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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-16
No. 3
WcStbOund

TFalns Nos. i and 4 connect at
Goldsboro with A. G. L. trains as fol-
lows: No. Al, Southbound; No. AZ,
Northbound; and with Southern Rail-
way trains, No. Ill, Westbound and
No. 1876, Eastbound.
Trains Nos and 3 connect at
Goldsboro with Southern Railway
rains as follows: No. 10S, East
bound No. 1875, Westbound; and with
a. G. l.. trains No. ~, Southbound
No AS, Northbound.
Pullman Sleeping Car and Parlor
Car Service has been discontinued for
the season.
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Naval Stores.

Wilmington Nov 15.-rurpentine nothing
doing 69i2; receipts G. casks.
Rosln nothing doing, 1886; receipts lS8 bbls.
Tar firm. f.S0 receipts rs.
Crude firm 3.3S. G.7S04.7o. receipts l72.
Charleston. Nov. 1S-Turpentine and rosin.
nominal; nothing doing.
Savannah Nov. l5-Turpentine steady. s.;
sales 772. receipts .321. shipments o5.
RoSin, nothing doing. sales, -, receipts 4lS4.
shipments, 80.
4. b. G. AIS; d. 4.3O: T.. 4.45; F. 40; G. AIS: II;
4.S0; L. ABS: X, SEQ: NJ. $50; n, $50; VIC. $50;
" ~ SIS
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New Orleau,s Cotton.

New Orleans, Nov. 15.-s;pnt cotton
unsettled but not - t;,iy l9wer. sales
1000 bales, including zIe to arrive
and 100 T. q. b. I'utgat. uIiS un-
changed; middling II 1-16.
Futures opened 9 to 10 points dow
Influenced by conditions in Liverpool
and New York and the heavy rectitiN
at the ports. During the early trading
prices fuctuated rap:dlv but case.
off to . points by lopn, wien The
active positions were 10 10 points
below yesterdays closing figures. Du"-
ing the afternoon trading Iices re-
covered or ) points. he list ut the
close showing net losses II - 10 -
points
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New York Money.

New York. Nov. 1S.-Money on call iirm
Ga To II per cent closing bid TO- offered at
10; time money firm; 60 and so days 7o5 :;
six months Go. prime mercantile paper 6'G
.. sterling exchange EStrong, with actual
baSi1eSS i'm bankers blllS ~ ass. 7Sd4SSS0 for
demand and ai 49,. l00 4S2 20 for 60 day bills.
posted rates 433d4S3h, and 4S6i2fa 487, com
mercial bills qSli40t......... bar silver 63ia Mex
i.an dollars 1884,.
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the gratifying the Department and
Of
surplus OF the to its financial
nation
by Departments
required by the
OF w.
Respectfully THERON UPSON commissioner
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pool AS a consequence prices showed
only a slight less at the close; the
May delivery being down Ia. Corn
was off is to IA Oats and provis-
ions practically unchanged.
Closing Highest. Lowest. lClosing
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Raleigh Cotton Markc.

Receipts yesterday :. :. - bales
Prices yesterday 10 Ia Gl) 1-2c
Receipts year ago Yesterday ~: bale.
Prices that date =. . .1-S0Ga 3-lc
Receipts TO date. =. 1856 i;lles
Last year same date :. ..565 naicS
Quotations by grades: Strict good
Eiiddling 10 IL Gems. good mic Hing
10 lie cents; strict middling - ia
cents: middling 10 IS cents.
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Bonds were firm. iot1l s3.es tpar
value) $3.I25, 900
t.. :. bonds were all uncnln$ed on
cali.
Total sales stocks a66.l shl:es.
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other Cotton Markets.
Port.
S. A. l.. Stocks and Bonds.
Baltimoree Nov SIS a. l.. common $50
.....; 10 preferred u asked
Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. Nov. Excellent de-
mand for cash wheat at Minneapolis
almost offset in the wheat market to-
day the effect of lower prices at Liver
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New Orleans. Nov l5--COtton futures closed
steady
IIiYerpOOl.

