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The TUonutifl 5tar.
BY W1UIAS H- BERNARD.
WtLMIN'iTON. S. t:.
M Vut IV.l. MVIM-H -.. l
A X OBJECT LZ350S
I',,, prop.-rt of wir with Sp:m
v.-i.l oiwM('i-'n'. hurrying up to
o;i.r. -ir.t. th- rru..n; of oar
nj;;.ih; wrhiw SiriE. from
.-h t;vv otl.l iit -M m-T-rV!-
th.'j'. ,!-m.iri,i. pUn. for .-on-
v t'.im; r..-:nn m.Tfh.ntm-'n into
if vn.l tiv pur-h.Mn; of
'-m or.h.-r ri.i'.iorn n.v.- .-r.-'i
vn oi
-Hs;tv of . ru.Tca.v.it nj.r;nr rrom
which Ul .Tiu-r-nrir" li.'U mth:
h.- tr-vn i-ontiTV-i ia:. wr
v . i. f.r I'm 4"fn.:!- of our .--a.tj
;rof.,-tioa of our .-oiMf-iu
v.w-i. W. h.v,- no u.ch mrrh.nr,
m.vnri,- no irvl n.-v.-r w.ll hw
.,.,r.:: -n.- th.ir. J.n. m thr w
in- r'iH.V'l or o ruo.ii!i'''i c,)
prwtiiiiit' for Ara"r..-.r!
'.. l:.iv '.Kp ;)n;'.t v, 'ir .i:i ri;p
v or '.o puri-h.i.f r.hftn m f rvi ti
i-mriir',t'.
lunmin; thu u'--' th-r' if
tn.) in th way. oiif th( pro-
r.,-rr.iv,- "r: rT. r.h- oth-r r.h
tion l.kw. Tiif fornu-r of th'
r.nhutf on hip m.ittn.'U whih
to th- ,-o-At of bml.iiu; fup
m l -n imw it. iuoi- .tir!.i.-ut: for our
i(i;p 'wiMtr to l onip'-r.'' with for--Mn
:up buiLir who h.iv,- thf
k.i v vn..i- of m.i6'n.il .in, I
'.!:, vi '.f-r of buying whT' th'v
,-.vn :uv '.h.- i-h':ip'st. Thi r th-
on'v i.ivjn'..i;t' r.h'-v h.i ' ovT ur
iwv iiuiMtTt hut thu m a vt-rv ;r.i'.
ono. too ;'. it ii-rii.ipM t h f-'itirlv
ov.-r-oruo v 'ho :nor .-rononnoa;
tJVtilo.t '
o'i r
'III
in i.' :-. : tiitv .lo nri.-'i -of t.'i-' W-r
'..it tlio K.'irop.Mn hiuM--r by
, h!oW'T il' 1
o-ir.lv ii.i.'M
n-i'u-'nr. i v niorr
T
inii;'.'tiHi i.- oHt.'tmKlv m
th.- . ntfTi'-if. of our -ihip huiMf-r-i.
.iu.l whi'.x it nj.iv, with th' n.iviX'tion
-,ti for', th'Tii i monopoly
of huiMita vfs-ifl. t ply in our own
witf-r-t. ;t .-ut. thorn 'W? from o,m-
jvtm; with for"in hutlii-r for chf
huil'tin; of hip' for sryu--' on th-'
hijfii :.. Hut if it w.-rv not for
tiio n.ii-itioti U ic miifht 4tanl
thf prot.-rtiTo t.nr? atJ ti!l buil.l
up k nn-rrhant m.irmi' .lthoa h thy
would h. forwijfn xri'i rvit Amifii'n
ihiprt th.il wouM i-onipmi.' it.
Thwn Uw rvntury oil. th'' m
t.ntionm th "n.i.-tin: -'f which v
o.hI. nl whu-h worWfc'ti wfll for
tinif, forhui Ani'f;.-;tn rvi.ttry to
iav formn hi;it hip. iin.l th'' ron
H'qufnf i.4 th.it when an .nnTi.-n
buy a hip hro.l, it i rL-M.i . a
forin hip n.l umlcr a
f ofi'ijjn for tho umpU rvi.4on
tint it oannot uil un lr th-' Artfri
ia r!.i Th" Amfrwan who haj
motley to iny't n htp for
o--fi tfifli. canrxot afford to
ha hi. hipM built m our
hip yant ani p?y from twenty
rtv. to thirty pr tfnt. mor?
for r.hm th.an h would h.' to pay
abroi.i. ami romp. wish th hip
ownr of othr 'ounri?u. nl for
thi- rn whin h wants to bay a
ship h where hs an bay to th
b'!c a.ianta. al thn mojt rxis
m forin da on a ma-st that
ouht to carry th Amn-un da?.
If thsw antiaattrd naTvjfation
law whu:h hare lon ea.sl to ar
romphsh any bat do ranch
harm. wr rpli or o moiitil
a.s to AmnrQJ tile pnrii''jr to
buy thir ship wfereyeT they
pltui and bnnr thm into thtnr
owa pjrtj atuitt thi own s
th ritiwaj of other cooritrie cn.
then th 4ha:kl would Ix re
moved from Amhrn ntrpris
lad Amrncans wouki hao tome
how to enter th rai- of competition
with th Mairxn m of other na
tioa., ad we would before many
years hat a repctAi)le merchant
coanne. which woald be pfinri
polly compo4d of fcrwga built re
! either.
It ij uai th.t American bciltln
charjc more for the wort Uiy tarn
ot bcam with the Tegutrtioa
Uwt the m monopoJj of the
oiWincoethipfor oor Uie ni
cotwt te-rricc. If with the regwtr
tior Uwi wwAJed or o nodifleJ
to permit the purchase od Amer
caiiioj. to to of fofe,"
boilt thips. it were foand tht oar
hip-baUdr were pot t a did
ntae by the Uhff dotia; on ehip
roAteriaI thwe coold be rrled.
