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At this rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announce ment of Marriage or Death. i Advertisements inserted once a week in Daily will be charged $1.00 per square for each inser tion. Every other day, three-fourths of daily rate. Twite a week, two-thirds of dally rate. Contraca advertisers will not be allowed to exceed thfr space or advertise anything foreign I' to their regular business without extra charge . at transient rates. - AdvertLsements kept under the head of "New Advertisements" will be charged fifty per cent. extra. - : Advertisements to follow reading matter, or to occupy any special place, will be charged extra accqroing to tne position aesirea. 1 BY WlfcLIAM H. BERNARD. WILMINGTON 1 ' N. C. TuesdIy Moritik-g,"Juite 27, 1899. INDTJSTBIAL PROGRESS. . Much has been said and written about the industrial progress of the South Within the past two decades, and while it has been apparent to all but few have any conception of the:reality until the figures are pre- sented showing what has been accom plished. (The Baltimore! Manufac turers Record of last week con denses ' the whole storyj and pre- A J ' ' 1 It - ' Bents, n in Dnei.in tne tonowing in teresting table, showing the pro gress made since 1880: 1880 '20,600 5,750,000 1899 Railroad mileage...... I Cotton crop, bales Cotton consumption in 50,000 11,199,000 1,231,000 S1!,000,000 Southern mills, bales 833,886 , Capital i invested in - Southern cotton mills S-21 900,000 j Number of spindles in I Southern cotton mills 667,030 1 Grain produced, bush- -i , els..- .... 431,009,000 I Capital Invested in Southern I manufac ' taring. ..II .8257,230,000 Value olf. Southern . manufactured pro ducts. ... I , .8457,400,000 Wages paid to factory hands in South $75,900,003 Capital invested in cot- t I OoDseed oil manufac turing $3,509,000 Pig Iron produced, tons 397,000 Coal mined, tons 6,000,000 5,003,000 738,600,000 . ! 81,000,000,000 $1,500,000,000 $350,000,000 $10,000,000 2,500,000 40,000,000 This is not only a very interesting table, but it is a very suggestive one, for as it tells what Southern indus- dry and' energy have accomplished under very discouraging conditions it suggests what may be accomplish ed ufider more favorable conditions. it J should be remembered that twenty years ago the conditions were, very different from I what they are now, for' then the South had scarcely emerged from the political pandemonium and the Jmisrule of the reconstruction period, and the j; chasm ' vented between the sections "pre- anythmg like an' influx of i Northern settlers or the investment of much Northern capital. That was ope f thing the South had to 'contend against. J ; I Ifor-some years preceding that andfojr some years after ((for most of j j the time! after) even to the present, ' agriculture, the great industry of the South, was depressed to Buch an . extent that as a class ur farmers ! became despondent anc many- of them gave up hope of ever getting j ojut of jthe straits. .The turn in the tide whichbrought relief to the farmers 1 of the ' West by the advances in the J price of wheat and othe:- food stuffs brought, no relief to then, for cotton tell as1 wheat enf up until it I reached I the lowest figure ever re- corded in the cotton markets There , i is nothing in five or even seven cent cotton for the planter to exult over, but he may feel relieved if after dis posing of his crop he has escaped j the Sheriff. And yet tet ween 1880 J and this year the cotton crop more , fhan doubled, which is cloubtlessohe ; of the reasons .why the price fell off j to half what it should b i. - With fettle money coining in and j much' of , that going out it should be remembered that thh South had j little to bring in-'moAey save her ; cotton and other crop's, and that j there were few banks to borrow money from to enable the farmer to ; carry out his plans or to save his jcrop from sacrifice to meet the de- manas oi tne note holders who ad vanced him money to "make his crop,!" nor was there much bank j , money for the promoter of enter- j prises or the developer of resources to draw from, o the South had 1 all these obstacles and more to con she has -made two decades . j j tend against, and yet i , m the short space of i wu remarsaoie and marvellous -!. , record of progress To some extent, and a very great factorsembarkedthemanufac. ture of cotton m competition with Vfi, :t I iiyjyuyiu i io niicuj XV was COnS- dently predicted, by men who thought or pretended they knew, that the South could jnot succeed as a cotton manufacturer on a large scale, because it was a business that required experience large capital arid skilled labor. But the business not only succeeded butgrew: until Southern mills are nowspinning-and weaving over five times as much cot ton as they did twenty years ago, and have branched out into lines that it was predicted with assurance they could never successf ully handle. The manufacture of iron was even a greater experiment than the manufacture of cotton, for our peo Die had some experience in cotton manufacturing while they had prac tically none in the .manufacturing of iron, cut tney ventured, me dubi- r , -m 1 "I A. 1 1 - ness grew and grew to Buch propor tions that Birmingham now - makes the price of iron for the world, and is shipping steel to Pittsburg. The man who would have predicted this ten years ago would have been look ed upon as a visionary dreamer if his sanity might not have been ques tioned. And so it was more or less of an experiment in other manufacturing lines; but we have passed the exper imental stage, and the prospects were never brighter than now for continued progress, even on a great er scale than that of the past, South ern - industry and energy have achieved much, and in doing so against the obstacles with which the have had to contend, have given proof of their possibilities under more favorable conditions. NORTH CAROLINA AS A FARM ING STATE. We have