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Advertisements kept nnder the head of "Mew Advcr- cnemenii will dc caarKca but pci craw sxu. i ' will be charged nttv per cent, extra. Advwttaementtto foUowretagmet,ortooccnpy I Sar 06 CMr8ea " acTO" j4aoMment, Aactkm and Official adwtiarmantn OOUai PCX K1UIV IUI QBCU UUCIUW. I By WILLIAM II. BEBNARO. WILMINGTON. N. C . I Sunday, Morning. Mar. 24, 1885 DIVERSIFIED FARMING, Diversified farming is something more than the growing of a few of ihe staple crops, and raising the food supplies necessary for the men and stock employed upon; the farm. This is good as far as it goes, and is di versifying as far as l it goes, but it does not go far enough, that is if it be tbe aim of the man who farms to get tbe most remuneration for his labor and the most profit out 'of the land he cultivates. The thrifty, ob servant farrner' will keep his eyes open, note qrhat bis brother farmers art "doing, what they are raising, and when he fiads the market either ov erstocked o likefy tofbe overstocked, prices falling and likely to continue to fall, and will turn his attention to something ttat so many are not en gaged in raising, and for which there is a fair demand and remunerative prices. . The farmers of Georgia who had sagacity enough some years ago to drop cotton and turn their cotton field? into peach orchards made a master stroke, and are now not only independent but some of them have incomes of $25,000 or, more a year. That was sagacious thnlt which struck out on a new line, raised some thing which few were raising, and in tfhich there was consequently little or no competition, and for which there was an eager and increasing demand. Others have profited by the example they set, and the success they have met with, and there are now thousands of acres planted in peach, pear and other choice fruit trees in Georgia, and the number is being largely added to every year not only by Georgians but by ,f ruit-growers of other States who have been attracted to Georgia by the advantages it pre sents and the success of those who have been engaged in fruit-growing. . North Carolina, too, has made very considerable progress in fruit growing, but less, considering -the advantages she enioys, than she should have made. Bat it wouldn't m3o for every farmer to go to raising fruit for market, for . in that event the market would " soon be over' stocked and- they would show as little judgment as they did in stick ing to cotton" until it dropped to five cents a pouid and they couldn't get money enough out of it to pay the fertilizer bills, - Even with the com paratively small acreage devoted to fruit culture in the South, it is only the early fruit which, pays well, that which reaches the market before the Northern fruit begins to come in, unless the growers have canneries in which to can and preserve the fruit which it does not pay to market after the rush begins. With can neries it will be a reasonably safe in dustry for some years to come, even - with a considerable increase in pro duction. - But there is one branch of the in dustry which is in no danger of being overdone for many years, for which there is a large and annually increas ing demand, and in which there is promise of more clear money with less labor and less risk, than in any other industry dependent upon the soil. We refer to tree culture and nut culture, confining attention to the pecan, the.soft shell hickory, and the walnut. The man who will give his attention to the platting of any or all of these cannot miss it, and will be as sure, if not -surer of a handsome income when they come in bearing, 'if he plants a reasonable amount of land, than the Georgia peach-grower, with his big orchard, or the Florida orange-grower, with his big grove. " . ' There is one advantage in nuts; the grower need -not rush them to market to get ahead of other -grow-y ers, but can take his time and market them to suit bis convenience or pleas are. They 'are not perishable like r fruit, do not lose in weight like corn ' or wheat, or waste like cotton, out , will ' keep indefinitely without 1 nursing.- Once planted there is no more plowing nor planting, for nature does alt the rest, except to pick and house the nuts. She will shake them off if the man doesn't attend to his busi ness, but he mast do the housing." - Leaving nuts out of the question, the planting of walnut and hickory trees would . be . a good. thing for a man's family where he had, say, thirty 6r forty acres: that be ' didn't rare to or couldn't cultivate. --y & Walnut and I hickory timber are both in great demand now, and the demand wifl continue to increase be; cause the ?suppiyi Is banning less every year. At tne ena ot ten years some of these trees would be suffi ciently grown to have a marketable value, and one acre of them, would more than pay the" cost ipf planting oat ! fdrty acres;"But in the mean time the trees would be producing crops of nuts that would many times pay 4 the cost, of planting. But whether there were a cent made from the muts or not the walnut or the hickory grove would be there, grow ing and becoming annually more valuable, as a substantial inheritance for the boys and girls who are now toddling around.! As we see it, in all the branches of industry connected with the farm, there is none so inviting or promis- . . l., ing as uul Culture, Ul lice tuuuic, leaving the nuts out ot consideration, . . piOUbiug uJ - the future. It is work, too, which can be done with little outlay of money and without interfering much With other work on the farm. MLS OK XCEimOJf. It has often been remarked that the South has many resources of wealth which people, pass by every day and give them scarcely a thought, while many look upon them as nuisances. Year after year, until af ter the war when cotton seed were utilized in making oil, thousands of tons were dumped into the rivers to get rid of them, and cotton gins were moved to get them out of the way of the piles of seed that had accumu lated around them. Now the cotton seed re worth over $40,000,000, and vet much eoes to waste. The plebeian blackberry which persists in growing in spite of the efiorts of men to kill it and of hogs to root it up, has been known to yield berries that paid more money in one season than the assessed value of the land on which they were grown. 