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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 25.
WHAT hm. ASTOR IS LOING.
notwithstanding HI Great Wealth Be
Still lias Literary Aspirations.
Special Correspondence.)
New York, Sept. 15. Mr. William Wal
dorf Astor has just hud one of his histori
cal novels illustrated, paying for the wort
a very large sum of money. He secured
the best designers and engravers, and thej
have produced for him most artistic utu
exquisite illustrations. The public, how
ever, will never sec these illustrated vol
unies, for I bey are designed only for a Mm
ited number of copies which .Mr. Astor ex
pects to present to his intimates. It i
whispered, in literary circles here that Mr
Astor has by no means given up his liter
ury inclinations, although the manage
ment of the enormous estate bequeathe
recently to him by his father makes bin
as busy a man as any merchant or bankc.
in the city. It is not known exactly whai
Mr. Asti.r next proposes to publish, but b
is known that he is giving nil the time h
can spare to the study of medheval Italia!
history, and it is fair to surmise, the pub
Ushers think, that he bus in view nnothc.
romance of that epoch.
Mr. Astor's latest publicat ion was a verj
good historical novel. The idea oceurrct
to him when ho wr.s the United State-
minister to Italy, and he spent much timt
when living in Homo in the study of tin
times which ho thought of depicting ii,
this story. It was his second novel. Tin
first was a fairly creditable work, but ex
WILLIAM WALDOKF ASTOR.
cited no particular Interest, excepting that
which arose from the fact that .Mr. Astoi
wan the author. The second story, how
ever, stood more upon its merits, anil thosi
who exaiained it, and tried to forget t ha:
one of the richest men in the world had
written it, thought they found in it tin
evidence of considerable ability in storj
telling, great pntieiicein historical Invest!
gation nud a good deal of literary merit
Mr. Astor was at first tempted to publish
It anonymously, because he found that hit
first story whs talked of mainly because
William Waldorf Astor wrote it, and he
wished to have the s'jeond work judged en
tirely on its merits, but it leaked out In
some way that he was writing a romance
of Italian history, and he thought that il
vould then be nn alTectation to publish
he book anonymously, as the authorship
would be sure to be discovered.
Mr. Astor Is, with a single exception, tin
only possessor of enormous wealth In thb
city who seems to have had any desire to
gcin a literary rcputa. If he had been a
poor man hj? would have undoubtedly
taken up literature as a calling; at. least,
that is what he now thinks, and what he
has frequently told the1 very few men whom
he admits to real intimacy. lie possesses
an excellent but not very large library
find lie daily spends not h'ss than an hour,
and sometimes the greater part of the day.
In it. In his 'books and his attempts at an
thorshlp he (Im's his chief recreation and
rflelight outside of the pleasures of domes
tlcity. He is a most domestic man, and
there is tiona other of his wealth in the
city who seems more thoroughly content
In the family circle than he does. He takes
a passing Interest In high class drama and
genuine pleasure In the Wagner operas
Jlorses, yachting, athletic sports and the
gayetiesof the social world have but little
interest for him, and lie participates in
these things mainly because he believes
that a man of Ids wealth h:.s some social
duties which he cannot with self respect
entirely avoid.
But it is in books and literary compos!
tlon that he finds genuine and never fail
Ing satisfaction. He did ut one time medi
tate upon a political career, hut he found
that a man of inherited wealth which rep
resented an enormous sum was very badly
handicapped by that fact when seeking
popular sulTrngn. It became his opinion
that a man without a dollar had a better
chance in political preference than one who
had Inherited a fortune so large that it was
celebrated. When he quit politics he gave
himself up completely, so far as his other
duties would permit, to Ids books and to
his efforts to make a name for himself as
an author.
Ond of his friends is reported as having
said that Willie Astor would rather have
written "Vanity Fair" or "The Xew
combes" than to have inherited the mill
ions which came to him. lie still hopes to
write a romance which shall bring him
flattering literary repute and cause the at
tention of the public to be distracted from
his position as one of the richest men in
the world. There lives near him on Fifth
avenue another young man of great inlier
Ited wealth who is also of a literary turn,
but who has never yet yielded to the temp
tation to publish something. A literary
companionship lias grov i up between
these two, and t he intimacy is far more
congenial than that which the older broth
era of tills young tnnn established when
they were admitted soei.illy t the Astor
set. This young man is (iefr.ie Vander
bilt, the youngest son of the late William
H. Vandcrbilt. who Is almost n recluse in
his devotion to books. K. .1 F.DWauds.
Portrait Piilntlnj fuclur Dmtcultle.
