Bf WILLI AM II. BBRN1BD.
WrLMINQTOIT. N. c.
Wednesday : Morning, Sept. 30
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
for president:
WILLIAM h BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
for vice-president:
ARTHUR SB WALL,
of Maine.
FOR ELECTORS.
Electon-at-Larce Locke Crate, of
Buncombe, and R. B. Davis, of New
Hanover. -
First District Theo. F. White, of
Perquimans.
Second District H. F. Freeman, of
Wilson.
Third D.strict C- R. Thomas, of
Craven.
Fourth District W. S. Bailey, of
Nash.T
Fifth' District William Merritt, of
Person.
Sixth District B. F. Kitb, of N.ew
Hanover.
' Seventh District Tneo. F. Kluttz
of Rowan.
Eighth District Tyre York, of
Wilkes.
Ninth District R. D. Gilmer, of
Haywocd.
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET,
. for governor:'
CYRUS B. WATSON. '
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 I
JOHN C. SCARBOROUGH,
. of Johnston.
TOR" ATTORNEY GENERAL:
F. I. OSBORNE. .
of Mecklenburg.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICES SUPREME COURT
A. C AVERY, of Burke,
GEO. H. BROWN Jr of Beaufort.
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
JAMES S. MANNING, of Durham.
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.
1st District--W. H. Lucas, of H?de.
2d " F. A. Woodard. of Wilson.
3d " Frank Thompson. Onslow.
4th " E. W. Pou. of Johnston
5th " W. W. Kitcain, or Person
6cn ' Jas A. Lockbart,of Anson,
7th " S. J. Petnberton, of Stanly.
8th " R. A. Dougbton. Alleghany
9th " -Jos. a. Adams. Buncombe,
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET
For Sheriff Frank H. S ted man.
Register of Deeds John Haar.
Treasure; Tosh. T. Tames.
roner Peter H. Smith.
Commissioners Koeer Moore.
J. G. L. Gieschen. '
W. F. Alexatvjif.---
Constable ( W il. to w n shi r
Biddle.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
KING.
J. FERGUS.
83f Cockran on Slaveholders.
-.-Will yoa submit to this conspiracy
between the professional farmers,
the farmers who cultivate the quar
rels of their neighbhrs, farmers who
labor with their jaws, Populist agi
tators of the West, and the unre
conciled slave-holders of the South ?
This is a conspiracy between pro
fessional farmers, who want to pay
low wages, and the unreconciled
slave-holders, who wonld like to
pay no wages at all. (Extract from
the speech of Bourke Cockran, de
livered in New York August 18th.)
A M GZ5TLEM A'& " VIEWS.
,S Some one, over the signature of
"Gentleman," writes as follows In
the New York Journal :
"Were my mind not matured by
study and reflection, and so postessed of
that balance which renders ona sape
perior to the evanescent gales of popu
lar fury, I should certainly be in some
danger of losing my temper at this time.
The extremely abusive and unpleasant
letters which yon are pleased to publish
in relation to my communications in
your paper and permit me to say that
you might easily be in a more dignified
business than pandering to the passions
and prejudices of the jnob are but
samples of hundreds that have reached
me personally through vour office.
' "And what, after all, is my offense ? I
have said that the lower orders are in
capable, without the instruction of their
betters in brain and social position,in
telligently to use the franchise, 1 have
said it is better for themselves and the
country that their votes should be con
trolled by purchase and gentle coercion,
rather that tbey should be allowed in
their Ignorance to go to the ballot box
and vote for Bryan, free siver, repudi
ation, national dishonor, and the de
spoilment of the- upper classes, who
represent about all there is of. civiliza
tion among us. I have said that I cor
dially approve of the measures taken by
that broad minded, resolute and patri
otic man. Mr. Mark Hanna, to prevent
the triumph of Anarchy and Social
ism, which Demagogue Bryan's election
'would be. -
. "One would think from the brutal
and scandalous manner in which I am
assaUed on all bands that I personally
am responsible for the following exist
ing tacts :
"1. The inferior mentality of the aver
age mechanic, farmer and laborer, which
Interior mentality unfits him for that
citizenship he is almost sure to misuse
unless he is guided by those who are his
betters in Intellect and knowledge.
"2. The creation of the Public Safety
Fund, amounting to many millions of
dollars, which has been contributed by
the best and foremost citizens of the
United States and intrusted to Mr.
Hanna for political use.
8. "The action of sensible Republican
and gold standard Democratic employers
nearly everywhere in giving their em
ployes light on . the question of the
money standards and causing them to
understand that a vote thrown against,
the common interests will be punished
by discharge. : i '"
"Now,sir.only yokels and clodhoppers,
who are no more qualified to vote upon
the financial issue than they are to sit
themselves down at a gentleman's table
and conduct themselves like polished
members of polite society, can possibly
misunderstand my position. Obviously
I did not create the - facts which I have
enumerated. J have simply given public
expression to my approval ..of Facts
and 8."
We do not know who "Gentleman"
is, and it may not matter much what
his views are, tat this "Gentleman"
unhappily represents a Wry consid
erable number of people who eater'
tain similar views bat have not the
candor to say so. Whether they lit
erally entertain these views or not
they act npon them and assume that
the great mass of .the people have
not thejntelligence, the .morality or
the patriotism to properly exercise
the right of franchise.
They have in the city of New
York the select and elite "400," most
of whom do not have to go back
very far to run into the ancestral
cabbage patch, or tanyard, and
so, a'so, this ' country has its
select or elite plutocratic contingent,
most of whom, like the "400". of
Gotham, wouldn't have to go back
very far before they ran into an
army sutlership, a shoddy clothes
shop, a government? bond manipu
lator, a public land grabber, a rail
road wrecker, or something of that
sort, ' but who assnme to have a
monopoly of the wealth, intelligence,
respectability and patriotism of this
country.
