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THE COUNTRY^ VOLUNTEER. •'lie wuz gruff an’ rough an’ ready— Wuz our country soldier Joe, An’he handle of his rifle Like he'd handle of his hoe; An’ he’d wan’t the kind of soldier That the wtmmln try to smite, But you just had ought to seen him When the bugle sounded—fight! "He wuz long an’lean soldier an’ lanky — Wuz our country Joe, An' he’d shoot the practice thievin’ target Like he’d snoot a crow, An’ there warn’t one inch of beauty In his clumsy rawbone height. But you just had ought to seen him* But when the bugle sounded—fight! He wuz slim an’ slow an’ stupid— Wuz our country soldier Joe, An’ he’d rick a heap of canvas Like he’d rick a raedder mow; An’ ho wan’t much good in drillin’— On parade he wuz a fright, But you Just had ought to seen him— When the bugle sounded—fight!” —Victor A. Hermann. OOOOOOODOOOOOOOCOOOOOGOw !TWO CAREERS | THAT BLENDED! A Hospital Romance. By Edgar T, Field. 0000000000000000003 P OUR cab is waiting, Mr. 555 Blakeslee.” ***$–/–* – "Then I must ^go. "Yes, I suppose.” I sup : pose so. That 9 = 3 ' was your inten tion, I believe. ” et* "I believe it was. There doesn’t seem to he any particular reason why I should stay around here any longer.” Here he glanced at her a trifle ex pectantly. “No,” she replied, ab sently, smoothing a tiuy wrinkle in the covering of the hard little hospital bed. "Oh, you don’t think there is?" he demanded, fiercely, stopping in his task of buckling the straps of his army blanket. "Well, the doctors say there isn’t,” she said, and theu commenced straightening the bottles on the little stand with rather nervous fingers. "Confound the doctors!” He gave n vicious and final tug to the straps, and then added: "They’re a precious set—the doctors.” "Why, one would think you hadn’t been well treated here.” she said, with rather an unsteady laugh. “Oh,” exclaimed the young officer, "you’ve treated me well enough—just as well as you would anybody else, I suppose. ” A shadow of a smile crossed her lips, but there were tears in her eyes he did not see. "I don’t complain,’” ho went on bitterly, watching the graceful lines of the little figure in the blue and white striped dress, as it moved to and fro. "To morrow they’ll bring some other poor fellow m here and you’ll take just as good care of him as you did of me, and let him go with just as much cheerfulness, too. Poor wretch.” And the young lieutenant went to tho window and drummed on the glass with impatient fingers as he stared gloomily at the little patch of gray sky visible above the high roof ef the church next door. Through many weeks of pain and weakness and weariness indescribable he had watched that little scrap of gray as he lay helpless in the grasp of that terrible fever—the insidious, treacherous deadly fever of the trop ics that, had crept into his veins from the trenches of Santiago. At first it had meant nothing to him but so much blauk space, that patch of sky. Then it began to take on a new meaning, as he noticed that it was often the background for a picture— a charming silhouette of a girlish face, with a little tip-tilted nose and tender curves of cheek and chin and waving masses of hair surmounted by a tiny, stiff cap of diaphanous white. He came to watch for this dainty vision, and sometimes in his fevered dreams he would see it when it was not there, always bending toward him with a smile of divine pity on the sweet lips. though his He could see it now, back was turned to the girl busy at the table, and he gave an inward groan as he remembered that soon he would see it no more, except in dreams. No one knew what that face had grown to be to him in the pnst weeks. No one ever should know, he re solved, with a little tightening of the lips, as he turned from the window. She uid not care for his going—that was evident. "We take good care of everyone, I hope,” she was saying somewhat coldly. 