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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-02
PARROT TAUGHT TO THINK.
How Reasoning Power Was Devea-
ped ia a Highly Intelligent
Bird I'm Paris.

M. PIERRE Hachet Souplet, writing in
the Paris Press on the intelligence of
birds and animals, relates a remarkable
accomplishment on the part Of a par
rot. He admits that the bird was an
exceptionally clever specimen, and he
considers its achievement indicates the
high water mark of psychicaI POSSIBLE
tiles as far IS parrots are concerned.
He had taught Polly to use the words
cupboard" and ladder" and as he
climbed the ladder he had succeeded in
inducing the bird to a%rticulate the word
climb livery day when the bird was
brought into the laboratory o small cup
board vas opened and Polly helped her
self to hempseed. Que day, however, in
stead Of the cupboard being placed where
she could reach it, 1t was hauled up near
the ceiling, and the ladder was placed
among several other articles in the cor
ner of the oom
The question to be decided vas wheth-
er the bird, seeing that the cupboard was
out of M. Hachet Soupletss reach, would
have sufficient intelligence to use words
1T knew in their proper sequence. The
first days experiment was a failure. The
parrot screeched .Cupboard," Cup
board" beating its wings and biting the
bars of Its cage in anger, but it got no
farther. That daythe bird received mil
let, which it did not care for: the
hempseed. which it was very fond Of.
being locked up in the cupboard.
Next day Polly was In q greater tenn
per than ever. and after desperate eff
fort to break through the bars Of her
cage. she finally caught sight Of the cup
beard near the ceiling. Instantly came
the words: Ladder-climb-cupboard,
and, Polly having learned her lesson.
the cupboard was brought down, and
she wa rewarded with some hempseed.
N. Hachet Souplet looked upon this
Incident s a proof Of the association OF
fdcas IN the birds mind, as no one had
ever taught the parrot the phrase she
created.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-02
The Good Red Grouse.

Besides his many other claims to dig
tinction. the good red grouse" has one
which is often forgotten. He is the one
vertebrate creature peculiar to the Brit
ish Isles. All the rest Of our fauna Is
duplicated elsewhere, and even his
cousin. the black cock, has foreign re-
lations. But the true grouse exists mo-
where in the world except within the
United Kingdom, and considering what
q noble game bird he is, how hardy and
piucky. and how magnificent in his
fight. the fact Is really something to ha
proud of-L.onden Globe.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-02
HAVE BETTER CHANCE.
Their PHYSICAL Characteristics Are
Indicative of Greater Longevity
Than Mems.

Every woman, so the story goes, car
ries with her signs which to the expert
enced tell whether she will live long
Here are some of the supposed signs Of
longevity:
The eyes must be round and wide.
rather than long and narrow, and il
they are brown or hazel life will be
longer than if they were black or violet.
The neck must be full and pillar like.
rather than slender.
The brow must be ample and slope
back slightly from an absolute perpen-
dicular. The head must be wide behind
and over the ears.
The mouth must be full and well set.
and the chin square and firm.
The nose must be wide and full through
its whole length, and have open. easily
dilating nostrils. This indicates a good
heart and good lungs.
If the orifice of the ear is low, denoting
| deeply seated brain, there is a better
chance of long life.
The woman who appears taller in pro-
portion when sitting down than when
standing has a good chance to live long.
II the body is long in proportion to the
limbs, the heart, lungs and digestive or
gans are large.
The pulse should beat with full and
normal stroke. Limbs and joints should
be large and we'll formed, the flesh nei-
Their too hard nor too soft.
Those who resemble their mothers
may expect to live longest, and the first
born is longer lived than other children.
For example, a sister born ten years be-
fore another sister Is supposed to have
six years greater duration of life.
1t is we'll known that women live
longer than men, but so far there is no
satisfactory explanation of why this is
so. Out of a million people, 225 women
n only 80 men reach the age of 100
years. Maybe it is because a woman
gets more sleep thar a man, for the
longer a person sleeps the longer will life
last. Nearly all long-lived people have
been great s1eepers. When M. de Les
seps was on the ocean ne would sleep 23
hours at a stretch. Gladstone averaged
IL hours sleep a day. A man or woman
who would learn to sleep 18 hours a day
might live 200 years.
One of the secrets of longevity, there
tore, is to take plenty of sleep. Other
rules which the seeker after length Of
days should observe are these.
Sleep on the right side.
Keep the bedroom window open all
night.
Don't take a cold tub in the morning,
but a bath the temperature of the body.
Don't allow any pots in the living
room. They may carry disease germs.
Take daily exercise in the open air.
and live in the country; if not all tho
year, at least five or six months.
Occasionally change your occupation.
Take frequent and short holidays.
Watch the three Distributing water.
dampness and drains.
Limit your ambitions.
Keep your temper.
Worry less, work more; ride less, walk
more; drink less, breathe more: eatless,
chew more; preach less, practice more
IN. Y. Sun.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-02
RELIEF FOR STORE WORKERS.
Large DEPARTING emit Concern IL. Chi
cage Gives Them Respite
Every Two Honrs.

