1900 ITOYEMBEE 1900 SllWoJ To. 1 WeJ Th. I Fri. Sat LAJL 11 113 14 15 16 17 18 1 20 21 22 23 24 25g27128 291301 MOON'S a, r&U n too Qk4foW O p. m. fC Third -in 9:37 Vc QuArtr iu p. m. flktw on 1:11 VMuuii a. m. i Quarter 29 p. m. BY WILLIAM H. HilRNARD, WLLJaTNUTUIX. JN. C. Sunday Mo&jrur, November 25, A GREAT CSOP. It used to be said that "cotton is king. " This baa been disputed lately, for the low price which cotton had reached when it got down to five cents or leas per pound, which barely paid the cost of production, de prived it of its royalty; bat it is picking up and recovering its pres tige. Whether it will continue to be a royal crop will depend much upon the men who make it. They can keep it where it will pay them well and bring wealth to the South, or they can pull it down to where it will be a drudge crop, which will bring them loss instead of profit, and re tard the prosperity of their section instead of promoting it. Properly handled and utilized there are unbounded possibilities in the cotton crop, possibilities which are increasing every year. As show ing these possibilities The Manufac turers Record, of Baltimore, makes the following exhibit of the value of the crop this year: The South 's cotton crop this year II be worth from $450,000,000 to $500,000,000, against an average of $300,000,000 of late yean, an ineaease or from s,iso,oou,ooo to $200,000,000. Including the teed, the value of the cotton crop will exceed $600,000,000. Southern mills will consume prob ably 1,750,000 bales, against 1,500,000 bales last year. Thj cotton, which will cost Southern mills about $75, 000,000 to $80,000,000, will, in its man ufactured shape, be worth more than $225,000,000, thus adding $150, 000, 000 in the process or manufacture. To this add an estimate of $100,000,000, as the value of cotton seed olil, hulls, etc,, and is found that the colon crop this year will yield up the South the fol owing: Cotton and seed $500,000,000 Added value of cotton manufactured in the South 150.000.000 Value of oil and hulls, etc, for feeding, 100,000,000 Total, $750,000,000 "This is one of ihe many stores this one being worth $750,000,000 farming the ifoundations for the Souths business structure. " This gives the actual value to the South of the present crop without taking into account what others make out of the portion of the crop which they handle. The South now man ufactures about one-sixth of her crop which increases the valnue of that one-sixth $150,000,000. If the whole crop were manufactured in the South, $900,000,000 would be added to its value and instead of bringing in to the Sooth $450,000,000 or $500,000,000 it would bring $1,350, -000,000 or $1,400,000,000, and this iaon the basis of the ordinary, com mon grades of goods now made in Southern mills, and does not take into consideration the possibilities in the finer grades which would multiply many times the value of the cotton used. The cotton which is trebled in value by being manu factured into coarse grade goods may be made five, six or seven times as valuable by being converted into fine grades. Of course the whole crop could not be worked up into fine grade goods, because there would be no market for them, and all the cotton produced is not suita ble for fine grades, bnt if as much attention were given to fine grades, which can be made as well in the South as anywhere, many millions would be added to the value of the Southern cotton crop. It Is said that European mills Snake $2,000,000,000 a year on the manufacture Of ihe cotton they im port from the Sooth. These look like pretty large figures, but many of the European mills make a spe cialty of fine goods, for which they get big prices,. ten times as much as the cost of the raw cotton. This country imported last year about $20,000,000- worth of that kind of goods, notwithstanding the fact that many of the New England mills make a specialty of fine goods. Whether these imported goods are finer ox better than the qualities manufactured by the Northern mills we do not know, hot there must be some reason-for giving them a prefer ence over the home-made goods, which are cheaper, because these im ported goods all hare the tariff du ties added to the original cost. The probabilities are that a con siderable portion of these foreign made goods find a market in the South, which also supplies a market for. largo quantities of the finer goods madOOfth, which are not yet man ufactured in the South, but which could be and wjll before many years be made in the South, adding that muoh more to the value of the crop. But there are possibilities in the seed and fat the stalk that hare not ..f 1 inn mnasnrftd . As a food ma terial it has been demonstrated that bushel for bushel cotton seed is worth mow than corn, tM in not very iar iwi" wmw t iments demonstrate that whoa folly utilized the value of the seed alone is as muoh as the ordinary crop of cotton was a few years ago, so that it would be possible without aoya manufacturing into goods to make I the cotton crop of this year yield I $700,000,000 or $800,000000. Add to this the increased valuo from menu facturing into such ordinary goods as