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A correspondent of the Baleigh Post, who is familiar with the politi cal meanderings . of the Populist leaders in this State, has done a public service by exposing their ar rant hypocrisy. He shows how they have supported Kepublican goldbugs for office while pretending to be un compromising advocates of the free and unlimited coinage of silver, and while they were ostensibly snpport- , ing Win. J. Bryan for President they were at the same time support ing men for Congress who would have voted against anything that Bryan recommended in behalf of silver if he had been elected. That's what they thought was cute manage ment and that's what elected three Bepnblicans, and one of them a negro, to Congress. They supported Pearson and Linney, both running on a gold platform, and the votes of their creatures in the Legislature elected Pritchard for the long term, making the second time they sup ported him notwithstanding his gold record and his gpld votes or his dodging in the Senate. He thuo tells how this service to McKinley and- betrayal of free silver was re warded or is to be rewarded. Every one of these seventeen Pop ulist Senators and Representatives who voted for Pritchard have received from him, or expect to receive an office under gold-bug McKinley. Un der ordinary circumstances, the ac ceptance by a silver man of a com mission of a gold-bug President against whom he had voted would at least cre ate suspicion as to his sincerity) " but not so with the Populist horde who hold Federal offices in the postoffice, revenue and other departments of the National and State governments. A few months ago a Populist conference was held in Raleigh. To this confer ence came Butler Populists and Skin ner Populists; Populist postmasters and Populist revenue officers with commissions in their pockets from gold-buxilcKraley and Pritchard. Another election was about to be held, filed? were to be distrib uted, ana the- fierce war which had been waged between minority and ma jority Populists was forgotten. Butler Populist and Pritchard Populist and McKinl ey Populist came together in . loving embrace and agreed that every act of treachery to silver should be condoned and pardoned and that no Populist should hereafter be permitted to question the sincerity for silver of the gang who had elected Pritchard and atoned to McKinley and gold by accepting commission in the postof fice and revenue service, and the famous resolution declaring that any Populist who should thereafter ques tion the sincerity of these Pritchard ites by raising the "question of major ity and minority Populists should be viewed with suspiction," was unani- : mously passed. . Nothing a Democrat can do for sil ver proves' to this crowd of self -constituted censors his sincerity for that metal;1 nothing that a Republican or Populist can do for gold discredits him with them as a friend of silver. Marian Butler arraigns Harry Skinner -as a traitor to the Popu list party and says - he must be shelved, because he is more of a Re publican than a Populist and has had a pretty free swing' at Federal patronage in this State. Bat that : was Harry's reward for ' supporting Pritcluurd and ' Harry iB just the same --kind of a Kepublican that those seventeen Populist statesmen are wno supported and voted for Pritchard's re-election, and : about the same kind of a Kepublican But- . ler is when he advises the suppport of paid advocates like Pearson. Linney and Office Hunter Dockery, on whose variegated career the cor respondent turns his calcium light thus: ' . "In 1896 Oliver H. Dockery was a candidate for the nomination for Gov ernor. He was loud and boisterous in his advocacy of the gold standard and attacked Kusseii, tus opponent, upon the cToand that he -was not exactly straight for gold. ; Russell, however tricked anq cheated bim out or tne nomination: The tortuous course of Populism- m this State under ' the leadership of this crowd made it con venient to have Colonel Dockery on the I'opulist State ticket, and despite his gold reo rd he was placed there. It became necessary to satisfy me ranic and file of the party, who were sin cerelv and honestly for silver that Col. Dockery was a bimetallism To most men, in view of the Colonel's record n Don this uuestion. this would have been reeardedi as a herculean, if not impossible, task. . It was an easy undertaking, however, for this crowd. It was only necessary that Colonel Dockery should say a word for silver just a word. The, inducement oi fered him! to say this word was an of fice. It is useless to sav that the Col ou el looked at his old idol gold, and then at the office which was held be fore him as the -price of betrayal looked again and hesitated not lor, like Spencer Blackburn's drummer boy. he had never learned how to "beat a retreat", from: an office. The Colonel very readily agreed that he would hold his gold views in abey ance and with the adroitness for which he is famous, would dally with silver while he ran with all his might for the office. . As usual, the Colonel was defeated, ' and having held his gold views ; in abeyance as long as was necessary to serve the purpose of Mr. Butler and his crowd of party ma nipulators, he returned again