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Tributes of Re spect, RHOoiuttona of Thanks, c, are charged tor as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly In advance. At this rates "'. will pay for a simple announce ment or arnage or ueatn. sent of Marriage advemwments Inserted once a week In Dally will be ciuuved (1.00 per square for each Ineer- Uoa. averyouer oay, wree-iourtna or dally rate. Twice a week, two-thirds of dally rate. Contract advertisers will not be allowed to exceed their space or advertise anything foreign to their rular business without extra charge at transient rates. Advervst-menta kept under the bead of "New Advertisements" wUl oe charged fifty per cent, extra. Advertisements to follow reading matter, or wraupy any special place, wui oe coargeu extra accornins 10 we position aesirea. BY W1.L.HAM H. BERNARD. . WILMINGTON. JS. C Fkidat AIosxijto, Dscsxbeb 8. A CAHAL A NECESSITY. Whatever the differences of opin ioa may be as to certain features in the message of the President, there will be prettj general agreement as to the favorable mention of the isth mian canal. The desirability of a waterway between the two oceans has been recognized for over half a centnry, it has been discussed more or less for over half a century, it has been before Congress in some shape a number of times, it has been en dorsed by State Legislatures, it has been endorsed by the platforms of all the political parties, recommend ed by the Chambers of Commerce of numerous cities, advocated by rep resentative speakers of the repec tite parties aud by the press of the country regardless of politics, and yet we have progressed only so far in this work as the appointment of some committees to visit the pro posed routes of the canals talked about and report their conclusions. While we have been talking about a canai me ouez canal was built, in spite of the opinions of eminent civil engineers that it was an im practicable scheme; the trans-Si berian railway, a more colossal un dertaking than this canal, has been practically completed, and while we are sti 1 talking about it that other great railway, conceived in the bold brain of Cecil Rhodes, connecting North and South Africa, will in all probability become an accomplished fact. In the meantime while we are talking a European company is push ing work on the Panama canal, the object apparently being either to complete it before work is begun on any other canal, or to deter this Government from giving substantial aid to any other scheme, on the ground that one isthmian canal will answer all the demands of commerce, making the other a dead venture Without arguing for or against any particular route this fact is ap parent that if an isthmian canal was ever desirable to promote the mate rial interests of this country it has now become a necessity, not only from a commercial but from a mili tary standpoint. We have annexed the Hawaiian islands, we claim su premacy over Guam and the Philip pines. This changes our geography and gives us territory on both sides of the Pacific and in the middle to defend in case of attack. This neces sitates a large increase of our navy, distributed in two oceans, with 7,000 miles of land between. Such a canal would be equivalent to a large in crease in the navy, for then the war ships in one ocean might be speed ily sent into the other in case of need, and there will be need of them in the future, and principally in the Pacific if we hold on to tho Philippines, for there, in the scuffle for commercial ascendancy on that side, will be our weak point and point of attack. With the new de parture we become necessarily in volved in the came of European pow ers in their schemes for commercial supremacy and territorial empire, and can no longer ba the neutral power we were when our boarders . extended beyond neither ocean. Empire brings responsibilities and responsibilities require arms to maintain and defend. While the advantages of such a waterway from a naval standpoint cannot be overestimated, it is of quite as much importance from a commercial standpoint, for it is among the teeming millions of the Eastern hemisphere that we must look for a market for much of our surplus products of field and fac tory. The eyes of European na- tiona haTe been for years fixed on I the yellow man'a empire, and they I al have been scheming and moving to get footholds that would give them dominating "spheres of in fluence," radiating bases from which they could expand; their trade and make market, lor their exportable products. The Suet canal ka facilitated tv, Tuig out of thee themes which possibly might never hare been un dertaken or entertained if it had not been for the existence of that canal. It has been to the European nations in extending their trade and giving them foothold in the East, what an isthmian canal will be to ns a ex tending our trade and increasing our prestige among the nations of the earth and especially among the peo ples on both shores, and within the Pacific, with whom it will bring us into much closer relations. In these, days of keen rivalry between com peting nations, rapid transportation, which also means cheap transporta tion, is an important factor in trade, and every commercial nation seeks the quickest and cheapest way to reach its customers. The nation that excels other nations in that, other things being equal, will win the prize and establish its trade su premacy. If we are to take the position we aspire to and compete with other nations which have the Suez canal as a highway, and with Russia which has the great Siberian rail highway, for trade in the domain of the yellow man, we nfust find a shorter way to get to him than rounding a continent, taking months