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ss2iBawsWattt fUBL!SriR'S ASNOUNCLSLNI. THE MORKING STAR, the oWeif dnT tews Epet a North Carolina, is onbiished daily escep onday. at t6 00 pet ye", 3 00 for inomlii, fl 5 for three months, 60 cents tor one mocth, to imail m icriben. Delivered to city subscribers at the rate of 18 cents per week tot any period bom one week r one year. ADVERTISING RATES (DAILY). One ic.uars no day, aiuu; two cays, mi is; uuw 77 ,v r dw 13 00; five da VI. ti SO : one week, two weeks. M 60: thiee week. $3 60 ; one monta. four $10i: -two months J17 00; th.-ee mocUJ., , months, 40 00 ; twelve months, u uJ. Ten lines ot solid Nonpareil type make one SQuare. tt- Friday tub uTlciiv CTik nnUisliedJfveiy fnoaj morning at $1 00 per year. 60 cents w cents lot tnree months. p.4i- p.'ls Hons, All announcements of Fairs, Festivals.J IP Picnics Society Meetings, ljliucai -leecmgs, c,wiu 1 NocesinS? heaoT"." 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Advertisements inserted once a week in Daily wdlbe . j i .mar for urh insertion. Jkvery Sthef day, threTfooVths of daily rate. Twice a week, tl.:.Ja n( rlailo rt- - '' Cuact advertisers will not be allowed to exceed yjauav.i -v ii7n tn their resro- their space or aaveiuc j"i""4 &- - - EBusiness without extra charge at transient tatet- Advertisemeats kept under the head of "Mew Aovet ' mnW be chareed fifty per cent, extra. ; Advertiaemenuto follow reading matter, or to occupy anyspecial place, wiU be charged extra according to i hi podtien desired. Site SHkmug to. By ffllililAHI II. BEBNABD. WILMINGTON. N. C. 5 i i- Wednesday Morning.Feb. 19. layb rti WAS NO TE3T. The gold organs, both Republican and Democratic, claim the defeat of the Senate free silver bill in the House of Representatives as a great victory tor -"sound money" and an other "death-knell" of fre silver. I They have become so accustomed to ringing' the death knell of free silvelT that it has become a habit with them and they go on ringing whether . there is anything to ring for or not. The recent vote in the House of Representatives demonstrates noth ing save that'the financial question is a partisan one and that the money power is mighty hi deciding legis- lative questions inwhich it is mter ' ested. No one who took an intelligent view of the situation supposed for a moment that the Senate substitute would pass the House, for to' have permitted that would have been for the majority in the House to have stultified itself by voting to kill a measure which it had passed as a party measure after having sat down upon the Democratic minority by choking off debate, or allowing a few hours dsbate, which wastoall intents and purposes the same thing. The Senate bill was not merely a free coinage bill, bat was also a substi tute for the House Bond bill which was a distinctly Republican measure, conceidi formulated and advocated by Republicans and rushed through under,the whip and spur of the Ra x publican leaders. x When that bill reached Ihe Senate, it was uncere moniously chucked into a pigeon hole, and wheivthe Seriate substitute went ,to the House, the Republican majority in the House reciprocated by jumping on it. Nobody who knew anything about;the make up of the House expected anythiag else. Since the success of the conspiracy against silver. in 1873, the leaders of the Republican party have been op posed to silver and .for that reason, among others, they and their party have'had the co operation and finan cial backing of the money power of the country. This power has made itself felt in every election where the financial question was an issue, and never more so than in the election of ; the. -members of the present Con gress. It fought every man regardless of his merits who was -not withH it on this question, and who " did not wear a ''sound money" taz conspicuously displayed. . With characteristic cunning the Republ.i caa leaders played mum while the financial question became a distract ing factor ia ths Democratic party, and thus prevented any serious break in their party, and left the money power free to direct its ener gies and its cash to. the defeat of Democrats who. stood for silver. It not only made war on candidates . for Congress, but ; worked to carry legislatures to prevent the election of silver men to the Senate, and was successful enough to take the con trol of the Senate f rom the Demo crats. . ' 'y The conditions favored it, for with ' the division of sentiment among Democrats on the financial question; there was the apathy born of disgust with the disappointihg action of the Fifty-third Congress on the tariff and financial questions- which kept about 00,000 Democrats away from the polls on the day of election in the respective States. Through this apathy and the desertion ot the Dem6cratic party by thousands of voters who were disappointed at the way in which ' the financial question was handled the Republicans achieved a ereat vie- w tory and the Democrat e nart mot- defeat which was little less than an nihilation. Is it surprising that a Congress elected under these condi tions should be hi full sympathy with the money power and do its bidding?. Wouldn't it be much more surprising if it didn't? It simply obeyed the behests of its creator and master, as Republican Con- - - i j .,- - " - " lii iiiWillifVii Til i --"ja MBBMa greases have always done, oa this and other questions . in wnicn .mq money power was interested. The Republican leaders played their; game shrewdly and weil and with the co operation of the tnoaey bags thev won. We do, not nfean by this that they won by bribery but by em-, ploying devices which were quite as effective but scarcely lss immoral for they were based on .faJse repre sentation. .They' coined the decep tive phrase of "sound monej" to im pose on the people who 'want sound money but were taught that the aim