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RECEIPTS.

Per Charleston and Savannah Railway, Oct
l0-195 bales cotton. bbls spirits turpentine. 70
1 caremp:y bbla, ~ ca5es fish. II boxes medi-
cine case whips, 10 bars iron, ~ doz brooms
case cigars. 100 bbls potatoes, case sundries
box clothing, b )xes. cases hosiery, 1875 bids
p cstgs, 81 boxes tobacco. 100 p irons ss bdls
castings.
Per Savannah. Florida aud Western Railway.
Oct 10~-3.SO3 bales cotton, 700 bbls rosln, 165
bbls spirits turpentine, 1T6pkgs fndse, $50 boxes
fruit, s. cars lumber. ears wood Cur mchy,
1917 bales hides, 2 car phos rock, 1 car brick. go
sacks fertilizers Z bales wool. bbls whisky,
cases whisky, boxss vegetables, car sash
and b, 81 pkgs furniture.
Per Centrd1 Railroad, Oct 10-5,9o0 bales cot
ton bales yarn, 81 bales domestics, 3 bales
hides 705 bbls rosin, 95 bbls spirits turpenUine.
30 bales wool, ~ pkgs paper, 20 phgs tobacco 9
pkgs fruit. 5000 lbs bacon, 30 bales hay. $4,000
lbs bran, IS bbls whisky, 1853 pkgs furniture, 10
hf bbs whisky, cars stock, Dbl flour, 200 lbs
four 300 pkgs vegetables, 5S3 sacks guauo, 1.5
pkgs hardware. buggies. cars coal. cars
stone, case eggs cases plaids % pl1gs mdse,
cars cotton seed, 26 cars lumber. car poultry,
% crates bottles.
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For upward of fifty years "Mrs, Win
slows Soothing Syrup" has been used by
millions Of mothers for their children while
teething With never-failing safety and sue
cess. IL soothes the child. softens the gums,
aflays all pain. regulates the bowels, cures
wind collie, ana is the best remedy for
diarrhoea. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" is for sale by druggists in every
part Of the world. Price % cents bottle.
Adn
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"The Famous.'

Is crowded with good things IN the line of
wearing apparel for men and boys for fall.
One thing is settled fact, and of great in
terest to clothing buyers; that is that THE
FAMOUS" is not a high priced house. We
aim to supply the best the market affords
at a reasonable price, guaranteeing every
garment to he as represented. Clothing
buyers have the advantage, by buying of
The Famous" of getting good, reliable,
high grade clothing without having to pay
high prices.
For school boys we have put in an extra
large stock. Strong School Suits you can
buy at So so made especially for the pur-
pose. Don't sneer at the idea of buying a
good an Wool Boys Suit for that price.
Como and look at it and satisfy yourself.
Plenty fine Suits, also.
Hats for fall in all shapes, colors and quail
ties, and Gs in clothing we guarantee to save
you money. Sole Agent for the Miller
Stiff Hats, the very best hat made
"fhe Famous" Clothing House,
14S Bronghton Street. Savannah, Ca,
AdU.-BENNETT HYMEs. Proprietor.
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The Dollar Comes Our Way.

Our stocks the markets pick and prize,
1t quality excites surprise.
It's such big display,
No wonder we the trade command.
All buyers seek headquarters-and
The Dollar ZONES our way.
APPEL 81 SCHAuI,
-Adu. One Price to All.
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NOTCE TO MARINERS.

