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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-18
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.
NAVAL STORES

WILMINGTON, N G., May II. Turpentine
firm at 3tG131H; receipts 20.
Rosin arm mt $lOODl .05; receipts 667.
Crude turpentine quiet at SllOO2. 10; receipts
OF barrels.
Tar hrm at S1.25; receipts 225
CHARLESTON, S. c., May II, Turpentine
firm at 21l4; receipts =, sales : exports
Rosin firm; receipts sales 100; exports
Quote: A, b. c, $1O5; d, 81. 10; E, $l.l5 +, S120;
G, 81. 30: ii, ST. 40; /, Sl.55; $780, M, S220; n,
81. 90; VIC 81 80; w w, 1896.
SAVANNAH, Ga, May l7-Turpentine firm at
3194 receipts 49, sales 1887; exports -.
Rosin 6rm, receipts 1878; sales zoos; exports
Quote: A, b, C, S1.lO; D, $l.l5 e, Sl.2o; +,
3d. %; G, $780, H. Sl.50; !. $780, X, S2.05; M,
". IS; N, $40; w G, $500; w w, $500
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NEW YORK MONEY

NEW YORK, May 1T p. m. Money on call
firm at 3ha5h pei cent; last loan per cent;
ruling rate Az p cent. Prime mercantile paper
at 404A per cent. Sterling exchange firm,
with actual business in b.nMers bills at 4.8S
io- demand and at 484A0t4.S5 for 60
DAYS Posted rates 485K and AS9 COM
mercial bills 4.s3A04s44. Silver certificates
60 Bar silver 59a1. Mexican dolIars 4SH. Gov
eminent bonds weak; State bonds weak; Railroad
bonds irmer.
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T hese Bonds

Are issued in denominations of 81 eco,
and at maturity whether ut death or
end of Is or 20 years. the Society
agrees to purchase them, az the OPP
ton of the holder, at q premium of
$500 on the $1,000 lar value, or 81 500
on each $1,000.
FRANK w. BANNER,
General Agent, North Carolina and Rich
mond, 900 East Main Street,
RICHMOND, VA.
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A NEW ISSUE OF
2O-Year 5 per Gent.
COLD BONDS.
either Coupon or Regfstered.)
OF THE
EQUITABLE =

Are Backed by Company as Strong as
the U. S. Government.
Total Cash Assets of the U. S.
S. Government Gncluding the
Gold Reserve of $15000O,000),
Jan. /, 1901 ................, $500. .O7 ,O72
Assets of the Equitable Life,
January /, 1901 ........... 3)4, 53S. GG3
of which more than $G6,O00,-
900 is surplus to policy
holders.
THE EQUITABLE GOLD BONDS PAY 5
PER CENT WHEREAS GOVERN
MENT BONDS PAY LESS THAN PER
CENT.
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THE BULLS AGAIN
PUSHING PRICES
impressive Demonstration of
Confident Strength.
FORCED SELLING OVER
Numbers of Stocks Advance Through
Individual Causes.
THE PRICES DEEMED AT A SAFE LEVEL
This by Reason Of Imitation Let Out Of Them
While Business Conditions of Country
and Earning Power of Properties
Remain Unimpaired.
(By the Associated Press

/. New York, May 1.-THE market con.
tinues higher for all descriptions of cot
ton goods and without quotable changes
in price. Print cloths inactive. Fail
River manufacturers held meeting to-
day without decisive result Prints easy,
ginghams steady. Linens and burlaps in
active but firm
COTTON.
New York, May 1.-THE pronounced de-
cline in Liverpool was disappointment
to cotton bulls today. Shorts last night
had rushed to cover in anticipation of
July manipulation today, but Liverpool
refused to respond and even turned weak
after our opening On this news the
start here was steady with prices down
three to six points, soon increased to a
matter of from nine to eleven points
under liquidation, bear pressure and for
eign selling, all of which was based upon
wet weather reports from the Southwest.
Moreover crop advices took more cheer
full turn, and though late, the prospects
for the new crop were said to be very fa-
vorable. Receipts were hardly up to ex-
pectation but this factor had been pref
ty thoroughly discounted. Demand for
spot cotton in Southern markets was
hanging fire, and Northern mills were
once more faced with necessity for con-
tnued curtailment of production. To-
ward midday efforts were made to hold
the market steady and in the early after
noon considerable energy was brought
to bear in the hope of closing the mark
q H.. - zrf
ed by this show OF confidence and some
more turned for safer ground. July led
the uplift, but at most speculation was
of a professional character, and Tor the
most part in the way Of evening up for
the week The market closed quiet with
prices net seven to eleven points lower
NEW YORk
New YORK. May l7.-Cotton futures opened
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Government Bonds

