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THE "-A-WKPTTT TELEGEAP^ ^o auth' V trace ;-inn :h.. 'a numi ferity v fc'nr ar.-i if hu? n injoyf <\ the order can the ground that he desired to go it | the Hindus __ - . - . , _ , alone. 'nakh or "tiger claw, or yet according From the Wasnlngton Herald. stvle of the negro tribe? of the Gov. Edwin Warfild, of Maryland, is mpted by the Civil consequent depression fostering of charlta- etc., the grand lodge islv Involved flnan- tifne the annual away with, biennially In order to Ion from debt. This | id In a few William George Jordan, editor and to the _ w ._ -- — „ - ■ public!?:, i? the father of a new id-a White N.le. who used a ?piked ring the latest to be entered in the Presi- :n American politics the establish- 'round the wrist for the same purpose. dential running. Some of the Demo- rnent of a House of Governors. Mr. Mariner’s hero was more heroic in his ratio weeklies of his State are sound- j.would have the head? of the method. His custom was to rush at , ing his praises and insisting that he I various States meet at stated Inter- on<- of the enemy, seize him with one would make a winning race. In their v M? to di- -us- divorce capital punish- gloved hand, throw him violently on advocacy of him. they point out that roent corporation? and iru=ts Incur- |his face, steady his trunk with one first a farmer, he knows the condl- L. C..'Child ab'.- d<-~ • .pa-l’e? ■r- f-ot. and • at Ur.g him .T-ur. l :he n- it t!->ts controlling agricultural life, pa?t ar. i the vict ’ labor, prison reform! inheritance with both hands, bend his backward 1 and present: a teacher, knows the lax and income tax. and he believes - until h e broke. ESJlP, 0 * f b e country schools, a county j their recommendations to their Log:?-! This was his way with equals, but j official, gaining the knowledge of the ar.?. a would result in uniform law* I with inferiors he merely took his vie- wants of the plain people: a State offi- >f prosperity cams to the or- believes moreover that such a hod* I tlm across his kr.ee and bent him rial with the practical knowledge of the annual sessions of the i ”j _ ‘ ’ _. q>ui> Hrhtu (backward like a stick until he snapped ! where State rights end and where !-e were resumed. centralisation, secure a fuller, freer jfomewhere in the spine Ir» order to Federal influence should begin: a An _ . . - voice of the people, er today is a .cere . socla- s t. ron g er nation, dzed for the purpose of so- ■ourse and mutual assist- J horlty says that a very and make SOME DEADLY WEAPONS. * 8 °fi* n claimed for It | Ingenius Arms of Defense Designed i writers maintaining that It I “ _ ... ., rlgln from the “Dlonyslae by Savages—How Wild Tribes rnlty.” an association which was I Poison Spears and Arrows, d in Asia Minor by the archie In such weapons as do not involv and builders engaged In the |the use of explosives savage races irueiion of temples and theaters have from ancient days been very in when the Greeks migrated rnm Attlea thither. The association ? supposed to have been In existence n Tyre when Solomon undertook the iu!!(!ing of the temple, and the story fur . that the fraternity sent a band •f workmen from Tyro to assist Solo- r'or In Ihst work. Freemasonry, ac- ordlng to this account Is said to have >een originally organized by the lead- •r of the band, who was a widow's on: and In this way Is explained the treat prominence which Is given to Solomon’* temple In the ritual and vmboJs of the order. The building of h arches was the great work of the I me?, and the masonic associations \ er. held In high esteem because of 'ic importance of their services In his work. They enjoyed the especial ivnr and protection of the Pope, and mils were Issued by which peculiar •rivlleges were granted to them. They \arc exempted from burdens Imposed ,i;>on other workmen and hence were y sled "free” masons. What is a Democrat? Anm the Milwaukee Sentinel. "What Is a Democrat?” queries the \Vu York World. How long Is a piece ff string? k '-'r»m the Buffalo News. T e New York World was making .iomethlng like progress In Its Inquiry Is to what constitutes a Democrat, but he Jefferson dinners have thrown all Sts fat Into the fire again. •'rom the Toledo Blade. The New York World’s query. "What s i Democrat?” has received no satls- 'art- ry answer. Most people would -nthcr guess on the number of beans In 1 Jar. !Yom the Portland (Me.) Express. I A lot of people are trying to answer he New York World’s question. "What • s a Democrat?" but none of them has r sally given an atfswor yet. T: 'Chester Democrat and -Chronicle. The Xew York World keeps right on >sklng "What is a Democrat?” Just as hough it really hoped some day to find omebody who could give the answer. From the Knoxville Journal. The New York World has asked What la a Democrat?" but up to the present none of Its able correspondents answered Its feeling Interrogatory. >m tho Denver Post. Te hag leave to suggest that it would a good idea to nsk President Roose- t to settle this interesting and 1m- tnnt miestlon, "What is Democ- y?” No Democrat appears to be * hie to determine It to the satisfaction democrats generally. The New York ■World, which has ns good right ns any be known as a Democratic newspa per and which is positively opposed to Roosevelt Ian regime, asks "What Is a Democrat? 1 ' The confusion was om- sized by the conflicting attitudes of prominent so-called Democrats at Sat urday's Jefferson day banquets. 'rom the Troy Press. "What i? a Democrat?” asks the New i’ork World The happy medium bo- ween a Socialist and an Imperialist, 'rvo tile Tto -h---': TVs: - Express. The New York World is being del- igt 1 with answers to its question. 'What Is a Democrat?'’ That question ? easier to answer than "Why is a democrat?" ■'ram the Charleston News and Courier. "Wh.at Is a Democrat?" asks the New fork W rid. A Democrat is a creature hat once haunted WoKct's Roost, mm the Minneapolis Journal. The New York World has reopened ? puzzler department with the query, What Is a Democrat?" Prom the Wilmington Every Evening. "What is a Democrat?" the New fork World 'has long been ■ anxiously M)hiring. ■ How Is this for a guess? Vmocrat Is a voter who believes in iard money, home rule and free trade, nd does not believe In permitting any ide Issues to crush out these cardinal ncs. 'rein the Cleveland Leader. What is a Democrat?" asks the New 'ork World. Can It be that David B. till, of WnlfnrT's Roost, hns been for- otten so soon? ventlve. Ever since the time when Samoese twin divinities split a great rock in two for the giants of those days the Samoans have been well skilled in the art of making and using heavy clubs. Long before bayonets came Into general use In European warfare the idea of a gun and spear In one was elaborated In the form of the Dyak's sumpltan, which we shall pres ently describe. It is even possible that before the sword was well developed ns a weapon In England the Polynesian savage had brought his shark's teeth that the weapons of savagery are of blades to perfection. Considering.thcn no mean order, and compare well in ingenuity with similar instruments of offense and defense In the present day. they may have a fan- claim to con sideration. Most remarkable and perhaps most deadly of all savage weapons Is the sumpltan of Borneo, mentioned above. It is extraordinary that the Dyaks barbarous and uncultured as they are, should have anticipated the Idea of our rifle and bayonet it is not known how many centuries before the secret of gunpowder was discovered. Their gun Is a blow-pipe of hard, light wood, some eight or ten feet in length and about an inrh In diameter: and their bayonef is a kind of broad, sharp- edged and pointed spearhead. This Is hound to the head of the blow-gun by means of strong rattan or brass wire, and It is so arranged that it does not interfere with the flight of the darts. This, at first glance, is a deadly weapon at close quarters, in the hands of a dashing warrior like the Dyak: hut it is even more effective at a dis tance. for the little arrows made from the spicules of the sago palm are tipped with the poison of the upas tree. The arrows are so small that thev In flict only a puncture like that of a pin. but by virtue of' the poison, many a | man has died five minutes after being ihit. This fact. coupled with the. marvelous delicacy of, construction and consequent accuracy of the sumpltan in the hands of the experienced Dyak marksman makes it a most formida ble weapon. In the attack led by Johnson in 1859 against the Davks of the interior he lost upward of 30 men under the fatal Are of these weapons, and not one of them showed any wound more danger ous-looking than a mere pin prick of the skin. The advantage that this weapon has even over the rifle is that in the dense foliage of Dyak marksman may lie concealed and pick off his enemy without betraying his where abouts either by the sound of a report, by flash or smoke. Altogether it re quire? a very' Intrepid soldier to face the silent and deadly sumpitan. War fare by poisoned missiles is nowhere so perfect as in 'Borneo, but various savage races do what they can in the art. The Fans use a small poisoned arrow, which thev discharge with a cross-bow. but, though the poison is very deadly. It Is neither so carefully made as the sumpitan arrow of the Dyaks. Indeed, is Is so blunt that it fre quently hits without penetrating the skin. The ?nvage tribes of Guiana also use a poison known ns wousall on their arrows, which are not only multibarbed with the tail of the stinging ray. but have cunningly detachable points. The Maoris of Now Zealand, and many Polynesian tribes having no poison which they can use for the purpose adopt the next best thing, and tip their ?oears and darts with hard wood from the trunk of the ponga, or tree fern, the beauty of this wood, from the sav age warrior's point of view, being that it is of a highly irritant nature, and sets up festering In wounds very quickly*. Next to blow guns, provided with bayonets or otherwise, come those sav age weapons which are designed to pierce, saw. lacerate and inflict wound? almost beyond healing. For these sav age man is indebted to nature, who has placed within the mouth of the shark such' a set of formidable incisors that the weapon-maker could scarcely fail to notice and apply them in his art. The two Jaws of a full-grown shark p-.!;*;-. usually contain about 300 teeth. large MrfSgllw*! » u T nnd sma ”- that the Pacific Islanders, nf ?nJ' who can kill a shark whenever he hap- i... V iTi'fiJ" * pons to want one. can find ample ma- r ' ‘, h nrv?" '"Pi® terlal for swords and clubs of all sizes, ext rear and til#' Pm -nda..t-hcarcr Ki nsrsm iii islander is particularly “ 1n " a " d ,‘ h « ica " part - v apt at the manufacture of weapons * '' ^*£ n< Lr, a . " n edged with shark?’ teeth, ttmnprntl- '*' 7. ***7 the He is not content with the some- , th Tvni-o linns, v.',. ' leader what blunt and heavy ideas of many* taloritv ' ' n ha ndsome Polynesian peoples, who swing great -e° h, °' Ta hlo£ ‘fl/LTf keen -ns one of the nartv of'fifty Congress- ! pl( 'E,'![ C of ,nfl, . ctta * pain fl on the . foe - I S? death-dealing* 53& "T Ms Chautauqua circuit as a lecturer - ' vw * p ?? : ind Tl: one , ml ~ ht f .«*£)- hi? summer • ■ er a thousand fine points, for It is his Adi.it E. Stevenson, one of the two ! custom to serrate the cutting edges of ving Vice-Presidents of the United ! » words ' maces and s P ears with rows fates, puts in the most of his time °i n ’" rd «rous sharks teeth, each one raveling about the country visiting of ''' n!ch , is so sharp as *»»*»*» ‘ hp el.1t vos whos ! s icMon par- wea P° n dangerous even to handle for Irulnrlv in the South He stavs but the rurposes of examination. It ap- ttle it hi? comfortable but unpreten- pears ,hat sorne of the s ^ orda th t oh? home in B!' mlngton III Klngsmlll Islanders are quite works of Daniel a. Campbell 'w'io hi? been -' r ' " f '' •>”'* H ' v - J <’■ ' V v " : ppoint.