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63-i6; nidd1ing gulf 81 8; sales 466 bales.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, August III p. M.-Spot cotton,
small business prices s2d higher: American
middling fair 4d; good middiing 3ll-16d; mid
ding 37-1ed; low middling SID; good ordi-
nary 1-l6d; ordinary 25Sd.
The sales ofthe day were 5000 bales, OF which
500 were for speculation and export, and i'm
cluded $500 American; receipts 1000 bales, in
Guiding 700 American.
Futures opened steady and closed steady.
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Some men MARRY for loye-with mon
cy as collateral.
HOODS PILLS cure liver Ills, Bill
iousness, Indigestion, Fieadache.
Easyto take, easy to operate. 25c.
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Allen e Cram
Machine Co.,
RALEIGH, N. c.

We regard the liberal patronage tina,
We have had in our line during the last
tWenty-nine years as evidence Of on
ability In the
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Machine Business.

Wasare still on hand with 3nll hne Of
engine boilers, cav and griht mills, tram
ears, the celebrated @hampion ReapsrE
and Mowers RRA brick maklng raa,
shInes.
RsRaisinn Deaa ErsmmtiH.
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NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, La. Aug. 1S.-Cotton futures
closed quiet and steady; sales -
OTHER COTTON MARKETS.

Galveston, steady, 9, J,454 bats
Norfolk, quiet, 9, 38 Dales.
Baltimore, nominal, 81, 81 bales.
Boston, quiet, S-16, 46 DaIes.
Wilmington, steady, 81, = bales.
Philadelphia, quiet, 9 7-l6, bates.
Savannah, steady, 1-2, 10 bales.
New Orleans, steady, h%, 443 bales.
Mobile nominal, 50, 20 Dales.
Memphis quiet, 1919, l4l bales.
Augusta, steady, Ga, IL bales.
Charleston, quiet, -, 2 bats
Cincinnati, quiet, 50, 3i4 bales.
Louisville, steady, 8, bales.
st. Louis, steady. So, = bales.
Houston, steady, 81, 1875 bales.
New York, quiet, 81 - bales,
RALEIGH COTTON
RALEIsH, n. O., August 49,
Strict m100llng. ss.s....s+e .sss..sssssss.
M1ddl1ng .............. s.....s. s.s.s..'.a %
Low grades ..s.., ss,..,...s :. -. o74Wo1a
Receipts - bales. Market quiet.
PRODUCE.
Grown chickens .................... 27H0321s
Young chickens..... ,..........,,..'. 10 0Zz1a
EgEH sss.ss,.s.s. ssss..ssasssssssssss ~ WAA
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RALEIaH STOCK MARKET.

Corrected daily by Grimes & Vass.
RALEIGH N. O., August Is.
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SpeciaIties:

SpeClaiUeSi
Specific blood poison
ing, nervous disease,
kidney and urinary
difficulties, strictnre,
pimples, piles, rheu-
matism, skin and
blood diseases OF all
forms, catarrh and
diseases of women.
Address or call on
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New York. Aug. IS Cotton futures opane,
steady at the advance
Futures closed steady.
LIVERPOOL

spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands
Z 10; middling gulf 81 8; sales 466 bales.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22
THE nUsso-CuINEsE FLAG.
First Seen in This Country During
the Dewey Celebration.


or the many thousand flags flung to the
breeze in New York city during the recent
celebration in honor of Admiral Dewey's
Homecoming, there was one, in many re-
spects the most unique banner ever used
1t was from the far east. strange flag
in a strange land. Barbarlc and heathenish
in appearance, it helped decorate on this
occasion one of the big Fifth avenue res
taurants.
Few who saw the queer banner knew
it for what 1t was. A huge painted dragon
of Chinese type on a background of yellow,
formed one triangular half Of the flag, while
the two smaller triangles of white were
filed one with Chinese. characters, the
other with three bars Of red and blue Evil
IDENTIFY Russian Imperialism had a hand in
it's making and the old Chinese dragon
suggested the vast empire Of the Mandar-
ins.
One might continue turning the strange
problem over in mind for hours in a vain
endeavor to get solution, but for the ex-
PLANTATION of the owner, Mr.. NJ. S. Friede,
a prominent member of the Engineers club,
to whom the flag was given on a recent
visit to the two countries represented 1t is
the first flag used in Manchura in connec-
tion with the great trans Siberian rail-
road now being built. From the begin
ming of the project it has been necessary
to protect the workmen along the route.
A Cossack guard was esta Jlished and made
to wear a uniform, part Russian and part
Chinese For a banner they were given an
other combination of Russia and China, and
now for thousands OF miles through Siberia
and Manchuria this strange flag may be
seen, carried and used by the CossacB
guards.
| Perhaps this is the first instance of q
| flag made from the standards Of two ma
| tions and used to carry out a peaceful pro-
| joct for the benefit of both. This flag is in.
| deed playing great part in the development
of Siberia and the linking Of the east ant
| the west.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

