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Wednesday Morning, March 31
FRAUDULENT FLEAS OP THE
WOOL MEN.
We published a few days ago an
editorial on - the clash between the
wool growers and the wool manufac
turers, growing out of the demand to
have wool restored to the dutiable
list, which the manufacturers did not
want, but to whica they "assented
. when given a compensating duty on
imported woollens. j Tne manufac-
. turers, with perhaps a few excep
tions, were not agitating for an in
crease of tariff duties and would
have been very well satisfied with
the present arrangement, free wool
enabling them to compete with the
wool weavers of other countries, but
when deprived of free wool they fell
back on protections the legalized way
of taking money out of the consum
ers' pocket to offset the increase in
the price of wool resulting from put
ting it again on the dutiable list. In
this matter the manufacturer and the
wool-grower was each pulling for
himself, each showed bis selfishness,
for neither cared how it fared with
the other, provided bis interests were
subserved. (
The Boston' Commercial Bulletin,
which speaks for the . woollen manu
facturers, is no very great admirer
of Judge Lawrence, who presides
over the American Wool Growers'
Association, and has little sympathy
with the demands which Judge Law
rence makes for protection. In the
issue for last week it published an
editorial devotsd, mainly' to Judge
Lawrence and his scheming, which
we here re produce because it is
from an organ of the manufacturers,
and shows the opinion held by a
strong protection paper of the meth
ods resorted to accomplish the
schemes that interested parties plan,
each working for himself and his
own gain, although in doing so he
may cripple kindred industries. Un
der "'the heading "Save Protection
from Its Friends," the Commercial
Bulletin says :.
Tnere i not a manufacturer, there is
no sensible man in the United Slates
. wbo can argue for a dncy on good
without a duty on wool. It is utterly
illogical.
Equally illogical is the demand for a
duty on wool so high as to excite bitter
opposition to the whole principle of
protection.
Judge Lawrence, President of the
National Association of Wool Growers,
is the champion of the extremists. He
has1 been asking lor duties above even
the McKinley schedule.
A sample o( Judje Lawrence's reason
lng on tne subject oi tne wool tana is
tne following Irom the American of
March 13th:
"The Boston Commercial Bulletin of
February 27th says that Soutb Amercan
cross-bred wool is being largely sold in
tbe United states, and tbat:
'One of the buyers boasted that his
blood crossbreds would cost him but
26 cents clean (scoured) at his mill,
and be did not exaggerate.
Every pound, of tbis, with its light
shrinkage, will supplant two pounds oi
unwarned merino; ana it will reqaue
tbree pounds ot average unwashed
, American merino to make one clean, or
scoured pound. Hence the free wool
price per pound of Soutb American and
Cape merino in competition with the
crossbred would be only one-third ot
26. or 8 83 cents ia Bast on, leaving
farm or ranch value for this merino,
without tariff, only at most 6 ceats per
pound. - - . .
Tbe quotation is accurate. Now for
the acts.
(1 ) South American croisbied does
not displace "merino." It is called cross
bred in European classification to distin
guisa it from fine merino. ' It competes
not even with Uaio or Michigan X or
with fine or nae medium territorv.
It is not a fine but a medium and
L blood combining and does compete
with Kentuckv, Maine, Missouri and
Indiana medium staple.
(S ) This wool shrinks about forty per
cent, uae pouna ot it yields lust about
six-tentns of a pound of scoured. There
Is not a single V blood or blood com
Diner raised in Maine. Indiaua, Missouri
or Kentucky tbat yields, as Judge Liw
rence pretends, but three-tenths of
pound ol scoured or anything like so
mail an amount. -
(jJMne free wool price of tbis
crossored, from sales recorded in this
market, is 11 cents to arrive and 19
cents on spot.: it American buyers can
get it, as Judge Lawrence claims, for
8 83 cents, it is strange that they should
nave paid 17k cents last week.
(4.) Not one single variety of Missouri
Indiana, Maine or Kentucky and
A blood wool, which does compete with
. tbis wool, bas ever sold, even under
' Free Wool, at 0 cents a pound or any
thing like it.
Missouri J blood last week brought
- i cents under free Wool in tbis mar
ket in competition with this very South
American, lae Amesican brings, not
the same, as Judge Lswrence supposes,
bat a higber scoured value under Free
Wool than tbe south American.
In two brief sentences Jndge Lawrence
has managed to pack four grossly false
statements. The reason is that he
knows nothing whatever about foreign
wools or their grades or which Amen
can woois iney aispiace. He argues
- wnony irom, supposition when It is
perfectly possible for him to obtain the
facts.. - -
Yet this is tbe man who holds such
absolute control of four Senators that
he can blockade legislation and place
upon the statute books tbe one tariff
schedule which, more than an o'her,
famished tbe argumeatr for the Free
Trade victory of 1893.
It is better that the tariff should be too
high than too low, but it is a pity that it
hoald be either.
The first two paragraphs in this
quoted article are well taken, and
. they are sonnd, but they apply not
only to wool, as they are intended by
the writer to apply, bat to the whole
tariff system. Tbe woollen manu
facturer cannot consistently nor
logically demand protection for him
self without conceding it to the
wool-grower, and the wool-grower
, cannot consistently nor logically de
- nand protection on woo' without
conceding it to the manufacturer.
Following the same line of reason
ing the cotton manufacturer cannot
demand protection on cotton fabric
without conceding protection to the
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cotton grower, and the cotton grower
cannot demand it without conceding
it to the cotton manufacturer.
The-" floor maker cannot demand
protection on flour without conced
ing it to the wheat grower, and the
wheat grower' cannot- demand it
without conceding it to the flour
maker. ' . n
The iron or steel manufacturer
cannot demand it without conceding
it to the iron miner and the iron
miner cannot demand it without con
ceding it to the iron and steel
maker.
The iron miner cannot demand it
without conceding it to the coal
miner and the coal miner cannot de
mand it without conceding it to the
iron miner.
