BY WIL1UABI Jtl. UciKNARD.
WlhMIMUTUA. JS. C.
Frio a
May 24.
AH OBJECT LESSON I FIGURES.
"More markets for American
products" is becoming a sort of
stereotyped cry with tho Republi
cans, who have resorted to the re
ciprocity dodge to avoid tackling
i the tariff question, which some of
them don't want to do and will not
do if it can be prevented. In one
of his recent speeches Mr. McKin
loy said 'it is your duty and my duty
to labor for more markets." A
stranger who was not informed as to
what progress has been made in ex
tending our commerce would con
clude from all this talk that wo had
few foreign markets and that we
were suffering in consequence. And
yet the increase in our foreign trade
I and the progress made in securing a
! foothold in foreign markets has both
surprised and alarmed the represen
tatives of the industrial interests in
the commercial countries of Europe
who are earnestly studying and
seriously debating the ways and .
.means to check this progress which
they say threatens not only the
prosperity but the existence of some
of their leading and most important
industries.
They have kept well up with our
industrial statistics, too, and in what
we have made the most progress
and why. They have kept track
of the growth of our iron and
steel industries, the manufactures
from these, of our cotton mills,
woollen mills, silk mills, the num
ber and increase of mills, looms and
spindles, their output and consump
tion of raw materials. They have
studied this about as closely as our
own industrial representatives have,
and more closely than many of them,
because it 13 a matter of much in
terest and concern to them.
One of the leading German econ
omists has recently published a very
interesting paper which bristles
with figures showing the industrial
progress of the United States within
the past twenty years. Already he
says "the American iron industry
has become the leading factor in the
world-market, with which the Euro
pean competing industry will have
to reckon for all time." As an im
pressive object lesson he presents
the following table showing our ex
ports and imports for the past two
decades, thus:
Fiscal Tear. Exports. Imports.
Dollars. Dollars.
1880 835,600.000 667,900,000
1885 742.200,000 577,500,000
1890 857,800,000 789,300,000
1895 807,500,000 731,900,000
1896 832,600,000 779,700,000
1897 1,051,000,000 764,700,000
1898 1,231. 500,000 616,000,000
1899 1,227,000,000 697,100,000
1900 .... 1,304.500,000 849,900,000
These are suggestive figures, and
shows' that our productive industries
have not only supplied the demands
of a largely increaseed population,
but have added to our exports to the
value of about $500,000,000 last year
over 1880, while the imports in
creased only about $200,000,000
over the same year. A country
which can Bhow such a record of
, exports aa this, and ' such a steady
increase, cannot be suffering much
for foreign markets.
If our "reciprocity" friends do not
think ..this table shows progress
enough they should remember that
this progress has been made under
handicapping conditions that make
the figures presented the more re
markable. This handicap was the
protective tariff which operated very
seriously against our exporters and
limited their sales to such things as
were absolutely needed and could
not be as well or as cheaply supplied
by our competitors across the seas.
The only way we get the trade of
foreign countries is by selling at a
lower price than our competitors "can
sell, or when some article is needed
which cannot be supplied from some
other source. In general trade the
English trader, for instance, has the
advantage over the American, be
cause he is not hampered by import
duties, and can consequently dispose
of his goods and take in exchange
for them, in part at least, the pro
ducts of the country he is dealing
in, for which products he may find
a market in England or some other
country. This the American trader
cannot do because at his port of
entry on returning home he would
be confronted by an - import duty
that would probably take all the
profit off of his cargo. The only
way the American can take trade
away from his English competitor
under such circumstances is to sell
at such low price as would offset; the
difference between pay in money and
pay in merchandise, and that is
practically what all our exporters
x have to do who compete with Euro
peans in f oreign markets.
Thus hampered and thus put at
a disadvantage the progress our
manufacturers have made in in
creasing their sales abroad is very
. remarkable, and a high compliment
to their push and business methods,
especially when we remember that
ninety-five per cent of their exports
are shipped in vessels which belong
in countries ! with whose traders
' they - compete, which is another
- reason inY addition to handicapping
tariff why they cannot do the barter
business which. Jiheir competitors do,
for that would necessitate the charr
itering of Vessels for the round trip.
