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it the Br "WH.L.IAM B. BEBNiBD. WTLMUrQTOIT, N. O. Wednesday Morning, Nov. 4, 1896 Gulf. AFTER THE BATTLE. The ballots have been cast which have determined who is to be Presi dent for ..the next four years . and which party is to shape the policies of this, country. -We do not yet know, what the decision of the bal lots has been, but whatever that has been so will it be. - Looking backward - it has been such a campaign as this country never saw. before, and one whi "has generated more feeling' than any since the memorable campaign that resulted in the war between the States, but without the same incen tives to arouse passion that then existed, for that was a conflict of sentiment and section, while this was a conflict over financial policies. and there is nothing with less of sentiment In it than money, which is matter of fact and cold-blooded And yet the managers of the Mc- Ktnley campaign, and of the so called "sound money" . Democrat campaign, both of whom worked in accord in this, managed to evoke sentiment and make it a potent f ac tor. in the contest. It was a manu factured sentiment in which the country's flag, the soldier's wounds, and the country's honor, neither of which had properly anything to do in, the premises, were made to play a leading part. Since Appomattox the soldier, whom the Republican party : has always found very useful in election times, has never been more effectu ally used by the men who ran the Republican machine. As Mark Antony used the wounds of the dead Caesar to play on the passions of the Romans, so Mark Hanna paraded the crutched Sickles, the one-armed Howard and the leg less Tanner, to re-awaken the mem ories of thirty years ago, when in the shock of battle section met section in red-handed conflict. All that had been consigned to history until Hanna, with ghoulish inspiration, resutrected these mutilated remi tiiscences of fields of carnage and paraded-them in the public gaze. If these Hricks have won, Hanna, wrlfh hie trAA an1 Kriiral .natnr 'anrl those who joined him in carrying out the almost 'sacrilegious pro gramme in which the country's flag, the soldier and the soldier's wounds. and the country's honor were made to play such a conspicuous part, and in which even the pulpit was pros tituted, may rejoice, but the; time will come if itnot now when in its cooler and more tbougntuu -moods - the ecf n:s,,e 'Country will be amed of it. To their honor be it said, the sup porters of Wm. J. Bryan stirred up no war embers, appealed to no pas sions, desecrated no flag, "made po litical merchandise of no wounds, no political sideshow of eminent soldiers and prostituted no pulpits. Whatever the verdict has -been, Wm. J. Bryan has no cause to blush for as he went into that contest for justice spotless and trusted, he comes out of it unsullied and hon ored."' '." - : . And whatever the verdict has been it was an object lesson that the men in power, the men who may be en . trusted with the direction of our pub lic affairs may study, and will study if they be wise. Every vote cast for Wm. J. Bryan was a protest against misgovern -merit, a protest against class legisla tion, against class and corporate domination, from which the people of this, country, the "common peo ple," as they are sometimes called, have suffered for over a quarter of a century, which they found arrayed against them in this contest. With the feeling that was evoked, and the unprecedented popular dem onstrations that greeted that young 'tribune of the people, in hamlet, town and city, as he whirled through the country aud spoke for justice - and fair play for the toiling millions, how little" more would it take to brew a " tempest . compared with wmcn tne-disturbance of the past few months would be a gentle zephyr compared with a cyclone? The people have been educated to the ballot as the agency for the re dress of wrongs and they have trust ed in it Let them get the idea into their beads that the ballot is useless and how long would they patiently bear the burden ? - How long would It be before the abortive revolution of the ballot became the tragic revo lution of the bullet? If it should come to that they could plead the teaching of the Re publican leader Lauderbacb, who 1 declared they would never submit to the verdict If the people declared for Bryan, and of General Sickles, who ia a frenzied speech declared they would "spring j to .arms" if Bryan was elected. Of course that was only foam, but-still they set a precedent to the man who, brooding over , wrongs, becomes desperate enough to believe that there are more effective ways to redress wrongs than by the ballot. We do not apprehend anything like this now nor in the near future, for, al though the ' power of money has been demonstrated in this campaign, it has not become sotutterly reckless that It will pay no heed to the object lesson which has been presented to in the monster demonstrations of people and in the millions of votes which have been cast for the man . who without any " artificial power behind him has stirred the people of this country from ocean to ocean and from. Canada to the The protests that went up from the millions of tongues that - ap plauded his utterances, emphasized; by the millions of ballots that went into the ballot box yesterday, are an object lesson that concentrated wealth and power cannot fail to heed. If so, Wm. J. Bryan and they who fought with him have not fought in vain. .:' SOW GST TOGETHER For the first time since the war the Democrats of the South were di vided in the past campaign, the ma jority of them supporting one ticket, the minority another. On State tickets they were in this and in other Southern