We wonld not do the advocates
of the gold standard the injustice to
say that they all entertain these
views, but If they are to be judged
by their organs and spokesmen that
is the conclusion that one must come
to, for have they not been in the
habit of characterizing the advocates
of free coinage as victims of a wild
"craze," and the supporters of Win.
J. Bryan as "repudiators," "com
munists" and "anarchists;" and have
they not been contrasting the "well
dressed," "intelligent" andiences
which go to hear their speakers,
with the "mobs" that greet Wm, J.
Bryan?
' Who are these "repudiators," these
"communists," these "anarchists,"
these "mobs ?" They represent a
large majority of the American peo
ple, the men 'whose patient toil on
the farm, in forest and mine and
shop produce and shape the mate
rials that make the wealth of the na
tion and furnish the commodities for
our external and internal commerce.
It is they whose brain and brawn
supply the bases of all the trade, pro
gress arid prosperity we have, and
without whose industry these select
citizens who assume to have all the
intelligence and respectability would
never, have inherited or amassed the
fortunes which have inflated - them
with arrogance and the belief that
they have some vested right to gov
ern this country and dictate its poli
cies, not in the interest of the "mob"
they despise but in their own in
terest. ,
When waft's bugle blast sounds
who bounds to-tbe"Irofif'tc
to It? The select who revel in their
mil'- tns (many of them ill-gotten), or
" . I'repudlators," "communists"
and "anarchists" the "mob," who
require the guiding intelligence or
dictation of the select to show them
how tocast their ballots?
' When internal disturbance comes
and si rikers throwing off the re
straints of law and order do violence
to the property of others where do
the authorities look for the strong
arm to enforce the law and protect
property? - To the select, or to the
men who earn their bread in the
sweat of their faces? In this coun
try, and in fact in all countries, these
questions carry their answers with
them. To be shot at in defence of
the country's preservation or honor,
or to stand as a bulwark between
the property of the rich and the
violence of the mob the un
tutored "masses may do well
enough, but when it comes to
voting for men to govern the coun
try or for policies to shape its desti
nies, tbey are incompetent and must
leave that tq, to the select few who
presuming upon their dollars arro
gate to themselves the intelligence
and respectability which alone
should wield the ballot or direct
others how to wield It.
European countries ; have their
hereditary aristocracy, which claims
by lineage the right to rule. The
plutocrats of this country would es
tablish an aristocracy of dollars and
claim by virtue of these dollars the
right to rule as the aristocrats on the
other side of the waters do by right
of inheritance. Whatever ef respect
may attach to the claim of the aris
tocracy by inheritance, resulting from
conceded right and antiquity, none
at all attaches to the self -constituted
aristocracy on this side where citi
zenship and sovereignty are based
on manhood and not on dollars, some
of wnicfi may have been - honestly
earned, some inherited and many
stolen, stolen perhaps under-cover
and sanction bf law,- bat 'stolen.! all
the same. "
TRYING tO BTJH THE CHURCHES
; To their credit it must be said thaf
few ministers of any of the denomi
nations so -far forget' their- sacred
calling as to take an active part out
side ; of casting their; votes as citi
zens, in promoting the. success of
any 'political party. It is true that
there; are! occasional "j exceptions,
made the more conspicuous by their
rarity, exceptions . where, men who
mistake their vocations sink the
minister In the partisan and st umper,
and i where they sometimes "become
candidates for, I Uffice and put
themselves. up as targets to be punc
tured by opponents. The legitimate
inference is that such men are act
uated more by a thirst for fleeting
notoriety or a desire for personal
gain than by a desire to promote the
work to which they .had prof eased y
devoted their lives,, v t
The success which the Republican
party managers have met with in
securing the services of some min
isters has encouraged them to en
deavor to enlist the , services of
others, with a boldness that excites
admiration by the very fact of its
brazen audacity. It is well known
that the Republicans are. making a
desperate effort to carry some of
the doubtful States, ' and that . in
these States especially f they have
been seeking the active co-operation
of the clergy of the respective
denominations efforts in which, as
we have stated, they have met with
partial success. But the boldest
and most reckless attempt they
have yet made is in the follow
ing, which we clip from the Phila
delphia North American, a McKinley
paper: -
'-Robert C Ogden . chairman of the
Publication Committee of the McKin
ley and Hobart Business Men's Commit
tee, has addressed the following se f
explanatory letter to the members of the
Roman Catholic clergy:
"Reverend and Dear Sit: We are well
aware that the dignity ot your several
offices foraids the exercise of your influ
ence in any political matter involving
mere questions ot executive or legisla
tive policy. Nevertheless, we are tally
persuaded that the qaestions before the
country in toe pending rresiaentiai
campaign are o! an especially serious
character, because the? involve funda
mental moral isiuis. A decision in the
selection of a President that will com
mit the Executive to a policy that its
application will forcibly compromue
private financial obligations, and will re
pndiate a portion of the national debts,
will be a violation ol the basic unristian
principle that commands honesty be
ttreen man and man. Such a decision.
we believe, would be thoroughly immo
ral, and would precipitate an ethical and
material calamity of incalculable magm
tode.
"We are also of opinion that the at
tack now being made npon the regularly
constituted legal authorities ot the na
tional Government is pernicious and
dangerous to an extreme degree, for it
contains rebellion against those safe
guards of law upon which society, the
individual, the sevral States and the na
tion must depend for secarity and pro
tection. If successful, the vital princi
ples of our Government will be under
mined. -
"Recalling with gratitude the patriot
ism and emtneni public services ot the
late most Reverend Archbishop Hughes,
and many others of the Roman Catholic
clergy, when the integrity of our Gav
ernment was threatened on a former oc
casion, we take the liberty to suggest
inn the present is a period of equal
danger. The Government is not threat
ened by physical force, but insiduous
and false ideas that inspire incipient an
archy and contemot for proper author'
ity are industriously propagated
throughout the countrv.