Mr. V -McKinley and the rest of
tho "reciprocity" ndvoclitcs who aro
trying to dodgo a reduction of tho
tariff, especially ou Trust-oon trolled
articles, may talk until their throats
aro sore, but it isn't that, nor more
markets wo want, but lower duties
to enable our exporters to do busi
ness under more favorable condi
tions in the markou, which they al
ready have. That's the kind of
reciprocity they need and the only
kind that will bo worth the paper it
is written on. .
"THE PICK -AND THE OLIVE
BRANCH "
The negro of tho South is getting
a good deal of advice theso days, a
good deal of good advice, and some
of the best of it comes from men of
his own race. Ono of theso is Prof.
Councill, president of the (negro)
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, at Normal, Ala., who deliv
ered an address a few days at Roger
Williams University (colored) at
Nashville. Speaking of the race
question, he said:
"The solution of the race problem
does not depend upon whether the
negro votes or not Colleges cannot
solve it Houses and land cannot
solve it Wealth and all the power,
ease and comfort which it brings may
aggravate it If the nero remains in
ois country, the race question can be
settled only by each race understand
ing its relation to the other, and each
knowing its place and each keeping
its place."
Then, addressing both races, he
said that there should be kindly
feeling, and each do all it could to
wards the lifting up and the better
ment of the other, the white man
not forgetting that he is white nor
the negro that he is a negro. Then,
addressing his own race, he said:
"Every negro boy and girl should
be taught to work, and to work, hard,
all the time. Whip idlers from among
us, as the be$ sting out the drones.
Idlers produce crime and criminals.
We must ask nothing but a chance to
work and to be paid for our work. En
vy no man. Take nothing from any
man. Every honest negro drayman,
servant girl, washerwoman, mechanic,
hotel boy, barber, who dos bis duty
in an intelligent competent, trustwor
thy manner, is a queen or prince among
men. No honest labor is dishonorable.
It is more blessed to serve than to be
served, in any walk of life. The ser
vant girl's hood and apron above an
honest heart and educated brain are
as honorable as the college cap and
gown. Let the negro race carry the
pick in one hand and the olive branch
of peace in the other."
The solutien of
the race problem
is right in this, for this means the
fostering of industry, sobriety, good
habits, character, which will do more
to elevate the race and remove the
friction that may exist than all the
ballots they could cast in a century.
By the way, negroes who give the
race problem much thought are not
losing any sleep over the ballot.
HOW HE CAUGHT THE STJLTJS.
Gen. BfQs, who Negotiated that
treaty with the Sultan of the Sulus,
arrived in San Francisco a few days
ago, and in conversation told how
he captured them. He said:
"As commander of the DeDartment
of Southern Luzon it became my duty
to treat with the Sultan. I found his
people to be much like our native In
dians, and it seemed to me that it
would be better to get them in an
amicable mood than to go in for an
Indian war. General Otis put $10,000
in silver at my disposal, and after they
had given all the concessions the Gov
ernment wished I made a few presents,
but they did not get a cent until they
had come to our terms "
This is not altogether news
for readers of the papers were aware
of the fact that Gen, Bates had tried
the persuasive power of silxer dol
lars on the unsophisticated head
men of thaj group of islands. He,
very wisely no doubt, conclnded
that a little money invested in this
kind of dickering would be better
than a good deal of fighting in those
remote provinces. Here the ques
tion suggests itself, that if as much I
ieau muie sense naa oeen shown in
dealing with the Filipinos rfflght we
not have avoided; the solimmage
that hjs cost so many liges and so
many millions of dollany Admiral
Dewey says he - someflmes thinks
that if we had shown " little more
consideration for theecnliarities of
the people we had todeal with there
war might have been averted, in
which there are many thousands of
people who agree with him.
