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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-28

Especial to News and Observer
New York, April 26.-NO. 1851 and
1851 warps at 1919 "; No. l4s-l
warps at 20; No. 16s-1 Warps at 20 Y ;
No. 2Os-1 warps at 81; No 6s to los
warn at 19-19h; No. 12s-1 at - Y :
20; No. 14s-1 at 20; No. 1851 at u !;
No. $50 play soft yarn at - z ~;
No. 1882 ply soft yarn at 20 1a u; NO.
$50 ply hard at 19 y; No. 1857 ply
hard at 2OB; No. 1852 ply hard at 21;
No. 14s-2 ply at 21; No. l6s-2 ply at
21k-22; No 2Os-2 ply at %; No. 24s-2
ply at %; No. 26s-2 ply at % Il NO.
30s-2 ply yarn at "a Il No. AVS ply
at 30: No. Ss-3. A and ply at 1919 Y !;
No. 20s-2 ply chain Warps at 22; NO.
24s-2 ply chain warps at % " NO.
26s-2 ply chain warps at %; No. 30s-2
ply chain warps at "a Y; No. 1855
ply hard twist at %; No. 20s-3 ply
hard twist at %: No. 26s3 ply hard
twist at 23 u. Very dull; prices nom
inal.
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Cnly small block for sale. Par value
80; present price 20 cents per share.
The company needs one more lift. just
ne sale of a few thousand shares anC
his will put the company on a dividend
aging basis, and it will pay dividends
n par value stock--@l00. Tho property
paid for. There are no debts. Ine
management is as near ~-orfect as can be
Ne could sell one acre or our ground
OF as much as some mines fully equip
)ed would bring.
! am posted on almost every mining
ompany in this country, and am willing
o bank every dollar | have or can get
ola of on the Mountain Boy. The oppor
unity to buy stock in this grand organi-
alton will soon be passed Remember
here are comnanics surrounding Noun
ain Boy that sold their stock low at the
inning. Since that time the stock has
old for tremendous profit.
No industry on earth is more legits
nate. and nothing furnishes such ire
neadous profits as mining. Put your
money in Il bank or trust company ana
yCu get 3 or per cent. Put it in q first
lass mining proposition when stock Is
ling low and you often realize from
IS to 1000 per cent.
Most Of the people throughout the
southland know Evangelist w. p Fife, OF
Y. C., either by reputation or personally,
N they know that he would not recon
mend to them anything that he did not
rave the utmost confidence in Those
hat don't know me, write the Bank OF
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w. e. Smiths
Market Letter,
Especial to News and Observer)

(Special to News and Observer
New York, April 27.-While the
trading today was in limited volume
and entirely professional III charac-
ter, the tone was exceedingly IrIil' anu
with the exception of Steel preferred,
which is still under pressure, fraction
al advances were scored. Pennsyl-
vania acted rather we'll and reflects
to some extent the changed attitude
of the Philadelphia houses. There is
reason to believe that large interests
are quietly adding to their holdings OF
Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, ST.
Paul and Atchison and are at the same
time discouraging any attempts made
to bull the stocks unduly 1t is eX-
pected that the earnings of both
Union and Southern Pacific Will be
largely in excess of last year which
may presage an early increase OF
Union Pacfic's dividend rate, and the
placing of Southern Pacific on dlVl-
dend basis
Wheat was active and strong, and 1T
is the general impression that Armour
has been "a large buyer. The feeling
in regard to wheat is much improved
and the most conservative houses are
now advising the purchase of it on
any dip from present prices
Corn. oats and provisions fairly ac7
tive and higher.
a notable increase in the deHailo
for spot cotton. both here and in LlV-
erpool is the important news OF the
day. Liverpool reported the sale OF
10000 bales at 2 points advance ana
here spots advanced 10 points, MD
ding 1884 middling gulf l4.l0. me
discounts heretofore prevailing pc
tween the old and new crop months
is gradually lesseninG, and at the
present time are only cents apart.
we continue to favor the news posi-
tions on the presents basis of prices,
and think the purchase Of October ana
December contracts should prove
profitable. ,o
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Absolutely
. Change.