are now turned out by Southern mills and we would have a cotton crop worth $1, '600, 000, 000 or $1, 700,000,000. But there are other .possibilities in the cotton seed which may make an unlimited demand for it and add immensely to its value. As an illus tration: It is said that a process has been discovered by which fine white paper may be made from cot ton seed hulls. It was discovered twenty years ago or more that pa per could be made from these hulls, but only a coarse quality, and the process of working the seed was so costly that it didn't pay for that kind of paper. But this new dis covery seems to utilize the hulls for the manufacture of fine-paper, which gives them larger value. There is so much confidence in it that it is announced by telegraph that ten or more paper mills are to be im mediately erected in the cotton pro ducing States, reaching from Texas to North Carolina. The result of this will be to create an extraordi nary demand for cotton seed hulls and add much to their value. It is not among the impossibili ties that the day may come when it will pay to cultivate cotton for the seed alone, when the seed may be worth mere than the lint. Whether it is tpbe-king or not cotton is be coming a greater crop than it ever was, and one that the South can al ways depend upon, if she doesn't depend upon it too much. AND H ANN A GRINNED After the election the boss Bepub licans celebrated with a big banquet at the Union League Club in New York. Hanna was there, Senator Piatt was there, Ex-Secretary Alger was there and a number of others more or less distinguished. They felt good and when speech time came one of the gentlemen who was called upon for some remarks was General Greene, of New York; what hap pened when he spoke is thus told by a Boston correspondent of the New York Sun who got it from a Senator, who was present, who thought it too good a thing to keep, although it occurred at a private dinner, and therefore he gave it to the Sun's cor respondent. The Su7i, which is a Republican paper, seems also to have considered it too good a thing to keep and therefore published it, after remarking that it might look like trifling with the properties to report for publication what happened at private dinners the Senator said: "Still, it is a good story, in my esti mation, and, of course, the Sun is en titled to it. Well, here goes. It came time for Gen. Greene to speak. He was in his best mood. He is a fine looking, soldierly fellow. He was very happy because Emperor Dick Crokers estimate of 80,000 for Bryan in the borough of Manhattan had been cut down to less than 28,000. Gen. Greene said some very handsome things of Senator Hanna, the guest of the even ing. Turning to Mr. Hanna, Gen. Greene said: 'To you, sir, I owe my army appointment, my selection as a brigadier general, and my assignment to the Philippines. " " 'Hold on there,' interrupted Gen. Alger, rising from his chair. Where was I. Gen. Greene, during all that time ? Was I not Secretary of War !' " 'Certainly you were, sir,' suavely replied Gen. Greene, 'but you merely made the appointments recommended by my friend Senator Hanna.' "Gen. Alger was still on his feet He was nettled. " 'Let me say to you, Gen. Greene,' rasped back Gen. Alger, 'that very ap- ointment yon received during the panish war was recommended by my dear old friend who sits on my right, SenatorPlatt, and that without his en dorsement you would not have been anywhere, for the reason that you, as a New . York Republican, was com pelled to receive his endorsement be fore either the President or his Secre tary of War would act' "Senator Hannagrinned, everybody else at the table smiled, and it was an interesting bit of the evening. And Hanna grinned, and they all smiled except Alger. And the reader might inquire "who runs the admin istration, McKinley, or the Senators who have a pull?" Helen Gould receives on an aver age weekly about 1,000 begging let ters, aggregating in amounts asked for about $1,500,000. 'She has a printed circular which she sends out in reply. The requests range all the way from $5 to $1,000,000. a if scat or Awful anxietv was felt for the widow of the brave General Burn ham , of Machias. Me., when the doctors said she could not live till morning," writes Mrs. 8. EL Lincoln, who attended her that fearful night "All thought she must soon die from Pneumonia, but she begged for Dr. King's New Dis covery, saying it had mora than once saved her life, and had cured her of Consumption. After three small doses she slept easily all night, and its farther use completely cured her." This marvelous medicine is guaranteed to cure all Throat, Chest and Lung Diseases. Only 50c and $L00. Trial bottles, 10c at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. t a TAin all drrinc inhalants and use that which which cleanses and heals the membrane. Ely's Cream Balm is such a remedy and cures uatarrn easny and measantly. Cold in the head vanishes quickly . Price 60 cents at 1 or by maU. 1 rnAd Hifflrnltv insDeakinr m m 1 mmi A-rtTit Inaa nt lieai lllS By the use of Ely's Cream Balm drop- mnc of mucus ass ceasea, voice mnu. hearing have greatly improved. ndson. Att