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8 A TEXAS WONDER. Hn 1 I'm Great OUroverr. One email bottle of Hall’s Great Dls* CO very cures all kidney and bladder troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes, seminal emissions, weak and lame backs, rheumatism and all irregularities of the kidneys and bladder In both men and women, regulates bladder troubles In chil dren. If not sold by your druggist will be sent by mail on receipt of sl. One •mail bottle Is two months' treatment, and will cure any case above mentioned. Dr. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer, P. O. Box 629. St. Louis. Mo. Send for testi monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo mons C <\, Savannah. Ga. Head Thin. Covington. Ga.. July 23. 1898 This Is to certify that I have used Dr. Hall's Great Discovery for Rheumatism. Kidney and Bladder Troubles, and will say it is far superior to anything I have ever used for the above complaint. Very respectfully, H. I. HORTON. Ex-Marshal. IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. KEWS AND VIEWS OF THE DAY IN TWO STATES. fnncrnl of Col. Trammell—Mrs. IV.II. Young: of Augusta and Mr*. Georg** T. Harris of Vnron Dead—Tifton Cotton Hills Going I p—Key West Pioneer Dead—Weddings In Flor ida— Gambling Shops Raided at Tampa. Mrs. TV. B. Young, the wife of ex- Mayor W. B. Young of Augusta, died at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon in that city, after an ill ness of eight weeks. Besides her husband, she is survived by two young sons. Mrs. George T. Harris Dead. Mrs. George T. Harris died at the city hospital in Macon Sunday morning shortly nfter 10 o’clock. She was carried there a few' days ago on her arrival from Atlanta. The deceased was a noble Christian wo man, and her death is mourned by a large circle of friends. Col. Trammell's Funeral. The largest concourse of people ever Been at a funeral in Dalton escorted the body of Col. L. N. Trammell from the depot to the cemetery Sunday. The train arrived about noon, and the avenue lead ing to the depot and till adjacent lots and porches were filled with people and car riages. The line of carriages alone was over a mile long. Col. Trammell was dearly beloved in this section of the state, where he spent so much of his life, know ing almost every citizen of this and ad joining counties. Tlie Tifton Cotton Mills. Mr. S. M. Cunningham of Griffin, super intendent of construction for the Tifton cotton mills, arrived and at once com menced work, with a force of hands, dig ging out the foundation for the mills and constructing cottages for the operatives, and the work will he pushed as rapidly as material can be placed on the grounds. A meeting of the stockholders of the mills was held in the office of the Bank of Tif ton Wednesday morning, and after a short session they organized and elected the following officers: President. H. H. Tift. Vice President, S. M. Clyatt. Secretary-Treasurer and General Man ager. L. G. Manard. Board of Directors. H. H. Tift. L. S. Shepard, W. W. Banks, E. P. Bowen, S. M. Clyatt, Briggs Carson, L. G. Manard. FLORIDA. Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock Mr John E. Cavender of Macclenny, and Miss Mary Rebecca, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Brantonof Bayard, wore united in mar riage by Mr. A. 11. Wing. A Key Went Pioneer. Mr. John T. Barker, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Key West, died last Thursday, after a long illness. Mr. Barker was a Key West pioneer, having resided there for many years, and had held many offices of trust in the United States, stale and county depart ments. Boiler Exploded. The big cylinder boiler of the McQuag grist and rice mill at Eureka exploded last Saturday morning, tearing the fur nace. steam pipes and everything near it to pieces. It changed ends and fell twenty feet from its bed, burying one end in the ground. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt, as everyone was in the main building at the time of the ex plosion. Wale li -Weeks. A quiet Wedding took place Sunday at Green Cove Springs at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Weeks, at 11 o’clock a. m. The contract ing parties were Mr. Gerald C. Walch and Miss Mabel Weeks. The Rev. J. T. Butler, an Episcopalian minister, of Jacksonville, performed the ceremony, which was witnessed by the family and a few Intimate friends. The bridal party left oh the afternoon train for St. Augus tine. Itnlded Gamblers. The first gambling raids under the pres ent Tampa administration occurred Satur day evening. It watt reported that a place was running on Seventh avenue, and the police were ordered to go and stop it. This was done, and only six men were caught in the place. Another place was found, but no one was caught there, as they knew the officers were coming, and got out ot the way. They had evidently been well informed, but a little late, as there was every evidence left behind to show that somebody had heen gambling lienvi- ! ly. A large sum of money was left in sight. A CONTRAST WITH THJ. Him Hr,an, a “Dark Horse," Won Nomination by a Speech, From the Baltimore Sun. The near approach of the Democratic National Convention of 1900 calls attention to the marked contrast between the situ ation in reference to the presidential nom ination now and at the corresponding pe riod in 1896. The nomination of Bryan at Kansas City Is, and has been for weeks, a foregone con clusion. But it would have been a bold poetical prophet who. on the day before the Chicago Convention assembled four years ago, would have dnred to forecast the selection of Mr. Bryan lor the presi dency. . The convention met In the great Audi torium at Chicago July 7, 1896. The silver men were In a decided majority, but were by no means agreed on candidates. As It, was desired that the presidential nomlna nee should be a shining exponent of the silver Idea, a plurality of the delegates advocated the nomination of Richard Parka Bland—" Silver Dick" Bland of