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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15
FLORIDA.

The strawberry crop will be very large In
Lakeland and vicinity this year.
Rev. Mr.. Shaw is building a dwelling
house on his property at Temples.
The Grand Lodge of the independent
Order of Odd Fellows will meet in Gaines
vile next Tuesday.
Mrs. Sarah Clifton, the wife Of c. Clifton
late county judge, died at De Leon Springs
Friday, aged so years.
Prof. ]. n. Stuart of Mariana has been
elected to the chair of Latin and history in
the college at Lake City,
Col. v j. Shipman of Starke has pur-
ehased great many acres Of strawberries
bout Lewtey for 1215c per quart.
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RECEIpTS-

Per Charleston and Savannah Railway, March
l4-22 pkgs tobacco 200 sacks peanuts, 8 boxes
casks, box shafting, ? cars empty bbls IS bdls
iron, 3 cases pants, 80 nests trunks, Dbl flour.
AS bars iron, car h goods, IS bdls buckets,
trunk, hydraulic jack, is boxes drugs, l crate
S machines, b sweeps.
Per Savannah. Florida and Western Railway.
March 14-44S bales cotton, AZ bbls vegetables 24S
boxes vegetables, 5l5 bbls oranges. case cast.
ing, 49, SOL boxes oranges II bales hides 2 boxes
saddlery, 70 bbls whisky, 1 case goods 100 hf
bbls fish, pkg tobacco, 25 sacks potatoes, 100
cases oysters, box n goods. 2 bbls seed, II
biol cider, 45 cars lumber, cars cotton seed,
cars pig iron, cars cotton seed meal, cars
machinery, 900 pkgs mdse, 5 cars tankage Dbl
hams.
Per Central Railroad. March 1853 bales
cotton, 337 bbs rosiD, 20 bbs spirits turpentine,
15l bales domestics, 2 bales hides. pkgs paper,
10 pkgs leather, IS boxes tobacco, Dbl whisky,
1900 lbs bacon. 10000 los bran, bbs syrup Il
cars lumber, sacks potatoes. 800 bbls flour, $50
bushels corn, cars box material. car stock,
car beer, $50 bbls grits, i05 tons pig ron l car
seed, 80 bales paper stock, so empty bbls, ITO
pkgs mdse, cars stone.
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Lemon Hot Drops

For coughs aud colds, take Lemon Hot
Drops
For sore throat and Bronchitis, take
Lemon Hot Drops.
For Pneumonia and Lar yngitis, TAX
Lemon Hot Drops.
For consumption and catarrh, take Lemon
Hot Drops.
For ali throat and lung diseases, take
Lemon Hot Drops.
An elegant and reliable preparation.
Sold by druggists. 25 cents Der bottle.
Prepared by H. Motley, NJ. D., Atlanta,
Ga
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Artists Materials, all kinds, at NJ. T. Tay-
lo'r 1876 York street.-Ad.


Messrs. Lippmdn Bros, Savannah, Ga:
GENTLEMES:-While in San Antonio, Tex,
last spring, saw your advertisement P p. P.
Prickly Ash. Poke Root and Potassium in the
paper for the cure Of rheumatism, and thought
4 would try bottle Finding such great re.
lief from Il, on my return home had my drug.
gist Mr.. John Mcclellan, to order me a supply.
After taking think ten bottles have not had
a pain or acne since. Previous to that suffered
for twenty-five C25l years and could not get the
least benefit until / tried P. P. p and, there.
fore. take pleasure in recommending IL to those
suffering-Ad. J. s. RosAxoNp.
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lEJeE IN TX IuV4N5 u Z IdI Us IUIIUW8s
Opening. Highest. Closing.


