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BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
WILMINGTON. N. C.
Friday Moening, March 10, 1899.
ANNEXATION TALK.
The suggestion of the annexation
of Cuba is not a new one, for it was
:discus3ed more or less before Cuba
. passed from under Spanish control
and while the war was yet on. There
were few sensible people, even among
the Spaniards in Cuba, who dfd not
believe that the result, of' the war
would be the destruction of Spanish
power in the island, and this led nat
liaily to the discussion of what kind
of government would be best for the
people. WJiile the mass of the peo
ple favored independence and gov
ernment by themselves, therewere
others who were! not prepossessed
in favor of that, j
Cuba is divided into classes, the
more intelligent being of Spanish
J descent or birth, with little of the
native mingling. These are the
well-to-do people, nd of these the
majority, who sympathized with the
Cuban cause or fought for it, shrink
from putting their destinies in the
hands of., the ignorant multitude,
while the Spanish sympathizers
dread putting their destinies in the
hands of the Cubans,whether intelli
gent or not. Either of these would
prefer annexation to the United
Stages as a matter of self-protection
and expediency, although neither of
them have much admiration for this
country.
Whether this annexation senti
ment has grown or not" since the
Spaniards have lost their hold upon
jthe island we do not know, but there'
is evidently a good deal of it yet
among the two classes to whom we
have referred, and doubtless if the
question .were left to them to decide
the verdict would be for annexation.
This sentiment will be encour
aged, too, by the capitalists of this
country who secure concessions and
become interested in the develop
ment of the island and its resources,
which are numerous and valuable,
Native control would be an obstruc
tion to enterprise, for those people
have been reared under Spanish in
fluences and methods, have been ac
customed' to getting through life as
easily and with as little hustle as
possible, and very few-of them,
even among the more intelligent,
have any conception of what enter
prise means. Nature has been kind
to them and taking advantage of
. nature they have been over-indulgent
to themselves. If they were a
progressive race their proximity to
this country and their intercourse
with Americans would have im
parted some vim to them, even un
der their tropical sun. But it
didn't. American men and Ameri
can money may go there, introduce
I American methods in business and
thus the island to some extent
become Americanized, but it will be
' a long time before the native Cuban
becomes Americanized.
But we believe that the majority
of the more intelligent people who
have business and property interests
involved, and whose prosperity de
pends upon the progress and pros-
perity of the island will soon realize
that annexation will be the shortest
if not the only road to progress and
prosperity, and ; the question then
; will be how- is that to be accom
plished. There is much prejudice
against Americans amongst the
) Cubans, as there is among nearly all
vuv uuupie oi opauisn descent in
the countries eouth of us, growing
out oi both difference of race and
difference of religion, the latter be
ing perhaps aa strong if not stronger
than the former. Of course, there
are exceptions, but the exceptions
1 are few compared with the many
who know but Jjftue oi this country
or of its people, and this little
generally something that isn't so.
This will be the principal 'obstacle
tOr annexation when it comes up "for
- serious discussion.
When it does; what are we going
to do about it? : There are mixed
races in Cuba, and the jdark skinned
race ia sufficiently; numerous to De a
dominant factor, when strength is
"measured by the ballot. It was the
mixed race problem which kept Ha
waii oat, until the bold resourceful
white men who seized the . Govern
ment, and established the republic,
solved that, by eliminating the mass
of the natives as a political factor,
which cleared the way for annexa
tion. So in Cuba the ignorant mass,
chiefly black, . must be eliminated
before annexation, looking to ter
ritorial or State recognition
can come, and it isn't quite clear
yet how that ' can be; done,
But some way will doubtless be
found to do it, and if the first step
in annexation be effected, the rest
will be comparatively easy by adopt-
ing a scheme of qualified suffrage,
as is proposed for Hawaii, which
would practically exclude the mass
of the inhabitants from active par-
ticination in the government. We I
have race problems enough on hand
now and we do not propose to load
up with any more of the'm, and we
think -that when the annexation
talk hasogressed far enough
and those who are interested in it
get down to planning, they will de-
vise some scheme to get around, the I
race problem, and' annexation will
come in time, not remote either. The
sooner this country withdraws its
forces, and throws, the Cubans on
their own resources, the sooner, it
will come. ' '
ENCOURAGING WIDE TIRES.
- We referred some, time ago to a
bill introduced in the Legislature to
encourages the use of the wide-tire
on heavy draft vehicles. The result
of this movement was the adoption
of the following: , j
"Whereas, the use of wide tire vehi
cles on the public roads of the State,
as shown by experience, win ootn ben
efit and protect these roads by pack
ing and something the surface of the
same.
"The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
'Section 1. That every person in the
State who, during the year ending
December 31st, 1899, and each suc
ceeding year thereaf terowns and uses
on the public roads of the State any
wagon or other draft vehicle with tires
as wide as tne standard wiae-ure
wheels described in section two
of this act, shall on the pre
sentation of proof thereof, satisfactory
to the commissioners of any county
in which said wide-tire vehicles
are used, be paid by the county treas
urer of such county, out of the road
fund of the county or township in
which the same is used, each and every
year, tor a period or nve years, a sum
equal to one-half of his or her road
tax : Provided, that in no case shall the
amount so paid for any year be greater
than two dollars on each vehicle, nor
in any case shall the amount, paid to
any person, hrm or coporation exceed
tne sum of nve dollars: And provided,
further, that in case any such person
pays novroad tax, he snail during each
and every year, for a period of five
years, be exempt from one half of the
labor which under the law he may
otherwise be required to expend on the
public roads of the county or township
in which he resides.
"Section 2. For the purposes of this
Act the standard for wide-tire wagons
and other draft vehicles shall be as
follows: For a one horse vehicle with
skeins 2 by 8 inches or under, or
spindles If by 7 inches or under, two
and one half (21) inch tires: for two-
norse venicles (with steins larger tnan
3 by 8 inches, not over 3 by 9 inches.
or with spindles more than If by 7
inches, and not over If by 10 inches
four inch fires: and for all vehicles
with skeins and spindles larger than.
the above, six-inch tires. i
section 3. This act shall only ap
ply to the following counties: Ala
mance, Buncombe, Edgecombe, Gas
ton, Forsyth, Lincoln, Mecklenburg,
Moore, Ofange (for Chapel Hill town
ship only). New Hanover, Rowan,
Wilson and Durham.
