Newspaper Page Text
Reports by Wire From the
Great Markets.
New York, Dec. 8.—Money on call nfm-
lnal at lal% per cent. Prime mercantile
paper, 3a4 per cent. Sterling exchange
strong, with actual business In bankers’
bills at 4.87% for sixty days and 4.88a %
for demand. Posted rates, 4.8ty4.89%.
Commercial bills, 4.%%a4.87. Bar silver,
61%. Government bonds flVin; state bonds
dull; railroad bonds strong. Silver at the
board was 61*4 bid.
STOCKS AND BOND&
PAILKOAD STOCKS,
Amer. Cot. Oil... 27
do prefd. 70%
Am. Sugar Befin; 91
do prefd. 93
Am. Tobacco Co. 93*4
do prefd.106
A., T. and S. Fe. 4%
Halt and Ohio.. 67
Canadian Pacific 50%
Chesa. and Ohio.
ChL and Alton..145%
Chi., B. and Q... 72k
Chicago Gas 72k
Dei., L.andW*.. 161%
Dia. ana Cattle F 9
E. T.. V. and G.. 10
do prefd. 17
Erie 12%
do profd. 24
Gen.Eloctrie.... 86
Illinois Cen 89
Lake Erie and W 16%
do prefd. 70%
Lake Shore 130
Lou. and Nash... 53%
Lou. and N. Alb. 6%
Manhattan Cons.107%
Mom. and Char.. 10
Michigan Cen... 99%
Missouri Pacific. 28%
Mobile and Ohio. 18
STATE B0STO8.
N., 0. and St L.. 85
V. S. Cordage.... 9%
do drefd; 16%
New Jersoy Cen.. 94
Now York Cen... 99%
K. Y. and N. E.. 31%
W.nref 20%
> 4%
uu prefd. 17%
Northwestern... 98%
do prefd.141
Pacific M
Beading.
It and tV.
Bock Island
Bt. Paul 68%
do prefd.118%
Silver Certiflo’es. 61%
Tenn. O. and 1... 10
do prefd. 70
TexasP&ciflo.... 9%
Union Pacific.... 12%
W. , St. L. and P. 6%
do prefd. 14%
Western Union.. 87%
Wh’l’g and L. E. 10%
do prefd. 39
Southern B’y 5a. 69
•* “ con. 11%
« “ pf,d. 37%
Mail 22%
ig 15%
W; PtTor 15%
•- * 62%
Alabama class A.103%
“ “ B.1U5
“ “ O. 92%
La. stamped 4’e..l00
Teun'see old 6s.. 60
Virginia 6b nego. H 1 /.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
TJ. S. 4s regisi’d. .114% 1U. S. 4s regular.. 97
U. b. 4s coupons, 115% I
Bank Statement.
New York. Dec. 8.—The associated banks
raako the following statement for the weok
ending today:
Beserve. decrease .$19,318,160
Loans, increase 8,273,400
Specie, decrease 17,857,600
Legal tenders, decrease 5,406,900
Dopoaits, decrease 13,785,400
Circulation, increase 21.100
Tho banks uow hold in excess of re
quirements dftho 25 per ct rule-.$32,903,560
COTTON.
Macon, December 8.
The Macon market for spot cotton is quiet
at tho following quotations-
Good Middling 6%
Middling 5
Strict Low Middling 4%
Low Middling 4%
Good Ordinary.... . 4%
BOCAL RECEIPTS.
This Day..
Yesterday
1
$
a
1
3
|
.e»
*5-
j.
<&
«
i
2
?n
888
821
709 1 498
573
G392
232
181)
421 | 210
251
618
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Stock on hand September 1,1891...
oceivod since Septembor 1, 1894. ♦.
1,400
63,131
PORT RECEIPTS.
—■
fag
oH
M
!«!
¥
g
Saturday.......
Monday
Tuesday
Wftdneaday....
Thursday
Friday
47114
47984
73001
60978
40207
47430
.75945
44544
02897
55239
43033
42847
42450
30392
42340
40862
32955
27683
25914
Total this woek
47.114
£47,984
44,514
30,892
New York, Dec. 8.—Spot cotton dull;
middling gulf 6; middling uplands 6%.
Sales bales.
The future market opened quiet and closed
steady. Sales 68,400 bales.
I Opened j Closed?
January
February
March
April
May
June.*
Jnty
August
September
October.
Novombor
December
5 03
5 04
5 09
6 7*
5 79
6 63
5 88
5 93
6 58
RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS.
Consolidated net receipt*.,
*• Exports to G. Britain,
“ Exports to Franco....
“ Exports to continent.
Stock on hand at New York
To-day.
47,114
6,814
6,308
23,505
1,140,924
For tho
Week.
47,114
6,814
5,868
23,565
Total since Sept. 1—Not receipts.... 4,073,636
11 n 11 Exports to G.B. 1,206,970
*• M " Exp. to France. 361,908
" “ 41 Exp. continent. 1,030,893
THE WORLD’S VIS ID US SUPPLY.
tho total visible supply of cotton for
for the world is 4,285,884
Of which are American., * 9,896,684
Against the same time last year 4,163,024
Of which were Americau 8,760,724
Bocolpts for the week at all interior
towns 621
Beoeints from plantations SIX
Crop brought m sight since Ser.tem-
ber 1, 1894 6.422,681
NEW ORLEANS CLOSINO TUTU AES.
New Orleans, Deo. 8.—Cotton future closed
steady: sales 21,100 bales.
January
„ ....6 82
February 5 88
March. 5 44
April 6 48
May... 6 54
Jnno 5 59
July* 6 64
August 5 69
September
October
November
December 5 80
PORT QUOTATIONS.
