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The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06
HUNTING THE OTTER.
Animals which Are Captured When
They 60 for "a Holiday.
From the Portland Oregonian.


From the Portland oregonian.
The most beautiful stretch of ocean
beach to be found anywhere on the Pa
cific coast of the United States is the
wide expanse of spotless and glittering
sand which lies between Gray's harhor
and the Quinniault river. There may be
seen an unbroken area of twenty miles
in length, aud at low tide from three to
five miles IN width. which would make a
moonlight playing ground for the hours.
There are many tower-like structures
at regular distances of perhaps a mile
each which excite the curiosity of the
people on the many coast dine steamers
plying between San Francisco and north
ern ports. These are the towers or
shooting boxes of sea otter hunters. They
are built of tall, slender poles. generally
four in number. sunk to a great depth
and fixed securely in the sand and sur
rounded by small box covered with a
roof to protect it's occupants from the
burning sun. Cheats securely fastened to
the poles from bottom to top afford the
hunter means OF ingress and egress.
otter Holidays.
The hot sun which blazes fiercely on
this wide expanse of white sand during
the months of July and August heats 1t
almost to a burning point, and the waters
of the incoming tide, rolling and curling
over this hot sand, become deliciously
warm. This is the Playing ground of the
sea otter, the place where they come 10
spend their holidays.
They leave their homes in the far-of
rocky islands, where there are no sand
beaches, and the green waters are cold
and deep, and come here like people to
watering place, to spend the summer
months in rolling and tumbling about in
this warm water in perfect ecstacy =
delight. They leap and play about in
the foaming breakers and polish their
beautiful skins by hugging the sandy bot
tom and allowing the ocean swe,ls to drive
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06

location of either of these new districts
The Kougarok is a river seventy or
eighty miles long, rising toward the
Arctic Ocean, flowing southerly into the
Koosetream River. which flows thence
westerly sixty miles into Salt Lake,
twenty-five or thirty miles from the head
of Grantley Harbor, an inland continual
ton of Port Clarence. A story was pub
lished last winter in a Nome newspaper
that man who had recently died at
SAINT Francisco had tod. on his deathbed,
of having assembled a stream at the head
of Grantley Harbor years ago and
brought out several thousand dollars in
gold dust. A party at Nome Immediately
QUILTED a dog-team and set out to dis
cover, if possible, the stream vaguely
described in the story. The party return
ed to Nome, got more provisions and
went back. A crowd of stampeders fol-
lowed them back, and several creeks
We're staked on tributaries of the
Kougarok. 1t is not known that any
favorable prospects were found. But
when the ice cleared out of Port Clarence
a great number of people started for the
new district in boats, while others went
overland on foot and with pack horses.
Fully fifteen hundred people reached the
mouth of the river, while many others,
unable or unwilling to endure further
hardships, turned back before reaching
even so far. The brave and harder push
ed onward up the various streams IN the
vicinity In August the stampeders began
to return. Almost to a man they said,
Nothing on Kougarok' "kougarok' s
another fake" At the same time came
a rumor that something big had been
found, but it was discredited. Harris and
Quartz Greeks were reported good. Harris
had been staked by the winter crowd,
and at the same time some parties had
gone over from Harris and staked some
claims on the head of large creek run
ming south, naming it "Marlposa."
Another batch got over, staked three
claims below Mariposa and called 1t
TRAIL Creek Several parties of the new
crowd struck the same creek lower down
They carried their rockers on their backs,
and as much provisions. blankets, etc.
as they could pack besides over seven
teen miles of tundra that has been well
Iikened to a spring mattress and about
as easy to walk upon.
The rains had come with vengeance
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06

along the beach; his quick eye detects
something. Like a frightened wolf he
leaps over the sand and is soon beside the
dead otter.
Drifting In.
With a yell of delight he flies toward
the shanty on the bluff 20 tell his mother
aud the half dozen or so of other little
halfbreeds what has happened. and they
all come trooping down the beach as
fast as their legs can carry them.
The tide is going out now and the
blood of the otter stains the sand which
has lured him to destruction, and the
eebing ripples tenderly caress for the last
time the pretty animal which has been
their playmate all its life. and the sea
VIII moan for the freeborn thing which
has always had home in its bosom.
Some way or another the news spreads
quickly and other hunters and crowds Of
Siwashes come trooping toward the dead
otter from all directions
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06