And here another question sug
gests itself namely: Are the, gen
T 3 1 1 .
tlemen who have had th.e manage-,
ment of this business entitled to any
particular credit for partially doing
alter more than two years of fight
ing, the loss of thousands of-liyes
and the expenditure of about t.2Q0,
000,000 what might have been done
with a little tact and level-headed
management? Victories are not al
ways victories, nor - are victors al
ways entitled to the glory they
claim.
Bishop Barclay of California
preached a sermon recently in
Chambersbug, Pa., in which he
contended that .God intended that
the men should boss the women,
and that this was part of the curse.
There are other people who believe
that way too. Among" the Indians
the women gather up the fire wood
and do all the work and drudgery
while the bucks loaf around and
have a good time, and in some civil
ized countries women work in the
fields and at hard manual labor, and
nurse the things that may after
wards see that and not feel ashamed
of ft. These people may agree with
Bishop Barclay. V " !
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CURRENJ COMMENT.
So far nobody seems to have
been able to grasp that explanation
made by President Schwab before
the industrial commission as to why
the "community of interest" plan is
a good thing for capital but a bad
thing for labor. Atlanta Journals
Dem.
Mr. Carnegie's gift of $10,-
000,000 to pay fees of Scottish stu
dents at leading universities of Scot
land is the most magnificent bene
faction ever recorded in the annals
of humanity. This modern apostle
of charity has pointed the true way
to happiness and usefulness, for the
multi-millionaires of the future, be
they never so many. Philadelphia
Record, Dem.
The Albany street-car em
ployees who did not strike were
promptly rewarded by the company,
after the trouble had blown over.
To each of the four men of the two
crews who took out the first two
I cars $100 was given; to each of .the
third crew $50; to every motorman
and conductor who remained in the
service of the company during the
strike $20, and to all other em
ployees who did not strike, a bonus
of $5, as-well as board aud expenses.
Richmond Dispatch Dem.
Newport, E. I., is getting to
be a great resort for people of the
upper-ten class who want their mar
riage bonda broken. In the appel
late division of the Supreme Court
of Rhodeftsland there are pending
forty-three divorce cases, the parties
to most of them being people of
more or less prominence in social
life. The divorce evil Beems to be
growing. Steps ought to bo taken
to limit it, but there does not appear
to be anybody influential enough to
lead the country in the matter.
Savannah News, Dem.
TWINKLINGS
Stubbs The beer output in
creases each year. Penn So it seems.
Instead of leap years, now, we have
hop years.
A Chance to Do Better. Julius
"Would you like to live your life
over again?" Edgar "No: but I'd
like to spend over again all the money
I've spent."
"My dear," said Growells,
"yomjure simply talking nonsense."
"Iknowlt." replied his better half.
"but it's because I want you to under
stand what I say." Tit-Bite.
Mrs. Noah (gaily) La, Noah,
the dove is returning with a twig in its
Dili! JNoati (comDlacently) Talk about
Marconi, Edison and Tesla sending
messages without wires I They are not
in it with me 1
"Ah!" exclaimed the minister,
fishing on the Sabbath! What will
your father say to you?" "Can't tell
yet," replied the bad boy: "If I
don't catch nothin' I'll catch it; if I
do, I won't"
First Soubrette -"Yes, that's
11 -. -. . . . .
iae man ju.au.ai6s going to marry.
Second Soubrette "That? Why, it's
only an apology man a man 1" First
Soubrette "Just so. She has ac
cepted the apology." Tit-Bite.
. The Sultan is said to look with
extreme disfavor upon the proposal to
establish a "department" store in
Constantinople. There are 300 wives
inlhe Sultan's harem, and it's no
wonder he is nervous about the store
project.
Mrs. Householdei-Here's a
book we ought to get, John ; "The
Treatment of Domestic Animals." Mr.
Householder. Pshaw ! Of what pos
sible use could that ba to u - Mm
Householder Why, it might give us
some valuable bints about what to do
with that cook of ours.
GreeniDg (shopping with his
wife) "Here is something that will
make vou a nice dress." Mrs. Green
ing "Oh, nobody is wearirTg that
this season." Greening "Well,
what's the matter with this piece?"