Galveston, Dec. 8.—Steady; middling,
C 6-l«; net receipts, 12.853; stock, 288,510.
Noffolk, Dec. 8.—Steady; middling, 514;
net receipts, 5.352; stock, 80,180.
Baltimore, Dec. 8.—Nominal; middling,
6%; stock, 29,416.
■Boston, Dec. 8.—Dull; middling, 5%; net
receipts, 8*33; stock, 2,256.
Wilmington, Dec. &—Steady; middling,
514: net receipts, 2,083; stock, 26,275.
Philadelphia, Dec. 8.—Quiet; middling,
6; net receipts, 629; stock, 9.828.
Savannah, Dec. 8.—Steady; middling,6H:
net receipts, 3,499; stock, 102,444.
New Orleans, Dec. 8.—Dull' acid easy;
middling, 514* net receipts, 13,833; stock,
364.469.
Mobile, Dec. 8.—Quiet; middling, 6H; net
receipts. 1,020; stock, 25.308.
Memphis. Dec. 8,-Quiet; middling, 5%;
net receipts, 4,002; stock, 119.061.
Augusta Dec. 8.—Steady; middling, 5 5-16;
net receipts, 1.175; stock, 3G.9U9.
Charleston. Dec. 8.—Firm; middling, 514;
net receipts. 2,83$; stock, 82.576.
Cincinnati. Dec. 8.—Steady; middling,5%
net receipts. IM7; stock. 11.994.
Louisville. Dec. 8.—Quiet and easy; mid
dling. 5 7-16.
St. Louis. Dec. 8.—Steady; middling,5%;
net receipts, 1,790: stock, 52,698.
Houston, Dec. 8 —Quiet; middling. 5 5-16
pet receipts, 8,729; stock, 76,334.
STEVENS’ COTTON LETTER.
By Special Wire to Lyon & James. •
New York, Dec. 8-r-The market showed
more spirt, or more stubbornness and
obstinacy. If you choose, than the av
erage operator had expected. Prices fell
3 to 3 points early In the day, but thoy
rallied later on and closed at a net ad-
vance for the day of 1 to 2 points. Liv
erpool disappointed the bears. Although
vas lower, still tt decline donly 2
points on futures and l-32d on spots, with
sales of only 6,000 bales. But- Now Or
leans showed resistance to a decline and
even advanced 3 points. Some Texas tel
egrams clal mthoLt receipts are likely to
fall off in the nqtr future. Othe rdis-
patohes take a different view, averring
movement Is likely to continue lib
eral for some weeks. Receipts at Waco
are light. Reports from some parts of
North Carolina state that farmers have
sold their last bale. N New Orleans ex
pects 13.000 to 16.000 Monday. The re-
•Ipts at the poets today are estimated
at 45,015, against 47,984 last week and 44,-
544 last year. Houston got 8,720, Against
14.489 last week and 7,532 last year; Mem-
phis received 4,002, against 5,344 last week
and 4,104 last year. Sales here today were
68,400, the speculation being quite moder
ate. Spots were dull and unchanged. We
hear that sales of bagging and tle3 at
New Orleans are very heavy for this
season of the year. The South was of
fering cotton freely. In some cases at
the lowest prices thus far named. There
were vague rumors of trouble among tho
cotton mil's at Troy and Cohoes, N. Y.
The Chronicle states that the weather
during the week has been favorable in
most districts of the South and - that
picking is progressing rapidly and tho
crop movement continues very liberal.
The rainfall during the week, as a rule,
has been light. The quantity of cotton
that came in sight during the week was
487,225, against 400.053 for the same week
last year. The total thus far is 6,422,651,
against 4.295,294 last year. We adhere to
the conviction previously expressed that
until there is a decided falling off in the
crop movement it would be Idle to ex
pect any decided or sustained advance In
prices, although It is well to remember
that the short Interest is pretty large
and that the market would probably re-
SUN’S COTTON REVIEW.
New York, Dec. 8.—The Sun’s cotton
article will say:
Cotton declined 2 to 3 points, but re
covered this and advanced 2 to 3 points,
closing steady with sales of 68,400 bales.
Liverpool declined 1-32 on the spot with
sales of 6,0(D bales. Futures fell 2 points
there, closing quiet. New Orleans ad
vanced 2 points, lost this and declined 1
point. Northern spinners during this sea
son have taken, according to the Chroni
cle, 1,085,867 bales, against 667,996 bales for
the same time last year. Total brought
Into sight eluting the past week, 487,223,
against 400,068 for the same time last
year. Last week 510,415 bales came Into
sight. Total in sight thus far this sea
son, 5,422,651, against 4,295,738 for the
same time last year. The crop movement
has continued very liberal during the
past week. Tho rainfall was light and
picking is going on rapidly. The world’s
visible supply Is 4,235.884, against 3,760,724
last year and 3,906,321 in 1891. Spot cot
ton here was dull and unchanged. Port
receipts, 117,114, against 47,984 this day last
week and 44,544 last year. Houston re
ceived today 8,720, against 14,489 this day
last week and 7,532 las year; Memphis,
4.002, against 5,344 this day last week and
4,104 last year. New Orleans expects re
ceipts on Monday of 13,000 bales, against
21,291 last Monday and 17,393 last year.
The receipts at Memphis, St. Louis and
Houston aggregated 13,612 and the ship
ments 24,846. The Liverpool news was un
expectedly bullish, although It showed
some decline. Reports from some parts
of the South Indicated a smaller Interior
movement. There were rumors that some
of the ills of Cohoes and Troy, N. Y.,
were finding the times pretty hard, but
nothing definite was reported. The mar
ket hero is heavily short and tho bears
are nervous. It is believed that they
would run quick on any bullish news.
