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BT WILLIAM H. tseUNARD.
Fbioat Morniks, Mabch 8.
HOT A MATTER OP SENTIMENT
The organs which favor holding
on to Cuba sneer at the Teller reso
lution as a mere expression of sen
timent, now entitled to no respect
or consideration. It was the out
come of excitement and was adopted
by Congress in a moment of mental
aberration, as it were, and therefore
should not be. seriously considered
now. But they were not a matter
of sentiment at all, nor were they
passed in a flurry of excite meut, for
Senator Teller knew very well what
he was doing when he phrased tbose
resolutions and Congress knew ery
well what it was doing when it
unanimously adopted them. It may
have been one of the wisest things
that Congress ever did, for these
resolutions were far from being a
mere matter of sentiment, and the
motires that inspired them and
their adoption are thus stated in the
speech of Senator Bacon in giving
his reasons for voting against the
Cuban demands tacked unto the
Army Appropriation b II, as we find
them quoted in a letter of the
Washington correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution:
"I cannot vote for the Cuban amend
ment, and will state my reasons fur it
I believe that the future of Cuba is
necessarily identified with the future
of the Doited States, and in is not in
antagonism to tbat view tnat I decline
to vote for tnia Cuoaa amendment. I
do so on two grounds.
"Ia tbe first place. I do not think
that the amendment is in harmony
with the pledge whieh we made when
we went to war with Spain. I think
tbat we are bound by that pledge, Mr.
President. Tbat pledge is not consist
ent with the pronunciation by us of an
ultimatum to the people of Cuba, say
ing tbat we will not release them from
mi I i tar v control nntil thv nnmnlv
with that ultimatum.
''I know tbat it is common for peo
ple to disparage the action of the Sen
ate in the adaption of the olause rec
ognizing the independence of the peo
pie of Cuba in the resolution declar
ing war against 8 pain, which says:
" 'Fourth. Tbat the United States
hereby disclaims any disposition or in
tention to exercise sovereignty, juris
diction, or control over said isiand
except for the pacification thereof,
and asserts its determination, when
tht is accomplished, to leave the guv
ernment and control of the island to
its people,'
"I know that some who were not
then members of this body are dispos
ed to ridicule that resolution aa a piece
of silly sentiment. But, Sir. President,
it was not a sentiment. Tbat declar
ation was made under very solemn
circumstances, at a time when
we thought it was prudent and
good policy to make the declar
ation. At the time we went to war with
8ptio, we did not know but that we
had eatered u pin a world's war. At
the time whea we stripped ourselves
for the coiifl ct. when we flung down
the gage of Datlle, we did not know
but tbat the whole of Eirope would
be at the back of Spain. Tnat was then
a serious apprehension.
"Sir. President, I recollect very eU
the language to mo of tbe President
of the Uuited Stales at tbe time wneo
there was great travail, great doubt,
great lab r aud trouble io tbe effort
to determine upon what waa a wis
course thn to be puisu-d Tbe Presi
. dent of tbe Uuiwd States invited ex
nressiona of opioion not only from
Rtpoblicaas, but from Democrats,
and I remember distinctly that on a
day I ifcivrd an invitation with an
other Democratic Senator to go to lh
White House and confer with tbe
President about the then serious and
difficult situation.
"1 am happy to do here what I bave
done, I think, heretofore in mis pres
ence; if not here, certainly elsewhere,
on every occasion, to do tbe justice to
say of the President that be as moai
earnestly opposd to war; that be mist
earnestly daired the preservaiiou o'
pace; and I remember distinctly as we
parted in the cabinet room, the last
words be said to us were, 'rfeoators,
remember if we have a war, it may be
a world's war.'
'Now, Mr. President, in the pret
ence of such an emergency as that, in
the presence of so great a danger as
that, we deemed it proper to stand be
fore the whole world, when we did not
know but that we bad challenged
their hostility, and say to them, 'We
d'Sire bo aggrand cement by this war;
we do not go to war for the purpose of
acquiring Cuba; we want you to uo
derstand it is our dsire tbat you shall
holl your hands off, tbat our only de
sire is to do joatiee to these people and
produce a peaceful situation in that
country.'
"Therefore, under that solemn, un
der tbat serious condition of affairs,
.with the utmost good faith and for tbe
purpose, not of highflwn sentiment,
but for the purpne of our personal
protection agaius: a. threatened dan
ger which we apprehended, we said to
all the world, 'Our purp e is simply
to produce a condition tnat is tolerable
there, to stop this inhumanity, and to
bring about peace in our own home
sphere; and when we shall have done
that, we pledge ourselves we will
make no attempt to take this island ;
when we bave pacified 'those people
we will withdraw and leave their
aflUirs to them atone. We declare
solemnly b fore the world tbat they
are. and of right ought to be free and
independent, and we will be true to
that declaration.'
"Now, I say that was not a matter
of sentiment.. It was a great and sol
emn asservation made for a high pur
pose, deemed essential to our own
safety.
'MV. President, if I desired above
all things the acquisition of Cuba I
.Vnlllil 1 HAli(t.M m..,I1 W.
conflict either with tbe letter or with
the apirit of that asservation which we
then made under those tring circum
stances. . Therefore, Mr. President,
while I have the utmost deference and
respect for the committee which have
brought in this amendment, according
to nr. view tha uiumHmant .
consistent wiih the obligation which
we then solemnly took in the pres
encs cf tbe world. Cuba cannot be
free and independent if we can inf iree
these restraints upon her. If we are
determined to violate our pledge, why
top half way f la that case we should
go tbe whole way and take the island
without reaervatioa.'
There is history in this, history
whieh tells how deeply impressed
the President was with the gravity
of the conditions by which this
country was: then confronted, and
with the possible conflicts that
the future might have in store for
us. Mr. McKinley evidently did not
regard that resolution as a mere
haUltionot sentiment, nor utter-
ance 01 IOliy. ne ueeuieu ii
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wise and timely and endorsed it
as the whole country did. , at that
time. We all remember the appre
hensions that were felt as to the
possible attitude of Germany, and
France, both of which were thonght
to sympathize with Spain, as nearly
every other European country did
save Great Britain, and it is also re
membered that it waa a pretty gen
eral belief tbat we owed our escape
from conflict' with them to the
friendship shown us by Great Britain,
which gave ground for the belief
that there was an alliance between
that country and this, and that in
terference with us would result in
conflict with Great Britain.
