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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
FLORIDA.

AT the recent municipal election at Ar
cadia J. L. Jones was reelected mayor
and r H. Rochard marshal.
S. w. Rowley has been appointed post
master at San Mateo, and A Robbins al
Palo Both are fourth-class Offices.
Bishop, Murdoch & Co. have leased
about 5000 acres of land a few miles south
of Mascotte, and started turpentine
camp. They intend to operate the still in
Mascotte.
Business is booming in Arcadia. The
merchants report better trade than since
the freeze. The phosphate industry is in
creasing, and the mills are running on full
time, with full capacity.
The Primitive Baptist Association will
continue in session at Gainesville until
next Tuesday. This is a colored associa-
ton. and embraces a large territory. Del
cgates to the number of seVenty-fiVe or
eighty are in attendance.
Harry Singleton, the negro murderer Of
Policeman Jack Mccormick, is to hang at
Tampa Jan. T. The last execution in Hills
borough county was over forty years ago,
and the hanging was conducted by Sheriff
Spencer, father of the present sheriff.
orders were issued several months since
I,storing the marine guard at the Pensa-
cola navy yard. A detachment of twenty
four marines, sunder command of lieu
tonant has been detailed for duty, and
they are expected to arrive this week.
The house of Ansen Wichers at San An
,onio was entirely destroyed by fire Sun
day afternoon Three children were left
aIone The youngsters amused themselves
by building a fire on the floor. The house
and contents were entirely destroyed in a
few minutes The children escaped
Pensacola News: The Mount Pleasant
Phosphate rock, which Pensacola is ship
ring to numerous European points, is 10
he exported to several Mediterranean ports
within The month The rock has been
snipped to Northern Europe almost en-
urely hitherto, and this will be the first
shipment of the mineral to the Mediter-
ranean, which Is to be followed by many
more thither.
Mrs. Jennie f. Slocum, widow of DR.. j.
g. Socum, late surveyor general of Flori-
da, has taken out letters of administra-
ton upon her husbands estate. This was
recessary in order 20 enable her to make
a legal claim for money due her husband
on final settlement with the government,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16

asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent. gold bonds, due
1924 108 bid 100 asked; Augusta Southern,
firsts 5s, 1924; bid SO asked; Central
Railroad and Banking Company collateral
5s. 81 bid, 80 asked; Central of Georgia
railway first mortgage 5s. 50-year gold
bonds, III bid, 11S asked Central of Geor-
gia railway first consolidated mortgage 5s,
9lh bid, 92 asked; Central of Georgia rail
way first preferred incomes, 43la bid, Az
asked; Central of Georgia railway, second
preferred incomes, Is bid IS asked; Cen
trail of Georgia railway third preferred IN
comes, s bid, 8 asked; Georgia railroad 6s,
1910 1151A bid, 1T asked; Charlotte, Col
umbia and Augusta first IS, 109 bid, 40
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage Is, ZIG bid III asked
Georgia Southern and Florida new IS. 10l
bid 1917 asked; South Georgia and Florida
first mortgage Is, 1927 bid, 1882 asked;
South Georgia and Florida second mort
gage rs, 1903 bid, 1O5 asked; Ocean Steam
ship 5 per cent. bonds, 1926, 1916 bid. -
asked: City and Suburban railroad first
mortgage per cent. bonds, 81 bid, ask
ed; Alabama Midland per cent. indorsed
So bid So asked; Brunswick and Western
As. rs bid, 771a asked; South Bound rail
road IS, - bid 70 asked; Southern rail
way IS. "a bid, 95 asked Georgia and Ala
bama first preferred IS, 101 bid, 1872 asked;
Georgia and Alabama cons IS, 80 bid, 81
asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, IS bid SO asked; Georgia, common,
172 bid, 175 asked; Southwestern 95A bid
96A asked; Atlanta and West Point stock
1902 bid, 1Oi asked; Atlanta and West
Point 6 per cent. certificate, 1917 bid, 103
asked; Savannah Construction Company,
Ga bid, IS asked.
Gas Stocks-savannah Gas Light stock,
2lh bid. p asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, Sc bid. So asked exdiv.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank, 1101a
bid. - asked Chatham Bank. As bid, 46 ask
ed ex-div; Germania Bank, l09 bid 10 asl.
ed; Merchants National Bank s. bid, 80
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 1875
bid, asked Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, lN bid asked; South
ern Bank of the State of Georgia 151 bid,
l53 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, l0l bid, asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, 50
bid, 81 asked; B, S. bid, 551b asked: Peo-
pies Saving and Loan Company, "a bid,
06 asked
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s, 1Ol
bid, 102 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 100
bid, 10l asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company 5 per cent bonds. -
bid, 40 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 1O1 bid 1O2 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, bid - asked; Augusta Factory,
50 bid, So asked; Granitevile Factory, 1i5
bid, ISL asked; Langley Factory, lel bid,
1851 asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
80 bid 96. asked J. r. King Manufacture
ing Company. 104 bid. Jos asked; sibley
Manufacturing Company 70 bid rs asked;
Savannah Brewing Company s0ls bid. SO
asked
New York. Dec. l5.-Money on call was
firm AZ 204 per cent. the last loan was
at az and closed offered at 2@Slz per
cent. Primo mercantile paper 304 per
cent. Sterling exchange steady, with
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
RoSIN'S STRONG UNDERTONE.
SALES REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN
MADE Al CENTS ABOVE
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