"It is not our purpose to argue the
foregoing suggestions. We merely de
sire to respectfully express the opinion
that present political issues involve vital
moral questions, that poerfu ly appeal
to the religious instructors of the people.
'Our committee is not partisan; it in
cludes neither officeholders nor office
seekers We have no personal political
interests to serve, being simply private
citizens, associated lor patriotic pur
poses. Very respectfully,
'Robert C. Ogd en,
"Chairman Publication Committee.'
Itoiappeiis---tnt a very large
percentage, consuming a very con
siderable majority of the denomina
tion bf the clergy to whom this ap
peal Is addressed are Democrats',
and hence its purposes may be read
ily understood, and so also may be
understood the animus and the des
peration of men who would thus
drag the churches into politics and
make their ministers not servants of
the Lord but servants of Mark
Hanna and co-laborers of the politi
cal .bosses, in whose eyes nothing is
too sacred to' be used to promote
their ends. Such shameless disre
gard of propriety or decency is too
outrageous for cool comment.
MIS OS HEHTIOS. -
The enthusiasm for free silver and
Bryan grew from the moment he
entered New England until he left
It 'Never within the recollection of
living men has that sedate corner of
the Republic been shaken up as it
was by this marvellous man from
the "Wild West," who came among
them as the champion and defender
of a doctrine which they had been
taught to believe was a financial
heresy which could find recognition
or tolerance only among the "repu
diators" of the West and the "un
reconciled slave-owners of the
South."- Right under the shadows
of the towering temples of Mam
mon, which lift themselves - high
in the money centers of - that
earner bf the Republic; 'right under
the shado ws of the smokestacks of
the manufacturers who for a genera
tion have dominated the tariff poli
cies of this Government this earnest
advocate of financial reform talked
to the people and was greeteefwith
an acclaim that the utterances of no
popular speaker have evoked in thfs
day.,. We do not have any idea that
those speeches will revolutionize that
section of the country, but we do be
lieve that if the campaign of educa
tion had been inaugurated six months
ago, the Hauna-McKinley combine
would have been put to their best to
hold as many as one of those States.
i. ' - . .
j , It appears that there, was an error
in the statement of the State. Treas
ury Department as to the amount of
gold in the banks in this State on
,theri4th of July, the amount being
$340,000 instead bf $900, as printed
in the official statement. The error
jis explained by Chief Clerk Den
mark, who says the printers did it
As we referred to the statement and
.commented npon it we cheerfully
make the correction There is con
siderable difference between $340,
000 and $900, but with gold as the
jonly moey of final redemption, as
the gold men are trying to make it
and will make it if they succeed, the
700,000 people of Nbrth Carolina
would be in a pretty, bad fix with
$340,000 to fall back on.
' It is actual, merit that has given
Hood's Sarsaparilia . the first place
among medicines. ' It is the One True
Blood Purifier and nerve tonic t
SPIRITS TUEPENTINE.
- Newbern Journal: Capt. Chas.
Tucker, born on Long Island, June
15th, 118, and forty years a resident
of Newbern, died Sunday at his home
on East Front street.
Charlotte News: Mr. Philemon
Rufus Morris died at his home in
Crab Orchard township yesterday,
after a few weeks illness with fever.
He was 45 years of age, and was a
son of the late Jas. B. Morris. -
Fayetteville Observer : Mrs.
Jerry Roberts died at 5 o'clock this ,
morning, at her home on Harrington
HilL The sorrow of - many old
friends on learning of Mrs. Robert's
death will be tempered by the feel
ing that she has been relieved of a
life which has been more of a burden
than a pleasure to her.
Lexington Dispatch: We learn
that two negroes, Lewis Walser and
Alex. Hairston, became engaged in a
row at Everhardt's factory one day
last week. Hairston started to
wards Walser with an open razor, the
latter picked up a brick - bat and
threw it, hitting Hairston and injur
ing him so badly he died the next
day. Walser escaped.
Concord Standard: On Wednes
day last Dr. J. S. Lafferty accom
panied Mr. Frank Poteat, of No. 4
township, to Baltimore, where a
tumor was taken from Mr. Poteat's
body. The operations were too
much for the feeble condition of the
suffering man and he died in the op
eration. Mr. Poteat had been a great
sufferer and had undergone several
previous operations.
Salisbury World: It was a shock
to her many friends to learn that
Miss Estelle Cauble was dead Satur
day afternoon. For only the day
before she was in her usual health
and there was no promonition of the
early death that came to her so soon.
Miss Cauble had a bad attack of
fever this summer, but had recovered
from it and on Friday was in good
health. Friday evening she was
troubled with her heart and Satur
day evening she was a corpse. Miss
Cauble was 20 vears old.
Hickory Times: A very dis
tressing and fatal accident occurred
at the home of Mr. Jas. R. Wbitener
yesterday morning. Gordon, the
two and a half year old son of Mr.
Wbitener, was playing in the yard in
which was a wash pot with a fire un
der it The little fellow - ran too
near the fire, and his dress caught
and was burned nearly off before
the flames could be extinguished
The child "was terribly bnrned and
suffered intensely. Dr. Menzies was
called in and did all he could to give
relief, but medical skill was un
availing, and the young life went out
at 5 o clock yesterday afternoon.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The administration is after
an office holder .down in West Vir
ginia who insists on retaining bis
Democracy. If the administsation
insists on its demands, be will have
to get outjoT' the party or get out pf-
politics-- Washington Tost, Ind.