of the silver advocates was to debase our currency and substitute spurious for good money. Thejwage-earner was told that if silver were re instated that he would be brougt to the leve of the peon of Mexico and the cheap toiler of Japan and China. They knew better, but played this cold blooded fraud on, the workmen, whose votes they were after. They got a good many of them and got them by that and othef disreputable devices and misrepresentations. Hun dreds of newspapers 'were supplied with printed matter gratis by the "Sound Money League," whose bu reau of information -kept printing presses running and employed many men for months, in printing and dis tributing through the piails and otherwise the millions; of documents which advocated the 'gold standard side of the contention and misrep resentated the silver side. These went silently through the mails, reached their destination and, did their work in secret, because the re cipients never . saw the other side, and many took it for granted after reading the deceptive arguments and figures that there was and could be no other side. That was what they called the sound money cam pain of education. " .. Again we ask is it' surprising that a Congress the majority of which were elected under such conditions and by such devices should defeat a bill for the free coinage of silver? That's what they were elected for, that's what they went there for, that's what they were expected to do aud if they had failed, to do it they would have been justly charged with a breach of faith and with a betrayal of the power to which they were indebted for the seats they hold. We see nothing in ttys defeat for an honest Democrat, whatever his opinions on the money question may be, to rejoice at, for it is sim ply the carrying out of the pro gramme of the Republican leaders and the triumph of combinations which always have fought and always wUl fight the Democratic party until it sells itself to them and obligates itself, to obey their com mands and faithfully carry .out their policies, as the Republican party hz.s always .done" and is doing now, as evidenced by the Republican vote in the House of Representatives which defeated the free coinage bill. .. MI3 0ft MENTION. Some of the Republican leaders in Congress seem to be apprehensive that this administration may receive some credit for endeavoring to main tain the credit of the Government. This will probably account for the fact that Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, Mon day, in opposing an amendment to a resolution in reference to the sale ot bonds, which amendment provided that the iaq iiry cover the sale of bonds between 1873 and 1879, ar raigned "the Democratic party and this administration for hostility to the credit of the country." If 'Mr. Grosvenor had looked ; for a charge which was utterly groundless he could not have found one that would have filled the bill as well as. this. This administration has shown re markable zeal in some things, but in nothing more conspicuously than in its efforts and determination to main tain the credit of the Government, in the way in which if believed to be most effective. It" was so zeal ous in this that it antagonized a very large element in its own party, which also believed in maintaining the credit of the Government, but not by the methods adopted. If it had not been fully determined to maintain the credit of the Govern ment, or had let party policy or con siderations have aqy weight it would have shown some spirit of com promise, and not run the risk of splitting the Democratic party to carry its point in its own way. It required both nerve and extraordi nary zeal and singleness of purpose to do this, but this administration did it and took the chances. If there is any charge which will not hold water against this administra tion this is the one.? 2The indications for some time have pointed to an understanding between this Government and Great Britain on the Venezuelan question. The London cable dispatches a few days ago referred to this in a way to leave little doubt; that there was good ground for. it, and this is confirmed by the appeal of Mr. Balfour in ,ihe House of Commons, Monday to the I Radical memhonnnf onntinn. fh debate on the Venezuelan- questionl and the attitude of ih Ttritic-v, ri. I . 7, " rrnmcnt. aa this i. .- '5uv wa&c au ami cable adjustment of the dispute the less easy. The fact is there 9n r. people who surveyed the situation from an intelligent - standpoint 'who ever muugaiiqaiwjisquesuon would result in war between this Govern ment and Great B ritain, notwith standing the hot talk on this side of the water and the bluff and bluster -- 1 Tinil imTWi wl MrasTn ni n !---- oa the otnersiae., me ,,au' man's national - pride was pricked when he wassailed to taw in the DeremDtory manner in which he was, and' it rather got the better of, his fudement" when Lord Salisbury re plied in the curt, bluff-way be did. But on second thought alter- tne first heat passed away, sensible Eng lishmen realized that England had a good many irons in the fire, too many to take' the chances of tackling a power like the United States rather than accept the very reasonable proposition made by this Govern ment. This sentiment has been growing ever since it began to mani fest itself, and it would be probably safe to say that a majority of the English people would now be will ing to let the "fever breeding jungle" slide than undertake to hold it by force, especially in view of the fact that a good many of them do not believe they have a good claim upon it. The town of Constantine, Michi gan, is proud of two sisters, aged respectively 16 and 14 years, the former of whom pulls down the stilliards at 450 pounds and the lat ter at 385. The heavier is five feet three inches in height, the lighter five feet two. Both parents are small, light weight people, aod