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Wheat.
Cash quotations wefe as follows;

Cash quotations Wefa as roIIoWS;
-Four stea y: winter 81 3d. straights
S3 o la3 90; bakers $3.50 G53 80
g. 2OeD340: clears 50 351ha.6. - .spr'ro speciais
10; spn,g patents sLd0O4.5O; do. st'aight
75h0779 Corn No 2 Q4qK; No 2ltei sGn
IaGs 45H0; No2 No. g. VIII te SOLO
2y. No. 2. 500.e;. No 8 whr- .g~oa
1900; NO. Ga1 &s3So, l north weste ~:
prime timothy seed 345; Mes, porF per hbi
a. l50s9; per Larj, 10 lbs Is1Gbl;9,:
salted shoulders ,boxsup 4sG1 IL short clear
sides. boxed. S.H@ax; Whisky is high
grace wine 100; Clover, eIntrast srade. l2,ODD y
NEW YORK
New York. july 1s,-Eiour was ste dy
winter as.,ars i 90,G4.4p: Minnesota paten 4I0
OTTO, Mi boxer ;4S0Q4.65
Rye -four ste ID leir 10 goo1 3.00D3.35; choice
Rnckwhea flour dull 81. so612 10
Corn men steady vel ow western 81
&C. qui - z. sestarn - Stae
Barley stea y feeding y nal,ln. 10
kar.ey m steady western 65056
WLeat- dull; No 2 red, sly; Closing
September 81 Dacembr q
Corn Spot easy; No. y %. closing Ju 5bN.
osts SPOT ersi r No 2 Al; May
9eeI easy: family sl0 0l0l0.5O; mess IS O01
3D.. teef aars $40 591z2 o. pack4t $40 500lll 80
.ut meats firm: pickled bellies 9Z0l0H
piclS,"d shorldsfs 7G7n: nicklad hans In Di3.
Lard dull. western steamed %; refined
easy; faTnv II ) Dis.f0 snort clear 10 %
0isn0s ~. a. slIn00Tl0
Tallow dull; city per package $40; country
4h@s -, .o,ou.
-arpentine steady 5l05lh
kIce. rn. asstac. t4iY toextra 4AQ6ss
Molasses firm; New OrIesns, open kettle.
q ....... 3IG14U.
Coffee a Or Flo qui Il, No invoice D BID,
mildquiet; cordoys Toll.
law firm 'alr refining 10 mol
ass es 2 l5-la rel n d firm
SIT steady; sxs creanl.r7 2Oh Safe dairy
Cheese steady; state tuIl cream small col
ored 10: ~ sall made, loH.
eggs ca g ; State and renn vaniN EOl81
Southern, West rn extras 1911;
pp'@t ca y; State and western w'.
lbs. lS70sl2; rou'N Jersey swe-ss $50 ~;
Long Island 2.25Q2 IS new Southern 81 500
PEANUTS s,eady 'ancy hsnd-p'cksd 4&@4A:
Csboaees quiet; L. l. sassas7; Balto I.tOQl.'2
Freights a. 90 t.an er ~,
cotton seed oil was aui bat steady;
s pIlmo e' yellow 2 lax i on 0s
g 80. prime white 45047H.pr M winter We low
AZ; prime meal e2T0Od27.5o nom
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS
RALr1M RE, July f8 Flour du1
Winter pat nts 3 951t Spring patents a. 1901. ~;
Wheat easy; 77A@7S spot! Southern wheat bs
ccln es spo' 5lH@H Juy 5sz0S
sys ' diet: Nc. SIS; No. western
Butter steady and lower; fancy Imitation 1913
fancv creane'y21
Eggs staa fresh 16H.
Cheese steady l0HW: large small iih@
Sugar firm; 6ne and coarse zranuiated 2ls
fine 5.2lH.
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BE Paid for His Information.
Greensboro Telegram.)


