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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26
OCEaN ErEIGHTS

COTToN-Savannah to Boston, De,
bale, $l.25; to New York, per bale, 81 0O
TO Philadelphia, per bale, SLIGO: to Balti-
more, per bale, s1.OO: via New York
Bremen, Soc; Genoa, Coo; Liverpool, 45c !:
Reval, zoe; direct. Bremen, 42c.
LUMBER-By Sail-Freight strong. Sa-
vannah to Baltimore, per VI. s5.75; to Phil
adeiphia, $500; to New York, 1915; to
Boston and Portland. 81 .o0d7.75 to Ha-
vana, $500; to st. Jonn, N. B., $500; cross
ties, Al feet base. to Baltimore 15c; to
Philadelphia lie; to New York. 18c.
BY M-Lumber-Savannah to Bal
t.n1ore, Sc 80; to Philadelphia, IS 90; to New
York. $500; to dock, 1915; Hghtered-to
Boston, to dock, 1926
NAVAL STORES-The market is firm:
medium size vessels Rosin-Cotk for or
ders, IS per barrel of 80 pounds and per
cent. primage. Spirits As Sd per 40 gallons
gross and per cent. primage. Larger
vessels, rosin, 2s Sd; spirits. As. Steam,
lie per 100 pounds on rosn; 211kc on spirits
Savannah TO Boston, and 91ac on rosin
and 19c on spirits to New York.
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DETUNCT COTTON FIRM.
Personnel of the Partners in Price,
Mccormick & Co.

Theodore H. Price, of the defunct firm,
was a Southern man. He lived originally
in Norfolk He was 40 years of age, UNI
married. He was TO marry next week, 1t
is said, and had engaged his passage on
one of the fast steamers to Europe.
George Croker, the junior member of
the firm. sailed for Europe last week. He
is comparatively a young man, the son
of the millionaire railroad magnote of
California. 1t is said his father bequeath-
ed him several millions OF dollars In his
viii, provided. the young mon did not
touch liquor in any form. The legacy was
10 be denied him If he broke the condi-
lions ca which it was given
Mccormick was one of the family whose
name has been made famous by a patent
reaper.
The firm had 4hree seats i'm the New
York Stock Exchange, We're members of
the New York Cotton Exchange. Liver
pool Cotton Exchange and the Chicago
Board of Trade
Price has been recognized as the leader
of the bull movement In cotton since the
recent advance started No man has been
as prominent in the bull side of the mar
ket since the death of John II. Inman.
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GRAN. pROyIsIONs ETC.

