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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-16

Blue and Gray Association Selects
North Carolina Resort.
(By the Associated Pres

(By the Associated PreSS.}
Fitzgerald, Ga. March 13.-The
Blue and Gray Association at its an
nual encampment here today selected
Southern Pines. N. c.. for the neNt re-
union. The following officers were
elected:
Commander in Chief, Major B. T.
Dixon, North Carolina. -
Senior Vice Commander, Captain
VIM. NJ. Mccormick. Georgia.
Junior Vice Commander, Captain
| Joseph Price, Florida.
Chaplain in Chief. Rev. w. S. Har-
den, Georgia.
Judge Advocate Geenral. O. S. Dem
ing, Warren Q.
h Quartermaster General, .. II.
Worth, Texas.
A national auxiliary was organized
today with Mrs. T. ]. Stockton. Of
| Chicago, as president and Mrs. Lena
Burdick, of Fitzgerald, as secretary.
The encampment closed this after
noon.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-16
Tobacco Growers May Organize.

Hon. joel B.. Fort, h silver-tonsued
orator OF the West. and general or
canizer of the Western Tobacco Grow
ers' Association, will address the pee
pie at Intelligence, March Is. The ob-
iect Of these meetings is to thoroughly
organize the farmers for their ntutua!
protection. This noted speake comes
from q section that has succeeded
Everybody interested in the welfstT2 OF
the tobacco growing section can Ueii
afford to devote one day to these meet
ings. We promise that you Will pc
entertained and instructed me ladies'
are es%pe?ially invited to attend.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-16
Night on Bald Mountain.

On a lonely night Alex: Benton: or
Fort edward. N. Y. climbed Bald
to the home Of a neigfbor.
tortured by Asthma, bent en- curing
him with DR.. Kings New
that. had cured himself Of asthma.
This wonderful medicine soon reheVed
+ cured his sons wife of a severe
lung trouble. Millions believe its the
greatest Throat and Lung cure on
Earth. Coughs, Colds. Group, Hem
and Sore Lungs are surrey
cured by. it. Best for Hay feVer;
Grip and Whooping cough. QUO. an.
4-3 ro.Iio 1ise. uaiditt
by all druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-16
Naval Stores.

Charleston. S. c.. March, 13.-Tur-
pentine quiet 81 3-4.
ROSin quiet.
quote: A. 3, G. D. s.o5@3.o7 IL:
E, 300 3.12 IL; F, SIS; G, 3.15M
81 Il; H.. $40; I, 400; X, 49,; NJ.
$40; N, $50 500; w. c., 500 a 6.35;
w. W., sos a $40.
Savannah. Ca. March 13.-Turpen-
tine firm SO IL: sales 61: receipts, So;
shipments, 426.
Rosin firm; sales AT; receipts, IS;
shipments, 43S; stock, 152,122.
Quote: B and D, $50: E, 3.22 IL;
F, 3.25; G., 3.27 IL; II. $50; |. 10;
K, sos; M, $50: n, 500 a 6.35; w.
G., 6.1Om6.45; w. W., SIS @ $50.
Wilmington, N. c.. March ID
Spirits turpentine steady 81 Id; re-
ceipts 2 casks.
Rosin steady, $50; receipts, SO bar
rels.
Tar firm, LAO: receipts sc barrels.
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Dry Goods Market.

New York. March 13.-The demand
for cotton goods was very small with
primary houses during the day, but
jobbers did a very active trade. The
demand foc linen for the next fall
season continues unabated and some
lines are being shown for spring of
1910. Burlaps were in better de-
mand through the week. A good
amount of spOt goods are being sold
at last weeks prices.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-16

The Daughters of the C~onfederacy
will give a barbecue in the Capltai
Club Cafe on March 24th. the pro
ceeds so derived will go to the tuna
for the erection Of an arch at the
Confederate Cemetery in this city.
Mrs. M. T. Norris is chairman OF tue
! orhac,,a committee. Next week the
committee will solicit contributions
from the members of the Daughters
of the Confederacy for the barbecue.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-16
Chicago Grain.

Chicago, March IA deadlock
prevailed in the wheat market today
and prices moved over a narrow range.
At the close prices Shove almost no
change from the final quotations of
the previous session. Corn closed
easy; oats steady and provisions weak.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-16
Col. William McGinnis Here.

