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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-16
NEW YORK, May 15.-Cotton futures opened
steady.

Spot cotton closed firm; mid Hing upiands
IN middlIns gulf 90; sales 400 bates.
LIVERPOOL.
LIvEBPr OF. May 15-4 P. M-Spot cotton,
modera tie business; prices Lie higher; American
miduIing ia 5Hd; good middling 5-3!d;
middling 3-32d; low middling sd good ordi-
nary aga, ordinary 45sd.
The sats of the Gay were 1900 bales, of which
1000 were 70. .peculation and port, and incluG
ed 6,400 American. Receipts 49,. bales, m
GLIDING American.
Futures opened St ady aud closed quiet, st ady.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-16
NEW YORK MONEY

NKv YORK May Id .. m.-Money on call
firm at sos pei cent; closing offered at
5X per cent; last loan ut :. per cent; ruling
rate :. per cent. Prime mercantile paper
41s0c5 per cent. Sterling exchange firme-, with
actual business in ban6ers bills at 4.SoB fer
demand and ct 1870 for 30 days. Posted
rates 4.S7h AMI 4.s8 Commercial bills S3ts0
48ih. Bar silver 5l1s Mexican dollars AN.
q syernment bonds steady State bonds inact pe:
X ,ilroad bonds steay; SILVER Ger ifcates =.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-16
TIVE AND TEN CENT STORE FOR
SALE.

Owing to the change of business and
business pressure, our time being de-
manded in other lines, we offer for sale
AT A BARGAIN our 5 and 10 cent store
The business is in a prosperous condition
and has paid handsomely during the IS
months of its existence Books viii be
shown to purchaser who means business.
Address, Williams & Robinson, Colds
boro. NJ c. 15-1w.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-16
Frank V. banner,

L. S. bonds were all unchanged on the
last call.
Total sales of stocks today were "27,-
900 shares, including Chicago and Alto1
20,700 Missouri Pacific 500, Reading
Is, 900 Southern Pacific IL 300; Southel n
Railway "a 300; Union Pacific $500; Wa
bash 1900; Amalgamated Copper 1900
U. S. Leather $500; U. s Steel $50;
Kansas City Southern SO 400
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-16
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago. May 15.-Cran trade was Il
dull and drowsy affair today. In the alb
sence of any business like animation and
with reports Of good weather for all
crops lower prices resulted. July Whrat
closed &c lower; July corn &c Gown
and July oats so kc lower. Provisions
closed TO 7Kc depressed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-16
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

NORFOLK. Va, May Is Peanuts dull; old
stock and machine picked 2A02M.
New-fancy 36B29; strictly prime 3; prime, 2H
Q2Z Spanish, 72h.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-16
STOCKS.
sEABoARD STOCKS AND BONDS.

BALTIMORE, May H. Seabosrd Air Lin,
Common 26A02fA preferred 46hWI6$.
konds--4's SGHGa$6H
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02

Stops the Cough and Works Off
the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, cure
a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay
Price, Soc.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02

A mans heart is blamed for a lot of
things that his head is re sponsible for
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02
ADJUSTMENTS.

liking Dodo," the merry Pixley and
Luders comedy opera, still maintains
the reputation it had last year for at
tracing large audiences. In nearly
every city in which this work has been
presented the present season it has been
the story of Standing Room Only" at
nearly every performance. Not only is
the music of "King Dodo" far above
the average heard in works of this kind,
but the lines too scintillate with wit and
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02
IL FNIR
To-Day is Or Opening
Day in Holiday
Goods.
BE AN EARLY BIRD.

Don't wait until the last moment to
buy your Christmas Goods. It's mis-
take to put it off any longer, for goods
cannot be replaced in time this season.
Delays are disappointing both to you
and to us.
BEST TOY VALUES WE EVER HAD
is the common remark Of our customers.
BOOKS BOOKS ROOKS2
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02

SPEoIALs.-1OO pair of Ladies Shoes,
broken sizes IN lace and button welts,
patent tip and kid tip. Regular price
50. VIII close them out at 50. Re-
member these are bargains, call and get
your size before they are all gone
(tf) GEO. MCWILLIAMs.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02
GREEN TAG SALE FRIDAY.
HERE'S HoWIFIGURE.

