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BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
WILMINGTON. . C.
Friday Morxiitg, Jcxt 14,. 1899.
HOW THEY IHCREASE WAGES.
Every increase in the wages of
workmen employed by trusts is ex
ulting ly pointed to by the trust ad
Tocates and defenders as a proof that
the trusts are the friends of the
working man and not the "soulless
corporations" they are represented to
be. Why, they ask, if the trusts are
not the friends of the people they
j employ do they voluntarily increase
wages, when there was no necessity
! for so doing and they could com
mand all the labor they needed at
the wages they were paying, or even
less ? Why they increase wages is
very easily explained. The men
who are operating these trusts know
very well that these combines are
going to be a looming issue in the
next national election in a good
many of the States, when the Totes
of the working men will be very
potent and valuable. It is there
fore to their interest to make friends
qf the men they employ and thus pre
vent them from voting against the
trusts. If the trusts reduced
wages, or even insisted upon their
workmen working for very low
wages, they would create an antago
nism that might and probably would
make itself felt in the coming elec
tions. But by increasing wages,
paying their men more than they
had been getting before, they make
it the interest of the workmen not
to oppose them or vote against
them, although on general prin
ciples they may be opposed to
trusts. Thia is Bimply one way they
have of buying the votes of their
workmen in advance, without
being charged with buying votes
or without the workmen suspecting
anything of the kind. The trust
operators are shrewd enough to un
derstand all this and business men
enough to Bee that the money thus
invested in increasing wages is bet
ter invested, and wQl bring a surer
Teturn, than money put into the
"campaign hat, where it sometimes
fails to accomplish its purpose.
We do not by thia mean to say
that the men who work for trusts and
are fortunate enough to have their
wages increased are thus bought, for
they may not suspect the motive,
and are not presumed to have much
concern in the motive while they
reap the benefit, but it is reasonable
to suppose that men who are
fairly well paid for their la
bor are not going to pick a quarrel
with and make war upon the insti
tutions that employ them and pay
them better than they had been
paid before, and do it unsolicited.
This, at least, looks like taking an
interest in the toiler and sharing
some of the profits with him, when
the same kind of labor might be had
for less money. Isn't it easy to see
that there is both business and pol
icy in thus increasing wages? Of
course the trust men would never
acknowledge any such selfish mo
tive. But it is a very easy matter for
the trusts to increase wages and yet
save money on the payroll, and
make handsome dividends for the
stockholders, when there isn't too
much watered stock to pay dividends
upon, and when the trusts operate
establishments which turn out pro
ducts for which there is an active
ana continuous demand. How they
can do this so easily is thus lucidly
illustrated by the Minnesota Press
Bulletin'.
A trust is composed, let us say, of
'J " j eacn employ
crease -. wages, say the trust and it
does aga paltry 10 per cent, This
will require 1197,600. and this can be
paid out of what bas been saved by
the combine on wages alone,' and have
$1,577,000 remaining I Not only , has
an army of unimployed been turned
loose, but the price of the product has
been raised, as in the case of barbed
wire, from $1.75 to $3 per hun
dred within a year !n
This is a very plain and simple
statement, through., which a child
could see. Dispensing with a large
number of men and adding a small
fraction to the pay of the remainder
is a very easy way of accomplishing
two things; one saving a good deal
of money, and the other making a
reputation for liberality with a very
mall part of the money saved. That's
business.
Bat it isn't a very good business
for the men who are thrown out of
employment, nor for the country,
for there is more lost to trade in (he
wages of those deprived of work
than there is gained by the small in
crease in the wages of those em
ployed. While appearing to- do
good by the increase in wages the
trusts do harm by depriving bq
many of the opportunity to earn
wages. This would be true if the
whole amount of wages saved by the
reduction of the force were divided
among the remaining employed, for
it takes more money to provide for
two than for one. The merchant,
the grocer, . the butcher, the baker
and others who supply the wants of
people will quickly see this, for they,
too, suffer when workmen are de
prived of employment.
While the trusts are saving in
wages by reducing the number of
employed, they also raise prices and
add to their dividends toth ways.
They can, therefore, very well af
ford to increase wages and are enti
tled to no commendation for it.
WHO DID THE GUESSING ?
it is now prettjr generally con
ceded even by the Bupporters of the
Administration's ' Philippine 1 war
policy that there has been some very
poor guessing done as to the out
come of the military operations in
the island of Luzon. The New York
Tribune, a few days ago, had an edi
torial on this guessing from which we
clip the following paragraph:
"The course of events in the Philip
pines has not met expectations encour
aged by outgivings that purported to
come from the War Department One
cannot tell whether the optimistic dis
patches announcing a near surrender
of the insurgents as the result of nego
tiations were inspired bv some hone-
ful soul in the Department "or having
the run of it, or by the conciliatory
Professor Schurman, who is now re
turning' from service on the Commis
sion. It does not yet appear that his
hopeful predictions have been an
swered by facts'. But Washington has
its champion optimist also. Whether
it was somebody in the War Depart
ment or some too sanguine reporter of
the press, eagerly interpreting a wink
as a victory and a nod as the end of
POLITICS IS THE ARMY. .
It has been frequently asserted
that there was no politics in the
military business "conducted by this
administration. That sounds nice,
bat it isnt borne out by 'the facts.
Theresa politics in the war from
the tfme the first regiment was mus
tered in for Cuba, and the war in
the Philippines is full of politics.
There is so much politics in it that
even the commanding generals in
corporate politics into their reports.