Among the visitors to Raleigh Is
Col. William McGinnis, a special agent
of the United States Postoffice De-
partment. Colonel McGinnis has been
lin for thirty-seven years
and he has friends IN a sections of
the county
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-16

frmer, spot contract 1.25 "a @ 1876;
Southern on grade 1.23M1.25 1-2.
Corn firm. spot contract 10 Is q
- IA; Southern yellow 71@73.
oats hrmer: No. 2 mixed, 81 1-2 %
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-16
Norfolk Peanut Markets.

Official wholesale quotations.
The prices are strictly wholesale
(nOt job lots) n represent prices OBJ
tanned on actual sales Yesterday.
Market strong on good peanuts.
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Liverpool Cotton.

Liverpool, March 13.-Closing
Spot cotton quiet, prices . points high
er; American nliddling fair $50: good
middlinS 80: middling 80; low
binary 4.22. The sales OF the day
were 1000 bales. Of which 500 were
tor speculation and export ard in
clude $500 American. Receipts
1000 bales, all American.
Futures opened quiet and steady and
closed cuiet. March sol 1-2: March
April 5.01 1-2: April-May 5.o1 Ia;
May-June 500 IL; June-July sos;
J~uly-August sos IL; August-Septem-
49, l.; October-Eovenber 4.94 IL;
Observation-Disclosures 4.92 L.; De-
cember-January 4,91 Il; January
February 4.91.
Additional sales to the trade made
late yesterday amounted to 1000
bales, all American.
New Orleans Cotton.
New Orleans, La. March 13.-Spot
cotton quiet and steady unchanged:
middIing.9 1-16: sales on the spot 400
bales; to arrive none Futures opened
barely steady, unchanged to l point
up. \ variety Of causes worked to
support the market but longs sold out
freely and prevented any material rise.
Soon after the first CAP prices We're l
TO 2 points uD on good SPOT sales IN
Liverpool. This was the highest OF
the day. the market Sagglng OFT TO a
net decline of 4 to > points Too lnnch
rain in the East half of the cotton belt
prevented Il further decline. The close
was steady with prices unchanged to
: POINTS net down.
Closing bids: March 9.%1: April
80; May as; June 9.53; July 9.o9,
October 9.27.
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baltimore Produce.

Baltimore. Md. March 13.-Wheat
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Swans on the Thames.

Over 200 cygnets have been reared
on the Thames between Southwark
Bridge and Marsh Lock, Henley, dur
ing the last season. The largest
brood was one of nine cygnets at
Halliford. The black swans at Cor
ing, which are owned by the Vint-
ners Company, have also multiplied.
Altogether there are about 500
swans on the Thames between the
places indicated, the King being the
owner Of the greatest number and the
remainder being the property of tie
Dyers and Winners comprehension.
don Evening Standard.
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FASHION NOTES.

The directoire tie, made of err
Chef lace, is pretty finish TO tn.
dressy blouse.
Ihere is a rage now for cream white
suits, worn with hat and accessories
Of nut brown.
Gray suede boots with pearl but
tons are attractively worn with gray
walking suits.
White ties with dark gowns are seen
IN some costumes, but the idea is in
poor style.
Kimono dresses for the little folk
are cool and simple enough to in.
sure style and comfort.
1t is predicted that the pannier will
have prominent place in evening
gowns.
The Russian cossack and tho mill.
tsry effects bid fair to have a strong
vogue in millinery.
Hats persist in their biggest shapes.
and most of the new models turn rak.
ishly at one side.
The polonaise is a growing fash.
ion, and it is promised that a good
many will be seen this season.
The foulard vogue is at it's height
and in its class this graceful fabric
is absolutely unrivaled.
A subtle suggestion of color is con.
sidered more fashionable than the
more definite and vivid hues.
White cream and ecru net blouses
are not difficult to dye, and it may
be successfully done at home.
Dresses of all-over embroidery and
lace have made quite a hit and are
likely to last for some time.
New neck chains are made with
pendants of gold peacocks, the tails
of which are set with various stones.
A good many gowns of princess
build are being trimmed to simulate
LWo-piece garments-gowns and coats.
Hat brims seem to get lower and
lower. Unless they cover almost the
entire head they are not modish.
Buttons covered with the material
Of the gown on which they are EN-.
ployed are the latest development.
There is fad for parasol handles
carved in the shapes of birds, parrots
seeming to be the most popular.
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consequently better seen from the
Southern Hemisphere. About May
IL the comet will be only 100000
or 100000 miles from the earth.
although for more than a month it
will have been retreating from the
sun.
Just what its appearance will be no
one can predict. 1t is the Proteus of
space. 1t may blaze with amazing
splendor, as it did when trembling
Europe saw it in an avatar of the
conquering sword of the Prophet of
Mecca, or it may be relatively insig-
nificant. But in any event it will fix
the attention of mankind, and for as
tronomers will be the most interest,"
ing phenomenon seen in the sky for
many decades.
Professor Serviss, in this article.
gives data which can probably be
found nowhere else in lay publica-
tions. The returns Of Halley's comet
he says, have recently been traced
back to the year 24O B. c., but it has
probably been revolving in its ellipti.
cal orbit very much longer than that.
Halley's discovery, after its appear
ance In 1852, that it was a regular
visitor to the neighborhood of the
sun has always ranked as one of the
capital triumphs of astronomy. His
suspicion that the comet of 1852 was
not paying its first visit to the sun
was based upon the similarity be-
tween its orbit in space and the orbits
OF two other comets, which had an
peared in 1907 and 1881, respective
ly. (He did not guess it's identity
with the comets of 1456 and 1861.
II the three were identical, then the
same comet ought to return again af-
ter another interval of about seventy.
six years. Accordingly, HALEY VEN
tured the prediction that the comet
would be back again in 1853. He
died in 1742, seventeen years before
the fulfllment Of his prophecy.
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T. A%l{0=QMtMlNx -

