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BY WIL1.IAIS H. luaKNARD. WIIiMiNvtum. js. C. Sunday Morning. Apbil 21. SENATOR M'LAUBIN'S PLEA. Senator McLanrin, at Charlotte, declared that the report that he ap peared on that occasion to launch a new party was false, and yet his speech was a political one from be ginning to end, just such a speech as a man calling himself a Democrat might make in justification for bolt ing his party ticket and voting the Republican ticket. We do him the justice, nowever, so say mat i was from that standpoint a very clever speech in everything but the Itotal disregard of everything like (principle. It was simply an appeal to Democrats of the South to en dorse and support the expansion and economic policies of the Republican administration at Washington, be cause this would prove commercially gainful to the South. Senator Mc Lanrin does not stand alone in this. A good many of those who listened to him were with him and agreed with hiuijbecausethey viewed it from the standpoint of how many yards of cotton goods expansion would give a market for. Some others agree with him but all of them take posi tion on the assumption that expan sion of dominion also means expan sion of trade, and as trade is the main thing with them, therefore ex pansion is good and ought to be en dorsed. But there are several kinds of ex pansion and they fail to draw any distinction between them. Demo crats whose position Senator Mc Lanrin finds fault with are not op posed to expansion but to the method of expansion adopted by the McKinley administration, ex pansion by shot and sword and fire, the same kind of expansion that Great Britain is now attempting in South Africa, which eight Ameri cans ont of ten condemn and abhor. The kind ef expansion which Sena tor McLanrin would have us ap prove, support and applaud has coat the Filipinos 30,000 lives, lost in battle in fighting for the indepen dence of their country, has cost us about 3,000 lives and $200,000,000. While all this cannot be helped now, is it necessary to endorse and applaud it in order that we may do some trading with those people and exploit the resources of the archi pelago? We might have expanded and done this without any breach of faith or any butchery of Filipinos or any sacrifice of the lives of Americans or the expenditure of one dollar in the thousand that has been spent in the war of subjuga tion, assuming, (which is a clear as sumption) that we have, as Senator McLanrin saia, "a better title to AT 1 J. ii r .1 t t j must) ibibuub toau oar iatners naa to the thirteen original colonies.' Couldn't all this expansion have been achieved without violence, bloodshed and expenditure of money? There are many who be lieve it could have been. Admiral Dewey said he was sometimes in clined to believe that it might have been avoided. Therefore while rec ognizing the inevitable and glad when the end of the ghastly drama is reached we see no occasion for endorsing the blundering so-called statesmanship that precipitated these conditions or applauding or taking sides with the blunderers. The kind of expansion that Sena tor McLanrin believes in is of the "benevolent assimilation" stripe which he thus defined, when he said in virtually defending the Mc Kinley administration from the charge of imperialism: "Our people understand that it is not actual territory cr dominion over people that we seek but the expansion of American thought, ideas ofgovern ment, commerce and civilization." This might, perhaps, be called a definition of M7 Kinl v .-vj wv u v VlUU assimilation, his substitute for "criminal aeeression." Jnst who was meant by "our people," we do not know; whether it is the Amer ican people as a whole, the Southern people as a whole, or the "McKin ley Democrats." Whether this in terpretation of the "benevolent assimilation" is correct and author ized, it is about as near the truth as any of the other fakes they have slid out to justify the grab of Philip pine territory. Does any one who is at all familiar with the current of events after the Dewey victory suppose for an instant that "American thought, ideas of government or civilization" had anything to do with the supple mental proceedings at Paris, or in the islands, where our representatives were playing a double game while onr representatives at Paris were making that land deal? "Com merce had something to do with it, commerce; and the prospective opportunities to make profitable in vestments , had i all to do with it. American thought, ideas of gov ernment or civilization were not in it and didn't get 4nto it until " they ; began to fabricate excuses for the game they were playing. Then they struck on the ''benevolent '. asMmilktfrm" dodge, as defined by Senator Mo