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Aug. 1, 1895 IS IT US-DEMOCSATIC ? - s By some peculiar process of rea soning that the man of average in telligence can't comprehend, the late day Democratic advocates of the gold standard undertake to prove that the demand for the free coinage of Silver is un-Democratic. They might, with equal pertinence and equal force contend that it is un- American. They assert this in the face of ths fact that there never was n - Dpmnprafir nlatfArm f r-a mH i n this country which declared against silver, ana there never was one framed since the silver question has been a subject of contention that UIU LXKJL ucuaic IU lavui Ul OllVCi, not for silver monometallism but for bimetallism, for the concurrent use of both silver and gold. , . A declaration for bimetallism is substantially a declaration for the free coinage of silver. To stop the coinage of either metal-gold or silver would be virtually and even tually to force monometallism of the coin of which the coinage was con tinued. Continued coinage is as nec essary to keep up thevolume of coin - iuuuc; aa uuwiug an cams ale. UCCC5- sarv to keen un tfi vnliinip of th. rfver. Money both silver and gold .is hidden, hoarded, is lost on land and on sea, and thus passes out of circulation and makes the coinage of more necessary to prevent deple tion, so that it logically follows that if we, are to have bimetallism in the true and full sense we must have continued coinage of both gold and silver, whether it be free coinage or n5t. -,Who ever heard the assertion made before 1873 that the free coinage of silver was un-Democratic? If it was not un-Democratic before 1873 how could it become un Democratic since 1873? Could the gentlemen who met in convention, in 1892 make: a new creed of Democracy and set aside lhe Democracy of a century? They ou'dn't do that if they would, and they Wouldn't.. if they could, and they didn't try to do it, and yet some of the gold standard champions try to make it appear that t.he platform adopted by j that convention pre scribed a new test of Democracy, and that test is opposition to the free coinage of silver, a position which can be sustained neither by the lan- guageof th? phtferm nor by the history of the financial plank as bearing on the free coinage of silver. i nat plank was a square out de claration for the double stand ard, and for the free coinage of silver upon international agree ment as to the ratio between the coins. It ; international agree mecicouia not De secured then it favored free coinage by such legis lation as would maintain the parity between our different kinds of money. Eight persons out of ten construed that platform as a decla ration for free coinage on one of two conditions, the former of which re- ' quired the co-operation of other na nons, the latter of which was 'alto gether within our power This was a declaration not onlv In favor of bimetallism but it was equlvajent to a pledge that the Democratic1 party would use it best endeavors to bring about international agreement and if that failed would enact such legislation as would se cure the free coinage of, silver. This was the construction put upon that plank by eight' Democrats out of ten and that, u the construction which its framers intended should be put upon it. We know that was the construction put upon it by the Dem ocratic campaigners in this State, and one of them went so far as to assert that he had a letter from Mr. Cleve land, then the nominee for the Pres idency, declaring that be was in fa vor of free silver. V During the debate on the" repeal of the silver purchase clause of the Sherman act when the friends of sil ver contended that to repeal that clause without making any provision for the coinage of silver would be a breach of faith and a violation of the spirit of the platform, and the advocates of unconditional re peal asserted that the plat form , did not , commit the party to free coinage, Senator Danleir who was one ot tne commui.ee www drafted the platform, emphatically asserted that when the more aggres sive silvermen demanded in commit tee that the word free should be in serted before coinage, ; they 'r-were assured that this was unnecessary for that was what the financial plank meant, and that to insert the word free might give the Republicans an opportunity to misrepresent the Democratic party in the section of the country which might have some prejudice-on this question, and on these .representations and for the sake of harmony, the silver men yielded that point. And yet we are told, and this! plat form is quoted, to sustain the asser tion, that to demand free coinage is un-Democratic. We might as well be told that to demand the repeal of the State bank tax is un-Democratic because -the platform only recom mended its repeal. The man who stands oh the platform of 1892, taken in its letter and spirit, must stand by, bimetallism, which substantially means the free coinage of silver. minor MENTION. All good citizens will agree that the dignity of our courts should be sustained, and that neither1 the courts nor their rulings should be treated with contempt, but very few who have read- the editorial in the Asheville Citizen, for which it's edi tor was arraigned before Judge Ewart of the Western Criminal Cir cuit Court and sentenced to pay a fine ot $350 and to be confined in the Buncombe County jail for thirty days, will believe that Judge Ewart has added anything to the dignity of his court or to his reputation as a just and dispassionate judge by this proceeding? The editorial was based on an order removing a case to be tried from Buncombe to Henderson county on the ground that the de fendant could not have a fair trial in Buncombe; expressed "surprise at the action of the court, and con cluded by saying that "the removal of the case to Henderson is unnec