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Aa extra charge wiU be made for double-column ot tnpie-coiumu Kivwiucuituk lrll Advertisement! inserted once a week u DaUy will be other day, three-fourths of daily rate, i wice a weea, two-third! of dailv rate. : Contract advertisers will not be allowed to exceed .k. advertise anything foreign to their regu- aarStalanen without extra charge at transient "tee. AdverSments kept nnder the head of "New Adver tisement!" wiU be chanted nftr per cent, extra. , Advertisements to follow reading matter, or to occupy any special place, will be charged extra according to na position n. glue oxnhiQ M te Br WIJLI.IAM H. BERNARD. WILMINGTON, N. C. Wednesday Morning. July 17, 1895 ANOTHER BIQ TRUST PROPOSED. For. the past four or five years some one has from time to time been coming to the front with some grand scheme to control the price of wheat or cotton or both. A few years ago it was said that arrangements were abont to be made with an English cTTnAmotf urn irh tronlrl fnmish an -J."1"1'""' " unlimited amount of money, enough to practically control the cotton crop, and enable those who went into the movement to hold their cotton till the nrices suited them. This syndicate was to build warehouses at central points, in which the cotton was to be stored, advancing a certain percentage on' the market price of the cotton for the use of which a low rate of interest was to be charged, the syndicate holding - the cot ton stored as ; security for the money advanced. A small charge was made . for storage, ofa good deal, and some of the, cot ton planters who took an interest in it seemed to think it in a fair way of accomplishment, but it - dropped through, and soon we heard no more of it. That scheme didn't contem plate controlling the whole crop, but only the surplus, thus bringing down the crop in sight and marketable within the demand for consumption, ard thus forcing up the price.' . Several years ago the Alliance in Texas established warehouses some what on the same plan, which were in operation for some time at some central points, but these seem to have been abandoned, at least we have seen no reference to them for a couple years. In addition , to these several schemes have been -proposed inside and outside of the Alliance, by which the planters were to become stdek- 1 ,J A- noiuers ia joiui corporations, to con trol the amount of cotton to be mar keted in their respective States, or to co-operate in limiting the amount marketed, those agreeing to this plan obligating themselves to mar ket within a given time only a "cer tain percentage of their crop. Bat this went no farther than the sugges tion and more or less talk. The latest scheme proposed as sumes the form of a colossal Trust, and emanates from Dr. C. E. Far num. of San Francisco, who calls it the American Wheat and Cotton As sociatton. It is to be no small affair but big enough to control not only the wheat and cotton crops of this country, but the courts also. Esti mating that there are about 4,000, 000 men engaged in cultivating wheat and cotton, one or both, he thinks that one-fourth of these could be induced to join this association, tak ing shares at $100 each, payable in instalments as needed, which would give a capital stock of $100,000,000, which would be enough to practical ly control both the wheat and cotton market, run wheat up to $1 a bashelj and cotton to 25 cents a pound.With th(s $100,000,000 capital he proposes to buy and handle the whole wheat and cotton crop, fixing a price on both wheat and cotton which would be satisfactory to the growers, and thus control the amount I put into1 market at any one time, If the rail roads undertook to do the unfair thing in the way of freight charges, they would get even with the roads by restricting the production to the river lands where water transportaj tion would be available. , j This would be a very nice and a decidedly clever scheme, but there is one very serious drawback and that is that it is utterly impracticable or a number of reasons. First, if the Doctor lived to the age of Mr. Mei thuselah and kept pegging away all the. time he never would get 1,000,4 000 farmers to take the amount of stock retired" or Anything like itj and in addition to that.the 3,000,000 that didn't go in would hump themf selves to raise the biggest kind of, crops just as soon as they, saw the price going up, , and- they would force the, Association to buy this in- ----- -4 . m . B - m creased crops at the top price it fixed for the benefit of its own aiem bers, or they would sell to the next bidder, thus becoming competitors against the Association, 4n which there would be three to one against the Association. But even if it were practicable for this country and the 1,000,000 j planters , and ; farm ers ,. went, nttw,, i:. and. the other ; 3,000,000, worked ' in accord with it. although not .stock holders it- would1 not be effective for the reason that the world is not absolutely dependent, onthis coun try for either iis wheat or itsi cotton, though mbre dependent for its' cot ton than for its wheat, and the forc ing up of prices to$ very high figure would so stimulate production in other countries as to soort almost if not fully meet the requirements for consumption, wh ich would not only knockthe bottom out of the Ameri can Wheat and Cotton Growers Asso ciation, but out of the iwheat and cotton growing business in tais coun try, at least as far as exportation is concerned. These schemes ar all very nice on paper but when you come to take a square look at them you find two sides to them. Controiling the world's supply of any farm product these days isn't an easy thing to do, unless they who attempt it have , money enough to corner the supply, by