Mrs. Greening "Oh, that's too com
mon. Everybody is wearing it."
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SPIRITS i TURPENTINE
Dunn Banner'. Col. John A.
8pears. of Llllinaton, N. O ,.died at
the residence vf bis son in law, Mr. B.
L. Green, or Raleigh, Tuesday. Col..
Bprars was was 73 5 ears of age.
He went to Raleigh during the sea
tlon of the Legislature 'to attend to
some business and ."was ; taken with
grip, from which he never, recovered
ufQcIently to return tome '
Greenville Weekly. . Mr. F. C.
Ilardlng had a lot of hail on exhibi
tion Saturday, that he gathered in the
field of W. F. Hartsfield, nearAyden,
Friday. The hail fell Tuesday. It
.was muddy, or black looking stuff,
and a number of pieces were an loch
and a half in diameter. Where he
found that it was stilt nearly eighteen
inches deep. It bad been there since
Tuesday but was somewhat protected,'
which kept It from melting.
Goldsboro Headlight'. The wheat
crop in this county looks remarkably
well. It is the largest crop planted in
many years and the weather favors it.
uean prospects In this section are
quite encouraging. The crop is late,
but many bean fields are beautiful in
their white and purple blossoms.
Shipments will soon begin. The
strawberry . growers seem to be in
hard luck. The continued wet weather
has almost ruined the crop, which
looked very promising 'last week, with
prevailing good market reports.
Grass is giving the farmers a good deal
of trouble. Those living in the straw
berry region hardly can obtain suffi
cient negro help to conquer it. In
other sections of the county negro
labor appears to be plentiful for pres
ent farm needs.
Winston Journal'. An attempt
was made Monday by Henry Wilfocef,
70 years old, to blackmail A. A. Shu
ford, a Hickory banker, to the extent
of $100. Wilfong wrote an' anonymous
letter to Shuford threatening death if
the money was not forthcoming.
The United States Collieries, Steel and
Iron Company, which owns the mines
at Dan bury, through its represents
tive, Mr.. Tilden, is conferring to day
with the committee appointed by the
Chamber of Commerce in regard to
the building of the railway from
Danbury to Walnut Cove.
The company is ready to put up its
machinery as soon as the road is com -pleted.
Mr. Tilden says that the mines
are undoubtedly extremely valuable.
The area covered by the deposits is
five miles long and tw(0 miles broad,
and it is estimated by a number of au
thorities that there are no less than
124,000,000 tons of ore, for which the
company has already been offered
6.25 per ton. The value of the ore,
which is magnetic iron, is that it is the
ore from which Bessemer steel is made
and that there are few deposits in the
United States.
Clinton Democrat'. Congress
man Charles R. Thomas has appointed
Mr. Walter E. Pridgeu, of Kerr, to a
West Point cadetship. The appoint
ment was made on competitive exam
ination. Mr. M. R Matthis, or
Taylor's Bridge, township, was in town
Saturday. He told the Democrat
about an encounter with a coach whip
snake. Mr. Matthis was out walking
last Thursday with his little son. The
boy saw a snake and called his father's
attention to it. Mr. Matthis saw that
it was a coach whip and began to lav
plans a once to kill it. He ran after
the snake which turned and showed
fiht. It thrust its head up in the air
and came siding at Mr. Matthis in a
way that made cold chills creep up and
down his back. He hurled a piece of
rotten pine sappiing at the serpent.
This missed the mark a coach whip is
a powerful dodger. By this time the
snake was within four feet of the man
who could look into the wide open
jaws of his dangerous combatant.
Another object thrown at the snake
struck him and only made him the
madder. The human participant in this ,
dangerous duel men resorted to an
other plan. He took quick but good
aim and brought his heel squarely
down on his enemy's head. Then he
seized the scake by the tail and gave
his snakeship a jerk that ended the
struggle in a hurry. The little boy
who followed his father in the chase
after the snake was in two feet of him
while the struggle was in progress
Thinks a Halter Needed.
