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BY WILLIAM H. BzMRAHDt
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S AT0BD At JHo unsa, Feb eu art 16
; TOO GREAT A TASK
Sometimes a truth is uttered that
has a wider scope than the utterer
. thought orintended. TheAeff lore
Tribune is a McKinley expansionist,
endorses and advocates the policy of
frtrmhlft expansion, and is opposed to
runy peace with the Filipinos which
is not baed on an unconditional rec
ognition of the sovereignty of the
TJuited States. It takes it for grant
ed, of course, that this sovereignty
will be established by arms, and
therefore that it is only a qaestion
of time when the Filipino mast ac
cept the inevitable and acknowledge
Al!riAnftA to this Government. In
a recent issue there is a short edi
torial On "Argentina .and It3 Peo
ple," from which we quote the fol
lowing leading paragraph:
"Taire ha baea much Ulk a recent
yers abocr. the. en-wrm mi European
coloaixtiioa pf Anreatia aod th
piHibilttr oaloii accoint of foreign
oolitic! cnauet of ihit cniatrr.
RVerence has especially been mad to
Girminv a tin ereatcolo .iziu; trow
er which was mot likely to invade the
8uta American republic in behalf o'
the myriads of her people settled there
Such talk ha always appeared to u to
be exaggerated, partly because th
task of gubduioe such a country a
such a distance would be too great for
any Power to undertake apart from
th- danger of sum 4 other American
nation tiking a haad ia aid of Agea
tiua ind partly because the number
of foreigners certainly of Q irmtas.
v.tled ia- Areeatia is not larg
eaough to give a reasonable pretext
for men invasion.
, Argentina contains a population
of about 5,000,000, 1,200,000 of
whom are foreign born, represent
ing different nationalities, princi
pally Italians, Spanish, French,
British and Germans. There are
600,000 Italians, 238.000 Spaniards,
112.000 French, 26,100 British and
20,600 Germans. It is the Ger
mans who are suspected of having
grabbing designs, although there is
nothing in the number of German
residents to justify suspicion, while
no suspicion attaches to the Italians
with their -600,000.
The Tribune scouts the idea of
' Germany or any other European
Power having any idea of trying to
gain forcible possession of that
country, because "the task of sub
duing such a country at such a dis
tance would be too great for any
Power to undertake. "Such a
country, at such a distance." Mark
the "words. Argentina haS a native
population of about 3,800,000.
While perhaps reasonably brave
they are not particularly noted for
fighting attributes. Bat distance
comes to their help and would make
their subjugation by any Poer too
great aa Undertaking. The Tribune
d e3 hot single out any one p twer
but applies its remarks to all the
European pwers, to Great Britain
with her mighty navy and Germany
ranking next tb Great Britain as a
formidable and well equipped war
power. The task of subjugating
four millions of-people a3 far off as
Argentina would be a practically
impossible one for either of, these
Powers, both of which are great
colonizers and great subjugators.
If this be so as to these Powers,
and Argentina with its five millions
of people only three-fourths of
whom are natives, how is it with the
United States and the Philippines,
which have three times the native
population of A itina and seven
thousand miles distant and have
fighters who have shown a remark
able amount of pluck and tenacity,
in addition to which they have an
ally in the tropical climate much
more formidable than armies of
fighting men? With all our resour
ces, and aa army of 65,000 as good
soldiers as ever stood behind a gun,
we have been fighting them for two
years, and they are no nearer sub
jugation to day than they were
when the first clash came between
them and our troops.
The Malay type of man is the
hardest man in the world to whip
or make stay whrffped after he has
been whipped not because he is a
hard fighter, but because he is a
dissembler, will acknowledge him
self whipped to throw his opponent
off guard, watch his opportunity
and strike again when the opportune
time comes. That's the history of
the ; Malay, a fighter who fights
placidly, runs easily, watches his
chance and shoots or stabs in the
back; cunning, revengeful, treach
erous and implacable, pretending
friendship and harboring hell in his
heart. He is not to blame for that,
for that is-what nature made him,
and with that he has an intense love
of liberty, as he understands it, and
a correspondingly intense hatred of
anyjjeople who undertake to deprive
him of that liberty.
Iri three centuries Spain never
succeeded-in - subjugating the
Filipinos, ind with. Spain's ex
perience and methods - of butchery
and "subjugating the natives of other
lands whieh she got by right of dis
covery or oonesi' she thon she
understood the' business pretty well
and was an expert xji the art- of
subjugating. KBajWiT -'ne-'
ceeded in subjugating the people of
those islands, aa4$ placate some of
them she made treaties, as she did
'with th mvf jcWnar then?pracj
tical control of- themselves, exerctsr
in" a inerely ; noniinal sbrereignty
orer thenLt.
With the lxio progress that, we
hare made after over two years ex
nerience and the expenditure of
about $300,000,000 in money, wnac
reason have we to believe that we
can do in a short while what Spar
couldn't do in three centuries, when
we have not only great distance to
transport soldiers, and muni
tions of war but populous is
lands, with an infernal climate
to fiVht aerainst? There are
o
there no vital points of attack, the
I capture of which would, settle the
contest, for the whole coast front
might be in the hands of the enemy
and yet the war go on in the inte
rior, where the natives would in the
rugged country, deep morasses, or
impenetrable forest or jungle, fight
with all the odds in their favor.
If the natural conditions and dis
tance would make the subjugation of
Argentina a hopeless task for any
Power, the natural conditions and
thedistance would make the subjuga
tion of the Pnilippines a much more
hopeless task for the United States.
The Tribune doubtless stated a
truth as to Argentina's immunity
from conquest, but, one that applies
with even more pertinence to the
Philippines, whose subjugation we
are attempting.
