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- BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
(WILMINGTON.
Tuesday Morning, February .7.
THE 'EXPECTED HAS HAPPENED-
The announcement that there has
beeri fighting at Manila between the
American forces' and the Filipinos
does not come "as a" surprise, for it
has-been apparent for some time
that only the coolest headed man
agement on both sides could avert a
collision. It was stated in the dis
patches a few days ago that "it was
doubtful if even Dewey's diplomacy
could prevent a clash," from which
it; may be" inferred that Dewey has
beendoing all he could to prevent
thej spilling of blood, but it has
come, bljod has been shed and more
will be shed. . -: ...
If these reports be true the treaty
will be ratified, if it has not been
ratified at this writing, for : the
fact 1 that blood has been shed,
American lives lost, and that
the , attack was made by . the
j Filipinos will . quiet opposition and
unite riot only the Senators who
differed; but the American, people.
Ratification will be the necessary
5 ; step' to assert sovereignty, for we
cannot nake war on those people,
save in self-defence, until sover
eignty is asserted. We therefore
Intake it for granted that the treaty
will Joe ratified if it has not already
"been, and that instead of trying' to
placate our late, allies they will be
- dealt with as enemies until they
. desist from aggressive opposition
i , and acknowledge, or at least submit
. to, the sovereignty we claim.
It is somewhat remarkable .that
the ' conflict of arms should have
taken j place just a couple days be
fore the day fixed for the vote in the
Senate ou the peace treaty and if
the attack was made," as reported, byj
the Filipinos, it is proof of their
amazing stupidity to thus invite and
provoke I battle against a powerful
foe, when such strenuous efforts
were being made by the opponents
of ' imperialism to preveif t trouble
and to secure tbem the independence
they fought iSpain for. In this they
showed not only amazing stupidity,
but cold-blooded ingratitude to that;
portion of the American people who,
in spite of having their motives mis
represented, stood up as their advo
cates Ud the defenders of the claims
' they made to the right of : 8elf -government.
When they fired on the
flag and shot down the American
soldiera who marched under it they
spat in the face not only of the men
who asserted the right to hold
them a3 subjects, but in the
' face Of the men who through abuse
and misrepresentation contended
I for their right to rule themselves.
Tieymade no distinction between
friend and foe, and insulted all
alike that is if they were the aggres
sors' and the attacking party. ;
This is the situation as is presents
itself on the face of the dispatches
so farf received, but where it will end ?
rToqijiote Senator Piatt, "nobody
. can1 foretell." Possibly -Aguinaldo
and his supporters who are leading
this-demonstration by arms" may af
ter they have experienced the effect
- jf long range guns and the dash and
Valor of military skill of the Ameri
can soldiers, come to the conclusion
that-they made a mistake and will
I be in! a better frame of. mind
j to -listen -to advice, . in r which
event.it will be well; but Aguinaldo
is full of conceit and as full of ob
. atinacy w he is of conceit, and un
; less the'lesson comes home to , him.
personally he is . not . likely j to be
much influenced by it, and it is said
that he has almost unbounded in
f rnence over his people. They are,
" as described by a writer who spent
some time among them, "half devil
and half child," a very good and a
. very dangerous material for a wily
. leader who understands it to work
i ' with good for him, dangerous in
the, .uses that.: may "Jbe made" of it.
. If they be brought to, their senses by
the first crack of war veryjwell, but
. suppose they are not, and d0 about
. : th 'only thing they can do ' in that
event move beyond the range of
the big guns, and camp their armies
in the interior, and leave our juris
diction confined; as Admiral Dewey
said it was, sometime a&d, tbjthe
belt covered by the guns of, his ships, .
what then? : Then it ippagis mim&
the "rebels' in possession of the
islands, save a thin - strip : along the
sea, or it moans pursuing them with
armies,' and that Jaieans, if persisted
inTYwarw
Tf Ia -htirUX bat this' mdv bei'
JLU AM U J w v.wvfc ' 1
averted, for there may be consingen-
cies in this "beyond the ken of mprtaV
now. There was glory in the war
for Cuba, because . its motif e was
noble and glorious --But' there will
be no-glory in this,' however it may
While ;there 'Val general desire;
arm nnc the Democratic members of
the Leslainirto joame the
suffrage clauses of the A constitution
as to ensure white Qopremacy? in the
future there is a difference of opinion
as to the educational qualification
the opposition to this coming mainly.
from the West.' V1 The : following
which we clip from the Baleigh
News and Observer of Sunday shows
where the difference is and in what
it consists: " : . ; ' ,! ! .
"There is , perfect agreement asito
every section in the amendment printed
in last Sunday's JSews ana uoserver
ezoeot sections 4 and 5. Section five
in the bill presented by ihe committee
reada as follows:'
"Section 5. No male person who was
on January 1. 1867. or at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under
the laws of any State in the United
States wherein he then resided ; and
no son or cradson of any such person
not less than 21 years old at the date
of the adoption of this amendment of
the Constitution shall be denied the
right to register and vote at any elec
tion in this State by reason of the edu
cational qualification prescribed in this
i r :J . v 5 ii i i
terfid nrfor to December 1. 1902' in ac-
coraance witn we lems ui uus amcie,
and no person snail oe auowea to reg
ister under this section after that
date."
Senator Justice, at the Friday night
caucus ottered the following as a sub
stitute for the above section: -"Section
5. No male person who was,
on January 1st, . 1867, or at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under
the laws of any State in the United
States wherein he then resided and no
lineal descendent of any such person
shall be denied the right to register
and vote at any election in this State
by reason of his failure to possess the
educational qualincation presented in
section four of tnis article.
It will be seen that the committee re
quired a time to be nxed when sons
and grandsons could register and take
advantage of the "grandfather clause."
The committee advocated having a
fixed time when the registration
should close (they favor extending the
.time to 1908), and some of them con
tended that this was necessary to be
certain that the amendment i would
come within the provisions of
the Constitution. Senator Justice's
amendment is directed at hav
ing no limit, making sons and grand
sons perpetually eligible. He insists
that this would not affect the consti
tutionality of the provision. His ob
jection to the original section is that it
would require young white boys to
learn to read and write before they
could vote, and that this would be an
objectionable feature of an otherwise
perfect amendment.
A prominent "Western member, who
does not object to section 5, though he
would favor having the time of regis
tration extended from 1902 to 1908,
desires to change section 4 so it will
read as follows: . I
"Section 4. Any person presenting
himself for registration or voting shall
be able to read any section of the Con
stitution of this State, or he shall be
able to understand the same when read
to him. or give a reasonable interpreta
tion thereof; shall have paid by1 the
first of February the poll tax for the
previous year, as prescribed by law,
and shall exhibit the receipt therefor.