A man who answered advertisements in
cheap story papers" has had some IN
teresting experiences, says an exchange
He learned that by sending 81 to Yankee
he could get a cure for drunkenness. Sure
enough he did. 1t was to take the pledge
and keep it," Later on he sent so 2-cent
stamps to find out how to raise turnips
successfully He found out-"Just take
hold of the tops and pull Being young
he wished to marry, and sent 81 1-cent
stamps to a Chicago firm for information
as to how to make an impression. When
the answer came it read, "Sit down on a
pan of dough-" 1t was little rough. but
he was a patient man and thought he
would yet succeed The next advertise
ment he answered read "How to double
your money in six months" He was told
to convert his money into bills, fold them
and he would see his money doubled Next
he sent for IL useful household articles
and he got "a package Of needles He was
slow to learn, so he sent 81 to find out
How to get rich Work like the devil
and never spend a cent" And that
stopped him. but his brother wrote to
find out how to write without pen or ink
He was told to use lead pencil" He
paid 81 to learn how to live without work,
and was told on a postal card to Fish
for suckers, as we do"
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United States bonds were all unchanged
as compared with the closing call of last
week
Total sales we're 253,400 shares, including
Baltimore and Ohio II 1872; Chesapeake
and Ohio 1000; Erie $500; Missouri Pa
cific II ,140; New York Central 1850; Nor
folk and Western AGO. Pennsylvania 76O
Reading $4,000; Rock Island Company
27 500; St. Paul 1850; Southern Pacific
$500; Southern Railway S00 Southern
Railway, preferred, ZOO Toledo, St. Louis
and Western, preferred 5,765; Union Pa
cific $3.50: Amalgamated Copper 1920;
Brooklyn Rapid Transit $3.50; Tennessee
Coal and Iron 30O United States Steel
10, 205: Louisville and Nashville $50.
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Barbee e. Co.'s
Cotton Letter,
(Special To News and Observer

New York, July 1S.-The market today
was the dullest Of the season. Prices did
net luctuate as heretofore and it is now
a question whether a break is imminent
or whether the existing deadlock is to con
tinue until the advent of unsatisfactory
crop accounts brings an upward movement,
A feature of the news was an increase iii
the estimate OF cotton coming to New
York from Liverpool, the figures now be-
ing placed at $4,000 bales. That is, the
this market If this continues the rest of
the season, the remnant will be rather
poor cotton. Should anything happen to
the bull pool there would be very little
market for this cotton as far as contracts
are concerned. This is certainly very
menacing factor and for this reason We
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NAVAL STORES

WILMINGTON. N. G. July 18 Turpentine
steady. IS: receipts 65 casks.
Rosin nothing; 81 go: recejpts 26S.
Crude. firm atS1.7503.o003 IS; receipts
225 barrels.
Tar firm at sl.65; receipts 81.
CHARLKsToN 8. G. July 49, Spirits tuI :
pentine steady 47h: receipts sales =.
exports 20
Rosin 81 esdy receipts sales --.... ex-
Quote A. b. C.1.50; d. si.5s; e. 81 90;
I1s q. 10! II. 20: 2.6s: X. 200 10
go MOS: WG. sos; WV. 3.25.<
SAvArsAH, Ga July 1s Turpentine:2; oo
steady: 4B; receipts sales. ...,i
Ros i firm; receipts. f,s7o sales 6s4
Quote A 30 i 60 d. 1 6s. C. s1.os; Fl. Q.
M. 90; N. 81 o5: VIC s3.O0 WV S325
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WEEKLY BANK cLEARINGs.

New York, July 1S.-The statement Of
averages of the clearing house banks OF
this city for the week shows.
Loans 1907 .O15, 500. decraaso 90 5t3 500 +.
deposits 1895 .2OS, 100. increaso e. ost 800.
circulation $43,90s 800. deoraase = 2o0
legal tenders SIS ,217. 100 incroaea :, OK oo1 /.
specie $3.50 1863 400. increase a. 100 ooo 70
serve 1927 $50 500, increase se noe ao".
serve required s223,S OPS. increase s-ss
90; surplus $13,2 AIS, ipcreaSa a. o-e ono
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Biggest Snake Story Yet.

(OutIaws Bridge Cor. Duplin Journal)
OF all the snake stories now going the
rounds we think the following the true
one Last Thursday Mr.. j. g. Outlaw
killed a rattle snake four feet ten inchd
long, with eighteen rattles and button.
The snake contained two grown goats, a
'possum, two lambs, a large horse fish,
and is thought to be the one that swal
lowed Mr.. r. G. Maxwells anvil from
which the horn is broken.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

New Orleans, July 1S-Spot cotton
quiet; sales 500 bales. Quotations UNI
changed
The future market was very dull The
feature of the day was the report from
Liverpool to the effect that in spite of the
declines on the local market yesterday
spots were down only four points, while
futures closed unchanged to one point up.
Private cables report that the spot de-
mand continues good and that buyers
from the continent are securing the
market for high grade cotton. The trad
ing here was light and the fluctuations
within narrow limits. At the close prices
were even to one Doint above last even
ing's figures.
NEur Dr1 = ,rs L. Liz 1a f,ottor fr,tn roa
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Forgotten They Have Souls.

