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Thursday Morning. June 27, 1895
' BIMETALLISM IN ENGLAND.
A memorial has recently been pre-'
sented to the British Government
signed by leading bankers, merchants
and manufacturers doing business in
the East, urging upon it the remone
tizing of silver and the adoption of
bimetallism instead of the single gold
standard. The presenters of this me
morial contend that instead of the
commercial supremacy of England
having been a result of the establish
ment of the gold standard in 1816 it
was established before that and that
business was for years afterwards
carried on under the methods and in
fluence of the bimetallism which had
previonsly prevailed aad as that in
fluence ceased English supremacy
began to decline. They then go on
to call attention to the fact that the
attempt to do business on a strictly
gold basis resulted in derangements,
unsettling of values, disturbance in
prices, depression in industries,
enforced idleness and bankruptcy,
and they argue that in view of the
immensity of British commerce, the
indebtedness of her colonies, and the
multitudinous interests involved no
nation is as much interested in the
remonetization of silver as Great
Britain. The memorial concludes
thus:
"In the presence of the evils which
cannot be denied we hope that the Gov
ernment will not suffer a hypothecal
danger to special interests or a prophetic
bat unsupported assertion of harm to
industry and commerce to deter them
from a hearty co-operation with the
other powers in such measures as seem
desirable for securing a fixed par of ex
change for the two metals and a more
stable staadard of value than we now
possess: and we must respectfully ask
you to adhere to the resolution of the
House of Commons passed on February
26."
The motion referred to is as follows:
"The House regards with increasing
apprehension the constant fluctuation
and growing divergence of the values of
gold and silver, and heartily concurs in
the recent expressions of opinion of the
governments of France and Germany in
regard to the serious evils arising there
from." This memorial comes from leading
bankers, merchants and manufactur
ers of the greatest commercial and
manufacturing country in the world
and the country which adheres the
most stubbornly to gold monometal
lism, for the simple reason that the
law-making branch of that Govern
ment is controlled by the money
power, which owns men who sit in
Parliament, especially in the
higher House, as the same power
owns men who sit in the Congress of
the United States, especially m the
so called higher House. English
bankers, merchants and manufactur
ers plead for bimetallism as a meas
ure of self-preservation and for the
preservation of British commerce
but Americans who . plead for it for
their own welfare and for the build
ing up of their country's commerce
are looked upon as afflicted with the
"silver craze."
If these British bankers, mer
cnants ana manufacturers realize
that the commercial , prosperity of
angiana depends upon the restora
tion of silver to its former position
as a money metal how much more
should we who are interested not
ouiy m navmg an abundance of
money, but are also interested as the
greatest silver producing country in
the world, realize that our future
prosperity depends upon it. If we
as a people had one half the sense
that we ought to have been born
with we never would have permitted
a gang of cold-blooded conspirators
to have turned us against silver and
we would not wait until other na
tions correct their blunder to retrace
our false step.
These English memorialists are
shrewd enough to see that with the
progress in the Industries and com
merce that hustling, resourceful and
aggressive Japan is making, and
with her silver money, , which is also
the money of China and India, that
she will make serious inroads into
British trade, as they have already
begun to do in American and British
trade in China.
When an individual has to compete
with a rival for the trade of any par
ticular section does he wait until
that rival has formulated "his plans
and then follow, or does he make his
own plans and anticipate his rival?
If he has any business sense he will
make his own plans and give his
rival as little advantage of him as
possible, and so will the nation which
has any business sense, for business
is business whether it be conducted
by one or a few men, or by thou
sands or millions. The only differ
ence is that the business of the many
or the nation is greater than the
business of the few or the individual.
Independent, and shaping oar own
policies in everything else, boasting
f our self-sustaining ability, we have
with a blundering stupidity incom
prehensible permitted England to
dictate our financial policy, and lead
us right Into the trap which she cun
ningly set for us to keep us in com
mercial vassalage. Her financiers
and political economists have been
absolute masters ot our financial and
commercial policies, and to-day we
are afraid to adopt a financial policy
which does not meet with the ap
proval of Lombard street. Instead
ot profiting by the example of these
English bimetallists and adopting for
ourselves the policy which they im
plore England to adopt for herself,
we listen to the voice of the money
lenders and bind ourselves to the
gold standard by which they bleed
us, and persist in making pot metal,
or "junk," as Secretary Morton re
cently called it, out of a metal which
1,200,000,000 of the earth's inhabi
tants honor and treasure, and which
properly recognized would make this
the richest, most prosperous and
most powerful nation on the face of
the earth.
MINOR MENTION.
The Boston Herald is a gold stan
dard paper, but it would favor bi
metallism upon conditions the reali
zation of which it does not believe
attainable," but it differs from ether
gold standard "bimetallists" in hav
ing the candor to say that it has no
hope of international agreement, as
in the following:
"We do not believe that an interna
tional agreement for the adoption of a
common ratio for the coinage ot gold
and silver is attainable. Bat we will
ingly recognize that if such an agree
ment could be reached the mam objec
tion to the free coinage of silver would
be removed. When a man says that he
advocates the opening of the United
States Mint to the white metal provided
the leading European nations , will open
their mints at the same ratio, he cannot
be regarded as in any degree an advo
cate of dishonest money.
"We are no lover of the silver dollar,
but we must admit that the stigma of
dishonesty would fall from it if it were
coined at a ratio that would be recog
nized and accepted by the principal coun
tries of the world. For when thus recog
nized it would become exportable money.
and could be sent abroad at a fixed value,
in settlement of foreign balances, just as
gold is . at present. Thus, we hold that
any man who takes the position adopted
by Senator Sherman, and announces
that he stands ready to support the free
coinage ot silver provided an interna
tional agreement for a proper ratio can
oe enectea, may iairly claim to be re
garded as a supporter of honest money.