Mis souri—who had won n national reputation in Congress by championing fie coinage In the contesting delegation from Ne braska was a young man, who, during two terms in Congress, had become noted as on orator and as a careful, painstaking public servant. He had dropped out of Congress In 1899, and when the convention met was editor of the Omaha World-Her id. This young man was William Jen- flings Bryan, then 36 years old. The National Committee decided In fa vor of seating the gold delegation from Nebraska, but the convention reversed this and seated the silver delegation, headed by Mr. Bryan. On July 9 the platform, declaring for the free coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, was adopted by a vote of 628 to 301. The adoption of the plat form was preceded by a debate of mark ed brilliancy, in which David B. Hill, of New York, made fhe principal speech for the gold side. Bryan spoke for silver, and his speech won the nomination for president. It set the convention and the immense crowd in the galleries almost wild. The speech was delivered in masterly style and was full of rhetorical passages. Extracts from it which have been widely quoted are as follows * You shall not press down upon the brow orf labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. You come to us and tell us that the cities are in favor of the gold standord. I tell you that these great cities rest upon the broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms and vour cities will spring up again as if by magic. But destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in this country. We have petitioned hnd our petitions have been scorned. We have entreated and our petitions have been disregarded. They have mocked at our calamity. We beg no longer; we petition no more. We defy them. The story of the five ballots for the presidency may be told in the following table: Ballots. Candidates 12 3 4 5 William J. Bryan ..137 197 219 275 448 Richard IV Bland ..235 281 291 241 112 John R. McLean .. 54 53 54 46 46 Horace Hois 67 37 36 38 26 Claude Matthewu f. 37 34 34 35 31 J. C. S Blackburn. 82 41 28 27 1 Robert E. Pattison 97 100 96 97 95 Sylvester Pennoyer. 8 8 James E. Campbell. 1 William E. Russell. 2 Adlai Stevenson ... 6 10 S 8 8 Benj. R. Tillman.. 17 David B. Hill 11111 Hery M. Teller 8 8 Total vote cast 751 770 768 768 768 Absent and not vot ing 179 160 162 363 162 Number of dele gates in the con vention 930 930 920 930 930 Necessary to a choice 500% 513% 512 512 511% Before the result of the fifth ballot cou!*l be announced Mr. John R. McLean chang ed Ohio’s 46 votes to Bryan; then, ex Gov. Stone changed Missouri’s 34 votes, and other states following, the nomina tion was declared unanimous, amid much confusion and the greatest enthusiasm. On Saturday, July 11, Arthur Sewall of Maine was nominated for Vice President and the convention adjourned. 011 l FIRST FIRECRACKER. \ Fourth of July Poem by Joe Lin coln. Copyright, IfKW. by Joe Lincoln. O you boys grown gray and bearded, you that used ter chum with me In that lazy little village down beside the tumblin’ sea. When yer sniff the burnin’ powder, when yer see the banners fly. Don’t yer thoughts, like mine, go driftin’ back to Fourths long since gone by? And, amongst them days of gladness, ain’t there one that stands alone, When yer had yer fust firecrackers—jest one bunch, but all yer own? I Don’t yer ’member how* yer envied big ger chaps their fuss and noise. ’Cause yer ma had said that crackers wasn’t good fer little boys? Do yer member how yer teased her, morn and eve and noon and night. And how all the world yelled "Glory!” when at last she said yer might? Do yer ’member how yer bought ’em, weeks and weeks ahead of time. After savin' all yer pennies till they foot ed up a dime? Do yer ’member what they looked like? I can see ’em plain as plain, With a dragon on ihe package, grinnin’ through a fiery rain. Do yer ’member how yer fired ’em, Glow and careful, one by one? Don’t it seem like each was louder than he grandest sort of gun? Can't yer see the big red flashes, if yer only shut yer eyes, And jesi smell the burnin’ powder, sweet er’n breaths from paradise? O you boys, gray haired and bearded, O you youngsters grown ter men, We can't buy them kind of crackers now, nor never shall again! Fer the joys that used ter glitter through the fizz and puff and crash Has, ter most of us. been deadened by the grindin’ chink of cash. But I’d like ter ask yer fellers, how much of yer hoarded gold Would yer give if it could buy yer one glad Fourth like them of old? How much would yer spend ter gain it— that light-hearted, joyous glow, That come with yer fust firecrackers, when yer bought 'em long ago? —James A. Burden, chief owner of Ihe big Burden Iron Mills at Troy, N. Y., has for many years donated $1,500 to be distributed among the residents of the lower section of the city, wherein the iron mills are located. This sum has been yearly placed in the hands of the fore men in each of the departments of the iron mills, who disirlbute the money to the deserving people in their respective localities. This year Mr. Burden has sup plemented his generosity by giving an or der to supply Ice to all who are too poor to buy i this summer. 1 speaks lor Ml. 48) Courtland Ave., Atlanta. Ga , April 26th, 1900 Columbia Drug Company, Savannah, Ga.; Gentlemen—lt Rives me pleasure to heartily recommend "Infant-Friend Powder," and to give to you a singu lar Utile coincidence connected with it. During the Cotton States and Inter national Expos.tlon 1 was presented with a little box of this powder, and was eo pleased with It that I was ex eeedlng'.y anxious to get mote, but on looking at the box I found nothing but Savannah, Ga.. no olher address. I have often wished I knew where to get it. This morning's mall brought your circular with enclosed sample. I Immediately referred (o my box. and found it wue the "Infant-Friend Pow der." It 1* without doubt the best fknvder I have ever used. Respectfully, MRS. Wm KINO. For sale by all Druggist*. Manufactured by COLUMBIA DRUG COMPANY, Savannah, Ga. W. F. HAMILTON, Artesian We.l Contractor, OCAi-A, tXA. Am prepared to drill wella up to any depth We use first-class machinery, can do work on snort notice and guarantee satisfaction. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1900. 64 Pages of Solid Fads for Men, Free. Anew edition of Dr. J. New ' -■n-'v ton Hathaway’s ffe . £ famous hook, *.JsSk. r “.Manliness, Vig iV or. Health.” for Vjf which there has r been an enor motis demand, J&jLuWXV? x- and of which I>r. Lars Ran i -n, one of Chi ■ so’foremost rcialist* : iys: 1 - | v 1 * "A copy should ‘ be in the hands J.Newton Hathaway,MD. of every man, longest Established of e v ery woman any Specialist In the and every bay.” South. hts Just- been Issued. A copy of this little book wi'l te sent free, postpand. In plan wrapper to any one suffering from Boss of Manly Vigor, Varico elc, Stric ture, Specific Blood Poison,ng, Weak Back. Rheumatism, Kidney or Urinary Complaints, or any form of Chronic Disease. If he is a regular reader of this paper. Send name and adress and mention this paper. J. NEWTON IIATHAM’AY, M. I).. Hr. Hathaway & Cos., 25A Bryan street Savannah, Ga. Office hours: 9 to 12 m.. 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m. Sundays 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. JOHN GUTENBERG. THE FIVE 111 NDRIvOTII ANNIVER SARY OF HIS BIRTHDAY. Feature* of III* Remarkable Career. The llur\e.*t of Hi* Labor* Reaped by Other*. From the New York Post. London, June 10.—Towards the end of the month there will be celebrated at the Rhenish city of Mainz the Gooth anni versary of ilie birth of John Gutenberg. Festive doings, pilgrimages to spots with whic h he was intimately associated, pro cessions wherein will be represented many masters of early printing—there and other things are promised to those who, doubtless in numbers, will make their way Mainz-ward in a few weeks. During his- lifetime a prophet may have no honor iii his own country, but if his voice penetrate to other lands, soon or late its sound is caught up and swelled into a song of eager acclaim by his coun trymen, his fellow townsfolk. We will not here enter into the vexed question as to whether or not Mainz is the real birthplace of printing. On the one hand are those who incline to the opinion that the art was really discov ered by Laurens Janszoom, surnamed Coster, at Haarlem, about 1440, and that one Johannes, having robbed him of his types, tied to Mainz in 1441. there to o{>en a workshop. The onti-Costerians—and perhaps the main body of opinion has in recent years veered in this direction— maintain that a now familiar passage in ihe Cologne Chronicle of 1499 alludes in "the first prefigurement * * * invented in Holland” to block books and to moveable types. For our present pur poses we need take no heed of the con troversy. but assume that John Guten berg was in truth the Initiator of per haps the most potent change which the world has seen. Printing has been as the wind whereon the seeds of knowledge are carried to remote places; by means of printing the great Demos has been awakened ro a consciousness of life and of power. It has opened wide the doors of evil and of good. No wonder, then, that the citizens of Mainz are eager to do honor to the memory of the supj>osed father of the craft. John Gutenberg took hi? mother’s name instead of Iha I of Ids father, Fr'elo sum Gaunsfielsch. A patrician by li r !>, he ad hs kind were driven out of Mainz in 142 e. in ail probability, lie alnjost imme diately afteiwards settled at Strasbourg, abrut slxtv miles ands ant. Cn the teeall of iho*nobles to Mainz, he refinei to stir, ard hence l it pr. petty seems to have been c:nftscaled. Gut >til>erg, described as a h gh-spirll. and, thoughtful devout young man, seized the opp rtunity in 1434 to im prison at Strasbourg the town clerk of Mairz rar a debt c ue lo him ly the cor poration of his native city. The senti mental may find an explanation of this In the fact that by that time h- was af fianced to Emmeline zu Isern -Thure, and anxious to reaisrri bis claims 'to his pos srssicns. On the urgent representations of the .Mayor and Councillors of Stras bourg however, he r.leased the town clerk wi houl t ehieving his aim. Ills love affa rs antecetlent to his mar riage ate cl udej . n mys ery, but this is certain, that few stranger stoties could bo told. According to h.s champions, he remainrd ttue throughout to h s lianeee. Moreover, It was his late of h r alone that c£u ? ed him, a pcor man, to tefuse to make her his wife. But tho, lady had spir it. Unable to Voting him to hook, appar ently. by sof words or appeals to rea son. in 1437 she Slid him 1 efore the ec c'eslastiral courts for breech cf j romise of marriage. John Gutenberg had to sur rtnder the citadel, and the after happiness of the two appears to have bo< n complete. Some chrord brs, indeed, wou and have us h i eve lhat to Emmeline ttt.d i ot to John bclcius tlie honor cf having thought of movah e tyt es. Dull g his 1 ng sojourn at Strasbourg, Gutenberg, almost certainly, cairi. and on a series of experiments which IHi up to his final achievement. Perhaps It Is all a myth about his having excell ed as a lapdary, and having made a num ber of Improved looking-glasses f r which a large s ale was expected at the pil gr.mage to Aix-la-Chapell ■. The fabrica tion of mirro s was far more likely a mere eioak for the piiiting cf s.nculums, the I.atin word signifying the same thing. The art of printing, if in truth he had dis covered It as earU a- 143.. was at this time a secret process for multi dying man user ids, and nalitt.il y every precaution was tai en to guard tgtinst olscotery. At the end of the fourth decade of the fifteenth century Gutenberg associated himself with two artisans of Strasbourg, by name Andrew Dritzehen and Andrew Heilmnnn. Professedly these men were engaged as Splegelmacljprs, hut a legal document discovered in 17!D throws light on the subject. They had Jointly agreed that it one of the partners died in the course of*their researches his heirs would have the right to claim no more titan the amount Invtstrd in tite undertaking, and not partnership. As it chanced, Dritze hen did die. and despite Gutenberg's offer to carry out his agreement, he was sum moned before the Judge to show why he should not make place for the dead man's brother in the bu.