WILMMTOrOHr, N. c.
Friday Morning, Aug. 21, 1896
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR prisidknt:
1 WILLIAM J. BRYAN,
of Nebraska. ,
for vice president:
ARTHUR SEWALL,
of Maine. J
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
. THEY WILL BE ELECTED.
for governor: r
CYRUS B. WATSON, I
I of Forsyth.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
THOMAS W. MASON,
of Northampton.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE :
CHARLES M. COOKE,'
of Franklin.
FOR STATE TREASURER
B. F. AYCOCK.
of Wayne.
' FOR STATE AUDITOR :
R. M. FURMAN,
of Buncombe.
FOR SUPT. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
of Johnston. "' j
TOR ATTORNEY GENERAL :
. of Mecklenburg.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICES SUPREME COURT :
A. C. AVERY, of Burke,
fiEO. H. BROWN.. Ir.. of Beaufort.
Q" "You tell us the great cities
are in favor of the gold standard.
Burn down your great cities and
leave your farms, and your cities
will grow up again. But destroy
oar farms and the grass will grow in
everv citv of the Union." From
Wni. J. Bryan's speech before Demo
cratic National Convention.
I am for McKinley, Russell
and Gold," says OscarJ. Spears, one
of the ReDublican candidates for
Elector-at-Large.
"I desire to meet Mr. Russell
on the hustings of North Carolina.
I want the people to hear us and de
cide between me and what I repre
sent, and what I think he represents.
With their decision I shall be con-.
tent. If elected Governor of your
State, I shall see that every man, no
matter what his station in life or
what his politics, is given every priv
ilege granted him by the Constitution
of North Carolina." -Cyrus B. Wat
son, Democratic candidate for Governor.
N01 THE DUMPING GROUND.
One of the objections that the
gold men make against the free
coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1
is that this country would become
the damping ground for the silver of
the world, but just how this is goiog
to be done thev do not tell us. It
so happens that the bulk of the sil
ver produced in the United States
and not used in the 'arts is exported,
and most of that which is exported
goes to China, Japan and India,
Now, then, assuming that the open
ing of the mints by this country
would advance the price of silver,
and that is generally admitted, those
importers of silver would have to
pay the advance in price, whatever
that might be. Free coinage men
contend that the) price would go
up to $1.29 an ounce, which would
be the mint price. This is what the
foreign buyers would have to pay
for American silver, for the Ameri
can miner who could convert his
bullion into coin at j the increased
price would not sell it for less. Silver
is silver and the pure silver of one
country is as good as that of
another. Why then should Euro
pean countries seek to dump their
silver on us when they could find an
equally good market for it in the
silver using countries of the East?
But suppose'they did undertake to
ship their silver here, what then?
Would they expect to find people
over here wanting to buy it and
pay $1.29 an ounce for it? Ameri
cans are not in the habit of buying
stuff from Europeans or any one
unless they see a chance to make
something by the operation, for they
don't trade for fun nor as a matter
of accommodation, so we take it that
if our people bought their silver they
would buy it on such terms that they
could make somethiog by the transac
tion.and the European wouldn't make
as much as he expected. He wouM
either have to sell his silver to some
one who wanted it, or he would have
to convert it into American coin,
which to profit by he would have to
put into circulation in this country,
and to do this, unless, he gave it
away, he would have to buy some
thing with it, and someobdy on this
side would be gainer by that because
he would get some of that coin for
something he had to sell. This would
give a stimulus to trade to the extent
of the number of dollars thus put
into circulation, which could not go
into circulation in other countries
because they would be American
dollars. The value of these Ameri
can dollars would doubtless be in
creased in ' proportion to the in
creased value of the bullion in this
country and thus they would have
their influence in increasing the
value of the American dollar the
world over; although it might, not
pass current as money at its face
value in other countries. Every
ounce of foreign silver brought to
our mints for coinage would be
-, recognition of the value of the
American dollar.
But where would be the sense or
the object in rushing their silver to
this country and selling it or in bav
ing it coioed, when they wouia in
time be compelled to buy it back
igain at the same or a higher ppce
than they sold it at? There isa t a
commercial country in Europe that
does not have to buy from time to
time silver either to add to its silver
coinage or to replace the- defaced
coin, while at the same time there is
an increasing demand for silver in
the Eastern countries caused oy tneir
developing Industries and increasing
trade. Japan needs much more
KnchHM twent wears
ago. when her manufacturing inter-1
prises were few in comparison with
what they are now, and her com
merce comparatively, insignificant.
And so with both China and India, al
though not to the same extent as with
Japan. There is one thing remanc-
able about all of these countries, and
that is that the silver that goes into
them never comes out. When it goes
there it goes to stay, and never after
wards figures in the world's stock of
commercial metals.
We venture the .prediction that
with free and unlimited coinage, and
a multiplied capacity for coinage at
our mints, this country will not only
not be the dumpiag ground for the
world's silver but that we will still
be an exporter of silver, the only
difference being that instead of re
ceiving only 60 or 65 cents an ounce
tor bullion our exporters will receive
$1.29, so that our exported bullion
will bring back to us twice as much
money as it does now. There is
neither business sense nor common
sense in this talk of other nations
making this the dumping ground for
their silver, for they would have
nothing to make by that operation,
but much to lose in the long run.
NEITHER
FISH. FLESH
N0S
FOWL.
Cyrus Watson, the Democratic cau-
didate for Governor, is confronted
by two opposing candidates, one of
whom, according to Secretary Hy
ams of the Republican State Com
mittee, is a man of "flesh," the other
of whom is neither fish, flesh nor
fowl. He Is a sort of a "What is it"
freak in politics. Mr. Watson spoke
at Carthage, Moore county, last
Tuesday, where he had a large audi
ence and made a capital speech, in
the course of which he thus referred
to his two opponents, as we find him
quoted by the reporter of the Raleigh
News and Observer.