to see her birds said when told a certain
brown bird was bobolink: why, I never
saw a bobolink look like that" lie had not
recognized this very common bird, because
he had changed his coat In the eastern
states. in the spring and summer, the bobo
link is Jet black, streaked with white, and
has bright yellow neck, but in the autumn
he goes down to Florida and his bright
plumage is doffed for a sober brown one.
Many an interesting story this little girl
can tell Of the doings OF her pets, OF their
sagacity and bright, mischievous ways. This
same bobolink. who is very tame and used
to be allowed to fly over the whole house
developed incendiary propensities He de-
lighted in opening match boxes, striking
matches holding them in his bill little
while to enjoy the blaze and then drop them,
Another naughty trick OF this bird was
breaking vases or glasses. He would watch
for any that might have been placed on the
mantel, take them UP in his bill and delib-
erately drop them on the hearth just for the
pleasure. apparently, OF hearing them smash.
SO mischievous is he that he is no longer
allowed the freedom Of the house,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

Once again we take pleasure in an.
nouncing that Dcrmatologist Woodbury.
and his Chief New York Surgeons will
be at our st. Louis office, :50S Chemical
building, for three days, November Sd,
4th and 9th, and at our Chicago office,
corner Monroe and State streets, for six
days, Monday, November 9th, to Satur-
day. the 11th. inclusive, TO perform
painless operations for correcting impcr-
feet or deformed features and to re-
move all disfguring blemishes from tho
human face and body. Wrinliled,
crinllled, fabby, furrowcd skins; eyes
with dropping. squirting, puffy lids;
fat, baggy chin and throat; pouting.
rolling and drawn lips; the nose, if
bumped crooked. fiat, broad, long or
pointed; ears that are large, ill-shaped
or deformcd, and all irregularities and
dcformities are painlcssly and success
fully corrected, and the features rem
dered symmetrical, harmonious and ex-
pressivc. MolcS, warts, tattoo and
powder marks, rcd nose, red veins,
scars. brth-marks, supertluous hair and
all other unsightly blemishes of what
ever nature, and no matter where lo-
Gated, are speedily, completely and per-
manently removed without pain, leav-
ing no trace of their former existence.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

obtain any bird that she gets interested in
by reading Mabel Wrght's or any of the
many books written on our "feathered
friends"
These birds are so we'll treated that If by
chance one gets out, he always comes back.
unless he meets pussy, and 1t is no wonder
he wants to get back, for they have the
best room in the house-the front parlor,
large sunny room that has been fitted up for
their special benefit. A very unusual, but
most interesting parlor 1t is, and one that
attracts a good deal Of attention from the
passersby. From the bay window there
is a large cage built so that the birds can
enjoy the sunshine and air. The floor and
walls are covered with lnoleum and var
nished paper. About foot below the cell
ing all around the room Chinese straw
cuffs are tackled, and make cosy hooks in
which the birds build their nests. Plants
and branches OF trees, that are often re-
newed. and perches complete the furni-
ture OF the room. The food consists OF all
sorts OF seeds, salad and sugar, and, OF
course, plenty of water
When the folding doors OF Tie back parlor
are opened and only a wire screen separates
the two rooms, and you see the beautiful
lazulis with their brilliant blue plumage
the tiny strawberry finches that so closely
Iesehple the lIuIt they dle Adiheu dIleI, lne
gold diamond zebra and white Chinese
fnches, the Pekin nightingaes, Java spar
rows and, largest and most brilliant OF all
the Virginia cardinal, darting here and there
or perched around the room and filling the
air with melody, you would be sure TO say.
as every one does, that there is not a more
beautiful parlor in California. The little
girl who owns them knows more about birds
than many learned professor. She was
much amused one day when one OF the pro-
fessors of an eastern college who had come
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

