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By WIXHAfll B. BEBHABD.
WILMINQrON, N. C.
Sunday Morning. Jan. 31, 1897 1
CHEAP M35EY VS. DEAR MOSEY.
We clip the following from the
Washington Post, because the para
graph on which the Post comments
is suggestive and because the com
ments are appropriate and pertinent:
"We think the Boston Transcript is
verr much in error when it contends
that tne cotto maantactaring industry
is groviag more la New England tnan
in any other part 61 the country. Tne
Transcript admits that a considerable
amount, of M.ssacnu setts capital has
invested in Southern cotton mills, but
asserts that the Bar S ate more than
holds her own. Oar Boston contempo-
rsr oats a brave lace on a situation that
is not generally . regarded as cueerlul lor
tbe Eastern cotton manufacturers, and
discourses in this 'Highly intellectual
strain : ! -
"It the South: bai near cotton and
chep labor, it has lew banks, and dear
mooef. Massachusetts has not tbe cheap
est, out tbe best i labor, and plenty of
money, with both the railroads nd tbe
bioks at the doors ol the mills I) peace
as in war. victory fnclines to tne people
who pin to natural aptitude the belter
orgaaiittion. The North nas a most a
genius lor that capacity tor organization
tbe S m ib conspicuously lacks.
"Near cat ton and cdeap labDr ' are
great advantages, and tbe I jrmer will be
oermanent a lact of v.s: importance.
Ia tbe course of time t&cre may be an
can l zition ot wages, out that will not
Come lor some years, and, pendin its
arrival, tbe Siuib will have an advan
taee that will be equivalent to a
baadsjme annual dividend on th
shares of its cotton co.poratiocs.
It is certaiuly inot true tnat arv
other section bai in tne past twelve
vears. exoerieoced sucb a growth' in in s
indus'.rv as bas beeo wicaessed in ibe
Sjutb. As to tbe best laoor.' there is
room for a doint, considering tbe qialny
ol laoor that Massachusetts bas import
ed to take tbe place ot natives in bci
mills. In rai. roads and banks. Massa
chusetts is better off tbaa tbeSiutn. out
this is not a osrmanent condition. Ma
' aacnusetts is finisaed as to railroads. Dut
tunaa built a. mile for three years, bu
tbe S u.b is gaining rapidly in facilities
tor interior transportation. Tbe banks
will come in lime, because tbe develop-
ment of business will .create them. Tbe
massacbusetis men wdo puttbeir money
iito Southern mills will unite wita toe
other business men of tbat sect on in
providing baoktng facilities. As to tbe
Transcript's boast; of "natural ap.itude
- . nroain.vatinn " the S :,a h
can afford to smile at it and point, lor
answer, to tbe incomparable industrial
development ol tbe Sou. b since tbe re
construction era. !
"We do not know that anybody de-
sires the decline! of any ol the Biy
S.ate's isdustries.l and we do not think
its cotton industry is destined to an
earlv demise: but' tbe milt tbat is close
to tbe field is tbe i mill that, in the long
run, will wear out a competing mill a
thousind miles away. Tbe laws of
nature cannot be repealed, even by a
''genius for organization.
No one expects to see the cotton
manufacturing industry pass entirely
from New England, for New Eng
land's life depends too mucn upon it
and there are two many millions in
vested in buildings and machinery
1UI mat. a.UB)avo kucil U11IUUU9 fcutj
will be compelled to pursue the in
dustry and to pursue it diligently
1 even if the competition be greater
and the profits much less than they
now are, but the day is coming and
, that day is not so far distant when
there will be no more new factories
built in that section.. The capital
tbat seeks investment in cotton man
ufacturing will come to the cotton
fields where jt j can command the
most permanent advantages, ad-,
vantages that will not depend upon
contingencies nor upon legislation, as
that industry now does to a great ex
tent in the New England States, all of
which is practically admitted in the
paragraph upon which the Post com
ments. It is practically an ad mis-
mission, too, tbat New Epg'and is
placing ber dependence largely o.o
the abandance of money which the
industry can command, or, in other
' words, "cheap" money, with which
she Dopes to bold her own against
the South:,; which has greater natural
advantages, but has to contend
against a scarcity of money, which
means "dear" money, so that, sim
mered dawn, it is a contest between
"cheap" money and "dear''money,
Is it surprising that, under these
circumstances, the New England
States go as solidly as they do for
the monetary system which centers
money in the East, makes it abund
' ant and cheap, which - enables them
to successfully carry on great indus
tries that they would otherwise be
unable to carry on ? "Cheap money
ts their salvation.
.1 : '
And should it be surprising that
the South! is anxious for a change in
that monetary system which would
give ber tbe benefit of a better dis
tnbutionjof the currency, make it
. more abundant and give the indus
tries ot tiits section a chance to com
mand "cheap" money as the indus
tries of New England now do?
If tbe South had at her command
the monetary resources that New
England has, Southern men would
within ten years have a monopoly ot
the cotton manufacturing industry of
this continent, and before many
years more she 'would be the center
. of tbe iron manufacturing industry,
both of which from ; her natural ad-
vantages and abundant resources in
the way of! cheap raw material she is
des tned to control in time, how soon
is simply a question of the ability to
command money in sufficient amount.
Under the present monetary sys
tem the South must: depend on ibe
- money she earns, or the money tbat
is brought in for investment. With
all her resources, with all her visible
and bidden wealth, she cannot have
the banks; necessary 'to supply the
currency! J needed, for the bonds
which famish the basis, for note cir
culation are controlled by the mon
eyed men of tbe North, who control
; the banks and ';, find more profit in
managing the . money as tney ao,
having a practical monopoly ofj it,
than they wodld in tbe establishment
of small banks in the South and
West, and. hence we now see and
very frequently see a gorge j of
money in the Eastern money cen
ters while there is a money famine
in tbe Sonth and West, -Where the
industries are already established,
and backed by ample capital there
is money to spare, it is lying idle in
the vaults, , while in the sections
where the new industries need it it
can't be had without paying an enor
mous interest coynpared with that
paid in the East, and then only on
gilt-edge security. '
Oar own banks do as well as they
can, but their resources are limited,
and they .cannot command money in
quantities sufficient to meet the de-
mands of development with tne; or
dinary demands of business. They
cannot give ns "cheap" money, be
cause the money is monopolized by
men of other sections whose interest
it is to make it dear to us If. we
had our own State banks, under! our
own State laws, using as a basis of
circulating notes specie and our own
securities, or if we had the free and
unlimited coinage of silver this sec
tional money monopoly wauld be
broken and we would soon be jin a
position to command the money that
our industries and the development
of our resources-might need. We
need exactly what the Eastern indus
tries have, and what they are count-
most confidently upon abun-
ing
dant money, wmcn
means "cheap
money.
mia uk. susariuH.
