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DUN'S WEEKLY .TRADE REVIEW. The Greatest Business Ever Known in February. New York, Marcb 3 -R G. Dun & Co.'e Weekly Review of Trade will say to-morrow : The business for the past mooth was far the greatest ever known in February. Clearing house orderings were about 7,000,000,000, against $5,567,553, 844 last" year, and 54 2 per cent, larger than in 1892, In all the yeare of weekly commercial reporting lhere bas been no other week in which the reports from ali parts of the country have"been on the whole so good as they are thia week. Moreover, during the past week there has been a gen eral advance in wages, immediate or prospective. At most pointe the advance of 10 per cent, or more was entirely voluntary. It has averaged from 5 to 10 per cent, ia tin plate works and about 10 per cent, in other cases and as it affects much over 100,000 hands it will add greatly to the purchasing power of the wage earners. The return of failures in February, while showing larger liabilities than ii January, are highly encouraging. A rather an asnal number of large failures in scattered branches of manufacture has swelled the aggre gate, inclnding one concern for $1, 000,000 in the electrical apparatus, but in nearly ali branches the state ment indicates a remarkably healthy condition in spite of these failures, while in trading the defaulted liabili ties are smaller than in January or any previous winter months for six years. In prices the striking feature bus been the lapid advance in iron and steel products, resulting from a demand greater than the works io the country can supply. All the works of importance have been crowded with orders running to July aid later. Buyers have given life to cruceros long inactive, aad as these - can add but little to. the output the market has been entirely controlled by the buying demand All sorts of prices have been paid, some for early delivery arid acme for delivery after July 1, bois $13 50 is quoted for Bessemer pig at Pittsburg, $12 50 for grey forge, and at the JSast $14 25 is quoted fo? anthracite No. 1. Prices of finished products have also been advanced $2 per ton for Eastern and Western bara, plates and structural forms, and $3 for wire nails. The demand has not yet been checked, and some heavy orders bava been taken at all points, even at tba highest prices named, but the export - business is likely to be stopped for the present Holders of wheat have been look ing for the report of the agricultural department regarding stocke held by farmers March 1, but com mercial reports indicate that such are the largest ever held af this date They have to sop port them the western receipts from farms, which have been larger than for past years in February for four weeks 12,571,000 bushels, against 10,004,600 bushels last year, while Atlantic exports have been for four weeks 12,829,756 bushels, against 9,878,636 last year. The Pacific ex ports have been 605,737 bushels for the week, against 64,993 last year, and from other ports 187,829 bushels have been, shipped during the past week Rarely, if ever, has- there been as great a demand for grain at this season as now appears, bot the per cent price has yielded 11-4 cents for the week, although corn has advanced 1-2 of a cent for spot, the receipts 'hiving fallen. How to Look Good Good looks are real;j mora than skia deep depending entirely on a heakhly condition of ali the vital organs. If the liver be ia ac ti fe, yon have a billion look ; if your stomach be disorded, yon have a dyspeptic look ; if your kidneys be a&ected, yon have a pinched look. Secure good health, and yon will sorely have good looks. "Electric Bitters1' is a good Al terative and Tonic Acts directly on the stom ach, liver and kidneys. Purifies the blood cures pimples, blotches and boils, and loaves a good complexion. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold at J. P. W. DeLorme's Drag Store. 5 K. per bottle. 5 The Governor Out Gov. Eil erbe is very much better. The pleasant spring weather of the . last two days has bene Stied him very much, and he baa been able to be rolled around outdoors in an easy chair -State, March 3 Want Eggs Badly. Savannah, Ga., March 2.-A dealer ic this cit;? bas just shipped 1,000 dozen eggs to Habaea, for which he will receive 1 60 per dozen. The order came before the blizzard and the egg famine. At the time eggs io Habaoa were worth ve cents each. The freeze ont off the sapply aod the dealer cabled that be could co'; fill the order lower than 1.60 a dozen. The reply same back to ship them anyway. It is said he paid around 30 and 40 ceo ts per dozen. SAGASTA SUCCEEDED BY SILYELA. Conservative Ministry to be Submitted for Approval. Madrid, March 3 -The queen re gent, as the result of her consulta tions with the statesmen, gener is and political Ieaders; informed Senor Sagasta that she desired to retain the present chamber ; and she then invited him to reconstract the cab inet Senor Sagasta replied that it would be impossible for bim to remain pre mier without a dissolution. Thereupon the queen regent refer red the same request to Senor Mon tero Bios, president of the senate, who declined for the same reason. Finally Senor Silvela, the Conser? vative leader, accepted the