to the worship of the Golden Calf. No more was heard of the doughty Colonel un til a few weeks ago, when the Repub lican convention of the . (Sixth) Con gressional District met, adopted a gold platform and endorsed ' gold-bug Mc Kinley and nominated him and placed him on his platform for Congress Everybody said at once this means three tickets in the Sixth District, for the Populists will not again-dare attempt to palm off this gold-bug a&Ja silver man on their party.i But everybody was mistaken. - For some dark reason of Populist policy, "notwith hstanding the Colonel was stand ing upon a gold-bug Republican platform,: pledged to die by it, Mr. Butler commended his endorsement to his party and this old gold-bug, to the disgust of honest men of all parties, is to be again ! paraded before Populist audiences in tbe Sixth District as a friend of silver." Butler has written a confidential letter or something of that sort in which he says it will never do to let it get out that Republicans control their conventions, but it didn't oc cur to Marion to put his fellows on their guard until he heard the vig orous protests against the Republi can manipulation of the Populist conventions which nominated Dock ery ana Caldwell, the former a par doned deserter from the Republican party, the latter a wax Populist who can be shaped to suit the purposes of the Republicans, who secured his nomination over a Populist 'whqm they found somewhat hard to handle. Behold the inconsistency and.ny- poensy of Butler, who is essaying to play the role of the grand mogul of the PopuliBt party in this State. lie denounces 'Marry bkinner as a traitor to the! Populist party and a Republican, but he is as dumb as a clam on the ' action of a so-called Populist convention which nomi nated a Dolly Varden statesman like Dockery, who has been every thing that emergencies might sug gest and nothing lone. Caldwell is said, to be a Butler man and yet he was nonrnated through Republican pressure brought to bear upon the Populist convention; but Butler doesn't want the Populists to get it into their heads that Republicans control Populist conventions for that might hurt and interfere with his little : game of dickering when the time for dickering comes. But ler is a daisy and the fellows who are pulling with him are a sweet crowd of arrant hypocrites for a fact. Do they suppose that the people who are asked; to vote for the office hungry Dockery, who has shifted positions on the money question two or three times in two years, and for the jelly fish' Caldwell, who owes his nomination to Republican in fluence, can't see through , this hypocrisy, and also through the hypocrisy of denouncing Harry. Skinner as a traitor to the Populist party when Harry is as good a Pop ulist as he is and when j his real rea son for his opposition to Harry is to get him out of the way as Harry has his eye on the seat in the Senate which Marion now holds ? This garhof hypocrisy is entirely too gauzey. ihe people can see through it and by this time they fully under stand the manipulations, of this slip pery, mercenary gang. ; ATS OBJECT LESSON. We publish in this issue a com munication from ex-Governor Jarvis showing how the town of Greenville was gerrymandered by the Radical Populist legislature to turn it over to the negroes. j The fellows who did that in famous job would not, of course,' admit .that their object was to give the negroes control of the town, but when they sliced it,up into four wards, two white and two black, and passed , special' legislation to give the negro wards twice as many concilmen as the white wards that is four; negro councilmen to two white-the act j proved it. As the council elects the mayor this gave the negroes control of the mayoral ty and also of -all the town offices. How they used this power is told by Gov. Jarvis, and a plain,! unvar nished tale it is. .. : f . - i ' . The taxable property of the town is about three-quarters of a million of dollars; nearly all owned by white people, who have practically no rep resentation in the town government, and all this property for taxable pur poses, and for protection is at the mercy of a gang which doesn't pay altogether 13.00 in taxes, while they draw ont of the town treasury 12,800, of oyer one-half the total revenue of the town. - , i' What security jhas a property owner in that town? What encour agement is , there for a prudent per son ' to invest money in it? ' But aside from this wjiat security have the people in - protection for their lives and "property against ' violence? More than : once the town has 1 nar rowly escaped moh outbreaks, and it was then by the f orbearence i of the white- people,L who- bore i the swaggering insolence and the threats of the lawless negroes patiently to avoid trouble that would have come if fhey had; " given rein' to their indignation and repented. i With the gang that r controls that : town character j amounts to nothing, which isj shown by ,Vhe re-election of. confessed gamblers to the highest town offlces;hnt gambling is a petty offence in: comparison with the monstrous crime of turning that town, (and other towns') over to the rule of Governor i Russell's ''lav ages." j ! " Miff 0& MENTION. S. Otho Wilson, of Gideon's band fame, runs one faction of the Pop ulist party. He and Marion Butler are the rivals for the control of the machine, but is. Utho runs it in Wake county. They had- a meet ing of the executive! committee wlien it was , decided Ito call the county convention on the 20th. i S.