-iness. The evidence of witnesses—which among oilier things l>ointed to the probability of Gutenberg withholding from his colleagues an inner secrei—indicates lhat experiments were directed towards the manufacture of me tallic' characters. A goldsmith, for in stance. said that he hail received more than a hundred florins for work apper taining to printing materials "des zu detn trueken gehoret." This Is one of the ear liest occurrences, by the way, of the word trueken, which corresponds lo typography. In the result Gutenberg was permitted to abide by the terms of the agreement. As with so many inventions, so with that of printing, the father of the craft, in stead of gaining ought in money or honor, was brotight down to penury, and had finally lo accept the posi of- Varied a-our tier at the court of Archbishop Adolphus, where there fell to li is lot every year one suit of livery. and a fixed allowance of corn and wine'. But to return to the se quence of event, Gutenberg retraced his steps to Mainz about the year 144't. By this time the Idea of publishing a Bible las supposed to have taken definite root in his mind. It may well be that he hoped to have It ready for the golden year of 1450. But this was not to be. Hampered , by his poverty, and *llll anxious to pre- serve hi secret, the fight must have been an uphill one. Like other inventors, tco, Guv iiin.l g was not par excellence a man o. affair . The hundred guilders lent to him by his kinsman Arno.d Gelthus melt rd wit hot tangible results, and then it was that h came Into contact with the astuie gold-mitii of .Mainz. John Fust. Swift to see the possibility of profit. Fust advanc ed 800 guilders on conditions that might well have given pause to a man absorbed than poor Gutenberg. Fust held a mortgage on oil printing materials to be purchased, so that almost at .Any moment he was in a position to foreclose and rob the inventor at once of his secret and all the tangible fruits of his labor. Nothing daunted, however, Gutenberg sei to work on the Bible, but before long he had to apply for a further loan of 800 guilders to Fust. Jn 1854 the •letter? of indulgence accorded by Pope Nicholas V. to the faithful who desired to aid in funds the King of Cyprus against the Turks were scattered widely throughout Christendom. Scribes all over Europe were busily making copies. At Mainz the dls• ribtitors found that an extraordi / ary number of copies* could be supplied on the shortest possible notice. This, in point of fact, marked the initial effort of which we have authentic record that came from the workshop of Gutenberg, and for these letters of indulgence the type of the Bible was in part used. It may be remarked in passing that the rapid production of these letters, and the ease with which they were sold at a rela tively small price, was laier fixed on by Luther as one of the matters calling for reform—and this is not surprising when we remember that the sheriffs of Paris requested the Pope to allow them to raise money in tins way for the recon struction of a bridge at the Hotel de Vil’.e. An early example—printed, if I mistake not, in 1454—is in Earl Spencer’s library at Althorp, while one dated 1455 may be. studied any day In the King’s library at •he Briiish Museum. It is now generally allowed that al though Guttenberg may have laid the foun dation stone of printing by means of move aide types, he did not single-handed pro duce the first groat monument of typog raphy. to which with a certain poetic jus tice his name still clings. Exactly when Peter Schoeffer was introduced into the Mainz workshop it is impossible to say; almost certainly subsequent to 1439. how ev. r, when he is said to have written and ornamented a MS. in Paris, of whose "most glorious university," according to a Strasbourg MS. from his hand, he had become a student. Gutenberg, the cares of life lying heavily upon him, pressed on the one hand by Fust, anxious on the oth er et all hazards to fulfil his dream, must have seen with alarm the growing favor of Schoeffer with the clear-headed gold* smith. Fust by this time doubtless real ized that a momentous discovery had been made, anti that the best chance of Ids profiting thereby was to keep Gutenberg supplied with money until such time as Schoeffer—to whom he had given Ids granddaughter in marriage—had acquired an intimate knowledge of the mechanical aspect of the subject. To what extent, if any Schoeffer should be credited with de signing the type of the Bible must re main a mystery. That he, the skilled scribe, did design some of the most beau tiful type that has ever been used, every person of taste can assure himself by study of the Psalters issued in 1457 end 1459, and the beautiful Bible In Latin of 1462. On Nov. 6, 1455, before the actual issue of the great Bible—now widely known as die Mazarin Bible, because De Bure first discovered a copy in the library of Cardi nal Mazarin—Fust instituted a process against Gutenberg for the reJoverey of the 2.020 gold florins advanced by him, and the interest secured thereon, at the rate of 6 per cent. Having token the deposi tions of tne parties, the judges sentenced Gutenberg to pay what was owing, and this, of course, he was unable to do. In lieu of money he was compelled to cede Fust all the moulds types, presses, and utensils, which practically meant his un doing. Within the next few' months the first copies of the Mazarin Bible were allowed to go forth. The vicar of St. Ste phen m Mainz records that he himself linished the binding and illuminating of the first volume on St. Bartholomew’s day (the 13th of June), 