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one of the first questions considered.
 The fires in the Little Bell furnace have besn started and the first cast in six months will be made tomorrow.
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FONDA,
9-15-tf.

The great hypnotist, East Lake. five nights, Sept. I3th to 17th. Amusing and instructive.
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NOtre Dafne of Maryland

College for Young Women and Prepara- tory School for Girls. Regular and Elec- tive Courses Extensive grounds. Location unsurpassed. Suburb of Baltimore Spa cious buildings, completely equipped.
 Charles Street Avenue, Baltimore. Md.
 7-2-wed-sat-2m
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THE NEWS AND UBSER MAY 5, loS
confectioners' A, Az, cut loaf 81, crushed
5b, powdered An ; granulated An, cubes Az.
BALTIMORE

ceonfectioners' A, AZ, cut loaf 81, crushed
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, May 4.-Four firm; western
superhne &.75@3OO; do. extra $3.25a4 90; do
family &.25(G4.65: winter wheat patents ST. T0a
49O; spring do. $4.25(G4.50; spring wheat
straights 81 000420.
Wheat dull and lower; spot, and May 76x
976&: southern wheat by sample -; Ju y
1874 asked.
Corn easy; spot and May 2Sh02s%; June
2Sha2s4; July 29@29B: august 29}s Gc,zyA
steamer mixed -; Southern white 81; do. vel
low 81.
Oats sea< No. white 26a27: No 2
mixed
Rye leak; No. 2, nearby, 80, No. W. e.
erp -.
Hay firm, steady demand, No, ] n see
Timotty Sl4 U(dl4 80.
NAVAL STORES.
WILhIEGTOS. Y. c., NAV A.
turpentine rrm at rs: 80 casxs.
kUsln steady: strained $l.2j good strain =,
$40 receipts 2s0.barrels.
Far firm III sl.05, receipts 50 barrels
Turpentine steady; marc Al.20 soft $40;
virgin 81 80, receipts 10 barre
SAVANNAH, Ca, May 4.-Spirits turpen-
tine igm AT 25A. Sales 2C5 casks: receipts
LABS hOsin quiet, sales 1872. receipts 3349;
b. G. u. Sl40: Il. Sl.45 + sl.50 u, sIh5 ii, 81 so,
l, $l.70; X, $l.75; NJ, $3.50: N, 81 80 wipauw
glass 81, 05; water white 81 20.
CHARLESTON S. c., May -Turpentine
quiet at rs
rosln firm; sales -; A. B, C, d, Sl3OE, l.35;
Sl.75, n, 81 %, window glass 81. Is, water white
50 25
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-05

