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200 HOUSES "WIRED" FREE B FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS ONLY EGINNING with Monday, November 5th, and continuing for the next 30 days, we will wire absolutely FREE OF CHARGE 200 houses in Newport News, not already using electricity, on streets through which the present electric lines pass, 5-Light?the work to be the very best open work, and guaranteed in every respect. This is your opportunity to install the best and most economical, clean and convenient system ox lighting to be had. Fill oat the coupon below and forward to the company immediately. Orders will be filled in the manner in which they are received Re? member that this oifer is for 30 days only and that only 200 houses will be accepted to be wired within this time limit. Electricity! The most modern and efficient energy for light and power. It is a factor of safety to all consumers, be? cause it saves time, labor, space and money. Nothing better for stores, residences or factories. Electric heating devices of various kinds are being daily substituted for antiquated methods. Make the house wife happy with an electric iron or other electrical conveniences. You pay only for what you use. You simply push the button or turn on the switch to cut in or cut off the energy. We furnish expert advice on econo? mical installation of motors, lamps, heating devices or proper diffusion of lights. ? Citizens Railway, Light & Power Co. W. W. S. BUTLER, General Manager Ifn ot Capitalists Occasion' for Demonstration, SAS TONIC FOR MARKET; dance Kept Up by Auctions at Supplies o' Credits Sufficient Guard Values Would be Forth rdng?Strong Demand for Leans. UJ YORK, Nov 13 --The copi>er ' m furnished object of a listiv>- diversion toilav in the pe which I: I ; the geaeral hat rotor c from abroad of a numb, r eftalists who are credited with a . Wm voice in negotiations be!n \ t have ;>een under way fur eon- j of coppt-r interests ?af I K?S* occasion of :|v. demonstra , la that brded admissions by those Ren- ] p were baterpr t< -< b] I S element as confirmation of the i jta on the subject which have 1 ta circulation for .several weeks. Do authoritative announcements jaade. This acted a tonic on stock market which was dia I to wait to see the complex MO ? hank statement. Bfldence was kept up by aeaer i that supplier of rredirs sufll to guard stock market values I he forthcoming from other fco theo the clearing house I ? fact that no call loans were ? at the stock exchange on that. t loft the market without an ac? te index of the tone, bot s stronc p| far time loses was reported ?4s weve i ? 'si sales, par H^aVehht. UaHed States hoods rejracbanged ou call from iast ^Hpas) fteiay. tti.oee share* ,n ??? Sacsr. im-, Tobseco. I raM leae. ?ee: Cbesapeahe *t r JJ?h". Louisville * Nashville. t aVoss SwaaTteld. IM; Soe'brrn Bp Jt len pid.. 2>M: Tweaes Qhpawr. 2.?s>> I'rited Stetes jimdM; Dtth Copper. 31.M9; Pa Ceroliaa Chemical. MS. Caehners pti fcasaated Copper . t"S , Raas Arrtcni uTsi. I Ipp Sect Sugar. 4~ Scan Ci. ; ? . . Am?!lean Car ft Foundry .... 1?% American Cotton Oil . tS American Hide ft Laatai r pfd . 47 American Ice Securities ..... ?? American hin seed.h .. .. IW American Locomotive, .,. ?'?-''>. AnuTlcan tanilttnl ft KXIn. .. MS American Smelting & Knftn. pfd lll>? American Sugar Refining _ l.'8\ American Tel. * Te!.141-A American Tobacco pfd - ,. lwV* American Woolen . KU Anaconda Mining Co. ?l*? Atchiaon .law** Atchls n jfd.104*? Atlantic Coast Lino .... . 