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Advertisements to follow reading matter, or to occupy any special place, will be charged extra according to the position desired. BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD. WILMINGTON. C. Tuesday Morning, March 14. THE IDEAL INDUSTRIAL RE- ' ' j GIQN. V ' The jNew York Financial News is ; a matter of fact journal not given to vagariep or fancies, and therefore we r clip (the following suggestion of the possibilities of the mountain region referred to: . - "InJtlie mountain region, covering i the crater of the States east of the Mississippi, extending from the Penn sylvania line to Northern Alabama and Georgia, and embracing an area of some 150,000 square miles, is'more i natural wealth, more basis to sustain i dense population and profitably it, than - can probably be found in any million I square miles of land lying in a solid !. body elsewhere in the world. The i northwestern side of this region is a cpalj field- seven hundred miles i in length, and in large part i heavily timbered and rich in i water-power as well. The central i strip is a rich valley, and the south i eastern Strip is made up of a mountain countrylrich in metallic minerals. Its i general elevation about sea-level i makes it a natural workshop, just as i its ejxtent and variety of natural re sources makes it the greatest maga zine n the world. In this region coujid be, and some day will be, em ployed a population as great as the total population of the United States to day. Around this region lie the States Of the Ohio valley, the lower Mississippi, east of the river, the Gulf - and Sjouth Atlantic States. Cotton will spme day go to the center to be Erked up, and all the soil crops of p can there find a market, while 1 waters of the rivers, the harbors of the coasts and short-haul railway connections will afford outlet to the markets of the world for the products of a region infinitely greater in extent and richer in advantages of manufactnre than any the United States has yet opened up. Whenever the South gets down to business and tackles' this great region that has here tofore been avoided it will find every acre of land in the Southern States ; east of the Mississippi rapidly increas ing in value, and every town and ham let in the now poor States which sur- ... round it increasing' in population, wealth and prosperity, If this were written by a South erner and published by a Southern paper, it might be thought to be colored by fancy or by sectional preference, but it comes from a pa per -hich is given to taking practi- - cal views of things, and judging , by the facts, as they are presented, and by such information as justifies the formation of opinions. But the I views herein expressed by the Finan cial Jews are not. peculiar to it, nor altogether original witk it, for the same views substantially have been expressed by other leading Northern - papers and by leading Northern men conspicuous in industrial movements and; enterprises. Twenty-five years I agOj'Abram S. Hewitt, of New York, ' .and Wm. D. Kelley, of Pennsyl vania, and later Edward Atkinson, of Boston, predicted that the South ern portion of the region spoken of in the extract we auote would .become the iron jnanufactu ring center of this country, and at that day the iron mining or manufactur j ing industry had not made a begin ning in the South. Since then Bir mingham, Anniston and Chatta nooga have ; become great iron manufacturing cities. Then but ittle !coal was mined in the South, and now there are millions of tons. Where ' coal and iron are found in close 'j proximity there the condi tions are presented f pr iron manu ' facturing centers. j But there are good reasons for all i that is said in the extract from the Financial News. Mountain coun tries, offer water powers which are J not found on the plain. For hun dreds of miles the streams come rolling from these mountain eleva tionsj presenting in every mile the motive power to operate machinery. This accounts for the rapid in .creas6 of cotton andv other mills through the Southern -portion of this mountain belt. While both sides of the mountains reap the benefit of this io a greater . lOrless extent the Southern side is -, tile greater beneficiary for the. reason I i tliat owing to the mountain :forma . tion more of the water shed and the water fall is on the Southern side, where the streams seek the Atlantic Ocean, rolling hundreds of miles be fore they reach it, and being water powers for most of the distance over which the travel. Th : finnfchArn side reaps the greater advantage, too, because of its greater resources in the number of- minerals and in the ease and cheapness with which they are mined and delivered at the manufacturing centers, not to speak of the greater abundance and variety of useful and commercial timbers that are found in the extensive and as yet compara tively untouched forests. With an abundance oi cneap and timber, three of the materials for great industries are presented, which combined cannot fail to at tract capital Much of the region referred to is in the cotton belt or so close to it that transportation becomes a mat ter of small importance, and hence it will not now be classed among the prophecies to predict that this -is destined to become the great center of the cotton manufacturing indus try, for the progress that has been made in this within the past two decades leaves little or nothing to doubt on that subject and but little to predict. '' But the, southern side of the slope has still another great advantage in the milder climate and in the'richer soil as a generalising. The climate is muoh milder even within a few hundred miles because those, moun tains serve as barriers , to protect from the fierceness of the cold waves that sweep down from the North in the Winter, the full severity of which is felt by those on the northern side of the mountains, but only lightly by those on the southern side, and thus there is less suffering in Winter on this than on the other side. And with this the soil as a gen eral thing is fairly fertile, while in section's it is much more than ordi narily fertile, differing in ,this