An interesting story is told of the dim
cutties under which Miss K. M. .Meyrick
the artist, labored while painting the por
trait of Explorer Stanley for the Koyal
Geographical society of Iotulon. The sit
tings took 'place at Cairo, anil s'.ie foum:
her model so very restless that it was witl
difficulty she could catch his face in repose
While engaged on his nose or some otlie:
feature the explorer would pop up, rusl
around the room with his hands in hit
pockets and begin to dictate his book toai
Invisible stenographer
Dluiuoni! from New South Wales.
It seems that diamonds are found in New
South Wales, as well as in Victoria nnc
Queensland. I'p to date nearly 100,001
stones have been obtained, the largest
weighing nearly six carats. They are fuuu
in the r.vcr drifts of the tertiary foruiutioi
and in bo.!s derive.1 from these. They an
harder ac-.l v.hltjr tLea the South Africar
tones, end on a par with those cf Brazil.
; FINANCIAL AND COM VIERCIA
Office of 1
Daiiv and Weekly Statesman, f
Austin, Tex., Sept. 23, 1W. )
Closing tone of spot markets was gen
erally steady and firm. Baltimore declined
c, New York and Wilmington 1-1'ic, while
Xew Orleans revised quotations by ad
vancing middling, good middling and
middling fair l-10c, the four lower grudes
remaining unchanged.
Futures were about stationary and closed
barely steady, steady and firm.
Liverpool futures opened firm at a slight
advance, ruled steady and closed quiet at 1
point advance.
Xew York futures opened barely, sternly
at a slight decline, ruled steady at 1 to 7
points decline, closed steady, September
and October 1 to 3 points higher. Other
months a point lower than last closing.
Xew Orleans future!) opened barely steady
ut a decline of 2 to 7 points, ruled steady at
advance over the opening of 1 to 0 points,
closed barely steady, September, October,
November deliveries unchanged, late
months 1 to 2 points lower than last closing
Wool closed dull and unchanged without
sales.
Coll'ee and sugar steady and unchanged
BANKER'S EXCHANGE.
Buying.
Selling
Xew York
New Orleans
. . par
. par
. .par
..par
Kl'r
Ya. T
yv
it. Louis
Galveston
COIN VALUES
Silver coin
Mexican dollars
Mexican halves
Mexican quarters
SECURITIES.
.par
.ivc
..35c
..15c
Boston, Sept. 23. Mexican 4s, 72 to 74;
stock, 20c.
BRITISH CONSULS.
London. Sent. 23. Consuls closed at
91 lor money ; for silver, 62.
NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
NkwYohk. Sent. 21. Sterling bank, 60
davs. 4.80)4 to4.80J4; sterling commercial.
(iOdavs, 4.79)4 to 4.7!; reichmarks, com
mercial, 00 days, francs, bank,
0 davs, 5 23: commercial, wuays, o.zo.
NEW ORLEANS EXCHANGE.
New Ohleanb. Sent. 23. Sterling com
mercial, 4.78J4 to 4.78; francs, commercial,
'JO days, 5.26)4; New ork sight lauk,
par nominal ; commercial, 200 discount.
GALVESTON EXCHANGE.
Galveston, Sept. 23. Sterling, CO days,
7U4: New York sight, discount; New
Orleans sight, ; American silver par.
OCEAN FREIGHTS.
Galveston, September 23. Freight by
steamer from Galveston to Liverpool,
Kid: to Continent, 11-32U; to - ew
York 40c perl 0 poinds.
Cotton Markets.
AUSTIN.
23. Local quotations are
Adbtin, Sept
is follows:
lood Ord.... .6
Middling h
uowMid 8)4
Mid. Fair
LIVERPOOL.
Livibpool, Sept. 23. Snot cotton closed
steady and unchanged, fair demand.
Drdinary f)4 IMiddling f 13-10
SoodOrd.... 6 0-10 Good Mid 5 15-10
bow Mid 5 11-10
fotal sales 8.000
iniencan 6,000
Imports 14,000
Vinencan o.uuu
fUTDBEC
Cotton futures closed quiet, 1 point
higher.
Sept fi 47 bid
September. 5.38 aslced
iept-t let. 0.4-1.1
October.... 5.3!)
)ct-Nov.. 5.4'i 13
November.. 5.40 bid
Nov-Pec . 5.30 asked December 5.42
Dec-Jau. . 5.38 asked January... 5-4-r
Sales.
- bales
NEW YORK.
New Yoke, Sent. 23. Spot cotton closed
easy at l-10c decline.
Ordinary 0 IMiddling.... 10
Good Ord ! 11-16 Good mid.. ..(
LowMid ! 15-ll lid. fair ... U',
Sulea 417 bales
FUTUUK8.
