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Tributes. of Re spect, Resolutions of Thanks, &c, are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly In advance. At this rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announce ment of Marriage or Death. Advertisements Inserted once a week In Daily will be charged $r.00 per square for each Inser tion. EverjTother day, three-fourths of daily ' rate. Twice a week, two-thirds of dally rate, i Contract advertisers will not be allowed to exceed their space or advertise anything foreign to their rt-vcular business without extra charge at transitu rates. , , t . , " i..J Advertisements kept under the head of New Advertisements" will De charged fifty per cent, extra. ' Advertisements to follow reading matter, or to occupy any special place, will be charged extra according to the position desired. -t BY I WILLIAM H. BERNARD. ' ' ' WILMINGTON. N. C Saturday Morning, May 27. NOT MUCH REFORM IN THIS. That ' currency committee which met at Atlantic City some time ago has elaborated a plan which it will present to the Senate Finance Com mittee. The following are the es sential points of the suggested plan; "The redemption of all obligations of the Government in gold on demand. "Greenbacks, when once redeemed for gold, to be reissued only for gold. "Permitting National banks to issue notes to the par value of their Gov ernment bonds deposited in the Trea sury, instead of 90 per cent., as at present . ' j "Permitting the minimum capital of National banks to be $25,000, instead of . $50, 000, as at presents j This is a sort of milk and water report which endeavors to steer be ;ween the advocates of retiring the jppenbacks and those who are op j)sed to that and to steer between I the banks and the people who de mand a currency reform that will give an ample volume of currency for which the people will not be de pendent upon the central banks. The committee originated nothing, for there is no point in its plan which has not been more or less the subject of discussion at bankers' meetings and by the press. There is no law requiring the redemption of the Government's obligations in gold, but that has bas been the prac tice' since ex-Secretary Foster ".in jstructed the sub-treasuries to re deem greenbacks , in gold, if gold was demanded. The suggestion in reference to , greenbacks is simply whipping tho devil around the stump, and endeav-" orihg to accomplish by indirection what would not be attempted di rectly, for political reasons. We say by indirection, for it leaves the question of re-is3uing the green backs altogether with the banks and the Secretary of the Treasury. There are abot 1346,000,000 of greenbacks in circulation or in the Treasury or bant vaults. There i3 said to te about $600,000,000 of gold coin in the country. If the . banks which are anxious to see the greenbacks retired could con trol one-half the gold coin in the country they could practi cally put the greenbacks in a corner where . they would never see the light again. The law as it Btands now requires the Treasury to re-issue the redeemed greenbacks. There is nothing optional in it.' The committee's report would do away with the mandatory requirement, , and only require an exchange of ' greenbacks for gold. The whole ( business and the fate of the green 1 back is thus put in the hands of the banks, which are interested in lock ing up the greenbacks, and the Sec retary of the Treasury, who is much more apt to be under the influence of the banks than mder the influ ence of the people, who are inter ested in keeping the greenbacks in i circulation. 'I "What is there to prevent the strong banks from gathering in the greenbacks and turning them into 'the Treasury, taking in exchange therefor gold? And .there! they i would let the greenbacks remain, adding to them from time to time as they came into, hand. They might drain the Treasury of gold by this operation, but that would be right in their hands, for if the Government j were forced to issue bonds to keep up the gold reserve the banks would take the bonds and make money out of them. With the greenbacks thna locked up the banks would have con ! trol of all the note circulation. To provide against reducing the paper money to an injuriously low figure this committee would permit j the banks to issue notes to the par value of the bonds deposited in the Treasury, but this ia simply a privi lege given to the bankers without re quiring ; them to issue any more notes or to keep any specified amount in circulation. As it Is to I their interest to dteep the volurne of j currency small enough to make the demand for it active they will keep it down when they can give any plausible pretext. The last suggestion, reducing the minimum capital from $50, 000. to to $25,000, is a sort ol concession to the demand for State banks, and a scheme for the more equable distri- bution of the currency, but practi cally it would not amount to much, for there would bo very few more banks started under that scheme. The national banks are entirely too much restricted , in the matter of loaning money to be of much service I to the masses of people who need I money or have occasion to borrow it, and the banks can now make about as much profit out of their notes as they Jcould by establishing more banks in the smaller towns for whose benefit this suggestion is ap parently made. But the whole scheme is in the interest of the gold men and the banks, and lacks a gotfd deal of being the currency reform which the masses of the people and the business interests of the country demand. There is a scarcity ot paper money in the country now, and yet this committee recommends