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VOL. 111.
A SUMMER SONG.
To the friendly summer breeze
Nod the branches of the trees ;
Feathered singers all day long
Carol forth a joyous song ;
Bees and butterflies so gay
To the flowers their visits "pay ;
Nature* in "her sweetest voice,
Seems to bid us all rejoice.
God is good.
Round the margin of the lake
Endless flights the swallows take,
And from many a neighboring bush
Sing the robin and the thrush.
In the fields the ripening grain
Bids us to give thanks again ;
Ear and oyo filled with delight
Teach us in each sound and sight—
God is good.
—Walter Barber, in the Independent.
' THE OUTCASTS,
■ NARROW strip
of mingled beach
and dune, un
evenly broken
by sparse veg
etation and the
decaying frame
of a deserted
building juts
southward from
j mer the spectacle
’ fIiWWTOfIM is forbidding;
and when a Jan
uary northeaster piles the waves of the
Atlantic in slanting ranks against the
beach, in the closing hours and half
lights of a cloud-walled afternoon, the
sight is inexpressibly evintry and bleak
and depressing.
On that raw January afternoon the
folk of the life saving station were
snugly within doors, as a man shabbily
and insufficiently dressed shuffled down
the wind-swept Hill, passing the east
ermost hotel, crossed a sandy drive
way, skulked under the lee of a row of
weather beaten bathhouses, and struck
hastily southward down the little nar
row strip or cape. As the full sweep
of the wind borne in from the'open
Atlantic caught him he shivered weakly
and wrapped more tightly about his
neck the ends of a soiled colored hand
kerchief. Our American word “tramp”
best describes his appearance. Gaunt,
unshaven, ragged, disreputable, slink
ing, he showed the main indicasiona of
having fallen behind In the march of
our civilization. His shiftless and
dirty aspect had for years at once in
spired the aversion and excited the hos
tility of honest citizens.
Such as he was, the vagrant pro
ceeded with a feeble insistence along
the dune with a furitive air, as if even
in that unoccupied place he suspected
the presence of those who would warn
him off the premises. Soon he sham
bled down from the dry sand of the
low ridge to the shingle on its inner
or western boundary. As he descend
ed the sun began to pierce the sombre
cloud wall which had cast a lifeless
gloom over the afternoon. The thin
ning bands of aerial vapor presently
broke in several places; the crumbling
edges melted into shreds and draperies
of gold, lemon and canary, and as the
sun’s rays gained wider domination the
yellow tones deepened into crimson
and light purple. Remnants of the wall
drifted away as islands of gray floating
in spaces of crimson and lemon. Rays
straying down upon the water tipped
the surf with a warm glow and flecked
the further brine with gleaming jewels
cf light. Other rays falling upon the
sands lighted them with a frostly bril
liance ; ahead, in the middle distance,
they softened the decaying rafters of
the old building, which had previously
stood out bleak and gray against a
wintry sky.
For some minutes tlie creature stum
bled clumsily forward. Then he sat
down upon a timber half buried in the
sand, and resting an elbow on a knee
and his chin on a hand gazed fixedly
westward out over the water. As he
sat a band of yellow light traveled
down the hill and along the cape, ere
long reaching the ragged creature and
bathing him in its cheerful glory, and
playing upon a face which misforture,
hardship and degredation had not been
able to rob entirely of the traces of
gentle breeding, or to deprive alto
gether of the ennobling influence of a
generous though weak nature—one
which in other times and other places
might have brought to its possessor
good citizenship, worldly prosperity
and peace of mind; or perhaps might
have fallen before sudden trial.
Daylight wa3 now rapidly paling.
As the vagrant reached the worn
threshold twilight was closing in, and
as he swept earth and air and water
with a blurred and lengthened gaze
the upper rim of the sun sank behind
the uplands of Westerly. Just as he
passed into the shadowy hallway an
other human outcast showed upon the
crest of the hill and p. moment later
began to descend toward the little
cape.
