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The age-herald., 1899-01-10
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
 RAILWAY co.
ARRIVALS.

ARRIVALS. No. from Albany Columbus, etc. II :35 am No. 1 from Savannah, Macon, Co.,
 lumbus, etc. c.... ...... ............ 5:50 pm Connection at Savannah with superb freight and passenger steamers of the Ocean Steamship company. from New York Boston and the Eas..
 To Cuba and West Indies via Central of Georgia Railway. By taking the Central of Georgia railway, close connection Is made at Port Tampa and Miami for Key West and Havana.
 [ For further information apply to e JACOBS Commercial Agent. JACK w. JOHNSTON, Union Ticket Agt. I. c. HALLE, General Passenger Agent. E. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager.
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Venerable Freenness

From Harper's Bazar.
 Josh Medders-Your gran'pa lived to a green old age, didn't he?
 Abner Appledry-Yes; he bought gold bricks, lightnn rods and cyclopedes to the last
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Way Up in His Profession

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 'Efe tells me he Is passionately fond of high art
 "Yes, he painted most of the advertise ments on the Adirondacks."
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Local Staple Grocer.
Flour-Best patent. s4.051425.
 Straight. $s.70.

! Straight, $3.70. 7. sugar-Granulated. S5.S9; Y. C.. $5. SnHee-Green. 91111Ic: Arbuckle's pack ages, $llSO; Loverings packages, $10So; Ly- on's packages. s9SO
 Lard-6%c
 Clear Rib Sdes-ec. |. M oiasses-Centrifugal. i5@25c; sugar house. 2OQs5c
 Rfce. 5fA6Gi5c
 Sorn-Yellow, 45c; white 46c. Pearl Meal-sOc
 Cream Meal-S5c.
 Hay-ChoIce timothy. s145O No. 1, $14; No. r. slS; clover, mixed s1250
 Mixed Oats-3Sc: white, 40c
 6ran-Mixed. S400; pnre wheat $15.00. Cotton Seed Meal-s160o.
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There is no better location in the United states for Eastern and Northern emigrants 1han the line of this popular railway The productions of Georgia and Alabama cannot be duplicated by any other sectinn of country .n the world. Come and see on The through vestibuled limited betweo, Naw York and New Orleans is via tba" b"een n ianta and New ,1,,S Orleans Short Line. the the It nasses through a rich country. tasne.th Uuth svith attractive and prosperous towns ,,iiaees all the way from Atlanta to N, and eomery. For rates. of fare or other ifnt- infnt- sation write or call on inior- nia'' GEORGE W. ALLEN
 Tray. Pas. Agent, Atlanta G
 H. D. ELLIS. Tray. Frt. and Pas. Agto Atlanta Ga
 E. E. KIRBY
 City Ticket Agent, Atlanta E.
 W. T. TAYLOR
 General Agent. Montgomery. Aia
 B. F. WHY. Gen. Pas. and Ticket Agt, Atlanta, Ga
 R. E. LUTZ. Traffic Manager, Montgomery. Ala
 GEoRGE c. SMITH. President and Gen. Man. Atlanta. ca.
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LOCAL MARKERS.
Local Cotton Market Cotton-Middling, 5c.
Frnits and Produce

Fruits and Produce butter-Elgin, 221ac@25c; dairy No. l. 200; oalfy NO. ?, l5c; country 121ac; cooking, 1Oc Potatoes-Irish, 60a65c. Lemons-Choice, 3.50a$450. ,,i poultry-EIens, 25c; fries. He; ducks. ROe; geese. 20Q25c. Eggs-22c. f1orida oranges, in boxes, s3.75 Apples-$4d$45O.
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uDA|LY MARKET REPORT.
At Home and Abroad.