buy ing the world's crop. MUrOR MENTION. . -:- ', ' : -' - j ' The Republican leaders are not running the pension business very strong now, but they do not propose to let the "Tnion savers" think fliat they do not hold a corner of their memory. The Republicans of Iowa in State Convention touched a little on this string and assured the ex soldiers that they should be grate fully remembered, and that their services to the country should never be forgotten, or words to that effect; and there is not much danger of their being forgotten by the Repub lican leaders, at least, while the ex soldier has a ballot, especially if he "votes as he shot." The pension at torneys, with whom business has been comparatively dull since the present Administration came into power, do not propose to let him be forgotten either; and they .are not so cautious in expressing their views in view of the depleted condi tion of the Treasury, the condition ot their own treasuries be ing a matter of much more concern to them than the condition of Uncle Sam's Treasury. Mr. George E. Lemon is one of the aforesaid pen sion attorneys who, under Republi can regimes, feathered his nest 'and oecame a millionaire. ie runs a paper in Washington, the main mis sion of which is to boom the pension business. In a recent issue he dis courses thus: "We cannot undo the past we cannot requite the dead who died defrauded of their rights, but we can do tardy jastice to the living by ending this scandalous wrong. Let us end the whole matter by legislation which will make sure of an immediate allowance of a liberal and adequate pension to every honorably discnarged veteran who is now suffering from any form of disability God knows thirty-one vears is long enough to wait for justice." -: -- . - -X- The "past" referred to here is the knocking out v of fraudulent claims, which also knocked out a good deal of net cash from the receipts of Mr, Lemon and other attorneys who had free swing in the Pension office pre vious to this ' administration. They hope eventually to recover this free swing which is contingent upon the restoration of the Republican party ot power. .,. While many who kept up with the evidence in the trial of Baxter Shem well at Lexington anticipated, either a verdict for. manslaughter or a dis agreement, there were few who look-! ed for an acquittal, and the fact that the jury was out so long, shows that there were differences of opinion there that were not easily harmon ized. But after all the verdict is not a surprise. Sfiemwell seems to have been a very popular man, and to have' had many strong and devoted friends.' This, of course, would have a power-' ful influence in any community where a man was on trial for his life and where the jury was chosen from that community. He was a man of con siderable wealth and was able to se cure the services of some of the: ablest counsel in the State. There was a dramatic feature, too, in me inai m tne constant v pres- I ' m r,. ' "... . . . . . 1 1 ence pi anemweirs wile, who from beginning to: end clung to her hus band with a touching, heroic devo tion that strongly appealed to the sympathies of the jury and with all this there ist that .reluctance in the average jurbrs to condemn a man to death or to penal . servitude when there is anything good to say for him, or when there -n element of doubt in his, favor. ' The arraigned was known to be an impetuous, hot blooded, quick-tempered man, easy to arouse and quick to .resent at the point of a pistol, and with this it stems that thes jury was convinced that being drawn into the difficulty by his quick' temper, brooding under what he believed to be a grievance, at the crucial moment he shot, not to murder but TrP self-defence. This was about the only plea that could be made; it ww well made, and bef fore a jury which waPglad, perhaps! to be able to show mercy to a mar whom they doubtless thought more Some time ago we made .-mention of a big colonization scheme organ ized to locate families from the West in Georgia, Where some 115,000 acres 6f , laud .liad "been secured for that- purpose, -and now a similar scheme is on foot to colonize a large tract In Florida, with people . from Michigan, about 350,000 acres of land having been secured In Brevard and Dade counties for that purpose.; The company operating this scheme is composed principally of Michigan men, with a few from Florida, and is known as the Southern Florida Land Company. - It is said that the . sec tion selected is one of the richest in that State. We do '., not know what the details of the plan are, but the fact that Western capitalists are tak ing' an interest in these colonization schemes, shows . how Western thought is turning" to' the South, and that they have confidence in its future. It will not be many years before the South can count many colonies, large anI small, of North ern and Westerq people, and .that's the way we like to see them come, for that is the way the immigrants will be most likely to be contented and the most likely to prosper, for in thus building up communities they can have their schools, churches and. many other desirable thiijgs that they could not have in sparsely set tled sections, bowever well they might be otherwise provided. : CURRENT COMMENT. A story comes from Alabama to the effect that a new edible grain has been discovered growing in the swamps of -Russell county. If the matter shall bear invegtigation the discovery will be an important one, for not in the history of civilized man has a single edible grain -been developed. The cereals would al most seem to be as old as man him self. Philadelphia, Record, Dem. - With an annual expenditure by the Government of $143,000,000 a year fpr pensions and a Treasury deficit of $43,000,000, the