Mr. Watson alluded to his two oppo
nents for Governor and declared that he
had done all in his power to get Judge
Russell, who represented the other side
of the great paramount issue in the cam
paign, to meet him, but be had tried in
vain; not that Judge Russell was afraid
of him. but he koew that whenever he
met him on the stump that he would
make him come down from one of the
horses be is trying to ride, McKinley
and silver; he knows that I would strike
the mask from him and show him to be
an enemy to the people's cause. I liear
that he has gone west, but I am going
after him. I am going in obedience to
a command older than human law. That
old command that bids you go after
your enemy's ass if you tee him going
astray.
But I have another opponent, Mai. W
A. Guthrie, but what bis politics are I
don't know; If I knew to-day I would not
know what they would be to morrow.
The first time I knew him he was hold
ing a fat office under a Republican ad
ministration, and then in 1880 he flopped
and patted me on the shoulder and said.
"I am for Hancock. Let s beat them.
Bnt Hancock was beaten and Guthrie
got no pie. Four yours later he was a
Blaine elector, but Blaine was beaten
and there was no pie for Guthrie. Then
in 1888 he was a rip-roaring Cleveland
man, but that year Cleveland was beaten
and there was no pie for Guthrie. In
1892 I believe he supported Cleveland
against Weaver, and still he got no pie.
. I hear that Major, Guthrie has chal
lenged me tor a joint campaign, I want
to say that he may challenge, but what's
the use of a joint cauipaign between us.
He claims to represent what I represent
He claims to be for silver, income tax,
against trusts, etc., and so do I. It
would be narrowed down to a personal
fight as to which of as two you would
vote for for Governor. That, my fellow
citizens, is of small importance as com
pared with the great issues involved,
and I am not going to do anything or
engage in any debate or arrangement
that has for its object the diversion of
the minds of the people from these
great questions.
MLHOR MENTION.
It is claimed that there areJ$G00,
000,000 in gold ia circulation in this
country and that all other money is
kept at a parity with gold because
we have these $600,000,000 to bank
on. A couple nights ago a Demo
cratic speaker, addressing a large
meeting in the city of Savannah, re
ferring to the gold In circulation,
asked if there was any one in that
meeting who had a gold coin of any
denomination-in his pocket. But no
gold came forth for it wasn't there.
Of course it wasn't, and the speaker
doubtless felt . pretty . sure of that
when he asked the question. The
nquiry was put simply as an object
esson to demonstrate the falsity of
the "circulation" claim. Assuming
that there are $600,000,000 of gold
in this country (not in circulation,
but in the country) how does it come
that the New York bankers are now
discussing plans to bring gold from
Europe to keep up the gold reserve?
The reserve now amounts to a little
over $104,000,000. This would
eave a little less than $500,-
000,000 outside of the Treasury.
Where Is all this sold since the
bankers have to look abroad for coin
w seep up the reserve? Who has
. tne people. Where is it then?
itts m this country it must be
hoarded by the men who are able to
buy It and hoard It tor speculative
Prpu. ey know that if Mc-;
Kinley be elected they will have use
for the gold because then there will
be more issue of bonds and that is
why they are taking so much Inter
est now In, the preservation of th
gold reserve to "prevent another
issue of bonds before the election,
for they know that another issue, of
bonds would be fatal to McKinley j
and put an. end to the gold borrow
ing business. If it was not so serious
this whole business would be ridicu
lous. - r J
The go'd organs are neither con
sistent nor logical In . many of the
positions they take on the silver coin
age question. For some time they
have been sho wing remarkable inter est
in the wage-earners, the farmers,
the savings bank depositors, life in
surers and others whom they warn
the "53-cent dollar if free
coinage succeeds, ana in me same
breath they tell these people in
whom they now take such a brother
ly and touching interest, that this
whole silver business is simply a con
spiracy Of the silver mine owners who
expect thus to convert their 50 cents
worth of bullion into a 100 cent dol
lar. It never seems to have oc
curred to them that the! wage
earner, farmer, savings bank
depositor and life insurer
might pertinently ask how this
dollar whicn will be worth only 53
cents to them can be worth 100 cents
to the mine owner, and by what pro
cess its value will So suddenly fall
alter it passes from the hands of the
mine owner. ! Do they suppose that
the masses of the American people
are such imbeciles as not to be able
to see the absurdity of such rot as
that or to be fooled by, it? Men
who talk it or write it ought to have
regard enough for their consistency
and sense not to put themselves in
such a ridiculous attitude by indulg
ing in such rot if they haven't re
spect enough for the intelligence of
the people whom they are trying to-
humbug with it.
The New York T'imes, g. o., "ex
pected Hon. Hoke Smith to give
some reason for eoing over to
Bryan." If the men who do the edi
torial writing for the Times would
read the press dispatches they would
discover that Mr. Smith had given
reasons and very good reasons for
his course, and also very good rea
sons why every loyal Democrat, who
mav differ from Mr. Bryan on the
silver question, should follow his ex
ample. .
CURRENT COMMENT.
Some of our esteemed Re
publican exchanges are becoming
woefully mixed in their logic Every
time a failure is announced they at
tribute it to the danger attending
the election of Bryan; and then they
proceed to assure their readers that
there is not the least danger of the
election of the Democratic nominee.
