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THE MAOOlir TELEGRAPH: MOHDAT MORNING, DECEMBER IT, 1894.
3
THE WORLD OF TRADE.
Reports by Wire 'From the
Great Markets.
New York, Dec. 15.—Money on call was
nominal at l)£a2 per cent. Prime mercan
tile paper, Hat per cent. Sterling exchange
steady, with actual business In bankers’
bills at 4.87%*a4.S8 for sixty days and 4.88%
to 4.89 for demand. Postal rates, 4.89a4.90.
Commercial bills, 4.86Vfea4.87%. Govern,
ment bonds firm; state bonds dull; rail
road bonds steady.
STOCKS AND flONDa k i
RAILROAD STOCKS,
N., C. and 8t. L.. 65
U. 8. Cordage....
do drefd; 14*?
New Jersey Cen., 93^2
New York Cen... 90%
V. Y. and N. E.. 31%
Norf. and W. prof 19%
vvSt
Northern Pacific-
do prefd. 17%
Northwestern... 99%
do prefd.142
Pacifio Mail. 21%
Reading 14%
R. and W;Pt.Ter 1G$
llock Island 63%
fet. Paul 68%
do profd.119%
Silver CerUfio’es. 60%
Tonn. C. and I... 17
do prefd. 70
Texas Pacifio.... 0%
Union Pacific.... 11%
W. f Bt. L. and P. G%
do profit 14%
Western Union.. 88%
Wh’l'g and L. E. 10%
do prefd. 39%
Southern R’y 5s. 89%
- con. Xiiy$
“pf,d. 36%
Amer. Cot. Oil. — 24%
do prefd. 69%
Am. Sugar'Refin; 92
do prefd. 91%
Am. Tobacco Co. 97%
do prefd. 105
A...T. andS. Fe. 4%
Balt, and Ohio-. C3%
Canadian Pacifio 59%
Chesa. and Ohio. 18
Chi. and Alton. .116
Chi., B. and Q... 72%
Chicago Gas 70%
Dot. L.andW*.. 160%
Die. ana Cattle F 8%
IS. T.. V. and G
do prefd
Erie. 9%
do profd. 23
Gen.Electric.... 34%
Illinois Cen 89%
Lako Eno and W 17
do prefd. 71
Lake Shore 136%
Lou. and Nash... 53%
Lou. and N. Alb. 7%
Manhattan Cons.104%
Mem. and Char.. 10
'Michigan Cen.,. 97%
.Missouri Pacifio. 28%
Mobile and Ohio. 18%
STATE BONDS.
Alabama clasa A.103% Tenn'seo old 6s.. 60
« •• B.104
" •* O. 92%
La. stamped 4’s..lOO -- -
N. Carolina 5s. ...101 Virginia 6s nego. 8%
•• 4a. ...121 “ lundeddebt 01%
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
U. S. 4a regist’d..H4% iU. S. 4s regular.. 97
V. b. 4s coupons.115% 1
Bank Statement.
Now York, Doc. 15.—The associated banks
make the following statement for the week
ending today:
Reserve, increase $ 453,175
Loans, decrease ^61,900
Spocio, increase
Legal tenders, decrease 6,211,300
Deposits, decrease 1,216,300
Circulation, docreaso 20,900
The banks uow hold in excess of re
quirements of the 25 per ct. rule-.$33,3!5,825
COTTON.
Macon, Deoember 15u-
The Macon market for spot cotton is quiet
at the following quotations-
Good Middling 6%
Middling 6
Clk«*t.«A T mm M t. /. 1 11 ti ir
receipts ‘it some of the Interior towns
and the announcement that by a correc
tion 10,900 bales had been added to the
stock at Little Rock. If the market went
up yesterday on decreased Interior re
ceipts it- was only logical that It should
go down today on Increased Interior re
ceipts. Private messages said Houston’s
receipts today would be double those of
last year. The official figures for Flou^
ion proved to be 16.175. against 7,196 last
year, so the case was worse than hid
been supposed. Memphis* receipts more-
over reached 4,608 bales, against 3.138 this
day last year. New Orleans dispatches^
estimated the receipts at the ports tills*
week at 315,000 bales. Brunswick Is ex
pected to get about 14,00 bales. Velasco
6,000 and Port Royal 10,000. We hear that
some of the rivers tributary to the Mis
sissippi are rising and this would be apt
to cause larger receipts. The close hero
steady at a net decline of 1 point,
with sales of 8S.300 bales. New Orleans
advanced 4 points, but lost this and de
clined 2 points. Liverpool advanced l-32il
on the spot, with sales of 7.000 bales. Fu
tures there were 4 points higher, closing
firm. It remains to be seen what Liver
pool will say on Monday to the increased
Interior reeitps reported today. The
Chronicle states that excellent progress
has been made during the past week In
maketing the crop and that picking Is
generally drawing to n close. Rain has
fallen during the week In almost all sec
tions of the South, and in some locali
ties the precipitation has been heavy. The
crop brought In sight during tho past
week was 454,270, against 401,209 for the
same week last year. The total In sight
last night was 6,876,921, against 4,696.917
for the same time last year. Unless re
ceipts decrease prices must decline.
Stevens & Co.
