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y WO young married women were sit
ting by the fire in dressing room

ting by the fire in dressing room
of an English country house: The
elder had beauty expressive of strong,
lender character. The younger, rag
featured, piquant little creature with
eyes full of curiosity, was speaking.
so you married a poor man."
"A distinguished soldier
Il know; still"
Exactly: I will crafty you, for if
do not tell you the truth you will in
vent a fiction"
The irquisitive one laughed and
nodded She who was willing to be COM
municative continued:
You know I was without family or
kindred, heiress of large income and a
beautiful old home. After my school
days I attached myself to a good lady
who travelled with me over a great deal
of the world for I felt unbearably soli-
tary in this place, and had lively de-
sire TO visit other countries and have
the experience of other lives besides my
own. After some years, my dear COM
panion having died. found myself hero,
alone except for servants and the neigh
hors and acquaintance. who made me
an object of their attentions"
Il wonder you did not marry at once"
interrupted the inquirer.
MANY wondered; but partly because
my friend had warned me, perhaps 100
urgently, against mercenary men, q
good deal because l had not been edited
or attracted by any of the marriages
had seen, and I suppose" with a sud
cen smile, because I had not met with
the man who was happily my fate, I
shrank from all suggestions Of the kind
and held on with both hands to my
liberty.
After a season or two of pleasure in
both town and country I craved for an
other change. UngratefuI for my endow-
ments l envied some others their pow
erty. and al last resolved to taste an ex-
pericnce which it seemed that ProYi-
dence had hardly ordained for me.
allowed my friends TO suppose that was
DENT Ou iui llIl iC4SA Hdhu'A ms y
wound up my affairs in preparation for
a long absence, committed my home
once more to the guardianship OF my
trusted housekeeper. and departed this
Society life
Imagine me, then. IN St. Thomas
Hospital, in cap and apron. studying
hard to fit myself for hrst-class work as
nnrsire sister.
And ne fell in love with you on the
spot?"
He wasn't in a condition for any
such prompt proceeding He required
all his energies TO wrestle with the
fever through which I nursed him. The
first time ! spoke to him about any
thing beyond his medicine and nour-
ishment and the ease of his pillows
was after he had been some time con-
yalescent-one day when / saw a par
ticuIarIy sad look on his brown face
and asked if l could do anything for
him; perhaps write a letter TO his
friends. He thanked me and said he
had no relatives. no one would be spe-
ciaily Interested in hearing about him;
and I thought it a pity that somebody
should not be glad of his recovery as
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the men was loaded with his camera
and had come unarmed- We had fin
ished taking the picture and were hard
at work when we heard a swapping and
crashing in the bushes behind US, and
with a series of savage growls a big.
old female and a pair of half-grown
cubs came down on US ike three
avalanche. We were horror-struck to
see the beasts were between Us and
our rifles. and we dashed for our
horses, thinking the bears would center
their attention on the dead elk and
leave us alone.
A Fight at Close Quarters.
att was strange how they singled Is
out and neglected the elk and even the
horses. We had not time to mount our
terror-stricken beasts. the bears came
down on US so quickly, and all that re-
NAMED was to fight at close quarters for
our lives. With one accord we drew our
hunting knives and in desperation rush
ed toward the bears to attack. We threw
our hats at them and yelled like Indians,
and, actually. We blufed them TO
standstiIL Seeing themselves confront
ed in equal numbers they stopped, raised
on their hind legs. snapped and grunted
and turned tail and ran. That gave Us
our chance for the guns. and we got
the old bear and one of the cubs for our
scare, but the second cub escaped in
The thicket.
Exaggerated Stories.
az guess more lies are believed about
the grizzly than about any other animal.
We hear about them weighing ], 500 AMI
1880 and even 1000 pounds, but the big
gest grizzly I ever saw didn't weigh
more than zoo or 500 pounds. The trou-
bic with most grizzly hunters is they do
not go to the trouble. of weighing their
game. For the most part they are TOO
far in the backwoods TO get at scales.
But the biggest of the bears doesn't
weigh more than 500 pounds. and you
can put that down as gospel truth.
VIII Eat Anything.
"A grizzly will eat about everything
that can be eaten. II makes nc difference
whether the food is flesh. fish, fowl, ber-
ries, bees or worms-anyth;ng down 10
roots and herbs goes with his highness-
Elk meat he likes better than any other,
and whenever a hunter kills an elk, after
he has taken enough for himself, he uses
! the carcass TO bag a grizzly. In winter
time the bear hibernates in cave Or
some hollow tree. where he sleeps, living
on the fat he has stored away in layers
during his season. An old grizzly Is
about as fit to eat as an old horse. That
| is. you can eat him, but he's striugy and
tough as hades. But young, tender bear
of this species, especially when fattened
for his first siege of winter sleep, is one
| of the most delicious meats served.