"Section 4. This act shall be in force
from and after its ratification."
There is nothing compulsory in
this, and it will be seen that it ap
plies to but a small number of
counties, those, we presume, which
desired to be embraced in its pro
visions, but it will serve as an ob
ject leason and if it proves satisfac
tory in the counties where tried, it
will be an easy matter to extend its
provisions so as to include more
counties until the whole State is
embraced.
PERPLEXING CONDITIONS.
In another article we have re
ferred to some of the perplexing
conditions which " present them
selves in establishing a satisfactory
system of government for Cuba.
One dispatch published yesterday
tells of the suffering in Havana.
where many thousands of poor are
wnnouc iooa ana wnere tnere are
no adequate means for taking care
of them, and yet while these people.
must be fed by charity there are
nearly fifty thousand Cubans who
call themselves soldiers, laving
around waiting to make a pull on
this Government, when they ought"
to be at work supporting them-
selves and helping, to support the
needy of their "people,
In all the towns there are thou
sands of idle people who seem to
think that it is the duty of the local
government to give them employ
ment, and when they are not thus
employed they remain idle and
clamor for money , or for food, for
which they are much more anxious
than they are for work.
Another dispatch tells of the com
plaints of the Spanish residents of
Santa Clara province, who say that
they are persecuted by the, Cubans,
which is very probable, and this state
of affairs may continue some time.
The average Cuban hates the Span
iard, and now that Spanish power
has ceased to protect the Spaniard,
the Cuban thinks that hn hm nn
rights that the Cuban need respect.
isn tne widespread pauperism and
shiftless ways of the natives, and
the race antipathies intensified by
centuries of oppresflinn and
I ous conflicts, the task of assimilat-
i ing tnosa people and establishing a
I government that VilL' ensure peace
1 will be an exceedingly difficult one.
CHINA APOLOGIZED.
A cable dispatch published yester
day says China has apologized for
the manner in which the Tsung Li
Yamen rejected Italy's demand for
a lease of San Mun Bay. This might
have been "expected, for China can,
apologize easiephan she can do any
thing else. She has become so ac
customed to ..apologizing . that it
comes a3 natural to her as falling off
a log does' to a turtle when he spies
a boy sneaking around with a stone
in his hand. The different nations
that have come into : contact with
China have a varied assortment of
apologies. The next thing in order
for the Chinese Government to do
would be to apologize for making a
pretence to being alive,
The partition of China is now 3
Hnr a thin? as the partition of
Africa was, and the nations which
are doing the grabbing show as little
"regard or respect for the Chinese as
they did: for the tribes in Africa,
They decide on what they want, and
jf tni3 doe3 not conflict with some of
thei)ther grabbers for whose armies
and navies they have respect, they
soon make some pretence to get jt,
and get it. Thi3 is rough on old
moth-eaten China, but it is solving
the Chinese problem in a heroic
way. What interests Americans in
the game that is being played oyer
there is how long this Government
can keep out of it.
BOOK NOTICES.
The intelligent and literary reader
will be interested ia Self Culture for
March, which presents a valuable list
of contents, leading off with an inter
esting paper, on "The Hawaiian Islands
of the United States." Published b i
The Werner Company, Akron, Ohio.
The Sanitarian for March contains
some valuable papers, in which not
only the physician but the general
reader who takes an interest in sani
tary and medical subjects will be in
terested. Address A. N. Bell, M. D.,
Editor, 337 Clinton street, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Laurel Winners is the title of an
interesting little book, giving sketches
with pictures, of American composers
who have won laurels. It is neatly
printed and will be valued by those
who? take an interest in music. Pub
lished by The John Church Company.
Cincinnati, Chicago and New York.
The Southern farmer will find - the
Southern Farm Magazine for March
an instructive and valuable number.
The contributors to this publication
are all practical jnen of recognized
standing and without any foolishness.
Published by The Manufacturers' Re
cord Company, Baltimore. I
We are indebted to Haven & Stout,
Bankers and Brokers, Nassau street,
New York, for a copy of their Red
Manual of Statistics, a large and
comprenensive volume trial gives
much information about railways and
other industrial enterprises, which the
dealers in railway and other stocks
may find valuable.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Lexington Dispatch: During
the recent snow Mr. Isiaah Shoaf, of
Tyro township, fearing all the rabbits
would freeze to death, caught fourteen
and conhned them in a tobacco barn
until after the snow and then turned
them loose, so that he might have the
pleasure of catching them again in the
future.
Clinton Democrat: Mr. L. T.
Beatty, who bought cotton the last
season at Roseboro for Messrs. Sprunt
sc oons.of Wilmington, died at his
nome near Ivahoe on Friday last.
Mra. Rebecca Killett died at her home
in South Clinton on Wednesday even
ing the 1st inst.. after a lingering ill
ness, bhe had reached the ripe old
age of eighty years.
Mount Olivo Advertiser:
Much interest is manifested by our
people m the results obtained by Mr.
a. w . uerring in nis experiments ia,
fag culture. Mr. Herring has increased
his orchard to one thousand trees and
by his method of protection they es
caped injury during the recent freeze.
The cultivation of figs on a large scale
I J i. J
w a now uepariuro in mis seciiqn.
Fay etteville;(?&S(?rtfer: Miss Flora
McPherson, aged 72, died Tuesday
nigut ai me resiuence oi ner. cousin,
air. J. A. aacfherson. in 71st. A
colored infant was smothered to death
accidently on Wilmington road Tues
day night. It was reported that the
cbiid had died of starvation, but an
investigation by Dr. McGougan, tUfe
county physician, showed that it had
died of strangulation.
Wilson News: Sheriff Sharp
and Dr.,Kutnn, the coroner, returned
from Sara togo Tuesday night at 11
o'clock. They went, as stated in yes
terdays jew8, to investigate tne re
ported poisoning case at Saratoga. The
complaint had been sworn out here be
fore Judge -Lancaster by Mr. John
ihigpen, on whose land the partes live.