He who sells on a small profit for
cash sells quickly He who sells quickly
for cash sells much. He who sells
quickly sells mucn Tor cash on a small
profit, and earns little on much, and
much on many.
The Green Tags displayed will show
you how cheap you can purchase goods
here Friday. THE FAIR
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02

A CHANGE.-I have recently employed
another barber and put in another
chair, making four in all. You can al
ways get turn at my shop. Service
the best.
(tf) Tom CRAWFORD.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02
Attention, EIks.

The Elks will hold their memorial
services at the Christian. church. Sun
day evening, Dec. 18th. All Elks are re-
quested to meet at their lodge room
that evening promptly at 6:45.
f. P. LOWRY, E. r.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02
CHURCH CHIMES.

The Rev. H. T. Musselman, of Gym
thiana, preached the dedication sermon
Sunday at the new Baptist church at
KY.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02

WHISTLES. old Jas. E. Pepper
Whiskey, at so cents bottle. Look at
my display in show window.
tt J.. SALOSHIN.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02

A level surface is naturally fiat, but
there is a vast difference between a
level-heade1 man and q fat-headed
ono
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02
z VALUES WE EVER HAD
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS?
SPECIAL CUT PRICES ON BOOKS


for to-day, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday only. These books are chosen
titles and the best books ever put on the
market for the price, and as we bought
them less than publishers prices our
customers can prepare for surprising
four days sale of books. Put up in lots
of six, elegant cloth bound books, regu-
lar price 25c each, with gold titles, and
some with gold tops. the six books for
45c At the price named we cannot
varyt he assortment.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02

A coward likes to believe that dis
erection is the better part of valor.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02

XMAS GooDs.-Now is a good time to
buy Christmas presents so as to avoid the
rush. Come to our store and look over
our stock and we will please you. We
have everything that will appeal to the
most fastidious taste.
It j. T. HINTON.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02

MARGUERITE SYLVIA in ''THE sTRoLLERs. -
The star of the organization known
as the 'Marguerita Sylvia Comic Opera
Company" is now nearing her way to
this city with company of eighty peo-
pie, presenting Geo. W. Lederer's Musi.
cal Play, 1.-The Strollers." This is the
first visit of the play TO the West, yet
little introduction is needed for either.
Miss sylvia has been singularly sue
cessful in her short career in this eoun-
try. Last year she appeared in Willard
Spencer's opera, "Miss Bob White, ,
and the previous season she was the
feature aud star of the 'Princess Chic
Company.
She is surrounded by a company of
Comedians which contains many nota-
bic names, and an entire scenic produc-
tion is carried.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02

humor, and there is enough of the YER
nacular of the day incorporated in the
libretto to make it very palatable and
spicy.
referring to your favor of the
eleventh, we admit the receipt of same,
and we are fabblegasted, says the old
and senile monarch to tE4a beautiful
queen Of Spoopjuland, whereupon she
instantly invites him to her palace to re-
fresh his inner man with doughnuts and
chocolate. There is amusement in
liking Dodo" for all classes of theatre
goers; those who go to the play house
sin ply to laugh and for those who en-
JOY bright lines and pretty music. And
there is another side to the production
in that it is big spectacle with hand
some costumes and a host of pretty
women who make up the chorus and co
as fne ep Amazon march, all clad in
purest white, as the stage has seen in
the past decade. At TIE Grard to-mor-
row "wednesday night
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-02
HOME SERIES

of selected Christmas books for boys and
girls, handsomely bound in new designs
and colors, 80 pages richly illustrated,
and cheap at 15c each, now on sale at
Sc each, also line of picture books from
1c and upwards. In this same purchase
an assortment of Humorous Books, such
as "Peck's Bad Boy and his Pa" ''Sa-
mantha at Saratoga" and others, the
SOC kind at 23c each.
GREEN TAG SALE FRIDAY.
Every article bearing green tag will
be greatly reduced in price for this day
only.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29
ARlDLANDS IRRIGATED
Many Million Acres Now Under
Cultivation.
"A Statistical Report Showing the
Progress of Work of Reclaim
ing Desert Lands.