Some of the German houses tried to ham
mer the market today, but ade a rather
poor fist of It.
LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool, Docembor 8.—Spot cotton marRct
demand quiet, with prices easier. American
middlings 8%. Sales 6,000 bales, of which
500 were for speculation and export, and
Included 6,200 Amorlcan. Receipts 18.100
bales, of which 18,160 were American. Futures
quiet.
December
Dec.-Jan
Jan.-Feb
Feb.-March......
March-April
April-May.
May-Juno
June-July
July-August.....
Aug.-8ept
Opened. |Closed.
3 2-64
2 Cl
3-C4
3 4-32
3 5-04
7*04 o3 8-G4
9-61
310-64
3 ‘2-04*3 3-G1
3 2-64u3 3-04
‘ 2-01 a3 3-04
3-C4a3 4-04
3 4-64a3 5-04
3 C-C4
3 7-64«3 8-G4.
3 9-61
310-61 a811-04
312-04
GRAIN AND-PROVISIONS.
Chicago, Dec. 8.—Yesterday’s- weakness
In wheat produced an abnormal demand
for “puts” after the close, tho ' crowd
seeing but one side to the market. That
very fact proved the only obstruction to
a decline today, the demand from hold
ers of those privileges acting as a sus
tained The shipping was weak, that
feeling continuing for some time, slight
improvement taking place, howover, as
the session progressed toward the close.
May wheat opened from 69% to 59%, sold
between 59%*a% and 69%, closing at G9%—
%a% of a cent under yesterday. Cash
wheat was weak and averaged % a cent
lower than yesterday. That branch of
the market was dull.
. Corn.—What might be termld a pause
in tho advance took place In earn today.
The receipts ran over the estimates by
61 cars, while the output from stores was
less free than in the recent past. Prices
ruled lower during the session, a loss of
% of a cent from yesterday being re
corded at the close. May opened at 5u%,
declined to 49%, closing at 49%, with tho
depreciation mentioned. Cash corn was
at a discount of % of a cent, with very
few takers.
Oats were lower only for the reason
that wheat and corn showed weakness.
Nothing important appeared to guide the
trade and speculative action was Inert.
May closed %a% of a cent lower than
yesterday. Cash oats were weak, a de
cline of % a cent being quoted, with buy
ers and sellers holding off.
Provisions.—The market for product
‘was as dull ha It usually is on Saturday.
Complete inactivity prevailed, an easy
feeling marking the opening, for which
the live hog market received the credit.
Grain firming up later afTected provisions
to their advantage as regards tone, but
wlthou much lmproveent In value. The
close was unchanged from yesterday for
January por kand a shade higher for
January lard and January ribs.
FUTURE QUOTATIONS
The leading futures ranged as follows*
WHEAT— Opning. Hlghst. Lwst Close
Dec
CIS
5474
6474
54%
Hay. . , ; •
MS
MS
MV*
59%
July. . . . .
CO
6074
6074
6»1%
CORN—
Dec
4744
4775
4474
47%
Jan. , . * .
4774
4774
47
47%
May. ....
4914
5074
4974
49%
OATS—
Dec. . • • •
29%
Jan. • • • •
2974
29%
29%
May. , , » ■
32H
2274
3274
32%
FORK—
Jan. . • • •
11*9774
12.0274
11*9774
12.00*
May
12.3274
12.3774
12.3274
12.37%
LARD—
Jan. • rn • m
e.92'4
€.96
6-9274
6.92%
May. . „ « .
7.1274
7.1774
7.1274
7.15
BIBS—
Jan. • » , .
5.95
6.9754
5.95
5.97%
May, Cm * •
5.1774
6.2274
61774
6.20
CASH QUOTATIONS.
Flour was dull. Prices were quotably
steady and unchanged.
No. 2 spring wheat, 59a6L
No. 2 red wheat, 55.
No. 2 corn, 46%.
-No. 2 corn, 29%a%.
Pork. 12.00al2.12%.
Lard, «.87%a6.».
Short rib sides. 5.96a6.0£
Dry salted shoulders, 5.12%a5.2S.
Short dear aid**, 6.25a6.J7%,
• Whisky, L22.
NEW YORK PRODUCE.
New York, Dec. 8.—Butter quiet; fancy
creamery, firm; state dairy, I3a23; state
creamery, 18a24; Western dairy, llal6;
Western creamery, 15a25; Elglns, 25.
Cotton seed oil—Dull, but steady; crude,
25: yellow, 29.
Petroleum—Dull, nomlna: refined New
York, 5.50; Philadelphia, 5.50; refined, in
bulk. 3.00a3.05.
Rosin—Quiet, steady; strained, common
to good, 1.30al.35.
Turpentine—Dull, steady at 27%a35.
Rice—Fair demand, steady: domestic,
fair to extra, 4%a6; Japan. 4%a%.
Molasses—Foreign nominal; New Or
leans opetx kettle, good to choice!! 28a3S;
fairly active, steady.
Coffee—Options barely steady, quiet, 5
points up to 15 points down.^December,
14.06al4.19; March. 13.lQal3.20; May, 12.75 to
12.80; September, 12.73. -
Spot Rio, dull, steady; No. 7, 16.
Sugar-iRaw: Dull, steady; fair refin
ing, 3; refined, dull, unchanged.
Freights to Liverpool—Quiet and un
changed.
NEW’ ORLEANS SUGAR. &C.
New Orleans, Dec. 8.—Sugar steady;
molasses dull.