to do what might be done in as many weeks, with proportion ately less expense. That way is through the narrow neck of land that separates the two great oceans. IB A HUSKY WITH IT. Tho fact that the financial bill was the hrst one introduced in the House of Representatives and also the first in the Senate shows that the Republican statesmen are in a hurry to get that job off their hands. This is further shown by the fact that the House bill was unanimous ly adopted by the Bepublican cau cus, it is iurthtr shewn oy tne fact that a resolution has been in troduced for its immediate consider ation, and that the time for discus sion is to be limited to one week, when the gag will be applied and the bill rushed through as agreed upon by the Republican financiers. There will be more time given for debate on the Senate bill for the gag mle does not apply in the Senate, but the probabilities are that tht Senate bill rill finally pass substan tially as drafted. Then the con ference committee will get together to compromise and adjust tbe dif ferences between the two bills and we will have what the Republican gold-Bt&ndard reformers call "finan cial reform." This is a cut and dried job which had. as far as the Republican Solons of each House are concerned, been practically agreed upon and decided before it was offered for debate at all, so that the debate will be a mere matter of form which will not materially affect tne final action. " But doesn't it look like a farce that a measure in which the whole country is as vitally interested as it is in a hnancial scheme, that its consideration should be limited to one week, and that it should be rushed through as agreed upon by a party caucus ? Of course it may be desirable that measures of this kind should, not be unnecessarily pro tracted in discussion, but in all such matters, when" such great interests are involved, it is better to make haste slowly, act with due delibera tion and try to avoid the blunders that haste may cause. To consider measures and not to rush them through without due consideration is what Congress is supposed to have been instituted for. Congress is supposed to be deliberative body, not a foot ball team, where rush is the order. But the Republicans have the reins and the whip now, and they are going to run things there own way, if they can. BOOK NOTICES. The December or Christmas number of Frank Leslie's Magazine is a very attractive one, containing much mat ter appropriate to the season, and finely illustrated. .This feature will be especially enjoyed by younr readers. Published bv the Frank Leslie Publishing House, 141-143 Fifth Avenue, New "York. McClure's Magazine for December is a nae number, filled with choice readiog matter, copiously and splen didly illustrated." Among the others there is an interesting and instructive article on "The Movement of Wheat," and for the story reader several enter taiaing stories. Published by The S. 8. McClure Co., 141-155 E. 25th street, New York. The Review of Reviews presents a splendid list of contents for December. the articles embracing a wide range of subjects. In addition to other papers the reader will find much valuable mat tar, condensed, in the departments, "The Progress of the World" and "Leading Articles of the Month." This number is handaomelv illnatra.tA1 Address The Review of Reviews Co, 13 Astor Place, New York. Aguinaldo's mother Bays Aggi is a good boy, but the other fellows lead him into tronble. He isn't nni. -waw "civilized" enough to catch onto their racket. The old lady doesn't eem to have as high an opinion of her boy as Consul Wildman and other American gentlemen have. TO! MiifvU 1116 remedy for wOUSrri Consumption. Cures SyrUD BrracSHoae nesa. Asthma. Whooninr. cooh. Croup. Small doses ; quick, sore malts. flt curt Ctm stia ho. Trial, to for if rag rm be k3 ts GLAD TO SEE THEM 00 A Havana dispatch published in the Stab yesterday, in reference to the ' reception of the President's message,, after stating that the allusions to Cuba were favorably regarded by all classes of people, concludes with the remark that while the Cubans are not particu larly anxious .as to the time when the American troops will be re moved, "everybody would be glad to see the black troops go, because of the excesses they commit." There is, as far a? we know, no prejudice against the negro in Cuba, such a3 there is in this country, although there are race distinctions there as there are in all countries where different races are thrown into contact with each other, but there seems to be a de cided feeling against the American negro in the soldier's uniform, not on account of his color, but on ac count of the "excesses committed" by those- negro soldiers. This fuel ing is not strange, for while there has been little tronble with white soldiers in Cuba, there have been a govuueai wii-u hue ucgii outuie.., who nave at various times causau disturbances that would have re sulted seriously if it had not been for the prompt action of the mili tary authorities, supported by white soldiers. But this has been the history of the black soldiers everywhere since the outbreak of the war with Spain. Their conduct in camp both in this country and elsewhere has been a disappointment, especially when un der the command of men of their own color, for whom it seems they didn't have reBpect enough to obey. The idea with the average black man is that when he gets inside of a uniform his individuality and his importance become magnified, and he becomes superior to the civil law and has a right to defy the man who undertakes to enforce it. The result has been that the negro as a soldier has lost caste, even with those who once thought there was some good soldier material in him, and that he would be found very useful in garrisoning and upholding our authority in our acquisitions from Spain. Mr. Kipling should feel kindly towards the beggars. His "Absent Minded Beggar" poem has brought him in so far about $45,0 JO. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Chatham Record: Mrs. Rebecca Allen, of Hadley lowuship. died la-st taring at the age of 87 years, and was buried iu her wedding dress that was worn at her marriage 69 years before, and on which was no sp-t or blemish. Xewbern Journal: J. W. Pea cock, trading as J. W. Peacock & Sou. ai Fremont, Wane couuty, filed a vol ' untary petition ia bankruptcy Wed nesday. This makes the sixteenth case since tbe ' Bankruptcy Act went iuto effect that has been filed in tbe court here Of this number Lenoir county has contributed six. Craven five, Wayne three, Beaufort one and Pasquotank o e. Greensboro Telegram: The blockader, Wm H Hn ycutt, who was arrested in Jobnsoa Cay. Tenu., on Monday, will be brought to Greens boro a (jd lodged in Guilford jail for fe keeping until the next term of Federal Court at S at- sville. Honey cult shot ana killed Deputy Marshal G eer, in Mitchell county several weeks ago, and then kilted M. S Phil ips, who witnessed the shooting of Greer. The revenue people say that Honeycutt is the most desperate block ader they have ever had to contend with. Most of the twenty pa tienU remaining at the State Normal and Industrial C dlege are reported much better and the majority of these are convalescent. Rockingham Analo-Sazon: Mr. El:j Covington an ag-d cit z-o of Black Jack township, died at hU home last Sunday after a long illness. He served in the Confederate army. Mr. James McNeill well known citi zen and farmer of tois sec ion, died last Friday night of dropsy of the heart He was about 60 years of age. The store and contents of Messrs. Diggs & Diggs. in Wolf Pit township, about ten miles from Rockingham, was burned between midnigut and day Tuesday morning. Mr. Dick William son, th-ir salesman, who sleep in the store, barely escaped with his life. They had a $2,500 Iq $3,000 stock of goo is, which is almost a total loss, together with the building, as we hear they had but very little insurance. Fayetteville Observer: A few minutes befor: eleven o'clock this (Wednesday) morning a fire origin at log from the boiler spread like wild fire over the plant of the Hickwn Lumber Company in southwest Faye ttevilU. and in less than an hour and a half, $3,000 worth of property was destroyed. The plant destroyed wg the property of H. A. Rankin & Co., and was under lease to the Hickson Lumber Company. Besides the plant ued by the latter company, Mr. Ran ktra spledidly eauiPDed Nomliv Works was totally destroyed with all its cout-sntJ. Rankin Comoanv's loss is estimated at fully $6000, with only $2,000 insurabce, and the loss of tbe Hickson Lumber C-rnpny is esti mated by Mr. John F. Hickson, the manager, at fullv 2.500. with $2. 300 insurance Htrdly haJ tbe ex citement over the fir of the big plait ing factory subsided before the alarm again rang out, and aa we go to press tbe handsome residence of Capt A. B. Williams, on Gillespie street, one or me niatoric nouses of Favetteville is still burning, though the flames are under control. It is a dismantled wreck, the roof having fallen in. A Thousand Tongues Could not express the rapture of Annie E. Springer, of 1125 Howard street, Philadelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption had completely cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies and doctors could trive uor no neip, out sne says or this Koyal Cure "It soon removed tbe pain in my cbest and I csn now sleep soundly, something I can scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sounding its praises throughout the Universe " So will every one who trie Dr. King's New Discovery for any trouble of the Throat, Chest or Lungs. Price 50 cents and $1 00. Trial bottles 10 cents at a. rw cauasrr s Urug Store: everv vvtun (uarauwcu, . CURRENT COMMENT; A London firm of caterers has sent to the British troops in South Africa a Christmas present in the form of 22,400 puddings of various sizes. The dispatches of a week or so ago told that Borne tons of plum pudding had been or would be forwarded to the troops. The Queen has made provisions for pre senting to every one of her soldiers in South Africa a small quantity of chocolate. So much for the com missariat of Tommy Atkins. Mean time his Boer e'nemv is eatinsr parched corn, and fighting like a demon Savannah News, Bern: Coarse cotton shirtings, re fined petroleum, flour and lumber are now the principal commodities exported to China. The Chinese Minister tells the correspondent of the Boston Transcript that Ameri can trade might be almost indefi nitely extended by a study of the requirements of tbe Chinese mar kets and by fair dealing. China is traversed in nearly every direction by canals, which furnish slow but very cheap transportation; hence imported merchandise is readily de livered in the interior of the Empire. The most serious obstacle to trade is internal taxation levied at the Knrrl PT lino rif ovarv nrnri r na rhiladelphia Record, Dm. At the beginning of the war with Spain Congress published the following declaration: "That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over said island, (Cuba,) except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accom plished to leave the government and control of the island to its people." Does not this resolution, it is noted, "apply in good conscience" and with equal force to every island and people that we now hold as a conse quence of that war? Conscientious Congressmen should consider tbe question very seriously. There is but one answer to