A short while ago, after his con
ference with the President, Governor
Boofivelt (who, by the way, worked
the war to elect himself Governor
of New York) said in an interview
that in making appointments of offi
cers for the new regiments to : be
sent to the Philippines politics wonld
not be considered, commenting upon
which the Philadelphia Ledger says:
"In the face of .this declaration
comes a dispatch from Washington
notifying Pennsylvania soldiers that
if they want commissions they must
apply to Senators Quay and Penrose,
who, of course, will use even this
petty patronage to promote Quay ism
in the State. The dispatch says:
' 'Senators Quay and Penrose were
in the city this morning, and called at
the War Department and had a con
ference with Secretary Alger and Gen
eral Corbin in. regard to the appoint
ments of officers in Pennsylvania.
They were told that Pennsylvania
would have from about twenty-four
to twenty-six officers in the pew regi
ments, and the Senators stated to
General -Corbin that they would con
sult today with the Pennsylvania
delegation and submit to-morrow a
list of officers they would endorse.
They were given a list of officers.
picked out by the President, who had
seen meritorious service.'
"The intimation is that the choice
of officers is to be made out of a list-of
eligibles prepared by the President,
ana mat is a aisunct advance upon
the old method, but the choice is to be
made by politicians, and commission
ers are to be given out not for mili
tary merit alone, as Governor Rxwe
velt honed, but because of the politi
cal influence of the appointees or their
backers. Such a method of appoint
ment and promotion is demoralizing
to the army, even though care should
be taken to limit appointments to
qualified men who have seen service.
The soldiers who have no political in
fluence back of them are discouraged,
and those who receive appointments
must feel that they have not won
them by merit alone, but are under
obligations to their backers for a favor
that must be returned."
We in the South are not much
interested in this, for the Southern
volunteers were frozen out from the
start and not given much chance to
win glory or get into the line of
promotion, Gen. Wheeler and Col.
Wood, now General, being almost
the sole exceptions. It may sound
nice to say there is no politics in it,
but as a matter of fact this is not
true.
CURRENT COMMENT;
: According to the latest , re
ports from Manila the country there
offers unexcelled opportunities :' for
gaining proficiency In General Fun
ston's .aquatic accomplishments.-
Baltimore Herald, Jnd.
- --r General Wood goes back to
fever stricken Santiago ; an4 '.his
modest Army salary, declining a railway-
presidency,- worth $20,000 per
.ahanm and other accompanying ad
vantages. Heroes, are not always'
made of wood, as , Otaheitan idols
used to be, but the gallant General's
case is an exception. He is of heroic
timber through and - through, Jan
honor to the service and the country
of which both have good reason to
be pToud. New, Fork Tribune,
Rep. '
A dispatch from Manila Bays
that friendly Filipinos recently
almost converted a prominent rebel
General and several hundred of his
followers in Cavite Provience. That
is to say, they succeeded in getting
the General to finally announce that
"having sworn to support the insur
rection he must remain loyal to the
end." An "almost" conversation of
this kind does not amount to much
towards ending the rebellion. Even
Aguinaldo himself might be "al
most converted in the same man
ner without materially hastening the
end of the troubles in the Philip
pines Philadelphia Jtedqer, jjtd. .
The Philadelphia Press
(rep.) is out of patience with the
"child of protective tariff," the
American Tin Plate Company, for
"precipitating a contest with its
labor over the wages scale." The
action "challenges the entire issue,"
in the opinion of the Press, which
regards it as "a safe general propo
sition that a monopolized industry
protected by the tariff, which has
a wage conflict on its ' hands, in a
time of great prosperity, has done
its permanent interests injury, risked -its
own production, and dealt a
blow to the entire cause of protec
tion." Chattanooga Times, bem.
PERSONALITIES.
and
TWINKLINGS.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE
the campaign, the elaborate tactical
descriptions of movements in progress,
which never resulted at all as Wash
ington expected, gave the public he
impression that General Otis did not
often guess very well. Later events
have indicated that it was not General
Otis who guessed wrong."
Somebody besides Gen. Otis, it
seems, according to the Tribune,
did the poor guessing, but didn't
Gen. Otis report that he could finish
up the business there with 30,000
effective troops? Some other mili
tary gentlemen guessed differently
for they have expressed the opinion
that it would take' a good many
more than that, and they seem to
have done better guessing for more
troops are to be sent. The fact is
there has been too much guessing
all along, which suggest the inquiry,
how much confidence can people
have in men who have proved such
poor guessers and prophets?
A GE0WL FE0X CUBA.
has been apparent for some
Gomez was playing
250 hands, earning $500 a year, on the
average, and 25 more expensive help
?rTeUuuf; lemea raging
$2,000 year.; The aggregate is 6.000
hands, earning $2,500,000 and 500
office men, earning $1,000,000; grand
total of the pay rools, $3,500,000. If,
on completing the combine, it if deter
mined to reduce the force of
aad one-fourth often it is more
TU f?1;. remaining pay roll
IV":'000-, Only one in ten.
f - r"00 ana
1 and travail in o fnmi im
by the combine!. Why, tha difference
between the former pay soil vl
1 xov ?,7";
" win ia-
retainad, the
renuininr-4L975.000.
It
time that Gen.
a game of his own, and that his ad
miration for the Americans and his
professed willingness to co-operate
with them was simply put on.
Gomez doesn't like the Americana
any better than he liked, the Span
iards, and his speech before that
"Independence" meeting at Havana,
published in the Stab press dis
patches yesterday, shows it. Hia
tribute to American progress and
all that kind of thing simply em
phasizes the dislike, which is doubt
less shared in by thousands of
Cubans, even by many of those who
are reported to prefer annexation to
independence. If the facts were
known as to the inspiration of that
meeting we. have no doubt that
Gomez would be- found behind it,
that he had plenty of time to fix up
that speech and put himself forward
as the champion of independence.
There area good many people in
this country who will agree with.
