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WILMINGTON. A. v
SCXDAT ilORXIXG, OCTOBER 1.
WILL IT PAY?
Senator Carter, of Montana, with
typical frontier bluntnesa declared
some time ago that there was neither
"sentiment nor religion" in the
Philippine question, but that when
simmered down it simply resolved
itself into the inquiry, "will it pay?"
If it will pay to conquer and hold
the islands they will be held and if
it be thought it will not pay they
will be turned loose to take care of
themselves. Senator Carter is an
expansionist, and feels confident
that the expansion boomers can con
vince the American people that the
grab will pay. Like Col. Sellers, he
may "see millions in it" but he will
have to get some especially prepared
statistics to make the American peo
ple see it as he does.
Their line of argument will doubt
less be based on the development
and progress of the territory ac
quired from other countries in the
past and they will argue that the
Bame possibilities are in the Philip
pines when they come under Amer
ican control, ignoring the fact that
the development and progress of
the territory they refer to a3 an
illustration of what American rule
and enterprise were the result
of that territory being peopled by
Anglo-Saxons, Americans, native
born or adopted, ignoring the fact,
also, of geographical situation and
of climate, both of which were fac
tors in one case, facilitating settle
ment and development and will be
in the other, retarding both. They
are fond of pointing to California
as an' illustration of hat may be
done under American methods, but
California is one of the most highly
favored parts of the world, rich
in minerals, in fertility of soil with
a matchlessly genial climate, which
makes it a, paradise compared with
sections or countries where there
are extremes cither of heat or cold.
There one does not have to pass half
a lifetime becoming acclimated so
that he may be in a condition to
spend the other half in reasonable
health and moderately comfortable.
Unless it is purely a matter of
speculation, which should not be
very convincing with any one of or
dinary sense, the only way we can
form an opinion as to the prospects
of these grabbed islands paying is
by taking the figures of our trade
with them in the past and from these
coming to some conclusion as to
what it may be in the future, adding
a large percentage to the credit of
American push and enterprise. Xow
let us see what we have in the way
of trade with these islands compared
with other countries. The last re
port of the U. S. Bureau of Statistics
gives the following table of the
value of our products per capita pur
chased by the countries named:
British North America. $18 00
United Kingdom 13 00
Australasia 5.00
British West Indies s'oo
Germany and Low Countries. . . 4 00
Mexico 2 00
J"" 1.50
Latin America (all) 1.40
South America 1. 00
Japan o!40
China. 0.06
British East Indies 0.15
Philippine Islands o!os
Last year our total exports to the
Philippines amounted to but a little
over 400,000, on which there may
have been a profit of $10,000, if so
much, so that by this trade, assum
ing the profit to be about 10 per
cent., all this country really made
ont of it was $10,000. At this rate,
or the per capita rate at which thoBe
people have been purchasing Amer
ican products, wouldn't it take a
long time to get back the $20,000,
000 we have sunk in them? And
wouldn't it require a marvellous
boom in trade to offset the $100,
000,000 a year that we are now
spending to clinch our title to that
$20,000,000 trade?
If the reader will take a second
look at the table printed above it
will be eeen that our best customers
are the people living in the cooler
countries, and that the nearer we
get to the equator the smaller our
trade becomes, until we reach the
tropical region of the Philippines,
where it dwindles down to one-half
of one per cent. This isn't to be at
tributed altogether to the climate
but is largely so. The people of
warm countries, especially tropical
countries, are indolent. The climate
makes them bo. Living being easy,
they do not find it necessary to ex
ert themselves or to labor much, and
consequently they don't do it. If
they have enough for the day, that
is all most of them want, and they
take little thought of to-morrow.
With a warm sun but few clothes
are necessary and these of the light
est and cheapest kind. Take the
average denizen of tropical coun
ries, where they wear any clothes at
all, and a half-dollar would buy a
suit for any of them. In Manila,
even among those who dress well,
two or three dollars will rig them up
from hat to shoe. Possibly in course
of time they may become Bomewhat
more extravagant in their expendi
tures, when they begin to 'put on
some American style, but for the
present and for some years to come
one of our States of average popula
tion would buy more clothing than
all the Philippine islands put to
gether. Under American control trade
will doubtless increase, but if it
does it will be in consequence of the
settlement of Americans and other
white people, but there never will
be many of these, for life in such a
country will have but few charms
ior tnem. xnei adventurer may go
there, tempted by the reports of
gold and other valuable minerals, to
hunt fortune, but very few. with
home ties will venture and vtry few
would take their families there. It
would be too much like going out of
the world.
While there may and probably
will be an increase of trade with
those islands, the countries nearest
to them, the keen and hustling
Japanese and the patient, persis
tent, shrewd, plodding Chinese, not
forgetting the thrifty Englishman
with his storehouse at Hong Kong,
will watch it and get the most of it.
We can't close the doors against
them, for we must maintain the
"open door" policy which, will give
other countries all the advantages
we may have, so that if our getting
the islands pays at' all it will not
pay us, but others who have the ad
vantage of us in proximity, giving
them shorter" and cheaper transportation.
ADULTERATED FOOD.
