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S .-iff' I. Tlx IPorums jgiar. Br VIUUIS IX. BEHNASD. WILMINGTON, N. C Wednesday Morning. A'pril 8, 1896 Extract from a speech of Hon John G. Carlisle, delivered in the House of Representatives in 1878: "1 know that the world! stock of the precious metals is none too large, and I see no reason to apprehend that it w,i 1 ever become sa. Mankind will be for tunate indeed if the annual production of gold and stiver shall keep pace with the annual increase of population, com merce and -industry. According to my view of tbe subject. the conspiracy which seems to have been formed here and in Europe to destroy by legislation from three-sevenths to one-half the metallic money of the world is the most gigantic crime of this or any other age. The Consummation of such a scheme would ultimately entail more mis ery upon the human race than all the wars, pestilence and famine that ever oc curred in the history of the world. The absolute and instantaneous destruction of half the entire movable property of the world, including bouses, ships, railroads and all other appliances for carrying on comoerce,while it would be felt sensibly at the moment. would not produce any thing like tbe prolonged distress and dis organization of : society that must inevi tably' result from the permanent annihi lation of one-haf the metallic money in . the world. s , Extrapt frefm a letter written by Hon. Hoke Smith to Col. W. L. Peek, of Georgia, Sept. 15th, 1890: " I mentioned a number of measures I of DroDosed reform around which all mieht eather. and out of them obtain the very best plan for the relief the peo ple that it was possible to pass. - "1. Currency, with non-perishable ag- 1 . ricultural products as a basis, the issue to be limited to only a part of tbe crop, but not to be called in at tne ena of twelve months. On the contrary, to remain ia circulation until a second r - crop is harvested, and until a por tion of the second crop may be substituted for i the first, thereby mak . ing it possible to keep the money in con stant circulation, and to prevent a year ly forced contraction. "3. The free coinage of silver. "8. The issue of Treasury notes by , -i which the Government bonds might " be redeemed, and instead of the interest- bearing bonds a legal tender currency . substituted. 1 r . "4. A graded income tax, by which the large fortunes accumulated in tbe hands of the few might be made to bear their portion of the expense of Govern .! ' ment. . . ' "5. A reduction of the tariff generally ' and especially on the necessaries of life." , . - ! ' SOUTHERN COMPETITION MUCH. i TOO The announcement by wire several days ago that the Lawrence cotton mills of Lowell, Mass., one of the largest plants in that State, had abandoned making coarse goods has attracted ' more or less attention among those who take any interest in such matters and has revived dis . i. cussion as to the future of the cot ton manufacturing industry in New England. The! Lawrence mills are a very strong institution represent ing a capital bt $1,500,000. When it decided to go out of the weaving ui coarse guuus it reuucea its capital to $750,000, returning $750,000 to stockholders.! I This is not the first New England nun wmcn nas aDanaoned coarse goods, for several have done that while others have discontinued the manufacture in Massachusetts and established plants in the South to be near the supplies of the jaw mate rial, but it Is the latest and one of the most fully equipped for success ful competition. When its manage ment decided that it could no longer manufacture coarse goods with pro fit, and returned one half the capital invested, or $750,000, to the stock holders, it is a pretty strong; pointer as to what other New England mill will be eventually compelled to do. It is only a question of time with all of them, at least as to the coarse goods in the manufacture of which Southern mills may compete, and only a question of -time, too, as to the finer goodsj when the Southern millsget to making them, k In giving his! reasons for this ac tion by the Lawrence Manufactur ing Company, Mr. Baker, its Treas urer, said this was no sudden decis ion, that ft was simply the inevitable which became manifest, three years ago, and that it was useless for New England mills ; to hops to compete with Southern mills, especially in the Carolinas and jin Georgia, which in addition to cheaper raw material, cheaper fuel orf water power, climatic and other - advantages, could com mand an abundance of labor at wages thirty per cent, lower than the New England mills have to pay, and that they were sure of an abundance of this kind of labor for a generation at least, however much the industry may expand. There is nothing new in these utterances, for other New Eng land mill men who have travelled In the cotton j mill States of the Sooth and tarried in them long enough to become familiar with the facts, and the situation have said substantially the same and some of ' them with more emphasis than Mr. Baker says it. That por tion of the Lawrence plant which nas been suspended has been sold to- v a company which will move it to the South and engage in the manu facture of the kind of goods which could not be manufactured with profit by the Lawrence company. In commenting upon this action of tbe Lowell Company, the Boston Journal of Commerce is disposed to attribute it to the fact that the mills continued to make lines