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BY WILLIAM H, BERNARD.
I .WILMINGTON. A". C.
Friday Mobbing, Fkbbuaby 23,
ENGLISH ABD AMEilCAH
TBTJSTS.
In the trust discussion in this
country, in reply to the charge that
the tariff fosters ! trusts, it has been
asserted that there are trusts in free
trade England, j This is true, but
the English trust is an entirely
different thino- from the American
trust. The difference is well stated
in the following, ; by Thomas Scan-
Ion, of Liverpool, which we find in
the New York Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin:
"I bare been at considerable pains
to inquire if we had in this country
anytning approaching that alarminp
species of trade monopoly which our
American cousins call 'trusts.' In
Great Britain we have to search for
trusts. In America they come un
sought for, and insist on remaining.
We have, it is true, a large number of
joint stock industrial and investment
associations to which the name of
'trust' is indiscriminately applied; but
these , organizations have little or
nothing in common with the all-ab
sorbing, price dictating combinations
which have sprung into such danger
ous prominence on the other side of
the Atlantic All the evidence goes
to show that we in England, at all
events, do enjoy, to whatever cause it
may be due, a substantial immunity
from toe evils which are associated
with Acnt-rican industrial 'monopolies.
'I do not say there is no tendency
here towards commercial and indus
trial monopolies, and to the substitu
tioo of amalgamation for competition
ia business. Such a tendency is plainly
observable. The British trader is pro
bably as anxious to c vntrol the market
as his American I rival. But though
combinations on a large scale have
been attempted in many spheres of in
dustry notably in the bicycle trade,
the salt trade and some of the textile
trades lam unable to discover any
case where the prices of the commodi
ties have been appreciably raised in con
sequence. I ought perhaps to make a
qualifications. At the present time
(January, 1900) we are paying excep
tionally high prices for coal, the best
Wallsend (London) being quoted at
23s ($6 50)oer ton, as compared with
16s 61 ($4 20) this .time last year. The
congestion of traffic on the railway
lines is the excuse generally given for
the abnormal rise. But there is
amongst many outsiders an uncom
fortable suspicion that preconcerted
action on the part of the colliery
owners may have something to do
with it What effect a coal combina
tion would have upon sober English
public opinion the following extract
from the Spectator m&j serve to show:
" 'Indeed, if there were evidence of
the probability, to say nothing of the
actual formation, of a national syndi
cate for the control of the coal supply
in this country, the case for drastic in
tervention on the part of the State
would seem to. us .overwhelming.' "
" The British Parliament. Liberal or
Tory, Lords of Commons, would not
stand such an audacious monopolist
plot for one w ek. It would assume
control over the industry, and it has
no Supreme Court to question its de
crees. The formation of a coal trust
was advocated a few years ago by a
late well-known colliery owner in the
oster sible interests of both masters and
men. If it should ever appear it will
not long survive its first attack on
British industry."
We Britishers believe in cheapness.
If we could get goods for nothing we
would not be ashamed to take them.
We are not ashamed to swallow the
bounty-helped sugar of France and
Germany, which we can buy at 3d (6
cents) per pound cheaper than the re
tail price in the country where it is
produced. British sugar refiners have
suffered thereby, but the confection
ery, biscuit. jm, marmalade and sweet j
drink industries have received an im
mense stimulus owing to the cheap
ening of sugar. With the sugar which
France sends u,s under cost price, and
the cheap fruit she also sends us we
make jam, which we again export to
her at a handsome profit. If we had
a tariff of 40 per; cent, on imported
sugar that industry would be all gone,
and we should no doubt have a "sugar
trust" to control prices as they have
in America under similar conditions.
The radical (difference between
the English trusts (if they may be
called trusts) and the American
trusts, is that the English trusts are
;simply combinations of capital for
cheapening production, whereas the
American trusts, although they may,
as they claim, cheapen production,
also increase the price beyond all
reason or justification. This is a
distinction with a difference and a
very radical difference.
Another fact is stated in this ar
ticle which incidentally shows how
instrumental tariff protection is m
fostering trusts We are told that
in England the bounty-helped sugar
of Germany and France can be
bought cheaper than it is sold to the
consumers in i Germany and in
France, where, in addition to the
bounty, they have a protective tariff.
Articles made in England out of
this imported sugar are sold to Ger
many and France at a satisfactory
profit. This is precisely what the
protective tariff does for us. It
fosters trusts, j which manufacture
articles and . ship them to other
countries where they are sold at
from 25 to 50 per cent.' less than
these trusts will sell them to home
purchasers. They don't do that in
Eugland, forj the Parliament of
England, which has
tor public opinion and feels that it
"we some thine V .
wouia not tolerate ancb i
upon the public as the Congrwi of
the United States "connrres Tat by
passing and perpetuating laws that
make trusts, such as we have them,
possible and sustain them. v
There -is no person of ordinary
intelligence who believes for a mo-.
ment that the protective features
of our tariff upon which the trusts
are constructed wouldTbe protected
as they have been if it were not for
the fact that the trusts are liberal
contributors to Republican cam
paign funds, or that they would be
permitted to remain as they are in
the face of the reasons for their
modification, if the machine .man
agers of that party did not expect
to draw pretty 'freely upon the
trusts for the money that will be
necessary in the next Presidential
campaign. ;
Reference is made in the article
we quote to the advance in the
price of coal, which is attributed in
a measure at least to the transporta
tion ' companies the railroads
whose carrying capacity has been
taxed. This may have something to
do with it, but the main reason for
the advance in prices is the heavy
drain upon the English coal mines,
which has been so heavy as to neces
sitate the importation of coal from
other countries. For this reason the
price of coal has been advancing for
some time, and will go still higher,
for it is steadily becoming scarcer, as
the mines are being exhausted aid
the cost of production is increasing.