-d postmaster of Chicago re- c,ves a description having no less ng Mr. Bussc. recently e'ectod than four blades on one handle—one w. is a State Senntor and a prom- ■ central blade nnd three auxiliary. On • lawver of TMinoi? He Is known I ’’ a ch blade there arc four distinct rows s "the silent man." and leadership : sharlw' teeth, making In nil over the State Senate of 'ate years has *00 formidable sharp points carefully icon absolute. ' , graduated in regard to size. The The friettd? of Senator Fora her are 1 smiting and sawing power of these ».«ponstblo f r the statement that the 1 fourfold swords was so great that they aft program In Ohio Includes the wip- protect themselves against the cutting United States official with the prae- power of those gauntlets the Samoans ] tical knowledge of the customs house provided themselves with a broad belt service controlling Imports and ex- of plaited cords flrmly fastened to- • ports: a Governor whose administra- gether with twisted cocoanut fiber, j tlon has been fair and just: a finan- Thls reached from the armpit to the ‘ cier. not only having been eminently hip and completely covered the left • successful in handling large financial aide of the body, that side being the : concerns with invests in every State most open to tho enemy. Through this in the Union, but with especially large plaited armor, the shark’s teeth could not penetrate. However, the arms and legs were still open to attack, and It seems that because of the fact the art of armor making made great strides in Samoa to Judge by some complete suits of cocoanut fiber armor still ex tant, which appear as tough and im penetrable as the famous leather suit of George Fox. Kink Charles’ Visit to Brazil. King Charles of Portugal, when he visits Brazil next year, will leave Lis bon on the first ship of the new Por tuguese Line to Brazil, which on that occasion, will make her maiden voy age. As a result of the treaty between France and Spain providing for the partition of Portugal, and the invasion of the latter country by a French army under Marshal Junot, the royal family of Portugal fled to 'Brazil on November 29, 1809. and in 1815 the colony of Bra zil. as It had been termed, was declared a kingdom. The Portuguese court re turned to Europe in 1821, after the death of Napoleon I., and a national congress assembled at Rio de Janeiro the following year, when, on Slay 13, Dom Pedro, eldest son of King Joao VI of Portugal, was chosen “Perpetual De fender" of Brazil. Dom Pedro pro claimed the independence of Brazil on September 7, 1822. and was chosen Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender” on October 12 of the same year. He abdicated the crown in 1831 in favor of his only son. Dom Pedro II. who reigned as Emperor until Novem ber 15, 1889, when a revolution broke out. the Emperor was dethroned, and he and his family were exiled, and Brazil was declared a republic under the title of the United States of Brazil. The ex-Emperor. Pedro II.. died In Paris on December 5. 1891. There is a mon archist party In Braz'l. The offices of monarchist newspaper at Rio de Janeiro were destroyed by a mob on March 8. 1897, and the proprietor of the paper. Senator Gentil Castro, was as sassinated. THE VICE-PRESIDENCY No Longer Regarded as a Refuge on The Road to Oblivion. From Leslie’s Weekly. Under the theory of a dozen or two dozen years ago the vice presidency was. for the ambitious statesman, the last refuge on the road to oblivion. The incumbent of that office shows that this conception is essentially wrong. Charles W. Fairbanks, as Vice President, has been so successful and has made himself so popular that ho has not only strengthened himself, but has aided his party. When held by the right sort of man like Mr. Fairbanks, the vice presidency is a great office. In the even divisions in the Senate consisting of the mem bers of only thirteen States, Vice- President John Adams gave the cast ing vote which put twenty-two meas ures, most of them of very great im portance, upon the statute book. Cal houn. while Vice-President, gave Sen ator Hayne of his State the points by which he figured in that memorable debate with Webster, which was the prelude to nullification. Van Buren's tact, and urbanity in the second office aided powerfully in winning for him the first office. Breckinridge, who held the second place on the Bucha nan ticket, made such a popular offi cial that the Southern end of his par ty put him at the head of its ticket in the Douglas split of 1S60. If Ham lin had been renominated for Vice- President in 1864, as many Republi cans at that time believed he ought to have been, and as the whole country a ear later wished he had been, the fight between President and Congress in 1865-68 when Lincoln’s death sent Andrew Johnson to the Presidency, would have been averted and the country would have been spared humiliating scandal. By his service of eight years in that body as a Senator. Mr. Fairbanks be came acquainted with nearly all its members, and got a very valuable knwoledge of its atmosphere and its traditions. Thus he was particularly well equipped for the position of its presiding officer, which he gained in the election of 1904. He is as skillful a parliamentarian as was Colfax, who went to the second office in Grant's first term, and he has won a popular- Ily among his associates and among the leaders of his party In and out of Congress equaling that which Hobart acquired in the first term of McKin ley. Mr. Fairbanks' experience in the past two years shows the great possibilities for an able, tactful and ambitious statesman which the Vice- Presidency offers. It is not remarka ble that at two recent notable public demonstrations, one in Baltimore and the other in Chicago. Mr. Fairbanks was acclaimed as the next President. P ng out of nizst’on on of sentntive N'ch' las ucceed Mr F'rakcr !r te. and Ttopresentnti i succeed Senator D! Theod.