Poll taxes shall be a lien only on as
sessed property, and no process shall
issue to enforce the collection of the
same except against assessed property. "
He argues that this would make it
certain beyond peradventure that no
white man now of age, or any white
man coming of age, could he disfran
chised being protected by both the
"understanding" and the "grand
father" clause. i
The ablest members are considering
these few differences in the spirit of
patriots, and there is not room lib doubt
that they will pass the bill in its pres-
present shape with some such changes
: 1 1 i. j.t a a . . j i .
oa wui uui tuieuk its consubuuonaiiiy
or work the disfranchisement of any
wiiue -voters.
As might be expected . there will
be difference of opinion arising either
from the section from which the
representative comes, or from his
views as to the constitutionality of
this or that provision, but' it
may be safely assumed that
they are , not going to ad
journ before they agree on such an;
amendment as will guarantee ! white
supremacy, for on that the peo-
1 pie have spoken in a way that
can-
I not be misunderstood.
how to Prevent Pneumonia .
iou are pernaps aware that pneu
monia always results from a cold or
from an attack of la grippe. Durrnsr
the epidemic of la grippe a few years
ago wnen so , many cases, resulted m
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
sult in that .dangerous disease. It is
the bestTemedy in the world for bad
colds and la grippe. Every bottle
warranted. -For sale by B.B. Bki
La Grippe Sneeesaflally Treated.
"I have just recovered from the sec
ond attack of la grippe this year," says
Mr. James A; Jones, publisher of the
leaaer, Mexia, Tex. "In the latter case
l used uhataberlain's Cough Remedy,
and I thins: with considerable mamesst.
only being in bedalittle over two days
agrainstten days for the f ormw; nttunlr
The second attack I am satisfied would
have beenlequally as bad as the first
-but for the use of this remedy as I had
to go to bed in about six hours after
being BtruC' with it, while in the first
case I was able to attend to business
about two days before getting 'down.'"
eot saie by k. k. hvllajsy. ; t
KPC
Tha Kind Yw Haw Always Bought .
. OA's
Bears thr 1?
THE TEXTILE SCHOOL.
The Charlotecore8pondent of
I the Bmixii&Minufdcturers?
rs'it isffioaerthat Charlotte
stands ready tcyput up the $id,uuu
required flWsectoe'thi location of
the proposed Textile School, if the
Bill pass the Legislature. f i"--- '
This is in accordance hvntn wjiat.
we expected. .When the bill was m-.
troduced by Mr. , CJlarkson. We con-.
' cltided that the Charlotte people were
wflTiAon T.nt' un some monevonthat:
Q - p i w .
tJliuff, not ouiy uu bi-uuuui
advantages td accrue to the ; city
from the location of tho school but
on account of the benefit it; would
be to the mills in providing a" home
school to give them the skilled labor ;
for f which Hheyi have use and the
use for which is constantly increase
ing. ;- . u' "'' c.:l;
a ; This is another illustration ox the
characteristic energy and business
dash of Charlotte for which; she is
distinguished, and rightly -sci, more
than any other city in North Caro
, lina, the result -of which j is shown
in the bounds she has made fin in
dustrial enterprises, in ' her conse
quent growth and prosperity,' within
the past decade. . There is, and we
say it to her credit, more vim, more-first-class
business sense, ( and more
level-headed co-operation among the
pebple of Charlotte, than in' other
town in this part of the domain that
we know anything about.v ' ;
CURRENT COMMENT.
The action of the North
Carolina negro troops at Atlanta
and the Tenth cavalry at Texarkana,
is not likely to improve the standing
of the negro as a soldier. 'Our brief
war with Spain has furnished us
with some valuable" experience that
experience
ii- . i ;ii j li .ci
tne guvbrumeui win uu weu to uruui
y in enlarging the army. Augusta
Chronicle, Dem.
There are various features of
the Dingley act that are not -.only
not opposed to domestic monopoly
but are actually promotive of it.
Every schedule that operates "To
maintain the oppressive exactions of
a trust, to stifle competition, limit
production and advance prices
should be recast, and if the .Repub
lican party is not equal to the occa
sion it can neither disavow nor es
cape its responsibility, Philadelr
phia Ledger Ind. - !
The sentiment favorable to
election of United States senators
by the people pf the State, is grow
ing at a rapid rate. The West Vir
ginia house of delegats-.has voted in
favor of the proposition, the. roll call
shows 57 ayes to 4 nays. Several
other state legislatures have passed
similar resolutions, by large majori
ties. There is no special agitation,
but apparently a deep and growing
conviction that the change ought to
be made. Chattanooga Times. Dem.
Senator Aldrich notes a sen
timent among some of his Republi
can collegue8 "in favor of restricting
free trade between Hawaii and the
United States to the agricultural or
natural products of Hawaii, so as to
shut out of the United States manu
factures made by cheaper labor."
In other words, they propose to ex
tend to everybody except the Ameri
can ; farmer and the colonial manu
facturer! Philadelphia Record, Dem.
TWINKLlNQSi
"Have you seen my. black-faced
antelope?" inquired the keeper of a
menagerie. "JNo," said a visitor., "Who
did your black-faced aunt elope with?"
-Jt unny uuts. i
"If I fell in, Joseph, would
you risk your own life to save me?"
"My precious, my life belongs to you ;
I could not' risk losing anything of
yours." Pick-Me-Uu. i ,
Buttons "Missus told me to
come down and tell you she was not
at home." Mutt-cut "Gk back and
tell your mistress I say I haven't call
ed." -Melbourne Weekly Times.
She (fishing for compliment!
"Who do you think is the belle of the
evening?" He MAw, weally, do you
know, I was just saying to Jones that
there wasn't a decent looking girl
here." World's Comics.
"Please, sir. theie's a eentle-
man down stairs from the hoffice wants
to know ?owyerhinfluenzey is." "Has
my shirt come back yet?"- "Just ar- i
rived, sir." "Then tell him I'm bet
ter, and am returning to the office to-
a&y. -uuay.
"Your hair isn't wet, uncle, is
it?" asked little Tommy. "No, of
course not," replied the amused rela
tive. "What makes you, think my
hair is wet?" "Because I heard mamma
say that you found it hard to keep
your head above water." Tit-Bits.
"When I reckon! up what it
costs me for ammunition, the ; clothes
i rum iramping around,; ana what 1
lose by neglecting my business, . every
Dim i snoot costs me $5." . ."Then it's
lucky for you that you only hit one in
ten; if you were a better shot you'd
bankruptyourself. -Harper's Weekly.
