North Carolina Newspapers

J 1 it I "N Br WIXlIAffl B. BEBRlBDi wiLMiNSTOir, n. c. ; : Thursday Morning. Dec 31, 1896 BABXIKGr ON B 3HD3. 1 The gold standard Democrats who supported Palmer or McK.io.ley id the late campaign, have called a conven tion of "business men" to meet at In dianapolis on the 11th of January to discuss the money question and for , mulate some plaq for the improve ment: of our currency "system. It is said that a committee will fbe chosen to be composed of men of acknow ledged financial ability and that this committee, entirely ignoring politics,' will devise a plan to be submitted to Congress. The gentlemen who are moving in this matter do not take any stock i a the international mone tary Congress that Senator Wolcott purposes, for they believe , we have too much ihsteaToTtoo little silver. It may therefore be assumed that in, the plan this Indianapolis committee will formulate silver will cut a very small figure.:' ';. r 'From the pointers already thrown out the probabilities are that, they . will give special attention to the na tional bank system with a view to ' securing ad-enlargement of its scope and giviog it practical control of the paper currency:',? t will urge the re tiring of the, greenbacks as a matter of course, and substituting for them the notes of national banks. As far as widening the scope of the na tional banks goes that is all right, and tt is right, too, that they should be permitted to start small banks in ' small places, and branch banks, all of which would increase the .useful ness of that system and bring it nearer the people who now derive very little benlfit directly from it. While this will be all right as far as if goes, the country needs some v thing more than that before the cur rency system can be materially im proved. In addition to the national banks, which do very well in large cities, the rural districts and small towns need banks that ; will render service that the national banks can not render, banks not based on Government bonds, or on anything else that is a subject of speculation, the value of which is governed by the speculative demand, and fluctu ates as that demand goes up or down. The Richmond Times, a gold standard paper, also a strong advocate of State banks, points out one of the srious defects in the na tional banking system in the follow ing editorial : . "The gre t argument against requir ing national bondi as a security lor bank - circulation the argument that it ad dressed to all the people of the United States alike it that toe bonds are con tinually rising and fallin in credit, and bank buys bonds when they 'are i low Cation to to em when they are high and they ' can make a profit on them. This converts a -bank into a speculator, which it should never be, and causes the currency to be contracted at a time when the condition of the country may call imperative? for its expansion. Ia 1881 the national banks bad oat $818,223,358 of their notes, and United States 4 percent, bonds were sell ing at 117 7-8. In 1889 these bonds bad . risen to 129. and the national banks v had reduced their circulation to $128, 867,425. They cmld " not resist the tempation to sell their bonds, and through all the stringent times since .1889 their circulation bat always been below $200,000,000 until the present year (1896). when. In February last, it bad risen to $213,083 586. United States - 4's beinz down to 112. This shows that a national circulation, based upon na tional bonds, will rise and fall according to tbe market price of United States bonds, and not in response to the de rnands of the people for more or less . currency. '-r.--t-:- "We look on this reason, however, (or repealing ; tbe requirement of United States bonds as tbe basis of our currency as more specious man anytning eise. When the currency is based upon such bonds it all goes to tbe cities, and. as the people WHO live in ins ciuu uu aiuiusi all of their basinets witn cbecks, it is a matter of less moment to them whether the bank currency is abundant or scarce.' It is ,abe country people who need" currency. The real reason, therefore. wby the requirement of national bonds - at tbe back of the currency should be re pealed is that when It is so backed, though issued by a bank in a mountain backwoods, it is jast as good ia New York and Chicago as any, and, that be ing so, the commercial centres will with draw it from tbe country people to themselves. That is the reason the peo pie la the country should be permitted to have banks lo issue notes that are not o backed, that tbey will be good all over tbe Union. They require that their bank notes shall not.be known to New York and Chicago, and then tbey will stay amongst tbe people for whose use they are issued and furnish men who now have no currency with what they aeed." . What dependence can be pat upon - a system which permits a sudden and violent contraction of the currency without any help for the people who ' are dependent upon these banks for tbe money they need to transact business ? Bat there is another and a very serious objection, which is that the strong money combines of . the Eastern and Central States will , always control ' the bonds : and '.through them control the national banks. The South or tbe West could have very few of these banks out side of the large cities, for the . rea son that we have given, namely, that the strong money combines of the money " centers will ' control the bonds, so that if the. South or West get the banks they need , it will be through the capitalists of the money centers, who will start .banks only where there is a prospect of tempting profits. . , - . , . . In the .'