About seven years ago my health be-
gan to fail, | was completely run down,
and my blood got in bad condition. /
suffered with severe pains in different
parts of my body, so severe that | could
not lie in anv position long at time, and
in consequence of this / did not know
what it was to get good nights rest.
had been taking different medicines for
the trouble for three years, but got no
relief Then l thought l would try Mrs.
Joe Persons Remedy. / had no faith in
it, or anything else for my case, but I
thought it would be a change. The third
night after | started on it / got the first
good nights sleep l had had in many
months / became hopeful. The Remedy
relieved the terrible pains had been suf
fcring from SO long, and being able to
sleep well at night, l soon began to feel
like new man. NV appetite began to
improve. l began to build up in every re-
spect. 1 continued its use until I took
about three dozen bottles, when l knew
/ was a well man. | have been cured four
years, have never felt those pains since,
and am now perfectly healthy man, nor
have l ever needed any of the Remedy
since.
w. e. GRIFFIN.
Fort Mill, S. c., Sept 26, 1903.
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NOTICE OF SALE.

BY virtue OF my appointment and au
tkority as trustee of the Ellington Lum-
Der Company, l will, on Monday, the End
Of May, 1904, at II m, offer for sale at
public auction for cash to the highest
bidder all the property belonging to said
Ellington Lumber Company, viz;
All the machinery, timber and timber
interests, and saw and planning plants and
all lumber and all other property of every
kind and description owned by said Lii
liDgton Lumber Company including it's
corporate franchise.
all persons desiring valuable property
VIII find it to their interest to attend this
sale
lie sale will be held upon the premises
of the Ellington Lumber Company.
April 18th, 904.
413-3w
II. L. GOODWIN. Trustee.
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dry goods today has been conflned TO
very restricted lines and buyers have
not changed their ideas. Irregularities
in certain quarters have increased
this conservatism rather than other
wise.
New York Cotton Market.
New York, April 27.-The cotton
market opened steady at an advance
of 3@5 points on active covering by
very firm English cables. particular
in reference to spot cotton, sales OF
which were reported of 10000 bales al
an advance of 20 English points, while
futures rejecting the Improvement in
trade conditions were also higher than
expected. Some of the home element,
however, showed an inclination to con-
tinue the selling movement started late
yesterday and their offerings for a
time restricted the advancing tenden-
CIV. 1t was the first May notice day in
New Orleans and approximations as to
the effect of notices in that market ut
first seemed to restrict buying, but il
soon developed that the Southern bulls
were taking all tenders, the private
wires indicating that they were bid
ding for more. This started a more
active demand in the local market.
Spot interests seemed to be buying the
summer months and May, while com
mission houses had buying orders for
the latter positions in spite of the fact
that the weather map was thought to
be generally favorable. Prices before
midday had been advanced to 1875 for
May, 1896 for July and 11.50 for DC
tober, net gains of Is "a 20 points. This
level attracted more liquidation by
smaller longs, however, and reneWa:
of selling by the room shorts who had
covered early and during the after
noon the market, while very irregular
showed a somewhat easier tendency II
spite of light estimates for tomorrow's
receipts at leading points, and predic-
tons for another bullish showing by
Liverpool tomorrow rs a result of the
bullish developments in New Orleans.
Spot interests that had been buying
i'm the forenoon were selling in the
late market and there appears to be
more bear pressure. The market was
finally steady at a net advance of go
20 points. Sales were reported of
400, 900 bales.
.Receipts of cotton at the ports
S,495 bales. against $500 last week
and 1864 last year. For the week So
600 bales, against 56,501 last week and
66,561 last year. Today's receipts at
New Orleans were 8, 162 bales, against
1904 last year, and at Houston 1854,
against 3,70S last year
New York, April 27-Cotton spot closed
steady 10 points higher; middling uplandS,
1885. gulf lilo, sales $40 bales.
Futures opened and closed steady.
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Non-AssessablE

Thomasville, brownsville, n. c.. Those
that want to inquire about the president,
Iyce-president, secretary and treasurer of
tho Mountain Boy, write j. f. Hadley,
president Cripple Creek Banking and
Trust Co., or the Secretary Chamber of
Commerce, or jump the train, go to Grip
pie Creek, see w. f. Littell, secretary and
treasurer; let him carry you over the
ground, down into the shafts. Make in
qulries OF any and everybody about the
property and management. and if you
arc not satisfied we have a first-class pro
position, present bill to me at place men
toned below ] will personally give you
check to pay expenses and 500 besides
for lost time. Remember | recommend
this stock after | have had dozens oil
made by other companies
to handle Their stock. The company
courts the very closest investigation
Everything is moving along fine at the
Great Western Gold Companys mines.
par value stock during the fall. Now
increase your dividends by buying Noun
tam Boy This company, according to a
letter received from secretary few days
ago, will pay dividends on par value 81 90
stock before January LIST, 1905 This is
he last advertisement that will appear
in this naper recommending Mountain
Boy. Take my advice buy block of
this stock; if only 100 shares for $4,000.
Will receive orders for $40, $50 500, $3.50,
$500, 81 600 and $4,000 as long as the
stock lasts Make checks payable and
address, all orders to me.
Yours to serve,
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Baltimore Provisions.