The interior of the building was
even more dismal than the desolate ex
terior. Sand had drifted in piles
against the wainscoting. Scraps of
dry seaweed fluttered across the
warped floors. Through crevices in
walls the wintry winds complained at
times thrilly, more commonly monot
onously. Broken sashes rattled. Oc
casionally a lintel or a jamb groaned
fantastically. Once a brick fell down
the draughty chimney. The house
might have seemed to be the forgot
ten monument of a life long since
dead.
Entering the nearest room the tramp
knelt before a hearth, and producing
a knife from his pocket mechanically
and absently whittled into shavings
and splinters four or five small sticks
which had laiu, half covered, iu a pilo
of ashes on the fireplace. Apparently
rousing himself from a reverie he rose,
searched the room and returned with
a few scraps of paper, a handful of dry
seaweed and some worm-eaten boards.
These combustibles he heaped together
on the hearth and fenced in a row of
clam shells. Then he lighted a match
and soon was warming himself at a
brisk fire. A few minutes later he felt
in an inner pocket and took' out a
small package wrapped in a piece of
newspaper. Then ho looked steadily
at the heart of the fire and abandoned
himself to reverie.
Hark! That sound did not come
from the sea, nor from the wind, nor
from the walls, nor from the fire. It
came from outside the outer door—
and now from the hall. It was the
uncertain footstejis of a human being.
And there, now within the radiance of
the firelight, was the face of the woman
whose treachery had isolated him from
ambition and faith in human kind, and
had led, later, to his exclusion from
companionship with self respecting
men. Here, even in this solitude, his
past had come to him.
“Cora!” he gasped in feeble amaze
ment, mingled with impotent wrath.
His memory traveled back four years
until he saw, as in a dream, this woman
and himself lovers, young, fortunate.
In his discrept mind he recalled the
July evenings when they had strolled
together in the moonlight on the same
beach. In a broken way he thought
of the afternoon, when she had scorn
fully tossed back to him his ring, not
a stone’s throw from this wretched
building. Bewildered, crushed, he had
since drifted whither his weak nature
carried him, and had not from that
day seen her ; had seldom heard of her.
“Cora!” he called again, and more
thinly; and then he found himself sob
bing in her arms.
The woman smoothed and soothed
him as she might a child. Presently
she put back ber straggling hair from
her sunken cheeks and said:
“How.was it, Frank, that von
“I was tired of everything—every
thing,” was the reply. “I thought
that I would come bock here to die. ”
‘ ‘Poor old boy ! Poor Frank! So
you wished to end it, too. ”
The two mused for a time, staring
motionlessly at the fire, each pursuing
the track of a wasted life. After some
minutes the man said:
“I had thought yon rich, beautiful,
courted and—and married, dear. I
had thought of yon as a proud and
happy wife, with rosy children, per
haps, at your knee—a child yourself of
fortune and health. I had thought
you the brilliant and petted favorite
of yonr oldtime circle. You know,
dear, how I idolized you in those days,
and bow I surrounded you with the
glory of youth, beauty and gayety.
But you threw me away and broke my
heart—or what I called my heart, for
my nature was too weak to have a
manly heart. I never was worthy of
you, Cora.”
“Poor old Frank! you put the blame
on yourself, when it was all my fault,
wicked, wicked girl that I was,” the
woman wailed in a monotonons minor
as forceless as her companion’s words.
“I was dazzled by bis attentions and
gave you back your ring when you
showed jealously. And I have had
nothing but misery since the end of
that summer. ”
The fire was burning lower. A chill
was creeping into the room. The sec
ond wanderer rose, shut the door to
the room, and asked:
“You haven’t a drop.of something
warm about you, have you, Frank?”
“Yes,” was the response, as the man
produced a glass flask. “Take it all.”
“I’ll save half for you.”
“Oh, I’ve something else.”
The man pointed to the package,
tied up in newspaper, which he had
laid upon the floor after lighting the
fire. The other at once saw his mean
ing and said:
“Share it with me, my poor, poor
boy. There surely is enough there for
two.”
“If you wish it, Cora.”