All the industries that bear the re
lation of manufacturer and producer
of the raw material have such recip
rocal interests that what affects one
must affect the other,, and one can
not consistently or logically demand
anything that will militate against
the other.
And thus it runs through: the
whole list where there is a manufac
turer and a producer of the thing
manufactured, so that when the
manufacturer demands protection he
should, to be consistent and logical,
also demand (which he virtually
does) protection to the raw material
which he uses, which is equivalent to
demanding legislation to increase
the price to him of this material,
which seems like a very unbusiness
like proceeding. But they don't do
that, for in this tariff business it is
all a game of grab, each for himself,
each trying to get as much for him
self as possible and to give as little
as possible to others. It is selfish
ness personified, characterized, by
brazen pretence and hypocrisy.
HI10& Jt&HTIOB.
During the tariff discussion Mon
day, in replying to some strictures
by Eastern Republicans on the ex
cessive cotton' and woollen scbed
ales, Mr. Dingley said.- "Mo one,
not even the critics themselves, be
lieved that the cotton industry could
thrive witbout tbe duties carried in
the bill." For colossal cheek this
gets away with anything we have
read in a long time. Have not tbe
New England mills, notwithstanding
the hard times, been declaring divi
dends right along under the present
tariff? Some of them may have
overstocked themselves, and there'
tore temporarily shut down, or
worked fewer hands or fewer days in
the week to reduce stocks, but the
tariff had nothing to do with this. - It
was simply a question of having on
hand more goods than there was a de
mana tor, because tne people were
forced to economize in their purchas
es, that's all. If the people had to econ
omize with the low prices under the
present tariff, what would they have
done if the prices had been higher,'
as they would be with a higher
tariff. Then the mills that found it
necessary to temporarily suspend to
enable the people to catch up with
them would ' have had to suspend
for much longer periods. Haven't
the Southern mills prospered ? If
Mr. Dingley had kept up with the
progress of the industry in this sec
tion, the activity that has been gen
eral while the New England mills
were resting, and the new mills that
are being constantly added to those
in operation.he might have answered
tnis question for himself, aud not
made such an absurd statement. The
Southern mills kept running when
the New England mills found it nec
essary to temporarily shut down,
simply because they sold their goods
cheaper, having so many advantages
over the Eastern mills. This is the
competition that is hurting the East
ern mills, if they are hurt, more than
foreign competition. Bat if grow
lng oar own cotton we can't supply
the home market and successfully
compete with manufacturers who
have to ship their cotton across the
seas, then we ought to quit the busi
ness.
at
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, is a
Populist, and he may have some ex
treme and impracticable views, but
he has some very orthodox opinions
on the constitutional powers of Con
gress and constitutional limitations.
The resolution which he offered in
the Senate, Monday, declaring that
Congress has no constitutional right
to establish a tariff, the purpose of
which is to benefit one class of peo
ple at the expense of others, is en
dorsed by thousands of people, who
contend that the constitution defines
the powers of Congress, and that
where power is not, delegated Con
gress has no right to exercise it,
save in great' emergencies, nor to
give tbat latitudinanan construe-
tion to its language wnicn vir
tually makes it null and void.
The only authority under the
constitution for a protective policy
is found in the "general wel
fare clause," the stretching and the
abuse of which has led to much
monstrous legislation and to untold
abuses. ' When Congress wants to do
anything for which it can find no
authority it takes refuge under that
elastic clause and it is done. On this
clause the high protective tariffs,
bonus to ships, subsidies to railroads.
gifts to companies, national banks,
plundering pensions, special legisla
tion. for favored individuals, and
much other objectionable legislation
rests, all of which, have cost the toil
ing millions of this country count
less millions of dollars. But they
have been working this racket ever
since the Republican party first got
control of the Government, and it is
perhaps rather too late to call a bait
or expect much of a change; cer
tainly not while the Republican party
is in power.
The New York Advertiser thinks
that "The Queen of Great Britain
and Ireland and Empress of India
could be in worse business than
paying a social visit to an American
citizen," which .is true. But Mr.
Astor is not an American citizen. He
renounced his American citizenship
and declared his allegiance to Great
Britain. But the Queen didn't go to
pay a social visit to him. She went
to see his flowers.
It hasn't been the custom in Wash
ington for the heads of Departments
to give the newspapers for publica
tion lists of applicants for office
But Secretary Gage bas made a new
departure in this and does. That's
right. The applicant for pie shouldn't
be afraid nor ashamed to see his
name in print. Besides, it will be
about tbe only chance tbat some
of them will ever have.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Mr. Dingley has taken a few
loops in his infallibility. He has
yielded to criticism to such an ex
tent as to revise slightly his schedule
of duties on art and literature.
Norfolk Landmark, Dem.
Inasmuch as about 50,000
Chicago bicyclers have announced
that they will vote for the mayoralty
candidate who convinces them he is
one of them, there is a strong prob
ability that the man who can show
the mostr bruises, bumps and the
crockedest back on election day will
win out. Chicago News, Jnd.
Ex-President Harrison charges
that tbe wealthy people of the
United States are tax dodgers; that
they do not pay taxes on their
stocks and bonds and other personal
property for anything like their re,l
value. Has ex President Harrison;
also begun a campaign against the
rich. Richmond State, Dem.
Speaker Reed in his inter
view with the Executive Committee
of the Indianapolis Monetary Con
ference remarked that "if the people
demanded changes in the banking
system and brought pressure to bear
on Congress they would secure the
changes." The people thought that
they were voicing such demand and
applying such pressure when they
went to the polls in November last.
Is it possible that they will have to
issue a second mandate in order to
compel Congress to carry out their
wishes ? Phil. Record, Dem.
TWINKLINGS.
''Say, some one has been again
at my writing table. This always bap
pens j ust as I want to do some work.'
"What's missing? Pen, ink, paper '
"No, no! Tbe corkscrew
Little Man (golf enthusiast)
Wby don t you play goli?
