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*' ■.*88 ii ’mrpuw ww BY FORD & McCRACKEN. AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1890. PRICE $l.o» A YEAR Clyie’s New York, Charleston and Florida Steaiship Lines. for Infants and Children- ri "CMtwiAteao veil adapted to ehUdren that 1 Itaa -nperior to aaj preacrlptloo H. A. A.mntm K. n. Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T. w 1ha aae of'Caatoria* la ao ttBirenal and ft-mariti so well kaowa that it aeems a work of amerarocation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Caatoria within eaaY reach.” Caxlos MAsmr. D. D., ~ New York City. Late Taator Bloomingdale Beformed Church. 1 Caatoria cares Colic, Ooestfpation, Soar Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation, Eilla Wonna, giyea sleep, and promotes di- Witfout injurious medication. “ For aeTeral yean I hare recommended your * Caatoria, ’ and shall always continue to do ao as it has invariably produced beneficial results.** Edwik F. Panon, M. D., “The Wlnthrop,” 126th Street and 7th Are., New York Cityt Tbs Cnrraua Cospakt, 77 Hphbat Strxet, New Tors. Mrs. ANN FIELD. Mrs. M. F. HAYES. AIKEN MILLINERY. GRAND OPENING ALL THE YEAR ROUND. W E have opened our FALL and "WINTER GOODS, consisting of Hats, Bonnets, Nelly Bly, Fancy Feathers, Tips, Ribbons, Birds, Velvets, Plush, Surah Silk, Ruching, and Corsets of every deseriutinn. We have also a Fancy Lot of Blank Books, Copy Books for school chil dren, Fancy Letter Paper, Envelopes, Slate Pencils, Lead Pencils, Pocket Books, &c. All these goods have been marked down to the lowest figures'. Come and see u». We will be sure lo please you. Come early and get your children’s Fall Hats;—from 40 cents up. ANN FIELD, MARY F. HAYES. A. K. TISCHER, DRUGS AND PATENT MEDICINES, Fancy Goods and Toilet Articles of all kinds. The Latest Novelties in Holiday and Wedding Presents. FINE CUT GLASSWARE; PERFUMERY, Foreign and American; PAINTS. OILS and GLASS; SHERWIN-WILLIAMS READY MIXED PAINTS,—(send for color card); IRON PAINT, for.roofs and alLKinds of Outside work; is uuequaled in price and quality. , yy Remember us wheu you need anything in the Drug Line. 940 Broad st. - - - - - Augusta, Georgia. GO WHERE THE CROWD GOES! D| IfNLJJC The very largest amount of goods for the very smallest O price. Novelties witliout limit, dainty, dazzling, desi rable. Something for every age, taste and purse. The sort of stock in which the b*LV**r finds what is wtuRed.” The largest and moat cotn- I FWHWMMlllTarantee to lead iu quality and price. 400 Dinner Sets, 800 BerWoomSets, 600 Tea Sets, 2,000 Lamps, etc., offered positively at lowest prices. In quality, price ami quantity we please all. To look through our I A elegant assortment is a pastime, to price the goods is a ■ Vr ■« pleasure. CWOur Motto is: “LOW PRICES MUST PREVAIL.” dfCome and learn that it pays to trade with The Leader. BUP, 8)2 BROAD ST., AIM8TA, IfI V THE BEST! -fOf- W. I. DELPII, at No. 831 Broad St., Augusta, Ga., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Cooking Stoves, Ranges, Heating Stoves, Giates. Tinware and Woodware, has been selling this Stove for 18 years, witli satisfaction. Also Heating Stoves for wood. Send for circular. THEO. F. ROESEL, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN FRESH AND CORNED MEATS, Yegetables, Fish, Oysters, Poultry, and Game iu its Season. STEAM SAUSAGE MANUFACTURE A SPECIALTY. 219 Washington Street, - - - - AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. GIN RIBS! GIN RIBS! ■:<>:- I HAVE secured Patterns ami propose to rurnhh RIBS for all makes of Gins at reasonable prices. CASTINGS of all kinds in Iron and Brassat short notice. Special attention given to Repairs. Satisfaction guaranteed! The Pendleton Foundry and Machine Works. Nos. 615, 617 and 619. Kollock Sr., - - AUGUSTA, GA CHAS. F. LOMBARD, Proprietor., M. W, PENDLETON, Sup’t. Machinist Work. WM. P. CLYDE & CO., Gen. Agents 5 Bowling Green, New York. 12 South Wharves, Philadelphia T. G. EGER, Traffic Manager, 5 Bowling Green, New York. The Fleet is composed of the fol lowing Elegant Steamers: S S ALGONQUIN (new), S S IROQUOIS (new), Capt Kemble. H S CHEROKEE, Capt Bearee. S S SEMINOLE, Capt Platt, S S YEMA8SEE, Capt McKee. 