4 * As for our being glad to see them go—that is nonsense, AVe are very sorry to lose you, Mr. Blakes lee -” A groan burst from his lips. "Oh, spare me that, I beg,” he ex claimed, wrenching himself into his blue cape overcoat. "Aud we are always interested to know what the—the patients do after they leave us,” she proceeded, hesi tatingly. "Shall you return to the army, Mr. Blakelee?” "I suppose so,” he replied. "I’ll go out to Manila aud get shot, if they’ll waste the powder and ball on me.” < i How cowardly that r sounds!” she cried, indignantly, and the little woman of five foot one surveyed the big soldier with curling lip and dark, scornful eyes. < i It would be braver, perhaps, to stay at home and face death iu the shape of a diphtheria microbe or a mettlesome horseless cab,” he said with rather unsucessful sarcasm. "It’s braver to face life than death, sometimes,” was her reply. "Why shouldn't you want to live?” . Ue crossed the room suddenly and stood close to her, looking down into the flashing eyes. pretty "I wonder if you know how you ^re?” how rude "I wonder if you know you are?” she retorted. "Do you suppose it’s easy to say good-by to a girl with a face like yours?” he went on recklessly, taking her hands—the poor little hands all reddened and roughened by hospital work. I Then it’s only my face that makes it hard. You flatter me, sir.” Hhe had withdrawn her hands promptly from his eager clasp. little easier "Oh, well, it might be a if you were crosseyed or looked like— like Becky Hharp,” ho admitted. And they both laughed. After all, they were so young. af "And you expect me to go away ter all these weeks with you and pro tend not t<i care?” "You have no right to care,” sht cried, drawing herself up proudly. "Ah, give me the right, he said. "I cannot go away without you, and leave you here to do this sort of work. Thie hospital life is unfit for you—it is wearing you out.” "Mr. Blakeslee, you do not know what you are asking. I’ve taken up this work against the advice and wishes of my family and friends. To give it up now would be to acknowledge my failure. It would be too humiliating. You must not ask me to. And then— your own career. You have made a glorious record so far—you must not think of anything else for years to come. And your country needs you.” "No one else does, evidently,” he said bitterly. "Well, good-by, little girl, and God bless yon.” And with out auother word he left the room. The young officer strode along the echoing corridors with hasty steps. HiB heart was hot within him and he was ashamed to find tears in his eyes. But when he reached the great door way he hesitated. Once outside and he had left her be hind him forever. He could not leave hor this way. Without a word of thanks for the tender nursing she had given him. She must not think him ungrateful. retraced his Swiftly ho turned and steps. where The door of the little room he had lain so long was partly closed when he reached it. What if she had gone. pushed the With a beating heart he door open softly and went in. And there she was—the stout-hearted young woman who had so bravely sent him forth to his duty and so sturdily kept to hers, with her head on the pillow—his pillow—crying her heart out, just like any other unhappy girl. A moment he stood transfixed. Then in one bound ho crossed the narrow room and took her in his arms, and as their lips met two careers that might have been melted into thin air and disappeared forever. ICromwell at Home. What glimpses we get of Cromwell by the fireside of the old gabled farm house at Huntingdon!—in the fields, mowing and milking; in the market place with his fellow-townsmen, talk ing not only of oats and barley, but ol the sufferings of the non-conformists, and the growing differences between the King aud the Commons; at the great open fire-place round which, twice a day, he gathered his family and servants, and expounded to them the Scriptures; in the village church, to which ho ivent with pious regu larity, and where his burly form always elicited respect, in spite of his coarse, country-made clothes, his big, unfashionable hat, and the piece of red flannel that he always wore round his throat wheu in the Fen Country. All the sedgy shores and swampy fields of the river Ouse he has made classic ground, for there, amid the blowing, sighing bulrushes, he fought over again that great spiritual battle which Luther had fought before him at Erturth.