SI - : 1ME: W EKKJLi bTAR -: :
T S88338388SS888838 " "" " " - ' - - -. - - -- A-, r; , j,.. -,
. H ssssgMSSSiSSiSSS VOL. XXV. ' WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, 'AUGUST 17, 1894. V ' r t V v NO 41
S8SS3S88883888388
1WVI 8
88888888888888888
'SljlDOJV Z
8888888828S8SSSas
S888SSSSSS8S88888
88S8S888888888888
V 'At 2
883333383833388383
a -
, k at the Post Office at Wilmtgton, N.
, H ,, l at CUss Matter.-,
C, as
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
1 1 Juiiacription price of the Weekly Star 1 as
Ir Copy 1 year, postage paid.
" 6 months " " .
' 3 months " " .
..1 00
.. 60
.. SO
Have you received a bill for sub
scription to the Weekly Star re
cfiitljf ? If so. 's il correct ? If corr
rt-ci, why not pay it ? Is there a man
on earth who can print a newspaper
.fori nothing and pay the postage be
sides
Can a farmer give away his
. . . i i i
cFn, I a-.iU cotton, aiiu wucai, auu
din kens, and eggs, and keep out of
the poor house? If so, let us have
ti.c rtripc.
It will be valuable to us
1"
f !IW.
A PARTY WITHOUT A HEAD.
Instead of gaining the Populist
party has lost strength North and
South, for two reasons; one that it
was buil: on issues which in their na
t ure are transient, and the other -because
it lacked the leadership to
formuiate any consistent, respectable
plati of action. Its' platform of so
called principles was an incongruous
admixture of the good and bad," the
practicable and the impracticable,
the best of which was taken from the
Democratic platforms and was ap
propriated and adopted tor the pur
pose of winning Democratic votes.
- rr its inception it was essentially a j
fanners' party, and was cornerstoned
on the idea that the farmers of the
country had grievances which could
be redressed only through separate
aihl independent political organiza
tion. There was the first blunder,
which showed that the leaders of the
movement were impracticable and
shortsighted, if sincere. With the
support of the Farmers Alliance,
which had an organization in nearly
all the States, .but especially in the
-West find the South, it started out
with a grand flourish, and with the
vim ojf i he firs dash did succeed in
makitig a pretty big dent in the two
old parties. But it exhausted itself
in this first dash and has never been
as strong or as thoroughly organized
or as well led since , Since then it
has been drifting about without a
directing hand or brain, under the
composite leadership of men who
have no well defined ideas of what
they or the party they assume to
speak! for want.
With the wild and erratic views
held by some of the so-called leaders
it is hard to'tell what the next na
tional platform may be, whether it
will be a reiteration in a modified
iuTiu of previous platforms, or an
Anarchistic declaration'of principles.
This will depend upon the men who
have the shaping of the platform,' If
Senators Allen and Peffer be the in
spiring spirits' in that "there will
doubtless be a strong dash of Anarch
ism in it, for they have both been
espousing the cause of the lawless
elements of the country and in as tar1
as tney could have been laboring to
identify their party with these ele
ments. As they have recruited the
lawless elements they have driven
the thoughtful, law abiding element
out, which accounts for its waning
strength in those States and sections
of States where it was strongest two
y ears ago.
I here were two demands in the
national pfatform which secured it
the support of many farmers, who
were impressed with the conviction
"mi in tne success ot either one or
both of these was the relief of the
farmers from the heavv burdens that
had been crushing them and the Tres-
urrection of the agricultural indus
try. ;One of these was the sub-treas
ury plan, the other the Government
ownership of railroads, telerrraDhs.
c. The last campaign was fought
ma.ny upon the former, while they
t-yinciiuea staunchly for the latter,
iiijiuia oiate Dotn ot them were
demanded as essentials which could
not and would not be waived. Now
the Populist leaders (such as they
arej nave cut loose, from the sub
treasury plan and eliminatH if
eliminated the one demand in which
the farmers were the most irterested
if they were simple-minded enough
to be sufficiently interested to base
any nopes on either. Thev still ad
hereto the Government nwnrchin
of railroads, telegraphs. &c but the
rt i-vK . I-; i ? r . .
probabilities are. tW
will not be
long before they abandon this as im.
practicable also, and relegate it with
the sub-treasury. '
ihis would reduce the platform in
r; 7 ,uai leatures to the declaration
Sand the, free coinage of Silver,
either nn .u:i. ?
oeen omitted hpoanc -
, . . y aic an
tagonistic, anrl Wl,
T . ' uJl.u V-CU1UUL cairv.
n Drorlaiminrr v !
greenbacks they alienate the silver
. .wS iui met issuing oi
rJrCL.u were Peking to them
Because they were friendly to the free
coinage of silver. They will lose the
s?PpeIat,0, and counsel of Senator
Stewart, who a.j u t .
ftDW to cast his lot with
-fvKcause. Vy stood by silver,
fiVhtino na for hichonly he is
ngnting. No Dartr ran H. , .m-k-u
SS7 S56 !llver.Pa"y Aoo, for
- with the practically unlimited issuing
of nnii i . "tic wm ue no need
-.umcQ stiver coinage, and with
unlimited coinage there will be no
need of greenbacks. One proposi
tion forestalls the other, and one or
the other must be abandoned.
