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than short covering, and the closing was
heavy and nearly stagnant.
Most of the speculative bonds were
weak, but some of the higher grade is
sues were bought in moderate amounts
Total sales (par value) $2,224,000
United States bonds were unchanged or
call.
Total sales of stocks today were 3SS, 600
shares, including Atchison 1920; Balti-
more and Ohio 1870; Erie 46,150; Louis
vile and Nashville 3,710; Missouri Pa
cifc 1910; Norfolk and Western 1000;
Pennsylvania 1883, Reading 27,12O; Rock
Island G,230; St Paul 2S,25O; Southern
Pacific $3.50; Southern Railway $500;
Southern Railway, preferred, 500; Union
Pacific 5O,65O; Copper 2O,G50; Brooklyn
Transit S,276; Tennessee Coal and Irin
10; United States Steel $780, United
States Steel, preferred $4,000.
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DROPPED into A
PROFESSIONAL RUT
M0vementof Prices on Stock
Market Sluggish.
CALL MONEY WAS FlRMER
Time Money Market Largely N,maal---S reel
Still Puzzled Over Enormous Gains Dis
closed by National Banks in Last
Statement.
Statement.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, Oct. 5.-The dry goods mar
ket continues on very low plane of ac-
tivity. Weather conditions have not been
favorable to any increase in business but
more than this the uncertainty surrounding
the raw material situation and the un-
favorable financial status causes the ma
jor part of the conservatism which ex-
lists today Sellers are not prone to grant
much of concession in the belief that
lower prices will not affect transactions.
NEW YORK COTTON.
New York, Oct. 5.-The cotton market
opened weak at a decline of Il to 16
points under liquidation following lower
cables than expected. prospects for con-
'tinued heavy receipts, and the generally
favorable weather reported over Sunday.
October was particularly weak, meeting
with free selling under apprehensions that
notices would be issued for that deliv-
cry. AS the session progressed and it
was seen that these would not be an in
fluence the entire market steadied up a
little, and for time ruled fairly steady
around the opening prices or within two
or three points of them, ON covering and
some little buyin on the reaction theory
which was encouraged by the report that
too much rain was falling in the wes-
tern section OF the belt. Before the close.
however, there was another furry OF bear
pressure and selling by the room contin-
gent and in the last half hour the list
was very weak. closing easy at practically
the low point of the day or at a net loss
of 81 to % points. Sales of futures were
estimated at 100000 bales. The disap-
pointing cables were considered as re-
fecting that the trade abroad was not
disposed to take a bullish view of the
governments crop report and that the
trade here seemed encouraged In their
bearish views by the continued weakness
of Southern spot markets. which. it Is
argued reflects the lack of demand for
actual cotton and the accumulation OF sup
plies The receipts for the day turning
out to be 1896 bales exceeded early esti-
mates and were also over last years
when the movement was 1851 bales and
the estimates for tomorrow's receipts at
leading points were liberal. There were
exports of 25,S45 bales.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5-Cotton spot closed
quiet; 20 points lower, middling upland, 9.65
gulf $50; sales l36 bales.
Futures opened easy and closed
Ouipt.
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Rules and Regulations: Round trip
tickets restricted to continuous passage
in each direction will be sold October 18th
to 10TH, inclusive final limit October 26th
1909
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Ware e. LoIand'S
Cotton Letter,

Raleigh N. c., Oct Sit looked as
though anyone falling to short cotton had
made mistake. The market was weak
all day. and prices touched the low point
of the decline. Everyone will remember
when October sold at 1880 about five
weeks ago That was initiation of the
worst type. 1t begins to look as though
this may prove to be depression News
from the South was very bad again to-
day and from all indication we are liz
for another moderate cotton crop. Moth
ing, but very bad trade conditions can
prevent repetition of last season, in the
event of a crop of 100000 bales or UNI
,der The crop is late and conditions now
really compare with the mid September
situation on an average year. For this
reason we are inclined to go slow on the
bear side. Those who are bearish base
their views more on outside conditions
than on crop views. They admit the crop
may turn out much below expectations,
but insist that the big movement and the
diminished buying power of the Amerl-
can spinners operates against any adj
vance in prices at this time. There is
no doubt but that this is in a great meas
ure true. Finances in Wall street and
elsewhere are not brilliant. Otherwise the
cotton market would be very much high
er. The cotton situation is more comph
Gated than We have known it in years.
Everyone is selling cotton for break,
and yet we are not confident that this
is safe thing to do after this decline
Prices have now reached point where
care must be exercised.
WARE AND LELAND.
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What Is 1t That
Mrs. Joe Persons
REMEDY
Can Not Do?