{ tip. Both maids and hostess usually
know your financial status, and the
latter would only be worried by ex.
travagant tipping.
II you have made demands upon
the time of maid, such as asking
her to press dress for YOU. she
should be quietly given something for
her trouble at the time. You would
nave to pay an outsider for such
work, and have no right to eXpect it
as favor.
II at all possible do not get into
the way of expecting your friends
maids to do such things for you. Hunt
laundress, Or, if you can do your
own pressing, ask your hostess when
IL VIII be convenient for you to go
into the laundry to do a little fresh
enlng UP to your clothes. If she in
slsts upon having it done for you, &C.
cept, as she may prefer it to your
presence in her kitchen.
Make it rule, whenever possible.
TO pay for your baggage on the train.
This saves embarrassment later. In
the country where you must be met
1t is out of the question, but try to
be present to fee the men who carry
your trunk to your room.
Never fee ostentatiously. It is
the height of bad taste. Also do
not get into the habit of letting your
hosts pay your way as a right.
There are many excursions where
the hosts assume all obligations:
these must not be questioned, but &C
copied gracefully. If you propose lit.
tie trips or if you pay long visit.
insist upon paying your share of car
fare and other expenses.
The money side of visiting requires
delicate handling. You do not wish
to be a "beat" or a sponge:
on the other hand, nothing is
worse taste than neutrality-suspicious.
or pickering acceptance of the era.
cious hospitality that would assume
all financial responsibility for
Rittenhouse, in the Phi.
adelphia Ledger.
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TRAGEDIES OF THE POLE AS TOLD IN HISTORY
Discovery Lessons Dangers Of the Sea.


The dream of finding the NORTH
Pole has for centuries lured explorers
scientists and daring adventures.
The first polar expedition was sent
out by Henry VIII. Of England in
1927. One ship was lost off New
foundland, the other returned to Eng
land. In 1896 William BarentZ, al
the head of Dutch expedition
searching for the Northwest Passage
was the first to cross the eightieth de-
gree Of north latitude Captain Parry
in 1927 was the first to use sledges in
Arctic exploration.
In 1845 Sir John Franklin pene-
trated the ice fields in the Erebus and
Terror, and thereby gave the Arctic
its greatest tragedy. 1t was not until
1859 that information of the two
ships was obtained in the form of a
brief record written in 1S47, when
twenty-four men had persisted Many
searching expeditions were sent out,
but the full story of the loss of
Franklin and all his men never has
been learned
Walter Wellman. an American, left
the Island of Spitzbergen for the Pole
in a balloon August IS, 1909. His
airship became disabled after he had
travelled thirty miles and he was
forced to return. "a
In 1906 Commander Robert E.
Peary, U. 8. NJ, reached 81 degrees 6
minutes, equivalent; to about 203
miles from the Pole.
On September 3, 1905, Captain
Road Amundsen, a Norwegian. COM
pleted the first voyage through the
Northwest Passage He left Chris
tiania on the Gioa, June II, 1903.
and arrived at Herschele Island. in
the Arctic Ocean, in September Of
1905.
In 1904 Baron Toll, Russian, led
a Polar expedition party by way of
Siberia, but all the members persisted
from the cold
In 1903 Erickson, Dane, headed
an expedition and got as far as Saun-
der's Island, where they were res
cued in destitute condition. In the
same year Anthony Fiala, a young
Brooklyn explorer, sailed on the ship
America and proceeded further north
than the Duke of the Abruzzi. His
party endured great hardships before
they were rescued.
The Duke of the Abruzzi made his
expedition in 1900
In 1895 DR.. Nansen reached Sc de-
grees IA minutes on the vessel Fran,
which left Ingor Strait August 4,
1893.
Professor Andre made his fatal
balloon trip in 1897. He left Tron-
soc, Norway, in his balloon, the
Eagle, bound for the Pole. Since his |
departure nothing authentic has been
heard of Professor Andre.
In 1881 Captain De Longs expe-
dition in the Jeanette was lost near
Henrietta Island
In 1882 the Greedy expedition
reached SO degrees "a minutes.
And what will science do with the
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A COMET SOON TO APPEAR.
Watch For the Coming Big Free Show in
the Sky.
the Sky,

