North Carolina Newspapers

i - BY WILLlAffl H. JstiKN&RD. THUBSDAT MOBHING, APBIL 18. THE PEW ABSORBING THE " WEALTH. T'Koro ifl nn conntrv in the world where great fortunes, phenomenal fortunes, have been accumulated so rapidly as in this country, and the accumulations continue, the million aires increase in number, and their millions increase. As a general thing the great fortunes on the other side- of the seas hare been inherited, many of them, peThaps most, con sisting of landed estates, those land owners constituting the titled aris tocracy, which titled aristocracy rules directly or indirectly nearly every country in Europe. In this country it is different. Here there are comparatively few inherited '.fortunes, and few consisting of landed estates, although some of the millionaires may own a great deal of land. Their children may become the inheritors of large landed prop erty, but they were not. The great fortunes of to-day are practically the growth of this gen eration and may be traced to very few causes, one of which was the Government policy which gave mil lions of acres of the public domain and millions of dollars to railroad corporations to stimulate and aid in the construction of railroads. Another was railroad manipulation and absorption by crafty men who starting with little but shrewdness and elastic consciences finally suc ceeded in securing a controling in intereat in the roads they manipu lated. Another was the economic system based on a high tariff for the 'ostensible purpose of encouraging i four "infant industries" which policy led to the combination of these industries which organiza tions are now popularly known as Trusts, something never heard of in this country before this economic protection policy, with protection as the cardinal feature was in augurated. All of this legislation fostered certain classes and in these classes are row found all the great millionaires of the country. Of course 'some great fortunes have been made independent of special legislation, by mining gold, silver, coppe, iron, coal, etc., which prac tically cost nothing but the labor of taking out of the earth, but even the possessors of these have been aided in the rapid accumulation of wealth by favoring legislation. Whatever the difference of opin ion may be as to the means by which these great fortunes were acquired, or as to the wisdom and justice of the systems on which they were based, the fact remains that these immense fortunes have been accu mulated, and the question arises are they good for the country? It has been said that no man could in a lifetime amass a million dollars by strictly honest and con scientious effort. He must either be favored by something or do something that is not in the strict sense honest. Every dollar of profit that one man makes comes out of that other man, and if that other man does not get value received for it he has been imposed upon and there is dishonesty in dealing with him. It may not be dishonest in the eyes of the law, for the law may make such dealing possible and even ennonrage it, but it is dis honest nevertheless. When a man with large capital to operate with, or a number of men co-operating, "corner, " as they call it, wheat, flour, corn, meat, or any of the other necessaries of life, and thus having become masters -of the market, put the prices up to ensure great profit to themselves, that may be business but it is dishonest, and it is cruel because in their greed for gain they take advantage of the ne cessities of their fellow-men, and ex act extortionate tribute from them. When the tariff-protected manufac turer, having a monopoly of the market, puts an unreasonably high price upon his products and compels - some purchasers to pay more for it than he demands of oiher pur chases, that is. an unjust discrimi nation and is dishonest. It is not commonly regarded as dishonest be cause it has become the custom and is not only sanctioned but encour aged by the tariff laws. They who deal that way do not regard it as dis honest and-have no conscientious scruples about it, because the law justifies them. And yet the mass of the people are imposed upon, subjected to extortion and deprived of some of their hard earnings to unduly increase the profits of those who should be con tent with smaller profits, j But if thisaccumulation of wealth by the few continues, whether it be honestly acquired or not, what is the result going to be? How long will it be before we reach the con ditions that prevail in most of the European countries, wnere the favored few, the aristocracy, own nearly everything and the masses of the people own nothine. but lira day after day from liand to mouth M e. fortunate if the hand can feed the mouth. : ' Tenmillibni of those tjsotjIa h the unequal struggle in ll0m countries ; and. sought refuge and oaaaca u uteinthia Vg--&?'