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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27

some of the officers in my hearing hi
produced desire in me to show IL
though not a professional war; 81
hired to kill blackamoors at so M b
day, was not wholly without cd |.
age.
This was why l sidled dexteroul
upon my gray mare until L was wiulin
few PAGES of Tom, who sat motionA ess
in his saddle, calm as an icicle, witih a
red spot on each of his cheeks. Md
pistols in my holsters and good cay
airy saber in my hand, and when tn.
trumpet sounded the charge and that
superb body of horses went thunddr.
ing over the plain, something seemled
tc snap in my head, and away 1 wefst
involuntarily, perhaps, but with an I'M
sane desire to take part in the fray.
A couple of troopers, pierced through
the breast with assegais, fell crashing
from their saddles, and | came up with
the advancing line at furious gallop,
In another instant we were in mass
of savages. In sort of dream l saw
sea of fierce black faces about me.
Some of the savages crouched under
the bellies of the horses and disem-
boweled them as they were trampled
under foot. Others, giants in stature,
stood straight up, with their brawny,
naked arms raised to heaven, and ac-
tually laughed as the troops cut them
down. These blacks knew no fear.
In solid detachments they stood be-
fore the onslaught of the enemy, no
man tiinching before the certain death
that was imminent, as each fought des
perately against the trained troops OF
powerful country.
1 saw Toms face, set and stern, as
he hewed about him like a templar Of
old, one hand gripping the bride rein
and in the other his deadly 5aber rising
aloft and falling to cleave a woolly
skull.
For myself, I suppose was fighting
like the rest. | was conscious only of a
wild feeling of eXhilaration- sort of
composed joy that [ was participation
in such a matchless scene. | felt a
spear thrust that pierced the fieshy
part of my arm above the elbow and
slashed mechanically at the head of the
gigantic savage who had dealt me the
wound.
And just as suddenly as the attack
began the heroic foeman melted away.
With loud cries they turned and fed.
In all directions they scattered, leaving
the dead upon the field. The quick
African dusk was stealing down as the
trumpets sounded a retirement and |
drew rein with the rest. The battle of
Ulundi was won, and the Zulu war was
over.
Many and many a gallant trooper La
prone upon the rank grass. Some were
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27
A Natural Mistake.

She is very affable woman, and she
would invariably say the right thing at
the right place if she were not near
sighted.
Il see," she said as she entered the
drawing-room of her friend, that you
have caught the annual craze
"To what do you refer?"
"The rage for chrysanthemums. And
that one which you have tossed so care
ldssly into the corner is one of the
biggest and most beautiful l ever saw.
What an eXquisitely odd color!"
"Yes, was the reply. Its beautiful,
and [ prize it very highly. Only it
isn't chrysanthemum. It's my skye
terrier taking a nap."-Washington
Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27

clasped in the embrace of dark foe
with whom they had fought to the
death. And as | paused, watching the
fight of the vanquished enemy there
came upon Inc a most terrible appari-
ton.
Lieut.. Grantham threw his charger
back upon his launches in front of me.
His helmet was gone and his black hair
was disordered, while thin stream OF
blood tricllled down his cheek Hal
he shrieked, sis it not glorious, this
this butchery? 1t is the first thing
have found yet that could make me for
get!"
l felt my hair rising on end for saw
by the glare in the mans eyes that he
was a maniac. And then I can see the
dreadful picture as | write) he slowly
raised his left arm, and l saw that his
left hand had been almost severed at
the wrist. 1t was hanging by mere
thread of flesh.
''See!" he screamed, as l tried to
catch his bride and lead him from the
field. See, my boy, they gave me as
good as [ brought the ghast
ly, Understanding hand aloft. II am
going now-forever. This hand has her
ring upon it. Take it back to her and
say | sent it,"
With wild yell he wheeled his
charger and dashed headlong all alone
after the fugitive black rabble, leaving
his terrible relic behind him. l tried to
follow him, but, weakened perhaps by
the loss of blood from the wound in my
arm, reeled and fell from my saddle
to the ground.
For days afterward we searched for
him. Dead or alive, he was never found
Was he captured or cut to pieces by the
vanquished foe, or does he live to-day
in the African forests among the saw
ages, saved by his madness from a
knowledge of his fate?
To England the report went back
with the rest of the tragic list: Lieut..
Thomas Grantham-missing."
In a quiet English village q white
haired clergyman and his wife wait in
vain for the son who never came bach.
Mrs. Denton, they say, is quite the
belle of the county, and her diamonds
are the admiration and envy of all the
countryside.
1t is a spiteful thought, but some
times l wish | could have found THAI
hand, with the diamond ring upon 1t,
on the field of Ulundi, to bring back to
her as l was bidden.-N. Y. Dispatch.
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A Future Convenience.