—Amelia Barr, in Harper’s Magazine. A Hungarian Love Tragedy. A shocking story comes from the village of Teteleu, Hungary. A cer tain cook in service in the place was in possession of a lottery ticket which she had purchased years before when in Vienna, Austria. A Vienna bank, where she had deposited the ticket, wrote recently to inform her that she was the lucky winner of the chief prize. The news spread like wildfire t hrough the village, and two geudarmes who had been paying her court for some time offered her marriage. On her choosing one the other became so infuriated that he threatened to kill them both. They were discovered shot dead soon after while their murderer committed suicide by throw ing himself in front of a passing train. On the day of his funeral and that of his two victims a letter arrived from the Vienna bank addressed to the cook, in which she was informed, with innumerable apologies, that her ticket had not been drawn at all, a mistake having been made in one of the figures. —New York Press. Danger of a Little Arithmetic. An instance of the danger of a little arithmetic Las occurred at Birming ham. Afar-seeing Alderman objected to building the coKucil house upon ground held only upon a 999-year lease, at the end of which land and buildings (Birmingham buildings are of course, durable) would belong to the ground iearned landlord, A mathematician thereupon presented $50 to be accumulated al compound interest tc buy them back again. It seems, however, that $48.98 could safely be devoted to the present purchase of turtle scup for the corpora tiou-, two cents would be sufficient, supposing that interest, rent and money had not been abolished mean while, and that the end of the world had not come.'—Madame. BILL ARP’S WEEKLY LEITER MAKES A STRONG TALK IN RE GAR]) TO LYNCHINGS. HE WADES INTO THE CRITICS. Bill Declare* That No Good Man Has Rea son to Fear For the Result* of Mob Raw. The lynching of Sam Holt is over. The press and the preachers have ex pressed their horror or their approval and the world moves on—not a stay nor a stop nor a jolt is felt either so cially, religiously, financially or com mercially. The fulminations of the northern press nor the apprehensions of editors nearer home amount to any thing. History is just repeating it self. Every few years something like this happens and the press and the preachers explode in about the same language until they get tired and then subside and wait quietly for some other harrowing thing to happen. We remember well what the press said about the burning of the brute at Dallas a few years ago and the same adjectives were used and the same anathemas hurled upon our people. The brute who ravished a child of six years and then killed her and threw her mutilated body into the bushes actu ally found friends among our enemies. They said it was brutal to burn him. We remember when the negro as saulted a little girl near Madison as she was going home from school alone and then cut her throat and threw her body in a gully and covered it with brush. When vengeance overtook him the northern press howled as usual. It is their business to howl. They like it, and do doubt are glad this thing has happened. It feeds their appetite and nurses their wrath and will Inst them a week, perhaps longer. In the language of Governor Oates, I would rise to a pint or order and ask, “What are you going to do about it?” Nothing, of course, nothing. Such things will happen sometimes every where at long intervals, but they do not nffect a single item of civilization. Who is afraid to move to Georgia or Texas because of lynchings? Nobody, save, perhaps, a few bad men who i think of coming because they are in bad repu teat home. Fitzgerald was not a raid to come, nor afraid to stay, and the northern people in that grow mg city are celebrating their content - withpicn.es and and other hilarities while I write. The wicked flee where no man pnrsueth. No good man is in danger of the lynchers. No law-abr* ing citizen has any fear for himself or his household. It takes a terrible crime to arouse a whole community into such a remedy, and so I feel no personal alarm. Reader, do you? Tho truth is that lynchings they are not as frequent in the south ns have been, but are getting quite common over the line. We read that they tried to lynch a man in New York the other day for stealing a horse. Why they have long since quit that in Texas. Mr. Inman is right or nearly so. He says in his answer to the symposium of opinions that "there is no just cause for alarm among the country people—no greater cause than there has been. That 95 per cent of the people, both white and black, are harmless and law-abiding and w’e will have to watch and punish the other 5 per cent just as we have