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COUNTING THE CHICKENS.

4 cannot agree with tnose people who say
.t = foolish to borrow joy.
IL - true that the hopes which have
blossomcd to-day
Tomorrow blasts may destroy,
hut even If none of the blessings you zoe
Ia the future may ever be won.
The hope that you have is a blessing
for he
Who cannot have hope is undone-
The hopes that we have and the joys Ne
forctaste rob life OF its worrnwo I'd
ana gall.
Be:icr count your chickens before they
are Matched than never to count
them at all.
II we counted no chickens before they
appeared
Men would push no highways ahead.
We would build foundations. that
walls might be reared
VIC would wait for tomorrow in drcad, ,
There is many "A bud that Is spoiled ere
IL blows.
And blight oft descends on the vine.
But was there not joy in our hopes of the
And tho fauciful taste of the wine?
Hen would cease to go sowing I'm sprius
n they ceased foreseeinG their crops
IN the fall
BET count your chickens before they
ere hatched than never TO count
hem at all.
IT, babe that you fondle 80 gladly today
--ly never achieve renCwn.
= may stray from the upward and al n .
cut way
To The easy one leading down.
But you look in his innocent face and
fOrrspC
Ni%h houors the world shall bestow
for his work and his cnurts-and how
would IL be
II vnu pictured him worthless and low,
Th' hopes that you have and the dreams
that YOU dream keen sorrow from
spreading her pail:
No. count your chickens before they
are Matched than never to count
them at all.
S e. kiscr. i'm Chicago Record Herald
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Long Journey o, vA,,..

Addressing the Academy y, Scicnns
ri Christiania. Prof GOldlob sa,S
that Inc whales that swim abon, tbs
Islands which lie off The coast Of Nor
way and Finland in March and April
travel immense distances. In MAY
they turn mp a. the Azores. or even al
the Bermudas. and sometimes pav q
visit to the Antilles. They swim fast
FOR In June they are back again ON
Norway. Some Of these whales hava
been known 10 bring back evidencsa
OF where they have been. for harpo~ns
OF the peculiar kind used of the coas,
OF South America have been fouul
9Iusk in them.-SA JAmeS Gazette,
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THE CIPHER WAS TOO MUCH
Telegraph Operator Thought the Mes
sage Was Too Much Twisted
to Save.

While Secretary Hay was in the country
one summer, an important piece OF official
business was pending, and he arranged with
Washington that any news that might ar
rive about the matter should be telesraphed
to him IN cipher.
Day after day he waited, says the New
York Tribune, but no telegram came One
morning, happening to go TO the lonely
little telegraph office, he said TO the oD-
orator:
Il suppose you have received no dis
patch for me-"
why, yes, sir" the operator replied,
there was dispatch for you the other
day, but it was all twisted and confused.
j couldn't make head or tail of it, SO |
YOU"
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CHAPTER V.
BESIDE \ CAMPFIRE.

1t was almost dark ere a possible
camping site was reached. and this
was in no way desirable. for the low
banks of the Moosehorn just here
We're soft and spongy. while from
every twig OF The tall and close
growing snuces depended long tufts
of gray moss. But coming night in
the wilderness forced the situation
and all four set about establishing =
camp.
First fire, then the tent and while
the guides started supper on its way.
the doctor and Martin cut boughs for
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Back to the Flood

Macintosh boasts a good deal about MIA
family, doesn't he?"
Yes. / think lie claims that the head
OF M, family was the original Macintosh
that Noah had with him during that rainy
season. '-Philadelphia Press.
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Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No FITS after first days use of DR.. Kline.
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa
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That red ant they are importing for the
cotton fields appears to serve the double
junction OF killing the boil weevil and keep
ing the cotton pickers lively Milwaukee
Sentinel
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It Cures While You Walk

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot, sweating, callus, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen 5. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
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Checki

He-Why does woman always think she
ought TO wear smaller shoe than she can ?
ohe-N ny does a man always think he
Ionkers Statesman
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Definition.

Johnny-p.. what is a specialist.
PA specialist, Johnny, l. man wha
only stops the murder ON MS own beat
\. Y Sun
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken 81
as cough cure.-J. W. O'Bricu. 322 Thire
Ave, n, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan g. 1900.
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Some authority in fashion ought to also
come to the aid of the fat men with q dip
front.-Atchison Globe
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A smiling face pays fare long distances
in the business world.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07
SPIRITS NOW STEADY
MARKET CLOSED AT 80 CENTS But
SALES WE'RE SMALL.
BIG JUMP WEAKENED TONE.
PRACTICALLY NO SALES MADE IN
LATE TRADING.

