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pit Wlztkln tzt. - BEES AND A BEAR. rind KJch Store of Honey la a Hollow Tree. Mr. W- H. Shelton's serial "The Last Three Soldiers," Nicholas, is the following ac- In gtory n a in ?l jouiit of the pranks of a pet bear be Uptog t0 tho bree soldieri who. k are cafttawaya on a moumam xop in cnutb: n !J1 I .,1 . i-1 a tbe Tf WHS 1 IJlIJp VVllU VJilUJJt IJUO 1-1 1 St Tiew of I""1. weu UP " xne trunjc 0 the taHeet chestnut on the pla teau, which, growing in a sheltered 0laco uiuler the northwest hill, had Lt l'f, n ivarfeJ and twisted by tliewimi. like s fellows higher up. At tie nioineufe he was disoovered ie was licking his paw in the most peaceful !iml contented way, while air about his head was thick with a small cloud of angry bees, darting furiously among the limbs and thrusting their hot stings into bis shaggy coat, seeming to disturb him no more than one email gnat canlisturl' an ox. The soldiers had been deprived of sweets since the last of the sugar had been used in the t':uly v,inter ana" a supply of lioneyTvoukl just fit the cravings of their educated taste. Share and share alike, uear and was the uinviitun law of Sherman Territo ry, aiui so while Philip shouted for the si he began to throw clubs at Tun1. tier. v. hieh were so much larger nod more persuasive than the stings of the bees that the bear Kgan iirornptlar to back his way down the trunk of the tree. - i Coleman anil Bromley appeared in a jiffy, easting off their jackets ancTrolling up their sleeves as they came. VVlien the chips began to fly, Tumbler sat down to watch, evi dently feeling i tfiat some superior intelligence was at work for his bent lit. while, the stupid bees kept inarming about the hole-above, ex cept a few stray ones which had not yet got tired of burrowing into the shaggy coat of the bear, and these now turned their attention, to the men and were promptly knocked down by wisps of grass in the hands pf Coleman and Philip, while Brom ley plied the ax. If only they had had a supply of sulphur, by waiting until the bees were settled at night they could have burned some in the opening made by the ax, and with the noxious fumes destroyed the s$t 1 ee in the tree. Then, too, if they had been in less of a hurry thev might have waited until a irosw mo -T a - I rami m November bU benumbed ueMMsjB, ouiin macre Tumbler would navy eaten all toe honey he could reach with his paws. As it was, the swarm extended so low that as soon as the ax opened the first view into the hollow trunk the bees began to appear, and the opening had to be stuffed j with gra. s, and a bucket of watei which Philip brought did not come amiss before the chopping was done. All this time Tumbler licked his jaws and kept his beady eyes fixed on the top of the tree like a good coon dog, and never stirred his stumps until with the last blow of the ax the old tree creaked and swayed at the top and tell with a great crash down the hill. The three soldiers ran off to a safe distance as soon as the tree began to fall, while Tumbler, after regard ing theit night with a look of dis gust, walked deliberately into the thick of the battle and began to crunch the dripping comb asTdaolly as a pig eats corn. The brittle trunk of the old tree had split open as it fell, -arid for i'O feet of its length the mass of yellow honey lay exposed to the gaze of the men, while the infuriated bees' darkened the air above it and made a misty , halo about tile head of the happy bear. ROBSON AND SHAKESPEARE. lie Mixleni Actor Rejects the Advice to the Players In Hamlet "Hamlet says, 'Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to youf trippingly on -the tongue, but if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had aa lief the town crier spoke my lines.' That's all right, hut when he says, 'Suit the taction to the word, theword to the action.' never. Nothing could be worse. If one did that, he would rurf the risk of being natural, and, sa'y what you please, to be natural is to be inartistic. "You hear a man say: 'I like Jones. He, is a good actor.' Why? Because he is so natural. As a matter of fact, Jones isn't natural He simply seems to be. "As to the word and the action, the action should always precede or follow the word, never go with it For example," and Mr. Robson took his hands out of bis pockets, "let's take a line from real life. We are talking together, and you insult me Immediately I exclaim, 'You scoundrel !' and as I say it I strike you. That would be natural, but it wouldn't do for the stage. It would be too quick for an audience. Both the word and the action would be over before an audience had compre hended what it was all about, and the dramatic effect would be lost You insult me on tbe sfcager. I say, not in the same tone I would use in the heat of the real nassion, a little slower perhaps, but more impress ively, 'You scoundrel 1' Here I leave a pause of a few seconds and then deliver the blow. "Take a scene from my own play, .'The Jucklins,' " said Mr. Robson. "I, in the character, with others of the family and friends, am awaiting the verdict in the trial of my son. I etand at a table in a prominent place in the center. My actors are ar ranged about the stage to present a stage picture, a- dramatic effect Over in that corner is the old moth er sitting, tbe arm of her daughter about her shoulders. Here about the stage are peOple'standing and people sitting. Every position goes to make up an artiBtic and dramatic whole. Here it is my instruction that everything, every actor, be col oriess, no motion, no expression. Bill enters with the news. I stand still by the table fearing to ask the question, almost. Bill throws his hat upon the table, and I say, 'Well, Bill?' There is