Notices to Mariners pilot charts aud all nauti-
cal iufor nation will rs furnished masters OF
vessels free Of charge at the Units1 States
Photographic Office in ths Custom House. Cap
tains are re luested 10 cali at tho Office.
LIEUT. r II SHsRMAs
III charge Hydro graphic Station
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New York. Oct s--Arriyed. schrs Isaiah x
Stetson, Trask, Fernandina; Robt T Mcfarland,
Montgomery. do.
Beachy Head, Oct Passed, bark Ceurca
rBrl Bigh, Savannah for Rotterdam
Dartmouth, Oct S--ArTivsd steamship Chris
tdn johnson LNorl, Deustadt, Brunswick for
Dantzic.
Hamburg, Oct s-.-Arrived, bark Gler rBrl,
Murray, Savannah.
Liverpool, oct Arrived, brig Familien [Norl,
Nielsen. Savannah.
Sailed. ship Cashmere TBrl, Anderson, Pensa-
cola.
Apalachicoa, Oct 3--Arrived, schr Rebecca f
Lamdin, DigRns, Boston,
Boston, Oct s-Cleared, schr O Witherlll
Bearse. Fernandina
Baltimore Oct 3--Arrived, bark New Light,
Pedrick, Savannah
Brunswick. Oct S--Arrived, schr r v Hart
Icy, Grse1, New York
Beaufort, S G, oct S-Arrlved bark Formosa,
Farnham, Port Royal, $ G.
Sailed, schr Annie Wallace, Overton, Ralti
more.
Fernandina, Oct S-Arrved, bark Babel
Sawyer. Brunswick
Newburyport. Oct Bark s G Hart, Pearson
for Pensacola, reported sailed 9Th. put back
owing to threatening weather, and is In the
barbor.
j. ew Haven, Oct S--Sailed, schr Harold G
Beecher Nickerson Brunswick. Ga.
Portland, Me, oct S-Cleared, schr Jennie
Hall, Watts, Kings, Ferry. Fla
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According 70 Tue ToreE going. 3 )TnOay app ears
to show an increase comp ired WITH last year in
the weeks receipts of 900 bales. and de-
crease in shipments of 1000 bales, and the
shipments since January show an increase of
1855 900 bales
FINANCIAL
MONEY MARKET-Money continues in active
demand, call loans Sper cent.
DOMESTIC Steady. Banks and
bankers ara buying signt drafts at "a per cent.
discount and selling at a per cent. discount to
par.
FOREIGN ExCHANGE-The market is steady.
Commercial demand, 81 8}16; sixty days. 81 7914;
ninety days, 81 IA; francs, Paris and havre;
commercial, sixty DAYS, S. rs; Swiss, s. 264.
marks. sixty days. $3.50.
SECURIrIEs-The market is steady for city
and state bonds, rather weak for railroad Sc
curties, especially those of the Central road.
Georgia outhern bonds ar firm. South western
railroad stock in fair de Band.
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Button Getaway Suits FOR afternoon and
evening purposes, at Appel & Schaul, Qae
Price Clothiers -.AdU.
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EYPORKa-

Per steamship Gate City. for Boston
1884 bales cotton. 6 bales wool, 800 bbls rosin
III bbs spirits turpennne. 1914 bales domesties,
10 bbls OIL 115 776 feet lumber, 81 bales hides. %
casks clay. no pkgs fruit, 3Ts tons pig iron, 127
pkgs mdse. % pcs stone.
Per steamship City OF Augusta for New YorE--
2214 bales upland cotton. BIS bales eomestlcs, 10
bales hides. 1862 bales sea island cotton, 10000
s1inges 100 bbls cotton seed oil, 1873 bbs rosip.
III 497 feet lumber 20 bbls oil, 800 pkgs fruit,
y76 pkgs mdse, 2516 tons pig iron, 20 tags chaff,
oa.es paper stock
Per steamship Ardancorrach TBrl. for Hayre-
$3.50 bales upland cotton. weighing 1893. 23f
pounds; 1875 bales sea island cotton, Weighing
1885, pounds.
Per.schr Normap, for Baltimoreu 2I ,557 feet
. p lum osr-Dale, Dixon & Co.
PASSENGERS.
Par ataannahfn Gate CITY far Roetop
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NAVAL SroREs.-The receipts last week we're
2'4Oo barrels spirits turpentine and 1859
barrels sin The exports were 4,34 bar
rels spirits turpentine and 1888 barrels rosin
moving as follows: To New York, 794 barrels
spirits turpentine and T. 1913 barrels rosn; to the
interior, 404 barrels spirits turpeutine and $40
barrels rosin: to Baltimore, 2,973 barrels rosn
and 10 barrels spirits turpentine; to Boston,
4S barrels spirits turpentine and 40l barn Is
rosin; TO to Philadelphia, 90 barrels spirits tur
p-ntine and 175 bar els rosin: to Cork for
orders. 1900 barrels spirits turpentine aud 1859
barrels rosin; to Garston Dock, 1000 barrels
spirits turpentine and 2, 3S2 barrels rosn. The
Rosin-A, B, G and D, 81 %, z 81 IS. f 81 IS q.
81 45, ST. 60 81 65, X 81 Is, VI 81 90, N So 40,
window glass. So IS, water white, 80 %. Spirits
turpentine, sc.
RECEIPTS. SHIPMENTS AND STOCKS FROM APRIL l,
1881, TO DATE. AND TO Tue CORRESPONDING
DATE LAST YEAR:
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SHIPPING INrELLIGRNCR.

