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WILVIINGTON. X. C.
SriaoAT UoaJitx4. Aftt. :W
II71ITIT1 OHITJl
The inentiT? jfnm of a jop!e
i a f.-t.r tht matt or hu! i b
takirj into acrount by any nton at
wr with another nattoa. Other
thin; hin; ejaal. the nation which
h.4 the mu t -on.-iTt and pro
da formidSI erifxtx- of de-truc-tioa.
f r atta.k or dfno. on hort
nxuv, h a i i ltd a.iAa5.;e
in a coaiw-t, aadth tonr tho con
flict th grir the .lantA over
th nation without aoh gfniu. The
people of the t'nited State orae
of them he the inrentite gnia
in an eitnaordmary degree. epet;ta!-
ly when stimulated by great emer
gncie, while the Spanish people
ner invented anything worth talk
ng about. They have never shown
att :at for invention and what
ever they have t.vday m the wy of
ship, guns, projectiles, explosive
or war l-vi.-es or machinery, i the
ou:.-ome of oth-r brains and
of th'ir hands. The ships, corp.- J
fxx:s and torpil- t destroyers on
w' h thv place s m j-h rei:.n.-
t. defend the "honor" and mam
t..n tlie territorial integrity of
Sprain are the pr-xlu -t of the ship
yard of other nation. Their guns
w f r d h n Vo". s. !-
! i i i;'i :i ha :.-n hi h s nd
m v have furnished the .r out of
w'-u-h .n- of the in wre nile.
Tij :rp'l-s on hi -h they d-p-'
id to eep American ships oat of
I'u.in harbor were ni. in F.ng-la-j
I. a --re al tfe wire and the
batterie- and other ma.-hmery by
which they may fw op,rated.
Thes,' hip, i! t!i-v t ea".ure
ne,r eno-j h. w
ori of the fin
I! -onfronte-l by
.t h.p and torjwnjo
h. v. rt the world, eteryotie of them
th r of Amen.-an gentu anil
A u--r;.-a-i skill utiltung the Vt
i ta. of other nation a well origi
nL ideia.. and every gun on them
was forged in American shop. The
largest g-jn th- world ha ever seen
wilt soon be erected for the defence
of Sew York harbor. nd will
throw a five hundred pund projer
ttl a distance of eleven mile. Sme
year ago such a gun would be use
fa! in daylight only, but not so now,
for. with electricity, genins now
maker the night for all practical pur
pixe of defence as light as day.
that no ship could come within
range of that or the other gun
mounted for the defence of that
harbor without making themselves
target for deadly projectile. With
these gun the most powerful elec
tric light in the world now flashes
it light out of that harbor and put
ia full view everything on the ocean
within it sweep; and then to make
it really interesting for any Spanish
qaadron which might venture to
pay it respects to New York there
is a kite service whose business it i
to tend kite with electric connec
tion up with torpedo to drop on
veaael on miachief bent. So much
for American inventive genius in
that line.
When it come to torpedoes, if
there i anything in thtu that
American genius hasn't devised, dia
eovared or appropriated it ha not
yt become apparent. There in't an
expoaeii port that might b subject J
to attack anywhere oo th Atlantic I
iosi ia i prowcteu oy a fiu-
fully punned and laid system of sub- I
marine mine, each one of which ran
b instantly discharged from land
battene should occasion require.
The Spaniard haven't a device thai
could remove or make harmle one
of the mine.
They have protected the. harbors
of Cuba with such mine and they I Tha line northward to Lake Tanga
ar. roantin, nnon tkam for immn- J 57 J ho completed to KoU
nity from the attack of American
ship. But with the knowledge that
thee mine are ia the water of the
harbor they are regarded no more
serioaaiy by oar naval commander
than so many firecracker would be,
for they understand the art and have
the a&achinerr for countermining.
The Veen Tin with her dyamiU 1
pan can Uj ia front of the entrance
to IUran harbor, or of wj other
h rbor in Cob. nd ia short while
destroy rry min in tho wtr. Sh
throw djnmiU projectile which
eiplodtf after they enter the Wabtr
. r.l Kv tKoir atnlraion amlrMlA
I Tnr min vitam a band red jrd
i or sa of where taej rail. 1 nl it pnn
-m W- -V- i...
nTtcr wors to uo.
And then there U that triumph of
American genius, the HolUnd eab-
Duna torpedo boat which will dive
into the m, run around like a big
fih and from her now hoot djaa-
mite bomb at an unupoctin ship
above or make UrgeU of ubmarine'
mine that it might be conrenient
to jrt out of the way.
In peking about the much talked
of Spanish torpedo boU and tor
pedo bot ttetroyer the other day
Thorn A. Kdion laughed and
id he could make them aj harm
leu a many canoe. A the tor
pedo boat work in the dark, ileal
up on the hip they with
to hurt, do their work and
skip, he aay he can with a certain
chemical which ignite and produce
light on coming into contact with
water, enable our warship to light
I up the ocean for a distance of three
or four mile around them, where
there may be any danger from tor
pdo boat, and make it practically
impossible for theae boat to ap
proach them without being shot to
piece, and the sum from which the
chemical would be discharged and
the chemical, too, would coat but
Utile.
Thee are bat a few of the
triumph of inventiTe American
geniu. brought out by rvcent emer
gencies, and there will be others, a
tht geniu ha taken a turn in that
dir-tion.
1CI50S MUTI01.
One of the main reliance of the
Spaniard to defend Cuba against
troop from the United State U the
yellow feTer and other dicae to
which the unacclimated are
liable. They base thi reliance chiefly
on their own unfortunate ex
perience and the dreadful haToc
thu caused in their own armie.