4 The biggest free show that this
generation will have seen Will soon
be given. Its arena will be high up
in the sky, where everybody may see
it, and there will be no need of crowd
ing. Professor Garrett P. Serviss,
noted as writer on popular astron-
omy, tells all about it in the current
number of Hampton's Magazine. 1t
will be One-star shOw-the return
of Halley's comet. The last time it
was seen by the people on earth was
in 1885. and it is now in the last
stages of a journey of 6,SOO,O0O,0 900
miles which had to be made to play
this return date.
Again, Notwithstanding the ad-
vance Of science, fear will mingle
with wonder at its apparition. A
thrill of apprehension will be felt by
millions who see its fiery head plow-
ing through the stars and its sword
shaped tail brandished over the
earth, as ii monitory Of unknown and
unavoidable evil.
Astronomers have calculated that
HaIley's comet must have crossed in
side the orbital distance of Jupiter
from the sun about the LIST of last
January. In the middle of January
its distance from the earth was esti-
mated at 100000 miles. During
the late fall it is expected to become
visible to the naked eye, after hav-
ing. for months before, been photo
graphed and studied with telescopes.
It will slowly brighten during next
winter, being visible from nearly all
parts Of the earth. Gradually ap-
preaching the sun, it will make its
perihelion passage, at distance of
about 66,000,0OO millions from the
solar globe, on the 18th of next April.
It's greatest brightness is expected to
occur after the perihelion passage,
wnen It will draw nearer the earth.
and be visible in both the evening and
sky. But at that time 1t will
~ south Of the celestial equator. and
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Pole now that it has been found?
What good is it? What does it's dis.
covery mean, beyond the daring ex.
plot of courage and endurance?
It means that for the first time in
the history of the world an accurate
chart of the globe can be fashioned.
Until the exact shape of the earth is
known no boundary line can be drawn
with absolute correctness, and shoals
and dangerous rocks along the sea
coasts cannot be plotted with unerr-
ing certainty The discovery of the
Pole will settle the great question OF
the earth's llipticity-whether or
not there is a fiattening of the sur.
face at the poles. At the present
time, in all calculations, in survey
ing as well as charting. there is an
error to be figured upon. A mistake
in making the proper correction OF
the sea sometimes runs the ship upon
the rocks. The most decisive data
concerning the elliptical contour of
the earth can be obtained only
through observations at the poles.
Mans first arrival at the point
where there is no north also means
the discovery of the most valuable in
formation regarding the origin and
existence of the human race. This
was set forth by Walter Wellman on
the occasion of Pearys departure for
the Arctic in 1900. Mr.. Wellman
said:
"The North Pole is great prize to
win. 1t is worth winning not alone
because the world stands ready to
applaud and reward him who first
sets foot there, but because in the do
ing of it great benefits are to be
gained for the human race and for
the cause of knowledge.
"The pioneer expedition to the
heart of the inner polar region, to the |
Pole itself or its vicinity, will not only |
bring back a story of adventure, of |
of achievement which will |
stir the blood of all who admire cour-
age and physical prowess and triumph |
over the difficulties of nature, but it |
will return with valuable informa-
ton regarding the magnetic and cleo
trical forces of the earth, now so little
concerning meteorology
and geology, the form and extent of
lands, if any exist; the
depths of the sea and the currents
thereof, the organic life of our own
and past ages, and the great problem
Of glaciation, which involves the his
tory of the human race"
All sorts of meteorological, tidal
and magnetic observations must be
made at the Pole before full COM
of natures laws and
processes can be obtained.
The North Pole is simply the math-
ematical point which marks the
lorthern termination of the axis of
he earth. It is a place where there
Ire 80 degrees of latitude or none,
md $50 degrees of longitude or none,
ust as one prefers to look at it. At
he North Pole there is no west nor
asst nor north. Whatever way a man
topped he would have to go south.
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NO COSTLY WEDDING GIFTS FOR
HER.

