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Tributes of Re pect. Resolutions of Thanks, &c, are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates whe u paid for strictly In advance. At this rate so cants will Bay for a simple announce- mnnt.nF VTarrlfurn nr Death. Advertisements Inserted once a week In Daily will be c!irged J1.00 per square for each Inser tion. Every other day, three-fourths of. daily rate i Twice a week, two-thirds of daily rate. Contract advertisers will not. be allowed to exceed tlieir space or advertise anything foreign to their r.s'ular business without extra charge at transient rates. Advertisements kept under the head of "New Advertisements" will De charged fifty per cent extra. r Advertisements to follow reading matter, or jto occupy any special place, will be charged extra accord) ne to the position desired. BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD. WILMINGTON. Is. Thursday Morning, March 16. 1 THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. The following dispatch showing the. wealth of the United States as compared with other countries come3 from Washington to the New York Sun: - "The statistical table of the wealth of nations is a familiar oner among: the treasury officials of various countries. According- to the estimates of Mulhall, published iu 1892, the wealth of nations wfts as follows for the chief countries, for lands, farm utensils, bullion, cat tle, houses, furniture, railroads, ship- pine, merchandise and sundries: United States. 165,000,000,000 United Kingdom. France , . Germany. Russia. Austria Italy. Spain . Australia Belgium Holland......... Canada. 47,000,000,000 43,500,000,000 32,000,000,000 25,000,000,000 19,000,000,000 14,500,000,000 12,500,000,000 9,500,000,000 5,000,000,000 4,900,000,000 4.900,000,000 "Great Britain had heretofore been regarded as the 'wealthiest country in the World, owning half the ships, more tnan a quarter of the railroad proper ties and having a capitalized wealth at home of $50,000,000,000. And, in re spect to the average wealth per capita, England has been entitled to that dis tinction, the figures being as follows: United Kingdom. . . . $1,200 Denmark... 1,150 Prance . . . . 1,120 Holland..... 1,080 United States ...1,050 "The Federal census of 1900 is to be a record-breaking one, according to all present indications. By the Federal census of 1890 the aggregate material wealth of the United States, compared with the wealth of Great Britain, was . less in ships and merchandise, but ex ceeded in .many other items. The real estate of this country was then valued at $39,000,000,000, the live stock at $2,000,000,000, the railroads at $3,000,000,000, manufactories and their contents at $3,000,000,000, mines and quarries $1,000,000,000, and gold and silver coin $1,200,000,000. ' "If the present rate of increase is maintained, the total accumulated wealth of the United States will pre sent, by the census of 1900, not far from $110,000,000,000, or more than double that of Great Britain. In 1S60, the wealth of the United States was estimated at $20,000,000,000; in 1870, at $25,000,000,000; in 1880, at $45,000, . 000,000, and in 1890, as stated, at $65, 000,000,000. The enormous apprecia tion of American products since then, 'the vast expansion of trade, the ad edition of new territory, all observant gBrsons agree, will put the United tates far ahead of any other country in respect to material wealth. . This is a remarkable growth In wealth for this country and it is also suggestive. It is true that we have added immensely to the territory we originally owned, and it is also true that in thisl new territory is now found our richest domain as far a3 natural products are concerned, but our increase has not been due so much to the acquisition of new ter ritory as it has been to the energy and the genius that developed this new territory and brought it within the pale of civilization and industry. As an illustration of this the writer' of this article very well .remembers the time when there was not a mile : ' of iron rail Wesf of the Mississippi and when all that vast Yegion be tween Missouri and the Rocky Mountains was a wilderness, where . the Indian roamed and only the jrhite fur trader or hunter ventured. The big immigration of 1846 to '50 brought thousands of families to the States along the Upper Mis ' slssippi, to seek homes and this im migration has continued to come in greater, or lesser volume ever since. Thus millions of people have , come to our unpopulated territory and they and their descendants have, with the natives from the older States, jnade flourishing States where the wildernesjj was. The building of the Pacific railway, crossing the continent': and linking our Atlantic and Pacific States, re moved the obstacle to" the , settle v ment of the remote territory, which soon became the home of millions of people, and, thus the development went oil with lapid strides and we were becoming richer daily and scarcely noticed it. Of course wealth increases very rapidly when the valuations of land bound up from a nominal price per t acre to five, ten or twenty dollars per acre, and when cities spring up and the land becomes valued at more per foot than the farming lands are per nKTfl. We have had this advantage over the other nations of tho world. We took their surplus population to build up our waste places and people the unpopulated sections, to make farms and build towjis and cities, while they took from one part their domain , to build up and develop their acquisitions. If they colonized they had to draw fromtheir , own population to furnish the colonies, and thus what they gained in one way they lost in another. We colo nized, so to speak, our own ter ritory and found the material for it in the over-crowded countries of the old world. Our increase of pop ulation in a little over a century" from 3,000)00 to 70,000,000 Or