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TUESDAY MORNING JAN. 22. HOT.
THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
7
M CUES
SECURED GREAT PRIZE
PROVIDENCE, Jan. -1—Up
"*iort tlrr.e ago a thin II*tie volume
' for a ease of porter or ten cents ex-
j pended on a tip.
« The beginning* of the John Carter
Brown Library date back ir.to our *-ar-
. ly history. Sfembers of the Brown
faml:y for whom the University was
nan:<*1 were < - •Hectors of books in pro-
• Revolutionary times. The gathering,
i however, of the present collect:- n was
i due to John Carter Brown, born in
j 1737. and generally considered as th**
sixteen leaves, known as -The Lihret- ! ff7C ? te w V ronn, ^? eur
America:
and prized as one of the treasures
of the San Marco library In Venice,
uas supposed to be unique It was,
nnd is, very Important as «*. document
because It contains practlcallv all our
knowledge of the third myage of
f hrlstopher Columbus in which the
great explorer first discovered th«*
South American continent and follow
ed Its coastline for ko j>* hun lr‘*I.*« of
Tnllejj. As the only surviving * oj-y, a*
It tvas believ.-d, of a. w«>rk print**'! at
^ ^nh e In 1504. from material contained
In some letters by Pc-te: Martyr, one Of
the courtiers in attendr.r. e on the
Spanish sovereign, it wa j valued as
few books are.
N’ot many months ago. however, a
disgnished bibliographer and bookseller
of the Italian city of Florem* iiappcn-
e.} upon an an «*nt vo’-.m..- b. rud n
fragments r»f mediuv J iti.1 nuseripi vlth
Us corners nil nibbled awav by ;r.i-**.
f»:i examination he lound ih«»: i: con
sisted in the main *»f j f .i?r* **.'•-• ruids.
jrinted a( \'« nl* e i:i 14^- ,j a one
probably outranking even James L^n n
of Saw York. Mr. Brown at the out
set of hhs coleeting career Included
various specimens of th* work of fa
mous European exponent of the print
ing art, as of the A.dlne family of
Venice: but presently h • limited ir.f
scope of hi? a- quisitir.i.s to works
printed before UOO and hearing on
North America and South America. He
■■.a- n:rr.enselr :• -Isted in his under-
pcoplc was estimated at about $2,500,-
000.
But Kingston was not d:omed. men
said. They set about building her up
again next morning. The forests were t you go out
still rich in lumber nr.d bamboo and
rush gras-. Sooa . greater city grew
founded the hamlet «*f Kingston were
the guest? -»f honor In celebration of
tine town's arrival at the dignity of a
fuli-fledged city.
Prosperity hovered over the place,
were good, the rations of the ear*!i
rs this
bibiir
many
years in Londo:
but cai
resident
. r nf (v
.and M.
annual report—e
rond the wild*
ticans imports i
ous, and the
pie was not
i-sTimed the
l the streets
Such were
wave
familiar
rn^nioiabic \-<
was. a«t«cfii»j>
common in fh*.*
a jnrrff-t opy
bn*t lo nf 1 ,V»4.
i- c »;>..* t tic p
It In perfect j
Kim »wing ih
treasure tin* l)
himself nv
r - r: ns
te r Ur
knew.
m!!:.
d b
mg those of no value.
7Stte library to his wife,
•d It during the mlnor-
n sons. John Nicholas
>’d Brown. John NJch-
iching his majority in
the same Terrarkahle
itor that his father had
ably assisted by his !
He determined to :
rary permanently as n !
i father, and after his j
will to that effect was :
as his brother Harold. 1
oslng of the collection, j
oil th
*‘ea
huge t
Fhero wore thos
en the wave be
► they heard tin
f th** submerge*
warnings. Thes<
from tongue
jft-ror«ated talc
to
tongue, and I
the peop’e fou
the wave had «went renin into the sea
there/went with it a thousand homes.
wh?!e unon the shores we»*e strewn a
hundred phi os, and and there, dot
ting the esa or bobbing afoul of the
waves’ sweep, were a thousand dead.
After the flood come lire—this in
1840, when, beginning no man knew
how fiameq hurst forth in several
Tvirts of the cl tv at once. For three
da vs men and women and children bat
tled desperately to save t^^lr home®. . on r ^:
But little b v l*ttTe the fire. !IW» a thing
thing in the way of manners, anything
in the way of dress, etc. Now. th ! s is
just what ought not to bo. It is quite j
right to keep your best clothes for when ;
* If you wear them at home,
aturally. they ‘will get shabby. Yes. j
but though you need not be 1
smart, you should be near. Nev?
come down in the merning with untid
hair and clothes pitched on, as it were, j
with a pitch-fork, because you like to j
remain in bed till the last moment and !
then scramble down just in time for i
breakfast, or perhaps late!
This sort of thing shows a want of
principle. Never be late for your
meils at home—you would not think '
nf l dug so if you were out. Try and ;
remember that because you think you j
have license to do these things it Is
no more right that you should do them. ;
No, dear girls, you have a duty first,
which like harity.* “begins at home.”
If you r* > Jlutely make up your mind
to live with r. principle, to be punct
ual for everything, to be neat and
“well groomed** every day of your lives
just thin.: how much pleasanter you
would bo to those about you.
Self-indulgence Is not cnlv demonU- i
izing, but you never know where it
will Ie°d you. A present-day writer
h.- - said: “The .well-trained, w- ll-
disciplined nature is king over circum
stances/* Do not say to yourself:
‘‘Home would not be homo if I did not
think I could do as I liked.” This is
self-delusion. Home will be much
more the comfortable, happy training
ground of your character if you sub
ject yourself to its limitations.
Never allow yourself to grow care
less over anything you undertake,
whether it is playing a game or a piece
nf muMc, or merely sewing an ordi
nary hem. Careless people never do
much in the world. “Genius is an Im
mense capacity for taking pains."
Take pains over everything—it will
soon become a habit, and a very good
Cabbage plants, cele
ry plants and all kinds
of garden plants cheap.