The skin of the grizzly is one of the
most valuable trophies a sportsman can
obtain. In America 1t Is what the tiger
skin is in India and the lion skin in
! Africa. The danger of taking such skin
and the nerve and experience it tells is
| like having a post graduate ploma into
the highest ranks OF TIE hunter. No, sir,
for the best OF all hunting, give me this
same chap here"
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A n old game hunter was anus
~ ing himself one day last
week throwing peanuts into the
mouth of baby lion at the National Zoo.
when it comes down to real shoot
ing the hunter explained, there's just
one beast that's worth while, and that's
the grizzly bear. Let them tell you about
the fun of grouse and quail and duck
shooting or deer stalking, for that mat
ter: but if a man ever feels his throat
swell in pride and his nerves tingle to
the end of his finger tips. it's when he
stands over a 100 pound carcass of the
king of all American beasts. the grizzly.
What the tiger is to the Indian hunter,
that's what the grizzly is to us.
Have I shot many? Bless your heart,
I've spent ten years along every foot Of
the Big Horn and the Shoshone and the
Wind and the Sinking Water Rivers.
Three times l crossed Wyoming and
Montana and there aren't twenty miles
of the Bear Tooth and the Belt and the
Crazy mountains l haven't seen-and if
you know anything at all about the
grizzly, you know that's where they make
him. I've stalked him. just as you'd stalk
deer in the Adirondacks; I've bagged him
fair and square on meeting him face TO
face. I'm sorry to say l once trapped
him, and I've followed his trail for days
and lured him with a drag. and no finer,
more exciting sport is unde- sunshine
than to hunt the old grunter in the wilds
of his own home"
Dragging" for Bear.
What's the best way to hunt him."
was asked
THE best way and the easiest and
the most exciting way is TO drag your
bear. Once you have located him, you
shoot q buck, to act as bait, and you
drag him along the mountain side be-
| hind your pony for five or six miles. At
the end Of the drag you pick out a
| convenient spot where to drop the bait
| and where you can hide among rocks
| and crags to shoot from shelter. As
! the grizzly comes numbering along at
! the end of his days outing he scents
| the trail of the buck as he is about to
cross it, and, grunting with satisfaction,
he waddles steadily, ever following the
trail of the buck till he comes n=arer
and nearer the spot where you lie hid
den within easy shot of the carcass.
But not only the grizzly himself picks
up the scent. Many other wild animals
! follow it to the end.
Wild Sounds of the Forest.
"You time your drag so you will
reach the end of the trail about night
fall. ahd if you have chosen moon
! light night a wonderful sight awaits
you About O'Clock a regular wild
forest concert breaks loose from al
sides Every animal on four legs has
followed the suit of the bear. Coyotes
mountain lions, foxes. and everything
/ that loves meat has gathered within
the range of five miles and has come tc
| the feast about to begin. You don't
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* FEEDING THE CIRCUS FOLK HUMAN AND ANIMAL X

First-Class Meals for One
Thousand Persons Cook
ed and Served in Forty
Five Minutes Is the Rec
ord Claimed by Superin-
tendent Henry, of the
Barnum & Bailey Show.
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shoot. There's no fun peppering noun
tain lions and foxes when you're ex-
pecting the king of them all, and you
peep over the edge of your hiding place
and enjoy the sight of the wilderness
wild animals a-feast. The mountain
lions boldly jump on the carcass and
tear huge chunks out of its fat sides.
The foxes and the cowardly coyotes
steal wariIy toward the bait, one eye
on the food and the other on every other
beast in the gathering.
Approach of the American King"
by and by you hugh-hughi'-
the deep bass of the real game, and at
sight and sound of the grizzly there are
yolps and squeals of anger and the
crowd d1sperses to make room for the
king II rerchance a hungry mountain
lion delays too long he gets into trou-
BILE. The big, black shadow comes lum-
boring hungriIy on, the big head turns
neither right nor left. Straight to the
carcass the grizzly heads. and anything
in his way at this point is sent bowling
and limping with mighty stroke from
the ponderous paw.
THE feast begins and you have plenty
of time to look on. The scent of the
deer is so strong in the old fellows
nose that he doesn't suspect human
hunters near, and leisurely he tears the
carcass to pieces. You let him feast
undisturbed. Even when he has fin
ished. and when, with last lingering
look, he waddles off into the thicket,
you lie STILL He is only repairing for a
short snooze close to his meal, and by
dawn he will be up again and return for
a breakfast Then, by the light of the
early sun, when you can squint along
with a spot between the two eyes, is
your time If you hit him right, and
your bullet crashes into the brain, the
bear drops in his tracks and is dead
without even feeling the sting of the
bullet. The brain is the only place TO
shoot a grizzly. He is one of the tough
est animals 10 kill. l have seen one of
them run half mile after being shot
through the heart.
