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Advertisements to follow reading matter, or tooccupy any special place, will be charged extra according to a position desired. Br WILLIAm H. BEKNABD.r WILMINGTON. N. C. Saturday Morning. May 2, 1896 PROSPECTIVE RAILWAY COH- x STRUCTI0N. Railway building has been on the decline in this country since 1887, which was the maximum year, the new mileage reaching 7,000 miles. It dropped to 5.000 in 1889, and then to 4,000, 2,000 and last year to 1, 803, the lowest on record in twenty years. As we seem to have struck the bottom it is predicted that there will he a revival in railway building and that the next two years will see unusual activity that will be wit nessed more or less all over the country. The Chicago Railway Age, which keeps a pretty close eye on the rail way movement in this country, thinks the prospects are good and prints the following list of States and Territories where there will be " an addition to the mileage already constructed, with the number of x lines ind the mileage on which work is either in progress or. is promised. States. No. Lines. Miles. Maine 5 185 Vermont ; x 19 Connecticut.. 1 X1 Massachusetts ,1 7 New York 11 , 175 New Jeissy... .. X 6 55 Pennsylvania .17 479 Maryland.. 2 90 Delaware. 1 SO West Virginia 11 638 Virginia..., 3 X 200 North Carolina.... 5 104 South Carolina.... 3 154 Georgia........... 7 105 Florida...: ... 6 211 Alabama... - 7. " 221 Tennessee.. .. 9 452 Mississippi.. .. .j. 3 236 Louis'anr. '-. 6 513 Kentucky.... 1 6 Ohio.......... 8 j 853 Michigan 14 317 Illinois 6 22ft Indiana 5 109 Wisconsin . 4 823 Minnesota 2 90 North Dakota 1 250 bouth Dakota 1, 56 Wyoming. 2 - 88 Iowa ...XL..... , 2 44 Arkansas :0&. .. . 9 578 Missouri...??..... 4 860 Kansas 1 20 Nebraska 1 63, Indian and Okla homa Territories 13 1,655 Texas 10 ' 808 New Mexico 2 238 Arizona 1 60 Colorado .... . 2 41 Montana 1 60 California . 3 278 Nevada.. , 1 50 Idaho 1 . 63 Utah... 1 55 Oregon .. 1 60 Washington 2 48 Total........... 205 10.145 This is the summary of the work, not all, absolutely determined upon, but for which' there is a fair pros pect within the coming two years. There is but one State which does not show up in this list, and that is Rhode Island, which is probably pretty well supplied with railroads now. The Indian and Oklahoma Territories which have been recently thrown open to civilization and set tlement lead with something over 1,600 miles between them, followed by Texas with something over 800, and several other Southern States with figures somewhat less. By adding up the figures for the South ern States and Territories it will be seen that nearly one-half the prom ised mileage for the whole country is South of the Ohio river, where one would naturally expect to find it. . Of course enterprises of this kind depend upon conditions and circum stances, which ' may turn out to be -favorable or the reverse. One of the reasons given for the prospective increase in railroad mileage is the demand for it, With the improving prospects of securing European money to put put into them or for borrowing money abroad, there being more disposition shown now by for eign capitalists to Invest money in American enterprises than there has been for some time. It is said that there is a great deal of idle money in Europe now which cannot find takers even at a very low rate of interest, and that such money would be eagerly placed in American enter prises which commend themselves as safe ventures. Y There may be something agree able in the prospect of securing large sums of money abroad for such purposes, but It is after all a very expensive way of building our railroads, for it is giving the foreign money lender a grip on our roads which if unable to meet their ma turing obligations would be in the the power of these bondholders. This money when due must be paid back, the interest must be paid, and both in gold. The interest accumu lations prove a severe tax upon the roads and a drain upon the county, for while the roads do business and derive their incomes in our money they must provide gold to meet their foreign obligations. This is one of the main reasons why about one half the railroads in this country have gone into the" hands of receivers within the past few years,"and why some of them have passed into the hands of the bondholders at figures that tear no comparison with their estimated value. Why should American railways go abroad to borrow money when there arc millions of idle caDital in the money centers of the Bast? . Can't they get any of this money, or is it hoarded there for the purpose of running interest rates up, or waiting for more issues of Government bonds? Money may be borrowed more-cheaply in Europe, but it is dear money in the end,. for the rea sons we have given above, but if it can be it is not saying much for the monetary system of this country which forces our railroad builders to go abroad to borrow money when there are millions lying locked up in this country. This may prove a very serious obstacle to the building of the roads indicated in the above list, but if we had a monetary system in dependent ' of European countries, and coin our money metals as we should coin them, there would not only be a large amount of money at the money centers, but there would be a large amount of it in circula tion and it would be