Combines ' have nothing to do
with it.
Not so in this country, where
there is an abundance of coal, where
coal lands can be bought cheaper
than they can be anywhere in the
world, where the mining can be done
cheaper, bnt where in consequence
of the protective tariff we have coal
trusts which run up prices and take
advantage of every cold snap or any
shortage in supplies, to add to the
cost and bleed the helpless public,
which must have coal or let their in
dustries stop and shiver themselves.
There are trusts and trusts. Every
country has them in some shape, but
there is but one country which has
the real thing, the genuine, soul
less, bloodsuckers, and that is our
own protective-tariff -perpetuating,
trnst-fosterihg, trust-dominated,
McKinleyized, victimized country.
LETTING THE CAT OUT.
The movements of Marion Butler
in pooling issues with the Republi
cans have not fooled anybody of or
dinary intelligence, for his game has
been too easily seen through. But
if there was any doubt about it, the
Republicans are doing 'talking
enough now to leave no room for
doubt.
Mr. Oliver H. Dockery was in
Washington a few days . ago, and
while there talked quite freely about
the prospective combine betweea. the
Republican party and the wing of
the Populist party controlled by
Butler. A press dispatch to the Ra
leigh Pott, quotes him substantial?
ly thusr
"Mr. Dockery favors fusion with
the Populists. He advocates the nom
ination of Senator Marion Butler for
Governor, and believes he will be the
fusion candidate. A Republican will
be nominated for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, and if the Republicans are rue
cessful and Senator Butler is after
ward re elected to the Senate, will
suoceed him as Governor."
This fits pretty well with the fol-
owing from a Raleigh telegram to
the Washington Post, both on the
same date:
"Talks with manv Republicans in -
dicate quite a general belief that they
and the Populists will have no trouble
in arranging a fusion ticket, with Ma
rion Butler as the candidate for Gover
nor and Spencer B. Adams for Lieu
tenant Governor. Tne Republicans
say that they would go into this ar
rangement upon the understanding, or
practically the agreement, that Butler
goes back to the Seaate and Adams be
comes Governor. They say further
that Senator Butler will have to put
his whole soul in the fight, as for hint
this year it is a struggle for political
existence in North Carolina."
Here we have Oliver H. Dockery
in Washington and Republicans in
Raleigh telling how they propose to
utilize Butler to carry out their
schemes, and telling the price they
pay him for his services. They will
make him Governor if they can,
then elect him to the Senate, and
that will put a Republican, Mr.
Adams, or some other machine fel-
lqw in the Governor's chair.
A very; nice programme if they
carry it out, but it shows the motive
of Marion's trickery and why he is
now tryiag to lead such Populists
as he can fool into the Republican
camp. Bnt the white supremacy
men of North Carolina, who see
through this game, will see that it
isn't played on them as successfully
as Butler, pPritchard, Dockery, &
Co., hope to play & ,
STARYM G MILLIONS.
If it were not for the wars and ru
mors of wars the starving condition
of a large area of British India, con
taining .many millions of' people,
would attract more attention than
it does, j For a year or more the
India Government has been provid
ing for an immense number, which
has increased from 1,250,000 to
something like 4,000,000. Bnt this
represents only the people who are
actually; fed daily by the. Govern
ment, for there are many more who
are fed by organizations of wealthy
people and by benevolent institu
tions I i . - . '
There are two areas suffering from
crop failures, one embracing 300.-
000 square : miles (six times as large
as North i Carolina crmrjuninor ' a
population of 40,000,000, aid an
other with ' 145,000 square miles,
containing a population of 921,000,
000. ''In both of. these areas the
crops have failed, and in portions of
these are total failures. In some
districts the failures -have been the
worst experienced in many years,
and in others the worst on record.
The India government has already
expended $15,000,000 in relief, and
this from all accounts is scarely the
beginning, for there are 60,000,000
of people within thefamine stricken
regions. Many millions- of these
people will have to be fed by chat it
and the food given them must be
imported for there are no home sup
plies to draw upon. There have
been and will be, with all this de
privation an immense mortality, and
yet the thousands that die daily, th
victims of starvation and disease,
attract but little attention compared
with the victims of bullets in South
Africa. The deplorable condition of
India receives but little attention
from the British people or from the
British Parliament. Lord Curzpn
and his Council are left to wrestle
with that problem as best they can.
HAS THE DOCUMENTARY PS0OF
Whether the Department of State
treated Mr. Macrum, the Amerioan
consul at Pretoria, with proper con
sideration is not a matter in which
the American people may take much
interest, but whether the British
military authorities in South Africa
treated the Government of the
United States with proper consider
ation when they held for days and
weeks, and opened and censored the
official documents passing between
Macrum and the Department of
State is a matter in which the Amer
ican people are interested. Over
his signature in a published state
ment, in which Mr. Macrum speaks
in defence of himself and tells of his
treatment by Seoretary Hay, he
makes this charge.
A few days ago he called upon
Representative Wheeler, of Ken
tucky, who offered in the House a
resolution for investigation of these
charges, and he is quoted as saying
that Macrum "has evidence in his
possession which will compel the
State Department to ask an apology
from Great Britain for tampering
with and delaying Macrnm's official
mail and dispatches."
Shortly after the beginning of
hostilities between the British and
the' Boers a cargo of American flour
consigned to parties in South Africa
was seized by a British cruiser. That
called for prompt attention and for
reasons why that flour was seized.