Big Man (olaze) Why, tecause I ob
lect to chasing a quinine pill around a
cow pasture. London lit Hits,
Seized Her Opening "You,"
he said tentatively, "are a woman of re
sources." "True," she answered, "and
I have ooncluded to husband them.'
I However, it was too lat. to reach for his
hat. New York Press.
An Auditor (whispering to his
side partner) "That woman has sat in
front of us ever night witb her high bat
That Woman (indignantly) "I b-g to
correct you. sir 1 ve worn a dinerent
hat every night.
Dyspepsia Specialist (irritahly)
But; madam, yon must chew yOur
food. What were your teeth given you
for?
Female Patient (calmly) Taey
weren t givn tome; I bought em.
Odds and Ends.
-'Gripsack has got his appetite
back again.
"How d'dhe do it?
"Got caught in a washout, andihe rail
road had to pay his board for a week,
Chicago Tribune.
"I desire to leave you some
verse, said tbe advance agent ot tbe
spring poets. "Which close i follows
the style of Poe.s 'Raven ' When may
I expect to bear from voni
"Nevermore, quoth the editor. Phil
adelphia American,
"I danced before the officers of
army," said tbe first ballet girl, as sbe
made an in sbcot with her nose. "Ia
tbe Mex can or the Revolutionary war?
murmur, d the second ballet girl, and the
manager nad to call in assistance. ZV
troit Fred Press.
Ambassador to Turkey But
mydeafHadi Ben All Pinkerton, your
people are barbarious can you deny it?
Minister ot state Perhaps, my dear
ambassador no doubt; but, after all
they don't play foot ball, yon know. We
shed blood for business, not for pleas
ure. Harper s Bazar.
Old Gotrox (indignantly)
am surprised, sir. that you should be so
destitute of all reason as to ask for my
daughter's hand in marriage.
Young Hardupp Well, you net do i
be; that girl has some really fine points
about eer. You don t know ber as well
as I do, or you would think tbe world
of her Puck,
Sodal XJfe Ixnxg Ago.
The stately dames of the court of Ed
ward TV rose with the lark, dined at
11 a. m. and retired to rest at 8 in the
evening. Henry VIII went back to 10
in the morning for dinner and. had
supper at 4. In Queen Bess' days her
maids of honor began the day with
round of beef or red herring and a flagon
'of ale for breakfast at about G :30 and
dined at 11, and then went to the play
honse in the afternoon, not later than
2, sometimes as early as 12 :30, accord
ing to the order of the play and the day.
, Wlur Woman Propose.
1 Between the mountains of India and
(Persia ia a powerful tribe among whom
kn extraordinary custom prevails. Wom
an's rights have apparently received full
recognition, for the ladies of the tribe
can choose their own husbands. AH a
single woman has to do when 'she wish
es to change her state is to send a serv
ant to pin a handkerchief to the hat of
the man on whom her fancy lights, and
hi is obliged to marry her, unless he
can show he is too poor to purchase her
at the price ber father requires. '
Bain That Fails.
In the Colorado desert they have rain
storms during which not a single drop of
water touches the earth. The rain can be
seen falling from the clouds high above
the desert, but when the water reaches
the strata of hot, dry air bononth the
clouds it is entirely absorbed before falling
half the distance to tbe ground.
One Hundred Doses One Dollar it
peculiar to and true one only of Hood's
Sarsaparilla. It Is economy to buy
Hood's. - - . t
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Shelby Aurora : We notice that
corn and hay is being shipped into
Shelby by the car load. ;
t Goldsboro Argus: The heavy
frost of last night destroyed what
was left of tbe truck buds .and
blooms. J :
Oxford Ledger: Oar people
are getting in their cotton seed to
plant. The tobacco crop will be
much smaller this year in this section.
It is nonsense and ( tomfoolery for
any man to continue to make to
bacco, when it takes all it brines to
pay for the fertilizerthat goes under
it and leaves nothing for the doctor,
the preacher and the dear ones at
home. " r- -
Hamlet Enterprise : The ex
perimental farm at tbis place is well
under way. Trees and shrubs have
already been set out and now the
ground is being put in readiness for
the other crops that are to be plant
ed. Fruits of all kinds are to be
raised and other things not usually
found in this section. The Seaboard
Air Line never does things by halves
and soon we expect to see them re
alize the fruits of their labor.
Alamance Gleaner: A cyclone
passed over this place from south
west to northeast Friday evening
about 7 o'clock. It was high up in
tbe air, for which all may feel de
voutly thankful. It sped along with
terrific velocity. Its coming was
heralded with a great roaring noise.
While it was far up in the air, yet
the atmosphere was greatly disturbed
and two or three hundred yards from
its path honses were caused to crack
and shiver. We have heard ho ac
count of any damage from it.
Lincoln Journal: We learn that
house occupied by disreputable
women, near Kutherfordton, was
raided Saturday night by White
Caps. After whipping the women,
the White Caps set fire to. and
burned the houses. A crowd
of negroes on their way home fiom
church at Newton Sunday night be
came involved In a row. When it
was over, it was discovered that one
of the negroes (Calvin Reinhardt)
was dead, his skull having been
crushed with a rock. Several of the
participants in the row were jailed.
Fayetteville Observer: Deputy
Collector Trov and a posse, Friday,
captured J. L. Davis near Carthage,
a desperate moonshiner. The man
has been in the clutches of the rev
enue officers several times before.
but each time has escaped. Davis
was captured at his still, which was
in full blast. A man who knows
a good deal about such matters tells
us that ' there 'are now in operation
within a radius of seven miles around
Fayetteville twenty six moonshine
stills. Can this be possible, in face
of the large number broken up by
Deputy Collector Troy and his dep
uties ?
DOGS KEPT THEM WARM.
A Knife Slannfactnrlue Town Where tbe
Grinders Use Living; Stoves.-
Thiers, an old town in the Anvergne,
is famous for its steel knife industry.