Strict Low Middling.
Low Middling
Good Ordinary
Ordinary
LOCAL RECEIPTS.
This Day..
Yesterday
i>
£
«
n
248
258 j
259
274 1
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
BiooE on hand September 1,1891.77771 1,400
eceivod since September 1,1894 55,739
PORT RECEIPTS,
Saturday.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday....
Thursday
Friday
Total this week
8*
49,8‘J1
47114
evyi.u
67080
47,114
47062
37023
23043
45920
34892
23,043
Now York, Dec. 15.—Spot cotton qutst;
middling gulf 6; middling uplands 6%.
Sales 126 bales.
Tho future market opened quiet and dosed
ouiet. Sales 108,866 bales.
| Opened | Close J.
January
February
March
April.
May
Jane
July -
August
September
October.
November
December
5 62
5 65
5 70
6 75
6 79
6’ 85
6 00
6 55
5 58
5 G3
6 68
5 73
5 78
5 83
6 87
5 89
RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS.
Consolidated net receipts..
“ Exports to G. Britain.
** Exports to Franco....
“ Exports to continent.
Stock on hand at New York
To-day.
49,821
49,698
14,718
11,984
1.17G.125
For the
Week.
49,851
49,698
14,718
11,034
Total since Bept. 1—Net recoipts.... 4,418,870
" “ “ Exports to G. B. 1,362,591^
u “ ** Exp. to France. 404,917
M ” “ Exp. continent. 1,112,016
THE WORLD’B VISIBLE SUPPLY.
Tho total visible supply of cotton for
for the world is 4,399,062
Of which are American., 4,070,832
Against the same time last year..... 4,308,697
Of which were American 8,876,097
Receipts for the week at all interior
towns 264,101
Reoeints from plantations 377,710
Crop brought m eight since Septem
ber 1, 1894 5,878,921
NEW ORLEANS CLOSINO FUTURES.
New Orleans, Doo. 15.—Cotton futures closed
steady: sales 18,800 bales.
IJVERrOOL.
Liverpool, December 15.—Spot cotton market
demand fair, with prices steady. American
middlings 3 23-32. Sales 7,000 bales, of which
500 were for speculation and export, and
included 6,300 American. Recoipts 19,30*1
bales, of which all were American. Futures
firm.
December.. ....
Deo.-Jan
Jan.-Feb
Feb.-March
March-April
April-May
May-June
June-July
July-August.....
Aug-Bopt
Opened, j Closed.
..ti 3-4413 4-64
3 3*64a3 4-64
3 3-64a3 4-64
3 4*C4a3 5-64
3 5*64a3 6-64
3 7*64
3 8*64
3 9*G4a310*64
3 U-Gl
312*G4a3 13-64
3 2-64
3 3-64
8 4-64
5-f»4a3 6-64
7-64
3 8 64
3 9-64a310-64
NEW YORK PRODUCE.
New York, Dec. 15.—Butter quiet; fancy,
about steady; state dairy, 12a21; state
creamery, 17a23; Western dairy, 10)4al5;
Western creamery, 15a23; Elglns, 24.
Cotton seed oil—Dull, steady; crude,
24a24%.
Petroleum—Dull, nominal.
Rosin—Dull; strained, common to good,
1.35&1.40.
Turpentine—Quiet and steady at 5fi)4a%.
Rice—Fair demand, steady; domestic,
fair to extra. 4%a6; Japan, 4%a4)£.
Molasses—Foreign nominal; New Or
leans open kettle, good to choice, 28a38;
quiet, firm.
Coffee—Quotations opened barely steady
and closed easy at 6al5 points down. De
cember, 13.60; February, 12.75al2.80; May,
12.10al2.20; October, 12.15.
Spot Rlo-i-Dull, steady; No. 7, 15*4.
Sugar—Raw: Dull steady. Fair refin
ing, 24. Refined: Quiet, steady.; off A,
3%a3%; standard A, 3 13-16a4; cut loaf,
4 7-16a4%; crushed, 4 7-16a4%; granulated,
3 15-16a4)&; cubes, 4 1-I6a4%.
Freights to Liverpool—Market dull and
weak; cotton, 9-64d; grain, 2Vfcd, nominal.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago, Dec. 15.—Wheat bumped on
“puts” continuously during the early trad
ing today, but with equal determination
endeavored to force an opening through
“calls” during the last half hour, but the
business was light, so that the pressure
to sell was offset by the demand on week
ly and dally “puts” and “calls.” The
outsiders were out of the market, local
speculators, and mostly small ones at
that, controlling the market. May wheat
was dull and steady.
Corn was weak with wheat early and
later took some strength from that grain
and in tho continued light receipts, not
withstanding the favorable weather for
the movement from the Interior. Predic
tions for rain throughout tho West for
tonight and tomorrow' lessened the pros
poet of heavy arrivals and made more
emphatic the closing firmness. May corn
opened at 49%, sold between 49%a49-% and
50%, closing at 50Vta50%—of a cent
higher than yesterday. Cash corn was
% of a cent per bushel higher.
Oats—For quite thirty minutes after the
opening today no trading took place in
oats. The balance of tho session did not
exhibit muoh Improvement, although
some transactions were recorded which
showed that tho direction was, as usual,
the same followed by wheat and corn.
