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OCILU DISPATCH.
(HIM,A, GEORGIA.
UMYIK CODBfW IT.M.iSHi.Hi CO.,
t*i oprielors.
Professor Nathorst, of Stockholm,
lets offered a large reward for Amlree.
That appears to be an inexpensive way
to get one’s*name in die papers.
Mr. Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
is a business man, and may succeed
in showing that while it is scarcely
possible to ruu a duke with profit, It
is possible to conduct one at a mini¬
mum of loss.
The idea of a ship canal between
Southampton and Loudon is a bold
one. from a financial as well as en¬
gineering standpoint. As is the ease
with most big things at the present
day, there Is an American in it.
Speaking of agricultural values
there was a time when oats were sold
lit Brazil for their weight iu gold.
Even at that price the investment
proved to he a valuable one. for the
grain was bought for planting pur¬
poses.
The Latln-Ameriean congress, which
recently met nt Madrid, by a unani¬
mous vote decided that all differences
should be peaceably settled, rather
than resort to arms. Probably Spain
gave them the benefit of her expe¬
rience.
Ciyilization makes great progress.
Now the potato is being produced on a
stem, as though it were a fruit. This
would somewhat surprise the ancient
Inca Indians, from whom tee first po¬
tato plants were obtained by Raleigh
for cultivation on European soil.'
in the Chinese theatre at Shanghai
I lie aliied Powers are symbolically rep¬
resented by a soldier with aii enor¬
mous mouth, who does nothing but.
talk until his career is cut short by
decapitation. Aristophanic comedy
seems to flourish in China, aud the
Chinese are evidently not devoid of
the sense of humor.
An eud-of-the-oentury Ananias the
other day put: in print a pleasing tale
to the effect that he has been feeding
the hens in his New Jersey poultry
yard on a sort of asbestos diet, and
that the faithful creatures are uow
laying fireproof eggs.* Tho author of
narrative will hereafter call in
vain upon his incombustible fowls to
help him. ✓
The successful tiro of Niagara Falls
as a generator of electrical powers on
an extended scale set the pace in Ibe
matter of utilizing water courses in
• lhat line, and many successful ex¬
periments have been made in other
sections of the United States, as well
as iu Europe, and led to the invest¬
ment of vast amounts in water power
plants. The time may come when,
through the power of water aud elec¬
tricity, coal can be reserved for cook¬
ing aud heating purposes alone.
IVople who believe that electric*
light is hurtful to their eyes may lie
reassured. The medical faculty of
the University of Heidelberg, it is an
nounced, have made a very interesting
report upon the effect of incandescent
ligtiis, gas or electric, on the eyes,
After having carefully considered all
arguments for and against the conelu
slim is that the incandescent lights
are not harmful, and, further, that,
electric lights are especially to be
recommended for public halls and
placcs of entertainment, because they
do not consume oxygen.
Germany apparently has not that
success with her African colonies that
was expected by the friends of a col
onial policy. West Africa is a barren
country which mn only be prosperous
by irrigation. East Africa, though
rich, is suffering under a mismanage¬
ment which has driven all trade to
British Zanzibar. In both east and
west the natives are revolting without
the Germans being able to suppress
the disturbances or to establish per¬
manently their authority. Cruelties
such as never were permitted agajnst
tho Indiana in the early days of Ameri¬
can history are the order of the day.
(If late ttw conditions, especially iu
West Africa, seem to have taken a
very "serious turn. Attempts were made
to enlist British subjects from the
neighboring cultmies for the German
colonial guard, )mt (lie Britons do not
seem to lm willing to do Germany’s
Woodwork. As ;i result: a considerable
number of u-oops will be sent, from
the fatherland in the revolting colon
ies. ;
THEESPENDOLA
By NtHTRuorite Stabler.
u T OM RANDOLPH is such a
charming fellow'.” Every
girl who knew him nu,l
G every girl's mamma lifted
up her heart and joined in the univers¬
al chorus. He was the sort of mail
women love to love. His patrimony
was sufficiently to make him thorough¬
ly worth while, his mental depth was
beyond nobody's fathoming, and even
tho men who were inclined to leave
him alone admitted, perforce, that he
was a good enough fellow. He could
do so many useful things, too—wield a
chafing dish or banjo,* lead a german
or sail a boat—all with equal grace
and skill.
