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r PUBLISHER'S ANNOXTKCESDENT, v ' ' thb MOBNING STAB, tMrtaffir"ne JRSfSSS cento per month for Tnv mriod from one month to one year. rflvrSSi week, i4 00; waw&.so; three wee-: one 5ntttTfi9.di: Ten fines of solid Nonparlel type make one square. day morning at f 1.00 per year, 60 cents for six months, SO cents for three months. -- All announcements of Fairs. Festivals, Balls, Hops Pienlca, Society Meetings, Political meet ing &e. will be charged regular advertising Advertisements discontinued before the time " contracted for has expired, charged transient No advertisements insertfl In Local Columns All announcements andT recommendations of candidates for office, whether m tne snape or communications or otherwise, will be charged as aaverustjmouuH. r ,, Paymenis-for transient (advertisements must 'be made ..to advance. Known parties, or strangers with proper Reference, may pay monthly or quarterly, according to contract. jtSmitcanees must be made by Chectc, Draft Letter. i)nlysuch remittances &U be &t the ' risk of the publisher. - - f ' Communications, unless tney cfntaln import ant news or discuss briefly l and properly sub- lecui UL real iiilotosu aio iiul yvuiA7u, uu, ceptable In every other way J they will invari ably be rejected If the real name of the author lswtthhela. -.' ' " Notices of Marriage or Death. Tributes of Re . spect, Resolutions of Thanks, &o., are chargecl for as ordinary advertisementsbut only Half Mfsa nrhn nalfl for strictly in Advance. At this ratB so ortiits Willi Day for a simple announce ment of Carriage or Death.; Advertisements inserted once a week in Dally will be cu.irKed il.00 per square for each inser tion. E voir other day, three-fourths of daly rate. Twice a week, two-thirds of daily rate. Contract advertisers will not be allowed to exceed their space or advertise anything foreign to their regular business without extra charge at transient rates. - f ; ' Advertisements kept Under the head of "New Advertisements" will De charged fifty per cent. extra, i to occupy any special place, will be charged VJLLLi iluwl Villi ii IAJ WlO IUCHUIVU. UWIHU. BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD. WILMINGTON. N. C SATUEDAY MOHlflKG, January 28. : I ENGLAND'S CATSPAW. In 1 an article published in the North American Revieio for this month, opposing expansion, An drew Carnegie refers to the United States as "England's catspaw," in carrying out the programme for an nexing the Philippines. Any one with ;wograins of ordinary sense, who peads the speeches of the an nexation advocates, the editorials of, the English papers and the utter pnpes of representative Englishmen, will see at once . the aptness of that characterization, although it may be humiliating to American pride: But' it ik an unvarnished truth bluntly spoken by a Scotchman who loves England, but in this case speaks like an American in behalf of his adopted country, which he ha3 more reason to love than he has to love England. He still loves England well enough to spend at lease half of his time there and in Q,ntlnnj V i. t i.: . ijwuauu, wneie ub uas ilia Hummer - jhonjie. . jj in the article to which we refer he I gives bis reasons for so characteriz ing this country, jeasons showing why England interested herself through her papers and public men I in urging the United States to as sume sovereignty over the Philip pines. For some time English states men have been sensible of. the fact that England stands isolated among the nations of Europe, has", not a: j friend among - them, and that there is not onk of them that would not seize the first opportunity to strike and humiliate her if they thought ; they could do it successfully, or if circumstances favored a combination -of .'powers by which it could be done. But none of them dare tp challenge.: her to battle because none otthem is a match for her singly Qn the sea, .and the complications between the nations are such that each f eels,that if it bepame embroiled with a powerful foe others would; take advantage of it It ia this fed the formidable sea-power that England wields in her fleets; of war ships, that out-number aU the others combined, that has prevented the gauge of battle being thrown down 'ere this. England knolws that full well and she knows thai; these conditions will not always last,, for other nations, preparing ; for the future, are adding to their fleet3of fighting ships, which icom- 'ptls her to add to hers, to retain her superiority in this respect; but she cannot keep on building more ships all the time and hence she has been planning to win an ally upon whom she may count to aid her in her schemes and help her fight her tattles when other nations become bold enough to summon her to ; battle. ; Having partitioned Africa, the commerce-seeking and territory grasping nations of , Europe are reaching out for Asia and there' . they meet as rivals. . England already . has interests, and most valuable in terests, to protect there. She is adding to them and in doing so her interests will coniict withy those of Russia, France and Germany. She has held her own there and maZle some advances simply because . theother nations could not" com bine Against her, because they have conflicting interests, but if these were out of the way they would not combine because they are not yet prepared to meet a nation so formid ably equipped ,for naval waTW and that is probably what the- con- , iiiuL iu T,ne jBJast will be when it comes. , xo oe - prepared for this conflict when it comes, she feels the neces : i : :jn .. . r Bity ui iiYiiig xiieuuiy nation, on' which she could rely, and hence bel n " . HjT T :at. j , sran auring jot. xayara s term" as Ambassador at London, to talk nice t.Tnn era for Americans and to mani o . . i f at a warm interest in America, all ' Of which was reciprocated by the Ambassador, who became even more English than Englishmen became American. The war with Spain gave English men the first good opportunity they had to show more than lip interest in this country and hence they were not slow to make it apparent that they "sympathized" with us in that war, a sympathy which did us good only in so far as it made , other na tions very careful as to the extent theV meddled or let their sympathy for Spain carry them. There is