Investigations pursued by 'chem
ists in the service of the United
States Government have revealed
the fact that at least ninety per
cent. of the prepared foods and
liquids, used aa beverages, sold in this
country are more or less adulterated,
some with harmless adulterants,
others with injurious and sometimes
absolutely poisonous ones. As a
rulo the cheaper articles are nearly
all adulterated. Flour is an article
that offers fine opportunities to the
dishonest seller, and investigations
show that an immense amount of
that ia adulterated. Special investi
gations havo been made in Chicago
with the flours that come to that
market, by an expert chemist the
result of whose discoveries is thus
summed up by the Louisville
Courier Journal :
"He says a white clay found near
Greensboro, N. C., has been exten
sively used, the manufacturing com
pany wbicn
SPIRITS TURPENTINE
DEWEY DOESN'T WANT IT.
Shortly after Dewey's victory in
Manila Bay, Col. Watterson, in the
Louisville Courier-Journal, nomi
nated him -for , the Presidency. A
short while ago the Xew York World
followed suit and has been showing
more or less zeal on that line ever
since. But the boomers have never
had any encouragement from Dewey,
But the scheme to nominate him has
been, it seems, considered by some
Democratic politicians, who if they
had found him willing, would doubt
less hat-e started a boom along the
line.
In pursuance with their request
Judge Brawley, of South Carolina,
who is a personal friend of the Ad
miral, wrote to him to inform him of
the contemplated mo.ement. and
to ask if he would permit the use
of his name. This letter wa3 prompt
ly answered and the sum and sub
Btance of the answer was that while
he felt grateful at such distinguished
recognition by his countrymen, he
could not agree with them in
this movement to honor him. for
"neither by inclination nor train
ing" was he "fitted to hold the
office of President of the United
States," and that having "lived a
sailor he should die one." This
Judge Brawley considered suffi
ciently conclusiveand emphatic to
put the brakes on that little boom
in its incipiency. This letter was
written some time ago, but all that
Admiral Dewey had said before or
has Baid since, even up to a few
days ago when that subject was
mentioned to him, has been con
sistent with this answer to Judge
Brawley.
He might possibly change his
mind (for he haa changed it some
times quite suddenly) if there were
a movement of the people, regard
less of party, to nominate him,
which is not likely, but even in that
event he would not show the wis
dom in yielding that he thus far has
in declining to yield, for with the
office would come its entanglements
and embarrassments, and it could
not add one ray to the glory that is
now his. To-day nothing could add
to the fame of his well rounded
career, with its perfect finish. He is
a greater man and his countrymen
are unanimously prouder of him now
t.Vion 1,a. 1 i i . i ii . .
nuutu oe ai me ena or. a
four years' term as President, for he
could not pass through that without
arraying antagonisms and creating
enmities. General Grant was a
greater man when he went into the
Presidency than when he came out.
introduced it advertising
tbat 400 to f 600 could be saved on a
car load of flour in which this jrco
rioniical ingredient had been judi
ciously introduced. r?or a while a
white tock was ground and put in the
flour with much success, but as on long
shipments the adulterant would sift
to the bottom they had to be
abandoned. A glucose by product con
taining 89 per cent, of pure starch
became so popular will millers that
tbe price has advanced from $1.22
a bag to $1.50. It contained
a decided percentage of sulphuric acid
and was so devoid of nutriment that
it would require a consumption of 150
pounds a day to keep a man able to
work. Samples of the flour contain
ing this ingredient in the proportion
of 40 percent, were discovered on the
general market. The adulterant most
in favor is corn flour, which is diffi
cult of detection, but si very profit
able that a 5 per cent, mixture in a
barrel of $3 50 wheat flour with a corn
flour at $2 will yield the honest miller
a profit of seven and a half cents
The Government experts at Washing
ton cannot detect this percentage of
adulteration, and it is even said that
15 per cent, of corn flour can net be de
tected by ordinary chemists."
This chemist says they have the
art down so fine that housekeepers
ancrgrocers cannot detect the frauds,
which are sometimes very difficult
for even expert chemists to do.
When the circulars were first
made public in this State, setting
forth the advantages of this Guil
ford clay and what a bonanza it
would prove to the flour mixer, the
hustler who was running the scheme
was reminded that he was violating
the law and laying himself liable to
prosecution and to imprisonment,
when he said that he had sent out
but few of the circulars and that
he would quit the business; but it
is said that the shop is still running
in Greensboro, where samples of the
stuff may be seen. Whether much
of it is being shipped or not we do
not know, but we do know some
thing about that clay, and have no
hesitation in saying that if a man
ate bread doctored with this stuff
for about six months and fell over
board, a raft of life preservers
couldn't keep him afloat, and yet
this Btuff is harmless compared with
some of the vile decoctions used in
food and drink adulteration.
There are laws, both
Tarboro Southerner: Mrs.
Stickland, an estimable lady about 60
years old, mother of George Stickland.
dropped dead Wednesday with apo
plexy near Battleboro.
Monroe Enquirer : Mrs. Mar
tha A. Hargett, relict of the late Jas
C. Hargett, died at her home in Goose
Creek township on September 17th, in
the 59th year of her age.
Fayetteville Observer :v Mr.
Hales, the representative of .Ashley,
Bailey & Co., told an Observer re
porter this morning that the silk mill
is now complete and ready for the
start. All the machinery has been
put it place and the raw material is
now on the way here. When in full
operation, which he says will be in
less than two weeks, over 300 colored
hands will be employed. A majority
of these hands have already been se
lected. Statesville Landmark : Mr. E.
F. Hartsell of Fallstown township,
sold some cotton here yesterday. As
he was returning home, after dark, on
this side of Troutman's two men
jumped into his wagon. One of them
grasped his throat and choked him.
Just at this time his pocket was torn
out and about $25 in money secured.
After taking the money one of the
men fired at him with a pistol, the ball
passing through his hat and singing
his hair above his right temple. The
robbers then made their escape.