been doing for many years.” The per cent of bad negroes is greater than he thinks. The number in the chaingangs prove this, but their. crimes are generally misdemeanors, larceny and burglary, and education does not correct this. Booker Washington says it docs, but observation and statistics of the prison commission prove the reverse. We old men who owned slaves be fore the war are established in our opinions that education does not les sen crime, neither among whites nor blacks. Mr. Stetson, the chairman of the school commission of Massa chusetts, declared this in a pamphlet several years ago,and proved that educa tion increased crime not a little, but to an alarming extent. I have great respect for Booker Washington, and believe that, the kind of education he is giving will lessen crime among the pupils He is educating. Our slaves were educated by fear of the lash or the whipping post, and you can pick them out today. It is their children, born since the war, or their grand children who are in the ehaingang. Why should there be 4.000 negroes in these state and county chaingangs of Georgia when there are only 240 white convicts? It will not do to say the negro is punished and the white man escapes. That is a lie and every observing man knows it. My own ob servation is that the courts lean to the negro rather than against him. No small per cent of the colored convicts are now serving a second term and some a third term, which proves that imprisonment does not reform the ne gro. When he comes out his last con dition is worse than the first. But the whipping post would so thoroughly reform a young negro that he would not repeat the offense. Confinement in jail nearly crushes the soul out of a white man, but a negro is perfectly contented there. Ask the sheriffs or the jailers if this is not so. Now, it will take perhaps ten years to do it, but my candid opinion is that the number of convicts would in that time be reduced from 4,000 to 400 were the whipping post used instead of the ehaingang. Delaware has experi- mented with this for half a century and will not abolish it. It is used for all colors—white, black and mulatto. If that little state was south of the line wouldn’t she catch it from the northern press and northern preach ers? the change, But how con we moke for as long as the negro has a vote he will vote against a candidate who fa vors it and the candidates are gener ally demagogues nud dare not dis please the negro? No, they won’t even pass a dog law for fear of offend ing their colored constituents. Every now and then my wife asks me to buy some mutton and snvs we used to have mutton. But the uegroes own the dogs and the dogs have exterminated the sheep in Bartow county. We ought to change the constitution and elect lawmakers for four or six years and after that they should be ineligi ble. Theu they wouldent talk and vote for buncombe. Some of the symposium writers thought that the law’s delay and the lawyers were to blame for these lyneh ings. Not so. A lynching for that, crime is but the outburst of human in digDation. The law’s delay is not in their miuds. If I know myself I am as crood a man as any horror-stricken editor or preacher. 1 am kind in heart and love my fellow men and fellow women. I respect the supremacy of the law just as much as Governor At kinson or any other governor, but I rejoiced wheu the brute was caught and burned. How much he suffered is of no con sequence to me, nor am I afraid of the crowd that did it or that will do it again. It was the unanimous verdict of a very large jury, a jury of men and women, and I am not chicken-hearted about such suspects as Lige Strick land, nor would I take very much sympathetic talk from other negro leaders who raise their bristles. I know and feel that tbe white people of the south Lave been kind; yes, over kind to the negro since the war and that yankee emissaries have alienated him from us LIU d vve have got no thanks for all we have clone. Sooner or later we will have to take away his vote and establish the whipping post and then, and not till theu, will we have peace between the races. If these remedies affected a few bad white men, let them share it or leave the country. Some of us remember when the kuklux was our only protec tion, and it raised a howl that was heard across the ocean, but it saved our wives and our daughters when the vorld t]ie flesh and the devil were fe ;' procession proceed, And 8o let the p S .