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CATTLE MARKETS

: CHICAGO, I'LL. March 6.-CATTLE-Rc.
ccipts. $500 head. including 500 Texans: steady;
dunn. $406.36: stockers and feeders. s2256s
8: cows, S1.25@5.o5; heifers, s2.5oM550; can
S. 5oa 6. 80; Texas-fed steers. fS4.5O@4oo. Hogs
Receipts to-day, $4,000 head; tomorrow, 2s, 000
head; left over. 5000; opened slow. closed
strong: mixed and butchers. S5.s5@6.35: good
to choice heavy, $e.25@64O; RICH. heavy. $500
M615; light So. @6; bulk of sales, $5.95 @6.25.
Shecp-Recepts. 10000 head; sheep and lambs
slow ard lower; good to choice wathars. $4.G5G9
5.25: medium sheep, $4,000; native lambs.
S3.75G6.45; western lambs, S5.25 Q6.60.
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BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD, March 6.-seaboard com
mon. 24K @25c.; do. preferred, 45145B. Sea-
board As, S4h @S424.
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LoR RENT

\ very desirable home in East Rich
mond, on car line: eight acres OF land.
barn Only first-class tenant wanted.
c. L.. & H. u. DENOON.
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STOCK QUOTATIONS..

Furnished by VI es.rs. - CO TT < sTRrNaFELoN,
Members New York stock RxchanSe.
con account OF continued interruptions
IN telegraphic service. resulting from the
late storm. the high and low quotations
could not be obta ined.1
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October 9. 3. :. s 3 9.
N0TcffOeE
Spot cotton closed quiet and s. mddl Ing
nplands, c.; rniddlin gull G. SAFES AUS
bales.
Cotton. stcndr:S middling. o. G.; net receipts
319 bales gross. S67 bales; snles, ,4079 bales
Total to-day receipts; q bales ess
Continent. :.245 blles: stock, Al .2&7 bales.
8 Consolidnted-Nets receipts. 100 90 bales cx-$
port to Great Britain q i q, to France.
Total since September 1st--Nct receipts: g.
$50, 500 bales: export to Great ritan 2.561. COL
bales; to France, 1881 bales; to the Cont
nent, -, O422,ig2 bales.
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the IS advanced u per cent. on the last
call.
5f5,I0o shares.

MONEY AND ESCHANGE-Mcncyz on call
steady at 2@G3 per cent: prime mercantile
paper. d@ 81. per cent: Sterling exehang ;
steady with actual business in bankers bits
1T sis7a for demand and at s4.s5ls for sixty
days; posted rates i.ss and s4.Ss5s: CONNER
cinl bills. Si.SiSs a i.s5s4 Bar silver, 54st !;
strong; State bonds, Inactive; railroad bonds
firm. - -. L.- $3.50.
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L0NDoN.-The SigrIed (NorwegIan).s
Captain Olsen, from Carrel1e Florida, Is
aground t9SHamburg. Attempts to float
is being lightened
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NEW YORK, March NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
100 head: no sales reported. Dressed beef, steady
at 7@10c. per pound for city dressed native
sides. Cables last received quoted American
steers at 121s@13Mc.. dressed weights; re-
frigeratcr beef at, 10@10Ac.,. per pound; No
tive and strong. 14c. higher for reals,5 all sold
veals sold at S5GlS.75: barnyard salves at Sl.21
city dressed vcals. 9@91ac. per pound. Sheep
and steady: lambs 2 averaged about steady;
sheep sold at S4@5.15: lambs at S617: culls.
lambs. 1O@12c. Hoss-Receipts, 1868 head;
about steady.
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NAVAL, STORES