Tbe. &rn suggests that it)is
V-.VS'vertfo tbe coetcftm
business." We are pleased to agree
in this sentiment. In fact it has
gone too far already. It is being
grossly overdone by the corpora
tions of Indiana. It is a violation
of the election law. It is at outrage
on American liberity, and an insult
to every workingman in the land.
Indianapolis Sentinel, JJem.
There is a good deal of
groundless talk in the opposition
press about Mr. Bryan's attempt to
arouse sectional feeling. Yet a Ke
publican newspaper of this city be
gins a dispatch from Chicago thus:
" 'Vote as you shot That is the
rallying cry that will go out from
Chicago to-night to the boys that
once wore the blue." - A pretty
pother . there would be if a similar
rallying cry went out to the boys
who once wore the giay.New York
Journal, Dem.
McKinley says : VFree coin
aee of silver would destroy confi
dence." That may be your opinion.
Major, but at present writing, under
"the existiog gold standard, conn
dence seems to be pretty well de
stroyed anyway, so why not take the
other tack for a while, just as an ex
periment. Confidence could not be
more effectually destroyed than
it
has been since -Cleveland simulta
neously inaugurated the existing
gold standard and the panic for us
in 1893. Journal J of Knights of
Labor,
TWIN "l"ngs.
The difference : Adklns How
will it be when the new woxaa reigns ?
Grimshaw Oh, I sjppsse the only
difference will be Hhat "tronsseu" will
be spelt "trousers." Puck.
"My face is my fortune, sir,1
she said.
"That's plain enough," be said ab
stractedly,
Then he had to . explain that he
meant anybody could see it. New York
Press.
"What changes time makes
Two vears ago, when he married her, le
was dead broke.
"Well, how are things now ?"
'She is In the sime condition."
Detroit Free Press. -
Mistress Mercy. Margaret
You are making that bread wiifiout hav
ing washed your hanks.
Maid I know; but then, you know,
I'll have to wash just the same after I
get through. Boston Transcript.
Teacher-r-What is meant by
"opsqui ? ' . V
. Pupil Toere isn't any such thing
now, teacher, since those "X ' rays were
ditcovered. Puckl
Tommy Paw, what is human
natnrc? -
Mr. Figg Human nature, my son. is
the excuse generally offered by a man
who has been acting like a hog. Indian
apolts Journal.
i "They have bad to chloroform
the two-headed girl.
"What was the matter ? '
"One bead wanted to talk politics and
the other head, didn't." Chicago Record.
BlarreloBn Results.
From a letter written by Rev J Gun
derman, of Dlmondale, Mich, we are
permitted to make this extract: "I have
no hesitation in recommendine Dr.
King's New Discovery, as the results
were almost marvelous in the case of
my wife. While I was I pastor of the
Baptist church at Kives unction she
was brnncht down with Pneumonia suc
ceeding La Grippe. Terrible paroxysms
of coughing would last hours with little
interruption and it seen.ed ii it she
rnnM nnr anrviv thftm. ' A friend T
commended Dr. King's New, Discovery,
it was qnick in its work and highly sat
isfactnrv in remits" Trial bottles free
at R R Bellamy's drug store. Regular
size 60c and tl.OQ. V
IN HIGH LATITUDES.
Yoa Can Brad mt lO o'clock sA
Night Without Artificial light.
I hava on the Umflord, In Denmark
(latitude 57 degrees), road the newspaper
In my bedroom at 10:80 p. in. without the
bid of a oandle. While I read the villagers
played skittles In the alley under my win
dow, and beyond the hoary chestnut trues
ot the garden (with clots of starling on
their bare top boughs) the, sky was still
crimson and gold In the west, with the
long woolly lines of vapor only just begin
ning to swathe the land lltca a blanket.
On the other side of the Inn the traffic
was as vigorous then as at noonday. Car
riers' carta creaked up to the dr, and
drayloads of squeaking pigs maue other
muslo than the lark's. Double chajpes,
with cushions of red or green velvet, and
half a dozen happy villagers to each (the
men all with great china bowled pipes in
their mouths), swung lazily by, raising a
dust. And the lowing of troubled cows
and oalves came as much from the road as
from the Illimitable meadow, -beyond at
tached to the historic old manor house
(now a mere dairy farm), whose buildings
were quite concealed by the tall trees that
girdle them.
The Inn damsels, sewing girls, kitchen
maids, the daughters of the house and a
friend or two had now set aside all the
cares of the day and were rolling each oth
er about on the dewy grass under the
chestnut trees like so many lambkins. Lit
tle oared they for Prim Propriety, with the
pursed lip and the demure eye. And the
landlady, with the Immeasurable waist,
who by day held all the maids leashed to
their respective tasks with inflexible yet
not unkind severity, stood in the door
way, with her fat berlngod fingers in bet
yielding Bides and disturbed the starlings
periodically with her stentorian penlB ot
laughter at the antics or her dependents.
Yet at 5 o'clock the next morning, with
her own Bhadauian thine hand, she will
pull the bellrope that shall waken each
lass, and by 6 the establishment will be
again In a normal state of activity. As
for the worthy landlord, he is haymaking
until 11 p. m., and it will be odd if he is
not up before his. dame wakes every sonl
in the house with her call belL Cornhiil
Magazine. , - -
A UNIQUE ADVERTISEMENT.
One That Ton Bad to. Fay Ve the Prlv
liege f Reading.
- Advertising is often referred to as a
modern institution. - In a measure it is,
though the scheme of putting goods befors
the publio by means of more or less clever
ly worded announcements is not. :'
A little pamphlet containing the adver
tisements of a London merchant of the
last century is now in the possession of a
Boston newspaper man. -
The pamphlet bears date July 23, 1706,
and is called "Packwood's Whim," the
gentleman responsible for its existence be
ing, as gathered from its contents, a man'
ufaoturer of razor strops and paste for tha
same in the city of London.