They are raised in the
open air. will stand
great cold. Express
rates cheap. We will
give you the exper
ience nf growing cab
bages of the most sue- j
cessful grower in the
world. You
money growing cab
bages in your garden
or farm. Particulars
free. Address
com hu
was ray quiet i
meats 23.1. Rosin firm; sales 2,253: re-
• ceipts 4.469; shipments 11,197; stock 78.142.
; Quote: A, B. C. D. E. $4.15; F. $4.30:
G. $4.40; H. $4.60: I. $4.60: K. $5.15; M.*
! $5.50; N. $6.25; \V. G.. $6.75; tV. W..
.00.
LIVERPOOL spots closed
NEW YORK spots closed
an make NEW ORLEANS spots closed.
..5.86
.10.80
H. BLITCH COMPANY.
The Largest Truck Farm in the World,
Meggetts. S. C.
ith
Br-.v.u Kid Yfr.sitj U tii - mo.-: * • r-; i. *: * *
roller**j#.n nf its kind in the world, and
that the rare volume would unques
tionably be wanted in Providence if the
j7iear s for Its pun ha-*• were at han !
The bibliographer had judged wise
ly. A message was hast lly \\ red b ick
to Florence i » accept the proposition
that th#- LJ! rett » l>r<:*»me it <>n » the
property of th* John Carter Brown
Library, the authorities of which have
^be ambitious design of securing either
ft copy <»r a facsimile of everything
printed in or about No**th or South
America from . Columbus’ discovery
human, ate dwelling nficr dw,p]Hn7 and
warehouse bfter warehouse until there
was left but half the city as a fringe
to a smouldering nvre.
Thus fire and flood had tried their
hands at des#auction and failed. Besti-
lepoe was le T *t as an a gen cv of death,
and In 1S50 the scmjrgc of cholera was
laid upon the penrfie. No tongue can
tell the storv r*f Kingston during that
scourge. Forsaken of the wo-ld. cast j
off as a thing unclean and dire, she
ory and the cases of Francis Parkman, j at the^at^of 1 ° ° n< ” n<1 e '^
voungcr brother died short!v after,
the trustees who finally decided to
; the library in trust to Brown TTni-
-Itv were O. \V. R. Mattesryi and
ert H. I. Goddard, of PTovidence.
ently the commodious building In
rh the library is now boused was
cated and thrown open to the pub-
It Is commonly said that only rich
men can afford to write American his-
through tlu
The ( Mb;
arrive.I In
1800.
go, it
y he
it time
dla
"o pouring Ir
I dual collect
and :»-lcgrams w#
lib.tries and indl
Kurope. Tlie bibliographer wa
ly ifi • r visited by .t famous br
er of Paris who sought to sec
treasure, and a little later by
tlf •man from Brazil, owner of
th** best S nth American lihr.:r
added,
a ru-
abroad
i from
irs of
short-
k-sell-
re the
i gen-
one of
s. who
made the trip to Florence for rhe ex-
pres> purpose of securing the book. If
possible.
The Incident illustrates the Interna
tional reputation which foresight ex
tending over the pas! three quart* rs of
a century has brought to thU collec
tion of books either print'd in Amer
ica or in Europe about the American
colonics prior t«» the hegining of the
nineteenth century. Begun is .i pri
vate library by John Carter Brown, of
the ( las.- of ISIS at Brown Univer
sity. enlarged b\ hi* widow and his
sons, the late John Nicholas, and Har
old Brown, and recently bequeathed tc>
Brow •! University, if has :\ value which
cannot be estimated in terms of money
—though Mr Frai < is W. Hulsey, au
thor of "The T> -luge of Books.” h^- as-
s rted that if it were put on sale it
would hrimr at auction not less than
a million dollars and probably more.
Its real value, of course, anoears in
its celebrity among the learned of all
tlie c Mth: in the uses to which it can
b** pdf by stud nts of American his-
John Codw.an Ropes, James Schouler.
George Bancroft and William H. Pres- j
cott are quoted In illustration. Con- |
sultation of orlg : na! documents in- I
volves a great deal of traveling and •
many other expenses. With the con- ;
centratlon, however, of Americana in j
Providence today, many departments
of American history can be studied ;
without any considerable outlay for j
journeys to sources of original infor- ;
matlon and the general public, which
is intensely interested In the original ;
documents of our own past, can al- *;
wavs find things to gratify interest in
the John Carter Brown Library.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Examine label on your na-
per. It tells how you stand on
the books. Due from date on
the label. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
KINGSTON SCOURGED
FOR CENTURIES
h 1st orv-
<1 ‘ 'll Ci
■nun t ply
rrentf
write
with
with-
?r privnte ninnattempat.
nv< rourte >usiv thrown
■noerly accredited stu-
le P’nny others ofes-
Tvlcr. Justin Winsor,
efulnes« of such n li-
' always supreme In
K >r nobody
early American
reference :<■ .irh
out visitinn Pro
er.il libraries of
the John Carter
davs when. UP'li
It was -till alw
open to any pi
dent, went nnioi
sor Moses Coi:
and John Fisko
The present i
hrnrx-, while it
Its fiehl is as yet !y no means so
great as it may become. The plan is
to have it contain eventually either an
original of evcrvthinsr priced before
]S01 or a photoatranhle facsimile or a
hotly of detailed information about it.
This accomplished. materials for
the studv of earlv American history at
frown T'niyer-ity will tc ihsolutcly
Complete
Such an nndertakintr is a larae one.
as everyone knows who has ever (lip
ped into "AmerVan ' and discovered
how Very bus\ the printiivr presses of
early litres were. Thev had no hooks
which i
thousand
editions, of
there was a
pots were si
tension in tl
investors,
works print*
tinted Into i
hut of the
a few blind
nlmsot nd ei
rred upon
• davs of .
ne hlldioc
1 in the 1
he hundreds of
iiokir.c of litth*
red copies, each
id. for the Ink-
very slieht oe-
iur disputatious
raohv of the
’nerllsh colonies
■between 1f.a9 and 17(h! trlves fiS!» n titles
and these a.re e-tin'Oted by a ftood au
thority not lo be more than one-ouar-
tcr of all that actua'A were printed
and bound in those years. All this, of
course, without any account of the Im
mense number of works printed in
Spanish—and Portufrueso-speaklny
America, and without a. count of the
works ah. ut America which were pub
lished on the other side of tlie Atlantic
but which properly belong in any col-
lectSon of Americana.