AN ULCERATED SORE LEG OF %
YEARS STANDING CURED BY IT
Twenty-Five years ago l had typhoid
fever, which settled in my left leg and
caused an ulcer not an eating sore, but
an liberated sore leg, from below the
knee to the bottom of my foot. 1 suf-
fcred a great deal with it, and part of
the time had to go on crutches. l had
doctors treatment year after year, and
used every medicine l could see any
hope in. l saw Mrs. Person and she said
she believed she could cure me. Several
OF my friends had advised me to use it,
but / knew 1 would have to use it so
lcng, l was disheartened. / was tired of
suffering, and like many others, wanted
to be cured in a day. / decided, however,
to use Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy, and
bought dozen bottles. took nearly
all of 1T, before ! could see any improve
ment. / then bought another dozen,
which made perfect cure. I am
Yours truly,
N. HAMMOND,
Laurinburg, ~ c., May 8, 1903
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Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Cash quotations were as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; winter patents, $39o; stralght us
So 50G3. 20: bakers 81. 606D340; clears S3.35@350
spring specials $40; spring patents $1,000 40
wheat, No. spring, .,; No 3; 72@es2; No: z
red, 1880; corn, No. 2 445s No; 2 yellow yellow,
3S15@39; rye, No. 2, So a; good feeding bar
ley, 4 a. A; fair to choice mating, 1896; fax
seed, No. l. 50; No; northwestern. lOl@.
ll.371aall.5O; lard per l0Oib., 7.I5@7.5o; short
ribs Sides (loosel, 9.00@9.25; dry salted shout
ders (boxed). 6,5O@.75; short clear SIDES
grade wines, l23; clover, contract grade,9. 1913
NEW YORK PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5-Flour-firm; winter
patents $3.90@430 Minnesota patents S4.7O9
400.
Rye four-frm; fair to good sS9O@S'80;
choice to fancy S2;90S325
Buckwheat fiour-dull; $1,000, Is.
Corn-meal steady; yellow western sl.l0.
Rye-quet; No. western 6l%.
Barley-dull; feeding -; mailing 60.
Wheat-flrm, No. 2, 500; May, S2114; Sep
tember, IS; December. S34
Corn-spot hrm; No. ., 81; May, sos; Sep
TENDER, .529s;; November, =; December Ola.
B Beef-frm: family slO.4o@ll. go; mess 5000
$50; beef hams p .5O@24.0o; packet lo5o@ll
picked shoulders $685.; picked hams, 1l@l2:
Lard-steady western steamed, 825; refinde
firm; continent so: compound 7A@7I.
Pork--easy; family l900@l9.0O; short clear
IA. 5ODl6.50, mess l3.75@l4.50.
Tallow-frm; city per package 45s, country
1907.
Rosin-firm; strained common to good 2.309...
Turpentine-steady, $4,000.
Rlce-frm; domestic, fair to extra, $4,000,
Japan 4s4@5A.
Moasses-frm; New Orleans, open Kettle,
good to choice, 3l(942.
Coffee-spot, Rio steady, No. invoice q,
mild quiet cordova Toll.
Sugar-raw, steady; fair refining Is; molas-
SEES 49, refined, quiet.
Butter-frm; extra creamery 20, state dairy
l5@l9.
Cheese-steady: state full cream small col
ored PA white fall made, l2A.
Eggs-firm; state and Pennsylvania 25@26.
Potatoes-Long Island l.75c92.OO, new South
ern, 1.2561157 Jersey sweets 2.50@2.75.
Peanuts-steady; fancy hand-picked, 1906,
domestic 3@4%.
Cabbage domestic per 100 sos
Freight to Liverpool l6c.
Cotton seed oil was dull but steady; prime
crude f. o. b. mills 29@3l, prime summer yell
low 411a0D42, off summer yellow 81, prime white
46; prime winter yellow AZ, prime meal 27:OO@
27.50 nominal.
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 5-Flour steady: winter
patents, S4l0a4.40, spring satents S4.65C95.OO.
Wheat-firm; $500, Southern wheat by
sample 6S61Sl
Coirn-duil; spot 5oA@9s, Southern white
jcorn 50654
Oats-quiet; No. white 421a@.
Rye-frm; No. 2, 5S%
Butter-firm; fancy imitation 17@1S, fancy
creamery 20D2l.
Eggs-frm; fresh 23@D2i.
Cheese-frin; l1s, large llB@l1H.
Sugar-strady; fine and coarse granulated
Ol1a.
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, Oct. 5-Turpentine hrm;
54l4; receipts Is casks. ~ ,,,,,s
Rosin-firm at $50, receipts 2l5 bDls.
Tar-firm, $780, receipts 70 Dds. ,oe hor.
Crude-firm, 2.25@3.SO@3.SO; receipts LOO par
res.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 5-Turpentlne. no'nlng'
inal 5411S, receipts 80, sales 3d. exports - .
Quote A. B, G, ls5D, zoo E, L99 E 1;g2; 8, 81 =
Has; /, 264; K, 2.S5; NJ, 295; N, 800; " so;
WV, $40.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 5-TurpentlanIsz niil'
Rosin firm n'' receipts l,6S8 sales exports
1874.
Quote A, B, c, 1.eo;D, EOS e. 2l5 ~ 2:23; e
2S5; II, 265; 1, S35; K, sos; NJ, SSo M 0'''' VI
4.l0; WV, AS.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Oct. 5-The marked increase
in shipments from Russia and the Danu-
bian provinces exerted distinct bearlsh
influence on the wheat trade here today,
December closing with a net loss of r.
to e. December corn closed &c. under
Saturday, and December oats shade DC
pressed. January provisions finished the
day practically unchanged
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MASONIC FAIR RATES.

