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NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
New Orleans, Jan. 27.-Spot cotton was
more active and firmer, but not quotably
higher.
Under the influence of better Liverpool
a brisk eastern demand and very favora
BILE reports from Manchester, together
with weather conditions, which threaten
further serious retardation of the crop
movement the bulls had things pretty
much their own way. and though trading
was little values were forced up
sharply all along the line. Prices
were four to five points higher
at the opening and continued to
advance with only occasional slight
downward fluctuations until the market
stood four points above the opening.
Then there was some realizing and a
reaction Of l to points to a place. Bull
sentiment was too well grounded to per-
nit a slump in prices. and the markc t
steadied up, the board at the close show
ing net gains of IL to 13 points.
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SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY

Short Line to principal cities Of the
South and Southwest, Florida. Cuba,
Texas, California and Mexico, also North
and Northwest, Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Cincin-
natl, Chicago, Indianapolis, st. Louis.
Memphis and Kansas City.
Trains leave Raleigh as follows:
No. so NORTHBOUND.
1:20 a. m.-"SEABOARD EXPRESS"
Norfolk Portsmouth, Richmond Washing
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York,
Boston and all points North, Northeast and
Northwest
No. SO.
Ills A. NJ. "SEABOARD LOCAL NAIL"
For ALL POINTS from Raleigh to Portr
mouth, Norna to Richmond; connects at
G. L.; at Portsmouth Norfolk with ALA
STEAMERS for points North and Northeast.
No. &C.
1850 A. M. "sEABoARD MAIL" FOR
Richmond, Washington. Baltimore, Phila-
dephia, New York and Boston. Connects
at Richmond with c. o. for Cincinnati,
Chicago and st. Louis; at Washington with
Pennsylvania and B. & o. for all points
No. 81. SOUTHBOUND.
5:25 a. m.-"sEABoARD EXPRESS"
For Charlotte Atlanta Columbia, Charles
ton, Savannah, Jacksonville, St. Augustine,
Tampa and all points South and Southwest
No. Al.
400 p. m.-SEABOARD LOCAL MAIL
For Charlotte, Atlanta and all local points.
Connects at Atlanta for all points South
and Southwest.
No. II.
6:27 D. m. -"SEABOARD MAIL" for
Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Atlanta, Column
bia, Charleston, Savannah. Jaeksonyllle'
Tampa and ell points South and Southwest
Tickets on sale to all poin,s. Pullman
berths reserved. Tickets delivered and bag
gage checked from Hotel and Residences
without extra charge at
Uptown Ticket Office
Marlborough House Building.
G.. H. Gattis, G.. I. and P. A.
'phonex III. Raleigh, n. c.
H. s. LEARD, T. P. A
Raleigh.
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BONDS.

| Man, con gold. .1O44
Mex. Cen. 49,. 76X
do list Inc. 25h
MINI. 81 ST. 4s103H
M. K. & r. 4s. 98A
- 2nd's...... s44
N. {. G. 1sts. :.
| do gen 3 I-2'.1o5
N J. c. gen. 5's..134K
No. Pac. 4's......103H
" as. IS
N. &. W.con. %'s.10iM
Reading gen. as 97M
st L & ! Mton SIS lis
st. LIS Fgen4's 95H
st. L. S'wes u.s.. 96H
| do 2's........ 80
S.A.&A.Pass as eoH
So. Pac. 4's...... 91H
So. Railway s's..1174
I. q P. lists.
T. st. L&W. as. 70
Union Pac. as. .1o3H
do. cow. 4's.1o6
Wabash 1sts.....1174
ends ........11i
do. Deb. b.. s6
West Sh ire As..1rO
w y L, e. U.s.. o2H
uls. Cen. VS.. 81
Mobile 4; O. as. 9nH
Con. lob. A's... 674
CO.. F. don 5'ss OK
K. l., rs =. :. s6H
| Penn COW. SIS. los
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BARBEE & co.
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U.S.Ref. 2's reg. 400
8. 8. Ref. 2's cou 100
u. SIS reg .."..107
A" coup ........107N
U. s. new as reg 134h
" coup ........136h
y. 8. old as reg.11O
" coup ......110
y. s. SIS reg.....1O3
p" COUP. ....10IH
Atch'sn Gen. 4s.1oaH
=" adj 4's...... o2h
Bait. & o. 4s...102
do 3 les. GAS
do cow. 4's.1O4h
Can. So. 2nds....1CSH
c. of q. 5's.......1CSN
=" LIST incomes. g
" I'd incomes jsh
G. & o. 4H's.....1O6
C.. & A. 3 1-2's... ISL
c.. b. q O. 4.s.. 81
CM&StP gen 4s1.oh
G. & N. con rs. 1913
c.. Il. l. & p. 4s.1o7H
CCC&SLgen4's 10 u
Chicago Ter. As. IS
Colo. So. AS. :. 934
d &. Rio G.4's... e8h
E. prior lien AZ. go
Erie Gen AZ. 80. 8SM
F.W.&.D.C.1sts III
Hoes. v. l-2 s109h
L. y N. uni. as ,.100M
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