And doabtleas they woold be. and
then oar builder woold ba pJCfl
on the .m piano with hi foreign
competitor, whea hie Ubor-rinjf
mac hinery nd more tctfal raeth
oi would come into pi.
It m contended by ome who ro
familiar with th boine4 of boild
iu ihip that with the ham-
penn uriff oar hip-boilder, who.
are equipped with o much better
njarhmery than the foreign, yard
ar. cua build hip for le money
than fomn buildert can. With
the immense resource of thU coun
try. Uj timber and cheap iron and
the quicker haud and more efficient
machinery which the American
builder has to count upon there
no apparent reason why this coan
try should not oon become a builder
and Uef of ship-4 instead of a
buyer.
Hut th way to make the atart
and to train up men, as we once
had them, for marine afoeation is
to mako it practicable for Amer
icans to own ships by removing the
restrictions which prevent it. and
thus s.ire to this country about
f ji),t.tHX) annually paid out to
th owaer of foreign ship for
,vc:in service, and ire us a mer
chant marine to tram men to the
.-a and fnm which the Itovern
ment could draw in time of need
skilled mariner to man the war
ships that defend our na.
Whether we hare war with Spam
or not the war on these antiquated
navigation laws should never cease
until they are wipd out or so mate
rially nviirtd as to be harmless,
for tn these days of territorial ex
pansion, commercial rivalry and
conflicting interests there is no tell
in; when we may bevome involved
with other nations much more for
midable than Spam.
JtraOR 3tt5TI0H.
Senator llanna is not a Solomon
an! individually his opinions or
utterances are not entitled to any
more consideration or importance
than the opinions or utterances of
any other well informed person, but
his known mttm-te relations with
the President, before Mr. McKinley
became President and since, gives
more than ordinary importance to
his utterances as to prospective poli
cies that Mr. McKinley in his ad
ministration may pursue, or on
which it may have a shaping influ
ence. Senator llanna has never de
monstrated any friendship for Cuba,
or sympathy with the strugglers for
freedom, and so substantially declares
in the following from a recent inter
view m Washington. In answer to
an inquiry concerning the report
that there wa.s a syndicate formed in
this country to buy Cuba, of which
he was one. he said:
Win! my nam has been freely
used m connection with some such
scheme, and tn liceneral indorsement
of some uch idea, the fact U I am
n.i and always have bm opposed to
any such solution of the complica
tions ovr fuh. I am opposrd to
annexation. for we neither need
n r want the island with its motley
population I am opposed to this
government indorsing Cuba bonds
or being in auv way responsible for
th conduct of such government a-s
they might set up there, because such
a protectorate for it would be that
would be source oi conauni irouoie
to thus country.
"lam not one of thte who would
go o far as to advocate pece at any
price, but I do believe there is a way
to solre the present difficulties honor
ably without war Are we not doing
our full daty from the stand point of
humanity if we alleviate the sufferings
of the women and children whose con
dition, brought about by the methods
of Weyter. has attracted the attention
of the entire civilued world f We can
do that without interfering with
Spma' rights. We are doing it now.
and we cn continue to do it Better
spend a million dollars in relieving
that suffering than bring on a war
that would cost hundreds and thou
sands of millions. I do not believe
that the public sentiment of this coun
try calls for war
"Speaking of the Maine incident he
said "We may never know what wji
th direct cause of the disaster. If it
is at all uncertain, we shoald give th
Spianwh Government th benefit of the
doubt. Our navy and our country can
afford to do that
" 'If Spain is technically responsi
ble, because of its being the act of some
of her people, he will doubtless make
any reparation that is just.
" "As sensible people we must not
l.yw sight of the fact that Kurope is
armed to the teeth, and that whatever
we do in regard ta Cuba should have
th moral support of Europe. As long
as we keep strictly within the bounds
of right and jastwe we will have such
support' "
Mark llanna is a cold-blooded
man. whose thought have been so
much engross! and life devoted to
the accumulation of money and
accomplishment of his selfish
schemes that ths higher and no
bler sentiments "hlTe no place in
his make-up. After all hU party's
professions of sympathy with the
Cubans struggling for freedom, ho
declares that we discharge in fall
the obligations of humanity by
sending com meal and meat and
medicine to the starring and dis
ease stricken, and that the "rights
of Spain" appeal more to us than
the voice of the brave men who for
over three year have made a heroic
struggle for freedom and suffered
mor for it than any people on the
face of the each trer did before
The cowardly utteranc, in the con
clusion, about "Europe armed to the
teeth" is too craven for even as an-
chiTalroos and aordid a awl m that
hid away in Mark Uannatl H naa.
hat, ofAhe seli-sailaining.tand
oayauaking dapWtmboUof the
Federal Oov&nment U tne rateut
offlco, which clearod last year 232,
000 and ha now to iU credit hi th
Treasnry. about o4000,000. But.
whether it bo run on economical
principled of 'not it on 'of the
orer-worked dep3rtmcnU wnere me
. - . , . t . a . (
force employed is kept ' tinscimg -u
keeD an with tho work nd then
cant t do iU The f etnlt i that ap
plicants for patent sometime hare
to wait for month to hear rrom mem
and then wait month longer before
the patent are isned, all of which
is a cause of relation to inventors, .
and neceasitates an outlay of money
that a good many can't afford bo
cause the majority of invontor
are poor person who find it
difficult to earn the money w
emnlov attorneys to look after their
patent and pay the necessary fees in
the patent office, which are too large.