.conclusion the Times touches npon what is alleged to be one of the defects of the State bank system, but is really one of its cardi nal , virtues. , The : money of : the country now flow to the . money centers which control H. What the people waut to prevent this drifting is a currency that will remain at home, or, which if it goes away will come : back and not remain locked up in some of the 'Eastern bank vaults. We have discussed this here tofore, and contended that this is one of the strongest arguments in favor of State banks, and one of the surest solutions of the congesting problem. from which the business, and people of the country now suffer so much a plethora of money in one section and a famine in others. MEBOK aOSMTlUN. The extraordinary vote cast in the "pivotal' Western States at the last election, has attracted widespread attention in this country and con siderable in Europe. A good many of the Eastern papers after tackling the vote and the majorities for Mc Kinley, throw I up their J hands "and. give it up in despair, but not so with the Washington Vrf, a gold stand ard paper, which ia commenting upon the astonishment of some Mas sachusetts papers, solves the prob lem and thus makes it perfectly plain : - . ' . "Of course to the merely superficial observer these are perplexing and be- wildering figures. There was is Ohio aa even more wonderful showing than in Indiana or Illinois. Ohio, in 189S, gare to Mr. Bushnell the largest vote ever given to any candid ite in that State. This- "year, however, Mr. - Bryan, although he exceeded Bushnell's vote of -1895 by 53 000 .was beaten 48.000 by Mr. McKinley. Here is an Increase of 101.000 votes within a twelvemonth. We gaze upon the show ing with respectful amassment, bnt we are not distressed and mystified in the same degree as onr esteemed Mugwump contemporaries. We recall certain so pernatnral occurrences in such states as Iadiz.na.-r To one of these mirsces we remember inviting attention at the 'time the miracle of the restoration to life of a voter' in the town of Aurora This citizen bad died on. November . and bad been duly laid out and .'waked' by his -friends, but. about 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning election day he suddenly jumped out of his coffin, swore that he'd be eternally jiggered if be didn't vote for McKinley before they buried him, and accordingly went to tbe palls and cast . bis ballot. Ana there were . others. AH - through tbe Oaia, Indiana and - Illinois belt men rose - from- their graves, or suddenly regained their intellectual equilibrium, or were released from Drison. or orematurelv reached the vot ing age. It was a day of resurrection, of nil deliveries, of insane asylum depopu latiOB, and of precocious maturity. It was n day of miracles and portents. If Mr. - Moreton Frewen understood the capabilities of the American people which, being an Englishman, of coarse he cannot he would have spared him sef these futile struggles with election awards and -saved the worthy Boston Herald and the venerable Springfield Republican a great deal of unnecessary perturbation. . " "' - - " It is well to bay,e the necessaries and comforts of life, and the things that enter into Common use cheap enough to be within the easy reach of those who need them, but- cheap ness is not an unmixed blessing, and besides that it is a relative ' term. Wheat that costs 50 cents a bushel is as dear to the man who earns only dollar a day as dollar wheat wontd be toihe man who earns two dollars a dayTAod so with "other things. CheapneCStaddeamess are relative terms, dependenropon the ability to buy. and v when the ability to buy and pay high prices generally exists the higher the prices the better, because it means more money in circulation and better times for V:: everybody. The tariff protectionists have been acting somewhat on this prin ciple but they acted ia; a diseriml nating' way to benefit certain inter ests, regardless of the ability of the people generally to pay high prices. They insisted on practically barring out cheap goods from other conn tries and forcing our people to boy dearer goods from onr home manu facturers. If wheat sold for fifty cents a bushel or less, and other farm products in proportion, and the or dinary wage earner could earn barely enough to provide the necessaries of life, with very few of the : comforts and none of the luxuries..- The con- dition. that ensures prosperity is such an abundance of money as will make it cheap, and other things, labor in cluded, correspondingly dear. Then we would have high .wages, high prices and general prosperity. The reports of an agreement .be tween Secretary Oluey and the Spanish Prime Minister, for the paci fication of Cuba on a basis of some thing like autonomy must be tak.en with considerable allowance. These reports have been In circulation for several days, but everyr time sthey come they are either accompanied or speedily followed) by denials from Madrid. Possibly, however, Spain may be resorting . to this kind of strategy to allay popular feeling in this country and weaken the insur gents by giving oat reports in a semi-official way that she is willing to do the just and the generous thing if the insurgents give her a chance to do it by recognizing; her au thority. She did tbe same thing near the close ot the ten years', war when she recognized the fact that, she could not whip the insurgents' Into submission, thus brought the war to an end, and : then violated every pledge she had made. Having dis covered, after all Weyler's confident boasting of what he was going to do, that she has made no progress" In subduing the insurgents, she is proba bly trying the same game of making promises of reform which she played in the ten years' war. . If this Gov ernment is acting as the friend of Cuba and of Spain, " it will give no need to promise -unless accompanied by guarantees that- they wilt be fully and promptly executed. CURRENT COMMENT : Mark Hanna Is unusually quiet. 