Igird quiet,
$4.60®4.66. Bulk meats firm, $4.60. Bacon,
firm, $5.60. Whisky steady, $1,19.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 22.—Flour, dull and
unchanged. May wheat, unsettled, clos
ing l-16c above yesterday, with options
unchanged; May opened %c higher, im
proved %c more, declined %c, recovered
!4e, subsequently showing little change,
and closed with buyers %@%c above the
bottom; spot, lower; No. 2 red, cash, ele
vator, 92%c; track, 95c; No. 2 hard, cash,
87@87%c; January, 94c; May, 94%®94%e;
July, 81c. Corn, dull and easier; a shade
easier for May; July unchanged; spot,
lower; No. 2 cash and January, 26%e; July,
27%c. Oats, futures, dull, neglected and
fractionally lower; closing No. 2, cash,
elevator, 23c; track, 23%®>4%c; January,
23e bid; May, 24%c; July, 22%c; No. 2 white,
24%@25c. Rye, firm at 45e. Corn meal, $1.40.
Bran, steady, without quotable change.
Hay, firm for timothy, with prices steady;
prairie, $7.35. Butter, dull; creamery, 16®
20c; dair 18®20e. Eggs, lower at 13c.
Whisky, $1.19. I-ard, lower; prime steam,
4.52%c; choice, 4.00 c. Bacon, boxed lots,
extra short clear, 6.25@5.50e; shorts, 5.62%®)
6.75 c. salt meats, boxed sholdera, 4 75
%6c; extra short clear, 4.75@5c; ribs, 4.87%
@5.12%; shorts. 5.12®6.25e.
FAMED FOR THKIK WIT.
Characteristic* of Some of the lead
ing French HnniorlMts,
Paris Letter in New York Post.
Making Jokes for the multitude is a for
lorn profession, and true Jesters, one and
all, are portrayed ae men with melancholy
minds and a rooted sorrow at heart. They
have no place In the history of letters,and
yet it is In writing alone that they can give
expression to their wit. No bronze or
marble was ever given a joke to carry to
posterity, but it Is In the flimsy leaves of
cheap editions and comic Journals that the
modern writers seek to attain a lasting
success.
Here In France a retain number of
French humorists, attracted by their sim
ilar tastes, have made themselves known
as “Les Auteurs Gais," and even pretend
to have their frequent use of slang anil
colloquial phrases. The best of them are
Alphonse Ailais, Pierre Veber, Alfred Ca
pus, Juies Renard, Cristan Bernard,
Georges Courtellne, Willy (Henry Gauth
ier Villars), Georges Auriol, and, curiously
enough, Bill Sharp, who Is an American,
though he has written more books In
French than in English.
Sharp was horn in Minnesota, and re
mained there, snys his French biographer,
until 1875, when an epidemic of typhus de
vastated the country, and Ernestvllle,
composed of portable houses, emigrated
"en masse," the church at the head, to
Michigan, and since then Mr. Sharp "has
come from Michigan." After falling lri
several directions, he succeeded in report
ing fictitious Interviews with some wit and
a semblance of reality—and, his ingenious
devices having come to the notice of a
French editor. Sharp was sent for.
"What, a humorist you could be If you
wanted to,” said the editor.
“I do want to,” answered Bill, and there
upon an agreement was signed, and Bill
lx-gan his career as a French humorist.
It has not been a brilliant one altogether—
for his confreres outdo him, "and his
sense of humor does not stand the test
it is put to In a foreign country. While
Ailais, Bernard, and the rest are in con
stant demand, even at the national libra
ry, where readers are generally serious,
Bill Sharp's best book, 'Dans les Coins,’
had a short life on the bookstalls and was
then returned to the editors. It Is, how
ever, amusing to an American; it makes
fun of French matches, of the omnibus
system, nnd a number of things that have
no funny side for people who never see
anything else.
