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Twlcfra we-1c two-thlrdaof dally rate Contract advertisers w 1 not ba allowed to exced their space -r -dvertls - anything foreign to i heir i Kolr buslnsea without extra charge at transient raies. .... Adrer1em-nte kep' under the bead of '-New Advertisements" w 11 be charged flay per cent. "Jdvertoementa to follow reading matter, or to occmy any specla p ace, wUi oe charged extra according to the poeltton desired. BY WILLIAM H. BERWARD. WILMIXGTOX, X. C. SCifDAY MORiniTG, DECEMBER 24. S00SEVELTIA5 ROT- " Governor RooaeTelt, of Xew York, .one of the most intolerant of the expansionists, who can see no hon esty or patriotism in those wTio dif fer from him, has recently written for the Xew York Independent an article on peace, whien is really an article in favor of war for expansion, from which we clip the following: "Of coarse, our whole National his torv has been one of expansion. Un der Wathiojjtoa and Adams we ex pacded westward acres the continent to the mouth of the Columbia; under Monroe we expanded into Florida, and then into Texas and California; and & - all j, largely throarh the instrumen ta.ity of Seward, into Alaska; while under every administration the process of expansion in the great plains and the Rickies has continued with crowing' rapidity. While we had a frontier the chief feature of frontier life was the endless war between the isettlers and the red men. Sometimes the immediate occasion ' for toe war to be found in the conduct of the whites and sometimes in that of the reds, but the ultimate cause was simDly that we were in contact with a country held by savages and half savages. Were we abut on Canada there is no danger of war, nor is their any danger where we abut on the well settled regions of Mexico. Bat ' elsewhere war had to continue until we expanded over the country. Then it was succeeded at once by a peace which haa remained unbroken to the present day. In North America, as elsewhere throughout the entire world, the expansion of a civlized nation has ia variably meant the growth of the area in which peace is normal through out the world. "The same will be true of the Phil ippines. If the men who have coun selled National degradation. National dishonor, by urging us to leave the Philippines and put the Aguinaldan oligarchy in control of those islands could hare their way, we should merely tarn them over to rapine and b(r odshed until some stronger, manlier Pbwer stepped in to do the task we had shown ourselves fearful of perform ing. But as it is, this country will keep the is'ands and will establish therein a table and orderly government, so that one more fair spot of the world's 8m fce shall hare been snatched from the forces of darkness. Fundamen tally the cause of expansion is the cause of peace. "It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world. The Arab wrecked the civilization of the Mediterranean coasts: the Turk wrecked the civiliza tion of Southeastern Europe, and the Tartar desolated from China to Rus sia and to Pertia, setting back the pro gress of the world for centuries; solely becauM the civilized nations opposed to them had lost the grand fighting qualities, and in becoming over peaceful, had lost the power of keep ing peace with a strong hand." 'j'Our whole national history has been one of expansion," but it wasn't expansion by gun and sword, but by peaceful and honorable methods, which involved no breach of faith and no butchering of people who relied upon our professions and hailed us as their deliverers. There isn't an inch of the territory ac quired by the United Statea before the discreditable purchase of the Philippines, which was not honest ly acquired, and there wasn't a foot of it that was had to fight to estab lish our supremacy over after the purchase. All the territory" pur chased was practieally an unpeo pled wilderness before purchase, and the best of reasons could be given for the purchase and not a merce nary one among them. To protect the Republic and make it strong it must have room enough to grow and guard against hostile powers being established on its bor ders. To get supremacy on the con tinent it was necessary to get rid of the powers, as far as practicable, that might some day contest that su premacy and become troublesome. For such reasons these purchases were made when the opportunity presented itself, but made straight WlthOllt ATI V Vl VrWr tn t ? r a 1 rvvnfanin J J -vw- wabj JA CVCUVO that it was done for the benefit of the people who inhabited the pur chased territory. . We sympathized with and gave the colonies of Spain in Central and oontn America our moral support when they revolted against Spanish dominion for the same reason, that w to remove monarchical govern ment.from this hemisphere, and we iouowed.th.at tip with the declaration oitbe Monroe Doctrine, which was re- affirmation of the intent to make auatfP this hemisphere Republi government. The espousal of i I : zz-zi- m m ..ii . - - the cause of the Cubans was tne cul mination of that policy which began in the purchase of territory belong ing to European monarchies. There never was a step taken in all these proceedings that the self government of the people was not kept in view, and stepping outside of our domain we gave the world to understand- through the