His attitude in favor of silver is acade
mic rather than practical, for. as we see1
the matter, there is not the least chance
of effecting an agreement but we have
no fault to find with his financial orinu
pies. International silver would be. as
honest as international gold."
The difference between the Herald
and John Sherman and other gold
"bimetallists" is that it doesn't be
lieve international agreement attain
able, and honestly says so, while
they do not believe it attainable but
dishonestly pretend to believe that it
is, when the. majority of them, with
John Sherman at their head, would
do every thing in their power to pre
vent it, if there were any prospect of
its being reached. They don't want
bimetallism, for that would mean the
loss to them of the control of the
volume of the currency, and of the
money markets of the world, by
which they have enriched themselves
and become millionaires and multi
millionaires. It would mean "cheap'
money, the very idea of which gives
them the holy horrors every time
jthey think of it.
We have from time to time noted
experiments that were being made to
run railroad trains by electric power,
and the increasing number of trolley
roads. While these answer the pur
pose for which they are intended they
are not what the railroad man wants
it electricity is to supplant steam.
lo meet the requirements electri
cians have been hard at work in the
endeavor to supply an electric loco
motive which would furnish its own
motive power and dispense with the
troney, wmcn tor a main line on
which there was much traffic would
be expensive and in the event of
storms, etc., not altogether relia
ble. They have succeeded in doing
this, for the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road has been using locomotives of
this character for some time to draw
its trains through Baltimore and' the
Baldwin Locomotive Works in
Philadelphia are constructing some
powerful locomotives for other roads.
But these are for special work. As
for speed and drawing capacity, the
most satisfactory tests that have yet
been made, which come nearest meet
ing the requirements and expecta
tions of railroad men, were made a
few days ago on the New York.
New Haven, and Hartford Railway,
when one of the locomotives made a
run of eighty miles an hour and
the other pulled a train with a steam
locomotive attached with as much
ease and speed as a steam locomo
tive could. This demonstrates the
fact that electric locomotives can do
the work, but it remains to be seen
whether they can do it reliably.contin-
uously and economically enough for
general adoption, - questions that It
shouldn't take long to decide.
The fight over the silver question
e
has been exceedingly bitter in Ken
tucky and it seems to have been the
sole issue. Of ' course, Kentuckians
are expected to take an interest, and
a very great interest, in a matter of
such vast importance, but we do not
see why. that should be made the
prime and apparently the only issue
in a purely State contest, and in a
. .-I. I, i
convention wmcu was caueu to uuw
inate State officers, who will have no
voice whatever in the adjustment
of that question. The agitation
of this Question in the Con
gressional districts previous to a Con
gressional election would be a differ
ent matter tor the Congressmen
elected would have something to
sav about it. In the election of
members of the Legislature it would
also he pertinent if there was a
pending election of a United States
Senator for he would have something
to say about it. But where the
State officers only are involved it is
entirely out of place. The reason
why it has been given so much
prominence in Kentucky doubtless is
because later there will be a Sena
torial election and somebody wants
Joe Blackburn's seat in the U. S.
Senate, and as Toe is a free silver
man this doubtless accounts for in
jecting that issue now.
CURRENT COMMENT.
When a man with intelligence
enough to edit a newspaper under
takes to make its readers believe that
the advocates of "gold and silver as
the standard money of the- country
are in favor of fifty cent dollars," his
integrity isnot commensurate to his
sense. Such talk is a species of
mendacity of which any strictly hon
est man would be ashamed. Lynch
burg News, Dent.
The tide in all channels of
business, trade and manufactures has
indeed turned and it is running
briskly, so much so that the reca
pitulation shows that since April
more than 300 manufacturing estab
lishments have voluntarily increased
the wages of fully 500,000 workmen.
There is time for even the calamity
howler to get in the swim. The new
tariff schedule Is effecting a revolu
tion that has closed no occupation
save that of the howler. Philadel
phia Times, Ind.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Newton Enterprise: The wheat
crop in Catawba is now about all cut.
The weather has been all that any one
could desire for saving the crop. It is a
very fine crop, almost as good as any
that has been harvested in Catawba.
Charlotte News. Thomas Ross
Kobertson, son of Capt. T. R. Robert
son, and grandson of Col. Wm. Johnston,
died at his home in this city yesterday
afternoon. He has been sick for some
time with dropsy, aggravated by heart
affection. He was twenty years old last
May.
Asbeville Citizen: Alexander
Thomas, a colored man in the employ
of the Southern Railway as a laborer,
was struck: by an incoming freight from
Salisbury at 2 o'clock Sunday morning,
and received tatal miuries. Thomas was
lying on the ties of the track near the
coal chute and was seen by the fireman
of the engine about the same instant that
he was bit. $ "
Statesville Landmark: A $50,-
000 cotton mill is to be buiit at River
side, about three miles above Catawba
station, on the Catawba side of the river.
The proiectors are Dr. J. H. and Mr. H.
A. Yount, of Shiloh township, this coun
ty, and Messrs. Yount s Shrum, of New
ton. They have bought 100 acres of land
at Riverside and work on the mill will
begin at once." Contracts are now being
let for the lumber and brick work. The
company expects to put in 5,000 spindles
and will have the mill ready for opera
tion next spring.
TWINKLINGS.
Hardluck So you are prosper
ing at last, eh? Sufficiently so to be able
to keep servants ?
Struckitt (on the lookout for the
fourth within a month) Er no; only to
hire vatm.JsuJfaio Courier.
Wife Cousin Clare needs a
new penknife and I would like to give
uci uto ui mine; Dut people say mat a
gut oi a Kniie win cut irienasnip.
Husband Hawp net fear Kn knife
that one woman gives another will cut
anyining. rucrt.
