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DOWN GO CEREALS
TO THE DRIP OF RAIN
1t is Sell, Sell, Sell, in the
First Hour.
AND LOSSES ARE LARGE
May Wheat Leading Closes Over
Cent Lower.
COTTON CONTINUES ITS CLIMBING
AND LOSSES ARE LARGE
COTTON CONTINUES ITS CLIMBING
Throughout The Session Trading Was Active
and the Market Closed Firm and Net
Two to Twenty-Five Points
Higher.

New York, April 25.--Unchanged con-
ditions prevail in the dry goods mar ket
and business today has been on a mod
crate scale. Prices are firm nOtwith-
standing the small demand and sellers
show no indications of WEAKNESS in any
direction.
COTTON.
New York. April 25.-The cotton mar
ket opened firm with prices unchanged
TO 10 points higher and after a slight
reaction under realizing by the more
tmid holders, turned strong on bullish
news from all quarters and on support
ing orders from substantial interests
There was very little cotton for sale
and the bear contingent were compelled
to compete vigorously with the enthus-
iastic friends of the market fol the
present crop positions which led the rise.
Whereas Liverpool was due to come l u
to points higher, that market worked
up IA points on futures while spots
were firm at an advance of 1-16d, these
prices being new high record figures for
the season thus far. Port receipts were
light, the export clearances were large,
the week end statistics were exception
ally bullish and Southern spot markets
were strong at further general advances.
Estimates for an acreage decrease in all
STATES except Texas and predictions for
a very heavy export movement during
the next six weeks, helped TO strengthen
bull confidence. Soon after the call it
became known that some $4,000 to $4,000
May notices had been issued and We're
being stopped" by a prominent Greek
export house and by well known spot
cotton houses. The former was said to
have taken $4,000 bales, all of which it
was believed will be shipped to Europe
as soon as possible. Heavy New Or
leans and foreign buying in the local
ring increased the alarm of the room
shorts and their entire attention was
devoted to reaching safer ground. July
climbed to 947 and August to 922, while
the April option reached $50 and May
967. Throughout the session trading
was very active with the market finally
firm and net to 25 points higher, the
present crop options showing by far the
greater advance. Belief that Liverpool
will disappoint the trade tomorrow, ur-
der the usual Saturday profit taking,
prompted scalpers to take the short side
over night, on the very close.
NEW YORK
NEw YoRK, April 2o.-Cotton futures opened
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Wheat lower; srot, s0AGso9s; month sol4Go
"a; No3 red -; Southern wheat by samp.e
75Go5.
Corn, dul and easy; mixed, spot 64A; u g
month 65A@65; April : F; May -; Southern VIM
corn 50; do y low =;
Oats firm; No 2 WIN tie, 5lM@52.
Rye stea1y; No. nearby, 6OQL6l: No. west
ern
Butter firm and low r; fancy imitation 250
q; fancy creamery %; fancy lade HOlS; store
packed.
Eggs firm; fresh 1914 e>
Cheese firm; large 1a012h; medium lih0
IL; small 130l3z.
Sugar firm. Dne and coarse granulated 4.elh.
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NAVAL STORES.

NAVAL STORES.
WILMINGTON N. c.. Aptil 26. -Turpentine
nothing doing at 42H; receipts % casks.
Rosin nothing doing at S1.l00Sl.t5; receipts
212.
Crude firm at o.. 350l25O: receipts 35 barrels
Tar firm at .! 20; receipts l60
SAVANNAH Ca. April 2e.-Turpentine firm
at Az; receipts COZ; sales l,29t; exports 1888.
Rosin firm, receipts 1928; sales 427; exports
474
Quote A, BIC, 1926; D, H.2o; E, S1.25: F.
.30; G, Si.35; H, Sl55; |, Sl.a5; X, 8245; NJ.
SaSo; N, 1925; w G, $3.50: w w, $3.50
CHARLESTON, S. @. April 2e.-Turpep Inc
firm at 42h; receipts -, sales - exports -.
Rosin firm; receipts -; sales .s;, exports
Quote: A, B, C,sllo; d, s1.10; E, sL15; F, 81 80,
G,Sl.32M; Il S1.40; /, &l.60; o. Is: Nj ASS; n.
Bis: VIC 30: w w. 1915
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RALEIGH SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Raleigh, N. c.. April 25.--The price of
spot cotton in the local market here to-
day ranged from IA to eye.
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RALEIGH STOCK MARKET.
Corrected daily by Grimes C Vass)
BONDS.