Excursion rates to Raleigh, N. c. and
return from points within the State, IN
Guiding Norfolk, Suffolk and Danville
Va, on account of North Carolina Masonic
Fair, Raleigh, N. c., October 12-24th.
1903.
The rates, rules and regulations herein
published are the separate rates. rules and
regulations Of the Atlantic Coat Line
Seaboard Air Line and Southern Rail
way, from points within the State, includ
ing Norfolk, Suffolk and Danville, Va
to Raleigh, N. c., and return, account OF
the above occasion.
Rates: Passenger Tariff No. 1900 Tar
if 2.
The following rates will apply from
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RALEIGH COTTON MARKET.

Receipts yesterday ;. :. :. 81 bales.
Prices :. !. :. :. :. :. :. 30 Is to 8 IA
Receipts this week ). :. :. :. 81 bales
Same day last year :. -. 1876 bales
Prices last yeal . =. IS 3-16 to IA
The receipts last week amounted to 442
bales and it is expected that of the mar
ket rises this week will show an increase
The small receipts today and the small
decrease in price from Saturday do not
however, start the wee kauspiciously for
this.
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A Large Estate

should be protected by quick
asset There's nothing quicker
than a life insurance policy and
nothing safer than such a policy in
The Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York. This Company
has accumulated trust funds that
exceed the combined surplus of all
the National Banks of the United
States.
If you would like to know how
this greatest trust fund in the world
is invested send for "A Bankers
Will, containing the instructions
of well-known New York banker
to his executors, regarding the
investment of funds left in trust.
This Company ranks
FfySt-In Assets
Fbst-In Amount Paid policy-holders.
FfySt-In Age.
l HE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF New YORK,
RICHARD A. McCURDY, President.
F. P. BROWN, Resident Agent, Raleigh.
HARRIS R. WILCOX,
Manager, Charlotte, N. G.
Fl. E. BIGGS, Special Agent. Raleigh.
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LIVERPOOL,

LIVERPOOL, Oct. S, 4p. m.-Cotton spot
mod. business, prices II points lower;
American middling fair, 644 good middling,
6.26; middIing, 5.92; low middling, 564 good
ordinary, 5.2S; ordinary, sos. The sales of the
day We're 1000 bales, of which 500 were for
speculation and export and included 5000 AM
erican. Receipts 5000 bales, including $500
American.
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S. A. L. STOCKS AND BONDS.

BALTIMORE, Oct, 5-Seaboard al ar Lime
common, l4146l4s4 preferred 251a@zo
Atlantic Coast Uncommon lO6@llO5s; pref
erred =. -. No sales.
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Origin of the Tent.