little doubt that the manifestation of partiality for this country by Englishmen gave ground for the be lief that there was a mutual under standing, and that if they became actively offensive to America they would become involved with Eng land, too, and would find themselves with an uncomfortable war on their hands, and hence they let us alone and let us doour will with Spain, although their inclinations were de cidedly the other way. v . As the price of. this sympathy, or as a recognition of it in other words, and if the service thus rendered, by England, . England expects that we will show our appreciation by adopting her colonial policy, and her methods, by taking and holding the Philippines as she would seize and hold them under similar circum stances; with the understanding, of course, that there will always be an 'open door" to her, When we have done that, we must keep a naval force on that side to protect thesaposessions, and no insignificant naval force, either, for it must be strong enough to cope with other powers, and that means that we must necessarily be come an ally of Great Britain and a supporter of her schemes in the East, which further means that we must take a hand not 'only in the politics of that 'side of the earth, but also in its wars. A wettv stronsr hint of. this is given in the following extract from speech Ijy the Duke of Devonshire, Lord President of the Queen s Coun cil of Ministers (pretty hieh author ity) recently at the annual banquet of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce: It reads: We have come to feel with the Americans that ties of friendship and common sentiment, equally with ties of common interest, bind us to a com mon policy in the world. Alone among the nations of the world we have viewed, with active sympathy the pros pect of the entrance of the United States upon a more active part in the politics of the world, feelinsr, as we do; that the aims ana objects which will animate the future of the United States will not be dissimilar to our own, that the interests of the United States will mainly, if not wholly, coin cide with ours and those of our colo nies, and that the sympathy so deeply felt and so strongly expressed on our part has made the responsibil ty equally felt on the other side of the Atlantic " It doesn't require any extraordi nary penetration to see through this. If America walks into the trap, catches on to annexation, and plants the flag to stay in the Philippines, the English planners ; will have ac complished their purposes, have secured an ally that they can use to good purpose, and we blindly beconie as Mr. Carnegie expresses it, "Eng land's catspaw" not a' very credit able role for the United States to play- . - ' r-s MORE BUTLER BUNCOMBE. ; Senator. Butler is .heavy on bun combe. That's what inspired his proposed amendment, to the pension act, providing for pensions for Con federate soldiers. It didn't strike the responsive chord he thought it' would and therefore he withdrew it, but before doing so took ad vantage of the opportunity to ma"ke another buncombe speech in which he threshed straw thirty-five years! old which had been threshed clean many a time before Mr. Butler dreamed of warming seat in the U. S. Senate. In this speech he simply repeated truths that had been asserted time and again by representative men from the South on both floors of Congress, and when he was doing so he, was merely chewing the air and talking to no purpose. He was not vindicating the South for the South having been vindicated by much abler men and much more re spectable authority needed no "vin dication at his hands, and he was therefore simply posing as a self -constituted1 vindicator,' and time killer by resuming the agitation of a ques tion which a generation ago, when he was hunting birds with slingshots and riot men with guns, was set tled by the logic"of events if not by the logic of justice.; If Mr. Butler had reached his maturity then it might have been; different, but he hadn't and therefore it is rather out of date for him to be indulging in his belated oratory now. ' A little buncombe is tolerable occasionally; the trouble with men of Mr. Butler's calibre is that they bank too much on it, and, make us tired. k Grippe Successfully Treated. "T V. i ' j ,v ' .Knave jusu recoverea irpm tne. sec ond attack of la grippe this year," says Mr. James A. Jones, publisher of Ithe ffVMexia, Tex. "In the latter case j nr n 8 ,JOU?h Kemedy, and I think with considerable success, only being in bed a little over two-days S?"""" " ior ine tormer attack jliio owuuu HtiacK i am satisned would have been equally as bad as the first nllr. Trki rna i.oa . , - i rcmeay as 1 had to go to bed in about six hours after "'"K BtrucK wim ii, wnue in the first case I was able to attend to business -jiAb u uays oeiore getting down.'" For sale by R. R. Bellamy. . 1t Wnd You Haw Always Bought Biguton f AUGUSTUS E. GARLAND. The sudden death of Hon. A. H. Garland in Washington, Thursday, was a shock to his numerous friends throughout the country.! Ho was a true and steadfast friend of the writer. Forty years ago we knew him, then a young lawyer of twenty eight, in Arkansas, where even at that earjy age he stood in the front rank of his profession Entering the field of politics, his rise was al most phenomenal. He was Gov ernor of Arkansas, represented his State in both Houses of the Con federate Congress!, was United States Senator, an4 Attorney-General un5 dei President Cleveland. He was also tendered an appointment on the Supreme Court bench, which he declined. In every public position he- held he discharged -his duty with distinguished ability and unswerv ing integrity. But it was in his pri vate life that his virtues shone most conspicuous'y. As son, husband and father his devoted affection and tender care were characteristic of hi3 charming nature. Peace to his ashes. i ADULTERATED FOODS. The North Carolina! Experiment station is pursuing investigations and making analyses of various articles of food sold in this State to ascertain the extent to which adulteration is practiced, and according to its re ports there are very few articles that are not adulterated m'ore or less, so me of them, fearfully so, which is especially so of the lower grades and cheaper articles, adulteration being one of the