Bnt when the war with Spain be
gan we did not know what the atti
tude of Great Britain might be, uor
what other powers might do, and
therefore this resolution which
was intended to deprive them in
advance of an alleged reason for
siding with Spain, was not a mere
matter of sentiment, but a very sa
gacious master stroke, as wise as the
attempt to ignore it now is dis
honest and disgraceful.
Mr. McKmley didn't want war with
Spain because he didn't believe this
country was prepared, for war and
he certainly did not want war with
any otbepower. To prevent this,
by removing suspicions that might
be entertained, was the object of
tbat resolution, which the advo
cates of holding on to Cuba sneer at
as mere foolish sentiment and which
Mr. McKinley and his counsellors
now ignore, while pretending to be
carrying out in the spirit if not in
the letter, but neither in spirit nor
in the letter.
Calmly, forcibly, and with dig
nity, Senator Bacon states his rea
sons for opposition to those supple
mental demfnds, and gives the
reasons why we should, injustice
and fairness to ourselves and to
Cuba, maintain our pledge and
treat Cuba, now in our power, hon
estly and fairly.
A BLACK BETRAYAL.
There are some Republican papers
in this country which do not hesi
tate to denounce the conditions of
fered by the McKinley administra
tion upon which the United States
troops will be withdrawn from Cuba.
Among these are the Philadelphia
North American, which fiercely con
demns them as a shameless breach
of faith, and the Chicago Times
tteraia which was at one time one
of Mr. McKinley's most ardent ad
mirers and strongest defenders.
Speaking of the vote by which
these conditions passed the Senate
it aaya the Senators who cast these
votes "stripped the intervention of
the UnittdJState8 in behalf of Cuba
of the lastnrestige of disinterested
D68S and have written hypocrisy
and shameless perfi lylike a blister
across the hitherto fair and untar
nished brow of American honor."
After characterizing it as a black be
trayal of national honor and an in
f mous breach of faith it adds, "tbe
United States Senate has forged
fetters for Cuba, more polished and
more highly civilized than those of
Spain, but cast in the same crucible
of wrong and injustice and tempered
with the oil of false pretences and
pel Odious intentions."
This is pretty strong language
coming from one of the original
supporters and champions of Mr.
McKinley, one of the first papers to
start the McKinley boom which re
sulted in his nomination in 1896,
and stood by him loyally until the
"Puerto Rico infamy," which, how
ever, it overlooked, and supported
him for re-election.
But the trouble with these Re
publican organs is that however
much they may denounce the ptrty
policy before election, when election
time comes around they forget it
all, and loyally toot for tn party as
if nothing had happens
Richard Harcourt minister of
education for the pJbvinne of On
tario, will make an effort to estab
lish circulating libraries for the
rnral districts. He will ask tbe
Legislature to make an appropria
tion, and wagons containing from
twenty five to fifty volumes will
travel through the country at in
tervals, distributing new books and
taking up those that have been
read. That isn't a bad idea, at
least , for thickly settled sections,
where practicable.
- A yonng man in Connecticut got
himself into trouble by hiding and
yelling "boo" at a young lady of his
acquaintance. It was all in fun,
but it didn't prove so funny when
the young lady was frightened into
hysterics, lost the power of speech
and sued him for $10,000 damiges,
the value she put upon her speech.
The next time he wants to deliver
an impromtu "boo" at a girl he will
send her a postal card in advance.
A Life ami Dsatlt Fight. '
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Mr. W. A. Hine, of Manchester,
la., writing of his almost miraculous
ecipe from death, says: "Exposure
after measles induced serious luag
trouble, which ended in -consumption.
I had frequent hemorrhages
and cougbed night and day. All m?
doctors said 1 most soon die. Then I
began . to use . Dr. . King's New: Dis
covery for Consumption, which com.
pUtely cured . me. I would not be
without it even if it cost $5 00 a bot
tie. ..Hundreds have used it on my
recommendation and all say it never
fail to cure Throat, Chest and Lung
Troubles. .Regular ai'xe 60 cents and
tLOO. . Trial bottle 10 cents at B. R.
Bxujuct'8 drag store. f
8BNAT0R MORGAN BELLIQ
SSSHT. When Senator Morgan addressed
the Senate Wednesday on the abro
gation of the Clayton Bui wer treaty
he was in ' a somewhat belligerent
frame of mind, talked as if he would
as lief have a spat with John Bull
as not, and served notice on John
what he might expect to happen and
where he would find himself when
the fracas ended, if it began.
The Alabama Senator has been
very much disappointed at the fail
ure of the Nicaraguan canal bill to
pass, and when he thinks of it and
the hard work he has done nursing
it, it isn't calculated to put him in
an amiable mood. He isbinks Great
Britain has been purposely putting
obstacles in its way, because this
canal would prove a big thing for
the commerce of this country and a
proportionately bad thing for the
oommerce of Great Britain, in ad
dition to being a formidable com
petitor of the 9uez ditch in which
Englishmen hold the majority of the
stock, and therefore he insists on
building the canal without any par
leying with Great Britain about it,
which has, in his opinion, no more
right to a say so in tbat matter than
she would have about making a ship
canal from Chicago to the Missis
sippi river.
Mr. Morgan is not alone in this
opinion for other statesmen, both
Democrats and Republicans, have
held tbat Great Britain by her own
action abrogated that treaty a
dozen years ago or more. As she
has no possessions in that region
which would be affected by the con
struction of the canal by or under
the supervision of this Government,
her right to object does not appear,
unless the Clayton Bulwer treaty is
in full force, which is disputed by
Senator Morgan and other distin
tinguished Americans, living and
dead. The only countries directly
interested, and which ought to be
consulted about it.are Nicaragua and
Costa Rica, through whose territory
it will run, "both of which have
granted the necessary - concessions
and are anxious to have the canal
constructed.
