North Carolina Newspapers

The IBuu jtav BY WILLIAM U. jftiRNARp. WIIiMlNGTUIi. A. C. Satub ay Mobsiko, January 19. CHILD 1AB0B. IN MILLS. There has been more or less dis cussion in this State of the question of child labor in the mills, and there has.been talk of legislation to regulate it. Like most questions there are two sides to that and the legislators who undertake to regu ' late it ought to know something about it and understand what they are doing. As a matter of senti ment the large majority of people would be opposed to child labor on general principles and would decide in favor of letting; children ,play rather than work, that is when they could not be sent to school, and there are thousands of people who believe that school children do not hare play time enough, that they are required to Bpend too many hours cou fined in the school rooms, to their physical and mental detriment. This is th'e argument, and the strong argument, against cbild labor in the mills, that it is too hard on the child and retards, if it does not permanently injure, physical and mental development. There may be and doubtless is foundation for this contention, when children are put to work too early in life and kept at work more hours on a stretch than they are physically able to bear without in jury. But there is probably no class of men in the State who more fully ap preciate this than' the mill men who employ children, and who as a rule, make the labor of these child em ployes as light as practicable. ' The feeling among the leading mill men ij agiinst child labor both from sentiment and from an economic standpoint, and consequently the number of child workers in the mills has decreased ,within the past few years. We hare read that some of the mill operators who have been anxious to get rid of as much child labor as possible have been com 'pelled to employ children who were younger than they wished because they employed the parents and the parents would not remain in the mills if their children were not em ployed. This may have been ex cessive thrift on the part of those parents or it may have been their de3ireto have the children near them where they could be under their eyes rather than roaming at will. Bat this fact is stated as one of the reasons why there are so many chil dren now in the mills. The mill men of this S tate are acting sensibly, and instead of op posing reform in this matter, they are alive to the advisability of re form, and are co-operating with the sentiment that demands it. But they think the reform can be best effected by those who are interested in the business, the mill men and their employes jointly, without the enactment of laws that might seri ously handicap the mills and be a and of friction between the mill operators and their employes, which might result in the serious crippling of the milling industry and putting a stop to its growth. While no one whose heart is in the right place wbuld favor subject ing children to task masters, or see ing them worked too hard or too much, nor the age limit nearer in fancy than it should be, there is ground for the suspicion that the movement for legislative interven tion has had its - inspiration from sources that are interested more in other considerations than in the children in the mills of North Caro lina. The trades-unions represent ing the mill operatives of the North have endeavored from time to time to organize similar unions in the Sonth, which efforts, it is said, were encouraged by Northern mill opera tors who thought they would be benefitted by organizing the work men, thus laying the.foundation for antagonisms -between employer and employe. They have anti-child labor laws in some if not all of the North ern States, and the mill men there feel that having no such laws in the South gives the Southern mills a decided advantage over them. Isn't it possible, under these circumstances, that they would like to see similar laws in the South, which would deprive Southern mills of this advantage, if-it really be an advantage, whieh some mill men deny and is at least a matter of donbt? As we nave remarked the mill operators have shown a disposition to settle this question without leg islative interference. Ia further ance of the movement a number of them, representing the leading mills of -toe State, met at Greensboro Wednesday and formulated a plan to'be submitted to the . Legislature, ' to the carrying out of which the operators pledge themselves. It provides that children under 10 years of age shall not be employed; that children shalL have the oppor tunity to go to school during the school season; that the hours of labor shall not be unreasonably long, etc., which covers some and the most essential of the' objects de sired. .There .may be other points to be embraced in the scheme of reform before it is completed. , The milling industry of tVis State has become tS6 important, and rep- ci.t3 an investment of too much money, to be hampered by radical or inconsiderate legislation, however good or humane tho motives may be that inspire it. In this connection the following summary of tho last report of the State Labor Uommis sioner on the textile mills in opera tion in the State June 30tb, 1900, say b: 'There were then 222 mills; 185 cot ton, 11 woollen. 