.' As it stands now the Populist
party is a. party practically without a
platform and without a head, a
party that is trying to run itself
without brains to lead it or any
thing to stand on.
THE STATE CONVENTION.
The Democratic State Convention
which met at Raleigh Wednesday
disposed of its work with little fric
tion and gave us a ticket for Judges
and Treasurer which will be cordially
endorsed by the party.
Its action on- the proposition for
primaries to express a preference for
United States Senators says pretty
plainly that the party isn't yet quite
ready for - new departures on -that
line, and as this proposition originat
ed with Senator Jarvis the friends of
Senator Ransom may possibly con
strue it as an indirect expression m
his favor, although the convention
probably had no intention to express
a preference for either. -
The endorsement of the adminis
tration of President Cleveland was
emphatic enough to answer all prac
tical' purposes and as emphatic as
could reasonably be expected from a
convention which differed from the
administration as much as this did
on the silver question, in which it
went a little further in the construc
tion of the silver plank in the plat
form of 1892 than a due regard for
the phraseology of that plank would
warrant. It re-affirms the financial
plank in the platform of 1892 and
then proceeds to construe it to mean
that it is the duty of Congress to at
once enact such legislation as will
restore the equal privileges of silver
with gold at the mints by the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and
gold on a ratio of 16 to 1, the ratio
which has heretofore prevailed.
As far as the people of North Car
olina are concerned the matter of
ratio is a secondary consideration,
the main point being that the money
they have, whether of paper or coin,
be .the equivalent of any other
money, and have the same purchas
ing and debt-paying power. Whether
this can be assured on a ratio of 16
to 1 is a question in debate, on which
there is a decided difference of
opinion within the ranks of the
Democratic party as well as outside.
There was evidently no disposition
on the part of the framers of the
Democratic platform of 1892 to
commit the party to the 16 to 1
ratio, ' as will be seen by the silver
plank, which reads as follows:
We hold to the use of both gold and
silver as the standard money of the coun
try, and to the coinage of both gold and
silver without discriminating against
either metal or charge for mintage, but
the dollar unit of coinage of both metals
must be of equal intrinsic and exchange
able value, or be adjusted through inter
national agreement, or by such safe
guards of legislation as shall ensure the
maintenance ot tne parity ot the two
metals and the equal power of every dol
lar at all times in the markets and in the
payment of debts, and we demand that
all paper currency shall be kept at par
with and redeemable in such com.
This is, if language means any
thing, a conditional declaration in
favor of the free and unlimited coin
age of silver and gold, the condition
being that one shall be the equal of
the other, but it is in no sense, even
on the broadest construction, a decla
ration in favor of the 16 to 1 ratio.
The people of North Carolina,
however, are much more interested in
the repeal of the State bank tax
thau they are in the coinage of silver
on any ratio, tor with that we
would secure the object aimed at In
advocacy of the free coinage of sil
ver, which is a more ample volume
of currency. .
MINOR MENTION.
Governor Flower, of New York, is
quoted as saying that if he can have
his way a plank will be inserted in
the Democratic platform of that
State next Fall giving a solemn
pledge-of the Democratic party that
it will not pass another tariff bill in
twenty years. We suppose when
Governor Flower said this, if he did
say it, that he took it for granted
that the present Congress would pass
a tariff bill which would at least
come somewhere near meeting the
expectations of. the Democratic
party, which would practically settle
the Question of . a tariff bill
for some time, but would not
put an end to tariff legis
lation.. With some sort of a substi
tute for and improvement on the Mc-
Kinley monstrosity the way would
be open for a gradual treatment of
the tariff question and for taking np
such special features in the tariff
scheme as might need attention with
out tackling and undertaking to over
haul the whole scheme. In this way
gradual changes could - be made
where they were most needed, and
salutary reforms be secured without
I . ' t
alarming agitation or very serious
disturbance - to the industries
in general, and there would be
in the end more accomplished
in this way; for instead of having
many interests combined to fight, the
tariff reformers would have but one,
or a few at a time. When there are
many involved they make common
cause, and united enter the fight
I against all reform, whereas if there
were only one, or a few, they would
have to stand on their own merits
and. fight their own battles. This is
one reason why we have deemed it
the ' better policy to accept such
a bill as we can get now, though it
may be a disappointment, rather
than no bill at all. which would ne-
I cessitate fighting the whole ground
l over again, xne acceptance oi any
I bill now does not mean the end of
. - - a . . ---,. . : y 1 ' : ., ... ,
efforts for tariff reform, for the fight
will go on, the only- difference be
ing that the method will be changed,
and we f will ' accomplish in detail
what we are not now able to accom
plish at one sweep.