more is proof of the drain that we have made on those countries. Taking this view of it we are not entitled to any special credit for outstripping the older countries in becoming wealthy for we could not have well had it otherwise if we would. But this is not the only reason of our raDidlv increasing wealth," for the Americans more than any other people in the world have the genius for creating wealth. They can gei more out of the earth and more1 out of the water and the air than any other people under the sun and get it quicker. While other, people plod along and do things in their old fashioned way, and think -they are doing remark ably well, American genius, which has not the patience to plod, in vents something which will do in a day many times as much as the old fashion fellow would do when doing his' best, and do it -better. The American makes steam, electricity, air do his work for him and har nesses them to machinery whichr is the marvel of the world. And thus the productive capacity of the American becomes multiplied many times and the crude materials that nature supplies are rap idly converted into such, finished forms as the world needs and their value is multiplied many times, and all this adds to the volume of our national wealth. There is no coun try in the world which has within the past half century so equipped itself with machinery for the rapid conversion of raw materials into other and more valuable forms than this, and the result is that this is rapidly becoming the great work shop of the world. And yet with all this wonderful progress there are people who are not content but must reach across the oceans to ap propriate territory which will make us poorer instead of richer. THE ANTI-TRUST LAW. As the public generally is inter ested in the anti-trust law passed by the Legislature, we herewith pre-, bent the full text as we find it pub lished in the jRaleigh News and Ob server: The General Assembly of North Car olina do enact: Section 1. Any corobration organ ized under the laws of this or any other State or country for transacting or conducting any kind of business in this State or any partnership or in dividual or "other association of per sons whatsoever who shall create, en ter into, become a member of or a party to any pool, trust, agree ment, combination, confederation or understanding with any other corpora tion, partnership, individual or other persons to regulate or fix the - price of any -article of merchandise or com modity, or shall enter into, become a member of or a party to any dooI. agreement, contract, combination or confederation to fix or limit the amount or quantity of any article, commodity -or merchandise to be manufactured. mined, produced or sold in this State shall be deemed and adjudged -guilty of a conspiracy to defraud, and be sub ject to penalties as provided in this act. ec. 55. it snail not be lawful for any corporation to issue or to own trust certificates, or for any corpora tion, agent, officer or employe or the directors or stockholders of anv cor poration to enter into any combina tion, contract or agreement with any person or persons, corporation or cor- S orations, or with any stockholder or irector thereof, the purpose and ef- ioii ui niuuu uuuiuuiaiiion, contract or agreement shall be to place the man agement or contract of such a combi nation or the manufactured product thereof in the hands of any trustee or trustees with the intent to linuYor fix tne price or lessen the production and sale of any article of commerce, use or consumption, or to prevent, restrict or diminish the manufacture or out put of any such article, provided that nothing herein contained shall affect the present investments of charitable or educational institutions. "Sec. 3. Any corporation or com pany, individual, firm or association violating any of the provisions of this act shall forfeit $100 . for each day it shall continue to do so, to be recovered by an action in the name of the State at the relation of the Solicitor; moneys thus recovered to go into the revenue of the county in which the cause ac crues. "Sec. 4. Any contract or agreement in violation of any provision of the preceding sections of this act shall be absolutely void-; "Sec. 5. Any corporation created or" organized ty or under the laws of this Diaie, wnicn snail violate any pro vision of the preceding sections of this act shall thereby forfeit its corporate rights and franchises, and its corporate existence shall upon proper proof be ing made in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State be by the court declared forfeited, void and of non-effect, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court to certify the decree thereof to the Secretary of State, who shall take notice and be governed " thereby as to the corporate papers of said corporation. "Sec. 6. This act shall not annlv to agricultural products while in the hands of the producer, nor to the lum per interests of the State: neither shall it prevent cotton or woollen mills from regulating the amount of their output H! xi . . . . ur oeuiug- me same inrougn an agent. Sec. 7. In anv indictment or infor mation for any offence named in this act it snail be sufficient to state the purpose and effects of the trust or combination, and that the accused was a member of. acted with, or in pursu- Tina sf 14- nil i. . y mwiuui giving ms name or wwcnpuou, or now or where it wo act ln Seedings under this act H shall be sufficient to nmv w terin cotion, as herein de- I all members belonging to it or . pro ducing or Drovinfir any articles - of -agreement or any written instrument on which it may nave oeen oaseu ur that it was evidenced by any written Instrument at all, and a preponderance of evidence shall be sufficient to a u thor:ze a verdict and judgment for the State. .