of coarse goods for which there was but a small ! demand, and that if the com pany had caught on and tamed its attention to different styles of goods which are more popular, as other New 'England mills did when they saw tbe demand decreasing for the kinds of goods they were making, it might still be manufacturing some styles of coarse goods at a profit. Possibly there may be something in this, but it is more than likely that an old and strong concern like the Lawrence Company surveyed the sit uation and the outlook before they decided to shut up that part of their shop and cat down their capital one half, and knew as much about as the Boston editor. But; admitting that the Lawrence Company may have had solid reasons for its action, the Bulletin insists that, its case shall not be held np as a "frightful exam ple" of what is to be the fate of the cotton manufacturing industry in New England. The Bulletin is doubt less correct in decliningto believe that speedy disintegration is the doom of the milling industry of New England, for it has root enough to hold its grip for some time to come, but the day will come when .the cot ton manufacturing industry of New England will be a ghastly relic of what it once. was. , ; " v This will not be until the South ernjnills become competitors in the manufacture of fine goods, as they have become in the manufacture of the heavier grades, and this will not be until the profits become so re duced on coarse goods as to induce Southern millers to branch out and enter on the more profitable lines. It takes time to revolutionize great a industry like this, especially when fin one section it is old and backed by practically unlimited capital, and has at its command the best machinery that genins cam construct and the most expert of skilled labor, and the competing section has to build up from the ground, with small capital to begin with, and has to train the labor it employs. The odds in the beginning are largely in favor of the section where the industry had be come established, and it is only great natural and other advantages Which could offset them ; but in our gener ation these advantages have done enough for the South to enable her not only to : compete with New England in some lines of goods, but to close up some of the New Eng- land mills in these lines of goods. Her success in this particular has been quite as much of a marvel as her ultimate success will be in com peting in the finer lines when she en ters upon them. Water will seek its . level, and j so will the manufacturing industries seek those sections where they can work to the best advantage and the most economically. This is espe cialiy true in these days of labor saving machinery, quick transit, close competition and small profits, .when economy in all the details becomes an essential factor of success, The day wi:I come when the cotton mill ing industry "of this country will be monopolized by the South, and it will be in New England the mere shadow of what now is, and the day is also coming when American cotton will cease to go to England in bales to be manufactured, but will be manufactured where it is grown Mucn ot tne cotton wnicn now goes to England will go to Japan and China, which with the United States (and this means the South), will be the cotton .. manufacturers of ' the world. THE CUBAN RESOLUTIONS The adoption of the Cnban bel ligerency resolutions by the House. of Representatives,Monday,will meet with a cordial response from the American people, whose sympathy witn tne struggling uubans was .I .1 ' . m voiced by these resolutions. While the delay in passing them was pro voking, and had a tendency to create some doubt as to the real sentiments of the people and the sinceiity of Congress, the practical unanimity with which they finally passed will remove these impressions and have a good effect. The fact that the maiority of tbe Democrats and the majority of Re publicans voted for them and only a small minority of the Democrats and small minority of the Republicans against them shows that there was nothing partisan in the action of the House and adds to the moral effect which they will have. There seems to be some doubt as to the course which the President will pursue in recognizing or declin ing to recognize this action, and as to the force of the resolutions in the event he fails to make proclamation of those adopted. As we under stand it the President has discretion ary power in the premises and may or may not make proclamation. . as his judgment may suggest, and if he does not then these reso lutions have simply the force of an expression of opinion by both Houses ol Congress. If he approve by making official proclamation to that effect then all the requisites are complied with and the resolutions have the force of law, and it becomes the dnty of the Government to com ply with and enforce them. It seems to us that Congress had this idea when it adopted the concurrent reso lotions, it it had -Intended to be mandatory t would have adopted joint resolutions, which on passage go to the President for appoyai or disapproval just as a bill does. The joint resolution when passed has hi the force of law; and the President has nib discretion in the prem ises.. ne must entorce it just as he would any other ? bil which had passed with his approval or over bis veto. But the resolutions as passed are not joint, but simply concurrent resolutions. - If the President should fail to