He devotes one chapter to ridiculing the
omnibus which runs between the Panth
eon and the Place Coureelles. There is no
such place, he says, as Place Coureelles—
there is Place 'Pqretre, where tlfe omnibus
stops, but Place Courrelles exists not on
the map, nor in the city, nor anywhere
save on the omnibus placard. People are
consequently di , aiding .very hour, and
si veral tunes dune - t’ , hour, for this
undiscovered plare;ihe camber of French
men, he calculates, wito have disappeared
in a year on this \ tat pursuit exceeds
**,ooo, and it h. hoov. a th, authorities, he
declares, to take sonic decided step tiefore
the whole French nation has vanished
in the direction of the mythical Place
Coureelles.
1 sud t hesterfl, Mln Lis letetr particular
ly warned his son against laughter, as
characteristic of folly and 111 manners.
I rue wit or son.-e." lie says, "never yet
made anybody laugh; th. v are above it;
they please the mind and give a cheerful?
ness to the countenance. It is low buffoon
ery and silly accidents that always excite
laughter.” And to these if Is that the
Auteurs Gals mast open r. sort. Ail sorts
of qunrrels. tietween husbands and wives,
mothers and daughters, mothers-ln-law
and whole families, who ruin each other’s
domestic peace and happiness by constant
disputes over trivial matt* is, always bring
full houses at the theaters, when the Au
teurs Gais turn their hand to dramatic
writing. So many plots have tliov con
structed around the question of divorce
that When the law's were changed a num
ber of their farces bad to lie remodeled.
Two abundant resources of wit, more of
the kind that “pleases the mind and gives
n cheerfulness to (be countenance.” are
the law and the government. They are
made the handmaids of protection, the
guardians of individual saf ty, w ho restrict
all personal liberty, tinder pretense of
thoughtful supervision, and make it Im
possible for a man to get started at any
thing before his energy is bound up In red
tape. According to these wits, they for
bid a man, oven at ills own risk, to ride a
bicycle in the city, to walk on the railroad
track, to enter a train on the sides he
pleases, without permission from the gov
ernment. The humorists have written
many stories about the gentleman who Is
arrested and searched at (lie police station,
where he goes Innocently to deposit 11
watch he has found in the streei; about
the country policemen who agitate their
shoulders in disgust when a theft Is re
ported to them, and say: "You come too
late. With the administration, one should
report these robberies before they are com.
milted;” about the man with a small pot
dog, who Is first arrested because the dog
Is loose, and on the following day rear
rested because the laws have been chang
ed and the dog Is still leashed.
Bill Sharp, Alphonse Ailais and Urlsfan
Barnard write regularly for Ihe •Journal.
Alfred Capus publishes several limes a
week In the Figaro an amusing dialogue
between a deptlty and ills son, a senutor,
and his wife, or a functionary and his
man servant, which, with a master stroke
of wit and wisdom, bring the shortcom
ings of the government and the adminis
tration clearly to mind.
About two years ago five of the humor
ists determined to write a novel In col
laboration. The first on the list, which
was arranged by lot, was to give the story
a name and a hero, who, of hll the char
acters, alone must be invulnerable. The
authors could kill whom else they liked,
bring in as many persons as they*pleased,
or carry ihe scene to any part of Ihe
world. Cristau Bernard began the story
under the title of "X ; An Un-Roman
Impromptu,” and when he had completed
several chapters he passed it along to
Courtellne, and he in turn to the next,
until it had made the rounds a number
of limes and been well wound up. It
was published as a feullleton In Gil Bias,
but not wdth such success that the public
begged for more.
Pierre Velter, In the preface, has given
a few biographical notes about himself,
and his collaborators. "If seventy towns
dispute the honor of having been my birth
place,” he says, "it not liecause I am
ten times more celebrated than Homer,
but only because my name Is a common
one. I was born in Ihe Rue Richelieu, In
ft house with a marble placard over the
door. The placard bears the name of a
lailor, but It Is a good thing to have !■
there, for It will lie so easy some (lay to
rub out Ihe name of the tailor and put
mine instead, followed by 'was born in
this house.’ Hitherto my life has been
too dull to afford interesting material for
a biography, but, perhaps, later, If any
thing remarkuble happens to me, or if
I go lo a great many dinners, I shall edit
my Journal." Veber's best books are
"Vous m'en Direz Tant,” “Lcs Vebers,"
"Les Bnfants s'Amusent," and "L'ino
cente du Logls.”