Hut because the yellow feTer,
smallpox and other disease car
ried off or incapacitated Span
ish soldier it doe not necessarily
follow that the inTadmg armies
from thi country would fare no
better. All of Cuba is not a dis
e." breeding territory. The in
terior i high and healthful, the air
pure. Along the coast where the
country i low and flat there i more
or le-M rn!ari-breding swamps,
aod the totnn are unheallhful on
ATOunt of the disregard of
sanitary requirements. The port
citie. ep:ia!ly Harana. are pest
JI!ictel b.ame the harSirs become
the receptacle of the filth swept in
from the towns. These become
diea4--gerra incubator. These
towns hare been the headquarter
of the Spanish armies, which did
not dare to make headquarter on
the higher and more healthful
ground, and that is one of the rea
n why so many Spanish soldiers,
who paid little attention to precau
tions, fell Tictim to disease. Fore
warned is forearmed. Oar IJorern-
m-nt is fully informed on the
clirusttc and other conditions on the
island and as to the precautions
necessary to be taken to protect our
soldier from disease. A the water
is not pure, where it may not be
practicable to boil it. all that i used
for drinking will b thoroughly
nitere.1. n i as muen care a pos-ii-
bl- will be taken to prevent the use
of unwholesome fruit or food. The
"army of occupation" i not going
to camp in the swamp, nor be
quartered long in the coast town.
They will promptly attend to what
ever business they may haTe there,
and then if they find it advisable or
necessary to prolong their tiiit they
will get on groan! where the air is
pure and the surroundinga agree
able.
There i no quarter of the world.
with the exception of Japan, which
has made more material progress
within the past few year or been
more rapidly opened for develop
ment than South Africa. Where
not many years ago was a dark and
almoat impenetrable wildernea back
from the coast, now there are hand
some citie ths.t will compare in
design and finish with the cities of
anr other country. The inland de
velopment ha been marked, and ha
been stimulate! by the gold discov
er ie which have led to the building
of railroad to bring the mine into
connection with the coast towns.
To what extent thi ha been done
U ihowo by the following, which we
clip from the Baltimore Sum:
..Br February . 18M. the Beira
Railway from the east coast of South
AJnca to Saliabury. ia Rhodesia, wtll
be completed aod la expected to rd
tha development of that oooatrr. The
part of tha railroad from Cape Colony
to Bolawayo already pay a net profit
of 000 a month. The two road,
which kelocg to tha Chartered Com
pany, aggregats) f 1.086 milea. It tele
graph sjaaeaa ia 1.854 milea and girea
a net profit of abosat $43,000 a year.
iuota. SO anile north of Blantyra and
893 milea north of Urn tali, and I being
rapidly poshed. The company will
harsmxUr go actively into gold minicx
Many mills for stamping gold quarts
are being erected aad sosno of them
will be la operation by June, tha
tling practically tha gold value of
Rhodeala."
a
a
Great Britain emphasize her neu-
trality by dispatching two crniaera
to the coast of New Fonndland to
steep an eye oat for any Spanish
warship that might touch .in
there for coal. Thi settle the coal
question a far a Great Britain ia
concerned, and give doe notice to
Spain of what may bo expected in
case any of her warship do not pay
due regard to the rale and require
ment a laid down. At the situa
tion i now every Government in
Europe ha officially or snbUu
tially declared it neutrality, save
Austria, - which U influenced by
family consideration anil doesn't
amount to much anyway, as the has
no coaling station or seaport that
would be of any nse to Spanish
hip. Austria ha shown her sym
pathy with Spain from the begin
ning, and has been the active factor
in the effort to secure the co-operation
of the European power iu the
interest of Spain, and consequently
there i nothing unexpected in her
present attitude. A little later on,
if there be any change in the situa
tion to give an excuse for it, she will
renew her efforts at intervention.
CURRENT COMMENT.
It sometimes happens that
nation may reap unexpected prohtd
from their mistakes and stupidities.
Having "protected ourselves out
of business a carrier of international
commerce, we offer but small opjwr
tunity of gpi! to Spanish cruisers.
Philadelphia lirmra, Dein.
Thi i what a Catholic priest
aid in Chicago the other day, as he
was about to bleas a flag of the
I'nited States which may shortly be
eon at the front: "We are about
to raise the greatest emblem of jus
tice and civilization on earth, next
to the cross." Such sentiments, and
the ready response of Catholic youn
men to the call for volunteers, should
forever silence the insinuations of
those persons who have been carp
ing about the friendliness of the Pope
for Spain and his influence upon the
people of his church in America be
ing exercised in favor of Spain.
Sarannah .Yew. Dem.
There is much apprehension
in the public mind lest the Spanish
fleet at St. Vincent should slip across
the Atlantic and strike a fearful blow
at some great city presumably
either New York or Boston before
it could be stopped. Well, the (iov-
ernment is looking out for some
uch manoeuvre, and will have at
least half a dozen of its swiftest
cruiser on the lookout. The flotilla
can scarcely eet by thorn unper
ceived, and when thev report it
Admiral Sampson will le prepared
to meet it with an overwhelming force
Should it escape the fleet, however,
there are forts with more, and more
powerful, guns than the fleet carries.
hich must be passed before it can
come within shelling distance of any
large city, and. after all these, there
are the monitors, mines and torpedo
txiats. I htUtdflithm lrdtier. hid.
TWINKLINGS.
"I was to have married the coun
tess, but her whole family was ii-
poard to the match." "And the conn
teas" ' Jjli none of the family. "-
Fliegeud Blaettrr.
Another Chance: "Going to
the shore this seasou. Miss ElJerlvr"
ie. Now that the coast defences
are to be improved. I suppose that
mere win be some men there.
1'UHCH.
