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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13
NETWORK FUTURES.
IRREGULAR AFTER
THE BIG ADVANCE
Closed Net One Up to Four
Points Lower, With Near
Months Relatively Firm
Offerings Well Taken; Spots,
Middiing Upiands, 1850.

New York. Jan. 1O.--Thc cotton mar
het today showed nsiderabie irrecularity
Following yesterdays big advance. An
early decline wss practically recovered,
however. aud the close was steady net /
point higher tn 4 points lower; with near
months relatively firm.
There appeared to ne q good deal Of
realizing at the start. Somewhat disap
pointing Liverpool. cables and reports Of
business failures from Pittsburg and two
or three other sections of the country seem
Ell 70 inspire some renewal " bear pres
sure rs Well az pront taking by rerent
buyers and after opening steady at Il de-
clinc OF = To 10 points. active mouths sold
about . to ~ points net lower. Offer
Tugs were we'll taken AT this decline, owing
To a continued good dcmand from com
mission houses and purchases OF March
by prominent spot interests and rallies
followed witt, March leading the advance
and selling At couple Of points above last
nights closing figures in the late trading.
Fall River sales II print cloths for the
week were estimated at 200.30O pieces, eoRi-
pared with i1J.0M last year and the week
Curiailmnnr wa.: placed at about @.OOQ
pieces compa red With $4,000 last year.
Spot cotton, quiet %uiddlsng upiands,
l2.D; iniddiine Calf, 12.I5.
Sales. none.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13
TOBACCO FIGURES
SHOWING GROWTH
Dec. Of 1913 Leads Month of
s1212 5,OO0,0 900 Lbs.
Western and Piedmont Mar
kets Selling Bulk; Big Prices
Have Not Taken all the
Weed Away.

\ gain Of nearly 300. 060 pounds
on leaf market soors for December,
1913. owe December, 1912, supports
the tobacco experts opinion that the
135, e00, 900 pound mark wlh be pass
a. this year.
The months Of the 1918 season have
been the best ones since the depart
gsaent Of agriculture began keeping
tab on the growth of tobacco. Unpre-
Cedented prices in tho fall sent an
uncommon amount OF tobacco to the
market. SO high were these that it
was ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that there is
little left for sale. But December
gains 5000. 0oo. which means nearly
a million dollars more money in to-
bacco than December a year ago
showed.
There has becn little drop in the
prices according to he facts sent
TO the department here. It is still sell
ing better tina il did any time of the
l9l2-1913 Eeaso which closed in the
spring of last year. The tuisacco crop
has promised to bring $40, 01o,0 Q to
North Carolina and II is believed that
ii has more han that rather poatly
sum-. The State last year showed bu,
1s,9S7.454 pounds for December. This
ear there is q big gain.
The following markets have re-
ported and the first and second hand
sales are Included:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13
STOCK MARKET
WAS VARIABLE
Opened With Poor Start, But
Whole List Picked Up and at
End of Day Most Shares On
Level With Preceding Day.
Bonds Firm.

New York. Jan. 10.-Th- stock market
today made Il poor start ON account or Il
sharp break in New Haven. Refusal OF
the Massachusetts Supreme court - sane
ton the proposed issue OF x61 600, NU New
Haven conrrrtiblcS caused the stock Ia
drop ga to II. Trading was active for
u time. but 40 attempt was made 10 unload
large holdings and the price began T.
mend. closing ut -.
Opening prices elsewhere showed sinai!
declines but as soon rs il became ap-
parent that New Haven was being held
firmly in hand, the whole list began to
pick up and ut the end OF the day most
representative shares were on a level with,
or slightly above yesterdays close. The
monthly United States Steel figures. which
aP{seared after the close of the market,
showed a decrease III untitled orders i'll
expectation.
Aside from New Haven securities the
widest movements of the day were in spe-
~ciaitieS. Texas Company jumped "a. 10
a high record of 142 on runners that The
company WAS IT, be taken over by Stand
ard Oh interests. Tobacco stocks reia p>ed
after yesterdays advance. New York
Central made q new low price for its
present movement. dropping t. St> with
III "a fraction ef its low market for twenty
years.
United States > alyanced +. the Az
registered a and the ianama 81 " On
call on the week. United states IS lie
clined L and the Is coupon T..
fetal sales, I3S,!50, including Amer
lean Tobacco. 400. Lehigh Valley, LOO
Louisville and Nashville. 40; Norfolk and
Western. 1850: Seaboard Air Line. so
DO. pfd.. 700; T. c.. 10; Virginia Caro-
ir, (1tappfcn} 90
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13
NEW ORLEANS WEEKLY COTTON.

