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The news & observer., 1897-06-18
CottonOpened Quiet and Steady
l to 2 Points Higher.
THE SPECULATiONS SMALL
RrT LARGE ENOUGH TO CON
SINE ALL OFFERINGS.
SECURITIES STILL GOING or
Professional Traders Selling Out Eek
pressions of Apprehension Regard
ing Hawaiian ProJect---0ono
Market Continues Strong.

Now York. June 1.-THE cotton mar
lset opened quiet and STEADY at an az
~anca of 162 points and further al
vanced 2m4 points. The Improvements
was due to the activity shown py 'he
J;varnool market, Notwithstanding
considerable falling off in the morning Ia
snot sales at Liverpool as compared WIN WI,
Yesterdays extraordinary business. ne
soro;on market had a frmness that
caused sharp rising in view OF the ue-
cline Yesterday and the favorabie crop
sadvices- :.
While spec~lative demand was smali II
was large enough to absorb everything
for sale. the latter beng sufflcleht lor
the demand, as indicated by the advance
The close was queit and steady at net
advance of 3 to 4 points.
f. B. CUTHBERT & CO.'S. LETTER.
New York. June 17-(Special)-Cotton
was steadier to-day and advanced 10
< y,o;nts on moderate buying by local
traders in sympathy with spot sales OF
Ak 900 bales at Liverpool and an advance
80 nartlv 1-64 in futures. The crop ana
xvaather reports continued very favora-
ble and tended to offset to cerualh eA-
sent the bullish influence OF the 1aVofaoie
Tivarnool advices and restricted pur-
.chases. but the tone at the close was
steady. with final prices showing net au-
vance of 8 to points over lasC nisnl
chasing. with total sales OF 29,tOO paies.
Snot cotton here was steady and IN TACT
demand at Yesterdays prices. The sales
were 1.121 bales at 7ss cents Tor mid-
.dlings.
STOCKS
The stock market was proadeliils
.sneeulation as to feature, ana eHorls y,
the leading operators who sold out anu
,+r;ad To depress the market yesterday.
NTbo demand from this source became ur-
cont owing to the failure of any bad news
4o davelo1oe from Washington and the
absence Of any material pressure ITO sen
axcent at a high range of quotations. Inc
aorga banking institutions and insurance
.,omnanies also turned up as good buyers
ord tho result was the market showed d
Stoadv advancing tendency. Pront-tak-
;ng sales in the last half hour by the
scoIn;no contingent, led to some conces-
S;ons from the high level, but the tone
Of the close was firm, with the general
sentiment buHlsh.
w
Wheat continued quiet and Irregular
to-day. with the trading largely OF iocai
scalning character and the huctuatlohs
confined within range of 70 cent up ana
down the scale, with the market finally
closing where it left off last night. Inc
cables were unsatisfactory, showing
apathetic markets, with prices at Lhver-
pool unchanged to as lower, this WIN
absence of outside support, led to duiI
and dragging market and prices sofa OH
- cent Good buying by holders pues on
the break steadied the market. Sales
100 600 cash wheat in the Chicago mar.
ket. Prices advanced to SO for July,
and later receded ~ cent on realizing and
finally closed quiet at last nights prices
Corn was easier in sympathy with
wheat and selling by country operators
and shippers.
e. B. CUTHBERT & co.
The news & observer., 1897-06-18
NEW YORA.

NEW YORK, June T-Futures opened
quiet and steady; sales 700 bales.
Futures closed quiet and steady: sales ~,
700 bales.
The news & observer., 1897-06-18
LIv ERPOOL.