1 The job of stealing a few Senators aDDears to be preying on bis mind. Indianapolis Sentinel, em. McKinley is going to wear an inauguration suit . made of uaio wool, If be wanted to show this in dustry was nearest his heart, what's the matter with an undershirt ot it. IAil. Times. Ihd. - - - If the Republican members of the House Ways and Means Com mittee be sincere in their, profes sions they have only to adopt a rule to repeal tbe protective duty levied on every article which is manufac tured by a Trust- If they should do this there would be no occasion for an extra session of Congress to re vise 'the tariff. Under such a rule none would be so hostile to an extra session as tbe Trusts themselves. Phil. Record, Dem. : J ;, i M : It has been discovered that three of the figures - in a stained glass window of a raral English church the subject " representing King Saul andbts counsellors are life-like portraits of Lord Salisbury, Mr. Gladstone and tbe late Lord Beaconsfield. The - king himself is Thomas Carlyle, while the David has tbe head and shoulders of Adi Una Patti. Augusta Chronicle, " Dem. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Ttaleigh Press Visitor:' Thomas B. Smith, a well known citizen of Raleigh, died this (Monday) morn log. Mr. R. B. De Vault died Sunday morning, after an illness of more than two months. ' : . - Newbern Journal: Tbe negro man, Alonzo waters, who kiued an other negro at Grifton on last Wed nesday, is still ; at large. It is now said that the murder, was the result of a long standing grudge between the men. -Charlotte Observer: People who have summer cottagrs at Blow ing Rock will be interested to learn that the house breaker has been at work there. : Six cottages have been broken open and" ransacked, among them being the summer ; house of Mrs. Sam Patterson. She had a quantity of goods stored ' away in chests. . The chests were' broken open and the contents stolen. vV; Goldsboro Argus: A rather dissolute white ' man named Tom Jones was found dead -near Cox's whiskey still, over-the river, Friday night, and foul . play is suspected. Tbe coroner and a jury are now in vestigating the case. John Bonner, a young colored man who is a noted athlete about town, was dangerously cat . by another negro with a razor in a "bout Christmas eve night, and is now at death s door, with little hope of recovery. He says he does not know who the negro was with whom he was tuss-i ling and who cut him, and as yet ws have .been unable to find anyone who saw the affair. "TWINKLINGS. , Estelle "I am sure that theirs is a true love match." ; Myrtvlia "Win?" Estelle ' Because both bride and groom ieel certain that they are marry? tag above their position. jrutA. y "Your life has been one of many reverses, said tbe kind ladv. , "Yes m, ' answered Dismal Dawson. 'Bout every place I tarn op I sit turned down." Indiana polisf onmal. - "Did you know," .said the man who was reading an article about the contraction of metals, "that a clock ticks faster In Winter ttun in Summer? - -"No, I never noticed that about a o'clock." But I know a gas meter does." Indeanapolis Journal. What? The order as not been nromuleated? Whv. 'tnv-JSear sir. ob serve! Last week there were pre mature deaths of Armenians. This week there have been tut 1.79S1 -V Pat I tell you the ould f rinds are always the best, after all, and. I can prove It. . 4" w. .j; ..V . Dennis How?. ... ;'T;vl;;-. ' Pat Where'il you find anew frind that has shtood bv vou as long as the ould ones havt? Cleveland Leader. . "Pat," said Tommy to the gar deuer, "what is uothins?" . ""There ain't any such thing as nothinV replied Pat. 'rbcca'se whin ye find nothin' and come to look at it, there ain't nothin' there." Harper's Round Table. V ' . Keeper (of lunatic asylum) "And this man imagines he's not wheels in bis head. What do you think of that?" Visitor "Wby, I think he's more ra tional than the majority of lolks." Judge. - . a;?- Mrs. Brown "George, yon are A DUIB UiJIIUUlttl. Brown "What makes ycu think so ?" " Mrs. Brown "The way you manage to conceal youi - opinions of other people's charm." Brooklyn Life. "DR. MILES, Through His Nervine Is a Ben ef actor to Thousands" H WIDELY known Wisconsin publisher, who resides at Green Bay, writes March 6th, 1896, as foUowu . "Five rear ago i became ao aermons that mental work waa a burden. I could not rest at night oa -account of sleeplessness. My attention was balled to Dr. Miles' Beatora tlve jgervlne, and-1 commenced to use 16 with the very best effect. Since then I hare kept a bottle In my house and use It whenever my n?rves become unstrung, with; always the same good results. . My son also Dr. Miles' taites it lor aerronsness with like never falling success. I have recom mended It to many and It cures them, 411 who suffer from nerve troubles should try It Renrine Restores Health.. , It is free from narcotics, perfectly harm less, and yet soothes and strengthens. , Dr. Miles, through, hia Nervine Is a benefactor tOtbousaiids.M - - - A. a LEHMAN. . r- Editor and proprietor of Sbb Xukdskas. ' Dr. Miles Nervine Is sold on guarantee - first bottle wia benefit or money refunded. No morphine or opium In lr. Miles' Pass Pnxs. Curb All Pain. "One cent a dose." - No morphine er opium ia Dr. Miles' Fam Pius Cvkb All Pain. "One cent a dOM." Foe tut by all .Pragguta, JoMltlf Htatb tCUnf , VI TIM HOGAN'S FIREMAN- tlla Batmarkabla Experience Baca Ttai - OltfecteU to His Color. - "Yes, siree," declared the railroad : man, "those days that