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We hare read a great deal pro and con on the Philippine question but we have never seen the inability for self-government, &a applied to those people, as a justification for making war upon them, more effectually quashed than it is in the following seven questions propounded to the New York Times, an imperialist organ, by Mr. Henry Moore, of New York State. He asks: "1. Was the right of the civilized people of America to independence in 1776 destroyed by the fact that they had within their borders probably hundreds of thousands of savages, di vided into numerous tribes, more or less hostile to the whites and to one another? "2. Was such right destroyed by the fact that a large part of the civi lized whites called Tories, did not want to be ruled by George Washington, but by George IIL f "3. Was such right destroyed by the fact that in 1776 the American people divided into thirteen colonies, with very conflicting ideas about theories of government, as was proved by the fact that it took them reveral years to agree upon a constitution! "3. Is the right of the American people to-day to self -government de destroyed by the fact that 8,000,000 of them are of an inferior race and prob ably incapable of self-government! "5. Have not the civilized and in telligent people of a country the right to govern such country! "6. Under what moral or political princiDle may it be a claimed that when in a certain country some of the people are intelligent and some ignorant, a foreign nation may step in and rule both? 7. Would England have been justi fied in denying self government to America through a silly fear that George Washington and Joseph Brant, the Indian chief, might 'fight for the supremacy?. Or, could the United States rightfully have refused to assist Cuba to Independence out of fear that Gomez and Ma ceo might 'fight for the supremacy!" There isn't any superfluous talk in these questions, for every one of them is pointed and pertinent and has a direct bearing on the question under consideration. There is not an imperialist living who could un dertake to answer them honestly and truthfully without convicting himself of doing what he had to re sort to fraudulent pretence to justify. After they had attempted to an swer these questions, if they did at tempt it, some more might be asked, something like the following: 1st. If, after having assisted the colonies to defeat Great Britain, France had appointed a commission to negotiate the terms of peace, and when the British and French com missions met, France concluded that she would like to have the colonies, and made England an offer for them which proved acceptable and on the strength of that France claimed the colonies, what would have been thought of that transaction? 2nd. If the colonies refused to rec ognize the square dealing in such a transaction and to acknowledge the supremacy of France would they be rebels against that country? 3rd. If France justified such a proceeding, and made war upon the colonies as a result of the part she took in crushing British power in the colonies, what would George Washington and the men who sup ported him in their war for inde pendence think of that? 4th. If after protest from these men France sent her ships and sol diers to take by force what was re fused, and killed as many of the men who opposed as she could and de stroyed towns and cities and many millions of dollars worth of property, what would have been thought of that? 5 th. If France had, after pegging away for some time found it rather costly to be sending soldiers across the sea, sent a commission to inter view leading Americans, and offer to quit making war upon them, prom ise to let them ran their own town and county governments, provided they ran them according to the French ideas, and acknowledge the right of France to superintend mat ters, collect the revenues, and play &83 generally, what would the Americans have been likely to say to that cool proposition ? Cth. If the French had gone on and shot down thousands of Ameri cans, armed and unarmed, men, wo men and children, destroyed their homes, carried away their valuables and destroyed what they couldn't carry away, what would our ancestors have thought of that kind of "be nevolent assimilation." 7th. If one of the colonies had a rep utation of being a pretty tough cus tomer, given to piracy, throat-cutting, men-eating and other peculiar diversions, and France had con cluded to make a separate arrange ment with that one, and induce it to remain quiescent and continue the statu quo on condition of an annual stipend paid to the boss men in con sideration of which they would per mit the French flag to float at a few designated places on the coast, and a few French soldiers to land and stay provided they didn't meddle with anything or anybody, wouldn't the other colonies have just ground to demand that the French Govern ment show them, also, some pacific consideration, and Jo some dickering with them, instead of using powder and lead persuasives ? 8 th. If in the meantime while this was going on these colonies had, with out any French advice or assist ance, gone on and organized their local and State governments, and run these governments in a way satisfactory to the people most in terested, wouldn't that fact give the lie direct to the French assertion that they were incapable of self rule? 9th. Haven' the nine or ten mil lions, more orle38, of people who inhabit the Philippines been doing that very thing throughout an area embracing, in all, about 144,000 square miles of territory, with the single exception of the narrow strips around Manila, Iloilo and Cebu, where American authority, supported by American guns, pre vails? 