Several 'brides-to-be are crying, oh.
SO dreadfully loud, that they don't
want any wedding gifts. Yet those
girls cannot possibly be wholly scorn-
full of the things that used to be
grouped under the head of numerous
and COSTLY" A girl who is to be
married soon was asked by an intim-
ate friend what she would like for
a wedding present mo jewelry.
please was the quick reply; land l
don't want any silver. But you can
give me Persian rugs or real grand
fathers clock, or carved oak chest
or a four-post bedstead with carved
posts. l like useful things" Useful!
And the friend had thought of SIM
pie silver pie knife!-New York
Press.
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THEY LOVE TO DINE AFLOAT.

Just to show how the love of moon
light dining has spread let it be set
down that floating tea shops have ap-
peared in England. They supply
dainty tea baskets to oarsmen upon
the Maidenhead reach of the Thames.
A punt is used as the parent ship,
and upon this the tea is made and
cakes and jams are spread. Other
boats ply up and down for custom
ers, returning for a fresh cargo of
tea baskets when sold out. No one
can mistake the punt, for it is paint
ed vivid green, with the sign, Tea
and Refreshment Punt" running from
end to end.-New York Press
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MRS. HOLLISTER, PRESIDENT.

Mrs. Lillian NJ. HOLSTER OF De-
troit has been elected president OF
the National Council of Women; Mrs.
Kate Wallarbach Barrett of Washing
ton. vice-president; Mrs. Flo Jane
son Miller of Wilmington, Ill.,, CORES
ponding secretary; DR.. Emma f. Bow
err of Detroit. recording secretary, and
Mrs. NJ. Josie Nelson of Union City,
Ind. treasurer York Sun.
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MRS. MACKAY'S LETTER.

Mrs. Clarence Mackay published a
letter in the suffrage papers stating
that the Equal Franchise Society is
working for universal suffrage, not
for the municipal suffrage alone, as
had been reported. Mrs. Mackay or
ganiZed the Equal Franchise Society
and is one of it's leading members
New York Sun.
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HIS ARGUMENT WON.

"But l don't want man wv
thirty" -
How old are you, sir, may asa
"Fifty-two."
"Ain't you as good business nA'
as you ever were?" .:s4
Il am"
so am l." declared the apphcAAs
and got the job.
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THE CULTURED CUISINE

$50 your daughter has been
cooking SCHOOL,"
"Yes," answered Mrs. Mcuuui.'. -.
81 suppose she has helped aio0s :
household economies?"
mot exactly. She has mace W
preciate our regular cook SO m.
that we have to raise her wages s'sn
time she threatens to leave. IVA.
l1gton Star.
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The 3-year-old son and heir of the
Car Nicholas is insured for $780,
900, and is said to pay the highest
premium in the world.
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AN INNOVATION.

"At a recent commencement
naughty girl swept off the stage
Well, that was a practical thesis
Did any graduate demonstrate Tia
cooking of a steak?" -Washingtol
Herald.
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NO PLACE FOR BOSSY.

Mr.. Nurich Cooking at new pE'
ture)-"Well, there 1t is, Maria. =
genuine Try-on, the dealer calls y
Well hang it up in the drorin' room
Mrs. Nurich-"Mercy, John! W.
can't have a cow in the droTh
room. Boston Transcript.
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HIS BAD BREAK.

He-"Indeed, Miss Rox. you A.
che only girl l ever loved. All, yoa
smile. Well, l suppose you've had
that sort of thing said to you for tn
past twenty years"
She (indignantly)-"Sir!" -Bostui
Transcript.
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NEVER RECOVERED

Sapleigh-"Yaas. I loved a si,
once and she made a fool of me -
MISS keen-"What lasting imn,n
slons some girls make."-Bos,,,
Transcript.
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WE PROBABLY SHOULD.

WE PROBABLY SHUULD'
"You and l condemn John y. DIV
hyfeller. Z
I'VE do" :.
"Yet if we knew him well enousA
10 have him grunt when he passed W
wouldn't we think him pretty sooS
chap?"-Louisville Courier-Journal