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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-12-07

and longing for the good old days Of
the long ago. The optimist is saying,
though the Greek placed his Golden
Age in the past, ours is in the future
The good time coming, which Is the
glad refrain of advancing humanity
has arrived. These are the beste y'f'
the world has ever seen. Materiai
we are glorious. Genius has scaled
sthe heavens, counted the stars, meas
tred and weighed the planets, and
slted every ray Of light that haa9
kne to us from the far distai,(
q \lds, and chemically read the cha
. az Of the orb whence It cam
5 Anal wave OF prosperity y im1
nent "A beautiful spirit Of inter
nomiAtipn& I'm has displsSya ~
copd. &eS are ttV
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-07
HEAVEN & STOUT'S MARKET
LETTER.

The Financial Outlook. Expectation
were entertained at the end of last week
that the election wonld end lethargy in
the stock market, and that a more active
and higher speculation would enSue.
There has been some natural disap-
pointment at the results, particularly
in connection with the unexpected
strength of the supporters of free silver
at the West. Apprehensions were ex-
pressed that this might give renewed
vitality to the agitation, and find express
sion in Congress when that body as
sembles, although it is possible that
there is eXaggeration in such views.
On Friday the combination of unfa-
vorable dispatches from Madrid and the
demand of the New York Chamber of
Commerce for additional Notifications
at this port had an unsettling effect.
The latter circumstance was particular
ly unfortunate and seems to have forced
many people out Of their stocks.
In spite of the severe comments c.
London Times on the elections, the shor,
interest in Americans at London covered
on the declines. Furthermore the SELL
ing here has been largely by the bears,
and, the readiness of operators to take
small profits ON that side of the account
is notable.
The continued absence of support
from what the "Street" calls "large peo-
pie" is still feature. This may be part
ly explained by the preparations for pay
ment of the $45,000,000 cash by the
Union Pacific syndicate. This transac-
ton involves many influential interests,
and under the circumstances, employing
as it does large amount for a certain
period, would naturally keep the parties
in interest out of the market. 1t is also
understood that the purchase of the out
side gas properties by the Chicago Gas
people has just been completed, and that
it involves the transfer to the vendors
of some $5,000,000, which of course,
has similar influence upon an import
ant Wall Street interest.
The fact that St. Paul earnings for
the fourth week of October displayed a
decrease of $4,000 has had an unfavor-
able effect, although it is explained by
the circumstance that in the period in
question this year there were two Sun
days.
The break in Sugar from 143 to 100 is
attributed to the illness of Mr.. Have
meyer. The fact that the news was
so carefully guarded, as we'll as the
absence Of support in the stock. tended
to produce an unfavorable impression
and to render the Street at large nerv-
GUS as to Mr.. Havemeyer's real condi-
ton, despite the reassuring statements
put forth by his business associates.
One of the weak textures of the mar
ket has been the coal stocks. although
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STOCKS AND RONDS.

New York, Nov. 6.-There was some
natural tendency towards recovery in
prices at the opening today in view of
the heavy and excessive declines of yes
terday and of the active covering move
mentin progress at the close Of the mar
ket yesterday. There had been a re-
covery In the prices Of Americans on the
London exchange before the opening
here. The opening there showed de-
clines to the New York parity, but the
level was sharply above the New Lork
level by the time the market opened
here. This encouraged purchasers her.
and a number Of stocks opened over n
point higher than last night. The Lon
don market for Americans has grown
20 narrow and the floating supply Of
stocks there is so small that prices there
are easily subject to manipulation for
effect on the opening trading here. There
seemed ground for suspicion that this
mornings rise in London was due to
some such effort from this side. At all
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-07

Active workers everywhere for Christ
in Art. or The Story Of our Sa viour in
Pictures" the greatest selling at work
published 10 ten years: 6.3M cnp:es sold
in 30 days: 5000 for selling i25 copies
in so days: other liberal inducements
and salary OF S1S per week and ex-
penses to several good parties to appoint
agents: a rare opportunity; many agents
make over 800 per month on COMMITS
sion: other hooks and Bibles Cor the
Emas Holidays; write Immediately. IN
trrnational News and Book Co., BaItl-
more.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-07