$ ttfm- country,'" fled from the conditi6n created by the very same system to which we are tending, a system which put the wealth and the gov erning power, in j the hands of the few and made the many their op pressed bondsmen. Is this an idle fear? Ijand is yet abundant in this Country and in the younger States is not dear. The ordinarily thrifty can yet own farms or town lots, if they prefer to live in towns. But with increasing popu lation purchasable land will become scarcer and the price higher. In some of the States the land owners are becoming fewer in number in stead of greater,! and in time this will ' be the case in other States. With the present tendency the time will come, it may be many years off yet, when we will have, instead of many farms owned by many men, great landed estates occupied not by owners but by tenants, just as the estates in some of the European countries are. To-day less than 30,000 families own more than one half the wealth of "the country. With the present progress in amassing wealth, and the increase in the number of the wealthy how long may it be before these 30,000 and the additions being made to them own three fourths of the National wealth, or all of it? Some may pointfxo these great for tunes as an evidence of wealth and progress, but to the love of the Re public where men rank above dol lars it does not present a very at tractive picture. A SURPRISED ENGLISHMAN Mr. Frederick Harrison, of Eng land, who recently spent nine weeks touring in this country, seems to have been agreeably surprised by what he saw and hefrd. On his re turn to London a few days ago he thus told about the impressions made on him: "I found America a revelation with respect to its intellectual development. I expected to be received cordially, but the warmth of my reception ex ceeded my liveliest anticipations. I visited seven u&ivemties and had the honor of meeting many distinguished persons. 8uch great men as Mr. Mc Kialey, Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Bryan sdo wed me every courtesy and made me feel quite as if I were under my own fias. ' Toe American educational system impressed me as embodvina: features of the highest worth. Tn energ v one sees everywhere in the Uuited States is amazing and the industrial activity enormous. "Ifoui.dthe majority in America siding with the minority in England concerning the Suuih African war; but I didn't detect the slightest trace of bitterness against Britishers. I should have thought the American peo ple would have discovered plenty of pmblems to solve and plenty of work to do within their own country, and, therefore would have refrained from reaching out after other burdens, but don't care to speak further on that point. What I should say would ap ply with equal forCjlo my own coun try. "I think our conquests in South Africa and our policy in the Far East will open new' markets for Yan kee products. In my opinion. America comes' out of the Chi nese imbrogilo with a cleaner record and a better reputation for dip lomatic acumen than any other power concerned. Her absolutely correct and emphatic position on the question of the territorial integrity of China has prevented aby misgivings as to her real policy. . The same thing can not be said of the other allies. I am not going to write a book about Amer ica, but expect to speak a great deal concerning that country and the in terests of Asgio American unity." It isn't easy for the average Englishman, even the educated, who hasn't visited this country, to catch on and comprehend it. Many of them seem to be under the im pression that this is a sort of back woods country, and are surprised when they discover that we have advanced a considerable distance on the road of civilization and progress. They find a good many things which they can commend, and some things which are not quite English enough to inspire their admiration, but on the whole enough to make thenf willing to regard us first cousins. Mr. Harrison was so pleasunly surprised by what he saw and bMard, and by the warm welcome whiwh he received, that he. is going tm spend the rest of his life ''trying tostimu late friendlier relations between Eng land and America." Amorig other observations he made and conclusions he came to was that in his opinion the people -of this country have problems enough to solve without "reaching out after other burdens," - which we suppose is delicate swipe at Mr. McKinley's expansion policy, and has the merit, at least, of horse sense, from the, standpoint of an observant outsider. A Connecticut court has recently decided that a cat on its own beat has some rights that a dog is bound to respect. A big dog pounced on a cat quietly occupying the porch of its owner. The cat's owner hearing the rumpus flew to the door and drove the dog away and then a relative of the owner picked np a gun and filled the dog with shot. The dog died and the owner sued the shootist for 1250 damages. The court held that although the cat was rescued. the dog had started the difficulty in which he lost