WILMINGTON. n. c., March 6-SPIRITs
TURPENTINE-Nothi doing; receipts, G
casks. Rosin-Firm, $1.15@1.o0; receipts, $40
barrels Crude notwithstanding doing; re-
ceipts, none. Tar-Firm, S1:20; receipts, 376
barrels.
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Receipts. light market firm; reals. light to
good. $5.7oGl7; choice to fancy, s7.25@7.75.
Hogs--Receipts, 1850 head; opened active;
mixed shade stronger and heavy, steady;
heavy SG.55M6Go; mixed, S6.40@6.50; pigs
scarce and 25c, higher; bulk OF sales Sc;
roughs, $5.T5M590; stays, S4.25@ so. Sheep
and lambs. offering. 1900 head; opened slow,
closed steady for lambs; sheep, firm: tops
wethers, ss25G55o: earrings s5.SoGs: top
lambs, $G50@6.60; culls to good, S4.5O@4.GO
CINCINNATI. o.. March 6.-HOGS-Quiet
and lower, $5.25@6.55. Cattle-Stcady. $2.35@
6. Sheep-Steady, 81. 15@55o. Lambs
Steady, S4.5OM6.5O.
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SAVANNAH, GA. March 6.-TURPENTINE-
Firm, 42!.c.; receipts, 76 casks sales, 1875
casks; exports, 595 casks. Rosin-Firn; re-
CENTS, 1900 barrels; sales, 1888 barrels; e1-
ports. 100 barrels Quote; a, :: g. D, $1.25;
w, $3.50.
CHARLESTON. S. O.. March e.-TURPEN
TINE AND ROSIN-Unchanged
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RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
Richmond. Va, March 6, 1902.
0AIES
SALES.

Virginia Carolina Chemical common-150 shares
Mt 60; I5 shares at 63; 100 shares at 83H 100
shares at 63A: 100 shares at 631s 100 shares
ut 60 y; 80 shares at 63Ls 10 shares at ga; 20
shares at 63l2; IS shares at 63!H; 45 shares at
63la IS shares at 6334
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-16

right through the pocket, out through
that Sunday pair of trousers, and sour
ried home, light-hearted and wiser, to
mother. 1t was daylight. Three anx-
1ous faces were pressed against the
hole and three mouse women were
trembling and shedding mouse tears
of anxiety all for him when he came
hurrying in. Gay was the tale he had
to tell and they to listen to. How
funny it sounded!-his plight in the
pocket, and what a glorious joke he
had played when he bored big hole
in the trousers-Ha! hal Pat young
Jack Mouse on the tail, for he is a
smart young chap and a credit to his
family.
But HE laughs best wh6 laughs
last" The man didn't laugh when
he saw his trousers in the morning;
he didn't even smile, for he couldn't
see the joke. He was sad, was Mr.
Man, and very angry so he bought
fine red mosetrap and some delicious
smelling cheese and the very next
night arranged his revenge.
He had it, for, when the clock
struck midnight and bold Jack Mouse
as vain as a peacock strode forth to
his jokes and his capers, he smelt the
good fresh cheese, forgot his mothers
warning words about cheese and traps
and rushed to seize it, right into the
clutches of the fine red trap
Poor, silly, naughty Jack Mouse. 1t
was a sorrowful end to a very young
mouse life, but warning to all young
mice to this day, to mind their moth
ers, dear. and keep away from the
haunts of men.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-16