cheapening means adopted. Some of these, although fraudulent, are not harmful; Such, for instance, as wheat flour, when it is adulterated with corn flour, but when it is adulterated with ground elay or stone, as is often the case in some States if not in this, it is quite an other matter. Ground coffee mixed with; peas, or parched jbarley or oats, &c, doesn't hurt : anybody, but wnen mixed with other ingredients, : steeped in preparations to give them more of a coffee flavor, it is quite another thing. ' ; ! j ! And so on with a large number of food articles used in our households; if they are not absolutely injurious they are at least gros3 frauds upon the purchasers, who 'think (they are purchasing one thing and being taken in with another. y j ' The crudest thing about this is that the poor are the greates t suf ferers, because the poor are . com pelled to buy the cheaper, or most commonly adulterated articles, while the wealthy or 'well-to-do may pur chase the highest and least adulter atedgrades. But how the people are to be protected from these frauds is not so clear. There are few States that have not stringent laws against adulteration, but still it seems to be universally carried on. -.'. j ? , BRIBING LEGISLATURES. . I We referred a couple days ago to to the scandalous- developments in the contests over United States Sen atorships, as strongly supporting the demand for the election of Senators by a popular vote, j The rumpus was ended in the West Virginia Legisla ture a few days ago by unseating Democrats enough in one House to i give the Republican candidate, who, wo; are told, is "a the two votes he him. ' very rich man needed to elect An invesoigat on of bribery and corruption charges is now going on in California, where the finding is that there ha3 j been bribery by both sides, but that there is not positive proof enough to warrant an indictment by the grand jury. Men who do that kind of business are generally smart J enough to do It through tools and in a round about way that'they can't be reach ed by law. The! trouble in Cali fornia seems to have been that the bribes by neither side were large enough or numerous enough, and consequently there has' been no choice and no probability of one at this session. The solons who were holding out for higher bids have, apparently, at least, been knocked out by these exposures. But Montana capped the climax of gaiety when one of the Senators arose (Thursday) and held up a wad of $30,000 j which had been given to members for their votes, but who wouldn't stay bought and turned the money in. This is al most incredible; not that so much money should have been thus in vested, but that the solons turned it in and didn't hold on to it. But perhaps the discovery - that these bribes were paid had a good deal to do with! shucking out the money. This isn't the first time this wad. incident has happened, but it is the first time we remember of so much money having been in the wad. - : I' . , , : j , These scandalous methods of electing Senators are not calcu lated .to largely increase popular respect for that august body known as the Senate of the United States. how to PreTent FAenmonla, You are nerhans wpa thai. 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 when Chamberlain's . Cough Remedy was used. It counteracts any tendency of a cold or la grippe to re suit in that dangerous disease. It is the best remedy in the world for-bad colds and la grippe. Every bottle warranted. For sale bvRR Bel- UAMY. ; Greenville ' Refledor-.l There is getting to be much talk now of the establishment of a Dispensary and, as has already been announced, the movement is on foot to make: applica tion to the General Assembly to pass such a law for this country. i Raleigh Neios and Observer: Up to this time the State Treasurer has paid out pension warrants amounting to $106,000. the amount allowed for pensions is $120,000: The payment of these claims began on December 1st last and the warrants are being pre sented this year more rapidly than on former years. .;- ,, , -, f- ' ' j. Clinton Democrat: Mr. A. L. Williams of . South Clinton, lost his barn by fire last Thursdaylnight, in-; eluding all his corn .and forage. The fire caught in a shuck pen late at night and its origin is unknown. News reaches here of some excitement iu Kenansville Monday night over what seemed an effort on the part of negroes to liberate from I jail David Murphy, a negro, who was arrested upon charge of burglary iu Florida The effort was futile, however, its promoters bein-jr frightened away, and Murphy has been taken back to Florida for trial. :'' ' ! i Kinston Free Press: It is es timated that I the farmers 'of Lenoir county have about 3,000 bales' of cotton which they are holding for higher prices. About 7,000 bales have been sold so i far this season. The pr-liminary examination of Mr. J. G. Tilghman, on the charge of seducing Miss Alice Wallace, under promise of marriage, was held before J. G. Cox, J. P., yesterday at the court house. The examination commenced at 11 '. A. M and continued until 6 P. M. About a dozen witness were examined. Mr. Tilghman was put under $1,000 bond , to appear for trial at the next term of superior court. Mr. S. H. Lof tin Mood his bond, i ScotlaTid Neck i Commonwealth: Mr. J. T. Gwaltney, foreman for the Gray Lumber Co. at ' Neal, died last of hemorrhagic feyer, aged about 40 years. He had remained at the mill all summer while alt other white per sons engaged there' left during the warm season. He contracted malaria which resulted in deaths It seems from reports that come in from several directions that there is getting' to be right much small pox in this region. Besides the cases near night Knight's, elsewhere mentioned, it has been re ported that there is a case not far from Aulander and one near Palmyra . and a suspicious case was reported near Tillery. Dr. J.:C. Hill wrote three days ago that he did not think it small pox, but news has come since that Nr. J. A iNorfleet, who had experience years ago nursing the disease, ; thinks the case in Question is sma 1 nnx. N t. 7 j. o vxieeuauuru xivcuru. ouuie ei traordiary good legal talent has been secured by the dispensary managers and work is moving along with a vim, people being placed in every town ship in 1 the county. securing signers to the