McGregor, Ia, is to have a pearl button
mill.
London contains eighty-flvc women ply
siCians
Mexico sold the United States s2,0O0,00O
worth of hides last year.
Day county, South Dakota, has produced
two crops of oats this season.
American shoe manufacturers can under
sell the local producer in South Africa.
Sharon, Pa, is to have n $3,0OO000 steel
week ago
Out of 100000 in Massachusetts engaged
in gainful occupations only $1,000 are en-
ployed on Sundays.
Californa's law requiring corporations to
pay wages at least monthly has been de-
Clared constitutional.
The greatest whisky industry is in the
United States, the output being more than
SCOOO,0OO gallons a year.
The wages of every employe Of the
United Salt company of Cleveland have
been increased voluntarily.
The American Hide and Leather COM
pany, the combine of tanneries recently
formed is known, has decided to secure
another plant in milwaukee,.
Quite an industry is carried on in New
York City by men who collect oyster and
clam shells and sell the same to gas works,
where they are used as purifier.
Two new fruit jar factories at Fairmount,
Ind, now use blowing machines. Forty
five men on the two turns now do the
work of twice that number of men with
hand blowers.
The new steel works to be put up by the
will give employment to about 1,SOO men.
| The company now operates the old Fox
steel car plant at Joliet.
Employees of the Dodge Manufacturing
company, Mshawaka, Ind. are preparing
TO start cooperative store for the benefit
of employees of all the factories of that
city. They alege the city grocers and
butchers charge exorbtant prices.
A Berlin letter saws that there q
dozen skilled American workmen, engineers,
etc, specially engaged for Germany today
| to one German in America. There is hardly
a large firm in Berlin that does not employ
| American workmen and American engi-
neerS.
1.-THE United States lead the world ir
electricity" said Mr. Misaki, chief engineer
and superintendent of the Haskin Electric
France, Germany and England are al
great on theory. The big machines fol
electric G plants IN Japan come s from rom, tn, tn,
| that trade
! Within a few months the Pulp Barre
| company of Cincinnati Will begin opera
tions for the construction of plant for the
manufacture of barrels from wood or paper
| pulp by compression. The idea Is to turr
out barrels by mechanical operation ,anc
dispense with the old forms of making
| barrels from slaves by a combination o.
hand and machine labor
This seems to be a season of unparalleled
growth in the telephone business, says tht
| Electrical Review. In New York about {
| thousand new Instruments a month are
being installed, while in Chicago abou
eight hundred new stations are connected
monthly. Were 1t not for the shortage ant
| high price of copper, making cable yer!
difficult to obtain. these figures would b'
| largely exceeded. To n degree the same
state of things holds good for the inde
| pendent companies and toll lines are rap
idly covering the country with network
| of communications.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22
GOLD.

sea fashion, ana wearing a woollen cap upon
his head, stood some few rods distant, gaz-
ing wonderingly at him.
Ronald at once fell into perfect delirlum
OF excitement and Joy. Quickly tossing
aside the remnants OF his meal he rushed
toward the newcomer, with the evident in
tention of embracing him. But the latter
was not over cordial At the first sign OF
this advance he drew a short sword or
hanger, which he bore in his belt, and pre-
scented its point toward the breast OF the en-
thusiastic youth.
"Not so fast, monkey, ape or wild man OF
the island, whatsoever you may be- cried
the stranger, with an accompaniment OF
oaths Keep your distance and III keep
mine"
ooh sir! have mercy upon me-, poor
Ronald screamed, falling upon his knees and
extending his hands pitifully toward the
impassive stranger. 81 am an unfortunate,
cast away alone upon this horrible place.
You surely will sympathize with me. No
human heart could steel itself to my condi-
ton"
And rapidly at times incoherently, the
wretched boy told the story OF his ship
wreck and wept in mental anguish
The red bearded stranger listened impa-
tiently and without making any effort TO
conceal his lack of attention.
$50, So" he interrupted, before the lad
had we'll finished, you need enter into no
more precise details. | have just been
through something of the same sort This
cursed island has proved the death OF my
own good ship and left me with but half a
dozen companions and our plnnace to-hey'
knaye! What is this bravery
His eyes had just caught sight OF the
golden chain around the lads waist Inc
rubbing of the rags had cleaned away the
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