The book contained all the "ads." ot
Mr. Pack wood, and sold, as stated on the
title page, for "a good Tower shilling.
Why the publio should pay a shilling for a
book full of advertisements Is not apparent,
though 1 might have been on account of
the literary value of some of the advertise
ments, which was considerable,
- The snbtitle of "Packwood's Whim
was "How to Get Money and Be Happy."
This important information was contained
in the various advertisements telling tha
reader, to buy Pack wood 's famous rasoi
strops and paste and no other, and beware
of cheap imitations, whloh advloe seems to
have quite a nineteenth century flavor.
The maker of razor strops prefaoes hit
"Whim" by stating that be is the most
modest man in the kingdom, though he
does not ask the reader to believe the state
ment after reading the matter that follow!
it.
The virtues of the strop and pastaare set
forth In various ways in dialogues, prov
erbs.an4 -verse, all of which refleot the
wis ana wisaom 01 tne time ana leso tns
reader on with all the easy, friendly
smoothness of an 1896 patent mediolna
'ad.," only to tell him In the last para
graph why the writer has taken enough
tntereeiip him to give him such .a lot-oj
valuable infcnmttion. Boston Globe.
A Horse as a Retainer.
A criminal lawyer In Chicago who is
noted for his facility In acquitting any
prisoner in whose defense he may be em
ployed without much regard to the char
acter of the evidence is in great demand,
particularly among those who feel that
their oases may be precarious. He received
a letter the other day from a prisoner in
the county jail. It related that the writer
had been arrested for horse stealing and
was indicted jot the last session of the
grand jury;- It declared that the writer
bad 'little hope of acquittal unless good
talent could be enlisted in his behalf, and
he begged the lawyer addressed to take the
case. Then came the pathetio part of the
letter.
"I have no money," the writer said, "ta
pay for legal servloes, and very little prop
erty. But the horse is a good family
driving horse. It can do a mile In 8:38
and is gentle enough for any lady to use.
I'l give you the horse If you'll take the
The lawyer is still undecided. Chicago
Record. - '
Pardonable.
"Yes," said a man who makes cartoons,
"this business develops a cynical strain in
a man. He may fight against it, but it la
bound to Overcomo him at lost." "
" Son manage to keep pretty cheerful,
though."
"Yes, but my position Is telling on me.
I am getting morbid and misanthropic.
may as well admit that I positively hate
my fellow man." -
' "Wall," replied the sympathetic friend.
"it's mighty unfortunate, but I must say
that if your fellow man looks to you ilka
the pictures yon' draw of him I dunno as I
can blame you." Washington bear.
Diet.
Sudden change of diet is sometimes dan
porous. During the Revolutionary war
soldiers from the southern states became
mysteriously Ul when marched Into the
north. They longed for fat bacon, and
most of them recovered when this waa
served out f hm as Dart of their rations.
Insistence
upon Silverware with tne
GORHAM Trade-mark,
thus v -
ffwamnw.
Unsures
not only the finest work
manship known to moclern
Art, but the positive cer
tainty of Sterling Value.
APPOINTMENTS.
Wilmington District W. 8. Bone, P. X)
Wilmlnotnn. Fifth Street. Oct. 4. 5.
Brunswick circuit, Macedonia, Octo
ber 10, 11.
Snnrhnnrt station. Oct. 11. 12.
" . Scott's Hill circuit. Union. Oct; 17. 18
Wilmington. Market Street, night.
Oct 18.
Elizabeth circuit, Elistibethtown, Oct
S fiS.
Clinton circuit, Goshen, Oct. 81 and
Nnv 1 :
I Carver's Creek Circuit, Shiloh, No
vember 7, 8.
, Kenanivllle circuit, Rose Hill, No
vember 14, 15.
Magnolia circuit, Providence, Novem
iber 15. 16. '
j Columbus circuit, Cerro Gordo, No
mK. QA 91
Whitevilleand Fair Bluff, ,WhiteviIIe,
Nov. 83. S3. ' '''-.'
i: Waccamaw circuit. Zlon. Nov. 24.
; B aden circuit. Antioch, Nov. 88. 89.
' Wilmintffnn. Bladen Street, Dec. 8
Onsinar circuit. Tabernacle. Dec 5, 6
i u
STXJU0-
Extremetired feeling afflicts nearly every
body at this season. The hustlers cease to
push, the tireless grow weary, the ener
getic become enervated. You know just
what we mean.. Some men and women
endeavor temporarily to overcome that
15 p
Feeling by great force of will. But this
Is unsafe, as it pulls powerfully npon the
nervous system, which will not long stand
such strain. Too many people " work on
their nerves," and the result is seen in un
fortunate wrecks marked "nervous pros
tration," in every direction. That tired
Ing is a positive proof of thin, weak, im
pure blood ; for, if the blood is rich, red.
vitalized and vigorous, it imparts life and
energy to every nerve, organ and tissue
of the body. The necessity of taking
Hood's Sarsaparilia for that tired feeling
is, therefore, apparent to every one, and
the good it will do you is equally beyond
question. Remember that
Sarsaparilia
If the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $L
Prepared only by C I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
I1UUU fills t operate, scents.
TOTE RTTRPTTWDVTR FATX
It. wi im TTata tail I.ixe. wor tot don doin' wid
mT beat Sunday suspense, bey I
Lott M Why, pop, f dim see lrr der paper dat Wm
de gtile fo ycronjr ladies to wear nispenders now, and
I dan borrowed j& to de ball d i .evenl n, and I want
w fcsvius aiomj jruur rtum. umi.oatmmis iwsww.