1K\ italtltnore ft Ohio.11* Haltlmoro ft Ohio pfd . N Bethlehem Steel.,. 34Vi Brooklyn Rapid Transit. 75% Canadian Pacitfc _ . !sl^* Central leather. 47 % Central leather pfd .M?H C<ntral of New Jersey.290 Chesapeake ft Ohio,. s7"Si Chicago ft Alton .?.. ft Chicago (Jreat Western. IMl Chicago ft Ncrthwi s ?rn .. .. 1*5% Chicago. Mil ft Stj. Paul . I8*?J C . C . C ft St Us.il,. TT's Colorado Fnel ft It on. M%j Colorado ft South i m . ? ?"? Co'orado ft Southern 1st pf,| .. W> Colcrado ft Southe rn Sail . 70l* Consolidated das .Ht'i Co:i) Products ..." . j Delaware ft Hudson . 1v:''? I Itenvtr ft Rio G.Wuide. 4S Weak, Weary Women Learn the Cause of Daily woes and En*l Thsm. When the badk aches and throbs When housew ork is tort toe. Wnen night brings no rest nor sleep When ??rtiijiry disorders In Women's lot Is a weary one. There Is a way to escape BMan woes. Doan's Kidnro Pills cure suck Has. Hare cured -women bere in New? port Newt. Thi* is one New |*?r' News woman * testimony Mr* .1 H. Hargis. 5.V? Twenty-ser eat* street. Newport New? Va . -.o^ T -never took a n medy In my life that helped me as greatly a* Dono ? Kidney piPs. which 1 pro, ured a' Dor's drug store Nothing that I could say would praise them fx> high ly. I was troubled by a weak back and inere was a heavy pntu ac*e?s my htp* and loins. Dana's Kidney pnl* brought no permanent rel.ef ?nd I am rles'ed to give this testimonial in re ram. so fhat ether hidney .offerers aaay proRt thereby Foe sale by all deslees. Prtr* t"> rats *TWrteT.MI!bnrn <*??. Menne, New Torn, sole agents for the ranted SUie?. Remember the name?fmnn's? aaft take do ejier. % Daavei ? PJO Oramle pfd . 84 Histtlleis" Seouri'ies . 37% Krie . 32*? Erie 1st pfd. 46% Krie 2nd pfd . 38V* Oen< ral Electric . 162 Great Northern pfd . 142% Great Northern Ure Ctfs. 80\ Ml now Central. lt?% I t' 11.? rough-Met. 227? iLt-rliorough-Met. pfd . HH Inter. Harvester. 102% Inter-Marine pfd . 24% Internationa' Paper. 1"?% lntern.-t?onal Pump. Iowa Central . 2^ ? Kansas City Southern . 42Tx Kansas City Southern pfd .... *M| LewjBViTJa * Nashville. 153 Minnea:olis 4 St. Louis . 62 Minn.. St P 4 Sanlt St M. . 1".? Missouri Pacific. 70% Missouri. Kansas & Texas .... 4T7k Missouri. Kansas 4 Texas pfd 73% National Hiscuit . 113 National Lead. ?8 Nat I R\>. of Mexico 1st pfd - 5? New fc*h Central. 1314 New Y<rk. Ontario & W-gtern 46% Norfolk 4 West?? . !>.*>% Nonh American . 79% Northern Parifir .1 Pacific Mail. 4:: P nr.sylvania. 14014 Reagdt', <ias. 113% P tts- ur? C C. * St. Ix>iis .. ?5% Pre*red Steel Car. W ?hillman Palace Car. 192 Railway Steel Spring. 40V* I Reading . 161*4 j Republic Steel. 4" 'Republic St. el p|| . 10*% Rook Island Co. 4" Rock Island C.. pfd. W?H S' Lou % a- San Fran 2nd pfd ?"?**% H LgdSl Southw?stern _ 31*4. St l?cuis Southwestern pfd .. Tu' Sheffield St.-* 1 ? Iron .. *1 Southern PaeiAc. ijsi, |s..i!thrrn Railway'.'..'. *'..'..'... 32% ?MShSO Rellway pfd. 79% '!.?!.<?-. e C. 1 ?,? r. Texas * Pacific. ?% Toledo. St. Loals 4 West. ?3 Toledo. St Louis d West, pfd 4?% Cnion Pacific. 2?1% Ink* ParlSe pfd . ie2% Ml ? State, Realty. ?2% I ntted States Rubber. 4?% I n .ted States Steel . *??*? Cmled State? St.~| rfd .. . 1? nia Carolina Cheoslesl ... 4?t aah. 2?> ?fh pfd. awl lern Mar)Unl. 34 ;nghous? KWtrkt. *i 4 Take Erie. 8% (Vatral. fiat* Standard oil CH.r jpc Gra * Market. 1 fHirtoo KM Nev 1- -Wiatrr ' weather in the northwest was case od tin r.Kttis i'ts|H>iihib!o for a ?sharp break in wheat plici s Sere today. Tfie niahket closed weak al nei declines of %*% 10 ffcal cent Oata were Si? ft ct?d oy the BltUBp in wheat and Mav .. 