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r- "7" : T - i ; i f . - - ;1 - ' lie. 1 Pi 1 h it ( ( , - ? v i i ir .! PITBtI8HB'S ABTJOTJlTCTEiCEBT. THX MOBKIKQ BTAR, tlie oldest Gallr news UMr m Kortb Carolina, is published daily ex cept Monday, 15.00 year, $2.59 for six months, iOBf or three months, SO cents for one month 3 mail subscribers. Delivered to city sub scribers at the rate of 45 cents per month for any period from one month to one year. ADVERTISING RATES (DAILY) One square one day. $100; two days, J1.75; three days, R-gO; four days, J3.0O; five days, S3.S0: one week, (4 00; two weeks, 6.50; three weeks, $8.50: one month, HO 000: two months, $17.00; three months, 134.00; six' months, $40.00; twelve month, $60.00. Ten lines of solid Nonpariel type make one square. THE WEEKLY STAR Is published every Fri day mornlnu at $1.00 per year, 60 cents for six months, 30 cents for three months. AU announcements of Fairs. Festivals. 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Tributes of Re spect, Relations of Thanks, Ac, are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only hair rates wheu paid tor strictly In advance. At this rate 50 o-nts will-pay for a simple announce ment of Marriage or Death. Advertisements Inserted once a week in Daily will be charted $1.00 per square for each inser tion. Everr other day, three-fourths of dally rate. Twi.v a week, two-thirds of dally rate. Contract advertisers will not be allowed to exceed tlieir space or advertise anything foreign to their r--.uilar business without extra charge at transi'jr.t rates. Advert i-ments kept under the head of "New Advertl.v;'nts" will De charged fifty per cent extra. SJIk- BU -r.'WnQ .iter. 37 W1LLIAH H. BERNARD. WILMINGTON. N. " Satcrdat AIobxixo, October 21. THE GOLD STANDARD. It ia pretty well understood that an effort will be made during the next session of Congress to secure the enactment of a law making gold the standard money, and its advo cates feel bo confident, or profess to feel so confident, of 'success that they are throwing off the disguise' and becoming bolder and more ag greasive. They say the country is now and ha3 been for years on a gold basis, but 33 there is no man datory law on that subject a Demo cratic President might ignore the precedents, and with a Secretary of tho Treasury entertaining the same financial yjews that he did put the country back on a bi-metallic basis. Hence they propose to act while , they have the power and in a3 far as they can make it impossible for a Democratic President to ignore the precedents set by Secretary Foster, when he ruled that Govern ment obligations were payable in gold, and the other Secre taries who have succeeded him acted on that ruling. That's the way they propose to take snap judgment on the people of the United States and prevent them from having any thing to Bay about the financial sys tem of the future, and this too in the face of the fact that eight out of ten of the politicians who are now whooping it up for mandatory legis lation in favor of the single gold Btandard were three years ago strong bimetallists. A short while ago Air. McKinley while swinging around the West on his stumping tour declared in one of his speeches that "we are now on a gold basis and mean to stay there." This is the same man who voted for the Bland-Allison act and who stood before the country three years ago as the representative and candidate of the party which de clared for bimetallism and pledged itself to labor faithfully to secure international bimetallism, which would throw open the mints the of leading nations to Bilver as well as gold. They made a little mock pass at keeping that pledge, but failing in the first attempt gave it up, al though Senator Wolcott, one of the commissioners sent to Europe, re ported he had made such satisfac tory progress that ho hoped to be successful later. Does any one suppose that after having put the country on an abso lute and imperative gold basis, they are going to give any thought to sil ver or make any further effort to re habilitate it, or to coin any more than may be neceseary for change purposes ? Not they. Their plan is to get rid of the silver dollars, (which would get rid of the silver certificates), and get rid of the green backs, leaving the only money in the country gold and national bank notes, which they would make re deemable in gold. Who demands this ? Have the people anywhere met and demanded it? If so, we have not heard of it. It has been demanded by some meet ings of bankers and of money lenders who are interested in contracting the volume of money and mak ing it dear. They are in the bank ing business to make money, and it ia to their interest to have the vol ume of money small, and the rates of interest high, not small enough, of course, to create a dearth that would stop enterprises, nor high enough interest to prevent borrow ing, for that would block their