So that, larce as the John Carter
Ttrown collection is with its nearly
is.rtt'ft volumes, much remains to n ■
done, with the co-opera i ion of .scholars
and collectors everywhere to Five it
that transcendent importance which
was the orictr.r!oy's Idea. The habit of
furnin.c: over valuable works to this li
brary, on the principle that it can make
best use of them, is an established one
among collectors. In the latest report
of the librarian a larce number of re-
»* ..,..n acce-sior... b.v Rift are reported,
along- with the purchase of many treas
ures of urive value.
The John Carter Brown collections
arc thoroughly accessible withal, as
everyone finds who wishes to consult
Ihe volumes in a beautiful building at
the southeastern corner of the middle
campus of Brown University. Among
tlie collections are not less than five
editions of the letter in which Colum
bus told ti reawakened Europe of his
rdventures In a new wo.-lu. The man-
‘ u u which the explorer dictated in
jsYnt'o Domingo, while he was .n his
third voyage and in which he sot forth
h s various cj tims. rights and privi
leges. Vs a iso at Providence.
In other directions of special patrio
tic interest the John Cart<
brary is strong, as In
la ting t.
but otherwise very conspicuous person.
John Smith. Here, as is proper to a
collection situated in Rhode Island, is
a ltrge group of works relating to
Roger" Williams, including his "Key tv
t ; c languages of America. and
/nv controversial treatises. Clustcr-
a Save al', around the great name
of George Washington is an immense
>mass of" original literature of priceless
#‘ no -th The visitor sees notebooks in
which the methodical fathe: of his
country, kept carefully every item of
. * n-hoihuv if was
Brown Li-
h.v and re-
insignitlcantly named.
: (From the Xew York American).
The city of Kingston, which is re
ported destroyed, was rich in history
dating almost from the time that
Christopher Columbus first set eyes
upon what he considered was a part
of the East Indies.
It was founded by a handful of
sturdy refugees who hao lost their all
through the destruction of Port Royal
I in 36S", at that time the chief city in
all the Antilles.
Within the land-locked harbor, just
back of old Port Royal, Henry Mor
gan, than whom no fiercer pirate ever
roved the seas, used to make his ren
dezvous after a successful voyage over
the Spanish Main. Here, too. it was
that he paid off his men, and cleft the
skull of . many an unfortunate who
dared take umbrage at the small pay
’for their lives of pillage and death.
It was front the harbor of the King
ston of today that this samo bucca
neer performed that marvelous feat
of daring wherein he and his wild crew
stoic up under the guns of the fort
that frowned from the heights of Port
Royal and. cutting the cables of His
Britannic Jiaiostv’s frigate, let her
drift to sea while the crew slept When
tlie crew awoke It was to find the mur
derous pirate and his men in charge,
the hatches battered down and His
M*1esty*s sailors prisoners of war.
Today a visitor to the Island of Ja
maica. i" he gazes far into, tlie pel
lucid waters of the bay. may see a
mystjc city crumbling away, the por-
poi-as p'avlng through the belfries of a
church spire on the one hand, the sun-
fish swimming leisurely through what
was once a habitation of man, and
here and there f.he flying fmh hurdling
their wav in the shoals over the bat
tered walls of the old fort.
It was in 1C02 tha: the first earth-
auoke known to history shook into the
sea the cirv of Port Royal. It was then
tb.- ti' -', fii nnclal ci'y >f the Antibes.
The shne’t came earlv in June There
we. in the citv at that time probably
- re-, . ns. The shock came at ndd-
.1 'v. when the ;i art was aflush with
life and trading: when the Ctribs had
brought into the market niace their
loads of bananas and nines and man
goes ami oranges. Xature Is lavish
o'" her goods oil this island. Men has
little to do but reap the reward. Xo
snot on earth is more fruitful than that
section immediately contiguous to the
citv that is now reported destroyed.
Upon T '"nt dav long ago there ea^e
i terrific shock, and ere many of the
thousands who were in the" market
place could reach safety Port Royal
eye Ped Into the sea. Such '= o,-
c.at the ealamitv gathered * --' at
is now Kingston. It was sever ■ 1 miles
in'e-d. at t'-*e farthermost point of the
pretty harbor. Here they camped and
worked tin'll thev lwd rea-»d "imm-
selves another citv. fairer and greater
,nd r’C'er than the'" old home
Tn ITT’, age'" In 1724 and for the
third time in 1751. the city was swept
bv hurricanes that tore warehouses
and dwellings from their foundations
and hurled them like chaff for many
miles: but there was always left stand
ing a vestlee of the new city—enough
to give men a new courage to rebuild
and a new desire to beautify.
The is’’ml grew apace in wealth and
crops and prosneritv. It was looked
upon by (treat Britain as her favorite
colony. It was pot until 1732 the* the i
hand of fate was aagin. laid heavily
upon its people.
On the night of February S. 1702. a
l!t*le fire was discovered on the out
skirts of the citv. There was hur
ricane wind blowing. Th* 1 ci’y was
built l-’r**e!y of tpo resinous w ods of
rernl thousand
dav. until t^orp had been nr’iif on the
bill, rfar from the habitations of
men. r.n.non new mounds of eiay.
1 Of the rest of the hfstorv of King-
< ston it mav.be said that it has figured
I largely of 'ate in the attempt to have
J the Island of Jamaica annexed to the
l United States. There were debates In
i the local assembly halls upon this sub-
; joct.
Years back, when the blacks revolted
; against the Government of Great Brit-
.! ain. Kingston was the heart of the re
bellion—the Maroon Rebellion. It was
j there that the proposed confederation
j with Canada was denounced and voted
| down: it was the scene of the famous
; regimental riots of 1S01, when, at the
I race course one day, the troops mutin-
; ied and did murder: it was there that,
in ISO”. Kingston celebrated her fifth
: anniversary of birth as a city by de
claring for the abolition of slavery—
1 about fifty-four years before Lincoln’s
i proclamation. At Kingston were wlt-
! nessed the executions of Paul Bogle
; and the maroon. George William Gor-
j don for encouraging the black rebel
lion. There the British Government
j first tried Government ownership * of
! railroads.