The close was a shade over yesterday for
May. each oats were firm with prices
unchanged.
Provisions.—There was no relief to the
Inactivity generally prevailing to be found
In the market. Prices started at a de
cline from yesterday, live hogs being
cheaper and grain weak. So little dis
position to trade succeeded the opening
transactions that prices scarcely -moved
a fratlon either way during the balance
of the session. Tho close was 12% cents
under yesterday for January pork, 5 cents
lower for January lard and 10 cents lower
for January riba.
April
May.....
’ Juuo....
0 19
July
.. 6 54
6 27
August
.. 5 67
5 35
. 539
September...
October......
.. 5 61
.. fi 64
6 44
November....
5 49
December....
... 5 18
PORT QUOTATIONS.
I Galveston, Dec. 15.—Steady; middling,
5 3-16; net receipts, 11,332; stock, 288,413.
Norfolk, Dec. 15.—Firm; middling, 5)£;
net receipts* 7,069; stock, 79.3S3.
Baltimore, Dec. 15.—Nominal; middling,
5%; stock, 24,878.
Boston, Dec. 15.—Quiet; middling, 5%;
net receipts, 1,838; stock, —.
Wilmington, Dec. 15.—Steady; middling,
614: net receipts, 1,960; stock, 29,537.
Philadelphia, Dec. 15.—Firm; middling,
6; net receipts, 724; stock, 10,417.
Savannah, Dec. 15.—Quiet and steady;
middling, 514; net receipts, 4,487; stock,
121,178.
New* Orleans, Dec. 15.—Quiet and steady;
middling, 5H; net receipts, 15.560; stock,
373,406.
Mobile, Dec. 15.—Dull; middling, 5; net
receipts, 2,013; stock, 82,098.
Memphis, Deo. 15.—Quiet; middling,
|6 3-16; net receipts, 4.608; stock, £2.697.
Augusta, Dec. 15.—Steady; middling, 5%;
> # net receipts, 1,642; stock, 32,220.
Charleston. Dec. 15.—Steady; middling,
5%; net receipts, 2,361; stock, 81,923.
Cincinnati, Dec, 15.—Steady; middling,
6%; net receipts, 2£23; stock, 12,501.
Louisville, Dec. 15.—Quiet; middling. 5%.
St. Louis; Dec. 15,-QuIet; middling,
5 3-16; net receipts, 1.407; stock. 59.586. *
Houston, Dec. 15.—Steady; mIddJing,5H:
net receipts, 16,175; stock, 74,114.
STEVENS* COTTON LETTER.
toy SpeSal Wire to Lyon & James.
New York, Dec. 15.—The reflex action
of the New York advance was seen in
the rise In Liverpool this morning, and
primarily it was duo to the decreased re
ceipts for the week at Interior towns, as
reported last night. New Y’ork respond
ed this morning to the advance in Liver
pool, partly owing to buying by litw Or
leans, and prices ran up 8 to 9 points.
Then the rite was lost, owing to increased
FUTURE QUOTATIONS
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Dec. • « • •
May. t • • •
July
CORN—
Dec. • • • «
Jan. i
May. . • • •
OATS—
Dec. . . • .
Jan. • • • «
May
PORK—
Jan. • . • «
LARD—
Jan. • • •
May. . . .
RIBS—
Jan. • • w
May. • , .
Onnlncr. Htghst. Lwst
Closg.
64 Vi
6IV4
54
64%
58%
Wk
6S%
5S%
691*
63?i
59%
69%
46V4
47V4
46%
47%
«Vi
47%
47
47%
49-T*
60'/*
49%
50*4
m
29%
29%
29%
2>V4
29%
31%
29%
3254
32%
32%
32%
11.85
11.85
11.72%
11.77%
13.12 Vi
12.12%
12.06
12.10
6.SS
6.85
6.82%
6.85
7.10
7.10
7.06
7.10
5.85
6.85
5.85
6.85
6.10
e.i2%
6.07%
6.10
CASH QUOTATIONS.
Flour waa steady with a quiet trade.
No. 2 spring wheat. 68%a61.
No. 2 red wheat, 54M.
No. 2 corn, 47Vfc.
No. 2 oats, 28%a30.
Pork, U.80al2.00.
Lard, «.77)4a6.80.
Short rlW sides, 5.82»4a5.90. I
Dry salted shoulders, 6.00a5.12)£. •- *
Short clear sides, 6.25a6.37H. f
• Whisky, 1.23. : *
00; window glass, 3.25; water white, 3.50.
Charleston, Dec. 15.—Spirits of turpen.
tine dull at 25 cents; receipts, 41 casks.
Rosin—Good strained firm at 1.10; re
ceipts, 156 barrels.
micohTond andItockhefort.
STATE OF GEORGIA BONDS.