For some time Senator Hill has
been "layin low and sayin' nuffin',"
but has been keeping his eyes and
ears open. - He has never wanted the
Tariff bill passed with the income tax
provision in it,, and; he doubtless
takes intense satisfaction in the fail
ure of the conference committees to
come to an agreement, for this pre
sents the opportunity for defeating
the bill, and with it the "odious"
income tax. It also presents the
opportunity of gaining a temporary
triumph over the President, who in
his letter to Mr. Wilson took such a
l
strong position against the Senate
bill. Next to, or perhaps more than.the
defeat of the income tax the defeat
of the President would be sugar
plums to him, notwithstanding his
endorsement of that letter and his
apparently disinterested and chival-
ric defence of the President. Whether
the tariff bill pass or not in any
shape, and we think it will substan
tially in its present shape, there is
one thing to be deplored and that is
that it has created bitterness and an
tagonisms within the party which
could and should have been avoided;
which have been and will continue to
be stumbling blocks in the way of
salutary legislation. This whole busi
ness, however, has developed one
fact which the people cannot fail to
see, namely, that the majority of
Democratic Representatives and
Senators,' and the administration, are
acting in good faith, are true to the
party and its pledges, and if there
be failure in redeeming these it will
not be to them the responsibility yill
attach, but to a few Democratic Sen
ators, backed by a few Populists and
the Republican minority. The peo
ple understand this and will place
the responsibility where it belongs.
! ...
A few days ago Congressman
Blair, of New Hampshire, introduced
a resolution tor an investigation of
the lynchings that have taken place
in the country for some years past,
the. animus of which is pretty well
understood. Friday, Senator Chan
dler, of New Hampshire, introduced
a resolution calling for an investi
gation of the recent election in Ala
bama, in which bis friend Kolb was
defeated, to ascertain' whether the
Legislature elected was so elected
as to be qualified to choose a United
States Senator. The object of this
resolution is to create the impres
sion that the election was car
ried by fraud. It would have
be n in order while he was about it
to' have included the State of Ten
nessee, where the Populist-Republi
can comoine was wnippea Dy tne
Democrats, and where a U. S. Sena
tor is also to ! be elected, to succeed
Senator Harris. When Blair and
Chandler were both in the Sec ate
they were two nuisances. -They got
rid of Blair finally and tried tof dump
htm on China but China wouldn't
take him, and he drifted into the
House where he occasionally bobs
up. If New Hampshire wasn't fear
fully short of material she would get
rid of Chandler, who is perhaps one
of the most ; contemptible figures,
when he attempts to cut a figure, in
the Senate, i
A report comes from Alabama that
a man who had taken refuge under a
tree on the roadside during a thunder
storm, was struck by lightning and
was apparently dead tor five hours,
when he suddenly revived and recov
ered entirely, with the exception of
the burns on the body. That his
body was burned shows that the
bolt came close enough to do more
than merely shock. This recovery
recalls the fact that a French elec
trician of reputation contends that
electricity does not kill but simply
suspends vitality, and that with
brooer efforts any person, however
strong the charge of electricity may
be, can be resuscitated. He contends
that persons electrocuted are not
killed by electricity but by the sur
geon s knife.
Chief W. P. Hazen, of the United
States Secret Service, got trail of a
gang of counterfeiters and captured
the whole plant the other day .on a
farm in Connecticut. He confis
cated the plates, which were well ex
ecuted, about $12,000 of bills ready
to shove, and a stack of silk fibre
paper, which was a good imitation
of the note paper made for the Gov
ernment. The engraver of the plates
peached, and broke up this financial
enterprise.
Indiana was so hard up that she.
couldn't raise the money to pay her
militia called out during the strike
riots, but the Governor came to the
rescue bv borrowing the amount
necessary, $i5,000, on his own note.
Thisjncident is worthy of note.
A; more thoroughly capable and
honest man than Grover Cleveland
never occupied the Presidential
chafr; and it will be no surprise
to
I the Star if, before the end of his
I prcscut term, uc is vuc must iwfu,ai
I Democrat In
the United States.
CAPE FEAR BAB.
The Depth of Water 8offleient for the
IT. S. Cruiser Balejgb, Not-withstanding
the Telegraphed Statement from
Washington.
The statement in the press dispatch
from Washington, D. C, (published in
the Star) that the U. S. cruiser Mont
gomery had been ordered to South port
instead of the Raleigh, because the draft
of the latter was greater than the depth
of water on the bar at tjie mouth of the
Cape Fear river.! occasioned no little
comment yesterday from persons who
are well informed as to the condition of
the river and harbor, and the depth of
water on the bar. Capt. Jos. Price,
harbor master, in a note to the Star,
says: . . . -
To correct the impression of the Naval
authorities at ; Washington that-the
depth of water on our bar is not suffi
ciet for an eighteen-feet ship, I will state
that the Norwegian barque Anna went
to sea on tbe 21st of May last drawing
nineteen feet four, inches. - There, was
considerable sea on the bar at the time.
J. Price, Harbor Master.
To the above, the Star would add
this : The soundings of the pilots show
21 feet 5 inches on the bar at high tide,
and the channel is known to be the
straightest on the Atlantic coast. If
then, the cruiser Raleigh draws but 18
feet (as is understood), she could ; cross
Cape Fear bar at high tide with three
feet of water to spare.
But is it a fact thet the .order of the
naval authorities to send the Raleigh to
Southport was countermanded because
"it was found that her draft was greater
than the depth of water over the bar?"
That is what is stated in the Associted
Press dispatch from Washington printed
yesterday; but, on the 6th, it was tele
graphed that the order sending the Ral
eigh was countermanded, "owing to the
necessity of completing thei vessel;" and,
again, on the 7th, it was telegraphed
that the cruiser Montgomery would pro
bably be sent "instead of using the Ra
leigh, which is not yet completed''
So, it is clear that the failure of the
Raleigh to come is not because she can
not cross our bar, but because she is "not
completed," and the Government wishes
to have her in commission, for foreign
service at the earliest possible moment.