- X)tho, through his automatons con A r J trols tbe committee, and the com mittee will, inall probability, con trol the convention. Gideon, and his crowd, are in favor of fusion with the Republicans. It so happens that S. Otho, who failed to pull a job as paymaster in the army out of McKinley, has his eye on a seat in Congress and is bending his ener gies now to secure the nomination.. This accounts for his desire i for fusion for if he , should secure ' the nomination he can't be elected with out Republican support, even if then, and the only way he can get that support is by pledging him self and his followers to reciprocate and support Republicans for county and for other offices. Here is ; an other illustration of devotion to "principle" as Populists of the Gideon stripe see ' it, and another illustration of how thev barter , the votes of their people to secure soft snaps for themselves. uia is a daisy. Premier Sagasta is a procrastina- tor, but this seems to be a Spanish characteristic. He showed, this in his correspondence with this Gov ernment before the beginning of hostilities. He has shown it fre quently since. It was shown in the dallying about the exchange of Hob- L j 2 LI' sou auu iu men, auu m - we sur render or Santiago, so. the fact is that little confidence can be placed in anything these Spaniards in au thority may say until they are pinned down so tight that they can't craw fish or resort to any subterfuge . The cable now reports that the terms offered by President McKinley are acceptable but that territory can not be. ceded ' without authority of the Cortes. If there be anything in this it is only a matter of form, for the Cortes is a mere cipher, and is ruled by army influences. Sagasta intimated nothing of this kind when he received the President's terms, which unequivocally demanded I the cession of certain territory, which was named. That was the time for him to state that he -was powerless to negotiate peace on that i basis with out authority , of the Cortes, and the fact that he didn't, but took a week or more to make that dis covery, indicates that he is simply procrastinating for purposes of his own. In the mean time he is peril ling the lives of the Spaniards In the Philippines, in Porto Rico and in Cuba (where Garcia is still on the war path). Gen. Miles is push ing on to San Juan, 'and may eon elude to - waste no time in taking that city if the Spanish commander refuses to surrender. And Gen. Jiierntt ana Admiral jUewey may conclude to take Manila if Gen. Angus ti refuses to surrender, and thus thousands of Spanish lives be sacrificed to the cold-blooded, tricky procrastination of Sagasta. "Willie, tell Mr. i Whiteband the names of Noah's : sons.' 'Not mucn i won't -this is vacation.": Cleveland Plain Dealer. About one month ago my child. which is fifteen months old. had an attack of diarrhoea, accompanied by I vomiting, x gave it sucn remedies as are usually given in such cases; but as nothing gave relief we sent for. physician, and it was under his care for a week. At this time the child had been Bick for about ten days, and was having about twenty-live opera tions of the bowels every twelve hours, and we; were convinced i that unless it soon' obtained relief it would not live. Chamberlain s Colic. vjnoiera ana uiarrncea Jtiemedv: was recommended, and I decided to try it. l 3oon noticed a change lor the bet ter; by its continued use a complete cure was brought about, and it is ndw perfectly healthy. C. L. Boggb, Stumptown, Gilmer1 county, W. Va. For sale by R. B. ; Bkllamt, drug gist. !- ; f The Best Bemedr for Flax.!: -1 i - Mr. Join Mathias. al well kn stock dealer : of Pulaski, Ky., says: "Alter sunenng lor over a week with fluxr and my physician having failed to relieve me, I was advised to try Chamberlain's Cone, Cholera ! and Diarrhoea Remedy, and have the pleas ure of staling that the half of one bot tle cured me.'- For sale by R. R. Bellamy,, Druggist TOniA.!;; 8tnthr Slgfistera Th Kind Yw Haw Always BoogM . '.BOOK NOTICES, ft. J ;.r-. .X--; 1 - j "I The August number of The Cosmo vdlitan presents a large, varied and interesting list of contents, hand somely illustrated, embracing a well written sketch of Francis Joseph, Em peror of Austria. : Address The Cos mopolitan, Irvington, New York,! I The August, or vacation, number of St. Nicholas ; will delight the young reader, with its enjoyable list of con tents and handsome illustrations. Others, as well as the young folks, will enjoy it. Published' by the i Century Company, Uaion Square, New York The Sanilcirian for August will be found an exceedingly interesting num ber and a valuable one to thje sanita rian and physician. Tbe papers in this publication are all contributed by phy sicians of recognized authority irr the I profession: AL N. Bell, M. D Editor, 837 Clinton street, Brooklyn jN. Y. A beautiful and, a very interesting one is the August number of The Ladies' ' Home Journal, which in addi tion to other interesting and valuable