AH ORGAa OH IT.
Yesterday we quoted part of an
editorial from the New York Sun
on the lecture delivered in Boston
by Rev. Lyman Abbott, in which he
devoted some remarks to the suffrage
question in the Sjuth. Here is an
other of a somewhat different char
acter from another organ, the Phila
delphia Press:
''Dr. Abbott can hardly be so poorly
informed as to b-ltev that the obj ct
in framing the suffrage laws of ihn
Southern State ha oeen to secure the
rule of the best element Th-se laws
have been enacted solely and undis-
guisedly to take the ballot away from
the colored man and keep it in th-
hands of the white mn, however
ignorant he may be. If there had
been an honest attempt atanintelli
gent suffrage in the South it would
nave met with little opposition. oucfi
an attempt has not been made An
educational qualification ha been
used only as a subterfuge to keep the
colored man from the polls."
It is remarkable that the princi
pal objection made by Republicans
to the suffrage legislation in the
South, is that it does not disfran
chise more white men. If it dis
franchised white men for the same
causes that it does negroes they say
it would be all right and that they
would have no objection to it. If it
conld be shown that the cause of
good government sustained any in
jury by the failure to disfranchise
white men who can't read and write
there might be some consistency in
this objection, but that hasn't been
shown, for there is a vast difference
between the masses of white pe ple,
whether they can reft ad write or
not, and the masses of the negroes.
It is an insnlt to the intelligence of
the average white man to intimate
that he is not better qualified to cast
his ballot intelligently than the igno
rant negro.
But aside from this the Press and
av
all the Republican organs which dis
cuss this question grossly err in as
suming that the object of this legis
lation is to keep "the colored man
from the polls." That is not the
obj-ct. There isn't a State in the
South that has qualified suffrage
which keeps "the colored man from
polls." The colored man can vote
in .Louisiana, in Mississippi, in
South Carolina, in Tennessee, and !
about 40,000 of them can vote un
der the late constitutional amend
ment, when it goes into effect, in j
this State. Is that keeping "the
colored man from the polls?" It is
only the ignorant, vicious and venal
element of colored men who are
kept from J, he polls, and no citizen,
white or black, who desires good
government should object to that.
But is the Press and organs which
assert this honest in it? Haven
tney been declaring all along tfec
the negro did not have a fair stfw
in our elections and that the negwes
were systematically kept fron the
polls by intimidation and by vio
lence when intimidation failed? If
the negro has been previously de
prived of the ballot by these processes
why do they now object to a plan
which will do away with intimi
dation and violence and will not
deprive any more negroes of the bal
lot than were deprived before? If
they believe what they say it seems
to us they would prefer , the more
orderly and peaceful way of doing
what .was previously accomplished
by different, violent and more objec
tionable methods.
But under the laws which they
say discriminate against the negro,
there is not a negro who can't, if he
will, qualify himself for the suffrage,
so that, the discrimination would be
only temvorary and brief at most.
Sixto Lopez, who is in this conn
try as the representative of the
Filipinos, says his people are willing
to do almost anything for peace but
sacrifice their independence. They
will concede harbors, promise to be
have themselves, and pay back the
$20,000,000 paid to Spain, but inde
pendence is a condition that they
will insist on. Perhaps if they
agreed 'to turn over their mineral
lands, forests of valuable woods, un
limited right of way for railroads
and other enterprises, the best
sugar and coffee lands, etc., to
American syndicates, the . expan
eionists might agree to the deal.
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CALLING A HALT.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
has joined Senator Halevof Maine, in
calling a halt on extravagant appro
priations by Congress, but they are
sounding the alarm and crying to
8 hut the stable door after the horse
has been stoldh and got out of sight
The appropriations by this session
already amount to about $800,000,
000, with more millions in sight and
bound to come. It is a good deal
easier to start the extravagance pro
gramme and to keep it up, than it
it is to check it and go slow when
started. Too Republicans started it
years ago, and have kept it up ever
since,, with an almost coutiuuru
increase from vear to tear. The
expenditures are now greater than
they were at any time since the war
between the States, when the ex
pensea were very heavy and the per
capita heavier than nbw because of
the much smaller population.
It is said in extenuation of the
present enormous expenditures that
they have become necessary as .a
result of the war with Spain and
tie war in the Philippines. There
U some truth in this, and that is
a good reason why the war in the
Puilippines should be brought to a
close at once by puttiug au end to
the grab game and coming to some
honorable understanding with the
Filipinos by which we could retire
and turn the government ofthe
islands over to them.
But aside from the expendi
tures made necessary by this war
there is and has been for years
extravagance all along the line, ap
propriations for obj-cts in which the
country as a whole is not interested,
by which a comparatively few are
benefitted and with which Congress
ought to have nothing to do, be
cause in the aggregate they call for
millions of dollars. Senator Lodge
called attention to some of these in
his remarks Thursday. It is a few
hundred thousands for one thing,
a lew millions lor another, not
much in any one case for "a bet
ter dollar country," but in the ag
gregate amounting to. many mil
lions. The per capita expenditures now
amount to about 110, which means a
tax of $50 a year on the average family
of five persons, which for the masses
of the people must be forced out of
the sweat of labor. If this tax was
a direct one and came in dollars out
of the pocket at one time it would
raise a tumult from one end of the
land to the other, but it comes indi
rectly and thus the masses are fooled
and do not realize how much they
are paying. It is time Republican
statesmen were joining with the
Democrats in callilrg halt. They
ought to have done it a dozen
years ago, or more, before the reck
less expenditures became so general.