utter silence for a foment before Bill replies the one word, 'Convicted.' And his head a ! second later drops upon' his breast "There is the dramatic effect, but it is not nature. Imagine, if you A LITTLE SUFFERER rwo, n.nds and Arms Covered Scrofulous Humors How in With Cur w tf footed, f "When five years old my little boy bad crofffla on his face, hands and arms. It was worst on his chin, although the sores on his cheeks and hands were very bad. It appeared in the form of red nlmnlu which would tester, break open and rUn uu iaen scab over. After disappearing they would break out again. They caused intense itching and the little sufferer had to be watched oontfnually to keep him from scratching the sores. We became greatly alarmed at his conditiop. My wite'B mother had had scrofula and the only medicine which had helpd her was Hood's Sarsaparilla. We decided to give it to our boy and we noted an improve ment in his case very soon. After giving him tonr bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla the humor had all been driven out of his blood and it has never since returned." nr.. . w. - n ujiuam jbabtz, 418 south Williams St., Soth Bend, Indiana. Wxon can buy Hood's Sarsaparilla of all druggists. Be sure to get only Hood's. Hood' PMlc ""iver Ills: easy to take, 11UUU S r HIS easy to operate. 2S cents. ' FILIBUSTERING EXPEDITIONS. Seeretar QegV Bept ae to American VceH-The Cue ot the Bilver Heels. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Stat. Washington. December 8. Secre tary Gage has submitted to the Depart ment ot State bis report upon the ac tion ot the Treasury Department in suppressing filibustering expeditions to Cuba in violation of the neutrality laws s synopsis of which is furnished by the Department as follows : "Secretary Ge points out the (act that during two yeaisand a halt only six American vessels of an aggregate ol 1 331 registered tens are alleged to have successfully landedxpeditions from the United States n Cuaa. Witn the ex ccption of the Liorada the sx Amtr can vessels alleged ro bave tucc asfolly taken part in expeditions in Cuban waters are small tugs and a pilot boat, each ol leas than 100 net tons, and obviously inca ptble ol carrvicg large numbers ot men or large quantities of ammunition. Tnree foreign vessels of an aggregate of 1.773 registered loos are alleged to Cava been successful in the tame rffort. . "Toe case of the Silver Hieis it In cluded, as the vessel may nave been sac cestful, though noihiog has been heard ol her since her departure, six weeks aeo; the may have perished in the severe aicrm a' few davs after her de par ure. Concerning that case, how ever. It is to be obaerved that the col lector at New York re pons that Mr. Hand, representing the Spanish con sul, stated to him th.t be did not desire the vessel de.aioed at the dock, but seised alter departure t herefrom. Mr. Hand and Mr. Tbornhill stated to me that they proposed that the Pinkerton t t t tJ m onanru (intra tba asafljiinn vf WW S WW OCi.Ut.1 USX- w m ft UW fTBIVUlUK VI ,,e p,er and they won d advitelhc Raited States marshal promptly of the dspirture of the sloop, and that they desired the matter to be left in their own bands." Secretary Gage makes no estimate ot the cost involved, which has evidently been very large, deeming the extent and results of the work peiformtdby the department a better measure of the fi jelity of its (fficeis to their oaths and a better atandaid by which to measure their efficiency. FINANCIAL LEGISLATION. a Shatp Debite ia the House Committee on Bat king and Cnrr-tcy. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, December 8 The House Committee on Baokicg and Currency, which will have the shaping of a considarable portion of the finan cial legislation bclcre the House, held us first meeting this morning and out lined its ECneraWpiao of action. In view of Secretaiy Gage's recommendation of a comprehensive revision of currency and banking affairs, a resolution was adopted inviting the Secretary to em body bit views in a bill. The committee was informed tbat the Secretary was now at work on a'measure, and tbat it would be available for the committee in about a week. Mr. Hill, of Connecticut, then precip itated a sharp debate by moving that the committee act at once bv reporting to tbe House a bill embodying three of the financial features which bad the Presi dent's approval. Tbeae were embodied .in a bin neretorore onerca uy mi. mu tiut, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Hill now proposed that tbe first three sees oas be Disced before tbe House imroeaiaiciv. Toe tbrce tectioos provided: Bank cir culation up to the par value ol bonds de posited; reduction ol toe tax on circula tion to one lout th of one per cent.; tbe establishment of small bar-ks in rural communities. ftTbe debate was proceeding with- ani- 1, L ,rt I, .Urn m..Mrn maucn woen at i u tiut went ever, a vote cn the Hill motion not having been reached. Catarrh in the Head, that trouble some abd disgusting disease, mav be en tirely curea uy a luuruugu wuns ui Hooa s Sarsaparilla, tbe great diooq purifier. Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick head ache, ind'gektiOD, biliousness. All drug- sts. 25 cents. T ELOPED WITH A NEGRO. The Toons Daughter or Wealthy Coople in Ojonto Oonr.ty, WnooDilr. By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. Green Bay, Wis, December 8 Gertrude Prince, the pretty 19 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Prince, of Haves, Oconto county, has elcp:d rub William Smith, a negro, ine couple were married yesterday ov a jus tice of the peace at Mountain, Wis. The Prince family is wealthy ana prominent , TV T 1. D;.