MINIATURE ALTMAN AC-rdlS DAY.
SUN Rls1s.... ..'.....'. ..'..................6tS
SUNSETS. 80 ................... ...........5:42
HIGH WATER AT SAVANNAH. .5:3T NJ 5 :55 pm
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Are You

Going to any balls this season. lie SO call on
Appel & Schaul. an d order your full Dress
Suits.-AdU.
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You Are

NOT compelled to buy anything to get one
of our Souvenirs. Come and get one.
--Adu. APPEL g. SCaAUL
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Will buy you a pair of Knee Pants for school
wear for the boys at Appel g. Schaul. One
Price Clothiers.
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nEP,Rrrn v rSTrRDAy

Steamer Advance, Myers Augusta aud way
landings-J. g. MedocS, Agt
steamsr Belle ds Blidwin. Beaufort, Port
Royal and Blufton-W r Gibson. Agt
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IUUdl VIsIUIo supply SOL, Sf4 ,sI1, 6SJ
The imports into Continental ports this week
have been 5000 bales
The above figures indicate an increase in the
cotton in sight to date of 2l3,355 bales as com
pared with the same date of 1885, an increase of
394,625 bales as compared with the correspond
ing date of 1898. and a decrease of 303 ia bales
as compared with 1887.
INDIA CorToN MOVEMENT FROM ALL PoRrs.-
The receipts and shipments Of cotton at Bonn
bay have been as follows for the week and
year, bringing the figures down to Oct. 2:
BOMBAY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS FOR FOUR
YEARS.
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steamship City of Augusta. Catherine. New
York--OG Anderson
Steamship Gate City, Dosne. Boston-c q
Anderson.
Steamship Ardancorach rBr1, Gainswor thy, ,
Havre-A Minis Sons.
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VtttsVI5of FtT UIIoIIOIi t'F %
PoULrRY-Macket taiply supplied: demand
good.
EGGs-MarlSet easy; stock ample,
PEAsUTs-Light stock; demand fair; prices
firm.
SuGAR-Georgia and Florida nominal none in
market.
HoNEY-Demand nominal
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COMMERCIAL.
SAVANNAH MARKETS.
WEEKLY REPORT.
OFFICE MORNING NEWS. I
SAVANNAH. Oct. 10. 1890 {

WEEKLY REPORT
OFFICE MORNING NEWS.
SAVANNAH. Oct. 10. 1890.
Rrx.RKs.-Business during last
- has continued moderately active IN
wees ao-lv all branches of trade. The
sa,5sr was somewhat favorable though
III would stimulate trading considera-
- IN some few departments The money
- has again become more stringent, which
IN course influences transactions al
The feature of the week
IS the stimulous given to values
- SIGNING of the Mckinley tariff
iii the previous week, and prices are hardening
- noint when a rapid advance is ex-
[.sc,ed IN the near future. This Is particularly
1 -, in food products and other necessaries
Il living. The freight market IS quite easy and
.I;nT,, The security market is quiet. There
- demand for guaranteed stocks
bonds. but nothing doing for
~ - oferiugs. Collections are reported
i,bbers to be fair are improving. The
r;ssr movement in the jobbinEs trades was
.arsnt in groceries aud provisions. and the
i,,D,a of the outward shipping continues very
80 In dry goods trading is slow. Hard
80 here was fairly good business doing.
~ humber movement is very slow, with a con-
-ther decline in the coastwise rate.
otber branches there was no remarkable
..5vitv. although there is a fair quantity Of
-sers arriving. The appended resume will
~ou the tone nd the latest quotations OF the
sserant markets at the closing hour to-day.
W. SroREs.-The market for spirits tur
tine was very quiet and easy during the
~ week and prices are 1c lower than week
~ The inquiry was fair. but buyers were
&c., and transactions were only effected on
n"sssions The market closed to-day steady
S-c for regulars The total sales for the week
w.. some 800 casks. Rosin-The market has
w tinned auiet throughout the week, but prices
W. frm and fully sustained. There was
md inquiry with fairly steady offerings; The
~ for the week were about 10, 900 barrels. In
sotber column will be found a weekly compare
- table of receipts and exports from April to
l@e and for a like period last year, showing
=. sock on hand and on shipboard not
S,red. together with the official closing quota
rSorToN-The market during the past week
ne rather quiet but fairly steady and prices
N sustained until the closing hour to-day,
5sn quotations were reduced i-16c all around,
.rsed by a more favorable report by the agri-
1tura bureau than was expected. The demand
sbough not active was quite fair, but was
cnfned To the finer grades. while the others
sra neglected The total sales for the week
tvt nm IL O75 bales The following are the Off
enclosing spot quotations of the Cotton Ex-
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SPOKEN.