busi ness and make it unprofitable to them. But they do want to have it where they can control the volume of currency and regulate it accord ing to their notions and that would be according to their interests. Bankers are presumably pretty well informed on money matters and their views are entitled to respect ful consideration, but they are not the only people who are competent to speak on that question and thev 3 8hould no more have control of the money volume than a grain syndi cate Bhould have control of the wheat crop or a cotton combine con trol of the cotton crop. And yet this ia precisely what the men are aiming at who are behind this movement for - an absolute declaration for the gold standard, which contemplatee the retiring and cancellation of the $346,000,000 of greenbacks outstanding and of the Bilver dollars in circulation, making the only legal money gold and na tional bank notes.redeemablo in gold. The cry now is, and this is the justification for this contemplated contraction, that money is now too plentiful, that there is a plethora of it in the money centers, which lies there uncalled for because not need in business, in consequence of which banking became so unprofit able that some banks have gone out of business. Some time ago it was said that so much money was locked up in the vaults of the banks at the money centers that the bankers were glad to loan it at a nominal interest, on short time and oil approved security, and at the same time money was so scarce in some sections of the country, in the South and West, that people who needed it couldn't get it at all, and farmers couldn't borrow enough to buy their ferti lizers. Is this a plethora of money or a sufficiency of money, when some sec tions of the country suffer from a famine and the money centers are gorged? And yet they propose to intensify this condition by legis lating for more contraction and for more gorging at the centers, by giv ing the banks at the centers abso solute control of the volume of cur rency. This ia what the proposed and contemplated legislation means. THE UNCHALLENGED LEADER. What is the way Hon. John R. McLean, Democratic Governor of Ohio introduced Wm. J. Bryan, at Greenville, Thursday. It was an ap propriate introduction for Wm. J. Bryan is to-day, as he has been ever since he came so suddenly to ths front at Chicago in 1S96 the most magnetic personality in American, politics. There is no political leader in America who can draw the masses to him as he can, no man whom they greet more cordially, listen to more intently .or follow with the same zeal. The opposition who try to belittle him Bhow their folly or blindness and belittle themselves. The bigger-brained and more candid among them ao not a;zempi to underestimate his influence or his power with the masses. In discuss ing the outlook in Nebraska, a few days ago, Senator Thurston of that State, said the result is doubtful, that if Bryan were out of the State the Republicans might feel easy, but with him in the. State, only hard work, united and determined effort could save it to the Republicans. Where Bryan goes now he i3 greeted with the same enthusiasm he was when he made that unpre cedented and memorable campaign three yeara ago. It was so in his Kentucky tour, where I7emocrat3,re- gardless of their difference on State tickets, flocked to welcome and to hear him, and it is so in Ohio, where a significant feature of the meetings he addresses is the large number of farmers who are present. Speaking of the enthusiasm with which he was greeted in Kentucky and the effect of his speeches there, a correspondent of the Washington Post, writing from Junction City, says: The rainfall which prevailed all day has made the trip uncomfortable, but had no effect whatever upon the crowds. These have been of enor mous size, and at Richmond the de monstration was no vigorous that Mr. Bryan was almost mobbed. As he descended the steps of the platform he was seized by toe yelling Kentuckians. who pushed, struggled, and fought for the privilege of even touching his coat. Finally, one of the improvised police men drew a gun and threatend to shoot, but even this did not prevent the throDg from from breaking the window of ma carnage to get at him again, some of the broken glass cut Mr. Bryan's hand, and he drove awav from the wild crowd with the hand bandaged in a hankerchief. Whatever may have been the pre vious opinion as to the wisdom of Bryan's visit to Kentucky, no doubt can now remain that his counsel to Democrats to support Goebel has ma terially aided the latter's fight. Even at Mount Sterling some 8,000 or 10,000 people stood in the rain on the court house green, many of them having driven scores of miles over the moun tains. In every instance where Brvan has made a speech the climax has come when he boldly espoused Goebel's cause and advised all Demo crats to vote for him. This has been the one thing which the - people have evidently desired to hear, and the Democratic managers say that reports from localities where he has spoken show conclusively that his influence has brought hundreds of bolting Democrats into line. The newspaper organs of the latter evi dently appreciate this fact, for both the Louisville Dispatch and the Lex ington Herald to-day attack him in their editors! col u ma. This is adding, of course, to the bitterness of this re markable struggle, but Democratic leaders say that it will only drive the followers of Bryan into ttoebera camp. The Post is not a Democratic paper. It is independent in politics. It is not a silver paper, but a gold paper, vigorously opposed, to Bryan both on the money question and on the expansion question, for it advo cates and defends the Philippine policy which Bryan -condemn a and therefore it cannot be suspected of any biaB for Bryan in this tribute as to his popularity and power be fore the people. AiiivU Tno 13686 remedy for vOUgil Consumption. Cures SyrilD nchila"1- ant, Asthma, Whooping- cough, Croup. Small doses ; quick, sure results. JJr.Buir.PiUi cure Comtipalien. Trial, aoorc. AS A NORTH CAROLINIAN SEES IT. We have had various opinions ex pressed as to the Filipinos, their in telligence, capacity for waging war, etc., opinions as numerous as the people who write them and aB vari ous as the temperaments of the writers. The following is an extract from a letter by Dr. P. C. Hntton, of this State, now serving at Ma nila, fo his friend, Dr. Thos. Hill, of Goldsboro, published in the Argus. After referring to the cli mate, health of the troops and other matters, he says: "The peope hero are not much bet ter than mules. Most of them are Chinamen, Maylays, Japs and Turks. Articles of clothing do not seem to concern them a great deal, and some of them wear only a band around their waists, even in the city. The onJy means of transportation which the regiments have is Chinamen, who carry on their backs the cooking uten sils and property of the companies. I should class these people below the in telligent mule. "If people at home think this insur rection will be put down in a few days or weelrs, they may prepare them selves for a surprise. Every time a Filipino is killed countless numbers are ready to take his rifle. They are not fighting with bows and arrows, as reported, but with modern Mauser rifles." Whether the Dr's sphere of ob servation was wide or narrow we do not know, but he seems to differ somewhat from Admiral Dewey and some other observers as to the intel ligence of the Filipinos. He is in accord however with most writers as to the unique conglomeration of peoples and the simplicity of tastes as to style and costumes, which are not elaborate, to say the least, and do not hold out any seductive prospect for a heavy demand on the products of our cotton mills, this prospective demand being one of the alluring arguments in favor of, the rifle-istic missionary work now being carried on over there, a job which Dr. Hutton, very correctly n doubt, thinks will last for some time, as thero are lots of people to spare in those islands and they don t seem to much mind being shot to death. THE BENEVOLENT TRUSTS. We are told by the advocates and defenders of trusts that they are good things for the people, because they reduce the prices of goods and the people are better supplied for less money. That's the argument, and about the only argument, in justification of the trusts. But it is not true. Goods are cheaper now than they were ten years ago, and therefore the trust advocates assert that the trusts are entitled to the credit because there are more trusts now than there were ten years ago, entirely ignoring the influence that invention, improved machinery, in creased skill, enlarged product of raw material and increased produc tion of manufactured goods have had in reducing prices. Prices would have gone down as an in evitable result of the progress of events, and would have gone down more, if there never had been a trust organized and the field had been left open to competitive en ergy. The tin trust is one of the typical trusts of this country. It is protected from foreign competition by a pro tective tariff and from home compe tition by the amount of capital it commands and the number of plants it has a grip on, all of which give it a monopoly. In his testimony be fore the Industrial Commission at Washington, Wm. T. Graham, Vice President of the American Tin Plate Company, admitted that since the consolidation of competing plants prices had gone up from $2.75 to $4.65 per box, and contended that the increase scarcely covered the in crease in the cost of labor and mate rials. But this trust is declaring its dividends all the same, and its stock is gilt-edged. Of course they all have a ready excuse for an advance in prices, but at the same time have the cheek to say they are furnishing goods cheaper than they could be