1 Some time ago we called attention to an article in the Charleston News and Courier, enumerating some of the valuable uses which it was discovered that the scrub palmetto of that State could be put , to, and now we find in the Jack sonville, Fla., Citizen; a communica tion from 'Mr. W. F. Rotzien, of St. Andrew's Bay, a man of practical ex perience, on the varied and valuable uses to which the saw palmetto of that State can be put. He -writes to Commissioner Cnipley of the Cotton States Exposition, thus: "I have spent a great deal of time dur ing the last three' years in experiment ing with the various nses of the pal metto. I can say that it is worth to the State more than all the pine and oranges together. . I make a fiber from tbe leaf for mattresses. It has no equal I have made over a hundred and fitly mattresses in two years. 1 use tbe root for brushes. and they are the best flesh and batb brushes made. ' The root contains more tanuin ihan oak bark for tanning leather, The berries are valuable for medicine. Florida is almcs: the only State that ships tbem by tons. Two years ago I shipped 760 000 pounds at 5 to 9J cents a pound What I desire to call your at tention to is the mattresses. As I am a poor man, I should ike some one to help me. I cannot see why tbe exposition would not be a good place to show Ihe fiber, which is far better in every respect than Florida moss. What assistance can you give me for an exhibit JL We should have a paper mill in the State also, to make paper from the palmetto. One acre will produce from 450 to $500 a year. I sold palmetto berries that I gathered on less than one-sixteenth of an acre for $26.70. and I have mde $9 00 worth of brushes from one root. Any palmetto land will make fiber twice a year at three cents a pound. Allowing a good deal for exaggera tion if this saw palmetto is worth anything like the estimate this prac tical man puts upon it Florida can stand an orange freeze-out once in a while without being ruined or very seriously hurt, that is if she turns the saw palmetto to account. at The Populist leaders In the last campaign played economy and re trenchment as one of their big cards. Their platform condemned'the last' General Assembly of the State for its lavish and reckless waste of the people's money." In " the general scramble for loot they forgot all about this when they and their Re publican allies met at Raleigh to parcel out the spoils, and to make more spoils when there were no more to be divided. . They increased the expenses of the General Assembly in the payment of clerks and other employes over $6,000 and have spent a fotat of $125,000 more than the preceding Legislature and then failed to do a good many things they prom ised to do. To meet these increased expenditures it was necessary to in crease taxation when every one was told by the stumpers arid organs of the combine that expenses would be reduced and taxation lowered rather raised. What blue-ribbon frauds they were. --I at In threatening to send war-ships to Venezuela to ? collect debts due to Germans who bad loaned money in that country Germany will be getting herself into new . business and may finl her collecting- bureau a very troublesome affair. " , Even in the event that' this ' Government didn't have anything to say in the premises, and some of the Kaiser's ships were permitted to ' throw , some, shot into some of the Venezuelan towns with out being called to account for it, it would commit the German Govern ment to that course, and it .would be in hondr bound to iollow it up with a strong Government as well as. a weak one v under similar ? circum stances, ana tnen tne collecting pro cess might prove a very troublesome and expensive one." The Government which undertakes to collect private debts fox itavsub jectsr or cUizens, J3; getting into a pretty, small .business bv which it -might in "the end lose more than it would gain. The first time that LI Hung Chang ever went outsiae oi Lnms-wos when he started for ' Japan." China was big enough for him, but is not so big now. CURRENT CUMMEN7 If Spain will kindly fire upon a few more Yankee ships, she will very greatly oblige the Cuban re volutionists. Just about - one more shot at an American vessel might help a great deal toward the end of eettine Spam hxasxita.--iavanmn News, Dem. Not many years' ago General Wolseley, of the English army, said it was only a matter of time when China, with her swarming millions of men; would overrun and conquer the world, subduing nation after nation bv force of numbers and by the power of discipline and fearlessness. ..... What do we see to-day? The km pire of China prostrate at the feet of little Japan suing tor peace upon any terms. Is this a result of the rice diet or of - too much philosophy ? Norfolk Landmark, Dtm. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Columbus News: The News re crets to learn o( the death ot Mrs. Charity Long, wife of State Senator J. J. Lone, which sad event occurred at her home near Eoka last Sunday niht from pneumania. Rocky Mount Argonaut: Mr. lere Perry, son of the late Dr. A. S. ferry, ot franklin county, aiea at nis home near Lou sburg on last Saturday. At the time of his death Mr. Perry was in tbe 54. h year of his age. Raleigh News and Observer: At half past 5 o'clock yesterday aftei- noon Mrs Anna E Strong, the beloved trite of Hon. Georee V. Strong, died at the residence on North Blount street. aged 66 years and 11 month;. She bad been sick for a long while. Weldon News: Rev. William Grant, ot Northampton county, died at his home near Jackson, Saturday the 9ib, aged 76 vears. He was one of the best known ministes of the North Car olina Methodist conference, and was familiarly known as "Bishop Grant" by many of his co-workers in the Lord's vineyard. itaieign visitor: bix seizures of moonshine stills were reported to Collector Simmons by his ttusty deputies in Durham and Montgomery counties to-day. Mr. Josiah Turner, who has a claim against the State for print ing done years ago, has been awarded $1,000 by tbe committee of printers having bis case in band. Mount Airy News: Mr. John Morehouse, of Westfield section, sold his tobacco crop at the barn for 25 cents. He had in about five acres and the crop brought him 871)0. ine revenuers have been very assiduous in this and tbe surrounding counties for tbe past month. A number of illicit stills have been destroyed by them. Chatham Record: His many friends will regret to hear of the death of Mr. Henry M. Lloyd, of this county, who died of pneumonia on the 8th of tbis month. Tbe mans friends of Mr. William H. Segroves will regret to hear of his death, which occurred on last Thursday, at his residence in Oakland township. He died from a stroke of pa ralysis, and was about 63 years old. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. As you learn, teach.: as you get, give; as you receive, distribute. lpur eon. When thou prayest, rather let thy heart be without wotds than thy words without heart. Bunyan. Preparation for the pew is near ly as important a matter as preparation for tbe pulpit.; Nashville Advocate. Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations given habitually, are what win and preserve tbe heart and secure comfort. Sir H Davy. Not everything wnicn seems right can we afford to endorse. The dangers that beset onr way' are all masked by plausible appearances. "There is a way that seemetb right unto a man. but tbe end thereof are tbe ways of death." Christian Advocate. ' aa ami ai But To OtbeT. All persons are hereby cautioned against buying copies of the Star offered for sale ontbe streets unless, in every case, the words ' For Transient Sale' are stamped on the margin of the paper. Should any newsboy or carrier offer for sale a copy of the Star not so stamped. ne should be promptly reported at this Oftire HEART DISEASE. Flattering, No Appetite, Could . not Sleep, Wind on Stomach. 'For a long: time I had a terrible pain at. my neart, wliicti fluttered al most incessantly. I had no n.Tvnot.ii'.A , and could not sleep. I would be wuxpciicu iju oiu up in ueu ana ueicn gas from my 6tomacb nntll I thought every minute would be my last. There was a feelini? of nnnrpssinn about my heart, and I was afraid to iua niuu ureatii. j. couia noc sweep a room without resting. My husband .muuuea me to try - - Dr. Miles' Heart Cure and am happy to sav it has ured nw. I now have a splendid appetite and sleep welL Its effect was truly mar- r tiSS. HARRY E. STARR, Potterilla, Pa. A ut. janes Heart enrols sold on & noeitlve guarantee that the first bottle will Tbenefit. fiU ?,?gtets u r bottles for Co, or h.VkL t?.88 vttPVP vSlp of Price by theDr.iaieaiiedicai Co ; Elkhart, Ind. Monthly P&Im cured by Dr.Mlles' Pain Pills. itme 15 ly D&W hi ra we changt daiHy SPINNING. j HELEN HUNT J AOKSON. Like a blind spinner in the sun, A 1 thread my days. t I know that all the. thread! will run ; AoDiintedways: -- r ?'" I kn? w each dav will bring its task, And being blind, no more I ask. . . I do not know tbe use-pr name j Of that I spin; j- m. And laid within - My band the- thread," and said.- "Since vou Are blind bat one thing can you do." Sometimes the threads go rough and fast And tancjed fly, ' I know wild storms are sweeping past. And (ear that 1 Shall fall; but dare rot try to find A safer place, since I am blu d I know not why. but I am sure That tint ar d place, - la some great fabric to endure Pat time and race. My threads will have; so, from the tint, Ttoougb bund, l never leit accurseo. I think, perhaps, this trust has f-pruog From one short word Said over me when I Wis young - Vn vrv vniir.o. I neara Tt bnnaino nntlhlt God's name sicDfd My brow, and sealed me His, though blino. But whether this be seal or sign . Within, without. It matters not. The bond divine T never doubt. T lrnnw He mat me here, and Still Am glad, and, Wind, I wait His will, But listen, listen day by day, To hear their tresd. - Who bare the finished web away. And cut the thread. And biing God's message in tbe sun, Tfcoa poor blind spinner, worn is aone. THE PROCLAMATION. WORKING UP SENTIMENTS APPRO PRIATE TO THANKSGIVING. ... A Boucrh Draft Goes tbe Rounds and Pick Up Additions In Inks ot All Col or Finally Engrossed on Cream Col ored. GUt Edged Paper and Signed. The concoction of that time honored document, the Thanksgiving proclama tion, which sails forth annually as the impromptu expression of the national Executive's religions gratitude, is the terror of the state department. Every year it is called upon to produce some thing new in