In Eagle Mills township last Saturday,
as Will and Sbober Renegar and their
sister were cutting tops, Will and
Shober got into a fight, in which
Shober stabbed Will in the breast, the
knife penetrating the left lung. Their
sister interfered and the wounded man
was taken to the house. Tuesday af
ternoon th8 report was current here
that he was dead, and Coroner Geo.
Foard and Sheriff Wycoff went up to
investigate. They found the supposed
dead man alive, but in a critical con
dition, having contracted pneumonia.
A warrant was issued forSho. Renegar
and civen to Deputy bberitf J. W. .
Ward, who arrested the would-be fra,
tricide Wednesday. He was given a
bearing by Esq. Angle and committed
to jail, where he was lodged yesterday.
Chatham Record: On Thursday
last two boys at Bynum were playing
with a pistol, when, of course, it fired
and the ball struck the head of onef
them and glanced around it without
inflicting a serious wound, although it
was a narrow escape. The boy who
was shot was six years old and named
O'Kelly. The one who shot him was
twelve years old and named Moore,
and he was so frightened at the shoot
ing that he ran away and hid in a pine
thicket, where he was found at about
sunset. A few days ago the two year
old son of Mr. J. C. Lanius, of this
place, by some means got hold of a
pistol that was supposed to be un
loaded, and in trying to take it away
from him it fired, and narrowly missed
shooting the boy who took it from him.
The present high price of copper
is reviving the "copper mine fever"
which prevailed throughout this coun
ty about forty-five years ago, when al
most every man in Chatham thought
he had a copper mine on his farm that
wouldt make him rich. Among these
Chatham copper mines one of the most
notable was on the farm of Mr. Thos.
Brewer, about five miles south of Pitts
boro. Several pits were there dug and
some rich ore was found, but no ex
tensive mining was done. Mr. Brewer
died several years, and his farm was
inherited by his nephews, who were
living in other States, but who did not
pay much attention to their inheri
tance until a few days ago, when one
of them (Mr. William Brewer), who
has been in the mining business in
Virginia, arrived here for the purpose
of developing and working the old
copper mine.
SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE.
ROBERT BROWNING.
Unanswered yet, the prayer your lips
have pleaded
In agony of heart these many years?
Does faith begin to fail? Is hope de
parting? And think you all in vain those fal
ling tears?
Sav not the Father hath not heard
your prayer;
Tou shall have your desire sometime,
somewhere.
Unanswered yet? Though when you
first presented
This one petition at the Father's
throne,
It seemed you could not wait the time
of asking,
So urgent was your heart to make it
known ;
Though years have passed since then,
do not despair,
The Lord will answer you sometime, .
somewhere.
Unanswered yet! Nay, do not say
.ungranted
Perhaps your pa-t is not yet wholly
done:
The work began when your first prayer
was uttered.
And God will finish what He has
begun,
If you will keep the incense burning
there,
His glory you shall see,- sometime,
somewhere.
Unanswered yet? Faith cannot be
unanswered;
Her feet are firmly planted on the
rock ;
Amid the wildest dtorms she stands
undaunted ;
Nor quails before the loudest thun
der shock,
She knows Omnipotence has heard her
prayer,
And cries, "It shall be done," some
time, somewhere."
. JAPANESE CUSTOMS.
Peculiar Practice of Formal Dinners.
Guests Carry Away Sprnpa.
At the rlnsn nf formal dinners in Ja
pan the guests arc presented with any
portion of the meal they may fail to
eat. However great or small tbeamflunt
they may fail to eat, it is carefully
wrapped up for tlieru and they are ex-
pected to take it homo with them. The
unique custom was followed at official
dinners until a short 'time ago, when it
was discontinued, but the withdrawal
of "governmentexample has not materi
ally affected the practice. The plan has
been followed for many years and it is
difficult to place its origin.
Pecnliar aa the custom is, it ia not
without its attractive features. The
husband who stay3 ont late at night
can pave the way to wifely pardon with
the neat and tempting parcel under his
arm. The impecunious or temporarily
embarrassed can hold out enough to tide
them over Rpveral hungry days. The in
dulgent fatter or mother can pass the
sweets and cr.rry them home to their
children. Half a dozen satisfactory com
binations can be worked on the'plan.
There may bo all kinds of elaborate
courses at a dinner - that one does not
care for, but the mental strnggle of say
ing no is not half so hard when you
know you will get a chance to carry the
food off and either give it to your chil
dren, feed it to your dogs and cats or
distribute it among -your friends. The
Japanese practice ia all that could be
expected. Each kind of food is kept in
a separate parcel, and at the close of
the dinner the share of each guest is
made up in a neat and artistic bundle.
San Francisco Chronicle.
COMMERCIAL.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
"We always live in a flat in
Winter." "How can you stand it?"
" It's delightful after having lived in
our trunks all Summer."
"Mummy, can I have that pear
that was on the dining room sideboard
this morning?" " 'Cos" "Because
what?" " 'Cos I've eaten it." Puck.
Overheard Sunday Morning at
the Zoo: "Oh, I say, George, let us
go into tbe reptile house and see if
there's anybody there we know!"
Punch.
Dimbly Prominent: "Flossie,
who is this Krueger the newspapers
talk about so much?" "I can't think ;
maybe he was one of our Vice Presi
dents." Chicago Record.
You are sure this story is true?"
asked the city editor. " Here is the
proof," replied the reporter, banding
over the printed slip which had just
come from tbe composing room. ;
Philadelphia North American.