SpOt. t.sCOLtUn CIOb6U cUeduy3 HIIuuIIHB UP
lands X, middling gulf 8: sales ], l3l bales.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, June H.-4:O0 p. M.-Spot cot
ton, good business done, prices unchanged: /:
American middling 4hd.
sales of the day were 1900 bales, of which
1000 were for speculation and export, and
included IL, 400 American; receipts 1900 bales,
including 3O0 American.
Futures opened quiet, with moderate
demand, and closed steady at the advance.
The news & observer., 1897-06-18

CONNECTIONS
at Fayetteville with Atlantic Coast Line,
at Maxton with Carolina Central rail-
road, at Sanford with Seaboard Air Line,
at Greensboro with Southern Railway, at
Railway.
J. w. FRY, W. e. KYLE,
Genl Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agt,
The news & observer., 1897-06-18
RALEIGH COTTON MARKET.
RALEIGH, N. c., June IL.

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
NEW YORK, June H.-Money on {
The news & observer., 1897-06-18

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady. Wheat, No 2 spring 69Ka70k;
No. 8 spring 63a7lx; No. 2 red 73kg76X.
Corn, No. 2, 24X X925: Oats, No. 3. iSE;
fV, + Q b scagsax. % Rye, No. No. 2, G 81. Barley, Ss
No. 2 nominal; No. 8 f o b 29a33 No. 4
o 26x. Flax seed, No. /, 751a76. Prime
Timothy seed $2.75. Mess pork per Dbl,
81 55a7.60. Lard, per 100 lbs S367X a3.T0 Short
rib sides 0oose) s425a4 so Dry -salted shoulders
Cboxed) 4Aa5. Short clear SIDES (boxe0 4$a
An. Whiskey, distillers' finished goods per
gallon S1l9.
The news & observer., 1897-06-18
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, June 17.-Flour quiet: cit
mills patents $4.6004.S5; do. clear $4.75
490; Minnesota patents $3;f5a420 Minnesot
bakers 50 30a3.55; winter patents $4.45af.7
do. straights $4.05a4 20; do. winter extras s..
Q3.65; winter low grades $3 60a2 80
Rye flour quiet; superflne $2.l0a2.30; fanC
The record-union., 1897-05-09
King George of Greece.

Benjamin Ide Wheeler has written a
paper on The Royal Family of Greece
for the Century" Wheeler says of
King George: That the thirty-three
wears of his reign have, in spite of all
this been on the whole successful, and
have resulted in establishing him and
his house in a securer tenure to-day
than they have at any previous time
enjoyed. is due in large measure to the
cool good sense with which the King
from the very first accepted the stua-
ton and adjusted himself to it. He
is not in the ordinary use of the term,
a great man. He is pre-eminently a
man of sagacity and practical wisdom
a shrewd man. His own private affairs
ne has managed with remarkable skill.
Rumor has it that his ventures on the
bourse have been eminently success
full Out of his by no means lavish in
come he has managed to accumulate a
reasonable fortune, which, in good pru-
dence. he has invested outside the
country. 1t is no uncommon subject
of adverse criticism among the Greeks
that he has treated his office as an
employment from which to get gain;
and yet. canny gain getters as they are
themselves, they really respect him
more for his prudence.
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to be brought into requisition in the ac-
quirement of any profession, and fore
most among them is a good amount of
common sense and dogged determina-
ton to reach the goal. Real success is
now exactly in proportion as the aspi-
pirant possesses talent, energy, brains
and a determination to surmount all
the obstacles that will constantly block
up the rugged winding path TO the at
tainment of the cherished object. To
these must be added patience, continu-
Gus application. hard work. disappoint-
ment and ofttimes humiliation.
Much opposition has been rendered
against the stage as pit of vice.
Equally as much so may be the store,
the factory, the church or Legislative
hall. Should there be wreck, flotsam
Will float on any water
For my part, / like to see the germ
OF aspiring genius unfolded, encour-
aged, developed, brought out, in any
line of life, to its fullest possibility, but
this cannot be done without exertion on
the part of the aspirant, for the powers
of nature render gratutous assistance
only to those who make individual eff
fort
The record-union., 1897-05-09
How Nature Builds Rockeries.