his life and that the killing was proper. - - , - Col. McClure says if North Caro lina were fenced in by a high wall and cut off from connection with the outside worlds she could raise everything she .needed for comfort and several of the luxuries thrown in. That's what'g made us sort of independent and EipVan- w iaueishv We don 't have to hus tle to live. HOLE IN THE LUNGS 1 There are thousand of ipen and women, as; ,well as ever, with holes in their lungs: con-i sumption stopped. Consumption stopped is con sumption - cured. What -does Some change inthe way of life and Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil. ' . With the emulsion, give some attention to circum stances : change from a dark damp close room to a sunny dry airy one; from city to coun try ; from hard to an easy life ; indoors to out. A hole in the lungs once healed is no worse than a too tight waist or waiscoat. Take the emulsion, and give it a chance to heal the wound. We'll send you little to try, if you like. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl street. New York. ASTIMULAHT TO INDUSTRIES- It.is known that the oil bearing territory in Texas covers a large area, but how large is not yet defi nitely known. In addition to the discoveries made in that State flow ing wells have been bored in Loui siana, north of the Beaumont field, and we have reported discoveries of oil in Arkansas, so that explorations and tests may develop the fact that in addition to the oil territory in Texas there may be an extensive oil bear ing territory outside of it, extending along the West bank of the Missis sippi, up into Missouri and possibly higher. It is a somewhat remarakable fact that while oil is found more or less on both sides of the equator, and in a number of countries and islands in the seas, the great oil wells of the world are all north of the equator, and in the same belt around the earth embraced within a few degrees of latitude, above 40. The Texas field gives promise of becoming the great rival of the Russian field, but there is more in it than that for Texas, for with the oheap fuel it will supply it ought to make her the great cotton manu facturer of the world, for there as a matter of fact the cotton field and the factory may stand together. According to crop reports that State produced last year 3,600,000 bales of cotton. There are not more than two or three cotton mills in the State. The reason assigned for the little attention given to manufac tories was the scarcity of fuel, but the abundance and cheapness of this oil overcomes that and elimi nates the fuel question as a serious obstacle. With a 3,600,000 bale crop, which can be easily doubled if desired, and the cheapest of fuel, other conditions such as ocean transportation, etc., being favor able, what a cotton manufacturer Texas may become she will. OUR C0TT0S TRADE Minister Wu Ting Fang will be the leading figure at the meeting and banquet of the Manufacturers' Club at Charlotte to-day. He will speak about the possibilities of extending our cotton trade in China and show howjnuch interested the cotton producing South is in that trade. He will doubtless give some valuable information for he is a bright man and a close observer, who travels with both eyes and ears open. This country, and the South in particular, are very much interested in that trade, bet it is a remarkable fact that there has been so little sys tern in developing our export busi ness in cotton goods. We are the great cotton producer of the world, and last year exported about $20, 000,000 worth of cotton goods, while England, which imports every pound of the cotton she manufactures, ex ported $325,000,000 worth. The $20,000,000 worth which we exported" was about offset by the amount we imported. England is our great competitor, and surely we, produc ingour own cotton, ought to be able to manufacture it more cheapljfand to compete with England in the markets of the world. Until we do that we cannot expect to build up a very large in trade China or any other country. Glorious w Comes frona-Dr. D. B. Cargile, of Washita, I T He writrs: 'Pour bottle of Eit-c ric Bitters baa cured lira. Brewer of scorfula, which had cauafd her great suffering for years. Terrible sores would break out on her head. and face, and the best doctors could Rive no' help; but her cure is complete and her health is excellent, This shows what thousands have proved, that Electric Bitters Is the best blood purifier known. It's the supreme remedy for eczema, 'tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils and running sores. It stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps di gestion, build up the strength. Only 60 cents. 8old by R. R. Bellamy, Druggist GuaraoWd t- Thlx Will Interest Blany " Botanio Blood Balm (B. B. B.), the famous Southern blood purifier, quick ly cures cancer, blood poison, pimples, boils, carbuncles, ulcers, eating sores, scrofula, ecsms, aching bones, joints or back, rheumatism, catarrh, and all blood and ; skin troubles, B. B. B. heals every sore and makes tbe blood pure and rich. B.