An ancient Talmudic irgend relates
that Adam on his expulsion from para
disc encountered 4 cutting north wind.
against which his scunt girClle of fig
leaves proved poor protection. AS he
wistfully cast his eyes over the desc
late plain of Shinar he perceived at a
great distance dead thorn bush.
Running thither, he crouched behind it,,
and while still shiyering he saw wild
ass come by. And Adam cried to the
beast to lie down alongside and keep
him warm. But the ass spake out
("for asses sometimes spake in those
days as since" saith the commentator,
and -derided him for not having a
warm coat of fur. whereupon Adam
waXed wrCth and slew the ass with a
piece of the thorn tree and, with teeth
and nails stripping off the ass coat,
wrapped it around himself. But to-
ward noon. the sun growing hot and
scorching wind arising, Adam con
ceived the happy thought of hanging
the skin over the bush and reposing in
the shade thereof. 1t was done, the
tent was invented, and civilization be
gan.-Outing.
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Lnnreyity Of Animals.

Statistics of the longevity of animals
may not be very accurate, but they are
interesting reading. Among the larger
species of cattle there is some approach
to uniformity. Thus for the horse and
donkey the extreme limit is about 30
years and for horned cattle about 30
For the dog it is given as %, while
sheep, goats, pigs and cats are grouped
at Is. Among birds the disparities IN
length of life are very remarkable.
While goose may live to be 30 years
of age. IA sparrow % and crow 100.
ducks, hens and turkeys die of old age
at II. The palm for longevity is divla'
ed between the elephant and the par
rot. which both often pass the century.
The swan and the eagle also are very
long lived
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BABIES IN ARABIA.
The Way the Unfortunate Mites Are
Clothed and DOctored.

The Wa! the Unfortunate Mites Are
Clothed and DOctored.
They arabian babies) are rubbed
with brown powder as soon as they are
borns and their eyelids are painted;
then instead of being dressed in soft
dannels they are wrapped in calico and
tied up like bundle so tight that they
cannot move hands or feet; then tight
hoods are put on their heads with blue
beads sewed on the front to keep off
the evil eye. These babies cry good
deal, and I should think they would.
They cannot move and flies and other
and the sand gets in their eyes and
hurts them.
When Il baby is about six weeks old
a sacrifice is offered, and the baby's
hair is cut and weighed, and the same
weight in silver is given to the poor.
If he hasn't more hair than some of
our six weeks babies its weight in
gold or even diamonds might be given
and not make the poor much richer or
the parents much poorer. The mother
puts charms on his neck and arms, and
a verse from the Koran is written and
put in little silver or leather case and
hung about his neck to keep off evil.
If he is sick this is his medicine: A
verse from the Koran is written with
ink on paper; then the ink is washed
off, and the inky water is given him
to drink. wish you could see the fun
ny little cradles these babies sleep in.
They are made of date sticks fitted to-
gether The rockers are almost fiat,
SO when the poor thing is rocked he is
so shaken up that it is wonder if he
is not seasick ! am sure any good
American baby would rebel at such
observation-disclosures of Christian Work.
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quaint stories. He told one of his best
when he took Senator Gallinger to task
for the latter's Interpretation of certain
legal questions iii the debate on the
Porto Rico bill couple Of years ago
He said he once Went 10 Il preach
ing" in the mountains where the minis
ter was as lc;rlle,, II the Bible as my
law. The text chosen was. Seven
sons did Micah bear unto Enun.' The
preacher explained the text by saying
that Enon was sick and needed nutri-
ment. whereupon the doctor told his
seven SONS To @,l him some milk. 1.-The
cows did moi come NJ the night before"
drawled Senator Pettus, initiating the
singsong tones of the mountain preach
err, "and so the seven sons could not
find them. But they came across a she
bear and MIXED her and carried the
milk to Enon. And so, brethren, it is
written, Seven sons did milk bear
unto Enon.'
That preacher" continued Mr.. Pet
tus, had as accurate conception of
the Scriptures as some of our senators
have of the law of the land"
He goes to bed at 8 O'Clock and rises
at 6, and by the time other senators
are getting their breakfast he has dis
posed of his correspondence and is
hustling round the departments with
his old SLOUGH hat full of papers, doing
what he calls "errints' for his con
stituents.
Many interesting anecdotes are told
of the shrewd manner in which he has
circumventcd the civil service com
mission in securing offices for his con
stituents and the appointment of his
Democratic friends and supporters to
offices under Republican administr;l-
ton. The old gentleman is known
among his fellow senators as Confu
cius. because of his great wisdom and
supposed resemblance, physical and
mental. to the great Chinese philoso
pher and sage.
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DECEMB Der 18th 1908.