10th. DoeBn't the fact that they are not only governing themselves, but doing so under very trying circum stances, prove that they can govern themselves without, -any outside as sistance ? 11th. Can we call men "insur gents," "rebels" and "traitors" who never were under our jurisdiction, never acknowledged allegiance to our flag, and never saw it until they saw it flying over the ships that sailed from Hong Kong to give Spain something to do in the Philip pines when by arrangement of rep resentatives of this Government, supposed to be authorized te speak for it, they co-operated with the fleet which carried that flag in mak ing war upon Spain, which was finally successful in crushing Sanish power in the islands ? There are other questions that might be asked but these are more than the imperialist can successfully answer. THE POPULATION IS 1900. There is considerable figuring by statisticians on the population of this country in 1900, the estimates ranging from 74,000,000 to 80,000,- 000. In 1S90, according to the census of that year, the population was 62, 622,250. We have some pretty clever calculators now but none to com pare with Elkanah Watson, who previous to 1820 computed the pop ulation for nearly a century ahead, with astonishing accuracy for nearly one-half that time; as will be seen by the following table, first printed some time before 1820, and repro duced recently by the Boston Globe: Year, Watson's estimate Census. 1820 9.625,734 9,633,822 1S30 12,833,646 12,866.020 1840 17,116,526 17,069,453 1850 22,185,358 - 23.19L876 1860 31,753,824 31,443,321 After 1860 there was a wide di vergence between the figures of Mr. Watson and the census figures, the former putting the population in 1890 14,000,000 more than the census gave us, and predicting a population of 100,235,985 in 1900. The overestimates of Mr. Watson after 1860 are thus reasonably ac counted for by the Chicago Tribune. "It is more than likely that if the war had not intervened and checked the operation of the natural law of in crease for several years Watson's figures would not be far from the truth. The killing of several hundred thousand men, the partial suspension of family life during four years and the practical ceasing of immigration all conspired to decrease the annual percentage of growth from about 3i per cent to 2 per cent, and the old rate of increase has never been entirely regained. There is no reason to be lieve that the uniform rate of the early decades, so accurately disootered by Elkanah Watson, would hate been altered in the later decades without some great and abnormal cause of this sort" The figures printed above are in teresting as a remarkable exhibition of successful computation under normal conditions,' while the break in the accuracy shows what wars cost in unthought of ways. But there are Borne people who insist that it is necessary to keep on killing peo ple to prevent the earth from be coming uncomfortably crowded. Uncle Paul Kruger is said to be worth 125,000,000, but Mrs. Kruger is so economical that she does all her own housework, even to her cooking and washing, and when her husband gives State dinners she rigs herself up in a great white apron and waits on his guests. She adopts the heroic way of solving the servant girl problem. As they have no children the mystery is what the old couple are going to do with their $25,000,000 and the income from it. CUTTING BOTH WAYS. The people of this country who consume Western beef are paying more for it than they have paid at any time in ten years, and the price is still going up, without any indi cations that it will come down soon, unless the beef eaters find some sub stitute for beef, or otherwise ma terially reduce their daily consump tion. There are very few, however, who will do either, for beef is looked upon as one of the necessaries and people ara accustomed to its daily consumption, and the probabilities are that they will continue to use it however the price may advance a3 long as they can find the money to pay for it. ,. One of the excuses for the ad vance in prices is the decreasing supply of beef cattle, in which there seems to be some truth, judg ing from the following table show ing the receipts of cattle at Chi cago, Kansas City, Omaha and St. Louis for the years given, pnblished in the Chicago Drovers' Journal: Number of cattle Years. marketed. 1892 6,459,270 1893 6,403,154 1894 6,156,384 1895 5,537,691 1896 5,677,830 1897 ?! 5,985,817 1898 5,846,716 This shows a falling off of nearly a million cattle last year as com pared with 1S92, while there has not only been a large increase in popu lation, but also a large increase in exports, which would naturally ac count for an advance in price; but while the apologists for the beef trust attribute the falling off in the number of cattle to various causes, the trust is mainly responsible for this by grinding the cattle raisers, reducing the prices paid them and reducing their profits to a figure that drove many of them out of the business. Thus it cut both ways, helped to depress the cattle rais ing industry, and at the same time compelled beef consumers to pay more for their beef. It is a trust that cuts both ways. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. After all the talk and pretence by Chamberlain and his supporters that they desired a peaceful settlement of the trouble with the Transvaal Re public, it is now apparent that they will be satisfied with . nothing short of unconditional surrender by the Boers for that is what their latest declaration practically means. If the Boers surrender their inde pendence, and concede Chamber lain's contention they surrender everything and put themselves abBO solutely in the power of the British residents in the Transvaal, who as voters will outnumber the Boers, control the governments, state and local, and have the Boers more in their power than the Boers have had them. As the play proceeded the plot became exposed and every one saw that the game was to overthrow the Republic while pretending simply to contend for the rights and pro tection of the British residents and British capital invested in the mining region.. The control of Delagoa Bay was a part of this de liberately planned scheme, for that absolutely isolates the Transvaal and cuts it off from getting outside supplies of munitions of war, and that, according to the latest dis patches, seems to have been accom plished. Realizing the disparity in num bers, and the other disadvantages under which they would labor in a protracted "coniict with Great Britain, the Boers may knock under unless driven by desperation they ignore discretion and welcome war. In that event, while they may, and doubtless will, be eventually over come, it will not be until Great Britain has paid a heavy penalty in life and treasure for Chamberlain's scheming. A Federal Judge in Tennessee has juBtgivena decision which settles in favor of the claimants the title to 500,000 acres of land in Virginia and v eBt V lrgmia, unless the Supreme Court Bits down on that decision. This land was granted to an old fel low in 1795, and by him sold to an other old fellow who died bankrupt in 1831. It is now claimed as the property of the heirs of the men to whom the deceased bankrupt was indebted. This decision may be ac cording to law, but the people who have been in possession of this land since, if they purchased, are entitled to some rights in equity and to some protection from being thus pounced upon. Titles that go back over a hundred years, and are,not supposed to be in existence, should have little consideration against honeBt, inno cent purchasers. Referring to the talk fof boycott ing the Paris exposition on account of the Dreyfus verdict, the Monroe Journal wants to know if the writer of this paragraph "expects to Btay away from the exposition on any such flimsy reasons." No, indeed! A little thing like that couldn't come between us and such a picnic. We haven't yet decided whether we'll charter one of the ocean liners and take about a thousand people with ns or wait until some fellow has invented some contrivance for walk ing across, and walk. "Did you like it out in' the country, Dickey?" "Yes'm; th' cist ern wuz dry and maw couldn't be all th' time washin' me." SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Concord Times: For some days work has been going on toward the organization of a new company to. erect another big cotpn mill in Con cord The capital stock will be not less than $100,000. Mr. R. E Gibson is the chief promoter of the enterprise, and has associated with him a num ber of our best business men. Sanford Express: Cotton is very slow comiug in. The farmers are hold ing it for better prices. The crop in this section will be short, caused by the dry weather in August. Work at the Sanford Cotton Mill is well un der way and the walls are rapidly go iDg up. The building will be made large enough to accommodate 10,000 spindles and 500 looms. The company expects to start up with only about 600 spindles and 250 looms, using a capital of $100,000. Norfolk Landmark: Late Tuesday afternoon, near County Line, in Davie county, Revenue Officers Britt and Blalock, and Deputy Mar shall Atwell, captured and destroyed a large blockade distillery. The out fit consisted of one 100 gallon copper still, cap and worm ; one double, ont worm tank, five large box feiynenterse five gallons of beer. Two men were at work in the distillery, but fled on the approach of the the officers. They were hotly pursued for a distance, but proved too fleet for the officers. Raleigh News and Observer: Superintendent Mebahe has not been abl e to get an Indian to serve as teacher among the Croatans of Robeson coun ty, and a white man will have to be employed. The Croatans hare fur nished the most unique educational problem in the State. They were de- i nied entrance into the public schools for negroes, the result being that spe cial provisions for them were necessary if they were not to be kept in utter ig norance. As a way out of the difficulty a special appropriation wa made for a school among the Croatans that should prepare some of them for teaching their own people. But the white teachers found the field a trifle ar duous and the results have not yet been of the best, hence the desire for an Indian to take up the work. Since one could not be had, however, the place will be filled by a white man. The salary is abont $50 per month. There are 1,610 Croatan children of school age in Robeson. Newbern Journal: A hunt ing party some days ago started out from Slocumb's Creek in this county for a deer drive. The party were up country people and Mr. B. B. Malli son, of Slocumb's, had them in charge. They started a deer which headed for the creek and went In. A boat was at hand and the pursuit continued and the deer was soon approached. Mr. Mallison