matter, contains nine stories for Sum, mer reading, all bandsomelyj illustra ted. Published by the Curtis Publish ing Company,! Philadelphia, j-; Among other; interesting articles in the Overland Monthly for August, (de scriptive of the West and also on other subjects is one on the "Yosemlte in a Dry Year," which the reader Will find very : entertaining. ; It and the other articles are finely illustrated, i Pub lished by Tbe .Overland Monthly Pub lishing Company, San Francisco, Gal SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Charlotte News: Mr. W. Joel Alexander died Monday morninsi at nis Home in oardis. lie had been afflicted for a number of years with kidney trouble, but not until about two weeks ago was he compelled to take his bed. 1 h - Reidsville Revieic: Crops are reported i good throughout Rocking bam and adjoining counties so far as we have been able to find out. To bacco promises well in many localities. and with suitable seasons from now on it is thought that a good crop will be made. Corn and other crops also promise well. : j BeauforE Herald-Dispateh: One William: Davis, colored, who was enlisted in Company I from Kinston, Colored State Troops now mobilized at Fort Macon, was arrested Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Benjamin Roberson. Davis was wanted in Kenansville for the murder of a colored man. He broke jail from that place sometime since and ran away to Kinston and enlisted for the war. Davis confessed his guilt to Deputy Sheriff Roberson. The sheriff of Kenansville took the prisoner away this morning. j Xfiwton Enterprise: All the speakers last Saturday night (a week aero) had good audiences to speak to and they found the best of spirits and sure of carrying' the county this Fall. It is very encouraging to see so much enthusiasm in the early stages of the campaign. The indications are that the wheat crop next year will be larger than it was this. The farmers have already broken up a large amount of land. Mr. M. M. Chne reports the biggest crop of wheat we have yet heard of this year. He made 1,242 bushels. . i ! TWINKLINGS. Hicks "Which do you think is likely to get married first, a homely girl or a smart girl?" Wicks- "The one that is asked first." UZbmerville Journal. Jonathan "Whv is it thev call Ireland the green isle?" Patrick "I do be thinking it is because of the kind of people I who stay there when they might come to Amencky. ' Bos ton Transcript. . Jeweller "What shall : I en erave in it?" Customer "G. O. to H. L." Jeweller (hotly) "What's that. sir?" Customer (meekly) "George Osborne to Harriet Lewis but just the initials, please.' Jeweller sWeekly, W atts 'f I guess the Spaniards are not so brave." Pott '.'When you consider how little a, Spaniard ; knows about, snooting it must take a good deal of courage for him to handle' a gun at all." Indianapolis Journal. In a report of a recent! Paris duel it was said that the seconds placed tne adversaries at an equal distance from each other, an arrangement the squareness of which no court of honor anywhere would think of impeaching. MThis suspense," said the Philippine islander, "will kill me be fore long." "What suspense?", "Of not Knowing whether I'm soias to land irr France. -Germany. Spain, England or the United States." rhil adelphia North American. j CURRENT COMMENT. rorto itico is saia to be a gem ; oi a winter resort, and it . is predicted that the tourist business, when the island is under the Amer ican flag, will he ! immense, i And the Florida railroads will set the haul! Savannah News. I- General Wade's ''consolation expedition" appears to be a mis nomer, Washington advices denote that it is unlikely, after ail, to be consoled, withja trip to PuertoiRico, owing to the clatter which tbe news papers have sel jip. f Still,' the dis appointed tourists may extract solace from the fact Watson's squad ron is not likely to go to Cadiz, either. Philadelphia Kecord, Demi, e l Tf war Triff lrillnrl trin f rAh silverf issue, will not the dearth of war prices resurrect Jthat issue? And when it is resurrected, will it not be stronger because the gold standard advocates have . been telling the people that high brices promote Erosperitv? jFree, coinage Queans igher prices all the time because it would double the number of - stand ard dollars, or pricing units. Lou isville Dispatcfi? Dem. ' I ' j An nterjirUlns; Druggist. ' : .. ' There are few-men imore wide awake and enterprising than R. R. Bellamy, who spares no pains to secure the best of everything in their line for their many customers. They now have the valuable agencri for Dr. King's New Discovery for 'Consumption, Coughs and ; Colds. This is the wonderful remedy that is producing such a furor all over . the country jby its 1 many startling cures. I It absolutely ( cures Asthma, BronchitiSjHoarseness and all affections of the Throat. Chest and Lungs. Call at above drug store and get a trial bottles free, or a regular size for 50 cents anjd $1.00. Guaranteed to cure or price refunded, if : 1 i Iha Kina Yw Haw Always Bought Blgaatu f A Mi-... GREENVILLE NEGROIEED. 'tis- iHow the Infamous i Done. Job iWas ' 4 ' .:..!--.,,,, J?' 0-.. --.-.- by ex-QAvernor A Statement of Facts : v Jarvis Shewing How Greenville? Wa Sliced to Turn it Over fo Negro Rule. 