; And it was to Kingston that Secrc-
| tary of War Taft and Admiral Walker
! went, in 1904, to consult with the Gov-
! ernor and the Colonial Secretary, with
; a view to securing Jamaica laborers to
i dig the Panama canal
j The city of Kingston is located on
| the south coast of the island. The
. harbor is one of the prettiest and
! safest in the world.
Then another thing about home life, i
Do not become n gruir'l r—ffiere is ;
nothing so irritating to the people you
live with as a continual ’’finding fault’* *
with anything and everything. One should I
alwavs lock on the chee.rfnl side of life, {
'oi-gettlng all its little unple-sautuess-s. |
always ready to enjoy everything—and |
don’t oh! please don’t be bored!’ Do i
you know it is onlv lazy, indolent pconlo I
who are bored! It is a terrible word— j
I always shudder when I use it. You ;
must always be ready to help those
a round you: you must al wa VS he busy—
r.ot fussily busy, but quietly; there” is
a great difference between the two. Yon
should not w>j- "Oh. I’m so so busy just
now." when any one rsks you what you
are doin’*. People should s"c you are
busy without vour telling them so.
chicken on Sunday for dinner, roast
beef on Monday, roast mutton (mas
querading as lamb) on Tuesday,
chicken fricassee again on Wednesday,
roast pork on Thursday, fish on Friday
and corned beef on Saturday.
There's never any variation of the
routine. As for the cooking—well, it
isn’t like yours, mother.
Aft*’r dinner some of the boarders go
into the parlor for a while, and usually
there is a little music. Occasionally
Madame G.. nvho is a voice culturist,
and our star boarder, sings something
in Italian.
I am told that she used to be an
operatic singer, but I think that must
have been a long time ago. I can't
even guess how old she Is. for she
might be almost any age between 20
and 60.
She has a fat. wheezy pug. who
wears a pink ribbon sash (not around
his neckl in the house, and a cloth
coat ami little cloth boots when he
goes out. It's true—every single word
of it!
Rut it's bedtime, and I must be up
with the early birds in the morning—
si goodnight, mother mine.
MARGARET.
I THE LOCAL MARKET.
' The local cotton market yesterday
'was quiet and unchanged at the following
' quotations:
I Range of Prices
Good Middling 10*i
.'Vi'-t Middling I"'.
: Middling 1"> 4
Strict Low Middling 10
! Low Middling t'V.
i Ordinary' 9
DRY GOODS MARKET.
XFI7V YORK. Jan. 21.—The dry goods
market opened firm. The advance of
’.urn-aster staple to TLjC. caused much
surprise in the market. Other gingham
lines have not yet been advanced. Raw
silk is -easier in the European markets,
hut little’ change has been made here as
yet. Dress goods are being delivered In
large volume for spring, and there arc
further purchases being made for spring
and fall. Tlie sales of prints continue
exceedingly large.
; Ore
Spot Cotton Movement
Re :s. jti.ip.
tn. 19. 1907 12
m. 21. 1907 S 6"
Stock on Hand.
■i t. 3. 10o6
tnuary 21, 1907
WHAT KIND 'OF AN
EMPLOYER ARE POU?
Ry Graham Hood In X. Y. Globe.
When one person employs another
person to toil for him, and expects to
pay him for services rendered, it is
but natural for him to desire to get
the best kind of work out nf him that
it is possible for him to produce. Theo-
flnri I" your Lt^est ready "to'tenS.! retical »” he expects that the employ,
.ret holding: your ovm oninions. not ready
to «**at itd l hr* standard of vour knoxvl-
odtro. but. tvjjon nskocl. to jriv** it clearly
and senalbly. You must bf* trustworthy,
practical, kind, e^n^rous and lovlncr No
pdrl who is to srrow up 11 strong and beau
tiful woman is without these attributes.
In conclusion I must sny one word on
oh°»*aoter. In some fortunate homos
children's characters arc p**t before their
bodily pleasures, end spiritual grood is
placed before temporal, but it is not nl-
wavs the c^se. We must all remember
that no metier what our surroundings or
our nnholdinjrs. we arc what we make
ourselves — independent of outsiders
thousrh. of course, outsiders may exorcise
an influence over us. If it is not for
good there is no reason we should suc
cumb to it. Strength of character lies
not in choosinc the path to walk in. so
much as sticking to it when we have
chosen it.
will take some interest in his* work,
ard that ho will exert a reasonable
nmount of energy in return for the
so many dollars a day that he is paid J
for his labo»\ j n accordance with all *Janunr>
business principles this is perfectly |Jr > *\ n , ,ary
proper, and the employer stands en- ‘ nt " 1
NEW YORK.
NEW* YORK. Jan. 21.—The cotton mar
ket was very ,uUt during today's session
with the general tone a little e:
a result of large receipts at poin
Eastern belt. The close was steady a* a
net decline of G to 8 points. Sales of the
day were estimated at only 75,000 bhles.
The opening was steady '.t a decline
of 2 to 6 points, in response to lower ca
bles than looked for and reports of a
smaller spot demand in the Enclish mar
ket. There was a renewal of the buying
noted toward the end of last week at the
decline, and during the first few moments
pnVes rallied to about . point »»v**r the
closing figures of Saturday, but quickly
eased off .again, following the big esti
mate for tomorrow's receipts at Now Or
leans. and during the middle of the ses
sion wem about Baft) points net lower.
Trading was interrupted at midday for
tlie -discussion of the proposed amend
ments to tin* by-laws, which resulted in
sustaining the changes proposed by the
board of managers. and fixing next
Wednesday as the day for the balloting
unon the propositions. If carried, the
amendments will take effect during Jan
uary. l!*o$. Trading continued very quiet
in the afternoon and the close was*within
a coupie of point of the lowest. South
ern spot markets were generally un
changed. Southern news and business
was interrupted to some extent by wire
trouble.