Spot cotton closed steady; middling up
Ilnds &c; middling Gulf 81; sales go.
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SEABOARD STOCKS AND BONDS.
BALTIMORE. Jan. a. Seaboard Air Line
common 2sN; preferred 42H
Bonds-ps, S3N.
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STATIONS.

W. ]. EDWARDS,
Receiver.
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OPENING. HIeaE.r LOVES

ing futures rangeo M follows
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17

clan Is right. The cable was a crude
affair and had many defects when De
Sauty caught its first signal forty
seven years ago.
Marconi is % years of age. His first
attempts at wireless telegraphy were
made in Italy, and subsequently he
went to England where he sent wire
less message across the English chan
mel. Subsequently messages were ex-
changed between ships at sea, which
were widely separated, and In this
country messages were sent long dis
tances. But the earliest attempts to
send messages across the sea were flu
tile, because the wind interfered with
the balloons which were used. Now
Marconi has permanent stations at Ia
BILE Head, Cape Breton and at Pordhu,
in Cornwall, England, with special
machinery.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17

as single cartman can push heavy
box over the rollers with ease, and the
new device makes the operation prac-
tically noiseless. There is no chance of
the box sliding down the incline, as the
rollers have automatic locks which pre-
vent them from revolving backward
The skid can be reversed for unload
ing goods from the wagon, or may be
used as truck for moving burdens on
level ground by using 1t with the roll
ers face down. With the time saved in
both loading and unloading, the neces-
sity for fewer men and the great de-
crease Of danger to both the truckman
and the goods, it would seem that this
new skid has much to recommend it's
use by express companies, glass, porce-
lain and piano factories and all con-
Germs shipping heavy freight.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17
WHAT SAILORS LIKE TO READ.

Sea Yarns Not in Demand-Detective
and Love Stories Preferred.
Down on the East river side q push
cart vendor Of cheap books has recently
taken his stand. His speciality is books
for the seafaring men who abound In
his immediate neighborhood, but with
considerable shrewdness the enterpris-
ing purveyor Of something to read for
everybody" has chosen for his location
spot whence he can trap ferryites as
well as the mariners and wayfarers.
Brisk Is the business being done by
the street book merchant, and by far
the greatest proportion Of 1t Is with
sailors. For the present he Is combining
himself to soiled novels with here and
there few religious books) at "bar-
gain" prices, q humble nickel purchas-
ing any volume on the cart.
Among the wares are a remnant lot
Of "Vanil Fair" (complete), novels by
Daudet, Scott, Cooper, ETC., all pub
lished at prices ranging from a quarter
upward.
mo, sir" replied the vendor to an
inquirer, says the New York Times,
there is no demand for sea yarns, ex.
cept among youngsters. The sailors can
tell better stories than many in books.
Anyhow, the ship folk get quite enough
Of the sea, and the reading matter they
want on a voyage is a rafting good
love story or a detective yarn with
DIenty of excitement in II
"Some sailors, before going off on a
long voyage, buy as many as twenty
books at time, and others club to-
gether and take quite small library
on board to while away their idle
hours.
almost any sort of story sells we'll.
All that the sailors ask is something to
interest them, and they don't bother
about style or the authors name. So I
can sell here heaps of books that would
be dead stock around Broadway, even
If were allowed to peddle there"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17
Caught in the Act

Tom, the house boy, had S, ~',
Of his young masters shoes I l4s
who happened to be Tom ) I4, ~b-
called upon to give the boy :. w. =
With a great show OF "rn s,lu :,
man had given him several O' s,i,
the master directed him 10 u'''.
walked away. rb.,
Tom was following hlln'
father called him back ,, al
"Come back here, yer little to-, ~
Joni" he yelled. Il Hex !a e.. =,
easy, cause massa seSS1, ~, 10, d
dem shoes. Now Is s"ln ~, ,,'r,
de berry debble cause ~
enough to get cOtched d.
York Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17
TWO SOURCES OF GERMS.
Moistening Lead Pencils with Lips
and Biting Church Fans.

