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Advertisers should always specify the issue or issues they desire to advertise in. Where no issue is named the advertisement will be inserted in the Daily. Where an advertiser contracts for the paper to be sent to him during the time his advertisement is in the proprietor will only be restxinsible for the mailing of the paper to his address , Amusement. Auction and Official adverus? r-entss 0 le dollar per square for each insertion- By niLLIAitf II. BERNARD. WILMINGTON, N. C. . Sunday Morning, Aug. 19, 1894 REDUCTION OH ARTICLES IN COMMON USE. In two articles preceding this we have written to show that the Senate tariff bill is not only an improve ment on the McKinley bill, but an improvement on the Mills' bill. As further proof of the material gain to the people, we herewith present a number of the articles which are in common use, with the tariff under the McKinley bill, the reduction by the Senate bill and the per centage of reduction: Per cent, reduction Senate Hill over McKinley Camphor, refined 12 20 Epsom salt 38 31 Castor oil 100 35 Cod liver oil -JO 05 White lead 59 21 China, painted, etc. GO 00 Plain 55 00 Bottles, empty TO 17 Demijohn-, empty 37 01 Manufactures of glass 0 00 Senate McKinley 10 00 18 03 25 51 43 87 20 00 29 60 35 00 30 00 52 n 28 41 35 00 88 to 22 22 77 15 to 21 28 47 25 59 16 to 82 44 93 25 00 33 90 20 to 55 42 32 35 00 20 to 40 22 67 17 98 16 37 23 !5 30 00 30 00 25 to 30 25 00 , 25 00 23 to 67 41 86 25 00 25 00 83 89 41 08 22 42 33 46 56 28 30 19 50 00 41 67 45 45 25 00 . 00 41 67 10 to 30 46 67 40 47 40 48 SO 49 25 to 40 27 25 53 70 24 47 21 to 30 4G 05 Plate glass, unsuver- ed. cast, etc ,98 to 174 Iron ore 42 77 Iron in pigs', ett. 26 41 Scrap iron 47 83 Scrap steel 43 00 Bar iron 25 to 53 Hars of rolled iron 61 77 Bciler or other plate Jron or steel 54 00 Kails of steel 58 24 Sheets of iron or steel, common cr black 25 tri 70 Tin plates 78 44 Tin. manufactures of 55 00 Steel ingots, etc. 29 to 50 Wire rods 34 00 36 36 20 to 35 33 33 33 33 48 57 jron vessels, tti . 26 97 Malleable iron east ing! . 31 81 Hollowwart 1-5 S3 Chains - - 47 28 Friea ms 41 to ft) Nails 23 to 41 Ra lway fish plaits 72 18 Hani, baclc and either saws 40 00 Screws 17 to 111 Wheels f-3 72 Pins " 30 00 Clocks, of wood 35 00 Rice, cleaned 111 85 Rice, uncleaned 64 19 Hooey 44 S3 Cotton cloth, not over 10) threads: 33 34 36 55 47 to 62 4 to 46 65 36 37 50 28 to 40 50 00 16 67 28 57 25 00 20 00 49 99 Not bleached Ditto, bleached Ditto, dyed, colored, etc Exceeding 100 threads; Not bleached Bleached Lyed, e c. Cables, c rd jge and twine lijgjiing for cotton Woollen yarns Shawls, woollen, cot above 40 cents .per pound Knit fabrics, not above 40 cents per pound Blankets Hats of wool 35 17 38 GO 40 80 42 38 43 27 43 81 1C to 31 32 52 278 Cf. 25 05 26 53 30 54 3 2 88 35 00 38 84 10 to 20 free 30 00 37 39 81 27 25 15 23 59 18 88 11 40 40 to 87 100 00 89 23 150 30 136 00 80 to 104 86 to 1W 85 to 104 00 50 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 51 00 35 00 25 19 22 7 2 28 ftf 20 00 33 93 27 09 23 52 30 00 25 00 30 CO 55 00 35 0J 35 00 35 00 35 00 25 to 35- 20 00 45 00 45 (0 45 00 45 00 45 00 20 00 25 00 20 15 12 12 14 34 15 00 20 00 20 99 15 48 CO 00 20 00 23 00 45 00 78 71 74 27 66 to 71 72 00 66 to 71 66.94 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 20 00 28 57 20 00 46 65 50 00 25 00' 41 06 25 00 33 S3 33 33 20 00 flannels, not over 50 cents oer oonnd Silk, partially maou- ler poi tialiv factured Silk, webbings, gor- ings, etc. Silk buttons Silk dress goo 's Silk ribbons All other silk I Writing, drawing and ether paper Dolls and other toys Emery Coal, bituminous Mack or cuIm of coil Coke Ma-chej Haircloth, known as Crinoline cloth Ha-rclow, known as hair seating Leither, calfskins. Japanned Boots and sh , -s Manufaitures of In dia rubber Umbrellas covered with till or alpaca Burrstone, manufac tured Composition metal. copper Plates of copper, not rolled, etc Binding twine Hatters' plush 14 29 18 18. 