'i Raleigh, August 6, 1898. TV. II. Bernard, , Esg.t -Editor the Morning Star: ?.:' . :: f ' Dsab Sib: In espouse to your re- quest for an account of how the town of Greenville was turned over, to the negroes by the . Republican-Populist-: Fuhioa Legislature I submit the fol lowing statement of facts: v: , " The county of Pitt has a population of about thirty thousand people and is one of the finest agricultural counties in tbe State. ; Green viUe, its capital town, has a population ofj about three thousand people and is a growing; . pijosperous town. A majority of its voters are white men, and if the people were left to select their officers by any air or usual method they would be? pertain to choose competent white men. - The town, however, is the home of one of the leading Republican of the State, and being under obligations to the negroes he planned to have the town turned over to them. And here is the way it was done: The fusion Legislature of 1895, adopting his plan, divided the town into four wards. The boundaries of j these' wards were so turned and zigzagged as to put a ma jority of negroi voters in the first and third wards, ana .a majority oi white voters in the second an t fourth wards. The first ward is shaLed very much like a large broad-axe, with a very long handle, and the i third ward 'is like - tne letter v. xne next step in this devilish plan was to confer upon each of the wards having a majority of negro voters the right to elect two councilmen each, and o restrict the white wards to one councilman each. At the town election In May. . 1897, tbe negroes availed themselves of tbe power given them by the Republicato. Fusion Legislature and took charge of the town. They elected four necroes councilmen while the 'white people could elect but two. Thus we had a Board composed of four, negroes and. two white men. This Board elected a white Republican mayor, , a white chief of police, a negro assistant po liceman for the day, a: negro night policeman for the night, and a negro clerk to the Board. The taxable property of the town is near tnree quarters ot a million oi dollars. The. Board of ' Councilmen levy the taxes and order the expendi tures. It may be interesting to know how those who levied and spent the taxes ranked as tax payers. One of the negro councilmen paid 84 cents taxes on property, another 63 cents and the other two Nothing. So the four negro councilmen who con trolled the Board paid $1.47 taxes on roperty for the support' of the town, 'he white Republican Mayor paid 43 cents on property and the white Re publican Chief of Police did not do quite so well, he paid only 30 cents. The negro clerk paid nothing and the negro night watchman nothing. The negro assistant policeman 'paid $5.75. The nine men . who control the town, levy itsl taxes and spend the money paid all together $7.75 and leaving out , the assistant negro day po pliceman, the other eight paid $2.20. The revenues of the town for the year from' May, 1897, to May.) 18&8, was about $5,500, of which about ifc2.800 went to pay salaries and fees of office or, place holders. The white Repub lican mayor and the white Republican chief of police were both ; indicted at September term, 1897, of Pitt Superior Court for gambling. They confessed their guilt in open court at January ternij 1898, and were re-elected to tne same omces by tne negro Board oi Councilmen in May, 1898. ! The mayor has since resigned to enterjthe Inter: nal Revenue Service and a better man, a Populist, has been! elected in his place, but the town is still in the control of the negroes, as 'they again elected four negro councilmen at the town election this year and these ne gro councilmen have in turn elected the same number of negro facials with one exception. I There are numerous instances in which towns have been -divided up into wards to keep the towns, out of the hands of the negroes, but this is the first instance, of which I have any knowledge, where white men deliber ately divided up a town into wards for the purpose of turning it over to the negroes. j ' ; . For one to properly appreciate the real condition of things in Greenville it is necessary for him to go there and see for himself. But for the forbearance of the white people, trouble might have come long ago. They have fully determined to be patient and forbear-" ing and to appeal, as they are now doing, to their white brethren through out the State to send men to the next Legislature who will undo this great wrong and wipe out that infamous, act of 1895. Thos. J. Jarvis. Brunswick County democratic Con vent on. The Democrats of Brunswick are re quested to meet in County Convention at Lock wood's Folly on Thursday, the first day or September, at 13 o -clock M., for the purpose of nominating county candidates, electipg an Execu tive Committee five active Democrats foreach precinct Chairman of County Executive Committee and delegates to Senatorial Convention. All who have heretofore affiliated with other: parties and intend to support the Democratic nominees are cordially invited to meet with us. - I By order of the County Executive Committee. I D. B. McNeill, August 6, 1898. Chairman. Ccfal Books. ' . : "' ' ' . ; If a scholar! has little i money for" books, he should expend it mostly on works of reference', and so get a daily return for Ma output. So seems to have thought a young man of whom w4 re cently heard, who, when asked by a canvasser to purchase an encyclopedia. taid ne naa one, . "Which one is it?" inquired the can vasser. ; The young man could not remember. Neither could he tell who published it, but it was a fine work, In many large volumes. ., i h 1i , . , "Do you ever use thera?" asked the agent. - ',1'-'-' . " ! . I- " Certainly -almost everyday.'