BALTIMORE. March N.-Flour dull; How
ard street and western super1ne 80 O003 80;
extra % 1904 50; family 81 6005 90; city
mills, Rio brands extra S. 1505 81; winter
@575; spring straight SIS O0Gl5 40; spring extra.
81 3O04 IS. Wheat-Southern firm; Fultz, 81 Oh
@$l %; Longberry, 81 O5@sl 10; steamer, No.
spot and March delivery 81 10 o4si ' oisI ~ M9V
delivery 81 o.; July delivery s. 02246
OS: August delivery ST O11e Corn-Southern
quiet; white 7O012c; yellow 7O@7lc; western
May delivery G7]S06724o; steamer mixed 7y11c.
CINCINNATI, March 14-Flour easy; family
90 S5@4 90; fancy 81 1904 20. Wheat nominal;
No. Nc; red d. 81 o. Corn dull No. mixed,
SOC. Provisions quiet-Pork new mess $40 so.
Lard nominal at s. IS. Bulk meats quiet;
short rib sides s. 1874. Bacon dull; short clear
g5 90; packing and butchers SO COOS So
Whisky steady at 81 10.
ST. LOUIS, March l4.-Flour easier; family SO IS
@3 90. choice So COOS 70; fancy 81 OO9i 10;
opened weak, M0ssc lower, and after slight
recovery again weakened and sold down rapidly
The close was somewhat firm at decline of
11601s4c below yesterdays last sales; No = red.
cash, 81 00@1 OF; May delivery closed
at 81 0OSh; July delivery closed at 92c bid;
August delivery. closed at C. Corn was
9s01sc down at the opening, ruled quiet until
noon, when a slump occurred and the market
was easy to the close, which was 10l1kc
lower than yesterday; No. 2, cash, 56l<n
564c; March delivery closed at &C; May de-
livery closed at 57Ac; July delivery closed
at 5Sc bid Oats lower; Nc. 2 cash $50
49l6c; May delivery closed at 5Osac Bag
ging 561k@7c:., Iron cotton ties 81 S5@1 40
Provisions dull and lower-Pork, standard mess,
in Job lots at $40 7501l 90. Lard, prime
steam, at s. 6213G15 So Dry salt meats, Is
to 80 days, boxed shoulders, at 81 90; longs
S. 0o05 10; RIBS, SIS 0005 10 short clear s. 20.
Bacon, boxed shoulders, 81 62Is; longs IS so
05 90; ribs IS 5000 60; short clear S. 621s6l5 75
Sugar cured hams $9O0011 go Whisky steady
NAVAL STORES.
NEW YORK. March A. noon.-Soirits turpen-
tine dull and nominal at 4104116c. Rosin quiet
and firm at 81 55GD1 81.
500 p. m.-Rosin quiet and firm; strained,
common to good 81 550l 60. Turpentins
dull and nominal at 41@411bc.
CHARLESTON, March 14.-Spirits turpentine
firm at &c. Rosin firm; good strained 81 30.
WILMINGTON, March H. - Spirits turpentine
good strained 81 25. Tar firm at 81 IS. Crude
turpentine firm; hard 81 %; yellow dip 50 10;
virgin 50 10.
New YORK March ID Rice quiet aud steady:
domestic, fair TO extra, 506Szc; Japan 90
6Ac.
Nav ORLEAvs, March 14-Rice quiet; ordinary
to prime 4IS15Ac.
PETROLEUM
New YORK March 14-The petroleum market
opened steady for spot oil, but after first sales
the price yielded under light selling and fell
SIC in the first hour. The market then became
vania oil, on spot, opened at 73&c. highest
73Ac, lowest 73c, closing at 73c. April options
opened at &C, highest &C, lowest &C, closing
at &C Lima oil-no sales
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President National Bank.

McMinville, Tenn, writes: From expert
ence in my family, DIR. H. Mozley's Lemon
Elixir has few. if any, equals, and no supe-
rlors in medicine for the regulation of the
liver, stomach and bowels. DR.. II. Mozley's
Lemon Hot Drops are superior to any rene-
dies we have ever been able to get for throat
and lung diseases. w. H. MAGNESS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15
NOTICE TO MARINERS