Sugar—Open kettle: Strictly prime, 2%;
fair, 2 3-16; common, 2a2 1-16.
Centrifugal: Plantation granulated, 8%;
choice white, 3%a5-16; choice yellow, 3 1-16;
off yellow, 3%.
Molasses—Open kettle: Choice, 27a28;
prime, I6al7: common. 12.
CentrIfUg.il: Fancy prime. 7a8; now
syrup, 13al4.
NAVAL STORES.
Savannah, Dec. 8.—Turpentine market
firm at 25 cents for regulars; receipts, 730
casks; sales, 1,000.
Rosin—Firm and unchanged, with sales
of 3,000 barrels. Quote A, B, C, 1.00; D,
1.05; E. 1.15; F, 1.20; G, 1.35; H, 1.65; I.
2.10; K, 2.50; M, 2.75; N, 2.90; window glass,
3.10; water white, 3.25.
Cnrleston, Dec. 8.—Turpentine quiet at
25 cents; receipts. 15 casks.
Rosin—Good strained firm at 1.00; re
ceipts, 13 bSarrels.
Wilmington, Dec. 8.—Turpentine firm at
dOcents for strained; good strained, 1.00.
Spirits of turpentine firm at 24% cents.
Tar steady at 95 cents.
Crude turpentine firm; hard, 1.10; soft,
1.50; virgin, 1.70.
macon’bond and stock report.
STATE OF GEORGIA BONDS.
Bid. Ask’d
7 per cent bonds, Jan. and July
coupons, maturity 1896 10G 106
4% per cent, bonds, Jan. and
July coupons, maturity 1915..., 114H U5
4% per cent, bonds, Jan and July
coupons, maturity 1922 116 117
3% per cent bonds, Jan. and July
coupons, maturity long date.. 99 100
MUNICIPAL BONDa
Savannah 5 per cent, bonds 104 106
Atlanta bonds, price as to rate
of interest and maturity 100 120
Augusta bonds, price as to rate
of Interest and maturity 100 116
Rome bonds, 8 per cent ,....104% 105
Columbus 5 per.cent bonds ... .106 104
Macon 6 per cent bonds, quar
terly coupons 112 112%
RAILROAD BONDS. f
Central railroad* Joint mortgage
7 per cent bonds, Jan and July
coupons 119 120
Georgia railroad 6 per cent
bonds, Jan. and July coupons,
duo 1897 102 103
Georgia railroad 6 per cent
bonds. Jau. and July coupons,
July coupons, due 1900 102 108
Georgia railroad 6 per cent
bonds, Jan. and Juiy coupons,
due 1922. 110 113
Montgomery and Dufaula rail
road, 6 per cent bonds, Jan.
. and July coupons, due 1009....102 161
Ocean Steamship bonds, 5 per
due 1920 93
Columbus and Western railro-ad
6 per cent July coupons U0 1U
Columbus and Rome railroad 6
per ceit bonds, Jan, and July
coupons 33 40
Augusta and Knoxville railroad
. 7 per cent bonds, Jan. and
July coupons, due I960 99 lej
Savannah, Amerlcus and Mont
gomery railroad 6 per cent. •
bonds, J-an. and July coupons..'50 G1
Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad 6 per cent bonds, Jan.
and July coupons, due 1972.... 86 87
South Georgia and Florida rail
road Indorsed 7 per cent bonds,
Jan. and July coupons 103
Northeastern railroad Indorsed
6 per cent bonds. May and
November coupons 103 161
Macon and ^Northern railroad
certificate* of bonds, March
and September coupons 44- 46
Charleston. Columbia and Au
gusta railroad 7 per cent bonds 99 101
RAILROAD STOCKS fcAND DEBEN
TURES.
Central railroad common stock.. 19 17
Central railroad 6 per cent de-
betures 23 23
Southwestern railroad stock;... 67 69
Georgia railroad stock 150 352
Atlanta and West Point rail
road debentures 90 92
Atlanta and West Point railroad
stock 80 (Q
LOCAL BONDS AND STOCKS,
Macon Gas Light and Water
consols. May and November
coupons n
Wesleyan college 7 per cent
bonds. Jan. and July coupons..100 11$
Macon Volunteers’ Armory 7 per
cent bonds, Jan. and July cou
pons..... 104 iv»
Bibb Manufacturing Company 6
per cent bonus, April and Oct
coupons 109 101
Progress Loan and Improvement
Company 65 19
Southern Phosphate Company
stock 75 80
Acme Brewing Company. 100
BANK STOCKS.
First National Bank.stock.. 126 191
American National Bank stock.. 85 w
Exchange Bank stock. 93 94
Union Savings Bank and Trust
Company stock M 93
Central Georgia Bank stock w
Macon Savings Bank stock 99 92
Central City Loan and Trust
Company stock 70 72H
DRY GOODS.
Corrected Every Saturday by 0. Wax el
l-sum & Ron.
Prints—Berwick. 3 l-2c; standard 4 1-2
to Cc; turkey red, 4 to 5 l-2c; Indigo blue.
4 to 4%c.; solids. 4 to 6 cents.
8heeUngs-3-4a3%, %a4c.; 4-4a4-2, I cents.
Tickings—From 5 to 12c.
Checks—3 1-2 to 6a
Bleaching*—Fruit of the Locm, f 3-4
to 7
li
DRUGS. PAINTS AND OILS.
Corrected Every Saturday by Henry J.
Lamar & Sons.
