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North Carolina Has More Than One
Poet.

TO the Editor: Mr.. Stockard has been
spoken of in the News and Observer as
North Cardinals only poet. No one can
have more respect for his genius for
genuine poetic genius it is-than ] have.
But the above assertion does injustice
to another Carolinan as gifted as Mr..
Stockard. / mean Mr.. J. II. Boner. Mr..
Boners verse is probably not as uni
formly good as Mr.. Stockard's but at his
best he has, think, scared the higher
of the two into the ether of pure poesy.
Mr.. Boner's "Poe's Cottage at Ford
ham," recently reprinted in these col
umns, is as sure of Immortality as "The
Raven" itself. There are verses in "The
Wolf" written for the Century, equally
as fine. When it is remembered that
the wolf symbolizes poverty, the force
and deep meaning of the poem will be
better appreciated. How many of US
have, at some period Of our lives, had
an experience that these lines would fit.
/ give the poem entire.
THE WOLF.
The wolf came shifting at my chamber
door,
But the wolf had prowled on my track
before,
And his sniff, sniff, sniff at my lodge door
sill
Only made me laugh at his devilish will.
I stirred my fire and read my book,
And joyed my soul at my ingle- nook,
His sniff, and snarl were always there.
But my heart was not the heart of a
hare.
] cursed the beast and drove him away.
But he came with the fall of night each
day.
And his sniff sniff, sniff the whole night
through
1 could hear between the winds that
blew
And the time came when l laughed no
more,
But glanced with fear at my frail lodge
door.
For now / knew that the wolf at bay
Sooner or later would have his way
The fates were three, and ] was one
About my life web was spun;
My soul grew faint in the deadly snare,
And the shrewd wolf knew my heart S
despair
a crash, and my door flew open wide,
My strength was not as the beast at my
side
That night on my hearthstone cold and
bare
He licked his paw and made his flair.
Mr. Boners verse bears the inequality
of gepius-only talent can be uniform
But some of it sorely wears the hall
mark of immortality.
o. w. BLACKNALL.
Kittrell, n. c., Feb. IA.
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H. & B. BEERS MARKET LETTER

New Orleans, Feb. 15.-Liyerpool ad-
vices were disappointing, hut our mar
kct nevertheless opened 2 TO points
higher and improved additional, clos
ing at net gain of 20 points on the
day. The firmness apparent here to-
day was in sympathy with the March
manipulation going on in New York.
Port receipts for the day were practical
ly the same as last year, but the interior
town movement was large, being 60OC
over last week and $1,000 over last year.
Bombay receipts for the week We're $500
in excess OF last year and the aggre-
gate receipts for September 1st TO date
show increase of 2S4,000 over last year.
The Egyptian receipts for the week we're
216 GOO cantars against 10000 last year.
ne. total from September LIST to date ex-
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S Per Cent.
Gold Bonds.

On payment of $4,000 the family of
John r. Thomas, architect and builder,
gets 5000 900 from the Equitable Life AS
surance Society. The family decided to
take $1,000 a year for twenty years and
then 100000, rather than $4,000 in a
lump sum now. Mr.. Thomas died on
August 81 Twelve years ago he took
out a $4,000 policy in the Equitable
Last year he took 500, 900 more in the
shape Of five per cent gold bond, on
which ne had TO pay $1,000 premium
The Society offered the family $4,000
cash in gold, or the $4,000 a year and
100000 additional at the end of twenty
years. The family chose the latter
option.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Ills, Feb. 15.-Bulls in the
grain markets had slightly the better end
of the argument today at the end of
another dull and uneventful week Of
speculation. Yesterdays small losses
were made up and better tone prevail
ed, but the dragging nature of the mar
kets is shown by the fact that the week s
gains We're under 1c May wheat regis
tered a gain today of 3-S to 1ac, May
corn &c. and May oats 3-Sc. Provisions
closed ~ to loo higher.
Leading futures ranged IA follows:
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OTHER COTTON MARKETS.
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.

