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The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-27
q TUenty-Do11ar Bill
BY HARRIET A. NASH

it was mistake" she soliloquized as
she tied on her bonnet. But it's too
much like him. Nobody but Ezra could
get himself into such scrape as this
Well, he was quite right when he de-
clared he had no head for business,
and after all 1 shall have to acknowl-
edge it,
Mrs. Marsh's quarrel with her only
brother dated from his entering the
ministry. Many years younger than
she, he had until that time been en-
tirely submissive to her wishes. She
had selected his books, his clothes. his
college, even his friends. But when
II came TO choosing a profession and
a Wife the young mans will asserted
itself. He would study theology in
stead OF banking, and he would mar
ry the girl of his choice The result
mad been utter estrangement and a
silence which no effort on the brothers
part could break.
This morning Mrs. Marsh's lawyer,
listening to her story smiled to him
SELF as he read beneath her calm, al
most indifferent manner her longing
for a reconciliation. For he's prov
ed me in the wrong" she said candid
ly. AS business man he would have
ruined himself and all his friends by
this time. And I intend to keep an
eye on him after this"
And the lawyer, as he closed his desk
and prepared to accompany her, re-
marked under his breath that the
working of a woman's mind was past
his comprehension.
1t was busy morning. But wealth
and influence can accomplish much,
and before noon Ezra Tyler walked
forth a free man, the charge against
him withdrawn. He hardly knew how
1t was brought about. His sister, greet
ing him as though they had parted but
the day before, had announced the
facts to him, and knowing she had at
tended to 1t he had not troubled his
head with details. He was far more
interested in the case of his young
friend, and insisted on calling at once
upon the employers, where he argued
the matter with such persistency that
they finally consented not to prosecute
II the money was refunded.
Mrs. Marsh grumbled not a little,
wrote a check for the amount, and the
much amused attorney added his mite
by consenting to give the young man
a position in his office, where he would
be under strict supervision and out
of temptations way.
Altogether, as Mr.. Tyler sat at lunch
in his sisters house, he was by no
means unhappy. even though his par
lshioners were yet to be confronted
II he only knew where that bill came
from! That was mystery which must
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be solved before the world could be
entirely assured of his innocence.
AS the train drew into Gimfeld that
night, Mr.. Tyler stepped from il with
the utmost unconcern. 1t had ceased
to be of any consequence what his par
ishioners thought. The few people he
met greeted him warmly. One or two
stopped to shake hands and express
their regret at his disagreeable expert
ence. He felt his hypocrisy in allow
ing them to call it an unfortunate mis-
take. His wife met him at the door,
full of questions and comments, but he
brushed them all aside, only inquiring,
with a sarcasm she had never heard
in his tone before, IL his overeoat was
quite satisfactory. Supper was a ST.
lent meal; even the children, awed by
the general gloom. spoke little. Tom
my was sent away from the table for
dropping his knife, and Lizzie was
sharply reproved for putting her ell
bows on the table.
All the time Mrs. Tyler was put
ting the children to bed her husband
meditated.
The door bell rang, and Mrs. Tyler,
coming down at that moment, ushered
into the room Miss Black and her lit
tie nephew. Miss Blacks face wore an
"a III SoSAOit VI lAStiAOOQS lIlulS
Jimmie's eyes were swollen, and he
hung behind his aunt. Il have no
words to tell YOU" she began. ''how
grieved we are at the result of Jim
mics naughtiness. 1t was he who put
that counterfeit bill in the pocketbook
just before the party dispersed. My
brother-in-law took 1t at the bank, and
had brought 1t home to examine by
our microscope. This all comes from
allowing young children at such gath
erings unattended. Jimmie knew the
bill was counterfeit"
Il only just took it to show the
boys" faltered Jimmie "'n then 1
thought what a good joke 'twould be
to put 1t in there. l never thought
a man that knew so much as the min
ister'd be fooled by it,"
We are very much annoyed" COM
menced Miss Black. but her pastor his
face wreathed in smiles, interrupted:
Never mind, Jimmie" he said
You're nice little boy, and 1 am
glad you did it. That is"-for Miss
Black looked scandalized-'I should
say, | am very glad to know who did
IT. And it has proved how even our
mlstakes-for I think we won't call it
anything more serious than a mistake
Jimmie-may be used for others good
Some time, when you are little older.
Jimmie, / will tell you a story of an
other boy who made mistake"
Martha" Mr. Tyler said, after the
quests had gone, lean we not sing
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings
Flown"
TN afraid it would wake the chill
dren, Ezra" replied the tired mother.
Then let us read the 1O3d Psalm;
and after that I have a long story to
tell you about last night and to-day"
But there was one part Of the story
that Mrs. Tyler never heard.
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in this busy establishment with its A.
900 employees. One floor of the great
building is almost entirely given up
to the assembling of portions Of tele-
phone apparatus of which the public
knows little. Here, for instance. are
hundreds of thousands Of electric light
bulbs. each no bigger than the end
Of a lead pencil. These, when placed
upon a switch board, $1,000 being re-
quired I'm a single standard board, as
they glow and are extlnguished. give
notice when people desire TO talk over
their lines and when the conversations
are ended. In the lower floors OF this
New York plant are machines which,
working with great rapldity and exact
ness, take the raw material and fash
ion Il into the hundreds Of small parts
which go TO make up the completed
apparatus.
And yet only a small portion OF the
work Of telephone equipment is done IN
the New York factory. An equal
amount Of the necessary apparatus
including switchboards. telephone
boxes. cords and cables. II made IN
the Chicago factories Of the Western
Electric Company. Here. as In New
York the visitor IL Impressed with
the delicacy OF the work required In
handling the minute telephone cur
rent.
The Switchboard.
A switchboard must be 10 construct.
I'd that the insulation shall be perfect
in character. The thousands Of milcs
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that he holds in his hand may be in
definitely increased.
He brings forward a queer-looking
box with a few curious glass bulbs
fitted into the cover. and tells his audi
ence that he will increase the magnetic
force Of the magnet thousand times
merely by placing il in contact with
the machine. and in the magnetic
meridian of the Illuminating planes,
next the induction coils.
He stops turning the crank while
he does this. on the side Of the box
furthest from the spectators.
All this has been described in de-
tail as il is a necessary part Of the
performance.
When he has adjusted the magnet
10 his satisfaction and allowed II to
remain a moment or so while he turns
the crank, the performer takes II In
his hand in full sight Of the specta-
tors and holds II TO a line of ten or
a dozen tenpenny nails. which he has
placed on the cloth at the foot Of the
screen.
The magnet, TO the establishment
of all, has become strong enough 10
raise the whole collection clinging to-
gether end 10 end.
The performer brings a hammer
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MAGNETIC MIRACLES
WHILE YOU WAIT
BY ]. C. BEARD.
Illustrated by the Author.

