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BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
; 'YILMIXGTOX. X. C.
SCXDAT M.0R3TIXG, JULY 2, 1899.
' THE I3TSMIAH CANAL-
If. the question of .Government
aid i to an Isthmian Canal were set
tled definitely one way or the other
it would be but a short time before
a canal would be an accomplished
fe$.( There has been so much talk
about it and so much said about the
possibilities of trade in the Eastern
hemisphere, that not only public at
tention but the attention of capital
ists has become more drawn to that
enterprise than eYer. There is lit
tle doubt that this will be one of the
schemes which will figure conspicu--
oualy in the next Congress and pos
sibly be settled one way or another,
as o whether it will or will not have
the support and financial backing of
this Government. The commission
which was sent to investigate the
Nicaragua route and report as to its
feasibility,and the probable cost has
reported that the proposed route is
feasible and that the work
can be done for about 130,
000,000. This was along the line
surveyed,- utilizing the San Juan
river and the lake, but it has been
aaid from time to time that there
arq other and more practicable,
routes where the obstacles to be
overcome would be much fewer, and
where the work of keeping the
canal in repair would be much
lighter, while the cost of
tion would te far below
construe
any esti-
mates yet made for either the Nica
ragua or the Panama canal.
We remember reading some time
. ago, while this scheme wa3 under
dicussIon in Congre33, a letter from
an Amerioan, who claimed that he
knew and had been over a route and
could mark it out, where a canal
could be constructed, utilizing water
courses most of the way, at a cost far
below the lowest estimate made for
the Nicaragua canal, and he ad
vised the Government to go slow
and do some more investigating be
fore it assumed responsibility for the
Nicaragua scheme. Who he was,
' whether he was honest and in earn-
est or only playing "a ruse to put ob
stacles in the way of the Nicaragua
canal we do not know, but his let
,ter attracted little attention and he
I seems to have subsided.' Now it is
alleged that some old survey has
been discovered which presents a
sea level route, which was substan
tially what that letter-writer claim
ed hejiould show, and on this route
it is now proposed to operate, a
company having been organized for
that purpose, the facts in reference
to which were thus briefly stated in a
Trenton, N. J., dispatch a few days
"Articles of incorporation for the
American Isthmus Ship Canal Com
pany were filed here to day.
i "Through these articles the first an-
uuuuwiutm was maae or tne new
combination which, it is said, includes
many men or large wealth, headed by
. former Mayor William R. Grace, of
fitw York, and expects to carry to
completion the Isthmian canal scheme.
Although the nominal capital is $30, -"
000, the articles of incorporation give
the right to increase it to $250,000,000
. "It is estimated that between 1150 -000,000
and $200,000,000 will be needed
o carry out the project, the greater
part of which will be expended in buy
ing off the holders of concessions. The
incorporators, who are said to be mere
ly figureheads for the men of millions
back of the company, are Henry Leeds,
or Manhattan: William C. Merriam. of
Brooklyn, and Juan A. Smith- of Jer
sey City.
According to the papers of
poration the object of the company is I
lncor-
kj acquiro any ail concessions, rights
iKuuo on mo American isth
mus; to build a canal from the Atlantic
: to the Pacific Ocean; to own lands
: manes and railroads, to colonize, to
build, own and operate any canal from
ocean to ocean, and to obtain aid from
the United 8tatas, England, France,
. Germany or any other government to
' that end.
It is said that a route has been
. selected along which a canal can be
i quickly built at small cost. This
j route is at sea level all the way, and
the canal, it is said, can be built with
; out lock. The route, it is said, was
r cusoorered by Americans emnloved
Napoleou IH, but the
Plan lo build along this line was after-
ofttpS1 b? in control
or the Panama route project.
A year or more ago Mr. Grace, of
New York; with other moneyed
men, turned their attention to that
scheme, secured concessions frnm
the Central American
Governments
and it was reported would construct
a canal by some rodte, Government
aid or no Government aid. . Perhaps
they have, as stated in this dis
patch, struck a more practicable
and comparatively cheap route.
If so this simplifies the matter and
makes probable the speedier accom
Dlishment of the work, for it is' ex-
ceedingly doubtful if Congress
could be induced to give it the sup
port asked for when this scheme
was last before it. As far as the
people are concerned they are in
favor ot it, but the Pacific railways
are opposed to it, as it would do
prive tnem 01 considerable reve
nue, and they will, as they
have already done, nse all their
influence against giving . Govern
ment aid, and the influence of
corporations which command
much money as they do amounts to
a great aeai.
If it can be .built without Govern
ment assistance all the better for
that will make it a purely, business
enterprise and will ensure its opera'
tion on business principles, and it
will doubtless also ensure greater
economy in construction for men
who spend their own money are
more apt to get a full return for it
than if they were spending the
money of a Government, and it will
probably ensure the more speedy
construction to get into operation
before the Panama carjal can be com
pleted. It may possibly be a race
between the two which will give the
Americans a chance to show their
mettle and energy. If they have
discovered, as alleged, a sea level
route they will have a decided ad
vantage over the Frenchmen who
have a yery rough route to work and
mountains of rock to remove, a
stupendous undertaking from the
beginning, and the worst to go
through yet.
Possibly this Trenton dispatch
may be but the revival of some' of
those speculative schemes which
have been heretofore reported, in
which some sharpers have secured
concessions which they hope to dis
pose of to others later and make a
good thing out of. The small capi
talization of this company looks
that way, but there may be some
thing in it. . Whether there is or
not, the growing demands of com
merce are such and the new condi
tions that present themselves make
such a waterway more of a neces
sity than ever, and leaves less doubt
of its accomplishment in the near
future.