02*+2Q.T;%t*M j Lard, per 100 lbs ? Nov. . i;.9*v:: :?< 12 93 13.3n I Jan. .. I1.S5 12 OS life* Rjj* Hay .. II 47>ill r.2411 4? 1102% Short Rio?, per 100 lbs Jan. .. l?XtS l?.92>=ln".1 10 90 May .. lu.47ojlft.-V; If IT^I" Baltimore Cram Market. P.AI.TIMORK. Ml>. Not. 13.? WIIKAT?quiet: spot contract, tl.1?*?: southern by sample. SOafl. 14; southern on* grad-. 11 ''"-.all If Vt CORN ? firmer; eprt contract old, M%S; new cv a I OATS- quiet: No i mixed. 424a?. RY>7 -dull: No 2 wetehB dmnes tic. ??Ha?1 New Yo<-k Mcney Marked. \KW V??KK. Not 13 -Mooes on coll. croiinai Tim Inane. e?roeg: >i?t\ davs. :.^4 per cent, and ninety days. Sa.'.V? per rent; six aaeairta?, * (?er cent. Clone: Prime mercantile paper 5 to :.?, p?r rent Siertlnc exchange Mai with actual huxmess la hanker*', Mit? at 4 ?3 lie4 v zi fee arxty 4m7 Mi'v and at 4 87 3i for dem ami. Ceas m. -nal hills. 4<2%af.a] Bar *U rer, '<e\ Mexican a*liar*. AS. 1 New Yer< Cotton. SV.W YORK. Not U ?Cotton Sjpi closed quiet; noddl'nc apland*. ? I ISnn| ganf, It* ao sale* and < If "? Open Mlgh T^ow Clcae i Auk . 14J6 14.26 IdJto 14 22 S. pt. ...-12.12 12 92 It?:. Oct. .. . 12.45 12.45 12.32 12.49 Treasury Statement. I WASHINGTON, D C-, Ma*. 13 ? ' The roejdlflca cf the treasury at the beginning of busin?:;? todav was us I follows: j Trust fun da: tlold c?:n. $881 >?>?"?.869. j Silver donate-. MSMW.MS. Silver dollars of ISSt, $4.i>16.oOO. Silver rertiflrates outstanding, I $4S8.089.fWiu. General fund: Standard silver dollar* in general fund. $1.791.148. Current liabilities. $112.791.170. Working t.alanr.' in tTeasury of? fice. $2t?,x26,o?3. In banks tow credit cf treasurer or the 1'nited States. $:16.467..'!6?. Subsidiary silver coin. $17.157.420. j I Minor coin. ff.Tff.Ttti T( tal balance in general fund. $84. 83s.n 7. 1 I Timber Decay Costa Millions. Millions of feet of timber and finish ed lumber rot every year In railroad ties, bridges, trestles, piles, farm bui'dings, fences, poles, and mine ' props The lumber consuming public of tbe I'nited States pays perhaps thlrt> to forty million dollars a year to make gc-od tbe losses from wood decay. I Tbeee great drain* are a source of more and more concern each year Chemi'ta an1 engineers ?b? have to do witb the u-< - of wood are work ing iinoea-lngly on the problem The I" ft Forest Servue has men who de? vote their ?hole time to it Tbe im ??ortance of the problem ran not be overestimated Millions of dollars are aneuatiy saved by preserva'lve treat merit of timber*, lot much yet re mains mt be learned. Wood ireeay ia reused bv fungus, a vegetable growth ?omeflme? so small that It can be seen eety with the mi? croscope It* roots r.r branches like minu?e hand*, force their way info tbe wood tissues and shsorn or eat away the srlid pert- The collapse which result ? i? called decsy Timber Is artllrallv preserved by forcing isto Ms cells snd pores certain suh-tarices which prevent the growth of fungi As Ion?; m mm substance is preeesi Is eafjkiee'* enentity. the germs of de? es y?the thread* snd ? pores of fee goo?ran eel enter and the ? nod is preserved This orten eve an' doah Itng snd .ometim?. ireMmg the Itfe cf the iimhev The raited state* gnrernment con sillers the investigations of the pre? servative treatment of timber of such importance that the business of one office of the I'nited States Forest Service, that of Wood Preservation, with new headquarters at Madison. Wis.. is given over entirely to the work of cxperements in co-0|>erafion with railroad companies and other corporations and individuals in pro? longing the life of railroad ties, mine props, bridge timbers, fence posts and trannii.