wTLxINGTos ". C. Novem oer Spirits
turpentine eady at zsAa-S receipts liz
cAsks.
dosin Ill strained Ills. good straineo
n.2E receipts All barrels
Crude turpentne steady nsrd N.xl; soft
l9E vtrgir fl.gD Receipts - no rrels
Tar st .ady at al 05. receipts 2S3 barrels.
'sEAaLe,ru>, ,. Z. Nov -TurpeCttn
firm at 2Tk: sales casks
aJsI" firm. sales -: A. q 81 90; g, q. co.
ID, $40; K, LIS r. sIOi g. Ia IA Sis, /
$40, h. 81 AZ, VI, Si.7n n. 2lU. window glas,
2.35 wa er white S2.s5
>AvAvs.s TIA Nov Spirits turpen
casks.
aosin firm salee 2.f00 receipts 4,'29 u.
Il 20: n sl.IG e. Sill, f, sl.il q, sl.s0; y
u.2j. L, $l.40; X sl.51: Nj, Sisn n, - Is
w,odow gIass So ~: water white ~ so
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NEW YORK. MONEY MARKET

NEW YORK November e. Money on cal
nominal lha2 PEI cent; last loan - per
cent, closed AZ per cent. Prime mer-
cantiIe paper 3xa4h pc, cent. Steriin. %
change steady with .ctual busin. 90 III ,ai k
ers' bills al 4.e5Ha4 e5A for demanu and t.s2H
l62x for s.xLs lays. Posted rates a.s3k
and 81 84. commercial oilis f,ez. 81 Y. /
certificates -. bar silver BIN We, lea =
dollars as. Government bonds steady. State
bond. dull Railroad bonds FIRM.
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w EAT.

:. Flour firm. Wheat. No. spring s7@s7X !;
No. spring 80 No. red, 9iX. Corn,
No. 2. 26x Oats, No .. l91<al9x; No. 2 white
"a =: No. whits ! b lsS 0D2O. Rye,
o 3sa3,. No -. Flar seed No. l. i os1 q
W. Prime Timothy SEED S2.65. NJ ess pork Dc, ,
hol, u 5'a7: u. Lard per i0u lbs "a 27ksttO.
iort rib sides QoOsel Sab al 95. Dry-salteo
,aoulders (boxad, 81 75a5.u0. Snort clear sides
6oxed) 4Aa4x. Whiskey, distillers' fin-
,shed goods per sallon Sl.lS.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. Nov 6.-Flour dull: western
slperfine 81 ,0a3 10. do extra $}35a3lO: do.
family G60g4 70; winter wheat patents "a 90
q, ~; spring do. S5.0UG5.25; spring wheat
straights $4.8005.00.
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O9HsR .OTTON MARKETS

O9HER .UTTON MARKETS.
Galveston. ouie .5,-l6. 81 2i7 bales
Norfolk. quiet. 81 D. 6.e0j "a 20.
Ralt1mOrt, nominal, 81. bale,
Boston. duii. o. NV oans al
Wnm4.4gLvL. steady, 5 t-l6. 3.066 bales.
Philadefphls. Jul { o., z " bxies
Savannah, st, al. 8 3-lo. b . 4taiee.
New Oris aus, steody b., l0.O69 Dales.
Mobile. ca y,3. .%.Io5 bAiee
Memphis. steady, 5*. I, 81 bales
AupUstA. . eady, 57-l-52i.l bales.
Charleston. du,.. ~. 4.05 bsies.
C;nclnnati quiet, 81. baies
Louisville, quiet, 4, 456 balee.
ct. Louis, quiet. 81 J. 96 t.ales.
Houston, quiet ~. o.b5 bales. W.
New YOrk. dull D. 10t hates.
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BANK STATEMENT,
GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 6.-There was turn
in the tide in the wheat market to-day.
The market showed strength for the
first time in week, the December clos
ing rs cent higher. Crop reports from
Ohio and Missouri were sensationally
bad and drove shorts to cover. Other
markets were firm but dull with the ex-
ception of oats. Corn closed rs to n
cent higher; oats "a cent higher and pro-
visions 21A to 5 cents higher.
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]. NJ. Thierswend. OF Grosbeck. Tex,
says that when he has q spell OF indi-
gestion. and feels had and sluggish. he
takes two Of DeWitt's Little Early Ris-
ers at night. and he is all right the next
morning. Many thousands Of Others do
the same thing. Do your Carolina Drug
Company.
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Annual mestinu.