take any action inc what Congress may consider a reasonable time then jt can pass joint resolutions which will put the matter in a different shape, and make it mandatory on tne rresi dent to act. t But we hardly think viit will "come to this for? we dattotfsee how the President .without assuming the role of a mere obstinate, cant ig nore such an emphatic expression of the will of Congress and . of the peo ple after such protracted, and full discussion. "i ; MIROfi MEBTIUJIY It isn't Dleasant to see Democratic members of Congress playing the role ot critics and censurers of a Democratic administration, and it is to be regretted that a ; Democratic administration puts itself in a posi tion to invite such criticism. This censure, sometimes going to the extent of ribald abuse, has become such an ordinary occurrence in this Congress that the loungers in the galleries look for it occasionally and are disappointed when the expected entertainment does not come. x Sen ator- Gorman, on Monday, broke through the long and -dense silence in which he has-been wrapped for some time, : andshowed that he is still an animate body by pitching into Postmaster General Wilson, for whom he has bad blood in his eye iver since the little incidents which occurred during the discussion of the tariff in the last Congress. He twitted, the P. M. General with being defended by a Republican Senator, which didn't come with good grace from a Democratic Senator who arrayed himself against his party on the tariff question, and found about his only defenders among the Republican advocates of protection. But still there was ground for Senator Gorman's strictures. The members of the Cabinet have been entirely too active as leaders of the factional contest in the Democratic party on the money question, and for much of tbe time some' of them did as much or more duty on the hustings than they did in their re spective departments in Washington. All of them, with the exception of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General, whose services were not required in their respective States, have done mnch of this kind of campaign work and have done much, too, to make wider the breach between the con tending factions. At this writing Sec retary Hoke Smith, who is a "recep tive" candidate forUS. Senator from Georgia, is doing missionary "sound money" work in that State while his subordinates are running the de partment of which he is the head. , - Secretary Hoke Smith, nas .a remedy" for our financial ills but thus far xhe has prescribed only a part of that . remedy. He inay add to it after he applies the X ray and finds out what is really the matter with the patient. In response, at Atlanta, to the cries for the 'rem edy" which he promised in his open ing speech at Augusta, he said "we can give silver the right of way un der $10," by which.he meant that no note less than $10 should be put In circulation. "We can," he said, "go further and coin the bullion in the Treasury, and we can provide a suitable system of banking by which the banks can, under proper regulation for the security of their notes, furnish additional currency to meet all the wants of the people." Without discussing the possible effi cacy of this partial remedy it seems to binge on the Secretary's can. But on the assumption that it would help to fill-the bill, it might be asked when the country might expect it if the gold fellows for whom Secretary Smith is talking , win ? They are dead against coining anymore sil ver. . They - say we have too much now and that 't is an enormous load for the Government to carry. Sec retary Smith says that. And they are dead against any bank system that they can't control. No less than a half dozen banking schemes have been presented within the past few years in Congress and they opposed every one of them, and we are no nearer banks now than we were five or ten years ago. The only banks they want are the banks that they can manipulate in their own inter ests. Secretary Smith, says we can do these'things, but we respectfully submit that we can't do anything of tbe kind while, the crowd he is talk ing for is on top. : ' ' -:- Ufa Xiltes g 1 ii ii H n I of Easter I : Xt find their ennntrrnft 5 f g y - .. V V V V V V V V V V m many ot toe de signs which g A A A A 3 "GORHAM SILVER w artists originate -the A g omerence being that A S m me j-iues are tor' a J a.. Sil I V V V ver lasts for generations. Too good for Dry Goods Stores A S jewelers only. . j Jewelers only. : CURRENT COMMENT. , U The Carlisle ' Presidential boom seems to have gone into the dry dock - - for ; repairs. -jfx Chrontcte, Dem. - - The North Carolina RepubH- . " - "V - - a a - i. - - .cans evidently Deueve tnemseives strong enough to . throw away their Populist ctutcb. lVasAtngton Jost, -Speaking of the ''merits", of the gold standard argument, Secre tary Smith disposed of them in short order in September1 189, when he declared the single gold standard to be ruinous and dangerous and. "cal culated .to contract the currency, check industry, suppress business and turn honest men out of places." What stronger indictment has ever been brought against ' the vicious gold standard? Atlanta Constitution, Dem. 5 Senator Sherman's bill - to provide a design for the .American flag in which tbe stars " representing the thirteen original States shall be designated by their grouping has a sentimental interest, and, perhaps, some educational value, but on the whole, is scarcely an improvement on I the design now in use, while the lat ter has the, merit" of simplicity and a capability of being expanded to meet all probable requirements; of the future. With regard to the old flag as to everything else, it is a good plan to let well enough alone. W. Ledgert Ind ;- rr'?