Bark Stanley rNorl, from Dublin for Pensa-
cola, Oct B. LAT 50, lon II.
Schr John Ames, Boston for Brunswick; r
D Spear, New York for Jacksonville, and $
Haskins, Baltimore fer Jacksonville Oct 8, off
Charleston.
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MARITIME MISCELLANY.

London, Oct g. Bark President [Nor1, Michel
sen. from Busnos Ayres for Pensacola. put into
Rio Janeiro leaky. and the Leak has since been
found and stopped.
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VISIBLE SUPPLY OF CorFoS.-The vIsinIe sup
ply of cotton, made up by cable and
telegraph to the Financial Chronicle is as fol.
lows: The continental stocks as we'll as those
for Great Britain and the afioat, are this weeks
returns. and consequently all the European fig
But to make the totals the complete figures
for Oct. 3, we add the item of exports from the
United States, including in it the exports of
Friday
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SATURDAY. oct II. 1909.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Kansas City. Kempton, New York
&C G. Anderson.
Brig John Wesley. vanGilder, Baltimore, with
coal to G II Dixon 81 CD; vessel to JOS A Roberts
& Co.
Schr Lewis Ehrmln, Collision, Baltimore. with
coal to O RI Dixon & Co; vessel to JOS A Roberts
& Co.
Schr " GaskiIl. Douglass, Philadelphia, with
coal to Mutual Gas Light Co; vessel to JOS A
Roberts " Co.
Schr Chas A Coulombe Gardner, Philadelphia,
with coal co p J Murphy vessel TO Master
Schr City of Augusta Watts Philadslnhla
With railroad iron to c r r Agt; vessel to JOS a
Rbberts a 20
Schr Lille f Schmidt. Henderson,. Baltimore.
With guano TO @ Il Agent; vesss TO Jos A
ROBERTS & Co.
Steamer Alpha, Strobhar, Button, Beaufort
and Port Royal q Med ock, Ago.
ARRIVED AT QUARANTINE YESTERDAY.
Steamship New York City IBrl, -, st
KITS, in ballast ilder & Co.
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,a1ing futures ranred as follows:
Opening. Highest.

BALTIMORE. Oct. i0.-Flour active; Howard
street and western supsrJine 80 00G13 80; extra
SO 1901 40; family 81 755t5 25; city mills, extra
s. lG6lJ - Wheat--Southern quiet and nrTn:
Fultz, ySel1Si o.: LOngberry. 81 090lf o.;
western firmsr; no. 2wintcr red, on spot
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i'll timber 81 below these q cures.
EREIE HTS