Entitles! to a Rebate: "Yes.
you have cured my rheumatic foot,
doctor, but I think you oueht to throw
off about It from this bill " "What
for. sirf" "Because you have robbed
me of my best barometer. " -Chiraoti
Tribune.
Popular to Some Purpose: "Isn't
it wonderful what a lot of frienda Mrs.
Burnham haf "It is, indeed. I am
told that she has so many weddiutr
preaenU it is necesary to pay storage
oo some or mem. anU tuis is only tier
intra wouainjf, too.
fi , ,i .....
nai a avim tuea hat was
the cause I" asked the superintendent
"of the Egyptian plagues f "I gue
mey diun t boil the water, ventured
a little girl in the infant class. Chi
cago Tribune,
Wife "The doctor orders me
to the mineral baths at Carlsbad, and
you refuae me the means to go. That
shows how little you value me!"
Husband "On the contrary; I do uot
wiab to lose a pound of "you.",7e
grmds Blaettr.
Mater "What's the use being
so strict I Remember you were a boy
once yourself." Pater "I do remem
ber it! That the very reaaou I'm go
ing to punish him. My father used to
whale the life out of me for doing just
such thing."
Railroad Engineer
TeetiAee la Bawafita Rscaivad From
Dr. Miles' Remedies.
TnCBS ia ao eaore reapociatbl pcaiUcai
oo earth than that of a rallfbad engia
f On hi stead narree, clear brmla,
trtffcl eve and perfect self command, de
;ead the eafctj of the trala and tha llree
cf lu poems?. Dr. Milea' Nerrtae and
ether raa!ia are especially adapted to
kaeaSag the aervee ateedr. the hrata clear
aad the aaealal facaltlae unimpaired.
Kaclaeer F. W. McCoy, formerly of 13a
Broad ay. Coaocll Blaffa, hut sow realdinf
at Mil HomboJdt (L. Dearer, write that he
njrred fur year frooi const! patlon. caoa
lag aJck. aerroea aad UUoms headaches aad
waa rally restored to health by. Dr. Miles'
Iterre t Liver nil. I heartily recommend
Dr. MUa' Raroedlea."
Dr. Milea' Bemedle
Or.
are sold by ail dra
1
(lata aader a poalUr
raaraatea. I rat bottle
Mtlaa
Plemedlesi
eaetta c
rteetocs) J
of the heart aad
arras tree. Address,
DLMILXSMZCICa-LUX. Elkhart, lad.
Vm Vr. Jt n wnrrs Pirrna fee BPTN AL
VlaiUiUa All jTrnwl-a eaj tor S5o.
Ha morvtitn er or am hi Dr. KMiPm
rn-lCvs AUPAi. "Hnaoeot adoas."
or aie by all Drag-fieta. Cbaasja.
Jastly
aetata
SPIRITS TURPENTINE,
Kioston Xev$: Mr. W. 0.
Dixon, of Hookerton, informed us
Wednesday about 5 o'clock through
the 'phone that it was snowing almost
as fast aa he ever saw it.
Rockingham Rocket: The
storm of Saturday evening, though
not generally destructive, blew down
the Presbyterian Church of the col
ored people. The pillars gave way
and the building collapsed.
Charlotte Observer: ' Theodore
Kelley, while under the influence of
liquor last Tuesday, shot his brother
dead, near Old Fort. After the killing
he made his escape over the mountaiu
to Asherille, where he attempted to
enlist in the United States army, but
he was detected. Early Thursday
rooming Sheriff Nichols arrived at
Marion with the prisoner and lodged
him in jail.
Salisbury Suh: It reliable re-,
porta be true, that mammoth wnter
power at the famous falls of the
Yadkin in Stauly county is to be har
nessed and Albemarle, Salisbury, New
London, Norwood. Concord, Lexing
ton and other tributary towns are to
feel the thrill of the electric current
The syndicate, we learn, is composed
of a number of Scranton, Pa., capital
ists and manufacturers.
Monroe Enquirer: Hoke Se
crest, the wifr and child murderer,
whose career is familiar to all our peo
ple, ia now on the State farm at
Wadesboro. And that reminds us that
the bones of Secrest's victims are still
in the clerk's office in the court house
here. How long before these grue
some tokens of murder shall be given
a burial i For more than twenty years
these bones have been in the court
bouses of this and other counties-.
Dunn Union: We learn that
the dwelling of Mr. II. F. Warren,
who lives about four miles east of
town in Sampson county, was dc
stroyed by fire last Wednesday oight.
The sale of guano here this
Spring has been unprecedented in the
history of the town. The farmers
were late in commencing to haul it
out, and it was thought that the sales
this season would be far less tnan
usual, but when thev commenced it
went out rapidly. XIr. A. F. Surles,
who delivers all the truano here, said
that up to Monday night of this week
he haddelivered 2,532 tons, or 25,320
sacks. This does not include the
guano bought by the farmers in car
load lots and taken off the cars by
them, which amount to several hun
dred tons.
The languor so common at this sea-
son is aue to impoverisneu uioou.
Hood's Sarsaparilla cures it by enrich
ing the blood. t
BREAKFAST CEREALS.
Thar Coataia Eaaential KTIemeata For Per
fect NoarUhmaa ef the Body.
"Cereals and fruits should form the
base of breakfast foods," writes Mrs.
& T. Borer on "Breakfast Cereals and
Fruits" in her oookinar lesson in The
Ladies' Home Journal. "They will sup
port muscular action, preserve the heat
of the body and strengthen the brain iu
its nervous activity. Whole or steel cnt
oats and whole wheat, from which our
nineteenth century bread should be
made, contain the essential elements for
the perfect nourishment of the human
body. The great objection to cereal
foods i their difficulty of digestion, not
from any fault of the foods, but, first,
from lack of time in cooking and, second,
from lack of proper musticatiou. Baw
starches are indigestible. The first step,
then, toward the digestion of starches
is over tho fire. Each little cell must be
ruptured, and for this long and "careful
cooking is required. The second step to
the digestion of starches is in the
mouth. They are there converted from
the insoluble starch to soluble sugar.