Old Lady Beg pardon for in
terrupting, but do you speak anv lan
guage besides bngllsh?
Teamster (with balky horse) I do,
mum.
Old Lady Then"won't you please do
your swearing in it? N. Y. Weekly.
"For Charity Suffereth Long."
Mrs. Laura C. Phoenix, rlUwankee, Wis.
' "matron of a Benevolent Borne
ana Knowing tno gooa Dr. Miles' Nervine
lias done me, my wish to help others, over
comes my dislike for the publicity,-this
letter may give me. In Nov. and Dec, 1893,
Tiie inmates Had tK T.nf2im. n
and I was one of the first. Resuming duty
w soon, witn ine care or so many sick, I
-did not reeain mv health.
, X became so debilitated and nervous
irom sleeplessness ana tne drafts made on
my vitality, that it was a Question if I mnlrl
go on. A dear friend advised me to try
-Mwr. jaues- Mestorative Nervine.
I took 2 bottles and am happy to say. I am
; In better health than ever. I still continue
ms occasional use, as a nerve food,
as mv work is Vfirv trainer a
- J ' O M?VVC?& .U-
, dressed to Milwaukee, Wis., will reach me."
, June o, ism. . mrs. LiAtjra O. Phoenix.
Dr. Miles' Nervine Is sold on a nceitive
T??"1 9at ttefirstbottle Twill efit
' -iTii SPi -m,o unifies ioro, or
! Iw thn lf Ml
, w iiu uu, riiKniWE, lna.
Dr. Miles' Nervine
Restores Hnlfh
S: lines' rtun arms are guaranteed to stmt
LJunel51y ta tu th
change
"" ' the" architect: '
Oh, famous and fine 1b the rare architect
Who rooks not of labor or ooet.
Whose buildings with jewels and silver are
decked,
WtiimvfiAVAr a rtAftntT la lost.
In alienee works be through the day and the
night, ;.:.....,..
"Knr (vmnA ot a hammer la heard.
Pagodas and palaces, gleaming with light,
Arise at hia beck or nis worai
In country or town, on the meadow or hill, ..
He chooses anq vaea a Bice.
No law doth he own bat the law of bis wlU,
- And none may dare question nia ngnv.
Unwearied by time and tindannted by foe,
TJntrammeled by fear or oommana,
He builds for aU people the high and the low.
With patient and provident nana.
The castle and cottage alike bell adorn.
Nor meanest of things aotn disdain.
Ihe peasant sleeps sweetly and finds In the
morn j -
A Dalace on his window pane.
Oh, famous and fine Is this architect rare.
Who recks not of labor or cost.
Who builds gorgeous tirirma and yet has to
spare.
The king of ail builders, Jack Frost 1
ZiteUa Cocke in Youth's Companion.
PLAYED WITH THE BULL'S HEAD.
The Penalties Attached to a Hand In Peker
Held Against Five Kings.
Some varieties of cards have the pio-
ture of a bull's head upon the fifty-third
card, which is known as the "joker,"
and largely affected by progressive
euchre players When they are working
assidnously for plated watch charms
and cotton lace collars. It is seldom
used in a game of poker, but in some
seotions it is left in the deok upon suoh
occasions, and when a man holds it he
is at liberty to give it the same value
as any other card in his hand. The oth
er night a party of jovial spirits sat
down to while away a few hours at the
seductive pastime, and when some one
asked what kind of poker should be
played another suggested that "every
thing should go. " In the parlance of
poker this means a great deal. A player
can cheat to his heart s content provided
he is not discovered, and as all the
players were equally well equipped
with tricks the proposition was acceded
to.
During the game one of the players
excused himself for a moment on some
apparently proper plea and loft the
room. While he was aDsent ne socurea
a new deck of cards and arranged them
so that the person who dealt them would
receive four aces, while the man to his
left would get four kings. In his hurry
he failed to remove the bull's head. Re
turning to the room, he took his peat,
and winking to the man next to him,
whose deal it happened to be, he deftly
slipped him.the "cold deck. " The deal
er, having confidence in his friend, took
the pack and dealt out the hands. Of
course he got the four aces. The betting
was confined to him and the man to his
left, and at last, when each had his
cash and all his worldly possessions in
the way of jewelry and wearing apparel
staked on the result, the hands were
called.
The dealer gladly announced the pro
prietorship of four aces and reached out
for the plunder. The other man stop
ped him instanter. "Why, you can't
beat four aces! ejaculated the dealer.
"Oh, yes, I can," said his opponent.
'I've got four kings and the bull's
head, and that makes five. That means
that I take the pot and all the rest of
your clothes, and that every time l
meet you on the street in the next six
months you'll have to give me a $5
bill."
Then the game broke up. Washing
ton Post.
HIS START IrrTfr'Hr
Dae to the Late Cyras W. Field
and a
Table d'Hote Dinner.
A number of wall street men were
grouped about a cafe table the other even
ing swapping stories and telling how they
got their start in life. One of the younger
men, when his turn came, said: "I owe
all my success to the late Cyrus W. Field.
Bad it not been for him I should probably
be a farmer in North Adams, Mass.
"In August of 1880 I was a raw, uned
ucated lad, and like the other hundreds of
country boys who had gono to district
schools I got the New York bee in my bon
net and wanted to como to the city. So a
friend of the family spoke to Mr. Field
about me, and he most kindly agreed to
give mo a chance. Six dollars a week look
ed very largo to mo then.
"Well, I came on and was met by a
friend and his wlfo at tho Grand Central
station. They gave ono look at my go tup
and hustled me into a Fourth avenue car.
My hat had done Sunday service for years
and showed the wear and tear of time, my
coat sleeves were short enough for a ball
room belle, and my shoes were of that
generous squaro tood variety that holds
ono up so well on muddy country roads.