-Dr. E. Van Goidtsnoven. of Atlanta> is a scho j ar and a gentleman, He sends me the iranslation of Bishop Onderdonk’s gold-headed cane: "Epis r)0e e bor” stands for "Episcopus noe eboracen - 8i8 » and mea ns "Bishop of New York.” Thanks.- Bill Arp, At ianta Constitution, AMENDMENTS DECLARED VOID. Lawyers in Montgomery, Ala., Preparing To Test State lie venue Daw. A firm of prominent lawyers of Montgomery, Ala., is preparing the papers iii a suit by which it is pro posed to be shown that the amend ments to the general revenue law of the state, which were passed by the last session of the general assembly, are void as to their provisions foi the reason that they were irregularly passed. decline The gentlemen of the firm to say prior to the filing of the suit in what particular they claim irregularity in ihe passage of the act, but they in sist that they will be able to defeat the enforcement of the amendments. REPRIMAND Ftilt COGHLAN. German Minister Shows Disposition to Close the Incident. A Washington special says: The case of Captain Coghlnn may be con sidered ns finally closed. The' Ger man ambassador, Dr. Yon Holleben, called at the white house Wednesday afternoon and had a conference with the president of such a satisfactory ua ture that the matter was considered as settled. The president explained the course the navy department had taken in ad ministering a reprimand to Captain Coghlan. It was also pointed out that the officer’s explanation of the inci dent stated that his utterances had been muoh, examrerated. GRANT STATUE UNVEILED. Three Generations of the Noted General’s Family Were Present. At Philadelphia Thursday in the presence of President McKinley and his wife, members of his cabinet, three generations of General Ulysses S. Grant’s family and a great crowd of people, Miss Rosemary Sartoris, grand-daughter of General Grant, un veiled a heroic equestrian statue of her illustrious grandfather in Fairmont park. Although the day was not a holiday in honor of the event, there was a great outpouring of patriotic citizens. Flags were everywhere displayed throughout the city. rOPULISTS WILL WAIT. Alabama State Chairman I B * Me * Address Regarding Convention State Chairman G. B. Crowe, of the Alabama populist executive committee, after a conference with leading mem bers of his party, has issued the fol lowing address to the populists of Al abama: ‘Believing, under the existing cir cumstances, it to be our interests to postpone our state convention, which is called to convene here on May 3d. I hereby postpone the same until May 23d. Please notify all ' delegates.” Happenings In the State of Inter esting Import. Convention Was Successful. The ninth International Sunday scnool convention, which adjourned in Atlanta Saturday night, was one of the .most successful in the history of the organization of the International Sun day School Workers, and was also one of the largest ever held. It was as interesting as it was successful, and the indications are that its results will be far reaching. attended More than 1,500 delegates the convention, and these were enter tained free of charge by the church people of Atlanta, Atlanta threw open her doors to the delegates, and their impressions of the city were of a most flattering nature. At this convention there was tran sncted probably more important busi ness than ever marked any previous convention of a like nature, and the leaders are well pleased with the re suits. The meeting in Atlanta began Tues day with the session of the interna tional lesson committee and closed Saturday evening with the final lesson of the convention. The first business meeting of the conventiou was held Wednesday evening, and three ses sions were held ench day until the close, During that period a great number of important reports were rendered and the work for the next three years was mapped out by the executive com mittee. The convention was marked by the large number of excellent papers that were read and addresses that were made. The delegates displayed un bounded interest and enthusiasm in the proceedings of the convention and the Grand oper.» house was filled with them every day. At times large num bers of the visitors were turned away, being unable to find seats in the audi torium. Atlanta was honored by the