Republi cans of Iowa are still crying for more pensions. They demand a pension for every , man who fpught the Confederacy, even though, it should bankrupt every other man in the country. Is this the platform on which the Republican party expects to carry several Southern States next year' St. Lows Republic, Dem. . The heat of midsummer does not wilt the cotton mill movement in Columbia and next Fall there will be three mills in operation and two un der construction, with probably other in process of organization Columbia is now absolutely sure of 100,000 spindles and' over 3,000 looms, employing 2,200 hands and adding 6,000 to the populationof Columbia and suburbs. On every band and in each enterprise there is progress and confidence. Columbia State, Dem. - SPIRITS TTOPENTINE. Alamance Gleaner: At Belle mont Cotton Mills on Monday, the 8th inst., Mrs. Mary Merritt died in the 98th year ot her age. According to the re tarns made by the taxlisters and asses sors the j gain in valuation of real and personal property in the county is about $460,000, about $125,000 of which comes lrom the territory acquired by Chatham county. Newbern Journal. Friday after noon a negro of Stonewall, Pamlico county, named Gabe Thomas and his wife Laura went fishing in Bay river and it is thought he murdered her. His story is that he lost her balance and fell over- boaid, bat some negroes who were near say they t saw him strike her and then throw her- overboard. The body has not yet neen recovered and when it is wiU probably throw considerable light . 1 jr: uuuw cmair. -f. Morganton Herald: Mr. Kistler at the tannery tells as they have bought about 5,000 tons of Un bark this season, and paid $4.00 per ton for it. This aggregates $20,000, and all this money nas oeen turned loose ngnt here in Burke county during the last seventy five days. This money was all silver. and we are satisfied that the greater part of it is still in the county, in circulation or hid away. This same Burke Tannine Vompany nas soent over a hundred tnousand dollars for bark alone in this county in the last three years. - TWINKLINGS. Wayside: Ways Sav. Rogers. don't dese calamity bowlers make ver tired? l i - Restful Rogers Naw: dev ain't half as bad as der business revival shouters wot's inqnisertive 'cause ver ain't at woric fnc. a Prohibition Missionary You are so poor only because you are mtoxi cated half your. time. , me Bibulous One "Thash not it. gent, l m only toxicated half m time cause I'm so poor Y'Puck. -r- Teacher Who was Dresident oi tne nrst Jf rencb Kepublic? ocnoiar Napoleon. .. Teacher And who was his wife? The class - f vociferously) Trilbv. y-r ' - . ' - ' xsrooeiyn L.ife. ALL 'MEU COMES For Colic, Cramps Cholera Morbus and all Summer , Complaints, there is no cure equal to Pain-Killer. Get a , bottle to4ay. ' Keep it con-: stanuy on nanxi, for there is no kinoT of pain or ache jnternal or externalthat 1 s will not relieve. . Gennine . "v"-"t "wis name ot .terry Davis&Son. jook out for imitations and -substitutes. I JJoubie the former quantity fea5,xaitst'.lrw;f . ',2 1 2! Jane 8 6St ! LA BELLE' DAME SANS MERCV My love la young, my lore is fair, Sweet, true and amiable la she," v f: With turkia eyes and topaa hair " , , : -' Alas, my love ia lost to mel t x Her no crusades nor crarika confound. v Bhe has no theories to propound- J I ve never neara nor; menuuu bb . . She doesn't smile on riBque mots ; .; Her taste In dress is Quite divine; Pie's halt an angel, goodness knows, t ' , ; Bot, ah," she never cam be mine. I knew she painted tambourines . - - ' And pickle jars and copper bells, -With flowers and storks and river scenes And moonlight views on scallop sheila. She's painted photo frames' galore" Wood, velvet, ivorine and brass; She paints the panels of the door ; Bhe has not spared the looking gloss.' The pluah framed plaques upon her wall. Her limp art muslins everywhere. The floral drain pipe in her hall They know the pangs I've had to bear. And now the Bubioon is passed, - The great abyss between ua Bet, , The final blow has fall'n at last , I'veaid goodby to Amorefc Goodby to bliss that might have been, - Goodby to happy hopes that were - . . iv"-:;? She's "draped" a Vornifl-Martin screen And aspinalled an empire chair. PaU MaU Gazette. ANHONESMAR "When I first entered upon py duties ns president," said Mr. Lincoln, grasping ar arm in his peculiar way with one of his 'long, bony hands, while ) ran his fln- pers through and brushed back his shaggy black hair, "I fully made np my mind to appoint to office those only whom I knew to be honost and who had suitable ability. In any event, hpjhosty should be the pre requisite, as the" lack of a little ability might be elisiiy made up by an honost man endoavoring toldp his whole duty consci entiously. Whlo this resolve was fresh upon me, thcre--camo to visit mo a very old friend, a minister who nnd travcloa so fast that he had not yet shaken the Illinois real estate off his eapacous boots. -r " 'Why, what brings you here, Mr. Shofle?' (Which was-not his name, but it will do just as well.) ' , ".Well,' ho replied, I coma down here, firstly, to see you and get an old fashioned choke of tho hand, and, secondly, to say that the folks of my congregation ore so Igr that they con hardly afford me a de fit living, and I thought niaybo you could jive me some sort of an office that would pay me better. ' " 'Certainly,' I answered quickly, for I knew he was an honest man, and I was looking for stock of that kind. 'Have you in view any particular ofilco?' " 'No,' said the Rev. Mr. bhoue com placently. 