We shall watch with interest the
tilt between Senator Morgan and
John Bull, now that the Senator
has put on his war paint.
CUKKbM COMMENT,
"We are not making war on
the Filipinos; they are making war
on us," said President McKii.ley in
bis inaugural address. Wow! That
suggest the story of the big boy who
yelled "mother make Freddie be
have himself; he cries every time I
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11 lb IU ItUO IKitU WlbU blllB uabuucv.
A tlantQ Journal, Dem.
Will Cuba agree to our condi
tions and thus retrive our reputa
tion, or will she refuse and add to
our humiliation by forcing us either
to retract or else to euforce our
claims bv violence against the peo
ple for whom we were fighting two
years agor Such is onr record in
tue Philippines. Mill it be dupli
catedinCuba? Augusta Chronicle
Dem.
Senatwf Hoar's amendment
to the Philippine amendment waa
designed and well framed to prevent
tbe sale or lease of forest and mining
lands in the islands to hungry specu
lators, who have been waitiug to
capture. The Administration Sena
tors, it is reported from Washington,
received word that in the Presi
dent's opinion it was "too drastic"
and ought not to be accepted.
Charleston News and Courier, Dem.
Tbe Cubans could not give a
more significant evidence of their
good will than in their suggestion
that there should be reciprocal free
trade in natural products between
tbe Uuited States and their islands.
But the Protectionists, in this
country are much more hostile to
free trade with Cuba than with
Porto Rico. What they want is a
protectorate, which will enable them
to dictate the Cuban tariff in tbeir
own interest. Philadelphia Re
cord, Dem.
TWINKLINGS.
Gushing is excusable only in
vry young girls and oil wells.
Kansa City Star.
"I don't know a worse marks
man." "Nor I. I honestly believe if
be shot at random be wouldn't hit it."
"Why do they call a boy a
'kid? ' "It may be 'rom there being
time in evry boy's j0k when he'd
like to be a pirate."
"He's a lobster." ".Why do
you call him that?' "Wnen He late
ly got into bot waur he turned a con
fused red and tried to back out "
"Never offer to bet with a po
licmaa tbat he is not personally
acauainted with every speak easy on
biabeat." "Where'a the harm!" "He
might take you up."
"He didn't return yonr bow.
doctor." "Looks like it. And it shows
how some men can be impolite as well
as ungrateful. Ooly last week I saved
his mother in law's life."
' The youth who courts a girl
may be a kind of actor at times but
it's on r-cord that parting from ber
about midnight at the front door is a
part he doesn't like to take.
"Lean, appreciate their notral-'
lowing the veterans to go to tbe front
of the line in 4he inaugural parade "
"So can I Turn about is fair play. It
was enough for them to be at the front
during the war."
"I notice many of the clerks at
the City Hall spend moat of their time
standing by the wiodows and watch
ing the promenader on Broad street
"That's all right. It's their way of
looking out for the city's interests."
No, Not by Any Means
Everybody who knows anything
about China is writing a book on the
auH-ct." "Yes. but that doesn't
Laccount for all the books tbat nrm be
ing written about China!" Detroit
Journal.
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BwJSjOe
IhqiGdYoa Ha Always Botgf .
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
- Hillsboro Observer-. Frank
Markham, a colored desperado and'
hlnckader. was arrested in uuisooro
tnwnshio early Sunday morning by
8heriff Hughes and brought to town
and lodged in jail Markham has
served a term iu the Columbus (0 1
penitentiary.
Clinton Democrat: Mr. Black-
man Honeycutt, of JDibmal township,
bad the misfortune a few days since
to lose bis dwelling, smoke house, to
gether . with all his household . and
kitchen furniture, meat, ana niteen
bles.ff cotton, by fire. The
Democrat was shown a curiosity last
Aeek in tbe way of a stction of a t
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waibUl tree some inu-ty iuvucb m
diameter, io the center of wbich was j
imbedded a p-rfectly preservea corn
cob When the tree was small some
one had bored a hole into it with an
augur a d driven tbe cob into tbe
hole. The tree grew over it and tbe
cob was preaervtd.
Goldsboro Argus: The unex
pected death -of Dr. J. B. Powell
occurred Tuesday nieht at his office in
the law building. For some days be
bad been complaining, but neither be
or his relatives thought tbat his death
was so near at band. He waa itting
in bis office when his heart failed,
which is assigned as the cause of bis
death, and he waa drad in a few
moments. He was a practicing physi
cian, waa 43 years old and was uo-
married. Out of 55 applications
io tbe re-uiting office iu this City to
j tin tbe U 8. army, only fie were
auccesB'ul in s anding the physical
examination so far. Dr. Tnomaa fciill
is the medical examiner and a candi
date who is not in gooJ physical coo
dition is wasting time in making appli
cation The above ratio, however, is
about tbe same as tbat at other re
cruiting offices. Ouly about one-tenth
pass tbe examination.
Charlotte Observer: One of the
largest fires in tue h story of High
Point occurred Wednesday afternoon
about 3:15 o'clock. Most of tbe build
inga burned were frame structures
and, fanned by March winds, tbe fire
was intensely not and made rapid pro
greS4. It originated from a gas tack
on a peanut parcher in the store of
Alf Fraley, uidr the Edwards House,
a large frame building on the corner
of South Main and Hamilton streets.
Tae fire then spread out down Main
street among a lot of wooden build
ings. Estimated loss about $30,000.
There waa an extra car attached
to pasenger train N" 84, which ar
rived in Charlotte Wednesday night
over the Southern R til way from At
lanta. It was a Pullman sleeper, and
its occupanto were insane soldiers who
were being brought home from the
Poilippines. Tbey were landed at
San Francisco a few days ago and
were there placed in the car which ia
carrying them through to Washing
ion. The car contained a sergeant
and 18 privates, every one of them
cr-zy. Fur or five of the men were
handcuffed.