essary, expensive and a reflection npon the intelligence of the people ofjBuncombe county." This is the paragraph which . constituted the gravamen ot tne "contempt. it any cool-headed man (who is not predisposed" to find it) can squeeze contempt of court out of that para graph, he can do more than we can. The writer of the editorial appeared in court as cited and, through counsel, disclaimed any intention to reflect on the court or to bring ' it into contempt, but this wasn't enough for the riled dignity of the court which required , a fine of $250 (a very heavy fine) and thirty days' imprisonment (a very long term for a man not in very good health, and not in the habit of spend ing much time in jail) to appease it. This is a matter in which the public, as well as Mr. Robinson, the pun ished editor, is interested, for the press is the public's mouthpiece, and it will be a bad day when-it can be gagged even by a Judge to prevent proper criticism. The courts are a part of the Govermental machinery, and they are presided over by men, not by gods or beings too sacred for criticism. Some of our Judges, es pecially in these latter days,' have been made of very common clav. who did honor neither to their makers nor to the office they held. They are and ought to be amenable to criticism, and when they cease to be the bars between them and abuse, corruption and tyranny will be let down and there will be no telling where the end will be. The Jacksonville, Fla., Citizen is trying to stimulate an interest in to bacco culture in that State, which, it is claimed, is quite as well adapted to the growth of tobacco for, cigar making, for pipes and cigarettes as Cuba is, and also for plug, which we believe Cuba tobacco is not. It was successfully grown in the State as far back as 1850 and yet in the almost half a century it has made but little progress, whUe ' , its culture within the past twenty-five years has extended into, nearly every State in the Union.' The difficulty seems to be that the people on the farms do not understand the method of curing the leaf. It must be dried either by sun heat or by artificial process (the method now . almost universally adopted) and afterwards put through a "sweating" process, (called down there bitue,) to drive the nicotinexut of the leaf. When . this is prop- erly done the tobacco is equal to the Cuba tobacco, and commands from $1.50 a pound for wrappers to 35 cents a Douhd for fillers. the land will yield from 700 to 1,500 pounds per acre. From this state ment it would ;-ee:n that tlir-re 1 money enough in the business to encourage people to devote time to raising it and to employ experienced Cubans to cure it for them and to teach them how to do It. With land so well adapted . to the growth of fine tobacco, with which there is little danger of overstocking the market, and a climate in which there is "httle" danger of frost, 'Florida should not only become one of the great tobacco -growing . States, but also one Of the great tobacco-manufacturing States, and both combined would mean millions of dollars anna ally pat into the pockets of the peo ple. - A horse dealer in Charlotte re ceived a few days ago a letter from a Western horse breeder asking if he could sell some hordes in this section, as there was no demand for horses out there, and he could Ifind no pur chasers for wharhe had. He didn't get any encouragement from " the Charlotte man, and is not likely to get much fromany other quarter. The fact js the horse-breeding busi ness hasten overdone in this coun try until" the supply has exceeded the demand, even if electricity hadn t co'me in. within the past few years to take the place of the h,orses where previously many thousands of them had been used. : The electric street cars have displaced about 100,000, and there is - ho telling how many have been" displaced by , the bicycle, - which has - come into such general use, and is becoming more so every day, and will become still more ; so as bicycles become cheaper, and other motive power than the treadle is applied, which will enable many to use them who do not now. But-the disuse of the horses relegated by the electric cars and bicycles, large as the number is, would not so seriously affect the de mand for and the price of horses if the business had not been so much overdone, for even a couple hundred thousand would not make much of a break in , the 15,500,000 reported to be on the farms arid ranches of this country in January 1892, which would be about one horse to every four persons. It is estimated that by the depreciation in prices the farm ers and stock breeders of this coun try have lost $425,000,000 within'the past three yearsv Until they very materially reduce stocks the outlook isn't very encouraging for them. CURRENT COMMENT. This is a very b?g country, but it is not big enough to support tribes of men who must live by hunt ing big game. The country big enough to support one hundred hunters will support 10,000 farmers, and the hunters will therefore have to go now or by and by. New York Journal, Dem. Besides making desirable cit izens, the Fitzgerald colonists will turn in this direction a considerable stream of Federal pension money which has heretofore gone North west. Some millions of pension money turned loose in the South would not be at all objectionable. Savannah News, Dem. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Concord Standard: A colored agriculturist was at Brown's stable boast ing of, his garden truck. He has one tomato vine that is 16c ieet high. Raleigh Visitor: ' Mr. Honbar rier, of Rowan, whose mysterious death was noted,, was perhaps accidentally killed. No proof could be obtained to implicate any one. There was a large gash in the back of his head. He had been to Salisbury to witness the double hanging. - A co-operative colony, which was named tor Miss Frances E. Willard, and which takes as its motto, "For God and Home and Native Land," has just purchased 16.000 acres of land in Cherokee county. Raieigh Press: On Thursday night last the pony belonging to Dr. W. H. Bobbitt was taken from his stables at his farm in St. Mary's township by un known parties. Mr. Bobbitt had no idea as to the whereabout of his horse,' though it was certain that he had been taken from the stables. Last night a teleeram was received by. Sheriff Wal ters from the authorities in Goldsboro that the horss was in that city and the thief, George Hintcn, was confined in jail. Hinton lived near Goldsboro. - Winston Sentinel'. A murder, is reported to have been committed near Piney Creek. Alleghany county Jast Fri day night. The killing occurred right near the Virginia line. It appears that a man named Roberts was drinking and went to sleep-in the woods. A man named Floyd Cox came np behind him and shot him, killing him instantly. He then took what money the dead man had on his person (about $190) and skip ped out. It is supposed that robbery was the only motive for the murder. Charlotte News: Mr. Newton Buchanan shot at his brother, Mr. Frank Buchanan, twice with a Flobert rifle this afternoon at 4.80 o'clock. The affajr occurred at Frank Buchanan's home near the postoffice. . Newton was arrested by the police and locked up. The cause of the trouble has not yet de veloped. Neither of the bullets took effect. Mr. Frank Buchanan is an ex alderman, and owner of the Arlington Hotel. M, A. Kennedy, a farmer who lives two miles from the city, was visited by burglars last night and robbed Ol $70. Weakjiritablejired "I Was No Good on Earth." r Dr. Miles' Nervine strengthens the weak, builds up the broken down constitution, and rjenrlanently cures every kind of nervous disease. "About one year ago Junta afflieteS with "nervousness, sleeplessness, Creeping sensation in my legs, Slight palpitation of mu heart, Distracting confusion oftneminO, Serious loss or lapse of memory. Weighted down with care and worry. X completely lost appetite A.nd felt my vitality wearing out,: J was weak, irritable and tired, My weight was reduced to 160 lbs., In fact I was no good, on earth a. inena Drought . me Dr. Miles' book, "New and; Start ling Facta," and I finally decldde to try a bottle of Db. Miles' Eq. -orative Nervine. Before I had taken one- bottle I could : sleep as well as a ' 10-yr.-old boy. My i "appetite returned greatly increased. When M had taken the sixth bottle "My weigh increased to 179 bs., The sensation i my legs was goner nerves steadied completely? Bvbrainseentedclearerthanever. vi6 98 aodas any manon earth : Br. Maes Restorative Nervine isr f oreat medicine, I assure you." KUsto, Me. .:, Walteb R. Bubbabtk. 1 ffnMSJNSTto5 s ld on a positive- Ali7iXS..Vu" ?.aS nrs.5.Dotue will benefit. it will " " 5 Div Miles' Nervine wo .- Restores Health- Dr. Miles' Pain Pills. "One cent a dose." JoaelSly , th cha e LANGUAGE IN ITSELF:. J THIEVES' PARLANCE AND THE EX : TENT TO WHICH IT PREVAILS. All Good Detectives Are Well Versed; It Some of the Many Terms Employed and What They Mean When Bedueed to Flain.EnKliah. ' - , Any one dropping into police headquar ters or a place whore men congregate whose business itjs to deal with thieves, aniwho would strip I'Tong enough to listen to their' conversation, would certainly think he had brokon Into a strange country where the; language was one that never could be learned by any ono. ' -.'' Whenever you hear a man savthafc some one?'took to the high- brush yon will know that he means that a man is hiding ta- escapo arrest. Any one who Vis four flushing" ia doing something under false pretense, or, in other words, he is bluffing If "he is throwing the bull con," he is simply trying to convince another of some thing to gain ' his confidence. . Any one whose "eraft ia stronger than the nuts - has a wav Of makings money dishonestly where the chances are more In his favor than the three shell game, In which t&ere is no possible chonotAr the player to win. ,: . Any one who has uoen "thrown down" went into a scheme with another, who at the last minute botrayod him. The same thing happened to a man who was "dou ble crossed." A man who "throws his -mitt" is a pickpocket and is now called "Johnny gunstoro," instead of "dip." A woman is known as "a moll," and a man who picks her pocket ia called"a moll buzzer." , A man without money is referred to as "a lobster" or"a dead one," while a man with money is known as "a good guy." Any woman who has money, and who will spend it, Is called "a good fellow." "Nix, don't crack" is a warning to the one addressed not to say anything, as there is a person, in the crowd who should not hear what they have been talking about. An officer of the law la called "an el-H bow," but "a copper" is known as a fel low who furnishes the police with infor mation. They were formerly called "snitches." ' : Confidence men, who sold gold bricks and Tcd other means to swindle old farm ers out of big moriey, are called "big mitt men." A ''strong arm guy" is a highway man or a footpad who resorts to roughness to get money. To "stick np a fellow" is to stop him and take his money and valu ables. Whon "he's there" the person re ferred to ia addicted to smoking opium, but when "he's up against the neodle" he is a morphine fiend. "A rattler" ia a rail road train, and "a ducat" or "a broad" is a ticket or anything that will admit one to any place where admission is charged. "Any one who "tipped" to go any place had to pay his money. To "blow a guy" is to make him spend his money, but the "blow off" Is when the victim of a swln dler has lost his last dollar or the time when the swindler quits robbing, the per son he has been working. "A joint" is a game of any concern that is working under police protection. "A right guy" is a fellow who