it. Charleston News and Courier, Dem APPOINTMENTS For Visitation . by tbe Bishop of East Carolina. December 10th, Sunday, second in Advent, M. P., 8t. Peter's, Gates coun ty. December 10th, Sunday, second in Advent, E. P., 8t Mary's, Gates ville. December 11th, Monday, Com., St. Mary's, Gatesville. December 13ih, Wednesday, St. Bar nabas', Murfresboro December 17th, Sunday, third in dveut, M. P., St Mark's, Roxobel. December 17lh, Sunday, third in Advent, E. P., Grace Church, Wood vine. December 21st, Thursday Fest, St. Thomas. St. Thomas'. Windsor. December 24th, Sunday, fourth in Advent, M. P , Advt-nt,' Williamston. December 25th, Christmas, Grace, Plymouth. Drceujb r 31st. Sunday after Christ mas, St Thomas', Atkinson. Holy" comojuuiou at all morning services. The children catechised when prac ticable. The vestries will pleased be prepared to meet the bishop. . OffcriLgs to be for Diocesan Mis sions. TWINKLIN JS. ' What does your father do, my young man?" Ob, he dosen't have to work 1 He's a policeman. "Well, he said, "the Boers are on the move." Yes," she replied, looking at the cl-cir, '"but there are some exceptions " Buffalo Commer cial. Mutually Careful: "Bobby, you mustn't play with that little Dicky Jones; he isn't a good bjv " "All right uia. I can't play with him anywav: that's what his mother told him about me." Puck Quinn "When women imagine themselves wits they ar a menace to the community." DeFonte "'You must have met some of late." Quinn "Yes, my wife. She asked me if a sea horse was in any way related to a bay mare." Chicago News. Maude "Mr. De Jones asked me to sing for him the other evening afier we had been introduced " Clara 'And what did you siogT" Maude "Why, how do you kuo that I sang at al i ?" Clara" Well, I noticed that he didn't ask you to sing to night." The Automobile "Get out of the way there, you old stiff! You're a has been." The Horse "Perhaps. Bu will you pleas tell me from what part of your anatomy they cut tbe por-t-r house steaks?" Omaha World Herald. The Prospectiye Feature: "Rugglea. if I had such a couvh aa tht I should do something for it." "That cough, Whiggins, is indispen sable. When a life insurance agent calls to see me I turn it on and he never stay longer than about three minutes " Lawyer (in breach-of-promise case) "The plaintiff says you kissed her continually when yon called on her." Defendant "Well, I don't deny it; but I did it in self-defence." Lawyer "How is that?' Defendant "It was the only way I could keep her from singing." "Young man," asked the pro prietor of the store, who was making the rounds of the various departments, "how can you afford to dress so elabo rately and expensively on the salary we pay you?" "I can't," gloomily an swered the salesman. "I ought to have more salary. "Chicago Tribune. Bobbed lbs Grave. A startling incident, of which Mr. John O iver, of Philadelphia, was the subject, is narrated by him as follows: "I was in a most dreadful condition. My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken, t ngue coated, pain continu ally in back and sides, no appetite gradually gro wing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given me up Fortu- ately, a friend advised trying 'Electric Bitters;' and to my great joy and surprise, the first bottle made a decided improvement. I continued their use for three weeks, and am now a well man. I know they saved my life, and robbed the grave of another victim." JNo one shou'a fail to try them. Only 50 cents, guaranteed, at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. f VaJnable Old Stirrups. A pair of iron stirrups were sold for ?13.500 at the Forman sale in London. They were made for Matthias Cor vinus, king of Hungary, and are partly plated with silver, parcel gilt and chased, each one of the outer sides having an exquisite border of translu cent cloisonne enamel on gold six and one-half Inches high and six inches wide. The work Is Italian of the end of the fifteenth or the beginning ot the sixteenth century. i 1 1 1 1 1 i i immiMii h . HIS FORTUNE r IN A DREAM. . Bat Everybody Is Not - Expected to lie- lleve the Btury. lull I 1 M-I-M-l"l-I-M-I-!"!-:-II-l-!"I- Ttfere lived at Bwaffham, in Norfolk, a hardworking, industrious man, who followed the trade of a tinker. This man dreamed one night that if e took a journey to London and placed imself on n' certain part " of London bridge he should there meet with a person who would -communicate some thing to him of great importance to his future prospects in life. This dream made some impression on the tinker's mind, and he related it very circumstantially to his wife in the morn ing. She, however, half laughed and half scolded at him for his folly in pay ing attention to such idle fancies and told him he had better get up and go to work. The next night he dreamed the same again and likewise the third night, when the impression was so powerful on his mind that he determined, In spite of the remonstrances of his wife and the ridi cule of his neighbors, to "go to London and see the upshot of it." Accordingly, having made arrange ments as to the management of his busi ness during his absence, he furnished himself with a sum of money and set off on foot for the metropolis, distant about 90 miles. He reached the end of his journey late on the third day, and, hav ing refreshed himself with a night's rest; he took his station the next morning on a part of the bridge which corresponded with the description in his dream. There he stood all that day without any communication to the', purpose of his journey. The next day it was the same and the third, so that toward night his confidence in his dream as well as his patience began to be considerably shaken, and he inwardly cursed