If there be any truth in the report
ot the plan of home rule tnat: tne
Spanish Government bas agreed
upjn for Cuba, according to! the
Cuban correspondent of tbe plew
York Herald, it may bethe beginning
of the end, altbongn it is a great
back down for Spain, and more than
the Cubans would have demanded
twelve months ago. Lackiogj but
little of absolate independence, jif it
be accompanied by safe guarantees
that it will be earned out in good
fatb, and the United States be
empowered by understanding with
Spain and pledged to see it faithfully
carried out, the main thing for which
the Cubans have been fighting will
have been secured, and their condi
tion in the future may! be
better than if they, were actu
ally independent, for with 'their
mixed population, the general
ignorance that prevails and their
litt'e experience in governing them
selves, independence might not be
an unmixed blessing. The leaders
of tbe Cnban armies and some
others may be unwilling to accept
anything short of absolute
inde-
pendence, but the mass of the
peo
and very
pie who have been following
supporting' them are getting
tired of the war, which is a fearfuL
strain on them, for tbem it nas
been a heroic struggle, in which
they have shown the highest jtype
of patriotism with the self saenfic
ing devotion of the martyr, butjwitb
non-interference by this Govern
ment it will simply be a question ot
endurance in which tbe power; that
can bold oat the longest will wear
the other out, and in the meantime
the devastating havoc will go on
and tbe torch, gun and machete will
add to the horrors and atrocities
that have shocked humanity j and
evoked universal sympathy for tbe
gallant strugglers for freedom,! who
have tought against such fearful
odds with a resolution and valor
that has made them Immortal, j
m
The resolution empowering the
President to call an international
monetary congress, which passed the
Senate Friday with practically no
opposition, will pass the Honse
with probably as little opposition,
Having started it tbe Republicans
cannot drop it, and as the - silver
men are .not disposed to throw! any
obstacles in the way.of the restora
tion of bimetallism, they will give
the gentlemen who are moving fo
this conference full sway and let
tbem'show what they can do. .There
is as little doubt that they are play
ing this thing for politics as there is
that Wm. McKinley will be inaugu
rated President, if heiives until the
fourth day of March. It will be
noted that there is nothing man
datory in tne resolution, that every
thing is left discretionary "with the
President as to tbe time, place or the
conference be called at alL Senator
Cannon, of Utah, tested their sin
cerely by the amendment which he
proposed making it mandatory on
the President to call the conference
to meet in Washington in or before
the month of October next, which
wonid give Mr. Mcjunley, seven
months to prepare for it and feel the
pulse of tbe nations whose co opera
tion may be desired. But that
amendment didn't, go; it was rejected
and as the resolution stands, Mr.
McKinley has four years to play with
it. Probably about the middle of his
term he will have made progress
enough to announce that he will call
such a conference, and then proceed,
to get things in such a shape that it
can be called in time to be used as
campaign stuff and proof that they
were hoaest.and in earnest when they
made that pledge at St. Louis. - J
When statesman Lee , Person, of
Edgecombe county, decided that the
insurance business of this State
needed regulation and therefore pro
cetdtd to elaborate a bill in the; way
of a regulator he, doubtless, had an
eye on multiplying the offices sd
that there would be some more soft
snaps for the patriots on his side of
the fence, "The same-idea probably
struck the solon who bas introduced
a bill for tbe creation of the office of
Public Printer, with a salary of $1,
500. .j If the printing be given out to
the ; lowest responsible, bidder,
as It should be, this State
bas about as much . use lor a
Public Printer as . it has for an ele
phant trainer, for about all he would
have to do would be to take an oc
casional glance at the work the con
tractors turned out, and help them,
if he or they were built that way, to
beat the State. The uselessness of
this office will- not, however, be a
bar to its creation, it there be any
waiting and usefnl patriot hanging
around that they think might be
thus provided for.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Greenville Reflector : William
Lee, who is accused of murdering
William Stevens at Knight Station,
a few days ago, was given a prelimi
nary trial yrsteiday be'ore Capt.
Watson, J. P., at Tarboro, and com.
mitted to jil without bail. -
Goldsboro Argusi The Argus
is deeply pained to announce tbe
death of Mr. Jacob Cohn, 30 years
of age, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Gobn, which occurred Friday
morning at tbe borne of bis 'parents
on John street, of consumption, con
sequent upon an attack of tbe grip
some two years ago.
. Scotland Neck Commonwealth :
Last Friday evening about 4 o'ck'ck
a colored man ; named Anderson
Brodie was arrested and placed in
tbe lockup at E ifield, for safe keep
lag. : He set fire to tbe lockup about
11 o'clock tbat night, thinking he
would escape, but perished in the
n lines. He was wanted for snooting
and killing another negro some tim-
ago, wch whom he had a difficulty
over a pair of boots.
: Raleigh News and Observer'.
D. Hiliiard, of Wcldon, N. C , was
found dead in his room at tbe Man
sion House in Norfolk Thursday
afternoon. He was a man of about
45 years of age and cime to that
City last Sunday, registering at the
Mansion House. He engaged
room for a week, but bad been lost
sight, of since Tuesday. When found
be was lying comfortably on his bed,
but his face and body were badly
discolored. It is not known whether
bis death was due to suicide or nat
ural causes.