election of Hoke Smith as president. The delegates were entertained in Atlanta’s usual hospitable manner and were well pleased with the city. Es pecially was this true of those who came from the far north, and had no idea that Atlanta was such a large and progressive city. While the conventions of coming years may be larger than the one held in Atlanta, it is hardly probable that any of them will prove as pleasant and accomplish as much work. For Benefit of Wage Workers. The labor convention in session at Atlanta the past week adopted the fol lowing constitution: "Believing that the wage workers of Georgia need more perfect organiza tion and unity of action in order that they may receive proper recognition from employers, the general public, and more important still, the various municipal, state and federal legislative bodies; and that such recognition must result in laws being enacted which will tend to alleviate the condition of the laboring class; and, "Believing the system of central bodies organized in cities in this state has resulted in much good to organ ized labor and tbe people, and should be encouraged and upheld; and, "Belieying these central bodies blended together in one state body with the many labor unions of the state can accomplish more satisfactory results and greater benefits than the independent and separate efforts now put forth, "It is hereby resolved, That the du ly accredited.delegates of bona fide la bor organizations, including local unions and central bodies, do hereby organize and constitute the Georgia State Federation of Labor, to the end that peace, prosperity and happiness shall come to the toiler and justice reign in the land.” Veterans Fraternize at Fitzgerald. The first annual picnic of the gray and blue was held in Fitzgerald last Saturday. Hundreds of old veterans marched in line to the tunes of “Yan kee Doodle” and "Dixie.” General John B. Gordon reached the city dur ing the morning, and at 11 o’clock de livered an address to an immense au dience. He completely captivated his hearers, and as he would tell of the days of ’61, and the struggle between the armies of the north and south, tears rolled down the cheeks of the 0 *“ confederates and the old Grand Army veterans were wild in their ap P Ia '| s e - This . was truly a mingling of the gray aiK * t * 10 blue in a southern colony f° un< led ^y members of the Grand of the Republic. The town was decorated with both the national col ors - At night General Gordon delivered his celebrated lecture, "The Last Days of the Confederacy,” to an over flowing audience at the opera house. The reunion will beheld yearly in the future. Kick Against New Rule. The railroads running out of Savan nah have adopted some new rules with reference to the transportation of sol dies at half rate, the most important of which is that the bearer of the ticket must be in uniform or the ticket is no good. The men are complaining because many of them -want to throw aside their old aud dirty togs. The merchants of Savannah complain also that the hew rules work to a disadvant age for them. The tickets now- are stamped across the face "Not good uu ! less bearer is in uniform.” This, say the merchants, takes away a good deal of trade from the city. There are many members of the different commands who would like to buy their clothes in. Savannah, but they do not feel that they could carry them away under tlier arms or in valises, and stick to the blue uniforms they have worn for several months. * * * Ex-Governor Atkinson a Trustee. Governor Candler has appointed a*-, Governor Atkinson to the vancancy in the board of directors of the Georgia Normal and Industrial college and an order to that, effect has been issued by the executive department. Ex-Gov ernor Atkinson has been connected with the state industrial school for a number of years and his services for that institution have been of a signal character. The reappointment of ex Governor Atkinson by the present chief executive was a compliment to the former and Mr. Atkinson will hold office under the appointment until the next session of the legislature, wheu a successor can be appointed and con firmed by the state senate. Atlanta Was Ignored. At the meeting of the Georgia So ciety for Colonial Dames at Savannah the past week, the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. J. J. Wilder, Savannah; first