- . i, " -- . . ; : "Sec. 9. In all suits instituted under this act to forfeit charters or corpora tions where a judgment or forfeiture is obtained and the cause is not ap pealed to the Supreme Court, the Su perior Court shal allow-the Solicitor or prosecuting attorney prosecuting the suit a fee of not less than $100 nor more than $500, to be paid out of the assets of said corporation, provided that in case such cause is appealed to tbe Supreme Court andjhe judgment of forfeiture affirmed the Attorney General shall be entitled to one half of the fee so allowedby the Superior Court for his services in prosecuting said case in the appellate court' "Sec. 10. That this act shall not ap ply to any wholesale or retail mer chant or jobber doing business in this State who is not a party to or inter ested in a trust, nor shall it apply to any fishing, trucking or canning in dustry in this State; nor to any per sons, firms or corporations engaged thereiu. But no person or firm shall be deemed to be the agent of a trust because of the sale of trust manufac tured goods or products when the said person or firm buys said goods or pro ducts and sells the same as his or its own property. - "Sec. 11. That I all laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 'Sec 12. That I this act shall be in force from and after its ratification." r. :. SOURING ON REED, ' There are a good many Republi cans, especially in the West, -who have soured on Hon. Thomas Brack ell Reed, since he has so stubbornly refused to permit himself to be whipped in to approving and sup porting the.administration policies, growing out of the war with Spain. A good many of them would lie to Bee him disciplined, and taken down a notch or two, to make him more pliant and ruly, j and it is said they are planning to j beat him for the Speakership of the next House of Representatives It is further said that the administration is co-opera ting in this, and will throw "its in fluence for Mr. ! Sherman, of New York, or Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, both of whom are aspirants for that position. j" Reed hasn't made any pretence of concealing his antipathy to much of the administration programme, nor bis contempt for some of the statesmen who are most active and conspicuous in i supporting it. The fact is Tom Reed has an idea that he is a bigger man than any of them, and that he could run the Presi dency a good deal better than Mr. McKinley, without calling on Mark Hanna for. any advice or assistance. That's Tom Reed's opinion, whether others agree with him or not, and that is . why he occasionally indulges in sarcastic flings that show the trend of his thoughts.! But they" will have a lively time when they begin to spar with Tom, who is a heavy-weight, quite spry, and a famous hard-hitter. They may knock him out, but if they do he will give them trouble when he is down. Speaking of Tom's capacity to worry folks, the Washington cor respondent of the Philadelphia Times says : ' "If McKinley makes Tom Reed disturber of the peace, he will regret it, for Reed can make more trouble on the floor of the House than any aggre gation of ten other Representatives. And the more disturbance there may be, the happier Reed will be during the political melee." With a war iq the Philippines, and a racket with Tom Beed simultane ously the admiristration would have its hands full sure enough. It. had, therefore, better close up the Philip pine business before it tackles the heavy weight from Maine. SPIRITS (TURPENTINE. Kinston Free Press: The New River Inn Hotel at the mouth of New River, Onslow county, was blown by last Tuesday's storm. The hotel was owned by men from the State of New York, who came there every summer to hunt and fish. It could accommodate about fifty people and Greensboro Rpxnrl: A anlid car load of chickens passed through v a mruugu ireigni over tner south ern last evening, lis destination be ins' Washina'ton. Th fai Tiro a twa. vided with eight "decks," or floors, eacn Deing about a foot or more above the lower one ona. thus on it in r 4 Via fowls ample room to stand up and move arouna. Lumberton Rnhp.snni'n'n.r An. son Floyd, a negro who lives near Rochester, was placed in jail Monday night charged with raping a 16 year kju gin vuuubj varuiicuaei, ounuay evening. j Dr. J. P. Brown told us Monday that there were fifty new tobacco barns within two miles square of Union XVit.v -"J i vbwio bug J.XA51. OttoCU acreage in tobacco in that section will ue mil a nunarea per cent. Raleigh JVeios and Observers Tom Smith the r-v "M" Auicua young white man named Cawthorn au cm ine tnroat of a white man named Winfrev at HaIthi loaf ri,; mas, and who wbs brought here and wiaceu m waKe jail to prevent his being lynched, was Tuesday taken from jail here and carried to Smith field county. Smith wiU be arraigned for murder at the present term of Johnston court, which began Mon day, j Wilksboro Chronicle: The "Kentucky feud" up in Union town ship occupied a considerable portion of the court's time. Bowlins on the one "side and Wyatts on the other seems to be the leaders of the feud. This conflict has been going v on for many years, and about two years ago Jorday.Wyatt lost his life in one of the encounters. Since then it seems that the women have taken the lead, and have had some very spirited and enlivened pitched battles with rocks. According to testimony before the court, it would take a census expert with plenty of assistants to make an estimate of the number of rocks thrown by the contestants within the lsst two years. And we suppose the good work is still goingj oh. Bow the T'!R Kind Yob Haw Always Blgnatua CURRENT COMMENT. , CMen may think as " they please aboutwealthand poverty, but if human, hearts : could be' unveiled there would be : misery enougif; dis-closed-in the millionaire hovels of the rich and whole vaults of unalloyed happiness in the nickelaire palaces as the ; poor. Louisville Dispatch, Imperialism has made En gland's greatest year for revenue re ceipts her