-B. B, the finest blood purifier made Druroits, $L, Trial treatment free by wiitinir Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga, ' f v wsMsssBswawBwBBB X Bqmi ti t " km Vra tow Always Boggjt SPlRltiS TURPENTINE Goldsboro Araus:' Quite . a curiosity passed through this city Tuesday by express irom hbww " its way to the State Museum as Raleigh. It was an - oia rasnionea band -power cotton gin, which saw service over one nundrea .years ago and is still veil preserved, Winston Journal: About one hnn1iil nrn n.en left Winston OU the Norfolk and. Western this morju-. ing for the Klkhorn cosi new owinci in West Virginia. Each day last week a larre Dumber of colored peo- p'e leftover the same road for the coal tie Ids ana tne prospects ro m a great many more will go this week. Orpftnahoro Record: Kev. W . K. Forsjthe died at the home of bis fathers John ForsTthe. four miles southeast of the city. Sunday after noon. mrs. AiKinson, reiiei w the late Maj. B. P. Atkinson, died Monday afternoon at tbe residence of her son in-law, Mr. "N. J. McDuffle, trAt . fihft had been 111 only since Wednesday of last week. Kinston Free Press: Miss V ic- A; BuiMa a.rl 9. "n mm. died al 12 o'clock Monday of heart failare at the home or ner parents, sir. ana Joseph Suggs, of 8and Hill township jur. Ci 4CK carper iccp mu, lost his house and furniture by fire Mnnil nhnnt nnni). . The onlv things saved were a bed and two quilts. Mr. thiM wan with great difficulty rescued from the build ing. It is not known how the fire originated. Stateaville Landmark: Most qf the cotton mills throughout the coun try bare reduced their output and are running on short time, while some have shut down. Tne Stateaville cot ton mill is an exception. It is running on full time, day and nigbt, and is aoout the onlv mill in this section that is. Mr. C H. Letter is sbowii g a curious formation which he foui d recently in tbe heart of a pine tree. Tne thing (it is nameless) closely re sembles a piece of. tanned sheep skin, and nearly everybody who sees it thinks it is the skin of some animal that has been tanned. What it is ct m posed of and what caused the forma tion in tbe heart of a pine tree is a sub tct for difcussion. CURRENT COMMENT. Now what will John Bull do about the beef question? We have declared that he may buy and ship to South Africa all of our horses and mnles that he needs in his business there; will he reciprocate by continu ing his orders to us for beef for the rations of Tommy Atkins? The question is now "up to" John. Savannah News, Dem. The sky scraper buildiner of Manhattan borough enables owners to draw rent from the air; but, now, the Mutual Life Insurance Com pany is planning a building on Cedar street that will go down 100 feet below the surface and enable it to draw rent from the subsoil. Your New York property owners know how to "make both ends meet." Brooklyn Citfoen, Dem. II ue wet be mentally un balanced there is much method in bis madness. A General who can zigzag up and down South Africa for a year or more from the Vaal to tbe Cape between omnipresent Brit ish columns, and who can avoid meeting the enemy except when he encounters and "swipes" a force in ferior to his own, is sane enough for all practical purposes. Philadelphia Jiecord, Dem. London says Dewet drives his men on at the muzzle of a pistol, and may be killed by them at any time. Has Kitchener despaired of catching the Uoer general that he has no hope except such a contin gency? There be some yet living who can remember the same tales were circulated about our Morgan and Forrest, while men were starv ing and bleeding to be with them. As Richard Crossback sagely re marked. "This is a device of the enemy." Jacksonville Fla., Citizen, Dem. TWINKLINUS. Towne "Blugore's not very interesting himself, but there's a born leader of men in his family, Browne You don't say ! Towne Yes; it's a girl ; arrived last night, May "You came hear accept ing Jack once, didn't you!" Belle Oh, yes I I offered to toss a coin to see if I would marry him. bat he didn't have a coin to toss." PucIl. "I shall make a -fortune out of my new musical box. You put a pan ny in the slot and " "And the thing plays a popular air?" "No, it stops playing one." Tit-Bits. Helen "Men are strange be ings! I refused Ned Kiinger years ago, because he is so much younger tnan i am, ana be proposed again last week." Ethel "Oh, well, he's nearer your own age now V Judge. Money In Politics: "What we need do," cried I, hotly, 'is to take money out of politics!" "I took out all I saw, sir," protested tbe legis lt'r, with convincing candor. De troit Journal. Yes, it certainly is a warm fmil.y. The son smokes and the duhler scortohes." "How about the father and mother?" Well, the oid man fumes and the -old woman blazes out at all hours." Her Reply: "Don't yon often wish you were a man. Miss Belle field?" asked ycung Mr, Fitzgoslin. Why, no, of course not, Mr. Fits- goHn." replied the) girl Do you." Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph. "Doctor," she asked, "do you really believe there is a hell where people are roasted forever?'' ' "If there isn't," the good man replied, "the fellow wbo sells a short ton of coal to a poor widow is going to get off a good des easier than he deserves." Chi fiago Times-Herald. TU A ypstlt of a Goaf Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose Stomach and Liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. King's New Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great energy. Only 25 cents at B. B. Bellamy's drug store. f Por over Virty Tars .-;'.r Mbs. Wihslow's SooTHrira Syrup 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 tbe gums. and allays- all pain ; cures wind colic, and is the best remedy, for diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately - Sola by druggists, in every part of the world. Twentv-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mra. Winslow'a Soothing "By rap," and take no other Uadrt.- -'--. " - - . . ,- - -. - .. -- . - . - i u-.uer nit (SCDELJ THW PCI Let your head save your hands. Let Gold Dust do the work for you. It makes glad the hearts of -those who are not happy unless everything is clean. Gold ' Dust is woman's best friend, dirt's worst enemy. ' 1 Housework i hard CABBAGES AND TURNIPS. Trenekilasr Keeps Them In Good Con dition Until Spring:. Burying cabbages and turnips in the ground for winter keeping seems to be the simplest plan yet devised, and if the work is done properly a very small percentage will be lost There Is always the question of uncertain winters to consider, and this makes the work sometimes more difficult. In fact, if we could gauge beforehand the kind of winter we were to have there would be no trouble in deciding what to do. A cold, dry winter would be welcomed by farmers who make a specialty of these crops, for the tnrnips and cabbages would keep all right piled up and covered with a little earth. It is the alternate freezing and thawing, the rain and the snows, that provoke trouble. Cabbages not buried deep in the ground would soon rot in a warm, wet season. The best way is the surest way and, as is generally the case, the most la borious, according to a writer In Coun try Gentleman, who advises as follows: Select some high and dry ground where the drainage is good, either naturally or through artificial cultivation, and dig a deep and broad trench. The size of this trench must depend upon the quantity of vegetables to be stored In It. Lay the cabbages In this trench side by side and pack snugly in two layers, one bn top of the other." Shovel the earth over them carefully, letting it filter in the spaces between the heads and stalks. Pack the earth firm ly until all parts of the cabbages are concealed from view. Then on top of this put about four or five inches of earth, which will place the vegetables almost below the f At line, certainly below the line wherexhe thaw extends. ,A good hard freeze will do the vege tables packed away good, and iff hey do not thaw out until dug up foiuse they will keeu well all winter. During exceedingly cold weather stalks of lit ter should be placed 011 top of the cov ered trench and removed when warm weather comes again. By using a top mulch in this way one can regulate the temperature of the vegetables very well. When dug out in the rpring, the cab bages will be In excellent condition, and they will sell for good prices. When spring opens, the ground should be shaded over , the trench and a top mulch put on to keep the frost In the ground. In this way the vegetables can be kept very late. But as soon as the ground begins to thaw, the cab bages should bo dug up and sent to market. Decay will set in very soon after they have thawed out, and it is nseless to attempt to keep them much longer then. In digging np the cab bages in the middle of winter care should be gxerclsed to disturb the oth ers as little as possible. Protecting- Tree Prom Rabbits. We consider that n spring set fruit tree is worth at least ?1 after having grown one seasou and that if it re quired another dollar to protect it the expenditure would be a wise one, espe cially If nonprotection meant loss of 1t and tbe necessity of replanting. But We do not have to spend so much In our present plan of protection, which we think is better than any other we have yet heard of. We buy a roll of 18 inch wire netting of aboukhalf inch mesh. This we cut into strips cross wise of the rol, making pieces six or eight inches wide. These are wound tightly around a hoe or broom handle and sprung around the trunk, setting the lower end about two inches in the ground. They stay well In place1, are quickly made, cost little and are effi cient. When set upon the tree, they have cost about 3. cents each, writes