Notices to mariners. pilot charts aud all nauti.
collaboration viii be furnished masters of yes.
sells free OF charge at the United States Hydro.
graphic ONCE 10 the Custom House. Captains
ore requested to call at the office
LIEUT. + H SHERMAN
In charge photographic Station.
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. Norfolk, March i2-The Merritt wrecknr
Compauy's steamer Rescue, that was sent IS
Pea Island to remove the gearing of the wreck,
ed schr John W Gaskell. has returned to port
being unable to work on account of the tenn.
pestuous weather now raging on the coast
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15

stock Bears withdrew their forces 10 face OF
this manipulation, and nothing was left to OPP
pose the upward bent OF the market There
was the usual dizziness and stagnRrion In the
general list, but the stocks mentioned we're
joined by some others; while among sDecialties
Rome, Waterfront and Ogdensburg continued
70 advance rapidly on light sales and scored q
final gain Of per cent, closing at the highest
price. National Cordage. Colorado Coal, and
otders were conspicuous for strength, and the
strength continued right up 10 the close, not
wlthstandiDg the loss Of the banks in reserve,
which is now brought below $4,000. 900 for the
first time in some weeks. The usual rea lZiDg
sales in the last few minutes had sc lrcey any
perceptible influence on the list. and the close
was quiet and firm at the best figures. Besides
remarkaole advance in Rome, Watertown
and Ogdensburg, New Jers y Central rose "a,
Colorado Coal lSs, Burlington and Quincy IA,
and Chicago Gas per cent. The sales reached
ll2S33 shares Of listed and 600 shares OF I'M
listed
The following we're the closing quotations Of
the New York Stock Exchange.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15

Sweet potatoes, e busheI, Whlte. "a 80
PoULTRY-Market firm, supply moderate;
demand fair
EGes-Market firm; stock ample; demand
fair
PEANUTs-Ample stock; demand light; prices
steady.
SuaAR-Georgia and Florida nominal; none
in market
HoHEY-Demand nominal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15

New York March I2-Arrived. schrss sfsv,,
Sumner, CushmsH. Pensacola; Normsn-ee1Ia
Rivers Fernandina; Austin d knight, Dri5yE,
Cleared. steamships Scawfen IBrl. stapbo-.
Pensacola; TOrridon Brl, Miller. do: NO,
Edgecombe lBrl. Wetheren, Key West: 49,
City of Philadelphia, Burton, Charleston S-uF
Buenos Ayres. Feb 5-ArriTed, barks g.
Jansen. Pascagouls. '''O's
Sailed Feb :. bark Dovre INorl. OLSEN Pa.
cola; brig New Dominion [Brl, LemielfT1 Rs SA-
dos; 30, barks II Mclean tBrl, Grant A..
harnak LBrl. Bevsridge. do; 5th. Arizona RI
Robbins. do. LOT
Cuxhaven. March 9-Passed. bari, J,r;..-
RUS. Saellman. Hamburg for Savannah pi'7'
- Gnent, March 9-Arrived. bark Java Nor
Petersen. Pensacola. t""h
Genoa, March s-,ATived. bark Auguste rItsr
Allegro, Brunswick. IOll'
Queenstown, March 12-Arriyed barlr NJ,
Curry LBrl, Liswell, Darien.
Tyne, March ll-Arrived, bark Queen ~ -.
East lNorl, SOrensen, Pensacola. 'Hs
West Hartlepool-The reported arrival Sci -,
bark Auguste tNorL from Pensacola was al
error. s al
Boston. March 12-Arrived schr ReLecc. =
Lamdin, Higgins, Apa achicola.
Sailed, steamship Effective IBr1, Coosav So
and passed out Highland Light. "
Baltimore, March 12-Arrived schrz A Do,iL.
Miller Charleston; Cbas II Valentine, Thonn'
Brunswick, March ie-Sailed. scbr ot.n.
Bond Boston, Aaron Reppard. Steelman, Pbfs''
delphia.
Cape Henry, March l1-Passed ont. sts,r,...-
Mary Aiming [Brl, [Brl, Charleston
ternandipa, March 12-Arrived, steamship
Yorkshire [Brl, Arnold, New York; brig FIiapp
N Mitchell, Small, st Pierre; schr e S Newm lavn
Sheppard, Wilmington, NC
Sailed. schr Maggie g Hart Blake, New Yo-,,
Norfolk, March 12-Cleared, schr John Ross
Allen, Savannah. '7'
Nobska. March l2-Passed. schr Alma Chm.
mings, Port Royal, S G, for Boston. N1'n'
PHILADELPHIA March 12-Arriyed scbr -,
Baocock, Wheaton, Charleston; Red Wjn Wins
johnson, do Ns'
Cleared. schr John r Halliday, Moore. savsr.
nah. N~3u'
Delaware Breakwater. March 12-Passed H,
bark Sarah Staples Gay, Pensacola for Phis.
delphia. una
satlla River, Ga, March 6-Arriyed, schr
Dickey Bird, Scheduled WIZ
Sailed 6th. schrs Isaac Kerlin, Stssir,n
New York: VIM Jones, Fuller, do.
SPOKEN.
Brig Geurgiana Geery, Conkiu,, fron
Charleston for New York Mach IN off uint
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PASSENGERS.

