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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-14
BIRDS AND THEIR HAUNTs.
Mysteries of Observation-Disclosures of
Many Kinds.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript
The birds are now engaged in family
duties said the ornithologist at the Ar
mold Arboretum. in Cambridge, the other
day. and very interesting and active are
these busy creatures. About forty differ
ent species may be found in the arbore-
tum, with probably few more to come
this month This is a fine place for birds.
because of quietness and Seclusion and of
the thickness of the shrubbery, easily ac-
quired food and protection afforded them
from man and dog. For four seasons L
have visited these grounds to study their
ways, food and behavior to one another,
and have yet much 10 be interested and in
structed in. The migration of birds is a
deep study and a great deal is yet to oe
learned of the same. To illustrates The
humming bird leaves It's home in the far
South, South America, in early spring, TAX
ing about three weeks to reach this eli
mate. How these little fellows find their
old haunts is a mystery after travelling
thousands Of miles. But they do, and that
other birds also do is an established fact.
For four Junes l have seen probably the
same little atom of humming bird flut-
terlng around a certain beech tree near
builds and raises a family of other little
humming birds. which in their turn find
their way back TO the South in the fall and
come again each succeeding season. Birds
migrate during the night and pick up sus-
tenance and rest during daytime, and as
they reach familiar places drop off until
the last few end their migration.
Birds have much to contend with in nest
ing First, man, their most inveterate (for
shame may Il be said) enemy, has to be
met Next, tho hawk, crow, blue jay,
squirrel chipmunk and snake must oe
guarded against, for they destroy eggs and
young. As a consequence, they select the
most peculiar and hidden places, and re-
sort to human-like suDterfuges In going to
and leaving their nests. This may be said
of all the small kinds. The crow builds the
highest, generally on the very top of a
tree, between its forks; the owl finds a
hollow tree, and quite number, such as
the American sparrow, build on the
ground, thus making 1t easy for Mistress
Cat, when near civlliza alton, to occasionally
catch the young.
All know the beautiful, solderly robin.
He alone of the birds trusts most to man
\ ~ building close to human habltanons
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THE GUNS OF RAE LADRoNEs.