If any department of the Govern
ment should be run as nearly as
possible on the cost basis it is the
Patent office. It should not be
necessary for the applicant for a
:atent to employ an attorney to nie
his papers and look after his case
unless in the event of litigation, or
adverse decisions, ' where he might
think he was entitled to the re
verse-. Tho office should employ at
torneys whose business it would be
to draw up the pipers and put them
in shape for tiling. All this could be
done out of the surplus earnings of
the office and thus save applicants
the needless expense of employing
attorneys and the extortion that is
very often practiced upon them by
grasping patent attorneys. It would
also expedite the business of tho of
fice and prevent the long delays and
annoying vexatiou to inventors.
Other Governments do this and this
Government can do it just as well as
they can. American inventive ge
nius should be encouraged rather
than d is. hu raged and hampered.
The attachment of the dog to
master or mistress is provorbial, but
sometimes he is too much so. A
big Newfoundland dog belonging to
an old colored woman in New York
took his position in the door and
prevented the entrance of people
summoned by the screams of the old
woman, whose clothes had caught
fire, and she burnqd to death while
they were trying to persuade the
dog to permit them to enter with
out chewing them up.
CURREiNT COMMENT.
If tho Rmoerors Francis
-
Joseph of Austria and William of
Germany, are enusieu on toe siue ui
Spain itto U hoped that they will
bring her to a knowledge of the kind
of noose in to which she is running
her head when she plans an out
break against the United States.
rhiltvMphia Pres.-, icp.
The planet of war burns
aler in the political heavens. but the
lurrv will not have Ikhmi in vain no
matter what the fates may bring.
The land militia system of the coun
try, which has gro'wn rusty in spots.
has received a wholesome furbishing
while the naval militia organizations
give signs of new life. With both
on an efficient footing the country
-.1 v.. -
ouM get along wunoui a nay oi
ippressive costliness if assured that
h. latter would alwavs be pre
pared for an emergency. PhiUuM-
phn lifcurti, Don.
The Jananese. it is reported.
are directing some of their attention
ind energies now to the nianurac
nr nf ration sewin? thread, and
- - - - - r
are doing so well that they expect
noon to be able to export their pro
ducts to F.uropcan and other western
markets. Perhaps some of it will
finds its way to South Carolina, where
the finest cotton for the making of
. . TSJt T ...
neh thread is grown. inejaps.
like ourselves, are new to the bns-
n.A4 of manufacturing, but thev
are hustlers. If they controlled the
. S a. I
production oi seaisianu coiion xney
would doubtless monopolixe its man-
facture into sewing thread at least.
Charleston Sews atid Courier,
Pern.
TWINKLINGS.
Daughter "Father, why can't
I marry Charlie t He's good enough."
Father " He may be. but let good
enough alone."
Cautious : She "True love
should cause one to forget all else
'Love me, love my dog.' " He "What
kind of a dog is it t"
"I think Miss Oldmaid has a
very sweet fac. but her laugh is very
maaculine." "Yea, I hare noticed
that she always laughs, 'He, he, he.'"
-ISck .Ve Up.
Always in the Mood: "Brusque
is a great whist devotee. I believe."
wlroiki r IT i mn fond of whist that
bis wife never dares speak to him."
CvwcrtflO Kecora.
Mrs. Hrown (after shopping)
"Mr. Smith manages' to get such
bargains, and so many of them I"
Brown "Oh, well, I suppose money
is no object with her." Puck
Cholly "I don't think Miss
Caustique can have very good sense."
Algy "WhyT Cholly "I asked
he what she thought of a fool, and she
said: 'Is this a proposal'"
lie "To ait here forever and
hold your little hand in mine would be
heaven enough for me." She "Ye;
but if tou held mr hand all the time
nobody would ever have a chance to
see my engagement ring.
The Mystery Explained: IIus
band "But Nelly, how is it they
afford to sell you eTerythinjr at lees
than cost r" Wife "Why, Dick, of
course they can afford it wnen tney
sell such quantities." Judge.
"You have a wonderful cli
mate, " said the English Tisitor to a
'ew Yorker one day in February.
"Really iti like pring here to-day 1"
"Yea." replied the American com
placently. "We have more spring
days to r eoruary wan. we nive in
Zi rt tt 3 r
MOIAniU VBU.S. i.
. , ; J .l,;V.
A PRETTY ana oecoaung urew, '-" , r r T" , , - i.
light transparent fabrics, has a picturesque little corsage the full front of which
iVlnecealed by T graceful fichu, frilled at the edge, and draped over
the shoulders a la Marie Antoinette.
insertion, dim nishes in widtn towaras me wsumuw, "7. S 11 1
mlicrhtlw ahirred in the back and encircled by a velvet ribbon belt. Bands of
V&llJ -Si tit l.odfca and caught at U,e ends by little butterfly bows, at-
i,Vh the firfiu in a very affective way.
insertion, fit the arm the entire length,
ruffle bordered also with insertion ana
coming collar. .
The IlOUnCesI SKiri, WUICU in
7 ... ...:.i.
ir.th
SndeneV of the flounce to diminish the
the top of the skirl is snirrea ww tmnn aHc. - ,
. v. j j .1 -J. Th tmvrn mav be mounted over silk or
loot is lour varus uiu uiiwum v.i. b , j , . , , , . . . , ,
over one of the colored lawns, which arc now so beautifully tinted and very
crisp and delicate. These dainty wash fabrics can be made quite separate from
any drop skirt, thus affording the means of using more than one color combi
nation, as the bodice may also be worn over a separate Iming The sleeves
nay be lined or not, as preferred. The waist is fastened under the fichu at the
left side Tne proper cui 01 me ixniumc u vro .. . 1 r
patterns furnuhed by HarPKB's Bazar where it appears.
k .nt; f mater jiI for medium size 101 yards of muslin 61
fluuruA imao M 'J
inches wide; 16 yards of insertion; 3j
THK PARnKB.