100 00 loo oo 100 00 100 00 100 00 IS 00 free 6 49, fre; 11 80 free 6 47 free 10 00 free Here are seventy-eight articles which are in common use, in the price of which every one is directly or indirectly interested, showing that the object of the framers and amend ers of this bill was not simply to re duce the duties in the McKinley bill, but to reduce them in such a wav as to do the greatest good to the great- est number while at the same time giving all the protection that any reasonable manufacturer or producer snouidask. In making the enumeration w skipped scores of articles which are largely used but used only to a limit- cu extent compared with the above mentioned, because thev are not among the necessaries, as some of mem are used for certain art pur- poses, but the reduction of which is of material benefit to those using them. 6 The Senate bill will cheapen the necessaries of life which were taxed by the McKinley bill, will cheapen I past. They have cause to congratu the various kinds of clothing used bv I late themselves that thev have riven the people, poor and well-to-do ; will tncapcK tne construction of the houses m which tbey Uw by the reduction of duties oa so many of the materials of which they are con structed; will cheapen the agricul tural implements and machinery Ja & farmers, the - wagons and other vehicles used by them and others by the reduction of the duty on the materials of which they are constructed; will cheapen rail roads by the reduction of the duties on rails and other material used in the construction and equipment of the roads. We can form some idea of what this reduction means when we remember that there are 176,000 miles of railway in this country which must be kept in good condition, and on which more or less repairs are be ing constantly made. To these 176, 000 miles several thousands of miles are annually added, which will get the full benefit of the reduction. As the South is becoming the great railroad building.section of the coun try, this is a matter of much impor tance to us, for it will do much to fa cilitate railroad building in this sec tion. Take it all in . all, the Senate bill is a long stride in tariff reduc tion in the interests of the whole peo ple. It has been estimated that it will save the people in the aggregate over $1,000,000,000 a year in the cost of the things they buy, and this is probably rather under than an over estimate. MINOR MENTION. It has been predicted by the advo cates of tariff reform that the pas sage of the tariff bill would give great impetus to industries and lead speedily to a business revival, while the Republicans who fought all at tempts to change the McKinley bill from the begtnning predicted ail sorts of disasters as the inevitable re sult of any reduction of the McKin ley protective rates. They singled out tin-plate on which the McKinley bill had given an increased protec tion of about double what it had be fore as one of their special objects of solicitude and predicted the utter ruin of that industry if the protect ive duties were reduced. They were reduced about 50 per cent, and among the first echoes we have heard from the passage of the Wilson bill are that a great impetus has been given to the tin-plate in dustry. That's the answer to the dire Republican predictions that comes from.. Pittsburg where prepa tions are being made to start several plants which have been awaiting ac tion upon the tariff. The commer cial and trade papers which have in terviewed the representatives of va rious industries report a spirit of revival and confidence among va rious industries which look very hopefully to the future now that the question so long agitated has been settled and they know where they stand and what they have to count on. There is no indication any where of apprehended trouble, or a lack ot hope in future prospects. It has been suggested that to help the Republicans in the next cam paign, Republican sugar sellers may raise the price of sugar and claim that this is one of the results of put ting sugar on the dutiable list, and also that Republican operators of protected industries will cut the wages of their employes and give as a rea son that with the reduced duties they cannot afford to pay as high wages as they could under the McKinley tariff. Possibly there may be some of this done, but not to any consid erable extent. The business in terests of the country do not desire a continued agitation of the tariff question, and they would rather have the new tar iff which will soon become the law, whether they like it or not, than take the chances of a restoration of the McKinley bill after several years ag itation, for it would take several years to restore it. They would suffer more in the meantime by the agitation and the resultant disturb ance in business than they could pos sibly gain, even if they were sure of a restoratior of the McKinley rates of duty. Business is conservative, and capital is timid. They suffer by agitation and the unrest and uncer tainty that result from agitation, and instead of desiring a re-opening of this question by the Congress which will succeed the present one, they would do anything to prevent it. If the question were submitted to the vote of the manufacturers of this country to-day whether the Wilson bill should be retained as it is for the next twenty-five years, we believe it would be carried in the affirmative by an overwneiming majority. 