It stated that Lucy Forbes, colored.
caused the death of her husband, Iryin
F orbes. bvmana of ,iRrnirh nn Rat.
Iryin Forbes was buried on Sunday,
ana wnen me coroner arrived a jury
was empaneiieu and tne grave opened.
It was found that water had -covered
the body of to the mouth. The jury
viewed the body and all the witnesses
to be had were examined. The de
cision of the jury was that the evidence
was not sufficient ta hold Lucy for
court. No post mortem examition
was held, as it was considered un
necessary.
Greensboro Record: Greensboro
has been free from the deviltry kicked
up Dy negro soldiers since the war,
but she came near getting into it to
day. A tram load of negro soldiers
passed through to day on a special
train following the train about noon.
Passing Pomona one of the scoundrels
fared a pistol ball through the window
of the residence of W. C. Boren. nar
rowly missing the head of Miss Cam-
mie Lindley, who was sitting in front
of the fire. The bullet hit the window
glass almost . in the center, of course
Breaking it to pieces, and then went
on, hitting an iron clock on the mantle
and bounding back toward the window.
The shattered glass a considerable
quantity of it, fell on Mrs. Boren's
chair. Had 'Miss Lindley been stand
ing up the ball would have hit her on
the head. There is a pedestrain
in town, or was this afternon. His
name is p. C. Wright, and he says
no waiKBu m rrom oummerneld to
day in an hour and fnrt.v
minutes, leaving Summerfield at 12:38
? friYlos nere ' -40, a distance
Ttuvq miles.
CURRENT COMMENT.
--Surveys of an isthmian canal are
crof firrr n ha an old fitorV. PeODle
have been making them for half a
century, and it was supposed that
the Government commissions sent
to Central America had j Drougnu
! nil needed information and
that it was nowtime for negotiations,
treaties ana wuij.. -
lune, Rep. . '" '.' .
! It seems that about the best
thing the Cuban people'could. d6
at once would be to get rid of the
ridiculous "assembly, which is
making itself the laughing stock of
everybody. The "assembly', seems
to have constituted itseii, ana to re
present nobody else. Gomez is said
to have no resDect for it. and it is
certain that very few other persons
f -hrr : 71
havet any. isavannan, uxews, usem.
"When " savs the Minneapo
lis Times, "the votinsr machine is so
perfected that that the bnsiness man
can do his voting Dy pusning dud
tons at the side of his desk some of
these gentlemen who do not vote
now,! but complain most grievously
of the work of those who do, may
mend their wavs." Probably the on
ly result of such a system would , be
the extension oi woman snnrage.
The business man would simply turn
over his voting to his Typewriter.
Louisville Courier Journal, Dem.
TWINKLINGS.
!"An' poor Moike prayed for a
peaceful ind?" "He did thot: an' he
towld me t' hove two cops at th' wake
t' s e thot his prayers wuz answered."
Brooklyn Life.
Caller "Is Mrs. Brownstpn
at home?" Servant 'Yes'm. ! She'll
be at home all the evening. It's my
nightout." New. York Weekly.
"Why is this called Len? : I
see Tommy Tucker has raised his hand.
Why is it. Tommy?" " 'Cause it's too
hard to keep." Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Hiram "Supposing,
Bridget, I should deduct from your
wages the price of all tne .china you
broket" Bridget Brittiedish "Well,
memj I think I'd be loike the china."
Tit-Bits.
"Well," announced Mr. Perk-
asie to his wife, "John and Mary have
taken the first steps towards divorce."
'You don t mean to tell me I W hat
on earth is the matter?" "They have
got married." .Harper's Bazar.
i"Beg pardon, ma'am," Baid the
Washington hoterderk, "but what do
you mean by those letters 'M. C.,'
after! your name?" "Mothers' Con
gress,' sir," replied the majestic matron
who had just registered. untcago
Tribune. s
The Bride at the Grocery:
"Yes? Mr. Sorghum, I'm very particu
lar about eggs. " "Quite right, mum. "
"Yon see we get one cow s milK regu
larly every morning, and I .wanted to,
make an arrangement with you so that
we could get the eggs of one hen."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An Early Start; "Mammy,"
said Pickaninny Jim, "was George
Washington first in war?" "Yass, in
deed." "Well. I doesn't wanter 'sin
uato dat anybody is in de same class
wif George Washington, but I . wants
ter call 'tention to de fack dat Dewey
wuz on de ground befo de wan hap'
pened, waitin' for it." Washington
Star , .. iW- ! H
Obq riUMBERS IN PRICES.
I
Fascination of tbe Bargain Coaaten.
Nine Cent Goodi Sell Better Than Eight.
In speaking of special sales tbe other
day and of tbe figures that seem'to attract
tbe public the most, as well as the class of
customers- who frequent these sales, an old
and successful merchant said:
"There is a fascination in odd numbers
that ! always draws purchasers. Now, I
will call your attention to some of the
marked down articles that are being sold
on our bargain counter. : Notice those
neckties that are marked at 3734 cents,
three for f-1. It is an actual fact that we
sold twice as many of them at 37 cents
as we would sell at 35, and we sell aa
many again by allowing three for $1.
When a man sees them selling at 87K
cents, ho naturally imagines that they are
50 cent goods, and ho reasons that he can
get three cheaper than he can one, so he
takes three. He really does get a bargain,
but be would not take it at a less attract
ive figure. ; ;
"Speaking of odd numbers, ft Is a curl.
ous fact that some are much more attract
ive than others. Nine cents, for intance.
is one of the most attractive figures and
ecus : more goods ' than 8 cents would.
Thirteen aud 17 cents are by no means so
good, as 19 cents for running off an extra
line, i while 21 and S3 are comparatively
poor sellers. Thirty -seven and a half cents
is a great favorite and better than 39 by
far. ; Forty-nine used to be much better
than: it is now. I attribute the fact that
it is less popular to the number of jokes
.that have been made upon it.
; "yhen you get above 60 cents, peopla
commence to look more at the real value
of a thing and less at the price charged.
Seventy-nine cents is a great favorite-, and
99 is one of the best figures still that we
have to sell at, although not so good as it
used to be. It will sell, however, 25 per
cent more goods than will II." Wash
ington Post.
j otblne Broken.