New York, Feb. 15.-The statement OF
tho Associated Banks for the week end
ing today shows
Loans. $685., 004, 700, increase $1S,49S,7oO;
deposits. s1,o15. 279, 900, increase $l4.5s7,-
lOO Circulation, So Pa, 100, decrease
S67 500: legal tenders, 72,82520O, decrease
s2,2o2, $40; specie. 1874 ,555,400. increase
s1,5l6 700; reserves. 1851, SS0,600, decrease
6,1oO; reserve required $3.50 S19,71O, in
crease $3.50 75: surplus, s1S,56o,S5o de-
crease s4,335,375.
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NEW YORK MONEY

New YORK, Feb Isl p. m.-MoneY call
nominal at 21lO2h pei cent; last loan at per
cent; ruling rate -. per cent Prime mercantile
paper 4614H per cent Sterling exchange firm
with actual business in DANGERS bills al A8114
fer demand and ct s.84ss04s4A for 30
days. Posted rates 485Gl4. ssh AMI 4.S8. Com
merciai bills 4s3E 14.s4y Bar silver 55A. Mexi-
eau dollars 43A Government bonds steady; State
bonds inactive; Railroad bonds Irregular.
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STOCKS.
HEAL THYsELF.

Ninety nine OF every hundred people
suffer to some extent from Indigestion,
heartburn, nervousness. constipation and
dyspepsia. "Coleman's Guarantee" posi-
lively cures such cases. Take 1T, eat
what you want and be happy" Price O0c'
Large bottle. at druggists
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SPECIAL RATES ON s. a. l.. RY.

Good Roads Convention, Raleigh, n. C.,
February 10-15. one first class fare from
all points in North Carolina, including
Norfolk. Portsmouth and Suffolk, Va.
Tickets to be sold February to IA in
elusive, final return limit February nth.
$6.55-Raleigh to Wilmington, n c.,
and return on account Annual Meeting
State Council Junior o. U. A. NJ, Febru-
airy 1920 Tickets to be sold February
le. II and 1S; final return limit February
25th. Special rates from all other points
in North Carolina.
s7.3O-Raleigh to Charlotte, \. c., and
return, account Annual State Convention
Young Mems Christian Association, March
Sill Tickets to be sold March z. s and
TO- final return limit March IL. Special
low rates from all other points in North
Carolina.
For rates and any further information,
write or call on
c. II. .GATTIs,
O. y e r "A Raleigh n c.
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STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Feb. 15.-An exceedingly
erratic movement in Metropolitan Street
Railway confused the speculation in to-
days stock market and discouraged ac-
tivity elsewhere in the market. The
large scope of the plan announced and
tho large resources demanded for carry
ing them out caused some apprehension,
as was seen by the break in the stock
to below 168 after an opening advance Of
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RALEIGH SPOT COTTON MARKET
Raleigh, n. c., Feb. 1.-THE heavy
snow today prevented cotton from be-
ing brought to the market. The buyers
were prepared to continue their offering
of s to So cents pound. Receipts this
season, 1884; last season to this date,
1865
nnuEp nnrTAN NJ AREErS
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NoRFoLk PEANUT MARKET.

NORFOLK. Va, FEB 10 Peanuts quiet old
stock and machine picked 2A32%.
New--fancy 56931s; strictly prime s. prime, sh
02A: Spanish, TN.
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itching, blind, bleeding or protruding
piles. Your druggist will refund your
money If PAZo OINTMENT fails to cure
you. so cents. Tuesday.
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General Agent North Carolina and
Richmond. 92O East Main Street, Rich
mond, Va.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-16

Before you buy your Piano, Organ or
Sewing Machine, call or write to
DARNELL & THOMAS.
Raleigh, N. e.
Represented by r. X. Leeson.
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Cotton futures closed steady.
LIy ERPOOL.

spot CotIt CLOSED QulPI anu ITO HIRIIcr, IHIu+
ding uplands 1915; mldunng gulf li6; sales
- bales.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, Feb l5-4 P. M,-Spot cotton,
dull; prices were 32d low r, midoling far
5 i-66d good mdding 25-;2d; middling 2l-3s;
low middling o-l6d; good ordinIry 7-i6d;
ordinary 3-l61.
The sales of the day were 1900 bales of which
300 were for speculation and export, and inclnd :
ed 5000 American. Receipts 10000 bales, in
GLIDING $500 American.
Futures opened quiet and clc sed barely steady.
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THE BEST PRESCRIPTION FOR MA
T,kEA

Chills snd Fever is bVEels Of Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic II Is simply iron
and Quinine In n tasteless form No
sure--no pay. Price SOC.
t. TO. e. ID.
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sEABoARD STOCKS AND BONDS.