Cl ns m on Bark—P$r oound. 12 to 15a
Cloves—Per pound. 15 to 26a
Drugs ind Chemicals—Gum assafot-
tlda, 35c pound: camphbr gum, 55 to 65c
pound; gum cplum 32.40 to $2.W pound;
morphine. l-8s. 32.25 to 32.45 ounce; qui
nine (according to sire) 38 to 20 cents
ounce: sulphur. 4 6c pound: salts, Ep
som. 2 1-2 to 3c paired; copperas. 2 to So
pound: salt petr., -Q 'a 12c pound; bo
rax, 15 to 18c wound; bromide potash, 50
to 55c per pound; chlorate. 25 to 30c p**r
pound; carbolic acid. 50c to $1.75 pound;
chloroform. 75c to $1.40 pound; calomel,
86c to $1; logwood. 19 to 20c pound;
cream trrt&r. commercial, 25 to 30a
a FRUITS AND NUTS.
Corrected by A A Cullen. '
Figs—Pry. choice. 12 1*2 to 15 cents.
Peanuts-^North Carolina, 3 1-2 cents;
Virginia, 4 and b cents.
Lemons—3.00&3.50.
Nuts—Tarragonla almonds, u cents pet
pound; Naples walnuts, it, cents; Frencs
walnuts, 10 cents; pecans, 10 centa
Apples—Sun dried. 6 to 7 cents per
pound.
Raisins—New in market. $2 per box;
London layers, $2.25 per box; looso Mus
catel. $2 per box.
Irish rotatoes-si.» per sack. ^
4 HARDWARE. *»? V
'Axes—$6 to $7 per doezn.
Rax Lead—6c per pound.
Buckets—Palate. 31.25 per dosens oe-
dar, three hoops. $2.25.
Cards—Cotton. $4.
Chains-Trace, 33.60 to $4.0 per
dozen.
Well buckets—t3.25 per dozen.
Rope—Manilla, lOc; slsel, 8c; cotton, 13a
12 cents.
Shoes—Horse. $4: Mule. $5.
Shovels—Ames, $lo per dozen. Il
Shot—Drop. 11.35 i>**i '•aok.
Wire—Rarb«l. 2%c per opund.
Corn Beei—3 pound cans $2 per doien.
Nails—$1.65 base, wire; cut, $1.35 base.
Tubs—Painted, $2.35; cedar, $4.50 per
nest.
Broom.--Jl.25 to }5 opr dozen.
Haines, lion Hound, J3.
Measure*—Per nest. J1.
Plow biadcs—l centa per pound.
Iron—Swede. «i-2o per pound; refined,
2c basis.
Plow .tocVv—Ilalmen, tl; Ferguson,
No.
i:
canned goods.
"I
Corrected Every Saturday by fl. K.
Janues & Ttasley Co.
Apple"—5-ooond cans, ,1.25 per doM.
Blackberries—2 pound ennj. ,1 per
dozen; 3 pound cane. J1.C5 per dozen.
Com—2 pound cans. 90 cents to ,1.50
per dozen.
Strms Beans-2 pound cans, 90 cento
per dozen.
Tomatoes—2 pound cans, por dozen, SO
cento; 3 pound cans, ,1.
Okra and Tonuitoes—% pound cans,
,1.10 pe~ dozen.
June Peaa-2 pound cans, ,1.25 per
dozen.
Red Cherries—2 pound cans, ,1.60 per
dozen.
White Cherrles-2 pound cans.,1.75 per
duzon.
Lima Beans—,1.25.
Peache^a pound cans,' ,1.50 per
dozen.
Pineapples—1 pound cons, ,1.50 to ,2.25
pet dozen; crated. F. & W.. ,2.25.
Raspberries—2 pound cans, ,1.85 per
dozen.
Strawberries—2 pound cane, ,1.50 per
dozen.
Peaches, pie—2 pound cans, ,1.35 per
dozen.
Apricots. California—3 pound cans,
,2.25 pe- dozen.
Peaches. California—,2.25.
Pig Feet—2 pound cans, ,2.25 per
dozen.
Roast Beef-1 pound cans, ,1.20 per
dozen; 4 pound cans. ,2 per dozen.
Corn Beet—2 pound cans, ,1.85 per
dozen.
Potted Ham—1-4 pound cans, 05 cents
per 'iozen. i-2 pound cans, ,1.25 per
dozen.
Lunch Tongues—1 pound cons, ,3 per
dozen.
Tripe—2 pound cans. ,1.05 per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS GROCERIES.
Corrected Every Saturday by th. S.
’ Janues & Tinsley Co.
Th. following aro strlotly wholesale
prices:
Fish—Kit, -white Ash. 60o; In half
barrels, *4: mackerel in half barrels.
No. 8, *5.75; No. 2 In kits, 85 cento.
Flour-Best patent, ’per barrel, *3.25;
second patent, ,3.1a; straight, ,2.76; fam
ily, ,2.00: low crudes. ,2.25.
Sugar—Standard granulated, 4K cento;
extra C Now York,' 414 cents; Now Orleans
clurllled, W. cents.
Ray—Wt” quote -today No; 1 Timothy,
at ,18 and fancy. ,18.
bleats—Bui ksldcs—714 centa j .
Com—50 cents .per bushel.
Oats—Mixed, tic; white. 4Sc.
Lard—TierceB 8 cento; cans, 8!i cento;
10-pound canB, 9 centa
oil—no.
Bnuff—Lorlllard’s Maccaboy snufr,
.tone J.-irr 45o per pound; glass jars,
45c per pound; 2-ounca bottles, ,9.900
per gross; 2-ounce cans, ,8.60 per gross;
1-pound cans, ,3.95 per gross; Hstlrnao
snuff, 1-ounce glass. Do; 1-ounce tins,
*4.25- per gross,
Tomato catsup—Pints, 90o; quarts
,1.25.
