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It belieye3 in ex pansion, and has done as much per haps as any paper in the country to strengthen the expansion sentiment. But on one subject it is sensible, and believes that if expansion is to be carried out by war it should be vigorous and aggressive war, no time-wa3ting, dilly-dallying, life 'destroying foolishness, of which there has been entirely too much. To show how the dilly-dallying has gone on, its Manila correspondent cabies the conflicting views, giving first the official military view, and second the views of the officers and thinking men in the field, thus: "Two opposite views of the Philip pine situation are held by those per sons who have followed the American campaign with close attention. "First is the official militarv view. According: to this, the situation is now well in hand and the campaign has been as successful as possible. "The natives are tired of the insur rection, and are more friendly toward the Americans than toward the insur gents. The insurgent army is made up almost entirety of brigands, who can - no longer be held together by their leaders. The war will soon be over, it is declared, if the wet season holds off. "The force of troops now on hand is t sufficient for the emergency. Business is picking up. "The disorganized insurrection, de . prived of its resources, is held to gether at present entirely by the hope given the rebels through the anti an nexation movement iu the United States and the American papers which reach here. "The insurgent leaders are actuated solely by selfish personal ambitions. "The second view, which is held by military men in the field and leading thinkers, is that, as the ability of our troops to drive the insurgents at will has been proved, the sunDressinn nt the insurrection depends upon the ability of the men in authoritv to cope with the situation and upon muzzling the American press. The outlook at present is more gloomy for a speedy ending of the war than ever before. The method of making raids into the country and then withdaawing, leav ing the friendly natives at the mercy of the returning insurgents.-- has tended to alienate the population and not materially to weaken the insur gents. "The organization of the insurgents is still good and their resources are not greatly impaired. "The failure this season to take the railroads running through the valley of the rice country above San Fer nando leaves to the enemy immense resources and fails to protect the in terests of foreign merchants. VJ1 the Present methods the war with the Filipinos can continue in definitely. The only true method to pacify the country is to garrison all the important towns. To do this more than twice the number of troops al ready here, including the volunteers, are necessary, with several regiments of mounted cavalrv. Four thousand men being in the hospital, 4,800 in the southern islands and 16,000 in Manila, Caviteand smaU eamsons, this leaves only 8,000 for ac tive campaigning. "This number is not sufficient, since the trooos in the north are in bad con dition, many of the soldiers having ir ritated hearts, by reason of overexer tion on account of the small number or troops available, new ad constantly required and freauent of 40, 000 effective men. The official views have been completely discred ited by the ghastly record of . fail ure, and of horrid atrocities with which the worst of our Indian wars bear no comparison. Possibly there may have been some exaggeration in these stories of atrocities, although they are told by our own men, but even thoso who say there was ex aggeration admit that there was some foundation for the stories, enough to make a protest from any American who believes that war even against savages or semi-savages should be conducted upon civilized principles by a civilized nation, more especially when we propose to "as similate" the people against whom we make war. The second view is borne out by the history of the campaigns against the Filipinos since the 4th of last February, by the failure to do what the planners of these campaigns started out to do, and by the reports which we have had from returning officers that the force in the Philip pines was not adequate to the task before it, and finally by the admis sion of the war managers in Wash ington in sending more troop3 when they have so studiously tried to make it appear that there were enough already there. Who is responsible for the. lives lost in these campaigns, for the men crippled by wounds, and bod ies impaired perhaps for life by dis ease? Very little experience shoujd have taught Gen. Otis that he did not have men enough to fight the Fili pinos and hold the ground captured, and why, then, did he persist in the foolhardy attempt to do the impos sible when he was thereby sacri ficing the lives and health of as loyal and" brave soldiers as ever marched under a flag or followed a leader ? The presumption is that the war managers at Washington are kept informed on the movements of the armies, the effective force, the results of battles, and on the situa tion generally. Didn't they know what every intelligent, reading per son in the country knew before Gen. Otis called his men back close to Manila, that the force was too small; and, if so, why did they not send the reinforcements needed, and why permit these foolhardy attempts to accomplish the impossible at such a fearful cost of men and money ? That we can conquer the Filipi nos in time there is little doubt, for for we are 75,000,000 of people, with unlimited credit and ships at command, to carry soldiers and mu nitions of war, while the people we are fighting embrace different tribes which have little in common, have no credit, and no ships, which throws them almost entirely upon their own' resources, and yet they have disputed ground with our