PERSONALITIES.
Ex-Governor Roger Wolcott of Mas
sachusetts and his wife bave returned
to their home in Boston after a six
months' trip to Europe.
Tbirtf years of hard work and tbe
expenditure of $375,000 have enabled
Count von Zeppelin to construct an air
ship tbat can be navigated successfully.
King Qscar of Sweden is the tallest
reiguing monarch. lie Is a little over
six feet, which Is something less than
the height of the crown prince of
Greece.
A recent photograph of Lieutenant
Richmond I. Hobsou makes him look
like a preacher. He has a smooth face
and is wearing a long black coat, a
black tie and a silk hat.
Tbe Prihi-e of Wales, whose doctor
ordered him to give np tobacco about
a year ago. is now free to smoke once
more and said tbe other day that be got
from his cigar all the pleasure be had
when he smoked bis first one as a boy.
Prince Tlloka. the 15-year-old son of
tbe king of Slam who has been study
ing at tbe Charterhouse school in Lon
don, has been recalled to Slam, much
to bis regret, for he has grown to be
very fond of tbe country and Its peo
ple. Queen Victoria has given ber permis
sion to Sir William MacCormac to ac
cept and wear tbe Kaiser Wilbelm
commemoration medal bestowed upon
him by the German emperor In recogni
tion of services rendered In the war of
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Alvarez Calderon. tbe new Peruvian
minister at Washington, bas placed
two of his sons and two nephews as
students at tbe Maryland Agricultural
college at Byattsvllle. Tbey are to
take the regular course in agriculture
and mechanics.
A Spanish paper says tbat two de
scendants of Columbus. Manuel and
Maria Colombo, brother and sister, are
at present Inmates of the Asylum For
tbe Homeless. In tbe city of Cadiz. It
Is said that documents In their posses
sion incontestably prove their descent.
Tbe death of Levi McLaughlin, a cit
izen of Wichita. Kan., brings out a
story of bis remarkable fondness for
children. He bad 12 of bis own, of
whom 11 are now living, but at differ
ent times be adopted a round dozen
more. Including Ave orphans of one
family.
Frederick Layton. the Milwaukee
millionaire and pioneer who recently
retired from active business, came
from England to Wisconsin in 1S45.
Tbe Layton Art gallery, which he gave
Milwaukee, cost $275,000 and contains
one of tbe best collections of pictures
in the middle west.
George"ldIby, who was Charles Dick
ens secretary and manager during the
last reading tour In the United States,
died recently in the alcoholic ward of a
London hospital Drink bad made him
a tramp. . He wrote a book of reminis
cences of Dickens with tbe title "The
Chief as I Knew Him." pis sister was
the once famous English contralto
Mme. Sainton-Dolby.
Tba Baa Jo King.
Charles Roberts Bnckett of .Haverhill.
Mass-, who was known as tbe banjo
king. ' was graduated from Harvard in
1872 and was rated a good scholar and a
jolly good fellow. He achieved distinc
tion as a schoolteacher and after study
ing law in tbe office of bis brother, the
late Mayor Brlckett of Haverhill, waa
admitted to the bar. He followed his
profession for a time, but ' his fondness
for bis banjo and his passion for burnt
cork were too strong within him to give
bim contentment in a solemn law office,
and he joined a minstrel company, as
suming the name of Charles Brickwood
out of regard for the feelings of his
family and of his alma mater, who
doesn't ordinarily train her children for
the minstrel stage. He was always
billed as tbe banjo king, and bis skill in
handling tbat instrument as well as h.s
pre-eminence in other minstrel special
ties made good his claim to tbe titles.
Tit IpfUtts ofs Goat
Is envied by all poor dyspeptics,
whose stomach and liver are out of
order. All ucb should know tbat
Dr. Zing's New Life Pills, the won
derful - Stomseh and Liver Bemedy.
gives a splendid appetite, ar und di
gestioa and a regular bodily habit
that insures perfect health and great
energy.. Only SS cents at B B. Bel
laxT's draff store. t
SOME EAM0US FANS.
A HIGHLY VALUEP POSSESSION OF
THE FAIR SEX,
Historians Hot S.aa to Its OrUrtn.
Tk Superb Fan In-rented by Cleo
patraHandsome Pana ' of Marie
Antoinette- and tbe Pompadour.
Among the :most Interesting relics
which the queens of the earth have left
to posterity the fan takes an easy first
place. The fair and famed. ones of the
world have from time immemorial count
ed the fan among their most valued and
necessary possessions. Thus we find in
this particular adjunct of feminine
adornment a peculiar" characteristic of
the times and habits of each century.
The coquettish tap of. a cleverly manip
ulated fan has wiled many a state secret
out of the heart of the diplomatist and
has possibly led to more court intrigues
than anything else ever has done.. The
three countries which all claim to have
"invented" if one may use the term
the fan are China, Japan and India. His
torians are at a loss to decide, to which
land shall really be accorded the honor.
The great antiquity of China would
lead us to believe that the coveted right
belongs to them, yet there Is- no doubt
that the fan has played an important
part in all the religious ceremonies of
India from the reniote ages. Indeed the
faithful Indian tells us how one of their
daughters, a handmaid of Buddha, waved
palm leaves round the god to create a
current of air about him. ' There . is no
doubt whatever, that the original f ap was
simply a palm leaf, which became, more
ornate and covered with deconftibns ar
the time went on.
It was left to the gorgeous, color loving
Cleopatra, luxurious Egypt, to invent the
fan which remained closest to the hearts
of tbe feminine world for many genera
tions tbe fan of peacocks' feathers.
Walking one day in the gardens of her
palace, that wonderful palace of which
history relates to us that its floors were
of marble and jade and inlaid with pre
cious stones, and its columns of mother
of pearl and gold, the great queen saw
her peacocks waving tbelr tails in the
sun. Struck with tbe grandeur and dig
nity of the motion, as with the brilliant
colors glowing like living fire in the sun
light, the imperious queen ordered that
the talis be all struck off and mounted
In gold wands as fans. After that time
the queen's fanners used nothing but
these mounted peacocks' tails with which
to fan theij- royal mistress.