“When the last board in the fire
falls we will each take half of the pow
der. There is no place in the world
for either of us. Our families wish us
dead. We have no money, no true
friends, no protection—not even hope.
And we have done it all ourselves.”
* * * * * *
Five minutes later the board fell.
As the man was extending his hand to
grasp the package, the woman bound
ed to her feet.
“Wait,” she cried, in a voice ting
ling with healthful excitement. “This
is all foolishness —worse, crime. Cir
cumstances and I are responsible for
yonr suffering, but you alone, you,
yourself, would be responsible if yon
committed the unpardonable crime.
If you swillowed that poison, Frank,
you commit the weakest act of your
life. Go to the life-saving station for
the night, get work to-morrow and
forget the wicked girl who started you
on your downward path, but who now
starts you on yonr retrieval. ”
TRENTON, GA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 18,1893.
“It is too late.”
“What nonsense. Ton are scarcely
twenty-six. You still have your lifq
before you. Think wbat hope thorq
is in that. Think how solemn self
destruction is. Think, Frank. You
now have the knowledge tlxat I did not
marry him, that I have always loved
you, you alone. That must be some
poor consolation to you. Take that
with you—or, better, forget me—go
back to the world, earn enough to
carry you to some Westkrn town, and
buildup your future in some wonderful
Dakota or Montana place. Marry,
Frank, and with bright children to
bless you, your life will yet be all that
even I could wish for you. Go,
Frank.”
She was now endeavoring to push
him toward the door. But the vagrant
thrust her back as he asked:
“And leave you here?”
“Yes,” was the reply. “Yes, Frank,
for I must go out of your life forever,
to start you on your new life. Go
now. Gp to the station for the night.
I ruined your life, but now let me
bless it. ”
The man caught at her last words.
“Yes, Cora,” he cried; “you can
bless it. I will go on one condition. ”
“On one condition ?”
“That you go with me.”
“That Igo with you?” Then as
she more' fully understood, she said,
sadly: “That is not to be. I would
give my life to help you, but I should
only be a drag on you if I went, and—■
and—you could not obtain all that I
have just wished for you. I should
be a drag while you are earning suffi
cient money—”
“ ‘Money,’ ”he interrupted. “I do
not need money. I need you far more
than money.” %
As he spoke he rudely tore open the
newspaper package, dashed the powder
within down on the crazy floor, and
rubbed his half shod feet through the
little white pile.
‘ T need you far more, ” he insistently
shouted. “Look at this!” as he
pointed an index finger at a short
paragraph around which showed a
blurred pencil marking.
His companion looked and read
aloud:
Chicago, Jan. 22. —The will of Francis C.
Ames was admitted to probate to-day. It
(fives $50,000 to tbs Chicago Univerity, and
leaves the remainder, some S'iOQ.QOO *r A v .,
mokew x>r tue *- ino name, it
is suit living. The rel duary legatee
some four years ago mysteriously disap
peared from an Eastern summer report, and
was thought to have been drowned, but as
no direct proof of this ould be found his
uncle refused to accept that view. In case
nothing is discovered of the legatee in three
years, making up the customary seven •years,
the property will go to certain charities.
“I saw this yesterday at Stoning
ton,” explained Frank Ames. “But
what meaning had it for me then ? I had
lost ambition and hope becanse I
thought I had lost yon. I marked the
paragraph, bought some arsenic and
wrapped it j.ust over the paragraph.
Then I started for this ruin to end my
ruined life here. But that ie all over
now. We will start for the station
now and go to a justice of the peace in
the morning. Come! I cannot live
without you. You only can persuadm
me to live, and I will live only onJJm
condition that you marry mo t<sHior
row morning.”
Just as old Sawyer, senior of the
rising firm of Sawyer, Barr, Levy &
Barwell, was rising from his desk on
the following day to go down to the
Palmer House for lunch, his freckly
office boy tapped at his door and came
in with a telegram. Mr. Sawyer some
what petulantly tore open the enve
lope, glanced at the few words within,
and said to the waiting Mercury o< tha
office:
“Tell Mr. Replevin that I want to
see him.”