Chased by Mother and Cubs.
Few persons will believe a grizzly
will attack a man unless he himself is
first attacked I took hunters at their
word one time when l was up in Crazy
Mountain and came near paying for it
with my life. I had killed a large elk
that morning and returned in the aft
ernoon on horseback with a pair of men
from the camp to skin the carcass and
to have picture. taken OF him-for he
was a big fellow. AS we neared the
spot we saw that grizzly had been
there ahead of us. We did not imagine
we had actually scared him from his
meal, and without the least apprehen-
sion of danger we leaned our rifles
against a tree about fifty feet away and
got TO work. There were three of us
| but only two rifles we had, for one OF
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1t Takes a Lot of Food and
of an Astonishing Variety
to Provide a Single Meal
for the Army of Employees
and the Beasts in Captiv-
ity Who Travel With The
Greatest on Earth. "
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-20
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Jan. 10.-The scanty orders
to bug stocks which were found in bro
kcr5' Offices this morning confirmed the
impression of the Indifference of the
public to the present stock market While
today'5 opening dealings failed to show
any buying demand from outside sources.
there was no cagornCss to sell stocks.
The consequence was the same listless
ard indeterminatc movement that was
increasingly manifest last week. The
Saturday bank statement while favor
able en- it's face. gave evidence of the re-
sulting from the Reading deal, and was
accepted as a warning that the resources
of the money market, as they become re-
plenished are likely to be drawn upon
by syndicates for the pushing of pro-
iects held in allegiance. The rise in sterl
ing at Paris served to neutralizc the adj
vance here. but the conviction is general
that an outward movement of gold this
winter is probable. The announcement
Of the terms CT the coming Transvaal
loan and the probable requirement for
the Panama Canal purchase are con-
frmatory of this view. Of immediate
developments, the reports of car short
age and inability to move freight offered
was not a favorable influence The re-
suIting delay in the grain movement is
likely to affect the return flow OF cur
rency. The shutting down OF works on
account of coal shortage was also &C
ccpted as unfavorable. Secretary Shaw's
order requiring the re-substitution OF
government bonds for other securities
deposited against government deposits
was regarded as making necessary con-
traction in note circulation by tn" banks
Amongst the few movements oil stocks
worthy of mention, that in Chesapeake
and Ohio, was most conspicuous. The
buying was based on an assumption that
part of Pennsylvania new capital viii
be devoted to adding to its holdings OF
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7 arrant e. Kings
Cotton Letter.

Especial to the News and Observer
New York, Jan. 19.-As a suggestion
of foreign demand, it can be said that to-
days Liverpool prices were the highest
of the season and that the port receipts
exceeded the interior movement enough
to excite general comment as to whether
or not American spinners were too in
different as regards supplies.
With the loss of seven thousand bales
at Houston for tomorrow and every one
realizing that while the port receipts
we're larger they are not nearly as i'm
portant as the interior movement, this
simple fact is food for thought
Every one is expecting larger move
ment. 1t has been predicted repeatedly,
but with the demand greater at the time
than the movement and SPOT markets
much stronger than contracts, it is OBJ
vious to the close observer that con-
tracts must advance to a parity with
the Southern spot markets.
Our market, after scoring sharp ad-
vance at the opening, closed firm at a
shade lower prices. Sentiment of the
conservative quality remains distinctly
on the bull side and better market is
expected after todays reaction from the
higher prices.
TARRANT & KING,
6S Broad Street
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Chesapeake and Ohio. Amalrama ted
Copper was affected by surmises OF new
steps by the contending interests in the
copper trade. The rise in Great North
ern preferred was supposed to be con-
nected with the return to the East of
the president Of the road. Missouri Pa
cific was helped BY an increase in net
earnings for December. The whole mar
ket gave way in the late selling move
ment and closed easy. Rock Island led
the decline, but losses of / to Ia were
made by many of the leading stocks.
Bonds were Irregular, total sales (par
value) $2,S3O,COO
United States rs, registered, advanced
Is, tho SIS, registered, Ia and the old
As, registered, 3-S per cent on call.