re spect very( materially from other mineral sections which, as a rule, are as poor agriculturally as they are as rich in a mineral3vay, so that the section referred to has not only the capacity of producing inexhaustible quantities of the minerals that make great industries, but the capacity also of sustaining untold millions of people, as well if not better than they could be sustained in auy other part of the world. It will yet be not only the center of industries but the center of population. T7PSETTING ALGER'S SCHEMES. There has been a good deal of talk for some time about Secretary Alger resigning. Some of these re ports were followed by another re port that Alger had said that he would " never resign "under fire,' but the latest is that he has inti- mated a willingness to resign "if his remaining in the Cabinet- em barrasses the President." It may, and doubtless does, embarrass the President, but he wouldn't like to say so for that would cause a split be t ween him and see Alger, which would also cause embarrassment to Mr. .sic-haniey, as it might result in making public some of the deals by which Alger got into the Cabi net. He undoubtedly has a pretty strong grip, on the President, or he would have been relegated long ago, and the President would have saved himself the condemnation to which he has beatt subjected for standing, by Alger as he has. But if Alger were to resign now it would not oe a matter oi much sur prise, for that amendment to the army appropriation bill, offered by Senator Foraker has deprived the position which Alger holds-of much Jof its charms. The amendment bear- ing upon concessions, &c. which passed by a large majority, reads: "And provided further, that nobusi- m ness irancmses or concessions ot anv kind whatever shall be granted by the United States or by any military or other authority whatever in the island of Cuba during the occupation thereof by the United States. " This was a blow direct at the or- oer issued oy Alger that no conces- sioes or franchises of any kind should be granted in Cuba without i r i i . i i Deing nrst suomitted to and ap proved "by the War Department, which, of course, gave him ah op portunity to see every application made, and to see what there might be in it, and approve it or not, as he saw fit. This amendment was vig orously opposed by Alger's friends in the Senate, but it passed by an overwhelming majority, neverthe less. It is said now that Alger has submitted it to the Attorney Gen eral to get his opinion on its consti tutionality.' The Baltimore Sun, a decidedly conservative paper,thus comments on Alger's schemes and on Alger's disappointment : "The extent of the Secretary's dis appointment may be inferred from the change in the plans and the move ments of his colonial cabinet.' and possibly even from his abandonment of his own projected trip to Cuba. Ten days ago it was announced that the 'colonial board,' consisting of 'Gen.' Kennedy, of Ohio, 'Major' Watson, of Michigan, and Mr. Curtis, of Iowa. were to go to Cuba for the purpose of investieatinsr. amonsr other thine-a. th value of certain concessions and grants ior railway irancmses, street car, elec tric light and other privileges, for which applications, it was stated. had been filed with the War Department, involving $60,000,000. Now we learn from a Washing ton dispatch of the date of March 8th that it is said at the War Dennrt- ment that the Insular examiners,' as the body heretofore known as the coiomai board' are now omciallv Ja- signated, are to pursue their studies in Porto Rico until the Attornev fun eral's opinion is obtained construing the effect of the Foraker amendment prohibiting" the granting of any fran chises in Cuba. It is not intended, it is further stated, that any immediate action should be taken in the matter of granting franchises, but that the War Department shall be placed m possession of all j the information which would be useful, in case the Attorney General snouia aeciae w the act of Congress es invalid and that the Foraker amendment is not operative. I , "As if this was not trouble and dis appointment enough for good man like Secretary AJger, mo jaieai, patches from Porto Eico report that General Henry, the military governor of that island, is of the opinion taai the inhabitants Of i'orto iico are Qualified to govern themselves and should be intrusted; with the control of their own affairs; and that military rule in the island should cease. ouDa, however, is not to be altogether neg lected. Abner McKinley 'Brother Abner' is there upon a mission which is represented as judiciously combining pleasure witn pront; tnai is to say, with pontics ana Dusiness. , "It is part of his mission, it is stated, to study prospects and conditions for the information of the President, and, incidentals, it is added, to look after that projected railroad which was to run from one end to the. other of an island which we do I not own, and for which Secretary Alger, m his annual report, recommended an appropriation bv Congress of $20,000,000. i it was Senator Sewell, we believe, who inti mated m the Senate his beliel taat the time would come when we should have to fight the Cubans as well as the Filipinos. He must have been thinking then of the big haul of franchises for which the Secre tary of War and the President's friends were setting ready in Cuba. Undoubtedly. the condition of things is calculated to put both Cubans and Porto Ricans in the! frame of j mmd in which the English peopie are said to have greeted the Duchess of Ports mouth, one of Charles the Second s French mistresses, upon her arrival m England. The mob which surrounded her coach, hooting and jeering and making threats of violence, she is said to have exclaimed in her broken Eng lish: 'Have patience, good peoples, we come only for youri own goods!' 