v at law, BL t TIalMtaHsoAraMBssjtt SOW s0t THE BIO ARMY The probabilities are that when Congress convenes one of the first things that it will be called upon to consider wirl be the bill for tb in crease of the army to 100,000 men. whioh is the number that the Presi dent has fixed upon. As the Repub licans are in the majority and this increase was practically endorsed by the voters who voted for the re-election of McKinley, the bill will doubtless go through with a rush. They can't lose much time on it be cause the time of enlistment of about 25,000 volunteers now in the Philippines will expire June 1st next, when they must be disbanded, and therefore there must be hustling to get men to put in their places The indications are that the ad ministration will endeavor to enlist as many natives as they can, and thus get' up a Philippine army, a large portion of which will consist of Filipinos, which would be a good thing for them to do if they can, for it will not be easy to pick up 25,000 men to go into the regular army for service in the Philippines Another advantage in this would be that it would save the cost of trans portation, and the natives can stand the climate better and are more im mune from the diseases which have proved so troublesome and fatal to American soldiers. In thus enlisting Filipinos the administration is taking the cue from Great Britain's method in In dia, where she hires Indians to keep Indians in subjection. The admin istration may not be so successful in this in the Philippines as Great Britain is in India, but whether or not it is going to be a costly busi DOSS. KRUGER IN FRANCE. President Kruger is receiving a very cordial reception in France, which is doubtless gratifying to him and to his people, but there should be no special significance attached to this. The French people who are throwing their chapeaus up in the air and making the welkin ring with their huzzas for the doughty old Afrikander have very little in terest in him, his people or the Re publics, but they hate England and this gives them a chance to give ut terance to their sentiments. It may be observed, however, that the Gov ernment is not only keeping strik ingly aloof from these performances, but is taking special precautions to prevent anything that might lead to complications with Great Britain, and will look on passively whilo the populace exercise their lungs shout ing for Kruger and the municipal authorities content themselves with extending him courtesies and pre senting him with medals, and so will Great Britain, which is fully aware of the feeling of the French people and how harmless such de monstrations are. Even if France took an interest in the South American Republics she is in no condition to lock horns with John Bull, and therefore she will not lock. If there were any pros pect of securing the co-operation of Russia or Germany, it might be dif ferent, but both of these and France, too, will have all they can attend, to in China for some time to come. As we see it the visit of Mr. Kruger to Europe will amount to about as much as the visit of the Boer delegation to this country did. There will be car dial receptions, municipal courtesies, friendly speeches, warm popular demonstrations, and that will be the end of it. And all this will not be worth a continental to the Boers. BOOK NOTICES. "Elsie's Young Folks" is the title of an interesting story, by Martha Fin ley, published by Dodd, Meade & Co., New York city. It is a story founded on the Spanish war, making a book of 285 pages, clearly printed and neatly bound. Price $1.25 We are indebted to Messrs. Dodd, Meade & Co., publishers, New York city, for a copy of "Idle Idyls," by Carolyn Wells, a neatly published, handsomely bound little volume of poems, illustrated, which the reader of poetry will enjoy. It is a book of 153 pages, with about as many poems. Price $1.50. The Christmas number of St. Nich olas is already out and is a beautiful and interesting one. It is handsomely illustrated and filled with interesting stories' and other matter which the young readers will find not only en tertaining but instructive. In addi tion to the usual matter there is special matter appropriate to the Christ mas time. Published by The Century Company, Union Square, New York. A man in Baltimore laid up with rheumatism which proved too much for the doctors had it scared out of him by a nocturnal visit from a bur glar man. The rheumatism left the same time the burglar did, and neither came back. He says he prayed to the Lord to be cured and had faith. It is a pretty strong faith that combines the Lord and the burglar to answer supplications of that kind and to effect cures. I. N. Marks, a preacher in Geneva, Wisconsin, has made his mark with the male membeis ef his congrega tion, by saying, in a sermon, that if men cannot find time to fish on week days, if they go to church on Sunday, there is no harm in go ing fishing. If he was angling for popularity ho struck it, and also gave Sunday fishing a boom. many women suner ironi u t C , V tneir nours 01 wmst -cum pleasure. Backache IS genera y a symptom of derangement of the deli cate