? , "In what line?" : Jj :4i "Oh,!I press my trousers with them. They are splendid for that "4-Eambler. " 1 -" 4 -i j.: A. ort iM rot Ftowan. Airs. MackaV spends more on floral decorations when giving a dinner party or reception than any other member of the fashionable; world. 1 Sh has been known to i have chariots drawn .hy rwans filled with roses, frbm which her guests could help themselves. Her dinner tables ae a wealth qf . flowers. When the blossoms are expensive and cut of season, the bill - for rTntvar . reception otten amounts to 500.--Lou - ton atanaaro. j - ..- : IN LONDON'S SLUMS. A. BsChsv RoacH Bzprli Thai TMfU - ' mm Artist An artist who la well known ia a northern city ssed occasionally to put on bis shabbiest clothes and penetrate to the slams in search of inspiration for his brush. On one of these excursions he stopped to watch the efforts ol a rag ged urchin who was disfiguring - the pavement of -a squalid street with a piece of soft bine stone, and, although thef figures which the lad nirew were grotesque, the artist was track with their originality and began to take an interest in their development. ! ",Thatks right, my boy I Make your lines dear and never mind the details Champion 1 What I Y on don't know how to sketch that old man's head?" Then give me the chalk. I'll show you." - The next moment the entbosiastio artist was on his knees, and with the piece of stone had quickly drawn a clever; picture. Before he could com mence anotker sketch, however, befell a stunning blow on the head, and a shrill female voice cried: 1 'Talc yer bloomin book, ye great, good for nought hulk I What d'ye mean by messin up t flags 'at I ve Just warn ed? 'Tain't no 'wonder 'at f kids do it when a senseless old idiot likeysrself sets 'em t'example. Be off, or I'll "cpur t'pavement wi yer ugly oaroan." " The artist hurriedly dodged another boot, sprang to his foet, and, without waiting to argue the matter, sneaked ignominiously off. He vows that- he will mind his own business when next he goes slumming. London Telegraph. Routing Coffe. ' In Norway, where superb coffee is 'made, a bit of butter is added to the beans while' they are roasting in the covered shovel used there for that pur pose. In Franco, as well, a piece of but ter the size of a walnut is put with three pounds of the coffee beans, and also a dessertspoonful of powdered sug ar. This brings but both flavor and scent, and, moreover, gives the alight caramel taste which will be remember ed as a pleasing part of French coffee. New York Post. Wmalnc Alteglaaea. "I am afraid Colonel Poazer is losing his patriotism. Have you noticed that he has quit taking off his hat when he meets an American flag?" "The colonel is getting bald. " Indi mapolis Journal. Don't II airy. Lifo is too 6hort and the work for each of us to do too important for us to waste time in hurrying. Calmness and thought accomplish more. Louisville Western Recorder. How to Look tiood. Good looks are really more than skin deep, depending entirely on a healthy condition of all the vital or gans. If the liver is inactive, you have a bilious look ; if your stomach is dis ordered, you have a dyspeptic look ; if your kidneys are affected, you have a pinched look. Secure good health, and you will surely have good looks. "Electric Bitters" is a good Alterative and Tonic. Acts directly on the stomach, liver and kidneys, purifies the blood, cures pimples, blotches and boils, and irives a good complexion. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold at R, R. Bellamy's Drug Store. 50 cents per bottle. t The Rev. W. B. Costley, of Stock bridge, Ga., while attending tov his pastoral duties at Ellenwood, that State, was attacked by cholera morbus. He says: "By chance I happened to pet hold of a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, ana i turns it was me means oi saving my uie. it reneveu iue uuw. For sale by R. R. Bellamy, Druggist. Wholesale Prices Current. The following quotations represent Wboie Prlces eenerally. In making op small orders higher prices have to be charged. Thn n notations are arw&ys given as accurately as possible, bat the stab will not be responsible for any variations from tbe actual market price oi we articles nuuww. BAQOINO B Jttte... Standard WESTERN SMOKED Hams J Sides BhonldersV i DKY SALTED Bides V Shoulders V t ., BARRELS-Splrlts TurpenUne seoona-nana, eacn. New New Mork, each. Ne ESI BEESWAX BBICK8 WUmintrtou V M. Northern . BUTTER North Carolina V B. Northern ....4. COKN MEAL Per bushel, in sacks. ...... Virginia Meal COTTON TIES V bundle... , CANDLES Sperm Adamantine CHEESE V Northern Factory Dairy, Cream State COFFEE W Laguyra Bio....' tOME8TIC8 Sheeting, f-4, 9 yard Yarns, V bunch BOGS V dozen FI8E MackereL No. 1. V barrel. 