Car fare Is cents at Milan.
Siam Is to have a 100000 hotel.
Montana has 20 2000O-acre ranch.
Uncle Sam has 1900 postofiices.
Hong Kong has one cotton mill
A Pittsburger has a $l,250 glass hat
The Bon Marche employs 1900 people.
London has six vegetarian restaurants.
We burn 10000. 100000 matches annually.
Chicago disposes of SO,OOOOOO pies a year.
In Iceland horses are shod with Sleeps
horn.
In Austrian hotels it Is still customary
to charge extra for candies.
A carload of dried canned potatoes con-
tains 5000 bushels, but would hold only 500
bushels in their natural state
Frederick Peitz. n civil engineer, has re-
turned from the immense soda beds or
Dona Ana county, New Mexico, where he
staked out $1,000 acres of soda lands for
Pittsburg syndicate.
In Canada the Grand Trunk Is reported
to have called in several Of its travelling
freight agents owing to the fact that they
cannot secure cars for the tremendous rush
Of business Offering.
The fifty factories of Kokomo, Ind, now
using natural gas as fuel, are iilling up their
cellars and sheds with wood and coal for
use in case the gas gives out. There has
been no coal In that town for twelve years
until a few days ago,
The citizens of Houston, Tex, are trying
to buy the cage In which Dreyfus was
ready written to the president of France
about it, offering a large sum for IT, and II
they receive it will place 1t on exhibition
In this country.
Large forces of men have been at work
for three years on the Keeling tunnel at
Pittsburg, which is intended to tap rich
coal territory. When completed it will be
nine and half miles In length. Now only
about 5000 feet OF a coal-Tibbed hill remains
to be penetrated.
Between the rising and the setting of
every sun 1900 barrels of oil spurt up
out of CALIFORNIA; soil. and for the mills.
! factories and workshops the great fuel
problem-a problem that has stood Ike a
| lion in the path of the manufacturing en-
! largement Cf the Golden state for many
years-is being effectually and prohtably
solved.
! A factory is now in operation at Green
| sively as It's raw material. The pith Is
punched out of the cobs and shipped tc
| brewers for use I'm the manufacture of beer
| and the remainder Of the cob is ground
! into a fine meal, Its use Is a mystery, hui
| II is shipped east, where the purchasers arc
! believed to use IL as an ingredient In live
| stock food preparatiOn-ih other words, a
| stock food adulterant.
The train between Paris and Calais ac
| complshes the journey of 1856 milas IN thre
| hours and fifteen minutes. That betweeI
| Paris and Brussels does the 1i3 miles be
| tween Paris and Feignes, on the Belgian
| frontier in two hours and fOrty-six min
| utes, and the express from Paris to MadriC
| runs the distance between Paris and Bor
| deauX OF 1863 miles In six hours and forty
| two minutes. These, II is claimed are tn
three fastest daily trains in the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

till then did he completely recover con-
sciousness, II was now night. pitch dark
and stormy. He managed to relieve himself
OF his letters, but knew not how to find a
way to shelter. And so he staid where he
was Cnot forgetting to return ferveut
prayer to heaven for his wel-nigh miracu-
lous deliyerance) and braved the elements
as best he could. After long hours OF suffer-
ing, the storm subsidized and the sun came
up on cloudless blue sky. Within few
feet Of him lay the galleons hulk, once
more almost entirely exposed!
Poor Ronald was well nigh out Of his wits.
He argued that the buccaneers we're too ex-
perienced sailors to have ventured putting to
sea in their frail craft in the teeth of
rising gale. II he could come to them with
practical proof of his sincerity in regard to
the treasure he imagined that they would
relent And so he clambered down into the
after hold OF the hulk, and, utilizing the
greater part of his wretched clothing for the
purpose made up a bundle OF the tarnished
gold and silver coins. The package was not
large, but 1t was very heavy and all he
could well carry. In fact, he made but slow
progress with 1t shoreward, having to put it
down repeatedly and rest his arms. During
one of these pauses he saw something which
looked familiar at distance. 1t was the
woolen cap that Captain Rogers had worn.
Coming nearer, Ronald noticed that II lay
in the very center of a boggy spot. The lad
was cautious. He extracted several coins
from his bundle and threw them near the
buccaneers cap. The pieces of metal lodged
!innocently beside it. Then Ronald approached
little nearer and tossed the heavy package
in the same direction. 1t landed close along
side OF the cap and-sank out OF sight in
two seconds! The spot was a cup hole"
in other words, a quicksand or treacherous
morass, another common attribute of this
hungry ocean island.
The buccaneers had nrobahIv walked int
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

sight of 1t. He Lad never seen such a thing
before, and after gazing in admiration at the
bird with its curious beak and beautiful
plumage, he brought a ladder and climbed
up it with the view of securing so great
prize. When his head reached the level of
the roof the parrot Tapped wing at him
and said: what dye want?'
Very much taken aback, the laborer po-
litely touched his cap and replied II beg
your pardon, sir; l thought you were a
bird"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

it all unknowingly. At any rate they had
disappeared, leaving their well equipped boat
upon the shore Of the cove.
In an agony of fear and sorrow, and yet
with deep compassion for the men who had
SO cruelty used him, young Ronald waited
for three days. Then he put to sea in the
pinnace, willing to risk any fate rather than
to remain longer upon the island He was
picked up by a Dutch war ship, and, after
many yicissitudes reached England safely.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22
A LITTLE GIRLS 100 BIRDS.
She Has a Room Specially for Them
md KNOWS All About EnCh One.