The town has retained much of its ro
mantic mediaeval character. Its streets
are narrow and crooked, and the manu
f actnre of knives, the principal industry
of the town, is not carried on in modern
factories, but in ancient, small build
ings along the little river Dnrolle,
which furnishes the power for the in
dustrial township. Curious and unique,
as everything else in Thiers, is the meth
od ot-work of the people engaged in
grinding the knives.
The grinders, men and women, lay
stretched out on wooden planks, over
which they sometimes throw sheepskins
to soften the boards. Head, shoulders
and arms reach over the end of the
board, aud with their hands they hold
unceasingly the rough steel blades upon
the big grindstone which revolves be
neath them by means of a powerful yet
simple transmission. It is a very com
ical aspect to see these people at work,
particularly because everyone of the
workmen has a small, long haired dog.
who serves as a sort of live stove. Dur
ing the long winter in the mountains a
body stretched out at full length suffers
much from, cold in these ill protected
mills, and since it is not possible: for
the workman to warm himself by a
change of position or by moving his
limbs this peculiar expedient has been
adopted' in Thiers. The dogs are well
trained to their office. One whistle of
their master calls them up, and a sim
ple turn of the body indicates to them
where they have to lie down to give
new warmth to the body of their mas
ter. Philadelphia Press;
" Apples Are Good Nightcaps.
The apple is such a common fruit
that veinTfew persons are familiar with
its remarkably efficacious medicinal
properties, states The Bulletin of Phar
macy. Everybody ought to know thai
the very best thing he can do is to eat
apples just before retiring for the night.
Persons uninitiated in the mysteries of
the fruit are liable to throw up theii
hands in horror at the visions of dys
pepsia which such a suggestion may
summon up, but no harm can come even
to a delicate system by the eating oi
ripe and juicy apples just before going
to bed.
The apple is excellent brain food, be-
cause it has more phosphoric acid in
easily digested shape than other fruits.
It excites the action of the liver, pro
motes sound and healthy sleep and
thoroughly disinfects the mouth. Thu
is not all. The apple helps the kidney
secretions and prevents calculus growths,
while it obviates indigestion and is one
of the best known preventives of disease
of the throat Everybody should be fa
miliar with such knowledge.
A Breesy Irishman.
Penrose Fitzgerald, the member
oi
parliament for Cambridge, is a
popular Irishman, of whom many good
stories are told. He is rather nearsight
ed, and seldom remembers names. A
few days ago he met a If e'llow membei
of parliament, Viscount Kilcoursie, who
had just become Earl of Cavan. The
new earl spoke to Mr. Fitzgerald in the
lobby and, observing a puzzled look,
was good enough to say pleasantly
see yon don't know whoj am. My name
is Cavan." "Of course, of course, my
dear fellow, " was the answer, "but for
the moment, I admit, I took you for
that ass Kilcoursie. "
SomeUtlns to Depend On,
Mr. James Jones, of tbe drag firm of
lones & Son, Cowden, III., in speaking
of Dr. King's New Discovery, savs that
last Winter his wife was attacked with
La Grippe, and ber case grew go serious
that pbysicians at Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. It seemed to
develop into Hasty Consumption. Hav
ing Dr. King's New Discovery in store,
and selling lots of it. be took a bottle
home, and to the surprise of all she be
Ran to get better from first dose, and
half dozen dollar bottles cured ber sound
and welL Dr. King's New Discovery for
..Consumption, Coughs and Colds is
guaranteed to do tbis poodwork. Trv
it. Free trial bottles at RJR. Bellamy's
Drug Store. t
MTHE SWORD OF TYB.
A NORTH ERN MYTH THAT IS STRANGE
IV MIXED WITH HISTORY.
The Beanttful Weapon Blade by a Clever
Dwarf PtiMessed Magical Power The
! Decree of the Noma and How It Wat
Fulfilled In Several Instances.
Our Norse ancestors had "many things to
contend with besides the aggressiveness of
their warlike neighbors. The extreme cold
weather, the long periods of darkness,
lasting half the year,, terrible storms and
poverty and hunger were formidable foes,
and they tended to develop in the north
men both combativeness and superstition.
It is not strange, then, that their gods
were supposed to be warlike, or that they
should think that frost giants and evil
spirits were abroad in that frigid, storm
swept land. -,
Odin, the father of-all the gods, while
he possessed many attributes and was a
patron of song and story, was particularly
distinguished for his martial spirit and
possessed a marvelous spfear, gungnir,
which was endowed with miraculous qual
ities and which he always carried with
him. This wonderful spear was the handi
work of a skillful smith, a dwarf of the
name of Dvalinz. i
Among Odin's sons was one that had In
herited his father's warlike spirit and
whose name was Tyr, god of war and
courage. One of Tyr's most valuable pos
sessions was a sacred sword made by the
clever dwarf who had fashioned his fa
ther's spear. The sword was hung in the
temple, where the first rays of the morn
ing sun caressed its shining blade. It was
carefully guarded night and day, but in
spite of all precautions it mysteriously
disappeared.
There was consternation in Asagrd when
the loss was discovered, and rmmediate
search was made for the missing weapon.
A druidess, who possessed the gift of div
ination, was consulted, and from her it
wa3 learned that the Norns had decreed
that whoever came into possession of the
sword should conquer the world, but
would eventually come to his death by it
The druidess, however, refused to disclose
the hiding place of the sword.
In the ancient city of Cologne, which
was founded by the Romans, the prefect,
or governor of the province, sat one day
feasting upon the choicest viands and
drinking of the richest wines of his prov
ince. Vitellius was noted for his gorman
dizing proclivities, and it was surprising
to those who knew him that ho should be
selected for the honors that came to him.
As he sat nt his table surrounded by the
convivial spirits of the city a servant cjime
to him saying that a stranger wished to
see him upon a matter that would admit
of no delay.
Reluctantly he left off his feasting to re
ceive the visitor, a tall, dignified stranger,
who presented him with the sword of Tyr,
remarking that it would bring him great
honor and renown. He then saluted Vi
tellius as emperor. Immediately those
present took up the cry, "Hail to the em
peror!" and Vitellius was elected emperor
of Rome.