'Ay,' rejoined the crowd.j 'for our goods and chattels, too!'" ' ! PLAYING A COMEDY, We do not know-much "about the personnel of the statesmen who compose the Cuban Assembly, but theyseem to be playing a comedy of errors, and are succeeding pretty well in raising a laugh, t Gomez shows his contempt for them and in doing so doubtless has with him .a large majority of the thinking people of Cuba and a large majority of the army, which aside from the fact that the soldiers nave more confi- fidenceln Gomez than that Assembly, I are they have in particularly anxious to get thefr portion of those $3,000,000 . that Gomez 'arranged with Mr. Porter for. Our opinion is tibat it would be much easier for Gomez to bounce that Assembly than it would be for the Assembly to bounce Gomez, who, in case of ahv racket, would have not only the I support of this Government, but of the bulk of the Cuban Army, which has a much stronger attachment to him than it has for the Assembly. The ground of complaint with! it seems to be treat it with snffi- that Gomez didn't! cient deference,in this Government piaking a deal with without asKing its permission, and that he didn t hold out for, a bigger sum than $3,000,- 000. It would like to have pulled uncle Sam for two or three . times that much, which would have given some of tho statesmen a good oppor tunity to feather their own nests. Gomez had doubt' ess sized them up and therefore decided to act upon his own responsibjlity. He cut them out and that s what hjirts them and amuses Gomez. TWINKLINGS. 'He tells me that he is wedded to his business I'Yes his wife runs a millinery store.' ' Puck. unony "w oy oo tney say a little learning is a dangerous thing?" Dolly "if you ever get any you will nnd odt. " xonkers Statesman. When doctors can't find any thing left in a man to cut out, they advise a change of climate as a means of restoring his health. Atchison IMooe. . m i i - xne master was asKing ques tions. "Now, boys," he said, ' how many months ibave twenty-eight days?" "All of them," replied a sharp lao. nt-Jilts. Husband-4"What! another - t $100 gown. Didn't I tell you that you must keep within your allowance? Wife (triumphantly) "You said un less in case of absolute necessity." iTUCK. raternai x messe "Jay son is taking an exhaustive course in politi cal economy." "What's that for?" I had to do something to keep him out if my business. "Chicago Record. f Another Slurring Allusion- "Ovisrin Spain they are talking of shooting all their! Generals." "Well, they'd have to hire some marksmen to do the job.j" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mr. Saphead "I've got a fad, too, don't ye know. I collect old and rare violins. Come around and see 'em." Musician-"Do you blay?" If CT 1 J 1 1TM . iur. oapueau ruess you, no; not a note." Musician (enthusiastically) i viii come." ivezo xork Weekly. Trust chose wbo have tried. I suffered from catarrh of the worst kind and never hODed for cure. but lily's Cream 1 Balm seems to do even that. Oscar Ostrom, 45 Warren A rfl T,1 .a-ve.,. vynicage, in. jl uj! jrj!iBjfii irom catarrn: it cot so bad I could not work; I used Ely's vjream rsaim ana j am entirely well. A. C. Clarke. 341 Shawmut Ave.. cosion, mass. i -a r I . ' A 10c. trial size, or the 50c. size of Jiily.'s uream Balm will, be mailed is.ept by druggists. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St, N. Y. ' ; kror OTerj fifty Yemra. Mrs. WmsLOw' Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years bv mil 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 will relieve the poor little sufferer imme- uiateiy. esoid dv Druggists m every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no otner. i Bean the Signature of Ihe '&n You Have Always Boustt SPIRITS TURPENTINE - High Point Enterprise: A the High Point Roller Mills there ura block of wood about ten inches in diameter. In the center of this block was found a solid flint rock about as large Las an orange. It is indeed a strange freak of nature. There are no signs i on the bark or anything of that kind. - Salisbury Sun: In a few days a lot of those splendid birds, the Mon golian pheaSants will be turned loose in this State. If they thrive and mul tiply as they have done in Washing ton and Oregon, there will be sport. The law protects the birds for six years. In South Carolina ten years' protection is given. The birds appear to be doing well there. Warrenton Record: Axtell North Carolina, can boast of the champion opossum hunter of . the State. Capt. Kobert Allen has hunted 'possums every fall and winter for sixty years except four years during the civil war, when he caught some thing else instead of possums. He has caught an average of forty 'pos soms a year 2,400 during his life". His dogs have treed fifty-seven this season and he put hrty-six or tneir tails in a split.stick. , - Greensboro Telegram: We un derstand that there i3 strong proba bility that the iron furnace, mention of the sale of which was made! in these columns yesterday, will be operated by the new owners. In addition to the benefit to Greensboro from its opera tion it is possible that co-ordinate in dustries will be established here if the operation of the furnace should be sue cessfiil. We understand the purchas ers hav experience, money and judg ment. These ought to make it succeed.-. . Red Springs Citizen: Last Tuesday night about 11 :30 o'clock the store and dwellingof Mr. C. Si O'Neal was destroyed by fire, and it was only through hard work of a quick as sembled crowd that other property was saved. The fire originated from a defective flue in the store, and had gotten under good headway before discovered. The family had retired and awoke only in time to make their escape, leaving everything to the mercy of the names. Mr. U IN ears loss is partially covered by insurance, having about $700.00 on building and goods. Newbern Journal: A. slight altercation on the Wilmington & New Bern railroad, between the railroad agent at Verona and a young man named Band hn resulted in the latter the former, circumstance in , in stant inflicted a plunging a knife into which but for a trifling would have resulted death. but instead wound which, while very dangerous, may not prove fatal. The knife, a formidable one, was aimed directly at the heart, going through the upper left hand vest pocket, which contained three led pencils, two of which were completely severed by the blow, but the third deflected the" knife so that the heart was not pierced, although the wound is dangerously near it. The condition of the wounded man man is still very critical, but his exemption from instant death is due to three lead pencils, j- . . CURRENT COMMENT. Count Esterhazy is reported as saying that the Dreyfus affair will end in smoke and a pardon. ; if his assertion proves correct it shows that France is still opposed to doing an act of simple justice. 