a correspondent of National Stockman. Nitrate of Soda. For Top' Dressing;. At the Rhode Island station this year a top dressing of nitrate of soda was applied to land e'own with redtop, clo ver and timothy on April 14 or. very soon after the grass started to grow. The good yield notwithstanding the severe early drought was doubtless at tributable in a sJarge measure to the fact that the plants found at disposal at once a gpnerpus amount' of "readily assimilable plant food. There is al ways likly. to be a lack.of assimilable nitrogen very early in the season, for the reason that the soil is still too cold to permits '.of tbe fnpld formation of nitrates. TWs explains the efficiency of nitrate'of soda for the spring top dressing of grass and grain, since Its nitrogen Is already ; in a form which plants can .appropriate at once. Presidiof Elder's Appointments, Wllmlag. ton District. Bunraw. Burtraw ' Greek, April 20, 81. Southport, April 28, 29. Clinton, Kendall's, May 4, 5. Scott's Hill, Bethany, May IX, 12. Fifth Street, May 12. Magnolia, Magnolia, May 18. 19. Elizabeth, Purdie's. May 25, 26. " Bladen, Deem's Oapel, May 26, 27. Kenansville, Warsaw, June 1, 2. Grace, June 3. 3. i 'Onslow, , June 7. Jacksonville and Bichlands. Jack son Tilled June 8,. 9. w accama w, Jjion, June 15, 16. Whiteville, Cerro Gordo, June 17. Market Street, June 23. 24 .---: '.-'-:- t.i.,;-B: B. John. - ; O. Tha Kind Yoa tiaffl Always Boqgtt 8ignstn Efrr UOTS3 x . - u rork without Gold Dust." AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY. Bat the Publisher Will Never Use It A era In. His name is suppressed m compliance with a solemn promise, but he is a pub lisher in a certain line known through out the land. He Is of that type that foresees awful results from the -most trivial Indications. If he has a pain in his great toe, he anticipates on ampu tation of his leg, and if a neuralgic shoot pierces his body he considers himself a victim of galloping consump tion. He waked up the other night with a dull ache in his side. Of course It was pneumonia and a bad case at that. He called upon his wife to get the "big bottle" of witch bazel and give his side a thorough rubbing. She found the bottle, which is properly labeled, and returned. "No, no," he said as she began prep arations for the application. "Don't turn down the covers. , It would be my death if the air struck me." So she slid hands and bottle between the sheets and fought sleep for a full hour while she rubbed. Finally he- reported that he was all right and paid a glow ing tribute to the curative powers of witch bazel. When the good wife went to replace the bottle, she found her bands as black as coal and tbe sleeves of her only garment in the same condition. She hurried to her patient in fear and' trembling to find his side as deep an ebony as that of the king of Dahomey and all of his surroundings of the same color. Just as he concluded that he was rapidly mortifying or had the black plague and not more than a few minutes to live the son came in. He heard the story breathlessly told and then laughed until his back had to be pounded to Insure breathing. When he told how he had filled that bottle with Ink. as he had bought more than the usual depositories would hold, the old gentleman forgot all about pneumonia while he was turning the air a ghoulish .blue and Impregnating it with the odor of sulphur. Detroit Free Press. Mixed About Karnes. Teacher (to new pupil) What is your last name, my little man? New Pupil Tommy. "What is your full name?" "Tommy Tompkins." "Then Tompkins is your last name." "No, It isn't. When I was born, my name was Tompkins, and they didn't give me the other one for a month aft erward." Collier's Weekly. DlTlalon of Labor. "There's nobody can say we don't live well." remarked Mr. Pneer. "We nearly always have oatmeal and mack erel for breakfast." "I know It," sighed the wife. "I eat tbe oatmeal, and you eat tbe mack erel" Chicago Tribune. Breaking the News to Him. "Don't you think that 1 shoot rather well, Roberts V "Yes. sir! Oh. yes, sir I Indeed I dunno as 1 ever see a better shooter, never, sir. All yoa need, sir, is to 'it as well as you shoot, sir, an you'll be a wanner."-Scraps. The Protesspr's ItebnKe, Alex Smith The earth is merely a speck, in the universe. J ' Professor Squelcher While your statement is true, young man. that does not justify your apparent theory that you own It. Ohio State Journal. Those Chicago Divorces. Mrs. Dearborn (at irCIiicago recep tion) Is that your husband going out of the room with that blond lady? Mrs. Wabash I can't tell. He was my husband when 1 come here. Yon kers Statesman. It Depend. Teacher A child is born on the 4th of March. 1900. How old will it be on the same date in 1940? .- Pupil That will depend upon wheth er it is a boy or a girl. Boston Tran script. ' BY RIVEr"aND RAIL. jjtecelpts of Naval Stores and Cotton 4 yesterday. W. & W. Railroad 18 bales cot. ton. 1 barrel crude turpentine. W. a & A. 