30 knitting, including1 silk and jute mills. Total number of spindles 1.237,771, an increase of 181, 951 io a twHveoiontb. Total number of looms 29,689, increase 3.746. Ma chines in. knitting mills 2.028, increase 276. Horse power 53,455. Average wages of engineers $1.53, and of fire men 88 cents. The 'day's work' in mills ranges from 10 to 12X hours. Highest average wages of men (boys over 14 are counted as men) $1.72, low est 51 cents. Women's average wages 84 to 39 cents. Average wages of chil dren 32 cents. Total number of em ployes 33,647. Of these 14 999 are men, 16 040 women. 7.598 .children. Of the caildren 3.583 are boys and 4,009 girls. Eighty two per cant of the adults and 63 per cent, of the children read and write." The fact that 68 per cent, of the children employed in the mills can read and write is not a bad showing for the opportunities given them, especially when we take into account the lack of school facilities and the short terms in the rural districts. The probabilities are that the school ing opportunities are better on the average in the milling sections than throughout the State at large. BOUNCED ON ACCOUNT OF HIS FATHER. President McKinley is getting the benefit of a good deal of free criti- cism now, botn lor 41s removals from and appointments to office. He has been vigorously scored for the appointment of the sons of U. S. Supreme Court Justices Kenna and Harlan to positions in Porto Rico, a very questionable proceed ing and one liable to much nn complitary construction, in view of the fact that the case' of Porto Rico is now being heard by that court. It was alleged : at the time of Major Harrison's dismissal that it wa3 to reduce expenses, but that is said to be a mere pretence and that the real object of depriving him of his job was to spite 'his father who differs so much from the adminis tration in its colonial policy and re fused to say anything to help the election of McKinley. . That there is ground for this opinion is shown by the following extract from a let ter of the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Times -Herald, a Re publican paper, which, while not agreeing with the administration in all its proceedings as to our new acquisitions, supported Mr. McKin ley in the past campaign. It says: "After his snmmir Dismissal from the army, Majir Harrison came to Washington to make trouble, and he is doing his best to make it. He first wanted to know if there was aoy charge against him as an officer, and he was told at the War Department that there was none. Then be asked for a court of inquiry to establish the fact that he had a clean record, and this was denied him. Pursuing further his inquiries as to why he had been mustered out. Major Harrison received from a War Department official, one of his late superior officers, a. retter in which the admission was made that Major Harrison had been dismissed because bis father had not squarely supported the Republican ticket in the late Presidential campaign. This let ter, a semi official document, was for warded to ex President Harrison, and drew from him a spirited reply, in which he resented any efforts of the administration to strike at him through the innocent person of his son. It is this letter which has been shown to Senators and which has giyen rise to so much gossip." These and other incidents give ground for the belief that this ad ministration is conducted on the principle of rewarding friends and punishing enemies. Senator Hoar proposes an amend ment to the judiciary appropriation bill raising the salaries of the UPS. Judges $5,000, Circuit Judges tuOOO and District Judges $2,500. The Chief Justice now receives $11,500, the Associate Justices $10,00u, Cir cuit Judges $6,000 and District Judges $5,000. Raising salaries seems to be becoming a fad in Wash ington, where some think tho V. P. ought to have $25,000 and . lots of others more than they now get. This isa "billion dollar country," but that isn't adding much to the in come of the man who has to per spire for his bread and meat. BllUlona Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the pub lic to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be gener ous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds have given away over ten mil lion trial bottles of this great medicine and have the satisfaction of knowing il has absolutely cured thousands of .hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all diseases or the Throat, Cheat and Lungs are surely cured by it. Call on B R BELLAMY, drnggu t, and get a 10 cents trial bot tle. Regular sizes 50 cents and $1 00. Every bottle guaranteed or price re funded, t For Over Fifty Tears Mbs. WiwsloWs Soothing 8yeup has been used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, soften the gums, and allays all pain ; .cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. It will relieye the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by