“Replevin,” he said, as that clerk
entered, “I have found Frank Ames.
File this telegram under ‘Ames.’ I
will be back in twenty minues. That’s
all.—Daniel D. Bidwell, in Godey’a
Magazine.
An Oak Strangled by a Fir.
A wonderful freak of nature can be
seen on the farm of J. D. Petrie, near
Lorane, in Sinslaw precinct, Lane
County. It consists of a fir tree
which has grown entirely around a
white oak tree. The fir tree is about
150 feet high, and about five feet in
diameter three feet from the ground.
The size of the oak tree is not known
except where it projects from the fir,
about seven feet from the ground,
where it is six inches in diameter.
The oak is dead, having been strangled
by the fir some time ago. Not long
since there could also be seen on the
same farm a purely white cat having
one blue eye, the other being a natural
color. In the same neighborhood, on
the farm of William M. Inman, there
could be seen a cat with a litter of
eleven kittens.—Portland Oregonian.
Catching Cold From a Fan.
“The church fan cold” is the latest
ailment of well-bred people. “It is all
very well,” said a woman the other
morning, “for the occupant of a pew
behind me to fan herself. She gets tho
breeze in her face, but with me it is
different. I get it down my back; and
a breeze on my back, whether it be
July or January, a natural breeze or
an artificial and a perfumed one, is
fatal. I have the ‘fan cold’ in the
worst form.”—Boston Journal.
GEORGIA NEWS NOTES.
Soles oi General Interest Picked Gj
All Over the State.
The Empire Mills Company has dis
posed of its Irwin county plant to the
Way cross and Abbeville railroad.
* * *
The Manchester mill at Macon has
been running day and night about
three years. The mill has now sus
peded night work and operates in the
day only.
The long talked of auditorium for
Atlanta is now said to be an assured
fact. The Gate City Guard will build
it, and its cost bo between $70,000 and
800,000. .
* * *
Policemen of Augusta are dissatis
fied because the city deducts from
their wages any taxes due the city on
their wages any taxes due the city on
their real estate holdings.
* * *
Judge James Guerry, of the Pataula
circuit, has resigned. The next legis
lature will elect his successor. In the
nipantime the governor will make an
appointment to fill the vacancy.
* * *
Judge Speer has notified Receiver
Comer to make arrangements at once
for paying off all men who were re
cently suspended at all points on the
Central. A large delegation of the
suspended men called on him asked
this of him.
* * *
At a recent reunion of the McWhor
ter family in Oglethorpe, there were
over 125 members of that family pres
ent, The family settled in Georgia
over seventy-five years ago and num
bers many distinguished Georgians
among its number.
The present low prices of naval stores
has a discouraging effect upon the tur
pentine operators of the state. Many
of them say that they are now running
it a loss. A great many have failed
dready and others have disposed of
their business at a sacrifice.
* * *
Another step in reducing the expen
se of the Central has just been mode
piblic. The salaries of all the attor
neys at every point dver the entire
system have been reduced 33 per cent.
Tiis is a pretty big reduction, but so
fff no complaints have been beard.
rhe Forty-fourtk
wil hold its aiyfcal reunion at Hamp
ton Henry coumy, on the 16th inst.
It ) expected that a large part of the
surivors of the regiment will be pres
ent Arrangements are being made
for or a rousing time and all the rail
roas will give reduced rates.
summer normal school which is
l®win session at Rock college, in
is doing a great and good
worlfor the teachers of Georgia. Al
read ninety-tfne teachers have been
enroed and many more will receive
the Inefits of tho last two or three
weekof the session.
* * *
Thpeople of Atlanta will decide at
the ills whether or not they want
West nd, her progressive suburb, to
come i and become a ward of the
city, ind the polls will open for the
decisfi on the same day in next De
cembethat Atlanta will give up to the
electio of two aldermen and six
membq of council.
An ehange states that a melon
growerlanted ten acres this year,
paid s6for fertilizer, $25 for labor,
S4O for uling, shipped three cars and
didn’t g a cent for any of them.