He at once proceeded toward Rome, the
capital of the empire, but pursued his
journey very leisurely, paying much more
attention to feasting than to marching.
One day, while in a state of intoxication,
he left his sword, the sacred sword of Tyr,
unguarded in one of the outer apartments
of his tent, where it was observed by a
German soldier, who appropriated it, leav
ing in its place a rusty weapon that he
had been carrying.
Vitellius was so absorbed with his feast
ing that he did not miss the sword until
after his arrival at Roiue. Learning that
Vespasian was marching toward the city
to dispute his claim to the throne, he
sought the sword, thinking to resist his
rival, but it had disappeared. Believing
this to be an omen of defeat, he secreted
himself in a dark recess of his palace,
where he was found by the angry people
who had so recently declared him emperor
and was ignoiuiniously dragged forth and
hurried away to the foot of the Capitoline
hill. The German soldier who had stolen
the sacred sword happened to arrive at the
same moment as the disgraced monarch,
and, drawing the sword, he cut off the
emperor's head with a single stroke, ful
filling the decree of the Norns that the
sword should slay its possessor.
The German soldier kept the sword
many years, fighting in many different
regiments and in various countries and
was always victorious. He became famous
on account of his skill and power as a
warrior and was greatly honored. At last
old age compelled him to give up his mar
tial pursuits, and he retired to private life,
still retaining in his possession the won
derful sword.
Fearful lest it might be taken from him,
he buried it upon the banks of the river
Danube and built himself a modest dwell
ing over the spot where the sword lay hid
den. At last he died, and though his
friends begged him to disclose the hiding
place of the sword he refused, saying that,
though its possessor might be able to con
quer the world, he could not escape the
curse of death.
The sword, however, was not destined
to remain always hidden. Many years aft
er the death of the German soldier the
Hun leader Attila, with an army of in
vaders, passed along the Danube. As they
approached 'the spot where .had formerly
stood the Ger;nan's hut Attila noticed a
peasant ruefully examining his cow's foot
and paused to inquire what was the mat
ter. The peasant told him that the cow
had cut her foot upon something that was
hidden in the tall grass.
They began a search, and soon found
the point of a sword sticking, out of the
ground. The sword was unearthed, and
when Attila saw the fine workmanship he
knew that he had found the lost sword of
Tyr. It had not lost its luster or its won
derful virtues by its long imprisonment in'
the damp earth, for, from that day, victory
attended Attila in his encounters with the'
enemy.
At last, becoming surfeited with suc
cess, he determined to retire to private life,
but first he took for a wife a beautiful
princess, Hdico by name, whose father had
fallen in battle by his hand. The princess
hid sworn to avenge her father's death,
and she saw in her union with Attila an
opportunity to fulfill her vow.
At' the feast that followed the wedding
Attila became intoxicated, and Ildico,
stealthily obtaining the sword, slew him
as he lay sleeping in his bed, again verify
ing the prophecy of the druidess.
, Once more the sword disappeared and
was not again heard of until the Duke of
Alva, one of Charles V's generals, mys
teriously obtained possession of it and by
Its aid won the victory at the battle of
Muhlberg. After the battle the sword
again disappeared and has never since been
een. Arthur J. Bundick in Philadelphia
Times.
Mot Likely to Be Disappointed.
An inquisitive person passing along1
country road stopped to talk with a
farmer hoeing corn.
"Your corn is small, "said the in
quisitive person.
"Yes. I planted that kind," replied
the farmer.
"It looks yellow. "
"I planted yellow corn. "
"I don't think you'll get more than
half a crop. "
"Don't expect to -I planted it on
shares." Btrffalo Courier.
Disadvantages of-Being: Too Good.
The boy who runs to meet his teacher
on her way to school and walks up to
the building with her, holding her hand,
isn't generally particularly popular with
the other boys in school. Somerville
Journal.
Esppmeaa,
."Have you heard from your daughter
since she started on her wedding tourf .Is
she happy?"
"Very much so. Only think, in Venice
she commenced to have hor own way in
everything, and ever since - they left Rome
she has carried the purse." Pearson's
Weekly. . ' ?
The Duke of Cambridge, in virtue of be
ing a relative of the queen, gets 6,000
per annum besides his salary as com
mander in chief.
, The great lesson of a loss, as the proverb
suggests, is determinable not so much
by what we have lost as by what we have
left Bovee.
ripple
The iron grasp of scrofula, has no
mercy upon its victims. This demon
of the blood is often not satisfied with
causing dreadful! sores, but racks the
body with the jjains of rheumatism
until Hood's Sarsaparilla cures.
"Nearly four years ago I became af
flicted with scrofula and rheumatism.
iWadle
Running sores broke out on my thighs.
Pieces of bone came out and an operation
was contemplated. I had rheumatism in
my legs, drawn upoiit 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
Well
take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Soon appetite
came back ; the sores commenced to heal.
My limbs straightened out and I threw
way my crutches. I am now stout and
hearty and am farming, 'whereas four
years agb I was a cripple. " I gladlv rec
ommend Hood's Sarsaparilla." Ueban
Hammond, Table Grove, Illinois.
Sarsaparilla
Isthe One Trne Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1.
rre pared 6nly by C. Utoml & Co., Lowell. Mass.
Hi-irvrl' rvn cure liver f"3, easy 10
nOOU S rlllS take, easy to operate. 25c.
UNCASE:
Lyon a co-5
PickUaf
jSmokingTobuicco
SMOKING TOBACCO
Made from the Purest. Ripest and Sweetest leaf i
grown in the Golden Belt of North Carolina. Clg-1
Iarette Book goes with eachi2-oz. pouch. t
ALL FOR 10 CENTS. f
A Pleasant, Cool and Delightful Smoke. I
Lyon & Co. Tobacco Works. Durham. N. C.
t
It Coaldn't Be.
i
Willie I don't believe it is wicked
to chew tobacco. !