BALTIMORE, Feb. IS -SeaboArd Air Line
common 251s@25A: preferred 47h047K
BoDds--4's 8IA@s4h.
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c. p. & T. a.. Raleigh, N. C.
II. S. LEARD. T. P. A.. Raleigh, n. c.
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NAVAL STORES

WrLM,NeroN, n. c.. Feb 10 -Turpenttne
nothing dolu. 1T aI01i!; receipts - casks.
Kosin nothing uoirg at SLi2M0sI.i7X; re-
cetpts los
Crude turpcntine firm at sL251e. 50; receipts
barrel
Tar firm at si.20; receipts l72.
SAVANNAH Ca, Feb. 15-Turpentine firm
at a.: receipts 81: sales - exports 282
Resin nrm; receipts $40: sales 1904; exports
g. ga n. st.50: l. si.75; X, s2,35; NJ, e.. IS
n, So " G, $3.50; " w. 1885
CHARLEsTos, ). o., Feb Is Turpentine
firm AT q receipts -, sales -; exports ~
Ros;u firm; receipts -; sales -; exports
Quote: A, ,C,siao; u, al 20; +. si.25; F, sl.3o;
6. sl321s; Sl.4U; [, $3.50; g.. IS; ID f2.55; y
3. IS; VIZ $3.50: w W, 1915.
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For information write to
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Leading futures ranged rs follows.

,oPER1Se lHIeHEsr. LOWEST. CLOSING
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-20
CLAIMANTS FOR OLD FUND.
Supposed Descendants of benjamin.
franklin Take Steps to Recover
Requests He Had Made.

Claimants for money presented by
Benjamin Franklin few years before
his death to the cities of Philadelphia
and Boston for the benefit of printers
and artisans of printers craft have
appeared in Jersey City. They are
Benjamin Franklin Bache, druggist,
of that city; his brother Walter, and
three sisters, Mrs. Booz and Mrs Fine.
The claimants say they are descend
ants of Franklin and that the money
left by him to the two cities has never
been used for the purpose for which
it was intended. The original fund
given to each city is said to have
been 100 sterling, and it is claimed
that the total amount, including com
pound interest, will now be about $780,
600. The claimants have retained coun.
sci to push this claim.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-20
IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

The highest shot-tower in the world
Is at Villach, in Austria.
The panorama of London, painted in
1929 by Mr.. Horner, covered over an
acre of canvas.
Hungary's population in 1900 proved
to be 1924. 559-an increase in ten
years Of 1.790,76s.
Six of the great glaciers of Green
land yearly deliver into the sea four
square miles of ice 1000 feet thick.
Twelve hundred and forty-four is
the greatest number of flashes ever
registered during a thunderstorm in
England. This was on June s, 1899.
Accidents due to the increasing use
of wire fences have done much to
cause a decline in the popularity of fox
hunting in England.
In 1887 the wheat harvest in England
began on August 4. In 1879 no wheat
vas cut before September 10, and the
crop was the worst on record.
The slaughter OF birds by wholesale
continues in Italy, that country having
refused to accede to the international
agreement in regard to the protection
of birds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-20
BIRTH OF LONDON BRIDGE.
Story of It's Opening by William I've
and Queen AdeIaide II
Years Ago.

On August 1, 1881, William ". and
Queen Adelaide formally opened with
much ceremony the famous London
bridge, so that the structure now is a
little over II years old. Their males
ties went in grand procession from
Buckingham palace to Somerset house,
and thence by barge to the bridge.
The awnings of the royal barge were
removed, that full view of the royal
pair could be had along the whole
line. At London bridge grand pa
vilion had been set up close to the site
of Old Fishmongers' hall. 1t was con-
structed of standards captured in a
hundred fights, canopied in crimson
and decorated with massive shields.
When the king stepped ashore he said
to two members of the London bridge
committee: "Ar. Jones and Mr.. Routh,
am very glad to see you on London
bridge. It is certainly a most beauti-
full edifce and the spectacle is the
grandest and the most delightful in
every respect that I ever had the pleas
ure to witness This, of course, says
the London News, was before anyone
thought of building an annex to West
minister abbey.
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A REAL BOY AFTER ALL.
Looked Like n Cherub, But Whe1
Sympathy Was ORered He Re-
scented the Intrusion

