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BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
WILMINGTON - N. .
FBIDAT MORKIITG, OCTOBER 6.
THE DOLLAR ABOVE THE MAN".
There never was in this nor in any
other country a party which was so
controlled by the dollar as the Re
publican party is, nor one that so
completely pat the dollar above the
man. It came into power as the
proclaimer of the sovereignty of
man, as the champion of the rights
of man. It made the black man its
hobby because the black man was
then in slavery in some of the States
of this Union, and it waged such an
aggressive campaign in behalf of
this black man that it resulted in
war, causing the loss of hundreds
of thousands of lives, and thousands
of millions of money expended and
property destroyed. In the begin
ning it professed to be, and in popu
lar estimation was, a party of the
people, but has since become the
party of the dollar, in which the
people are only regarded as machines
10 vote ior me aoiiar to give it a
stronger grip on them.
It was once declared by a distin
guished Irishman in the British
House of Commons that there was
no law passed by a British Parlia
ment, that a coach-and-four could
not drive through with impunity,
which was his way of illustrating the
power of money in Great Britain.
There is no law passed by the Con
gress of the United States, or by any
of our State Legislatures, that or
ganized money cannot defy with im
punity. As an illustration note the
trusts. Congress has enacted anti
trust laws; anti-trust laws have been
passed by about twenty-five States,
and there are now 535 trusts in this
country, representing an alleged
capital stock of about $6,000,000,
000, every one of which was organ
ized under Republican legislation.
rV m. J. Bryan made a Bpeech in
the little town of Geneva, Nebraska,
a few days ago, and in the course of
that speech gave an apt illustration
of the relative position of the dollar
and the man in the Republican
party, and how the dollar is put
above the man, thus:
"If you Republican men cannot see
that your party is puttie? the dollar
above man I'm going to appeal to th
Republican women. In an hour of
peril the nation can take the son from
his mother, the husband from his
wife, the father from his children and
stand them up in front of an enemy's
guns, but in the hour of peril it can
not lay its finger on the accumulated
wealth of this country and make it
bear its just share of the burdens of
government."
The man can be taken from his
plow, his Bhop, or hii counter,
whether willing or not, if there
should be need of his services, but
while he is perilling his life fighting
in a war with whioh he may have had
nothing to do in making, the owner
of millions protests against paying a
tax on his income, and claims the
protection of the law when it is pro
posed to tax it. The man who toils
and earns his bread in the sweat of
his brow has not only to go at com
mand and put himself before the
guns of the enemy but he has also
to pay a tax on hit income the
wages of his toil. It isn't called an
income tax because it comes indi
rectly from the tax he pays on the
things he eats, drinks, wears and
otherwise uses. He may and some
times does protest against these
taxes which he feels to be oppressive
but he. has to pay them all the same.
There are different kinds of wars,
wars of defence and wars of aggres
sion, wars to maintain the honor,
integrity and dignity of one's coun
try, and wars the inspiration of
which is greed of gain, mercenariness
parading in the grab of patriotism.
- when the dollar comes in above the
man.' There was chivalry arid typi
cal Americanism in the war for
Cuba. That was a war for the rights
of manand in behalf of s people
struggling for freedom. ': That's
wlrjt0Ter 600,000 Americana an
swered, the call for troops, whj
260,000 put on military" uniform,
anil WriT Inft soldiers wrio vm
ordered to Cuba went like men "who
were going to a picnic ana not to bat
tle. There is no chivalry, no Amer
icanism in the Philippine war, no
fighting freedom there, but fighting
aeainst it. and that's why the coun
try has to be drummed from one
end to the other to get a few thou
sand men to reinforce our army now
there. The people feel that is a war
in which the man is subordinated
to the dollar and which is being
fought not to maintain the honor,"
integrity and dignity of our country,
but in the interest of men of wealth
who think they see in these islands
opportunity to add to that wealth.
They have come to the conclusion
that these islands are rich, abound
ing in mineral and other wealth,
that it will pay to win and hold
them, and hence the war which is
being waged under the false pretence
of obligations assumed and patriot
ism. It is the dollar above the man,
the dollar demanding that the man
be sacrificed that the holder of the
dollar may acquire more dollars.
When you simmer it all down this
is Bimply a war inspired by lust of
gain which would never have been
undertaken if the belief had not be
come more or less prevalent that
some of them at least are immensely
rich in hidden and visible treasurers,
and that they may become a basis
for the extension of our commercial
empire. Isn't the dollar at the bot
tom of all this, and the dollar above
the man, the dollar assertive
arrogant and dictatorial, for
cing the man to the front
to bear the brunt, to carry the
burden, to make his body the target
for balls, while the owners of the
dollars, afar off and safe, lolling in
the lap of luxury, whimper and pro
test against being called upon to pay
a small tax to help the Govarnment
pay the expenses of waging a war,
from which, if successful, they are
to be the greatest beneficiaries.
But for a generation it has been
so. Nearly all the legislation of a
national character by the Republi
can party has had the effect, directly
or indirectly, of putting the dollar
above the man, until this has practi
cally become a dollar-ruled country,
in which the man receives but little
consideration. Republican Con
gresses have become simply trust-
breeding, monopoly-engendering as
semblies, pretending to represent the
people, but really serving the men
of dollars, and obeying their behests,
whether it is to grind taxes out of
the poor or to make war upon the
weak.
SESD DEWEY BACK.
The President has ordered several
war vessels to proceed at once to the
Philippines. The dispatches say
that this is the result of a confer
ence he held with Admiral Dewey,
who went over the situation in the
islands, and doubtless told Mr. Mc-
Kinley a good many things he didn't
know, or does not seem to have
known.
We suppose that the main reason
for sending these additional vessels
to the quite respectable fleet already
there, is to be able to more effec
tively cordon Luzon and blockade
the ports to prevent the insurgents
from -getting supplies of munitions
of war, in which they seem to have
had little difficulty so far.