Lanrin. He didl well to wedge "commerce into it, for that is the only element of ; truth! in1 this plea tor grab eaUed by the larger and bet ter sounding word expansion. That is the essence of the whole business. Senator Carter expressed it when he blurted out that there was "neither religion nor sentiment' in it, but simply the question "would it pay?" If it would pay they (we) would stay in, if not we would pull out. Senator Carter is an ota line Renublican: he was Mark HannaV predecessor in the chairmanship of the National Kepuuiican committee, and he was presumably familiar with the sentiments of leading Republi cans on that question, and we think he came nearer sizing up Mr. Mc- Kinley'a "benevolent assimilation than Senator McLanrin did. His definition was better than Senator McLaurin's, because it had the merit of cold-blooded blunt honesty, whioh the other didn't have. MILNER'S DARK PICTURE Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of the Cape Colony, who is going home to recuperate and will doubt less be permanently relieved, draws a gloomy ; picture of the situation present and prospective in South Africa, one that it is somewhat sur prising the war managers should have given to the public In! his last cabled report, after saying that he delayed asking for relief with the nope that jome definite results might be achieved that might jus tify the hope of a speedy settlement, he adds: "But I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that that there will bo no such dividing line. I have not the slightest doubt of the ultimate result, but I foresee that the work will b slower, more difficult, more harassing and more expeusive than was at one time anticipated. At any rate it is idle to wait much longer in the hope of being able to describe a clear and clean-cut situation. "It is no use in denying that the last half year haaJteen one of retro greasion. Sever! months ago Capo Colony was perfectly quiet, at least as far as the Orange river. The South ern half of the Orange River Colony was rapidly settling down and even a considerable portion of the Transvaal, notably the Southwestern districts teemed to have definitely accepted British authority. To day the scene is completely altered. "It would be superfluous to dwell on the increased losses to the country caused by the prolongation of th struggle and Dy the form which it has recently assumed. The fact that the enemy is now broken up into a great number of small forces raiding in every direction, and that our troops are similarly broken up in pursuit, makes the area of actual fighting and consequently of destruction much wider than would be the case in a cot fl ci between equal numbers oper ating in large masses. Morever, the fight is now mainly over supplies. The Boers live entirely on the coun try through which they pass, not only taking all the food tby can lay their hands on, but looting the small vil lage stores of clothes, boots, coffee and sugar, all of which they are in great need. Our forces are compelled to denude the country of everything movable in order to frustrate these tactics of the enemy. "The loss of xxpps and stock is more serious to theWJers than farm burn iag, of which so much has been heard. I say this not at all as an advocate- of such destruction. I am glad to think the measure is now seldom, if ever, resorted to." It is .easy to see what a dispiriting effect such a confession as this must have on the British people, who were already in very gloomy mood over the situation in South Africa. Some of the papers, therefore, ask, if the government admits this much what may there be behind it, and how much worse may the actual situation be? The British Treasury is confront ed by a deficit of $350,000,000 with millions of dollars required weekly for the maintenance of the armies and the prosecution of the war, with little or no substantial results, making less progress now than a a year or more ago when the Brit ish forces were confronted by organ ized armies. According to the re ports General Kitchener has 250, 000 men and the Boers with not more than 14,000 are making it moreun uncomfortable for the British armies and commanders than the regnfarly organized Boer armies did. . Twice the British hayje'had a chance to make peace and tjLrice they refused to take advantage Vof it by arrogantly rejecting the hfrms asked, and insisting upon dictating the terms themselves. Perhaps experi ence has convinced them of their folly and put some sense into their heads, so that if they come to dis cussing peace terms again tney may show more disposition to make con cessions. To say that England has been a surprised nation does not express it, for she has been not only a disap pointed, but a humiliated nation, which