The result was that the British
Government "regretted" the seizure
and the flour was released. ' -
That was an offence against the
exporters of the flour, but tamper
ing with those dispatches and offi-
cial letters was an offence against
the United States, which -Jl true
should have been promptly resented.
Whether it is true or not remains to
be seen, and leaving Mr. Macrum
entirely out of the case, it is due to
the people of this country that tho
truth be known.
A cat nursery in London took in
and cared for 13,904 homeless pussies
within the past three years. The
promising ones were provided with
homes where that could be done,
while the weakly, decrepit, etc.,
were put to sleep, with narcotics.
CURRENT COMMENT.
One of the unconsidered re
sults of the war in the Philippines is
the large number of soldiers serving
there who have gone insane. 'Ac
cording to a San Francisco dispatch
250 demented soldiers have been
sent East from that city and 200
more will soon arrive from Ma
nila. Here is a cud for the expan
sionists to chew. Neva Orleans
States, Dem.
There will be no farther attempts
during the current session of Con
gress to reorganize the diplomatic
and consular service on a civil ser
vice basis. The foreign Affairs
Committee of the House has tabled
the bills relating to the subject, and
the friends of this reform will have
to wait until next year or longer,
it may be. With a national cam
paign impending, the time is not
auspicious to cut down the number
of places at the disposal of patron
ange mongers, Philadelphia Rec
ord, Dem.
The Carnegie-Frick case involves
more money than any ever submit
ted to a court of law in America,
and perhaps anywhere else. A
Hague tribunal would hardly be
too big for its adjudication. The
property in partition represents
more value than the capitalization of
the -Last India and South Sea com
panies put together, and the house
of Rothschild had been in business
for some generations bof ore it - had
accumulated so much money. It
is mainly the growth of the last
dozen years, and it may take the
lawyers as mnch longer to settle the
dispute concerning it. New York
j. rtoune, xteo.
Glortooa news '
Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of
Washita, L T. He writes: "Four
bottles of Electric Bitters has cured
Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which bad
caused her great suffering for years.
remote sores would, break out on her
bead and face, and the best doctors
could give no help; but her cure ia
complete and her health is excellent."
This shows , what, thousands, have
proved, that E ectnc Bitten is the
beat blood purifier known. ' It's the
supreme remedy for eczema, tetter, salt
rheum, ulcers, boils and running sores.
It stimulates liver, kidney and bowels,
expela poisons, helps digestion, 'builds
up the strength. Only 50 cent. Sold
by R. R. Bellamy, Druggist. Guar
anteed, f
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SPIRITS 'TURPENTINE.
Goldsboro' Headlight: " After a
lingering illness,; Mrs. Huldah T.
Dawson, widow of the late Thomas
Dawson, of Lenoir county, departed
this life Sunday night at the homCof
her daughter, Mrs. John Slaughter,
aeed 76 years. I
Fayetteville Observer : Tues
day night our former townsman, Mr.
Amos Carter, .brother of, our towns
man, Mr. Silas' Carter, was killed iu
Bennettsville by a negro, who struck
him with an axe. Mr. Carter, who
was working county convicts, had
turned his head, when one of them (a
negro) picked up an axe and brained
him. The murderer escaped, but is
surrounded.
Durham Herald:
it am Fred Morrow: of
: About a year
Vance county.
killed a negro man oecause neiusuiieu
Mrs. Morrow, and then made his
escape. Since then ho has been in hid
ing. A few days ago Mr. Morrow
came to Durham and remained he-
until Monday, when he left for bis
home, near Williamsboro, saying he
would then surrender to the authori
ties and tand trial. Mr. Morrow be
longs to a very prominent Vance coun
ty family and is certain that he can
produce evidence that will result in bis
acquittal.
Charlotte News: Mr. C. L.
Mulwee died at his home in Crab
Orchard to wnship yesterday afternoon
after an illness of one week. Deceased
. i . i
was
32 vears old Friends of
Hon. F. I. Oiborne are of the opinion
that be will secure the place on the
Philippine Commission Mr. Osborne
is still in Washington. Nothing has
been heard from either he or Senator
Pritchard in rezard to the matter.
Pandermonium reigned at the Ging
ham mill th s morning. It was indeed
a laughable sight to see over 400 fright
eued operatives scramble for tbe doors
and windows in their efforts to evade
the vaccinating physicians.
Lexington Dispatch : The
American Furniture (jo. will ship a
car load of furniture tp Boston. Mass.,
this week. This company manuffcb
tures an excellent grade of furniture
and their goods are rapidly achieving
a wide reputation. Mr. Jno. T.
Sink, Jr., of Lexington township,
killed a hog last week that is remark
able for the amount of cash it has
netted its owner. It was a sow and
weighed 608 pounds when killed. Mr.
8ink says he has raised one hundred
and nineteen pigs from this sow, which
he sold for exactly (353. Add to this
the present worth of pork per pound,
say five cents, and it will be seen that
he realized exactly 1377,40 from one
hog.
Raleigh News and Observer:
The Cooperville Brick Company, of
New York, has decided to establish a
plnt in this county, on the Raleigh
and Cape Fear Railroad, with a capa
city of 40.000 brick daily. Property
has been purchased. The new
cotton mill to be erected in Smoky
Hollow, Durham, which was origi
nally capitalized at $25,000, will now
cost 450,000, 200,000 more having been
added to the capital stock. The new
factory will have 16,000 spindles and
800 looms. Ground is to be broken
next month for the erection of the
plant. Tbe Durham Hosiery Mill,
which i owned by General Julian S.
Garr, will be removed to the same lo
cality. The capital stock of this
company, which was originally $100,
000, has been increased to $350,000.