States united. They di vided on the financial question, some contending for a reform in the finan cial system which would restore sil-. ver to its status before demonetiza tion, others contending for the per petuation of the - gold standard! which they held would be the best for the country. The contest has developed much feeling and no little bitterness, even among men who had been the best of friends before. Feuds between former friends and family feuds are always the worst of feuds, but this . temporary j division and estrangement must not degener ate into that. The convictions of the campaign were affirmed in the court "of last resort by the ballots cast. Then the final duty was per formed and argument ceased. There is no need or room for disputation now, and whatever the feeling may have been, Southern Democrats should get together now, for con tinued division may imperil our home government, and that is a vital ques tion with all of us. - 7 KIS0& M1SIIT105. In all the uttering? ot Wm. J. Bryan from the initial to the closing speech in his memorable campaign, there was not one unpatriotic utter ance, not one that might not have been made by a man who recognized his responsibility to bis county and to his God. There were no appeals to sectionalism, no appeals to greed; he spoke to all as a man whose heart inspired his tongue and uttered the same sentiments under the shadows of the Eastern money exchaqges as he did on the prairies and in the woodlands of the West. In his speech at his home in Lincoln, Ne braska, near the close of. his cam paign work, he said: "So far as I am personal!? concerned, this election will simply n determine whether I shall remaio a private citiz n or occupy the moat exalted position within the power of man to corner npon a fellow man. It will determine whet her I ihall remain with you to uphold as best I can the hand of the one who is elected, until his policy can be reverted at the polls, or whether l shall depart from yon, to be gone four years, and then retnrn to live with you the rest of my days." There the tongue of the unselfish patriot gave voice to the promptings of a patriotic heart "I shall remain with you to uphold as best I can the hand of the one who is elected." What a contrast to the revolution ary utterance of Lauderbacb in New York, that "if the verdict of the people be for Bryan we shall not abide' by it," to the. insane appeal of Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, when he ex claimed "we must spring to arms" if Bryan is elected, and to the crazy talk of anti-Bryan men in New York that if elected Bryan will not be permitted to take his seat. , These are simply the utterances of men gone daft by their fears or their prejudices, or , by lust of; power that's all. They amount to noth ing, more, for if Bryan is elected there is riot power enough between the two oceans to prevent his being seated, and tbisis so well known that he would be a hopeless lunatic who would advise or attempt it. But we quote this utterance of Bryan to show the patriotism that has marked the. utterances of this peerless and marvellous man,'' in such contrast to the rabid utter ances of the elements that were com bined against him in this most in tense of all our political contests. -We have nothing but admiration for the Democracy of those Eastern States, who, in the face of odds that they could not hope",to overcome, and against the multiplied influences that were brought to bear against them, still so manfully, loyally and heroically stood by the nominees of the Democratic party and the plat form. They did this against a pres sure that only men thoroughly de voted to principle and to party could withstand, i They are entitled to all honor, and to more honor in defeat than in victory. Aside from their devotion to principle and party there was less to appeal to them than there was in the central West, the extreme West and in the South, for they were near the - money cen ters, where money was abundant and easily secured at low rates of inter est, if needed, and consequently they did not feel the pinch of the money stringency as those other sections did, hence they were not fighting for themselves so much on the money question as for others, and hence were making an unselfish, patriotic fight. " All honor,' say we, to the brave and loyal Eastern Democracy. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Burlington News: ' Alamance county won the $150 prize at tbe State Fair for the large best general county exhibit. is a just recognition, as thij -has for many years lurm , arge chunk of the State Fe cully crop and cattle exhibit. , , , : Fayetteville : Observer'. Three tough looking individuals, two white men and one negro, strangers to the police, , were arrested this morning on suspicion of being implicated In the numerous recent robberies. They were examined by the Mayor, but as there was nothing definite to connect them with the crimes His Honor instructed the police to take them to the city limits and tell them to "git and. never return. I ' Henderson Gold Leaf : Mr.' Jeremiah Boykln, a mining ' expert who has been prospecting for gold in portions of this' county the past few month, brought to this office. Satur day specimens of what be pronounced rich ore from the lands of William Fuller and .Alex. Short, four miles from here. The samples were crys tal and rose quartz, taken from near the surface of the ground, from two different veins on the same. jlace. Fuller's property is located within a Quarter of a mile of the Dnrham and Henderson Railroad, while the road runs through Short's i land. There is plenty of water on both places, and Mr. Boykin Is of the opinion that gold exists in paying quantities and could be worked ad vantageously. Louisburg Times: The editor is pained to have to chronicle the death ot Mr. H. A, Crenshaw, of tne arm of Crenshaw, Hicks & Allen, which took place yesterday about lo clock. Mr. Crenshaw had been complaining for some time with "bav fever and a few days ago his physicians dis covered that it had gone into typhoid fever and attacked bis brain. Mr. Tinker Brown, of Franklinton township, died here suddenly on Wednesday morning.