'Railroad 18 bales cot ton, 4 casks spirits turpentine 35 bar rels tar. 8 barrels crude turpentine. A. Y. Railroad 28 barrels rosin, 7 barrels tar. W. & N Railroad 3 bales cotton, 7 barrels crude turpentine: Steamer Seabright 1 bale cotton. 3 casks spirits turpentine, 18 barrels tar Steamer Croesus 4 bales cotton, 17 barrels tar. Total Cotton, 45 bales ; spirits tur pentine, 7 casks; rosin, 28 barrels; tar, 77 barrels crude turpentine, 11 barrels. - ' ' -' -: " - " MARINE DIRECTORY. satsuctst'w c, April 19 loi. . 8CHOONEI0S. Mark Gray. 246 tons, Sawyer, George Harriss, Son & Co; vv Mecosta, 243 tons, Strout, George Har ris, Bon Sc Co. -Montana, 337 tons, Booye, George 'Harriss. Son & Co. J - - . - O O Lane, 806 tons, Kelley, George Aamss, bob cc uo, Geo B Dudley, 387 tons. Chase, ( New fork, J T Riley & Co. . Henry RT.lton, 467 tons, Cobb, George Harriss, Son & Co. - , : i' ; ; r barques. Ww1$mt?(&otYB10i tons, Carlsen, ;newe dtUOv - V: COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. f Quoted officially at tbe closing of the Produce ExcoangeJ STAR OFFICE, April 17. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 32 cents per gallon for machine made casks and 82 cents per eallon for country casks. ROSIN Market steady at $1.05 per barrel for strained and $1.10 per bar rel for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.10 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine steady at 4S45c; rosin firm at $1.101.15; tar firm at $1 25 ; crude turpentine steady at $1 85 3.15. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 7 Rosin 28 Tar 67 Crude turpentine 11 Receipts same day last year 10 casks spirits turpentine, bbls rosin, 66 bbls tar, 18 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 7c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 5 7 16 cts lb Good ordinary 6 1316 " " Low" middling 7 7 16 " " Middling 7 " " Good middling 8 3 16 " 44 Same day last year middling quiet at 9Xc Receipts 45 bales; same day last year, 2 Corrected Regu'arly by Wilmington. Produce Commission Mei chants. J OOUNTEY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c; extra prime,' 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c. Virginia. Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c; Spanish, 80c. CORN Firm; 60 to 62c per bushel for white. . N. O. BACON steady ; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 10c; sides, 8 to 10c. EGGS Steady at 12 to 13c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 to 30c; springs, 1525c TURKEYS Live, dull at 9 to 10c; dressed, 12 to 14c. BEESWAX Firm at 25c SWEET POTATOES Firm at 70c. FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning 8 tar. New Yobk, April 17. Money on call firm at 45i per cent, last loan 4, and ruling rate 5 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 34 per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at 487 for demand and 484 U tor sixty days. Posted rates 48531 and 489. Commercial bills 484 484 Silver certificates 60; nominal Bar silver 69. Mexican dollars 48. Government bonds weak. State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds ir regular. U.a refunding 2'sreg'd, 106; U. S. refund'g 2's, coupon, 106K;U. S. 3's, reg'd, ; U. 8. S's, reg'd, U0; do. coupon, lllj; U. S. 4's, new reg'd, 1S8X; do. coupon, 129; U. S. 4's, old reg'd, 113; do. coupon, 113; V. S. 5's, reg'd, UOjtf; do. coupon, 111; Southern R'yS's 117X- Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio, 92U ; Chesapeake & Ohio 46 ; Manhattan L 127 ; N. Y. Central 15l; Reading 36 H; do. 1st pref'd 76; St. Paul, 154- do. pref'd, 191: Southern Railway 38; do. prefd 80; American Tobacco, 139 tf; do. pref'd 146; People's Gas 113; 8ugar 149H 5 do. pref'd 122 ; T.C. & Iron 66 ; U. b. Leather 18 ; do. preferred 77 ; Western Union 94 j; U. 8. 8teel 45 ; U. S. Steel, pref'd 93H; Consolidated Gas 333; Standard Oil 800804. Baltimore, April 17. Seaboard Air Line, common, 2627; do. preferred 4347. Bonds 4's 8182. NAVAL STORES MARKETS Br Telegraph to the Morning Btar. ISbw York, April 17. Rosin dull. Spirits turpentine dull at 3586c. Charleston, April 17. Spirits tur- Sntine quiet at 32c; sales casks. sin quiet; prices unchanged. Savannah, April 17. Spirits tur pontine firm at 33c; receipts 1,144 casks; sales 190 casks; exports 212 casks. Roin firm; receipts 3 224 bar rels; sales 8,583 barrels; exports 65 barrels. Quotations: A, B, C $1 25. D, $t 35; E, $1 80; F, $1 35; G, $1 40; H, $1 55; I. 1 65; K, $1 90; M, $3 05, N, $3 15; W G, $3 35; W W, $3 50. COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. New York. April 17. Without be ing active cotton was firmer to day, with the investment public disposed to give the market more attention to any further evidence of strength. Initial influences were decidedly adverse to a higher market, the cables being weak, tbe crop movement considerably ex ceedmg estimates, tbe weather gen? erally favorable, and buying