He was the sort of child to inspire
an artist. A sturdy little figure, clad
in clean, cool garments. \ round,
chubby face, so tanned that the con-
trast made his big blue. eyes seem
lighter in color than they really were,
though even then they matched the
mass of yellow hair that ended in curIs,
reaching below his neck. He wore no
hat, and his feet and legs below the
knees were bare, though one needed
not to look at them to tell that he had
been well fed, at least during the five
or six years he had been in the world,
relates the New York Mail and Ex-
press.
Many an admiring glance was cast
at him by men and women alike as he
stood in the shadow of the elevated
road and held aloft in one plump hand
a bunch of daisies some one had given
to him. He called to other and larger
boys across the street to see what he
had received, and they ran over and
stole them from him.
The little fellow sobbed aloud, and a
kindly-faced old gentleman and a
couple of young women stepped up tc
him and sought to assuage his grief.
Don't cry, my little man." they said.
'sBe brave. Can we help you? You're
too nice a boy to cry like that
The little fists were drawn out of his
eyes, and while the tears still glistened
in them he turned on his sympathizers
and, with ring of defiance in his voice,
said: "Quit yer kiddin'. You'd squeal,
too, wouldn't yer, if bunch of guys
like them'd swiped yer bouquet. IN.
Y. Mail and Express.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-20
THE HAUT-PARLEUR.
vented in France, Which Does
Wonderful Things

A loud-talking telephone, which has
been invented recently in France, is
entertainingly described in Every
body's Magazine. 1t means, briefly.
that a man can sit at his ease in his
armchair and talk to another man at
distance, as though he were right there
in the armchair opposite.
Neither party to the conversation
need disturb himself to go to the tele-
phone, and when communication is
open between two points it is not even
necessary to ring up. You have only to
speak out, and ask if your man is there.
Or, perhaps, you are in the midst of a
discussion with some people in your
office, when new voice rises above the
many voices in the room, begs pardon
for interrupting. but desires to know
if the bill of lading for that last car
has come to hand yet. You recognize
a customer over in Brooklyn, and the
curious part of it is, he is over in Brook
Iyn at the moment he breaks in upon
your office confab. Probably he wish
es to ask you something privately.
Then he has merely to say so. You
shove a button of the switchboard on
your desk, and the loud-tall<ing tele-
phone is changed back into an ordin-
airy, discreet, whispering affair. To
hear what your customer is saying
now, you have to put your ear to the
receiver.
At firstNglance the haut-parleur may
not seem good for much outside of an
amusing novelty. A message by te1e-
phone certainly cannot be worth the
sending if it does not deserve the small
trouble of lifting receiver to the ear.
There are many instances, however,
in which it is invaluable. In the case
of a ship, for instance, particularly
during a storm or battle, the man at
the wheel has vital word of command
for the man at the engines. He can
not go to the telephone. But if the
| boat is fitted up with haut-parleurs,
then the pilot merely speaks out his
command, the engineer hears him
| above the din of the storm and machin-
cry, and answers from wherever he
| happens to be at.the moment. Equally
important would be the uses of this
| telephone in shops, factories, mines,
etc.
A photographic attachment takes
down the conversation at both ends,
making an enduring record of any
business agreement entered into over
| the telephone.
With the ordinary telephone one can
her a concert or other performance,
but the receiver must be held to the
ear, so that, separate apparatus is
necessary for each person. But one
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-09-20
eALLAoE o. a BIRTHDAY.

