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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-03
Baltimore Provisions.
Stocks and Bonds.

New York. Dec. 1.-THE market
showed rather less vigor and animation
than for some time past. the dealings
showing a considerable falling off from:
those of yesterday. But the acute
weakness with which the market clos
ed yesterday was totally dissipated.
The lack of explanation for that weak
ness was a cause of some disduiet ano
had discouraPing effect on large
speculative commitments. Hence the
smaller dealings There was no con
siderable recovery in prices outside
few special stocks and the strength
of picked stocks was regarded as
device largely to sustain the rest o.
the market. The Southern TRUNK
lines were the conspicuous feature to
day, especially. the Louisville d Nash
vile group. All the cotton carrier.
we're firm with good ground in tn,
hattering prospects indicated for tina
crop. Exclamation for the specia
buoyancy Of the Louisville 81 Nash
vile group was not forthcoming. Inc
United States steel stocks and Anal
gamated Copper made good recoverie
from the early pressure which wa
quite general and news of metal tradt
conditions was highly favorable. Re
ports of railway earnings for Octobe
showed the PROSPEROUS conditions IL
the Southern sections. Money wa:
easier lO-udy, IOIlOWf1S tiit
enormous shiftin~ of loans which was
caused by yesterdays payment o.
$40, 100000 on account of Southern
Pacific preferred stock. London dis
counts We're reduced and STEERING ex-
changes here yielded to large SUP
ply of cotton bills due to foreign buy
ing on the break in the cotton mar
ket. The final transactions of the dat
were the most active and showed Tho
greatest strength the close bcu;
firm
Bonds were Irregular. Total sale
(par value) $6,100,000
l.. s. bonds were unchanged on cali
Total sales stocks to-day 1,160.20t
shares. ncluding-Atchison f2.t00: b
81 Ohio $1,000; Canadian Pacific 1900
C.. IL Ohio 510o: Chicago e. Great
western $500: Chicago & Northwestern
$500: st. Paul 5000: Erie 1880
Illinois Central $4,000; l.. q N. $1,000;
Metropolitan Securities $500: Met
Railway 1880; Missouri Pacific A.
700; New York Central 5000 n. &, w
I10.100: Penna. 5000: Reading $500;
Rock Island $500: st. Louis Southwes-
tern pfd. 1920; Southern Pacific 90
Gee: Southern Railway 23.400: dc
preferred 400: Union Pacific $500
Mexican Central S600t Copper S9500
Brooklyn Transit 1880; Colo. Fue
1900: Consolidated Gas 5000: DIS
!tillers Securities $4,000; Peoples Gas
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COTTON BROKE TO
A new Low LEVEL
And This Occurred With
in the First Hour.
CLOSED AT ADVANCE
Less vigor Than for Some Time was
Shown in Stocks. But the Acute
Weakness of the Day Previous
was Entirely Dis
sipated.
(By the Associated Press.)


New York, Dec. 2.-The cotton mar
ket opened firm at an advance of
ais points in response to higher cables
than expected. Private advices re-
ported that European shorts were COW
ering. policy that may have been
encouraged by a private estimate.
placing the crop at IL. 100000 bales,
and also by the big demand for spot
cotton at the decline But after the
first wave of covering here it was seen
that the big bears were still selling
freely. Further reports of democrat
lied Southern spot markets were cir
culated and shorts of the smaller
kind, partially Withdrawing their or
ders; prices inside of the first half
hour broke down to "A new low level
for the season. At a net decline OF
4 points they were gradually rallied
about 10 points from the bottom. But
while the big bears bought on the
breaks they turned sellers again OH
the bulges and the recovery was not
held. Trading. too. seemed to be
turning less active and during the best
part of the afternoon prices ruled
around the closing level of yesterday.
The market was finally steady at net
advance of 2a6 points. Sales estimated
at 400, 00G bales.
Receipts of cotton at the ports to-
day 63.69S bales. against 1888 last
week and 4S,S2S last year For the
week $4,000 bales. against 369,S80
last week and 373. $50 last year. To-
days receipts at New Orleans were
1885 bales against S,076 last year.
and at Houston 11,20S bales against
1915 SCI last ear.
New York, Dec. 2-Cotton spot quiet
20 points lower middling uplands 800,
inidd1ing gulf, 9.2o. sales AGO bales.
Futures opened firm and used steady
Omen "A pi, Low Hose
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North Carolina, Wake County. In the
Superior Court, j. e. Latham &
Company, VS.. Juanita Cotton Mills,
ct al.
Notice to the creditors of the Juanita
Cotton Mills.
In pursuance of an order of the
Superior Court of Wake County, N.
c., entered at the October term, 1904,
of said court, in the case of J. e.
Latham s. Co, VS.. the Juanita Cotton
Mills ct al, all the creditors of the
Juanita Cotton Mills are hereby noti-
fed and required to file their claims,
duly verified, with us in the city of
Raleigh, n. c., on or before the 18th
day of December, 1904, so that the
same can be properly inquired int
and passed upon.
FRANK A. DANIELS,
CLAUDE 3. BARBEB,
Receivers of the Juanita Cotton Mills
Raleigh. N. c., October 81, 1904.
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Excursion to Havana, Cuba, Via. Sea-
board.