--fs SPIRITS TURPEN'HNE. Lincoln Democrat'. . Mr. John Dellinger, of Iron Station, informs us that his father has a duck which lays black eggs. He says that late ly this duck has laid two eggs al most wholly black. The eggs were found in the nest, colored as above described. There was no way by which these eggs could have been colored by rain or tbe ground. . Charlotte News: Mr. Willard Parks Dixon, oldest son of Mr. D. F. and Mrs. M. E. Dixon, died at bis home Sunday afternoon after a brief illness with erysipelas in the face Mr. Dixon was 40 years of age on tbe 21st of last August. Mrs. David Downs, who lives in Provi dence township, was wounded by a pistol shot Saturday evening in a peculiar manner. She was dusting the mantel and knocked off a pistol that bad been placed there. - Oa striking tbe floor the pistol exploded. The ball struck Mrs. Downs in the right arm near the elbow and taking an upward course lodged some where under the bones. Morganton Herald: f The Herald 'is informed that some years ago a Mrs. B. moved to McDowell county from Tennessee, and brought with her a ten year old son. A few days after her arrival the child dis appeared and for four years had not been beard of. It is reported that sometime last month a party of Mc Dowell people were hunting their hogs on the Huntsville Mountain. When they fonnd the hogs in one of the mountain coves, they were surprised to see herding with them something : like a human being, wmcn fled as they advanced. They pursued this something and finally traced it to a cave in tbe rocks. The cave was filled with leaves, acorns, walnuts and hickory nuts. Lying in the leaves, overcome from exhaustion, was a human being, with hair all over his body, bis toe nails grown under bis feet, and his bands grown in the shape of claws. The power of speech bad gone. His only sound being the grunt of a hog. He was seized, and . carried to a neigh bor's house, where he is in confine ment and is said to be the lost son of of the widow B. This story is given without gilding or garniture. TWINKLINGS. Yeast Your landlady says yon re oenina witn voor coard. Cnmsonbeak Well she's dead wrone. Im ahead. I owe her Vb. Yonkers statesman. An agricultural exchange asks "How can we prevent cider from work ing?M , You might get it a Government posi tion. 7jri Sifter. Advantages of Maidenhood Estella A lover is mach more devoted than a faasband. Munlla Yes. indeed: and besides, one can hstve a whole lot ot lovers at once. Chtcaeo Record. "How did your daughter come to get tne duktr" . "By advertising." "Nonsense! You don'tjmean to tell me yon advertised for a husband for your daughter?" . "No But I advertised mv business." Burlington Gazette. ADsoroing : Jones Look at tbose two men. tbev nave been talking on mat coia corner tar an noar ; do you tuppose it's politics ? . -,. Smitb No. I tbmk they've both j ist learned to ride a wheel. Chicago Record. , . . : Magistrate "Why don't you answer to your name?" ' Vagrant "Beg pardon, Jedge, but I forgot wot name I gave las' night." . Magistrate "Didn't you give your own name?" r Vagrant "No. Jedge. I'm travellin' in cog." Tit-Bits. Mangles. "Is this a church-going town?'"- - Citizen ' Yes, sir-ee. Every 'man in town is a stanch Christian, except for an hour every Taesday and Friday mornings." ' Mangles '-What happens.tben? i Citizen "That the time tbey meet to trade bcrses." Burlington Gazette. An Odd Wagrer. A qneer vroger is . the on popularly relieved to have been won by Sir Wal ter Raleigh from Queen Elizabeth; on the "debatable question of how ranch smoke is contained in a pound of to bacco.' A pound of the article was weighed, burned and then weighed in ashes, and the question was held to bo satisfactorily settled by determining the weight of the.smoke' as exactly that of the tobacco before being burned, minus the ashes. The fact of the ashes having received an additional weight by com- bination with the oxygen of the atmos phere was nnthonght of by Elizabeth and the knight .- .. - Both. -." Bass And of which variety is your wife, the clinging vine or the self assertive? " ;U Cass-7-A little of both. When she wants a new dress or a new bonnet, she generally begins in the clinging vine role. -.If that doesn't bring tho money, then she ohangea to the self assertive, and well, she invariably gets the dress or tbe bonnet. Bos ton Transcript FATAXITY, OF A NAME STRANGE iNCIDENTi WHICH 8UQ-; f GESTS MENYAL TELEPATHYxv tt I Vonclaed Tar j Hamber of C&le- (tfrHtaUb Department A. -Plv Story" . 'Which Baa Broken Down tbo Bnlea and " Made Its Way Into Frtt.:;vj.s!SB Writers of fiction have no 'monopoly, of the strange or supernaturaL' -There are things taking - place "every day in Chicago which are as devoid of rational explanation as tbe mysterious coinings of I the' novelist's' ' brain. ; Newspaper men hear of them, but in the rush for cold hard facts, demanded both by city editors and newspaper readers, the ' 'pipe stories," as queer . and unexplainable happenings are called in journalistic Cir cles, are at a discount. : Were it not for this the following incident, which, can be verified, by the word of several repn-. table men, wonld long ago have re ceived the space and attention it merits instead of being consigned to the waste-basket as the "pipe dream" of an opium devotee:- . ;' ' "' One cold wintry night not so long agoDr.