sol diers since the 4th of last February, and now we are told that peace is further off than ever. Peace will come sooner or later, for the Filipi nos cannot hold out forever, but whata fearful amount of misrepre sentation has been done about this whole business. CUBA AS AN ORE- PRODUCER Cuba is rich in iron ore, and is looming up a great ore producer and exporter. In 1890 the United States imported from Cuba 409,883 tons, in 1897, 397,173 tons; in 1898 the war cut the importations down to 164,177 tons. The estimated im portations for this year are 1,000, 000 tons, and it is predicted that this will be more than doubled within the next year. This is a peculiar kind of ore and is used mainly 'for mixing with American ores in the manufacture of steel, in addition to which it can probably be delivered at our At lantic ports more cheaply than ores from the inland mines, which have long transportation by rail, can be. Some of the principal mines now being worked are owned and ope- by Americans, who, of all the labor-s.iv- possible and SPIRITS TURPENTINE. FIRST FLIRTATION. utilize ing machinery on the mgt economical rated course, mine methods. These mines will prove of immense advantage to the iron and steel in dustries along our coast, because that kind of iron ianeeded and tho competition they will create wdl en sure iron at a moderate cost, and protect manufacturers from combina tions that might be formed if they were dependent exclusively upon the home mines. Some of the owners of Cuban mines are addiug largely to their facilities for production in view of the large business they are doing and expect to do. BOOK NOTICES. Gunton's Magazine for July con tains a number of interesting pa&jrs on political and economic s abject which will be read with interest ,u I profit. These articles are contributed by thoughtful writers aad show thought. Published by The Gautoa Company, Union square, New York. The Revieic of Revietcs presents, a fine list of contents for July, embrac ing two valuable papers in tha Philip pines, and one on "Brick Paving in the Middle West." The departments "The Progress of the World" and "Record of Current Events" are as usually interesting and instructive. The story of "Rosa Bonheur, and her Work, illustrated, is interesting. Published by the Review of Reviews Co., 13 Astor Place, New York. The North American Revieic for J iriy presents a solid list of contents, discussing subjects now attracting the attention of the world. One of these is "The Logic of Our Position in Cuba," by an officer of the Army of Occupation. Assuming that we want to annex Cuba, he goes on to show that we are not pursuing the right course to encourage an annexation sentiment. Address North American Review, No. 11 Warren street, 'New York. Roxboro Courier: Eighty-one miles is no short distance, "yet that's what Jasper Burch, Eugene Hicks and Edsvin Terry "wheeled" an Saturday last. They left here at 6:30 and rc itied Burlington at 10 spent tw o houis there and returning, reached Roxbor at 5:30 P. M. This is a petty good record for the boys. Asheboro Courier: The Ran dolph county wheat harvest is over, and it appears that the crops all over the county are somewhat lighter than usual. The fruit crop, with the excep tion of berries and grapes, is almost an entire failure. Corn is looking well and, judging from appearances,, there will be a much larger crop than last year. Goldsboro Argus: A half doz en people saw a stranger, whose gen -eral appearance gave indications that e was from the rural districts, pick up a pocket book in front of the Mayor s office this morning which contained $13.15 in money. The stranger counted the money in pres ence of several people and then quiet ly walked away. Wilson Neios: Cities to the north of Wilson have announced with a flourish of trumpets that the "Kis sing Bug" has visited them. Wilson joins the rarlfs of the sufferers; for yes terday Mr. Ernest Meredith, after a nap during the afternoon, woke to find his upper lip swollen, and Dr. Nathan Anderson found on examination that Mr. Meredith had been bitten by the pest known as the "Kissing Bug." Durham Sun: Durham coun ty has another murder case on docket. ine scen of this lates crime was at Marion Terry's place, about thirteen miles north west of Durham, last Sat urday afternoon. The dead man's name is John Jones, colored, and his slayer is Walter Fvans,- white. The cause of killing was a drunken row.in which Evans shot Jones with a shot gun and inflicted wounds from which the negro died Saturday morning at 4 o'clock just 12 hours after he was shot. Lexington Dispatch: Mr. C.E. Ridge, a young man about 25 years of age, was arrested at Asheboro Monday morning (last week), charged with forgiDg orders on the county treasurer of Randolph. Ridge is a son of Mr. B. B. Ridge, of Farmers, and a brother of R. R. Ridge, editor of the Randolph Argus, published at Asheboro. Sted man & Co., have cashed bogus orders amounting to $143 and it is said the Bauk of Randolph and several citizens were caught for different amounts, just how much no one knows at pres ent, but it is thought by many that the total will run up into the thous anus or dollars. TWINKLINGS. -i " : . There is great waste of time and en ergy of the men by long marches to the front. j- "The non-combatants are mdre friendly towards the insurgents than towards the Americans on acount, mainly, of the petty tyranny of the soldiers. .. "The isolated insurgent outrages are only a repetition of similar isolat ed acts of our own men. Fiuuwr ana engineer corps xuu neeaea ror tne building of good ds. Nothing on this line has been done, but it is indispensable for the pacification of the country . 