a comparatively easy matter for our railroad builders to get all they needed. The free coinage of silver by us would ensure the building of two miles of railroad to the one that will be built for some years to come. i y 1 KIIT0R KEBTTI0H. For the South there is more in the silver question than the free coinage of silver itself. We are even more interested in it than the silver pro ducing States of the West, for with them it is only a question of money and the prosperity or lack of pros perity consequent upon the abun dance or scarcity of money; but with us, while this is involved, there is more, for good government in the South is dependent upon the kind of a platform that is adopted at Chi cago. On a free silver platform we can hold the Southeiu States in the Democratic column, on a gold plat form it is exceedingly doubtful to say the least. A gold platform will keep away from us thousands of voters who have recently voted againt us but would come , to us on that issue. Discussing this question the Washingtob Star quotes a Texas Democratic Congressman as follows: ' It's a very serious question with as, and I doubt if there is a Southern Dem ocrat on this floor who has not pondered over it. While the silver question is the foremost with us nationally, there hangs over us the shadow of losing our States and all that goes with them. My own State is certain to go to the Populist column if there is a gold standard nomi nation at Chicago. There is not much chance of the Republicans winning. Our Eastern brethren do not seem to realize the dangerous position we are in, and it looks like they don't care. They are willing to sacrifice ns to get what they want. They are willing to drive from the party many of the States which have never failed to elect Democratic electoral tickets. Ics all well enough to maintain a 'stiff upper lip' and to talk as if there will be a bad break if the silver men don't win at Chicago. "Would anything be accomplished by the silver men leaving the convention at Chicago, if thev were in a minority, and patting op a ticket of their qwc? "I do not think it would be much better than if there was a gold standard nomination. There are hundreds of thousands of Democrats who believe in sticking to the parity, and the majority in the National Convention is supposed to be the party. These men, many of them for silver, would refuse to believe that the minority constituted the party, and would not vote for the ticket out out. Our only hope is that the silver men will have a clear and fair majority at Chicago, and that they will have backbone enough to resist all overtures at compronvse and put out a straight silver ticket. If this is done, we will hold on to our States locally,' and na tionally there will be a fighting chance of winning in November." How can we with such a platform as the Eastern Democrats would force upon us go before our people and assert that the Democratic party is friendly to silver when we bad to do it under a gold flag and on a platform that declared for gold. Our opponents would throw back at us our bimetallic platform of 1892, and strike us "dumb, for we could neither wriggle out of it nor satisfac torily explain the change of position in four years. , The gold ; advocates got in their work in the Illinois Republican Con vention at Springfield, Thursday, and the McKinley boomers got in their work too, for they laid brother Cul lom out as cold as a wedge and se cured Instructions for McKinley. They adopted a gold standard plat farm, but they didn't catch on to the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania Democratic idea and demand the re tiring of the greenbacks, contenting themselves for the present; with: sit ting down on silver, which they think may answer the purpose of making a change, bnt is no good for money of final redemption, In this they and the man for whom they have expressed a preference for the Presidency are not. in accord, tor he Is on record as a double standard man. Here is an extract from a sneech delivered bv him in the House of Representatives June 24, 1890 : . ' "I am for the largest use of silver in the currency of the country. I would not dishonor it: I would crive It equal credit . and honor with gold. I would make no discrimination. I would utilize both metali at monev and "discredit neither, want the double standard." Mr.' McKinley may have changed, as secretary - tjarusie, oewciai y Smith and some other Democratic statesmen nave, but if he has he has never given any indication of it, but on the contrary said some time ago, when interrogated on that question, that he "stood upon his record." This is a part and a very important part of his record. He is for the double standard; the Republicans of Illinois who endorse him as their candidate for the Presidency are tor the single gold standard. This shows conclusively that the Republicans of Illinois are not particular as to the money views ot - their candidate, while professing to be very deter mined to have "sound money," and that Mr. McKinley is not very par ticular as to what kind of a plat form he stands on provided he gets there. They are both playing what they consider" politics. The Ohio man is constantly bob bine Op, and so does v the Ohio rooster sometimes. One recently appeared in court as a witness, and his testimony decided the case. A chicken thief was arrested