A recent bride in Washington, who re
ceived many handsome pieces of glassware
and china among her wedding gifts: is ex
ceedingly proud of her treasures and has a
perfect jewel of a maid, who hasn't broken
a. single piece.' One afternoon not long
ago the mistress came home and found the
maid out. An hour or so later the do
mestic returned. Her arms were full of
bundles, and she carried a basket. Her
face was radiant.
" Oh, " she said, 'ithe table was perfectly
lovely I It was just exactly the way you
nx yours wnen you have company can
dies and everything. It was just too sweet I
Hiveryboay thought so.
v. "What are you talking about?" asked
tne mistress.
"Why," answered the maid, "the
luncheon my sister gave today. I didn't
havo time to ask you, but I knew you
wouldn't mind. Nothing's broken." And
unwrapping her bundles, she disclosed to
her mistress' astonished eyes the very nick
of all the cherished wedding china and
glass, not to mention sundry pieces of sil
ver. ! They had adorned the luncheon, and
tne taue was 'perfectly lovely." Ex
change. He Could Steer.
member of the crew of the Yankee
tells The Electrical Review of an Incident
that happened aboard that vessel during
tne recent cruise. Bald he:
' 'We were out at sea, and one of Jthe boys
you Know nim was doing His trick at
the wheel. Commander Brownson came
up alongside him and after watching him
a lew minutes said, You steer very well.
-my man.' Billy just saluted, being up on
naval etiquette. 'Been practicing- since
you i joined the ship?' asked Brownson.
'No, sir; I haven't been practicing much.'
said Billy. 'Well, you handle this ship as
u you-a steered Deiore.' said Brownson.
'Yes, sir,' said Billy; 'I have. ',; Where?'
said Brownson. 'AH along the Atlantic
coast,' says Billy. 'What did you -steer?1
says Brownson. 'My own steam yacht.
! li TIM- , ... ,
on, : Bojrs amy. now Dig is sney says
Brownson after a pause. 'About 1,000
sons, sir, says Hilly. 1 I see,' says
orawason. -xnanK ee, sir, says Billy
saluting. And the 'old man went to his
stateroom.
yltie Kin3 You Hsvb Always
Bean the ' " Kmo You Hsvb Always Boactt
Signatnr
of
NAVAL APPRENTICES.
THE BOYS ON OUR
WARSHIPS AND
HOW THEY ARE
TRAINED. 1
An Experience That Tends to Mak4 Them
Dignified, Self Controlled Men, Well
Qualified to Make Their Way lEither
Afloat or Ashore. '!
, i
Apprenticeship in the United States
navy Is capable of making either a man or
a reprobate of a boy. He is glveq efery
Inducement to become a good, solid man,'
whether for continuation as si member of
a man-of-war's ship's company or for the
earning of a livelihood ashore. , The officers
of the American navy give the apprentice
boys considerably the better ofj it over; the
bluejackets who ship as such iln all jhat
concerns their interest and advancement,
and the boy who during the period that he
wears the apprentice's figure oi eignp jenot
on his mustering shirt goes wrong and, be
comes a rowdy and a sea lawyer has dnly
his innate cussedness to blame for it (
The whole tendency of the' apprentice's
training aboard an American man-of-'war
makes for the conversion of the lad into a
dignified, self controlled, able man, a
matchless seaman and a tiptop gunner, to
say nothing of the substantial equipment
it furnishes him for mcrative employ
ment should he elect upon the conclusion
of his apprenticeship to settle down ashore.
It is the old sailors, the men who have
spent about an equal number of years in
the merchant marine and mthe united
States navy, who possess the greatest jkw
er for good or evil in making or breaking
American naval apprentices. The ofneers
aft hold the lads with a strong-rein when
they have them under immediate instruc
tion, but the boys live forward among the
men, and they form their characters in; the
forecastle. -I- t
If the material is in them, it is bound to
come out. The old time naval sailor can
tell at a glance whether a just shipped.boy
or a boy fresh aboard a cruising man-of-war
from a training ship has the "iniak-
ings" of a finished sailor and a good ship
mate in his composition. If their careful
inspection of such a boy convinces jthem
that the lad Is worth their pains, thejr !"go
to work" on him from the very outset of
his cruising career, season ,him with all of
the practical ship and gun information
that they themselves have picked up' after
years of experience, and thus supplement
the technical education that the boy; re
ceives from the officers, i The sailors who
thus take a kindly interest in a boy who
looks promising do not treat himjyrith
partiality, and he gets swatted about just
as much as the apprentice who is a slug
gard. - - j :
But the Interest they exhibit in drilling
sea lore into his mind and their pains in
instructing him on every little valuable
detail as the occasion arises plainly show
that they have "got him in their minds,"
and observation proves that the boys who
are thus picked out by the old; timers up
forward as being worth these efforts' are
the lads who get the Warrant officers'
blouses when their apprenticeship is over.
Ask any warrant officer in the United
States navy today about the struggle he
had to finally attain the wearing bf a
sword from the wearing of a figure of
eight knot, and he will begin to speak af
fectionately of two or three grumpy.fsav
age old bos'n's mates or quartermasters
to whom he claims he owes most of. his
success. It is a matter of pride with the
old timers to thus boost a lad up the! lad
der. .1
From his very first day on board either
a training ship or a man-of-war proper the
unfledged youngster is expected toihop
right out of his boyhood and to assune to
all intents and purposes the full status of
a man. He lives among men that have
ranged the world most of their lives; he
works alongside of them, and almost as
much work is expected from him as from
the old timers; ho puts up with the same
amount of hardship, toes the. same mark
of discipline, is quito as responsible at the
mast for derelictions and just as liable to
a tour In the brig In double irons for mis
conduct aa his older shipmates, who re
gard the circumnavigation of the globe as
a bagatelle. . u
The boy who at the outset of his naval
life sheds a lonesome tear or two in his
hammock, but who keeps up -a brave front
when in view of his shipmates,! is the lad
who may be always marked for a winner.