petition. - - The young man in jail under a charge of forgery says his name is Link not Dunn. He has sent a blank bond to 'his father in Ddvidson county asking Lim to sign it in the sum of $500, that be may get out of jail. A gentleman from Lex ington says he knows the Link family and that he does not think the bond can be made out, the father not being a man of means and therefore unable to. justify in this amount. It isnow learned that Link, in addition to trying to pass a check in Reidsville purporting to be signed by S. A. Err, also tried to pass one signed by Johnson & Dor ett for $105.50, but slipped up on it as he did on the other., i i CURRENT COMMENT. The " walking delegates are said to be considerably worried' over; the condition of the Georgia textile' workers .whom they induced to go out on a strike. The walking dele-j gates seldom thinks of such things until it is too; late. Washington Pos t, In (I. y ' 5 : ;i Things are looking " bo squally in the Philippines that there should be a distinct understanding that Spain is not to get her $20,000, 000. until she delivers the goods. Philadelphia .'tedqer, Ind. ! . j i .More than. ; $850,000,000 worth of the exports of the country last; year were the products of the farm, and in the aggregate they held first place j in the country's foreign commerce. The tariff has 'been patting itself on the back jor the; commercial! expansion, !but" it seems that,- after all, it is chiefly the unprotected farmer who is carrying the flag around the world. --Philadelphia Record, Dem. ' 7 Government and people, in war and peace, are swindled egregi-ouslyin- everything they buy: Our flour is mixed with Indian corn meal, and various white earths; out meat may be only "embalmed beef," Everything we, eat may be, and probably is, some deleterious com pound; everything we drink is more or less doctored; and we are cheated in quality, price and quantity in an attempt to assert a, counterfeit wis dom . over the real wisdom of our ""fathers, and to enable impostors to enoy the laws of that irresistibly impel them to every expedient to chouse us from the cradle to grave. TWINKLINGS. Bill "She said her face was her fortune." Jill "Poor thing!" Yonkers Statesman. j t Etta "Are Mr. Popkins and Miss Hickup engaged to be married?" Anita r "No, they're simply engaged."' Boxbury Gazette. .. . i Mrs. Outertown "Oh, Henry t our new cook' is a star!" Outertown (fervently) "If she only proves a fixed one 1" Brooklyn Life. . j 5 - "I wonder why Quigley.. never brings that pretty girl, to the .' theatre any j more have 1 hey .quarreled?" "Nope, Married." Baltimore Life, r I "Papa," said Sammy Snaggs, "the paper says that a phantom party was given last night. What sort of a party is that?" I, "Oh, it's some sort of a ghost of a show," replied Mr. Snaggs. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. ; f Family Docter ' 'You must let the baby have one cow's milk i to drink every day." "Very well, if you say so, doctor," said the perplexed young mother, "but-1 really don't see how he is going to hold it . all." Tit-Bits. ; ' I Ethel "Why, what's-the mat ter, Gertrude?" "Oh, nothing. Only Jack and I had a quarrel the other day, and I wrote and told him never to dare "to speak or write to me again and the wretch hasn't even had the de cency to answer my letter." Punch. ! A Useless Wish "0," sighed the poetic lady, "had I the wings of a bird!" "Don't!" protested her hus band. ' "Don't wish for the wings of a bird. If you had them some-other woman would probably be wearing" them on her hat before the season is over." Washington Star. THE SLIP READERSi alert: men who live by the mis fortunes OF OTHERS. I They Are Always on the Lookout at Police Headquarters and Know How to Act Upon the Information Which Cornea In Constantly Over the Wire. ; j The policemen of this city hold a con spicuous place among - the working forces of undertakers, Insurance companies, doc tors and half a dozen other professions. Not a day passes but that many policemen assist certain professions in a business way, although they do the work involun tarily and in the direct line of their ; duty. : At the central office of police in Mulber ry street, down in the basement, in that part of the building where the click of tel egraph instruments is the only sound to. be heard day and night, there is a curiouq. little cul de sac hallway. It is such an put of the way place that a person might go through the big building any number of times without coming upon it. There is not much to see, even when you do find it, but there is no department in the building which forms the starting place for more activity than this little spot. It is scarcely more than 2 feet Wide, inclosed on: two sides by dirty walls and on the third by a partition, half of which is of glass. Beyond this partition there are two wires, , 6trung close to the glass, and on - these ! wires, so that they can be seen from the hallway, are always pinned a number 'of slips of paperi , It is these slips of paper that bring people to the dingy hallway and that have made the place familiar to thou sands these many years. . 1 j When a sightseer goes through police headquarters, if he is taken into the tele graph room, his guide may casually point to these bits of paper. If he does he will merely say: - f ' I ' "And those are the 6lips." ! "Slips?" the visitor repeats. And the guide will go on: "Yes; when anything happens throughout the city and a police man makes a report to his station, it is , telegraphed at once to headquarters, and a slip of the occurrence is posted there 1 in the window." Ten chances to ene' the visitor never asks anything more about the slips.. He listens while his guide tells him that there are ' seven telegraph oper ators: constantly on fluty, that at least 1,000 messages a day are received and sent to and from the various precinct stations, but the "slip box" doesn't seem to him to play an important part in these matters. And yet it does, for there are half a hun dred people who make a living by meBely reading these slips and telling other peo ple what are on them. " j j When the visitor enters the headquarters building, he . will notice a number ! of young men standing near at hand. They are always about somewhere and never iap peartp have much to-do. They are .the slip