himself for his folly in not yielding to his wife's advice and resolved that next day he would leave London and make the best of his way home again. However, he kept his station until late in the evening, when just as he was about to leave it a stranger who had noticed him standing doggedly and with anxious looks on the same spot for some days accosted him and asked what ha was waiting there for. After some hesi tation the tinker told him his errand, without, however, acquainting him with the place be came from. The stranger smiled at his simplicity and advised him to go home and in fu ture pay no attention to dreams. "I myself," said he, "if I were dis posed to put faith in such things, might now go 100 miles into the country upon a similar errand. I dreamed three nights this week that if. I went to a place called Swaffham, in Norfolk, and dug under an apple tree in a certain garden on the north side of the town, I should find a box of money, bat I have something else to do than to run after such idle fancies. No, no, my friend; go home and work well at your calling, and you will find there the riches you are seeking here." The tinker was astonished. This, he doubted not, was the information he was seeking, but he said nothing far ther to the stranger than to thank him for his advice and to declare his deter mination to' follow it. He immediately went to his lodging and the next day set off for home, which he reached safe. He said but little to his wife on the subject of . his journey, but rose early the next morning and commenced dig ging on the spot supposed to be pointed out by the stranger. After proceeding in his work a few feet downward his spade struck against. hard substance, which, upon clearing the mold from the top of it, proved to be an iron chest. He quickly removed it to his house, and, having with some- difficulty broken oft the lid, to his great joy found it fall of money. After securing this treasure he dis covered upon the outside of the chest an inscription, which, being no scholar, he was unable to decipher. He therefore hit upon the following expedient to as certain its meaning: There ' was in the town a grammar school, several of the pupils from which were constantly c in the habit of passing his smithy on their way to and from school. The tinker judged that by plac ing the chest at the door it would excite the attention of the boys, and thus he should be able to obtain the object in view without exciting any suspicion among his neighbors. He soon had the opportunity he sought. A number of the boys having gathered round, as was their custom, to witness the operations of the forge, he took oc casion to challenge their scholastic skill in the translation of the inscription. Some shook their heads; others, after conning over it awhile, said it was not sufficiently legible. At length, one older than- the rest, anxious to display his superior learning, after scraping and brushing off the rust, gave the following solution of it: Whsre this stood Is another twice as good. Overjoyed at this information, the tinker next morning resumed his labor, and, a little below the ground already cleared, he found a second chest double the size of the first, and, like it, filled with gold and silver coin. The account'goes on to state that, be coming thus suddenly a wealthy man, the tinker showed his gratitude to Provi dence by building a new chancel to the church, the old one being out of repair. And, whatever fiction the marvelous taste of those ages may have mixed up with the tale, certain it is that there is shown at this day a monument in Swaff ham church having an effigy in marble, said to be that of the tinker, with his dog at his side, and his tools and imple ments of trade lying around him. Mirror. Coatlr Admlnttloa. A characteristic story of General Lafa yette was told in a Paris journal some years ago. At Lamarqne's funeral the crowd took out General Lafayette's horses, as the famous soldier was returning home from the service, and drew his carriage to his hotel with many evidences of enthusias tic love and admiration. The scene was a stirring one, and a friend, in referring to it some weeks afterward, said, "You must have been very much pleased." Lafayette looked at him for a moment in silence and then said, with a whim sical smile: "Yes; I was very mnch pleased very much pleased indeed. Hut I never saw anything more of my horses, my dear fiiend!" WILLIE WALDORF. Now that England repudiates him, per haps Willie Waldorf could palm himself off as n China Astor. St.- Paul Globe. If the Anglo-Saxon alliance can stand the Astor strain, it seems strong enough for almost any old pull. Omaha World Herald. It looks as if William Waldorf Astor had spoiled his welcome both in Europe and America. He may find himself com pelled to camp out in the Azores. Wash ington Star. It is announced with some show of sat isfaction that Mr. Astor's wealth remains in America. Europe will not object to this so long cs the income which it earns is spent on that side of the water. Ex change. The Garden of Love. She la a ipsiden so dainty and fair. He is a youth at her side; Love is the gardener working there; They are tne flowers of his tender cars. And life is his garden wide! Trust is tbe voice of the flowing breec That sings on its scented way. Adding a pleasure when all things please, Breathing: a whisper of rest and caso That tells of a fearless day. Hop is the sun that is shining- bright. With a promise of life to be, Civina- them strength of its tender might Filling their hearts with a dear delight In the kisses that none may see. Time without end is the infinite sky That smiles on their growth from above; Watching the blossoms that bud in sigh Crow into fruit as the seasons go by , The triumph of Gardener Lorel nomas D. Lister in National Magazine foe If ever superstition could find excuse. It would be. wnen the expectant mother, calendar in hand, ponders the fortunate days andi hopes that 1 the baby's I birthday may fall on a lucky time. It' is natural to wish the best of for- tnne for ' those we love. Why not will fortune as well as ivish it for the child ? The greatest fortune any mother can bestow on her child is a healthy body and a happy mind, and with this great fortune every mother may endow the child if she will. The child's stock of health is what the mother supplies. The weak and worried woman has. a very slender stock of health to bestow on the baby. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes mothers healthy and happy. It does away with the misery of morning sickness. It strengthens the nerves, gives the body a feeling of buoyancy, makes the mind cheerful, gives vigor and elasticity to the organs peculiarly feminine, and baby's advent to the world is free from danger and painless. "My first two babies were still-born, and I suffered every thing but death," writes Mrs. Euptiemia Falconer, of Trent, Muskegon Co., Mich. " I was reduced to ioq pounds. When I was three months alone with mv third child I was taken with hemorrfaasre or floodinar and came near having- a miscarriage from female weakness. For two months I was under the care of our doctor, but was getting weaker all the time until I sent and got three bottles of , Favorite Prescription.' I improved last and continued to take your medicine until baby was born, and he is healthy and all right My health has been good ever since. I now weigh i6s,$oands." "there is no alcohol, whisky or other intoxicant in " Favorite : Prescription," ' neither does it contain any opium or other narcotic. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets do not re- act on the system medicine. They are a perfect WHOLESALE PRICES CDEREKT. The following quotations represent oleeale Prices generally. mall orders hbzher nrlces ha r. in nuuuag ay aveto be charged. BAGGINQ ' t Jute Standard , Burlaps WESTERN SMOKED - Him, m x Sides ff Shoulders ft DRY 8AX1TED 5 & o is e .6 Bides Shoulders k BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each 1 15 New New Tors, each New City, each BEESWAX VB Wilmington, V M 5 00 Northern 000 1 so 1 so 1 40 86 a 7 00 14 00 BUTTER tl O 25 ST O 80 47H a 47, 1 10 18 a es so 11 16 O IS 8 18 15 12)43 IS 7 10 sa 70 17 :8 Northern CORN MEAL Per bushel. In sacks Ylrsrlnla Meal COTTON TlEo bundle..... CANDLES 9 Tb Sperm Adamantine CHEESE V t Northern Factory Dairy Cream State COFFEE V L&gnyra...... Rio DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-t, V yard Yarns, ff bunch of 5 ls ... EQOS f dozen rum MaakereL No. 1, barrel... 22 00 Mackerel, No. 1, f half -bbl. 11 00 Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... 18 00 Mackerel, No. 2 half -bbl. . 8 00 Mackerel, No. S, fl barrel... IS 00 80 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 14 00 4 00 8 50 nonets, v Darrei 3 75 Mallets. V Dork barrel. N. C. Roe Herring, y keg. 3 00 5 4 85 8 as 10 4 50 9 1 .... Extra... FLOOR- Low grade 8 00 8 50 unoice DM WKU, ................. First Patent BLUE V t GRAIN m bushel Cornfrom store,b2S White Car-load, in bgs White... Oats, from store Oats, Rust Proof Cow Peas 8 90 4 25 4 00 4 50 13H 15 52 mi 50 88 40 45 60 75 10 g 12& 85 90 40 50 80 85 80 86 80 85 3tt 4 fa 6 8 10 HIDES V t Oreen salted utj nint... Drvsalt .... HAY V 100 s Clover Hay Bice Straw eastern Western North River HOOP IRON, 9 LARD, Northern North Carolina LIME, barrel LUMBER clty sawed) V M ft ShlD Staff, resawea... 1 15- 1 25 18 00 20 00 16 00. 18 00 22 00 15.00 6 50 8 00 10 00 10 50 Koagn eage riant 15 00 West India cargoes, accord lug to quality 13 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 Common mill 500 Fair mill , (so Prune mill 8 50 Extra mm 10 00 MOLASSES gallon Bar badoes. In hogshead.. . . . Barbadoes, In barrels Porto Rico, In hogsheads.... 38 Porto Rico, in barrels 25 Sugar House, In hogsheads. 12 Sugar Hoase, In barrels. ... 14 Syrup, in barrels 15 NAILS, Jb keg. Cut, 60d basis. . . 8 80 PORK. V barrel Cltv Mess 10 00 25 28 80 30 14 15 25 8 00 10 50 Romp Prime ROPE, a 10 9 60 9 00 salt, v sac. Alum 1 25 85 85 54 HI e 50 2 25 2 75 5 4 4 Liverpool , ' 83 73 5 00 1 60 American., On 125 Sacks SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per M uonunon Cypress Saps SUGAR. V Standard Gran'd Standard A White Extra C Extra C, Golden C, Yellow 8QAP, t Northern STAVES. 9 M w. o. barrel. . . . R. O. Hoeahead. 2 SO . Am 14 09 10 00 TIMBER, M feetHShlpplng . 9 00 7 50 6 50 S 60 3 59 O 10 00 O 8 75 7 00 80S S 00 H11L prime. Mill, Fair Common Mill ., Inferior to ordinary.. 111, rrune MARINE. ARRIVED. Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, Fayette ville, T D Love. CLEARED. Stmr Seabright, Sanders, Calabash and Little River, 8 C, Stone, Rourk & Co Scbr Ira B Ellems, Marston, Anti gua, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. EXPORTS. FOREIGN. Ahtigua Schr Ira B Ellems- -163, 748 feet rough lumber, valued at $2. 600: 34 954 feet dressed lumber, valued at $700 ; 300,000 shingles, valued at $1,675. Total $4,775. Cargo by Kid der Lumber; vessel by Geo Harriss, Son & Co. MARINE DIRECTORY. List of VeaaeJn In tfcolPo" ui wn Blncton, S- a.. Bee. 8. 