-re S. Wilke-? ew Orleans, an 1 nr< Republican or- c. and the elec- lon-in-law. Rep- Longworth. to rltt the ed ians. ha? prnet! indldnc' - for the oui'Iana on the I said to be the onstruction d'v? resented h'rrse'f State for first Oners n Louisii: The mayoralty r ecorah. Iona i? ara'.lel anvwheno F Dabney ha? iv'r far the sixth cense.' nd each time that he h >? rt ffice his opponent hns b en i •ard. in o!d schoolmi'e. 1 q cor.to?T between the two eon execiMinclv ■ lose. W. H. Haskell, of Musk a homos Dovlo. of P rrv tr and'dates for tho Dem.errTj for Governor of Oki.F ow engage'! in a series of ate.? Lee Cruce. of An!— r omirent asmr.ant for th? m Burton tdentl- r Lou- shlp of tet. It re Re- pec k never used for thrusting and from this fact were hare of teeth for several inches toward the point. Rut these warlike savages had an other weapon which could inflict the most terrible thrust wounds, and that was the shark’s tooth spear. This is made of light wood. : s from 12 to 15 feet in length and is furnished with serrated teeth for nearly 10 feet from the point. To make It still mono formidable there are side fins or small auxiliary blades sticking out at Inter vals of two or three feet: these also are bristling with teeth. All these weapons—swords, spears and mace?— are used principally with a sawing n political j motion which especially when combatant? are almps: naked, is efficaci' us and yet It i In what a skillful way the Islander will defend hlm- combat with these murderous fme I things: indeed, he frequently comes the ■ ft without a scratch. In Samoa a>o ad- j the shark's tooth is utilized in war- line fare. has Mariner in his “Voyages of the Pa cific." makes mention of a pair of mi | gauntlet? made of cocoanut fiber and 'he furnished on the palmar side with the r.a- ' shark's teeth set edgewise. He tells ere a remarkable tale of a chief of giant de- proportion? who always fought with her these terrible gauntlets; but. he de tained to rip open the bodies of the Disease of Glass Vessels. From the London Globe. The authorities of the Royal Mu seum at Dresden have discovered a glass vase in one of their showcases, dating from the eighteenth century, which shows every sign of suffering from a wasting disease and not only is it wasting away, but the authori ties declare it has infected the other glass vessels In Its immediate neigh borhood. The vase has been carefully examined by experts, and various medicines, externally applied, have beer, prescribed to stay the progress of the malady, but all to no purpose. Uses Of the Polecat. Don't abuse the skunk. According to an official bulletin on the “grasshopper nrohlem." prepared by F. M. Webster and Issued by the Agricultural Department, the very highest praise should be given this much shunned animal. Mr. Meb- stcr does not contend that the skunk * * taken into the bosom of the interests in New York: “in the prime of life, with a very attractive person ality, courteous but forcible.” It is recalled that when Governor Warfield, seated upon a rearing char ger, led the Maryland contingent in the Roosevelt inauguration parade, he was more generally and more loudly applauded than any other State exec utive in the glittering pageant. He looked so much like the late General Fltzhugh Lee that many of the ap- plauders thought that they were com plimenting the Virginian. This is English; What Does it Mean? From the London Times. That concluded the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Levett then stated the case for Mrs. Jalland from a legal point of view. This was a life estate with a condition subsequent and if the condi tion could not be fulfilled the gift was good. She could not become a widow, therefore the gift remained. In Shep pard's Touchstone, vol. 1. p. 122, there was a definition of a condition which covered this case. Here there was a true condition subsequent. In Feafne’s Contingent Remainders, vol. 2, p. 4. a mixed condition subsequent was de fined. In the same volume, at page 3S4, there was a passage which took him all the way home. It was this: “If the condition is subsequent, as tho estate to which it is annexed cannot be defeated by it, such estate is abso lute in the first instance or afterwards becomes so. If the void condition is a mixed condition, the preceding estate intended to be annihilated by it is ab solute in the first instance or after wards becomes so: and the estate to arise or to be accelerated on the ful filment of the condition cannot arise or be accelerated." The hearing was adjourned Monday. COITOI WHS ACM; PRICES RULED FIM LIVERPOOL spots closed 6.40 NEW YORK spots closed 11.30 NEW ORLEANS spots closed 11 Fa THE LOCAL COTTON MARKET. The local cotton market yesterday was dull and unchanged at the following quotations: Range of Prices. Good Middling 11«4 Strict Middling KFs Middling 10H Spot Cotton Movement. Recta. Ship. Sates. April 20, 1907 27 74 74 April 22. 1907 April 23. 1907 April 24, 1907 ,.. April 23, 1907 Stock on Hand. Sept. 1. 19-Jt'. 2.574 April 25, 1907 846 till NEW VORK. NEW YORK. April 25.—The cotton market was more actiev today with busi ness better distributed than for some weeks past, and prices ruled generally steady to firm. Sales for the day were estimated at 225,000 bales, and the close was steady at a net advance of Sal points. The opening was steady at an advance of la4 points in response to higher cables and big English spot sales. At first there was some llttile hesitation and irregular ity on account of tho favorable showing of the weather map so far as the day' conditions were concerned, but the out look was for colder weather in the Southwest, receipts ran light, bullish week-end figures wore expected, the big bulls were supporting the near months which were also in demand from shorts, and the - market gradually rallied, with an advance accelerated around midday by fresh batches of bullish new crop reports from the South. During the afternoon prices sold up to n net advance of 6a9 points on the active months, making a new high record on all positions for the current bull movement, but there was enough realizing and bear pressure to ease the market off a few points toward the close. Ex ports for tho day were some six times the port receipts. but«benrs are predict ing a slightly heavier movement wrath er permitting between now and the end of tho month. Southern spot markets were unchanged to . He. higher. Receipts or cotton at the ports todav were 7.985 bales 'against 12.192 bales last week and 7.425 bales last year. For tho week (estimated) 75.000 bales against 83.195 bales last week and 84.S44 bales last year. Today’s receipts at New Orleans were 3.120 bales against. 1.4-15 bales last year, and at Houston 1,018 bales against 1.118 bales last year. Spot Cotton and Futures. NEW YORK, April 23.—Spot cotton closed steady; middling uplands 11.30 Middling Gulf 11.55; sales 200 bales. Pensioning Teachers. From tho Boston Transcript. The movement for the pensioning of public school teachers is not confined to this city or this State. In New York city this practice is already in force and in Chicago it soon will be. In Connecticut there is a bill before the General Assembly that applies to the whole State. This bill provides that every teacher who has already taught three years must be enrolled within one year after the passage of the act in order to be eligible. Any teacher beginning’"service within one year after the passage of the act must be enrolled as a participant under tho fund before receiving any part of the designated salary and shall contribute one per cent of the class amount of that salary annually. Participants arc to be enrolled in classes from the $400 to the $1,600 class, and every teacher on the roll must pay annually to the State Treas urer an amount equal to 1 per cent of the amount of the class in which he or she is enrolled. This payment in creases by a half’ per "cent every five years, to 3 per cent after twenty years of service, but “no teacher shall re ceive a pension from the fund until Ije has paid an amount equal to 1 per cent of his class amount for thirty years." A11 teachers included in the provis ions of the act, who shall have reach- | ed the age of sixty years and have j Boston taught thirty years, the last fifteen at least in the public schools, shall be entitled to retirement on application to the trustees of the fund, and re ceive an annuity corresponding to their class. That annuity, however, appears to be an indefinite quantity. It is to be “such as the funds will al low," that to be determined by the board of trustees. Futures closed steady at tho foliowing quotations. January .... Open. High. Low. Clos. ...10.2S 10.35 10.29 10.32 February ... . . . — . 10.37 March ...10.42 10.41 10.41 10.45 April ... 9.S3 9.85 9.S3 May ... 9.89 9.93 9.S6 9.8S June 9.85 July ... 9.8S 9.95 9.88 9.91 August .... ... 9.SS 9.91 ir.s? 9.S7 September .. ... 9.S9 9.93 9.89 9.S9 October ..... ...10.09 10.12 10.07 10.09 November .. . . • — 10.12 December .. ...10.14 10.20 10.14 10.12 Movement at the Ports. Receipts and Exports. Today. Week. Consolidated net receipts.. 7,985 58.035 Exports to Great Britain.. 13.0S3 52 Exports to France 12.213 20 Exports to continent 17.319 51 Exports to Japan 1,108 1 Stock on hand all ports....612.642 — Since September 1. 1906— Consolidated receipts 9.3T2T3I8 Exports to Great Britain 3,443.153 Exports to France. 838 784 Exports to continent ....3.094.174 Exports to Japan 21S.S27 Price, Net Receipts, Sales. Stocks. Dry Goods—Wholesale. SHEETINS—4-4. 6 to 6c. DRTLT.TNOS—7 to 7He. TICKINGS—4U to ISHc. CHECKS—4 to BLEACHIXGS—4 to 8c PRTNTS—4>; to 5c. Government bonds steady: raiii bonds heavy. Hardware—Wholesale. The Ports.; | Prlce.|Rects.lSaIes.| Stck. Galveston . . .111% 1644 1001149329 New Orleans .111% 3120 13001138389 Mobile . . . .710% 278 150 204S0 Savannah . . .110% 1133 100 65910 Charleston . .110% ■Wilmington . .|10% Norfolk D% 19 9032 474 1057 25124 Baltimore . . .111% New York .....'11.30 10601 200 165S39 Boston . . . .111.30 75 Philadelnhia ...111.55 SO 3191 San Francisco. 110.3 Brunswick . . .| , 2801 Interior Movement. 1 Prlce.'Rcets.iSales.l Stck. Houston . . . 11% 10181 17571 42952 Augusta . . . 11% 7611 1521 2637S Memphis . j . 10% 950| 22501141126 St. Louis 10% ! 53601 39439 Cincinnati .... 4601 10586 Louisville . . . 11 LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL. April 25.—Good business done in spot cotton: prices 5 points high er: American middling fair 7.48; good middling 6.95: middling 6.40; low mid dling 6.01; good ordinary 5.40; ordinarv 6.02. The sales of the day were 12.000 bales, of which 1.000 bales were for spec ulation nnd export, and included 11,500 bales American. Receipts were 26.000 bales, including 23.10' bales American. Futures opened steady and closed steady; American middling G. O. C.: (Corrected hv Danina Harware Co.) WELT, BUCKETS—$4 per rtoz . . ,, P.OPE—Manila. 1484c : Seel. 11c.; cot- | R^yijune .\\\.\V..V.V.V.V.V.V~:: Ff April Anrii-May ice BUr WIRE—Barb. 2'Je. per lb. PLOW STOCKS--Harman. 90c.: Fergu son. soe. ■pijis—Painted. $2.80; cedar. S3.00. POWDER—$4.50; half kegs. $2.75; 4J kegs. SI.50: Dupont and Hazard smoke- 'e?s. half kegs. $11.33: H kegs. $5.75; i-ib canisters. $1. !ess»25 nx cent.; Trols- ssn-olcelef.? powder. 1-Ib. cans. $1. SHOVELS—*0 in *11 per doz. CARDS—Cntton. $4.50 per doz. rar nrU TIT . 1 EiP"^ Hr* n«*r Ih SLOW BLADES. 5e. per lb. IRON—25ic. lb. base: Swede, 4$Jc. pound. AXES—$6.50 dozen, base. LEAD--Bar "84c. pound. NAIT.S.—Wire. $2-.60 keg, base: cut, ■‘sit V«cr. base. SHOES—Horse._S_4.25 to $1.75 keg; mule shoes. $1.2a to $1.*d. BUCKETS—Ps'-ir. 81 70 doz.; white ce dar. three hoops. $4.25 dozen. CHAINS -Trace. S» to $6 dnz. GUN POWDER—Per peg. Austin crack $4.50. SHOT—S2.2o sack. Railroad Bonds. Close. 6.96 5.90 90 .Tune-July 5.S4 July-August 5.8084 August-September 5.74 ” Septembcr-Oetober 5.6S84 October-November 5.65 November-December 5.R4 December-January 5.64 January-Februnry 5.64 February-March 5.63 Central of Ga. 1st irort. 5 per cent.. 1935 115 116 Central of Ga. collateral trust 5 per cent. 1227 103 106 Central of Ca. consolidated. 1943 107% 108% Central Ga. 1st Income. 1945.. 84 85 Central Ga. 2d Income. 1945.. 73 74 Central Ga. 3d income. 1945.. 61 62 Central of Ga. Macon & North ern. 19*6 105 106 Central of Ga. Middle Ga. * Atlantic. 1947 106 107 Southern R. R.. 5 nc.. 1994....110 111 Gn. R. R- *• Banking Co.. 5 per cent. 1022 105 106 a. R. R. .8- Ranking Co.. 6 per cent. -1910 102 Ga. Soil .8: Fla. 5 ar.. 1915....10S NEW ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS. April 25.—Spot cotton closed firm at nn advance over yester day of Tic. on all grades: middling 1114. Sales were 850 bales on the spot and 300 bales to arrive. Futures opened easy at an advance of from 3 to 8 points over the elo?c of yes terday. Considerable buying followed'the ] opening and was continued on official prediction for rain and colder weather in Texas nnd the strone soot rltmi'd in Liverpool. Prices were further ad vanced by reports of general crop dam age in Louisiana. The close was steady prices ranging from 6 to 11 points above the clnso yesterday. Cotton futures closed steady at the fol lowing Quotations: January, bid 10.4? April, asked 10.76 May. bid 10.76 June, bid 10.74 July, bid lo.si August, bid 10.52 September, bid lo!46 October, bid 10.42 November, bid 10.42 December, bid 10 4-’ SMS UIABE FEEBLE RESPONSE TO BS NEW YORK. April 23.—The stock mar ket made but feeble response today to any new developments, the determined abstention of operators on any important scale alone marking the state of specula tive sentiment. That remained vaguely formed, and hes itating in the highest degree. An Import ant factor In making this condition is the unsatisfactory news from the wheat crop. Present conditions in the winter wheat belt are generally recognized as unsat isfactory and the news from day to day is watched for developments which may change that condition. No such news was received today, and the evidence of strength in the wheat market was a bur den on the stock market. The reduction in the Bank of England discount rate was of no effect, probably because it had been foreseen with prac tical certainty. The announcement was made during the dav of the coming dis solution on May 1. of the syndicate which underwrote $35,000,900 of Lake Shore be- benture bonds In February. 1906. These bonds have been quoted well below the underwriting price and receded sharply today on the understanding that the larg est part of the issue had bren unmarketed and will be distributed to syndicate mem bers. The incident served as an unpleas ant reminder that much remained to be accomplished towards the absorption of congestion in the bond market. Some special significance was attached to the notable weakness of the Chicago Great Western issues, which was attrib uted to the critical report on its capital ization by the Minnesota Legislative com mittee. Some anxiety Was expressed lest the Minnesota example should be used as a precedent in other cases. The day's net changes are trivial, almost without excep tion. Bonds were heavy. Total sales, par value. $1,527,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. The total sales of stocks today wej 460.000 shares. New York Money Market. NEW YORK. April 23.—Money on call easy at l%a2 per cent: ruling rate 2 per cent; closing bid 2 per cent; offered at 2 per cent. Time loans easier, and very dull: 60 days 3% per cent: 90 flays 4u per cent; six months 4% per cent. Prime mercantile paper 5%a6 per cent. Sterling exchange easier, with actual business in bankers' bills at 4.S605aS611 for demand and at 4.8335a8340 for 60-day bills. Posted rates 4.83%aS4 and 4.86% to 4.87. Commercial bills 4.82%. Bar silver 65%; Mexican dollars 50%. Lumtier. (Corrected by Maasee-Felton turn. CVx> Common framing at $16 to $20 pet thousand. Sized framkrg at $87.50 to $22.50 per thousand. Storm sheathing at S16 per thousand. No. 2 eommuo flooring at $20.00 pcs thousand. No. common celling at $17.50 per thous and. No. 1 common flooring celling at $22.30 per thousand. “B" grade square edge weather Board ing at 322.50 per thousand. No. 1 common weather hoarding at 3*9 per thousand. No. 2 pine sblr.glcs at $2.25 per tlioua* and. No. 1 pine shingles at $4.25 per thous and. No. 1 cypress shingles at $5.00 pel thouar.d. City Bonds. Macon 6 pc., 1910 106 Macon 5 pc.. 192$... 112 Macon 4%. 1926 106 Macon 4. 1910 to 1934 101 On a S.So per cent, basis. Savannah 5 pc., 1909 100 Savannah S pc.. 1913 105 Augusta 3%. 4. 4Vi. 3 & 6 pc.. 98 Price as rate of interest and maturity. Atlanta 4. 4's. 4 * 6 pc 102 115 Price as rate of interest and maturity. Columbus S pc.. 1909 103 404 103%* 101 106 113 State of Georgia Bonds. Ga. 4%. 1922 117 IIS Ga 4%, 1915 110 111% Ga. 4. 1926 114 115 Ga. 3%. 192S to 1933 107 10S GRAIN AND PROVISIONS CHICAGO. April 25—An official forecast of snow in Kansas, followed by a partial fulfillment of the prediction was the predominant influence in the wheat mar ket today. July closed with a loss of M.i'«c. Corn closed with a gain of %c.. and oats were %c higher. Provisions on the close showed but little change. Wheat— Open. High. Low. Close May . 78% 79% 78% 78% July . 81% 81% 81 % , 81% Sept. . 83 83% 83% 83% ^ Dec. . 85 85% 84% ' S4% Corn May . . July . . Sept. . . Oats— May . . July . . Sept. . . Mess Pork— May . .15.60 July Lard 487', 49% 49% 43% 41% 35% 49% 50% 44% 41% 35% 48% 49% 49% 43% 41% 35% 491. 49% 50 44% 41% 35% 15.62V* 15.57% 15.60 .15.87% 15.8?% 15.82% 15.85 May . . 8.55 8.57% 8.55 8.57% July . . 8.70 8.70 8.67% 8.70 Rent. . . 8.80 S.82% S.SO 8.82% Short Ribs May . Ts.so S.50 8:47% 8.50 July . . 8.65 8.67% 8.62^4 S.6 r » Sept. . . 8.75 8.77% 8.72% 8-77% DRY GOODS MARKET. NET* YORK. April ’ 25.—The dry goods market was steady and generally firm to day. Sales of some wide cloths of print cloth yarn construction were made at %e. a yard decline and contracts for late delivery are selling at concessions of 1c. a yard from spot sprices for the same goods. In the Jobbing houses an active trade Is being done in cotton goods, prin cipally wash goods for quick delivery. Raw silk is very firm and it is reported in this market that the spot supplies are exhausted. Duplicates of men’s wear lines are coming forward slowly. The local retail trade for the day was better than it has been for some time past, due to the improved weather conditions. COTTON SEED OIL. NEW YORK. April 23.—Cotton seed oil was quiet for spot, but firmer for futures following the advance -in cotton.. Prime crude in barrels f.o.b. mills 36a37; prime summer yellow 46; off summer yellow 32a33; good off summer wellow 41%a43'%; prime summer white 52a53; prime winter yellow 51a52. NAVAL STORES. WILMINGTON. April 25.—Spirits tur pentine. nothing doing; receipts 5 casks. Rosin, nothing doing; receipt? 68. Tar firm at $2.30: receipts 169. Crude tur pentine firm at $3.50, $4.90 and $5.25; re ceipts 5 barrels. CHARLESTON. April 25.—Turpentin and rosin, nothing doing. SAVANNAH. Ga.. April 25—-Turpentine firm at 65%; sales 571; receipts 630: ship ments 310. Rosin firm; sales 1.587: re ceipts- 1.186: shipments 200; stock 21.668. Quote: A. B. C. $4.35: D. $4.45; E. $4.50: F. $4.60: G. $4.65: H. $4.80: I. So.00: K. $5.35: M. $5.45; N. $3.50; W. G.. $5.55; ■“ W., $5.60. made on ..$1.30 .. 1.23 .. 1.20 .. 1.20 .. 1.25 .. 1.30 .. 63 .. 1.35 .. 1.23 1.25 1.13 1.10 unfly. but he maintains that they are ~_• « *u. 5 pc.. 1945 105 rrv fond of grasshoppers and arc deemed c$ P abcnrd I “ r - 'Tvn of as- by the Bureau of Biol- vleal Survey as nio?t useful of animal?. While they are not recommended far flat dwellers nor a? a dr'i-abi? acquisition to the average household Mr. Webster says they deserve | protection, rather than destruction bv the farmer, so save your skunks. intr' Kingsmill self in a ach lined to enter the joint debates on iantagonists either after the fashion of A MOUNTAIN VIG'L. Homer E Woodbridge. in McClure's. Tho birds are in the tree-tops. The firelight falls to gray, in/) the tents glenm white in' tl e pale starlight As I wait fo r thee and the day. Thou wilt come with the flush of tho morninc. Tho woods shall stir and wake. Ar. 1 -ho day-: tr rl? to green thine eye; And the thrush h<*r silence break. O. dark are *he hills. Thev arc dreaming And the tall pin- - -< do'-p. None watch but the of dawn nnd. t‘-< eep in the still stars and me. Fenbo.ird R- R.. 4 pe.. 1930.... 73 Seaboard R. R.. 5 pc.. 1911.... 97 Southwestern R. R. stock 113 Augusta & Savnr’-.oh stock..113 Crutral Ga. 75 R- ?to~k......1.254 : Atlanta .8- West Point 160 ; Atlanta & V\--t Point deben..l0S 1 Ga. Sou. & Fin., com 39 n a . Sou & FD. 1st nref...- 97 Ga. Ron. 8: FI?.. 3d pref 72 South rn R. R- pref 64 Southern Ry.. com 20 Local Stocks and Bonds. Macon Gas & Water Consuls.. 93 Macon Gas i Water 1st pref. 10.) 109 107 70 Macon Gas & Water 2d pref. Wesleyan Female College bonds. * and 7 p“r cent., price *twi-g to percentage and ma turity 103 M icon P.y. & Light, 3 pc 93 Macon P.y. -t Light, pref 97 Macon P.y. & Light, com 45 Hubbard Bros. &. Co.’s Cotton Letter. NEW YORK. April 25.—The cntton market has again shown considerable local activity with constant buying of May and selling of July deliveries at about a parity. The future of May prices being an unknown quantity . the dlsno?!- tlon to liquidate creaf°s the business which is confined to the trade Intcr-’st. Dursid.-rs deeljre *o rnt.--r r'-r- Generally the tendency is bullish, weather condition? are not quieting. Cold weather in the Panhandle section of Texs? 13 not reassuring and for the tlra= prle-s have an upward trend. But the public falls to Interest itself in the course of prices, trading being almost entirely pro fessional and clrcumscrib-d the necessity for replanting in some section.? overshad ows the largely increaged acreage. Crackers. (Corrected br TVinn-Johnson Co.) T3aroTia .«odn*. 5c. ■Rarona nicnaca. 7Uc. Barona cyster crackers. 64£c. N. 13. C. sodas. ?c. Glnrrer snaps CS. B. C.i 7o. Assorted cakes. 10c. Sugar cakes. 8c. Candy. Cream mixed candy In palls, 10a. Stick candy. In barr.ls, 6%c. Grain, Provisions. Groceries. These prices are at wholesale and not (Corrected by S. R. Jaausa & Tinsiey Co.) to consumers: CORN—Sacked white '. 70 Sacked mixed 63 Ear corn 70 Car lots, either sacked or bulk, made on application. ATS—White clipped 60 No. 2 white 59 No. 3 white 58 Special quotations car lots- HAY—Choice timothy No. 1 timothy No. 2 timothy No. 1 clover Timothy and clover hixed. Alfalfa hay Bedding straw BRAN—Pure wheat Mixed bran Jersey stoek feed Reliable feed Standard feed FLOUR—Private’Stoek. fancy past.. 5.25 Royal Owl, test pat 4.30 Top Notch, first patent 4.20 New Constitution. % patent. 3.60 Orange Blossom, straight.... 3.50 MEAT.,—Water ground Juliette 68 Other brands 67 MEATS—Dry salt ribs : 9% Extra half ribs 9% is.eft-lb. D. S. bellies 103>. Bulk plates 8% Smoked meat? a;r. over nbev* HAMS—Fancy sugar cured 16 Standard sugar cured 15% Picnic hams li LARD—Bure tierces Pure, in 80-lb. tubs 11 Pure, in 50-lb. tins ...11 Pure, in 60-lb. tubs iftt^ Purm in 10-ib. tins n% Pure, in 5-lh. tins 11% Pure, in 3-Ib. tins 11% The same additions for other ?l?e? a? named abn**?. SYRUP—Georgia cane fnew) S3 New Orleans 28 p-aek sirs*- 1$ SALT—ion lbs. White Gotten ?ek....3a la.I-tb Rnrlnp *Tiex«..........43 Special nrlces car lots. tmnnr'ed Rork Salt, lb 7% CHEESE—Full cream 17% Sr.eelai prices ear lots. GRISTS—Hvdnuts. in bbls $8.65 H’tdnuts. In 36-lb. sacks..... 1.70 SUGAR--Granulated, in hb's or sck. .5.05 New Orleans clarified 4% New York yellow.... 4% COFFER—Choice Rio 14 Prime Rfc 13 Medium Rio 12 Common 11 Arbuckle’s Roasted 1C.04 RICE—Choice head ^ Medium 6 VERDICTS AND DECREES GIVEN IN SEVERAL CASES YESTER DAY A goodly share of the attention of the Superior Court yesterday was di rected to divorce suits, and as a re sult the following verdicts and de crees were given: Hattie Howard vs. Tom Howard, desertion, second verdict and decree. John F. Harris vs. Annie May Har ris. cruel treatment, first verdict. E. D. Redding vs. Mary Redding, unfaithfulness, first verdict. J. M. McMichael vs. Mrs. Florence H. McMichael desertion, first verdict. Mrs. Ada Wilson vs. W. A. Wilson, unfaithfulness, second verdict. JURORS FOR THIRD WEEK The following traverse and tales jurors have been drawn for the third week of the April term of Bibb Sttpe- rlor Court. commencing Monday- morning: Traverse Jurors. J. E. Gilford. S. S. Halliburton. R. E. Morgan, Chas. C. Black Lee Wages, C. C. Wilder. J. S. Tabor, Geo. S. Snowden. H. C. Bond, W. C. Sego. J. B. Corbin. A. A. Johnson. H. J. Brown, H. G. Hollingsworth, J. A. Daly, Kelly P. Allen, J. W. Brooks, Jno. H. Gar field. G. R Rumble. Arthur E. Wil liams, Melton E. Johnson, T. D. Ous- ley. Jr., N. J. Ethridge, T. O. Sande- ford. T. J. Simmons. Morgan K. John son; Reb. Massenburg, Jno. C. Cal houn. F. E. Bruhl, Tbas. P. Bunkley. J. W. Mims, C. P. Long, W. R. Higgi- son, Wilson Edwards. J. B. Wilder. Jno. W. Blount. Tales Jurors. C. R. Petit, Melyauer Emerson. G. F. Ellis. W. L. Means. S. B. Merritt. J. W. Shinholser. A. S. Hatcher. C. D. Harrison J. Campbell Edwards, J. A. Jarrell, J. M. Pettigrew, and C. S. Cason. Chief Conner Has Instructions to Break up Loitering' on Streets. ” Liquors—Wholesale. (Cowecml by Weich?elbaum 6c Mack.) WHISKEY—Rye. Jl.m to $2.50; m r *i. $1.10 to $1.39; gin. $1.19 to $1.75: North Carolina corn. $1.10 to $1.59: Georgia cerr .'1.69. WINE —75c. to $3: high win's. $1.29. port and sherry. 75c. to $4; claret. $4 to $10 a rase; American champagne. $7.50 te tomorrow. ... . * INDISTINCT PEINT The overall plays a high part In this vagrancy question," said a polios officer yesterday, “because the aver age loafer wears them simply to make people believe they are-at work.” Now that the weather Is warming up and blackberries will soon be ready for the picking, the man who wouldn’t work i( he cquld is ready for loung ing and loafing on the streets. The police are determined that from this on the streets will not be used by tho loafing, idling class, and- the dens and dives must have legitimate patrons or none at all. The contractors for preparing tho ground for the erection of the big Central shops say that although they offer $1.50 per day, they find it the most difficult matter to secure suffi cient labor, and yet hundreds of negroes can be seen apparently loafing on the streets all the time. Chief Conner has taken up the mat ter in earnest. He will in no way dis turb the man who is working, or who may be disabled from working, but l' he is sound of body he must either ge to work, leave town or go on the gang here he will be made to work. Late Wednesday night a haul wat made through the city and '.hirty men nd women were locked up. These ere either loitering on the streets, or congregated about the eating houses some of them as late as after midnight. Yesterday morning the recorder dismissed fourteen of the cases, and Imposed fines amounting to from $2.50 to $18 on the others. In the lot were some who, while on the streets at a very late hour, were unknown to the police, and hence could not be classed as vagrants. That the ciiv must be rid of the Idlers, the following instructions were given to Chief Conner yesterday by the Mayor: “Following previous orders nn same subject, you will impress upon the lieutenants, and through them the members of the force, to arrest every loafing, idling person white or black, on the proper charge of loitering or vagrancy. "The officers have been on their re spective beats a sufficient length of time to become fully acquainted with the Individual members of the Idle and loafing class, and thus it is not neces sary always to make raids, which only serve to scatter the crowd for a short time. Let the officers make it their special duty to look after the men who are able to work but will not. The ■working man, white or black, should not be disturbed, lhe object of this order being to force the vagrant to go to work. There is plenty of work for all of them. "I appreciate j’our past efforts on this line, and am aware of the fact that you and your officers are some what discouraged by the dlfficulUes that often lie in the way of conviction in spite of knowledge that these men do not regularly work: but the fact remains that there are hundreds o_ men in Macon who do not do but few days of work in the year, and conse quently must live dishonestly. You will, therefore let the officers under stand that they are-not to wait for raids, but to constantly clear their re spective beats of all persons known to them as loafers and idlers, and to keep it up for all time, and not to weary of well doing."