Total sales Of stocks TODAY were 500,
geo shares, including the following:
Atchison 81, 300; Canadian Pacific $500
Cincinnati and Ohio &C. 800; Erie SO, 500 ;
Manhattan 1920; Missouri Pacific 81
100; Norfolk and Western 81 600 o. and
W., $500, 5,4OO, $4,000 st. Paul 1880
Southern Pacific 1900, $500; Union Pa
cific ~. 400: A. C. P, 30.7C0, $500; B. r.
T.. 5,4OO Republic Steel 800: Sugar T.,
1O0 U. S. Steel 9.4C0; U. s. Steel pre-
ferrcd 10,100; Rock Island $4,000.
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III. e. e. Beers
Market Letter.
Especial to News and observerD


New Orleans, La. Jan. 19-Liverpool
advices were more favorable than look
cd for, consequently cur market opened
from to points higher on all months
except July, which advanced points.
Fresh buying occasioned an additional
advance of 2 points shortly after, but
the frcer port receipts, the liberal New
Orleans and Galveston estimates for to-
morrow coupled to a quieter feeling in
spots, subsequently caused a break of
to points from the top. Near the close
a slight rally from the bottom was es-
tablishcd, making the net loss only !
point on the day, while the port move
ment is free. The interior receipts so
are relatively light and the estimate
for the semi weekly is Sc 900, against
8 900 last year. Manchester cables say
that the recent sharp advance has pro-
vOked different opinion regarding the i'm
mediate result, some persons claiming it
has checked business, while others de-
clare it mas brought it out. \ good in
quiry prevails, however, and a good bust
ness has transpired in all description
of China staples. The Calcutta turn
over has improved, and the smaller out
lets arc healthy. The feeling continues
extremely favorable to the article spec
ulatiYely.
The spot situation, though shows a
sign of relaxation and indisposition on
the part of exporters to follow to ad-
vance The future course of the mark
ct will be ruled by receipts if they in
crease prices will give way or enhance
further, if they decrease.
H. g. B. BEER
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MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND.

On Saturday, February 14th, 1903 at
the courthouse door, in Raleigh, N. c.,
1 will sell at public auction to the high
est bidder a certain piece or tract of
land, lying and being in Wake county,
State of North Carolina, in St. Matthews
township and described and defined as
follows, to-Wit: Beginning at a white
oak, near a branch. VIM. r. Pools cor
ner; thence running down said branch
10S poles TO Neuse River; thence down
Neuse River 50 poles to a stake; thence
south S81a degrees east AIS poles to Hin
tons creek; thence up said creek to
corner, parcel No. 2. in the portion of
NJ. c. Hodges land; thence north SS12
degrees, west 252 poles to a stake; thence
north IL degrees, east "a poles to
stake; thence north SSH degrees, west "a
poles to a stake; thence north IL de-
grees, east poles to the beginning, con-
tanning 1872 acres, ard being lot No. in
the division of M c. Hodges land, which
said land was wiIled to M. c. Hodge by
his father, William T. Hodge. Said sale
is made by the undersigned, as executor
Of William NJ. Boylan, by virtue Of powers
conferred upon said William M. Boylan
by the terms of a certain mortgage from
] Rowan Rogers and his wife, Annie
s. Rogers, registered in Book No. 101,
at page Is. of the Register of Deeds
office of Wake county.
Terms of sale, cash. Hour of sale,
- m.
WILLIAM BOYLAN,
Executor of William NJ. Boylan.
DIT. d. S.
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BaYbee g. Co.'s
Cotton Letter
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
New York. Jan. 19.-The market today
was quiet but firm. May sold up to SS9
instead of opening lower than Saturday,
and as was to be expected some OF those
who failed to take profits on the other
advance took them this morning. This
selling caused more or less uncertain
and after touching 8.89 May dropped
back to SS4 and ruled around that fig
uro most of the day. From eleven to
two o'clock practically all the trading
in May took place around SS5 and 8.S6.
There seemed to be enough cotton COM
ing out to stop a further advance, and
enough wanted to prevent a decline.
But the next move is rather difficult to
forecast. 1t may be the market has gone
as high as it can, and there must be
setback. 1t may be that the market
fas had it's reaction and is on the way
to higher figures. There was not the
enthusiasm shown today that we should
have expected, in order to swing the
price into new ground. This was rather
a disappointment and inclined many TO
take profits. In fact the profit taking
on an advance can be considered the
Fart Of wisdom. Nine cents is a good
price. Those having a profit cannot
miss much by realizing on every advance.
We would rather see a setback before
buying again. The situation is strong,
but the market has had a good advance.
There can hardly be much of a break,
however, until receipts increase. No
signs of an increase yet.
New York spot quiet and 5-100 higher;
middling uplands &C.; middling gulf 9hc.
Cotton futures today ranged as fol-
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