Columbus News: Mr,. John
bnzht killed tbe only big bog we
have heard of this winter in this sec
tion.i It weighed 560 pounds, and
that's "heap hog" for a razor back
Mr. Cbauncey and another
gentleman, rf Waccamaw township,
killed a rattlesnake a few days ago
which measured eleven inches incir
cumference. three inches across the
head and about six feet (we don't re
member exact length) in length
Tbe companion to this rattler they
found already dead, and be was
about as large as the one they
killed.
i Wilson Times: Mr. T. J. Her
riog.iof tbis place, departed th's life
last Tuesday about 9 o'clock, in the
56th year of bis age. He was
afflicted with hay fever and la grippe,
which caused his demise, but tor
some time he has been in feeble
health. In Stantonsburg town
ship Monday night about 9 o'clock,
W. T. Harrison shot and s riously
wounded J. W. Stancil just over ihe
heart. It seems that some boys
were fighting, and Mr. Stancil, it is
supposed, went to part them, when
Mr. Harrison's son struck him Then
Mr. Stancil struck Harrison's boy.
Tben Harrisoa, Sr. pulled his pistol
and i putting it to stancil s Dreast
fired! It was not at first thought
the wound was serious, but singe Mr,
Stancil bas grown much worse.
Greenville Weekly. John Keel,
or killed David Crandall last
ristmis, and for whose arrest there
is a reward of $100 offered by tbe
Governor, is well prepared to resist
arrest When last seen, which was
when he got dinner, at a bousq in
Carolina township a week or so ago,
he was armed witn a double-barrelud
breech loading shot gun, a Wu clus
ter repeating (16 shots-) rifle, two
large pist Is, a Dowie knife and plen
ty ot: ammunition. K el is a stcur,
broad shouldered, square built ma
about five feet ten inches hijth, weigh
icg 175 or 180 pounds, dark Bair,
gray ryes, full fac-, complexion a
little dark,1 has good teeth, wears
about No. 9 shoe, has not a bad face
and can do several sleight of hand
tricks He has served five years in
the penitentiary from Martin county
for robbing a negro of a banjj and
purse containing ten cents.
TWINKLINGS.
Trustworthy Guarantee : Cus
tomer (at the Iiverv stable) He's per.
fectiy safe is he ? I don't want a skit
tish animal.
New Stable Bay All I know about
im is that be ned to be a Pbtladelpby
car bone. Chicago Tnoune.
A Boomerang : Aiizona Abe.
What's Mojave Mine looltin' s mad
erbout ? To' ; court decided tbet tb'
sbootin was done in self-defence, didn't
it? i -
Alkali Ike Yes. but this is tb' six h
man Mike hs shot wat b'longs to ih'
same mutual insurance company ez be
does.L It keeps bim broke a-paying as
tessmentr Truing
i ruffy " l nst saved a man s
life.";
Goffy "How was thai?"
Puffr "Met a fellow on the street.
Said he'd blow my brains out it I didn't
give 1 bim n? watch. Gave him the
watch. "Lpndon Tid Bits.
A Reflection She J think Mr
Rymer felt hart at a remark yoa made
tbe other nigbt.
: He Wbat did I sav ?
She You said there was only one
bnasetpeare. fuck
Hi aim in life seems, to be a
poor one. , r
' Yes; be inherited tbat from bis
mother. I once saw ber throw a stone
at a dog in tbe street and bit her but
oand in the back yard." Cleveland
Flat vealer.
True Tale of Childhood
"Mamma." asked a small maiden last
before Christmas. ' "does Sinta Ciaus
know my name, where I live, what I
want, and where my stockings huot? '
' Yes, dear, I guess be does
"Mi," was the replv. A'He's aim out a
: Cute as God. isn't h ? Brooklyn Life.
; You can V be well if your blood is im
pure, but yoa may have cure b'ood and
good health by taking Hood's Sirsapa-
CHILD AND nOVHEB.
EUGENE FIELD.
; f -i ji .
O. Mother-My Love,' it yooll give me
' vour band ;
And eo where I ask von to wander.
I will lead you away to a beautiful land i
Tnat dreamland that s waiting out yon-
'' . Uer. :" i . .
We'll walk in a sweet posie garden out
tbere
Where moonlight.- and starlight are
streaming, i ;
And the fiowets and the b.rdi are filling
tbe air i
With the fragrance and music of
dreaming. '
There il be no
little.
tired out boy to
nn dress.
No questions or cares to perplex- you;
I bere II be no little brnises or oumpi to
care,
Nor patching of stockings to vex ou
For I'll rock yoa away ontbe silver-dew
stream
And sing you asleep when you re
weary.
And no one shall know of our beautiful
dream
Bat you and your own Hi tie dearie.
And wben 1 am tired I'll nestle my taei d
In the bosom that's soothed me so
oiten,
And tbe wide-awake stars shall sing in
my stead
A song which my dreaming shall
aoftrn.
So, Mother-U?-Love, let me take your
dear hacd
And away through tbe starlight we'll
wander
Away throuitb the mist of the beautiful
land
The dreamland tbals waiting out
yoodc!
SUNDAY t c-L. CUT IONS.
Better be a lamp in the house
than try to oe a star in the sky.
There is no virtue in doing
right simply because we have to.
God made man too great to
find his life in tbe present moment.
If the devil loves his own he
must oe celighted with the man who
sas mean things in an anonymous
letter.
Method is good in everything,
eitber an txrcss or covtrt me-nod.
S Jtntimes u is tbe best ol art to cover
ii. In speaking there is a special use ol
me bod, though: as one said very well
(oeakiog of those who are more curious
0 uc method than sencus aDoui mm
t'l) "Meth'd never converted any
man.' Joseph Caryl
1 be life ot tbe Crucihed was
lived bv one wbo delighted to do GjO'i
'ill. He did not exclude pleasure or
morbidly delight in pbb; it was just
tbat be did not think about pleating
bimself at all. He took the bitter ana
sweet as they were sent, and delighted
in ihem because he koew tbe sender
wbo st-ubt only tbe good of all men.
This is tbe life of ibe Crucified. You
think happiness is to p ease yoursell; it
is not that at all. it is to delight in doing
bis will. Edna Lyall.
Two artists went out to paint
each a picture of peace. Oae painted a
silvery lake embossed deep among the
hils where no storm could ever touch it
:alm. sweet, quiet in its shelter. Tbe
other painted a wild sea. swept by tern
pesis, strewn with wrecks but rising out
o! the sea, a great rock, and in tbe rock,
high op a cleit with herbage and flow
ers, amid which, on her nest, a dove was
sitting. Tbe latter isarue picture ol
Christian peace K milter.