are past are the palmy days. I remember well when I fired enginea .that burned nothing bnt wood, I worked with an engineer, Tim 'Hogan was his name, who was one of tie best on the lin& ' I ain't going to give the name "of the road nor nothing lilie that in telling you this tale, 'cause Hogan might get in trouble at this late I day. : ;s:"'- . "In them days the engines "had a draft through the smokestack which beat the world, and the engine Hogan run had the strongest draft ciSny en gine on the road. Many's the time Ho gan has had to stop his -engine when she was pnfteg hard going up hill un til I got and pat a piece cf , sheet iron over the stack - What for? Why, to keep the fire under the boiler. The draft would draw it all out ."Well,' abont the time I ppeak of th j road wanted to introduce niggers as fire men. Of course we kicked, but it didn't j do much good. -, Hcgan kicked harder than anybody and swore he would kill any nigger the road put in his cab, and, not only that, he would throw hia life less body into the firebox. - " "One day Hogan comes to me just before we was goin out on our run and said, Jinv they're put a nigger in with me for this run, but I want you to gq out with me, anyway.. . " ; i flrbat'g the mse?' says t ' : " ' Well, you -come On and don't ask no questions, says Hogan. .."Hogan was a powerful and deter mined sort of a man, and I didn't want no trouble with him, so I climbed into the cab "longsideof the nigger when the train pulled cut . - "Well, sir, I'll never forget that run, Hogan was mad and sulky, and be run that old engine with all the ears behind her just - like he was way behind time. The nigger heaved wood into the fire box, and Hogan kept cuasin him and tellin him to keep 'er hot First thing I know we'd struck the bottom of the longest and heaviest grade on the line, Hogan's engine was drawing great chunks of wood from the firebox, and the stack looked like a volcano. '.-i ' 'Finally, when the nigger was lean ing over to lift apiece of wood, Hogan hit him cn the head with a monkey Wrench, and ha fell oyer just like he was dead. I was so scared I couldn't move, but Hogan get off his seat and chucked the. nigger feet first into the firebox. . , "I looked out of the window. - I didn't want to see such a shocking sight I happened to look at the smokestack, and I see the nigger's boots come out of it, then his seeks, then his pants, and then he come feet first When he rose from the stack, he yells, 'Goodby, Mr. Hogan... .... - "We saw him light on the ground and jump up and run. I have never seen him since, nor neither has Hogan, but you can't get a nigger into Hogan's cab, and that s afact' Memphis Scimetar. P P4 Pa a Donkey. . When we were boys ear first lessons in riding were taken on (and oflf) the back of a donkey. He was a creature of changeable, bnt, on the whole, amiable dispositionr When his temper gave way before the trials to which we subjected it, we took many lessons in that gentle art of falling off which is so useful a supplement to the science of riding as more generally understood. ; We can make this avowal without any sense of shame now, for it happened once on a day forever memorabja that our donkey kicked off onr riding master himself in all bis glory or boots ana breeches. Joe,. the coachman's boy, declared all our theory of donkey riding to be incor rect and it is significant that though ihe "donkey could, kick off the riding master, boots and . breeches and all, it entirely failed to shake Joe from his seat by any cf its antics. But then Joe's method was entirely different from that of the riding master's. ' It was, indeed, go simple as scarcely to deserve , thQ name oi method! being contained in $ha single precept that you should sit as near the tail cf the animal as possible. That was the sum total of his theory of donkey riding, and It worked to perfec tion in practice. Our uncle, who was in the navy, explained tbe -mechanics of jToe s Style cf riding nautically. ""It a aaplaiiiws pikestaff," said- he, ''that when you've got r11 the weight in the stern the craft isn't likely to go down by tbe head. Macmillan s Magazine. Fink Will Reign. ;:V"' Pink in loveliest tints will be a very favored color this summer, and among the beautiful dyes ore anemone, also known as valesque, an old rose pink; venus, a delicate liesh tint; azalea, a soft rose, tinged with silver like the "dawn" tint cf or.her seasons. Shepherd ess and Louis XVI pinks are tinged with faintest mauve, like the old pompadour and lilac - shades, and still, deeper tones cf this exquisite color -copy the hues of the orchid, chrysanthemum ' and sweet "pea blossom. All cf these dyes combine beautifully with silver gray, reseda. fawn color, cream, beige, apricot, mag nolia, white and some of the pale yel low shades. The latter mixture is like the "honeysuckle-- melange" of . colors used a year ago. 