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PTJBLISHEE'S AOTTOTOCEMENT. THE OEinNQSTAE, tbe olMtdnewe- Vm!?"JiX?, L50 for six months. r-2.56 ?e"":Si months. 60 cents for one montn r ntTpeTmonth for. ' rnVmHod from one montn to one year. Wkbtising bates (DAILY)-Onesonare OMdayTll.OO; two days, fWte three days. lg.50 . fnr days, $3.00; live davs, $3.50; one week, $4.00; twweekLVso; three weeks, $8.50: one month, 110 000; twd months, $17.00; three months, $34 LOO; Six monthi $40.00; twelve month, $60.00. Ten Unes of soUd Nonparlel type make one sqimre. THE WEEKLY STAB Is published every Fri at i m tor vAiir. 60 cents for SIX months, 80 cents for three months. -Announcements of Fairs. Festivals, Balls, Hops Picnics. Bociety Meetings, Political meet 58,&e., wul be charged regular advertising "Advertisements discontinued before the , time extracted for has expired, charged transient rates for time actually published. . No advertisements inseraeu m wumu ' AU announcements and recommendations of candidates for office, whether in the shape of communications or otherwise, will be charged as advertisements. " , . ' Payments for transient advertisements mu6 Dei made in advance. Known parties or strangers with proper reference, may pay monthly -or quarterly, according to contract. Remittances must be made by Cheek, Draft. Postal Money Order, Express or to BegTstered Letter. Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. - . ,. t communications, unless tney contain import ant news or discuss briefly and properly sub r jects of real interest, are not wanted; and, if ac , ceptable In every other way, they will invarf ably be reiected If the real name of the author Notfce-of Marriage or Death Tributes of Be t spect, Resolutions of Thanks, &c.,-are charged foras ordinary advertisements, but only .hatf rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate 50 cjuta will pay for a simple announce ment of Marriage or Death.; ... - t Advertisements inserted once a week in Daily will be charged $1.00 per square for each inser tion Every other day, three-fourths of daily rate. Twice a week, two-thirds of dally rate. Contract advertisers will not be allowed to exceed their spaceior advertise anything foreign to their regular business without extra charge . at transi'iit rates. . ' " Advertisements kept under the head of 'New Advertisements" will De charged nfty per cent. 1 Advertisements to follow reading matter, or : to occupy any special place, will be charged extra according to the position desired. BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD. WILMINGTON. N. C. Friday Morning, January 20. BAD METHODS. For some years there has ' been much discussion in the South about our farming methods, discussion by the press, discussion by farmers and by conventions of farmersY and xms - discussion nas aireaay Deeu productive of good and will be pro ductive of more good. Much ad vice has been given to the farmers, some 20od. some not so srood. and Some of it may have seemed gra- fvufrma a a nnmiTiop frnm men wVir ( Were not competent to advise, but on the whole the advice has been good and the farmers, 'as a general , thing, have shown a disposition to heed it and many of them to act upon it where it was practicable. . Tint. flaiA oia Aflrf oln n rra tirTiiTi may be accepted as facts,' which have become' apparent to all whether thair-rifl rlirort.lv infprAsi'.fif?' in farm- r , .- v in? or not, and one of these is that tuu une-uruy syatein, wnaiever mat que crop may be, is. a wrong system for this day and generation whether .it mav have ever been the riffht svs- XT 1 A . 1. J. ' i-1 i. i J ; : . O J tern. . In the days of slavery, when the c tton crop was less than half '' t..i ti ; j it:. i j , tvuab ii ia now uuu Luis country uau , a practical monopoly of the growing ui uutbou ib iuigob Dave uuue, ivi -then the planter got not only a liv ing price for his cotton but gol a priGe that left some money as profit, and the crop was not then made on the credit system as it has been since the war, so that if the one crop sys tem may have done well then, it not do well now. ,; ;:. disposition is shown - in some does. sections to abandon cotton and turn to tbb acco culture, which would be simply "jumping from the frying pan into th& fire," for the one-crop system1 as to tobacco is as bad or 'evenwor8e than the one-crop cotton system, for" the reason that the jvvold is now pretty well . supplied yitb. tobacco and a surplus of to bacco is even worse than a surplus ' of pcitton for it is more perishable, mora easily damaged and easily be- V comes worthless, being one of the ' most'Bensitive of products and never really safe even after it has been manufactured and put up in boxes It iiust be carefully and judiciously . handled from the beginning to the end. It is ndfran ideal crop to cu! v tivate even if it pay'well, for it, like Gonon, is a iana exnauster, even ! njore of an exhauster, and like cot ton has nothing to give, back to the .land to repay what it took from it. T Jl ' ' . f iui wb are more interested, noyr in the one-crop cotton system thaji in the one-crop tobacco system, .which has jiot et been carried io .such an extent as to be dangerous. - We must get out of the all-cotton . delusion for that ' has brought dis- aster, and will continue disaster while the system continues. In fliscussing this question the Atlanta ' vonstitutton indulges in .the folloW- , mg pertinent remarks: But: we contend that our farmers can grow o cent cotton at a compara tive ikfit if they will cease to nrodhen more than the world can consume and at Ihe same time conform their ; , methods of farming' to the changed uuauwm W1U tJVUDOIIUC -CODUlUQnS. "Wetoay trv to reform thesa tiona;wemay be determine to oppose to the bitter end the policy which ihas imposed them unnn ina Tint Tnaan. while, it is the part of) wisdom toi re coermze them as fart. t nni ti,. law that has wrought the evil will be a j mancr ui years, ana our larmers can not anora to wait for that event be I fore taking measures to fortify them selves. i " The truth is, the present methods of ' a"mJ would be wrong and unprofit- u . . Pnce oi cotton were treble i i wnai 11 IS now. Them wna itim. .'