CURRENT COMMENT.
ine idano Democrats re.
sent Chairman Jones' attempted die
tation, "but they are not the least bit
annoyed by Mr. Hanna's sngges-
tlous. Idaho Democracy seems to be
a plugged affair. Washington Pott,
Jnd.
The disposition of Alabama
pg iron makers to favor a reduction
of tariff duties on pig iron, wbi e the
Pennsylvania iron makers are clam
oring for bighor duties, makes tbe
inference clear tbat wbat the Penq
sylvanna iron makers really need is
the imposition of a tariff tax on Ala
bama wow. Mobile Register, Dem.
Senator Turple has made an
other record as a master of invective
in his treatment of tbe Cuban ques
tion. Tbere is a great deal o' feeling
in this country against Weyler and
tne panisn metbods or waif are in
Cuba, but there are few people wbo
teel that they can do the subject jus
tice in words. Senator Turoie can
and he has by doing so earned the
gratelut regard of a large number of
people who can now say, Them s
my sentiments, and let tne matter
go at that. Indianapolis Sentinel,
Dem.
There was a remarkabe dis
play of misinformation made in the
accessions of the associated manu
tacturers yesterday when it was as
serted, without contradiction, that
tbere was no "protection" tor Amer
ican bhipping. Tbe fact is that Pro
teqtlon is absolute. Fore'gn-ruilt
vessels cannot ny the America) flag:
aid tuey cann"t engage id our coast
wise trade. This is protection car
ned to tbe ideal Protectionist para
dise prohibition. (Jut nag bas, in
fact, been protected off tbe high seas.
An American who wishes to engage
in the shipping trade must do bus
iness under the flag of some giber
country, or do business at a loss.
Philadelphia Recorp.
QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
Kev. . K. L., Beam an. recently ap
pointed bv the North Carolina Annual
Conference of tbe M, E. Church. South,
Presiding Elder of tbe Wilmington Dis
trict, bas made his appointments for the
first round, as follows:
Wilmington, at Market Street, Jan
uary 31.
Wilmington. Bladen Street fnlght).
January 81.
Burgaw circuit, at Rocky Point, Feb-
ruaiy 6. f.
Clinton circuit, at Keenen, February
19 It.
Jacksonville and Richlands, at lack-
sopviile. February 80, 21.
E izabetb circuit, at Elizabethtown,
Feb uary 27 88.
Kenansville clrcait, at Kenansville,
March 0. 7.
Onslow circuit, at Queen's Creek,
March 13 14.
Brunswick circuit, at Concord, March
SO. 91.
Columbus circuit, Evergreen, March
27. 8.
Wbiteville and Fair ! Bluff. Wbitevllle
(night), March 88.
waccamaw circuit, Sbiion, March 80.
Magnolia circuit. Magnolia, April
Bladen circuit, at Bethlehem, April
Pin smd Fir. :
Pine and fir have long fibers, exceeding
ly well adapted to tbe use -ot tbe paper
maker, but the resinous substances con
tained In these woods form bo large a per
centage of the composition and are so diffi
cult of removal that tbe paper makers are
compelled to use other varieties. -
- , ; Philosophy of a, joke.
Tbe joke bears with It all the perquisites
of tbe human. At birth It tan good thing,
fend the more it is pushed along the mora
displeasing U becomes. Adams Freeman.
A FRUIT COSMETIC.
HOW LEMON JUICE MAY BE ; USED
WITH BENEFICIAL RESULTS.
XBTslnabla In. the Can ot th Complexion
bb4 ITaeqnmled aa a Hair Wash aad Ton
ic Good For the Teeth and Indispensable.
Is Manicuring- A Great Aid to Health.
The very latest cosmetlo la tbe lemon.
In countries where they grow as freely as
apples do in the temperate cone tbis fact
Is appreciated and their virtues availed of,
but their admirable qualities are worthy
of wider knowledge. Lemons are opt so
costly, even in the coldest countries, ; that
women may not easily afford to use' this
tropical aid to the toilet.
In tbe care of tbe complexion .it is inval
uable, particularly in summer, when a
few drops squeezed Into tbe water in
which tbe face is washed removes all
gTeasinees and leaves tbe skin fresh and
velvety. : A little lemon juice robbed on
the cheeks before going to bed and allowed
tn dry tbere will remove freckles and sun
burn and whiten the skin, besides giving
It a charming smoothness and softness to
tbe touch. This should be done, about
three times a week, both winter and Sum
mer, and is of the greatest aid to such
complexions as are afflicted with enlarged
and blackened pores. These enlarged pores
are due to deficient circulation of the blood
and are o be greatly aided by vigorous
rubbing with a coarse towel every tune
the face ia washed.
Those who lead a sedentary life find tbe
circulation feeblest about the nose, lips
and temples, and these parts should be en
ergetically rubbed and kneaded several
times a day. Wbon the pores become dis
tended, a fine, invisible dust in the air en
ters and clogs and blackens theln.i Mere
ordinary faoe washing, oven when warm
water and soap are used, is not sufficient
to remove the dirt in the pores, but the
vigorous acid of tbe lemon will cleanse
and carry oT all sucb unsightly blemishes.
In tho West Indies a lemon bath is al
most a daily luxury. Three or four limes
or lemons are sliced into tbe water, which
Is drawn half an hour before using, so
that the fruit juice may have a chance to
permeate, and the deliciousness of such
tabbing must be felt to be appreciated.
Tbe sense of cleanliness and' freshness it
gives and the suppleness and smoothness
It imparts to the skin are an experience not
soon forgotten. The lemon is more than
substitute for the bran bath bags which
were invented by the French and wnich
exquisites think so necessary for the toilet.
Half a teaspoonful of the juice of tho
lemon squeezed into a glass of water and
osed for brushing tbe teeth gives the
mouth the same feeling of cleanliness that
the lemon bath gives to the skin. It is
particularly grateful when sickness' ren
ders the mucous and salivatory excretions
rf t.hn iiiitiil Ii nnnlraLCinl. f ti tifi. ihnn
halt a teaspoonful should bo used as a
powerful acid is bad for tbe enamel, but
on occasion tne proportions luav bo in
creased, as the lemon is an active deodorizer
and will remove the smell of onions or to
bacco from the mouth.