- He was here, we understand, trading horses all day Tuesday, and in the evening took . several drinks of , whiskey. During the night be took a dose of morphine, and no doubt took more than hej intended, and died Wednes day morning about 5 o clock, tie was about 47 years leaves a large family. of age, and CURRENT COMMENT. Mark Hanna has not allowed politics to take his entire time. He has consolidated all' the street rati ways at Cleveland, and is to be the boss of the entire system. Washing ton Post, Ind It is thought in London and Berlin that the elevation of Li Hung Chang to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of his country means the in stitution of great trade- reforms, which will open up a vast part of the Celestial Empire to foreign .: com merce. The Chinese , Board of Foreign Affairs, it is understood, is to be reorganized on the European model, and the customs schedules are to be rearranged. Earl Li has returned to his country with his head full of modern ideas, and being a progressive man, it is to be expected that he'will take steps to give ' his country, and himself incidentally, the benefit of what be learned on bis re cent trip,-s-Savannah News, Dem. Some of the results of the scrub race for county offices in Brad ford county are rather' striking, though not altogether unexpected, The successful candidates who were opposed by more than one competi tor, were, with a single exception, elected by the votes of less than a majority of all the voters who par ticipated in the election. In one in stance, io which five candidates were competing for one office, the success ful one received 318 votes, the sum of the votes cast for the others be ing 700. The Democrats of Brad ford, while acquiescing in the result will probably be duite prepared to adopt the old fashioned convention plan at the next election. Jackson ville Citizen. TWINKLINGS. In a Gale : She I thought you said you were going; to stop swear- ins f He S3 I am as soon as soon as I get this umbrella down. Truth. - Sunday school Teacher Who was Noab ? - Papil He was a weather prophet. when be said it was eoing to rain no body believed him. Puck. "Now, my good man," said the stout gentleman, "if I gave you a piece of silver what would yon do with it t "I'd bite it," replied the cautious tramp. Yonkers Statesman. ' No Reason tor Dread: "A burnt shild dreads de fire." said Mr. Cohen. 1 "Vy for ?'! inquired Isaacstem, "Vos- n't be insured, or wouldn't de company pav t Life. Filial Disrespect 'Mrs. Bun- bar has disinherited her son." "What's thit for?" i "He went and. got bald just as she was tnmtioe ot getting married again. ' Lhtcago Kecord. "Teacher's played us a mean trick." ' "What was it?" "bne s went n bad some campaign buttons made with th" - rnul'p'ication table on em. Chicago Record. Lanks What kind of a chicken is this, Mrs. HuDeerforc? Landlady A Plymouth Rock, I was told at the market. Lanlci H'ml What is the difference. if any, between this and the common flint varietj ? Puck - Rheumatism is caused by lactic acid in the blood. Hood Sarsaparilla neu tralizes the acid and cures rheuma tism. .. t , JlriT Orlmns Tennis Court. "I was valkuig put St. Charles av enue this morning, " said a northern visitor, "and I saw several tennis courts,, the lines of which were marked out on the sward by grass of a different color from . that which carpeted the court. I made inquiries about the mat ter and found that nearly all the New Orleans tennis grounds were marked off in that way. It is a very pretty idea. and one that J have never seen any- wnere else. new Orleans Times- Democrat. 1 ; " - : - - ...... A Prelate's Eloquence. In 1104, when rflenry I was in Nor mandy, a prelate named Serlo preached so eloquently against the fashion of Wearing long hair that the monarch and bis courtiers were moved to tears. Taking advantage oof the impression he had produced, the enthusiastic prel ate whipped a pair of soissors out of bis sleeves and cropped the whole oongresa- fion.7-London Fun. PASSED "THE JOB ALONQ." " The Stray of a) "Copylnn" aad tbe Pea err- .. lag Poor Tboory. -v I remember onoe, at a time when I made daily uso of the reading room of the British museum a raagnifU cent communistio institution of the best type I was offered 2 to copy a certain book or manuscript, I for-. get which. ; Being too lazy to think of doing the work myself, I handed over the commission to a man, whose respectable , poverty j .