Rosin Market Opened and Closed
Firm and With but Slight Change
in Price-saIes for Day 1854 Bar
rels-Shipments Again Large,
Amounting to 1859, still Further
Reducing StOck-New York Spirits
Market Firm at Advance.
The jump in the price of spirits of
turpentine which took place Monday
proved too great, apparently, for the
welfare of the market for. though the
opening was firm yesterday and at
the outside price of the closing, so
cents, the sales were very light and
in the afternoon. at the close the tone
had gone from firm to steady while
in the post market trade there was
very little demand at any price, and
but few casks sold at 1914 cents. The
sales posted at the opening were LOG
casks, and at the close, As. The re-
ceipts were $50 casks and the ship
ments, 5S4. New York was quoted
firm at SO cents. while London also
showed an improvement the quotation
at that market being 3S-3.
The rosin market opened firm and
unchanged from the prices of the day
before EXCEPT that F had dropped to
the inside price, and the close was
firm and unchanged. The sales at the
opening were 1854. No sales were re-
ported at the close. In the late trad
ing sales were made at an advance of
5 cents on N, NJ, K and 1 and 21a cents
on C. B. A, the remainder going at
quotations, while other sales were re-
ported at a decline of 21A cents on G
and below. Receipts were 2,S44 bar
rels, and shipments. 1859 barrels. The
New York market was quoted dull at
81. 30.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07
GENERAL MARKETS.

New York, Dec. 6.-Flour, firm and
nominally quiet
Rye flour. quiet.
Buckwheat flour, easy.
Corn meal, irregular; yellow West
ern. $1.23G1.25.
Rye, nominal.
Barley. steady.
Wheat, spot, easy; No. red, nomi-
nal. Opening a trifle higher on COW
ering. wheat yielded, rallied again, but
finally gave way under bear pressure
and closed h@ssc lower; May, s1.14A;
July, $1.05: December, $1.1SA.
Corn, spot, easy; No. 2, 55c I. o. b.,
afioat. Options were weak again to-
day, closing h@%c net lower; May,
5Ossc; December, 551kc.
Oats, spot, dull; mixed, S41sQ351hc.
Beef, firm.
Cut meats, quiet; picked bellies, ~
QSAc; picked hams, 9Q91sc.
Lard, dull; refined, dull.
Pork. steady.
Tallow, dull.
Rice. firm.
Molasses, steady.
Sugar, raw, firm; refined, firm.
Coffee, SPOT bio, steady.
Coffee futures market opened steady
at unchanged prices to decline of 5
points and closed steady, net unchang-
ed to points higher. Sales, S4,500
bags.
Butter firm; Western factory, COM
mon to choice, 13@17c.
Cheese firm, unchanged.
Potatoes steady; Long Island S175@
200; state and Western, $1.35d1.55;
Jersey sweets, $2.00@325.
Peanuts steadv.
Cabbages steady; Flat Dutch, per
100. $2.00@3.00.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, 12@
15c.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07
DESIERE & HAMMOND's
Daily Cotton Letter from New
York.


New York. Dec. 6.-Contrary to ex-
pectations, foreign spinners evinced no
desire to buy cotton. even after the
sharp decline of yesterday, and a fur
ther loss OF to 10 points was scored
in Liverpool this morning. American
spinners, on the other hand, seemed
quite ready to buy without awaiting
further decline. and there was an ac-
tive demand in all spot markets with
an early advance of one-eighth in New
Orleans. Interior offerings were very
scant and as a result, buyers had to
ind what they want at the ports. 1t
soon developed, however, that there
was plenty of cotton for sale at the
out-port. and the early advance was
promptly lowered. 1t was thought
that yesterdays cut of a full cent per
pound would have brought the trading
price for actual cotton to so low a
point as to attract purchasers by con-
Stunning interests. 1t seems, however,
after this mornings experience. that
the main buyers Were mddlemen,
those who had been called on during
the past few days by spinners for cot
ton previously contracted for This
demand was unquestionably good while
dropped off sharply on the first break
in futures. While there is apparently
no great pressure by interior banks
to force the sale of distressed cotton,
1t is equally true that the same banks
will be very glad to sell out the lame
ducks" on any advance from Nc to nc.
1t would seem to follow, therefore, that
it will be very difficult to maintain any
substantial rise in face of such con-
ditions, which are likely to continue
until the liquidation of distressed cot
ton shall have been completed. This
may be a matter of a few days, or a
few weeks. and it is extremely likely
that the lowest prices of the season
will be seen during that period Cot
ton is low enough when viewed in con-
junction with the value of cotton
goods and particularly when compared
with the high ranges now existing for
nearly all staple products.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07
SAVANNAH'S CURRENT MARKETS