west With hills AMI hollows, and dips
and curves, the wagon way was nearer
l coo. Recall that then there was not
railroad nor steamboat anywhere in
the world-as for steam ships and troll
ley cars they We're beyond the widest
imaginings. Still, 1t is mora than a
question if people moving nowadays,
by the good help of them all, have
better journeys than the Caswells had
or one-half so much fun.
The moving train started out the
first day of Septem Ger. Fifty negroes
went in it, besides the white family.
Maj. Caswell also took along with him
his work stock. hors as, mules and OK
en-, q mare. some colts, several milch
cows. and three sharp dogs. The big
wagon went in front. Six horses drew
l.. 1t mad a high Dol ~ sloping cut
werd back and front. and a cover of
white homespun closh Snugly drawn
over high white oak hoops All the
finest household stuff was packed st
the bottom of the wagon bed Over
this the feather beds. the meal and
four sacks and the Chillcsn were Ee-
slowed. At night Mrs .raswell and
tho children slept on the beds--lll that
is, save Jim, the eldest boy. who stayed
IN the little tent with his father, so
as t. keep an eye On everything
Jim rode his own colt, barely bridle-
wise but helped black Sam in driving
the cows They came right behind the
wagon, in front of the OK carts, which
carried the negro woman. who had ba-
bies in arms; also bacon and more
sacks of corn At least they were meant
to carry such passengers. Really the
cart riders often changed places, and
gladly, with their fellow slaves, who
either walked or rode bareback upon
the extra horses and mules Black
Nanny had the brood mare and Mrs
CaswelPs own saddle. She wanted to
take the Caswell baby in her lap, and
the youngest girl up behind her. but
as she weighed close upon 200, her mas
ter thought the mare had weight
enough, without carrying double.
The riders and the foot folk followed
at the tail of the carts. Mrs. Caswell's
gig came last of all AS for her hus-
band, he was anywhere and every
where, at least once an hour. Since
the gig was narrow, and Mrs Cars
well very plump. she rode alone I'm H.
except for the baby. He was months
old. an active. lusty fellow. So he
was slipped within a stout bag. all but
his head and strapped easily to the
gigs dashboard, where his mother
could set foot either side OF him. and
hold him steady, yet leave herself both
hands. for the reins.
She needed both hands badly when n
came 20 going up and down the noun
iains. even though the road followed
the easiest passes. They made Ave 10
fifteen miles day until they came
10 the mountains, camping out az night
and resting upon Sundays. Sometimes
there was q week day rest. 10 wash up.
Hnd Ref nil things ship-Fhape The
black people hn0 "a big separate tent
I huf except when IN rained most ~ them
/ chose i0 sierp outside ~ A. rolled in
uuilta nuB blankets. Hud lyiuE tudr
! Hlrd Ground fhH blr ioF nfns The
sissAa bpEgsa ths nrer beeuyss ihey
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His teeth broke when he got that
far said Rightly. I'm pretty hard
but you see ii needn't have happened
at all if Ebenezer had only kept quiet
about his not being a Weasel.
Was he eaten by Skihigh?" asked
Tom.
II don't know" replied Rightly
!. Lefty and l didn't wait to find out
and we have never been back there
since. I don't believe he did eat him
for two reasons. One is that after try
ing to bite my head off Skihigh hadn't
teeth enough left to eat anything with
and the other reason is that / saw
Ebenezer two years afterwards on his
way to school one beautiful spring
morning. noticed him particularly be-
cause although it was a lovely clear
morning he had his umbrella up and
positively declined to put it down and
carry it closed, because he said, an
umbrella couldn't possibly be a cane
and he wasn't going to try to make
anybody suppose it was a cane he was
carrying"
II don't see anything in that story
to make me unhappy, even If We're a
chum of Ebenezer's," said Tom as the
Andiron finished.
You don't? Don't you think ii was
sad that the Giant coulda eat hoy
who'd behave in that way?" asked
Rightly, with a scornful glance at Tom
1T was very sad, Tom" said the
Lefthandiron. 80 don't deny it-es-
pecially If you want to go off with us
on our trip to the stars
Are you really going to the stars? p"
gasped Tom, breathless at the very
idea ana forgetting all about Eben-
ezer.
"Perhans returnad the Anai,o,,
And may 1 go with you?" whispered
Tom.
You may IL you will do whatever
We tell you and admit that you are a
Dormouse," said Rightly.
All right, I'll obey" said Tom.
And what did you say your name
was?" asked Lefty.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-16
OLD WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
Great Britain's Preparations for the
Reception of the Spanish Arman-