1 Iree irom the vexa is THE GROWTH OF OUR EXPORTS. The United States Bureau of Stat istics has recently prepared a state ment showing' our exports for eleven months of this vear. with a table giving the growth of exports for the past eleven years, as follows: $ 694,133,804 1890- 804,717,334 1891 ; 826,886,076 1892 965,389,811 !893 782,218,625 834,676,085 1895 752,569,335 J896 815,991,067 189J 977,800,522 1898 1,136,503,607 1899 1,130,629,572 The gain here consists largely of manufactured articles in which our manufacturers are making rapid pro gress, their exports last year for the first time exceeding our imports of manufactures. Taken as a whole this is a gratifying exhibit, for it shows how largely the world is de pendent upon this country for what it needs and what an important fac tor it is in the world's commerce. But there is something in connec tion with it which is not so gratify ingand that is that nearly all, at least 90 per cent., of this immense volume of exports was carried in foreign ships, and the money that it took to do it went into the coffers of foreign ship owners. This deprived us of a very considerable portion of theprofit which would have been ours if this freight had been carried in American Bhips and the money for carrying remained at home. But we are learning something in the school of experience and will yet have an American Merchant Marine. Gen. Wood, who has been run ning the Santiago business for Uncle Sam, ha3 refused an offer of 30, 000 for five years, with 100,000 worth of stock thrown in, to take the management pf an elevated railway in Xew York city, and decided to hold on to the job for Uncle Sam at $6,000 while Uncle Sam needs him. Gen. Wood is in clanger of having his sanity questioned., for people don't do that way much these days. it may be incidentally remarked that the Gen. has somewhat elevated notions of duty. The doctors are getting things down so they can see through a fallow pretty well these days. The latest is a German contrivance by which the doctor attaches n. little camera to a tiny electric lamp, drops it down the throat and takes a pho tograph of the inards, which, when enlarged, shows a person what he or she looks like inside. Klla "So you saw Belle when you were in Chicago? Has her hus band changed anyf'' Cora "Yes; several times." Puck. Prospective Tenant of Flat "Why, there isn't room to swing a cat in here!" Janitor "No; we permit no cats in the building." "The first writing was done on stone." remarked the wise man at din ner. "Great gracious! Think of the postage!"' involuntarily exclaimed the rising poet. Tit Bits. "Grandpa," he began, turning the leaves of his book, "did your his tory use to say that the Spaniards set tled this country?" "I believe it did, my boy." "Well, the new ones won't say that." "What will they say, my son?" "This country settled the Span iards." Then grandpop gave him a dime. Sunday School Teacher "Who was the wisest man, Johnny?" Johnny ' Solomon." Teacher "That's right No at , Willie, who was the strongest man V Willie "Joaah " "Teacher "Wrong. But what reason have you for believing Jonah was the strooge3t man ?" Willie" 'Cause the whale couldn't hold him after it got him down." "Come and dine with us to-mor-inorrow," said the old fellow who had made his money and wanted to push his way into society, tells the Chicago News. "Sorry," replied the elegant man. "I can't, I'm going to see 'Ham let.' " "That's all right," said the hos pitable old gentleman, "bring him with you." r The Savage Bachelor "I can not understand' said the Young Sweet Thing, "what Kipling meant by 'half devil and half child.' " "Nor I," said the Savage Bachelor, "when both phrases mean essentially the same thing." In the meantime the small boy boarder continued to play that the hall was a railroad and he was a freight tra i n. Ind ia napolis Jou mal. APPOINTMENTS. CURRENT COMMENT. To illustrate the gallantry and at the same time the agility of Adap tions of Spanish taxation should Ion? I ral ewey, a story i8 told that while snowing- some ladieB around the American camp at Manila, thev j ago hare been etahi;c, J-hbufme8s stagnation, it is held will continue until all the important JorUZOTar61OCCvUpied bT small garrisons. Local bankers believe currency is leaving the islands. The estimated reduction is from $28 000 -000 to $15,000,000. WU' Tire "official military" view is the view which comports with the viewB of the war managers at Washington, the views they have tried to impress upon the American people. They expressed these views some time ago when they said no more troops were needed in the Philippines, that the wind was knocked out of the rebel lion, which was then staggering on its last legs, and now in the face of all these assurances they are enlist ing men to give Gen. Otis an army passed rather close to a donkey, which was in a sullen mood. Its ears gave the signal of danger, and about the time it got ready to de liver its hoofs the Admiral, by a nimble movement, got between the heels and the endangered lady and received the full charge on his own person. .Luckily for the lady it wasn't an American mule, for if it had been the Admiral never would have got there in time. Peffer is being laughed at be cause he wishes the Government to build 5,500 miles of new railroads at a cost of $250,000,000, but he might retort that, at least, this enterprise would pay better than a $25,000, 000 war. Philadelphia Ledger , Ind. . euo not nice the expres sion in a reffent issue of the Phila delphia Record, referring to the re cent killing of 1,500 of the Filipinos when it says: "Human life is cheap in the Orient." The lives of the brave American boys who are un happily in the Orient are not r.ban. and should not be so regarded by the Kuvernmenc wnose battles they are fighting. Portland (Maine) Ex press, Rep. Fifty-five millions of acres of iana in "the colonies" it is said. have been added to the 'public do main as a consequence of the war with Spain, and these lands, it is aaaea, are