Liverpool. Nov. lS.-Cotton. spot in fair de
mand. prices points higher: American nld-
dIing fair $40 good middling SO middling
5% low mddin9 S.78 good ordinary $50; or
binary 5H. The sales today were 600 bales OF
which OOO were for speculation and export ana
included 8. 400 American Receipts 36. 600 bales.
including 26 900 American.
Futures opened quiet and steady and closed
steady.
American middline:
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The Raleigh Banking and Trust
Company
Corner

M4xF Round Steps Banl)
a o
q Trust and act II any ncia
a
UhO
IA "
A. w.
Thomas O.
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State Of Connecticut


i November FL
HON. President
Company,
rfR0rd
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GRIP ON MONEY
BEGINS TO RELAX
Further Recoveries in the
Stock Market.
THE CLOSING STRONG
A Local Crop Estimate Placing This
Years Yield Little Under EIev-
en- Million Bales Causes Weak
ness in the New York
Market.
lRv the Associated Press. ]

(By the Assoclated FTess.J
New York, Nov. l5.- Activity in
the dry goods market was h;ndared
somewhat by the extent 10 which
goods were sold ahead and ny t.ie
scarcity OF spots. The outlook was f r
continued strength.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
IN AN ANTARCTIC soUALL.
Not a Pleasant Experience with the
temperature at 72 Degrees
of Frost

Suddenly the mist lifted, and the tenn
perature, which generally rose during a
gale, by this time had fallen to 70 de-
grees of frost. The first squat brought
drift snow, and we suffered greatly from
frost bites, while securing our little
camp. writes c. d. Borchgrevinks. in
Antarctic Experiences" in Century
Our reindeer sleeping bags, which, while
warm from previous use, had been packed
on the sledge, where they became quite
hat and frozen hard, so that when the
gale surprised us we had to thaw our
selves gradually into the bags. Later on
we used the dogs to thaw out the bags
Tor us. They always liked to roll upon
anything that was not snow or ice. even
were it but thrown away mitten; ard
they would turn round and round over
it, imagining that they were warme.
there than on the snow When later we
threw our frozen bags on the snow, the
dogs generally clustered together on
them at once, and soon after we could get
into them.
By this time the gale was over us in
earnest, and we took refuge in our sleep
ing bags in the tent. from which we were
not able to extricate ourselves for the
next three nights and days. in which
time we expected the icy floor beneath us
to break up at any moment. Our silk
tent rapidly filled Up with a dense fog
both from our breath and from the heat
given out by the lantern; a thick LAYER Of
frost soon covered the inner walls Of the
tent, and beautiful snow crystals shone
down on US through the ventilation hole
in the bag. The drift snow buried the
tent and the snow pressure left us Just
enough space for our sleeping bags. The
dark little spot which we formed on
those vast white fields was blotted out.
Men, dogs and sledges all disappeared.
and the antarctic gale as it ragged over us
found nothing but cold white solitude.
For three nights and three days VIC
had to take turns in standing on all
tours to prevent being smothered b.
the pressure of the snow. From tins
to time the Laps Joined in melancholy
native hymns, the monotony of which
seemed in a remarkable degree to har.
monte with the rage of the blizzard
over our heads. We had brought a
small aluminium cooking stove with us
into the tent, and with difficulty VIC
prepared warm meal But in the
cold the metal stuck to our fingers
and it was not pleasant to have ones
turn at cooking. We roasted the
heart of a seal. but other parts we ate
raw. The dogs were completely showed
under. Some of them had eaten the
straps of their harness in order to free
themselves; but they were still un-
able to move, being frozen to the ice
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
a PERPETUAL PASSENGER.
Woman Utilities Extraordinary Priv
ilege Accorded Her for
Brave Act.

1t sometimes happens that trivial cir
cumstances lead to an entire change in
the course of ones life In an article
describing some of the queer things that
are done by persons to whom passes have
been given in return for valuable service
an eastern newspaper tells of a young
woman to whom such a pass was in eff
feet a means of gaining a living: "A
good many years ago there 6welt a young
woman on the coast of England not very
far from the mouth Of the Mersey. She
was used to seeing the waves come comb
ing to the cliffs on which her home was
built and she was not afraid of the wa
ter. On a wintry night the storm howled
around the chimneys and she knew that
many a poor sailor lad was in distress
far out at sea.
"She was of the plucky build who do
not fear the elements at their worst, ard
so she left her cottage and watched.
Soon she observed thelights CT a steamer
making for the shore, and if the course
was continued she knew there would be
a bad wreck and probably many lives
lost. So she fixed up flare which
at sea means any old sort of thing
which will attract attention by the blaze
# makes. Her flare was seen and under
stood ard the ship kept off the coast until
there was sufficient light to make the
mouth Of the river The ship was a
peninsular and oriental boat, nal ing
Liverpool on a special trip. One Of the
directors of the line heard the story ana
became so interested that he visited the
pirl in her cliff home. She would not ac-
cept money for her act, but he finally
forced on her life pass on the line OF
steamers which run so far to the east
that they meet themselves coming back
She took the pass and laid it away.
"some time elapsed and she did rot
seem to be caught UP by any likely Young
man. She got so that it was necessary
10 support herself, when she sucoenly
ror,eTn bered the pass. She put it into
efaot Of once. THIS woman, 70 lorger
= oirl. now makes her home on the PENN
sular and oriental steamers ard mas
visited every port from Hafodate, in
Iapan. 10 the Mersey mouth. she is the
only original globe trotter. for she IS al
u,oys moving and seeing queer haTbors'
The mass was given merely as an exhibit
t;nr Of good will, but it proved life
saver for her She practically marrleu
the steamship line.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
SATURN'S SATELLITE.
It's Discovery in 1899 Has Only of
Late Received Authentic
Confirmation.