the child-en were below the average weight at birth. . The parents can't account for this freak of the girls, as they know of no ancestral giants on either side of the house. The girls are still growing in height and in rotundity, without any symptoms of holding up. , Wm. W. Astor, formerly of New York, but now of London, hungered tor an aacestral crest, and employed a man in the British museum who is f amiliar with freaks to hunt it up for him. After climbing genealogical trps for about two vears this man found Wm.'s. ancestors among some Spanish nabobs perched up among tb top branches. But these Span ish ancestors didn't know half as much about pelts as-Wm.'s sire did, who wasn't thinking about ancestors when he was pursuing the skin busi ness in Oregon and skinning the Indians who bartered skins for his truck. CURKtN I COMMENT. The more the Transvaal matter is stirred up the more evi dent it is that Colonial becietary Chamberlain and the Hon. Cecil Rhodes were back , of Dr. Jameson, and that Chamberlain and Rnodes were iotntly representing their Gov ernment N. Y. Advertiser, nep. . The diplomatic duel between the patriarchal President Kruger ot th Transvaal KtouDlic ana bit. Toseoh Chamberlain, Secretary o Srati for the Colonies of ' Great Britain, will be watched with inter est. It may lead to important con nipnr.rs. It mav even lead to a w " J relaxation of the grip-' of Great Britain on the independent Republic of the Boers. Thus far President Kroger appears to have the best of it. AT. Y. World, Dem. - One thing should be em phasized. It is the intelligent immi grants of the Northwestern portion of Europe that go to people the dis tricts of the South and West. The lower type of humanity, that 'which we desire to keep out in great part, segregates in the large, cities, and remains n unassimuable ana inert mass, as foreign to every- American idea or instinct as can well be im agined. Part of them go to the min ing regions of Pennsylvania, etc., and the latest reports we get irom those districts are sufficient argu ment for shutting out this element. Boston Commercial Bulletin,, Ind. TWINKi I.nGS Repartee "Kitty," he said to bis wife, "vcu re clever, but vcu can t touch my mother at making beaten bis cuit." Of course not. she said, "the woman that brouaht von up had to have a goad fist." Chicago Record. Maud Wnat is the quarrel be tween Alice and Kne ? . Etbel Why. vcu see, Alice asked Kite to tell her just what she thought ol her. . " Maud Yes. Ethel Kite told her. Tid Bits. Ragged Haggard (at the door) -I'm wilun" to worlr,, nidddiOi. but-1 can't nuthirf to do at my protession. Mrs Snapjerton H n ! What is your prof essior ? K Kaggea Haggsra i am an Asgioma- niac narpe rr tsazar. She Poor fehow 1" Only one eve. How came you to ipse tne oioer r Tramp A-looking for work, mum. Tit Bits. v Two Harvard Graduates. Rev. Dr. Discord Why. dear Jack I aw glad tatsee vou. You are looking so well. Wnat hive vou been doing ? Jack Scraggs Pitching for a league tlub at $5,000 a year. What are you doing i , D scord Preaching for a chaptl at $500 a year. Texas Sif tines. f Invigorating Atmosphere. 'No," said the gentleman Itom Mar gate, "I shouidn t nice to orag aooui tne invigorating qjality of the atmosphere down oar way, but I will simply men tioa that a feller iof our town is making a good living by compressing it and sending it up to Lot don for bicycle rid ers to use ia fi ling their tires. It has such elastic and lively qualities that the soeed cf the machine ia ircreased from 40 to 80 percent." Tit Bits. ' Trouble Among the Ancients 'Besbrew me, but tbou seeniest sad, Euripides," observed Aristophanes. Hath thy latest tragedy failed to awake tbe- applause of the fickle popu lace?' "Nay, my friend," replied the son of Mrsaarchus, stooping to tie bis sandal U7h9t Hil.nrha mm la tVlat T Vl3ly 4lQf written and put into the mouth of one of my characters the wurds, 'Honesty is I .U K . l: ,w: . . . "V: uk "' ,u,ut,u'un u, tell me that 2 000 years or more hence they will turn ud in an almanac as an original jake." Chicago Tribune. Housekeepers who want servants Sir in t Vt A V Vil r( ' t- 1 ninrr f Vt Alt needs trom the Star's want column Are vou lookinar for a situation? The Star's want Column will bring you the best results. One cent a wora. But no ad. taken for less than 20 cents tf SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Winston Sentinel-. We regret the fact that the Solicitor of this dis trict, Marshal L. Mott, whoss doty It Is to prosecute violators oi law, sianas charged upon the criminal docket ot tne present term ol court wan violating toe law against gambling. Mr. Mott loforms a Sentinel reporter that he, will submit and make a speech explaining why be submitted. . . ' Wilkesboro Chronicle-: Mrs. Reuben Nichols, of Miller's Creek on laft Sunday morning presented her .hus band with twins. Tbis recalls a little biography of the family. Just nine months and twenty davs prior to the birth of the twins Mrs. Nichois presented her husband with a fine bo?, and bis father was so well pleased with him that be gave him about a dozsn names ot tbe most scriptural kind he could get three children id less than tea months. But tbis is not all. These parents have been married about twenty-one years and now have a family of sixteen children. Salisbury World: A passenger on tne norm oouna train ycsicraay morning, whose name we did not learn, had almost a miraculous escape from death. He attempted to board the train while it was moving and caught the two iron railings between two cars but could gain no foothold on the steps. He was dragged for some distance but finally lost his grip and fell between the platform and tbe rails in which there is not "more than two feet of pace. With wonderful pres ence of mind be lay pefectly still with every car wheel that passed by brushing his body. When the train