New York. May 25.-Flour-There was
q fair demand for spring clears, and pat
ents, but only a slow trade in winter
wheats, with the undertone steady. Rye
flour dull. Corn meal easy. Rye firmer;
No. Western, Csc, f. o. b., afioat Bar
ley quiet; barley malt nominal.
Wheat-Spot firm: No. 2 red, 777sc OPP
tons opened firm on dry weather reports,
but through specula tive neglect and dis
appointing Paris cables, failed to sustain
the Improvement. Active selling for short
account ensued; and with small clearances.
O light export trade and heaviness in corn,
made the afternoon market particularly
weak Finally rallied a trifle on covering,
and closed steady a AGAc, net decline;
May closed, 71lac; July, 72asc; September.
73Ac.
Corn-Spot easy: No. 2 422sc; option
market opened firm with wheat but hav-
ing no important support was attacked
by bear traders, and forced to heaviness
in spite of big seaboard clearances. A
late rally on covering left the close steady,
1sG114c net decline; May closed, 413sc; July
42Ac; September 42ssc
Oats-Spot quiet; No. 2, &c; options dull
and easier.
Beef steady; cut meats steady.
Lard steady; Western steamed, $725;
refined steady.
Pork quiet.
Butter firm; Western creamery, 1910
20l5c; state dairy 16d19c.
Cheese irregular; fancy large, 9sG9a4c;
fancy small, S34@9c.
Eggs firm; state and Pennsylvania, 14Gl
1413c; Southern, 1Otz@12c; Western loss off
13hG14c.
Potatoes steady; New York, 81 O06tf 80;
Jersey sweets, 50 00G450.
Tallow weak.
Petroleum weak; refined New York,
BIS; Philadelphia and Baltimore, $50;
do in bulk $S.45.
Rosin steady.
Turpentine steady.
Rice firm.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool. &c.
Coffee-Spot Rio firm; No. invoice. TIE;
mild market quiet: Cordova. 9Aml31Rc.
Futures opened steady at points advance
on local demand Lost the Improvement
in the absence of public support and fol-
lowing unsatisfactory Havre closing, but
again turned firmer. making a net advance
of 10 points on. further cables, reporting
new cases of bubonic plague in Brazil.
The improved feeling in the spot market
reacted under realizing. and closed steady
al O net advance of 5 points. Total sales
1880 bags. including May, at 670c; Au-
gust 6s0d6.S5c September. 6.s5G6 SOC.
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining, 4c; CEN
trifugal SO test 4I5c; moIasses sugar,
3 l2-l6c; refined steady.
New York May 25.-Cotton seed oil IN
active and barely steady without change
Prime crude barrels. 34G3iIac, nominal;
prime summer yellow, SIC: off summer yell
low, &s@37c; butter grades nominal;
prime winter yellow. 40d42c; prime white.
4C14lc prime meal, $25.
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WEEKS BANK cLEARtNGs.

New York, May 25.-rhe total bank
clearings at the principal cities of the
United States for the week ending May
"a were N,524, 704.O71. a decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week last
year OF 1S.S per cent; outside New York
city, $500. o99, 919 an increase of 1.3 per
cent.
New York. May 25.-Money on call easy
a ll5GlA per cent; last loan, IL per
cent. Prime mercantile. 314441z per cent
sterling exchange heavy, with actual bus1-
ness in bankers bills, at 81. STl5G54. S75s for
demand, and at Si.S43s64.S4s4 for sixty
days; posted rates, $4.S5Ad4, SS1a; CONNER
cial bills. 81 S404 Sl4; silver certificates,
60@6le bar silver, 60lsc; Mexican dollars,
4I1ac; government bonds strong: state
bonds inactive; railroad bonds irregular.
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Gas, 1855; Sugar, SS.765; Tennessee Coal
and Iron, 6695
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To Amelia Beach
(Fernandina) Fla.
and Return,

Smoked herring per box, tic. Dutch her.
ring. in kegs, $1,10; new mules. half bar
rel $3.50
STRUP-Market quiet; Georgia and
Florida syrup, buying at 2SG30c; selling az
S2135c; sugar house at 10415c; selling at
straight goods, 23q30c; sugar house mo-
lasses, 15020c.
HONEY-Fair demand; strained, in bar
rels 55G6oc gallon
High wine basis. 81. 231ad1. 2515.
Cotton tagging and Ties.
BAGGING-Market firm; jute, 2A-
pound, SIC large lots. 9Iac small lots;
2-pound. S%Q9c; 194-pound, 8AQS15c: sea
island bagging, 1215c
TIES-Standard, 45-pound, arrow, large
lots. $40: small lots $3.50.
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MURPHY & CO., INC,

Board of Trade Building, Savannah
Private leased wires direct to New AofA'
Chicago and New Orleans.
COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.
New York ONCE, No. 81 Broadway.
Offices in principal cities throughout the
South. Write for our Market Manual ano
book containing instructions for traders
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MIsCELLASEOUS MARKETS.

Note-TheSe quotations are revised
daily, and are kept as near as possible
in accord with the prevailing wholesale
prices Official quotations are not used
when they disagree with che prices whole
salers ask
Country and Northern Produce.
PoULTRY-The market is steady. Quo
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CHICAGO NnARrSETs.