Washington Post, Ind. I
- r- The railway ciiculars of in
structions directing employes how to
vote are causing great indignation
on all the lines and in all the work
shops in Virginia. Even the Repub
licans on the roads and in the shops
hotly resent this monstrous inter-
ferenc with their liberty as free men
and independent citizens, and say
they intend to show these imperial
bosses that their elective franchise is
still theirs. Norfolk Pilot, Prohib.
It is said that Candidate Mc
Kinley has become alarmed over the
manner in which his newspaper sap
port is ridiculing and abusing the
farmers. He fears that is not the
way to secure their votes. In this
the Republican nominee is correct.
and if he will investigate further he
will find that Mr. Hanna's "object
lessons are not the vote-makers
their inventor imagines them to be.
New' York Journal, Dent.
The Pennsylvania Bankers'
Association indorses the "patriotic
conduct of the J. Pierpont Morgan
Association of New York "in com
ing to the rescue of the Treasury."
Nothiag is said about the fact that
the greenbacks which are being ta
ken for gold now can be held until
after the campaign is over and then
be used to draw out the gold again.
Nor is any explanation offered as to
why the Morgan syndicate did not
go to the "rescue- of the Treasury"
last February, instead of taking the
Governmeht by the throat and forc
ing a bond issue. -New York World,
Uem..
TWINKLINGS.
Classic Music Defined Mother,
wnat is classic mos cf
"Music that you do not like, but must
praise.
He Darling, we'll have a lot
to contend with when we are married.
, She Yes, dear, we'll have each other.
dy .
In the Theatre. "Why do you
igcr ine acting is certainly not so
touching.
Excuse me. I am bewailing the money
l pna to come in. ionaon itt Bits
A Lucky Girl Fop No. 1-"I
hear tnat you are betrothed to Miss
Rosenberg. Where is the luck girl?"
Fop No. 2 "She's at home, congratu-
I.. ...If "
you rememDer tne woman
thev took to the hospital two months
ago? Well, sir. do you know that the
priest refused to bury her?"
Is it possible? Why not?"
-' Because, she isn't dead." Journal
Amusant.
Mem Mother "If you go into
the water I shall send you straight
oome to oea.
Angelic Child ' If you do boo-ob-
I know a bov who's got measles, and I'll
go neht cfl and citcb em Pick
Me Up.
Wholesale Grocer So you want
to marry my daughter f What is your
Dusmesi f - ,
Suitor I'm a poetT "
Wholesale Grocer Good! You may
nave her. We need someone to write
our advertisements. "
APPOINTMENTS WILMINGTON
DIS-
TRICT.
W. S. Bon, Presiding under.
Magnolia circuit, Trinity, August -
BUden circuit. Bethel. Aueust 2ft suv
Clinton circuit, Kendall's, September
5, 6.
Mission. Haw Branch.
lO I, ' . - i,! -
h.?2 oa circuit' Swansboro, Septem-
Hc5d "prov,e the reat merit of
abU. i? fo8?8"11,- and Rt merit en
" to ccmpbsh wonderful cures t
SPIRITS, TURPENTINE.
Charlotte ' News : ? Mrs Alma
Freeman died at , 7.20 o'clock last
night at the eome of her husband,'
Mr. M. C Ereeman. - '
-Kinston Free Press: We hear
frequent complaint by farmers who
have had barns of tobacco ruined by
up country people .who claim to be
expert curers.
- Cleveland Star : Farmers frOm
different sections of the; county say
that the cotton crop has been greatly
damaged by the dry weather.; Some
of them say there will not be "more
than half a crop : Mr. Jesse
Hord, who resides a few miles east
of Shelby, will soon be 83 years of
age. He has eighteen children liv
ing and one dead. .Nearly all of his
children are married and one of them
has elevea children, and another
eight and others seven, and so on.
Some of his children's children are
married and have several children.
1
Clinton Democrat: Mr. Redden
Best, aged about 92 years, died on
Thursday, the 13th, at his home in
Herring s township, tie nad been
in feeble health for some time.
Mrs. Love Pope died Sunday morn
ing at her home on Stetson street of
bilious colic. She had been sick but
a few hours. She was about 20
years of age. The Government
whiskey distillery of Mr. Carson
Giddens at Giddensville was seized
last week by Deputy Collector Hill,
and the fixtures carried to Raleigh
on account of alleged irregularies.
Raleigh News and Observer:
Mr si Br itt, of Panther Branch, came
here yesterday to get Coroner Ellis
to hold an inquest over the body of
her daughter, Mrs. jewall, and have
the stomach of the dead woman ex
amined by a chemist. She charges
that Mr. Arthur Jewall, husband of
her daughter, poisoned his wife. Mr.
Jewall is a prominent young citizen,
and the affair has stirred up the
community. A large crowd of Pan
ther Branch people were here yes
terday to see the Coroner. Satur
day, August , 9th, Mrs. Jewall
died. She had been sick, but under
the treatment of Dr. McCuIIers, had
almost recovered. Early in the
day of her death, she complained of
feeling worse. Her husband is said
to have given her a lemonade and a
capsule. When the doctor arrived
she was in a semi comatose condi
tion, and died at 7 o'clock that even
ing. Mr, Jewall, as soon as be beard
the reports about himself, asked Dr.
McCuIIers to have the body exhumed
in order that he might be completely
exonerated, but Dr. McCuIIers did
not have the authority. The matter
is now in the bands of the coroner.
Women Sit on the Right Side.
"Have you ever noticed," said a man
about town, "that nine women out of
ten when they enter a street car invari
ably take a seat on the right hand side of
the car? I have frequently wondered at
i, and a solution of the mystery did not
occur to me until a few nights ago. I
boarded a Girard avenue car which was
-entirely empty, and sat down in the for
ward left hand corner. At the next cross
ing a woman got aboard and sat down
opposite me. At the next street two
more women got in and took seats
alongside of the first. After a time-
there were seven women in the car, all
sitting in a row, leaving me to enjoy
alone the comforts of the left hand seats.