Bid. Asked.
North arolina 6's, 1919. ....- 1876
North Carolina As, 1919. 1864
Virginia new SIS, 1882. ...... 95 951.
Virginia Centuries, 1891. 800. 951A 95as
Southern Railway SIS, 1894 ..122
Seaboard Railway AS, 1861. SEA S534
Western N. C. R. r. 6s, 1914. .12O -
Ca, Car. C Northern SIS, 1929 ia 114A
Carolina Central Railway As. 971a SO
Ca, So. & Fla. R. r.. 1916 :. Ills -
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BONDS.

J.S.Ref. 2's reg..109H
s. s. Ref. Us cou 109K
u. S.3's reg ......108N
" coup ........10oH
u. s. new as reg 138
" coup ........139A
u. s. old as reg.1114
a." coup ......11tK
U. S. SIS reg.....1o5A
3" COUP. ....107
Atch'sn Gen. 4's.103B
3" adj as. :. ga
Bait. Il 0. AS. ..1o2M
do 3 les. s6A
do cow. 4s..1O9
Can. So. ends. .108
G. Of g. 5's.......112h
" 1st incomes. S7h
G. & o. AVS. :. 1855
G. & A. 3 1-2's... 84B
c.. b & @. as. 96A
CM&StP gen 4's11SH
c.. q N. con rs. 1861
c.. Il. |. 81 z. 4's.112K
CCC&SLgen4's.10
Chicago Ter. As. 90
Colo. So. 4s..... 95A
D &. Rio GAS. .104A
E. prior lien 4's.1OOB
Erie Gen 4's..... eS
F.W. D.C.1sts lis
Hook. V. 4 1-2's.110
l.. & N. uni. As ..102K
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Mex. Cen. 49,. "a
do LIST Inc. 34A
MINI. u St.L 4s1o4h
Nj X. & T. 4s. ...1OON
-" ends. "a
N. {. G. lists. .1o4
do gen 3 1-2'.1O9
N J. G. gen. 5's..14O
No. Pac. 4's......1o5H
:" 3's. 7AH
N. &. W.con. 4's.1OlK
Reading gen. as 9ES
st l. & l Mton SIS 116h
st. l.. Is Fgen4's oS%
St.L. S'wes Is. 100
do 2's ........ 81
S.A. &A.Pass as 81
So. Pac. 4's...... o5%
So. Railway SIS. .122B
T. Il p. lists. 12OA
It. ,St.L&W. As. 83A
Union Pac. as. .1C5H
do. cow. 4's.1o9B
Wabash lists ..12O
=" 2nds........111A
do. Deb. B. 80. TIN
West Shore 4 s..11aA
w y l., E. as :. 92B
us. Cen. as. o35s
Mobile & o. as. osA
G. of Ga. cen SIS. 49,.
- 1st incomes. 49,.
p" I'd incomes. +ias
Con Toh d,c 62lI
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NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

NORFOLK. Va, April 90 Peanuts dull; old
stock and machine picked 2A02M.
New fancy 3@s1s; strictly prime 8; prime, 2h
OK: Spanish, 72H.
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OTHER COTTON MARKETS
TONE MID RECEIPTS.
PORT.
NEW YORK MONEY