Gen. Gomez in what he says -whether
they believe in hia sincerity or not,
uor is there any cause for surprise"
at the restiveness being shown aWthe
protracted military occupation of
that island without any definite in
formation or intimation as to when
that occupation is to cease. The
talk about the annexation sentiment
simply intensifies this restiveness and
makes the strain the greater. We
have had intimations enough not
omy rrom the Cubans, but from
Americana who have been in Cuba,
that our military occupation is not
satisfactory, and my precipitate a
conflict. It looks sometimes as if
we would make as bad a mesa of our
Cnban management, aa we have made
in the Philippines.
Wilkesboro Journal: About
950,000 chickens are shipped from
Wilkesboro each year, and hrinvahmit
$50,000 in return.
Clinton Democrat: Lightning
struck a tree under which a number
of hands were standing in Gray's
Creek township, Cumberland county,
last Friday and instantly killed a white
man named Andrew Murdock and se
riously iniuring his wife and two col
ored people. Two mules were killed.
Greensboro Telegram: InReids
ville Monday night Ed. Johnson and
Hence Thomas, both colored, became
engaged in an altercation which re-
suited in the death of the latter. John
son shot Thomas three times and
death followed instantaneously. The
murderer escaped and $25 reward has
been offered for his arrest. It is said
he was in Greensboro Tuaarfav
the police have as yet been unable tc
locate him.
Goldsboro Headlight: An in
cendiary fire destroyed the gin-house
and saw mill of Mr. James at. Wood,
in New Hope township, Wednesday
night, together with all the machin
JfT. causing a loss $2,000, with only
$500 insurance. The little negro
boy who was accidentally shot by his
father (Emperor Jones) while clean
ing an old pistol Friday evening, died
in this city on Tuesday.
Kaleigh Post: In talking with
the Posf Mr. Dautridge, who is a lead
ing farmer of Edgecombe county
stated that the tick or splenic fever (as
he believes) or some fatal disease of
similar character is playing sad havoc
with cattle in his county. Fourteen
fine cows belonging to his herd have
recently died after being attacked with
the disease, as have those of other
sensof that community. Prof. Cur
tice, veterinarian of the State Agricul
tural Department, went to Edgecombe
yesterday morning, at the request of
Mr. Dautridge and others, to examine
into the matter and provide and sug
gest such means of relief as he can.
Rooky Mount Motor: The
tramp who. passed through Rocky
MomJ during a snow in .the winter
of 93-94 and was given a pair of rub
ber overshoes by one of our citizens
has written a long letter to the donor
from Circle City, in the gold regions,
and after expressing his high appreci
ation for the kindly act when he wasT
Out at the elbow and out at the toes,
- Out of money and out of clothes,"
he said farther that fortune had not
only knocked at his cabin door, but
had been admitted and when he comes
South next September he would re
member past favors substantially.
JEnough to buy a house and lot is eon-
uuenuauy expected Dy the gentleman
who cast his bread -upon-the water."
- -From Aventsville, in Nash couty,
to Rocky Mount there is hot a sorry
crop of any kind. Not only are all
crops fine, hot are away ahead of for
mer years' best prospects.
QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
Edna "Why do you wear
gloves while learning to play poker?"
Edith "Because Jack told me never
to show my hand." Chicago News.
Tramp "Yep, lady, I'm known
from Maine to Cahforny as 'Printed
Calico.' " Lady "What a funny
name. Why do they call you that?"
Tramp" 'Cause if yer went to wash
me I'd run." Chicago News.
The Small Boy: Can't I bring
in some of the fellows to look at my
baby brother?" The Trusted Nurse
"Mercy.no!" Small Boy "Humph I
Anyone would think, to hear you talk,
that he belonged to you." Puck.
"Now," said the teacher, "you
may tell me what a joint partnership
is." "A joint partnership," answered
the New York boy promptly, "is what
you have got to have with the police
before they will let your joint do business."-
-Washington Star.
Did you see anything of a stray
pig aiong me roaui" Asked the far
mer of an Irishman who was passing.
"Begorry," replied the son of Erin,
"an" how would Oi be afther knowin'
a stray pig from ony other pig!"
Chicago News.
Bill "And you say that they
won't allow a fellow to throw himself
head first from the East river bridge?"
Jill "That's what I said. It seems to
be the only kind of a dive that the
police interfere with around New
York." Yonhers Statesman.
"I wonder why it is," said the
proud father, "that Willie has sud
denly developed a preference for say
ing his prayers to me?" His wife
laughed scornfully. "He knows you
can't correct him if . he makes a mis
take or cuts them short," she said.
Chicago Evening Post.
To What It may Come "May
I ask to be considered a candidate for
your hand?" he faltered, not forgetting
the formal courtliness habitual with
him. The beautiful Gwendolyn Man
hattan Borough regarded him by no
means unconcernedly. "Are you Mr.
Croker's candidate, or Mr. Piatt's can
didate, or merely the reform candi
date?" she asked, and her earnestness
was such that it could not be wholly
affected. Puck.
Henry Watterson is; a bicyclist
rides at least once every day..;.' . f J
-The- closest friend .Admiral - Dewey
has in .the navy is Admiral John G.
Walker '. ; : " ' . ; ,
The two Vermont senators. Proctor
,and Ross, graduated in the same class
at college. . . - TT-;r'
' Walter S. Mather, a wel? known busi-:
ness man of Hartford, who died the
other day, was a descendant of the fa
mous Cotton Mather. ' ' . V'
" Mr W. F. Gilbert cultivates" other'
things besides the mnse of poetry. He
is an amateur agriculturist and takes
great delight in his Jersey cows- '
J. Pierpont Morgan is -eaid to be
greatly displeased that the fact has been
made public that he gave $25,000 for
the electric lighting of St. Paul's cathe
dral. London.