with a coop of chickens. His lawyer, on the trial, contended that he bought the chickens and that they could not be identified. Thereupon the owner, who was in court, asked permission to take the rooster out of the coop. He took : him out, called him by name, and straightway that rooster crowed a crow such as was never heard in that mill of justice before. Then the owner held out his hand and ' invited the rooster to shake. The rooster shook, and that settled it. The coop ot chickens went home with the owner, and the pur lolner went to jail. We print this as a hint to our poultry raisers who find trouble in keeping their chickens at home. Train them to respond to their names and to shake. CURRENT COMMENT. It is calculated" that the death duties to be assessed on the estate of the late Baron Hirsch by the Eng lish Government," under whose juris diction a very large share of his en ormous fortune. falls, will amount to something like 5,000,000. Small wonder that the English budget bulges out with a big surplus. Au- gusta Chronicle, Dem. If the Bermuda makes' a safe voyage to Cuba and delivers her cargo of arms and ammunition to the insurgents, the Spanish authorities may as well confess that their block ade of the coast is only a paper one, and that they are unable to prevent filibustering expeditions, from oper ating as they please. The Bermuda should be well known to the com manders of the Spanish vessels by this time. .Her movements are fully reported and at least three vessels are on the watch for her. If they fail to catch her this time they may as well give it up. Phil. Ledger, Jnd. The Tribune takes. liberties with history in saying that in 1892 business men regarded Harrison as well as Cleveland "unquestionably safe on the money question, and therefore did not take their usual in terest in the election. Business men and others interested in sound money remembered that Harrison signed the disastrous Silver Purchase act, which Senator Sherman in his history says was passed because it was not deemed safe to allow a free coinage bill to go to him. Facts are important as well as stubborn things. N. Y. World, Bern. X Fayetteville Observer: There is great rejoicing at the bucket factory to-day. A message came over the telephone from Spout Springs yester day evening that a boy giving his name as Willie Bland, from Fayette ville, had been wandering about in a dazed condition near there. The mayor telephoned backed to send him home on the first train. YEARS OF INTENSE PAIN. Mfr. . H. Watts, druggist and physi cian, Humboldt, Neb., who Buffered with heart disease for four years, trying every remedy and all treatments known to him self and fellow-practitioners; believes that Heart disease is curable. He writes: "I wish to tell what your valuable medi cine has done for me. For four years I had heart disease of the very Worst kind. Sev eral physician. I consulted, said it was Rheumatism of the Heart. It was almost un endurable; with shortness of breath, palpita tions, severe pains, unable to sleep, especially on the left side. No pen can de scribe my. suffer ings, particularly during the last "months of those four weary years. ' UK. J. n. 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Jonesboro Progress : A sturgeon' was caught on the traps between here and Lillington that weighed 100 Wilson Advance: Dr. Wright Barnes was struck by lightning last week, the bolt hitting him in the heel and tearing his foot seriously. It is feared . that amputation will prove necessary. " - Newton Enterprise". The sweet potato industry has : assumed vast proportions in this county during the last few years. Mr. Solomon Shram of this place has bedded about forty bushels for slips and now has thou sands of slips ready tor setting. Chatham Record : We regret to hear of the death of Mr. John Sturdivant, of New Hope township, which occurred on last Friday after a long sickness. He - was about 32 years bid and was a son of Mr. Ro bert E. Sturdivant who died re cently. Washington Gazette: Mr. Pol lard, while on his way home in a small boat, by some means got over board and was drowned. It was sev eraldays before his body was re covered. Some believe there was foul play, while others think Pollard was drinking and fell overboard. Wadesboro Messenger: The saddest death it has ever been the duty of this writer to chronicle took place here Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. At that hour Eugene, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Saylor, committed suicide by shoot ing himself in the head, just behind the right ear, with a pistol. The terrible tragedy was enacted in the blacksmith department of his lath er s wagon factory. Eugene was just 22 years old and was possessed of many noble and attractive traits of character. His family and most intimate friends believe that his mind has been unbalanced for at least six months, caused by smoking cigarettes. It is said that he smoked at least 50 of them every day. Monroe Enquirer: There is a neighborhood in Jackson township that does not need any foreign Im migration to increase the population. Within the radius ot a mile are nine children, all of them under two years old, six of whom are twins and one "set of triplets. Mr. E. M. Griffin shipped the finest lot of cattle ever sent from this market yester day. It was a herd of twenty-four fat young