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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
Haven & Stout's Cotton Letter.

New York, May 12.-Dullness continues
to prevail in the cotton market, but is at
tended BY decided SteadinGSS, particularly
in the cid crop positions. The principal
feature Of the week was the heavy buy ng
OF spot cotton at Liverpool, which IS
understood to be largely in the nature OF
an exchange Of futures for actual cotton.
This movement had a tendency to support
prices. although the market here still
SUI! crs from the absence OF fresh specula-
tive buying. and the presence OF an enor-
nous outstanding bull interest. especially
in the August delivery. \ great deal CT
confidence. however, is expressed n 1h9
future of the market, and the fact that
prices hold 50 firm at the present lever,
in the face Of an almost complete ABB
sence CI new speculative purchasing, IS
thought to Indicate the probability OF a
further Improvement in prices as the
season progresses and the Summer op-
lions draw toward maturity.
CROP news has net been very important
Weather conditions at the South have
| been more favorable. and a good deal Is
now heard about the probable increase II
| he acreage. Reports from Texas indicate
that the acreage Of the State for the
| comino season will be at least 10 per cent
larger than that Of last year. Under SlcT
circumstances it is natural for new cfoI
deliveries to display a relatively Weaks'
tcna although any serious decline III the
Fall and Winter deliveries is checked ~
The frmness in all old crop deliveries. =
cood deal Ct attention is also p3ld 10 Int
fact that the season is certainly ldte' an
hat it is probably safe TO assume INA
tho crGp will be on an average about tW'
wecfs behind. This loss IS CT course L.
no means irreparable. but many ccmPe
tent authorities dwell on the tact that
late planting generally results IN q ~
aucticn in the volume OF the crop.
Cotton manufacturing has not develop
cd nov features, although the reports III
dictate that there is a better inquiry 10
warns at Manchester and that more con
tracts are being made for goods 10 De oe
liyered late this year. speculative
thp conditions continue to FAVOR lhNe9'
merts in cid crop cotton at very modef"t
concessions frcm the prevalent quol"'ioh'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
Hester's Cotton Statement.

New Orleans. May 11.-Secretary Hes
ter's statement Of the world $ visible
supply of cotton shows a decrease tor the
week lust closed OF 100, $50 bales, against
d decrease OF lO6. PAT bales last year.
The total visible is 2.l05,329 bales
against ESQ 1879 bales last week ana =
2 S.291 bales last year. OF this the total
of American Gotten is 2,o41,329 bales.
against 2,141.1S9 bales last week ana .
$50. POI bales last year and OF all other
kinds. including Egypt, Brazil, INDIA. etc,
COS, 900 bales. against 6S3,oeo baleS la9t
week and 1. l69. 600 bales last year
OF the worlds visible supply there =
| now aloat and held in Great britain anu
Continental Europe .691 zoe bales. aSainSt
2,719. OOO bales last year; Egypt l"4'ooo
bales, against III. 600 bales: IN lndla 80
OG0 bales, against Cos. coo bales, and IN 'he
United States go, 600 bales. against Lib
eco bales.
Secretary Hester's weekly statement
issued today shows the amount or COTTON
brought into sight during the past Weeh
has been 40, 46S bales, against o.l4S Dales
for the seven days ending this date las
year. The total movement for the 20
days from September 1st to date IS s.
6o4,11S bales, against 10. 621 .249 bales las
year.
The movement since September IS
J shows receipts at all United States port
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15