No Sales Reported at the Board Of
Trade, the Market Being Bulletin
ed Firm and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Turpentine Market Opened Firm
at BOZ Cents Bid But Closed ut 3024
Cents With Sales-The Cotton Mar
ket Quiet and Unchanged, With
Limited snIcs-Otber Markets In
changed. "a
Savannah, Dec 15.-The leading markets
were officially quiet to-day. but the up
ward tendency of rosin attracted the at
tention of those interested in that market.
II was said that sales were being made
at sc advance on low grades. The spirits
turpentine market was also firm, and after
opening at S012c bid, it advanced to So%c,
with sales at the closing quotations, The
cotton market remained quiet and un-
changed, with limited sales reported. The
wholesale markets were steady and gen.
orally unchanged. The following resume
of the different markets. both local and
Geographic, will show the tone and the
quotations at the close to-day:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16

pool cables were not particularly encourag-
ing although private accounts We're rather
better than the public reports; they ind-
Gated firm undertone and more DISPOSE
ton on the part of the English spinners
to anticipate wants While buying was
not active it was of a very good class. rep
resenting investment rather than speCula-
tive operations. There was some demand
from shorts
New York, Dec. Is noon.-Cotton flu
lures opened quiet and steady; sales, $500
bales; January, sic; February. sac;
March. 5.79c; April. 5.S2c; May, 5.S7c; June,
592c; July, 5.95c; August, 60lc; September,
$3.50; October, 6.01c; December, soc.
New York, Dec. 10. p MIXTURES
closed dull; sales $500 bales; January,
$3.50; February, SIZE; March, 5.76c; April,
% Soc; May, 5S5c; June $500: July. 594c;
August. 5.9Sc; September. 5.97c; October.
6.OOc; December, 5.67c.
New Orleans, Dec. 15.-Cotton futures
dun; sales 11.4OO; January. 5.92c; March,
5.42G5. 43c; April, 5.47c; May. 552d5.53c
June, 5.57c; July, 5.62@5 Csc; August, 564q
5.66c; September, 5.69G5.71c.
New York, Dec. 15.-Riordan &c Co. say
of cotton: There was no break In the
monotonous dullness of the cotton market
to-day. Early Liverpool cables reported
unchanged prices there and the opening
here was quiet, with prices point above
the closing ngureS OF last night. There
were no developments TO stimulate trad
ing on either side and the market was
without feature. There was somewhat
more disposition to sell and after the
opening prices declined little, but the
investment demand absorbed the offerings
and the loss in values are trivial Janu.
airy opened at sic, declined to $3.50 and
closed at $3.50 10 5.70c, with the tone OF
the market dull We fear there Is not
mucheyn the market ON either side at pres
emit"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
DRY GOODS.

New York, Dec. 15.-The market for dry
goods shows no improvement. Store trad
ing and shipping are very light and judg-
ing from appearances in the dry goods dis
trict, the market is a very undressing
one. Mail orders do not help out much
in any line Spring buying has not set
in yet to any appreciabIe extent. job
bers report an intermittent call for ac-
tual necessities, and the only department
which shows anything like a fair degree
of activity is that of holiday goods, which
are bought with considerable freedom, al
though it is a question whether they are
selling as actively as has been the case
for several years back.
Fall River Mass, Dec. 15.-The print
cloth market is quiet, with moderate bust
ness in orders on basis of 214c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16

NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-An attempt was made
to bear the market this morning, but 1t
had no effect, and the only sales reported
were at 3OAc, yesterdays reported quota
ton. AT the first CAN at the Board of
Trade, the market was bulletined firm at
301sc bid, with no sales. AT the last call
the market closed firm at 3094c, with sales
of 400 casks.
Rosin-Altbough the market remained
unchanged, with no sales it was currently
reported that sales were being made a,
&c advance on low grades. Such has been
the case, in fact, for several days. At the
Board of Trade, a the first call the mar
ket was bulleJined firm and unchanged,
with no sales. At the last call, the market
remained unchanged, with no sales re-
ported. The following were the quota,
tinna at the Board of Trade.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16

lington was a further feature. The spe-
cial weakness of the local traction stocks
was due to the threatened competition of
an underground system and to the judicial
decision at Albany, holding that consent
OF adjoining property owners IS necessary
10 enable the cars of one company to run
on the tracks of another company. The re-
sumption of the quarterly dividend of IL
on Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and st.
Louis preferred after it's omission for
two quarterly periods was a feature of
the day, as was the / per cent. dividend
( I'm Southern, preferred
Sugar was traded IN ex-dividend at one
time during the day, and at one time dur
ing the day showed a recovery of one
third of the dividend, but in the latter
dealings It succumbed quite easily and lost
over 2 points on the day. Norfolk ana
Western preferred, which was at one time
nearly three points higher, shows a net
| gain of 1ss.
The bond market was somewhat less ac-
| tive than of late, and the active list was
only about steady. Some of the high
| priced issues showed sharp advances. Mis-
souri, Pacific collateral 5s lost per cent.
| Total sales, 50, 100000. United States new As
declined &c bid.
The total sales of stocks today were 46O.-
| 800 shares. including: Atchison, 1870; do
preferred, 1880; Burlington, 30 9S8; Louis
Vile and Nashville. $3.50; Manhattan, 6, $50.
Metropolitan Street Railway, $40; Mis-
souri, Pacific, $3.50; New Jersey Central.
1908; Northern Pacific, 3l,S75; North
ern Pacific preferred, 1920; Read
/ ing, 6,5S0; Rock Island, 1890; st. Paul.
| $3.50; Southern, preferred, 1876; American
4 Tobacco, 1903; Chicago Great Western.
! 662O; Peoples Gas. l2,167; Sugar, Al, 800;
! Western Union, 6,422.
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchison 1879 do pref ..... 1a3
do pref 81 St +. & Omaha 7SN
/ Balto. q Ohio. - do do pref -. 1904
/ Canada Pac -. SOss ST. p. NJ & nj. .123
Canada So 5j12 50. Pacific 20
| central Fac 1O4lSo. Railway $50. 9M
! Ches q Ohio.... 22isI do pref ... $685.
Chi. & Alton. 1852 Texas & Pacific. 11is
| =, H. a Q....... $685. Union Pacific -. 251a
Chi. & E. mr.. 5215lU. p. ID. 4 c.. 7is
| 9. G. G. & st. l.. S5l4 wabash - IA.
90 90 pref. 81 do pref ........ 1874
/ Del. e. Hudson. 111H Wheel e. L. e.
| Del l.. G. VILLA do do pref ID
Den. q Rio g., 119s Adams Exp ..156
do pref ........ 45M American EXP .li5
Erie new ...... 1915 United States 40
do lst pfef..... 1874 Wells Fargo go us
| RI. Wayne .....l7O Am. Cot. Oil. 22gs
Ot. Nor. pref...l30 do pref ........ 75la
Hooking Val j.. 5k Am. Spirits . 7sS
Illinois Cent lOliz do pref - fSi%
Lake Erie e W. 1872 Am. Tobacco 81
90 do pref..... 20 do pref ........11l
Lake Shore ....1H Chicago Gas 96sz
Louis & Nash. 57ssCons. Gas .......177
Manhattan ..l023i Com. Gable Co 175
Met Traction ..121lR Col r. & Iron. AZ
Mich Central .192 do do pref. IA
MINI. st. L.. 26s4 lGen. Electric l.. $50,
do do LIST pref. IS Illinois Steel go a
Mo Pacihc ... 34@lIaClede Gas =. 44sl
Mobile & Ohio. % Lead ........ 2is,
NJ. X. & To-. 1915 do pref ......loi
do pref ....... S6ls,Nat. Lin. Oil.. l6s.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
ERRORS OF INSTINCT.
Mistakes of Insects which Seem to
Deny Them the Power of Selection.