. when the farmers were gettinar 12 and 1 io cents a pound for their staple, f hey were better off then than they are now, but what good, did it do them? v They saved no money, and thev lwere more deeply in debt then thad thev are now. There was a constant cry of nara times, ana mere was gooa reason for it Their methods ' made ( hard times:, every dollar that hisrh-nrice cotton" brought in had to be paid out ior aeDt, lor guano and otner planta tion supplies, including timothy hay with stalka in it large enough to -make stove wood. They allowed their crab ' grass to rot ia the fields, and ieither ... oougni umotny at 1.50 a hundred or fed their mules on v shucks. If jetton bad been 50 cents a pound, tne result would have been the same more guano, more timothy, more extrava gance of every kind. If cotton were 20 cents a pound to-day, the farmer who has to buy all nis supplies woum be poorer after his cotton was 60ld than ne was Derore. . . "The point we are making is this, that the price of cotton cuts no figure in the programme so long as farmers throw away the thousand aud one op portunities which they have of supple menting their cotton money. We are borne out in this statement by the tes timony of the farmers who, through the columns of the Constitution and over their own names, have con tributed to the discussion which our suggestions , have aroused.. -When it was! 20 cents a pound the farmers were complaining of hard times, and when it is 4 cents the complaints are not much louder. Not much louder, indeed; but the difference represent an awful reduction in the ready cash available for business. It has pro duced (conditions which compel the farmers to turn their attention to alt the resources of the farm, some of which necessity has never compelled t.hftm to touch. r The first and most important econ omy is for the farmers to give up guano, which at the ' present price of qottom is a dead loss. There is not a farm ib the South which, with a little attention, will not produce its ' own fertilizers, and the very poorest of these -are of a better quality that is to say, they are better1 suited to the soil than any that can be bought." There are two things ; the cotton grower must do, . whether he .grow, mucli or little cotton; he must grqwj it aEihe least possible cost, and he; must so conduct his "operations as to be able to maintain- himself and run nis business independent of co ton. j When that is the case, whei he gets into such a position that hj mav market or not market his cot 1 h ' - ton, as he sees fit, then he will be come a potent factor in making the' price of cotion for , if the cotton1 does not go to the spinner and weav er, the spinner and weaver will have to jseek the cotton and offer price enough to induce it to go to f them. 'If . the planter -be dependent upon cotton then he must market regardless of price, and when cotton buyers know this they are, as a matter of business, going to keep the price down. The more cotton there is' in sight the lower the price will ; be. If one half the cotton in sight to-day were suddenly destroyed the price would take a jump inside of twenty-four hours, and so wonld the price go up if the planters were in a condition to withhold the crop from the mar kets until the price suited them, a condition -they will never be in until they have something to fall back upon and depend upon besides cotton. The cotton history of years ha3 conclusively demonstrated that the one-crop system will hot do whether the price be high or low,' for high prices tempt to excess .of acreage and reckless planting, and' low prices, if cotton be the sole 4ePena" ence, means poverty, if pursued. Since the war the .cotton planters of theSouth have grown and marketed probably 112,000,000,000 worth of cotton, and what have they to show for it? Little or nothing. "What better illustration could be given than this that all-cotton, . whatever theprice may be, is a delusion? And what better -proof is needed that it j should be abandoned, and cotton rbe made a subordinate instead of the, main crop? . .' 1 WHY U0T ? Senator Bacon, of Georgia, made an eloquent and a powerful speech in the Senate, Wednesday, in oppo sition to the policy of expansion, as advocated by the expansionists, hav ing special reference to the Philip pine islands. His arguments were powerful and logical and hisL warn ings timely. In the course of his remarks he ' made one important statement when he said that he had the assurance from Senator Foraker that when he declared that-. h5 did not believe it was the intentions to hold permaennt possession of the Philippines, he oiced the senti ments of the President. ; It has been questioned whether Senator Foraker in that, declaration spoke only for himself or for others in authority, and this is the first announcement made that he ex pressed the sentiments; of the Presi dent. That was the assumption be cause there "was no denial by ' any One close to the President, Jbut this is at positive declaration which justi fies the assumption. ' If this be so, and it wonld not be so stated by Senator Bacon on the floor of the Senate if it were not so, what good reason can there be for declining or hesitating to make public . official declaration of its position, whten the belief is current in this country, in Europe and in the Philippines that the Adminis tration holds a contrary position and that the effort is now being made to have the Senate uncondi tionally ratify the Paris treaty and thus virtually, it not in so many words, endorse the expansion pol icy? If Senator Foraker expressed his honest sentiments, and in doing so spoke for the administration, why not be frank and honest and let the world know that this is the fact and thus put this country in a right position and remove the friction be tween this government and the Filipinos and the. danger of a' col lision which may result from misap prehension as to the purposes of this government? Delay in a case like this, when such momentous re sults may be involved, looks like in sane trifling with time, if 4 they be honest, and if they be not honest they are perpetrating a monstrous frad upon the people of the Tnited States and of the Philippines MORE GOOD FARMING. A short while ago we published an article showing what Mr. Braw of Iredell county, had accom plished in the way of reducing the cost of producing cotton," it being, as shown by' his itemized account, 2.97 cents per pound of lint. The accuracy of these figures was ques-. honed by some, but Mr. I. M. Pow ell, one of the Star's subscribers at Fair Bluff, Columbus connty, who says he is "not a farmer? but 'only "the son of a farmer," has practi cally demonstrated that cotton, may be produced in his section at a less oost than 2. 97, ' for he produced it last year at a fraction less than JS.oa cents. . . j" i. V, ;j 'y ; He encloses us an itemized state ment showing the cost in detail, of the 2,214 pounds of lint which he produced on three acres, and some of these items cost him cansiderably more than they did Mr. Brawley. The total expense of crop until ready for market was $71.50, which, after deducting $15.60, value of 130 bushels of seed, at 12 cents per bushel, left him net' $55.90 which divided by 2.214 pounds of lint, makes to cost a little lesa than two and a half cents a pound. ! : ; . In speaking of what Mr. Brawley had done , we stated that Iredell County is not an ideal cotton grow ing section, and Mr. Powell had doubtless some advantage in location and soil, but the fact that he has succeeded in getting under two and a half cents a pound shows what can be done in that direction, and what may be done when cheap production is aimed at and systematically pur sued. . v . .1 : ' In the matter of yield Mr. Powell did better than Mr. Brawley, for he produced 738 pounds of lint to the acre, while Mr. Brawley, as we read his report, produced a fraction over 384 pounds,1 which compared with the average yield is" excellent farm ing. . . !." : :.; ;; --: But the fact Is that neither the possibility of yield, nor thelow pos sible cost of production have been yet approximated. ' Mr. S. A. La tham, of Union county, produced last year three and a little over a third bales 500 pounds to the bale on two acres. But two and even three bales per acre have been pro duced by the intensive system of farming. This has been on small tracts, it is true, but what " can be done on small tracts can be done on large, tracts, where similar methods are pursued and similar conditions' obtain. ' . . ; This kind of discussion is good, especially when it is illustrated by actual accomplishment. An ounce of results is j better than! a ton of theories. - TWINKLINGS. "Hail hurt the egg industry out in our section." "Hail?" "Yes, the hailstones were so big this year that the hens got discouraged." De troit Journal. Dripping Dick "Hey! I'm the only one left of a fishing party that started out before the storm." Res cuers "What became of the others?" Dick "They didn't come." Ameri can Field. ; : "Did you enjoy the german the other night, Miss Daisy?" asked Tin kleton. "He wasn't a German, Mr. Tinkleton." answered Daisy, , inno cently.; ''he's an Englishman." " Harper's Bazar. y What She Wanted:' "The idea of a girl of her social position becom ing infatuated with a contortionist!" "I think she .saw in him a man she could wind around her little finder.1' Cincinnati Enquirer. "I tell you, sir, there's no, dis puting the fact that history repeats it- seir, especially in tne matter or irUit trees." "Fruit trees?" "Yes, sir; fruit trees. They have got three great men in trouble so far." "Who are the men ?" "Why Adam, George Washington and Matt Quay." '. Mrs. Greene -"Do you always give your, little boy castor oil for a cold?" Mrs. Gray "Yes; I give it for its moral effect exclusively." Mrs. Greene "For its moral effect?" Mrs. Gray "Yes; it will have an influence ,upon him not to catch another cold." Boston Transcript. The Best of Proof: "And you say you gave me no encouragement ?" "That is what I said." "No encour agement? Why. even your father thought it settled." "My father? What proof have you of your extraordinary statement?'' "Proof ? The best of proof. He borrows money from me." uieveiana flam Dealer. Mother (coming swiftly) "Why, Willie! Striking your little sister?" Willie (doggedly) -"Aunt Frostface made me." Aunt Frost face "Why, Willie! I said if you did strike her I would never kiss you again." Willie (still dogged) "Well, I couldn't let a chance like that slip." Spare Moments. An Enterprising Druggist. There are few men more wide awake and enterprising than R. R. Bellamy, who spares no pains to secure the best of everything in his line for his many customers. He now has the valuable agency 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 by its many startling cures. It absolutely cures Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all affections of the Throat, Chest