The SeabOard announces q very low
rate of one fare plus two dollars for
the round trip, from all points in Vir-
gnia, North and South Carolina, in
Guiding Washington, d. c., to Havana.
Cuba. and return. This rate includes
meals and stateroom on steamer.
Tickets will be sold for all trains of
January 4th, with final return limit up
to and Including January 18th. Round
trip from Raleigh $47.20. Charlotte
$46.10, Wilmington $46.35. AS this
excursion will be limited to one hun
dred and fifty G50) people, you
should make your booking at once, ad-
vising me so that | can secure you
berth and accommodations.
G.. III. GATTIS, 7. Il. A.,
Raleigh, n. &.
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Special Rates to Elizabeth City Ac'
count OF Baptist State C0nvcn-
ton.

The Scaboard announces rate of
one fare and a third on certificate
plan, from all points in North Caro-
lima to Elizabeth City and return, ac-
count of the Baptist State Convention,
December 18th to 11th.
The Seaboard offers two attractive
routes, via. Suffolk, leaving Raleigh
at 1880 a. m, 1900 q. M, arrive at
Elizabeth City lis p M I;5o p. M
respectively; via. Norfolk, leave Raj
eigh r.30 a. m, arrive at Elizabeth
city 1880 q. IN.
For further Information, apply to
II. A. MORRISON, c. T. & T. a.
c. II. GATTIS, L. P. A."
Raleigh, n. G.
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New Orleans Cotton.

New Orleans, Dec. Spot cotton
in good demand: prices easier. Sales
$500 bales including $500 to arrive
Quotations LIE lower
Futures opened firm and from to
9 points up: New York opened from
Z to IL points higher and Liverpool
closed to 4 points down. The trad
ing was very light almost every one
preferring to wait the government es-
Inmates which will be bulletined at
1915 q. m. local time tomorrow.
Chief Statstician John Hyde notified
the local exchange by wire that he
would make the estimate in square
bales. counting the round bales as
halves. This should do away with any
possibility of q mistake or inaccuracy
in Transmission. In the trading Janu-
airy opened Z points up at S52, sold
down TO S39 and finally up to 843. The
market closed steady l to points net
loss.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-03

1900; Rubber Goods 1900: Leather
81 500: do preferred $500; L. S. Steel
i09,S0 do pfd. $1,000.
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Cash quotations were as follows:


o Flour was steady; S wnfer s sa9fo
patents e3@5 40, straights 4.eoa49l..
bakers zoe 30 wheat No: spring loSal'3
90, No. yellow 50, oats No. 5000
No. 2 white 32@&A. No. 3 white 3lH o. 70
we No. 27s, god feeding barley ss9os
III, No northwestern 49, prime timothy
seed 90, mess pork per Dbl. li.50@ll 81,
lard per lOoh 6;sbG7G0 short ribs side
6,s7K, short clear sides (boxed) 6.'5@6 81,
vhskey basis of high wines LA. clover con
tract grade $3.50
New YORK Provisions.
New YORK DC: 2 Flour dull. winter
patents i6Odt.W Minnesota patents 5.S5@Sl0
10 bakers. sl.OO@.42o. st raights 5.lo95. 90.
choice 10 fancy 4.l5n4 80.
Buckwheat flour steady 200@2l
Corn meal quiet, yellow western llS@ll5.
Rye nominal, No. western, 20.
Barley steady, feeding !61a mailing 55@G5.
Wheat iirn, No. red, 1905, May ll22s,
Corn Steady, No. 60, May 5l7S, December
Oats a.m, mixed a15aa5k, Sept, !;
Gl;.0O, city extra india. mess l4.N@ 6Oo
oeef hams % 0Oa2,.jO.
Cut meats steady. pickledbellies 7A@SN
Lard r quiet, western steamed $50, Nov. 10
No. nom, refined steady, continent $50,
Pork steady family 15.00D15.50, short clear
t}75lDl5 -, mess l2.256l3.25
Tallow quiei, (S2 per pkg, 44@country
do 43AGI5R.
Rosin steady, strained common to good
Turpentine steady, eOa5O1z.
Rice firm, domestic fair To extra ZtsDoA,
Japan nom.
Molasses firm, New Orleans open kettle
good to choice 32(dSR
Coffee spot Rio quiet MOI invoice SO, mild
arm, cOrdova 800 3
gal 9o test q, molasses sugar 10 -,
refined firm, confectioner's A, so, mold A
80. cut loaf Il -. crushed 6.l5 powdered 5.3o
graduated 5i5 cunes 20.
Butter firm. crea merry common TO extra
l5Ga 25h state dairy l6@z6. western factory II:
Eggs firm: state and Penn nearby
interiors
Cheese str,n, state, full cream small COL
ored fancy ~ small white fancy; *. s,oto
and western | 40 al'0. Jersey Sweets 2 00s3 -
Peanut, quiet fancy hand-picked j@h other
domestic 1861.
Cotton by steam 10 Liverpool l0G15@.
Cotton seed oil market was easy
2iLl02S, off summer yellow nominal, prime
white 301a@N, prime winter yellow SO1293i.
Baltimore Provisions.
Baltimore Des. Flour dun, winter
patents 541g 7j, spring patents 60 OF %, extra
i.55.
Wheat firm, spot contract Nov. l.Dq4@%
red western Ian, Southern by sample 950i01.
Corn easy, spot new 52S@A, new southern
Oats firmer, No. , white 351a9S6, No. 2
mixed IA.
Rye dull. No Owe tern 89G90.
Butter firm, fancy imitation 1920, do
creamery 20, do ladle 1901, store lacked
Eees firm. unchanged B.
Cheese firm. large and small 1905, me-
dunn ll5E@l2
Sugar stong coarse granulated 80. fine $40.
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Naval Stores.

Wilmington, Dee. 2, Turpenune So. :, i6K.
aceipts % casks.
Rosin firm, 2.45, receipts 10 bills.
Tar tirm, LOO, receipts 24l bbls.
Crude firm, 2.3J@3.s0, receipts lil bDls
Charleston, Dec. 2, Turpentine firm 1917.
savannah, Dec. -Turpentine steady, 1917,
ecepts m, sales 247, exports 225
Rosin-firm, receipts l,e9i; sales 19l2, ex-
,urt> 1907.
Quote A, &c, 2.5o6 ...~., D 2.j213@....,.. f
IS, K $50, Nj I.3O. N $50. We AIS, WV $40
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Other Cotton Markets.
Port. Tone. Mia. ttecelptS
Dry Goods Market

New York, Dee. 1.-THE dry goods
market is still in allowance and IikeIy
To be more or less unsettled until the.
apl earance of the governments esti-
mate tomorrow. In the meantime buv
crs are withholding certain orders.
General drmness characterizes practi-
cally all lines of goods.
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New York Money.

New York, Dec. 2, p. m.-Money on call
lrm, 2G3, low, ruling rate a., last loan
, closing 30, offered NO. time loans
;teady, 70 days la ....., so days d., six
nontis 4v9.., prime merc'tie paper I64A,
terling exchange firm with actual business
4 bankers bills at 4sG.I5G 1850 for demand,
nd at 4S3 70d 1870 for 80 day ills. posted
aIes 4s4Mn i.c7M, commercial hihs 49, 40.
ar silver 59}5, Mexican dollars 4734.
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Futures opened Qui
Raieich Spot Cotton Market.

Receipts yesterday . -. 70 bales
IriceS :. ........S lisa 8 Is
Receipts year ago >. -. 70 bales
Prices that day :. ..... 10 1901
Receipts this season. -. 1915 bales
same date last year. -. $3.50 bales
rhe quotations yesterday were.
strict good middling, SID &, 3-Sc.;
good middling, S-1-S@S Lie; strict
rood rniddling, S@S 1-Sc.; middling,
7-&08 &c.
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New Orleans, Dee >, Cotton futur S
liverpool.

good de nand prices points lower.
american middling far, 800, good mi ldling;
AZ, middling Al, low mlddling 4.o6, good
day IL eco bales of which 1000 were for specu
ation and export and included II, 500 Ameri
can. Receipts 5000, bales, 5000 American.
Entnres onened Quiet closed steady.
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Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. Dee. 2.-Continued ,lry
weather in the Southwest caused a net
advance of 1@1-8c in the price Of
May wheat. here today. The market
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-03

Some men only break themselves OF
bad habits after they break them
selves.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-13