Btd.Ask’4
per cent bonds. Jan. and July
coupons, maturity 1896 106 107
4)6 per cent bonds. Jan. and
July coupons, maturity 1915.... 115 116
4% per cent, bonds, Tan and July
coupons, maturity 1922 116 117
3Y4 per cent bonds. Jan. and July
coupons, maturity long date..100 101
MUNICIPAL BOND&
Savannah 5 per cent, bonds 104 108
Atlanta bonds, price as to rate
of interest and maturity 100 U0
Augusta bonds, price as to rate
of Interest and maturity 100 116
Rome bonds* 8 per cent <....104)4 J05
Columbus 5 per cent i*onda ... .103 101
Macon 6 per cent bonds, quar
terly coupons ....*. 112 113
RAILROAD BONDS.
July coupons, due 1900 103 101
Savannah, Amertcus and Mont
gomery railroad 6 per cent,
bonds. Jan. and July coupons.. 50 51
Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad 6 per cent bonds, Jan.
and July coupons, duo 1972.... 86 87
South Georgia and Florida rail
road indorsed 7 per cent bonds*
Jan. and July coupons
Northeastern railroad indorsed
6 per cent bonds. May and
November coupons 106 loo
Macon and Northern railroad
certificates of bonds, March
and September coupons. 44 46
Charleston. Columbia and Au
gusta railroad 7 per cent bonds 99 101
RAILROAD STOCKS AND DEBEN
TURES.
Central railroad common stock.. 16 17
Central railroad 6 per cent dt-
betures 22 23
Southwestern railroad stock.... 70 73
Georgia railroad stock 152 155
Atlanta and West Point rail
road debentures 90 92
Atlanta and W r est Point railroad
stock SO 82
Central railroad joint mortgage
7 per cent bonds. Jan and July
coupons 119
Georgia railroad 6 per cent
bonds, Jan. and July coupons,
due 1897 ...» 102
Georgia railroad 6 per cent
bonds, Jau. and July coupons,
July coupons, duo 1900 102
Georgia railroad 6 per cent
bonds, Jan. and July coupons,
due 1922 U0
Montgomery and Eufaula rail
road, 6 per cent bonds, Jan.
and July coupons, due 1909....102
Ocean Steamship bonds, 5 per
due 1920.
Columbus and Western railroad
6 per cent July coupons U0
Columbus and Rome railroad 6
per ceit bonds; Jon. and July
coupons ...31
Augusta and Knoxville railroad
7 per cent bonds, Jan, and
LOCAL BONDS AND STOCKS.
Macon Gas Light and Water
consols, May and November
coupons
WeBleyan college 7 per cent
bonds. Jan. ^nd July coupons. .109
Macon Volunteers* Armory 7 per
cent bonds. Jan. and July cou
pons, 194
Bibb Manuiocturlng Company 6
per cent bonds, April and Oct
coupons 109
Progress Loan and Improvement
Company 58
Southern Phosphate Company
stock 76
Acme Brewing Company 100
120
103
113
lift
iue
m
The following aro strictly wholesale
prices:
Fish—Kit, white fish, -60c; In half
Darrels, 84; mackerel In half barrels.
No. 8, 85.75; No. 2 In kits, 85 cents.
Flour—Best patent, per barrel, 83.25;
second patent 33.15; straight, 82.75; fam
ily, 82.DO; low crudes. 83.25.
Sugar—Standard granulated, 4)4 cents;
extra C New York, 3% cents; New Or-
leans clarified, 3% cents.
Bay—We quoto -today No. 1 Timothy
at 818 and fancy. 819.
Meats—Bulk sides, 6% cents.
Corn—58 cents per bushel.
Oats—Mixed, 45c; white. J8o.
Lard—Tierces 8 cents; cans, 8)£ cents;
10-pound cans, 9 cents.
Oil—lie.
Snuff—Lorlllard's Maccaboy snuff,
stone jars. 45o per pound; glass jars,
45o per pound; 2*ounce bottles, $9,900
»er gross; 2-ounce cans, $8.60 per gross;
pound cans, $3.96 per gross; Kauroaa
snuff, 1-ounce glass, 6o; 1-ounce ‘tins*
94.25 per gross.
Tomato catsup—Pints, 80o; quarts*
$1.25.
Hominy—P<*r barrol, $3.75.
Meal—Bolted. 55 cents; plain, 55 cents.
Wheat—Bran. 85o.
Hams—10)4 to 13 cents.
Shoulders—9 l-2c. -*
HIDES. WOOL, ETC. V .
BANK STOCKS.
First National Bank stock 129
American National Bank stock..
Exchange Bank stock
Union Savings Bank and Trust
Company stock
Central Georgia Bank stock
Macon Savings Bank stock
Central City Loon and Trust
Company stock 70
DRUGS, PAINTS AND OILS.
Corrected Every Saturday by Henry J.
Lamar & Bona
Clnamoa Bark—Per wound. 12 to 15a.
Claves—Per pound. 15 to 25c.
Drugs and Chemicals—Gum assaloo*
tida. 35c pound; camphbi gum. 65 to 65a
pound; gum cplum $2.40 to $2.6 ( J poundr
morphine. l-8s. $2.25 to $2.45 ounce; qul*
nine (according to size) 33 to 00 cents
ounce; sulphur. 4 to 6a pound; salts. Ep
som, 2 1*2 to 3o pound: copperas, 2 to 3o
pound; eait petrw, -0 ':o 12a pound; bo
rax, 15 to 18o wound; bromide potash, 60
to 55c per potmdi chlorate, 25 to 30c per
pound: carbolic acid. 60o \o 81.75 pound\
chloroform, 75c tb 91.40 pound; calomel,
85o to 91: logwood. 16 to 20c pound,
cream trrtar, commercial, 25 to 30c.