womanly organ. It is useless tnereioTe uo apply plasters and similar local 1 iraiiiieH. a fcx AgtjjfcSjll cure can only 7M V1H be effected when the cause 01 the ache is removed. The use of Dr. Pierce's Favor ite Prescription will cure the debilitating drains, the in flammation, ul ceration and displacement which cause backache, side ache, headache and msny other aches and pains. "Favorite Pre scription " con tains no alcohol and is absolutely free from opi um, cocaine and other narcotics. It agrees with the most deli cate persons. "I took your medicine nz months and I feel bow like new person," writes Miss Annie S t e o h n . of BelWille, Wood Co., W. Va. Rave no lackacac. no headache, no pain anywhere. I took sevsa bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription . and seven bottles of his ' Golden Med ical Discovery I think there is no medicine like Dr Pierce 9. I cant speak highly enough of your medicine for it has done me so much good. I doVt feel tired as I used to, nor sick. I Mel well anS thin k there is no medicine equal to Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription." The Medical Adviser, 1008 pages, sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21 one -cent stamps for paper covers, or 31 stamps for cloth, to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.'Y. A New Orleans man is said to have discovered a process by which cotton seed oil can be used as a substitute for linseed oil, of which about $250,000,000 worth is used annually. The substitute can be sold for about one-third the price of the linseed oil. Cotton seed is coming right along. AS YE WOULD. EDITH V. BBADT. If I should see A brother languishing in sore distress, And I should turn and leave him com fortlesss, When I might be A messenger of home and happiness- How could I ask to have what I denied In my own hour of bitterness supplied ? If I might share A brother's load alone the dusty way. And I should turn and walk alone that day How could I dare When in the evening watch I knelt to Dray. Toaskfor help to bear my pain and loss, If I had heeded not my brother's cross f If I might sing A little song to cheer a fainting heart, And I should seallmy lips and sit apart When I might bring A bit of sunshine for life's ache and smart How could I hope to have my grief relieved, If I kept silent when my brother grieved ? And so I know That day is lost wherein I fail to lend A helping hand to some wayiaring friend; But if it show A burden lightened by the cheer I sent. Then do I hold the golden hours well spent. And lsy me down in sweet content. Nashville Christian Advocate. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Smithfield Herald: Owen Whit ley, living on the lands of Mr. J. H. Pou, three miles from Smithfield, sold tobacco at the Farmers' Warehouse from three acres of land for the nice sum of $106.73. Mount Olive Advertiser. Peo ple who imagined that all the cotton in this territory had been sold, realized their error when they saw the immense quantity that came to town this week in response to an increase price. Lumber ton Robesonian: Mr. Z. R. Prevatt has sold his crop of tobacco raised on four acres of land for $546.46, an average of $136.51 per acre. Still some people say there is no money in raising tobacco and prefer raising cotton, the proceeds of which, even at ten cents per pound, cannot equal such returns as above. Washington Gazette: The ven erable Col. Creasy, of the Elizabeth City Economist, recommends the far mer to go into the culture of the sun flower. It produces the finest oil and the seed make excellent nut food, and remarks: "No doubt Hon. John Small would take great pleasure in supply - ng his constituents with seed from the Agricultural Department." Murfree8boro Index: On Mon day night the new store of Mr. L. J. Wiggins at Mapleton was robbed. goods, money and checks being car ried off. An entrance was made through a second story window by means of a ladder. Murf reesboso and Conway was notified of the robbery by 'phone and a reward of $50 offered for the capture of the robbers. Two negro men were arrested at Uonwav by Messrs Lassiter and Draper, a check attesting their guilt being founn on the person of one of them. They are now lodged in iail at Winton. Louiaburc Times'. Mr. B. L. Wester, who is a truthful man, and vouches for what we are about to re late, informs us that a few days ago whiJe digging a well he found a hick ory nut 19 feet and 7 inches under the top of the ground. It was a little de cayed on one side. Now the question is, how did that nut get there? Mr. wester is positive that it did not fall into the well, as it was dug from un der a rock. Mr. Wester also has quite curiosity in the way of a sevthe blade. He knows positively that it Was bought 121 years ago by his an cestors, and it has been handed down through several generations. Cold Steel or Death . "There is bnt one small rh&n save your life, and that is thmu trh an operation," was the awful prospect set 1 mar w w-s . 