An isthmus canal has been talked
about more or less at intervals for
over three quarters of a century; it
has been before Congress repeated
ly asfar back as 1S25, and has been
favorably reported upon'V number
of times, and the route surveyed
several times, all of which has
served to keep it before the coun
try and center public attention
upon it. It would not be cfedit
able to the enterprise of this coun
try to let it die or to acknowledge
that it is not competent to the
task, when the Frenchman has un
dertaken the task of boring through
mountains of rock from Panama to
Colon.
A BIG WHEAT FIELD.
We have said much in these col
umns about wheat culture in North
Carolina, but it is a subject the im
portance of which justifies the shed
dingof a good deal of ink. We fre
quently find in our exchanges from
other States references to the capa
city of 2s orth Carolina as an agricul
tural State, which we take pleasure
m reproducing, as we do the follow
ing, clipped from the Charleston
News and Courier:
"On the 10th day of May" says the
editor of the Southern field, "the
wriUr had the pleasure of viewing a
three hundred-and-fifty acre field of
wheat in North Carolina, which will
be harvested about June 1. The indi
cations are that this farm will produce
this year twenty-eight bushels to the
acre, and that the owner will realize
at least 100 per cent, profit on the
wheat crop. But this is not all. On
this same land will be grown this year
before time for sowing: another crop
of wheat this coming falL a profitable
crop of corn." No industrious man
ought to perish, or stay poor, or have
to "hunt for work,." in a country like
the Carolinas.
"A three-hundred-and fifty-acre
field of wheat" would be a very rare
sight in any Southern State, and, not
a common one even in the great
wheat-growing States of the West,
and a fie"ld of that size which would
give an average yield of 28 bushels to
the acre would be very fare oven in
such wheat-growing States as Cali
fornia. We regret that we do not know
the county in which this field is lo
cated, that we might learn some
thing more about it, but the fact
that it is North Carolina is some
thing that we may take some satis-
faction out of for it gives an object
lesson as to the capacity of thia
capacity
State as a "wheat-grower, and doea
mora when the additional fact is re
corded that this crop of wheat will
be followed by a profitable crop of
corn. This is another citation go
ing to prove that farming in North
Carolina will pay when it is done
right.
wr over wmr Tear.
Mrs. WrarsLow' SooTHnra Stkup has
been used for over fifty years by mil-
U ?f mtk for their children
while teethine. with
It soothes the child, softoe
allaysall pain, cures wind colic, andS
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will
relieve the poor little snffnTwi- :mmL
diately. Sold by Druggists In every
part of the world. Twenty-Aye eenfa
a Dome, tie sure ana ask for "Vn
Winslow's Soothing Syrup,'' and take
no other. " f
AS INDUSTRIAL CONVENTION.
The Star is in receipt of an invi
tation to an industrial convention to
beheld at Huntsville, Ala., Monday,
September 4th, 1899, the objects oi
which are set forth in the following,
adopted. by the Chamber of Com
merce:
"Whereas, The greatest problems
that confront the people of the South
are those pertaining to her industrial
growth and development, and no
higher obligations-exist to day, or obi i
gations fraught with greater blessings
both to present and future generations
of her citizens, than the speedy and
wise solution of those problems.
Possessing resources unequaled by.
any other section or nation on the
face of the globe, and with natural
advantages that should make these
resources the easiest developed of any
other, thus bestowing riches, prosper
ity and happiness almost unlimited
upon her people, we still see these re
sources and advantages comparatively
neeiectea.
Whebeas, Every interest of our
country, both North and South, de
mands that at least an effort commen
surate with the importance of this
work should -4e pat forth to secure a
proper understanding of the underly
ing causes that tend to retard the
growth of the induftral South in all
field, so as to intelligently seek their
removal, aad to endeavor to effect
these ends, therefore.
"JBe if Resolved. By the Huntsville
Chamber of Commerce, that a meeting
of those deemed most able to effect the
foregoing purposes be. and is herebv
called to meet in the citv of Hunts
ville, Alabama, on Monday. Septem
ber 4tb, 1889. and continue in sessiou
until the business before it shall b
completed; and be it further
"Resolved, That the Governors of
all the Southern States, commercial
bodies. Mayors of cities, editors of all
newspapers, periodical or other pub
lications, prominent educators aud
ministers of the South, as well as other
persons or agencies interested in the
foregoing purposes, be. and are hereby
invited, to co operate in this move
ment, that the same may become what
its importance to the South demands of
all classes within her borders."
This is on the right line, and
might be followed with good results
by every State in the South. Such
meetings are not only public educa
tors, by eliciting and making public
mqch valuable information, but the
contact with thoughtful business
men is productive of good results, .
and in addition to this they draw at
tention to the South, and put more
people to studying and thinking
about it as a field for enterprise and
the investment capital.
Everybody has not the time nor
the ability to formulate plan3 of
progress or plans to remove the ob
stacles in the way of proeress. but
there are few who have not time to
read the suggestions made bv those
who have the time and ability to do
the planning. There have been a
great many conventions of an indus
trial character held in the South,
and we are sure the South ban
profited by them. There should be
more. The more the better.