Great Britain's Preparations for the
Reception of the Spanish Arman-
da.
The wireless telegraphy station erect
ed last summer at Nantucket shoals,
by means of which kilograms are sent
to ships at sea, was the nine-day won
der of the past year, as we'll it might
be. 1t is well for us to reflect, how
ever, that in spite of our marvellous
progress in science, that ''in life we are
not greater men nor bolder men in
death" than our hardy progenitors.
Several hundred years before railroads
were ever dreamed of wireless signals
reused all England, Scotland and Wales
to arms in the space of a single hour.
When word was sent to Queen Eliz-
abeth that the Spanish amanda had
actually sailed to attack the British
isles, to use the metaphor of Dickins,
the nation fired up like lone strong,
angry man." Dissention was at an end
Papist, Episcopalian, Puritan were one
in their determination to defend the
Queen and the government and repel
the invader. The privy councils issued
a proclamation for the preparation of
signals and every man and boy from
London to the Lands End, through the
length and breadth of England to Car
lisle, Berwick, Wales, obeyed the COM
mand with whole souled strength and
energy. On every high hill and noun
tain point, Snowden in Wales, Skiddan
in Cumberland, the peak in Derbyshire,
the Wrekin in Shropshire, Edge Hill
which commands an immense area,
great piles of dry wood were collected
well impregnated- with pitch. Immense
iron braziers were placed on Ely, the
towers of Lancoln and Boston cathe-
drals, and many another church in the
lowlands, Crambowne, Longlet, Belvoir
Dover castles and st. Michaels Mount
all prepared with a vengeance. The
great iron pot is still to be seen on the
highest turret of the ruins of old Dud-
ley castle, which is said to have held
several tons of fat and pitch, and was
visible for 200 miles The bonfire on
Malvern hill aroused twelve counties to
arms. In the beginning of July, 1888
a man watched with the dry piles every
night, ready to light up at sight of an
other signal There Is a remarkable
echo I'm Berkshire called in the county
dialect the "blawing stwan blowing
stone.) Ii was placed under the care
OF man with stentorian
voice. who was 10 blow when
he saw the signal OF Edge Hin. and
his one word was War" It reused
the whole county. on the 18th day Of
July a Scotch pirate-a 1Trd of prey
out IN his little smack. first saw the
formidable armada sailing in the shape
Of half-mOOn, seven miles from point
10 point The patriot awOke within him.
he M lde an sail for the nearest port
Plymouth-and told his tale. Admiral
Drake playing his game ~ bowls, re-
celyed the news calmly. "Finish the
game. gentlemen" be- cried. Who
knows f we shall play together again.
Irs another game tomorrow"
The Gun bad not yet Hef buf horse
men Wefe dispatched a. ful aaliop fo
different points fhe royal fnN WAS
ho'stel in Eiurf0l before fbe darkness
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fell, and the church bells ringing the
alarm, in every town and village where
the horsemen passed. The first beacon
blazed up on Edgecumbe Hall, and
light followed light in a few seconds:
the militia all over the country met
in the appointed places before mid
night. On Richmond hill, near the pal
ace, Queen Elizabeth's favorite resi-
dence, a bonfire of dry oak smeared
with pitch had been piled high. an acre
at the base; the flare reused London
In an instant fires blazed on the city
gates; the cannon at the Tower boom
ed out and were answered by the ship
ping. in the river the bells of every
church began to ring, led by old St
Paul's, and, in the words OF Macaulay
the trained bands came roaring down
the streets" All London was up like
a swarm of angry bees. That time Of
slumber was as bright and busy as
the day" -.AeL
Old Spanish chronielers speak of "the
twinkling points of fire" which first
marked the land of England for them,
the country to be conquered, plundered,
oppressed, trodden down into a prov
irce of Spain. The great galleons were
crammed with trained soldiers, whose
game was war, who shouted for joy
dS d hoH icarS lor MS prey, Wnen tney
saw the lights; tired of the sea and
longing for a firm footing on dry land
with the enemy before them.
Meanwhile the signals flashed
through the heart of England, and on
Ger Darwin's rocky dales,
Till like volcanoes fiared to heaven
The stormy hills of Wales.
Carlisle's bright fame passed the
word across the border and long ere
morning the i'll news had reached timd
King Jamie in his stronghold at Ster-
ling. Mary Leslie.
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how the giant roared with glee when he
caught sight of Ebenezer.
Good, he cried, that's just what
l wanted for my lunch. A nice fat
boy
Then he reached down" said the
Righthandiron, "and grabbed Ebenezer
by the arm. and was about to eat him
just as he would a piece of asparagus.
when Lefty here cried out:
'Avast there. Skihigh That isn't
a nice fat boy. That is only misera-
BILE Weasel" "
"'Pah" said Skihgh. with a face
such as you put on when you take a
horrid tasting medicine. 'Pah! L
can't eat Weasels.
And with that he put Ebenezer down
on the road. again and was about to
walk along about his business when
what did that foolish little Ebenezer
do but up and deny that he was a
Weasel.
"I'm not a Weasel he yelled. And
1 am a boy-and a fine boy at thatH
"Skihigh stopped short, whirled
about and rushed back to where Ebe-
nezer was standing.
What's that you say?' he said ca
gerly.
q say I am not a Weasel, but a
fine fat boy said the vainglorious
Ebenezer stoutly.
Then my friends, the Andirons
have deceived me. have they?' roared
the giant.
Yes replied Ebenezer But l can't
stand being called a Weasel
with that" said the Righthandiron
"Skihigh clapped Ebenezer into his
market basket and then turned on
Lefty and me. Lefty managed to get
away, but l was caught"
w hat did he do to you?" asked
Tom. trembling with excitement.
He tried to bite my head off, said
Rightly with a laugh. See those two
dents on either side of my neck?"
Tom looked, and sure enough there
were the dents-not very deep, but
quite large enough to be seen.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-16
PIONEERING IN 1910. .
Adventures of Family who Moved
from Carolina to Tennessee.