and Lungs. Call at the aoove arug store and get a trial bottle free, or a regular size for 50 cents and $1.00. Guaranteed to cure or price re funded. . f how to Prevent Pneumonia. You are perhaps aware that pneu monia always results from a cold or from &ii attack of la grippe. During the epidemic of la grippe a few years ago when so many cases resulted in pneumonia, it was observed that the attack was never followed by that dis ease wnen Chamberlain's (Jough Remedy was used. It counteracts any tendency of a cold or la grippe to re sult in' that dangerous disease. It is the best remedy in the world for bad colds and la grippe. Every bottle warranted. For sale by R. R. Bkl- lamy. ' .,: v : j... t , ' Brnnthe Slgntam f ThB Kind Yon Haw Always Bought SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Charlotte Observer: Mr. Joseph Starnesdied Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock at his home . in Seversville. Deceased was born in October, 1809 ' and was therefore 90 years old., i Salisbury Truth: The Cone Export Company of Greensboro. ; are said to be considering the possibility of erecting a large cotton mill at the shoals, on the upper edge of Rowan county, making usft of the excellent water power at that place. ; Concord Standard: On Mon dan night the store and dwelling house of Mr. Sam Morgan, who lives near Swift's Island, Montgomery county, was burned. No cause is known for. the fire unless it was the work of an incendiary. The whole loss is about $2,500, and there was no insurance carried. : : :- j. :;. : Fayetteville Observer: Two thousand acres of the best timber land inJuewhifne township was sold in this city yesterday. It was bought by Brit ton & Johnson, the noted lumbermen, from the beirs of the late Angus Eay for $20000. This is one of the largest land sales that has occurred in Cum berland m years. , : . - Chatham Record: A . white man, named Bud Thomas, was acci dentally killed' in a strange was, in Hadley township, on last Monday. He was feedin? a cutting machine that was run by horse-power when the belt was yiolently thrown on ana oy some means threw a piece of plank against his head, killing him instantly. Goldsboro Headlight: Speak ina: of big shoes, we think Mr. J, M. Edgerton, of Genoa, has broken the re cord, for he had a pair made the other day at his shop on a number .17 last, then had to tack a piece of leather around to make it large enough. He had such a pair of shoes made every year for a party a few miles away. Clinton 'Democrat: Mrs. Al mand Butler died at her home at Rose borb on Monday night. - Mrs. T. A. Bell died suddenly of heart disease at her home in North Clinton on Sun day night. Since the refusal of the county commissioners to grant license for the sale, of liquor here, there is considerable talk of having the Legis lature establish a dispensary for Clin ton. . on the order of the Fayetteville dispensary. There is not much op position to a dispensary and it would not be difficult to procure the estab lishment of one. - . i CURRENT COMMENT. The country holds Alger re sponsible for Eagan, and McKinley responsible for Alger. It still has faith in McKinley, but his tolera tion of these two incapables is trying taOXQj. Philadelphia Ledger, Ind. The condition of France is pitiable. If the Eepuhlic comes through the ordeal ;the friends of free government through the world may have some slight cause of re joicing, but only slight. A Repub lic that needs to be so coddled and which is so constantly on the verge of collapse is a poor affair which is scarcely worth the pains it costs. New Orleans States, Dem. "Will it pay," asks the New Orleans Picayune, "to abandon cot ton for tobacco?" Of course not. All tobacco is as bad as all cotton. Cotton is a very good thing when there is not too much of it. The right plan for every Southern farmer is to make all his food supplies nrst, and then grow whatever money crop he prefers, cotton, tobacco, or what not. Gharleston News and Courier, Dem. . : ' "The trusts have risen su perior to every statute ever written," says the Philadelphia Ledger. "There is but one way in which to bring them to account, and that is by moderating or abandoning the tariff on every article the subject of a domestic monopoly.". The Ledger was an old time and very strong protectionist. It has found out that protection, in these piping times, " simply protects combines in putting up prices of necessaries; and, like the honest and brave newspaper it is, ' the Ledger demands that the laws cease from protecting organ ized robbery. Chattanooga Times, Dem. ' :, r- J J !') , : '- SWINDLING PHYSICIANS. Clever Btmko Gunei That Are Worked OB ' the Profession. j A correspbndent writes: "The follow ing trick is new, I think, and I there fore inform; yon concerning it, if you choose to give it publicity: . "Act 1. A man introduces himself at my office as Dr. E. L. Adams of Stroudsburg, Pa., talks (and talks learn edly about the throat) of sending a pa tient of his, a Mr. Henry Sawyer, in consultation. He then speaks of desir ing to buy a spray apparatus; asks me of whom. I recommend B. ! As the 'doc-, tor' is leaving he' asks incidentally for one of my cards. It is given. "Act 2.