8 8 DELAWARE, Capt Chichester. These splendid passenger steamers form an unequaled tri-weekly line to New York and the Florida Ports, with state-rooms all on deck, thor oughly ventilated and separated from the dining saloon. There is no pleasanter travelling on the Atlantic Coast, and the trip to Florida consumes only 12 to 15 hours. For passenger engagements address J. E. EDGERTON' Gen. Freight and Pass. Agent, Charleston, S. C. i— Augusta & Asheville Short Line Port Royal, & Western Carolina Railway. O N and after September 28th, 1890, passenger trains will run as fol lows, bv 75th meridian time: North * * Lv Augusta 8:35 a m 2:05 p m Ar McCormick.. .10:40 a m 3:55 pm “ Andersou 6:30 pm “ Greenwood .. .11:40 a m 4:55 pm “Laurens 12*42 p m 5:55 pm ‘•Greenville 7:20 pm “ Spartanburg.. .2:37 p m 8:40 p m “ Hendersonviile6:07 pm “Asheville 7:00 pm Ar Hot springs .. .8:40 p m South * * Lv Hot Springs.. .7:42 u m Lv Asheville 9:15 am “ Henderso’ville 10:09 a m “ Spartanburg 3:45 p m 5:15 a m “Greenville 3*00 pm 7:10 am “ Laurens 5:18 p m 8:40 a m “Greenwood 6:40 pm 9:42 am “Anderson 8:00 am “McCormick 7:40 pm 10:40 am Ar Augusta 9:35 p m 12:30 p m Port Royal &nfrg~ Railway Lv Augusta .11:45 am 4:50 pm Ar Yeuiassee 3:25 pm 11:30 p m :un? .JO ORtCINML AND 1 Prcparatkm SAT and Medicinal v a New Process i wheat—Hothirs THE REPUTATION L IIVVJ AND AN INCOMPAWABLC AUOCHT PON THCHOWTX ’Superior Growths op ■MB Jusrcr Acquired ■ Salvator fori IMAGED. AND PROTCC I OF INFANT# AND OHIlvPREMV CONTMucp^H .E REMEDIAL AC A superior Nutritive ih Continued Fevers and a Reliable remedial agent mall Diseases ortmc stomach ano wo-kathics. i BOLD BY DEPOT—O OM N CARLE.A SOKS.-NCW .VO RK. Ar Charleston 7:00 p m Ar Savannah 6.40 p m Ar Jacksonville.. .8:35 a m Ar Beaufort... Ar Port Royal North Lv Port Royal Lv Beaufort... .5:25 p m . .5:40 p m Daily . .7:30 a m . .7:43 a m Lv Jacksonvill 6:30 p m Lv Savannah 7:00 a m Lv Charleston 8:00 a m Lv Yemassee 9:20 am 1:00 am Ar Augusta . z... .12:45 p m 9:25 am ♦Daily. tDaiiy except Sunday. Through Palace Sieeper runs be tween Spartanburg and Savannah. Connection made at Greenwood with C. & G. Road; at Anderson with the Blue Ridge Road; at Spartanburg with A. & S. and R. & D. Roads. Through train of elegant coaches between Charleston and Greenville and other upper South Carolina points without change. For further information apply to R. W. HUNT, T. P. A. W. J. CRAIG. G. P. A. South Carolina Railway. Commencing January 26, 1890, at 6.20 a m tiains will run as follows by Eastern time* MAIN LINE—WESTWARD DAILY Leave Charleston— 6.00 a. m., 6.00 p. m. Leave Blackvilie— 10:03 a.m. 9:28 p.m. Leave Aiken— 11.07 a. m, 10.03 p. m. Arrive Augusta— 12.10 a. in, 11.25 p.m. MAIN LINE—EASTWARD DAILY. Leave Augusta— 8.05 a. m, 4.40 p. m, Leave Aiken— 8.55 a.m. 5.30 p.m. Leave Blackvilie— 10:03 am, 6:37 pm Arrive Charleston— 1.03 a. m, 10.00 p. m, TO AND FROM COLUMBIA—Daily. Leave Augusta 4.40 pm Leave Aiken 5.30 p m Due Columbia...- 10.05pm west—Daily. Leave Columbia. 6.43 a m 5.27 p m Due Aiken 11.00 a m 10.36 p m Due Augusta 12.00 am 11.25 p n*. AIKEN AND AUGUSTA SPECIAL Daily except Sunday. Leave Aiken: 9:00 a m 4:45 p m Arrive Augusta: 9:55 a 111 5:45 p in Leave Augusta: 2:00 p in 6:00 p m Arrive Aiken: 2:55 p m 6:55 p m (o)- Eilher in or out of Shop, with good tools and Men. Boiler, Tail*, Stack and Tube and Sheet Iron Work, Blacksmith Work, Iron rrid Brass Foundry Work, Gin Work, Material and Repairs for above. All Orders promptly attended to. GEO. R. LOMBARD & CO., New.Sliops Above Passenger Depot. Connections.—Connections made at Augusta with Georgia Railroad to and from all points West, at Black- ville with Barnwell Railroad,at Preg- nall’s with Eutawville Railroad, and Columbia for Asheville, Hot Springs and beyond, and points on the C. & G. Railroad. Connections made at Charleston with roads north and south; also with steamers for New York and Florida. Through tickets cau be purchased and bairgage checked to all point north, soutli and west, and informa- tion given by Mrs. I. B. North, Ticket Agent, Aiken, S. C. S. B PICKENS. Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. C- VV. Ward General Manager D. S. Henderson. E. P. Henderson. Henderson Brothers, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. CROFT & CHAFEE, Attoroers-at-Lav, Aiken, S. C. John Gary Evans, Attorney-at-Law. - Will practice in the Counties Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell. of 0. C. JORDAN, attorney-at-law. AIKBN, S. C. Andrew T. Woodward, Attorney-at-Law, Barawell Court House, S. 0. Will practice iu the Courts of Aiken and Barnwell Counties. Walter Ashley, Attorney at Law, Aiken, 8. C. (Successor to Aldrich & Ashley.) Practices in all the Courts. Special attention to office worlL ^ r. u . ». Dentist, Park Ave. - - Aiken, S. PARR AVENUE HOTEL, Opposite tie Passeaier Station. A. M. TAFT, Proprietor. WEST VIEW. Near tie Htillanl Park Hotel. Miss Sedgwick, St. Thaddeus Square, AIKEN, - • S. C. YORK J, —Near Passenger Depot— Aiken, S. C. Mrs. M. E. COOK, Proprietress. [Formerly of the Graniteville Hotel ] House recently overhauled and fit ted up for the Comfort and Conve nience of Northern Tourists. Table supplied witli the Best from Home and Northern Markets. Graniteville Hotel, On the main line of the R. & D. Rail way, opposite the Station at Gran iteville, S. C., within five miles of Aiken. Comfortable Rooms, and Table sup plied with the Best. Meals ready on arrival of trains. Refreshments served at any .time of the day to visitors from Aiken. Five mails daily. House has been newly renovated. Reasonable rates of board and every attention given to guests. MRS. N. E. SJ5NN. PULASKI HOUSE, i SAVANNAH, GAL Management Strictly First-class. Situated in the business center. L. W. 8COMILLE. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. Thursday was devoted by both hou*< • principally to the Senatorial election, the result of which has al ready been given.! Just before the third ballot the fol lowing message was received from the Governor: . State of South Carolina, Executive Department. Columbia, S. C., December 11th. Gentlemen of the General Assem bly: 1 have the honor to transmit herewith a communication from State Treasurer W. T. C. Bates iu reference to the State Treasurer and other mat ters connected therewith, which re quire your attention. Year after year the time for paying taxes has been extended, aud people taught to expect it, are dilatory and careless about paying within the time fixed by law. If that time is too short, which I cannot believe to be the case, it should be put later by law and then un Interference be had by the General Assembly or any oue else. When it becomes the fixed policy of the State to collect its taxes by a day certain the people, knowing there is to be no extension, will pay promptly and not expect it. I hope your honorable bodies Will be able to agree with me in this policy and ex tend time to the first of January by law,-and that hereafter the people un derstand that there will be no exten sion at all. B. R, Tillman, Governor With it was a communicotion from State Treasurer, which was in pur port as follows: Mr. Bates’s communication referred to the taxes, which had fallen short of previous years which he attrihu ted to the fact that the cottou had been withheld fiom the market and partly from the expectation of the usual extension of time for collection of taxes. Out of the ^,000 iu the treasury, legislative and current ex penses are to be paid. The estimated interest on the consols in January is $150,000, ou Blue bonds $8,000, on Col lege script $5,574, and besides this there is $125,000 back interest liable to be called for at any lime. Should the time fur collecting taxes be extended later than January 1st, provision must be made by the Senate to borrow the necessary money. By the adop tion of the supply Act of 1889 such ac tion was provided for. There should be in the treasury ac cordingly a sufficient quantity of said bonds and stocks to issue to the par ties entitled to and claiming the same. The coupon bonds now in hand have the signature of a former State Treasurer engraved on the cou- poQ bonds and therefore are worth less, for the' American Bank Note pany will not issue others in r place without a certificate show- theyjiav© been cancelled. tend that the law requiring -i u rer ''To . ^ _ ou the c Ug 450}. .. An app.