was anxious to obtain the animal as a trophy of the hunt for his friends and was afraid that if he shot the deer it would sink to the bottom of the creek. He had a fishing tackle in the boat with lines upon which were large trout hooks. As they approaohed the swimming animal, he cast the line and the hooks caught in the ear of the deer, and it was drawn to the side of the boat and dispatched with a stroke of a knife on the throat The 'deer was taken ashore and yesterday was taken up the road by the party who can tell their friends of a hunt that is a little out of the usual pro ceed ure. CURRENT COMMENT. General Shafter has now entered upon a task that will keep him busy for the rest of his life. Ue has set about a defense of his soldiering at Santiago. Philadel phia Record. Dem. One absurdity inconsistent with the relations of the United States toward Hawaii has been re moved by the issuing of a Presiden tial order which suspended the reg istry of vessels by the Hawaiian authorities. Other anomalous con ditions Bhould also be abolished as soon as possible Baltimore Herald, Ind. Cape Nome, the new Alaska gold field, which is said to be re markably rich, and which is ex pected to yield $2,000,000 worth of gold this season, is on the extreme western edge of the continent, and scarcely more than a hundred miles from Bering Straits. Should it con tinue to yield as richly as the min ers estimate that it will, the next thing in order will be a railroad to connect it with the United States system, and when this is done it will be a mere matter of course to make steamer connection with the Siberian Railway at Vladivostock, and bo complete an almoBt all rail connection with Europe. Philadel phia Ledger, Ind. The exceptionally low price of raw coffee in the wholesale mar kets has been practically without effect upon the average coffee con sumer. He has not been able to notice any reduction in the priceB which he has to pay for his supplies. The retail prices are about as usual, and there has been no improvement in the quality, so far as the average citizen can discover. And something of the same sort, "only more so," is to be noticed in the matter of cotton cloths. The very low price of the raw material has not the effect of reducing prices of finished products to the consumer. They are about as high as ever, and in some cases are higher than they were a time back. Who is it that is mak ing the money in coffee and cotton? Savannah News. Dem. QUARTERLY MEETINGS. M. E. Chnrcn, Sooth, Wilmington District. White vllle, Terro Gordo, September 23-34. Waccama, old Dock, September 26. Brunswick, Zlon, September 80-October 1. WUmlnKtott, Market Street, (at night) Oct. 1. Carver's Creek, Shlloh, October 7-8. Elizabeth. Blngletaries, October 14-15 0 Wilmington, Grace. Oct. 22-23. Jacksonville and Blchlands, Rlchlands, Oct. Bladen, Windsor, Nov. 4-5. Clinton, Clinton. Nov. 11-12. Onslow, Tabernacle, Nov. 13-19. Bunraw, Burjraw. Nov. 24. Kenansvllle, Wesley's Chapel, Nov. 25-28. Magnolia, Rose Hill, Nov. 28. Scotl's Hill, Bcott'sHUl, Dec. 2-8. Wilmington, Bladen Street (at night) Dec. S. B. F. BUMPA8, Presiding Elder. DEWEV IN WASHINGTON. Take the Seaboard Air Line, All Rail, or by Norfolk and the Sea. The distinguished Admiral is ex pected to appear in the National Capi tal October 2nd and 3rd. Besides the sword presentation in front of the big Capitol Building and the parade, there will be splendor such as one never saw even in Wash ington. Tickets one and one-third fares for the round trip, by the Seaboard Air ijle' be on sale September 29th u o2 lh' J0? to return until Octo ber 8th inclusive. k Thre 8" takes you all rail or by Norfolk and the Sea. f LOVE AND I.IFB. Should life be all in garland Of sweet and thornless flowers, Grown in a fairy for-land Of unbeclouded hours? Ah ! no; let thorns together 'With fragrant flowers entwine ; That so I prove the whether We share the sweets together, And all the thorns be mine, Should life be all an ocean Of rapture-rippled tides Whereon in mazy motion The south wind softly glides? Ah ! no ; let storms together With rosy calms combine ; That so in wild-wind weather, As we sail on together, My heart may shelter thine. Should life be all a measure Of golden-girdled sound, Wherein no briefest leisure For minor tones be found? Ah I no ; let minor meanings Amid its music be, That as Love's intervening May store all sadder gleanings, And share the sweets with thee. Pall-Mall Gazette. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. Sowing is not so difficult as reaping. Goethe. In company guard your tongue; in solitude, your thoughts There is nothing on earth so wonderful as the budding soul of a little child. Be what you wish others to be come. Let yourself, and not your words, preach for you. See the spider cast out her film to the-gale, confident that it will adhere somewhat and form the com mencement of the web. We are to toil on in the assurance of triumph Spurgeon. There is no self-denial deserv ing the name that is not willing to give up any privilege of the palate or the passions rather than endanger the least or lowest of God's children. Bishop Huntington. You can help your fellow men. You must help your fellow men. But tb only way you can help them is by being the noblest and the best man that it is possible for you to be. Phillips Brooks. The cross expresses God's feel ing toward sin. His readiness to tor sive sin, the terrible evil and danger of sin that costs such a sacrifice for de live ranee from it. No one would su