Spot cotton closed steady; middling up
lands IS, middling Rulf TX: sales 81 ,3l9 bales.
NEW ORLEANS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-05
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, May 4.-Several factors
combined to give Il strong tone to the
market for stocks to-day and the upward
course of prices was practically with
out interruption of any reactionary ten
dency all day in nearly all the standard
shares The day closed with a burst of
animation and IL buoyancy of values
which has not been equalled in the ex-
change for many weeks. The bears were
fairly driven into panic and rushed
pell-mell to cover. prices jumping with
each succeeding sale. Large blocks of
the principal stocks also changed hands
in quick succession for the long account
The volume of trading in the last hour
was very large. especially in sugar,
though the trading extended pretty gem
orally all through the active list The
sales of sugar shares aggregated for
the day over one-fourth Of the total
sales. which were 100000 shares. a figure
in excess Of any days sales for several
weeks. There was notable activity also
III Chica go Gas, the Changers and West
ern Union and the anthracite coal group
was strong, though not quite so
conspicuous in the dealings. The
immediate cause of the buoy
ancy in the market was the
reporting of the tariff bill to the Senate.
The properties which are Immediately
benefited by the provisions of the amend
ed bill led in the advance, but the report
ing of the bill to-day was unexpected in
Wall street, and the forwardness of the
work toward its enactment, where delay
was counted upon in the committee, gave
an impetus to business in all securities
on the list Sugar naturally derived the
greatest benefits from the published pro-
visions of the bill and Tobacco and Lea
ther did not participate in the gains
which occurred in other stocks. But the
strength of the market was all due to
the reporting of the tariff bill. The weak
ness of the sterling exchange market
indicated that further shipments Of gold
on Saturday were less probable than was
thought. Demand sterling was weak at
S4.S1H, and transactions occurred at
S4S7 fiat. Bankers have not, however,
definitely concluded not to ship. The mar
ket also received encouragement at the
opening, from the good prices for Ameri-
cans in London, though London sold some
thousands of shares of stock here dur
in the day, which We're, however, very
we'll absorbed. The Gould stocks were
made the centre of the bears effort to
work a reaction in the market and were
depressed.
The total sales of stocks amounted to
1S2,250 shares, including American To-
bacco. 500; American Sugar Refinery,
$4,000: Burlington and Quincy, 13,4OO;
Chicago Gas. 1880; Delaware and Hud-
son. $500; Manhattan Consolidated, 81
400; Missouri Pacific. 1900; Omaha. s.
100; Reading, 1880; St Paul. 17,2OO;
Western Union Telegraph Company,
10400.
Railway bonds also moved up on large
dealings. Business was fairly well dis
tributed with the market deriving its
chief strength from the favorable factors
operating in the stock market. The ag-
gregate sales were 81, 172, 900. Transac-
lions in governments were generally not
ed, at a slight gain over yesterdays close,
with the aggregate dealings amounting
to S24, 900.
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LOCAL STOCK MARK EFT.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Chicago, May 4.-The fine weather was
again the big factor in the grain pits
and the bears added one more victor
to-day TO their numerous previous sue
cesses. All the grain markets and pro-
visions were weak at the opening and be-
came worse and longer the trading lasted.
Wheat lost ~ cents, corn q cent, oats
"a cent, pork from ~ to 10, lard ) cents
and ribs 112.
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NEw YORK MONEY MARK EFT.

NEW YORK. May 4. Money on call
firmcr at Ik02 per cent: last Oan IN
cent. closed at Ih@Ix per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 3h@4 per cent: Sterling ex-
change weak, with actual business in bank :,
era bills at S7ka487k. for demand and Sc
ia48X for sixty days. Posted rates 486k a
4.S7 and 4 s7G94 Ssh. Commercial bills, 4S5M
Mexican dollars: Silver certificates COS
@6l4 Bar silver 60A. Government Ebonds
firm Statebonds dull. Railroad bonds firm
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American middling.
OTHER MARKETS.

Galveston, quiet, { <, SO bales
Norfolk, steady, n, 100 bales,
Baltimore. nomina 1915. -sbales.
Boston, quiet, IN, 4J6 ba es
Wilmington, steady, ~, ~ bales.
Philadelphia, quiet, *, bales.
Savannah, steady. tx, 2,O9S bales,
New Orleans, du and easy, n, 5,O7 bales
Mobile, gu ct, 75-1j, M3 bales,
Memphis, quiet, ~, 95 bales.
Augusta, steady, TX, llI bales
Charleston, quiet and steady, TX, 10 bales.
Cincinnati, steady, IA, z26. bales
Louisville, firm. TX, - bales.
st. Louis, steady IT 6, 223 bales.
Houston, quiet, 71-l6, S5S bales.
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CHICAGO, May 4
III EAT.

-OaSH QuUUaUlCnS were as fOIIOWs:
Flour lower. Wheat, No. 2 spring 694@
7oA; NO. 3 spring 67g68; No. 2 red So AZ
ss4 Corn, Nos z, zo&68a4S. oats, No. 2: II
No. white 0 b -; No.,3 white o b 204 a
2IA. Rye. No. 2, ..33 Barley, No. nominal |;
No. I b-:s No. 4, f Oh -. Flax seed,
No. ], 75A@7h Prime Timothy seed
per 100 lbs O. pe Short rio sides %. ooose
s450a4.75; dry-salted shoulders (boxedl 81 a
5k: short clear sides tboxed) 5d5K. Wits
KEY, distillers' finished goods per gallon 81. l9.
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LIV ERPOOl..