1.-THE annual meeting IF the stockholders OF
the Palmetto Railway Company Will be held
at the Office of the Ra'eign 4 CASTOR Rail.
road Company I'm Rs eigh, ". c., on Thur
day, November llth, ISg7, at O'clock a. M"
JOHN ii. SHARP
I0-lI30t Treasurer
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Notice,

The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF
the RaleiEh 4 Augusta Ali e Railroad
Gonna win be held at the Office of thu
company in Raleigh, Y. -. on Thursday, No
vember 18th, lSaT, at Il o'clock a m
JOHN II. SHARP. Treasurer
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fair. But since the January disburse.
ment period intervenes there may be
slight advance at the end of the year.
1t is rather remarkable that the
loans of the banks are still within five
million, dollars Of the high point reached
September 18th. In the same time de-
posists have decreased ten million dol
lars and cash no less than fifteen mil
lions.
LONDON MARKET.
New York, Nov. 6.-The Evening
Posts London financial cablegram says:
The stock markets were idle to-day in
view of the settlement in mines, which
is to commence on Monday next. AM
orleans were about at the parity. There
is no initiative here where the specula-
tive position is quite small, and that
principally stale bull account carried
for New York. RI
Trace returns for October are unsat-
isfactory. Imports decreased 631OOO
pounds sterling and exports 100000
pounds sterling, the latter chiefly due
to falling of in exports to the United
States 3, rf.xys gN.ry kpr{ r.. - .tJ
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COTTON FELL 2 POINTS
THE BEARS HAVE WON DURING
THE PAST WEEK.
auuoRs OF WAR THE CHIEF CAUSE
NJ Bulls Who Were Expecting tho Tide "a
Tssn, Have Lost Confidence However
There Was Tendency Towards
Rise Yesterday.

New, York, Nov. 6.-The close Of the
week Ends continued unsatisfactory con-
&tions in the dry goods market. I'm
mediate results are not encoura ging, and
manufacturers refuse to glory over the
evil IT the situation even when 1t Il
nr1ed that the prospects for 1898 trade
ARE, very bright. The print cloth re.
port IL very discouraging. The sales of
the week have been only $4,000 pieces,
OF which but 100000 were sixty four
squares, at the abnormally low price OF
SIG now prevailing. The same dull
ness il reported in cotton lines. Buyers
don't visit the market in large numbers,
and mail orders are scanr. Both brown
and bleached goods are sold slowly, and
coarse colored cottons are without fea-
'ture. Prints and ginghams show no inn
provement. and the business passing is
in the shape OF spring trading for shirt
ings and the like. Even in woollens the
market is quiet, the buying of heavy
weights being still withheld, while re-
orders are small.
COTTON.
New York, Nov. 6.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady at an advance of to
2 points, due to a better class of English
cable news than had been expected.
Immediately following the first call, how
ever, prices began to weaken; liQuida-
ton set in, because outside speculative
interest was slack and gave promise of
no support for the large movement Sell
ing was arrested by predictions of frost
In the cotton belt, particularly in the
Mississippi Valley. The market was
finally quiet and steady at net advance
OF point to net decline of points,
with sales of 66,100 bales.
NV fUaA.
NV YohK. Nov. Cultures opene
steady: sales 5, o. uates.
Futures ciosee quiet and steady: sales &C :
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Notice.

The annual meeting Of the stockholders OF
tha TIA eigh X CASTOR Railroad ON 9sny will
b. I'D At the office OF the connSny In Raj
eigh. y. ~, on Thursday. November Elth.
1897, at 10 O'Clock a. IN
JOHN Fl. SHARP. Treasurer.
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RALEIGH COTTUN MARKET
IA RALH,Ga, N. g. November 6
Few cotton bA@ Il. Receipts ~. bales.
RALEIGH PRODUCE MAkkEl
Good chickens -. ................... Is 020
Rggs Observation-Disclosures. Rh143A
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wVCL VJtIUH CIObtu Gu II 0lodILNG UCIand6
4 Hiddiing sui' ~ ss,es 8 bales.
LIVERPOOL.
dvRRPCt I. Gov 6-id0 r. A.-Spof cot
Dn. quiet. y. LEA steady: american mlddliDg
14d
sales OF the dag we're Q 90 reles. Of which
10 were for spec ulation and export, and
included .,t0i ADerican. receipts 1905 bales,
Acluding 90 American.
FUTURES oDrnsu quiet, with poor demand
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Ths fae-dimfle signarure Of fF
b On evES~ wrapper Of CASTORIA
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STEAM COAL.
Pocahontas Smokeless
6EST AND CHEAPEST.