Ex-Senator Charles J. Faulkner was
the chef of the late senate. He can
make the most delicious Welsh rabbit
ever constructed, having improved oh a
recipe given him by a French cook.
Years ago the general now at the
head of the army was known among'
the rank and file as "Paddy" Miles, a
name to which he was said to be par
tial, considering it an evidence of affec
tion. Olga Netbersole. in a recent lectors
before the University of Cbfcago's
Uradnate clnb. said of Rndyard Kipling
that he was. "us Ian Maclaren had de
clared, the poet laureate of the whole
world. '
Baron Cedargtrom.husband of Mme.
Patti. is greatly incensed at the report
that he became acquainted with the
songstress while acting as her masseur.
He says he did not meet his wife "pro
fessionally.' Abraham Ebner. residing in Utica,"
is 117 years of age. He is the oldest
person in New York and is certainly
the oldest of the snrvivorsof the war of
1812. of whom there are at present
about eight
A great pipe has jnst been made for
President Kruger by a Dublin firm.
The bowl is of the finest brier toot, the
stem of cut vulcanite and- the case of
leather, lined with chamois. On the
front of the bowl the Transvaal arms
are carved. .
Six men whose Christian name is
Patrick served as pallbearers for Pat
rick McNulty, an old resident of Du
buque. McNnlty was so fond of the
name Patrick that, before he died, he
directed the selection of pallbearers
with a similiar name.
Thomas J. Lee -of Missouri, whom
President McKinley has nominated to
be professor of mathematics in the
navy, first came into prominence
through his discoveries regarding celes
tial heat, which have practically chang
ed the whole nebular hypothesis of
Herschel and Laplace.
Fi RSTtXO Q ROW fd RANGES.;
JTcawlta trode:- Thorn - la to the
; The orangef Louisiana, is an excep
tionally fines variety of. that fruit, and
commands; a good price in the market,
The " oranse was first -introduced into
colonial Louisiana by the Jesuits, hav
ing been first grown by the members of;
the society " on their grounds, which
formerly comprised that part of the city
of New Orleans; which constitutes-:the
lower part of the first district, .down to
(-Common street. f i i
1 fx White St " Bernard; and- Plaquemines
parishes are the chief centers of the
orange eulture of Louisiana, the fruit
also grows well in the parishes of .Or
leans, Jefferson, St. James, St John
Baptist, - St. Charles, -Assumption, St.
Mary, Terrebonne, . Lafourche, Vermil
ion, Cameron, Iberia and Sabine. The
orange tree -begins to bear at about the
seventh year, although it is not reck
oned to have reached its' full growth
until its twelfth or fifteenth year. f
v The orange culture in Louisiana is
probably the most profitable industryof
the-state under favorable conditions, a
full grown tree producing from 8,000
to 5, 000 oranges, the fruit on the tree
generally selling for $10 a thousand,
and as some of the largest orchards in
the state yield as manyas 8,000,000
oranges their market value gives a
princely income to the owners- of the
trees. Comparatively a very small acre
age of the state is devoted to the growth
of oranges possibly not more than
8,000 acres.
' . The sweetness, delicacy and juiciness
of the Louisiana orange,, the best of
which are regarded in the markets out
side of Louisiana as superior to even the
oranges of Cuba, to which island the !
fruit is indigenous, render the Louisi
ana oranges highly prized in the norths
and west of the United States, so much
-so that the supply is not by any means
equal to the demand. New Orleans
Picayune.
commercial;
fe'4 s
WILMINGTON MARKET.
STAGE GLINTS.
Marie Studbolme is in the London
music balls
William S. Penley denies that be is
contemplating an American tour.
Caesar Thomson has lately been forced
to cancel Parisian engagements througf
granddaughter, Rose
just made her debut
APPOINTMENTS.
of
By the Bishop of East Carolina.
July 14, Friday, consecration
cnurcn, ureswelL
July 16. Sunday, 7th after Trinity,
M. P., S. Ionds, Sruppernong.
A GRIM CEREMONY.
by
M. E. Church, Sooth, Wilmlartoa District
Waccamaw, Zlon, July 15-18.
wmtvllle. Fair Bluff; July 18.
WUnUngtoa. Grace, July 8-M.
Elisabeth, Bladen Springs, July SS-SO.
Soott'a Hlu, aoorn Branch, August 6-7.
AngBBtS-ia?6 Klchlanas, Jacksonville,
o on low, Qeens Creek, August 15.
B. F. BTTMPAB,
Presiding xiaer.
Under the new plan of leasing her
peniteatlary convicts, Georgia makes
about $200,000 a year out of them.
wor war wixtr Tsars.
Mm. Wrjstow'.SooTHnio Steup has
been used for oyer fifty years by mil
liona of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success.
It soothes the child, softens the gums,
fllaya all pain, cures wind colic, and is
tne best remedy for Diarrhoea, It will
relieve the poor little sufferer imme
diately Sold by Druggists in every
partof the world. , Twenty-five cents
bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mm
Winalow'a Soothing Syrup," and take
no other. f
An Emperor'i Death Hasten
Rehearalna; Hia On Funeral.
Emperor Charles V of Spain brought
about his death by rehearsing his own
funeral For the last two years of his
life, after resigning the scepter of Spain
and the Netherlands to his son Philip,
in 1656, Charles retired to the monas
tery of Yuste. in Eetremadura, and
there lived a cloister life in close inter
course with the monks, devoting much
time to religious exercises. During this
period, prompted it may be by the ex
ample of Cardinal de la Marck, who
for several years before his death, in
1528, had annually rehearsed his own
obsequies, the emperor, in the summer
of 1658, formed the resolution to cele
brate his own funeral before he died.
