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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-09
MOVEMENT INTO SIGHT.

New Orleans. Dec. S.-Secretary Hes
ter's weekly New Orleans Cotton Elk
change statement issued to-day, shows a
decrease In the movement into sight com
pared with the seven days. ending this
date last year. in round figures, $4,000.
For the eight days of December, the to-
tails show a decrease under last year. OF
1863 600; for the niuety-nine days Of the sea
son that have elapsed, the aggregate is
behind the ninety-nine days of last year.
1259.00O.
The amount brought into sight during
the past seven DAYS has been $50 O53
agfast 1856 for the seven days ending
this date last year; and for the eight days
Of December, II has been 4095SG; these
make the total movement for the ninety
nine day, from Sept. ] to date, 1920, 507,
against 61s0,16S last year.
The movement since Sept. /, shows re-
ceipts at all United States ports, 1924, 294
against 4724,61 last year; overland across
the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers,
TO Northern mills and Canada, $50 $3.50,
against H7,94 last year; interior stocks in
excess Of those held at the close of the
commercial year. 509,489, against $50. 9es
last year; Southern mill taking. 436 2s5,
against 4l6.6S5 last year.
Foreign exports for the week have been
1869, against 3l6.5S7 last year making
the total thus far for the season. 2,120.339,
against 3,2l71Oi last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty
nine leading Southern interior centcIs.
have increased during the week. 9S.0o3
bales. against an increase during the cor
responding period last season Of GLIB
Including stocks left over at ports and
interior towns from the last crop, and the
number OF bales brought into sight thus
far for the new crop, the supply to date Us
55ss,s05 against 6.4l7,7S for the same peri
Cd last year
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The Tone Firm md Receipts TO Date
About 100000 Bushels.
NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine the week the
market took a turn upward, spirits open
Ing last Monday at 4SAa4S1&c, with fairly
good sales at the inside price The mar.
ket was firm at 4SA on Tuesday, and
closed quiet at the same price on Wednes-
day. Thursday and to-day the tone was
firm at 4Sc. Al the closing to-day the de-
mand was considered good. though the eff
forts 10 bud the market during the early
days of the week sull have dampening
effect on business. The buyers supplying
the Belgian steamship Iris were in the
market to-day, and are said to have
bought considerable stuff on a basis OF
quotations. The receipts for the week
were sos casks, and the exports 9ll3
casks. The receipts to-day were 81
casks, the sales 900 casks and the exports
none.
Rosin-A moderate business was done In
the face of an advancing market. On
Wednesday all grades took a jump of Sc
on sales of over 1900 barrels. The result
OF this was to put a damper ON business,
and on Thursday no transactions were re-
ported To-day there was a change, grades
! and above being posted dun and I'M
changed, while II and below were firm at
decline Of SC. II was reported after
the closing that sales enough were made
on grades and above TO bring them down
&c on the next call Transactions for the
week were considered good, and the de-
mand promises an even better business
during the coming week The receipts for
the week were 25,939 barrels and the ex-
ports 20,5 $50 barrels The receipts to-day
were 1874 barrels, the sales 1,2O2 barrels.
and the exports none.
Quotations-At the close of the market
to-day the following quotations were bull
letined a the Board of Trade:
Spirits Turpentlne-Firm at 4sc, with
sales 600 casks.
Rosn-DuN, grades / and above; firm,
grades y and below; sales. 1.202 barrels.
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COTTON FUTURES.
Market Closed Steady With Prices
Unchanged to 10 Points Lower.