bad rolied out he arose unhurt. The result la most cases liks this would, have been a fsarful death, and it is ad ditional proot of the folly of persons trying to board a moving train. - Mr. . A, Watson, a' farmer living several miles east of Salisbury probably bagged more birds during tbe last three months tban any other man in Rowan. The total number cf partridges killed by him was 595. SHOULD NOT THEIR SALE BE PROHIBITED 1 The sale of alum-made bread has been made a misdemeanor in the D strict of Columbia. The Canadian Government has issued an official report, giving the names of tbe different alum baking pow ders, sold there, in which it states: "Alum is entirely objectionable as a sub stitute for cream of tartar in baking powders, and ought not to be allowed in any well-appointed bakery. The result ing sulphate of soda is a powerful purga tive and certain to interfere with normal diges'ive processes when taken into the svsem." I Professor I. W. Mallett. of the Uni versity ot Virginia, bas made an exhaus tive investigation to determine whether food raised with alum baking powder is injurious to bealtb or not. We and h s conclusions published in the Commercial Ntws, as follows: .' ..' doses not very greatly exceeding such quantities as may be derived from bread as commonly used aluminum by drox de and phosphate produce, or pro duced in exnenments upon tcyielf, an inhibitory effect upon gastric digestion "From the general nature of the re sults obtained, tbe conclusion may fairly be deducted that, not only alum itself, but tbe residues which its use in baking ponder leaves in bread, cannot be viewed as harmless, but must be ranked ss ot j actionable and should be avo d:d when tne otjct aimed at is the produc t on f wholesome bread." These alum baking powders are being extensively introduced, because of the large profit in them to both manufac turers and dealers. Consumers will do well to look sharp at the, name -upon tbe label before buying, and take noth ing but the 6 d and reliable brands well known as ture aod made from the healthful cream of tartar. How St. Martin Rode the Devil. Ono of the cufious lcg'cnds preserved ill "Hone's Everv I)av Book" is that which tells the story of St. Martin's wonderful feat of transforming the devil into a mule and, then mounting him rind riding to Rome; This story, remarkable as it is, was fort nierly ono of the standard miracle tales in all Catholic countries and was at one time believed by nine-tenths of tho Christian population of the world. The story some what modernized is as follows: St. Martin had been a valiant soldier, but having given up the profession of war was elected bishop of Tours. Although ar prelate- of note, he kept neither horses, .carriages nor servants. This being the case, when ho was called to see tho pope, ho started for the Holy City afoot and alone. As he was walking quiet ly along tbe road ho was met by the devil, who politely accosted him with tho remark that such a foot Journoy must bo very fa tiguing and rather, out of place for such a church dignitary. , St. Martin well knew the drift of hissatanic majesty's remarks, and, in order to put him beyond the power of doing harm, miraculously transformed the poor devil into a very common looking mule! After performing this miracle to his satisfaction, the saint mounted the fiend, who rapidly strode off in the direc tion of Rome. The journey was rather un eventful, with tho exception that the devil took occasional , "mulish" spells which, only caused the saint to make tbe sign of the cross, which served to goad the fiend forward until the destination was finally reached. St. Louis Republic. ' ; i Insect Fiddlers and Drummers. Insects that produce sounds audible to human ears hnvo been roughly divided Into two clasf 1 -fiddlers and drummers. The grasshopper is a fiddler, and makes music by scraping its fore wings against tho rows of spinelike teeth that ornament its thighs. The katydid also plays an en tomological fiddle. . It produces its notes by rubbing the inner side of the hind legs over the front wings. J The locust, on the other hand, is' a drummer, and a loud one too. His drum Is formed by a membrane situated at the base of the fore wing, and he can make a forest ring with it. The cicada, or 17 year locust, carries a drum at the baso of tho abdomen, and makes with it a noise that seems to be quite as terrifying In the In sect world as that produced by tbe gorUla pounding its resounding chest is among wild beasts. It is said that tho cicada sometimes frightens away Its enemies with the rattle of its drum. W There are other drumming Insects who' make good music, but tho violinists, after All, carry off the palm, for the great Insect soloist, the cricket, i. a fiddler. Youth's Companion. I! ft - A Carlyle Story. 1 5 Dr. Donald Macleod, In an interview in he Sunday Magazino, repeats a story which Thackeray tod him when he went down to Glasgow to lecture on the "Four iSoorges:" ".tj ' Carlyle and Thnckeray were sitting in tho'opea air somewhore in the Midlands. Carlyle was haranguing on- some philo sophical subject, whim - a pheasant began "ecralchln" near them.' M What an extraor dinary noiso that pheasant Is ''making!" remarked Thackeray. "Ob," said Carlyle, "something's trou bling Its stomach, and it's taking that method of uttering itself to the universe." . Catherine de Medici. Catherine de' Medici of France was a tall, dignified woman, of striking personal appearance. Her manner was often cold and repulsive,, her language haughty. She wag never popular nor well liked. Her fea tures were regular, and the chief merit of her countenance was a full black eye that seemed to fascinate those on whom ' she looked i j ':" If the wicked flourish and thou suffer, be not discouraged. They are fatted for destruction ; thou art dieted for health. Fuller. ' ' ' M . - The heaviest rain ever recorded In Great Britain was In Argyle, Dec. 7, 1863 seven Inches in 84 hours. j Java is the Malay word for 1 megs." 