steers, and they weighed over one thousand pounds per head. They were sent to Nor folk. Revenue raiders swooped down "like a wolf on the fold" last Monday and seized thirty-one bar rels of whiskey, together with the still and fixtures, belonging to Jas, R. Simpson, who has been running a distillery near High Hill, two miles north of here, for several years. The seizure was made on account of some irregularities found about the still The loss to Mr. Simpson will be about two thousand dollars unless some of the stuff is recovered. TWINKLINGS. Mrs. Prosy Reading is quite a passion witb my husband. Mrs. uresser ao it is with mine when he reads my milliner's bills! Lon don run. "Mamma, I saw a dog to-day that nad only tbree legs. ' "weren t you awful sorry for bim." No'm; he had one more lee than had." Chicago Herald. Bleacher Boardman Kelly out to nave been out on tbat slide In from third base. Oscar Rider Why? Bleacher Boardman His captain had paved the way with banana skins. Puck. x Mamma Russell, stop teasing your brother; I m tired of hearing him cry. . Russell It won t make any difference if I do stop, 'cos if I don't tease him he'll tase me, and make me cry. Har per s Bazar. "Bobbie, you are perfectly aw lul to day, and just when grandma visiting us, toe! ' it "Well, ma, it s only to please you. You told me the other day tbat you thought I kept my good manners for visitors only." Harper's Bazar. Strategy: "General," said the Spanish subordinate, "a band of the Cubans is approaching. Shall we stand and give them battle ?" "No. Let s see if we can't get quietly around oenind them and pursue em. sounds all right in the dispatches and It is a good deal safer." Washington star. A LIST OF WEDDING PRESENTS which does not include more or less of GORHAM SILVER is sadly incom plete Custom has made it indispensable. Even if other kinds were just - as good, they are not "Gor ham."33$3 Fashion has ! nothing else shall take its place.m3f3 Too good for Dry Goods Stores Jewelers only A Busy Doctor. Dr. Liddell's morning levees were crowd ed beyond description. It was his pride and boast that he could foot his patient's pulse, look at Sis tongue, sound him with a stethoscope,, write his prescription and pookefc his fee in a space of time varying from two to five minutes. One day an army man was shown into the consulting room and underwent what might be termed the instantaneous process. When it was completed, the patient shook hands with the doctor and said: "I am especially glad to moot you, as I have often heard my father, Colonel For ester, speak of his old friend Dr. Llddell." "What !" exclaimed the doctor. "Are you Dick Forester's son?'r "I am, sir." :'H . ' . ""My dear fellow, " exclaimed the doctor, "fling that prescription into the fire, will you, please, and sit down and tell me what Is the matter with you?" London Tit Bits. .. x The Russian Secret Service. The agents of the Russian secret service are numerous above all conception, and are found in all stations in life. Nobody In Russia can tell whether a member of bis own family, of his own servants, or one of his friends is not an agent of the secret service. This fact brings us back to the special significance of the situation the Russian secret police system destroys In Russia to a certain degree the confi dence of family life, the good fellowship of friendship, and has been fatal to many in nocent and peaceful citizens, as in Russia a denunciation la somoient to ruin an honest person's life. New York Press. X STORY OF A' RAZOR. Um Barber Took: Pride la the Steel Be cause of Its History. 'A good razor? Well, I should say so!" said a barber to a reporter. "That'a a his toric blade I'm using on your face. There's story in that piece of steel which-is as Interesting as it is remarkable, and I val ue it more than anything I have. You see, during the war I was at Winchester Va., apprenticed to a blacksmith. I was only a young bit of a follow, but had the .highest regard for excellence in anything. As a bey I used to play around the door or the old shop, watching-the smithy shoe the horses. There was one tool whloh always had the greatest attraction for ns young sters and filled ns with wonder. We had been taught that the best quality of steel would always pick up pieces of Iron and steal by magnetism. There was a particu lar file whloh the old smith prized very highly, whloh to ns boys seemed to be the very best piece of steel in the world. The manner In which it would pick up the horseshoe - nails and bits of steel left no doubt in our minds on this point. During the war my boss had a great deal of shoe ing to do for the army, and several times General Phil Sheridan had his horse shod there. The old smith was a great ad mirer of the general, so he brought out the muon prized me mj uiiuui up uw nuu. "Some years later I left the blacksmith shop to become a barber, and shortly after learning my trade I decided to go to Wash ington. Just before going I stole this file, determining to have the beet piece of steel in the world for my ideas never ohanged on the subject to start in my business. I had the file made into a razor, and wheth er the magnetic quality 01 tne steei naa anything to do with it I cannot say, but I do know that I have always been able to shave beards with this razor that would do everything but turn the edge of an or dinary blade. . "I started in a shop in Washington, and some yean after who should I find in my ohair bat General Sheridan. I was some what rattled, as the boys say, at having so great a man so near me, especially a man whom I had always honored so much, but by degrees my nervousness left me, and I began to shave him. Suddenly I remem bered about the razor I held in my hand. It was the same steel that had shaped his horse's hoofs many years before down in Winchester. I told him the story of the steel, and It seemed to interest hku very much. That's why I prize the razor." Pittsburg Dispatch. EARLY FIRE IMPLEMENTS. Appliance Used In This Country Im the Seventeenth Century. Undoubtedly the Srst nre company or ganized in this country was formed in New York in . 