As a hair wash and tonic it bas no rival.
For the former purpose a largo, juicy lem
on should be cut in half, the head dipped
into a bowl of water, from which the chill
only must be removed, and the water
made of the samo temperature as the air,
and the lemon rubbed and squeezed vigor
ously among the roots and along the length
of the hair. Soak and rub tbe hoad well
in tbis bath and then rinse thoroughly in
fresh water of tuo same warmth. If well
dried at once with energetic toweling
there will never be the smallest danger of
cold. io soap is needed. The acid of the
lemon absolutely removes all grease and
dust, and the hair, after sucb a bath, is
soft, glossy and clean. This lemon bath
once a week will have the most beneficial
effect upon tbe hair, stimulating its
growth, delaying the coining uf graycess
and making it beautifully pliable and pol
ished.
For manicuring the lemon is absolutely
indispensable. A teaspoonful of tho juice
in a cupful of tepid water whitens and
supples tbe nails and removes all grease
and dirt, making them much more easy to
polish. ; This should be used every morn
ing, and by dabbling tho fingers a few mo
ments it is possible to make the nails per
fectly clean and transparent without the
use of any metal cleantr by simply rub
bing them with a towel. It in also must
beneficial In removing the skin around the
naii edges, which should never by any
chance be cut with scissors. Rub tbe towel
firmly all about tbe nail, pushing I jack the
skin. Do this regular every day, and after
a few weeks tho skin growth will disap
pear and never return as long as the treat
ment is continued. The comparison of
naii3 kept iu this way with those subjected
to the barbarous method uf skin clipping
will at once show the advantage, of the
former manner of treatment.
Finally tho lemon upon tho toilet table
is a great aid to health. The juice, of
lemon squeezed into a large breakfast cup
of water, drank without sugar and iru
mediately upon rising and as hot as can
lie borne, is the most admirable tonic and
alterative. So one should form tbe habit
of taking even the mildest alterative, but
If the head feols heavy and dull or one is
conscious of languor and discomfort upon
rising tbis lemon draft is one of the best
and simplest ;::otliods of clearing out the
system and restoring Its tone. Detroit
Free Press,
Tbe Dog That Got the Duck.
A good etory is told cf huuters from
Washington who went to the coast ol
North Carolina to shoot ducks.
There were six men in the party,
and they had three dogs with them.
They hunted in couples, each two hav
ing a dog. Shooting was good, and from
each of the six couples the sound of
guns being fired notified their friends
of their success, for they were only a
short distance apart
Each couple was somewhat indig
nant, because whenever a duck fell their
own dog failed to get it, one dog seem
ing to secure almost every one cf the
wild fowl.
At luncheon time they all eame to
gether.
"Well, what luck?" was the general
greeting,
"taegant, but ycur doe get our
ducks, "-was the universal response.
Then they looked at each : other,
while from out the little hay glided
skiff loaded with ducks, in the forward
end of which sat the dog which had
gathered them in. Washington Star.
Wanted Peace and Quiet. ,
"You didn't take that middle
which you liked so well?"
"No."
"Rent too high?"
flat
"Oh, no I I found that the woman np
stairs kept some Angora cats and thai
be man in the )ower flat was raising
pug dogs. Chicago ttecorq.
U Reflection; , ;
An elderly Kew York gentlewoman.
having occasion to expostulate with her
Ashman, remarked to him :
" Those last clams that you brought me
were dead.
"Madam," was the answer, "we all
mnstdiol"
This was disconcerting, ti;t not more so
than tbe reply mado to the same lady by
another tradesman, to whom she bappened
to say, 'J have lived In this bouse for 40
years," ; ,
He responded, "That Is nothing to eter
nity I New York Journal.
; Precaution.
Tourist (looking back upon a difficult
bit of mountain path be bad just traversed)
Ugh, that's as .ugly a bit of dangeroq
climbing as I've ever been over I r There
must have been, a lot of accidents there.
Why don't they put up a notice board to
(he effect that it's daDgerousf ' .j
Guide Tbere was. an accident! there
once, sir, and they put a notice at the en
trance to the pass, but as nobody else cams
and fell down the chasm thoy did away
with tbe boaxd.-Jjindon Fun, I.j
A Chinese doctor is employed by families
by tbo year, at a rate, according" to their
means and his reputation, of, 1 cent to
6 cents a day as long as every mum ber
cf the family is well. . When one falls 111,
tbe doctor's pay stops until health ia fully
restored.' ,. . ' ." ..r
Extreme tired 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
i an
WW
Feeling by great force of will. But this
Is unsafe, as it pulls powerfully upon 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. Tbat tired
ing is a positive-proof of thin, weak, im
pure blood ; for, if tbe blood is rich, red,
vitalized and vigorous, it imparts life and
energy to every nerve, organ and tissue
of the body. Tbe necessity of taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla for tbat tired feeling
is, therefore, apparent to every one, and
tbe good it will do you is equally beyond
question. t Remember that
rfloods
Sarsaparilla -
Is the One TrueJood Purifier. All druggist $1.
Prepared only byiaI. Hood & Co., Lowell. Mass.
rlOOd S FlllS to operate. Scents.
For want cf ooking up many a
paper is lost If you do cot believe. why
do vou prav ? and if vou believe, wbat
do you expect ? By praying you seem
to depend on Gad; bv no exoectieg. vou
again renounce vour con file nee Wh-t
i th;s but to take bit name in vtin ? O
Christian, stand to vour praver in a holy
rzpcciation ot wbat yoa have toggf d
upon tbe credit of tbe promise. Morde
C4i. no d ubt. bad put up manv pra-ers
f r E ther and therefore he wans at ibe
king's sate, looking wbat answer Gcd
w laid in his proviferci- p'v-.'hereby
Do thou likewise. Wm Gurnall
Back ten's Arnica MaiTC.
The Best Salve in the world lor
Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt
Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles or
no pav required. It is guaranteed to
eive perfect satisfaction or money re
funded. Price 25 cents per box. For
sale by R. R. Bellamy t
lrad Too Ever
Try E'ectrte B. tiers as a remedy for your
trouolet? Ii not. get a battle now and
eet reliet. This medicine has been found
to be peculiarly adapted to the renef
and cure of all Female Complaints, ex
erting a wonderful direct influence in
eiving strength and tone to tbe organs.