LILUE E. BARR.
The king may rule o'er land and sea.
The lord may li e rignt royauy,
Th. mMitr ride in mm n And Dride.
..AU smMm-r r r i
The sailor roam o'er ocean wide.
But this, or that, whate er befall.
The farmer he must feed them all.
The writer thinks, the poet sings.
The craftsmen fashion wondrous
things,
ti.a netor h puils the lawyer pleads.
The miner follows precious leads.
IJUi ims, ur iiiai, vinwc -"',
Tlie farmer he must feed them all.
Tho merchant he may buy or sell,
The teacher do his duty well,
. 1 t. l J - ....
But men may ton uirougn dusv uajs.
Or men may stroll through pleasant
ways.
From king to beggar whate'er befall
The farmer he must feed them all.
The farmer's trade is one of worth,
1 . a l
He s partner with tne sicy ana eariu,
He's partner with the sun and rain,
And no man loses for his gain.
And men may rise or men may in.
But the farmer he must feed them all.
The farmer dares his mind to speak,
He has no gift of place to seek.
To rw- man living need he bow.
The man that walks behind the plow
Is his own master, whate er Derail,
And king or beggar, he feeds us all.
God bless the man who sows the wheat,
Who finds us milk, and fruit and meat ;
May his purse be heavy, his heart be
Hfirns
His cattle, and corn and all go right.
sm sl a. 1 1 at.- honrlo
Lroa Diess me seeua vuub
let fall.
For the farmer he must feed us all.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
Take things always by the
smooth handle.
Never buy what you don't want
because it is cheap.
Never trouble another for what
you can do yourself.
A heart full of graces is better
than a heart full of notions.
The wheat and the chaff, they
,- twtti crmOT trurether. but thev
111a T n t
shall not both lie together.
Drowsiness shall clothe a man
with rags. Drowsiness always follows
much eating and drinking. Men can
not work after heavy feeding. Gray.
Friendshin which flows from
the heart cannot be frozen by adver
sity, a the water that flows irom ine
spring does not congeal in winter
Cotcper.
Every determine to master cir
cumstances instead of letting them
master you. and they will become
God's best helps in developing man
hood and womanhood.
In judging of others a man
laboreth in vain, often erreth, and
easily sinneth, but in judging and ex
amining himself he always laboreth
fruitfully. Thomas a Kempis.
A hnmble man is a joyous man.
There is no worship where there is no
joy. For worship i something more
than either the love of God or the fear
of Him. It is delight to Him. F. W.
Faber.
A saint is not free from sin,
that is hi burden; a saint is not free
from sin, that is hi blessing. Sin is
in him, that is his lamentation; his
soul is not in sin, that is his consola
tion. Wm. Seeker.
If our peace is not "as a river"
and our rignteousness not "as the
waves of the sea;"- if the peace of God
and the joy of the Holy Spirit do not
abound in us, then it must be that
"our heart ia not right in the sight of
God," and that our relations to God
need readjustment.
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
Be sure you get Hood's Sarsaparilla,
and not some cheap and worthless sub
stitute, t
J
1 . . . ,
rrnrr Kb nnmvn nut in anv or the
The fnJJ neadea mw Dy. lace
The sleeves,, gathered into a band of
wrinkling tly. Attne wrist isa
rows ui vav nuWU, - -
. , nnnenrs in irreat
w. - -rr
o -.iih of Ihe nonular lattice-work at
counteracting the
height , of the wearer The fa Ine- .t
. -
yards of ribbon velvet.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Monroe Enquirer: Mi. Henry
Nance, a highly respected citizen of
New Salem township, died at his home
near Euto, on March 7th, aged sixty
years. He died of paralysis. C.
A. Traylor, the forger, whose career
-in this county is well known to our
readers, is now serving a two years
sentence in the penitentiary. He was
found' guilty in Stanly Superior court
and was sentenced fast r riaay. no
evidence was introduced in Traylor's
behalf. Magee, Traylor's partner, is
still in the county home here.
Murfreesboro Index: Thomas
Lowe, a young white man, was
drowned in the Chowan river, near
Tunis, Monday, while fishing with
shad nets. An effort was made to re
cover his body, but at last report it
had not been found. Uriah
Parker, colored, accidentally shot
himself at Winton on Monday. He
was trying to unload a muzzle loading
gun and it is supposed that he put his
mouth to the muzzle to blow into the
barrel to see if the tube was open,
when the gun fired, the whole load
entering his head and killing him in
stantly. Raleigh Press- Visitor : The
many friends of Miss Sadie Haynes.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Haynes, will re great to hear of a dan
gerous accident which happened to her
nearly three days ago. She had a
black bonnet pin, about two inches in
length, in her mouth and accidently
swallowed it AJ1 efforts thus far to
extract the pin have proved futile. Dr.
Lewis and Dr. Battle examined her
throat but were unable to locate the
pin. Miss Haynes has thus far suffer
ed very little pain from the accident.
However, last night she began cough
ing and has had several severe cough
ing spell Bince.
Tarboro Southerner: Last week's
Southerner annouced the painful in
jury received by Mrs. Mary E. Walston
at her home on the Sunday before,
moi not ahlA tn recover from the
effects of the fall and only found relief
from her suffering at the hand of death
on Sunday night last. She was 66
years old. The seven-year old
son of Mr. C. D. Mills, living near
Enfield, was killed on Monday by a
runaway horse. His father placed
him on the horse to ride in from the
field. The little fellow, in some way,
slipped off and became entangled in
the gear, the horse became frightened
and Defore his father could reach him
he was dragged over the broken
ground for nearly a mile The child
was dead when the horse finally stopped.