MY YORK April 26.-l p. m.-Money on call
steady ut 3AD4 pei cent; c.osing offered at
3H(S4 per ceLs: last loan at per cent; ruling
rate :. per cent. Prime mercantile paper
1G5 per cent. Sterling exchange easier, with
actual business in DANGERS bills at 4.S7K fee
iemand and ct d.S504.S5ss for 80 days Posted
rates 4e6 and 4.SSh. Commercial bills SiAW
'.S5z. Bar silver 5lA. Mexican dollars al.
Government bonds firm: State bonds inac
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago, April 25.-Rain in the four
big surplus wheat and corn States play
ed havoc with the price of grains on
the Board of Trade today and caused
commotion for a time that resenlbled
stampede. For the first hour it was
nothing but sell. sell. SELL Prices fluc-
tlated so widely and wildly that for a
time a panic was feared. When traders
recovered their head the pits auieted
down somewhat and there was a good
reaction. Bears, however, had too much
the best of the argument to allow prices
to recover and May wheat closed l 13
to lac lower May corn lie down and
May oats lie off. Provisions, though
showing Independent strength for a
time, could not withstand the pounding
in grains and they closed to to 15c'
lower.
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Ar. Augusta, c. & w. C. 8:
Ar. Macon, c. of Ga. .... 4:
Ar. Montgomry,A. 8:
Ar. Mobile, L. & N. -. q:
Ar. New Orleans, LIN. z:
Ar. NASHVILLE, N.C.&St.L A:
Ar. Memphis, .......... A.:
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10 the gifts of his rival and more sincere
nourner followed Balzac's body to the grave.
With a tongue as ready as his. he inevitably
made others uncomfortable at times; but he
knew how 20 temper his wit to the condition of
his victim II he could rebuke the millionaire
who gave a contemplate tip to a servant, by
throwing a 100-franc note to the latter, he
could be kind in the right place When he hurt
a young writer by telling him that his verses
were not very rich in poetry, he FASTENED to
add: Don't be discouraged by such little
thing my boy. Your lines are not rich in
thought, it is true-but-but-theyr fairly well
OFF, He said one day, II can't make out what
MalIeflle lacks in order to be a man of talent
and when some one suggested, Perhaps he
lacks the talent" he ingenuously replied, BY
Jove! That's it! L never thought of THAR
Wen may his friend Du Camp have said Of him
that he was like cornucopia shedding bounty
perpetuaIly from his outstretched hands" 1t is
pleasant to read the tributes to his genius which
Mr.. Spur has brought together in this book,
but we feel especially grateful to him. we
feel toward Mr.. Davidson for reminding the
world of the nobility of character which be-
longed TO Dumas. winning forgiveness. if not
forgetfuIness. for those unlovely traits of which
his enemies, during his lifetime. said all they
could, and which too many later detractors
have delighted to linger. Many passages in his
biography inspire regret; there some of the
anecdotes which those who love his memory
best could well spare. But he was never with
out true galantry and rectitude he
ever without an abiding sense of what the things
OF the spirit mean. At dinner party once
certain officer remarked that, for his part, he
could not conceive of the existence ''of this
mysterious being whom they call the good
Cod" Dumas instantly replied, General,
have two hunting dogs, two monkeys and
parrot at home, who of your opinion
actly." Whatever his faults may have been. it
is well to remember his sincere protestation in
his Memories" of "A great respect for holy
things, great faith in Providence and great
love for Cod and this dignifed declaration.
made in the same book:
Never in the course of somewhat long life
have felt, in the most wretched hours of that
life, one moment of doubt, one instant's despair.
Immortality of my soul; l viii simply say
hope for il.
AS the hour of his death drew near in
pathetic colloquy with his he expressed a
painful solicitude for the future Of his works
We know how the reassuring words spoken by
Dumas fills on that occasion have been more
than justified. We know. too. better even than
his contemporaries knew, how much saving
gold there was in that remarkable nature. gold
far outweghng the dross
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well. The air of workshop where first class
joinery is desired should. above ALL be dry. The
author says
If. for instance stuff that has been stored for
a considerable time in drying rooms or sheds is
brought into badly ventilated workshop filled
with the exhalation of. say. forty or fifty men,
directly II Is planned it will begin to absorb the
moisture and swell; then. however good the con-
struCtiOn may be, in work framed from such
stuff every shoulder will be open a few months
after 1t has been fixed in dry situation.
The chapter woods is confined to those
used in joinery work. OF soft woods. pines.
spruces and frs are described, their qualities
habits of growth and usefulness for various
kinds of work being noted OF the Kauri pine
which is a New-Zealand pitch tree and not a
true pine. the author gives a curious instance
that came within his experience The wood
shrinks little laterally but is one of the few
woods that shrink in the long direction OF the
grain In preparing drawers of this wood. the
author once made fronts that fitted tightly into
the case on one day, and on the next had shrunk
sufficiently both in length and width TO fall out
Teak is less likely to alter in size because Of
atmospheric changes than any other wood II
Is a dangerous wood to work. because of its
tendency 10 splinter and its poisonous action on
the blood. II is largely taking the place Of oak
however. for CONSTITUTIONAL purposes, because Of
its weather and fire resisting qualities The
illustrations of the book are many and detailed
drawings and plans for the most part There
are also s@rVlceaoie index and q glossary.
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KOTTO: Being japanese Curios. with Sundry
Cobwebs, Collected by Lafcadio Hearn. Lect-
urer on English Literature in the Imperial Uni
versity of Toxic Japan. With Illustration by
Genjiro Veto Octave. PIP vii. 25l- The Mac
milan CompanN.
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RkSHOP WAYS.
PRACTICAL PAGES FOR PRACTICAL MEN.