The progress in agriculture in the arid
states and territories during the decade
ending with 1899 is shown in the report
just published by the division OF apricnl.
ture OF the twelfth census. As this nro-
gress ls attributable largely to irriga-
tlon, the statistics relating thereto are
OF general interest.
The number of irrigators in the United
States IN 1899, not including irrigators
OF rice, was los S,21S. an increase in ten
years OF 1913 per cent. The area irri
gated was 7,539,5 ,545 acres, an increase
OF 1915 per cent. OF this area, 5.944.-
AZ acres were in crops, and 1896, 1873
acres in pasture and unmatured crops.
The cost OF irrigation systems in opera
tlon, exclusive of those on rice planta-
tions, was $67, no, ,942, while the value
OF the irrigated crops was $50, $50 .49l.
The total length of all the main
bitches in the arid and semi-arid states
and territories was A, 149 miles.
The average number of irrigated acres
in farms in arid states and territories
was II; the average value of irrigated
land per acre, $42 53; the average value
OF crops produced on irrigated land.
$l4 81; the average first cost of water
81 80; the average annual cost of main
tenance, $0.3S. OF the Sill .965 acres
ia crops, hay and forage occupied g.
665, ,654, or "a 2 per cent; cereals, l.
399 ,7O9, or 24.5 per cent; vegetables,
loo, ,432, or per cent; orchard fruits,
20l ,-o9, or per cent; other crops,
226, ,SSl, or 40 per cent. The value of
the hay and forage was $34, 1884, ,966:
cereals, S14, ,33S, 1926; vegetables, So
627 ,491; orchard fruits, $500, 400;
other crops, including sub tropical fruits,
grapes, flowers, plants, sugar beets, etc,
$16,712,246.
In Washington the number of irrigat-
ors increased from l ,047 in 1889 to g.
513 in 1899, or 235 8 per cent, and the
number of acres irrigated from 1879
to 135, ,470, or 177.6 per cent. The
average value of farm land per acre was
$40 %, Of irrigated land, $4S 50. The
bitches in operation in 1899 had
length OF 500 miles. cost 81 1,679,319,
and irrigated 133,698 acres. There
were 1,772 acres irrigated from wells.
The irrigated area in crops was III, ,79S
acres, yielding products valued at 81
361, 1913. The area irrigated in pasture
was II, ,672 acces.
onOrtIy dlGer sendlng the sirrgatlOn
bill to the president, congress passed
resolution authorizing the director of
the census to compile statistics relating
to irrigation for the crop year of 1902.
With the data now assembled, this work
will be comparatively simple, most of it
being done by correspondence. To Sc
cure this information inquiries will soon
be sent out to irrigators throughout the
United States. The cooperation of
those interested in irrigation is earnestly
solicited for upon their prompt response
will depend very largely the value of
these statistics. This is in part sup
Elementary work, the results of which
will be utilized in the work soon to be
undertaken by the department of the in
terror under the provisions of the irriga-
tion bill.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29
NORTHWEST NEWS.

Frank Pierpont Graves has resigned
the presidency of the University of Wash
iDgtOn, at Seattle, and Thomas F. Kane
was elected acting president.
The state board OF equalization which
begins its annual session September 2,
will adopt a schedule for hearing of
counties on petitions and suggestions,
under which Whitman county will have
an opportunity to be heard Sept. 12.
A pOst-mOrtem examination disclosed
that the skull of Mrs. Emma Hibbs, who
died at Eugene, Oregon, was 2H inches
thick on top of the head, a condition
which the surgeons never before heard
of. The growth was both outward and
inward, causing an abnormal sized skull
and slight congestion of the brain.
A new and strange disease has made
itself manifest among the cattle in the
Walla Walla section. The cattle show
signs OF watering eyes, followed by a
scum OF mucous coating covering the
sights of the eyes. Later the eyelide
turn wrong side out and the eyebals
burst. Death follows. The maIady is
spreading badly and it's exact nature is
not known.
E. W. Lockwood, of Wenatchee, has
recovered the two horses stolen from
him by Harry Tracy. The question of
who is to get the Tracy reward is still
unsettled.
Wilson Greek, village in Douglas
county, was nearly destroyed by fire
August %. The loss was about S19,-
600, with less than one-third insurance.
A $4,000 fire occurred last Saturday
in the yards of the o. r. & n. company
at Pendleton, the Kerr-Gifford ware
house, 300 feet long, and other property
being burned.
1t is alleged that the Coeur d'Alene
mineowners are cutting loose from the
smelling trust and will build a smelter
of their own at Spokane within a year.
The profits of the LIE Roi mine for
June and July total the comfortable
sum of $207,0 900. The output OF July
for 16,1 tons exceed 100000, of
which $10S,000 was profit, while the re-
vised figures for June placed the profit
at $97 ,0OO
President j j. Hill of the Great North
ern says that the wheat crop of Mime
sofa, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana, Idaho, Washington and north
ern Oregon WILL reach upwards of $780,
100000 bushels.
Grasshoppers are doing considerable
damage and causing alarm among al
falfa rasers in Columbia county.
In Oregon hops are selling at % cents
a pound, the highest price in 20 years.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29