greatest deficit year, also, and has made the Government; so des erate that it is talking of resort to the "rotten financial expedient" of suspending payments to the sink ing f upd. But we resorted to . that expedient six ye,ars ago, and Mr. Gage talks about it as cheerfully as if it were surplus, revenue., New York Tofld, Dem. - Cecil Rhodes has been talk ing to the German Emperor, and, while there seems to be no mystery about his purpose,' as it was frankly to interest the Kaiser in Mr. Rhodes' great scheme for a "Cape to Cairo" railway, there is no telling what his persuasive tongue may have ac complished, perhaps all unwittingly to its owner. William is a man of vivid fancy, and if the South Afri can wizard has stirred his imagina tion too strongly, he may insist in interesting himself in Africa more deeply than suits the plans of his fellow potentates; in which case much trouble may arise. Phila delphia Ledger, Ind. : . ' TWINKLINGS. She "Hamlet is a ulav for all time." He "Yes, it will never give up the ghost." Punch. Miss Beatttigirl "Doesn't a man's second love usually differ from his first love?" Aunt Broadhead "Yes; she generally has more money." Puck. ! . ,. Rather Lucky: Visitor "What do you think of your new little sister, Edith?" Edith (aged five) "I fink it was a dood fing mamma was here to take care of her when she came." ! "Dont you-think, Mrs. Spitely, that this hat is a little two gay for a matronly woman like me?" "Not at all, my dear. You know that you're years younger than you look." Tit- Bits. . j . : :.!..'. ! Not a First-Row Man: She "The poet Campbell couldn't have been bald-headed, anyway." He "Why?" She "He wrote, Distance lends enchantment to the view,' didn't he?" . . . , . .!. j Singleton "Have you ever ex perienced the supreme joy that comes from finding in your pocket a dollar that you didnt know you had?" Benedict "No; but my wife has upon several occasions." "Colonel, you swear positively that your regiment never received a pound of embalmed beef in Cuba. How is it possible for you to be abso lutely certain?" "Because my regi ment never got farther than Tampa, sir." Detroit Free Press. I There was a disagreement, and the mother undertook to straighten things out. "Why can't you play nicely ?" she asked. " 'Cause he wants to boss things." answered the younger. "He wants me to play I'm President of the United States." "Well, whv don't you?" " 'Cause it's my turn to be Dewey." Chicago Evening Fost. Lese Maieste It was the shank of "the- evening in Berlin. "Good eveninc. Herr Police Offit.r " said the citizen. "Come with me." was the policeman's answer. "Den- nerwetter! Was ist Ins?" arVmI thn' astonished citizen. "You that it is evening assumed have, when the Emneror not dinpri hna -ret tlnuilir " Indianapolis Journal. DON QUIXOTE'S BIRTHPLACE The VUlago of Argamasilla, a Picturesque ' and Primitive Spot. Before us tho village of Argaraasilla, "birthplace of Don Quixote" the guide book says nnblushingly, revealed more and more distinctly, its white houses nestled under the trees. The purple Sierras, dreamy sentinels of the plains, stood on the extreme border of the hori zon. Above -it all wonderfully shaped clouds made against the azure back ground an exquisite mosaic of translu cent tones. j We entered the pueblo with crackling whip. Not a soul was to be seen until the solitary slouchy figure of the inn keeper emerged from "under the mat covering the door of tbe posada "Al Parador del Carmen, Casa Gregorio." Gregorio, hardly able to repress his as tonishment at the unusual eight of a guest, looked at the horses and said nothing. But the driver kindly ven tured an introduction. "He is for you, Gregorio. " "Yes," I added, "and for some time, I hope, Don Gregorio, if I may have a bed in yonr house." A "don" well placed never fails to please a Spaniard, even if he be that most in dependent and despotic of beings, an innkeeper of low order. "Of course, senor, and why not?" and upon these slight preliminaries I followed Gregorio under the straw curtain. My first look at the Parador del Car men did my Quixote self good, for it was the most picturesque place imagina ble. Here at last I had plunged from civilization and nineetenth century to the condition of ancient days and ap ' parently reached bottom. "Apparently" ; is said advisedly, for later on I was to see infinitely more primitive scenes. : However, this first sensation at passing from the glare to that smelly purplish interior, comfortless, but plentiful of dirt, was intense. August P. Jaccaci in Scribner's. Not Courting. "Do you court an investigation?" In quired the interviewer. ' "Well," said Senator Sorghum slowly, "I don't exactly like the phrase. " I'm wllUn to meet an investigation if circum stances make it necessary. - But I ain't taakin love to It. "Washington Star-. , Tkey Do It Sometimes. The Spinster Man I shall never marry any one. The Bachelor Maid But perhaps some one will marry you. Detroit Free Press. The outfit of an oyster tongs man 's canoe consists of a pair of rakes, a pair of tongs, a pair of nippers, a cutting board, several culling hammers, a couple of half bushel -baskets and an iron half busheL The triangular bridge at Croyland, Lin colnshire, is the oldest bridge in England and one of the greatest curiosities. - Trust (nose who have tried. - I suffered from catarrh of the worst kind and never hoped for cure, but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do even that. Oscar Ostrom, 45 Warren Ave., Chicago, I1L I suffered from catarrh; it got so bad I could not work;1 1 used Ely's Cream Balm and am entirely welL A. C. Clarke, 341 Shawmut Aye., Boston, Mass. . , A 10c. trial size or the 50c. size of Ely's Cream Balm will be mailed. Kept by druggists. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St, N. Y. AD VANCE IN SURGERY HOW IT DIFFERS tiOW FROM WHAT tt WA8 FIFTY YEARS AGO. 1 i The Horror of the Kiiife Up to tbe Pis- '1 eovery of Anesstliesla Sanger M weu of ,. u Fall . In the Operation First tfre of - Ethejr fcy Dr. William T.'o. Morton ; One of the most interesting ' papers read at the celebration in Boston; Of the fiftieth anniversary of the first adminis tration of ether in a surgical operation, says the Philadelphia Record, was that by Dr. John Ashhurst of this city on "Surgery Before the Days of Anaesthet ics. " It vividly recalls the horrors of those days when the surgeon te knife was an objeot of far greater terror than, now and inflicted untold tortures upon I the conscious patient. ! v V j; J "S , "A study of the condition of surgery before the days of anesthesia, "said Dr. Ashhurst, "reveals on the one hand a picture of heroio boldness and masterly self control on the part of the surgeon, and on the other a ghastly panorama, sometimes of stoic fortitude and 'endur ance, sometimes of abject terror and hu miliation but always of agonizing wretchedness and pain on the part of the unhappy victim who required; the surgeon'&aid. , ' 'The 'pitilessness' whioh Ceious urged as an essential, trait in the operativej sur geon was, before the days of anaesthesia, a feature in the surgeon's career Which impressed very strongly the publio; gen erally as well as those immediately con nected with the operation. It is inter esting to recall that Sir James Simpson of Edinburgh, shortly after beginning his professional studies, was bo affected by 'seeing the terrible agony of a poor Highland woman under amputation of the breast' that he ; resolved to abandon a medical career and seek other occupa tion. Happily his intention was recon sidered, and he returned to his studies, asking himself; 'Can anything be done to make operations less painful?''and, as every one knows, in less than 20 years he became a high priest of anaes thesia and the introducer into surgical and obstetrical practice of ether's' great rival, chloroform. : jf "No braver or more gallant gentle man ever lived than 'Admiral Viscount Nelson, and after his right elbow had been shattered by a French bullet in the assault at Tenerife he manifested the utmost courage, refusing to be taken to the nearest ship lest the sight of his in jury should alarm the wife of a fellow officer whose own fate was uncertain, and when his own ship was reached he climbed up its side without assistance, saying: 'Tell the surgeon to make haste and get his instruments. I know I inust lose my right arm, so the sooner itj s off VSb better.' -He underwent the amputa tion, ' we learn from a private letter of one of his midshipmen, 'with tbe same firmness and courage that have always marked his character. ' And yeti0 pain fully was he affected by the coldness of the operator's knife that when' next go ing into action at the famous Rattle of the Nile he gave standing orders! to his surgeons that hot water should always be kept in readiness during an; engage ment, so that if another operation should be required he might at least have the poor comfort of being cut with warm instruments. j ' . j jf "On the side of the surgeon ye find throughout the ages a constant effort to. diminish the terrors of operations and a continuous reprobation of the distress ful, not to say cruel, modes of prac tice adopted by preceding generations. And yet the time is not very fair distant from ours when they lopped off a limb by striking it violently with a heavy knife; that time when they knew nei ther how to stop nor how toj prevent hemorrhage but by burning the j pari; whence the blood jetted with boiling oil or the redhot iron; that time when sur geons armed themselves at every mo ment with pinchers, with burning cau teries and with instruments the; reprer sentations even of which cause) terror. "But the presence of pain was not the only evil dreaded by our predecessors in attempting important operations The great risk of fatal accident from some in voluntary movement of the patient was constantly present to the mind of the conscientious surgeon. 'How often,!' says Dr. Valentine Mott, 'when operating in some deep, dark wound, along the j course of some great vein, with thin Walls al ternately distended and flaccid with the vital current how. often have J dreaded that some unfortunate struggle bf the patient would deviate the knife a little from its proper course and that I, who fain would be the deliverer, should in voluntarily become the executioner, see ing my patient perish in my hands by the most appalling form of death!! Had he been insensible I should have felt no alarm.' . . - ; .f- ; "Coming down to the days more im mediately preceding the date of the great discovery, we find that bpium and alcohol were the only agents Which con tinued to be regarded as of practical value in diminishing the pain, bf opera tions, though the attendant disadvan tages of their employment were of bourse recognized. Meanwhile Tacts jrere accu mulating the significance of which we now plainly recognize, but which ex oited no attention. j jt "Sir Humphry Davy, inthej early dayB of the nineteenth century suggest ed the use of nitrous oxide gas as an anaesthetic in minor operations, and it was the custom at some of our medical sohools at the University of (Pennsyl vania, for one for students to breathe .'laughing gas, ' as it was then called, for diversion. But yet and yet sur geons wenf on, in every country, putting and burning, and patients went on writhing and screaming, until on the 16th day of October, in the yeat 1846, in the Massachusetts General hospital, Dr. John C. Warren painlessly removed a tumor from a man who had previously been etherized by Dr. Williajnf T. G. Morton, and surgical anaesthesia be came the priceless heritage of j the civi lized world." 8 I Ni,.: 1 , . Unpleasant Choice.! J A Traveler through southern swamps learns many things from his guide cau tion among the rest. - ; . One man, noticing that his guide tap ped with his foot eaoh hollow llog and . stump in a certain pathway before step ping on or past it, Inquired the reason. "Looking out for snakes," Was! the,re' PIT. -: .