'Pink and yellow French roses, jontrails vand geranium blossoms are massed pppn some cf Virot's round hats of black or dark green openwork Straw. New York Post . .... Chrysanthemum Salad. " ""- In Japan tlie flowers of tbe chrysan- themum constitute a : popular - dish. During tha months of November and December bunches of them, "washed and carefully displayed, may be seen in tbe stores of all the dealers in vegetables. Almost all : the varieties are edible, strictly' speaking, but those : fej "which, preference is' usually given Jiave deep yellow flower beads. - . Do not allow your sritem to get weak . J J I.;, . - A X . I . , ,, idq acou.taico.. it is easy io seep wen and strong by taking Hood aarsapa- ruia. .,. .: t- Baek ken's Arnle Sauve. Thk Best Salve ia the world tor Cuts, " Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever-Sores, "Tetter, Chapped Hands. Chilblains. Corns, and ail Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money re funded. Price 85 cents per box. For sale by R. R, Bkllauv. " t Wot Over Fifty "Wesirs ; Mss. WiMSLow's Soothing Sykup bas been used for over fifty years by mil lions ol mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success. It soothes tbe child,: softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic -and is the best remedy for Diarrbcei- It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by Druggists in every tart of the world. Twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for " Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind. t . Belief in Six Honrs. . ' Distressing Kidney and Bladder dia esses relieved in six hours by tbe ' New Great -Sovth-Ambrica - Kidnxy Cvbb" This new remedy is a great sur prise on account of its : exceeding promptness in - relieving pala in the bladder, kidney, back and every part of the urinary passages in male or female It relieves retention of water and pain in passing it almost immediately. If you want quick relief snd cure, this is your remedy, bold by K. K. &eiiamy Drug gist, Wilmington, N. C, corner of Front ana Market streets. - t WOMAN'S WOULD. HOW TO ARRANGE A CHARMING RE CEPTACLE FOR FLOWERS. Iapnmncti la Mending Roeooo Bw vlvad Wutnau nd Bar Flitting Fads. 1 Quiet Handles Correct Diagonal Mohalz Crape Hia Leonora Hooney. A novel and charming receptacle for flowers can be made from a Japanese umbrella.- To accomplish the end it is necessary only to rAnove tbe handle and to suspend it by ribbons terminating in graceful bows. 5 C . ;V ! The more costly silk parasols can be used, but the paper sort that cost only a few cents give an . entirely satisfactory result. The only essential point is ths selection of a modest design whioh will not clash with the flowers. .-- - The ribbons are best of a plain color. cither the same as that of the flowers to be used or some quiet tone that will not conflict Three points must lie marked, equidistant, on the edge of tbe cover, and at each of these one of the ribbons must be attached. When that is done. tbe umbrella is half closed, and the rib bons are brought together and made fast A big bow is sewed at the point of meeting and . a smaller one where each ribbon joins the umbrella. That done, it remains only tq insert within IfABB FEOM A PABASOU the umbrella ft tin vessel of eornocopla shape. Into this tbe long stems of cut flowers and the ends of trailing vines can be thrust and bo kept fresh for many days. If tbey are selected with an eye for color and tbe vines are abundant, an effective bit of decoration can be obtain ed with trifling effort. Tbe main point to be considered, aft er that of color, is position. Hung from a chandelier, tbe umbrella becomes a feature of the room, but unless tbe ceil ing is high or a table stand beneath there is danger of collision. A book, such as is ordinarily used for a birdi cage, pn the ptfeer band, can pe screwed iutq a corner or against the wall and the flower holder bung with safety at the same time that it makes a fine show ing. Exchange. - Improvements In Mending. Time was when a woman, unless she was fortunate enough to be able to keep a maid, was obliged to do all her own mending... -x- '..-:" The overworked, business woman has no leisure for darning, putting new braid on her skirts and performing the numberless little duties SQ necessary tq a woman's well being, To do so is of ten an extravagance, as, while taking time to darn her stockings, she might 4)6 earning enough to purchase several pairs. In many cases it would be econo my to throw ithem away rather than spend preciouff minutes over them. isome ot the .New x otic shops where gloves and stockings are bought adver tise tbe fact that these articles will b9 repaired free of post, quite an item to the woman witn uttio leisure as ner dis posal. ' ": ". '. - At the big ladies' tailoring establish ments coats and gowns are pressed and sponged. This does not necessarily occu py a great deal of time, as in from half an hour to three-quarters the tailor made woman 'emerges as good as new. and that without tbe expenditure pi ft cent There are other places where the gown is sponged and new braid put on for s very small sum. Would it not be a good plau for those women who cannot afford a maid to en gaga the services of some deserving poor woman p? regular auurs pacer ) week, or of tener if necessary, to do the mending which accumulates even with the neatest of women? A lady in this city tried the plan a few years ago-and found it worked excellently. Among her protegees was a poor young Swedish, girl whose household cares were too xnerous to, permit ber seeking regular occupation. For a small but adequate sum she spent every Saturday morning at the house of her patroness looking over and mending -underclothes, and so forth, a work in which sin soon took great interest and pride. Being a Swede, she bad that skill and proficiency with her needle so rarely found among the, very poor in onr own country. Godey's llagazine, Rococo KerlTedL The age of rococo baseen revived. Gorgeous jewels make apart of the cos tumes for Bpnng. The latest belts. combs, pins and hatpins all show the peculiar splendor that only roeooo can give. The very latest decree has it that without these jewels of paste no toilet Will be complete. The belts alone are a study. For some time it has been obvious that those of the season were .to be narrow. It now appears that there . a choice of two ex tremes. . The rococo belts represent one-; those of webbing the other. The latter become almost more than belts, reach ing as they do half way to the arms, : the others are frequently mere lines. In fact, it might be said that the narrower s the line and tbe closer are the jewels set the more elegant is the belt, Duly now and then does one hear it hinted that individual needs should be consult ed. . ':r:;'i:.