1 hey got more than they expected, and don't want any more "tariff tinkering." If the estimates on the wheat crop of the country for this year be cor rect 400,000,000 bushels and the damage to the corn crop of the West be anything like it is reported, there must be an advance not only in the . price of corn but of wheat. With 400,000,000 bushel crop of wheat there win be littIe if aDy sur Plus for shipment abroad. Tha grain croPs 01 ine aoutn nave on the whole ?ood whilc I the ProsPects are for a phe nomenal corn crop, hence the crop conditions in the West are not a mat ter of as much importance to us as they would be if our farmers were as dependent upon the West for their food supplies as they had been in the I as much attention as they have this year to raising their own grain and meat, which puts them in a more in dependent position and enables them to stand it if the prices of cot ton, in view of a large crop, should run low. It is an nhiect lesson I which shows the happy results of di- versified farming and raising the home supplies on the farm. If our cotton-growers had to buy their food supplies with the money they are likely to get from cotton, the pros pects would be pretty blue for some of them. The Chicago Inter -Ocean notes it as a remarkable incident when just before the passage of the Tariff bill by the House of Representatives Tom Reed yielded part of his time to Bourke Cockran to reply to some remarks of Speaker Crisp. Nothing remarkable about that. No day was ever so warm or so cold that Tom Reed wouldn't give some of his time to any Democrat who wanted to take a whack at another Democrat, espe cially one who had sat down on Tom Reed as often and as hard as Speaker Crisp had. j California fruit growers are trying the experiment of shipping fruit across the Continent to New York and thence to London. They tried it before, but the railroad freights were so high that it didn't pay. But they have secured such a reduction of railroad rates now that they believe it will. Fruit must' be abundant when San Francisco peddlers sell sixteen fine Bartlett pears for a nickel. One of our contemporaries regrets that Col. Watterson, of the Louis ville Courier-Journal, is losing his temper in discussing the tariff bill. Henri is nothing if he is not hot. But he'll cool down some after a while, and keep right along as usual with the Democratic band wagon. CURRENT COMMENT. Will there be a rise in the price of the farmers' sugar just be fore election to call his attention with emphasis to the fact that the Democrats have imposed a tax upon that article? Will the Republican sugar-selling grocer take the place of the Democratic itinerant dealer in tinware, who in the last national campaign made the McKinley act and the Republicans odious in the farmers' eyes? Washington Star, Ind. When Congress adjourns Sen ator Hill will, no doubt, ask himself the question: "What have I done as a Senator ? " and a still small voice will inform him that he has made a conspicuous and monumental mon key of himself. His attempt to play the part of a political Iago without the people knowing it did not suc ceed, and his motto: "I am a Dem ocrat," will, no doubt, soon be hung up in a New York pawn shop. Neu Orleans States. SUNDAY SELECTONS. We always live prospectively, never retrospectively, and there is no abiding moment. Jacobi. The Pharisee's righteousness consisted in not doing evil; Christ superadded that we must do good. St. Clement. He who is false to a present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find a flaw when he may have for gotten its cause. Beecher. Many indeed think of being happy with God in heaven; but the be ne happy in God on earth never enters into their thought. John Wesley. Therefore, come what may, hold fast to love. Though men should rend your heart, let them not embitter or harden it. We win by tenderness, we conquer by forgiveness. 