The audience is seated before a
screen which is dull black. 1t must
not have any lustre. on the door in
front of it is a piece of black cloth.
The performer holds up common
horseshoe or U-shaped magnet, which
may be bought in any toy shop for a
few cents. He hands it around shat
all may convince themselves that it Is
really what 1t seems to be.
When it is returned to him he tells
them that nature furnishes magnets
ready made. the lodestone being an
example of such magnet but that
permanent magnets are under orli-
nary circumstances quite feeble. They
may pick up a few needles or lacks,
but will fail to lift a tenpenny nail
He attempts to do so. and, of course,
fails.
Then he tells them that he has con-
structed a universal electrical genera
tor of magnetism by the aid of which
the power of even the little magnet
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ing and diminishing the pressure upon
the carbon. The particles of the pow
der thus pushed about alter their re-
sistence to the electrical current and
the fluctuations set up in the current
itself are the means by which sound
is transmitted. The little pinch of
powder in the tiny brass receptacle
plays so important part in the appa-
ratus that it is measured with the ut
most exactness. There can be no
guessing in work as delicate as this.
for few grains too much or too little
means an imperfect instrument. The
same care is bestowed upon all parts
OF the mechanism. 1t is necessary to
prevent the outer face of the brass
button becoming conductor and so
it is fitted with a mica disk which
must be made with equal exactness
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two ends.
With this arrangement all the OBJ
jects required, of course, can be picked
uu and hooked fast to the magnet.
The wire is put on the magnet when
II is taken behind the box out Of
sight Of the audience under pretense
OF increasing it's power.
However strange II may seem, the
black wires, by gas or lamplight, are
absolutely Invisible against the black
background. 1t is well, however, to
keep the spectators from approaching
too near the performers.
The box is nothing more than an
old soap box painted over with stove
blacklng. The top IS made OF PASTE
board with holes, In which different
oddly shaped bottles are fastened.
You can use your imagination and in
genuity freely as you please to make
II look wonderfully complicated and
scientific" There Is an old coffee
mill inside the box, and when occa-
sion offers II is ground by the per-
former
Many tricks that will suggest them
selves can be performed with this sim
pie apparatus. There Is no end to the
fun you can get out of II.
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5000 TELEPHONES
MADE IN A DAY
MILLIONS OF PHONES
NEEDED EVERY YEAR TO SUPPLY
THE DEMAND.