Among other fans of remote history is
one chronicled in the annals of Grecian
mythology, the fan of Helen of Troy,
which had in Its center a tiny plate of
burnished silver, this being before the
time of looking glasses. This was a very
favorite ornament for the center of a
fan, and Poppae, Nero's extravagant
wife, possessed such a one, as did also
the famous beauty, Lucrezia Borgia.
Turning from mythology to more au
thentic history, we know that the first
country in Europe .into which the fan
waa introduced was Spain, where it Was
brought by the Moorish tribes, and to
this day no woman in all the world un
derstands how to handle her fan as does
the Spanish beauty, whose manejo del
abanico (manipulation of the fan) and
whose wearing of the mantilla, or lace
scarf, stamp her among all women of the
world as the most graceful. Again,
among all women in Spain, none has so
exquisitely graceful handling of her fan
as the fair Andalnsian. who is supposed
to possess some peculiar twist in her
wrist which accounts for the happy
movement. This is all the more remark
able when we remember that Spanish
fans are tbe heaviest and largest of all
of gay and brilliant coloring and often
times with heaOT carved sticks. Wjrile
it was tbe cuUbm in France to write a
verse or motto on the fan itself, in &pain
the same was often carved on tin fan
sticks. a
Although Spain is, and always has
been, tbe home of the fan, by far tbe
greatest number of fans have been manu
factured in Paris, where they may cost
anything from 2 francs fo 10.000. Now
adays It is computed that the yearly man
ufacture of fans in Paris alone is 10,000,
000 francs per annum. Perhaps the most
expensive of all fans were those used
about the time of Louis XIV, XV and
XVI. Some of these were painted on
various fine skins or silks, with sticks of
solid gold, inlaid with precious stones or
carved mother of pearl. The paintings
on many .of these fans are historical In
tbeir value, the world celebrated Wat
teau having painted many, as did also
the Spanish artist. Cana de Arevalo, and
many other Italian and French artists.
One of the most exquisite fans ever made
was -used by Marie Antoinette. It was
of French manufacture, composed of
painted medallions of chicken skin, let
into a design of priceless lace, which was
literally incrusted with jewels. The gold
carved sticks had the royal insignia of
France on one side in diamonds and
pearls, while on the other werethe crest
tntrms of an Austrian grand duchess,
Marie Antoinette's rank before marriage.
Balzac characterizes this fan as the
handsomest of all famous fans. The
painted medallions alone were worth a
fabulous sum and were painted by Le
Flamand. representing episodes in the
life of Alexander the Great. This fan
was presented to Marie Antoinette by
the city of Dieppe on the occasion of the
birth of the danphin in 1785. The justly
celebrated fan of the Pompadour was one
of the most wonderful and certainly one
of the most costly ever made. It was of
Italian origin. Eight or nine years were
consumed in making it, the whole cost
being about 6.000. Ich section, in ad
dition to tbe pricelew embroidery, was
decorated with a masterpiece of minia
ture painting.
From tbe time of Queen Elizabeth's
reign the dress of no fashionable lady en
grande tenue appears to have been com
plete in England without the addition of
a fan. Rumor has it thCt her sister,
"Bloody Mary," the consort of Philip of
Spain, introduced it to this country, she
having learned its use from the Spanish
ladies in her court. At any rate it ap
pealed greatly to Elizabeth, who is paint
ed with a round feather fan In. her por
trait at Gorhamburg, while in the inven
tory taken in 1606 of her effects mention
Is made of 27 fans. At this period the
fan was only known in two forms the
circular fan and the small folding fan,
which was invented in Japan. It had a
various number of blades, sometimes
only four, sometimes as many as 18, but
during the eighteenth century these in
sreased t26 or 28. Anglo-American.
STAGE GLINTS.
Spanish plays are to be adapted for
use In America.
Harry -Lacy may revive "The Still
Alarm" this season.
Over $100,000 bas been subscribed for
a popular theater in Paris, and compa
nies are now being engaged.
"Mareelle," Blanche' Walsh's new
play, baa some novel effects, including
a ship scene and an explosion.
Thomas Jefferson, the son of Joseph
Jefferson; is bavlngmucb success In
"Rip Van Winkle" and Is drawing over
flowing audiences everywhere.
;: Stanislaus Stange bas decided to call
bis newly made dramatization of the
latest novel by tbe author of "Quo Va
dis." "Twlxt Cross and Sword."
Mme. Rcjane, like most great gen
iuses, has her Idiosyncrasies. No artist
Is said to be so scrupulous as to tbe lit;
and absolute accuracy of the designs of
ber dresses.
Constant Coquelin bas arranged a
lottery for tbe benefit of tbe actors of
the French stage, and It is expected
that i hey will profit greatly by it. More
than a mlllionvcbances at a franc each
are to be sold throughout France.
Ellen Terry's daughter, who was on :
the stage awhile ifi tbe Irving company
and who retired avowedly to become a
designer of stage costumes, has really
gone Into tbat business. Several recent
plays in Loudon bave been clothed by
her. -
I - 1
J
toss,
Health in her beaming eyes, health in
her glowing cheek, health in her merry
laugh. Yet country air and country
hours can't save her from the common
experience of women an experience
which dulls the eye, pales the cheek,
and turna the laugh .o a sigh. Womanly
ills come to almost all. But for these
ills there help and healing in Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Itregu-.
lates the periods, stops unhealthy drains,
cures inflammation, ulceration and fe
male weakr -ss. . It makes weak women
strong, sick women well.
"Miss Ella Sapp. of Jamestown. Guilford Co.,
N C, writes : " I had suffered three years or
more at monthly periods. It seemed as though
I would die with pain in my back and stomach.
I could not stand without feintina; had given
np all hope of ever being cured, when one of
my friends Insisted upon my trying Dr. Pierce s
Favorite Prescription. With but little faith I
tried it, and before I had taken half a bottle I
felt better had better ajipetite aud slept better
Now I am happy to say I am entirely cured, ana
all done in two months' time, when all other
medicines had failed to do any good at all."