that when the greenbacks find their way into the treasury it must take gold to get them out again, knowing full well that gold will not be used for that purpose unless there should be such an extraordinary demand for papier money as . to make it profit able to do that. : ' J The committee has entirely ig nored the recommendations of the Secretary of the Treasury provid ing for the issuing of notes on other securities than United States hdnds. That looked like taking the -monopoly away from the national banks, which seems to have had their hands ' on this committee, which has elab orated a so-called plan which i3 as far from what is needed a3 chalk is from cheese for a hungry man. THE BOW AH COPPER MINES. We have been much interested in the reported discoveries of metallic copper in Rowan county, concern ing which such sensational reports were published a short while ago, and we have been watching the Salisbury papers for further de velopments. They have had so lit tle to say about them since the or ganization of several companies, representing in the aggregate some $10,000,000 or $11,000,000, that we had begun to fear that there might be some exaggeration ' in the re ports, j The following, which we clip from the Charlotte Neios of Wed nesday, is the latest we have seen in reference to them and this is good enough: Uapt. . iLu Liinton is back from a visit to Salisbury and Rowan county. He tells us this-morning that the fabulous wealth of the Union copper mines that has been heralded over the country has not been in the least exaggerated. "The mine is located about fifteen miles from Salisbury, and the entire surrounding country is wild with excitement over, the bright prospects in store for those connected with the enterprise. "Near the Union mine istheHoney cutt and the Old Field mines. These, it seems, are connected by a rich vein of ore. The main vein in the Union mine is from 100 to 150 feet Wide. An expert has just left the mine and he states that the ore is as good or better than the product of the well known Calumet and Hecla mines of Michi gan, which have produced in round numbers $54,000,000 worth of ore since their discovery. "Capt. Linton states that nine shafts are now being sunk at the Union mine and that the weekly pay-roll amounts to $20,000. He was shown a piece of ore yesterday from this mine that measured' four feet long, two feet wide and was from one-quarter of an inch to two inches in thickness. "The News' informant says that the great find of copper has had the effect of brightening up business in and around Salisbury. The people are talking nothing but cOpper and copper mines and the town of Salisbury is filled wish mining prospectors, who come to see for themselves." A LOOMING PERSONALITY. The prophetic organs which have been predicting that Wm. J. Bryan would be relegated and become a back number stand discredited if there be anything in popular demon strations or in the popular enthusi asm with which he is greeted every where he appears, and in every sec tion: of the eountry. Without any of the glamour of war achievements to give him prestige he fills a place in the public eye that no other ci vilian holds and is as warmly greet ed now as he was ; three years ago, when, as the brilliant tribune of the people countless thousands flocked to hear him and he stirred this country as it was never stirred be fore, stirred it not because he was marvellously eloquent, but because he was of the people and pleaded for them. So to-day he is greeted, and thou sands' go to hear him as they did then, hail him with an ardor that speaks the intensity of their trust and admiration, and do him honors only such as people do to those they trust and deem worthy of them. No man of ordinary mould could have stood the test he has, and retained in defeat the strong hold he has on the masses of the people. Kansas is preparing to test the endurance of Funston's regiment When it comes home it will be met at the State border and tooted and blowed and fed, &c, in every town along the way to the capital, where the climax will be capped, and by that time the boys will probably wish they had remained in the Philippines or got shot. iBMi 1 . ..,1 --.-s... ...!'- '. T- Vr-:'.: :--V. ; I UVING IK THE KLONDIKE There was a big fire in the city of Dawson recently, and some of the papers are cracking jokes at the. es timate of $4,000,000 damages. But a house in Dawson City is a house, and a stock of goods is a stock of goods. Both represent a good deal of money compared with what they would represent in this part of the world. As an illustration of this we quote the following figures as to prices in the Klondike mining re- r,on iaat winter, as reported by the United States Department of La bor, which we find in the New York Journal of Commerce and Commer cial Bulletin: 'During the winter, however, whis key was $40 to $75 a gallon, and coal oil was $40 a gallon. A good deal of flour - was sold at from $50 to $150 a sack, and the price touched $180, while beef and mutton lasted through the winter and were sold for a collar a a pound, and moose meat was not much more, jj irewooa was usutuiy u a cord, but was occasionally nearly twice that. Nails were $5 a pound, and as soon as navigation opened oranges and lemons were sold at $1.50 and apples at a dollar. A 2 pound can of butter wa3 worth $10, and a can of tomatoes was worth $3. "At the beginning of spring, after whiskey had been selling for $1 a drink, a trader got 2,000 gallons to the camps, and in an hour sold his cargo at $45 a gallon. A couple of traders who carried about ten tons of assorted merchandise into the camp sold the lot to local dealers for $65,000 