Interesting Processes Employed in
the Manufacture of Apparatus ana
Equipment-One Chicago Factory
Covers 21 Acres and Employees
5000 sWorIkmen-In One Factory
in New York 1000 Are Employed.
The Ordinary Phone Comprises
$50 Pieces of Mechanism.
New York, Nov. 26.-Few of the
millions of Americans who daily use
the telephone stop to think where the
familiar appliance comes from or how
it is made, yet the manufacture of
telephones has become a great indus
try and one involving many delicate
and wonderful processes. So great is
the number of telephones needed to
meet the ever increasing demand of a
nation of telephone users that in
single factory, the New York establish
ment of the Western Electric Company.
as many as 5000 instruments are turned
out in a day to be distributed among
the companies of the Bell system.
A Complicated Instrument.
How complicated in reality is the
seemingly simple telephone is shown
by an examination of a single portion
of the instrument. Take, for example,
the transmitter. close to which you
place your lips when you talk over the
wire. 1t is composed of brass, vulcan
Used rubber, steel, aluminium, paper
and carbon, and comprises $50 pieces.
When transmitters are made at the
rate of several thousand a day. as in
this New York factory. 1t requires the
services of eighty persons merely to as
semble the parts. Some of these parts
are of a delicacy of construction far ex-
ceeding that necessary in the making of
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the finest watch which ever licked in
the pocket OF a telephone user and they
are constructed with a mathematical
accuracy greater than that employed
in grinding the glasses which enable
him to read the names In the tele-
phone directory.
Telephone makers are fashioning APP
paratus TO be operated with the as
sistance OF the most delicate electrical
impulses known to the engineer. The
current which will carry the tones Of
the voice one mile or one thousand is
so minute that its passage through I'M
struments and apparatus must be made
as easy and as free from interference
by other currents as science and skill
permit.
The Making of TranSmitters.
When you speak In a telephone
transmltter, the sound waves set In
motion by your voice cause vibrations
Of the diaphragm which may be seen
behind the screen placed over II for
purposes OF protection. In the center
OF the diaphragm Is what appears TO
be a little brass button. In reality II
II one end OF a small cylinder lined
with paper and hlled with powdered
carbon, hardly more Of n IN quantity
than the proverbial pinch OF salt.
When the receiver IN taken from ~
hook the telephone current flows
through the carbon in the cylinder. A.
the diaphragm ylbrates, the BIT 0f
brass moves back and forth, ineTeas-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-27
BOY AND GIRL
RIFLE SHOTS
WHY THEY SHOOT RIFLES.
GUNS BEAT BOOKS FOR RECRHA-
TION AND AMUSEMENT.