Biliousness is cured by the use of Dr.
Pierce'6 Pleasant Pellets.
WHOLESALE PRICES CURBEIT.
Tha nnntatinna are fLfWAVft coven as accnratelV
as possible, but tbe Stab wilfnot be responsible
tor any variations from the actual market price
of the articles anoted
r The following quotations represent
wnoiesaie races generally, in maKing up
small orders higher micee have to be chanted
BAGK31HO ,,.
8 Jute.... 8M
Standard ...
Burlaps 0
WESTERN BHOKXD
Hams B 10
Sides
Shoulders y .SK
DBY SALTKD- ,
BldesB..... 7V6
Shoulders s ?H9
8
8
V
1H
791
babbbjlb spirits Turpentine
geoond-h&hd, each 185
Second-hand machine
New New York, each
New City, each
BRICKS
Wilmington V Kl 7 00
Northern 9 00
BUTTER
North Carolina 30
Northern......... 85
OOBN MEAL
Per bushel, In sacks S3
Virginia Meal 54
COTTON TTEe w bundle
1 40
1 40
1 45
1 45
7 60
14 00
25
s
e
53
53
1 35
85
11
14
14
18
Sperm
Adamantine ................
OHEESE IV
- Northern Factory..
Dairy Gream
Halt cream
OOFFKK
Lagoyra
Bio
dohsst ics-
18
8
18
13
11
s o
12
11
Sheetlng, 4-4, V yard
Yarns. bunch of 5 b ....
FISH
.Aackerel, No. 1, 9 barrel... 83 00
Mackerel, No. 1, f half-bhl. 11 00
Mackerel, No. 8, y barrel... 1& 00
Mackerel, No 8 halt-bbl.. 8 00
Mackerel! No. a, barrel... 18 00
Mullets. barrel 8 50
Mullets, pork barrel 7 00
N. C. Roe Herring. V keg., t 00
DryCod,B 6
Extra 4 SS
riOUR- IV-
Low grade 8 25
Choice
Straight
First Patent.... 4 50
8LUE V t.. 9
s
6
7V
80 00
IS 00
18 00
9 00
14 00
8 75
7 50
3 85
10
4 60
O
8 60
8 ',6
4 00
4 75
10
60
59
(6
40
'5
1 00
6
11
10
i ttA u m ousnei
Corn,mm store,bss White
Mixed Corn
Car-load, in bus White...
Oats, from store
Oats, Rust Proof
Cow Peas
SIDES
Green salted. ........ ........
Dry flint ,
Dry salt
59
87H
42
90
5H
10
9
SAY 9 100 t8
No 1 Timothy 35
Rice Straw 40
Eastern 90
Western 90
North River
HOOP IRON, 9
8M
6K
9
Northern
North Carolina
UME. barrel 1 is
(.UMBER (city sa wed) 9 M ft
Ship Staff, reeawea 18 Oo
Sough edge Plank 15 00
west India cargoes, accord
ing to quality is 00
Dreeeed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00
HOLAS8ES V gauou
Sarbadoee, In hogshead.....
Barbadoes, In barrels
Porto Rico, In hogsheads.... 88
Porto Bloc in barrels....... 88
Sugar House, In hogsheads.
Sugar Bouse, in barrels....
Syrup, In barrels....
WAILS, like. Out, 80d basis...
PORK. 9 barrel
18
14
v
citv uses,
15 00
14 50
14 50
Bump
Prime ,
rope. a
11
&AI.T. V sack. Alum
Liverpool 96
American. 95
On 125 9 Sacks 65
SUGAR, 9 Standard Gran'd t
Standard a 5i
White Extra C 5
Extra C, Golden 4!
C Yellow 41
9QAP. 9 Northern
STAVES. 9 M W. O. barrel....
B. O. Hogshead.
TIMBER, v M teet-Shlpplng..
Common mill ...............
Fair mill
Prime mill ,
Extra mill....
SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed
M 6x84 heart.....
" Sap
5X90 Heart
" - Sap
WHISKEY. 9 gallon Northern
6 00
6 00
8 25
8 50
1 75
10
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton
Yesterday.
W. & W. Railroad 11 bales cotton,
4 casks spirits turpentine, 2 barrels
crude turpentine.
W. O. & A. Railroad 85 bales
cotton, 6 casks spirits turpentine. 77
barrels rosin. 64 barrels tar. 11 harmla
crude turpentine.
A., ac X . ttailroaa 65 bales cotton, 2
casks spirits turpentine, 13 barrels tar
O. G. Railroad 4 barrels rosin, 1
cask spirts turpentine.
Steamer W. T. Daeeett 3 casks
spirits turpentine, 19 barrels rosin, 6
barrels tar, 17 barrels crude turpen
tine. Steamer A. J. Johnson 1 bale cot
ton. 80 casks spirits turpentine, 144
barrels tar.
O. Larkin's Flat 1 cask spirits tur
pontine, 7 barrels rosin, 21 barrels
tar.
Total Cotton, 162 bales; spirits
turpentine. 97 casks; rosin. 107 bar
rels; tar, 248 barrels; crude turpentine,
80 barrels.
Glorious News
Comes from Dr. D. B. Gargile, of
Washita. I. T. He writes; "P ur bot
ties of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs.
Brewer of scrofula, which" has caused
ber great suffering for years. Terri
ble sores would break out on her head
and face, and the .best doctors could
give no help; but ber cure is complete
and her health is excellent " This
shows what thousands have proved
tbat Electric Bitters is the best blood
purifier known. It's the supreme
remedy for- Eczema, Tetter, Salt
Rheum. Ulcers. Boils and Ranninc-
Sores. It stimulates liver, kidneva
-and bowels; expels poisons; helps di
gestion, ana builds up the strength.