and cleared $48,000." Some traders lost their stocks and others arrived after the demand had been supplied and lost heavily. At the dance halls there was a good demand for champagne at $40 a quart.. A leading saloon was opened in March and took in $15,000 in the first three days and averaged over $2,000 a day from April 1st, to June 27th. A Yale lock sold for $6 and a pair of door butts for $16. Rough lumber sawed in the camp cost $150 a thousand feet. Six hundred dollars per thousand feet had been paid before the ice broke up for hauling lumber to the vicinity of Dawson. On June 1 the Alaska Com mercial Company and North America Trading and Transportation Company agreed on a pries list in which flour figured at $16 per hundred pounds, bacon at 50 cents a pound and ham higher, ' canned sausage $1 a can, shovels and axes $4 each, nails 25 cents a pound,coal oil $8 for a 5-gallon can, rubber boots $20 a pair and whis key $25 a gallon. It is apparent from this that the fellow who ventures into these parts -m i u 4 r i as a fortune pursuer must be pretty well heeled or will soon find himself in a rough row of stumps if he does not hit the stuff or find a job Here i3 an illustration of mullum in parvo. It is some: advice The Medical Record gives to doctors, but it seems to us it would be good for general use: "Drink less, breathe more; eat less, chew more; ride les3, walk more; clothe less, bathe more; worry less, work more; waste less, give more; write less, read more; pi'each less, practice more." SPIRITS TURPENTINE Durham Sun: Upon our table was laid to day a seedless cucumber that weighed two pounds and three ounces, 1 and was twenty-four inches in length. It beats anything we have ever seen in this line. j i i !:.'" : I i I Mount Airy Neios: . The con tinued heavy rains of last Winter and Spring seems to have cemented the land solid as a brick. It is. unusually hard to cultivate uplands this year, and much bottom land is still in poor fix for the time of year. The gardens about town are hard and "crusty.": - i Wadesboro Messenqer-Intelligence: jThe barn and stables of Mr. J. T. Porter, of LUesville township, were burned Wednesday night about 11 o'clock. Two mules and a cow and calf perished in the ; flames. Two wagons; 75 bushels of peas and a lot rough feed were also burned. The fire is ! thought to be of incendiary origin, j i -i - , j j ' Oxford Ledser: The miserable cur dog is in evidence in Granville county .j One night last week the dogs made a raid on the fine flock of sheep of CoLi Roger Gregory, at Stovall, killing ! thirty-five and bit up eight so" seriously that they will probably die, thus almost wiping Out in one night one of the finest flock of sheep in the county : 1 ; Monroe Journal: Tom Potts, a negro, of Sandy Ridge township, was committed to jail Saturday on a charge of attempted assault on a five year old negro girL A move ment is on foot for the purpose of es tablishing a cotton seed oil mill here this summer. The men who are at the head of the movement are ones who generally carry their undertakings to success, and if they get the co opera tion which they expect, a mill will be ready to begin work next fall. j Weldon News: Mr. Jesse D. Pittard, who . lives near Aurelian Springs, while ploughing in his field, a few days ago, had the good fortune to plow up two beautiful, old gold coins, i more than 100 years old. One of the gold coins is nearly as large as a twenty dollar gold piece, of American make, but not quite as thick. It is dated 1773 and has on one side Joseph I-D-G. Et. Algrex. On the reverse side is a coat of arms, but no wording. The other piece is about a five dollar size and is dated 1715. It has a lot of curious wording on each side. On one side appears Brun. et Ldex S. R. Ruil Ath. Et. El. On the other ia Georgus, D'G. M. M. Fr. Et. Hibrex, Fd. u j i Revi John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont., recommended Ely's Cream Balm i to me. I can emphasize his statement, "It is a positive cure for catarrh, if used as directed." Rev. Francis W . - Poole, Pastor : Central Presbyterian Church, Helena, Mont. After usiNa Ely's Cream Balm six weeks, I believe myself cured of ca ar rh.-Joseph Stewart, Grand ave nue, Buffalo, N. Y. A 10c trial size or the 50c size of Ely's Cream Balm will be mailed. Kept by druggists. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren street. New York. . ; .t trot over wmr Tears. Mrs. Winslow' Soothing Syrup has been used for oyer fifty years by mil lions ot mothers . for their children while teethinsr. with -perfect success. It soothes, the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind dolic, 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. - n TWINKL1NOS. Inquiring Boy (to his mother) 'Ma, what did the moths eat before Adam and Eve wore clothes f" Har per's Bazar. "T aaa re-n narra ft hirrh Tftnp.fi MI each side of your back yard." "Yes ; they raise chickens on one &iae or. me, aw si Kawb sin 4 Vt A Af Vl Ct "To : what do you attribute 'Swellman's failure in life? , Didn't he aim high enough?'? "Oh, yes; but he didn't nave the ammunition nPuck. Book Agent "Is the lady of the house in?" H Cook "We're all ladies hero, yez monkey-faced divil I If yez mane th' mishtress, say so!" Puck. -j . "I'll be glad when I get big enough to wash j my own face,1' said little Willie, as I his mother finished the operation. 