admirably adapted to the needs of colored settlers. There ought to be a f orty-acre-and-a-mule proposition concealed somewhere in this condition of affairs, if the prin cipal politicians will only work it right. Savannv News, Dcm. J ust at the moment when the whole Protectionist press of the country are loudly vociferating against Mr. Havemeyer for declar ing .that "Tariff was the mother of Trusts," and are busily engaged in showing his untruthfulness and as sailing his motives, the odiou3 Tin Plate Trust bangs its doors in the face of 50,000 workmen and fur nishes a conspicuous proof of Mr. Havemeyer's veracity. The Tin plate fact rather knocks the wind out of the Tariff orators and organs. Philadelphia Record, Dem. By the Bishop of East Carolina. July 6, Thursday, E. P., Belhaven. July 9, Sunday, sixth after Trinity, M. P., S. Luke's, Washington county. J uly 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. QUARTERLY MEETINGS. ''Mamma, have yon any objection to my rocelylng the f-.tiantion of that young gentloruan who dun; eil with me at last evening's hopf" inquired Edith Gray aa she looked cut of tho wiudowat the Ocean flouso, whither for the first time in her life she had arrived. "Objection, my dearl I know nothing about the person you epeafe of." "Why, mi, don't you remember Mr. Bodolphns MoGllvery, the gentleman-with long, flowing, black hair and a bronze face? The very first day I came here, just before pa went away, he asked to be introduced to me. He is of Scottish descent, and ia making the tour of the United States. Well, In a very familiar manner he said to me: 'Miss Edith'-for he heard pa call me so "I shall wish to monopolize your sooi ety while I am here. I am fond of young ladies. I had a sister once who i strongly resembled you. That weed on my hat be tokens her decease. ' And he wiped his eyes and looked, so affectionately toward me, ma, I began to love him at onoe." "Why, Edith, yon should not. indulge in such strong expressions! Remember you are a young lady and know but little of tho world. You must be caufeiouB, dear, about accepting attentions from strangers. Many a young girl has been duped by their falseness. " ' ' Ma, I never saw such a doubting per son as you are! What earthly motive could have induced him to have asserted such a thing unless it were true? There he is ris ing from his seat. I will run and ask bim to come to our room." "No, Edith. You must not be too fa miliar, I tell you. " But Edith waved her little hand for his approach, and. he came into the hall, and there stood, awaiting her to join bim. Artless and thooghtless, she ran to him and began narrating nil her late conversa tion, and after pressing Mr. Rodolphus McGilvery to go and seo her mother he re iactantly consented to do so. Upon entering the room ho was the pic ture of smiles and the graces personified, so bland in conversation, so delicate in re marks, so apparently diffident, yet reso lute, that Mrs. Blithe did not wonder her daughter was fascinated. The interview was a long one and ended in a full disclosure of the objeot for which he came to this country, indirectly keeping in view all the while that money w35o consideration with him, his father having just died and loft him solo heir to a prince ly fortune; that he only pined for sympa thy and companionship, and, as Edith so strongly reminded him of his deceased sis ter, he perhaps had ventured too far in en deavoring to gain the friendly regard of one young and innocent heart in a strange land. These thoughts being uttered in a most winning accent, all counted with Mrs. Blltho, and she ventured so far as to add that "If during their sojourn they-could do anything to minister to his comfort they would most cheerfully perform it." And Edith was in ecstasy that she had thus won over her mother to become interested in Mr. Rodolphus McGilvery. They rode and they walked with the Scotch gentleman and even talked, as thoil intimacy increased, of taking a trip with him to his native country. To say that he essentially contributed to their enjoyment while at this watering place was not enough. He made Edith feel a kind of hap piness she had never experienced before. What did she care for that staid young man, Mr. Lester, from New York, or Mr. Fry, the rloh bachelor who had promised Mr. Blithe to attend his wife and daughter in his absence? It was certainly very ill timed and impertinent in the latter to in quire what they knew of the character of the gentleman with whom they wore so in timately connected after he had told them so minutely his personal history. Truly, Mrs. Blithe, you are as easily satisfied and as credulous as your daughter. Mr. Fry, however, took it upon himself to ascertain authentically ' whether the statements made by Mr. Rodolphus were strictly true. He addressed a letter to a mercantile house in Xew York upon whom he professed to draw for money, and found they were ignorant of the existence t)f such a man. He addressed another to Count Zoivani, whom he said ho knew in timately, and was answered that he "nev er heard of the gentleman in question " So that when convinced of thofalslty of two asseverations, ho began to distrust all others, which sorely puzzled and vexed Mrs. Blithe and her daughter. V When in the heyday of arms rent tri umph, having secured the affectlins of an artless girl, having flirted and. danced In tho sunbeams of fashionable life, suddenly Mr. Rodolphus McGilvery disappeared, leaving the landlord with his unpaid bill, and at the livery stable a large Undis charged account "for sundry drives about the suburbs," in which Mrs. Blithe and Edith had participated, and, -worse than all, leaving a young and guileless heart to feci the obagrln whioh always attends an unsuccessful flirtation. j Mrs. Blithe and her daughter now will ingly accepted the protection of that es timable