Monroe declaration that the European Mon archies must keep their hands off the young Republics which had fol lowed our example. Is there any of this in the case of the Philippines? Was their posses sion necessary to protect and guard Khe Republic? Did they abut, as Gov. BoOSBTelt expresses It, upon our territory and make their prox imity a menace? Did we get claim to them in the same straight forward, honest and unquestionable way that we got poeBsession of the other purchases? By what title do we hold them any way? President McKinley says by con quest and purchase. If we con quered them there was no need to purohase. But Judge Day, one of the gentlemen whom Mr. McKinley sent to negotiate peace with Spain, and who presided over the Paris Commission, says the commission made no olaim oh" the ground of conquest, bu t purchased, and offered Spain such a sum of money as they had reason to believe she would ac cept. They, did this, conceding that Spain was still the owner, and asserting no claim by force of arms. Beoause it was wise to expand across this continent, to remove what might become menacing powers, thus get control of the de sirable territory and be made stronger for protection and defence, should we expand on the other hemis phere from which he had nothing to fear and against which we had no need to1 guard, and thus make our selves weaker instead of stronger? If we do carry out the policy of forcible expansion and plant our flag and keep it over the mixed peo ples of those islands they will become our weak spot which in case of war with other nations will invite at tack, and the more valuable we make them the more they will invite attaek, and the more it will cost ns to defend them. In his third message to Congress Washington said that the American people might consider themselves fortunate in having the Atlantic ocean for a barrier. That is one thing that gives us little to fear from the aggressions of other na tions, one reason why we had so few foreign complications, and per- sued our destiny of development and progress with little hindrance from other powers, because we con fined ourselves to our own domain and didn't meddle with, them nor get mixed up in their schemes or complications, the very thing that the Fathers of the Republic warned us against. They believed in expansion, hon est, legitimate expansion, not ex pansion by knavery and force. That's the difference between their expansion and the kind that Roose velt utters his rot to defend, t "THE BLOODIEST WAR." There has been a good deal of wild talk about the bloody fighting in South Africa. Gen. Methuen was probebly excited when ho tele graphed that the battle in which he got worsted was the ' bloodiest in history." It was a prjetty lively racket, considering that" there were not more than 1,000 Boers, and 3,- 000 British soldierB participating in it, but the 8 mall number killed in proportion to the number of men engaged, does not bear out the as sertion that it was an extraordinary "bloody" affair. The remarkable thing about all these battles, in view of the reports of the storm of shot and shell, the accuracy of the marksmanship, the destructive capacity of the guns em ployed, and the fearful explosives used is not that there are so many killed and wounded, but that there are so few, and that so many escape. Senator Depew called attention a few days ago to the contrast between the casualties in this " bloodiest of wars," and the casualties in our civil war when American found Ameri can, and no such machine guns and destructive explosives were used as are now used. Alluding to the losses of the British armies in South Afri ca, he is quoted as saying, "These losses thus far aggregate 1.000 killed, 8,000 wounded and 2 000 taken prisoners, Senator Depew sig- nincanuy remarics that those of us who remember the Civil War and were more or leas in it recollect 23,000 killed and wounded oa the Unioa side in the battle of Gettysburg; we re member about 10 000 a day killed and wounded in the battles of the Wilder ness for seven days in succession.' But ia spite of thesa unparalleled horrors, the country maintained its oalm and 'business did not lose its head.' " It isn't easy to excite the English man, bmt when he does become ex cited he gets pretty wild, and in this differs from the American who generally carries a pre ty level head. But the fact is the gentlemen who precipitated this war underestimated the size of it, and the fighting capacity of the Boers, and are daxed at their blunder and the penalty Great Britain has' already paid. - - i i . . . ..... Cnres a men or c I CroaD without fail. Is the best for Bronchitis. Grime Hoarseness, Whooping-cough, and lor ui cars of Consumption. Mother! praise it. Doctors prescribe It j -j. i.n.ui in j.T.iii.ii ii'i.wm. ia.iKH.ni.mu.il a. THE 8HIP SUBSIDY GRAB; Some of the most outspoken tfnd iirorons omonents of the proposed I ship subsidy scheme are papers pub- lisned in our leaamg smppiug .