"We don't wish to interfere with
any honest fad or any legitimate fun,"
remarks Rural New Yorker, "but we
must say that the Angora goat craze
now sweeping over the country needs a
halter. Hundreds, yes, thousands, of
people seem to believe that the Angora
goat will turn some brush ridden old'
pasture into gold. The Angora does'
well on the western slopes of the Rock-'
ies and In the great southwest. Deal-,
ers tell us that the trade in mohair isi
limited and will not stand any great :
increase. The price of good Angorasi
hap been boomed far out of proportion!
to their practical value. On most east-j
ern farms well bred sheep will prove
Just as profitable as these goats." '
Presididf Elder's Appointments, Wllming
too District. "
Elizabeth. Purdie's. Mav 25. 26.
Bladen, Deem's Capel, May 26, 27.
Kenansville, Warsaw, June 1, 2.
Grace, June 2, 8.
Onslow, , June 7.
Jacksonville and Richlands, Jack
sonville, June 8, 9.
Waccamaw, Zion, June 15, 16.
Whiteville, Cerro Gordo, June 17.
Market Street, June 23, 24.
R. B. John.
Brave Iden Fall
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. as tne hot weather of ewmmer is approach
ing jhl8 paper will constantly keep berore Its
readers TEE THIN A, a remedy which, where
known, Is being universally used to prevent
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upon small children, and It Is hoped that all
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posts only 25 cents at druggist?; or mail 85 cents
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THE IRISH JAUNTING CAR.
It la Described as the Jollleat
Con-
yeysmce In the Universe.
A long line of vehicles, outside cars
and cabB, some of them battered and
shaky, others sufficiently well, looking,
was gathering on two sides of the green,
says Kate Douglass Wiggin in The At
lantic. Dublin, you know, is "the car
drivingest city in the world." Francesca
and I had our first experience yesterday.
It is easy to tell the stranger, stiff, deco
rous, terrified, clutching the rail with one
or both hands, but we took for our mod
el n pretty Irish girl, who looked like
nothing so much as a bird on a swaying
bough." 1
It is no longer called the "jaunting,"
but the outside car, and there is another
charming word lost to the world. There
was formerly an inside car, too, but it is
almost unknown in Dublin, though still
found in some "of the smaller towns. An
outside car has its wheels practically in
side the body of the vehicle, but an inside
car carries its wheels outside. This defini
tion was given us by an Irish driver, but
lucid definition is not perhaps an Irish
man's strong point.
T : ,.1 ,.
" ri'r 10 say mat tne passenger
eits outside of the wheels on the one, in
side on the other. There are seats for
two persons over each of the two wheels
and a "dickey" for the driver in front,
should he need to use it. Ordinarily he
sits on one side, driving, while yJu perch
on the othei- and thus you jog along,
each seeing Mur own side of the road
and discussiffg the topics of the day
iicross the "well," as the covered in cen
ter of the car is called. Tre are those
who do not agree with its cfiampions who
call it "Gupid's own conveyance." They
find the seat too small for two and yet
feel it a bit unsociable when the compan
ion occupies the opposite side.
To me a modern Dublin car with rub
ber tires and a good Irish horse is the
jolliest conveyance in the universe. There
are a liveliness, an irresponsible gayety in
the spring and sway of it, an ease in the
half lounging position against the cush
ions, a unique charm in "traveling edge
ways" with your feet planted on the steD.
You must not be ufraid of a car if you
want to enjoy it. Hold the rail if you
must, at first, though it's just as bad form
as clinging to your horse's mane while
riding on the row. Your driver will take
all the chances that a crowded thorough
fare gives him. He would scorn to leave
more than an inch between your feet and
a Guinness beer dray; he will shake your
flounces and furbelows in the very win
dows of the passing trams, but he is be
loved by the gods, and nothing ever hap
pens to him.
A STORY IN SECTIONS.
Demonstrating- What n Hot Son Can
Do With Fruitful EgKi.