If you bave Loss of Appetite. Consti
pation. Headache. Fainting Spells, or
are Nervous. Sleepless. Etcitabie, Mel
ancbolv or troubled with D zzy Spells
Electric Bitters is the medicine jrou
need. Healtb and Strength are guar
anteed bv it use. Large bottles only
fifty cents at R, R. Bellamy's Drug
Store.
For Over Fifty Years
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup bas
been usrd Jor over fiuy tars oy mil
lions of mothers for tbeir CQildren while
teething, with perfect success. It soothes
the child. ; softens tbe gums, allays all
pain, cures wind colic acdlstfaebrst
remedy for D'arrbcei. It will relieve the
poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by
Druggists in every part of the woild
Twenty five cents a botile. Be sure and
ask for " Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup," and take no other kind." t
Wholesale Prices iiirrent.
SJTThe following qootaooni reproent Wholesale
Prices generally. Ia making op small order! higher
prices have to be charged.
The quotation are aiwara given a accurately as
possible, bnt the Stab will not Be responsible for any
variations from the actual market price of the article
a noted.
BAGGTNG-.-
itijute S
St-oda d O 6ft
WEST EiCN SMOKED
HamsHti 12 & 14
' id-s $ Ib ( T
Shou dtrs t SO C
DRY SALT ED-
Sides ... 4( 5
Shoulders a ft .. . H
BARRELS pi i s Turpentine
Sec-nd-haDd. each 1 00 1 10
New New York, each 1 US 14-1
New City, each 1 30 1 40
8VESAX. S3 9 34
bricks- ;
Wilmington "1 M..., ,. 8 50 & 7 00
North- m 9 00 14 00
BUTTK
North Carolina 1). 15 &
N rtbern ,... 3
CORN MfeAL
Per Bushl. in sacks 40 4"H
Virgioia Meal ........ 40 4'H
COT TON 1 1 S a bundle ICO
CANDi.KS
Sptrm .... ,. 13 & 35
Adamantine... ., 9 10
CHSESE $-
Noythca -aetory 10 11
Dairy, Cream 11 18
Sme 10
COFFEE a) t
Laguvra 30
Rio ; 10 18
DOM KS' ICS
Slu-et ng.4-4. 9 yard 54
Yams 9 bunch....,.,,,,.,,. 18 SO
EGGS ft doeu 10
FlSb-
Mackerel, No 1, barrel . S2 00 31 00
Mackerel, "ol, f half-barrel 1 00 15 00
Mackerel, No $ barrel... . 16 0 IS 00
Mackerel, No 2 f) half-barrel 8 00 00
Mackerel, No 8, V barrel. ... 18 00 14 00
Mallets, fj bar-el 3 00 8 Q
Ma lets, j pork barrel. 5 15 ft SO
N C Roe H.rring, 9 kg.. "10" 8 96
OryCod. Vft 5 10
tra S 85 8 SO
rOUR-V barrel I
L" trade , 8 75
Choc 4 60
Straight.. ., 5 00 5 S
First Patent .................. 6 fill a 6 75
WstAiti av rwia ac4
Com, Iron store, hag Whiter 4tt(Qr 45
lorn, a go, in Bulk White... 40 414
Coin, carg", in b-gs White;. " 40 4i)
Oats, Rust Proof 0 g 45"
dT :::- g 'S
HAY, f) 100
Jw"' 4 : . 1 06
western ; .,, 00 -
North River ' " 85
HOOP IRON, f 8 3H
LARD, w
ortha n 5U 6H
North Carolina ...... ....... 10
LIMt barel 15
LUMB-R(ci j sawed),! M feet ;.
Sh'P 8tnff rrsawed 18 00 8000
Rough- dge Plank .... 16 00 16 00
West India cargoes, according
to qualitv IS 00 O 18 00
Dressed rloorfog, seasoned . ltj OJ S3 00
Sca1.1l nr and Krd. common. 14 ft) IS M
MOLS-ES, Vcalloo
N.wCr5npa.ah.;...: g
Porto Rico, in hhds .. ST 20
" ' i U. bb's SO
Sugar-House, in hhds......... IS & 14
" V la bbla 14 15
Syrup tnbbls .... 18
SJIV JF ke" Cat basil.... a 8 00
POR K,f b ml
City asens........,,, 9 00 9 35
S,n,p -t 4....; f ?s
tT w Alnm a it
Liwoooi a as
. Lisbon ...
Aase icaa 65
On 125 Sacks ........... 40 46
SHINGLtS. WjkA. M 6 00 (50
Ccnioa! 1 O
C pre. ns .... . 8 60 8 50
SUGAR, f ft. Standard Grann?
Sta oad. A ... . .... .
White it C ............. -
- Est a C, GoWea.... ....... . 4
- c v n w
SOAP, V fcortbern. . 8X 4
STAY as. M-W. O. barrel.... 8 00 Q M 00
R. O Hog.bead .. .... .l-&
TIMB R. WM fect-Shlppac... 9 00
Mill, Prax ..... TOO
kill, Fair 6 50 4 50
Common Mm 4 00 8 50
Inferior tn Ordinary ' 8 OS
TALLOW.) ; , 4 X , "
WHISKEY. 1 g,k Northern. 1 00 SOB
TJorth Cafttina ,,,. 01 J S 00
n
3(01
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
STAR OFFICE January 80.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
stead at 25 V cents per gallon lor
machine made casks, and 2ii cents
lor country casks.
ROSIN Market firm at 11 45
per bbl for Strained, and $1 SO for Good
Strained.
TAR. Market steady at 95 cents per
bbl ol 880 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. O Jiet.
Hard 1 80. Soft 1 80 per parrel.
Quotations same day last year Spirits
turpentine 27(026 HC; rosin, strained.
$1 86; good strained 10. tar $0 95.
crude turpentine $1 60. 1 90.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine 20
Kosin
Tar 24
Crude Turpentine 00
Receipts game day laat year 99
casks spirits turpentine. 230 bbls rosin.
1V5 obis tar, 19 bbls crude turpentine.
COTTON.