1658. It was called the Prowlers and was oomposed of eight men with 250 buckets, hooks and small lad ders. Where the buckets were obtained and whether or not they were in addition to those owned by the town the records fail to state. In 1079 Salem purchased two or three dozen cedar buckets, besides hooks and other implements; also the selectmen and two others were authorized to take command at fires and to blow up and pull down buildings when such action was necessary. This practice appears to have been much more common before the use of engines than afterward. Boston, on Sept. 9, 1079, ordered that every quarter of the town should be provided with 00 s wooes, two sooopes and six axes. The swobes, or swabs, as they are now called, were long handled mops that could be used to put out roof fires. The general use of swabs has long since disappeared, but when a slight blaze is beyond the reach of a pail of water and more improved apparatus is not at band a long handled mop is today the most efficient article to be used. In Japan these swabs may be seen on many toof tops. In 1690 New York ordered that five lad ders and also hooks be made. In Philadel phia no mention is made of public precau tion against fire until 1690, when ' a law was passed forbidding the firing of chim neys or allowing the same to become foul. Each house was to have a swab, bucket or paiL Another act was passed in 1700, or dering every household to have two leather buckets. In the following year six or eight hooks for the purpose of tearing down houses were ordered to be made. John G. Morse in Popular Science Monthly. Rapid Flight. Although something is known about the speed of birds and animals, there are few ascertained facts concerning that of insects and fishes. They rarely move in anything like a straight line, and it is hard to arrive at anything more than ap proximate results. In "Poachers and Poaching" the following example is giv en: "I have frequently had the opportunity of dropping into company with our largest species of dragon fly along a particular roadside in autumn. "On foot one has scarcely any means of Judging of its speed, for in a moment' it is past yon and out of sight, bnt what is the experience when you are driving say at the rate of eight or ten miles an hour? "The rapid voyager shoots by you al most out of sight, then turns, swerving widely from right to left, and passes you again in both directions, traversing re peatedly the ground over which you are traveling but once. "We are apt to exaggerate in these mat ters, but with every allowance, having compared the flight of the dragon fly with that of a passing hawk, swallow and cuckoo, I have computed that it is capable nf nvlrtcr n ' a flniwn nf InA mlloa an hnn, ' ' Arsenic Arsenic has been known from very early times as a deadly poison. It is belioved to have been the means employed by Nero to remove his enemies, and there is little doubt that it was also known to and em ployed by Messalina and Agrippina. Dur ing the middle ages it wus extensively used as a secret poison, being sold by al chemists and poisoners of Italy under the name of "widow's powders" or "succes sion powdors." Its properties were defi nitely ascertained and made public by Brandt in 1733. The plant from which assafetida is pro duced is a native of Persia, Afghanistan and northern India. In all these countries the inhabitants use it as a seasoning for their meat and vegetables, much as red pepper Is employed by the natives of Mex ico and South American states. The odor is not deemed by them in the 'least offen sive. , Aconite. Aconite is the active principle of the plant known as Aconitum napellus, which grows in the mountainous districts of Europe, Siberia and central Asia. It is well known from appearing as an orna mental plant in flower gardens. Aconite as a medicine was first used by Storck, in 1763, being employed then, as now, in in finitesimal doses. BbcUb'i Arnica salve. 