Must be paid for spot cash You can
buy the Equitable Gold Bonds on easy
installments, and if death should oc-
cur before the completion of payments,
the Bonds mature Immediately with
out further cost to the inyestor,) and
pay 5 per cent. 10 his estate for 20
years, and then pay the the face of
the Bonds in gold coin.
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NoPFOIk pEANUT MARKET

NORFOLK Va. May IL Peanuts quiet: fancy,
49s; st ictly prime, 2hQ2H prime, 2g21s; com
mon, - low arades IA@lz machiue picked,
hG2; Spanish roc per bushel.
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New York May l7-Cotton futures opened
steady at the decline.

Spot cotton closed quiet; mlduIlllR uPIaHus
So; adding gulf 5-16; sales - bales
LIVERPOOL.
I,yrRpooI. NAV I'D p. M.-Spot cotton
limited demand, prices unchanged American
midding fair 27-32d; good middling II SD;
middling A 11-32d; low middling 4 5-32d; good
ordinary 20 Bed; ordinary 32l-32d
The sales of the day were 5000 bales, OF which
400 were for speculation and export, and includ :
ed 800 American. Receipts 5000 bales, includ-
ins no American.
Lrntnras onnnad and closed quiet.
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sEABoARD STOCKS AND BONDS.

SEABOARD STOChS AND bONDo'
BALTIMORE, May IL - Seaboard Air Line
,mm0n 24a6125; preferred 46
Rcpds-4's 7SH.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28

There never has been a time when
the individual has stood for SO much
as he does at present. There has
never been a time when individuality
and personal initiative brought such
amazing rewards. There never has
been time when the Individual could
or did exert SO much Influence as at
present. There Is no individual today
so Insignificant that. IL he became the
medium of a new or potent ideal, he
would be prevented by uncomfortable
conditions from expressing his idea
and reaping his just reward.
In all ages up to this man has been.
owing to his limitations of physical
force, playthlng Of conditions. slave
OF his environment. Skill and intelll-
eence were but two of the factors In
bis progress bounded and restrained
by limitations to their employment.
Now. however. with universal energy
at the disposal of each Individual. this
terrestrial sphere scarce puts bounds
to his field of inf1uence.-Cassier's
Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28

ny tnc JcdlOub LthIn
of his uncle, Shere All, against whom
he had sided when All and the other
two sons of the famous Dost Mahomed
were fighting for the throne. 1t was In
1868 that he fed the country and for 10
years before, in 1880, he re-entered At
ghanlstan to ascend the throne, he was
the guest Of the Car, living on Russia s
bounty in the city of Samarcand. The
Russians have accused him of the gross
est ingratitude In these later years
when he has treated Russia almost as
an enemy.
The opportunity of Abdur Rahman
Khan, the exile, came In 1880 and he
was equal to 1t. Shere Ali had been
driven from the throne of Cabul. A fu-
gitlve from the British vengeance that
was pursuing the great men of the Az
ghans who connived at the murder of
British subjects, he died in the north
ern part of his country. His son,
Yakoub Khan, had hardly been pro-
claimed Ameer when the British mis-
sion under Sir Louis Cavagnari, was
massaered In Cabul and Yakoub was
dethroned and led prisoner to India.
Meanwhile Abdur Rahman had crossed
the border. assured of the support of
some of the leading men, and procla i'm
ed himself Ameer. His coming was
welcomed by the British and his rule
began in 1880.
Afghanistan's 100000 people are
made up Of many diverse and even an
tagonistic elements. He put down with
a heavy hand the uprising of the Chill
zais. who numbered about one-fourth
Of his people. He compelled the Wild
est tribesmen among the mountains to
pay taxes and the taxes he levied were
no bagatelle. He had never pretended
to govern his country on rosewater
principles. Nobody asserts that he won
the love Of his people, but he estab-
lished his supremacy, became the ruler
OF a united Afghanistan and received
general recognition as the strongest
Ameer since the days of the old Dura-
mis-. He established various industries
and acquainted his people with some of
the best features of civilized life.
His heir is Habib Oullah, who is 80
years OF age.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28
wood Too Hard 10 Burn.