There is a little girl in Berkeley, Cal,
who, instead of playing with dolls, reading
fairy tales or having the usual toys of
children of her age, has pets that are both
rare and beautiful, and she finds endless
pleasure In reading about them and the
best OF it, as she says, is that all is true"
She can prove it by using her powers OF OBJ
servation, for this fortunate little girl has
100 birds that have come from different
parts of the world. Her father, who is n
San Francisco lawyer, takes much pains to
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

When Granumn ZONES 10 our Home r.
Chicago Times Herald.
When grandma comes to our house
I'm always awful glad
Because she always takes my part
When I've done something bad
She asks my papa please TO NOT
Begin and punish me,
And then she shames him when she says
How bad he used TO be-
When / was slidin' Yesterday
And tore my trousers so
She said: Now, James, don't whip him, for
You did those things, you know"
And then he sneaked away. upstairs
And grandma looked at me
And said I'm just the kind of boy
My papa used to be.
And one day, when I runned away
And stayed till nearly night,
And then come home without my hat
And was an awful sight,
My papa stormed, and I'm afraid
That he'd "a punished me
II grandma hadn't told him then
How bad he ussd TO be.
I'm awful glad when grandma comes,
l wisht she d always stay,
Cause that's the time that L don't git
A lckin' every day,
And there's a look in papa's face
That's very nice to see
When grandma says I'm just the kind
OF boy he used TO be. .-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

"Why can't the chickens swim, mammal"
asked 4-year-old Ethel
Because they don't know how, suppose"
was the reply.
well, them continued the little miss.
why don't they get the ducks to teach
them?"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22
Pat and the Parrot.

parrot In a remote country district. re-
lates the Argonaut escaped from its cage on
the roof OF !aborer's cottage. When II had
been there a little time the laborer caught
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22
pRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

"And do you always try to behave like a
gentleman" asked the visitor.
mo, SIR" replied little Tommy, I'm not
old enough for that, but l always behave
like a gentleboy."
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

A plain statement of facts; Cooks Impe-
rial Champagne Extra Dry Is superior It's
bouquet excels; its taste delights Try 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

"Yes," said Aunt Matilda, when I was a
little girl old General Scott kissed me-"
Dear me, auntie," cried wicked Tommie
was it only General Scott? Why, I told
the minister it was George Washington
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

A simple protection against dangerous
throat affections are Deans mentholated
cough drops. Only cents, at druggists.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

st. Louis, or 1O3 State ST,
corner Monroe, Chicago.
To clear the complexion and
keep the skin young and
fresh use Woodbury's Fa-
cial Soap and Facial Cream
in the daily toilet and bath.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

"It's a shame, that's what It is!'' ex
claimed the boy wrathfully. II can't have
any fun at ALL"
whats the matter?" asked the sympa-
thetic neighbor.
dad says he'll lick me II he ever hears Of
me fighting with boy smaller than / am,
an dassen't fight with bigger one"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22
REMEMBER.

Our Office is open every week day of
the entire year for free consultation and
advice on the care and treatment of all
skin Diseases scalp affections and dis
orders of the nervous system. For full
information and book on the skin, scalp
and features call or address John III.
Woodbury., 3OS Chemical building,
corner Eighth and Olive streets,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

my boy" said gentleman to youngster
who was eating some green fruit, you should
not eat those apples; they are not good for
you"
Guess you don't know much about it,
mister" replied the urchin. why, three of
these apples will keep me out of school for a
whole week"
A little fellow OF 6 was reproached by his
teacher for his slowneSS. when | was your
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

age" said the teacher, Il was at least year
further advanced than you are"
Perhaps you had better teacher than
have" replied the incorrlgble youth.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Car fare Is cents at Milan.
Siam Is to have a 100000 hotel.
Montana has u 20,000-acre ranch.
Uncle Sam has 5000 postofices.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

sea fashion, ana wearing a woollen cap upon
his head stood some few rods distant, gaz-
ing wonderngly at him.