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TEE MACJOJN TELEGRAPH: "WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1895.
8
THE W0RLD_0F TRADE.
Reports by Wire From the
Great. Markets.
New York, Feb. 5.—Money on call
Jiaa been easy at la2; last-Joan at 1; clos
ing offered at 1. Prime mercantile pa
per 8%a4 per cent. Bar silver, CO. Mexi
can dollars, 48%. Sterling exchange is
ateady, with actual business tii banker’s
bills at 4.SS%®% for s&ty days, and 4\8S%
aS3 for demand. Posted rates* 4.8$aS9%.
Commercial bills, 4.8$%e87%. Govenftnent
bonds steady: state bonds dull; railroad
bonds firm. Silver at the board was 60%
bid.
STOCKS AND BONDS.
EAILKOAl) STOCKS,
Amor. Cot Oil... 19%
do profd. 64
Am. Sugar Eefan; 93%
do prefd. 93
Am. Tobacco Co. 95%
do prefd. 107
A.. T. and 8. Fe. 4%
Balt and Ohio.. 62%
Canadian Pacific 52%
Chosa. and Ohio. 17
Chi. and Alton. .147
Chi., B. and Q... 72
Chicago Gas 74%
Dei., l. and W*.11G0%
Dis. ana Cattle F 9-.
Erie....! 10%
do profd. 21
Gen.Electno.... 29%
UlinoiaOcn 68
Lake Ene and W 16
do prefd. 70%
LakoSnoro 137%
Lou. and Nash... 62%
Lou. and N. Alb. 7
Manhattan Cons.103%
Mem. and Char.. 1«
Michigan Cen... 95
Missouri Pacifio. 21%
Mobile and Ohio. 10
N., C. and St L.. 64
STATS BONDS.
Alabama class A.104% Toune’ao old 6a.. ——
“ •' B.104 - now setUa* 84
- “ C* 94 “ 6s
La. stamped 4's..l00 Virginia Gs dof... 8%
N. Carolina 5a....100 “ Vrs 7%
- is....126 *• iundeddebt 69
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
U.S. 4s resist'd..110 I O. 8. 2s regular.. 95
U. b. 4s coapons.110 I
* Bid, f Asked. t Ex dividend.
U. 8.Cordage..i, 4%
do prefd; 8%
Now Jersey Cen.. 88%
New York Cen... 99%
N. Y. and N.B.. 80%
Norf. andW.pref 13%
Northern Pacific- 3
do prefd. 1G%
Northwestern... 96%
do prefd. 142%
Pacific Halt 21%
Beading. 9%
Bock Island..... G3%
St Paul 50%
do prefd. 117%
Silver Cerlifie’es. 60%
Tenn. C. and 1.... 14%
do pref df 70
Texas Pacifio.... 8%
union Pacific.... 8%
W., St L. and P. 0„
do profd. 18%
Western Union.. 8s
WhTg and L. E. 9
do , prefd. 8G
Southern B’y 6a. 80%
” “ con. 9%
“ “ pt.d. Sl%
8- 0. 4%s 108
COTTON.
Macon, February 6.
The Macon market lor spot cotton is steady
at the following quotations-
Good Middling 6%
Middling 6
Strict Low Middling 4%
Low .Middling 4%
Good Ordinary .. 4 %
Ordinary 4
Clean Staips 4 to 4%
Bed Stains 3%
LOCAL RECEIPTS.
i
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£
&
f
f
This Day..
Yesterday
4 1 181 22
03 1 51 | 146
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Stock on hand September 1.1094....
Received since September 1, 1894...
PORT RECEIPTS.
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This Day
1893.
B&turd&y.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday....
Thursday
Friday
22797
81435
28931
I....
22906
42050
84385
24186
85086
35641
14247
24334
20215
6740
18403
1474G
11759
1*1)60
18161
11616
12040
10527
Total this week
00‘341
53,84)
45.861
Now York, Fob. 5.—Spot cotton dull.
Middling gulf 6%: middling upland o%.
Sales 75 bales.
The luture market opened quiet and closed
ateady. Sales, 112,600.
January
February...........
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
I Opened | Closed*
RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS.
To-day.
For the
Woek.
Consolidated net receipts..
44 Exports to G, Britain.
“ Exports to France....
** Exports to continent.
Ftocl: on hand at New York
83.145
45,568
7,175
43,772
Eil;
Total unco Sopt. 1—Not receipts.... 6,86,069
“ •• ** Exports toG. B. 2,443,904
*• ** *• Exp. to France. 020,898
'* ** 44 Exp. continent. 1,650,706
NEW ORLEANS CLOSINO FUTURES.
New Orleans. Feb. 5.—Cotton futures closed
steady: sales 07,300 bales.
January
February 5 01
March —L 5 13
April 6 12
May 6 19
Jnnrt...*. 6 25
July 6 81
August 5 85
September...... 5 40
October 6 45
November 6 49
December
POKT QUOTATIONS.
Galveston, Fob. 6.—Easy. Middling, 5%;
receipts, 2,060; stock, 163,078.
Norfolk, Feb. 6.-Steady. Middling, 6
1-16; receipts, 1,142; stock, 46,$8.
Baltimore, Feb. 6.—Dull. Midddllng,
5%: stock, 19,400.
Boston, Feb. 5.-Dull. Middling, 5%;
receipts, 725.
Wilmington, Feb. 5.—Firm. Middling,
4%; receipts, 1W; stock, 14,936.
Philadelphia, Feb. 5.—Quiet. Middling,
G?fc; receipts, 01; stock, 11,882.
Savannah, Fob. 5.—Quiet. Middling, 6;
' receipts, 3,624; stock, 89,258.