- It was an artist who said that nature had denned the waist line: that fashion was only an intruder who of ten spoiled nature's work. As a safe general rule all femininity follows the mode. - Fox a time we bave king waists, for a time short. Only now and again does some one reflect that only abnormal develop ments, be tbey longer or shorter than the model, admit of fashion's decree.' Were it not so the wide belts would all be worn by the long waisted women, narrow ones by those who need length ening out In the present case there ia abundant temptation to cast all law. aside, for the rococo novelties are beau. tiful in the extreme. Nevertheless wise buyers will bear all these facts in mind for even in tbe rococo there is a choice as to width. :; The waist can be reduced two inches and 7et show all tbe splendor of color, if one only be discreet On tbe other band, it can be increased by choos ing what is practically only a continu; ous line of gems. s A Wajrjr TUJtor a the Cbnnta Fair. "You look so tired," said the fair, young girl. "Won't you have a glass" of water?" : The visitor' v?as cautiouaT " "Jiow touch is it?" heauuily said. tTulsdelphiaPall. - ".t . J.Vc'.iWAW .... Constipation Causes fully half the sickness in the world. - It retains the digested food too long in the bowels and produces biliousness, torpid liver, Indi- gestion, bad taste, coated - tongue, sick headache, hi- I m' m I I a somnla, etc. Hoed'a. PlHs j - - B H cure constipation and all Its M - ,r '.- " results, easily and thoroughly. 25c. AH druggists. Prepared by C I. Hood ft Co., Lowell. Mass. The onbr Fills to take with Hood's Barsap&rlUa, "Out of sight' EXTRA srm;utiG tobacco Made from the Purest, Ripest and Sweetest leaf Brown la tbe GoldfB Belt of Nerta Carolina. Cia. areu Book soes with each o. pouch. ALL FOR io CENTS. A Pleasant, Coot and Dellgbtiol Smoke. Lyoh s co. Tobacco works, Duhhah, M. C. "QUARTERLY MEETINGS. Kev. K. v., Seaman, recently ap pointed by the North Carolina 'Annual Conference of tbe M. E. Church; South, Presiding Elder of the Wilmington D.i trict, bas made fats appointments for tbe first round, as follows: Wilmington, Fifth Street church, Jan uary a, 9. " - ' . Wilmington, Grace church. Tanuarv 8.10. .- ..; - : . South port, f anuary 18, 17. ' Scott's Hill circuit at Scott's ' Hill. January 93. 3L .... . Wilmington, at Market Street, Jan uary 31.- Wilmington. Bladen r Street faiibi). January 81. Burgaw circuitat Rocky Point, Fet- raaty 8, 7 Clinton circuit, at Keeners. February 13 14. ' - Jacksonville and Ricb'aods, at Tack- sorviiir, February 20, 21. Euxabeth circa t. at Eiizibethtown. Fcb.uary 27. 28. 1. V . Keuaoiv.lle clrcait. at Kenaniville. March 6, 7. Onslow circuit, at Qieen's Creek, March IS, 1i . -. Brans tick circuit, at Concord. March 20, 21. Columbus circuit, Evergreen, March 7. 28. Wnitevilleand Fair Bluff. Wbiteville (night), March 28. Waccamaw circuit, boi'oa, March 80. Magnolia . circuit, Magcoluu April 8. . Bladen circuit, at Bethlehem. April IV, 11. (Tbe Dlaeovery Sa.ve4 KIi Life, ' Mr. G, Callouette, Draecist. Beavers- ville, III , says: To Dr. K'eg's New Dis covery I owe my life. Was taken with La Orippe and tried all tbe physicians for miles about, but of no avail and waa given up and told I could not live. Hav ing Dr. Kings Tnew" Discovery in my store I sent for a bottle acd began its use and from the first dose began to get bet ter, and after using three bottles was up and about again. It is worth its weight in gold. We won't keep store or house without it." Get a free trial at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. v : Wholesale Prices Current . aVTbe foUowlu aoocsooas wniuuii Wholesale Prices renerally. In marina an small or den. bister Dtices Bars to b cnarced. Toe qnocauoos are anrara Sivan as accnratclr aa matibla. ant tbe Stab mnU sot M responsible for an vanaoons rroai ue acnaj laarrer pnee or ut aracttt aootea. BAGGING SJate...... Sunda d " s WESTKKN SMOKKD- .. HamsW .................. Mdt Shou'dcr W Si . IS s ' s u 7 i DRY SALTKft ' " sides i . ., Shoalder W Ik 4MO 3 BARRELS Spirt s Tnrputina Tcoond-nafid, eacn. . .. New New York, each. . . . .... NewCitr. each 1 00 i as 1 10 1 40 1 40 84 BXESWAX W X BRICKS ss a Wiltaisctoa V at ,. Nortbun . ............ s so 9 00 e too It 00 BUTTE North Carolina W B 15 O S3 O 40 t 4"H 40 & 4JH a it is e s 9 & 10 w a ii " u IS a io so o 10 is n rtnera CORN MEAL Per Bushel, in sacks Viremia Meal COTTON TIKg W buod !,,,. CANDLES- Adanaorine ............. CHESE-W1 Northern ractory ,,,, Dairy , Cream. . ... ........... . aute COPKEI Lsgnyra. ...... ........ ....... Rio DOMESTICS Sheet nc. 44, V yard . Yams, m bunch. .......... j.. 18 EGGS ) doaea FlSb to Mackerel, No I, barrel .... Mackerel, No I, W half-barrel Mackerel, No S, m barrel..... Mackerel. No 8, W half -barrel Mackerel. No S, barrel Mai lea, f barrel Ma leta, pork barrel. . .... . N C. Roi Hening, W kg.... Dry Cod, W ft JS 00 11 00 IS CO 8 00 18 00 S 00 5 W 8 0 .. s 8 85 e oo 15 00 18 00 POO 14 00 8 as 10 8 50 hztra yUR-W barrel '. Low grade 0 8TV CBoce ..................... Straight -,. First Patent ................. 4 60 s no set il w 4ft . o a 40 & . 80 40 O 45 f a T5 GLUE W f GRAIN 1 rmbel 8X Cora, froti store, bag! white. Corn, argo, in bulk White, Co n, cargo, in bags White., - Ots, from sore 45 Uata, Knot rroot Cow 60 HIDES, 9 OreCB . set p ate HAY, V 100 s- UTW ' .-...a. "Keri ......... 