Tennessee new settlement Ss..... ... 9o
 Virginia 6's, deferred. Virginia funded debt .............. S2
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Daily Statement

Galveston-Steady; middl:ng, 51a; sales L. 9S5; receipts, 11,946; stock, 303, ,192.
 Mobile-Steady; middling, 5A; sales, 1000; receipts, 70S; stock 32 006.
 Savannah-Steady; middling, 5A; sales, 12O; receipts, 2151; stock, 133614.
 Charleston-Steady; middling, 5A re- ceipts, 1,628 stock. 30, 264 Wimington-Firm; middling, 5as receipts, 309; stock, 15,502.
 Norfolk-Firm; middling, 5A: sales, 545; receipts, 3,555; stock 37,426.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 5B; re- ceipts, f,237: stock, 23,2S4
 Boston-Steady; middling, 15-16; receipts, net, 1850; grass, S,4S2. phia--Steady; middlng, 6A; re- ceipts, 572; stock, 5,349.
 Memphis-Firm; middling 5S; sales, 1,50O; receipts, 3,5S6; stock, Al, 735.
 Augusta-Steady; middling, 1S-16; sales, GA; receipts, PIP; stock, 51 ,6S2
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No. 35 makes close connection at West Point for St. Louis and the west.
 J. M. Culp, Traffic Manager. Washington, D. c.
 F. s. Cannon, Third Vice-Presldent and General Manager, Washington, D. c.
 W. A. Turk. G. P. A.. Washington, D. c. C. A. Benscoter. A. G. P. A.. Chatta- nooga, Tenn.
 c. B. Jackson, T. P. A., Birmingham Ala.
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hicapo Change

Chicago, January 9.-Decided covering by shorts today and heavy clearances at the seaboard strengthened wheat. May left off with an advance of sq1c. Corn gained ls, and oats k@lA. Provisions, after a sharp advance early, closed at substantially un- changed prices.
The age-herald., 1899-01-10
Paine. Murphy & Co.'S Grain Letter

creams 14G2O; dairy, 11KG1s; cheese steady, 91a@11; eggs dull, fresh 2SQ2f.
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New York Cotton Marka+

New York January Swallowing the ad- vance of last week cotton futures further improved today to 12 points, with speeua- ton more active and general than in many weeks. For time around the opening the bear faction stubbornly resisted efforts to work prices higher but they only succeed ed in increasing their obligations without retarding the upward course of the mar ket. Covering gradually increased and on th.s demand. together with extensive Wall street and other investment buying prices rapidly advanced. A moderate amount of buying orders also put in an appearance from foreign and southern sources and added not a little to the better feeling all around. The short element had only a good weather map to support their views. the bull crowd was backed up by strong English cables, a dwinding crop move ment, stffening spot markets, encouraging reports from dry goods and cloth markets complaints of bad roads throughout the south and reports that planters in the south had inaugurated movement, the purpose Of which was to bring about a uniform reduction in acreage this year. Later in the day an official forecast for cold rains from Texas to the Atlantic coast and esti- mates for another smaller movement TO- morrow at the ports and interior towns further strengthened the position of the longs, a number of whom had shown dts- position to take the profits in sight rather than hold out for the additional gains which leading bulls confidently claimed would be scored in the immediate future
 After a feverish Hast half hour the market closed firm at a net rise of to 10 points.
 New York, January 9.-Cotton firm; mid ding. 6; net receipts, 1,007; gross, 1O19t; sales, 2,10O; stock, Ill ,SS1; exports to Great Britain, 2O0 Continent, 250; France, 2O1. Total today: Net receipts, 40,252; eADerts to Great Britain, 2S,602 France 22l Con- tinent, 31 121; stock, ,597.
 Consolidated Net receipts, 67 030; exports to Great Britain 4O699; France, POI: Con- tinent, 45,595.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts G. 092 498; exports to Great Britain, 24OS 346; France, 496 ,359; Continent, 16156S1
 New Orleans Cotton Marke.
 New Orleans, January 9.-Cotton, firm; sales, 5150; ordinary, 15-16; good ordinary, 2A; low middling, 47s; middling, 5 5-16 good middling, 15-16; middling fair. 6 7-16; re- ceipts, Il ,475; stock, 4S3,0 ,004
 Consolidated: Net receipts, 67,03O; ex- ports to Great Britain, 40,699; France, POI; Continent, 45.59o stock 1203,597.
 Cotton futures steady. January, 526152S; February, 5.2945.31; March, 5.33Q5.34; April, 5.3Sq54O; May, 5.4345.44; June, 54S4549; July, 55Sq554; August, 5.54q5.55; Septem-
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Shortest and quickest line to Cincinnati Louisylll and the North; also to Shreve. port, New Orleans and all points south. west.
 Schedule in effect Dec. l, 1898.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16