vice-president, Mrs. Annie J. Waring, Savannah; sec ond vice-president, Mrs. Joseph L. Lamar, Augusta; honorary vice-presi dent, Mrs. H. C. White, Athens. The last mentioned office was especially created for Mrs. White at this meeting. Board of managers is composed of Mrs. W. G. Charlton, Mrs. Wm. Gar rard, Mrs. T. F. Screven, Mrs. L. Gourdin Young, Miss Mary Ellis, all of Savannah, and Mrs. F. H. Miller, of Augusta. Atlanta is not represent ed either in the list of officers or board of managers. Belay In Rural Delivery. The rural mail delivery in Bibb county was to have been inaugurated May 1st, but Postmaster Hertz receiv ed a telegram from Washington in forming him that the delivery has been suspended until further orders. It is supposed in Macon that the authori ties at Washington have taken this action because of the protest made by Senator Bacon and Congressman Bart lett to the appointment of negro car riers for the rural delivery. * * * Help For Palmetto Citizens. Residents of various cities of this state are now taking subscriptions for the benefit of the Palmetto citizens who spent considerable time and money in searching for Sain Holt. The movement was commenced by citizens* of Hogansville. Firm Will Dissolve. The firm of Draper, Moore – Co., wholesale dry goods dealers,of Atlanta, will go out of business on the first day of June. At that time the part nership will dissolve and the firm will become extinct. WHEELER NOT ASSIGNED. General Is Not Heeded In the Philippine Islands. A special from Washington says that it is understood that the cabinet has decided not to send Major General . Wheeler to the Philippines. The gen eral officers who will be assigned to duty under Geueral Otis will be Brig adier Generals Young, Grant and Bates. It is proposed, however, however, to place General Wheeler on active duty, and to this end the organization of a new department, to be known as the department of Texas, is contemplated. General Wheeler will be assigned to command until next November, when he will be relieved and will return to Washington to resume his congres sional duties. Kvep abreast of these stirring times by subscribing for your home paper. The price is little , and, you cannot afford to be without it. ATLANTA MARKETS. CORRECTED 'VEEKDY. —18 Groceries. Roasted coffee, Arbuckle and Levering* $11.30. Lion $10.80, less 50c per 100 TT. eases. Green coffee choice 11c: fair 9c; prime 7^'(E8kiC. Sugar standard granulated, New York 5.56. Now Orleans 5.56. New Orleans wliito 5^c; do yellow 5>^c. Syrup, New Orleans open kettle 25®40e. mixed 12>£@20c: sugar house 28®35e. Tens, black C0®6 5c; green 50®65 l R ice, head 7}<c; choice 6%®7c; Sait, dai ry sacks $1.25; do bbls. bulk S2.00: 100 3s $2.75; ice cream $1.25; common 65®70e. Cheese, full cream 13c. Matches, 55s 45c: 200s $1.30@1.75: 300s $2.75. Soda, boxes 6c. Crackers, soda 5<g)64-^c; cream stick 6c;gingersnaps 6c. Oysters', Candy, common $1.85® fic: fancy 12®13e. F. W. $1.75; L. W. $1.10. Flour, Grain and Heal. Flour, all wheat first patent. $5.00; second patent. $4.40; straight, $4.00; extra fancy $3.90; fancy. $3.70; extra family, $3.00. Corn, white. 50c: mixed, 49c. Oats, white 40c; mixed 39c: Texas rustproof 49c. Rye, Georgia 8‘c. Hay No. 1 timothy large bales ' timothy 80c-. small bales 75c-. No. 2 small bales 70c. Meal, plain 50a: bolted 45c. Wheat bran, large sacks 82o; small sacks 82c. Shorts 95c. Stock meal: 85c. Cotton seed meal 90c per 100 lbs: hulls $4.00 per ton. Teas stock 75®80o per bushel: common white $1.15@1.25; Lady $1.25® 1.50. Grits $2.90 per bbl; $1.40 per bag. Country Produce. Eggs 11 J^@i12ij. Butter, western cream ery. 18®20c; lancy Tennessee 18® 20c. choice 123 ^ 0 ; Georgia 10®12Vc. Live poul try, chickens, hens 27><@30c; spring chick ens, large 17j^®25e; small 15®’18c: Bucks, puddle, 22J^@25c; Peking 273^® 30c. Irish potatoes, 90® $1.00 ner bushel, Sweet potatoes, 65® 90 5 per bu. Honey, strained G@7e: in the comb 9®10e: Onions, $1.75® $2.00 ner bu.: $3,25® 3.50 per bbl. Cabbage, Florida 4®5o lb. Beeswax £0®22 1 -^. Dried fruit, apples 7®8c-. peaches I2J-£@14‘. Provision*. Clear ribs boxed sides 5$jfe; clear sides SJ^c; ice-cured bellies fij-^e. Sugar-cured, breakfast hams 9®lle ; California 6j^c; 7 J- 0 ;sec bacon ! 0 ® 12 6;V®6,!<f b,c. Lard, best quality ond quality : compound 5c. Cotton. Market closed quiet; middling 5 11-46.