readers. First are those who look out only for slips having reference to fixes. Every time an alarm is sent in from any part of the city a slip is hung on one of the slip box wires, telling i the number of the box from which the alarm has been sentJ Shortly after that another slip fells the location of the' fire and the amount of damage dona The slip readers employed by various fire insurance companies of the smaller sort, by fire adjusters and by compa nies that insure furniture are on the alert in a moment. They take a copy of the slips and in a few minutes are out of the little hallway telephoning the matter to their employers! The information llhey convey immediately starts a dozen men on a run for the scene of the fire. ; They go to look after damaged property or secure a right to adjust the losses. If the place which has been burned Was not insured, there are other men who are soliciting in surance, while the house is yet burning, . ACrfLlnsf ha There are other slip readers who pay no. attention to fire reports; but,-let the slip of an accident be posted, and theyj are right on hand. -When a man falls and breaks his leg or is struck by a cabld car or a wagon and injured slightly, some people might be foolish enough to think that was the end of him for some time. Not a bit of it The slip readers are f ter injured men in a minute. There are! cer tains lawyers whose agents are always near the slip box waiting to notify the lawyer the moment there is an. accident case, so that some one may be sent forth with to the injured man to tell him he is entitled to heavy damages .for: the injury done to him. Even if he only falls oh the sidewalk ho is told '.that some one should pay him damages. Then there are! the small accident insurance firms whosp agent at once notifies them from the slips that another mafi has fallen and should bo seen so as to offer him the opportunity of receiving 1 insurance money in case he should fall again. .;(.. j ' i The time was, aud not very long; ago, when the slip readers ; took copies of the slips and reported -, them once or twice a week. But that time is gone; the pgo ia entirely too progressive for such methods, and now tho contents of the slips must be telephoned within a few minutes of being posted in order that business may be transacted without delay. r : There is another class of slip readers for all, sudden deaths. People who die in their offices, or in the street, people who are killed or dio in any manner that makes it the duty of the policei to report, are all looked after, i In such cases it is the duty of -the readers for undertakers to watch the slips and notify, their employers. - People who 6ell household goods on the installment plan have the slips watched for them caref uliy. This is where the fire slip readers come in again. . People who are burned out must buy more furniture, and the installment man, notified by the slip reader, is" on hand with his pictured cata logue, and any family can be burned out in the morning and have an entirely new outfit in the afternoon without the 'slight est trouble. . I Besides thesb there are a dozen other businesses that employ the readers and the market of readers is beginning to be over crowded. Some of the readers make a good living, working for a dozen or more people at the same time and getting on an average of $2 a week from each. They are energetic workers, and are always ion the lookout for new customers for their slips. 'New York Recorder. ! ;.v A Fie Hint. The great annoyance of neoole who are baking fruit pies comes from the Uoss of the rich sirup of juicy pies. . To prevent this take a strip of muslin one inch wide and long enough to go around the pie and lap. Wet the cloth in cold-water and lay it around the edge, half upon the pie and half upon the plate, pressing it oh either side. When the pie is taken from the oven, rer-.ove the cloth. This will be found a BUCCeSS. ' : ,i - j . : ' Improvements upon a patent in France may at any time, be made by the inventor Tinnn nvm.A4. a 11 I . : Not an Easy Task. A nursery governess in an Enelish fam ily of affluence must be a young lady of considerable educational attainments. She must have' a good knowledge of English and French, be able to teach the elemen tary rules of arithmetic, write 5a good hand, be quick at needlework, and in ad dition be kind and conciliating in disposi tion and make np her mind to endure all the annoyances, drudgery and fagging which the charge of young children im pose. I -. j : . - : Benevolence Street. In Canton they name streets after the virtues, as here they are named after Her eon s. Thus there is a street called Un blemished Rectitude, a Pure Pearl street, a street of Benevolence, and another of Love. - "''-.! . . U'H. ; i ' :f. r- ; I . A form of clothing kn6wn as knee cuffs is said to bo used quite generally in France by all classes during the winter f It is a woolen cuff for the knees, much the same as in England is worn around tbe! wrists. To tne Public. j We are nuthninxfwl An niU.in(a eyery bottle of Chamberlain's Cough xvemeuy ana 11 not satisfactory to re fund the money to the 'purchaser. Th Price, 25c. and 50c. per bottlej Try it. RE. Bellamy. Beara ae ; Tha KinjI Yoh Have Always Bouit Failure of Kffbrts to Find the Exact Hoom ! In India. Sir William Hunter's book on "Tie Tbackerays . In India" calls out in The Athenaeum from- W. F. Prideau an inter esting letter relative to the house in which the novelist, was born and his ineffectual "efforts to find it: i t '; "The publication of Sir William Hunt er's delightful book reminds me that about ten years ago, being then resident In Cal cutta, I made a, vigorous effort to discover the house which had been honored by the birth of the greatest writer who has shed luster on the Anglo-Indian body, in view to a : commemorative tablet being placed upon the building by public subscription. In this effort I was warmly seconded by the late Mr. Robert Knight, the editor of The Statesman, who in the issue of that paper for Sept. 2, 1887, devoted a leader to the subject, and by several other friends. "Notwithstanding our exerflons we failed to dlspover the house in question, the records neither of the secretariat nor of the municipality affording any clew. I ascertained that the assessment papers of the house tax did not extend