Chicago, May 25.-There was Quiet,
narrow collection of markets on the Board
OF Trade To-day and little change in in
huential news. Wheat closed isc lower,
corn shade down. and oats. M0Ac de-
pressed. Provisions closed practically I'M
changed.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing
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Swiss, sixty days. 5.251s; marks, sixty
DAYS, 94ss; ninety days, 81.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE - Steady:
banks are buying at par. and selling an
follows: Amounts to and including
SEE. 10 cents premium; SIS to $50, Is cents;
800 to $500, 25 cents; $500 90 Sl,000 u
premium; over 1000, 81 per thousand.
SECURITIES-The market is fairly
steady.
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July Pig 2134 21asG21b o11h
Sept ..209s 205s 2O15 9oi1
Mess Pork per barrel
July ....$1l As 81 47is 81 40 81 IS
Lard, per 100 pounds
July 9715 971s 92Ia 92n
Sept G IS SIS $50 92i5
Short Ribs. per 100 pounds
july -. 571s SIG SIS 71b
Sept -. G So 6 57l2 6 52h 57lk
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
dull and steady. No. wheat, 62G651ac;
No. red, 72G721sc. No. 2 corn, s7ssc; No.
yellow, 374c. No. oats 22a221@c: No
white, 24lad2515c; No. white, 2i4 d25c
No. rye, 55izQ561ac. Good feeding bar
ley, S6iAc; fair 10 choice mailing, 3SgHc
No. / fiaxseed $3.50. Prime timothy seed,
S2.42AG245 Mess pork, per barrel. $40 30
l91l.45. Lard. per 100 pounds Sc. 1916 92l5
Short ribs sides; loose, So 4076.70 Dry salt
ed shoulders, boxed, $650d675. Short clear
sides. boxed, So0a710 Whisky, basis of
high wines, $1.23.
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30
A River,a Curions course.

Unique in its kind is no doubt the
Mocona waterfall in the South Ameri-
can republic of Uruguay, situated
about two miles below the mouth Of
the Piperi Assn River into the Uru-
quay. A great rock divides the river
into two separate streams in such a
manner that the right arm continues
its flow on the original level, while
the second arm falls gradually so that
it finally lies twenty-five feet below
the level of the other arm. The bed
of the upper part of the river is not
very deep, and the water flows partly
in a right angle 10 the river, thus FORM
ing waterfall Of more than two miles
in length.
This unique view presents itself to
the traveller, however, only during the
winter, for in the summer, and espe-
cially during the rainy season, the
Uruguay contains such immense guam
titles Of water that both arms form
one single stream, nayigable even for
the largest freight steamers. The fall
has been known for centuries, and a
description of it was published as
early as 1851 by Rev. AntOnius Sepp,
a missionary from Tyrol, who spent
over twenty years among the Indians
of Uruguay.
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30
What "TundrR" Is.

zone of the words that the people
of the United States will hear good
many times this summer" said Q
member of the Seattle Chamber Of
Commerce "is tundra 1t is in the
tundra or where it joins the beach
that the easiest gold digging in the
world is found at Cape Nome. The
tundra, as every one knows who has
visited Alaskan coasts, is the low
ground lying between the mountains
and the beach. 1t is marshy and GOV.
cred with grass and moss during the
summer and it never thaws more than
couple of feet below the surface
While everybody talks about the 'tun
dra' and knows what it is by sight, not
one in n thousand or more knows
where or what the word is from. J
am free to confess / didn't know my
self until an Eastern friend wrote out
to Seattle making inquiries, and be-
gan to make inquiries in Seattle. Not
a man of all the miners and others ]
asked could answer any simple ques'
tion until found a Russian He told
me the word was Russian and meant
low and marshy land. Tundra diff
fers from 'steppes' in this that 'tun
dra' is used to describe the low, fat
and ordinarily valueless land between
two streams and is common along the
coasts of Siberia and on the American
side of the Bering Straits, all of
which is tundra 'Steppes' originally
meant a sandy desert, but, by long
custom, it has come to mean grassy
plains as well. l don't know whether
the word is in American dictionaries
or not, for 1 haven't had time to look
It up, but 1 know 1 hadn't heard it
a dozen times in my life till the later
gold discoveries in Alaska"
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30
The Roar of a Battle.