I be told in $50 English words, could be
narrated in eght-nve Chinese written
charasters To tell the story in spoken
Chinese would require 1853 words.
| Written Chinese is practically uniform
throughout the empire. and has hardly
altered during the whole course of Chi
nose history. The spoken language, on
the other hand is constantly changing,
and prevails in several dialects, some of
which are quite unintelligible 70 Chinese
from the different provinces.
But even the purest form OF spoken
/ Chinese is almost ncoglDrehensible TO a
| foreigner, except by the most arduous
study, and after years of application the
! the European continues to make the most
ludicrous blurders The reason for this
IS that the Chinese tongue has but 500
to 1000 elementary words. which form
the base of their language-as the alpha
bet does ours. In order to spin these out
10 their needs. they pronounce them in
different tones" each tone" giving an
entirely altered meaning.
In some parts of the empire as many
as eight tones" are in use giving eight
Specifications to words whose actual pro-
nunclation is otherwise the same. No
wonder the European ear jibs at the
'ask!-the ninth meaning Of a Greek par
ticle is nothing to the eight tone" Of
CnlneSe noun.
Chinese has no grammar. as we know
grammar. According to it's position in a
sentence word is either noun adjective
verb or adYerb-the word itself remains
the same. In this respect Chinese is q
'baby" among languages. But. like so
many other things that the Celestial has
invented and left as dc invented, the
Chinese tongue has never grown up. And
yet with all its drawbacks, the literary
men of the Flowery Land have contrived
to make it serve their purpose But al
most all the classical, philosophical, ana
historical works Of the Chinese are writ
ten in the queer characters that only
mean something 90 the eye, and can
not be made to mean anything to the
car.
Where the Chinese language written or
spoken-came from nobody knows any
more than they know --nere the original
Chinese themselves came from But II ~
probable that the primary Chinese char
acters existed 5000 years ago pretty much
as they do to-day. They are written In
vertical columns, which begin on the
right of the paper. The instrument Is a
brush and a thick solution Of Indian ink
is the medium--the paper the familiar
himsy material made from rice straw
oddly enough though the Manchus-
who are the ruling race In China-as
well as their Tartar relatives. the Mon
sols, speak language related to abe
Chinese, they have a proper alphabet,
derived Indirectly from the West. II was
borrowed from the Syriac, which was de,
rived from the Aramaic, which came
from the Phoenician alphabet. And the
Roman letters OF to-day owe more than
q little 70 the Phoenician. SO the Tartar
writing IS ~ one end OF chain that
stretches to our own A r G.. The Tartars
owe thcif alphabet to the Christian mis-
slonaries known as the HISTORIANS. But
that Is another story.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06
A LANGUAGE ron THE EYE.
The Purest Form of Chinese Unin-
telligibIe When Read Aloud.
From the London EXpress.

II tOiil tue buiuCn Express.
A language without an alphabet sounds
sufficiently curious, especially when 1t is
added that it is written language and
the medium of communication throughout
| that enorpous expanse of territory the
Chinese Empire Not only has the Chi
nese language no alphabet. but 1t is act
ually true that in it's pulest form, though
il could literally speaking, be read aloud
the sounds would have absolutely no
significance whatever TO listener.
To the reader, OF course, the written
or printed page would convey all that the
author wished it to. But in order to con-
vcy its meaning, say, to n blind person.
the reader would be compelled to find
his own words, chosen from the spoken
Chinese language. And his translation
would be much more roundabout and
lengthy than the written version,
Some idea of this singular fact may be
gathered from the estimate that the fable
of 1.-THE Fox and the Grapes" which can
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06
NOME AND IT'S FUTURE.
Personal Experience in the WONDER
fnl Town of the Far North.