dredth and iwenty-nintb anniversary
Of that sort she has seen. She remem-
hers The revolutionary war and says
she was on the farm near Valley Forge
and helped TO feed several hundred of
Gen. Washington's starving troops.
II was so close 10 some Of the Skin
mishes at Valley Forge" She says, ''as
YOU are TO that wall I stood III smoke
So thick that I couldn't SEE my own
hand held before me. II was dreadful
dreadful And The poor boys would
come to the farm every day for some
thing 10 eat and keep them war.i. 1
don't remember just what tfey wore.
But they look anything. an we gave
them al that we could.
Mary reads often for seHerai hours
al time. and also does some sewing.
She has never worn spectacles. she
smokes a pipe. and declares that smok-
ing was a feminine fad even in the first
families in her girlhood DAYS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16

been 1884 ,0S4,494 pounds, with an av-
erage price of 22.19 cents per pound.
In 1895 the crop is reported at 5,667,
372, O51 pounds, with an average price of
6.23 cents per pound.
This decrease in price is easily ac-
counted Tor. When it is considered that
the other portions Of the world that
produce cotton have not reduced their
production meantime. it is easily APP
parent that the increase of the cotton
supply has been far in advance of the
population or consuming power.
While all of the southern states have
suffered by this overproduction in this
their staple product, Texas has evident
~ suffered most. She has more than
double the acreage, and produces more
than twice as much cotton as any other
state in the union. At the same time
there is but one state. Oklahoma, in
which the price is lower, and but one
other, Louisiana, in which the price is
as low. Oklahoma. for her 35,251 bales
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16
CONNECTICUT WORM TURNS.
wooden Nutmeg State Objects 10
Peach-Stone Almonds sent
from New York.

Its pretty nearly time that we heard
the last of Conneeticut's wooden nut
megs," said a New Haven fruit dealer
the other day, pointing to bag of nuts
which he had lately received from a
New York wholesale house. Our
friends over the line, find, can go us
one better, as | have just learned, to my
sorrow That bag there, for instance,
which l intend to ship back at my earli-
est convenience, is a notable example
in point"
And as he spoke he dived down into
its depths and brought out a handful
of apparently tempting almonds.
"I.cok all right, don't they?' he contin-
ued. But you hadn't better attempt
TO crack them with your teeth, as sew
cral of my customers did. Now what
DO YOU suppose those almonds really
are, a large consignment Of which re-
ceived the other day from the New
York Wholesale house with which
deal? Peach stones. sir, every one of
them. BY some internal process. which
| have not succeeded in fathoming,
these New York Yankees have succeed
ed in transforming these peach stones
until they are the mos Aatural almonds
in the world, at least so far as looks go.
When YOU take one between your teeth
Or attempt to apply il even to a nut
cracker. you discover the mistake-not
till then | sold large number of the
darn things TO several of my best Gus
TONERS. who nearly broke their jaws
in their attempts to extract the meat.
They have well-nigh ruined my busi-
ness in this city. am rapidly getting
the reputation of the wooden almond
man. As ! say, il is nearly time those
New Workers stopped referring 10 Com
recticut as the wooden nutmeg state.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16
Of field of Cuban Leaf Tobacco in Southeast Texas.

Two years ago the papers took up the
subject and again preached "diversifi-
cation of crops" and urged the planters
in their own interests TO plant anything
but cotton. The agitation in this line
at this time was so strong and the idea
met with such general communication
that for a time il looked as though the
cotton crop of Texas would practically
drop out of existence. But when the
time for planting came everybody again
turned to cotton, and the past seasons
crop has been as heavy as ever, and the
price--it has been lower than ever.
Now the planters are thoroughly dis
gusted and realize that they must turn
their attention to something else if
their fields are to bring them a revenue,
and have taken to tobacco.
Previous experiments have demon
strated the fact that Texas has both the
soil and the climate for tobacco, and
the returns for labor promise to be
much larger than could be gained in any
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16
Observation-Disclosures

onies engaged in the raising of cotton,
and prohibitive tariff soon put stop
10 any further increase in the exports
of the southern staple to French ports.
Then the price fell again, TO point
even lower than before, and the Texas
planter had To again seek other prod
ucts for his acres. Those interested in
solving the difficult agricultural prob
lens of the state proposed a decreased
acreage as means of raising the price.
This might have helped had the acre
age been decreased, but the planter
depended on the other man to decrease
his while he wished 10 profit by the in
crease in price and planted even more
cotton than ever. But the other man
did not decrease his acreage. and, as a
result, we find in 1889, 1890 and 1891
the heaviest production of cotton ever
raised in the state up TO that time.
the total running up for one year to
more than 100000 bales.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16
COUNT KEEPS HALF THE GEMS
Anna Gould Makes "A Discovery Re-
Garding a Diamond Neck
lnce.