Deny Them the Power of Selection.
From the Washington Star.
The opinion is still very generally enter
tanned that with animals, especially those
of the lower order, instinct is the deter
mining guide that incites to the proper
performance of action or function, and that
as such it is far less liable to err than the
reasoning of intelligence. Few scientific
prejudices have been more difficult to over
come than that which removes from ami
mails the reasoning faculty, and probab bly,
many years will yet elapse before it will
be recognized that all animals which come
under ordinary observation are endowed
with the same kind of faculty, although
developed in various degrees of descend
ing scale, which distinguishes man and
the so-called higher organisms The bee
and ant have been frequently held up as
the best opponents of the instinct class
and more recently of the Exceptional an
imals which developed reasoning powers
and it was a rude shock, not only to the
layman, but as well to the scientist, when
Sir John Lubbock, as the result of an al
most endless series of experiments an
nounced a few years ago that these ami
mails were sadly wanting both in their
instructive and intellectual traits. In other
words there were many times when both
instinct and intelligence erred for them
Some most remarkable instances of the err
ring of instinct among insects have recent
~ been noted by naturalists, and they add
an interesting chapter to the physiology
of sense. One of these was the case of a
butterfly, which persisted in visiting the
artificial flowers on a lady's bonnet, mis-
taking them for the natural product. An
other, and perhaps more striking, instance
of fault is noted by the distinguished
French entomologist, NJ. r. Blanchard. and
concerns a species of sphinx moth, which
entered a hotel room in the half obscure
ty Of early morning. and was found to fit
with direct intent to definite parts of the
walls and ceiling. These were decorated
with paintings of leaves and flowers, and
to the latter the insect approached in re-
peated attacks, thrusting forward its pro
boscis as though intent upon intruding it
into the opened cups of the beguiling
flowers. After repeated failures and the re-
sulting discoura cement, the effort was Civ
en- up, and the sphinx escaped by the win
dow. This case of self-deception is inter
esting in another way, inasmuch as it
proves that II is not always the sense of
smell, but al times that of sight, which di-
reefs insects to their flowers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
The wool Trade.

Boston, Dec. 15.-The American Wool
and Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow
of the wool trade: '"The market the past
week has been excessively duh. The wool
market is not likely to develop any new
features until the dry goods market is
opened. Concessions on good woods are
not in order"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
RICE.

There Is a good demand at PREVAILING
prices for fair and good qualities, while
the better grades, at the moment are
somewhat neglected. The following quo.
tations are for round lots in first hands
tair ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Good ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. d4lz
Prime OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ..44q0
Choice ..................-........ .5A45h
Rough-75c to s1.OO per bushel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16

THE French academy is to welcome a
new immortal IN Andre Theuret. This
latest literary star TO be included in the
Galaxy OF the famous forty" has been
stvled as zone of the gentlest spirits that
survived the bankruptcy Of romanticism. ="
Theuriet excels as a novelist in descrip-
lions of country hooks and corners. "of
polite rusticity that knows nothing of the
deiving labors of zola's La Terre (the
SOLD"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
4 Fence seventy-Five MiIes Long.

The longest fence in the world is proba-
bly, that which has just been finished by
the Erie Cattle Company along the Mexi-
can border. Ii is seventy-five miles in
length and separates exactly, for its en-
tire distance, the two republics of North
America. The fence was built TO keep the
cattle from running across the border and
falling easy prey to the Mexican cow
punchers Although il cost great deal
Of money il il. estimated that cattle enough
viii be saved in one year 10 more than
paw for it, 1t is a barbed-wire fence,
with mesquite and cottonwood poles, and
for the entire length Of it runs as straight
as the crow flies.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
COTTON.

The local spot market remained quiet
and unchanged, with light sales. At the
Cotton Exchange at the first call the mar
ket was bulletined quiet and unchanged,
with sales of PSI bales. At the second
call it was quiet and unchanged. with sales
of 247 bales. At the last call the mar,
ket closed quiet and unchanged, with no
sales reported.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16

Charleston, 5. G., Dec. 15.--Turpentine
market firm, soc; sales none. Rosin firm
sales none, unchanged.
Wilmington, N. c., Dec. 15.-;Spirits tur-
pentine firm at SOAd30Ac; receipts "a
casks. Rosin firm at S1.15 and S1.2O; re-
ceipts. 481 barrels. Crude turpentine firm
at 81 40 and $3.50; receipts, 38 barrels. Tar
steady at $1.05: receipts, ga barrels.
New York. Dec 15.-Rosin steady; $40
Turpentine firm at 321zc
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
Total since April /. 1897. .2i72sl 859,578

Stock on hand this day ...... 1862 177503
Stock same day last year.. 36,492 23S CPS
Receipts same day last year. 939 5066
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-11
Millions or Cook Books Given Away.