The onljash he realizep was 10 cents
for a mtn sold to a negro, and this
dime walonated to the church.
A steaioat to run between Dublin
and Millgeville is being built at
Dublin. *ill make its first trip on
the Ocomabout Nov. 1. The Gvpsy
is the nanof the boat, and tho capi
tal stock die company that is build
ing it will* about $5,000 in shares of
SIOO. Of e fifty shares in the com
pany, thirseven have already been
taken.
It is that the First Nation
al bank, ofniiswick, will shortly re
open underyvorafale circumstances.
Comptrollef the Currency Eckels,
has looked o the banks affairs, and.
it is said, htgreed to a proposition
on the part the stockholders to the
effect that t are to take up its assets
and liabilitimd reorganize the in
stitution.
* * *
Adjutant teral Kell has deter
mined to finat where the military
companies stj. He has written to
Captain Van It Nash and the other
commanders ;he Atlanta companies,
asking for anmiediate statment of
the number enlistments in their va
rious compan This will precipitate
upon the coniies a settlement of
the question ther these companies
intend to remjn the state service
or not.
* •
Mrs. N, A. icome, of Macon, as
sistant principal of the Lucy Cobb in
stitute, is the recipient of a well-de
served compliment at the hands of the
board of lady managers of the world’s
fair. They have invited her io read a
paper before the woman's congress on
Augubt ‘2sth, the subjeot of the paper
to be, “Woman as a Financier. ” This
congress is composed of the represen
tative women of every nation on earth
and is a very distinguished honor to
speak on that occasion.
For the present, at least, four pas
senger trains will be run per day on
the Central railroad from Macon to
Atlanta, one of these will be the Nancy
Hanks, and the present fast schedule
will be maintained between Macon and
Atlanta, bjit it will be a way train,
with slower schedule between Macon
and Savannah. If business, however,
does not warrant, one of the four
trains from Macon to Atlanta will be
discontinued. It iB probable that only
two trains per day will run from Ma
con to Savannah.
* * *
Professor J. B. Hunnicutt, of the
tftate university, has returned from a
lecturing tour in northeast Georgia.
He has been holding farmers’ insti
tutes in different towns on the invita
tions of agricultural societies and the
farmers all take great interest in his
scientific discussions. Although Pro
fessor Hunnicutt lays great stress up
on the science of farm ing, he is strict
ly practical, and he advocates no the
ories which he has not demonstrated
by actual experiments. The university
farm, which is under his supervision,
is one of the most prolifio in this sec
tion and clearly proves the wisdom of
his methods.
Pasha Maher, of Egypt, has had an
insight into cotton farming in Geor
gia. Ho has seen the crop growing
and has familiarized himself with the
method of cultivation in a general way.
He made a visit to the largest farm in
the state —Colonel Jim Smith’s in
Oglethorpe county—and secured the
material for a complete report of tha
Georgia way of raising the staple,
which is a great crop in his country.
When he returns the first thing he will
do will be to report to the khedive and
give an account of fils trip to America
and tell the young ruler some of the
things he learned while here.
The annual meeting election of the
Atlanta and West Point railroad was
held at Atlanta a few days ago. Col
onel Phinizy, president of the compa
ny, submitted his annual report which
made a favorable showing. The fol
lowing directors were elected: W. B.
Berry, E. P. Chamberlin, T. L. Lang
ston, H. C. Fisher, John S. Bigby, K.
M. Comer and C. H. Phinizy. Colonel
Phinizy was elected president by the
directors. Judge Bigby is the new
member on the board, succeeding the
late Colonel D. N. Speer. Messrs.
Dorsey, Brewster & Howell were ap
pointed counsel for the company, suc
ceeding the firm of Calhoun, King &
Spalding. A dividend of six per cent
was declared.
Col. W. L. Glessner, commissioner
of immigration of the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad, will
make an exhibit at the Ohio state
fair of every kind of product that is
raised along the line of the road. He
will collect a car load at least. Tho
exhibit will consist of cotton, tobacco,
wheat, oats, watermelons, peaches,
pears, vegetables, lumber, etc. There
will be a specimen of everything that
is produced, grown, manufactured and
marketed in the section of the country
through which runs the Georgia South
ern. The fair begins August 28th, at
Columbus, Ohio, and will continue
one week. Colonel Glessner will be
allowed splendid space in the main
hall for the exhibit.