1 06 - 90 85 weitern North River. HOUP IKON, UKU, W S- 9 nortn urouna w. 8 LIME W barrel 1U 1 15 LVMBhR(d vsawed). M feel Ship Btofl. ma wed. IS 00 Roagh-tdge Plank.... IS 00 Want India cargoes, according to qoahtT .-...... 18 00" Drened Flooring, seasoned... 18 01 Scantl ns and Board, common. 14 03 a sooo O 18 00 18 00 a oo 15 00 MOLASSES, W salloo new vrop vnoa, a nnos...... , " ia bbls...... Porto Rico, in hhds , , s Bogar-Hoase, ia hhds ? " hi kKl. tftltl . rrnp. LS,J in bbls NAI . ken-. Cat S0d basis SCO PORK,aJbirrel J City Meas..,M.. ) Romp Prima . ROPE. It . ...... SALT, V tack Ahrm . . ...... MSboa ,.... Am erica a On 125 D Sacks . SHINGLES, 7-inch, f) M. ....... I SUcISt lt-Sadard'GraVuj ' Standard A White aFC Ext-a C, Golden., c Yn-w SOAP, W t Northern.. STAVES, W M W. O. barrsL... . 8 00 R. O. Boerthead " .. . TIMB R, VU feet-Shipping.... ' T..V.........- iffll. 'fir 8 50 Commoh Mm.... 4 00 Inferior to Ordinary TALLOW, V .......r.... 8 wniMiir gaiioa Mcsthera. 1 00 North C-""iaa. ,,,.,,,,,, 1 DO COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. STAR OFFICE December 80. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 24 W cents per gallon for ma- caine-made casks, and 23 cerfs ..tor country casks. . ROSIN Market firm at II 45 per bbl for Strained, and $1 60 for Good Strained TAR. Market quiet at 11 00 . per bbl of 280 tba. CRUDE ' TURPENTINE. Dull. Hard 1 40, Yellow Dip 1 80. and Virgin 1.80 per barrel. U jotations same day last year spirits turpentine 2827c; rosin, strained, $180; good strained tl 85; tar $0 95; crude turpentine $1 10, 1 40, 1 80. - ; . . RECEIPTS. . ; . Spirits Turpentine 6i 674 154 88 Koiin.... ........ Tar . v...:. Crude Turpentine Receipts' .same day last year 83 casks spirits turpentine, 1.020 bbls rosin, 127 bbls tar, 23 bbls crude turpentine. .. - coTTOK,;rriVl;'s;-;.;V:. Market quiet on a basis of 6 9 18c for middling. Ordinary. ...... . Good Ordinary.. 4 8-16 cts 6 9-1(1 " 8-18 " 9-16 low Middling... Middling....... Good Middling Sime day last year, middling 7c. Receipts 282 bales; same day last yearlS. ' , , : " - v country produce. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime. 40&50c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra Prime, 65c; Fancy. 6065c - Virginia Extra Prime. 605c; Fancy, 6570c. CORN. Firm; 38 to 40 cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE 65 70 cents per basnel. -V v- '- N. C BACON Steady;" Hams,' 8 to lljfc per pound;-Shoulders, 6 to 7c; Sides, 7 to Scr . .. h-z? 'r v SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch. hearts and saps, $1 80 to 825; six inch, $2 60 to 8 60; seven inch; $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to 7.60 per M. ; DOMESTIC MARKETS. By Teiesraph to the Horairs Star. FINANCIAL. New York. December 80-Evening. Money on call to-day easv at per cent; last loan at 3 per cent. closing offered at S per cent. Prime mercantile paper 3i4 per cent. Ster ling exchange was weaK, with actual business in bankers bills M83 for sixty days and 486jtf (or demand. commercial Dills 4SU483. Govern ment bonds steady; Uoiied States cou pon fours 111 5$; United States twos 95; State bonds qaikt; North fjarolina louts 103; North Carolina sixes 130. Rail road bonds farm.) Silver at the Stock Exchange to dav was auu. V COMMERCIAL. New York. December 80 Evenine. Cotton quiet; middling 7 1 16c. (otton futures closed Unlet and stead : Dscember 8 76, JanuarV 5 78. Feb ruary 6 4. March 6 93. ApftJ 8 89, May 7 07, luue 7 13 luly 7 '4. AVaust 7 18. September and October 8 95, November 8 93. Sales 188,609 bales. Cotton net recepts bales: cross 1.480 bales; exports to Great Britain 11,917 bales; to France 1.186 bales; to tbe Continent 813 bales; forwarded bales; sales 2GQ bales;, sales to spinners bales; stock S90 889 bales. Total to-day Net receipts 87 553 bafes; exports to Great Britain 27 867 bales; to France 16.086 bales; to tbe Con tinent 10,813 bales; stock 1,318,553 bales Total so far this week Net receipts 135 307 bales; exports to Great Britain 55jd90 bales; to France 84,816 baler, to tbe Continent 45.841 bales. Total since September 1 Net receipts 4 833,343 bales; exports to Great Britain 1.808.734 bales; exports to France 4 IS 897 bales; exports to the Continent 1.070.914 bales. - . Flour was dull, steady and unchanged: Southern flour was dull but steady; common to fair extra $3 00 Q 3 55; good to choice $3 553 85. Wheat spot dull and weaker with options; free on board $1 QO; ungraded red 81cl 01. options declined c, rallied XXc, aeciineo (en?sc. ranted H7fcC. cas ing firm at 34lJ4c under yeste day, with a fairly active, trade; No. 2 red December 91 Jc; January 90c; March fiSXc; May 88c Corn spot qaiet acd weaken No 8 89H at elevator and 80 bumc anoat; options were dull aod wcas at HMC decline; December 29c; Jdn u ry svmc nay dikc. uats spot du 1 acd weaker; options fairly active Jf lower; uecemocr 2134c; ternary 2zc; May iiti spot No. S, 22c;'No. 8 white 84c; mixed .Western 3224c Lard quiet and nominal; Western steam $4Q5; city. $3 December 4 05. nominal; refined easy; Continent $4 80, South America i 60, compound $4 87)( 4 50. Pork was dull; new . mess S3 258 75. Butter qaiet and lower; State dairy 1017c; do. creamery 1420; western creamery c: hls'irji S2c. Ettas quiet and weak; State and Penn sylvania 19&31; ice house 15l0c; West ern fresh 1819c; do. per case tl 7fi 8 60; Southern ,1818Jc; limed 14J$c Cotton seed oil du'l and nominal; crude 80c; yellow prime 8883Xc Rice quiet, C. J .t - una auu ancnangcQ. : MQiaSUS quiet, easy and unchanged. Peanuts quiet; fancy hand picked 83;4t Coffee dull at 10 to 15 points down; December 9 50 9 65. January $9 60; Maich $3 85 8 70: Mayt9 659 70: Jane $9 75. spot Rio dull but steady; No. 7 $10 t 10 85. Supar raw cull but tteadyr lair refining $13-16;; refined dull and unchanged. --.