Receipts of cotton at the ports todav
were 49.1S5 bales -against $1 625 bales last
wp**k and 17.6^2 'ales last year For the
week . •') 200.000 bales against
348.781 bales last week and 111.302 bales
la^t year.
Today’s receipts at New Orleans were
7.075 bales against **140 bales last voir.
«o*nd at Houston 12,SOS bales against *4.4*1
bal°s last year.
Futures closed steady at the followln
quotations:
STOCK MARKET WAS
IN MUCH CONFUSION
NEW YORK. Jan. 21.—Conditions in
the stock market were much confused to
day. The market did not maintain th^
buoyant show nf strength with which i*»
opened and did pot even make a gixm
resistance lo the renewed selling pressure
, which developed during the day The in-
' 0 j ference was prompted that the upshoot
j of prices ai tin start was duo largely
c ! to tin retirements of uncovered shorts
and the higher prices which were caused
,- i by this buying wore taken advantage of
to renew the liquidation as was the case
, last week.
j There was buying at the opening in
, T ; important volume ; - oin intimation of
r ' ' a determination to supoprt the market.
^ | It was apparent that the decline of Iasi
p week has resulted in bringing in very tin.
wieldly selling orders to commission
houses such as are likely to follow .•
Sun-Jay interval after a considerable de
cline
March
April
Open.
...n.3n
...0.36
...9.45
Low. Clos.
tlrely within his rights if he discharge'; : ^fVy
.Tune
July ...
August
October
DISCOVERIES OF A
WORKING GIRL
B.v Stella Florence in Xew Orleans
S .1* •!*
I have made one important discovery.
Provincial ideas don’t fit anywhere in
Xew York. I’ve outgrown a lot of
mine already, just as I used to .out
grow my tfrocks, and for comfort’s
any person who falls to comply with
j such conditions.
At the same time' it must not he
forgotten that there is still another
side to this question, for it can not
he denied that the failure of some em
ployer! to get the right kind of re
turn for the money they are contin- „
ually investing in labor is the result I
of their own failure to appreciate the 1 ”
fact that there is both a right way
and wrong way for a man to treat
the people who work for him. Xot
that it is necessary that he should
make himself their social eaual by as
sociating with them on terms of in-
; timacy: not that he is required to pet
j them as though they were his own
I children, nor cater to them as though
, t'eeir o’eesnre H”d comfort was t’’” om*.
object of. his. life, and yet, without
question, there is a sane wav in which
; thev .-houkl he treated, and those who
! fail to comnly with such conditons are
j acting contrary to their own best in
terests
9.60
9 67
rVovenent at the Ports.
sake I've, had to begin letting out the ; . .
seams and tucks. \ To fu ' ]y reT " We just ho " much th,s
Rev-pints* and Exports. Today. Webk.
Consolidated r.et receipts.. 49.185 90.70s
v to Groat Britain.. 240 2S.S20
to Franco 17.4*9 17.410
Exports to continent 23 105 52.211
Stock on hand ail ports. .1.263.317
These various conditions combined to
awaken the uneasiness of the boar partv
and prompted them t«» the actlvv buying
of tlie first hour. With tlie completion ■>
the buying of this character th.« action
of the market became disappointing again
to the hopes of an extended recovery.
The 'nature of the selling in the Int* r-
borough-Metropolftan stocks had an in
timidating effect on sentiment.
Money continued to work easier and cab
loans were made for the mo«.t part at
5 per cent or below. Interest* rates 0:1
time loans were also declining.
The renewal of the liquidation during
the day served to revive reports of th*'
necessitous scaling down of some import
ant accounts of longstanding and whid .
it is supposed, were helped over th.* end
of the year in the hop.* that tit** casing
of tin* money market worn! offer 1 better
chance for liquidation. When this liqui
dation was over, the market rebounded
suddenly and closed buoyant at the ton
j prices for the day.
Bonds were heavy. Total sales, par
value. S1.8S4.000. United States bonds
were unchanged on call.
The total sales of stocks today were
1.417,000 shun s.
New York Money Market.
NEW . ORK. Jan. 21.—Money .. n mi!
easy at 2a3^ per cent; ruling rat
per cent; closing hit! 2 per cent; of»Yr< i
at 2b\ per c» nt. Time loans easy: t; * and
90 days o’qalj per cent; six months 5*..
per cent. dose. Prime mercantile paper
6aVt per cent.
Sterling exchange easier with actual
business In bunkers* bills at 1.**vu» is'.s .
for demand, and at 4.M50a55 for tiO-da\
bills, posted rates 4.S2aS2H and 4.86 t>>
4.S6h\. Commercial iblls 4.SI a ;, s .
Bar silver 6S9s: Mexican dollars 52 7 «
Government bonds steady; Railroad
: bonds liea
Since September 1. 1906—
zr Grain, Provisions. Groceries.
Consolidated receipts 6.883,735?
Exports to O^cat Britain 2.21U...3
Exports to France 617.501
Exports to continent . .C.tuo ?°6
Exports 1** Japan 315.940
Price, Net Receipts, Sales. Stocks.
! Pricc/Rects.jSales.) Stck.
rnL , aJ. ... - . 1 means it Ut onlv n^pscarv that one Norfolk .... mu
! woek cffico position Wre everybody in j ^ fuJ , ^ c „«, )re of copfldence and svm- ? -° n ’ ;
! Waldenville—you and I included— 1
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. i thought it was a rather big thing, for a
T*vjntittip TflVinl on xj-ovit* no > beginning. X know .hat, for mj part,
examine iaoei on your pa- t didn . t soe how . r c0 J ld ever spend so
per. It tells how you stand on much money, unless I was wildly ex-
,m n i tv r i , : travagant. But. goodness me!
tfI6 BOOKS. DUG from dntG on, To begin With, thore’s board. You
the label. Send in dues and ; ui^rec: j lona/iauUfin^neVor^agej^ emSe‘r
also renew for the year 1907.