do you know that in every we'll
managed department store there are
dozens Of employees who have to be re-
lieyed about once in two hours? That
brief respite Of 20 minutes, or even less,
Is all that stands between them and
nervous p%rostration - Or something
worse. There is nothing that will af-
feet the mind as 0 o as deadly mo-
notony. There is such an employe
now
The superintendent Of the store point
ed to a colored mar who was stationed
at the head of the escalator, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
do you see how nervously he PAGES
the little strip between the moving
stairway and the next counter? Those
are his boundary lines, and he has alb
solutely nothing to do but watch that
shoppers coming up those stairs do not
trip. turn dizzy and meet with some ae-
cident which would reflect on the stores
management. The stairs are perfectly
safe. but they affect some people unac
quainted with them badly.
Nov. If the man were selling goods.
or taking are Of stock, or cleaning and
busting, the limit placed on his move
ments would not get on his r You
probably think ::hat the ver-ctti;a.nTssssnH
tide of shoppers would afford him some
entertainment, but in. time all shoppers
look alike to him. When he is relieved,
the employe who comes to his rescue
will stand quietly enough, because he
has been on duty at another post for
the past 20 minutes, and does not have
time at any one place to become nervous
from the monotony. But almost invar-
iably the employee who has been on duty
for two hours or more begins to pace
the floor just before the RELIEF arrives,
for all the world like a lion or tiger at
the zoo. knowing that the feeding time
Is at hand.
Among the employees thus relieved are
the elevator men and telephone girls. I
do not know that every store has the
N relief. system, as we pride our
selves on an organization that Is almost
military, but some attempt at relief Is
made by every management making q
p~retense to moi ern methods OF orgas liza
ton"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-02

Was lHe last OIL MIS-. Wander
l. yeer's dinners before that lad,
made her regular June crossing. Sht
always did the same thing-went t.
London for July, to Ostend for Au
gust. spent September in the Alps ant
italy, two weeks of Paris in October
and then home, where she regularly
made her first appearance at the open.
ing OF the horse show.
Some of her friends suggested the
North Cape, or Vienna, or California
by way of variety. but Mrs. Wander.
veer was used to her route; she knew
all the hotels and they knew her and
what she wanted and she did not wish
TO be bothered by making any new ar
Iangements.
One thing Mrs. vanderveer could
do, though, which suited everybody
and that was to give a dinner. She
rot only provided perfect viands, but
she had interesting people, or enough
OF them to leaven the lump of average
human dullness, and she usually had
some agreeable surprise in the way of
odd dishes. unique favors, or, mayhap.
a celebrated artist.
Jimmie Garretson, although a young
\ bachelor, was an old friend of Mrs,
N~anderveer's, and she often relied up
on him to help her out at her dinners.
She had written him he was to take
In Mrs. LIE Clair. a newcomer, a friend
OF her friends, the Nesbitts, and a
lady with a history which had been
exploited in the yellows almost coin
cident with her arrival from San
Francisco.
l want you to be your incest to
her, Jimmie wrote Mrs. Vanderveer,
make 1t as easy for her as possible.
She is q dear woman, and this is to be
her first appearance in New York So
ciety. It will be something of an or
DEAL"
Later she wrote him that he was
not to take in Mrs. lie Clair, for whom
she had thought of some one else. but
the second Miss Nesbitt.
The evening of the dinner Mrs. Van
derveer seemed perturbed at greeting
Jimmie. You're not to 70 in with
Miss Nesbitt," she said. her fance,
one of the officers on the Ohio. came
In yesterday and had to make a
place for him. My cousin, Mrs.
Trench, a widow, who has been in
from Bermuda for some time, arrived
unexpectedly this morning, and ]
have had two regrets at the last mo-
lnent. I'm somewhat upset about my
arrangements, and ! don't know just
what Some one called her away.
A little later she returned jubilant.
Its all arranged beautifully now.
It's awfully good Of you, Jimmie,
dear. TO let me % you around like
this, I'm sure you'll be very nice to-
3 listen to me, you are always NIGEL"
She had him by the arm and was
plotting him across the drawing room.
tie found himself Standing before q;
handsome young woman about Ave
years younger than himself (Jimmie
was 300 and dressed in Black velvet
With diamond star In her dark hair.
want 70 present my particular
friend, M. Garratson, Mrs. Just
then the Misses Nesbitt, who stool
near, laughed in chorus, d little loud
" for perfect breeding, and tie name
was lost 70 Jimmie-he is such al
valued friendI am sure Mrs. Van
aaerveer ended In soft, nnintelligible|
mtrmur.
Sfhe exodust to the dining room De-
sgaIl asnstz@Ss aaiiatal IL
ia no time to observe particularly3
US parfner forstbB feast until they
QEGfE4 Ssa4f6a 49, xS4sfI5N mi
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-02