-, A m. m which should be especially mxereBteu in the restoration of our merchant marine. They are interested in that, rmt thev Bee through the fraud of this subsidy business, concocted for the benefit of a lot of sharpers wno have combined to raid the Treasury, and therefore they expose it and op pose it. The New York Journal of (Inmrntrcfi and Commercial isuuenn ia aa its name implies, a commercial paper, published in the greatest commercial oenter oi ine euuutry, and one that has no partisanship and no political bias. It discusses ques tions of this character irom a pureij economic and business standpoint. Referring to the subsidy scneme, ii says: W Pafibodv is an American shipowner of long and wide experience, but he does mot seem par tiAiii. .1. imnMiwil with the advan tages of the Hanna-Payne Subsidy bill, tie has obaervea, wnat no oho can be blind to, 'that the promoters of the measure are our shipbuilders and a few owners of steamships, most of which are now sauea unaer we nuic ;.h flotr ' Thm interest of the shinbuild era in a measure for the payment of the proceeds or taxation to aujuuo nil I hnv shinnf them is obvious enough, but why should other people be quite so ready to see in such a m a sure a promotion of national welfare! Tha a)iinhlliMni aloTIA WSN Unable tO secure the appropriation they were af ter, so tney associatea wuu luemawTc. k nwnnra nf tnuaIi built abroad, or to be built abroad before a certain date, on condition that they would also dis burse a certain amount oi money wuu ,. .kinhniliiiM Whn theahinown- ers who have pooled their interests with the builders nave secureu amw n -AirUtvw nrl a share of the reve nues from . taxation on account of their foreign built ships already in ser trim a rr4tTi in anticirjation of this subsidy bill,' and then attempt to fulfill their part of the contract Dy oruermg ships of the American builders, they wiilflnrl if tnAv have the exoerience of French ship owners, that the cost of ship building has oeen aovancea ia wAnnpiinn n ih OnnrnmMt sub sidy. Mr. Peabody anticipates that the American owners oi snips now unil fniwiirn flion 'irnuld have, un der the proposed bill, on an enlarged scale, the supremacy, if not the mo nopoly, of American commerce for a aeries of years to come.' " The Brooklyn Citizen, represent ing a constituency closely allied to the general commercial center for which the Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin speaks, pre sents the following object-lesson, showing that our shipowners and builders do not need subsidies a&d that Bhips can be built and operated without them: "Orders to build four large freight and passenger steamships for service between New York and JNew uneans have been placed with the Newport Nsws, Va., Shipbuilding Company by the Morgan Line Steamship Company. These will make twelve vessels built there for this company. "Ordinarily, although the new snips will involve an aggregate cost of $2,- 400.000. it might not be deemed a sub ject of editorial comment; but, in view or uie monstrous joo bidduuicu iu mo bill which Hanna in the Senate and Sere no Payne in the House are striv ing to get through Congress to author ize a raid on the public treasury ior the sole benefit of shipbuilders and owners, who do not need any assist ance at all. it is worth while to Uke notice of the incident. " "That neither the Morgan Line owners nor the Newport News ship builders are in need of any public aid to carry on their business, is perfectly plain from the facts above stated, n they could not do so, the owners would not be increasing their tteet from eibt to twelve, which they are doing without a subsidy, paying the builders a fair profit thereon, of course, for the sufficient reason that the new vessels are needed in their business, which is the only proper reason why new vessels should be or ever will be built, except under the unwholesome stimulus of a subsidy whereby the people would be made to pay for ves sels not wanted." If the ship builders can build ships for the Morgan line for coast business, why can't they build ships for trans-oceanic business? They have built some, some very fine ones, and they would build more if these subsidy schemes were killed and it were definitely decided that there would be no tapping the Treasury to put money in their pockets. A year or so ago Mr. Lawson, of Boston, who seems to have a weak ness for fine flowers, paid 30,000 for a carnation which he thought eould not be equalled. He felt "so proud of it, and so sure that it could not be matched that he offered a prise of $10,000 to any one who would produce its equal. And now a new York florist has not only done that but produced one that puts his away in the back ground. The new flower is three and' a half inches in diameter, possesses an entirely new kind of foliage and remains open for ten days. A rtlft-lit of Xerror. -'Awful anxiety was felt for the widow of the brave General Burnham of M chias. Me., when the doctors said she could not live till morning," writes Mrs. W. H. Lincoln, who at tended her that fearful night. "All thought she must soon die from pneu monia. But she begged for Dr. King's New Discovery, saying it had more than once saved her life, and had cured her of Consumption. After three small doses she slept easily all night, and its further use completely cured her." This marvelous medicine is guaranteed to cure all Throat and Lung Diseases. Only 60o and $100. Trial bottles 10c at R. R. Bellamy's, drugstore. Electric Belt on Trial. To introduce it and obtain agents, the undersigned firm will send a few of their Electric Belts on trial on the following terms: .