-would have moved a heart of ; Btone an ex Bohoolmaster whose qualifications were out of date, and who, through no particular fault of his own, had drifted into Salvation Army shel ters, v He was a Bober, well spoken, well conducted, altogether, unobjec tionable man, really- fond of reading and eminently eligible for a good turn of the kind I did him. His first step in the matter was to obtain from me an advance of 5 shillings; his next, to sublet the commission to another person in similar oircum stanoes for 1 15s., and so get it en tirely off his mind and return to, his favorite books. ' f ? ' ; This second, or rather third, party, however, required an advance from my ; acquaintance of Is. 6d. to buy i i t i i . a t , . . paper, uaviog uoiainea wmon ne banded over the contract to a fourth party, who was willing to do it for 113s. 6d. i - Speculation raged for a day or two as the job was passed on, and it reached bottom at last in the hands of the least competent and least so ber female copyist in the room, who actually did the work for 6 shillings, and then turned it into a handsome investment by making it an excuse for borrowing endless sixpences from me from that time to the day of her death, whioh j each sixpence probably accelerated to the extent of fourpenoe and staved 1 off to the extent of twopence. ! She was not a deserving person. If she had been, she wonld have come to no snoh ex tremity. Her claims to oom passion were that she could not be depended on, could not resist the temptation to drink, could not bring herself to do her work carefully and was there fore at a miserable disadvantage in the world a disadvantage exactly similar to that suffered by the blind, tne deaf, the maimed, the mad or any other victim of imperfect or in jured faculty. .,. I learned from her that she had once been recommended to the off! oials of the Charity Organization so ciety, but they, on ; inquiring into her case, had refused to help her be. cause she was "undeserving,!" by which they meant that she was in capable of helping ' herself. Here was surely some confusion of ideas. She was very angry with the society, and not unreasonably so, for she knew that their funds were largely subscribed by people who regarded them as ministers of pity to the poor and downcast. - On the other hand, these people themselves had absurd ly limited the application of their bounty to sober, honest, respectable persons that is to say, to the per sons least likely to want it and most apt to be demoralized by it Con temporary Review, j ' Bread Stories. - .' " It is suppo sable that bread, home made or baker s, being free from adulterations, would; be a singularly Bimple and honest substance and therefore have no power in regard to the evil eye, but it seems that it has. Nothing can be more beautiful than the act of the Breton peasant who, before cutting his loaf, makes the sign of the cross on it. If he only stopped there, expressing bis thank fulness for food, that would be well. but superstition carries him much farther. If a child is born to him, crumb of that bread; especially if it be rye bread, is put into the infant's sleeve, and then the chances of the baby's having the colio are diminish ed. If a cow shows signs of sickness or a horse is lame, a crumb of the bread is supposed to benefit the ani: mal. ' ;' : " In Bavaria, when yon go into the woods, especially that portion in- fested by spirits, only put a crust of bread in your mouth, and no ghost, sprite or witch can trouble you. Somehow many retain an idea of the peculiar sanctity of bread. For in stance, it is all right to leave a bit of meat on your plate, but it is wioked. to leave a piece of bread. Very good. fathers and mothers ineuloate that idea, and little children believe then that there is something particularly sacred about bread which a potato does not possess, and , this is sheer nonsense. .All waste is to be avoided, but there is no more special good' ness in bread than there is in a sau sage. New York Times. ptsrmeU'a Ideal of Greatness. wnen uisraeu was curly and smart and comparatively unknown. he visited the Royal ; Exchange of Liverpool in company with Mr. Duncan Stewart, a leading merchant of the city. " It was! at high noon, and the exchange was thronged by merchants. The scene so impressed the . young member of parliament that he said to Mr. Stewart: "My idea ' of greatness would be that a man should receive the ap plause of such an assemblage as this that he should.be cheered as he came into this room. " Disraeli went in and came out un noticed, but several years later he again visited the Liverpool exchange in company with Mr. Stewart His entrance" was greeted by a cheer which spread into a roar and ended in an ovation. . The testimony to his political prominenoe deeply moved Disraeli, who, recalling to Mr. Stew art the remark he had. made years before, said, "My ideal test of great ness has been realized. "Youth's Companion. ' ! ' . ' Taat tor Ready Boilad Lobatera. Should ready boiled lobsters be pnrohased, test them by gently draw ing baot the tail, which should re bound with a spring. If the tail is not curled up and will not spring back when straightened, the lobster was dead when boiled and should not be eaten. , Choose the smaller lobsters that are heavy for their size, as the larger ones are apt to be ooarse and tough.' Lobsters weigh ing from 1 to 3 pounds are the best in size. All parts of the lobster are wholesome and may be used exoept the stomadh, which is a small hard sack and contains poisonous matter and lies direotly under the head, and little vein which runs the entire length of the talL New York World. HIS COURTSHIP. "No, Algernon, I cannot accompany f ou to the matinee tomorrow. Deeply an t pains me, I must decline." . The girl stood before him a vision or queenly beauty as she ottered these words, and the stately, deliberate manner in which she masticated a large wad of gum told him plainer than words that her de cision was Irrevocable. -- --i :: Algernon Dranekegg's faoe rapidly ac quired the well known ashen pallor so xnuoh used an be wonld gladly have leaned on the mantel for snpport, as is customary In snoh cases, ; but a hasty glance showed a dearth ol mantels ana ne discreetly remained in a perpendicular po sition. Changing bis weight to the other foot In order to ease large, healthy corn that was .entering vigorous, protest against being cooped up in a toothpick shoe, the young man said In a husky voice: "What is the matter, rnyuisr enrery i have nob offended you