FOOLING "WITH CUBA. x
A few days ago we quoted an ex
tract from the Washington corre
spondence of the New York Journal
of Commerce and Commercial Bulle
tin showing the growing dissatisfac
tion with the military government
in Cuba, and how soft snaps were
being made for Americans who had
a pull. The following, which wo
clip from the New York World,
shows that this military rule is re
sulting in irritation that may have
very serious consequences, unless
there be a change and this Govern
ment shows some disposition to re
gard its pledges and obligations: It
says:
"A high officer of the United States
army of occupation in Cuba contributes
to the July number of the iVorM
American Review' an article on the
Cuban situation which will create a
profound impression in this country
"After quo tine our solemn Dledurn
The United 8ttes here by disclaims
anv disposition or intention to exercise
sovereignty, jurisdiction or control
over said island except for the pac
iflcation thereof, and asserts its deter
mination when that is accomplished
to leave the government and the coeT
trol of the island to its people."
He goes on to make a startling nre-
sentmentof facts, of which these are
the most significant:
"There can be' no doubt that 'paci
fication' of the island is now accom
plished. City for city, the towns of
Cuba are morepeacef ul. and orderly
than those of the United Rtntfa
There never was a more docile, auiet
people. All the reports of 'bandits'
are zealously forwarded to the United
States, and half of them are lies."
"The Cubans can and will give
themselves as good a government as
have the.petty reoublicn of South and
Central America. They are impatient
to undertake the management of their
own affairs.
' The irritation of the fin ha n a wai n c t
the Americans and American military
rule is daily increasinc and will in.
evitably presently find vent in a re
volt.
"To drift on, to delay evacuation.
means a strueele with th tMmtit.
dous problem under disheartening
conditions, trying to help this people
in the face of daily increasing opposi
tion, ingratitude, irritation, suspicion.
It means a postponement nf thn set.
tlement of problems connected with
the material prosneritv of th island
It means a failure to fulfil
pledge." r .
The administration is evidently
playing the game of "annexation"
and its organs are studiously en
deavoring to create the impression
that the better class of nfionln in
Cuba desire annexation and this is
the justification for a long continu
ing military rule, and this will be
the pretence for playing the annexa
tion game. A crood deal of Ameri
can capital has been invested in
Cnban schemes and properties, and
this administration "listens a great
deal more to American capital than
it does to the American people un
til the people begin to get angry
and let the political machine run
ners know it. It is undoubtedly
the intention to hold Cuba" if they
can find any pretence for it, as they
propose to hold the Philippines un-'
der the bogus plea that we are under
obligations to the world and to . the
Filipinos themselves to do that.
EU9 AND THEyoSS. r :
Deep in the hollow of a wood v
A. moss bed green and spongy, stood.
Like velvet carpet soft:
To outward view, thousrh scant and
slight -
This nook contained a seemly sight
Of leaves and boughs aloft.
, - ' "
To greenwood tree and rose o'erhead
The moss looked up and whispered,
4 "Such bloom God gave me ne'er;
But trodden under foot of men '
No worship my poor shrine doth kn,
Jiasmg love and light and glare."
But lo! there came that eventide '
Christ, roaming through the forest
wide.
With visage pale and wan :
Though footsore He would further go,
Twaa ease to feel the moss below -A
His feet, the Son of Man.
Coma o'er the plain ia heat and thirst .
In sand and sun, 'twas here that first
The moss 'gan cool His feet,
Then spake the Lord : "My Father's
hnd
Su6h love hi thee hath surely planned,
Ana maae tnee sort and sweet.
"What eye so blind as not to see
E'en here ia this thy low degree
God's poorer and grace and care!
Toou comely herb, if set at naught.
Of thee too thy Creator thought;
my jot serenely bear.
Jesus had scarcely spoken so
When from the moss begau to grow
A ros,e, of wondrous hue;
Moss-rose, 'twas called in little time,
It bloometh now in every clime,
Cf meekness emblem true.
Helmine Van Chezy
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
Prayer and pains through faith
in Jesus Christ will tlo anything.
John Eliot.
Friendship should be like a
single soul inhabiting two bodief
Artstotle.
Reverence for God ia the foun
dation of all excellence of character.
Rev. A. E. Myers.
The land is henceforth my
country that most needs the gospel.
Count Zinzedorf.
Listening well and answering
well are among the greatest perfec
tions that can bn attained in conver
sation. La Rochefoucauld.
Life is not victory, but battle.
Be patient a little longer. By and by
in our hushed and waiting chambers.
each ia his turn, we shall hear the
sunset gun. Rosicell Hitchcock.
Do not let any of us complain
that our circumstances are making us
evil. Let us manfully confess, one
and all that the evil lies in us, not in
them. E. D. Fanrice.
Come, take that task of yours
which you have been hesitating before,
and shrinking, and wslking around,
and on this yery day lift it up and do
ii. Phillips Brooks.
It takes a great mind to rise
successfully above its prejudices. And
this may be counted a chief difference
between a great mind and a little
mind, that the great mind seeks to
estimate things according to their real
value, while the little mind usually
does estimate most things .according
to its prejudices. United Presbyte
rian. TWINKLINOS.
-Persistent Bride "Will you
love me just asmuch when lam dead?"
Bridegroom (absentlv) "More, dar
ling; more" Tit-Bits
Easy Going: "There is a man
who never resorts to legal measures."
"Who is he ?" "A strawberry ped
dler." Detroit Free Press.
Judge (to a man Sot having five
wives) "How could you be so hard
ened a villain?" The Prisoner
"Please, your honor, I wasonlv trvin?
to get a good one." Tit Bits.
"Doctor, my husband says
black and red spots appear before his
eyes everv night. What do you ad
vise?" "I advise that he stOD nlavin?
poker." Chicago News.
In a French Examination
Room: Professor "Do you know,
mademoiselle, why Napoleon I detest
the English so much?" Fair Candi
date (wearily) "Because they killed
turn." TttBits.