Tlie Stale Board of Health.
The governor received a letter from
Secretary Gresham which contained a
suggestion for legislative attention.
The letter stated that:
The French ambassador at this capital has,
under the instruction of his government, made
application to this department for copies of tho
laws and regulations of the states concerning
public health and public hygieno. I have
therefore, the honor 4o request that you will
kindly cause this department to !>e furnished
with copies of the laws and regulations enacted
iu your state on the subjects mentioned.
To this letter the governor was re
luctantly compelled to reply nega
tively, but he hopes that this corres
pondence will have the spirit of in
ducing the legislature to take some
action to protect the health of the
state. The fact, published abroad,
that Georgia has no legislation for the
protection of the people from inva
sions of epidemics will create the im
pression that the state is but indiffer
ently governed.
Wrather and Crop*.
The weather crop bulletin issued for
the past week contains interesting in
formation concerning the condition of
the crops in all parts of the state. As
a rule rain has been abundant the past
week in all parts of Georgia, while the
temperature has been moderately cool.
A general improvement in the condi
tion of crops has resulted. Late crops,
especially, have been benefitted, while
early crops, particularly on dry up
lands, have suffered more or less of
permanent injury. Bottom (*orn, cane
and upland rice have been greatly im
proved except for some washings in
wetter bottoms, A rapid growth of
the cotton plant has been stimulated,
but rust has been induced in some
cases. In the matter of taking on
fruit reports are variable. In some
sections fruit is forming rapidly and
well; in others there is complaint of
much shedding. The peach crop of
Georgia is very nearly a failure this
year. There is somewhat more prom
ise of pears, and grapes are fairly
good. The second crop of melons will
soon go forward to market.
A Sensible Plan.
Professor Yates has his two assistant
geologists out in the upper part of the
state. One is surveying the marble
fields and the other is investigating
the corundum deposits. Both of these
are valuable resources and have not
been studied by the state geological
department. “I shrll investigate the
coal deposits myself, ” said the state
geologist to a reperter, “We will
study the economic resources first.
Georgia has valuable marble deposits,
but the extent is not known. My pur
pose is to trace the beds and get
an accurate and thorough study of
the marble, embody this in a pam
phlet, and then we can furnish
any one who is interested in mar
ble the very data that •would be de
sired. The same plan will be adopted
as to corrundum. Georgia has consider
able corundum. A shrewd Massachu
setts man bought a corrundum mine
in North Carolina some years ago,and
has been making money out of his de
posit. Some of our Georgia people
might be doing the same thing. My
assistants are trained men and are
making good progress.” Professor
Yates will get in the field himself soon,
and as stated above, will devote his
attention to coal. Ho wants to utilize
the department in a way that will show
some practical results to the people
who own the lands containing mineral
deposits and ores. He will first report
on what there is of value in the state,
and where it is, with suggestions as to
the development, and later the scien
tific history can be written.
LIBEL CASES DISMISSED.
Governor Jones Will Not Prosecute
Editor Baltzell.
A dispatch from Montgomery, Ala.,
says: The libel cases brought by
Governor Jones against Editor Frank
Baltzell, of The Alliance Herald,
were on Friday noli prossed in tho
city courl. Judge Barington, repre
senting Governor Jones, arose when
the cases wero called and stated that
Baltzell had made the amende honor
able through his paper declaring that
his charges against the governor were
made during a heated campaign and
he did not intend to reflect upon the
personal or official honor and integrity
of Governor Jones; that as the ends
of justice had been subserved he re
quested the cases nol jirossed, which
was accordingly done.
Leaves for Buzzard’s Bay.
President Cleveland left Washington
Friday morning over the Pennsylvania
railroad, accompanied by Secretary
Lamont. Colonel Lamont will leave
him at New York, and the president
will go direct to Buzzard’s Bay, Mass.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
COKRECTED WEEKLY.