fu, Town of the Far North.
r,o,nan Adney, in Golfers Weekly.
WIRING al Nome on the 10th day of
oc,ober-the end of the summer season
one may fairly endeayor to answer the
,,ostion upon the lips of every one fami-
,.ar with the promises held out at the
teginuing of the season by the newest
thing camp in Alaska: Ibid people find
90 much gold at Nome as they expect
edqa, To this I answer, No" Twenty
tbousand people expected to pay the ex-
censes Of a costly trip and secure for
time within the short period of sub
Arctic summer. A very large PARTON OF
leo returned home as quickly as pos
- disheartened and Disguised with
S-orne and all Alaska. The shorter the
,,nfortllnates scjourn, the more emphatic
sas usually been his condemnation.
had extensive stretches of beach been
.7i-,overed as rich as the spots worked
last wear and this spring before the ar
rival of the steamers, the story would
have been different, More than two mil
Iions. perhaps two and half millions, had
been taken Qua of the beach by the time
the first steamer hove in sight through
lion has been taken out since, and did
NOT pay the cost of the machinery alone.
The output of the Nome region for the
nresent year is nearly five millions.
'.\Yhere did this come from, if not from
the beach?" The majority of persons will
ask. The answer is: From the creek
beds of course, discovered before the
beach gold was dreamed of, and will con-
+inue to produce millions when the beach
has become only a memory" Five thou
sand men working on fourteen miles OF
beach did not obtain as much gold this
summer as one hundred and twenty men
upon two contiguous claims on Anvil
Creek, the scene of the original discovery.
The output for this seasons work, on
discovery claim and Number below Dis
coverey is over nine hundred thousand
dollars Two and half millions, the es-
tmated output of the whole creek of
fourteen or fifteen claims, equals the
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06
Candy EscuIetts
Cures PILES or Money Refunded.
Why SUEFER2

Rowlinskrs Jones5 Masonic Temple
knights. w. +. Reds, Marow5s, -CleYe-
lands. Donnellys, and W. A. Pigman's.
Savannah. Ga.
IIpPMAN BROS. Savannah. Ga. ana
w Il. REID, Savannah, Ga, Distributors.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06

scrofula IN the blood shows Itself SOON
er or later in swellings. sores. eruptions.
But Hoods sarsaparilla completely cures
iL-Sad.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06

John S. Sargent's portrait OF Joseph II.
Choate is to be hung I'm the Harvard
Club. New York. otter the close OF the
Pittsburg exhibition, where.it is now to be
seen.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06
Embroidery,

We have just re :
ceived a large ship
ment of these goods.
The patterns are new
and beautiful. They
will be thrown on the
bargain counter. The
line from SC to 25c is
especially attractive.
Our well earned
reputation for keep
ing the b e S t ana
Cheapest in the en-
broidery line shall be
maintained.
Don't fail to have a
look at our handsome
line of Bobinet and
Muslin Curtains. 1t
will pay you if need
ing anything in that
line.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06
H()GGAV'S

Grand Midwnter Clearance Sale. Everything pertain
ing winter goods will be sacrificed in order make
for immense stock of spring stus. The accumua-
ted odds and ends will be almost given away In fact
have great feast for the shopper who will call and i'm
vestgate.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-22
FIRST SEEDING is UP
Wheat Fields in :. ID. Show Green
-Lase Season Complaints.
Specials to The journal.