druggists hi every part of the world. Twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind. t TOltlA. ; lbs kind Yoo Haw Ahrajs Botft O.A.S3 Basis taa QUAY'S VICTORY. The re-election of Matthew S. Quay to the United States Senate from Pennsylvania is not only a vic tory for him personally, and one ou which he may well plume himself, but it Bhows the power of a well or ganized machine even when opposed by what seem to be very formidable combinations. There probably never was a harder fight made, in that or any other State, .to keep a man out of the Senate than was made against Senator Quay, and it was made not by ordinary citizens or politicians, but by some of tho most prominent citizens and sagacious politicians in that State, some of them men of large wealth (like Mr. John Wana- maker), who spent their money freely and also had control of some of the leading papers whose influ ence was presumed to ' be great. Every paper of prominence in Phila delphia was opposed to him and fought his election vigrously. His Republican opponents carried their opposition so far as to have him indicted for criminal misuse of State, money, but the prosecution fell through because, while there was little doubt that Quay used the money as charged, they could not under the State law prove criminal use. xsut they did. succeed in pre venting his election by the Legisla ture, and also prevented his being seated when appointed by Governor Stone on the adjournment of the Legislature, which failed to elect him or one to succeed him. Under these circumstances the triumph of Quay over such a for midable combination, is one over which he may well feel elated, and on which his friends, of whom be seems to have enough, may very well congratulate him. The victory shows, however, that reform in machine methods isn't a winning slogan in Pennsylvania. A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE. People who are fond of specula tive figuring have found something to work on in forecasting the popu lation of this country and its de pendencies a hundred years hence. The present population of the United States and their dependen cies is as folio ws: United States. . . 76,295,220 Porto Rico 953.243 Pnilippide Islands 7,000 000 Guam 8.561 Tuluila and adjacent islands 4,165 Total ..84 261,189 Taking this as a basis and assuming an average increase of 18 per cent, per decade the Census Bureau at Wash ington figures out the growth - dur ing this century as rollows: Year. . Population. 1900 84 261 189 1910 99,428.203 1920 ...117,325 280 1930 138,443 380 1940 153 863,719 1950 192 769 880 1960 227.467 648 1970 268,410 818 1980 316 725.94 1990 373.736 6l5 2000 441.009,201 The probabilities are that this fignrer has got tooliigh up in his figures, for there isn't any good reason to believe that the popula tion will continue to increase for the next hundred years at the rate of 18 per cent., for the flow of im migration will not continue as it has in the past, but will be diverted to other sparsely populated conn tries like Central and South America and Africa, where there is room for the surplus population of Europe. These figures also take it for granted that we are going to hold perpetual grip on the Philippines, which is very doubtful to say the least, for in all probability we will not find these such an enticing pos session as the expansionists imagine they are. England has been so hard pushed for troops for' South Africa that the army in India has been reduced 9,000 below its normal strength, while there are 15,500 soldiers there who ought to 'have- been relieved and sent home and 5,000 more whose terms of enlistment will soon ex pire. Secretary Gage eviAntly sees the true character of the Grout bill. He says it is not a revenue bill at all; and he, by that token, con demns it as false pretence. Toe secretary of the treasury is to broad a man not to see the essential mean ness of pure greed, covered by this impudent effort to legisalte for one industry by destroying another equally legitimate industry. Chat tanooga Times, Dem. WILMINGTON DISTRICT APPOINT; MENTS. The appointments of Rev R. B. John, Presiding Elder, for the month of January are as follows: Burgaw, Rocky Point Jan. 19, 20. Scott's Hill. Scott's Hill, Jan. 26, 27. Brave men Fall Victims to stomach, liver and kid ney troubles as well as women, and all feel the results in loss of appetite, poisons in the blood, backache, ner vousness, headache and tired, listless, run down feeling. But there is no need to feel -like that Listen to J. W. Gardner, of Idaville, Ind. He says: "Electric Bitters are just the thing for a man when he is all run down and don't care whether he lives or dies. It did more to give me new strength and appetite than anything I could take. I can now eat anything and haye a new lease on life. Only 50 cents at R. R. Bellamy's drag store. Every bottle guaranteed, t O Bean tin Sgaatua Tin Kind Yon Haw Always Bought 3 Chronic Constipation THE CURSE OF ALL MANKIND. The universal ailment of hu manity is Constipation. No other disease to which human flesh is heir causes one-half the misery that does Constipation.. It is truly the most dangerous disease any physician has to combat- Any honorable physician will frankly tell you so. Cure it with OR. CARLSTEBT'S GERMAIN! LIVER POWDER. It will not shock the system like so many other remedies on the market, but will work a gradual reform ation of the stom ach and bowels until a complete cure is effected. For sale by drug gists and dealers generally or by mail on receipt MS t:4 ta.e.A.CAiasizEirs LIiajPflWSEB ftnriVtffMliMsi ,isi 1 aviMfau. aa.es. a. of price, 25 cents a bottle; 5 bot tles $1.00. Made Only By Tb CARLSTEDT MED. CO., Eransville, lad. For tale by B. B. BELLAMY. JanlJem 8tath Druggist. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Washington Gazette: Our farm ers are busy preparing for another c op. The acreage in potatoes will not be so large, but the cotton crop will be larger than in many years, . Alamance Gleaner: George Goodman, a substantial farmer of Bowan county, is a convert to Mor monism, lie nas disposed oi nis property aDd will shortly leave with his family for Utah. Mount Airy News: Pilot Mountain has organized a company for the manufacture of furniture, the amount of stock for the successful operation of the enterprise having ben taken. The operation as soon very nearly all factory is to be in as possible. Winston Sentinel: The large steam distillery of I. C. Shore & Co . at Shore, Yadkin county, was seized last Saturday by Deputy Collector b. F. 8hore, for irregularities. It ap pears that the officer found the owners hauling oil unstamped whiskey. It is known that it will cost Shore & Co., considerable money to get out of the trouble. Htulmg off unstamped whis key is a criminal offense. Greensboro Telegram: The Mt. Vernon Boiler Mill, situated one mile from High Point, was totally de stroyed byflreaWednesday night, to gether with a large quantity c f flour nd grain. The mill was the prop erty of Mr. Duncan Davis, and was valued at $5 000. which was insured for $t, 500. It is thought that the fire originated from a spark from the en gine room. The mill had a capacity of fifty barrels per day. Chatham Record: On Wednes day evening of last week a negro woman, who had become insane, stopped Dr. Chapin's horse as he was passing along the street and going between the wheels of the buggy com menced striking him with both fists. Several ciiizeits went to his rescue, but were unable to get the woman away. Tbe doctor took in the situation and as soon as he could gave the woman full possession of the buggy, and as be got out she placed herself comfort ably in his seat and proceeded to curse out the town and' everybody she knew. The woman, who lives near here, has been an inmate of the insane asylum. After much delay the town marshal arrived and be, with a half dozen citizens, succeeded in placing tbe woman in jail for safe keeping, but as she was so much improved next day she was released.. Asheville Citizen: The Sydnor Pump and Well Company has just completed and fully tested an artesian well for the Carolina Coal and Ice Company at the company's ice plant The well is 171 feet deep, and was fin ished after two months' work. Six feet from the surface the drills struck gran ite, and the entire distance was bored through this rock. Small veins of wa ter were found at varying intervals. but Monday the first flowing vein was entered. When the drill struck it no chippings came up, as is the case when a small vein of water is entered, but clear water rose. showing that the chippings had been washed away. The water rose to with in two feet of the surface. Yesterday and part of Monday the test pump was applied, but after reducing the water two feet lo further gain cold be made, which proves that the supply is suffi cient for the company's demands. The vein which the well diggers tapped is 18 inches deep. The water is cold, and particularly clear and pure. No im purity can reach the water through 165 feet of granite. The well will furnish more water than is needed for the manufacture of ice CURRENT COMMENT. Some one has discovered that the best Boer generals are all Frenchman. As for instance Jou bert, Cronje, Dewet, De la Rey, etc. Just as Ireland has produced nearly all tbe great Englishmen. Atlanta Journal, Dem. "Admirl Cervera," says the Sringfield Republican, "isdyingtwo and a half years after the naval bat tle in which he went to a very gal lant and dignified " defeat. The officers who destroyed his fleet have not yet been rewarded by a grateful Republican." Possibly because, on their cart, the fighting is not vet over, j.ne iuce is, moreover, mas the more the Republicjthinks about it the less it finds to be "grateful" for in the excellent "pot-bunting" at both Manilla and Santiago. Charleston News and Courier, Dem. Some of the Senators at Washington betray unusul eagerness to get the Army bill out of the way and on the Federal stutute book. This measure creates, among other things, about 950 new offices in the line of 150 in the staff, and all of these rich plums are to be distribu ted by the President subject to con firmation by