The Motive Power: "What
makes the autocar go, papa?" asked
the boy. "At present," replied the
capitalistic parent, "it is the good,
stiff capital that is being poured into
the concern." Philadelphia North
American.
Shrewd: Mrs. Walker "I don't
see why the doctors all recommend
bicycle riding. If it makes people
healthier, it is a loss to the doctors."
Mr. Walker "I know, but they cal
culate that one sound, healthy rider
will disable at least five pedestrians
per week. Boston Journal.
"I feel as if I should fly to pieces."
How often those words are on a woman's
lips. They express to the uttermost the
nerve racked condition of the body,
which makes life a daily martrydorrf.
ii mis conamon
had come suddenly
it would have been
unbearable. But the
transition was grad
ual. A little more
strain each day on
the nerves. A little
more drain each day
of the vitality. Any
woman would be
glad to be rid of such
a condition. Every
woman tries to be
rid of it. Thousands
of such women have
been cured by Dr.
Pierce's treatment
with his "Favorite
Prescription" when
local doctors had
entirely failed to
cure.
Sick women suffering from unpleasant
drains, irregularities, bearing down pains,
inflammation and ulceration are invited
to consul Dr. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., by
letter free of charge. . Every letter is
guarded as a sacred confidence. All let
ters are promptly answered and mailed
in private envelopes without printing of
any kind upon them.
" Favorite Prescription " is in the full
est sense a temperance medicine, con
taining neither alcohol nor opium or
other narcotic in any form. Accept no
substitute.
Mrs. Rena Hensel, of Massillon, Stark Co.,
Ohio, writes: " I had been troubled with chronic
constipation and female weakness and doctored
with different physicians, none of whom seemed
to help me. I saw one of your advertisements,
and I thought I would try your medicines. I did
so and with good results. Took one bottle of
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, and two of
his 'Golden Medical Discovery,' and I can say
I am cured of my troubles thanks to Dr. Pierce
and his medicines. They do a world of good to
those who give them a good trial."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are a per
fect cure for constipation.
STAR OFFICE. Sept. 30.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Market
Arm at 49 cents per gallon for ma
chine-made casks and 48 cents per
gallon for country casks..
ROSIN Market firm at 90 cents
per bbl for Strained and 95 cents for
Good Strained.
TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1.50 per barrel for Hard,
$2.80 for Dip and $2.80 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm at 28M28c;
rosin, nothing doing ; tar firm at $1.20;
crude turpentine steady at $1.10
1.60.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine ' 142
Rosin 390
Tar 199
Crude Turpentine 33
Receipts same day last year. 82
casks spirits turpentine, 640 bbls rosin,
190 bbls tar, 75 bbls crude turpentine.
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 6c
per pound for middling. Quotations :
Ordinary 4 1-16 cts. $ lb
Good Ordinary..... 5 7-16 " "
Low Middling...... 6 1-16 ' "
Middling 6 " "
Good Middling .... . 7
Same day last year middling 4c.
Receipts 1,927 bales; same day last
year, 138.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime.
85c ; extra prime, 90c per bushel of 28
pounds; fancy, $1.05. Virginia
jrrime, ooc; extra prime, bUc; 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 Dounds to
the bushel.
N. C. BACON steady ; hams 10 to 11c
per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7
to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps, $2.25 to $3.25;
six inch, $4.00 to 5.00; seven inch,
$5.50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at 3.50 to
$9.0:j per M,
8AVAL STORES MARKETS.
s:y Tf-leraph to the Morning Star
'JnAitiESTON, September 30. Spirits
tur routine firm at 48c; sales casks.
Rosin firm and unchanged ; no sales.
UiViSSAH, September 30 Spirits
turpentine firm at 49c; sales 520
casks; receipts 899 casks; exports
183 casks. Rosin firm; f&ks 430
barrels; receipts 3,468 barrels; exports
1,131 barrels; quotations unchanged.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
t.9t of ! n tllPoi .! vis'
nlnrtoDt N. v., Oct. l, 1899.
STEAMSHIPS.
Marian (Br), 1,218 tons, Martin, Alex
ander Sprunt & Son.
Skuld (Nor), 913 tons, Olsen, Alex
Sprunt & Son.
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,
J H Sloan.
Almdra (Br), 2,835 tons, Williams,
Alex Sprunt & Son.
Aquila (Nor), 1,407 tons, Andersen,
Alex Sprunt isc Son.
SCHOONERS.
J tercy Bartram, 320 tons, Lord, Geo
Harriss, Son & Co.
BARQUES.
Edith Sheraton (Br), 314 tons, Michel
son, Geo Harriss, Son & Oo.
Argo (Nor), 584 tons, Arentsen, Heide
& Co.
Arcturus (Nor), 663 tons, Andreassen,
Paterson, Downing & Co.
BRIGS.
Caroline Gray, 289 toDS, Meader
George Harriss, Son & Co.
M C Haskell, 350 tons, WiDgfield. Geo
Harriss. Son & Co.
BARGES.
Maria Dolores, 610 tons, Bonneau,
Navassa Guano Co.
Standard Oil No. 58 1,600 tons, Stan
dard Oil Co.
YIRGIHIA MEAL.
flnn BUSHELS VIRGINIA. WATER
OUU GROUND WEAL..
300 BAEEELS EED SEAL flur-
800 ROI'LS BAGfGING-
900 BU1,DLES ties
400 FISH BARREL3-
100 CABES TOMATOES.
gQ CASES TABLE PEACHES.
gQ CASES PIE PEACHE?.