Adventures of a Family who Moved
from Carolina to Tennessee.
If only Grandfather Merton had not
been one of Marion's captains, the Cas-
well children might have lived and died
in Carolina. There were nine of them,
and the eldest only IA. The promotions
of peace are notoriously more rapid
than those of war-Grandfather Merton
was Gen. Merton in everybody's mouth,
even before the congress paid him for
his revolutionary service with a land
warrant for 5000 acres, over the Blue
Ridge in Tennessee county.
By the time Gen. Merton had local ted
his 5000 acres, Tennessee county had
become Tennessee state. The old gen.
tleman picked out a fine rolling tract,
well timbered we'll watered and
abounding in game. This he divided
equally between his three children
so there was a plantation waiting for
Mrs. Caswell before she and her hus-
band even thought of moving. so
many other people did move. aud sent
back to Carolina such tales of the new
country's richness and charm, 5y~the
fall of 1910 the Caswells got the fever,
next summer.
They could not go of hand. Stock
had to be specially led and hardened
to stand the long journey over the
mountains. 1t was 700 cdd miles cue
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-16

young then, and up to the time of
which 1 am speaking we had always
made our little trips in the Fairy
Country or in Giantland all by our
selves, and we had lots of fun together
/ can warrant This time, however,
we decided to take Ebenezer with us
to Giantland, which was place he had
often heard us tell about, and concern
ing which he was very curious. We told
him that ii would never do for him to
visit Giantland, because the Giants
were always very hungry, and liked
nothing better to eat than a boy like
himself 1t would be dangerous for
him to go, we said, unless he would
promise to obey us in everything we
told him to do, and to admit that he
was anything we chose to call him"
You see, my dear Tom" said the
Lefthandiron in explanation, THE
Giants had such confidence in US that
they accepted as true anything we said.
so that if we should happen to meet
hungry ogre and he should want to eat
Ebenezer because he was boy, all that
would be necessary for us 10 do to save
Ebenezer was to say, Hold on. He is
not a boy He is a Weasel Then
Bbenezer would be all right because
Giants do not eat Weasels.'
II see' said Tom, nodding his head.
"Ebenezer promised that he would
obey us and wouldn't deny that he was
a Weasel if we told the Giants he was
one, and we took him off with u.s. re-
sumed the Righthandiron. I'VE went
straight to Giantland and had per-
fectly lovely time until about an hour
before It was time to return, when we
encountered a huge Giant named Ski
Highland my. how hungry he was!
He went into restaurant and ordered
"Thirty-seven pounds Of cake,
Sixty-four lamb chops,
Eighteen portions of beefsteak,
Forty ginger pops;
Seventeen vanilla puffs.
Twenty fresh-caught dabs,
Thirty-eight rich raisln duffs,
Ninety soft-sheli crabs.
Let those 40 for course the FIRST;