certain today and the disposition to sell
was still evident. There was an effort
to support some stocks and the short
selling by the bears was followed by buy
ing to cover contracts. Missouri Paclhc
was at one time lifted a point above
last night, carrying the railroad list with
it. The Changers, especially Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy and Southern Rail-
way preferred was pretty we'll supported
after the rally in Continental Tobacco
preferred from it's six and a quarter point
slump. This stock recovered almost COM
pletely before the close. Stocks were Of
fered freely at the higher level of prices
and declined to the lowest before the ap-
Gas Light and Coke Company, the local
fractions and the Steel stocks were all no.
tably weak. and large losses were regis
tered in a number CT shares which have
not been traded in during the recent de-
clines. Some effort was made to rally
prices after the bank statement. be
cause it failed to show the expected
heavy expansion in loans, but it was sue
| cessful only in isolated instances.
The close generally was unsteady and
net changes were mixed. The weekly re-
ports of the mercantile agencies confirmed
the feeling that the business reaction has
not yet reached it's limits and the opinions
expressed in the Senate yesterday Of the
possibility Of foreign complications on &C
count of the Monroe Doctrine as applied
to the Danish West Indies. was cited
by the bears as further ground for specu-
lative depression. The report Of a small
decrease in the loan account Of the bank
for the week instead of a heavy increase
was a surprise in Wall Street. 1t did no
alter the belief in the reported loan tt
PENNSYLVANIA which is today reported t
be from fifteen to twenty million dollars
The placing Of such a loan late in TIT
week would figure in the bank Statemen
for the averages OF only one day. Tn
calling of loans earlier in the week il
preDaration for the new accOmOdatiOl
would figure disproportionally in the aver
ages. The effect would be TO throw tn
showing Of the new loan in the state
ment Of the following week.
Bonds reacted in sympathy with stock
and subsequently, showed some recovery
United States refunding rs (when issued
the SIS and old As declined y and new A
i in the bid price.
The total sales Of stocks today Wer
31O.950 shares. including the following
Atchison preferred. 1.120: baltimore an
ohio. 1000: Burlington. 14,I20, Louisvill
ana Nashville. $500: Missouri Pacific. II
GO: PENNSYLVANIA. 1880: St. Paul, 6.15'
BROOKLYN Rapid Transit. n,675; America
Tobacco. 7.9t0: Continental Tobacco, II
20: Continental Tobacco preferred. So.
, American Sugar. 25.15o; Tennessee Co
and Iron. 5.@3o.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
FIGHTS WITH THE FILIPIN0s.
The Americans Lose Four Men Killed. roe )
Losses Heavy.
,Rv the Associated Press,)

Manila. May l1.-0:1o A.. MA force
of five hundred insurgents attacked t"eH,
tyfye scouts CT the fOrty-elghth reSlhieH'
near San JacintO, Province CT fahSa'ih"n
on Monday, but were routed by lhe ~
ten Of their NUMBER DeihS ~
Americans lost two killed. d,
=, ,nril 26th the rebels burned ana
e,oLed the town Of TrOcin near bdlah'
numbering natives who were frleholS ~
the Americans and two SpanlafdS. Nc
Americans killed 81 Of the Insurgents.
ON the same date Major Andrews Win
two companies of troops attacked II q
Noiicas' stronghold near Ormuc' :,
Island. Mojicas had brass cannon az
plenty of ammunition but ditei 49,
hours of fighting the insurgents llea- -
nee i nat kn0wn. The Americans loSt
Two killed and eleven wounded. 1neE oe-
s., roved the enemy's rifles and powder anu
stores.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
STORES.

charleston. S. c., May l2.-Tulrentine STEADY
a rnnin nuiet: receipts =: sales exports -.
Onotc. Il. &. ID, S1.l5; f. Sl.20: f, Sl.25: G, l.33:
II. 81 80: |, 81. 80; K,S l.6o; Nj. 800; y, 500; q
, 30; w w S2.55.
savannah, Ga, May 12-Turpentine firm at
4-a<. receipts LAG; sales i95; eX ports 2,53l.
Fnsin firm; l.cei PTS 2.si9; sales l.4l7, exports,
puote. g.. Is. G, d, S1.i5; F.. $l.20; f., 1925; G.
81 10. Ii. Sl.GO: !. Sl.65; *, Sl75; NJ. 800; \.
S2.l5: VIC, - %; WV, $50.
Wilmington. \. G., May 12-Turpentin'
duh ut 4644M414 receipts SO.
Kosin nothing doing at s. l0i Is: receipts O.
crude lurpentine steady at Sl.saa2 80; receipt:
Il barrels.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
SCRAP OF HISTORY.
Continued from Sixth Page.