The fact is, the rockery, to be sue
cess, must be an evolution instead of
creation. Attempt to construct one after
any set plan and you are sure to fail
with it. The most satisfactory one L
ever saw was one that made itself, 50
to speak The stones of which 1t was
composed were hauled in winter and
dumped down carelessly in a great heap.
In spring the owner looked them over
and came to the conclusion that II
would be impossible for him to arrange
them in a more picturesque manner, and
he had the good sense not to attempt
1t. He worked earth in between them
and planted wild vines and ferns there,
and his rockery was a success. If
possible, a rockery should be located in
a secluded portion of the grounds. Rock
cries as nature makes them are gener-
ally in secluded hooks, where all kinds
of wild things feel at home, and we
should try to carry out as completely as
possible the idea of the wildness which
prevails in natures haunts-to domesti-
cate wildness, SO to speak. This cannot
be done satisfactorily where the grounds
are close to the street. If the grounds
are too small to allow you to give the
rockery place at some distance from
the house, and you feel that you must
have one, plant trees or shrubs so as TO
give it an air of partial seclusion at
least. - Eben E. Rexford, in May La
dies Home Journal"
The record-union., 1897-05-09
Cycle Artillery.

The following description of cannon
mounted on a motorcycle is given by
the Revue du Cercle Militaire' CPar-
is), which gets its information from the
"Armeeblatt" an Austrian military
paper:
An engine of 16-horse-power actu-
ates a four-wheeled rubber-tired cycle
carrying two rapid-fire guns. These
two guns, mounted on pivots, one in
front, the other in the rear, can each
describe a semicircle, the motion being
effected automatically.
The discharge is controlled by the
motor mechanism itself, and can take
place as well when the cycle is in mo-
ton as when it is at rest. The num-
ber Of shots fired per minute can be
varied from 80 to 700. The cycle car
ries 500 projectiles for each gun.
THE attendant, seated on the cycle
between the two guns, has only to train
them and then start his engine. He is
protected in front and behind by
shields, fixed to the guns.
THE cycle as a whole is also protect
ed against bullets, and even against
small artillery projectiles. Besides,
the mechanism of discharge, acting
automatically, keeps on working, even
after the attendant is disabled.
"On a good, smooth road this cycle
can go at a speed of forty-five miles an
hour, so that it could distance any
other kind of artillery. We can hardly
imagine the effect that fifty or hun
dred of such cycles would produce
when all in action at once."-Translat-
ed for the Literary Digest.
The record-union., 1897-05-09

ant withal, that our faith is taxed to
the discoveries are just at the beginning.
of the discovery or the authenticity Of
the records The Imagination
cannot reach any safe solution of these
astounding mysteries. To our thinking,
the discoveries are ust at the beginning
The exploring societies are multiplying.
Germany, France, Great Britain and
the United States are sending out
trained men IN large numbers, and they
are reporting new discoveries with
singular rapidity. All the classic lands
are repositories of treasures not yet
revealed. Authors hitherto unknown
are sure to find their readers for the
first time since the dawn of modern civ
iliZation, while missing links in cele-
brated fragments, as in the books OF
Livy, may yet be supplied. To the
Christian believer this process of
making the buried past reveal its
long-kept secrets brings infinite cour-
age and hope. More and more the Bible
is rising in the certainty of rich and
full confirmation. Every new manu-
script only adds to its authenticity. Not
a chapter has fallen out by the testi-
mony of clay tablet or papyrus roll.
Let no timid Christian fear for the re-
suit. The pick and the spade of even
the unchristian scholar are adding to
the testimony of the sure word Of GOD.
The record-union., 1897-05-09

manent, they must be completely re-
moved from the linens before they are
placed in the tub. This may appear
unnecessary to the maid, accustomed
to rubbing the spots with soap and
complacently setting them on to boil;
but her method is rarely successful,
and to remove the spots afterward in
wolves large amount of extra labor.
Fruit stains disappear if rubbed with
butter and scalded by pouring water
from the boiling kettle through the
spot, the linen treated being held over
bowl. Wine stains are taken out by
dipping them in a pan of boiling water
in which a spoonful of ammonia has
been dissolved Chocolate and cocoa
stains are removed by thickly soaping
them and then rinsing them in warm
water.
The record-union., 1897-05-09
For the "Record-Union."
WAR.