Let the second be
Shrimps and oysters tin / burst,
Thirteen quarts Of tea
Then a dozen sugared hams.
One small cabbage head.
Ninety dozen pinky clans,
Sixty Ioayes Of bread
Seven quarts Of French canned peas.
And pound or two
OF your GOTROnzOla cheese
FOR my lunch viii dO."
Then The walter standing by
In the usual way
Asked him. Wont you also ffy
Our hot mince to-dHy7'
= don't want 10 Interrupt" said
Tom. but n seems ~ me that man
must have been awful rich"
no he wasn't" returned Lefty "iif
was going t0 fnf fhe dinner, you know
nna shea dis without paying Tor if
De NnfHf a very good man
'h0 remarked fhe Hiofg teller "isui
Do nHf Fry huuEfy man. iU phlrh
lftpfn hf Hnf lnff iie fhf giant
am unfa ts lell xsg W. 49, Ana mN
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-16

stole. and up the broad front stairs.
This was sport.
Into the bedrooms. through the clos
cts, poked this sgicy young fellow. A
monse nose everywhere even down in
10 the pocket of a mans pair Of trous-
ers lying across "A chair, 10 fnd-what
DO you think?-a big, sweet chestnut
hiGden there. What a lunch he made
MUNICH MUNICH, crunch, crunch-now
out and home again 10 tell the women
folks an about it and brag Of his ad-
ventures and good luck.
u was easy 10 come in, SO II must
be- easy % get out but push, shove,
dive. he couldn't nnd the opening, and
ne naa ali ~ 4 tremblo with ihe fright
Of d. There HaH nothing fof him 90
30 huf fe rnhH. $50 EnnW be- did Win
all hia might, = great big mouse hole
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-16
CHAPTER IL.
rHE STORY OF E,RENFZFR.

THE STORY OF EBENEZER.
"Ebenezer was a boy very much like
Youreslf in several ways" resumed the
Righthandiron He wasn't one of the
Sleepyhead or Dozy Pate families, but
he was next thing to it. He was nephew
of Senator Takeanap, and a grandson
of old General Snoraloud-but he'd
never admit it. He used to get just as
angry when we reminded him that he
was quite as much of a Snoraloud as
a Carrottop, as you were when we
called you Sleepyhead. and when my
brother Lefty here said to him, 'Hullo.
Weasel he didn't IKE it a bit better
than you di4 when we said you were
a Dormouse. He insisted that he was a
boy, and for all we could do we couldn't
get him to admit that he was a
Weasel"
He was the most persistent lad
That / have ever seen.
He'd always say that bad was bad,
That blue could not be green
We couldn't get him to deny
That white was always white,
And though we'd try and try and try
He'd say that he was right.
interrupted the Lefthandiron.
And wasn't he?" asked Tom.
That isn't a part of the story"
snapped the Righthandiron. "and if you
don't stop interrupting me I'll never
speak to you again"
Il didn't mean to-" said Tom apollo
geticallyA
That's just the worst part of it,"
snapped the Andiron. "You are an in
terrupter by nature, and that is the
most incurable kind. But as | was
telling you. Ebenezeh was bound to be
a boy, and no amount of talk on our
part could convince him that he was a
weasel Well Lefty and were very