-sion (Miles. Tne lengthening of the life of tim? ber means the saving of thousands of dollars annually through doing away with the heavy expense of labor and cost of material for renewals Turtle Worship. At a place called Horton on the French Ivory Coast the natives iw liere that to eat or destroy a turtle would mean death to the guilty one or sii knes* among the family. The fetich men. of whom there are plenty, declare that years ago a man suit to sea fi-hing. In the night his canoe was thrown u|K?n the beach empty, 'three days afterwards a turtle came ashore at the same pace with the man on its back alive and well Since I that time they have never eaten or destroyed one of that siiecie*. al- , though they enjoy other species. i If one happens now to be wa-shej 1 ashore there is great commotion In j the town. First the women sit down I ?nd start singing and heating sticks; j next a small piece of white cloth icolor must bo white? is placed on the turtle's back. Food is then pre IKtred and placed on the cloth, gen orally planting rice and |>alm oil. Globe. Then, amid a lot more singing, danc? ing and antics of the fetich people, it is carried back into the sea and goes on its way rejoicing.?London Globe Made a Bonfire of Cigars. Ileeause be was oonvini e,l at a re? vival meeting that it was wrong to use tobacco, and decided that If it was wrong to use the weed, it must be wrong to sell it. S. N Dreese. a Murdock avenue merchant. Sunday made a bonfire of his cigars and to baeco. A strong odor of burning to? la* co early this morning was traced to the back yard of Hreese's store, where Hreese wa-s heaping box' - ot cigars on the flames. Occasionally he would cast a cask of chewing tobacco or a cartoon of smoking tobacco. When nothing remained but ashes, Mr. nanSjaa remarked: ' We !. I've won that battle with the devil.'? Then be disappeared in his store. The crowd followed him and aprayer scr viie was held ? New York World. Too much is worse than want ? German. FREE TO YOU-MY SISTER . . . Inmaw?n I knew ? uobmi* sagging*. I have feukS the rare. ^ I w? *^n*^ of **ye**ra*. nay be?trmt mLTtm* ^rea'.'-nr'roe^^r**"?!??roor^toa??tor? year n?k*r. er roar saner. I ns to Ml you h..w *? em ?aaraa-o* ?t ksst wUaoit oka bet* of s decor. Mm cannot aaaerstaarf wo****'* torffersar*. ral wr wrwnro kwnw ?reo liiussii, w* know kaCMT tkm s?7 doctor. I kaew that my novae trwj< ?!.?? is ? safe sad ass* ess* for tumitu or WkltUh orecaarf-r*. tVcrettoa, tWiptl illt or rani a ef the Won*. Mm. scaat? or eamiot a*iliTi. mails* or OiOito* Toon ?r Qrowttir: ist. asO ?< *?w Ol j bearing It. OreWjh? cry, bo* *? ?es accaanr to nor on. m a l ssjliu as* ***** treat oasat snaaear wee to Beer* to so* thai reo esa core f I na*W ot hamm. ?***>. evtrtdr ooal oarer* He aawWbor. too* ? *a cool raw nstkaaa to g-tr? tne ssattaavtea***totenrtol: soda! fvesttoaM wtok tooassnsos.tt wM ?oet roe ootr akeot >2mit,? or tor* tkoo two onto adae. It aria set rearfsre with roar work or enpotho. Jaet oosd ?* yw*r naa** ana seams. BOB as how roe ?t*W of reo wire, ami I wilt toast rno tfc* tro***oBt oaSfBS^ %mT n**m****Sl^ a^asaT'viSnnM **W $%)mT%mT mm\Y9 " s**Jna e***V**t InntT** tMM < Laatof'" ri lo j lesTooi m Wto? i ? r? *?-? I ?aa refor roe to to*aa bs* ****** ako* nu. Nam* Teas***** *u*> ii i loaj. stoaaj ort r t i - J*rt mmI a* rns South Bond. Ind., u. ? A,