Old Cannon to BE Found i'm the Is
lands of the south Pacific.
From the New York Sun.
A cannon being too big 10 be mislaid, 1t
is generally known what becomes of old
guns. The smoothbores of the civn war
arc known to have been used up in sold
iers' monuments and Grand Army of the
Republic emblems. Condemned cannon
of an earlier period now keep the peace in
many coastwse towns, buried at street
corners to the trunnions and presenting
upward either the cascabel or the muzzle
blocked with an old cannon bail shrunk
in. The old forts and the military muse
ums account for few more. But these
uses cannot account for all the big guns
Of the past, and the melting pot is sup
posed to have received the rest of this
metal of war.
Much of the antique ordnance has been
melted down into the pots and pans of
peace, but there are very many thousands
Of ancient cannon scattered all over the
Pacific and the East Indies. It causes the
experienced island cruiser no more sur
prise to find ancient founders names on
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kegs. $l.25; new mullet, half-barrel, $3.50.
Syrup-Market quiet, Georgia and Flor
ida syrup buying at 20Q22l2c; selling at
22l2NZ5c; sugar house, at lgQZ2c; Cuba
straight goods, 23q3oc; sugar house mo-
lasses, 15G20c.
salt-Demand is fair and the market
steady; carload lots, I. o. b., Liverpool.
2O0-pound sacks, &c; job lois. 65Q90c; COM
mon fine salt, l25-pound, in burlap sacks.
carload lots, Csc; common fine salt 125-
pound. in cotton sacks, carload lots, 4lc
Hides, Wool Etc.-Hides-The market
firm; dry flint. 1512c; dry salt, 13hc; green
sailed. Sc. Wool-Nominal; prime Georgia
free of sand. burrs and black wool, 1Sc;
blacks, Ice; bury, Sul0c. Wax 2jc. Tai
low. &c. Deer skins, 15c.
Ons-Market steady; demand fair; sig
nal. 45050c; West Virginia black, 9412c
lard 5Sc; neatsfoot 60075c; machinery. Is
M25c; unseed, raw, 47c; boiled. SOC; kero-
sene. prime white. Sc; water white Sc; fire
proof, 1Oc; deOderized stove gasoline, bar
rels, Siac
Gun Powder-Per key, $500; half key
81 %; quarter keg, H.25; Champion ducking
quarter key S2.25; Austin, Dupont and
Hazard, smokeless, half kegs, SLIPS; quar-
ter kegs. $5.75; 1-pound canisters, $l.00; less
% per cent.
shot-Drop, $l25; B. b. and large. $50
chilled. $1.55.
Lime. Calcined Plaster and Cement
Alabama and Georgia lime in fair demand
aud selling al Toe per barreh bulk and car
lead lot special; calcined plaster, $50 per
barrel hair, 4Gt5c; RQsedale cement. 81. 100
100; carload lots, special; Portland ce-
ment retail 500: carload lots, $500
Iron-Market very steady; Swede, IA
41bc; refined, l.55 base
Nals-Cut, $3.50 base; wire. $1.9O base
Advanced national list of extras, adopted
Dec. !. 1896.
I - u Tir,f rt1
sizes, S11O0; car sills, $1l.50; difficult sizes,
$12.5OQ14.OO; ship stock. $l6,50u1S.00; sawn
crossties, $9.50U10.o0; hewn crOssHes, 33c
per tie Market quiet and steady.
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GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York. July 13--Flour. quiet and
barely steady; Minnesota patents $470Q
sos. Rye flour. dun. Corn meal, steady
Rye, strong; No. 2, soc. Barley, dull;
feeding. 3Slac. Barley malt, dull
Wheat, spot, firm; No. 2 red, 90c; OPP
lions opened firm and advanced on wet
weather news from abroad, Tuesdays ex-
port sales and general covering; later a
sharp break was inspired by weakness in
stocks and final prices showed 1sQ1c net
loss; No. 2 red July closed, S0l2c; Sep
TENDER closed 721ac; December closed,
PIC.
Corn, spot, easy; No. 3 $780, options
opened steady and ruled firm on dry
weather reports, succeeded by a reaction
with wheat closed 14c net lower; July
closed S57sc; September, 353sc; December,
3711c.
Oats, spot, steady; No, q &c; options
dun and easier with corn, closing 14c net
lower; July closed. 267sc. Beef, quiet; fam
lily, $l150 Cut meats, firm: picked bel
lies. 5lh@7c; picked hams, 71sQSc. Lard,
easy; Western steamed, $3.50; July, $3.50;
refined, steady. Pork, firm; mess, $40 25G
i.50. Butter steady; Western creamery,
13l@d17c; Western factory, 11Q12a4c; Ell
gins lie: imitation creamery, 12d141ac;
state dairy, 12l@Gl6c. Cheese, steady;
large white, fancy, &c. Potatoes, firm;
new, $500. Cotton seed oil, quiet; prime
crude, 1890; prime yellow, 2312d24c. Petro-
leum, quiet. Rice, steady; domestic, fair
to extra, 51s06%c; Japan, 57sQ6lsc. Cab
bage, steady; Long Island, per barrel,
S.O0. Frelghts, TO Liverpool dull and I'M
changed. Coffee, options opened unchanged
to points higher; sales, $500. bags, in
GLIDING August, 5000; September, 5.60c
spot Rio, dun and nominal; No. T. in
voice, csc; No, 7, jobbing, csc; mild
quiet; COrdova, S1aG15c Sugar, raw, firm,
with sellers scarce; fair refining, size; re-
fined very steady.
Chicago, July 13.-The following are the
quotations I'm to-day's future markets:
The leading futures ranged as follows:
- Nt.srr ItfsN.a / r-a..-
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READ UP.

whaler carried supply as ballast bound
out, and each gun was a thing of value at
the islands. For a cannon and one keg
of powder any savage chief was glad TO
equip the whaler with all the kanakas
needed for boats crews Each chief was
anxious to make a show of ordnance, and
could not have too many cannon. The
guns were seldom mounted; if fired at all
they were loaded just as they lay haphaz-
ard on the ground, and the one object was
to make a noise. The guns are still there
on the islands, but the civilized races
have put a taboo on powder, and II is long
since the South Sea islanders have heard
the sound of their neglected artillery.
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NInrIset Quotn1ions ON scoIns.
From the New Orleans Plcayune