Per steamship City of Birmingham. for New
6ork-A Ra5a and wife, ) A Smyser and VIE :
W Warner. j Warner, LAKELAND, Miss Lee,
A L Rowell, D Smith and wife, B c Clark G
Williamson Miss A Delaney. Mrs J NJ Hecker,
Kugelman, Misses Hecker, q Mayer, Mr. Hsr
r.son. Leonard, " H Hall jr. D T Campbell
Mr. Destourdiser, G II Eaton, Mr. McGovern, G F
Russell, A T Perkins, D H Perkins.
Per steamship City of Augusta, from New
York-Dr 7 A Quinlan, Rev Z Jewell, Rev W
H Giles ] X milford and wife, Misses Vannett.
Mrs S E Dougherty, Miss NJ E Dougherty, W
Pc mercy, w Pell, f L Pen w Teinberg, W
Perkins, Q II Blair and wife, G Smith. NJ Elkan,
V Leith and wife, Mrs e Rowe Chas Nc
Hugh. Miss L Rowe, Mrs F Cleveland. H Mills,
H r Heath wife and child. w Clark and wife,
L J O'Connor, w Hart, 10 steerage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE,

MINIATURE ALMANAC-FatS DAY.
Sun RISES. ........,. ................6:06
DUN jets - OsO4
HIGH WATER AT SAVANNAH 80 A NJ, 1903 p NJ
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15

Pants in any style, stripe or check, for
tai, lean, short or stout men. Kohler. 1888
Broughton street.--Ad.
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EXPORTS.

Per steamship City of Birmingham for New
York;, I65 bales cotton, 1879 bales domestics. Is
bols rice, 1854 bbls cotton seed oil 23l bbs rosin
800 sacks cotton seed meal. $4,000 feet lumber.
SO bbls fish, s bbls oranges A. ia boxes oranges,
Uses bbs vegetables, 200 boxes vegetables, 100-
900 shingles II tons pig iron. 1872 pix gs mdse al
bags chaff. so turtles, 1925 refrgerators berries
Per bark Caroline [Gerl, for Hamburg-70 900
bbls rosin, weighing 3,30S950 pounds-S Shot
ter Co.
Per schr Cactus, for Baltimore-4272 S9 feet p
p lumber-E Hunting & Co.
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CLEARED YESTERDAY.

CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamship City of Augusta. Catharine New
York; & Anderson.
Steamship Gate City, Doane, Boston-C G
Anderson.
Steamship City of Birmingham, Berg. New
York-C G Anderson.
Steamship VIM Crane, Foster, Baltimore w
E Guerard. Agt.
Bark Caroline [Gerl, Geerdes, Hamburg
Strschan & Co.
Schr D X Baker, Hewitt, Charleston, in bal.
last, to load for New York-Jos A Roberts &
Co.
Schr Cactus, Dunton, Baltimore &
Henderson.
Schr Ariadne. Colby, New York via Bull
Rver-Harriss & Henderson
DEPARTED YESTERDAY.
Steamer Farmer. White. Brunswick and inter
mediate landings-C Williams, Agt.
SAILED YESTERDAY.
Steamship City of Birmingham. New York.
Bark Elpida lNorl, Danzig.
Schr Emma Heather, Philadelphia.
Schr Ariadne, Bull River, c.
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SUNDAY, March 10, I8yI.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

Steamship Dessoug, Savage, Philadelphia
G Anderson.
Steamer Ethel Carroll. Cohen's Bluff and way
landings-W Gibson, Manager.
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COMMERCIAL.
SAVANNAH MARKETS.
OFFICE MORSISG NEWS.
SAVANNAH, GA, March u, 1891.