can bo trusted. while a "wrong guy is one under suspi cion. 1 If a man "is on the square" or "on the level," he is honest in what he does or says. "A meal ticket" is a woman who makes money and gives it to her husband, who is a loafer, but is known as "a rat. "The main screw" is the head of anything, but any one who is "screwy" or "nutty is crazy. The person with the "bad lamp has something the matter with one eye. "Chops" means mouth, and "his nut" re fers to a man's head. To "sling him' means to borrow. "Giving him a hot one" is borrowing money in a hurry, while "giving him the long story" Is trying to borrow money on a 6tory of hard luck. When you "get to a guy," you mean that you have succeeded in approaching him. "A wise fellow" la one who knows a thing or two, but a "dead wise guy" is one who is up to everything and could sot be swin dled at any game. And on the other hand "a dummy" is one who is not well versed in the ways of the world. When "a 6plit out" is referred to, it is meant that some one was in trouble and a friend stepped in and separated him from the person he is having trouble with. It may be a policeman or any one. To "go up against a hot one" is always used when some fellow attempts to rob or swindle a victim whom he finds to be smart enough to prevent it. When 6uch a thing happens, the thief "lamms," which means get out of sight or escape. "Johnny Armstrong" is applied sometimes to a sandbagger. "Willie Green" is used as a convenient name to introduce a thief when he does not want his name known. "Colo nel Fernorton" and "Jukre Fawnskin" are also used. "A soft mark" is one easy to victimize, and "a tough gazabo" is a hard one. "A good thing with the paints" is a fellow who can mark cards. "The trough" is a cheap restaurant, and "a feed" is a swell eating place. When a man is "next," he knows what is taking place. The "chief flatty" is the chief of police, and the "main fly" Is the chief of detectives. A thief's "Jesus" is his diamond stud, and his suit of clothes is his "makeup." To get a thief out of jail is to "spring him," and to send him to prison is to "lose the key on him." If he is "a good man in a push, he is a fel low who will fight his way out of a crowd when caught stealing, but a "push" also means a mob of pickpockets working to gether in a crowd. When a man is ''fix ed," he has some weapon, but when he is "cleaner than a turkish" he has no weap on of any kind. When a man is "dirty," he has money, but when he is broke he is "clean." Then, again, when one wins an other man's money gambling he "cleans him." To "lose a guy" Is to get rid of him after he has been robbed. To "klpp" ia to sleep, and "to peck" ia to eat. "A cold stiff" is one 'who has money obtained fraudulently, and who will not spend it or loan it to a friend in case of need. "The stir" is the. penitentiary, and "the booby house" is jail. There are many others, and new ones are springing up every day. No one knows who .originates them, but they seem to be' understood by those who uso them and those addressed. Cincinnati Enquirer. - Changed the Subject. In Chinese social lifo there is no wom an's world. When a certain American minister at Peking insisted on congratu lating the grandees of the foreign office - upon tho marriage of an honored Chinese onvoy to an American lady, the only re sult was a silence ' that reminded one of the north pole. Then, after prolonged ter ror and stupor, Prince Kung remarked, "It is very hot today." The Boston Society For the Prevention , of Cruelty to Animals gives weekly lec tures to coachmen on the proper way to treat dumb animals. Careful of tho Waff Iaper. "I have suffered so much at the hands ot the chromo fiend, " said the girl bachelor plaintively. "If you have ever moved about any, you will know what I mean only too well. They are the people who cajole the landlord into getting new paper for a room, and then, after a short occu pancy, leave it f or tho ijext comer with the walls more or less covered with tacks and nail holes, .with a neat little bit of plaster knocked out about each one. From hav ing been a victim so often I have deter mined never to add to the number of these ruthless vandals. So whenever I find it necessary to put a small untrained pic ture or card on the wall I attach It by means of a large lump of gold beeswax, and there it will stay until I wish to move it to another position and will leave be hind no telltale tracks, or tacks, of its presence. I may add in a whisper, by the way, that when beeswax fails: me I have found chewing gum a pretty good substi tute. "Philadelphia Press. Treatment For a Flabby Skin. For a flabby akin the .following treat ment is recommended: Never use hard water upon it; either preserve rainwater for the purpose, or, if that ia impossible, buy distilled water of a reliable druggist. Eat bread that la one day old and choose that which is made from whole meaL A little gluten in ado into a mush and eaten with rich milk is also said to help in rounding out the face and neck. ; '- v-'- Significant. . ; -- "Did you know Jack had changed the. name oi' ms nsw mare from Sallie to Mother-in-law?" - ' .. ' - "No. Why?" - - "Because she interferes. " Boston Bea-Oon. - r - THE TUNNEL. She was a strange looking old woman, as handsome as an omwumau uau uc, rather eleeantly dressed and witn the air oi one who belonged to good society.. She was sitting next me in tne waiting room of. the railroad station, dus outside "iter horses were being- fed and watered, -and she was waiting to rest " - - When the whistle Sounded, she stopped her ears with bothjier hands and shudder ed violently. JVhen the engine came in sight, she looked at it as one mignt regara a hideous monster ana muttereu w uvmvu. in a way that 'made mo fancy her not quite in her right mind. -- ' Then or a suaoen sne turnea to me, wiui a little bow. and