Violet but such an inconsiderate remark
hows-'
4 am afraid. sir. you do not quite
comprehend me. II you are caught you
will be hung in chains. therefore l should
suppose that you would prefer the safety
of a chainless life TO the iguomy OF n
death in chains
%. ha. ha." laughed Dick. Il didn't
see that. Very good. indeed. ! must re-
member that joke and tell il to the boys
in the club.
1t is a perfectly lovely machine that
White Wings. OF yours, the lady contin-
ed. regarding Dicks mount with entranc-
ing eyes. while he stood aside from II
| and held it a. armslength that she might
better admire its proportions.
4 would get one for myself. II they
weren't so dear"
20. the first cost Of an article is moth
ing when YOU get just what you want. II
the police are ever after YOU. YOU viii
not regret the initial expenditure"
II would have you know. replied the
Young lady. drawing herself up proudly.
that l have no blowers among the
force"
L wish could say as MUCH said
Turpin bitterly.
What did you pay for your most eN-
cellent Wheel"
This stood me in at col; at least
that's what the man from whom l tool
it said it cost"
If l had that e21 you are taking car,
of for me / would go at once and inyes
it in a White Wings"
Would YOU" cried Dick with enthusi
asm, for his weakest point was alway.
his gallantry, and his next weakest hi
loyalty to his own make of wheel. Then
allow me TO have the pleasure of handin
back your money
Thank you kindly said the cir
sweetly as she put her purse in he
pocket. She Sprang on her wheel, an
cried over her shoulder. II think thos
are two policemen approaching down tn
road; better not follow me, but do som
ScOrching toward York
Dick saw that he had already lost 10
much time, yet he stood there hesitatin9
Wondering if after all he had not been be
fooled somehow. 1t was always thus wit
the tender-hearted man. His honest
was forever being taken advantage of |
the unScrupulouS of the opposite SEX. |
mounted his machine and finished u
journey to York, a poorer man by J.
than he had been at one point on Il
Journey.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
Total Cotton Receipts,

New York, May 1.-THE following are
the total receipts Of cotton at all ports
since September list, 1899:
Galveston, 1.676,371; New Orleans. J.
139, S9S; Mobile, 199,410; savannah,
1,507 .459; Charleston, 30. 100; Wilmington,
276, 1G4: Norfolk, 313.6G4; Baltimore. S.
90: New York, 9S.47G: Boston, 106 49,
Newport News, 1897; Philadelphia, 46,
043; Brunswick, 90, 400; Pensacola, III ,45S;
Sabine Pass and Port Arthur. 59.l12
Total, 6.221.713 bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens o Ease, a powder. 1t cures
nainfnl. Smarting, swollen feet and in
growing nails, and instantly takes the
sting out Of corns and buniOns. It's the
greatest comfort discovery Of the age.
Aliens Ease makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure for
sweating. callous and hot. tired, aching
feet. Try it today. Sold by all drug
sists and shoe stores. BY mail for 25c. in
stamps. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
a FIGHTFUL

Will often cause a horrible Burn,
ccala cut or Bruise. Becklen's Arnica
Salye. the best in the world, will Kill
the pain and promptly heal it. Cures Ola
sores Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons.
Corns. all skin Eruptions. Best Pile
cure on earth. Only % cts. a box. Cure
o,arantend. Sold by all druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, May ACCUMULATION OF long
corn. wheat and oats was again the 1ea-
ture on the Board of Trade today. Inc
decline brought out a demand however
and the close showed a fair recovery. july
wheat was a shade better. and July oat0
were a quarter cent down. Provisions
Yesterday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
Total Bank Clearings.

New York. May 1.-THE total bank
clearings at the principal cities OF the
United States for the week ending May
10th. were 81 Sol ,S91 .S39; q decrease OF
$50 per cent. as compared with the cor
responding week last year.
Outside Of New York city, $6iS, lO6, i23
q decrease of Is per cent.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15

New York. May 12-The weekly pans
aleuent shows the following changes.
surplus reserve. decreased, $b4','2'
ANS. decreased. $2S7 800, specie, de-
ceased. Sl.G>7.l 100. legal tenders, IN
.easyd. at.lpo. deposits, decreased, -
"". geo. circulation. increased, S9o,ooo.
The hanks ROW hold Sl5.332.423 IN ex-
OF the requirements of the :" PEI
,Hf rule.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
MARTIAL LAW IN SPAIN.
Proclaimed in the Provinces OF Barcelona ~
Valencia.
the Associated Press.

Madrid. May 11.-Martial law ha' 49,
proclaimed in the Provinces o.
and Valencia.
At Seville all shoptS are clo9e' an
itemen continues. There mas 20
,i.naI resistance to gendarmes at NdieH-
cia for two days.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
RALEIGH COTTON
xrW YORK

rw YORK, May ESP. Nj Money on car
.aaI at 2u2b per cent. last loan : per cen
a~ mercantile ~ per 312Wi4 per ~ - :,
sNrttnpe steady. with actual business -
Err, ais at s4.S-as Tor demand. ana 800 2
sixty days. Posted rates Sf.o'wlt - r. !
a .sH04s 4Ls. Commercial Bulls $500
silver certificates 6oGLGOH. Bar silver ~
...,n. ,slf.r. 47n Government bonds IRREGULAR
I'D. a..I, inactive. railroad bonds IRREGULAR.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
COTTON.