from Inc New orleans PlCayune.
The market price of "scalps," as agreed
upon between the early French colonists
of Louisiana and the Indians, with whom
they bareained to fight out their battles
with hostile Indians for them, varied with
circumstances. Al the time the French
We're at war with the Alibamons, a
scalp of one of the last named when
brought to them, was paid for al the rate
of a gun, five pounds Of musket balls. and
as much of powder. ION March IA Q70O
writes de la Harpe. "a party of twenty
ChicachOs (Chckasaw) brought in four
Ahb2mop 'scalps. They were given for
each scalp gun, five pounds OF balls.
and as much of powder, according to the
contract made with them"
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$3.50. Mexican dollars. 4515c, Government
bonds were weak.
New York July 13.-The sharp break in
prices in Walr street to-day was due to
the reports that yellow fever had broken
out among the American forces about
Santiago. The proportions of the break IN
prices is a demonstration that there is an
enemy in Cuba which is more feared than
the Spanish army There was undoubted-
ly a good deal OF liquidation induced by
vious ear marks OF a bear raid in the puing
up of all sorts of alarmist rUmors. There
was an extensive covering movement in
the final dealings, which caused subsian-
taal rallies all through the stock list, and
the speculation bonds as well
Net losses of between ] and points are
nevertheless, very literally sprinkled all
through the list. There was an extensive
movement to realize also in some of the
Junior mortgage bonds, which have been
advancing during the last few days. The
reaction IN these was as sharp as In the
stock list, but there was a large absorption
at the decline ana an easy rally in most
cases.
The market was heavy at the start on
London selling, based on the decreased es-
Inmates of the government crop report
The peace rumors which carried up Span
ash IS sharply had no effect
Business in bonds was largely confined
TO the speculative Junior issues, which all
reacted on realizing. Total sales, So, 0S5,0 aa
United States new As declined p and old
IS u in the bid price to-day
New York Closing Stocks
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Notice to Mariners.

Pilot charts and all photographic infor-
nation will be furnished masters of yes
sells free of charge in United States hydro
graphic office in custom house. Captains
are requested to call at the office. Reports
of wrecks and derelicts received for trans
mission TO the navy department.
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Phases of the Moon for july.

Fun moon, 3d. hours and u minutes.
evening; last quarter 10th, 10 hours and 43
minutes, morning; new moon. 18th. l hour
and Al minutes evening; first quarter, 26th.
hours and 40 minutes morning; moon in
perigee, Sd and Slst; moon In apogee, 10th.
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river steamers Dennrted.

Steamer ,. Murchison. Haddon, Au-
gusta.-H. c. Wells. Agent.
Steamer Clifton, Strange Beaufort and
returned.--Gcorge L. Beach, Manager.
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savannah Almanac.
Sun nses at 5:Os and sets at ZOO.

High water at Tybee to-day at 4:24 A
m. and 4:4j p. m. High water at Savan-
nah one hour later
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wtlou chan
limited train
oro N Norfolk
pullman sleeping between Jacksonville and
D. ALLEN T. A. Bun and Liberty
D A,
w A. and liberty streets
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Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey of Wash
ington, ID. c., is the attorney for the Ma
tional Red Cross Society.
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The time ball on Cotton Exchange drops
Il M, 18th meridian time.
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ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
vessels Arrived Yesterday.

Steamship Birchtor (BD, Belleine, Rot
administration & Co.
Bark Farnass (NoD, Nilsson, London.
Schr Horace p. Shares Mount, New
York.-C w. Howard & Co.
Schr Eta A. Simpson, Hogan, Halifax.
C. W. Howard & Co.
schr Annie T. Bailey. Clifford, Philadel-
phia.-John A. Calhoun.
Steamer Dorotta, Chadwick, Button.
and departed on return.-J. II. Judkins.
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quiet but steady; No. spring wheat. 750
soc; No, 3 spring wheat, 7jQS4c; No. ? red
77l2Q777sc. No corn, S29sQS2&c No. 2
yellow corn S23sd33lsc. No. oats, 23Isc
No. white. 2jl2c; No. white, 2jiSG25c:
No. rye. 45ia046c. No. barley, Sic; No
8. 9ic. No. 1 faXseed, $104h. Prime tim
othy seed, $2.55. Mess pork per barrel,
S. 90G9.95. Lard, per 100 pounds, $550Q5 S.
Short ribs, sides 0oose) S5.40Q675. Dry
sailed shoulders Cboxed), 45s047sc Short
clear sides (boxod) $6.00d620.
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Steamship Nacoochee. Smith, New York.
.--Ocean Steamship Company.
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William p. Clyde, of the Clyde line, an
nounced yesterday that the Austrian
steamship Kimon, recently purchased nv
the company at an auction sale In viii
mington, n. c.. and which has been under
going repairs at Erie Basin, has been reg
istered under the American flag. and win
hereafter be known as the Carib. She will
begin loading cargo to-day for Dominion
ports.
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Plant System.