-upiS^r^'T*. .ed to purchase a sufficient quan- of bonds and certificates of stock eet the demands of the stock, view of the fact that the debt of T __l,000 must be paid in 1893, imme diate provision must be made by the General Assemply for preliminary ac tion on part of the debt. The recommendation is made that the Financial Board take such steps and action and secure such assis tance as may be necessary to secure necessary information from this coun try and Europe and report to the next General Aseemblv of the Legislature. The communication was referred to the committee on ways and means. Among the new bills introduced in the house was oue to amend Section 2 of an Act entitled “An Act to amend the militia laws of the State” ap- Southorn States as to the adoption of Uniform text books te be used in the free r chools of this State. Mr. Youmaus, bill to provide for the appointment and duties of the board of visitors of the South Caro liua Military Academy of the State. This bill provides that four persons, lo be appointed by the Governor to gether with the Governor and Adju tant and Inspector-General, shall con stitute the board. On the first ap pointment two members shall serve for two years. Afterwards, however, all members shall serve for fouryears. In the Senate, among the new bills introduced were the following: Senator Evans, to abolish the Department of Agriculture and the Office of Commissioner of Ag riculture and devolve the duties thereof upon the CJemson College, excepting as to the control of phos phates, also to create a Board of Phos phate Commissioners and define their duties. Senator R. M, Smith introduced a bill to provide for the regulation of freight and passenger rates on the railroads in this State and for the general regulation of the railroads. This is said to be the Georgia railroad law unadulterated. Its provisions will be found nearly identical with the first railroad law in operation iu this State, whi. h was subsequently amended and changed to its present form. • Another important" measure is the bill to amc-ud section 547 of the Gene ral Statutes and to provide for the ap pointment of an examiner for backs of the State and banking institutions. It provides: That all banks incorporated under the laws of this State, and ail joint stock companies now organized, or that may hereafter be organized, un der the laws of this State for the pur pose of conducting a banking busi ness, whether saving or general, and all private banks and bankers that solicit or .receive deposits, shall be required to make to the Comptroller- General statements of their financial condition within five days after the receipt of a requisition from him, and also to publish such statement, iu the form in which it is made to the Comp troller-General, in some newspaper printed in the same city or town where such banking business is con ducted. or if there is no newspaper in the place, then in one published nearest thereto in this State, at the expense of the individual, firm or as sociation doin.i; such banking busi ness. It shall be the duty of the Comp troller-General to appoint some one learned in the business lo visit such bank or banking associations at least twice in each year, to make such ex amination as will exhibit tiieir exact condition, and to report the same to him under oath, said examination to he made semi-annnaliv at times un known J;q 1 said ex- more economically treated aud pro tected in the county poor houses. Mr. Yeldeli, from the committee on railroads, reported unfavorably oa two bills providing that the railroads in this State provide separate accom modations for white and colored pas sengers, and presented a substitute bill to accomplish the same end. The substitute, however, is free from many of the objectionable features contained iu the other bills. It ex cepts pulltuan sleeping and parlor cars, and it excepts nurses. It allows the railroad companies to divide their coaches witli a partition, if they see fit, instead ol providing separate coaches. It excepts coaches drawn by freight or accommodation trains, and, in short, is much more conserva tive than the bills first introduced. The following passed thei^seCond readings: Senate, hill ratifying the amend ment to the Constitution abolishing boards of county commissioners. Joint resolution to provide for the payment of the taxes of the Soutli Carolina Railway Compony for the fiscal year beginning November 1888, upon certain conditions. The memorial of the State Grange, asking that the directors of the Peni tentiary report to the next Legisla ture whether it is feasible to organize a jute bagging-factory in the peniten tiary, was adopted. 