' Sunday v School Teacher
"Now, Joshua, did you learn the forty-second
verse of the thirty-fourth
chapter of the sixteenth epistle of St.
John to the Philippians, as I told you
last Sunday?" Small Boy "No'm.
Ma's pressing out autumn leaves in
that chapter, and I doesn't monkey
with it at alL" Puck. i
WE GIVE NO REWARDS, an offftr of
this kind is the meanest of deceptions.
Our plan is to give every one a chance
toiry tne merit of Jfily's Cream Balm
the original Balm for the cure of
Catarrhj Hay Fever and Cold in the
Head, bymailinff frf lO cents a trial
size to test its curative powers. We
mail the 50 cent size also and tha drnir.
gist keeps it.' Test it and yon are sure
to continue the 3 treatment . Relief-is
immediate and a cure follows. Ely
Brothers. : 56 Warren ! street Nw
York. -V
( . .. . . -. : : - - - - " - i '
H-ns , .-
To tlte Public. j
We are ; authorized I to ruarante
every bottle of . Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and if not satisfactory to re
fund the .' money to the purchaser.
There is no better -'medicine made for
la grippe, colds and: whoopine- cmih
Price, 25c and 60c. per bottle. - Try it.'
JttJtC BELLAMY.. , ;.. ,
.B10HIA. "c'":
t lbs Kind Yon Haw Always Bagght
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
inston FrtrPres- Theruoj4
now.
suied The sUckHokiers cav
go 3ttinvfestnnL - fi
I, made
3aliaT)urvi Jacksoa' &k
hojf weighed more than was expected,
It was killed yesterday and had to be
halvedr" before it " could be ' brought
H-n 1 fAHrfif atidTrweis-'hed:, IE Lwfefehedl
63 pounds: T!nel hog astwd yeanr
Tt-i FayetteyilJsd&itwrten A nearo.
boy, About" 20 years ' of "age, i named i
?enry L?ak',and hailing frow Bock
inerham. was run over and killed in
this city-Friday night by the through
freight gding-Nortkm the OCT. &-X.
V.,Kailroad. v - ; cr: I
' Jlaleigh tfwsana Observer:
Patent - medicine ' mSniifactnTers . and
druggist in this State are very much
exexcised over the . bill introduced in
the " Legislatnre . requiring patent
medicines - offered :- for sale; n this
State -i i to ! have ' their 1 j ingriBdients.
printed on the labeL -, i .
Burke County iNetostiih&re is
a gold mining company operating in
Burke county, withits hea,d office-' in
Syracuse,1 N. T:,! that is capitalized at
$1,250,000. This was brought lout in
the course of a tnal before Justice W.
S Powe in Morganton last week and
will no doubt be news to most Of our
readers. , " ' ' ' ". j :-
Charlotte News: A,' Prominent
gentleman tells the News there is . an
effort on foot looking to the establish-.
ment of a cotton exchange for char:
lotte. . A number of the .cotton 'mer-'
chants, itis said,' will go into the new
enterprise. - - Mr. J. C. LcLeao, of
ShoptOD, tells iheNeics of the Champ
ion gourd vine of the States which is
growinc on the General Neal mill
place, in Steel Creek township about
nine miles from Charlotte. "Mr. Mc
Lean counted on this vine 363 gourds.
Raleigh Post: An -eloping
couple of Assyrians came to grief yes
terday. Eddollar Milham won ' the af
fections of Hanna Joseph, the wife of
Theo. Josephand the couple decided
to leave the city together. -, .They went
as far as Henderson, but they - soon ac
certained that the path ahead of them
was not one of roses, so they turned
their faces towards home, j Being
without funds they had to foot it to
the city. On their arrival here Satur
day i;hey were arrested and placed in
jail. y v--- . a- -1
Charlotte' Observer: i The pro
moters of a big cotton mill $ enter
prise at the shoals in Davie 1 county
have bought ; a large amount of
land in and around that place; It is
said that the owners hare paid the
Hairston family $15,000 for the shoals
and adjoining lands. The ' company
expects to begin at once the erection
of one of the largest cotton mils
it the State. They will invest about
$600,000 in the -enterprise.
Mr. John C. Leslie, of the ; Wiscasset
Mills, at Albemarle, is in the city. He
says that there is more excitement in
Stanly county just now than there has
been since the war, and it is all over
the purchase of lands along the falls
of the Yadkin and the proposed estab
lishment of the electric power plant.
The company pays .good . prices and
does not haggle over a trade. Lands
for four mills along the river on each
side of the falls have been bought In
each case half the purchase price has
been paid in cash and the deeds de
posited in a bank in Salisbury to be de
livered when the other half is paid.
The distribution of this money in
Stanly county has made things lively
in that section. ; Most of the men who
have sold land are making wise invest
ments. Two of them have put - $1,500
each in cotton mill stock.
Professor Brig-g on Jonah.
Ancient Pharisaical Jews thought that
the predictions against the nations must
be fulfilled or God could not be a God ol
' veracity and justice. So think some dog
maticians now. But God is a God of grace.
God changes his decree of destruction even
though men cannot reconcile such change
with divine justice and veracity. God i$
sovereign in his' justice as well as in his
' mercy. The doctrine that God must be
just, but may or may not be merciful, 14
an error that has no basis In Holy Scrip
ture or in a sound ethical philosophy. God
is as truly, by necessity of divine being,
merciful as ho is just. He is as free in
his exercise of the one attribute as the
other. He reserves the right to recall his
messengers of wrath by the swifter angels
of love. " :
Jonah represents only too well the Jew
of Nehemiah's time, the Jew of the New
Testament times, and also the Christian
church in its prevailing attitude to the
heathen world. If the Roman Catholia
church had learned the lesson of Jonah, its
theologians would not eo generally have
consigned the unbaptlzed heathen world
to hell .fire. If the reformers had under
stood Jonah, there would have been more
of them than Zwingli and Ocellus Secun
. dus Curio, who thought ' that there were
some redeemed ; heathen. If the West
minster divines had understood . Jonah,
they never would have coined those re
markable statements of the tenth chapter
of their Confession, in ' which the entire
heathen world and its babes are left oat
of the election of grace. The present cen
tury, brought face to face with the heathen
world, is beginning to learn the lesson of
Jonah. Jonah-is the book for our times.
Though written many centuries ago as a
beautiful ideal of the imagination to teach
the wonderful grace of God in the salva
tion of repenting heathen and their babes,
it has been reserved for the present age to
apprehend and apply its wonderful lessons.
The repentence: of Nineveh is a prophetio
ideal. Professor C. A. Briggs, D. D., in
Xiorth American Keview.