Jim Dorman in Duplin Journal)
have often been sorry that the people
of this section have fallen so deeply in
love with trucking and tobacco, for they
have almost forgotten that they have
souls but there is one good thing about it,
they do not have time for mobbing, lynch
ing, etc oh, the blight of idleness!
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GRAM AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, July 1S.-Weakness was the
rule in the grain and hog products mark
cts today with each showing loss. Wheat
closed 1ac. down for September. Corn
Sc lower, oats re. down. Provisions
~ to 1715c. lower.
Lending futurea ranged az follows;
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NEW YORK MONEY.

.all nominal closing ....tIme money
ii m. 70 days 41@5 90 days as. six MOS.
90. Prime merca ntile paper SOS stSerl-
banker tils AT 4s6. $3.50 for dem and
$50 for 60 day bills. Posted ra' es
~ ts7N and 4.s7 Commercial bills gan
Oar si-ve: SsH. Mexican Am;
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DULL IS THE DAY IN
THE STOCK MARKET
Sentiment of Spectators is
Doubtful and Hesitating.
The CLOSE is VERY HEAVY
Gain in Cash by the Banks is Almost Twice as
Great as Anticipated but The Small
Loan Contraction is Disap-
pointing
(By the Associated Press

New York, July 1S.-Operations in dry
goods have been characterized by end of
the week dullness, but this has had no in
fuence on prices or manufacturers ideas
regarding the proportion between raw ma
terial and finished product Buyers are
here in fair numbers. but their operations
are characterized by their usual conser-
vatism. The possibilities of the curtail-
ment movement are awaited with general
interest by buyers and sellers alike.
NEW YORK COTTON.
New York, July 1S-The cotton market
opened steady at unchanged prices to an
advance of five points under cables bet
ter than expected, and moderate covering
by room shorts. The weather was gen.
orally considered favorable, however, and
there was a lack of bull support so that
after an interval of steadiness during
which the active options were sold up to
level net three to five points higher the
market turned slightly easier under
realizing, prices going back to about last
nights level. There was little feature to
the early trading and operations seemed
to be more of an evening-up character
than to represent fresh ventures on either
side of the account.
Nh YORK. July IL Cotton sDot closed
rte "; :. points decli e; middling uplands
so nliddling gulf ~. sales 20 ba es.
teutr res opened stea1v
N TN na n "
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would not trade in options this side of
October.
Cotton futures today ranged as follows:
BARBEE q COMPANY.
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9. A. L. STOCKS AND BONDS.

BALTIMORE. july 1s.-Sea aboard Air Line
common 200, preferred W35B.
Bonds as. ISk G179h
Atlantic Coast Line. common,
preferred $50.
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A Little Story of a Big Success

How 500 made $1,000 in thirty days.
Mailed free. No horse racing, Oil Wells
nor Gold Mines. f. G. HOGAN & CO.,
Commerce Building, Chicago, ILL.,
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For Group use CHENEY'S
EXPECJORANT.

The world without the chance of sin
would have no chance Of being saved
Rams Horn.
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Nav ORLEANS. La Jaly IS Cotton futures
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL Ju y SO 40. N. -Co0tOn -Snot
i'm demand: pr ces 4 poin's 'ower.
8 a. sniddling g. 10 good ordinary 5.s4 ordin-
airy S.64. The sales OF thedsy were 5000 bales
OF which 1900 for 81 scuIation and expor' and
included 1900 American. receipts 600
TO American
future. opened steady and closed quiet
American middltng. go. c.:
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ex- United States deposits $22,595,675, IL
crease SIS, 26S, 575.
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What PROTECTION Means

6, N
of
Policy
the the
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SPECIAL RATES VIA S. A. L. PY

Summer Excursion Rates via Seaboard
Air Line Railway. Tickets sold daily June
1st to September goth, inclusive. with
final return limit October 31st Below ]
beg to give you rates to the principal
points:
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Original Rate, Without New Examination.

without
LEADS; OMPANIES FOLLOW.
claims 10
Stat during the ten o
]. D. BOushall, Manager, Raleigh, N. c
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-09-30
A Turtles 5000 Breakfast.