War, war is but a short and surly word
To stoop beneath the burden that it
bears;
Strife, blood and battle with it is inferred,
ana death, destruction, woe and tears.
war Is the eliminating vice of man,
10 which his wickedness and follies
Mars is leech, and since the race began
IL mas been subject to his killing drain
To fertilize the earth with showers of
crimson rain.
To dye and drench the earth with blood
and-well
To people somewhere with immortal
When fba Gabriel lgiei sounds his trump, to break
-; There,n be a rallying of ghosts
Inc relics of a million battle-fields
IN War-hke guise, perchance in motely
Bearing old weapons-clubs, jawbones and
shields,
scroll and warderi
En-muSter at reveille to the Great Re-
cOrder.
What mighty legions, teeming from the
grave
With shrek and slogan, terror and
hurrah
VIII start in millions still to slay or slave
Ohtil transfixed in sudden awe!
Scarr'd, cleft and mangled, smoking hot
with gore,
and low,
Victor and victim-for them all it's o'er.
Ha! brightly then the warriors crest will
glow
Who fought for Truth alone, knowing
its friend or foei
NO mind may picture such a grand re-
AS will be marshaled for the last parade
The armies of all time and countries, too,
In rabble, phalanx and brigade!
quaint martial nations, prehistoric kings,
tribes long forgotten with the primal
agesi
The savage hosts the ancient legend sings,
The myriads enrolledin Scriptures pages
The peoples scarce conjectured by old
seers or sages!
Emblazon'd with quaint colors and de-
vicesi
How many gaudy trophies flung in air
VIII pale to hideous indices,
All stained with blood-ha will there be a
few
To blaze in glory DER the trembling
What standard shall redeem at last re-
view
The immortality of man? or won, or lost,
Who may conceive the guerdon or COM
pute the cost?
And what a task ST Peter will essay
If It's his province to assume command
To Segregate, division and array
And march to quarters such a band!
No doubt to him a hosts a trifling thing,
Or be they veterans of sword or missile;
His angel aids will take a troop to sing,
And he will then, by sign or signal
Call Lucifer, and all the rest, alas may
siZzle, CHARLES L. PAIGE.
The record-union., 1897-05-09
Juvenile Curiosity.

Mr.. Diggles." said the little boy with
big ruffies on his shoulders, Il wish you
would let me come and see where you
live. l want to look at your room"
why, certainly. But what made you
think of that?'
My sister said it was better than
your company, SO l thought it must be
something fine. Washington Star.
The record-union., 1897-05-09
REV. TIMOTHY DWIGHT.
r1ay Soon Retire From the Presi-
dency of Yale College.

1t is rumored that Rev. Timothy
Dwight will soon retire from the Presi-
dency of Yale University. DR.. Dwight
is the twelfth President of Yale. His
grandfather, Timothy Dwight, was
President from 1895 to 1917, and the
grandson is the worthy successor of
his ancestor He was born in 1873, and.
although IS years of age, he is regarded
as being in the very zenith of his power
and wisdom
The record-union., 1897-05-09
Hardly Practical Advice

Clergyman-You should love your
neighbor as yourself
Small Boy-That's easy enough to
say, but you don't know our neighbors
Town Topics
The record-union., 1897-05-09
FOOLISHLY EMBARRASSED.
This Immature Youth Jumped at a
Wrong Conclusion.