Work will begin right away, and it is
expected that tbe new hosiery saill
will be ready by the first of Septem
ber. The new poer house of
the Durham Electric Light Company
is to be erec ed in Smoky Hollow. Ii
will cost $50,000, and is to be equipped
with the be t and morst improved
machinery, making the plant equal
led by none in the 8tate.
TWINKLINGS.
Assistant "How shall I cata
logue this book describing a hunter's
adventures?" Librarian "Among in
ventions." Flieaende Blatter.
Hard Twist "Faith," said the
janitor philosopher, "if th' t wis tin'
tapes up much lone-er th loion will
nade a new taiL" Chicago New
A Cheerful Soul: Farmer
"See here! You've been loa finer round
here half a day. Tramp "Well, half
a loaf's better' n none, ain't it?" Puck.
"How long did you know your
wife before you married her. Grimes!"
''Not a minute. Don't know her vet.
Never will I know her." Collier's
Weekly
"Yes," said the Spanish states
man, we must re establish our nayy
True " replied the other, "but what
baye we to begin with?" " Well,
thank goodness 1 we still have plenty
of water." Phil. Record.
Mrs. Qui-Vive "Dear Mr. Sur
plice, I cau't -nake up my mind what
Lenten sacrifice will be the most ac
ceptable." Mr Surplice "Ah! -oh 1
well dear madame suppose you eiye
up trying to run the church." Life.
Hoax "Klumsy is very fond
of horses, isn't he?" Joax "If he is,
it's something new." Hoax "Well,
I siw him out riding the other day,
and he had both arms around the
corse's neck." Philadelphia Record,
Sorry the Day : Jaggles "What
did your friend mean when he said
this country would have been better
oil if there bad never been any negroes
here!" Waggles "I suppose he meant
we wouldn't have had aoy coon songs."
Judge
"Maybe the Boers is givin'
Ould England a dale o' trouble,'" said
Cassidy, "but Oi notice there's an
Irish family thot's kapin' her guessin',
too." "Phwat's that " asked Finni
gan. "The Powers." Philadelphia
Press. , '
Ida "People tell me that I
have the complexion of a dressed doll!"
May "Tell me the secret, dear." Ida
"What secret!" May "Where you
get the same kind of paint they use on
Dresden dolls? Do you have to im
port it from Dresden ?"
In Kentucky; lCol. Castlerig
will not be at his office to day," said
the assistant. "He is confined to his
home." "That's too bad," replied the
stranger who wanted to see tbe Colo
nel. "What's the trouble, grip?" "No;
his gun is out of order.!' Chicago
Times.
A Lire And Death Flgbt.
Mr. W. A. Hines of Manchester, Ia.,
writing of his almost -miraculous es
cape from death, says: "Exposure af
ter measles induced serious lung
trouble, which ended in Consumption.
I had - frequent hemorrhages and
coughed night and day. All my doc
tors said I must soon die. Then I be
gan to use Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, which completely
cured me. I would not be without it
even if it cost $5.00 a bottle. Hun
dreds have used.it on my recommen
dation and all say it never fails to cure
Throat, Chest and Lung troubles "
Regular size 50c and $1 00. Trial bot
tles 10c at R. R. Bellamy's Drug
Store. . 1 . j t
Read the advertisement of the Eas
Carolina Real Estate Agency in this
issue of the Stab. It offers for sale
some very valuable farms. f
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WOMEN WHO WORK.
THE GftEAT , CHANGE I THAT- HAS
; TAKEN PLAC&IN LATB. YEARS.
Tft BiuUaeMi Wkof X. Her
Own MJter. No Loaser Hu to BU
rr to Secure Home An Imdepemd
meo Tba-t Ia Wholeiomer ;
Among the novelties of this remark
able age we find a new creature whlch has
been evolved during the past half cen
tury, orI might better say, the. last 25
years. "' ' I !" . "I ' '
Any,one "who studies the signs of the
times and observes the direction in which
the weather vane of feminine opinion is
beginning to turn will notice that women
are by no means so, anxious, to marry as
they were 50 or even 25 years ago. ' t
The principal .reason, for this change -of
sentiment is due to the fact that the in
dustrial world has been thrown open to
woman in almost all its branches., Or,
more accurately, j perhaps, woman,
through her increasing courage and dis
regard for tradition,; has taken these posi
tions by force, even though her compen
sation has been Jess than that of man.
' Against great odds she has fought her
way to the front, and with increased in
come she has acquired increased - inde
pendence. I . I
Already between 3,000,000 and 4,000,
000 women out of a total population of
70,000,000 souls in the United States are
earning their own living, and in a variety
of occupations too numerous to mention.
In addition to the army of seam
stresses, . domestics ; and mill operatives,
you will find women in almost every kind
of employment, and. many of them receiv
ing salaries that men might envy.
In the sphere of journalism : woman
holds a conspicuous position. The fe
male reporter and interviewer j are fa
miliar sights in public gatherings and pri
vate receptions. All the great dailies
are more or less indebted to her pen for
book reviews, criticisms on art and the
drama and other! contributions. She
supplies stories without end to the popu
lar weeklies and monthly magazines, and
in the field of literature she has won both
fame and fortune.
Women preachers, and lecturers are
becoming quite common. Women physi
cians are increasing in number 'as well
as in popularity and prominence." Already
the world has recovered from its sur
prise in-seeing women lawyers pleading
in court.
What women will not do as time rolls
on we dare not say. Nowadays when
their husbands die they superintend the
business or the farm as easily as if they
had always been in charge.