"Some five years ago," said Black, "I
was aboard a river steamer on the Rio
Grande. Among other freight exposed
to the sun was a crate of eggs. About
noon the purser, passing the crate, heard
a peculiar sound. He pulled off a board
to investigate, when out hopped an army
of chicks. They sported over the deck
like penguins on an icefield. The sun
had been the incubator, sir,"
Blue leisurely removed the ashes from
his pipe and said:
"Did you see me, &i Black?"
"No, sir! Were yo aboard?"
"I was, and I saw you when you went
ashore."
"Well, what became of the chickens,
Mr. Blue?"
"They flourished, sir just sprang up in
the Texas sun like mushrooms in a damp
cellar. Never saw anvthin? like it. sir.
You
could stand there and almost see
them grow. It isn't exaareeratinir to sav
that we had chicken on the table the sec
ond day. out. When I got off at a lower
landing, one of the young cocks crowed a
parting salute."
Brown, who had been silently picking
his nails with a toothpick, now spoke.
"Mr. Blue, do you remember seeing me
on the main deck when you got off?"
"No, sir; were you there?"
"I was, sir."
"Well, I suppose you can take up the
thread of those remarkable fowls?"
"I can. You say one of the cocks
crowed a salute as you went ashore?
Well, sir, that was just the beginning.
Before sundown every cock in the lot
was crowing in concert. By 10 o'clock
the next morning the pullets were laying
eggs among the anchor chains. The orig
inal eggs had been consigned to th"e last
landing. The pullets kept on laying until
this landing was in sight. Then the purs
er had the fresh eggs gathered up and
put in the crate. The board was re
placed, and you couldn't tell that th
crate had been tampered with. One hun
dred and. two fowls, deducting the six
u.
that naa gone to the table; also two
dozen fresh, eggs over. Quite profitable,
eh, Mr. Blue? More so than' Belgian
hares." Chicago News. ,
. A Cinch.
"I should think, your mother would
punish you for that," said the neighbor's
little girl-to the one who had disobeyed.
T.'Slle Can t'" was the confident reply.
I ve been sick, and I'm not well enough
to be spanked yet, and she can't keep me
in the house, because the doctor says I
must hare fresh air and exercise. Cih
K
t,
M,
W,
I'm having a bully time." Chicago Post.
Two Vriean,.
TVYel' k'B true " boasted Colonel Bragg.
X re been m innumerable engagements;
and yet I never" lost my head."
"And I've, been in hundreds of them,"
replied the summer giri, "and. never lost
my heart." Philadelphia! Press
GDILll2ERi
s MEDICAL
ruin
.POMM KRCJU-yL,
WILMINGTON MARKET
rQuoted officially at the closing by the Produce
ExcbangeJ
STAB OFFICE, May 23
8PIKITS TTJEPENTINE Nothing
doing.
ROSIN Market firm at $1.00 per
barrel for strained and $1.05 per bar
ral for good strained.
TAR Market firm at $1.25 per bbl
of 280 fts.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
quiet at $1.10 per barrel for hard,
$2.10 for dip, ana for virgin.
Quotations same day last year
Spirits turpentifie nothing doing;
rosin steady at $1.051.10; tar firm at
$1.40; crude turpentine firm at $1.85
2.90.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 58
Kosin 268
Tar...- 131
Crude turpentine 117
Receipts same day last year 111
casks spirits turpentine, 498 bbls
rosin, 78 bbls tar, 150 bbls crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market firm on a oasis of 7c per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary. 5 716 cts. $ fb
Good ordinary 6 1116 " "
Low middling. 7 716 " "
Middling 7 44 "
Uood middling 8 1-16 " "
Same day last year middling noth
injr doing.
Receipts 25 bales; same day last
year, 13.
rCorrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
those paid for Droduce consigned to Commls
slon Merchants.!
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina, quiet.
Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 nounds: fane v. 80e.
Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime,
55c; fancy, 60c. Spanish, 80c.
CORN Firm, 62 to 65c per bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 12 to
13c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 10c;
sides, 8 to 10c
EGGS Firm at 11 to llc per
dozen.
CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 22
TURKEYS IJveTdnllkt 9 tr, 10,,
springs, X2S2Zc.
pressed, 10 to 12c. I
BEESWAX Firm atK I
m . . . I
xaiiLUW-Firm at 5ja6Je ner I
pound
' -
8WEET POTATOES Firm at 70c
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
py xeiegrapn to tne Morning Btar.
Nkw York, May 23. Money on
sail steady . at 34tf peiTcent., last
loan at 4 per cent., ruling rate 4
per cent, mme mercantile
Daner
per cent.
Hterlinp . ATph7im
strong, with actual business in bank-
Ana' Vki 11a ai iOOiA jaa m v
too?& ior demand
and at 484 for sixty days. The posted
rates were 485 and 489. Com
mercial bills 484484. Silver cer
teir n.ominalJy, 0. Bar silver
Mexican dollars 48. State
bonds inactive. Railroad bonds irregu
lar. Governnfsnt bonds fttonHv it a
refunding 2's registered, 106 ; U&
rega, , U. a. 38t re'd. 109: do I
fflffiV?!' S. a S
. y wnuwu, xoi : u. m. 4'n 1
113 ; N. Y. Central ; Heading 41j
do.lst pref'd -; St. Paul, 159 ; do.'
Pref. Southern R'way do!
prefd 82; Amalgamated Copper 115
American Tobacco p.ia n '
110, y .W-T ; , wauuMkuu! JU
; Sugar ; T. C. & Iron 551 .
Western Union ; United States Steel
; do preferred 92 ; Mexican Na
tional ; Standard Oil 778800. .
-. ucauier : aa nrT 'rt . iz .
NAVAL STORES HABKETS
By Telegraph to the Morning 81
0 " fw oek, May 23. Rosin
uiet;
. :""r - uummon to good fli 52itf
Spirits turpentine quiet at 35jtf6c.
vhaeleston, May 23. Spirii
w-atuo urm at aic; sales
Mosm firm and unchanged
sales 519 casks; exports none. osin
.rr r 'Sf KL 0e-: uote:
v, x xu ; u, j.
$1 35
$3 35
$3 85.
COTTON jaARKETS.
. By Telegraph to the MorntaK Star 1
' NEW YOHK Mav nw j. . .
rr A 6,' - "V uo ' Coupon, : 113 ;
JL V d, 108; do. Coupon.
Ai B.
ML SI 25; W (I SA
: H.tl 60-T i anl'ZZ
; n: 2 .mitt 2Z?rZ yi
ton market wMSrrt by buying" Sd
selling from the outside knd Lilf d to
materially respond to eithe?tulli8h o?
bearish influences. - The ,
uu reaaiiy turned - buvflv n.
-foreign; i Southern Wall
Btroet or Western orders guided them?
Tle uncertainty, was still centoi
around Julv wbiA iiw"i f?
rt, r.J . J-aa opening
steady with prices unehanged; to
was
one
1
BLUE
FLAME
to the nearest agency of
point lower. English buving of
July caused that option to advance to
7 67, a moment after the call: Then
selling for Southern and Western ac count
turned the market, and prices
fell rapidly to 7.60 for July and 7.18
for August. Liverpool followed the
weakness here and contributed a num
ber of selling orders. But just when
everybody in the pit . looked for
a break in July, demand from several
prominent shorts turned the tide once
more upward, and soonthe best figures
of the forenoon were staunchly main
tained. In the afternoon estimates for
large receipts to-morrow and a
splendid forecast failed to have
the expected effort as Southern.buying
appeared and created fresh exhibitions
of alarm in bear circles. English buv
ing later started a wild scramble of
shorts for cover and within a few
minutes prices shot up ten points to
7.76 for July and 7.27 for August. Af
terwards the market was erratic and
excited with fluctuations radical so far
as the near months were concerned.
Profit taking in the last half hour
failed to weaken the market, all the
months holding well up to the best
prices of the day. Market closed with
prices net one to ten points higher.
Nuw York. May 23. Cotton quiet; j
miaaiiner uplands tiHc.