that line, and its efforts to say the same thing in a different way, to avoid if possible verbatim copying of last year's letter, is one of the vener able jokes of the diplomatic greenroom. About the first ox second week of No vember, everybody knowing that the day falls on the last Thursday of that month, the chief clerk or some assist ant secretary suggests that it is time to think about the "proclamation. " Tne cniel cleric accordingly runs down the list of drafting clerks, ascer tains which of Uncle Sam's servants is at the time basking in innocuous desue tude and dispatches to the delinquent by messenger an order to get up a draft for the proclamation. This rouses the clerk from his lethar gy, tie nses to tne situation wltn alac rity. His first inspiration is to turn out a paper different from its predecessors. The second arrests the divine afflatus. What on earth can he say that has not been said? He writes the word "whereas" and pauses. In despair, at length, ne turns for help to the classics that is, he con sults what van JBuren, Tyler and Fill more have said in past years and makes that a groundwork for a draft This embryo proclamation is then sent, through the chief clerk, to the assistant secretaries. The first touch up the document re ceives is the insertion of a lot of capital H's for deification, which the clerk has forgotten in the throes of composition. Then an assistant secretary, finding it remiss in pious fervor, proceeds to in sert piety with red ink marginal notes. Thus the word prayer is followed by songs of praise," and "tribute of grat itude" is bracketed after worship. o long, so faithfully has this servant of the people discharged this self appoint ed task that he is known in office par lance as the "dmne lnvocator. Thus revised the draft proceeds to tome other grand mogul of tbe diplo matic greenroom, who finds that now that the Deity has been duly attended to something complimentary is due the nation at large. So carets, in blue pen cil, insert "our prosperity and great ness," the "labors of our people" or "our marts of trade and traffic. " This tricolor draft is now handed around again and encounters an official in a new vein. His lunch did not agree with him. He is in a penitent mood. Seizing a pencil, he adds "that we have not been visited with swift punishment for our shortcomings." Another handles the document ana finds that it is too general, fails to iden tify the year, so he brings in a few masterstrokes in purple indelible pot hooks alluding to the "deadly march of and "fury of the elements." The document now seems to meet the requirements. It is sent to an engross ing clerk, who proceeds to "fecit secun dum artem, " like a drug clerk making up a prescription. There are rules to be observed, rules as inviolable as those governing the Bank of England. A cer tain cream colored gilt edged paper is used. An elaborately ornamental title is' flourished half way down the page in old German capital script announcing A Toolamation by the President of the United States. " The original whereas has met with many vicissitudes during tne travels of tne draft. Restored to its proper dignity, the chief difficulty now is to disentangle the many colored insertions which crawl like caterpillars all over the sheet. By standing on his head, squinting on the bias or thumping his guessing bump to its utmost the engrossing clerk at last turns out a highly respectable and dec orous looking document. I He submits it to the chief clerk. jaeanwnue ne waits in nervous sus sT 1 pense test it ne returned witn a request for another copy or be disfigured by the insertion of more colored caterDillars. j If the engrossed copy is approved, it is taken to the White House. The exec utive may or may not read it It's pret ty safe to say he does not, but he never fails to sign it With the president's signature it returns to the state depart ment A lithograph copy is struck off and sent abroad to our ministers and con- LfUlB. The original is filed in the "Book of Credence," a somber, venerable volume exhaling an old time aroma from its yellow time stained pages, which pre serves irom tne foundation of our glori ous" republic the proclamations of all our executives in exquisite script, for the typewriter, that cruel eleotrocntor of the epistolary art, has yet to dese- eraw we precious flies of the state ar- onives. -. : Before seeking ita mausoleum, howev er, a typewritten cony of the Thanfca. giving proclamation is given out to the psess, and the millions of readers think what a very pious. God fearinir man la ae presiqent. .New York World. BlGGJNGr TUNNELS. V''tTf: rr rr ' THE PRESSURE MSN BEAR WORKING .UNDER WATER. Peculiar Sensations and Sotaetlmes Fatal Besnlts Tnnuellns Through a Water Hole trader the Hudson Kler InieresU tag TalklWIth an Air Iioek Worker. - - .Laboring jn Jha ftwarth. wito'Jall out of doors" to breathe, perspiring and taayhap grumbling at one's hard luck,- person seldom, if ever, stops to tbinK that men work day after day deep down in the water or the mud, with none but artificial light to guide their move ments and only the air that is pumped: to breathe. - People who work in the open air would have only to work for a short time in a diver's suit, a caisson or an air lock, getting, a taste of , what it is like and hotf it feels, to be cured forev er of grumbling at their lot and to thank" their lucky stars that it has Deen or dained that they work, on top of -the earth. The work of adiver," his sensa tions while under water and his experi ences have often been written about, but those of the air lock and caisson worker have not While be