Note-These quotations are revised
daily and are kept as near as possible
in accord with the prevailing wholesale
prices. Official quotations are not used
when they disagree with the prices
wholesalers ask.
POULTRY-Market good demand;
springers, 30@40c per pair; three-quar-
tiers grown, 50@60c; hens, 75@S5c.
EGGS-Country, Csc; Tennessee, 2Sc.
BUTTER-The tone of the market is
firm Quotations: Extra Elgin. so tubs.
26G27c; choice Elgins, 24@25c; New
York state, 221ac; renovated butter
60-pound tubs, best grade, 23@23hc
CHEESE-Market, firm: fancy full
cream cheese, 22@25-pound, 121a@1Sc;
2O@35- pound, 12A @12%c.
WHITE PEA REANS-$2.4O bushel-
POTATOES-$2.00
ONIONS-In sacks, $3.50.
SPANISH ONIONS-Per crate, Sl.50.
CABBAGES-$1.50 crate.
TURNIPS-Per sack, $3.50.
Breadstuffs, Hay and Grain.
FIOUR-Patent. $685.; straight $e.10;
fancy. s7.S5; family, $5.45; spring
wheat, best patent, $685..
MEAL-Pearl, per barrel, $40; per
sack. s1.45; water ground, SLAB: Pearl
grits. per sack, $1.45; Pearl grits, per
barrel. $40: city meal. $1.40.
Grain Markets.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07
WARE & LELAND.
See No Signs That Price Has Reached
bottom.

See No Signs That Price Has Reached
bottom.
New York. Dec. 6.-While the local
market acted as though it was ready
to rally with an encouragement Liver
pool failed to show signs of improv-
ing, and the general situation continued
about the same. 1t will take some
time for the trade to recover from the
decentralization resulting from the esti-
mate. We may have another break
on Southern selling and a general
cleaning up before the trade goes
ahead on the new basis. For instance
Manchester cabled things were at a
standstill there owing to the surpris-
ingly large figures and the recent crash
in prices. With the South selling free
ly and the uncertainty of the extent
of this selling, operators can hardly
form a decent opinion of the outlook.
1t will take some time for all to get
bearings on the position. Those who
have been bears and successful will
continue so to the end, or until the
market turns. At some price there
will be change in the temper of the
trade. 1t may come at &c or at SIC,
or in other words, not until the price
of cotton in the South has touched a
point where the acreage will be re-
duced and where spinners and in
vestors will begin to accumulate cot
ton. While the tone of the market
to-day has been less demoralized there
were no signs that the price has reach
ed bottom. The break may not be
over, even with present low prices.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07

Further declines took place in the
futures markets yesterday, losses of
from 11Q13 points being recorded at
New York at the close, and of 1908
at New Orleans, but in spite of thase
declines the spot market generally held
up pretty well. The local market
opened nominal and at unchanged
prices from the close of the day be-
fore, and prices continued on this level
to the close, though the tone changed
to quiet at the midday call and to
easy at the close. The sales amounted
to 59S bales.
The belief seems to be growing that
if holders of the staple will act con-
servatively in marketing their hold
ings prices can be maintained around
the present level. That the country is
disposed to hold at anything under
the present basis is the inference to be
drawn from the action of the f. o. b.
market yesterday. This opened and
closed steady at 7Bc asked, basis good
middling. Buyers bid rather freely for
supplies at from ~ @7 13-16c, but the
interior paid so little attention to these
offers that in many cases there was
not even a reply to the bids.
The tone, prices and sales for the day
follow:
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07

Short Ribs, per 100 pounds
Jan. 57is s 571z SPY 6 S.
May 20 S III 6 20 721s
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour firm; No. spring wheat, Sl1O0
.l6; No. 3, $1,000 is; No. red,
Sl.l4% al 10; No. 2 corn, 461kc; No. 2
yellow, 47c: No. oats, 28%c: No. 2
white, 3115932c; No. white, 291zGSlc;
No. rye, lac: good feeding barley
Csc; fair to choice mailing. 42G51c; No
] fax seed, $1.l3; No. l Northwestern,
S1.2212; prime timothy seed, 81. 20; mess
pork, per barrel. 81. 35611 40; lard
per 100 pounds, Sc So: short ribs sides,
Qoose), Sc. 371s@6. SPY: short clear
sides, (boxed). Sc. S7d7 90; whisky, ba-
sis Of high wines, 1924; clover, con-
tract grade, s12 so.
Receipts Wheat, $4,000 bushels:
corn, 700. 400 bushels; oats, 121, 800 bush
els.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07
SEA ISLAND COTTON.
RENEWED BEAR PRESSURE
KEPT FUTURES LOWER.