(Tristan Bernard Is a Jew, who has mar
ried the prettiest wofnan In Paris, and
has reason to be gay. lie is 28, Vel>er says,
and has been a humorist since childhood.
He used as a small boy to economize the
10 sous he received weekly for Ills pleas
ure and put them back slyly among the
family funds. In order to cause hopeless
confusion In his uncle’s accounts. He was
stolen by some Bohemians and carried off
lo Italy, but Monseigneur Kamitola dis
covered him and brought him back to
Franoe.He has written a great many short
stories, and a one-act play called "Les
Pieds Nlckeles,” which has been given at
the Theater d'Oeuvre. "It seems a small
thing,” says Bernard, "but if the Theater
Francais, the Odeon, the Vaudeville, the
Gyrnnase, and the Renaissance should alj
play my piece at once, and several tlmek
every night, I should boas important as
Alexander Dumas fils."
“Georges Courtellne,” Veber continues In
his preface, "is the master of wit; he
spreads It abroad in profusion; no one has
controlled laughter with such authority
as he. ‘Les Gaietes de i’Escadron’ sums
up a good part of his talent; 'Bourbou
roehe’ and 'La Peur des Coups' reveal the
rest. They are full of descriptions and of
vigor and logic which place them above
the comic.” Courtellne has a fine, delicate,
shrewd face. "Short and to the point,”
is the motto he has chosen,
Jules Renard is tall and well-built. He
has red hair, bright eyes and a phlegmaric
temperament, which keeps him absorbed
with his books.
Of Georges Auriol, Veber says: “He Is a
perfect gentleman of letlers, who might
be any age between 27 arid 30. Full face,
he resembles ihe, Prince of Wales, arid In
profile he looks like a wild goat. He be
longs to the army, and has been sent on
several expeditions; that to the Pal-Pl
Brls was especially brilliant. Alone, with
out escort, almost without food, he went
to see these ferocious savages; he visited
their settlements, studied their customs,
In fact, lived their life, for one whole day,
while they were at Ihe Jurdln d'Acclimu
tation.”
A Fool*' l*nrn(lle.
From Leslie’s Weekly.
We hear at intervals of "the man who
broke the bnnk at Monte Carlo,” and more
frequently of unfortunates whom that se
ductive institution ha* broken. Everyliody
is familiar with the fairy-like aspect o
the place, through innumerable descrip
tions, views or stage pictures.
And the realities tangible enough,
when we read the periodical report* of the
toy principality's business, or the pamph
let lately published by the Casino Com
pany, relative to Its dealings with Ihe
Prince of Monaco. The Prince lives upon
the annual subsidy he receive* from the
gaming establishment, and his principal
ity—a tract of less than ten square miles,
with about the population of a small
American town—is maintained from the
same source. In oih< r words, the gam
bling spirit of polite Europe Is hero con
centrated, organized, administered, nnd
"run," with handsome profits by the Joint
stock company that leases Monte Carlo
and Its cone* ssions. What these profits
amount to may be gathered from some
of the figures of the statement of expenses
given In the shareholders’ pamphlet.
Last season's .expenditure of the princi
pality—apart from the maintenance of the
Casino, which was (I,l7o.o6o—amounted to
$650,000, Out of the latter sum the Prince
received $250,010; the courts, police, etc.,
absorbed $109,000: clergy and schools, $(.".,-
(XX>; charities, $39,000; prizes for sports. $56.-
000; and the postoHloe and losses, SIO,OOO.
Notwithstanding these expenses, $2.v80,000
was paid out in dividends on shares. Sum
ming up, therefore, we find a total revenua
of $7,700,000. representing the amount left
at Monfe Carlo by the 'Tools of the
world” for a season's pleasure.