BALTIMORE. April 27-Fiour steady winter
Wh.at~-d II spot contract 99D4 no red
western l0d@4, April 1924 Southern by
sample Ella lG0.
,orn- strong spo. 5Esa7s, Southern white
50@55}a, April 5t1stg5s.
Oats easier No white $40.
Rye quietNo. :, H0aSl, uptown, no. SoG8l,
ButIpr-nrm, fancy mutation l3GZo. Fancy
q 0zJ, fancy ladle l5@l6, storel2@4
Eggs-steady lIM.
Che sse-quie', large lOA@ll% small old ll@I
new 1910 !.
sugar strong; fine and coarse granulatep
1856 fine IS
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Ware e. LeIand'S
Cotton letter.

Raleigh, n. c.. April 27.-The mar
ket recovered sharply today when
July sold over 1895. This only shows
how serious it is to be short of the
market on any decline. The situation
from the standpoint of figures IS so
strong that short sellers may wake up
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NAVAL STORES.

Wilmington, April 2-Turpentmc 49,,
40, receipts II IL SKIS.
ItoSin- nom 2s0 rcceipts;s x, Ibis.
Tar firm. 200, receipts y bbls.
Crude-tirm, 2.2Ja3. rs 400, receipts 6j5 bbs.
Charleston, April 27--Turpcntine firm 50
sales =. casks, rosin firm bbls
Quote A, Is, c, d, 22JG1. f. $50; f, 23j; G D. 40:
H. b: |, 2o0 K, 295; M, 800; n, $50; VIC, 10,
WV, $40.
Savannah, April 27-Tnrpentine steady, 50.
receipts 1913, sales 39S exports 5tisS.
Rosin-hrm, receips 1884, sales 1853, exports
Itt.
Quote A, Il, G, ID, 2d5. r 2.5o, f 255, G 2. 10,
Il 2n5, $50. 80, M 800. \ 3.i5, VIC, 60,
WV $50.
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New York Money,

New York, April y, p. m.-Money on call
eas, lola. closing la offered la. time
loans easy, 80 days 2taG3, 80 days z15@3, six
months 319nM, prime mercantile pa per 1G1lH
sterling exchange weak with actual bl,sin, SIS
in bankers bills at lS700nlS7.05 for demand,
and at ISi.0lM 1906 for 60 day bills posted
r4tes iStM 49,. commercial bills 1870
bar silver s., Mexican dollars 1515.
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J. p, BOUSHALL, General Agent,
Tucker Building Opposite Post Office, Raleigh ~ c.

Guiding Atchison, 800; Chicago Mil
waukee 81 st. Paul, $500; Louisville
& Nashville. 200; Ontario & Western
$500; Pennsylvania, 10,400; Reading
6,100; Southern Railway, 200; do pre-
ferred, 500; Union Pacific, 14,400;
Brooklyn Transit, $500; Consolidated
Gas, 5000; Tennessee Coal, 100; U. S.
Steel preferred, 32,700.
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Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing,
ash quotations were as follows:

Cash quotations were as fOllOWS:
Flour dull and steady winter patent ,N9!. 60
stratghts Sl4U04.SJ spring patents 4 Boa go
straights 1900 il0;bakers s2.6503.35:wheat, No
spring s7ns2; No 8. s59e2: No. red.
4,l5G IS oats, No 1880, % No. white, i315 No
40, t06H. rye, No. 2, 6jp, good feeding bar
ley, s0d36; fair to choice mating, i50l55; fax
iced, Mol, lo)@; No. ] northwestern l:o6%
prime timothy seed, 80 "a. mess pork per
1hl r. 10 II -, lard per lD0 10 75h ~; short
ribs sides (loosel 6.S7K@i5o dry salted shoul-
iers (boxed), "a =: short clear Sldes
fboxed) 5oGSs75, whiskey, basis of high
trade wines, rs; clover, contract grade. 1915
New York Provisions.
NEW YORK; Abnl 2 -rloar-qmet winter os.
patents IS. lG055J Minnesota patents S.009
i2j do bakers 4.00@t2j;
Rye tiour-steady, tair to good SLl50i33,
choice to fancy S4:3 ,tg4 20
COrn-Tueal steady yellow western $l.US9l.lU
Rye--amet, No. western 1914
Barley-steady feeding ~ malGing 5o@65.
Wheat-firrn, MOI red. l0i: May, $780, July
S. September, S3H. Dec! SSH
Srnrspot irreg, No 2, nom; May, 5iA; July
49, Aug. 90, sept. -.
Rsssfrm ndv Sa slS Mlfsa 4nn s so
S s.VC beef hams 2O.5o@aOo; -
Cut meats.,quiet. ;pickled bellies III IS ~ 1914
pici<Ied shoulders61a picked hams 9l29lU
lar l-finn western steamed 7.3j@; refined
drm continent 7.I0; compound, 6A@3s.
Pork quiet family li500..".; short clear
Il. 100l5.00, mess IL 75914,2)
Iallow-dull; city 6 per packagel, 4}s coun-
try do $685. oooa
Rosin-sfeady strained com. TO good 2.SO@,
Turpentine-steady 5S058H.
Rice-dull domestic, fair TO extra, 3IaGo15,
Japan nominal
Molasses-firm New Orleans. open kettle
good to choice, 3l637
Coffee-spot Rio steady, No Z invoice 10
mild quiet, cOrdOva l01l3
Sugar-raw firm fair rein lilo G1-32, cen
trifllgal IS test 3 il-l612 81 molasses sugar,
2Iy-l60D3l-s2 refined steady, confec. 4.bO-
mould A $40 cut loaf 5.i5, crushed 5.D, pow,
dered Ix5, granulatedt75, cubes 5.00,
Butter firm extra fresh creamery ZidZIA state
dairy l5@2
Cheese quiet state full cream small colore1
fan;v Sept. Il@iI1a; small white fancy sept.
9H9lGH.
Eggs-.. state aud Penn nearby aver
age finest, 1874 Southern firsts l69l.
Enthusiastically Fla. Lew oo0Go.5O, Long
Islant 375G4 Is. state aud western sacks 3.loG
30, Jersey sweets 25I@l 90, Jerseys ;..@.
Peanuts steady, fancy hand-plckei o24i9
other DOM 81 C 3He16h -,
Cabbaoe--duli, southern bol-cfate l.|oGZ II,
Cotton uy steam to Liverpool IN
Cotton seed oil was dull ana lower
rude f. o. b. mills 24@M prime summer S1i-
low 3061..., off sum. yellow nom prime Whlte
so; prime winter yellow f,h@,
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Other Cotton Markets.
Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, April 27.-Fears of addi-
tional delay to seeding operations in
the Northwest owing to predictions Of
rain caused strength in wheat today.
At the close July wheat showed a net
gain of 1ac. Corn also advanced u @.
Oats are up u al &c, and provisions
5 % zoe.
Opening. Highest Lowest. CLOSING.
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mad nniet and clnsed kieadv
Raleigh Spot Cotton Market.

Receipts yesterday 1850. bales
Prices :. ........... 13D13A
Reefs. same date last year bales
Prices same date last year 10000
Receipts this week. $500. Ii bales
Reefs. same week last year 26 bales
Receipts to date $500. 1895 bales
Reefs. last year to date. 1 1858 bales
New York spots advanced 10 points
yesterday and are now 1885. The
Raleigh market made no change.
The estimated figures here by
grades are: Strict good middling
13Ic.; good middling, 1315c.: strict
middling. 13Hc,s middling, 13c.; stains
and tinges, 10@11c.
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New Orleans, April 9-Cotton futures steady
Liverpool.

Liverpool, April =, p. m:LCotton spot
American middling fair s o., good middiing.
1856, middling 7.7n, low middling ..8i, goo d
ordinary 7.5i, ordinary 73i. The sales of II e
day 10000, bales of which 800 were for specu-
lation and export and included 1900 Amer
can. Receipts 1900 bales including ECO
American.
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s. a. l.. Stocks and Bonds.
Baltimore, April 27--Sea board Air Line
common $500, preferred lS1agl04.
Bonds
\. G. l.. common l0'@l0S, preferred ...
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important Notice

we seera
territory
esentave appointed
Agency can he made
the highest sense honorable There
orly apphcants with established
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WE HAVE SEVERAL GOOD SECOND
hand engines and boilers for sale, rang.
ms from five to seventy-ive horse-p pow
er. Quick delivery. Raleigh Iron
Works. 16-tf.
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WE WILL BOND YOU.

cmlarrass bond
safe side matte o
American Bonding Company
th best
cwantrc important
arcnO O "a
R B. RANEY General Agent, RALEIGH North Carolina
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The Raleigh & Cape
Fear Rwy. Go.
TINE TABLE NO. 10.