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We have long been able to have our cloth and silk buttons made to order of the same material as the costume for which they arc Intended. More recently we have been supplied with composition buttons, which are an astonishing imitation of the silk and serge covered article and wear in definitely, which the latter do not. This being a Reason of buttons, a great variety is shown in more expensive styles; as carved mother of pearl and cut Jet, vc-hilo with the fashion of Dresden china umbrella and parasol handles have come Dresden buttons of various sizes, decorated in the same manner and used on rich costumes, especially on court coats. Where buttons are adopted as a garniture, if they are ln- VOUBLE SKIKTED COSTCME. tended to give the effect of fastening any thing together, it is much the best way to have the corresponding buttonholes made and really button the thing instead of merely securing it by the thread with which the buttons are sewed on. It is more trou ble, but well made buttonholes are a dec oration in themselves, and there is some thing anomalous in the position of a button without a buttonhole. Although the double skirt or overskirt is steadily advancing In popularity, the plain skirt refuses to retire from public favor, and it is to be hoped that it will continue to hold its place, for it Is lighter and more convenient in every respect than the draped skirt. The latter appears to advantage in muslin, gauze and thin evening materials, but in woolen goods for street wear it is un deniably weighty. It is being used for all sorts of gowns, however, and probably by next winter it will be firmly established as the ruling mode, and we shall see heavy cloths and even velvets made up in that style. A sketch is given of a double skirted toi let in silver gray vignone. The plain un derskirt is of checked silk to match, while the second skirt is draped in box plaits over the hips, confined by a strap, which is buttoned in place. The vest, tight sleeves and revers are also of checked silk, while the upper half of the sleeve, consists of a balloon puff of vignone surmounted by a wide epaulet of the same material but toned down the top of the shoulder. JCDIC .CHOLLET. TRIM TOQUES AND CAPOTES. Nearly All Spring Ileadwear Has Jet, Metal and Lace Ornamentation. The display of millinery this spring is as gay and varied as any one could desire. The manufacture of artificial flowers has risen from a handicraft almost to an art, and blossoms that are really wonderful im itations of nature crowd the counters of the shops and adorn the fanciful hats that this season has produced. Violets and red roses are the reigning favorites, repeating the ptirple and carmine tints so fashionable In fabrics. 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Sometimes it is ribbon bow, sometimes two or three jet ornaments with pendants, some times only a bunch of violets. There is scarcely a hat or bonnet to be seen into the construction of which lace of some sort does not enter, while everything glitters with metallic or Jet decoration. A stringless capote is shown with a crown of spangled guipure. A scant ruffle of 4ace takes the place of a brim and is arranged to droop upon the hair behind. A black rosette is placed in the middle and on each side, and In front are two black ostrich plunaes. Jtjdic Chollet. Women Voters After the Omees Now. A deputation of women waited txlay npon the Hon. B. J. Seddon, the pre mier, at Gisborne, to urge upon him tho right of women to bo eligible as mem bers of parliament Tho premior, in re ply, said thut the request was the logio al outoomo of the recent extension of the parliamentary suffrage to women, but observed that their political educa tion was necessary first. Wollina-toii (N. B.) 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Among the details of a successfully fur nished summer room The Decorator and Furnisher mentions a silk hammock swung across one corner; a new cover and valance for tho mantel board, mado from eotton crape In green and silver, tho same material being used to frill Into tho small screen which should conceal tho fireplace; fresh shades for the lamps, candles and electric globes, quickly and economically executed, of whit and green crapo tissue paper, tho green over tho white, A feath ery fern In a Benares jar will harmonize with the surroundings, and a finishing touch may bo added by a huge bunch of blush roses in a bowl of green art glass on tho wicker table. To