'I would not know what to se lect if you were to hand me a list to choose from.' " 'Nor I what to give you, but I will tell you who will help you out. You know Colonel Uhootsper ol our county, tie is now on duty in the treasury department. Go and see him. He is a man of resources, and will get you out pf your difficulty. Come back tomorrow and report.' -'The next day, according to promise, Shofie put in an appearance, and said that the colonel hod recommended him to apply for a certain position in tho revenue de partment. " 'What Is the salary f sold I, signing in m mechanical way a pile of commissions. " 'Two thousand dollars a year. 1 '."WeiL do you think that enough? I may bo able to do bettor for you.' I knew he was on honest man and thought he might just as well as not get a place where he could earn more money. " ,'Oh, plenty, Uncle Abe, for that is more " than double the amount I've been earning for years past.' , "Now I began to think," said our mar tyr president, "that I would havo to force Mm into a place payiug a larger salary and where government would have a cor responding return for his valuable serv ices, for I was more than ever if that were possible convinced that he was an honest man. But I finally concluded to give him his own way, and he was ap pointed accordingly. Oil he went rejoic ing, but I felt rather mean at my one horse gift to my good, honest, reverend friend. "Three years elapsed, and the anx ieties attending the war had complete ly drivon from my mind, for the time be ing, the incident just related, when my messenger brought me a cord bearing the familiar name 'Rev. Adam Shoflo. And immediately there flashed across my mind all the circumstances attending my ap pointing him to office. I directed him to be shown in, and in walked, with creaky boots, one of the best and finest dressed men I had seen in many a day. I recog nized his countenance at a glance, but it was his marvelous clothos that troubled me. They sat easily enough upon his body, but somehow or other they did not sit so easy on my mind. . But wherefore I could not for the life of me tell, if I had tried, which I didn't. " ' " 'Good morning, Mr. President' no longer Uncle Abe, as before said he in a sort of grandiloquent manner. ' hope you are well and getting on nicely. " 'Oh, yes,' said I. 'We poor folks eke out a living after a fashion,' intending to give him the bit in his mouth, for I knew what an honost man he was and how much I couldn't tell then exactly how much, for I had lost the run ot him we were indebted to him. " 'Mr. President, I have come to resign my office. 'A "Feeling somewhat as though I had been struck by lightning; I managed to exclaim, 'Indeed!' - " 'Yes. I feel that there are many others deserving of v the place, and that it is my duty to make way for them.' " 'Was there over such an honest man as that?' said I to myself, chuckling over my stupidity on the clothes surprise. 'But,' said L aloud, 'I'm afraid you are not con sidering yourself, Friend Shone, and that when you go back to preaching you will be as hard up as when you came here three years ago. Hadn't you better hold on a little longer, say a year more, and let ns both go out of office together?' : , " 'No, thank you. I am going to Europe during that time, but I hope to see you here, as president, when I return,' and, after a few more kind expressions off went Rev. Shofle. "About a month after, one of the rev erend gentleman's neighbors paid me a visit, and, among other things, remarked casually that I had 'done a pretty good tuning rorfcsnone.' 'Yes,' I replied, I gave him a $3,000 a year position for three years. ' " 'Besides the balance I' added my visit or. 'Why, 'if he's worth a cent, he is worth today 1200,000, and I can prove it if necessary.' , ' . ' "What could the idiot mean? To satisfy myself of the falsity of the charge, I sent detectives to .where he lived, and they brought back word that ho had made his $6,000 salary in the aggregate yield fully $200,000 but then I knew he was an honest man, and there must be a mistake somewhere I" j "By the way," added Mr; Lincoln, with one of his knowing winks. "We have plenty of 'Shofles' left, but the mischief of it is it is hard finding them out, and they are not considerate enough to resign, as did out honest friend Shofie. "True Flag. The New Btaid. Mistress Biddy, run and fetch me the plum tart out of the pantry. Biddy (returning) Please, ma'am, it Isn't there. Mistress Perhaps it is on the sideboard i In the dining room. : i . Biddy I can't find it'. Mistress Then it must be in the cellar. Biddy I don't see it, ma'am. Mistress Then most likely yon have aaten it? Biddy Yes,ma'am. Progres de Bolbeo. . Qot Him Anyway. . ; Officer MoWart Here, now I It is agin the law to . ride thot wheel ahn the side walk. !v, . .. . .. ..... . , - Beginner But lam not riding. I am only trying to. : "Bo jabbers, thin, Oi will run ye in for givin an akkyrobatlo exhibition wldout license." Cincinnati Tribune. , The con temporary mind may rare cases he taken by storm, but posterity never. The tribunal of the' present is accessible to infjuenoe; ? that of the future is Inoorrunt Gladstone. V BEERFROM BANANAS. yjow Natives of the Dark Continent Ush Their Spiritaoas Beverages. , To tho natives of Africa of tho present time beer prepared from malt and hops is nbnown. Xt tlicra exists no iocs: oi in toxicating beverages among tho sons of the dork oontinont. . M'ney aro not ruquirou va wait for tho fire water of tho Europeans to be sent to them. : Thoy understand how to prepare spirituous beverages of their own, and tney also Decomo nwjiewju v"3"--' The Africans make wina ana Door, duo neither grape juico is" useS for tho former nor malt extract for , the latter. , , Palm leaves of I different : kinds, : bananas and. miUet furnish the raw. materials.! Palm wine isunade from the sap oozing from the out off blossom stems of the oily palm tree and