JQQ BOXES SOAP.
BOXES PEPPER.
Jg BOXES SPICE.
WESC0TT & STONE,
Wholesale Grocers.
Hatchet Tobacco
S's on the market.
Best 6 Inch
the chew- r.
it sati-fles
sep 24 tf
WHOLESALE PRICES GURREKT
THE COBRA AND THE HARE.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
are laws, both State and
national, to protect the people from
this imposition, but it goes on and
for all the good the laws do they
might as well have never been
passed. It ia not the fault of the
law but the fault of those whose
duty it i3 to see the laws enforced
but don't do it.
It isn't every woman who knows
when it isn't a good time to get
scared or faint, but that Arizona
woman who stepped on a big rattle
snake while picking- roasting airs
did. She felt the big snake under
her foot and looking down saw the
tail riggling on one side and the
head on the other, but concluded
that if she moved her foot she
would be bitten. She threw some
extra weight on the snake, called to
her daughter who brought a hoe and
decapitated the snake, a five-footer,
and she then proceeded to faint.
CURRENT COMMENT.
In spite of the disapproval
of the world, Great Britain evidently
regards the Transvaal as an antagon
ist worthy of her steal. Norfolk
Landmark, Dem.
The Kearsarge is not only a
Under the law in Kansas the
death penalty may be inflicted, but
it seems the Governors that State
has had for seme time have been
opposed to it and no death warrants
have been Bigned by them for several
years, so that the death sentence
practically means imprisonment for
life. Taylor Cook, recently con
victed and sentenced, insists on an
innovation in his case, as he ia fond
of roving and objects to passing his
life in the Kansas penitentiary.
triumph of American shipbuilding;
she is also a proof that a demand
for first rate battleships can be met
both on the Atlantic and Pacific
coast whenever there should be a
necessity for such construction. If
ships be needed shipyards will be
forthcoming. We've got the iron;
we've got the steel; we've got the
skill; we've got the money, too.
Philadelphia Record, Dem.
When it comes to imperial
ism, Great Britain possesses the
genuine article. She is the great
absorbing nation. The Transvaal
matter is but an incident of a policy
long ago outlined and enforced.
The Boers have had a short day of
grace, a kind of breathing spell, due
in part to the belief that their
country was not considered very
valuable. The mere fact that they
had to emigrate into the Transvaal
to escape the British was a sign that
they would have to move further or
come, nnder British dominion in
course of time. Mobile Register
Dem.
According to newspaper re
ports Mr. McKinley will be greatly
relieved when the Dewey celebra
tion is over. The Admiral evident
ly has too much sense to be drawn
into politics, and the president need
not fear mm as a rival. . However,
he can doubtless tell many things
about the Philippine situation that
McKinley would prefer not to hear.
It is safe to predict that the "home
coming of Dewey .will have more
effect on the immediate future in
the Philippines than1 upon Ameri
can politics. Louisville Disvatch,
Dem.
Doubt is born of the mind;
faith is the daughter of the soul.
God estimates us not by the
position we are in, but by the way in
which we fill it. Edwards.
There is inspiration for prayer
in the thought that God's goodness is
greater than our expectations.
That God loves, and therefore
we love, is the essence both of theol
ogy and morality. Rain's Horn.
Simplicity and purity are the
two wings by which man is lifted
above all earthly things. Thos. A.
Kempis.
A patriot uses his private in
fluence for the public good; a poli
tician uses the public influence for his
private good. Ram's Horn.
They who disbelieve in virtue
because man has never been found
perfect, might as reasonably deny the
sun, because it is not always noon.
Augustus Hare.
If yon wish success in life,
make perseverance your bosom friend,
experience your wise counsellor, cau
tion your elder brother, and hope your
guardian genius. Addison.
If we had but prayed more, we
need not have worked so hard. We
have too little praying face to Jace
with God overy day. Looking back
at the end I suspect there will be
great grief for our sins of omission
omission to get from God what we
might have gotten by praying. A. A.
Bonar.
Cheerfulness is allied to cour
age and faith, and comes from
strength that rests on the eternal.
When ii becomes a settled habit, it is
one of life's richest blessings. If we
believe truly in God and His goodness
we must be cheerful; for His wisdom,
power and love are omnipotent. If
trials and sufferings come to us, we
can endure them. Charles A. Mur
doch. The heart of our creed is what
we believe about God; and we believe
that he was revealed in Jesus Christ
to take away the sin of the world, that
in all the past his plans of blessing
uavo ueeu maturing, mat in tne pres
ent these same plans are moving to
ward their consummation, and that
some time he will see of the travail of
his soul and be satisfied. A. H. Brad
ford, D. D.
Sandy Pikes "Mister, kin yer
give a poor fellow a nickel? I've got
a quarter already, but I wants to make
it up to thirty cents." Quinn "What
do you want with thirty cents?" San
dy Pikes "I want to see how I look.
A fellow up the street jest told me I
looked like thirty cents."
"Mamma," said small Johnny,
"I thought you said Mr. Jones was a
very wise man." "Yes, and so he is"
replied the mother. "Well, I don't
think so," said Johnny, " 'cause when
I told him I was in school he
wanted me to tell him how much two
times three was."
quarterly meetinqs.
fllder Hacard'H Startling; Adven
tnrc on tlie Transvaal Veldt.