When Girls Get
Tired of Home
To"
TV,'
upon
«uch stv.T 1 i'b,. * d-mon bent upon
utter d* *-* :'uc f i qi nf the pU.cc. T v
w-’s no hr** •1e T> ar , :"'c*nt pn.l no w
works oxct-r
unon th**
of the p! ,,> c had b^«*n devoured, and
the lo-s had tht mil
lions. the winds shifted and ha 5 f
’s men organized
eX pense. whether it was fifteen dollars > the town was saved. The loss to the
By Auriol, in Brooklyn Eagle.
Home life for girls, if well ordered,
' is the best training of character and
; the severest test of good nature.
Girls nowadays are not satisfied to
; live quietly at home; they have a call
! to go out and work Ip the world.
: Now, I wish to say nothing against
going out and working. We should all
have some settled work in life, to take
up our thoughts with other things be
sides our own little cares and troubles,
fancied or otherwise, which naturally
occur if the mind has no other
thoughts to dwell upon. But remem
ber. "any longing for higher things or
regret for the past which produces
restlessness, discouragement and in
action in the present is surely an undi
vine discontent.”
But though it may be necessary for
so many girls to find work for them
selves. there are still a great number
who have to remain at home, and it is
about them wo arc going to "talk”
this week «
After Leaving School.
When girls have finished their
school room days, and when that im
portant time has arrived for "putting
up the hair.” then other duties. come
to take the place of the geography,
rending and spelling’ books, and it Is
then that the voung girl must stand
forth in her true colors. Whatever
were her faults before, they were
always magnanimously put down to
"school girl awkwardness.” All stupid
little habits were excused by saving:
"Oh, So-and--'o will outgrow that: at
present she is only a little school
girl.” But when once she has bade
good-by to the inky desk and the copy
books, then the eyes of her elders are
turned toward her to see in which
standard she will now take her place.
Then come into practice the rules of
home life.
A girl who has pleasant manners at
home will naturally be pleasant and
agreeable to outsiders. For a true gen
tlewoman manners should not be put
on and taken off with our Sunday-g.;-
to-meeting frocks and hung up with
them in the cupboard at home. They
should always he worn, as a becoming
and graceful garment, neither pro
nounced in style nor attracting the
vulgar gaze, but modestly worn and
seen only by the careful observer.
Be Tactful and Tidy.
It is in your home life where your
character shines forth. You should
be:
' Quick to perceive a want,
Quicker to set it right;
Quicker in overlooking
Injury, wrong or slight.
There always is. and no doubt always
will be. among the home circle little
troubles and irritations, cross words
s imetimes. and perhaps now and then
ill-natured remarks. But the lines of
care and irritation may be smoothed
awav by the gentle hand of tact. Cul
tivate tact at home. tVith a large
number of brothers and sister* the
tactful member may impede the com- .
ir.g catastrophe of stormy words, and
turn the flow of conversation into more
congenial channels again.
Girls are rather apt to think that ■
"anything will do for at home.” Any-
ommended ine to a boarding house she
i used to know.
’ Well, the lady who conducts it told
i me that her price for the cheapest
room in the house—a top-floor back
hall room—was $6 a week. It is never
j vacant.
But she said she had a friend who
might be able to accommodate" mo for
So she sent me here, where I found
a skylight room on the top floor, which
I finally obtained for $4.50, though the
landlady wanted $3.
There is no outlook, of course, as the
skvlight Is the only window there is.
There is no heat, either, but the
landlady, who is really a nice, kindly
woman, has lent me a little oil stove,
which I light when I need it.
The oil I have to buy. and it costs
19, cents a gallon. The room is kalso-
mlned, and the furniture consists of a
small bed. . bureau, washstand and
rocker—all mid and rather worse for
wear.
Also, there is a piece of old carpet
which serves for a rug. There is no
clothes closet, but behind the door is
a shelf with some hooks In it and a
chintz curtain tacked along the edge,
and there I hang my frocks and coats.
Xext to the board bill comes carfare
—60 cents a week: and there is ab
solutely no way of avoiding that ex
pense, because the office is "way down
town, beyond walking distance."
Most of the girls in the office buy
their lunch, some getting it from a
n'ait who eon’es around every morning
and others going to a cheap restaurant
nearby.
But as X can’t afford to do cither I
take a sandwich with me from the
house, and eot it at my desk. Then I
go out and fill in the rest of niv lunch
pa thy between emplovpr and emplove
and then compare the remits with
those that are effected by a force of
p’p'i who look upon their’employer as
their natural enemy rather than their
friend.
It is a well-known fact that a susnie-
wlll do more to dlsrimt a commercial or
manufacturing establishment than al-
niost any oiher influence. The lack of
confidence, that he shows in his men
to impart itself to them and the
effect is quickly shown In their work.
Fesrlng to speak to one another, or
act naturally when he is present, thev
make up for lost time during hi* ab
sence. and more time is lost than could
easilv he computed. Moreover, the
knowlerls-e that their efforts are not
appreciated tends to act as a wet
blanket upon their ambition. If they
work it is not because they are anx
ious to accomplish anvthing that is
praiseworthy, but merely because they
know that a certain amount of labor
must be completed within a given tune
if they are to continue to draw their
pay. Such work, however, is never
Galveston . . .
10V4
221241
Now Orleans .
Bf-,
70751
Mobile . . . .
10 Vi
1203!
Savannah . . .
10 1-16
13739-
Charleston . .
10
416'.
Wilmington . .
10
673!.
Norfolk . . . .
Ui;
33S7I
Baltimore . . .
10',,
New York ....
10.60
50'
j Boston ....
10.so
css:.
Philadelphia ..
11.05
639*366473
262513.27191
2251 45159
543U79S1R
' 14356
1 19669
439! 4H27
! 7290
200!152o5S
Interior Movement.
! Price.
!Rects.|S:iIcs.| Stck.
Houston .
. .1105a, 1
12*36 > 01S S0258
Augusta .
. .'in-; i
l‘*66! 1370' 47100
Memuhis .
. .10 5-16
.T:*.77 28501172607
FU. Louis ..
...101,4
309' 250! 20332
Louisville .