New York. Dec. S-The cotton market
showed heaviness most of the session, aft
er having opened steady at an advance Of
) points The initial rise was poor re-
Spouse TO firm cables from the other side.
and. though several of the leading com
mission houses sought to bring about a
further Improvement, their efforts count
ed for but little and before the first hour
had passed prices were tending slowly
downward under sluggish realizing and an
absence of support from the bull side
Later the declining tendency was accel-
Grated by sharp tumble in Liverpool,
said to have grown out of rumored Brit
ish reverses in South Africa, leading to
heavy liquidation in that market. AT mid
daywthe market steadied somewhat on
lull in the selling movement and talk Of
a possible squeeze in the January option
on the other side. But early in the after
noon the market once more became I'M
settled and prices broke to the lowest lev
el under renewed liquidation. Larger re-
cepts for the week at the interior towns
than estimated and a claim that the stocks
given did not represent the actual amount
of cotton in store at a number of points,
created an unfavorable impression. The
bear crowd, however, was held closely in
check by predictions for smaller receipts
during the coming week.
A feature of to-day's speculation was
the undoing of straddles by arbitrage
houses.
The market at the close was barely
steady, with prices unchanged to 10 points
lower
New York. Dec. S, noon-Cotton fu-
lures opened steady; December, 735c; jan
uary. 747c; February, Isle; March. 1850;
April. 7.52c; May. Isle; June, 1859; July.
755c; August Isle; September. 712c; Oc-
tober, $3.50; November 6.93c.
D MIXTURES closed barely steady;
December, 72sc; January, 733c; February,
7S5c March, 7.4lc; April, 742c. May. 7.45c;
June and July. 1850; August, 743c: Sep
tember. Z1Sc; October, 6.93c; November,
690c.
Liverpool Dec. s.--Cotton: Spot fair de-
mand prices 1-32d higher; American mid
ding fair, 2i-32d; good mlddii &. & 1882 g:
middling. 4 1l-32d; low middl ne, 45-72d;
good ordinary 3 3i-32d; ordna y, 25-32d.
The sales Of the day were 10 600 bales. OF
which $40 were for speculation and export
and included $500 Americana receipts. AOO)
bales including 3.70O American.
Futures opened steady and closed quiet
az the decline. American mi1dllrg low
mlddlng clause: December Aid, ellers:
December January i08afo9d. buyers;
January February, i07d, buyers; Febru-
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FLORIDA.

g.. equities Peacock and stickney paid a
~ "s visit to Wildwood Monday, and
81 qua INTO the wood. where they captur-
|T' Ct hoonshiner in the act of distillation.
In, sgized 100 gallons of liquor. The vic
|boud anu put uiluer SSoV
10 sald IN certain quarters that there
p'ooao'.ity Of the headquarters Of the
esq TO Tampa. II Is said maj under
I'm circumstances a great deal less
bus, WIZ ne experienced in handling the
.'''ss II the change be made
h ~, cottage at Melrose, occupied by Mrs.
4. w. Bennet, burned to the ground Tues
n me nre started in the kitchen and
III, Ivy minutes had made such headway
|iror, |nen the family, who were in the
To-. pait OF the house ~ the iine dis
PC building. '1-N " N'Ns - save
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SHE NEVER EXPECTS TO DIE.
Negro Woman Who Is 1O7 Years Old.
Wire in a Cows Heart.

Wire in a Cows Heart.
Fort Valley, Ga. Dec. S.-One of the old
est women in Georgia is Aunt Betty Jor-
dan, colored, who was brought TO this
pace to-day. She has passed the cen
fury mark by nearly a decade, being 1O7
years of age by good authority.
Some years ago she partially lost both
hearing and eyesight, and her mind be-
came badly deranged. During the past
Two years she has completely recovered
her hearing, can see as well as she could
at 40. and her mental activity has been
entirely regained She is lively and chip
per as a woman of half her age. She
SAYS she never expects to die.
Judge Sam Hurst, ordinary of Houston
county. lost a fine COW at Perry in a
strange manner The carcass was dis
sected and in the heart of the animal was
found imbedded a copper barbed wire
about three inches long. such as is used in
tagging sacks of fertilizers, How the
foreign substance lodged in such posi-
ton remains a mystery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-09
COMPRESSED AIR, SIR ?"
Latest Question the Chicago Barber
Fires at His Customers.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean

From the Chicago inter ocean
compressed air, sir2"
This is the latest question which the talk
alive Chicago narher fires at his custom
ers when he has them at his mercy wrap
red in tonsorial nantes, undergo ng the
professional mysteries of the up-to-date
tonsorial palace
Compressed air, sir?"
With the delicate touch of connoisseur
the artist runs his fingers through the
sborn locks of his helpless victim, and the
barter. bfacng himself for any experiment
short of decapitaton, grunts an ass mt
and awaits me ordeal Then me barber
Grabs a coil of rubber tubing which hangs
ar the side of his dressing case, and turns
the nozzle upon the Lon-combatant in the
chair
..pb 's-s-stp' There is a kissing sound of
escaping air and a playing Of WIND at
fortV-m.le rate in the customers ha-r. Inc
barber Yields the small tube much after
The manner of the SIX lful gardener who
turns the irrigating hose en- The lawn in
summer. covering all the surface uni orm-
". AT .er a haircut his new compre ssed air
device takes he place OF a brush ard
broom in clearing The head OF The short
clippings. After he shave compressed air
is adminisl cred TO dry the face. After
shampoo 1t performs the lart ol iaPli
and id, al dryer TO- the hair ana scalp. 1t
may also be employed to spray the pa lent
with delicate perfumes by attaching an
afornizer with its bub of fragrant odors
II is said to ray for Itself in The saving
il accomplshes with bay rum and perfume
alone.
A douche Of compress d air in the face
after a shave is said to produce a de-
fghtfully refreshing sensation, particular
hpr {
nlaritv with The patrons of the barber
shops wherever it has been introduced.
Thus far. in this city, compressed air has
been made an adjunct OF only three or
four tonsorial Establishments One is in
swell North Side hotel, another is in La
Sale street shop and The remaining shops
are in state street skyscrapers, where
COMPRESSED air pants furnish the general
motive power of the buildings.
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DRY GOODS.