- He afterward writes on my card a line of introduction to B; pre sents it, saying he was sent by me, giv ing details. He . orders the apparatus and desires it sent to Dr. Adams, street (who promptly replies by tele phone, saying he knows nothing about it); presents a check made payable to his order, indorsed by him, in payment for the spray and receives a balance in cash (in this instance $10, I believe). ! "Act 8. Check returned; no good. B. writes to Stroudsburg. No Dr. E. It Adams and no Mr. Sawyer reside there or are known to the postmaster. I, of course, have never seen the Mr. Saw- V .;(' r ' , "Act 4. The bogus and plausible representative of the medical profession has the money.. The trick is, of course, capable of various modifications. ' An old trick is being worked upon the members of the medical profession with success in several instances. A man calls at the doctor's office at a time he knows he is away. Asking for the doctor and learning he is out, the man is, oh, so sorry, but maybe the good doctor's wife would answer; The doc tor's helpmate is summoned and is in formed that the visitor is a patient' of the doctor and lives (in one instance) in Newark,' N. J. He is anxious to Bet tie a bill of $20 and asks the wife to give a receipt for that Bum. The good wife, overcome both by the vision of a $20 debt being settled and . also by the flattering remarks of. the pleasant man nered fellow, gives the receipt. In ex change he presents a certified check for $25, gets the $5 in change, and well, in due time the poor doctor jots down in his account book j on the credit side, "For experience, $5." Medical Record. A Cold Weather Idyl. Tenderly, touchiiigly, he wrapped the damp, warm cloth about the in jured member. I 1 ! t But no relief came. "Maria, "bp shouted after a longv hopeless pause, "it's no use! These blamed hot rags won't do. Get me the hammer 1" j ' i And once agaw he rapped the pipe. Cincinnati Cornmercial Trib une. J 1' MAN'S LITTLE VANITIES. Bow CarefoUy He Ioolta to the Creaae la j ' : His Tronaen. ; f "Does masculine self unconscious- , nessexist?'.' asksa writer in the Phil adelphia Inquirer. V I am inclined to think, after weighing well man's many character traits, that this one at least forms no part of his mental make up. v: v"-': " -r.y He is such a conscious creature if . ever once he imagines he is being observed. Only an outsider's glance is needed to rivet his attention? upon bis adorable self. ; : ' Sometimes it is the most innocent glance, one, if he did but know it, that has not . taken him in at all, but as it happened to fall -his way it is gobbled up by his vanity, and immediately the woman who has "unfortunately bestowed the glance is viewed in the light of ajpossible; conquest. . v -. - ' I A man never seems to haye grown . too old or too ugly to arr'6gate to himself admiration that a wman in her palmiest days would hardly dare claim.; . . - - Thai crease in his trpnsers weighs so heavily upon his mind- He is never,: I can see, perfectly) assured .of its perfection unless the trousers are just home from the tailor. j . Imajgine a woman getting into a sti-eet car and hardly settling her-r self before she begins pulling at a seam in her gown ! . ,j I I How tenderly he hitches it into, correct position ! He doesn't mind in the least showing his ankles, and a man's ankles ye gods, what sights to see, even the best dressed pair going! -'. . ' - ' . ' . j ' Surely it must, be that vanity prompts him to show them, or in . difference, F which amounts to the same sight thing." I often wonder why a of his brother's does not' warn him to keep his own well covered. : In all matters pertaining to his toilet; he is, equally assured. I don't suppose 100 horsepower, could drag him to certain places without a dress suit, j He would think it a much greater crime to rob a bank ( than wear a last year's tile. He talks a good deal about com fortable shoes, but I notice he falls right into line with the latest shoe fad regardless of price or comfort: As for collars and neckties, no bud just beginning to get a taste of fine clothes ever fussed over them as a man does over these two items of wearing apparel. He hasn't a bit of conscience about pitching a drawerful of collars into the ash barrel if he happens to get a notion that they are a little "off cut, ' ' and, as for ties, he watches after their modes with lynx eyes. He hears that the scarfpin must go a little to the right or a little to the loft, and it, is changed without delay. Watch j jCharms are out of datei j Every trinket of the sort he owns i is promptly abandoned.1 He wears only thje kind of waistcoat other men wear. Man's! dress vanities? Why,' they are legion, and he cultivates them with an' insistence worthy of a bet ter cause. Boston Herald. Paper Handkerchiefs. 1 The story of the heathen Chinee and; the missionary's fancy hand kerchief should be oft repeated, The Chinaman admired the, dainty square of embroidered linen very much, until he was told its use, and that it would be washed and used again, when he dropped it with dis dain. To his mind, the idea of using a handkerchief again and again was inconceivable. ir When we look at it as a matter of hygiene, to burn up all soiled hand kerchiefs is certainly the safest, cleanest course. ' There can be no question as to the advantages of this plan. Any slight; cold may prove to be the grip. ?;. - No doubt many a case of consump tion has been unsuspected : until whole households have been sub jected to risks which science has taught us to avoid - 1 I . H we are stiU unwilling to use the Chinese paper handkerchiefs in pub lic always and everywhere a hand : kerchief should be as little m evi- ; dence as possible we can, at least, use them in the privacy of home, Pure white squares of j Chinese pa per, suitable for this purpose, may be purchased for 20 cents a hundred. Already some sensible jpebple keep them on hand to use when suffering from colds. F. W. in - Philadelphia Ledger. . - - .A : 1 . Gordon's Comment. On a recent visit to Boston, Gen eral John B. Gordon, the ex-Confed erate, was entertained by a J well known lawyer, who shojwed him the sights. One of the places the south erners visited was the cyclorama of the battle of Gettysburg. The old soldier did not make any comment on it. When the two came put of the building and were 6n their way down town, the lawyer inquired; "Well, general, what did you think of it?" ' pWhat did I think of it?" said the general, coming to a Standstill and striking a defiant attitude, j "Ijet, them paint Bull Run!'' SaniFran cisco Argonaut ' i j j ' i- :- m m m .j j ; . ' - . I ; How to Look Good, ' j Good looks are really more than skin deep,, 'depending entirely j on a healthy condition of all the vital organs. If the liver is inactive, you have a bilious look: if vour stomach Ms. 