Ex-Chairman Simmons.
The News-Observer thus refers to ex-
Chairman Simmons:
Chairman Simmons yesterday retired
from the Chairmanship of the State Ex
ecutive Committee. The Convention
passed a very complimentary resolution,
offering him tbe thanks of the party for
his admirable work last campaign, and if
Mr. Simmons could have properly re
tained the chairmanship he would with
entire unanimity . and with enthusiasm
have been re-elected to that post of
honor and hard 'work. But his official po
sition precluded all expectation of his
accepting it again, and rendered it im
practicable for the party to have his fur
ther services in that capacity.
Clinton and Warsaw Telegraph.
Tbe Clinton and Warsaw Telegraph
line was sold to the Western Union Au
gust lstJ The Democrat says :
The public rejoices to receive this in
telligence. Heretofore a ten-word mes
sage would cost forty cents to points in
the State when- sent over the Clinton
line, which was the property of a private
company. Hereafter a ten-word mes
sage to or from Clinton will cost but
twenty-five cents to points inside the
State. ,
The Central Committee.
Tbe following is a complete list of the
Democratic Central Executive Commit
tee: ' .
Paul B. Means, Cabarrus; E.C. Smith,
Wake; T. L. Emry, Halifax; J. P. Cald-
well, Mecklenburg; H. C. Olive, R. H.
Battle, Wake; C B. Watson, Forsyth;
W. E. Ashley, A. W. Haywood, Wake
J. J. Young, Johnston; H. J. Herrick,
Wilson; W. W. Fuller, Durham; J. R,
Young, Vance; E. J. Hale, Cumberland;
F. M. Simmons, Craven; S. A. Ashe,
Wake; and C. E. Foy, Craven.
SCOTLAND NECK MOUNTED RIFLEMEN
Scotland'Neck, N. C, Aug, 7, 1894.
The third biennial encampment of the
S. N. M.R. will be held August Gth to
15th inclusive.
Section 1.. On account of the desirable
location and the convenience and cour
tesies of the W. & W. and,. Wilmington
Seacoast Railroads, and through the
eenerosity of the citizens ot IWilming-
ton. this encampment will be at Ocean
View, near Wilmington.
Section 2. This camo will be known as
Camp Daniel, in honor of Capt. John
H. Daniel, lor the interest ne nas shown
in the State Guard, and especially the S.
N. M. R. G. s. white,
Captain Commanding.
The Kttohen Market,
The city markets yesterday were sup
plied abundantly with vegetables from
truck farms near town and' with fish
from the Sounds.! Prices were reason
able, and the householder found it no
difficult task to supply his wants. Cab
bage sold at 5 to 10c per head; onions,
25c per peck; beets, 10c per bunch;
sweet potatoes,' (new) two quarts for 5
cents; butter beans, 10c per quart; field
peas, 10c per quart; green corn, 10c per
dozen; tomatoes, two quarts for 5 cents;
watermelons, 5 to 20c apiece; canta
loupes, 5 to 15c. t
In the fish market, shrimp sold at 5 to
10c per quart; mullets, 5 to 10c per
string; blackfish 10c; flounders 1520c;
sand-perch, 5 cents; sturgeon. 5c per
pound. I
The poultry dealers were well supplied
with erown fowls at 2530c; and
chickens at 15 to 20c each.
The "butchers had their stalls filled
with choice beef, veal and mutton, at
reasonable prices.
Congressional Convention at LnmDerton.
Posters are out announcing that the
special train from Wilmington to Lum
berton on the 22nd insL, will leave Wil
mington at 7.10 a. m.; arriving at Lum-
berton at 9,80 a. m4 taking passengers
from all points.' Round trip tickets will
be sold as follows: From Wilmington,
$3.45; Cronly, $3-50; Councils', (1.75;
Clarkton, $1.05. Rates from interme
diate points at corresponding figures.
i HAAS MAY GET
Mr. Sol. Haas Kay Be Commissioner of
the Southern Hallway and Steamship
Association, t v
The 22nd day of August will be a fate
ful day in the affairs of the Southern Rail
way and Steamship Association, says
tbe Atlanta Constitution.
On that day will be held at Manhat
tan-Beach the meeting of the controlling
forces of that organization, who recently
adjourned at a critical stage of their pro
ceedings, without accomplishing the
most important purposes for which they
had met. " ' ' ': :.
At that meeting two or three things
vitally affecting the association may oc
cur. There may be a change of officers.
"here may be a lack of agreement on
the part of 'the repres'ntatives of the
railroads. And there it a- rumor cur
rent to the effect that there it a bare J
probability of the disintegration of the
association. . -. ' - .
Few can be found among the railroad
men of the country who believe that the
latter rumor can possibly be true. Never
theless occurrences at tbe last meeting
of the association, which adiourned a
fortnight ago, gives slight color to the
report. - - j;
One of the most important and inter
esting stories concerning the coming
meeting of the association is that which
refers to the probable change of officers
of the association. It is said that Hon.
E. B. Stablman, the present commis
sioner, may decline re-election, and in
the same connection it is said that there
is opposition to Mr. Stahlman from cer
tain sources. ' j-
I MAY BE MR. HAAS. j
Two of the lines who are understood
to oppose the commissioner are the Nor
folk and Western and the Merchants
and Miners' Transportation Company.