There are certain kinds of wood that
are too hard to burn. or refuse TO ignite
for some other reason, such as iron
wood and the good brier root, but 1t is
a curiosity to come across a piece OF
common deal-the soft, light wood of
which so many boxes are made-that
cannot be set fire to.
The piece of wood in question was
common white deal from Sweden. but
was remarkable for its comparative
weight. 1t had formed part of a boat
belonging to a whaler and had been
dragged below the surface of the wa
ter to the depth of more than half a
mile by a harpooned whale. The
length Of line and the short distance
from the point of descent after being
struck at which the whale rose to the
surface was proof of the depth to
which 1t had dragged the boat
Only part of the boat came up again
at the end of the line. and 1t was taken
on board when the whale had been
killed. That piece Of wood was so
hard that 1t would not burn in a gas
Jet. The weight of water had COM
pressed it.-London Standard.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28
silence You Can See.

There Is no such thing as silence in
this world. 1t is an lmpossibility. That
is partly the reason why science has en-
abled us to see 1t.
The explanation of the paradox is
this: Silence, as we understand It sim
ply means that there are sounds too
delicate or too loud for the ear to regis
ter In other words. when we can't
hear anything we call that condition
"silcnce." But wherever you are there
nre sounds around you. Even In the
deepest mine the air vlbrates and
makes n sound. An Instrument has
been invented that will catch these
sounds and permit of the vibrations be-
Ing represented pietorially on screen,
and in that way you may see silence
and properly understand what II
means.
BY comparing the pictures of noises
with those of that condition of things
known as silence we gain an idea of the
difference between noisy night. for
instance. and one when absolute ST.
ience relgns." as the novelist puts 1t. II
is rather surprising to find so much dis
lurbance at the time when everything
appears to be perfectly quiet--Pear,
sons Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28
RAILWAY RUMBLES.

Our miles Of railroad track exceed nv
more than 10000 all the tracks of En-.
rope.
The Dominion of Canada has granted
$SS,Ssi.557 and 30. 725. 100 acres of lana
to railways.
More than 45,o0Ooo0 passengers a
year go through the North Union and
South Union stations In Boston.
In most European railways the prin-
cipal difference between second class
and first class lies in the color of the
seat cushions, first class being usually
red. second class gray.
The average cost of the body of a
modern long electric car Is $1,000, the
average price Of a set of double trucks
for such a car is 5000. and the average
cost Of the motor Is 1900. making the
total cost of the car $4.100.
Some of the Austrian railways have
followed the German custom of selling
numbered seats in the cars of fast
trains, both first and second class. An
extra charge of from about % to so
cents Is made for these seats, according
to distance.
The other day, just as a train was
about to leave Kutas. In Hungary, for
Palfalya, an official appeared and put
seals on the wheels of the engine The
passengers had to get off and walk.
The company was BOG crowns in ar
rears In payment Of taxes. Next day
the taxes were paid, and the train pro
ceeded
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28
A pARWINlAN THEORY.
Why the Drowning Man Always
Throws Up His Hands.

The usual idea that a drowning man
Is stretching out his hands for aid or
catching at straws" is not altogether
satisfactory. A possible explanation
has lately been suggested, and this
supposes that the drowning man. losing
oil his acquired habits and even some
Of those inherited from more recent
parents, in his terror goes back to the
Instructive movements of his arboreal
ancestors, and the movements of the
drowning man are those of frighten-
ed ape seeking safety by clinging to
the nearest tree.
The movement Is certainly instinc-
considerable training and voluntary
efforts, and yet It is fatal to the indi-
vidual, for the specific gravity Of no
human body is so nearly that of water
that the removal of the arms from the
supporting fluid at once sinks the face
beneath the surface. In cases of so
called cramps" the victim, often
highly trained swimmer, generally
throws up the hands. but these cases
are probably due to hear. failure. and
similar movement takes place ON land
when the subject receives a fatal heart
wound. and 1t is even a common ex-
preston of shock or establishment. The
ordinary movements OF walking or run
ming would keep a mans face above
water, but these curious climbing
movements of both hands and feet
make floating impossible and are re-
sponsible for many deaths by drown
ing.-Cinclnnati Enquirer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28
DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT
How the Paving Value of Asphalt
Was Brought to Notice.