LIVERPOOL. May 400 p. M.-Spot cot
ton, quiet, prices lower; American middling
21-32d: good middling ~ SD: American
middling 47-328: low middling l-3Sd; good
ordinary 20 sd; ordinary % SD.
Sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which
500 were for speculation and export, and in
cluded 1900 American: receipts l4,0Oo oales'
including $500 American.
Futures Opened quiet, with a moderate
demand and closed barely steady at de-
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RALEIGH COTTON MARKET.

RALEIGH, N. c., May
The free press., 1897-04-15
RAISE MORE SHEEP.

Unfortunately for our own interests
sheep were made the handmaidens of
political managers, and through the in
f1uence of the newspapers the farmers
were led to believe that tariff tinkering
had ruined the sheep business. But it
is fact that we should all fully under
stand that the falling off in price of
wool and mutton has not been any more
marked than that of wheat or any
other of our farm products, and we
can make as much clear cash from
sheep to-day as we can from anything
we may raise and some of our best
writers on the subject, such as Prof.
Shaw, feel safe in advising the farmers
to increase their flocks at once. The
almost incurable injury that thought
less men can inflict on the people by
misrepresentation can be seen in this
case. OF one thing we may be quite
sureA there are millions of people who
would be glad to eat mutton every day
who DO not now ever taste it, because
they have not the wherewith to buy It,,
and they do not wear warm all-wool
clothes and big overcoats for the same
reason. In the changes that are to
be made on the northwestern farms
this spring I think sheep should form
an important part. We may not make
The free press., 1897-04-15
HOW TO ESTIMATE THE WEIGHT
OF CATTLE.

The weight of cattle can be ascer-
tanned by measurement. The girth
close behind the shoulder and the
length from the fore part of the should
er blade along the back to the bone at
the tail, which is vertical line with
the buttock. should be measured in
feet. Multiply the square Of the girth
expressed in feet, by five times the
length, and divide the product by 2l.
The quotient is nearly the weight OF
the fore quarters in imperial stones OF
IA pounds avoirdupois. In very fat
cattle the fore quarters will be about
one-twentieth more and in very lean
animals the same proportion less than
the weight obtained by the rule, The
fore quarters are little more than half
the weight of the living animal, the
skin weighing about the eighteenth
part-and the tallow about the twelfth
part Of the whole.
The free press., 1897-04-15
COB CHARCOAL FOR HOGS.

Fattening hogs eat charcoal greedily,
but that made by charring corn on the
ccb is eaten best, and this 10 our ex-
perienos has proven all that is needed
to keep them in health. But in one Of
the Minnesota Farmers Institutes,
Theodore Louis tells how he makes
charcoal on large scale where hogs
are kept by the hundred. He digs a
hole five feet square at top and five
feet deep. Into this he throws some
cobs, setting fire to them as they are
thrown in until the hole is filled. Then
the hole is completely covered, bank
ing earth against the edges OF the
cover. In 12 hours uncover, and the
cobs will be found completely charred,
so that they will easily crumble. Six
bushels of this are then mixed with
eight pounds of salt, two quarts OF air
slaked lime and a bushel of wood
ashes. Dissolve one and quarter
pounds of copperas with hot water, and
sprinkle over the mass. This mixture
aids digestion and destroys the intest-
inal worms with which fattening hogs
are always infested. Hogs, thus fed
have no occasion to root, as they get
what they require without this labor
American Cultivator.
The free press., 1897-04-15
Armour's Frugal Habits,