One of the most interesting recent
astronomical discoveries is that of
Phoebe, the ninth satellite of Saturn.
announced in 1899 by Prof William Fl.
Picherng, as having been found on
photographs made at the Harvard uni
versity observatory, at Arequipa, in
Peru. The data, says Youths Com
panion, were not then sufficient to
furnish satisfactory determination OF
her orbit.
Confirmation of the discovery has
been long delayed, probably because
the planet has been crossing the re-
gion of the milky way, where stars
are so numerous that its verifcation
would be difficult. Naturally astrono-
mers had become somewhat skeptical
as to Phoebe's real existence, suspect
ing that some mistake might have
been made in interpreting faint spots
on the photographs.
But complete confirmation comes al
last in a Harvard bulletin just ISSUE
stating that the satellite has been
found again upon numerous Arequipa
plates, IL of which, made in and since
last April, furnish the elements for a
reasonably accurate prediction of its
position.
The calculation of the orbit is well
in hand, and the results will be given
in a volume of the Harvard Annals
soon to appear. The satellite is ex-
tremely small, probably too faint to
be seen through any existing teles-
cope, but we can photograph what
cannot be seen.
AS to its orbit, all that can be said
at present is that the distance from
the planet must be between $500. 600
and 100000 miles, and the period of
revolution about II months. For fur
Their and more precise information we
must await the finished computations
OF the six satellites discovered dur
ing the last century all but the satel-
lite Neptune were found by American
astronomers-the seventh satellite of
Saturn by Bond in 1S49; the two satei-
lites of Mars by Hull in 1877; Jupi-
ter's satellite by Barnard in 1892, and
now Phoebe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
40 Restore the sphinx.

A project is on foot in Alexandria for
restoring the Sphinx. near the Great
Pyramid of Ghizeh, to its original con-
dition. Thick layers of soil completely
cover the head of the monument, while
the lower parts are greatly obscured by
accumulations of sand. tits proposed to
clear all these accumulationsa away and to
clean the head completely. When the
worK has been completed the Sphinx will
once more appear, if not in its first
freshness, at least in the grandeur of its
original proportions,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
SMOOTHLY RUNNING WHEEL
1t Went Around All Right Until the
Visitor scraped His Heel
on the Floor.

Yes" said the manager. as they
stood in awe before the great machine.
IT'S perfect. See how smoothly it
runs, and remember the weight OF that
, ny wheel, viii you?" The great wheel.
70 feet in diameter, revolyed nolseless-
ly, the belt Tapping with an OCCASION
al jerN, as the JOINT came in sight,
says the Dallas TEX News
An oily person in blue cottonade
scowled at the visitors and continued
to pour oil into the little glass cups,
thick, yellow oil that seemed a most
satisfactory lubricant. AS the party
turned one scratched his heel on the
iron-covered floor, and weird Shrek
rent the air, The person in blue leaped
in the air with his hair bristling. The
party, including the manager, made
for the door The only brave one was
the man who had caused the trouble.
He was interested.
The engineer poked his head into
the whiriing belts and began to scat
ter oil.
"Cre-e-e-e-ak!" the visitor ran his
foot across the floor again.
The engineer lodged back with af-
frighted face and around the machine
where he peeped into every crevice.
"C.ne out" called the manager.
Something's about to break"
"Cre-e-e-e-ak!"
Again the engineer tore around the
great machine, dripping oil all over i.
The machine gave another creak, this
time a hollow groan, for the visitor
had miscalculatcd the force, and with
a howl the engineer threw off the belt,
and the ponderous wheel slowly halt
ed
We'll" said the engineer, I'll be
hanged if know what it is, but / got
to find out"
Maybe It was my foot scraping the
floor" said the visitor, feeling pity
for him.
Foot nothin'," said the engineer.
rudely. 9TH machines busted, II
people would only ten to their bust
ness they'd get along better.
Then the visitor left, and the en-
eineer began to unscrew all the nuts
and bolts, swearing enthusiastically
under his breath until such time as
the manager should be out OF hearlns
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
Primitive Paper Making.