furnished if they were not in existence. BOOK NOTICES. The reader will find much to inter est him in the October number of The Overland Monthlp, which presents an entertaining and varied list of con tents, and much about the far West which gives much information about that attractive and growing section of the Republic. Address Overland Monthly Publishing Company, pan Franoisco, Cal. "Elsie in the South" is the title of a very clever and interesting story by Martha Finley, the author of a num ber of entertaining stories, and a popu lar writer. It is a clearly printed, neatly bound volume of 324 pages, published by Dodd, Mead & Co., 151 Fifth Avenue, New York. Price $1.25. QUAKTERLY MEETINGS. M. E. Church, South, Wilmington District. Wilmington, Grace, Oct 23-23. Jacksonville and Rlchlands, Blchlands, Oct. 28-29. Bladen, Windsor, Nov. 4-5. Clinton, Clinton, Not. 11-18. Onslow, Tabernacle, Nov. 18-19. Bnrgaw, Borgaw. Nov. 84. KenansvUle, Wesley's CnapeL Nov. 85-96. Magnolia, Rose HllL Nov. 28. Scott's Hill, Scott'u Hlll, Dec. 8-8. Wilmington, Bladen Street (at night) Dec's. B. F. BUMPA8, Presiding Elder. Where the Trouble Lay. -"Do you think you can clear him t" asked the devoted wife of the lawyer. "I hope so, madam," replied the lawyer, but I'm afraid ." "Why, he has lived here all bis life," she interrupted, "and knows every one." "Yes, and every one knows him," rejoined the lawyer. "That's what worries me." Chicago News. PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND STRONG NERVES STRONG BODY A vigorous constitution and power of endur. ance, depends upon the nerves. The nerves give force to all the organs of the body. The system is kept clean of morbid material. The blood circulates quickly, exhilarates; feeds the muscles and tissues with wholesome nourish ment. Strong nerves keep strength of body in creasing, and the muscles firm. PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND MAKES NERVE STRENGTH. Robert Faller of Alexandria, S. D., writes: "I was very nervouB, and weak, with pain in the small of my back and nervous headache. I could sleep but very little. I took different medicines which did me no good. "Paine's Celery Compound changed my whole system from weakness to health and vigor, after taking only four bottles. I do not believe there is a better medicine in existence." SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Fayetteville Observer: This community was greatly saddened on learning of the death this (Thursday) morning of Mrs. R. M. Nimocks. Spring Hope Messenger: A large number of our farmers in this section now are busy making sor ghum. It is said that there is a quan tity of cane raised around here and most of the farmers generally make enough of the syrup for home con sumption. Clinton Democrat: While a murder trial was in progress in Clin ton, a murder was committed in Dis mal township last Friday evening. Two negroes, Tobe Maxwell and Geo. Maxwell, kinsmen, became involved in a difficulty. Tobo assaulted George and, it is said, shot at him, when George returned the fire, killing his assailant instantly. It was likely a case of self defence, and a long drawn out trial may not be necessary. Scotland Neck Commonwealth: There is great improvement being made at the Scotland Neck knitting mills. Improved machinery has been purchased with which to replace the old. The dyeing department is being made over. The Dubois process ia be ing put in, Mr. Dubois, of Philadel phia, himself doing the work. When it shall have been completed it will be the most up to-date knitting mill in the South. Raleigh Neios and Observer: Wednesday night, at Tarboro, about 11 o'clock John A Weddell, clerk of the Board of Labor Commissioners and town treasurer, shot and killed Hamp Banks, a half-witted colored boy, who had gone to Mr. Weddell's house to deliver a note. It appears that Banks, instead of going to the door, went to a window and was trying to make his en trance through it. His efforts aroused Mr. Weddell, who asked who was there and what was wanted. The negro made no answer, but thrust his head into the room through a pane of broken glass. At this Mr. Weddell seized a pistol and fired several shots. The negro was killed instantly. A meeting of the tobacco growers of the State was held in the ball of the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon. The depressed condition of tobacco farmers caused by the decrease in the price of tobacco, was discussed, and it was resolved to form a perma nent organization to try to remedy the conditions. Mr. J. Bryan Grimes, of Pitt, was elected president of the asso ciation . The Boers must know that the British are in no condition to push the war into the Transvaal, or the former would not divide up their forces and prosecute two campaigns, at widely separated points. Old Joubert knows how to make war, and he is very confident that he can get himself together before the En glish are in large force, or he would bemassednow. Chattanooga Times, Dem. For Over .fifty Years Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by millioos of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. It Boothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer im mediately. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for " Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other. f CURRENT COMMENT. Oom Paul's folks could not be more' expert at railroad wrecking if they had all been brought up in Wall street. Philadelphia Ledger, Ind. An esteemed imperialist con temporary is laboring to convince the South that annexation of the Philippines would be to the advan tage of that section, because it would create a great market for our cotton goods. The same sort of mis-t sionary work in the interest of im perialism wa3 attempted in New England and brought forth from a New Englrnd cotton manufacturer, who had investigated the subject, the statement that a yard of cotton cloth would clothe the average Fili pino family. Richmond Dispatch, Dem. There is plenty of fresh beef to be had for our troops in the Phil ippines, according to reports from commissary officers there. On the islands south of Luzon there is an abundance of native beef of fair quality, while cattle almost without number can be secured from Singa pore or Tientsin within ten days after cabling. Embalmed beef, therefore, need not at any time con stitute a portion of the Federal army ration in that quarter of the world, luckily for the boyB in blue. Philadelphia Record, Dem. TWINKLINGS. "He's a vegetarian, is he?" "Oh I the strictest kind. He wont even eat oyster plant." Philadelphia Re cord. "Did that bottle of medicine do your aunt any good!" "No; as soon as she read the wrapper she got three new diseases." Chicago Record. Not Her Fault: "You can't keep a secret, Marie." "Yes, I can, but I always happen to tell things to some other girls who can't." Chicago Record. Doctor "I will leave you this medicine to take after each meal." Mike "And will yez be koind enough to leave the meal, too, doctor!" Tid Bits. Watching the Shamrock: Pat "Barrin' her name, what be there Irish about her?" Mike "Dom if I know, lest it be thot after her leavin' there's a wake." Life. Discriminative: Briggs "Nice suit you've got on." Griggs-"Yes. How much do you suppose that suit cost?" Briggs "You or the tailor!" Brooklyn Life. Cause for Joy. "I can't get a dollar's worth of credit," said Jay smith. "Then be thankful," replied Tenspot. "No one, will dun you." Detroit Free Press. Placing the Blame. She "Why is it that you never take me to a decent play?" He "Because, my dear, this is the end of the nineteenth century, and we live in New York." Lile. It All Probability The Sen timentalist "Poets, you know, are born, not made." The materialists "Oh, yes, I know ; but if there were any demand for the goods a poet fac tory would be started inside of a week." Indianapolis Journal. Cettoitaeed Meal. The south produces about 4,00,00d tons of cotton seed. A god percentage is returned to the soils as raw seed fertilizer. A large part of the remain der has the oil extracted and is then applied in the forin of meal to the land whence ft caine or to the land of some other farmer more thrifty and ' wise. A great deal I exported, and a comparatively small quantity Is fed ei ther as seed or meal on the farms where it Is raised. Science hsis done great service in re vealing the value of this euormous product, but the south ytt lacks ono lmportnnttei in following the teach ing of science. This material should be fed to stock, and the fertilizer should be saved and applied in the form of barnyard manure instead of applying it as raw material, provided its use can h supplemented by other things that, can be grown to ad vantage. Professor W. R.' Dodson of Louisiana. t Nearly every farmer now has his hog pasture and gives some attention to hog raising, many raising their sup ply of meat, especially in the western and northern portion of the parish," says a St. Landry (La.) man. The engines of Koenissen, Sweden, are womanetl by a flro brigade of 150 girls, directed by a married masculine captain. WHOLESALE PRICES CURREKT. BT The following quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making up small orders hiizher prices nave to be charged. BAGH5IN(J 2 lb jute , ea m Standard , m Burlaps 5 tb 5i WSSTEKN BMOKKU Hams 9 ft 12 & 12M Sides ft - 6 Shoulders 9 ft 6 DSY SALTED Sides ft 5 5 Shoulders ft O b E A BBEL8 Spirits Turpentine Seoond-hand, each 136 & 185 New New York, each Q 1 40 New City, each & 140 BEESWAX V ft & 83 BRICKS Wilmington V M.. 5 oo 7 00 Northern 9 00 & 14 00 BUTTER North Carolina 9ft -SO ft 2i Northern 25 30 CORN MEAL Per bushel, in sacks & 47)4 Virginia Meal t4 47)2 COTTON TIEh bundle 1 15 CANDLES V ft Sperm .' 