the Senate. It is the largest slice of patronage that has been offered for. many a year and anxiety for its promt enjoyment is naturally arroused among the patronage-loving Senators. PAiZa delphia Record, Dem. "Harry I" "What : is it Doro thy !" Did you give me that parlor lamp last Christmas, or did I give it to joiV'IndiaTuijrti8 Journal, , i. TWINKLINGS. Girls! Girls: Miriam "Jack Dusnap tried to kiss me five times last night." Melicent "Indeed? What interrupted him?" Puck. They Pass Daughter "But he is so full of absurd ideals." Mother "Never mind that, dear. Your father was just the same befoie I mar ried him." Brooklyn Life. "Whv haven't tou congratu lated that bridal couple?" "Can't do it i I can't congratulate her because I know him. and I can't congratulate him because I Know her." Der Floh. Thought better of it: "Might I inquire whose umbrella that is that you are carrying?" asked Dir. tr errys- ville of Mr. Westpark. "You might." 'Then I won't." JPittsburg Ufironicle- Telegraph. "I wish to see a bonnet," said Miss Passe, aged forty. "For yourself, miss?" inquired the French milliner "Yes." "Marie, run down stairs and get me hats for ladies between, eigh teen and twenty." TitBits. "Of course, John," said his wife. "I'm obliged to you for this rootey, but it isn't nearly enough to buy a real fur coat." "Well." replied tbe brutal man. "you'll have to make it go as fur as you can." Philadel phia Press. . Wife "I ordered ihat gown, dear " Husband "Didn't I tell you I couldn't afford it?" Wife "Yes; but 1 thought it all over and concluded tbafryou would be more unhappy not to (mve me get it than if you couldnll pay for it." Brooklyn Life. Sick Man "Is this the West ern Sanitarium?" New Girl (mystified) "This is Dr. Blank's bouse." "Yea, but doesn't he take 6ick persons to nurse sometimes?' "Oh, maybe, he does. There 8 two or three skeletons in the back office." Boston Christian Register. "I never saw such a town as yours declared the Governor. "Every unmarried man there is trying to en list " "Don't blame 'em," responded tbe bachelor Representative from the place in qutstion. "The girls there have oraanized a cooking club." Boston Courier. j Irate Pa "Did yon tell that dude who calls on you every night that I am going to have tbe gas turned off promptly at 10 P. M.??' Daughter Yes, papa." irate i"a "Ana wnat did he say to that?" i Daughter "He saidbe would consider it a personal favor if would have it turned off at 8 :30. " Chicago Daily News On Kendlns Aloml. It Is a distinct lass that readinjr Is so badly taujrlit and that so few people know anything about the magic of the poets in their use of sound. We read almost exclsively with the eye. al ihouh poetry Is primarily intended r'or the oar. Shakespeare wrote almost inclusively for the ear. and we remain unmoved by the wonderful vibration of his great passages until we hear hem. Poetry ought always to be heard first and read afterward, j If the best of Urowning is sympathetically and Intel ligently interpreted by the voice, the much discussed obscurity Is not in evi dence. Many people find, for instance, a little difficulty in getting the clear end full significance of "The Tortrait of i the Last Duchess": when they read It for the first time, but it fastens itself Instantly on the iiufeination if It Is well read. A good deal of time now devoted to commentaries and test study rfjigh't profitably be given to' reading the text aloud without note, or comment. A work of art slowly discloses its full meaning, and familiarity with it Is the first condition of comprehension. Hamiiiop M.ibi? in Harper's V;iz&r. BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Stores and Cottoo Yesterday. W.-& W. Railroad 144 bales cotton, 2 casks spirits turpentine, 7 barrels tsr. W. C. & A. Railroad 466 bales cot ton, 3 casks spirits turpentine, 22 bar rels rosin, 58 barrjstar, 10 barrels crude turpentine. &.. & T. Railroad 29 bales cotton, 112 barrels rosin, 9 barrels tar. W. & N. Railroad 70 bales cotton. 4 casks spirits turpentine, 26 barrels rosin. C. C. Railroad 12 bales cotton, 7 casks spirits turpentine, 28 barrels rosin. Total Cotton, 721 bales; spirits tur pentine, 16 casks; rosin, 183 barrels; tar, 74 barrels; crude turpentine, 10 barrels. j MARINE DIRECTORY. LUt Of IVNMll lm tfc Port of TTU BiBstoa, c. Jan. 19,;i901. SCHOONERS. Wm F Campbell, 169 tons, Strout, George Harrisa, Son & Co. W R Perkins, 143 tons, Gar, George Harris?, Son & Co. : Carrie A Bucknam, 235 tons, Torrey, J T Riley & Co. Chas C Lane, 306 i tons, Hamell, George Harriss, Son & Co. Edith H Symingtons, 992 tons, Stiles, George Harriss, Son & Co. Q Chas. H. Sprague, 260 tons. Harper, George Harriss, Son & Co. Nellie Floyd, 457 tons, Nielses, George- Harriss, Son & Co. STEAMSHIPS. Khio. (Br) 1,563 tons, Williams, Heide SC Co. i Buckminster, 1,297 tons, Brown, Alex ander Sprunt & Son. Chatfield, (Br) 1,904 tons, Hill, -Alexander Sprunt & Son. BARGE. Carrie L Tyler, 538 tons, Jones, Vir ginia-CarolingPCbemical Co. NOT HEREDITARY In the main, consumption is not hereditary; it is infectious. People are tod afraid of heredi