New Orleans. La, Jan. 10.-In the early
part Of this week the cotton market vas
under more or less selling pressure which
held prices dawf, but Friday saw Il re
verse feilowins the Census bureau report
on ginning ta January l. aud prices went
wen ab.ve the level ef last weeks close.
Trading was moderately active, hut was
restricted to some extent by the holiday
Thursday. The net results If the weeks
trading were An advance Of IS 10 .2ss points.
fhe high prices were made on Friday and
the low prices on Monday. At tire highest
he trading months were rs 10 80 points
over last weeks clsee: at the lowest they
were tt II points under. The range was
f3 to 20 points.
Tie Census Bufeau rcpart on Friday
was t1ir big event q the week. It was
followed by large trading aud Il suhstan-
tial rise III prices. The amount Ct cotton
reported ginsed to January 1. n total #
L. :3.33 GA bales. WAS almost ROCCO bales
nnder what the trade generally locked
for. At the end Of the week the ela-
tprit3 OF people ON tryti, sides . f Zoe
market were mSrc willing IL consider
estimates tf IL commercial crop cf !t.IsO.
200 bales t:ian they hare been q, any
prp-fous time this sen son. MsFn buIi:sil7y
Inclined traders estimated the commercial
craD at l4n:A,Eso bales.
In the spot department prices gained
IL Of 4 cent: midaiinG closing at ia=,
against 12% last week and ia this week
last year. Sales on the spot amounted ia
4.ts3i bales against 4-201 last week aud g.
So. this week last year. Sales to arrive
amounted T. t.oAa bales against 3.ia1 last
week and 2.s21 this week last year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

New orleans. La, dan. 10.--In the early
Trading today cotton reacted from the
advance Of yesterday, but the depression
was gradually made up and replaced by
q net advance. First prices were & to
IL points down. although the tone OF the
market was steady. This initial decline
was In SYM patty with Liverpool. which
stood Aower than due on futures and re
ported spot sales of only 1890 bales.
Around the first call bearish comment
concerning the spot demand abroad caused
fresh short selling hut the soft spot ALSO
brought out n new uemand from the
bull side.
The lowest prices OF tie day were made
III the OpeniAg call. For y while offer
ings from bv yers OF the earlier part OF
the week who wanted profits worked
against valued ~ some extent, but az
the morning grew older the demand in
creased and offerings decreased. AT IL
O'Clock the most active months were 60
ing to q net advance. At the highest
they sold 4 to 5 points over yesterdays
last quotations.
The close was at a net loss Of ! to :
points on "a steady tone. Spot cotton,
steady. unchanged %middling. 12A.
.Saacs on the spot, 1,eG5 bales: to ar
rive. 12J.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13

New Urfeans, La, Jan. 1U.@Secretary
Hester today issued a statement II weights
CT 1.435.7:D bales of cotton handled at out
ports and acrnsS the N..;sisS!{a,i Ohio and
Potomac rivers overland % American man
ufactIrerS, outside cf the cotton belt dur
ing the months Of September to De
cember. inclusive. showing an average per
baic OF aasc.H against ..2;.72 for the same
period last year. Detailed averages are
Texas ports AZ. 81 against s41.1 last year
Louisiana ports. I21.Si against s21.2a last
year: Alabama. etc. ::Hs1 against 5s6.a1
last year: ,ieorgia ports, I1o.15 against
.Iln.&4 has. year: Seuth Caroina prrts.
4S1 aEatn~t a9T Last yecr; North Carolina
W rtS 40, u,.a:nst 4aS last year: Virginia
ports. $50 against 4S3 last year: Ten
,+essee. etc, $685. against $3.50 last year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13
NAVAL STORES.

Wilmington. n. c., IAN. D.-Spirits tur-
pentine. STEADY, -; receipts, none.
Rosin. steady. 40: receipts, 50 barrels.
Tar. Arm. y ten cents per gallon ::
receipts, none.
Crude ~turpentine. firm. eco, AGO. and
savannah, Ga, Jan. N.-Turpent1ne, firm
SH; sales, n: receipts, 1876: shipments,
20: stocks, 3a.S21.
RoSin. firal: sales. 1,34S.
Receipts, 1872: shipments, sa5: stocks.
17O. $50.
Quota, +. c. u, f, /. ao2H: G, H.
sos: 1. 400; K. 400; NJ, $50; n, S.& VIC,
G.55: WV. G.HG.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13
CHICAGO CORN
FAILED To CLIMB
Wheat Finished a Shade High
er; Oats Unchanged: Pro-
visions Slightly Up; Cash
Quotations.