$L00 to be paid in ten days if the Belt proves beneficial, and the balance, $3 00, to be paid in sixty days if the Belt effects a cure. These Belts are a positive cure for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Kidney trou ble, Stomach and Liver trouble, Asth ma, etc Address at once Gebumit Electric Aokkot, t P.O. Box 1874, New York, N.Y. THOMAS WALSH. From the black embers of the wintry earth The West withdraws the reddening flame of day; Qj ends the seventh annual of my birth And see 1 a Stair to mock our brazier gray. Dost thou remember how at hours like .these Yea, mother, I was not too young to know Thou would'st get humbly down upon thy knees. And, opening wide our rustic coffer, show The Magi's golden tributes treasured there; The casket with its heap of gleaming stores And coins of mystic kingdoms old and rare; The incense arks, the myrrh's be jewelled cones ' With oountlees hieroglyphs graven o'er; These wouldst thou lift into my baby hands Till lap and breast and arms could hold no more ; Then, pouring out the precious incense sands Over the brazier coals, while all the room Grew white with wreathing odors Banctified, Thou wouldst prostrate thyself amid the gloom, . Sweet mother, on the ground before thv child. To-night there is no incense for thy Son; The chill wind finds the brasier black as death ; Nay, do not kneel here, here, my breast upon, Let starlight show the vapor of thy breath. The New Lippincott. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. Fretting and swearing are first cousins. Patience is the secret charm of greatness. The grumbler never helps; his purpase is to hinder. Yon can't whine and shine at the same time. Pouting and stubbornness are the fruits of selfishness. Selfishness is the band of the church, the leaguer's greatest foe. God's first act after the crea tion was the organization of a home. Kindness is a characteristic of culture, as cruelty is a characteristic of barbarity. Regrets are not the worst things in life. We would never have experienced them if we had notre of that which caused them, and there by attained a higher moral view pointt The way through the Red sea was safe enough for Israel, but not for Pharaoh. He had no business to go that way. It was a private road God had opened up for his own family. Thos. Rhys Davits. I believe that this world utterly and absolutely needs Christ and His life, and that without Christ and His life this world is, without any reference to the future, a lost and dying world. Robert E Speer. Each must, for the most part, live his own life; and, until, motives are visible and can be unerringly in terpreted, they should not be criti cised adversely. Life should be held to a finer strain than one of fret and jr. Lillian Whiting. TWINKLINGS. Mrs. Myer "I suppose yon trust your husband implicitly." Mrs. Mytr "yes to a certain extent." She "I suppose you were pre sented at court while in London t" He "Yes, twice, but I was acquitted both times." You can't always judge a man by his clothes; but you can, some times, get some idea of him by his wife's clothes. Tit Bits. "The tallest pole knocks the persimmons " "Lots you know about the country; if you wait long enough they'll drop." Indianapolis Journal. A Term of Comparison She "I wish you wouldn't call me 'dear est'" He "Why?" She "It im plies that there are others." Brooklyn Life. Substantially Correct: Johnny --"Pal" Pa "Yes." Johnny "Is an Indian reservation a place where the Indians are allowed to live until the white men want it?" Puck. Jaggles -""What's the differ eace between grand and comic opera?" Waggles "In grand opera it's the women in the boxes and not on the stage who wear the shocking cos tumes." Life. "I just learned to-day," said Mrs. Wederly, "that my husband is leading a double life." "Well, I don't barae him much," replied her spinster cousin. "A singla life is awfully tire some." Another Pessimist Heard From: "Truth is stranger than fiction, you know." "Yes, and It's a good deal more entertaining than most of the fiction we get nowadays." Chicago Times Herald. "What we need is an elastic currency," said Mr. Geezer, who was elucidating the money aituation to his wife. "Then why dosen't the govern ment print bank notes on thin sheets of rubber?" demanded Mrs. Geezer, with the air of one who has solved a great problem. One of the most plusible arguments for the interference of the Government to check recurring panics in the money market is based on the fact that the Government's financial policy is largely responsi ble for the mischief which it thus seeks to counteract. The Secre tary of the Treasury, being in the banking business, must aid banks in relieving the congestions which they are deprived of the means of pre venting. This policy of poultice delays the application of the rial remedy. The Government should' go out of the banking business. Philadelphia Record, Vsm. Cold Steel or Death. "There is but one small chance to save your life and that is through an operation," was the awful prospect set before Mrs. L B. Hunt, of. Lime Ridge, Wis., by her doctor after vainly try ing to cure her of a frightful case of stomach trouble and yellow jaundice. He didn't count on- the marvellous power of Electric Bitters to cure Stom ach and Liver troubles, but she heard of it, took seven bottles, was wholly eured.avoided surgeon's knife, now weighs more and feels better than ever. It's positively guaranteed to cure all Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles and never disappoints. Price 50c at R. R. Bellamy's drag store. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Smithfield Herald: - Last Fri day morning. Leorjp, the ; nine year old daughter of our townsman Mr. W. L. Woodall was fatally burned. While passing too near the fire, it ' is 1 sup posed, the clothing caught and before the flames could be extinguished she was so badly burned that she died Monday morning. Kins ton Frse Press: Mr. G. P. Fleming, secretary of the Kinston tobacoo board of trade, reports the amount of tobacoo sold duriug the five months ending Dee. 21. as 8,327,993 pounds. There was paid out for this tobacco $540,584 19 being "an average $6.70 per hundred. This average takes in all the scrap sold. Elizabeth City Economist: There seems to be some hitch in the oyster business. There has been a strike among the -oyster catchers in the lower sounds, which has doubled the price of oysters at the factories, and has depressed the business. The oyster trade is one of our most impor tant industries and it should not be checked. Durham Herald: The small child of George Holloway was burned to death at his home near Bragtown. His wife had occasion to go some dis tance from the house to get a bucket of water and left the child in the house by the Are; when she returned she found the chi d in the yard dead with his clothing burned from his body. It is supposed that the child played in the fire and its clothing caught and that it ran into the yard in its fright. Durham Sun: Mr. Norman Dunnigan, who lives six milea north of Durham, has perhaps one of the oldest horses in the oounty. It is so far a we have any record at this writ ing. This horse is S3 years of age, and his teeth have worn down to the gums to such an extent that he is unable to masticate his food. For several years Mr. Dunnigan has been feeding him on soaked corn. It ia unable to eat this now, and his diet is meal. Mr. Dunnigan says he is going to take good care of the horse for what he has been and will nurse him and feed him as long as he lives and wants him to die a natural death. CURRENT COMMENT. After all Great Britain has to rely on two Irishmen, Roberta and Kitchener, to rescue the empire from the military muddle into which English politicians and generals have brought it. Chicago fTew,' Ind. A New England bishop says that there are plenty of children in that section ten and twelve years of age who have never heard of the Lord's prayer! And still New En gland ib sending missionaries into all partB of the world. Atlanta Constitution, Bern. It is rather singular coinci dence that the two great English speaking nations should at the same time be engaged in the same charac ter of war against an inferior power; and seeking to compel by might what does not appeal to the sympa thies of Christendom as right. Augusta Chronicle, Dem. He feel on his knees before her: "I will do anything to prove my love for you," he said, "I will go to the ends of . earth if necessary. No task that you may set me can be too diffi cult, too hazardous. Only tell me what I can do to convince you " "You might marry me," she suggested simply. BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton Yesterday. W. fc W. Railroad 113 bales cotton, 2 casks spirits turpentine, 29 barrels tar. W. C. & A. Railroad 5 bales cotton, 13 casks spirits turpentine, 139 barrel rosin, 194 barrels ta-, 21 barrels crude turpentine. A. & Y. Railroad 20 bales cotton, 16 casks spirits turpentine, 291 barrels tar. C. C. Rulroad 92 bales cotton, 7 casks spirits turpentine, 13 barrels rosin, 74 barrels tar, 68 barrels crude turpentine. Steamer A. P. Hurt 3 bales cot ton, 26 casks spirits .turpentine, 117 barrels rosin, 277 barrels tar. Total Cotton, 434 bales; spirits turpentine, 63 casks; rosin, 268 bar rels; tar, 865 barrels; crude taurpea ftsne, 87 bejrela. SUNDAY SERVICES. St. Thomas' Church; Sunday ser viees: First mass and holy com munion, 7 A. M.; high mass, 10.30 A. M. No evening service. First Presbyterian Church : Divine services at 11 A. M. and 4 30 P. M., conducted by Rev. Hay Watson Smith. Sunday school at 3.30 P. M. Prayer meeting on Thursdays at 8 P. M. Pub lic cordially invited. St Paul's Lutheran Church, Sixth and Market streets. Rev. A. G. Voigt pastor. To-day German service, with holy communion at 11 A. M. Prepara tory service at 10 30 A. M. English service at 7.30 P. M. To-morrow, Christmas service in English at 11 A M. First Baptist Church, Rev. Calvin S. Black well, D. D., pastor. 11 A. M. , "Gleams from the Star of Bethle hem." At 7.80 P. M., "Discord in the Angel Choir; Instead of Peace, War on Earth.'' Special music by quar tette. St Matthew's English Lutheran Church, North Fourth street, above Bladen, Rev. G. D. Bernheim pastor. Morning service at 11 o'clock. No service at night. Sunday school at 9 30 A. M. Christmas day service at 11 A. M. All seats free, and every person welcome. St James Church, fourth Sunday in Advent Services, 11 A. If., a orning prayer, ante-communion, sermon ; 3.45 P. M. ; teao ers' meeting in the Sun day sohocl;4.15 P. M. Sunday school; 5 P. M., children's Christmas service. Christmas day : Divine service at 11 o'clock. Public cordially invited. Services in St. John's Church to day, fourth Snnday in Advent, by the rector, Rev. Dr. CarmiohaeL Holy communion, 7.45; morning prayer and Sermon,. 