PRY GOODS.
Corrected Every Saturday by 8. Waxel*
l-aum Sc Son.
Prints—Berwiok. 3 l-2c; standard 4 1-2
to 6c; turkey red, 4 to 5 l*2c; indigo blue,
4 to 4%c.; solids. 4 to 5 cents.
Sheetings—3*4oS)4* *a4o.; 44s4*t 5 cents.
Tickings—From 5 to 12c.
Checks—<3 1*2 to 6c.
Bleaching*—Fruit of tbs Loam. 6 8*4
to 7 1-2C. •
I 1 ‘ FRUITS AND NUTS. i
Corrected by A. A. Cullen.
NEW ORLEANS SUGAR, AC.
New Orleans* Dec. 15.—Sugar and mo
lasses were steady.
Sugar-Centrifugal: Granulated, 3H: oft,
8%*3 9-16; choice white, 3 5-16a3)4: off
white, 3)4a3)4: gray white, 3a3 1-16; /noice
yellow, 3 1-16; prime yellow, 2 15-16a3; off
yellow, 3%a3T4; seconds, 1 7-16a2%.
Molasses—Open kettle: Fancy, strictly
prime, 19a22; good prime, 16al7; prime, 13
to 16; good fair, llal2.
Centrifugal: Strictly prime, 7; good
prime, t; good fair, 5. new syrup. 2al6.
Rice—Easier: fancy, 6>/4a5^; choice, 4)4
to 5; prime, 4%a4H: good, 4a4%; fair, 3*4
to 3T4: ordinary. 3T4a3)4: common, 234a3U.
NAVAL STORES.
• Wilmington. Dec. 15.—Rqgln firm at 96
cents for strained; good strained, 1.0) bid.
Spirits of turpentine 24)4 cents.
‘Tar firm at 96 cents.
Crude turpentine steady; hard, L10;
soft, 1.50; virgin, L70.
Savannah, Dec. 15.—Spirits of turpen
tine firm at 25U cents; sales. 1,5*) casks;
receipts. 697 casks.
Rosin—Firm; sales, 1.009 barrels. Quote
A. B. C, L00; D. IM; E. 1.15; F, 1.20; O.
1.30; H, t«; I, 2.10; K, 2J0; M 2.75; N,
7ig***Pry, choice, 12 1-2 tb 15 cents.
Peanuta-^North Carolina, 2 1*2 cents;
Virginia. 4 and b cents.
Lemons—3.DQa4.GO.
Nuts—TflLrragonla aimonas, 15 cents pei
pound; Naples walnuts, is cents; Frencu
walnuts, 10 cents; pecans* ID cent a
Apples—Sun dried. 6 to 7 cento per
pound.
Raisins—New In market, 1.75 per box
London layers. 2.00 per box; loose Mus
catel, |2 per box.
Irish Fotatoeo—».* per sack. ^
CANNED GOODS. ’~T
Corrected Every Saturday by 8. B.
Janues A Tinsley Co.
App1e*-3-pound cans* 9L* per dozen.
Blackberries—2 pound cans. 91 per
dozen; 2 pound ctng. 91.05 per dozen.
Corn—2 pound cans, 90 cents to 9L50
per dozen-
Stnnw Beano—2 pound cans, 00 cento
per dozen.
Tomatoes—2 pound cans* per dozen,
cento; 3 pound can*, 9L
Okra and Tomatoes—2 pound cans.
81.10 pe^ own.
June Peas—* pound cans, 91.25 p« r
dozen.
Red Cherries—2 pound cans, 91.60 per
dozen.
White Cherries—2 pound cans,9L7i per
dozen.
Lima Beans—6L25.
Pe&che*—2 pound cans* |L50 per
dozen.
Blfibapples—1 pound cans. 81.60 to 82.25
per dozen; grated. F* A W.. 82.25.
Raepbeiftea—2 pound cans. 91.8s per
dbzen.
Strawberries—2 pound cans* 81.59 per
dozen. •
Peaches, pie—2 pound cans* 91.35 per
dozen.
Apricots. California—8 pound
12.25 p*»»* dozen.
Peaches, c all founts—12.25.
Pig Feet—2 Parana cans* 83.25 per
dozen.
Roast Beef**'! pound cans, $1.20 per
dozen: ^ pound cans. 12 per dozen.
Com Beef—2 pound cans, 8L85 per
dozen.
Potted Ham—1*4 pound cans, 65 cento
per 'iozen. i-2 poimd cons, 91.25 per
dozen.
Lunch Tongues—4 pound cans, 92 per
dozen.
Tripe—2 pound cans. 81.95 per dozen*
HARDWARE*
Cocreated Every Saturday by, Dunlap
Hardware Company* _ u
Axes—$6 to $7 per doezn.
Bar Lead—6c per pound.
Buckets—Point/. 31.25 per dozen; ce
dar, three hoops, 32.25,
Cards—Cotton, 84.
Chains—Trace* 93.60 to 94*0 per
dozen.
Well buckets—13.25 per dozen.