MODEM PRACTICAL. JoINERY. a Treatise
on the Practice of Joiners Work by Hand and
and Builders with Notes on the Timber and
Woods and Glossary Of Technical Terms lane and
Royal octave PIP. xii 49, Imported by Charles
Scribner's Sons.
Mr.. Ellis is an instructor in joinery at the
Trades Schools OF the Worshpful Company of
Carpenters. and he has felt the lack of a text
book which should be at once comprehensive
and begin at the beginning. He has prepared a
treatise. combining the virtues of an elementary
textbook with detailed discussion OF the vari-
GUS problems and higher difficulties of the tasks
OF the skilful joiner The methods described
those in I'm the best London workshops
of the time. After Introductory chapter of
hints on instruments and drawing he proceeds
to discuss the many styles of hand tools and ap-
planes OF the workshop. and then explains the
methods of dealing with almost every conceiv-
able piece Of work that joiner may be called
upon 10 do from a butt joint to a self-support-
ing circular stair. The explanations are clear
and concise. and the book should make a con-
venient work OF reference to joiners far beyond
the novice stage.
In the early chapter on tools the author COM
pares the English and American styles OF planes
Metal planes used more generally in this
country. and those OF English manufacture are
usually heavier. The English form OF metal
pane tOr smoothing VIII produce work of the
highest class. in the authors opinion It's
weight and solidity overcome the resistance of
cTossgrains and knots by the force of mo-
mentum. The mouth of the plane. the space be-
tween the cutter and the restraining surface Of
the bottom, is small, which prevents the cutters
action from degenerating into splitting process
or tearing out" But such tool is heavy 10
work with and the friction is greater than with
a wooden one. The dampness of the English
climate also makes a metal plane a difficult
thing TO keep free from rust The American
plane is made far lighter. This renders it an
easy worker, but makes IL more apt to chatter"
and leave uneven surface II is also fragile
in comparison with the heavy English type On
the other hand. ii is cheaper and has many in
genous time saving attachments. Speaking of
the requirements of the workshop Mr. Ellis
lays emphasis on the necessity of good ventila-
tion. Not only does poorly aired shop affect
the workmen and decrease their output but it
has an injurious effect upon the material "a
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bad. / should even look forward with some
pleasurable curiosity 10 any chance of viewing
the world through the marvellous compound
eyes of a beetle. ephemera. a dragOntiy.
And If the thinking of this thought, and
the act of writing II down must inevitably affect
my next rebirth, then let me hope that the state
TO which / am destined will not be worse than
that of cicada a dragonfiy. climbing the
cTyptomeTias to clash my tiny cymbals in the
sun-Or haunting, with soHndless flicker of anne
thyst and gold. some holy silence of lotos pools.
The illustrations. with the exception of one or
two photographs printed in red. the
cream colored paper OF which the book is made.
from drawings in line.
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By NANCY HUSTON BANKS.
0LDFIElD. Kentucky Tale Of The Last Century

Mabie describes as "restful Arcadian
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tender and intimate Illustrated in color BY
Cloth, Isnto 81 so
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JOHN FISKE'S Most Representative Work:
ESSAYS: HISTORICAL AND LITERARY

his powers of research and of keen critical analys
charming biographical style. In too {
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By THE REV. DR.. HILLS:
THE QUEST OF HAPPINESS

ELL DWIGHT HILLS pastor Plymouth Church Brooklyn
nping which deals with Happiness in relation to
and the Victory Trouble
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THE BATTLE WITH THE StUM

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Couneract these
: of the broadcast general interest
Profnsey illustrated from photographs, etc;
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F. MARION CRAWFORD'S new Novel:
CECILIA, A Story Of Modern Rome

plot SO strange and new that only his first an
Mr. Isaacs," approaches it 1t is all thorou
theme is worked out with an air of actuality Il
IRENE interest. Second Edition. the first being ,
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These essays include
the best examples he
has left of his purely
literary writings, of
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By HENRY K. WEBSTER:
ROGER DRAKE, Captain Of Industry

with subjects which lie very close to the intere
Of business. Among other Incidents il descr
Copper Trust. illustrated by Howard CUES
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Mime. LEFIMANN'S Book on Singing:
HOW TO SING (Meine GeSaugaS KunsD

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Books auo pnbli1atlons-
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NEW BOOKS JUST READY

"The Making OF an
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ested every one who
sees the conditions of
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be particularly useful one. though there is recent
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FOX WILL CONTEST BEGINS.
TATOR DID NOT WANT SON TO HAVE
HER PROPERTY