said: - " You are traveling by ran, niaoamr s I answered yes. ' "How can you?" asked my interrogator. "Wherever I go, I go in my carriage. Those cars are so terrible, especially the tunnels. " " But if ono is not blessed witn a car- liago?.! asked. - , Thpn you must go Denina tnat terriDie creature, I suppose," said the, old lady, looking toward the engine " DUt I'm sorry for you." ; "Do accidents often happen intunneisr I asked, with an involuntary shudder. "Accidents." she cried, "worse man that. I'll tell you what happened to me in a tunnel. : There's time enough if you don't mind listening. ' ' I bowed. ; She put her handfeerchiel to her face for a moment and went on : "You see that white house on the hill ud therer That is mine. There my hus band died, there my son married. ; It was after he married, when I was eu years oio, that this happened. Sixty! Just .think of It a time when life ought to run on with out any event whatever and then romance came to me romance for tne first time in my life, because, you see, I had married without any thought of that, a very good man but so old at 16. - "Well, as I said, at 60 he fell in love with me. Lthink he was 25, and, oh! but he was handsome. - I was sitting on my porch when he rode by, and his horse shied at something and threw' him at my feet. He seemed to be dead. I had him picked up and brought in, and the doctor and I restored him to life. 'Do you know what he was? I'll tell . .. , you. Me was a naer at tne circus ciose ay, not a gentleman, they said,, but his voice was so soft and his way so pleasantHhat he seemed one, and, then, what did that matter? He called me his good angel; he kissed my hand. At last he told me that he loved me. It was strange to hear. I would not listen to him at first, but at last he knelt at my feet, and Iah, I was a woman still I kissed him on his forehead, and t promised to be his wife. "When my son heard or it, ne was run- ons, lie said temDie inings. -motner, he said, 'if you marry this impostor, who only wants your money, you will rue the .Inn imM WlIA ' ' UC.JT J "I TT Ji.J W. "I did not care for my son's wrath, nor that my friends all turned coldly from-me. I married Adolphe, and we were very happy. "As Boon as we were married no Dcgan to talk of Europe and of the happy life one led in Paris. So I said, 'We will go to Paris. "We made ready to go. Of course we needed money. I had bank notes and checks to a large amount a little fortune indeed in my great wallet. I also had my diamonds. Adolphe toot care or all these things. To reach the city whence our ship started wo were obliged to go in the cars. Even then I hated and was afraid of them. "I talked and laughed like a girl as w whirled over the country, but he grew more silent, and by the time we reached the tunnel very grave. I remember going into it. Adolphe took my hand and kissed it. ; - "I sat still. The cars rattled, the dark ness grew deeper. I felt a little frightened and reached my hand to touch Adolphe. He was not there. "I said, 'Adolphe.' There was no an swer, lcauca, A.aoipnei' again, un, it was so terrible no answer, and the dark ness like tho darkness of death ! . "At last it began to grow lighter. . I could see shadow forms, but no shadow of Adolphe. I asked for him. At last they helped mo and made search he was not on the train. No one ever saw him again ; he vanished in the tunnel. , "People tried to make mo think ill of him. I would not. I, who felt his kisses on my hand stilL . Satan is envious of hap piness, and" There the old lady lower ed her voice. "That thing with the red eye there is satan, though people aon t know it. Don't go into the tunnel with him remember what I say, and don't go into the tunnel" "Madam, your carriago is ready," said a middle aged woman, entering just then, and the old lady hurried off, shaking her head as she went and muttering to herself .- "She's been talking about the tunnel, ma'am?" asked the middle aged woman, with a courtesy. "Yes," I said. "She never ha4 good sense, I think," said tho woman, "and at 60 sho married a foreigner, younger than her son. Ho man aged to put hall her fortune into checss and such things and ran away with it aft er they had been married a month. He jumped off a train in a tunnel and got off unhurt. "He was a rope dancer- and good at jumping, or he'd never have done it, and he's living now with some bird of the same feather in Europe. She don't know it or don't believe it, poor old lady! Her wits ain't right, and she thinks satan car ried him off. Goodby, madam. The old lady is in a hurry, and I must go to her." Boston Herald. , 'The Humiliation of a Pharaoh. The official Egyptian has apparently no particular respect for the remains of his ancestors, even when these are of royal lineage. Brugsch Bey, who has been as sisting M. de Morgan, the Egyptologist, In his explorations, recently discovered a mummy, believed to be one of the phara ohs, and prepared to transport the prize to Cairo. On reaching the railway station he resolutely declined to confide this pre cious package to the luggage van. This the officials did not greatly mind, but they compelled the discoverer to take a first class ticket for Pharaoh as well as one for himself. On reaching Cairo thero was fresh trou ble with the "octroi" officials. "What have you got there?" Brugsch Bey was asked. "A mummy," was the reply. "Ah, you can't get that through without pay ing." ''But," urged Pharaoh's guardian, "mummies surely don't pay 'octroi' duty?' ' VDon't they?" replied tho official. "We will see what the register says." Here the entire' staff consulted the register; but, strangely enough, the article in question had been overlooked by the administration. "Well," said the officer, "we will enter "ihat as dried fish. Duty, three piastres!" -Westminster Gazette. A Household Treasure. D.