Omertei.
CoTee—Roasted—Arbuckle’s 23.60 K) 100 Ik.
cases,Lion 28.60 c. Levering’a 23 60c. Oreen-Ex.
tra choice 21o; choice good 20c; fair 19o ; com
mon 17a 18c. Bugar—Granulated off
gfanulated-; powder*- 1 6%o;cut loaf 6%; white
extra C Now O cleans yellow claritied
5%5%c; yellow eitra C \%a.4%c. Syrup—New
Orleans choice 45c; prime 35(540c; common
20(2530c. Molasses—Genuine Cuba 35(^38climi-
tation 22(<ti25. Teas—Black 35@55c; green
40(§>600. Nutmegs 65(g>85c. Cloves 25®30c.
Cinnamon Allspice 10@llc. Jamai
ca ginger 18c. Singapore pepper 12c; Mace
SI.OO. Rioe, Head 6c; good 5 1 /,c\ common
imported Japan Salt—Hawley’s
dairy $1.50; Virginia 75c. Cheese—flats llafflfc.
White fish, hall bbls.s4 00; pails 60o;
Soap—Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs $3.00a 3.75.
turpentine, 60 bars, 00 lbs, $2.25 a 2.50;
Caudles—Paraflne ll%c; star 11c. Matches—
400s $4 00; 300s $3 00a8 75; 200s $2 00a2 75; 60s,
sgross $3 75. Soda-Kegs, bulk 4VJc; do 1 lb pkgs
6%0; cases, 1 lb sf£c, do 1 and %lbs Bc, do Vi lb
& l 4c. Crackers—XXX soda XXX butter
6%c; XXX pearl oysters 6c: shell and excelsior
7c; lemon cream 9c; XXX gingdr snaps 9o; corn
hills 9c. Candy—Assorted stiok 7%c; Frfenoh
mixed 130. Canned goods—Condensed milk
$6 OGaB 00; imitation maokerel $3 95a4 00; sal
mon $0 00a7 50: F. W. oysters $1 80; L.W.
$135; oorn $2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes $2 10.
Ball potash $3 20. Starch—Pearl 4o; lump
4 -it; nickel packages $3 00; celluloid $5 00.
Pickles, plain or mixed, pints $1 00a! 40; quarts
$1 50at SO. Powder—Rifle, kegs $3-50; A kegs
$2 00; % kegs*l 15. Shot $1 60 per saok.
Flour. Grain and Meal.
Flour—First patent $4 75; second patent
$4.25; extra fancy $3.33 ; fancy $3 20; family
$3 00. Corn—No. 1 white 58j. mixed,
57c. Oats, Mixed 40c; white 40c; Texas rust
proof 39c. Hay—Choice timothy, large bales,
SI.OO No. 1 timothy, large bales, $1.00;ohoioe
timothy, small bales,sl 00; No. 1 timothy,small
bales, $1.00; No. 2 timothv, small bales, 95c.
Meal—Plain 58c; bolted 560. Wheat bran—
Large sacks 85c, small sacks 85c. Cotton
seed me al—sl 30 per cwt. Steam feed—sl.lo
r*er cwt. Stock peas 60a65c per bu. White, 75
Boston beans $3.65a2.75 per bushel.
Tennessee, 1.75a 2.00. Grits—Pearl $3.23.
Country Produce.
Ekrs 13a14c Butter—Western creamery
20a35cchcioe Tennessee !5al8o; other grades
Live poultry-Turkeys 10@12%0 per
lb; hens 25 and 28c. spring chickens
large 18a20a; small spring 10al5o. Dressed
poultry-Turkeys 15al8o ; ducks 15c: chick
ens 12%a15. Irish potatoes, new, 2.00@2.59 per
bbl. Sweet potatoes 1 00a 1.50 per bu. Honey
strained 8al0c; in the comb 10a? 3Vic. Onions
75c asi 00 per bu.
Cotton.
Local—Market. Easy. Middling 70.
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