'land of nut- READY -M AOS JHOES J " Slses, toqt Poor Snftpes and Hetla For Women and Children. Selling ready made shoes is a very different thing now from what it used to ?bo, when many thonsanda who -now buy them had their foot wear made to order. Sizes in ready made shoes have beeri greatly rtral- f tiplied. Not cily do men's shoes run up to .No. 13 in lengtn, but tney vary in width from AA, the nar rowest, to EE, the widest. A sales man must know all about sizes and he able to. made a pretty good guess at wDat a customer needs, but must as well know what makes of shoes run wide or long for their numbers. Before all theso niceties of shad ing were invented, the matter of fit ting ready made shoes to a custom er's feet was a very simple one. Per haps it would be more Accurate to say tnat mere was no suon xmng as a fit in ready made shoes save for persons of normal and average feet. . The long, slender foot was not pro vided for, and neither was the short, thick foot. The numbers of men's shoes most called for now are 7, 1 and 8, with the widths A, B and C. In women's shoes the numbers in length most in demand are 3, 3)4, 4, 4)4 and 5, with the widths A arid B.f But the unusual sizes above and below these aro provided -in large numbers. ' There are many calls for 13 at the large concerns, where un usual sizes are provided. It is diffi cult in small concerns to get any thing above 10a. The difference in price for size Is little or nothing, save that what are called "misses' shoes, " which run pretty high, are fbr some reason sold cheaper than women's shoes of like size. Some women know this and profit by it. j Women have from time immemo rial been abominably ill shod,-and most of them are so still. The mak ers of ready made shoes unhesitat ingly cater to fashion, and it is diffi cult for us men to find a ready made shoe with a low heel and a roomy toe. Nine women out of ten have wretch edly abused feet, and tho condition of their walking shoes at the end of six Weeks' use is such that their brothers or husbands would not for a moment think of wearing them. Working women stand or walk all iday long on French heels, partly through vanity, partly because hot ter shaped shoes have to be mado to order at a comparatively high price. Children's shoes, save in rare in stances, aro still made in defiance of j hygiene and aro responsible for half ; the pains of learning to walk. Doc tors are recommending' that infants be brought up barefoot. The man or woman of normal and average feet is always welcome in the ready made shoeshops, becauso such persona can usually be fitted in less than ten minutes. It would hardly be possible to carry on busi ness were there not comparatively few feet of abnormal size or ehape, f or a man or wioman with such feet consumes from half an hour to an hour of a salesman's time and often goes away without buying. There must bo small profit in selling rondy made shoes to such people. The man that wears, 6ay,ll?j AA . is a most unwelcome visitor at any sboeshop, though in all the largo concerns talesmen manfully strug gle to fit uch customers. On very busy days tlie man or woman of ab normal feet meets with an early in timation that tbcro is no fit to be had. Such persons come to bj known in tho shops and to ba ciouged by the salesmen. New York Sun. The American Quick Lunch. Tho prevalence of indigestion in America has been variously account ed for, iced water and sweets being two of the favorite explanations But, as n matter cf fact,' it is not so much what one eats as the way in which ono eats it which works tbe mischief, and in America the way is a standing affront to the art of gastronomy, for in what other oountrv than America, as a writer in The Critic asks, would the legend "Quick Lunch" prove an attraction to tho hungry man? - A foreigner, especially if he were a British workman, would regard it in the lieht of an insult. A French man will do anything in a hurry ex cept eat, and in consequence his di gestive apparatus does its duty. But the averagoAmerican seems to think that the time spent at table is wast ed. Indeed the writer in The Critio declares that it is the commonest thing to see men bolting their food at -a lunch counter, not to get back to business, but in order to loaf about the streets till the midday in terval is spent. Evpn those who en joy more leisure show a similar disr regard for the high art of dining, and an American lady has been board to say that she thought the nicest way to livo would be to go to tho pantry when you were hungry and tako a bite of something, but that to. sit at table was a sheer waste of time. 'Ten minutes for refresh ments," in fact, was her idea of ra tionai rejection, iiere at least is one of the things which wo manage better in the effete old mother coun try. Kecora Dr easing 18 all very well, but it is a bad ideal to aim at where speed in eating is concerned -London Globe. 