ff er so much to save others from a slight evil or little danger. Peloubet. It was Baid of one that as he prayed he spoke as if God was near, and talked with him so really and confidingly that those who were be side him found themselves almost looking around to see where God was. Taylor. The world without Christ is a world of darkness, of weariness and suicide ; the world of Zeno, of Hume, of Von Hartman, of Byron. The world with Christ in it is the world of John and Paul and Bunyan, and all our social and personal and world problems can be read aright and solved only in His light, for He is the light of the world. Rev. E. M. Poteat, D. D. TWINKLINGS. Tommy "Paw, what do they put water in stocks for?" M. Figg "To soak the investor with, my son." Knew What He Wanted: The Amiable Plutocrat "But riches do not bring happiness." TheUnamiable Pauper "But I ain't loofcin' fer hap piness. All I want iB comfort" Indianapolis Journal. How Some Men Like It "Do you believe in the observance of the golden rule?" "Yes. I always like to have other people keep it in mind when they are dealing with me." Chicago Times Herald. Old Lady "What! You won't chop a little wood after getting such a good meal? You're a poor excuse for a man." Pilgrim "Well, lady, a poor excuse don't often work, does it?" Philadelphia Record "Help! help!" cried the man who was beiner relieved of bis valua bles. "Calm yourself, my friend," said the easy eoing footpad. "I can take care of this job without any as sistance. "Ohio State Journal. Menu Mysteries: "What's this?" exclaimed the hungry man. "You have no less than half-a-dozen dishes here styled 'a la dossier.' " "Yes," said the waiter, affably. "That's because we are not allowed to tell what's in 'em." Washington Star. "Of course, Norah, you know that marriage is a very serious thing," said Mrs. Frothingham to her cooir, who had told her that she was about to set up house-keeping for herself. "Yes'm. I know that," replied Norah, "but it isn't half so serious as being single." Harper's Bazar. O'Hara "If me woife's brither wu'd marry me shtep-mither's gran' mither. whot relayshun wu'd thot make her t' me, Mr. Flannigan ? Tell me thot." Foreman-"Moind thot.now. Faith, yure mither wu'd be y ure gran ' fayther's ahtep-ladder, an' yure gran'- mither wu'd be a moonkey. Now g' wan an' meeshure thot t'irty-foot rale beyant." Unto State Journal. Oriental Insult to a Boston Lady: "I have just been reading the honorable works of one of your most famous female English poets," said the educated Japanese, "and I cannot understand her so exceeding popu larity. I refer to the Mother Goose. There is one of her poems of celebrity in which she acquaints -us of twenty four blackbirds that sang after they had been beforehand baked into a pie. The Mother Goose I regard and con sider as one of the greatest liars of the English-speaking antiquity." Chi tag Tribune. Both Sldea Were Good. Not all the old masters monopolize the romaace of pictures, and occasionally there percolates in a vague way the story of some modern man and his pictures, which is interesting reading. A distin guished American collector bought some years ago, so the tale runs, a work of art from a man famed for his realization of lovely and subtle color. It was a thick panel, small, but beautiful in the tonal scheme. One day, taking the picture out of the frame, it was discovered that there was another picture on the back of the wood, a neglected work that the painter had evidently thought little about But the artist is sometimes the poorest judge of Ws own efforts, so the thoughtful collector had the panel carefully sawed in half, and at the solicitation of an admirer sold the second composition. This is now among the treasures of another American collector. Fatal Oversight. First Newspaper Man Ah, Bob! What's the latest? Second Ditto The latest is that I've been fired. "You don't mean itl What for?" "Oh, I deserved it all right I wrote a story about a woman who shot a fellow, and I forgot to say she was a pretty, win some thlncr" T i,n' ti4nV T l ed to leave it out "-Boston Transcript In the Chinese mnrpil n In Ran T7V, eisco, one of the strange sights Is a num ber of life size dolls, which are burned, to accompany the corpses as their servants to the next world. It WAS A NEAT JOB. The Sureical Operation That Was v Performed by the Skipper. - The retire;! f ca captain got renftnisoent with me the other day. ' I was tell iuK him I supposed that in the old days I'm skipper had to be all things to his crew. "That's right!" said he. "Why, you never knew what was coming up noxt. A skipper had to be able to preach a funeral sermon. Ho luust also bo able In the next minute to whale the eternal stuffing out of a sailor that talked back And, more than that, in case he knocked too much stuffing out of the man he had to be able to put it back again. "That is to say, the sea captain that wanted to bo considered as anyways up in the king row had to ls able to do a good job as a surgeon or a doctor. I remember a sailor Llell clear from the main top to the deck. By good rights tDe iomow uuguu uu been killed But he struck a rope or two in his fall and got off with a broken, leg. But that leg was broken worse than a sailor's pledge when he gets shore leave. "They carried the man down Into my cabin, and I found the bone sticking right out through the flesh. "There was no use talking the leg had to come off. And 1 did it. You never saw a better piece of surgery. .1 took up the arteries, made- the flaps, sewed the edges, and tho mate, who had been in the hospitals more or less and had watched operations there, said that he didn't seo how one of the regulars could possibly do any better. I took, my time about it, never slighted a thing, and I felt pretty proud of tho job when the fellow was car ried down to his bunk. " 'I don't blame you a bit,' I broke in. 