Futures closed steady. Sept. and O-.-t. 1
to 3 points higher; oilier months 1 point
lower.
September... 10.20-21. February... 10.24-25
October 10. 15-Hll March 10.20 30
November... 10.16 April 10.36
December.... 10.15-KrMay 10.42-41
January 10.rj-20iJune 10.40-51
ales 50,800 bales
NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, Sept.23. Spot cotton closed
firm as revised.
Low ordinary 8i Middling.... 0'J
Ordinary 8 Good Mid... 10 3-16
Good Ord.... UVf Mid.Falr.... 10 0-16
Low Mid jy2
3ales 4.OC0 bales
FUTURES.
Cotton futures closed barely steady 1 to 2
points lower.
September. 9.82-85 February... 9.85-86
October.... 0.70-71 March 9 02-03
November.. 9.09-70 April 9 99-C1
December... 9.70 71 May 10.07-09
January... 9.77 78 1
Hales 15,000 bales
GALVESTON.
Galveston, Sept. 23. Spot cotton closed
steady and unchanged.
Ordinary..
Good Ord.
Liow Mid . .
Middling.... 9'j;
Good Mid. ...104
Mid. Fair.... 10
Sales 1,177 balet
Exports 7,500 bales
Shipments coastwise 4,383 bales
Shipments by rail bales
Stock 45,841 bales
Cotton mills bales
COTTON 8TATEMENT.
Galveston, Sept. 23. Following are
the receipts at United Slates nnrts :
Galveston...
New Orleans
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington ,
Norfolk
Baltimore
4,427
1.098
2.80S
6,511
4.815
1.902
3,150
New York 1,850
Boston
Philadelphia
West Point
DthPr ports
35
2,368
Total this day 35,904
Total tnis day last vear. . . . 36,550
UNITEP STATI8 CONSOLIDATED 6TATE3E0T.
Following are the receipts and exports at
ill United States porta.
Receipts thus far this weer 1 3.1.9
Receipts same time last year 17.2961
Receipts this day 103,1611
Receipts this day last year 36 550
Total this season 4sH,328
Total last season 33,503
UiUerence 104,825
Exports to Great Britain 40,031
Exports to France oOO
Exports tocontiuent 8,671
Stock this day 220,014
Stock this day last vear 219,081
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Galveston, Sept. 23. The following
aietue closing quotations for spot cotton
to-dav at the leading markets, together with
the closing for middling yesterday, with
to-day's sales:
Mid
dling To-dav
Mid
dling Y'day.
PORTS.
TONE.
Sales
Liverpool . .
Galveston.,
N'ewOrleans
Mobile
Savannah. .
Charleston .
Wilmingt'n
Norfolk. . . .
Baltimore. .
New York..
Boston
Phil'd'lphia
Augusta. . ..
Memphis.. .
Kt. Iouis
Steady.
.Steady.
Firm . .
Firm . .
6 13-10
5 13 10:
UK
! 13-16
I
i ll-lti,
8,001)
1. 77
4 0(0
i.' no
'.)Vh
iuiet. .
'.) a io,
1,550
1,000
1,001
407
rirm..
Firm . .
'.) 13-16
Steady.
Steady.
Steady.
10 1-16
10'4
10 1-16
10K
10 7-16
10 7-10
10
teaily.
10 7-10
W
9 11-10
!) 11-16
!) 11- 16
(iiiet. .
Stead v.
n-16:
2,202
50j
Kasy . .
t 11-16,
o li ny
teaov.1
Oiuin AI PKOVl.NluN MAKHKl'S.
CHICAGO.
CiiK'Aoo, 111., Sept. 23. Wheat A fairlv
large trading; the feeling was wtek and
prices lower; opened about the same as
yesterday. ,c lower, eased oil' )i'c more,
then rallied )Sc but again became weak and
declined about ljjjo. Ruled quiet and
closed ytn lower than yesterday.
Corn Quiet and inactive; only moderate
business transacted. First sales were at
yesterday's closing prices, and under a fair
demand sold up to c, reached Jc.
again advanced, ruled weak, and closed
witu a loss of V5 to c.
Pork Active but prices ruled irregular
auu declined '0 to 25c and closed tame at
inside hguri s.
Lard More strong but prices declined
"Yi to 10c and close rather firm at inside
figures.
Short ribs A brisk business was trans
acted. Prices declined 7$ to 10c and closed
tame at inside Inures.
LEADINO FUTUBES.
Lead in c futures closed Wheat-
No. 2
September, 97; December, l.CO;
1.1-5.
May,
Corn September, 4Sc: October.
48c
May, 50'-ic
Aless pork October,
9.50; January,
January, 6.52)4;
6.2G; January
11.57M ; May 12.17.