New Orleans, Feb. 5.—Middling, 6; re
ceipts, 12,811; stock, 201,202.
Mobile, Feb. 5.-Quiet. Middling, 4 15-16;
receipts, 2,413; stock. 42,528.
Memphis, Feb. 5.Steady. Middling. 5
1-10; receipts, 673; stock, 125,668.
Augusta, Feb. 5.—Steady. Middling, 5
8-16; receipts, 418; stock, 80,969.
Charleston. Feb. 5.—Steady. Middling,
„ 69,4®.
Cincinnati, Feb. 5.—Quiet. Middling, b
6-16; receipts, 1,886; stock, 12,942.
Louisville, Feb. 5.—Quiet. Mlddllnsr.
Wt.
St. Louis, Feb. 6.—Quiet. Middling, b
1-16; receipts, 465; stock, 68,792.
Houston, Feb. 6.—Easy. Middling, b
1-16; receipts, 8,094; stock, 47,819. < #
STEVBNS ft CO.’S LETTER.
New York. Feb. 5.-It is sttll a question
of the actual cotton and there Is no doubt
tWkt Just now, at least, thcro Is altogether
too much of It. So after a rise this morn
ing, of 1 to 2 points In renponss to &
small advance In Liverpool, prices turned
downward and after losing the early im
provement, declined 2 to 3 points. The
swing of quotations Is not very decided
either way In a small market like this
one. but receipts at the ports today were
28,913 vs. 20,215 last year, could hardly
fall to have a depressing effect. Neither
would tho market be likely to Ignore the
recelts today of 8,006 vs. 1,058, nor the
estimated receipts tomorrow at New Or
leans of 11,000 to 13,000 vs. 665. Further
more, the weakness In spots hete, the de
cline of 1.16 In Galveston and 8anvannah.
and the dullness of the spot trade, not to
mention (he sluggishness of speculation,
would all materially have no more or less
depresssing effect. There were liquida
tion today by bulls, who have become
disgusted today with the large receipts.
Jo Liverpool prices were firm and un
changed on the spot with sales of 8,000.
Futures then advanced one point and lost
o-half of this, dosing quiet and steady.
In Manchester yarns were quiet and
steady. Cloths were quiet.
Orleans advanced 2 points and lost
this, declining 1. Augusta received 418
vs. 2DS; Memphis received 073 vs. 697, and
St. Louis 4G3 vs. SC9. The exports from
the ports today were 17,200. Spot prices
here today were unchanged, though the
tone was weak and sales were small.
Reports from 90010 parts of the South
Insist that the next acreage will be con
siderably reduced. One New Orleans dis
patch said: “Tell the boys to keep the.
market lower for the next ninety days
and tho acreago medlcino will get In its
work.” But with regard to conditions,
right under tho nose of the trade at the
present time, there seems to be little
medicine for anybody, but the bulls. The
big reoeipts forbid the hope that prices
will Improve In the near future.'
Stevens ft Co.
LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool, Feb. S.-rCotton moderate de
mand, prices unchanged. American mid-
•Hines 2 31-32. Bales 8,000 bales, American
7.400: speculation and export, 600 Receipts
18,000, all American. Futures opened ateady;
demand air. Futures firm.
February.....
Fob.-Harcb
March-April.....
April-May,
May-June
June-July
July-August....
Aug-Bept
Bept-Oct.....
Oct-Nov.
I Openod.
2 57
2 57a2 68
2 59a2 GO
2 69
2 02
263
3 2-C4
3 8-64
Closed.
2 57-64 a2 68-64
2 67.G4a258.G4
2 68-G4a2 59-64
2 59a2 60
2 01-04
2 02a2 63
2 03-Gla3
3 1*04
3 241*
3 3-64
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago, Feb. 6.—The bullish news in
wneat was far In excess of anything
that the opponents of higher prices
for that grain could Introduce today. The
bulls themselves were again disposed to
try what success they could achieve In
buying, which was in Itself quite a factor
In causing the advance made, while the
bears did not seriously obstruct the up
ward movement. French advices to tho
effect that the 'bonded stocks of wheat
in that country were only 2,500,000 bushels
against 9,000,000 a year ago, were received.
The Australian crop was reported as be
ing 25 per cent. Ies3 than last year and
deficient In quality. Baltic and Indian
shipments for the week were light at
3,i>64,000 bushels, the addition of American
exports not bringing the supply up to
tho amount required by Importing coun
tries as estimated by Beerbohm. Liver
pool cables were higher and continental
markets showed advances generally.
Notv York was a liberal buyer at the
opening, while foreigners were buying in
that city. There was some wheat put
out by the heavy professional “shorts,”
but not enough to materially affect tho
market. May wheat opened from 53 to
63*4, advanced to 53=* a 53-}*, where 1
closed—74 a 1 cent higher than yesterday.
Cash wheat was firm and half a cent a
bushel higher.
Corn was strong and higher St. Louis
was a conspicuous buyer, the assumption
being that a lighter movement from the
interior was having an Influence In com
municating confidence to the southwest.
Wheat’s strength 'had likewise an effect.
May corn opened from 42% to*43, advanced
to 41, closlng f at 4374 a 44—one cent htgher
than yesterday. Cash corn was in active
demand and strong. Prices in that de
partment were % cent per bushel higher.
Qats received strength from their en
vironments. No conspicuous trading took
place, the sentiment, however, leaning to
the buying sido In a marked degree, with
tho offerings not pressing. May oat>
closed % a % of a cent higher than yes
terday. The cash market failed to re
spond to tho srtonger futures, business
being transacted at about unchanged
prices.