-W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Y. says, that he always keeps Dr. King's New Discovery in the house and his family has always found the very 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 undoubtedly the best Cough remedy; that he has used it in his family for eight years, and it has never failed tor do all that is claimed for it, Whv not trv a remedy so long tried and tested. Trial bottles at R. R. Bel lamy's Drug Store. ' t Vor Over Bitty Ton Mrs. WinsloWs Soothing Syrup nss been used for over fifty vears by milHops ot mothers for their children while teeth ing, with perfect success. IrTsoothes th child, softens the gums, allays all pain cures wind colic, and is the bes remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve .u. oor little suffdrer immediately, -a-'? bv druggists in every part of .nv wo.n Twenty-five cents a bottle. "Be '.! ar aslt for Mrs. Winslow s Soothing Svi o -and take no other kin 1 . V: j : , ' 1 Bucklen Arnica Salve. Th Bist Salvk in the werld for Cuts.. Bruises, Sores. Ulclers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles, or ntr pay required. It is guaranteed to give prrfect satisfaction or money re funded." Price 85 cents per box. For sale bv R R Bellamy. ' " f Free from all the disagreeable greasy effects that result from the use of lard will be had, if I COTTOLENE is used. Fish and cakes fried in it are sim' ply delicious because it adds a flavor to them that cannot possibly lie obtained from the use of any other frying mate- rial, .uet the genuine wi- TOLENE, as there are numer ous questionable imitations j The trade mark given here is on each pail. Sold in three and five lb. pails. ' Made only by ;. The N. K. Fairfaank Company. v ST. LOUIS and CHICAGO. - Ps nov 0 tf tn th sa - change Pack of Cards In Bis Ccffln. At" the lit tie village of , Nomps-au-Val, near Amicir a'enrious ceremony has been soon at a f;inoraT. The deceased was a card playing onvhusiast, piquet having been his favorito game. By the terms of his will, a pack of cards had to be placed in tho coffin wit h his body, and certain of his card playing Mends were to have a legacy of about 100 apicco on condition that they bore him to the grave and stopped on tho way to drink a glass of wine at a small tavern where, to quote his words, he had "spent so many agreeable evenings at cards." The Instructions of the will were strictly, curried out and a considerable crowd assembled to see the last of the piquet player. London News. Keep the KiRht Side Oat. Like most garments and most carpets, everything in life has a right and a wrong side. ; You can take any joy and by turn ing it around find- troubles on the other side, or you may take the greatest trouble and by turning it around find joy on the other side. The gloomiest mountain never casts a shadow on both sides at? once, nor does the greatest of life's calamities. She Had It All Over. An old lady was recounting her troubles and sickness to her- doctor, and he had been kindly telling her that she needed rest, when suddenly she ran out her tongue for him to examine, with the exclamation: "And my tongue? Doctor, just, look at my tongue." And looking he calmly re plied, "Well, that needs rest too." Lew lston Journal. Did Yon Ever Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief. This medicine has been found to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all Female Complaints, ex erting a wonderful direct influence in giving strength and tone to the organs. If you have Loss of Appetite. Consti pation, Headache, , Fainting Spells, or are Nervous. Sleepless, Excitable, Mel ancholy or troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine, vou need. Health and Strength are guar anteed brits use. - Large bottles only fifty cents at R. R. Billamys Drug Store. ' Wholesale Prices Current. IVThe following qaotattons represent Wbolesa Prices generally. In making np small orders highe prices have to be charted. Tke quotations are always given as accurately a possible, bnt the Stab will not be responsible for any variations from the actual market price of the articles quoted. BAGGING J ' Jnte... & m Standard 7M& ? WESTERN SMOKED Hamsl 133 14 Sides S 10 Shoulders ; O "' 8 DRY SALTED- j Sides 9 7 7J4 Shoulders 6JQ BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each J, 15 New New York, each... 135 140 NewCity.each 140 BEESWAX V ....-' 27 BRICKS Wilmington, M S 50 & 7 00 NortheST??,.. 00 14 00 BUTTER North Carolina, 8 t 15 Northern 23 . CORN MEAL - ' Per bushel, in sacks...... CO & Virjrinia Meal 60 65 COTTON TIES 9 bundle ..... 75 CANDLES - . Sperm WO ?$ . Adamantine 9 43 10 CHEESE V Northern Factory 10 11 Dairy, Cream U 13 State -... 10 COFFEE t 27. 28 Lagnyra 20 23 Ril 21 DOMESTICS Sheeting, 44,9 yard .6 E6M Yarns, bunch.. 18 20 KGOS dozen 09 FISH r - - Mackerel, No. 1, 9 barrel..... 22 00 SO 00 Mackerel, No. I, V half-barrel 11 uu a 15 00 Mackerel, No. 2 barrel -16 00 18 00 Mackerel, No, 2 half-barrel 8 00 9 00 Mackerel, No. 3, barrel .... 13 00 & 14 on Mullets, barrel 3 25 3 SO Mullets, pork barrel 6 50 N. C. Roe Herring 9 keg 3 50 4 00 DiyCod. . 8 '-10 " Extra ....... 3 23 3 50 FLOUR barrel . Low grade 8 00 S 75 Choice, 4 00 4 S5 Straight... . 4 25 4 40 First Patent 5 00 5 25 GLUE V 7J6 10 GRAIN 9 bushel- - Corn, from store, bags-White. 65 6) ' Corn, cargo, in bulk White... . 65 , Corn, cargo, in bags White. .... .65 Oats, from store............... ' 45 Oats, Rnst Proof 50 Cow Peas SO 1 00 HIDES, Green .... 4 Dry . .. 5 HAY, 100 s-? t Eastern... ......... .... 1 00 Western--.. ...... . ...... ,; AO North River 90 HOOP IRON, a SM LARD, B Northern...... - 5W 9 North Carolina... OKd 9 LIME, IS barrel .... 125 LUMBER(city sawed) M feet - Ship Staff, resawed ... 18 00 20 00 Rongs-Edge Plank.. 15 00 18 00 West India cargoes, according to quality 13 00 18 00 Dressed Floorins, seasoned.... 