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The hillside on which the contest tooK place was "almost perpendicular, and rah down to the edge of a lake, on the icy 'surface of which were gathered: many thousands of spectators. - - Halfway np the hill was a small,- low platform, built out in the snow, and bo steep was the descent that the edge of the platform gave an opportunity for a leap of 80 or 90 feet. There were 105 competitors, eaoh wear ing a large number on his breast. y. ' At the word JNo. l rusnea rrom tne plateau on the hilltop down the hill it self. The pace was tremendous, un ne came till he readied the platform. Then with a huge spring his legs doubled up and his arms whirling like a windmill to keep his balance he jumped. It was a fine effort, but he oould not re gain his feet and went rolling over and over down the hillside in the snow. "That he did not kill himself during his series of somersaults, with nine feet of : wood ' strapped to each foot, seemed to be mirac ulous." But he came out of his snow bath none the worse. : !: He was hardly out of the way when No. 8 appeared upon the platform. He was luckier or more skillful, and after his jump recovered himself and sped away down to the lake. ; . " So, in rapid succession,' the racers foj-i lowed each other. Fully half of them landed on their feet, and no one was hurt,' though a fow. ski were broken. The man who mado the longest jump 88 feet did not regain his footing, and the prizes the king's cup and the ladies purse went tc another man. "We "looked on and marveled," con eludes Mrs. Twcodio. - . Strange Relationship In Marriage. It is rarely that a daughter becomes hei mother's mother-in-law, yet this curious coincidence does occasionally happen. A friend of mine, a colonel in the army,; had been a widower for. some years and resided with his sons and daughters in r-iymouiu. iii ii. . - - . ii At a bull given by the officers of bis regiment he met a beautiful young girl, with whom he fell desperately in love, and, to make a long story short, they wore soon married. At the year's end there was an addition to tho family. Of course the mother came to be with her daughter on this interest ing occasion, and being a handsome, well preserved woman, the colonel's eldest son becamo much attached to her and before long led her to the hymeneal altar. Thus the daughter became mother-in-law to her own mother. Another strange relationship is that of a lady wno is motner-in-iaw 10 ner two sisters in a somewhat similar fashion to the . above, they having married her step sons. I myself am-cousin to my own sis ter, sho having espoused my husband's first cousin, and am second cousin to my nephews her sons. London Tit-Bits. A. Preference For Stagnant Water. The Arabs in the deserts have contract ed a strange prejudice against running Water, and will only drink what they find in some stagnant pool. So much has this become a matter of habit with thorn that, while the most pol sonous looking water agrees with them admirably, pure running water will make them violently sick in the course of a few hours. This prejudice is shared by most of the lower animals, and is often acquired by European travelers in Africa. At first the stagnant water produces nausea and oven fever, but when once the system is inured to lfy running water af fects them in precisely the same way that affects the Arabs. London Tit-Bits. Free Fills. , Send voar address to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a tree sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of Con stipation and Sick Headache. For Ma laria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaran teed to be perfectly free from every dele terious substance and to be purely vege table. They do not weaken by their ac tion, but by giving tone to the stomach and bowels greatly invigorate the" sys tem. Regular s;zs 25c per box Sold by R. R. Bellamy, Druccist. t Wholesale Prices Uurrent. u The foilowins a notations renrcseiit Wholeta Price generally. In making np small orderi highe prices bare to be charged. Tne Quotations: are always erven as accurately a possible, bnt the Stab will not be responsible or any variations from the actual market price of the articles qnotea. ; BAGGING - late A 5M Standard ; TUA WXSTSRN SMOKID HamsB Sides t Shoulders 3 t, DRY SALTED Sides ft Shoulders Q t BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each New New York, each New City, each BEESWAX S 14 74 j 7 1 00 1 35 10 40 40 27 BRICKS Wilmington, f H 6 SO 9 00 15 7 00 14 00 Northern BUTTER . x North Carolina, V - iMortoern .......... 23 CUKN MEAL Per bushel, in sacks 4iVA Virginia Meal 40 COTTON TIES 9 bundle ..... C 45 4?X bo ' i 25 10 CANBUS-f . Sperm , Adamantine CHEESE S Northern Kactory Dairy, Cream ., , State COFFEE V Lguyra , Rio DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, yard., Yarns, bunch...... EGGS V dozen 18 10 11 27" SO 14 I ill 12 10 28 28 IIS i: L8 18 8 I: 9 ri5M Mackerel, No. I. barrel..... 22 00 80 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 Mackerel, No. I, half-barrel 11 SO Mackerel, No. 2 H barrel 16 00 Mackerel, No, 3 f half-barrel 8 00 Mackerel, No. S, S barrel .... IS 00 Mullets, barrel S 00 14 on 3 25 Mullets, V perk barrel N. C. Roe Herring f) keg...,. 5 75 8 00 5 25 0 00 3 25 10 3 50 DiyCod, 9 ..,... .......... extra ....... FLOUR V barrel Low grade ... 3 25 8 83 3 80 uioice, 8 60 Straight , ugh itPi 4 10 4 25 . m ttxt i . vui ,,,, ,, 4 SO uuw . Mr. .... GRAIN bushel 1 Corn, from store, bags White. Corn, cargo, in bulk White... Corn, cargo, in bags White... Oats, from store..,,...,,...... Oats, Rust Proof Cow Peas HIDES, V . Green tittiitHittttittiii ' Dry HAY, 100 s : Eastern.,,,..,,,. ,r,,.,,,,.... festern .......,... ....., ' North River ,. HOOP IRON, 9 ft,.... LARD, f ft , .: Northern ....... North Carolina.,.,..,, 7MO, 42 32K 40 60 O .... .... .3 10 45 3 30 40 6 8 05 90 85 10 UMI, barrel ,,,, LUMBKR(city sawed) 9 M feet Ship Stuff, resawed 18 00 - Rough-Edge Pla ttk ........... . 