It would be out of nature for a youngster
of any sort of sensibilities whatsoever to
plunge into man-of-war life,, with all of
its apparent rigidity at first sight, without
being a bit taken aback and oppressed by
the roughness of it all. The navy Is com
posed, as a whole, fore and aft, of genuine
masculine men and of deeply affectionate
and unswervingly loyal men, too, when
their esteem and confidence have been
won, but in no environment is the parade
of even tho slightest suspicion of senti
mentality more quickly frowned upon
than upon the forward decs of a manKf-
' war. M . ,
' From the purely physical point of view
apprenticeship in the navy is a fine thing
for a lad. Nine out of ten naval appren
tices when they attain their majorities are
strapping, rugged, brawny men, capable
of enduring any amount of hardship and
possessing a quality of health and sound
ness that is bound to see them through
many ups and downs ashore should they
elect to quit tbe sea when they reach the
age of 21, which not many of them do, by
the way. Of course in order to get Into
the navy at all the apprentice must bo
sound of body, but many of the lads only
get into the service by narrow margins,
owing to their being undersized or of no
very rugged character of physical make
up. 'Once they get to work on the decks
of a man-of-war, providing there is noth
ing latent and constitutional the matter
with them, it is amazing to see how the
lads begin to spread and grow. ! They are
put through -the most exacting exercises,
quite aside from their daily bit of heavy
work exercises that are designed to bring
every muscle of the body into iplay -and
the result is that they very soon begin to
expand, and the steel gets into their mus
cles, there to remain as long as they live.
When the apprentices emerge from their
apprenticeship and ship over as full fledged
bluejackets at the seaman gunner' rate,
they are given first call in the distribution
of petty officer prizes and are, as stated,
eligible for the promotion to the rank of
warrant officers. For these reasons ap
prentices are never called upon during the
service as boys to perform any menial
tasks on shipboard. The whole idea of
naval apprenticeship in the Ajnerlcan
navy is to inculcate uprightness,, dignity
and manliness into the lads, for upon-the
character of these boys the future of ? the
forward ends of American men-of-war is
known to depend. Philadelphia Times.
- A Japanese Ceremony. :
While the wedding service is proceeding
in Japan the bMde kindles a; torch, land
the bridegroom lights a fire from it "and
burns the Wife's playthings, j
' "Winston Sentinel: The
town of China Grove, between
bury and Charlotte, is a hustler,
have a total nonulation of 945.
thousand bales of cotton were bought
last year; 50,000 dozens of eggs; 100,
000 chickens and 6,000 cords of wood.
Belief In Six Boor. ' f
Distressmer Kidney and Bladder dls
eases relieved in six hours by "ETew
Cjtreat oouth American Kidney Cure.
It is a great surprise on account of its
exceeding promptness in relieving pain
in bladder, kidneys and back, in male
or female. Relieves retension of water
almost immediately. If you w:ant
quick relief and cure this is the remedy.
1- T? T? Ptttiht TVm,
Wilmington, N. C1 . corner Front and
Market streets. j
. If or wrer winy if ear.
Mrs. WnrsLOw' Soothing Syeup has
been used for over fifty years by iniil-
lions of mothers for their; children
while teething, with perfect success.
It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. . It mu.
relieve the poor little sufferer imme
diately. (Sold by Druggists m every
part of the world.; Twenty-five cents
co wvviuvi j-rw Biaau ajkuva. stOJh. iVl
a KattIa Ka CnilMk anH neb- fft
little
Salis-
They
Four
Winslow's Soothing Syrup." and take?4 0Br) 2,333 tons, MacDougal
no other.
. " y-fc. ssf '? O SftsX Ja. .
. Sean site
Signature
of
iia Kinfi toy Haw Always Bought
MARCH WINDS. ,
Far herald from the frozen north, j
The green of grasses bringing,
With violets on the wayside slopes
And sounds of bluebirds ringing,
How shall we Joy -to find thee here -:
When spring has slipped her tether, f
Svrift scattering from her, far and near.
Winds and the windy weather.
By night tho wild goose phalanx lone
To polar zone is flying,
By day the killdee plover thrills v v
The pastures with his 'crying,
The white light flong from foroft skies
Drifts downward like a feather .
And bending marsh grass signifies -
Winds and the windy weather.
The orchard sap begins to stir
As swift the March wind passes,
The primrose and the wild flower meet
Where cool wood shadow masses,
And o'er the hills the rain and sun
Troop down the days together,
' With weaving maze of blossoms spun.
Winds and the windy weather.
Ernest McGaffey in Woman's Home Com
panion. -
: ' A MODERN SOLOMON.
The Doe Xu an Arabian Family Made M
i Tell the Truth. ..
A recent French judgment may be cited
i an illustration of Arab manners and
Gallic astuteness. An Arab was travelings
through the Interior with his wife. He
was on dontey backy-and-ahe was afoot.
By caine a rich Arab on horseback and
offered her a lift behind him. She accept
ed and presently, lnithe course of tho jour
ney, confided thaVshe was unhappily mar
ried. Her copSpaniori proposeaa plan by
which she might elopa with himand Bhe
agreed to iKSfadily;, Accordingly when
they came to a Branch toad, tney lncreasea
their Dace and paid no need to tne protes
tations of the husband, who was soon left
behind. He succeeded in traoking them
to the horseman 's village, only to find that
precautions had been taken against his ar
rival, for all asserted that they had known
the runaway pair for many years as man
and wife and that the real husband must
be an impudent Impostor.
The unfortunate man had recourse to
the French, who were at first puzzled how
to act in the faco of a village's unanimous
testimony. At last a happy thought oc
curred to the judge. He placed the real
husband's dogs in one room and those of
the other man in another and confronted
tho woman with both.- Arab dogs are
.very faithful to their own households and
very fierce toward all strangers, so, though
she did her utmost to irritate her own
dogs, they could not be restrained from
fawning on her, and, though she lavished
every blandishment toward the dogs ol
her new home they barked and showed
their teeth with ever increasing fury. Th
judge thereupon ordered her to be given
back to her husband, and he placarded
the village with . the following notice,
"The testimony of one dog is here more
to be believed than that of ten Arabs. '.