But the measure of his popularity
was the measure of the plunder hr,
accumulated from year to year. His
apartments might have rivaled a pub¬
lic exhibition In point of bis collection
of photographs. There were girls of
all sorts and conditions of beauty and
style; blonde girls and brunette girls,
stately girls and kittenish girls, tall
girls and petite girls, and girls in wery
variation of habiliment from a bash¬
ing suit to mourning -weeds, varying
in size from tiny miniatures, gently
hinting they might be enshrined in the
watcli-ease, to the large iridium panels
that lined liis walls In tiers. And the
sofa cushions that filled every nook
would have made the fortune of a
charity bazar. After noting the fact
that about every third girl who gave
him her picture was industrious
enough or cared enough to make h'un
a cushion, Randolph, at a rough esti¬
mate, had fixed the number at twenty
bight and two-thirds cushions. Every
holiday season a new pile was started,
and as each girl perfumed her gift
with her favorite sachet, nothing but
the most powerful disinfectant could
mitigate the combined odors of the
twenty-eight and two-third sachet
powders. Such it is to be acclaimed
“a charming fellow.”
But Randolph was not ungrateful;
in return he loved them all collective¬
ly. His only trouble was that he could
not deduce his ideals from the eom
posite three-times-twenty-eight-and
.two-thirds to the individual. But Mrs.
T. Courtney Randolph was to be a
flawless creature who combined every
grace of mind and body, and much
time was spent in a diligent search for
“that not impossible che.” The search,
indeed, threatened to rival the hobby
be had ridden, or, rather, that had rid
den him at a break-neck pace all his
life. lie had been a victim of every
collecting fad people with long pockets
and short wits are heir to. But he
was shrewd in his judgment ,and his
insight had brought him not a few
treasures from unsuspected sources.
The furniture he had gathered about
him evoked associations of the First
Empire, early Colonial, old Dutch, and
French Renaissance. Once he had sot
his heart on a piece of bric-a-brac he
could brook no barrier. But uow, for
the first time, Randolph was baffled,
and by a woman at that.
Down in Monterey, in a crumbling
old abode house that might once have
been the home of some haughty hida’
go, but which now bore only the pitiful
traces of its early pretentions, lie dis¬
covered a great treasure—a line old
Spanish chest of most unique design.
The old abode house hart been burned
out on the inside, leaving the walls
blackened and charred; the floor was
the bare ground baked almost into
cement from generations of use; the
window-panes were broken and hoard¬
ed over to keep out the rain. In such
a rickety little hole stood this regal old
chest, that might have held the court
robes of Queen Isabella. Almost black
with tho lapse of centuries, large
enough for a whole family’s wardrobe,
tho massive brass trappings tarnished
by the touch of hands long ago crum¬
bled to dust, its every aspect breathed
an atmosphere of romance and tradl
tion.
The manner of its discovery was the
merest chance. While taking a short
cut from the bay back to the hotel,
Randolph had stopped at a house that
looked a little less dirty than its neigh
bors, to ask for a urink of water. While
the old senora had gone to bring it, tie
espied through a crack in the door this
marvel of the metal-worker’s art. The
chest, which stood several inches from
the floor, supported by lion’s daws,
was of cedar or mahogany, as nearly
as ho could tell through its coating of
dust - Tlle edges were held by heavy
carved brass arabesques, and In¬
wrought on every lock and hinge was
the crown and shield of Spain, the
proof of its royal lineage.
When the woman returned with the
cool water, she found the stranger
seated on an up-uirned whale vertebra
before the chest, pulling at the brass
rings, and wondering at its excellent
preservation. Dropping the glass and
shrieking “Rosa, Rosa!” she ran to
give the alarm to her daughter that
there was a burglar in the house, it
was several minutes before Randolph
could allay their suspicions sufficient¬
ly to ask them if they would sell tim¬
eliest.
“How much?” he asked the older
woman, thinking she would probably
he glad to dispose of it for a song.
But for answer the mother turned to
the daughter, who had followed at her
elbow, repeating*-iii indignant tones,
“Cuanto?” Aud the daughter, sur¬
veying the stranger with horrified
eyes, echoed “Cuanto?”