A barn on Judge Phillip's farm,
near Bell's Bridge, was burned last
Wednesday morning about 1 o'clock,
with its contents and farming imple
ments and forage. It is supposed to
be the work of an incendiary. The
judge's loss is about $1,000, with no
insurance. Revenue Officer J. J.
Daniel captured an illicit still on Tues
day last, near King's Hill, in Halifax
county. It had a capacity of 100 gal
lons, and there was about 1,200 gal
lons of beer, which was destroyed
with the still. A white mau who was
running it made his escape.
Wabash "Jove! old mau, but
that's a stunning looking woman."
Ogdfcn "Isn't she, though?" Wabash
"Wonder if she is unmarried."
Ogden "Yes; three times, I under
stand." Chicago News.
millions Given Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the pub
lic to know of one concern in the land
tnVio ow not afraid to Hpi cenerous to
the needy and suffering. The proprie-'
tors of Ur. Kjng s xxew discovery ior
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have
given away over ten million trial bot
tles of this great medicine; and have
tYta. ootiafaet.ion of IrnOWinc that it haS
absolutely cured thousands of hopeless
. ., -w, ... TT
cases. Astnma. rsroncnius, n.oars-
nam an A All disaasea' of the Throat.
Chest and Lungs are surely cured by
t ?oll on Tt Tt Pietx-AMY. Drusreist.
and get a trial bottle free. Regular j
size 60c. and f 1. Every nottie guaran
teed, or price refunded. - - - t
is xnade aneces TXl irIna
dty by,tll LOWIV
gnre condition of . the Wood after 'Wln
rt hearty- food, and breathing viti--t
ited'air in home, office, scnoolroom.
ImW. Whenweak. thin or impurci
the blood sttc4etr
It hoakLiVTha demand or jcansng
ind dngonngi gWif !M
good's Saraaparilla, which gives ! the
b&pd jnet the QTia-antf vitality need
s3d to main -JItt, properlydlgesfeH
food, fcuiid up and steady, the nerve
and oyerctane Hiat tired feeling; , It 1
toe ideal Spring .Medicine., . Get only
CarsaparUlaUll
ebe.E C.' I.HoobV-& CcyilcjV Mas-'
j Tif iUiIJvr5TTIs:nd
FiGOtTS FllIS stek Headache,. 25e.
The French Province.
Normandy Picardy, Provence
in fact nearly all of the provinces of
France have yielded, to the level
ing hand of , modern institutions.
Brittany alone seems to have, pre
served its types and individuality.
To be Breton is by no means to be
French. The old men to this day
chatter in the Celtic tongue, The
Breton mother, when not at work
in the fields, sits in -the door of her
cottage, plying the distaff and recit
ing the old legends and quaint folk
songs to the white eoiff ed baby be
side her. The Breton woman still
wears the costume of her mothers
before her and is satisfied in it.
Algebra.
The science of algebra is said to
have been the invention of Moham
med of Buziana about 850 A. D.
The science was introduced into
Spain by the Moors. The first trea
tise on the subject in any European
language is believed to have been
that by Luca Paccoli in 1494.
A Clever Trick.
Tt nonfa Jnlv loots like it. but there is
really no trick about it. Anybody can
. r - i -w- T- v 1 TTT 1
try it wno nas lame -tvacK ana vv ens
Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles.
W mAan he can cure himself right
away by taking Electric Bitters. The
medicine tones up me wuuw ovatem,
acts as a stimulant to the Liver and
Kidneys, is a blood purifier and nerve
t-ni Tt rnres Hon st.i nation. Head
ache, Fainting Spells, Sleeplessness
nnn me anc.nn v. i l is ullti v veteiouic,
a mild laxative, and restores the sys-
tern to its natural vigor, xry n,iecinc
Bitters and be convinced that they are
a miracle worker. Every bottle guar
anteed. Only 50c a bottle at R. R.
Bellamy's Drug Store. t
Rev. E. Edwards, pastor of the Eng
lish Baptish Church at Minersville,
Po mlion onfferinor with rhfilimatlSTO.
was advised to trv Chamberlain s Pain
Balm. He says: "A few applications
of this liniment proved of great ser
vice to me. It subdued the inflamma
tion and relieved the nain. Should any
an ff erer nrofit hv eivinfir Pain Balm a
trial, it will please me." For sale by
K. K. BELLAMY, druggist. T
it n
limit j: 1 f
Wholesale Prices Ourrent
The quotations are always given as accurately
fnniiT variations from the actual market prtce
of the articles quoted.
m II" II 1 1 fAllAnrtnn ZlTIAtotlAnO TOTlTaCkTl T. WtlOlA-
Prices generally. In making up small orders
nigner prices nave w wc tuoicu.
BAGGING
2 lb Jute
Standard
WESTERN SMOKED
Dam. B 1h 12 14
Slrlaa 1h t 76
Shoulders t 6 7M
DRY SALTED
Sides V -
Shoulders 9 "
BARRELS-Spirits Turpentine-Second-hand,
each
New New Mork, each
New City, each
BEESWAX V B
6
1 00 & 1 10
120
& 1 20
22
BRICKS
Wilmington V M 500 7 00
Northern 9 00 14 00
Rl I'lTK.R
North Carolina V
Northern
CORN MEAL
Per bushel. In sacks
Virginia Meal
COTTON TIES V bundle
CANDLES Hi
Sperm Adamantme "
CHEESE f lb
Northern Factory
Dairy, Cream
State
COFFEE ft S
Laguyra
Rio
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-i, ft yard
Yarns, $) bunch
EGGS dozen
FISB -
Mackerel, No. 1, barrel. . .
r Mackerel. No. 1, half-bbl.
Mackerel, No. 2, barrel..
Mackerel. No. 2 & half-bbl.