Specials to The Journal
Bath, S. d. April 22-Last week was very
favorable for seeding operations and farm
els made good use of the opportunity to do
a large amount of work The weather was
cool and teams could be worked to the limit.
In a few more days wheat seeding will be
finished with the exception of few scattered
fields. Early sown wheat is coming up nice
ly, and, with the advent of warm weather.
will grow rapidly. The crop is being seeded
in much better shape this spring than usual
Aberdeen, S. D., April 22.-It is estimated
that about half Of the wheat acreage is
seeded. The ground is in fine condition, there
being moisture enough to start the seed in
fine shape
Morris. Mimi, April 22-saturday night
saw nearly all the wheat seeded in this vicin-
ity. The farmers are now rushing their plow-
ing for oats, corn and fax. The cold weather
has been unfavorable 20 termination, though
many farmers report their seed as sprouted.
eOlivet, s. D., April 22.-The chronic kicker
had an inning this spring in regard to dam
aged grain. insisting that wheat sown early
would be seriously damaged by the occasional
cold snaps He has, however, disappeared
since the wheat began to come through the
ground now being about one and a half
inches high, showing the finest stand in
years. In fact, the oldest settlers cannot re-
call a spring when wheat started out so
promisingly. The recent snow and rains have
put the ground in the best Of condition.
Warren, Mimi, April 22.-The weather is
pleasant but cold. Very little seeding has
been done yet. The ground froze up so wet
last fall that it takes longer than usual To
dry out sufficiently for seeding.
Osakis, Mimi, April 22,-The ground was
frozen solid all last week and show fell every
day. Farmers are uneasy over the lateness
Of the spring.
Winnebago, City, Mimi. April 22.-The late
ness Of the spring and the remarkably un-
favorable condition of the fields is causing
some anxiety among farmers. On many farms
less than half of the wheat is sown. On low
ground the soil is almost as wet as it was ten
days ago. There will be a decrease, as a re-
suit, in the acreage of wheat and an equiva-
lent gain in corn and other grains.
Rochester, Mimi, April 22.-Last week was
unfavorable for farming operations, contin-
uous frosts delaying seeding, which was well
begun the previous week. Work was re-
sumed, however, and by the end OF this week
most of the small grain will have been sown
If the weather is good. Pastures are coming
very slowly.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-22
THE CASH TRADE
Flax Active-FIOur Active and Firm
Corn and Oats Firm

FLAX-There was an active fax trade
Some No. l seed came on for sale and
brought $1.55. Rejected sold as nigh as 81 4s
for the choicest lots and ranged down to
$1.45 for poor, No grade sold at 81 50: some
choice no grade sold at $1.41. Minneapolis
received 10 cars, against 6 last year. Du-
luth had none. Chicago received 16 cars.
Closing prices Were. Minneapolis, cash,
Sl.5642; to arrive, $1.561a; May, $1.59. Duluth,
cash, $l.59l2; to arrive, $159h; May, $1.61 !;
september, $l24; October $11.
FLOUR-The market is active on the
stronger turn in wheat. Millers report good
many orders booked on the days business.
Prices are quoted unchanged, but are
firm as given below. First patents
d3.75; first clears, s295@3.05; second clears.
S2Q2.10. Shipments, 4SS29 brls.
LLSTUFFS-There is a steady market.
Prices are firm quoted. Millers report a
better demand than ruled last week and
the general situation little more satisfac-
tory. Bran in bulk is quoted $12Q12.5O; bulk
shorts, $11.50011 70; -four middlings S12 5O6
10; red dog in 140-lb sacks, $1450d14.75; in
200-lb sacks, 81 per ton additional; in 1OO-lb
sacks, $3.50 per ton additional. Shipments,
FEED AND MEAL-The market is firm and
steady but there is no advance, although corn
IS hrmer. Coarse corn meal and cracked corn
are quoted SIC; No. feed, $3.50; No. feed,
$l1; Nc feed, $3.50; granulated corn meal
in cotton sacks at the rate of $195 per brl.
CORN-The market was fraction frmer,
No. yellow holding above Ale throughout
Sales were made at 41ssc and in No. corn
at 41Ac. There was an active demand. Re-
ceipts, 80 cars; shipments 6 cars.
OATS-Tne market was active and firm
No. white sold at 2612Q271ac. Noa oats
brought 26Q27e. Receipts, &c cars; shipments,
Z cars.
BARLEY-The market is steady. Feed
grades quoted 39c to 43c; mailing grades
i4c to &c. Receipts, . ears; shipments, l car
RYE-The market is steady at 4S1k04Sslc c
for No. rye. Receipts, 4 car; shipments, 3
cars.
HAY-Choice timothy is quoted $14; Mime
sofa upland, $11.50Q12; Iowa upland $l1 500
y; choice mixed, $10Q10.50; rye straw, $3.50
a.. Receipts, 80 tons.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-22