This is woman's era indeed, and such
is her persevering nature we may rest
assured that she will never resign the
manifold rights and privileges she now
possesses. I
Her sphere has broadened and never
again can be compressed into the narrow
limits of the' domestic ; circle. Woman
has evolved from slavery into self rule
and self support in America, and what
she has done here she will do in time
the world over.
The latter half of the nineteenth cen
tury has brought forth a new type of
woman, and she has come to stay. -She
is a business woman, an independent
factor in the realm of industry. She
earns her own living. -She is her own
master. ! '
- If a man wants to marry her, he must
take her as an equal and hot as a sub
ordinate. She will not consent to being
a mere moon revolving around the mas
culine earth. She will be a twin star
or nothing. Her business training will
certainly make her a better wife, for she
will be able to sympathize with her hus
band in his daily toil aa well as give him
counsel and apply business methods to
domestic economy. j :
A peculiar feature of the modern in
dustrial woman, however, is her growing
indifference to marriage, or rather her
unwillingness to marry,? inasmuch as she
regards an active and absorbing business
career incompatible with maternity.
Today we see marriageable women in
growing numbers deliberately rejecting
offers of matrimony and deciding to live
singly. Ambitions women in the various
professions realize that marriage, with
its accompanying cares1 and duties, is in
compatible with the highest success, and
accordingly multitudes, of them deter
mine from the start to live in celibacy
and adhere rigidly to their purpose. In
the severe competition of life they need
all their energies for their business or
profession. i
It is astonishing what a small percent
age of women who graduate from college
are married only 27 per cent, or about
one out of every four, if the register of
the Association of College Alumnae is a
fair criterion.
Now the question arises, what will be
tbe result of this nonmarrying disposi
tion which modern life is developing, and
how extended will it become?
That it will diminish considerably the
percentage, of marriages there is no
doubt, but this need not alarm us. There
is no lack of population yet. If fewer
children are born, those who are unmar
ried can utilize their spare time in im
proving the condition of such children
as already exist. They present a mag
nificent field of Christian labor on the
part of our consecrated unmarried wo
man. -
True marriage is like courtship, the
only ship in which there are two mates,
but no captain. I am convinced that
such marriages are only possible when
the contracting parties are overwhelm
ingly in love with ; one another and re-
main so during life or when the woman
la capable of self support and not de
pendent upon her husband for her living.
For the happiness of womankind, there
fore, whether married or single, I am in
favor of some trade or occupation for
each and every one.
Taking man as he is, half savage yet,
with only the veneering of civilization
upon him, I say the only inHependent
woman is the capable woman, who can
compel her hasband to give her civil
treatment. I
I pity the young woman who starts
forth in life without the ability to earn
her own living and relies only on a pos
sible marriage for a lifelong support
Her policy is a poor one. I care not
whether she marries or remains single.
Rev. John L. Scudder.
Tepid Bath the Best.
A tepid bath is more permanently re
freshing than a cold one. The latter
seems to refresh more at i the moment,
bnt cold water promotes rapid circula
tion, thus causing ; heat, whereas tepid
water will leave the skin cool and moist.
A. small quantity of ammonia or the ad
lition of a little soda to the bath is use
Mil in case of undue perspiration. Wo
man's Life.
Curious Funeral Custom.
In Switzerland death Is attended by
a custom which calls upon all charita
ble and Christian people to show their
sympathy. A notice edged with a wide
black line appears In the daily papers
setting forth the day and hour when
sympathizers must assemble before
the house of the deceased.! At the time
named a little cloth covered table, sup
porting a good sized Jar. Is stood be
fore the house, table, cloth and Jar all
being of a somber; cbony,hue, and inte
the latter small mourning cards, bear
ing the name and address of their own
ers, are deposited. Tho day the funeraL
takes place Is the day selected for the
exhibition of the jar. No ladies are al
lowed to follow at a Swiss funeral.
Unexpected.
"Why. Clara," said a mother to her
little daughter, who was crying. ?what
are you crying about?" ! f
" 'C cause." sobbed the little miss, "I
s-started to m-make dolly a.b-bonnet,,
and it c-comed out b-bloomers."
Trained Motherhood.
It is probably true that love laughs at
locksmiths, but any careful reader of
the proceedings of tbe divorce courts
cannot fail to observe that tfie lock
smiths get a laughing inning later on.
Philadelphia Inquirer. '
A man Is Invariably disappointed
when the man be Is said. to look like Is
pointed out. to him. Atchison Globe.
Health Is a price
less jewel every
body admits that.
Yet the people who
protect their gold
by - burglar ; alarms,
and? lock their dia-'
thonds- in a steel
vault, make not the
least effort to pro
tect the jfewel they
declare to be price
less. Some day they
find the jewel is
gone, .stolen by thief
Disease,: and they-
Htf will Trior trt crin
rrftm
STOLEN
PRICELESS
JEWEL,
. WIU26IVC v
tvcRYTnins
TO RECOVER JT.
LJUJJ fl to get
The quickest and surest way to the
recovery of lost health, is by the use of
that radical and rational ' remedy, Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Dis
eases which : originate in j the stomach
must be cured through the stomach. A
host of chronic sufferers who had " doc
tored "for f&rs for a diseased heart,
liver or spleen, have at last used "Golden
Medical Discovery" for the blood, stom-1
ach and organs of digestion and nutri
tion, and found a perfect cure of the
hitherto incurable ailments. The most
convincing argument for a trial of the
"Golden Medical Discovery" is that it
has cured so many people "given up"
by the doctors. - . -
There is no alcohol, cocaine, opium .
or other narcotic in " Golden Medical
Discovery."