Moistening Lead Pencils with Lips
and Biting Church Fans.
"Great attention should be given to
two apparently unimportant things
which l assure you can and frequently
do cause no end Of trouble" said one
of Washington's best known physi-
clans one day last week. 1.-THE trouble
Is seldom traced to its source, viz, the
lead pencil evil and the biting at the
rim Of the fans which are placed in the
pews of churches for the accommoda-
ton of the congregation. The lead pen
Gil evil seems to be principally confined
to women and children. In moment of
hurry a woman will borrow a pencil
from an unkempt man whose pencil,
for the most part, occupies the space
behind his ear.
"At the request for his pencil out it
comes, and the fastidious lady who
breads the street cars, and will ride on
the open cars all winter because she so
fears close contact with the passengers,
will straightway moisten the lead with
her lips, and proceed to write in per-
fectly contented frame of mind, max
ing repeated trips to her mouth with the
pencil. Children seem to be of the be-
lief that it Is next to impossible to
write with lead pencil until they have
wet the lead In their mouths.
"And about fans, have you ever no.
ticed how most people will bite and
bite on a fan that in every way bears
the evidence of old age, and having
been bitten many times? 1t seems to
make no difference in the world-the
fact that the fans are common prop
erty, and that they as much belong to
the tobacco-chewing men as they do to
the sweet-faced, refined, dainty women
does not matter. They seem to be hap
py in the pastime of biting on indefin-
itely.
when sores appear that do not come
from fever, were 1 to suggest such a
source as have just described, nervous
prostration would be the result in many
cases. "-Washington Star
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17
MARcONrS LATEST TRIUMPH.
Scientifically Important, Yet 1t Gre
ated No Surprise.

scientifically Important Aet - nv
ated No Surprise.
The world of science was not
amazed by the fact that wireless mes
sages were received from Cape Breton
by the Kings of England and Italy.
Marconi had previously demonstrated
the practicability Of his system, and,
while the recent transmission Of mes
sages proves that perfection has been
reached and that wireless trans-ocean-
ic dispatches are to be eventually part
of the worlds method Of communica-
ton, this Is no more than scientific
men have looked for ever since their
confidence in Marconi was established.
One of the messages was In Italian.
Neither the sending nor receiving OPP
orator understood a word of Italian,
yet every word was accurately record
ed This the inventor considers an
evidence Of the perfection Of his work.
Officials Of the Marconi Wireless Tele-
graph Company intimate that they are
practically ready to accept public
trans Atlantic messages.
If Marconi Is correct In his state
ments wireless telegraphy is now as
practical as cabling. More than this,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17

abraham Khan Dovleti, who has re-
Gently been appointed Persian ambas-
sador at Athens, is said to be the first
ambassador sent from Persia to Greece
since Darius sent heralds in 491 B. c.,
to demand earth and water from the
Greeks as symbols Of submission to
aim. The Athenians made arrange
ments to welcome the Persian this time
with imposing ceremonies, as they do
not intend to kill him, as their ances-
tors did the messenger Of Darius. AL
though Persia has had no minister in
Greece for more than twenty centuries,
Ct has been represented In Athens by
a consul in recent years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17
A Young Boys Protest.

The boy was young, but he was a
philosopher. He knew that the
"grown-ups" did not recognize the
rights Of boyhood. He felt his wrongs,
but he also felt the utter uselessness of
struggling against the fixed. Some
day he would be as big as they. In the
meanwhile it was futile to cry out
against the inevitable.
But one morning hunger the great
primitive instinct before which even
philosophy shrinks and shrivels,
wrung from his a protest that be-
trayed him, showing an agitated heart
beneath his calm exterior, a mind
ready to revolt against the despotism
Of act. He had waited for his break
fast longer than any healthy-bodied
boy should, says the New York Times.
and at last, smarting under his
wrongs, said bitterly:
"If our hired man had been WAITING
all this time, you bet he'd have
kicked"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17
CURIOSITY OF skY-scRAPER.
Fire Escapes Dispensed with on the
Fifteen-Story Building.