that you should change your mind so suddenly. When I left you at 1:15 this morning yon were blithe and nappy and now you loon wear-:, led. . What can have happened to you, my little girl?" And Algernon drew the fair young crea ture to his side, and gently laying her bead npon his shoulder poked her cold nose Into his ear. . Phyllis Billfinger broke away from him almost fiercely as she said in a heartbroken voioe, "Do not ask me, Algernon, lor J. cannot tell you." ' "Please tell me, Phyllis." A spasm or pain convulsed her features and Algernon feared for a moment that she had swal lowed the gum, but an Instant later the fair girl's jaws moved on with tbe same slow, rhythmic grace and she replied: "Algernon. I love you as well as I aia at a quarter past 1 this morning; let that suffice for my answer." - "But I Insist, Phyllis," said tbe yonng man, a medium shade of annoyance pass ing over his face In a northwesterly direc tion. ' ' The girl shook her bead. , "Phyllis," he said sternly, "there should be no secrets between us." "Algernon." said the young girl, wltn the look of a person who has a sudden in spiration, "if you insist, I will tell youv Mother fell this morning ana DroKe ner knee cap, and I have got to do the Joneses' washing tomorrow, or ma will lose ber position. I know it is all over between ns," she went on, "but sometimes when In your splendid home think of poor Phyl lis." , - -:--:.-v-.. .' r..r- .,V .. . Algernon Dranekegg drew up his superb form to Us full height as the girl ottered these humiliating words, and Phyllis Bill- finger was sure sbe oould detect a look of scorn in the handsome eyes. . His words drove the last remnant of hope from her heart when he said In tbe tone of a man who has been caught on the wrong side of the market and covered in time to save himself : "I am sorry for your mother's misfor tune, Miss Billfinger, but I have an en gagement at the club this evening, where we have a banquet, and if you will kindly excuse me I will go." He then made a hasty exit.:--":: r ! Unfortunately for Phyllis, the "look ot dumb misery" and "shrill cry of anguish' were both locked up in her trunk, so she bad to depend entirely npon a small sized "low moan of agony." She fired that at Algernon when sbe fell in a heap on the floor, just as his coattails went through the door, but it was too small and only served to Increase his speed. Five minutes later our heroine was comfortably seated on the wood box in the kitchen, munching a cracker and sipping a cup of warm tea, while she soliloquized : i "That settles the 'Lady Clare' racket. don't try that any more; it's n. g. only in books. Thought I had him sure would if ma hadn't hurt her leg. Must be well off, too, always talking about his club. Well, ma has got to pay . 60 cents for the use of this dress. Heigh hot Just my luck!" ' ' Meanwhile Algernon : Dranekegg was hurrying down street in spite of his corn. Ho soon slackened his pace, however, and, fishiDg a stub of cigar from, his packet, lighted it and proceeded in a more leisurely manner, musing to himself: , "Darn tho luck! I thought they were well fixed by the way she talked. Queer coincidence too. Her mother washes for tbe Joneses, and my old lady washes for tbe Browns., Sorry I Thought I had. found. somebody to support me. Well. I'll have to fall back on mother. She is all right, . only she Is getting old and can't work like she used to. Sbe kicked on paying for the use of this suit of clothes tonight. I'll just run round to Foley's, and hit 'a free lunch ana go nome. ncnange. Tbe London Gyhall Teutonioorum. In the twelfth century we find a regular colony of German merchants from Cologne settled in London and forming a hanse that is, a trading association of their own. They were said to have originally come over in 1070 as refugees from the persecutions of Bishop Hanno. Henry II took them under his special protection and gave them permission to sell their Rhein wine at the same price as that which ruled for French wine. They had a guildhall. Consisting or warehouses anq , an ex- cnange, ror wnicn tney paid a rent or shillings per annum to the king.' This association prospered and grew. The German merchants were exempted from the decree of 1320, by which all foreigners were banished-from London, and In 1235 Henry 111 let them off the 2 shillings by a charter couchod in the following magnilo quent terms: "Know ye that we have quit claimed for us and onr heirs, our beloved citizens of Coin and their merchandizes of those 3 shillings which they were wont to give from their Guildhall, London, and of ai Customs and Demands which belong Ut ns in London and throughout our whole Land in England. And we have granted them to go safe and come safe through all onr Land, and to boy and sell both in the Town of London, and elsewhere,' saving the Liberty of our City of London. Where fore we will and firmly command, '"etc - The men of Cologne evidently enjoyed the royal favor in a high degree, and It was continued when they were joined by compatriots from the towns of the North German league, from Bremen, Hamburg, Lubeck, Rostock, Streisand and Grelfs wald. - In 1250 Henry gave them another pbarter, accompanied by a letter to the cit izens of London informing them that "wo have granted to these merchants of Lon don,- whloh is commonly called Gyball Teutonioorum, that we will maintain them ail and every one and preserve them though our whole kingdom, In all their liberties and free oustoms," eto. t Defined. : Papa, what's a philosopher r" ''He's a man who bears. other people's troubles with fortitude, my son," ChiT eago Kecora. ; Th Agent's Joke, Agent Anything in my line today, sir? x travel in nsning nooks. Shopkeeper (savagely) No, you