Kelly (growing pathetic)
"Pity a poor, unfortunate man, Kelli
her, thot's got to po home tonls
woife!" Kelliher 'Brace up, Kellyi!
u race up: ie snouid be tnankful ye
are not the Sultan !'-' Puck.
Regard for His Feelings The
Rev. Dr. Sixthly "I'm sorry I don't
see you at church these days, Brother
Hanscombe." Brother Hanscombe
"You would be still sorrier, doctor, to
hear me snoring all through your ser
mons these hot Sundays. "-Chicago
Record.
Double Proof: "Do you be
lieve in heredity, Mrs. Simpson ?'
"Indeed. I do; every mean trait Bob
by has I can trace right bak to his
father." "Does his father believe in
heredity, too?" "Yes; he traces Bob
by's faults all back to me." Chicago
Record. ,
CURRENT -C0MMEN
it:
The political institutions of
France have at least one advantage
over ours:' the French can get rid of.
an incapable and obnoxious secretary
of war much easier than the Amer
ican people can. New Orleans
Stvtes, Dem.
Those self-constituted com-
luiowjemen wno started out to raise
$150,000 for a Dewey house-fund,
have raised about $9,000. They
nave more man got tne rest, .how
ever, in advertising for themselves.
Louisville Courier-Jonrnal, Dem.
That all is not gold thafglit-
ters is again illustrated bv the news
published this morning that a clus
ter of beautifully set pearls, which
were seized a few days ago by the
Custom House officials, and valued
by them at $10,000 are worth uist
$8, the gems being artificial. The
manufacture of artificial stones has
been carried to so fine a height by our
French friends that it takes the eye
of an expert to distinguish them
from the products of nature.
Brooklyn Citizen, Dem.
Smithfield Herald: Mrs. Lizzie
Richardson and her blockade distillery
near Wilson's Mills were brought to
Smithfield Friday. She was placed in
jail. The women are at last taking the
place of men in all kinds of business.
QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
M. E. Church, South, Wilmington District.
Carvers Creek, Hebron, July 1-2.
Brunswick. HhAllntta .Tnltr
tie, jmy s-9.
"wvvwuiaWjiUUD, J u
Juiy 15-1
luff, July
b, July 83
BprlnKs.. Soott'B Hill. Imrn fc,; i
Int. on on
Branch. August 6-7.
Mckaonvllle htm niohiona t.Of.,ii.
August 12-18.
Ooslow, Queen's Creek, August 15.
. Clinton, Goshen, August 22.
, - T. BUHPAB,
Presiding JUder.
wniS?yie' ialr "luff. July 18.
Wilmington, Grace. July S3-4.
IT 10-10.
KUaaDeth- Bliulan Unrinm
.
- 4 : r- ' r -V
lounging: gown of Turkish cotton cloth from harper's bazar
The original robe was of beige Turkish towelling. The front is made to
bang loosely from the figure, and is f-haped to the waist by a loose girdle of
twisted silk tasselled at the ends. The wide revers of the upper body are cut
in nee piece with the fronts that join jLhe deep collar at the shoulder seams,
and are finished with an inch and ou-'-Salf ruffle of white wash ribbon. A
similar ruffle continues down the front of the hem. The sleeves have not a
particle of superfluous fullness at the armhole or over the upper arm ; but a
flare occurs just below the elbow that yields a freedom to the lower arm and
allows for a deep turned-back facing of silk. .A plain princesse back, with
centre and side back seams, fits the garment to the form, and a Watteau pleat
joins me necK-Dana ana spreads into part or the skirt fullness below. The pat
tern published by Harper's Bazar where the design originally appeared, al
lows for a sixjnch train. The garment should be finished at the lower edge by
a deep facing or hem. -The chemisette and collar pattern are not included with
that of the robe.
Of Turkish towelling, or any fabric of the same width, viz , 27 inches, this
garment will require 9 yards to make as illustrated; also one bolt of wash rib
bon and i yard of wash silk for sleeve facings.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE
Rocky Mount Arqonaut. The
barn of Mr. J. T. Jones, of Red" Oak,
was burned last Monday night. Loss
between three three and four hundred
dollars. Fine residences going
up all over town and still a cry for
more houses. One of our citizens who
is putting up a nice dwelling house
sajs that he is simply over run with
applicants to rent it. Rocky Mount is
growing right along.
Sanford Express: A large
number of coal cars have been pur
chased for the Cumnock i coal mine.
The coal output is ISO tons a day.
Much of the coal from this mine is
used on the engines of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway. The prices for !
nearly all kinds of material for man !
ufacturing purposes are controlled by !
trusts. Mr. Zedaker who runs a bed !
spring factory here tells the Express j
that the material used in his factory ;
i3 nearly a hundred per cent, higher '
than it was a few months ago and that
it can hardly be had at any price. j
Mount Airy News': There is j
more building going-on in this city
man at any time during tne past three
or four years. The buildings under
construction are all of the better class
and will add much to the attractive
ness of the town. Farmers tell us
the wheat crop is far better than was
looked for a short while ago, the yield
neing very nearly up to tne average.
The gram is large and fine" and will
make good flour.
Stanly Enterprise: Millingport
neignoornooa is tne scene of another
sad experience with mad dogs. Mr.
Noah Rowland was bitten last Friday
ana me aaugnter ot Mr. ueorge Ureeu
was bitten on Saturday by a dog sup
posed to have had rabies. : Both have
gone to Baltimore to take the Pasteur
treatment. The dog was killed and
his carcass taken along for inspection.