orders from any quarter being scarce. Yet 'the opening was steady, with prices unchanged to two points lower only. From that level there was a .gradual improvement all along flhe line with July leading in tbe advance. ; Covering by local and Southern shorts became a feature, while foreign buying was prominent several times during the session. Soon kfter midday May advanced to 8.10 and July to 8.06 on a wave of ac tive ; general buying, started by estimates for small receipts to morrow and predictions for cold wet', weather over th Toen u. der '"""action nf foat takiDgafn tbe outside me sessi inclined neavv cotton 2 1 1 . - uir PAS where 1 a 1 street wiu wave wagiR7aBt ; aac IS! tion and New O Hi nun k w 14 in lines """" " vi-oDer and hnY 01 te. amounts of theRnt iinne Af r 1 . 1 u 1 fas. .. . "lueriii.r" fear of be - FU8S1DI8 "Sflny,l general. GsnV.T,?,aJ prices 11 hn:.Hi min utes at a we market i: l ceof8ixtV;r - jkk. April 17 niddlinv nnio. n Ootu. 8 09, May SlJuae Vni Ja4nua?yT34aber 7"36' Snot COttnn nl uplands 8 5 16c; Sff: sales 300 bales. Qlln8Plf8h . receipts 700 ba 'vvu uaifs; stock -ioa."1 Total uJ-fSrf ba es; exports to Greaug4 bales; exports to France S exports 10 the ComiWt I ? 1 stock 677,313 bales Ueni2i5 Consolidated-Net ba es; exports to Greatl Bv bales; exports to FraTceiift exports to the Onntl. Total since toW -eipte 6,614 340 oales-MK Britain 2.564.01? France 638 279 bales tJontineni 2.057 874 hi Xport 4 April 17,-Galv . rt IVUaln! C DDI 1 "I""5 U v.-v.HW, u,4ui Dales- a 1 Baltimore, nominal at T? ceiots bales: Rt 'H net receipts 369 bales; H'i firm st 7Kc ' ."'"N Philadelnhia. firm t aal.i ceipts 196 bales; Savannah 5 81 lbc, net receipts 941 bata io nH. filAKilr at ft 9 is. OT,i'(H le 8, leans, 730 0 bales: Mobile nnS" receints 8 bales ; M,. '"V 8c, net receipts 381 bales-a? steady at 8 7 16c. net receipt uitiicsiMu, urm at sc. nc ffK; PRODUCE MARKETS By Telegraph to tha Morning si, NEW Youk. Anril 17 wi ' firm and in good demand from ill Wheat -Annt firm. v o ! options were generally firm ali&J ing by longs. Tne stimuliii, ences were cold weather in .1 feet, fair seaboard clear ancei, covering aud another good d trade. Tne close was firm it id Tint llsfflina. Mr. 1 J closed 76$ c; September clotei' Uorn Spot nrfL; No. 2 50c;oi were active and stroscer early iJ uay on covering, impelled bj II cauicrs, wei weainer and expoi mand, but finalJy it-ldrd luthli and closed easy and uuchanpd j closed 50Vc; Mav closm 40c J 49c; Stpteuiber48c Oats iml Wo. 4 6U.c: optiuus markttw but fairl) steady all da; Lard dm easv :Wpstrn stpiim tS KnRm.i W w ovyv VW(IW steady ; contioent 8 80; South irf can $a 5U: compound .c PorksKl family 16 00 16 50. short clurd 17 OOrmess 15 0lr,.V?,K otaie anu renusvivania at mm 14c; Southern I313c i firm; fresh creaair-ry 1621c; dairy frtsii 1520r. Bice Uneese steady ; faucj me- biit 11c; do. small white 1118 P- leum easy. Potatoes sitady . Jtrj fl 601 37; New York $1 M Long Island fl 501 75; Havtu 5 00; Jersey sweets $1 502SO. bage quiet but steady; State (11 16 00 per ton. Peauutssteadj;U hand-picked 45c;otherdomeijJ 4MC. Freignts to Liverpool ton by steam 14c. Tallow weak: 5c asked ; country 55Ue. Cotton oil was moderately active, steady unchanged: Prime crude, in bd 84Xc; prime summer yellow36 summer vellow 35c ; prime 40c; prime winter yellow 39c K meal f25 00. Coffee Spot P( weak: No. 7 ir voice 6Ko; buH Cordova 8tf12. Sugar-raii and higher ; fair refining 3c;cera gal, 96 test 4 3 16c; moinssei 3 716c; refined sugar-market 1 standard A S 25: COnfeCtiOD'l $5 25; cut loaf $5 95; crashed?, mould A $5 80 : nowdered $5 55;K ulated $5 55; cubes $5 70. Chicago, April 17. Crop siimt being unchanged, the grain ruled quiet and steady to-day, wheat closing is higher, Hay unchanged and May oats J:. uf. visions closed irregular. Chicago, April 17.-Cash quouj Flour steady. Wheat-JNo aspm 69Mc; No.2 red 70T3- Con 244; No. 2 yellow 44. Oat -o $14 2014 25. Lard, per 18 17&8 20. Short rib q nKa hk TVe salted show boxed, $7 87H7 13V 8hJJ Distillers' finished goods, pei Pi $1TheXleading futures ranH j1 lows-openg, highest closing: vvneai 70,7i.70M- yoMftMJ 71X, 770X, 70. 7lKc Corn7N"4 July 4444i, 44g j';S7rf -No. 2 May 28? 25.25c;July 25 f J fork, per odi-.. ----- 14 10, 14 30; Juiy I rur Hi ftS-WJj 14 32 8 10. 807K.87H; JUj 8 00. 8 00. September 7SV 7U754. onorv nuo, K"- T, $8 20, 8 22.8 15 8 W; 7 95 7 90. 7 90; September' 7 87. 782, 75. FOREIGN .ARKfT Liverpool, Apm i a tonSnot, moderate Duw . A unchanVdjAmencaDau-. 32d. Tbesalesoftbeg 1 Dales, or wuicy anCm 1 4.: .nl, PTIHI1 b " i ,11 7.K00 bales American. J all American. . . A Futures opened quiet jj quiet and steady ; anw. - -, l m. cA Anril 4 30 64 j) seller; June ana bB,er, July and August 4 SO b , gust and sepie"" - September 4 25 pu "r er; a 12 fi4a4 l3-64d buy" u : , . o final a v"-.,t and Kovemoer 4 November and December 64d buyer. ForLaGripPfAi H.,-rc. 11 OA bfl I mm . . . ... -. - . i r i :