inako paper lamp shades composed of three dlstinot colors one above another the crimped papers should bo obtained In throe well assorted tints. They aro to be brought, mado expressly for lamp shades, in one cir cular length. They oro best arranged on the wire placed over tho lamp. It minimizes tho trouble of stretching upward to place tho lamp on a milking stool. Slip tho pa per over, draw it together at tho top, leav ing a good heading, and then tie It loose ly with string round tho wire, by which means you can regulate tho fullness care fully till it Is equal all round, and then tighten tho string. In the same way place the two other papers separately over. The lowest paper Is then bent under about two Inches above tho edge, tho next Is formed into a couple of waves, and tho upper one drawn up in waves above, so that it makes about five Vandykes all round. The paper remains as you press it, and the result Is a "pretty, most graceful shade. Screen In Semlrustle Style. Screens are, of course, always In sea son, so many are tho convenient and dec orative purposes they aro made to serve nowadays. But as the time has come when fires may bo dispensed with and the question arises how to hide unsightly empty grates, they are now more than usually important. Two and three fold screens are perhaps more generally useful than the single pan- 6INGLE PAKEL SCREEN, el. The latter Is, however, less expensive to buy and cosier to make, and oftentimes servos a purposo quite as well. A very pretty examplo which may be suggestive to tho amateur cabinets maker is in simple semirustio stylo. It is draped with salmon colored silk, with an insertion of scroll work embroidered on satin ornamenting tho top Rose Paste. A delicate flavor of rose loaves Is a event addition to certain cakes ojid confections, and a roso paste made at homo is purer than many of tho extracts sold for tho pur pose, according to Harper's Bazar, which gives tho folowing recipe: It is made by chopping tho leaves of fragrant roses into a sm'-oth mass with white sugar and plow ing them in an oven long enough to heat thoroughly, but not entirely melt the sug ar Use a cupful of tho leaves to 3 of sugar. Keep in airtight cans and allow to stand six months before opening. This must bo used carefully, only a small quan tity being necessary to flavor a large cake. A novelty at a recent dinner wus a Roman punch flavored in this way with tho Turk ish preserved rose leaves, which may bo purchased at any store dealing in oriental goods. Into an ordinary Roman punch, which is simply a lemon shertiet flavored to tasto with rum, tho roso leaves wero stirred a few at a time until a delicate fla vor was obtained, and the mixture was then frozen to a soft and snowy consisten cy and served in small glasses. Half o can of the Turkish leaves would flavor a suffi cient quantity for eight persons. Angel Food. Angel food, If correctly prepared, is one of the best loaf cakes made Tho recipe herewith given Is warranted by Tho Bak ers' Helper to be tho best: Beat very stiff and dry 10 whites of cgs (one-half pint), sift together twice, a half pi .utirt of powdered sugar, 5 ounces of pas try flour, on even toaspoonful of cream tar tar, i Add all this to tho eggs, stirring very gently with wooden spatula Sprinkle a half tcaspoonful of vanilla powder to it and fill in tho regular angel food tlna Book theso molds In oold water always be fore using. Fill while wet just rinse them out and when baked turn molds upside down. Never greaso or line the molds with paper. Just have them wet, and the cakes will fall but when cold, as White as snow, all the crust sticking to tho mold. Frost- very thin and givo icing a very delicate flavor, or just a little lemor. Juice or maraschino. A Substantial Pudding. Dry crusts of bread, odd pieces of cake, etc., will make excellent puddings If soaked in cold milk for o sufficient time, beaten up with suet, a spoonful or two of sago, somo sugar, salt and any fruit you may be able to spare; also a spoonful of molasses. Make the mixture still and boll it In a mold for two hours at least; thon you will have a pudding which none need be ashamed of eating. The sago Is an excellent substitute for egg. Household Hints. Point stalnB that arc dry and old may be removed from cotton or woolen goods with chloroform. Tt Is a good plan to first cover tho spot with olive oil or butter. Hold a fruit stained article over a bowl and pour boiling water through the cloth. To