13 & -25 Adamantine ' 8 11 CHEESE B Northern Factory 15 & 10 Dairy Cream & 16 State 13 & 14 OOFFEE 1? ft- Laguyra WAZZ 15 R10..1 7 9 DOME81 ICS Sheeting, 4-4, 9 yard 5K Tarns, ft bunch of 5 fts . . . . 70 EOQS V dozen 12H 15 FISH Mackerel, Ho. 1, 9 barrel... 23 00 30 co Mackerel, No. 1, half-bbl. 11 00 15 00 - Mackerel, No. 2, barrel... 18 00 18 00 Mackerel, No. 2 V half-bbl.. 8 00 9 00 Mackerel. No. 3, 9 barrel. . . 13 00 14 00 Mullets, 9 barrel 4 CO & 4 50 Mullets, ftpork barrel 3 50 N. C. Roe Herring, 9 keg. . 3 00 3 25 Dry Cod, 9ft 5 10 " Extra 4 85 4 50 FLOUR 9 Low grade 300 Choloe , & 360 Straight 3 93 4 00 nrst Patent 4 25 4 50 GLUE 9 ft 12H 15 GRAIN 9 bushel Corn,from store.bgs White 52 5C'H Car-load, In bgs White... 50 Oats, from store 33 40 Oats, Rust Proof 45 Cow Peas 55 60 HIDES 9 Green salted 6Hj Dry flint 10 12 Drvsalt 9 HAT V 100 fts Clover Hay , 85 90 Rice Straw 40 SO Eastern 80 85 Western 80 85 North River 80 85 HOOP IRON, 9ft 3$ 4 ILLUMINAING OIL8 Diamond White, bbls 9 gal 11)6 Alaadln Security " 12M Pratt's Astral " ' 13)$ Carandlne " 13 LARD. V ft Northern' ; 7 '8 North Carolina 8 10 LIME, V barrel 1 15 1 25 LUMBER (city sawed) 9 M ft- s Ship Stuff, resawed 18 00 20 00 Rough edge Plank 15 oo 16 oo West India cargoes, accord ing to quality.. 13 00 18:00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 22 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 15(00 Common mill 5 00 6 50 Fair mill 8 50 8 00 Prime mill 8 50 10 oo Extra mill 10 00 10 50 MOLASSES 9 gallon Barbadoes, In hgshead , & 25 Bar badoes, in barrels 28 Porto Rico, in hogsheads. ... 23 30 Porto Rico, In barrels 25 30 Sugar House, In hogsheads. 12 14 Sugar Homse, In barrels. .. . 14 15 Syrup, In barrels 15 25 NAILS, 9 keg. Cut, 60d basis... 2 50 3 00 PORK, 9 barrel City Mess 10 00 10 50 Rump 9 50 Prime 9 00 ROPE, 9 ft 10 22 SALT, 9 sack. Alum 1 10 Liverpool 75 80 American 70 75 On 125 9 Sacks 47)6 SHINGLES, 7-inch, per M 5 00 650 Common 1 60 2 25 Cypress Saps 2 50 2 75 SUGAR. 9 ft Standard Gran'd 5ia 5?4 Standard A 4 5 " White Extra C 14 Extra C, Golden 4M C, Tellow 4) SOAP. 9 ft Northern 3M 4 STAVES, 9 M W. O. barrel.... 6 00 14 09 R. O. Hogshead. 10 00 . TIMBER, 9 M feat Snipping . . 9 00 10 00 Mill, Prime 7 50 8 75 Mill, Fair 6 50 7 00 Common Mill 5 00 6 00 Inferior to ordinary 3 51 5 00 SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed 9 M 6x24 heart 7 50 850 " 8ap 5 00 609 5x20 Heart 300 350 " Sap 2 00 2 50 6x24 Heart 6 00 6 50 " Sap 5 00 5 50 TALLOW, 9 & WHISKEY. 9 gallon. Northern 1 00 200 North Carolina 1 00 00 WOOL per ft Unwashed 15 t? 17 BY RIVER AN& RAIL. Receipts of Naval Store and Cotton Yesterday. W. & W. Railroad 161 bales cot ton, 18 casks spirits turpentine, 16 bar rels tar. W. C. & A. Railroad 384 bales cotton, 12 casRs spirits turpentine, 91 barrels rosin, 59 barrels tar, 12 barrels crude turpentine. A. & Y. Railroad 503 bales cotton, 58 casks spirits turpentine, 1G8 barrels rosin, 27 barrels tar. W. & N. Railroad 47 bales cotton, 26 casks spirits turpentine. C. C. Railroad 25 bales cotton. Steamer Driveir 43 bales cotton, 29 casks spirits turpentine, 84 barrels rosin, 140 barrels tar, 21 barrels crude turpentine. Steamer W. T. Daggett 10 casks spirits turpentine, 50 barrels rosin, 10 barrels tar. Schooner Argyle 12 casks spirits turpentine, 69 barrels rosin, 14 barrels tar. Johnson's Flat 34 barrels tar. Total Cotton. 1,163 bales; spirits turpentine, 165 casks; rosin, 462 bar rels; tar, 300 barrels; crude 'turpentine, 33 barrels. MARINE DIRECTORY. lalst of Vessel In tk Port or "Wll- mlnnrton, W. :ct. 21. 1899. STEAMSHIPS. Wraggoe (Br), 1,833 tons, Rome, Alexander bprunt & Son. Barlby (Br), 1,599 tons, Maxfield, Alexander Sprunt & Son. Wandby (Br), 2,580 tons, Pearson, Alexander Sprunt & Son. Aislaby, (Br), 1,798 tons, Lewis, Alexander Sprunt cc Son. Crathorne (Br), 1,695 tons, Williams Alexander Sprunt & Son. Slingsby (Br), 2,094 tons, Morck, J H Sloan 3C Jo. SCHOONERS. Wm E Green, 215 tons, Johnsen, (eorge Uamss. son & Uo. BARQUES. Rosenius (Nor), 532 tons, Bogerald, rteiae esc uo. BARGES. Carrie L Tyler, 538 tons, Jones, Na- vassa liuano (Jo. One-Half Gold Dust cleans everything about the , house better, with half the effort, in half the time and at half the cost of soap or any other cleanser. Send for free booklet" Golden Raise for Housework." THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY Chicago St. Louis NcwYork Boston OOMMEKOIAL. .tTTLMINGTON MARKET STAR OFFICE, Oct. 20. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents per barrel for Strained and $1.00 for Good Strained. TAR. Market firm at 41.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.50 per barrel for Hard $2.80 for Dip, and for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine nrm at 6zAlyic rosin firm at $1.00 1-05; tar quiet at $1.80; crude turpentine firm at? $1.20 $1.80, $1.80. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 65 Rosin.. 