does not; face the danger of fouling pipes and. lines, as does the diver, he 6tays down longer, gets warmer, and his great dan ger lies in the stagnation of .blood and ' paralysis, resulting from the Change of atmosphere. . Mr. R. C. Bapier of East Cambridge is an air lock worker and talks most in terestingly. His work was mainly in the air locks used in building the great Hud son river tunnel. To a reporter he talk-, ed of some of the sensations, dangers and experiences. He said that, while a man working on the surface of the earth bears up an atmospheric pressure of 15 pounds to the inch, men in the locks bear a pressure of from 15 to 50 pounds of compressed air, according to the depth. The heaviest pressure ever work ed nnder was borne by five divers on. the Swedish coast 65 pounds. Four of these died five minutes after coming out While as a general thing the diver stands not nearly that amount of pres sure and seldom stays down more than two hours, the men in the Hudson river tunnel stood a pressure of from 45 to 46) pounds and worked in four hour ahifta. Some men staid down 20 hours at a stretch, but did not work all the time, and Superintendent Haskins once staid down 24 hours. The sensations experienced are peculiar. . When a man first steps in, there is a tingling in the ears and a pain in the head, and when he talks it is apparently through tbe nose. This is caused by the pressure, and the remedy is to hold the nose, close the mouth and blow against the ears. This relieves the pain and stops the sensation. When the pressure is all on, tbe worker feels all right and expe riences no discomfort Then there is a sort of exhilaration, and a man does more work in the lock than he could do outside. Another peculiar thing about the ao tion of tne pressure is that a man may nave liquor enough aboard when out side to just make him feel jolly, but when he steps intothe lock he is as drunk as a loan. The danger lies in coming out of the pressure into the open air. It is then that a man is apt to suf f er from stagnation of the blood and paralysis, caused by the change of at mosphere. Besides this a man may be attacked in the head or stomach with severe pains. Three out of five cases where the head and stomach are attack ed result fatally. Another severe malady resulting from the change is what is called the bends. This is the air getting in between the flesh and the bone. It is extremely pain ful and so severe that a quart of whisky administered in half an hour would not intoxicate the patient. The stagnation and paralysis are the worst dangers and do the work quickly. Many men have been keeled over by these causes, and not a few die. Old timers at the business sometimes get caught Mr. Rapier himself was twice attacked. The remedy for this paralysis is a quick return to the air lock. The effect of the pressure varies on animals, as is shown by the mules used m the Hudson river tunnel. Some of these beasts are kept at work down below for a year, and on being brought up are worth more than when they were taken down. Others that had only been in the works four months had to be killed. Tbe men as a general thing do not remain a great many years at the busi ness, and a man should never work at It after he is 40 years of age. Cutting a hole and building a tunnel through wa ter is an extremely difficult thing and by many was thonght to be impossible. Still it was done in the case of the Hud son river tunnel, and the method, as told by Mr. Bapier, is very interesting. The work on the tunnel had progressed until a body of water was struck. How to tunnel through this hole of water was a puzzling question. It was done in this way. A so called balloon was con structed by making a netting of wire rope and covering this netting with can Vas. ihe interior ot the balloon was then filled with blue clay and salt hay. When filled, the balloon, 80 feet in diameter, weighed 140 tons. The hole of water was then located, and with the aid of a huge steam derrick the balloon was dropped into the hole. Then several scowlpads of dirt were dumped down ' on to the balloon, and the whole thing Was left to settle. At the end of ten days the work of cutting through the balloon was begun. This was a very difficult job.. An idea of what hard cutting it was may be gained from the fact that, it took two months to dig through the SO feet The plates and brick were going in as the Work progressed. Boston Herald. How Be Got Blind. Tramp Please help the blind. Passerby How did yon beoomo blind? Tramp Looking - for work, sir. Dallas Times-Herald. - Tingliah SimartaV First Swell (pretending to mistake for an usher a rival whom he sees standing in dress clothes at the coatroom of the theater) Ah! Have yon a programme? Second Swell (up to snuff) Thanks, my man. I got one from the other fel low. London Answers. W. P. Draper. Druggist, Springfield, Masss., writes: "Japanese Pile Cure has cured lady 7 years sfH cted; could not walk halt a mile in the last three years; now walks any distarce." J. H.Hard ing, J. Hicks Bunting. " 1 Bncklen's arnica Halve. The Best Salve in the warld lor Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulclers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to Rive petlect satisfaction or money re funded. Price 25 cents-per box. For sale by R R Bellamy A Househol3'reasiire. D. W. Fuller, of Canaioharie, N. Y. says that he always keeps Dr. Kings New Discovery in the house and his family has always found the verv best results to follow its use: that he would not be without if procurable. G A. Dyke man, Druggist. Catskill. says that . Dr. King's New Discovery is undoubtedlv the best Coueb remedy; that he has used it in bis family for eight years, and it has never failed to do all that is claimed for it. Why not try a remedy so long tried and tested. Trial bottles at R. R. Bel lamy's Drug Store. t ,i t .ymwsERioMt tobacco coweJ-ir, Sjjjy DURHAM. W.O. U.g-A- YinST MADE FROM High Grade Tobacco ! ABSOLUTELY-PURE dec 14 tf ft 'in "'we'" W 8p ' ' - Too Considerate. Pat hooligan, while slating the roof of one of onr highest buildings, lost his footing and felL Over and over he went . until within 25 feet of the pavement, when he struck a telegraph wire and managed to grasp it, first with one hand, then with both. 