OFFICE MORNTSG NEWS.
SAVANNAH, Ga. March u, 1891.
CorroS-There is better fe ling and some
improvement in the spot market. There was
good. steady demand, and while holders were
Offering freely they were not disposed to part
with offerings at anything less than full bids.
During the day there was q good trade doing,
the total sales reaching 1859 bales. On
Change at the opening call at 10 a. m,
the market was bulletined steady and I'M
changed. with sales of PCS bales. At the sec
ond call, at p.m 1t was steady, the sales being
% bales. At the third and last cali. at pm. it
closed steady and unchanged, with further sales
Of 900 bales. The fol owing are the official
closing spot quotations Of the Cotton
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tine was very quiet at quotations. There was
no demand and no sales reported during the
day At the Board of Trade on the opening
call the market was reported quiet at 371sc
for regulars. At the second call IL closed
quiet at 371Sc for regulars. Rosn - The
market was quiet at a slight decline in strained
to good strained. There was a slow inquiry,
and but a small business doing. AT the Board of
quiet at the following quotations: A, b. c, d
and 81 IS; F, 81 50; G. 81 rs; II, So 90; So Is:
X, 81 %; NJ, So IS; N. SO 49, window glass, So IS:
water white, 81 IS At the last call it closed
quiet, with sales of 300 barrels, at for A. B, c. d
and E, ST. 40; F, 81 As. Other grades unchanged.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15
SPOKEN.
MARITIME NrTsCELLANY-

Brig Georgiana F Geery, Conkin, from
Charleston for New York, March 10. off Wintsr
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eTIndicatss trace. TIncnss and hundre1.oS
c. S. GoRGAs. Observer Signal Corps'
Straw Hats for Easter in endless variety
at Collsts 149 Broughton street. I'D.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15

The hight of the river at Augusta at 1888
o'clock a. IN. yesterday augusta time
was 80 5 feet, fall of Ii feet during the
past twenty-four hours.
Comparison Of mean temperature at Savan
Reh. Ca, March H. 1891, and the mean Of the
same day for nineteen years.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-19
MnLsAP, TEX, Jan. 10, 1891.


CLARENDON, TEX. FEB. D nj
Democrat Publishing Company, Fort Worth
SIRS-The Webster's dictionary gives ever!
satisfaction. We have taken the Daily GAzETTI
tor Year, and think the dictionary and GAzETTs
ees year 1t SO great bargain Truly yours
kcCLNLAHD BRa6. Real Estate peaterA
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-19
ASKS AN ADDITIONAL RATE.
The Santa Fe Wants an Increase on Two
Branches-Tax Rolls

Special to the Gazette.
Agent Masters and Acknowledgement
Freight Agent Steere of the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Ee visited the commission to-day
to ask for a 10 per cent addition to the rate
promulgated in commodity tariff No. l on
the branch from Brownwood to San Angelo
and on the Montgomery branch from Som
erville to COnroes. Both lines running
through sparsely settled areas. affording
but light traffic, the railroad men felt that
a small additional rate would be no more
than justice. The commission took the
matter under consideration and may allow
the increase asked for
Tax rolls just received make the follow
ing showing: Throckmorton, j decrease of
SIS, 26S: Ellis, an increase of S26S, 1902: Har-
din, an increase Of S277, BIS; Coryell. an in
crease of S253,219.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-19