'!' A Country of Surprises. .
While there is little doubt that with
proper development of its agricultural and
pastoral resources South Africa could be
made practically self supporting, the suc
cessful development of these industries de
pends nevertheless upon the creation of
local markets through the stimulus given
Dy mining operations. 1 1 . : . - l:
With the exception of mining of gold,
diamonds and coal there have been no con
siueraoie exploitations of Its mineral re
sources. Coal fortunately exists in many
parts of the country, and it has been esti
mated that the known coalfields represent
an area of 66,000 square miles, which Is
equal in extent to the state of Iowa. There
exist in some parts of. the country largo
deposits oi iron contiguous to the coal'
fields. But as yet the economic conditions
have not favored the development of that
industry. Lead, silver, cinnabar, tin and
other metals are also found in many parts
of the country but have not been remuner
atively worked. Among the minintr coun
tries of South Africa, the Transvaal is facile
prlnceps, and is in all probability destined
to ' maintain its paramount - position.
though, as is well knovtjn, South Africa ia
"a country of surprises,." and it is possi
ble, of course, though not probable, that
witnin its greatr extent other equally im
portant districts may be discovered. John
Hays Hammond in North American Be-
view. - . . '. .. : ; ' '
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'"y T'A Bronte Picture. ''-. :-. '
They proceeded along on a straight
course till they came to the border of the
lake, when the guide stopped, sayiag,-'!'We
must cross this water. ',' Ernest gazed at
him a moment and then said :' uiow can
we? We have no boat, and I lack the pow
er to swim lor so long a time as it would
taRe to cross the; lake." Around lav
the dark ' desert heath, nnenlivened by a
: single streak of verdure. Its beautiful pink
flowers were withered, and, their fragrance
had vanished. The mellow hum of the bee
Was no longer heard about thenj, for he
had gathered hie ; honey : and , was gone.
Above . rose, the . tremendous precipices
whose vast shadows blackened all that
portion of the moor'and deepened the frown
upon the unpropitious face of nature.;- At
intervals from the summit of the rocks
shrill screams, uttered by some bird, of
prey which had built their nest upon them.
Bwepc tnrougn tna aron oi neaven. From
Vhartete Bronte s Jlrst Story, "The Ad'
ventures of Ernest Alembert." .
FUNERALS IN LISBON.
TyE POQB RENT CpFFINS fiOR TH E
JPURNEY TOITHE yGRAVE. ; '
;et , tne - U7 j im iKn mdi .obm
Box Is Returned to Ita Owner to Be
Used Ove and Over Again. ; i ! j
"The buxlaU-cnstoms.of ithe Spanishas
iwii in 0nba are in lame resneets much I
Tiicn thnon of iortusral." said a former res-;
IdenSPartogat r'The poor there, Ukel
jb.e;j-.or iju, ;Spain economize on funeral
expenses .By mating one oomn serye ipz m
number of funerals in suocessibB. lln lAs-f
hjsrtlee ooianiansiiallya very
substantial piece of work, covered with
red leather and freely studded with brass
nails. Its lid Is attached with hinges, so
that the coffin opens and abuts like a large ,
trunk. Of course the selling price of an
article like this . would "bo beyond the
means of ' any poor family, but the rent '
for one day is comparatively smalU
" when a funeral, procession xeadfaes tha.
grave in the great Prazeres cemetery, vjui5t
outside of Lisbon ,: the nndertakers men,,
instead of lowering the coffin, openj its lid,
take nut the eornse and lower it into its
last resting' place." vThe 'empty coffin is left
there uatll a Gallego takesv.lt back to its
owner after the mourners have retired.
''These Oallegos, by the way, natives of
Galioia in Spain, do all the work' of por
ters in Lisbon. If you ask a nativelFortu
guese servant to carry a parcel or i valise
through the streets, ne wui answer you m
tone of offended dignity, vou chamar
um Gallego' (I will- ga and call ja Gal
lego), for no native Portuguese would De
seen carrying a load of any kindln publla
"These GraHegos have no objection to
carrying a load, even when the load is a
recently vacated coffin. That is the kind
of work they come to Lisbon for, so that.
In their old age they may go across the
frontier to Gallcia and live, on their sav
ings. ;And one kittle incident that hap
pened while I was in Lisbon showed how
little impression superstitions regarding
death make on the Gallego mind. The
city bf ' Lisbon collected toll on. goods
brought within lis - limits, and there were
guards at the different gates of the city to
see that nothing was smuggled in.
"One very rainy afternoon the guard at
the Prazeres gate glanced along the road
that leads to the cemetery and saw a sus
picious looking package lying on the.
ground, close "under the wall on one side.
There was not . a living being in Bight
The guard thought he had detected a plot
He thought that that package, whatever
It might be, had been left there under the
wall by smugglers, who were no doubt
sheltered somewhere in its neighborhood
and watohing .their opportunity to rush it
through the gate as soon as the rain held
Nap a little. So the active and intelligent
officer got his little sword ready to draw at
a moment's notice, and, regardless of the
downpour, advanced along the road to sur
prise and apprehend the smugglers, or, at
least, their goods. :
"When he got to within 20 yards of the
suspicious object, he made out through the
rain that the case on the ground was of a
red color and studded all over with brass
nails. ' That discovery startled him a lit
tle, but the next moment he was utterly
demoralized at seeing the lid of the coffin
fly open and a disheveled head thrust it
self out Its eyes staring wildly. Without
waiting to draw his sword or challenge the
apparition, the guard faced about and re
treated at a run. When e reached the
'gate, he called his comrades to come and
see tho abandoned corpse that Xad burst
open its coffin on the wayside. The force
seized their carbines and paraded under
Shelter of the archway, but what tne7 687
Was only a very bedraggled Gallego tramp
ing toward them, carrying an empty coffin
on his. back.
i "On examination the Gallego deposed
that being overtaken by the rain . on his
Way from tho cemetery, he had shut him
self up in the coffin to keep dry and wait
for fairer weather, but, when he heard foot
steps stealthily approaching, he began to
bo afraid that some one was coming to
play a trick and lock him up. That was
why he had so suddenly thrust his head
but and stared.. He was no corpse, but an
honest, hardworking Gallego. As for
the coffin, 'the senores guards mlgXt look
for themselves and see that it was empty.