1, To the Suffering. Over one hundred columns of vol untary certificates have been printed in the Atlanta Journal from such peo ple as Rev. J, B. Hawthorne, Rev. Sam P. Jones, Hon. H. W. Grady, Maj. Chas. VV. Hubner, late of the “Christian Index;” Gen. James Long- street, Col. I. W. Avery late editor At lanta “Constitution,” and hundreds of prominent divines, editors, doctors specialists and others, certifying to remarkable cures performed by Dr. King’s Royal Germetuer, after emi nent physicians and all known reme dies had failed. Send two-cent stamp to King’s Royal Germetuer Co.* Atiauta, Ga,, for book of particulars. It is truly a great remedy, and surely cures wheu all else fails. ess At a donation party given to a good country clergyman, in part payment of his small salary, the.principal re sult' was twenty-seven bushels of beans and a large variety of second hand clothing foi his five children. The patience of the clergyman’s wife gave out. On the next Sunday she dressed all her five children in the donated second-hand clothing, and under lier direction they marched up the aisle just as the good pastoc-was reading tuat beautiful passage, “Yet Solomon in all liis glory was not ar rayed like one of these.’’ proved December 22, 1883, relating to the compensation of members of com panies. . , This bill provides for the reduction of the aunu il pay of the members of such companies from four dollars to one dollar, aud that when the num ber of men in such company exceeds thirty, the sum of $30 shall be divi ded among the members instead of $120. The following bills were reported unfavorably by the committees. By Mr. Sarratt, to provide for the regulation of marriages in the State. By Mr. Moseley, to regulate the granting of divorces. By Mr. Ficken, to provide for mar riage licenses. . , In tbt Senate, the bill to abolish the office of Supervisor of Registration and devolve the duties on the Audi tors of the Counties was unfavorably reported. , , On Friday the session of the House was dull and un interesting, the whole of the morning session being devoted to the consideration and introduc tion of bills. A communication from Mr. Irby stated that he was going home for a few days. Mr. Stanvarne Wilson was called to the chair ‘ and he announced that nominations for a Speaker protem were in order. Mr. Janies Simons, of Charleston was nominated but declined. How ever, there was a vote taken and the House voted unanimously to have Mr. Simous accept, and after this grand compliment Mr. Simons could no longer refuse and he assumed the chair. Under Mr. Simons’s able hand a great deal of business was dis posed of and these bills among others were passed and ordered sent to the Senate: Rill to require the South Carolina Railway Company to erect bridges over the railroad cut in certain streets in the city of Aiken aud to maintain the same. Bill lo abolish the office of Jury Commissioner and to devolve its du ties and powers upon the Clerk of Court. The following new bills were intro duced. Mr. Norton, bill to create a Board of Phosphate Commissioners, defining its purposes and duties. Mr. Harrison, bid to abolish the Department of Agriculture and the office of Commissioner of Agriculture and to devolve all their powers and duties on the board of trustees of the Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina, except the control of the phosphate interests of the State. Mr. Yeldeli, Joint resolution to ap point a special commission, to con sist of the Governor and Superinten dent of Education of this State, to confer with the Governors and Su perintendents of education of other amount to be collectedsaid hank or banking assocmW^^exam- ined at the time of eacli examination. On Saturday the Senate transacted a large amount of business, among which the following is of general i ii terest Bill No. 140, requiring railroads to increase accommodations on passen ger cars was killed. The bill to abolish tlie office of su pervisor of registration wss reported. Also the bill to require circuit soli citors to act as solicitors for the coun ty commissioners. A bill to take away $500 compensa- tioh from the Secretary of State for the keep and care of the State House grounds, was passed to a third read ing. The joint resolution fixing February 1, 1891. os the limit for payment of t&xes is now of effect. In the House Speaker pro tem Simons again presided, and succeeded by sticking down to work in clearing away the biggest portion of the Cal endar. There were no incidents of in terest during the day, but among