I wish I had a photograph of myself then.
"Well, my friend togged mo out and
tho next morning sent mo down to see
Mr. Field. I took one of tho old Wall
street buses and Anally found tho old gen
tleman's offico on Broad street. After
waiting somo timo I was shown into his
private office and then put into the care of
his cashier, and at 3 o clock wo started
for Coney Island.
"Mr. Field had said to his cashier, 'Give
the boy a good time and a table d'hote
dinner.'
I had a rattling good time, but was
bewildered and hardly knew whether I
was afoot or on horseback, and, O Lord,
how that cashier did stuff me, and, like
the greenhorn I was, I swallowed every
thing.
"But in spite of all we saw and did I
was disappointed, for the kind of dinner
Mr. Field had told my guide to give me
did not seem to materialize. To bo sure,
wo had a good dinner at the Manhattan,
but it was made up of things I had eaten
beforo.
"So when I reported for work the next
morning Mr. Field said, 'Did you enjoy
yourself yesterday?
" 'Yes,' was my answer, 'but I did not
have that todel hotlo dinner.'
"Mr. Field burst out laughing, sent for
the cashier and asked how it was that he
had not given mo a table d'hote dinner.
Tho cashier replied that he had done so,
and I was atonco dispatched on an errand,
but when I . got back every man, boy and
customer in the office came up, and shak
ing hands with me said, 'I hope you're
pretty well, Mr. Todel Hotle.
"For many months I almost forgot that
I had any other name, and many a bottle
I've had to buy since on account of that
'break,' but it's all right now, and so I'll
buy a couple of quarts for the sake of that
memory." New York World.
Britain was known to the Phoenicians
and was named by them Barat-Anak,
"the land of tin. " It is believed that the
Phoenicians made trading expeditions to
Britain as early as 1037 B. C.
Dickens' face was not disagreeable, but
his manner with strangers was not always
pleasant, and sometimes was quite offen
sive.
The people of large districts in Persia
have no other artificial light than that ob
tained from petroleum.
The golden candlestioks of the Jewish
tabernacle were' manufactured by BezalieL,
B. C. 1491. m
Johnson's Magnetic Oil, horse brand
is a powerful liniment especially pre
pared for external use for persons and
all diseases of horses and cattle. (1.00
size 60c. 60c size 25c. J. H. Hardin
j. Hicks Bunti ng.
Cure for Headstclie.
As a remedy for all forms of Head
ache Electric Bitters has proved to be
the very best. It effects a permanent
cure and the most dreaded habitual sick
headaches yield to its influence. We
urge all who are afflicted to procure a
bottle and give this remedy a fair trial.
In cases of habitual constipation Elec
tric Bitters cures by Riving the needed
tone to the bowels, and few cases lonp;
resist me use ot this medicine. Try it
once. Large bottles only Fifty cents at
K. K. Bellamy's Drug Store. ,
PER CAPITA DEBTS OF EUROPE.
Every Child Bern In France la. 088 l-s
Franca Worse Off Than ZYocriisg.
It will probably be news to most people
that, according to the latest statistics, ev
err babv born in France is, from the very
hour of its birth 928 franca 60 centimes in.
debt. . The national debt oi Jfrance is
greater than that of any other country in
the world, amounting in round numbers
to 86,485,000,000 francs, of which about
4.000.000.000 are departmental or com
munal debts, while the rest, strictly speak
ing, Is owed by the state itself, of which
Bach oi she 88.800. 000 lnnaDitanis is a parr.
After France the gay nation of Portugal
has the largest per capita debt, each little
Portuguese being 609 francs worse oft than
nothinsr when it comes into the world,"
while every subject of Kiag Humbert of
Italy Is burdenea wltn 4U5 rranca oi na
tional obligations.
It may be thought that as France carries
a heavier financial burden than any other
country it is nearer the verge of ruin. But
figures, which, are said not to lie, are some
times deceiving. Italy ana Jorrogai,
though their national debts are much less,
are more nearly insolvent, for they are al
most entirely indebted to other countries,
while the people of France are the credit
ors of the nation.
The German debt is only 2,131,000,000
francs, many times less than that of
France. The French pay an average oi a
francs 20 centimes per capita in taxes for
the support of the government, while the
German contribution Is but 44 francs lor
each individual This is accounted for by
the fact that It costs the French people
877,000 francs per hour to be governed,
while the monarchical machinery of Ger
many is much less expensive.
Another reason Is the constant and rapid
increase of population in Germany, despite
the steady and enormous immigration.
Statistics show that the Germans are the
most and the French the least proliflo peo
ple ox Europe. The French are a nation
of stay at homes, and do not adapt them
selves in foreign lands so easily as the Ger
mans, yet their population, instead of in
creasing, is slowly diminishing.
When Dr. Boux's discovery of antitoxino
as an antidote lor diphtheria was made
public, he was hailed as the greatest bene
factor of his ago, as 3 6-10 per cent of the
population of France fall each year victims
to that disease, and the saving of so many
lives means that the population will begin
to increase, or at least hold its own. New
York World.
QUEEN'S BATH IN MADAGASCAR.
A Strange Ceremony Practiced at the Na
tional Festival Each Tear.
The following is an account of the
strange ceremony practiced at the Mala
gasy national festival every year, as related
by nearly all the travelers that have visited
the land of the Hovas. The "Fandroana, "
or royal bath, was first instituted by King
Jtiatamco and is held annually, by royal
proclamation, from the 2 2d of November to
the 10th of January. During this time no
business is allowed to proceed. The people
oi the kingdom meet the queen in the sil
ver palace on the first day of the f estiva.,
and a red cock is then brought by the head
priest or sacrificer of the court. Its neck is
wrung, and the blood being caught in a
banana leaf is carried to the sovereign, who
touches with it her forehead, neck, stom
ach, armpit, finger nails and toe nails, the
rest of the assembly following the exam
ple.