task, and it is expected that he will submit a Conservative ministry to her majesty to-morrow for ber approval The newspapers predict that pop ular demonstrations will greet a Con* ser vat i ve ministry . Senor Silvela has offered the finance, portfolio to Marquis Yilla verde, the ministry of marine to j Admira Lazoga, the ministry of ustice to Senor Duran and the minis try of public works, agriculture and commerce to Senor Cardenas. The cortes will be dissolved, the new elections taking place toward the end of April and tho new chamber of depaties meeting in May Count de Rasc n, Spanish ambassador to Great Britain, and Senor Leon y Castillo ambassador to France, have tendered their resignations. The prefects and secretaries of state have also resigned. A Striking Contrast. It waa Lora Roscommon who de clared that he would rather prove a man a fool without calling him one, than to cai! him a fool without prov ing him one, and where tba issues between men are matters of fact capable of proof it ia infinitely better to prove a man guilty of misstate ments than to cali him a liar. Some people think it is necessary for a mau to swear and bluster and blackguard his enemy, but conservative public opinion does not. Witness the striking illustration that has recently come before the whole country in the cases of Sagan and Scb ey Commissary General Eagan felt that be had been cruelly attacked and misrepresented by Gen eral Miles, and he denounced him before the army investigating com mission in language that would have been expected from the veriest black guard on the Bowery. lu couse quence his attempt to injure bis enemy recoiled upon himself and he baa been dismissed from service in disgrace Admiral Scaley has felt himself cruelly wronged by his fellow o'fficer, Admiral Sampson. At the close of the battle with Cervera's fleet Samp son would sot allow Schiey to receive the surrender of the last Spanish ship ruc to ground ; in the telegraph ic report of the sinking of the fleet Sampson did not even mention Schiey ; in the later and fu:ler reports of the battle Sampson's mention of Schiey waa perfunctory, aud later he charged him with being guilty of "reprehensible conduct," and clearly implied that Schiey had been seek ing to escape a meeting with Cerve ra's ships Here was provocation as great as Eagan writhed under, but see the difference in the course pursued, and the difference in the result, in dignified silence Schiey awaited his opportunity to make reply, and then, like a gentleman, without vitupera tion be reviewed the whole matter, giving the facts and adducing the testimony in support of bis conten tion He showed how unfounded was the aspersion upon his conduct, and exposed at least an apparent effort to misrepresent and injure bim. What is the result ? Schiey is more firmly fixed in the esteem of the people than ever, and Sampson ie made to appear smaller oven than when he sent that memorable dis patch congratulating the government upon "the complete destruction of Cervera s fleet by the ships under my command " This is a lesson worth reflecting upon.-Augusta Chronicle. MORE CO RTMARTIAL. Madrid, March 3.-Ad mi:?! Mont jo., who was in command of the Spanish squadron destroyed by Ad miral Dewey in the Battle of Manila bay and the commander of the Cavite arsenal, was this evening incarce rated in the military prison, pending trial for his conduct at Manila The government bas also ordered the pro8ecuition of Gen Linares, who was in supreme command of the Spanish forces at Santiago at the time of the capitulation to Gen. Shafter. Con^npaiion prevents ihe t odj from rid ! ding itself of wasif matter. De Win's Lit tie Early Risers vt ii! removp tbe iroutj.e and cure Sick Headecbe, BilioucDees, Inactive Liver and clear the Corcp'esion. Small, sugar coaled, don't ripe or causs causea. Hughson-Ligon Co. BREAKING FROM QUAY. Harrisburg, Pa , March 3.-The ODg predieced break from Senator Quay came ou to day's joiot ballot. Three members, Messrs Hersh, Mac key acd Yates, Republicans, deserted bis ranks aod voted for tb other Re publican candidates. Hersh ano Yates are Philadelphia friends of Senator David Martin, who wont into the Re publican caucus early io January acd voted against Senator Qiay, but buve since abided by the decision of that meeting and voted for Senator Qaay. Mackey is from Lackawanna county. Until the voting for senator btgan be wes counted an anti-Quay mao, but be surprised everybody by votiog for the senior senator. - mtm ' * i am - EX-GOV. RICHARDSON'S CONDITION. The sadden illness of ex Gov. John Peter Riobardsoo was noted in Tbe State of yesterday morning. His many friends all over Sooth Carolina will be pleased to learn that be was resting much easier when his physician Dr.' B. W Taylor left him last night Qovernor Riobardsoo was affected by a copious hemorrhage at the nose early yesterday morning, the loss of blood was considerable, and alarming at bis advanced stage of life. There t?ere two other slight hemorrhages later in the day, bot Dr. Taylor thinks that he bas the now stopped, and that Gov. Richardson is oat of danger. There were maoy who called at the Hotel Jerome to inquire about him yes terday, for Governor Richardson is one of those lovable gentlemen who bas the esteem of every