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 srood Alterative and ; Tonic. Acts directly on ' the stomach, liver and kidneys, purifies the blood, Cures pimples, blotches and boils, and gives a. good complexion. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold at R. R. Beixamys Drug Store! 50 cents per bottle. ; ' '. ' ; j' j t Ia'Grlppe Successfully Treated. 'I have just recovered from the sec ond attack of la grippe this year," says Mr. James A. Jones, publisher of the Leader, Mexia, Tex. "In the latter case I used Chamberlain's Jough Kemedy, and I think with considerable success. only being in bed a little over two days against ten aays ior ine iormer attack. The second attack I am satisfied would have been equally as bad as the first hut for the use of this remedy as I had to go to bed in about? six hours after being 'struck' with it, while in the first case I was able to attend to business about two days before getting 'down.' " For sale by i. a. ueijlahy. ; i t Tra Kind Yob Haw Always i CAB Bens the a; j M SKATING IN OLD DAYS, How the Sport Became Popular In New YorkClty. . While skating is now one of the most popular spcrts of the winter season it is only comparatively a few years since it has become so in this city. When the Central park was being constructed in 1860 and the small artificial lake at Fifty-ninth street was nearly completed, the park commissioners announced that it would be thrown open for the use oi skaters. A few men took advantage of the invitation, but women could not be induced to go on the ice. The . skates then in use were of ' the most antique pattern, some of the runners extending a long way in front of the foot, ending in a ringlike curl, in a crowd tnese skates were quite dangerous, end the I first year skating was anything except popular. - -' ; During the next winter tne larger lake at the upper end of the mall was in such condition that it could be used for skating. Here there was more room for the sport, but still the women could not be induced to venture on the ice. A number of gentlemen determined to overcome this prejudice and organized the New York Skating club, having a, regulation patterned skate, almost even with the sole of the boot, which was laced up tight to the ankle, while the objectionable strap was done away with, the runner being fixed to the sole while in use by a ball and socket and held firmly with a clamp. These be came popular that winter with the men, and a lighter kind was made for wom en. The prejudice, however, still ex isted among the latter, until the club invited a lady, who was a fine skater, from Portland, Me. , to visit the ! iCen- ' tral park and skate with the club.' This lady wore a pretty and appropriate dress, similar to that worn in winter by women skaters . in Europe, and she created such a! sensation by her artistic skating as to attract much notice.! The result was that before the season ended several young ladies were induced by the club to venture on the ice, and the season of 1862-3 found, many, with pretty costumes, ;en joying the sport. , A series of carnivals were arranged by the club during the following season, and skating in the evening became one of the fashionable winter amusements. New York Mail and Express. Hens and Xron.' - A French physician has invented a method by which he says iron can be given in large doses. Hens, he noticed, have powerful internal organs, i They can digest considerable quantities of iron and thfen render it back, through the albumen of their eggs, in a form which is easily digested by the weaker stomach of mankind. So he feeds his hens with what he calls "a very absorb ent salt of iron, " mingled with grains of wheat, and they lay eggs extremely rich in iron already digested. ; y ; Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milfi WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. ' tap" The following; quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making up small orders higher prices have to be charged. BAGGING I s n jute Standard WESTERN SMOKED . - Hams $ a Sides W lb.............. Shoplderstf ft TRV SAI.TF.n 7 & 12 & 8 6tt Sides lb. Shoulders lb..... , 6 BARBELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand,each ' & New New York, each & 1 New City, each ............. " BEESWAX lb ................ i io 120 1 10 83 BRICKS Wilmington f U 5 00 9 00 15 20 & 700 & 14 00 jNorcnern BUTTER : North Carolina V lb.,... Northern. CORN MEAL & 18 23 50 52 80 25 11 11 11 10 16 10 80 12 i Per bushel, tn sacks . . . . . . 49 i Virginia Meal 50 COTTON TIES bundle...... 75 CANDLES V B : Sperm 18- Adamantine 8 & CHEESE 9 1 '' i Northern Factory. .......... 10H Dairy Cream 3 State j.. ...... j & COFFEE lb ' Laguyra.... 13 Rio..: 7H DOMESTICS , ; Sheeting, 4-4, yard Tarns. bunch . . . . EGGS dozen......... 18 12 tian Mackerel, No. 1, barrel... 83 00 Mackerel, No. 1, halr-bbl. 11 00 Mackerel, No. 8. barrel... 16 00 : Mackerel, No. 8 half-bbl.. 8 00 . Mackerel, No. 3, barrel... 