Representative Sprague, of Mas
sachusetts, who is a member of tbe
Committee on the District of Co
lumbia, decided to give a banquet
to the committee. Congressman
White, negro, of this State, is also
a member. He was invited and ac
cepted. When the other members
earned that White had been invited,
and bad accepted, most of them,
who are Republicans, suddenly dis
covered that they had business out
of town and the banquet was indefi
nitely postponed.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The banishincr of FiliDinos
and suppressing of newspapers by
uen. Macartnur, intnermiippines,
ought to be despotic and imperial
istic enough to please the most dras
tic champions of the president's
policy. Agusta Chronicle, Dem.
Senator Hanna's accessories
in trying to perpetuate the ship
subsidy bill want night sessions of
the senate in order to rush the bill
through. It would certainly be more
appropriate to do that sort of work
at night. Atlanta Journal, Dent.
Apprehension is expressed
in Republican circles at Washington
of tt mischievous ulterior results
to the party of Senator Hanna's
plan for reimbursing the chief con
tributors to his huge campaign fund.
Two-thirds of war revinue reduc
tion taken from beer and tobjf co
and a $9 000,000 subsidy forfavfred
shipowning corporations constitute
a weight which no political organ
ization coflld carry before the people.
But Hanna got his campaign fund,
and thoBe who gave it most be paid
in return. Philadelphia Record,
Dem.
A Right of Terror.
- "Arful anxiety was felt for the
widow of the brava General Bu'rnham,
of Machias, Me., when the doctors said
she could not live till morning. " writes
Mrs 8 H. Lincoln, who attend'd her
that fearful night. "All- thought she
must aoon die from Pneumonia, but
she begged for Dr. King's New Diacov
ery, sayiog it had more than once
saved her life, and bad cured her of
Consumption. After three small doses
she slept easily all night, and its fur
ther ue completely cured her." This
marvellous medicine is euaranterd to
cure all Throat, Chest and Lung Dis
eases. Uoly 50& and f 1 00 Trial
bottles 10c at R. R. Peixaht's drug
SMre" m
For Over Fifty Tears
Mrs Wih8Low's 8ooTHma 8tkup has
been used for over fitly ears by mil
lions ot mothers for their children
while teething with perfect success.
It soothes tbe child, soften tbe gums,
and allays all pain; cures wind colic,
and is the best remedy for diarrt oea.
It will relieve tbe poor little sufferer
immediately. Sold by druggists in
!TrTP?f 'bejwoWd- Twenty five
Be sure and for
.rT.v lutl?J' t. Soothing Syrup,"
and take no other kind. - . f
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COLDS
The quickest relief, for
rcAA. is hv Scott's emulsion of
cod-liver oil.
We all have colds , you can
try it and see. You will find
the edge taken off in a night;
and, in three or four days,
you'll be wondering whether
that cold amounted to any
thing anyhow.
That's relief. If you tackle
it quick, the relief is quick and
complete, ,if you wait till the
cold is in full possession of
head and lung why, of course,
the relief is quick if it comes in
a week.
A little emulsion won't clear
and restore your whole breath-ing-machinein
a minute; don't
be looking for miracles.
We 11 send you a little to by, if you like.
::t:OTT & BOWNE. 409 Pearl street. New York.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Lumberton Araus: Mrs. Gil-
more Edwards, of Brampton, Bltden
county, died very suddenly last Mon
day eveoing. Mrs Edward was the
daughter of tbe late Dtniel Beater.
Wilson News: The number of
3txt convicts has now fallen to ut
little over 800. Of these 875 are in the
prison proper, wnue 47a are on the
State farms O ie of these farms is
oned by the Bute and two are leased
but the leases expire this year. Tbe
remainder of tbe convicts are on rail
way construe ion.
.Nashville (trapntc: We were
shown quit a curiosity this week by
Mr L-ui Rackley, who exhib ted an
ear of corn, each grain of which was
encased in a sp pirate shuck. Tbe
cob was full of grains and tbe whole
was encased in one large shuck. Tbe
specimen was grown ov -Mr. wngnt
Strickland, of near Taylors Cross
Roads.
Monroe Enquirer: Just be
fore going to press we learn that Mr.
Cul Tarlton, of New Salem township.
has lost three or bis children since
last Friday with pneumonia and an
other is now lying at the point of
delb. Tbe Monroe Cotton Mill
is running in day time only. Night
work has been suspended indefinitely.
The mm will run sixty six hours per
wee
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelli
gencer: Mrs Uaroline U ula died at
ner home id this place Monday, age d
about 60 years. J. P. L'Tthrop
was arrested in Durham last Thursday
on the charge of embezzling $14 which
was placed iq bis bands by Mr J W
Gul ledge, who is at present chief of
police of Wadestoro Mr. Gruliedge
claims tht he gave Mr. Lorthrop the
money to pay bills with for him. and
that be appropriated it to'his own use.
criday nwtnt Mr ljor Drop ws
brought here and placed in jail.
Mount Airy News: An estab
lishment for putting up all kind of
canned goods at this place, is a cer
tainty. A. strong company was or
ganized in this city la t week for the
mauu'acture of all kinds of chairs
Tbe Messrs Woodruff, of this place.
will mve their wood working plai.t
frm Greensboro to Mt Airy. An
oih-r mu'der occurred in Yadkin
county last week at a distillery. John
Litkey was shot and killed byjarms
Bammond Thre balls took tffrct.
Tbe murderer made his escape.
Chatham Record: We much re
gret to hear of me d-alb of our old
friend. Mr W lliam D Andrews, of
Bor Creek township, wbo died last
week in tb 87iu year of his age.