-L. T. Potter," now connected with the Chicago' health department, and a number of his companions were sitting in the office of the Oakland hotel, at Drexel and Oakwood bonlevards, when a stranger of diffident manner en tered. His clothes and jewelry marked him a person of means, but : he , seemed downhearted and worried, and when he asked permission of the clerk to sit in the office awhile, Dr. Potter and his companions at once sized him up as a man who bad been out oxi a spree, was without ready cash to pay for a bed, and took this means of getting jefuge from the winter's blasts. The stranger, who was. young and intelligent, grew uncomfortable under tbe ill disguised scrutiny of the crowd and finally said : , j "Gentlemen, I wonld like to explain my presence here arid why I sit up in the office in preference to taking a bed. In the first" place, let me assure you it is not a matter of money," drawing but a goodly sized roll of bills. . "For some years my father, who is a resident of Ktrar Vfwlr ' has had trrmhlA with Ms ranuiyana nas oeen a wanaerer. ne was at one time worth considerable money, but this has been lost, and a number of letters which I have of late received from him show me he is de spondent This afternoon I got" a letter from him, dated in Detroit, saying he wonld arrive in Chicago tonight, take a room at this hotel and end his life by turning on the gas. He added that in the event of the gas failing he had a pistol with him, with which he would send a bullet through his brain. - Father had no idea I wonld get this letter to day, as I have been out of town, and it. was only an unexpected case of sickness in my family which brought me back. I am sitting up hereto intercept him , when he comes in and prevent the sui cide which he contemplates. Fortunate ly I have means enough for both and can relieve his anxiety in this respect " Dr. Potter and his friends were at once, interested. They congratulated the stranger on his good luck in having re ceived his father's letter in time and tendered their services in any way in which tbey might be desired. Two or three times an effort was made to find out the man's name, but he parried the questions on the ground that, as his fa ther's plans would be frustrated, be did not care to have his identity disclosed. "You may, however, call meMelchior, as jt is awkward to address a man with out a name, and Mekvhibr is as good as anything, barring tbe right one. " The. evening sped along, and about midnight the stranger, being assured no more trains would arrive before morning, took his departure, saying he thought his father must" have been detained or perhaps have happily changed bis mind. The occurrence was so much out of the ordinary that Dr. Potter and his friends sat up for an hour or more talking it over. At 1 o'clock they. went to bed, and a few minutes later the night clerk retired, leaving an assistant who had not heard the story in charge of the office. About 1.80 in came an old gen tleman with a traveling bag in hand, who registered as "George C. Mel chior," and was assigned to a room.' In the morning the chambermaid re ported a strong smell of gas on that floor. The door of the newcomer's room was broken in, and he was found dead, with a pistol in his right hand and a bullet wound 4n his head. He had turned on the gas and then shot him self.. By this time everybody in the house had heard the story and of the young man's visit the night before, and all were positive that the old gentleman who had killed himself was bis father. The afternoon papers had a report of the suicide and before night the young man was back at the house asking to see tbe body. ,. : "I don't understand how father could have registered .as 'Melchior,' for it is not his name, and I only used it last night to conceal our own," the stranger said "It must have been a case of mental telepathy. " . , v . On teaching the room where the body lay a much more peculiar episode oc curred. The moment the young man saw the face of the corpse he said : "That's not father. I never saw this . man before. St is not known to me. "' Nor was he. A search of the dead man's effects brought out papers prov ing his identity as George C. ifelohior and giving reasons for snioide somewhat similar to those advanced by the young " stranger when he was telling his story the night before. Within a week Dr. Potter heard from the young man, who aid his father was alive and well, hav ing recovered from his despondency and abandoned his intention of taking his lif ej but the ; mystery of how a man giving the same name should appear at the : hotel selected by the stranger's father, on the same night, and commit suicide in tbe same manner outlined by him has never been explained. Chicago Tribune. Bneltlama Arnica. SaJva. THK BEST SALVK in the warld for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulclers, Salt Kbeum, r ever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cares Piles, or no pay reqoirea. it is guaranteed to eive perfect satisfaction or money re funded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale bxR R Bcllamt t Tr Witt Yean " Mrsj Winslow's Soothing Svkvp has been used for over fifty vears by millions of mothers for their children while teeth ing, with perfect success. 