All forms of bituminous pavements.
whether manufactured from natural or
artificial asphalt, are in fact artificial
stone pavements. The industry started
with the use of the natural rock as
phalt from the mines In the Val de
Travers, Canton Neufchatel. Switzer-
land. The mines were discovered In
1921, but II was 1910 that its utility as
n road covering was first noticed. The
rock was then being mined for the
purpose of extracting the bitumen con-
tanned In 1t for use In medicine and
arts. II Is a limestone found impreg-
mated with bitumen, of which 1t yields
on analysis from to IA per cent.
1t was observed that pieces Of rock
which fell from the wagon were crush
ed by the weight of wheels, and under
the combined influence Of the traffic
and heat of the sun good road surface
was produced A macadam road of as
phalt rock was then made which gave
very good results. and finally In 1854
n portion OF the Rue Bergere was laid
in Paris of compressed asphalt on a
concrete Foundation. In 1853 a still
larger sample was laid. and from that
time 1t has been laid year by year in
Paris. From Paris 1t extended to Lon
don, being laid on Threadneedle street
in 1860 and Cheapside In 1870 and In
successive years on other streets.-Mu-
nicipal Journal and Engineer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28

The late Lord Savile used to say. &C.
cording to The Candid Friend, that
high diplomatists had always to be on
their guard against intriguing women,
mainly Russian agents, who would use
any vile TO extract information. Dur
ing the Russo-Turkish war, when Eu-
rope was always on the verge Of a
crisis and Russian statesmen were
most anxious to know what England
would do under given circumstances.
a lady came up to him suddenly at a
ball and said:
II hear that the Russians have made
a forced march and entered Constan-
tinople." hoping no doubt that he would
be surprised into some indlscreet ex-
preston.
He merely replied:
"Ineedl And l suppose the sultan
has conferred on them the order of the
Turkish Bathp'
The lady continued gravely:
And they say In Paris that IL Eng.
land does not interfere the eastern
question is settled In favor of Russia u
And that" replied his excellency,
SIS. suppose, the new judgment OF
Paris"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28

A writer In a scientific periodical
states that 1t Is not generally known
that fruit acids are germicidal. "The
juice" he says. "of lines and lemons
is as deadly to cholera germs as cor
rosive sublimate or sulphur fumes or
formaldehyde or any other disinfectant
II Is so powerful a germicide that II
the juice of one lime or lemon be
squeezed into glass. of water that is
then left standing for ten or fifteen
minutes the water VIII be dlsinfected.
1t makes little difference where the
water has been obtained or whether II
has been boiled or Uttered" As boiled
or filtered water is not always obtain
able this Is worth remembering.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28
The Duty
of Mothers.

What suffering frequently results
from mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from a mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter
Tradition says woman must suf-
fer" and young women are so taught.
There is little truth and a great deal
Of exaggeration in this. II young
woman suffers severely she needs treat
ment, and her mother should see that
she gets It.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters TO a physician for examine
tion /: but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter on
herself TO Mrs. Pinlkham's Laboratory
1t Lynn, Mass, and secure from a
woman the most efficient advice with
out charge.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28

from the machinery building, are now
quite common. At Duluth. there are
sc veral made of concrete.
The bins shown in the picture while
not comprising part of wheat ele-
yator, are no less remarkable on that
account. There are eighteen of them
with a combined capacity of half mil
lien bushels, and they form part of the
plant being erected in Minneapolis
The material used is principally tile
with steel bands running through part
of it. From the outside nothing but
tile is in sight. The elevator will cost
$500 600 when completed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28
Insect Plaques.

The insect plaques of summer are no
matter Of Jest Man must strive with
them as he strives against the other
hostile forces Of nature. He must fight
the Hesslan fly or the wheat crop viii
not be garnered, he must fight the Wee
VII or the grain will perish In the bins.
he must fight the army worm or the
cattle VIII starye in the pastures, he
must fight the tent caterpillar and the
borer or his forests Will wither and the
streams disappear. The entomologist,
therefore. wages the war of civilization
against forces all the more terrible be-
cause of their minuteness and apparent
lnsignlfcanee.-St Louis GlobeDemo-
crat
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28
HIS LIFE THREATENED
EXPERIENCE OF A TROOPER IN THE
EIGHTH OHIO CAVALRY.
The Incident Occurred when the Regi-
ment Was at Camp Charleston and
= Narrowly Escnped Fatal Ending.