the new measures introduced will be found some of vital interest to the people of Soutli Carolina: Mr. Bowden, a bill to empower the Governor to remove sheriffs from of fice who wilfully or negligently allow prisoners to escape or to be injured or killed bv lynching or otherwise while in the custody of said sheriffs. Mi*. D. W. McLaurin, a bill to pro vide for the selection of an extra Cir cuit Judg«, and to define his duties and fix his compensation. Tins bill provides for the election by the General Assembly, at its pres ent session, of an extra circuit Judge, who shall have all the powers and be subject to ail the duties of the pres ent Circuit Judges, except that he shall not have jurisdiction at cham bers except while actually holding court in any county. He shall be subject to the call of the Governor or Chief Justice, and shall hold Court in any circuit or sit upon the Supreme Bench when called upon so to do. He shall be a citizen of this State and a resident at some accessible point. He shall receive $10 per Jay for the time actually employed in holding Court or in going to and from such Court. He will he allowed to practice law, subject to every disqualification as Judge in matters in which lie has been directly or indirectly interested as counsel. Mr. Jones, a bill to require the seve ral counties to pay for their lunatics in the State Lunatic Asylum, and providing that the county commis sioners keep separate accounts with the Comptroller General with regard to the same. This bill is intended to carry out Governor Tillman’s suggestions on this subject, and it is thought bv adopting its provisions the county commissioners of the several counties will be more careful in sending to the State Asylum priients who might be Simply anpt, e fifteen dpi- Npjpternal tn the face, hai^i, nose, &c^HMBHT£Tiie skin clear, ''^Kte aud wealthy. Its great lioaling’^d curative powers are possessed by r»j other remedy. Ask your muggist for Swayne’s Oint ment. Value ol the Crops. Washington, Dec. 10.—The statis tical returns of the department of ag riculture for December give the aver age farm prices ot agricultural pro ducts by counties, which are consoli dated in this office to obtain accurate averaf .3 for the several States. The state agents obtain similiar estimates, revise and consolidate and forward the state averages. The department estimates as published are made from these duplicates and independent sources of information, which are in remarkable agreement and may be relied upon as a true measure of the value of the crops in the hands of the farmers. THE CORN CROP. *Tue present corn crop is worth more than the last and the farmers will re ceive more for it. Unfortunately, tiie districts of failure do not realize their portion of the advances in average value. Tiie average price, by present returns, is 50.1 cents per bushel, against 28.3 cents for the crop of 1889, an increase of 77 per cent. It is the highest price of the decade ex cept that of 1881, the only year in which the final average of coudition was worse than that of the present season. VALUE OF THE WHEAT CROP. The average farm value of the wheat crop is estimated at 84 cems per bush el, against 69.8 for 1889, an increase of 20 per cent, on the prices of last year. The value of wheat is affected by the harvests of other countries, as corn is not percept ihly, and therefore, prices are not entirely governed by the size of tiie home-grown crop. OATS FOLLOW CORN. The price of oats has responded sharply to tiie pressure of a small crop’and increased deuiaud because of tiie short corn crop. The average is 42.2 cents against 23 cents last year. It is the highest reported since 1881. An examination of the records show that au abundance or scarcity of corn materially affects the value of this crop, the two grains being largely in terchangeable in use. POTATOES SCARCE AND HIGH. A deficiency in the potato crop has caused an advance in values in all sections of the country. Tiie average is 77.7 cents, an increase of more than 90 per cent, over the prices of the past two years. Hay alone, of all the farm products, records a decline from last year. Tiie present price is $7.74 per ton, and the slight fulling off is due to increased product. Highest of all in Leavening Power.- U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889. % Bakin; Powder AH' PURE •1 W'-Stv