Effective Tuesday. April 5,
1904. at 1901 a. IN.
runorseding All Previous Time Tables.
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SOUTHERN BULLS
SEND PRICES UP
Cotton Ends Steady Nine
to Twenty Higher.
PRESSURE BY BEARS.
Marrow and Sluggish was the Stock
Market, its Actions Suggestive of
fhe Deadlock Prevailing Be-
fore Northern Securities
Decision.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, April 27.-Business in
dry goods today has been confined to
very restricted lines and buyers have
not changed their ideas. Irregularities
in certain quarters have increased
this conservatism rather than other
wise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
How to Grow Ugly.

The natives of the upper Zambezi
have a most disfiguring habit of re-
moving the upper front teeth at the
ages of from ten to twelve years The
only reason for following such an abb
surd and barbarous practice is that by
so doing they initiate their oxen, which
they look upon as sacred, and also are
unlike the zebra, or quagga, which
they view in a less favorable light, hat
ing them with an intensity based on
some hereditary tradition. The women
pierce their upper lip to insert a stud
or small piece of ivory, which as they
grow older is increased in size. They
smear their hair with ocher and clay,
training it out in numerous pigtails
about two inches long. These are en-
couraged and fabricated by the fat of
oxen. which is especially favored If
rancid. In fact, they lose no conceiva-
BILE opportunity of making themselves
grotesque and hideOus as possible
Golden Penny.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
ALWAYS BE sANGUINE.
Keep to the Highways and Shun the
Back Alleys of Life.


Keep to the broad highways of hope
and cheerfulness. Expect to succeed.
Think success, and you will succeed.
Keep out of the back alleys of gloom
and pessimism. Join the procession Of
the cheerful, the willing and the hope
full. Be sanguine. Know the pleasures
of living. Enjoy the sunshine of hope.
Keep away from the scavengers and
ragpickers who infest the back alleys
of life. Your pessimist is your scaven-
ger, your ragpicker. He may be a nee
essary evil, a boil as it were on the
body social, but too much of him is IA
tai. He never gave the world a smile.
He never contributed to the good cheer
of any human being. He never lifted
the gloom from any distressed soul. He
is the antithesis of progress. He is the
pollywog which in the evolution of life
is continually dragging backward to-
ward the Shiny past, resisting the prog
ress of development which must go on
with or without him.
Beware of the entertainments of the
carping. pessimistic spirit. 1t is a hardy
plant. 1t takes root easily in the mind,
and, like the thistle, when once it gains
a foothold it is well nigh impossible to
uproot it, but it cannot live in an at
mosphere of sunshine and cheerfulness.
Therefore. keep to the highways.
Keep out of the back alleys.-Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-20
BURNING THE YULE LOG.
The Custom One of Ancient Origin.
The Yule Candle.

The Custom One of Ancient Origin.
The YuIe Candle.
The custom of burning a large log
of wood which is known as the Yule
log is very ancient in its origin. All
through the middle ages every farm
house, cottage and castle in England
burned its Yule log upon the hearth,
the log being dragged IN with much
ceremony.
At Yuletide when the great log famed
In chimneypiece and laugh and jest
went round.
The word "Yule' itself seems to be
derived from the Anglo-SaXon "Geol,"
meaning December. Earlier still the
Yule, or midwinter, feast is seen in its
most fourishing state among the Morse
men, who commemorated the fiery sun
wheel with a mighty feast. They be-
lieved that during the twelve nights
from Dec. % to Jan. they could trace
the actual movements of their great
Odin, or Odhinn, the god of storms,
and other deified beings on the earth.
The Yule log. with its CHEEKY blaze,
comes to us across the centuries as a
dim memory of the fires lit to celebrate
the setting out of the sun on his north
ward journey toward the light and
warmth of summer.
A large candle known as the Yule
candle used also to light the Christmas
eve festivities. 1t was a bad omen if
the candle burned out before the even
ing was at an end.-Detroit Free Press.