beat oggs quickly add a pinch of salt salt cools, and oold eggs froth rapidly. Rub egg stains on silver with salt on a iamfffcioth. Clean steel knives with raw potato dip oed in fine- hriekdust. Use wood ashes on discolored tablcwaro. The St. John's nread Tree. Notwithstanding the belief of Professor Kllcy that St, John was just as likely to have fed on tho real locust as on tho succu lent seed vessels of Ceratonia siliqua, this particular tree will idways bo known as oi- jouu s orenu tree, says Meenan s Monthly. It has Ixsen very successfully In troduced Into southern California and southern Florida and Is now getting in good demand. It is known as the carob troo, which Is tho Arab name for the seed pods, on account of their hornlike shape. They liko a rather dry climate. Two very flno trees aro sold to bo growing on Mount Olivet, Just above the garden of Gcthsein ano. It was a great surprise to Amer icans to see among tho collections of agri cultural articles from tho south of Europe, during the American centennial, how much this tree- was appreciated, as near ly every collection had samples of varying varieties In their lists. In the south of Europe it is generally tho chief artlclo for feeding horses, cattle and swino as well as the general artlclo of food among the poorer natives. It nay Do sus macb for You. Mr. Fred, Miller, of Irving, 111., writes that he had a Severe Kidnev trouble for many years, with severe pains in his back and also that his bladder was anectea He tried many so-called Kidney cures but without anv eood result. About a year ago he began use of Electric Bitters and found relief at once. Electric Bit ters is especially adapted to cure of all Kidney and Liver troubles and often gives almost instant relief. One trial will prove our statement. Price onlv 50c. for large bottle. At R. R. Bellamy's Drug COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET STAR OFFICE. Aug. 10i. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing dome. ROSIN. Market dull at 85 cents per bbl. for Strained and 90 cents for Good Strained. TAR. Market steady at $1 10 per bbl. of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1 00 for Hard, 1 70 for Yel low Dip and $2 10 for Virgin. COTTON Dull at 6 cents for middling. Ordinary 4 cts T$ lb Good Ordinary 5 " Low Middling 6 5-16 " " Middling 6 Good Middling.... 7 1-16 " " KKCKirr. Cotton Spirits Turpentine. Rosin Tar Crude Turpentine . . 00 186 308 246 79 bales casks bbls bbls bbls ftfBSTIC MAKKHTS. i Tflagtaph to tas Morslai Financial. New York, August 18 Evening Money on call easy at 1 percent. Prime mercantile paper 334 percent. Ster ling exchange steady; actual business in bankers' bills at 485)485 for sixty days 4feC i4S63 for demand. Com mercial bills 484 j 484. Government bonds firm; United States; coupon fours 114; United States twos 96. State bonds steady; North Carolina fours 69, Ncjrth Carolina sixes 185. Railroad bonds active and strong. Silver at tte Stock Exchange to-d: y was neglected. Com met c:ai. Siw ;.k,: August 17- Evening Cotton quoted quic ; middling gulf 7)4c, middling uplands 7c; sales of bales. Cotton futures closed dull but steady; sales to day of 27.000 bales: August 6 65; Septerbrr 15 68c; October (5 73c; No vember 6 80c; December G.86c; Januar 6 93c; February 6 99c; March 7.05c; April '.lie; May 7.13c. Net receipts bales; gross receipts bales; exports to Great Britain 2,300 bales; to the Continent bales; for warded 50 bales; sales 551 ba'es, all to spinne;s; stock 105.836 bales. Totai to day Net receipts 452 bales; exports to Great Britain 2,300 bales; ex pors to France bales, exports to the Continent bales; stock 180,086 bales. Tola! since September 1 Net re ceipts 5,883,802 bales;, exports to Great Britain 2 845,830 bales; exports to France 592,257 bales; exports to the Continent 1,704,904 balcs;lo the Channel 9,681 bales, rioui dull and weak at quotations; winter v. heat, low grades SI 85 2 50; fir to fancy grades $2 402 90; Minnesota clear $2 252 65; superfine $1 :C02 10; patents $3 404 00; low extras $1 852 50; Southern flour dull and weak; common to fair extra 103 00; good to choice do. $3 00 3 50. Wheat dull and yz lower, but steady; No. 2 red in store and at elevator 5657c; afloat 57c; options were dull and cpnt d weak, declined c, rallied ifc, fell Jc and closed steady at Jc un der yesterday, with only a local trade; No. 2 red closed August 56gc, Septem ber 57Vc; December 60c; May 65c. Corn dull and c lower but