of the cocoa tree. It is a pleasant, refreshing beverage and suffi ciently known. s;.From the, fruit of the. banana treo a beverage is maae in Ainctt which they drink there as wine or beer. ; Banana boer is chlony used Dy tne na tives of Uganda, a country bordering on JLake Victoria. . The people there are fond of such neer, and wnen-JUmin irasfia went to Bubaga to meet King Mtesa he wrote in his diary, ''This is a real beer trip, rrom vlllasre to villager or rather from . beer pot to beer pot, we are marching on. " In that country the manufacture of tne banana beverage is very extensive.': Dr., Felkin, on English physician, who former ly lived there, doscribes the different kinds of the banana beverages. - He makes a dis tinction between banana boor and banana wine. ' '" " c " According to his description,,'mubisi," a cooling banana wine, is manufactured in the following manner: A big hole is dug in the ground, lined with banana leaves, filled with unripe bananas and kept cov ered by mats and earth until the fruit has become completely ripe. Then tha. bananas are slit, mixed with fine hay and placed in a largo, boatlike, wooden trough, which at one end has op emptying pipe. After the addition of some water the whole is thoroughly mixed by the hand or by short wooden sticks. Thereupon the trough is covered withpanana leaves, and the mixture is left standing for about one or two hours. After the expiration of that tinfe it is taken out, and through glass sieves poured into large calabashes. It is then ready for use and represents a sweet, agreeable and not intoxicating beverage. But if tho ''niubisi" is left' standing for three days it , undergoes a fermentation and becomes a slightly acid, refreshing beverage, which, is strongly intoxicating. Chicago Times-Herald. , " . A DOWL OF KAVA. , v Its TJae and the Manner and Ceremony of Its Preparation. Kava is the native drink, and its use and the manner and ceremony of its prep aration . being among the most ancient customs of Polynesia it merits, I think, a short description. Kava is an indigenous tree, more or less plentiful throughout the South Sea Islands, the root of which is em ployed in tho manufacture of the drink. When visitors are present, much ceremony is observed in its preparation. A beauti ful round bowl of dark colored wood is produced, its interior shining with & blue enamellike coating, caused by the deposit of the root. Generally speaking, the best bowl is the property of the village, and much care is taken and time spent in pol ishing and preserving tho enaulol in the interior. . , Three young girls, with shining white tooth, chosen usually from tho "belles" of the village, scat themselves around tho bowl, each having a piece of the kava root. This they proceed to break np into small pieces, and putting them Into their mouths chew the dry root till it is reduced to a pulp, which , is placed from time to time in the bowl. A sufficiency having been thus prepared, water is poured in and the whole mixture stirred up.- Bunches of fine fiber ore then drawn through the liquid to strain out any small pieces of the root which may remain. The drink is'now comploto and ia passed around in cups of cocoanut shell to the chiefs and principal people of the assembly In order of rank. On my first attempt at drinking kava I was strongly reminded of soapsuds, but this nnpluosont idea wore off after a time. A refusal to drink or oven not to drain the oup is considered a grave impoliteness. The solution of the kava root is nonintox icating; but, taken in excess, produces a loss of power in the lower limbs. Many of the European residents drink it regular ly, but of course it is then prepared in a different manner. Westminster Review. The Water Hammer. As showing tho peculiar danger from water hammer in the caso.of high pressure steam pipes, a German engineer reports that he experimented with a viow to de termining the relation of the two. A' pipe 12 inches in diameter, one-fourth inch thick and 21 feet long, blank flanged at ono end, was for this purpose partially fill ed with water, and at the other end steam was supplied through a 3 inch pipe, while three pressure gauges at oqual distances were screwed to tho pipe 'and on to the blank flange. When steam of five atmos pheres, 73 pounds persquaro inch, was ad mitted suddenly Above the water, the pres sure gauges indicated respectively pros sures of 420 pounds, 114, island 114 pounds per square inch. When steam en tered slowly again above tho water, hardly any concussions and abnormal pressures were noticed. Steam was then admitted through a valve of 2 inches diameter, and the steam, at a pressure of five atmos pheres, now entered below the water, and the ooncussion was so violent that the threads of four of the nuts were shorn off, the fourth gauge placed there was crushed, while the other gauges indicated pressures of 483, 385 and 923 pounds per square inch. ; , .. , , , Grant and the Declaration. While standing before tho wax group representing the surrender of General to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, at the Eden Musee, an elderly woman and a young man were heard con versing. "That," said the woman to her companion, "Is the signing of the Decla mation of Independence. " "But that looks like Genoral Grant," the young man re plied." "It don't matter who it looks like," she answered; "it's the Declamation of Independence business that they are at. Tho figures, ore only wax, you know, and so it don't matter who they look like, and perhaps General Grant did sign it, - Ho signed a wholo lot of things. Come along down stairs and see the horrors. We must tell the folks all about them." And they went. JNew York Times. v .. A Hanslng Pincushion. To make a pretty and novel lunging pincushion cut two pieces of cardboard the shape of a large pansy. Cover them with violet silk and paint one in pansy colors. Lay wadding between, sprinkling it with orris root. Overcast together,' sew lavender ribbons to th top and 'stick a halo of small English pins around the edges. Backlen'B Arnica Halve. Thk BiST Sal VI in the werld for Cnts, Bruises, Sores, Ulders, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required, it it guaranteed to give penect satisfaction or money re funded.