MIIkers ana SpflngerS-
2 cows and l calf for $50.
Veal Calves
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-22
sPECuLATIvE GOSSIP

Primary Receipts: Wheat, 1000 bu,
against 1893, 500 bu last year; corn, S4S. 400 bu,
against 495, 1893 bu last year. Shipments
Wheat 462,7 7g6 bu, against GIG, 900 bu last
year; corn, 921,265 bu, against 2,132,976 bu
last year.
St. Louis wired: Much more favorable
reports coming from Oklahoma and Indian
Territory; latter prospects fine
Crop reports from the Danubian districts
are very satisfactory.
Liverpool stock of wheat 1854, 900 bu; in
crease Of $4,000 bu. Corn, 100000 bu; de-
crease, 104, 900 blu.
Chicago, to Jolley: 1.-The wheat market
has been a big one, with commission houses
having a good many orders. The idea is
that Cudahy took a lot of wheat early and
sold some later. Elevator people have sold
July
st. Louis receipts: Wheat %. 600 bu.
against q, 900 bu last year; corn, g, 600 bu,
against, 10000 bu last year; oats, 81 900 bu,
against 50, 600 bu last year.
Verhoeff fom Milmine: ''This late rainy
weather has helped Phillips, and he is MAX
ing the most of it, He is buying corn at
present. There is also sharp buying OF May
corn that looks like Patterns account
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-22
RANGE OF MAY WHEAT
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS
Wheat Market Is Active and Strong
at the Opening.
CHICAGO GRAIN


Chicago, April 22.-Higher cables, a heavy
falling off in the quantity of wheat ahoat
and expected liberal decrease in the Wis
wheat market during the fore part of to-day 8
session. May wheat opened 1aG%c higher, at
7112Q71Ac and before the end of the first
hour touched re under heavy covering OF
shorts
Local receipts were Sc cars, none of con-
tract grade, while Minneapolis and Duluth
reported a total of 924 cars, against 354 last
advance was reported to be due to unfavor-
able weather in Germany.
The visible decrease Of 100000 bu gave
the market renewed strength, as did the
notable strength developed by corn. May
advanced to 725sc and closed strong and 112c
higher, at 721ac
Cash wheat, No. red, 721A@74c; No. red.
1lQ72c; No. 2 hard winter, 7214q7Sc; No.
hard winter, 71AQ72c; No. l northern spring,
7212Q7412c; No. northern spring, 721z@741ac;
No. spring, 69Q73c.
May corn, acting in sympathy with wheat,
and helped also by the receipts-86 cars, =
of contract grade-and by higher cables,
opened Aq1ac higher, at 445s@44Asc, and un-
der buying by bulls and covering by alarmed
shorts rose sharply to 4524c during the first
hour. July sold at 1Ac discount
Under heavy covering by shorts, May corn
later rallied TO 4614c. Profit taking caused
a reaction to Acc, but the close was strong,
May &c higher, at 1850.
Cash corn, No. 2, Ace; No. 3, 4315c.
Oats were quiet, but firm In sympathy with
the other grain markets. May opened a
shade to &c higher, at 255sc to 259s@25s4c,
and held steady at these figures for some
Cash oats, Ne. ?, 26AQ27c; No. 3, 261z@
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-22
Receipts and Shipments.