Then three men jumped aboard and sat
down on my side. Finally another wom
an joined us, and instead of taking a
vacant seat near the door on the 'ladies'
side' she walked the entire length of
the car and sat down alongside of me.
This eccentricity on her part impelled
me to watch her more closely than good
manners possibly warranted, but I
solved the mystery to my satisfaction.
She paid the conductor with her left
handl She-was left handed. See? And
all the women on the other side were
right handed of course. Fact I" Phila
delphia Record.
An Antnte Dernier.
An American who was living in Paris
went into a fruitshop one winter's day
several years ago to get something for a
little breakfast that she was preparing
to give, to two or three friends. The pro
prietor 'showed her three very beautiful
hothouse peaches, which he assured her
were the only ones' to be bad in all
Paris. She asked the price and was told
that they were 20 francs.
"Bnt that is very dear," she said,
"Besides I am not at all sure -that the
flavor is good. " "Let us try one, ma
dame," replied the shopkeeper, and be
fore she could prevent him he had bro
ken one of the peaches and was offering.
her a half, while he himself ate the oth
er piece.
"Delicious," was her verdict "And
how much are the other two?"
"Forty francs, madame," answered
the smiling proprietor. "You see, since'
we have eaten the third these that re
main are so much more rare than they
were before. Now, should we try anoth-
er the last one would be 80 francs. "
a ortunateiy she was possessed of an
abundance of this world's goods, so she
hastily paid her 40 francs, lest they go up
in price. New York Journal
Eng-ene Field Was Appreciated.
Tne man was in many ways more re
markable than his work. Yet some of
his work was very good. All his verse
has the quality of being eminently
readable, and some of it is admirably
good poetry, charming in spirit and
fancy and finished in style. His para
phrases of Horace, good ; as they are,
have probably too much of the prairie
air in them to become olassics, but some
of his poetry about children, as "Little
Boy Blue" and "Wynken, Blynken and
Nod," must go into any book of the
poetry of childhood which inoludes all
that is best. No doubt Eugene Field
spent a vast amount of time and energy
and talent in writing what was not
worth while, but that was part of his
daily task and brought its necessary rec
ompense. He was a remarkable man and
did some remarkable things and got a
great deal out of life. It is a satisfaction
to think that his reward was not all de
ferred until he had gone to his rest.
Bcribner's.
The Dear Old Ladjs Mistake. '
Old Mr. and Mrs. Shuman from Bryan
went to town, and in going to the hotel
for dinner saw a crowd around the jus
tice court. The old couple, with pardon
able curiosity, inquired the cause of the
gathering. They were informed that a
man was on trial for beating his wife.
Edging their way through the bystand
ers to get a look at the prisoner, the old
lady whispered to her husband :
"What a murderous looking creature
the prisoner is 1 I'd be afraid to get near
mm." t
; "Hush!" warned her husband. "That
isn't the prisoner; he hasn't been
brought in yet"
'It isn't? Who is it, then?"
"It's the judge !M Atlanta Oonstitu:
tion. ' o
This world, is like a mint. We are no
sooner oast into the fire, taken out asrain.
hammered, stamped and made current
but presently we are changed. Decker
ana Webster.
' COCAINE'S SLAVES.
Honrmti-rrntt Produced on and the Power of
-the ltrng Over to Victims.
The cocaine habit us Jk compara
tively new addition to , the ..evils by
vhioh humanity - is beset, and it
promises to excel even morphinism
in the insidiousness of .its. growth, .
in. blasting destructiveness and in
the number ; of its victims. Under
the use of cocaine the capacity for
labor is greatly augmented and the
heed of sleep much diminished, Itfi(
"rise produces pleasant sensations, in
spiring -ponrage and a general feel
ing of exuberant vitality, -with ap
parently no unpleasant after effects.:
But -while the immediate : action of
cocaine is more animating and
agreeable than that of morphine it
is not nearly so enduring, and the
bitter sequels are manifested earlier
and in form far more disastrous
than in morphine intoxication. Co
caine habitues are utterly unreliable
and disregard all personal appear
ance, going about unkempt, bedrag
gled and forlorn. The cocaine habit
is a swift road to destruction and
leaves in its -wake a blight most ter
rible to behold.
In some way the erroneous notion
has come to prevail. that in treating
the morphine habit cocaine is of
great value, counteracting the effects
of the narcotic Proceeding on this
principle, numberless quacks have
claimed ability to cure the morphine
habit. The unfortunates whom they
have succeeded in deluding are per
haps cured of the morphine hab
it, but in its stead they become
cursed with a vice far more ruinous
than all their former ills. Cocaine
may counteract the effect of mor
phine, but -when the aotion of cocaine
is exhausted the system demands
greatly increased quantities of mor
phine, and this in tarn produces a
desire for more and more cocaine.
Another class of victims comprises
those to whom cocaine has been ad
ministered in minor surgical opera
tions, and who, remembering its ex
hilarating effects, subsequently ob
tain and use the drug to their ruin.
The cocaine habit is apparently in
curable unless the subject possesses
a powerful will and renounces the
use of the drug ere its vicious effects
are manifest. After the habit is
once acquired the system craves the
drug very much as the body craves
food. When the drug hunger is not
gratified, the habitue suffers all the
consequences of natural starvation
until his system recovers its normal
condition. With overwork or any
mental strain the craving for the
drug returns and is repelled only
with the utmost difficulty. Each
dose creates a demand for a larger
dose the next time, and a point is
seldom reached whre a constant
quantity produces uniform results.