Chicago. Ill, Jan. 10.-Cora d%isappoin,
Ell the bulls today and failed so climb
Speculative futures were active. but n,er-
cali had dwindled almost to
nothing. Trading IL the pit closed easy
at the same as last night to Csc up.
Wheat finished a shade net higher: oats
unchanged u II advance, and provisions
Zoe up.
Futures closed:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13
NEW YORK PROVISIONS.

New York. Jan. 10.
FLOtTK-Dull.
WHEAT-Steady: No. ? red. LEO. nom
inal; No. I Northern Duluth, 1.oO.
kN-Fir
HIDES. petroleum. Weu], resin and rice
Steady.
LEATHER4Firn.
TtRRENTINE-Firm.
MACHINE KAKRkLS-4xc.
MoLAS3ES-Firm.
W"TTEK-Weak.
CHEESE -Firm.
RAW StGAR-FTM MuscacSAo, 2-SM
s.76: CentrifuEa!s. 5e36$-26; Molasses. Us
6,2.M Refined. quiet.
SPOT COfFEE-Quict: No. I Rio, sA
Santos No. 4. 111s; mild, duh; Cordoya,
100 16, nominal.
PEANUTS. freixhts. potatoes and cab
b~ages-Steady aad III, ranged.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13
NEW YORK MONEY ~

New York. Jan. 10.-Money on call, NOM
inal: ca days. 3ANr4; 90 days, 4; six
months, 4AGk.
Mercantile paper, Az Sf3H.
Sterling exchange. strong go lay-bil,s,
4.S3.7 - for demand, 4.S6.95.
Commercial bills, 4.S2%.
Ear silver. 51A.
Mexican dollars. T..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13
EALrlMnRE A

l.aitiIn.re, Md. Jan. 1G-Whaat. dull
and lower: x1,ot No. . red, yH February
No. . red. 91&.
Corn. frrner: spot contract. Tf&a Jan
uary. Gids.
eats, fr,aer: standard white. HW1-.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13

LIVE STOCK.
Cai.ag }. Ill. Ian. M.-II ga. unsettled:
clcSr,l weak bulk II sales, S..0MS.35; pigs,
e.TsayS.6 go.
Cattle. ~ ~ rews ana ~ic:fers. 3.!ae7S.4 40;
calves. 1.:AgU
Sheep. steady: lambs. G.SNgS.3a.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13

Liverpool. Jan. M.-Cotton. spot, small
business: prices fir,n; mkidiing fair, 49, :
good niddiing, 7.x: mtddling. . low
pslddling. GS1 good ordinary. 6s15: ordi-
nary. ISL.
Sales. 3.0oC, inrtnding 2.NO american
and NO far sssecu3ation and exTs,r.
I;ereiptS. 21,GGo, Including 2s,fOU Amer
lean.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13
NEW YORK LIVE STOCK.

NEW YORK LIVE STOTk.
New York, a 10.-Eeeves. feeling tn
changed.
Calves, 50: feeling. steady.
sheep. $500; feeling weak.
3 Hogs, 4,1CO: feeling, steady.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13
COTTON SEED OIL.

New York. Jau. ln.-Cotton seed oil was
only moderately active with small price
cha gcs. but the undertone was very steady
on further covering and in sympathy with
lard. closing l pofnt net lower to . points
higher.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-18