Once, many years ago, I was riding in
search of small gamo upon tho veldt in the
Transvaal when.. a hnro jumped up before
mo Halting the horse, I shot at it from
the sacldlo and with the second barrel
broke one of its hind legs and injured the
other Springing from my horse and
without reloading tho gun, I ran to catch
it, but as it could still travel faster than I
did I saw with chagrin that it would reach
a hole for which it was heading (in Africa
these hares go to ground if pressed) before
I was able to overtake it. Presently it
came to tho hole, but instead of bolting
down it sat quite still upon tho hither 6ide.
Thinking that tho animal was espiring, I
crept up cautiously and stretched out my
hand to seize it.
Tho next instant I received ono of the
sharpest shocks that I can remember to
have experienced, for on the other sido of
the hole, within about four feet of my
face, like some child of an evil magic,
there roso up suddenly tho hugest cobra
("ringhals," I think tho Boers call it) that
I havo ever seen. The reptile, which ap
peared to mo to bo about six feet long,
stood upon his coiled tail and, puffing out
his horrible and deadly hood, flickered his
tongue and spat upon mo. There was no
reason why he should' not havo struck me
also, since for tho moment I seemed para
lyzed and did not move. Recovering my
self, I sprang backward and began to
search in my pocket for a cartridge to put
into my gun, whereon the great snake,
sinking down again, with a single swift
movement vanished into the hole which
was between it and me.
Now, as tho "ringhals" had gone, I
thought that at 'any rate 1 might as well
secure tho hare, which all this while, petri
fied with terror, had been crouching by
the top of tho hole So onco again I lean
ed toward it It heard mo and tried to
run away, but was evidently too weak.
Then it looked first Imck at me and next
at the burrow down which the snake had
vanished, and, seeming finally to decide
that the mercies of a cobra nro greater
than the mercies of man, it uttered a
scream and followed the reptile into the
hole I stood by and listened Presently
from under the earth came tho sound of a
rush and a scuffle, followed by another
pitiful 6crenm Thcu all was still. Rider
Haggard in Longman's
The following quotations represent
Wholesale Prices generally. In making up
small orders hither prices have to lie charged.
The quotations are always given as accurately
as possiDie, ont tne stab wui not oe respon
for any variations from the actual mar set i
of the articles Quoted.
snsible
t price
BAGGING
8 lb Jute
standard &
Burlaps 5
WESTERN SMOKK;
Hams 9 ft U Q
Bides t 3
Shoulders V 3 &
DBY SALTED
Sides WB 6
Shoulders a
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine
Second-hand, each l 25 & 1 35
New New York, each 1 40
New City, each a l 40
BEESWAX V 34
BRICKS
Wilmington ? K 5 CO & 7 CO
Northern 9 GO (a 14 oo
BUTTER
North Carolina w e...
Northern
CORN MEAL
Per bushel. In sacks . .
Virginia Meal
COTTON TIEav bundle
CANDLES V
Sperm
Adamantine
CHEESE V lb
Northern Factory
Dairy Cream ,
State ,
COFFEE 9 IB
Laguyra
Rio
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-4, $ yard
Yarns. i bunch of 5 Ks . . . .
EGG8 $ dozen 15
FISH
Mackerel, No. 1, V barrel... 23 00
Mackerel, No. 1, W half-bbl. 11 00
Mackerel, No. 2, barrel... 16 00
Mackerel, No. 2 $i half-bbl. . 8 00
Mackerel. No. 3. barrel... 13 nn
aiuiieta.
15 18
25 & 0
47 474
47 476
a 1 25
18 25
8 11
13 & 14
& 15
& 11
io a 12
t & 8
barrel 4 25
kesr.. s oo
Dry uuu, y j
Kxtr
Mullets, p pork barrel 6 00
n. u. itoe uerring,
30 00
15 00
a 18 GO
a 9 00
a 14 00
a 4 75
8 00
3 25
a
AVERY'S ROCK.
M. E. Church, South, Wilmington District.
Brunswick, ZIon, September 80-October 1. '
Wilmington, Market Street, rat night) Oct 1.
Kllzabeth. Slngletarles, October 14-15.
E Wllmlnston. Grace. Oct. 22-23.
Jacksonville and Rlchlanda, Richlands, Oct.
Bladen, Windsor, Nov. 4-5. '
Clinton, Clinton. Nov. 11-44
Onslow, Tabernacle, Nov. 18-19.
BBnrgaw, Burgaw. Nov. 84.
Kenansvllle, Wesley's ChapeL Nov. 25-28
Magnolia, Rose Hill, Nov. 28.
Scott's Him Scott's Hill, Dec. 8-8.
Wilmington, Bladen Street (at night) Dec. 8.
B. F. BUMP AS,
Presiding Elder.
The Niagara Falln Tragedy Which
Gave the Spot Its aiue.
A fow men still live about Niagara
Falls who remember the woeful incident
which gave a namo to Avery's rock, a
point usually of interest to the tourist.
On Friday, July 19, 1853, Joseph Avery,
ft German, waa on the river abovo the
cataracts in a small skiff with a compan
ion In some way they lost control of
their boat, and it wont over tho falls with
Avery's companion Avery himself jumn
ed or fell out and succeeded In clinging to
a log which had become jammed against
ft rock not far above the brink of the falls.
It was evening when this happened,
and Avery passed the night on the log,
having made himself more socure by tying
himself to it with a piece of stout cord
which he had in his pocket.
In the morning the man was eeen, and
thousands quickly gathered on the shores.