Ooly 50 cents. Sold by R. R. Bel
LAMTdruggist. Guaranteed. t
r The Kind Yea Haw Always
f - 8ifnatan
I
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MASKRT.
rQuoted officially a the clostfig by the Produce
ExonangeJ
STAR OFFICE, March 7.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 36 cents .per gallon for ma
chine made casks and 35 cents bid
per gal Ion for country casks.
R03IN Nothinir doing.
TAR-Market firm at $1.20 per bbl
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
quiet at f 1.30 per barrel for hard, $2.30
for dip and - for virgin.
Quotations same day last year
8pirits turpentine nothing doing;
rosin nothing doing; tar steady at
$120; crude turpentine nothing do
ing.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 97
Rosin. 107
Tar 248
Crude turpentine 30
Receipts same day last year-2
cask 3 spirits turpentine, 298 bbls
rosin, 198 bbls tar, - bbls crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 86c per
pound bid for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary &H cts $tb
Good ordinary 7 9 IS " "
Low middling 7ji " "
Middling 8 " "
Good middling...... 9 " "
Same day last year middling firm
at 9c.
Receipts 162 bales; same day last
year, 1,126.
Corrected Regu'arly by Wilmington Produce
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime. 70c; extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, oOc.
Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime,
55c: rancv. cue: Danish. 7oc.
CORN Firm; 68 to 60c per bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON steady ; hams 13 to
15c per pound; shoulders, o to luc
sides, 8 to 10c.
EGGS Dull at 13c per dozen.
CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 12
25c; springs, 10 17c
TURKEYS Live, dull at 8 to 9c
dressed. 10 to 12c.
BEESWAX Firm at 25c.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60c.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York. March 7. Money on call
steady at 22K per cent. Prime mer
cantile paper 34j per cent. Ster
ling exchange easier; actual business
in bankers' bills at 487 for demand
and 484 for sixty days. Posted rates
485485 and 488 j. Com mer
cial Dills 483M484. Silver cer
tificates 61X63. Bar silver 61
Mexican dollars 49. Government bonds
weak.. State bonds inactive. Rail
road bonds irreeular. U. 3. refuudio?
2's reg'd, 105&; U. & refund'g 2's,
coupon, 105 M ;U. a. 2's, reg'd,; U- B
3's, reg'd. Ill; do. coupon, U.
S. 4'a, new reg'd, 137 ; do. cou pon
137M; U. S. 4 s, old reg'd, 113; do
coupon, 114; U. S. 6's, reg'd,
LUX; do. coupon, 111X; southern
R'y 6's 116. Stocks: Baltimore &
Ohio, 93; Chesapeake & Ohio 44
Manhattan L 119 X; N. Y. Centra
143 ; Reading 31 ; do. 1st pref'd 71
til. .Paul, 153; do. pref'd y 194; South
urn .Railway 24; pref'd 79; Ameri
on Tobacco. 12u ; do. pref'd 146
r - t i r""i n a t 9 1 r J
pref'd 123: T. C. 8c iron 54; O. S.
Leather 12$ ; do. preferred 74j ;We'
Bra uiuuu oo v . owuuaniV-Mnl
r z jo t f ,.. j . i I I m
Cu o sol id aud Gas closed 207
Baltimore, March 7. Seaboard
Air Line, common, 13j13;do. pr--
ferrea3131K- Bones 4's 77 M77
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
By Telegraph to toe Morning Star.
New York. March 7. Rosin quiet.
Spirits turpentine dull at S8o9c.
Charleston, March 7. Spirits tur
pontine, nothing doing. Rosin firm;
quotations unchanged.
Savannah, March 7. Spirits turpen
tine firm at 37c; sales 861 casks; re
ceipts 275 casks; exports 379 -caskd.
Uo in firm and unchanged; sales
baieis; receipts 1,917 barrels; exports
8,166 barrels.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Te'egraph to the Mirnlng Star.
Nxw York. March 7. For a brief
time at tbe start only did to day's cot
ton market thow symptoms of steadi
ness. Jven then first sales reflected
a decline of one to six points. There
after it was a steady downward move
ment with shorts frequent buyers for
profits, but invariably later once more
taking the bear side. Many con
servative operators wno naa gone
long on yesterday s break in expecla
tion of a rally, unloaded their Dur
chases, at the same time selling for'
short account, owing to the extreme
pessimistic character or gosip
and the oontinued bearish temper of
news, f ollowing tne can JNe w Orleans,
Chicago, Liverpool and Wall street
put out several lines of cotton, a large
part or it Deiteved to belongstutf
The orders from the 8outh. according
to private advices, were hedges against
large noidings or t pot cotton for which
there appeared to be practically no
aemana at any ngure. rue early
advances from L'verpool were no
more than expected, but the sub e
quent information received from
that quarter was bearish to
an unubual degree. Receipts while
light had been quite generally dis
counted, both here and abroad. E.rly
in tbe afternoon May droooed neroen -
dicularly to 8 41 under a flurry of sell
ieg from the outside and in the pit,
occasioned by estimates for much
larger receipts at tbe ports and in
terior towns to-morrow. Official news
that Southern spot markets were weak
and lower helped to depress the late
market, which worked suadilv lower.
Tae market closed steady, with prices
net six to niteen points lower.
Nw York. March 7. Cotton dull:
middling uplands 8c
Cotton futures market closed steady.
as follows: March 8.39. April 8 89.
May 8 42. June 8.41. July 8.44. Ausrust
8 16, September 7.78, October 7.67, No
vemoer t ou. uecemoer 7 87.
Spot cotton closed dull at 1 16c nrt
decline; middling uplands 8 ; mid
dling gulf 9Jc;alea 500 bales
Net receipts 498 bales r eroaa recem's
692 bales; exports to Great Britain 665
bales; exports to the Continent 156
balos; stock 142 618 bales.
Total tolav Net receints 16.971
bales; exports to Great Britain 6.140
bales; exports to France 18 076 bales;
exports to the Continent 5,867 bales;
stock 851,684 bales.
Consolidated Net receints 112 701
bales; exports to Great Britain 38 100
bales; exports to France 18 557 bales;
exports to the Continent 24 905 bales.