- Price 25 cents per box. For sale bv R R Bellamy. t ' For Over Fifty Teara J ' Mrs. Wikslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty vears by millions of mothers for their children while teeth inc. with perfect success. - It soothes the child," softens the cms,-.allay aH pain cures wind colic, and is the jbes remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve a oi- little suffdrer immediately. S b druggists in' every part of 1 nr - Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be ie ask for Mrs Winslow t Soothing S,r- X and take no other kiril -,.v.. ... , "Old People, - -, - Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidney will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This medicine does not stimulate and contains no whiskey or other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach and . ' bowels. ' adding strength and giving tone to the organs, thereby aiding nature in the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appetiser and aids digestion. Old People find it just exactly what they xeed. Price fifty cents oer bottle at R K R Bellamy's Drug Stone. v ft3&B.TTl3X I M fit UB tf ' B . Baal -itr SI IGARETTES teTOEAMERIClH TOBACCO eiT DURHAM. W.C. U.S.A MADE FROM High Grado Tobacco . ... . Ann ABSOLUTELY PURE. decMtf fr su we W ' 2p HER WEDDING PRESENT, i Karl Was No ponbt aa Much Snrprised as Freddie Was. Young Mr. Smith ers, having eaten an excellent dinner, sat' down to smoke a good cigar while his wife ran up stairs to make her toilet for tne theater. So ' peaceful was his state of mind that he did not even look accusingly at his watch when, after ; the promised "minute" had developed into 60, she entered the room - , "Seems to me (hat you are looking very nice. tonight, my dear," he re marked. , "I am eo glad you think so, darling. Of course I care more for your admira tion than that of any one else. Besides the Skinners sit right behind us this evening, and this dress will give her a bad headache before the second act is over. " '-r' Mr. Smithers looked anxious. "So that is new, is it? . Wasn't the old one good enough?" JN-not quite, aear. isesiaea i earnea the money for this one myself. " i "But how did yon earn" 'S "Oh, after you left I fell to thinking what a lot of money $25 was to spend on a wedding present for Marie when I really needed so many things. Then an idea struck me. I remembered all those pretty things I found in your big trunk after we were -married the ones that horrid girl, whoever she was, sent back when the engagement was broken. I wouldn't have one of them myself, but itseemeda pity for them to lie there, so I went up stairs and looked them all over. I selected that lovely silver back ed mirror and cleaned it np until it look ed just like new, and then I" "Sold it to buy the dress? I see I" "Nothing of the kind. I bought the dress with the money you gave ma The mirror I sent to Marie with our best wishes. Won't she be surprised, and why, Freddie, are you ill?" , . "Not at all, my dear! You aro quite right. Mane will no doubt be much surprised, for, you see, she herself was the girl who returned those presents; that is all! Baltimore Herald. Two Iilvea Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City. Ill- was told by her doctors she hau Consumption, and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery Completely cured her, and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eggers, 139 Florida St. San Fran cisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, ap proaching Consumption, tried without result everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. King s New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thankful. It is such results, of which these are samples, that prove the won derful efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. Regular size SOc and 11.00. - t Wholesale Prices- Current. IV The foOowiaK oootstions represent Wholes Prices generally. In making np small orders highe prices nave to be coarzed. The Quotations are always mven as accurately a Doasible. bat the Stab will not be resnonsible for any variations from the actual market price of the articles quoted. BAGGING i-KJute. O 5 Standard lm 1 WESTERN SMOKCD Hams 13 14 Sides t) SO 10 Shoulders V t O. 8 DRY SALTED Sides ..................... 7 7J4 snoniden vn,... dj BARRELS Spirits Turpentine becond-nand, eacn ............ New New York, each.......... New City. each.. I 15 l 35 I 40 1 40 : 27 BEESWAX ., BRICKS Wilmington, y M 8 Northern..................... 9 BUTTER 50 700 00 14 00 North Carolina, V Ik.... - . Northera CORN mkal Per bushel, in sacks. .......... ' Virginia Meal 15 S3 'CO 7(1 75 ON TIES V female ..... ' 75 CANDLES V , Sperm ........................ Adamantsne .................. 18 ! 85 9 10 music at m . Northern Factorv. ....... I. 10 th 11 ' Dairy. Cream.......... 11 13 State..- ...... Ca 10 COFFEE t , S!7 28 Travra .- 20 fh 23 Rio 15 19 DOMESTICS Sheetuur.4-4. Wyard..... Tt D6M Yarns, bunch....... 18 Sn EGGS V dozen 10 FISH Mackerel. No. 1. Wbarrel..... 22 00 30 00 Mackerel, No. I, j half-barrel 11 00 15 00 Mackerel. No. 8 barrel..... 18 00 18 00 ' Mackerel, No,8 half-barrel 8 00- 9 00 Mackerel, No. S, barrel .... 13 00 14 Oft MnUets, barrel 8 25 3 50 . Mullets, tt pork barrel ........ 