! "There seems to be a certain morbid
fondness for what may be called playing
With the dead In Portugal. They seem to
take a peculiar delight in dressing up
their dead and exposing them to . publio
view. ; I happened to be present at the
solemn requiem of a cardinal patriarch of
Lisbon, when tho corpse, dressed in full
canonicals, was placed in a half sitting
posture to face the crowd in the nave of
the cathedral, and I thought at the time
that the interment' ought to have taken
place sooner. i- : ' : ' e
"One fine Sunday afternoon in spring I
was'strolling along one of the main thor
oughfares of Lisbon when the shouts and
merry chatter of a lot pf little boys and
girls attracted my attention to a side
street. The children, all nicely dressed,
were coming down the side street at
brisk walk, evidently interested in some
thing that was ' being carried along by
three or four of them. .When they reached
the corner, I saw that the center of inter
est was a very small brass studded coffin.
The lid was open, and I could see the lit
tle flower decked and bedizened corpse in-
nde of it
"Another time I mistook the corpse of
a child on its way to the grave for a waxen
image of the Madonna - being carried in
procession. It was a little dead girl beau
tifully dressed in white satin and wearing
a white veil and white flowers. The little
body had been made to sit up in a chair
Which four boys were carrying on their
shoulders. The bearers and the other
children in the procession wore white rib
bons and white flowers, alf emblematic pf
innocence and happy confidence that the
OAnl rf fhAiii I -a t fnionrt nrna 4 naiwdlaa
New York Sun. yi .
Atutrlimn Bolls.
I 'have met with some bulls made by
Australians. I heard a clergyman make
this remark at a public meeting which
was disappointingly small: "I am sorry to
see so many absent friends here."
! A state school teacher at Queen scliff, In
Victoria, had a note from the mother of
lone of liis pupils requesting him not to
flog her boy, thus: "You are not to cane
my boy, or he will drop down dead at
your door, the same as he did at Mrs.
Cary'sA . v
I Another, being told that So-and-so Was
burled la a stone coffin, said "that was
very sensible, as it would last him a life
time."- London Telegraph. , '
I In London the preferred dress for a par
lor maid is a cap with long streamers,
a large apron, with embroidery ouffs and
turndown collars. The streamers on the,
cap are only a matter of taste, but most
people prefer them.
Eye Vetna Show If Yon Are Dead.
: Whether a man be really dead or not
may be read in the veins of the eye. This
important discovery has been made by an
eminent American oculist. . ' v . ;
There i has always been a widespread,
haunting fear among: people , of ; being
buried alive, and the new discovery will
remove this fear.
.i
years ago. ; , He had observed that in life
the veils and arteries of the retina have
distinct differences in color. . The veins
contain a dark, blackish blood, while the
arteries contain bright' crimson. $ At the
back part of- the eyeball these two shades
of blood may be seen under the light oi
the ophthalmoscope dividing the retioa.
Even in the case of the blind this distinc
tion in shade may be seen unless of course
an opaque film has formed over the Injur
ed eyes or the eyes have been entirely de
stroyed.
In death, however, the shade distinction
entirely', disappears. . The blood in both
arteries' and. veins is' transformed into a
pinkish color of uniform shade: , !
'-' An1 exhaustive eiaminatl6n has been
' made and this simple test has neven failed.
' In the ease of suspended animatioo where
others had pronounced death he observed
the shade distinction and saved the man
from being buried alive.
'. Wheat stands at the head of food grains,
containing, not only a considerable propor
tion of starch, but also most of the nitrog
enous elements adapted to the support pf
life. ; .-; . . . - r: ;.- ;;t i. -:,
Gardening was nevermore popular than
at the present timet 'There is fashion In
flowers just as' there is fashion in dress. :
BUDAPEST.
The Plctnreqno and UVely .Tanee Cisr
I therHd- World. .$
Bnflanesti Aa evervbodv knows, is formed
of two cities, BeparatedJiyUbe Danube and
joined together like! New &ork and Brook
lyn by great bridges, jyooa is a tj nuu
dreds of -yearrold affd rise on a great hill
covered with yellow houses with red tiled
roof s, and surmounted by fortresses, and
ancient, German looking castles, and the
palaceof the king, with terraces of marbl
and green, gardens running down to meet
the rivers I still is a picturescrae, fortified'
city of the middle ages. J -
' J Pesthi inat .Wfotes .the-wav. is! the most:
;nb.citli'at(i&iore mddeitn than
Paris, better paved and better lighted,
with better facilities for rapid transit than
New York, and with bouses of parliament
as massive arid Impressive :as those ion the
banks of the Thames, and not unlikp them
in appearahce.1 Pesth ii . the-Yankee city
of ,the old world, just as the Hungarians
are called theAmericans of-Europe. ;It has
grown in 40 jears, and it has saqrinced
neither beauty of space nor line ini grow
ing.? It baa magniflcent ptkbHiy' gardens as
well as a complete fire department; it has
the best club in the world, the Park club,
and )t has-founditlmeto puteotrici tram
wavs underarround and to .roar monn
mentfl to ptfets. itors a'ijd patriots! above
.ground. ; Peoplejn;Jeriaa and Vienna tell
you that some day ail or these things win
disappear and go to pieces; that Pesth is
enjoying a "boom," and that thej boom
will pass and leave only the buildings and
electric plants and the - car tracks, with no
money in the treasury to make the pheeltf
go round. , , .: .
I do not know whether this is oe is not
to "be, but let us hope it Is only the envy
and unoharitableness of the Austrian and.
German mind that sees nothing in progress
but disaster and makes advancement spell
ruin. People who live in a city where one
is asked to show a passport, a certificate ol
good health, a police permit and a resi
dence card, in order to be a Ilowed to mount
a bicycle,' tea I Was asked to do -in Berlin,
cap hardly be expected to look with favor on
their restless, ambitious young neighbors
of the Balkans. Richard Harding Davis
iriSoribner's. ' - f
Dodsine Spanlsb Sheila.! '
As eallant soldiers and as daring corre
spondents as it is my pleasure to know did
their legs proud there. The tall form of
Colonel John Jacob Astor moved in my
frpht" in jack rabbit bounds. ' Prussian,
English and - Japanese correspondents,
artists, all the news and' much high class
art and literature were flashed and went
straddling up the hill before the first bar
rel of the dons; Directly came the warn
ing scream of No. 8, and we dropped and
hugged the ground like starfish. Bang!
right over u9 it exploded. 1 1 was dividing
a small hollow with a distinguished colo
nel of the staff. .' ;
5 "Is this thins allowed, colonolf"
; "Oh, yes, indeed!" be said. "I don't
think we could stop those shrapnel."
; And the next shell went into the bat
tery, killing and doing damage.r-Fred-
erio Remington in Harper's Magazina
WHOLESALE PRICES CURRPT.
- tW The foUowlnsr
quotations represent
Wholesale Prices generally. In
ma, ring no
smau oruers nizner prices
ive to be charged.
The quotations are always given as accurately
as noftRihlfl. bat the 8tak will not be resDonsible
for any variations from, the actual market price'
ortne arucies quoiea. i
BAOGINO
i 3 lb Jute,
! Standard.
WESTERN SMOKED
; Hams S lb ...................
i Sides lb
' Shoulders V ft....
DRY SALTED
6K
6 &
Sides lb
Shoulders ft x
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine
Becona-nana, eacn.. ........
v New New York, each
NewCity, each :
BEESWAX lb
BRICKS
Wilmington V H...... ...... S 00
Northern '. 8 00
BUTTER
- North Carolina fi x. ........ 15
! Northern.. a)
CORN MEAL -
1-L
1 20 .
1 20
22
&
& 7 00
& 14 00
&
&
&
&
&
18
23
50
0
80
25
11
Per bushel, in sacks ...
1 Virginia Meal ......
COTTON TIES bundle.
CANDLES V 5 . j ;
r Sperm....
49
18
8
-' Adamantine ......
&
"CHEESE V
; ij wortaern Factory.
10H
&
&
Dairy jream.
i: state..
COFFEE
10HI
:: Laguyra.. ' 12
' Rio .'.....i. 8
DOMESI ICS
ii Sheeting, 4-4, w yard........
: Yarns. S bunch of 5 lbs ....
&
&
&
16
10
6
70
EGGS dozen
11 12
FISH
' Mackerel, No. 1, 9 barrel... 23 00
& 30 00
& 15 00
& 18 00
& 9 00
& 14 00
4 00
Mackerel, No. 1, half-bbl, 11 00
Mackerel. No. 2. 9 barrel.
16 00
Mackerel, No. 2 half-bbl.
Mackerel, No. 8, V. barrel..
8 00
13 00
2 50
5 00
3 00
5
4S5
Muueta, v Darrei .
Mullets, ftpork barrel.
&
; N. C. Roe Herring,
, Dry Cod, s lb ........
keg.
3 25
10
4 50
r.jLuia. ......
FLOUR S lb
: Low erade ..
3 00
3 50
.4 00
5 00
'. Choice
Straight 8 75
' First Patent 4 50
gltie i...
GRAIN bushel l
corn,rromstore,bgs waite 53
Car-load, in bgs White...
Oats, from store ............ 40 .&
IS
50
45
45
75
oats. Rust proor.
cow peas....
60 a
HTDESw a
Green salted.
i Dry flint
' Drvsalt
HAY 100 lbs -
; Clover Hay..
1U
9
-78
45
75
75
75
50
40
, ' nice Dbraw. .................
' 1 Eastern
f Western
North River.
HOOP IRON, ft.
&
&
&
1H&
. Northern ' 5
North Carolina.............. 6
LIME, barrel .l.i.. 115
7
&
&
1 5
LUMBER (city sawed) M ft
snip Btun, resawea
18 00
20 00
16 00
& 18 00
23 00
& 15 00
Rough edge Plank ......... . 15 00
west India cargoes, accord
ing to quality...... 13 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00
MOLASSES V- gallon ;
Barbadoes, in hegsheaa.. . . . , ,
Barbadoes, in barrels....... '
Porto Rico, in hogsheads. ...
Porto Rico, in barrels. ..... .
25
28
27
28
14
- 15
25
1 65
&
&
&
Sugar House, In hogsheads
Sugar House, in barrels. . . ,
12
14
15
1 60
i Syrup, in barrels...........
NAILS, f keg-. Cut, 60d basis. .
PORK, V barrel ;.-
i CitvMess
! Rump
i prime
ROPE, lb
SALT, $ sack. Alum.,;........,
. -i Liverpool
a
& 11 00
10 50
10 00
10
22
1 10
80
75
70
5 00
1 60
250
American..
75 f
i On 125 Sacks. .
&
&
&
. 47
SHINGLES, 7-iCh, per M. .... .
. : Common
! Cypress Saps.
SUGAR, V lb Standard Gran'd
Standard A..................
i White Extra C
' Extra C, GKilden.. ...........
. C, Yellow
SOAP, w lb Northern. .........
STAVES, M W. O. barrel....
R. O. Hogshead.
TIMBER, 9 M feet-fShippIng..
Mill, Prime
; - Mill, Fair .....
! Common Mill... j. ...........
' Inferior to ordinary.;.......
SHINGLES, N,C. Cypress sawed
M 6x24 heart
; " Sap............i.
' 5x24 Heart..............
i at"
6x24 Heart.
. Sap
TALLOW, lb
WHISKEY. gallon, Northern
' North Carolina........
WOOL, per Unwashed
e eo
2 25
3 50
:5
s a
s &
5tt
5H
5H
5
6.00
& 14 09
10 00
9 00
7 00
6 50
5 00
4 00
&
4 SO
8 01
7 50
5 00
460
4 00
6 00
5 00
1 00
1 00
10
&
8 50
6 03
5 60
4 50
6 50
5 50
6
2 00
2 00
15
MARINE DIRECTORY;
List or Vessels In ttae
Port
of Wli-
(" ;:mlnKton, ' N. C, Feb. 1
1809.
) ' ; SCHOONERS. " i
Jno J ' Snow, ' 152 tohs,v ; Norton, Geo
r Harriss, Son 6tCk.
Melissa Trask, 198 tons, French
Heide&Co. 1
Lois Chappei, 176 tons, Medero, Geo
! Harriss, Son 6c Co.
G C Laster, 267 tons, Robinson, Geo
t; Harriss, Son & Co. - !
Elma (Br) 299 tons, Baker, Geo Har-
' nss, ooa oc yjo.
Roger .Moore, ' 277 ' tons! Small, - J
: Riley & Co. . - i
Eva A Danenhower, 217 tons. Miller,
i Geo Harriss. Son & Co.
Bt Croix, 190 tons, Torrey, J Tt Riley
Chas H Bprague, 236 tons. Harper,
ueo xiarriss, oon 5C jo. ; .. .
. STEAMSHIPS. ..: I
Marion (Br), 1,218 tons, Roberts, A S
Heme & Uo. r
:-: K--:: ', ' BARQUES. ' ":
Franz Set walbe, CDan) 586 tons; Paul
1 sen, xieiae uo.
' - BARGES.
Carrie L, Tyler, 538 tons, Bonnea,u
I. Navassa Guano Co. , .
-Geldz0usf:iipe9-tte:::oni
noon aod anight. - "Makes
6
1J
;aullliagsbrht.viadbse
i'3
' It gives to 'an humble borne
iK-alike-reu
i3C
Trare -1 i
ll-'- Vtiik
IM
IHS XiMl FAffiBAini C0MPA51L eukaaga. Bt Loula. New York.