Hominy—P»r barrel, ,8.75.
Meal-Bolted, 00 cento; plain, 99 cento.
Wheat—Bran. 85o.
Hams—la to 13o.
Bhduldera—9 l-2o. 1 ^
HIDES, WOOL. ETC,
Corrected Every Saturday by G. Band
* Co.
Hides—Green salt. 3 cento per pound}
dry flint, n cents per pound.
Goat skins—10 to 20 cents each. > ,
Sheen Skins—20 to 60 cents eaoh.
Beeswax—IS to 20 cento.
Wool—Wcshed. it- to 20 oents per
pound; unwashed, 10 to 11 cento] burry,
7 to 10 cento.
LIQUORS.
Corrected Every Saturday by L. Cohen
& Co.
Whisky-Rye ,1.10 to *3.50; corn, It.M
to ,1.50; gin, ,1.1ft to ,1.75; North Carolina
corn,,1.10 to ,1.50; Oeorgla com, 11.50.
Wines—SO conto to ,1: high wine*.
,1.23: port and sherry, ,1 to claret,
,6 to ,10 case: American champagne,
,7.60 to ,8.50 per case; cordials, ,12 per
dozen; bitters, ,8 per dozen.
!C il
MEATS.
Corrected Every Saturday by W. L.
Henrv.
Fresh Meats—Western beef, 6'4 to 6c;
Georgia b»cf. 4 1-2 to Go; dreased hogs,
6V4 to 7c; Westorn mutton, 744 cente; na
tive mutton, 6 l-2c; smoked pork sau
sage, 8 l-2c; fresh pbrk sausage, 8c; Bo-
Jogna sausage. Go.
ANSWER THIS QUEBTION.
Why do so many people we im
around us seem to prefer to suiter and
be made miserable by Indigestion, con-
stlpatlon u dizziness, loss of appetite,
coming up of the food, yellow skin,
when for 75 cents wo will sell them
Shiloh’s' Vltsllzer .guaranteed to cure
them?
Sold by Goodwyn ft Small Drug
Company, corner Cherry s'rwet and
Colton avenue.
OH. WHAT A COUGH!
Will you heed the warning—the ilg.
ml, pel haps, of the sure approach of
that more terrible disease, consumtlon?
Ask yourself If you ran afford, for the
Mko of saving 50 cents, run the risk
and do nothing for It We know from
experience that Shiloh's Cure will cure
your cough. - ft never falls, nils ex
plains why more than a million bottles
were sold the past year. It relieves
croup end whooping cough at once.
Mothers, do not be without It. For
lamo back, idde or chest, use Shiloh’s
Porous Plasters. Sold by Goodwyn ft
Small Drug Company, comer Cherry
street and Cotton avenue.
USE HOLMES’ MOUTH WASH,
Prepared by
Dra. Holmm ft Mauon, Dentists,
556 Mulberry Street.
It cures bleeding gums, ulcers, sore
mouth, sore thro.ii clear.i 'hr leech an.l
purl il-a the breach. For sals by all
druggists-
AN...
ADVERTISEMENT
placti la th« classified columns of The
Telegraph Is sure to brlnff
RESULTS
“It’s about 11 years now since I han
dled trains by wire, and I would not go
baok to It for ,100 a day. You havo really
no Idoa of how it wears on a man. Some
stand It hotter than others, but It wrecks
every ono's nerves sooner or later.
“When Iwas appointed night dlspatoh-
on ttrig road, 1 thought 1 was tho big
gest man In Missouri. I took to smoking
15 cent olgars and wearing *8 hats. I had
a well developed ease of swelled head anil
showed It all ovor mo. A few months' ex
perience with faithless operators, tricky
trainmen and arrogant superiors, howover,
took the conceit out of me, and 1 began to
realize Just how big a job It was to handle
heavy train wire and glvo satisfaction.
Tho fact is, the man who oan plcaso all
hands has yet to bo born. Thcro aro times
when some train must be delayed, and lt’a
often n case of Hobson's obolco. Tho
trainmen who wait curse tho dispatcher
into tho middle of purgatory and book
again, and those who got advantage brag
about tho run they made.
' “One night tho road was fairly hot with
trains when I came on duty. X wondered
how In thundor 1 should ovor got tho pos-
songor train through wlthoutdelay. There
soomed to bo n train on every side track
ovor the wholo longth of the road and
moro between stations. I worked llko a
beaver. It was In tho old days of what are
known ne ‘single’ orders, when eaoh
train rcoclved a soparato order,whloh must
bo Bent to oach onoooncernod singly. You
will easily see how In the rush of business
a single order might be incorrectly trans
mitted and trains leavo stations under
conflicting orders, whloh would certainly
bring thorn togothor unless oorreotod.
Nowadays tho most progressive roads all
use orders so worded that two trains or
moro rocolvo them at tho sanio tlmo, and
thus tho risk of error’ is lessened. That
system wan linrilly known In my time,
and wo worked on tho perilous single or
der plan.
“A double header loft tho foot of ths
mountain abnnt midnight, holding an or
der giving it tho right to Summit. About
85 minutes ahead of it was a fast freight.
Tho lattor had an cuglno numbered 497,
and tho double train had engines 843 and
337. You must remember I was working
every mlnuto trying to keep tho freights
out of tho way of tho night passenger
trains.