2?amore Herald, Ind. The Associated Press tells ". r i t us that vv HKesDarre s postmaster, who recently went wrong, was not only the editor of a prominent even ing paper, but was also an active member of the .Baseball Association. The ! higher a man climbs in the world the lower he falls when he does go down. Richmond Times, Dem. Italy is insulted. That country proposed to grab San Mun -bay on the coast of China, and sent word to the Chinese gavernment to "leave go and let her have it. China replied that she has no terri tory to spare just now and for Italy to keep off the grass. This has in sulted Italy and the latter is send-! ing warships to China to vindicate her honor. N ow, isn t it an honor able proceeding. Motile Register, Dem. i LARGEST BIBLE SN THE WORLD. fingraved nn Seven Hundred Slabs Of , - White Marble. In 1S57 Mindon-min, king of Burma, rcctcd a monument near Mandalay called the Kutho-daw. Th6re he built 700 tem ples, in each of which -there Is a slab of white-marble. Upon these 700 slabs is en graved the wholo of the Buddhist bible; a vast literature in itself, equal to about six copies of the Holy Scriptures. . This marble bible is engraved in .the Pali language, thought to be that spoken by Buddha himself 600 B. C. Photographs of some of these inscriptions have reached England, and Professor Max Muller, per haps the greatest linguist in the world, has examined them, but alas for all his human ingenuity and perseverance! If his majesty Mindon-min thought to per petuate the teaching of the great Buddha by causing it to be graven on the rock, he nourished a vain ambition. , The climate of Burma Is moist, and its effects have already wrought havoo on the surface of the white marble, and the pho tographs show a partial effacement of some of the Burmese characters in whioh the Pali text is engraved. This is certainly the largest known copy Of any portion of literature. . Even the National Encyclopedia of China, in 6,000 volumes, occupies a comparatively small space. To reach the other end of the limits of the printer's and engraver's art we need only remember the '"smallest Bible In the world" and the diamond edi tions of Catullus, TibullusandPropertius. To engrave the bible of Buddha on the marble slabs in the temples of Kutho-daw ; must have cost many thousands of dol : lars, but these sermons in stone are easily outlasted by a copy of the New Testament ; whioh, beautifully printed, can be bought for 25 cents and, if carefully cherished, will last many generations. Boston'TrsV Ier. . - l -; She Was a Bit Bashful. . r Mr. Peet, a very diffident man, was un able to prevent himself being introduced one evening to a fascinating young lady, who, misunderstanding his name, con stantly addressed him as Mr. Peters, much to the gentleman's distress. Finally sum moning up the courage, he earnestly re monstrated, "Oh, don't call me Peters call me Peetl" i "Ah, but I don't know you well enough, Mr. Peters," said the young lady, blush ing, as she withdrew behind her fan. London Telegraph. 1 , A Subterfuge, f. ' "How did Bluflson manage to Impress his wife with such an idea of his superior intelligence?" j "Easily enough. He read all the whist news and pretended to understand it per fectly. "'Washington Star. In certain parts of Persia tho thermom eter stays at .100 degrees night and day for the greater part of the summer, while so unbearable a temperature as 130 degrees Is not unknown in that country. Be&ratkei si KM You Have Always Bought Signature WEALTH AND LOVE. . Penniless husbands of wives who have plenty of money. t A Condition That la Not Always Pleafant For Everybody Real X.ove Doesn't Fly Out of the Window at Sight of Poverty. Women the Breadwinners. j j! In considering the relation of wealth to married happiness I shall not take Jnto account the contented poor, tout oinly speak of those whose method of life has hedged Ihem about with artificialities which they cannot remove and which tney woulcf not break down if they could. In any other English speaking country tharj this we Should speak of this class as the gentry. Here wo have, no name for it, though all bf us perfectly understancFVhat it is. The ideal condition for persons in: this class of life is where both husband;; and Wife have means. But it is not! idea un less this competency is adjusted ahd jkept in harmonious running order by affection on both sides by aff eotion ana reapeot. ?he possession of money by bth or by either member of a partnership gives t once power and independence. Too much power and too mucn maepenaence are -both dangerous menaces to continued hap piness. . s Married people are sure sooner or later (frequently much sooner) to havo littlo misunderstandings. Ordinarily these are happily explained away, with the result that the union and partnership are closer than ever before. But where either or both of these partners are free t3 go Jus Or her way and have abundant means to do so with outward dignity, a misunderstand ing which might have been swestly settled assumes the proportions and the effect of a tragedy. . !