What the Women of Japan Are Doing.
The women of Japan do not go out
and fight to-day as they have done on
rare occasions in the past. We had
an Empress once who led an army into
Korea and fought at the head of her
soldiers. And even in the last cen
fury. when the Shotgun made his last
stand against the Mikado, nearly a
thousand women and girls belonging
to families attached to the Shotgun
fought behind and upon the castle
walls, and many were killed.
1t is different now. Only the men
go out But there is much left for
the women to do, and there is not
woman in Japan who will shirk her
duty Not only must she take care of
the family while the men are away,
but she must work for the soldiers.
cur Empress herself is the patron of
the Japanese Red Cross society,
whose president is always Il prince of
the royal house With her own hands
the Empress prepares bandages and
clothing for the men in the field
and so great was her personal
interest In the field; and so great
was her personal interest in
the men who fought in the war with
China that at the close of the war she
gave an artificial limb to every man
who had lost one on the battlefield
The women who act as nurses must
lay aside their kimonos and wear the
regular dress of a hospital nurse
Both before and since the war with
China the women of Japan have at
tended the hospital training schools,
where instruction is given by Ameri-
can and European nurses, and there
are now no better nurses in the world
than those of Japan.-Mrs. Sadazuchi
Uchida, in Harpers Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-13
Any Wife and ANY Husband

Men are pretty pliable creatures. A
good many of them owe their down
fall to illconsidered marriages; but
as many more owe their success in
large part to their wives. When a
woman marries, she has just one duty
before her-to be a helpmate to her
husband She may neither be salts
fed to sit at home and be taken care
of, nor to go her own way and be in
terested in her societies, her clubs or
her own exclusive matters. She and
her husband are one. His interests are
hers. If they expect to get anything
out of life, they must get it together.
Work, pleasure, pain, must be met
with a common front; then there will
be common progress. 1t is right and
proper that a woman should be ambi-
tious for her husband. Something is
wrong If she is not. SO when We find
one who is, she presents an example
worth pointing to.
1t Is wise man who chooses a wife
meet for him: 1t is wise woman who
sets out to help her husband, and a
very foolish one who allows herself to
be drawback, or merely piece of
luggage to be carried along-Woman'
Home Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-13
LITTLE GIRLS STOCK DEAL
They Disposed of Shares for Big Pric,
Before Break.

They Disposed OF Shares for Big Price
Before Break.
A story told at Union Pacific head
quarters shows that the children of
w. Fl. Bancroft, the new general man
ager of that line, seem to have inher-
tied some of their fathers business
sagacity says the Omaha correspond
ent Of the New York Herald.
Mr.. Bancroft's daughters, aged 10
and II years, were visiting him at his
Office in Salt Lake City one day. A
man came in who desired to sell their
papa some mining stock Mr. Bancroft
did not take kindly to the proposition,
but after the man had labored some
time with the general manager one OF
the little girls spoke up and said
Papa, l wish you would buy some
of the stock for me; the mine has such
a pretty name"
The other little girl chimed in at this
juncture and expressed desire for
some of the certificates on the same
grounds-that the name appealed to
her
The father responded that II they
were willing to give up their savings
they might be the proud possessors of
block of the stock This they agreed
to do and the deal was made. One Of
the children secured 500 worth and
the other 500.
Time wore on and both children and
the father had forgotten the stock deal,
when one day a man appeared at the
house and stated that he had come to
buy the stock in case the owners were
willing to part with IT, They both con-
sldered the matter and talked it over
between themselves, finally deciding
that they would not sell for the price
offered which would net them about
$50 each.
In short time another man appear
ed on the scene and tried to buy the
stock at $3.50, but both girls refused
the offer. A week later an offer OF $500
each was made by the same man.
When the last offer came a long con
sultation was held and a decision was
reached to sell. The buyer paid the
money and it went into the girls bank
accounts.
A few days later Mr.. Bancroft spoke
OF the stock, II having been brought to
his attention in some manner at the
dinner table. saying:
Il see by the quotations that the
stock you bought in the mine that day
at my office is worthless. The vein has
played out"
Yes. but papa" responded both of
the girls in chorus. 1--WE have sold out"
Great was the amusement of the
father when he learned of the transac-
ton which had taken place about two
DAYS before the mine was declared
worthless.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-13
Rain Is ALWAYS ON Time.

