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the other hand some sections reported decided improvement in the crop pros poets. Tomorrow's bureau report for the week may afford a better basis for op- eratlng in the market Opinion is mixed as to what it will probably show. We hear little of new cotton being moved, and until such is the case no one cares to sell Even then 1t Is a question to what extent people will keep short of the market, with the possibility of an early killing frost. Opening sales were at to points decline with the market dull. Weakness in stocks was against cotton, and the fact that the hurricane in the gulf failed to appear in Texas also led to a little selling for short ac- count. Receipts were rather better. Ports were 500 against 5000 last year. There were no signs of Texas moving much new cotton this month. Cables were to P points lower.
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Naval Stores.

Savannah. August 17.-Turpentine, firm, 51A; receipts 457; sales. 26S; exports 26O Resin, firm; receipts. 2142; sales, 474; ex- ports, 4555 Quote: A. B. c, D, F, $1.70; F, s1.75; G, S1s5; H. $2.S0; I, s2.s0; K. s2.9 !; M, $3.05; N, $315; w, G, $3.30; w, w, sS.5o.
 Charleston, August IT, - Turpentine, nominal. Rosin, steady Quote: A. B, c, D, E, s165; F, $1.7o; G, $1,SO; H. $2.25; L. s2.7O; K, $2.S5; M, $295; N. $3.05; w, C., $320; w, w, $40.
 Wilmington, August 17.-Turpentine, firm, soc; receipts 96. Resin, nothing doing; receipts ITO; crude turpentine, firm, s1.75 and $s.25; receipts, I'll. Tar firm, $1.65; receipts, 121.
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Cotton Seed OH.

New York, August 17-Cotton seed oil dull yellow, 41@42c. Petroleum, steady. Rosin, steady; strained. common to good, $l.9O@1.95. Turpentine, quiet, 54&a55c asked
 Memphis, August 17.-Cotton seed oil car load lots, per gallon: Prime crude, nominal; off crude, $24d32; prime summer. yellow, Bic; off summer yellow, nominal; choice cooking summer yellow, less than ear load lots, nominal. Cotton seed meal prime, $20625. Cotton seed cake, prime. $2O50.
 New Orleans, August 17.-Cotton seed oils, prime refined in barrels 421a1c; off refined in barrels. 37c; prime crude loose 36c.
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Local Staple GroceFIeo. Apples-W evaporated, 71a@s1ac. Flour-Fancy patent. s4.75; half patent. $450
 Sugar-Granulated. 5ssc; Y. C., -4kc. Coffee-Green. 7M0shc. Arbuckles. packages, SIG. 30; Lion packages. s10 30; Cordova packages. s10.8o; Porto Rico. So.3O.
 Meats-Dry salted ribs. S7sc; dry salted rib bellies 9c; hams fancy, 141ke; med ium, 1878; extra clears, Sh; California, 1OS,c; breakfast bacon, 14c.
 LardZLeaf, Sc.
 Compound Lard-Snow Drift 7%c. Molasses Centrifugal. l6QJ5c; sugar house. l0c; Georgia cane. s5c.
 Beansz-Navy s250 per blsAel; Lima. so s3tc per pound.
 Pearl Grits-p2 lbs, u.6s.
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-Steady.
 Yheat-No. ? spring. s2GS3; No. 3. IS @S2; No ? red, S1B@S2.
 Corn-No. ?, 52; No. yellow, 54. Oats-No. ?. S4; No. white, 56a36h; No. 3 white. 39a4@36h.
 Rye-No. ?. 52.
 Barley--Fair to choice malting. 46d53. Flax Seed-No. l. 97; No. l northwes- tern, LOO ~a- Prime Timothy Seed-3.40. Mess Pork-Per barrel. 12. 6215G12.70. Lard-Per 10 lbs., 7.65a7. .671s. Short Ribs Sides-Loose. 725p7.5c. Dry Salted Shoulders-Boxed, 7.25G7. 50. Short Clear Sides-Boxed. S.00Ns .12A. Whisky-Bass of High wines, 1.29. Clover-Contract grade. 2.00@12 50. On the produce exchange today the butter market was steady. Cream, 14d19
 Dairy, 13d17
 Eggs firm, 14d15is <
 Cheese, steady, 10Qu1a.
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New York Cotton Futures.
The Coffee Market.