O 1 last Tnursda' night tbe dwelling
of Mr Andrew Wo ff. near this place.
was accineuUy burned with all lis con
tents Tie family narrowly escaped
being burned before tbey cou'd Kt
out of the house, aud saved ouly the
clothes they were sleeping io 0'ie
of the nst acts of Judge Council, afi r
opening court, no last Monday, was 10
order the sheriff to get some new Tes
taments for the exclusive ue of white
witnesses lie does ' not believe in
making white people and negroes kiss
the same book, and all-decent persons
agree with him.
TVVINKI INQS.
They Wanted Him. '?He says
that bis employers always regarded
him as a valuable man "Yes, they
offered a large, reward for him when
he left."-ie.
Pat "Krorah, wan word. Whin
Oi die, if yz be shure Oi'm dead, yez
kin boy thim bury me in the ground ;
but if yez a e not sbure, Oi want ytz
to see that Oi'm cremated " Judge.
Mr. Parvenu "Waiter ! Biing
ro a bottle of champagne." W.iter
"Y s, sir. Dry. sir?" Mr. Parvenu
Ii s none of voue business whether
I'm dry or not."-CAtcaf;o Inter Ocean
"It's funny," mused little John
ny, '.'when I crv, ma say: 'Big men
should not cry like babies,' and when
she catches me smokmcr cigarette she
says that little boys shouldn't smoke
what am I, anyway t New York
Journal
Literary Note Messrs. Mowin,
Baryl & Co announce that they have
already to d2 686.000 copies of a thrill
ing novel tbey are to bring out next
Fall. Tbey have not yt seleced tbe
author who is to write it. Chicago
Times aerata.
"Faitb, it's curious," said a
traveled Irishman, "how these little
disease bugs do be calleed in different
places. In Germany they. Call em
Germs, in Paris Parishes, and in Ire-
aud they calls 'em Mike-robes."
Mrs. Skinner "Oh, but I wish
I was a utauT Mr. Skinuer "Wny
so, dear?" Mrs. Skinner "I was just
thinning to day, if I was only a man.
bow nappy I could make my wife by
giving her a diamond necklace for a
birthday present."
"I am writing some verses that
shall -call 'Wasted Love.'" sighed
tbe girl wbo bad been jilted by tbe
dashing student. Tbe. stern parent
frowned and said: "Yes, and don't
you forget to mention the wasted gaa
and the wasted coal." Chicago Daily
Netcs.
Cold fcteel or Death.
"There is but one small chance to
save your life and that is through an
operaaion," was the awful prospect set
before Mrs. I B Hunt, of Lime Ridge,
Wis , by her doctor after vainly trying
to cure her of a frightful- case of
stomach trouble and yellow jaundice
aa oidn t count on the marvellous
power of Eleetrie Bitters to cure
Stomach , and -Liver rotibles, but she
heard of it, took seven bottles, was
wnony cured, avoided the surgeon's
knife, now weighs more and feels bet
ter than ever. It's positively .guaran
teed to cure Ston aeb, : Liver and Kid
ney troubles and never disappoints.
Price SOo. at B. . B. Bkllaxt'b dm
tore. - "' ; '
TH TOBACCO INDUSTRY.
Park Export, Bright Yellow and M
bogur Tobaccos, Etc.
All dark export tobaccos are cured
with open hardwood fires, the English
trade demanding extra heavy smoking
In curing. There is a slight difference
between the export tobacco of Virginia
and that of Kentucky and Tennessee.
The.VirinIa tobacco, generally speak
ing, is better quality than the Ken
tucky and Tennessee grades, and more
of It is used for the domestic market.
The better qualities of these tobaccos
are used In this country for manufac
turing purposes.
The farmer assorts the tobacco
roughly into1 lugs, good leaves and top
leaves, but tbe final grading and treat
ment are given by the packer, who also
decides to which country the various
qualities of tobacco shall be sent. If
tbe tobacco needs darkening to meet
tbe demands of any particular trade,
tbe desired shade is obtained through
various ways of manipulating stnd
packing It.
The light tobaccos produced in Mary
land are air cured, while a similar type
grown In eastern Ohio Is largely cured
by wood fires. These tobaccos are used
exclusively for pipe smoking and ciga
rettes, the following grades being made
by the packers: Fine yellow, medium
bright, good ordinary "colory," fine
red, fine seconds, medium seconds and
lugs. Nearly all of these goods are ex
ported, the best markets being found
In France, Germany, Holland, Austria
and Belgium. ;
Almost the entire yield from Mary
land and eastern Ohio Is sold in Balti
more, v.l:tre five large warehouses
have been established for the Inspec
tion of these goods by state officers.
As soon as these tobaccos are entered
I11 the warehouse a sworn and bonded
Inspector draws four samples from
each hogshead, taken from different
places and at equal distances apart,"
beginning near the bottom of the hogs
head. These four samples, or hands,
are tied together and are sealed and
labeled with the name of the owner,
the number of the hogshead, Its net
and gross weight and the name of the
Inspector. The agents of foreign coun
tries buy excluslely from these sam
ples. When the goods are shipped, the
samples are also forwarded, so that
the goods on reaching their destination
can be compared with the samples
from which they were bought. If there
ehould be more than 10 per cent of to
bacco In the hogshead poorer than the
sample, the inspector, who is under
bond, becomes liable for such differ-f-noe.
" The White Burley is entirely air cur
ed except in exceedingly damp weath
er, when wood fires may be used. This
tobacco Is assorted by the farmer into
the following grades: Fliers, the first
two bottom leaves, which are overripe
and .very trashy; common lugs, the
next two leaves; good lugs, bright
leaves, long red, short red and top
leaves. This tobacco Is packed In
hogsheads bythe farmer and Inspected
In the same manner as the Maryland
tobacco; but, unlike the latter, it Is sold
at auction In the warehouse.