If after having sent those vessels
the President will follow it up by
requesting Admiral Dewey to return
to Manila and grant him as far as he
can plenipotentiary power to man
age the business over there in his
own way, according to his own
judgment, 'and have it understood
that others in command will act in
concert with him and not pull
against him as they did when he was
in command of the fleet at Manila,
he would do the most sensible thing
he has done since the trouble began
in those islands. One Dewey would
be worth a dozen warships. He
knows the Filipinos, and they know
and have confidence in him, and we
verily believe that if he were sent
there with full power to act for the
President, as the representative of
the President, we would have peace
with ninety days after he got there
or we would know that we couldn't
have it without winning it with
arms, and that would be worth
knowing.
GOING IH AND C0MUTG OUT.
A few days ago a Manila dispatch
announced the capture of the town
of Borac by our troops, and the dis
patches published yesterday inform
us that the American troops had
evacuated the place and that it had
been reoccupied by several hundred
insurgents. This is the same old
game that has been played in Luzon
ever since the fighting began, march
ing, taking towns, going in and
coming out, the insurgents march
ing in as our troops marched out,
It costs money and lives to take
these places, and what has been ac
complished by taking them, and
then going out to let them be re-
occupied by the insurgents no one
has ever been able to discover. Our
soldiers have killed some Filipinos,
it is true, and made them burn some
ammunition, but outside of that there
is nothing to show for the waste of
money and the sacrifice of life in
this apparently senseless and pur
poseless . way of making war. If we
hold the places captured we might
gain vantage ground, we would at
least be gaining territory and crowd
ing the enemy into a narrower field;
but with all this fighting and all this
capturing of towns we have gained
no territory and are practically where
we started.
There may sometimes be strategic
reasons for capturing towns "and
evacuating . them,-:" but nothing of
this kind appears in the programme
Otis has, been following, in taking
places walking in and walking out,
and letting the insurgents re-occupy
them. If they are taken they should
be held, and if they can't be held no
life should be sacrificed in taking
them. ' ."' v '
HE IS LEVEL-HEADED.
Rev. Junius S. Mobley, a recog
nized leader of the negroes in South
Carolina, has issued a call for a meet
ing of the negro Republicans of that
State, at Columbia, during the State
Fair, in the second week of Novem
ber. His reason for the call is "the
fact that the so-called white Repub
lican leaders stand as a barrier be
tween us and the Southern whites,
with whom we must live, for we
never will leave this Country." This
Bhows that Rev. Junius S. Mobley
is a level-headed man, who has not
passed all his days with his eyes cov
eted and his ears closed.
He has doubtless Bized up the so
called white leaders about right, and
caught on to the harm their leader
ship has done the people of his race,
by putting and keeping them in a
position of antagonism to the people
with whom their lot is essentially
connected, and upon whom they
must depend for whatever of good
that comes to them. Practically,
the negroes of this country, North or
South, have as little interest in poli
tics as they have in the partition of
China, or in the issue of the impend
ing conflict between the Boers "and
the British. With whatever party
they may be affiliated they will
always be subordinate, as they have
been, mere machine voters, voting
on issues that but few of them un
terstand, and for men who do not
care a continental for them after
their votes have been cast. It has
taken them a long time to catch on
this, but the sooner they do it the
better it will be for them.
One man in the town of Rising
Sun, Ind., is the whole thing in
himself. He bought a telegraph
line between some of the towns in
that State, which was established
in 1852, and of which he became
the Bole proprietor in 1872. He is
now president, board of directors,
operator, manager and everything
else about it run into one. He has
no difficulty in securing accord in
his concern.
Some Arkansas Judges are merci
ful. One of them recently in con
sideration of certain extenuating
circumstances, made the sentence of
a negro convicted of several infa
mous crimes, 115 years in the peni
tentiary when the full limit might
have been 147 years.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Winston Journal: There was a
robbery Monday nieht on Liberty
street near the first dry bridge. Three
or four negroes robbed an old Syrian
of about $25 and very badly mistreated
him One broke a whiskey bottle over
his head and. another knocked-him
down with a brick. The Syrian is
very old and his injuries are painful.
The police have not yet succeeded in
finding the ruffians.
Chatham Record: Mr. Wil
liam Haithcock died at his residence
fn this place, on last Tuesday, aged 77
years. Heiad been in feeble health
for several months. He was one of
the oldest and most respected citizens
of this town. The engineering
corps of the Erwin Cotton Mills Com
pany, having finished the survey of
that company's property on Haw river,
will now begin surveys for a railroad
to it. There may be five routes, sur
veyed one to Pittsboro, one to Chapel
Hill, one to Morrisville, one to Merry
Oaks and one to the water tank near
Haywood.
Raleigh Post: J. Ferguson, a
travelling man, who lived in Wilson,
committed suicide Tuesday at Kins ton
by shooting himself through the head.
He had been drinking heavily several
days. The deed is supposed to have
been done in a fit of alcoholic in
sanity. Ferguson left the hotel and
went to the outskirts of the town, near
the Gay Lumber Company's plant
Several witnesses rushed to him, but
he aimed the shot ' well, dying im
mediately. It is said that he
leaves a wife living in Wilson.
George Lee, the fourteen-year-old
brother of Julia Hobby, ho died Sun
day afternoon from the effects of
poison, which had been placed in the
coffee which she drank for breakfast,
must answer to the charge of murder.
The coroner's jury, which began the
inquest over the body of tbe dead
woman Monday afternoon, decided,
after a brief consultation yesterday af
ternoon, that "Julia Hobby came to
her death from the effects of poison ad
ministered by George Lee."
Greensboro Record: Tuesday
night when the 7:24 Southern bound
passenger train was leaving several
persons standing on the far end of the
platform saw a figure jump upon tbe
"blind baggage" of the moving cars
between the mail and the baggage
cars. They were quite sure that the
person was a man in woman's clothes,
and they communicated with the po
lice. The police concluded that the
individual was one of several men
that they had been wanting for some
weeks, and they wired the police in
Salisbury to arrest the party when the
train arrived there. The instruc
tions, were obeyed by the Salis
bury police; and they telegraphed
Ohief-of-Police Scott, of this place,
that the arrest had been made on the
arrival of the trairf and that their pris
oner was a woman, who wore a man's
cap and man's shoes. Her name was
not given. She is still in the custody
of the Salisbury police, and it is pro
bable she may be tried for breaking
the "hobo," or tramp-beating laws.
When she boarded the train in Greens
boro it was going about fifteen miles
an hour. A woman with the nerve to
do this should go scot free. The
large building of the Montgomery
Hardware Co., at Troy( between Aber
deen and Asheboro, was totally des
troyed by fire last night. The concern
was owned by W. L. Trotter, of this
city, and J. a Nance. Mr. Trotter
left here to-day for Troy. He states
that his loss is $7,000 stock with $2,000
insurance.
The Worried Man's FRiwnx
The mind reacts oa the body
in a wonderful way.- '
- Perturbation ; of mind and
anxiety cause any predisposition
to disease to develop into actual
disease., ' . ' -
Many a man, who has fallen
a victim to Blight's disease of
the kidneys can trace its first
manifestation to a time'wlien
he was struggling for financial
life in a very sea of troubles.
What can be done : under'
such circumstances-to avoid a
probably mortal disease ?
Why, follow the example of
thousands, who now bless its
discovery, and take Warner's
Safe Cure. !
It is a remedy that can be
relied upon, a remedy that
never fails, . , ,
CURRENT COMMENT.
But one man has deliberate
ly attempted to share the honors
intended for Dewey, and if he were
not so egotistical he would return to
Albany with a very poor opinion of
himself. Washington lost, J-na.
- Perhaps Mr. Chamberlain
was led to adopt a rather aggressive
tone toward Paul Kruger by the re
ports about the latter's fondness for
r , T T V; Jo ol-
rsaim-reauiug. jjuo mm -ways
an indication of yielding tem
perament. Baltimore Herald, Ind.
Perhaps the' most encourag
ing fpfttrirfl of the markets is the
rian. in the Drice of cotton. The
great staple his lagged behind dur
ing the upward movement of values
in nearly all other of our exportable
commodities. With remunerative
prices for cotton the advance in all
the important products of the coun
try, North and South, is made sym
mor.riral And a more general pros
perity assured. Philadelphia Rec
ord, JJem.
The disturbed condition of
affairs in South Africa will have
important beariner upon the world's
gold production of the current year.
Nevertheless, it is predicted that
even though hostilities should break
out in the Transvaal shortly, the
total output for the current year
will make a new record. There is
great activity in every gold-mining
section, particularly in Australia, in
Colorado and in Alaska, lne ptoD
able output for the Yukon country
is placed at not leBS than $15,000,
000. During the nine month al
ready ended the Transvaal has
turned out nearly $63,000,000.
Savannah Ifetos, Dent.
TWINKLINGS.
"You've moved further up
town, haven't you t" "Yes, our street
has been renumbered." Chicago
Record.
Far From It: The Man Who
Rang (angrily) "Why don't you get
a bustle on your' xne messenger
Boy "8ay d'yer take me fer a Fili
pineer?" Puck.
When He Talks "She says
her husband talks when he's asleep."
' 'I think that must be a mistake. He
talks when she's asleep." Chicago
Evening Pot.
"And you were at Saratoga this
summer? Were there many Chris
tians there?" "Yes, there were some
Christians, but not enough to make it
objectionable. " Life.
Says Mr. Dinkelspiel "Der
Kai'er," said Mr. Dinkelspiel, "may
be Vilhelm der Grosse, but, by chimi
nently, I am Vilhe'm der grocer al-retty.-
Hei n ?" Indianapolis Journal.
"Poor girl! What did she
want to marry that old beau, for? I
told her he was an octogenarian.''
"I know it, but she thought an octo
generian was a man worth $80,000.
Chicago Tribume.
"If I should tell all I know,"
said the detective with a solemn shake
of his head, "it would create a sensa
tion, and don't you forget it." "If you
would refrain from telling what you
don't know," returned the sarcastic
citizen, "it would create even a greater
sensation." Chicago Post.
The Place for It: "Well, gen
tlemen," remarked the president of the
clab, "motions are in order. It has
been suggested that we have a ban
quet. What shall be done?" "Mr.
President," spoke up the man-who-was-seldom-heard-from,
"I move we
dispose of it by laying it on the table."
The motion was carried. Philadel
phia North American.
Non-committal: "De trouble
'bout de risin' jinneration," said the
colored philosopher, "is dat dey jumps
at corclusions. I kin jedge dat fum
de answer I done got when I ax Mr.
'Rastus Pinkly 'bout what he thought
o' dishere Filipino policy." "What
did he say?" "He said he didn't know
nuffin' 'bout it; he hadn't nebber
played it." Washington Star.
QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
M. E. Church, Sooth, Wilmington District.
Carver's Creek, Shlloh, October 7-8.
Elizabeth Blngietartes, October 14-15.
B Wilmington, Grace, Oct. 23-23.
Jacksonville and Blchlands, Elchlands, Oct.
98-ao.
Bladen, Windsor, Nov. 4-6.
Clinton, Clinton. Nov 11-18.
Onslow, Tabernacle, Nov. 18-19.
Bnrgaw, Bnrgaw. Nov. S4.
Kenansvllle, wet ley 's Chapel, Nov. 85-96.
Magnolia, Boss H11L Nov. 28.
Scow's Hill. Bcott'sHUl, Dec. 9-8.
Wilmington, Bladen Street (at night) Dec's.
B. r. BUM PAS,
Presiding Elder.
Would Be Ckcapcr,
"I have a proposition to make to
you," said the regular patron as he
took the restaurant proprietor off to
one Bide.
"Weill" said the restaurant man
- "I have been coming here for soma
time, and I have discovered- that, a tip
is necessary if one is to get good serv
ice."
1 "That's the case nearly everywhere'
'Well, what I want to suggest is that
I'll pay the salary of my waiter if yon
will put up the tips. You really ought!
to be willing to take the more expensive
end of the bargain, don't you thinkT"-!
Chicago Post.
An odd contrivance is used in China
to protect the carrier pigeons. from the
attacks of birds of prey. Tiny baml
tubes are fastened tinder their wini
and as they fly the air passing
through the tabes makes a ehxill.wl
tie, which serves to frighten ofl- tl
COUCH SYRUP
Cures Croup and Whooping-Cough
' Unexcelled for Consumptives, Gives
quick,-sore results. Refuse substitutes.
Dr. BuWt PHls curt Bilununest. Trial, 30 for sc.
AN HONEST INDIAN. ,
k Sl-Ir Experience WHBT Ape
- : th, a. '.Chief . CrewsiT "J lyv-
fArapooIsht chief of the Crow Indians,
was a man Of wonderful influence. "In
'Bonnevflie's Ad vent ures" an incident
is related showing his method of re
straining the evil propensities of bis
braves. Mr. Robert Campbell, while a
guest in the lodge of Arapooish, had
collected a large quantity of furs and,
fearful of being plundered, had deposit-;
ed but a" part in the lodge. The rest he
buried. ' "" ...
One - night - Arapooish entered ; the
lodge with a cloudy brow and, turning
to Campbell, said:r : " " ' ' J. '
"Yon have more furs with you than
you have brought to my lodge?"
"I have," replied Campbell.
"Where are they?" "
Campbell described the place.
'Tis well,? said Arapooish. "You
speak straight. But your cache has been
robbed.- Go and see how many skins
have been taken." .
Campbell examined the cache and
estimated his loss to be about 150 bea
ver skins. ; ' , ':
Arapooish summoned hie people, re
proached them for robbing a guest and
commanded that the skins should be
brought back. For himaelf. Tie would
not eat or drink till all had been re
stored. Soon the skins begsn to come in.
They were laid down in the lodge,Nand
those who bronght them departed with
out a word. Arapooish sat in one cor
ner silenfc Above a hundred pelts were
bronght in, and Campbell expressed
himeelf satisfied. Not bo the Crow chief
tain. He faeted all night. In the morn
ing more skias were brought in, and
one and two at a time they continued to
come through the day. -
"Is all right now 1" demanded Ara-i
pooiah. '
"All is right," replied Campbell.
"Good I Now bring me meat and
drink." said the old chief.
ASBESTUS.
fame of the Peculiarities of This
Mysterious Substance.
Asbestos is a physical paradox, yet
one of nature's most marvelous produc
tions. It has Icen called a mineralogical
vegetable; it id both fibrous and crys
talline, elastic, yet brittle; a floating
etone. which can be readily carded,
spun 'and woven into tissue. In Ger
many ifc43 known as steinflacbs (stone
flax), and the miners of Quebec give it
quite as expressive a name pierre coton
(cotton stone) The asbestus mines of
Quebec are tbe most famous in the
world, yielding 85 per cent of the en
tire output. Italy being tbe only com
peting country, and there the industry
is declining. Although Charlemagne is
said to have bad a tablecloth of asbestus,
which he cleansed by throwing into the
fire, it was practically unknown until
1850.
The Italian mineral was then experi
mented with and some years later put
on the market. In 1878 the first Cana
dian mine was opened, and the product
steadily increased until 1890, when
0,860 tons, worth $1,260,000, were
mined. There has since been a decline
in value, the amount for 1896 being
12,200, worth only $430,000. Asbestus
is flexible, noncombustible and a non
conductor of heat and electricity, and
on these properties its increasing use
depends. It is spun into yarn, from
which cloth is woven for drop curtains
in theaters, clothing for firemen, acid
workers, etc. It is made into lamp
wicks and gloves for stokers and ropes
for fire escapes. It is felted into mill
board to bo used as an insulator in dy
namos and as a fireproof lining . for
floors. It is used to insulate electric
wires and as a covering to prevent loss
of heat from steam pipes. Mixed with
rubber it is used to. pack steam joints.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
BATTLE WITH SHARKS.
A Desperate Encounter In Which
Tito 9Ia.ii Eaten Were Slain.
Probably the mo9t desperate fight
which has ever been witnessed between
a couple of sharks and a human being
took place at Havana some time ago.
Several fruit peddlers had boarded a
large mailboat, and among them was
a swarthy, bare legged young chap noted
among his comrades as a clever swim
mer. The purser of the vessel was stand
ing by tbe gangway, holding his child
in his arms, watching a couple of sharks
that were hanging about the ship. Ac
cidentally tbe child fell out of its fa
ther's grasp into the water. The father
immediately jumped overboard and
seized his child, and in a moment the
sharks were making for the pair.
Seeing the predicament, the bare leg
ged young buccaneer dropped his fruit
basket and went over the rail like a
flash.
As the first shark turned on its back
the invariable prelude to biting its
victim the young fruit seller rose to
tbe surface, and, with a long, keen
edged knife, fairly disemboweled it.
The other was not nearly so easily
dispoeed of. Tbe shark seemed to real
ize 'that in the fruit seller he had a
dangerous foe and apparently sparred
for an opening. Several men on board
the vessel blazed away at the monster
with- revolvers, but the young fellow
begged the men to desist, being un
nerved by the firing. Fish and man
dived alternately, and when the fish did
make for its foe the plucky boy dived
and plunged the knife in its Bide.
The water was crimson with blood
when the three were hauled safe and
sound to the deck of the vessel, and a
handsome sum of money was collected
for the victor.
Why Ton Yawn.
Have you ever observed at a theater
or concert that the people who are most
deeply interested appear between the
acts to be quite weary of the whole
thing, yawning half a dozen times in
succession ? The reason of this is a
physiological one. When your attention
is much absorbed in anything exciting
or touching, you breathe in a very shal
low manner and take into your lungs
only half enough air. Consequently,
when your attention is relaxed, you
have to make up the deficiency. This
you do by yawning, which, after alL is
only breathing a very deep breath.
Ifou watch a man at a play and
observe that ho is greatly moved by
some incident, you may feel sure that
when the scene ends he will sigh and a
moment or two later yawn repeatedly.
Of course the yawning, so far from be
ing a sign of weariness, is a proof of
tbe liveliest appreciation.
Very often you will observe the same
phenomenon in a girl reading a novel.
And by her yawns you can tell when
the end of some absorbing incident is
reached. Cincinnati Enquirer.
He Was Acquitted.
Here the voice of counsel for the de
fense thrilled with emotion. - '
"Gentlemen of the jury, " he cried,
"you cannot believe the prisoner to be
the cool, calculating villain the prose
cution would make him out to be I
Were he cool and calculating would he
have murdered his wife, as he is ac
cused of. doing? Would he not rather
have spared her in order that she might
be here at this trial to weep for him
and influence your verdict with her
tears T"-- "- - -v - ;
Only the thoughtless thinklawyers
do not assist the ends of justice. De
troit Journal. . j
PLAI NT OF A M I LLIONAj RE:- j
Aeawlred Bons Wealth. -
What is the smallest income on which
a man may live in New York ? was the
question I asked today of a noted bank
er, whose income ; cannot be less than
$100,000 a year. -'Well, " he replied,
"my household expenses alpne amount
to $25,000,a year, and I do not see.how.
I posBibly could live on less than that. .
Then a reminiscent smile began to cross
his countenance; and heaving i a littie;
slgh he said s- 'Bxx ' the happiesMime
of my life was when my wife and Iana
two children ; lived here on $2, 500 a
year. After, allhappiness doesn t de
pend on the amount of a man s income.
was quite intimate with William
H. Vanderbilt when he was considered
the richest man in -the country. I met
him one day in Fifth avenue and said
to him that he ought to be the happiest
man in.the world. 'l am not,? the great
millionaire replied. My health is shat
tered, and all the money I possess can
not restore it. I cannot even drive one
. i Tt is nn in fur for me
OX njv una uwdw - ,
to sit down. My only possible , exercise
is for me to walk down me ayeuuo
I
receive threatening letters aauy,
ar TimatrYiTicr that X
and
am
JT1 Y JJtJA. V CSAT7 m m o
constantly afraid that some assassin
will waylay me. I am overrun with
f to eet money. I am
and I tell you that after a person has
accumulated enough to secure him
against poverty ana grainy xiis kobuu
able wants every aouar m aumiuuu
a burden and weighs him down. "
Philadelphia Ledger. ' '
IS
FAVORITE
PRESCRIPTION
MAKES BOTH MOTHER AND BABY
HEALTHY
AND
STRONG.
A Purely Vegetable and Per
fectly Harmless, Non-Alco-holic
and Non-Narcotic
Preparation.
WHOLESALE PRICES COHREKT
JBF The following quotations represent
Wholesale Prices generally. In making np
small orders higher prices have to be charged.
The quotations are always given as accurately
as possible, but the Stab will not bo responsible
for any variations from the actual market price
oi tne arucies auoiea.
BAOorua
a Jute....
8tandard
Burlaps
5 &
WESTE&N SMOKED -
Hams fit - 13
Bides fTb
Shoulders V S
o
12
m
6
DRY SALTED
Bides ft
Shoulders B
5
94
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine
Second-hand, each 125
New New York, each
New City, each
BEESWAX 9
BRICKS
Wilmington ft M 5 00
Northern 9 00
BUTTER
35
40
40
S3
& 7 00
14 00
North Carolina SB
Northern
CORN HEAL
Per bushel, In sacks
iO 22
25 0
44 45)4
44 & 45
1 15
13 O 25
8 C 11
12 & 13
& 15
& 11
io et is
6 7
& 5
70
15 & W
COTTON TIE v Dandle...
CANDLES V lb
Sperm Adamantine
CHEE8E fl t
Northern Factory
Dairy Cream...
State
COFFEE
Lagoyra....
Rio
DOMES! ICS
Sheeting, 4-1, V yard
Yarns. $ bunch of 5 lbs .
EGKJS 9 dozen
IBM
Mackerel, No. 1, V barrel ... S3 00
Mackerel, No. 1, half-bbl. 11 00
Mackerel, No. 2, barrel... 16 00
Mackerel, No. 2 half-bbl.. 8 00
MackereL No. 8, V barrel. . . 13 00
Mallets, V barrel 4 50
Mallets, pork barrel
N. O. Roe Herring, ft keg.. 3 00
Dry Cod, s
" Extra :. 4 35
FLOUR ft
30 00
& 15 00
& 18 00
& 9 00
& 14 00
& 5 00
& 4 25
& 3 85
& 10
& 4 50
Low grade
Choice
Straight
& 3 00
3 60
3 90 & 4 00
4 25 4 50
8Ha 9
52 52
& 50
38 & 40
& 45
55 & 60
& 8
10 & 12
9
85 90
40 60
60 85
80 85
80 85
3 4
11
12
13
& 13
. 6 7
7 8
First Patent 4 25
GLUE V
GRAIN f bushel
Corn, from store, Xsca White
Car-load, in bgs White...
Oats, from store
Oats, Rust Proof
Cow Peas
HIDES V ft
Green salted
Dry flint
Drv salt
HAY V 100 lbs
Clover Hay
Bice Straw
Eastern
Western
North River.
HOOP IRON, V ft
ILLUMINA1NG OILS
Diamond White, bbls gal
Alaadln Security "
Pratt's Astral
Carandlne "
LARD, V -
Northern r..
North Carolina.......
1 25
LUMBER (city sawed) V M ft
Ship Staff, resawed 18 00
Rough edge Plank.... 15 00
West India cargoes, accord
ing to quality 13 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00
Common mill 5 00
Fair mill... , 6 50
20 00
16 00
& 18 00
22 00
15100
6 50
8 00
10 00
10 50
nme mni .... oso
Extra mill
10 00
MOLASSES V gallon
. Barbadoes, In hogshead.. . .
Barbadoea, In barrels
Porto Rico, In hogsheads. . . ,
Porto Rico, In barrels
Sugar House, In hogsheads,
Sugar House, in barrels...,
Syrup, in barrels
NAILS, keg. Cat, 60d basis. ..
25
28
80,
80
14
15
00
23
25
12
14
15
8 50
rutu, v oarrei
Cltv Mess
Romp ,
Prime.....
v. 10 CO
10 60
9 50
ROPE, ft
SALT, V sack. Alum
Liverpool
American.
On 12B Backs
9 00
22
1 10
80
75
47
6 50
2 25
2 75
s
m
4H
4
10
75
70
SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per M
5 00
1 60
2 SO
juimiMju...
Cypress Sans
SUGAR, V ft Standard Gran'd
5
4?4
Standard A...
White Extra C.
Extra C, Golden ,.
C Yellow
SOAP, m ft Northern........;.
STAVES, 9 M-W. O. barrel....
R. O. Hogshead.
TIMBEBsV M feet Shipping .
G 00
14 09
10 00
10 00
8 75
9 00
7 50
0 50
S 80
3 69
7 60"
S 00
8 00
S 00
0 00
S 00
1100
1 00
15
sun, rruut)
Mill, Fair
Common Mill.
Interior tn nrdlnainT
7 00
6 00
6 00
8HINGLE8,N.C. Cypress sawed
TP jn. nun nears.,.,. ........
" Sap.........,.""
laf"
x84 Hear.v.:v:;.v.7-
" San..
8 50
0 08
8 50
2 60
6 60
6 60
6
s oa
- oo
17
tallow, ftT
WHISKEY, gallon. Northern
North Carolina .
WOOL oer ft Unwashed......
COMMERCIAL:
m TOiMINGTQN MARKET.;
: STAB OFFICE. Oct. 8.
SPIKITS TURPENTINE Market
steady at 48 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks - and 48 cents per
gallon for country casks, 7 nn -
ROSIN Market -firm at 90 cents
per bbt fo '? strained' and I 95cJ" for
good "strained. ' '
TAR Market Arm at "$1.30 per
lfTOE1RPENTINE.-Mket
firm -.at $1.60 per -barrel forward,
$2.80 for Dip and. : for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.--Spirits
turpentine firm at 2929c;
rosin, f nothing -doingr tor at
$1.20; crude turpentine steady at l.iu .
1.60. : ., : :. ... '
Spirits Turpentine ... . .
Rosin.. . . i s-.--,'
Tar
Cmirtn TVirromtine. . . . .
55.
6&
173
18
j Receipts same ; day last ; year. 55
casks spirits turpentine, . 854 . : bbls
rosirl. 328 bbls tar. 45 bbls crude tur
pentine.
' I COTTON.
Market steady on a basis of 6 cts per
pound for middling, quotations
Ordinary........
Good Ordinary
Low Middling. ... ... .
Middling
Good Middling. .
4 7-16 cts fl
5 13-16 " '
6 7-16" "
7X " "
Same day last year
middling 4c.
Receipts
2,072 bales; same day last
year, 3,672.
nomiTRT PRODUCE
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime 85c. Extra prime, 90c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.05
Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime
60c: fancv. 65c.v
CORN Firm: 52 to 52 14 cents per
bushel for white.
ROUGH .RICE Lowland (tide-
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
the bushel.
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to
11c per pound; shoulders, 7 to oc;
sides. 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five
inch hearts and saps, $3.25 to 3.25 ;
six-inch. $4.00 to 5.00; seven-inch,
TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to
a.oo per M
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New, York, October 5. Money
on call was firm at 412 per cent., last
loan at 4 per cent. Prime mercan
tile paper 5j6 per cent. Sterling
exchange arm; actual business in
bankers' bills at 4854855 for de
mand and 4S0jg481 for sixty days.
Posted rates 481 54 483 and 4S65.
Commercial bills 480480 . Silver cer
tificates5959K- Bar silver 57- Mex
ican dollars 47. Government bonds
weak. ' State bonds inctive. Railroad
bonds firm. U. S. 2's, reg'd, 100;
U.S..3's, reg'd, 107 do. eoupon, 108 ;
U.S. new 4's.regist'd, L29M ; do. coupon.
129; U. S. old4's, regist'd, HI; do.
coupon, 112; U. S. 5 s, registered,
111J; do. coupon, 111; N. .C. 6's
127X ; do.4's, 101 ; Southern Railway 5's
1085. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 48 J4 :
Chesapeake & Ohio 24 ; Manhattan
L 108 ; N. Y. Central 133 ; Reading
21H ; do. 1st preferred 58 ; St. Paul
124; do. preferred 170; Southern
Railway 11 li ; do. preferred 51 H : Amer
ican Tobacco. 121; do. preferred 145;
People's Gas 103 u ; Busrar 141 U: do.
preferred 115; T. C. & Iron 115M;
U. S. Leather 13; do. preferred 77;
Western Uiaon 87J,.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, October 5. Rosin
steady. Spirits turpentine steady. .
Charleston, October 5. Spirits
turpentine nrm at 4c ; sales casks.
Rosin firm and unchanged; no sales.
Savannah, October 5. Spirits
turpentine firm at 49c; sales 506
casks; receipts 771 casks; exports
374 casks. Rosin firm; ' sales 3,769
barrels ; receipts 2,847 barrels ; exports
3,213 barrels; quoted: A, B, C. D,
E, 95c; F, $1 00, G, $1 10; H,
1 20; 1, SI 25; K, $1 30; M, $1 65; N,
Vi 10; W Kjt, 60; W W. 3 40.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York. October 5. Offerings
of cotton were eagerly snapped un bv
nervous shorts around the opening at
tne vjotton Hixcnaoge to-day and be
fore sufficient cotton could be found
to meet the demands of investors, the
foreign element and tne South, prices
had advanced five to eight points. By
midday this improvement had been
6upplantecLby an additional rise of four
to six points with the market at that
time showing remarkable strength.
Though there were intervals of profit
taking, causing an occasional set back
in prices, the - late market showed
plenty of bullish spirit. English ca-
Dies snowed great strenffth with Liver
pool futures live to six and a half points
mgner, and spot cotton active and
hardening. The cotton belt suDDlied
bad weather news.reports of still higher
prices ior spot cotton, and recemts in"
sucn a volume as to Dear out small
1 1 . A
crop estimates. Private wires declared
that the crop was showing up less
lavoraoiy as the season progressed.
The government charts records heavy
rains in portions of the Atlantic States
and falling temperature west of the
Mississippi valley. In the central Gulf
area a severe storm was said to be in
full sway, leading to fears of more or
less damage to cotton still in the fields.
The bulk of the cotton reported sold
to day was down to the account of
mill buyers. The market closed steady
with prices net nine to eleven points
nigner.
New York. October 5. Cotton
steady ; middling uplands 7 5 16c.
Uotton futures closed steady :October
z.uo, November 7.06. December 7.14.
January 7.22, February 7.24, March
7.28, April 7.31. May 7.33. June 7.34.
July 7.36, August 7.36.
Spot cotton closed steady at 1 16c ad
vance; middling uplands 7 5-16e: mid
dling gulf 7 9-16c; sales 925 bales.
Net receipts bales: gross recemts
o.ioo Dates; exports to tne Uontment
3,284 bales; stock 138,475 bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 38,349
bales; exports to Great Britain 16,993
Daies; exports to trance 6,800 bales;
exports to the Continent 27.523 bales:
stock 698.036 bales.
Consolidated Net receiDts 242.656
bales; exports to Great Britain -71.838
bales; exports to France 30,934 bales;
cs. (imi w mj me uouaaem o,uzo Dates.
Total since September 1st. Net re
ceipts 971,828 baies; exports to Great
Britain 264,424 bales :exnorts to KVinm
79.380 bales; exports to the Continent
239,843 bales.
Oct. 5. Galveston, stead v atfilK-ifi
net receipts 18,286 bales ; Norfolk, firm
at 73 16c, net receipts 1,894 bales; Bal
timore, nominal at 7c, net receipts
bales; Boston, steadv at 7tfe. net re
ceipts 342 bales ; Wilmington, steady at
6c net receipts 2,072 bales; Phila
delphia, firm at.7 9-16c.net receipts 296
uaies; savannah, steady at 6 1316c, net
receipts 8,055 bales; New Orleans, very
firm at 6c, net receipts 5,149 bales;
Mobile, firm at 60. net receipts
450 bales; . Memphis, steady at . 7c,
net receipts 3.809 bales: Aucniata.
steady at 7 316,net receipts 2,160 bales;
Charleston, firm at 7c, net receiDts
1,805 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Mornhig Star
New York, October 5.-Flour
was firm." but only moderately acti
WheatSpot firm ; No. 2 red 771
options opened steady at c advan!
on higher cables and further advancJ
4fc on covering following disappoint
injr' Northwest receipts. Later ths
market turned easier under realign!
operations, following! weak ad vice,
from ; Chicago, disappointing as to ths
magnitude of the purchases by export
ers. ?"Just before the close the market
rallied a little from the low point on
covering by local shorts and was about
steady in tone at a net gain of HK.
No. 2 red March closed 80c:i j
closed: SOfccr December closed 777x1
ComSpot .firm; No 2 41c ; oP,
opened steady at Jc advance on betttr
cables than looked for but ruled qUjet
with Jittle or no further change and
closed about steady with prices un
changed to a net advance of He; salt,
included, May closed 36c; December
37HC Oats-Spot dull; No. 2 29c- 0D
lions nominal, -Lard easy; Western
steam closed at $5 82; refined east
Petroleum firm. Cabbage dull- L, 3
Island $2 003 50 per 100. Freights 10
Potatoes firm; Jersey $1 00i "V
New York $1 251 40; Lodj; Island
$1 251 75; Southern sweets $1 qq
1 25; Jersey sweets $1 752 00
Pork, dull. Butter firm; Western
creamery 1724c; State dairy 1622c
Cheese firm; large white llJlivc
Cotton seed oil a little firmer; prime
opot xuo sieauier
higher; mild steady
weak and nominal
weak. ,
-i A. TJ ... J; I . . c
but not quotabW
Sugar Raw du'l
rtfintd dullard
Chicago, October 5. The antics of
the Liverpool market, due to the uu
certain Transvaal situation, t made
wheat decidedly nervous at times to
day. December closed at advance
shorts apparently .being unwilling t0'
take chances while the present Trats
vaal conditions prevail. Corn a,d
oats were practically unchanged at the
close. Provisions clost d about 2i5c
lower.
Chicago, Oct. 5. Cash quotation
Flour steady. Wheat JSo.2 t.triug -c
No. 3 spring 6671Kc; No. 2 red73u
73c Corn No.2 31X31c. Oau
No. 2 22523c; No. 2 wuiu 25
25; No, 3 white 25. Pork p,,
bbl, $7 658 15. Lard, per iou tl.is cO
5 50. Short rib sides, loosed $4 95
5 30. Dry salted shoulderSj 6 12
6 25. Short clear sides, boxed, $555
5 60. Wniskey Distillers' firiwd
goods, per gallon, $1 22
The leading futures janged as l
lows- opening, highest, lowest aio
closing: Wheat No. 2 October
7171, 71, 71. 71 Kc; Dtir
ber7373. 73, 73K.73Xc; .,y
76&:76. 76M76, . .76. 76
764c. Corn No. 2 October 31
S15, 31K. 31 Vz, 31kc; December 30X
30H, 30, 3030H, 30 ; May 31 X
314,30?, 3131i, 3131Mc. Oats
October 2323, 2323, 22,
22c; May 24 tf, 24tf, 24, 2424,.
Pork, per bbl October $8 10, 8 10,
8 10, 8 10; December $8 .32K, 8 32&
8 25, 8 27H; "January $9 75, 9 75,'
9 72. 9 72. Lard, per 100 tbs-Oc.
tober $5 37, 5 37, 5 37&, 5 37 ; De
cember $5 45, 5 45, 5 40, 5 42 ; Janu
ary $5 62M, 5 62, 5 55, 5 55. Short
ribs, per 100 fts October $5 12, 5 12&
5 10, 5 10; January $5 10, 5 12, 5 07M,
5 07 .
- Baltimore, October 5. F'ojr
quiet and unchanged Wheat firm
Spot73X73Xc;month 73M73c;
December 75 76c. Southern wheat
by sample 6674c. Corn steady
Mixed spot 38c asked; month 38c
asked; November and December, new
or old, 35 35 Kc ; January and Feb
ruary 35X35Jc. Southern while
com 4142c. Oats dull No. 2 white
2930c.
FOREIGN MAP
Bv Cable to. the Morning St.-, .
Liverpool, October 5, 4 t. .M.
Cotton Spot in fair demand; prices
l-16d higher. American middling
fair. 4d; good middling 4 3-16d ; mid
dling 3 31-32d; low middling 3 25 32d;
good ordinary 3 19-32d; ordinary 3
13-3Zd. The sales of the day were 1U -000
bales, of which 1,000 were for
speculation and export and included
9,000 bales American. Receipts 6,000
bales, including 5,800 bales American.
Ifutures opened firm and closed
steady at the advance. American mid
dling (1. m. c.) October 3 60 64d seller;
October and November 3 69 64d seller;
November and December 3 I 58 64d
seller; December and January 3 57-64d
seller; January and February 3 57 64d
seller; February and March 3 67 643
S3 b4d seller; March and April 3 58-64d
seller; April and May 3 58 643 59 64d
seller; May and June 3 59-64d seller;
June and July 359-643 60 64d seller:
July and August 3 59 643 60 64d
buyer ; August and September 3 5 9 64d
seller. :
BY. RIVER AND RAIL.
Receipts of Naval Stores and Cottcn
Yesterday.
W. & W. Railroad 202 bales cot
ton, 2 casks spirits . turpentine, 3 bar
rels tar, 2 barrels crude turpentine.
w., c or. A. Railroad 1,326 bales
cotton, 5 casks spirits turpentine, 22
barrels rosin, 40 barrels tar, 16 barrels
"crude turpentine.
A. oc x. Railroad 251 bales ccUcl,
37 casks spirits turpentine, 8 barrels
rosin, 15 barrels tar.
C. C. Railroad 282 bales cotton, i
casks spirits turpentine, 13 barrels
rosin. 48 barrels tar.
Steamer Seabright 11 bales cottoii,
3 casks spirits turpentine.
U. Larkins' Flat 4 casks spirits tur-
-pentme, 22 barrels rosin, 67 barrels tar.
Total Cotton. 2fV72 halps- sm'ritS
turpentine, 55 casks ; rosin, 65 bar
rels; tar, 173 barrels; crude turpen
tine, 18 barrels.
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Br ateamshin Reltnn 9. 09.fi i nns.
Hoskinc Ham hnr a- A 1a Yfl nHpp Ptnrnnt
& Son.
- CLEARED.
Barce Maria . Dnlnron ,
Charleston, George Harriss, Son & Co.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
Itlat of Vessels In ti-.elPor c
mlnstoD, M. c, et. 6. 181.'9.
STEAMSHIPS.
Belton (Br). 2.025 tons. Hoskinz,
Alexander Pbtrnnt Ar Ann
Slingsby (Br), 2,094 tons, Morck, J H
oioan sc jo.
Marian (Br), 1,218 tons, Martin, Alex
ander Sprunt & Son. I
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
Snrunt A: Hnn
Baron Douglass, 1,606 tons, Goudey,
JH Sloan.
Aquila (Nor), 1,407 tons, Andersen,
Alex Sprunt & Son.
SCHOONERS. I
Wm F Green, -, 215 , tons, Johnsen.
Golden Ball, 272 tons, Gibbs, I George
Jiarnss, Bon & Co. , - j
BAROTITES
Edith Sheraton (Br), 314 tons, Michel-
"SOn ' Clan Vfanlaa On r
Argo (Nor), 584 tons, Arentseh, Heide
BRIGS.
Caroline Gray. 289 tons. Meader,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
Standard OU No. 58, 1,600 tons, Stan
uara uu uo.
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