'm m m Bncklen'a Arnica Salve. Thi Best Salvi in the wsrld for Cuts, Bruises. Sores. Ulclcrs, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin eruptions and positively cures Piles, no pay required. It is guaranteed Rive perlect satisfaction or money re funded. Price 85 cents per box. For sale by R R Bellamy - t For Over Fifty Tears Mrs. "Wihslow's Soothing Syrup has neen used lor over fifty vears by millions of mothers for their children while teeth ing, with perfect success. It soothes the child, -softens the gums, allays all pain cures wind colic, and is the bes remedy for Diarrhoea. It will -relieve the poor little suffdrer immediately. Sold by druggists-in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow s Soothing Syru and take no other kind Old. People, - Old people who require medicine reeulat the hrinc! and Irir4na nill 4 to find the true remedv in F.lprtrii- Rn. Thi. medicine does not stimulate and contains no wnisKey or otner intoxicant, but as a tonic and alterative. It acts m on the stomach and bowels, adding airengm ana giving tone to the organs, thereby aiding nature in the performance n( . I r . t-- i . n . wi luc luncuons. ciecinc outers n excellent appetizer and aids digest is an ion. uia reopie una u ust exactly what thev uccu. r-rice nity cents per bottle : at R , r okllahy s urug store. imIIti PUKEft)URHA!ft MADE FROM Ukh grade Tobaeoo AM) ABSOLUTELY PURE jn5 ly D4W m we fr Scan Jlna vTa n VTooJ Fiilp. The amount of wood pulp now pro duced in Scandinavia - ia reported to be enormous, and besides the many wood pulp mills there aro a large number of native cellulose and sulphite works, the former supplying more than one-half the wood pulp production. Next to these come the sulphite mills, the wood pulp mills exporting barely half their pro duction, or considerably less in quantity than the sulphite and cellulose. Almost all the paper exported from Sweden is said to bo made from wood pulp. A re cently published account of this industry show a total of some 95 establishments, and for 55 of these the aggregate power, usually Watpr, is reported to equal about 13,000 horsepower. The most important of these are thus enumerated : Those of Ornon, Tralbatton, 2,4ju horsepower, with 24 horizontal aud 2 vertical mills ; that of Munkidal, Uddevalia, 1,250 horsepower, with 10 horizontal and I, vertical mill., and Tossefors, Ottebal,900 horsepower, with 1 7 horizontal mills. There aro 1 2 patron cellulose works and 17 sulphite establishments. New York Sun. Razors of Ancient Days. If man at the very beginning was! hirsute, when did ho afterward yearn to get rid of at least a portion of his hair? That brings us down at oiice to shaving. At first, tho hairs on the jaws and cbin must have been plucked out singly. Could a process of this kind, carried out during immeasurable periods, have produced a com paratively beardless race, as are our Indians? If man shaved first with a shell or a bit of flint, his suffer ings must have been intense. Prehis toric men in Great Britain-, Ireland, France and Italy used bronze razors, for we find them today. Generally these razors had a tang, with a hole in the tang, so that they could be suspended. The razors are rounded on the odge and resemble in shape those of the Chinese. New York Times. Two Lives Saved. ' Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City. UU was told by her doctors she naa consumption, and tnat 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 Mew 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 ethcacv of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles st R. K Bellamy's Drue Store. Regular size 50c and 41 00. Wholesale Prices Current. EyThe following qaotations represent W'holesa Prices generally. In making op small orders highe prices have to be charged. Tne quotations sre siways given as accurately a oossible. bnt the St as will not be responsible for an variations from the actual market price of the articles quoted. BAGGING i-t Jute.... Standard..., 734 6J4 WKSTKRN SMOKED Hams 9 K 14 m i 6 i 10 4U 40 27 Side W E Shoulders f t.,,.., - DRY SALTED Sides 9 t ,. Shoulders Q B BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each 1 New New York, each 1 NcwCity, each. BMSWAX 9 tt BRICKS WUmingtan, V M.., 6 Northern..... 9 5 26 50 00 15 S3 7 on ti 14 00 BUTTER North Carolina, 9 Northern ............ ...w..,. CORN MEAL Per bushel, in sacks Virginia Meal COTTON TIES V bundle CANDLES V 8 Sperm Adamantine .................. CHEESE Northern Factory Dairy, Cream................. State .'. COBFEE 9 ft Laguyra.,.....,, -Rio ,, DOMESTICS 4 -2 433 45 45' 66 85 10 11 12 10 83 23 n IS .9 10 11 27 SO 15 Sheeting, 4-4, V yard. Yarns, ft ouacn IS 10 evivjij Mmri,M ............. lo4 Mackerel. No. 1. 9 barrel S3 00 80 00 15 00 18 00 & 9 00 14 On Mackerel, No. I, 9 half-barrel 11 00 Mackerel, No. 9 barrel 16 00 Mackarel, No. 3 $ half-barrel 8 00 Mackerel, No 8, 9 barrel..,. Mullets. 3 barrel Mullets, 9 Pri barrel . N.C. Roe Herring 9 keg..... .DiyCod.1? Extra FtOUR 3 barrel Lew grade . ......... Choice, Straight .M.. 13 on S 00 5 75 8 03 5 S 25 3 25 8 ?S 8 79 3 25 6 00 3 35 in 3 50 3 50 3 00 3 fS. O O " rvrsi r-aieni,. GLUE Jt 10 GRAIN a bushel- Corn, from store, bags White, Corn, cargo. Is bulk White,. , Corn, cargo, in bags White... Oats, from store. Oats, Rnst Proof Cow Peas,. HIDES, ft Grean Dry HAY, 9 100 Eastern.,.,,,,,,,,,,...,,,.... Western North River HOOP IRON, t ,. LARD, V Northern ., North Carolina LIME, 9 bane! LUMBER(city sawed) 9 M feet Ship Stuff , resawed Roogh-Edge Plank... West India cargoes, according 45 O 40 O so o 85 45 60 8 8 1 00 90 85 oa 8 Q 6 e 10 , 126 18 00 15 00 20 00 1 00 18 00 & 22 00 O 16 00 to qcality. .....13 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned.... 18 00 Scantling and Board, common.. 14 00 MOLASSES, 9 gallon New erep Cuba, in hhds " inbbli 2S 28 SO 14 IS 28 S 45 i Porto Rico, in hhds " " .Inbbte Sugar-House, m hhds ,f "in bbls Syrup, In bbls NAILS, keg. Cut. 60d basis .... PORK, U barrel City vt ess..... Rnmt ,. Prirre ....... ROPE", 9 SALT " sack Alum. 25 1-3. .... 3 35A 11 50313 00 til 00 11 00 I lverpool,r,,, Lisbon ........ Anericaa on 105 9 Sacks SHlNGLlS 7-inch, 9M Common .......,. Cypress Sap?... Cypress Hearts. SUGAR. 9 B Standard Grasu'l Standard A. ........ .......... White Ea. C E xtraC, Golden .. .' C. Yellow SOAP, 9 t Northern. STAVES, 9 M W. O. Barrel .... R. O. Hogshead.; TIMBER. & M feet Shipping. . . . Mill, Prime Mill, Fair ......v.. r. ...a,l Inferior to Ordinary. TALLOW ft WHISKEY, ft gallon- Northern,. North Carolina WOOL, J Washed......" Clear of bars,.,,,,. ,,,,,,,, Brnr, tr,yt W. Duke Sons & CaX;lv t$V 3STHEAEHtCMI T03ACCO CCW-Kr Sgf DURHAM. W.C. U.S.A. V 10 O 22 .... 