A single incident will illustrate
the terrible possibilities of this drug.
A prosperous young lawyer, being
very much overworked and in great
demand, sought renewal of his ex
hausted energies in cocaine. For a
long time this served him remarka
bly well, stimulating his energies
and producing an appearance of re
newed vitality. Presently his sys
tem failed to respond to the usual
quantities of the drug. Then he be
gan a gradual increase of the dose,
with simultaneous reduction in the
effect. Finally the drug seemed to
lose all potency, and the subject was
completely prostrated. Under skill
ful treatment he recovered after a
time and appeared to be restored,
but with returning labor and anxie
ty came the old craving and morbid,
desire for stimulus. This he resisted
with all his energy, but to no avail.
An extreme hunger prevailed in his
system, and he could have no peace
until this was satisfied. Notwith
standing his former experience, one
night he stole from his home and
satisfied his longing with cocaine.
Pleasant thought and blissful
dreams were the result. And thus
he sustained himself from day today.
By stealth his wife obtained some
of the drug, and fnding exhilaration
in its use continued to administer it
to herself, guarding her secret from
her husband. Today one is a raving
maniao, and the ether is behind the
bars, clamorous for cocaine. Bulle
tin of Pharmacy.
Knighthood In 61mm.
Knighthood is not an honor that
you can obtain in Siam as easily as
you can in many other countries.
You have to qualify for it by captur
ing a white elephant, which is, by
Ml accounts, a good deal more diffi
cult than to write indifferent poetry
or to start an antipublishers league.
The white elephant is the national
emblem of Siam, and all the speci
mens that can be caught are kept in
the royal stables and live on the fat
of the land. There are five of them
at present in honorable captivity..
All the work they ever have to do
is to take part twice a year in a state
procession and to support the king
by their majestdo presence whenever
he has to receive a foreign embassa
dor. Besides being knighted, their
captors receive large money re
wards. . The more white elephants
there are in the king's mews the
luckier does he reckon himself like
ly to be. Philadelphia Ledger.
BueMen's Arnica saive.
The Best Salve in the world lor
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles or
no pay required. It is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re
funded. Price 25 cents per box. For
sale by R. R. Bellamy. t
For Over Fifty Tears
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty veers b mil
lions of mothers for their children while
teething, with perfect success.! It
sooths the child,, sottens the sums
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will
relieve -the poor little sufferer immedi
ately. Sold by druggists In every part
of the world. Twenty-five cents a bot
tle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins
iow s dooming syrup," ana take l no
other kind.
Cure for Headache.
Ai a remedy for all forms of Head
ache Electric Bitters has proved to be
the very best. It effects a permanent
cure and the most dreaded habitual sick
headaches yield to its influence. We
urge all who are afflxted to procure a
bottle and give this remedy a fair trial.
In cases of habitual constipation Elec
tric outers cures y giving tne needed
tone to the bowels, and few cases long
resist the use of this medicine. Try it
once. Large bottles only Fifty cents at
K. K. BELLANVS Drag Store. t
asy to Take,
aby to .Operate
Are features peculiar to Hood's Pills. Small in
size, tasteless, efficient, thorough. As one man
said i ' You never know you ,
have taken a pill tiU it is all a I 9 f
over." 25c. C. I. Hood&CoM III S
Proprietors, Lowell, Mass. k B.
The only pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Alice, it Is so formal, yon know. Call me Cornelius. I
jkibs aucb-j'q can yoa uorn ir ir
"If what, darling I"
" If I thought you'd pop. and smoke Pick Leaf."
Mr. Cornwall is now engaged.
Moral: Always smoke
SMOKING TOBACCO
I Made from the Purest, Ripest and Sweetest leaf
I grown in the Golden Belt of Nqrth Carolina.
Cigarette Book goes with each 2-oz. pouch.
ilXL FOR lO CXWTS.
A Pleasant, Cool and Delightful Smoke, jp
Lvon A Co. Toeacco Works, Durham, n. C,
lasoseesiseeeseaaseBasa
Twelfth Century Tablecloths.
In the twelfth century the tablecloths
were very large and were always laid
on the table double. For a long time
they were called "doublers" for that
reason. The cloth was first placed so as
to touch the floor on the side of the ta
ble at which the guests sat. Then all
the cloth that remained was folded so
that it just covesed the table.
Charles V had 67 tablecloths which
were from 15 to 20 yards long and 2
yards wide. He had one cloth which
was S3 yards long, and that had the
arms of France embroidered on it in
silk. All of these were fringed.
In the sixteenth century "doublers,"
or double cloths, were replaced by two
tablecloths, one of which was small and
was laid just as we lay ours today.
The other, which was put on over it,
was large and of beautifully figured
linen. It was skillfully folded iu such
a way that, as a book of that time says,
"it resembled a winding river, gently
ruffled by a little breeze, for among very
many little folds were here and there
great bubbles. "
It must have required much art and
care to make dishes, plates, saltcellars,
sauce dishes and glasses stand steadily
in the midst of this undulating sea and
among those "bubbles" and puffy folds.
However, the fashion had only a short
existence, as is apt to be the case with
unpractical fashions, and toward the
latter part of the century a single cloth,
laid flat and touching the floor on all
sides of the" table, came into general
use. Youth's Companion.
i
The Discovery Saved His Life.