18 00 22 00 Scantling and Board.common.. 14 00 15 00 MOLASSES, gallon New Crop Coba, in hhds . .. . 22 " " 41 in bbls...,.., .... S3 Porto Rico, in hhds. 25 . 27H " in bbls..., 85 ,- 30 Sngar-House,inhhds. 18 14 ? , " in bbls .... 18 Syrnp. lobfels 13 25 NAILS, keg. Cot. COd basis .... 2 50 ORK, barrel . City Mess.... ......... 4 50 15150 : Rnmv. . 14 00; Prifr ............. .. ....... 15 00 - ROPE, lb 10 22. SALT sack Alum '-75 J iverpool. ........... ,... 65 Lisbon ........ ... ......... j. .... . .... Anericaa . ...... ... 65 . on 125 $ Sacks . . .......... 45 50 SH1NGULS. 7-inch, M 5 00 O 7 00 Common..,., . . . 2 00 2 60 Cypress Saps. 4 50 5 00 " Cvoms Hefliti. .. - 7 B0 3UGAR. I) Standard Graon'd 4Q 5 Standard A. ....,,. . . 4U - White Ex. C .....i.T, .... 7 . ExtraC, Golden. ,X " C. Yellow Mi SOAP, Nortbera. .......... 3)4 .... STAVES, M W. O. Barrel .... 8 00 14 ' R. O. Hogshead.... - .... 10 00 TIMBER, M feet Shipping. HO 9 00 , Mill, Prime..... 00 ,7 03 Mill, Fair ................ ... 6 50 4 50' .- Common Mill....... ......... 4 00 8 50 Inferior to Ordinar 3 00 S 00 TALLOW. It 5 A WHISKEY, gallon Northern.. 1 00 North Carouna. ... .....,... 1 00 to 2 WOOL, A Washed. , 14 Q idearof burs.................. ,SH1 v " " ,..-....... ' '.- - A - - - . COMMERCIAL WILMINGTON MARK 't STAR OFFICE, July 81. 5 SPIRITS TURPENTINE Steady at ZiH cents per gallon for country and 25 cents for machine-made casks. ROSIN Market firm at $1 20 per bbL for Strained, and $1 25 for Good Strained. TAR. Market firm at $1 " 80 per bbf. of 280 lbs. - CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1 20 for Hard, $1 - 60 for Yellow Dip and $2 10 for Virgin. , COTTON Steady. Ordinary..,.... 4J : cts Tb Good Ordinary. . .. . . 5 " " Low Middling 6 7-16 " ". Middling 6 " " Good Middling...... 7 3-16 " " BBCKIFT. Cotton ....... Spirits Turpentine. Rosin.. . .. . . . . Tar Crade Tur Dentine.. 2 bales 163 casks 852 bbli 108 bbls 44 bb's DOMESTIC MARKETS. Bv Telegraph to the nloramfc St. J FINANCIAL. 1 New YORK, July 31. Evenint Money on call easy at per cent; last loan at 1 and closing offered at 1. Prime mercantile paper quoted at i m per cent. Bar silver Sterling exchange firm; with actual business in bankers' bills at 489Jf489 for sixty days, and 490M490 for demand. Posted rates 490491. Commercial bills ! 4883489. Government bonds steady. United States bonds higher. Kauroad bonds irregular. Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was quiet. ; COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, July 31 Eveninj, Cot ton steady;middling gulf 7 516c;middlmg 7 l-16c;net receipts bales;gross receipts Dales; lorwaraea Dales; sales 1,108 oaies.au spinners; siock ivo,o oaies. Futures closed steady; August 6 91; August 6 75; September 6 85; Oc ober 6 90; November 6' 94; December 6 99; January 7 04; February 7 09; March 7 14. Sales 74,400. ..' . Total to-day Net receipts 128 bales: exports to Great- Britain 8 bales; stock 346.318 bales. Total so far this week Net receipts 1,208 bales; exports to Great Britain 1,638 bales; exports to France 338 bales; ex perts to the Continent 2.068 - bales Total since September 1 Net re ceipts 7,908,288 bales; exports to Great Britain. 3.418.911 bales; exports to France 772,833 bales; exports to the Continent 2.415.518 bales. New YORK July 31. -Flour dull and weak; winter wheat, low grades $2 503 10; fair to fancy $3 303 80;. patents $4 004 05; low extras $2 50 3 10; Minnesota clear U03 20; pat ents $3 904 60; city mills 4 00 $4 25. Southern flour dull and weak; common to fair extra $2 20 3 00; good to choice $3 003 80. Wheat firm and dull at llc lower; Njo 2 red in store and at elevator 73c;5cr options were fairly active and declined 1M1C. rallied K& and closed steady at 13lc under yester day; No. 2 red, August 735Cc; Sep tember 73c; October 74c. Corn fairly active and firm; No. 2 red 483c at ele vator, 493c afloat; options were dull and irregular, but closed steady at un changed prices without special feature; August 48c; September 48c; Oc .tober 47W& Oats dull and weak; options easier; August 26c; September 26J4c; October 26c; spot prices No. 2 28c; No. 2 white 32c; mixed West ern 2930c. Hay quiet; shipping 75c; good to choice 99cSl 05, Wool moderately firm; domestic fleece J622c; pulled 1534c. Beef quiet; family til 0011 30; extra mess $8 00; beef hams firm at 1 8 00;tierced beef dull and steady; city extra India mess $16 50 17 00; cut meats quiet and easier; pickled bellies 7 Uc; shoulders 5Mc; hams 9M 9Mc. Lard lower; Western steam $6 50; city S6 15; September 6 50. nomi nal; refined quiet; Continent 6 85; South America $7 25; compound $4 75 5 25. fork dull and weak; mess til 75 12 25." Butter, iancy firm and fairly active: State dairy ll17c; cream ery 18c; Western dairy 1013c; El- gins .18. Tallow steady and quiet; city 4c bid; country 445c. Cot ton seed oil in less .demand and cbout steady; crude 2425; yellow prime 28c. asked; do good off grade 27U. Petroleum nominal; refined New York 7 10 Philadelphia 7 05; do in bulk 4 55 4 60 Rice firm; domestic fair to extra 4V6; Japan 44Vc Molasses foreign nominal; New Orleans, open kettle, good to choice 2632. Peanuts quiet. Coffse steady and unchanged to 5 points down; spot Bio firm and quiet; No. 7 $1600 16 25. Sugar raw firm and quiet fair refining 2 15 16c; refined firm and fair demand; off A4J4c; standard A 4 7-164Mc; cut loaf 5 1 165Vc; crush 5 l-165jc; granulated 4 7-1642c. Freights to Liverpool quiet and easy; cotton per-steamer & old; grain Der Steamer ld. ' Chicago. July 31. Casn quotations; Fiour demand was light on all accounts and feeling was steady at unchanged prices Wheat No. 2 spring 68?i 71J6c No. 2 red6869Hc Com -No. 248MC Oats No, 222$22C Mess pork, per 100 bbls, $10 0012 50 Lard, per 100 lbs. t8 12J6 15 Short ribs sides, per 100 lbs $5 85 5 90. Dry salted shoulders boxed per 100 lbs. t562V'5 75. Short clear sides, boxed, per 100 lbs, $ft 50 6 62J. , Whiskey, per gallon, 22 The leading futures ranged as foiiow opening, highest, lowest ano -closing, Wheat No. 2 July 69370, 70 68 , 68 c September 70K70M. 70, 69M69i, 6; Uecember 725g72M 72M. 71H, 71c Com No 2 July 43, 43. 