Diggles had been working hard for a
long time with a refractory heating
apparatus. He came out of the base
ment with blue fingers and a red nose,
and an expression of repressed emotion
on his face.
Maria" he said, there's one comfort
about it,"
what is it?"
eve needn't worry about ice next
summer. L think 1 have struck plan
that's entirely reliable. If we want to
get anything good and cold we'll take
it down and put it into that heating
apparatus. Only we must be careful
rot to leave it too long, or it'll freeze"
Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27

Ydnhton Press and Ddtotidn: In Yankton
County, South Dakota, there are at least
one thousand farmers who came here poor
as the proverbial turkey of Job, and whoto-
day count their worldly possessions by
thousands. Many of them started in with
a house built of sod, and almost empty
handed so far as horses and cattle go. To-
day they occupy fine dwelling houses, have
large barns, fine horses, cattle, hogs and
sheep, granaries filed with grain, fruit
orchards, and money in hand. We mention
this to show that South Dakota farmers are
the prosperous class. Prosperity is the
rule-not the exception. With fair prices
for grain and live stock they would be roll
ing in wealth. Prices, however, have moth
ing to do with the fertility of the soil and
the favorable character of the climate
These natural advantages are here to stay
and assure prosperity to the farming classes.
A copy of an illustrated pamphlet on cir
rigation in South Dakota just issued by
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Rail,
way, can be had by addressing w E. Powell,
General immigration Agent Chicago, Ill.
HIS head was turned, yet fame had laid
No laurels at his feet,
He simply saw pretty girl
While passing on the street.
N. Y. Herald.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effcctually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27
"Through Shorthand to Sunset Seas,

Is the title of a sumptuous volume of $50
pages, printed on fine enameled paper and
illustrated by 2O0 exquisite half tone engrav-
ings, which the Passenger Department of
the Southern Pacific has just issued. 1t
contains no advertising matter, but is a
gracefully-told story of the romance of the
country traversed by the Southern Pacific,
and the narrative of what party of four
saw in Journey over this great trans con-
tinental highway. AS an example of book
making it is far in advance of anything
heretofore attempted by any railway, and it
is one of the marvels of modern commercial
enterprise that the book is given away. By
at once sending 20 cents to pay postage, you
can, on application to S. F. B. Morse, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Southern Pacific.
New Orleans, La. ,seeurea copy of this work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27