462 Tar 300 Crude Turpentine 33 Receipts same day last year. 65 casks spirits turpentine, 259 bbls rosin, 122 bbls tar, 25 bbls crude tur pentme. COTTON Market firm on a basis of 7 cts per pound for middling. Quotations : Ordinary 4 11-16 cts. $ lb Good Ordinary 6 1-16 " Low Middling 611-16 " Middling 1 Good Middling lyi Same day last year middling 5c. Receipts 1,163 bales; same day last year, 4,515. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 85c. Extra prime, 90c per bushel f 28 pounds; fancy, $1.05 Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime 60c; fancy, 65c. CORN Firm; 52 to '52 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel N. C. BACON Steady ; haras 10 to 11c per pound ; shoulders, 7 to 8c ; sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six-mch, $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, October 19. Money on call was firmer at 58 per cent., last loan at 6 per cent. Prime mercan - cantile paper 5 6 per cent. Sterling exchange easier; actual business in bankers' bills at 487H487X for de mand and 483K483J for sixty days. Posted rates 484484j and 487K Commercial bills 482 A. Silver cer tificates 58 59. Bar silver 57 Y. Mex ican dollars 47. Government bonds steady. State bonds weak. Railroad bonds irregular. U. S. 2's, reg'd, 100 ; U.S. 3's,reg'd, 107 ; do.coupon, 108 ; U.S. new 4's,regist'd,129 ; do.coupon, 129; U. S. old4's, regist'd, 111 ; do. coupon, 112; U. S. 5's, registered. 110 X; do. coupon, llli; JN. (J. 6 s 127; do. 4's, 104; Southern Railway 5's 10SM. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 52U ; Chesapeake & Ohio 25 ; Manhattan L. 108 H ; N. Y. Central 138 X ; Keadmg 21; do. 1st preferred S8; St. Paul 125 )4 do. preferred 171; Southern Railway 12 ; do. preferred 53 ; Amer ican Tobacco,120j ;do. preferred 143X ; People's Gas 112; Sugar 146; do, preferred 117; T: C. & Iron 117; U. S. Leather 144; do. preferred 77; Wes'eru Ur;:on87. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning 8t&r. Nw VnnRr Ont.ober 20. "Rosin steady; strained common to good $1 225ai 25. Snirits turpentine quiet at 5353j. ?HftLESTON. October 20. Suirits turpentine firm at 49Jc; sales casks. Rosin firm and unchanged; no sales. Savannah, October 20. -Spirits tur pentine firm at 49c; sales 622 casks; receipts 925 ' casks; exports 351 casks. Rosin firm; sales 1,343 barrels; receipts 3,148 barrels; exports 510 barrels ; prices unchanged. COTTON MARKETS. Bv Telegraph to the Mornln Star. New York, October 20. A multi tude of conflicting opinions served to prevent special activity on either side of to day s cotton market, and check ed any marked alterations in prices. The maket opened steady, two to three points higher on near months, follow mg firm cables and buying for for eign accounts. But fears that the weekly statistical showing might prove bearish led investors to unload the latter months with the result that those months went off sharply one to two points. After waveriDg for a few moments the market became unsettled and broke nervously under selling pres sure. As the returns came in from Ibe interior points and the ports, it was seen that the movement of the crop during the past week had fallen far below the most conservative estimates. Shorts were quick to realize their posi tion and sought cover with a rush, prices responded to their support in good form, reaching a level of five to seven points above, last night's close early in the afternoon. As the market improved trading gradually increased with fresh buying for investment account the chief feature. Sentiment at the close was strongly bullish on the crop situation. The market was finally very steady at a net rise of three to seven points. New York, October 20. Cotton quiet; middling uplands 7c. Futures closed very steady : October 7.04, November 7.05, December 7.10, January 7.13, February 7.15, March 7.17, April 7.19, May 7.21, June 7.22, July 7.23, August 6.95. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 7&; middling gulf 7c; sales 96 bales. Net receipts. 190 bales; gross re ceipts 2,551 bales; exports to the Continent 100 bales ;stock 111,164 bales. Total to-day Net receipts 38,032 bales; exports to Great Britain 10,661 bales: exports to the Continent 9,667; stock 802,962 bales. Consolidated Net receipts 264,526 bales; exports to Great Britain 67,235 bales; exports to France 29,323 bales; exports to the Continent 87,330 bales. Total since September 1st. Net re ceipts 1,527,460 bales; exports to Great Britain 413,624 bales ;exports to France 138,103 bales; exports to the Continent 403,424 bales. Oct. 20. Galveston, steady at 7 1-16, Saved. net receipts 12,994 bales; Norfolk firm at 7 l-16c, net receipts 1,617 bales - Bal ; timore, nominal at 7jc, net receinK 1.168 bales; Boston, steady at 7 j receipts 144 bales; "Wilmington, firm at X8i "o receipts 1,00 Dales ; fhila delphia, quiet at 7 He, net receipts 16 bales; Savannah, quiet at 6 13 i6c net receipts 5,003 bales; New Or leans, quiet at 6e, net receipts 8,847 bales; Mobile, quiet at 63j;c net receipts 844 bales; Memphis.steadv at 6 15 16c, net receipts 4, 134 bales; Au gusta, steady at 7 l-i6c. net receipts 2,208 bales; Cnarleston, firm at 6JC net receims 1,965 bal-s ' PRODUCE MARKETS. iBy TelesraDh to the Koruiuu st.ir. x New Yore, October 20.