New York. August 17.-Quiet. Futures opened quiet unchanged, but turned firmer later on a moderate demand Whlch was encouraged by slightly better Ger man cables than expected, though HaVre reported a decline. There was little cof- fee offering and the total transactions were only II, ,250 bags. Closed steady, net unchanged to points higher. August, S.7o; September, 3.75@3 80; November, 4. .0o; July, 4s5; September Q90D, 500.
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The i've Stock Market.

Chicago August 17-Cattle: Receipts, 36,000; market nominal Good to prime steers S5 1Oa5. .75; poor to medium, $S 65Q 49O; stoekers and feeders, $2.25q4; cows $1 5O94. 40; heifers, s2d4.55; canners, a.5O @2. 60; bulls, $2d2 40; calves, $2Q6.75; Tex as fed. $9Q46o; western steers, $S. .25Q 4.50.
 Hogs: Receipts 45,00O; market Sc to 15c lower. Good to choice heavy, $5.3Oq5. 40; light, $5. 25d5. .75; bulk, $5.15q5. 45.
 Sheep: Receipts, 3O,O00; steady. Good to choice wethers, $3. 25@3.75 fair to choice mixed, $2 50a3 25; western sheep, $2. 75Q3. 25; native lambs, $325Q51 west ern lambs, $450d56O.
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aaxter d co.,a Cotton Letter.

New York, August 17.-Liverpool made a poor showing when we opened. The weather news was quite good. Little rain fell on the whole. either yesterday
 or today, but reports were arriving that the outlook was not as good in many sections because of incessant rains On
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Dry Goods.

New York, August 17.-Buyers are taking comparatively little interest in the dry goods market at first hands, although jobbers both locally and throughout the country continue busy. The curtailment policy pursued by 50 many mills, while not having any general effect, is bound to influence conditions in the near fu- fIlrp
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Chicaco Chance.

Chicago, August 17.-Free liquidation characterized operations on the board of trade today and prices In both grains and provisions were lower September wheat closing 1laQ13s; corn 1a@9s off; oats down 5s, and provisions from 121s@15 to 22h lower.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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Bonds.
cIeari-rn and Exohannes

Memphis, August 17.-Clearings s4O3,- 36s; balances $72,914.
 New Orleans, August 17.-Clearings this day sl, 409.507 New York Exchange bank LOO per 1000 premium. Commercial TO cents per 1000 discount.
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Feed Stuff.

Meal-Bolted, s1 20; water ground. $125. Hay-Per ton. timothy No. 1. SEQ; clo- yer. mixed. s19.5O; prairie. s130o: Johnson grass, S14.
 Corn-Mlxed, roc; white, 73c.
 Cotton Seed Meal-Per ton. s22: Hulls. per ton. $7.50.
 Bran-Pure wheat. $21; shorts, s23; hominy feed. s21.00.
 Oats-White. 47c; mixed Acc.
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rates 4SS1h@4S4 and 4S61a; commercial bills 4S2% bar silver 55s; Mexican dol- lars 421a; government bonds steady; rail- road bonds irregular.
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Money o1 Call.

New York, August 17.-Money on cali steady at 1%@3 closing 2@3; sixty days Az; ninety days 51s@6.
 Prime mercantile paper 5@5is; sterling exchange firm with actual business in bankers bills at 4s5. 70d4S5.75 for demand and at 4S2. 95@4sS for sixty days; posted
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Treasury Statement.

Washington, August 17-Today's treas ury balances, exclusive of the gold re- serve, show available cash balance $229,- S31 ,939. Gold $101, ,067,7 725.
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LOSSES ARE DUE ID LOWER CABLES Cotton Opened Easy at to 6.
 Points Decline SEPTEMBER MOST ACTIVE Slump in Liverpool Attributed to Sell Ing of Near Months in That Mar
 ket-Final Tone Steady,
 With Sales Light.
SEPTEMBER MOST ACTIVE