A hugh placard was held np where it could
bo seen by Avery, on which, In gigantlo
letters, had been printed the words, "We
will save you. "
All day the people on shore strove to
make their word good. Many devioes were
tanea in vain. One boat was let down
Into the current by ropes, but this was
swamped Immediately. Another followml.
but the lines became .hopelessly entangled
In the rocks, and It had to be abandoned.
In the afternoon a raft was sent down,
but the raft stuok fast In the rocks. There
seemed no way In which Avery could be
reached, and meanwhile his strength was
fast failing.
At last, held' securely by ropes, a boat
ventured out to him, guided by a daring
navigator, who had almost reached the log
when Avery, who had unlashed himself
and was eagerly awaiting a chance to
spring into the boat, jumped for It; but,
being weak from hunger and terror, he
missed his clutch, fell Into the swift cur
rent and in an Instant was nwpnfc w. rh
falls. F. A. Acland In Youth's Companion
s a io
4 35 4 50
3 00
a 3 50
4 CO a 4 25
4 50 5 00
11 a 13
52 a 524
a so
38 a 40
a 45
GO a -65
a Sra
io a n
a 9
85 a 90
40 a 50
80 a 85
80 a 85
80 a 85
a 3
a nj
a 12
136
13
6 a 7
7 a s
1 15 a 1 25
xtra
FLOUR lb
Low grade
Choice
Straight
First Patent
GLUE $1 lb
GRAIN bushel
Corn, from store.bgs White
Car-load, in bgs White...
Oats, from store
Oats, Rust Proof
Cow Peas ,
HIDES V lb
Green salted
Dry flint ,
Dry salt
HAY 9 100 lbs
Clover Hay
Rice Straw
Eastern
Western
North River
HOOP IRON, fi
ILLUM1NA1NG OILS
Diamond White, bbls $gal
Aladdin Security '
Pratt's Astral "
Carandine "
LARD, a
Northern ,.i
North Carolina
LIME, barrel
LUMBER (city sawed) M ft
Ship stuff, resaweu ..... 18 oo a 20 oo
Rough edge Plank 15 00 a 18 00
West India cargoes, accord
lng to quality is 00 a 18 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 a 22 00
canning ana uoara, com n 14 00 a 15(00
Common mill 5 00 a G so
Fair mill 6 50 a 8 00
Prime mill , 8 50 10 00
Extra mill 10 00 a 10 50
MOLASSES V gaUon
. Barbadoes, In hegshead..,.. a 25
Barbadoes, In barrels a 28
Porto Rico, In hogsheads 23 a 30
Porto Rico, in barrels 25 a 30
Sugar House, in hogsheads. 13 a 14
Sugar House, In barrels. ... 14 a 15
Syrup, In barrels 15 a 25
NAILS, W keg. Cut, 60d basis... 2 50 a 3 00
PORK, barrel
Citv Mess 9 so
Rump
Prime
ROPE. lb .in
SALT. sack. Alnm ST
, Liverpool 75 ,
American. ,. rn a
On 125 Sacks a
SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per M 5 00
Common 1 60 a
Cypress Saps 2 50 a
SUGAR, V Standard Gran'd 5a
Standard A 5 a
White Extra C a
Extra C, Golden .".
j, xenow
SOAP, lb Northern 3!
STAVES, V M-W. O. barrel. ... 6 00
B. O. Hogshead
TIMBER, M feet-Shipping 9 00
Mill, Prune 7 50
Mill, Fair ' 6 $
Common Mill..... j 00
Inferior to ordinary 3 si
SHINGLES. N.C. Cmrm nn
M 6X24 heart 7 50 a 850
R-onSfP- 5 00 a 6 00
u U681 3 00 a 350
m-ai SaP-".- 2 00 a 2 50
6x24 Heart s 00 & 6 50
tallow, ft:::::::::::::::-. 6 00 i 8
,WH18KEY, y gallon. Northern 1100 a 2 00
' North Carolina 1 00 a 00
WOOL per Si Unwashed is Q 17
Ey Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chicago, September 30. All the
grain and provision markets to-day
were dull to the verge of stagnation
and no material changes in status of
deferred futures took place. Septem
ber wbet and corn were in process
of liquidation by locgr inteiests and
declined sharply. The closing of the
New York exchanges had a narrow
ice effect on trading. September
wbrat closed lc lower, and De
cer. ber a shade lower. SeDtember
corn, declined lfc. December oats
closed unchanged. Provisions closed
unchanged to a shade lower.
Chicago, Sept.30. Casn quotations:
Flour quiet and steady; winter patents
$3 553 65; straights $3 153 35;
soring wneat specials $i 00; hard
patents $3 403 70; straights $2 90
3 20; bakers' $2 002 50. Wheat
No. 3 spring 7071c; No. 2 red 71J
72c. Corn No. 2 31K34c. Oats
No. 2 22X23c; No. 2 white c;
No. 3 white 2425Jc. Pork, per
bbl, $7 608 15. Lard, per 100 tts,$5 50
5 52K. Short rib sides, loose, $4 95
5 30. Dry salted shoulders, 6 00
6 12j. Short clear sides, boxed,
$5 455 50. Whiskey Distillers' fin
ished goods, per gallon, $1 22.
The leading futures ranged as fol
lows opening, highest, lowest and
closing: Wheat No. 2 September
72H72c, 72, 7l'A. 71c; Decem-
Der iaiiSft, lAys,T6ft7SA, 73c;
may yt)87b, 76. 76, 76fc76.
Corn No. 2 September 324, 32,
31, 31Hc; December 30, 30. 29,
29c; May 3031. 31, 30, 30c.