Mackerel. No. 3, $ barrel..
Mullets, $ barrel
Mullets, f! pork barrel
N. (). Roe Herring, ft keg..
1 . 1 1
Li u vy ysS
15 18
IS fr 25
46 & 48
46 & 48
& 85
18 35
8 10
10 11
& 11
12
12 16
74 10
& I5K
18 20
9 10
22 00
11 00
16 00
8 00
13 00
2 50
3 00
' 5
4 35
30 00
15 00
18 00
9 00
14 00
3 60
6 50
8 25
10
4 50
FLOUR ft m
Low grade 4 00
Choice 490
Straight .". 5 35
First Patent.-. 5 50 6 00
GLUE ft ft 7$ 8M
GRAIN ft Dushel
Corn,from 8tore,bgs White 48 50
Car load, in bags White... 47 43
Oats, from store 40
Oats, Rust Proof 45
Cow Peas 60
HIDES ft ft
Green 8
Dry 12
HAY, ft 100 s
Clover Hay 80 85
Rice Straw 50
Eastern 90
Western 85
North River 75
HOOP IRON, ft ft ljg 2
LARD, W ft
Northern 5$ 6
North Carolina 6 10
LIME, ft barrel 1 15 1 25
LUMBER (city sawed) ft M ft-
Shlp Stuff, resawed 18 00 20 00
Rough-edge Plank 15 00 16 00
West India cargoes, accord
ing to quality 18 00 18 00
Dresbed Flooring, seasoned 18 00 22 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 15 00
MOLASSES. eaUon
Barbadoes, in hogshead ...
Barbadoes In barrels
Porto Rico, in hogshead. . .
Porto Rico, in barrels
Sugar-House, in hogsheads.
Sugar-House, in barrels....
Syrup, in barrels. . .-. . ... . .
NAILS. 9 keg. Cut. GOd Tjasls.l
PORK, ft barrel
City Mess
Rump
Prime
ROPE, ft
SALT, fl sack Alum
Liverpool
Lisbon vi
American
26
28
27
28
12 14
14 15
12 15
1 45 150
11 60 12 00
11 60
11 50
10
22
1 10
65
65
45
On 125 ft Sacks
SHINGLES, 7-inch, $M 500
Common - 1 6o
- Cypress Saps. ., 2 50
SUGAR, ft ft Standard Gran'd
Standard A
White Extra C
Extra C, Golden
C. Yellow
80AP. ft ft Northern.. 34
STAVES, ft M W. O. barrel... 6 00
K. O. Hogshead......
TIMBER, V H feet Shipping..
MUL Prime
Mill. Fair.. 6 50
Common Mill 4 00
Inferior to Ordinary
SHINGLES,N.C. Cypress sawed
ft M 6x24 heart 7 SO
" Sap 6 00
5x24 Heart .' 4 50
" Sap 4 00
6x24 Heart 6 00
" - Sap , 5 00
Tallow, ft ft. . . .. . .-j-:-..'::. ....
WHISKEY, ft gallon-Northern, 1 00
North Carolina 1 00
WOOL ft ft Unwashed. 8
6 50
2 25
3 50
5
4M
4
14 00
10 00
9 00
7 00
6 60
5 60
3 00
8 50
6 00
5 00
4 60
50
5 60
6
- 8 Of
200
15
? COMMERCIAL.
je.rflR-i.:..rTr-'- . .,.-.-:. - '"-- '"jar"
;wrLmGT0N market.
STAR OFFICE,' March 19.: -
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. -Market
SToiT.-mane casks and 28 cento
bbl, fo7strained-and,.$l-3Ct for .Good
bbl of 280 '.::
'doinff. . , ' "L-"
i Quotations sam day latyoa"
Spirits turpentine steady, 26 P;
i 'n'l s ax 1 KO. .! firm, il.00:
crude turpentine qtaet,- f LS0, fl.tw.
RECEIPTS. C
Snirits Turnentuie. . . ..... . -
Rosin. , - . v...l
iTar .'S. -TTn
iCde Tnrpentme . . . . . . . . .
teceipts same uay j
casks spirits turpentine, 380 bbls rosin.
14o DDIS UU", lo OUX3 uruuo
COTTON.
"MT a -ntrai: atea1 V on a basis of 5jc
ner nound for middling. Quotations:
Ordmarv. -, 3 S-16 cts. w , p,
w . . . i mr aa
(iood .urainary
Low Middling. ... 55-16
Middling;....--..- 5
n A -MliAAM-nrr R
ti
a
u
Same day last year, miuuimg u.
Receipts 476 bales; same day last
year, 5506. .
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
DT? A -NTTTTKa 'M'-Tn riamlina Prime.
40 50c per bushel of 28 pounds ; Extra
PriTneBScrFancv.eO. Virginia Extra
Prime,, 55c; Fancy, 60c.
tJUitJN JBirm; apim cents
bushel.
ROUGH RlCJfi fl.00l.U5 per
bushel. .
N. C. BACON steady ; Hams to c
per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7
to 8c. ,
. SHINGLES Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25;
six inch, $2,555 to 3.J55; seven men,
$5.50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at to
$7.50 per M.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
NT-cur Vnuir Maivh 19 "MonAV On
I A. ... I i
call nominal at 2 per cent. Prime mer-
. -I - - A ft A 1 .
cantue paper yz&oy2 perceui. owmug
ov'nlionmt etiiadv ntiial husiness in
AVjliU-UV. k.wvM. , -
bankers' bills 483 for demand ,and
. - s m i 1 1 J. - J X
4804SUM for sixty aays.iros3u rates
481K482H and 484485i. Com
mercial bills 480480. Silver certifi
cates 5556J4. Bar silver 55 . Mexi
can dollars 45. Government bonds
were weak; U. S. new 4's, reg
istered 122; do. coupon, 122; U. S.