42. 4242Mc; September 42 43, 43, 42.42?i42MC;May 35M35 U 85M. 3535c Oats No. 2 July 23, 23. Z34c; beptember 2ih6 23. 22K. 225c; May. 25. 26.25. 26c, Pork per bbl. September 10 70. 10 70 10 40. 10 40; January 10 70MO 70 10 50 10 55. Lard, per 100 lbs, September 6 85. 6 35. 6 25, 6 27; October $6 35, 6 35, 6 82. 32; January $6 35, 6 35, 6 30, 6 32W. Shoi ribs, per 100 lbs, July $6 17J, 6 17 6 05, 6 07: September S6 07, 6 12 5 90, 5 92, January $5 50, 5 45 5 45, Baltimore. July 31. Flour, steady and unchanged. Wheat. lower but firm No. 2 red spot July and August 70 70 c; September 7i7ic; Decern ber 7474ic; steamer No. 2 red 67 67Mc. bouthern wheat by sample 7172c; do , on grade 6871c Corn firm; mixed spot and July 49 49c; August 48jc bid; Sep'ember 472c bid; ear 40&40Mc; Janua 40c tsked; Southern white .corn 51 52cT do yellow corn 5051c. ' Oats quiet and easy; No. 2 white Western 31c asked; No. 2 mixed do 29 30c, , COTTON MARKETS - Br Telegraph to the Mominz Star. July - 81. Galveston, quiet at vc. net receipts bales, Norfolk, cuiet at 7c. net receipts 10 bales. Baltimore nomi nal at 7c; net receipts bales; Boston, quiet at 7c, net receipts 40 bales, - Wil mington, steady at 6c. net receipts 2 bales; Philadelphia, firm at 7c net. receipts 80 bales: Savannah,' quiet and steady at 6 ll-16c net receipts bale; New Orleans, quiet at 6c net re ceipts 42 bales; Mobile dull at i 6c: net receipts- bales; " Memphis dull at Smc; net receipts bales: Augusta, firm at 7c, net receipts 9 balesj Charleston, quiet at 6Cj net receipts bales. FOREIGN MARKETS - ! Cable to tht Morniui. ; Liverpool. Jul si t quiet and prices easier Am ttRn middling 3 ll-16d. Sales 10 off 7'?n of which 9.600 bales were Z K soeculation and (Tmn. cflcani Receipts 5.000 bales, 3.400 of wh.Ch ' ' American. Futures opened quiet re mand poor. American middling fi m ,1 August and September 3 40-64 64d;-September and October 64d; October and November 3 ilAi' iNOvemDer and December? 44 4aq J' 64d; December and lanuary 3 ?5 March and April 3 49-64 ' easy: - . '- urts - Tenders of cotton for delivery tr a 100 bales ; old dockets. y tc'day 4 P M Cotton, American mirirti; C. m. c) August 3 40-643 4S buyer; - August-and September 4n ai 3 41-64d buver; September and O-, ber 3 42-64d seller: flrtnh.. . " ??843-6" 5?7"! Member S Lrciimucr o 44-040. Buyer; DicpmK and ianuarv 3 M.fUets ar (j,:.11 r "uiuaty ana March 3 64d buyer; March and April 3 49 64 S 60-64d buyer; April and May 3 V? 64d seller. Futures closed very stta'dy ViHV ARRIVED. Schr BerthB H. 138 tors. Le Petit Goaive. Hay.ti, R W. H cks CLEARED. Schr J C Gregory, Andreasse York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Cain, New EXPORTS. COASTWISE.' New York Scnr J c 283,000 feet lumber. MARINE DIRECTOR Iilat of TeBaela In tke Pon nt Vs . , ntlusrton, N. C, Jnly 31, 189V BARQUES. Bertrand, 544 tons, Thorsen. Tybce las T. Riley & Co. Transalantic, 599 tons. f Pi;,u ,srn sapelo, I. 1. Kiley & Co. Marion S. Harriss, 332 tons. Gardnp Philadelphia, Geo. Harriss, Son & Cn Wodan (Ger), 525tons,Arndt, E Pcscb:,r &Co. . BRIGb. Richard T, Green. 285 tons. Mo re George Harriss, Son & Co. SCHOONERS. John R. Fell, 836 tons, Lovelano. New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. C. Gregory. 360 tons, Anderson, Niw York. Geo. Harris S in & Cn. Charmer. 375 tons. Pipgnt. No Voik Geo. Harriss Son & Co. Mattie Newman (Am), Lrjvri:.nd. X:C tons, Geo. Harnss, Son & Co. AJeit (Br). 438 tons Goode, Geo llanos, Son & Co. CC Lister. 267 tors Robinson, Gci) Hat: riss. Son & Co, MAXTON BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. Maxton, N. C. DIRECTORS. J. D. Croom, Maxton. X S. McRae, Maxton. Ed. McRae, Maxton. G. B. Patterson, Maxton. B. F. McRae, Raemont. J. H. Morrison, Lumberton. Wm. H. Bernard, Wilmington. The attention of investors in Wil mington is called to the fact that the average profits on Six Series of Stock in this Association have been over Fourteen Per Cent- Initiation Fee, 25 Cents per Share. Subscriptions to Stock payable in weekly instalments of 25 Cents per Share. 4 The management is prudent and economical, as is shown by the fact that the Association has sustained no losses, and its annual expenses, in cluding taxes, are only about IVo Hundred Dollars. -J. D. CROOM, President. W. B. HARKER, Secretary. Jane 8 lm ' Casli IPadcL FOR Beeswax. It you have some to sell, ship it to us, and we will allow you " 29 Cents Per Pound For it. in Boston, and no (harge for Comtr.ission or carti g References all through the South if require.'. W. H.BOWDLKAR & CO.. i;,.ston, Ma nay 23 tf Office and Warehouse 30 Cen;ral na. FnttH.Stelm Jas. s. worm. Stedman & Worth. 1 INSURANCE. Fire and Life. of lhe Trust 'lb I' -Office at Wilmiugton Company Banking Savings House and jan Nursery Stock. rpHE UNDERSIGNED HAVING & . Mnnnt Hone Nnrserjr, of To Chester, N. Y., for this distiict, to solicit orders for" nursery stocV, will canvass the chy and f Sol f natnre of all shrubberies, seeds land fruits EHwnger & Barry, PfoP'ie,or!11of,tt0h(ek 'gS'n" series in the United states. V .w. city aM The undersigned beinir a resident ol tnw land scape jardner, will give all stock h.s P tention. ir 18 tf The Land acai - For Rent. SUMMER COTTAGES. At Carolina Beach Apply to Ea.e. mpf 39 fl d.l. h.t-r-- EnsrUrt Dlsmonn - q EfiflYROYAl PILL fyiJK afc. alwaya reliabl . .i u ,hg. ffW hv, tnled witn Dine Cother. "'? rS,,s,S.r' ...1:ir.. 1. tihtaheateri ' BoU Iw ul Loo! BruffltilU. It" !llf for li" 'i.:,,. thsatu
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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