- The possession of money has a very pe culiar effect on both men and women. Mnnev crives to those who Dossess it an immense power, and power is very sweet to the ordinary man aKd woman. It is so sweet that those who possess wtealth come in a short time to feel that thpy are very suiierior mortals. I verily believe' that they persuade themselves, not fey any log ical process, but by .leaps and boundg, that their very flesh and -blood is better? than that of those who have less wealths than they. When this inequality of wealjth becomes a part of the matrimonial problem there la likely to be a good deal of disagreeable 'friction. To bo sure, there are instances where a man of wealth has married a woman without means, and vice versa, and the union has been entirely harmo nious and congenial. But I am sure that such ventures are extra ; hazardous, and that when such are in contemplation the wealthy member of the proposed partner ship should insist on a settlement, so that the other member should stand snore: near ly on an equality. - f; In this country, even in th classes to which I have referred, it is generally the case that the man has mast, if not all, of the money. He is. the producer, j He is the m6ney maker. It is only natural, or 1 1 least only manly that he should consid er that what he has made is big. It is true that the law does not. eo consider it, but tho law is not invoked ! beforo a man reaches his grave or the divorce court. I fancy that this condition of affairs is so generally acquiesced in that if is recog nized as perfectly right and just. And I also fancy that in the : great majority of cases the man and the woman in such a situation get along as nicely as they would under any other conditions. The man is absorbed in the affairs Which have en riched him. The woman is content with the growing gorgeousness of her house hold belongings. But whero there la fric tion it is likely to be sore land distressful, and especially 60 to the woman! When a woman has all the money, then the husband is apt to bo a miserable chap indeed. I dm easily fancy very jhappy marriages in fact, I know of several where the woman has the great bulk of tho wealth. And then, agaip, l have known of happy marriages rheije the woman was enormously wealthy aqd the husband without resources. In such cases the administration of the estate gives a kind of dignity to the husbaVB, for the care of millions is a difficult undertaking. But whero the husband i has absolutely nothing and j the wife is inodqf atey rich the condition of the husband likely to be unendurable. Now, let us consider another phase of the subject, j Does love fly out p tMe win dow when poverty comes in a thi doorf I fancy that often enough it does' but I fancy that when it flies away merely at the approach of this new guest, that love had never really meant to stayl The men and the women who cannot cheerfully en counter the rude buffets of adversity to gether are not capable of either love or happiness. They may play atulov very prettily, their lives may pass as gayly as time at a masked ball, but they have had no happiness. With them it has been all make believe, and when the time of stress comes they are scared as cjuidren are scared in the night when the' light has been turned out. j j v There are few men and women who have lived long together who halve hot ex perienced these periods of stress. ) They come to us as all wholesome discipline i comes, and if we are worthy wfl are better and happier for the trials which contribute to our development. '. I do not believe more falsely cynloal cleverness was ever perpetrated than this one whioh ; makes love to fly at poverty's approach. J It was never meant to apply to the hardworking poor, who have always been jand always will bapoor. . It was meant for men and women in what we call redujeed circum stances. And even upon them it is a libel. There are happy homes all oTOr this land that disprove the saying. I Indeed there are scores of iieople within my own acquaint ance who extract from the piere fact of their reduced circumstances ja genuine pleasure. I I But there are cases where it is quite right that love should be ashamed to dwell in the houses of the newly poor.; The most striking case is where, at the pinch of necessity the woman becomes1 ithef bread winner for the family, including her hus band. I have known such cases, and they are .sad indeed. I can imagine a woman still loving her husband after he had dem onstrated his incapacity to make headway with th world. But ! that : 1np.iiTiap.itv Would have to be due to some misfortune external in its nature and not1 in any de gree congenital, t . A worthless man and a capable woman, heavens, what a sad combination 1 It were better that both were incapable and that they snouia perish than that the woman, who was not intended for heavier burdens than those nature has imposed, ( should have to carry her own weary load and do a man's work as welL--John Gilman Speed in New York Herald. Good Trade. 'Oh, my business 13 good, said the trombone player. "In fact, I am blowing abouS it. -1 " ! '- always "Well I'm sooted with mine, too," said the chimney sweep. "And mine is out- of sight," said the diver. Golden Days. An Easy Trick, j "My wife can tell what time it is in the middle of the night when, it is pitebjdark. " "How does she do it?" f I "She makes me get up and look at tha lock. " London Fun. ' On a parade ground at Calcutta are sev eral adjutant birds. Theso creatures walk up and down the grounds, and they look so much like soldiers that at a distance strangers often mistake them for such: Belief In six Hoar. Distressing- Kidney and Bladder dis eases relieved in six hours bv: "New Great South American Kidney jCure." it is a great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving .pain in bladder, kidneys and back, in mate or female. Relieves retensi on of water almost immediately; l If youi want quick relief and cure this is the remedy, Sold by R. R. BellamtI Druggist, w limmgton, jn. C; . cornei Front and Market streets. tttii'iBuSig ppog sabmiv babh no;, puft m l : ) ' 1 m m Ml I preserving fresh grapes. Tn Cold Storage They Can Be Kept Throng .the. Winter. i The method of gathering and preparing grapes lor winter Btorage is as iouowo. Tha clusters are carefully pioKea oeiora they are dead ripe and then placed in traps in the packing house for a few days until the stems have wilted and the moisture has evaporated. The baskets are lined with paraffined paper so that' it will lap over the top of tho basket. The grapes are packed carefully in the basket, all loose and punc tured berries . being removed ' beforehand, and then, when the paper is folded over them, the cover is fastened down snugly so as to exclude as much air as possible. The baskets are then placed in the cold, dry storage house. In this way the Ver- genncs can be kept all winter, tne iaiaw bas until the end of February and Niaga ras until after the holidays., 1 ' The only difficulty experienced by grow ers is from rapid aeterioranon wneu mo grapes are removed fr6m cold storage and 6hipped to market. They need to be con sumed immediately in order to appreciate their qualities. The large growers are ar ranging to ship their grapes from tneir packing houses to tho cold storage houses in the cities by means of refrigerator cars, and in this way the quality will be pre served until the grapes reach the consum er's table. But this shuts out the small grower located some distance from th markets. . - I However, there are other outlets foi their crops of grapes, which are rapidly In creasing jn importance. One oi the oesi is that of manufacturing "unfermented grape-juice," a beverage that is recom mended by physicians, and which is gain ing ground in public esteem annually. I It Is said that the fresh grape juice is nexi. ws good, new milk as a wholesome beverage, and that all people should drink . it, espe cially the weak and. emaciated. It goes faat ahead of tea or coffee when taken with meals. Sometimes it is put- on the market . in n adulterated form, but there aw plenty of growers who make it themselvel from the fresh grapes! In Erie county, N; Y. , there is a vineyard where all the grapes from 100 acres are annually turned into unfermented juice. The 'juice is simply heated, carefully filtered and then botiaea while hot. In this way it will keep fresh and good for a long time. New York Post. ' Newton's Fearful Crime.; At tho end of a meal at Haydon's house Keats proposed a toast in these terms, "Dishonor to the memory of Newton. The guests stared at him in questioning surprise, and woruswortn. asKea ior ; an explanation. 'It is," answered lieats, "Decause: no destroyed the poetry of the rainbow I by reducing it to a prism. : Ana the artists all drank, with one consent, confusion to the savant. . ! . i- . Bugle Calls. All tho calls in the regular army are Bounded by bugle instead of by drum, tho latter instrument being used only in con certed music. This is because a drum may ! easily have its head broken and is difficult to mend in the field, and it i3 useless when wet: A bugle gives a far clearer sound, and its calls can be heard at a longer dis tance. ' Ivory billiard balls freshly turned have , to be treated very carefully, as a sudden ohange of temperature may Cause them to crack. To prevent this they require to be 1 placed for at least three months in a warm room in order to shrink gradually ana ary true. lvfore thev are finished and polished. A LOCAL and CLIMATIC! DISEASE Nothine but a local remedy or change of climate will cure ft. Get a well-known specific, Ely's Cream Balm. It Is quickly Absorbed. COLD HEAD uives reiiei at once. Onens and cleanses the Nasal Passages; Allays Inflammailon. Heals and Protects the Membrane. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. No Cocaine. No Mercury. No Injuri ous drag. Price 50c. at Druggists or by mail; Trial Size 10c by mail. KLiY HHUTHiilKB, 56 Warren St., K6W lort se 1 lv tu th sa WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. The following quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making up small orders higher prices have to be charged. The Quotations are always srtven as accurately as possible, but the Star will not be responsible for any variations from the actual market price of the articles Quoted. BAGGING 8 n Jute. Standard CATARRH & 6 & 1 2 12Hs 8 CM i 6 6 6 & 110 1 20 & 1 20 . & 22 WESTERN SMOKED Hams $ Tt Sides $ B Shoulders 9 & DRY SALTED Sides K ...... Shoulders 99 lb... BARRELS Spirits Turpentine secona-nana, eacn New-New York, each ....... New City, each BEESWAX lb BRICKS Wilmington V M. . . . Northern 5 00 7 00 9 00 & 14 00 12 13 20 83 51 & 53 52 55 75 & SO ' 18 25 8 & 11 ioym 1 im & n 12 16 8 ' & 10 SH & 70 BUTTER North Carolina V B Northern. CORN MEAL Per bushel, in sacks ........ Virginia Meal. COTTON TIES 9 bundle.. CANDLES lb l sperm Adamantine ................ CHEESE a Northern Factory Dairy Cream State.............. ...... COFFEE lb i.aguyra Rio., DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, yard Yarns. 98 bunch of 5 lbs ... . EGGS dozen FISH 14 16 Mackerel, No. 1, barrel. . . Mackerel, No. 1, half -bbl. Mackerel, No. 2. barrel... Mackerel, No. 3 half -bbl. . Mackerel, No. 3, p barrel... , Mullets, barrel Mullets, pork barrel. ..... N. C. Roe Herring, keg. . Dry Cod, lb Extra 22 00 11 00 16 00 8 00 13 00 2 50 5 00 3 00 5 4 35 SO 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 14 00 4 CO 8 00 3 25 10 4 50 FLOUR lb low grade Choice Straight First Patent 3 50 3 75 4 25 5 00 - 8J 4 CO 4 50 GLUE H. ttKAiw jj Dusnei uorn,trom store, dks w mte Car-load, in bgs White... Oats, from store- Oats, Rust Proof Cow Peas 53 40 55 fS 60 45 45 : 05 if f 9 75 45 - 75 75 75 j 1 1 25 HIDES ft ' ureensaitea...... Dry flint Drv salt HAY 100 lbs V Clover nay so Rice Straw.. 40 Eastern Western North River.. noop iron, w a.;........ wst Northern North Carolina 5 6 1 15 18 00 15 00 LIME, barrel LUMBER (city sawed) M ft- snip Btuu, resawea Rough edge Plank .......... 20 00 16 00 18 00 22 00 15 00 25 28 - ing to quality 13 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 MOLASSES gallon Barbadoes, in hegshead.. . . . Barbadoes, in barrels ....... f Porto Rico, in hogsheads. ... 27 Porto Rico, in barrels....... Sugar House, in hogsheads. 12 12 14 IS 1 60 14 15 25 1 65 Bugar iiouse, in Darreis., Syrup, in barrels NAILS, keg. Cut, 60d basis PORK. barrel- City Mess.... 11 ot- Rump 10 50 Prime io no ROPE. fi. ................. io a.- 55- BAL.T, v book, &inm. Liverpool .4tc 75 70 - 1 10 Amerl 80 75 47V6 6 60 2 25 3 60 6M 5J4 erican On 125 Sacks SHINGLES, 7-Inch, per M ..... . Common ; Cypress Saps SUGAR, ft Standard Gran'd Standard A White Extra C TExtra C, Golden C, Yellow SOAP, ft Northern.......... STAVES, j m w. O. barrel.;.. R. O. Hogshead........ TIMBER, r M feet Shipping.. Mill, Palme.... ...;.. MUl, Fair..1............,...... Common Mill. 5 00 1 60 2 50 5 5 3J4 o uu 14 09 10 00 900 7 00 . 6 60 5'00 4 00 4 60 Inferior to ordinary. 3 0) om.nuijjio, a.Ki. uypress sawea M 6x24 heart.:...... ' " Sap.. 5x24 Heart " Sap... 6x24 Heart.., m .V, ".aP 7 50 5 00 4 60 4 00 6 00 5 00 8 60 6 00 5 00 6 60 5 60 5 50 6 2 00 8 00 It & X ft I iUJ TV , ID WHISKEY, gallon. Northern 1 00 North Carolina... loo WOOL, per ft Unwashed. ..... io COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. STAR OFFICE. March 13. SPIRITS TURPINTINE. Market steady at Ai cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 44 cents per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents per barrel for Strained and $1.00 for Good Strained. , TAR Market firm at $1.00 per bbl of280 as. . CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm, at $1.35 per barrel forHard, $2.40 for Dip, and $2.40 for Virgin: Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, nothing doing ; rosin firm at $1.25, $1.30; tar firm, $1.00; crude turpentine quiet at $1.50, $2.00, $2.00. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 6 Rosin 255 Tar i. r 377 Crude turpentine. - 12 Receipts same day last year. -10 casks spirits turpentine, 297bbls rosin,. 220 bbls tar, 00 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 6 cents per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary............ 3 9-16 cts 1 lb Good Ordinary . . 4 Low Middling 5 Middling 6 15-16 9-16 Good Middling: . . . 6 5-16 Same day last year middling 50 Receipts 83 bales; same .day last year, 535. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North. Carolina -r-Prime, 55 to 60c per bushel of 28 pounds ; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c. Virginia Extra prime 55c ; fancy, 60c Spanish, 8090c. CORN Firm; 45 to 47 cents per bushel. ' , ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; npland, ' 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 c. ' SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $1,60 to 2.25;. six-inch, $2.25 to 3.25; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. ' I TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 perM. FINANCIAL MARKETS. Bv Telegraph to the Mornlnz Star. New York, March 13. Money on call was firmer at 24 per cent.,- last loan being at 214, per cent. Prime mercantile - paper &MH per cent. Sterling exchange easier, with actual business in bankers' bills at 485 485M for demand and 483K483M for sixty days. Posted rates 484 485 and 486j487. Commercial bills 432)4 & 483. Silver certificates nominal at 5960K- Bar silver 59 Mexi can dollars 47j. Goveniment bonds strong. State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds strong. U. S. 3's, I07ji ; U. S. new 4's,'-registered 128 ; do. coupon, 128: U. S. 4's 111M; do. coupon, 112; do, 2's, 99H; U. S. 5's, registered, 112; do. 5's coupon, 112; N. C. &s 130 b; do. 4's, 105; Southern Railway 5's 105. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 69; Chesapeake & Ohio 26; Man- .hattan L 108; N. Y. Central 134 ; Reading 24 ; do. 1st preferred 66 ; St. Paul 127 ; do. preferred 169 ; South ern Railway 123 ; do. preferred 49 ; American Tobacco ; do. prefer red 148; People's Gas 114; Sugar 142U ; do. preferred 115; T. C. & Iron 47 ; U. S. Leather 6 ; do. preferred 71; Western Union 93. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New Yore, March 13. Rosin steady. Spirits turpentine firm. ' ' Charleston, March 13. Spirits tur pentine firm at 45c; no sales. Rosin steady and unchanged; no sales. Savannah, March 13. Spirits tur pentine firm at 44jc; no sales ; receipts 215 casks.. Rosin firm and unchanged ;, sales 910 barrels : receipts 3,512 barrels. COTTON MARKETS. . ;By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, March 13. The cotton market developed a fair degree of steadiness on the opening call, Eng lish cable advices fully meeting expec tations and early forecasts pointing to diminished receipts. At the: same time the weather bulletins show more or less general rains in the more cen tral part of the cotton belt. But sel ling orders were at hand in goodly numbers and the market opened with price unchanged to two points higher. Immediately after the call, the market began to weaken under selling pressure which became more energetic upon the discovery that outside support was being withdrawn. Bids declined five points on the more active positions. Before noon, however, there, was a slight rally on better later cables, after which both classes of traders operated with caution. During the forenoon the market received some support by buying orders from the South and Eu rope, while commission houses dis posed of May and August contracts and replaced them with October and other new crop positions. The close was quiet and steady, with prices two to five points net lower. New York, March . 13. Cotton easy; middling uplands 6c. - Futures closed quiet and steady ; March 6.10c, April 6. 10, May 6.10c, June 6.13c, July 6.16c, August 6.15c, Sep tember 6.06c, October 6.06c, November 6.05c, December 6.08c; January 6.11c. Spot cotton closed' easy and l-16c 1 wer; middling uplands 6c; mid dling gulf 6c; sales 5,334 bales. Net receipts 241; bales; , gross re ceipts 4,598 bales; sales 5,334 bales; exports to Great Britain 372 bales ; stocic lzu.iMb bales: Total to-dav Net recemts 9.172 bales; exports to Great Britain 11,646 bales; exports to France 185 bales; exports to the Continent 7,617 bales; stock 748,906 bales. Consolidated Net , receipts 21,464 bales; exports to Great Britain 21,464 bales; exports to France 5,852 baks; exports to the Continent 185,909 bales. Total since September 1st. Net re ceipts 7, 301, 633 bales; exports to Great Britain 3,037,544 bales; exports to France 636,598 bales; exports to the Continent 2,256,807 bales. - March 13. Galveston, quiet at 6 3 16c, net receipts 1,146 bales; Nor folk, quiet at 6 l-16c, net receipts 592 bales; Baltimore, nominal at 6&c, net receipts bales; Boston, quiet at 6 7-16c, net receipts 277 bales ;Wilming ton.quiet at 6, net receipts 65 bales ;Ph3 adelphia, quiet at 60,, net receipts xo Daies; aavannan, quiet at 5 13 Inc. net receipts wt Dales ; JNew Orleans, quiet at 5?kc, net receipts 4,077 bales; Mobile, dull at 6c, net receipts 1,077 bales; Memphis, steady at 6c, uci. raxupus ua otues ; Augusta, steady at 6 'A c,net receipts 1,026 bales ; Charles- 4-u i. J .A. wiry ' ton, gteady at fijgc, net receipts 333 