- .Um in tne town oi nayes. uuu rnw, father, swears vengeance on Smitn and ban disinherited bis daughter, insisting tbat sbe can never be forgiven. EXPORTS FOB THE WEEK. FOREIGN. Bristol Sved barque Friedrich 1400 bbls rosin and 1 0U5 casks spirits t in nt n ' inc. val ued at IS 781; vessel and cargo by Paterson, Downing & Co. Bremen Br steamship O.msby 0,883 bales. 4 579 931 pounds cotton, valued at "8, vessel ana cargo uy Alex Spruni & Son. Ghent Br steamship Corintbla 3.814 bales. 1 878.U41 pouoas cotton, valued at iiis.ois; vessel sua t-itu r Alex Sprunt & Son. London Nor barque Diphne ,8lo bbls rosin, valued at 17 OVJ; vesset ana cargo by Paterson, Dawning ft Co. Antwerp Nor barque Venita 6,094 bbls rosin, valued at fo.7tu; vessel by E Pescbau ft Co; cargo oy robidsob & King. Liverpool Br steamship Oceanic 9 848 bales. 4 590 988 pounds cotton, valued at $275,468. COASTWISE, New York Steamship Croatan 185 pkas mdse, 62 cases cotton flannels. 70 000 shingles, 65 bbls . pitch, 66 do rosin, 793 do tar. 898 spirits turpentine, 274 bales cotton. 108.609 feet lumber. CASTOniA. v nail yTir stirs, - SLJS will, a doeen .people, m real life awaiting in a room a verdict that means life or death to one so dear aa son apl friend. Are they quiet? Here k one pacing nervously to and fro, perhaps more than one. Here is the mother waiting, She may be crying. Here are two or three little knots of people talking together in an undertone. What interest would that sort of thing have for an audi ence!? Bill rushes in, crying almost before he gets through the door, 'They've convicted him 1' In an in stant there is tumult. Three or four of the men swear. The mother is crying,-loudly perhaps, and imme diately two or three run to her to soothe and quiet her. It is a scene an audience wouldn't have. "In Shakespeare's time acting was forced. Now it is not forced, hut it is not natural. You admire a great painting. You think it looks exactly like nature, but it doesn't An art ist uses his imagination to create artistic effect. You see pictures of a battle. Take thg picture of Napo leon after Waterloo It all looks very nice and very artistic Here he is, with his officers, on horse, but you don't suppose Napoleon and his officers ever stood in a group so ar tistic after the Excitement of a bat tle. . 1 "After all, it is the audience you must please. The audience & the jury." Stuart Robson in Kansas City Times. J ' GRANT AS A WRITER. Hla Style Was Vigorous and Terse, With Little Ornament. General Horace Porter in "Campaign, ing With Grant" in The Century ex presses the following opinion of Grant as a writer: His powers of concentra tion of thought were often shown by the circumstances under which he wrote. Nothing that went on around him, upon the field or in his quarters, could distract bis attention or interrupt him. Sometimes, when his tent was filled with officers talking and laughing at the top of their voices, he would turn to his table and write the most important communications. There would then be an immediate "Hush!" and abundant excuses offered by the company, but be always insisted upon tbe conversation going on, and after awhile his officers came to understand his wishes in this respect, to learn that noise was apparently a stimulus rather than a check to his flow of ideas, and to realize, thaj nothing .short jgf a gen eral attack along the whole line could divert his thoughts from the subject upon which his mind was concentrated. In writing his style was vigorous and terse, with little of ornament Its most conspicuous characteristic was perspi cuity. General Meade's chief of staff once said, ' 'There is one striking feature about Grant's orders no matter how hurriedly be may write them on the field, no one ever has the slightest doubt as to their meaning or ever has to read them over a second time to un derstand them." Tbe general used Anglo-Saxon words much more frequently than those derived from the Greek and Latin tongues. He had studied French at West Point and nicked up some knowledge of Spanish auring tbe Mexi can war, but he could not bold a con versation in either language, and rarely employed a foreign word in any of his writings. His adjectives were few and wen cnosen. no document which ever came from his hands was in the least degree pretentions. He never laid claim to any knowledge he did not possess and seemed to feel, with Addison, that "ped antry in learning is like hypocrisy in religion a form of knowledge without the power of it " f He rarely indulged in metaphor, but when he did employ a figure of speech it was always expressive and graphic, as when he spoke of the commander at Bermuda Hundred being "in a bottle strongly corked" or referred to our ar mies at one time as moving "like horses in a balky team, no two ever pulling together. " His style inclined to the epi grammatic without his being aware of it. There was scarcely a document writ ten by him from which brief sentences could not be selected fit to be set in mottos or placed upon transparencies. As examples may be mentioned: "I propose to move immediately upon your works," "I shall take no backward steps," tbe famous "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all sum mer," and, later in his career, "Let us bave peace," "Tbe best means of secur ing tbe repeal of an obnoxious law is its vigorous enforcement " "I shall have no policy to enforce against tbe will of the people" and "Let no guilty man escape. ' Jewa Anthropologically Considered. We continually hear of the Israel itish race. It is spoken of as the most homogeneous of races, and tbe most refractory. But it is strongly diverse. Anthropologists are accus tomed to divide it into two parts well distinguished the dolicho oephalic and the braohycephalic. To the first type belong the Sephardim Jews, the Spanish and