Not more than 10 per cent of the
White Burley Is exporWd, but on ac
count of Its great absorbent powers It
Is highly prized in this country for
twist and plug chewing tobaccos. Tie
fliers are used - for pipe smoking, the
heavy bodied top leaves for plug and
twist fillers, while the best leaves are
used for cigarette, plug, twist wrap
pers and for cutting purposes.
The bright yellow and mahogany to
baccos are cured entirely by flues, a
method which cures very quickly, not
more than four days being required In
the process. As soon as the tobacco Is
put Into the barn the fire is started and
Is kept going night and day until the
tobacco is thoroughly cured to the de
sired color. This tobacco, which is sold
at auction In loose piles In the ware
house. Is largely consumed in this
country, being used for plug and twist
wrappers, cigarettes and fine cut chew
ing and smoking tobaccos. The broad
scope of this type makes it exceedingly
popular, and the acreage is rapidly in
creasing. Recently this tobacco has
come Into favor with foreign countries,
Japan having lately placed a large or
der for this gr(ade.
Domestic cigars are made up of
wrappers, binders and fillers which
come from different districts. The
Connecticut valley produces two types
of wrapper loaf, the broad leaf and the
Havana seed leaf. The broad leaf va
riety has a broad, silky leaf, very elas
tic, about two-thirds of the leaf from
the tip, possessing rich grain and color.
Small veins are also characteristic of
this leaf. There is bnly one small area
In the Connecticut valley adapted to
Its production. The leaf of the Ha
vana seed Is smaller than the broad
leaf, much narrower and Is exceeding
ly thin and silky, but possees less
elasticity and covering quality. It does
not possess the rich grain of the broad
leaf.. The middle and lower parts are
glossy and have large veins. This por
tion of the leaf is not desirable for
wrapper purposes. The Connecticut
wrapper competes with the imported
Sumatra, being the nearest to It of any
of the domestic tobaccos except that
grown In Florida from Sumatra seed.
Messrs. Whitney and Floyd in Agricul
tural Year Book.
Dr. J. B. Smith of New Jersey rec
ommends the use of carbon bisulphide
for melon aphis. As soon as the first
curled up leaf Is noticed the hill and
those around it should be fumigated.
A tolerably tight cover should be plac
ed over the hill and the sulphide used
at the rate of one dram for every cubic
foot of space under the cover.
The Brevity of Barllarat.
It was in Ballarat that Mark Twain
found the local language ,so puzzling
at first, the good people of the- place
deeming life too short to dawdle in
their talk.
The mayor called on tlae American
humorist anil laconically said. "K'm."
Then when Mark Twain gave him a
cigar be simply said. "Q."
Subsequent Inquiry revealed that
these terms were Ballaratese for "wel
come" and "tliank you." London
Chronicle.
o Shattered Ideals.
"So she has gone home to her moth
er, has she? Don't you know. It's the
saddest tiling 011 earth to think of a
trusting. ,fou;l woman awakening to
find her idea's have, been shattered,
that she loves him no longer, that her
Idol bas feet of clay"
"Oh. there was nothing of that sort
a It. She loves him as well as ever.
9ut she went back to ma because she
tfas hungry." Indianapolis Press.
Stubb-rls that new prison guard vigi
lant?
Penn 1 should snv so. Why. some
one told him tbe gas was escaping, and
he
grabbed his gun, Chicago isiews.
. Answered. '-
"1 eian't Answer you." Indianapolis
Jonrnnl. . ' ' ii.r.T.-
13J1
Barttatwlby W.S.
PatwtOfficr.
the
John V. Shoemaker, M. D., L. L.D., Professor ef Materia
Medicq and TAeraJeutics,in tht Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, fa the New
York Medical Journal of July 23, lSgg,JExiract: i . '
" An additional advantage and extremely important reason for tne PECUL-
JSSySS: BuFimoiJTHmmTra stJLIi
l mates that of the SERUM of the BLOOD; therefore, it is admirably fitted
for absorption into the blood current and immediate incorporation with
the watery portions of the NUTRIENT FLUID. It becomes at once
identical with the BLOOD SERUM. These are qualities which far sur
pass those possessed by any extemporaneous solution of a single chemi
cal preparation, as when a LITHIA TABLET, e. J., is dissolved into water for
immediate administration. When we speak of s. c'.r sc, It is of a quantity altogether
relative, and what .the physician emphatically desires in a dose is THERA-
Dr. Shoemaker, in the article from which the above istaken, reports a number of
highly beneficial action of E&FE&LO ImmVlKFER bid conditions,
embracing "Clout," "Subacute Gout," "Inflammatory Rheumatism,"
" Bright's Disease," "Flatulent Dyspepsia," "Gravel," and "Stone."
He also attest3 the efficacy of the Water in "Diabei.es Ivfellitus," and many Nervous
affections, and also its solvent and eliminating power! over Renal, Hepatic, and
Vesical Calculi. It dissolves both the URFC ACID and PHOSPHAtiC
SEDIMENTS.
BUFFrUOfJiiA Water X<fj&FSSS
tions. Spring No. i, however, is both a blood and lierve tonic, and wherever
there is paucity cr poverty of the blood, or nervous debility or exhaustion,
is most especially indicated. In the abser.es of thesfc symptoms, No. 2 is gen
erally preferred. i
Buffalo LiTHiiL Water oroee gc.
Testimonials, which defy all imputation or question, sent to any address.
PROPRIETOR BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.
COMMERCIAL
WILMINGTON MARKET.
Quoted officially at the closing by t: e Produce
Exchange. J
STAR OFFICE. February 15.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing.
R03IN Nothing doing.