The roar of the navy's four-pOint-
seven's, their crash, their rush as they
passed, the shrill whine of the shrap-
mel, the barking Of the howitzers, and
the mechanical, regular rattle Of the
quick-fring Maxims, which sounded
like the clicking of many moving ma
chimes on hot summers day, tore the
air with such hideous noises that ones
skull ached from the concussion, and
one could only be heard by shouting.
But more impressive by far than this
hot chorus of mighty thunder and
petty hammering was the roar of the
wind which was driven down into the
valley beneath, and which swept up
again in enormous waves of sound. 1t
roared like a great hurricane at sea
The illusion was so complete that you
expected, by looking down, to see the
Tugela lashing at her banks, tossing
the spray hundreds Of feet in air and
battling with her sides Of rock. 1t
was like the roar of Niagara in a gale,
and yet when you did look below not
a leaf was stirring, and the Tugela
was slipping forward, fat and slug
gish, and in peace.-Richard Harding
Davis, in Scribner's.
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30
The sparrow in a New Light.

An English writer in a recent issue
of the Lady's Pictorial, says: DO you
know that the ordinary sparrow when
tanned, is a very affectiOnate creature,
and a most lively and intelligent COM
panion? A friend Of ours tanned one,
and it not only Disseminated between
the members Of the family, loving
some and disliking others, but actually
had it's own musical preferences,
strange little bird! 1t hated Chopin,
tolerated List, ignored Beethoven,
but enjoyed Mozart and Mendelssohn.
What bird of high aristocratic lineage
could you find who would show such
critical faculties as this? Bullfnches,
charming as is their mellow whistle,
are such delicate birds as to be a con-
stant care, and they are Of so jealous
disposition that they have been
known to pine and die when super
seded by some other pet"
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30
The brains Of Women.

From scientific observations made
all overthe world it appears that wom-
ems brains are invariably Of less di-
mensions than those Of men. Height
and weight appear in nowise to affect
this result. Menfof less stature, men
of equal weight with women, still own
heavier and larger brains. The result
is uniform in all countries, and with
all races. Whenever and wherever
measurements of brain have been at
tempted the same thing is seen. Men
have always nearly ten per cent. more
brains than women. n.-LOndon Granhicj
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30
"Courae Of True Love.n

"NIeanw exclaimed the young man.
"Well, sayl he's about the meanest
ever. What do you think he did?"
OF course they gave it up.
"Well, sir" he explained, they have
one Of the incest little secluded porches
you ever saw, and Tessie and used
to sit over in the shadowest corner Of
Il nearly every evening"
"And he forbade it," they suggested
inquiringly.
"Worse than that" he replied.
"How could 1t be worse than that"
they asked.
"He put a coat Of luminous paint on
t." he answered, and Of course moth
ing remained but to vote him the
prize for the best hard luck story Of
the sess0n.-Chicago Post.
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30
A woman's Reason.

A lady who was very much fatigued
with the responsibilities Of her home
and family yielded to the insistence
Of a friend and went away from home
for a rest Of three days, but at the end
of that time, being still earnestly So
licited to stay, she telegraphed home:
rs every one well?" Her husband
promptly replied: eyes. Why?" She
was in a household where late hours
we're the rule, so she sat up till mid
night, and then went to telegraph
station nearby, and sent this truly
feminine message: Because" It was
collect" and 1t reached the gentleman
at two a. M, and acted as a restraint
upon future telegraphic witticisms on
his part.-Youths' Companion.
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30
A Grouse Cock Fight.