FREItSHTS.
LUNBER-Coastv ise-The market is very dull
and the tonnage Offering in excess OF require
ments. Rates are weak and NAV bs quoted AT:
From this port to Baltimore, Si13 Philadel-
phia, 81 90; New York and sound ports,
IS So with 25D5oc additional if loaded at near by
Georgia ports. Timber, 50c0Si 90 higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies aud Wind
ward, nominal; to Rosario, SiS 00@l9 90; TO B le-
nos Ayres or Montevideo, $40 OOGl6 5J to Rio
Janeiro, $40 90; to Spanish and Mediterranean
ports, 81 90; to United Kingdom for or
ders, nominal for timber, Is standard;
lumber, Is. Steam-to New York, 81 90; to
Philadelphia, s. 90; to Boston, s. 90; to Balti-
more, IS so
NAVAL SToREs-Marset is dull. Forefgn-Cork
etc, for orders, small spot vessels. roSia, IS
nd a Sd; to arrive, 2s Cd ana 4s spirits, Ad-
Ratio, rosin, IS Cd; Genoa, IS 81: South Amer
lea, roSiu, 81 90 per barrel Of go pounds.
CqastwIse- Steam-To Boston. lie per l00b,
on rosn 90c on spirits; to New York, ros a.
Doc per. 10Ofo; spirits, soc; TO Philadelphia,
rosin, 1ac per 1oofb; spirits, So; to Baltimore,
roSin, 3Oc; spirits zoe. Coastwis. quiet
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noLaENT OF COTTON AT INTERIOR PoINrs.
a. teCel pts and shipments for the week end
fo C., ~ 1880, and stock on hand tonight
'o' Uhe same time last year:
Week ending Oct. 10, $780,
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SAILNl1 YhSHNlDAY-
MEMORANDA.

Steamship City Of Augusta. New York.
Steamship Gate City. Boston.
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THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER II. 1890

cubes. fSsc: powdered. nc: gran1lated 7lse:
confectioners', 6Jkc: standard A, SIC; OF A.
essc; white extra G. eisc; golden {, &c; yellow,
534c.
ons-Market steady; demand fair. signal.
pd.5oc; West Virginia block. 100 lsc; lard 5sc
kerosene, lie; neatsfoot. 6c075c; machinery.
$50 sc; linseed, raw. Csc; bolied, CSC; mineral
seal, lSc; homslight. l5c; guardian tic.
PorAroEs-New York. new, barrels. 50 OOl
s25
RAIsrSs - Demand light; market steady
Malaga layers. 50 % per box; LOnion layers,
new. 80 50 per box; California London layers
81 IS per box; loose. So 81.
SALT-The demand Is moderate and market
quiet. Carload lots, s0c, (. o. b.; job lots, 500
90c
SYRUP-Fiorida and Georgia. 3e0S5c; market
quiet for sugarhouse at 500 40c; Cuba straight
goods, 9021S2c: sugarhouse molaSSes, lS61a0c.
ToBACCO-Market very firm. Smoking. domes-
tic. 22tscf1S1 60; chewing. common. sound. 2S
02sc; fair, 2s035c; good, 36Ge4sc; bright. 5Oa
Csc; fine fancy 55d 90c; extra fine. 81 00dl IL;
bright naviAs, 22Ie 95c.
LUsBER-Tne market is very dull ami orders
are slack. There is slow demand for orders
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Sg1 Bldnds-The receipts as reported by
factors for the week closing at p. m. were
/ los bags The exports were 525 bags of which
/ f5 bags were TO Liverpool, 40 bags TO Hamburg
and ESQ bags to northern mills. The total sales
were 655 bags. The market was quiet through
ont the week with rather a moderate inquiry,
principally for medium fine to fine Prices were
fairly well maintained. The above business
was on the basis of quotations.
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-iDAIED COTTON STATEMENT FOR THE wEEK
ENDING OCT. 10 1920.
-elpts at all u. S. rortS tbiu u,aaL ooe ooo
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CLEARrD YE,rERDAy.