-' - "What kind of snakes?';, asked the trav eler, with an unpleasant sensation, along his spine. j "Moccasins," returned the guide. "What makes you walk on the logs or so olose to them, then?" demanded the un easy traveler. ... "Why don't we walk off there, v? here the ground is solid?!! "Well.'you can try it," said the guide, launohing a vigorous klok at a stump and then mounting it. "You moughtn't sink below yer waist, and then ag'in you mought." Youth's Companion. Relief In Six Hours, j - Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis eases relieved in six hours by "New Great South 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. Believes retension of water almost immediately. If -you want quick relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold by R R. Beixamt, Druggist, Wilmington, N. C, corner Front and Market streets. I I t TO CURE HEADACHES, Simple Remedies That Wfll Brine Speedy Belief to Sufferers. "A hot bath, a stroll in the fresh air, shampooing the head in weak soda war ter or a timely nap in a cooi quiet fvroom wiH sometimes stop , a nervous headache, " writes lir. ts. a . tierncjs xu. Ladies' Home Journal. 'When over fatigued from shopping or sightseeing, a sponge dipped in very hot water and pressed repeatedly Over the back of the neck between the ears will be found ex ceedingly refreshing, especially if tho face and temples are afterward subjected to the same treatment. - Neuraliga is caused not only by cold air, but by acid ity of the .stomach', starved nerves, im perfect teeth or by indolence combined with a too generous diet Heat is the "best and quickest cure for this distress ing pain. A hot flatiron, passed rapidly and deftly over several folds of. flannel laid on the affected spot, will often give relief in less than ten minutes without the aid of medicine. Hot fomentations are of equal value, though when the skin is very tender it is more advisable to use dry heat, nothing being better for the purpose than bags of : heated salt, flour or sand, which retain warmth for a long time. Cold water, applied: by the finger tips to the nerves in front of Xthe ear, has been known to dispel neuralgic pains like magic When caused by acid ity, a dose of charcoal or soda will usu ally act as a corrective, Sick headache is accompanied by bilious symptoms, and attacks usually come on when the person is overtired or below par physio ally. This is-a disease of the first half of life and often stops of its own accord after middle age. A careful diet is im perative in every case, sweetmeats and pastry being especially pernicious. "Eating heartily when very tired, late dinners, eating irregularly, insuffi cient mastication or too much animal food, especially in the spring or during the hot weather, is a frequent cause of indigestion, causing headaohes by reflex action." "Out of Order." The famillarcryof "Order, order!" was once ruled "out of order" by Mr. Speaker Peel. On April 16, 1885, Mr. Arthur O'Connor was speaking on a motion re lating to the postofflce, and as members generally were not paying attention to his remarks his colleague, Mr. T. M. Healy, endeavored to recall the wandering thoughts of the house by persistent cries of "Order, order!" "The honorable and learned member should not be so demonstrative in his re marks," said the speaker. "Am I to understand that it is out of order to cry 'Order!' in this house?" asked Mr. Healy. "The tone and the way in which the honorable member expresses himself are out of order. " answered the speaker. . "In that case" said Mr. Healy, but the speaker pulled him up sharply with the reproof: "The honorable member is not in order in addressing the chair In that way. If the honorable member continues, I shall have to take notioe of his interrup tion." Nineteenth Century. ror we'r Plfty Years. Mbs. Winslow' SooTHDfa Sybup has been used for over fifty years by 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 diately. Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other.- , t Bean the Signature of -Ins Kir.1: Vaa have Always BougM WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. EeV The following quotations represent wnoiesaie races generally, in max in g ; small orders hlsher prices have to be charge The quotations are always given as accurately as possible, but the Stab will not be responsible for any variations from the actual market price oi tne articles auotea. i BAGGING 2 lb Jute Standard WESTERN SMOKED & Hams w To . Sides B.. 18 12M & 8 Shoulders fi 6 DRY SALTED Sides 9 Shoulders 8 D BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each New New York, each......'. New City, each . 1 10 & 1 20 120 & S3 00 a 7 00 00 14 00 BELSWAi W ID BRICKS Wilmington V M. ...... Northern BUTTER f North Carolina Northern. CORN MEAL -13 M 20 23 51 63 52 & 55 75 & 80 18 25 8 11 10H tOi & 11 10 -42 16 8 10 70 14 16 Per bushel, in sacks . Vlrsrlnla Meal COTTON TIES V bundle KiAMUUlOi V ID epenn. Adamantine'. CHEESE S lb- Northern Factory. . . , uairy uream state....... COFFEE f) B Jjaguyra... Bio DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, 9 yard. Yarns $1 bunch of 5 lbs ... . EGGS S dozen. . . . . FISH Mackerel, No. I, V barrel. . . Mackerel, No. 1, half-bbl. Mackerel, No. 2, w barrel... Mackerel, No. 2 half-bbl.. MackereL No. 3, & barrel.:. Mullets, barrel . Mullets, wpork barrel N. C. Roe Herring, keg.. Dry Cod, lb ....:..... " Extra FLOUR p lb Low grade Choice - Straight.... First Patent GLUE ft GRAIN S bushel Corn, from store,bgs White Car-load, In bgs White... - Oats, from store , Oats, Rustproof.. 30 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 14 00 t4 00 8 00 3 25 10 4 GO 3 50 8 75 4 25 5 00 8 00 50 53 155 50 40 45 45 55 65 cow Peas HIDES lb Green salted Dry flint.... Drvsalt ..... HAY 9 100 lbs Clover Hay. Rice Straw. Eastern...... 