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gommergial I
I ; WILMINGTON; MARKEtTj
! STAR OFFICE. Feb.'!
"SPIRITS TURPENTINE. NdthiDff
doing. '''--- ' t-'-'" ;'- r -ft '":
ROSLN Market held higher; at 90
cents bid per barrel ; for Strained and
95 cents bid for (jtood Strained. .'-
TAR-Market firm at tl.10 per bbl
of 280 lbs.. ' p- i 11' '
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Nothing'
doing. ; : : ; '-''' j ' :,.;
: (Quotations same day last' year.7tr;
Spirits turpentine -firm at 3332c; '
rosm hrm at f 1.20,, f 1.555; tar steady,
5c; crude turpentine, : nothing doing.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits, turpentine
21
Rosin. . . . . . , . . . . . . . . j .-. . ; .. . ... . , j 1,
731
Tar - r? - ... ' ' " I
Crude turpentine. . . ...... . . . . .
208
4
17
Receipts same day last year.
casks spirits turpentine, 274 bbls rosin.
486 bbls tar, 00 bbls crude turpentine.
'- OOTTON. r ' ' I"
Market firm on a basis of r oc
per pound ior middling. - Quotations
Ordiiiarv.
3- 7-16 cts,
Good Ordinary
Low Middling.
4 13-16 "
4 7-16 "
5 "
Middling . . . . . ;
Good Middling . .
6 3-16
Same day last year middling 5 7-l6c.
Receipts 209 bales; same day last
year, 318. . :
COTTNTRT PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 55 to 60c per bushel ' of 28
pounds; extra prime, 65c; fancyi (70c.
Virginian Extra prime, 55c ; fancyj 60c ;
Spanish, 80 90c. - T
UURJN JJ-irm; 42 to 47 cents per
bushel. ' , . - I - ;
ROUGH "RICE Lowland ; (tide-
'Water) 90c $1.10; upland 65SOc.
Quotations on a oasis of 45 pounds to
the bushel - ; - ; I .
N. C. BACON-Steady; hams.: 12 to
13c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
sidos 7 to 8c - ! -
SHINGLES Per ; thousand, five
inch hearts and saps, $1.6fr to 2.25;
six-inch, $2.25 to 3.25; sevenhineh,
$5.50 to 6. 50. i . I i -
TLMBER Market steady at $2.50 to
6.50 per M. j '
FINANCIAL
MARKETS.
:!
By Telegraph to the Mornlnz star.
New York. February 6. Money on
call was steady at 2K3 per cent.,
last loan being at 2 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 2j3X per cent.
Sterling exchange steady; actual busi
ness in bankers' bills at 485J485
for demand and 483X483K' for
sixty days. Posted rates were 484
and 486486M. Commercial bills
482483. Silver certificates 59
60. ' Bar i silver j 59j. Mexican
dollars 47. Government bonds were
strong. State f bonds inactive
road bonds irregular. U. S. 3'sj
Rail
107;
XJ. S. new4's, registered, 128128 ;
do.coupon, 128129 ; U. S. 4's 112 X
112X; do.coupon, 112113 ; do. 2 s
99; .U. S. 5's, registered, ll2112 ;
do. 5's, coupon; 112112 ; N. C. 6's
130; do. 4's, 104 ; Southern Railway
5's 105 Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio
70; Chesapeake & Ohio 30; Man
hattan L 112; i N. T. Central 137tf ;
Reading 21 ; do.lst preferred 58 U ; St.
Paul 126&; do. preferred 168i South
ern Railway 12 H ; do. preferred 49 ;
American .looacco l4d6; do. pre
ferred 133; People's Gas 113M- Sugar
132 ; do. preferred 112; T. Q. & Iron
42; U. 8. Leather 7X; dopref erred
7X ; western Union 95.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraphto the Morning Star.
New York, February 6. Rosin
steady. Spirits turpentine7 steady at
4546c. ; r j -; s
Charleston, February 6.1 Spirits
turpentine jirm at 42 ; no sales. Rosin
steady and unchanged; no sales. ;
Savannah, February 6. Spirits tur
pentine firm at 42c; sales 38 casks;
receipts 276 casks. Rosin nrm and un
changed; no sales. , i
COTTON MARKETS.
By .Telegraph to the Morning Star.,
New York, February 6 After
the cotton market had opened two
points lower to two points higher (Eag
lish advices not being . satisfactory
and me renewed Hostilities m the Fhil-
ippines unsettling views here for a
time, there jwas a sharp , upward
movement which carried the market
to a level of ten to twelve points above
the final .figures of Saturday; ";in .the
afternoon the! market eased off par
tially but the close was firm at a net
rise nine to thirteen points.
New York, February 6. Cotton
quiet; middling uplands 6 7-16c.
Cotton futures market closed firm;
.February 6. 13c, March 6.15c, April 6.15,
May 6.17c, June .16c, July 6.18c, Au
gust 6.21c, September 6.07c, October
6.09, November c, December 6.13c.
: Spot cotton market closed quiet
at an-advance of yic middling uplands
67-16c; middling gulf 6 11 -16c; sales
800 bales. i '
iiei receipts Dales; .- gross re
ceipts 5,753 bales; sales 800 bales;
exports to ureat .Britain ' 275 bales:
exports to the Continent 10,408 bales ;
stocic ,4Y8 Dales. ; , . ;
Total -to-day--Net receipts 26,978
bales; exports to Great Britain 12,662
Daies; exports to tne Uontment 19,741
Daies;stocK y44,298 bales. i V
Consolidated Net receipts 8,278
bales ; exports to Great Britain 35,171
bales; exports toy France 7,210 bales;
exports ro ine jontment 31,bT2 bales.
i Total since September 1st. Net re
ceipts 6,832,039 bales; exports fovGreat
nniain z,az,64Z Dales; exports to
France 602,459 bales; exports to the
uonunent jf,oii,7ya Dales. -
February 6. Galveston, steady at
6c, net . receipts . 7,304 bales; ; Nor
folk, steady atfic, net receipts 1,513
bales; Baltimore, nominal at 6j6c net
receipts - bales; Boston, ; quiet at
6 5-16c, net receipte 326 bales; "Wil
niington, lirm at 5Cj net receipts 209
bales ; Philadelphia, quiet ,at 6 U-16,net
receipts 272 bales r Savannah,' steady at
5 ll-16c.net receipts 2,441 bales; New
Orleams, quiet at &c, net receipts
10,355 ales; Mobile, quiet ati skc,
net receipts 405 bales ; Memphis,? quiet
at 5c, net receipts 1,960 bales1; ?Au
gusta, . firm at 6Hs, net - ireceipts T49
bales; Charleston quiet, at 5Mc, net
receipts 703 bales. , -'i
PRODUCE HaMeTS
By Telegraph to the Morning Stan ; .