Modern Society, London weekly pa
per, publishes story concerning Count
De Castellane, the husband of Anna
Gould. 1t says that the count recently
brought to his wife a superb necklace in
diamonds-two rows OF blazing light
A few days later note came from
well-known jeweler, from which the
countess learned that her husbands
present 10 her was worth 100000 francs.
She did not see how the count was GO
ing to be able to pay so much for the
bauble, so she drove to the jewelers.
with hint that it might be returned.
Madam" interrupted the jeweler,
"allow me to tell you that this is my
own affair and that of the count exclu-
sively. He made present to you of this
necklace and the less | say on the sub
ject the better"
"All right" cried the countess, and
she drove away, not home, however, but
to another jeweler, and showed him the
riviere. Having obtained his opinion,
she again presented herself before the
first jeweler. You have cheated my
husband" the countess exclaimed.
ne ucckidCt Is worm ouiN 4uU.OUU
francs, just half me price you made him
pay for it."
This time the jeweler, entirely for
getting the wise precept of the sage, let
his tongue wag. You would be right"
he said in breath. only, you see, you
have only half of the necklace. 1t had
four rows when i sold it for 100000
francs"
Since Christmas the count and
countess have hardly spoken to each
other, and the good friends are waiting
for the sequel of the story. Who has
got the other two rows of diamonds?
This is what the countess is trying to
find out.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16

miles from Louisville, Ky. for water,
keegan noticed that Cole acted strange
ly. Cole had complained of a violent
headache throughout The run. When
Keegan asked Cole what the matter was
the fireman only answered by trying TO
pound his brains out against the end
of the boiler.
The train by this time was again an
der Roadway. a moment later keegan
saw Cole in the act Of climbing out OF
the cab window. Deserving his throttle
the engineer ran around the firebox and
into the fireman's cab separated from
him by the boiler. which extends the
full length Of the cab. There eusued
desperate struggle. Cole, now raving
maniac. not only tried to escape, but
10 kill his preserver. Buifeted first
against the hot boiler. then against the
cab, the struggle continued. The
strength of a demon came to Cole. The
train was going at its usual high speed,
for II is down grade all the way from
Muldraugh's to Louisville. The lights
of West Point came in view and yet
the struggle went on. The semaphore
burned red and. besides, heegan had
orders 10 take the siding there for the
New Orleans limited from Louisville,
his own train being late.
Keegan. almost exhausted, finally
knocked Cole down, and before the
dazed man could rise shut down his
engine Cole arose and leaped. but the
train was almost at a standstill and al
ready entering the siding Scarce had
the fast mail cleared the main track
when "whlz!" the limited shot past like
a specter in the dark all unconscious of
its narrow escape,
Cole was recovered and brought back
TO Louisville under guard. At the Union
! depot the services Of six men were nee
| essary to shield Cole and strap him
in an ambulance. His mind was de-
throned by the grippe lie was not bad
| Iy hurt by the blow Keegan was forced
! 10 give him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16

of cotton. received an average price Of
As cents per pound. while Texas, for
her 2.122. 701 bales, received As cents
per pound, the same price that Louis
lana received for her 565.25l bales.
BY 1850 the Texas planter had found
his profits from cotton had practically
disappeared. and was looking for new
product for his acres when the eXporta-
ton of eottonseed oil began, whic.
sent the price upward slight de-
gree only. but enough 10 rejuTenaie the
hopes Of the cotton planters II iss2
there was an increase If nearly q nil-
lion acres in he total acreage of cotton
planted. The increase in 'he price made
possible hy tbs expectation of TBS oil
had seemed 30 the p.aufer complete
reScne from Che cerc itioH> under which
he ta5 been .aboriae for several years
previously. ana r. int udeJ e. make
Tie mos = Nhat r. considered q good
thing. But fHe exported 81 went prin
cipauy "a Fr4rc- anf France bad Coz
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16