steady; No. 2 at clcvatoi 61c; afloat 61c; options dull, weak anti c lower; August 59Jc; September 58Jc; December 55 c May 54Vc Oats dull and lower; options dull iic lower; August 33Jc; September 33c; October 34tfc; spot No. 2, 33 33c; No. 2 white 3737c; mixed Western 3485c; white Western 36 44c. Hay weak, dull; shipping 50c; good to choice 8090c. Wool in fair de mand and firm; domestic fleece 1822c; pulled 1534c. Beef steady, family $10 0012 00; extra mess $8 008 50; beef hams quiet and firm at $23 00, tierced beef steady and quiet; city extra India mess $15 0017 00. Cut meats quiet, firm; pickled bellies 8J; pickled shoulders 640; pickled hams ll$12c; middies nominal. Lard dull. steady; Western steam closed at $7 85; city $7 37 7 50; September $7 90; re fined easy; Continent $8 25; South Amer ica S3 50; compound $6 25. Pork more active, steady; old mess $15 CO 15 25; extra prime $13 0013 50. Butter fairly active and firmer at prices; Sune dairy 1423c; do. creamery 17 23c: Western dairy 1316c; do. creamery 1524c; Elgins 24c Cot ton seed oil firm and dull; crude 29c; yellow 33c. Petrolem steady and quiet); Washington barrels $6 00; do. in bulk $3 50; refined in New York $5 15; Phladelphia $5 10; do. in bulk $2 602 65. Rice firm, active; domestic, iair to extra 35i,c; Japan 5c. Molasses foreign nominal; New Or.eans. open kettle, good to ch dull at 27a37c. Peanuts quiet and steady. Coffee options opened bare steady closed steady at 15 points down; August $14 8014 85; October $13 40 13 45; December $12 65; March $12 30; spot Rio dull, steady; No. 7, $18 12. Sugar raw quiet and firm; fair refining 2Jg; refined firm and fairly active; off A 447-16c; standard A 4 9-16 4c; cut-loaf 55 7-16c; crushed 5 5 7-16b; granulated 4 9-164;ic. Freights to Liverpool more active but unsettled; cotton, per steamer, l-13d, nominal; grain, per steamer, d. Chicago, August 18-Casn quotanor.s; Flour was quiet and steady, with prices unchanged. Wheat No. 2 spring 52 54Jc; No, 2 red not quoted. Com No. 3, 52i52c. Oats-No. 2, 29 29c. Mess pbrk.per bbl,$13 37 J13 50. Lard per lfO lbs., $7 47V,7 50 Short rib sides, loose per 100 lbs. $7 207 40. Dry salted shoulders, boxed per 100 lbs $6 506 62V. Short clear sides, boxed per 100 lbs., $7 557 65. Whiskey $1 28. The leading tutures ranged as follows, opening, highest lowest and closing; Wheat No. 2 August 53M53L. 53, 522, 52352JgC; September 54irf 54. 54ji. 533. 5353c; December 51MMH. 5757K. 56, 56 56c; May 61. 62,61, 61c. Corn No. 2 August 53. 53. 52. 52 52; September 53. 58. 52. 52 52c; October 53. 53, 52, 52c; May 52Lg52M.52.51.51c. Oats No. a August 295. 29J4. 29. 29Jc; Sep tember 30, 30, 29, 29c; October 30. 30, 30. 30c; May 34. 34, 34?i, 34c. Mess pork, per bbl. Sep tember $13 30, 13 30, 13 30, 13 30; January $13 65, 13 67. 13 40, 13 40. Lard, per 100 -lbs September $7 52. 7 52. 7 47. 7 47; January $7 55.7 55, 7 45. 7 47. Short ribs, per 100 lbs Septem ber $7 20, 7 20, 7 12, 7 20; January $7 05, 7 05, 6 92, 6 82. Baltimore. Aug. 18. Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat steady; No. 2 red. spot and the month 5555c. September 5555c; December 59 59c; steamer. No. 2 red 5253c; milling wheat, by sample,5556c. Corn steady; mixed, spot 58c asked; month 58c asked; month 58c bid. Southern white corn by sample 61 c; do yellow 60c. Oats quiet and inactive; No. 2 white Western 37c; No. 2 mixed do 34 35c. COTTON MARKTf, Bv Telegraph: to the Moraine bin August 18. Galveston, dull at 6c net receipts 128 bales, Norfolk, steady at 6 13-1'ic net receipts 31 bales; Bu timore, nominal at 7J;C net receipts nates; Boston, quiet at 7c net re ceipts bales; Wilmington, dull at 6c net receipts bales; Philadelphia, quiet at 7c net receipts bales; Savannah, steady at 6-net receipts 52 bales,5 new; New Orleans.steady at 6c net receipts zuv Daiea.su new; Mobilcnominal ate -ie ,pr rProinte Q ki.. - a 1 1 cxnpn is, nom ntl at 6&c net receipts 12 bales: AueuSta quiet, steady at 77 l-16c net receim, 2 bales; Charleston, quiet at 6c-net re ceipts 4 bales; Cincinnati, steady at 7fcc net receipts 110 bales; Louisville quiet at 7Jic; St, Louis, quiet at KV.J net receipts 24 bales; Houston, quiet at 6c net receipts 1,791 bales. MARINE. Fort A Imtnic-August 10. Sun Rises.! 5.21 A M Sun bets 6.45 p v Day's Length 13 tJ 24 High Water at Southport. . 9.18 A M High Water at Wilmington 11.05 A v, CLEARED. Steamship Oneida, Ingram, Georte town, S C, H G Smallbones. 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