As a dog is one of the Arab's worst terms
of opprobrium, this notice was deemed a
worse punishment than fines or imprison
ment. London Post
Bean the
Signature
'p AiiHMoa nara Always Bourns
WHOLESALE PRICES GDEEEHTi
ZMT The following quotations represent
Wholesale Prices generally. In making up
small orders hlzher prices have to be charged.
The quotations are always given as accurately
as possible, but the Stab will not be responsible
for any variations from the actual market price
or tne anicies quotea.
BAGGING
2 lb Jute.
Standard
6
7
18 12)4
8
6 6ft
WESTERN SMOKED
Hams ID
Sides fib
Shoulders fi ...... .........
DBY 8ALTED .
Bides ?B
Shoulders 9 K
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine-Second-hand,
each
New New York, each.......
New City, each
1 10
1 20
1 20
22
bjseswaa v id
BRICKS
WUmlngton$)H
Northern
BUTTER
North Carolina V B.. ......
Northern .,
CORN MEAL
Per bushel. In sacks
Virginia Meal
COTTON TIES fl bundle
CANDLES V
Sperm u
Adamantine
CHEESE 9 Tb
Northern Factory. . ...... .'. .
Dairy Cream
State....
COFFEE?? lb i -
Laguyra T .............
Rio. .....
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-4, p yard
Yarns. $ bunch of 5 Jbs ....
EGGS dozen......
FISH
Mackerel, No. 1, V barrel. . .
Mackerel, No. 1, V half-bbl.
Mackerel. No. 2. f barrel...
Mackerel, No. 2 half-bbl. .
- Mackerel. No. 3, $ barrel...
Mullets, $ barrel .'
Mullets, ftpork barrel. .....
N. C. Roe Herring, V keg..
Dry Cod, B .
Extra,
FLOUR 9 lb
i Low grade .....,..-:
Choice
Straight . . . , j. . . .
First Patent
GLUE
GRAIN bushel
i Corn,rromstore,birs White
Car-load, in bgs White...
Oats, from store
Oats, Rust Proof
Cow Peas ;..
HIDES $ lb
Green sal ted. v.... .
Dry flint
Drvsalt
HAY 100 lbs
Clover Hay
Rice Straw
Eastern..?
Western....
5 CO 7 00
9 00 14 00
,12 13
20 , 88
51 63
58 55
V. 80
18 25
8 U
10H UH
a 11
10H
12 18
8 10
6
70
14 16
22 00 80 00
11 00 15 00
18 00 18 00 -
8 00 9 00
13 00 14 00
2 50 4 00
5 00 8 00
8 00 8 25
5 10
4 35 4 GO
8 50
9 75
4 25
4 50 5 00
53 f 5
60 -
40 45
45 -
55 65 j
6
10
9
50 75
40 45
75
75
75
5 7
6 10H
1 15 1 25
18 00 20 00
15 00 16 00
North River.
HOOP IRON,
LARD. tt-
Northern'
North Carolina.
LIME, V barrel 1 IS
lumber (city sawea) y m n
Ship Stuff, resawed ...
Routrh edure Plank i . . .
West India cargoes, accord
ing to quality 18 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00
MOLASSES jrallon ,
18 00
22 00
15 00
Barbadoes, In hogshead
Barbadoes, in barrels ...... .
Porto Rico, in hogsheads,..,
Porto Rico, in barrels. ......
Sugar House, in hogsheads,
Sugar House, in barrels. . . ,
Syrup, In barrels
NAILS, f keg. Cut, 60d basis. .
PORK, barrel -
Citv Mess
Rump ,
Prime
ROPE B
25
28
27
' 28
12 14
14 15
15 25
1 60 1 65
,11 00
10 50
10 00
10 22
1 10
75 80
70 75
47
5 00 6 60
1 60 2 25
2 60 3 SO
5a 6)4
' 5 5)4
5 g 6)4
4
3)4 4
SALT, $ sack. Alum
Liverpool ,
American
erican.
On 125 V Sacks.
SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per M. .... .
Common.
Cypress Saps
SUGAR. V Standard Gran'd
Standard A ..... .
WhiteExtraC... ..........
Extra C, Golden.............
C, Yellow
SOAP, B Northern
STAVES, M W. O. barrel....
R. O. Hogshead..
TIMBER. r M feet-Shipping..
Mill, Palme
Mill, Fair i...
Common Mill....
- Inferior to ordinary
SHINGLE8, N.O. Cypress sawed
V M 6x24 heart
" Sap
. 5x24 Heart
" Sap
6x24 Heart
" Sap
6 00
14 09
10 00
900
7 00
6 60
5 00
4 00
4 50
3 OJ
7 60
6 00-
4 60
4 00
6 00
5 00
8 60
6 OS
5 00
0 SO
5 60
5 SO
6
2 00
S 00
MS
TAiiliOW.V ID.,
WHiBitlSY,
Y, 9 gallon, Northern, l 00
Carolina. 1 00
North
WOOL, per lb Unwashed..
10
MARINE DIRECTORY.
List of Vessels in the Port af VU
tniiigton, N. C, March 9, 1899.'
- . i
' SCHOONERri.
Eva May, 116 tons, Wallace, Geo Par
riss, eon cc kjo.
UoraM, Mitchell, Geo Harrissr Son
Uo. ,
Roger Moore, 277 tons. Small, J
Riley & Co. j
St Croix, 190 tons, Torrey, J T Rilej
y& Co. .. -.
. STEAMSHIPS. v
BARQUES.
Solid (Swed), Wedin507 tons. Heide
&Co. '.!:"
Mercur (Nor), 680 tons, iHansen, Heide
& Co, ; .
whose house is conspicuously clean, whose work worries
her least,- whose, leisure time is greatest, how she manages.
The .chances are ten to one she will answer:
' I do all my cleaning with
, Sold by all grocers. Largest package greatest economy.
THE IM. IV. FAIRBANK
Chicago. 8t. Louis. New York. -
COMMERCIAL;
WILMINGTON MARKET.
? STAR OFFICE. March 9. ;
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing, r
ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents
Ssr DDI ior sstrainea ana sfi.uu Tor
ood Strained." - i -
TAR Market firm at $1.00 per
bbl of 280 lbs. ?