Philip d. Armour, the Chicago mil
lionaire, carries into his business the
working habits he learned as boy on
his fathers New York farm. He rises
with the sun every morning, has break
fast at o'clock, and is at his Office
by o'clock. At noon he has a sim
pie luncheon, usually consisting Of
nothing but bread and milk, after
which, OF late years, it Is his custom
to take a short nap. He is In bed usu-
ally by 8 o'clock every night. He be-
longs to several clubs, but rarely Wis
Its them. He thinks a young man
stands as good chance to make a for
tune now as at any time in the past.
There was never better time than
the present." he says, land the future
will bring even greater opportunities
than the past. Evening Sun.
The free press., 1897-04-15

Order and method are the conjurers
by whose aid a man of very average
abilities may, if he chooses, secure to
himself the blessing of never being hur-
ried. Only arrange properly the duan-
tum of work which is to be got through
In day or week, or any fixed period,
and a small margin over and above the
bare space absolutely needed for each
part of it, and that margin will be avail
able for the chance distractions for
which people complain that they hava
40 time.
The free press., 1897-04-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST TO THE
FARMER.
How to Estimate the Weight OF Cattle
Feeding Breeding Sows More
Sheep,
FEEDING BREEDING sOWs.

The kind of feeds that fattens, which
in this country is chiefly corn, ought
never to be given to SOW bearing pigs.
Oats or fine wheat, mill feed, will furn-
ish the same nutrition, but these must
be given only moderately. The larger
bulk of food should be given In the
form that will best promote digestion,
which in our experience is either beets
or turnips. The former the sows are
very fond of, but as all beets contain
some Sugar; 1t is better to feed the
turnips early, reserving the beets and
mangel wurtzels until the pigs are far
rowed and it is desired to force an
extra large flow of milk There is
nothing better for this than beets with
some more nutritious diet added.
The free press., 1897-04-15
COMBINED POULTRY AND DAIRY
ind,

Professor John A. Meyers, director
of the West Virginia Experimenting
Station, writes:
III we combine the dairy and poultry
business we make a. most happy union
and | have often wondered that our
dairymen do not place more emphasis
upon poultry as source OF income.
"The poultry business requires no
large amount of capital, and labor upon
the farm that would otherwise be idle
can very largely be Utilized fn caring
for It. The same families that take
the, dairy products will be only 700
glad to get the poultry supplies, so that
there is no additional expense IN mar
keting tAe supplies. Every hen prop
erly cared for can be expected to pay
the owner at least one dollar net per
year in eggs, and considerable addition
aliy either in form Of eggs or of chick
ems raised for sale. Considerable poul-
try can be kept largely upon That
would otherwise be waste OF the DAIRY
business. BuLter-milk or skim milk
fed to hens will pay better than used
any other way with which | am ac-
ouainted. There are waste about the
dairy stable which cannot be utilized
in any way as effectively as by poultry
which pick tp the lost grain, whether
In the manager or iii manure pile, and
convert 1t into profit.
Poultry properly handled gives the
farmer a certain and ample income at
the time of year when dairymen are
generally most anxious to have the de-
fciencies of the dairy made good, and
there is never time in the year when
poultry products may not IND 1alr
market.
Much Of the mixed food for dairy
cattle Is admirably adapted for feeding
poultry; little additional building Is
necessary; no additional help is re-
quired.
For myself prefer the egg-produc-
ing varieties to the all-purpose FOWL OF
fowl that is especially adapted for Kill
ing as meat. In the long run ! think
the egg producers more profitable than
the meat producers, but that Is ques-
ton of taste, and the point is not to
keep any fowls upon the farm that do
not pay profit to the owner The
man who expects to secure both eualiA
ties in a chicken, is like the man Who
wants good beef and a good dairy
COW in the same animal. 1t is best to
determine what man wishes to do
owl xryDrk to fbnt oud ~
The free press., 1897-04-15
PRUNING STRAWBERRIES