''If cat worth twenty-five cents
swallows canary worth $3.50, what is
the value of the resultant creature?"
is one of the problems in the joker's
arithmetic. A goldfish farmer in Penn
sylvania is wrestling with somewhat
similar question. About 500 of his
choicest goldfish, and some silverfisb
besides, were placed in sma.i seDar.
ate pond, that they might thrive and
wax fat. The fish got on swimmingly
until one night week or so ago. The
proprietor visited his pond in the morn
ing only to find some of his fish dead
some wounded. and another large mum,
Der unaccounted for Yet in moment
they ceased TO be unaccounted for,
since on the bank ten-pound snap.
ping turtle was summing himself With
an air that said: Fate cannot touch
me. l have .dined to-day" 1t has
been computed that the very "fanciest'
of the fancy goldfish. the celestial
telescopes and their ilk. are worth
something like $50 pound. In this
instance the ponds roll of casualties
showed that the turtles late supper
or early breakfast represented approx
mately 5000. For that sum he could
just as well have had bower of palms
TO eat in and an orchestra to play the
while 1t may be doubted II even the
celebrated banquet. of the monkey AT
Newport cost any more. The turtle
had even been so fastidious as to reject
the silverfish. which We're swimming
about unharmed and in undlminished
numbers. The story teaches that the
chicken farmer who dreams all night
of hawks, foxes and defective incu
bators Is not the only fancler whc
has natural enemies TO contend with
New York Evening Post.
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The largest automobile ever built Is
a harvester and "auto" combined and
Is used in Southern California. 1t is
equal to sixty horses and goes at the
rate of three and half miles an hour
moving a swath thlrty-slX feet wide.
putting up the grain in finished shape.
thresbing, etc.
The machine Is sixty feet long and
thirty feet wide. The motive power
is furnished by oil. 1t is such an
expensive harvest hand" that one
farmer cannot of course, own 1t alone
but is the property OF company, and
goes from one farm to another. Eight
men are required to run it. AS the
machine starts off the grain begins
falling in sacks on the opposite side
from where II Is cut and the straw
drops into a cart behind.
Three machines sent to Russia fol-
work on the steppes were delayed In
China and captured by the Boxers
There they remained for couple OF
years. but they are now in Russia and
considered an American wonder
Washington Star.
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HAND HOLDING IN KANSAS.
The Etiquette Of the Evening Call Laid
Down In Einporla.

An important question was up for
discussion last night at the regular
meeting of the Amalgamated Hand.
holders Union. Ray Witherington,
who holds high office in the national
organization, was accused by certain
west side girl Of being "slow." that he
had called at her house few evenings
ago, and after making a few shy at.
tempts at holding her hand had given
up, and hadn't done thing but talk
the remainder of the evening. and that
In her opinion he wasn't q fit or com.
petent person to hold the place he did
In the Handholders' Union.
The story reached the ears of With.
erington's enemies in the union. and
they at once brought charges of "ln.
competency" before the exalted
strangleholder," who decided to in.
vestigate the charges. Witherington
was called before this official and told
his "side." He said that he had made
conscientious effort to hold this girls
hand, and when she refused the sixth
time and had threatened to call her
father, he had deslsted, that further
effort would be rude and ungentle
manly.
The west side girl was then called
on the witness stand and asked to tes
tify. She said that Ray had tried six
times. but that none of the girls in her
crowd thought of letting young mar
hold her hand under eight trials. She
said she had hear of certain girls that
did, but that she thought no lady who
cared anything for her reputation
would do a thing like that She ad
mitted having threatened to call hei
father, but that the young man ought
to have had better sense than to thinR
that she meant to do It,
When her testimony was completed
long discussion arose as to how long
young man could persist in trying tc
hold young lady's hand without be
ing considered rude and ungentleman.
ly, and how soon self.respectina
young lady could give up without ac'
quirlng the reputation Of being easy
1t ended by the exalted strangleholdei
giving his opinion that three attempts
were enough. and that six was toe
many. and that any girls with melt
ing point either above or below these
figures was to be boycottcd by the
union.
The question of how long young
gentleman should know young lady
before he held her hand was alsc
brought up for discussion. After con
siderable debating and deliberating by
the officials it was decided that young
man ought to call on n girl at least two
times and not more than four times be
fore he was entitled to sit in the ham
mock with her and hold her hand
Emporla Gazette.
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Absinthe in France.