SMOKING TDBACCD
ade from the Purest, Ripest and Sweetest leaf
(rrown in me women iseis or aottd i;arauiia.
Cigarette Book goon with each 2-o. pouch. -iiH
von lO CEJVTS.
A Pleasant. Cool and Delightful Smoke.
j Lyon a. Co. Tobacco Works. Durham. N.C.
Bueklen'a Arnica gajTe.
The Best Salve in the world tor
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rbeum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles or
no pay required. It is guaranteed to
Rive perfect satisfaction or money re
funded. Price 25 cents per box. For
sale by R. R. Bellamy. t
For Over Fifty Tear
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children while
teething, with perfect success. It
sootbs tbe child, soltens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for Diarrboe. It will
relieve the poor little sufferer immedi
ately. Sold by druggists in every part
of the world. Twenty-live cents a bot
tle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins-
low s soothing ayrup, ana take no
other kind.
Wholesale Prices current.
SasTbe foOowlns Quotations renresent Wholesale
Prices fenerally. In making Bp small orders higher
prices 1
save to oe i
i chanted.
The Quotations are always nveo as acenratery ss
possible, bnt the stab will not be responsible for any
Variations iron thamcti
ket pries of the articles
qqoted.
BAGGING
B Jute.,
&
WESTERN SMOKED
Hams m S
12
e
- 6
&
14
idrs W B
7
Shoudcri W
DRY SALTE
ED
Sides SJI J ...
Shooluers B
BARRELS Spiri s Turpentine
Second-hand, esch. ...........
' New Mew York, each..... ....
New City, each
BEESWAX S lb.................
BRICKS
Wilmington f M..,.,
Northern ...................
BUTTE K
North Carolina t
N rthern ......... .,,.,..
CORN MEAL
Per Boshtl, in sacks
Virginia Meal
COTTON TIKS-f? handle
CANDLES V ft
Sprrm ....... ..
Adamantine.,... .......
CHEESE -JI ft
: Northern factory ............
&
1 00
i as
&
&
&
1 10
1-4J
1 40
21
S3
8 50
9 00
7 00
& 14 00
15
as
40
40
&
&
&
&
&
&
&
&
&
&
40
40
. 40
S5
18
9
10
11
10
11
JJairy, V-reara
Stste ...
COFFEE f t-
12
10
Lagnsra
20
13
Kk .,
DOM ESI ICS
17
Sheet ng. 4-4, V yard...,.,,..
Yams, f bunch.....,,.,,,.,,
EGGS f) dozen .................
FI-5H
Mackerel, No 1, W barrel ... .
Mackerel, No 1, J half-barrel
Mackerel, No S, fl barrel.... .
Mackerel, No 2, half-barrel
Mackerel. No S, $ barrel
Mullets, 3 bariel.....
Mn'lets, $) pork barrel........
. N C. Roe Herring, keg..
OryCod, J ft
18
TO)
8
S3 00
11 00
16 CO
8 00
IS 00
S 00
5 75
3 03
- 5
3 85
3 es
8 S5
4 H
445
00
15 00
18 00
900
14 00
S 5
& 6 0
& S S5
& 10
3 50
& 3 00
S 3 5
sxtra ...
WJOVK V barrel
1 Low grade,
Cnoce ,,,, ,.,
, Straight,,, .,
First r-stent
r.I II K SB s
4 47
8U
GaAIN'-ft bnhei-
45
IP
83H
torn, trots store, bags White,
Com, t argo, in bulk White...
Go n. carao. in baas White..
O n. from s ore. ............. SO
Uats, Rust Proof. 40 &
Cow Peas 40
BIDES, V ft
Green fj
Dry
HAY, 9 100 s
Easter a .... ....... ...........
Weitern . ... ...... .
North River,.., &
HOOP IRON, f) ft....... 9 &
LARD, V ft
Northern a,,,.,,..,....,,..,. - 5
North Carolina.. 6 fn
6
8
1 05
9J
8ft
6
10
LTME.-f) barrel .......... ..
LUMBkRfa Tsawed). M fee:
1 S3
- Ship Stuff, resawed... .,.,,. 18 00
- Roogh-tdge Plank............ 15 00
West India cargoes, according
. to quality 18 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned... 18 Oi
Scaatl ng and Board, common. 14 OJ
MOLASSES. salloa
18 00
18 00
S3 00
, 15 10
New Crop Cab
. tt - u
Cuba, 10 nhda,,
S3
in DDIs..,,,,
S3
9
, PortoRfco, in hhds.,,.
" r' iabbls
25 &
&
80
Dugar-nouse, in nnas....,,,,.
'f " in bbU.. ........
Syrap. In bbls .,
NAILS, keg. Cat 80d basis....
18
14
18
S 35
14
15
9 84
&
&
rvKK,y Dirrei
City M ess... ...... ... .... asM.
r ,' RBnp.MM.,. u
Prime
ROPE, JB ft
SALT, V tack Alum ... ......
Liverpool.
Lisbon .... .,.,,....,.., , , .
American
8 00
7 50 ,
T 60
83
55
85
85 '
45
6 50
8 85 V
8 50
4ft
10
US IXO K SACKS.
40
5 00
1 60
S 50
ft
&
SHINGLES, 7-inch, V M........
Cypress Paps j.v ...... .. .
SUGAR, (1 ft Sundard GrantC?
stAKiaia a. .,,,...,,
' Whits Ex. C -....,....
Est' a C, Golden.,,.,. .... .
- C: YelW
SOAP. 9 ft Northern .
STAVES, M-W. O. barrel....
R. O. Hogshead...... ,. .....
TIMBKR, VU feet Shipping....
3
4
B W
14 00
10 01
900
mm, rrims......