Beginning positively at 1900 the follow
ing described property:
Herefords-15 registered cattle con
sisting OF 8 cows and heifers, = OF which
have calf at foot, and bred again, 3
bull calves and my herd bull Chant
Marshall l21922. These COWS are of
the best strains in the rand, are all
young and bred to my herd bull.
If interested send for catalogue.
unrecorded pure bred bull calves
and six cows of the same breeding
some of which have calf at foot. II
high grade cows aud hefers all bred,
u heifer calves and one car load OF
cattle 10 weeks on feed.
Duroc Jersey Swine60 pure bred
sows, most of which will be bred to my
herd boar Vail Chief 2206l and 10
pure bred boars. There will be some
rare bargains in this bunch as they are
as good as can be found.
Horses and Machinery-S good work
horses.S colts coming 3 years old, :
colts coming , years old. All my farm
machinery.
Terms-Sl0 and under cash, on sums
over that amount q credit of II months
i will be given on bAnkable notes bear
/ ing per cent inter At from date of sale.
Hot lnnch at 1880
-, GIBLIN.
A Auctioneer, Col. M. r. McGrath
Il Clerk Henry Stuck.
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Twelve Miles am Hour.

At the beginning of the last century
the royal college of Bavarian ply
sicians sought to forbid steam railway
travel because it would induce de-
lirium fllriosum among the passengers
and drive the spectators crazy, While
an English quarterly said that it would
as soon expect the people to suffer
themselves to be tied to one OF Con
greves rockets as to trust themselves
to the mercy of locomotive going at
the prodigious rate of twelve miles an
hour.
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is now the sole hirsute adornment of
the distinguished floor leaders coun-
tenance. For several years he has
been known as the white headed man
DARN" According to the story related
in Washington, he got his nickname iii
this way
"I.ook at the old white headed man
DARN" Uncle Joe Cannon, now speak
err of the house, said one day when
he was offended by something Mr.,
Payne had done, and from that day on
the title stuck to the dignified chair
man of the big committee.
Mr.. Payne is very earnest and Sc
date statesman, but Is possessed at the
same time Of the most tantalizing
smile that ever drove an opponent to
desperation.
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Mrs. stanton and Fad Children.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was fond OF
children, though not of bad ones.
Once in Boston she was calling on a
young woman whose little son, par
ticularly vicious urchin, played about
her while she conversed.
The child would pull his mothers
hair kick and thump her, nor did he
hesitate TO try now and then these
tricks upon Mrs. Stanton.
She said calmly, "You are bad boy.
aren't you?"
HE is u bad boy" his mother in a
sad, hurt tone confessed.
81 prefer bad children. though" said
Mrs. Stanton.
"Do you?" cried the young mother
"Why?'
because" said Mrs. Stanton, they
are usually sent out Of the room. =
Chicago Record Herald.
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PAYNE OF NEW YORK.

How He Came by the Nickname of
"the White Headed Mandarin"
Among the minor surprises of the
opening of the special session of con-
gress was the changed appearance of
Serene e. Payne of New York, chair
man of the great ways and means com
mittee of the house, whose smooth
shaven cheeks and chin rendered his
erstwhile bewhiskered visage almost
unrecognizable. A neat gray mustache
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Display advertisements Is cents per inch
each issue. Yearly contracts 12 cents per
inch.
Business locals cents per line each issue,
black type 10 cents per line. Legal advertis-
ng, legal rates.
Church notices where admission fee is
charged, one half regular rate. Card Of
thanks Is cents Extra copies cents each
Get rich quick advertisements rot accepted
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Mccook May Want Prisoner.

Salida, Colo, Dec. L. Sherman Ber-
lin, said to be wanted at McCook, Nep.,
on the charge of blowing C3en a safe
in the McCook branch Office of the FL
deity and Casualty association OF New
York City last June, has been arrested
at Whitehorn, mining camp in Ere.
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ANTI GRAVY STATESMAN.
Senator pettus of Alabama. Who IL
Noted For HIS mint Humor.

Noted For HIS t.uaint Humor.
Senator Edmund ". Pettus of Ala
bama. who has aroused the ire Of al.
the professional cooks i'll the country
by his recent pronouncement against
the use of gravies and sauces, which
can people, is eightyt years old but
still hale and hearty, and this fact. he
iutimates. is due partly to his absti-
hence from what he calls the French
denominations" meaning the aforesaid
gravies and sauces.
Senator Pettus Is noted as wit and
on occasion regales his colleagues with
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Closing Out Sale.

AS am going to leave the farm, l
will offer atpublic auction at my farm
2 miles south west OIL Vail and u east
of DenisOn.