went into a war with a pre sumed ignorant and weak foe, with a grand blare of trumpets and wav ing of flags, and now she finds her self baffled, thousands of lives thrown away, millions of dollars expended, and her prestige as a military nation hopelessly shattered. From sheer exhaustion, mOre than Spartans, as they have been, the Boers will be compelled to succumb to superior numbers and resources, but - Great Britain will come out of the conflict a practically whipped nation. Presldlnf Elder! Appointments, WUmlog. i too District . Southport. April 28, 29. Clinton, Kendall's, May 4. S. Scott's Hill, tie th any. May 11, 13. Fifth Street, May 13. ' ? Magnolia, Magnolia, May 18, 19. Elizabeth, Purdie's, May 35, 26. Bladen, Deem's Oapel, May 36, 27. . Kenans vllle, Warsaw, Jane 1, 2. Grace, June 2. & Onslow, , Jane 7. J ackson ville and , Richlands, Jack sonville, June 8, 9. - Waocamaw, Zion, June 15, 16. 7 Whiteville, Oerro Gordo, Jane 17. i .Market Street, June 23, 24. , . ... . - . B. B.; Jobs. :. - wm MLt. THE FARMER VlfORttQ MARES For a living. He has to. He must "make hay while the sun shines,' no matter how he feels. The result is over work. The stomach usually gives the first sign of strain. The organs of diges tion and nutrition axe deranged. Food does not nourish. Indigestion appears. In such a case Dr. Pierce's Golden Mec -ical Discovery re-establishes fme health by a complete cure of the diseased organs of digestion and nutrition. It cleanses the stomach, purifies the blood and re moves the causes of disease. It. is a temperance medicine, and contains no whisky nor alcohol. "I was troubled with Indigestion for about two vears wrifes Wm. Bowlcer, Esq., of Juliaette, Utah Co.. Ydaho. I tried different doctor, mnd remedies but to bo avail, until I wrote to Or JSreTand he told me what to do. I suffered with a vain in my stomach and left side ana thoufrhtit would kill mJ I am glad to write and let know that I small right. lean do my worVnow without pain and 1 don't ha that tired feeling that I used to have. Five bottles of DrTpieree'a Golden Medical Discovery and two vials of his ' Pleasant Pellets cured me." Sick people can consult Dr. Pierce by letter free. All correspondence private. ... n WW -vt T)..0h1a XT AT Address xjt. xs v. nerect ptuiaiv AG 'IHALDO'S MANIFESTO Agninaldo's manifesto is not a lengthy document, but it says all that it was necessary to say, and says it in a way perfectly satisfactory to the Washington authorities. The probabilities are that the two officers who assisted him in the preparation of it, one of whom was probably Gen. Fanston, drafted the skeleton and let him fill it in, or wrote the whole thing for him. However this may be it fills the bill as a plea for peace and unconditional submission. If Agninaldo has the influence with his people that he has been credited with, and doubtless he still has, the importance of this docu ment cannot be well overestimated, for coming from such a source it is a confession of the hopelessness of the Filipino Btroggle, coupled with a strong confidence in the generos ity, justice, kindness and good in tentions of the. American Govern ment, which cannot but have a soothing influence on the people who were disposed to continue the fight, while it will give a reason for surrendering and accepting the sit uation that many of them, who perhaps wanted a reason, didn't have before Agninaldo spoke. If their trusted leader could accept the situation without reservation add express full confi dence in the magnanimity and good intentions of the United States then sorely they who followed him listened to his counsels and obeyed his commands can. This leaves the Filipinos without a leader and while there may be nervy fellows who will hold out for a while, they cannot rely upon much popular Rapport, especially if the policy of kindness be pursued and Agninaldo's expressed confi dence be verified by the results. With this manefesto the Agninaldo incident closes, he ceases to be a conspicuous factor, although good use may be made of him, and the game is in the hands of those who act for this Government. If their actions be responsive to Agninaldo's confiding, hopeful utterances the end cannot be far off. So far Gen. MacArthur has managed his part admirably. CURRENT COMMENT. The Cuban is between the devil and the deep sea. For the in dependence of his country, he is a "revolutionist"; for Mr. Mckinley's plan of withholding that indepen dence, be is a "patriot. Richmond Dispatch, Dem. Key W est is further from the mainland of Florida than the Isle of Pines is from the mainland of Cuba. Anybody who suggested that Key West was not a part of the United States would be jeered as an idiot. Nevertheless a clause in the 'Piatt amendment practically