Nevv York August 1.-The cotton mar ket opened easy at decline or 'o points, and aside from two or three nm portant reactions displayed a general downward tendency with seplenloei leading the decline. The initial losses were due to the lower cables and con tinued excellent weather which, In con nection with the absence of important clique support, caused uneasiness among the smaller loans. while the bears were also bold to offer more freely. septem- Der was the most active month and came in for considerable pressure. Opening al II. .75 it was sold down to 10 56 and closed at 1o.59. August also showed considera- ble weakness, particularly In the late trading. After opening at 1925, it sold at l2.14 and closed at 12.10 bid, a net loss of 26 points.
 At the lowest level of the day, the list as a whole showed net losses of from to 26 points. and while just before the close one or two months were rallied point or two, making the final tone steady prices showed a net loss for the day of to 26 points. The declines In Liverpool were attributed to selling or the near months In that market by the clique, though it was also said to be due to expectations of shipments from the New York stock to that market In the near future. Thirty-four thousand bales of cotton were received here from Liverpool this morning. however, pre- sumably for delivery on August con- tracts.
 Port receipts today were 53O bales against 2963 bales last year, and did not include any new crop of cotton, the lateness of which, in moving, Is having some influence in restraining sales. The total transactions in today's market were estimated at 7500O bales.
 New York. August 17.-Cotton quiet; middling 12. 75c; gross receipts, 35SS; sales 413; stock, 172,229.
 Total today at all seaports: Net re- ceipts. 530; stock, 203,654.
 Consolidated at all seaports: Net re- ceipts, 67S exuorts to Great Britain, 50; exports to the continent, 126.
 Total since September 1 at all seaports: Net receipts, 7,7031S1 exports to Great Britain, 2,7s4,sS2; exports to France, 75o,- 505; exports to the continent, 2,S22, 7S1; ex- ports to Japan, 135,133.
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Capital, S1oo,ooo.o0
 Undivided Profits, 100000. Accounts of banks and bankers, merchants, individuals and corpora tions solicited. Special attention to collections. Interest allowed on savings and time deposits. c. F. ENSLEN, President 0. E. THOMAS, Vice-President E. F. ENSLEN, Cashier. D. K. CAMPBELL, Counsel.
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p. e.H HARDING H. WOODWARD VceP J. H.. BARR, WcePresdent w CRAWFORD A. R. FORSYTH, Assistant cashler Particular sod deposit
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Seaboard Air Line

Baltimore, August 17.-Seaboard Air Line common 2l1s@2lss; pfd s5h@355s; fs no sales.
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Liverpool | Market.

Liverpool, August 17.-Cotton: Spot quiet; prices points lower; American middling fair 7.2s; good middling 7.O6 midding 6S0; low middlng 6.5S; good ordinary 6.32; ordinary 6.12.
 The sales of the day were 5000 bales of which 800 were for speculation and included 400 American.
 Receipts none
 Futures opened quiet and closed easy. American middling zoe: August 645D GAG; August-S September 6.37@6.3S Sep tember-O October 5.S3; October November 5.43; November December 532; Decem- ber-January 5.2S; January February 5.27; February March 5.26a5.27; Mareh-April 5.26.
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Cincinnati. August 17.-Hogs active, higher, S4 25Q5.7O; cattle dull $2.2544 65; sheep steady. 1.25q3 .35; lambs unchang- ed
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FREE every night - the wonderful Projectoscope at East Lake.
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LOOK! LOOK! The finest double track road in the south-the new Ensley line.
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C0TnRAN & GO. BANKERS AND . BROKERS GROUND FLOOR, WOODWARD
 BUILDING.

Members New York Cotton Exchanoe, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade. Cotton, Clocks, Grain and Provisions. DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES
 to- Nsw York. New Orleans and Chicago.
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Neg Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, August 1T.-Spot cotton steady. with a good demand for spinners. Sales 425 bales; delivered on contracts 300. Quotations unchanged.
 Futures opened barely steady with prices from eight to ten points lower than Sat urday's closing.
 Rumor had it that the bull clique had shipped 10000 bales of its holdings to Liv- erpool to be delivered on contract This was taken as a most bearish feature and shorts hammered the market with it for all they were worth. The weaker longs became frightened and commenced to liduidate, while the long leaders gave the market absolutely no support. In consequence September Amade a sensa- tional break, going eighteen points lower than the close of Saturday, to 10.I6. Trad ing was principally in September and October
 october declined twelve points to 9.69 and December declined 10 points to 9.o0. Another bearish feature was the expecta- ton that the weekly bureau report to be issued tomorrow would be extremely fa- vorable.
 Later in the morning there was reaction that carried September up to 10.Sl; Octo- her I'D to 976 and December to 9.55. With light trading the market. eased off few points the list at the close showing net losses of three points on August, eigh- teen on September and to points on the others.
 New Orleans, August 17.-Cotton futures steady. August 12.95613.00; September To- 766D10 77; October. 9.73@974; November, 9.53d9 55: December, 9.52G953; January, 9.54a955; February, 95549.57; March 9.56@ 9.5s.
 New Orleans, August 17.-Cotton easy; sales 425. Ordinary. 7-16; good ordinary, 10A; low middling. 11A; middling, 12ss' good middling. 13A; middling fair, 1S l3-l6, nominal. Receipts 405; stock, 2O5.
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Daily Sts-n-~~nt. Galveston-S Steady; middling, 12%; re- ceipts 75; stock 11S3.
 Mobie-Nominal middling 12la; stock 53.
 savannah-Quiet; middling 12%; sales 1; receipts IT; stock 1872. Charleston-Quiet; middling 121a; stock 123.
 ilmington-Nominal; middling 12h; stock 270. Norfolk-steady; middling 121k; receipts S3; stock 147.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling 13; re- ceipts 30; stock $40.
 Boston-Dull middling 12.75; receipts ,. Philadelphia-Quiet; middling 13; stock 57l.
 St. Louis-Quiet; middling 12is; re- ceipts IA; stock 3434
 emrhis-Quiet; middling 12 9-l6; re- ceipts sl; shipments 150; stock I'll.
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FORESTS IN THE ROCKIES.
Thickets of Spruce and Aspen at Great
Elevaticns-Pinon and Cedar.