Oats September 22&22y, 23H,
22, 22 ; December 23. 23, 22, 22 ;
May 2424K, 24S, 24, 2424.
Pork, per bbl October $8 12, 8 15,
8 10, 8 2 : December $8 27 8 30,
8 27, 8 27 ; January $9 70, 9 75,
9 70, 9 75. Lard, per 100 Jo's October
$5 42, 5 45, 5 42, 5 45; December
$5 47, 5 50, 5 47, 5 50; January
$5 60, 5,62, 5 60, 5 62. Short ribs,
per 100 lbs October $5 07, 5 07,
5 05, 5 07 ; January $5 10, 5 10,
5 07, 5 07,
Baltimore, September 30. Flour
quiet and unchanged Wheat firm
Spot .73 73c; month 73K73c;
October 73f673c; December 75
76c. Southern wheat by sample 67
74Kc Corn dull Mixed spot 38
39c; month 3839c; October 37
&37j5c; November and December,
new or old, 3535Sc; January 35X
35jc; February 35X35c. South
ern white corn 4142c. Oat firm-
No. 2 white 2930c.
September' Mullets.
128 Barrels September Mullets,
300 Dozen Tomatoea.
150 Doaen Table Peaches.
50 Boxes Dried Apples.
100 Dozen Brooms.
860 Barrels Flour,
100 Cases Salmon.
900 Bags Liverpool Salt.
110 Bags Table Salt.
175 Cream Cheese.
100 Cases Gold Dust.
275 Cases Matches.
W B. COOPER,
sep 28 tf
'.'m'TU'-t .
NEWS AND OPINIONS
of
National Importance.
THE
ALONE
CONTAINS BOTH.
Da ly, by na',, - -Daily
and Sunday, by mail,
$6 a vear
$8 a year
The Sunday Sun
IS THE GREATEST SUNDAY NEWSPAPER
IN THE WORLD.
Price 5c a copy. By mail, $2
ST0N, Nei
Address
1a 5 tf
THE
year
York.
OLD NEWSPAPERS.
You Can Buv
Old Newspapers
in
Quantities to Suit,
at the
STAR OFFICE
FOREIGN MARK El
By CaMe to the Morning Etai .
Liverpool, September 30, 1 P. M.
Cotton Spot, prices 1 32d higher.
American middling fair, 4 13 32d;
good middling: 4 3 32d; middling;
3d; low middling 3 116d; good
ordinary 3d: ordinary 3 5 16d.
The sales of the day were 6,000
bales, of which 500 were for specu
lation and export and included 5,600
bales American. Receipts 9,000 bales,
including 7,400 bales American.
Futures opened and closed steadv.
American middling (1. m. c.) October
3 50 64d seller; October and November
3 49 64d seller; November and Decem
ber 3 47-64&3 48 64d seller: Decflmhop
and January 3 46-643 47 64d seller;
January and February 3 46 643
seller; February and March 3
46-643 47-64d buver: March and
April 3 47 64d buver: AdHI and Mst
3 47 643 48 64d buyer; May and June
3 48-64d buyer; June and July 3 48-64
3 49 64d buyer; July and Augut 3
49-64d value.
BY RIVER AND UAH.
and think how much you
& 10 00
O 8 50
9 00
4$
m 4
& 14 09
& 10 CO
Q 10 00
8 75
7 CO
6 00
& 5 00
Receipts of Naval Stores and Cottcn
Yesterday.
W. & W, Railroad 134 bales cot
ton, 14 casks spirits turpentine, 9 bar
rels tar, 18 barrels crude turpentine
W., C. & A. Railroad 1,383 bales
cotton, 12 casks spirits turpentine, 14
barrels rosin, 35 barrels tar, 6 barrels
cruce turpentine.
oo , Kailrad 199 bales cotton,
68 cisks spirits turpentine, 86 barrels
rosin. 24 barrels tar.
C. O. Railroad 189 bales cotton, 25
casks spirits turpentine, 174 barrels
rosin, 37 barrels tar, 4 barrels crude
turpentine.
bteamer A. 1J. Hurt 8 bales cotton,
32 casks spirits turpentine, 89 barrels
rosin, 82 barrels tar, 5 barrels crude
Steamer Seabright 14 bales cotton,
21 casks spirits turpentine, 37 barrels
rosin, 12 barrels tar.
Total-Cotton, 1,927 bales; spirits
turpentine, 142 casks; rosin, 390 bar
rels; tar, 199 barrels; crude turpen
tine. 33 barrels.
Suitable for Wrapping:
Paner and
Excellent for
Placing Under Carpet
no24tf
Stop
r much you
ng at
The Unlucky Corner.
Pure Water Ground Meal.. 13c peck
Pearl Hominy 15c peck
a fl caa Tomatoes 06c can
3 "ican Tomatoes 08c can
17 ft Granulated Sugar .... $ 1 .OO
15 ft Cut Loaf Sugar l.OO
A Good Roasted coffee 1 a l-2c lb
All grades from this up to the finest.
"Seal Brand," Klocba and Java
S. W. SANDERS.
sep 28 tf
FOR BENT.
Dwellings,
Stores and
Offices.
D. O'CONNOR,
Real Estate Agent,
seP 8 tt Wilmington, N. C.
Apply to
I have just received
a car-load of
Heating and Cooking
Stoves.
These Stoves were bought before the
?eavy advances In the price of Iron,
therefore I am prepared to share the
advantage with my customers.
R. H. BEERY,
. 10 Market street.
Phone 183.' sep jjatf
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