ne platform ana us accompanying h'er-
ature was dd"pIe" win WIoop-
ne lo4oWlng introduced DS 1Hf. y byrne
was ADOPTED
be II resolved oE inns CohVeniloh' thal
lHere Sha!l oe no les oil quaLlhcdlton lof
membership OF Ior ming posltlouS OF trus'
III tne feCPle parry oeH ui-u Iila. Lhe GU,
zen agrees 70 slahu on our platform anu
vote the ticket that convention may
puI IN lhe Held
Ioi; Lamp VINO stated that III ms OPINION
lhe Da4as News Is d SORT OF i thlro party
paper ANYHOW, introduced inc ioIo"lhS'
"4ich was adopted:
. iee9OI' - Ia Nc 'eiuei oHi tLdiihs ~
tiIe press IOr 'ielt hiiluhe9S Ill tdhIh" the
procedures oI our convention tlat we are
ever ready 10 lnalh II lot everything II uoeS
Ior our cause, ana lIa' we especIdiS tender
our lldnhs 10 tiie I,aiIas news Tor the impair
LII COURSE 1t mas tdheh 10 ootdlh ana pun
ASil lAe news oi tue convention as II Is. ana
ASH us inalla@ethehl 10 press forward IN us
reform Ia ID press reports uhIll the people may
nave luiI confidence IN theni- be II luftnef
feSoi'eu, mat we pieuse our support 10 that
part oI tile GalLS press III which we can
nave cohhuIng confidence IN us reports OF
events
Inc convention Iheh auJourheu until thlS
morning.
THE "lNp-uP'
Inc Peoples parts was called 10 orIer
lhlS morning pN stump AShoy: Alter
some unlmportant ueOate the following
resolutions were introduced ana ADOPTED;
heSoiVed- lhat II De MADE the Specla.
duIy OF the state executive committee Tor
Gach congressional district 10 organize the
feCp4e party by gong INTO each county
having the county central committee ap-
PoihtGe.
:. nat II shaLI DE the dutE OF the county
central committee 10 organize the party III
Vhdt county.
d mat we recommend the following
form OF declaration as a SultabIe one 10 pe
USED pS the cIubs TO be organized.
DoHoNEf OF LAMAR.
THE DECLARATION.
whereas, every person has a natural
rght to DO whatsoever he wills. provided
that IN the dong thereof he lnirlnSeS not
the equal freedom OF any other person; and
whereas. a large proportion OF all the
socla! ana political Ills with which TINS ma
ton IS at the present time afflicted, IS
directly tracedole to the legislative and Ju-
diclat VOCATION OF TINS principle Ill matters
OF government and
Whereas, the ume has come when all
earnest and patriotic men and women
should thoughttully consider the grave
problems that now confront us as nation,
and should band together Tor the purpose,
10 the cnu thdt threatened aosolutlSm on
the one hand shall not enslavc our people,
nor dreaded revolutions IN the other suporn-
ourlnstltutOnS;
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-19
EYe in Hnll2nn

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 1s.-The market here
is becoming more quiet. October rye is
quoted at 257 guilders per 1000 kilos, de-
cline of - guilders, and March at 245 guild
ers, a decline of 10 guilders.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-15
PAYING FOR A SADDLE.
Georgia Planters who Did Not Scan Thoi,
Bills Carefully.

Bills Carefully.
"a story occurs to me-" he said to a
writer in the New York Tribune, s'of
the slipshod way in which the planters
used to do business in the South before
the war" A few puffs Mt his cigar, and
he had his anecdote drawn up in proper
form. 'Therc used to be man who
kept general store in Georgia at some
distance from any large town. His Gus
toners were chiefly the planters, who
had their big estates in the ncighbor-
hood One time the storc-l<ccpcr
bought dozen saddles, and two months
later, when he made out his annual
bills, he could account for only eleven
of them. He had five on hand, but his
books contained entries of the sales of
only six of the others. lie or his clerk
had undoubtedly sold one and forgot to
charge it.
''Here was dilemma. Being thrift
ty man, he did not wish to lose the price
of saddle, yet how could he find out
who had bought the article? An idea
struck him, however. He would charge
each of his wealthy customers who
had bought one of the six other
saddles with the seventh one.
Those who had not bought the
saddle would at once say so, and tho
purchaser would be he who did not OBJ
;ject to paying for it. After making out
the bills and sending them to his custom
ers, the store-keeper was compelled to
visit city at some distance. He told
his clerk what he had done. and in
structed him to beg the pardon of every
customer who said he had bought
no saddle, and to tell him that the item
had been put on his bill by mistake.
''The proprietor of the store made his
trip, and when he returned home,
several days after starting, he asked his
clerk who had really bought the saddle
In question. The clerk was evidently
worried, and said: Eleven of those,
about whom we were in doubt, have
been here to pay their bills. Nine of
them paid for the one saddle; one man
wasn't quite certain whether he had
bought saddle or not, but would let
us know in day OF two, and the other
planter was sure that we had made a
mistake, because he bought two new
saddles last year, and didn't need any
more
''Thc store-keeper was somewhat
taken aback at the overwhelming sue
cess of his little scheme; but as there
was nothing else to do, he quietly
poclseted the money and kept his mouth
shut"