New York, Dec, S.-General market
still quiet; spot business comparatively
slow mail orders of average dimensions.
Buyers. however, still unable to get all
the goods they want. No material change
in prices to-day. Yesterdays advances In
Lonsdale A bleached of &c not followed
as yet, but probably viii be later. Prints
are In good demand, and fun prices paid.
No further changes in gnghams. Linens
are quiet, but supplies are still limited,
and prices easily maintained. Burlaps are
quiet, but prices are firm.
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COTTON LETTERS.

New York. Dec S.-Hubbard Bros. & Co.
say of cotton to-day: "A record of the
market to-day could be stated almost in
a single sentence, "Outslde interests taking
profits, with moderate amount of for
eign covering"
As the disposition TO accept present
prices was greater than the buying from
Europe, our market has slowly sagged all
day. Receipts at the interior towns show
ed no Increase over last week, and fur
Their Increase i'm their stocks. The entire
movement also increased TO $4,000 bales,
which was accepted as pointing to more
general movement of the crop than we
have seen of late, the local short interest
Is OF the smallest proportions. The decline
has not been checked by any sharp buy
ing TO cover except for European account
bullish bureau report is expected on
Monday, preventing any short selling AL
though the market closed at the lowest,
the local trade expect some Improvement
Tomorrow, because they recall the last
amended bureau reports. They will there
fore, have little interest, fearing another
scoop"
New York, Dec. s.-Murphy & Co.'S cot
ton letter says: Liverpool was much bet
ter than expected at the opening this
morning. They advanced spots 1-32d and
futures about 2-64d. Our market opened
irregular January was points higher
than The close yesterday, but March was
only and August g. The opening figures
proved to be the highest for the day. IIv-
erpool developed weakness Immediately
after our market opened and lost all OF
their gain before they closed. There was
considerable selling 10 cover during the
entire forenoon session, and no sunpor,
was given to the market at any dine.
The closing was about the lowest figures.
Receipts at the ports are stlH light 5000
to-day, against $500 same day last year
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ary-March. 4O5ai. oGd, sellers: March
April, 4.04d, sellers; April-Mly. 40Si ssll-
ers; May-June, AOld402j buyers; june
July, 4.O0Q4 Old. buyers; July-August. SIS
a4OOd, buyers; August-Septemb g. Cd,
buyers; Observation-Disclosures. 3. Sd aiue.
New Orleans, Dec. S.-Cotton futures
closed steady; December. Tie bid; Janu-
airy, Eligible; February, 1897 lac
March# 1907 lie; April 7lSG7. 19c: May.
L20Wl.1c; June. 7.22a7 pc; July. 72S07 PIC
August, 70SQ7. 10c; October. 6.5S6l6.5
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The receipts Tor me past week were 4.lfU
bags, against 2,919 bags for the same week
last year.
Exports during the week were 1875 bags.
moving as follows: To Havre, 49, do
nestle, 1850.
Exports for the same week last year
were 1857 bags, of which $40 were for
Liverpool, 3o5 to Manchester, $50 for
Havre, 50 bales for Reval, and 1872 10
Northern ports for domestic consumption.
The total receipts since Sept. l, 1899.
have been 1876 bags, against S5,2S7 bags
for the same period last year
The total exports since Sept. I, 1899, have
been 22,9i9 bags moving as follows: To
New York 3W bags, of which 1920 bags
were for Manchester, 1853 bags for Havre.
SOS bags for Bremen. $50 bags for Liver
pool. 1856 bags for st. Petersburg, 1856 bags
for domestic consumption.
The total exports for the same period
lest year were 10, 1872 bags moving as fol-
lows: To Great Britain, 662S bags; to
France, 7,571 bags; to the continent, 500:
TO Northern ports for domestic consump-
ton, 1898.
Stock on hand and on shipboard to-day
were 2i.4s0 bags, against 1921 bags this
day last year
Charleston. S. C.. Dec. s.--Sea island cot
ton market: Receipts for the week. gu
bags; exports, l49; sales. 6l6; stocks, 4,l0i
bags.
Quotatlons-AIedium, 1sc; fine, 10000
fully fine, 2iiaN23c
The total receipts since Sept. /. 1899 have
besn 4558 ha~s reosa for the same period
last year were 1884.
The exports since Sept. /, 1899. have been
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PAGES 8 TO 10.