15 00 x. West India cargoes, according - to quality. ., 18 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned.... 18 00 S canities and Board , common , . 14 00 MOLASSES. gaBoa New Crop Cuba, In hhds " x" fa, bbls....... Porto Rico, In hhds,.,,,,,,,,,, 25 - " In bbls 26 Sngar-House,lnhhds, 12 ,r " la bbls... Syrup, In bbls , 18 NAILS, 9 keg. Cut. OOd basis ii 25 20 00 16 00 18 00 22 00 15 00 ruxK, v Darrni i tJlty H j Rump Prime, 11 BOttll 00 11 00 11 00 nnot x SALT sack Alum.. I iverpool,,..... Lisbon..,.,,,,,...,. American ...... on 135 Sacks SHINGLES. 7-inch, 9 M ' rMTTmD iimmnm., Cyprui StpSa SUGAR. 9 ft Standard Granu'd Standard A .,..,.. White Ex. C...... ExtraC, Golden , C. Yellow SOAP. 9 ft Northern STAVES, M-W. O. Barrel .... TIMBR feet-Shipping. . . . ..... Common Mill......... ,, Inferior to Cdtnanr.. ........ TALLOW. ."""" wnrevwv - ............... 0 wool? iwSa;;;"":::: 1 8 wn. v WBI,,,...,,, ",,,,,,,..,. ...... KMC COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON M A R K B.Tj . STAR OFFICE. May 1. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Firm at 24x cents oar eallon for country and 25 cents for machine-made casks. ROSIN. Market steady at ftt 40 ber bbl lor Strained and SI 45 for Good Strained. . , TAR. Market firm at ftl 20 per bbl cf 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Ouiet. Hard 1.30, Yellow Dip 1.70, Virgin 1 90 per barrel. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine 27c; rosin, strained, (1 15; good strained $1 20; tar 1 05; crude turpentine $1 20, 1 80, 2 25. RECEIPTS. 7 1 Spirits Turpentine . 168 ... . 487 . 130 . 27 year 8 Kosin . Tar ... Crude Turpentine. . Receipts same day last casks spirits turpentine, 1.010 bblsrosic, va obis tar, 82 bbls crude turpentine. PEANUTS. North Carolina Prime. 4550c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra Prime, 55c; fancy, 6065c. Virginia Extra - Prime. 60&65c; Fancy, 65Q70c. COTTON MARKET. Market firm on a basis of 7Mc for middling.. Quotations: Ordinary. 5 cts ft Good Ordinary....... 6 " " Low Middling. 7 5-16 Middling . . 7$ " " Good Middling.. ...... 8 1-16 " " Same day last year, middling 6Jf c. Receipts 103 bales: same day last year 27. ; COTTON AND NAVAL STORES. WEEKLY STATEMILNT. 1 RECEIPTS. ' For month of April, 1890.--,.'i" Cetten. Sfiiriti. Rosin. Tar. Crudt. 8,083 1.9S8 9,137 3,148 320 RECEIPTS. . For month of April, 1895. Cotton. Sjtritt, Rosin. Tar. Crudt. 1235 2,150 14,813 4.894 1,137 EXPORTS " j - For month of April, 1896. ' Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tar. Crude Domestic, , Foreign ... 8,870 4.U0 2.457 t2t 3,784 197 000 18,016 4,757 ' 0.0 7,020 2,157 18,537 EXPORTS. For month of April, 1895. Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. 1,173 1,430 691 3,881 212 25,728 8.E41 ; V Tar. Crudt: Domestic.. Foreign ... 2,815 1,093 1.H0 000 5.C53 1,612 26,119 4,C2 1,009 STOCKS. Ashore and A&oat, May 1, 1896. A short. AJloat. Total. Cotton 4,740 606 21,023 7,548 872 CO . 513 5,178 30 .00 4,740 1.119 29,201 7,578 Spirits.....,,.,.,.,,,.,. Kosin.. Tar....; Crude. . 872 STOCKS. Ashore and Afloat, May 1. 1895. Tar. 9,i03 Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Crude, 13,160 783 - 12,017 ! 730 DOMESTIC MARKETS. Br Telegraph to the Morcini Star' FINANCIAL. NEW YORK. May 1. Evening Money on call wa? easv at 22J4 cent., last loan at 2V, and closine offered at x per cent. Prime mercantile paper 5 J4S per cent. Sterling exchange was easier; actual business in bankers bills 487488for sixty days and 488 489 for demand. Commercial bills 486487&. Government bonds steady united states coupon lours 109M United States twos 84. State bonds dull; North Carolina lours 104; North Carolina sues 124. Railroad bonds were firm. , Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was quiet. VK COMMERCIAL. New York. Mav 1 Eveninc.. Cotton quiet; middling gulf 8 7-16c; mid dung uplands 8 3-loc. , Cotton futures to-day c'osed steady Mav 7 98. June 7 99, July? 97, August 7 7. September 7 48, October 7 27. No vember 7 17, Decenibei 7 17. January 7 21: February 7 24; March 7.27. . Sales 111,100 bales. . Cotton net 50 bales; gross, receipts 8.&17 Daies; exports to (Jreat Britain bales; to France - bales; to the Continent 3.597 bales; forwarded 243 bales; sales 7.846 sales bales, to sbin ners 83, bales; ' stock (actual) 133.510 bales. Weekly Net receipts 213 bales; gross e.87 bales; exports to Cxreat Britain 10,820 bales; to France 249 bales; to the Continent 5,848 bales; forwarded 1,146 bales; sales 14,270 bales; sales to spinners 2,506 bales. Total to-day-Net receipts 5.962 bales exports to Great Britain 11 175 bales to France bales; to the Continent 6,570 bales; stock 418 995 bales. xotai so lar tnis week Net receipts 89,023 'bales; exports to Great Britain 42,332 bales; to France 699 bales; to the Continent 21,323 bales. Total since September 1 Net re ceipts 4.966,602 bales; exports to Great Britain 2,402,405 bales; exports to France 444,585 bales; exports to the Continent 1,598,995 bales. New York. May 1. Flour was dull, easy and unchanged,- Southern flour easy;, common to extra fair $2 40 3 00; good to choice $3 00 3 30. Wheatspot quiet and easier wuh options; February 75c; options were moderately active, closing week at lc decline; No. 2 red May 69c; June ;July c; August ; September 69; December 71c. Corn spot dull but but steady; No.2 at elevator 35c; afloat 36c; options were quiet and steady