1456, and the second oi* the 15th of August. If only because of the many hardships he suffered, of his years of earnest effort against adverse cir i iimsinnct s, one feels disposed to give full , redii for it to John Gutenberg, the decay el nobleman, rather than to Peter Schoef fer, who in any case came relatively late, on the scenes, and whose own triumphs suffice to ald lustre to his name. Soon afur the success of Fust’s action, Guten berg retired to a little house outside Mainz, where, by the aid of foreign help, he attempted to carry on his w'ork. And he did actually issue one or two books. Not the least pathetic glimpse of the end of his days is given by himself in the colo phon of a book to whfch—doubtless after seeing tHo finer type by this time being used in the productions of Schoeffer—he did not dare to add his name. To the honor of his relative, Arnold Gelthus, from whom he had borrowed money, probably never ri paid, it may be said that it was he who s**t up a sculptured monument near the place of John Gutenberg’s grave. It is well known that the Mazarin Bible is one of the mest eagerly sought after to ks by collectors. The last copy sold was that of the lab- Rev. William Makel lar of Edinburgh, which, by reason of de fects having come to light since the Sys tem Park and sper-al in 1884, was sold with all faults, making £2,950. against £3.900 for me,ly ja and for it, while the 1 ite Earl of Achbuinham’s line copy, printed on vel um. a-aln fold, not subject to re urn, realiz'd; £4,600, in the summer of 1897. In our Biiti-h museum is a magnificent as s mblage of early printed books, arranged in chronological order, of profound inter- est. The official programme for the Mainz celebration includes, 1 understand, an his torical procession, and on the last day a visit by steamer to Bingen and Eltvllle, v. hen the banks of the river will be 11 um inated on the return Journey. A perma nent Gutenberg museum is, too, to be started, the Mainz Town Council and the government of Hesse-Darmstadt each having contributed 25,000 marks towards It. A Jolly Funeral. From Household Words. An Itnllan doctor, named Louis Cor tusio, who died In the last century, left tome curious instructions as to the man n< r of hi* burial. The gentleman, by hts will, forbade his relations to weep at his funeral on pain of being disinherited; and appointed him or her who should laugh the longest and loudest the principal heir and legatee. Not a stitch of black was to he displayed, either in the house in which he should die or in the church in which he ehoud be hurled—they were ltoth to be trewn with flowers and green boughs on the day of his funeral. Instead of the lolling of bells, lovely music was to nc ■ ir.pany bis body to the church, and fifty minstrels were to march with the e ergy sounding their flutes, tromlones, and trumpets. The bier was to be carried twelve marriageable girls, clothed in nin ,to each of whom the testator be queathed a sum of money for her dowry. Lastly, no one In the procession was to wear black. All these orders were abso lutely carried into effect. —Vice Consul Murphy Informs the State Department that W. F. Reldl, a chemist, has recently exhibited in London a sub stitute for india-rubber and gutta-percha made of cellulose mixed with castor oil. The name given to the product is "vev . rll." It resembles Para rubber and Is hatter than rubber because It does not, like rubber, injure copper wire coated with It. To apply It It Is softened with a solvent which will evaporate. Linseed oil has been used In piace of castor oil In producing vevril, hut 14 does not do so well. The ingenuity of chemists will doubtless provide us ultimately with effi cient artificial insulating Substances for coating telegraph and telephone wires and cables, • 1 SPIRITS MARKET UNCHANGED. FACTOHS Dili SOT CARE TO SELL AT 4314 CEITS. Rathfr Than Let Go ot Thl* Price The, Preferred to Apply Receipt* to Contract*—Rosin* Firm and I n ehanged-Salr* Reported 5 Cent* Above Quotation* \fter the Clos ing—Cotton Steady and Unchang ed—Local and Telegraphic Mark et*. Morning News Office. July 3.—There were no changes ot Importance in the lo cal markets to-day, which were rather quiet in anticipation of the holiday. Spir its turpentine opened and closed firm at 43V* and 4384 cents, but the disposition of buyers not to pay over the inside price restricted business for the reason that factors preferred lo apply their receipts to contracts rather than sell at the in side. The rosin market closed firm and unchanged. It was said that sales of all grades were made after the closing on a basis of a cents above quotations. Both the Board of Trade and the Cotton Ex change will be closed Wednesday in ob servance of the legal holiday. The cotton market closed steady and un changed. There was less activity In the New York futures market to-day than there has been for several days past. The market closed higher, the advance being from 10 to 16 points above Tuesday’s clos ing, yet the volume of business was report ed to be small. It is reported the English spinner is taking a serious view' of all bullish crop reports because of the fact that his reluctance to believe' these fore casts last year cost him a great deal. The wholesale markets remained steady and unchanged. The following resume of the different markets will show the tone and quotations at the closing to-day: COTTON. The cotton market closed steady and unchanged to-day, with reported transac tions of 230 bales. The futures market showed some strength, advancing 10 and 16 points, but the effect w’as not generally reflected In the spot markets. The crop reports which are now being received are of a bullish tone, though it may be some little time yet before the actual re sults of the rains are known. The day's receipts were 749 bales. The following were the official spot quo tations at the close of the market et the Cotton Exchange to-day: | This | Last | day. | year. Good middling |9>4 ;6V4 Middling *—9 5-lsisi Low middling .