New York, February, 6.-Fiour
Washing
1 Powder
or a palace the cleansing tonni, .
friend' and dirt's worst en
"rat enem,.
u u u as i n - h r M --- - Itli.
wneat came too late to heln
Minnesota patents $3 904 is P?Ur;
--pot steady; No, 2 red 82Ur'-
opened weak
under ' bearkiV 1?
heavy world's
cable,
pointing Outside
trade ni , '?
ther . declines during the af fu'
theerowd over-sold. La;
when
confronted later T'N,
business, covered activpl
.V, mducin .
fthsrn r 1 1 v lhnWn. n
5c uet auvance: ISo. 9 ; "
Hclosed 79c; May closed -76fr!?
ciosea 7oc - uorn Spot teadv- 1
4344c; options at first lth
because of weakness abroad u "
ceipts on subsequent talk and cloS
firm, at unchanged prices; May oS
quic,; u. t, owe; options duj
Pork steady. . Lard firm md-..-.uu-
steam closed $5 !90: Fehr,ia S
$5 87, nominal;1 refined lard steal
Butter firm; Western creamery 15.1&.
factory 1214e: -Eiffi
white lOc. Potatoes steadr X
York $1 251 62 ; Long Island
2 00; Jersey sweets $1 252 50 P.
troleumdull. Rice firm. Cotton s
oil Trade moderately active and uuo
tations held with considerable firmness,
prime crude 20; butter grades 2932c'
Cabbage dull at $2 004 OOperim'
Coffee Spot "Rio quiet; No 7 m'
voice 6c; , No. 7 jobbing 7c; mild
quiet; Cordova 714c. Sugar-Ra,
Arm; fair refining 3 c; centric
96 test 4Mc:niolasses sugar 3c- "re
fined firm. ? "
Chicago, February .7. Big clear
ances and good export-demand ntthe
Atlantic coast brought about a reactioa
in wheat to-day and May left off at an
advance of c after a break of lc early
caused by liquidation of long property'
Corn closed with a gain of Jc and oats
ic. Pork rose 7M10c; lard 7ic and
ribs 5c -
Chicago, February 6. Cash quota
tions: Flour was dull and weak
Wheat No 2 spring 6769c; No 3
do. 6369c; No. 2 red7172c. Corn
No.2, 85X. Oats No. 2, free on board
2787?c; No. 2 white 3rt30Mc'
No. 3 white 2930Uc. Pork, uer
bbl, $9 9510 0.0. : Lard, per 100
fts, $5 555 60. Short . rib sides,
,loose, $4 754 90. Dry salted shoul
ders, $4 254 37K- Short clear sides
boxed, $5 055 15. Whiskey Dis'
tillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 25.
The leading futures ranged asfol
lowsopening, highest, lowest 'and
closing: Wheat No: 2, May 713i
72, 72K, 71 Jf, 72K72c; July 69
70, 70, 69M, 70. Corn May
36M,37, 36S, 37 tie; July37.37M,
37, 37i37c; September 37s. 38,
37, 38c. Oats No. 2 May 27, 28,
27M, 28; July 26, 2626 25. 2G
26c. Pork, per barrel May $1002&
10 17X. -10 023, 10 17., Lard, per 1UU
Ibs-rMay $5 72, 77, 5 70. 5 77;
July$5 82X, &90, 5 82, 5 87; Sep
tember $5 92U. 5 97, 5 92'A. 5 97.
Ribs, per-100 lbs, May $5 00, 5 Of U,
5 0, 5 '07; July 5 17, 5 20, 5 17,
5 17; September $5 30, 532, 5 35,
5 30. .,. ); . r ,
Baltimore, February - 6. Flour
dull and . lower; Western superfine
$2.252.60. Wheat depressed' and
74c ; March 74 75c ; May 7G76Kc
Southern wheat by sample 7074Mc
Com fairly steady Spot 39X3!tys&;.
month 39M39ic ; March 3939c.
Southern white and yellow corn 37
40c. Oats firm No. 2' white western'
3536c, V
FOREIGN MARKET.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Liverpool, February s, 4 P.
:M.-
Uotton spot in fair demand; prices
barely supported. American mid
dling 3 9 32d. The sales of the day
were 10,000 bales, of which 20,000
were for speculation and export and
included 9,200 bales 'American. Re
ceipts 12,000 bales, including 7,500
American.
Futures opened quiet with a poor
I Ckm onrl an1 lrtoxw1 mitof Kn f cf tafxr fit
the advance. American middling (1.
m. c): February 3 13-643 ll-64d
buyer; February and March 3 13 64
314-64d buyer ; March and April 3 14 64
3 15-64d seller; April and May 3
14-64d buyer; May and June 3 16 64d
seller; June and July 16 643 17 64d
buyer; July and August 3 ,17-643
18 64d value; August and September 3
17- 643 18-64d buyer; September and
October 3 17-643 18-64d buyer: Oc
tober and November 3 17-643 18-61d
buyer; November and December 3
18- 64d seller; December and January
o 10 J n i
MARINE,
ARRIVED.
Schr Jno J Snow, 152 tons, Nortoi),
New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
I CLEARED.
Stmr Frdnk Sessoms, Ward, Fay
etteville". J. H.Madden.
Stmr Driver, Robjnson, Fayetteville,
T D Love.
. EXPORTS.
- Ill I W -
COASTWISE.
New YqRK-,Steamship Oneida362
bales cotton, HO casks spirits, 80 bbls
rosin, 387 bbls tar, 40 bbls .crude, 25
bbls pitch, 162 bags peanuts, 57 pkgs
cotton goods, 30,000 shingles, ; lTObajrs
chaff, 73 pkgs shutUe blocks, l86joles,
100 pkgs mdse.
Alimentary :
mi- -
Is hichlv iveominetKled as a remedy ior
ltmit diseMes and as a pre0"!,.
typhoid, malarial and all kinds of levers
EPISCOPAL HIGH
SCHOOL,
( Near Alexandria, Virginia,
For Boys. The 60th year opens Sept.. 28. 18
important aaoitlonai unproveiueiiL
lngs and equipment ,,.
Illustratea catalojme sent on application-
1.. ?, BlaeKford,.,
IvSltf
GOOD STALK CUTTERS
FOR SALE
N C
Bv J. C. McCasWU. Max ton,
i . v. Also, fine BuUdlog lots.
January 18th. 1899. jail
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