further back than 183C, while the first Calcutta daily, the Calcutta Journal,. was not established by J. Silk Buckingham till four years aft er Richmond Thackeray's death. My re searches, however, enabled mo to collect some Interesting information in connection with the novelist and his father, and among my notes I find an exact record of the dates on which Richmond Thackeray ..entered on his various public employments 'Thackeray was christened in St. John's church, the old cathedral, and I give below a copy of the baptismal registery which has! not, I think, hitherto appeared -in print: ," j'Dateof Baptism's. 1812, January 8d. "'Name and Age of the Baptized: N. B. iS. Son, D. Daughter. WilliaiQ Make peace, Born 18th July, 1811. S. ! ; "('Name and Situation of Parents. Richmond Thackeray, Esqr., of the Civil Service, and Anne his wife. " 'By Whom and Where Baptized. The Revd. J. Ward, D. D.' i ! ;"jSeeing that Richmond Thackeray ap- -parently held the appointment of judge of Midnapore at the date of his son's birth, and' that a period of nearly six months elapsed between that date and the baptism, wo are almost ! led to the conclusion thai the 'boy, was born not at Calcutta, but at Midnapore, and that his baptism was de- 4 ferried until his father received his Alipore appointment. ; Tradition has, however, so persistently declared that the birth took placo in Calcutta that I do not feel ven turesome enough to dispute it It is quite possible that tho records do not give th6 date on which the' father's deputation to , Midnapore ended. " , An Ingenious Defense. : An old darky was brought before a southern magistrate not long ago accused of stealing a neighb or's chickens when the nights' were dark , and - no one stirred abroad. The old man ppt up a long but weak argument, seizing upon every possi ble straw to support his defense. The evi dence was too strong, however, and., mat ters were rapidly -approaching a climax that meant-a; month of idleness in the town jail. The thought of this and the attendant ignominy stirred the old darky to a point where he did nothing but splut ter out: ; ;' . ; 'f 'Pon my .honor, jedge, I'ze er I'ze didn't done take 'em." ; ' . !, ' At last the judge grew tired and was abut to sentence him when a broad smile illumined the darky's face as he cried out: : "I'ze got it, jedge. I'ze can prove an alibi 'bout dein chickens. " j. "Well, what is it?" exclaimed the judge. ."You see, jedge, no poor colored man could take dem chickens at nighttime." "How's that?. What do you mean?" f 'Cause,' jedge, dey's nothin but roost ers at night, an do charge, am dat I took chickens." ; - "'.;' ,-.'' i The ingenuity of the defense won the day. Harper's Round Table. 1 j I ' . : Charity Coaxers. ; Bad dinners, balls and bazaars are, said Lord Salisbury, in a tone of regret, at a meeting in support of the east London church fund,' tho means; by which sub scriptions to hospitals or great works of benevolence are coaxed out of the average man. There must be something wrong in the feeling of the laity, he thought, which made these devices necessary. ' WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. The followlnc finotatloua renresent .Wholesale Prices- generally. In making up small orders higher prices have to be charged. ! 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. BAGGING i 2 lb Jute. 1 & 12 & 74 m 12 s i Standard. . WJSSTEKN SMOKED Hams 9 , Sides a ! Shoulders t i... DBY SALTED Sides o i Shoulders lb BARRELS Spirits Turpentine 6 eecona-nana, eacn. New New York, each New City, each 10 20 10 22 & BEESWAX 8 B ................ BRICKS A Wilmington 9 M... I Northern; ...... I. BUTTER ' - t North Carolina V B.. ........ ! Northern.... CPRN MEAL I Per bushel, in sacks ........ ' Virginia Meal COTTON TIES bundle...... CANDLES $ ID 5 00 e oo 15 23 49 IT, 8 & 7 CO 14 00 18 23 50 52 80 25 11 11 11 10 16 10 6H 20 .12 & & 1 tsperm : Adamantine CHEESE V Northern Factory. Dairy Cream State 10 & P 12 ; a COFFEE $ tt Laguyra 1 KIO... DQMESTIC8 r ! Sheeting, 4-4, $ yard i Yarns. bunch .... EGGS dozen.......... FISH 18 11 23 00 11 00 16 00 8 00 13 00 8 75 3 00 5 4 35 & Mackerel, No. 1, Mackerel. No. 1. i barrel. . . SO 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 14 00 I half-bbl. Mackerel. No. 2. barrel Mackerel, No. 2 $ half-bbl.. Mackerel, No. 8, $ barrel... Mullets, $! barrel Mullets, Spork barrel....... N. C. Roe Herring, H kegA Dry Cod, fl ...Tl.T........ Extra 4 CO 8 00 3 25 10 4 50 FLOUR "P ID- Low grade t. ........ Choice..... Straight. First Patent 8 00 3 50 4 00 5 00 m 3 75 4 50 GLUE $ ID GRAIN w bushel uorn.rrom store, bgs white Car-load, in brgs White... Oats, from store Oats, Rust Proof Haw Pon a .. to 4C 40 45 "; 40 ' 45 20 75 i 6 10 -: 9 50 75 40 45 & 75 . ; 75 75 1 2: HIDES ID " "" j Green salted...;'.. I Dry flint.. 1 Drvsalt ..................... HAY 9 loo as .j Clover Hay...... !, Rice Straw i. Eastern .... Western , North River.... HOOP IHOH. 1h part MJi V IE-.: r Northern. ;" & ! North Carolina.... ! 6 LIME, barrel l 15 LUMBER (city sawed) p M ft 7 10 25 omp oiuu., resawea.. is 00 Bough edge Plank -.v. 15 00 West India cargoes, accord- 20 00 16 00 18 CO 22 CO 15 CO : iuk w quality ig oo Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 L Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 MOLASSES W gallon- 7 i Barbadoes, In hegshead..... " Barbadoes, In barrels Porto Rico, In hogsheads. ... i Porto Rico, in barrels. ! " Sugar House, in hogsheads. : 12 - Bugar House, m barrels.,.. , 14 Syrup, in barrels....... .J 12 NAILS, J keg. Cut, 60d basis. . . 1 60 PORK, barrel . 25 28 27 28 14 15 15 1 65 citv Mess Rump Prime ROPE, - SALT, sack, Alum. .......... T Liverpool American On 125 Sacks. . SHINGLES, 7-inch, per M. . . . .-. Common ' Cypress 8aps SUGAR, $ B standard Gran'd v . Standard A Whire Extra C Extra C, Golden. . ......... C, Yellow SOAP. ft Northern.. STAVES, M W O. barrel . R O. Hogshead. TIMBER, $ m feet-Shipping. Mill, Prime . TlUl, Fair. Common Mill Inferior to ordinary.. .' 8HI?i'J:S'Ac- Cypress sawed V M 6x24 heart. .......... sap :: 6x34 Heart-.... " Sap............"" 6X24 Heart. .... " 8ap.,....,..7..... T l T T -.TIT w, if. ......... ...... 