Portuguese Jews, and even the larger part of the Jews of Italy and southern France. To the second belong the Askenazim Jews that is to say, the Polish, Rus sian and German Jews. In Africa we find agricultural and nomadic Jews allied to the Kabyles and to the Berbers near Setjf, from Guelma and- Biskra to the frontiers of Ma rocco. They travel in caravans to Timbuktu, and some of their tribes upon the confines of the Sahara are hlack, as for instance the Dagga tomis, as are also the Falachas Jews of Abyssinia. In India white Jews are found in Bombay and black Jews in Cochin. As to the Jews in China, they are not only allied to the Chinese who surround them. but they have even adopted their customs and the religion of Confu cius. It is well known that in Italy they speak Italian, as in France they speak French and in Germany Ger man. A language is learned and spoken by two peoples which have no other point of contact Monist r Tea and Coffee. "I am going to give an afternoon tea." "Again!" "Yes. And I do wish yon would get over yonr unreasonable aversion to such thiDgs." "My dear, I will admit that I have an aversion, but I deny that it is unreason able." . "I'm sure you don't let them Interfere with your com tort." , "Not to .any greater extent than I can help." "And every one I have given was a great success." . "Yes my dear. But there's a consider ation which prevents me from apprecia ting your triumphs as I'd like to. I can't help being influenced in my sentiments by tbe fact that when your afternoon tea is a success the breakfast coffee is always an; unbroken series of failures; "Washington Star - : d ' obviously. "Let me see," mused the sporting editor. "W-'iat is an incubator?" - "An incubator," replied the agricul tnral editor, "is an egg plant Chi cago Tribune. . TERRA COTTA. Tie Material Grows In Usefulness In Builders- Hands. Terra cotta has been described as the great and only lasting triumph of man over natural productions, for it will last longer than iron, stone, wood and all other materials that will succumb to fire and other destroying influences. Because it predominates in that respect and be cause it can be used for the protec tion of iron and steel, and the en richment of brickwork' and stone work of various designs, it is used extensively in these days of lofty buildings and artistic and elaborate ornamentation. Taking into consideration only architectural terra cotta, the prod uct is immense, and, as the process of production is interesting, it may be worth while to describe some parts of the industry that has in creased so rapidly. Decorative and artistic qualities are employed in the productions, and good results cannot be pbtained without careful attention, technical skill and ex haustive experiments. The composi tion of clay and the effect of heat must be known, and the combina tions of certain colors must be de termined before the plastic mass can be molded and fired. The colors of clays in the pits do not determine the colors of the finished product. A very dark clay may be white aft er it has been in a kiln, and a red clay may be redder. Some clayB can not be used alone for terra cotta. They require a mixture with pther clays, and the requisite quantities of clays for proper production are kept secret in the business because the proportions havb been ascer tained after many failures. The cornoinaoons or ciays and tbe re sults of firing having been deter mined, architects and builders take the product and employ it to the best advantage for interior or ex terior work. Sample blocks of terra cotta are furnished by the makers to the architects, and after the selection of any particular tint tons of the ma terial with the same tint can be produced. From an architect's draw ings the draftsmen at the terra cot ta works copy the parts that are in dicated for the use of terra cotta and develop working drawings for the modelers and moldmakers. Some architects furnish their own working drawing, with each detail indicated. Others suggest what they want, permit the artists and drafts men to elaborate the ideas and ap prove the results after photographs and blue prints of the models and drawings have been submitted. It is very often the case that the mod elers have more talent than the ar chitects for producing a decorative effect in terra cotta, because certain limitations must be considered. The draftsmen also understand by ex perience how to place the support ing partitions of the hollow pieces. In a few instances architects have indicated large pieces of the mate rial that could not be produced by" the present process. It is difficult to make and handle a very large piece from a single design, but almost any design can be reproduced by mak ing the piece in parts and joining them together. The weight of the clay in a large piece is often too great for its tenacity. During the drying the tenacity of the clay should enable the piece to move or travel, as the workmen Bay, in pro portion to the shrinkage. New York Times. THE SULTAN AS HE 13. A Frenchman's Vivid Description of the Boler or Turkey. Victor Berard, in writing on Tur key and the sultan for a Parisian review, has told some very interest ing facts. For several years he was a college professor in Constantino ple and knows his subject thorough ly. He blames the sultan and Russia for the Armenian massacres, and holds the sultafc up to scorn as per haps the most abject cOward hold ing a high position in Europe. So fearful is the sultan of dyna mite that he will not allow electric ity to be used in Constantinople, as it is generated by dynamos. Here is the pen picture he draws of the sultan : "Abdul Hamid is a gentle, shy, civ il man. rather cold at a first inter view, bat whose manner becomes winning on