Work. Nav l3.-The market for cot
..,,rrs opened easy With prices one
.., rcints lower and showed more
- and energy than il has manifested III
o-aaks if not months. Sentiment was
.5.3ly bearish much of the short SEES
..r4ar favorable conditions from the
-,.-h market. further encouraging crop
..~fs from all over the belt ana re-
hat the weather was nearly per
Selling orders from Wall Street and
. unsettled condition on the STOCK eN-
.rga all served to increase the uneaSl-
.t holders in local circles and TO en-
-fe bear faction. Following the
r there was an additional decline 10
., -.~ .ralv. to 81 for August, to
~ r.- October and 80 for January.
.~.-gragt The rest of the session the
.~s-r was spasmodically active with
,...st.ar The main feature of trad
There were several periods CT stead
.n. norrles Of pro.t-taking by less
shorts on the decline New Or
sans and other Southern interests SOLD
.. ... and winter options. Commits
..~ .. .-,~ appeared TO be in possession
p. r.--. business than in weeks, the fult
. which went tc the short side. Promi-
,<..r. concerns were the leading
..y..~. .f -.. resent crop months.
~f. market Tor futures closed barely
...r. ...n. prices net three TO sever
.r.. ..r
NEW NORK-
~ - cation futures openea
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
IN STOCKS
WAS FEVER|SH
A Disposition to Sell Was
Still Evident.
WAS UNSTEADY
II Decrease in Loan Account OF
Banks a Surprise
DAN TO THE PENN ROAD REPORTED
y is Believed Despite This Decrease ir
.a Io1n Account. Cotton Market Shows
an Unusual Amount Of Snap
and Energy.
lRv the Associated Press.)

York. May 1.-THE week closes
ann tone prevailing in all de-
of the dry goods market but
.ange in prices. Brown sheetlngs
.frfus and bleached cottons are in
and irregular outside of trading
Coarse colored cottCns are gem
, steady. Prints are dull n un-
.r.f Ginghams steady with moderate
...9 print cloths idle. Cot on yarns
TO sale and very irregular.
.snrsted yarns duh but not quotaoiy
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

NORFOLK, Va, May l.-Peannts steady; new
| rancy, ~ strictly PRIME, 2as: priihr, 2@sQ-lt
common. lLaM2.; Spanish, soc. per bushcI.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15

North Carolina will be we'll represent
"a a. tho Annual Reunion Of Confederate
vaterans" at Louisville, KY, and MessrS'
uhiti,e Rros. Will be represented there
roo. by some handsome gray uniforms 'neS
have made for several of the Vets
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15

Sc" 1ore. May l2-The tone o. the
i~l.lg n stocks was feyerish and uh
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
LIVERPOOL

.- cotton rIo~-i 4Jt#r. uidGIIu- uptahas :
..r.- ..#s t..-. sale, bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-15
NEW YORK

pa ...z MAY -. Cotton futures opened
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-24
SAM HousToN,s SECRET,

why He Left His Wife and Joined
the Cherokees Is a Mystery.
"a mystery in which the American
people were once deeply concerned was
that which Swallowed the life of one Of
the most remarkable characters of the
country" writes William Perrine in
The Ladies' Home Journal. I'm 1929
Samuel Houston, or, as he called and
signed himself, Sam Houston, was
governor of Tennessee. 1t was in the
midst of a campaign for reelection to
the gubernatorial chair that Tennessee
was startled by a report that he had
resigned his Office. He had been mar
ried to the daughter Of an influential
family. Three months afterward she
returned to her fathers house, and her
husband resolved to pass the rest of
his life in the wilderness.
Houston betook himself to the tribe
of Cherokees in the Indian Territory.
He adopted their costume, appearing
in all the trappings of an Indian brave,
letting his hair grow down his back
and visiting Washington with buck
skin hunting shirt, yellow leggings, a
huge blanket and turkey feathers
around his head. No one could induce
him to reveal the secret of his meta
morphosis and his abandonment of the
ways and habits of civilization. BE
married again after he emerged from
his Indian life. and he lived to be an
old man, dying in the midst Of the civil
war, but no one was ever able to per-
suade him to unlock the mystery OF his
life. Nor would his first wife, who also
married again, throw any light on the
mystery"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-24
Making Barrels.