*... |8 15-16,4", Good ordinary [B% |4Vi Market, steady; sales, 230. Savananh Receipts. Exports and Stocks— Receipts this day 749 Receipts this day year before last. 145 Receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 1,063.733 Receipts this day year before 1a5t..1,063,738 Same lime last year 1,078,444 Exports, coastwise 20) Stock on hand this day 15,545 Same day last year 19.303 Receipts and Stocks at the Ports— Receipts this day 2,455 This day last year 1,626 This day year before last 3,164 Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 ....6,377,732 Same time last year 8,240,517 Same time year before last 8,574.598 Stock at the ports to-day 156,035 Stock same day last year 496.806 Dally Movements at Other Porte. Galveston—Quiet; middling, 9%c; net re ceipts, 27; gross receipts, 27; stock. 8,844. New Orleans—Steady; middling. 10c; net receipts, 762; gross receipts, 762; sales, 400; stock, 61,860. Mobile—Nominal; middling. 944 c; net re ceipts, 107; gross receipts, 107; stock, 5,151. Charleston—Nominal; stock, 3,992. ■Wilmington—Nothing doing; stock, 1,752. Norfolk—Steady; middling, 904 c; net re ceipts, 317; gross receipts, 317; sales, 52; stock, 6,519. Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 9V4c; net receipts, 496; gross receipts, 793; stock, 4,- 222. New York—Quiet; middling, 915-16 c; gross receipts, 701; sales, 1,781; stock, 40,759 Boston—Quiet; middling, 9%c; gross re ceipts, 158. Philadelphia—Firm; middling, 10 3-16 c; stock, 938. Daily Movements ot Interior Towns. Augusta—Steady; middling. 9>4c; net re ceipts. 2; gross receipts. 2; stock, 4,014. Memphis—Firm; middling, 9%c; net re ceipts. 10; gross receipts, 10; sales, 800; stock, 25,034. St. Louis—Quiet; middling, 914 c; gross receipts, 443; sales, 673; stock, 33,655. 'Cincinnati—Quiet; middling, 9V4c; net re ceipts. 134; gross receipts. 134; stock, 9,179. Houstbn—Firm; middling, 9>Ac; net re ceipts, 20; gross receipts, 20; sales, 5; stock 8,547. Louisville— Middling, firm; net receipts •tic. Exports of Cotton This Day. Galveston—Coastwise, 52. New Orleans—France, 3,800; coastwise, 204. Savannah—Coastwise, 200. Charleston—Coastwise, 50. Baltimore—Coastwise. 800. New York—To Great Britain, 1,011; con tinent, 421. Boston—To Great Britain, 880. Total foreign exports from all ports this •lay—To Great Britain, 1.891; to France, 3,800; to the continent, 421. Total foreign exports from all ports thus far this week—To Great Britain, 3,- 473; to France, 3,800; to the continent, 4,- 881. Total foreign exports since Sept. 1. 1899- To Great Britain, 2,200.288; to France, 692,- 826; to the continent, 2,638,024. COTTON FITCHES. The Market Steady at Advance of JO 010 Points. New York. July 3.—While to-day’s cot ton market was higher, the volume of business was moderate and the general character of the trading was unsatisfac tory, being specially lacking in the ele ment of public Interest. Officially the market opened steady, with prices four to nine points higher. Subsequently transactions raised the level of prices still higher. At the strongest interval the net gain on yesterday's closing fig ures was a matter of 11018 ’points. The demand came chiefly from local sources, with buying to cover short contract* the feature of the day’s business. The strong cables were to some extent offset by a disposition to fear that the English cot ton trade was predisposed to take alarm and magnify the damage to the growing crop In Mississippi and other sections of the cotton crop belt, through late ex cessive rains. It was argued that the foreigners has been so badly punished for their disregard of last year's crop dam age reports that they were unduly in timidated by the present conflicting ac counts; and that for this reason the ad vance of 3-34 In spot prices and >403-64 in futures In Liverpool was probably more than the situation Justified. On this reasoning there was some selling here for a reaction, especially as general outside speculative Interest was not a factor. The weekly weather report, though bullish, wag hardly os much *0 as late somewhat sensational reports from pri vate sources had led the trade to expect. The official statement therefore, fell rather flat and left the market to finish In a quiet, featureless fashion, steady In tone, with the net advance for the day reduced ten to sixteen points. fltiv i'ork, July 3.—Cotton futurta open ed steady at the advance, and closed steady. Prices as follows: | Open.| High.{ Low. | Clos. January |~8.15~f8.24 r8.12~f 8.23 February | 8.14 b j 8.22 | 8.22 j 8.23 March | 8.18 | 8.27 | 8.18 | 8.27 April | .... | .... | .... I 8-29 May ....j 8.32 | 8.34 | 8.32 | 8.33 June I .... j .... | .... | '...• July I 9.72 b j 9.75 9.68 9.73 August | 9.39 | 9.45 j 9.34 j 9.44 September ...| 8.69 | 8.80 | 8.67 j 8.78 October j 8.35 j 8.47 | 8.34 j 8.44 November ...| 8.16 b | 8.26 | 8.14 | 8.25 December ....j 8.15 j 8.24 | 8.12 | 8.23 "Liverpool, July 3.—Cotton, spot, fair de mand; prices higher; American middling fair, G3-!6d; good middling, 5 29-32d; mid dling, s%d; low middling, sr4<L5 r 4<L good ordi nary, 5' 2 d,ordinary, S3-l€d. The sales of the day were 10,000 bales, of which 500 were for speculation and ex port, and included 8,900 American. Re ceipts, 6,000, including 5.6C0 American. Futures opened quiet and closed steady. American middling, low middling clause, July, 5.35d sellers' July-August, 5.31d sellers; August-Septc-mber, o.lStSo 12d sellers; Septembcr-October, 4.600 sellers; October-November, 4.43$ 4.4 Id buyers; No vember-Deeember, 4.36<fi4.37d buyers; De cember-January, 4.33@4.34d selleis; Janu ary-Februarv, 4.31d buyers; February- March, 4.29d value; March-April, 4.29d sellers. New Orleans, July 3.—Cotton futures closed steady. luly .. (asked) 10.08 | January 8.0758.C8 August ... 9.84ft9.85 | •’ebruary ..5.07@8.08 September 8.89@8.90 IMarch 8.095t5.1l October 8.275)8.28 ] April B.llfftß.J3 November 8.075)8.08 |May 8.185)8.15 December. 8.075)8.08 | '~ '*- HESTEH’S STATEMENT. The Cotton Movement for Jnne I,ess Tlinn Last Yeor. New Orleans, July 3.