-Flour opened steady with a fair demand, but turned easy, owing to the continued decline in wheat, except low graties which remained firm on account of scarcity. Wheat Spot weak; No. 2rei 75c; options opened steady at a de cline of c, cables being unfavorable, receipts in the Northwest larger and speculative support entirely withheld. Later prices improved c on locai covering, following predicted larrr export purchases. But again the vinv ket weakened under liquidation, tx porters'not buying to the extent is-' pected and the local crowd tur?iing bearish. Closed weak at a net deciiiC of J6lc, the lowest point of the da-. ; sales included : No. 2 red MarJii closed 78c; May closed 78 ; Dtetri -ber closed 73 Jitc. Corn Spot steady ; No. 2 40c ; options opened $c hifrW and held steady to firm all da n small local covering, with sellers tiro on account of the disappointing: vol ume of receipts. Closed firm at Jsffsiyc net advance. May closed STc; December "closed 38,5 c. Oats Spo' quiet; No. 3,- 28c; options dull a'ud nominal. Lard quiet; refinrd quid Rice firm. Pork dull. Butter steady ; Western creamery 172-lc; State dair 1621. Cheese firm; large white 12 123c. Cotton seed oil easy; prim crude 26c; do. yellow 294c. PeUu leum firm. Cabbajre dull; Lir. . Islacd $2 003 00. per 100. I'uu toes steady; Jersey gl 12j(&l New York $1 121 25; LonK i..!..:..: $1 251 62 ;3"Souther;i sweei.s T'cfc $1 00; Jersey sweet- $1 .V'2 w Freights to Liverpool Coti;u Im steam 26d. Coffee spot Riusieaj', to firm; mild firm. Sugar Raw fiim and tending upward; refined stead but slow. Chicago, October, 20. Wheat re sumed its downward course ag-ain to day and December closed with a .v t loss of fc. Liquidation induci. ; heavy additions to domestic sto.A in the face of a poor foreign denial d was responsible for the decide Corn, oats and provisions were com paratively strong and closed practi cally unchanged. Chicago, Oct. 20. Cash quotations Flour steady. Wheat No.2 spring 09 71c; No.3 spring 6470c;No.2 red 71 71c. Corn No.2 3232Kc Oat No. 2 22c; No. 2 white 2526; No. 3 white 2525Hc. Pork per bbl, 17 85 7 90. Lard, per 100 fts. f.5 20 5 22. Short rib sides, loose. f4 75 5 10. Dry salted shoulders, $6;-O0 612JA. Short clear sides, boxed, $5fr 5 50. Whiskey Distillers' finish;! goods, per gallon. $1 23 The leading futures iangv-.- fo lows -opening, highest, lowest anJ. closing: Wheat No. 2 October 69. 69)4, 68, 68c; December 7Q 70, 70 H, 70X, 70X70c; May 7474, 74J. 74, 7474c. Corn r-No. 2 October 30, 30, 3U, 30c; December 30J. 303, 306. 30c; May 3U32, 32, 31, 32sc. Oats - De cember 22, 22, 2214, 22fr22ftc; May 2424i, 24, 24, 2424c. Pork, per bbl December $7 82j, 7 87, 7 82, 7 82j; Januarv $9 3D, 9 35, 9 30, 9 30. Lard, per 100 lbs December $5 15, 5 17X, 5 15, 5 IB; January $5 30, 5 32, 5 30, 5 30. Short ribs, per 100 lbs-December $4 67& 4 70, 4 67J4, 4 67; Januarv U 87. 4 90,4 85,487. Baltimore, October 20. '.. r quiet, steady and unchanged. Wheat Very dull; spot and month 70& 71c; November 71 72c; December 73X73c. Southern wheat by sample 6572c. Corn strong Mixed spot and month 3838c; November 3838ic; December 370; November or December, new or old, 36 i 36c ; January 3636c. SouthernNwhile corn 40406c. Oats lirm No. 2 white 3031c. FOREIGN MAftiCsi':'. By CaMe to the Moraiua Sty t Liverpool, October 20, 4 I'. i Cotton Spot in fair demand; prices l-32l-16d lower, xlmerican middliu: fair, 4 13-32d; good middling 4 3 16i; middling 3 31-32d; low middling 3 25-32d;good ordinary 3 19-32d ; ordi nary 3 13 32d. The sales of the day were 10,000 bales, of which 500 were for speculation and export and in eluded 9,400 bales American. Receipts 8,000 bales, including 7,700 bales American. ITuttirfiK nnnned miiet and closed steady at the decline. American mid dling (1. m. c.) October 3 bb bmo 66-64d buver: October and November 3 55-643 56-64d buyer; November and December 3 55-64d buyer; Decem ber and January 3 54-643 5&-bu Rnllftr .TnrmnrTT and TPp.hruarv 3 53 64 3 54d buyer; Februarv and March 3 53-643 54-64d buyer; March and and May 3 54 64d seller; May and June 3 54-64d seller; June and July i 54-64d buver; July and August A 54 64d buyer; August and September 3 63-64d seller. MARINE. CLEARED. Stmr Driver. Bradshaw, Fayette ville, T D Love. Rr st.nam.ahin Marian Martin.- Bre men, Alexander Sprunt & Son. EXPORTS. FOREIGN. Bremen Steamshin Marian 6,236 bales cotton. 3,125,835 pounds, valued at $234,500; cargo and vessel by Alexander Sprunt & Son. , SANTAL-iniDY Arrests dlaehanrea from the urlnaryorgsM In either sex m 48 boars. It Is superior to Copaiba, Cubeb, or m6 tlons, and free from all bad smell or otnei inconveniences. SA fcTAL-M I DniqH0 n 1