'Hang on for your life, Pat! ' shout ed his fellow workmen, and the bystand ers rushed to the nearest dwelling for a mattress. Pat held on for a few seconds, when suddenly, with a cry of "Sthand from undherl" he dropped and lay senseless in the street Whisky was nsed," and" Pat finally came to. When asked why he didrftt hold out longer, be feebly replied: "Oi wnz afraid the wire d break I" He recovered. New York Dispatch. Like a Scotch Verdict. Chancellor Henry Bathurst was held in low esteem by the bar on account of his ignoranca At the close of the trial of the Duchess of Kingston for bigamy he gravely addressed her grace in the following terms: "Madam, the lords have considered the charge and evidence brought against and have likewise con sidered of everything which you have alleged in your defense, and upon the whole matter their lordships have found you not guilty of fhe felony wherewith you stand charged,but on dismissing you their lordships earnestly exhort you not to commit the same crime a second time. " Green Bag. He Didn't Catch On. "May I may I kiss those ruby lips?" "Sir! Do not think of such a thing for one moment!" "Well, I I could hardly help asking. I beg your" "Don't you think, Mr. Hoppy, that one moment is -up by this time?" New York Recorder. . King Alfred once gave eight hides of land for a book. There were about 960 acres in the traot, but the title-or tne book is not given. Wholesale Prices Current. rhe foilowtns quotations represent Wbolesa Prices seneraUy. In making op imall orders highe price? have to be charged. The quotations arc always given as accurately a possible, bat the Star will not be responsible for any variations from tbe actual market price of tbe articles quoted. BAGGING 2-t Jute S Standard 7ida 7 WESTERN SMOKED Hams W & 13a 14 Sides m 83 10 Shoulders W t, 6U DRY SALTED Sides V ... 6Hft Shonlders 9 Tb C Ur3 BARRELS Spirits Turpentine ' Second-hand, each I 00 115 New New York, each 135 & 140 New City, each & 1 40 BEESWAX V B & 30 BRICKS Wilmington, W M 8 oO 7 00 Northern 9 00 1100 BUTTER North Carolina, v Si... ....... 15 Northern 3 CORN MEAL St SS Per bnihel, :n sacks 48 Virginia Meal 48 50 COTTON TIES 9 bundle 70 CANDLES 9 Sperm IS O sr Adamantine 9 10 CHEESE-? Northern Factory 1U & 11 Dairy, Cream.. II 12 State 10 COFFEE 9 sees- 87 88 . Lagoyra 23 Rio 16 19 DOMESTICS Sheenng,4-4, W yard 8 tyi Yarns. 9 bunch 18 A 20 irons 9 ooien 10 FISH Mackerel. No. 1, 9 buiel 22 00 SO 00 Mackerel, No. I, V half-barrel II 00 15 00 Mackerel. No. 8, tend 18 00 18 00 Mackerel, No. 8, 9 half-barrel 8 00 9 00 Mackerel, No S, 9 barrel .... IS 00 14 no Mallets, 9 barrel 8 85 8 60 Mullets, 9 pork barrel 6 00 N. C. Roe Herring, 9 keg 8 60 4 00 DiyCod, 9 t... 6 10 " FLOUR 9 barrel Western, low grade 3 60 8 60 - Extra 8 75 4 85 " Straight.. 8 SI Second Patent 8 60 First Patent ". 4 25 4 50 City Mills Super 8 60 " " Family 885 GLUE 9 ?KO ' 10 GRAIN bushel Corn, from store, bags Wbite. &S& Corn, cargo, la bulk White... 50 Corn, cargo, in bags White. , . 60 Oats, from store........ ; 45 Oats, Rnst Proof 60 Cow Peas 70 HIDES, i- Green 4 Dry JH HAY, 9 100 Bs Eastern 1 00 Western , 90 North River SO HOOP IRON, 9 E 2 8)4 LARD, 9 T- Northern ...... 6U 0 North Carolina . OUQ 9 LIME, 9 barrel 125 LUMBER(city sawed) 9 M feet Ship Stnff, resawed 18 00 80 00 Kongfc-Edge Plank 15 00 16 00 West India cargoes, according to quality 13 00 18 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned.... 18 00 22 00 Scantlhut and Board, common . . 14 00 15 00 MOLASSES, 9 gHon New Crop Cuba, in hhds . ; 6 " in bbls 26 Porto Rico, in hhds 2S 27U " " in bbls 27 Sugar-House, in hhds, ..it 14 " " in bbls 16 Syrup, in bbls 25 45 NAILS, 9 keg. Cut, 60d basis 1 15 OILS, J gallon- fierosene w 14 ffd-.j 63 Llcsred 75 SO Rosin... ... 15 18 Tar , g 30 Deck end Spaj ...........,, 55 POULTRY Chickens, Live, growu. 13W 22V Spring... 10 20 Tnrkevs'. , CO 100 PEANUTS, 9 bushel 83 Si 86 50 POTATOES, 9 bushel Sweet . -.,,-.rt. .- 80 4S Irish, 9 barrel 2 SO 8"00 PORK, 9 barrel- " City Mess .. I8 60 Rmp .. 18 00 Prime 18 00 RICE Carolina, 9 ! 4 5 Rough 9 bushel (Upland).... 60 70 " (Lowland)... 100 1 15H RAGS, 9 Si Coontrv lit Cith 1 ROPE. 9 10 82 SALT, 9 sack Aium , 75 Liveroool ,,, 65 Lisbon. ... ., American 85 n Sacsk 45 50 - SHINGLES. 7-incfc, & M 5 00 7 00 Common 2 00 860 Cypres Saps 460 5 00 Cypress Hearts 750 SUGAR. V A Standard Grasu'd ' 414 Standard A ex tl White Ea C 4U ExtraC, Golden 4 C. Yellow .... .. 8 m SOAP, 9 t Northern. aw " .... STAVES, tt M-W O. Banel..:. 8 00 14 R. O. Hogshead ....10 00 TIMBER, & M feet Shipping 12 00 13 00 Mill, Prime 8 00 9 50 MilL Fsir .. 6 50 7 50 Common Mill. ; 4 00 5 00 v Inferior to Ordinary 8 00 4 00 TALLOW. 4 4, 5 WHISKEY, & gallon Northern.. I 00 2 North Carolina .....:. v't 00 if WOOL. m Washed. 14 6 Clear of kara -10 tt ' iX-- -COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. STAR OFFTr.R.. March S3. f PIRITSf TURPENTINE Quiet afSSJf (Ceatier gallon." ' ; ROSIN Market firm ..