A large portion of the balance of th
Casino Company's expenditure not ac
counted for in tlie above inms is absqrbed
by "press subventions.” amounting alto
gether to $125,000. This means, as the
Monte Carlo philanthropists frankly ex
plain in their pamphlet, that "It Is abso
lutely necessary to exputd large sums ir
securing the good will of the continental
press." Some of the alluring but imagi
native titles of vast winnings and bank
breakings may ty traced to this source. It
is also a fact that some of the stories of
suicides at Monte Carlo are the inventions
of envious journals that do not come’ in
for a share of the spoils.
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MKNT SECURITIES,
STOCKS, GRAIN, PROVISIONS AND
COTTON,
n BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
AMES BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS.
BETZ BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA.
745 BROAD ST., NEWARK, N. J.
THE CITIZENS BANK
OF SA V ANN All.
Capita!, 8500,000.
Truiinim’lm n Kuiicriil hunkinjr liuU
ni‘Ma. Mnintnlnn n SuvlngN Deiiart
niout nml iilloitn I\TICII I%.ST AT t
Pi;II CKVI\, compounded quarterly.
The nccoiinlN of I mil vlriunln, fir mm,
hniiUr mid corpora<lon* are nollelt-*
el.
With our lnrjre number of corrcn*
pondent* In OEOROIA, ALABAMA,
FLORIDA nnd SOI TH CAROLINA vro
nre prepnn-d to bundle collection*
m Hie in oh t favorable termau C'or
reMpoudeitee invited,
lilt ANT LEY A. DENMARK, Prcnidcub
M. n. LANE, Vice Premldent.
GEORtiK C. PIIEMAIV, Canhler.
THE CHATHAM BAi;
SAVANNAH, GA.
Trnn.net* a general linnklnK
lin.lnr*., maintain* a liberal uty
injur* department.
Foreign nnd Dnmrntle Ext'bnsge m
specialty.
Ilavlnit a larger number of tntrfla*
correspondent*, nr can handle col*
lection* nt very reuMonnble rates.
Correspondence solicited.
Attention, Planter* of Sea Island Cotton
Fdt sale, 1,0(0 bushels of the Seabrook
selection of Sea Island Cotton. This cot
ton is very early and
line and sold in 1896 at 23c per pound. Thu
1897 crop not sold us yet. Average yield
of best cotton to the 100 pounds of seed
cotton Is 30 pounds of lint. Price, sacked
;ind delivered ut any railway station in
Georgia or Florida, $1 per bushel. Discount
of 6 per cent, on lots of 25 bushels and ov
er. Cabbage plants also for sale. 5,000,009
Cabbage plant* of the following varieties;
Henderson Early Spring, earliest fiat cab
bage grown; Henderson Charleston Larga
Type Wukefleld, the earliest cabbagfl
grown. Prices, 1,000 to 6,000 $1.50 pir J. 090;
5.000 to 10,000 $1.25 per 1,000; 10,000 and over
$1 per 1,000, packed and delivered at ex
press office at Young's Island, 9. C. Send
all orders for cotton and cabbage plants
to GKRATY & TOWLES, Young's Island,
8. C.
QUICK CASH.
DRY FLINT HIDES 15%<J
DRY SALT HIDES 13%0
GREEN SALT HIDES 8%0
BEESWAX 24 0
FURS nnd SKINS wanted. Highest
market price* pld.
Write for quotations.
A. EHRLICH & BItO.,
Wholesale Grocers nnd Liquors,
111. 113. 115 Bay street. West.
PAINE, MIitPHY & ' CO.,'
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COTTON,STOCKS.GItAIN A PROVISIONS
For Cash or on Margins.
Local Securities bought and sold.
Telephone 5311i
Board or Trodo Building, Jackson Building,
Savannah, (la. Atlanta, Ga.
H'DES WANTED <‘t following prices:
Dry flint, 15%c; green salt. B%e: mink bides, 500
• ach, us they run; coon hides, id: each, as they
run; otter skins, 15 to (T.SU. S. WATKINS,
Brunswick, Ga.
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