—Secretary Hester's monthly statement, issued to-day, shows the monthly movement for June to have been 127,185, against 176,285 last year, ar.d 151,519 year before last. The movement from the first of Sep tember to June 30 showed receipts at all United States ports, 6,564,820, against 8,- 376,643 last year; net overland movement by railroads across Hie Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivet 5,1,127,233. against 1,260.- 151; Southern mill takings, exclusive of consumption at Southern outports, 1.316,- 383, against 1,194,783, and interior stocks show a decrease under those held at the commencement of the season of 121,590, against an excess of 172,478 last year. The total amount of the crop brought into sight during the ten months ending June 30, 8,883.843, against 11,094,055 last year, and 11,023.336 ydar before lOst. Foreign exports for the first ten monlhs of the season have been 5,680,336 bales, a decrease under last season of 1,364,712. Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty nine leading Southern interior markets at the close of June were 270,029, against 792,- 972 same date last year. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales of the current crop brought into sight during the ten months the supply to date has been 9,505,744, Against 11,271,621 last year. COTTON LETTERS. New York, July 3.—Hubbard Bros. & Cos. say: Liverpool paid little attention to the decline here last evening, the lower prices on the distant positions being hut temporary and closing higher. Our mar ket continues to fluctuate widely, showing a small interest and no settled conviction on the part of the trade. Foreign orders on the opening were both lo sell and buy large quantities of the distant positions. The buying predominated and absorbed the offerings, causing a substantial rally from yesterday's depression. Weather c< n ditlons over the cotton belt.are more fa vorable which caused the poor weekly government repori to have no effe t upon the market. Local traders have devoted ihe morning to closing their open ac counts before to-morrow's holiday. New York, July 3.—Murphy & Cos. say: Liverpool was higher and belter than ex pected this morning. Liverpool has sent buying orders for July and August deliv eries, hence new crops have sympathized. This has caused some shorts to cover, pending the holiday to-morrow, not wish ing to take the chance of something hap pening while our market is closed. The South is doing very little. Weather is im proving and if it continues favorable for about one tveek. we expect a sagging mar ket. The weather will govern both Liv erpool and this market for new crop months. dry noons. New York, July' 3.—Slight improvement in home demand for brown cottons report ed in soane quarters, but general business continues slew. The tone *f the market without change. Fall River mills are considering proposal ro shut down four weeks out of next two months. Print cloths continue inactive and only limited demand for prints. Woolen goods market Inactive and unchanged. Market will be closed to-morrow, XAVAL STORES. Tuesday. July 3. SPIRITS TURPENTINE.—The market for turpentine o|x>ned firm to-daiy at 4;j4 and 4354 cents, with sales of 301 casks, and closed unchanged without further trans actions. Buyers were not inclined lo pay more than 43'Ac, it was said, and factors preferred to apply their stuff to contracts rather than part with It at this price. For preceding a holiday the day was rather quiet. The receipts were 2,010, sales 301, and the exports 225. ROSINS.—It was stated that after the closing to-day rosins sold 5 cents above quotations for all grades. The opening was firm and unchanged, and the closing unchanged. The reported transactions for the day were 1,074 barrels at the opening. The day’s receipts were 3,947, sales 1,074] and the exports 3,570. The following were the quotations: A, B, C $1 20 I 55 D 1 20 K 1 65 E 1 25 M 1 80 F 130 N 2 15 G.... 1 35 W G o 30 H 1 45 W W 2 50 Spirits. Rosin. Central Railroad 159 ,351 S., F. & W. Ry. * 1,390 2,186 F. C. & P. Ry 135 470 Georgia and Alabama Ry. 201 594 Steamer Cook 71 145 Naval Stores Statement— Spirits. Rosin. Stock on hand April 1 2.197 142,506 Receipts to-day 2.016 3]oi7 Received previously 112,926 216,571 Total 117.139 363,024 Shipments to-doy 225 3,570 Shipments since April 1 95,108 238,199 Total since April 1 95,393 241,769 Stock on hand to day 21,746 121,255 Same day last year 12,388 111,332 Charleston, July 3—Spirits turpentine market firnj at 42c; sales, none. Rosin firm and unchanged; sales, none. Wilmington, July 3.—Spirits turpentine seady. 4254043 c; receipts. 208. Rosin firm, $1.10@1.15; recelpls, 260. Crude turpentine quiet, $1.6002.60; re ceipts, 53. Tar quiet, $1,40; receipts, 26. FINANCI %L. MONEY—The demand keeps fairly up with the supply. FOREIGN EXCHANGE-Market is weak. The commercial demand $4 85U sixty days, s4.B3<i; ninety davs, sl.s2U francs. Paria and Havre, sixty da'ys,’ 5.20; Swiss, sixty days, 5.24 H; mark* sixty days. 94 3-16; nlneiy days 9344 c DOMESTIC EXCHANGE - Steady banks are buying at par and selling as follows: Amount to and including $lO U cents; SSO to $25. 