If they are swallowed quickly, without
mastication, they miss this digestion.
entering the stomach as strangers. This
organ not being prepared to receive
them, they are cast out into the small
intestines to be entirely instead of part
ly digested. This organ, now compelled
to do, in addition to its nwu duties, the
work of tho mouth, soon becouied over
taxed, and we have, a-t n result, the
disease most common iu this country
intestinal indigestion.
"Of the breakfast cereals steel cut
oat head the list. Any of the wheat
germ preparations aro good. After these
come the rolled wheat and barley and
rice preparations. All these foods, how
ever, must be thoroughly cooked and
eaten without sugar. "
ANCIENT STUTTGART.
Postal aad TraTellag Accommodation of
the Old German City.
The post relations of ancient Stuttgart
were unpretentious. The two maid
servant of the postmaster distributed
through the city the daily letters, which
they carried in the same basket with the
family marketing. Letters were carried
out of the city by postilions. There was
a number of couriers, and as a surety
against mistakes there bung in the post
office, beside the curious mail bags, a
nuge whip, with which, when the com
mission had been given to the courier, a
powerful blow for the strengthening of
hi memory was dealt him.
Coaches and post wagons were inno
cent of any suggestion of comfort a
high, clumsy wooden box was secured
by thick leathern straps, and in the
cavernous bottom were confined together
package and paasengera Un and down
hill, over ruts and rocks, the cumbrous
vehicle rattled on its way, the hapless
travelers being ever on the defensive
against the assaults of tumbling boxes
and bund lea And then the weary slow
nee of the way 1 Formerly the journey
from Stuttgart to Tubingen was made
in 12 hours. The same journey is now
made in four hours. The postilions
alighted to take refreshments when it
pleased them, and one traveler has left
a diaxnal record of a journey that he
onoe made, during which the driver
took the horses from the carriage and
attached them to a hay wagon that had
been left mired in the mud. The man
drove the wagon into the next village,
and when there he joined the grateful
neighbor in a carousal, while the tired
passenger languished on the dusty
country road. Elise J. Allen in Har
per' Magazine.
"Take away woman, " asks a writ
tr, "and what would follow t"
We would. Give us something
jard next time. Strand Magazine.
"A word to the wise is sufficient"
and a word from the wise ahould be
sufficient, but you ask, who are the
wise t Those who know. 'The oft
repeated experience of trustworthy
persons may be taken for knowledge.
Mr. W. M. Terry says Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy gives better satisfac
tion than any other in the market. He
has been in the drug business at Elk
ton. Kr.. for twelve Tears: has sold
hundreds of bottles of this remedy and
nearly all other cough medicines man
ufactured, which shows conclusively
that Chamberlain's is the most satis
factory to the people, and is the
best. For sale by . R. R. Bellamy,
druggist. t
O
Bears tie
Gfsataie
sf
)TM lu TwKrajWwm Boojht
HE SAW LINCOLN SHOT.
Kill Appsrawst the Guards, aad Helped
BCaa XJnoola Vrom the Theater.
-James N.? Mills of Brooklyn says:
.."I -was born in Brooklyn in 1845,
so that at the outbreak of the war I
was under 18 years of age. I want
ed to go to the front as a drummer
boy, but wnen l applied to the om
cera of a regiment called the Brook
lyn Phalanx, afterward known as
the First Long Island regiment, they
told me I was too young. I after
ward made my way to Washington
without my mother's coneent and
enlisted as a drummer boy in 1862.
I served in the Army of the Potomao
for three years, and during the clos
ing days of the war was a clerk in
the war department.
"On the night of the assassination
of President Lincoln I attended the
theater to see Laura Keene in 'Our
American Cousin.' The theater was
packed. There must have been 2,000
people in the house, every one de
siroua of seeing the president and
General Grant, who was also expect
ed to be present. After the president
took his seat in the box and the
cheering ceased the crowd was ab
solutely still. I can account for
their silence by the fact that it was
a cosmopolitan crowd, representing
about every regiment located near
Washington and including travelers
from every state in the Union.
"General Grant did not attend,
and Mr. Lincoln, accompanied by
Mrs. Lincoln and Colonel Rathbone
of the United States army, made up
the presidential party. They occu
pied the right band box on the dress
circle.
"The third act of the play had be
gun and Harry Hawk, an actor in
the company, had just appeared on
the stage from the left, when there
was the report of a pistol shot.
Looking over at the president's box,
I saw a man standing and gesticu
lating at the pecupants. An instant
later the man jumped from the box
to the stage, turned, looked at the
audience, and then disappeared. He
mutteied something as he fooked
toward the audience, but I have
never been able to recall just what
he said.
"Instantly the audience arose as
if spellbound, the whisperings of a
moment before became a roar of
voices, and when it dawned upon
the audience that the president had
been assassinated the confusion was
indescribable. I made my way to
the head of the stairs as quickly as
the crowded condition of the house
would permit, and, passing out into
Tenth street, gave the alarm to the
provost guards. These guards, by
the way, were stationed at all thea
ters to examine the passes of sol
diers in uniform who were in the
city after nightfall. The guard I
spoke to ran around to the alley en
trance of the theater on F street and
entered the back door.
"I returned to the front of the
theater and made my way to the
dress circle and to the private box
of the presidential party just as Mr.