ii. b. Gresson, ESQ.,, Of the Raleigh Cotton
Mills, made careful test in April last of two
ears of coal. He says:
ar of N. & W. Coal cost per hour sIlok.
Car of G. & O.. g" - LA
The ". & w. car was Pocshontas coal, the
:. D. car was some other aud as good as
any that comes to this market except Pocahon-
tas This Is a saving of l215c per hour.
car load lasted So hours, saving on car load
Of slO-s5. Mr.. Greason is we'll posted in his
business and disinterested Let those who have
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COTTON.
ar W YUaA,

NV Yohk. Nov. Cultures opene
steady: sales 5, Oh tates.
Futures ciosee quiet and steady: sales e.. :
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institutions having participated in the
loan expansion of $GS35, 300 reported.
1t is true that the changes of three Of
the larger banks account for 81 300. 900
of the total increase, but the smaller
commercial institutions figure more
prominently in the aggregate than for
some time past. This of itself is an ell
couragng sign. The week was charac-
terizcd by the revival Of currency trans
fer to the South, New Orleans calling for
n large portion of the shipments, on ac-
count of the cctton and sugar move
ment. st. Louis has been handling a
great deal of the money that usually
goes to the former city, and the revival
of business at New Orleans, and at the
centres tributary to it is regarded as
encouraging ON all sides. 1t is note
worthy that the National Park Bank,
one of the institutions most prominently
connected with the Southern interests,
made large increase in it's loans last
week. The trend of money, however,
is now largely in the direction OF New
York, domestic exchange having har,len-
ed perceptibly at most interior cities.
The local hanks are gaining in cash in
consequence.
The increase in DEPOSITS, in view of
the expansion in loans, is entirely logi-
cal. The Pacific foreclosure payments
may be expected to figure in the state
nients for IA few weeks to come, al
though the result of the settlements as
now arranged ought not to disturb the
money market. The settlements are
more in the nature of. a transfer to the
treasury and gain to the banks, with
bu short interval separating the be-
ginning and the end of the whole af-
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25
Working Girls Clubs.

These clubs succeed for the same rea-
sons that other successful clubs succeed
because membership in them is found
to be remunerative, because their men,
bers have gumption enough to manage
them, and because they mind their own
business and stick to the purposes for
which they are organized Working
girls abound in solidarity. They like to
get together and talk, and they do not
at all object to having competent wom-
en-, who know things that are worth
hearing, talk with them and steer their
discussions into edifying channels Ev-
cry working girl knows something of
life, especially of its practical condi-
lions. She has her point of view and
the opinions her experience has devel-
oped. An educated woman, whose orig
inal intelligence has been developed on
different lines and under different con-
ditions, knows whole lot of things as
to which the working girls notions are
very vague. She has, too, different
point of view, and usually different
opinions So when working girls and
educated women from different sphere
of life get together and converse a great
deal of information and many valuable
ideas change heads, to the mutual ad
vantage of the parties concerned.
1t is disadvantage to any one to be
restricted to one variety of acquaint-
ances or to the society of persons in a
single condition of life, People ought to
be mixed up far more than they are. If
people who are rich associate only with
rich people, their affluence-in that re-
suit of it's great detriment to them,
just as the poverty of the poor is det
riment when it restricts them to the So
ciety of the very poor. The tendency to
classification on a financial basis is very
strong, but the tie of human kinship
ought to be strong enough to restrain
it. These working girls clubs bring
people together who ought to meet
Harper's Weekly.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25

closet. But where this is not practical
bic any of the numerous moth prevent
ives may be used. Though sold under
different names their ingredients are
about the same. They should be care
fully sewed in bags to prevent contact
with the furs, as they invariably leave
spots on dark colored skins. The odor
can be overcome by thorough beating
and hanging for several hours in the
wind or open air-that is, where the
furs have been removed and beaten dur
ing the season; otherwise the odor is
hard to get rid of.
"Some dealers use the fumes of sui.
phur to clean furs already attacked by
moths, but that should be last resort,
as it discolors the garment and necessi-
tates it being redyed. Many of the old
fashioned preventives have some virtue
IN them, as sassafras, china root, etc.,
and can be used to advantage by people
in the country where they are easily OBJ
tanned, but persons in the city have bet
ter means within their reach. "-Ex-
change.
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Should Have Let Her Alone.