Mr. G. Callouette, Druggist, Beavers-
ville, ill.. savs:!-To Dr. King's New Dis
covery I owe my life. Was taken with
La Grippe and tried all the physicians
for miles about, but of no avail and was
given op -nd told I could not live. Hav
ing Dr. King's New Discovery in my
store I sent for a bottle and began its use
and from the first dose began to get bet
ter, and after using three bottles was up
acd about again, it is worth its weight
in gold. We won't keep store or house
without it. Get a free trial at K. K
Bellamy's Drug Store.
Wholesale Prices lurrent
(dr The following quotations represent Wholesale
Prices generally. Ia making op small orders higher
prices have to be cnarsed.
The quotations are always given as accnrately as
possible, bnt the Stab win not be responsible for any
variations from the actual market puce ot the srticla
quoted.
BAGGING
t lb Jute
Stinda d
WESTERN SMOKED
HamsSlb
! ides $ tt
Shou d-.r $) 9
DRY SALTED
Sides V
Shouloers $) B
BARRELS f-piri s Turpentine
Second-hand, each..
New New York, each. . ....
6
12
6
6
H
7
4
1 00
1 85
1 10
1 40
1 40
21
New City, each
BXESWAX W ID
BRICKS
Wilmington $ M,.,
Northern
BUTTE
North Carolina $ lb
N rthera .........
23
6 50
9 00
7 00
14 00
1- rS3m?m
15
S3
40 42W
40 4i
1 SO
18 25
9 10
10 11
11 12
10
20
13 17
694
18 20
19 8
CORN MAL
Pet Bushel, in sacks'....,,,,,
Virginia Meal
COTTON TIKS S bundle
CANDLES-$ lb
Sperm
Adamantine
CHtESE- lb
Northern tactory
Dairy, Cream . ....... ,,....
State .
COFFEE lb
Lsgntra ,
Rio
DOMESTICS
Shtet'ng, 4-4, $ yard.,.,,..,.
Yarns. $ bnnch..,, .........
EGGS 9 dozen
FI"5H
Mackerel, No 1, $ barrel ....
Mackerel, No 1, $ half-barrel
Mackerel, No 2, g barrel... .
Mackerel, No 2, $ half-barrel
Mackerel. No 8, barrel. ...
Mullets, $ bariel
Ma lets, f) pork barrel
N C. Roe Hrrring, $ keg....
Dry Ccd, $ lb .,
" txtra ,
FOUR-$ barrel
Low grade,,...,
Choce
Straight,,.,.,..
First Patent
GLUE 39 lb .....,... ......
GRAIN-lb buhel
i orn, fro store, hagr White,
Corn, cargo, in bulk White...
Co n, cargo, in bags White,,
O t, from s ore
Oats, Rust Proof..,.,.,
Cow Peas --..---.,..,
HIDES, B
Green ...........,..
Dry
HAY, $ 100 lbs
Easier i
Western
North River..,, ,
HOOP IRON, $ 0)
LARO, fl lb
r-orthein
North Carolina
LIME $ barrel s ...
LUMBs.R(ci y sawed), $ M fee
Ship Stuff resawed. ..........
Rough-, dge Plank...... ......
West India cargoes, according
to quality
Dressed Flooring, seasoned...
Scant 1 ng and Board, common.
MO LA Sb ES, $ gallon
New Crop Cuba, in hhds.,.,,,
" " " m .bbls......
Porto Rico, in hhds.
" inbb's ..........
Sugar-House, in hhds......,,.
" " in bbls.
. Syrup, in bbls ., ....
NAILS, keg. Cut 60d basis..,.
PORK, v b rrel
. City si ess
Rump............
Prime .......... ...... ......
ROPE,
SALT, $ tack Alum -
Liverpool., ...... ........, .
Lisbon ..... .,.,.. .
American
On 125 Tt Sacks.. :
SHINGLES, 7-inch, $ M
Common .,, .
Cypress Saps . . .
SUGAR, $ lb Standard GramC
Standard A..,,-.
White Ex. C ........... .
Ext a C, Golden.,,. .
C Yrll w .. ,
SOAP, lb Northern . .
STAVES. M W. O. barrel....
R. O. Hogshead ....
TIMB'R, $M feet Shipping....
Mill, Pr.me
will. Fair. ,,,...
Common Mill.....
Inferior to Ordinary... .......
TALLOW, V lb...
WHISKEY f ga'km Northern.
North Caroina ..............
WOOL, y ft Washed
Unwashed,.
-....
22 00
U CO
16 fO
8 00
13 00
3 00
5 75
3 0
5
3 35
31 00
15 00
18 00
9 00
14 00
3 5
6(0
3 25
10
3 50
8 25 3 00
a 25 8 25
4 1. 4 50
4 45 H 4 47
7Jx
45
45
45
43
40
80
0
40
4U
6
8
1 05
91
S5
2
5
6
2M
6
10
1 35
18 CO 20 00
15 00 16 00
13 00 18 00
18 03 22 00
14 01 15 (0
23
25
8 64
10
4
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
STAR OFFICE. August 20.
SPIRITS TURPENTTNEMa.t.
steady at 22 cents per gallon for ma-
tuiuc maae casus,, and 21 cen s (or
country casks.
KOSIN Market firm at (1 32 per
)1 for Strainer nnrl ail S7i t, n. a
Strained. i -.
TAR. Market firm at tl 05 oer
bbl i
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE" c(.,.
Hard l.SOVTellow Dm l.s v.roin 1 nk
per barrel.
Quotations same rlaw last unr QmrW.
turpentine 2584$c; - rosin, strained,
tl 15: eood strained ill 20: tar i ars
enide turpentine $1 10. 1 60, 1 80.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine 108
Kosm 863
Tar. 107
Crude Turpentine 40
Receipts same dav last vear 37ft
casks spirits turpentine, 1.003 bbls rosin,
uuisiar. ou ddis cruae turpentine.