Millions or Cook Books Given Away.
There is one large house in this country
that has taken business on its turn and
means to ride in on the rising tide. Alive
to the signs of better times and to the best
interests of the people, they are now cir.
culating among families a valuable pub
lication known as The Charles A. Voge-
Ter Company's Cookery Book and Book of
Comfort and Health, which contains very
choice information on the subject of cook
ing Receipts for the preparation Of good,
substantial and dainty dishes. prepared es.
pecially for it by leading authority, will
be found in its pages. Much care has
been taken in its preparation and distribu-
ton. with the hope that it will be just
the thing needed for housekeepers, and
just the thing needed also for the care Of
the health and household. As q Cookery
Book it will be invaluable to keep on hand
for reference.
1t also contains full information in re.
gard to the great remedies of this house,
which provide against bodily ailments, es-
pecially the Master Cure for Pains and
Aches. st. Jacobs Oil.
To give some idea of the labor and ex.
pense of this output, more than 200 tons
of paper has been used in its publication,
and at the rate of 100000 day. it has
taken several months for the issue.
The book can be had of druggists every.
where, or BY enclosing &c stamp to The
Charles 4. Vogeasr Company, Baltimore,
Nd
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-11
Tit for Tat

Angered ut the attendance Of the
young women school teachers Of the
place at the meetings of a dancing
club. the School Board of Usage City,
Kan, passed a resolution forbidding
further indulgence In such gayety. on
the ground that the influence upon the
pupils wcnld not be good. The town
arose and asserted itself. The knights
Of Pythias stood up for the teachers.
and business mems meeting was held,
ut which a resolution was passed that
the members Of the School Boa I'd be in
structea to refrain from the use Of to-
bacco, as good results to the pupils
could not be accomplished while such a
practice was INDUCED In.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-11
Didu't Want Manual Trainine.

DlOu'C want MANUAL If0ln1nR.
"What am your opinion OBJ dis man
ual training dey talk Oh introducing
into our schools, Uncle Samson?" in
CURED Marc Antony Washington, In q
respectful tone, Of his nearest neigh
Dor.
Il haven't gibben de subject de full
benefits Oh de probnos tications OBJ my
mind yet, sah," replied Uncle Samson,
promptly, though . close observer
might have noticed . puzzled look on
his sable countenance at the moment
he heard his neighbours question; but
on de whole, I don't approve Of It,"
rs dat so?' said Mr.. Washington, In
evident surprise; now l thought you'd
be right down pleased to have your
Loulsa's Joshua get dat manual train
ing"
mo, sah," said Uncle Samson. grow
ing secure in his own mind as be went
on, mot 90 long a. his nav and me- is
alive, ! don't approve Of manual train
Ing In de school for Joshua Romulus.
He am mighty servig'ro chile, dat'a
true. but his nav has got a good
strong arm. and dere's considerable
power left in mine, yet. sab. and what
manual training dat boy needs, his
nav or me will glib him right here a:
home. yes, Ral"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-11

Every man who knows more OF
thinks more deeply than another man
with whom he comes into contact owes
him a debt by virtue Of that very fact
OF course, he needs patience, fOrbear.
ance, and tact. He must not attempt
the impossible, or expect any large re.
turns for small OUTLAWS. but be content
to SOW good seed as he finds opportu'
nifty, In conversation. in sympathy. In
aid. in valuable hints, in lending or rec.
omendlng books. sometimes. when II
n welcome, In definite instruction.
II he be Of a generous and sympa.
thetic nature, he will soon find out
what interests another, and. taking that
A a basis, can often lead his mind to
clearer and stronger thought and more
accurate Judgment.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-11
Names OF the Preai0Anta.

The first Eve Presidents had no mid
die name, and Mckinley Is the seven
teenth President without one. The list
includes George Washington. John Ad.
ans, Thomas Jefferson, James Madi-
son, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson,
Martin Van Buren,. John Tyler, Zach.
airy Taylor Willard Fillmore, Franklin
Pierce James Buchanan. 4 Abraham In
coin, Andrew johnson, Grover Cleve-
land. BENJAMIN Harrison and William
Mckinley.