6 60 N. C. RoeHerrine kee..... 3 50 4 00 Dry Cod, S , 5 in " Extra 3 25 3 50 FLOUR barrel . Lowgrade. 8 25 375 Choice. 00 4 S?5 Straight.. 4 85 4 40 First Patent ". 5 00 5 25 GLUE ft 76 10 GRAIN v bushel- Corn, from store, bagt-'-Whlte. 85 67 Jorn. cargo, ra dwi Trnite... w . . aa Corn, cargo, in bags White... . 65 Oats, from store.,,,....,,..... 45 Oats. Rnst Proof 50 Cow Peas 96 1 00 HIDES. . Green ........................ ....- 4 Dry .. X HAY. 100 s Eastern. I. .... 100 Western.. 90 North River 90 HOOP IRON, V ft 8 tii LARD, W Northern ................... . North Carolina . , LIME, barrel ., LUMBERfcitv sawed) b M teet . V4to 9 ..."la9 Shin Stuff, resaweil. ... ... ...... IB 00 20 00 00 18 00 00 18 00 00 28 00 00 15 00 : Rongh-Edge Plank............ 15 West India cargoes, according - to quality. ... 13 . ; Dressed Flooring, seasoned...,, 18 r Scantling and Board, common.. 14 MOLASSES, W gallon New Crop Cnba, in hhds ' .. w In bbls Porto Rico, in hhds, i9 '9 87 14 16 W .... 1.4 Ok in DDIS ............ Snsar-Honse.in hhds. " in bhl, . in bbls Svrnp, in bbls... NAILS, 3 keg, Cat. fjOd basis .... ORK," barrel City Vess,..t .., . Dnrnv ........ .. 28 100 O 1 40 4 60 : 15 50 ; 14 00 Ca II! no - Priir. .. Kin- n. ai.. ..' 10 82 lAI. I AiUIIl . a ... . . .... . . ; ' iwe.pooL.. ....... ............ - Lisbon .... ... -. AniericaA - ..., , on 125 Sacks - SHINGLES, 7-inch, f M ....... . 5 .. Common............. ...... 8 Cypress Sapf 4 Cypress Hearts ...... .. .. SUGAR. V ft Standard Graan'd Standard A ................... -;. WhltC Kll, C srts a . ;, ExtraC, Golden. .......... v C. Yellow . SOAP, ft Northern..,.......: STAVES, M W. O. Barrel .... ' S it f tr i ...a a. a ....as 45 tt. 75 65 85 50 5 00 7 00 8 00 2 60 4 !W 5 00 I- T50 M 00 A TIMRIK U . Mnn,aa ' ' 1 - .... IB 00 " 900 i. 'b Mill, Prime , Mm, Fair ;.. 8 ' Commoa Mlll......j.v. ...... 4 Inferior to Ordiaarv. J TALLOW. ft. . ............. T 50 4 60 00 s 50 00 3 00 5 , . 00 oo a - hi it mS If m Ei a .YEisr 4 42 14 . .. . COMMERCIAL WILMINGTON MAR STAR OFFICE. July 16 SPIRITS TURPENTINE S.eody with sales at 25Jt cents per gallon lor country and 25$ cents for machine-made casks. , r j. , , - ROSIN.--Market firm at tl 17 hi per bbl." "for 'Strained ' and $1.22" for Good Strained. . TAR. Market firm at $1 SO per bbl. of 280 fibs. " . .CRUDE J TURPENTINE Market quiet at $1 20 for Hard, tl 70 for .Yellow Dip and (2 20 for Virein. i COTTON Steady. Ordinary. ... . . .-. . . . . 4J cts lb Good Ordinary...... 5 " Low Middling....!.. 6 7-16 ' " Middling............. 6,76 - " " (rood Middling. ...v. 7 3-16 , " " KBCKCPTM. Cotton... ..J ....... 2 bales Spirits Turpentine... 337 casks Kosm.. ... 4 . . . ... . 814 bbls Tar. . . ....... ..... .... .'210 bbls Crude Turpentine.. ... . 121 bbls DOMESTIC MARKETS. 8y Telegraph to the Morning Stat. FINANCIAL. New York, July 16 Evenlne-Monev on call easy at per cent., and last loan ottered and closing at 1 per cent. rrime mercantile paper quotea at per cent. Sterlinz exchange steady, with actual business in bank ers bills at 489M for sixty days and 489 for demand. Posted rates 489 490. Commercial bills 489490. Government bonds firm; United States bonds steady; Railroad bonds irregular. silver at the btock Exchange to-day was quiet. . COMMERCIAL. New York. July 16 Evenia Cotton quiet but steady; middling gulf 7Jtc; middling 7c; net receipts bales; gross receipts 235 bales; forwarded 235 bales; exports to Great Britain 622 bales; to France 6 bales; to the Continent 1 sale; sales 485. all spinners stock 193,- 695 bales. Futures closed dull; July and August 6.78; September 6.83c; October 6.88; No vember 6,92c; December 6.97; January 7.03c; February 7.08c; March 7.13c. Sales 86.400 bales. Total so far this week Net receipts 1,747 bales; exports to Great Britain 813 bales; to France 6; to the Continent 1 bale. Total since September 1 Net re ceipts 7,899,749 bales; exports to Great Britain 3.404,344 bales; exports to France 772.145 bales; exports to the Con tinent 2.409,544 bales. Flour dull, weak and offered at con cession; winter, wheat, low grades $2 703 30; fair to fancy $3 50 4 00; do patents 4 204 25; Minnesota clear $3 10 3 - 40; do ' pat ents $3 904 50; low extras 82 10 3 SO; Southern flour dull and weak com mon to fair extra $2 403 15; good to choice do. (3 204 00. Wheat dull and easier; No. 2 red in store and at elevator 71c; afloat 52&c; options weak and declined Qc, rallied lc. fell lHc, rallied and closing firm at ilHc below yester day, with trading fairly active; No 2 red July 71 c; August 71c; September 'lific. corn nrmerana auu; wo. at elevator 4949c; afloat 5051c; options firm and unchanged; September only trade in; July 50c; September 50c Oats dull and firm; options steady; July 28 lie; Sepember 27c; spot prices JNO. a, aao4c; ino. wane oQ 33c; mixed Western , 2930c. - Hay qniet and firm; good to choice 90c $1 00. Wool fairly active and firm; domestic fleece 1522; pulled 1534c Beef doll and unchanged; beef hams inactive at 418 000118 50; tierced beef quiet and -unsettled; city extra India mess $16 oui uu. iut meats quiei and firm; pickled bellies 7Jc; pickled shoulders 6c; pickled hams 910c Lard auiet and weak; Western steam t6 65; city $6 15; September $0 60, nomi- nai: rennea active; urairaen. s uu;ouum America $7 35; compound $4 004 25. Pork in lieht demand and steady; mess $12 5013 00. Butter fancy firm and fair demand; State dairy 11 16Wc: do. creamery 17c; Western dairy 913c; creamery 12l'c; Elgin 17c. Cotton seed oil dull and easy; crude 23 bid; yellow prime 25&26c; do off grade 253&C Petroleum nominal. Rice firm and unchanged. MOiasses nrm and unchanged. Peanuts firm. Coffee dull and unchanged to 5 points down; September $14 55; spot Rio dull and steadv: No. 7, quotea at io ou. augarT raw dull and firm; fair refining 2c; refined firm and unchanged. Freights to Liverpool steady; cotton per steamer l-16d; gram per steamer za. Chicago. Tulv 16. Casn prices: Flour was dull and and unchanged. There were no buyers on the. floor; Wheat No. 2 sDrine 66569Mcr No. a red 68267&c Corn No. 8, 4.5c. Oats No. 2, 24$c Mess pork per bbl. $10 6011 12. Lard per 100 lbs. t 176 27. Short ribs sides Der 100 lbs SB uud ia. urr saitea shoulders, boxed per 100 , lbs. $5 25 5 37. Short clear sides, boxed per 100 lbs $R756 87. Whiskey per gallon $1 24. The leading futures ranged as foiiow& opening, highest, lowest ana closing. Wheat No. 2 July 65663, 67, 65&. 