gentleman, Mr. Fry,! whose in quiries undoubtedly gave the walking tioket to the Scotch gentleman, and feel ing as they dldthat his professions of re gard were sincere, Edith was never ques tioned by her mother how far or how fast Mr. Fry had proceeded. "Who is the reigning married belle of tho season at the Ocean House?" I inquired upon my arrival the next season. "A Mrs. Fry from New York," was the reply. "She is truly lovely, and her coun tenance and manners are faultless. Be sides she has a most fascinating man for a husband." I gazed at the belle as she entered the dining hall. It was she who one year ago hung upon the arm of that disgraced Mo Gllvery, and I thanked heaven that so bright and beauteous a being had escaped the snares whioh attended her first and last flirtation. New York News. LEGEND OF THE LACEMAKER. How a. ltruacs Slald Was VIIte V. ltli il Vision. Her jewels of great price were not the only things bequeathed to her daughters by tho Empress of Austria. She loft n for tuno in a eol Unit Ion of laces to the eldest that has already proved :i bono of conten tion between tho two ladies. These laces, it is claimed by connoisseurs, are priceless and should never bo trusted beyond tho walls of u museum. Should they bo seen, however, a fresh impetus might bo given to the . industry ot laoeinaking, now in a languishing condition. The queen of tho Belgians was tlio first to sound the trumpet of alarm about this falling off in Flanders, the crudlo of the art of lacemaking. As the legend runs, it was Jaqueline, countess of Flanders, who was deeply in love with her noble husband, the hand some Henelick, but who did not return this tender feeling with the ardor it de served. Ha had even made eyes at the countess' maid, Serena, who, for the sole crime of being beautiful,, was sent by her mistress to a dark ant! noisome place of concealment in a corner of tho palace. The room where the poor girl was confined opened on a small, damp garden, and there the would sadly sit and mourn for her beloved, tho equerry Luitiiold. One day her eyes filled with tero-s. She prayed to the Virgin to come to her rescue by some miracle, and then, raising her heavy eyelids, sho beheld a million white silky threads, so tenuous and arranged in sucli wonderful patterns that she was lost in admiration before them. , By and by sho began to wish she could imitate the lovely patterns of good Mary's threads, for evidently they had been placed there in answer to her supplication. At last, after month of patient and ardu ous toil, she achieved, a piece of gossamer, cobweblike work that rivaled the miracu lous threads arrayed by her holy patron. The lace wus sent to the countess, who 6hed tears of delight at the sight of so much beauty. The next step was to send for the captive and marry her to tho equerry, bestowing a sum or money on tne happy pair that would have kept them in comfort ever after, but independently of the countess they became rich, for the young woman .taught her art to seven daughters, from whom descended all the Bruges lucemakers. This is a sweet romance, but from whom did this pious Sij:-.';i:v receive the threads wit!: which sho imitated tho heav enly cobwebs? It has been suggested that sho unraveled her sloekings and again that she plucked the golden hairs from her hcud, but why will folks bo so dreadfully practical? It is sufficient that tho hand made lace of FlaiAlers is the most ex quisite thing wrought by human fingers, and the fatal looms have almost de stroyed its art with their new industry. It was the elegant Mario Antoinette who gave the first blow to lacemaking. The splendid lace worn in profusion at tho courts of I)i: ; XIV and XV wero re placed by the gauzes and muslins of the queen, and, though the Kinpre,ss Josephine brought back the fashion, it has never been the same as then. The looms have produced jjcrfeot too perfect imitations and cheapened tho marvelous labor of years. It is now proposed by the Belgian queen and some other sovereign ladies to make a point of wearing only handmade lace and binding themselves by solemn compact not to allow an inch of machine made loco on their petticoats and under linen. We shall see what effect jhis will have on tho modern mondolno and how her bills will increase. Boston Herald. Beware of Imitations! Consumers should beware of the cheap and inf eriot washing powders said to be just as good as , : Washing Powder They are not there is nothing so good as the genuine GOLD DU3T for all cleaning about the house. Ask for GOLD- DUST and insist on getting it. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago St Louis New York Boston .WW. r- .. 1 S. COMMERCIAL, WILMINGTON ,MARKET. STAR OFFICE. July 5. afIRfTS TURPENTINE. Market steady at 36j cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 36 cents per c-nllfvn for p.mint.rv!vsks. ROSIN Market quiet at 90 cents ! Savauaah and 95 cts for ceipts easv at at $1.30 France 773,757 bales; exo-rt Continent 2,730,728 bales.' ' . i , , " '.outlay receipts ira oaies; Norfolk ai one. nei receipts 176 ! iiiuru, limbing i. eel roc Boston, holiday, l.t oaies; vvilnnna-to::. st-;if!,- net receipts 2 btks- .PVuiadej, firm at 6c, net rr.Re.h-v. ) u' sieau v nt 55 to tl.s j, i.ft Qui- f Hah;'! :pts rec tal.-,. "American Bad Manners. One prime reason why Americans are considered by Europeans to be underculti vatcd is their very general inability to hold any sort of intercourse by correspondence without making blunders social bhmdero and blunders arising from lack of training and - education. The most commonplace shades and gradations of difference in one's correspondence with people who oc cupy different relations to us seem to be totally unfamiliar to niany .Americans, Whose wealth and position would imply In any other country just such knowledge. In Rome, Loudon and Berlin more than oue unofticiul note from one of the under secretaries at the American embassies of these cities has been passed jibout as a sample of American ignoranoend Amer ican bad manners. "America and Amer icans From a French Point of View."- WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT per barrel for Strained Good Strained. TAK. Market hrm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.35 ' per barrel for Hard, $2.00 for Dip, and $2.10 for Virgin. Quotations sane day last year. Spirits turpentine steady at 23M23c; rosin firm at $1.001.05; tar steady at $1.30; crude turpentine dull at $1.00 1.50. RECEIPTS. F Spirits Turpentine 143 Rosin 353 Tar : . . 73 Crude Turpentine 41 Receipts same day last year. 100 casks spirits turpentine, 297 bbls rosin, 143 bbls tar, 87 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 5 cts pr pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 3 7-16 cts. 1$ lb txooa Ordinary 4 13-16" " Low Middling 5 7-16 " " Middling .... 5Jg " " Good Middling 6X " 4i Same day last year middling 5Jgc. Receipts-2 bales; same day last year, P. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS . North Carolina Extra prime, 75 to 80c per bushel f 28 pounds ; fancy, 80 to 80c. Virginia Extra prime, 55 to 60c; fancy, 60c; Spanish, 82 K to 85c. CORN Firm; 50 to 52 cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$l. 10; upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N: C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to lie per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c; sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.95; six-incb, $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. 22 IH't ..... oajes: Mew ii-l. O7SC, ue! !.;; Or;ii u. Mobile; notli'iitr i.i-:-,c . .,e, ' ceipts bale; Memphis, quiet ?'t V:'' net receipts ISO bales- a,,'..'?? ' receipt? b-J'. quiet at 6)c, net- Charleston, nominal. baits. PRODUCE MARKET By Teleerctyi to the jfonitr.z New York. Julv ,5. - K1!,,,.. ;.. . and -weakt; ; a ii...- Whtzt -s,,.,t moderately active patents $3 85 4 10. quiet aad weak ;" No. 2 tion3 opened weak and deciin'td r.r-c tically all day under Jiquida;;.!, : -h"i. ing motives were found in disai.n i 1 . . . . ' f iug uiuic iiBiis. a ueavy visible .vj increase, lame interior ncpink crop weather and poor support; (iov'j weak at lfc decline from Saturday s price; No. 2 red July closed ?;)'.,.. September closed 79c; December 1 i;ni 80&c. Corn Spofweak ; Mo. 2. 4(i4.. options opened easy and sold off .1, wheat; receipts were large; elosul weak at He net lower ; July closed ' ;i September closed 39Xc Oats h , weak; No. 2 32c. Lard easy; W.r i" $3 30; refined easy. Butter quel. ,i steady; Western . creamery 15'iw, 18c; State dairy 1317c Chees steady; large white Sc. Coiton seed oil steady. Cabbage stead? nil kinds $1 003 00 per barrel cia;,-. Potatoes steady; Southern firsts $2 Hi 3 25; do. seconds $100 1 75. Coffee Spot Rio steady ; No. 7 iu voice 6ic No. 7 jobbing 6Hc; mild quiet; Cor dova 813c. Sugar Raw steady; re fined steady. ' CHICAGO, July 5. The grain mar ket was extremely weak to day. Y).,t lost lie; corn declined c a .1 ats i. a fc. Provisions were intim i;ctd bv weakness iu grain. Pork declined io lard 5c and ribs 5c. on the The rollowlne onotatinna rnnmwnt wuoiesaie trices generally, in Biasing np small orders hiizher prices have to be chargeo. Tne quotations are always given as accurately as possible, but the Btas will not be responsible for any variations from the actual market price ot the articles auoted. BAGGING 2 K Jnte Standard WESTERN 8MOK1D Hams f I) ii Sides lb 8houlders fc DRY SALTED 81desB , Shoulders S B BARRELS SDlrlts Tnrrjentlne Second-hand, each 1 25 a 1 new saw xorK, eacn , New City, each , BEESWAX 9 Tb BRICKS Wilmington 9 y. 6 00 7 00 Northern 9 00 14 00 BUTTER A Negrito Marriage. When two Negritos, a people of the Philippine islands, aro united, the whole tribe is assembled, and the affianced pair climb two trees growing near eaoh other. Tho elders then bend the branches until the heads of the conple meet. When the heads have thus come into coptaot, the marriage is legally accomplished and great rejoicings take plaoe, a fantastic, danoe completing tho ceremony. Northern CORN HEAL Per bushel, in sacks Virginia Meal COTTON TIEa w bundle . CANDLES 9 Sperm Adamantine CHEESE 9 lb Northern Factory Dairy Cream State COFFEE 9 Laguyra Rio DOMES! ICS Sheeting, 4-4, 9 yard Yarns. 9 bunch of 5 ts EGGS 9 dozen Mackerel, No. 1, 9 barrel. . . 28 00 Mackerel, No. 1, 9 half-bbl. 11 00 Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... 16 00 Mackerel, No. 8 9 half-bbl. . 8 00 , Mackerel, No. a, 9 barrel... 13 oo Mullets, 9 barrel s CO raunets, vporK barrel 5 00 n. u. Koe oiernng. v 12H& 15 20 & 23 51 & 55 51 & 55 Q 93 18 25 8 3 11 10H UK & 11 iOH 18 1C 7H 10 SM 70 ' 11 By Teleeraph to the Morning Star. . New York. July 5. Money call firm at 2 6 per cent, last loan being at 2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 34 per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at 487X 487 for demand and 485 X for sixty days. Posted rates 486487 and 488489 Commercial bills 485. Silver certificates 6061. Bar . sil ver 60H- Mexican dollars 48. Got. ernment buds firm. State bonds steady. Railroad bonds strono-. U. S. 2's; registered, 101; U. S. 3V, registered, 108; do. coupon, 108 ; U.S.. new 4's, registered, 129 ; do. cou pon, 129K; U. S. old 4's, registered, 112ft; do.coupon,112M;U. S.5's, resis ts tered,112; do. coupon, 112M;N.C. 6's H I 127: Hn A'c 109. SA,i,tV,n t?o,l 5's 110. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 49 ;Chesapeai:e & Ohio 26 ; Manhat tan L 118; N. Y. Central 139; Reading 21 ; do. 1st preferred 62J ; St. Paul 132 ; do. preferred 174 'A : South ern Railway 11; do. preferred 52 ; American Tobacco 95: do. re ferred 139; People's Gas 121 Sugar aoos-; ao. preterreall7; T. U. & Iron 66; U. S. Leather 5; do. preferred 71K; Western Union 89M- NAVAL STORES MARKETS. .in l 136 8 85 1 40 1 40 88 Chicago, July 5 Cash qu v.