2 00 Mackerel, No. 1, W half bbl. 11 00 Mackerel, No. 2, M barrel.. 16 00 MackereL No. s V half bbl 8 00 Mackerel. No. S, V barrel. 11 00 Mullets. barrel' Mulleta, V pork barrel N. O. Boe Herring, keg. . 00 Ix:::::::::::::: FLOUR Low grade Choice Straight.. i First Patent GLUE V GRAIN bushel Corn.from store,bgs White Car load. In bags White. . . Oats, from store 3$ Oats, Bast Proof Cow Peas... 9 HIDES f) - , . Green.,-.... Dry HAY, V 100 . Clover Hay St Rice Straw. Eastern. Western: : North River HOOP IRON. V t U LARD. t Northern .5 North Carolina e LIME. barrel 1 19 LUMBER (city sawed) V H ft- ShlpStafT, rem wed 18 00 - Rough-edge Plank is 00 West India cargoes, aocord- Ing toqnallty 18 00 Preeoed Flooring, seasoned 18 00 Bcantllnff and Board, eom'n 14 00 Jf 0LASSE8, V gallon Barbadoea, In hogshead . . naroaaoea in oarreis. Porto Rico, in hogsheads... ' j Purto Rico, tn barrels....... : Sugar-Bouse, In hogshead. II Sugar-Bones, in barrels. ... 14 Syruo, In barrels 18 NAILS, keg. Cut. tOd basis.. -1 40 PORK, tf barrel- City Mess..... a... II 00 Rump................ - Prime.. .c... ...... ! ROPE, ..... 10 SALT, V sack Alum............ Liverpool.. TO - American......7. , to Onl2S Backs.............. SHINGLES, 7-lr.ch, J M..' I 00 txmunon. Cvtt Sana. SUGAR, V l Standard Qrao'd , Standard A................... : White Extra C ; Extra C, Oolden.... ........ O. Yellow.,. SOAP, Northern..... STAVES. M-W. 6. barral... R. O. Hocshead oft a 14 1 yj o io w TiiJBKtt, m ism BDipping. Mill. Fair.. rViniMnn Will m a m (M A I M yvuuuuu aiu at a feHINGLES.N. C. Cypres sawed o a oo ' T m vui uwioMiifiUiiH ..j x4 Heart... - " -j B&P sy)t-a 6xM Heart.. W . .... 8 SO 00 00 4 00 IN 90 TALLOW, . I as 0 fuVaJSSiS i-Uowslied. ....... . I, O U WOOL ' lann paeiiMrs af th tflM wtrf fur ok-kal. MIIImtfcrw-w-Mirir l Til S3 Jf. K. rtlRAtlK COMfART, Qiloaco.. Lskt.jKew Voi. Bctoa. rrniaftiaSSl COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MAIIKKT. 8TAR OFFICE. Augu.t 8. . SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothing doing. ROSIN. Market firm at 11.00 V"r bbl for Strained and $1.05 for flod Strained. TAR Market firm at f 1.15 p-pr bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. -Market firm at 1.00 per barrel for Hard, fl.oOfor Dip, and 11.60 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, steady, 2K. lie; rosin quiet, 11.20, $1.23; tar quiet, $1.15; crude turpentine quirt. $1.3, $1.80, $L90. RICEHTS. Spirits turjHntine ... 107 Rosin 403 Tar 183 Crude turpentine 44 Receipts name day last year 1C0 casks spirits tuirtietitine, 497 bbls rosin, 114 pentine. bbls tar, 37 bbl crml tur COTTON. steady on a for middling Market bonis of 5 He QuotntioTis : 3-1C eta. V H. pel t-r pound Ordinary J 9 Good Ordinary 4a Low Middling 5 3 16 ' Middling 5 Good Middliug 5 7 Same day last year, middling be. Receipts 1 bale; same day laxt year, 0. OOCWTBT PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 60 to 65c per bunhiel of 28 pounds; Kx tra IVime, 70c ; Fancy, 75c. Virginia kxtra Pnme,75c ; r ancy, 75c ; Spansu 70a80c. CORN Firm; $2H to 55 cent per bushel. KOLUli KICK. fl.OO to 1.05 i-r bushel. N. C. BACON. Steady ; bam. 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES. Per thousand, five inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25 six-six, $2.25 to 3.25; seven inch ; J .'. to 6.50. TIMBER Market Steady at $2. 50 V 6.50 per M. FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to Ui Mornlim star Smtw York. August 9. Money un ra 1 1 steady at lltf &l per cent., last loan being at 1 per cent. Prime mer candle paper 3 V4 V per cent. Ster ling exchange easier: actual business in bankers bills 485. V48f for demand and 483X&484 tor SLxty days. I'ostrd rates 484485 and 4H6abtXX. Com mercial bills 483, SUrer oertincatea 5859. Bar silter 69V. Mexi can aoiiars o m . uovernmeni bunoi irregular: U. 8. new 4s, regiatered. 127;dacoupon,127K;U.S. 4 111K; do, coupon, 111V; U. S. 2 s, t7; U. 8. 5 s, registered. 112; do. 6 . coupon, 112. State bonds dull; N.C. 6's 125; 4 8 103. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. Br Tfetarrapli to the Nomina Star NewYobk, August 9. -Rosin steady. Spirits turpentine firm, 280280. Charleston, August 9. Spirit tur pentine firm at 25 Kc; no aale. Rosin quiet and unchanged; no sale. COTTOtf MARKETS. B7 Telegraph to the Mom Inn Star New YORSL August 9 - There was a narrow but generally nrm market for cotton to-day. The higher ruling of spot cotton at IJverpool, the wet weather in the Mississippi and in ths Atlantic States, and the more or 1 generally uncertain character of crop accounts led to some covering, on which our market advanced two to four points, after which there was a partial recession, as outside ,aprcul tion failed to give any support. Again the market turned firmer on ofltcial weather forecasts and on misgivings regarding the character of the bureau monthly report to be issued to mor row. The market closed steady at a net gain of two to four points. New Yobe. August 9. Cotton steady; middling uplands 6 c Uotton future) closed August o.vuc, (September b.vac, uctoner s.irrc. November 5.99c, December 6.02c Janu ary 6.06c, February 6.09c; March 6.12c, April 6.15c, May f.l8c Spot cotton closed steady at 11 6c advance; middling uplands 6 He: mid dling gulf 6Xc; sales S.010 bales. Met receipts bales; gross receipt bales: exports to Great Britain 512 bales; exports to toe Continent 90 bales; sales 310 bales; to spin ners 232 bales: stock (actual) 83.812 bales. Total to-dayNet receipt 770 bales: exports . to Great Britain 522 bales; exports to the Continent 691 bales; stock 23.000 bales. Consolidated Net receipt 1.747 bales; exports to Oreat Britain 534 bales;; exports to tbe Continent 11.