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The skirts of ballet dancers liavetsaughtt fire, and the unhappy dansenses have died from;the effector? 'The "story will not soon be forgotten of Michael Kelly in i ILodioska. The .Iast. scene repre sented a castle on fire, and the beautiful JIrsCrouchr as the Princess, was to be seenat a. window." The draft carried the flames towarcTher, and, Kelly, see ing her danger, rushed up a stage bridge to save her, but the ' supports of this bridge had been removed prematurely 'by the carpenter, and Kelly fell to the ground. - ' - - "At the same time," says Kelly in his "Memoirs," "the fiery tower, in which was JMrs. Crouch, sank down in a blaze, .with a violent crash. ' "fSie-uttered a scream of terror." Providentially I was not hurt by the fall, and catching her in my arms, scarcely knowing what I was doings, I carried her to the front of the stage. The applause was loud and continued.- In fact, had we rehearsed the scene as it happened, -it couM not have been done half so naturally or pro duced bo great an effect." ; :A f It was not the escape which made this incident memorable, but Kelly's bnlL He wis furious at the accident ; and rushed at Kemble, who was manager, shouting, "I might have been killed en tirely, and who then -who would have maintained me for the rest of my life?" Good Words. ' BXagniflcenoe of Xiowther Castle. Lowthcr castle, near Penrith, is one of the most imposing mansions in-the north. Its great terrace is nearly a mile in length and is carried along the brink of a eteep cliff, which overlooks a part of the park, with forest "trees of im mense growth , and well ' replenished with deer. The park of the emperor of China, at Gehol, is called ."the para dise of 0,000 trees. "" Lord Macartney, embassador to China, in one of his let ters says : "We wandered in it for sev eral hours, and yet were never weary of wandering, for certainly so rich, so varied, so beautiful, so sublime a pros pect our -eyes had never beheld. " And thus concludes his description of the wonderful garden : ""If any place can be said in any respect to have similar fea tures to the western park of Van Shoo Yeen, it Is at Lowther. "London News. - ." " ;"" Temperance Mansion. "I see you are building a new house, Mr. Bung." . : " ' "Yes, you are right " ' r "Made-the money out of whisky, I suppose?" - "Na" -.. ' - . . "Why, you are a liquor dealer, are you not?" "Oh, yes 1 But the money I'm putting into this house was made out of the wa ter I put into the whisky. Every farthing was made out of the water, sir. " Lon don Tit-Bits. Lions, tigers and other rapacious ani mals resort to the nests of the pelican to drink water, which they do without any attempt to injure the little fledge lings. Cincinnati Tribune. In Korea dog meat is regarded as very .wholesome food It -is said that the king, despite the protests of' his foreign doctors, often indulges in it THe Ideal Panacea. James L. Francis, Alderman, Chicago, says: "I tepard Dr. King's New Discov ery as an Ideal Panacea. iOr Coughs, Colds and Lung Complaints, having used it in my family for tbe last five years; to tbe . exclusion of physician's prescrip tions or other preparations." Rev. John Bargus, Keokuk, Iowa, writes: "I bave been, a Minister of tbe Methodist Episcopal Church for 60 years or more, and have never found anytbing so beneficial, or tbat gave roe sucb speedy relief as Dr. King's New Discov ery," Try this Ideal Coneh Remedy now. Trial bottles free at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. Wholesale Prices Uurrent tyThe following quotations represent Whotesa Prices generally. Ia making op small eiders hlghc prices hare to be charged. Tbe quotation are always giTea as aectnately a possible, bat the St a a will not be 'responsible for tu variatkms from tbe actual market price of the article q noted. .. .. . y - BAOGIKG -Jateu M4 Standard TM 8M Hamss.... IgU 14 . Sides ..... 7H TH Saonlders V B.M. ,.,,, MS 1 DSV SALTED Sides t....i...... ......... 5 - Sboalders 6 H UKKEL- spiriu l urpentine Second-hand, eacn New New York, each NewCity.each. ...... ......... BIKSWAX BRICKS - Wilmington, f) M. ............ Northern ..................... BUTTER North Carolina, , . ....... . Northern ............. CORN MKAla Per baihel, in sacks Virjrinia Heal................. COTTON TIKS bundle ..... 1 00 O I 10 1 86 O 1 0 O 140 SS O . Tl 8 B0 O T 00 0 00 O 14 00 15 S3 42HO 18 O .8 O MO. 11 O v ..-. 87 O SO O 45 42H CANDLKS IV ;. Spermw., ....... ... .. Adamantine .................. CHKESK V Northern Factory ............. . Dairy, Cream.. v... State COFFEE . Lagnyra.;.. Rio DOMESTICS - - . Sheetins,4-4, W yard,,,,..,,.. Yaras, V bnncn.,...,v....... EGGS docea.,,. ...... ........ riSH x 85 10 11 18 10 88 88 19 15 O 18fO 10 o Mackerel, No.1, J barrel..... 38 00 80 00 ' Mackerel, No. I, half-barrel 11 00 15 00 Mackerel. No. 8 barrel..... 18 00 & 18 00 Mackerel, No, 3 V hall-barrel 8 00 9 00 Mackerel, No. 8, f barrel .... 18 00 14 00 Mallets, 9 barrel 8 00 8 85 Mnllets, f) pork barrel 6 75 8 00 N.C. Roe HeTring keg..... 8 00 8 85 Diy Cod, t 8 10 " Extra 8 25 3 60 FLOUR 7 barrel Low grade ........... Choke, Straight First Patent. GLUE 9 GRAIN 9 bushed Corn, from store, bags White. Corn, cargo, ia bulk White. , . " - Corn, cargo, in bags White... " Oats, from store.. ............. : Oats, Rnst Proof....... ' Cow Peas HIDES. V Green ............ ............ HAYiyiwl"M""" Eststeni 9 as . WcStI Q asSf) North Rivw ,. HOOP IRON, f LARD, l Northern ....... 4... North Carolina,,,.... LIME, barrel LUMBKR(citv sawed) M feet- 8 25 8 50 8 8) O ICO 4 10 O 4 25 4 f 0 THQ 10 g 82M 40 50 .. ,... ....8 O - 8 O 45 42J If4 40 60 6 8 1 C5 90 85 sa e 10 Ship Stnff, resawed 18 CO " SO 00 : Rongh-Edge Plank, 15 00 10 00 " West India cargoes, according , toqnaUty . 18 00 18 00 - Dressed Flooring, seasoned.... 18 00 23 00 Scantling and Board, common.. 14 00 15 00 New Crop Cuba, la hhds . - 44 rnbbU....... Porto Rico, la hhds.,...,. " " iabbls... Sngar-Honse, in Uhds, , ....... . v Iabbls.......... gauon . . O '23 - ,... ' 88 85 : 27 85 ; 80 18 14 - .... ' 15 18 86 8 85 8 45 11 eoauoo 11 00 - o 11 00 10 22 -. .... 75 .... ' 65 . ; .. ; .... 65 .40 45 5 00 T 00 - 8 00 8 50 4 50 8 00 mm . 8M r 8 00 14 . : .... 10 00 " TO 9 00 00 tm 8 50 4 60 400 S 60 Svrnr. iobbls . tt 0 w, 1 . mj 1 PORK, V barrel t; City Mesa.,.. i Rnmp ..,... .... Prime ....... ...... ,,,.. ROPE, fl SALT w sack Alnm I Iver pool.... ...... ........... Lisboa. ...., .. ATtericao .... .......... on 185 S Sacks - -... . : SHINGLES Tnch, V M ........ Common...., ......... ...... Cypress Saps,.,, ...... ........ . Cypress Hearts................ : SUGAR. V t) Standard Grann'd . Standard A. .......... White Ex. C ' , ExtraC, Goldea. C, Yellow j... SOAP, ss s Northern...... STAVES, M-W. O. Barrel,... R. O. Hogshead,......,,. ... TIMBER, AM feet Snipping. J.. , Mill, Prime..;... ..,.... - Mill, Fair .j...... Common Mill.,..., ' : Inferior to Cdinarsv.j...... . 00 8 00 TAiLUW.S S................ ? wai&Mr, at gallon- Northara,, 1 00 '-' -T ILl " WOOI IkWashad., ,,..,. orwnmn.... , w ft 14 O 12M narr .....,....,.... COMMERCIALS WILMINGTON SMARKfiTV - STAR OFFICEApril 7'i s. SPIRITS : TURPENTINE. Steady at - 25 cents -per gallon : for coun try and 25f cents for machine-made casks. - - - - t - . " ROSIN Market firm tat 1 85 per bbl for Strained, and $140 for Good Strained. - TAR. Market firm at 90 cents per bbl ol 280 tts. " . CRUDE TTIRPklJTTNI7 Virm: Hard 180, Yellow Dip 1-70, Virgin 1.90 J peroanei. . - Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine 23c; rosin; strained, $t 20; good strained (1 85; tar $095; crude turpentine fl SO; a 00, 8 50. : r."f5?;v RKCE1.PTS. . : Spirits Turpentine .... . . . ... . 86 Rosin "l , . . . ...... 430 Tar . . . . .. . . . ..... . ' .281 Crude Turpentine . ... . ... . .. . . . ; 5 ReceiDis same : riav last "vear 47 casks spirits turpentine, 457 bbis rosin, oois tar, U! DDIs crude turpentine : . . PEANUTS. i" North Carolina Prime, 6065c oer busbel of 28' pounds; Extra Prime, 70c; Fancy. 75c. Virginia Extra Prime, 7075c; tdaci, eOc. j COTTON MARKET. , p i Market steady on a basis of "Jc for middling. Qjotaitons: Ordinary............. 5U cts lb uood Ordinary..., Low Middhne..., 7 3-16 " 1 15-16 Middlinsr Good Middline... , ; Same day last year, middling 6Mc - Receipts 77 bales; same dav last year, 5. DOMESTIC MAKKKTS. j . . By Telegraph to tbe Morning Stat' -. I FINANCIAL. ' New YORK, April 7. Evening Monev on call wai easy at a&sbi per cent last loan at 8, and : cIosiok offered at 8 percent. Prime mercantile paper SQS percent. Sterling exchange was firm; actual business in bankers' bills 488483i for sixty days and 489 4Hjjf for demand. Commercial bills at 487487i. Government bonds firm United States coupon fours " 109$ United States twos 05. State bonds firm; North Carolina lours 105. North Carolina sixes 119$. Railroad bonds were firm, r . ! Silver at the Stock Exchange tcda was dol . , X . COMMERCIAL? . ',r W.T TT a m ! fliw iork, April 7 flour was Cotton quiet and steady; middling gull obic; miaouing 7J6C. I Cotton fntures market c'osed easy; April 763. May 767, June.7 68,JuI? i 70. August ; o. September 7 35. October 7 25, November 7;18, Decern bei 7 21, January 7 28 Sales 71,800 bales., Cotton net 158 bales; gross receipts 3,711 bales; exports to Great Britain bales; to France bales; to the Continent ' bales; forwarded 595 bales; sales - bales, sales to spin ners 105 bales;stock (actual) 151 873 bales, it Total to-dav-Net receipts 12,281 Dales;, experts to Great Britain 1.276 bales: to France bales; to the Continent 8,350 bales;stock 538 015 bales. Total so far this week Net receipts 81.482 bales; exports to Great Britain 6,525 bales; to France 890 bales; to the Continent 16.267 bales. Total since September 1 Net re ceipts 4.811,546 bales; exports to Great Britain 1,891,285 bales; exports to France 436 093 bales; exports to the Continent 1,488.202 bales. NEW YORK. April 7 Evening Flour uochacged, with better demand; Southern quiet; common to extra fair $2 403 00; good to choice 3 00 8 80. Wheat spot dull ad firmer; No. 2 red in store and at elevator 8i& 83c; afloat 8K84c; options opened active and exctied,advaECiag lHce dining ic, and closing steaay at 5ic overx yesterday, with an increased businesr; No. 2 red April 73c; Mav 73c: June 73ic:JuIy 73J4 August 73; September 733c; Dcemoer 72c Corn spot dull, Erm scarce: Na2 at elevator 8834c; afloat 39c; optiots moderately active and firm at &c advance; May 36jrfc. July 87c; August 88c; Septem ber 38Hc. Oats spot firmer" and mod erately ictive;options dull and firm;April 25J$c; May 25C; spot prices No. 2 2525K; No. 2 white 26c; mixed Western 2526c; white. Hiv firm; boping 6 JJ472i; good to choice 95c Q$l 05. Wool hrm.quiei and uncbacgeo bef was s eady, dull and ur,chtrgtd beef hams quiet at $14 5015 00. tierced beef inactive but