FUTURE QUOTATIONS.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
due 1922 113 115
Montgomery and Eufauia rail
road. 6 per cent, bonds, Jan.
and July coupons, duo 1909....KB 1D6
0c**&n Steamship bonds, 5 per
due 1920 . M
Columbus and Western railroad
6 per cent. Juljr coupons... Ilf H2
Columbps and Rome railroad %
per ceit bonds, Jan. and July
coupons ... 88 40
Augusta and Knoxville railroad
7 per cent bonds. .Taa. and
July roupnnu. du.» 102*4 1(6
LOCAL BONDS AND STOCKS.
Macon Ljg.u an l Water
consols, May and November
coupons IB
Wealeyan college 7 per cent.
bonds. Jan. and July coupons.105 115
Macon Volunteers* Armory 7 per
cent, bonds. .Tan. and July cou
pon-! i«H lot
Bibb Manuiacrurlng company 6
per ccntft bonds. April and Oct.
coupons ....1UQ1 lift
Progress Loan and Improvement
Company,.......... t „........... 65 W
Southern Phosphate Company
stock 75 89
Acmo Brewing Company. 109
BANK {STOCKS.
First National Bank stock ,125
American National Bank stock.. 85 .
Exchange Bank stock Vi
Union Savings Bank and Trust
Company stock . 90
Central Georgia Bank stock...... W
Macon Savings Bank stock 89
Central City Loan and Trust
Company stock 79 72%
HARDWARE.
Corrected Every Saturday by Dunlap
Hardware Company.
Axes—-86 to 67 per doezn. j&fcl
Bar Lead—bu per pound. /,
Bucketc—Paint* 81.25 per / izea; ce
dar, three hoops, 82.25. f
Cards—Otton. 84.
Chalns-^Trace. 83.60 to 84.0 per
dozen.
Well buckets—M. 25 per dozen.
Rope—Mfc«nio, 10c; else], 8c; cotton, 12a
12 cents.
Shoes—Horse. 84; Mule. 85.
Shovels—Ames, 81b per dozen.
Shot—Drop. 11.35 per sack.
Wire—Barbed. 2%c per opund.
Corn Beei—Z pound cans 82 per dozen.
Nails—81.65 base, wire; cut, 81.35 base,
base
Tubs—Painted, 82.85; cedar, 84.’B0 per
nest. »
Brooms--Si. 25 to 85 epr dozen.
Homes, iron “bound, 83.
Measures—Per nest. 81.
'Plow BiaGe»—I cent* per pound.
Iron—Swede, 4 l-2o per pound; refined,
2c basis.
Plow stock—Haimen, 81; Ferguson,
90c.
WHEAT-
Opnlnq. IUghst. Lwst.
Cloatf.
Feb
50
50%
50
50)4
May
M
■ 03%
6;;
Ji».y
63T4
M%
G3!i
51%
CORN-
Feb
4073
<1%
40%
41)4
May
42%
44
42%
43%
July
43
41
43
43%
OATS—
Feb
20U
27*4
26%
27*4
May
2S%
28%
28%
28)4
Juno
28)3
28%
28%
28%
POUK-
May
9.95
10.06
9.95
10.00
LARD-
May
6.57)4
6.63
6.67)4
6.62%
RIBS-
May
5.20
5.25
0.17%
5.22)4
CASH QUOTATIONS.
Flour—Minneapolis rr.ado a further cut
of 15 cents in prices today. Tho, feeling
was easy at tho decline. No. 2 spring
nvTTeat, 53%a66*4. No. 3 red, 50%.
No. 2 corn, 41%.
No. 2 oats, 27%a28.
Mess pork, 9.75a$7%.
Lard,. C.50o52%.
Short rib sides, 5.06al0.
Dried salted shoulders, 4.62%a75.
Short clear sides, 5.30a40.
Whisky, 1.22.
NEW YORK PRODUCE &C.
New York, Fob. 5.—Cotton scod oil:
Better demand; crude, 22a%; yellow,
prime. 26a%; do choice, 27.
Potroleum—Nominal.
Rosin—Dull and unchanged.
Rice—Firm and unchanged.
Molasses—Firm and unchanged.
MACON BOND AND STOCK REPORT.
STATE OP GEORGIA BONDS.
Bld.Artc'4.
7 per cent bands. Ju. and July
coupons, maturity 1E30 1M 197
<14 per cent bonds, Jan. and
July coupons, maturity 1915....115 us
414 par cant bonds. Ian and July
coupons, maturity IKS US UJ
Sv4 par cent bonds. Jan. and July
coupons, maturity Ions data. .100 101
' MUNICIPAL, bonds.
Savannah S par cant bonds tot lot
Atlanta bonds, price as to rata
of Interest ind maturity... ....100 W
Augusta bonds, prise as to rata
ot Interes. and maturity 100 111
Rom, bond,, 8 per cent 104)4 1«
Columbus 6 per cent bonds ... .103 1M
Macon I par cent bonds, quar->
tcrly coupons .*. m
RAILROAD BONDS,
Savannah. Amrrlcus and Mont.
Komery railroad 0 per cent
bonds, Jsn. and July coupons 6114 62%
Georgia Soutbarn and Florida
railroad « ner nant bands, Jan.
and July coupons, duo 1372.... 89 88
South Georgia and Florida rail*
road Indorsed 7 per cent bonds,
Jan. and July coupons...,. uo
Northeastern railroad Indorsed
« par cant bonds, May and
Novembar coupons 103 106
Macon and Northern railroad
certificates ot bonds, March
and September coupons (( 48
Charleston. Columbia and Au
gusta. railroad 7 par cant bonds 91 In
RAILROAD STOCKS AND DEBEN
TURES.