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
steady at $1.35 pei barrel for Hard,
13.40 for Dip and $2.40 for Virgin.
r r i-: i4. '.
vuuutuuus aiiLLic uaj isusit j ecu. .
Spirits turpentine quiet at 3534Xc
rosin firm, at $1.25, $1.30; tar firm,
$1.10 ; crude turpentine, nothing doi ng
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine. . . .
Rosin
99
...... 167
..... 15
year. 25
306 bbls
crude tur-
Tar
Crude Turpentine
Receipts same day last
casks spirits turpentine,
rosin, 320 bbls tar, 15 bbls
pentine.
COTTON.
Market firm on a , basis
of 6c
per
Sund for middling,
rdinary. ..........
- Quotations
3 9-16 cts. lb
4 15-16" "
5 9-16 "f "
g tt f
6 5-16 " "
Good Ordinary. ....
Low Middling. .
Middling
Good Middling . .
Same day last year middling 56 c.
Receipts 283 bales: same day last
year 233.
COUNTRY PRODUCE. .
PEANUTS North Carolina -
Prime, 55 to . 60c- per bushel of 28
pounds; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c.
Virginia Extra prime, 55c; fancy,
60c; Spanish, 80 90c.
CORN Firm, 45 to 47 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide
water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580c.
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
the bushel.
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 9 to
10c per pound; shoulders, 6. to 7c;
sides, 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five
inch hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25; six-
inch, $2.25 to "3.25, seven-inch, $5.5q
to 6.5o.
. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to
6.50 per M,
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. :
New' York, March 9.' Money on
call was steady at 2)4 3 per cent.,
last loan being at 3 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 31i4U per cent.
Sterling exchange strong, with actual
business in bankers' bills at 45M
486 for demand and 483 484 for
sixty days. Posted rates 484 485 and
486K487.- Commercial bills quoted
483. Silver certificates nominal, at
595i60. Bar silver 59. Mexi
can dollars 47K- Government bonds
firmer. State bonds strong. Railroad
bonds strong. U. S. -3's, 107 ; U. 3
new 4's, registered 128128Hji do.
counon. 128128: U. S. 4's 111&
111 : do. coupon, 1I2113K ; do.'2's
99 J4; U.S. 5's, registered,lllM1125 ;
do. 5's, coupon, 111112X : N. C. 6's
130; do. 4's, 107; Southern Railway
5's 105 Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio
71; Chesapeake & Ohio 27f: Man
hattan L110J; N. Y. Central 135 ;
Reading 23 ; do.lst preferred 66J ; St.
Paul 128; do. preferred 169 4; South
ern Railway 12 ; do. preferred 48 ;
American Tobacco 194 X; do. prefer
red 147; People's Gas 114 ; Sugar
143 ; do. preferred 115 ; T. C. & Iron
46M ; U. 8. Leather 6 ; do. preferred
71; Western Union 93S&. !
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, March 9. Rosin
steady. Spirits turpentine steady.
Charleston, March 9. Spirits tur
pentine firm at 45c; no sales. Rosin
steady and unchanged; no sales.
Savannah, March 9. Spirits tur
pentine firm at 45c; sales 46 casks;
receipts 115 casks. Rosin' firm and
unchanged; sales 3,493 barrels; receipts
2,351 barrels.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .
New York, March 9. The opening
of tne cotton market was character
ized by some irregularity; near months
declined one - to two points, while
distant months were unchanged to
two points higher.- Wall street orders
mad etheir appearance later.and as they
were for considerable lots, the market
promptly steadied up and shorts un
dertook to cover, with the result of
moving prices two to four points above
the lowest figures. The special de
mand from Wall street was soon with
drawn, however, and the market com
menced to sag again. Throughout
the session the remote deliveries main
tained a Irm relation to the general
list on an
with sellers
contradictory
investment demand
scarce. Owing . to
statements regard
ing tne crop
eral influences were but little changed.
being quite as friendly as heretofore
from cotton cloth markets, Fall River,
Southern spot markets, and as to the
average of gossip respecting the aues
tion of acreage. There appeared to be
any amount oi long cotton fo rsale
around the-basis of 6.30 for August
contracts. JNeariy all commission
houses, had selling ". ordersj for
realizing on long contracts. Yes
A. J li . . . f
teraay mis class or cotton! was
generally limited at or above
6.35 for August Limits to-day were
in some cases reduced nve to seven
points, but the market was not: pre
1 A f
parea 10 absorb any particular quan
tity oi long cotton, x et there was no
great pressure. Most traders were dis
posea to nolo, orx for something more
tangible than has yet come in sight
regaramg tne intentions or planters.
More attention was paid to that .feat
ure than to the question of receipts,
although a good many traders! here
enpect to see the movement increase
considerably with better weather. In
the afternoon there was some selling
on this idea, but the market showed a
fairly steady undertone .with th ef tonA
finally quiet, but iBteady with pricesJ
one point higher to one lower,
jnew York, March 9. Cotton
quiet; middling uplands 6 9-16c I
futures closed quiet and steady;
March 6.28c, April 6.27, May 6.26c, June
6.25c, July 6.27c, August 6.27c, I Sep
tember 6.1&V October 6.18c, November
o.xoc, uecrmber 6.19c; January 6.21o,
Spot cotton closed quiet; middling
upianuso a ioc;miacuing gull 6 1316c;
saies oaies. jr -
I i-:
i 'i-
'4
COMPANY,
Boston. Philadelphia.
Wet receipts 134 bales; eross 1
ceipts .4,465 bales; sales bales-
e toe it xu,oa oaies. ..
Total to-day Net receipts-11 89
exports to the Continent 4,200 bales-"
stock 756,170. bales.
Consolidated Net receibts 73 9io
bales; exports to Great Britain 34 9Sti
bales; exports to France 2.289 balpti-
exports to the Continent 23.635 bales f
- Total since September 1st Net r.
ceipts 7,265 189 bales; exports to Great i
Britain 3,030.627 bale3: i exDorts t.
France 636,413 bales: exnorts to .t-.-i'
Continent 2,236,219 bales. !