2 - oeiore jus. 1. jts. aunt, of Lame Ridge, Wis., by her doctor after vainly trvinsr to cure her of a frightful ( of stomach trouble and yellow jaun dice. He did not count on the marvel ous power of Electric Bitters to cure Stomach and Liver tronhW hut .h. heard of it, took seven bottles, was wholly cured, avoided surgeon's knife, now weighs more and feels better than ever. It's positively guaranteed to cure Stomach. Liver and Kidnmr troubles and never diaannnlnta rw 50c at R. R. Bellamy's drag store, t So 1 n srmm 1. mm Hfeg a(EiY m ma pur mi v n wa VIUOiBVO SUNDAY SERVICES. St The Church: first mass. 7 A. M. : b msB and sermon, 10:30 A.M. V a, 7:45 P. M. j Christian Science service this morn ing at the Masonic Temple, room 10, at 11 o'clock. Subject of Bible lesson : God the Only Cause and Creator. Fir s t Baptist Church : Rev. Walter P. Hines will sneak 11 A. M., and 7:30 P. M. He -will also conduct mass meeting for children at 4 P. M He will sing at all the services. St Paul's Lutheran church, Sixth and Market streets, Rev. A. G. Voigt pastor. German services to-day at 11 A. M. English services at 7:30 P. M. Sunday school at 3:80 P. M. St James', Sunday next before Ad vent 11 A. M. : Morning prayer; anti communion ; sermon. 5P.lL: Evening prayer. Sunday school at 3:45 P. M Public cordially invited. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. Good humor is the health of the soul -, sadness its poison. Stanis laus. Many indeed think of being happy with God in heaven ; but the being happy in God on earth never enters their thoughts. John Wesley. It should be the constant aim of each one of us to be what God wants us to be and to do what God wants us to do. This means an active as well as a pure Christian. Our blessed Saviour estimates the value of one soul above the wealth of the whole world. And if through our humble efforts only one soul is raved, won t we be richly rewarded? He is commonly the wisest, and always the happiest, who receives simply and without envious question , . , . jm , wnaiever gqou is onrerea mm, wa thanks to the immediate giver. I know of po kingly soul which has not been trained for sovereignty in long and lonely hours. Moses, Paul and John had their meditative years, It is God's way of schooling for gran deur. Anna Robertson Brown. What blessings we have! Let us work in return for them not un der the enslaving sense of paying off an in unite debt, but with the delight of gratitude, glorying that we are Goa's debtors. Charles Kingley. If you are true to your Master, he will succor you when tempted ; the victory that overcometh is your faith not in yourselves, but in the omnipot ent Son of God, whose you are and whom you serve. Triumphs over temptation will strengthen you. Uuyler. Look into these details of daily duty these difficulties, these self-denialsand you will find that every one of these lesser crosses, if faithfully "er.-dured," faithfully taken up and carried, not only helps to bring the crown of life, but itself changes insensibly from a cross to a crown. Brooke Her ford. I WINKLINQS. "Jones, you never get done taik ing." "Well, somebody is al ways interrupting me." Indianapolis journal. Clara "Evidently Mr. Sweet ser is head over heels in love with you. Edith." Edith "Nonsense !" Clara "Oh, but It's a fact. He act uallv said he delivhted to hear -ven sing." Boston Transcript. At the Clothes -Horse Show: Her Best Friend 1 suppose May will have a row with the indues if shft doesn't get a prize." Her Next Best "No; she'll have it, with her tailor. She says she left all to him. Puck. As She Remembered Him Mr. Skimmerhorn fas thn sarffaisss ta in the debate become personal) I was a tnuoaering 1001 when 1 asked you to marry me ! Mrs. Skimmerhorn Well, you looked it, dear. Chicago Tribune Warwick "Mohammed's idea was that the church should advance y means of warfare." Warwire 'Oh ! he'd have the choir and mi nistnr auarrelinc all thn timo wnnld H?" Judge. "Yes," said Miss Cayenne, "he is undoubted! v a. ovnifv" "What is your idea of a cynic?" "He is a person who keens von continnnllv in doubt whether he is unusually clever or unusually disagreeable." Wash- ingzon scar. And do it first- Aalcit "What is your understanding of the Golden Rule? Does it mean. 'Da unto othAm as you would 'like' to be done by?' " Biznes "No; my interpretation is: uo unto others as you would 'be likelv' to be done hv.' "rhilnAjlnh'n Press. A Parting Stab: "Sarah." naiil the lady of the house, breaking the noora (V.ntlw t a ikM . 1 kwuiuj kU kUO HOW BBTTSIU gin, "we shall have to tret alnnc without your services after the first of the month. " 4 Yes. mum. " replied Sarah "I'm sorrv thn mgitsv'o affai-a t such bad shape, mum." Philadelphia TW H xxmencan. "I SUDDOSe VOU wnnlrl rather play Hamlet than eat" said the ad miring young woman, who was given to colloquialisms. "Well," answered Mr. Stormine-ton R.irnst "T it just that way; but your remedy suggests me alternative that usually presents itself. " Washington Star. "Reallv er " stammnreri tb gossip, who had been caught red- 1 3 3 IkTI m m a uituueu. -im airaia you over heard what I said about you. Per haps er I was a bit too severe' "Ob, no," replied the other woman, "you weren't nearly as severe as you WOUld hftVfl hnnn if von Irnsv whof T think of you." Philadelphia