In Madagascar Kind of writing paper
used by some of the native notables and
the fetish priests is made from the bark
of a shrub named hahova The bark
fiber is boiled and macerated until a
thin paste is obtained. Then leaf Of
the plant called ravinla, or travellers
tea, is coated with pulp. formed from a
particular kind of rice. and over this is
spread the hahova paste. on both sides
of the leaf After the coating has thor
oughly dried and adhered. it is polished
with smooth shell, and the paper is
ready for use in writing. The manufqc-
ture Of the ink employed like that of the
paper itself is monopoly of the no
tables and priests who use it. This pa
per may be bought by European travel
ers at about cent and a half per sheet,
but only few hundred sheets are pre-
duced in month.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
VALUE DOMESTIC ANIMALS
81 Amount of Money Invest
Cd IN Agriculture in the
United States.


bol 1ue average city man were asked
a. @ y thought the price Of domes' =
~ an.,-.is IN the United States eonrore :,
m masu tne market values a wear aeo ~
"ouiu doubtless think first Of he o, ~
Ieadea Ihen, says the Cleveland
, napi, ne would remember thar auto
tL oDiies were much more in evidence
,H@n they were 10 months back in tbs
ns oi the motor carriage businoes
iie could not be expected to bavo 49,
n onan aim and uncertain notions Of tbe
p =. Oh sheep, which is greatly affected
W the market for wool
20 the average town-dweller WOULD
De hkeiy to guess that cattle wero ~
i rI as high as they were a year ago
ne would have the same opinion &C r.
noes' and he would think Of what tho
Du''her asks for lamb and mutton and
put sheep in the same class He rniobt
esllma.e the average price of horses
somewhat less than it was at the he
ginning of 1902. 'iie oe-
once year the American Agrucp1t,r.
alist' weekly paper devoted ~ forn,
interests, takes much pains to ascertain
eHe market value of domestic animals
~ tne United States and the changes
"hich have taken place in the -
months preceding. This winter IFS fe-
ures seem to prove that the natural
guess OF the city man would be WRONG
in all respects. .
COWS Kept for milk are about ~ nor
cent cheaper Other cattle are renort :
60 70 average 10 per cent. less in mar
het value than year ago. Hogs are
ABOUT nine per cent. lower. Sheen have
lost w per cent. of their market price
but horses are rated six per cent. more
'nan they were last winter.
II IS clear that the automobile has
not hurt the market for horses in any
such sense as might have Kept the ad-
vance from being as great as it would
Otherwise have been. AS for the de-
cine in the price of farm animals used
lot human food and the lack of any
corresponding change in the cost Of
meat to consumers. that is a sore point
with many people who are Obliged TO
consider carefully what they buy. If
the great packing companies and the
retail dealers in meats have any good
explanation for the conditions reported.
they keep it to themselves. The curl
osity Of the public isnot satisfied.
The enormous value of domestic ami
mails, in the aggregate is shown most
strikingly by the fact that the decline
in market prices during the past year.
a change which has not been more than
about three per cent. is calculated at a
net decrease of $1200OOG0O. Nothing
more is NEEDED TO show how vast the farm
ing interests Of the American people are
and how prodigious the investment of
the nation in agriculture has become.
tits still the greatest of all industries.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
ohlSP BANK NOTES.
WILL BE supPIANTED BY SOFT
AND VEIvETY BILLS.
eminent Printing Bureau. WV
g Some Interesting Par
ticulars.