11 o'clock; evening prayer, 4 30 o'clock. Christmas Day: Fir&t celebration, 7.45 A. M; morning prayer and second celebration 11 o'clock. Se vices at Grace M. E. Church to day by the pastor, Rey. J. N. Cole, at 11 A. M. and 7.30 P, M. Seats free. All welcome. Experience meeting at 10 A. M. ; Epworth League devotional meeting at 6.45 P. M. ; Sunday school at 3.30 P. M., J. H. Davis, superin tendent; weekly prayer meeting Wed nesday at 8 P. M. St Paul's Episcopal Church, corner Fourth and Orange streets. Sunday services: Early celebration of the holy communion, 7.45 A. M. ; morning prayer and sermon, 11 A. M. ; evening prayer and sermon, 7.30 P. M. Christ mas day: Morning prayer, sermon and holy communion, 11 A. M. Special and appropriate mnsio by a select choir, It isn't the bodily sickness that hurts a man. He could Btand that fairly well if bis mind were easy. But Americans are bnsy. They have work to do plana to make schemes to execute. They are " plung ers." They line up their incomes as soon as they receive them or re-invest them with the idea of increase. They cannot 'aOnrA tribe sick. Sickness ia a ca lamit a fiTtsT""'1 calamity as well as a pnys- nn An th TsZZL- AUM v. " sick man worries, and the more he worries, the sicker he grows. ' Worry is a good thing at the right time. The feel a symptom of sickness worry about it do something about it cure yourself. When you begin to feel run-down when a twinge of rheumatism tells you plainly that your blood is impaired when you are losing flesh and vitality, go to the nearest drug store and get a bottle of Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It is the greatest blood purifier and tissue builder on earth. It cures rheumatism and all other blood diseases by curing the cause. It purifies the blood and puts the blood making organs into good, healthy, working order. It tones up the stomach, stirs up the liver, helps the kidneys in their work and puts suffering nerves at rest. It contains no whisky, alcohol, opium or other dangerous drugs and does not, therefore, create Lcraving for stimulants or narcotics. J Tames E. Crampton, Esq., of Sharpsburg, Washington Co., Md., writes : "I was in busi ness in Baltimore, and had rheumatism for three months; couldn't walk at all. I tried the best doctors I could get but they did me no good. 1 took three bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medi cal Discovery and it cured me sound. I came home to Sharpsburg and there were three cases of different diseases. I advised the patients to use Dr. Pierce's medicine, which they did, and aU were cured. I have sold over one hundred dollars' worth of your medicine by telling peo ple how it cured me. You can write to our drug gist, Mr. G. F. Smith, in our town and he will fell you what'I did for you in regard to selling and advertising your frreat remedies." WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. Tne quotations are always given as accurately as possible, bnt the tak win not be responsible for any variations from the artuai market price of the articles auotad. Car Tne rouowing quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making up small orders tuzher prices nave to be charged. BAGM3INQ s Jute. Standard Burlaps WESTERN SMOKED Hams 9 Bides B Shoulders V DBY 8A-LTED Bides t. Shoulders BARRELS Spirits Tunentln 5 Q, is O 5e o 15 6 e Second-hand, each 1 15 & 1 20 1 85 1 40 SS New New York, each New City, each BEESWAX V K BRICKS v Wilmington M 5 00 O 7 00 Northern 9 00 & 14 00 BUTTKK North Carolina 16 so Northern , 27 Q, 80 CORN MEAL Per bushel, In sacks 46 & 47 Virginia Ileal 47 COTTON TIES 9 bundle Q 1 10 CANDLES V 8 perm... 18 SS Adamantine 8 11 CHEESE t Northern Factory.. 16 18 Dairy Cream 18 State 14 15 COFFEE V ft Laguyra 13 16 Rio 8 11 DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, yard 6a Yarns, fi bunch of 5 fts .... 70 SQOS dozen 18 20 FI8H- Mackerel, No. l, V barrel. . . Mackerel, No. 1, V half-bbl. Mackerel, No. 2, barrel. . . Mackerel, No. 8 half-bbl.. HackereL No. a, v barrel. . . Mullets. V barrel Mullets, Vpork barrel N. C. Roe Herring, keg. . FLOUR- 1- Low grade Choice Straight First Patent SLUE ft 6 RAIN 9 bushel Corn, from store, bgs White Car-load, In bgs White... 23 00 11 00 16 00 8S0 IS 09 3 75 3 00 5 4 35 30 00 15 00 18 00 & 9 00 14 00 4 00 3 50 3 85 10 4 50 8 00 8 50 3 90 4 60 15 3 75 4 25 52 88 60 52H 00 40 45 75 oats, from store Oats, Bast Proof., cow reas.... HIDES ft Green salted. Dry flint it. 10 Drvsalt 19 HAY 100 fts - Clover Hay. Rice Straw. Eastern Western .... North River. 85 40 80 80 80 90 60 85 85 85 4 HOOP IRON, ft LARD. ft Northern North Carolina. LIKE. barrel 3H 6 8 15 6 10 26 LUMBER (city sawed) M ft ttnip Bran, resawea Rough edge Plank 18 00 20 00 16 00 18 00 22 00 15 00 6 50 8 00 10 00 10 50 15 00 west inaia 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 Prime mill Extra mill MOLASSES gallon Barbadoes, In hogshead.. . . Barbadoes, In barrels , Porto Rico, In hogsheads. . . , Porto Rico, in barrels Sugar House, in hogsheads. Sugar Bouse, In barrels..., Syrup, in barrels , NAILS, keg. Cut, 60d basis.., PORK. barrel dtv Mess Rump Prime ROPE, ft , SALT, sack. Alum Liverpool American , On 125 Sacks , 8 50 10 00 & 25 28 30 30 14 15 25 8 00 '28 25 12 14 15 2 60 10 00 1050 9 50 9 00 10 22 1 25 95 90 60 6 50 2 25 2 75 90 85 SHINGLES, 7-inch, per M 5 00 Common 1 60 Cypress 8a pe 2 50 SUGAR. standard uran'a Standard A White Extra C Extra C, Golden C, YeUow SOAP, ft Northern STAVES, M W. O. barrel.... R. O. Hogshead. TIMBER. M feet-ShlDDlna.. 