75 .... 65 .... O 65 40 Qt 45 5 00 O 7 00 . 2 00 2 50 4 50 ft 5 00 7B0 S I til . I V 8 00 14 .... 10 00 900 .00 7 00 50 4 50 x uv u W I 6 100 3 1 00 O 8 :18JO COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. STAR OFFICE. Feb. 18. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Firrn at , 26 cents per gallon for coun try! and 27& cents for macbine-made casks. , ": : ::: ROSIN Market firm at $1 25 per bbl for Strained and $130 for Good btramed. .,1. TAR. Market, steady at 90 cents per bbl ol 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at SI 80 for Hard, $1 70 for Yel low Dip and Virgin. , y dotations same day last year Spirits turpentine 28c; rosin, strained, $1.07?; good strained $1 12; tar 41 00; crude turpentine 1 10, 1 60, 1 70. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 5 K.osin... o Tar .. 8 Crude Turpentine r 6 R prpi rt m o m a A lafr no A ( fm sauiv uaj task j vai v casks spirits turpentine, 206 bbls rosin. 19.7 km to, nn kki. PEANUTS. North Carolina Prime. 6065c per busael cf 28 pounds; Extra Prime, 70c; Fancy, 75c. Virginia Extra Prime, 7075c; Fancy, 8Dc. : COTTON MARKET. Market quiet on a basis of 7c for middling. Qaotations: Ordinary... Good Ordinary. cts $ lb MA Low Middling. ....... 7 1-16 , -" Middling ........ 1 " " ; Good Middlinc..; 7 X3-16 " " j Same day last yea, middling 5c. Receipts 191 bales; same day last year, 69. 1. DOMESTIC MARKETS. - - f ' By Telegraph to the Moraine Star" ' . FINANCIAL. Nkw York, February 18. Evening Money, on call was easy at 8V4 cent., last loan at 3, and closing offered at 3 per cent.Pnme mercantilo paper was 47 per cent, bterliag exchange dull; actual business in bankers' bills 486Ji 4863 for sixty days and 487 438 tor demand. Commercial bills were 485J4433. Government bonds strong; United 1 States coupon lours 110; United States twos 96. State bonds quiet; North Carolina fours 103; North Carolina sixes 122. Railroad bends were steady. Silver at tbe Stock Exchange to-day was neglected. - 1 ' COMMERCIAL. New York. February 18 Evening Cotton quiet; middling gulf 8c; mid dling 7c. Cotton futures closed quiet and steady; February 7 53, March 7 55; April 7 69. May 7 61. June 7 67, July 1 69. Au gust 7 67. September 7 46, October 7 35, November 7 31, Decembei 7 33. Sales 198,300 bales. ' Cotton net receipts bales; gross 3,156 bales; exports to Great Britain bales; to France bales; to the Continent 1 996 bales; forwarded 793 bales; sales 834 bales, sales to spin ners 134 bales; stock (actual) 194,217 bales. 1 '"' Total to-dav-Net receipts 19 647 bales: exports to Great Britain 93 bales; to France 350 bales: to the Continent 2 443 bales; stock 875.163 bales. Total so far this week Net receipts CO 307 bales; exports to Great Britain 0,784 bales; to France 1.&77 bales; to ;he Continent 15 519 bales. Total since September 1 Net re ceipts -4,277,987 bales; exports to Great Britain 1,450.615 bales; exports to France 879 039 bales; exports to the Continent 1,202,613 bales. New York. Februaiy 18 Flour was quiet, easy acd unchanged; Southern flour dull and ea y; common to extra fair $2 403 00; good to choice ?3't0 3 30. Wheat spot dull and loser, with options closing firm: No. 2 red in store and at elevator 7979Jc; sfloat S0 81c; options were dull and weak at c decline; No. 2 r-d Ftbriary 72Jc; March 73c; Mav 71;; Jute 71c; July 71c. Corn spot Cun and easier; No. 2 at elevator SOjac; tfljat 87ic; optiocs were dull and weak at jc decline; Feb ruary 8Cc; May 36c; July 37c Oats soot steady ar.d dull; No. 2 25J25c; No. 2 white 26c: mixed Western 26 27c; optiots dull and rasy; February 25jc; May 25c. Hay fi.m; demand fair; spring 757S; good to choice S0c$l 00. Beef quiet and unchanged; beef bams dull ai $15 0015 50; tierced beef dull but steady; cny extra India mess $15 00 16 50. Cut meats quiet, easy and un cbacged. Lard quiet and steady; West ern steam 85 724; c ty $5 10; May $5 81; refined du.l: Ccnunent $5 90; South America 6 20; compound $4 755 CO. Pork quiet and unchanged; mess $10 50 10 75. Butter choice firmer, with a good demand; State dairy 917c; do creamery held at 13l7c; Western dairy 913c; Elgir.s 19Xc. Cotton seed oil dull and weak; crude 2122c; yellow prime 23 asked; do cfl grcde25Kc Rice firm and uccnanged. Molasses firm and unchanged. . Peanuts quiet; fancv hand picked 45c. Coffee firm atd510 points up: March $12 0012 65. My $12 0512 15; Jane $11 85; July $11 65; September $11 C011 05; December $10 7010 85; spot Rio dull but steady; No. 7 $13 25. Sugarraw firmer and quiet; fair refining x83c; refined moderately active fiim and uc changed. Freights to Liverpool quiet acd nomi nal cotton by steam 333; grain by steam 3d.x Chicago. Feb. 18. Cash quotations: Flour the market to-day was steady; spring patents quotable at $3 103 35 in wood; winter wbeat$3 213 40 in wood. .Wheat No.' 2 spring eai63c; No. 2 red 6668c. Corn No. 2 27 K 28. Oats No. S 19K20. Mess pork. perDbl, $9 87K10 0l) Lard, per 100 lbs, $5 45. Short rib sides, loose, per 100 lbs, $5 055 1Q. Dry salted shoulders, boxed, per 100 lbs $4 75 5 00. Short clear sides, boxed, per 100 lbs, $5 255 37. Whiskey per gallon '1 24. The leading futures ranged as follows opening, highest, lowest ana closing. Wheat No. 2 February 63, 63, 62, 62Kc; May 65J65, 65&68, 64, 6t65; July 65M&5Kj 65. 64, 64 c. Corn--Febiuary 28, 2828, 2727. 29; May 3080H- S0M, 30, 29; Ju y 81.3131. 30 30 30c; September 32, 82. 3183, 32c Oats No. 2 February 19g, 19, 19U. 19; May 21W,1 21, 20. 20: July 21 Ji, 21 21, 21C. Mess pork. per bbl. February $9 85. 9 85, 9 85. 9 85. May $10 10, 10 15. 10 02, 10 02K;?uly $10 20. 10 25, 10 17J. 10 17 Lard, per lftO lbs, February 5 42, 5 42. 5 42. 5J42K; Mav $5 60, 5 63. 5 67tf 5 -57 July $5 72,6 77. 5 70, 5 72J. Short rib, per 10J lbs. February $5 05. 5 0flf,-5 05, 5 05: Mav $5 27 5 80 5 28 5. 