10 50 10 50 11 00 11 00 a 10 in 10 22 1 10 80 75 70 5 00 1 60 2 50 75 47X 6 50 2 25 3 50 5 SH 5 5M . O 5 4P4 3M 4 6 00 14 09 10 00 .9 00 7 00 6 50 5 00 1 00 4 50 3 0) 7 50 5 00 4 50 4 DO 6 00 5 00 8 50 6 M 5 00 4 50 6 60 5 50 6 8 00 S 00 15 tauitUTY, f ID , WHISKEY, V sraUon, Northern 1 00 North CaroUna 1 00 WOOL; per Unwashed ...... 10 COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. j STAR OFFICE. Jan. 27. : SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market fir na at 41 X cents per gallon for ma- I cuuie-maae casus ana 41, cents per gallon for country casks. j ROSINr-Market - firm at 90 cents per bbl for Strained and 95 cents for Good Strained. ;. TAR Market steady" at $1.10 per bbl of 280 lbs. ' CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.35 per barrel for Hard, $2.40 for Dip and $2.40 for Virgin. , Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine nothing doing; rosin firm, at $1.15, $1.20; tar steady, $1.00; crude turpentine steady, $1.40, $2.90, $2.90. ; 1 RECEIPTS, r ' Spirits Turpentine j 49 Rosin ..... ...V- 1,070 Tar........... 431 Crude Turpentine j 00 Receipts same day last year. 99 casks spirits "turpentine, 986 bbls rosin, 345 bbls tar, 00 bbls crude tur pentine. i . j ' j : COTTON. j . ' ' Market firm on a basis of 5c per Sound for middling, i Quotations i irdinary 3 7-16 cts. V Tb Good Ordinary. ..... 4 13-16 " ". Low Middling. ...... 5 7-16 ' " " Middling ; . . 5 " " Good Middling 6 3-16 " " ; Same dayast year middling 5c. . Receipts 464 bales ; same day last year 535. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina - Prime, 45 to 55c per bushel of 28 pounds extra prime. 60c ; fancy, ; 65c. Virginia Extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c; Spanish, 7080c. . ; . . Norfolk, January 26. Farmers' market: fancy, 3c. ; strictly prime, 2c.; prime, 2Jc; common, none offering; Spanish, 77c bushel. Ad vance caused by ,'scarcity of shelling stock. : .'ii:-. -. CORN Firm, 42 to 47 cents per bushel. ; ROUGH RICE-Lowland i' (tide water) i90c$1.10; upland, . 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. ' - 1 N. C RXnOtfSf.Anrf.-ir. hams 19! tv 13c per pound ; shoulders, 6 to 7c;. siues, i mj oc. ; . SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25; six inch, $2.25 to 3.25, seven-inch, $5. 5n to 6.5rt. ! .. ' . TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M. ' ; " FINANCIAL MARKETS. J By Telegraph to the Morning S.tar. New York. January 27. Money on call steady at 2j3 per cent., the last oan being at 3 per cent! Prime mercantile paper 23 per cent. Sterling exchange firm; actual busi ness in bankers' bills at 484485 for demand and at 482483 for sixty days. Posted rates 483X and 485J. Commercial bills 482. Silver cer tificates 5960K. Bar silver 59J. Mexican, dollars 47.1 Government bonds steady ; State bonds strong ; Rail road bonds irregular; U. S. 3's, 107 ; U. S. new 4's, registered, 128129M ; do.coupon, 129130K ; U.S. 4's 112 112K ; do. coupon, 112113 ; do 2's 99 ;U. S. 5's, registered, 111 112; do.-5's, coupon, 113114; N. C. 6's 130 ; do. 4's, 104 bid ; Southern Ry 5's 106J. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 72 'A; Chesaneake Ohio 291- Man hattan L 116X ; N. Y.' Central 135 ys tteaaing Z6 ;ao.ist preterrea 624 ; St. Paul 129; do. -preferred 168; South ern Railway 13J6 ; do. preferred 48J ; American Tobacco 146 S ; do. pre ferred 139; People's Gas 117 ; Sugar 133K;do. preferred 112K ; T. C & Iron 47; U.S. Leather 7; do. preferred 734; Western Union 96. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. : -' ByTelegraph'tothe.JlorninffStar. . New . York, January 27. Rosin steady ; strained common to good $1 35, Spirits turpentine steady ai 43j44c.' ! Charleston, January 27. Spirits turpen tine quiet at 41c ; no sales. Rosin steady and unchanged ; np sales. ' J Savannah. January 27. Spirits tur pentine, firm at 41Jc; sales 569 casks ; receipts 2E3 casks. Rosin firm and unchanged; sales 3,139 barrels; re ceipts3,514 barrels. COTTON MARKETS j : By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, J Jan. 27. Speculation in cotton continued to show unabated force ; indeed, the volume of to day's business Was even greater than that-of yesterday. Only selling for the pur pose of securing profits prevented a more marked advance than that ac tually recorded, which at the utmost strength of the market was a matter of ten points. ' The opening call was characterized by intense excitement and great activ ity, caused by strong cables and bul lish pointers frOm all directions, with prices three to seven points higher. -Following the call there was a further advance of two to three points with occasional reactionary intervals under liquidation of long contracts. As a rule orders were for buying cotton, whether from Liverpool, Wall street, New Orleans, Fall River or other lead ing points. Private cables said that the English cotton, trade showed genuine alarm in consequence of the steady upward movement, in prices on this side of the water and the broadening tendency of speculative competition. Local sentiment also generally favored the idea that, notwithstanding the ad vance of c already secured in cotton since the advance set in, the general outlook remains as bullish as ever, especially in view of the small re ceipts, reports of backward plantation work and the small purchases of fer tilizers. Weather in the South was against field work, being- very cold according to to-day's j weather map. The fact that the Liverpool stock of cotton shows a gain of nearly 100,000 bales on the week made no particular impression here in view of the appa rent decrease of 85,000 bales in , the amount afloat. : : New York, January 27.--Cotton quiet and steady;, middling uplands 66. ... , - Cotton futures market closed steady; January 6.11c, February 6.11c, March 6.13c, April 6.16c, May 6.19c, June 6.20c, July 6 22c, August 6.24c, September 6.09c, October 6.09, November 6.09c, Dec mber 6.12c. Spot cotton closed quiet and steady ; middling uplands 6c; middling gulf 6c; sales 837 bales. ; - i . Net receipts 359 bales ; gross re ceipts 3,447 bales; sales 837 bales; exports to; Great Britain 3,203 bales; exports to the Continent 800 bales; stock 105,674 bales. Total to-day Net receipts 27,221 bales; exports to Great Britain 28,275 bales; exports to France 1.205 bales; exports to the Continent 4,897 bales; stock 1,087,948 bales. Consolidated Net receipts 169,409 bales; exports to Great Britain 79.670 bales; exports to France 17,493 bales,; exports to the Continent 76,868 bales, Total since -September 1st. Net re ceipts.6, 611,861 bales; exports to Great Britain 2,645,352 bales; exports to France 571,094 bales; exports to the Continent 1,859,002 bales. January 27. Galveston, firm at 6iv- net receints RJU tnU. -nt.. folk, Arm at 6c, net receipts' 2,484 bales: Baltimore, nominal at 6! c. net receipts 1,423 bales; Boston, steady at 6c net receipts qw u v mington, firm at 55c -' bales: Wj, 8.1 in hai. AA116c. net r - net receipts 2,061 bales; Kjf: c, at 5c; net receipts 3 53?ls- gusta, firm at 6c. net es;'Au-r bales- Charleston, firm Ls1 5?2 receipts 1,184 bales. 