1t was embarrassing for him.
He was a good looking, athletic ap-
pearing young college man. A mus
tache of the softest and most downy
material covered his upper lip, and the
color came and went in his handsome
face as if he were a shy maiden in
stead of college sophomore He wore
a large chysanthemum and labored
under the load of a heavy cane, but
most of his attention was taken up
by the very pretty girl who was ac-
companying him.
The girl, also good looking, was in
every other respect the exact opposite
of her escort While he was evidently
greatly impressed by the dignity of his
position, she was more alive to the facts
that the day was pleasant; that her
clothes became her. and that she was
enjoying herself. She was shopping,
and as they walked along she babbled
of the latest styles, the latest party,
and of the box of gloves which McKin-
leys election had secured to her
The couple was just entering one of
the large State street stores, when the
girl who was slightly in advance of her
escort, suddenly stopped and pointed
to something lying al her feet
THE plaguey thing has come unfast-
ened again." she said, petulantly.
He looked at the plaguey thing" and
discovered it to be a circlet made of
bright colored ribbon, and ornamented
handsomely with gold and jewels. It
was about six inches in diameter. and,
needless to say, was an article worn ex-
clusively by the fair sex
First the young man blushed. Then
he stopped slightly, as if to pick it up.
Then he Strengthened up, and finally,
thinking better of it, picked up the
dainty bit of ribbon and jewels and
handed it to the girl as if it had been
hot potato.
You needn't be afraid of it, said the
girl, looking at him in some surprise.
1 think it's awfully pretty, but the
fastening is loose, and it has made me
lots of trouble. It's only to please
Cousin Jack that l wear it at all, but
he gave it to me, and if l should hap
pen to go out without it and meet him
he would notice that 1 wasn't wearing
it."
The young man looked aghast at this
statement, and the girl continued:
Now, please see if you can't press
that fastening together so that it will
stay" and she handed the cause of the
trouble back to him.
The couple was being watched by sew
eral people, and as the young man took
the circlet and observed this fact his
face became several shades redder than
the parasols on the Harvard side of
football field.
"Really-I-I-dont think I know
how stammered the unfortunate
youth.
The girl looked at him with won
dering expression, in which contempt
and surprise were about equally min
gled
Il never saw you act so funny" she
said. Hold this package for me, and
guess 1 can put it on myself" and
she put a couple of bundles into his
arms.
He looked around for an avenue Of
escape, but none was open. He blushed
redder than before, and turned away
from the girl. He instinctively turned
his eyes upon her again just as she
had secured the ornament around her
neck, and then the two marched off
together. the young man mopping huge
beads of perspiration from his brow
Chicago Chronicle
The record-union., 1897-05-09
OF Most Importance.

Mrs. Blotterwick Isn't that sad
about young Spring, next door?
Blotterwick-Don't know him.
Mrs. Blotterwick-Yes you do. The
young man who played the cornet.
He's dead.
Blotterwic with interesD - What
became of the cornet?-Up-to-Da Date.
The record-union., 1897-05-09
He Had Others

Dolly-W'hy do you call me your cur
few?
Cholly-Eecause you are my evening
belle, don't you know.
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and wisdom.

He was graduated from Yale in 1912,
and two years later served as q tutor in
the University and studied theology in
the Yale school until 1855. Then he
went abroad to spend two years at the
Universities of Bonn and Berlin, and
when he returned he was ordained a
minister of the Gospel. In 1858 he was
elected Professor of sacred literature in
Yale Theological Seminary, filling that
chair until he became President of the
University in 1866, to succeed Noah
Porter.
The record-union., 1897-05-09
Maud's Gowns.

While Maud is a schoolgirl. as you see,
Short at the bottom her frocks must be;
When she is a debutante, they drop
Long al the bottom and short at the top.
Chicago Record.
The record-union., 1897-05-09
Not Altogether Dull.

Bertha-That Mr.. Higgins doesn't
know what to do with his hands.
Belle-Oh, doesn't he? Well, he just
does when he's around me.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The record-union., 1897-05-09
Almost a Hint.