- Mill, Fair
. ' Commoh Mill
9
7 00
4 50
8 60
8 00
6 50
400
S
1 ro
1 CO
IS
tsienor vjjuiumij . ...
TALLOW, ft
WHISKEY. f3 gallon Northern.
North Caroina ..............
WOOL, V ft Washed...........
JJnwashed, ,,, ,,. .
800
S 00
14
10
F(B(&
i
EXTRA
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
STAR OFFICE. September 89.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-r-Market
opened steady at 84 if cents per gallon for
maenme-made castes, and cents tor
country casks. Sales at the close at
24X and 24 cents.
ROSIN. Market firm at tl 85 per
bb'i lor Strained and $1 40 lor Good
Straised.
TAR. Market firm at tl 05 per
bblof280tts.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Steady. 1
Hard 1.80. Yellow Dip and. Virgin 1.70
per barrel.
Quotations same day last year Spirits
tuipentine !524Jfc; rosin,, strained,
V 12& good strained $1 17; tar ft 1 80;
crude turpentine ft 1 10. 1 60, 1 6U.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine..
41
215
84
8
KQSin
Tar ;.. .....
Crude Turpentine
Receipts same day last year 90
casks spirits turpentine, 1.103 bbls rosin,
iidi ddis tar, 15 bbls crude turpentine.
COTTON.
Market firm. Quotations:
Ordinary. 5 J$ cts lb
Good Ordinary....... 6 " "
Low Middling......... lii
Miaaiine......... 7 " "
Good Middline.. . . 7 15-16
Same day last year, middling 8c.
Receipts 2,734 bales; same day last
year, u 0.
COUNTRY PRODUCE. f
PEANUTS North Carolina Prime,
4050c per bushel of 88 pounds; Extra
Prime. 55c; Fancy, 6065o. Virginia-
Extra Prime. 605c; Fancy, 65702.
CORN Firm; 88 to 40 cents per
bushel. ,
N. C BACON Steady; Hams, 9
to 11 per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7cj
iides 7 to 7J4C
SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch,
beans and saps, tl.60toS.25; six inch,
$3.50 to 8.50; seven inch, $5 50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to
7.50 per M
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
By Teieeraph to the Komi Star.
FINANCIAL.
New York, September 89-Evenine.
Money on call was easyaia4i per
cent; last loan at 4, closing ottered at
4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper
78 1 per cent. Sterling exchange was
firm; actual business in bankers bill
4S13483 for sixty days and 484 &
484U lor demand. Commercial bills 481
C3481X. Government bonds were firm
United States coupon lours lC8Ji;Umted
states twos 93. btate bonds dun
North Carolina fours 95; North Caro
lina sixes 110. Railroad bonds strong.
Silver at tbe Stock Exchange to-day
quiet. -. ,
COMMERCIAL.
New YORK, September 29-Evening.
Cotton quiet; middling eult 8 11-loc
middling uplands 8 7-16&
Cotton futures closed quiet at prices;
September 8 09, October 8 09, November
810. December 8 21, January 8 29, Feb
ruarv 8 83. March 8 37, April 8 41, May
8 44, June 8 48. Sales 148 800 bales.
Cotton net receipts 8,281 bales; gross
18,180 bales; exports to Great Britain
bales; to France 100. bales; to the
Continent- bales; forwarded 5.800
bales; sales bales; sales to spin-
ners 75 bales; stock(actual) 101,096 bales.
Total to day Net receipts , 58.503
bales; exports to Great Britain 8 810
bales;' to France 6,683 bales; to the Con
tinent 1.000 bales; stock 647,033 bales.
Total so far this week Net receipts
149,871 bales; exports to Great Britain
193.874 bales; . to France6,622 bales; to
tbe Continent 23,893 bales.
Total since September 1 Net receipts
859,017 bales; exports to Great Britain
193,874 bales; exports to France 45 154
bales; exports to the Continent 118,779
bales.
Fiour firm, moderately active and un
changed. Southern qu et and firm; com
mon to fair extra $a 208 60; good to
choice $8 803 10. Wheat spot market
quiet and easier, closing steady; un
gradedvrea 6467c; cp ions were mod
erately active and closed weak at lljc
decline: No. 8 red May c; September
70J8'c;October c; November 71?c; De
cember c. Corn spot dull and easier;
No. 8 27Q3714C at elevator and 28
28 Jtfc afloat; options were moderately
active and weak at H14,C decline; Sep
tember S7c; October 27c; November ,
Decemter 28 c; May 31c. Oats spot
fairly active and stronger; options mod
erately active and firm; September 20;
October 80c; December 22c; May c.
spot No. 2 2!c; No. 8 white 2ic;
mixed Western 1823c. Lard easier;
with demand moderate; Western steam
$4 18; city ; September $4 17. nominal;
jefined dull; Continent $4 65; South
America $4 75; compound $3 87X4 00.
Pork strong, with a moderate de
mand; new mess $7 758 60. But
ter fairly active; fancy firm;Siate dairy 10
15c; do. extra creamery ll16c;
Western dairy 7llc; Elgins 16c
Eggs steady ;State and Pennsylvania 17
19c; Western . fresh 16X&18; do. per
case $3 10400. Cotton seed oil stronger
and demand fair; crude 2121J,-yellow
prime 24 3 c. Rice in fair demand, firm
and unchanged. Molasses fairly active,
firm and unchanged. Peanuts steady;
fancy hand-picked 84c. Coffee
steady and 10 points up; September
$9 90; December $3 708 75 May 8 70
8 80; spot Rio dull but steady; No. 7,
$10 87. Sugar raw more active snd
steady: fair refining &c; centrifugal 96
test c; refined quiet and unchanged.