The object of pruning, writes II. w.
kellogg. is to induce fruitfulnesS and
concentrate the strength of the plant
on a few strong buds which shall bring
berries to great perfection and lmpart
to them a firm exture and richer ma
vor. Never lose sight of the important
fact that in fruiting q strawberry is
multiplying It's species by growing
seeds, and if choked in this direction
when set in the spring, it will next at
tempt to multiply itself by making and
roofing new buds (runners), and II
these are pruned off its strength will
be absorbed in making new fruit bud
or crown on the side of the plant and
a new runner will start from this.
which, if pruned again, makes a new
crown, so that if all runners are kept
off the plant will keep on growing in
this way forming new crops, until they
assume mammoth proportions. Its
roots will go down deep and far out,
occupying every square inch OF soil
with it's feeding roots for two or three
feet in all directions.
Careful experiments have shown that
vigorous fruit buds will not form in the
dark. A large isolated plant drops its
leaves in all directions so the sun can
shine on the crown or center, and the
buds on such plants are very much
more stocky and perfect than on those
which are crowded SO thickly together
that their own foliage is closed in,
or the leaves of other plants fall over
the crowns and shut out the light.
The great mistake growers make is
to allow runners to form and make
foliage in abundance, and then cut it
all off at once. This destroys the
balance between roots and foliage, so
that the plant is thrown into con-
gested condition that induces rust and
other fungi which always attack
weakened roots. The runners should
be pruned off before leaves begin to
form, and thea the growth proceeds
in the new crown naturally and leaf
and root are equal.
This introduces the. question as to
ACW hdIby piduIo ououiu uC puL Ou OIL
acre, and my answer is as many as
possible, with the following conditions
complied with: Each plant must have
sufficient space for root pasturage, so
that it shall not trespass on other
plants. Experiments have proven con-
clusively that vigorous fruit buds will
not develop even in moderate shade.
The strawberry is especially sensitive
in this regard, and naturally throws
it's foliage out so the sun will shine on
its crown, and no other plant should be
SO near that its foliage will shade any
other plant. Every leaf should be
clear to receive sun light, in order that
the plant may assimilate its food. No
plant can digest its food in the dark.
The number of plants we can grow,
then, will depend on the size to which
they will attain. If the work of cul-
tivation is to be done with the horse,
room must be added for this purpose,
and also for gathering the fruit.
My favorite way for growing fine
fruit, of what people call medium
sized varieties. is in the hedge row,
that is, one plant wide and as close as
their foliage will admit. Prune off
the runners as soon as they appear by
attaching rolling cutter to the cul-
tivator. aud thus do the double work
with the same labor.
The free press., 1897-04-15

"villainous saltpetre" is to give place
to cataclysmic dynamite in the war
fare of the future, SO Captain Zalinski
thinks. After q man is dead it does
not matter to him what killed him, but
his surviving friends generally prefer
to see enough of him left to afford at
least a pretext for funeral.
The free press., 1897-04-15
CROSSING FOR EGGS AND FLESH

CROSSING FOR EGGS AND FLESH.
l should market cockerels in early
summer as soon as they reach broiler
or roaster size. Although not half
as large, they will bring more money
than the birds that have been kept
longer and fed more will bring in the
fall. l would kill the old hens in
June or July, when they generally
bring much more than in the fall in
any market. White Leghorn cocks
chin hens produce fine cross for both
eggs and flesh. Game fowl mated with
White Wyandot hens make the finest
dressed poultry. Don't breed from
the crosses unless you are grading up
from one breed. Never breed from
the cross-bred cockerels under any cir
cumstance. Leaving out the market
poultry value and unless you want the
very brown eggs, a MinorcaL Langshan
cross would be better than white Ply
mouth Rock and Minorca cross-would
be great layers of large eggs and hardy.
White Wyandot, the brown egg strain,
are best to keep pure for both eggs
and poultry if your market calls for
brown eggs. The large White Leg
horns are better than Minorcas when it
comes to sell the dressed broilers or
old fowls. Samuel Cushman in
American Agrculturist.
The free press., 1897-04-15