steady; ci.iy extra India mess $15 00 15 50. Cut meats sieadv and demand moderate pick ed bellies 4c; Bboolders hao s 89-. Laid quiet; Western steam $5 85; city (4 90 May 5 85, refined dull; Continent 5 65 South America $6 00; compound $4 62K 4 75. Pork was quiet and steady: oid mess $9 C0JL 60; new mess $10 00 10 25. Butter lower; liberal supply; Stats dairy 917fc; do creamery 1217c; Western creamery c; E gins 18c Cot ton seed oil dull and about steady; crude 21c; yellow prime 25f 25Jc; do. off grade 2525a Kice in lair demand and unchanged. Molasses firm and unchanged. Rice in fair demand and unchanged. Peanuts quiet: faocv hand-picked 4jtf5c. Ccffee steady ard unchangedMo 5 points up: April $13 00, May $13 7(k June $12 15 12 20: July $11 80; Augusf$U 85, September $10 95; November $10 50; December $10 45. March $10 25; spot Rio dull but steady Nbi 7, $13 75. Sugar raw firm and demand moderate;, fair refining 8c; centrifugal, 96 test c; refined 1-16; higher. . Freights to Liverpool cotton firm? gf aw qaiet;cotton by steam 1 l-16d; grain , Baltimore, April 7. Flour firmer; Western supefine $2 802 50; do extra $2 j 6003 25. do family $3 603 80; do wheat patents $3 904 15; do spring $3 j 753 95; do straight $3 503. 65. Wheat dull and higher; No. 2 red spot and -ApVil 74c asked; May 7373Hc: July 722&73c; Southern wheat, by sample, 77 78c. Corn firmer;mjXed spot and April 848l3c: May 84 S5c; Janel85Kc bid; Juiv 86Jf86 Steamer mixed 83j84c; Soutbern white 84c bid; do yellow 84c. Oats quiet; No. 8 hite Western 2626c; No. 8 mixed o 24Vs25c. COTTQI MARKETS By Telesraph tolbe Morning Star. April 7 Galvestdn, quiet at 73a net receipts 8,863 bales; Norfolk, firm at 7 J 1-16, net receipts IV) 89 bales; Balti more," nominal at 7Ji net receipts bales; Boston, quiet at 7C net receipts 1,983 bales;Wilmington, steady at 7.net receipts 77 bales; Philadelphia, quiet at 8Hc net receipts 111 balesV Savannah, steady at 7 9 16, net receipts "U.200 bales; New Orleans, quiet at 1. net receipts 5.055 bales; Mobile, dull at 7 916, net re ceipts 14 bales; Memphis, Asteady at 7 9 16c, net receipts 224 bales; lAugusta, quiet at 7 11-16, net receipts 60 bales: Charleston, steady at 7f net reciipu 181 oaies. X To TJie PoWicl Parlies holding onr Ice tickets requested to present and have th&m exchanged Wednesday, Apiillst; far new ones. THE OLD ONES -WILV ui n..ydr 1 &u aiter .Apn 10th, and from tbat time on onr anvers win not be allowed to? sell them. " Yon can give them the or ders and we will see that you get the tickets. .. RespectWlly, , Wm. B, WORTH & CO. . marSO I8t . .. ; .---r MARINE. .; ARRIVED. Steamer D Mnrr hiaon RnKunn tr. etteville. Tames Madden. bteamer -Lisbon, Black, Clear Ran master. i i ; ' . x Stmr Geo V7 Qvde. r.hirlint ia York, H G Smallbones. - CLEARED. J Steamer D Mnrrhisnn RnKn v etteville. James Madden. steamer, Lisbon, . Black. Clear Run master. " Br achr Dr. San Domingo City. Geo Harriss, Son & Co; cargo by Fore & Foster. " - - Z ElPvttis. ; - foreFgn. San Domingo Ciy Schr Dove 200 empty barre s 94 479 feet lumber. ; MARINE. DIRECTORY. Lias of VmicIs lm taia Port of wi amlnton, N. C, April 8, 1886. ' SCHOONERS. Anna V Lmson, 818 tons, Djle Geo Harr ss. Son & Co. Ida C Schoolcraft, 807 tons, Booye. Geo Harriss. Son & Co. , Wm Linthicum. 158 tons. Bran nock Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Moraccv. 188 tons. Sawyer. Roger Moore, 851 tons. Miller, Geo : Harriss, Son & Co. SalHe Ion. 523 tons, West, Geo Harriss Son & Co. x Emma S. Cahoon, 60 tons, Geo Harriss Son & Co. - BARQUES. Santa Anna and Maria (Ical),413 tons E Peschau & Co. River Thames (Nor), 454 tons, Jas T Riley & Co. . Eugene (Ne t), 608 tons, Hansen, Tas T - Riley & Co. J Carplina (Ag). 467 tons Negovetich. '! STEAMSHIPS. Titanic (Br), 1.024 tons, Hallidav, Alex ' - Sprunt & Son. Skin smooth. complexion good, i limbs strone. blood richalways the case when you use Brown s iron .bit- i TERS. CI I X B S UTCC P-urrkmt i money refunded shcula Bdkiiiii'c TeriM TttTXRSS. t,V.n aeiirM-teH. failtQ benefit any person suffer ing irom uyspepsia, ma lar Phills and Fever. Kidney and Liver i rou bles, Biliousness, female TnftrmitiM.ImDure Blood. Weatness, nervous i Troubles, Headache or , Neuralgia. m S DS ly MAITOH BUILDING LOAN ASSOCIATION, 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, Lnmberton. 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 Cei ts per Staart , Subscriptions to Stock payable in weekly instalments of 25 Cents per Share. U, 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 Two" Hundred Dollars. x--v j J. D. CROOM, President W. B. HARKER, Secretary. Jnne81m THE ONLTTCARG O NEW CROP MOLASSES directly imported from the West Indies. is now discharging at our wharf. Ex-Schr. Wm. Linthicum, Direct from Bafbadoes. Superior quality. Low prices. Samples and prices furnished by WORTH A WORTB, Only Importers of Molasses in Norvh X., . Carolina, v ap t it THE SUN The first of American Newspapers Charles A. Dana, Editor. x The ; American Constitution, the American Idea, the American Spirit. These first, last and all the time, forever. Daily, by Mail, - - $6 a year Daily & Sunday by Mail, $8 a year. The Sunday Sun, is the the Greatest 8unday Hewspaner , in. the World. " - Price 5c. a copy. "by Mail, $2 a year. -' Address THE SUN, dec!4t -NSW YOKR FOR LATES? STYLE HAlS GO TO famine, The Hatter. 1 oB wm naa tbe stylet and pricai np to date. apStf 88 Noitb Front Slrtet, Skin smootr complexion good, r jmf