'How long was it before the man was able to bo around again?" "Oh," said the skipper carelessly, ."the man was deader'n a spike In Tophet the next morning. I couldn't help that, of course But I did as neat a job on his leg as you ever saw in all your life." Lewis ton Journal. It was one of these experiment al iarmers, wuu nut preen spec tacles on his cow and fed her shav ings. His theory was that it didn't matter what the t.rvm at lone as 8HC WciO 1CU. J juwMw- CS and nourishment had not entered into his calculations. It's only a "tenderfoot" farmer that would try such an experiment with a cow. But many , a farmer feeds him self regardless of digestion and nutri tion. He might almost as well eat shav ings for all the good he gets out of his food. The result is that the stomach grows "weak," the action of the organs of digestion and nutrition are impaired and the man suffers the miseries of dys pepsia and the agonies of nervousness. To strengthen the stomach, restore the activity of the organs of digestion and nutrition and nourish the nerves, use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It is an unfailing remedy, and has the confidence of physicians as well as the praise of thousands healed by its use. In the strictest sense " Golden Medical Discovery " is a temperance medicine. 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BACHJINQ 8 tt Jute Standard Burlaps WESTERN BMOKKD - Hams V Bides B Shoulders V DBY SALTED Sides S Shoulders V t 694 1 1H m 6 18 6 BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each 1 25 35 40 40 84 New Hew ora, eacn New City, each BEESWAX V B BRICKS Wilmington V M 5 00 Northern 9 00 BUTTER & 7 00 & 14 00 North Carolina ft Northern CORN MEAL Per bushel, in sacks "sattsMasssssBrMrlr 15 18 25 SO 47 47 47 & 47 1 25 18 25 8 11 13 14 15 11 " 10 13H 7 8 5 70 15 16 COTTON TIE v bundle CANDLES V Sperm Adamantine CHEESE V B Northern Factory Dairy Cream State COFFEE V Laguyra BlO DOMESTICS 8heetlng, 4-4, f yard Tarns, v bunch of 5 fis . . , EGK58 dozen r icm Mackerel, No. 1, p barrel. . . 22 00 Mackerel, No. 1, half-bbl. 11 00 Mackerel, No. 2, ft barrel... 16 00 " Mackerel, No. 2 V half-bbl. . 6 00 Mackerel' No. 8, V barrel... 13 00 Mullets, V barrel 4 25 Mullets, Vpork barrel S 00 N. C. Roe Herring, V keg.. S 00 Dry Cod, u 5 " Extra 4 35 FLOUE ? lb Low grade Choice 80 00 15 00 18 00 & 9 00 14 00 4 75 8 00 8 25 10 4 50 3 00 3 60 4 25 5 00 18 Straight ." 4 00 First Patent 4 50 GLUE B 11 GRAIN W bushel Corn.from store;bgs White Car-load, In bgs White.., Oats, from store Oats, Rust Proof Cow Peas.., HIDES V Tb Green salted Dry flint Dry salt HAY 9 100 lbs Clover Hay : Bice Straw Eastern Western North River HOOP IRON, ILLUMINAING OILS Diamond White, bbls $? gal Alaodln 8ecarity " Pratt's Astral " Carandlne " LARD, V Northern North Carolina r.Tuo 10 i 52 38 60 62 60 40 45 . 65 l2tf 9 90 60 85 85 85 3 11 Jl 7 8 . 25 10 & 6 7 15 in ! TP uaiioi 1 LUMBER (city sawed) V U ft Ship StuH. resawea 1300 Rough edge Plank 15 00 20 00 & 16 00 18 00 2-2 00 15100 0 59 8 00 10 00 10 50 to mi mum cargoes, accora tag to quality is 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 Common nun 5 00 Fair mill 850 Prime mill 8 50 Extra mill. ...... ...... in 00 MOLA88ES gallon Barbadoes, In hogshead. .... Bar badoes. In barrnlR 25 28 30 80 14 15 25 3 00 Porto Rico, In hogsheads. . . Porto Rico, 4n barrels Sugar House, In hogsheads Sugar Bo use, hi barrels..., Syrup, In barrels.... NAILS, keg. Cut, 60d basis. . PORE, v barrel CltvMess . Bump , Prime , ROPE. a 28 25 12 14 16 8 SO 9 50 10 00 9 50 9 00 28 SALT, V sack. Alum 10 75 70 1 10 tdverpooi , American On 125 Sacks 80 75 47 6 50 S 8 25 : 2 75 I 5 4 4 SHINGLES, 7-lncb, per M 5 00 Common.... 1 60 Cypress 8ans 9 ni ouuab, y standard Gran'd 5 5 Standard A White Extra C. Extra C, Golden a Of Yellow d.i a t mo, v m to . v. oarrei. . . . 0 w B. O. Hogshead TIMBER, B m feet Shipping , 9 00 14 09 10 00 10 00 juiii, jrrime 7 so MilLFair.j 6 50 Common Mill oo Inferior to ordlnarv ski 8 75 7 00 8 00 5 00 SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed v J" oaz neart 750 a " 8ap 5 00 5x20 Heart ..... 8 00 gap a 00 & 6x24 Heart 6 00 Ba.n k in a 8 60 6 00 3 50 2 60 6 50 5 50 6 8 00 00 17 TALLOW, X a wuuijusx, V gallon. Northern 1100 North Carolina i m a WCOL per Unwashed 15 n COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MAEKET. STAB OFFICE, Sept 23. SPIRIT TURPENTINE! -Market steady at 47 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 46 cents per gallon for country casks. BOSLN Market firm at 90 cents per barrel for Strained and 95 cents for Good Strained. n ' , , , TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. ' - - -: ,, , , CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.30 per barrel for Hard, $2.50 for Dip and $2.50 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, nothing doing; rosin firm at $1.Q01.05; tar firm at $1.35; crude turpentine steady at $1.10 1.60. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine Rosin 7K Tar Crude Turpentine j3 Receipts same day last year. 61 casks spirits turpentine, 262 bbls rosin, 234 bbls tar, 36 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm-on a basis of 6c per Sound for middling. Quotations: rdinary 3 13-16 cte. H Good Ordinary . ... . . . 