Lincoln was being carried out on
the shoulders of two men. One of
these was the proprietor of a saloon
adjoining the theater. Ho was in
his shirt sleeves, the head of Mr.
Lincoln resting on his shoulder and
the blood tiickling down the sleeves
and the back of his shirt. The pres
ident was carried down stairs and
across the street into Mrs. Peterson's
boarding house, directly opposite
the theater. As Mrs. Lincoln was
for the moment without an escort,
I gently gTasped her arm and led
her from the box. She was nearly
hysterical, crying and sobbing bit
terly. We followed the men as they
carried Mr. Lincoln across the street.
He was placed on a bed in a room
on the ground floor, where he died
the following morning.
"The proprietor of the saloon who
carried Mr. Lincoln from the thea
ter subsequently informed me that
John Wilkes Booth had spent a few
moments in his place just before
the close of the second act of the
play. While there he drank nearly
a glassful of brandy." New York
Sun.
Tbe Irony of Fate.
."Shortly before his death," says
the London Chroniole, "Edmond de
Goncourt met at a dinner M. Ray
mond Poincare, the well known
French advocate and politician. M.
Poincare was thinking at . the time
of abandoning politics and devoting
himself exclusively to the bar. He
discussed hie intentions with De
Goncourt, who protested: 'What!
You mean going back to that wretch
ed barrister business I ' M. Poincare
defended his projects, but De Gon
court was not to be persuaded and
ended by saying, 'Avocasser, avo
easeer, that will be a nice way of
spending your time 1" The irony of
fate willed it that it should be M.
Poincare who defended Edmond de
Goncourt's will in court and secured
its validation. "
The Proper War.
Miss Spinster I think it very im
polite for a gentleman to throw a
kiss to a lady.
Mise Flippant So do I. He should
Seliver it in person. Ohio State
Journal.
Always Going Mrs. Prim
"John, you used to say before we
were married that you could die lis
tening: to the sound of my voice "
Mr. Prim "WelL Mary, it begins to
look as if I'll have to do it, unless you
go first." Chicago Neies.
millions Glnn Away.
It is certainly irratifyine to the nub-
lic to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The proprie
tors of Dr. Kin fir's New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds.have
given away over ten million trial bot
tles of this great medicine ; and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has abso
lutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Astnma, fironcmus, Hoarse
ness and all diseases of the Throat,
Chest and Lungs are surely cured by
Call onKK. Bellamy. Druggist,
and get a trial bottle free. Regular
size 50c and$l. Every bottle guaran
teed, or price refunded.
I was reading an advertisement of
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy in the Worcester
Enterprise recently, which leads me to
write this. lean truthfully say I never
used anv remedy eaual to it for colic
and diarrhoea, I have never had to
use more than one or two doses to cure
the worst case with myself or children.
-W. A. Stroud, Popomoke City, Md.
For sale byK. K. 15KLLAMY. druggist, f
Easy to say, , but
bow shall I do It?
In the only com
Well
mon sense way keep your head cool.
- your feet warm and yonr blood rich
and pure by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla
Then all your nerves,
f tn muscles, tissues
and organs will be
C n r i n y properly nourished.
Hrmb Hood's Sarsaparilla
builds up the system, creates an ap
petite, tones the stomach and gives
strength. It is the people's Spring;
Medicine, has a larger sale ana ex
fects more cures than all others.
Sarsaparilla Gr
America's
Greatest Hedl-
Jne.
C. L Boon & Co., Lowell, Mass.
I-lJr rlll are the favorite family
1 loou 1-IU9 cathartic. Price 25c.
A LOCAL
Disease
A Climatic
Affection.
Nothing but a local
remedy or change of
climate will cure It.
Get a well-known
pharmaceutical reme
dy. Ely's Cream Bato. i-
aOi
OLD n HEAD
It 13 quickly Absorbed.
Gives Relief at once. Opens and cleanses the
Nasal Passages. Allays inflammation. Heals
and Protects the Membrane. Restores the Senses
of Taste and Smell. No Cocaine. No Mercury.
No Injurious drug. Full Size 50c. Trial Size
10c. at Druggists or bv mail.
ELY BROTHERS, 58 Warren St., New York.
Jaii n ly tu th sa
Tbe Sphinx.
The famous sphinx near the pyr
amids of Gizeh was thoroughly in
vestigated by Professor Erinan, who
at a recent meeting of the Berlin
academy delivered a lecture about
its probable age. Careful researches
show that it could not have been
built previous to the so called "mid
dle kingdom," or about 2000 B. C.
Between her front claws there was
originally the image of a deity, all
traces of which have at the present
time disappeared. For the building
of the colossal work more than 20
years must have been necessary,
even if 1,600 men had been employ
ed all the time.
A Clever Trick.
It certainly looks like it, but there is
really no trick about it. Anybody can
try it who has Lame Back and Weak
Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles.
We mean he can cure himself right
away by taking Electric Bitters. This
medicine tones up the whole system,
acts as a stimulant to Liver and Kid
neys, is a blood purifier and nerve
tonic. It cures Constipation, Head
ache, Fainting Spells, Sleeplessness
and Melancholy. It is purely vegeta
ble, a mild laxative, and restores the
system to its natural vigor. Try Elec
tric Bitters and be convinced that they
are a miracle worker. Only 50c. a bot
tle at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store, t
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Signature
of
Wholesale Prices Current.
The quotations are always given as accurately
as possible, but the star will not be responsible
for any variations from the actual market price
of the articles quoted.
fWThe following quotations represent Whole
Prices generally. In making up small orders
higher prices have to be ehargea.
BAGGING
2 lb Jute
Standard
WESTERN SMOKED
Hams ? t ,
7
14
7
U
o
Sides w id .