66M66c; September B7Moa, 68M. 66 67, 6868c; December 70a705i.. 71. 6M. -orn No 2. Tulv 45(m45l. 45L, 44, 45Xc; May 86; 87, 36 86c Oats- No. 2. Tuly 235. 28, SS3J4. J5346C; September 2323M. H. 23&c; Mav 26. xesti. 5S096, sossic. rorit Der bbl. Tuly ftiO 90, 10 90, 10 50. 10 75; September $11 00, 11 00, 10 60 11 85; January 1Q 50, 10 75, 10 4U, 10 70. Lard, per 100 lbs; July $6 27, 6 27, 6 27, 6 17; 6 22; Sep tember $6 37. 6 87. 6 27. 6 32, Tanuarv 48 25. 6 25.' 6 17. 6 25. Short ribs, per 1C0 lbs U July $6 02. 6 05, 5 90, 6 05: September $6 12, 6 15. 6 00. 6 15; January JJo. 12$, 0 10. 612. . Baltimore. July 16. Fiour quiet. Wheat dull: No. 2 red. spot and July 67M07c; August .- 6868c;! Sep tember 6969Jsc; steamer JNO. a rt.a 62jSc. Southern wheat by sample 68 70c; do on grade 64i69c Corn steady; mixed spot 49cbid; July 49c bid; August 49c asked; September 49c asked; Southern white 50c; do yellow 5353c. Oats quiet ' and Steady; No. 2 white Western 8232c; No. 2 mixed do 303c. ' COTTON ; MARKETS. Kv Telegraph to the Morning Sru July 16. Galvestoa,quiet at 0 ll-16c-r net receipts 26 bales, Norfolk, steady ;t 7c net receipts 1, bale, Balti snore, dull at' 7c net, receipts .bales, Boston, dull at 7c net receipts 171 Bales: Wilmicgton,steady at 6JjjC net re ceipts 2 balea; Philadelphia, quiet at 7c net receipts balfs.. Savannao. quiet -and steady at 6 11-16 net ieceit- 76 bale; New Orleans. 'steady at 6 1116c net receipts 149 bales.Mc bile dull at - 6 Tic net - receipts S - bales; Memphis, dull at 6&c net receipts 2 bales; Augusta, : steady at 7c net re ceipts 6 bales; Charleston, steady at 6c net receipts 5 bales. - FOREIGN TrlARKETb . - Bt Cable to tte Maniac Star Liverpool, July 15. 12.30 Cotton market quiet and prices unchanged. American middling 8 11-lttd. Sales 8.000 teles., of which 7.400 baleTwIrTT can; speculation and exm RL :c?' Receipts 3,000 balP,."8. 51 fi Rece,pi,30bao7&50 American.. Future ouen ' - "e,' steady anddemaad mSe bui middl ng (1 ra c AUgus H6 A" ber 3 43-64d; October and Nf.i. n 46-64d: November L KI a 64d; December and January a a? B46 ZJlJ? Olivers day 200 bales new dockets ann old dockets 100 4 EMJuly 3 40 643 41-64H , Tulv and Amn.i a aK ,i4(i Ket- buyer; August and SenivT .,l ! 8 44-64d value; October hh m obef ary3 48 64849-64-D4dsel7c vl and March 3 49 64 a fSSkJ Marched April 3 51-64 and May 3 6543 53-64 Y tnres closed steady. y Fn- ; ARRTVP-r. ' Mi'a Steamship Croatan. Hani.n York.H G Small bones. New Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson, FaBP ville, Jas Madden. ' raye"e- Steamer Lisbon, Moore, Point r, well, master. nt Nor barque, Transatlantic. 590 , Peatersen. Sapelo, J T Riley & Co ' Barque Marion S Harriss 3 , Gaer. Philadelphia. Geo CLEARED. Stmr W T Daggett, Ward, Point C, well, master. Stmr A P" Hurt, Robeson, FavM. yille; fas Madden. ' ayeKe- Steamer Lisbon, Moore,' Point C well; master. us MARINE DIREC TORY. IilKt of Teaaela In tke Pom f tli. slntrton, N. ft, Jnly 17, 1895 BARQUES. Augusta (Sw). 581 tons. L?uPhlr. Pa.,., son. Downing & Co. Wnrlan (Clr R9.!tnn. a.j. r ---- wiupniuui, , I'PSCr in . BRIGS. Georges (Haytien). 126 tons. Gezemel SCHOONERS. Thos Clyde, 304 tons. Calboun, Geo nctrriss. aon Oi o. AleHr.(Br), 438 tons, Goode, Geo Hairiss Son & Co. C C Lister. 267 tons. Robinson, Geo Har- rias, oon a vO. The Clyde Steamship Co. New York, Wilmington. N. C. AND Georgetown, S. C Limv.. .r New York for Wilmington. GEO. W. CLYDE, Saturday, July 20 CROATAN, Saturday, Jane 27 Wilmington roi New York. CROATAN. Saturday, July SO GEO. W.CLYDE, Saturday, July 27 ' Wilmington for Georgetown, S. C. CROATANi Tuesday, July 16 GEO. W. CLYDE, Tuesday, July 23 gar Through Bills Lading and Lowest Through Rates goaxanteed to and from points in North sod South Carolina. For freight or passage apply to H. G. SMALLBONXS, Snpt., Wilmington, N. C. THEO. & EGER.T. M., Bowling Green, N. V. WM. P. CLYDE & CO.. General Agents, Bowling QrreeB N.Y. JyMtl W. E. SPRINGER & CO., 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. AUbjr uiauvuubi.i'.j Cream Freezer and the lowest price Lawn Mowers ever brought to this market. GOOD GOODS and SQUARE DEALING is their motto with those they sell to as well as those from whom they buy. 14 North Front Street, Wilmington, N. C. ICYGLES. . Are fkeffldust or ah fi Warranted superior to any Ma chine built in the world, regardless . . n 1 of price. Guaranty Bacied ty a MilliQii . . j Whose bond is,a-gooa as goiu. ""; mDtmit. to pay more moneyT as the Waverley has no spm - . 7 ' . . .tl ta nni nr. uuw InSanTbICYCLE CO.IndUn.polis, hi- Thos. H. Wright, Exclusive Agent ap 27 tf Wants. One Cent a Word. AdvertisementTder this beading -Help and Situations Wanted 0 Rent. For Sale, Lost and FonJ One Cent a word each insertion. J no advertisement taken for less 1 Twenty cents. myf Y'npmi at aUTUT TIIRE of the most obstinate casesof o Diner (reauneu. rwiureu,--- ,hh. seatbur retnlta of dosingirJthCnbeW5 w or Sandal wood. j.erre "rrjgenu. ap 2 ly House and Shop. run Mm. - - .. . northeastW ol Tenth streets. ErytW-a "f Ap W D. O'CONNOR S3 t 'r