15 cents; $25 to SSO 20 cents; $56 to SIOO, 25 cents; S2OO to cm Va premium; SS)O to SI,OOO. .65 premium' SI,OOO and over buying at 1-16 discoun. and selling at 1-16 premium. ' 1 SECURITIES—The market is faM . steady, hut dull and Inactive. Quotafma inclined to be nominal. ns Stock*. Bid. Augusta and Savannah R. R ijq Atlanta & Wtst Point 125 do 6 i>. c. certifs 195 jjL Augusta S5 q Citizens Bank 128 Chatham Bank 109 Chatham R. E. & I. Cos., A do do B 55 * Eagle & Phoenix Mfe. Col 104 - Edison Electric Ilium 104 Enterprise Mfg. Cos qoi jm Germania Bank 129 439 Georgia & Alabama 27 29 Georgia Railroad, common 210 ?11 Graniteville Mfg. Cos jgj J. P. King Mfg. Cos 105 Langley Mfg. Cos 125 Merchants National Bank no ijj National Bank of Savannah 147 m Oglethorpe Savings & Trus no m People's Savings & Loan 100 io> Southwestern Railroad Cos no ni Savannah Gaslight Cos 24' 2 o-,■./ Southern Bank 157 Savannah Bank & Trust ng pj Sibley Mfg. Cos., Augusta gg <;> Savannah Brewing 9g 1^ Honda. Bid. ,Ak Char., Col. & Aug. Ist os, 1900 107 iog Atlanta city', 4%5, 1922 110 111 Augusta city, 4s, 1927 104 10,5 do 4’-s, 1925 110 in do 7s, 1903 106 108 do 6s, 1913 117 118 Ala. Mid. ss, ind’d, 1628, M. & N. 99 101 Augusta Factory, 6 per cent., 1915.109 no Brunswick & Western 4s, 1938 80 S2 C. R. R. & Banking, collateral ss. 91 9414 C. of G. Ist ss, 50-year gold. 1915. F. & A 117 ng C. of Ga. con ss, 1945, LM. & N.. 91 911/ C. of Ga. Ist incomes, 1945 41 42 do 2nd incomes, 1945 l\y a 12 do 3d incomes, 1915 5 g C. of G. (M. G. & A. Dlv.) ss, 1947, J. & J 96 97 C. of G. (Eatonton Branch), 5s 1926, J. & I); 97 3$ City & Surburban R. R. Ist 75..109)4 ItOU Columbus city', 0 . 1909 IC6 107 Charleston city. 4s. 1945 101 102 Eagle & Phenix Mills 6s, 1928... 10S 109 Edison Electric Illuminating 65.104 105 Enterprise Mfg. 6s, 1903 ~ 101 102 Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910 114 ns'i G. S. & F„ 1945. J. & J 109 no Georgia & Alabama ltji ss, 1945....104 106 do consolidated ss, 1915 95 95 Georgia Stale 3>is, 1930, J. & J.. 105 mo do 3%5, 1915, M. & do 45.5, 1915 ng 119 Macon city' 6s, 1910, J. & J H 7 llg do 4>£s, 1020. Jan. quar 107 109 Ocean Steamship ss, 1926 105 K 6 Savannah city, ss, quar., July, 10:3 112 113 do ss, quar., August, 1909 111% n South Cnroiina State 4>/is, 1933...117 ni Sibley- Mfg. Cos. ss, 1903 102 103 South Bound 5s 95 9- S., F. & W. gen. mt’ge 6s, 1934..123 124 do do Ist ss, gold. 1934 llOVj lpu do (St. Johns Div.) Ist 4s. 1934.. 94 New Y'ork, July- 31—Money on call east per cent.; lost loan at 15* cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3%@4V. per cent. Sterling exchange firm and eav at close, whh actual business In bankers’ bdls at $4,861* for demand, and at $4 84 llays : posted rates, $4.85 and commercial bills. $4.83’ 7 *<g4.83t 2 ; ba silver. 61**c; silver certificate*. 61i£g62 3 *c Mexican dollars, 4SHc. Government bonds strong; state bonds inactive; railroad bonds easier. STOCKS AXD lIOXDS. Attempt to Continue Advance Tern pornrily Successful, New ork, July 3.—There was an oh vious effort this morning to continue the manipulated advance in prices which was set on foot yesterday by professional traders. The attempt met with consider able success for a time, assisted as it was by special influences affecting one or two individual stocks. There was an active revival of olds and neglected rumors concerning dividend prospects of a number of railroads, which ave been pursuing: a downward eourM lor some time on account of the genera! supposition lhat surplus railroad earn ings would be conserved for future needs, rather than distributed as increased dividends. Prominent in this class were Baltimore and Ohio, and Missouri Pa cific, which was advanced about a point ot over by an active bidding up process during the morning. There Was a con tinuance of the recent unexplained de mand for tlie Reading and New Jersey Central stocks, the latter rising at one time two points. Sugar rose with an ap pearance of strength, but relapsed on re alizing with the announcement of a fur ther rise in the price of the product. Brooklyn Transit derived some benefit from yesterday's verdict in the trial for conspiracy lo discredit the securities of the company. The early depression from London, where the growing seriousness of the problem in China had Its effect, seemed to lie totally ignored in this market and had no influence in checking the opening advance. Not so with the influence of tite wheat market, which again demon strated its dominating power on stocks. \5 hen prices of wheat were seen to ad vance railroad stocks turned dowuiward# and found no effective support for the rest of the day. The general level of prices fell below last night In the late dealings, but there were some stocks W'hich retained small net gains, though much diminished fiom those ot the high level of prices. Although the advance w r as checked, the gains which were se cured in yesterday’s movement were not very largely encroached upon. The market during the latter part of the day was dull and almost at stagnation and t here was no disposition lo put out fresh contracts on the eve of the holi day, Rock Island was added to the list of railroads whose operating expenses for May have more than wiped out the in crease in their gross earnings. The money market was very dull and not quotahiy changed, but the diffusion of interest and dividend payments has evidently commenced. The sub-’treasury had a debit balance at the clearing house to-day of nearly $2,000,000 and the day s excess of expenditures over receipts of the public revenues at Washington amounted to $2,372,189. These figures re flect the payment of interest on govern ment bonds. On tlie other hand New York exchange nt Chicago fell from 20 cents premium to pur and there was deposited at tha sub-treasury here $200,000 for payment at other points. The interior demand for currency is thns seen to be growing The bond market moved in sympathy with stocks, advancing in the early deal ings, but yielding somewhat with th* reaction In stocks. Total sales, r'f value. $940,000. U. S. old fours and new fours advanced 54 and the threes and fives 54 In the bid price. To-day's stock sales were 208.500 shares. Including the following; Atchison. Atchison, preferred, 17,680; Baltimore and Ohio, 7.880; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, 10.410; Missouri Pncific. 11 Northern Pacific, 10.2C0; Reading, first P r<> " ferred. 24,850; St. Patti, 12.120; Brooklyn Transit, 13,415; Sugar, 17.330. New York Stock List. Atchison 23's Union Par JJ * do pref 7V5' do pref ‘ Bait. & Ohio .. 72m,|Wnbash '* Can. Tac 89 i do pref * Can. Sou 4*Vi'W. & L. E ’ ’ C. A- 0 25Vj| do pref Chi. Gt. W to’VWlse. £ Chi.. B. & Q. ..1244,|Thlrd Avenue --'™ Chi., I. & L 20V.ilAdams Ex do pref 60 lAmericon Chi. & E. I. .. 95 jUnited States *• •