Lard October. 0.12V :
May 0' 92)4.
hiiort ribs October.
5.67)4: !May 6.( 5.
I'asn quotations were:
Flour Steady and uenhanged.
Wneat tipring No. i, 97c; No. 2 red.
98J4C
, Corn No. 2, 48c.
Mess pork Per barrel, 9.62J-J.
Lard Per 100 lbs, 6.17H to 6.20.
Short ribs Sides, loose, 6.25 to 5.35.
Dry salted shoulders Boxed. 5.75 to
5.87)4 . t
buort clear sides lioxed. 5 6oto 5.70.
NEW YORK.
New York, Sept. 2i. Flour Unchanged
Wheat Spot dull, V. to H'c lower.
No. 2 red, 1.01. Options advanced Xc.
declined 1 to l'4c, and closod weaker. Sep
tember closed 1.01; October, 1.02V; De
cember, 1.04: May, lOOJ.
Corn inot market dull, unsettled and
lower. No. 2, 55 to 56c. Options earlv
advanced V, to c. declined to c. Sep
tember, closed 5o)4; October, 55J4c; Decem
ber, 62)4c; May, 56)4c
Cotlee Options opened firm, 15 points mi
to 10 points down, closing firm to 20 points
up. Sales SI, 750 bags, September 17.35 to
17.40; October 17 40 to 17.45; November
16.70 to 16.85; D.cember 16.35 to 16 50; Jan
uary 15.C5 to 15.70; February 15 50 to 15 70;
May 14.80 to io.oo. spot mo dun; fair car
goes 0X0 ; No. 7 18.00 to 19.10.
sugar liaw iiuiet, easv; lair refining 5
to 5 7-1'Jc centrifugals, 96 test, 0c; refined
quiet.
nice uair aemanu, tirm.
ST. LOUIS.
St. Loris, Mo., Sept. 23. Flour Un
changed.
Wheat irading light, opening was quiet
and steady. For Dei ember, 8)4 higlie; for
.May sold up e, men reacted and wchk-
eued to close, final sales being to c
ower than yesteidiiy. No. 2 red, cash,!!!) to
U9c; December closed I 01)4 ; May, 1.06)4.
Corn Opened linn but higher, w, re
acted and closed at lowest point of season.
No. 2 cash, 4)-,; Dectmbcr closed, tM;
Mav, 4-sVi bid.
Corn meal Steady, quiet, 2.40 to 2.50.
Whisky Sternly, 1.13.
Hanging- Quiet. 6 to 8c ; iron cotton ties
30 to 1.35.
Provisions Quite and easy.
Pork In job lots, U 50.
Lard (i Mi.
Dry salt meats--Boxed shoulders, 5.75;
ongs, s.W; ribs, o.oo; short ciear, a. i0 to
Bacon Shoulders, 6 25; lonirs 6 05 to
10; ribs, 6.10 to 0.12U,: clear, 6.20 to 6.25.
Hams Sugar cured, 10.50 to 12.50.
NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 23. Coffee
Market firmer. Ordinury to fair, 19
to 21c.
Sugar Open kettlestronp, fullv fair 5' Jc;
good to fair, 5)c; common, 44', centrifu
gals quiet; choice white, 6c; gray white,
5c; choice yellow clarified. 5c; prime,
do, a to o)c; ott, do, o too l ioe; seconds.
4 Vi to 5c.
Molases Market strong, contrifugals fair
19 to 20c; common to good, common 13 to
l ie-inferior, 11 to 12c; syrup tirm, new 40
to 54c.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 23. Whial
Market steady. No. 2, red. cash, 95c.
Corn Market stronger. No. 2 cash, 40)4'c;
Sept., 46Hc bid.
oats Steady. No. 2, cash, 35c;
35' -io bid.
LIVE STOCK JIARKK7,
Sept.,
CHICAGO.
ClllCAOO, 111.,
Journal reports
Sept. 23. Drover's
Stock
Cattle Receipts, 8000; shipments, 40C0.
Market firm and active. Natives, 3.75 to
5. 10; Texans, 2 0; rangers, 22.5 to 4.15.
Hogs Receipts. 50I0; shipments. 550.
Market higher. Prices ranee 4.05 to 4.75.
Sheep Receipts, 10.000; shipments, .
Market lower. Natives. 4.00 to 4.80: west-e-us,
4.10 to 4.50. Lambs, 5 00 to 6.1).
ST. LOUIS.
St. T.oni8, Sent. 23. Cattle Receipts,
3100: shipments 1000. Market active, higher.