As result of an investigation set on
foot by the Prime Minister Of France. DR..
Laborde has reported that absinthe Ia
running both the souls and bodies of the
French race. The Academy of Medicine
has made a declaration against its manu-
facture and sale. and we see the prohibi-
tion question which many have Thoughts
limited only to purtancal communities in
the United States taken up by European
Government. One of the striking, and in
many instances inspiring, characteristics
of the French Government is that under
it prohibition prohibits. 1t does not mat
ter particularly what the thing prohibited
is, whether it is bad habit, school sys-
TEN, or the Moulin Rouge, it goes. The
French Government. whose mysteries are
past finding out and which seems to be n
series of crises, with a knock-down and
drag.out riot in the National Assembly at
often recurrent intervals, is very effective
We do not always admire its methods, bu6
we perceive that it always strikes twelve.
1t appears to be hampered by no noisy
sentiment about the rights of the people
or "peuple"-which seems to mean some
thno else when it is put in French. Cheer
ing Tor the rights of the "peuple" is per-
mitted to go on uninterruntedly when the
cheering is on the side of the Government;
when it isn't. the "peuple' are put in iaiI
or chased off the boulevard Ly the John
Darms, as Bill Nye used to call hem. ID
is quite certain that if the French Govern
ment determines to suppress absinthe there
won't be a pale shade of green to be seen
in any resort in Paris or all France.-St-
Louis Globe-Democrat.
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The Crusade In Erief.

Between the ages Oi thirty and foytv
where ten total abstainers die, forty mod
crate drinkers die.
Between the ages Of twenty aud thirty
where ten total abstainers die, thirty-one
moderate drinkers die.
In Rutland. during the first month
operation OF the liquor license the ARE .
for drunkenness were siyty-four- rs against
four in the same month lnst year.
DIR. s. III. Burgen. a nraetitionrr Of
thirty-iive years, in refutation OF the gen
orally accented theory that beer IL III,
least harmful of all Intoxicating drinks
says: 81 think beer kills guiel.e, tnan any
other liquor"
The anti-sa,oon league is p.snn.ne an aS.
gressive campaign in Kansas tily. Mo
this summer. The coopcra ion oi the 90
lice is promised and all vile pic.ures. wing
rooms and other vio.ations o. existinx
laws viii be suppressed.
The Total Abstinence Society 81 Coren-
hagen, Denmark, reports a membership, III
over 100000, among whom are thiriy-sevra
ministers AMI Acc tsacherx last yeas tns
society arranged for 1851 tsmpera sse Zee
lures at cost OF ABOUT 81, ,oos
General Coronnas, (on,aansicz-is in !, ,,hls {
OF the Frcaeh troops ia lndo-Chlra- .s
making especial effort. 10 sapprcss dr1nk-
enness among the soldiers. he expresses
his regret thac WARNINGS concerning III.
serious effects OF drinking habit. npoa IL
health are not heeded-
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On n Cash Basis Only.

a very eminent physician had cured
n little child OF a dangerous Illness
The grateful mother turned her steps
toward the house Of her sons savlors.
Doctor" she said, there are some
services which cannot be repaid. ]
really don't know how to express my
gratitude. l thought you would, per
haps. be so kind as TO accept this
purse. embroidered by my own hands.
Madam" replied the doctor. coldly,
medicine Is no trivial affair. and our
visits are only to be rewarded In
money. Small presents serve to sus
tain friendships; but they do not sus
tain our families"
But. doctor" said the lady. alarmed
and wounded. 'speak-tell me the fee.'
1.-TWO hundred dollars, madam"
The lady opened the embroidered
purse, took out Ave bank notes Of 500
each. gave two to the doctor. put the
remaining three back In the purse.
bowed ccldly ard departed. Phiiade!.
phia Ledger. --------------------- -
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Ciuars at 81 Apiece.

Those who have attended the big
tanquets at Delmonico's, such. for
instance, as the one given to Cyrus
Field upon the completion of the At
lantic cable. and which cost $50 a
plate. had the privilege Of smoking
the choicest Havana cigars. costing
perhaps f.y cents apiece. But what
would the dinner cost with cigars at
s4 each? Yet there are such cigars
being made In Havana to-day, and
some have arrived in New York. Fran,
cisco E. Fonscca. friend OF President
Palma. and who was born near where
he lived In Cuba. received one OF these
a few days ago. 1t was wrapped in o
piece of imported Japanese rice paper
and inclosed in handsomely decorat
ed box. In fact. only one comes In 0
box, and each is sixteen inches long
and an inch and a quarter In diameter
at the middle. II Is said that the to
bacco can only be grown on one plan
tation in Cuba. and the duty on each
Is sixty-eight cents.