Accordingly, on Aug. 80 of that year,
the grim farce was carried out with the
most elaborate ceremonial. The imperial
domestics marched with black tapers in
their hands, and the emperor, clad in
sable weeds, himself followed, wearing
his shroud. While the solemn mass for
the dead was sung before the high altar
in the cathedral Charles gave up his ta
per to the priest, typifying thereby his
resignation of life, and was solemnly
laid in his coffin. The ceremony closed
with sprinkling holy water on his body ;
then, all the attendants retiring, the
doors were shut, and Charles rose from
his narrow bed and withdrew to his pri
vate apartment v
The damping of the graveclothes in
duced a chill, which, aided no doubt by
the mental depression caused br tha
grewBoxne ceremony, induced a fever
which ended in his death three weeks
later, on the 21st of September, 1588.
A SUaalna; Link.
It will doubtless surprise many who
have never even heard of the brute that
there still exists on the island of Java
an animal, or rather a reptile, which
seems to be the missing link between
the ichthyosauri of prehistoric days and
the well known saunans of modern
times.
This animal isjrnown to the Javanese
as "linguin." It fell to the luck of
Baron Alfonso Pereira, consul general
of Austria-Hungary, to shoot one of
these beasts some years aeo. Ita lnrth
-was between nine and ten feet, and it
looked a cross between a snake and a
crocodile. Though the beast was cut
and wounded in ita encounter with
Baron Pereira It did not bleed.
illness.
Ellen Terry's
mary Craig, has
on the stage.
. Mark Murphy and his wife, Jennie
Reynolds, have doubled up and are do
ing a sketch.
Rosa Sucber, one of the great Brun
hildes in her day, has retired for good
from the operatic stage. -
Den Lorenzo Pcrosi's oratorio,-"The
Resurrection of Lazarus, " will be per
formed in London in May.
It is rumored that Paulfne Hall has
displaced Susie Kirwin as prima donna
of the Wilbur Opera company.
Charles Coghlan is making for hia
own use a version of "Citizen Pierre.'',
a drama of the Robespierre times
Ben Jonson's play. "The Alchemist, "
was recently produced in London under
the auspices of the Elizabethan society.
Adolf Sonnenthal is coming to Amer
ica for a very brief series of perform
ances It is 14 years since he last vis
ited this country.
Mascagni. the composer of "Caval
leria Rusticana. " has a passion for col
lecting watches and always carries
three of them in his pockets. "
Maude Adams rents a furnished
house in every city she visits for any
length of time, preferring domestic life
to the sort of existence one encounters
in hotels.
Otis Skinner is to star next season in
a version cf Jean Richepin's drama,
"Le Chemineau. " of which "Ragged
Robin. " played by Beerbohm Tree in
London, is Louis N. Parker's adapta
tion. ,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
"Thia is truth the poet sings
That a sorrow's crown of sorrow
Is remembering happier things."
Isn't that what a woman thinks who
finds herself practically laid aside in the
heyday of life ? A few years of marriage,
a couple of children, and she is worn out.
And as she lies
weak and suffer
ing, she remem
bers' the days,
only such a little
while behind,
when she tiptoed
along the top
"jssj! rail of the worm
fence, as active
and blithe as a
squirrel.
But there's
something wrong
about this , condi
tion. One word
expresses it '
"unnatural."
It's against na
ture to be in
such a condition.
It is the unnatural drains, the irregular
ity, the ulcerations and inflammations
which sap woman's strength. Cure these
and health comes back with all its joys.
Diseases of the delicate womanly or
gans are positively and permanently
cured by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. Thousands of women are
off record as living witnesses to the truth
of that statement.
Sick women are invited to consult Dr.
Pierce by letter without charge. Every
letter is held as private and its story
guarded as a sacred confidence. All an
swers are mailed in private envelopes
bearing no printing upon them. Address
ur. nerce, tfuttalo, N. Y.
Mrs. H. A. Alsbrook. of Austin, Ixnoke Co.,
Ark., writes : "After five months of great suf
fering I write thia for the benefit of other suffer
ers from the same affliction. I doctored with
onr family physician without any good results,
so my husband urged itne to try Dr. Pierce's
medicines which I did, with wonderful results.
I am completely cured. I took four bottles of
; STAB OFFICE. July 13.?
- SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
steady at 404 cents per gallon for.
machine-made casks and 40 cents . per
gallon for. country casks.;-: :-' -
ROSIN Market steady at 9ff cents
per bbl for Strained and 95 feenta for
Good Strained.' tr";;;;;--
bbl of 280 lbs. r- j ,'.
CRUDE TTTRPENTTNE. Market
firm at $1.35 per barrel for Hard,
$2.00 for Dip and $2.10 for Virgin, i ..
Quotations same day last year.;
Spirits turpentine firm : at 24K24c
rosin steady at S)5cs)l. 00: tar steady
at $1.25; crude, turpentine quiet at
$L001:50. -f
i-vt- RECEIPTS.-;
Spirits Turpentine .... i ......... 122
itosin ... . . . .... ........ . .. 322
Tar . ...... 60
Crude Turpentine . . . . . . . . ... : . . 43
Receipts same day last year. -23
casks " spirits turpentine, 874 bbls
rosin, .145 bbls tar, 61 bbls crude turv
pentine. ) i 5 ' ; -
'" ' f,'-? ' COTTON.
Market steady on a basis of &Hc per
pouna ror middling. (Quotations
orainary v . . .
Good Ordinary. ... .
Low Middling
Middling
Good Middling.
Same day last year middling 53c.
.Receipts 0 bales; same day last
year, 4.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Extra prime, 75 to 80c per bushel
of 28 pounds; fancy, 80 to 84c Vir
ginia Extra prime, 55 to 60c; fancy.
60c; SpatMsh, 82 to 85c. ;
CORN Firm, 50 to 52 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE-k-Lowland ' (tide
water) 90c$JL 10; upland; 6580c.