“Yes,” answered Randolph, thinking
M
they had not understood what ho
meant; “how much would yon take for
this chest? Twenty dollars?"
“Velnte pesos!” almost screamed tho
woman, turning to her daughter.
"Yeihte pesos!” echoed the daughter
again, without taking her scornful
g'ance from the stranger's face.
“Yes, yes; twenty dollars!” repeated
Randolph, not the least disconcerted;
“would you take twenty dollars for
this chest? It Is very much out of
style, you know, but I might find a use
for it.”
The woman stood back a pace and
surveyed him with an expression that,
made even Randolph begin to feel a
trifle 111 nt case. The daughter lined
herself up beside lief mother and,tried
to echo the look, but her glance was
tempered with an admiration she could
not conceal.
As neither women seemed disposed
to break the silence, Randolph . con¬
tinued: “Well, say twenty-five dollars;
that’s a big price for such an old
fashioned thing, but I might give It.”
The old woman broke into a tirade
-sf broken Spanish.
“Veiute y cinco pesos for the chest
of li\r soul; Nunca!” The glory was
gone \rom her house and she was poor,
yes, nod she needed the money, but
this chest had belonged to her family
when Jhey had held their heads high
in Spain. Her father had brought it
over here with him and paid almost
half his shriveled fortune to get It here
—he would not have come without it.
When she had married it had been
given to her, and when Rosa was mar¬
ried it would go to her for a dowry,
and so on down the Hue of Espendolas
as it had come. And every good Es
pendola would guard it with his life
if need be. “Veiute y cico pesos! Be¬
gone Insolente!”
At last, exhausted by her outbreak
of anger and calling her daughter to
follow her, slie ordered him again to
leave the bouse, still muttering to her¬
self; “Velnte y cico pesos, Diantre!”
Rosa followed reluctantly, but not
until she had bidden the handsome
stranger a gracious good-by and
watched him through a chunk in the
boarded window until the old state
house hid him from sight. The moth¬
er's rage did not cool with the disap¬
pearance of the intruder, and if her
ire lmd not been so all-absorbing she
would have noted that her daughter
did not echo her mood as usual.
After supper the girl moved the ver¬
tebra tenderly, and begin to furbish
the chest with a new-born love and re¬
spect She polished the curved wood
surface until she saw her own reflec¬
tion in It; she dusted and rubbt^l away
at the carvings till the crown and
shield stood out boldly, and lastly with
"patent polish” she burnished the
heavy trappings, which if she had only
known it was a desecration.
Another day Randolph made his way
to the abode house of the Espendolas,
telling himself too much was at stake
to be deterred by an old woman and
silly girl. This time he was more for¬
tunate; the madre was away from
home, and the soft-eyed Ilosa had lost
her first indignation at his offer of
twenty dollars. She explained that
her mother had often been besought
by visitors to sell the chest; there had
been some artist people and some writ¬
er people who had come to Monterey
and had given her no peace about it;
but no one, she assured him, could get
it. It was to be hers. He was wel¬
come to come again to see It if it gave
him so much pleasure, especially on
Wednesdays when she would be alone;
but he must not anger her mother
again by asking her to sell it.
The transformation' wrought by
Rosa’s cleaning was such a revelation
(bat Randolph was even more enam¬
ored by the second sight of it. He
would have embraced it, grappled it
to his soul, could he have done so. He
saw It in fancy in his own apartments
in a tapestried corner where the dusky
tones of the mahogany and brass carv¬
ings would suggest a nook in the Al¬
hambra.
That evening Randolph related his
adventure to Miss Smythe-Browne as
they strolled down by the tennis
courts. Miss Smythe-Browne was very
sympathetic with his mood for slie ap¬
preciated his fondness for collecting.
In the moonlight she was very beauti¬
ful and Randolph was beginning to
wonder if, after all, she was not about
as near what Mrs. T. Courtney Ran¬
dolph should be as any one he could
find. With what a queenly grace she
would preside over his cushioned
home. But the idea of his apartments
without this chest was now impossi
ble.