Steamship New York City IBrl, ---, st
KITS, in ballast Wilder & Co.
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PASoENUERS.
Per steamship Gate City, for Boston :
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A The receipts Of cotton at this port from all
sources the past week were 81, 787 bales of I'D
land and 119S bales of sea island, against So ri
bales of upland last year and 65S bales island
4 TIE particulars Of the receipts have been as
Follows: Per Central railroad, 40,285 bales up
/ land; per Savannah, Florida and Western
railway Il, 144 bales upland, and 1,153 bales sea
E Island; per Savannah river steamer, 934 bales
Elpland per Charleston and Savannah railway.
[2372 bales upland; per Florida steamers, 8! bales
|uplaud and bales seaislaud per carts, 10 bales
.upland and 10 bales sea island.
4 The exports for the week we're "a. 1886 bales OF
1 upland and 525 bales seq island, moving as fol-
\ lows: To New York, 100 bales UPLAND and 525
Eb1les sea island; to Baltimore, 1887 bales up
Hand; to Boston, 1871 bales upland; to Charles
Eton 1,15O bales upland; to Bremen, 1850 bales
Eupland; to Philadelphia 1888 bales upland.
The stock on hand to-day was 1913, 49, bales
Eupland and 1857 bales sea island against SO, 62S
Ehales upland and 1881 bales sea island last
PEAR.
RICE.-The market has been quite dull during
4 the week, aud prices weak and declining The
demand was moderate with pretty liberal offer
|tgs, The inquiry was principally for the best
qualities: of which there is some scarcity. The
receipts now being milled show up very poorly
II grading The total sales for the week were
s6out 1900 barrels, the basis of the following
quo atoms. Small job lots are held at 1S04c.
higher:
Esa,S
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THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT SHOWS THE NET "a
TErPTS AT ALL PORTS FOR THE WEEK Ending
OCT. 10 AND OCT. 8, AND FOR THIS WEEK
LAST YEAR.
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C--loJJ-----~ r--l0S5----N
Spirits. Rosia. Spirits Rosin.
On hand April f.. 1865 39.5l1 I.947 1902
Reed this week. 24DS 1869 1851 10, 40
Reed previously 140,O74 42S,524 I29, 472 326Oal
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-03-08
ITHE eooMER.s WAYS.
How en- Old Farmer was Cured os tn,
"City Fever"

! How en- old Farmer was Cured az the
"City Fever"
! watchitowatchit, Kan, is one Of the oi,ies
Of the West that has enjoyed a genuine
''boom;" word which stands for a state
\ of things In which prices soar, while people
lose their heads, and with them, very often,
their money. Every thing "rushes." Every
I man is "rustler," or q hustler" and the
air il full of schemes for making thousands
in a day. During the excitement in Watch
itowatchit, when land was selling at fabu.
lous prices, an old farmer drove into the
city and hunted up q real estate agent for
the purp Sc of making trade, says the
Youths Companion
"Tve got q farm that want to trade for
city lot" he explained. "My Oldest girl
wants q taste of city life and the excite
ments OF the great metropolis, as she calls
It. Pm satisfied with the farm myself, but
the women folks want to live in town"
every well, SIR" says the agent, blandly,
tive can suit you. About how high figure
can you gom
"Well, about three -thousand-dollar lot.
Ny farm is worth all OF that"
"Call around this afternoon" said the
agent, "and will take you to see some of
the finest city lots in Watchitowatchit."
Promptly at the time fixed the old man
presented himself at the office Of the agent,
whose team was at the door, span of
horses and buggy.
"Get right in, and wen ride out to the
lots" he said, politely.
'IHow far is ltl" asked the farmer, won
dering II the city lots were so far apart that
two horses and buggy were necessary to
get to them.
"Oh, not very far" replied the agent, as
suringly.
They got into the buggy and the agent
drove rapidly through the main avenue of
the city. The farmer kept glancing at the
fine business blocks and wondering when
the three-thousand-dollar lot would be
reached.
Soon the avenue began to merge into the
prairie road, the houses grew farther and
farther apart, until they finally disappeared,
and the agent and the farmer were riding
through the open prairie dotted occasionally
with farm buildings, and still the agent
urged his horses, as if he were anxious to
get back to his Office before dark. "Well,
WELL" thought the farmer, "this is the
great metropolis, is itl'
Finally, after driving some ten miles, the
agent drew rein beside piece of unbroken
prairie, where just above the grass could
be seen rows Of red painted stakes driven
in to designate the lines Of house lots. The
piece covered about five acres.
''Therel" said the agent, with a grand
sweep OF his hand, "there is one of the
finest city squares in the market. This
corner lot here, twenty-five feet front, is
quoted at three thousand five hundred dol
lars. We will let you have it for three
thousand dollars, the value of your farm"
"Mister," said the agriculturst, slowly
getting down out of the buggy, ''do you see
that farmhouse about two miles back on
the road we've just come over, toward the
city? That is my farm, and don't know
rs Iwant to trade to-day for this city lot. ]
think if start now / shall get back there
about mikin' time I've got all want out
Of this boomn