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
the bushel. .- -
N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 10 to
11c per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c;
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 per M.
realizing anrf AlnBA
decline; July closed 39&c- 'c
closedSgXc. Oats-Spltsfe
emM OB: renned atA- .-'ive
Butter
Rice fir
lrrecrular? wi."
1518c ; state dairT i ToT, J?n
tetoes steady; Southern fin
8 00: do. second. i r,nii.sl5 2 ooo
Island $2 00a3 ooi k,,?..3"50; Lon
oil .steady. . Cheese strong in 3
3 7-16 cts. V B
4 13-16 "
5 7-16 ' "
5H " "
6X
Duuui wnue ej4c Tr-7 . U1e
Liverpool-cotton bv Rr to
Cabbage steady. Cbffee-X r&
dull but steady? mi M SPt Rift
Sugar-Raw ..SrM
downward; refined steady. ndlne
13 Absent , ?
uiauu ior casn wneat and hfo Qe
offerings from Russia were til7 e.rai
Lares the decline JTS
wun to aay. uorn and oats Ve 10
from good crop prospects, Sn "E
tc lower and oats c lower n1"
realizing in provisions caused .i -y
decline of 2J5c. a clos"ir
Chicago, July 13 cah t '
Flour steady. Wheat-N ffi
No. Srrini fiQSow "PHD .
74c. Corn No. 234Uam- ed?3
No. 2 24Ka24e7N?i4A- 9UW
284C; No. 3 white 24 VasT.?'16
nr hhf '8 inamr -;- rortr
r i.u. Liar a tio 1ia i
$5 255 37. Short rib Si
$5 055 20.Dry salted shouJdS fife
5 50. Short clear side?b0Xed t?
5 45. Whiskev TW;ii f e 5 41)
goods, per gallon, file
i The leading futures ranffed i
lows-opening-. hVW. fl
closing: Whest-W'o TV1 nd
723. 72 79.1.791.. o. J"Jy
73 Twi'jTraT?,-
December 75X75,
oc. uorn JNo.
75.75U
in 9. Tl o-.'VM
;
,r ?m oePsui ber 1 9 35 9 49 '
17, 920; October $9 4& J ft
22f4.
Pork
9
tember $5 52, 5 55, 5 42& 5 Tn?'
ber $5 60, 5 605 50 5 5a sUml
per 100 lbs-September $5 27 5
Baltimore. .1
and unchanged Wheat steady Tl
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Nkw York, July 13. Money on call
steady att34K per-cent, the last loan
being at 4 per cent. Pn'mn
We paper 3i par cent. Sterling ex
change easier; actual business in bank
ers' bills at 487X487 for demand
and 484484 J for sixty days. Posted
rates 4oa4S6 and488488 . Commer
cial bills 483M484. Silver certificates
6061. Bar silver 60. Mexican dollars
47. Government bonds easy. State
bonds inactive. Railroad bonds steady.
u. o. z s, registered, 100; U. S. 3's.
registered, 108X;do. coupon, 109; U.
8. new 4's, registered, 130; do. coupon,
130; U. S. old 4's, registered. 112; do.
coupon, 112W; U. S. 5's. ree-istered
112X; do. coupon, 112; N. C. 6's
127; do. 4's, 102 ; Southern Railway 5's
109X . Stocks : Baltimore & Ohio 48 ;
Chesapeake & Ohio 28; Manhattan
L 118J ; N. Y. Central 139$$ ; Reading
20; do. 1st preferred 60; St Paul
131 X; do., preferred 174; Southern
Railway 11 ; do. preferred 52J ; Amer
ican Tobacco 97; do. preferred 142:
People's Gas 117; Sugar 157U; do.
preferred 117H;T.C. & Iron 69 ; U.S.
Leather 5; do. preferred 70K ; West
ern Union 90.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
e 70
uSePtember 38tf38c
No. 2 white 31(831 'Ac J
The Melon Market.
New York, July 13.-Muskmelou
m active demand and slightly hher
Watermelons in larffe accumulation
and fresh receipts were 87 car loads
demand light; and market weak and
tcx v J.ne quotations are: Musk
melons Virginia and North Carolina
If!1. d," Charleston, per basket
$1001 75; do., Florida and Georgia
per crate $1 504 50. Watermelons'
per car load, $75150; do., per 100
$6 0020 00. 1 - '
FOREIGN MARKET
Coi-
prices
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, four of his
'Golden. Medical Discovery' and two vials of
his ' Pleasant Pellets.' "
Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.
VHDLEgALE PRICES CURREIT.
jar The tonowina- Quotations reoreaent
wholesale Prices generally. In mafcTng nD
small orders higher Drtcee have to be charsea.
ii
BAGtfJIKO
S Jute
Btanaara
WXSTE&N 8XOKKD--
Hams l)
Bides J) ,
Boouiaersv a
DBY SALTED '
8ideaB .-.
BhoukJftrn m S
BARKELS Spirits Turpentine
Beoond-hand, each 1 25
New New York, each..
BRICKS
Wilmington VX...
wormern ...........
BUTTER
North Carolina f
nuruwrn ....
OORMKSAI
Per bushel, In sacks .
- Vlrelnla Meal
OOTTON TEc V bunOle.
UAniALiuts y b
Sperm
Adamantine
CHEESE V i
Northern Factory
mowm.it .............
Dtate....,
COFFEE
ijagnyra...
Kto.7;
DOMESTICS -
Sheeting. 4-i, V yard
Tarns. B bunch of 5 Us ....
EGK38 V dozen...