Fire Escapes Dispensed with on the
Fifteen Story Building.
One of the curiosities or the SKY
scraper is the fact that the law winch
requires fire escapes on nVe-slory
building dispenses with them on III
teen-story building. Perhaps 1t reailzes
that in case of fire no one would ever
he able to climb down twenty or TWEEN
ty-five flights of giddy little iron lad
ders without losing his head. AT any
rate. it depends entirely for SAFETY IN
the sky-scraper on fireproof construc-
ton. There must be nothing about 1t
that can burn. And there is not. Stair
ways are of marble and iron. There
is little, a very little wood trim" about
the offices, but even II 1t caught nre
it would not feed the flames for long
and would leave the building practical
ly uninjured.
or course, wood does go into the con-
struction of the building, but all such
wood must, in buildings over twelve
stories high, according to law. be fire
proofed; chemically treated so that 1t
will not burn. The sky-scraper says
to it's tenants: There isn't going to be
a fire and, If there is, you can get out
by the elevators" Elevator shafts
are constructed absolutely unburnable.
with not thing about them to feed
the flames. The lesson of the New
York Life Building a few years ago
was thoroughly learned and to-day the
flreproof sky-scraper must be really
f1reproof.
When one realizes that New York Is
at present investing some seven mil
lions in these castles in the air, says
the Brooklyn Eagle. that are even now
building, they are charging the city
by an acreage Of one-seventh of Its
original area and that they are daily
shooting further and further into the
air one cannot but wonder what the
sky-scraper Of the next quarter of a
century will be. There seems to be
no chance Of return to first princi-
pies. Such buildings as the Herald
building, uptown, and the new Stock
Exchange and the new Chamber of
Commerce, downtown, may be very
fine, INTELLECTUALLY, and beautiful in
themselves. But, unfortunately, they
are not by themselves. To be appre-
ciated they would have to be seen and
to be seen they would have to be set
on q plain somewhere, not crowded, as
they are into the shadow Of the TWEEN
ty-five story air castles which New
York's millions are rearing over New
York's infinitely precious soil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17

After China and India the order Of
the more populous countries Of the
world is: European Russia, loo, 0O0,-
600; United States, 100000; Ger
many, 56,O0O,OO0; Austria, $1,000, OO0i
Japan, 43OOO,OOO; United Kingdom,
41OOO,0OO In all these countries ex-
cept the United States the increase
from decade to decade is for the most
part from the native stock. OF the
United States it Is said that its popu-
lation would decline if it were not for
immigration, and this fact or assump-
ton Is treated in quite an alarming
style by j. Weston, a writer for the
Nineteenth Century, whose article Is
entitled 1.-THE Weak Spot in the Amer
lean Republic" Mr.. Weston appeals
to statistics to show that in Massachu-
sets there are 1,743,710 persons of
foreign birth and foreign parentage in
total population Of 2,S06 346. THE
population of Illinois," he adds, sis
4,S2l,55O. OF these 966,747 are foreign
born and 1,49S473 of foreign parent
age, so that the proportion of genuine
Americans in this typical Western
State is no greater than 1t Is in Penn
sylvania. In California it Is less. The
native element is stronger In the
South, but 1t Is not due to the produc-
tiveness Of the American, but to the
productiyeness Of the Negro" Taking
the country as a whole, the foreign
birth date has gained on the American
birth rate until it Is four to one. It Is
the rule for families to decline as they
are more and more removed from their
foreign origin. Nowhere, not even
in France, is the problem so serious
as it is in the United States. History
may be searched in vain to find a par
allel for a country dependent on for
eigners for its vital strength" Mr..
Weston does not go into the causes of
the decline, but he quotes approvingly
from a writer in the Popular Science
Monthly as follows: 1--WE have not so
many people as we should have had If
immigration had never come to us and
old rate Of increase" 1t Is question,
however, if this old rate would have
been continued, and it is doubtful If
there Is much force in Mr.. Weston,s
warning that 'only homogeneous peo-
pies ever become great" Homogen-
eous at most is only relative term,
and the French, whom he does not
rank among the great, are perhaps
nearer homogeneous than the British.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17
All the Accessories.