New York, Dec. 6.-The cotton mar
ket was less active than during the
recent acute excitement, but contin-
ued very nervous and unsettled at
times during the session covering
was active and the marked showed
firmness, but there was a renewal of
pressure on every bulge and the net
result for the day was net loss.
The opening was weak at a decline
of 5@19 points, which was only a par
tial response to the sensational weak
ness in the Liverpool market. Accord
ing to private advices the decline
abroad was due to liquidation by Alex
andria interests, who were said to be
heavily long of the market before the
recent break, while 1t also seemed that
Europe was selling. At any rate Eng
fish quotations were to 10 points net
lower at the hour of the local opening
when an advance Of 1904 points was
due. There was an active demand
here on the decline. Shorts appeared
to be covering freely and the scalp
ing element took the bearish circula-
ton issued by the lower Wall street
interests that had sold largely before
the break, to mean a desire to cover
shorts and went long of the market
for turn. New Orleans also showed
steadiness compared with the cables,
ana WIN southern aQVlCeS more reaS-
surfing as to the interior spot situation,
prices here shot up some to IS points
from the bottom Turning irregular
at this level, they worked up and
down in comparatively narrow range
and at one time were about to
points net higher, with New Orleans
buying quite literally. In the after
noon, however, fresh reports of declin-
ing spot markets started a wave of
local bear pressure and quotations
went down to below the opening fig
ures on the later months Toward
the close there was a slight reaction
on covering and the market was finally
very steady at a net loss of hob
points.
Sales of futures were estimated at
500, 900 bales.
Official advices from the Southern spot
markets reported quite general de-
clines ranging from Il to 7-16c.
Receipts for the day were liberal
and the movement is expected to run
very heavy toward the middle of the
month as the result of rapid market
ing of cotton on the recent break.
New York, Dec. 6.-The Cotton Ex-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07
PROPOSALS.

Office of Savannah Water Works,
Savannah, Ga. Nov. 25, 1904.-Sealed
proposals will be received by the Com
mittee on Water Works at the Office of
the Savannah Water Works until IL
o'clock noon Wednesday, Dec IA, 1904,
for furnishing f. o. b. Savannah, Ca
1900 feet of 12-inch Standard Cast
Iron Pipe; 1000 feet of S-inch Stand
ard Cast Iron Pipe: 1000 feet of g.
inch Standard Cast Iron Pipe; 4
SxSx6-inch Tees, 12x1 2x6-inch Tees,
1 6x6xS-inch Tee. 1 12x12x12 Tee, 2
12-inch Ellis. Bidders must state time
of delivery. Committee reserves the
right to reject any or all bids En-
velopes must be marked Bids for
Cast Iron Pipe"
l. u. KINSEY, Supt.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07
DAILY COTTON MARKET.

Port Movement
Savannah-Quiet: middling, ~; net
receipts. 1894; gross, 1904: sales.
4O6; stock, 1855 Observation-Disclosures
1870. 80
Galveston-Steady; middllng. TX;
net receipts, 2S,347; gross. 23,347; sales.
LBS; stock, 207423. Exports-Great
Britain. 1871
New Orleans-Steady; middling, ~:
net receipts. 20, 4S7; gross. 29,4S7; sales.
10000; stock, 42S,427. Exports-France
1850; continent. S7O4.
Mobile-Quiet; middling, IN: net re-
ceipts, 2.252; gross. 2,252; sales. 21OO:
stock, 63,S13. Exports-France, 1851:
coastwise, 3,49S.
Charleston-Nominal; net receipts.
713; gross, 773; stock, 1856. Exports
Coastwise, 474.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.: net receipts.
l,o12; gross, 1,012; stock. 1916.
Norfolk-Net receipts, $3.50: gross.
$50; stock, $4,000
misunderstanding middling. 8:
gross receipts, 1866; stock. 6,621.
New York-Quiet; middling. s; net
receipts, 100; gross, 5,S3s; stock. 1O1,-
Boston-ouiet middling, $40; net
recelpts. 1888; gross, LAS. Exports
Great Britain, 2.315.
Philadelphia-Quiet: middling. s25.
AL
JaclSsonville-Net receipts. $40; gross.
$40. Exports-Coastwise GAO.
Total To-day. at All Ports-Net. So
Ego; Great Britain. 1892: France. TO-
6oI; continent. S,7O4; stock, 1.O54.s4i.
Consolidated at All Ports-Net, 211.-
16O; Great Britain, 1885; France, 49,.
O0I: continent. 21s.521.
Total Since Sept. l. at All Ports
Net, 4.S22.627; Great Britain. 1854. 673;
France, 372.216; continent. 1922, 1928;
Japan. 37,9ss; Mexico. 1O.7i5.
Interior Movement
Houston-Steady; middling. ~: mel
receipts. 21144. gross. 2i144: ship.
ments, 1850: sales. 1859: stock. 1881
Enthusiastically: middllng. ~; net
receipts 1891; gross. i.340: shipments
40. sales. 1929: stock. 94.605.
Memphis-Quiet; middling. ~: mel
receipts. 1852: gross. l0.037: shipments
8,i6i. sales. $500. stock. l4l go.
-. Louis-Nominal. middlinR. TX
net receipts. 900; gross, 7.2il. ship.
ments. 6.9l2. stock 2s.4si.
cincinnatl-Net receipts. 500. gross
ts5. shipments. 1882, stock. 1881.
Isouievllle-Firm; middlnR 81.
Total To-day-Nc receipts 27I52
FroHr. 19tf7. fhinmentn. 1924. FaIer
Isss, stock, se2.5ia
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07
CHARLESTON OBJECTS
To the Issuance of the Reports in
PieeemeaI Form. lS