5 3-16 " " Low Middling. 5 13-16 Middling ex ;; 4; Good Middling 6,,. Same day last year middling 5c. Receipts 4,383 balesj same day last year, 3,085. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina -Prime, 85c. Extra prime, 90c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.05. Virginia Prime 55c; extra prime, 60c; fancy, 65c. CORN Firm, 52 to 52 cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to tne 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 3.25; six inch, $4.00 to $5.00, seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 9,00 per M. FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, September 23. Money on call was easier at 3 per cent., last loan at 3 per cent. Prime mercan tile paper 45 per cent. Sterling exchange steady; actual business in bankers' bills at 485 J485.J for de mand and 481482 for sixty days. Posted rates 483483& and 486 j 487. Commercial bills 480 481. Silver cer tificates 58La59. Bar silver 58. Mexican dollars 47K- Government bonds easier.State bonds inactive. Rail road bonds strong. U.S. 2's,reg'd,1003:; U.S. 3's, reg'd, 108 ; do. coupon, 108 ; U. S. new 4's, regist'd, 130; do.coupon, 130; U. S. old 4's, regist'd, 111; do. coupon, 113; U. S. 5's, registered, 112; do. coupon, 111; N C. 6's 130 ; do. 4's, 104 ; Southern Railway 5's 108. Stocks Baltimore & Ohio 50 ; Chesapeake & Ohio 27 X; Manhattan L 109X ; N. Y. Central 135 ; Reading 21; do. 1st preferred 58 ; St. Paul 128; do. preferred 178; Southern Railway 12; do. preferred 52; Amer ican Tobacco. 121 ; do. preferred 145 ; People's Gas 110.& ; Sugar 145 ; do. preferred 117; T. C. & Iron 117; U. S. Leather 15; do. preferred 79; Western. Union 87. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, September 23. Rosin dull; strained common to good $1 251 21. Spirits turpentine quiet at 5050c. Charleston, September 23. Spirits turpentine quiet at 46c; sales casks, Rosin firm and unchanged; no sales. Savannah, September 23. Spirits turpentine firm at 47c; sales 435 casks; receipts 1,055 casks; exports 2,207 casks. Rosin firm; sales 3,095 barrels; receipts 2,950 barrels; exports 5,623 barrels ; quotations unchanged. COTTON MARKETS. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, September 23. The cotton market made a firm start with prices two to three points lower in the near months under disappoint ing cables (latter attributed to manip ulation from this side), while the dis tant months showed a rise of tour to five points on very heavy buying from all sources led by disgruntled shorts. Throughout the morning trading was very heavy and excitement at fever heat. Profit taking at times tem porarily depressed the market, but a reaction was inevitable, as a steady stream of buying orders poured in from the South and abroad. Wall street brokers executed a number of large buying orders, said to be for the account of strong houses. The chief incentive of the bull faction was the small crop movement. Reports that spot cotton in the South was rapidly advancingon unabated demand from exporters aided in supporting the market here. Shorts were kept in a nervous state from the opening to the close by bad crop news and talk of seven cent cotton from the bull crowd. The market for futures closed firm with prices net two to six points higher. New York. September 23. Cotton quiet; middling uplands 6c. Cotton futures closed firm at the quotations: September 6.27, October 6.28, November 6.33, December 6.42, January 6.47, February 6.50, March 6.55, April 6.59, May 6.61, June 6 63, July 6.65, August 6.66. Spot cotton closed quiet at quota tions; middling uplands 6c; mid dling gulf 6c ; sales 1,094 bales. Net receipts bales; gross receipts 2,323 bales; exports to the Continent 1,089 bales; stock 158,351 bales. Total to-day Net receipts. 36,314 bales; exports to Great Britain 8,572 bales ; exports to the Continent 14,505 bales; stock 562,430 bales. Consolidated Net receipts 36,314 bales; exports to Great Britain 8,572 bales; exports to the Continent 14,505. Total since September 1st. Net re ceipts 518,520 bales; exports to Great Britain 135,794 bales ;exports to France 38,707 bales; exports to the Continent 130,818 bales. Sept. 23. Galveston, firm at 6c, net receipts 8,517 bales; Norfolk, firm at 6c, net receipts 2,088 bales; Balti more, nominal at 6c, net receipts bales; Boston, quiet at 6c, net re ceipts 254 bales ; Wilmington, firm at 6&C, net receipts. 4.383 bales; Phila delphia, firm at 6Jgc, net receipts 50 bales; Savannah, steady at 6c, net re ceipts 8,772 bales; New Orleans, quiet and steady at 60, net receipts 9,819 bales; Mobile, steady at 6c, net re ceipts 337 bales; Memphis, firm at 6ic, net receipts 2,891 bales; Augusta, firm at 6 c. net receints 2 228 bales: Charleston, firm at fc, net receiDts ?,ua4 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning star. New York, September 23. Flour was quiet but steady; winter patents $3 603 80. Wheat Spot weak; No. 2 red 75fcc; options opened easy, with prices unchanged in. the face of higher cables. Later the market gave way under ' local liquidation in the absence of outside upport and declined 4. ic, closing weakat the lu est point, the decline being assisted by larger receipts in the Northwest and disappointing export demand for cash wheat; sales included: No. 2 red Sep tember closed 74c; December closed 76c; May closed 79c. Corn-Spot steady; No. 2 41c: options opened quiet and unchanged but declined ic under realizing, in