. .!io%
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL. .Tan. 21 —Snot cotton in
fair demand, nrlocs 2 points higher:
American middling fair 0.64: good mid
dling 6.16; middling 5.S6; low middling
5.62: good ordinary 5.22; ordinary 4.9S.
The sales of the day were 8.000 bales, of
which 500 bales were for speculation and
export, and included 7.500 bales Ameri
can. Receipts were 1.000 bales, includ
ing 300 bales American.
Futures opened steady and closed quiet:
American middling G. O. C.:
January
January-February
February-March .
March-April
* nril-May
Muy-June
June-Julv
A "gust ....
! Noventbcr-Decembcr
j satisfactory. In some manner the men- i August-September
I tal attitude of the workman seerrs to I September-October
i have "been imparted to the work itself. | October-Novcmber
' To be agreeable and appreciative it
- is not necessary that an cmnlover
should be ahvavs laughing or joking
with his men. It is not necessary that
j he should call them by their first names
j or paf them familiarly upon the shoul
der.. It is true that such familiarity
- might quickly breed a lack of discl-
! pline. if not a contempt that might be
I quite as fatal to the success of the
j establishment. A sensible employer.
. however, will know how best to avoid
| such extremes of conduct. A
• word of greeting in tlie morning, ir ;
: properly addressed, is always a good
j incentive to the day's work, and an ex-
pression of appreciation, if it is no
I more than a verbal expression,
j more inspiring than a snarl of dissaU
I isfaction.
The employer who shows his men 1
Close.
5.46
5.43%
5.40%
5.40 i
5.39% i
5.34% :
!5%
These prices are at wholesale and not
(■Corrected by S. R. Jauues & Tins ley Co.)
I to .'on^nm^re:
CORN—Sacked white 68
Sacked mixed 67
Sporlal quotation on car lot.
either sacked or bulk, made
on application.
OATS—White clipped 4*
No. 2 white *..47
No. s white 46
White feeding: 45
Special quotations made on
ear lot*
HAY—Choice timothy $1.25
No. 1 timothy 1.2a
No. 2 Timothy 90
No. 1 Clover 0*>
Timothy and clover mixed.. 05
Bc.tdlnpr straw .... 65
BRAN—Pure wheat
Mixed bran
Jersey stock feed
Reliable feed
Standard fend
FLOUR—Private stork, fanen pa3t..$5.15
Royal Owl. be<?t patent 4.15
Top Notch. fir«t paten.t 4.05
New Constitution. % patent. 3.50
Orange Blossom, straight.... 3.50
MEAL—Water around Juliette 67
Other brands 66
MEATS—Div salt ribs
Extra half ribs
lS-20-Ib. p. S. bellies....
IS-^O-lb. Poston bellies ,
Bulk plates
Smoked meats *ic over abrve
HAMS—Fancy suprar* cured 18
Standarn sugrar cured 15
Picnic bams 71
LARD—Pure tierces
Pure, in 80-lb, tubs...
Pure, in 5A.]h. tins....
Pure, in 69-lb. tubs....
Pure, in in-?b. tins
Pure, nl 5-lb. tins 10*1
Pure. In 3-lb. tins 10%
White-flake tUrces 7%
The same addition for other
sires as named above.
SYRUP—Georpria cane (new) 40
New Orleans 26
Black stra>» lit
SALT—100 lbs. White Cotton sok.... 50
100-lb Burlap mefes 46
Imported Rock Salt, lb 1%
CT'EESE—Ful cream
Special prices car lots.
GRISTS—Hudnuts. In bbls
Hudnuts, in 26-lb. sacks..
1.30
1.10
1.25
1.10
1.10
:::::
10
....lit;
....10Vi
....10%
....10%
...10
...15
.$S.6F<
1.70
NEW ORl EANS.
vwy rvRij^A v^. Jan. 21.—Spot cotton
closed very steady and unchanged, mid- ’
dling - 10^*. Sales on the spot were 2,250 •
boles and 375 bales to arrive.
Futures opened quiet and listless at a
decline of 2a3 points on weak Liverpool ;
and Now York advices. Owing: to lack of ;
support, the market, sagged still further j
and closed at the lowest of the dav, 3 1
to 10 points under Saturday. 1
In consequence of vigorous attacks now !
cheery ! being: made on the New York Cotton Ex- :
['change, a meeting was held todav with :
a view to having* the revision committee i
meet three times annually instead of i
semi-annually as now.
hO j Cotton futures closed steady at the fol- j
far lowimr quotations: !
January 10.16
February 10.11 j
March 10.1f
SUGAR--Granuleted. in bbls. or sck..f>.25
New Orleans clarified...
New York yellow... .
COFFEE—Choice Rio
Prime Rio
Medium Rio ........
Common
Arbuckle's Roasted
RICE*— Choice head
Medium
Common
4%
.... 4%
...14
...13
...12
...ll
...16.54
Crackers.
f Corrected by Winn-Johnson Co.)
Barona sodas. Cc.
Rnrona nicnacs. 7Uc.
Barona oyster cnidkers, «%e.
N. B. C. sodas. 7e.
Ginger snaps IN. B. C.> 7c.
Assorted cakes. 10c.
Sugar cake*. 8c.
hour with a brisk walk In Battery Park ! if he is always prying about, looking julv
1C fm v o frits* KTrsrvl'c „ ....... -Lt- . .... ° I
which is onlv a few blocks away.
The salt breeze from the bay blows
the (obwebs out of my brains! and it
is splendidly stimulating to walk in
the sharp wintry air. with the sea and
the shipping on one hand and the great
city on the other.
I couldn’t get along at ali without
that d?,ily noontide constitutional. The
routine of an office gets on one’s nerves
dreadfully, especially when one is used
to onen-nir life.
• With 35.10 deducted from my weekly
salary for board and carfares, and 10
cents for church. I really can’t afford
any more. T have the princelv sum of
to cents feft to pay for laundry, buy oil
for my stove, and generally indulge mv
tastes.
The *‘-<Ms I can forego, hut the laun
dry. There’s the rub! However. I’ve
found a laundry where they will do
mv plain washing—rough dry—for
30 rents a dozen. 5 cents a pound,
which comes to about the same.