Rope—Manilla, 10c; slsel, 8c; cotton, 12a
12 cents.
Shoes—Horse, 94; Mule, 95.
Shovels—Ames, $lo per dozen, h
Shot—Drop. 91.35 per sack.
Wire—Barbed. 2)4c per opund.
Corn Beei—2 pound cans 83 per dosen.
Nails—$1.65 base, wire; cut, 8L35 base,
base.
Tubs—Painted* 92.35; cedar* 94.50 per
no«t.
Brooms—$1.25 to 35 epr dozen.
Htunes, Iron bound, 33.
Measures—Per nest. |1,
Plow Biades—4 cents per pound.
Iron—Swede, 4 l-2o per pound; refinsd,
2c basis.
Plow stock—Halmen, 91; Ferguson*
00c.
MISCELLANEOUS GROCERIES.
THE TROUBLES OF CHINA.
Corrected Ever, Saturday by the 11.
Jauue- & Tinsley Co.
Hides—Green salt, 3 cents per pound;
dry Hint, 5>4 rents per pound.
Goat sklns-10 to 20 cents each.
Sheep Skins—20 to 60 cents each.
Ueee.-A’ax—16 to 23 conts.
Wool—trashed, lb to 20 cents per
pound; unwanted, U to U cents; burry,
7 to 10 cents.
LIQUORS.
Corrected Every Saturday by U Cohen
& Co.
Whisky-Rye 31.10 to 33.60; corn. 3t.»
to 31.60: gin. 31.10 to 31.75; North Carolina
corn,31.10 to 31.60; Georgia corn, 3LD0.
Wines—30 contn to 31: high wines,
31.23: port and nlierry, 31 to 33; claret.
36 to 310 case: American champagne,
37.60 to 58.60 per case; cordials, 512 pet
dozen; bitters. 3S per dozen.
THE GIANTS’ NEW CAPTAIN.
George Haris Wilt bead Them While
Jolin Ward Studies Law.
Tho Now York olub la looked upon by
mnny ball plnyora as ono ot tho most tor
mltlablo clubs In tho race tor tho pennant
ot 1805. It flnlshod In second plnoo this
year and aftorwnnl defeated tho champion
Baltlmoros In tho Temple cup aorlos. The
retirement of John Ward, who will com
ploto Ills law studies,' placos In control ot
tho team Goorga ti. Davis. Ward has an-
Col. Charles Dauby as a Finished
Diplomat and Lawyer
of Talont.
THE CHINESE LEGATION BUILDING
A Look at (ho Edifice From Aoroos the
Street—9ome Appalling Figures of
War and Famine—And Still
the Heathen Rage,
[Special Correspondence. 1
Washington, Doo. I\—It was 28
years ago last April and in tho rathor
dingy old oourtliouso in Evansville,
Ind., that I first mot and talkod with
Colonel Chnrlos Donby, whoso rooont
experience in China lias interested all
Amorioans. Ho hadsevoral kinds of tal
ent and considerable learning, but I
think if I had been charged to solect a
diplomat from tho ontiro southern In
diana bur ho wonld havo been among
GKOROK 8. DAVIS.
nounccd hla retirement before, however,
and tho probabilities aro that lie will bo
attached to basohall In Homo capacity dar
ing 1805, dcsplto his announced intention
of finishing Ills legal clerkship, with a
vlow to hanging out Ills shingle.
Gcorgo Davis, who will rcplabo Ward as
captain and manager of tho New York
olub, has been a rnombor of tho team
slnco 1803. Davis did brllllniit work for
tho Clovoland club in 1802. Ho supplant
ed Buck Ewing ns a Giant, tho latter go
ing to Cleveland. Tho Now Yorks* new
captain-manager is a fino athlnto and plays
baseball with pleasing enthusiasm. Davis
lias only been playing about six years. Ho
is 23 ye ars of ago and a Now Englander by
birth. II« 1h an unassuming and popular
playor, weighs about 1G5 pounds and Is C
feet 8 Indies in holght. Ho was signed
by tho Clovoland club In 1800 and remain
ed with that organization until ho was
mignged by tho Now Yorks. D«vl» 1m a
scientific batsman and a speedy ba«o run
ner and is capabloof filling acceptably any
position in tho out or In field.
Wliat Well Known Jockeys Are Worth,
Jockey Wllllo Martin Is said to bo worth
over 9200,000. Successful wagers enabled
Him to gather this immense fortune. Pat
sy McDermott is also pretty comfortably
"fixed" In tho matter of money, as It U
reported that ho has real estate that is
paying him fully as much as his jockey
work. Fred Taral got 918.000 from the
Kn ri'-s for llrht call on his services during
tho past season and has saved a great deal
ot money that has been well Invested In
good New York real estate. Lost season,
In addition to IiIh princely salary, Taral
had tho winning mounts on Dr. Rice in
tho Brooklyn and Ramapo in the Metro
politan and Suburban Handicaps. These
and other other outside mounts increased
his earnings to not less than 980,000. So
fond is bo of his business that ho declares
that If ho wero worth a million bo would
still follow tho horses. Willie Sims earned
920,000 or more last year whllo under
contract to the Dywersand Richard Cro-
ker. fc'lms Is a light mulatto and ha* been
known as one of the leading jockeys for
about four years. He has saved a great
part of, his earnings and could retire if ho
so desired. Doggett first came Into promi
nence through his engagement with Frank
Ehrot in 1802. Tho next year ho went to
tho Oneck etablo, of which he Is now the
first jockey. He receives about 120,000
and has about all be can do forotberown
era.