Next day the people assemble again for
the royal bath in the great palace. This
the queen takes in one of the sacred cor
ners of the hall, in a silver bath, being
screened from view by "lambag" held by
her attendants.
Amid the firing of cannon and the joy
ous shouts of her humble subjects her ma
jesty then passes along the balcony, and
from a horn in her hand sprinkles the
crowd with tho water she has just been
using for her ablutions, exclaiming at the
same time, "Masina. aho!" (I am puri
fied). This sprinkling is said to typify the
abundance of rain during the coming year.
To be absent from the ceremony would
be to incur the royal displeasure. Every
wife, also, must be with her husband at
that time, or it is considered that she is as
good as divorced. The new year is then
supposed to have begun, and for several
weeks there is a great deal of visiting and
feasting.
The Deacon's Eyea Opened.
Bishop Hardhead Tell me exactly what
you want. Do you want a minister or a
preacher?
Deacon Way back Why er we want
both, you know.
Bishop Hardhead I can't give you both.
Do you want a minister who will visit
your homes, romp with the children, joke
with the boys, pay compliments to the
women folks, admire your pigs, praise
your cattle, inquire about crops and on
Sundays put you to sleep, or do you want
a preacher who will shut rmgnlf tip with
his books, burn the midnight oil and Sun
days lift your souls with oratorical bursts
that would thrill the throngs at a cathe
dral? Take your choice.
ueacon wayDacK I guess, bishop, a
minister will be nigher our size, and we'll
promise to make no more complaints 'bout
dull sermons. Send us a minister, bishop
send us one that can play the fiddle.
JNew xorls Weekly.
Plagiarism.
That was a neat defense which Marion
Crawford interposed when he was accused
of plagiarizing the elopement scene in
'Casa Braccio" from an old magazine
story. He simply admitted the fact and
stated that the story in questl6n was writ
ten by his wife's aunt, Mrs. Hobson, who
nerseix told nun the story, which was
founded on an actual occurrence, so that
there was no plagiarism involved. Charles
teaae, concerning one of his numerous
plagiarisms, alleged that he had purchased
the right to use the material from its au
thor, but the plea was not allowed because
the story was not true, but the invention
or the other man, which an author had no
right to pass off as his own. Springfield
(Alass.) Republican.
. Mary Queen of Scots' Voice.
The chief charm of Mary, queen of
Scots, was her voice. It was wonderfully
sweet and attractive, and when she used it
in her peculiar cooing, purring way it was
impossible for the ordinary man to resist
Its charm. She was an excellent musician,
and her rendition of English and French
ballads was said to be with remarkable
grace of expression.
Better.
"It la a standing rule in my church,"
said one clergyman to another, "for the
sexton to wake up any man that ho ceea
asleep."
"I think," replied the other, "that it
would be better for the sexton whenever a
man goes to sleep under your preaching to
wase you up 1" London Answers.
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The Best Salve in the werld for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulclers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all bkin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles, or
no pay required. It is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re
funded. Price 25 cents per box. For
sale by ft R BELLAMY. t
. Por Over Fifty Tears
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty vears by millions
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 the bes remedy
for Diarrhoea, it will relieve :oor
little suffdrer immediately. bv
druggists in every part of toe tvotld
Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be s'jre at "
ask for Mrs. Winslow s Soothing Syim
and take no other kind. 1
Tne IMacoverr Saved Bis Life.
Mr. G. Caillouette. Druggist, Beavers-
ville. 111., says: -To Dr. King's New
Discov eryl owe my life. Was taken
with La Grippe andtried all the physi
cians for miles about, but of no avail
and was given up and told I could not
live. Having Dr. King's New Discov
ery in mys tore I sent for a bottle and
began its use and from the first dose
began to get better, and after usine
three bottles was up and about again. It
is wortn its weight tn jgold. We won t
keep store or house without it." Get a
free trial ;kt R. R. Bellamy's Drug
Store. f
Mas
Upset
the old ideas, andrevo-1
mtionized cooking-T-
WHat?COTTOLENE. I
Why? " Because it is
clean, pure, healthful, i
economical, andmakes I
, the most delicate and
delicious food. 5 lbs.
of Cottolene equals 1
71bs. of lard, saving 1
Vx the cost Get the
genuine, with trade
mark- steer's head in 1
cotton-plant wreath 1
on every pail.
Made only by
The
N. E. Fairbank Company,
5T. LOUIS and -
CHICAGO.
nov8
tn
change
THE NERVOUS MAN.
You Can
Tell Him by L-oolclng
at Wm
Lead Pencil.
'The nervous man, who does not bite
his pencil is the man who never uses one, "
said the doctor yesterday. "You can al
ways tell a man who is a subject for treat
ment for nervousness by looking at the
end of his lead pencil. The more it is bit
ten the more advanced is he as a subject
for a specialist. These high strung nerv
ous dispositions of ours must have a safety
valve of some sort. In one case it is ac
complished by a man chewing the end of
his pencil In another, as many of my
friends do, during a conversation a pencil
must always be in the hand, and the man
is either scribbling or drawing all the
time he is talking. I know one man who
never undertakes to carry on adisoussion
without a pencil in his hand. He tells me
that he could not think if he was deprived
of holding one. Another man, who is a
deep thinker and the essence of dignity,
always draws pigs when talking earnestly
upon a subject. He makes them ail tail-
Then, as a solution to the problem
presenting itself, he goes back and places
a curly tail upon each one. It 6ecms to be
the sign of success to him. Tnero are nun
dreds of men who cannot talk business
without they are smoking a cigar. It
seems to brighten their reasoning powers.
Other men tear paper.