Central railroad common clock.. U u
Central railroad 0 per cent da-
be lures 28 23
Southwestern railroad stock.... 71 73
Georgia railroad stock IK U7
Atlanta and West Point rail
road debentures M 13
Atlanta and West Point railroad
atoefc 80 8]
Central railroad joint mortgage
7 per cent bools. Jan and July
coupons 120
Georgia railroad < per cent
bonds, Ja~ utl July coupons,
due 1807 .... 103 101
Georgia railroad 6 per -enh
bonds Jan. and July coupons
July coupons, due 1910 110 1U
Georgia railroad 8 per cent
I bends Jan. and July coupons,
DRUGS. PAINTS AND 011.3.
Corrected Every Saturday by Henry J.
Lamar So Suns
Clnamon Bark—Per Dound, 13 to 15s
Cloves—Per pound, 15 to 25c.
Drugs and Chemicals—Gum assaloe-
tlda, 35c pound: camphor gum, 55 to ilia
pound: gum cplum 82.49 to $2.69 pound;
morphine, 1-Ss. $2.25 to $2.45 ounce; qui
nine (according to size) 38 to SO cents
j ounce; sulphur. 4 t» So pound; stilts, Ep-
l som, 2 1-2 to 3o pound; copperas, 2 to 3c
j pound; salt petr., -0 .o 12c pound; bo-
; rax. 15 to 18c pound; bromide potash, 50
i to 56o pe. potindt Jhlorate, 25 to 20c per
pound; carbolic acid. 50c to $1.75 pound;
chloroform. 76o to 11.(0 pound; calomel,
85o to 31; logwood, 16 to 20o pound;
cream "rtar. commercial, 25 to 30a
'CANNED GOODS.
Co*"ceted Every Saturday by 3. R.
Ja’Ues A Tinsley Co.'
App!r*y-pound cans $1.25 per dozen.
Blackberries—3 pound cans 31 per
dozen; 3 pound caps. -1.05 per dozen.
Corn—3 pound cans. 90 cents to $1.50
pCr dozen.
String Beans—* pound cans, 90 cents
per dozen.
Toma toes—2 pound cans, per dozen, 80
cents; 3 pound cans, 31.
Okra and Tomatoes—3 pt>und cans,
31.10 pe- dozen.
June peas—2 pound cans, $1.25 per
dozen.
Red Cherrloz—2 pound cans $1.60 per
dozen
White Cherries—2 pound cane,$L75 per
dozen.
lama Beans—*1.25.
Peaches—I pound cans $1.60 per
dozen-
Pineapples—1 pound cans. $1.50 to $2.25
pet dozen; grated. F. * W„ $2.25.
Huspbemes—S pound cans $1.85 per
dozen.
Strawberries—3 sound cans $1.60 per
duzen.
Peaches pie—2 pound cans, $1.35 per
dozen.
Apricots. California—3 pound cans
$2.25 per doses.
PeacS'~> t-allfoenla—$2.25.
Pig F-tt—2 pouao cans $2.25 per
dozen.
Roast Baef-r-l pound cans $1.20 per
dozen: 1 pound tans $2 per dozen.
Corn Hoof—2 pound’cans $1.85 per
dozen.
Potted Ham—M pound cans, C5 cents
per lozra. x-2 pound cans, $1.25 per
dozen.
Bunch Tonguee—1 pound cans 8* per
dozen.
Tripe—2 pound cans $1.86 per dozes
MISCEMANEOUS GROCERIES.
Corrected Eve-y Week by tho S.
R. Jaques So Tinsley CO.
The following arc strictly wholesale
prices. No goods sold consumers: •
Fah—Kit, white flkh, 60c; In half bar
rels, $4, No. 3, $5.76; No. 2, In kits, 85c.
Flour—Best potent, per barrel, $3.25;
second patent, $3.15; straight, $2.90;
family, $3.60. •
Sugar—Standard granulated, 4 Me;
extra C Now Fork, 3 3-4c; Now Orleans
clarllted, 3 3-ic.
Hay—We quote today: No.' 1 timo
thy at $18 nnd fancy $19.
Meats—Bulk sides, Oc.
Oats—Mixed, 43c; white, 45c,
Hard—Tierces, 7 3-4; cans, 8 1-1.
Oil—lie.
Snuff—LoriOard’s Maocaboy snuff,
stone jars, 50o. per pound; glass Jars,
500 per pound; 2-ounoO cane, $9.25 per
gross; one-pound Jars. 50c.; Railroad
snuff, 1-pound glass, 60c; 1-ounco tins,
$5 per gross.
Tomato Catsup—Pints, 90c; quarts,
$1.25.
Hominy—Per barret, $3.50.
Meal—Bolted, 65c; plain, 65c.
Wheat—Bran, 95o.
Hamt-014 to 1084c. Shoulders; to.
SrouMers—9 l-2c.
Raisins—New In market, 1.75 per box;
London layers, 2.09 per box; loose Mus
catel, $2 per box.
Irish Potatoes—$z,7& per sack.
Corrected Every Saturday by W. Ik
Henry,
Fresh Meats-Wcatern beef, 5(4 to 6o;
Georgia beef, 4 1-3 to Co; dressed bega,
6 to 6V4e; Western mutton, 7)4 cents; na
tive mutton. 6 l-3o; smoked pork sau
sage, 8 l-2o; fresh pbrk ea tsago, 8o; Bo
logna sausage. Co.
_ DRY GOOD3,
Cor.eeted Every Saturday by S. Waxel-
laum A Son.
prints—Berwick. 3 l-3c; standard 4 1-2
to Co: turkey red. 4 to 5 l-2c; Indigo blue,
4 to <Hc.; sollda. 4 to 6 cents.