Again and again he went to look at
it. The little girl was always there,
and now there were two vertebrae be¬
fore the chest, so che could sit beside
him and chat, while • he looked and
coveted her one possession. They
might have gotten almost any sum
from him now. However, all his an¬
tagonism was aroused by the obstin¬
ate indifference of these two simple,
ignorant women; he was not to be baf¬
fled. He vowed he would have it at
any cost.
“A stubborn woman," he mused,
“can not be driven, and, unfortunately,
can not, like her prototype, be beaten.
But •'verybody has some cloud in his
sky,” »:e went on, philosophically, as
he started off one day 'toward the
beach, recalling the woeful tale his
boatman had told him of an
senorlta anti an unrelenting mother.
"Why don’t you elope with the
Diego?" he naked his gloomy
when they were well out from
shore.
“Oh, the senor does not know
mother,” he answered. “She's
peluquera at the big hotel, and-”
“ Ye», but I do know her, then, to
my sorrow,” Interrupted Randolph,
laughing, for a sudden gleam of hope
had leaped Into his mind nt the dis¬
covery of their common cause. “Cheer
up,” he continued, “n woman Is very
much like oue of these fish, Diego, she
can always be caught if only you have
the right halt.” And he smiled a su¬
perior smile at the things Diego did
not know about women. Then lie fell
to wondering liow be might , , , manage
to help Diego make his fortune fsui
ficlent to marry the girl and get the
chest out of the old woman’s hands.
Before he had reached the shore
again, he had evolved a scheme. He
would piny the good angel. Diego, be
argued, if he married Rosa, would be
too shrewd to let the sentiment about
an heirloom stand between liinl and
tile jingling double eagles, and, as lie
was not an American, he would have
no other idea than of being Caesar in
Ids own household. However, he real
tzed that Diego must not suspect an
ulterior object in his Interest.
Rosa was very much surprised and
only half-pleased when, the next time
she saw Randolph, his whole eonver
sation was about Diego’s many vir
tues. “And Diego is getting so pros
perous, too. He is now half-owner of
a brand-new fishing-smack,” he ex
plained, wisely concealing the fact
that he himself was the other owner.
He even arranged a day, during the
absence of the peluquera, when the
three of them should take a sail as
far as Lover’s Point.
Everything went off exactly as it
had been ordered, and Randolph’s
complacency knew no bounds. It was
very comfortable to be so good; it was
also very sweet to watch the happy
lovers in the prow, for Diego's suit
had prospered under the influence of
the beautiful new boat. Randolph's
mind reverted to Miss Smythe-Browne,
feeling that after all “there’s nothing
half so sweet in life as love’s young
dream.” To be sure, he had not seen
her quite so frequently the past few
days, but when the business in hand
was satisfactorily settled, he would
follow\)iego's example, and make him
self the happiest of men. If he had
looked to leeward just then, he might
have seen the object of his reverie in
a passing yacht, shifting her parasol
before her astonished, resentful eyes,
although she was bound to admit the
little Spanish girl was very pretty.
When, later, Randolph asked Miss
Smythe-Browne to go out with him
to try the new boat, she sent him
word that she was indisposed aad
could not think of going. But Ran¬
dolph's serenity was not disturbed.
“How she will rejoice with me when
the chest is really mine,” he thought.
“It is such a satisfaction that she has
a fondness for these things, too.” And
he lapsed into his chronic eomplacen
cy.
The role of good angel suited him
admirably, and he wondered why he
had never essayed to play it before.
He accepted Diego’s gratitude mag¬
nanimously, adding: “Never mind, my
good fellow, the wheel spins ’round.
I may be asking a favor of you some
day."
And Diego’s prompt, “Anything, any¬
thing, senor, within my poor powers
you may command,” made Randolph
feel that virtue really ought to be its
own reward.
A week after the wedding, at which
he had been guest of honor, toast-mas¬
ter, and animating spirit, *Randolph,
after assuring Diego of his purely dis¬
interested friendship and appreciation
of Ills many excellent qualities, made
him sole owner of the fishing-smack.
The poor fellow wept tears of joy on
his gorgeous wedding waistcoat, reit¬
erating the hope that he might some
day be able to* prove his gratitude.