With smooth walls hung in oils n water coors or engravings or
drawings, a chair, a desk, books where you can reach them, and above
them pretty pictures, be they only photographs of good pictures, and
light enough from a large, high window-what more can one desire
ALWAYS must return to this, that books are the main thing in a
room and in a house.
If one surrounds himself with the thoughts of all other men he
will be exceptionally rich. Women would increase their lows if thew
would read more and think less of their cakes and bed linen.
l would prefer to live much simpler, eat less and drink not at all
if I could only have books. When in the evening the mother sits at
the table with her work and the children gather about her with their
books, what priceless delight for all!
Children who read much learn much, and are far more educated
than those who do not. l would not have brought to the table food
which the children cannot eat, nor books in the library which must be
denied the Young. There is not time to read all the good ones!
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-02
Just About Thai Gina

Danghter-But, father, T am posi-
tive that 1t is not my money he is aft,
er. He ears he would marry me ii ]
H eve.
Stern and presaic father-Yes. he
looks as IL he had no better sense
Stray Stories.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-02
Books and the Home
By CARMEN SYLVIA,
Queen of Roumania.

: WHAT use is a parlor without books or music? 1t is the
most mournful, coolest room in the house, the quintessence
of the good room in which one does nothing but prattle.
Every room in the house can be made charming, even
the most unpromising, by the use of pictures and books.
They must only be the right ones and i'll the right places. l
am against luxury in homes, against too many hangmgs,
too thick carpets. We turn gratefully to the greatest sim
plicity, which always has the advantage that enough money
is left for a good piano and books.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-02
THE RICE MARKET.

There is considerable activity in de-
mand from both local and near5v
trade. Stocks. while more plentiful.
are scarcely up to normal and on some
grades there is really a scant supply.
Prices are well sustained. as the ac-
tive demand at primary points ena bles
holders to resist any request for con-
cession on values.
Advices from the South note small
increase. of receipts on the Atlantic
coast. Recent storms interrupted the
harvest and some damage has resulted
therefrom-to what extent it is early
to estimate. At New Orleans, receipts
of rough are charging The demand
for cleaned is very active at full prices.
In the interior-Southwest Louisiana
and TeXas-harvest is progressing fav-
orably and mills are gradually resum-
ing operations.
Cables and correspondence from
abroad note continuance of firm con-
ditions with good demand.
Talmage, New Orleans, telegraphs
Louisiana Crop Movement to date
Receipts, rough, 421, $40 sacks; last
year, 530391 sacks. Sales, cleaned
(esD 195,421 pockets; last year, sol, 2S5
pockets. Market very active and
strong.
Talmage, Charleston, telegraphs Caro-
lima Crop Movement to date-Receipts.
925 barrels. Sales, 335 barrels. Mar
ket steady; good inquiry.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-02
Ware & Leland's Cotton Letter.