50 40 4& 6 10 9 75 45 75 75 75 1 .....J. Western , North River HOOP IRON, V lb.......... LARD, lb Northern ,.i North Carolina .". LIME, V barrel 1 LUMBER (city sawed) p M ft Ship Stuff, resawed. 18 Rough edge Plank . . . . t. . . . 15 West India cargoes, accord- - tag to quality 13 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 5 7 6 10 15 1 25 00 20 00 00 18 00 18 00 23 00 15 00 6 50 O 8 00 10 00 10 50 Common mill Fair null Prime mill ........ ... ...... ' Extra mill. MOLASSES V gallon Barbadoes, In hegshead Barbadoes, in barrels. ...... Porto Rlco,tln hogsheads. . . . Porto Rico, In barrels. . ...... Sugar House, In hogsheads. Sugar House, In barrels. .. . Syrup, In barrels. NAILS, keg, Cut, 60d basis... ruttii-, v oarrei Cltv Mess Rump.. Prime , ROPE. lb... .. 1 SALT, $ sack. Alum.. Mvurxiooi American On 125 w Sacks v.i...... SHINGLES, 7-inch, per M; Common .....i Cypress Saps.... I. SUGAR, ft Standard Gran'd Standard A White Extra C.....r..i. Extra C, Golden C, Yellow I SOAP, lb-Northern. STAVfeg, M-w. o. barrel! R0. Hogshead. ?SftSPJi t-6MppingV. - Mill, Fair Common Mill. Inferior fn nnKnom 5x24 Heart " Ran.. 6x24 Heart.......' TAT.T-nw fp NoaSofc' WOOL, per Unwashed?! '. '. '. '. , COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. " STAB OFFICE, ""March 15. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market steady at 44 cts per pillon tor machine-made casks and 43 cents per gallon for country casks. ' per obi tar stramea uu .w v good strainea. - nn ; ; TAR Market firm at $1.00 per bbi of 280 lbs. - .;.: CRUDE TUKJTJSJN AAXNUi. Juaru.ck o 41 m twi barrel tor nara. $2.40 for Dip and $2.40 for Virgin.. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, nothing doing; rosin, steady, $1.25, $1.30;. to steady, $1.00; crude turpentine quiet at $l.ou, REOKIPTS. Spirits Turpentine . . .". 81 K"::::.:::::::::::::-vr I? Crude Turpentine ........... Receipts same day last year. 36 casks spirits turpentine, 533 bbls rosin, 254 bbls tar, 4 bbls crude turpentine. farkfit firm on a basis of 6 cents per pound for middling. Quotations: Urdinary .......... o v-v via -vtl" Oood Ordinary. .. .-v. 4 15-16 " ' . Low Middling 5 9-16 ' Middling o Good JMiddliDg o ,.. o-x? - ; Same day last year middling 5Mc Receipts 85 bales; same day last year, 434. ..v""-:-.- ' OOUNTBT PRODUCE. . PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 55 to 60c per bushel of 28 pounds: extra prime, 65c fancy, 70c. Virginia Extra prime, 65c ; fancy, 60c ; Spanish, 8090c. ' CORN Firm: 45 to 47K cents per bushel, - 1 . ROUGH RICE Lowland (Ude 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,7cj sides, 7 to 8c. v SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $1160 to 2.25'. six-iuch. $2.25 to 3.25; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. - TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 9.50 per M ' ' FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Mornlns Starr. New York. March 15. Money on call was firm at 3 5-per cent, last 'oan being at 314 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 344 per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at 4855 485 for demand and 483JC483 for sixty days. Posted rates 484485and 486487. Commercial bills 482 J 483 Silver certificates nominal at 59l60i. Bar silver . 59. Mexi can dollars 47K. Government bonds strong. State bonds weak. Railroad bonds irregular. U. S. 3's, 107X ; U. S. new 4's. readstered 128 : do. coupon. 128 ; U. 3. 4's 111& ; do. coupon, 113; do. 2's, 99J; U. S. 5's, registered, 112; do. 5's coupon," 112; N. C. 6's 130 b; do. 4's, 104 b; Southern Railway 5's 105. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 69; Chesapeake & Ohio 26X; Man hattan L 105; Y. Central 131 ; Keading z6 ; do. 1st preferred 65 ; t. Paul 126 ; do. preferred 170 ; South ern Railway 12& ; do. preferred 48; i American .Tobacco 213; do. prefer red 147; People's Gas 114; Sugar 140; do. preferred 120; T. C. & Iron 46 3 ; U. S. Leather 6; do.; preferred 7U; western union 84. NAVAL STORESARKETS. By Telegraph to the Mornlnie Star, New York, March 15. Rosin firm; strained common to good $1 35. Spirits turpentine steady at 4747jc . Charleston, March 15. Spirits tur pentine firm at44Xc; no sales. . . Rosin steady and unchanged; no sales. Savannah, March 15. Spirits tur pentine firm at 44c; sales 125 casks; receipts 128 casks. Rosin firm and unchanged; sales 156 barrels: receipts 3,116 barrels. ' COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, March 15. Without showing special activity the market for cotton ruled generally firm all day. The loss sustained yesterday was. recovered within the first few minutes, and a further gain was scored later in the morning on a small rush of shorts to cover, together with moderate buying in the delive ries by foreign representatives, inspired by unf avorahle news from the cotton belt and unmistftkn W Atri)sna nt better feeling in speculative circles abroad. In ' the afternoon, however, interest in the market fell off to a narrow seal Din iw business n-rATtf. of the close, when the usual spurt of ac- 1 A 1 m, uvuy uccurrea. xne opemng was Steadv. with nrio.es rn a f n throo minfi higher, and almost immediately the ieau was increasea to a matter of nve to ten points. The close was steady at a net erain of four tr fi nnint An advance of one to two points in f u- A 1 1 'm tures ana sales ot i?,uuu pales spot cot ton at well sustained nnVps in tho T.iw. ernnnl mAi-Vnt in-Antr hart haWUir en tered into the calculations of shorts at tne close last night nor had widespread precipitation in the cotton belt hppn anticipated. . , New York. Marrn ik quiet ; middling uplands 6 7-16c, Cotton futures market cIosatJ staaAv T March 6.14c, April 6. 