was Carl SchurZ, his conrad in arms.
hrst IN Europe and later in the civil war.
Telegraph operators employed by the
Northern Pacific have been given a vol
nntary increase OF wages, ranging from
81 so to SO a month.
Senator Hanna announces that he can
GO no more toward breaking the coal
strike and has abandoned the efforts.
He thinks the operators should meet the
miners in arbitration.
The annual convention of the National
Fraternal congress will meet in Denver,
Colo, tomorrow. The congress is com
posed OF 81 fraternal orders and 800
delegates will attend the convention.
representing 100000 people.
Most OF the operators in the Chesa-
peak and Ohio territory favor resuming
work and it is thought that before the
end OF the week practically all the mines
IN that section will be in operation.
Monday. August 20.
A fire at ROssland, B. c.. DESTROYED
property valued at $4,000 and much
greater loss was prevented by the shift
ing OF the wind.
General Miles will visit the Philippines
to inspect army conditions.
President Roosevelt has accepted an
invitation to attend the biennial session
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, to be held at Chattanooga, Tenn
September 8.
Colorado socialists nominated wo-
man, Ida l.. Howe, of Denver, for
congress.
Brigham Young, president OF the
twelve apostles of the Norman church,
and next in line for the presidency of the
church, is in critical condition, follow
ing an operation for dropsy.
School teachers in the strike region of
Pennsylvania are being removed because
members Of their families are nonunion
mine workers.
President Burt of the Union Pacific
has informed the striking employees of
the road that they must first return to
work, when their grievances as individ-
uals would be heard by the company.
but that no one representing the strikers
would be recognized.
Tuesday, August 20.
The army telegraph line between Fort
Liscum and Fort Egbert, at Eagle CITY,
Alaska, under construction for nearly
two and One-half years, has been com
pleted. All that is now needed for the
complete opening of communication
from the Yukon territory is the success
ful installation OF the wireless system,
for which contracts have been let.
According to official reports, the gol
den star OF the Klondike is on the wane
The output this year is estimated at
$14, 900, 900, little over half what it was
last year. Although thousands OF pros
pectors have been exploring every creek
and mountain, no new discoveries have
been made for over year.
The American Iron and Steel Manu-
featuring company at Lebanon, Pa,
started a set of rolling mills with negro
laborers imported from other places.
The three plants have been idle since
May I. One Thousand men struck and
fully twice that number were thrown out
of work by the shutdown of the mills.
The new men are lodged and fed in the
mills.
President Roosevelt is in Maine. Dur
ing the day he passed through three
states, made eight speeches and received
the plaudlts of quarter of a million
people.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

A dispatch from Simla, British India,
says that the plague mortality is in
creasing at the rate of 1000 weekly.
Two thousand Beers. including Gen
eral CrOnje, his wife and his staff, have
sailed from st. Helena for South Africa.
The last horsecar has just disappeared
froIn the streets of Berlin.
Governor Taft arrived at Manila Aug
ust % and was welcomed with an en-
thusiastic popular demonstration.
Total darkness FIVE miles away from
the volcano, and lasting 20 minutes, fol-
lowed an eruption of Mont PeIee on
August 21.
Since July 13 there have been 1876
cases of smallpox at Bridgetown, island
of Barbados.
The sultan OF Turkey has assured the
United States minister at Constantinople
that all the pending claims of the United
States will be complied with. The min
lister is urged to resume his friendly
visits to the porte.
The shah of Persia is visiting Paris.
The proprietor and editor of Freedom,
a Manila newspaper, have each been
sentenced to six months in prison and
$1,000 fine for libeling native member
of the civil commission.
Manila cholera official statistics show
a total to date OF "a ,266 cases and 49,
040 deaths. The actual number OF
deaths is greatly in excess of the official
reports.
Former President Kruger is to resign
the leadership OF the Boer people and
will be succeeded by General Botha.
The matter was arranged at a confer
ence between Kruger and the Boer
generals
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29
The Rainier