or ders Cuba to give np all clajtn to the Isle of Pines. If Key West is a part of Florida, it seems that the Isle of Pines ought to be considered a part of Cuba. Savannah News, Dem. There is an old saying that two lions cannot romp in amity in the same forest. The truth of the saying is illustrated by the almost instant showing of teeth between organized labor and organized capi tal in the iron and steel industry. Wedged between the jaws of the combination that seeks to fix arbit rary wage rates and the combina tion that aims to establish arbitrary prices, what hope is there for the consumer, who in the end pays all? Philadelphia ' Record, Dem- AI.tr and Death Picks. Mr. W. A. Hines, of Manchester, la., writing of bis almost miraculous escape from death, says: ''Exposure after measles induced serious; lung trouble, which ended in Consumption. I had frequent hemorrhages and coughed night and day. All my doc tors said that I must soon die. Then I began to use Dr. King's New. Discovery for Consumption, which completely cured me. 1 would not do without it even if it cost $5.00 a bottle. Hund reds have used it on my recommenda tion and all say it never fails to cure Throat, ( heat and Lung Troubles. Regular size 60e and 100. Trial bot tles 10 cents at R. R. Bellamy's drug Store. - --;; ;4j'.;'rs' f Jtosrttha The Kind Yob Have Always Bought " THE OLD ABM CM Ain. I love it, I love it, and who shall dare To chide me for loving the old arm - , cbairt " . '- ' ' , , I've treasured it long as a sainted prize, I've bedewed with tears, and- em balmed it with sighs. Tis bound by a thousand bands to my Not a tie will break, nor a Jink will start. ; ' ' Would you learn'tbe speJlt A mother sat were. And a sacred thing is that old arm chair. Tn ohHritirvnri'a hour a T linoAlfd near The hallowed seat with list'ning ear; .. . . a . a. .ll And the gentle words. wai mower To fit me to die aod teach me to live I She told me that shame would never betide. With truth for my creed and God for She taught me to lisp my earliest prayer, As I knelt beside that old arm chair. T sat and watched her many a day. When her eyes were dim and her locks were srray ; And I almost worshipped her when she smiled, Acd turned from the Bible to bless her child. Tears rolled on, but at last one sped My idol was scattered my earth star fled; I learned how much the heart can bear. When I saw her die in that old arm eair. 'Tis past 1 'Tis past! But I gase on it now, With qu vering breath and throbbing brow ; 'T was there she nursed me; 'twas there she died: And memory, flows with lava tide. Bay it is folly and deem me weak. While the scalding tears run down my cheek; But I love it I love it, and cannot tear My soul from my mother's old arm chair. MJNDAY services. St. Thomas church: First mass, 7 A.M.; high mass and sermon, 10.30 A. M.; vespew, 7 45 P. M Services at Seamen's Bethel com mencing at 3 o'clock by Rev. J. N. Cole. The public is invited. Rev. A. D. McClure will occupy his pulpit both morning and night. The night service will begin at 8 o'clock. Rev. P. O. Morton will preach at D-lsrado Mills this afternoon at 4 o'clock and at 7:45 o'clock this even ing. Christian Science at the Masonic Temple, room No 10, this morning at 11 :15 o'clock. Subject of Bible lesson, Probation After Death." St. Paul's Lutheran church, Sixth and Market streets. Rev. Dr. A. G. Yoigt pastor. English services to-day at 11 A M. and 8PM Sunday school at 8:30 P. M Everybody cor dially invited. St. Ma'thew'g English Lutheran church North Fourth street. Rev. G D Bernheim, pastor; morning service only, at 13 o'ciock; Sunday school, 9:45 A. M. All seats free and every person welcome Services at St John's church tcday, second Suudav after Esster. Holr communion, 7:45 A. M. ; morning prayer and sermon by Rev. G. M. Tolson at 11 o"clock; evening prajer at 5:30; 8uoday school, 4 P. M. St Paul's Episcopal church, corner Fourth a d Orange streets. Rev W. 11 Tom ins rector; holy communion 7:30 A. M ; morning service and ser mon, 11 A.. M. ; Visitation by Bishop and confirmation, 8 P. M. ; Sunday school. 3:30 P. M. Strangers cordial ly invited. Daily services through the week each morning at 9:30 A M, and at 5:30 P M., except on Friday wbn the hour of the evening service is 8 P. M. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. Beneficence is better than be nevolence. Trouble often comes to show us how much we had to be thankful for before her arrival. When a man turns the light on others he must not expect to stay in the shade himself. If men were as anxious to do right as they are to get their rights tbe world would be righted. What a trustful, hopeful and amazing gift and grace is tnat state of mind and heart that is "not afraid of evil tidings." How it fortifies the soul against all that may befall it ! If any one here is troubled with doubts about prayer, those two simple words, 'Our Father," if be can once really believe them in their full richness and depth, will make the doubts vanish in a moment, and prayer se- mi the most natural and reasona ble of all &cta,King8ley. There are numbers of men that are not willing to do anything for Christ because they can't do some great thing. Now you will find that the men that have, accomplished a great work in this world have always begun by doing some little thing; they have been willing t bHng forth some little fruit D. L Mogdy. The perfect life is that which euard tbe balance between its com munion with Christ and its service for Cnrist. The Martha spirit is a necessity for the i church militant; servics must be performed. But if our enterprise for Christ becomes a bur cen to us and frets our temoer. then it is doing us barm. Frederick C. Spurr. G10rlous Raws Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of Washita, I. T. He writes:. "Four bottles of Electric. Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scorfula, which had caused h-r great suffering for years. Terrible sort would break out on her head and face, and the best doctors could give no help; but her cure is complete and her health is excelteut, 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, builds up the strength. Only 50 cents. Sold by B. R. BjELLAHT, Druggist. Guaranteed? '1 t For Over Fllty fears Mrs. WrasLOw's SooTHixa Sybup has been used for over fifty years by mil lions of . mothers for -their - children while teething , with perfect success. It soothes the child, soften the gums, said 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. Twenty,-five cents a bottle. Be sure and. ask: for "Mrsv. Winalow's Soothing Syrup," and take noother kfnd v Eii'O-rf.Xua.. Beantlw .Eifqstaxs of MuKhuI Voa Hare Always foggr The Chief Justice of Samoa Says Peruiwlsthe L H ill! II mJ-li JiE Court Room Scene where Judge Chambers maintained the Supremacy of the United States in Samoa. la a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., Chief Justice Chambers says the following of Per una : , "I have tried one bottle of Pzruna, and I can truth fully say it is one of the best tonics I ever used, and 1 take nleasute in recommending it to all sufferers who are in need of a good medicine. I can recommend it as one of the very best remedies for catarrh. W. L. Chambers. A tonic Is a medicine that gives tone to some part of the system. There are different kinds of tonics, but the tonic most needed in this country, where ca tarrh is so prevalent, is a tonic that operates on the mucous membranes. Peruna is a tonic to the mucous mem branes of tho whole body. It gives tone to the capillary circulation which con stitutes these delicate membranes. Hon. J. . Macias, recent postmaster at Porto Rico, in a letter from 1417 K street. N. "W Washington, D. C. says : SPIRITS TURPENTINE Salisbury Sun: It appears that the Union Copper Mine is 10 be taken in by the great Copper Trust. Lumberton Robesonian: We re gret to hear of the death of Mrs. W. R. Atkinson, which occurred at her home, near Center Church, Wednesday. . Red Springs Record: John W. Graham and Martin McKinnon will plant nearly 20 seres in cantaloupes on Mr. Graham's lower place, near the Eden's mill. Dunn Banner: The town has quarantined against the town of Ben son on account of smallpox. No per son from the town or any one who has been exposed is allowed to come to Dunn. Smithfield Herald: 'Owing to the lateness of the season the farmers are somewhat slow in planting their crops. Many of the oldest farmers say that a late spring.is often followed by a good crop jeQ Fayetteville Observer: The new 25 tons plant of the Fayetteville Ice Mtnufactuing Company is w mak ing its first freeze It is one of tbe most complete plants in the State, and certainly has no superior in equip ment. Greensboro Record: We may have a fretz-j or. may not the proba bility is that we shall not but as it stands at present the fruit trees have more on them than they can handle. Should every peach, apple, pear, etc, ripen that are now on the trees, the limbs would be unable to stand the strain. But what is worse, there is such an abundance that the fruit can not mature. However, it will no doubt find a way to "shed" some of its crop. Durham Herald: Dr. Arnold Frank, the veterinary surgeon, who located here some months ago. left on the early train this morning for New Orleans, and from there will go with a transport load of mules being sent to South Africa for the English army. He has been employed by the agents or EogJand to make this trip and look after the health of the animals until they are landed