Total since September 1st. Net re
eeipts 5,962,123 bales; exports to Great
Britain 2 235.879 baleat exnorts to
France 632058 Tst.iV'is to the
Continent 1.715. 58 bates.
March 7. -Galveston, easy at 815 16c,
net receints 3 899 bales: Norfolk.
qaietat 8 13 16, net receipts 2 960 bales.
Baltimore, nominal at 9c net re
eeipts bales; Boston, easy at 8 15 16,
net receipts 159 bales; Wilmington,
firm at 8Mc.net reoeipts 162 bales. Phil
adelphia quiet at 9e,uet receipts 117
Dales ;savannan.auiet.nomlnal at 8Mc
net receipts 3,860 bales; New Orleans, I
easy at
Uobile
ninni a - " nwi. .
vvuo, HMfln at n r-nht
o-ijuemphisgt,:!
PRODUCE
By Telegraph to I
New y,- , "nF
opentd
lower lnVl-fU
weather
realizing; reta, 3
aud furtK 'r.ul
p., iu-.owinff
export sales; again V5
newed realix,"1 '
mau rial i zinc Wl
zinp. . il
included: No 9 .IT. d
K I , lrA. j
iy iuot.ee '.yj4c. fr"i
-Spot dull iS'tS-M
MA Dlltal
elevator; optiong 0
wheat aud under noo???"
westher.ralLedont
but at ait, turned el?"
weas, may closed MtT1
45c. Oats- Spot 3V
opUonsdullaDdDnm2,,
Western stum $7 o,1 1
continent $8 00;
compound 5; 5k g
l,u, urui; Jamil. 1,71
clar$14 7516 50; J
Butler firm; f.;4
sac; stale daiiy iS
htrontr: fane L
'nfy small while 12II
uru ; oiaws and iw j
kci&.fija
Peanuts s-eady. Uice.J
uuiiuu bwu on steadv t
Lh linns uero. t JV
-Is. 27Hfc28; pM
f or 0M". prime
low J5. crime i.i
Spot Bio qu et; No. ?7j
mili i.,n? n.j.
Raw weak : fair ri.fi.
V A JKj , ICUUtU UU11, i
Chicago, March 7 -d
iaiivc gram opi.OQs Wert
a declining market to dtt
ous contrast to the cletr,
of hog products. The
was precipaiea hv w,,
wheat closing f f s, 7
it lower. KkvimodscI
fc auu rios f$(gauc
Chicago, March 7-Q4
piour maixei waj
Wheat No. 3 sprinr
2 red 74Ji76c. ConJ
uais wo. z ZbXMi
white 28c; No. j
27Jc. Pork, ner
14 40. Lard, per 10J
7 Short rib
7 10017 30.
ders, $6 376 62)i. Shu
boxed 87 b0&7 62 ff,J
tillers' finished goods, pet 3
TVlA InoHinrv f,,t,,. 1
lows opening, highest, il
closing: Wtat No. SI
73, 73!. 73c; April
74V73M. 74a7c Mu
75 hi, 75. 75c Cyril-Mute.
3$K, 38c; May4(
40J. 4040tfc Oali
24. 234. 24c: Mav 25X
2426c Pork. pr bb'-W
M y $14 15, 14 55. 1425.1ii
pe 100 lb Mrcn $7 50;
7 57 7 50. 7 55; JuljC
7 55 7 60? S p emo.r f
7 62 7 67. Sb,.n rib.
March $7 15; Mav $71!,
712. 7 20; S-ptembcrr
7 25, 7 30.
FOREIGN ?AR
BT Oabla to tbe MUii
Livekpooi.. March 7. 4!
ton Spot, iiicivas.'d dm
3 3 32J ; American aMtk
t6d:rood rriadlit? 5 5
5d; low middling 4 13 16J:
nary 4 9 16d; ordinary .(
sales of the day wen-14, .
which 1,000 bales were i
tion and export aud inc.;
bales American. R eeipts
all American.
Futures oueced ouiel
quiet. American middlisq
... m
March 4 58 644 59 64d M
and Ap'il 4 08 old buyer;
Mav 4 fi7 dAffhi f8 Bid hud
June 4 57 644 58 Md id
and .Tnlv 4 57 f4d wlM
A iittiicf A. Kfi Rifihi .17 (Ud .1
gust and Sepieinorr 4 4.fJ
ouyer; c.epietnoer 4 vn
buyer; Uctooer 0 ti
nuyr; October aud Nora
o4d buyr.
MAKIMi.
ARRIVED.
Stmr Driver. Bradshit,
ville, T D Love.
CLEARED.
Ttricr Atlanta. Wallace, M
George Harriss, Son a w
EXPORTS.
COASTWISE
New York -Barque CM
399.187 fet-i lumber; eip
Fear Lumber Co; ves
Harriss, Son & Co
MARINE DIRP
lilst Of IB H
Minion.
SCHOONEBii
Abbie G Cole, 232 tons, Co
Harriss. S n lo.
Cora M, 137 toD
Harriss. Sod u
. . n t 1 1 m
George Harriss oou-.
Jno K FHi, on- -"Va
r rr : Hin I'
.( om iniu.
ureorge a.r'm --1
LiHie, (Br) 311 100s,
Harriss, bon a,
RTEAMSBtfa
Petunia. (Br) 1.093
- 1 o r
Cairnmore. (Br) l,f"
Alexander Bpruni .
ak lands. (Br) 1.5
Alexander Spruni .9
Inverdru?e. (Nor) 567 tort
neiuovr.,,.B.Bfl
Aeol
ins, (Wor; 04 "'
F C
V J iv-'vu j -
Ueiae x w .
BKIG9-
M O HssMI. riM
George narrissj
YOU WANT
WHEN
PATTIES,
rc MORENb
RUSSt
rAlfl ;
FOR em. g
PARTIES,
r. nil un
WHAI
WE HAVt. J
WARREN'S
pw 728 bales-4JQ
quiet and stead .lkO
68 bales. &dy at
3
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