"1 have long felt it my duty to acknowledge
to you what your ' Golden Medical Discovery '
and 'Favorite Prescription have done for me,"
writes Miss Alice Hampton, of 199 East 4th St.,
Lexington, Ky. " I had intermittent fever (or
foret and ague) one year before taking your
medicines, and ivas prononnced incurable. Had
a very bad cdugh. My arms and shoulders
would ache and sometimes I would feel so
numb I thought I was dying-. I had also a
bad case of womb trouble from which I suffered
' great pain. Had it not been for Dr. Pierce's
"medicines I know I would have been in my
grave. I have taken three bottles of each of .
your, medicines."
For stomach, bowels and liver, when
disordered, use Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. .
WHOLESALE PRICES CDBEEIT.
Tne quotations are always given accurately
as possible, but the Star will not be responsible
tor any variations from the antcai market price
Of the articles auoted . '
tar The following quotations represent
Wholesale Prices generally. In making up
rmg.11 orders hhzher nrices have to be chargea.
BAGK31H3
I 8 Jute 694
j standard 7
1 Burlaps
7
7J
6J4
WKSTBKN SMOKXD
, Hams 9 t
Bides f B .
Shoulders V B...
DRY BAliTED
Bides t..
' Shoulders t
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine
IS
a
O
8
8
s
eeoona-nana, eac o
New Mew York, each 1 40 a
New City, each 1 4oa
BEESWAX V
1 40
1 50
1 SO
4
BRICKS
Wilmington V M
' Northern
BUTTER
North Carolina V
Northern
CORN MKA.L
Per bushel, In sacks
Virginia Meal
6 75
9 00
18
28
700
14 00
90 :
60
SO :
85
85
11
13
14
18
18 ,
11
70
11
O
49
49
OOTTON TIKav bundle 1 as
CANDLKB .
Sperm
Adamantine ......
CHEESE 9 B
Northern Factory. .. . . . . . .
Dairy Cream
State. .".
OOFFEE V
Laguyra
Bio
DOME81 ICS
Sheeting, 4-4, V yard
Tarns. V bunch of 5 s ..
18
8
18
ISM
UM
18
M
EGGS dozen 10 O
FISH
Mackerel, No. 1, 9 barrel.. .
Mackerel, No. 1, V half-bbl.
83 00
11 00
16 00
8 00
13 00
S 75
80 03
O 13 00
O 18 00
& 9 00
14 00
4 00
Mackerel, No. 8, 9 barrel...
Mackerel, No. 8 halX-bbl. .
MackereL No. 8, w barrel...
Mullets, 9 barrel
Mullets, Vpork barrel
N. O. Roe Herring, 9 keg..
e::::::::::::::
rLOOB-wS
Low grade
Choice
Straight
nrst Patent
8MJE f)
GRAIN 9 bushel
Corn, from store, bgs White
Car-load, In bgs White...
Oats, from store
Oats, Rust Proof
Cow Peas
HIDES 9 m
Green salted
Dry nlnt.
Drv salt
BAT V 100 ts
Clover Hay...........
Rloe Straw
Eastern..
Western ,
North River
3 SO
3 85
10
4 60
8 00
5
4 85
O
8 85,
4 85
10ft
51H
88
80
3 00
S 60
4 00
4 60
UK
t3
ss
40
45
SO
(9
EO
50
1 00
1 00
86 -
O
JO
75
40
90
90
80
HOOP IRON, 9 B
LARD, sj
Northern 7
North Carolina 8
LTKE.V barrel 1 15
LUMBER (city sawed) V M ft-
8 hip Stuff, reeawed 18 00
Rough edge Plank 1&.00
West India cargoes, accord
S lnsr to Quality 13 00
o
1
8
10
85
80 00
16 00
18 00
83 00
15 00
6 50
8 00
10 00
10 60
Dressed Flooring:, seasoned. 18 00
Bcantime and Board, com'n 14 00
Common T"'" 6 00
Fair mill 6 50
Prune mill 8 50
Extra mill 10 00
MOLASSES V gallon
fiarbadoee, in hegsnead.....
85
83
80
S2K
Baroaaoes, m Darreis
Porto Rloo, In hogsheads. . . .
Porto Rico, in barrels
Sugar House, in hogsheads.
Sugar House, in barrels....
Syrup, In barrels
NAILS, keg, Cut, 60d basis...
88
28
18
14
15
8 95
11 75
11 50
11.00
10
90
85
14
15
85
3 00
18 00
Cltv Mess
Bump....
Prune....
ROPE. t
12 00
11 60
88
1 85
95
90
60
6 50
8 85
8 75
5H
tt
49s
a
SALT, 9 sack. Alum
Liverpool
American
On 125 f Sacks
SHINGLES, 7-lnch, per M.
5 00
1 60
8 60
uonunon.
ress Saps
BUGAR. 9 1 Standard Gran'd
Standard A
White Extra C.
Extra C, Golden
C, Yellow
SOAP, 9 Northern
STAVES. V M W. O. barrel....
R. O. Hogshead.
TIMBER, 9 M feet Shipping..
SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed
9 M 6x84 heart
" Sap
8M
6 00 I
1
4
14 09
10 00
10 00
800
760
5 00
8 00
8 00
6 00
6 00
VVt
1 00
14
7 60
e so
I 00
8 50
8 50
6 09
8 50
8 50
6 60
5 60
6
8 00
00
IK
8 75
7 00
6 0CJ
6 00
5X80 Heart
" Sap
6x84 Heart....
Sap.
T ALLOW. t...