don catch me with any of your hooks. Agent And yet you seem In a biting mood too. ucod day, sir! t an. g fTT IS not given to J! 11 everybody, to judge jj ujrrctuy ui uie.arusuc (f beauty of silverware, fc but whoever chooses GORHAM SILVER f ft makes no mistake. i h 0 & o Even the slightest tokens bear mg the famous Trade-mark of the Lion, the Achor,nd the Letter 0, have been passed 9f comee- P tent critics, sad pronounced worthy. Otherwise, tney would never have been per f J mirted to leave the factory. Too good for Lhnt Goodm St or it c9 . JeaxUrt only. j THE PASSING OF A SUPERSTITION. Sailors Beeoneiled to the of a Dead Body Aboard Ship. One of the most popular superstitions of sailormen used to be against having dead body aboard ship, not no longer holds good on passenger ships at least for most of them are now pro vided with the means of preserving the body . of a person who dies on the voyage until port is reached. This is generally done by incasing the body in an airtight metallic, coffin, one or more being car ried by every first olass passenger vessel, and there is seldom a murmur from Jack. Steam and other modern im provements have worked . as many changes in sailormen ns they have in the vessels they man, and in consequence the old time salt, with his superstitions, his foibles and bis notions, is fast dis appearing before the advance of his less romantic and no more efficient brother. Going to sea ain't what it used to be, " said an old sea captain, with a sigh, to. the . writer, to whom he bad been bemoaning the decadence of sailing vessels, which he ascribed to tbe rapidly growing habit of building enormous steam freight carriers. "The fine old ships, barks and other sailing craft are going, and in place of real sailormen you see a lot of paint scrubbers and iron pounders that hardly, knows how to splice a rope and hasn't as much su perstition as a goat They don't care much whether the cargo is dead bodies or pig iron.' - In the old days the presence of a corpse aboard was considered bound to bring storms and other bad luck, and even now on sailing vessels an immedi ate burial over the side is the. proper thing when a death occurs if the skipper cares to keep the forecastle in good hu mor.' On the big steamships, carrying hundreds of passengers each trip, a death is no uncommon thing, and if there are friends of the dead person aboard they are likely to have tbe body brought to port It has become-a com mon custom, too, to ship the bodies of persons who have died abroad borne by steamships, and on several occasion small mortuary chapels have been con structed aboard. : Otherwise the coffins are carried as if they ,were n ordinary part of the ship's cargo. The skipper already quoted told of one of the many examples of the sailor's superstition on the subject that had come under his observation. A friend of his was a few years ago commanding a big cupper ship engaged in the South American trade. Ee was a kindly man, and sailors were always glad to ship with him, not only because of his not being a hard' taskmaster, but also be cause his ship was known as "a good feeder," which is the highest encomium Jack can pronounce npon skipper or ves sel. On his last voyage the captain was bound from Callao for Antwerp with a cargo of fertilizer. He fell sick and died soon after passing the Horn. His body was prepared and boxed and placed be low in the depths of tbe cargo. The first mate, who succeeded to the command, was not the best of sailors or popular with the crew. Head winds and gales were encountered in rapid succes sion, and the grumbling of the men soon' broke out into almost open mutiny. It was the presence of that body in the hold of the ship- that was causing all the trouble, and it must be got rid of. The men went aft and so . informed the mate and then without ceremony heaved the body of their late captain over tbe side. Whether the weather improved then the skipper couldn't say. But he was certain of one thing, and that was that seamanship and superstition, which always go together, would be things of the past when the paint scrubbers and. iron pounders have crowded the real sail ormen off the seas. New York Tribune, The Holy Hilar of St. feter, In a email chapel stands a strangely wrought marble column inclosed in an iron cage. The Remans now call it the Colonna Santa (the holy pillar) and it is said to be the one against which Christ leaned when teaching in the temple at Jerusalem. A great modern authority believes it to be of Roman workmanship and of the third century. but those who have " lived in the east will see much that is oriental in the fantastic, ornamented carving. It mat ters little. In actual fact, whatever be its origin, this is the column known in the middle ages as the Colonna degli Spiritati, cr column of those possessed by evil spirits, and it was customary to . bind to it , such unlucky individuals as fell under suspicion of "possession," in order to exorcise the spirit with prayer and holy water. Areuno has made a wit ty scene about this in the ' 'Cortigiana. where one of the Vatican servants cheats a poor fisherman and then hands him over to the sacristan of St. Peter's to be cured of an imaginary possession by a ceremonious exorcism. Such proceed ings must have been common enough in those days when witchcraft and de- monology . were elements with which rulers and lawgivers had to count at every turn. Marion Crawford in Cen tury. ; - . - -- - He Only Wanted to Know. "Papa," said an inquisitive boy, ''don't fishes have legs?" "They do not," answered papa. "Why don't they, papa?" "Because fishes swim, and don't re quire legs."