It is thought to have been bitten-by
me dog that bit tne children of Dr.
vv nuiey and Air. jf ressly lowder re
cently.
Oar Weighty Forefathers.
A much worn document dated West
Point, Aug. 19, 1783, gives tho weight of
somo or tho othcers in the Revolutionary
wariis follows:
General Washington, 20pounds; Gen
eral Lincoln, 224 pounds; General Knox,
280 pounds; Colonel Henry Jackson, 238
pounds; Lieutenant Colonel Huntington,
232 pounds; Lieutenant Colonel Hum
phreys; 221 pounds; Lieutenant Colonel
Creation, 166 pounds; Colonel Swift, 219
pounds; Colonel Michael Jackson, 252
pounds; Lieutenant Colonel Cobb, 182
pounds. Average weight, 223 pounds.
FgnALE MAIL.
That sounds more contradictory than
it is, when attention is called to its being
a description of the largest mail received
by any man in the United States exclu
sively from women. This "female mail"
is received by Dr. R. V. Pierce, the cele
brated specialist in women's diseases,
chief consulting physician to the Inva
lids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buf
falo, N. Y.
It is only fair to say that it is not the
man that women write to, but the doctor.
One of the remarkable features of this
correspondence is that years after a cure
has been effected, grateful women con
tinue to write to Dr. Pierce, being thank
ful for health and for the kind and
fatherly advice, which was blended with
the physician's counsel, and which was
so helpful in preserving the health when
regained. .
The offer of a free consultation by let
ter is extended by Dr. Pierce to every
sick and ailing woman. Bvery letter
received is reaa m private, answered in
private and its contents treated as a sa
cred confidence. To exclude any third
party from the correspondence, all
answers are mailed in a plain envelope,
bearing upon it no printing or advertising
whatever. Address Dr. R; V. Pierce,
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute'
Buffalo, N.'Y. '
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, the
great remedy for female troubles, irregu
larities, debilitating drains, inflammation
and ulceration, is for sale by all dealers
in meuicme. Accept no substitute
which may be recommended as " just as
good " that the dealer may make a little,
extra profit.
Dr. Pierce's Favor
ite. Prescription
makes Weak Women
Strong and Sick
Women Well. I w
APPOINTMENTS.
By the Bishop of East Carolina.
July 2, Sunday, fifth after Trinity,
M. P..S. George's, Hyde county.
July 3, Monday, E. P.. Fairfield.
July 6, Thursday, E. P., Belbaven.
July 9, Sunday, sixth after Trinity,
M. P., S. Luke's, Washington county.
July 9, Sunday, sixth after Trinity,
E. P., Advent, Roper.
July 12, Wednesday, M. P., S An
drew's, Columbia.
July 14, Friday, consecration of
church, Creswell.
July 16. Sunday, 7th after Trinity,
M. P., S. Ionds, Scuppernong.
I will go down, but remember
you must hold the ropes. William
Carey. .
WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. .
The followln&r nnntATTonn rnnmouit
uoiesaie mces generally, in making up
small orders higher Drtcea have to be charged.
Tne quotations are always given as accurately
as possible, but the Star will not be responsible
for any variations from the actual market price
of the articles Quoted.
SAGGING
8 Jute...
Standard ,,
WESTERN SMOKED
Hams & t
Sides 9
Shoulders l
DRY SALTER
13
8 ,
EH
Bides
Bhoulders V
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine
Second-hand, each 1 25
New New York, each
New City, each
BEESWAX VS.
BRICKS
&
&
35
40
40
88
5 00 7 00
9 00 14 00
12H 15
20 23
51 55
51 55
93
IS 25
8 11
10H UK
11
10
18 & 16
7H 10
5
70
11
BUTTER
North Carolina V
Northern
CORN MEAL
Per bushel. In sacks
viri
COTTO
rirsrlnla Meal.
TON TIEk bundle.
CANDLES ft ,tt
oyerm
Adamantine
CHEESE V fit
Northern Factory
Dairy Cream
Btate
COFFEE V -
Laguyra
Rio..! ..
DOMESTICS '
Sheeting, 4-4, 9 yard
Yarns. bunch of 5 fis . . .
EGGS dozen
FISH
Mackerel, No. 1, V barrel. .
Mackerel, No. l, V half-bbl
Mackerel, No. 8, barrel..
Mackerel, No. 8 half-bbl.
23 00
11 00
ie 00
8 00
13 00
30 00
& 15 00
& 18 00
& 9 00
& 14 00
& 4 00
& 8 00
8 85
& 10
& 4 50
V 3 50
juuuets, y barrel 3 00
jnuiteuj, wporK barrel 5 00
N. C. Roe Herring, V keg. . 3 00
Dry Cod, "Bib 5
" Extra... 435
FLOUR
Low grade
. Choice
tstraignt 4 00
First Patents 4 so
6 3 75
&
&
4 25
5 00
10
GLUE B
GRAIN W bushel
8orn,from store, bsrs White
ar-load. In bga White...
Oats, from store
Oate, Rust Proof
Cow Peas.....
Black Eve Paas
55
5-2
45
45
80
1 JO
10
9
90
eo
85
85
85
40 ,
65
1 00
HIDES V ft
ureensaitea
Dry flint
Drv salt -
HAY V 100 B8
uiover Hay
Rice Straw
Eastern
Western
North-Rtver "
HOOP IRON 1h.