The days Of the erisn -,
nano instead Of being crisp the
money which the government si,. lhe
~ engraving and printing will bere ecu
turn out will be soft and vai,. .sai 'e y
important experiments which arc 80 1 Il
. Deins conducted in the presence =,
treasury officials for the pmrnosa " "
demonstrating the advantages If -. =,
en '. treatment for paper nrov :,
Sa'isiactory Theresult of the adon+Io,
~ the new secret process saws cava 49,
3'at.oner, viii be to revolutioni.o
portion OF the work connected NIL, :, d
printing Of the paper money oftbeIIn,t ~ !
states Under the new process II VII,
taxes Just 60 days less time 10 mo 49,
iacture a bank-note than under ~.
present present method. The chemical soln
'loh not only renders the paner sof,
anu YeiYety, but it also makes Il non
shrinkable. By applying it TO a Iono non
csc napkin that article hecon,oa
SOFT and pliable as a tissue Of siil-
Inc chemical preparation acts 90 ~
anuseptic and preservative. when on
plisd TO old documents If saems =.
ihlt the hber together and prevent fur
'ner decay Under the present nroces.
~ printing paper money the paper has
10 De thoroughly soaked in wator
Whlle it is in this soaked CONDITION ona
SIDE OF the paper is printed. THE sbeaT
IS then placed in a steam-room ana
Kept under a high temperature for %
Gays, the time necessary for tho inl, -
cry Inc sheet is again soaked az in
the hrst instance and the reverse sido
OF the bill printed. The 3O-dav drving
process then has to be repeated IN
cases where third impression ON tho
Dll is necessary, which is required when
me printing is done in two colors tho
Wetting and drying process has TO he
repeated for third time. and another
iionth IS thus consumed in its produc-
ton. Besides the delay of this process
thf wetting and drying rot the fiber of
the paper, and although it is "starcbedr
70 give II the crisp appearance tho
starch soon wears out and the bin he
comes limp and worn. In printing bills
on paper that has been treated by the
rev process no wetting is necessary
ne lnF loses none Of its luster when an
pl;ed to the paper, as under the old
process and is thoroughly dry within 43
hours after the printing is done.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
Thipetan Women.

AS if nature had not been unkind
enough, the Thibetan woman heightens
her ugliness by smearing her face with
a horrible black ointment to keep her
skin from cracking in the dry wind. Her
dress is not very different from her hus-
bands. Her browning glory is her hair!
Plastered down with butter from the
part to the ears, it goes off behind into
sunburst Of small braids, to which is
fastened a great fan-shaped headdress
falling to the hem of her garments. 1t
is of spreading strips ofsred and blue
cloth, joined horizontally by iron bands.
and ornamented with countless coral and
malachite. beads, silver coins and tiny
bells. The one poetic thing about Thi-
betan woman is the sound of her going
soft melodious tinkle, belying the gro
tesqueness of her face.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
Rejected Foods.

Cows milk is said to be abhorreu Oy
the Japanese and rabbits are never
eaten bv the Abyssinians, who explain
that rabbits are too much IKE ols
rats The natives of the Sandwich Is
lands would. not take caviar for a sliL
Cheese in Mexico is simply Gurus Gurus
desiccated and pressed in pancaNs :
shane. and even then it is patronizeu
onIy by the Caucasion colonists: Inc
half-breeds accept it with hes, ,lo,.
and two-ounce slice of LlmouIEe -
would stampede tribe OF mountain mountain
indians They resent it as practical :,
ioEe in questionable taste. But why J
tbe Koreans eschew ice cream, a. -. .
traveller reports is the case, Is ieSo
easv to explain. Perhaps they s 5a'rv
the Japanese prejudice against i,. aa,,D
products or the Chinese prealle Dat,n
for superheated tidbits,-Chicaso i''i'
News. .a...
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
Had Made a Change.

isn't there something in my policy y
asFed caller at an insurance Office the
other day, "about my having to report
any change of residence?'
YES. sir" said the man at the nearest
desk, picking up pen. Where have
you moved to-"
81 haven't moved anywhere" rejoined
the caller. 81 have made a change in my
residence by painting it light straw coll
or and putting chimney pot on the
kitchen chimney | think that's all.
Good day!"-Stray Stories.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
Tea Serving in Japan.

No servant is ever permitted to serve
tea in Japanese house. 1t is the privi-
lege of the daughter to make the bever-
age while the guest who has last arrived
guest in the same bowl. which has to be.
washed and dried each time, and so the
tea ceremony" is apt to be long one.
1t is probably fer this reason that strict
etiquette forbics the presence of Eore
than five at such ten parties,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
Suspicious.

Jasper often wonder why Jenkins
is not more popular, for he is the most
polite man l know.
Jumpuppe-That is just the trouble.
He is so confoundedly polite he leaves
the impression that he wants to Dor
row money.-Town Topics.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-30
In Kansas.

Squire Smith, of Harrison township
:, 1Eiowa county, has handed down
la,,o new law. A man was brought be-
fore him the other day charged with as
I'll Iii The defendant admitted the crime
s So soid that he was justified in commit
80 II because the complaining witness
pad called him lot Of vile names ne
nov ,p,,iro discharged the prisoner, saying
hat man who would cuss another &C.
s .or,ed 10 be licked Kansas City Jour
mol