Daies, PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph to thelMornlnz star. New York, March 13, Flour was neglected and barely steady. Wheat Spot firm;. No. 2 red 81&c ; options opened steadier and were well sun- ported all day by a moderate demand from shorts, the small world's ship ments, better cables than expected and crop damage news from the West and buying; export demand and seaboard clearances were light; the close was steady at lc net advance; sales included: No. 2 red March closed 81 Jc; May closed 74&c; July closed' 73c Corn Spot quiet; No. 2," i2i4Sjic options were steady with wheat;1 trade ' was quiet but steady ; cables and a lack of sellers helped the market and final prices were X5 net higher, with j the undertone steady; sales! included May closed 39c; July closed 40c i Oats Spot steady; No. 2, 33c; options neglected. Lard dull; Western steam $5 60; March $5 52, nominal; refined quiet. Butter steady ; Western creamery ; 1520c ; do. factory 1214c ; Elgin 20e; . imitation creamery 1317;c State dairy 1419 & . Cheese steady State large white 12b. Petroleum dull' ' Potatoes steady; New York $1 25 2 00: Lone1 Island $1 50(32 2S- ..T sweets $1 752 75. Cotton seed oil steady; prime crude 21c. Pork steady: Rice quiet. Cabbage quiet at $4 iiri 10 00 per 100. Coffee Spot Rio dull; No: 7 invoice 6 Jc; No. 7 jobbing 6c mild quiet and steady ; Cordova 814 ' ftn ro i T? a to ft irr - ftiyy aRv,irt o ? ' bid; centrifugal 96 test 4 13 32c ; mo V lasses sugar 3c bids; refinfed firm and active. , UHICAGO, Marcn., 13. Keports of drougnt m India to-day, together! with domestic crop claims, had a bullish effect on wheat. May closed fc higher. Corn gained ic, and oats ic. Pork left off 2c higher, lard unchanged and ribs 2Jc lower. Chicago, March 13. Cash quota tions: Flour quiet and unchangi cl: Wheat spring 6668c ; No. 3 spring'. 6467ic; SSO. Z red 63JS7Uc. Coru K No. 2 34c. Oats No. 2, free on board i 26c; No. 2 white 29c; No. 3 white 2829c. Pork, per bbl, 9 00 9 05. Lard, per 100 fts.l $5 27 5 .30. Short rib sides, loose, $4 55 4 65. Dry salted shoulders, $4-25 4 87V. Short clear sides. hoxe,h $4 854 90. Whiskey Distillers' ii r ished goods, per gallon, $1 2i. The leading futures ranged as fol lows opening, highest, lowest and; closing: Wheat No. 2, May 69 69, 70, 69, 6970c;i July (58 f; 68M, 69, 68i, 6868c. (Join May 3535J, 35H, 34,35Jc;Ja:v 3535, 36, 35, 35"c; i September 36S36M, 36K36, 36, 3GX(:i 36c. Oats No. 2 May 26, 26 26K, 27, 26c; July 2424 25, 24, 24Mc. Pork, per barrel May $9 10, 9 17X, 9 07, 9 15 ; July $9 27, 9 35, 9 25, 9 32. Lard.er 100 lb -May $5 37, 5 40, I 35, 5 40 ;July $5 50, 5 52Kf 5 50, 5 50; September $5 G2M, " 5 65, 5 626, 5 62$. Ribs, per 100 lbs, May $4 70, 4 75, 4 70, 4 70; July $4 85, '. 4 85, 4 82J, 4 85; September $4 95f ; 4 97, 4 95, 4 97. I ' - Baltimore, March 13. -Flour dull; western superfine $2.502.6o. Wheat steadier Spot 7474c ; March 75 74c; April 7575Xc; May 74. 75c. Southern wheat by sample 70 75c. Corndull spdt3737Kc; March 37 37Kc; April 3738c; May38M38c. Southerri white corn 3738 X c. Oats easier ; No. 2 whu-; 3535c; No. 2 mixed! 32J33;. Lettuce $2.25 per bushel box. FOREIGN JiARKT, By Cable to the Morning Sta Liverpool, March 13, 4 P. M. - 't ton Spot in increased demand ; pric-, barely supported. American middling 3 13-32d. The sales of the day we, 12,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for speculation and export and included 11,500 bales American. Receipts 5, 500 bales, including 70 bales American. Futures opened quiet with a ,moder rate demand and closed firm. T Ameii can middling (1. m. c.) : March 3 21 C4.d seller ; Mareh and April 3 21-64d seller ; April ana May 3 zl-b4Q buyer; . ay and June 3 21-643 22-64d buyer; June and July 3 22r64d seller; July, and August 3 22-64d buyer; August and September 3 22-64d buyer; Septem- -ber and October 3 21-643 22 61d value ; October and November 3 21 64d value ; November - and December 3 21-64d seller; December and Janua'rr 3 21-64d seller ; January and February 3 21-64d seller. MARINE. ARRIVED. Nor barque Triumph, 537 tons, Clar: sen, JtSama, Meideoc Uo. Schr Chas D Hall, 375 tons. Lowe, New York, GeOHarriss, Son & Co. Barque Burkley, 610 tons, Bonneau, Charleston, Navassa Guano Co. Schr Manuel R Cuza, 259 tons, Wal lace, New York. Geo Harriss, Son &Co. m ' : ' " EXPORTS. COASTWISE. New York Steamship Geo W Clyde 43 casks spirits, rosin 135 bar- xlo A AO 1 1 2?-,. J ltd V,m.ii1c timber 19,900 feet, pitch 28 barrfcls, peanuts 240 bushels; cotton goods S2 bales, shingles 226,300, 82 pkgs rridse, 200 barrels cotton seed oil. 200 .bar rels molasses. 19 poles, 113 bales cot- ton warp. MARINE DIRECTORY. Iilst of Vessels in tbc !'c-ri ai v i mlnKton, N. C, Idareh 14, f . SCHOONERS. M R Cuza, 259 tons, Wallace, Geo Harriss, Son & Co.. Chas D Hall, 375 tons, Lowe, Geo Harriss . Son & Co. Eva May, 116 tons, Wallace, Geo Har riss, Son & Co. Cora M, Mitchell, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. ' Roger Moore, 277 tons. Small, LI Riley & Co. STEAMSHIPS. Venetia (Br) 2,333 tons, MacDougal" Heide & Co. BARQUES. Burkley, 610 tons, Bonneau, Gava&sa Guano Co. - Triumph (Nor), 537 tons, Clarsen, Heide & Co. Solid (Swed), Wedin, 507 tons, Heide &Co. Mercur (Nor), 680 tons, Hansen, Heide &Co. ; 1 DUCRO'S Alimentary Is highly recommended as a remedy for i lung diseases and as a preventive ior ;, typhoid, malarial and aU kinds of levurs .j Afrents, E. jKouseratCo.,Xewl ork ,. n - - - - - FOB S.A.X.B Desirable Tract of Land Situated on the Wilmin g ton Weldon Railroad. Three miles south of Jacksonville, N. C., tains 818 acres, of which 200 are cleared ana" ffmw nryr ,i-tn luonnte and rife. BUV Berries and four' varieties of blacKnt grow on It spontaneously. Soil also . exceue, for tobacco and potatoes. .vred The remaining 613 acres are well tlmEst with pine, ash, oak, hickory and Jnnlper. ftW" to ten thousand juniper poles can he cnt.ir the wooded portion now. . , otflr for Plantation bounded by navigable water i one and one-halt miles. On the oan T stream are reeds upon which one nunareu tie can feed themselves through the wiuw? TITLE IS CLEAR. - . f For further information, address ; THE MOBNINGBTAB, . mv23tf