70
40
80
. 89
80
&
-LARD, V ft
Nortnern ,
North Carolina
5
6
1 15
7
10H
1 25
LIME, barrel '
LUMBER (elf
lty sawed) $ m ft
Rough edge Plant .' 15 00
oniD HtulT. resavnn
18 00
& 20 00
16 00
iuui cargoes, accord
lng to quality 13 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00
Bcantllng and BoardU com'n 14 00
18 00
& 22 00
& 15100
0 50
& 8 00
10 00
& 10 50
vuuiiuuu mill
Fair mill ,
Prime mill ...
5 00
6 50
Extra nini
8 50
10 00
MOLASSES V gallon
........
Bar nadoes, in hegshead.. . .
Barbadoes, In barrels '.
Porto Rico, tn hogsheads. M .
28
30,
32'
14
15
25
2 10
23
28
12
jtui w mm, in oarreis
Sugar House, in hogsheads.
Sugar Bouse, in barrels. . . .
Syrup, in barrels
NAIL8, w keg. Cut, 60d basis...
PORK, v barrel
14
15
. 2 03
.S.8 50
uitvMess..
Rump......
10 00
9 60
.9 00
rame ....
ROPE, lb
SALT, V sack. Alum. . . . ." X' "
Liverpool
American
On 125 W Sacks ,... .-
SHINGLES, 7-inch, per M. .. . ..
Common .,...
Cypress Saps ;
SUGAR, V lb Standard Grah'd
Standard A
White Extra C...
Extra C, Golden
C, Yellow '
SOAP'S ft Northern .'
STAVES, W M-W. O. barrel. , . .
R.O. Hogshead
TIMWaU.t7S111P?ln8--
mui. Fair
. Commondttlli
Inferior to ordinary.
SHINGLES, N.O. Cypress sawed
V M 6x24 heart....;
" . Bap- ;
- 10
1,10
80
75
47K
5 50
2 25
3 50
75
70
5 00
1 CO
2-60
I
&
6 00
14 09
10 00
9 00
7 00
6 50
5100
, 4 00
.8 50
6109
600
6 50
5 50
4
4 50
5 00
7 60
5 00
4 50
4 00
6 00
5 00
oi uearc
- " Bad
- 6x84 Heart..,
6
OAT. twi JTCVJ Mv v W
MUWHUITMl,,,
10 0
COMMERCIAL. 1
: WILMINGTON MARKET.
J ; r STAR OFFICE,
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
firm at 35 cents per gallon -for ma
chine made casks and dull 35 cents
per gallon for country casks. - - ?
.ROSIN Market quiet at 90 ' cts per
barrel f restrained'; .and 95 cents for
Good Strained. ' i --;-.
TAR Market firm at $1.30 per
of 280 lbs.'. ' ;" , ,
CRUDE; - TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1.35 per barrel for Hard,
$2.00for Dip, and $2.10 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last ' year.-
Spirits turpentine steady at 23 4
23c; rosin firm sA $1.001.05; tar
steady- ai $1.30 ; crude turpentine dull
at $1.30, $1.501.70.
RECEIPTS.
3pirits turpentine. . .
Rosin ... .-.
3 ar. 69
rude turpentine. 42
Receipts same day- last year. 133
casks spirits turpentine, . 5Q2 bbls
rosin, 79 bbls tar, 41 bbls crude tur
pentine. .
COTTON.
Market steady on a basis of h c per
pound for middling. Quotations :
Ordinary. 3 7-16 cts $ lb
Good Ordinary. ..... 4 13-16 " "
Low Middling. 5 7-16 "
Middling... 5?i " "
Good Middling .. 634 " "
Same day last year middling 5c.
Receipts 0 bales; same day last
year. 1.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Extra prime, 75 to 80c per bushel of
28 Jounds; fancy, 80 to 85c. Virginia
Extra prime 55 to 60c: fancy. 60c:
"Spanish, 82K to 85c.
UOKN Firm ; 50 to 52 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH - RICE Lowland aide-
water) 90c$1.10; upland, 65 80c.
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 stead v at $2.50 to
6. SO per M.
Cotton and Naval Stores.
MONTHLY STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
For month of June.
1899.
Cotton.
ICS
Spirit.
4,232
Rosin.
12,433
Tar.
1,931
Crude.
1 225
RECEIPTS.
For month of June,
1898.
Cotton.
Spirits. , Rosin.
4,525 13,239
Tar.
2,256
Crude
1,512
461,
EXPORTS.
For month of June, 1899.
Cottenr Spirits. Rosin. Tar.
1,246 3,768 868 2,133
03) ! O90 000 000
Domestic
Foreign
Crude.
1,234
COO
1,243 3.763
363 8,138 - 1,884
EXPORTS.
For month of June, 1893.
Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tar. CrudA.
Domestic
Foreign
1,917
3.9-22
711
3.253
1,694
uuu
1.947
400
9,174
1,500
4,322 9,885 4.753 1 694
' STOCKS.
A shore and Afloat July 1, 1893.
Ashore. Afloat.
9,691 150
391 609
I 43,934 ' . 276
82 S22
123 4 45
STOCKS.
Ashore and Afloat Jmy 1, 18S8.
Spirit. Rosin. Tar.
832 51,354 2,013
Cotton,
Spirits,
Total.
9,841
1,000
44,2 0
904
168
ito8in ,
Tar..
Crude .
Cotton.
,885
Crude.
169
FINANCIAL MARKETS. "
By Telegraph to tho Morning Btai .
New York. Julv 1. Mon or;
call firm at 36 per cent, ihe
last loau being; at 3 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 34 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in' bankers' bills at 487X
for demand and 485 ia48S
sixty days. Posted rates 486a487 and
488489. Commercial bills 485. Sil
ver certificates 6061. -Bar sil
ver 60X- Mexican dollars 46. Gov
ernment bonds strong. State bonds
inactive. Railroad bonds strong.