April -.
Received Wheat. SOC cars. 247, $50 bu; corn,
24,90O bu; oats, 47,SSO bu; barley, 1,420 bu;
rye. 710 bu; flax, $500 bu; -four, 1,3SS brls;
millstuffs, L tons; hay, 80 tons; fuel oil, SO,
242 gals fruit, 16S,oS6 lbs; merchandise, 5000,
127 lbs; lumber 3e cars; barrel stock, cars;
machinery, 620,100 lbs; coal, sos tons; wood,
56 cords; brick, III ,000 lime, cars; cement,
500 brls; household goods, 10000 lbs; stone
and marble, l car; live stock, cars; linseed
oil, 10000 brls; salt, 1 car; dressed meats,
261, 460 lbs; hides, pelts etc, 10000 lbs; rail
road materials, % cars; sundries, ~ cars
car lots, S24.
Shipped-Wheat 62 cars, 4s,e0O bu;~ corn,
1850 bu; oats, $40 bu; barley, 74G bu rye,
1880 bu fax, 1850 bu; -four, As S29 brls; mill
stufs. 1883 tons; fuel oil, $4,000 gals; fruit,
108,50O lbs; merchandise, 2.344, 800 lbs ium-
Der, 15S cars; posts and piling, l car; ma
chinery, 3S6, 100 lbs; brick. 49, 900; cement, POO
brls; household goods, 102,460 lbs; ties, 10
cars live stock, l car; liLseed oil, 175 800
brls; oil cake, 469, ,520 lbs; hides, pelts, etc.,
10000 lbs railroad materials, 8 cars; sundlies,
81 cars; car lots, 900
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-22
e following was the range of prices:
Duluth Grain,

Duluth, Mimi, April 22.-Wheat was up a
cent to-day. May opened Sc up at 731sc
and sold around 7Sc for some time. Later it
went to 731scp where it held fairly steady
6; rye, 2; total, 81; shipments, wheat. 1926
bu; corn, 1000; oats. $3.50. Changes for the
week: Wheat in store, 1,107, 1888, increase 2o5,-
800, increase 32, ,179 rye, 410,421, increase
4O56; fax, BAG, $40, increase 5,793; barley, a.,
209, no change. Close: Oats, 271kc; rye, ar
421ac; fax, cash, s1.5s1k; May, $1.61; Septem-
ber, $1.24; September northwest, $1.261l; Oc-
tober $1.21; No. hard, cash, 751se May,
755se; September, No. northern, cash, 731sc;
May, 73ssc; September, 7215c; July, 744c ar
rive. 1850; No. northern, 675sc to 71ssc; No.
8, 625sc to 67ssc.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-22
RANGE OF WHEAT PRICE IN MINNEAPoL IS

No. northern. 28 No. northern. Il; No.
3. 1.
Minneapolis & St. Louis-No. l northern,
Is; No northern, 10; No. 3, 5; no grade, 2.
500 Line-No. northern, g.
Northern Pacifc-No. northern, l; No. 3,
8; no grade, 4.
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
No. northern. 6; No. northern, 20; No. 3,
IL; rejected, 2.
Totals-No. l northern, 81; No. northern,
g.; No. 5. %; rejected, 2; no grade, IL
Other Grains-No. winter wheat, 10 cars;
No. winter wheat, 30; rejected wheat, s;
No. yellow corn, II; No. 8 corn, 10: no
%: No. rye, 2; No. 8 rye, /; No. barley,
2; rejected fax, Z; no grade fax, l.
Cars Inspected Out-No. northern wheat,
80; No. northern wheat, 6S; No. wheat,
90; rejected wheat, q; no grade wheat 5;
No. / winter wheat, /: No. 2 winter wheat,
1S; No. winter wheat, l. No. 3 yellow corn,
3; No. corn, l; No. oats, s.; No. rye, /;
No. barley, l; No. barley, |; rejected
flax, ii.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-22
SHORTS ARE FRIGHTENED
May Corn Is Prominent Again ON tn,
CHICAGO Board.

Chicago, April 22-After a rest of a fort
night; the May corn option on the Board of
Trade. believed to be controlled by George
II. Phillips. came into prominence again to-
day by rising over cents per bushel. May
opened AG1ac higher, at 44ssq447sc, rose to
4612c and closed at 1880.
Phillips announcement that he would take
over 3.000, 900 bu of corn in store here, on de-
livery day, and the fact that he is shipping
corn east on a liberal scale, together with
receipts to-day of only Sc cars, of which
eight were contract grade, combined to
frighten shorts badly, and their efforts to
cover outstanding contracts ceased only
when the closing bells sounded.
The close was &c net higher than Satur-
day and 112c above the previous high record
of the option.