Shoulders f? lb
DRY SALTED
Sides ?8 B
Shoulders ft
BARRELS-Spirits Turpentine-Second-hand,
each
New New Mork, each
New City, each
BEESWAX ? lb
BRICKS
OH
:atarrf
1 00 1 10
1 30
1 20
22
5 00 7 00
9 00 14 00
15 & 18
18 & 25
50
& 50
& 58
18 25
8 10
10 S 11
fi 11
10H& 12
is a i6
8 & 10
& W
is ao
& 8
Wilmington 31 5 00
Nortnern
BUTTER
North Carolina ft
Northern
CORN MEAL
Per bushel. In sacks.
Virginia Meal
COTTON TIES $ bundle..
CANDLES- ft
Sperm
Adamantine
CHEESE ft
Northern Factory
Dairy, Cream
State. .'
COFFEE tf ft-
Laguyra
Rio
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-t, yard
Yarns, V bunch
EGGS dozen
Mackerel, No. 1, barrel. . 22 00 80 00
' Mackerel, No. 1, half-bbl. ll 00 15 00
Mackerel, No. 2, barrel.. 16 00 18 00
M.ickerel. No. 8 ?r half-bbl. 8 oe 8 oo
Mackerel, No. 3, V barrel. . 13 00 M00
Mullet, a barrel 8 SO
irulietf, pork barrel 6 50
N. :. Roe Herring, V keg.. 3 00 & 3 25
Dry Cod, ft 5 10
'r Extra 4 35
FLOUR S
4 50
Low grade
Choice
Straight
First Patent
GLUE I? ft
GRAIN bushel
Corn,from store.bgs White
Car load. In bags White. . .
Oata, from store
Oats, Rust Proof;
Cow Peas
HIDES ft
Green
Dry
HAY, 100 lbs.
4 00
& 4 90
5 40 & 5 50
5 75 & 6 00
7a sh
52H
50 51
& 40
& 45
75
8
12
80 85
e so
ia 90
85
75
um.
6M& 7
8 10
15 1 85
Rice Straw
Eastern
Western
North River
HOOP IRON. ft
LARD, V
Northern-
North Carolina
LUMBER (city sawed) M rt-
Ship Stuff, resawed 18 00 30 00
Rough-edge Plank 15 00 & 16 00
West India cargoes, accord
Inn to Quality 13 00 18 00
Dresoed Flooring, seasoned 18 00 & 22 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 15 00
MOLASSES, 9 gallon
Barbadoee, In hogshead ... & 26
Barbadoes In barrels 28
Porto Rico, in hogsheads. . . 27
Porto Rico, In barrels & 28
Sugar-House, In hogsheads. . 12 14
Sugar-House, In barrels.... 14 15
8yrup, in barrels 12 15
NAILS keg. Cut. 60d basis. . 1 40 & l 50
PORK, F barrel
City Mess.......... 1100 1150
Rump 11 50
Prime 11 50
ROPE, ft 10 & 23 ,
SALT, v sack Alum 1 10
Liverpool & 70
Lisbon &
American
TO
& 50
5 00 6 50
1 60 & i 25
3 50 S 50
SH
5
& 5
& m
h
tH& 4
8 00 14 00
& 10 00
& 9 00
& 700
6 60 & 60
4 00 & S 59
& S 00
On 125 V Sacks
SHINGLES, 7-ir.ch, V M
Common
Cypress Saps
SUGAR, fi ft Standard Gran'd
Standard At
White Extra C '.
Extra C, Golden
C. Yellow
SOAP. ft Northern
STAVES, V M W. o. barrel...
R. O. Hocrshead.
TIMBER, m M feet Shipping..
Mill, Prime........
Mill. Fair .
Common Mill
Inferior to Ordlnarv
SHINGLES, N. C. Cypress sawed
V m out noun.... ..........
," Sap
5x34 Heart
I " SaD
7 50 8 50
S 00
4 I
4 60
6x24 Heart
" SaD.
00 & 6 60
5 00 & 5 GO
TALLOW. ft...
8
WHISKEY, gaUOB-Northern, 1 00 a 2 00
1 00 8 00
WOOL V
norm uaruuro
"Unwashed....
8 O IB
90 00
4 0- Ci
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
i ' STAR OFFICE, April 29.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. i Market
firm at 30 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks and 29 cents for
country casks.
ROSIN. -Market steady at $1.00 per
bbl for Strained and $1.05 for Good
Strained.
TAft Market quiet at $1.00 per
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
quiet I at $1.25 per barrel for Hard,
$1.80 for Dip, and $1.90 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine, nothing doing;
rosin i firm, $1.25, $1.30; tar firm,
$1.00: crude turpentine steady, $1.20,
$1.70,1 $1.90.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine . . . . 29
Rosin 142
Tar 70
Crude Turpentine 7
Receipts same day last : year. 56
casks' spirits turpentine, 442 bbls
rosin,! 70 bbls tar, 3 bbls crude tur
pentine.
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 6c
per pound for middling. Quotations :
Ordinary 3 9-16 cts. $ lb
Good Ordinary 4Jg "
Low Middling 5 9-16 "
Middling- 6
Good Middling 64
Same day last year, middling 7sc.
Receipts 351 bales; same day last
year, 21.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime,
,4050c per bushel of 28 poujnds; Extra
Prime, 55c; Fancy, 60c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 55c ; Fancy, 6ik
CORN. Firm; 47K50 cents ,per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE. $1.00 1.(15 per
bushel.
N. C. BACON. Steady ; nams, 8 to
9c per pound; shoulders. 6 to 7c ;
sides, 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES. Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps, $1. GO fea$2.25;
six inch, $2.25 to $3.25; seveTi inch,
$5.50 to $6. 50.