for their beauty; in fact, 1T is safe to
say that no single family in Westmore-
land, and perhaps in all England, con-
tanned the equals in physical loneliness
of these three sisters. Their family
was an old one, very proud, and their
grim, gray headed old father was as
proud as his lineage was lofty and
his income scant.
They were all blends of the purest
north of England type. Maude, the
eldest, was the tallest of the three, and
a veritable queen in her manner and
gait. Laura, the second, was almost
as stately, and had the same royal
poise of the head as her elder sister.
But it was Eunice, the youngest, child
OF II, who, to my mind, carried off the
palm as the fairest of the three.
And it was of Eunice, with here soft
cheeks of cream and rose, that my
friend Tom was enamored.
He had left school three years before
me, and was now lieutenant in the
army, but our friendship had not been
forgotten. Tom was the idol of his
IdIleE anu llOIHel, anu dS hdiiuooliio IL
young officer as any to be found in her
majesty's army.
His beauty was quite the opposite to
Funice's. lie was very tall and broad
shouldered for his % years and had
thick, coal-black eyebrows and hair.
His face was as yet innocent of mus
tache, but his resolute mouth and
squarely set jaws gave it all the man
Illness necessary.
| remembered how bitterly I envied
him when he slipped Eunice's arm into
his own in the church porch and led
the way toward the st. Cyriles house,
" lille | followed with Maud and Laura,
to whom 1 had previously been intro
nuced. L defy the world to produce a
Eandsomer pair than these two. Eu-
nice's head reached scarcely to her
lovers shoulder, and the bewitching
Yet childlessly innocent way she had of
glancing up into his face would have
lured lifelong hermit from his soil
tude to WOO her.
In the course of the three weeks |
spent at Retford l had plenty of oppor-
tunities for observing how violent.
how desperate, was my friends passion.
Indeed, he spoke to me of it often him
self. Young as he was, his speech was
that of a man who has made his cast
Tor all that he values in life, and is de-
termined to abide by the issue. Boy
though l might be, l could see that it
was case CT life or death with him.
Eunice's father, who was prudent, as
most widowers are, had given a reluc-
tant consent to their engagement, but
insisted on an improvement in the
young mans worldly position as a con-
clifton of the setting of the wedding
day. And how poor lieutenant, and
the son of country parson at that,
was to overcome that condition it was
hard to perceive.
had been a guest at the Granthams'
for about ten days when a visitor came
10 the st. Cyriles'. He was a retired
Indian merchant, with . saffron com
pleXion and small piercing eyes, but
fabulously rich, so they said. He
treated Tom and myself with quite evil
dent condescension when we dined with
the family a couple of days afterward.
His name was Denton, and he talked
of buying property in the neighbor
hood. From the first moment | noticed
his marked attention to Eunice, and
could not help shuddering at the sight
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27
THE WORLDS EARLIEST POTATO.

That Salzer's Earliest, fit for use in
rs days. Salzer's new late potato, Cham
pion of the World, is pronounced the
heaviest yielder in the world, and we
challenge you to produce its equal! 10
acres to Salzer's Earliest Potatoes
yield 1000 bushels, sold in June at 81 90
a bushel-$4000. That pays.
NOW IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND
1T with 1Oc. postage you will get, free,
10 packages grains and grasses, includ-
ing Teosinte, Lathyrus, Sand vctch,
Giant Spurry, Giant Glover, ETC., and our
seed catalogue. (K)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27
Cheap Excursions to Great Southwest.

On January IA and IS February IL and
March 10, 1896, the Santa Fe Route will run
a series of homeseekers' excursions from
the East to principal points in Arkansas,
Arizona, Southern Missouri, Oklahoma,
Indian Territory and Texas.
Ticket rate will be about one fare for
round-trip, with liberal limits and stop-over
privileges. These Santa Fe Route excur-
sions will enable you to take Midwinter
trip to a new country.
By addressing G. Il. NICHOLSON, G. P. A,
Monadnock Building, Chicago. you can OBJ,
tain free literature descriptive of the Great
Southwest.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an intlamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to it's normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hale Eamilu Pills are the hest
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Sold by Druggists, Use.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

DUER-"It is almost impossible to get
seats for the grand opera, and it is poor
company, too. l don't understand it."
Duel-''Well, the singers have such weak
voices that they do not disturb the CONVEX
sation Harlem Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27

Hungry Hugh-Say, de yer Gink de
rich blokes ever thinks of us?
Weary Waggles Yes, when dcy
reads de comic newspapers.--Truth
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"ORDER in the court" shouted the Judge.
"This is the worst disgrace this court has
suffered since l was elected to the Judge
pn'-1ndianapolis Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27

FITS stopped free by DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer Motifs afterfirst days USE
Marvellous cures. Treatise and So trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila, Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27

If proud man makes me keep my
distance, the comfort is that he keeps
bis at the same time.-Swift.
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WAYwoRN WATsoN-"Par do yoI
eat pie wit knife!" Perry Patettic-
"Wot pie!n-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27

He that is ungrateful has no guilt but
one: all other crimes may pass for virtues
in him.-Young.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27

THREE through sleeping car lines to Flor
ida daily via the Queen Il Cresccr Route.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27

Albany, N. Y, has an area of nine
square miles and debt of S? 2O2,S65.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27

PARRoTT-"Do you think that Henpeck
could ever keep a secret from his wife!"
Wiggins-"Well, I'll bet that he never lets
her know what he really thinks of herp'-
Truth,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-27
A SOLDIER LOVER.