Market firm
middling.
on a basis of 6jc for
Ordinary.... A
Good Ordinary 6
cts ? tt
Low Middling d '
Middling 6 "
Good Middline 7 ii6 " "
Same day last year, middling 7gc.
Receipts 292 bales; same day last
year 365.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PE VNU TS North Carolina Prime.
55o0c per busbei of 28 pounds: Extra
Prime. 65c Fancy. 6570c Virginia
Extra Prime, 5055c, Faccy. 60c.
CORN. firm; 38 to 40 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE 65870 cents per
bushel.
N. C. BACON Steady; Hams. 8
to llc per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
Sides, 7 to 8c
SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch,
beans and sps, $1 60 to 2 25: six inch,
Z 25 to 3 25: seven inch. $5 50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $5 00 to
8.50 per M.
DOMESllC MARKETS.
By Teiecraph to the Morn'-j Star.
FINANCIAL.
New York Jioaa y 30 Evemne.
Money on call 1 uer cent. Prime
mercantile paper 8 OiZ percent Ster
ling exchange -cult .nd asy nh actual
business in bankers mils i-t 4&4J484
lor sixty days; 45443eji tUi ocmaca
Commercial bills 434t. - Govern
ment bonds were stio g, United Maus
coupon lours 112J4: United States twos
96, State bonds neglected; North Carol 1
na fouis 102. Norm Carolina sixes 122
Railroad bonds active and higher.
Silver at tbe Stock Exchange to day
was without sale
COMMERCIAL.
New York. Jdnudiy 30 Evenine.
Cotton quiet; middling 7 5 16c.
Cotton luturei mat ket closed steadv;
February 6 69. March 7 Oi April 7 09
May 7 15. June 7 i0 uiy 7 24. Aut-ust
7 24, September 6 89. October 6 77. No
vember 6 77. Decemoer 6 63. Saies
28 800 bales.
C tion net receipts bales; gross
3.025 bales; exports to Great Britain
bales: to France bales; 10
tbe Continent hales; lorwaided
1.408 Dales; sales bales; sales to
spinners 140 bales; stock 291.230 bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 18 283
bales; exports to Great Britain 31 257
bales; to France bales; to tbe Con
tinent 15 5S4 bales: stock 1.043 431 bales
Total since September 1 Net receipt
5 3 il 207 bales; exports to Great Britain
8.812,673 bales; exports to France 490 811
bales; exports to the Continent 1.338.511
bales; to the Channel 5,481 bales.
Flour steady, very dull and unchanged,
Southern f dull, steady arid unchanged;
common to lair extra t3 30a3 65, good
to choice 13 754 05. Wheat spot
market lairty acti-e and firmer; No. 2
red free on board 94 3 c; ungraded red 76
U5c; opuocs were fairly ac-ive aid
irregular, closmg fiioa at 113 d
vance. No 2 red Fmruary f?4j. Matcn 8'c.
May 82jeic: uly 79c Corn po. cu i
.ndfirm, No. 2 SUc at elevator at d
30jc. options were ouil acd turn at uu
cn-mjed prices 10 cdvarce, Febiuaiy
29iic. May 30ic. July 31 c. Oats
spot qu'tt and fi m; vpi ous duil cut
s eady; February 2Vc; Mav 22Je)C u v
28c; spot prices No. 2. 2lc. No 2
hue 24c; mixed Western 2':4c Laro
quiet and fi m Western s;a;n $4 15
nom nal; ciiv $3 60 3 65, May $4 B0.
lOmical; rtfirrco quiet. Conucem 84 it
South America $4 70. compound J4 ?55
4 87Ji. Pork quiet; new tnes g8 25S 00.
Butci qjiet; laccy fi m. S-ate Caitv 10
15c, do. creamery 13t&lUc. E eir.s 20
204c. Eggs fiitntr; State aca Peoneyi
vaoia I8J4C; ice bouse, per case 4n
3 60. Western fresh 18c. Soutne o 17
17c; Umed 1313!4c. Tal o cu l aia
uocnaoged. Cotton seed oil qmei. ciuce
20c. yellow prime 8Sc R ce firm aLa
unchanged. Mo asses eay qu et and us
charged. Peanu s qu ci. late band
picked 8Jc Coffee fir n and 5 10 10
points Up, Frbruarv 9 5; Aprn 49 45
September $9 50. Di-ember fe 50. spot
Ria steady oud qoiet. No 7 (9 75 S.a
raw duil but steads ; lair rr ficiini; tc
asked; centrifugals yfi test. 3 ft3 3 lbc.
refined dull easy ana uncbab. cd.
CHICAGO. Jan SQ Cash quoutiors:
Flour duil, steady and puces unchanged
Wbea.1 :Na 8 spring 73J75c. No 2
rea 8386c. Corn No a2424S$c
Oats No.8iel6jc Me- p-jis. 7 ilX
7 83. Lara 387i3 90 Short nn
Sides, loose, tS 85&4 100' v salttd
shoulders, boxd $4 "&i 60. Soon
clear sides, bi xed, $1 134,4 23. Wms
kev $1 17.
-The leading futures ranged as follows
opening, highest, lowest and cLomt:
Wbett January 73J 71 V4. 73c;
May 75Vi75, 76. 74fc 75c. Ja.y
HX- 7Xc Corn
Jnuarv S2. .&Ti)4
2iJec Mav 24J. 24Hii4!ai
u.y 25 25at 2506 25Ei3S:
Oats N 2 1-cUtfiy 16. 16 lnX. lt
Mav 18iil8Ji 18Ji18J; 17 17
18-; Ju.y 19, 19V,. 18J, 185618Cs
Purk January 7 n. 7 77$, TJi.
7 Vi May $7 90 7 DO. 7 83 7 88
Laid January f 3 90 8 90 8 8 87)4
May $4 02 4 0 400. 400. Snor,
ribs January 4 00 4 00. 8 97. 8 97
May $4 05 4 05, 4 02. 4 02.
Baltimore, Jan. 80. Flour du'l.
Wheat mong; spot 88; b d; May 83
81c; Southern bv samp e 8990c, 00
on grade 8388-:. Corn firme ; spot
and .January 625c; February
25 28c; Mirch 88265ic; April
77c. Steamer mixed 23
23sc; Southern white 227c; do
yellow 8327c. Oats s.eao; No. 2
whlt 44 NoS mixed 2122c.