Press. CURREENT COMMNT. It is renortAd f.hnf.Tho Am.; i vuv can bird of frAodom i,i,j has abandoned Galveston island since the storm. The buzzard colony was washed and blown awav. and no 8UCCeSS0rS have com A. PrnhaKlTr tt.o rest of the tribe have decided to boy cott the island as unsafe for buzzard habitation. Mobile Register, Dem. Ifl view of the conduct of Russell B. Harrison during his father's incnmhanAv nt tv,A p-: - J .us X. i col- dency, there is probably nobody but Russell B. himself who will not be lieve that he has been dismissed from the volunteer service in Porto Rico for good cause. If his bumps were examined by a phrenologist, his chart would give "bumptiousness" as his distinguishing characteristic. Brooklyn Citizen, Dem. Although a riAHt. Violo nf a X vjl iw- low fever for three hundred years uuuer opamsn mie, Santiago de Cuba enjoys this year the marked distinction Of hfiinor immnma attacks of the plague. The city has been cleared and cleaned up, and kept cleanthat's all. A similar course of sanitary treatment would unquestionably render pest-ridden HOVOtla m -f! M ii a . oaJ-w irom attacks 01 ifellOW .Tart" M wonU K American r.itv within t ha s,i 1 fever belt. Philadelphia Record, igh HAVE YOU 5CIESCE CALLS EC CATARRH OF TBJS STOMACH.I gillie fefefr.-- ----'mmm MISS DADE STEGEMAN, OF CHICAGO. Miss Dade Stegeman, Superintendent of the Chicago North Side Woman's Club, of Chicago, in a recent letter to Dr. Hartman, speaks of Pe-rn-na as follows: " Pe-rn-na has often been used by the members of our club in cases of stomach trouble and general debility also re cently in cases of la grippe, and always with' the most beneficial results. I think a great deal of Pe-rn-na often recom mend It to my friends, and am glad to say all who have tried it speak a good word for it." Mrs. Emily S. Carson, Austerlitz, Mich., says : Dr. S. B. Hartman Dear Sir: I had been troubled with dyspepsia and indi gestion for many years, and was very much reduced in flesh. I could not eat I anything with out the greatest distress after wards. My food would come up and my stom ach became very weak from fasting, as I preferred to go without food rather than suf fer the conse quences. I could get no rest by day nor sleep by night. I tried every remedy advertised for the cure of dyspepsia without the least benefit. At last I got a bottle of Pe-ru-na. I confess I had no faith in it, as I had been so often disap pointed ; but in a day or so I felt much improved. Food did not distress me as before, d I continued its use, and, after using a dozen bottles, I was a well woman. I can eat anything without the COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. TQuoted officially at the closing by the Produca Exchange. STAR OFFICE, November 24 SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market steady at $1.20 per barrel for strained and $1.25 for good gtrained. TAR Market steady at $1.55 pei bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.40 per barrel for hard, $2.40 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine steady at 47 47c; rosin firm at fl.02J41.07J4 ; tar firm at $1.40; crude turpentine quiet at $1.50$2.80. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 46 Kosm. 231 Tar 268 Crude turpentine 118 Receipts same day last year. 61 casks spirits turpentine, 339 bbls rosin, 141 bbls tar, 27 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 9$c ter pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary' 7 3-16 cts lb Good ordinary 8 9-16 " " Low middling 9 3-16 " " Middling 9 " " Good middling 9 16-16 " " Same day last year middling steady at 7Mc Recemts 267 hales: same day last year, 821. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce UUUU1UBMUU moICUKUL&J COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina. Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c. Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime, ooc; iancy, sue CORN Firm: 58 tn 60 eents nr bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85 cents; upland 50 60c. Quotations on a basis of 45 nounds to the bushel. N. C. BACON stead v? hams 13 in 15c ner nound: shoulders. 10 to tie: sides, 8 to 9c. EGGS Firm at 1920 cents per dozen. CHICKENS Verv dull, ftrown 2225 cents: snrincrs. 12(20 cents. BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents. TALLOW Firm at 5X8i6l4 cents per pound. TURKEYS Live, dull at. 9n- drpss ed, ll12c. BWJflha: POTATOES Dull at 40c. FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Moraine 8tar. New York. Nov. 24 Umv oii was steady at 4 ner fp.nt Prima mer cantile paper 45 per cent. Ster ling exchange nominal ; actual busi ness in bankers' hills at ASSTaKi r demand and 481Jf481 for 60 days. J.UBKJU rows os ana 4oo. Com mercial bills 480 V??UK(W hjitto, tifieates 64tf65. Bar silver 63. Mexican dollars 50. Government ds weak. State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds firm. U. a ref und ine 2' s res'd. 105- TT fi.ov coupon, 105 ;U. S. 2's, reg'd, ; Tj. 8. S. new. t reg'd, 137; do. cou pon. 137:U. 8. 4's. old rWH nw. do. .coupon, 115M; U. 8. 