“Along toward morning a train was
ready to go down tbo mountain, and I
gavu tho order to 'run wild’ and wait for
cnglno 437 at Summit. In sorno way or
other tho double train following slipped
my memory completely. I havo thought
since I must have got mixed on tho two
uumbors, 427 and 827. At any rate, when
tho operator at Summit roported tho two
trains leaving, it came over me with tho
suddenness and pain of a gnlvanlo shook
thnt I had given what wo call a'lap'order.
“Tho horrible feeling that selzod mo
ofton makes mo shudder when I think of
It now. My hand fell from tho koy, limp
and nerveless. Bom.thing seemed to eaet
n blur beforomy eyes so I could not read
tho ordors befdro mo. Tho blood rushed to
my head, and my temples boat llko trip
hammors. But only for a second. Lika
a flash I seized tho koy and asked the oper
ator to stop tho down train. It was too
Into. It had gone. Then I trlod to roach
tho doublo train, hut It, too, had passed
tho Inst telegraph ofllco, and I know no
earthly power could prevent those trains
from striking hard, for the grado 1a nearly
20 feet to tho mllo up tliore.
"I sent for thochlef dispatcher Immedi
ately and told him tbo situation. Hewus
an old hand ut tho business, and an affair
of this kind trotted bis nerves almost to
tho point of insanity.' Ho added nearly
100 pur cent to my ugony of mind. Ho
would sit down and look the train sheet
over and seem to dovour the fatal orders
with Ills oyos, then jump up with a ges
turo of despair and say, ’By gosh, that's
too bad!’ Then ho would paeo up and
down tho floor, rcpoatlng to himself:
‘That’s too bsd, too bad. They’ll strlko
as sure ns tho world,’ returning always to
poro over tho train shoot and ordor book.
I could havo screamed with tho awful
strain of nervous susponso. I confidently
believe that nothing but took of oourago
and the curious fascination kept me from
rushing out and Jumping Into the rlvor,
75 feet Isilew.
“I felt absolutely oortaln thnt some of
thoso men would bo killed. Had both
trains been single tho drlvcrsmlght possi
bly sco oach other's hoadllghts in tlmo to
jump, but I was sure tin* men on the sec
ond cnglno of tho doublo bonder would go
Into tho wrook all over nntl die as aura as
fate. It has beoomo fashionable nowadays
to disbelieve In a physical hereafter. I
don’t know anything about that, bat I do
know that If montal torturu bo tho lot of
those who sin In this life, after our ac
counts aro audited, I should prefer to take
my chances with tho old faBhlonod stylo of
punishment.
“.Suddenly both rotoys opened with a
snap. Tho chief looked atmowlth a per
fectly lndosorlbablo expression and went
to tho awltchboard without n word. Wo
both know without tolling what It meant.
The trains hail struck, and the plied up
wreckage lind broken thowlros down. Wo
tested fur the break and soon located I,
half way up tho mountain. I gave up the
tost partlrlo of hopo at this, and only
waited in a kind of dull wonder to learn
tho oztent of tho casualty.
“Tho DO or 40 minutes thatetopsed offer
the wlro failed until wo got tho ofllotol re
port of tho accident seem to mo now as
misty as n dream. I worked away at the
wlro mechanically, guided only by tho
force of habit, and using tho circuits as
thoy woro made up by the chief. Ho kopt
fussing at tha switchboard In a perfect
misery of norvousuoss.
"At longth tho Summitoporstor called,
and my honrt boat almost audibly as I an
swered him, for I knew from his trom-
uhniH Bonding that ho hail received the re
port. I think ho must have understood my
feelings, for tho first words ho telegraphed
almost crazed mo with gratification. Be
fore sanding a lino of tho formal report ho
told me, ‘There's nobody hurt)’ I gave up
right then and thcro and said: 'Mr. H.,
you'll havo to taka tho rest of this report.
I can't,' and got up and went home.”
‘‘It soema tho engineer had seen ths
headllghtsnd jumped, and tbomen on tho
first cnglno of tbo doublolieader, after giv
ing asiiarp whlstlo for brakes, shrieked to
the following crew to jump and kept on
shrieking after they struck the ground and
until tho cnglno passed them. Tho warn
ing wav heard In time, and all bands got
oil with nothing wane than a few bruises,
but that finished my train dispatching.”
—Now York Advertiser.
I
Had Tried Them.
Little Dot—Mamma read In a paper that
a deaf man was stung by a swarm of boos,
and now ha can hear os well as over.
Little Dick—I don't sco how beo stings
could mako a deaf man bear, but I should
think thoy’d mako u dumb man speak.—
Good News.
BOTIAL GRIFFIN.
Ortflln. Dee. 9.—fSpecteJ).—On tost
Thursday evening one of tho moat en-
JovalWe eDRevuinmento of the aeason
•wvm given tov Miss Buntee Edwards,
on* of Orlflln’s b-tiuUf-rl ixelety young
tidlni. at her elegant suburban real,
(lenoe. tn honor of MW Mhmlc Herder-
eon, a very hinds rnc and ocomnkahed
yonrrr lady of Atfuhln. Ga., who has
been visiting Mtes EHwatrdn for several
itayn. Miss 'Hendenton to very popular,
and ha* made a large numb-.T of
friends. Who will rfsrrt to learn of her
depanturo for home on Monday,
How the Chines© Plsjr Chess*
Cboss has been played in Chino, accord
ing to tho Chlnoso, about 2,000 yoars. Tho
Chinese game, which la little llko the
gnmo played in America and Europe, is
supposed to havo been invented in the yeur
1180 B. C. and apparently had an origin
independent of the Indian game, aa its
rules of playing as well as the peculiar
marking of the board abundantly demon
strate.