T was while stay
in G wit h m y
friend, Tom Grant
ham, at his IA
theirs parsonage,
in the quaint little
town of Retford,
that l met the st.
Cyrile girls. They
were famous all
the country over
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-16
Glouoester rish Market,

FOR THE WEEK ENDING Mch. Is, 1896.
Frozen herring 81 rs % hundred.
Last sales of Bank halibut at 70 and &c p Tor
white and gray.
Last sales Of Georges Cod from vessel $3A
for large and 50 for medium; Bank az $21 9
IA.
Mackerel scarce and held at $23@$3O for Is
and Bloate S171s22 for Is; no 5s in market.
We quote prime Georges Goldfish at So 0O
@6 30 for large and 1884 25 for small Bank
5O9$4 for large and S2h0$2M for small;
Dry Bank at 81 and 50 70; Shore So 81 and
$2Ia for large and small. Newfoundland vs..
We quote cured cusk at $3s4 @$4 y qtl; hake
SlA; haddock-q$l 75 heavy sailed pollock
$lh @S2 fb otl and English cured do $3@314.
Best handline homeless Geoges cod &C for me-
Shore do 5@7c; Grand Bank do $685. &C ;cusk,
5sa @61ac; paddock 3s4 @4s4 make at 21a GA;
fancy brands of entirely boned cod IL to 16c
y fb; Smoked Halibut. straight strips at 10c
" fb. extra thick 1O12 medium Sc; small6 III
chunks 11@12c.
uSmoked salmon 19c u ib MEDIUM herring l2c
box; tucks at &c; IengthWise Sc mo l at Sc
BloatrerS at l %. shore do at 10: canned
Trout 81 so fresh halibut So 20; salmon 80
lobtsers 80; clans 95c. American sardines
quarter oils, So 80; half oils, So so; three-uuar-
ter mustards. $21a, spiced. So.
OLarge Newfoundland herring 81 30 Dbl. Nova
Scotia large split Sc 90; mediuml$6 large round
shore So :choIce layer packed do $312(0S3 70
Extra large Labrador S 90.
Picked Goldfish saga 30; haddock %: hall
but heads S.; sound SO; tongues and sounds
81,
Newfoundland cod oil CSC - gal strong oil al
25c :blackfish do soc; menhaden do, northern
cured 23c.
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Domestic Markets.

(By Ieegrapn.'
MARCH IA. 1886.
NEW YORK-The Flour market receipts
La Alb packages; exports 2,l73 bbls and &c.
$50 sacks: sales 540o packages; dull. easy.
unchanged.
flour quoJations-low extras at: 25@2 s5;
eIIy mills extra at l5aA 20; city mills patents
2oa4 40: winter wheat low grades az 2 rs a
z SO fair to fancy at S6a3 80: patents at 80
"A 25; Minnesota clear 7OtG3 20: SNRlghts
do at Dogs 60: do patents 25M4 90: DO rye
mixtures 5o@3 So supertine At 2loa2 so:
fine at 0O42 80. Southern flour easy, but
unehanged; common to fair extra at 4O03 90;
good to choice at Dogs 80 Rye flour quiet.
Wheat-receipts 925 bus exports %, 45sbush;
sales 16, 600 bush, dull. frmer with options
No2 Red store and elev 78d7S14 n: afloat at
1910 @79M c. b at 79n8ON.
Corn-receipts 39,975 bush; exports 65.576
bush, sales = bush: dull, scarce. firm; No 2 at
sIac elev, 394ac af1oat.
Oats receipts 1920 bush; exports 1896
bush; sa,es 10 oGG bush; dull and steady; No2
at 25 Ha do White at 81.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
quiet and steady: hard wheat spring patents at
3 1898 30; soft wheat patents SO 00d@3 10;
hard wheat bakers at 5G2 80 in sacks: soft
wheat bakers $2@2 20; Winter wheat at 20
as 40 in wood. Wheat-No2 Spring 611sl
61s4 C; No Red at 64as @6oMc. Corn-No
2o1ac. Oats-No 2 at l9l4c: No 2 Rye mo 2
Barley 35036c. No l Flaxseed soc; Mess pork
6509 TO. Lard at 3oG5 35 short RIB sides
at 5&Q5 20; Dry sailed meats-shoulders at
81 621aM4 rs: short clear sides 371aG5 so.
Receipts-Flour, 800 bbls: wheat. 14,6OC
bush: corn. 211 900 bush: oats. 81 4.ooU bush:
rye $500 bush barley. 58. 900 bush
Shtpments-Flour 5000 bbls wheat 90. O0C
bush corn. 900 bush: oats 1872, 900 bush
rye 1400 hush: barley $4,000 bush.
ST. LDUIS-The Flour market to-day was
weak; patents at 6563 rs, extra fancy at 2E
ga 45; fancy 90@3 90: choice at 6Oa2 10
Wheat higher; March 6D12c. Corn is steady
Mich 261ac. oats-May higher; March at 1917
Observation-Disclosures at So 87Aa old at So
Lard-prime steam at So 10: choice at IL ls
Bacon-shoulders o1a; longs Sos; clear ribs
! 5s clear sides at 5Mc. Dry sailed meats
shoulders at 4s4 longs at 3; clear ribs at SIS
clear sides oh4.
kecep1s-Flour 27oo bbls: wheat 20. zoe
bush; corn 81 600 bush; oats 6 800 bush. rye
- hush
Shiprnents-Flour $500 bbls: wheat coo
bu 81 acorn 8, 400 bush; oats II 800 bush; ry.
bush.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 2 Red 69Ac; Ne ]
White at Tic. Corn-No 2 at 29s4c. Oats
No White 231a.
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Portland, Nit Desert 6 Msuhias Steamboat e.