In the case of right actions which
may be difficult or unpleasant, one will
perform then. the sake of some
hoped-for reward they may hold In
store for himself. another for the real
good they are to accomplish-theira ac-
tual results. This is the true distin-
gushing line which divides much SEEM
ing liberality, much apparent self-ab-
mega ton from the true spirit of sacri-
fee
The free press., 1897-04-15

Some one recently called the atten-
ton of a Chicago paper to the curious
fact that man may be elected Vice
President of the United States who
could not serve as President in case
Of the Presidents death. The reason
for this is that the Vice President may
be as young as 80 years, but the Presi-
dent must be 45.
The free press., 1897-04-15

A colony of immigrants from Illinois
has bought a large tract of land six
miles south of Washington, Ga. The
colonists are pleased with their new
home, and, as they pay cash for ey-
erything, their neighbors are very
much pleased with them.
The free press., 1897-04-15
Purely LocnI Disease.

Eczema is a local disease and needs local
treatment. The irritated, diseased skin must
be soothed and snoothed and healed. No use to
dose yourself and ruin your stomach Just because
of an itching eruption. TetteriRe Is the only
simple, safe and certain cure for letter, Ec
Yena, Mngworm and other skin troubles. At
druggists or by mail FOR 80 cents in stamps.
j. T. Shuptrine. Savannah. Ga.
The free press., 1897-04-15

much out Of them, but what can we
make any profit out OF at this time?
/ also feel pretty sure that sheep rails
ing will grow more remunerative with
each year for several seasons to come.
The free press., 1897-04-15

A slugball player at practice was
thrown down by an opponent, and his
arm was broken near 2he shoulder. The
report says the opponent regarded
the incident as more funny than seri-
GUS. OF course it was funny. 1t was
even "humerl1S"
The free press., 1897-04-15

We direct special ....
tion TO the followinr.' .'sn-
inarhsbie statement, 'e-
Dear Madame:
Yours to hand. Ira.
mend the Moore ae,eotu-
because ! have tried edi,,'nent !,
know ~ to be Just whsta : ana
says 1t is. l was onrss Icy ne
it, and have remainsesa oy
eight years; have kno,sun %
many Others being cn.ii oi
Of the very worst ss,sd es,ss
Ry all means get il. vases
Yours truly, W. h. p,
EUREKA SPRINGS, AessN nsN
The above Is a an' la,,.
written by the late Rev -e',er Ye
=. Penn. the noted Sys,,sw' S, w.
list. to Mrs. W. Fl. Waatssepss'
New Albion, N. Y. N''On'
The free press., 1897-04-15

Over 10000 cured. Why not let No-To- Bac
regulate or remove your desire Tor tobaccoi
saves money. maEes health and manhood.
Cure guar;tni eed. 50 cents and sl.OO. nj ali
drug sists.
The free press., 1897-04-15

Over 700 people assembled near Atchison
to engage IN wolf hunt. They captured
about 200 Jack rabbits, but not wolf was
The free press., 1897-04-15

FITS stopped free and permanently cured. No
fits after fitst days use of DR. kLINEs GREAT
NERvEREsToRER. Free ~ rial hot tie and treat
isa. semi to DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila., IA.
The free press., 1897-04-15

Pisos Cure is a wonderful Cough medicine.
MRS. W. PICKETT. Van Siclen and Blake
Ayenies, Brooklyn, ~ y, Oct. 20, lS9i
The free press., 1897-04-15

The number of liquor licenses granted ID
this country last year was 235,5T4
The free press., 1897-04-15

Patronixe an Alabama Industry-Use
Glory Scotch Snuff. See advertisement
In another column.
The free press., 1897-04-15

Mrs. Wlnslows Soothing Syrup for children
teething, sottens the gums, reduces lnhaInma-
ton, allays pain, cures swihd collc, Soca oottle.
The free press., 1897-04-15

Wanted: Agents-Salary and expenses
or commission. Send stamp for reply.
Martin Saunders, Birmingham, Ala.
The free press., 1897-04-15

thirty crcSmcries in Central Kansas pay
10 farmers $4,000 a month for cream.