FISH
Mackerel, Ha 1, f barrel... 00
nau-DDi. 11 00
O
o
o
o
o
7
ISM
1H
6H
5 00
00
15
90
31
61
18
8
1 35
1 40
1 40
7 00
14 00
o
lOKg
o
is O
O
18
0
65
55
90
85
11
!
10
IS
10
70
11
More than 50.000 Frenchmen belong
to the Legion of Honor.
Only 8 per cent of Russia's enormous
population can read and write.
The memory, it has been decided, is
stronger in summer than in winter.
New York banks pay out in interest
and dividends every quarter not far
from $180,000,000.
Japan, with over 40.000,000 "inhab
itants, has only one leather shoe fac
tory, nearly all the natives still wear
ing sandals of straw or wood.
Twenty-five years ago the United
States produced 70 per cent -of the cot
ton of the world. Today she produces
85 per cent of the world's cotton.
Mackerel. No. 1.
Mackerel. No. 2. barrel.
Mackerel, No. a half -bbl..
MackereL No. S, barrel. . .
Mallets, barrel ........
Mullets, pork barrel
N. C. Roe Herring, keg.
sxjr uiu, v .......
FLOUR :
Low grade ..
Choice ,
Straight.....
First Patent .
GLUE V ......
GRAIN bushel
Corn, from store, bgs White
Car-load, in bgs White...
Oats, from store
Oats, Rust Proof.
uow reas.
16 00
8 00
18 00
8 00
5 00
3 00
5
4 35
O 80 00
& 15 00
& 18 00
9 00
& 14 00
& 4 00
8 00
3 85
10
4 50
4 00
4 50
11
40
65
' To Save Siskins; Ships.
Among the inventions which had a
practical trial during our war with
Spain was a French device for stopping
shot holes, called the Colonies stopper.
One of these was employed to close a
rent made by a shell in the battleship
Iowa. The hole was about a foot above
the water line. As soon as t he-stopper
was inserted the inflow of water, which
had . begun to flood the deck, ceased.
The stopper consists of a rod having at
one end an iron plate, pivoted at the
center so. that it can be folded back-.
ward along the rod.
To stop a leak the rod carrying the
plate is first thrust outward through
the hole. Then a turn of the rod causes
the plate, which is weighted atone end,
to become parallel to the side of the
ship, and in this position it is drawn
back by the rod, so as more or less com
pletely to cover the hole. Next a cellu
lose cushion is placed -upon the rod, and
by the aid of a nut forced tightly
against the inner side of the ship over
the hole, so as entirely to stop the leak.
Stoppers of various sizes are carried to
suit the size of the hole that may have
to be dealt with. . "
Black Eva Peas 1 m
HIDES t
Green salted...
Dry flint
Drvsalt..... ."
HAT 100 a
Clover Hav. .
Bice Straw..
Eastern
Western TT..
North River
HOOP IROV. w
LARD, V a r
Northern.. . 5
wwruiv;rouna. ....... ......
93
40
60
80
80
Ship stuff; resawed.
i
3 00
8 50
4 85
5 00
13
55
62
45
45
75
1 10
1 00
50
85
85
85
1
10tt
1 85
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York. July 13. Rosin steady
Spirits turpentine quiet at 4444Kc
Charleston, July 13 Spirits tur
pentine firm at 39c: sales
Rosin firm and unchanged ; ho sales.
Savannah. Julv 13. Hnirita
tine firm at 40c; receipts 1,721 casks;
sales 602 casks. Rosin firm; receipts
,9 uarreis; amies ,usx DarreJs; quote:
A, B. C, D, $1 001 05; E, $1 051 10 ;
F, $1 1Q1 15; G, $1 201 2fr, H, $1 25
1 30; I, $1 301 35; K, $1 551 60;
M, 1 851 95; N, $2 20; W G. $3 35;
V W, $2 55.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New YoRBJuly 13. Speculation
in cotton futures nicked un a r,iti n
day, but it was far from bein-active
Shorts were . naturally timid, weli
knowing; thattthe short interest in the
crop positions was- heavy on the
theory of a large, if not an unman
ageable, new crop, and that the Texas
situation might after all be as repre
sented. The market was, therefore,
sensitive to any bullish influence and
when English cables came higher and
showed increased interest in spot cot
ton abroad there was a demand to
cover which carried prices -two to
ff6 E.mts hfeler on the openine
call. The market was finally quiet
and steady at unchanged prices to
turce points net advance.
York. J uly 13. Cotton steady ;
middling uplands 6 3-16c.
Futures closed quiet " and stead v
ai'n!AK?,fcS6 September
5.55c, October 5.64c, November 6.69c
December 5.73c, January 5.78c, Feb-
Sr" nf1 March 5'85c' APrfl 6 89c,
May 5.93c. '
Spot cotton- closed
--w , djwk, Aoi,uoa oales; ex
ports to the Continent 690 bales
Total to-day Net receipts" 2,595
bales; exports to Great Britain 19
bales; exports to the Continent 8,511
bales; stock 428,069 balest
Consolidated Net receipts 18,482
, "i1 w- ureai untain 9.496
Bv Cable to the MorMnu sun.
Liverpool, July 13, 4 P. M
ton Spot in fair d
firmer. American middling fair
good middling 3 17 323 : middling 3
5-16d; low middling 3igd; good ordi
nary 2 15 16d; ordinary 2d. The
sales of the day were 10,000 bales, of
which 1,000 were for speculation and
export and included 8,900 baits
American. No receipts.
Futures opened quiet jnd vsleady
with a poor demand and closed steady.
American middling (. m. c.) July S
17-643 18-64d seller; July and Au
gust317-64d seller; Aueust and Sep
tember;3 16-64d buyer; September and
October 3 15 64d buyer: October and
November 3 14-64d buyer; November
and December 3 13-643 14-64d seller;
December and January 3 13-643
14-64d seller; January and February
3 13-643 14-64d seller; February ad
March 3 14-64d buyer; Marcn atd
April 3 15-64d seller; AdHI and May
3 15 643 16-64d buyer; May and
June 3 16-643 17- 64d seller.