Sheetings—3-4aS’4, toale.; 4-404-3, 5 cents.
Tickings—From 6 to, 12c.
Checks—3 1-2 to Co.
Bleaehmgs—Fruit of the Loom, f 3-1
to 7 1-2C.
HIDES. WOOL. ETC.
Corrected Every Saturday by O. Bernd
to Co,
Green salt hides, 3)4.
No. 1 (lint hides. 8)4.
Goat skins—10 to 20 cents each.
Sheep Skins—20 to 60 cents each.
Beeswax—16 to 23 conts.
Wool—^Washed, jb to 20 cents per
pound;. unwarned, U to U cents; burry.
1 to 10 cents.
LIQUORS.
Corrected Every EatuMay by Is Coben
& eo.
Whlefcy-Rye 11.10 to $3.60; com, n.TD
to $1.50; gin, $1.10 to 31.75; North Carolina
corn,$1.10 to 31.50; Georgia torn, $1.60.
Wines—90 cents to $1; high wines,
$1.23: port and cherry, $l to $3; ctareq
36 to $10 case: American champagne,
$7.50 to $8.50 per case; cordials, $12 per
dozen: bitters. $8 per dozen.
1 THE BRAZILIAN ANACONDA.
POULTRY, EGOS AND C0UNTR7
PROBUCE.
(Corrected every Saturday by E. A. Wax-
slbaum ft Bro.)
Chickens. 15-2(
Turkeys, C5-1LOO. T
Geese, 40r50c.
Eggs. li-Mc.
Butter, 15-lSc.
Sweet Potatoes, 35-4SC.
Irish Potatoes, $2.35.
Rutabecsrs, $1.75.
Cabbage. $1.50.
Onions, $3.50.
Whits Peas, 75-1.50.
Country Ground Peas, 60c.
Evaporated Apples. 10c.
Georgia Syrup, 32-2SC.
• FRUITS AND NUTS.
Corrected by 4. A. Cullen.
Figs—Pry, choice. 12 1-2 to 15 cents.
Peanuta-»North Carolina, 1 1*3 cents;
Virgin!:,. 4 and i> cents.
Lemons-3.60i4.00.
Nuts—TArragonts almonds, 16 cents pet
pound; Naples walnuts, to cents; Frame
walnuts, t. cents; pecans, u cents
Apples—Sul drfrA « to 7 cento per
pound.
An Immense and Formidable Reptile That
Lives to a Great Ago.
Tho Into Mr. Batos In Ills 11 years epont
In tho Bmllinu forests saw and heard
more of thu habits of the nnoconda than
most travelers, though, llko other great
serpents, tho Individuals of this spooies
are so Uttlo common that their nppearnnoe
In nny one district Is too Infrequent to
mako a spoclnl study of their habits part
of thu duy’s work of a busy naturalist.
Bates’ first pcrsunul cxperlenco of tho
crenturo shows how imposslblo It la to
avoid tho python by tho ordinary moans
ot Isolation sulDclent to keep other dtmgor-
ous creatures at a distance. Ho was at an
chor, In a largo boat, in deepwater, In tho
purt of Antonio Miliiguclta.
An anneondn swam out to tho boat, lift
ed its head from the water, broke In tho
slda of a fowlhuuso on dock nnd carried
off a coupfo of fowls. It was found thqt
this siinko had been stealing duoks and
fowls from this part of tho river for
months, so u hunt wns organized, miles of
river bnuk wero searched nnd tho soriiont
at last fnuntl sunning Itself In a muddy
oreok and killed. It was "not a largo
spocliuon, only 13 foot 1) Inches long."
But Mr. Bates measured skins of anscon.
das which wero 31 feet In length and 3 feet
In girth, ond ho adds: “Thcro can bo no
doubt that this formidable serpent grows
to an enormous bulk and lives to a groat
ago, tor I have heard of spocliuans having
been killed which measured 43 feet lu
length, or double tho size of tho largest
which I had tho opportunity of examin
ing." Wo must add n correction lioro.
They woro double tho length, hut tho slzo
ot these great roptllos, like that of fish,
Increases enormously with every addition
In longitudinal growth.
A suuko of 30 foot In length would bo
probably four times tho weight at one 10
feet long, and tho bulk ot n 40 foot ana
conda would approach that of the largest
crocodile. Since tho publication of "Tho
Naturalist's Voyogo on tho Amazons”jin
anaconda of 2ft feet has been brought to
tho Natural History museum at South
Kensington. A nolgbbor of Bates, in Bra
zil, nearly lost his 10-year-old non by tho
attack of an anneonda. Ha hnd left tho
hoy In tils bont whllo ho wont to gather
fruit, anti on Ills roturn found him onclr-
clctl by tho snake, whoso jaws tho lather
seized and actually toro them asunder.—
Spectator.
BEATIFICATION IN CHINA.
DRUMMING LONG AGO.
A VETERAN ON THE EARLY DAYS OF
SELLING GOODS BY SAMPLE.
Tho Emperor Makes and Unmakes Gods
, at Ills Own Sweet Flcssure.
In China tho emperor claims power, not
only over Ills subjects (and Indocd, (or
ttint matter, tho whole inhabited world),
but also ovor tho realms of departed spir
its. Tlioso lio bcntlllos, canonizes, decorates
with titles, mentions with approval In tho
Poking Gazette when they do anything to
dcsorvo that honor and nctuully degrades
nnd uncniionizes If ho soon Just causo. For
crumple, tho Emperor IIIong-Fung elevat
ed tho god of war to an equal rank with
Confucius, who previously had been chief
among tho stnto gods.