Nellie Why, Willie!
Willie Well, it ain't. I tried it and
it made me sick. Wip-ked things is all
good. Cincinnati Enrmirer.
Esparto grass is said to make a better
paper thau straw. The pr iduct is much
tougher and capable of te;iriiig a much
greater strain without tearing. .
The most certain sign of being born
with great qualities is to be born with
out envy. Rochefoucauld.
Backlrn'i sriuca salve.
The Best Salve in the world tor
Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles or
no pay required. It is guaranteed to
give periect satisfaction or money re
funded. Price 25 cents per box. For
sale bv R. R. Bellamy. t
Wholesale Prices '.urrent
fVThe following q notations represent Wholesale
Prices generally. In making ap small or den higher
prices save to De cnaroeo. r
The quotation! are always given as accurately as
possible, bnt the sta will not' De responsible tor any
variations from the actual market price of the articles
a note
BAGGING
3 lb Jute
Standard
WESTERN SMOKED
Hams B
HdesWB)
. 6
13 14
6 7
64 tf
48 5
Shou'den f t.....
DRY SALTED
Sides lb
Shoulders 9 ft
BARRELS Spiri'S Turpentine
ccond-naDd. eacn . .
New New York, each
New City, each
1 00
1 35
1 30
22
1 10
1 40
1 40
3
- ....
BEESWAX t
BRICKS
Wilmington V M. ...... ......
Northern ,
BUTTE K '
North Carolina V t
N-rthern
CORN MEAL
Per Bushel, in sacks
Virginia Meal
COTTON TIES-? bundle......
CANDLES V 5)
S 00
9 00
7 00
a 14 00
10 16
18 28
89 42H
.40 42m
85
is et
8 10
12 mi
14 14
10
20
8 16
TH
18 20
83 9
22 00 30 00
11 00 15 00
IS CO 18 00
8 00 o 00
13 00 14 00
2 00 8 01
5 75 8 50
3 00 3 25
5 10
3 35 8 50
bperm
Adamantine
CHEESE
Northern Factory
Dairy, Cream. .
state ,
COFFEE V t
Lagnyra
Rio... ......
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-4, V yard., .......
Yarns, bunch.,.,.,,.,..:,,.
EGGS 9 doien
FISH
Mackerel, No 1, barrel .1..
Mackerel, No 1, fl half-barrel
Mackerel, No S, barrel... .
Mackerel, No 2, half-barrel
Mackerel. No 3, V barrel.. j...
Mullets, fJ barrel
Mmlett, $ pork barrel ,,.
N C. Roe Herring, 8 keg..
Dry Cod, 9 ft ;..
" Extra., .....j..
FiOTJR-fJ barrel
Low grade .....i..
Choice , .......
Straight
First Patent
GLUE ft
GRAIN ft bushel i
. Corn, from store, bag: White,
Car load, in bags White..
Odts, from s ore.
3 75
4 25
6 00
475
8
40
89
80
4SJi
85
to
90
M
1 00
95
85
- 2
6
uats, Kust rroot
Cow real ..
BIDES, V ft
.....
....
irreen A
Dry
HAY, V 100 fts
Kascera ....
Western ........ ...
North River.... '.........
srrtnx. icnv so sk "
90
UIKU, S3
Northern
North Carolina ....
LIME barrel..
EX
- 6
10
1 15 1 25
LUMBs.R(a y sawed), M feet-
Ship Btufl. reaawed 18 00
Rough-edge Plank, .15 00
West India cargoes, according
I5? 13 TO
Dressed slivmntr immmiI : ijiu
2000
16 00
18 00
22 00
Scantl nc and Board, common. 14 00 & 15 00
MOLASSES, gallon-
Barbados, ia hhds...... a 26
" ." t in bbis....;. 88
Porto Rico, in hhds 26 eh 29
" ' iabbls H M
Sugar-Honse, in hhds.......'
" in bbis
Syrnp. in bbis
NAILS, J keg. Cnt. flOd basis. "i
PORK, V b.rrel
12
14
12
city M
Rump .
Prune
ROPE. Vfc
10
SALT, sack
Liverpool. ,,
Alum
lmboa
BHiNGLEs.7-hKh;"i m:::::::: s
vu iaa s aaccs.
40
I SO
SUGaSjJ iff! Standard Grano?
Standard A
White Ex. C i.
5:Ci Goide... .-....!
C. Yelliw j.
SOAP, ftNorthern . i .
STAVES, M W. O. barrel.. L.
R. O. Hogshead t.
TIMB'R, a?M feet Shipping..,.
Mll, Prime i.
. Mill, Fair.. ...... ....
Commoh Mill .,.
Inferior to Ordinary
S 50
1AL1A1W.S SS...... ............
WHISKEY. gallo Nortlsera.
gallon
IBS
North Carol!
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
( STAR OFFICE, March 80.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
steady at 27 cents per eallon ' ior
machine-made casks, and 26 cen s
ior country casks.
ROSIN Market firm at $1 45 per
bbl lor Strained and $1 50 for. Good
Strained.
TAR Market firm at 95 cents per
bbl of 280 lbs, ,
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1 30 per barrel tor Hard and
1 80 for Soft.
Quotations same day last year Spirits
turmiae steady, 2524V4c; roiin firm,
$1.30. 1 85: tar, firm, 80c; crude tur
pentine notbtog dome.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpeotme, 13
Rosin 189
Tar.. .... 159
Crude Turpentine 3
Receipts same day last, year 15
castes spirits turpentine, 139 bbis fosin,
191bb!s tar, 5 obis crude turpentine.
COTTON.
.Market at-ad on a basis
middiios;. Quotations:
Ordinary 4
of 7c for
cts 3? B
vooa urainary 6
Low Middling . " "
Middling
Good Middling 7 5-16 "
Same day last year, middling 7c.
Receipts 8 bales; same day last
year 32. ,
COUNTKY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina Prime.