Realizing there is no time like the pres¬
ent, Randolph put his protestations
to the test.
“By the way, Diego, there is a little
thing I might get you to do for me,”
he said. He was thinking, while he
spoke, what a rich adventure this
would be to tell Miss Smythe-Browne,
and how she would congratulate him
upon his shrewdness. He had missed
her greatly these last few days, and
the flowers he had sent her had been
promptly returned to him; but he was
too busy then to find out whose blun¬
der It was, for blunder he did not
doubt it had been.
Diego’s honest face beamed with
good nature; he was anxious to be of.
whatever service he might to his bene¬
factor.
“There is a sort of box your wife has
—an old-fashioned chest, you know.
Would you care to sell It to me?"
“Oh, certainly, senor—the old chest
her mother gave her? I would make
you a present of it, if you-”
“Oh, really, Diego,” interrupted Ran¬
dolph, unable to conceal his ecstasy—
“really, now, you must let me pay you
what you think It is worth.”
“But,” Diego continued, “the senor
does not understand. I would be glad
to make you a present of it, if I bail
known you wanted it—but it is soldi”
“What?” eried Randolph—“what are
you saying, man?”
“Yes,” answered Diego, at a loss to
understand Randolph’s sudden ex¬
citement, “I sold it to Miss Smythe
Browne yesterday, and she has gone.”
“Gone?” Randolph ' repented, still
more dumbfounded; “when?”
“She left this morning on the early
train.”—San Francisco Argonaut
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
Brief Summary of Interesting
Happenings Culled at Random.
Pardon Applications Keftmnri.
Fourteen applications for executive
clemency, all of which had been acted
on adversely by the pardon 'board,
were formally refused by Governor
Candler in on order issued Saturday
afternoon. The applicants were near¬
ly all felony convicts in the peuitenti
ary from various counties, while only
j a few of them were in for misdemean¬
or offenses.
On a number of applications on which
the action of the pardon board was fa
V ofable, Governor Candler took no
PC ti on> reserving his decision for mora
consideration
So far no formal application for the
1 don of Dolly Pritchett has been
par
ma d 0 before the prison commission,
Solicitor Thomas Hutchinson, of tho
Blue Ridge circuit, the prosecuting
officer who convicted the wayward
mountain girl, made the statement re
eently to an officer of the prison com
mission that no one would go farther
to secure a pardon for Dolly Pritchett
j when the time came than he.
• * *
JVIistrbil In Baker Case.
After having been out exaotly 100
hours, the jury in the James L. Baker
insanity case at Atlanta was dispersed
by order of court late Saturday after
noon, a mistrial having been declared,
Judge Candler ascertained that there
seemed absolutely no hope of a verdict
and that the twelve men were irrevoca¬
bly tied up.
He held a conference with Baker’s
counsel, and it was decided that if no
verdict was made by 6 o’clock a mis
trial would be declared,
During the five days that the jury
was tied up eignt of the jurors were in
favor of declaring Baker sane, while
tlie four other members were equally
positive that the wife murderer is now
jnsaue. Every ballot taken in the
jury room stood four for insanity and
eight against,
* * *
Costly Factory For Washington.
For some months a party of gentle
meu of ability, success aud means
have had control of the Anthony
shoals property, near Washington,
w bich has a 5,000 horse power, The
teinls b y winch they secured control
oi property specify that the power
> s to be developed speedily in the in
te / est ° Washington The budding
of a . ddlar cotton fact «y now
Beems tull y assluecU
Salary of Charlton County Teaoliori.
The board of education of Charlton
county has fixed the salary of school
teachers—first grade license, $35 per
month; second grade, $25, and third
grade, $15.
W ♦ *
Governor IIur Courtmartinl Papers*
Colonel George M. Napier, judge
advocate general, and judge advocate
iu the recent courtmartial which tried
Captain E. E. Aldred, of tho Atlanta
Zouaves; Lieutenant G. I. S. Watt
and Sergeant P. IJ. Huff, of the Atlanta
Grays, has transmitted the records in
these cases through General J. W.
Robertson, adjutant general, to Gov¬
ernor Candler for review and action
upon the findings.
The action of tho court will not be
made known until the governor has
reviewed che records and approved or
disapproved the sentences fixed by the
court.
The total cost to the state of this
court, including the services of sten¬
ographers aud everything, was $257.75,
making it, aousidering the amount of
work done, one of the cheapest courts
martial in the history of tho militia of
Georgia.
Debtor May JEiijoy Ilomestead.
The circuit court of appeals at Now
Orleans has decided that a debtor may
enjoy his homestead aud even though
he may have waived it. Tho case in¬
volving the question has boon before
the court of appeals for a year. It
went up from tho United States court
at , ,, Macon, Judge T i a Speer deciding . ... that ... a
waiver (vould’hold good. The supremo
court pf tho United States will now be
resorted resorted to to. Judge Tudoe Newman Newman, of ot the the
northern circnit, decided a similar
question some time ago in accordance
with the opinion just rendered by the
court of appeals. mu~ Tho n. Georgia stat
utes provide than a man may waive all
bat $300 of his $1,600 homestead.
Wilson Released From Jail.
G. C. Wilson, postmaster of Mill
edgeville, accused of tampering with
the funds of tho government in that
office, was released from jail at Macon
upon bond in the sum of $800. His
bondsmen were his Milledgevilie
friends. Wilson has returned to his
home. His case will be heard by the
commissioner later on.
Georgia Will Share In ReiiefUn.
A Washington dispatch says: In the
house Mr. Pearse, of North Carolina,
introduced a bill empowering tho sec¬
retary of agriculture to purchase land
suitable to the purpose of n national
reserve in the Appalachian
mountains within tho states of Vir¬
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Ixeorgia, Alabama and Tennessee, not
to exceed iu extent 2,000,000 acres.
Five million dollars is appropriated for
the purpose.
* * •
Many Bonds Changing Hands.
A good many Georgia bonds are
changing bauds, while many coupon
bonds are being exchanged for regis¬
tered bonds. A day or two ago Secre¬
tary of State Phil Cook registered $24,
000 of state bonds, coupon bonds
having been exchanged for the regu¬
lar class. There were in the lot four
$1,000 and four $5,000 4$ per oent
Georgia bonds due in 1915. Similar
transactions have been made from time
to time withiD the last few weeks.
Georgia bonds* undoubtedly oonstituto
a most desirable security.
Home Tn»*teeft to Meet on 24th.
Definite action in the matter of
opening tho Soldiers’ Home for the
reception of Georgia’s veterans who
desire to enter will be taken Thursday,
January 24th, as it is on that date that
the first meeting of the board of trust¬
ees appointed by Governor Candler
| will be held,
Colonel W. L. Calhoun, one of the
members ot the board, has, by request
of Governor Candler, called a meeting
for that date, and each member has
signified his intention of being pres¬
ent.
At the close of thiB meeting it will
be known definitely what date will be
selected for the opening of the homo.
The bids for the repairing and re*
painting of the institution will be let
and a time named in which they shall
be completed. In this manner tho
board will be able to name a dato for
the opening.
In addition to the election of a chair¬
man of the boaid of trustees there will
be an election of a superintendent of
the home and also of a matron.
For these two positions numerous
applications have been received, but
the positions have been promised to
no one yet. *
The superintendent will be a veteran
of ability. An old soldier will be
chosen because of the fact that he will
be heartily in sympathy with the in¬
mates, being one of their comrades.
The selection of a matron will be given
due consideration, as this is an import¬
ant position for wjiich it will be neces¬
sary to select a person who will see
th it the old soldiers receive every caro
and attention.
The furnishing of the homo will not
be as costly as was at first supposed.
This is because of the offers of many
military combanies and Confederate
camps throughout the state to furnish
a room. The bids for the furnishing
will also be let at tho meeting to bo
held on January 24th.
Fire Destroys Historic Church.
Historic old Wesley chapel,’ a Meth¬
odist church four miles east of Lexing¬
ton, was burned to the ground last
Friday. A defective flue caused the
conflagration. Mrs. Dorough, the
school teacher, and pupils escaped.
The building had weatheiedthe storms
of over half a century. This was one
of the most extensively known coun
Iry churches in the state.
EXCLUDED IS REPORT.