4's 109 ; do. coupon, 111 ; U. S. 2's,
98; U. S. 5's, registered, 111; do. 5's,
coupon, 111. State bonds dull ; N. C.
6's 125; do. 4's 102.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, March 19. Rosin was
quiet; strained, common to good,
$1 42X1 45. Spirits turpentine quiet
at33j34c. " ff
Charleston, March 19. Spirits tur
pentine quiet at 32c ; no sales. Rosin
firm and unchanged; no sales.
Savannah, March 19. Spirits tur
pentine firm at 29c ; sales 52 casks; re
ceipts 390 casks. Rosin firm ; sales 777
barrels; receipts 2,124 barrels ; A, B,
C, D $1 151 40, E $1 40, F $1 40, G
$1 50, H $1 60, I $1 601 65, K $1 65
175. M $1 701 80, N $1 751 85,
window glass $1 85, water white $2 00.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, March 19. The cotton
market opened dull but steady, with
g rices unchanged to two points lower,
'ollowing the call the market was
apathetic. There was nothing in
English or Southern advices to inspire
either bulls or bears to make a decided
stand. "Near the close there was a
slight improvement in the volume of
business, chiefly the evening up of
accounts by less confident traders.
The market was finally easy at a net
loss of four to five points. Total sales
of futures 26,000 bales.
New York, March 19. Cotton was
dull; middling 66c. -
Cotton futures closed easy ; sales of
26,200 bales; March 5.90ft, April 5.90c,
May 5.94c, June 5.95c, July 5.97c, Au
gust 6.00c, September 5.98c, October
5. 98c, November 5.98c, December 6.00c,
January 6.02c.
Spot cotton closed dull; middling
uplands 6c; middling gulf 6c: sales
300 bales.
Net receipts 307 bales ; gross receipts
4,307 bales; forwarded 717 bales; sales
to spinners 300 bales; stock 182,932
bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 16,686
bales; exports to the Continent 19,315
bales; stock 906,383 bales.
Total since September 1st Net re
ceipts 7,735,103 bales; exports to Great
Britain 2,778,661 bales; exports to
France 724,134 bales; exports to the
continent 2,329,963 bales.
March 19-Galveston, steady at 5 13-16,
net receipts 2,255 bales; Norfolk, steady
at 5c, net receipts 462 bales; Bal
timore, nominal at 6c, net receipts
bales; Boston, dull at 6c, net receipts
641 bales; "Wilmington, steady at 5,
net receipts 476 bales; Philadelphia,
quiet at 6c, net receipts 22 bales;
Savannah quiet at 5c, net receipts 2,
047 bales ; New Orleans, quiet at 5 9-16,
net receipts 7, 497 bales; Mobile, quiet at
5c, net receipts 1,794 bales; Memphis,
steady at 5c, net receipts 1,508 bales;
Augusta, steady at 5 15-16c. net "re
ceipts 567 bales; Charleston, steady at
5c, net receipts 678 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to: the Morning Star.
: New York, March 19. Flour was
quiet but firm ; city mill patents $5 75
6 00; Minnesota patents $5 20 5 45.
Wheat Spot firm; No. 2 red $1 05
1 05. afloat and to arrive; options
opened strong and ruled strong all tho
morning on a scare of May shorts,
moderate foreign buying and steadier
cables, closed unchanged on late
months, to 1 lc advance on near
months ; No.2 red March closed $1 04 ;
May closed 1 01 ic Corn Spot steady
No. 2 36c free on board afloat; op
tions were quiet but firmly held in
sympathy with wheat, closing un
changed May closed 34c ; July closed
35 3-16c. Oats Spot steady; No. 2,
31c; options were influenced by the
strength in wheat .and closed c
higher; May closed at 30c. Lard
was easy; Western steam $5 35;
May $5 15, nominal; refined quiet
Pork quiet; mess $9 7510 25 ; short
clear $10 5012 50 ;family $11 00 11 50.
Butter market ruled steady; West
ern creamery 1519c-do factory 12
15c; Elgins 19c imitation cream
ery 1416cv State dairy 14KJ8c;
do creamery 1519. Cheese quiet ; large
white September 8c. Cotton seed oil
dull; prime crude 20c; prime crude f.
o. b. mills 1616e; prime summer
yellow 22Xc; off summer-yellow 22c;
butter oil 2527c; prime yellow 28
28c. Petroleum dull; refined Hew
York $5 75; Philadelphia and Bal
timore $5 70; do. in bulk $3 20, Rice
firm; domestic, fair to extra 4K6c ;
J apan 5c. Molasses firm. Coffees
Spot Rio weak and nominal ; No. 7 in
voice 5c; No. 7 jobbing 6Hc: TmUd
quiet; Cordova 8X16c. SugarRaw
'.q"uie4 ; fair wflning ; centrif Uta
V6 test 4 1-160: refined quiet; mould A
,580", stanoara bl oc ;t confectioneis' a
Kcjcufrloaf "and crushed 5c; t)0w-
aereu 0 0-j.du;: granuuuea oyic; cuM.