- The small boy was silent for a few minutes, and papa . forgot about his questions. Then he asked: "Papa, ducks have legs, don't they?" "Why, yes, ducks have legs." "Well, ducks swim, don't they?" "yes." - .- "Then why don't fishes have legs if ducks do? Or why don't ducks not have any legs if fishes don't?" Papa gave it up. Pearson's Weekly. The Installment Plan. "Now I'm engaged at last It took Mr. Oarrhigton three nights to pro pose." . " . "Is he so bashful?" "Not at all. He stutters. "Chicago Record. . . - . British Foetal Savings. One of the greatest bankers in the world Is the British government. As a bai.k it holds nearly $500,000,000 in poetofflee de? posits payable practically on call and pays 'interest at the rate of i per cent per an num to its depositors. , Last year tbe de posits increased 150,000,000. Philadel phia Press. APPOINTMENTS. r ... ..... .... Wilmington DUtrict-W. 8.' Bone P. X. Carver's Creek Circuit, Shiloh, No vember 7, 8. Kensnsville circuit. Rose Hill, No vember 14, 15. - . - Magnolia circuit. Providence, Novem ber 15. 18. Columbus circuit, Cerro Gordo, No vember 20 . - Whitevllle and Fair Bluff, Whiteville. Nov. 2S, 28. Waccamaw circuit. ZIon. Nov. 84. ; Bladen circuit. Antioch. Nov. 88. 88. WilmiutRon, Bladen Street. Dec. 9 Onelow circuit Tabernacle. Dec. 5, 8 Wmx Over Fifty Tear Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syxtp has been used for over fifty Tears by mil lions of mothers for their children while teethiog, with perfect success. It soothes tbe child, sottens tbe gums, allays all pain, cares wind colic, and is tbe best remedy for Diarrhoea It will relieve the poor little sufferer immedi ately. Sold bv drusgists In every part of tbe world. Twenty-five cents a bot tle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins low's Sootblntr Syrup," and uke no other kind. irSppD The iron irrasp of scrofula has no mercy npon its victims. - This demon of the blood is often not satisnea witn causing dreadful sores, but racks the body with the pains of rheumatism until Hood's Sarsaparilla cures. "Nearly four years ago I became af flicted with scrofula and rheumatism. Roadie Running sores broke out on my thighs. Pieces of bone came out and an operation was contemplated. ' I had rheumatism in my legs, drawn up out of shape.' I lost ap petite, could not sleep. I was a perfect wreck. I continued to grow worse and finally gave up the doctor's treatment to D take Hood's Sarsaparilla.: Soon appetite came back; the sores commenced to heal. My limbs straightened oat and I threw away my cratches. I am now stoat and hearty and am farming, whereas four years ago I was a cripple.' I gladly rec ommend Hood's Sarsaparilla." UKBAX Hammond, Table Grove, Illinois. Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1. Prepared only by CI. Hood & Co Lowell, Mass. (iwu S rms take, easy to operate. 25c SMOKING TOBACCO Hade from the Purest, Ripest and 8weetest leaf grown In the Golden Belt of North Carolina. Cigarette Book goes with each i-ox. pouch. JtXE 'FOB 0 CESTS. -: A Pleasant, Cool and Delightful Smoke. Lyon a Co. Tobacco Works. Durham, n. c. BaeklMs Armlea fjaive. The Best Salts, in tbe world tor Cats,. Braises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cares 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 It Slay vo aa naeh for Too. Mr. rred, Miller, of Irving, 111., writes that he bad a Severe Kidney trouble for many years, with severe pains in bis back and also that bis bladder was anected He tried, many so-called Kidney cures but without any good result, . About a year ago he began use of Electric Bitters and found relief at once. Electric Bit ters is especially adapted to cure of all Kidney and Liver troubles and often gives almost instant relief. One trial will prove our statement. Price only 60c for large bottle. At R. R. Bellamy's Drug More. t Wholesale ' Prices I urrent SWThe foaowtsg quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making Dp small orders bigber prices have to be charod. . To quotation, are aiwsrs men as accurately as possible, but tbe Star win sot be r'-.iKtr fa, Uy variations mm tarn kou roarsrt pnee ot tne article! BAGGING SSJnte. 6 Msnda-a WESTS KN SMOKED Hams I .................. . 12 & f & I 00 6M 14 T Shou'dcrs ) t, f lues w mi ..,.,,..,. DRY SALTE1 ED . ........ J. Sides m Shoulders f 1 .............. ' BARRELS Spiri s Turpentine Second-hand, each...,,..,,,,. New New York, each..... .... New City, each BEESWAX ................ BRICKS Wilmington fj M Northern .................... BUTTE North Carolina !,..,.. N'tthem .................... CORN MEAL Per Bushel, in sacks .... Virginia Meal ............ COTTON TIKS-U) bundle... J. CANDLES f . Sperm . ..,.......,,.., CHKSE-" ; Northern Factory '4 1 10 1 40 1 00 SI 40 4 6 SO 9 00 : 700 a H 00 15 S3 & 40 'H 40 & T 1 . 18 & 9 85 10 10 & 11 11 18 10 uairy, uisn State . COFFEE-" JV- ugUTra Rio. .... 10 DOM ESI ICS Steetiatvs-t, m yard...,,,.,; -Yarns. bunch.,,..,.,.,,,,. EGGS ft dosenTn......."." ntb .................. Mackerel, No 1, J barrel.... Mackerel, No 1, f half-barrel . - Mackerel, No S, barrel... . .Mackerel, No a, f) half-barrel Mackerel. No S, V barrel ' Mullets, barrel Mu lets, V pork barrel SSeJ1Lrria' Dry Cod, k " extra . rOUR-f barrel , ' tH 18 20 : i 8 S3 00 H 00 is ro 8 00 13 00 s 00 5 75 3 01 5 3 36 e 00 15 00 18 00 00 ' 14 00 S 5 0 8 25 10 3 50 Low grade S 95 8 00 845 t S 5 4 l'l 4 00 46 Q 4 SO v-no ce Straight First Patent m TTB" aa w First Pal VVA 8H bKAin-B btrnel Corn, from store, bag White, Corn, argo, in bulk White... , Coin, cargo, in bigs White., O-ts, from s ore.... i.,.,a.. Oats, Rust Proo. ,..,..., 45 a . . 46 45 40 40 M 45 50 '. S 8 105 9) 85 ' 10 1 S3 low reas BIDES, V oreea - Dit HAY, ft 100 s Kastera - yer. "......... North River,.., .......... hoop iron, m i..,......;." LARD, S v . Northern ........,.....,,., North Carolina ............ . LTME V barrel . LUMBs.R(ci y sawed)," U fee. Ship Stun, resawed,,.,,,,,,, Rougbedge Plank., West India cargoes, accord iag toqualitT S s 18 00 8000 u 00 it 00 13 00 18 00 Scaatl ng and Board, comrooo 18 0J aa aa H0J 15 CO . N.. - -sas BuHotahM....:;;;;; ... City Mess... n 85 89 , ' SO 14 15 m 18 t85 Q S64 8 50 rrune ROPE, tv .......M.,.,.v,,,, SALT." sack Alum . Lrverpooi oTmt?s'.'t 8HoSoB''ii:;:"- ,-- . C Yell w ...I ssAvca, m m w. W.O. barrel. R. a Honheaul Mill, Pnme Commoh Mill....,..,,,, Inferior toOrdwarv TALLOW, m ..77. g) 9 00 8 00 v 8 00 10 8 5 ea . S3 . 40 45 8 00 S 60 1 (0 85 S 69 S 60 . H . ia 4 .' 412 " ' .. .. 8 00 14 00 . 10 o : 9 00 : . 7 00 4 50 " 4 00 850 s S 00 ro oo 1 00 tig COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET.- : STAR OFFICE November 3 ariKiis 1 URrnwiiNt- Market steady at 85 cents per eallon for machine-made casks, and 24U cents (or countrv casks. ROSIN Market firm at 81 60 rrr bbl for Strained, and $1 55 for Good Strained. ... TAR. Market quiet at $100 te- bblof80ibs- CRUDE TURPENTINE. Stead v Hard 1.80, Yellow Dip 1 9,0, and Virgin 00 per barrel., ' Quotation same day last year Spirit 3 turpentine. &5j24$c: rosin, suainei $1 good strained $1 tar $1 40, crude tnrpentine 11 iu, 1 ou, 1 U RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine... Kosin.... 12s Tar ................... ;o Crude Turpentine (.0 Receipts same day last year 153 casks spirits turpentine, 919 bbls rosm, 638 bbls tar. 89 bbls crude turpentine. . COTTON. Market firm on a basis of. 1A 1 ,r middling. Quotations: Ordinary.... ......... 5 cts p tb Good Ordinary.. t ' " ' Low Middling........ 7 " , Miaouing....... .-r.... 7J6 " Good Middling. 7 11-16 " Same day last vear, middling 8c. Receipts 3,692 bales; same day au year 1.877. . . ' COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prirae, ! 4050c per bushel of 28 ponnds; Extra I Prime, 65c; Fancy. 6065c. Virginia . Extra Prime. 6065c; Fane?, 6570c. , j CORN. Firm; 88 to 40 cents -nr i bushel. XT r a rnw ? t t to lljc per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7 -Sides, 7 to 7 He SHINGLES Per thousand, five ir.c :? . i nearts and saps, II 00 to a 85: six rcr. 1 $3.50 to S 60; seven inch; $5 50 to C 6 TIMBER Market steady at iito n i 7.60 per M. i r uKciun mAirri, 1 b By Cable to the Morning Star. Liverpool, Nov. 3. 12.30 P. M Cotton, good demand and- prices firm. American middling 4 17 Sales 16.000 bales, of wbicb 15 900 wr-c American; speculation and eiDoit 5 Receipts 11,000 bales, of whicn 7 100 were American. Futures opened Q j;pt and demand moderate. American rid dling (1 m c) November 4 25 641 24 , 641; November and December 4 4 21-641: December and January 4 l. t. 4 20 644 19 64d; January and F.cn. ruary 4 17 64. 4 18 64. 4 19 644 . 64d; February and March 4 1 Hir March and April 4 16-64. 4-17 64 4 l. 64-. 4 19 64a4 18-64d; May and Jjne 4 19 644 20-64d; June and Julv 4 a 64d; July and August 4 23-644 22 61 1 .' Futures quiet at the advance. 4 P.M. American middling (i ra November 4 S6-64d seller; November and December 4 82 644 23 64c! sel er December and January 4 21-64d seiier. January and February 4 20 64 d, seller February and March 4 20 64d' seller Mai ca and. April 20 64d seller April and May 4 21-64d; May and nce 4 22 64d seller; luoe and July 4 22 64 a 4 23 S4d seller; July, and August 4 ii 64d buyer. Futures closed firm at tne advance. MARINE. ARRIVED. Schr Fred B Belano. 250 tons. Saw yer; Boston, Geo Harriss. Son & Co Steamship Croatan, McKee. Near York. H G Sm'alloones. CLEARED. " Steamship Croatan, McKee; George town. H G Smallboces. Si;hr Cbas H Spragne. Harper J'atmei. Hyti. Geo Harriss, Son i Co; cargo by E Kidder's Son. EXPORT. FOREIGN. Jacmel Schr C H Spragne 243 .115' feet lumber. MARINE, DIRECTORY. . Litat of Veaaela'j In Use Port of AVil mlnston, w. c, Rot. 4, 1S9C. SCHOONERS. Bertha H, 124 tons. LeCain, J T Riley ,v: Co. Kate Darlington. 129 tons. L;w s, Gtoi Harriss, Son & Co. Amelia P Schmidt. 266 tons, Penneweil, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. C C Lister, 263 tons,Rotinson, Geo Har- riss. Son & Co. ? ; STEAMSHIPS. V- . . Sheerness, 1,414 tons, Norman. J H Sloan. Leven (Br). 1,607 tons. Stiles, Alex Sprnnt-& Son: M aivjlal, Q O AM . - n .1 Sprunt&Son. .." Madeline (Br). 1,862 tons. Nidden.New Yoik, Heide&Co. BARQUES. Ararst (Nor) 4J5 tons, Reineitzen.Heide &Cd. Aurora (Nor), 618 tons, Koss, Paterson, Dovnine & Co. . Nor (Noi), 493 tons,' Johnsen. J T Riley &Co. .. ' B igs: Cameo. 200 tons. Colbeth, Geo Harris Son & Co. 200 Barrels New Kiver 'Mullets Just received. 250 BOXES TOBACCO, all grades. 30,000 CIGARS. For Sale at Rock Bottom' Prices, SAM'L BEAR, Sr., 12 MTarket Stneet. eet !8 tf 183i?07ATOB189? Country Gentleman. THB BST OF THE AGRICULTURAL WEEKLIES DEVOTED TO , form Crops and Processes, Hor culture & Pruit-Growing Live BtooTc and Dairying, F'S"? Eccoomy. and a snmmaiy of the News M tna Weak, its Mahbt lUrorrs are nnnsnaUy complete, and much attxnrioa is paid to the Prospacu of ta Crops, as throwing light npon one of the raoj Pt of all qoeslioca V f Buy and Wki ttStU. It is liberally lllnstrattd, and conta:ns n-.er wadinf mattii than ever before. The sobscnpt.o "S.50 per ear, bat are offer SPECIAL K DUCTION iaoat - V CItTJB BATES PQS 1897. TWO STTBSCKIPTIOHS. la one remittance ix arrBscxiPTioss. do. ao. 10 HJ BTOSCXIFTIOff 0, do. do. 1 'BT To all Nsw Snbscribers for 1 897,"parm8 advance aow, m wm. sxnd thm paphb WKEKL from onr ascswr of the remittance, to January 1st, 1897, wiTHoirr cbabgx. . VW Sncnus Corns Fiu. -Address (LU THXK TVCXXX a 80S PullUktr; Oct IS tf LBANY.N. Y. '
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