at unchanged prices to c decline; May 35c; July 86c; ugust c; September 37jc. Oats spot quiet and steady; op tions dull and easier; May 23c; July 24; spot prices No. 2 25c, No. 2 white 26c; mixed Western 2526c. Hay scarce and strone shipping 80c; good to choice $1 00 1 05. Wool quiet and unchanged. Bsel slow, steady and unchanged; beef bams dull at $14 0015 50,tierced beef inactive; city extra India mess $14 0015 50. Cut meats quiet, steady and unchanged. Lard quiet and strorger; Western steam $5 05 asked; city $4 50. May $5 10; refined s"ow; Continent $5 35; South America $5 75; compound $4 25 4 62). Pork quiet, steady and unchanged; old mess $9 009 50; new $10 00. Butter firmer and light receipts: State dairy 815c; do creamery 1016c; Western dairy eld 7llc: do. creamery ll10c; Elgios 15Ji16c. Eggs quiet and irregular; State and Pennsylvania llllc; Southern 99ic; Western fresh 9llc. Cotton seed oil quiet, steady and un changed. Rice firm, demand fair and un changed. Molasses in fair demand, fir.m and unchanged, Peanuts unchanged Coffee steady and unchanged to 10 points down; May $12 85; July $12 40 12 45; September $11 50il 60; De cember $10 80; March $10 60; spot Rio dull but steady; No. 7 $13 87 14 00. Sugar raw firm and dull; fair refining 32c; centrifugals, 96 test c; refined quiet and unchanged. Chicago. May 1. Cash quotations; Flour quiet and easy: hard wheat, spring patents $3 853 60 in wood; in the other grades the prices were unchanged. Wheat No. 8 spring 6062Jc; No. 8 red 64&66ic. Corn No. 2 28Jbf 29. Oatt-No. 2. 1818Jf. Mess pork, per bbl. $8 00 8 10. Lard, per 100 lbs $472475. Short rib sides, loose, per 100 lbs, $4 05. Dry salted shoul ders, boxed, per 100 lbs $4 504 62. Short clear sides, boxed, per 100 lbs, $4 124 25. .Whiskey, per gallon, $1 82. The leading futuresranged as follows, opening, highest, lowest and closing: Wheat May 6262K, 61Jf. 60&. 60fc mm: July 4. 64. 62625ii, 62?; September 64. 64, 63, 68. CoW Mav28U.28. 28V. 2ftU t. 29. S9, 89c; July 80. 80. 29M. 29V 29; September 81?, 81&, 3i aiif t'T1?y17' 18- 175''- i: ?s- 18?S182c; Sept-m ber 19JS. 20. I9?r. lflff.iQi p.;m- pork, pr bbl. $8 07; 8 Tft Tw 7 E JUiy 3 3U, 8 SU, 8 10, 8 UX; Ssntem ber 8 47W. 8 47W. 8 SO 8 an i , Jr'01 97. 5 05. 4 97. 5 02U ' c,. '?er per 100 lbs-May $4 CO, 4 02. g 97?? 4 02K; July $4 20, 4 20, 4 15. 4 217 Sen tcmber$4 82H,4 35, 4 30,4 32V? P" BALTIMOKX. Mav 1 Finn, A .u . unchanged. Wheat dull and easv NrJi red spot B9KC asked; May 69U69uc Tula ftQLftfftQ&'-. 0Z?iZ Southern wheafby sample 7374c d on ierade 69a72c Cc. spot and Mav 8434c; Jane 4! asked; July 3535c. Steamer mixed 83K33Jfc; Southern white 3Cr dJ yellow 8637c. Oats steady and riP. tuduu lair; mo. wnite Western no; x mixed do 24425c. COTTON : MARKETS By Telegraph to the Morning Star. May l. tiaiveston, stead? at m - uj'ihiuu, oicanv at iuf rcceints 727 hls- M.-.w "V' net at 'v bysiLs oaies; Balti 11 oj. net receipts 733 Bost?'8teady at 8. net receipts 446 bales; Wilmington, firm at 7Mc mr receiDts 183 halps- Phiioiv,: ' 1 quiet at.7c, net receipts 1910 bales' New Orleans, active at isr , ' ceipls 1,489 bales; Mobile, dull at 1 net receipts 67 bales; Memphis, steady at 7c, net receipts 217 bales; August steady at 7 13 16. net receipts 302 bales' Charleston, steady at 1XL. 493 bales. " " v-,"lJlB FOREIGN MARKETS. By Cable to th Morala Su:.. Liverpool. Mav i 19. ?.n n w Cotton, demand moderate and ' nri steady. American middling 4 u 3 bales 8,000 bales, ol which 7.000 were American; speculation and exoort 500 Receipts 1,300 bales, all of which were American. Futures opened steady and demand Door. Mav diQ.Ri. and June 4 18 64d; June and July 4 ib. ou, august ana aeptemDer 4 11 f;4d November and December 3 59-64d; De cember and Tanuary 3 59-64d; January and February 3 60-6id. Futures steady. Tenders of cotton lor delivery to-day were ICQ bales new dockets, and bales old dockets. 4.30 P M American middling (1 m t) May 4 19-64d tuver; May and June 4 18 64d seller; June and July 4 15 64 4 16 64d buyer; July and August 4 14. 644 15 64d; August and September 4 11 64d buyer; September and Octo ber 4 3 64d sciier; October and Novem ber 3 61 64d seller; November and De cember 3 59 64d seller; December and January 3 59 64d seller; January and February 3 59-64d buyer. Futures closed steady, Liverpool, May 1. The following are the weekly cotton statistics: Total sales of the week 49,000 bales, American 44,000, trade takings, including for warded from ships' side, 64,000;' actual exports 7,000; total imports 52,000; American 39,000; total stocks 1.142 000; American 971,000; total afloat 108,000; American 95,000; speculators took 200; exporters tooK 900. ' - MAEINE,- ARRIVED. Steamer D Murchison, Robeson, Fay etteville, ames Madden. Steamer Cape Charles.' 643 tons, Greenwood, New York to New Orleans, put in for coal. CLEARED. Steamer D Murchison, Robeson, Fay etteville, Tames Madden. . MARINE DIRECTORY. Uit Of VMieli lit the fori of WIN alnston, N. C, Itlay 2, 18S6. SCHOONERS. Marion Hill, 219 tons.Armstronp, Geo , Harms, ben s Co. . Neilie Ford, 435 tons, Johnson. Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Ella G Ell, 243 ton?, Cusbman. Ged Harriss. Son 8 Co. Fred B Belano, 219 tons. Siwyer, Jas T Riley & Co. Longfellow, 254 tons, Goldlhwaite, Jas T Ri!y & Co. Emma S. Cahoon, 60 tons,. 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