In few places on the earth has the
weather prophet as easy time as in
Panama. In that part of the globe he
can always tell to a certainty Mt what
hour to expect a down-pour of rain.
At o'clock every afternoon 1t is due
and II seldom fails to be on time.
This is the rule all through the rainy
season. The morning is clear and the
evening, after o'clock, is delightful.
and except from till 6 o'clock nobody
ever thinks of carrying an umbrella
Not 30 at Colon, only forty-seven
miles away There 1t rains all the time
during the rainy season and II never
rains but 1t pours. Water comes down
by the bucketful. At Panama the an.
nual rainfall is in the neighborhood of
nine feet, while that of Colon is twen-
ty-one feet, and it all comes In five
months-an average of four feet a
month.
1t is humorously said of Colon that
there it takes the people all the rest of
the year after the rainy season to get
dry.
In the dry season the heat is intense.
the mercury ranging from 80 to 30 de-
grees day and night. There is little
difference In the temperature after
dark, but 1t is possible to adapt oneself
to the conditions of the place and there
is a certain fascination about it that.
In the case of some people, seems to
make up for the heat
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-13
k6&yS|a[|{EkIlltn

nine cases out of ten it is the unwiil-
ingness to lie awake that keeps US
awake. We wonder why we do not
sleep. We toss and turn and wish wa
could sleep. We fret and fume and
worry because we do not sleep. We
think of all that we have to do on the
following day, and are oppressed with
the thought that we cannot do it if we
do not sleep. First, we try one expe-
riment to see if it will not make us
sleep and when it fails we try an
other. and perhaps another. In each
experiment. we are watching to see if
it will work There are many things
to do, any one of which might help
us TO sleep. but the watching to see IL
they will work keeps us awake.-Les-
lies Monthly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-13

You can grow flowers anywhere, If
you only know the proper kind for
each location, says Country Life in
America. There is no portion of the
earths surface that cannot be covered
by some kind of plant growth. nor a
situation so desperate that 1t could
not be redeemed with the life and
cheer and color that flowers give. You
have only to select the right variety
of seed and you will find that there
is no clay too tough, no sand too hot
and dry, no rocks too devoid of soil,
no winter too severe If you have a
swamp and are afraid of 1t, you can
transform it into water-lily pond or
a bog garden. If you own a bit of
woods you can fill 1t with wild flow
ers. In the heart of the biggest city
a ten-inch hole can be made in the
pavement, as they do in Boston. to
cover the wall of the house with vines.
The slums have their window boxes.
and house leeks grow upon the shin
giles of roof. Even the dump heap
that you pass daily need not be an
eyesore. Put package of sunflower.
poppy or morning glory seed in your
pocket. and scatter the seed over the
offending spot. And of all the people
who enjoy the transformation, you
will enjoy it most
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-13

from my fingers and | let the whip
fall with thud into the snow.
why, what is the natter" asked
Polly. 1T isn't polite to be surprised
when girl gets proposed to. 1t looks
as II you had thought she couldn't -"
''Oh, it isn't that" said 1. Anybody
could get proposed to by Bobby Pad
dlngton-and in leap year"
"Pooh!' said Polly. as | stepped Into
the sleigh and tucked the robe around
her. Leap year has nothing to do
with it-nor Bobby Paddington, either
If girl has really made up her
mind. Leap year merely gives her a
privilege which woman can take
whenever she likes, It's like the kiss
under the mistletoe. entirely Joke.
You wouldn't dare kiss any girl under
the mistletoe whom YOU wouldn't dare
kiss anywhere else. And no girl would
think OF asking man to marry her on
Is, no girl with particle Of common
sense or delicacy."
'Or womanliness.' declared.
''Or knowledge of men," said Polly.
''Or breeding"
Or experience.
Il wonder" said |, 'if any woman
ever did use that leap-year privilege"
Never" said Polly, "slnce she has
had the every year privilege OF max
Ing man propose to her. Ii would
have been so very unnecessary. ANY
woman who uses little tact and SETS
out to can get a proposal The differ
ence between proposing herself and
making man propose to her is the
difference between using a whip and
spur. You don't have to whip a horse
that Is, horse worth having-do
you: But you do often have to spur
him when you come to n jump. A man
is like horse; he hates whip, but he
minds spur"
"Oh. | see said l. chuckling to
Mare Antony until the sleigh sped over
the frozen road; "a proposal is ike a
hedge A fellow wants to get over II,
but he is afraid of what is on the
other side. He may land in tangle-
Or he may get cold water dousing.'
''Or he fancies there might be ditch
somewhere"
'Or a trap" | suggested gently.
Exactly" said Polly, land that is
why it needs a little mental sugges-
ton from the girl to spur him on. II
she attempts to drive him with a whip
he balks. But mental suggestion
THAT isn't anything like-hypno-
usm--is II, PoliyY'
well little" acknowledged