COTTON MARJCETS.
" mm " . '
By Teiecraph to the Morn lax Star.
Janury 80. Galveston, quiet at 7.
net receipt. 1 G93 bales; Norfolk steady
v 6 IS 16, net receipts 658 bales: Balti
more, nominal at 7 5 16. net rrein
bales; Boston, steady at 7 5 16. net
reeeiots 687 bales. Wilmington, firm
at ej. receipts 292 bales; Philadelphia
quiet at 7 9-16c. net receipts! 49 bales
Savannah, quiet at 8 1816 net receipt
8,827 bales: New Orleans quiet at 15 16
net receipts 8 106 bales: Mnhil nn...
6 IS 16 net receipts 2 639 bales;Mrrnphis.
ui. . a 10 10. net receints 218 bales;
noa,ta,leadlr " ? net 'cePt
1003 bales: Charleston, -nnminal at
6 18 1. net rscetpt. 984 bales.. -
FOREIGN MARKETS
' 1 By Cable te the Moraine Ster
' Li Vis pool, Jan. 8018 80 P. M
Cotton quiet. American middling 91&.
16 1. Sales 8 000 bales, of which 7 goo
were American; speculation and
600 Receipts 81000 balesj cf wblch
86 000 were American. Futures opened
quiet and demand moderate, j Amrnc.n
middling (1 n c: Jruary 3 57 64riri
lanuary and FcDmar, 8 56 Ui Fr,.,,'
ary and March 8 56 6td; lilarcn ;rH
April 8 57-64d. April and 3 58 64a
3 67 64d; May and Juine 3 59 6i&,:h ;?
64d June and Jul 3j 68 6id Ju v ir(j
notust 00 on; novctEDtr ir.d
cemoer S 48 61d. Fiiiunsl qu et tai
Steady.
Tenders at to-day's clearmcs 1 7rm
bales new docket and 500 ba.ts r -
docket.
12.45 P. M. American ron prapi..
1883 lower. American m j a r i : r K (air
Rocd midd ing 4 l-16d !o "mi(J.
oi.ng a ia 103;. good ordinary 3
ordinary 8d.
I P. M. American middlioB 3 ' igj
Fedruarv 8 56 64d seller; F:brudrv an
March 8 58 641 seller; Maicd an- April
8 58 64d s:ilcr; April and Mriv 3 1; eAi
seller; Mav and June 3 57 64-; tr
J jne and fuly 3 58 643 t9 fj4,- s ier
July and Angus' 8 59 64d seli criA ikust'
and September 3 57 64d 'u.er b- u fnI
ber ani October 3 50 643 5! f;4i
Duyer: O :tnber and N .vtmitr r, tg
Cui) 3 46 ffl3 47 641 vaiut.'Fjtu:t
C'rsr1 do". i
MAhlxNEJ
CLEARED, j
Steamship Ctoatan, McKee
Nt
Yurk. H G Smalibones.
KXJPOHrs.
COASTWISE.
Atvy 1 um otmr truaiae 130 Silrj
cotton. 6lc sits tp ms tun crr.w e Hi2
bbls rosin 6190 do tar. 51 do croc-; ur
peotine. 155 pkgs mdse 60 pttg n.i
leed, 504 Davs cb ff
vt . r c- ...
MARINE DIRECTORY.
Uat or Vessels Id tbe Port or U I;,
mlngion, w. c., Jmb. 31, 1S97.
SChOONERS.j
Scbr Sebago 93 tons, Thompson. Geo
H -rrs Son & Co !
Nnlie Fioyd 4i5 tons, Jchqs one Geo
Harnss, Sor & Co. . j
BIH z. id. 373 ions, Bsatc'iforc', Geo
Harnss Son & Co
Roger Moore 812 toes M l!er, Geo Hr-
ri s S n & Co.
Wm F Cmp3t!l, 168 tecs, f T Riiev 5
Co.
Manon H I'., 193 tons. Armstroce, Geo
Hams Son & Co.
Dove (B ). ICS tots. Esdaie Geo Har
ris Sod & 0
,Wm L nibicum 148 tecs Brjcccck Geo
Harr sv S'c & Co I
R A Sicw, lr.5 toes, Pii.Sbury Geo
Harr ss Set, & Cn I .
W C W (k'fcim KiCtons. iEvan, Geo
' Harr, if. S n & Co. I
Ida C S h' ocran 306 tons, feaoye, Geo
Han i-s S n & Co 1
Morancv. 160 tons. Torrey, J T Ri.ey &
Co. .
BARQUES.
Flora (Nor), 501 tons, Siraubo J T R; ey
& Co. !
Turpentine Stills.
illan Bros.,
Fayetteville N. C,
Savannah, Ga, and Mob Is, Ma
il ANUFACTU RE RS. OF
Turpenline Stills
AND
General Metal Workers
EXTRA j
KETTLES. WORMS. CAPi, ARMS
AND BOTTOMS,
and Patch Copper ke-pt in stock
Special attention given (o work ir
the country. Old Siilis taken ia
exchange for new work.
When in want of anythirg in cur
line address us at above ramcd
places. fan f
Christmas Purchasers.
Just Received
A large stock of the follow rg
Wines & I
Native N. C. Sen
CooSing'Sb.errv
Duff Gordon's' Wine. . r,
G. H. Mumm's Champag: e
Werner's Champagne.
Cochrane & Caatrel-'s Ginger Aie-
Bass Ale.
' Guiness' Stout.
Old Breezelaod Rje.
Pare native North Cara.iru Moun
tain Corn Whiskey.
Apple and Peach Brandy.
At low prices. 6iVe us a call.
SOL. BEAB..
No. 18 Market Street,
dec 23 tf Wilmington. N ?
FOR
Beeswax.
If you have some to sell ship it to us
and we will allow you.
26 CENTS PER PCUD
fnr it tn Rnitnn an nr rharpe
for
commission oi for carting. Reier'
ences all through the Souiri if re
quired. , !
W. H. BOWDLEAR &j CO.,
Borori. Mss
tesltB Office and Wsnhoue 14t Fail rrtt
18f4, ! 1897.
McM