ing some mysterious clue that would lead to the
clearing up of the charge against her sweetheart
placing herself i'll the power of the malien in
1iuence working SO resistlessly against her The
General himself
The spy studied the pattern on the floor his
Dro"s knitting as he tried TO formulate some
thing that would strike directly at the old man.
II was an hour before he rose and moved toward
the door, an expression in his eyes which told
the problem had worked itself out
In the wireless room he wrote out his mes
sage, waiting idly while he watched the operator
adjust his helmet and send the message hurting
back to Manila. Hugo Loubeque smiled gri.nly
as lie imagined the CONSERVATION these streaks of
electricity snatched from the sky would create
upon arrival. lie wondered at the Indifference of
the wireless man to the import of the message.
Not the aide. General Love sold me papers"
The operator turned indifferenty.
"Slgnature?" he queried.
The international spy shook his head, smiling
at the expression of interest kindled in the Young
mans eyes. He must for once, do work of the
most difficult sort and do it himself instead of
trusting it to subordinate. To do this he must
ingratiate himself with this man, become so well
acquainted he might have leisure to carry out his
plot
Nersed in humanity as he was, it was simple
enough for the spy to throw off his accustomed
taciturnity and interest the lonely operator, who
evidently thought him a special agent of the gov
ernment. That accusatory message must not be
answered Undoubtedly upon its receipt at Ma
Mia, an investigation would be started which
would open with finding the source of the or
iginal charge. To obviate this, the wireless must
be put out of order, must be wrecked thor
oughly it would be impossible to repair it un-
til the Empress was out of the zone of communi-
cation.
1t was matter of hours before he got his
opportunity the operator leaving his board and
going to the saloon. Hugo Loubeque wasted not
second The sound of the mans boots had not
ceased to sound before the box lay open before
the spy. His hands moved like lightning, carry
ing out the plan he had conceived safest and
most effective from the instructions of the oper-
ator. In and out his fingers moved, loosening
screw here, wire there. Within five minutes he
carefully closed the wooden guard and leaned
idly against the window, waiting the operators
return.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-18
CHAPTER VII.
A Second accusation.


GENERAL LOVE sat at his desk, trying vainiy
to figure out what motive there could have
been for his trusted aides taking the desperate
chance of which he had accused him. Cold rea-
made him believe the man was either a luna
tic or fool or honest. The first he brushed i'm
patiently aside. He had been provided with many
aides in his long service of thirty-nine years and
no one of them had equalled Lieutenant Gibson
in point of efficiency. Fool he might be- for the
old soldier knew how a mans brains were stolen
from him by love. But the influence of Lucille,
born and bred to the sacred traditions of the
vice. was the sort to make man go in any di-
rection save that of trading with his eountry's
honor. Honest
No matter in which direction he turned, the
General was unable to see how the young officer
could be honest. Where had he received the
money so unexpectedly that led him to believe
he might be married before his promotion was
confirmed? Why had he done such foolish thing
with the safe combination as to leave it in his
room? Why had he been SO embarrassed? A hun
dred and one questions all remained unanswered
and all pointed toward the mans guilt. Only two
men could have gone in the safe-the General
himself and his aide. And yet-always there was
that ''yet" to contend with. He knew the boy,
knew him so well he had been willing to entrust
his daughters life to him, and he could not be-
Iieve that Gibson was guilty of the charge
1t mattered more to him than the possible
contents of the papers themselves. He knew his
work. knew the correspondence might be of the
utmost Importance, still does not think of
such things when personal calamity strikes di-
rectly home, strikes at ones own family
He reused from the reverie into which
he had fallen by the entrance of the aviator. The
man was obviously nervous, bit bewildered by
the rapid succession of startling incidents which
had followed the ball.
Briefly he told of his trip to the Empress
with Lucille, the earnestness of her pleadings, the
final words that had won his consent
"For the honor of the man love-
Over and again he repeated the words,
trying to make something of them. OF course she
meant Gibson, but what could she find out the
Empress relating to the robbery of the safe i'll
this office? Still she was not foolish, hys-
terica girl, wandering off on such errands at
ta0~c7ts There must be something she knew or
laa found out which she believed would clear her
sweetheart of the innuendo against him. But how
could he find out what it was?
1t was shortly after the thought came to him
that the prisoner himself might be able to shed
light on this mystery and he ordered his aide
brought before him. Cold logician that he was,
master of thousands of men that he had proven
himself to be, there was something more than
innocence about the young officer that the
General could not deny even to himself. More
there certain suspicion an air of contempt
in the very figure of the man that told the sup
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-18
CHAPTER VI.
In the Wireless Room.

TIE international spy paced up and down the
floor of his suite, for the first time in wears
a prey to emotions that threatened to overwhelm
him. Early he had learned Life's lesson that self
mastery is identical with the mastery of others
1t had become a religion, fetish TO the man and
now that he realized his blundcr it stirred a rage
within him he had thought it impossible to feel
The message in her eyes had been clear This
girl knew that the papers his underlinr had
stolen from the Generals safe were in his pos
session. She was his enemy, determined to 90
appalling lengths to thwart him. just as he must
forget the instructive love he had felt for her
this girl who came from the sky and stirred up
visions of days when he had known such a thing
as happiness.
Already he had crushed down this feeling
But still questions licked at his brain. How had
she known? How was it possible she could find
out? And what manner of girl was this who took
such risks what motive could induce one so wo-
manly to so to such lengths? He settled himself
in chair closing his eyes while he rcarranged
ell h" ''aw of Che Generals household
.i1-ra a- rr5e1 'he "ro. of his tense con-
&C PRESTON she ua07- rrsv clear Jr 'nrlinps al.
WY. E.F -.'H.s IHE .a- while
5...e .l. rings I- HF content 4.ways to
k,aF tas a,HIai -er,rE ue.ut mere waste of
timc Unao15-eo.i y lacked IN bv the strange
light he had read in her eyes-the Generals aide
with whom she in love- had been charged
with the theft. It had all cleared up easily when
he mastered his emotions
his seHabre eyes glowed at the completeness
OF the havoc he had wrought. Not alone had Gen
eral Love been struck but his entire household
His aide in prison. accused of stealing and selling
correspondence of the government he was pledged
TO serrsi the Generals daughter yaliautly follow
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-18