- at ftl 15 per bbL for- Strained--and : tl 2ft for Good Strained. lf: 4i. TAR. Market Steai teady . at 1 00 per 'Wrsrmiss:- i CRUDE TUR TlTMTTMltZMarVet firm at $1 20 for Hard. $ S 00 Yellow Dtp and-Virgin. for .COTTON Dull, Ordinary......... i Good Ordinary. . . I Low Middling.. . . L 8 4 - 5 6-16 6 1-16 cts $ lb Middling. Good Middling.... v KicciKisrra. Cotton j. Spirits TurpentieeL Rosin...- ... ..J Cruda Turoentiue. . 329 bales 58 casks 603 bblt 133 44 bbls bbls DOMESTIC MARKETS. X? Telegraph to the Moraine Str FINANCIAL. New YORK, Match 23 Evening Monevoncall perct. Prime mer- cantile paper 4M5tf per cent. Sterling exchange firm, with actual business in bankers' bills at 487M483 for sixty davs and 489 Vf for demand. Com mercial bills 4865487X- Government bonds firm; United States coupon fours 112&Umted States twos 95. State bonds dull: North Carolina tonrs iuu. worm Carolina sizes 127. Railroad bonds active and strong. Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was at 63 64 for three ounces. COMMERCIAL. New YORK. March 23 Evening. - Cotton steady: middling gulf 6 9 16c; middling uplands 0 5-1 6c. Salt s 82 bales Futures closed steady, with sales of 93.700 bales; March 6 106 12; April 6.10 &Q 12; May 6.15; Tune 6.13c; July 6 1A& 6 15c: August 6 176 18; September, 6 19 8 20. October 6 236 24c; November 6 276 28:; December 6 826.83c; Janu ary 6 36&6.37C. Net- receipts 475 bales; gross receipts 4.098 bales; exports to Great Britain 50 bales; exports to France bales; exports to tbe Continent 3 205 bales; for warded 260 bales; sales 82 bales, all to pinnerss. stock (actual) -202.722 bales. Total to dav-Net receipts 16.419 bales; exports to Great' Britain 0 bales; ex ports to France bales; exports to tbe Continent 27.401 bales; stock 905.155 bates. Total since September 1 Net re ceipts 7.179 560 bales; exports to Great Britain 2 808 64 bales; exports to trance 679 486 bales; exports to the Continent 1.973 841 bales. Flour dull and held firmly with wheat; winter wheat, low grades 81 90 2 80; fair to fancy grades $2 858 75. patents $2 903 00; Minnesota clear $2 252 60: do patents (3 254 10; low extras 1 902 30; Southern flour quiet and steady,- common to fair extra $1 90 2 75. eood choice do. $2 80Q3 25. Wheat quiet, fit m and M,c higher wiib options; No. 2 red in store and at eleva tor 60c: afloat DOMeaBlc; options were moderateiy active and firm at c ad vance; No 2 red March 60c: May 60c; June and July 60c Corn dull and firm; No. 2 at elevator 56c; afloat 67Jfc; op tions weie very dull but firm at lc advance; May 51c. July 50Jc; Septem ber 50$c. Oats dull and firmer; options March 33c; April and May 83Vc; spot No. 2, S3iic; mixed Western 84 35c. Hay quiet and stead v; shipping 5055; good tocboice 7075c. Wool firm: moderately active: domestic fleece 1519 pulled 1233. Beef firm; family $9 7512 00; extra mess $7 508 25; beef hams stioog at $18 50; tierced beel quiet strong; city extra India mess $13 0015 00. Cut meats firm, demand fair; pickled bellies 6:oickled shoulders 5c; pickled hams 8&9c; middlt s strong; short clear nominal. Lard hicher West ern steam $7 20; city $6 756 87K: March $7 20, nominal; May $7 80, nomi nal; refined quiet and stronger.Continent f 7 60; boutn America $7 vu; compound $3 oO. foxft quiet and nrm; mess $18 0013 60. Butter f drey firmer and demand fair; . Stste dairy 918c; State creamery old 10 15c; new 1221c, Western dairy 818c; do. creamery new 1221c. old 8J14: lgins Sic. Cotton seed oil strong; crude 22c; yellow prime 2626c. Petroleum nominal Rice fairly active, firm; domestic; fair to extra 46c; Japan 4L4Vc. Molasses toreign nominal; New Orleans, open kettle, good to choice 2888c, firm and demand fair. feanuts steady. ; tonee ouii and un changed to 10 points down; April $15 10; Mav $14 90; September and October $14 75; December $14 60; spot Rio firm and dull; No. 7, $1675. Sugar raw quiet and firm; lair rerming 2 ll-16c; refined quiet, firm; off A 83c; standard A 8 15 164Uc. cut loaf and crushed 4 9-164c; granulated 3. 15 164. Freights to Liverpool quiet and nominal. Chicago, rebruary 23 Case quoik tiens: Flour dull, with feelirg steady and prices unchanged Wheat No. 2 spring 6760jc; No. 2 red 54&C. Corn No. 2, 4545Mc Oats No. 2. 28J. Mess port per bbl, $12 12K 12 25. Lard, per 100 lbs. $6 6?K 0 90. Short ribs, loose per 100 lbs. $6006 05. Dry salted shoulders, boxed per 100 lbs..$5 12K5 25. Short clear sides, boxed per 100 lbs. $6 256 80 Whiskey-distillers fioished goods per gauon s;i so. ; The leading futures ranged as .oiinws opening, highest lowest ana closing: Wheat-No. 2 March 53V. 54. 58U. 64 May, 54 55Jg, 54K 55 U; July 555 55H. 5H56&. 55. 66Uc. Crn No. 2 March 44. 4545V. 44 4485c; May 4545. 46U46i to. 46VJ46Mc; July 45 46, 45. 40fcc. . uats wo a May a 29M 29. 29Vic: une29 29,. 28. 29c: July 28 au. 8. 2828. 28 Mm pork. per bbl. May $12 07$- 12 25. 12 02V, 158 ao; July $12 25.. 18 45. 12 S5 1240. Lard, per 100 lbs Mav $7 00 7 02 . 6 95. 6 7; July $7 10, 7 10. 7 10 715 Shon ribs re 100 lbs May $6 05 6 15 6 05, 6 1: July $8 22j. 6 30. 6 S2$. 6 27i. Baltimore. March 23. Flour 5uil and urcbarged.i Wheat firmer; No 2 spot and March 6060c; April 60 cwc: iwav cuBic: s, earner No a red 5657c; Southern wheat by ssn -pie 6062c; do on grade 5861c Cam firm; m xed, sprt and March 49 49c; April 49K49c; May '50 50&C-. s,teamer. mixed. 