Letters from Boys and Girls 20 ne
Used Before Congress by National
board for Promotion of RAns Prnc-
tice I'm Ebert to secure ADpropria-
tion--BOy's and Girls Reasons for
wanting Rifles.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-27

The making OF transmlttcrH and re-
seiyors Il q small part VI che activities
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26
Ware e. Leiand'S
Cotton Letter

Raleigh, n. c., Feb 2-.--Thero seems
| 10 be something doing on the Cotton Elk
change that is rather difficult to compre-
| tend. For the first time since early fail
The bull leader came ic:o the market
nd sold openly yesterday We don
knOw what this means. 1t nay BE that
il indicates Il radical change OF front.
and again it may be thai this only means
an effort to work prices l3wer in order
% get cotton cheaper. Ih-rC were ru-
mCrs Of some friction between New York
ard Philadelphia. We cannot take any
stock in the report. But hedges have
been restored and a lot of high priced
co; ton has been liquidatad and the bull
reader is in better shape 70 take any at
titude the situation may Justify than ne
has been since the market broke below
l5c. pile of cotton was taken all The
way down. At 13c there was every pros
ltct of health and the chance % run
prices up and unload before the March
cotton came on the New Orleans mar
set. This has been successfully accom-
slish-d Now itsdepends on the demand
or actual cotton, the movement, the at
titude OF the big people etc, c;c. II
operations for a rise are to be suspended
for the time being and instead lower
prices are to be tried for VIC don't see
how anything can prevent Tower nices.
1t must he remembered that cotton was
1895 for May tn days ago and it's was
herd TO get people to buy We don't
care to risk the buying side over lac
until the situation grows clearer. he
market for cotton futures closed steady.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON,

New York, Feb. 25.-Spot cotton quiet,
prices unsettled; buyers and sellers
apart.
Futures opened steady and prices were
l 10 points higher. The Liverpool mar
ket was better than expected ard New
York opecad from 10 to L points up on
the near months; with this bullish con-
dition II looked as if Il long advance
would set in but heavy selling orders
struck the market, evidently coming from
the short side for the most part, and
prices receded. This happened several
times during the session. Good advances
were established only TO be lost on ham
nering cy the bears. There was an I'M
der-current Of heavy buying by conserva-
tive outside longs and this carve the mar
ket steady tone ia spite OF the rather
violent fluctuations. In TIC trading May
first lost IL points from the close OF yes
to-day at 1888, advanced to i422, fell
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Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing.
t,ash nnoiatlons were AS tollows:

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady winter patents, St9065t0
straights sLGO9i-S0 spring patents j. 4G9s0;
straights OO0 iUbakers s2.70Q3.s 0;wheat, No
3 spring yS@lo7 No 8. 50 al03; No. 2 red.
e@ aa Nos sGsa tee SG SsliHs
40 i554.rye, No. 2,......@..., good feeding bar
ley, 45coI5; fair to choice mailing, is95S fax
seed, No. /, LIZ: No northwestern. 1852
prime timothy seed, 80, mess pork per Dbl.
i837la9l65O; lard per I0Ofe 7.s7la 921a; short
ribs sides (loose), 7.7597s714. dry salted shout
de1s roosed bis snor' bas isaf Of hg6
grade wines III; clover. contract grade. lL25
@-......
NEW YORK PROVISIONS
new YORK. Feb. 2i-Flour-qulet, winter
patents IS 40d5.oe Minnesota patents s5.21@
). 20. do bakers 4.o0@I;3J
Rye nour-hrrner fair to good S4.309 50;
choice TO fancy si:a0e.450
Buckwheat flour quiet; s2.0o@210.
Corn-meal firm; yellow western sl.l2H
kiln dried 9O@3.
Rye frmer, No. 2western 50.
Bariey-firin; feeding 81: nlaring 51fD6j.
wheat.strongN No. 2 red, 1880; May, lo75a; July
C Corn-spot arm, no ?, nom; May, 6224; July
6izS. Aug. s7s4GeJE, Sept. 51ha,
Oats-firm, No. 2, 5oL@:
Beef-hrm: family S1l.00ta12 Oh: mess 9.O0tG
$50: city extra Iudia mess, l5.0)@l7.5o, packet
| l0.00@l0.50, beef hams O.50@2.GO;
| CUT meats-firm; picked bellies 73GSH,
| picked shouldersS@; picked hams, lO9ll
| IArd--strong. western steamed $50: refined
strong: continent s35: compound .67s97.
| PORK strong; family 16.50@l7.0O; short clear
| l6.0U@1l7.75, mess l7.5O9l8.00.
Tallow-steady, city $50 per package)5, coun,
| Rosin-quiet; strained com. to good 2S0@.
Turpentine-easy 6sZaSS IT, 20 extra as<asn
| Japan nominal.
Molasses-irm New Orleans, open kettle,
! good to choice. 3l@37.
I Coffee-spot Rio steady; NO 71nvolce Us
| mild steady cOrdOva S{40l312.
i Sugar-raw quiet, fair renn rs, CEN
S rrnsa 70 t ssadT cnntee s mould
4.S0 cut loaf 5.lo, crushed 5.lo, powdered 4.5o,
| granulatedi.45, cubes 40,
!. otatoes-steady:Long Islands. O0@S.62, Jerseys
800 1887, Jersey sweets l.5O@4Oo state and
/ western sacks 27o@290.
other dones &c Sz@6%
Cabbage-trm. domestic per ton Is 0o6 $500.
| per 100 5GlU.
Freight to Liverpool 12e
Butter-firm: extra fresh creamery 26, state
dairy lI@22 factory l2k@i5.
colored Sept. IL, late m lde 1917; small white
Sept. II, late made, lG4.
Eggs lower state and Penn. nearby
Cotton seed oil was Arm and 49,.
crude f. o. b. mills 32@S21Ss, prime summer yell
low Ss@3sh, off sum. yellow nom, prime white
A@h; prime winter yellow il15@.
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE, FEB. 25-Flour steady winter
patents $500 80, spring patents, s5.z,@560
| Wheat-strong and ......, spot contract
| and Feb H., 90 red western 1890.
| Corn firm: spot and Feb. 5f%@34,
| Southern white 1902
Oats-strong, No white 501a@s4
Rye-steady, No. 2, TICK. elevator IS, uptown
| 6ga10.
creamery 24%925, fancy ladle l6@H.
Eggs-weak;2S@p.
| Cheese-steady, small l2@14 for Sept and
| early Oct lO1s6pii Nov, Small l29A for Jept.
sugar steady; fine and coarse granulaued
| 1861.
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houses at vanouS points on the continent
served TO clear the atmosphere and to
create the impression that The weak spot.
were now uncovered lut mystery and
suspense relieved The beginning { the
iortnigntly settlement in London today
tailed to uncover any weak spots, and
this again disproyed sons Of the ears
Wlich have conducted 10 the recent weak
hess there. The buying of today was
attributed largely to the short account
ihs assumption was based in part upon
the TACT that turn in prices came with
1qt any change IN the characta: ot th.e
ht WIS or ii existing conditions. The
ltrther rise in wheat and the fall in cot
tor were consistent in response 10 the
war IN eastern Asia. The average Of til?
Gays gains for the moss active stocks
was above point. st. Paul ..1lulsa.
mated Copper and Brooklyn Transit were
INC leaders OF the market and Unit cd
States Steel preferred did not share tully
in the strength. The closing Was strong
cut very dull, with rumorS OF a settle
ment OF the western grain rate war.
Ponds were firm but were lightly dealt
IN Total sales, par value, 81 $4,000.
1. ). Us, registered declined Ii rer
cent on call
Total sales 366, 700 shares, including the
following: Atchison 1920; Baltimore ana
ONO $4,000; Canadian Pacific 4 300: Chesl-
poako and Ohio 200; Chicago, Milwauk e
ana st. Paul $500; Erie 10.400; Louis
VILE and Nashville 2500; Missouri Pacific
Z leo; Norfolk and Western 1890; Nor.
ioik and Western preferred 20O; Penn
sylvania $500; Reading S,40G: Southerr
Pacific % 200: Southern Railway 2 100.
Southern Railway preferred 40: Union
Pacific 23,409; Copper Il 500; American
Sugar Refining 500; Brooklyn Transit
1900: Tennessee Coal and from 700; Z.
S. Steel preferred 2S.SG0.
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STOCKS AND RoNDS.