5 5-16Cf. ' " K
K CfllCAGO, March 19. May wliout
broadened into an active market i,
idayt An insistent demand from ti.
snorts sent tu price up to fi.U7 uuriii
VaJtw VCMA K" wuu "VDOlUU, UUl flPjl V V
saies.oy ,ueur orose me price badly
toward the close. Final prices showed
i UOVIIUWVB JV IU juoj HI1U J(fJJC III
July. Favorable weather and ex pec
tations of heavy receipts Monday were
factors in the decline in both options
Corn and oats both broke with the
late slump in wheat, corn closing Un
changed and oats about ic lower
Provisions were heavy and closed 5ii
7Jc lower:
! CHICAGO, March 19. Cash quou
Hons: Flour dull: winter patents
$4' 905 00; straights $4 204 r.;
Spring specials $5 40 5 50 ; spring pat
ents $4 705 10; spring straights ti 40
;4 60; bakers $3 60 3 90. Wheat N 2
spring ; No. 3 spring 8899c; No. 2
red 99gl 00. Corn-No. 2 2$y2 2s 4
Oats No. 2 25c; No. 2 white, free
on board 293lc; No. 3 white,
free on board, 2829c. Rye-No. 2
49e. Mess pork per bbl., $9 so,
9 85. Lard, per 100 . lbs $5 055 07 t .
Short rib sides, loose, $4 90?,s i.y
Dry salted Bhoulders, boxed , $4 75(t :f i h i.
Short clear sides, boxed, $5 2r(f.r in.
Whiskey, distillers' finished poods per
gallon, $1 19i.
The leading futures ranged jis fol
lows, opening, highest, lowest ami
closing: Wheat No. 2 May 1 tm, 1 n;
1 03, 1 03; July 85, 86 , 85 X. 8.1 4r'
Corn May 29, 29, 28, 211
July 30, 50, 30M. SOJe; S P'
tember 31tf, 31, 31, 31-. (iats
May 25, 25,25, 25v; .h.lv
23,123tf , 23U, 23Mc. Pork, per hhl
j t 01. u. j ....
May $9 82, 9 82, (f9 80, 9 82 S : dulv
$9 87, 9 92J, 9 85, 9 87 4. Laid. p, r
100 Rs May $5 10, 5 10, 5(174. r. in
jury $5 15, 5 17, 5 15, 5 17. Kil,s'
per 100 lbs. May $5 05, 5 on. nr,
6 05; July $5 12, 5 12, .r 1, i:.
Baltimore, March 19. Flour dull
and unchanged. Wheat strong; spot
and month $1.00X1.(0 ; April
$1.01; May $1.01 tfl.t)l ; sti-ainer
-No. 2 red 96c bid; Southern ul(:,i
by sample 97c$1.01; do on gmd,.
97Hc$1.01i. Corn firm; sp.t and
month 33X33e; April 3,!2 :!.: ,, ;
May 3333Xc; steahior mixed ,
33c; Southern white corn ::!(".:( u
do yellow 3233c. (MLs .pii.t'
No. 2 white 3434c; No. 2 mived
3lK32c.
FOREIGN MARKET.
By Cable to the Morning star
Liverpool, March 19. 1 r. M
Cotton Spotin moderate deinand .ind
prices unchanged. American middling
3 11-32d. The sales of the day uvere
7,000 bales, of which 500 were for
speculation and export and included
6,400 American. Receipts 6,000 bales,
all American. Futures opened (piitt
with a poor demand and closed ipiiet
but steady. American middling il m
c): March 3 18-643 19-Gld seller;
March "and April 3 18-(!4(fti l'.KU.l
seller; April and May 3 18-64(.3 lit (Md
buyer; May and June 3 19-54d buyer;
June and July 3 19-64320-f4d buyer;
July and August 3 2(-G4d seller;
August and September 3 10 -( !'.:! L'n
64d buyer; September and October
319-643 20-64d buyer; October :md
November 3 19-643 20-6 Id seller;
November aud December :i l'.tcid
buyer; December and January ii 1.) Hid
buyer.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
LUt of Veasela In the Port of- U II
mlnston, N. C.i, March 19, I81)s.
SCHOONERS.
Emma S, 60 tons, Cahoon, (ieo
Harriss. Son & Co.
John H Tingue, 483 tons, Rhodes, (ieo
Harriss, Son & Co.
Isaac P Campbell, 557 tons, Stevens,
Geo Harriss. Son & Co.
D J Sawyer, 288 tons, Kellev. (ieo
Harriss, Son & Co.
Joel Cook. 381 tons, Frazier. (ieo
Harrisg, Son & Co.
Sarah D Rawson, 21)2 tons., French.
Jas T Riley & Co.
Victory (Br) 131 tons, Munro. (ieo
Harriss, Son & Co.
Roger Moore, 277 tons, Miller, .las T
Riley & Co.
STEAMSII1FS.
Yearby (Br) 1665 tons, (ioldswoit hy.
Alex Sprunt & Son.
Kimon (Austrian), 1,244 tons, Saha,
Powers, Gibbs & Co.
Cambay (Br), 1693 tons, Kecs. Alex
Sprunt & Son.
BARQUES.
Ruth tNor), 445 tons, Olsen. Ah-x
Sprunt & Son.
Broderene (Nor), 631 tons, kildahl.
Heide & Co.
MAXTON BUILDING
AM)
LOAN ASSOCIATION,
Maxton, N. C.
DIHECTORB:
J. D. CROOM, Maxton.
ET. McRAE, Maxton.
J. B. SELLERS, Maxton.
3. B. PATTERSON. Maxton.
K. W. LIVERMORE, ratew.
WM. H. BERNARP, Wllmlngtoi'
E. F. McRAE. Raeniont.
attention of Inreswn. In ' "".jl," "Z
to the fact that the average "'"'xh-u-i-.rles
of Stock now in force In this a
ave been about
Eleven Per Cent.
Initiation Fee, 'i5 cents Ir Share
' Subscriptions to Stock payable In
stalments of 25 cents per Share ,,,,,,,1,-hI.
The management is prndent ami " UiU,
as is shown by the fact, that "' JJ.a '"Uk l
sustained no fosses, JSuArti
eluding toxes, are only about two '
lara- j p. CROOM. l-resld.'"'-W.
B. HARKER. Secretarv JM"
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