Good to fancy native steers, 4.40 to
5.00; fair to good, 3.90 to 4.40; Btock
ersand feeders. 2.30 to 3.30; Texans and In
dians, 2.50 to 3.50.
Hogs Receipts, 5300; shipments, 500.
Market lower. Prices ranged, 4.00 to 5.50.
Sheep Receipts, 1300; shipments, 500.
Market steady . Good to choice, 400 to 5.10.
NEW YORK.
New York, Sept. 23 Beeves Receipts,
432. Market firm. Native steers, 3.10
to 5.00; Texans ami Colorado, 3.40 to 3 90;
bulls and cows, 1.80 to 2.40; dressed beef,
tirm at 0 to 7c.
Sheep-Receipts, 7096. Market dull;
sheep 4.00 to 5.50; lambs 6.0) to 7.12)4;
dressed mutton, tirm at 8 to 10)0.
Kansas city.
Kansas City. Mo., Sept. 23. The Live
Stock Indicator reports:
Cattle Receipts, 7700; shipments, 1300.
Market steady. Steers, 3 25 to 4.60; cows,
l.oo to 3.00; stockers and feeders. 2.50 to
HogsReceipts, 14,100; shipments, 2300.
Market lower. All grades, 4.10 to 4.40.
oneep Keceipts, 2200; shipments, OX).
iuuick oieauy. L,atliD., 3.N5 to 4.00; good
to cuoice muttons. 3.75 to 4.25 stockers
aim ieeuers, 3 uu to 3.25.
GALVESTON SUGAR MARKET
GALVE?TON.
Galveston, Sept. 23.-Susar-Market steady
unchanged, higher, with good demand.
Newlork standard granulated, 7c. con
fectioners' A, 0c ; cubes, 7)4c; powdered.
i).i'c; crushed seed loaf, 7)$c; Louisiana
granulated, none; choice while, 6c
olf white, 6c: fancy yellow clarified,' 6c ;
choice yellow clarified, oXc: prime yellow
clarified, 6c; olf yellow clarified, 5c;
choice seconds, 6c; prime seconds, 5Kc;
common seconds, 6c. Wholesale grocers
quotations to c higher.
GALVESTON COFFEE MARKET.
GALVESTON.
Galveston, Sept. ?3. Market steady and
unchanged. Ordinary, lH'f to 18c ; good
oruuiary, L:t to lujie; lair, 20c;
21c; choice, 21 "4 to 21 Kc
prime,
I WOOL MARKETS.
GALVESTON.
Galvfston, Sept. 23. Wool Dull, at
yesterday's quotations; 12 months clip XX,
52 to 54c ;'X, 49 to 61c : No. 1, 46 to 48c ; spring
six and eight months XX, 48 to 50c; X, 40
to 48c; No. 1,45c Sales 75,000 pounds of
u n scoured goods.
Unsecured Spring. 12 month's clip 17t. o
18c; tine, 19 to 21J4c, medium, 20 to 22c. Bal
wool, six and eight m onths, fine, 19 to 21c;
medium, 20 to 21c; Mexican improved. 15
to 16c; Mexican carpet, 12)4 to 14c.
ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, Sept. 23. Wool Receipts, 16,
000 pounds. Market firm but unchanged.
Bright medium 19 to 24c; coarse braid,
14 to 22c; fine light, 16 to 22c; fine heavy,
11 to 19c: unwashed, 35; inferior, 30 to 33c;
low sandy, 11 to 18c.
AISTIN PRICK CURRENT
Following are quotations for wholesale
rat" unless otherwise specified :
APPLES Green, barrel.4.004.50.
BACON Breakfast. 9H10c; long clea",
7)c; short clear, 77J4c
BAGGING (Jute) 1, 7)4c; 2, 8c; 2
9c.
BANANAS Per bunch, packed, none
in market.
BARLRY 1.00(41.15.
BRAN 1.10gl 25 per 100 lbs.
BUTTER Country, tresu trorn wagon,
25 30c; from store, 35(40; Kansas
creamery, 2530c.
CABBAGE P. r crate, $5.
CHEESE Full cream ll)4c; youup
American, 13)4c.
CHICKENS 2.503.00 from wagon ;from
store, 2.4IK&3.00.
COFFEE Rio, 2023ic.
CORN In ear, new from wagon, 65;
from store, 75c; sacked, 70 75c.
CORN MEAL In bulk, 65c; sacked, re
1 nil, 75c.
COTTON SEED Per bushel. 10 1 5c.
DRUGS -job prices) Morphine, per oz.,
3.35; opium, per lb, 4.75; calomel, peril'.