New York, Oct. 1.-The strength
again started from Liverpool. Traders
over there evidently take considerable
stock in character of crop accounts
now coming from the South. The for
eigu buying of spot cotton and futures
has been very liberal of late. 1t is
likely that domestic traders will go
slow on selling side of the market when
they see that Europe is taking the cot
ton. The feature of news to-day was
the Journal of Commerce report on
condition of recent date. The decline
is said to amount to IL points and is
therefore about the most extensive de-
terioration on record. If this is so, we
are not likely to see spinners hold off
during October as they have during
September. 1t will be too dangerous an
experiment to hold off in hopes of low
err prices and let Europe save all the
cotton This would mean trouble in
the event of a moderate crop. Should
spinners come into the market and buy
more literally, the short interest would
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-02
NAVAL STORES.

Thursday, Oct. 1.
SPIRITS-The turpentine market
tended upward to-day, with the demand
good and all the offerings taken. At
the Board of Trade the opening was
firm at SOC, sales 1873 casks, and the
closing firm and unchanged, no sales.
After the closing. sales were freely
made at 551ac. The demand was bet
ter from all sources, and the feeling
was of a distinctly improved charac-
ter. While not anxious to sell, factors
readily accepted the higher level, and
the days offerings remaining in their
hands went at this price. The receipts
were All casks, and the exports 10
casks.
ROSINS-The rosin market opened
firm at the prices below sales /, 4S6
barrels, and closed firm. with G posted
at the outside price, sales 231 barrels
The demand was good, and was bet
ter after the closing. After the close
sales were made of F at the inside
price, while on H and above Csc ad-
vance was paid. The demand was
thoroughly satisfactory from all
sources, and the days offerings passed
into exporters hands. The receipts
were Alas barrels, and the exports 800
barrels. Prices as follows:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-02

become nervous. There is a big short
interest, and prices have declined from
over 1Oh below 9l2c. We know some
OF the shreWdest traders on floor who
were short before the last report and
who are now covered and do not care to
go short. The, pit is in a state of great
pcrplexity, owing to the break in the
stock market and the reaction in busl-
ness. Every one admits that the out
look for humber crop is not what it
was. This has driven many who were
bears out of the market. They will not
buy, but there are such chances for
an upturn that they cannot see their
way clear to sell. The situation is very
confusing. Now the factors of the
crop and the prices are higher than
last year, makes the situation perplex-
ing
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-02

E. H. Hartman to the Erie directory.
The expiration Of the original period
of the United States conversion syndi-
cate and limitations that the majority
of subscribers had accepted the extern
sion of the syndicate aroused hope
that the recent pressure on the steel
bonds on the market by those DESTROYS
of retiring from the syndicate would
be relaxed.
The bond market was firm and the
United States Steel second 5s were
bought on an enormous scale up to II.
Total sales par value $4,S70,000. United
States IS, registered and the old as de-
clined u per cent. the two's u and
the IS coupon l per cent on the last
call.
Total sales of stock to-day were 761,-
900 shares including: Atchison, $500;
Baltimore and Ohio, 40,S00; Erie, ST.
700; Louisville and Nashville, 1860;
Metropolitan Street, 5000; Missouri
Pacific, 10000; New York Central, a.
700; Norfolk and Western, 1900; On
tari6 and Western, $500; Pennsylvania,
l21, 200; Reading, $1,000; Rock Island,
rs, 900; ST. Paul, $4,000; Southern Pa
cific, 1920; Southern Railway, 4,4O0;
Union Pacific, 10000; Analgamated
Copper e0.l00; Sugar, $4,000; Brooklyn
Transit. 14100; United States Steel,
$4,000; Steel preferred, $4,000.
New York stock and Bond List.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-02