sympathy with the decline in wheat and following predictions in a let up in the recent great export movement; closed easy at lAc net decline ; May closed 36c ; September 39M; December closed 36. Oats Spot firm; No. 2 28c; options quiet and steady. Lard steady; West ern steam closed at $5 65 ; refined quiet. Pork firm ; mess $9 009 50 ; short clear sides $10 2511 75; family $11 50 12 00. Butter quiet and steady ;West r n creamery 1722c; State dairy 2021c. Cheese steady large white 10&c. Rice steady; domestic, fair to extra 4 ,7Mc; Japan 4c- Cotton seed oil quiet and firm; prime crude nomi nal; prime .summer yellow 2627c; butter grades 2930c Cabbage steady. Petroleum strong; refined New York $8 80; Philadelphia and Baltimore $8 75; do. in bulk $6 25. Pota toes steady, Coffee Spot Rio dull and easy; No. 7 invoice 5 7-1 6c; No. 7 jobbings 15-16c; mild quiet; Cor dova 6llc. Sugar Raw quiet and barely steady ;fair refining 3 13 16; centrifugal 96 test 4 5 15c; molasses sugar 3 9 16c; refined quiet and steady. Chicago, September 23.-Wheat to day was eak from beginning to fin ish of the "short session and closed with o. decline for December and lie for September. The support the mar ket received on account of the failure of a big bear firm Thursday had ceased and an inclination to. realize devel oped. Corn closed lo lower for De cember. December oats lost ic. , September in both markets was stead er. Provisions closed 2Jc to 10c higher. Chicago, Sept. 23. Cash quotation: Flour firm; winter patents $3 60 3 60; straights $3 103 15; clears ; spring wheat specials $4 10 4 20; hard patents $3 40 3 70; straights $2 00 3 20; bakers' $2 202 60. Wheat No. 3 spring 6569c; No. 2 red 72Hc. Corn No. 2 34c. Oat No. 2 223Hc; No. 2 white 25c; No. 3 white 2425c. Pork, per bbl, $8 158 20. Lard, per 100 Sbs, $5 17K 5 32 . Short rib sides, loose, $5 05 5 40. Dry salted shoulders, $6-00 6 12 j. Short clear side&, boxed, $5 555 65. Whiskey Distillers' fin ished goods, per gallon, $1 22. The leading futures ranged && fo! lows opening, highest, lowest and closing: Wheat No. 2 September 73. 73, 73X, 73c; December 72 72. 72. 72, 72K72X; AJay 7575j, 75, 74 75. 74 75c. Corn No. 2 September 34, 34, 34, 34c; December 30 tf, 30, 29 29, 29c; May 30, 30j, 30, 30X30c. Oats September 22 22, 22, 22, 3227 ; Decem ber 22, 22, 22,22c; May 23, 24, 23, 23c. Pork, per bbl Octo ber $8 07, 8 20, 8 05, 8 17 : Decem ber $8 20, 8 32, &20, 83254 ; January $9 70, 9 85, 9 70, 9 75. Lard, per 100 Ebs October $5 32H, 5 S24, 5 32K. 5 32; December $5 42,5 42, 5 40, 5 40; January $5 52, 5 52, 5 52, 5 52. Short ribs, per 100 lbs October $5 12, 5 37J, 5 12, 5 17 ; January 5 07U. 5 10. 5 05. 5 10. Baltimore;, September 23. Flour firm and unchanged Wheat easier Spot 7272c; month 7272c; October 72X72c; December 74 74c. Southern wheat by sanrpi 6572j. Corn easier Mixed spot 39c; month 39c asked: October 38c asked ; November and December, new or old, 3435c; January and Feb raary 3434c. Southern white corn 4141Kc Oats firm -No. 2 white 29c ; sales. FOREIGN MARKET. Bv Cable to the Morning 8tai . Liverpool, September 23, 1 P. M. Cotton Spot in moderate demand , prices 1 16d higher. American mid dling fair, 4jd; good middling 3 15-16d; middling 3 1116d; low mid dling 3d ; good ordinary 3 5 16d ; ordinary 3d. The sales of the day were- 7.000 bales, of which 500 were for speculation and export and in-' eluded 6,600 bales American. Re ceipts 4,100 bales, all American. Futures opened easy snd closed irregular and unsettled. American middling (1. m. c.) September 3 36-64d buyer; September and October 3 34 643 35 64d buyer; October and November 3 33 643 34-64d buyer; November and December 3 32-64d buyer; December and January 3 31-64 3 32 64d buyer ; January and Febru ary 3 31-643 32-64d buyer; February and March 3 32 64d seller; March and April 3 32 643 33 64d buyer; April and Mav 3 33 64d buyer; May and June 3 33-643 34-64d buyer; June and July 3 34-64d buyer; July and Au gust 334 643 35 64d buyer. MARINE. ARRIVED. Stmr E A Hawes, Black,Fayetteville, James Madden. Nor steamship Skuld, 913 tons, Olsen, Hamburg, Heide & Co. CLEARED. British steamship Chatburn, Wood, Ghent, J H Sloan. Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, Farette ville, T D Love. Stmr fleabright, Sanders, Calabash and Little RiverT S C, Stone, Rourk & Co. Schr Frank S Hall, Moore, New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Br steamship Torgorm, Grindlay, Ghent, Alexander Sprunt & Son. EXPORTS. COASTWISE. New York Schooner Frank S Hall 175,000 feet lumber; cargo by Cape Fear Lumber Co, vessel by George Harriss, Son & Co. FOREIGN. Ghent Steamship Torgorm 5,623 bales cotton. 2.882.899 reminds vnlnrl at $ 194. 600: vessel and oarsm hv Alex ander Sprunt & Son. Ghent British steams hi n Oh At burn 6.058 bales cotton. valued at $222,000; cargo and vessel by J H Sloan. MARINE DIRECTORY. Ltat o Vessels in iiir t or of ttih mlnjtton, N. C. Sept. .24, 1S99. STEAMSHIPS. " Skuld (Nor), 913 tons, Olsen, Heide Isle of Ramsey, (Br), 1,062 tons, Wil liams. Alexander Sprunt & Son. Roxby (Br), 1,964 tons, Shields, Alex Sprunt & Son. ' . Baron Douglass, 1,606 tons, Goudey Almora (Br), 2,835 ton, Williams, Alex Sprunt &Son. -Velledao (Br), 1,648 tons, Rulluch, Alex Snrunt Rsm Aquila (Nor, 1,407 "tons, Andersen, SCHOONERS J Vercy Bartram, 320 tons, Lord, Geo "msa, oon CSC JO. - BARQUES Arcturus (Nor), 663 tons, Andreassen, BRIGS. MO Haskell, 350 tons, Wingfleld. Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
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