15, May 6.17c, June 6.19c, July 6.22c, August 6.21c, Sep tember 6.14C. OfitohAl" R 1 if MrtTra,v, ka. 6.12c, December 6.14c; January 6.17c. .ojiui vutbun ciosea ami and l-16c higher: middling unlanda R v.iR.mij- dlmg gulf 6 ll-16c; no sales. Jet receipts 210 bales; gross re ceipts 7.460 bains hs1oo ui stock 126,358 bales. ' Total to-day Net receipts 22 775 exports to the Continent 5,510 bales! stock 750,879 bales. ' - Consolidated Net receipts 63 123 bales; exports to Great Britain 7,168 ""'i pvris u ranee xu,4Vl bales exports to the Continent 22,125 bales' lotal since Sentemhni- it. "nt " 53li2 bales; exports toGreat iiwuii o,yoo,oou Dales; exports to France R4R Qfli hoU. . - : . . Continept 2869, baleX - e. marcn is.-Galveston, quiet at 6c, net receipts 3,818 bales; Nor Ki qSleilat 6 ecnet receipts 911 bales; Baltimore, nominal at 6&c net receipts - bales; Boston quSt a 'ffrern t41 5 Wilmini fiim 6 t receipts 85 bales- Ssftl at 6 A:1 net rt: aftf rece&9ae8l t o t ,r vr u u ai osc, net receipts 636 bales; Memphis, Steady at 6e at fi2TPt? 3' Augtste,tteady tl6!1?484 balesTcharles7- , "ujr a ocnei receipts 21 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning star. c.n "-Flour wasi TtsrNafir1 andT6ut, weak' in r t' Ped included : No. 2 red March closed 80 V April closed 75c; May closed 7ii Corn Spot steady ; No. 2, 4143SX; options opened barely steady and most t Iks Aatr llla1 nnmf V,. cl "'OS! West and big export purchases-. nW? steadv at uncnangea, prices: MaC closed : Jaav closed in. -, . closed 40c. Oats-Spot dull I Nnu,y S2c; options dull. Lard ' n,. Western -steam $5 60; March U fis nominal; refined steadv. Pork dull Butter steady; Western creamerv i- Z0c; ao. factory I814c: Eio.;.,: ifl:.- imitation creamerv israi'rl State dairv 14ai9. i V - f 4vvOVj UPTYl State large white 12c. Petroleum dnii" Potatoes steady; JSew York ii 2' sweets $2 003 00. Cotton Jra dull; prime crude 21c. Rice stpariJ Cabbage steady at $4 0010 00 per 100 ' Peanuts strong. Coffee Spot Rj voice 6 3-16c; No. 7 jobbing 6 11 1." mild steady; Cordova 814c. Sufar: Uawsteaay out inactive; fair refiuia 3c; centrifugal 96 test.n- lasses, sugar 3Mc; refined steadVnr,,! less active, . Chicago. March 15. Th the protracted dry spell together with the contradiction of crop damage, weakened wheat to- d ana aiay ciosea ai a aecune of 5 (air. Corn lost ic and oats Octec. on UDcnanera ana iara and riKc. nt 1 I l , . 'l shade higher. . - Chicago. March 15. n-ik ...:;. iions: Flour quit and unchano..,) Wheat spnnsr eC. 369c; No. 3 swin '. - xho. a ooooc. uais ino. 2, freer,., board. 2626c: No. 2 whi'b 9qi.J 30c; No. 3 white 28K29Kc- PoriT per bbl, $9 009 05. Lard, p;H- W fts. $5 25 5 27K. Short rib aid, h.-il $4 454 75. Dry salted shoulders U$ (&kHift. -oaon ciear sides baxel $4 854 95. Whiskey Distillers' a-,; ished goods, per gallon, $1 26. lows opening, hiehest lowr-si closing: Wheat No. 2, Iky G$Kti 70, 70X, 69K69, 6969c; Jull 6969M, 69, 68, 68c. Cor.-4 May 3535, 3535X, 31, 35Ci SeDtember 361. 3&H. "SfiK. Sfii, Oats No. 2 May 26, 26, 2t2itfti Pork, per barrel-M- $915, 9 20, 9 12, 9 17; July 9 g f 9 35, 9 27, 9 35. Lard, per 100 1W Mav $5 371. 540. 35. 5 40:.Tnlir ki 5 55. 5 47J. 5 52 : Sentmh?.. mi 5 67K, 5 62K, 5 67- Ribs, per 100 M May $4 70,4 75, 4 70, 475 ; July U 82i 487K, 4 82, 487;S3Ptember $497' 500, 4 97, 500. ' Baltimore, March 15. Flour du'l and unchanged. Wheat , dull ant; and easy Spot 7474?c; March 74K74c; April 747fic; May.75i' 75fic. Southern wheat by samplt 7075jc. Corn stead y-4-spot o7A S7c March 37X37c; April 37K 37c; May 3838c. Southern white and yellow corn S7aS8c. Oa dull; No. 2 white 3o35c. Lettuda steady at $5.a555.50 per bushf box. FOREIGN By Cable to the Morni tH-ir. iTVEBPOm. Marnh IS i P M V i ton Spot, good business done; prices steady. American middling 3d. Tba sales of the day were 12,000 bales. (,( which 1,000 were for speculation end export and included 11,400 bak'.-i American. Receipts 25,100 bales, ail "American,. . j Futures opened quiet with a mode rate demand and closed steady at " tli'i advance. American middling (1. m'. c.) : March 3 22-64d buyer; March a(jd April 322-64dbuyer; April and Mav 3 22 643 22-64d seller; AJay and Ju. 3 22-643 23-64d buyer; Juno and July 3 23-64d buyer; July, and Au gust 3 23-643 24-64d value; Augufji and September 3 23 64d buver; Sefj tember and .October 3 22-643 23 64d buyer; October and November a 22 6 U value; November and December; S 21-643 22-64d buyer; December and January 3 2l-643 22-64d buyer; January and February 3 2M51d seller. - . . . . "i i ; ! : ARRIVED. ' Schr B I Hazard, 37,3 tons, blatch ford,' New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. ; Schr Fred R Tialann 9.19. inna Sanri yer, New York, Geo Harriss. Son oc vo. CLEARED. : Stmr Frank Sessoms. Ward. Fav- etteT nie, James Madden . MARINE DIRECTORY. List of Vessels Itt lie Pri of 11 . mlnston, N. C, raarch 16, 1899. SCHOONERS; Fred B Balano, 242 tons, Sawyer, Geo Harriss. Hnn Ho i I - B I Hazard, 373 tons, Blatchford, 5eo Harriss, Son & Co. M R Cuza, 259 tons, Wallace, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. , Chas D Hall, 375 tons. Lowe, 'Geo Eva May, 116 tons, Wallace, Geo Har- 1 USB, iduu cx JJ. - j Cora M, Mitchell, Geo Harris?, S & Co. on Kofer Moore, 277 tons, Small, J 1 Wm T Parker, Lynch, Geo Harriss, ' STEAMSHIPS. Venetia (Br) 2,333 tons, :. MacDoueLr BARQUES. - Burkley, 610 tons, Bonneau, Gavassa TriumphCNor), 537 tons, Clarsen, Solid (Swed), Wedin, 507 tons, Heide or. Co. i i. Me (Nor). 680 tons, Hansen, lie! de For any kind of GOOD SHOES Call on us. Wft ftftn fTAnaMn..-u ..' . - ' .... ous enstomer. n wa n?csf' rasf4G1 Be snre ana sea the "JEN NESS MILLER" ! ! ' . . fii.au , Be.sure and seethe DUTTENhofers s.oo Be sure and see the DUTTENHOFERS ,2.50 Ba sure ana see the DUTTENHOFERS i z.vu tealsT8 shoef ,e BEAsov nirJSx1?? number of beautiful li BOD WBlma slBy ubh iioa parj 1-1 a ''VXlXbiliBVp j : ' " -""A -, -''' ;"..; j :' .- . ' - s -- closed weak at lc neUowsatet MERCER & EVANS.
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