1.10; quinine, per oz., 60c; assafastida. per
lb, 20c; castor oil, per gal.. 1.50; turpentine
per gal., 55c; linseed oil, per gal., 70c;
epsom salts, per lb, 5c; gum camphor, per
lb, 43c; sulphur, per lb 5c; laudanum, per
lb 1.00; coppcas, per lb, 4c.
DRY GOODS Dress prints, 56)4c;
standard plaids, 6J46; light brown do
mestic. 4-4. 6c; medium, do., 4-4, 67J4c;
heavy do., 4-4, 7)48c: bleached do.. 4-4
HV.Otlc: heavv do.. 99Kc: brown drilling
7i8H'c ; Alabama plaids, 7c ; brown duck,
ing, 9&Sll3c: jeans, cotton, 12)4gil5c; do
all wool, 22)435c: mattress ticking, 7S
8c; father do.. 12jl5c; hickory do.. 8
He; ginghams, 1VM lc; Drown cotton,
bH7)ic; cambric, 6Jiftto:.
.EGGS r resu vara, rrom wat-'oo. io"
18-.: store. 25c. Eggs and butter are scarce,
and prices have advauced and are tirm at
quotations.
f lAH'tv nesi, o.iAnao-w.
HARDWARE Iron per pound. 3l4c;stei t
plow, c ; do., cast, VJlAc ; nails, per keg,
2.75; do., horseshoe. Clinton, per box.Nos.
6 to 8, S3.00: do.. Ausable No. 7, $4.o0; wire,
harhed. .oainted. 3..0; galvanized, 4.25
smooth. Nos. 6 to 9, $4.00 ; do., black, $3.i 0.
HIDES Prime, dints, stgioc; ury salts,
45c ; wet salts, 34c.
HAMS Sugar cured lutgjiL'c.
HAY Bottom, loose, 19.00; baled. 20.00(3
22 00; prairie bav, per tor, 12.tMj(g( 14.00;
Johnson grass, 13.0015.00.
HOM IN Y Per bhi.. 3.ao.
LARD Tierce, tiyaHo
LIOUORS Sour mash whisky, froth
three to eight years old, 2 305.00; sweet
mash, Kentucky goods, two to seven year,
old, 1.753.00. Wines, imported ports. 1.75
3.25: sherries, 2.003.oo; uainornia wines,
1.00(82.25. according to age.
LEMONS Per box. 7.508.00.
LIVESTOCK Cornfed cattle, none of
fered; grass, $2.00 per 100 lbs.; yearlings,
per head, $5.00; hogs, on hoof, 2c; sheep
same ; cows, $10 to $12.
LUMBER 2X4, lixu, zx anu zxiu ai
per 1000; 2x12, 4x4, 4x0, 6x6 and 0x8, $20;
1x12 iirst cond. box nil, $20; clear boards
1x12 and narrower, $25; 1x6 tongue and
groove ceiling and Onlilbrnia weather
boarding, $25; ceilimr and Texas weather
boarding, $22.50; 1 and 1)4 ex. wide lum
ber, $30; best dried ail Heart smugies, j;
prime dned and "sap sinugies, j.uu;
plastering la'os, .i.ou.
MOLASSES Louisiana, 345f c; drip,
n9- . .
OATS sacueq. irom store, uuisjooc
RYE 1.00 1. 15.
ONIONS Per lb., 4b.
PECANS None in market.
POTATOES Irish, per bushel, 1.251.30.
Sweet t otatoes 1X0 per bushel.
ROPE One-halt inch and upwaros.i.io.
SUGAR A 6:X7c; granulated, 6
7c: cut loaf, 8';c; yellow dannea, tftriic.
TEA Imperial, IB, isejc; guncowuer,
400750.
TIES Arrow, 1 60; delta, 1.7D.
TURKEYS 500600 from wagon.
Not Intended for Sausage Meat. .
As the popular butcher, Bill John-
sou, was feeding his voracious sausage
mill yeste'day morning he came near
running unwillingly into slaughter
and that a sausage slaughter. His
apron became in some way caught in
the vicious teeth of the machine, and
the by no means fragile butcher felt
himself beingdrawn, not affectionately,
but positively, into very close relations
with an admittedly seductive crusher.
It is reported Sir William objected
tr such embrace in terms that
were audible at great distances and so
shudderingly recoiled from the display
of the canabali8tic propensities of the
would be destroyer, that the apron
gave way and human life was spared,
as was William to his friends. If any
shreds are found in the sausage that
went through the machine before its
taste for meat was changed, they are
0;rv,r,WnV1it.fl narticles of that snowy
anron for Sir William's cuticle is
still whole.
The cotton market is a little dull.
Used in Millions of Homes
THE BELLS OF THE CITY.
The Mis of th. ciry sound aloud
Over tlie heads of ilia hurrying crowd,
Murking suiv!y the flight of time.