1899. STEAMSHIPS Astrea (Br), 2,110 tons, Barry, Bracken- : burg. Alexander 8prunt-& Son. Skuld (Nor), 913 tons, Olsen, Alex ander Sprunt & Son. Ormesby (Br), 1,828 tons, Robinson, Alexander 8prunt & Son. Haslingden (Br), 1,220 tons, Hiegins, E Peschau & Co. T Baron Innerdale (Br), 2,139 tons, Mc Neill, Alexander Sprunt & Son. SCHOONERS. Wm F Campbell, 201 tons. Strout, J T Riley & Co. BARQUES. . Antonio (Itl), 499 tons, Cafiero, Heide & Co. River Thames (Nor) 454 tons, Quale, Johannee (Nor), 473 tons, Thorsen, H KNash, for Paterson, Dowaiag & Colia Archer, (Nor.), 639 tons, Mar- uubcu, xieiue ox uo. BARGES. Maria Dolores, 610 tons, Bonneau Nayasaa Gtuuoo Co. COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET STAR OFFICE, Dec 7 SPIRITS TURPENTINE M a rket steady at 48 cents per gallon for machine made casks and 47 4 cents per gallon ior country casks. ROSIN Market firm at $107 per barrel for strained and $1.12 for gooa sirainea. TAR Market steady at $1.40 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market quiet at $1.50 per barrel for bard, $2.80 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm atS6T36c; rosin firm at 97c$l 02H ; tar quiet at $1.10; crude turpentine q iit-t at $1.303.00, $2 00. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine..... ... .... Rosin Tar 251 Crude turpentine . Receipts same day last year. 55 casks spirits turpentine, 16 7 bbls rosin, 150 bbls tar, 17 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 7c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 4 13-16 cts Tb Good ordinary 6 3-16 " " Low middling. 6 13-16 " " Middling 7 " " Good middling 7 " " Same day last year middling 5 ic. Receipts 1,686 bales; same day last year, 1,364. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina frime, 5c. .Hxtra prime, 90c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1 05. Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime, 60c; fancy, 65c. CORN Firm; 52 to 52K cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland, 65 80c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds 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. 9.00 per M. FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to tbe Morning star. New York, December 7. Money on call closed firm ,at 57 per cent, last loan 6 per-cent. ; ruling rate was 7 per cent Prime mercantile paper 5X6 per cent Sterling ex change steady, with actual business in bankers' bills 486 486 for demand and 481481Jr for sixty days. Posted rates were 4823 and 487&. Com mercial bills 480 J. Silver certifi cates58&60. Bar silver 59. Mex ican dollars 47U. Government bonds strong:. State bonds inactive. Rail road bonds easier. U.S. 2's, reg'd, 102 Ji; U. 8.3's, reg'd,109;do.coupon, 109& ; u. . new 4's, reg'd, 133i; do. cou pon,i33i;U.. old 4's,ree coupon, 113M; U. S. 5's, 111K; do. coupon. 1111 127; do. 4's, 108; Southern Railway 5's 108X. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 55 : Chesapeake & Ohio 30 ; Manhattan L 103 N. Y. Central 133; Read ing.19 ; do. 1st preferred 58 ; St Paul lZdfc; do. preferred 173; Southern Railway 12 X ; do. preferred 573 ; Amer ican Tobacco. 1114 do. preferred 143; People's Gas 110; Sugar 152; do rferred 118; T. C. & Iron 112; 8. Leather 13; do. preferred 79; Western Union 87X- NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to tne Morning Star. New York, December 7. Rosin firm; strained common to good tl 401 50. Spirits turpentine steady at 0.1S52C. Charleston, December 7. Spirits turpentine firm at 47&c; sales casks; no receipts. Rosin firm ; sales bar rels. Savannah. December 7. Spirits turnen tine was firm at 48c: sales 502 casks; receipts 188 casks; exports 387 casks. Rosin steady; sales barrels; receipts 3,174 barrels ; exports 2,040 bar rels. Prices unchanged. COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. New Yohk, December 7. The drop in cotton futures yesterday was en tirely wiped out in the first hour to day and a net train of several points established. Influenced by firm cables and the assurance that receipts would fall several thousand bales below predictions, the market opened firm at an advance of three to eight points. Shorts covered, giving special attention to the January position, which had been heavily oversold un der the impression that tere would be a continuation of yesterday's ( un loading. The local bull faction offered vigorous support, as did the investing- public Buying or ders from Europe, together with a fair demand from Southern parties, kept the market in a healthy condition late in the forenoon. By midday a rise of ten points had been secured with the feeling at that time strongly bullish on predictions for light receipts throughout the rest of the week. Continued abnormally light shipments to Great Britain and private cables to the effect that Manchester spinners were showing great uneasi ness on account of small supplies and unusually light Liverpool slocks, were a sourcb of uneasiness to the bear ele ment. The market was finally steady, with near months eight to ten points ana iar montns one to three points higher. New York. December 7. Cotton quiet; middling uplands 7 ll-16c. Futures closed steady: Decern her 7.35. January 7.42, February 7.45, March 7.49, April 7.50, May 7.51, June 7.61, July 7.63, August 7.49, September 7.13, October 6.98. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 7 11 16c; middling gulf 715 16; sales 372 bales. Net receipts 126 bales ; gross receipts 1.423 bales; exports to Great Britain 959 bales; exports to the Continent 854 bales; stock 106,570 bales. Total to-day Net receipts 29,681 bales; exports to Great Britain 5,229 bales; exports to the Continent 2.694: block i,vio,viz Dates. Consolidated Net receipts 208,079 bales; exports to Great Britain 28,197 bales; exports to France 42,510 bales; exports to the Continent 21,016 bales. Total since September 1st Net re ceipts 3,225,326 bales; exports to Great Britain 822,177 bales ;exporte to France 386.959 bales; exports to the Continent 864,792 bales. December 7. Galveston, quiet at 7 5-16C, net receipts 9.679 bales; Nor folk, quiet at 7 7-16c. net receipts 1.317 bales; Baltimore, nominal at 7c, net. receipts bales; Boston, auiet at 7 11-16, net receipts 546 bales filming ton, steady at 7c, net receipts 1,686 bales; Philadelphia, steady at 715 16c, net receipts 381 bales : Savannah.steadv at 7 3-16c, net receipts 5,032 bales ; New uncons, sieaay at no, net re ceipts 8,826 bales; Mobile, quiet at 7 5 16c, net receipts 1,356 bales; Mem phis, steady at 7jc, net- receipts 2,765 bales; Augusta, steady at 7 Ho, net receipts 882 bales; Charleston, nominal at 7tfc, net receipts 7,053 bales. PRODUCEjaARKET By Telegraph to the Morniua ?u. New York. Demmk.. " . was fairly well supplied witi. u lo and closed firm, holders a-k it Ule" VVWhea-t-8Pt eady?nv? red 7X$o.' rtnt.inns , J i JNo unchanged. In the absence H'l ings shorts became nervo.i, ' bid th market up, following 8ii strength at the West and Sonn Closed strong at Uxc ,.55 Tn No. 2 red March dolJd l6vii closed 74c; July closed 75&;Jfy ceiv,bfr72iic. Cor,-Rr,1 !,.A?' Be- 2 40Hc; options ODer ori wi, -' : ft chans-fed. later ad van,,. J,'"uUu. . - ii nil l- , . v . strength at the West ai,d T h Closed firm and uneha. d , a'i. vauce; sales h:cludd: v . V"5' ao8c; December cl std ' "Shl bpot steady :ODtionst nnit V 59 I Western steam clcseu $5 52i..i 33! J lard quiet; Continent $5 80 rn farm: Western creamers cu'i. 15 dairy 1825c Chee. mT' C;M September 12 U 13c. fork hrm Petroleum fi Z. f. New York $9 90; PfaiTSN Baltimore $9 .85; do. in fij Cabbage quiet. Potato New York $1 001 40 lL $1 251 75; Southern jfe 2 25; Jersey sweets $2 25m 7k ! nuts quiet. Molasses steady p. 1 fJ dull. Coffee-Spot Ric quiet Sugar-Raw quirt but .wl refined quiet. 8l"ad.v; CHI04GO, December '7-LiM ceipts and predictions of "a hpf. !e' port iuquiry supported the market today, Mav ,.W;! ,Let over yesterday. Com at the Z m ia and oats ic higher P-T7 closed steady and 3Jc lower l0i Chicago, Dec. 7. Cash ,i' m . No. 3 spnn? 62fi4tz.J red 6646oc. Corn-N. 2 L i 30Xc. Oats-No. 2 23c white -; No. 3 whit, tinJ Pork, per barrel, i8 nil Laro per, 100 fts,' A 2!23 Short rib sides, W, 5 o0s Duun cicar siuey boxed f-, , 5 35. , Whiskev-DutilJefi'i ' goods, per gallon, $1 23K The leading futures ranged as ; lows opening, highest, lowest closing: Wheat No. a Decemt 65, 66. 655,- 6fic : Mav rq ,Sr to 7070H. 69, 69. Corn-No 2 h ' comber 2930, 30X, 29, Sujf. j uary 30.30, S0$j 30c May 3 32X,32. 32..32c Oataltt, per bbl December $8 50, 8 50 5ft 8 50; January $9 60, 9 67. 9J5 9 May $9 77, 9 87, 9 75, 9 80 per 100 lbs December 502'A 5 m 5 25, 5 25; May $5 45. 5 37 5 f' 5 45. Short ribs, per 100 Ibs-DtV ber $5 10. 5 10. 5 10. 5 in- j. 1V5 KVV9K10' S15; i 5 27Xi 5 25, 5 25. 1 Baltimore, December 7. dull and unchanpe . Wheat firme" spot and month 70K70c; Jauua v 7171c; May 7475c; 8ouia era -wheat by samp)- t6a72c u,n 37X37j4c. Southern wfiite com M 372c. Oats easier No. 2 h.iu-3i tf 31 He Dry Goods Market. New York, Dec. 7. Further up ward movement in bleached cotton inaugurated by Lo-sdaJe 4 4 'advsu ciEff to 8 cents ner vard Kir-wt- that Fruit of the Loom will go to 8 . to-morrow. No change iu hcuu v.- . 1 1 1 ,1 uiumu ouecLiutTB ana anus, mi browns and grey goods and Cockco best fancy prints opened at 5Jc. Pritt cloths strong at 3ic for regulars. Coarse colored cotton still teiidint against ouyers. JNo change in woollt i and worsted goods or silks. F0REI6N $ARKT. By Canle to the Moram 3ta; . Liverpool, December 7, 4 P. M. Cotton Spot, good business done; prices 1 3zd higher: American mid dling fair4d; eood middling 4 71; middling 4 5 16d; low middling iH good ordinary 3 15 led ; ordinary i The sales of the day were 15,000 b of which 1,000 were for speculation and export and included 14.300 Ameri can. Receipts 300 bales, all American, Futures opened quiet but steudvaod closed quiet at the advance; American middling (1. m. c.) December 41161 buyer; December and January 4 96m buyer; January and February 4 7-64 4 o-64d seller; February and Marci i 4-64d seller; March and April 4 4 644 5-64d seller; April and May 4 31 4-64d seller; May and June 4 2( 3 64d value; June and July 4 1 6 2 64d seller: Ju'v and Aueust. 1 64d seller; August and Septemb" 1 61 64d buyer; September and Uetow 0 54-64d buyer. BY RIVER AlVD RAIL. Receipts of Naval Stores- God Cotm Yesterday. W. & W. Railroad-463 bales cotton, 6 casks snirils turnentine. 23 birreli tar. "W. C. & A. Railroad 939 bales cot ton, 11 casks spirits turpentine, 62 br rels rosin. 65 barrels ta . A V ftailil 9Afi hales COttOO, 12 casks ppirits turpentine, 138 barrels rosin, 32 barrels tar. , casks Rnirits tnrrw.nti'ne. 46 tarK" rosin, 113 barrels tar. 11 casks spirits turpentine, 34 ban"1" rosin, 4 barrels tar. , , Steamer W. T. Daggett-1 bale ton, 12 casks spirits turpentine, 51 M rels rosin. 14 barrels tar. io sTWllfA Tiivrtanrivia Total Cotton. 1.686 bales; spin" turpentine, 69 casks; rosin, 331 ' rels; tar, 251 barrels; crude turp line, 15 barrels. Fireworks! In endless variety and all new stock received this week. Boman Caadler, Sky Rockets Blue Lights, Giant Salutes, Pin Whee s, Torpedoes, Balloon, Illuminating Torches, Firecrackers, and nfhar WnvalflAa In Palne'S dlspl? are bound to pieaee. ey Country Merchants can save nw making their purchases at my store. 1. W. PLUMMEH, . 904 MS" "273 Inter-State 'Phone 133. NOTICE. AU persons ara hereDy warned M"8 boring, or crediting on my account, a oo boy bound to me under the nm Brewer, bat commonly known Wagner." He Is short and thUk set W . and about 15 years old, and has 1 linger of right hand. JOHN a WAGS 'd,U2M : do. 1 rJic. ZryjL month 37tf I 0aa 0 r nmrt , registered. Lecember, u-w or old 37Jto M n fi'a I 3'ic; January 37a37Vc: Febrnw DAW DOT 21 tf
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