'fWhy so, dear?" she asked. '"Cause! then I won't wash it," replied the precocious youth. Mrs. Porcine "What a lovely rainbow that is!' Mrs. - Chipbeef "Do tou think ,so?" Mrs. Porcine-r "Why, don't you ?" Mrs. Chipbeef "Ob, I dare say it's, all very well, but the colors are too loud for my taste.' Life. L ' j i - i- . Visitor (in St. Louis) "They told me in in Chicago' that I would And this town I distressingly quiet. The roar of traffic here is something tremendous." Native (listening with sooie uneasinessj "I'm afraid that's another tornado." "I don't like this milk," said four-year old Mabel at the breakfast" table one morning. "Why, my dear, what's the matter with it?" asked her mother. "It tastes like the milkman had been eating the onions,'' replied the small epicure. ) A! Boston-1 Boy Could Not Lady Visitor "Would you not give the biggest half of your candy to your sister?"; Little ! Ralph Waldo "I would not " Lady Visitor "Why not?" Little Ralph Waldo "Because two halves of j the same whole are equal." Pack, j ! CURRENT COMMENT. The Buffalo strike is esti mated to be inflicting a loss of $1, 000,000 a day upon Chicago. Prob ably the bulk of that loss is borne by Chicago Workingmen. Such is the lesson of most strikes.--Zvew York Tribune, Rep - Gen. Wade Hampton's friends and admirers!, which classification takein practically the entire popula tion of South j Carolina, seem disin clinedjto regard as final his refusal to accept from them a residence to take the place of the one recently burned near Columbia. It is prob able that the house will be built any way, and the general win oe so warmly urged! to take it that he cannot well refuse. Savanah News, ' Bern. !"". ; J. j , Should Alger resign as Sec retary of War in order to run for United States Senator, it would mean one of wo things either that' he had etery confidence in his ability to beat McMillan or that he had been forced out of the : Cabinet and adopted this device to break his fall. The latter seems much the more reasonable hypothesis, but it is to be. noted that he has not resigned yet. Philadelphia Ledger, Ind. j RnmlltatitiBr a Ri vaX. It is not a mooted question in Persia whether women dress for the eyes of men or those of women, ae there only women see women, at parties. In her book, "Through Persia on a Sidesad dle," Miss Sykes. writing of the women of Teheran, the capitul of Persia, con fesses that even Mohammedan isolation flees not prevent women from being envious of other women, if they are dressed better; than themselvea She . writes ' -I ! I was told that many of the fine ladies would give large sums in the European shops of Teherqn for any brocade of silk which struck their fancy and would wear it at the next party to which they invited their friends, flaunting the new toilet ostentatiously before them to fire their jealousy . j Usually, however, one of the guests would pay her hostess out by buying some more of the same material and having it made up foi one of her slave women She then would invite a large company to tea. and the cups would be handed round by a n egress adorned in the rich silks with which .the former hostess is arrayed. . j Later on the slave would dance before the guests. The great lady, who had been invited to be mortified, would be both disappointed and humiliated. The Jady who had given the party would be pleased at vexing the rival. : I Food In Siberia.1 So hard is food frozen in" Siberia dur ing the winter that carcasses of sheep can only be divided by ax and saw. Fish caught through! holes in the Ice freeze while : they jump. Eggs are as hard as nintsL I have carried them in a sack over my horse's back. The rivers of Siberia abound with ex cellent fish, among these a beautiful kind of grayling and the incomparable sterlet, quite the most delicious fish I know. While descending the Yenisei we caught a gigantic sturgeon, yield ing many poods of coarse black caviare, a dainty highly esteemed. Sturgeon cutlets, with wild chervil for flavoring, are delicious. Quails and dabchicks are a favorite broil for ; second breakfast. The bread I found dark, hard and sour, but sustaining. A great deal of vodki is drunk, but it is both perilous and nauseous on account of the fusel oil it contains. Kwass in summer time is re freshingly acid, and, drunk from a small oaken bowl, it is better than cider. Tea ia taken at every meal, but is very weak. Brick tea is detestable. The stamped bricks are used as money till they are worn and dirty. They are then made into a kind of broth. All sorts, of abominations are flung into it The Khirgis have an insatiable appetite for brew "thick and slab." impossible to western palates. 1 I j QUARTERLY MEETINGS. M. E. Church, Sooth, Wilmington District Scott's H1U, at Prospect, May 27. Wilmington, Fifth (street, 11 A. M., June 4. Wllmlnfrton, Market Street, nlgbt, Jane 4. MagnollaProvidence, Jane 10-11. Borrow, Herring's Chapel, Jane 17-18. South port, (District Conference), Jane 21-25. Brunswick, SnaUotte, July 8-9. - . Waccamaw. Zlon,July 16-16. I WhltevUle, Fair Blaff, July 18. i i &. V. BTJMPA8. Presiding Klder. Relief in Six Hours. . Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis eases relieved in six hours by "New Great South American Kidney Cure." I it is a great surprise on account oi its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back, in male or female, i Believes retention of water almost immediately. If you want quick renei and cure tnis is tne remedy. Sold by B, B. BelIiAXT, Druggist. Wilmington, N. C, corner. Front and juarsret streets. t A NATURAL BRIDGE. One I GroivlnB Across the Pacific Alonar tbe Aleutian Islajvds. " A natural bridge across tbe Pacific from America to Asia is In course of construction, and it will some day be completed and open for business, so to speak. ; This remarkable prediction is madeon the authority of Professor W. J. McGee. who is probably the ablest scientist in the employ of the govern ment. " ' "Portions of it are already finished, ' said Professor McG-ee." "and for its completion it requires only to be sup plemented by some portions that are as yet missing, but which must be added by a date not far off. "If you will look at any map of the world, vou will find tho bridge I speak of indicated by the line of the Aleutian chain, which extends from southwest ern Alaska westward in a curve bear ing somewhat toward the vsouth. This chain, supplemented by certain Rus sian islands, which, physiographically speaking, form part of the same system, is the southjrn boundary of Bering eea. The line of islands extends clear across from Alaska to the Asiatic side, with many gaps between, which, as I have stated, remain yet to be filled in before the bridge is finished. "The best possible reasons exist lor knowing that they must be filled in and that the land bridge between our terri tory and Asia will be made complete. It is a certainty entirely beyond dispute that the islands of the Aleutian cnain are steadily rising. In fact, a gradual folding up of that part of the earth's crust is taking place, and the line of the fold is represented by the Aleutian islands and the Russian islands, which continue the system across to Kamchat ka. 1 "Thus tbe territorial expansion of the United States is progressing by nat ural as well as through political means. It is progressing in a, northwesterly di rection, owing to geological causes, the dry land of western Alaska gaining steadily on the sea. In other words, the west coast of Uncle Sam s arctic prov ince is advancing toward the Asiatic shore.' . H "The cause of . it all is the Yukon river, which, from the interior of Alas ka, is continually bringing down to the coast enormous quantities of detritus and depositing it offshore. The Yukon of course is one of the greatest streams in the world, and at the same time it is one of the most active in this particu lar line. The detritus of which I speak does exactly what is accomplished in cities where the refuse dumps eventual ly form great areas of new ground for the extension of streets and the founda tions of houses. "In a word, it is a ; landmaker, and in the way I describe it has added thousands of square miles to the Alas kan territory. It has built the whole of the immense Yukon delta and has made the waters offshore so shallow that even small vessels can hardly get within sight of the coast Necessarily before many years have elapsed these shallows will be converted in their turn into dry land by the continous outpour of ma terial from the river. " : Lincoln ud Major White. Major Clement B. White of Selma, Ala., the only surviving brother-in-law of Abraham Lincoln, was an officer of the Alabama state guard at the out break of the war. and under orders of the executive of the state took part with his command in the capture of Fort Morgan, Mobile bay, before Ala bama had formally seceded from the Union. When it was reported to President Lincoln that his brother-in-law had per formed this daring exploit against the national authority, on being asked what he would do about it, he replied, "Well, I suppose I shall have to hang White when we catch him. Major White later performed many distinguished military and civil services for the Confederacy. The Washington Elm. The historic ; Washington elm, in Cambridge, Mass.. beneath whose branches General Washington took command of the Continental army, is rapidly decaying, and the Cambridge park commissioners say that it will J3 impossible to save it more than a lew years longer A short time ago workmen went ever the tree and cut off a considerable amount of dead wood, and there is not very much left to keep alive. It is in tended to make a thorough overhauling of the tree in the spring and to do ev erything possible to preserve it i i Called Hl Superior a. I.lar. It is recalled that General Miles is not the only commander of the army who has been called a liar by a subordi nate. Ninety years ago General Win- field Scott, who was then a captain in the army, was tried by court martial for having said at a public table that he never saw but two traitors Gen erals Wilkinson and Burr and that General Wilkinson was a liar and. a scoundrel. He was found guilty and was suspended for a year. j Those Fine Old Indian Names. , The state of Washington would be known to fame for its names if not for its mines, mountains, farms, fruits and harbors. The legislature ' is now peti tioned to change the name of Oilman, King county, to lssequah. That is a pretty good attempt at something un usual, but it will have to fight for fame along .with ' Snoqualmie, Snohomish, Skokomish, Steilacoom, Squak. Skagit, Bkookumchuck and Tumwater. Taco- ma Ledger. : j Helen Irvins's Trasle Death. j The tragic story of the beautiful and talented Scottish woman. Helen Irving is not, perhaps, well known, although it has been celebrated in song. She had been for some time courted by two gen tlemen whose names were Bell and Fleeming. Bell told the girl that if he ever found her in Fleeming's company he would kill him She, however, had a strong regard for Fleeming, and one day; while walking along the romantic banks of the Kirtle. she observed his rival on the other side of the river among the bushes. , Conscious of tbe danger her lover was in, she passed between him and his enemy, who. ; firing, shot ! her dead. Fleeming crossed the river and killed the coward. A heap of stones was raised on the place where the brave woman fell, and she Was buried in the near churchyard, i Fleeming; overwhelmed with love and grief, went abroad, but soon returned and, stretching himself on her grave, expired. He was buried by her side A Deadly Weapon. i in an affidavit taken before a Missis sippi justice of the. peace, on which a con viction for assault and battery was sus tained, cne amant aeoiareci that the aooused "did willfully assault and strike him with a deadly weapon to wit, 'a tobaoeo box in pursuance of chapter 29 of the anno tated oodo of 1893. Against the peace and dignity of state of Mississippi." Case ana uommene. v-' Cam otTele". ffm thf "nme of telegrams' the hostess selects a word of nine or ten let- tora nnd not tno manv vowels, and eacn guest writes it down. "Now, each One is to compose a telegrapme message con taining as , many words as mere are let ters in the chosen word, and each word in the message must begin with a letter in the - chosen worcl. using tnem in or der. Ten minutes ard allowed for com position, and when the messages are read aloua prizes may De given ior me best ones, as one for the funniest mes sage, one for the most sensible one, eta At one party tne wora -regaraiess . was chosen, and the prize went to the sender of this grewsome message T?T,t, iVJwnrrl. crrandmotherand Kose drowned last evening;; send stretcher. ' Another time the prize message Was composed from the word "gentleman"' and read thus; j "Grandma eloped northern train last evening;- married a; : native. Ana a close second was : ! '. "Get eight new teeth: leave eight more at Ncra'a" , l ; Mme. Sembrich's Choice of a Name. Mme. Sembrlch tells an interesting story of the evolution of her name. "Mt father s surname. she says, 'was Kocbanska, and I thought tnere were too many k'sl in it for a prima donna, so I took my mother's maiden name, Sembrich. when I wen. on the stage. My full-name Was Paxede Mar rfilline Kochanska.'and. thinking my middle name would prove less of a pro- nunciation puzzle to people ouisiae my own Galicia than Paxede I decided to give it preference. So I finally became Marcella Sembricn.; uut tnac was a long time after I began to study music ' However, I can scarcely remember the time when I was not studying music At 4 I was playing' the piano. At 6 I took up the violin, j Within two years I was playing witn my ratner in con certs. I continued to study these instru-" ments until I was I5r and then I dis covered I had a voice. Soon afterward I went to Milan and commenced study ing under Lamperti. .. ASK YOTJK ATARRH DRVGGISt for a generous 10 CENT COLD TRIAL SIZE. tin Ely's Cream Bali contains no cocaine, mercury nor any oth er Injurious drag. it is qnicuy aosorDea ItoDens and cleanses rTH nll'j HFii IS the Nasal Passages. V" 1 Allays Inflammation. Heals ana Protects the Membrane. Restores the Senses of Taste ana smell. Price so cents at urnggBw or vy man, Trial Size, 10 cents by mall. rartmm?D . l 68 Warren street, New York, ,; Secretary se 1 iy tatnsa WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. tar- The roilowlne Quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making np small orders higher prices nave to be charged. Th nnntAMnm urn fi.rwa.vH mven as accurately as possible, bnt the Stab will not be responsible for any variations from the actual market price of the articles Quoted. BAGGING ?! . 2 Jute.. J. . Standard ; --. a is ia & mi 8 6M CM 6 6 WESTERN SMOKED Hams ' Sides Shoulders? X...w. ......... DRY SALTED Bides x Shoulders V Si BARBELS Spirits Turpentine secona-nana, eacn.. New New York, each New City, each BEESWAX V S ...r.i BRICKS . Wilmington V . s Northern 5 00 9 00 & 7 00 14 00 BUTTER North Carolina V Northern i2a 20 CORN MEAL Per bushel, in sacKS Virginia Meal ........... COTTON TEES V bundle CANDLES V ft ; sperm Adamantine ...... .....n... 8 e & & 13 CHEESE V - Northern Factory Dairy cream u 1M state COFFEE V L Laguyra Rio DOMESTICS - Sheeting, 4-4, V yard Yarns. V bunch of 5 lbs ... EGGS V dozen.......... EJSH ii & jnacKerei, no. l, v oarrei . . Mackerel. No. 1. half-bbl S3 00 11 00 30 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 14 00 4 00 8 00 3 25 10 4 60 3 50 3 75 4 25 5 00 8K Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... 16 00 Mackerel, No. a half-bbl. . 8 oo Mackerel, No. 3, barrel... 13 00 Mullets, v barrel Mulletsflpork barrel. .. . N. C. Roe Herring, V keg, 2 50 5 00 S 00 & 5 & 4 35 & " .M.Tt.T Extra FLOUR V I 'it Lowgraae Choice............... & Straight... 4 00 First Patent 4 50 GLUE V .........' 4 GRAIN 9 bushel Corn, rrom store, Dea wnite so a Car-load, In bgs White... Oats, from store 40 Oats, Rust Proof... r... . Cow Peas - 65 Black Eye Peas , 1 oo a. HIDES f j ureen saiiea. . Dry flint Drv salt HAY V 100 lbs uiover iay.. Rice Straw.. Eastern Western ...... North River....,, & HOOF 1KOH. V ID... 19&1& 1 LARD, ft- . Northern .... 7 - North Carolina.. - 6 10k LIME, ) barrel 115 185 LUMBER (city sawed) V M ft Ship stun, resawed is oo so oo Rough edge Plank 15 00 16 00 West India cargoes, accord lng to quality 18 00 18 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 23 oo Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 15100 Common null ,,, 5 00 6 50 Fair mill.............. 6 50 800 Prime mill .................. 8 50 10 00 Extra mill;. ....looo a 10 so MOLASSES 9 gallon uaroaaoes, in begshead 25 Barbadoes, In barrels....... 28 Porto Rico, In hogsheads.... 27 Porto Rico, to barrels....... .- 88 Sugar House, In hogsheads. 12 . 14 Sugar House, In barrels..,. 14 15 SvruD. In barrels.... 15 a 25 NAIL8,JJ keg. Cat, COd basis. 1 fUKit, Darrei oity mess.......,. Romp Primei. " a 11 ou 10 50 10 oo 22 1 10 80 75 47 6 50 2 25 3 50 m ROPE. lb 10 a SALT, v Back, Alum. idverpooi . 75 American 70 On 125 Sacks..... &. SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per M 5 00, 1 60. S 60 596a 6 5 8)4 Common.......: Cypress Saps. GAR, V B Standard Gran'd suga: Standard A. White Extra C. Extra C, Golden Vj A V31IJ ................ SOAP, y lb Northern STAVES, M-W. O. barret . . . R. O. Hogshead. TIMBER, r M feet-Shipping.. : mm, jrtuma.. ...... ........... Mill, Fair........ Common Mill........ Inferior to ordinary.. 4 50 3 00 7 50 5 00 4 50 ,4 00 6 00 5 00 SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed V oxs4 neart 8ao..... - - 5x24 Heart..... Bftp i 6x24 Heart.... Han.. 1 ft I iLAJ VT , ID .......... 01 WHISKEY, V gallon. Northern li00 North Carolina l 00 OCT. pflr Unwashed 10 & MARINE DIRECTORY. List of . Vessels In tlie Port at wii mlngton R. C, May 37, 1899. SCHOONERS. Cora Meader, 94 tons, Meader, Geo TTamn'sa PtnTi Xr fV Jno RFell, 319 tons, Loveland. Geo xaarriss, doh qc jo. Layinia M Snow, 315 tons, Hinklev. STEAMSHIPS'. Venetia (Br) :2,333 tons, MacDougaT i BARGE. CJarrieLTyler, Jones,, 535 tons, Na- MAKES CLEANING "Many hand, make light work," ana to doea .Gold Dust Wihinr Powder. If tou are not in pouuon to employ many bands' ' myoor nouse worlc, you will be both pleased and astonished to see how much yon can do with. one pair ot willing hands by using Washing (Powder With it you can do your cleaning easier, quicker, cheaper and better than with soap or any other cleanser. -Try it and be convinced. For neatest economy buy our large package. , . THE M. K. CHICAGO ST. COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. STAR OFFICE. May 26. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 39 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 39 cents per gallon for country casks. i ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents per barrel for Strained and 95 cts for Good Strained. ' TAR. Market steady at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. i CRUDE TURPENTINE.- Mark et firm at $1.35 per barrel for Hard, $2.30 for Dip, and $2.40 for Virgin. (Quotations same aay last year. Spirits turpentine, firm at 26K 26c ; rosin, firm at 95c$L00 ; tar steady at $1.10 ; crude turpentine steady at $1.25, $1.701.80. I I RECEIPTS. I Spirits Turpentine. -I -153 Itosin.. ....V.. 258 Tar .....V.: 113 Crude Turpentine . '. . L 32 Receipts same day last year. 116 casks spirits turpentine, 405 bbls rosin, 49 bbls tar, 59 bbls crude tur pentine. cotton. ' Market quiet on a basis of 5 cts per pound for middling. ; quotations Ordinary Good Ordinary. 3 7-16 cts.?! 4 13-16'.' " 5 7-16 " " 5 i " ' Low Middling. . . . . Middlins' Good Middling.. 6X Same dav last vear middling 6 lie Receipts 17 bales: same; day last year, 63. ' , COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Extra prime. 75 to 80c per bushel f 28 pounds: fancy, 80 to 856. Virginia Extra prime. :55 to 60c; fancy, 60c; Snanish. 82 i to 85c. CORN Firm ; 50 to 52 cents per bushel. - ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to tn rmshel. N. C. BACON Steady: hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders,; 7 to 8c; sides, 7 to 8c. - i i SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps. $2.25 to 3.25 ; six-inch, $4.00 to 5.00: seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. ! TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M. FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York. Mav 26. Money on call was easy at 23 per cent., the last loan being at per cent. JFrime mercantile paper 34f per cent. Sterling exchange steady, iwith actual business in uanters duis at 4tfjs 487 for demand and 485X485& for sixty days. Posted rates 486. ana 4.88. Commercial bills were 485, Silver certificates 61 62. Bar sil ver 61. Mexican aoiiars 48 Government bonds irrearular. State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds irregu lar ;U. S. 2's, registered, 100; U. S. 3's, registered, 108; do. coupon, 108. U.S. new 4's, registeredj 130 ; do. cou pon, 130 ; U. S. old 4's, registered, do. coupon. 113 ;U.S.5's,regis- tered,113H ; do. coupon, 11 2 ; N.C. 6's 127; do. 4's, 104; Southern Railway 5's 111. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 683 : Chesapeake & Ohio 24M ; Man hattan L 109; N..Y. Central 131M', Keadmg 20 ; do. 1st preferred 55 ; St. Paul 1235 ; do. preferred 169H ; South ern Railway 11; do. preferred 51; American Tobacco 97 : do. pre ferred 141; People's Gas d.18; Sugar 154;do.preferredll6;T. C & Iron 584;U. . Leather 6; do. preferred 69X: Western Union 91X 11mm mm mm i ' . NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morntne Star. ' New York, May 26. Rosin firm. Spirits turpentine steady at 4242Jc. Charleston, May 26.rSpirits tur pentine firm at 38c; no sales. Rosin firm and unchanged ; no sales v Savannah. May 26. Spirits tur pentine firm at 40c; sales 418 casks; re ceipts 1,770 casks. Rosin firm and unchanged; sales 2,500, barrels; re ceipts 3,804 barrels. : M' ' ' COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. NEW YORK. Mav 26. Tt was an other slow day on the cotton ex change. Prom opening to close the scope of fluctuations was a Tnere fnnr points, with trading thef smallest in many weess. un the opening the market was quiet, with ' prices un changed to one point higher. Scat tered demand for shorts i sent values a point higher later in the day. At the close the market j was barely steady, with prices one 4o three net lower. f New York, i Mav i 28 rvs steady ; middling uplands 6 X e. joiion iuiures closed barely steady 1 May 5.86c, June 5.85c, July 6.88c, Au gust 5.89c, September 5.85c, October 5.89c, November 5.91c,Deccmber 5.95c, January 5.98c, February 6.01c, March o.uoc; A.prub.uoc; Snot COtton closed sfanrlTr an A changed; middling uplands 6c; mid dling gulf 6Hc ; sales 1,209 bales. Net receipts 100 bafes; gross re ceipts 789 bales; sales 1,219 bales: exports to Great Britain 324 bales exports to the Continent 5,416 bales stock 171,055 bales. J-otai to-day Net receipts 5,143 bales; exports to GreatiBritain 3,495 bales; exports to France 2,915 bales; exports to the CnntinAnt K R91 Kola! stock 700,676 bales. j; consolidated Net receipts 36,675 bales; exports to Great ' Britain 24,788 bales: exnorts tn liWnm tr ui exports to the Continent 26,518 bales. - xotai since eeptember 1st Net re I 8,0I7lc?5 exports to Great uuuuu 0,011,000 oaiej; exports to Fran r. a 717 Rno Kolac v.. i . Continent 2,587,036 bales. Jnay j,. ualveston,quiet at 5 1316c, net receipts 365 bales; Norfolk, steady at 5Zic. net receipts RXi Vuiioo. -RokY more, nominal at 6Xc, net receipts 653 - K cosron, steady at 6Xc, net receipts 66 bales; Wilmington, quiet at 5&. net reneiTifa 1T iYlVT . 1 V. . x uucgj i 1111- adelphia, quiet at 6jc, net receipts oaies; Dayannan, easy at tHc net receipts 1.016 Ka1n. Trf steady at 5c, net receipts 1,861 bes': Mobile, qmet at 5 ll-16c, net receipts rr'"?"" qmes at oc, net receipts 541 bales; Augusta, std'y li Bteaay at e a-iec net receipts 5 1 1 m in I i 1 m v ATTI 1 1 ft ' 1 FAIR BANK COMPANY LOUIS NEW YORK BOSTON New York. Mav 26. The mu, ing are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1st 1898 Galveston, 2,283,046 bales; New Or' leans, 2,144,755; Mobile, 258,305; ga. vannah, 1,059,828; Charleston, 363 418 Wilmington, 290,719; Norfolk, 643 ' 305; Baltimore, 47,964: New Ymi' 139,230; Boston; 296,661; Newport News, 19,500; Jrniladelphia, 46 GfiC- Port Arthur, 19;765; Brunswick, 250 499; Pensacola, 196,651; Port Koval 20,865. Total, 8,081,177. PRODUCE MARKETS By Tetegraph to the Mornliv.' star New York, May 26 - Float was easy on spring wheat grades aud . steady for winters, with a light trade all around. Wheat Spot weak ; No. 2 red 83 jc;k options opened weak ou -disappointing cables and although favored with a couple of sharp rallies during the day ruled generally weak under liquidation ;closed weak at l'c net decline ; No. 2 red My closed 81c; July closed 80c; SeptemW closed 89c. Corn Spot stetdy; Nu. 2 4034c; options opened weak .with wheat, rallied on covering but had a , late break under liquidation w h iou ' left themarket finally weak'at decline on all months but May, which on a light squeeze of Shorts was c higher ; sales included, May closed 39 ; July closed 38Jc; September xiused 38c. Oats Spot weaker; No. 2 3ic; options weak and lower with other grain. Lard easy ;Western steam $5 30; . refined quiet Pork stead v. PoialuKs steady; New York $100i75; Jerv sweets. $1 002 00. Cotton seed oil steady. Petroleum firm. Rice steady. Butter firm; Western creamery J5(m 18c; State dairy lZY7c. Cheese easy; large white 9Xc. Cabbare steady at $1 752 50 per barrel crate. Coffee Spot Rio dull and easy ; .mild quiet. Sugar Raw quiet and steady to tirra; refined firm. Chicago, May 26. Wheat declined to-day on profit-taking. July closed with a loss of lc. Coru declined Jc and oats. ifc. Pork lost 7i10c and lard and ribs 2&c. Chicago, May 26. Cash q notation : Flour in better demand and 15c higher. Wheat No. 2 spring 7475Xc; Nc. 3 spring 6874c: No. 2 red 7677r. Corn No.. 2 33M33Kc Oats-No. 2, 253 26c; No.2 white.free on board, 2828ic; No. 3 white, do., 2728c. Pork, per bbl, $8 008 05. Lard, per 100 as, $4 975 00. " Short rib sides, loose, $4 55 4 70. Dry salted shoul-V ders, $4 37 4 62. Short clear sides, boxed, $4 955 00. Whiskey-Distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 26. The leading futures ranged iis fo! lows opening, highest, lowest and closing: Wheat No. 2, May 74, 75; 74M, 74c; July 75X75K- K'A, 75, 75Xc; September 75, 75jg, 74 ji 75,"7575Jc. Corn May 33, 33, 32H, 32c; July 3333J, 33, Z2i, 33 ; September 3333, 33;8, as33c. Oats No. 2 May 25, 25,25M, 25Mc; July 23i, 23, 22. 22c; September 2020M, 20Ksrl 19M19c. Pork, per bbl-July $810, 812, 8 05, 8 07K; September $8 27, 8 27K, 8 20, 822K. Lard, per 100 Its July $5 05, 5 024. 5 00, 5 00 ; Septem ber $5 12 5 15, 5 12, 5 15c. Rife, per 100 lbs-July $4 62, 4 65, 4 62, 4 62 ; September $1 75, 4 77- 4 75, 4 77 J. Baltimore:, May 26. Flour finntr;. ' western superfine $2.252.40. Wheat 'dull and easier Spot 7676c; month 7676c; June 7777Mc; July 78X78Kc; August 79c askid. Southern wheat by sample 7177c. jorn easy spot 3737.i4e;- montn 3 37Xc;June3737Kc; July37K 37Xc. Southern white corn 43 'Ac. Oats dull and easv No. 3 white 33c. Lettuce unchanged. FOREIGN MARKET. By Cable to the Mornlns Star. Liverpool, May 26. The Cotloa Exchange was closed to day and il pe ciosea to-morrow. MARINE. CLEARED. Stmr A P "Hurt, Ward, Fayette ville, James Madden. Stmr E A Hawes, Black, Clear liuu, James Madden. Schr Gem, Foss, Boston, Geo Ilar- riss, Son & Co. " EXPORTS. COASTWISE. Boston Schr Gem 403.780 feet lumber, cargo by Cape Fear Lumber Co, vessel by Geo Harriss, Son & Co, SANTAL-miDY Arresta rtlscTwirgog from the nrlnary 01 gun In either sex in 48 hoars. tt la superior to Copaiba, Cubeb, orlnle tiona, and tree from all bad smell or otbsr InoonTenlenoei, S A M T A I -M 1 nvjfirw B . .... U. DMM... t IW 11 f I XI opwui, wnico Mar tne name la Diacu-- 1 wtftra. without which bom arc ceDuine. Nr.J If It's Worth Printing - the Twice-a-Week Courier-Journal: Will Print It. And Every Democrat, Every Republican, t1 Man, Woman or Child who can read win to read it. : THE TWICE-A-WEEK COUKIEK-JOUBN s a Democratic paper, of six or eight Pf. sued Wednesday and Saturday oi each The Wednesday Issue prints all the Clean and the Saturday Issue prints Stories, m. any, Poetry, all matters of special the home. It Is edited by Henry Wattersou. Price 81.00 a Year. PER . 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