COTTON.
Market firm. Ojntatinna-'
Ordinary. 5 cts ft
wood Ordinary. ...... 6 " "
low Miaouing 6 1-16 "
Middlincr ixz
Good Middling....... 7 18-16 "
Same day last year, middling 7Jc. -Receipts
4 bales: same dav last
year 2.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS Nnrrh rsmlina-Prlm.
4550c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra'
r-rime, 00c; fancy, ou65c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 6065c; Fancy, 6570c.
LUKW firm: 88 to 40 rents nir
ousnci.
, -
N. C. BACON Stead: Ham Q
to 10c per pound; Shoulders, 6 to' 7c;
aiaes, 7 to 7hc.
SHINGLES Per thousand five inrh
hearts and- sans, ft! fiO tr i mih
$2 50 to 3.50; seven inch $5 50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to
7.50 per M. i
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
By Teiegraph'to the Morni-2 Star.
FINANCIAL.
New York, August 20 Evening.
Money on call was steady at 3n4 oer
cent; last loanat3, closing offered at
at a per cent. Prime meicantlle paper
66i percent. Sterling exchange steady
to nrm; actual business in bankers bills
484X48 for sixty days and 485X
4.00M lor oemand. Commercial bills
483 1 484. Government bonds firm;
United States coupon fours 1(6; Unhed
States twos 91. State bond" were nee
lected; North Carolina fours 95; North
Carolina sixes 110. Railroad bonds were
easier.
Silver at the Stock Exchange to day
was dull.
COMMERCIAL.
New York, Aug. 20 Evening. Cot
ton steady; middling gull 8 1116c; mid
dling uplands S 7-loc.
Cotton futures clcsed very steady;
August 8 20. September 8 07, October
8 18, November 809, December 8 H.Jan
uary 8 18. February 8 23, March 8 27,
April 8 31. Sales 208,100 ba'es.
Cotton net receipts bales; gross
104 bales; exports to Great Britain
bales: to France bales; to the
Continent 167 bales; forwarded 3
bales; sales bales; sales to spin
ners 1.118 bales;stock(actual)68 391 bales
Total to day-Net receipts 5 790 bales;'
exports to Great Britain 904 bales; to
France bales; to the Continent 167
bales; stock 150,144 bales.
Total so far this week Net receipts
30,870 bales; exports to Great Britain
10,734 bales; to France 275 bales; to
the Continent 2 214 bales.
Total since September 1 Net receipts
5,211,143 bales; exports to Great Britain
2.264.255 bales; exports to France 464 843
bales; exports to the Continent 1,787,
018 bales.
Flour quiet, steady and unchanged;
Southern Hour quiet and steady; com
mon to fair extia $2 00 2 60; good to
choice S3 602 90. Wheat spot mod
erately active; options opened firm and
advanced Kc, fell c with the West
and closed steady l&wKc under ytsier
day; No.2 red August 63c; September 63;
October 64c: November 65c; December
65; May 69c Corn spot dull and
firm; No. 2 28c at elevator and 29c
afloat; options advanced ij4C, fell yz
Mc and closed nrm and unchanged
to up, with trading slow; August
282c; September 28&c; October 29Jc;
December c; May c. Uats spot
moderately active and nrmer; options
dull and firmer; August 22c; Septem
ber 22&22c; October 2ic spot
No. 2, 22&22Kc; No. 2 white 26c;
mixed Western 2223c. Hay qiiet
and steady; shipping 6570c; good to
choice 77i9oc. Lard fairly active and
steady at the quotations; Western steam
$3 85; city $3 60; September S3 75, refined
laid quiet and steadv; Continent $4 25;
South America $4 70; compound $3 1
4 12. Pork quiet and steady; old
mefS 8 008 25; new 8 508 75,
Butter ws firm and in fair demand;
State dairy 1015c; do. creamery 11W
16c; Western dairy 912c; do cream
ery c; Elgins 16c. Fees fancy firm; de
maud fair; State and Pennsylvania 14
15c; Western fresh - lS13c; do. per
case $2 003 50. Cotton seed oil quiet,
steady; crude 1920c; yellow 23S3mc
Rice steady.quiet; domestic, fair to extra
353c; japan 443c. Molasses dull
and steady; New Orleans, open kettle.
good to choice 2737c. Peanuts steady.
quiet; fancy hand-picked 44. Coffee
quiet and unchanged to o points up;
September $9 759 80: December $9 25;
Match $9 259 80; spot K10 dull and
steady; No. 7, $10 75. Sugar raw dull
but steady; fair refining 3;; refined quiet,
steady and unchanged.
Chicago, Aug. 20. Cash quotations
Flour was quiet and generally easy; soft
wheat patents $I 103 dU; other prices
were reported s unchanged. Wheat
No. 2 spring 5455Vc; No. 2 red 59M
60H- Corn No.2, 22M23Mc.Oats
No. 2, 17 4 1754c. Mess pork, per bbl
5 905 95. Lard, per 100 lbs, $3 42
Short rib sides, loose, per 100 lbs
$3 25 3 35. Dry salted shoulders,
boxed, per 100 lbs, $3 754 00. Short
clear sides, boxed, per 100 lbs f 3 62J
3 75. Whiskey SI 19.
The. leading futures ranged as follows
opening, highest lowest and cloine
Wheat-August 5555, 55H. 54.