in Africa. Dr. Frank will then turn homeward, reaching Durham again in about two months. Newborn News: Wednesday about 5 o'clock, L. C. Humph reys, a white man was seen at the house of Fred Kornegay, colored. No one but his daughter 11 years old was at home. Humphreys asked for a match and was then admitted, when he committed the rape. The neighbors heard the screams of the child and went to the rescue. Chairs and f urni ture in the room were found in quite a disturbed condition. Che sheriff has been notified but up to last night he had paid no attention to the papers sent him by a magistrate from Dover. Sanford Express: Mrs, B. Cole found an egg the other day with three yelks in it Mr- L. M Perry died at his home in Cameron on last Sunday at the age of 78 years, -r It is said that the -prospects are good for a large wheat crop. It is given out that the actual output of pine lumber1 for a year in North Caro lina is over 750.000,000 feet. Moore is one of the greatest lumber producing counties in the State. A lot of new machinery which has been pur chased for the Sanford cotton mill is being installed. The new machinery will be put in operation about the middle or last of May. A lot of looms will be installed and weaving will begin. Newton Enterprise: The cot ton mill men' of tbis bection are .now receiving letters from commission men to the effect tbat they believe the boU torn has been r ached, and that they look for an improvement in tbe .busi uess very soon. -- Mr. Jim Setzer found a copper cent near Carson post office the other day that is 235 years old. And while on the subject of old coins, we are reminded that Mr. W. W. Caldwell, of the same section, showed us recently an old coin that appears to bear tbe date of 740. It was very much worn, and whether there was ever a figure 1 before the 7 we are not able to say. To the naked eye all the figures were very hard to make out, but he says . with a magnifying glass the date is clearly 740. .-: f 'Pepper ? -Yes; ma'am. Red nt hlftftblV flh didn't av hnt am th.'. a widow perhaps the black would look oeiter. .'.-'. , ForLaGriDDe and In fluenza Use CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT. (niLn3)ERi MEDICAL est I "As a native born Cuban, serving as ' postmaster in Porto Rico, I contracted yellow fever and have been suffering from the ill effects of that dreadful dis ease since my return home. I was ad vised by a friend to use Peruna and I can speak in the highest terms of your remarkable medicine. I feel like a new man and shall take pleasure in recom mending it to those similarly afflicted. It is a fine tonic, and is in every way a wonderful medicine. Peruna has be come of national importance. TWINKLINOS .Little Angel "Does Bobby cry much? "No: he doesn't cry at all unless he wants his own way about something." Chicago Record. There was a fountain in front of thd hotel, and tr e shortsighted guest fell into it. ''Charge Mr. Green one dollar for cold bath," said the pro prietor to his clerk. Dread of being interviewed is becoming one of our national diseases. "How are you Senator?" asked the correspondent. "I have nothing to say on the subject, sir." "You say you can wash and iron well. How, with fine linen, would you know the iron was too hot?" "By the smell of the burning linen, mum. Haven I a nose?" Sarcastic: Mrs. Bubble "Oh, Mr. Cadleigh told me he thinks I sing beautifully 1" Miss Diggs "Isn't he too sarcastic for anything?" Ohio State Journal. "To think that an American banner would ever stand a blow with out returning it!" "When did that happen?" "To the Weather Bureau storm flag in the last cyclone." "And what reason does your Boston friend give for thinking America was really first seen in tbe thirteenth century?" "Because that was the time spectacles were invented. A Difference: Mrs. Cauler "Bridget O'Byan, who has applied for the position of cook in my house, re fers me to vou. 8he says she used to work here." Mrs. Housekeeper "Not exactly. She was employed by me on one occasion." Philadelphia Press. NeYrs) and Notes. The apple outlook as a whole remains good. The corn acreage is the largest ever reported, with all indications for a heavy harvest. The condition of the oat crop on July 1 was slightly below the average for ten years. Recent experiments In Louisiana show that the irrigation1 of forage crops is exceedingly profitable. For the production of a sa'able to bacco much depends upon the charac ter of the soil, and a great deal de pends upon the skill in curing. Fully as much, however, depends upon the proper grading and sorting of the to bacco and the "style of package in which it is sent to the manufacturer. Too much cannot be said about the necessity for very careful attention to these apparently small