-s Flour steady.' Wheat Xo.2 t.p; in No.3 spring 7173c; No. 2 i--d 72 74c. Corn No.2 333lVc 0:n -No. 2, 24M24c; No. 2 white 2d 28c; No.3 white, 25K2Sc Pork bbl, $8 308 32. Lard ne. :- rs $5 275 33. Short rib side- loo f4 45. Dry salted shoulders j5 W 5 25. Short clear sid' boxe . 5 1 si 5 10. Whiskey DL-lil -Its' .: M.-d goods, per gallon, il 26. The leading" futures rawged .- "' lows opening, highest, low,: closing: Wheat No. 2. July 73JS, 73, 72, 72c; September 74is 75, 75,73, 73; December 71 76fc, 75j, 75c! Corn-Jul? 34,'i. 34, 35, 35; September 343s312. 34 33, 33c; December 33ft33&, 34, 33, 33Xc. Oats-No. 2 'July 24; 24, 23 y, 23Hc; September 21, 21, 2U20, 20H; December 23 23, 2323M, 23, 23c. Pork, per bbl-July 8 32, 8132, 8 30. 8 30, September $8 55, 8 55, 8 47, 8 47.', Lard per 100 lbs-July $5 07. 5 07M 5 07, 5 07)4; September 5 22; 5 22J, 5 17, 5 20. Short nbi, per 100 lbs July $4 75,-, 4 75; Sep L tember $4 90, 4 92 4 90, 4 90. Baltimore. July 5. Fk-ur quiet. Wheat closed quiet Spot 74 47iuc; month 74X74c; August 75 75c; September 7677c. South ern wheat by sample 7075c. Com easy Spot 383c; month 38ic; Au gust 38c ; Southern white con; 41 41c Oats quiet No. 2 white S2H 322c. keg. 3 00 5 Dry Cod. 9 lb " Extra 4 35 FLOUR 9 Low grade Choice Straight 30 oo 15 oo 18 oo 9 00 14 00 4 00 8 00 3 25 10 4 50 Tlrst Patent wi OLUE-V B 86 GRAIN 9 bushel Corn.from8tore.bes Whit irh Car-load, in bgs White... Oats, from store 40 Oats, Rust Proof uow reas 65 4 00 Some men are born for luck. One ?ew York man has a wile whlia locatea her jaw every time she begins to scold him. Read the following from one of the most prominent and best known phy sicians and farmers in South Carolina. He writes "That a negro girl 10 years id-n' nim, took two or three doses of the Worm Killir' and passed 366 a w J , k. juaj 26th, 1884. t R. H, EDMUNDS, M. D. ' M. E. Church, South, Wilmington District. Brunswick, Snallotte, July 8-9 Waccamaw. Zlon, July 15-1B. Whltevllie, Fair Bluff, July 18. Wilmington, Grace, July 23-24. Elizabeth. Bladen Springs, July S9-30 Scott's Hill, Acorn Branch, August 0-7 Jacksonville and Rlchlands, Jacksonville AUgUStlJ!-13. Onslow, Queen's Creek, August 15 Kenansvlile. Warsaw, August 19-ao. Clinton, Goshen, August 22. B. F. BTJMPA8, Presiding Flder. Opera Glasses. A hint to be careful about the use of the opera glasses which are supplied In most of our leading theaters on a payment of a small foe is worthy of cttention. It has been proved beyond doubt by ooulists that these opera glasses frequently become the medium for spreading contagious diseases of the eye, and It is well therefore to be careful how wo ut them. Philadelphia Telegraph. - Wily Cnpld. Billson Whoso pocketbook Is that you are advertising for? Jimson Mine, of course. "Get out! 'Pocketbook containing o roll of notes and a largo number of checks and securities. Finder can keep the money if ho will return papers.' Get out I You don't seo a roll of notes or a check once ;i year. ' ' "Xo-o, but Bertha Bullion's fathor takes tho paper I advertised the loss in," and he'll seo that advertisement. Sec?" .- "Humph! Where did you got tho money to pay for that big ad?"T "Bmha lent it to me, bless herl" I-ondon Tit-Bits. Mr. H. M. McDonald, of Tj)Dnn N. C, says: "Dr. Boy kin's 'Worm Killer' brought over 100 worms from one child in his neighborhood,' and that it gives universal satisfaction." Jn.e sells more of it than all worm medicine. man other t ror uvr Plftr Tear.. MRS. WlNSLOW' fVwrmnn Hvpitd ho been used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while tee thine-, with iwrfwt It soothes the child. nrtftATia t.TiA mime alia vs all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer imme' vuabcxv. DU1U DV IITO CP1HLH 1T1 A-rara part of the world- Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask foi "MVe Winslow's Soothinir no other. " " , Two Points of View. cnnareii, eaia the poor saary, "are crying for bread. "Which shows. replied the rich man coldly, "how much yon have to be thankful for. Now, mine are crying for bonbons." Brooklyn Life. Science. Tho secret of power with man is to knov: its limitations. To this end wo need con stantly new accessions of truth as to the universe and better definitions of the truths which are old. Such knowledge, tested ana piacou in order, we call science. Sci ence is tho gathered wisdom of the race. Only a part of it can be grasped by any one man. Each must enter into the work of others. Science is the flowfer of the altru ism of the ages, by which nothing that lives "liveth for itself alone." The recog nition of facts and laws is the province ot science. Wo only know what lies about vx from our own experience and that of oth ers, this experience of others being- trans lated into terms of our own experience and more or less pcrteetiy blended with it. Wc can find the meaning of phenomena only from our reasoning based on these ex peri- nnrpd All 1-.. ,.!... .. . i.umtujj0 wo can attain oi hope to attain musf, in so far as it il knowledge at all, be stated in terms of hu man experience. The laws of nature art not the products of science. They are the human glimpses of that which is the "law before all time. " Thus human experience is tne founda Mon of all knowledge. Even innate ideas, such ideas exist, are derived in someway from knowledge possessed by our ancestors a. innate impulses to action are related SSL,'" "Uon d Star? " tupuiur ocience Monthly. Black Eye. Peas ; . . . l oo HIDES 9 ureen salted Dry flint Is Dry salt "HAY W 100 lbs Clover Hay Rice Straw Eastern, Western North River .' HOOP IRON, 9 B; LARD, V Ik Northern Nortn Carolina. LIME, barrel i 15 LUMBER (city sawed) 9 M ft Ship Stuff, resawea 18 00 Rough edge Plank 15 00 West India cargoes, accord Ing to quality 13 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 Common mill 5 no Fair mill 6 50 Prime mill ." g S Extra mill in on MOLASSES 9 gallon Barbadoes, In hogshead.'