better acquaintance. His temper is even, his address affable, his native intelligence above the av erage, but his culture is nil. The gross farces -of the Turkish stage and 'penny horrible' French liter ature are his great delight. He has ordered the whole of 'Xavier de Montepin' to be translated for him. His piety, perhaps simulated, is narrow and superstitious, arM his private life serious, and indeed, austere. The most severe Young Turks admit that for centuries the Ottoman throne has not been occu pied by a man so little sensual. Em bassadors have all been charmed by Abdul Hamid, and many have not got over this pleasant impression. It is due to the extreme politeness of this autocrat, to his attention to their remarks, his apparent assent to every one of their conclusions. The proofs he gives of hard work, good will and scrupulousness appeal to even the most liberal Young. Turks, like Murad Bey. "A great effort or long habit is necessary to mistrust or disbelieve a man who seems so upright and who certainly is unhappy. Every thing in his attitude, words and even silence, his sudden pinching of the lipft, starts of the body, wander ing looks and the pallor of the cheeks disguised by powder every thing shows unreasoning, incurable fear in the successor of the unfor tunate Aziz and Murad. It is the key to his character. Fear has subdued in him pride, passion and vices, but it has ,also killed generosity, straightforwardness, honor and all sentiment further than that of self preservation." Father and Mother. The sounds most easily producer! in in fancy, such as pa, ma, da and the like, are generally used to signify father and mother, but it is a singular faqt that what signifies father in one sometifnes means mother in another. In the-Georgian lan guage, for instance, spoken in tbe moun tains between the Caspian and Black seas, dada means mother and mama father. MEDICAL TREITMEHT Oil TRIAL To Any Reliable Man. Marvelous uppliance and one month's remedies or rare power will be sent on trial, wit limit any aamnce paymtnt, ty the foremost company in the world in tbe treatment ot men weuk, broken, dis couraged from effects of excesses, worry, over work, &c Uappy Diurrii.ge secured, cjomajipte res toration or development of all robust conditions. The time of this offer la limited. No 0. O. D. scheme; no 'deception; no exposure. Address ERIE MEDICAL 007:- T DSWtf th tn to COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET STAR OFFICE, Dicember . SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 80 cents per gallon for ilia-chine-made casks, and S9)f cents for country casks. KUsiN Market doll at 81.15 per bbl tor Strained and $1.20 for Good Strained; TAR. Market firm at (1.05 per bbl of 880 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market quiet; 140 per birrel for Hard. 1 90 lor Dip and 1,00 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm, M, 24c bid; rosin firm, $1.45, 1.50; tar steady, $1.10; crude turpentine quiet, $1.40, 1.00. 1.80. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine. 105 Rosin 36 1 Tar 1V7 Crude Turpentine 2 Receipts same day last year 22 casks spints turpentine, 143 bbls rosin, 74 bbls tar, 12 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 5c for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 2 15-16 cts f lb Good Ordinary 4& - - . Low Middling 4 15-16 " " Middling ....... 5 - . Good Middling. h " " Same day last year, middling 7c. Receipts 3,173 bales; same day last year 1,668. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 40i5c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra Prime, 50c; Fancy, 55c. Virginia Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c. CORN Firm; 47f50 cents per busbel. ROUGH RICE $1 101 15 per bushel. N. C. BACON Steady; Hams, 8 to 0c per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c; Sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five Inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2 25; six inch, $2.25 to 8 25; seven inch $5.50 to 6 50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to 8.50 per M. STAR OFFICE, December 8. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 80 cents per gallon for machine-made casks, and 29J$ cents for country casks. ROSIN Market dull at $1.15 per bbl 'for Strained and $1.20 for Good Strained. TAR. Market firm at $1.05 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market quiet; $140 per barrel for Hard, 1.80 for Dip and 1 80 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm. S4,. 24c; rosin firm $1 45. 1.50; tar steady, $1 10; crude tur penttne quiet. $1 40, 1 00, 1.80. RECEIPTS, SpiriU Turpentine.... 127 Rosin 681 Tar ....... 240 Crude Turpentine 43 Receipts same day last year 11 casks spirits turpentine, 108 bbls rosin, 88 bbls tar, 22 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. " Market steady on a basis of Sc for middling'. Quotations: Ordinary 2 15-16 cts fit Good Ordinary. . 4M Low Middling 4 15-16 " - Middling 6 " " Good Middling 6J, " " Same day last year, middling 7c. Receipts 2.833 bales; stm: day last year .824. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 4045c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra Prime, 60c; Fancy, 55c. Virginia Extra Prime. 45c; Fancy, 50c. CORN. Firm; 47 50 cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE $110$U5 per bushel. N. . BACON Steady; Hams, 8 to 8c per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c; Sides, 7 to 8c SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.26; six inch, $2.25 to 8.25; seven inch. $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to 8.50 per M. STAR OFFICE, December 4. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 80 cents! per gallon lor ma- cbine-made casks, and 28) cents tor country casks. ROSIN Market dull at $1 15 per bbl for Strained and $1 20 for Good Strained. TAR. Market firm at $1.05 per bbl of 280 fis. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market quiet; $1.40 per carrel for Hard, $1.80 for Dip and 1 90 lor Virgin. - Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm, 24& 2ic rosin firm, $1 45. 1 50; tar steady, $1 10; crude turpentine quiet, $1 40, 1 80, 1 80. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine. Rosin. .. . .' Tar ? Crude Turpentine . 86 821 80 107 Receipts same day last year 74 casks spirits turpentine, 832 bbls rosin, 87 bbls tar, 8 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 5c for middling. Quotations: Ordinary. Good Ordinary.. Low Middling. Middling. .... . . Good Middling . . . . 2 15-16 cts V 4 15-46 " " 6H " " 596 Same day last year, middling 7c. Receipts 8,838 bales; same day last year, 561. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime. 4045c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra Prime, 60c; Fancy, 55c Virginia Extra Prime. 45c; Fancy, 50c. CORN Firm; 47XQ50 cents per busbel. ROUGH RICE $1.001.05 per bushel. - " N. C. BACON Steady; Hams, 8 to 9c per pound; Shoulders. 6 to 7c; Sides. 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2 25; six inch, $2.25 to 8.25; seven inch; $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $8.00 to 8.50 per M. STAR OFFICE, December 6. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 30 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 29 cents for country casks. ROSIN Market dull; nothing doing. TAR. Market firm at IjLfS per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market quiet; $1.40 per barrel for Hard. 1.90 for Yellow Dip and 1.80 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm, 25 M&MtffX rosin firm, $l.5, 1.55; tar steady, $1.10; crude turpentine quiet. $1.40, 1.00, 1 80. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine.....'. 88 Rosin t 229 Tar ......... r; 28l Crude Turpentine 12 Receipts same day last year 125 casks spirits turpentine, 588 bo Is rosin, 260 bbls tar. 74 bbls crude turpentine. -COTTON Market fum on a basis of bz (o middling. Quotations: Ordinary.... .J. 2 15-16 cts? lb Good Ordinary 4 " Low Middling....... 4 15-16 M " Middling 6 Good Middling 5 - - Same day last year, middling 7c Receipts 8 611 bales; same day last year 881. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 4045c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra Prime, 50c; Fancy, 55c. Virginia Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy. 50c. CORN Firm; 4750 cents per bushel.; ROUGH RICE $1.00OlQ5 per bushel. N. C. BACON Steady; Hams, 8 to 0c per pound; Shoulders. 6 to 7c; Sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25; six inch, $2.25 to 8 25; seven inch, $5 50 to 6.50, TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to 8.50 per M. STAR OFFICE. DecemberV SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 80 cents per gallon for "machine-made casks, and 9 cents for country casks. Tone changed to quiet at 8 p. m. ROSIN. Market dall at $1 15 per bbl for Strained and $1 20 for Good Strained. TAR Market firm at $1.05 per bbl of 280 0)3, CRUDE TURPENTINE Market quiet; $1 40 per barrel for Hard, 1 00 lor Yellow Dip and 1 80 for Virgin. Quotations same day last vear Spirits turpentine firm, 2524c; rosin firm, $1 45, 1 50; tar steady, $1.10; crude tur pentine quiet, $1 40. 1 00, 1 80. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 88 Rosin J . . . . 811 Tar... ...... . 170 Crude Turpentine 84 Receipts same day last year 86 casks spirits turpentine, 183 bbls rosin, .125 bbls tar, 2 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 5c for middling. Quotations: Ordinary .Trrvv.... 2 15-16 cts V lb Good Ordinary. rvv4JS " Low Middling 4 15-16 Middling. Good Middling.!.... Same day last year. 6H middling 7c. Receipts 2.705 bales; same day last year 881. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime. 4045c per busbel of 28 pounds; Extra Prime 50c; Fancy, 55c. Virginia Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c. CORN Firm; 47X53 cents per busbel. ROUGH RICE $1.00105 per bushel. N. C. BACON-Steady; Hams. 8 to 8c per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c; Sides. 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch, hearts ano saps, $1 60 to 2.25; six inch, $2.25 to 3.25; seven inch, $5 50 to 6 50. TIMBER Market steady at $8 00 to 8.50 per M. STAR OFFICE. December 8. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 8Q4 cents per gallon for machine-made casks, and 29 2 cents for country casks. ROSIN Market dull at $1 15 per bbl fbr Strained and $1 20 for Good Strained. TAR. Market firm at $1.05 per bbl Of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market quiet; $1.40 per barrel for Hard, 1 90 tor Dip and 1.90 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine nothing dmng; rosin firm, $1.45, $1.50; tar steady. 8110; crude tur pentine quiet, $1 40. 1 80, 1.80. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine. 121 Rosin 1 801 Tar 145 Crude Turpentine 82 Receipts same day last year 52 casks spirits turpentine, 862 bbls rosin, 65 bbls tar. 43 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 5c for middling. Quotations Ordinary Good Ordinary....... Low Middling Middling Good Middling. ...... 2 15-16 cts $ 0) 4 - " 4 15-16 M 5H " " 5; Same day last year, middling 7c. Receipts 2 055 bales; same day last year, SS6. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime. 4045c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra Prime, 60c; Fancy, 75c. Virginia Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c CORN Firm; 4750 cents per busbel. ROUGH RICE $1.00105 per bushel. N. C. BACON Steady; Hams, 8 to 9c per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c; Sides. 