details, accord ing to an authority on the handling of tobacco. The average condition of potatoes on July 1 was 91.3, as compared with 93.8 pn July 1, 1S9D, 95.5 at the correspond ing date in 1898 asjd a ten year average of 93.2. Over one-half of the agricultural produce imported Intq the United States during 1894-8 came from coun tries that He. wholly or In, chief part within the tropics. The introduction into the United States of the English or European house. sparrow, the starling, the fruit bat or flying fox and the mongoose, known also as the ichneumon or Phara oh's rat, is absolutely prohibited by BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton Yesterday. W. & W. Railroad 97 bales cot ton, 4 casks spirits turpentine. W. C & A. Railroad 55' bales cot ton, 4 casks spirits turpentine, 14 bar rels tar, 5 barrels crude turpentine. A. &Y. Railroad 12 casks spirits turpentine. O. C. Railroad j 8 casks spirits tur pentine, 41 barrels rosin. steamer A J Johnson 8 casks spirits turpentine, 301 barrels rosin, 10 barrels tar. Dock's Flat 53 barrels crude turpen tine. Total Cotton, 82 bales; spirits tur pentine. 80. casks: msin hanwi.. tar, 24 barrels; crude turpentine, 57 cmrruia. - . MARINE, DIRECTORY. SJtMBM -fatot fiwaaswls is ths Pi ot WU Mlofctem H. G.. Anrll $1, 1901, SOHOONERo. Mark Gray, 246 tons," Sawyer, George ;Harnss. Son & Co. juecosia, Z42 tons, otrout, George Har-risaJr-Wfe rirt ' Montana, 337 tons, Booye, George Harriss, Son & Co. 1 Geo E Dudley 887 tons, Chase, New York, J T Riley & Co. Henry R TJ ton, 467 tons, Cobb, George ViryB Catarrh Cure. CHIEF JusncB It has the record of the greatest ca tarrh remedy of the age." Pernna is a specific in its operation upon the mucous membrane. It is : tonic that strikes at the root of all ca tarrhal affections. It gives tone to .ic minute blood vessels and the terminal nerve fibres. Catarrh cannot exist long where Peruna is used intelligently. Pernna seeks ont cararrh in all the hid den parts of tho body. Address the Peruna Medicine Co., Co lumbus, Ofor a free catarrh book. COMMERCU! . WILMINGTON MARKET Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce .Xixuuiuiitaj STAR OFFICE, April 20 SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market steady at $1.05 per -B A 1 1 A A - 1 barrel tor strainea ana si.iu per oar ml fni trnnH stminnd. TARj Market steady at $1.20 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market quiet at $1.10 per barrel for hard 2 If) for din and for virein. Quotations same day last year spirits turpentine arm at naa main nothing doinir: tar firm a $1.30; crude turpentine steady at $1.85 33.15. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine Rosin . Tar 30 342 24 Crude turpentine 57 receipts same oay last year n casks spirits turpentine. 10 bbls rosin, 163 bbls tar, 14 bbls crude tur pentine. OOTTON. Market firm on a basis of 7c pe pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 5 7 16 cts. P B Good ordinary 6 13 16 ' Low middling 7 7 16 Middling . . 7H Good middling 83 16 Same day last year middling quiet at9Xc. Receipts 83 bales; same day last year, 23. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce uonuniEsion anrcnantaj COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime 70c Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, oOc. Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c; Spanish 85c. CORN Firm: 60 to 62c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 10c ; sides, 8 to 10c EGGS Steady at 12 'A to 13c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 to sue; springs, 1525c TURKEYS Live, dull at 9 to 10c; dressed, 12 to 14c. BEESWAX Firm at 25c. TALLOW Firm at 56c per pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 70c FINANCIAL" MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning star. aEW YORK. April 20. Monev on call . steady at 4 per cent Prime mercantile paper 44 per cent. Sterling exchange firm, with actual business in bankers bills at 488 for demand and 484 for sixty days. Posted rates 48534 and 489. Commercial bills 484484. Silver certificates 60, nominal.,. Bar silver 60. Mexican dollars 48V. Governm't bonds stronc. State bonds inactive. Railroad ibonds strone, U.S. refunding 3's reg'd. 106 ; U. 8. refund'g 2's, coupon, 106,U. o. 2's, reg'd, ; U. 8. 3's. reg'd, 110K; do. coupon, 111V; U. 8. 4's, new reg'd, 138; do. coupon, 1394; U 8 4's, old reg'd, 113; do. coupon, 118; U. a 6's, reg'd, 110 : do. coupon, 111; Southern R'y 5's 117. 8tocks: Baltimore . & Ohio. 98 V nhsaruiire & Ohio 48 ; Manhattan L 129 ; N.Y. vcuitra xoo ; neaumg 37; ao. 1st prefd 76H; St. Paul, 169 V; do. prefd, 195; Southern Railway 30 ; do. prefd 83 H; American Tobacco. 