6's, regU --.va xa.kj. wufHju, xio : Douinern Kail 7 K nsOtocks: BalSorf i Jnbattan L 110; N. Y. Central St. JW.188K ; do. pref'd, 175 outh-' ern Rail wav 1 k nrA coax. : can Tobacco, 109; da prefd 135; PeOUln's Cla QQ1Z . O,,-.. hoi, j-' T7t wmsw uo. least distress, sleep well, and, instead of the living skeleton I was, 1 am now a healthy, fleshy woman. This was in 1889, -and I have continued well ever since. I have not been without your remedy in the house since my recovery. I advise all sufferers to do as I did and be cured. Mr. John P Schmidt says: "Pe-ru-na has saved my life. For five years the best doctors had pronounced me Incur able. I suffered with a complica tion of diseases palpitation of the heart, nervousness, weakness and dys pepsia. A lev bottles of Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin cured me. Pe-ru-na cannot be beaten. I give vonr medicine to Mr. Jno. F. Schmidt, Carthage, Ohio. my children for the various little ail ments which annoy little ones, and the result is that they are never sick, but always strong and healthy. I have gained forty pounds since taking Pe-ru-na." So many people have what is called rlvsrtnnsla. without havincr the slightest jr x " - . suspicion that catarrh of the stomach is the cause. Such people take pepsin and a thousand other things, vainly hoping to get well. But the catarrh remains, and of course the dyspepsia remains, Pe-ru-na cures these cases permanently by removing the cause, which is catarrh. Pe-ru-na has cured more cases of dys pepsia than any other remedy in the world: Address Dr. Hartman, Colum bus, Ohio, for a free book. prefd 116; T. C. Leather 14 ; do. ern Union 84. & Iron 71K; U. a preferred 76; West- NAVAL STORES MARKETS iv Telesrr irh to the Moraine Star. Nbtw York. Nov. 24. Rosin steady. Strained common to good $1 60. Spirits turpentine quiet at 42 'A4.dc. Charleston, Nov. 24. Spirits tur pen tine firm at 38c; sales casks. Rosin firm and unchanged. Savannah. Nov. 24. Spirits turpen tine firm 39c; sales 868 casks; receipts 1,590 casks; exports 63 casks, ttosin firm and unchanged ; sales 1,928 bar rels; receipts 2,296 barreis; exports 964 barrels. C0TTQN MARKETS. Bv TelegraDh to the Horning Star New York, November 24. The cotton market opened steady with prices one to seven points higher, and while inactive much of the session maintained a bullish undertone and held well up to the initial figures. The customary week-end liquidation was in force, but the needs of shorts proved sufficient to absorb these offerings. The influences at work were encouraging to friends of the staple, to say the least Liverpool Bent better cables than expected, futures there closing one and one-half to two points higher and spotjone-sixteenth higher. This in formation was accompanied' by foreign buying orders, the latter understood to be hedges against inability to secure the spot cotton needed from Southern markets. Telegrams from the belt again declared that holders were stand ing to their ten per cent, proposition with offers below tnat level refused. The market closed quiet with prices net three points higher to six points lower. Nsjw York, Nov. 24. Cotton quiet; middling uplands lOc. Cotton futures market closed quiet: November 10.11, December 9.91, Janu ary 8.89, February 9.86, March 9.83, April 9.82, May 9.80, June 9.79, July 9.76, August 9.62, September 8.90. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands lOjc; middling gulf 10c; sales 20 bales. Net receipts 1,343 bales ; gross receipts 3,512 bales; exports to the Continent 403 bales; stock 41,505 bales. Total today Net receipts 29,601 bales; exports to Great Britain 12,984 bales exports to the Continent 11,612 bales; stock 790,251 bales. Consolidated Net receipts 39,601 bales ; exports to Great Britain 12,984 bales; exports to the Continent 11,621 bales. , , Total since September 1st Net re ceipts 3,107,162 bales; exports to Great Britain 1,168,457 bales; exports to France 223,701 bales; export to the Continent 763,698 bales. November 24. Galveston, steady at 9c, net receipts 16.971 bales; Nor folk, steady at 9 13 16c, net receipts 1,739 bales; Baltimore, steady at lOJc, net receipts bales; Bos ton, steady at 10c, net receipts 1,289 bales Wilmington, firm at 9c, net receipts 267 bales; Philadelphia, quiet at 10), net receipts 149 bales; Savan nah, firm at 9&c, net receipts 1,316 bales; New Orleans, quiet at 9c, net receipts 7,814 bales; Mobile, steady at 9, net receipts 719 bales; Memphis, firm at 9 13-16, net receipts 3,748 bales; Augusta, firm at 10c, net receipts 2,123 bales; Charleston, steady at 9 11 16c, net receipts 550 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. By TelesrraDh to the Morninz Star. New York, Nov. 24. Flour was moderately active and a little steadier on strength in wheat Minnesota pat ents $3 904 25; winter patents $3 60 390. Wheat Spot firm; No. 2 red 78c. Options opened steady and ex perienced lter firmnejaon ?tkg Sble-rZa absence o JWJgi e&'&f DeeloiSc' advanced moderately' on prospects for threatening "jo u,u,v'"" r r. NovemberSosed-c; cember ed 44 Oats Spot steady; No 3 26 c .aV. i;nn"tf75: South America t840mpound I WW Pouiet; familvslo owguow, auw- -17W;mess $12 00(XJi Western creamery xr. r,;r. Stats and irenn - sylvania 2437o at mark, for average lots; Western regular packing 20 ro.A tj..., nniat - .Tersevs S 1 00 1 37 ; New xorx ei .T.'