U. S. 2's, registered, 101; U. S. 3's,
reeisierea. lUS: do. eounnn- insi.
U.S. new 4's, registered, 129 ; do. cou
pon, u. 13. 01a 4's, registered,
112X; do.coupon,113M;U. S.5's, regis
tered.112 ; do. coupon, 112 ; N.C. 6's
127; do. 4's. 104: Southern Roil
5's 110. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio
49X ;Chesapeake 8c Ohio 26 Jf; Manhat
jan tM iim; JN. . Central 1403;
Reaaihg 20 ; do. 1st preferred St
Paulj3 ; do. preferred 174 ; South
ern; Kaiiway lltf ; do. preferred- 51 ;
umciiuui .luuhcco i; ao pre
ferred 139; People's Gas 120; Sugar
J t?' Preferred 117; C. & Iron
8- Leather 5; do. preferred
71; Western UDioo895.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York. Julv 1
strained common to good $1 301 32
Spirits turpentine firm and steadv at
38;39c. 3
UHARLESTON, July 1. Spirits tur
entine firm at 36c? sa.1b on
Rosm nrm ana unchanged; no sales.
Savannah. Julv 1. Rnimt
SfSSt rT oleS. 42l casks?
receipts 1,487 casks, Rosm firm and
uncfianged ; sales 2,833 barrels receipts
3,735 barrels.
CGTT0N MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York. Julv 1.
cotton market was steady with prices
three to eight points higher on gener
ally bullish news from all quarters.
Ihe leading bull influence was the re
port, later verified, that instead of be-lug-exaggerated,
the damage to cotton
in Texas bv the nmtrantp9 nH r.anA
breaking rain storms of the past three
days had been very much under-estimated.
Coupled with this information
was a nrm set of - Kno-HeV oWi
a gloomy crop statement by the
Chronicle. Shorts wr in an
frame of mind as a result nf iu .V
verse news from the Snntli oi
ered freely where
Speculation was seriously retarded bv-
--w w A lIJO nouaay season.
Hulls and outside inventors alike were
reluctant to assume new responsibili
ties. After the usual hnotlo. t,
at the start, business dwindled to a
rooin evening up" trade with subse
Quent nrice cnanoroe navvnn. tik
ket for futures closed stpaH-D-'
gain of eight to ten points higher
New York. July l.Cottbn
veiy steady; middling uplands 6 He.
yutiun iutures market closed steadv:
5A5! Aur' 5.63, September
5.64c, October 5.68c, November 5.73c.
December 5.78c, January5.82c, Febru
ary 5 85c, March 5.89c; April 5 92c,
Jlay 5.95c. r
bpot cotton closed
-16c advance: unlanHs Ri4f mtAMi .
gulf GHc; sales 114 bales.' ' "-K
xnei receipts i4i bales;
I 1 n T , . '
gross re
acinus l oaies ; , sa
1,145 bales;
stock 168,312 bales. "
, Total toay Net receipts 6.376
bales; exports to Great Britain 3,655
i&?Xp?rta& F.1M!e 2554 bales;
exports to the Continent 4,489
Consolidated- Net receipts
bales: escorts to A
6,376
balesr exports to France 2,554- balesJ
exports to the ContinT,t 4 aro lilr
- -- VAAMUU
3,65S
Total since September 1st Nei
ceipts 8,244,429 bales; exports t, n
Britain 3,424,870 bales ez,, '
France 173,577 bales; exportW-o
Continent 2,713.103 bales
; July 1 Galveston, .quiet u r,v
net receipts 13 bales: Norfnii- '-,.'
rkt5c. net receipts 1.045 baW.'r. ,-r-1
more, , quiet at 6M, net receinu il"
bales; Boston, stead v at fii.i.V' "
receipts 136 bales; Wilmington 1
at. 5, net receipts - bales;'
ouoiNiia, iiiuj at c, net
bales; Savannah, Kteadv
receipts
bbl
net receipts 57 bales
5
Ni
bales; Mobile, nominal at5Uc 'net rt
ceipts 11 bales; Memphis, qUi.t w
net receipts 80 bales; Au"'
JVu 1 i .' receipts (j ba
ceipts 6 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS
By TalagraDh t3 Uw iilomiwr
New York, - J uly 1. .. pjou;.
174
229
quiei Dutiirm: winter patents i t qa"J
410. Wheat-Spot firm; No 2 ,1
Cf 10. t;o T n ' J . rerj
vtjs, wK.liuj upcucu urrn on hivhp
cables and afterward advanced
to eood speculative suDQori. io-(,t..'.
inffs, foreiffn buying and reported hh.
advance; No.. 2 red July ln
80c; September closed 89Kc- Dm..',.
ber closed 81c. .Cora-Spot firm
No 2. iOHc; options opened V,!,
caoie news, ana was later sus'aified
wheat and lighter offerings WW
closed firm at HHs net advance-Jut-closed
S9e; ciepiemoer eiosed 39' ,;'
Oats- Spot steady ; No. 2 white ad
options -dull. Lard firmer- WrT.
steady; Western creamery V,.
18c; State dairy 13J17c (JV
-.steady.; lare white Hc. (,-.',
seed oil firmly held and fairly Jciiv,-'
:pnme crude 21 'Ac. Cabbage ami ,J0
toes st ady. Petroleuoi -AUrk - -
quoted firm; refined New
$7 35; Philadelphia and Bditi.V
$7 30; do. in bulk $i 50. Turk' fir":
mess $8 759rJ0; short clur Un
11 75. Rice firm; domestic uir m
extra 4Hc; Japan 45iiL- y",
lasses firm;' New Orleans
kettle, good to choice 3236c ' cvit
Spot Rio dull; No. 7 invoice 6c- .