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25; six inch, $2 25 to 8 25; seven inch, $5 50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to 8.60 per M. COTTON AND NaVAL STORES. M ON r HL Y STATEMENT. RECEIPTS. For month of November, 4887. Crttr. Spirit. Resin, Tmr. Crudt. CS.K6 2,948 18,653 6 813 1,171 RECEIPTS. For monthlof November, 1896. Ctittn. Stivitt. Rosin. Tmr. Crudt, 5.1,061 8,933 19 612 4.141 1,038 EXPORTS. i For month of November, 1897. ,' Cetten. Stfritt. Ruin. Tmr. Crudt. Domestic.. S,-59 1,957 l,t53 6,1 1,54 foreign.. . 5,4 O0J 18,9,0 tW 000 63,826 1,957 li,026 5,143 1,643 EXPORTS. For month o( November, 1896. Cotton. Stir its. Rosin. Tmr. Crudt. Domestic . . 8,107 8,934 1,1 5 4 878 941 Foreign... 6J.7i6 5j0 19.08J 0J0 003 eSjsl MS4 80.865 4.978 843 STOCKS. Ashore ead. Afloat, Dec. 1. 1897. Athtrt. AJltmi. Cotton MS69 16 W Spirits Rosin 48.204 9,7u0 Tar Crude i4l 10 STOCKS. Ashore and Afloat, Dec 1, 1896. ; Total. 80 5 a.4t 52 9 8 8-1 841 Ctt. Spirits. Rosin. Tmr. 98.833 1,759 88.467 1.S79 Ctnde" 662 $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn tbat there is at least nun dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and tbat is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Care is the onlv oositive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a consti tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly with tbe blocd and mucous sur laces ot tne system; thereby destroying tbe founda tion of the disease and giving the pa tient strength bv building up the consti tution and assisting nature in doing its woik. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case tbat it tails to cure, aena tor ust testimonials. Address F. J. Cheniy ft Cq , Toledo, O. Sold by druggist. 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills are the best, t HiMiMiiiiiwiiiiMnnmimiiHiuliimiHunninifwmiiinmSw AfcgetaWePreparationfor As similating iteTood and Regula ting the Stomachs and Bowels of IroinotesT)igestion,Cheerful ncss and Res t. Con tains neither Oprum.Morpninc norMujeral. Not Nabcotic. Kaipe afOld BrSAMfJELHTEBEB Pumpkin Seed sflx.Stn.ia Anisc Seat Hvpemont -Bi Carbonate SJ IVrmSttd -Ctanfud Sugmr . Aocrfect Remedy f or Conslipa tion. Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions Jevensh gcss and LOSS OF SLEEP. Tac Simile Signature ot NEW "YORK. EXACT COPY OT WEAPPEB. COTTON MAKK.KTS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, December 8. The varia tions in cotton on 'Change to-day were confined to the exceptionally narrow scope of six points. Throoghoat the session the market was quite featureless, trading was for the most part on a local basis and very little of that, the entire day a business amounting to but 02,000 bates. - The market was finally steady net uncharged to three points higher. Nw YORK. Dec 8. Evening. Cotton dull; middling; 5XCr 1 Cotton futures openedT steady at the. decline and closed steady, with sales of 02.800 bales; January 6 72. February 575, March 5 80. April 5 85. May 6 01, June 5 05, July 5 99. August 6 03. Sep tember 6 03. October 6 05 December 5 80. Spot cotton closed ' dull; middling uplands 5c; middling gulf 6c; sales 29 bales. Cotton net receipts 1 541 bales; grots 5,297 bales; exports to Qreat Britain 2, 094 bales; to France bales; to tbe Continent 61 bales; forwarded 2,845 bales; sales bales; sales to spin ners 26 bales; stock (actual) 87 570 bales. Total to-day Net receipts 69 620 bales; exports to Great Britain 87,732 bales; to France bales; to tbe Con tinent 20 609 bales; stock 1 063,971 bales. Consolidated Net receipts 256,816 bales: exports to Great Britain 99,632 bales; to France 88 .602 bales; to the Con tinent 59 185 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York. Dii. 8 Evening. Flour firm, v bed but quiet; no higher; Wheat spot firm; No. 2 red 99c f. o. b. afloat; optiors opened firm and with few exceptions tuied strong all day. influ enced by another squeeze of December shorts, small Northwestern receipts, un expected decrease in the world's sit ck and French export buying: closed lc net higher; No. 2 red January closed 97c;Ma? closed 98c; December closed 97$iC Corn spot firm; No. 2 333&C fob afloat; options opened steady and were dull all day. with some firm ness on near months, owing to heavy export purchases; closed unchanged to z net higher: May closed 83 c. Decem ber closed 31 c Oats spot dull; j No. 2 26927c: options were dull all davl clos ing uccbaoBfi. Mav closed 27$. Decem ber closed 28c. Lud Steady; Western steam $4 25; D.-cemser 24 50 nominal; refined steady; Continent 4 75 Soutb American $5 15. comoouad 44c. Pork steady. Butter market steady; Western creamery 1424c. do. factory HX14c Elglns 24c; imitation cream ery 13 1 9c; State dairy 18 20c: do. creamery 14824c. Cheese firmer; State, large white September 88C; light skims 6Q6Kc; part skims 4 5 c full skims 8a4c. Petroleum dull. Rice steady. Coffee spot Rio firm; No. 7 in voice 6c; No. 7 jobbing 7c; mild quiet; Cordova 8KQl5c. Sugar raw strong; fair refining 8c; centrifugal 96 test 8 15-16c; refined firm. Chicago December 8. Wheat sold to-day at l 01 end closed at fl.Oc, or 2c Above yesterday's close. Mav also advanced c. Receipts in the North west at last are falling below those of last year. This fact caused anxiety among the shorts and was undoubtedly he principal reason lor the advance. Other markets were uninteresting. Corn closed a shade lower, oats unchanged and provisions 27c lower. Chicago. Dec. 8. Cash quotations: Flour market was steadier. Wheat No. 2 spring 8893c: No. 8 spring 81 03c; No. 2 red $1 00Q1 00. Corn -No 2, 2525jc Oats No. 2 2i&22c; No. 2 wnite f. o. b 24c; No, 8 white f. o. b. 23M28c Rye No. 2. ibc. Mess port, per barrel 7 857 40. Lard, per 100 bs 14 254 2?X. Short rib sides, loose. 