Trains arrive Savannah as follows:
No. %. daily. from New York. Wash
mgton and Cincinnati, $40 a. m.
NO. 49, daily, from New York ana
washington, $40 p. m.
No. So, daily, from all points West
via Jesup, II SO D. m.
All trains arrive and depart from
the Union Depot.
Trains 20 and 80. THE WASHING
TON AND FLORIDA LIMITED
Eestibuled limited trains. carrying
Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping Cars
between Savannah and New York.
Dining Cars serve all meals en- route.
Also Pullman DrawIng-room Sleeping
Cars between Savannah aid Cincin-
rati, through Asheville and ''The Land
of he Sky
For information as to rates. sched-
ules, ETC.. apply to
c. H. AcRERT. q. n, Washington.
:, 9; Il, EAsow1cK. G. P. A. wash
w. H. TAYLoE. A. q. p. A.. ATTAIN
ia, Ga.
r. c. BLATTNER, Depot Ticket
Agent. Union Depot, Savannah. Ga.
E. G. THOMSON. c. p. & T. A.. Sa-
vaEnah, Ga, 141 Bun street. Phones
$50
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-02
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Oct. 1..-Stocks recovered
vigorously again to-day the last price
showing advances of 2 to 3 points for
the principal active stocks. The deal
ings were highly professional and the
movement was not free from suspicion
of manipulation. But the effect SEEM
ed to be, for some reason, more cheer
ing upon sentiment than the rather
forcible lifting of prices on Tuesday.
There may have been some buying
for support in to-day's market also,
but the great banking interests were
not so conspicuous in the trading. On
the other hand an over extended short
interest was an important factor in
lifting prices. The opening dip in
Pennsylvania and in New York Cen
tI,al was attributed to bearish manipu
lation. Louisville seemed to suffer
from the liquidation of an account and
pressure upon that stock reappeared
from time to time during the day. While
the demand for stocks seemed to come
largely from the short interest, as in
dictated by the large borrowing demand
in the loan crowd last night the adj
vance OF prices brought no signs of
the liquidation which has been so per-
sistent and urgent for a long time
past. 1t was this fact that had the
most decisive influence upon senti-
meft.
A notable feature of the day was
the break Of about 30 points in de-
mand sterling here under pressure OF
large offerings of commercial bills and
dearth of demand. Large wheat clear
ances were reported for the day and
the completion of the cotton corner led
to considerable commission house buy
ing In that market. The establish
ment Of normal conditions in the cot
ton market is expected to have impor-
tant results in the outward movement
of cotton and this led TO free offerings
Of cotton bills in the exchange market.
The early demand for stocks was
especially notable amongst the coalers
which were helped by the strong state
ment Of net earnings for August by the
Lehigh Valley, and the admission of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-02
Week Ending Sent 95
COTTON FUTURES.

New York, Oct. 1.-The cotton mar
ket opened very nrm at an advance of
aWlo points on the higher cables and
oulllsh crop report showing a deterior-
atlon Tor the month of 11.S per cent.
IN the condition of the crop. For a
tiine the market, influenced by fears
that the government report on Satur-
day would show even a worse falling
on ruled very active and firm with
october shorts particularly free buyers
european houses and the South also
bought literally and the centers repre-
senting the New Orleans bull crowd
seemed to have orders for January.
There was not little realizing on the
advance, however and shortly after the
opening this proved sufficient to ease
prices off slightly from the top. The
estimates for to-morrow's receipts at
leading points We're disappointing and
While the weather had a favorable
average, the market did not lose its
t1rmness of undertone, being rallied
again before midday, and selling UP to
level net 10 to II points higher on a
further outburst of covering and buy
ing for long account which was encour-
aged as it became evident that the ex-
ports for the day would reach much
larger total than the receipts at the
ports. Later in the afternoon, how
ever, there was a renewal of liquida-
ton and with some bear pressure the
market sold well down from the top.
The close was steady, net to points
higher Sales We're 100000 bales.
The spot market was marked down
275 points to 1925 in accordance with
the current quotation for the spot
month.
Cotton futures at New York Oct. 1:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-02
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans, Oct 1.-Cotton futures
steady; October, 9.4449.45c; November,
9.40@9.41c; December 9.40@9.41c; jan
uary, 9.4669.47c; February, 9.4S@9.50c;
March, 9.57@9.58c.
Cotton in moderate demand. Buyers
apparently are holding off for the gov
eminent bureaus monthly report to be
issued at IL a. m. Saturday. Sales
1850 bales, including $3.50 to arrive,
and 400 f. 0. b. terms. Quotations re-
duced 1-16c.
Futures opened steady, with prices
to points above yesterdays close.
Under the influence of more favorable
Liverpool cables prices advanced 5 to
points additional In the trading
October advanced points, to 9.40c:
November, II, to 946c; December, 9, to
9.46c; January. s, to $500; February,
6, to 9.52c, and March, TO- to $3.50. Profit
taking by scalpers carried prices down
a few points. The net gains of the
day were 2 to 4 points.