TIMBER. Market steady at $2.50 to.
$G.50 per M.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York. April 29.Money on
call steady at 23 per cent., with
last loan at 2H per cent. Prime mer
cantile paper 67 per cent. Sterling
exchange weak; actual business in
bankers bills 4S4444 for demand;
481481W for sixty days. Posted rates
481482and485485j4. Commercial
bills 480480. Silver certificates
57i58. Barsilver 56. Mexican dol
lars 4,514- Government bonds strong ;
U. S. new 41s registered :118; do.
coupon, 119X ; U.S. 4's 1U6K107; do.
coupon, 107108; U. S. 2's, 95;
U. S. 5's, registered, 1091 10 ; do.
5's, coupon, 110lllj. ytate londs
dull; N. C. 6's 120; 4's 102 'i.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, April 29. Rosin vas
steady. Spirits turpentine firm at 34c
Charleston, April 29. Spirits tur
pentine was firm at 27 c-. no sales.
Rosin steady and unchanged ; no sales.
Savannah, April 29. Spirits tur
pentine firm at 2929Wc; sales 746
casks; receipts 296 casks. Rosin firm
and unchanged; sales 3,044 barrels; re
ceipts 2,119 barrels.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Mornlug star.
New York. April 29. i-The cotton
market made a substantial gain to-day
as to prices, although thtf volume of
business failed to reflect increased
speculative confidence. AMicr open
ng at a advance of 1 to . pointx, t lie
course of prices was steadily upward
with the utmost gain a matter of ; to
points as compared with yestertlav s
closing prices. There were only a few
intervals of recession, resulting from
iquidation of long accounts, where
the sellers were generally of the
smaller class of traders and afraid to
take chances on' the market in view of
the possibility of unsatisfactory news
from the seat of war. The market
was finally quiet at a net advance of 3
to 4 points.
New York, April 29. The fol
lowing are the total net receipts of
cotton at all ports since September 1,
1897: Galveston, 1.889..2C6 hales;
New Orleans, 2,550,001; Mobile. ZZ'X
590; Savannah, 1,156,841: --Charleston,
463,042; Wilmington, 315,298; Nor
folk, 586,310; Baltimore. 65,930: New
York, 136,062; Boston, 19t),05(5; New
port News, 15,019; Philadelphia. 74,
256; Brunswick, 232,040; Port Arthur.
11,359; Pensacola, 111,691 1 Port Roval.
65,979. Total. 8,172,747 bales.
New York, April 29. Cotton was
dull; middling 6ic.
Cotton futures closed quiet-; sales
57,000 bales ;April nominal, Mav 6.15c,
June 6.20c, July 6.26c, August 6.30c,
September 6.30c. October 6.31c, No
vember 6.33c, December 6.34c, January
6.37c.
Spot cotton closed dull ; middling
uplands 6c; middling g-ulif 6c; sales
600 bales.
Net receipts 250 bales; gross receipts
2,458 bales; exports to tne Continent
4,794 bales; forwarded 132 bales; sales
600 bales; stock 172,243 bales.
Weekly Net receipts 918 bales;
gross receipts 7,617 bales- exports to
Great Britain 10,842 bales; to France
bales: to the Continent 10,628
bales ; forwarded . 132 bales ; sales
8,162 bales; sales to , spinners 67 bales.
Total to-day INet receipts 10,817
bales; exports to Great Britain 10,189
bales; exports to the Continent' 6,205
bales; stock bb9,158 bales.
Consolidated JNet receipts 58,774
bales: exports to Great Britain 26,153
bales; exports to France 1,500 bales;
exports to the Continent 29,304 bales.
Total smce September Jst ISet re
ceipts 8,172,747 bales; exports to Great
Britain 3,10l,4oZ bales; export to
France 758,137 bales; exports to the
Continent 2,670,690 bales.
April 20 Galveston, nominal at hV .
net receipts 613 bales ; Norfolk, steady
at 6Jc, net receipts 526 bales; Bal
timore, nominal at 6 5-1 6c, j net receipts
196 bales; Boston, stead vat 6 5-16.net re
ceipts 698 bales ; Wilmington, firm at
6 Jsc, net receipts 351 bales; Philadel
phia; firm at 6jc, net receipts 54
bales; Savannah, quiet at 5Xc. net re
ceipts 1,458 bales; New Orleans, easy
at 5jc, net receipts 4,672 bales,; Mo
bile, quiet at 5c, net receipts 664
bales: Memphis, steady at Sc, net re
ceipts 648 bales ; Augusta, steady at 6c,
net receipts 225 bales; Charleston,
nominal at 5Jc,net receipts 626 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
gNirw York, April 29.-i-Flour was
quieter but steadily held ; .buyers held
off for concessions; city mill patents
$7 007 30. Wheat jrSpot easy; No.
2 red $1 21iJJe.rhard Diuluth $1 30;
optiqpa reflected the heavy break in
Liverpool with a pronounced oneninsr
decline, later increased by fine crop
news and big Northwestern receints:
an afternoon rally followed on export
business, but was not. sustained, - the
close being easy at I point net lower;
No. 2 red May $1 20Jtf, closed $1 19,.