.TTw; Island $1 50 1 75; Jerseys iww-i 2 75 - Cabbage steady ; Long Island, ner 100, 3 004 60. Peanuts steady; fancy hand picked 45c; other do mestic 4c Rice steady ; donoestic. fair to extra 46c. Tallow firm ; city ($2 per package) 5c; country (packages free) 4&5c. Petroleum dull; re fined IBS York $7 25; Phfladeipbia and Baltimore $7 20; do. in bulk $4 65. Cheese quiet; large iSeptenaber fancy 103c; small September fancy He Freights to Liverpool Cotton by steam 20c. Cotton seed oil was barely steady. Quotations: Prime crude in barrels,2929c,nominal; prime sum mer yellow 32X33c; off summer yeT low 32c; prime winter yellow 3 9Q. ,'m whitfl Sfia37c: prime meal $26 0026 0. Coffee Spot Rio quiet; No. 7 invoice 7c; mild quiet j Cordova 913. Sugar-Raw steady ; fair refining Sc; centrifugal 9b test 4c; molasses sugar 3c; refined standard A $5 40; confectioners' A $5 40; mould A $5 85; cut loaf $6 00; crushed $6 00; powdered $5 70; gran ulated $5 60; cubes 5 75. Aiaraei easy. Norfolk, Va., November 24, Pea nuts firm; fancy 3c; strictly prime 2c; prime 2 common Spanish, new 76c. Chicago, Nov. fl24. Wheat held steady on the cables to day, December p.lnsinff aic overiyesterdsy. Decem ber corn closed and November ic higher. Oats closed unchanged and provisions unchanged to 7z higher. Chicago, Nov.24. Cash quotations: Flour dull; winter patents $3 708 90. winter straights $3 103 60; winter clears $2 903 40; spring specials $4 30; do. patents $3 50 3 90; bakers' $2 20 2 75; straights $3 004 00. Wheat No. 3 spring 6672e;No. 2 red 7274c Corn No. 2, 4344e. Oats No. 2 22Kc; No. 2 white 26 ; No. 3 white 24&26c. Pork, per barrel, $10 8711 00. Lard, per 100 fts, $7 157 175. Short rib sides, loose, (6 757 75. Dry salted shoulders, $5 876 12. Short clear sides, boxed $6 80 6 90. Whiskey Distillers' finished gootb., pex gallon, CI 27. The leading futures ranged as fo lows opening, highest, lowest an i closing: Wheat No. 2 November 71, 71. 71, 71c; December 7070. 71, 70. 71c; January 7171, 71JS, 71H. 70c Corn November 44. 45 Ji, 435K, 45c; December 36 36, 36. 35. 36o; May 36, 36 36& 36&, 36gc. Oats November 21. 21. 21. 21c; December 21. 2122. 213i21, 21.c; May 24 24. 2424, 2424c. Pork, p-r bbl November $11 00; Jan'y $11 92J, 12 20, 11 92. 12 073 ; May $11 90, 12 02,11 90, 11 97. Lard, per 100 lbs. November $7 20. 7 22. 7 15, 7 15; December $7 05, 7 i0. 7 05. 7 10; Jan uary $6 90, 6 92, 87, 6 90; May 6 90, 6 92, 6 90, Short rib. per 100 Ebs NovwlBrr? 75; January $6 32, 6 40, 6 321IV6 35; May $6 37 , 6 40, 6 35, 6 37 FOREIGN MARKET. Bv Cable to the Morning Star. Liverpool, November 24, 2 P. M. Cotton Spot moderate business, prices l-16d higher; American middling fair 6 3 32d; good middling 5 25 33d; mid dling 5 11 - 16d ; low middling 5d ; good ordinary 54d; ordinary 5d. The sales of the day were 7,000 bales, of which 500 bales were for speculation and ex port and included 6,400 bales Amer ican. Receipts 53,000 bales, including 52,100 American. Futures opened quiet and steady and closed steady at an advance. American middling (L m. c.) November 5 37-64 5 38 64d buyer ; November and Decem ber 5 34 645 35 64d seller; December and January 5 32 64d seller; January and February 5 30-64d buyer; Febru ary and March 5 28 64d buyer; March and April 5 26 64 5 27 64d value ; April and May 5 25 64d seller; May and June 5 23-645 24-64d seller; June and July 5 21-645 22 64d seller; July and Au gust 5 19 64 5 20 64d seller; August and September 5 9-645 10 64d seller. MARINE. ARRIVED. Stmr Seabright, Price, Shallotte, Stone, Rourk & Co. Stmr Compton, Sanders, Calabash and Little River, S C, Stone, Rourk & Co. CLEARED. Br steamship Eastry, Carr, Bremen, Alexander Sprunt & Son. Clyde steamship Saginaw, Hale, New York, H G Smallbones. Schr N H Skinner, Wheatley, New York, George Harries, Son & Co. EXPORTS. COASTWISE. New York Schr N H Skinner, 260,000 feet lumber; cargo by Cape Fear Lumber Company; vessel by George Harriss, Son & Co. FOREIGN. Bremen Br steamship Eastry, 10, 530 bales cotton, 5,115,358 pounds; valued at $537,000; cargo and vessel by Alexander Sorunt & Son. BY RIVER AND RAIL,. Receipts of Naval Stores sod Cotton Yesterday. W. & W. Railroad 9 barrels crude turpentine. W. C. Sc A. Railroad 11 casks spirits turpentine, 25 barrels rosin, 58 barrels tar, 91 barrels crude turpen tine. . A. & Y. Railroad 204 bales cotton, 5 casks spirits turpentine, 88 barrels rosin, 79 barrels tar. C. C. Railroad 31 bales cotton, 7 casks spirits turpentine, 83 barrels tar, 18 barrels crude turpentine. Steamer W. T. Daggett 5 casks spirits turpentine, 48 barrels rosin, 5 barrels tar. Steamer E. A Hawes 1 bale cot ton. Schooner Victor C. 16 bales cot ton, 12 casks spirits turpentine, .28 barrels rosin. Schooner Minnie Ward 15 bales cotton, 6 casks spaijrpentine, 42 barrels rosin, 43 W-WrTt&r. Total Cotton, 267 bales; spirits turpentine, 46 casks; rosin, 231 bar rels; tar, 268 barrels; crude turpen tine, 118 barrels. For LaGrippe and In fluenza use CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT.