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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¬ sold sent by a news agent to another nows agent or returned to the publish¬ ers; third, sample copies of newspa¬ 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.