TAR Market steady at
bbl of 280 lbs;
CRUDE TURPENTINE
quiet at $1.30 per barrel
$L15 per
.Market
for bard,
$2.30 for dip, and for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm at 54s3c;
rosin firm at $1 40tl.45; tar firm at
$130; crude turpentine firm at $2.00
$3.25.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 14
Rosin 220
Tar s 210
Crude turpentine 12
Receipts - same day last, year. 52
casks spirits turpentine, 942 bbls
rosin, 659 bbls tar, 26 bbjs crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 9i c
per pound for middling. Quota
tions:
Ordinary. 6 13-18 cts. th
Good ordinary 8 316 "
Low middling. 8 13 16 " "
Middling 9& " M
Good middling. 9 9 16 " "
Same day last year middling firm
at 8c.
Receipts 523 bales; same day last
year. 875 bales.
Corrected Regnlwrly ny Wilmington Pr.duc-
Com mission Merchants..!
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 70c. Extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c
Virginia Prime. 50c; extra primed
65c; fancy, 60c; Spanish, 75c.
CORN Firm; 58 to 60 cents per
bushel for white.
N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 13 W
15c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 10c;
sides, 8 to 10c:
EGGS Firm at 13s per dozen -
CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 12
25c: springs. 1017e
TURKEYS Live, dull at 8 to8jc;
dressed. 10 to He.
BEESWAX Firm at 25c.
TALLOW Firm at 56c p5r
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 55c.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York. Frb. 15. Money on call
steady at I5f2 per cent. Prime mer
cantile paper 34 per cent. Sterling
exchange firm, then easy ; actual busi
ness in bankers' bills at 487 for de
mand and 484 for sixty davs ' Post
ed rates 485485tf and 488 489.
Commercial bills 483484 Sil
ver certificates 6263. - Bar silver 61.
Mexican dollars 47i. . Government
bonds stroner- State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds irregular. U. 8. refund
ing 2' s reg'd. 105 H ; U. S. refund'g 2's,
coupon, 105$$; U.S. 2's, reg'd.; U.S.
Vb, reg'd, 110; do. coupon, 110 ; U.
S.;4's, new reg'd, 137; do. couoor,
137; U. S. 4's, old reg'd, 113 X.
io coupon, 113; U. 8. 5's, reg'd,
110; do. coupon, 110; Southern
R'y 6's 116. Stocks: Baltimore &
Ohio 91; Chesapeake & Ohio 41;
Manhattan L 118; N. Y. Central
146; Reading 33;do. 1st preFd75H.
St. Paul, 151JO. deprefd, 190 ; South
ern Railway 23 Ji; prefd 75; Ameri
can Tobacco. 117J6. do. pref'd 140;
People's Gas 101J; 8ugar i37; do.
prefd 119; T. C. & Iro62J4; U. S.
Leather : do. preferred '5H: Wr
m Unim. 89 H Standard Oil 79800
Baltimore, February 15. Seaboard
Air Line, common, 1212$ ; do. pre
f erred 29. Bonds 4's 72
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
By, Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Nw York, Feb. 14. Rosin dull.
Spirits turpentine dull.
OHABLBSTOH, Feb. 15. Spirits Jur
pontine steady at 3itc; sales casks.
Hosin firm and unchanged.
Savarsah. Feb. 15. Spirits turpen
tine nrm at 36ic; sales 138 asks; re
ceipts 136 casks; exports 1,191 caskj.
rfosin firm; G and below 5c off. sales
4,542 barrels; receipts 3,259 barrels;
exports 14 311 barrels.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to thai Morning star.
New York, February 15 The cot
ton market bad a severe set-back to
day with near months the chief suffer ¬
ers, due to the transferring of Jong
interests in the present crop to the new
crop, and to an almost total absence of
support of any kind. Sentiment, ex
cept for a few minutes at the opening,,
was bearish, and selling was popular
all through the session. Cables were
rather : better than expected at the
opening, and receipts were Tar short of
general ideas,' causing a steady -start
with prices aochanged to five points
higher. These prices proved to
be the best .figures . of the day.
Before the J- noon hour, : liquida-
Similar in Com
position to the
BLOOD SERUT.T
more effective than
Lithia Tablet or any
preparation of Lithia
Salts. A Blood Food
ind Nutrient. Its es
pecial alue in Uric
Acid Conditions-
uon, loreign seiirng and pressure
from several of tbe ieadmer bears in
March end May had forced the entire
list on: seriously. Bulls were discour
asr?d and finally sold out io the early
aftei rjooa rthea the market had a oar-
ticularly weak spell. Therefore trad
ing was sctive beyond anything of
lat, but .ri. fleeted bear operations
i 1 J .- AM
ajmost exciasiveiy. a lew export and
spot houses bought on the downturn
and shorts; occasionally, turned for
prouts. 5 us me maruet m general
displayed n recuperative enertv. and
at the ciosel jwas barely (steady wi h
prices ntt thirteen points lower to one
point higher! the steadiness being on
tnereiuote positions only
:Ssw Yoekl Feb 15.-- tottou quiet;
middling uplands 94c.
Coito futures ciosed barely stesdy:
February 8 17, March 9.02. April 9 04
May 9.C6, June 9 04 July 9.05, August
a 7U. September 8.23, Uctober 8 01, No
vember 7 95L December 7 90.
3pol cotton closed quiet and 116c
lower: middling uplands 954c; mid
dling gulf 9ke: sales 3.110 bales.
Net receipb 979 bales: gross receipt
5.366 bales; exports to Great Britain
1 824 bales; exports to the Continent
4S0 bales; exports, to France 385 bales:
stock 147 394 bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 17.924
bales; exports to tireat Britain 12 504
bales; exports to France 385 bales,
exports to .the Continent 2.256 bales;
stock 919.038ji bales. .