undoubtedly near this one who even commanded
the hghtnings to do his will.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-18
LUCILLE LOVE, The Girl Of Mus{eru


c'Ps All
exhibiting Viii
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-18
The Voice of the Telephone."

hlMLI' Hugo Loubeque watched the
aeroplane approaching the Empress.
ruthless. above all authority. next
TO omnipotent with the power he
mad given his life to build UP that
he might be revenged upon the man
who had brought about his ruin
early in life, the international spv
watched this attempt at interfer-
ence with his plans-for such he in
Stlncf iNelnr l.nnr. = l.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-11
SOME GOOD POULTRY NOTES
Search Out Good Layers and Encour.
age Them by PROPER Feed-To-
bacco Drives Away Vermin.

Some hens have a tendency to Law
on fat faster than others. 1t pays 10
search these out and give them more
wheat, oats and buckwheat in the
place of SO much corn and corn prod
ucts.
Some dry smoking tobacco, the
stronger the better, placed in the bot
tom of each hens nest is good thing
to drive away vermin.
Windows in a poultry house should
be made to slide back and forth easily.
With muslin tackled on the outside of
the slide, it is simple matter then to
leave the windows open, except on
very stormy days and nights, and as
a result have healthier hens.
A few handfuls of millet seed scat
tered occasionally among the litter
will induce hens to scratch for it for
hours at a time, thus affording them
exercise and contentment.
There is no getting by the fact that
thoroughbred fowls are the most pref
cradle to keep. The eggs are more
uniform in size and color, and like
wise the chicks, wherefore they are
more attractive and salable.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-11
Shipping Milk to Market.

With the approch of hot weather,
the u. S. Department of Agriculture
is warning dairymen again not to
hold their milk before shipping it to
market. A practice prevalent in some
places is to take the morning milk,
combine it with the afternoon milk
OF the same day, and ship this COM
bination early the following morning.
This means that the morning milk is
KEEP, through the heat of the day.
When it reaches the consumer, TWEEN
ty-four hours or more old, the bacte-
biological count is high. This ex-
plains, tie Department experts say.
why milk from diaries in which all
the conditions appear to be excellent,
is frequently found to be bacteria
logically bad.
The remedy recommended by the
Department is to hold the afternoon
milk, properly cooled, through the
cooler hours of the night, and ship
it the next morning with the morning
milk, also properly cooled, without
mixing the two. 1t is of course es-
sential to this plan that the train
schedules be adapted to it, but II
is felt that when the importance of
the change is fully recognized this
difficulty will be overcome. Such pro-
cedure in cooling and handling would
materially reduce the possibility OF
sour milk reaching the markets.
Shippers are also urged by the De
partment to see that the milk is
thoroughly cooled, as an important
step in keeping its meteorological
ccount low.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-11
Depth of Moisture in Soil.

How far into the soil has the mois
ture of the fall rains penetrated?
Some surprising results develop when
this question is investigated, particu-
larly in those parts OF the country in
which the late drouth was most Sc
we're. To show the depth of moist soil
w. A. Boys, farm demonstration agent
at Hays, Kansas, uses an auger. Arm
ed with this instrument he goes into
the fields of farmers and determines
the depth of moisture in fields that
have received different treatment In
one such test it was learned that the
water, which had fallen recently, had
not penetrated more than eight inches
deep in stubble ground, while on stub
bic that had been disked Immediately
after harvest the moisture had soak
twenty-four to thirty-six inches in
the ground, while on potato ground
that had been kept clean and well
worked, the water had penetrated thir
ty-six to sixty inches. Mr.. Boys be
lieves that this simple demonstration
is one of the most effective ways to
teach moisture conservation, by early
preparation of the land.