-J" -j- Chicago. Dec. 80. Cash quotations: Flour ilow but firm; prices unchanged Wheat No.3 spring 79 ii81c; N0.8 red 90J98LJc Corn No. . 83281c Oats No. 8 1717Xc Me-.s potk, $6 506 75 Ld. i 753 83. bhott rib sides $3 603 90. ; Dry salted shoulders 4 254 60. Shoit clear sides 13 87X4 00 Whiskey $1 18... v; The leading futures ranged as follows, opening, highest lowest and closing: Wheat December 80Q81, 81 79 79U May 833(84LJ. 84. 82 88'83c; July 7980, 80. 78, 78J78c. Corn December 223.K 82 K 225i; January 88. 83. 885i, 84i Mav 5. 8526. 85Jfi85H. 85X: July 85. 86. 25Ji. 8636Jc Oats December 16 1694. 16X. 15c; May 20.30J,.19HlX,19c. Po-JaoV nary 7 60. 7 62X.7 477 68; May 782K.7 83K.7 77K.7 8u. Lard-JarJu ary .t3 77J, 8 80. 8 75, 8 83; Mav tS 97f 8 97JfT. 8 95, 8 97. Short Hbs-I January 3 75. 8 77. 8 78W 8 77i:. May 8 75. 8 97, 8 92. 8 97. Baltimorx. Dec. 80-Flour firm and unchanged. Wheat unsettled and easy; spot 9893Kc; Mav 90903'c; Southern by sample 9496c: do on grade 89X93c Corn active and firm; spot 8828c, year 8727VC; January 87Jg373ic; Feoruarrg?? J3cj March 28i:28Hc; Steamer mixed 85J,25Xc; Southern white corn 83 28s; do yellow 8323t Oau easy olLoo whlte 5c; No. 8 mixed COTTON MARKETS. - " By Telegraph to the Mommx Sts December 80 Jalveston , firm at 9 11-16. net receipts 6,080 bales; Nor folk, steady at 8 11-18. net receipts 8,478 bales; Baltimore, nomial at 7. net re. ceipta bales; Bixton. stead at 7. 1 16 net receipts 1.717 bales. Wil mington, quiet at I 1 18, receipts 888 bales; Philadelphia, quiet at 7 8 16. net receipts 1,047 bales; Savannah, quiet at fitf, net receipts 2.615 bales; New Or leans, steadv at 69. nttt rmiM, 1100, ra'es; Mobile, quiet at t, net rece'ipij 'V39fcales; Memphis, iteaay at 811-16 net receipts 856 bales: Augustasteady at net receipts .483 bales; Chatlesior firm at 63. net rerripts 261 baits. -; FOREIGN MARKETS " Bj Cable to the Morning Star. ' LivxbfOCH., Dec. -10. 13 80 P. M Cotton,' demand fair and pr'ces harden ing. American middling 8 8l-S2d. Sales 10,000 bales, of which 9.200 were American; speculation and export 600 Receipts 21.000 bales, of which 19 800 were American. Futures opened steady and demand moderate. December 3 61 64d; December and January 8 69 64 i January and February 8 58 64d; Febru ary and March 8 68 6d; March an(j April 8 58 64d; April and May 3 59 64i May and Uune 8 59 64d; June and JU;J 3 60 84d;j July -and August 3 61-6 tr1'; August and September 3 69 643 60 64d. Futures quiet but steady. - tenders at to-aay s clearings 1 100 baler new docket and bales old docket. -!) " - . 12.45 P, M. American fpit grades 1 16d higher, American middline lairJ 4d: good middling 4 3 82d; middling 4 l-82i; low middling 3 29-32d: Rtoq ordinary $ 2 82J; ordinary 8 19 324. 1 - 4 P. M.t-December 8 68 643 59 644 seller; December and January 3 56 64 8 57-64d ibuverr January and February 8 65 68 56-64d seller: February and March 8 65-6403 56 64d seller, Maicn and April 3 55 643 66 64d seller. April and May 8 86 64d seller; May and Jure 8 66-643 57-A4d seller; June and ulv 8 57 64d buyer; July and August 3 58 64d seller:; August and September 3 56 643 57-64d buyer. ' Futures closed easv. : -.:j" ;-:. .,.;-:7"; MARINE. j ARRIVED. : Br stmr Crathorne. 1695' tons. Lew s. Las Paltnas. Atx Sprant JrrSon I btmr A P Hurt, Robes. Fayette ville,' fames Madden. ;- CLEARED.' ; Stmr A P Hurt, Robeion, Fayette ville. lames Madden. MARINE DIRECTORY. I. ins r Vessels In tbe Port of "H li , mlasTton, w. c, Dee. SI, 1896. , SCHOONERS. Dannenhower, 217 tens, Johnson, Geo Harris. Son & Co. ' W C Wickbam. 316 tons, Etvan, Geo Harriss. Son & Co. Ida C Schoolcraft. 806 tons, Booye, Geo : Harms Sen & Co. Morancy, 160 tons, Torrey, I T Riley & Co.. Lucia Porter, 833 toes. Farrow. Mabel Darling (B). 113 tons, Roberts Cronly &. Morris. Jacob S Wuslow, 865 tons, Hccley. Go Harriss, Sou & Co. Emma Knowlton, 853 tots. Hudson, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Jno R Fell, 847 tons, Abraham.Geo Har : ' ries, Son 4 Co. Victory Bi). 131 toss. Monro. Geo Har- iis, SooACo Winnegance 251 tons, Macson Geo : Harriss. San & Co. Cora M. 136 tons, Mitchell. Geo Harriss, I Son & Co. "r -r Acara. 135 tons, Nash, Geo Harriss. Son &Co. ,. " Eva A Danenbower, 817 tons, Jobason, Geo Harriss. Son & Co. Bertba H. 124 tons, LeCain. J T Riley & Co. j . j! STEAMSHIPS. Mr-oiby' (B ). 1.673 tons. Lawrie, Alex ' Spruot & Son. Grafloe (Br). 1 832 tons, Penniwell.Alex Sprunt & Son. BARQUES. Ro-:a (Ital), 652 tons, SchrBno, j T Riley & Co. SEASONABLE GOODS. Jute Bagging, " I Arrow Ties, r -; 1 Cheese, Crackers, Cake?, Sal- ! mon, Sardines, Ovsters. FuuJ and complete stock of HEAVT AKD FANCY GROCERIES. i:vvf: - LOWEST CASH PRICES. Don t fail to see us before buying i WORTH & WORTH. ; arqrSStr Signature UTprintexl Inj t BLUB diagonally across tbe OUTSIDE wrapper Am farther protection against ! all imitations. iAraats for the Ualte4 State. JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS, N. V. tietM jr , - - - ; ; Tbe Sampson Demccrat, - , - l - " - "-:. --:-".." - PstUthsa Burr Tbsirsday. " - - 1 J L. A.;jBETHDNE,Mitor and Prop'r SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Year $1; Six Months 50c. - It pavs business men to advertise la it. i Rates, and sample copies f ur nlshed"upon application. ! Address - . . The SamDSon Democrat, h feb !l6 tf . . . CLINTON, N. C. Do Hot Be Contented - juntil you have seen our Holiday : Novelties. The largest stock of FiNB PER FUMES, &c, in' the citj to select from. ! .." . r. . J V- - JAMES D. NUTT, ' dec 2 tf The Druggist. JIM aSl m I J of every iT bottle of Y if, V . (the Original . I . Ir ' and Genuine) ? ll ?S Worcestershire UCE ' 1 -' . .. - - - S