Resumption of service. beginning Friday,
March 16, 1896, the steamer
FRANK JONES
VIII connect from trainleaving Portland at l. 30
p. m, Thursdays and leave Rockland, weather
Castibe, Deer Isle, Sedgewick Blue Hin.
Brooklin, southwest Har6or, Northeast Har-
Dor ION signal. Bar Harbor, Millbridge. Jones'
port and Machiasport.
Returning, will leave Maehiasport, weather
permitting on Mondays at 400 a. M, CON
meeting at Bar Harbor with Ferry leaving at
1880 a. M, which connects with train for
Bangor, Portland and Boston, arriving in Bos-
ton at $50 p. M, steamer continuing on to
Rockland, arriving there at 5.Oop. NJ, pas
sengers remaining on board and taking morn
ing train for Portland and Boston.
I. n: ~ iB1; PAYS0N TUCKER,
Gent Pass & Ticket Agent, 2en'l Manager.
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Portland wnolesa.e Market.

PORTLAND. Meh IA. 1875
Jobbers continue to report better trade all
along the line, and the situation at present is
more encouraging than has been for some
time past. Tile Western markets to-day closed
little steady for Breadstufs. Sugars are firm,
and Monday refined viii he advanced 1sc, in
sympathy with the strong feeling malfested in
all the leading Sugar markets, and conditions
now point to i'll better figures; the stock of
raw Sugars in the four principal ports OF the
United States is only $50 900 TONS or abou
one-half what it ~ as a year ago at the six pr1n-
cipal receiving points in Cuba the supply is also
short one-half
The following are to-day's wholesale prices of
Pr visions. Groceries, etc..
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HARPSWELL STEAMBOAT co,

Beginning November 5th, steamer Merry
coneag will leave Portland Pier. Portland
daily, sundays excepted:
For L1InFg ,, and dhebeasus 5sla s.
p. m., FOR Cliff Islana, Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday 2.2o. p. m.
Return for PORTLAND. Leava Orr's Island
$40 q. NJ. calling at Harpswen and INFER
mediate landings. Arrive at Portland 9.15
III ISAIAH DANIELS.
oof5dtf Gen1 Manager
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New York Sugar Market.
NEW YORK, Mich. 14-The followinglare the
quotations on refined Sugars at New York:

Quotations are those made by refiners on the
one-prlcebasis uuder the plan OF October 10th.
grocers agents of the Trust handling sugars on
consignment, and who are at stated times Of
settlement allowed cmnission of 3-l6c " ID.
There is also trade discount of per cent on
100 Dbl lots and per cent for cash if paid with
in seven days. and no trade discount on smaller
quantities. No sales less than % barrels. For
sugar packed in bags there is no additional
charges on graduated or softs from to - in
elusive, and other grades 1sc y ID adGIuonal.