128; do prefd 145; People's Gas 115 ; Sugar 148 , do. prefd 122 ; T. C. & Iron 67& ; U. 8. Leather 13 H do. oref erred 77 ; W'est wn Dnioti 933: TT. H Htral 4fiz4 . U. S Steel, prefd 94 Hi Consolidated u-as ; oianaaru uii tuu822. Baltimore, Apr l 20. Seaboard Air Line. common. 27: do. ur furred. A7ik 47 Bonds 4's 82H82V- NAVAL STORES MARKETS By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. Nmw York, April 20. Rosin dull. Spirits turpentine firm at 3536c. CiaARLKSTON, April 20. Spirits tur gmtine steady at 81c; sales casks osin firm and unchanged. :Uvabnah, April 20. Spirits tur pentine firm at 31c; receipts 952 casks; sales 417 casks; exports 1,202 casks. Rosin '.firm; receipts 1 599 bar rels; sales 948 barrels; exports 993 barrels. Quotations: A, B, C. $1 25: p,$125;B,$l 25; F, $130; G,$IS5; H, $1 SO-Xl 65; K, $1 95; M, $2 10 N, $2 20; W G, $2 SO: W W $2 50. COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to tbe Moraine star. New York. April 20. The cotton market opened quiet and firm with prices five to seven points higher on Emeral buying led by shorts and uropean exports. Trading following the call was six to eight points above j": &' closing, with; sentiment wuUSQlViP.fl pool cable?. ". bj tnat . demand V" it was m.!.u for ""4 fct -r."'"vl8- loosed for a bu C to three poinu R !6 ofou cables of.;u"r c?ttonah:'?i bad weather reVn h maninn af; Jui.8.r our market. Wai 9V export houses we !i,,,e,3 July omion. ere obbbS tiously for a reaL rad' J low ternD(Jratl Lacl'o. IjJ 'or complaiWlT, market was off s,Vtr8lf:30tf lop under profit ?' seilers for a sha?B ?', i trading . narR dfcin. nu some of th T uuib,! sold on the reacfio?? were bid up in the wN shorts. IhenewiN oegiected and nKtJm 1 The market Jf r Ml seven points hieh7' lower. "Kner to thJ o Cotton fXrc 811, May 8.13 Jutj, January 7.24. ' 'W Spot COttOTi . I Net receipts 525 bnio- 1 ceipus 1 573 bales; J Total to-da,:iSrI Total to-daj-Nera ba es; exports to GreatFl bales: nTnm.t, . nml exports to the ContZt atmlr Ran H a , """"But ba es; exports to GreatSf bales; ex exports Total tn the n.rmii ceipts 6, ,646 420 bales 2.578 19ft oniain France voa.aao Dales- i CSoti tin pint 9. fQ too u '. 1 639,953 bales- . w,uiUuoo oaii . April 20.-GaiV()slO to net receipts 4,044 ceJpts 98S bales; Boston, y at 7Kc, net Philadelphia, firm t 1 ceipts 175 bales; ceipts 8 1-16, leans, 1 wwiaimifl, ,net receipts 2,230bS. 2,116 -1 7 , utuuuo, am receipts 18 bales; Memphis, 8 1 16, net receipts 164 bales- o -72. uei receipts I Charleston, firm at 8c, net 4 bales 1 PRODUCE MARKS By TelegrapMothsHonilij; inew xoek, April 20.-FI nrm put inactive. Wheat-8j upuuus opened steady and vanceu a little ou local . ! -' - TTT . . sieauiness wesi ana condi; weather in winter wheat The market finally closed fir net advance: May closed l?i closed 76c; September ell Uorn Spot steady ; No, firm and fairly aciiveonsmalj higher cablea and bull supp- Ulosed hrm. May closed IS 48 c; September 48c CJ steady; Wo. 230c;optionsii quiet. Lard was qutfcd era steam $8 57; re Eggs steady ; State and FeiJ at mark 1414c;Souiherc Cheese stead v ; fancy law llc.do. small wbite leum duil. Potato-s Mmih $1 New York Island $3 005 00; Jus '$1 502 50. Molasses quoted Butter steaqy ; fresh creamen State dairy fresh 15lSc domestic, fair to extra 3JiW 4MiHc. Tallow quiet;citjl country iji 5c. Cotton md but strone Prime crude, 1 34c; prime summer yellow summer vellow Sac; pna 40c; prime winter yellow a mnal 1125 00. Coffee-Spot fit easy; mild dull. Sugar-M refined firm. Chicago, April 20.-0wid moralized telegraph serea tive markets to-day were tie tbe week. The tone, H steadv. wheat scd corn eit higher, oats jcap. v sions uncbangtd Ohioago, April 20 -Cast ri WlrtiiBtHr. Wheat-No.3 70c; No. 2 red 70M73. 04 6h9J. Nn 2 white 28, white 27U.a29c. Pork, M tl4 40 14 45. Lard, 8 15a8 17. Short nb B( $8 058 25. Dry sal 1 1 it a c7i7 19fa cA hn-v-nrl t& 253 37. "I Distillers' finished goods, The leading futures raafl lows-opening, -l . Wh pa t No. mnn nt' 1CL G1(lL 7tC Jll'j 43c; May 44tf -No. 2 May 25mZ Pork, per bbJ-ay 3 14 Z. U 40; Juy11 unzonci wj "i" ...ma 14 50 14 57. l. J Snoiz ft no 8 025; SepWll 023:8 00 8 02. ffl3 tts-May$812813 .T..l 417 95 7 95 7W-"r $7 90,7 90,787,7 90. FOREIGN m BToabtewwpl Liverpool,. Apnl JJ J ton-Spot, itf-A American middlng middlings m 'were 5,.u0 bale, of " J were for M-ecuJatiou included 4 800 baw JJj ceipts 7,000 oales.iDcla"1" American. , n,.utt Futures openeu h-i steadv: American bJ April 4 35 64d 4 35 64d seller; May D 35S buyer; June ,snd Jn f July and August jgtf Ji h sntember rj buyer- September Duyer; i 64d buyer. -rTCTI Rtmr A J JODH-' J Run, by master- , T.t.nsnlL I Hfrnr A J JOuu Run, by master. Q Clyde s New York, "Is he man 01 h not oniy 1ia Whv. 'r.";h. wit itnotn't knOW ability to keep li. ri 1 1 1 7-eia ber 4 5 u a RUN"