"I know of several who fold paper and
unconsciously tear it into all sorts of geo
metrical shapes, rivaling kindergarten
children. Some even go so far as to chew
paper. These little peculiar traits of nerv
ous natures are the lamps which tney ruo
to call up the genii of their best thought
and judgment. And while one may think
lightly of the value of these habits, unless
the physician, by treatment, has made a
revision of their nervous system, to de
privo such a one of those eccentricities
would be to make bis store of judgment
and common sense valueless as all the un
told wealth which Aladdin lost when his
lamp went from him." Pittsburg Dis
patch. . . . ... 1
The fur trimmed oloak worn by Crom
well as lord protector cost $70.
Wholesale Prices Current.
WThe following onotattons represent Wholes
Prices KeneraQy. In making up small orders highe
prices nave to ee coarseo.
The Quotations are always
snven as accurately a
possible, bnt the Stab will not
: be responsible for any
variations from the actual market price of the articles
qaoted.
BAGGING
2-B Jate
Standard...
6
7
14
10 T
WESTERN SMOKED
Hamit
Sides T t
Shoulders 9t
13K
7
DRY SALTED
Sides V t
Shoulders 9t
lRRELS Spirits Turpentine-Second-hand,
each
New New York, each
15
40
40
1 35
Mew (Jity, each.
BEESWAX
BRICKS
27
7 00
14 00
Wilmington, p M 8 oO
Northern 0 00
BUTTER
North Carolina, SI)
Northern ................
IS
S3
CORN MEAL ,v
Per bnsbel, in sacks
Virginia Meal
eo
6)
62X
?5
25
10
11
12
10
28
23
19
COTTON TIES V bundle
CANDLES
sperm
Adamantine
18
9
CHEESE ft
Northern factory .,
Dairy, Cream
State
10
11
COFFEE 9 t
ZTsT
20
15' LO
Lagnyra ....
K10 ...
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-4, w yard
Yarns, V bunch
6
18
mi
20
10
EGGS V dozen
iSH
Mackerel. No. I. w barrel.
22 00
80 00
15 00
18 00
e 9 00
14 on
e 8 50
6 50
4 00
a 10
O 3 50
Mackerel, No. I, 9 half-barrel 11 00
Mackerel, No. 8 $ barrel 16 00
Mackerel, No, 3 half-barrel 8 00
Mackerel, No. 8, ? barrel.... 13,00
Mullets, S barrel 3 25
Mullets. V cork barrel ,
N. C. Roe Herring V keg.,...
S 50
5
3 25
Diy Cod.
1 " Extra
FLOUR V barrel
Low grade
Choice,
Straight
First Patent , ".
GLUE ft
GRAIN V bushel
Corn, from store, bags White.
Corn, cargo, in bulk White. . .
Corn, cargo, in bags White. . .
Oats, from store.
Oats, Rust Proof
Cow Peas
HIDES.
Green
Dry
HAY, 100 -
Eastern....
Western
North River
HOOP IRON. ..
LARD, f ft
Northern...
North Carolina
3 25
;4 00
4 25
3 75
4 S5
4 40
5 25
5 00
7H 10
65 (ft 65
& 65
65
& 45
50
90 1 00
.... 4
..& 3tt
1 00
90
90
2 S54
5H 9
HQ 9
LIME, barrel ....
LUMBER(city sawed) M feet
Ship Stuff, resawed 18 00
Rough-Edge Plank 15 00
West India cargoes, according
to quality. .....,. 13 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned . . . 18 00
Scantling and Board, common.. 14 00
MOLASSES, W gallon
New Crop Cuba, in hhds ,
" " " in bbls ,
Porto Rico, in hbds 25
" in bbls
Sugar-House, in hhds
" in bbls
Syrup, lubols 18
NAILS, V keg. Cm. flOd bnsi .... 1 00
1 25
20 00
& 16 00
18 00
22 00
15 00
ORK.,J han -
City Mess
Rump
iTinie
I OPE. m . ....
14 50
v.i- I , .
. OO' ..... i
me. n . ..
. v -. . ...
SHrNGLfc , i-.v. .
Common ..... ...... .
Cypress Sap. ,.
Cypress Hearts. , ...
SUGAR. ? ft Standard irnn'd
Standard A..
White E. C
ExtraC, Golden
C. Yellow
O AP, a ft Northern .
TAVES, M W. O. Barrel ....
R. O. Hogshead
TIMBER. & M feet Shipping....
Mill, Prime
Mill, Fair
Com moo Mill
Inferior to Ordroarv. .........
TALLOW. t ft.
WHISKEY, gallon Northern. .
North Carolina .'
WOOL. A ft Washed
Clear of bnrs, .,,,,.,,,.,,.
BBfTTa...,,.,,,,...,.
commercial;
WILMINGTON MARKET.
STAR OFFICE, June 26.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.-Steady at
26 cents per gallon tor country and
cents for standard casks.
ROSIN. Market firm at $1 Yli
per bbl. for Strained and $1 22 for
Good Strained.
TAR. Market steady at $1 20 per
bbl. of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
steady at $1 20 for Hard, $1 80 for Yel
low Dip and 2 25 for Virgin.
COTTON Dull.
Ordinary..... 4J cts $ lb
Good Ordinary.... 5 " "
Low Middling 6 7-16 " "
Middling 6 " "
Good Middling.... 7 8-16 " "
BBOSlrTH.
Cotton 1 bale
Spirits Turpentine 163 casks
Roiin... , .' 174 bbls
Tar 80
Crude. Turpentine. ,29
bbls
bbls
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
iiy TeiesiapU to the Morning Mi
FINANCIAL.