55t0c per bushel oi 28 pounds; Extra
Prime. 60c; Fancy, 65c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 4550c; Fancy, 50c.
LUKN-firm; 40 to 43 cents
busael..
ROUGH RICE 6570 cents
bushel.
per
per
N. C. BACON Steady; Hams. 8
to 9j. per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c ;
Sides. 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand, fiye inch,
hearts ana saps. $1 60 to 2.25; six inch,
$2 25 to 3.25; seven inch. ,5.50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at 5.00 to
8.50 per M.
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
By Teiearaph to the Mornirg Star.
FINANCIAL.
New York. March 30 Evening.
Money on tall was easy at 11
per cent; last loan at 1 per cent,
closing offered at 1)4 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 8t per cent. Sterling-
exchange was firm, with actual
business in bankers bill at 4854SS
for sixty days: 487487 for demand.
Commercial bills 484485. Govern
ment bonds were steady; United States
coupon fours 113U; United States twos
96. State bonds dull; North Cai
olina fours .102; North Carolina sixes
124. Railroad bonds generally-higher.
Silver at the Stock Exchange to day
was lower.
COMMERCIAL.
New York, March 30 Evening.
Cotton quiet; middling 7 5 16.
Cotiou net receipts 706 Dales; gross
3 478 bales; exports to Great Britain
bales; to France bales; to
the Continent 1.478 bales; forwarded
608 bales; sales 407 bales; sales to
spinners 307 bales; stock (actual) 239,747
bales.
Cotton futures market closed quiet;
March 6 94. April 6 91 May 6 98, June
7 02. July 7 07, August 7 07, September
6 83. October 6 70. November 6 72,
December 6 74, January 6 78. February
6 82. Sales 47 800 bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 9,937
bales; exports to Great Britain 1,214
bales; to France 100 bales: to the Con
tinent 4.478 bales: stock 723,327 bales.
Total so far this week Net receipts
25.800 bales; exports to Great Britain
19 466 bales; to France 9 200 bales; to
tbe Continent 11,497 bales.
Total since September 1 Net receipts
6,220,044 bales; exports to Great Britain
2,706,011 bales; exports to France 614 488
bales; exports to the Continent 1.692,548
bales: to the Channel 5 481 bales.
Flour was quiet, steady and uncharged;
Southern flour was quoted unchanged;
common to fair extra $3 203 50; good
to choice $3 604 00. Wneat spot
market was dull and lower, with options
closing firm; ungraded red 7084Jc;
options were fairly active and closed
weak at ?b1Mc decline; No. 2 red
March 81c; May 77c; July 76c; Sep
temDer 73c. Co, n spot Qui: and
scarce; No. 2 30c at elevator and 31c
afloat; options declined 3gc rallied
March 30, May 80c.Juiy H.
Oats spot dull but steady; options duii
and easier; May 21c; spot prices No.
2. 22 Jc; No.2 white 24 mixed Western
2123c. Lard dull and firm; West
ern steam 84 45; city ft 154 20. May
4 55; refined dull; Continental $4 70;
South American $4 95; compound 84 00
4 25. Pork steady; demand moderate:
new mess $9 009 50. Butter firmer;
demand good; State dairy 919c. do.
Creamery 14&20c; Western creamery
c; Elgins 20c. Eggs were in mcd
erate demand; State and Pennsylvania
1010J; Western fresh 910c. South
ern 9$9$c. Cotton seed oil quiet and
rather easy; crude 2020c, yellow
prime 23c asked. Rice rum. in fair de
mand and unchanged. Ccffee barely
steady and 5 to 10 points down; April
S3 00; June 8 10; September S3 30
8 35; December $8 30 8 35. spot Rio
dull but steady; No. 7. $3 50 nomioa
Sugar raw dull but steady; fair refining
2 1516c; refined unchanged and fairly
active.
CHlCAGO.March 30.Cash quotations:
Flour was dull, easy and unchanged.
Wheat No. 8 spring ?072c; No. 2
red 85$882ic. Corn No. 2, 24Js'
24Kc. Oats No. 2 17c. Mess pcrk8 45
8 50. Lard 4 204 22. Short rib
sides, loose $4 554 80. Dry salted
shoulders, boxed, $4 755 00. Short
clear sides, boxed, 4 62)4 4 75. Wnis
kev$l 18.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
opening, highest, lowest and closing:
Wheat March 71, 72. 70?, 70c.May
72.72. 71X.71X71&c; july 70
71. 71.71'. 7070Jic; September 68&
68, 689. 68M68M- 68
68J$c. Corn Ma-ch 24if243. 2H
24rf. 2424c; May 24024,24.
24. 24 24 duly 25 & 26 26. 25
25, 26c; Sepiember 27. 27 Ji27 .
27J, Oat Na 2 May
1717?fi. W4nH. 1717,
17J; Jul- 18 18, 18. 18c: September
18g. 18. 18. 18c Mess pork
Mav $8 52 8 57. 8 50. 8 55. July
$8 67. 8 70. 8 62, 8 67. Lard May
$4 25 4 25. 4 32. 4 25; July f4 35.
4 37. 4 85. 4 35. Short ribs May
$4 61. 4 65.4 63, 4 65, July $4 65.
4 70, 4 75, 4 67.