He-Did you ever have that tired
feeling?
She-Not when I'm alone.
The record-union., 1897-05-09

During a flood in western Tacoma,
Wash, numerous salmon were seen
swimming over the farm lands many
miles from their home in Puget Sound.
The record-union., 1897-05-09

A man can hire house in Japan,
keep two servants and live on the fat
of the land all for about $50 a month.
The record-union., 1897-05-09
Their Courage Not Really. Tested.

The Spartan men We're very brave,
weren't they. pap
"Yes, but the Spartan women didn't
wear bloomers. New York Journal.
The record-union., 1897-05-09

rniliar with the sticky, half-burned,
half-raw fried oyster usual to the pri-
vate house should try this recipe, fol-
lowing its directions implicitly and be
thankful for it.
The record-union., 1897-05-09

Inc various preparations OF suet
"hlch are now sold by the pail like
lard and at about half the price per
pound Of butter serve almost every
purpose of butter in cooking. A little
salt must be added, and not so much
OF The material used by about one
fourth, and then it will answer even in
SO delicate confection as white
cake and Will not be detected by anv
one not In the secret. This experiment
mas been repeatedly tried, always with
success
The record-union., 1897-05-09

Table linens. to be quite correct,
must at all times be spotless and per-
fectiy white In order to attain this
result. each of the various processes of
laundering must be carefully perform
ed Soiled table linens, as they accum-
ulate during the week, must be placed
in basket kept specially for this pur-
pose. 1t is not quite pleasant to picture
it as freely mingled with the rest of
the family wash either before or after
laundering. Before washing these lin
ems each piece should be separately ex-
amined for stains and frayed spots. The
facilitate the laundry work. as we'll as
to prevent stains from becoming per-
The record-union., 1897-05-09

Zdt1On OF the greatness OF man, not or
his insignificance In this view the
highest culture and the widest knowl-
edge is a stimulus, rather than him
drance, to Christian faith. The diff
culties of science, instead of confusing
and dismaying the mind, only serve to
certainties of religion. Difficulties, as
Cardinal Newman said, do not consti-
tute doubt. The essential question is
whether God has revealed himself to
man; whether he has shown US how
the natural man can be transformed
into the spiritual man. If it can be
shown that he has done so by taking
upon himself our body and sharing our
lot, all the difficulties raised by the cul-
ture that 'puffeth itself up are over
come
THE rapidity with which the past is
made to reveal its buried treasures Is
of this century" says the New York
Christian Advocate" (Meth). 1--WE
might we'll imagine that the countless
scourges of war and fire, and the slow
but certain waste and decay that come
from the flight of these years, would
by this time have put an end to all
the remaining records Of the thought
and life of remote ages. But the very
opposite is the fact New records are
brought forth from their hiding places
so frequently, and they are so impor-
The record-union., 1897-05-09

FOR side walls covered with some
heavy fabric, as canvas painted a dark
ouli red, or burlaps of the same color
one may now obtain for a frieze beam
'lrul and most appropriate borders OF
ceramic tiles Of American manufacture
The record-union., 1897-05-09

In the present day desire for appro-
priateness in all things. the framing of
pictures receives no little admira ton.
One sees a group of sacred subjects,
copies of some great original, either in
coIors or photograph. placed together
in threes, and so daintily surrounded
by a border of triune Gothic arching
gilt or silver, that the effect closely
resembles the paneling of a church
window, and seems most opposite to
the subject. This is usually the favor
ite Saint Cecilia. one of many Madon-
mas, or a cathedral interior.
The record-union., 1897-05-09

The following is an excellent method
or removing stains of iron rust from
linen: The spot which has the stain of
iron rust is moistened and generously
rubbed with cream OF tartar. The ar
1icIe Is then tightly rolled and placed
In boiler Of tepid water, where it re-
mains until the water boils. When un-
rolled the stain will be found TO have
disappeared