Kinging out a melodious chime,
Calling loudly through the busy hum,
Come: come I come! come
The minstrel group from Trinity call
To the belfiy :and in the elty hall,
And the eelio.'s fly at a lively pace
To meet with the charming cbe.ubsof Grace,
And ull join in the tuneful sonu',
Ding, dong! ding, donl
Now a melody now a prayer
Woven In through the harps of air,
Finds Its way to the prisoner's cell,
To the homes of the rich and oor who dwell
So fur It sounds like a drowsy hum,
Come' cornel come! come!
I know the bells are endowed with speech.
And have a message they bring to each.
And none can give the signal clear
That is meant for another persou's ear,
Or guess what memories throb and throng
Ding, dong! ding, dong!
But bells of Trinity! bells of Grace!
Ring out like birds from a lofty place
A song of joy, and not of woe,
O'er the pretty scene In the church be'ow,
And cull aloud through the buzz and at.
Come! come! come! cornel
They come to the altar, bride and groom,
She with her cheeks like a rose in bloom.
While the organ tells with its tuneful swelU
That the beaux of the city ring the bells;
nd echoes awabur. through Christendom:
Ping, doiij;! Come! cornel
New York Ledger.
riie AliHorpt'K.? of Xew England Faruil.
Some fifteen yeare ago, in the early
(uya of tlie M ."'nit Desert summer travel,
I met on the beach at Newport, R. 1., a
shipwrecked sea i.-.iptain from Bar Har
bor, who talked in eloquent astonish
ment of the rapid changes coming over
the ownership of real estate ia that re
gion. "It dues just be.-it all," he de
clared. ' Folks will come along from
New York or Philadelphy and they'll
kinder take a fancy to a man's farm.
They'll end in givin' him more for it
than he ever thought o' askin' for it: and
then they'll pay him more for liviu' ou
it in winter to take care of it than he
ever made off of it."
This duplex good bargain, this gain in
both principal and interest fit the same
time, seemed quite too much for my
weather beaten friend's comprehension.
Yet the same process has been going on
for years, in a manner less conspicuous,
along the whole New England coast, and
through ull the mountain region of the
Appalachian range. Side by side with
that crowding into cities in winter,
a steady crowding out of cities for sum
mer residence: and this is in many cases
displacing the original resident of the
soil and substituting new ownership.
In the region where I now find myself
one may look from the hills over many
thousand acres, not oue of which now
belongs to a permanent resident of the
town. Farms have been bought and
united, one man owning 000 acres, an
other 700, and tso on, in a region where
200 acres was once regarded as a large
farm. Harper's D.;zur.
Pule Sarsai'i:iit Sirup.-
There is a handsome new drug store
ap in Fourteenth sslivet where they sell
soda water and dispel illusions all for
five cents a glass. If you ask the noda
water clerk for sarsaparilla soda water
he will give yon a glass of foamy water
that is almost colorless of a pearly
transparency, like that of a glass of
vanilla soda water. It looks no more
like the rich, brown colored drink that
people expect to get when they ask for
sarsaparilla soda water than chalk does,
f yon remark on the unaccustomed ap
pearance of the driuk he will say to you,
as he says to hundreds of people who
ask for that particular kind of' soda wa
ter every day, that pure sarsaparilla
sirup is colorlets. "People think,'" he
says, "that sarsnparilla, being made of
roots, must Le brown. Perhaps years
ago, when the sirup was made by throw
ing a lot of unwashed roots in a dirty
kettle and boiling them over a smoky
fire in the woods, there was dirt enough
in the compound to make it brown.
Nowadays the process is cleaner and the
sirup is colorless. But people think
sarsaparilla ought to be brown, and so
people color it with burnt sugar or lico
rice. We don't." Washington Poat.
Looking for ISIg Prices.
There were some curious incidents
noted near the (irand Central station
while the strike was in progress. One of
the long delayed trains had ,ust come in
one evening and the passengers were
streaming out of tho station when one of
them stepped up to a bystander and ad
dressed him: "Look here," said the trav
eler, "can you tell me where is tlie most
expensive restaurant in this town'"
"The most expensive!" quoth the one
addressed in surprise.
"Yes, sir: that's just what 1 want.
While our train was blocked out on the
road we could get very little to eat and
I got used to paring top rates. Some
body brought along a basket of sand
wiches railroad sandwiches, sir and
sold them out at $ 1 apiece. We bought
'em we had to buy 'em or go hungry.
Now, 1 want to get back to my regular
prices by degrees. So you don't know
which is the most expensive restaurant?