"Cooperage is one of the trades that
no one thought of improving until with
In recent years." said manufacturer,
"but then the inventors and expert ma
chinists started in with such rush
that it takes a good deal of our time
keeping abreast of the improvements
that are coming into the market every
day.
1.-THE work used to be done entirely
by hand, and the coopers often had to
buy their hoops from firm that made
nothing else. The coopers were not
well enough equipped to make all the
different parts of barrel themselves,
and often they bought everything out
side and merely put the barrels togeth-
er. 1t used to take five or six men to
do the work properly, and an hours
time would perhaps turn out ten bar
rels.
"As the system is now, all the differ
ent parts are made by one machine,
and only one man is needed to attend
Lit. After the wood is fashioned into
slaves and hoops and braces by it the
pieces are run through another section
Of it and come out almost Immediately
a finished barrel, ready to be loaded
and shipped to our customers.
"On a regular average about 30 bar
reIs can be turned out In an hour. You
can see what the saving is over the old
way. Employing six men for one hour
as they used to do, we can get 160 bar
rels, where by the old system they
were only able to get ten."-PittsburG
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-24
The He1pfuI Man.

The man who loses his head was IL
church the other day, and girl neal
him had tainted. The church was yer,
close, and he realized that the bes
thing to do was to take her out, and al
he was helpful man, always going tt
the assistance of those in need, he pro
posed to carry her himself. But il
these days women do not faint Otter
enough to keep men in practice carry
ing them out Of churches or theaters
and this man was very much excited
The girl had tainted just as a hymn
was being sung, and the man had 6
hymn book in his hand, which IL it re
manned there would make him less able
to render his deed of mercy, so the frs
thing to do, he realized, was to get rio
of the hymn book.
won't some one take my hymn
book" he cried excitedly. "Some one
take this hymn bookr he called agar
with vehemence. But no one volun
teered, and it was not until another
man had taken the girl out that be
realized that he might have dropped
that hymn book on the seat himself
New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-24

Reduced Rates to Cincinnati via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, account of Peoples
PARTY National Convention!
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-24
Poaching Eggs.

Break an egg carefully into coffee
cup and sprinkle it lightly with salt
and pepper. Have ready small stew
pan containing some boiling beef tea
which has been nicely seasoned. Care
fully slip the egg into the pan and
poach it in the usual way. When it is
done, place it on rather thick round
of buttered toast. Thicker small
quantity Of beef tea quickly with lit
tie corn -four and pour it over the egg.
Another way of serving a poached
egg is as follows; Break a new laid
egg into a buttered teacup, season ii
with salt and pepper and place the cup
in a stewpan containing sufficient boil
ing water to reach rather more than
half way up the cup. AS soon as the
egg is set turn it carefully on to piece
of hot, buttered toast. While the egg
is cooking boil small quantity OF
cream in a saucepan, season it with q
little celery, salt and pepper and add 9
teaspoonful Of chopped parsley to It
Pour the cream over the egg and serve
at once.-New York Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-24
A Kansas Blizzard,

"When a real Kansas blizzard
STARTS" said a native of the state, "the
snow at first is usually soft and fine
and comes down with an ominous
quiet. Then it increases in volume,
and a wild wind hurls 1t along. 1t is
binding and enveloping, and, aside
from being freezing cold, one cannot
but lose his way. The storm some
times lasts two or three days. When
one of these billiards. comes up, the
farmer who wants to get from his
farmhouse to the stable or milkhouse
takes cord and starts for the stable
or milkhouse, as it may be, even If
it is only so yards off. He seldom
makes it the first time, and the cord
is to keep him from getting lost and
wandering in the snow. Sometimes
the people stand in the door and beat
a tin can for a signal to any one who
may be out in the storm, but this is of
little use, as the noise of the wind is so
great that it browns almost every 9TH
er sound.
81 know of a case of man who got
lost going from his stable to the house,
so swiftly and blindingly did the storm
whirl down upon him. He stumbled
over the entrance to a cyclone cellar
and crawled in there and dropped the
door after him to keep out the snow.
The snow fell faster and faster and
buried the door SO deeply that when 1t
was all ended and he tried to open 1t
he found it impossible. His family
searched the country around for him,
and it was not until the snow had melt
ed and gone and some one happened
to go into the cyclone cellar that he
was found there."-New York Tribune.