Trains operated by Meridian une-One slo
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BY the annexation OF the Hawaiian
Islands the American merchant navy is in
creased by The addition of fifty-three ves-
sells, which fly the flag of the islands.
The list consists of twenty-four steam
snlps, which were engaged principally in
the tnter-islanc trade; four ships. ten
banks ana seventeen schooners of all
ella Sscs.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10

present, but all the battleships have three or six-po-1der rapid-fire guns
 and electric light protectors, and enc or two lighter machine guns in addi- tion. These guns are supported by
 expert gunners ,and in every battle they do effective work in clearing the
 guns, sweeping the decks and super structures, and picking off the officers
 and leading men.
 It is hazardous work. There is an overhead shield, but these and the barbettes give protection more haz- ardous than real. There is not much danger of the mast falling, for it would
 take a we'll directed shot with a big projectile to bring it down. But if 1t did fall there would be a great crash
 and the damage would be great It ! would be rough on the men in the tops, who would come tumbling down
 to certain death. Yet even if the masts do not come down, the men are
 in dangerous position, being living targets for shot and shell. The thin plating affords protection against a
 rifle bullet, but anything larger would
 pierce it and the lives of the men be- hind the barbette.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10
FIRST OF THE DEAD.
Marshall Bird, an Arizona Trooper
 Killed at San Antonio.

San Antonio, Tex, May 9.-(Spscial) ) Marshall Bird of Nogales, a member of the southern troop of Arizona cav airy, died at 12:30 p. m- today. His death resulted from a fall from horse. He was thrown by a vicious horse yesterday afternoon. His skull was fractured and he lay unconscious until death eighteen hours later.
 He was 19 years of age and was the son of Captain Allen T. Bird, pro prietor of the Nogales Oasis. He was a brilliant young man, well liked ln the camp and bore promise of making . good soldier. His body will be re- turned to Nogales.
 At g o'clock last night member of the troop telegraphed The Republican that Bird had revived, but that his life was hanging by thread.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10
MOST DANGEROUS POST.
Men in the Fighting Tops are in ,
 Position of Extreme Peril.

Washington, May 9.-The men who are in the greatest danger during na- val engagement are those who are sta- i toned in the military masts or
 fighting tops" of the big ships. It is a position of extreme peril. The men stationed there play hide and seek with death during a battle. Exposed to the fire of the enemy with but little protection, the chances of their again reaching the deck below are extreme ly slim There are slight harbettes behind which the men crouch while loading and firing their guns, but these are of but little practical use in warding off the fire of the enemy, and the smoke and heat of battle rising in the air make the situation even more disagreeable.
 Masts are not used on modern bat tleship to support sails, but as stations for fighting and to display signals. Fighters were stationed in the tops long before steam supplanted sails. It was a shot from the mizzentop of the Redoubtable that put an end to Nelson's life in the moment of victory Long before that they were used as a station for marksmen. The fighting platform was a part of the equipment of the galleys of the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians, and from them great stones were thrown, causing havoc among the ranks of the enemy.
 When steam came into universal use as substitute for sails in the propul- sion of ships the masts were retained This was not because they added to the symmetrical appearance of the ship, but because it was Of advantage to have men stationed in the tops who could scan the horizon a ;ong distance off and get an earlier glimpse of the enemy than could the officer on the quarterback below. Signals could be seen at a greater distance and shots directed from that quarter could be sent on their mission with greater ac- curacy.
 But there is a change. The sailor doesn't have to climb the mast It is of steel, not wood, and of great 6i- ameter. Access to the fighting tops is gained from the interior. In the same way ammunition is passed up to the men who are doing the fighting in the dangerous station
 These masts vary greatly In con- struction, some ships indeed being without them, and on others they are mere signal poles. But on the big battleships they are elaborate affairs Some are equipped with m upper top for the electric light, peculiarly shaped edif1ce below to enable three quick-firing guns to be discharged right ahead, and a species of coming tower below, from which the captain can oversee the smoke clouds, and thus see to direct the movements on his ship in action.
 This coming tower is not always
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10
KANSAS CITY STOCK MARKET.