Neither of these belong to tbe associa
tion, haying withdrawn some time ago,
after being heavily fined on two or three
counts prepared by Mr. Stahlman. It
is said that these roads went to the asso
ciation meeting recently with the propo
sition that if a new commissioner were
elected they would return to the associa
tion. !
It is said that Mr. Sol Haas will be
elected to the commissionership in the
event that Commissioner Stahlman
goes out. And it is said, too, that if
there is any opposing candidate when
the election comes off that it will be
Mr. Haas. There are those who favor
him for the place and it is known that
he is not disinclined to the position-. -
Mr. Haas is reported to be anything
but satisfied with the position that he
now has as assistant to President Spen
cer of the Southern, and he has been
spoken of for several new positions re
cently. In the past few days it has been
reported that he would be made first
vice president of the Southern, but this
talk is Without foundation. The South
ern railway would no doubt like to have
Mr. Haas made commissioner.
VISITING MILITARY.
Arrival and Reception of the Scotland
Seek Mounted "Kiflomen Entertained
tr the W. Zi. I. at Their Armory. -
The Scotland Neck Mounted Rifle
men arrived in the city last evening
about seven o'clock over the W. & W
R. R. They were met at the depot by
the Wilmington Light Infantry with
forty men in ranks, under command of
Capt. W. N, Harriss and Lieuts. C H.
Grainger and C H. White.
The Scotland Neck boys were under
command of Capt J. S. White and Lieuts.
B. C Dunn and A. P. Kltchin. They
were escorted from the depot down
Front street, thence up! Market to the
W. L. I. Armory, by the Light Infantry.
All along the line of march the streets
were crowded with ladies and gentlemen,
eager to see the only mounted 'company
in the State and the company which has
held the Walter's best-shot trophy for
several years. At the Armory re
freshments had been set on tables
on the lawn, and a couple of hours
were spent by the two commands
mingling together and' becoming ac
quainted with each other while partak
ing of supper. '
Speeches of welcome were made by
Mr. Geo. H. Howell and Capt. Harriss,
of the Wilmington Light Infantry, and
Lieut. W. M. Atkinson, of the Naval
Reserves. They were replied to
in a happy and appreciative way oy
Capt. J. S. White, Lieut. A. P. Kitchin
and Sergeant C H. Cocke, of the Rifle
men. Everything passed off pleasantly,
and after- showing the -visitors
aroundjthe Armory, at 9.15 o'clock
they were escorted to the Sea-
coast depot by the W. L. I.
and took the cars for their ten days
camp in the Brown cottage at Ocean
View. As the two companies parted
cheers were exchanged.
It was announced that a grand mili
tary ball would be given in their honor
to-night at Island Beach Hotel. A late
train will run up to the city.
The following is the roster of the
Riflemen as they go into camp:
Captain J. S. White. !
First Lieutenant B. C Dunn. -
Second Lieutenant A. P. Kitchin.
First Sergeant, C H. Cocke; Second
Sergeant, W. N. Steptoe; Fourth Ser
geant, I. H. Smith; Fifth Sergeant,
W.E. Smith.
First Corporal, W. C AUsbrook;
Second Corporal, . C A. Whitehead;
Third Corporal, W. H. Allsbrook.
Surgeon Dr. F.W. Whitehead.
Privates C Bass, W. K. Bell, B.
Bradley, J. L. Burgess, C. M. Cook, W.
Hopkins, G. H. Johnson, T. L. Joyner, D
A. Madry, R. J.Madry, Asa Pope, W. T.
Riddick, R. E. L. Pitt, W. L. Staton, A.
S. H. Smith. Jno. Gray, A. White, A. B.
White and W. R. Whitehead.
For the Naval Beaerves T7. S. Cruiser
i Montgomery. ; .
A press dispatch to the Star last
night from Washington. D. C says
' Acting Secretary McAdoo has decided
to send the cruiser Montgomery to
Southport, N.C at the mouth of the
Cape Fear river, to take ; part in the na
val militia movement of the North Caro
lina Reserves. - This battalion has the
use of the monitor Nantucket, but it was
deemed desirable to famish a more
modern warship, and for that purpose
the Raleigh was at first chosen. It was
found, however, that her draft was
greater than the depth of water over the
bar, and the Montgomery bz been or
dered to take her place."
A NEW MAE OF HIM.
Wbat Palne's Celery
Compound Did
for Sheriff Sfnnott.
While the sun shines
the farmer makes
hay. "v ;
Men and women
whose store of
strength and nervous energy has fallen
so low that it barely keeps them through
the day, should fill their viens now with
fresh blood full of red
corpuscles, and
store the' million tiny
nerve cells .with
energy by means of Paine's celery com
pound, while it is summer and the sun
shines. "
There are now few
drafts upon the
strength of the body; no winter colds to
resist, nor sprme languor to drac one
back. It is amazing how rapidly it is
now possible to lay no nerve force and '
vigor, over and above the daily expend
iture. Those who sutler from kidney
troubles, liver or stomach weaknesses,
and rheumatism find io time so suited
as the present to overcoming these dis
eases by giving these overworked, poorly
tea organs oiooa mat t is rich ami pure
in quality .and sure to! invigorate.
I bis is. what Paine a celery compound
is doing all over the dountry while it. is
summer and while every one feels that
now is the time to get well.