Sir Alfred Lynll has drawn attention to
somo amusing extracts from the Poking
Gazette, Illustrating tho way In which tho
Chinese treat tliolr deities. Thus Tbo Ga
zette of November, 1878, has tho follow
ing:
"Tho governor gonernl of tho Yellow
rlvor requests that a tablet limy bo put up
In honor of tho river god. Ho states that
during tho transmission of the relief rlco
to Honan, whenover difficulties wero en
countered through shallows, wind or rain,
tha rlvor god Interposed In tho most un
mistakable manner, so that thn transport
of grain went an without hindrance. Or
der: Lot tho proper officer prepare a tablet
for tho tcmplo of the rlvor god."
In April, 1880, tho god of locusts was
similarly rewarded. A month or two
earlier tbo tomplo of tbo Sea Dragon at
Hoyungwai decreed a memorial hoard for
services rendared In connection with rain,
and In another Gazcito tho god of water
Is given a non tcmplo by special rescript.
All this procedure Is thoroughly In keep
ing with tho notions of tho common pco-
plo of Chino, who look upon the gods sim
ply ns human I wings In d different act of
conditions.—Contemporary Review.
Bench, Bar and Beard,
The regulations for shaving observed In
tho bench and bar probably como down
from Roman times, and tbo history of tho
custom among that pcoplo Is a curious
ona Pliny says that beards were univer
sally cultivated as a matter of coorso till
about 800 B. C., when Sicilian harbors,
who probably acquired tholr art from
Greece, first coma to Romo, and Sclplo
Afrlcanus set tho fashion of shaving evory
day. Thcncoforward It ibecamo so much
tho vogue in good society that tho term
barbaus, outlandish, was long supposed to
mean ticardcd, In allusion to tho unkempt
balr of uncivilized nations. Increased ac
curacy In etymology has shown tho real
meaning to bo akin to balbus, stammer
ing, In allusion to tbclr uncouth speech.
For three ccnturlos barbers hnd It all their
own way in Roman circles. Then como
tho Kinporor Ilatrlan, whs, ns Plutarch
affirms, grew his beard to bldo somo ugly
•cars, and forthwith It became tho modo.
Lawyers and priests, even more conserva
tive in tbelr observances than other folks,
continued to shave; hence, It Is supposed,
como the traditional praottco of the English
bar, through tho law courts ot Italy and
France.—Good Words.
Tales of tho Times When C&nalboata Were
the Bolt Means of Transportation—Not.
tag tho Wonderful Growth of Many
Western Cities.
"I bellevo I wns tho first drummer who
wont west from Now England," said John
B. Curtis of tho firm of Curtis & Son,
"and I am very sure that I was ono of tho
first. I mado mj first long western trip
44 years ago, an'd I'vo just rcturnod from
a trip that took mo to tho Puolflc coast.
"I sometimes wondor, when I moot tho
busy, pushing drummers of today, tho
mon who aro used to rapid traveling, tho
best of hotels and good living generally,
I sometimes wondor what thoy would
do It thoy wero suddenly put book and
made to do os we had to 50 years ago
or n Uttlo less. Somo of tho poorest of
them would givo up tholr Job, but I think
that the rest would stick to It and mako a
success at tho business, just as wo did In
thoso days.
"Nearly BO years ago, when tho busi
ness of selling goods by samplos was In
its infanoy nnd whon tho drummer hnd
but just boon discovered, wo woro com
pelled to ninko stew trips and of courso
not ninny of thorn In a yoar, Then It took
about threo weeks to go from Portland to
Chicago, nnd dealers ordered goods anaugb
to last six months. Thon tho drummer
had to enduro many privations, but wo
wore a hardy sot and woro content with a
little—that Is, If wo could got plenty of or
ders. Tho vlllngos woro miles nnd miles
apart then, and yot wo In somo way felt
tho earning commercial lniportanco ot
many of thorn nnd know that wo must
kocp In with tho mon who wore trying to
build up a tmdo under what soamed many
tlmos to bo dlshonrtonlng circumstances.
“1 have passed hundreds ot nights
camping out whon on long trips, with
only n blanket for a covering and tho
ground for n bod. Wo, who drummed
trndo In the wost then In behalf of eastern
hoasos, didn't mind that, but wo did oh-
jeot to tho rattlesnake sometimes. It did
not pay to lmvo thorn got too familiar.
Wo woro happy when wo could trnvol by
connlbont or by steamboat, but tho dread
ful western stages wore what tried our pa-
tlonco.
‘"time and tlmo again, but for tho foot
that my samples nnd baggngo hnd to lx>
carried, I should have preferred to walk
and could have beaten tho stages under
ordinary circumstances. Many times 1
did walk, but it wnsbusldotho stage, with
a rail on my shoulder, ready to liolp pry
tbo stage Itself out ot tho mud.
"Iu those days canals were tho host.
Tho canalboats would nmlco from two to
threo inllos uu hour, but if tho tlmo wns
long tho storlos told by tho oaptaln nnd
passengers woro commonly good. Tho beds
woro bunks, but they fad us woll—that Is,
as things weut thon.
"01 course tho ordinary overydny meal
of tho drummer of today, tho meal lio's In
clined to griimblo at, would havo seemed n
Thanksgiving feast to us. Wo oxpooted
llttlo, nnd commonly got It. Still, ns I
said,' wo were content, nnd ovon happy, If
only business was good.
“Tho drummers of today won't seo tho
startling changes wo havo soon who bogan
back neatly 50 years ago. Of courso tho
old tlmo drummers who trnvolad In Now
England saw loss ot tho rough and tumble
of llfo than wo who wont wost, nnd who
•truck out boldly for (jading posts that wo
woro destined In many cases to see grow
to bo groat cities. Still I never went
through' nny of tho thrilling oxporlonces
pcoplo tell of as a part of tho llfo thon, and
I am inclined to think that advanturos
como to tlioso who seek for them.