But they charge In cents for launder
ing the plainest kind of a shirtwaist,
and 2o cents dainty ores iiko mine—
and ore- must pet a cion one on every
dav. if one would be decent.
So. 1*V decided to forswear laundered
waists for the present, and I’m wear
ing my plain woolen ones instead.
M" collars and handekrehiefs and
stockings I wash with my own fair
hands i.t my wash basin and I iron
them with a cute little ir n which I
bought for If cents, and which 1 heat
over my g-13 on a tiny heater that cost
another 10 cents.
I’m sure that I don’t care for board-
inghouse life Jr >s so different from
everything that I’ve known before.
The food is generally goo-1, hut there
is a monoton'v about it that rather
take: mv a ’-*"-tltc away.
For instance, we invariably have
that he has confidence in them will get 10 I t
far better work from them than he will j .Tune lo'.l5
10.18
; for something at which he can com
plain. The employer who is gracious
and generous will be successful, rot
only in keeping men. but in getting j rHIPAGO Jar ”l —
*■^9 best results of which they are cap- [Argentina and unfavorable
I able. The employer who Is always “
Hardware—Wholesale.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
crank and a faultfinder will find it’Gif- !
! cult to secure good workmen or to get j
them to work well for him while they I
are in his employ, for a man is a hu- I
man being, not a machine, even if he j
does have to work for a living, and lie J
! is. therefore, unable to do his best i
work when he knows that he is not
; only mistrusted and unappreciated, but
that he is liable to be insulted or I
browbeaten In the bargain. Knowing I
this, as they must know it, common
sense should teach such employers to i
: show more consideration for their em- !
ploves. As an ordinary question of !
bread and butter, the matter should ap
peal to them as an important one. even
if they have no moral conscience or
ethical feeling upon the subject.
Lumber. j
: fCorrected by Maaaee-Fclten Lum. Co.) !
Common framing at 116 to 120 per
. thousand.
I Sized framtrr at f*.7.60 to $22.50 per '
i thousand.
Storm sheathing at $17 per thousand.
No 2 common flooring at 520.00 per
1 thousand.
Xo. common celling at $17.50 per thous-
: and. j
No. 1 common flooring and celling at
• $25 p<r thousand.
“B" grad” square edge weather hoard- J
Ing at $22.50 per thousand.
j pf UthouJan<r 0n Weatber bo * r<Sln * « » 9 1 ycliow - nomine
; ?-'o. 2 pine shingles at $2.25 per thous-
: and
Xo. 1 pine shingles at $4.25 per tboua-
I and.
No. l cypress shingles at $5.60 per
Reported strike in
ither for
the cron in Southern Russia created a
strong tone at the close of the lo^al
wheat market today. The May delivery
closed at an advance of lie.
Com was up and oats wore
54n4ic. higher.
Provisions on the close were from 5
to 10c. higher.
tVhest—
Mar
July
Sept.
Corn-
Jar.
Mav
Julv
Sept.
July . .
Soot. . .
Mes. Pork—
May . .1!
Julv . .1'
Lard-
Jan.
May
July
Short Ribs—
Jan. . . 9.05
. Mav . . :..12'-:
Julv . . 9.22ti
Open. High. Low. Close.
16.60 16.30
9.32V,
9.47
9.4714
39
9.3214
9.47
9.47*4
9.05
9)10
9.22 V.
9.32V
9.50 ”
9.35
9.05
9.2-7
9 e-u
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2L—Cotton seed oil
was firm and higher on light offerings.
Prime crude in barrels f.o.b. mills 26V4:
prime summer yellow 45a46: prime sum-
| mm white 33. nominal; prime winter
tfcouend.
NAVAL STORES.
CHARLESTON. Jan. 2’..—Turpentine
and rosin, nothing doing.
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Jan. 21.—Turpentine
^te&dy at 79; sale* 102; receipts 400; sbip-
fOvrected by Dumap Harwnre Co.)
WET.t, BUCKETS—$4 per do*
P.OPB—Manila, 14%c; Se*el. lie.; eot-
ton UVc
WTRF—Barb. Sc. per lb.
PLOW STOCKS—Harman, 90c.: Fergu-
I Ion. 90r.
TT'P.S—Painted. $2.30: cedar. $3.00
POWDER— $4.50: half k»gs. $2 75; "u
kegs, S1.5C; Dupont and Hazard smoke
less. half kegs. ill.33: >,i kegs. $5.75*
1-lb. canister*. $1. )es*«25 p» r cent.; Trole-
dorf smokeless oowder. 1-lb. cans tv
SHOVELF—$6 to $11 per doz.
CARPS—Cotton. $4.50 per doz.
PLOW BLADES. 5c. per lb.
IRON—2V4c. pound, base; swede,
pound
AXES—$5.60 dozen, base.
1 LEAD--Bar. 7)$c. pound.
NAILS—Wire $2.40 keg, base; cut.
$2.40 keg. base.
SHOE* 5 —Horse. $4.25: mules. $4.25.
BUCKETS—Paint. $1.70 doz.; white oe-
; dar. tnree hoops. $3.20.
CHAINS-Trace. $* to $6 do*.
GUN POWDER—.Per peg. Austin crack
I $4.50.
SHOT. $2.00 a sack.
Candy.
Cream mixed candy tn pails, 10c.
Stick candy, in barrels. 6<4c.
Liquors—Wholesale.
(Corrected by Weichaelbaum 4 Mack.)
WHISKEY-Rye. $1.10 to $3.50; com
$1.10 to Si.30; gin. $1.10 tn 11.75: North
Carolina com. $1.10 to $1.50; Oeorgt*
corn. $! .60.
WTNE—75c. to $5; high wines. $1.J0
port and sherry. 75c. to $4: claret, $4 to
$10 a case: American cfiampaffne. $7.50 to
Dry Goods—Wholesale.
RHEETIXS—4-4, 5 to 6c.
DRILLINGS—7 to 7V4c.
TICKINGS—4»i to 1334c.
CHECKS—4 to 5%c.
BLEACHINGS—4 to 8c.
PRINTS—414 to Sc.