ty ; better not thinjc of the sub ject at all. Infection occurs continually. Low vital force is hereditary; which gives consumption its chance. And infection plants it. - j Between the two, "the crop is a big one : about one-sixth of the human race, so far as is known. We suppose it needn't be 5 per cent, if people would take tair care and bcott s emulsion of cod-liver oil... j The care saves life in all ways ; the emulsion is specially aimed at: the lungs, beside its general food-effect. ' i - - - j""--- y ' -We'Utendrottalitdetotrjr,froalilc. SCOTT & BOWNE. Pearl street - New York. NOTHING ELSE CURES. Why Paine's Celery CompoiiMls the Best Remedy in the World. "When everything else haar failed Paine's celery compound has brought me back to health." The thousands of instances where this has been said the scores of people in every community who have told this simple story; the downright, hard, cold facts ; the grateful acknowledge ments of men and women who have suffered from the diseases that have their origin in im pared nervous systems and slug gish, impure blood these are what have made Paine's celery compound far and away the one remedy above all others that physicians prescribe and tbe public indorse. It is by merit, and merit alone that Paine's celery compound has achieved its wonderful pre eminence, not only in this country but throughout the civilized world. After the unfortunate person who is ailing because the blood needs new life, and the nerves require nature's food, finally tries Paine's celery com pound, and gets immediate relief,' an other is added to the great multitude of people whose praise of this remedy bas made the demand for it many times larger than that of all other remedies put together. A person must have lost all confi dence in his fellowmen who can read the following letter and not be con vinced of the great benefit Paine's cel ery compound has done, is doing, and will continue to do for sick and ner vous people wherever it fiods them. When a sick man or woman finds that he or she has taken a remedy that has actually done for him or her all that is claimed for it it can be safely predicted what will follow. Every ac quaintance, sick or well, will be told about it. Gen. Rodriguez has written down his experience in the hope of helping others who mav so ffl'ctfd. Th- COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. rQuoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange STAR OFFICE, January 18. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market steady, at $1.20 per barrel for strained and $1.25 for good strained. TAR Market firm" at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market quiet at $1.30 per barrel for hard $2 30 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Holiday. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine. 16 Rosin 188 Tar. 74 Crude turpentine 10 Receipts same day last year 20 casks spirits turpentine, 87 bbls rosin, 166 bbls tar, 18 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 9c pe pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary ; 6 13 16 cts. tt Good ordinary 8 316 Low middling 8 13-16 Middling 9 ftrrai middling 9 Q Ifi tc i Same day last year middling steady at7c Receipts 721 bales; same day last year, 705. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commit-sfo n Merchants. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime 75c Extra prime, 80c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 86c. Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime, 60c; fancy, 66c; Spanish 80c. CORN Firm: 58 to 60 cents per bushel for wLite. N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 11 to 12Hc per pound; shoulders, 8 to 9c; sides, 7 to 8c EGGS Firm at 13 cents per dozen. CHICKENS-Dull. Grown, 22 25 cents; springs, 1217 cts. TURKEYS Live, dull at 8 to 9c; dressed, 9 to 11c. BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents. TALLOW Firm at 5'A64 cents per pound. . SWEET POTATOES Firm at 50 cents. FINANCIAL MARKETS By Telegraph to the Morning Star. NEW York. Jan. 18. Money on call steady, at 23 per cent., last loan being at 2 per cent Prime mer cantile paper 45 per cent. Sterling exchange firm, with actual business in bankers' bills at 487X487 for de mand and 483 for sixty days. Posted rates were 484484H and 488. Com mercial bills 4822483X. Silver certificates 465. Bar silver 63. Mexican dollars 49. Government bonus firmer. State bonds easier. Railroad bonds weak. U. 8. refund ing 3' a reg'd, 105 ;-U & ref und'g2's, coupon, 105; U.S. 2 reg'd, fU.8. 8'a, reg'dtlOdtf ; do. coupon, 110 ;U. S. 4's, new reg'd, 13 6 K ; do. coupon, 187j ; U. 8. 