54c; September 5055, 56. 55 U
65c; December 59 59. 59. 58,
59j. Corn August 2222Jg,23, 22,
82 September Z3M3?8. 23Mi- 23,23;
May 27V27M. 7r 26, 263. 27
Oats September 17&n. 17
17&.17KH.17W; May 20 20LJ.19&
196. 192c. Messpork September
$6 00. 6 02. 5 80, 5 90,October $5 97
5 97X, 0 80. 0 95: January $7 00, 7 00,
8 87. Lard September $3 85, 8 40,
3 35. 3 40; October $3 42X, 3 47,3 42
8 47V; January $375,3 80, 3 75, 8 77.
snort ribs September $3 25, 8 27
3 22. 8 27; October $3 82, 3 35
3 30, 3 85; January $3 47. 3 50, 8 45.3 50.
Baltimore, August 20. Flour dull
and unchanged. Wheat strong; spot
and August 61V61c; September
61M61 c; October 62 Mc bid; Decern
ber 65Jc asked; Steamer No. 2 red 56c
bid; Southern by sample 6063C; do
on grade 60a63c. Corn firmer; spot,
August and September 2828c; Octo
ber 283428?6c; year 28c; steamer mixed
2525c; Southern wnite 2829c
do yellow 2728c. Oats firmer
new No.2 white 2525c; No. 2 mixed
2323c.
COTTON MARKETS.
. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
August 20.-Galveston, steady at 7&
.647 bales; Norfolk -firm .
DtS 65 hal.o 1. Lra at
7, net receipts
uiuic, nominal
at8Vn;r:'"P.!w:Balt,-
ootion.quiet
Wilminotnn
at85-T6.nVtceS
firm at 1U ?aIe.
bales; Philadelph
elohia Jcce'Pts4
bales; SaVa "t
receipts lo
receipts j 1,153 bales
Orleans, firm
bales, all new;
receipts 59
h;r..
' Tit net
receipt, i88 bales; Al
. netreceiots 37 k, usta-
nrm at
- . a,
Charleston
firm at 7U n. ""s-Be:
oaies (290
1 new
ew) T ,CLe'Pis404
FOREIGN MARKETS
By Cable to the Morning Star.
I-IVKRPrVYr. Anona on . n
, ,a OU.-.13.3U r M
Cotton, demand moderate ..'
easier
American miHHiinn j j ycrj
7,000
bales, of whirk ft nrJ? la . bal"
can;
: . were Arr.rri
speculation and export 5C0 r,
s 2200 halM Dii i: T ' V- Rc-
ceipts
American. Futures 1 opened ivnH
demand good. August 4 28 6 Id A
and
September 4 24-64. 4 25 644 &
September 4 22 64d; be Jttht
October 4 17 64,4 18 6t4 n 64?.
aber and Nnnmh im ,"n
64d;
and
Octo
4
16
64a4 15 64d: Nok
cem
ber 4 15 64, 414-64. 4 15 644 it
: flACpnihar anI' T y
64d
415
. 7 uu Jduuary 4 14 fil
64 4 16 64 4 15 64. 4 14 644 l '
January and February 4 15-64 4 it
64d;
64,
4
13
64a4 14 64d: FehmarJ lJ 6f
'4 16
64. 4 IS.R-ia YaZaW "larCt
American spot grades 3 321 0Wfr"
American middling lair 4 31 42d oorri
middling 4 21 32d; middling 417 32,1
low mirlrilintr A. win. fi i .
low
4 5
uuu ordinary
16d; ordinary 4UA. Fntn, V
at
the decline. 41
4
P. M. August 4 28 644 29 64d
buyt
seller; September and October 4 19 64d
seller; October and November 417 64d
ocuer. ixuvemoer ana December 4 15 g4
4 16 64d buver: December and Ian
uary 4 15-644 16 64d buyer; January
and February 4 15-644 16-64d buver
February and March 4 16 644 17 64d
seller; March and April 4 17-64d buyer
April and May 4 18 64d seller; May and
June 4 18 644 19-64d buyer. Futures
closed steady.
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Schr N.ellis Floyd, 435 tons, John
stone. New York, Geo Harriss. Son
& Co.
Schr Amelia P Schmidt. 266 tons
Grace, Philadelphia, Pa, Geo Harms
Son & Co. . '
Schr Gov Jas Y- Smith. 305 tons.
Patrick, Gibara, via Sapelo, Geo Harriss!
Son & Co.
Steamer D Murchison, Robeson, Fay
etteville, James Madden.
CLEARED.
Steamer D Murchison, Robeson, Fay-
etteville. Tames Madden.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
1
List of Teasels In tlie Port of Wil
mington, W. C, August 21, 189C.
SCHOONERS.
Charles C L;ste.r, 263 tons, Robinson,
Geo HarribS, Son & Co.
W C Wickham, 313 tons, Edwin, Geo
Hariiss, Son & Co.
BARQUES.
Hanccck, 392 tons. Warren, Geo Har-
rifs, Son & Co.
Argo (N01). 534 tons, Arentsen. Jas T
Riley & Co.
Madre (I:a)), 447 tonsScttto, Heide &
Co. T
MAXTON BUILDING
AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION
Maxton, N. C.
DIRECTORS.
J. D. Croom, Maxton.
Ed. McRae, Maxton.
J. H. Kinsey, Maxton.
G. B. Sellers, Maxton.
G. B. Pattersoe, Maxton.
Wm. H. Bernard, Wilmington.
E. F. McRae, Raemont.
The attention of investors Xn Wil
mington Is called to the fact that the
average profits on Six Series of Stock
in this Association have been over
Fourteen Per Cent.
Initiation Fee, 25 cents per Share.
Subscriptions to Stock payable in
weekly instalments of 25 cents per
Share. , j
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.
J. D. CROOM, President.
W. B. HARKER, Secretary.
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