one who knows bim. The State, March 4. To Our Subscribers-Important. The Quaker Valley Mfg. Co. of Chicago have requested us to announce that they have several thousand sets of the finest coin silver plated War Memorial Spoons, made to retail at $3 a set. They will mail, postpaid, a full set of six of these spooDS to every subscriber to the Watchman and Southron, who will send name aod aadrea-a postal card will do. If, on receipt of tbe spoons, you find them the most exquisitely beautiful specimens of the silversmith's art you ever saw, and worth $3, remit 78 cents, as payment in foll, within 30 days ; if not pleased, return spoons im mediately. Each spoon is of a different de sign-after-dinner coffee eize-showing sol diers in camp in Cnba, Morro Castle and four U S. Battleships They are imperishable mementoes of the late war, and every sub scriber should accept this most remarkable offer, and obtain a set before it is too late. AU that's necessary is to say you're a sub scriber to the Watchman and Southron (this is important) and that you accept Mesorial Spoon Offer. Address Qaaker Valley Mfg. Co., 357 W. Harrison St., Chicago. Dec 21 Tbe Nicaragua Canal. _ Washington, March 3 -The con ferees on the river and harbor bill to-day agreed and signed a report. Senator Frye made the following statement as to the result of the confer ence : "Io the matter of the Nicaragua cane' the conferees provided a sobsti tote for the senate amecdmeot giving foll authority lo the president to investigate ail Isthmian canal routes, especially the Nicaragua aod Pasama routes. He is to have all the engineers and other employes he may need for this purpose and is allowed to appoint the engineers either from the army or civil lifes He is then to report his conclo8ioo8 to the next congress. For this purpose we appropriate $1,000, 000. Overcome evil with good. Overcome your coughs and colds with One Minute Cough Core. It is so good that children cry for it. It cures croup, bronchitic), pneumonia, grippe and all throat and lung diseases. Hughsou Ligon Co. If von want a nice organ an easy terms se Randie. The happiest ladies are those using the Wbitesewtng machine. The "White" runs light. The "White' sews right. Marseilles Best Market. The largest market io the world for American cotton seed oil is Marseilles, France. In 1897, 49,000,000 kilos of oil were shipped there from the United States and the total for 1898 will be foan m ooh larger. A kilo is 2.2 pounds. The oil is doctored so as to taste like olive oil and is sold all over the world. It is also used io the manufacture of soaps, cosmetics aod other toilet articles. It is ooe of the largest industries of France and bas become so oheap aod superior that it is driving out all other oils, and the crushers of oleaginous seed, whose market has Dearly beeo destroyed, are DOW trying to have a prohibitive duty imposed upon the American article The manufacturers of soap, however, are resisting the movement aod it is probable that they will make a com promise with the looal seed crushers, ander which American oil will be rendered unpalatable by the admixture of some harmless substance, so that it cannot be used for food.-Columbia Record. A Revenue Decision. At the request of the Bank of Greenwood tbe internal revenue depart ment has rendered a decision on an important poir.it. The decision is to the effect that agricultural liens arc taxable only a9 mortgages ; in other words that a lien for a sum under 1, 000 does not require a revenue stamp - Columbia Record. Call, see, and buy embossed-or floral Crepe Paper. H. G. Osteea & Co. '" it has been suggested that the I quickest way to get the palmetto tree frcra its present degrading : position OD the dispensary bottles ia for everybody t?ho gets hold of one ! of these bottles to promptly smash it A new law enacted by the last i legislature provides that no more liquor bottles shall ht? decorated with j the palmetto- but that those already in existence may be need A large j proportion of the bottles emptied are sold to the dispensary and returned j to Columbia to be used again Smash j them The sooner we can raake the j palmetto-which should be a sacred emblem-disappear from whiskey bottles the better.patriotic citizens will feel.-Greenville News. A representative of the Pullman's Palace Car Company is reported i3 have said a few days ago (bat that company is DOW employing in its werk at Pullman about 5,000 men, turning out among its miscellaneous prodaots of sleeping cars, railway coaches 07 various descriptions, street oars, etc., fifty freight ears a day ; while in 1893 tbe company employed io its work only 1,200 men, witb a correspondingly reduced output of ali sorts, tba work at that time being mainly the repair of its own sleeping car equipment. -a ai ANY PERSON Wishing tc know the truth in regard to their health should not fail to send for a valuable and new 64-page Booklet which will be sent FREE for a short time to those who mention this paper. This book is published by the celebrated physi cians and specialists-Dr. Hathaway a. d < 'o of 22Vi S. Broad St.. Atlanta, Ga., whom yon honld address. Write to-day. Paper Dolis, dressed or otherwise at H. 6 OS CD & Co'8. 60 to H. G. 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