4's, old reg'd, 113 ; do. coupon, 113X; U. & 5'a,. reg'd, llOtf; do. coupon, 111; Southern General is to-day connected with the civil government of Havana. During the struggle for Cuban Independence he rose from the ranks to the grade of brigadier genera, audi in' 1896 won a decisive victory over j Geii. Campos. Gen Rodriguez was a! very sick man. He was as near nervous pros tration as one can be and live. After five years' suffering ihis first good night's sleep came immediately upon his taking Paine's celery (compound. His letter reads : j j "Dear Sirs: For five years' I had not had a good night's resit. I had a serious case of nervous prostration, my strength seemed toj be leaving me, and I felt tired and weak all the time. My blood was impure) and I suffered from pains in the back, cbnstipation and an inactive liver.! I had no ap petite and no ambition. I was con stantly consulting physioiins, and it seemed as though I was nearly ready to die. Providence sent me a bottle of Paine's celery compound, and this great remedy cured me of all the irri table symptoms with whielh I was af flicted. I can frankly and sincerely say that 'had it not been for Paine's celery compound, I wpuld to day be either ia the cemetery br inl the insane asylum. Among the many prominent people , who testify toj the virtues of Paine's calery compound are Santiago Rodriguez, M. D. ; J. M. Bracho, Ed wardo de la Torre, Pdrfirib Masvidal, E. F. Gato, O. E. Pineda, (Pedro Her rera y Hermanos A. RincQD. Andres Angulo, Auralio de Varona Quesada. "Very truly yours, : "GEii J. M. Rodriguez " No remedy ever had thel outspoken approval of men so highly- esteemed in bus ness and professional life. No remedy ever deserved so Well of peo pie in the ordinary walks pf life, and none ever got such instaht recogni tion from the discerning j public. Its success has been confined! to no pne c!as of societv. i I ! R'y 5's 112. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 88; Chesapeake & Ohio 38 ; Manhattan L 114; IN. IY. Central 141 ; Reading 30 -, do. 1st pref'd 70H St. Paul, 148H: do. pref'd, 189; South ern Railway 18 ; pref d 69j ; Ameri can Tobacco. 112 jg; do. pref'd 136; People's Gas 98; Sugar l34; do. pref'd 118 J; T. C. & Iron 55; U. 8. Leather ; do. preferred ?3j ;West ern Union 83jt. Standard Oil 805807. Baltimore, January 18Seaboard Air Line, common, 10)4 ; do, preferred 26. Bonds 4's 70. NAVAL STORES MARKETS by Telegraph to the Horning star New York. Jan. 18. Rosin steady. Spirits turpentine steady at 4040c. New Orleans, Jab. IS. Rosin Receipts 275 barrels. Turpentine Re ceipts 256 barrels. j Charleston, Jan. 18. Spirits tur pentine firm at 37c; sales casks. Rosin firm and unchanged! Savannah. Jan. I8.f-Spirits turpen tine firm at 37 jc; sales 291 casks; re ceipts 541 casks; exports) 183caskd. Rosin firm; sales 1,644 barrels; receipts 5.391 barrels: exports 4,292 barrels Quotations unchanged. COTTON MARKETS; Bv Telegraoh to the Btonuag Star. New York, Jan. 18. Speculation in cotton to-day was yery Ismail, but the tone of the markejt was better be cause the Liverpool market did not respond to our decline I of jjesterday as the trade here expected. Pijvate cables stated that the decline thei4 yesterday was largely due to manipulative sell ing orders from this Side land to the heavy Bom bay movement for the week, but a better feeling prevailed to day as a consequence of improved continen tal demand and belief in better Jtrade conditions in the near future. On these advices our market started fire to seven points higher and ruled elf the day. steady on that basis most There was less bear element dispsition among the to sell! while traders seemed more inclined! to (operate on the bull sidtt in scalping tbe market Throughout the afternoon: the mrrket was ouiet and firm with bujing pre dominating. The close was steady at a net advance of six to ten; boints. New York,. Jan. 18. dottonldull; middling uplands 9Ji c I . Cotton futures market closed steady : TanilBim Q fid VakmiaM, ki A ft MawaK 9 38, April 9 36, May 9.87,1 June 9 35,, July y.35, august ua,; September o.ofi, October 8 28. Spot cotton closed dull ; middling up lands - 9 c ; middling gulf lOyic; sales 71 bales. ill Net receipts 719 bales; gr ss receipts 3,341 bales; exports to the Continent 125 bales; exports to France 45 bales; stock 102.012 bales. j Total to-day Net receipts 28,806 bales; exports to Great Britain 20,323 bales; exports to France ;t,Q45 bales; exports to "the Continent 125 bales; stock 870,225 bales. I Consolidated Net receipts 169,844 bales; exports to. Great Britain 66,124 bales; exports to France 19 755 bales; exports to the Continent 42,419 bales. Total since 8ep"kember 1st. Net re ceipts 4,971,443 bales; exports to Great T A 4 AAA AAA 1 1 . I a. . A. Britain x,o v,ouv oues; exports to r rsi.ee 434, U73 bales ; . Continent 1,336,582, bales., ' Jti.uary 18. Galvt-si.-'.,, CeiDtS 1.3H8 bftlPK- i. . QUo nt wwiAi'nto foe "i . mmgton, dull at 9Kc: net 721 bales; Philadelphia, quieunf nei receipts itu Dales ;Savanrilh (l ' v and steady at 9c, net receipt fe'f? bales; New Orleans, steady 2"J net receipts. 