Crude turpentne quiet $50 and $e.sJ;
receipts. 90 barrels.
Tar steady: $40: receipts, SIS barrels.
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The following we're the quota tons for
the corresponding week last year: Spirits
turpentine. firm at &c for regulars Rosln,
firm; A, b, C, slO0; d, Si.00; p, s1.O0 f,
$1.05; g, $1.10; II. SIPS; /, $1.35; X, $1.5O; NJ,
81 6O;. N, sl.7O; w G. 800; w w. s2.25.
Receipts and Exports-The total receipts
for the past week were sos casks spirits
turpentine and 25,939 barrels rosn. The
exports were 9.113 casks spirits turpentine
and D,559 barrels rosin moving as follows
To New York, 2i2 casks spirits turpentine
and 4l0 barrels rosn; to Philadelphia, 50
casks spirits turpentine and 145 barrels
rosin to Baltimore 22i casks spirits and
5.172 barrels rosin; to The interior, 745 casks.
spirits and 2097 barrels rosin; 10 Monte
video S,450 barrels rosin; to Liverpool. 1901
casks spirits; to Bowl g 1855 casks spir
lis. Abs barrels rosin; 10 London, 3,2S7
casks spirits, 1900 barrels rosin.
Receipts, sh pments and stocks from
April l. 1888 TO date, and to the corre-
sDonding date last year:
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Stock IN hand ................ 1853 1893 SO
Charleston. S. G.. Dee s --Tu pentine
market firm at F1ac; sales none
Rosin firm; unchanged; sales pcne.
Wilmington, ~ C., Dec Spirits tur.
pentne dull; prices unchanged; receipts.
II casks.
Rosin firm; slioQli5; receipts, il5 bar
rels.
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"A Defnition.-He-"Wha is a flirta-
tion?" She-"Attention without mten-
tion"-Chieago News.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-09

Comparative statement of net rece' pts at
all the pc is from Sept. l. 1893, o Friday
evening, Dec. 8, 1879, and from Sept l..
1885, TO Friday, Dee. 10, 1898:
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WEEKLY COTTON REPORTS.
Comparative cotton statement for the
week ending Dec. 8, 1899 and Dec. TO- 1898
1890 1909
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Receipts-The receipts of cotton at this
port from all sources for the past week
were sc, $50 bales upland and SPA bags sea
island, against 49, 455 bales upland and 2,919
bags sea island for the same week last
year.
The particulars of the receipts were as
follows: Per Central Railway, %, 2O6 bales
upland and SIG bags sea island; per Sa-
vaunah Florida and Western Railway,
6,234 bales upland and 1,467 bags sea Island;
per Florida Central and Peninsular 494
bales upland and 761 bags sea island: per
Georgia and Alabama Railroad, 5,486 bales
upland and 449 bags sea island; per
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, 762
bales; per South Bound, 1853 bales; per Sa-
vannah river steamers, 229 bales; per Beau
fort steamers, no bales upland; carts, Z
bales upland and q bags sea island.
Exports-The exports of the past week
were 20174 bales upland and 1875 bags sea
island. moving as follows: To New York,
3.O66 bales upland and 500 bags sea island
10 Baltimore, COS bales upland and no sea
island; to Boston, 6,772 bales upland; do
nestle. $50 upland, 500 sea island. For
eign: To Havre. $3.50 bales upland, 70 bags
sea island; to Bremen, 100 bales upland
to Barcelona, 1901 bales upland.
Stock-The stock on hand and on ship
board to-day were 129,754 bales upland and
Il. S31 bags sea island against 14l, $3.50 bales
upland and 22,09S bags sea island at the
corresponding time last year
Sea Island Cotton-The market is firm.
There were sales of ,45l bags for the week
ending Friday. against sales of 3S4S bags
for the corresponding week last year. The
same week last year. Following are the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-09

Goa paratve statement of net receip S at
all The ports during the We k ending Fri
day evening, De. s. 1SJ9 and during the
same week last year:
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FINANCIAL.