had nearly lost hope Of bagging a
chicken and had turned a shoulder to
the breeze, says Maurice Thompson in
the Atlantic, when something whis'
tied, or chirped, close behind me. AT
the same time wings fiuttered, and
upon turning, l saw q cock grouse
not more than six feet from me. When
he struck the ground he erected all Of
his feathers and looked at me wildly
/ had twisted myself and was turned
but half around. l saw that he was
going to fly-I must shoot instantly
or not at all. 1t was an awkward
situation. Then a new feature was
added. Flying like a bullet came an.
other cock and struck the first where
upon the two fought like savages,
tumbling on the grass, striking With
their wings, peckiag, kicking, chatter
ing. Evidently they were bent upon
killing each other if possible. 1 let
drive an arrow at them and missed,
Shot again and knocked one over.
The other few away in crazy haste.
On my way back to camp 1 passed
through q scrub-oak grove on a low,
sandy ridge lying at right angles to
the river, and in the midst Of it found
a pond literally swarming with ducks
of different species. They must have
sought the sheltered place to avoid
the chill and worry Of the wind. 1t
was deep water and the birds kept
well out from shore, so 1 did not
shoot, as every arrow would have
honn lost
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30
THE ANcLEwoRM.

An Angleworm yawned and stretched him
self out,
Then sighed and drew himself in
Although l can render myself short ana
stout,
Then Instantly quite long and thin,
This earthly existence l always have found
To be a most consummate bore;
There's nothing to do but make holes IN
the ground,
And nothing alas! to live forl"
"Tut, tut" said the Grub Worm, phleg-
"W6y look YOU 50 sad and sedate?
Cheer up, little brother-you certainly
know
That fishermen love you-for bait.
Though some creatures lead tumultuous
life,
That may be, indeed, much more spicy,
They pay up with headaches, and sor-
rows and strife
Unknown to the genus lumbrici.
"Sust think" said the Grub Worm, chow
simply you're made
How uncomplicated you grew:
The gardiner may cut you in twain with
And instead of one worm, you are two
Each portion strikes out in different
way,
Nv hNlS NleS WIZ gNN AAiAA 80 :" - -
clay
Such wonderful structure as that?"
Serenely contented the Angeworm then
Resumed his old habits of thought,
And never-no, never-grew weary AGAIN
OF his gloomy terrestrial lot,
Though a small onion bed and cucumber
patch
His orbit Of action defined,
And life was bore, pretty much as be-
fore,
He never thereafter repined.
Brer Angleworm lived as an Anglewom
Was bound by no statutes or code
An dealist he, and tho pious and good,
He dreamed of no better abode
And Death and the Grave had no terrors
for him
This worm beneath human contempt,
Compared with which we are as bright
Seraphim,
From sin and pollution exempt.
Oh, Angleworml Angleworm! Happy thy
In Earth's tranquil breast to abide
Without a regret for the things you have
not
Impassive, whatever betide
Neither envy nor hope, nor passion nor
fear,
NOr Visions OF happier slaJes.
Can light with a smile or dim with tear,
He scorns both the Furies and Fates.
And, bound to this poor little atom Of
Earth
That floats in the Infinite Vast,
Man gropes about blindly, 'twixt anguish
and mirth,
And guesses and doubts to the last
May be, 'mOngst the millions of glorious
spheres
That roll through the regions of God,
Are bengs-of Jove and Apollo the peers
To whom we are as Worms of the Clod.
-Punseutawney Spirit.
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30
slnrhn1oso cnIndron.

The Singhalese children are said TO
be more beautiful than those Of any
other race on the four continents, and
some Of the little girls, even Of the
very lowest caste, are irrosistlbly
pretty as they run before you in the
streets to beg; they cry out In the
sweetest and most plaintive Of voices,
touching the stomachs to signify hun
ger in way that would be awkward
and vulgar in any other being, but in
them it is so wlnsome that, before you
know 1t, you sacrifice a rupee to the
bad cause of encouraging them in beg
ging-knowing quite well that all they
want is good opportunity to pick
your pocket for more.--Outing.
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30

forty-two-line Bible was sold in May
ence for forty gold guldens, equal TO
about $40; and a few years ago In
London a good copy reached the enor-
nous price Of $1,000. 1t IS pleasant to
remember that this old citizen of May
ence had felt the need Of printing the
Bible. 1t was this that spurred him
on to his work, and we are grateful
to him for the large share he has
taken in enabling us now, five hun
dred years after his birth, to circulate
this most glorious Of all books in mill
ions of copies in all the languages
of the earth.-New York Independent.
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30