22W" Ju'y $5 35, 5 37 J, 5 80 5 82. ; Baltimore. Feb. 18 Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat dull and firm; No. 2 red, spot and February 73Uc bid May 7272c Corn steady; mixed spot and February 8333c; April 8434l(fc; May 8585ic; Steamer mixed 3282Jc; Southern white 83 84c: Oats steady; No. 2 white Western 828c; No. 2 mixed do 23K7c. ! COTTON MARKETS j ; ; By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Feb. 18 Galveston, steady at 7 9 16c net receipts 839 bales; Norfolk, steady at 1c, net receipts 1,018 bales; Bal t more. dull at 8c. net receipts 142 bales; Boston, easy at 8c. net receipts 531 bales; Wilmington, quiet at 7Jc. net rtr ceipts 191 bales: Pniladelphia, quiet at 8. net receipts 50 bales Savannab.steady at 1Cc net rntnt S taa ki.. xt r leans, holiday ,7 9 16c, net receipts 18,006 bales; Mobile, .holiday. Hist receipts 64 bales; Memphis, steady at net receipts 297 f bales; Augusta, quiet at 7 fate net receiois -888 bales: Charles ton, nominal,; not quoted, net receipts 1,209 bales. " FOREIGN MARKETS. I y Cabk to tit Moraine Stat , - Liverpool. Feb. 18. 12.30 P. M. Cotton, market quiet and prices steadier. American middling 4 15-82d. Sales 8.0CO bales, of which 7,100 were American; speculation and export ' 500. Receipts 13,000 bales, of which 10,100 were American. Futures opened steady and demand moderate. February 4 22 644 24 64d; February and March 4 20 644 21-64d; March and April 4 19-64 4 20-644 21-64d; April and May 4 17 644 l9-64d; May and June 4 17-64 418 64d; June and July 4 16 64418 64d; July and August 4 16-644 17-64d; August and September 4 14 64n; Sep tember and October 4 8 64d; October and November 4 3 644 4 64d; Novem ber and December 4 3 64d. Futures steady. f ' i 4 P M February 4 24 844 25 64d seller; February and March 4 22 64d seller; March and April 4 20 644 21 64d buyer; April and May 4 19 6 Id seller; May and June 4 18 644 IS 6td seller; June and July 4 17 644 18-64d tuyer; July and August 4 17-64d b-.yer; August and .September 4 14 644 15 64d seller; Septemberand October 4 7 64 4 6-64d seller; October and Novem ber 4 3 614 4 64d seller; .November and December 4 3 64d seller. Futures closed steady. MASINE. ARRIVED. Str Geo W Clyde. 1514 tons, Robin son, New York, H G Smal bones. - Steamer D Murchison, Robeson, Fay etteville, Tames Madden. Stmr Frank Sessoms, Black,! Clear Run, R R Love. ' i CLEARED. Steamer D Murchison, Robeson, Fay etteville, fames Madden. Stmr Frank Sessoms, Black, Clear Run, R R Love. . MARINE DIRECTORY. lAmx of Teasels in tfc fart, or -alnston, N. C, Feb. 10, 1S6. STEAMSHIPS. " Naparina (Bi), 1,051 tons, Greechy, Alex Sprunt & Son. . SCHOONERS. i B I Hazard. 378 tone, Ro fiord Geo Har- riss, Son & Co. R jger Moore, 851 tons, Millerj E Kid der's bon. Tscoma (BO, 209 toes, Hatch, Tas T Riley & Co. Max. 177 toes. Matheton. Geo Harriss. Son & Co. . i Estelle, 889 tons, Hutchinson, Geo Har riss Son & Co. . Sierra (Bi). 124 tons, Monis. Geo Har riss, Son & Co. Victory (Bi), 131 tons, Munrce Geo Har riss, Son & C. BARQUES. Glenudal (Nor). tens, Toncesen, Htide & Co. , ' - BRIGS. ' M C Haskell. 333 tons, Winfield. Geo Harriss, Son & Co. MAXTON BUILDING x. ' ; .Xv " AND 1 Maxton, N. C. DIRECTORS. J. D. Croom, Maxton. J. S. McRae, Maxton. Ed. McRae, Maxton. G. B. Patterson, Maxton. E. F. McRae, Raemont. ; J. H. Morrison, Lamberton. ' Wm. H. Bernard, Wilmington. The attention of .investors in Wil mington is caned to trie tact 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. i ' The management is prudent and economical, as is shown by the fact that the Associationjhas sustained no lasses, and its annual exnenspR ln- r , ... eluding taxes, are only about- Two Hundred Dollars. J. D. CROOM, President. W. B. HARKER, Secretary. Jnne 81m x CROL1US & CO., Bankers and Brokers. Stocks, Bonds, Grain,; Cotton. 45-47 Exchange Plaee and Mount Morris Bank Building, 125tb Street and Park Avenue. o ai d ma led free oa application; also our year'y Stock, Crain a 1 Co ton Rec rd. which wil be cn p'eted on Janoary'2, 1896. We offer pnial facilities to out-of-t wn brokers. OUR H4RLEM OFFICE has jus-entered on its filth year of faithful s-rvice tn.c ients in Greater New Vork, mdit ma b- sid a d tiuly so, tht he er vice rend, red ha- never been ,qu led A-ide fr.'in b ins: Harle n's o dctt s c k broker, we have the largest clientele, more private wires, telt phon s. tm pl y tn re te egraph o. rat rs, clerks and bi okkeepe s 'than ny otr er p-ion brokers Also lar er nd more co t modious suite of offices, with unequaled tacliiies NOk i H Of WALL STREET. National Bank teferences. New Yurie Cotton Ex chicg references New Y. rk Sock . exchange refer ences, Chicaz Board of Tra e ref- recces. WILMINGTON OFFICE: lli North Water Street. U. M... ROBINSON, Manager. Out of town business solicited . dec 29 6m 1831 THE CULTIVATOB 1896 Country Gentleman. THE BEST OF THE AGRICULTURAL WEEKLIES DEVOTED TO Farm Crops and Processes. Horticulture & Fruit-Growing, Live Stock and Dairying, While it a!to inclndes all minor departments of Rnral interest, such as the Poultry Yard, Entomology, Bee Keeping, Greenhouse and Grapery, Veterinary Re plies, f arm Questions and Answers, Fireside Read ng. Domestic Economy, and a summaiy ol the News of the Week. Its Market Reports are nnnsoally complete, and much attention is paid to the Proipacti of the Crops, as throwing light upon one of the moa mportant of all questions- When te Buy and- Wkt to Sell. It is liberally Illustrated, and contains mor reading raattei than ever b fore. The subscriptio Price is $2.50 per ear, bnt we offer a SPECIAL KK. DUCTION inonr , i CLUB RATES FOB 1896. TWQ StTBSCBIPTlOHB, In one remittance t SIX 8TBSCBIPTI0H8, do. do. TXB SUBSCRLPTIOITS, de do. To all Nkw Subscribers for 1 RAR. na vine in advance now,, wi will sbnd thk fapki WEEKLY from onr bbcbipt of the remittance, to January 1st, 1896, WITHOUT CHASGB. 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