Consolidaied Net receipts 126 386
bales; exports to threat Britain 48,378
bales; exports to France 410 bales;
exports to the Conjiuent 35607 bales.
Total sine September 1st. Net re
eipts 5. 601 818 nales; exports to Great
rttam 2 068 108 bales; exports t.
France 490 020 bales; exports tot!)
ootmeni 1'. 548. 080 bales, i
February 15 Galveston, steady at
9Vc, net receipts 4.889 bales: Norfolk,
quiet at 9fr $ net receipts 986, bales.
Baltimore, npmioal at 9c, net re
ceipts 570 bales; Boston, dull at 9 9 16c.
net receipts! 911 bales; Wiiming
too, firm atj 9Jc, net receipts 523
bales: Pbilaaelpaia auiet at 9lc.
n et receipts bales;. 8avanaah, quiet
at xc, net receipts l.ssu Dales; new
Orleans, steady at 9 3 16 j, net receipts
6,443 bales; Mobile, quiet at 9 1 16c, net
receipts 72 bales; Memphis.quiet at 9X.
net receipts 814 bales y Augusta, quiet
at 9c net receipts 877 bales ; Cbarles
ton, nominal, ;net receipts 160 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS. -
! I :
By Telegragh to tbe Morning star.
New YoEB, February 15. Flour
was less active, but steadily heldat yes
terday's prices. Wheat Spot dull;
No. 2 red 8Qjc f. o. b. afloat; options
were fairly steady all day, but fairly
destitute of! speculative feature deriv
ing its stability' chiefly from strength
of Corn. relUtlvelv small nrimai-v .-
ceipts., light fffenngs, reports of crop
uamage in xoaia and lignt weekly
clearances. Finally yielded to realiz
ing and closed easy at e net decline.
Sties included: N o.2 red March closed
79 lie; May closed 80c; July closed
79Xc Cor4-Spot dull; No. 2 48c
at elevator ; otJtion wn t first e..,..'
and higher pnf small Western receipts,.
Usui cuoirac siccus, alarm. among,
suuris ana sairiy large clearances, but
finally yielded to realizing. and closed
steady at &Jc net advance. Sales
included: ; Ftoruary closed 48Vc;
March closed f-c; May closed 46 Jc;
July closed 4j5c Oats -Spot tirur,'
No. 2 30ck piions quiet but steady
Lard easy;Westeri (steam $780;reSned
qu.et; contiieiit t7 90 Pork Marbei
steady; fanail $15 0015;5; shott
clear 514 75 iS 50; uneas tl3 7514 50
BattersironB;fresti creamery 1622:
factory ll15b. Cheese was q inted
Qrrn; fancyj lree, fall made 11 V
llj; small fancy, fall made ll12c
Potatoes Market steads; Jer-ey $1 25
an to; w eiw ixortc l 601175; Lioag
Island $1 501 87 ; Jersey sweets
$1752 60. Petroleum steady. Eggs
were steadjh State and Pennsylvania
at mark 18 c , Southern at mark 17
17H- Cajbbages firm but quit Tal
lo s eadyi Bice steady. ; Molasses
steady. Fi-eigHis to Liverpool Cotton
by steam 14d Cotton seed oil was
weakened a little by local selling prea
8ure,and an abjsenc of buyers, closing
somewhat 1 jwr than yesterday. Prices
at the clo-: J Prime crude, in bar
rel8, 27c. n -minal ; prime summer yel
low 29!!94c; off summer fellow
29c; prime white 8435c; .rime
winter yellow 5tf36;prime meal $25.
Coffee 8pt Rio dull: No. 7 iu'
voice 7Hd mld quiet; Cordova 8
12c. Sugarj-Raw steady but quiet;
fair refiuine IVi- .rntrifnoi ot
c: moiasses sugar 334e; refined
sugar quit
Chioao
ib 15 - Corn waa Kc
leading s
!cutive deal on 'Change
ie market was aetivn nH
to day.
strong Uu
ier 4 variety, of . bullish in
indj after , settling a new
fluences.
price mar
me opiioo, closed -1
it higher.
at was dull and nr
row, closing
shade lower. Oats
also eXDerferifWl a rianlina nt a .h.l.
while provisions at the close were 21
123 deprssd. ;
raUHiOAOO,Fefc 15. Cash quotations:
Flour Marketquoted dull, r Wheat-
No.3sprine;6572c; No. 2 red 74
76c Corn No. 8, 38Va OatZ
No. 2 25,25fe0. No. 8 white 27Wa
xw. o MuiiB sfKosoc. irorr. oar
lbs. $7 450,7 47 u. otu- .
V-. -.1, lf.ILM I K in .
vi uaet7 zr r. "u
aers, to 06 50. Show "? M
tiljters'fiuishoodl rI.4
rne leading futures , ran 1 H
'ows ODenins- hi.k 'fr; a.,'!
losincr: WheatTj" . .1
zn;; marrh It 'It
73. 78X; M-.TOkftiWi
76KC. Uorn-EVbrui;; 72
38 n. 39 38jf. "vc -m. ?C;
per ODI FeOrUHry fHuvw Pi
14 35. 14 14. 14 20 iVl5.' MJ tul
Frbruar $747; Mn'mTV
745.747U: Mav .7 rlVV.7. ?1
va ouorino. iwi huih
7 U7J4; Mav7 17 7 V. 6l
. . - r inv w .
-2 - 1,
FOREIGN sU'gKfc?