Well, I'll go down to Dehuonico's and
chance it, anyway." The speaker, being
a prosperous looking person, probably
carried out his threat. New Yo.-3t
Times.
Injurious .'Saevis of Odors.
You can kill a man quicker by an evil
smell than any other way in the world
if vou know how to eo about it. and all
40 Years the Standard.
evu su;.-!.s are in greater or less degree
poisonous and reduce vitality where they
do not destroy outright.
The London Lancet gave the case of a
gentleman in a railway car detained
alongside cars of hogs in an offensive
condition about fifteen miuiites. He
was taken ill with symptoms of prostra
tion, though previously in health, and
died shortly after, poisoned by the intol
erable odor. Shirley Dare.
MentllltU.
Maude Who is that coarse creature
that murders the king's English and has
the manners of a charwomani1
Minnie Sh-h! That's the author of
the latest success in "society" novels.
Pittsburg- B--!,etin.
The Place to Hung It.
Lawyer X is regarded by his acquaint
ances as the pennant bore. He lives at a
small family hotel and exercises his func
tions as a bore chiefly at the dinner table,
and talks mostly of himself. One evening
when the dining room was full he said in a
voice loud enough to be heard by every one
in the room:
"Gentlemen, I'm thinking of hanging a
bell on myself so that tlje people may know
when I am present."
"Good idea," said a quiet sufferer at the
next table.
"Do you think so?" said the lawyer, rais
ing his voice. "But the trouble is I want
to hang it where it will ring all the time."
"No trouble ut all: bang it to your jaw."
Chicago Herald.
IncoiiHlsteucy.
1 .
Gushley (watching a sunset In the north
woods) Ah, the infinite glories of the
heavens! At such a moment as this oue
realizes the littleness of all earthly things,
the utter worthlessness of human life
Guide (interrupting) Say, boss, here
conies the man who's sworn to shoot any
one what hunts on his land.
Gushley Great Scottl Let's run for our
livesl Kun like mad! Munsey's Weekly.
It Was.
Owner of Horse (brushingsthe flies oft
the impatient animal) What are you tell
ing me, Larry? Are you really a descend
ant of the Irish kings?
Larry Yis, sor.
"And now you're shoeing horses In an
Englishman's blacksmith shop! It looks
like the irony of fate."
"Yis, sor. Stand still, ye baste! I make
me liviu', sor, by ironiu' fate." Chicago
Tribune.
Gave 1 1 in a Tip.
Chawles Ah, my denh Miss Flirt. May
I, you kuow, ahsk you what it is you find
so amusing?
Miss Flirt i i's just reading Mr. Gasp
an item that I '.nought might interest you.
Chawles I tides A I'm delighted, you
know. What is 't?
Miss Flirt It says that a Dr. Thompson
has just made a successful experiment in
brain grafting. Chicago Times.
The Author's Uevenge.
Author At hist I urn avenged. The
Ilightono Magazine has bought one of my
articles, and they have paid for it.
Wife (mystified) They have accepted
and paid for a number of your manu
scripts, but none of them has appeared
yet.
Author (triumphantly) Tho last one
was written with ink that will fade out ia
ten years. New York Weekly.
Only Negative Proof of Meaning.
"Now. Mr. Tintype," giggled .Miss Used
tobo, "don't you dare tell mo to try to look
pleasant."
"Oh, no, indeed," promptly responded
Mr. Tintype, "in j-our case I shouldn't
think of such a thing."
And Miss Usedtobe would give her best
false teeth to be sure which way he meant
it. Westborough (Mass.) Tribune.
Awful, Indeed
Mrs. Kawler I'm so sorry that your hus
band wai- caught and sent to prison for his
embezzlement of the bank's funds!
Mrs. Ab Sconder Yes, and the worst of
it was t hat in court they put him right intd
the same pen with all the cheap, petty
thieves! So degrading to a man who stole
S100.00U! Lowell Citizen.
Short but Sweet.
Jinks -Why, Bitiks, what's become of
your watch?
Rinks Sat in the train next t a man
who asked me ten times in one hour if I
had the time.
Jinks-Well?
Binks Gave him the watch. Jewelers'
Circular.
Nothing to Worry About.
Scared eighbor-Oh, Mrs. Mugginq v'r
husband is tryin' to hang himself in th'
barn.
Mrs. Muggins-He never succeeded in
(loin anything he tried to do so f.lr. Uuess
he 1 he comin' in all right w'en the dinner
bell rings. -btreet & Smith's Good News.
Careful or His Trousers
.? Ci!sh!ey-You hve dropped your
handkerchief on the floor, Mr. Van Dude-
Van Dudekin (preparing to get on hia
CasW 71 e" d !? r r a, P-P- dearMSs