~ was coming along New Jersey ave,
nue. the other day." said Senator Du.
bois, land l saw two little boys play.
ing horse, as l thought. One boy was
In small cart and the other boy was
drawing him. Trailing along behind
the cart came a most disconsolate-look.
Ing little girl, sister Of one of the lit
tie boys. stopped the boys, whom I
knew, and said to one of them:
Tommy, what are you playing?
Were playing automobile replied
Tommy.
WELL I asked, why don't you let
sister play, too?
"'She Is playing said Tommy. She's
the gasoline smell."-New York World.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17

The affair of honor" as the duel is
called in France, is, fortunately, dis
reputable in the United States. Never
theless, this country has its own af-
fairs of truest honor. A New York
banker. who eight years ago was over
whelmed in a financial crash, recently
paid the 100000 from which the bank
ruptcy courts had relieved him. In
1894 he was so poor that he had to
borrow money for railway fare. To-
day, by honorable business methods,
he Is again a millionaire. Some years
ago another New York banker. who
had once failed for large amount,
gave dinner to all his former credit
ors. Under each plate, attached to the
name card. was a check covering the
debt and interest which. In honor, al
though not bound by law. he owed to
each guest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17

nothing can divert the electromagnetic
ocean. At present a speed of fifteen
words a minute has been reached
When Marconps sending apparatus Is
perfected he expects to exceed thirty
words minute, and distance will
make no difference in speed, as it does
with the cable. He will multiply mes
sages by multiplying stations. AS tc
the expense of transmitting, he Is al
ready under contract with the Cana.
dian government to send ordinary mes.
sages across the Atlantic at 10 cents
a word and government and press
messages at not more than cents a
word, and In time he expects to send
dispatch from New York to, London
as cheaply as the same dispatch can
now be sent from New York to Phila.
delphia. Finally, Marconi says he can
send wireless dispatches over land as
easily as over sea.
These are the claims made by Mar.
conf which are now attracting the at.
tention of f1nanciers and scientists. OF
course some allowance must be made
for the enthusiasm of Marconi over
his belief that he has ut last brought
this old discovery of wireless tele-
graphy into practical operation. Fl.
nanciers also will be shy of investing
until it's commercial advantages have
been thoroughly demonstrated.
to wireless telegraphy has been point
ed out by Sir William Preece, one of
the most eminent electricians In En-.
gland. He has never doubted the nos.
sibility Of wireless telegraphy, but he
doubts Its practical value, because, as
he asserts, 1t is possible to intercep,
every wireless message. Besides this
he says the new method is defective
because Of its slowness In transmit.
ting signals. The cables now can send
from seventy to one hundred words q
minute-a speed which he says never
can be eQualed by the Marconi sys.
tenn. This limitation would not be q
serious one, as the slowness would be
offset by the reduced cost of sending
but IL there can be no secrecy there
will be vital defect. Marconi claims
that the tuning can be automatically
changed, as well as the codes, so that
1t will be impossible to steal the mes.
sageA Time will tell which electri.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17

The child born in the United States
q hundred years hence will live longer
than the child born in 1900. That Is
TO say, his chances Of greater longev-
ity will be assured under normal con-
ditions Of birth and living. This does
not interest the youngsters born in
1900 or those born In 1860, but it Is
the most important fact disclosed by
the vital statistics Of the twelfth CEN
aus. 1t shows that the average length
of life in the United States is slowly
but steadily increasing. Ten years ago
the average length Of life was thirty
one years, while the last census shows
&c to be thirty-two: This means-if
the same rate Of increase Is maintain
&ed-that the average length of life In
the year 1000 will be forty-two years,
and, incidentally OF course, the num-
Der Of centenarians, as we'll as those
who pass the scriptural milestone OF
threescore and ten, will be greatly in
creased. While this advance Of one
year in length of life In decade may
strike the ordinary individual as very
slow progress, If he will only keep In
mind the littleness Of century when
1t comes to measuring the age OF the
human race he will find himself grow
ting very skeptical as to whether such
q rapid increase can be maintained.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17
WHEELED SKIDS FOR TRUCKING.

Our illustration shows a new roller
skid, which has been designed by
Eduard Scharrer, Of Stuttgart, Ger
many, for the purpose of loading and
unloading heavy boxes from wagons.
With it's use all necessity for turning
forced up the incline to the wagon Is
done away with, and there is conse-
quently considerably less danger Of
damaging the contents of the package.
Fewer men are required to handle
heavy freight where this skid is used,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17

Advertisements signed by Shanghai
Chinaman which have recently appear
ed In some Of our American periodicals
have a quaint, delightful flavor of that
wisdom which Is worldwide. II want
smart youth sell my Chinese curios,"
announces the Shanghai man. IF he
catch much business, he earn many
cash" This is worthy or Ben Frank
Tin himself. To be sure, Franklin
would have used different words, but
he could not have stated the fact more
concisely.