from Arporiculture
To know the mid-continental mountain
country it is not enough to go hurriedly
through the ranges by rail in midsummer,
when flowers are abundant and the emerald
hue cbaracterizes every peak and park. One
must see the country when ice and snow
abound. and the contrasts are most de-
cided With from one to many feet depth
of snow upon the surface. spruce and aspen
thickets of the higher elevations and the
pinon and cedar on the lower slopes attest
the majesty of nature. These mountains
have been stripped of all larger trees by the
AK man and fire has ravaged the forests on
every hand, yet nature makes extraordinary
efforts to cover the bare spots with YER
dure.
Among the fallen logs and leaflesS trunks
still upright, remnants of former confiagra-
tons she has scattered the fine seeds of the
aspen on the wings of the wind, as this is
almost the only deciduouS tree which will
grow in the higher mountains, and here
among the ruins OF a past forest dense
thickets of this rapid growing populus
tremuloides have established themselves,
and are fast preparing a soil in which the
more valuable conifers will, If they have
opportunity, again recover these mountain
sides The steepest slopes and most precip-
itouS mountains, above 5000 or 5000 feet
elevation. are being planted by nature with
these most important pioneers OF afforesta-
ton.
Birds. animals and the wind are doing
their part in distributing among these aspen
thickets seeds OF Douglas (redD spruce. sill
Yer spruce and other trees of greater value
and permanence, which, hidden by the
fallen leaves. take root. and protected by
their deciduous friends grow into timber
The aspens when dead and dry are very
inhammable and fire spreads with rapidity,
destroying the coniferous forests as well
The national government has not yet awak-
ened to the necessity and Importance of
protecting the forests Of these mountains
from fire and spolation.
The forest rangers are given far more ter
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What Girls Talk About.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mrs. Ella Richardson. former president of
the Missouri State Suffrage Association.
told the Englewood Woman's Club on Mon
day that the girls of today talk about
clothes-and men. True enough. They do.
And the women of today talk about clothes
and men.
We are violating no secret when we say
that the boys of today talk about athletics
and girls, about their school work-and
girls. about everything-and girls; while the
men of today talk about businessman wo-
men. politics-and women, and sometimes
about clothes-and women.
This would be a weary world If the girls
ana women did not talk mainly about the
boys and the men, and the boys and the
men did not talk generally about the girls
and the women. If there Is anything bet
ter girl or a woman can talk about than
the boys and the men, or anything better a
boy or man can talk about than the girls
and the women. Mrs. Richardson ought to
tell us what ii is. Certainly. whether there
is anything better or not. there is nothing
more natural. II the girls of today are
ing only what their northumberland
mothers did before them, and there is not a
right-minded man on the face of the earth
who would have their principal topics OF
conversation changed. For, after ALL no
matter what other intervals In life she may
have-and the girl Of the period has many
and worthy ones-her greatest interest GEN.
tiers In the clothes she wears and the man
she likes, and because of this fact she Is
interested largely In clothes and mankind
generally.
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CURE OF CONSUMPTION.
London Friendly Societies Work Open
Air Sanatoriums.