MAKINE.:
ARRIVED.
Stmr Seabright, Sanders, SbaJlolte
and Little River, S C, Stone, Roark
& Uo
Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, Fayette-
vilie, T D Love.
Schr C 0 Lister, Robinson-, New
iiaven. Conn, Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
CLEARED.
Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, Fayetteville,
x u Loye.
EXPORTS.
- COASTWISE.
New Haveu Schr C C Lister-
310.000 feet lumber, cargo by Cape
Fear Lumber Co, vessel by Geo Har
riss, Hon ox Co.
MARINE DIRECTOR V.
W
Ma-
Harriss,
List or Teasels to tbe ) r
aalnjrton, N . C, Julj 14
SCHOONERS.
Samuel B Hubbard. 333 tons,
heffey. New York, Geo
Son & Co.
Kvantw rRrl 59 tens Verner. we0
Harriss, Son & Co. .
Gem, 584 tons, Foss, Geo Harriss, Son
&Co.
Chaa . H Sprague, 266 tons, Harder.
Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
I BARQUES.
Guldaas (Nor), 592 tons, Havflan.
Heide & Co. . ,,
Albatros, 491 tons, Ra.smutsen, new
& Co. I
Rough edge punk .
West India cargoes, accord
18 00
15 00
in? to otialttv...
pressea Flooring, seasoned, la oo
IS 00
S 60
8 SO
10 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00
Common mill. ..7... loo
coir ,T 1 ,
Prune mm
Extra mill
MOLASSES sralkm
'Barbadoes, la hogshead. ....
BMbadoes; to barrelsT?:.::.
Porto Rloo, In hogsheads.... 29
Porto RlcS to barrels!.::: M
.Sugar House, In hogsheads. is
dubw uuun,ui orreis.... 14
Syrup. In barrels
S 00
. 7J&lii barrels
80 00
& 18 00
18 00
W 00
is: oo
6 50
8 00
10 00
10 50
85
28
30
80
. 14
15
85
S 10
; A well known professor says that
over a large area of cnnfrai vta
needle does not point north!
It is in one nart AaHaraA
the west, and at another too tn thA
ast, and at one place it points due east
and west.
magnetic
or south.
Cltv Mees
samp...
Prime...
ROPE, w I.
SALT, v sack. Alum....
Adverpooi ............
Amerloan.. . . . .
On 126 m Sacks
SHTNOLES, 7-lnch, per H.. .'...
common.. ......TTT.......
CvDreea Ran
8TJGAR, k-fitandard Qran'd
Standard A
White Extra C.
Eitrs O, Golden r
O. Yellow
SOAP, W Northern
WAVBB, M W. O.
-B. O. HonOiAad..
nifBEBreet-pptogV.
Will n.iM
Common Mm.. .....
Inferior to ordinary!....
5x8 HeaffcUiirrrri-
" Sap......
v xSHeart...rt.....
5P
H1USUI,
9 50
10
75
70-
5 00
1 60
8 50
barrel..
. urn...
6 00
4 50
8 00.
T60
5 00
4 50
400
e oo .
5 00
10 00
9 60
9 00
88
1 10
80
75
47)4
6 50
ass
8 60
SSa.Sffio35B &5&i2fe Dolores, Jonev K.n-0-
Total since FW-AmW i"ZT1T I onmany.
aSS It2?'.72 v1' - P to
Grati Britain 3,451,765 bales: ex-
Sff to France 786,953 bales; export
to the Continent 2,765,734 bales. -
July 13. Galveston, easv at Szic
PtSP les: Norfolk, nomi
nal at 6c. net receints 77 hai. tiJ
more, nominal at 6c, net receipts 755
bales : Boston, stead v t a.i c
ceipte 464- Utar. WilmingtonT steady
r"r; u, '-oc, net receipts
bales; Savannah, steady at 5fcc net
receipts baWN rUL f78. V. AeJ
bL6 '7-5
ffi.n?min, .at 5c net receipts 4
bales ; Memnhia. ateixlir ..us. JT
ceipts SbaleaTAugusta, quiet' at CU?
net receipts 132 bales ; Charleston, quiet
and nominal, net receipts bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
1 By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. :
New York: - .Tniir n m.... ;
o i4i - v wur
uw Huicier ana a snade
If It's Worth Pri
i
j
the Twice-a-Week
CoDrieriJonrnal
Will Print It.
was
14-09
10 00
900
7 00
0 50
5100 ,
4 00
5 50
60
5100
60 :
6 60.
8 80
6
vor, without being Stably lowl?
Wheat-Spot asy; No. 2nd 8
opened easy because? tm
iactorv - LlTnuv.l .1.1 : T. .
later m'sSnVSKK LiWm.
A w r..ihl (!aBi'r.i
Man, Woman or Child who can read
to read it. i . '.
THE TWICE-A-WEEK COUBIEBJO
s a Democratic paper, of six or eiga
im; rrcuiiesusy issue pnnut an
and the Batnrdav issue prints Stories. r j
Price $1.00 a Year.
rain
.u vf " w
onnwest andalso in France
realizing ord am ,"
You get 104
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Ks J!S? 9 oo
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a-nA pia anal set-
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Ko net loweirJulTcloaed
September ".5!K,r'5?.. 78?c
cldsed SOX. rZLA1?j ..Jce.moe?
nrn-o-1 '.H.uiIT .Hw nen imv
c1m t f , i"1 wneat and big
clearances, but later drorm
; USEFUL PBEMIU1113
Are given Club Raisers, and gooi-v! '
nussions are allowed agents.
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