5M 4: 41 3M 4 6 00 14 09 10 00 10 00 9 00 nui, rame 7 so MilL Fair 6 50 Common Mill ( so Inferior to ordinary. 8 60 o 8 75 7 00 6 OS 5 00 shingles, N.c. cypresssawed v 11 ext nearv 7 50 5 00 8 00 2 00 6 00 6 00 8 50 6 09 8 50 2 60 6 60 6 60 sap 5x20 Heart. " Sap... 6x24 Heart, " Sap... PITT AW . WHISKEY, ralion Northern ltoo s 00 6 wool Der ft Un washed. Korui uaruiina 1 uu 9 uu 14 1 16 ADVICE TO COOKS. See that all 'left overs" are prompt ly used. Dry your pots before you put them on the shelf. Great cleanliness as well as care and attention is required in cooking. Don't try to save time by laying utensils anywhere. It makes work. Be careful not to use a knife that has cut onions until it has been clean ed. Keep your hands very clean and don't wipe your fingers on anything that is handy. Clean up as far as possible as yon go. Put scalding water in each pan as you finish with It. Never throw anything but water down the sink. Keep sink and sink brush scrupulously clean. Woman's Ufe. goven Sutherland gisters HAIR GROWER should be used by every woman, man and child de siring a rich, soft, lustrous appearance of the hair. It furnishes just the right stimulation to tha hair I bulbs and encourages the matiiTvil Ann. , : i .l j ui,tu, nun i utur muiBb ure. 11 prevents aanarna and premature gray hairs. It is the most refreshing, cooling and invigorating dressing that can be ob tained. If vour dealer cannot sno- ply you, write to us and we wOi see to It that you are supplied. Seven Sutherland Sisters m 1 I l fiUl I J urn 18 PeebrossesStreet, New York City. COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. STAR OFFICE, Dec. 23. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 48 cents per gallon for machine made casks and 47 4 cents per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at $1.10 per barrel for strained and $1.15 for erood strained. ' TAR Market steady at $1.25 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.60. per barrel for hard, $2.80 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine' fifm at 42412C; rosin, nothing doing; tar firm at $1.10; crude turpentine firm at $1 30 2.30, $2.30. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 63 Rosin 269 Tar. 865 Crude turpentine 87 Receipts same day last year. 44 casks spirits turpentine, 247 bbls rosin, 295 bbls tar, 9 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. - Market steady on a basis of 7c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 4 9-16 cts $ ft Good ordinary 5 15 16 " Low middling- 6 9 16 " " Middling 7 " " Good middling. 7fi " " Same day last year middling 5ic. Receipts 334 bales ; same day last year, 1,683. COTJNTKY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime 85c. Extra prime, 90c per bushel of 28 pounds: fancy, $l.05c, Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime, 60c: fancy, 65c. UOKJN Firm: 52 to 52$ 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 ; hams 10 to lie per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c; sides, 7 to sc. SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six-inch. $4.00 to 5.00; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50, TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 9.00 per Jh 4 FINANCIAL MARKETS. By.TelezrapU to the Moraine Star. Nkw York. December 23 Mnnv on call steady at 4 per cent. ruling rate per cent, rnme mercantile pa per .6 per cent. Sterling exchange was steady ; actual business in bank era' bills was at 487 for demand and 48U 48l for sixty days. Posted rates O4o ana 4S4s . uom- mp.rmfll hills 480 48(1 PSi'Itat oortifi oates 58 59. Bar silver 59. Mex ican dollars 47 j. Government bonds stronf. State bonds inactive Railroad bonds strong. U S. 2's, reg'd, 102i; U. S.3's, reg'd, 110 J ;do. coupon, 110 ; U. 8. new 4's, reg'd, 134J ; do. cou pon,134X ;U. S. old 4's, reg'd.114 ;do. COUDOIl. 11514 TT S K'a 1-AoHitnpml 113 tf; do. coupon, 113 tf; N. C. 6's 127: do. 4's, 107; Southern Railway 5's 105. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 49 ; Chesapeake & Ohio 28 ; Manhattan L 89X; New York Central 127; Read ing 16 ; do. 1st preferred 45 ; St Paul no ; ao. preierrea 106; southern Railway 11 ; do. preferred 51H ; Amer ican Tobacco, 87 J; do. preferred 133; reopies Gas ye; Bugar 12054; do. preferred 112; T. C. & Iron 76)4; U. S. Leather 12; do. preferred 9; western union 84. naval stores markets. By Telegraph to tne Morning star. Charleston, , December 23. -No market ; holiday. Savannah, December 23. Spirits turpentine was steady at 48c; sales 172 easts ; receipts 434 casks; exports 1S7 casks. Rosin firm; sales 1,562 Barrels; receipts 3,726 barrels; exports 6,577 barrels. PRODUCE MARKETS. By TelearaDh to the Mornlnz star. New Yobk, December 23, With the Produce Exchange, Cotton Ex- ohsn orp C!nfF V. tVi an act Matal V.