New York, June 26 Evening-Money
on call was easy at 11J4 per cent.
last loan at 1 per cent and closing
offered at 1 per cent. Prime mer
cantile paper S3 per cent. Ster
ling exchange was firm; actual busi
ness in bankers'bills at 488488 for
sixty days and 489 J4 for demand,
Commercial bills 487XQ488& Govern
ment bonds strong-.Umted States coupon
fours 113; United States twos 97.
State bonds firm: North Carolina fours
102: North Carolina sixes 125. Railroad
bonds firm.
Silver at the Stock Exchange m u.-iv
was dull.
COMMERCIAL.
New York. June 26 Evening
Cotton steady; middling gulf 7jcic; mid-
dlina uplands 7c.
Futures closed firm, with sales to-day
of 183,500 bales; June 6.80c; July 6.79c.
August 6.84c; September 6.88c; October
6.93c; November 6.96c; December 7.01c;
January 7.08; February 7.11c; March 7.16.
Net receipts bales; gross receipts
640 bales; exports to Great Britain
5,165 bales; exports to France ba'es;
exports to the Continent bales; for
warded 78 bales; sales bales, sales
to spinners 1.649 bales; stock(actual)202.
014 bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 1.177 bales;
exports to Great Britain 5,465 bales; ex
ports to France bales; exports to
the Continent bales; stock 425,051
bales.
Total so lar this week Net receipts
4.723 bales; exports to Great Britain
9,558 bales; to France 50 bales; to
the Continent 8,090 bales; to the Chan
nel bales.
Total since September 1 Net re
ceipts 7,883,684 bales; exports to Great
Britain . 3,880.763 bales; exports to
France 77.0.856 balesexports to the Con
tinent 2.385,010 bales.
Flour dull; bids 1015c under asking
prices; winter patents $4 204 50; Min
nesota clear $3 103 40; do. patents 3 90
4 75; low extras 2 70&3 30; city mills
. Southern flour dull and steady;
common to fair extra $2 403 15; good
to choice do. $3 204 00. Wheat dull
and firmer with options; No. 2 red in
store and at elevator 76J76c; afloat
77c; options were active and irregular,
closing strong at 1M1Mc advance;
No. 2 red June 76&c; July 76&C; August
77c; September 77c; October 78Hc;
December 79c; May (1896) 82. Corn
more active and firm; No. 2 at elevator
5252c; afloat 5353c; options
were very dull and without feature, clos
ing firm at c decline, with September
most active; July 52Jgc, September 54c.
Oats fairly active but steady; options
more active, firm and unchanged to c
lower; rune 29Kc;July29Hc; September
30c: soot No. 2, 29U; No. 2 white 33 t
mixed Western 8031c. Hay quiet,
strong; shipping 60c; good to choice 75
85c. Wool fairly and firm; domestic
fleece 1519; pulled 12S0c; Texas .
Beef dull; family fill 0013 00; extra
mess $8 00; beef hams quiet at
$18 0018 50! tierced beef inactive;
city extra India mess $17 0018 00,
as to Quality. Cut meats stronger;demand
better; pickled bellies 6i bid; pickled
shoulders 5c; pickled hams 9Jtf9c;
Lard quiet and firm;Western steam $6 75;
city $6 106 15; July $6 85, nominal;
September $7 07 nominal; refined lard
was firm; Continent $7 05; South
America $740; compound $5 005 Z1C,
Pork firm and quiet; mess $13 25
11 00; extra prime . Butter mod
erately was active and steady; State
dairy ll17c; do. creamery 1718c;
Western dairy 914c; creamery -
Elems 18c. Cotton seed oil quiet.
Petroleum nominal; refined in New York
$7 95; Philadelphia $7 90,do.in bulk $5 40
5 45. Rice firm; fairly active; domestic
fair to extra 4m46c; Japan 44hc
Molasses foreign nominal;New Orleans,
open kettle good to choice 2632c, firm
and demand fair. Peanuts fair. Coffee
steady and unchanged to 15 points up;
July $14 2014 25; September $14 85;
October $14 4014 45; Decern ber $14 85
14 40; March $14 25; spot Rio dull
but steady; No. 7, $15 75. Sugar raw
dull and easier; fair refining 2 13-16c; re
fined quiet and steady; off A 44c;
standard A 4 7-164c; cut-loaf and
crushed 5 1-165J; granulated 4 7-16
4M. Freights to Liverpool quiet and nom
inal; cotton, per steamer l-16d; grain per
steamer Id.
CHICAGO, Tune 26. Cash quotations
Flour was dull and neglected; the feel
ing was small and steadier. Wheat
No. 2 spring 72$753tfc; No.
2 red 72J78&c. Corn No. 2, 48
48J4C. Oats No, 2, 27c. Mess pork
per bbl, $11 2511 37. Lard per
lbs. $6 606 62. Short ribs, loose
per 100 lbs $6 806 85. Dry salted
shoulder?, boxed per 100 lbs. $5 87
5 50. Short clear sides, boxed per 100
lbs $ 62Ji6 75. Whiskey distillers'
finished goods per gallon $1 26.
j he leading lutures ranged x follow
opening, highest lowest ana closing,
Wheat No. 2 June 7171, 72
72, 71, 71; Tuly 7171. 72
72&, 71. 72Vic; September 73M73,.
74, 7896. 74. Corn No. 2 June
47. 48, 47, 47&47Kc; July 48
48.47&, 4847c; September 49.
49. 4949. 49. Oats No. 2 une
26. 26, 26W. 26c; uly 2626M.