Youth and Grabbed age, 1t seems.
Together cannot live. we're told;
So here's farewell to all my dreams,
Mine the silver, yours the gold;
Youth IS warm and age is cold,
One is water, one is wine,
One is sordid, one rose-souled,
The gold is yours. the silver mine.
summers sun forever CLEANS
On youths pathway fower-scrolled;
Age is frosted with moonbeams-
Mine the silver, yours the gold;
Age is timid youth is bold;
Not for me the warmth and shines
Not for me do buds unfold,
The gold is yours, the silver mine.
For youth the birds trilI matin themes,
For age the vesper bells are tolled,
For youth Dan Cupid snares and schemes
Mine the silver, yours the gold;
For you life's treasures manifold.
For me the sun slants in decline,
For you the clouds. for me the mold,
The gold is yours, the silver mine.
Sweetheart, to-day you're three years old,
(Mine the silver, yours the gold);
Three years, while I'm forty-ninei
CThe gold is yours, the silver mine).
Rochester Post Express.
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ment but Cornelia, at her post beside
the open window, overheard the con~
versation. and instantly perceived how
she could profit by the transaction.
She was honest with herself about
her dishonesty at the very start.
cts the same as downright steal
ing" she said, "but-I-can't help it. I
haven't got the nerve to try to bor-
Mary Watson's by four o'clock"
She waited till the ten minutes mem
toned by the woman as the probable
length of her absence had nearly
elapseds Then, when the next train
approached, she stepped boldly
through the door and confronted the
ticket chopper.
''I am the woman who gave you
ticket a few minutes ago." she said,
according to instructions.
There was a suspicious quaver in
her voice, but the man was too busy
watching the oncoming squad of pas
sengers to give heed either to her or
her guilty tones, and he said, "a1l
right" and passed her through.
Cornelia reached the Watson home
a little before four o'clock and drove
out with them to the Country club.
Late in the evening she saw Archibald.
He was not alone. She was not surprised
at that, but when she took a second
look at his companion and recognized
her as the owner of the usurped
ticket, her state was little short of
stupefaction. Finally curiosity served
as a counter irritant and nerved her
for snatch of conversation with Archi.
bald.
81 was red-headed when got to the
station and found that you were not
there" he said. "What on earth be.
came of you?"
said Cornelia.
81 don't see what made you think
that. I told you I might be late It's
a pity you can't have little confidence
in fellow. Still, it's all right I got
to the station just in time to help Myra
Nichols out of a scrape-Myra's the
girl in black and white over there by
the window. I must go back to her il,
a minute. 1t seems she got started up.
town, and after she had dropped her
ticket into the box she remembered
something that she needed badly and
persuaded the chopper to let her go
back and get it. While she was gone
some skinf1int of a woman who had evi.
IDENTIFY overheard her agreement with
the gate keeper pushed her way
through on Myra's ticket, and when
she came back the man took her for
an impostor and wouldn't let her pass
without buying another ticket. She
had no money with her, and if I hadn't
happened along when she and the man
were in the thick of the fight and OF
fered to help her out, she would either
have had to borrow from a stranger or
go back again.
81 was hopping mad at you, you'd
better believe, and I pumped it at
Myra, straight, wouldn't she come up
here with me? She didn't mind, and
so she came. She's a tip-top girl
chock full of fun-and we've had high
old time. Since you took it into your
head to run away I'd have had to come
by myself if it hadn't been for"
Archibald paused and nodded to-
ward the woman in black and white.
Cornelia's eyes followed his jeaI-
ousIy.
For what?" she asked.
''Why, for that sneak of a woman
who stole a ride on Myra's ticket.
cob, her." said Cornelia, weakly
| N. Y. Times
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Metals Return to Earth.

After its life in the arts, NJ. Ditto
tells us, a metal is gradually returned
to the earth-in most cases in its orig
inal form. Iron and tin are recon-
verified into oxides; copper into oxides
and sulphides; silver into sulphides,
and lead into sulphides and carbon
ates. Gold and platinum, usually
found pure, disappear through friction
and mechanical action. In the soil the
more or less altered metals are fur
Their changed by saline substances and
water, and are slowly washed into cav
tiles, to form metaliferous deposits
for the use of future centuries.
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Rest in the united States,

An English gentleman, long con-
nected with the penal institutions
of that country, recently made tour
of the United States, visiting the va
rious state penitentiaries. After
visiting the Kansas penitentiary at
Lansing he unequivocany pronounced
it the best regulated of any in the
country, as regards discipline, SAM
tation and treatment of prisoners.
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Aluminium for Paner

It is stated that experiments with
aluminium as substitute for paper
are now under way in France. 1t is
now possible to roll aluminium into
sheets four-thousandths of an inch
in thickness, in which form it weighs
less than paper. By the adoption OF
suitable machinery these sheets can
be made even thinner and can be used
for book and writing paper. The
metal viii not oxidize, is practically
fire and water proof, and is indie
structible by worms
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Apples from old Orchards.

At the Brown county fair Stephen
Quayle, of Robinson, showed some
fine apples from his orchard, which
is nearly 40 years old, but has many
trees still bearing. He sent apples
from some of the trees to the Cen
tennial exposition in Philadelphia in
1876 and they were no better than
the ones which still grow there.
Farmer Cyrus Leland goes his one
better in Doniphan county, however,
with some apples from tree set out
in 1865.