-r. change and other trade centers closed ana me markets in general more or less in nonaay lorm, business in com mercial commodities was nrnp.hVullv suspended, leaving values more or less nimiVnl V ..1 n F uumiuai an wo imubiuk Liv ukd ui T7. "1 T . . . . E naay. in tne open market ror spot coffee, business was inactive with a weak undertone on the basis of 6&o for number 7. Rio invoice lots, and seven and a quarter cents for jobbing parcels. Molasses and syrups were in active but nominally steady, at former quotations. Rice was quiet and steady also unchanged in price with raw and stores were slow of sale, closing steady ior spirits turpentine, nrm tor rosin and dull for tar at unchanged prices. Butte r Rect ipts 2.T41 paoka es ; market strong : western nraatnrv 9S.ffh 27c; do.factory 1520c; Junecream ery2225c; imiution creamery 17 22c ; State dairy 1825c ; suae cream -erv 23a27e. nhnnaM RuAfntn 9. ftist packages, market firm: fall made fancy smaii lzh iaci rail maae large fancy j.zisc; ;iaie maae small 1212Xc; late made lare-e 11 ai2 Kumi "Re ceipts 5,541 packages; market weak; state ana Jfenssyivania 2i25c; west ern uneraded at mark 16a21 i4a- era 21(&24c. Potatoes nuiet And un. cnangea. CHICAGO. December 23 Th hnli. dav dullness was UOOn thn marlr tn. dav. Mav wheat closarl km ihiHa -ros. terday, May corn ic down and May oaty 40 depressed. Provisions closed. easy, May pork 57ic lower. CHICAGO. Dec. 23. Hash nimtatmris. Flour Market stead V ; wintnr nafAnla $3 403 50 ; straights $3 003 20 ; winter ciears u3 tu ; spring specials 3 90 a4 00: snrino- natAnta 3 3Dft3 straights $2 803 00; bakers' $1 90 2 55 ; low grade $1 351 85. Wheat jno. 3 spring 6lb4c; Wo. 2 red 6714 69c.- Corn No. 2, 3031e. Oats No. 2 22l40i23i4c: No. 2 whit 25Jic; No. 3 white 24j25c. Port, per barrel, (8 7010 00 Lard, ner 100 fts. f5 lOffflS K2U Short rib sides. lnnw fcK WtOhH iK Dry salted shoulders, $5 37&5 50 oi l .: -J i j A j. ouui i, uier siues, uujlcu, o aca 5 55. WnisJrev Distillers' finishf goods, per gallon, $1 23j4. The leading futures ranged as fo! lows opening, highest, lowest and closing: Wheat No. 2 December 65, 66. 65J, 65e; May 69, 69. 69X69, 6969jc; July 6970. 7070tf, 69, 6970c. Corn No. 2 December 30 Si. 30 3ft' anszn- .Tun. uary 30, 30, 30430, 3030 ; .ay oo, on, oapt, azyzc. uais Decem ber 22, 22, 22, 22c; January 23, 23 Ji 24, 23, 23c. Pork, per bbl Jan nary $10 07, 10 07$, 9 97, 10 00; May $10 40, 10 42, 10 32, 10 32. Lard, per 100 lbs January $5 45, 5 47, K 43 K 45 M R K 7K K RK K 70 Short ribs, per 100 lbs January $5 32.J4, 5 3214, 5 25, 5 25; May $5 52; i, 5 52 4, 5 42, S 45. - MARINE. CLEAKED. Clyde steamship Saeinaw. 1,429 tons. Johnson, New York, H G Small- bones. .U A niair r... List of Teaaela In ttr , 0 -Ington, w. r.. Bee. 24 , STEAMSHIP Laurelwood (Br), 1,595 tons M - H Sloan. ns' Mttei 1 Aa!a ' 1.407 tons. AB(j Heide & Co. Astrea (Br), 2,110 tons. Barrv ft burg. Alexander Bprunt Jo?" Hashngden (Br), 1,220 tonf p-n-E Peschau & Co. . s' Hlg SCHOONEltjj B I Hazard, 373 tons fti . , George Harries, Son & r a,chfort Abhie G Cole, 832 tons, CoJ; fl Hamss, Son & Co. ' Gor, BARQUES. Louise (Nor) 620 tons 7nrr Heide & Co. Loi BRIGS. M C Haskell. 277 wit "twt ma, con ca (Jo When You Want a NiceT, Present for a Gentleman, iw, Old Friend Forget HAMfrii THE HATTER Latest styles and lowest prices Km ! nls motto a Vi. v-v. BAKING Foit 48 Caiei 98 C&ses ' 40 Cases Horsfords. Good Luck. Rex. 83 Cases Blue Ribbon. 35 Cases 40 Cases 23 Cases 11 Cases 15 Cases 10 Cases Parrott & Monkey, Assorted A. &H. Quarters A & H. Halves A. & H. Nickle A. & H. Pounds A. & H. W. B. COOPER, w5.il6Bai Grocer, limlwton. s,c decrrtf STATEMENT OF Atlantic National Biol ' WILMINGTON K. 0. At the Close of Business Dec. 2nd,' isb, Co,,. densed from Report to Comptroller. RESOURCES. Loans I 856 9T1SI Overdrafts '.' ' ii JJ. 8. Bonds (at par)... n.m Banking House and Fixtures mjxok DuerromapD'd res'veaet'sl 79.16048 Dae from other banks 169 100.99 Cash on band 79,33i.5i 327.6 2:s Total. .Sl.29i233.ll LIABILITIES. Capital I 1251(11 Surplus and undivided profits ioi,;84 Circulation i,M6 Deposits U. B. Treas 1 50,000.00 Deposits from Banks 207 693 55 Deposits from Individuals 731.71&.16 Certificates of Deposit..... 35,000 oo-i,02s,4087i Total ...tl,'32!! COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. Dec. a. '97. Dec. 2, '98 Decs, Total deposits.... f 672,000 f 874,500 Jl,fc!lM Snrplns and net SLproflt . 78.200 87.J00 10131 Dividends Paid 6 Per Cent. Ter Annum. ' Last Instalment of Capital Paid Ii October 1892. decStf Frrecrackers and Penny Candy- We known you remember the place to get the best Xmas Goods. Bnt let u remind yon that more Xmas Oooli than usual will be fold tola seam and we have bought ia supply our customers CocoanntBi Oranges, Apples, Mixed Nuts, Candies. Cakei, Firecracker, Cigars, Cigarettes, Fancy Goods and Everything. ' We get the best prices ror job Turkeys and Kggs. Enoujli all Come along. T. D. LOVE, S4 North Water Street Bteamer tor Fayettevllle Mondays andThw days. Passengers, freight and towage- or rates appiy to i d. l.u dec 12 tf General AjMt. NEWS AND OPINIONS x : of National Importance, the sunsr ALONE CONTAINS BOTE Da ly, by mail, $6 a p Daily and Sunday, bsi mail, 8a)0' The Sunday Sun IS THE GREATEST SUNDAY NEWSPAPER 1 IN THE WORLD. Price 5c a copy. By mail, $2 a year. Address THE STJN, New YrK. dec 14 3t 1831 Seventieth Tear. 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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