Kansas City, May 9.-Cattle re- eeipts, 2,500; sales mainly $4.55@4.75; western steers, $4@4.45; butcher COWS, and heifers, active; COWS, $3.1O@415; heifers, $3.35@4.6O; bulls, $3.25@4; stockers and feeders, $4.25@5.25; sheep receipts, $500; muttons steady $4@4.50; culls, $2.75@3.05; lambs steady to 10 cents lower; native wool lambs, $4.85@5; Colorado lambs, $5.1O 05.25; clipped, $4.25Q4.55.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10
STUDY THE WAR.
Foreign Experts to Observe Sea and Land Operations.

Washington, May 9.-The staffs oi the various embassies and legations al Washington are being rapidly recruit ed by military and naval officers, who have been assigned to make observa- tions of the military and naval opera tiOns in the prestn war with Spain.
 Lieutenant J. Rodler of the Austrian imperial navy has arrived and, after securing authorization from the naval authorities, he will go forward to 1n- spect the operations of the United States fleet in Cuban waters. Captain Lee of the British royal artillery. and formerly stationed at Halifax, arrived three days ago and, after securing ere dentials from the authorities, pro- ceeded to Chickamauga and thence to Tampa, Fla. He is an expert author ity on explosives. Major De Grant prey, the military attache of the French embassy, will start for Cuba as soon as a military movement of any proportions is begun there. Count Van GOetzen, former military attache of the German embassy, has been or dered to return here and he too will proceed to Cuba. He left about two months ago, after his marriage to Mrs. Lay of Baltimore, to join his regiment at Berlin, which is part of the im- perial guard near Emperor William.
 The war and navy departments are desirous of offering every facility to the foreign military and naval at taches. and they have been furnished credentials which will aid them in observing war operations. Captain Lee, the British officer, will go forward
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10
This is the week of the actual
 STRAW HAT OPENING.

Children's straw sailors at 15c. 25c. 35c and soc, actually worth double. Boys straw hats at IS. 25 and soc. worth twice the price.
 Mems straw hats for 25 and soc, as- tonishing value. Mems straw hats from 15c to $50; others ask twice the price; and very low prices on Fe- doras and other soft felt hats.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10
" AR ,!
Furnishing Goods.

Mems fine balbriggan shirts and drawers, in fancy and plain colors. 25e
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10

Mems fine balbriggan shirts and drawers, in fancy and plain colors, 25c
 Mems fine balbriggan underwear. made of the best Maco cotton, silk tipped, gussetted fashioned, seams, all shades; our price per garment ..50c
 Mems handsome effects in soft neg ligee Madras and Oxford, cloth golf shirts, detachable link cuffs to match; shirts to be worn with white collars; worth up to $150. Our price. .76e
 Mems seamless half hose in black, tan, brown or gray, Sc, just half their value
 Mems working shirts, 100 dozen to select from; cheviOts, satinee and per cale; extraordinary values for ... .25e We show the best line of negligee and golf shirts for 50 cents ever pro duced in the country.
 Everything else in our furnishing goods department sold at equally low nricaa
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10
Beauty I. Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar- tIe clean your blood and keep it clean, by ss,ring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
 oanish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking rets,C-beauty for ten cents. All drug' gists. satisfaction guaranteed. l0c, 25c, Soc.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10
BASE BALL.
Where Games Were Won and Lost
 Yesterday.

At Washington Philadelphia, Il; Washington, 6.
 At Cleveland-Chicago, 12; Cleve- land, 1.
 At Boston-Baltimore 13; Boston, o. At Cincinnati-St. Louis, 6; Cincin- nati, 5.
 At Pittsburg -Pittsburg, g; Louis vile, 5.
 At New York New York, 3; Brook lyn, 1.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10
AN EASY VICTORY
 Over sry and all Shoe Comp titOfS

Here are some Shoe Specials
 for this week that undersell
 any shoe store in town:
 200 pairs mems canvas lace shoes: we bought all a factory had on hand and put them on sale for ..........6 .65c 800 pairs mems calf shoes in con- gross and bals. all shapes of toes; worth up to $2.5O; this week for ..$1.50 50 pairs mems patent leather. broken sizes; we want to close lem out; they are worth up to $3; this week TOT ...... ...... ...... ........$I.UU Mems low shoes in black and tans.
 Ladies low shoes in black and tans. Children's shoes. all kinds. the prices cut almost in two.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10

Mems seamless half hose in black. tan, brown or gray, Sc, just half their value
Arizona republican., 1898-05-10

We show the best line of negligee and golf shirts for 50 cents ever pro duced in the country.