"Wo inudo lung trips In thoso dayH,
longor than most drnmmcrs would think
of taking now, for then ono man had to do
nil ho could ami cover os much ground ns
posslhlo. Forty-thrco years ngo I wont
from Portlnnd to Now York, thonbyoannl
to Philadelphia, from there to Pittsburg
by canal, from thoro to St. Louts by boat,
down tho Ohio and up tho Mississippi, and
from St. Louis to Kt. Paul by boat.
“In thoso days St. Paul wns but a trad
ing post. There woro a fow business
bouses, hut I saw a sight thon that no
mini will over seo thoro again. It scomod
to mo that thoro woro nt least 1,000 In-
dlnnH nt tho post trading tholr furs. Thoy
brought thorn In' curiously constructed ox
carts, mado without tho use of a scrap of
Iron, tho whools a section at' a tree, and
drawn by ono oxlnshod to tho polos, Thoy
wore a drunken crowd, nil but a fow, who
boomed to bo a committee appointed to
kcop sober and to too to It that others
woro not cheated. Somotlmcs tho crowd
would glvo a yoll that fairly scomod to
take tho root off.
"I wont to tho falls of 8L Anthony nnd
looked at tho surroundings. Whore Min
neapolis now stands thoro was not a single
building. Whon I was thoru last, I wont
to tho fulls, and as I looked nt tho groat
oltlcs I wondered If It wns possible that I
could lmvo been thoro before thoy wore
built. It scorns strnngo and almost be
yond comprehension that my business ca
reer could lmvo antedated thoso oltles and
oven tho commercial lniportanco of Chi
cago Itself, but so It Is, and I am still a
vigorous man."
I "You spoko of having visited Chicago
1 44 years ago, Mr. Curtis. What sort of a
pinto was It thonf"
"Then there wns but ono railroad, n
■mall local nffalr, rather contemptuously-
rolled tho milk route. I wont there from
i Buffalo by boat nnd was flvo days on tha
, way. I tried to do a llttlo bnslnoss evory
tlmo wo stopped to wood up on tho way,
' and, in fact, wo drummers hod that sys-
l tem on tho route from St. Louis to St.
i Paul and along tho canals," ropllod Mr.
I Curtis.
"I reached Chicago Saturday night and
1 put up at a wooden hotel on Lako street,
; near whore tbo Tromont bouse now stands.
"In tlioso days Chloago had hat fow
I brick buildings, and thowoodon ones were
i ecldom more than two stories blgb. In
1 fact, I am unnblo to recall a single build
ing more than two sterlet high. Thcro
was not a sidewalk, except on Lake street)
and that waa of wood, and tbo water canto
up throngb with almost every step. Steam
boats and stages brought people there, and
about tho most Interesting sight wot old
Fort Dcorlwrn, with doors and log sides
pierced with balls. There was not a foot
of paved street in all Chicago when I first
•truck tho place, and yet ovon then—and
It wos tho tlmo of small things—thoro was
that samo belief In Chicago and tho sumo
dash and push that you sea now In that
gnat city.
"Thu drnmmcrs of today are bright fol
lows, but I can't help thinking If wo hod
■lower trade wo bad better timet In tho
days when we thought three miles an hour
by canolboat good time and wero content
to trudgo along behind a stagecoach and
not say a word If only our samples were
taken through In ufety."—Boston Globa
Keep your blood pure and healthy,
and you will trot have rheumatism.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla gives the blood vl*.
tallty and richness.
A BURGLAR ALARM.
Mr. Reuben GoldEmld was a prosperous
man. Ho had a dingy llttlo office In Hat
ton Garden, the chief furniture of which
consisted of two hugo safes, which always
contained enough diamonds, polished ami
In tho rough, to adorn a conrt.
Mr. Reuben Goldsmld had very llttlo to
troublo him, but oven tho mo3t peaceful
lives havo tbelr period of unrc3t, nnd trou-
*’!c canto to Mr. Goldsmld In tho shape of
kindly circular from Scotland Yard.
It warned him that tho enterprising
Burglar was on tho warpath In the London
suburbs, and that detached houses "stand
ing In their own grounds” wore speclolly
liable to lilt attack.
As ho went to town that day his atten
tion was attracted by tho talk of two of
his follow traveled.
"Fearful business, this burglary nt tlio
Bulgarian embassador's,” aatd tho stout
man. "Whereore tho pollcof” '
"That's just what I want to know,”
said tho tell man. -"In my country, If n
chap goes burgling in a city, why, tho
pollco run him to earth pretty quick, nnd
if ho tries that gamo on In tho country you
hot bo soon has tho regulators on his track
ond finds himself strung up to a telegraph
pole."
“All very woll talking,” 6nld tho stout
man grullly. “I've hoard of Amciloan
burglaries before this.”
“Soo horo," said tho tall man, "an
American burglar has a lot to do boforo
he gets lnsldo a house. Your Idea hero
seems to bo to havo looks that yon can
plok with a crooked, nail nnd window
oatohes you can opon with a butter knife.
I should llko to rip up a bouso and mnko
it sate and see somo of your clover bur
glars fooling around trying to find a way
In."
Mr. Goldsmld could kcop silonco no
longor. "I hog your pardon, sir,” lio
said, "but I really should llko to havo a
talk with you. To tell you tho truth, If
you can help mo to put nty houso In some
thing llko a tolornblo state of seourlty, I
shall bo mast grateful. I am most anx
ious, I assure yon. Horo la my card."