There are 79 squares, of which elgh6
run together to form a river, whloh crosses
tho hoard at the center, having 32 on each
side, but as the man stand on tho inter
section of the lines there are 00 positions
for tho 10 plecos used by each player, or 20
more than In the European game.
Tho pieces are like checker men In
shape, each of the seven kinds on eaoh
fide having Its name cut on the top and
TBS CHINESE CHESBBOABI>.
distinguished by Its rod or blook colors.
Tho four squaros near each odge fonn tlio
headquarters of tho genoral, out of which
he and his two secretaries cannot move.
-On each sldo of tho headquarters aro two
elephants, two horses and two chariots,
whose powor aro less than our bishop,
knight and castle, though similar. The
chariot is tho moat powerful piece. In
frbnt of tho homos stand two caunoneors,
who oapturo llko our knight, hut xnovo
like our castle. Five soldiers or pawns
guard the rlvor banks, but oannot return
when onco across it in pursuit of tho en
emy and get no hlghor vnluo when they
reach tho hist row. Eaoh piece is put down
in tho point wlioro it captured its man,
except the cannoneers.
As tho general ennnot bo taken, tho ob-
Jcofc of each plnycr is to cheokmatu him in
his hoadquarters, therefore preventing his
moving except into check. Tbo want of
a queen and the limited movos of tho men
rostrlot the combinations in the Chimi60
game more than In westorn cboss, but it
bus its own elements n*
THE OLDEST FICTION.
A. Neat Uttlo Story Tlrnt Was Written
Some 3,200 Years Ago.
Onoot tho meat ancient examples ot
fiction in tho world, ono which has sur
vived tho rlso and fall of many an anclont)
and many a modem empire, is an Egyp
tian romance entitled “Tho Tale of tho
Two Brothers.” Wo havo tho original
manuscript in tho British museum. It
is wrltton on 10 sheets of papyrus, in a<
fine hieratic hand, and it was penned
some 8,200 yoars ago by a Theban soribo
named Ennuna. This Enaana was libra
rian of tho palace to King Moronptah. tho
supposed pharaoh of tho oxoduB, and ho
appears to havo wrltton the talo by order
of the treasurer for tho untortalnrncnt of
the crown prince, Setl-Moronptah, who
subsequently reigned as Setl II. This
prince has signed his nnrno In two places
on the back of tho manuscript, the»o being
probably tho only autograph signatures of
any Egyptian king which have come down
to our time.
This most venerable and precious docu
ment was purchased In Italy by Mine.
d’Orblnoy, who sold It in 1807 to the au
thorities of tho British museum, and It is
now known as tlio D'Orblnoy papyrus.
The story begins exactly like an old fash
ioned fairy talo:
“There wero two brothers, children of
ono mother and one father. Anpu was tl»6
name of the big brothor, and Botau wua
the name of the little brother. Now, Anpu
had a house and a wife, and hls llttlo
brother lived with him as hls serving man.
It was Betau who drove tbo oattlo to the
fields and tilled the ground. It was ho
who thrashed the corn and did tho field
work. It was he who drovo the oattlo to
the pasture land and tilled the ground, for
this llttlo brother wua a good laborer, and
ho lind not Ills equal In all the country.
Ho followed Ills oattlo every day, and ho
oamo baok to tho housouvory evening load
ed with the produce of the fields.'’—Tlio
Late Amelia B. Ed worth* in Contemporary,
Review.
Washington m Football Nursery. •
Washington seems to bo tho nursory of
oollego football players just now. It has
turned out some of tho best playors on the
grldlroned field. Jiesldos young Blalno
ihore is Cockrell, tho son of tho United
Htates senator from Missouri and a mem-,
her of tho University of Virginia olevon.’
Frank Butterworth, Yale's grout main
stay, and tho host full back on tho foot- 1
hall field, Is a Washington boy. Bo Is
Phil King, who was for years tho head of>
tha Princeton team. Taussig of Cornell, j
tho young man who Is winning such n
reputation aa an ond rusher, lives In
Washington, and there aro a number ot
others from tho Capital City on the minor,
oollego oiov^ng, . '
A VETERAN'S VERDICT.
Th. Wsr I. Over. A Wall-known Sol«
dler, Correspondent and Journal
ist Makes a Disclosure.
Indiana contributed her thousands of brava
soldier* to the war, and no state bean* a bet
ter record In that respect than It does. In
literature it la rapidly acquiring ua
enviable place. In. war and Uteratura
Solomon Yowell, well known as a writer as
”8o!,' lifts won uri honorable position. Dur
ing the late war liu win a member of Co. M.
2d. N. Y. Cavalry and of tho 13th Indiana In
fantry VolunNmrs. hoarding an Important
clrcumatance bo write* ax follows:
“Hovcral of ua old veteran* here are using
Dr. Mile*.’ Restorative Nervine. Heart Cure
and Nerve and Liver Pllln, all of them giving
splendid aat iftfaction. In fact, have never
used remedies that compare With them. Of
the Pills wo munt nay they arc the best com
bination of the quail ties requited lo a prep
aration Of their naturo webavo ever known.
w« have none but anmta of praKe for th«nu
They are the outgrowth of a now prlnclpl* la
medicine, and tone up the system wonder
fully. Wo say to all, try these reruedleti.' 1
-Solomon Yowell, Marlon, Ind., Dec.5.1&&
These remedies are sold by all drugglut* ou
a positive guarantee, or t“-nt direct, by tue
Dr. Miles Nealcal Co. Elkhart, fud.. on re-
relptof prl<*;, il per bottle, alx bottles $6. ex-
pr, ts prepaid. They positively CQClalc UCUhct
•pun** uor <Uag ervus Uruga*