18 CO 30 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 & 14 00 a 4 00 8 00 3 85 10. a 4 50 . Mullets, barrel Mullets, ftpork barrel ...... . If. C. Roe Herring, keg. . : Drypod, FL0TJB- lb- - 3 75 3 00 5 4 35 Low grade 3 00 3 50 4 00 5 00 : cnoice...... Straight.... 3 75 & 4 50 ; First Patent...... GLUE B GRAIN bushel Corn,from store.bgs White Car-load, In brgs White... Oats, from store ..v." Oats, Rust Proof. Cow Peas... HIDES lb Green salted ; Dry flint Dry salt-.. HAY 100 lbs ' Clover Hay. Rice Straw....... Eastern.... Western. North River HOOP IRON, B. ......... LARD. ft , Northern North Carolina. LIME, barrel LUMBER (city sawed) M ft Ship Stuff, resawed. Rough edge Plank West India carizaea. accord fO 46 45 45 I 75 & 6 10 9 75 45 75 75 75 2- 7 10J6 85 & & & & .5 6 1 15 18 00 15 00 80 00 16 00 18 00 2 2 00 15 00 ing to quality 13 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n.14 00 MOLASSES gallon Barbadoes, inhegshead..... Barbadoes, In barrels...... . - Porto Rico, in hogsheads.... Porto Rico. In barrels. 25 88 87 88 14 15 15 65 , & & & & & Sugar House, in hogsheads. Sugar House, in barrels.... 8y rap,. In barrels.. NAILS, keg. Cut, 60d basis.. . PORK, barrel , CltvMess Rump Prime ROPE, lb.... SALT, sack, Alum. Liverpool r... American. On 125 Sacks. SHINGLES, 7-inch, per M. .... . 12 14 18 1 60 10 50 10 50 10 75 70 & 11 00 & 11 00 & 10 50 a 22 1 10 . 80 75 47 650 8 85 8 50 5 5 00 1 60 S 50 Cypress Bans. sua, GAR, ft standard Gran'd Standard A. - White Extra C, Extra C, Golden. 5 . .Vi euow....i.. SOAI ft Northern STAVES, V M-W O. barL... R- O. Hogshead.. SSSPVJS M teeb-Shipping.. Mill, Prime........... Mm, Fair.. ..!...;.;..;!""; Common Mill Inferior to ordinary. SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed M 6x84 heart.:............ " Sap......... : 5x84 Heart......... " , ' " Sap U 6X84 Heart.... " Sap.... TALLOW. ft.. ...". - ;HNaM.e WOOL, per ft Unwashed. 4 6 00 & 14 09 & 10 00 9 00 7 00 6 50 5 00 4 00 4 50 a qi 7 50 600 4 60 4 00 6 00 5 00 1 00 100 10 & 8 50 6 00 5 00 4 50 .6 60 5 50 6 S 00 t 00 IS Perfect Infant Food Jlj A Perfect Substitute For X W Mothers milk. For 4d W 1 Years the leaoimg brand. ! (v, ; S "INFANT HEALTH son FR& V ! h.y. NDeNseo Milk- new took. i Large packaere of the -world's best cleanser j for a nickel, 8011 greater economy m 4-pound ; package. All grocers. ' Made only by ! THB N. K. FAQtBANK COMPAHY, Chicago. St. Louis. New York, Boston Philadelphia. . COMMERCIAL. FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, January 19. Money on call steady at 22 per cent., last Joan being at 2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper Z3 per cent. Ster ling exchange firm, with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at '484 485 for demand and at 482 483 for sixty days, rosted rates 483483J and 485. Commercial bills 482482 X ; Silver cer tificates 59 60. Bar silver 59. Mexican dollars 47 Government bonds firmer; State bonds inactive; Railroad bonds strong. U. Si 88, 107 ; U. S. new 4's. registered, 1281293; do. coupon, 128i130r U.'8.-4's 112 112K ; Wo coupon, 112X113; do. 2's 99 ; Tfc S. 5's, registered,-111 112; do. 5', coupon, 112il3K ; N. C. 6'sl03 bid; do. 4's, 105 bid; Southern Ry 5's 106 H. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 68; Chesapeake & Qhio 264i Man hattan L 112 ; N. Y. Central 126 ; Reading 22 ; do.lst preferred 57 ; St. Paul 127 ; do. preferred 167: South ern Railway 13J j do. preferred 48; American Tobacco 148X do. pre ferred 137; People's Gas 111 ; Sugar 132 ; do. preferred 112 ; T. C. & Iron 40 ; U. S. Leather 7 ; do. preferred 72M ; Western Union 94; NAVAL STORES MARKETS. j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . . . New York, January 19. Rosin quiet ; strained common to good $1 35 1 37. Spirits turpentine dull and easy at 43K44c. .. Charleston, January 19. Spirits turpentine firm at 42c; no sales! Rosin hrm and unchanged; no sales. COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, January 19. The cot ton market again took a j higher level and showed well sustained, if not greater activity. The leading bullish impulses were the strong cables and smaller receipts. It was expected that the market wouldppen higher than it did, but some fcf the smaller local longs took advantage of the strong situation to liquidate and the sell ing by this class, added to some out side disposition to realize, , checked the advance on the opening call, at four to six points. Later, busi ness increased with advances - of seven and nine points, the higher ex treme being confined to December contracts. August came I within on e point of selling at six cents, but at 5.99 there was a selling movement that turned the market a little, and a re action of two to four points followed. On the whole, the feeling throughout the. session remained bullish: With out quotable advance, the market for spot cotton showed positive j firmness in the local market and i also in the leading markets of the cotton belt which were from firm at unchanged quotations to. Jc higher. ! 1 ; New York, January 19. Cotton firm ; middling uplands 6c. Cotton futures market closed steady; January 5.84c, February 5.81c, March 5 83c, April 5.86c, May5.89c,June 5.91c, July 5.93c, August 5.96c, September 5.90c, October 5.91, November 5.91c, December 5.93c. i ' ' ; Spot cotton closed firm : and un changed; sales 765 bales. Net receipts 116 bales ; gross re ceipts 8,132 ,bales; sales 765 bales; exports to Great Britain 508 bales; stock 103,803 bales. Total to-day Net receipts 15,947 bales; exports to Great Britain 11,000 bales; exports to the Continent 16,717 bales; stock 1,140,566 bales. . Consolidated Net receipts 173,155 bales; exports to Great Britain 84,172 bales; exports to France 13,810 bales; exports to the Continent 75,150 bales. Total since September 1st Net re ceipts 6,408,064 bales; exports to Great Britain 2,539,005 bales ; exports to France 545,512vbales; exports to the Continent 1,765,782 bales. . January 19.Galveston, quiet at 5c, net receipts 3,502 bales; Nor folk, holiday, net receipts bales; Baltimore, steady at 6c,' net re ceipts 300 hales ; Boston, steady at 6Mc, net receipts 2,1U Dales; wu mington, holiday, net receipts bales; Philadelphia, firm at 6c, net receipts 352; bales; Savannah,: holi day, net receipts , 3,088 bales; New Orleans, steady at 5c, net receipts 4,993 bales; Mobile, firm at 5 5 16c, net receipts 610 , bales; itfemphisi firm atSJc, net receipts ; 1,290 baled; Au gusta, steady at 6c, net receipts 161 bales; Charleston, firm at 5c, net receipts 319 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. - . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, I January 19. Flour was neglected owing to erratic, actions of wheat and closed easy. Wheat Spot steady No. 2 red 8080c; options opened firm and experienced a sharp rise, in which sentiment inspired from Wall street played an important part ; later realizing developed prices quick ly and the market closed unsettled at yc net decline; foreign news was un satisfactory and foreigners sold wheat, while export trade and clearances were both moderate; sales included: No. 2 red March closed 78 3c; May closed 75c. Corn Spot steady; No. 2, 43 43 Wc; options opened firm and for a time heeded the, strength in wheat subsequently they I reacted with fine weather and small export orders, clos ing easy at unchanged prices; May closed 41?fcY Oats Spot steady; No, 2. 34c ; options dull. Lard steady ; West era steam $5 I 855 87 ; January closed $5 87 ; refined quiet. . Pork, firm. Butter steady ; Western cream ery 14 19c; Western factory 12 14c; EUgins 19c; imitation creamery 13 17c; State dairy 1318c. Cheese steady; large- white 10c. Potatoes, steady; Jerseys $1 121 50; New York $1 251 62K; Long Island $1 75200; sweets $1 252 50. Cotton seed oil steady; prime crude, 19c; do. yel low 2222c. Petroleum quiet. Rice firm. Cabbage steady. Coffee Spot Rio easy; No. 7 invoice 66Kc; No. 7 jobbing 77cf mild quiet; Cordova 7 K14c. Sugar Raw steady ; fair re fining 32c; centrifugal 96 test 4l(c: molasses sugar 3c; refined dull. Chicago,! January 19. Heavy do mestic receipts, weak foreign markets, small seaboard clearances and poor shipping demand, finally won the struggle with bullish sentiment in wheat to-day and May after an ad vance of fc closed i and fc lower. j Corn and oats left off a shade hiehep Pork, lard and ribs are unchanged. Chicago, Jahuary l9.-Casrqi)ja . tions; Flour dull. Wheat.-YU nrinff 68a68 Uc Nn a d kti.v4. No, 2 27c; No. 2 white 30c ; N0 l white 2929Xc. Pork, per bbl 9 i . Lard, per 100 fttfw 55?$$ Short nb sides, loose, $4 704 95 Dr' salted shoulders. $4 254 37. : gaoi clear sjdes, boxed, $5 105 15 Whk io! 1r27tille- finia'hed soods' per: . The leading futures ranged, as foK 1 lows opening, highest, lowest and closing: Wheat No. 2. January 70 U 71X,7O70M,7070;July68tv 69,68, 68c. Corn-January 341' 35, 34;,34,c; May .36j$, Z71 36 X 36, 36c; Jujy 3737X hA 37 X, 37 X, 37Mc Oats-May 27k. 27? tbc, . Pork, per barrel-January - Art O-f i . if. - a - , . o(y2: Aiay iu .10 17 1010, 10 12. Lard, per 100 Ibs-Jauu-ary , $5 5; May $5 77 5 80, 5 75, 5 80. Ribs, per 100 lbs, Jan uary $4 75.-4 75,4 75, 4 75 : May $S 05 5 07, 5 05, 5 07. . -Baltimore, January 19. F!.;ur dull and unchanged Wheat firmer Spot 7575c; month 7575c;Feb-' ruary 75K76c. Southern wheat bv sample -7076Kc. Corn strong--Spot4040:c; month 4040?c; Feb ruary 40c. Southern white and yel low corn 37X40c. . Oats steady ; No. 2 white western 34c. Lettuce fl.25l. 50 per bushel box. FOREIGN MARKET. By Cable to the Mornlpg SUr. - Liverpool, January 19. 4 P. ' M. Cotton spot, active business; prices l-16d higher. American middling fair 3 23 32d; good middling 3 3-32dh' middling 3 3 16d ; low middling 3d ;i good ordinary 2 l-16d; ordinary 2i. The sales of the day were 15,000 bales,! of which 3,000 were for speculation and export and included 14,100 bales American. Receipts .45,000 bales, in cluding 35,300 American. - Futures opened steady with a. fair demand and closed steady at the ad vance. American middling (L m. c.) : -January 3 9-643 10'64d seller; Janu ary and February 3 9-643 T10-64J seller; February and March 3 9 643 10- 6 id seller ; March and April 3 10 64 3 ll-64d seller; April and Mav 3 11- 64d buyer; May and June 3 12 64- buyer ; June and July 3 13 64d buyer; July and August 3 14-64d bJyer; Au gust and September 3 14-643 15 64d ? seller ; September and October 3 14-64 ' g3 15-64d buyer; October and Novem ber 3 15 64d value; November and De cember 3 14-64d buyer. . MARINE. ARRIVED.' Schr St Croix. 190 tons. Torrey, Xsuevitas, Cuba, J XKiley & Uo. . . CLEARED. Stmr Driver, Robinson, Fayetteville,1) James Madden. j MARINE DIRECTOR V. Lilt of Vcdtels Id the orv m w n - SCHOONERS. St Croix, 190 tons, Torrey, J T Riley &Co. . ' Theresa (Br) 148 tons. Mathesen, J ,T Riley & Co. Dove (Br), 108 tons, Esdale, Geo Har- riss, Son & Co. ' . i Chas H Sprague, 266 tons, Harper, Geo Uarriss, Son & Co. . steamships: Marion (Br), 1,218 tons, Roberts, A S Heide&Co. Atlantic (Br) 1,613 tons, In wood, Alex Sprunt & Son. f ' . ' ; .BARQUES. Gler (Nor) 607 tons, Amundsen, A S Heide&Co. . , Wayfarer (Nor) 610 tons, Andreasen, J.T Riley & Co.. '" BARGES. Navassa Guano Co. NEWS AND OPINIONS or National Importance. THE STJ3ST ALONE CONTAINS BOTH. Dailyrby mail, - - - : Dally and Sunday, by mail, $8 a)?lr The Sunday Sun IS THE GREATEST SUNDAY NEWSPAPER - IN THE WORLD. Price 5c a copy. . By mail, $2 a year- ' 4-ddreaa THE SUN, New jas tr York.
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