4 154 50. Dry salted shoulders, boxed. $4 79Q5 00. Short clear sides, boxed, $4 454 65. Whiskey, distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 10. The leading futures ranged as follows: opening, highest, lowest and closing: Wheat-December 99, 101. 98Jtf, 100J; January 90. 91 90. 91c: My 89 90 01, 89089. OOMiOOOc. Corn- December 251 85HM. 0. Z0SC; May 28Ma28. 28W 28X, 28 c. Oats -December 2134 2,M 21. 21XQ 21Xc; May 22. 2jtf. 8Kc Mess pork, per bbl December $7 30, 7 32Jf 7 80, 1 82 Jf ; January IS 125, 8 25, 8 20 8 22; Mav 8 47, 8 5f 8 42. 8 45. Lard. per 100 lbs December $4 15; January $4 25. 4 25. 4 25, 4 25, May 4 40. 4 42. 4 40, 4 42. Short ribs, per 100 lbs December 4 17. 4 17. 4 17. 417; January 4 17. 4 20, 4 17. 4 17; May $4 32. 4 82, 4 27, 4 87. Baltimore Dec. 8. Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat strong; spot and month 9797c; Tsnuary 9898c, May 93c bid; steamer No. a red 92c; Southern wheat by sample 9a 98c; do on grade 93J98&c. Corn dull; soot 8388c: month 82 32c; December, new or old, 8232c; January 31a31c: February Sic; steamer mixed 8l31c. Southern white corn 80Q84c; do yellow 3185c. Oats steady; No. 2 white Western 29 30c; No. 2 mixed do 2727c. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. oi fksfst- nsdis BUS CASTORIA The Kind You B&ve Always Bought, Bears the Fac-simile Signature --0F , ON THE WRAPPER OF EVEBY BOTTLE THE KIND YOU HAVE I ALWAYS BOUGHT. THE eiHTUK COFltV. H YOWK CITY. MARINE. ARRIVED. Steamship Croatan, 826 tons, McKee, Georgetown. H G Smallbones. v Scbr Silver Heels, 128 tons, Quinlan,? New York, J as T Rilev ft Co. Steamship Oneida, 1090 tons, Staples, New York, H G Smallbones. Nor barque Anitrs, 547 tons, Simon sen. Belfast, Paterson, Downing & Co. Sed barque Han, 680 tons, Eobef- sen Bristol, Heide & Co. Scbr Roger Moore, 277 tony, Miller, Savannah, Jas T Riley & Co. Scbr Mav Thompson, 60 tons, Cahoon, Savannah, Geo Harriss, Son &Co. CLEARED. Swed barque' Friedricb, 685 tons, ' Cronberg, Bristol, Paterson, Downing & Co. Br steamship Ormiby, 1828 ton, Robinson, Bremen. Alex Sprunt & Sor, Br steamship Corinthia, 888 tons Roberts, Ghent. Alex Sprunt & Son. Nor barque Vmeta, 620 tons, Peder sen. Antwerp, E Pcschau A Co. Nor baique Daphne, 565 tons, Mad sen, London, Paterson, Downing A Co. Scbr Gjo Tanlene. 68 tons, Blood pood, Swansboro, Geo Harriss, Son &Co. Br steamship Kelvingrove, 1714 tons, Rvder, Brunswick, Heide & Co. Br steamship Oceanic. 1868 tons, Marshal?, Liverpool, Alex Sprunt & Son. Steamship Oneida. 1000 tons, Staples, Georgetown, H G S nail bones OASTOKIii.. ffclfW llmll alutnr If Wholesale Prices rurrent The aaorauons an sjwsts given as accurately a Daaslhla. bnt the Stab will not be responsible for any variations from the actual market pries of the artklei quoted. . Hp-The following quotations, represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making up small orders higher prices have to be char tied. BAGGING SBMute -- ' 6M Standard O 79 WK8TEKN SMOKED Hams S. 12 Q U tides fi 8 a W Shoulders f S 6 7 DRY SALTED , Sides ft) . - 5 A 514 Shoulders f) ft) O RARRELS SDirits Turoentlne Second-hand, each. 1 00 New New York, each. ... ..... New City, each. BEESWAX V .. BRICKS - Wilmington f) M 8 00 O 7 00 Northern V 00 $ 00 BUTTE K North Carolina ft) 15 A 18 Northern 18 A CORN MEAL Per Bushel, in sacks 44 A 45 Virginia Meal ,M 41 A 45 COTTON TIES SJ bundle. ..... A 86 CANDLES V t Sperm 18 A 26 Adamantine ,, 8 A 10 CHEESE V S Northern Factor . 10 A H Dairy, Cream A H State lOWft IS COFFEE V - ' Laguvra 80 A ' Rio. 8 8 DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, yard..., Yarns, IB bunch. , EGGS V dozen KlSb Mackerel, No 1, f barrel Mackerel, No 1, f half -barrel Mackerel, No J, SJ barrel Mackerel, No S. i half-barrel Mackerel, NO 8, barrel Mullets, g bane a . ,. . X. , I , sauiicra, pum uniici lieu, w pori N C. Roe Her , Koe nernng, seg JTJ tua, w w a,..,..,.,,,,.. axtra , , FkOUR-f) barrel- Low grade.,,.,. ....- Choice Straight,, , First Patent , GLUE W tt GRAIN 1 bushel Corn, from store, bags White, Car load. In bags White,. Oats, from t ore. Oats, Rust Proof..,,, Cow Peas HIDES, V t Green Dry HAY, SJ 100 El Clover Hay Rice Straw Eastern Western ..u.. North River,..,.. HOOP IRON. SJ ft) LARD, W fc Northern ...... n is i 15 ai North Carolina. LIME barrel LUMBKR(ciy wed), M teat- Ship Stuff, resawed 18 00 A 2000 A IS OS A 18 OS A 22 00 A 16 00 Kougn-edjge riant id uu West India cargoes, according to quality 18 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned... 18 00 Scanti ng and Board common. 14 00 MOLASSES, gallon Barbados, in hhds...... 5 . jB bbls.,,,,, Porto Rico, ia hhds.,,,. " " is bbls Sugar-House, in hhds.. IS r " In bbls M Syrup, faa bbls . .. U NAILS, 9 keg. Cut OOd basis.,,. FORK, trbanel- City Mass.. Ramp:....; ,, Prime .,,,,.,.......,,,.,,., ROPE, t ft ss 'SB 14 15 15 1 50 0 50 0 85 9 25 SS 1 10 SALT, W sac Alum r Liverpool ......... , -...,,, . oSBfC Sacks.'?.' ". u?!H SHINGLES, 7-inch, lf 40 VrfflHIalffH C v DTC4W Sam ... SUGAR, W S Standard Granu'd Standard A White BxvC Kxtra C, Golden.,,. veuow SOAP, ENortharn a a . STAVES, M-W. O. barrel. . . . iu,B5p:::: Mill, Fair " Common Mill interior to uro SHINGLES. N. C V at os3H neart.,..,.,,. ' Sap. v ... , M Heart ,... " Sap ........ SxSO Heart . . , " Sep TALLOW. SJ . WHISKEY, SJ gallow-Ncrrthern, North Carolina . . WOOL 9 S-Un ST? 5 OP A 150 1 SO It ISS 80 I 3 SO I i 41 II 91 Mf( 1 4, 8 SO i i 14 OS I i 10 60 I i 90S I 70S 50 i 4 50 4 80 i 8 50 OS T 50 A IS) 5 00 A 6 00 450 A 500 409 A 4 St 00 A 6 50 5 00 A 50 It A to! 1 09 A t SB 8 A : -gap.
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