WHISKEY, 9 gallon, Northern
North Carolina
WOOT. per tt -Unciataed
MTU, Prune,
Mill. Fair..
uommott suii. ........ ..
Inferior to ordinary.. . .
Some Prophecies) Fulfilled.
Long before his name was known out
side his native country Oliver Cromwell
was making one of his rambling speeches
in the house of commons. Lord Digby
asked Hampton who he was, and Hamp
ton replied, "If ever we should come to
a breach with the king, that sloven will
be the greatest man in England." Never
was any prophecy more completely ful
filled than this.
"Almost equally remarkable in its way
was Disraeli's prophecy, "But a time
will come when you will hear me," made
when nothing appeared more unlikely
than the brilliant series of triumphs
which fulfilled it.
Another instance of a quickly fulfilled
prophecy 1 was furnished by Pope Pius
VII when he was told of Napoleon's es
cape from Elba. "Don't worry . about
It," he said; "it is a storm that will be
over in three months." The story of the
Hundred Days proved his holiness to be
right to a few hours.
govomguthorland
gjsfors
IIAIR GROWER
should be used bv everv
woman, man and child de
siring a rich, soft, lustrous
appearance 01 the hair, it
furnishes lust the ritrhfc
stimulation to the hair
bulbs and encourages the
natural flow of hair moist
ure. It prevents dandruff
and premature gray hairs.
It is the most refreshing',
cooling and Invigorating
dressing that can be ob
tained. - .
If your dealer cannot sup
ply you, write to us and we
will see to it ttut you are
supplied.
Seven Sutherland Sisters
IS Desbrosses Street, New Tprk City. ;
I, miff!,,.
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
! STAB OFFICES. Feb. 22.
Holiday No quotations.
foreign Market.
:i BvCfthle to the Morning 8ti.
Liverpool February . 22, 4 P.
M. Uotton Spot ia moderate . de
mand; prices 1 16d higher. American
middling 5, 9 32d; good middling 6
S 32d ; middling 5 1 32d ; low ' middling.
4 29-32d ; good ordinary 4 23-32d ; ordi
nary 4 17 S2d. The sales . of the day
were 8,000 , bales of which 1,000 were
for speculation and export and included
7,500 American. Receipts 10,000 bales,
including 7,500 American. ' -.
Futures opened steady and closed
quiet and steady. American middling
(1. m. c) February 4 62 64d seller;
February and March 4 59 644 50 64d
seller; April and May 4 53 64d seller;
May and June 4 50-64d seller; June
and July 447 64 4 48 64d buyer; Ju y
and August 4 45 644 46 64d buyer;
August and September 4 39-644
40 64d buyer; September and October
4 21 644v22 64d buyer; October and
November 4 12 64d seller; November
ajid December 4 7 64d buyer.
ARRIVED.
1 Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, Fayette
ville, T D Love.
CLEARED.
i Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, Fayette
ville, T D Love.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
List cf Vessels in tit !" o c ij
aUoxton, N. t;.. Feb. 23. 1900.
SCHOONERS.
Ohas H Wolston, 287 tons, Hinckley,
i George Harriss, Son & Co.
Melissa Trask, 225 tons, French, Geo
i Harriss, Son & Co.
Oliver Scofield, 337 tons, Bragg,
I George Harriss, Son & Co.
BARGES.
Maria Dolores, 610 tons, Bonneau,
I Virginia- Carolina Chpmical Co.
1 We have ju-t received arfreeh shipment of In
fants Children" and Hisses Fine Bnot-s which
are strictly up-to-date. They re the best
valaM that mo ey can buy . There are no bet
ter Btoes made for mltses and ladies than our
FAMOUS
DUTTENH0FER
SHOES.
' A nelot just in and more on the road.
: C ur cheaper lines of hom for both male and
fern tie are all lull values, and as Kood as can be
found atij where.
Special Drives in
Winter Goods.
; Call for them.
MERCER & EVANS.
115 Princess street.
: 63)4 steps east from cornr Front; 63Vg west
from corner of second. fe 18 tf
STATEMENT OF
If !
WILMINGTON. N. C.
At the Close of Business Feb. 13th, 1900, Con
densed from Report to Comptroller.
RESOURCES.
Loans I 913 38180
Overdrafts.. 16 99
U. 8. Bonds (at par S's & 4's) 193,100.00
Banking- House and Fixtures, 10,000.00
Due from app'd res've agt's S 6 498 66
Due from other banks 187 838.71
Cash on hand '. 102 54 ..92486,874 29
Total 11,604 828 48
LIABILITIES.
Capital f 136,000.00
Surplus and undivided profits 100 583.81
Circulation 41,040.00
Deposit U. 8 Treas. S150.37V00
Deposits fronvBanks .4:86-67 95
Deposits fromv individuals 766 65b.72
Certificates of Deposit. .... 86,000 00-1,238,198 67
Total .....11.504 82248
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Feb. 13 "88. Feb. 13, W Feb. 13.1900
ToUi deposits.... 1654,000 Sl,141,000 Sl,33,000
Surplus and net
profit 75.400 89.000 ,100.500
U.S. bonds at par 55,000 95.6C0 196,100
Dividends Paid 6 Per Cent. Per Annum.
Last Instalment of Capital Paid In
October 1893. feb81tf
Seasonable
Goods.
MULLETS, new catch.
Best Cream Cheese,
Martin's Gilt Edge Butter,
Bagging and Ties.
SALT.
A. GENERAL LINE OF CASK GOODS IN
DEMAND AT THIS SEASON. -
Sole agents for Rob Roy
FLOUR.
McM AIR & PEARS ALL.
sen io tf
.OLD NEWSPAPERS.