Brand of Mixed Paint is a Home
Article made in Seattle and deserves
your patronage. 1t is made from
purest materials with special refer
ence to standing this climate. 1t
is guaranteed in every particular as
to covering and wearing properties.
We think you cannot do better than
to use "RAINIER" BRAND READY
MINED PAINT on your house in
preference to the ordinary lead and
oil mixtures commonly used. Call
and we will be pleased to tell you
why RAINIER" is the best.
"Rainier" Carriage and Wagon
Paints are the most glossy and
durable.
"Rainier" Floor Paints last the
longest.
''Rainier" Varnish and Oil stains
give the best Satisfaction.
We handle Machine Oils, Coal Tar
apd Elastic Carbon Roof Paint-the
best thing for Metal, Shingle or Felt
Roofs, Iron Bridges and for Boilers.
Gives satisfaction in every particu-
lar. Give it trial and you will
recommend it to your neighbors.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29
In Stationery

You will find that we have the most
varied and select stock-anything
and everything you may need we
have or can get for you at the most
reasonable prices. Our line of
SCHOOL SUPPLIES is very large
this year and we can surely please
you. We have Box Paper and En-
velopes. Tablets and Note Paper, in
great variety and prices to suit every
want. Inks, Mucilage and Library
Paste, Crepe and Tissue Paper, and
material for making Paper Flowers;
japanese Napkins from 15c to soc
per 100; Pens. Pencils and Erasers.
Don't overlook the Stationery De-
partment.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29
Is Golf Catching

on to popular favor? 1t seems to be.
A noticeable increase in sales OF Pain
killer comes from golf districts. The
reason for this is clear, as Perry Davis
Painkiller is the oldest and best remedy
extant for spraiDs, strains, bruises and
soreness, all OF which are OF common oc-
curance, either in vigorous play or
through accident. Everywhere the stand
ard liniment and balm.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29
Eastern Oysters in Sound Waters

TACOMA, Aug. 20-A discovery was
reported at the fish commissioner office
today that may prove to be OF great
Importance to the Pacific coast oyster
men. Two years ago Mcdonald &
O'Neil OF Shelton we're presented with a
barrel of Eastern Oysters. These were
placed as an experiment in the company
fields at Shelton. A few days ago a
couple of spats of the eastern oysters
we're picked up and brought to the fish
commissioners Office. This is the first
time that eastern oysters have been
known to propagate in western waters.
The spats on exhibition had already at
tanned size much exceeding any of the
sound oysters. There we're seven or
eight of them and they were attached to
large full grown eastern oyster.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29
.STUART'S So So. Ssss
CHAS. F. STUART, Proprietor.
Next door to Postoffice, Colfax, Wash

The most complete and
freshest stock of............
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29

Combs, Brushes, Sponges. Perfumery,
Manicure articles, Face Powders and
Lotions.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29
Sunday, August "a

At meeting OF the Central Federated
union, representing 250,000 workmen, it
was decided to ask President Roosevelt
to call special session of congress to
take action to end the coal strike. A
committee from the public alliance OF
Wikesbarre, Pa, waited on Senator's
Quay and Penrose and President Mitch
ell in an effort to bring about arbitra-
tion of the strike.
The remains of General Frauz Siegel,
veteran of two wars, we're inferred in
Woodlawn cemetery, New York, with
simple and unosteatatious ceremonies.
Conspicuous among those who paid trib-
ute to the memory of the dead soldier
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29
Pure Drugs,
Chemicals
and Medicines
Prescription
Work
in the City.

1t makes no difference whose blank
the Prescription is written on, or
what doctor wrote it, we can fill it
and save you money. Consult your
own pocket book and have your
Prescriptions filed where it will cost
you the least, and we claim to be
THAT PLACE. We invite inspec-
tion of our Prescription Stock and
guarantee every article to be the
purest obtainable and that it will be
compounded by competent men.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29

Wanted-Good strong boys, II years
or over, to learn molder, machinist,
steamfitter and steel shipbuilding
trades. Moran Bros. Company, Seattle,
Wash.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-29
Specialties
So S$Ss= SSss

is the best place to buy Paints, Oils,
Varnishes and White Lead, Brushes,
Window Glass, Shingle Stain and
Roof Paint.