COLONEL CHARLES DENBY.
tho last I should havo thought of, for
his abilities certainly Boomed to be in
other linos. Ho was a splendid looking
young lawyer, tall and well made, qulto
fair, with soft bluo eyes and modiura
hair and a voico that had a sort of ap
pealing or caressing tone in it
A Cleveland Mystery.
Colonel Donby waa thou In tho full
tido of success as n rising lawyer and
especially aa an ndvocato in criminal
etisoa, whilo I was just admitted to tho
bar and onrn<ng an oocasiounl dollar by
roporting ovidonoe for tho old follows,
but ho was always vary friendly to bo
ginnors. Ho was born in Virginia and
oducated at a military bcIiooI, bnt wont
to Indiana in oarly manhood, and oarly
in tho oivil war bocamo lloutonant oolo-
nol of ono of tho stato's regiments. In
tho fail of 1802 ho resigned, and os it
wns often charged that ho did so on ac
count of tho emancipation proclamation,
and it has novor boon doniod, that must
stand as history. Ho was oxtromoly
consorvntivo on nil tho questions of tho
time, and when warmed in a spoooh
ills southern accent came out qulto no
ticeably.
Hostuak to tho law faithfully and
made money, paid llttlo attention to
politics, vory seldom mndo a speech and
seldom or nover sought a nomination
or took a loading part in party manage
ment, and just how and why ho wns ap
pointed minister to China is a Clovo
land mystery- Novortholess we havo
tho uniform testimony of all who know,
including tho Chlnoso legation boro,
that lio has mado a success of it and is
oxtromoly woll liked at tho imperial
oonrt. Tho moro fact that ho hold ovor
Ropublican administration and still
holds tho plaoo is a high proof of his
success. On ono point, howevor, ho
seems to have boon seriously mistaken
and to havo overestimated his Chinese
frionds, for whon ho was horo last ho
was vory positivo that Japan wonld not
doolaro wnr against hor big noighbor,
and that if sho did sho would gain
nothing by it.
It Is imposslblo for a correspondent
to ovon got into tho bnlldlng ocouplcd
by tho Chinoso logatlon, and vory fow
congressmen oan make it in those trou-
blosomo tlmos, but anybody oan stand
in tho streot and admire tho somowhat
curious structure. It oooupios probably
the most commandingnud advantageous
point in tbo olty—namely, at 2702
Fourteenth streot, on tho vory crown of
tho hill in tho northern section. At first
view it seems a rugged and Irregular
pllo of old rod sacdstono, and it wonld
tako a oollogo of architects to dosoriba
tho stylo, but this vory ruggodnoss gives
it assort of grandour which is attract
ive. Minister Yang Yu nud all the at
taches are oxtromoly busy, and only tho
Interpreter, or, as thoycall him, studont
translator, Mr. tizo, ti. K. A., 1ms time
to talk to any ono, but as ho has noth
Ing to do with any basinoss until it is
completed and ready for print his talk
is not in tho nature of nows,
China m a Trader,
1 In tho bountiful library of tho state
department are soveral lato reports on
China and a fow bound volumos just is'
sued from tho English press, bnt it
would glvo an ordinary American the
blues to rood thorn. Tho English have
penetrated almost everywhere in thoir
zeal for trade and havo evon mapped
ont and to a great extort survuyod the
rapids, shallows and cataracts on all
tho largo rivors of tho empire. Bat at
tho omi of it appears a rathor molan
oholy plaint in tho very last report that
tbo trado of China still amounts to bnt
ono-thlrtteth of Great Britain’s exports
and ono-flftleth ot her imports. They
find a sort ot consolation, howover, in
tho conclusion that, small as it is, it
equals that of all othor western nations
combined. Tho ngonts whoso statements
aro summed up in this yoar's report
find some encouragement in the incroaS'
ed wlllingnoss of tho natives to tolerate
Englishmen, bat it half thoysay is true
lifo in that country is cortainly not
worth living. Tho best of theso volumes
aro “Threo Yoars In Western China, ,r
by Alexander Hosio of tho British con
solar service, and “China and Hor
Neighbors,” by R. ti. Gnndry, a minor
British diplomat, and thoy bring the
description down to midsummer 1898.
Aa every fellow writing for the general
press on China contradicts every other
fellow, it is a real satisfaction to get
views token on tho spot by men who
nover mention tboir religion and do not
profess to have any extraordinary mor
als, but merely want to find out how
the peoplo live and how rnnch they oan
whack up
Slightly Anti-Mongolian.