possible way with cotton. Forty-cent
tobacco will surely be more profitable
than four-cent cotton.
The agricultural department esti-
mates that il costs S995 TO cultivate.
harvest and sell an acre Of cotton, and
that the average production is 1000
pounds 10 the acre These figures ac-
count for the planters loss on cotton.
For tobacco the estimated cost Of
production is s27.94 per acre, and the
average WELD 1000 pounds. Planters
can see a profit in accent tobacco.
At the annual midwinfer fruit, flow
er ard vegetable festival ~ Houston
there was On cNhibitiou fne display
OF TeS4s-ra tobacco. The dealers
an over be state have caught the pa
triotic fever and are Offering their Gus
tafatrs bo:l home-raised smoking to-
hacro et cigars 81 homegrown to-
ac~a z t. citizens are smoking
.erence 10 other brands Of
0te JM LEWIS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16

Cassve hereby socs
patronage line of Stoves and Ranges to
found Timing Plumbing speciality His prices
trade with him to their aVan
tage. Call and him opposite the Bank
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16
ENAS nlanters are grad nalll

E-AAo painters Ale Sfau udAAy re-
nouneing their allegiance to
Il King Cotton and planting their
acres with tobacco. Aside from cattle,
cotton has for many years been the
great staple product of the Lone Star
state, and year after year the crop has
grown larger in proportion to the gen
eral increase in the product throughout
the United States. But the increase of
the product has brought decrease Of
price, until the past year has seen cot
ton at the lowest price ever reached.
In this connection table recently COM
piled by the treasury bureau Of statis-
tics is of special interest. This table
shows that the United States, the chief
cotton producer of the world, has quad
rupled her production of cotton since
1872. and that the price of cotton in the
same time has fallen TO about one-fourth
that which prevailed in that year. In
1872 the cotton crop is shown TO have
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16

GoING NoRTH
Daily ~ sun Ex- sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16
MANIAC ON EEGINE.
Hand-to-Hand Struggle In "a Locomo-
tive Cab Between Engineer
and Crazy Fireman.

A hand-to-hand struggle in the cab
of locomotive, lasting half an hour
while the train sped unattended over
"a space of 20 miles-a struggle between
an engineer and maniac fireman-was
the experience of Engineer Barney
Keegan, of the Illinois Central railroad
Keegan and his fireman, Walter Cole,
formed the engine crew of train No. 202,
Memphis. Cole went mad at his post.
When the train stopped at Cecilia. 40
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16
OLDEST LIVING WOMAN.
Mary Macdonald. "a Philadelphia
Relic, Claims to Remember the
Horrors Of valley Forge.

If Mary Macdonald. who is in a
Philadelphia home for aged and intirm
colored persons, knows anything about
her age and tells the truth about it,
she is the oldest woman alive to-day.
She was born November IA, 1870, and the
last New Years day was the one hum
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-16
I,ueken,s Arnica saiye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. few
er sores. letter, chapped hands, chill
blains. corns and all skin eruptions
and positively cures piles or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refund
ed. Price rs cents box. At j. I.
Benefits.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-11
2:2O CLASS PAcE-PURsE $500.
HARD WORK FOR TECH.
Great Efforts Will Be Made Against
Holy Cross Saturday.

Tech foot ball team was out for prac-
tice on Bliss field yesterday. The
cripples from Saturdays game with
Amherst forgot their troubles, and
Coach Putnam worked the men for an
hour in the hardest of practice work.
Capt Walsh was coached in punting,
and the ends were instructed to get
down the field faster than heretofore.
Students at the institute will have a
holiday today it being the observance
of Mountain day. and an effort will be
made to have two elevents out There
are rough edges on the work of the
Tech team, which must be hewn off
before Saturday in order to make any
kind of showing against Holy Cross
The line is not heavy enough to jostle
the Holy Cross giants, and the only
hope Tech seems to have is in PLAYING
a remarkably snappy game, which
probably accounts for the fact that
Coach Putnam gave the men no letup
in the work yesterday
Spence at quarter seems to have
trouble in getting the ball on the snap
back. Earlier in the season this diff
Guilty was not apparent, but in playing
against Amherst Saturday, the first
four times Tech had the ball. 1t was
lost on fumbling between centre and
quarter back. Coach Putnam isn't saw
ing a word about Techs chances
against Holy Cross, but yesterday sew
eral trick plays were introduced. aAn
of them require dizziness on the part of
the men handling the ball. and unusual
speed must be developed in the forrna-
lions, or the chances of scoring against
the Mt. st. James eleven will be slight.