Baltimore. March 80. Flour dull
and unchanged. Wheat dull and lower;
spot 84c asked; May 78c bid: Southern
by sample 8i85c. Corn easy; spot,
March and April 28Vi28Xc; May
28K28c; July 2929c; Steamer
mixed 2424c; Southern white
8031c; do yellow 29 c. Oats firm;
No. 3 white S526c; No. 3 mixed 23
83c
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
net receipts 8 575 bales': Norfolk, firm
at 6 8-16. net receipts 827 bales: Balti
more, dull nt 7 k.ia
bales: Boston, quiet at 7 5-16.net receipts
QQfl Ka1. SIT: , .
u liiaington. steaay at 7, net
receipts 8 bales; 1 Philadelphia, quiet
at 7 9 16c. net receipii 100 bales; Savan
nah, quiet at 6. net receipts 1.836
au.a, new vjneunat steaay at o io-ioc,
net receipts 3,601 bales; Mobile, quiet at
06. net receinrs Ada k.i..
steady at Det Tt"' """Phi,,;
Ancusta. firn, at 7; pet rece,nt. ' ,;
bales; Charleston. sUady at 6 15 1R 484
receipts 107 bales. 18 Be'-
. FOREIGN "MARKETS
l a
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Liverpool, March 30 12 30 p m
Cotton, qu let and Drica- firm a
can middline 3 15.1m ,'i ?r-
Jal. of which 7.40(r were Zf
speculation and export 500 R-.r.,r , '
8.800 bales, ail of which were Amer '
can. Futures ooened ompr ,
mand moderate. American miii
(I m c): March and April 3
April and May 3 57 64d; Mav ani I ,
8 58-64d; f uly and August 3 5 4?
August and September 8 56 64 1 Sea
t em ber and . October 8 50 643, Nive ?"
ber and December 3 43 64d; De-emier
and January 3 43 64d. Futures
4 P. M American middling f r,
March 3 58-64Q3 59-64d seller; M ."rrh;
and April 3 68 64i buyer; Apr ;
Mav 8 58 64d buyer,; May acc 'j
a 00- 04a o 64d seller; Jane and !u
gust 8 58 643 59 64d buver; AS,
and September 3 66 64 3 57 64d -e ,r'
September an'! October 3 50 64i5'
64d buver; October and Nov-rrr-3
46 64d value. Nov-rmer and D-'ti
ber 3 44 64d seller. December an-1 V
ary 3 43-643 44-64:1 buyer F,W.
closed steady.
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Schr Wi.he L Mfxeil, w;
Gait, New Yerk mest'r.
Br scbr Dove. 168 tans. Eda'e
Grenada. Geo Harriss, Son & Co
Steamship Pawnee, Chichester
York, H G Smalltvines.
Nt.
Steamer E A Hawes. Williams. Fay
etteville. Jas Madden.
CLEARED.
Steamship Pawnee. Chichester, s
York. H G Smallbones. -
Steamer E A Hawes. Williams
Fa
ay-
etteville, Jas Madden.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
Use of Vessels In the Port or
snincton, c., Itlarcli 31, 1S9t7
SCHOONERS.
Dove (Br). 168 tons, Esdale, Geo Har
riss, Son & Co
Willie L Maxwell. 261 tens, Gott, master.
Isaiah Hart. 853 toes Wiiliams.Geo Har
riss. Son & Co
W I Simpson. 84 tons, Jones. Geo Har
riss, Son & Co.
John R Fell. 336 tots. Lovelacd. Geo
Harriss. Son & Co.
B I Hazard. 873 tons, Biatchfcrd Geo
Harriss. Son & Co.
Elia G Eells. 243 tons, Cushman, Geo
Harr,is, Son & Co.
Eva A Danenhower, 217 tons, Johtsn
Geo Harriss Son & Co.
R S Graham. 20 tons, Outten.Geo Har
riss Son & Co.
Wm F Green. 254 tons, Clark, Geo Har
riss, Son & Co.
STEAMSHIPS.
Wm Bracfoot (Br). 1 323 tons, Knott
Alexander Sprunt & Son.
BRIGS.
Starlight. 241 toes, Gallagher, Geo Har
riss, Son & Co.
MAXTON BUILDING
AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION,
Maxton, N. C.
DIRECTORS.
J. D. Croom, Maxtcn
Ed. McRae, Maxton.
J. H. Kinsey, Maxton.
4 G. B. Sellers, Maxton.
G. B. Patterson, Maxton.
Wm. H. Bernard, Wilmington '
E. F. McRae, Raemont.
The attention of investor? in W;,
mingion is called to the fact that the
average profits on Six Series of Stock
in this Association have been over
Fourteen Per Gent.
Initiatior?Fee, 25 cents per Shari
Subscriptions to Stock payable in
iweekly instalments of 25 cents per
Share. - ;
The management is prudent and
economical, as is shown by the fact
that the Association has sustained no
losses, and its annual expenses, in
cluding taxes, ate only about Two
Hundred Dollars.
J. D. CROOM, President, '
W.' B. HARKER, Secretary.
je lm
UP TO DATE
Livery and Sales Stable,
S. P. COWAN & CO.
108, 110 Second Street, between
Princess and Chesnut.
QUR SKRVICE 15 FIRST.CLAS8 IN IVEKV
particular. Finest Ho-sei in tows. - First-class eou r
pages. Polite attention. All calls and orders cav
and night promptly attended to.
ELEPHONK NO. 15. TELEPHONE NO 15
Telephone calls answered any hour day or n;:.
Special attention givea to Boarding Horse. I--'
Stalls and Carefnl Grooming (or Suiting Hortes
Hacks and Baggage Line to all trains going and
coming, at canal prices. Carriage (ot Railroad Cj '
1.00.
Prices Uniform to All Comers.
Hearse Exclusive (or Whites $5.00. Carriig t. ;
funeral, S3.50. Hearse for White and Colore , M W
Horse and Buggy one hour, $1.00; afternocs $3 l 7?
Carriage, Team and Driver one hour, $1.00; ai tern. e
S3.50. Horse and Surry one hour, $1 00; artercc 3
$3,00. Team and Traj. one hour, $1.08; aftermx.a
t3.S0. Saddle Horse one hour, 50 cents; afierno
1,50 Furniture Wagon witb careful attention, (1 n.
per load.
.Open 365 days and 365 nights
n ia year. roar 29 tf
The Sampson Democrat,
Published Ererr Thursday.
L. A. BETHUNE,EiIitor and WOP'r
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:
One Year$1; Six Months 50c.
It pays business men to advertise
n It, Rates and sample copies fur
nlshed npon application.
Address
The Sampson Democrat
feb 16 tf ' CLINTON. N. C.
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