March 9 Galveston. ! easv :.t
folk, firm at 6c. net receipts 908! j
bales; Baltimore, nominal at ec, ntll
receipts bales; Boston, quit u
6 9 16e, net receipts 857 balesViimiurr j
ton.nrm at 6, net receipts 283 bales Phi-i-1'
adelphia, firm at 6 9 16c, an n-ceipb.!
856 bales: Savannah, quiet at 5c. '-
net receipts 1.347 bales: New OrleatiM V
steady at- 6c, net receij'tx 5,19i
bales; Mobile, dull at 6c, net receipts
12b bales; Memphis, steady at fjigc, .
net- receipts 2,804 bales; Augusta du 1
at6J, net receipts 318 bales; Charli-, ;
ton. quiet fit 5 15-16c. net receipts ITS;
bales. -' j " . :
PRODUCE MARKETS .
By 'Telecraph to the Mornine star
.New YOrk. March 9. Flou whs
inactive and steadier with wheat.i
Wheat Spot steady; No. 2 red 83c:(
options after a steady opening eased r
rc i i l l,. 1 1 . i
on uuuer su ri selling; to en crop dam -1
age, war and export news developed -and
shorts becoming alarmed covered
actively; prices jumped lc a bushel in
the afternoon and. closed strong at
&1g net advance; No. 2 red March
closed 82 ?. Mav nlosH Tfio- 1 U,
closed 743c. Corn Spot No. 2. 42 "
44c; options opened steady; sub-sequently-it
advanced on covering, im- '
pelled by higher cables and the jump
in wheat, closing firm at ic advance;"
March closed 43c; May closed .40&"c;
9 591. nnt;.no An r,i, .i.j -
Lard steady; Western steam f5 60;-"-"'
March 5 70,nominal ; refined firm. But
ter steady; Western , creamery 15
20c; do. factory 1214e. Elginsf
20e; : imitation creamery 1317c;'
State dairy 1419. Cheese hrm ; large ,
white llc Petroleum dull. Rice5,
steady. Cotton seed oil steady; prime1'
crude 21c. Cabbage steady at $4 00 S
iu ! ia) per j.uu. uon;ee pot kio
dull; No. 7 invoice 6c; No. 7 jobbinr
oftc; mua quiet; uoraova Bi4c.
Sugar Raw strong and higher; fair
renumg Sid 15 16c; centrifugal Su
test 4 13 32c; molasses sugar 3
3 13-16c; refined strong and active.
Chicago, March 9. Numerous crop"
damage reports to-day, together .with'
a revival of the export demand, caused
a sharp reaction in wheat, and May
closed at an , advance of 1 to He.
Corn gained jc and oats Jc. Pork left
off 7Jc lower, lard and ribs un
changed. Chicago, March 9. Cash quota
tions : Flour quiet and easy. Wheat
No. 2 spring 6769c; No. 3spriDgC3
69c; No. 2 red 70H71c. Corn No.1
2 34&&35c. Oats No.2. free on board.
2?c No.' 2 white 3030Kc; No. 3
white 2930c. Pork, per bbl, 9 05
9 10. Lard, per 100 lbs, $5 27
5 30. Short rib sides, loose, $4 5D
4 70. Dry salted shoulders, $4 25
4 37. Short clear sides, boxed,
$4 904 95. Whiskey Distillers' flu ;
ished goods, per gallon, $1 26.
The leading futures ranged as fol 1
lows opening,, highest, lowest and
closing: Wheat No. 2, March 68 ;
70, 68, 69c; May 70M70. 71,
70, 71c July 6969, 70, 69,
70Hc Corn May 35f35M, 36,
353605 July 36i, 36i36,36
3oS, 36 ; (September 3636S, 37,
3636, 37c. Oats No. 2 May
27X27, 27, 27X, 27c; July 25
25)4, 25257A.25H,25c. Pork,
per barrel May $9 22, 9 25, 9 10, 9 20 ;
July $9 40, 9 40, 9" 30, 9 37. LardJ
per 100 lbs May $5 37 , 542X, E
5,42 ; July $5 50, 5 55, 5 50, 5 55;Sep
tember $5 62, 5 67, 5 62X, 5 &7
Ribs, per 100 lbs. May $4 72j, 4 77,1
4 72, 4 77; July $4 87, 4 87,
4 85, 4 87K ; September $4 97K. 5 02,
4 97.5 02.
Baltimore, March 9. Flour dull
and unchanged. Wheat firm Spot
7575c; March 7575c; April
7676Hc; May 7676c. South:
ern wheat by sample 7076c: Com.
Firm; spot 3838Xc; March 38
38c; April 38j 38c ;-May 39cj
Southern white corn 3839c. Oats
stedy; No. 2 white. 3636Vc. Let-I
tuce scarce at $2.253.0O per bushel
box. "
FOREIGN
MARKET.
By Cable to the Moraine Star.
Liverpool. March 9. 4 P. M.- Cot
ton Spot in fair demand; prices
l-32d lower. American middling 3
Sld; good middling 3d; middling
3 7-16d; low middlin? 3d; good
ordinary 3 l-16d; ofdinarv 2d.j
The sales of the day were 12,000 bales,
of which 1,000 were for speculation
and export and included 10.400 baes
American. Receipts 7,000 bales, in
cluding 1,600 American.
Futures opened quiet with a mode
l-rate demand and closed quiet!
at the decline. American middling (1.
m. c): March 3 23 64d seller; MarehJ
and April 3 23-64d seller; April and
May 3 23 64d value; May and June 3
23- 643 24 64d seller; June and July
3 24-64d seller; July and August 3
24- 643 25-64d seller; August and,
Septembers 24-64d seller; September
and October 3- 23-64 3 24-64d sellers
October and November 3 23 64d seller;
November and . December 3 22-643
23 64d buyer; December and January
3 22-64 3 23-64d buyer; January and
February 3 23-64d seller.
MARINE.
ARRrVED.
.Steamship Geo W Clyde, 1,514 tons,
Robinson, New York, H G Small
bones. L -
9fll Commence' To-morrow 9(lfi
Ub. (Monday)
THAT'S A GOOD DAY.
Corneau's Bed Bug
Interseptic
Does the work quickly, 20c.
20c. quietly and pleasantly.
JAS. D. NUTT, Druggist.
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