Money-Market steady
The bank clearing during the past week
We're $4lS5,7SIS2 against 50. 25s. 3sl. 10 for the
corresponding period Lost year, and 1856
7J5.SS for the CORES ponding period in 1851.
Clearings by DAYS
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week, but the close is a gain over the
opening on last Saturday. The changes
from time to time have been such as 20
keep factors and holders guessing, and as
they look for phenomenal prices later on,
as the result of a short crop, none are
disposed to sell at present even at better
prices than quotations. As this feeling is
pretty general throughout the district with
which Savannah trades, the volume of
business has been considerably curtailed.
The receipts for the week were 1886 bales
upland and 3,214 bags of sea island. The
exports were 2O,174 bales of upland, and
/, $40 bags of sea island.
The following were the official quota
tions at the close of the market at the
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-03-07
SHOES FOR SISTERS.
out Regard to ssRight- or
"Left- Feet.

| |
The world, the flesh and the devil
are the chief customers of shoe manu-.
facturers. And pretty restless, crit
, ical crowd of customers they are. For
them, makers of lasts rack their brains
for change and novelty of style; and
tanners draw the colors of the rain
bow TO their feathers, using all kinds
of glazes and finishes, to tempt puz-
zled buyers to try their wares.
There is class of shoe buyers, how
ever, sweet-faced, patient, minister
ing angels on earth, who, in their self
abnega ton, require specially plain and
austere shoes, reflective of theil iuiet
lives and restrained feelings. Nurses,
sisters of charity, old ladies and wom-
en- who have renounced the world
form body of people for whom spe-
cial shoes are made.
These shoes, as rule, are of black
glazed kid, plain uppers unadorned
with patent tips or any signs of van
ity. The soles are of oak leather,
very flexible and fairly thick. No in
sole is used, but little filling, so as
to avoid any squeaking. The. side
stays are strictly simple, and the lin
ings are virgin white.
The soles are not rights" and
''lefts;" they are all of the same
shape, so that the shoes, which are
roomy and large, can be worn on
either foot. This is valuable accom-
mediation for nurses, who are liable
to be suddenly aroused to attend sick
patients.
These comfort" shoes are all that
is claimed for them, and are equally
popular among those who attend the
sick or devote themselves to charity
or religion.
A bright salesman connected with
this class of goods said: 1--WE sell di-
rect to jobbers, whose men visit city |
retailers. The retailer, usually one
who has been long established in busi-
ness, will call at convent or similar
place. The lady superior gives him
a list of the shoes needed, so that it
is not necessary to interview the sis
ters themselves. 1t is curious busi-
ness, and one that is not easily mas
tered. Our people have been making
these easy shoes for years, and know
jobbers desiring to sell our lines in
struct us to brighten the shoes up
a little with patent leather trimmings
or colored Innings. We explain that
the shoes cannot be made too plainly,
and that style or ornamentation would
De frowned on.by the gentle class for
whom they were intended.
These shoes, having fairly thick
'oles, can be used indoors or or the
treets. They are unusually easy and
loiseless. Winter shoes contain an
nsole of felt, which is damp proof
iany retailers carry them in stock, as
here are lots of old ladies in the world !
nxious for ease before elegance in
ootwear."
And the plain, homely shoes con-
inued TO rest, apparently in prim
Hence, on the shelves of the manu-
acturer's sample-room, on which were z
ighcuts and lowcuts, tans and patent
gathers, in wide variety of gay man
,ulation. But there seemed some q
hing almost eloquent about those i
lack, round-toed shoes for good :
omen, whose lives are affairs of duty
nd silent monuments of all that Is =
ure and good.-Hide and Leather.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-03-07
The Mutual Life.
HENRY WIMPLE.

The annual statement of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York showing the busi.
ness transacted by that company
for the year 1898, shows amaz.
ing growth. The assets were
increased 1923, 730, 1897 and the total
sum now held by this institution
for the security ofits policy hold
ers is s267, ,517,3 1926. The Mutual
Lite, after placing s233, ,058, $40 to
the credit of the New York Insur-
ance Department, has remaining
surplus Of $44. .45S,684. The sur.
plus shows growth for the year
amounting to $3.50, 400, from
which dividends are apportioned.