That most remarkabte blood and nerve
remedy of this country Paine's "celery
compound makes new. vigorous red
blood; removes disease from tbe vital
organs by richly feeding worn out nerve
tissues all over the bocy and building up
the strength of the body thai is why it
makes people so quickly well.
rroi. toward E. ratios. M. D. LL.U..
of Dartmouth College, first prepared
Paine's celery compotnd. It has met
the hearty approyal qf physicians and
scientific men all overXtae world.
It makes people welt .
Savs Deoutv Sheriff! lohn Sinnott of
Whitehal, N. Y., whose portrait is given
above: t
'In my opinion, Pine's celery com
pound is the best remedy in the world.
I have been troubled With inflammatory
rheumatism some 12 1 years, sometimes
crippled for three months at a time. A
friend told me to try Fame's celery com
pound, and I am now pn my 12th bottle,
and it has made a new man ot me. I
heartily recommend at to every one
troubled with rheumatism."
It makes people welt
ABOUT CcItTON.
Hubbard, Price & Co. Weekly Letter.
New York. Augult 9. It becomes
apparent that the change in the tone in
sentiment in commercial circles is rap
idly altering the opinion of merchants
in the United States from one of ex
treme pessimism to one of optimism.
This change in sentiment will probably
do much towards giving courage to the
disheartened people of the country, who
for nearly twelve m
bnths
have seen
worse, and
trade will
any other,
their affairs go from
to
its eitect upon the c
stton
probably be as marked
as in
because of the small
fpplies of cotton
goods in the bands
- of merchants
throughout the countr
On the other
hand, it is asserted th
it the failure of
the corn crop will have
the effect of con-
tinuing the present prostration in busi
ness; but those who take a wide view of
the situation consider tat tbe failure is
not altogether an unmixed evil, as it will
enable the wheat farmers to obtain a
higher price for that cereal than they
otherwise would. I
Tbe recent heavy rains throughout
Texas are thought to fhave placed the
cotton crop of that State upon a basis
that it will be exceedingly difficult to
have any disaster occur which will re
duce the crop to smiller limits than
those of the earlier estimates. It is true
that it is not too late! for damage by
worms, or continued raips and frosts in
the northern part of Texas, and the crop
has in earlier days been cut short by
such circumstances Oh the whole, it is
believed that the cotton crop of that
State is assured, and ft has confirmed
many in their views ef an extremely
largely crop for the enti-e country,
Reports from tbe country .ast ol tbe
MississiDDi are not so favorable as those
from Texas, Arkansas! and Louisiana.
The heavy rains during the past six
weeks in the Atlantic States, have caused
the crop to run to weed and the plant is
not heavily limited, out on tne wnoie,
those who make a specialty of forecast
ing the crop, have reached the conclu
sion that the rains in the Atlantic States
have not injured the cifop to the extent
that the rains in Texas have benefitted
k, ana mey, iacrciurc,;scc nu reason lu
change their views of an ultimate yield
largely in excess of las! year. These es
timates, of course, are founded upon the
continuance ot present crop conditions
now until the end of ttie season.
In other words, the fcrop is very early
m tne aoutnwest, wnere irosis wouia
probably not occur, add late in the At-
tantic and Northern cotton belt, where
it is more likely to be injured by frost
than by anyother kfown contingency
which may occur.
The crop in the Atlantic States, we be?
lieve, is fully two to three weeks later
than last year. No new bales have yet
appeared, even from Southwestern
Georgia, where we usually hear of cotton
by the loth of July, ine maricet is
entirely without speculation, and such
demand as exists conies from tbe neces
sities of the American mills to provide
for their consumption beiore the new
croo is readv to I come to market,
and this demand has) been sufficient to
check the selling movement and to
cause a slight reaction from the extreme
depression. The lofig interest in this
market consists of purchases by spinners
and exporters, who have hedged against
their transactions onjthe other side, but
the large short- interest for Southern ex
port account has not been hedged and
estimates as to its extent range from
750,000 to 2,000,000 bales of cotton. This
latter estimate is based upon the idea
that the market having declined for the
past six months, it has offered every in
ducement to exporters to sell c. i. f . cot
ton at -constantly declining prices, to
Europe. It is certain that speculation
will not be attracted to cotton unless
some accident happens to the crop, as
the experience of these who bought cot
ton last year and also wheat, because
it was cheap, has been sufficient to deter
any of the cotton trade from assuming
the same position this year. It can,
therefore, be frankly said that even with
reviving business it Will require a, reduc
tion in the present! crop estimates to
sustain prices, bat, pn the other hand,
should any accident; occur to the crop,
(and this crop will pfobably be watched
with greater anxiety than any crop since
1889-90, as the consumption for the past
two years has overtaken the production,)
the advance in cotton would not only
be sudden and sharp, but permanent,
and it is this feature of tbe situation
that induces the caution with which the
trade regard present prices.
" A London dispatch says that the
match between the Britannia and the
Vigilant for a race kf fifteen miles to
windward and return has been arranged
for the 15th inst. j
DRIVEN FROM VIRGINIA.
The Cozeyitea and Industrials' Cams at
Bosslyn Balded by the State Troops and
the Men tforoed to Leave They Find
Temporary Asylum in Washington City.
Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, Aug. 11. The assem
blage of Coxeyltes, Galvanites and so-
called industrials, who have been camp
ing at Rosslyn, were driven from the
soil of Vtrginia shortly after daybreak
this morning! by the militia of that
State. The raid was made without the
least resistance from the armies. The
huts which had been erected from straw
and other material which could be se
cured are but remnants of. their former
appearance. After their occupants had
been forced from them the torch was
applied and every vestige that the flames
could destroy jwas burned.
Yesterday afternoon ordets were issued
to companies A. B and C of the First
Virginia regiment at Richmond to as
semble at their armory, and within two
hours tr" men were on special cars on
their w? to Alexandria. The militia
men wet i equipped for field service with
rations, ilankets and rifles and twenty
rounds of ammunition each. They
were in command ot Adjutant General
cnanes i . Anderson, ot the Governor s
staff. Col. Henry C Jones and Lieut.-
Col. A. u Phillips. At Alexandria,
which they reached at 11.30, they were
re-inforced by the Alexandria Light In
fantry, numbering sixty-four men. The
march at 12.30 was begun for Rosslyn,
which they reached at 3 p. m. Pickets
were posted and the men soon
were .asleep! on tbe wet . ground
awaiting daylight before the raid
should be made. At daybreak
the militiamen marched to the Acque-
duct bridge and from that point a line of
skirmishers over a mile long was drawn
around tbe entire camp. The men were
given strict orders to allow no man to
pass back into tbe State of Virginia.
Thus the industrials were hemmed in on
all sides, their only exit from camp be
ing the Acqueduct bridge to Washing
ton. Gen. Anderson and his officers
then went to the leaders of tbe Indus
trials and told them in plain, but cour
teous and kindly language, that they
must leave the State. An hour was
allowed for breakfast and gathering up
wnat little effects each might desire to
take away. !; All of them except
one contingent offered to go with
out a word of protest, but the
California men said that they wished a
show of force before they stirred.
Promptly at 6 o'clock a company of the
militiamen were marched down the
steep slope of the banks of the river
where the Coxeyites bad made their im
provised homes. Gen. Anderson said:
"Here is your show of force. Now you
must go. Not a mutter or grumble
was heard. The men packed up their
little belongings and marched from their
hurridly-constructed tents up to the
banks and on to the Acqueduct bridge.
A guard ot some twemy men was placed
at tbe Virginia end of the bridge and no
one who could not give a proper account
ing of himself was allowed to return.
So there they sat waiting for some one
to suggest what should be done.
The Commonwealers who were this
morning driven from their camp at the
Virginia end of the Acqueduct bridge by
the Virginia militia by order of Gov.
O'Ferrall have found a temporary rest
ing place. They remained on the bridge
until the middle of the afternoon, when
they were marched to the grounds of the
old Naval Observatory, at the foot of
Twenty-second street, Washington. Per
mission to nse the ground was granted
by Asssistant Secretary ot the Navy
McAdoo, at the solicitation of the Dis
trict authorities.- The "Industrials" are
to remain on the Observatory grounds
until Tuesday. By that time the
District authorities expect to be
able to furnish transportation West for
all those who choose to go in that direc
tion. Some wish to go East, and with
these more trouble is expected They
will probably have a final choice of walk
ing away or going to the workhouse.
The Western men who remain here
are chiefly from tbe , racific coast.
Transportation has previously been
offered them West, but they rejected
tbe offers unless guaranteed passage
across tbe Continent. Under present
conditions they are not so exacting, and
will probably jaccept transportation as
far as they can get it. ,
, A guard ot marines will be placed
over the camp . in the Observatory
grounds for the protection of Govern
ment property there.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The Tariff Bill Situation Assurances From
the House That the Senate Bill Will
be Accepted Without Chsnfte Early This
Week. J
By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. .
Washington, Aug. 11. The decision
of the Senate to go into executive ses
sion to-day pending the consideration of
the Hill resolution and the early adjourn
ment was due to the general beliet, on
the Democratic side of the Senate, that
the House Democratic caucus, called for
Monday, would result in the acceptance,
by the House, of the Senate bill entire
and without change of Shy kind. This
belief was strengthened by a personal
visit made to the Senate wing by Speaker
Crisp just prior to making the motion for
an executive session. He was closeted in
the room ot the Senate Committee On
Appropriations with a few Democratic
leaders of tne senate, and it was im
mediately after this conference that
Senator Cockrell entered his executive
session motion. When the Senate ad
journed the Democratic Senators were.
as a rule, in tar better spirits man tney
have been for; weeks, and the conserva
tive Senators and the Democratic mem
bers of tbe finance committee were
in an especially amiable frame of mind,
The transformation was due to the
fact that they felt they had passed
a serious . crisis, and this feel
mg was evidently based upon
the assurance received from the House
that the Senate bill would be accepted
by that body without change. They did
not consider that all the dangers were
passed but they stated freely that the
best assurance;! which it was possible to
secure of a future event depending upon
so many men as there are on the Demo
cratic side of the House has been re
ceived, and they were very hopeful that
the-bill would receive the endorsement
of the House early next week. This
being the case, they concluded that fur
ther debate would be useless and might
complicate matters, and that therefore
the wisest course was to put a stop to it.
Immediately after adjournment the
Democratic steering committee of the
Senate went I into session in Senator
Cockrell's room.