Livkrpoo.!,, February 15 4P li
Cotto.T Spot. moderate h,,1
tfricev l 16J hibr : A mP.P,.,
fair, 5 13 lfidjtfond miadl 5 ,11
mirtdlius 5 13 32d: low. ,i7H
1; vOiMl ordinary 4 31 ,
,y 4 23-32d. Th sale of
wer 8.000 bale, of which nJ,'-1
a ' un 1.
were for speculation and em,,. I
.nelude.) 7 800 bales ATM
eipts 7 000 Dales, all American'
Futures opened Q'lit-i buti..j
closed easv: Amrricn,, '
m. c.j Februarv 5 19 64d M,.t. I
" " UJ1UI1I...K
aud Ap-il 5 13 64d buver: An. '
My 5 ll-64d value; Mav aud J ,'
9 645 10 64d buyer; Juoe aD,u
5 7 645 8 64d buyer; July ud,
aust 5 fi 64d buyer: Auuust k,.rf
lember 4 56 644 57 64d buvw tl
tober (g. o. c) 4 35 64d value; fk
VI A KI K
ARRIVED.,
Clyde steamship Saginaw
Georgetown, 8 C. H G Smailbon,
Dimr a. r nurt,, Kooesou, Fh,
vilfe, James Madden.
Stmr Dnyer, Sliiuuer. aveiini
T D Love.
Schr Kdgar C Boss, 380 tons 0
Ian, Baltimore. George Harris
& Co.
.Schr Lasruna. 328 tons. R
Martinique. Geore Harris. Son
Stmr (Jompton, banders. CakJ
anu utue itiyer, atone, Koun
Uo.
CLEARED.
Stmr A P Hurt, RobesoD. fm
ville, James Madden.
Schr S B Marts. Hollowav. M.
Ga, George Harriss, S'd & Co.
MARINE DIRECTOR.
i.lt of ;TiMli to tkl''
aV
nlBCton, C. Feb. 15
SCHOONEKc
I0(t
Laguna, 328 tons. Bayles, 0
LI . o.. a- t- :
Edtrar C R ss, 380 tons, Qrli
t frvrCTM M 4lVlfifl Sun AT I
Helen Shafner, (Br), ISO tons. Cha
lieorge Harriss. fcjon & Uo.
j noweu ijeeas, 104 ions, Baierti
T Tt It T I a,n. r .
K-teorge uarriss. on ccuo.
Mary T Quinby, 1,047 tons, Ajre.;';
w ciicxs. s
C C Wehrum. 375 tons. Cavilrr
George Harriss, 8o & Co.
Jno I Soosr, llii8, Olt, Geod
Harnss, S & Uo.
Li! lie, (Br) 311 ons, Davis, Geor.
Harriss, Sou & Co. ,
STEAMSHIro.
Oklands, (Br) 1,252 tons, Qracf.
Alexander Spruut &-Sod.
Dora. (Br) 1,105 tbs, Gorfldii
Alexander Sprunt & Son.
BARQUES.
Albatros. (Nor) 491 tons, Rmussf
rr..: j. . jp, o..
Bertba, (Swd) 487 tons, Peters
Heide & Co.
Cbas Loring (Am) 525 toes, Gee;,
Harriss, Son & Co
BRIGS.
M C Haskell. 299 tons. Wjcgfit
George Harriss, Son & Co.
) BARGE.
CJarrie L Tvler. 610 tons. B6mJ
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Cob
pany. .
BY RIVER AND RAIL
Receipts of Naval Stores and Cow
Yesterday.
W. & W. Railroad 57 bales ef
ton.
W, Ci. Ar. A Railroad 330 M
cotton. 6 casks spirits tU'pentio'.H
barrels rosin. 100 barrels tar, u w
crude turnentine.
A & Y. Railroad-37 balott
.6 casks spirits turpeuline, 31 bii"
tar
W. & N. Railroad 92 bales eon
2 casks spirits, 9 barrels rosin.
U. C. Railroad 7 bales cow
barrels tar. . ,
Total Cotton. 523 bales: spinB1'
peotine. 14 casks: rosin.- 220 tarn
tar, 210 barrels; crude turpeotint,
barrels.
For "LaQrinTMi and if
nuenza use unr1
EXPiCTORANr.
THE LATEST AS TO
NERVES AND STRLNG
'Ittsnot muc esomuclias h v,4rJ
81 re
uvu and powr of endurance "J
tmlv 0ih a- U rhvslcliii.Borr;
tbe
is now to K-ep rne n"ive iu
. . J . . r : in iwrltw
Jy Hvlnsr. Q&oiwut) or (.very W
neea languor. restlo saess ierv
Dep"ia, mnscaar weaki-ess. tram
ness poor emulation tHon-iB "1
ferent unpleaaiit eellr gs ana '
torus are du- to nerve waw aua iw .
veafnees, eape'nallv In women
child en. Bat how cmi -II this be P,,
vented, on will ak! How c 5
hmVan AMwrn vn. .at t III i n b6 rfP . -
aud netve str-ngth and foil, " v
hea th be secure . Jusi tw ' P"16
remeniDer: ueierm'ue j-z gi
gr w strons 'n ne ves ana lea'j" ;
decide, to na at o ce that mot '"J
neivecnre. CEH. 'i18??
ltxsw, qu cklnacn n mojoi
wearied nerv.-s tingle with reu ((
Btrwngtn a ia every M IB
stron.rr and 'aruliy hebagiter"
use. Druggists sen it.
fib gents': or sent by
. fi
Baltimore, rad
io ANT ADDRESS OX RECEIPT OF MO1,
WRITE US ABOUT IT.
For Sale
30O C VI P
lOO Cawi Ta,b
8mr rye.
SOO Boxes Memdi son's tf
lOO Basra Coffe .
IOO Barrels tolassrs.
'85 Barrels Vinegar.
xnn Dirnr -robacco
.,.m
irMCCO.
"USD. arn inra or OLU r s-
close prices.
SAMUEL BBAB, j
m at nOAf
JanlStf loiu--
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