Po«tal Commission Wants Rook*, Unsold
Papers and Sample Newspaper* Barred,
The postal commission of the house
and senate, which has been investigat¬
ing postal matters for the last two
years, made its report Monday. The
oommission unanimously reports in
favor of excluding from second-class
matter mail rate, first, books, bound
or unbound; seoond, newspapers un¬
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pers above a certain small fixed pro¬
portion of the circulation.
DAILEY A CATTLE TRADER.
Texas CongreHHnian Make* Ready to Sup¬
ply Cuba With Beef.
Congressman Bailey, cf Texas, is
organizing a syndicate to largely con¬
trol the cattle trade in Cuba. It is
stated reliably by those interested m
the plan that the recent visit of the
Texas statesman to Havana was for
that purpose, and that he has already
secured an option on. some of the
leading cattle dealing firms on the
island. The shipments from Florida
and gulf ports, including Galveston,
at this time is about 100,0Q0 head a
week. ,
A'JL.YXTA MARKETS, j
CORRECTED WEEKLY.— 3
Groceries.
t Itonsted , . . coffee, _ Dutch Java $17.60. Gold „ ,.i
S )tar, $16.50. Arbuckle $12.30. Lion $11.30
per luo ti> cases. Green coffee, choice
U@i;j^c; fair granulated. prime New 9>-j(ffil»%c. fork 6c;
standard
New Orleans granulated 6e. Syrup, ]
New Orleans open kettle 25<©40e -j
Mixed, choice, 20 is 28c. South Geoi
cane syrup, 36@33 cents, oait. da ry
sacks $1.30@$ j 1.40;do-bbls.bulk $2.50: 10os
* 3 00 . lce ream ^ 1-25 . common i.0®70.
cheese, full cream 13 ® 13% cents J
Matches, 65s 45%@E5c; 200s $1.50®1.75: SOOsI
$2.75. Soda, boxes 6c. Crackers, soda 6% el J
cream ; gingir3aaps 6%e. Oysters,I Canny
common stick 0%e\ fancy 10aU4e. I
F. W. $2.10@#2.00; L. VV. $1.20.
Flour, Grain and Meal.
Flour.all wheat, first patent, $4.90; second
patent, $4.60; straight, $4.00; extra fancy
43.8C, fancy, $3.65; extra family, $3.35.
Corn, white, D8c: mixed, 57e. Oats, white
330) mixed 36c j Texas rustproof 40.;. ] ye;
Ga., $l;Western tOe. Ilay, No. 1 tlmotny
large bales, $1.10; No. 1 small bales, 95c
No. 2, 90c. Meal, plain, 57c; bolted meal 52cJ
Bran, Stock meal, small sacks $1.10 $1.00. Shorts hundred $1.10]
per one
pounds. Cotton $7.09 seed meal $1.15 Uriiu per $3.0(1 lOy
pounds; hulls per ton.
nor bbl; $1.50 per bag.
• Country Produce.
Eggs 17c dozen. Butter, dull sail
Funey Jersey. 16@17e, choice 13 5)14. Livi
poultry, dull sale; hens 20®22)ijc; !0 @ 22H”; friei
3t@14; Ducks, puddle. Peking 2i
®30e. Dressed reccitps light, hens pel
pound 8® 10c; fries 12!^®13c; broilers 13rc
14c; ducks 12% (a) 13c; cocks 7c. Turkey;
10c. Game—Babbits, each, 9 @ 10
squirrels 7 @ 8c-,- birds 10c; o’possun
35®40. lri.su potatoes, northern stock
90® 95e per bushel. Mweet potatoes f.0@80o
Honey, strained 6@7;in comb 8 wl 0 •. Union:
$1.20 @ $1.25 per bushel. Cabbage
green, 3fa3>£; peaches, 1% ® 2c. peeled, Dried 10 ® fruit, 12!^c, upplej
un
peeled 4 ® Ec. prunes 6 ® 7; Californi
peeled peaches J4@lo.
Provisions. lib]
Clear sido rih% boxed 8:; half
rib bellies 8%(a)9; n’e-eured Lardl beJ
ms 10-. -Uisrnr-cureu uams 10j<i@13.
leaf t.%, best 9.
Colton, *
-Market closed steady; middling 9%o.