48V48c; Southern white corn 50c; do yellow 60r. Oats iirm; No.: 2 white Western 87 87VaC; No 2 miyerrlo 8435c COTTON MArtKcTS By Telegraph to the Morning Star. March 23 Galveston, steady at 5 11-16 net receipts ; 3.159 bales, Norfolk, steady at 53c net receipts 757 bales; Baltimore, nominal at 6Uc net receiots . bales: Boston steadv at 6 6-16 net re ceipts 828 bales; Wilmington, dull at S-net receiots ,829 bales; Philadelphia, quiet at 6 9-16 net receipts 295 bales; Sa vannah, dull at 6 c net receipts 2.039 bales; New Orleans qutet.sieaav at 5 13 16 net receipts 6,125 oales; Mobile, dull at 5 13-16 net receipts 1232 bales;Mempbis quiet at 5c net receipts ,515 bales; Augusta, quiet j at 5c net receipts 707 bales; Charleston, steady at 53c net receipts 820 bales; Cincinnati, steady at 6 net receipts 1,704 bales; Louisville.quiet.steady at 5gc; St. Louis, easy at 5 13 16c net receipts 2.263 bales; Houston, quiet at 6 13-16c net receipts 8,032 bales, , FOREIGN MARKETS. - Bv Cable ta 1st Mania LiviRPOOL, March 23.-.12.80 Cot tOD, demand moderate, and prices easier. American tniddliag 3 .982d;.. sales . 8 000 bales, of which 7.40O Were' Amcr- -ican; speculation and exports 500 bales, p. Receipts 11.000) bales, of which 10.900 i were American.' Futures opened easy; de 1 J ... A m. j . W a m.c) A Dill and Mar 88 ll-64d: u.v ard June 8 13 64d; June and Juiv 8 14. -643 13 64d; July and August 8 15-64, 8 14 64 3 15 64(3: Augcst and Septem- ber S 16 643 15-64d; September and October. 8 17 64d. t x 1 ";P. ,M 'American middling 8id. ..." March 8-10-643 ll 64d; March and Aoril 3 40 645 ll-64d: April and Mav 3 10 643 ll-64d; May and June 8 11 643 12 6'4d; June and July 3 12-643 18 64dr July ana Augusts is-e48 14 64d; August and Srpiember 8 15-64d; September ana uctooer 3.16 64d. Octo ber and November S 17 64d: November and December 3 IS 643 -19-64d; De cember and January 3 20 64d. Futures closed barely steady; American middling low middling 8Jd; good, ordinary '3d; ordinary 2 1316a. Don't Tohceo 8plt or Smoke Yonr Iiife Away, is the trathful, startling title of a book about No-To Bac, the harmless, guaran - teed tobacco naoit cure that braces up nicotinized nerves, eliminates the nico tine poison, makes weak men gam strength, vigor and manhood. You run no physical or financial risk, as No-To Bac is sold by K. K. Bellamy & Co. un der a guarantee to cure or money re funded. Book free. Address Sterling Remedy Co.. New York or Chicago, t If or Over Fifty fears Mrs. WinsloWs Soothing Syrup ha ; been used for over fifty vears by million; of mothers for their children while teeth ing, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain cures wind colic, and is tbe best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little suffdrer immediately. Sold by uiuggioia iu (icij trait ui iuc wuria. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Win slow i Soothing Syrup," and take nn nthw M 1 V MAK1NF. Port Almanac March 24. Sun Rises 5 59 A M Sun Sets.. 615 P M Day's Length 12 b 16 ir High Water at Southport. . 614AM High Water at W'mineton 8 01 P M MARINE DIRECTORY. Uet of Vessels ! tke n or Wi asunsrton, n. C, marcb 24, 189S. RARQUh!. Lou:s (Ger). 590 iocs, Wegener, Pater- son, Downioe & Co. Fritz (Ger) 412 tons, Bradherine. E Pcschau & Co. Woriao (Ger). 525 tons.Arnds. E Peschau olCo. Ceres (Ger), tons. Bulow, E Peschau &Co. BiskOp Brun (Nor), 582 tons, Neilsen, Heide & Co. Georees Valentine (Br), 767 tons, Ber nard. Heide & Co. Henry Norwell. 507 tons, Cushman. Navassa Guano Co BARQUENTINES. Brtania (Rus). 847 tOLS, Bohrseu. E Peschau & Co. SCHOONERS. Wra F Campbell, 201 tons, Stout. I T Rdev & Co. B I Hazzard, 870 tons, Rsffoid, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. J F Coo! idee. 445 tons, Bragden. Geo Harms. Son & Co. Cbas C Lester, 267 tons, Robinson. Geo Hainss. Son & Co. Roger Moore, 318 tons, Miller, J T Riley & Co. Seasonable Goods. In store, and arriving; daily, a choice selection of seasonable goods. We bave on hand RAISINS of every variety, from 8c to 25c per ponud. CITRON, from 15c to 25c per lb. CURRENTS, all prices, all grades. NUTS, all prices, all grades. We would like to call special at tention to our assortment of the above goods. CHEESE Switzer, Roquefort, Neufcbetel, Framage de Bnc, Edaai, Pineapple, English Dairy and Ameri can Cream. All fresh and of finest quality. Plum Pudding and Mince Meat. Cakes and Crakers. A beautiful variety of all kinds, too great an as sortment to specify. Will have to be seen to be appreciated. Tbe above are only a few of our specialties. Onr assortment is com plete and we invite all to call and examine before purchasing else where. With four wagons we can deliver promptly. THE JOHN L. BQATWRIGHT CO. WILMINGTON. N. C TelenlKine Ho. 14. dec 9 tf A LADY'S TOILET Is not complete without an ideal or.iPL POWDER. Combines every element of beauty and purity. It is beauti fying, soothing, healing, health ful, and harmless, and when rightly used is invisible. A most delicate and desirable protection pJ to the face in this climate. t Znsist upon having the genuine. j IT IS FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. feb4 1v Condensed Statement of the Atlantic National Ml WILMINGTON, N. C. At close of bustneaa March 5tli, 1805. RESOURCES. Loans, " Overdrafts, - U. S. 4 percent bonds, 77 1 31,251 00 14.W0 00 1,406 00 S64,f3S T4 S9W.392 II Ban ing House and fixtures, Redemption Fund, Due from other Batta, 143.1CS 81 Cash on hand, 121,4393 'Total, . LIABILITIES. Capital, $12i,0C0 l3 $30,000 00 8,210 TT 38,810 77 88.120 00 CH.061 84 $802,392 11 Surplus, Undivided profits. Circulation, Deposits, Total, DIRECTORS. J. W. Norwood, W. E. Springer, D. L. Gore, C. W. Worth, S. P. McNair, E. J. Powers, Sam'l Bear, Jr., H. L. Vollers, M. J. Hejer, -J. L. Coker HartsvUle, S. C, G. A. Norwood, Greenvile, S. C. New York Comspo"dent, Chemica Natlona Bank aad Hanover ftiauona! 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