The President and his advisors also
have been in frequent consultation over
the situation, t The President and Sec
retaries Gresham and Carlisle held a
conference and the Secretaries also con
sulted with the Inter-State Commerce
Commissioner. Wm. R. Morrison and
Senator Mills; both of whom have been
authorities on tariff bills, on the best
policy to be pursued.
Three Keel pea That Are Said to Be Ex
eellent. -SXRVING
TOMATOES.
Now that tomatoes are becoming large
and finer, browned tomatoes will be
found very appetizing. Take large round
tomatoes and halve them; place tbem,
the skin down, in a frying pan, to which
a very small quantity of butter and lard
have been previously melted; sprinkle
them with salt and pepper and dredge
well with flour. Place the pan on the
hot part ot the fire and let them brown
thoroughly; then stir, and brown again,
and so on until they are quite done.
They lose their acidity and their flavor
is superior to stewed tomatoes. A de
licious tomato salad is made by dipping
rather small, even-sized tomatoes in
scalding water, removing the outer skin
immediately and placing them whole on
ice. Then make a mayonnaiser and
when the tomatoes are perfectly cold,
place each one in a little bed of crisp let
tuce leaves and serve.
SCOLLOPED CALF'S HEAD.
Put a layer ot stals bread crumbs ui
the bottom of a baking dish, then a layer
of pieces of calf's head, then a sprinkling
of parsley and dusting of salt and pep
per. Now another layer of bread crumbs,
and so continue until the dish is full.
Put a tablespoonlul of butter and a table
spoonful of flour in a saucepan, and when
melted add a half pint of stock left over
from the soup. Stir until boiling, then
add half a teaspoonful of salt, dash of
fepper, and pour this over the scallop,
prinkle with crumbs. Bake in a mod
erate oven about twenty minutes and it
is ready to serve. .
' BAKED EGG PLANT.
Peel and boll until soft, then drain
thoroughly in a colander; put the egg
plant into a pan. Take one slice of
bread for a small egg plant, grate and
mash tbe crumbs with the egg plant.
Add salt, a dish ot cayenne, a little all
spice and cloves, butter and 'some
chopped parsley. Chop one onion fine
and fry it slightly in a large tablespoon
ful of butter, then put in the egg-plant
mixture and let it cook for fifteen min
utes. Just before taking it from the fire
add the yolk of an egg and stir quickly.
Put the mixture in a dish, spread it out,
cover with bread, crumbs,, pour over the
top a spoonful of melted butter and bake
half an hour.
The American
ENGYGLOPMG
DICTIONARY.
22 Farts Now Ready.
Cheaply and easily obtained through
"The Star."
It Contains 250,000 Words,
Covering nearly 4,000 pages, and was
compiled at an expense aggregating
$600,000, extending over nearly 20
years' continuous labor of men well
qualified to undertake such an exact-
ng task. -THE
CHEAPEST EDITION,
English, cloth binding, offered by
publishers In the United States is
FORTY-TWO DOLLARS. Through
"The Star," an edition in clear,
clean print and of good paper can be
secured at an almost nominal cost. .
Give it atrial and you will be con
vinced of its merit. -
We offer no bound copies, but the
40 Parts', when completed, can be
bound in three to four volumes at a
cost of $1.25 to $1.50 per volume.
Its Distinctive Features Are
Its thoroughly enclycopaedic char
acter, being not only a comprehen
sive Dictionary, but also a very com
plete Encyclopaedia. Its wideness of
range not only of modern words of
an ordinary, technical or scientific .
nature, but also of all obsolete words
and phrases to be met with in the
works of English writers from the
Thirteenth to the present century.
The complete history of each word
and its various uses and meanings is
traced out. -The richness of the il
lustrative quotations is increased by
the fulness and exactness of the ref
erences. There are also many other
valuable and distinctively exclusive
features entirely too numerous to in
clude in the limited space allotted to
this announcement.
THE WAY TO GET IT.
Below will be found a "Dictionary
Coupon." Clip one (1) of these
Coupons, and bring or send same
with fifteen cents (15c.) in stamps or
coin (and 2 cents extra for postage)
to "Coupon Department of "The
Star," and one Part of the Diction
ary, containing 96 pages, will be
mailed to you. The several parts of
the Dictionary will be issued In suc
cessive order, and the whole work
will be complete in about forty parts.
s
a
a
3
a
a
8
st
II
11
fa
M f
Si
I
f
13
3
O
o
O
1
S
ctf
I
8
I
8 3
Og r"
SB Vi
Ik
II
(0
CAUTION; Place yonr ttampi aoxj la letter.
Do not wet them, st they will adhere to the paper. Be '
sore to write your name, peatoffice addreai and State
plainly, so as to avoid error;
Aa we hare to tend order to the Publishers, severs
days possibly two weeks saayeUpse beiore the
Parts ordered are louelred by sobsenbers.
We are now offerin Parti 1 to 22. inclusive. Order,
these Parts, and satisfy yourself as to the merit of the
frork. Others will (allow in quick succession.
Sample Farts may be seen at the Sta Office.
It is absolutely accessary that yon designate on the
coupon the Not. of the Parts wanted. See "Part
No. ," at botttom of Coupon, and fill it np.
When no number is designated. Part 1 will be sent.
THE STAB,
Coupon Dipartmknt,
Wilmington. N. C.