July $1 00fl 02H ; September 87 14 M
89Jc, closed 88Kc. Corn Spot eav
No. 2 40c : options were geuoral'lv
weak all day under disappoint!,
cables, the beak in wheat and . s"
active demand, closing i
lower; May 88 9-1639c, closed :h ,
July 39Jf393c closed 39fic ()au
Spotfirmer ;No,'2 34i'c: options w.
strongly. sustained on the advunc. ,,,
cash property and closed lc not hih. r
May closed 34 c. Lard stead v : Wi-st
ern steam $5 905 95; Mav f.1 .c.
refined steady. Butter iuWkt
steady; Western creamery Kiwi:,
do. factory 12;15c; Elgins 17c, unit.,
tion creamery 14i16c; State dairy 1 1
16WtC:do creamery 1517. (
steady ; large white 8c. Tall , (,
city 3Jc; country 3 .9-16i$3 V' a f
quality. Cotton seed oil quiet ; ,n.,,
crude 19K20c; do yellow 24- ; .
strong. Cabbage quiet: Kml,...
fl 50 1 75. Coffee Spot U,
firmer; No. 7 invoice 7c; ,, ;
jobbing 7c; mild firm ; Cordova - i
15,54c. Sugar Raw strong aixl .
higher; fair refining 3c; centr I i, ,
96 test 4Xc; refined strong: im-.u" ,
lated 5 7-16c; mould A 5 1 1-1 Or
Chicago, April 29. Whe.it i . ,
closed unsteady at a decline f
the Chicago exchange in r-sp. ,.
5c break 'at Liverpool. At n,.- i
the Chicago market showed a ;.,
3c. Corn closed c lower. uts sm
especially May, which rlnvl
higher while July gainc-d j- I ,
of a squeeze in May caused tli- .
Only 600,000 bushels ar m
against an estimated short n,t.i.
5,000,000. Provisions were tr,
but closed strong with lirnl
ruled independently firm n ,
advices and gained 0c.
?2rc. Ribs gamed 2c
Chicago, April 29. ,
tions: Flour was steady mi,. I :
unchanged. Wheat Nf.2viriii.' ?
1 10; No. 3 spring 1 "lc l in" .
redll 171 20. Corn X .'.'.M i,
No. 2 29(r430c: N" '.'wl.it. fr-.
board. 3232'4c; No :i fr.
board. 3132 y N, l'
Mess pork jer bbl.. .n
Lard, per 100 Its, f5 r.liw.r.
rib sides, loose, ." iMiur, "7
salted shoulders, boxi-d. $i
5 00. Shortclear side. U i j
5 95. Whiskey, distillers'
goods, per gallon. It 2.
The leading future ran-.;
lows, opening, highest. I,.w.
closing: Wheat -No. 2 M.i
$1 21. 1 74. 1 20; July 'J.'i .'.'! ;
93c Septemler 81 '. SL' . s ,
December 80, 81 no, hj,
Mav 33 if, 33!. :?3!. 33' , .ly't ,
34, 33, 343 ; September :r,
34, 35-c. Oats -Mar '.'. v
30sc; July 25, 26," v s.
tember 23. 23,. 23: 23;. !
per bbl. Mav til oo. n -. .
10 S7;4 : July'lll in. 1 1
1110. Lard, per Kmi Il.s Mi. .
5 67H. 5 52. 5 67 '2 ; July
5 75, 5 57i, 5 75; September j
5 82. 5 67. 5 82V R'bs. -i
lbs. Mav 5 40, 5 17 V 1" . i:
July $5 42. 5 52.V 5 42'..
tember $5 50, 5 Go. .' :.n. ., :,
BaIiTIMORK, April 29. - K..ui
and unchanged. Wheat firmer
month and May 1 1 . 1 :i ?, I 1 3 1 . . !
98'jc bid ; steamer.No. 2 red l
1.10'j'; Southern wheal l s:,it.
fl.l01.11',; do on grade' il I : .
1.14. Corn quiet and eav . sj.: .,;
month 384,,38-,c;tMav 3 ', ... :;s. ,
June 38i?',38Hc: July 3:..
steamer mixed 37a4W37 Hc; South. i
white corn 41c; do vejlow i;i;,
Oats firm; No. 2 white 37' (tf.'isc . V
2 mixed H4(fi.:i4'. J .educe l
1.75 per basket.
FOREIGN MARKET.
liy Ciil.le to t lie Morning Si.ir
LivkkpooL, April 29. 11' '
Cotton SKtin moderate tl-t)
prices higher. American mid.! '.
4d; good middling 3?jd
middling 3 19-32d; lo
3 15 -32d; god ordinary 3 .". :
iiary3'8d. The sales of the :.i
10,(100 bales, of which -.loo ...
speculation ami export and n. .
9,800 American. ReceiptK .". 1 !.:, .
including 2,600 American. h'ui.u
openetl and closed steady with a inf"
erate demand. American middln .
lmc): April 3 34-64d value; Apn
and May 3 34-64d value; Mav iu..i
June -vt 34 64d buyer; June and ,ln!
3 34-64(3 3."-64r buyer; July an.'l
August 3 3." 64d seller; August at...
September 3 34 64r3 35 64d buyer
September and ( K-toIxT 3 31 64d buy .
October and NovemU r 3 .'13-f. 1 .3 .. I
64d buyer; Novemlx-r and le'en.l..
3 33 643 34 64d seller; DecemU r ;,(. :
January 3 33 64(.tf3 31 (Md seller , dan .
ary and February 3 33 6 1'3
seller.
;i i.
MARINE DIRECTORY,
Llal of VraarU In llir lrl of t H
mlncloii; .'., April 7, ISHS.
SCHOONKRS.
Georgie L Dicks-on. 509 tons. And .
son. Geo llarriss. Son t Co
City of BaltiiiKm . 298 ions. T.
(ieo Harriss. Son Sc Or
STEAMSHIPS.
Kimon (Austrian), 1.211 - " 1
Powers, Gibbs & Co.
BARQUES.
Solid (S wed). 507 tons. Wed: n 1 "'
son. Downing & Co.
Anitra (Nor), 547 tons. Sn -
Paterson. Downimr A Co
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