New York. Feb. 25.-The tentative Ell
fort to turn the prices upwards, which
was in evidence yesterday and the day be-
fore in the stock market, met with bet
ter success today. The more favorable
condition came from abroad again, just
as the adyers, factors from that direc-
ton have defeated the previous efforts
to advance prices. The Improvement was
OF n negative character largely consist
ing in an amelioration of the depression
abroad. The numerous failures which
occurred yesterday amongst banking
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, Feb. 2j-Turpentne ......
81; receipts casks.
Rosin-...... at ESQ receipts 236 bbls.
Tar--firm, /, 40 receipts IL bb!s.
Crude-firm, 22594.0 90 Gi00; receipts 81 bar
rels.
CHARLESTON, Feb. . -Turpentine nom.
....., receipts 49,. Sales exports.
Rosin-nom.
SAVANNAH, Feb. 2.-Turpentlne firm
50; receipts l26. sales 80, exl orts, 80.
Rosin firm, receipts l,)I7, safes $3.50 exports,
Quote A, &c, d, 24O@; E, 2.i5 F,2tO, G,
2.56; II, 2bj; |, 3 vs. X 3.2j, NJ, 330 n, 3.35 We,
$50; WV, @3.7O.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Fec. 25.-Heavy purchases OF
wheat today on the probability OF the
Russo-Jaranese war being of long dura-
ion sent the prices of May wheat up 10
l09 a bushel Compared with las; night 2
close this figure showed gain OF z II
and IS new nigh record for that deliv-
cry. The market closed with May up one
cent and July mp 2 cents. May corn was
4 shade lower; oats Is up and proyis-
ons 10 to SO i-2c higher.
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OVER 100000 CURED. WHY NOT YOU?

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the drink habit. Can be given secretly if
desired, withou the knowledge of the pa
tient No sanitarium treatment necessa-
ry. Money refunded if it fails. Price 81
per box. Call for free book-Treatise on,
Drunkenness. Henry T.Hicl1s Drug Co,
Tucker Building Pharmacy, Raleigh,
n. c.
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OTHER COTTON MARKETS.
Port. Tone. Mid. Receipt
NEW, voRN MONEY.

NEW YORK MONEY.
Iew York, Feb. zap. m.-Monty on cal |
steady high ST lo, Isl =. rtli n ratc 49, las
iotn % closing go, /oaercd n. I m loans
firm; % d Tvs 3di15: 30 days. @@iE months
iG4L,: prime InercantiIe paper A54a5A
sterling exon. easier with actual bus. III oank
ers' bills ~ 4s6.55c $3.50 for dein and ut 48S.
a. $50, for 10 day bills noSfed rates Oh
a. 1917; com bills asa y, bar silver s.. Il,
Mex can dollars i512, Coy. bonds Railroad
bonds .......
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NEw nR1KANs, Feb 25 Cotton futures
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. Feb q, p. m.-Cotton SCOT
mod business. prices i20l4 points lower.
Amsrican miudlins fair, $50; good mddling
f.6i mtddlin<. 75i; low middlipg, TAX good
ordinary. 7.3S ordinary, Ill. The sales OF the
lay were 100 bales, OF which SOD were for
speculation and export ami included all Am
erican. Receipts 25,t00 bales, including 1900
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if If
Tails to cure. E. w. Groves signature 10
on each box. &c.