frequently in these" col umns called attention to the ad vantages North Carolina presents as a farming- State, when farming is done in the right way, and have called attention to its capacity as a grain and grass grower. In Satur day's issue of the - Raleigh Post we find a letter written by a Mr. Steele, formerly of Minnesota, but recently settled in Randolph county, giving his views as to the agricultural ca pacity of that county, from which we make the following extracts: "After correspondence with parties m tne South 1 determined to visit Asheboro, N. C. I went there and was never more surprised in my life than to find such a deliehtful countrv with the land at such loworices. I looked over the whole country around mere, hence l am not speaking of one or two farms, but of Randolph county, and when I tell you that I have seldom seen nicer land 1 am not r a tins' it too high. The soil is easy to work and underlaid with a clay subsoil which makes the land susceptible of being brought up to a state of the very highest cultivation. The soil cultivated is in a. good state and pro- auces large yields oi wheat, corn, rye, oats and grasses. The finest clover I have ever seen was near Ashe- ooro. xne wooaiand, and there is plenty of it, is covered with the finest of white oak, hickory, pine, and pop- lar, and when worked produces enor mous yields of all kinds of grains and grasses. This land is all rolinp. genuy so and can oe cultivated with modern machinery, is well watered with springs of soft water and is uracil cally free from stone. The finest of fruits, grapes and vegetables, grow in abundance. With a, little care in the way of manuring and good modern plowing I hardly know how large crops mis sou would produce. i" . 'This - land, in its nresent con aition,- produces from fifteen .- to thirty bushels of wheat per acre H.very bushel can be- sold .right at nome at remunerative prices; in April it was selling at from 85 to 90 cents per bushel. Corn from fortv to sixty bushels per acre, price 50 to 60 cents per bushel. Irish notatoes. as well as sweets, grow 200 to 300 bushels per acre, selling at from 40 cents to $1 per bushel. Butter sells at 20 to 40 cents per pound : new milk from 20 to do cents per gallon." There is land in Randolph county which will yield 40 bushels of wheat to the acre, as good wlieat as grows out of the ground.. We know of land in that county the yield on which in a few years has increased from 15 to 30 bushels to the acre, and the end has not been reached vet. .Randolph wheat has taken the pre mium at several expositions, and among these the premium for jhe world at the Chicago exposition. it is a great wheat county, but not the only one in North Carolina. HARNESSING THE TALLAPOOSA. Elsewhere we have spoken 'of the establishment of electric power plants in this state, but the 'move ment is "spreading, and some of the schemes talked about are-of a colossal proportions. The latest' comes from Montgomery, Ala., reference to which is made in the following,. which we clip from the "Ralti Sun: ' . - 'According to th Mnn VAia.; jxaverttser that citv is on th eve oi an electrical revolution. It f2f .that MO 00 is to be expended, the Tallapoosa river is to be harnessed; and the power obtained is to furnish electric current to Montgomery, the value of which cannot be estimated Humce to say " -says the Advertiser, ihot it Will ...iC 2 A m . - . . SjjT every mill and fac- tory within its limits. The plant will begone of the most important in the South, as well as the most wonderful m this section of the country, for it will transmit power two miles farther J?kt in the United States east of the MiasiBsirmi tv, Niagara nlant TiT ; largest m the world, f urnishing a cur rent for 28 miles will by thisW plat, WW tAnSoS of powerwill extend a distance of sn miles.7 The Advertiser savs a NnHi. em syndicate with abundant capital is at the head of the enterprise; and that active operations on the work will begin at an early day." This trwiTl. .81 iwt hardlv ? 7 7 . ' " unuermana it i-iuB 18 an maiormfi.of 1 O UUIIUIVI) compared with the distance they can cover if them oi. mand enough for power to extend their wires. But if the Tallapoosa plant doe sidetrack Niagara it will in turn be sidetracked by the Roanoke plant if it be constructed on the plan out- nnea in tne otab oi Bundav. Tt will convey power considerably more than thirty miles. ANOTHER POWER PLANT. That wa3 interesting information given by our Raleigh corespon dent in Sunday's issue of the1' Star in reference to the establishment of an electric power plant at Roanoke rapids. Ex-Senator ! Cameron is largely interested in the water power there and being a man of wealth can. if he turns his attention in that direction, easily carry . oijt the scheme referred to by our corre spondent. With the work now in progress at i the "Narrows," on the Yadkin, the plant completed on the Yadkin from which power is transmitted to Winston-Salem, and the one on the French Broad on which work will soon begin, ' this will make the fourth, in addition to which there are others in contemplation which will in all probability materialize in a short while. . . , . The character of our streams pre sents unusual advantages for the establishment of these plants, the streams as a general . thing mov ing, with rapid current, with frequent falls which can be easily utilized for power purposes. The plants already constructed or pro jected are but the beginning of what will be a-'system embracing many and transmitting in the aggregate practically unlimited power. SPIRITS tURPENTlNE. Elizabeth City Economist: Mr. Dempsy S pence, of Camden count v. departed this life near Camden Court House Monday, aged 74 years, lie was one of that county's most esteemed and popular citizens, having held official positions in the county, to which he had been elected without opposition until he resigned. Charlotte Observer: The North Carolina Electric Companv. of Mar shall, is to begin at once on the en gineering work for its electric power plant, to be located on the French Broad river. The engineering and construction work of the plant will be , done by Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and Mr. E. M. Gibbon, which is to oe similar to the one they had charge of for the Faris Power Com pany, on 'the Yadkin river, near Win ston-Salem. --r-The Observer under stands that Mrs. Chadwick. before selling .her property east of the city to ueatn, disposed or thirtv acres loin mg the Wilkinson place to a Balti more party for a mill site. It is .the intention of the Baltimore it is understood, to erect mill. company. a $300,000 Columbus )News: We learn withMeep regret of the death of Mr. B. F. Yates, which occurred at his home iu Chadbourn township last Tuesday, after a protracted illness. He was a gallant and faithful Confede rate soldier, and lost one of his arms defending the cause he deemed just Mr. James K. Green had two fine Ked Jersey sows thatlwere cettinc into his corn field. He took a doc and caught them and brought them home ouuiuuj; tuem ap in nis lot. xnree or. MU4.4.2 4.1 I - 1 . m, lour days after thev were taken with convulsions ana aiea. mere was a continual jerking of the legs and jaws until they were dead. The dog had been bitten by a mad doer sometime be- iore, dui naa not oeen sick. The hogs were not hurt bv the dosr: he caucht them by the ear and held them until the men got hold of them. The Ques tion is, did the dogs have hydrophobia? ine aog was Kiuea. it was a remark able case. Raleigh News and Observer: People from Henderson say that some very sensational developments have grown out of the shooting affair there last Monday. R. B. Hays, the man who did the shooting, has, it is stated brought suit against E. E. Finch, the man who was shot at, for $10,000. A preliminary hearing was had Fridav evening and as a result Finch was re quired to give bond in the sum of $10, 000 for his appearance at the next term of court. The evidence broucrht out for the prosecution is said to ha n lwnn exceeaingiv sensational .-' Ronaistinr principally of the testimony of Mrs. . nays, wim whom Jtnnch was charged with bem? too intimate. Rh relations with the man began in De cember three years ago and related Lcircumstances that, if true, may cause a men iq De arrested for assault. Since then, she said, these relations had been kept up onlv bv threats of vio lence to her on Finch's part in case of exposure. Letters were produced to prove these threats. Feeling against Finch, in Henderson, is said to be very strong and further develnnmnnta i looked for. A man named Rich ardson and his wife, living about a mile and a half from Wilson's Mills, were Saturday tried before a United States Commissioner at Smithfield for retailing blockade liquor. The woman Hicau guiiiy dui protested her hus band's innocence.. The man alan de nied his guilt, but the evidence nsa 'dead against" him. so thev were hnth bound over under a $200 bond for their appearance at the next term of Federal court. . TWINKLINGS. vaster -doctor, a year ago i. ' ' T-V i you predicted that I wouldn't live inree months. You see von wpre wrong." Doctor'Never mind: 'bet ter luck next time. "-Fucfc. "There- are two men in nnr golf club that I can't get along with." "Why?" "Well, Watkins gets mad when I call him Wilkins, and Wilkins gets mad when I call him WatVina Detroit Journal. Incredible: "Franklin." Raid Jefferson, as they sat sipping cool drinks in the Patriots' Club over the river, "I see the Philadelphians have given you a statue." "So soon as this?" Queried the Philadelphia North American. - 'fIs cannibalism very common among you?" inquired the stranger apprehensively. "Common I" said the Pacific island belle as she coyly dug her toe into the sand. "Not at all. We consider it very recherche." Washington Star. -The interviewer "There is a report started,' Senator, that you are intending to retire from politics." Senator Makerox "Young man. I am not the first man whose wealth has been oyer estimated. Indinapolis Journal. Maud "Dick proposed to me last night." Ella "What did you tell him?" - "I said he had better ask mamma, and what do you think the wreicn aaiar' -tfoodness knows i" "He said he had asked her already. and she wouldn't haye him." "The minister." observed the church member, as if the idea had just occurred to him, "can . take a vacation, but Satan never takes ava cation." "True," replied the other church member, "but Satan can stand the heat a great deal better than the minister." puck. - CURRENT COMMENT. The change of commanders in the Philippines is being disc ussed. ; General Otis has probably done as well as any other man would have done with our invading army in that quarter. What we need is change of policy. instead of - a change of com manders. Atlanta. Journal, Zfem. , r- - - Russia's desire for peace is manifested hy the bargain made withan American ordinance company for 600 field guns of the rapid fire variety. "In time of peace, prepare for war."; and then war mav be avoided. Other nations take Hihe same view,' and .being prepared, war is as likely to occur as ever. Brooklyn Citizen, Dem. : i If the cries with which the Oxford students greeted Cecil Rhodes were inspired 'by popular sentiment,' as they doubtless were. the founder of Rhodesia cannot be much of a hero in the eves of the English people. They ' seem to re gard him rather as a lucky adven turer," and to hold him responsible for the trouble with the Transvaal. His reception was in sharp contrast to that given Kitchener, who was greeted with enthusiasm. Phila delphia. Ledger , Ind. j j It is ordered from the White House that the report of the Wade Court of Inquiry concerning the embalmed beef be not printed. The fact scarcely needs comment. It will be remembered, however, that the findings of the court completely exonorate Alger and Eagan and. the beef -packers, censuring nobody but uen. Miles, xsut the report includes the testimony as well as 1 the find ings, and to publish that would be what politicians call "a tactical mis take.". Y. World, Dem. APPOINTMENTS. By the Bishop of East Carolina. June 28; Wednesday. M P. 8, John's, Wakelyville. ! i June 29, Thursday. K. if., States- ville. ! ' V ,' i. June 30,! FridaySwan Quarter. July 2, Sunday, fifth after Trinity. M. P., S. George's, Hyde county. -; July 3, Monday, Hi. if., irairheld. - July 6, Thursday, E. P., Belbaven. July 9. Sunday, sixth after Trinity. M. P., S. Luke's. Washington countv. July 9, Sunday, sixth after Trinity. E. P., Advent, Roper. 1 July 12, Wednesday, M. if,, a. An drew's, Columbia. ! j July 14. Friday, consecration of church, CreswelL ! ! . July 16, Sunday, 7th after Trinity. M. P., S. Ionds, Scuppernong. T : QUARTERLY MEETINGS. M..E. Church; Sooth, Wilmington District. Bladen Circuit, French's Creek, June 30. Carver's Creek, Hebron. July 1-8. i Brunswick, Shallotte, July 8-8 Waccamaw, Zlon, July 15-16. WhitevUle, Fair BluffT July 18. : WflmirifftAii 1a rCk Tnlir 04OJ Elizabeth, Bladen Springs, July 89-30. Scott's Hill. Acorn Branca, Auirust 6-7. Jack8onviiie (and Blchlands, JacksonvlHe, Auirust 12-13. o as low, yneen's creek, August 15. Kenanevlile. Warsaw. Auirust la-so. Clinton, Goshen, Ausrust & K. F. BUM PAB, Presldlns XJder. TRADE IN .SMALL THINGS. Some Little Articles That m.i.-. . lrife Shovrlnir In Commerce. One would think that almost anv coun try could raise all the eggs its people con sume. Some of : tho largest countries, however, import an enormous number of eggs. It takt-s about a billion and n. hAl of egus everv vear to nmnlv th iJLa in Great Britain and Ireland besides kll the eggs that are produced there Fortv per cent of tho eggs consumed in the Unit ed Kingdom are brought from 20 foreign lands, including several of the British col onies, i , Germany comes next to Great Britain the largest consumer of eggs in Europe. Her imports are a little over a billion and a half a year, and she is obliged to pay 116,000,000 to $19,000,000 a vear for thn eggs she buys from other countries. The reason why Orermany does not nroduce enough eggs for her own consumption ii that the dampness of the country causes large mortality among chickens, and, be sides, large districts are occunled hv ex tensive estates, where the neasantnr iin iu villages, which prevents them from keeping a large number of hens. Japan is now usinr a irreat manr ptrcra though few are produced in the country. As they are very much cheaper in, China, the eggs Japan uses are almost all imnnrt- ed from that country. Kussia Is the largest exporter of ptrcm in, . . " oo ine number sent from that mnntrv in 1896 was 1,475,000,000. of which SO.OOO.- 000 were shipped to the United Kingdom. ne manuiacturo or matches in Ger many has become so important an Indus try that the factories -are now using every year about 6,500,000 cubic; feet -of aspen wood, of which about three-fifths is im ported from Russia. ! Bavaria alone has 28 lead nencil far-.tn. ries, which employ from 9.000 to 10.000 workmen and produce on an avRmm 4,320,000 lead pencils and cravons everv week. It is curious fact that thn German lead-pencils in all the rjuhlln offices and schools of France is forbidden bylaw. New York Sun. f . i Smokeleu Powdeh The first smokeless powder that I made in England was made in exactly the same I uuuiuer as me rrencn. a nad obtained a quantity of true gun cotton that is, trini tro cellulose (known sometimes as innnln- ble gun cotton because it cannot be dis solved in alcohol and ether like collodion cotton dinitro cellulose). I Some of t.hlo powder when freshly made produced fairlv buu. v.,u.D, uim c guuu tu tnose pro duced by the French powder, but upon keeping it for a few months the srrains lots their transparency, became Quito onannn and fibrous, and it then burned with great violence. . - Investigation showed that about 1 to 2 ; per cent of the solvent was still in thn powder when the first testa were mnria. whereas the drying out of this, last trace oi solvent had completely changed the character of the powder. I then added to this powder about 3 per cent of castor oil, with the result; 'that the castor oil re mained after the-solvent had been com pletely removed, so that the powder would keep any length of time. TUmm s Maxim in North American Review. IN ITS ADVANCED nn mn t a cold in the head is known -Nro-oi Catarrh arid is the recognized source w5er d?easeJs- Having stood the test of continued successful use, Elv's fm "recognized as a specific tor membranal diseases in the nasal passages, ajfd you make a great mis take m not resortinp- to thi ?o m your own 7-aoa t r: X size for id cente 'or thetoe foTw Warren SS" W 7 , brothers, U Wren Street, New York. Druggists ! Ir or UTr FlftT -v-m.. iSff SOOTHWO SVRTJP has been used for over fifty years by mS watSLi: cmldren theeW&S allays all pam, cures wind coUc, India TH E NEW COLONEL. Uow Grant Proved Himself to Be . 9I titer of Men. . When JCapfcvin flirjit, formerly of " the regular army, was appointed colonel of an Illinois - regiment la place of Colonel Goode, John A. Logan while escorting him to the camp said: "Colonel, the regi ment Is a little unruly. Do you think you a an manage the boys?" : "I think I can.v replied Grant. ' Logan and McClernand, two congress- -men, mode patriotic speeches, and Logan, after a two hours' oration, led' forward a quiet man . in plain citizen's clothes, say-; Ingf-: . ', "Allow me to present to you your new commander, Colonel TT.-"S. Grant.-" i "Most of . the soldiers observed him for the first time, " writes Hamlin Garland, from whoso "Life of Grant", wo have quoted. They were astonished and dis appointed. " Grant looked like a grave country doctor But ho showed that he. could manage he "unruly boys.". . There were loud calls: "Grant! Grant! A speech!") Their late colonel used to "orate" ! before them. The new colonel stepped two paces toward them and said in a clear, calm voice: "Men, go to your quarters!" ', If an 8 inch shell had exploded in their ranks, the 'boys' would not have been more surprised, but they went to their quarters. ; There was; that in the new colo nel's voice -which expressed command. : The tone was not loud, but it was given 'with a clear cut inflection which 6howed him a master of men; . That evening at dress parade, as tie step ped to the center of the regiment, wearing no uniform save a pair of gray trousers with a stripe running 'down the outside seams and an old sword the men jested in low voices about their new commander. Colonel Goode, the lato colonel, not in frequently used tho daily 'parade as on oc casion to make a speech, and the men ex pected one from Grant. The line officers advanced, apd the adjutant saluted, i "A soldier's first duty is to learn to obey his commander. I shall expect my orders to be obeyed as exactly and as instantly as if we were on the field of battle. " That ;was all he said. As the men marched back to quarters a private asked: "What do they mean by sending down a little man like him to command this regi ment? He can't pound dry sand in a straight hole. ", "Ho can't make a speech. Look at tho clothes he wears. Who is ho onyhowf" "Boys,"; retorted a sergeant, "I'll tell you who he is. He's the colonel of ; this regiment, as you'll find, and don't you forget it." , The sergeant was a prophet. The regi ment had obtained all tho liquor it wished lor. urant stopped that. A man resisted arrest. - ' r "What's the matter?" asked Grant of the officer of the day. "The man persists in bringing liquor into camp and refuses to givo it up.'V ' "Put him into the guardhouse." "He refuses to go." ; Grant stopped up to him, seized him by the collar and jerked him outside of the camp gate. "Get out of my regiment, " he said. "Youare not worth disciplining. If you come back, I'll have you shot!" A big, dangerous man named Mexico was tied up with a score of others for leaving camp without permission. "For every minute I stand here I'll have an ounce of your blood," said he to the colonel s "Gag him!" replied Grant. One by one, as the hours passed, -the other offenders were released by the offi cers of the guard. Grant released Mexico himself. The bully saw that hii colonel was his master, and the regiment began to find out that it had acoloneL Youth's Companion. i Sensible Physical Exercise. I have always been' much impressed with the facility with which tho graduate Of West Point or of Annapolis does a vari ety of things in physical exercises exer cises some of which are perhaps not always characterized by the name of athletics, al though useful not only, in physical devel opment, but as adjuncts through life. Tho man who can ride, and who can swim, and who can dance, and who can fence, and who can do other things such as are taught at West Point and Annapolis has distinct accomplishments, the attainment of which has not only . benefited him during the period of attainment, but the possession of which will continue to benefit him so lonr as ne snail navo tn use or his physical powers. J ; ! : 1 . . . ; I have Jong thought that the graduate of Harvard ought to possess physical ac complishments equivalent to, even if not identical with, those of his brothers at West Point and at Annapolis, and I am inclined to think that, unless he is a crip ple or otherwise infirm physically, it is the duty of the university to see that he does possess such before it gives him his degree. Harvard Graduates' Magazine. jj j Selling: Papers on tbe Roof. Not all the enterarisini; newsbova ara in ! the United States., The small street mer chants of Paris, when forbidden to enter the cars and omnibuses, irot over a. seririna difficulty in real Yankee fashion; It was easy enough, of course, to sell papers through tho windows to people seated in tho vehicles. -But how was it possible to , reach would - bo customers perched on the imperiales, tho seats pro vided on the roof? A -youth promptly solved the problem. He procured a stick seven or eurht feet long, with clamps fastened to the' sides. Papers were put in the clamps. On the top of the stick there was a small cup with a hole in the bottom.. u I The hole was a very important part of the apparatus, for it reached all the Way down,! and through it came the copper coins of one or two sous, according to the price Of the paper which the patron select ed when the boy held , up the stick. xouth's Companion. A Lover of Candor. ' Impecunious man I wish you would be so kind ; as to lend me a sovereign.' I'll pay you back in a few days. . Candid Friend If you had asked me for the loan in a candid and straightforward manner, I would have lent you the mon ey, but asking me in the way you did causes me to distrust you. "I don't understand you. " You asked me to be so kind as to lend you a sovereign." "Yes.'" "If you had been candid,, you would have said to me, 'Be so stupid, be such an ignominious ass, such a hopeless idiot as to lend me a sovereign, and you might have got it." Pearson's Weekly. I i- . : : ! . Beaten by tlie Testimony of Mice. A man in the Palouse country lost his ranch in a contest case because a nest con taining a large family of mice was found in his bed. It proved conclusively that he had : not occupied tho ranch according to law. Portland Oregonian. I Swift Ketrlbotlon. There was a wicked leer in Meanderinsr Mike's eye as he saw the littlo girl com ing out of the restaurant side door carry ing a small tin pail. ;-';'; 'The ideal" he exclaimed to his com rade, "of incouraging sich luxuries in de young!" ;- "It's our duty to stop it, " . was the re joinder. " ; Before th little girl could turn the cor ner the tramp loomed up, before her and exclaimed: , j , . ",I'm sorry, lady, but I couldn't see ye carryin dat pall any furder. It's agin me gallantry." , The ! little girl began to cry. Mike seized the bucket and in a moment had the bottom of It pointed toward the blue sky.i The effeqt was volcanic. Foam flew in all directions. His one ejaculation solved the mystery; i - i "Soapsuds!" ; And when the restaurant ' proprietor came out and desired to know why. his children could not blow soap' bubbles without being interfered with the victim of poetic justice had not a word to say. Washington Star. A Woman's Smile. ' . . "Steange what a little thing will turn the whole ourrent of a man's life." ' hat B 4118 ""ter now, Jones?" - - Up to 80 days ago the young lady of my choice was taking my attentions seri ously and our marriage seemed a foregone conclusion. Then I met her on thlfav nue lifted my hat, made my Sest bow f tbneh 0 coal LiT W she can't keep her face straight a minute while we're txurotr. tJL... ii?" ctiuio .free t EPOCH MAKING BOOK.; 'JHcbolaa Htckleby" and ftn Effect on :.(.:. Education In-Eisfi?ld.l"V The immense effect produced by one of ; Dickens' nofels on the-t-ducation nf Eng lish boys is pointed out by Mr. James L. Hughes in an article in The Century on "What Charles , Dickens Did . For Child hood." ' i : .r U - - Dickens made schoolmasters prominent characters in six of his books "Nicholas Nickleby,"-J'The Old Curiosity Shop," "Dombey and Son," "David Copper field, "" Our .Mutual Friend" and "Hard Times." Tho coarse brutality of, Sqtieors was offset by tho loving sympathy of the dear old schoolmaster who sheltered Little Noll. Dr. Bliiuber and Mr. Creakle, each in hisway a perfect type of wrong methods of dealing with children, Were more" than counterbalanced by Dr.- Strong. There is no page in any language- that treats of more fundamental educational principles than the page describing ; Dr. Strong's school. In "Hard Times"- the dwarfing of Louisa and Tom jBradgrind by their fa ther's falso educational ideal was .brought Into perfect relief by the unfolding of wis dom and sweetness in iSissy Jupe, who was not robbed of a real bhildhood. . , Squeers' school was described to arouse the indignation of the public against badly managed private schools, conducted by ignorant, sordid, brutal men who "traded in the avarice,- indifference or imbecility of parents and the helplessness of chil dren." He had a wider aim, however. than the overthrow off an , evil system of private schools. He caught the spirit of Henry Barnard and Horace Mann and was one of the first Englishmen to see the advantages of a national system of educa tion and the urgent need of well trained teachers by whom young minds might be guided in the first stages of their growth. The publication of "Nicholas Nickleby" freed England from the low class of private schools, aroused a widespread interest in national education and the better training of teachers and helped to reveal the funda mental principle of true discipline in home or school, that all coercion is dwarfing in its effect on character growth. There are many teachers and parents who still need to learn that even the most refined meth ods of coercion cripple i the individuality of the child and prevent the. development of its true selfhood, the divinity of its na ture. For them "Nicholas. Nickleby" is one of the best of all books. They should . read it once a year. ' A LOCAL . -, and CATARRH CLIMATIC DISEASE ; Nothing but' a local remedy or change of climate will cure it. Get a well-known specific, Ely's Cream Bain. It is quickly Absorbed. Gives relief at once. COLD M HEAD ODens and cleanses the Nasal Pawuiroui Allays Inflammation. Heals and Protects tbe Membrane. Restores tbe Senses of Taste and Smell. No Cocaine. No- Mercury. No Injuri ous drug. Price 50c. at Druggists or by mail; Trial Size 10c by mail. i i ELY BROTHERS, 50 Warren St., New Tort. ev 1 tu th aa . i - . i i 1 WHOLESALE PRICES GDRBEMf. The foDowlni? nnotationa represent taking up nuuwsaie races generally, in making nuuui uruom uutuer unces nave to oe caars reed. i ne quotations are arwaysjpven as accurately as possible, but the Stab wUlnot bs responsible for any variations from the actual market price of the articles auoted. - BAGGING 8 Jute..... Standard WESTERN SMOKtD-- Hams V Sides t It - , o 54 Shoulders 9 t ..... . DRY SALTED Bides V B Shoulders 9 t. BARRKTJV Spirits Turpentine wwmHuuia, eacQ...... .New New York, each . i . , New City, each , BEESWAX 9 ft BRICKS j 1 Wilmington 9 M. Northern BUTTER North Carolina m ft . Northern........ CORN MEAL Per bushel, in sacks . ... Virginia Meal..., COTTON TIEw Dundle.. CANDLES 9 ft : Sperm ...-.i....;.", Adamantine CHEESE 9 ft ' Northern Factory ....... Dairy Cream 1 25 1 35 1 40 1 40 5 00 9 00 7 00 & 14 00 AN 12S 15 20 23 51 55 51 55 9J 18 25 8 11 10H iix 11 ion 12 10 ! 10 5K 70 10 state , COFFEE 9 ft LAguyra. Rio..! ........-..."i DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, 9 yard. ...... Yarns, ft bunch of 5 lbs i. EGK3S 9 dozen FISH . ' Mackerel, No. l, 9 barrel. . Mackerel, No. 1, "J half-bbl Mackerel, No. 8, 9 barrel.. Mackerel, No. 2 9 half-bbl. MackereC No. 8, 9 barrel.. 22 00 11 00 16 00 8 00 13 00 3 00 5 00 8 00 5 4 35 30 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 14 00 4 00 8 00 3 25 $ 10 4 50 MuUets, pork barrel. . n. v. Koe Herrlntr. keg.. Dry Cod. ft " Extra FUOUK V Low grade . 4 00 4 50 8H 3 50 3 75 4 25 5 00 10 55 52 45 45 80 1 10 10 .9 90 60- 85 85 85 ,3 unoice.. Straight First Patent GLUE ft GRAIN 9 bushel Corn,from store.bgs White Car-load, In bgs White... uats, rrom store ..... 40 65 1 00 oats, Rust Proor Cow Peas Black Eye Peas ..... HIDES ft ft 3 ureensaitea... Dry nlnt....... Dry salt ....... HAY 100 lbs ' - Clover Hay.... Rice Straw.... Eastern Western ....... 70 40 80 80 North River..... i.. 80 HOOP IRON, 9 ft LARD, 9 ft Mortnern North Carolina LIME, W barrel LUMBER (city sawed) M ft Ship Stuff, resawed. .... . . . . Rough edge Plank..... 5 6 1 15 18 00 15 00 i 7 l sss -20 00 16 00 west inaia cargoes, accord ineto aualltv is rwi Dressed Flooring; seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 18 00 23 00 & 15100 6 50 8 00. 10 00 10 50 Common mill 5 00 6 50 8 50 10 00 Fair mill.. Prime mill Extra mill.... MOLASSES 9 crallon- Bar Dadoes, in hegshoaa..... Barbadoes, in barrels. ..... . Porto Rico, in hogsheads.... 33 Porto Rico, in barrels. . 28 Sugar House, in hogsheads. 18 25 28 SO Si 14 15 25 2 10 & & Dugar -notuse, in Darreis.... . 14 Syrup, in barrels............ 15 NAILS, keg. Cut, 60d basis. . .' a 00 FORK, V barrel City Mesa ...............19 50 Rump Prime 19 00 9 50 & i9 00 & 22 ROPE, ft..... SALT, $ sack. Alum ,10 75 70 Liverpool , & 1 10 . 80 75 4?H 6 50 2 25 3 50 American..- On 125 tt Ranka SHINGLES, 7-inch, per M. 5 00 & Common 1 60 Cypr SUGAR. press Saps. 2 50 Jt Standard Gran'd Standard A 6 5Ji 8. White Extra C, Extra C, Golden u, xeuow.. ......... SOAP, 9 B Northern. STAVES, 9 M-W. O. barrel. . . 6 00 4 a 14 09 j. j. noKaneaa. Mill, Fair .......T- Common Mill....... ..." a 10 00 a 9 00 & 1 00 6 50 & 5100 & 4 00 4 50 3 09 7 50 5 00 4 50 4 00 6 00 5 00 1100 1100 10 inrenor to ordinary. ...... SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed W M 6x24 heart.. 8:50 609 5100 550 6 60 5 50 0 9 00 00 l uajri . . . 5x24 Heart... " Bap 6x24 Heart... Bap........ ........ TALLOW, 9 J ................. . WHISKEY, gallon, Northern North Carolina............... OOL per Unwashed.. MARINE DIRECTORY. Iilat of Vessels In tbe: Poir or wij. mlnKton, N. C.i June 3T 1899. SCHOONERS. Melborne (Br) 170 tons, Matheson C C Lister, 273 tons, Robinson. Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Wm F Green. 217 tons, Jonssen Geo Harriss, Son & Co. ' 0 B I Hazard, 373 tons, Blatchford Gen Harriss, Son & Co. - ' Lizzie S James, 173 tons, Howard Gen Harriss, Son & Co, ' Helen M Atwood, 654 tons. Watts Geo Harriss. Son & Co. ' attS BARQUES. Beware of Consumers should beware of the cheap and " inferior washing powders said to be just as good as ;.-. .. -...!-.. IVashing Powder They are not there is nothing so the genuine COLD DUST for all about the house. Ask, far ftn in and insist on getting it. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, wnicago St. Louis New York commercial; WILMINGTON MARKET. - STAR OFFICE. June 26V SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothing doing. - ROSIN Market steady at 90 cts per. barrel for Strained and 95 cents for Good Strained. - , TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. - CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.35 per barrel for Hard, $2.10 for Dip, aqd $2.20 foVirgfh. Quotations, same day Aast year. v Spirits turpentine firm kt 2323c; rosfn firm at $1.001.05 tar steady at $1.30 ; crude turpentine quiet at $1.00, $1.601.70. RECEIPTS. '. Spirits turpentine. .'. .... 101 Rosin ................... ...... 233 Tar. .-. . . . . .. .. . . ; . . . 45 Crude turpentine. . . . . . . : . . . , . .1 58 Receipts same day "last year. 431 casks : spirits turpentine, 431." bbls rosin, 88 bbls tar, 33 bbls crude tur pentine. -' ; " .- COTTON. :vv' Market quiet on a basis of 5j cts per pouna ror middling. ; Quotations urainary. . Good Ordinary. .., Low Middling. Middling Good : Middling. .'. 3 7-16 cts 4 13-16 V 5 7-16 " m r ? lb same day last year middling 5 c; Receipts 0 bales; same day Jast year, 2. . i. ; . COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North CaroUna Extra prime, 75 to 80c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80 to 85c. Virginia Extra prime 55 to' 60c; fancy, 60c; Spanish, 82 to 85c. CORN Firm: 50 to 52M cents oer bushel. . ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c $1.10; upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 6- to 7c; sides, 7 to 8c. . 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 DerM. .-. FINANCIAL MARKETS. i By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York. June 26. Money on call firm at 24 per cent, the last loan being at 4 per cent. ! Prime mercantile paper 83& , per cent. Sterling exchange easier, with actual business in- bankers' bills at 4873 488 for demand and 485j486 for sixty, days. Posted rates 486K487 and 489. Commercial bills 485. Silver certificates 60 &61. Bar sil ver 60. Mexican dollars 48 . Gov ernment, bonds firmer. State boiids inactive. Railroad bonds fi U. -8. 2's, registered, 100; U, S. 3's, registered, 108; do. coupon,1 108i; U.S. new 4's, registered, 129 ; do. cou pon, 129; U. S. Old 4's, registered, 112; do.coupon,113X;U. S.5's, regis tered.11214; do. coupon, 112jSr;N.C. 6's 127; do. 4's, 104; Southern Railway 5's 111. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 67; Chesapeake & Ohio 25!: Man hat. tan L 113; N. Y. Central 137; Reading 19 ; do. 1st preferred 60M ; St. Paull28X;do. preferred 173; South ern Railway 10S; do. preferred 50: American Tobacco 90; do. pre fer 139; People's, Gas 118 -Sugar 152 ; do. preferred 117 ; T, C. & Iron S. Leather 5 ; do. preferred 69 ; Western Union 8834. NAVAL STORES MARKETS By Telegraph to the Morning sur. New York. June 2fi T?.nc?n n.iiaf Spirits turpentine barlv - Ktaod-n- 0 3838Kc " Charleston. June 26. Sniiits m. pentine steady at'36c; no sales.!: Rosin firm and unchanged; no sales.' Savannah, June 26. Spirits tur pentine steady at 36 $4 : sales 573 barrels receipts 1.300 casks. Rosin firm orri unchanged ; sales 1,646 barrels ; receipts 2,727 barrels. ! ' COTTON MARKETS. By Telearaph to the Mornum Star. New York, June 26 Prices in the cotton market gave way again -to day to vigorous selling pressure from the bear side and a renewal of the liquida ting process which figured so con spicuously throughout the past week. The most potent bear factors with which discouraged longs had to con tend were unfavorable reports from the English market and generally bril liant statements concerning the con dition of the growing crop. On the xirsh cau prices broke three to four points, which subsequent develop ments proved to be about the lowest level of the day. This decline sent August off to 5.49 and as numerous limited investment orders have been in existence for a long time at 5.50 or under, a sharp reaction followed. After a brief period of steadiness, how eyer, the market strain hpon. tied and f or the rest : of the day fluctuated within a point two of the opening quotations. The market pnte:pointhieh-tb- Nkw .York, June 26.-Cotton quiet; middling uplands 6c. , Ootton futures market closed steadv June 5.46c, July 5.48c, August 5 54c' SePr 5.67c October 5' No. APSi5c5587Maroh 6cSdM;7Stt Net receipts bales gross re ceipts l 617 bales; sales l.TOObalS; exports- to Great Britain 347 bales! , fn j 1 1 , xoiai to-oay Net receipts 2,300 bales; exports to Great Britain I0I71, bales; exports to France 901- bales exports to the Continent 11,446 bales stock BS1.RSA hoioo ' " oaies, stock 551.634 bales vnsoiiaatea wet receipts 5 786 ' v?; w - nce aui bales exports to the Continent 12,872 balS.' Total since Rente ?t . s- Britain France 770,296 bales: exnorts fr. .h Uontment 2.79 krt i1 ?6--Gralveston, quiet at 5ic !f BK?ft les;Nqorfolk,Uadv at ojic.net receipts 324 bales- RalH aies, Boston, quiet at; 6 M6c, net Imitations! good as cleaning OUST Boston receipts 300 bales; Wilmington at :?, net receipts hinc steady ... i . j- Phil. net renpiw uuuaj.es: savannah r.,,,t 5,net receipts 75 bales; r w 8y at quiet and easy at 5-9-1 (Jc ntV , 'ns 1,165 bales; Mobile. d,ill at V,.lece!Pts arid eas ceiTts7bales: Mfim. " .r.'re- net receints 291 .h.. fl Tl lot A . . . mot 0 R O 1 - - . .11- 1 -1 HAit si v o-aou, ui receipts Charles ton, cuiet.V.i n-,i-. 41 1 balrJ 2i; PR0DU3L ABKETs By Telegrach to the iip:- jnew york, Juae 2(J :;pi0ur xj.cttuu anu generalJv S.iUfl OWlr- extras z 0U(3 UU. VVii because"of lower cables i 1 1 ... auu rjeaw ueipus, coupiea with Efctive local foreieri Rjiliny L .1 " . aid dation moderated and, 'btlwd prices rallied slightly ouiv agamL at uhe close, u uia-" . mg and were finallyasv at mi No. 2 red July closed 79!4c: -S: em closed 79 Jc; mbei'cl'o '.sr , Corn Spot-stea; No. 2. mxc t' tions opened easier with wheat- ouukucuuj, luraea siron" on aim export trade, which offset th receipts; it Ad ally' broke undnz lng and closed tasy at a partial Jc't decline; sales July closed 30 'V ?' tember closed 39. Oats Spot steadf options quiet. Lard stead v refir;,j quiet J Pork dull. . Rjce steady Bt, ter steady; Western creamery 15 Wa 16Kc; State dairy 1317c, Che firm; large white .8sy2C. (- seed, oil steady. Petroleum ad c Cabbage steady at 1 002 OOperbaV ' rel crate. Potatoes quiet ; firsts $1 50 2 75; do. seconds 50cl'5U. Colfee SpotRio dull and easy; mild qain-' Sugar Raw steadier iu -loue; retini : steady. ; Chicago,' June 26. Wheat at one ' time to-day showed a decline 6f nearly 2c from Saturday, but ultimately re covered all but mic of this break Enormous receipts at primly poiris controlled the market. Com and oa'-s were fairly strong, closiu 1 ; hl.r, eachy I Provisions declined sli'htk all around. , 1 CHICAGO, June26. Cash qa a';.ja ' Flour easier. Wheat Xb.2sp.iuK-- :.. No.' 3 spring &l72c: No 2 pi 73c.j Corn No. 2 M&iV4e Oat No. 2, f. o. b. 26X28c;JSTo. 2whii 29; No. 3 white, 2729c. Po: perbbl, $7 508 15. Lard, p2r LO f tbs $4 925 00.. Short rib side' ioov' $5 504 80. : Dry salted sh u'deiV $5 005 25. .-.KShoft clear-' sid.' boxed, $5 005 10.: Whiskey-Diuili' ers' finished goods, per gallon. $1 2 I, The leading futures ranged asf .l lows-opening, highest, iloweii hir! closing: Wheat No. 2, July Tim"-' 72, ! 72, 72, 7272Hc; September 74i74, 7474, 75V, 7i7i; : December 75, 76, 75-,- 15Ug75c. Corn July 3333i, 34?i, 33, 34; September 34, 34. 33, 31; Decern ber3333, 33, 33i8', 33c ' Oats No. 2 July 24M, 25, 2V(. 2i)k; ' Sentember 21 it SA 3 91 U 91 iaoi i. Mav-i23?i. 23. 23: 2&x2ic. Pork, per bbl July AS 10, 8 15, 8 07, 8 15; September $S32, 8 32'rj, 8 274, 8 32. -Lard per 100 tt-. July , $5 00, 5 00, 4 97, -5 00; Sep tember $5 12, 5 15, 5 10. 5 15. Short ribs, per 100 lbs Juiy Htf'A, 4 70,4.67, 4 70; Septembfi!- f4 82, 4 85, 4 82, 4 85.- . BalTIMOHK, June 26. r Ei -ur quiet. Wheat steady at decline-Sput 74S' 74c;-month74K74Mc; July74& 74c; August 7676)4C Southern wheat by sample 7075c. ' Com dull Spot 38r38c; month 28?i 38c-; July 3838ic; August '38. 38c. Southern white corn 41 42c Oats steady No. 2 white 32 32c. Lettuce unchanged. i The Melon Market: New Yoeb June 26. Muskmeloiis lower; stock.largely inferior. Water, melons firm for fancy, medium -and small ; prices are drawing. Musk melons, Florida,-per case, 50c$l 75; do. Charleston, choice, per basket, fl 001 50; do. Southern, per basket, interior, 5075c; Watermelons, per car load lots,' $100 00(225 00; per hundred, $8 0025 00. FOREIGN MARKET. By Cable to the Mornintr sr ;;; j Liverpool, June 26, 4 P. AL. '!- ion HDOt in fair demand rrips iower. American middling fair, ' 3gd ; j;ocd wiuuimg o j. 0-iu; middling o a low middling 3 5d; -good ordinary 2 15 16d; ordinary 23d. The sales of the day were -10,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for speculation and export and included 700 bales American. Ke- ceipts 5.000- bales. . inciudhur 4,500 American. - Futures opened easy with. a fair de- mana anq closed steady. Amencau middling (L m. c.) June 3 15-643 16-64d buyer j June and July 3 15-64 316-64d-buver: Julv and August? 15-643 16-64d buyer; August ana September 3 15-643 16 64d value; September , and October U643 15-64d seller; October and November a i3-643i4-64d seller; November anu December 3 12-643 13-64d buy err De cember and January 3 12-643 13 64d ouyer; January and Februarr 13-64d seller; February and March i 13-643 14-64d buyer; March, and April 3 14-64a3 15-64d seller; April and May 3 15-64d buyer. ! MARINK, 1 ARKIVED. Br schr Melborne, 170 tons, Mathe son, New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. ' ' -, ' CLEAKED. Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, Fayette ville, T D Love. .. , .h Stmr Seabright, Sanders, Calabasn and Little River, S -C, Stone,- Bur &Co. TRINITY COLLEGE (.'-.. . Forty-fifth year opens Wednesday, Septem ber 6th. Women admitted to a'l departments Send for Catalogue to PRESIDENT KILO0' I 1o K 1m nnrliam. N. I"' UgHERCES FAVORITE.. ESCRIFIIONi Xi. FOR WEAK WOMtJ. n