5 11 16c, net lftiJfw YPBK, January 27 -Th- ', lowing are the total net e" cotton at all ports since L ?CeiPts of 1898: mce SePtember' - Galveston 1.987 sqq uq1 leans .1,620,537 Kile 2! If " nah 911,790; Charleston 339 4' mmgton, 280,128- NorfolV mLI Baltimore 21,816; New Ymi 489'182; Boston 219,857; Cwrtv' 88'86 Philadelphia SloTruaV4'1 308; Port Arthur 19 , sq,0.8 221,? Port Royal 20.& PRODUCE MARKETS., By Telegraph to 'the JtorM!a:, s " . . New YORK January 37 f, was firm but short of buyers ; ur erratic changes in wheat la Spotirregular; No 2 red while less excited than ye.ftfl T almost as erratic, nicu&'i last hour when they fluctuX, ie lently under small ord r aV? 1 ftVl0 unsettled at ; practically hal l prices; .outside l!:de donS .1 f 1 news again cut but little Purest in cluding disappointing cable' clearances and moderate exnoVK pf! ness; No.2red March.clos,d closed . 81c; July-closed Spot firm; No. 2 i',.". 7-ora opened steady and improved all the strength of cash" proper 2 offering and covering; general' fe' was less active: closed firm at .'sCTd vance; May closed 44e. , Oat'v -jt V quiet; No, 2, 35c; options du lL JJ : steady ; W estern steam 6 O-i Januaa $6 05, nominal; ' refined lirnr Pnl steady. Butter steady ; Western creZ ery 1419c; do. factory 12HC; Ss 19c; imitiition creamery 13lGi.e-Slato dairy 1317c Cheese steadf-S white lOMc Potatoes stead y ' Jer ! $1 12K1 50; New York 1 25l g Long Island 1 752 00 ; Jersey swe2 ' $1 252 50 Petroleum dull. l4e fi Cotton seed oil strong and beld-hioh,.. prime crude 1919c. Cabbaffe dull at' $2 004 00 per 100.. Cotfee-S 0 Rio steady ; No:7 invoice 6?8' ; No.7 job-' bing 7c; mild steady: Cordova Um 14c. Sugar Raw steady; fair' fining-3c; centrifugAi teit'i'c-' molasses sugar 3 9-16c; refined sti-Idy'-. Chicaoo, January 27. Xervouiiiess asindiated by rapid aneffreent lliictui tions characterized . the day's trod-"' ingin wheat. During the last half hour of the session May sho wed a gain for the day of lbut the greater portion of the advance was lost, on account of heavy realizing, and May closed J higher. Cora left off at. ah adv'ame of c and oats unchanged. Pork and ribs rose 7c each and lard 5i and 7ic. Chicago, January 27.-Cash ;! -tiohs: Flour in moderate d maud!and firm. ' Wheat No. 2 sprint; 7-.'i(7.v-No. 3 do. 6974c; No.. 2 ivd TQ'c' Corn No. 2, 37K3?Me. Oats-N-2, free on board, 27jc; No. 2 whii 3031c; No. 3 white 2l-U'(30c Pork, per bbl, $10 4010 45. lird, per 100 lbs, $5 725- 75. SLori l-ib! sides. loose, $4 85 5 15 Dry salt shoulders, $4 254 37. Short cJear sides, boxed, $5 105 2U. Whiskey Distillers' finished goods, pet- gallon" $1 27. The leading futures . ranged as foij lows opening, n ignes:, iowet . and closing: Wheat No. 2," .-May 77B 78, 79, 77fi, 78c; July .'.74 ?S 7534; toyB, ays. oyc. uorn januar 3 9TTXA Q7.. M.v, -iwM.'7 (. 1 i -w sol V 1 T .T- "'-' 0 -y a, osc; July. yygSii 39, 38, 3939?c. - Oits'-No. 2. May 28, 29, 28, 2Uc'; July 2o?4 27 27X,-t6.27c. Pork, per barrelMav $10 62K, 10 70;10 55, 10 65 Lard. per MO lbs May $5 92J4 5 95. 5 95, 5 95; Ju1t ' $6 02K, 6 05, 6 02, 605. Ribs, per lOO -lbs, May $5 22. 5 25, 5 20, 2 25 ; Ju j $5 35, 5 35, 5 35, 5 35. - v Baltimore, January 27. flour " firmer; western super. $2.5U3.50 . Wheat unsettled and higher Spt SOXSO'c; month. SOSOe; Ftib rupy. 80"80c. Southern yi.(kl by sample 7580c. Corn aii( t Spot 4040c; month 40?4'4(')ie:i: February 4l41,!4'c. Southern wtets corn 3941J4c. Oat&firm; No. 3 w;jit' western 3541c.t Lettuce $l.25lp0 per Dusnei dox. FOREIGN - MARKET. . By Cable to the Moruluii: Bur. Liverpool, January 27, "4 l Cotton spot in moderate demand; business prices favpr buyers Ameri- ' can middling 3 5-16d The sales of the; day were 10,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for speculation and export and included 9,100 bales American. (Re ceipts 27,000 bales, including 22,M)i); ba'es American. ; - - Futures opened quiet with a faiiL de inand and closed . firm. American middling (1. m. c): January 3 18 fi 3 19-64d seller; January and Febrwary 318-64d , buyer February and -.March S . 18 64d buyer; March and April 3 10 64d -' seller; April and May 3 19 Gl3 20- 64d buyer; May- and June 320 i43 21- 64d buy;er ; June and July 3 21 m& ' 3 22 64d seller; July and August 3 22- 64d buyer; August and September 3 22-64d buyerr September and Oe tober 3 22-84d seller: October and! NJ- vembero22 64d seller: NovembeK::d - December 3 22-64d value. - MARINi:, . CLEARED. Star Hawes. Black. Clear Ran. J. II. MaddeD. " . ' Stmr A P Hurt,. Robeson, Fayette- yille, J 11 Madden. ' MARINE DIRECTOR V, Iilst of Veel lo,t).e-"ori 1 !' ' mlnston. N. C. Jan. 2' IS' ; j SCHOONERS. Elma (Brj 299 tons, Baker, Qvfi Tlar- riss. Son & Co. t Roger M6ore, 277 tons.. Smal , J T : Riley & Co. , ' FrankS Hall, 152 tons, Moore, Gto Harriss, Son & Co. ;. r l ! Eva A Danenhower, 217 tor s, Miller, 1 Geo Harriss, Son & Co. ' f St Croix, 190 tons, Torrey, J Tj Riy - &Go. . . Chas H Sprague,- 236 tons', Harper, tieo Harriss, bon & Co. STEAMSHIPS. , Marion (Br), 1,218 tons, Roberts,. A - S Heide & (Jo. BARGES. - Carrie L, lyler, 533 tons, Bdnra;i r avassa Guano Uo. Arrests discharges from tho urteary prgn to either sex in 48 hours. ' t It la superior to Copaiba, Cubob, or tnjeo ttona, and frea from ail bad smell or other lnconTeDleuce3, Jx SA N TAL-M 1 DY'Wa CftPfultf vhic bear tlie n&mo ia black Latt.n. wiinout wurn nor? ennnio. JOHN E. COWELLj Personally In attendance at No. ll BontH Front Street, where will bs pleased to serve all who are In need of a first class pair Cut ' . ' : ! ' , Bhave or anytblne else In his line. 1 1 13 1
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