Surrogate Fitzgerald began taking testimony
yesterday in the contest the will of Mrs Ellen
Fox. the wife OF ex-senator John Fox president OF
the Democratic Club. The contest was brought
by John Fox. jr.. for whom his mother made no
provision, saying in her will. Il do not mention
our erring and misguided son. for I know his
rather will treat him not only justly but merc-
fully" The young alleges that his mother
was subject to undue influence. and was mentally
incapable of making a will After making some
provision for her sister Mrs. Fox bequeathed her
entire estate to her husband.
The two subscribing witnesses to the will testi-
fed yesterday. One of them. Mrs. Margaret Skin
ner, Of Elnirs, said that she had xnown Mrs. Fox
for forty years, and for several years had been
terms of great intimacy with her. When the will
was made Mrs Fox seemed to be rational, and had
declared that she did not want her to get any
OF her property. Mrs. Skinner added that Mr.
Fox knew nothing OF the will until after the death
of his wife.
Did Mrs. Fox ever express any disposition
provide for her granddaughter. the daughter OF
son, John?" the witness asked.
Yes. about year before her death she said
that she would look out for the child"
The contestant alleged that his mother agreed
10 provide FOR her sranddaughters future
Gition that the child lived with her grandmother.
r The other witness of the will Mary Carlin. a
cook employed by Mrs. Fox testified that Mrs. Fox
had expressed desire 10 her before her
death She said that Mrs Fox always displayed
the greatest OF affection for her sons daughter.
The hearing was adjourned until February s.
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TWELFTH NIGHTS RECEPTION.

THE only man" at the January meeting of the
Twelfth Night Club yesterday Kyrle Beew
and th2 pretty rooms in the Berkeley Lyceum were
crowded with young women eager to the popu-
lar actor without his wig" as one was heard to
express it.
The hostesses of the day were Ada Dwyer
Eleanor Robson. Louisa Wingate and Mrs. A. H.
Hedges, who with Mrs. Alice Fischer Harcourt
president of the club, received the guests with
sunny hospitality Groups drinking tea or lemon
ade, and nibblng peanut and other sandwiches
chatted animatedly Until Mr.. Bellew appeared.
when there general rush TO greet him Most
OF the hour of his stay given TO the presenta-
uOns and consequent chat, but he said Few words
of pleasant generalitieS to the club before going.
Mrs SchultZe and Mrs. Lowe sang several charm
ing duets by Rubinstein, and Mrs. Wesley Smith
reCitcd WhtCOmb Ricy'S 'Cioodby, My Lover
Among the guests Mrs. Mattocks, secretary
Of the Society of American Women In London;
Mrs Isabelle Scott Mrs Katherine Brady Harris
Mrs Edwin Arden and Mrs Sidney Rosenfeld.
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pines engage in correspondence there. She
sailed from San Francisco transport; six
months spent in the Philippines. While in
Manila Miss Benjamin lived in convent and thus
gained intimate acquaintance with Filipino life.
She spent time in travel IN the southern ISL
ands OF the group and in the interior Of Luzon
She of the party Of Americans who went
the Cincinnati to receive the allegiance or the
Sultan of Sulu.
Miss Benjamin next went Japan, where she
remained three months studying the life. institu-
leaving Peking only a few days before the Boxer
outbreak. Returning 10 Corea she took a steamer
10 Vladivostock going thence across Siberia by
Amoor River steamers and the railroad She re-
turned to Newly by way of Moscow and Paris
A number OF her letters were printed In The
Tribune. The journey required fourteen months
Miss Beniarnin's regret was that she lett
Peking without seeing and taking part in the
stirring occurrences OF the siege. Last year MISS
BENJAMIN returned to Russia, a country IN Whlch
she was exceedingly interested She wrote a mum
her of articles while there, some of them Tor ! ne
Tribune Last fall she was I'm the United states
for short time. -.,
Miss Benjamin's personality was interesting
She seemed utterly unlike a woman VINO would
have the courage to through the experiences
girlish in appearance, and had none or the self
assertiveness which some might expect in woman
war correspondent. Indeed. her demeanor was
quiet and retiring the point Of apparent tlmidlty
Doubtless her very femininity was great ana 10
her for army officers and others were glad 10
helm her when they would have turned a deaI ear
10 a more pushing belligerent type or woman IN
spite of her almost shy way, she usQaIy iha'ased
70 obtain privileges which she sought