Mr. Hosio was tbo first Englishman
and probably tbo first Aryan sinoo Mar
co Polo to explore tho provinco of Yun
nan and all its bordering regions, and ho
finds that a very large proportion of tbo
peoplo are not Chiuoeo; that a region
oomprising nearly ono-balt ot the em
pire is capable of sustaining but a vory
soant population, and that in all proba
bility the figures on tho swarming mil
lions aro grossly exaggerated. A nervous
man or one of dolicato susceptibilities
really has to hold his nose in reading
somo parts of this report, there is suoh
a painful monotony of dirt and poverty,
kioks and cults, hungor and fonl weath
er, with tbo most debasing suporstition
mid utterly reokloss and indiscriminate
lying. In the western part of Yunnan
he seriously questions whether any mau
really boliovea his most Intimate friend.
In short, if ono reads and bolievos Mr.
Hosio, ha is compollod to ooncludo that
our California frionds wore quite with
in bounds, almost too meliorate, in fact,
in tlioir anti-Mongolian invootivos.
All who talk on tbo snbjoct soon; to
ngreo that thoro Is some radical moral
dofoot in tho present day Chinaman.
And truly tho history ot tho aountry
sooms to indloato that ft needs a revo
lution and tiio infusion of a liorco and
vigorous elomont. Thoro appears to havo
boon a regularly recurring oyclo in Clii-
ncso affairs. First, tboro was nu inva
sion by a barbarous but energotio raco,
which gave tho country a forward im-
pulso. Thou it ilogonernted rapidly to tho
stagnant condition, and witli stagna
tion onmo cowardice, after which thoro
wero doaay and rotrooession till tho noxt
invasion or revolntion. All tlio world
has hoard ot China's oxtravagant claims
to an antiquity so groat that a littlo
discrepancy of 20,000 yoars is accounted
a trifling variation, and tliu most crit
ical western scholars allow her nil au
thentic history of near 3, S00 years. I
confess to being so impressed with this
foot that I cannot form a lively aonoop-
tion of a young Chinaman. Evory man
ot tho raoo looks to mo as if ho wore
thousands of years old. Tho knowledge
of ago In tho raco cumplotoly overcomes
the senBo of youth in tho individual.
3V«r and Fatuluu.
I am oven more ovorcomo by tho up-
palling figures in thoir accounts of wur
and famine. Man sooms but a wood in
thifco awful regions. Homo 15,000,000
wore slaughtered in a war when tho
population of tho oountry was supposod
to bo ecanty. Oar own oivil war oausod
ub to ovorlook tbo groat Tal-Plng rebel
lion in Cblnu, and yot at loast 7,000,000
livoH ttfero lost in that struggle. Tho
British agents tblulc that 0,000,000 diod
in tho last famine, nnd, ns for tho mil
lions on millions drowned In tho various
overflows of tho Yellow rivor, it mnkes
ono sick nnd fatigues tho imagination
to oompnto them.
To understand tho present condition,
howovor, wo nood only begin with Gen
ghis Khan, first emperor of tho Moguls
and Tartars. His history has boon writ
ten by tho Chineses, Persians, Arme
nians, Syrians, Arabians, Grooks, Rus
sians, Poles and Hungnrinns, and wo
may cortainly credit onali of tlioso whan
thoy dosorlbo thoir own disasters and
humiliations. For 20 yourH ho poured a
continuous stream of burbarimiH upon
nil his neighbors, nnd tho sontliorn Mo-
hammodnns admit thnt in the battlo of
Jaxartos thoy lost 100,000 mon. Ho
ovorran all tho prosont Chinoso otnpiro
oxcopt that part known as Yollow Cni-
na, and in vlow of what is probably go
ing au in that region now it is inter
esting to read that at tho slogo of Po
king in tbo yoor 1212 tbo inhabitants
Were oompollod by fnmino to devour
thoir slain follow oitlzons. Tho Chinoso
historians add that thoy fought as long
as thoy oould stand, and whon thoir reg
ular ammunition was spent thoy dis
charged ingots of gold and silver at tbo
foo, but tho Moguls undermined tho
olty, nnd tho groat palnoowas destroyed
In a conflagration whloh lasted 80 days.
This was tho beginning of Mogul or
Tartar rnlo In China, bnt there havo
boon sovoral revolutions, nnd tho pres-
ont, or Ming, dynasty dates back but
2 H oonturlos. Tho vory latest docu
ments nt tho state dopnrtmont show that
onr relations with China wore at their
very beet just before Chinoso affairs
reunhod thoir worst. The treaty con
cluded hero tho 17th of lost March by
tho signatures of Boorotary Gresham
and Minister Yang Yu has boon ap
proved by the Chincso government, and
THE CHINESE LEGATION DOILDIHO.
Minister Den by has received many ns-
■nranocri of a willluguosa to extend tbo
most liberal terms to Americans uugng-
od In business hi China. The Chlncso
frankly admit that thoy don't tako to
missionaries, but show an increasing
liking for traders. J. H. Beadle.
Original Cm ot Church Bella.
Bolls wore first placod in ohnrchoa
about 400 A. D. They were used not to
oall tho worshipers to servioe, but to bo
rung on tho approach of storms, to pro-
vent the ‘'prince of tho poworof air”
from smiting tho saored edlfloe with
lightning.
■OH. what a couohi
1*
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your cough. It nover falls. This ex
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were eold the past year. It relieves
croup and whooping cough at once.
Mother., do not be without It. For
lame back, aide or cheat, uae Shlloh’e
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