8,687 bales quiet at 9U. net reu Memphis, steady at 9K, it Jh 1,265 bales; Augusta, quiet at qf receipts 748 bales; Chariest 1, at 9Uc. net recemts 4SS i. ' Sle,e - vu. a PRODUCE MARKETS By Telezraoh to tt Nkw York, January 18. p0ur weak and tending lower on accoum continued weakness in wheat wl Spot steady; No. 2 red 79j"f afloat. Uptions opened stead, t cables, but thereafter yielded sh7.: ' irpii . selling, small seaboard clearances less antivn ftimrf wean at c iietdeclme. No. 2rpd r I . i . uary 77c; March 79c; May fu 79 c; July closed -c. CornS firm; No.2 47c at elevator, 46 Vc f o? float Options had a firm openiDea subsequent strength on higher cabW' local covering and rather small r ; West. Jhe marker, finally eaift with wheat aid cloted steady at Ji He net ad vance. January closed ?.. March closed 47c; May do , 44jc. Oats Spot dull; JNo. 2 W, Options were fairly steady all d Tallow steady. Rice steady. Lardfiri Western steam $7 80; refined nV continent $r85; South American iSfii compound 5j45c. Petroleum, quiet. Butter firm; Western crej ery 1622c; factory llai4c: SuL dairy 1420c. Eggs Market fi,ffi State and Pennsylvania 2224c mark, for average lots; Western re? lar packing 2122Hc. Cheese fi fancy large, fall made small fancy, fall made HK12t tor urm; iamiiy $10 UU15 ft , ' short clears 14 60 17 00: mess in ? 14 75 Potatoes steady ; Jersey $1 25r T.lnnll 1 TC0 ft . T 'm xaiouu fi osne uuj oersey s wet-is K 3 00. Molasses steady. Cabbst steady. Uotton seed oil was quiet hi tteady; little spot or February oil M prompt are obtainable, at the clcsii J quotations; frime cruda. in k. . rels. 26&27c. nominal - mer yellow 30c; off summer velW prime w.nue d4b&c: Li- n winter yeiiow. aoJ4Bat)C: nnmn $25 0Q. Coffee Spot Rio steady ; K0 i : invoice 7c; mild quiet: Cordova 8tr 12&c sugar Raw stead v: fairrofi.l ing 3c; centrifugal, 96 test 4c; mo lasses sugar 3Kc: refined loaf $6 00: crushed $6 00: ip 5 bO; granulated $5 50: cubes 16 75 NO 6. $4 95. rimrt 1 r T . rt t; I . 9 was the feature of tqAav's wheat mor" ket. May declined fc under tfcf ' pounding it received, rtmall Veeein'.fc and licht countrv accentanR hwliu F corn, that market closing Jchighpi Uat3 declined ia. Provisiobsshowka, 2Jc advance all around the close. K Chicago, Jan. 18. Cash q c ctatiot Flour Market dull: Whekt-No. ;if ; No. 3 spring 6872c: No. 2 75c. Corn No. 2, 37X(S37c. 0i No. 2 24X24c; No 2 white 263? 27c; No.3 white 2627c. Port J per barrel, $14 5014 55. Lard, peril B)S, $7 40742. tihortrib sides, loose,? $7 007 25. Dry salted shoulder,!. boxed $7 30&7 40. VvThiskev k tillers' finished goods, pei K-Hon, lne leading rutures ranged as fo lows opening, nignest. lowest an! 72, 71, 71 ; February 7273,73 ? 71M,72c: May 75K75Ji. 75M7M.S: m A m a i s m . . A T n. E . orn January it 37, 36. 36c; February 37 , S7JK. 2? -'Vl. 37, 37ei May 3838;i, 3W& 38. 38&c. Oats January 23H.23H. 23, 23c; May 25&, 25, 25, 25)4 Pork, per bbl January $14 10, 14 It'llO PI 14 05. 14 05; May $14 25. 14 30, 14 iTH LUC UJ 14 174- Lard, per If'O tbs JaDuarj $7 40; March $7 45, 7 47, 7 45. 7 45; : May $7 50, 7 55, 7 50. 7 50. Short ribs, ' per 100 tbs January $7 05 :May 7 M, , film FOREIGN F.'iKKE?. Bv Cable to the Horning tar. Liverpool January 18, 4 P. Cotton Spot. moderate business nriees l-32d lower: American mid dling fair 5 27 32d; good middling i 9-16d: middling 5 15 32d: low middlicj 5 15 16d; good ordinary 5 1 16d; ordi narv 41316d. The sales of the dijg were 8.000 bales, of which 500 bami were for speculation and export included 7.400 bales American. & ceipts, 10,000 bales, including 9,1 bates American. From , NEIDA American middling (1. m. c.) Januan"" 5 23-645 24-64d buyer; January ant worn February 5 22 64d seller; February anaoiNAW; March 5 19 32d seller ; March and ApcWHDA ., 5' 17 64d seller; April and May 5 ls eii'r w seller; May and June 5 13 64d sellerD June and July 5 11 64d seller; July an'taiNAW August 5 7 645 8-64d buyer; AuguK8t6am8lu and September 4 59-64d value ; Septyn ber and October 4 69 64d value; 0throun R tober (g. o. c ) 4 43 64d value; Octotai Kortb ai and November (g. o. c.) 4 33-64d nom for Frelo nal. ' i i i r- the j. o -MA KIN Hi ARRIVED. Clvde steamshiD 8aginaw. Hsi1 Georgetown, 8 C, H G Smajlbones. Stmr A J Johnson, ' Marley, Cl Run, by master. Stmr A P Hurt, RobesoD, Faj etteville, James Madden. CLEARED. Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson, Fayette ville, James Madden. Nor barque Victor, Ostvik, Loudon Heide & Co. Br schr Wanola, Wagner, St Geore' Grenada, George Harriss, Son & Co- EXPORTS. FOREIGN. Jo YOl LOH0ON Nor barque Victor 5, 41; barrels rosin valued at $7,506 50; f j0mf) d6n bbls gum tbUF, valued at $1,075.80; w ane as bbls tar, valued t $1,142; cargp bJ fou 8 PShotter Company; vessel by Be"1' &Co. J. St George, Grenada Br fc"f ''jamnr Wann a 245 114 feet 1 11 m Der. at $3,554.15; 160,000 shiDgles, vaW at $980; total valuation $4 534.15; carp by Chadbourn Lumber Company ;ve sel by George Harriss, Son & Co. ForLaGrippe and Iffl fliiono-Q . iiflA OHENEic EXPECTORANT. Xg n. n't;ununi , j Real Estate Agent, Wilmington, nmi r innfi STOBE8 Q OFFICES FOB BENT. Mla(,nerf.-, Houses ana lobj 1Trnrf" -twm, Rontji Taxes and lns"ii-" on Improved properly nov'" I ThA Barber Shop. It makes no Olfference whether the wea IS UVII UI UilUi v wtv ' abave all tbe same. , i we cut hair, too. i as weU aa snampoo. 1 vl6, I 7 South Front str P. 8.-Brnsh tbe gentlemaricap a wS8tf 1!0 W. tx R I N I ?. i N G anistf il f aw- tr'v ' 14 . 9 1 Oi ' Arr taeltt - It t tkma, tDDODl SAT nialli