7 jobbing 6jc; Cordova 813c. sli-a.-Raw
barely steady; fair re fin in:.-4
ueuiniugai o test 4 7-lUc; mo!
sugar dc; reuned quiet ;mou id
granulated 5l4c. 1
Chicago, July l.iri view f u t.
fact that no session of t,he board wiij
will be held on Wednesday, the ina
ket showed a surprising strength ai d
closed at an advance of c for Sept V
ber. Strong cables, poor threshi ' o-
reiuins ana improved outside demuud
were factors in "creating a strong ai u
aetive market. , Corn advanced
oats-closed unchanged; provisions ad'
vanced 2i12ic
Chicago, July 1. Cash quoia-i .;
Flour steady. Wheat winter patent.
$3 653 .75; winter straights 3 13fe
3 . 45 ; winter clears ; spring
specials $4 35; hard patents 3 4(j
3 80 ; soft straights $2 903 30 : bakfj s"
$2302 60. ' Wheet-Xo 2 spring "
No.3 spring 7073 ; No. 2 nd
Cora No. "2, 3434. Gat -No s
f. o. b. . Pork, per bi: -t7 t
8 35. Lard, per 10!' lbs. ii $7y2
5 10 Short rib sides, loo;. H cj
4 90. Dry salted shouide. - 50 .1
5 25. Short clear sides, boxe $5 Oil
5 10. Whiskey DiU'er Snished
goods, per gallon. $1 2i5 ,
The , leading futures ranged as fo
lows opening, highest, lowest an.
UUU
closing: Wheat No. 2, July 72 V
72, 74, 72, 74c; September 71.
74X, 75X, 74, 75X&7&K; December
76476K, .77X. 76, 77c. Corn
July 33&34, 34K34, 33. 34 K
34 ;September 3434, 3434?,
34X, 3434c; December 33
33ft, 3434K. 33, 34c. Oat
July 24J6, 24A. 2lX,21H21c;8it
tember21,21,21, 21; Mai 23M
23, 23K, 23, 23c. Pork, per
bbl-July $8 22, 8 35, S 22- 8 35;
September $8 47, 8 60,8 45, 8 57.
Lard per 100 lbs- July 15 05. 5 10. 5:..
5 10; September $5 22, 5 25, 5 20, 5 25.
Short ribs, per 100 lbs Julv U 7i '
4 75.4 70, 475; September 4 80, 4 9
4 "90, 4 95.
Baltimore, July l Klour qui t
and unchanged. Wheat firm rn 1
75X75Kc; month 75X75Ue: ju!v
76i76c; August 76js7634c; 8-u
tember 7778c. Southern heit
by sample 7075a Con: dull
Spot 38X38c; month 38U'38c; "
August 3838Kc; September 38jsc.
Southern white . corn 41(f? 42f Outs
itesdy No. 2 white32;4:3234c.
The Melon Market.
New York, July 1. Muskmelons
were in better demand and a shade
higher. Watermelons show a wide
range in quality and value. Mask
melons, Florida, per case, 75cf3 00;
Charleston, per bushel basket. 75c
$1 00. Watermelons, per car load, $12i
00200 00;' per hundred, $10 0025 00.
FOREIGN JrlSRKi";.
Sv Cable to the Moraus . sr.i- .
Liverpool, July 1, 1 f. M.-. Co
ton Closing spot in limited demand;
prices steady. American middling: 3
5-16d. The sales of the day were 6 00!)
bales of which 1,000 were for sptcula
tioa and export and included 5,800
bales American. Receipts 3,000 bahs,
including 1,500 American".
Futures opened steady witii a mod-i
rate demand and closed steady
American middling (t. m. c.) July 3
16 64317-64d buyer; July arid Au
and September 3 16 64d 1
tmr.W i n,tft'n 9 is
gust 3 16-643 17 64d seller; Aueust
seller; bep-
tember and October 3 15 b"4d seller;
October aad November 3 14-(34d seller;
November and December 3 l3-64d
seller; December and January 3 13 64d
buyer;' January aud February 3 13 64
3 14 64d seller: February and March
13.4-64d buyer ; March and April 3 14 64
3 15-643 15 64d buyer; April and .
M ay 3 15 643 16-64d seller. . '
MA
ARRIVED. .
Sfcmr E AHawes, Black, Clear Bun,'
James Madden.
Stmr Seabright, Sanders. Shajlotte
anrf Little River, S C, Stone, Rourk
& Co.-
CLEARED.
Stmr E A Hawes, Black, Ciearliuu
James Madden.
Steamship Geo W Clyde, 1,514 tons,
Robinson, New York, H G . Small
bones. , .
MARINE DIRECTORS
of Veueli lo.'tl.e; !''
mlnsrton, JN. c, July 2
. l Wll.
1899.
SCHOONERS. 1-
Melborne (Br) 170' tons, ' Malbeson,
Geo Harriss. Son & Co.
C C Lister, 273 tons, Robinson, ke0
Harriss, Son & Co.
BARQUES.
Hancock, 348 tons, Parker, Geo H,ar
rissvSon & CoJ
1 have jtjst returned from the
with a lot op fine hor3es.
WEST
DO YOU WANT ONE
If so, yon will make
a mistake if yon
oeiore seeing: me.
L. W. BATES;
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