To the Issuance of the Reports in
Piecemeal Form.
Charleston, S. c.. Dec. 6.-The
Charleston Cotton Exchange to-day
adopted the following resolutions and
sent copy to the chief statistician for
manufactures, Census Bureau:
Resolved, that it is the sense of
this exchange that the method adopted
this year by the Census Bureau in is
suing the report of cotton ginned in in
stallments, instead of in sum total,
as done by said bureau in previous
years, has been a serious detriment to
the cotton trade this season, unsettling
the market values of spot cotton, and
creating erroneous impressions as to
the final outcome Of the cotton ginned.
And it is further resolved. that the
chief statistician of the Census Blu
reau be respectfully asked and re-
quested to issue all future reports of
the cotton ginned in a monthly form
in it's entirety. as was his manner of
doing same in the previous season.
(Signed.) ''Thaddeus Street,
Secretary Board of Directors"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07
FLORIDA FARME Frs BUSY.
The Weather Favorable for Farm
Work.

ne w Tor farm
Work.
Jacksonville Fla, Dec. 6.-The week.
ly crop and weather report of Section
Director Mitchell of the Weather Bu-
reau, issued to-day, says: 1.-The
weather was warmer than the normal
and generally favorable for farm
work, which was taken advantage of
by farmers. Syrup making and sweet
potato digging were about completed
in northern and western districts, but
are still in progress in the central dis
trict. Vegetables are generally in
good condition. some are being mar
keted. In a few places worms and
dry weather are doing some damage.
Shipping citrus fruits continues active.
Abundant rains are reported from por-
tons of the western and extreme
southern districts; elsewhere, the
amounts were generally inadequate. Lo-
cal markets are fairly we'll supplied
with celery, lettuce, and other succu-
lent products"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-07
COT TON.

New York, Dec. 6.-I increase my
estimates of this years American cot
ton crop to 100000 bales, including
linters. l believe this quantity to have
been certainly grown, although posi-
bly, it may not be marketed. / be-
lieve that the forthcoming ginners' re-
port, which will show the quantity of
cotton ginned up to Dec 10, will fully
sustain this view. There was ginned
in the twenty-five working days, be-
tween Oct. is and Nov. IA, 1904, ap-
proximately 100000. This is at the
rate of 100000 bales a day. During the
same period last year there was ginned
100000 from Nov. IA to Dec. Is. There
are twenty -four working days all owing
for Thanksgiving. If during these TWEEN
ty-five working days there shall be gin
ned only half as much per diem as dur
ing the previous period, the amount
ginned would be 1900. 900. which. add
ed to the amount previously ginned,
namely, 9,1S6,OO0, would give us APP
proximately 100000 bales ginned up
to Dec. IL. This. l think, will prove
to be conservative and probably an
underestimate of the actual figures, and
II this is 80 per cent. of the crop, the
Indicated yield is 12,S73, 1888 bales, with
out allowing anything for linters. Last
year only S6.S per cent. had been gin
ned by Dec 10, and the year previous
81 per cent. The Chronicle Of last
Saturday says that picking is stlll In
progress I'm many sections, and / am
supplied with photographs OF a num-
Der OF sun-picked fields In the south.
which shall shortly publish and which
give indisputable evidence OF the fact
that "A large amount OF cotton is stili
unpicked. (signed.) Theodore III.
Price.-ad.