~ lars, due March 1st"
"And you can't get the
money anywhere"
Nowhere; I've tried every place in
town, even old Peddicord. Money is
tighter now at the banks than at any
time since the panic started. They
won't let out a dollar except to old
customers. So if you can't do this,
Raj, my home is gone, that's ALL"
"Heml Just state that proposition
over again, Mac
"Its this: I'll transfer the title of
the farm to you; you assume the mort
gage and hold the place in your name;
when the panic is over and l get
Strengthened out I'll take it back, pay
you for what you've paid out and for
your trouble besides. If 1 am new
er able to redeem it, the farmll
be yours for good; understand"
Eyes; but Mac, you surely know that
this is not a good business PROPOSE
ton"
"Yes, I know that well enough. It's
proposition would make to no man
living except Ralston Blair. The land
would bring at least seventy-fye dol
lars an acre if times were good; now it
would not sell at all, and if the mort
gage is foreclosed I'll get little OF
nothing for my money and work.
Olive and 1 are both sick and dis
couraged, but if you can do this for
us, Wen have one chance left to get
on our feet again."
"Well, 1 don't kno-" what to say.
I must have time to think. My bur
dens are heavy enough now as you
know. At the same time l feel as
though / must help you. I'll tell you,
you drop in-say Thursday morning
and I'll see what l can do for you"
The above is in substance the talk
that took place between the Reverend
Ralston Blair and Philip Mcclure one
morning in February, 1895. The men
had been intimate from boyhood.
They graduated from school together,
Blair at the head Of the class, Nc
Clure near the foot. Blair was bril-
liant and popular in school; Mcclure
was dull and reserved. Blair passed
through college and entered the min
istry; Mcclure went from school to
the farm. Blair scored a success from
the start; married a girl as ambitious
as himself, and was at this time pas
tor of the most fashionable church in
Ailsbury. Mcclure married pretty
Olive Pinkney, bought an eighty-acre
farm two miles out from Ailsbury and
prospered until hard times, poor crops
low prices and sickness combined to
reduce him to the extremity we have
seen.
The feeling that existed between the
young men could not be called friend
ship; 1t was not reciprocal. On Nc
Clures part 1t was genuine hero wor
ship. He idollzed Blair; he gloried in
his successes, and, above all else, had
absolute faith in him. Blair, on the
other hand accepted McClure's wor
ship and encouraged II, because it sat
isfied the demand of a selfish nature
He was one Of those mortals who
while incapable Of deep feelings him
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30

concluded to try your medicine and
can truly say it does all that you
claim for it to do.
Ten bottles of Lydia e. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound and seven pack
ages of Sanative Wash have made a
new woman of me. l have had no
Syomb trouble since taking the fifth
bottle. / weigh more than have in
years can do all my own housework,
sleep well, have a good appetite and
now feel that life is worth living.
owe all to Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegeta-
be Compound. feel that it has saved
my life and would not be without it for
anything. / am always glad to recon-
mend your medicine to all my sex, for l
know If they follow your directions.
they will be cured. ."-MRs. ANNIE
THOMPSON, South Hot Springs, Ark
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30
Are You Using Aliens Foot Ease?

II Is the only cure Tor Swollen, Smarlin0
Tired Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease, a
powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures
while you walk, At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
The suburban citizen., 1900-06-30
R,0 rra do !, Trozop Meats.

New Zealand's frozen meat trade
with Great Britain now equals about
$4,000 sheep a day. or some 6,5O0,O 900
carcasses per amman.