Here is Mrs. Minnie Madden Fiske's
speech at the Actors fund benefit per-
Torrance in New York the other after
noon. 1t is reprinted for the benefit of
the many clubwomen, who, it is hoped,
will Ill Teruse it it with profit:
81 had prepared an address for the
occasion and had looked forward with
pride and pleasure to the opportunity.
Just now, however, when 1 arrived at
the theater was confronted by mes
senger who handed me this piece of pa
per. l have not read it carefully, but /
know whatis on it. Here are written a
number of instructions. and directions
with regard to what should say to you
this afternoon. AS I consider this di-
rect slight upon my ability as speaker
have decided not to make my speech,
but rather to confne myself to the very
stupid instructions which are here be-
fore me. AS am not prepared to speak
in this vein I shall hope the reporters
present will clothe my hasty choice of
words in their own perfect and incom-
parable English.
"My first direction is, Please vel
come the audience. 1t gives me great
pleasure to welcome the audience. l
suppose ought to speak of the brilliancy
of the assemblage (Which does not i'll
the least surprise me under the circum-
stances) and the generosity Of your mo-
tive i'll coming here, but you don't care
anything about that, do you? No. Very
well. My second direction is to Speak
of the work accomplished by the fund
during the past year. feel that am
not well equipped to give you compre
hensive information Oh that score, mas
much as know only in a general way
of the good which is constantly being
done by this splendid organization, and
at this moment am conscious of dis
tinct sense of shame that 1 am not better
acquainted with the details of the
fund s work and that am not a more
useful member of the fund, and it must
be confessed that the fund owes it's life,
prosperity and capacity for we'll doing
to the unfailing efforts of devoted few
l look at my watch because it is written
all over this paper, please do not speak
more than five minutes.
may say III conclusion that am
very glad to be here today and am sure
that all the artists who have volunteer
ed their services are glad also, for after
all is said and done, when we have
'outridden the storms of hayward
YOUTH when we have ceased to be
simple and ingenious and have become
cold, calculating, suspicious people;
when we have come to believe with Mr..
Huxley that there is nothing save the
universal validity of the laws of eau
sation' (Which sounds complex, but
which is not complex) after the years
and long meditation and frequently dire
experiences, the whole thing becomes
very simple, and we finally come to un-
derstand that life is worth living just
SO long as there remains to us the abili-
ty and OppOrtunity to be helpful -
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GRANTS sECRETIVENESS.
The Responsibility of His Position Forced
Him to Guard His Utterances.

Him to Guard His Utterances.
General Horace Porter, in Cam
paigning With Grant" in The Century,
says concerning General Grants secre-
tiveness:
After the general had got some miles
out On the march from Cold Harbor an
officer of rank joined him, and as they
rode along began to explain plan
which he had sketched providing for
the construction of another line of in
trenchments some distance in rear of the
lines then held by us, to be used in case
the army should at any time want to
fall back and move toward the James
and should be attacked while with
drawing. The general kept on smoking
his cigar listened to the proposition for
time and then quietly remarked to the
astonished officer, 1.-THE army has al
ready pulled out from the enemy front
and is now Oh its march to the James. !"
This is mentioned as an instance of
how we'll his secrets could be kept. He
had never been a secretive man until the
positions of responsibility in which he
was placed compelled him to be chary
in giving expression to his opinions and
purposes. He then learned the force of
the philosophers maxim that ''the I'M
spoken word is a sword in the scabbard,
while the spoken word is sword in the
hand of ones enemy" In the field there
were constant visitors to the camp,
ready to circulate carelessly any init
nations of the commander movements,
at the risk Of having such valuable in
formation reach the enemy. Any en-
couraeing expression given to an appli-
cant for favors was apt to be tortured
into a promise, and the general natural
ly became guarded in his intercourse
When questioned beyond the bounds of
propriety, his lips closed like wise,
and the obtruding party was left to sup
ply all the subsequent conversation.
These circumstances proclaimed him
man who studied to be uncommunica-
tive and gave him a reputation for re-
serve which could not fairly be attrib-
uted to him. He was called the "Amer-
lean Sphinx, Ulysses the Silent" and
the Great Unspeakahle, and was pop
ularly supposed to move about with
sealed lips. 1t is true that he had no
''small talk" introduced merely for the
sake of talking, and many one will
recollect the embarrassment of a first
encounter with him resulting from this
fact. But while, like Shakespeare's sol
der, he never wore his dagger in his
mouth, yet i'll talking to small circle
of friends upon matters to which he had
given special consideration his CONVEX
ton was SO thoughtful, philosophical
and original that he fascinated all who
listened to him.