You Can Buv
Old Newspapers
in
Quantities to Suit,
at the
STAR OFFICE
Suitable for Wrapping:
, Paner and
Excellent for
Placing Under Carpet
ao24tf ,
DUCRO'S
Alimentary'
la highly recommended as a remedy for
lane diseases and as a. preventive for
typhoid, malarial and all kinds ot fevers -
Agent, B. Fore AC., HewTrk
II 1
Bit
AuanuG
0
ELIXIR
Democratic Primaries.
-
rJOTICE.
All white men who wish to Join the movement
for tbe promotion or good government, ana
who henestly Intend to support the Democrat Io
nominees, are mvlted to participate in a pri
mary election which Is hereby called to" be held
in the several war da and township of New
Hanover county on Tuesday, March 80th isoa,
at the following hoars:
Polls in the city will be open at 8 o'clock a
M. aid closed? P. M.
Pons In the precincts outside of the city of
Wilmington will opsn at 9 o'clock and close at
4 o'clock P.M. ,
The Primary. Election la called for the purpose
of nominating candidates lor the following
county ( faces:
Sheriff, Bemsterof Deeds, County Tieaurer
County Coroner, County Surveyor, two mem
bers of the Hi use of Representatives.
Also, a Senator for New Hanover and Brans
wick counties.
The said Primary Election Is also called tor
the purpote of electing five executive c mart
teemen for -each precinct, and delegates to the
county convention which is hereby called to
meet on Saturday, March 81st, 1900, in ha c ourt
House la Wi inlngton for tha purpose of elect
ing delegates to the s tate and District con ven
tlons and for the purpose of ratifying the action
of the primaries.
At tse clote of the election the poll-holders
shall immediately count the votes and make
returns ia duplicate to th Coaniy Executive
Commute, at the Court House, signed by at
least two of the DoU-hol lers.
The Coun y Executive Committee" shall Cer
tify the reeu.t to the Couufy con ention which
shau; ratiiy the ac ionorihop ople in the pri
maries by d-claring the cantldttes who re
ceived a majority or the axrrgate vote oast
In tbe county for the rep crave offices the reg
ular liOmln es tf the Democratic Party.
In the event that uo cnd date receives a ma
Jorlty of the vote cast Tor tht offl j- far v hxh
hi etood, then a s- cuuo. primer shall be held un
Tuesday, March a7t,b, 190 , whicn primary shall
be governed by th j sm ru. s an re gul .ti ns
whio; governed the first pilaia: y. and the cLly
caLdiiatts voted for shall be the two whu u i u
Ceived the highest vote In the fl;t primary.
Votes CiSi for any other persona i-hail iot b
counted.
There shall be only tne voting place ia ei h
ward and to nshlp. e. capi, thai lu iari.eu,
townthlp there shall ba tw. one of wh t h thli
be located at or near the Delgado Mills.
Ballot boxes shall be provided as fol owe: At
each voting place there shall be one box prop
eily labelled for Ci-uuty Officer.-; one box for
Legislative Candidates; and on box lor each
prsclnct. where tnere Is m re than oue prtciucc
In the ward or township, in whUh votss for
precinct executive committeemen ana it le
gates to the county convention shall be a st.
Candidate for county offices shall be v. ud
for on one ballot; candidates for iegls atlve
offices shall be voted for on ona ballot; and ex
ecutive committeemen and aelegaces to th
county convention shall b voted lor on cue
ballot.
The following Inspectors of eke: ion and pol.
hoers have been appointed. j
First Ward W. T. Carpenter, W. L. West.
C. J. W. Render.
Second Ward E. Keith Calmer, H. a Fenr-ell,
J. tt. Love.
l hlrd Ward-L. B. Saeser, I. H. Well, T.
Wade.
Fourth Ward W. F. Bobertson, O. H. fcm th.
A. L. DeBosset.
Fifth Ward B. B. Penny, Jno. F. Lltt etoa,
J. B. Barnes.
Caps Fear Township W. H. fche -rin, Boot.
Bordeaux, Chae. Casteenv
Harnett Township At Township House
W. F. Alexander, B. B. Humphrey. J D. v ooay.
At Delgado Mhls Jesse Wul ami
Masonboro Towfcsnlp J. T. Hawkins C. B
Bishop.
Federal Point Township Owen Marilnu&l ,
J. T. Burnett Thos. McUtiee.
The polling places will be announced later.
The several precincts are entitled t tne fal
lowing representation In the county Conven
tion: First Ward First precinct, six iel gae;
rteona precinct, tour delegates; Third precinct,
three delegates; Fourth pre ci act, one alokt ;
Fifth prtclnct, one delegate.
. Second ward (Two prscincts), sixteen dele
gates Thud Ward First precinct, tea dewgot-;
Bee i d preclnc s save i delgates
Fourth Ward First precinct, s ven ue egat e ;
Secoud precinct, s'x ds egates.
Fifth Ward Fj-at prec.net, six delegates;
Second precinct, seven dcl-Ka'es; Thud pre
cinct, five delegates; Fourth p eclnct, tw dele
gates. Cape Fear Township Two delegates
Harnett Township (Twoprecncts), tour del v
gates.
Masonboro Township Two delegates.
Federal Point Townsh p One delegate.
By order of the Democra lc Executive Ctm
mltfce ot New Hanover county.
D. McEaCHEBN, Chklrmar.
W. A. WRIGHT. Sec eta y.
- N. B. To vasanc es In pollholders at D.-1
gado Mills and one In Masonboro Township will
be filled la er.
Dispatch copy. fe22 2t
1831
Seventieth Tear.
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