From the London ChrunicIe
One Of the most encouraging features In
the campaign against consumption 10 the
manner in which the question has been
taken up by the leaders of the friendly So
ciety movement. A deputation of the Ma
tional Friendly Society conference recently
visited Germany to examine the sanatoria
which have been established there and to
collect information. On Saturday they paid
visit to the London Open-air Sanitarium,
established in the nelghborhood of Brack-
nell. Berkshire. Among the members of
the deputation were Mr.. A. Chapman par
limentary agent OF the Ancient Order Of
ForeSters; Mr.. +. r. Litchfield general
organizer of the National Deposit Friendly
Society; Mr.. G. w. Smythe chairman of
the Hospital Saturday Fund Councillor II.
s. Syer, trustee of the South London Dis
trict of the F'oresters and Mr.. R. W. Davis
organizing secretary of the Hospital Satur-
day Fund. The deputation were received
and escorted over the buildings by Mr.
Malcolm Morris, vice president of the sana-
tarium, and treasurer of the National As
ISOLATION for the Prevention of Consump-
ton, by Dr. Alfred Miller. and by the med
icai superintendent. DR.. c. c. Chiddell.
Each patient has a small room of his
own looking south, comfortably furnished
and lighted by electric light. and provided
with very large window which is never
closed The whole cost of the sanjtorium
by MeSsrs. Werner and Belt. 1t is main
ly intended for the benefit of members of
the middle classes. and 1t is hoped that
eventually the inclusive charge of three
guineas week made to patients will prove
sufficient to cover all expenses and pay a
very low rate of interest-2n per cent-on
the capital invested.
The members of the deputa ton showed
the greatest interest in all the arrange
ments, and at the luncheon which follow
ed. when some brief speeches were made
expressed their intention not only to do
their best to obtain the establishment OF
some similar institution In connection
with the friendly societies. but also to
preach as much as possible among their
fellow members the gospel Of fresh air,
and the precautions necessary to prevent
the spread of tuberculous diseases.
An attempt to solve the problem of the
treatment Of the poor afflicted with con-
sumption has been made by DR.. Charles
Reinhardt and DIR. Frank Fowler who has
opened an industrial sanitorium farm
colony at lpsden. near Wallingford. At
this institution patients will be received
at a charge which will be just sufficient
to cover the cost of their treatment on
condition that they devote themselves to
such occupations poultry farming
pheasant rearing, bee keeping. gardening
and similar pursuits, according as their
state of health may permit
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ELECTRIC DEATH FOR RATS.
Effective Protection for Small Birds in
City Zoo.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Superintendent Stephan of the Zoo Is
thinking Of getting out a patent. He has
not decided exactly what to call the ma
chine he has recently perfected. but in
all probability it will be named "Stephan's
electric rat exterminator." The invention
was born of that necessity which has
mothered so many other labor-saving de-
Vices and has proved invaluable to the Zoo.
Not long ago a number of rats and
stray cats discovered that the Zoo was
splendid place for foraging, and that game
birds, such as pheasants and quail, were
numerous in the big Enclosure. All that
was necessary to secure good meal, free
of charge, was to jump the fence and
pick out the one which pleased the fancy
of the marauder. Superintendent Stephan
was the first to discover why so many of
these valuable birds were missing every
now and then, and 1t did not take him
long also to find remedy for the trouble.
While the management is willing to re-
place it's animals and fowls that fall vic
Tins to ordinary diseases or accidents, 1t
has no desire to furnish food for all the
rodents and felines in Avondale, and Mr..
Stephan Immediately set about putting an
end to the free lunches. One evening after
he had retired to rest a suspicious noise
in the locality Of the pheasant Enclosure
caused him to dress hastily and repair
TO the spot. AS he approached he no
ticed large and rusty looking rat taking
French leave over the fence with a hand
some pheasant in it's mouth. Mr.. Stephan
said things that would not look well in
print, and sat up the rest of the night
waiting to slay any other rats that might
appear on a like errand, but without
suit
The next day Mr.. Stephan did some deep
thinking. with satisfactory results. A wire
was stretched along the top Of the fence
and connected with live electric light
wire. When the garden was closed for
the night the current was turned and
the superintendent went to bed convinced
that there would be lively times for any
animal that tried to cross the trocha he
had prepared for the enemy. Nor was he
wrong.
At daybreak several large and well-fed
rodents were discovered as dead as the
proverbial doornan on the outside of the
fence. where they had fallen after coming
in contact with the charged wire The
next night Mr.. Stephan was awakened by
wall Of pain and surprise that made the
air vibrate. At first he thought the ami
mails were holding a political meeting in
the carnivora. but another howl put him
at ease. 1t was merely the death wall of
often and fallen a victim to its own ex-
pensive appetite.
Since then daily harvest of rats and
cats Is reaped by the attendants at the
Zoo. They are found lying across the wire
or on the ground, but the pheasants are
safe and can sleep with both eyes shut
now, where before they had to keep one
open If they h0Ded to be alive the next
day.