28. 26M. 26; September 2826,
26,2626, 2BJ. Fork per bbl, uiy
$12 30. 12 80, 12 20, 12 25; Septem
ber $12 60. 12 62, 12 45, 12 55. Lard,
per 100 lbs, July $6 60. 6 62. 6 60,
6 62: September $6 80, 6 82. 6 80,
6 82, Shea ribs, per 100 lbs, July $6 85,
6 37. 6 82. 6 35; September $6 55,
6 67. 6 60. 55.
liALTIMOKt, June 26. F:our dull;
Wheat firmer; No. 2 red, spot and Tone
7272c; July 7273c; August
7374c; September 7474c;
steamer No. 2 red 6969c. boutn
era wheat by sample 7275c; do on
grade 6978c Corn steady; mixed
spot5252c: June 5252Uc; July
5252Uc: August 5252&c. South
ern white 5052Uc; do yellow 53
54c. Oats dull; No. 2 white Western
3586c; No. 2 mixed do 8233c.
COTTON MARKETS
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Jane 26. Galveston, quiet at 6 ll-16c
net receipts bales, Norfolk.steady at
6c net receipts 2 bales; Baltimore,
quiet at 7 8-1 6c nit receipts bales,
boston, steady at 7c net receipts 648
bales; Wilmington, dull at 6Jc net re
ceipts 1 bale; Philadelphia, firm at 7 5-16c
net receipts 160 bales; Savannah, qniet
t oJs'c net receipts 279 hawT"
leant, firm at 6Kc net 1 On
Mobile, dull at "8 O-iecnetTJi:
bales; Memphis, dull at elf?181
reinr a Kft hoi... a . Cnet r.
net receipts 9 bales; Charleston I 1 7c-6ftc-net
receipts - bales qu,et
FOREIGNMARKETS
B Cable to UwUotnliujs,,.
Liverpool. June 2B.-.ion
quiet and prices steady; American "ll0Jh
dling 8d.
w w,uuu oa f, nl u. .
9,600 bales
were Amer.ran- .' ' T""
and exports 500 bales.
Snpn.l.!.:-
bales, of which 2,700 bales wereY,:000
ican. Futures opened improved J?
and demand moderate .L81
middling (1 m c) July and August 3?7n
64d; August and September a ; 39 Z
oo-oaa: aeptemoer and October Z
64d; October and November 3 iUu
November and December 8 4ii,;
December and January 3 42-64d T
uary and February 8 43-64d; Febr,
and March 3.45-64d. Futures q
steady at the advance. 4 6ut
Tenders of cotton for dpii.. .
day 100 bales
dockets.
old
uwicisana 100 0t
4 P M Cotton. American
middliot.
11 m ci June a 38-64d buver! i,.
July 3 40-64d buyer: July and A,...lna.
and
40-64d buyer; August and Septetnbe ,
42 64d buyer; September and oCtl3r
3 83-64d-seller; October and NovST
o o-ou ouycr; wovemDer and Derm,
ber 3 44-64d buyer; December Z
January 3 45-64d buyer; January 2
C.K...n... O AO at A 1 r . ' dnl
v-u'u uuycr; reoruarv and
March 3 48-64d seller; March and Anr
3 49 64d seller. Futures closed fi??t
MASIKE
CLEARED.
Br schr Ocean Lily. Walls, Port-au.
Prince, Hayti, Geo Harms. Son & c0"
cargo by S & W H Nonnrop.
Brstr Boy'ne, Fisher, Bremen, Alex
Sprunt and Son.
RXPOHTK.
FOREIGN.
Str Boyne 4,800 balfs cm.
Bremen
t ton.
Port-au-Prince Sc
hr Ocean l..m
94,740 feet lumber. 20.000 brick 5 00fl
shingles.
MARINE DIREC TORY
List of Vessel In th Port or u .
Lmlnxton, N. C, Jnno 27, iss:,.
BARQUES.
Augusta (Sw), tons. Laughlm, Pater
son, Downing & Co.
Ariadne (Nor). 458 tons, Henricksen
Paterson. Downing & Co.
Kragers (Nor), 538 tons, Munsen, Hcide
At f n
Wodan (Ger), C25tons,Arr.dt, E Ptsch-.u
&Co.
BKIGS.
Georges (Haytien). 126 lor.s Grzemel
Geo Harriss. Son & Co.
SCHOONERS.
CC Lister. 267 tor s Rnbinson.Ge.i Har-
riss, Son-& Co.
John H Cross, 385 tons, Grover, Geo
Harriss, Son & Co.
The Clyde Steamship b
New York, Wilmington, N, (,,
AND
Georgetown, S. C, Lin ,
New York for Wilmington.
CROATAN, Saturday, June 29
ONEIDA, Saturday, July 6
Wilmington ror New York.
ONEIDA, Saturday, June v9
CROATAN Saturday, July 6
WUmlnston for Georgetown, 8. t'.
ONEIDA, Tuesday, June K
CROATAN, Tuesday, July i
W Throneh Bills Lading and Lowest Through
Rates guaranteed to and from points in North int)
South Carolina.
For freight or passage apply to
H. G. SMALLBONES, Sora.,
Wilmington, N. .
THEO. G. EGER, T. M., Bowling Green, N. .
WM. P. CLYDE & CO.. General Agents, Bowbut
Grreeo. N.Y, Jeffitf
ire lie Hijtat or All High Gtaifs.
Warranted superior to any Ma
chine built in the world, regardless
of price.
Guaranty BacM liy a Million Dollar
Company
Whose bond is as eood as eold. Do not be milucfo
to pay more money, as the Waverley has no superior.
Catalogue tree.
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Thos. H. Wright, Exclusive Agent
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Purcell Building,
Wilmington, N. C
Are now handling a' few additional
lines, such as
ICE CREAM FREEZERS,
WATER COOLERS
COOK STOVES,
RANGES,
Garden Hose
Lawn Mowers.
They undoubtebly have the finest
Cream Freezer and the lowest pr
Lawn Mowers ever brought to m
market.
GOOD GOODS and SQU;
DEALING is their motto with tw
they sell to as well as those from
whom they buy.
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Wilmington, N. C.
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