. . . Barbadoes, In barrels '. POrtO Rlrw In Tincrahaorlo Porto Rico, In barrels 28 & & & & 3 50 3 75 4 25 5 00 10 55 52 45 45 80 1 10 6 & 10 9 TO 90 40 & 0 80 85 80 85 80 85 & 2)i 5 a 7 1 10H '45 & 20 00 & 18 00 & 18 00 23 00 a 15100 C 50 & 8 00 & 10 00 10 50 & & 50 dukm nuuse, in hogsheads. 12 ougar nuase, in oarreis.... 14 Syrup, in barrels ir NAILS, keg. Cut, 60d basis. . . 2 03 PORK, 9 barrel city Mess t 9 rtuiziy. ............. Prime. . . ' nnpp n 1 SALT,' 9 sack. Alum.".'.' ijiverpoot -5 American. 7 Onl25tf Sacks ' ' SHINGLES, 7-Inch, per M .' 5 00 Common 1 Si a Cypress Saps 2 50 a s.S SUGAR, 9 lb-Standard Gran'd J 8 "2, White Vrtn, n u ? Extra C, Golden! '. ', " C, Yellow SOAP, 9 ft Northern 10 25 28 30 Si 14 15 25 2 10 10 00 9 50 9 00 22 1 10 80 75 2 25 STAvfc? WMW? 3 4 5 ( oerehAflYl TIMBER, r M feet-ShlDDlnff. Mill, Palme '. .7.7 mm, Fair Common Mill ".".7.""" 4 so Inferior to ordinary.. . . . " a Jm SHINGLES, n.C. Cypress sawed 9 M 6x24 heart.;. 7 so " Sap 5S 5x24 Heart . 2 S " Sap ; 4 S2 6x24 Heart 7.7 6 00 talloW' 600 1SH4&K? MS! OOL per Unwashed! . ! ! ! ! Jo & 10 00 V 00 7 00 6 50 5100 4 00 S'50 6oa 5100 550 6 60 5 50 6 2 00 00 If By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, July 5. Rosin quiet. Spirits turpentine firmer at 3940c. Charleston, July 5. Spirits tur pentine firm at 36c; sales 10 casks. Rosin firm and unchanged : . no sales. Savannah, July - 5r Spirits tur pentine firm at 37X37c; sales 49 casks ; receipts 2, 949 casks. Rosin firm and unchanged; sales 3,776 barrels receipts 7,365 barrels. COTTON MARKETS By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York. Julv 5. The market opened steady at an advance of" one to two points on the bad crnn run. ditions in Central and Southwestern Texas and better English cables than looked for, further advanced three to six points on covering and investment buying and then eased off and rultd quiet at a shade above the close of Saturday's market until just before adjournment, when liquidation carried prices off to a shade below Saturday's leyel, with the market finally steady at unchnged prices to a loss of two points -The earlier ruling of the afternoon market followed a belief that accounts from Texas had been ' exagge rated, especially the claim that ine nooos naa made a difference of half a laillion bales in the crop out look of tpat State. Other points re porting thj need of moisture, n tably the Carolinas, Arkansas and Tennes see, exerted a bullish influence early in the day which was overcome later uy reports irom other sections of the beltrindicating that the crop in gen eral was fruiting well and thrifty. The local contingent, in the absence of outside speculation, was disposed to act with conservatism. The volume and character of to day's trading was not satisfactory. There was very lit tle business from outside sources. New York. Julv k r.nti,s quiet; middling uplands 6 He Cotton futures k ao7 August 5,62, September 5. ode. October B.fiRf. rTrkvomKo. c . December o. 77c, January 5.81c, Febru ary 5.84c, March 5.87c: Anril K.Rft May 5.94c. DPOt COtton closed nuiot anl . changed; sales 2,600 bales. JNet receipts 1,302 bales: ceipts 3,486 bales; sales 2,600 bales exports to Great Britain 4.089 ho Tod exports to tho Continent 1,774 bales' stock 169,451 bales. ' lOtal tO-daV Net reair.lo onm bales: exDorts to jRvs& Ttu; a non h , A11UUU ,UO0 Q lac a-wvsv-h. A J.T -M . v" w we continent 6.429 bales; stock 488,524 bales. yonsoiioatea Net receipts 18,865 lies: exoorts tn aMot c , j bales; exports to France 2,554 bales; exports to the Continent 23,114' bales total since SentemW lot tm ceipts 8,249,517 bales; exports to Great Britain 3,423,959 balesr exports to FOREIGN &ARKJET. - Col- prices By Cable to the Morning Stai Liverpool, July 5, 4 P. M. ton Spot in moderate demand : 1 a . . . - uncnangea. American middling o 11-32. The sales of the day were 8.000 bales of which 500 were for specula tionand export and included 7,8u0 bales American, ( Futures opened quiet with a poor demand and closed quiet but steady t the advance. American middling 'I m July 3 18 643 - 19-64d bum; July and August 3 19-64d buver: An eust and September 3 17 64 3 IS 64d buyer ; September and October 3 lti 61 3 17 64d buyer; October and Novem bers 15 643 16 64d buyer; November and December 3 15 64d seller; Drcern ber and January 3 15 64d seller; Janu ary and February 3 15-64d buyer; February and March 3 15 64 3 1 6 64d buyer; March and April 3 1G b'43 17-64d value; Anril and May 3 17 61 3 18-64d seller; May and June 3 IS 64d buyer. MARINE. ARRIVED. Little - Stmr Seabricht. Sanders. River, S C, Stone, Rourk & Co. Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson, Fayette yille, James Madden. Steamship Oneida, 1,091 tons, Sta ples, New York, H G Smallbones. CLEARED. Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson, Fay etteville, James Madden. Tug Alexander Jones with kirB Carrie L Tyler in tow for' Charleston. MARINE DIRECTORY of Wlut of VeBel .in lift mlusrton, S. C, July 0. SCHOONERS. Wm Skinner, 243 tons. Harrison, Baltimore, Geo Harriss, Son & (at Southport). Chas H Sprague, 266 tons. Harper- Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Melborne (Br) 170 tons, MathesoD, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. C C Lister, 273 tons, Robinson, tre Harriss, Son & Co. BARQUES. Albatros, 491 Jons, Rasmutseri, Heide &Co. . , Hancock, 348 tons, Parker, Geo iir riss. Son & Co. Peace Institute, RALEIGH, N. C. One of the best female schools douth, and the cheaDest tor given. Send tor catalogue. Jeistr jas. DINWIDDIE, M. in the advantages n
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