The Incident Occurred when the ReRt-
ment Was at Camp Charleston and
I Narrowly Escnped n Fatal Ending.
The chief bugler of the Eighth Ohio
Cavalry in the stirring days of
the Civil war was Thomas J. Pat
ton. who now lives, at 20 years of age,
in Urbana. Ohio. As in the case of
many others his life was threatened in
after years by the results of an almost
forgotten accident. While his regi-
ment was at Camp Charleston, Mr..
Patton was thrown from his horse.
sustaining sprained ankle and the
7 fracture of three ribs. In an interview
just Published by the Champaign
Democrat, of Urbana, lac says:
lit was almost eleven years ago that
| was stricken with partial paralysis,
the result of my fall at Camp Charles
ton. lost my appetite, my kidneys
were affected and | was confined TO my
bed under medical treatment. The
disease affected my right hand SO that
! could not lift it. | suffered an almost
entire. loss of memory and could not
talk except with great effort. -
But You seem well and hearty
now, said the reporter. How did
You regain your health2'
II am well and hearty, answered
the veteran. sit came about in this
way. Four years ago read in news
paper of a case similar to mine that
had been cured by DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, and | purchased
some They are the best medicine in
the world. Not only did they help my
paralysis but they built up my
health in every way. Since taking
them | have not been troubled with
catarrh, from which | had before been
"a constant sufferer. l feel better and
brighter now than | have for years. -
1t is "A well established fact that DIR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are an unfailing specific not only for
partial paralysis, but for locomotor
ataxia, St. Vitus' dance neuralgia,
nervous headache. rheumatism, amaze
mia, after-effects of the grip, palpita-
ton of the heart, pale and sallow COM
plexions and all forms of weakness
either in male or female. AT all drug
gists, or direct from DIR. Williams
Medicine Co, Schenectady, N. Y, 30
cents per box: six boxes for 81, 80.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28
BARRIERS WHO MAKE MONEY
Those Who Serve Patrons at Their
Homes Get Large Tips.

Those Who Serve Patrons at Their
Homes Get Large Tips.
The itinerant barber of to-day who
corresponds to the early Idea of this
parsonage by going from place to place.
attending his clients in their homes and
not awaiting them in his own or his
employers shop, Is by no means a fig
ure of the past in New York. but pros
pers here still. These BARRIERS are work
men who have acquired a following of
their own and find customers enough
who want to be shaved at home to in
sure them a living. They are able
with a limited number to get along. as
the expense involved is not great.
There is, for instance, no rent. and
this makes 1t possible for a barber TO
succeed with a more limited number of
regular patrons than might otherwise
be thought necessary. The number of
these men has greatly increased during
the past years and they represent the
BARRIERS who are fearful of undertaking
the responsibility of their own shops
and are yet DESTROYS of being more in
dependent than the ordinary employee
The most successful of these BARRIERS
are usually more deslrably placed than
their employers. They have no respon
sibllity and earn regular income as
well as being treated with considera-
ton by their bosses, who are always
anxious to keep such men. The timer
ant BARRIERS who serve their clients at
their own homes are able to do this at
only a slight advance on the usual
amount. Sent out from the shops they
receive four times as much as would
be asked In them.-New York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28

one OF the directors of the Norwegian
fisheries has been endeavoring TO dis
cover the height n salmon win leap
when clearing a waterfall which OBJ
structs Its passage up stream. Masts
were placed below the fall to insure
accurate measurements. 1t 10 stated
that a fish can leap to the height OF
twenty feet When fish failed to
clear the fall at one bound. 1t remained
In the falling water aud then, with a
rapid twist of the body. gave a spring
and was successful
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-28

Mrs. August Pfalzgraf, of South
Byron, Wis, mother of the young lady
whose portrait we here publish, wrote
In January, 1899, saying her daughter
had suffered fer two years with irreg-
ular reconstruction had headache all
the time, and pain in her side, feet
swelled, and was generally miserable
She received an answer promptly with
advice, and under date of March, 1899,
the mother writes again that Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured
her daughter of all pains and irregu-
larity.
Nothing In the world equals Lydia f.
Pinkham's great medicine for regu-
iating woman's peculiar monthly
troubles