- 286 bales. Total since September 1st Net re ceipt 8,520,237 bajea; exports to Great onuun o,tms,o3i oaiea ; exports to France 81S.308 bales: exports to the Continent 2.980.0C1 bales. Auff.S.-GalvMtotr.nominal at 5 11-16. net receipts S3 bales; Norfolk, omi- nal at 5tf c net receipts 181 bales: Baltimore,nomkul at 6 He, net receipts bales; Boston, doll at 6 116c; net reoeapu baJes: WUminston. steady at Bc, net ! reeeipts 1 bale; fnuadeipnia. auaet at tKc. net re ceipts 171 bales; Sayannah, steady at o?a, net receipts zU7 bales; New Orleans. quiet at S 1116c. i net receipts 27 Dales: Mobile, nominal at 5 He net re ceipts 197 bales; Memphis, quiet at 8,S. net receipts S6,balea:Auguta, quiet at 6c, net receipts 21 bales; Charleston, quiet at c, net receipts bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. Ba flira Ki MtWnlnaV Bit. a J V VlVfl Wmym y wmjmg mm auifA ! NKW XOEK. August JTlour was ateadr. with business restricted bv tbe views of holders. Wheat Spot strong: No. 2 red 77KC78Vo: options opened weak and were aifected aJl tbt morn ing by liquidation arising from weak cables and a raid br I bears: at the de cline exporters became heavy buyers, eventually srarinr in aborts until moat of the early loss was recovered and th market elosed firm at He decline; No. 3 red September closed 71 Xe: Decern-1 ber elosed 70 Corn Spot firm; No. J aanc: opuons openea easier wiin - A'Jtt? .'itP mm wbt but n-ionIitig ( tt. mand and covering ordn. lied and closed only ', Pepteiler cld S74,r I rloed JWjfr. OsU HpK ( r, 2Hc; options were quiel i steady, closing r nrt In, , tetnbrr ebtaed 77ie. iWwf l( asier; Vaterrt sU-arn . timber $5 5Ci, nominal; r f . i . ,! , Pork dull. IJntUr .MJi creamery 1 4' fM-. 14c: Elgin 1 1-. ..Immi -r 1 llCo; Hi dmtrv 1,'lvilTr r trady; Jf-nyo 1 I ; Island ft . (,','! T vn-t : favyr J by rnor- itujuirv from j, , iir.rmo pujratmr yrliuw )vi, (urn tlu'1 Kirirhiy ( 'jblfr u , l'off- "-ijHit H ii t-ilv. Irtidn : ward. No. 7 uirunv ',', . N" bing 6 Hr . mild 1-It nn I ii,i rlire; Conbivii Kfifr S 4trrig and l-tding 'ijiwui, firm, with ti al vain -mg t - ClIK A'lo, Augul ') -A i, demand prri 'il-d i,niiriiJ fulurrs in the w N-at Jul !- i )Imk1 c. iowrr and ! i . Corn Utht jc. tnl cl- iinl 1 1 and lartl d linrd 2j rib rne 2i'(5r. C'hi aio. Augitat 'J '!. lioiiN: KI'Mir was firm Win. 2 spring Sfi((l75c : N..'l spniig T l rf'i. 2 rod ?'.i(l7'.l (,'orri c. Oat -No. 21 V white freo on Uwrd, Jf'.t, No .1 wlnU- frr on Ixiavnl !.27Vc Slww trk, f hl.l i ho. fjnl. -r n.. f. ;. it 2' I. Short nli aidrs. hn.r 0 35. Iry ikaltid Khoulilrra. It ;2S4 Khnrt r!nr ,(. bottxl. $A 4"ftifc f" Tlie leading (ul'-irra nin-- .. Iowa, opening, liiti-t cloaing: heal .NO 'J , 4'"' 70 V. CV. "0 V . rVpl n.1-r C.5,. 63?ic; IWrinlwr .', :.'.c. May G7, C7i,. f.6. f' - August 33. 33. 32H. a?'.' t 3Ji. 33',. 32,. .TV :. S3;. 33, . Mai :",'i. :i''l' 4u rii'- ' 3i'H. t'',cj May 23'.. 2.1 . l'ork. per bhj. hrpirwit H'.Kt, Cl, S5;(.W-UiU r f I i H 72. h hT ttmfl. l-r 1 U.mU-r $3 2i, 5 22',. r. I OrU.ber $5 25. .V 27 ',. r. Rit twr IfK) !!. - .s i,i ri & 17S, 5 o&. 5 5 20. 5 10, 5 2ii. lULTiMonx. Auguki i and unchanged. Vbat t .. decline spot 76it7fi ' . k.hi hv-piemlwr72 Wc. Soulier! sample 70,77c orti '.. 37 SC; month 37 t.'!7 1 , 37 'vt37 ' o Southrm hiU n corn .'H464ir Oala rjuirl N western 32(32 Sc. FOREIGN MARKET Br ' U IHr n,lng mat I.IVKRPIKJI August 9. 4 1' Cotton spot in moderate dm prices 1 .'I2d higher; American dling fair, 3I5iri. grMnl tnidil 3 11 ITmI . middling .T, d . low middli 3 d . fo-xl orlnirv ,'l 3 H'mI iinluiM 3d. Th- kali-, of llir dai w.re bale, of which V"1 fh for r fur i itir ludril tion and extiort and bale. Iteceurta 12,ii li!s in.! 5,6(iO American. Future opened and lo-.l ill moderate drniand A"' middling (I. m. c.) Augui seller; August and Hrplemlw r X 25 64d buyer; Hrptemlicr an. 1 3 22 64tft3 23 64d aeller l w t . November 3 21 4l3 1"! i i November arid I kwn,fr 21 64d btirer; !ceml"er !,: S 21643' 21 6id buyrr. Ja. . February 3 M f.4(33Jl 6d ! ruary and March .1 71 ellrriMarvhand April 3;'.' ' i April and Mar S 23 64.1 .. . and Jane 3 23 (4tt3 24 f.t.i MA KIN I-'. ARR1 VII i Steamship Croatan K'1 New York. I! O Small'-" Scbr Walter Sumnrr N' Ieau. Ouadsloupf. -, II 1 Scbr ('has I.iiilln' mt CoUtmi. Morebead CitT 1 Sou c Co. ("I.EAHKl ' Hchr H I Hazard. 373 i forxl. New York, ii"' II. (t Co. EXPORTS COAHTW1-I Nw York SrhiMinri 1 I 2UM.SI99 feet lumber hr lh 1 I.umner Co. ; veaael In Hon CV MAKING DIRi:CT(i tui r tm r.o ' SCHOONERS Cbaa Llnthicum. 125 lot.' Geo Harris. Sn i. ( ' Walter Sumner. 14 Uu. Oeo Harris. Hn A Co HARtl' KS Ilrstla iSaredi IVi lot,v lieide Co. Triumnh (Nor.) 637 ton. Car '. I ttiier flt c. FOREOLOSUKK TATt OF WORTH CAHOI.Iil Coturv r utm Hi . i Carta! 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