Chicago. September 29. Cash quota
tions: Flour quiet and firm at prices;
hard wheat spring patents $3 6Q3 90,
in wood; soft wheat $3 403 50. Wheat
Wheat No. 8 spring 65&67c; No. 8
red 673669&c Corn No. 8, 81Jc.
Oats No. 8, 17c Mess pork, per
bbl, $6 056 10. Lard-per 100 lbs.'
$3 753 77. Short rib sides, loose, per
100 lbs, $3 203 40. Dry salted
shoulders, boxed, per 100 lbs, $3 60
8 75. Short clear sides, boxed, per 100
lbs $3 503 62. Whiskey $1 18.
The leading futures ranged as follows
opening, highest, lowest and clotinc:
Wheat September 664663C.
65. 65; December 68J467J(, 67.
664,66Vi68: May 7070Jef. 71.69.
69. Corn September 81H;81M, 81 X.
Sltfc; October 81H. 813tf. MJs. 81 J;
December 8SK.28H. 82J4. 82J;88c;
May 25X25X 2M. 86. 6. Oats
-September 16f 17. 16. 16c; Octo
ber 16J. 17.16J. 16c; December 17 W.
17X, 17K. MX: May 19X19. 19?g
019, 19019. Mess
pork October $6 05, 6 05 6 00,6 00.
January $7 07K. 7 07 J. 97J4J, 7 00.
Lard- October 8 75, 8 75, 8 70. 8 UK;
January $4 1S518J. 4 07J. 4 07K
Short ribs October $3 15. 8 80,- 8 15,
8 15 January $3 60 8 52, 8 47. 8 47H-
Baltimore. Sect. 89. Flour firm
and unchanged. Wheat quiet; spot and
September 68c; October 69693c;
December 71K713c; Steamer No. 8
red' 6666jc; Southern by sample 69
10c; do on grade 6770c Corn firmer;
spot 87&87&c; September 87
27Jtc; October 2727cj new or old,
November or December. 2787c;
January 2828j,fc; - Steamer mixed
SSJfc Oats steady; No. 8 white 24
25c; No. 8 mixed 21 22c.
, COTTON MARKETS. '
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Sept.29-Galveston.very firm at 7 .net
receipts' 6.888 bales; Norfolk, firm at
tJi, net receipts 8,544 bales; Bal
timore, nominal at 8 6-16. net receipts
bales; Boston.'.qulet at87-18,net receipts
970 bale. Wilmington, quiet at 7. net
receipts a 734 bales; Philadelphia, firm at
8 11 16c.net receipts bales; Savannah
not reeeived;estimated net receipts 5 850
bale;New Orleans, steady at 7 V. net re.
ceipts 22,831 bales; Mobile, steady at7$'
: noo i i ss
net icccipia voo umcui mcmpnis, easy
at 7 11-16. net receipts 8.843 bales: An.
gusu,steadyat718 16, net receipts 670
Dales; cnarieston, steady at 7 9 16, net
receipts 1,919 bales. - r
FOREIGN MARKETS
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Liverpool. Sept. 29. 18.80 p. m
Cotton, moderate demand and prices
steady. American , middling 4 33 82d.
Sales 8,000 bales, of which 6,300 were
American; speculation and export 600
Receipts 6,000 bales, of which 8.100 wen-
American.'- Futures opened firm and
demand fair. September 4 40-64a
4 41-64d; September and October 4 4.
6404 35 6 Id; October and November
4 82-644 83-64d; November and De
cember 4 81-64, 4 80-94, .4 81-64, 4 30 64
4 29-B4d: uecember and January 4 2a.
644 28 61d; January aad February 4 29-
164.4 23 64, 4 29 1, 4 2 8 64, 4 27 64a
4 28 64d; Februarr and March 4 29 64&
A MA s a ST . t .
Tfo no; Marco ana April 4 20-64
4 28 64d: April scd May 4 28-64d: Ma
end June 4 80-64 3; June and July 4 31-
64, 4 89 644 80-64d. t Futures quiet
but steady. ;
if. M. September 4 41 614 42 64 rl
seller; September and October 4 85 64
4 86-64d seller: October and November
4 82 644 S3 64d seller; November and
December 4 80 64d buter Decembfr
and January 4 29 46d seller; January and
February 4 28 404 29 64d; February
and March 4 88-644 89 64d; March and
April 4 89-64d buyer; April and May
4 29 64 4 80 64d; May and June 4 20.
644 80-64d buyer; Jnne and Jjly
4 80 64d. Futures closed quiet.
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Oneiia, Chichester, New
York, H G Smallbones.
: Steamship Pawnee, Robinson, George
town, H G Smallbones.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
Itlat of Vessels ! Use Port of T.
mlnartOB, W. C., Sept. 30,; 1896.
SCHOONERS.
Janie F Wiley, 864 tons, Anderson,
, Geo
Hairiss, Son & Co.
W C Wickham. 313 tons, Ewan,
Harrits, San & Co
Geo
, Geo
B I Hazard. 873 toes, B latch ford,
Harrrss, Son & Co.
Schr Wm F Green, 254 tons, Johnson,
Geo Hairiss, Son & Co.
John C Cottingham, 226 tons, Thomas.
Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
Thomas N Stone, 375 tons, Newcomb,
.Geo Harriss. S jn & Co.
STEAMSHIPS.
Ceylon (Vor), 1.435 tons, Boe. Alex
Sprunt & Son.
Glenmavis (Br). 1,353 tons.Wallace.Alrx
Sprunt & Son,
Carlton (Br), 2,006 tons, Adams, Alex
Sprunt & Son.
BARQUES. '
Victoria (Wor). 868 Arensen, i-.
Pandur (Dan), 562 tons, Schmidt, J T
Riley & Co.
1831
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