"And horo Is mlno, sir. I’m happy to
mako your acquaintance, Mr. Goldsmld,
and I shall bo glad to liolp you.”
Mr. Goldsmld took tho cord and read,
"Cyrus F. Trottor, Mechanical nnd "Elec
trical Engineer, 351 West Fifteenth street,
Now York."
After lunch Mr, Trottor took tho dia
mond merchant to a half dozon shops ond
ofllocs to show him various engines of do-
struotlon nnd inoolmnlcal devices which
ho must purchase In order to “fix up" tho
houso nt Illghguto.
Mr. Trottor wns busy for nearly three
days putting Ills appliances In position.
Thon lio dined nt Hlglignto and showed
Mr. Goldsmld how, by merely turning a
button bohlml tho ball door, all his appa
ratus was put In full working ordor, whllo
by turning It back again tho wholo would
bo turned out ot gear.
Mr. Gohlcinld slept comfortably that
night nnd foit llko u man who Is beyond
tho reach of tho dangers that nfillct ordi
nary mortals.
Next day ho was called nwoy to Amster
dam on Important business. Ho sent a
telegram to Mrs. Goldsmld tolling her
| that It ho wore not liaok by 0 p. m. on
Tuesday slio was not to expect him till
tho next day.
Tuesday found him on ills way homo,
but It was foggy in tho channol, and It
was midnight whon ho arrlvod.
Ho mado his way up tho foggy lane,
glad whon ho found Ids own goto. Ho
oould see that gas was burning dlinly In
tho linll. ,
Ho turned tho koy. Ho pnshod tho door
opon, nnd thoro was a pleasant fooling of
being sate at homo, whon ns his foot
crossed tho familiar threshold ho hoard
somowhoro tho jingling sound of an cloc-
trlo boll. Thon thcrowas nwhirring nolzn
of clockwork half way tip the stairs In
front of him, and ho hod barely tlmo to
romomhor all that Mr. Cyrus F. Trotter
had dono boforo Ills dopartnre whon from
tho stair canto n long bright flash, a ring
ing report and a whistling ball.
Gr-r-r, wont tho clookworkl Than In
nnothar second flash, bang, whiz, crash,
nnd a shower of splinters flow from tho
door ho hnd just opened, nnd poor Mr.
Goldsmld realized, that thn "doracsUa
galling" hnd cotta Into action.
Ho dashed wildly Into a putts of shrubs.
Buddonly thoro was a sharp snap. Ho felt
n stroke below bis knoo which nearly
broko Ids leg; ho was safo In tho Iron grip
of tho boartrap!
After what scorned an ago ho hoard a
pollco whistle. ,
"Hollo, there!” said a gruff voice,
"YVhnt's tho matter)"
"Burglars—n wholo gang of thoml"
and ho recognized tho woll known volco
of hte trusty man servant Higgins. “But
tho Amorioan liautormatlo hnpporatusscn
that master fitted up before ho wont away
frightened them all off."
Mr. Goldsmld ventured to call out,
"Illgglnsl" ho shouted, hut ho was short
of breath. Tho two policemen drew tholr
•tavns and dashed Into thn shrubbery.
Snap went boartrap No. 3. “Hnngitl"
shouted pollcoman No. 073 as ho rollod
ovor.
His comrade wns stooping over Mr.
Goldsmld, flashing hlsliullsoyo In his faro,
“Help mo up," said Mr, Goldsmld.
"I'm caught In n trap. Call lllgglno hero.
Get mo out of this, I say."
By this tlmo Higgins had mustered up
courage to advance Into tho shrubbory.
With some difficulty tho two captives wero
liberated from tho bcartrnps, and Mr.
Goldsmld Was not to bo soon at Hatton
Garden for two days after his adventure.
Mr. Cyrus Trotter called on him In high
gloa tho very ho reappeared at his office.
"I rcokon," ho said, "my fortuno’s
mado. Why, tho apparatus fitted splen
didly, It’s got Into all tho papers, and I
•hall havo no ond of ordors from your nr-
lstocraoy nnd gentry.”
“You may toko all your ‘fixings' out of
. my placo and giro them to tho man who
wants them. I would soonor lmvo tbo
burglars nny day. I don’t blama you, but
you nearly klll.-d an- at my own MOT."
“Woll," said Mr. Trotter solemnly, "If
you don't llko tbo fixings, why, I'll shift
thorn, but don’t hlaino mo noxt time you
aro burgled, that’s all.’’—Tit-Bits.
Children's shoes 25c at Star
Shoe Store next to the burned
building. Shoes slightly dam
aged by water.
- Tlio Mystery of Color Xn Butter.
Professor Van Slyke, chemist for ths
New York agricultural cxparlmont sta
tion, Is authority for tbo statement that
wn know nothing whatever of tbo compo
sition of tho natural coloring matters In
butter. Whatever they mny bo, thoy nro
mixed or united with tho fats so as to defy
dotcctlon. So far as chemists havo been
ablo to find out, nono of tho sovoral com
pounds of which either milk or butter Is
composed Is of nny buo, excopt puro white,
to that tho coloring cannot bo a natural
part of tho fat. Somo have suggested that
color In butter Is duo to tlio shape and slzo
of tho fat globulos—in othor words, that
light Is tho main factor in color develop
ment.
ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
Why do bo many pconlo we tee
around us seem to prefer to suffer and
be mado miserable by indigestion, con
stipation. dizziness, lots of appetite,
coming up of the food, yellow skin,
when for 75 cento wo will sell thorn
Bhlloii’a Vltalizcr. guaranteed to euro
them?
Sold by Goodwyn & Small Drug
Company, comer Cherry street and
Cotton avenue.
Or. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
World's Fair Highest Award.