Cotton futures closed steady: May
7.67, June 7.69, July 7.74, August 7.24,
September 7.04, October 6.97, Novem
ber 6 95, December 6.95, January 6.96.
February 6 97.
Spot cotton closed quiet; middling
uplands 8 ; middling gulf 8c; sales
93 bales.
Net receipts 201 bales; gross receipts
744 bales; stock 123,518 bales; exports
to Great Britain bales; exports
to France bales: exnorts to the
Continent bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 7, 046
bales; exports to Great Britain 717
bales; exports to France - "bales;
exports to the Continent 4,279 bales:
stock 461, 517 bales.
Consolidated Net receipts 42,557
bales; exports to Great Britain 13,802
bales; exports to France 15,263 bales,
exports to the Continent 39,378 bales.
xuuu sauce oepwmrjer 1st. iNet re
ceipts 6,976,209 bales; exports to Great
Britain 2,776,493. bales; exports to
France 695,822 bales; exports to the
Continent 2.292,153 bales.
May 23. Galveston,
steady at
lAf"1. 3,467 balesNor
JSSr q1??i at 7c net rec81Pts 64 Mnwr
ba.les5 Baltimore, nominal at 8c, net re- Ml fiW
Mint. . ka Ua. T1L " i - L I
nVl 7T "t . quioi at
a -viz. fit's. iwPAima a m i-ioias uii
mington, steady at 7c, net receipts 25
bales; Philadelphia, quiet at 8e,
net receipts 267 bales; 8avannah,stoady
at 7Xc, net receipts 831 bales; New
Orleans, quiet and steady at 7c, net
receipts 1,599 bales; Mobile, nominal
at 7c, net receipts 2 bales; Memphis,
at 7 9 16c, net receipts 125 bales; Au
gusta, quiet at 8c, net receipts 119
bales; Charleston, steady at 75c, net
receipts 25 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Nkw Yobk, May 23. -Flour dull
and fairly steady. Wheat Spot easy ;
no. red 82c; options became strong
after a startting decline 'due to crop
both accounts u
. "-J SSrSKSSr under
realizing nnrl nlnaat .,, , ir
net decline m spite of a heavy export
trade May closed 80Wr JnW 70..
nu weaK au day under favorable
crop news, lower cables, liberal re
ceipts and unloading. v Closed weak at
decline, despite a heavy export
trade. May closed 49c; juiy 48Kc:
September 48c. Oate-knot easier
-Zu ' options dull and easier
wuu corn. Lard easy; Western steam
0 5 refined easier; continent $8 85;
Bouth American $9 25 ; compound 6&c.
Pork steady. - Tallow- steady. Eggs
J.'MSt Suitable tV h
Steadvr craamRFv imiiu. at I -n. flL
- . ' "j,.vmvi mats uaio uai n i
ic. Petroleum easy. Bice quiet. L
v,v.uiuu.4JWBj; uordova 812. I . xiai
?ar aw arm but quiet; fair re
Jo1 3CK centrifugal, 96 test,
4 932c; refined steady. Cabbage firm
out quiet: State 19 nneh.it nn JT. t
fjus.csu Maxton 8ml
8 00; Jersey sweets $1 50a2 00 Pea- iUOMUll v
5U SlQlet! fa.ncy hand-picked 4KBc;
other domestic 44c. Preights to
Juiyerpool-Cotton by steam 10c. Cot-
rels nominal; prime summer yellow
white 87XO380 : prime winter yellow
88c; prime meal 34 00. .
InS-ter and
lfi??!1168 depressed the wheat
. j uiiura: urime crunn nar
JlTT a t7 dV exPr' sales stead
ied it and Jniv nine . i
.corn.closed. c and May 4ic
iV 9as showed a closing decline
siiSJ hlIe.,Pviftions closed a
shade higher to five cents lower
TriSPAS May 23 Cash quotations:
lour-Market steady. Wheat-No. 2
spring i of Na 3 snrino- a- Nn. 2
47c; ANo. 2 yellow 43G47C Oats
No.1 2 29 nCet&a-. . oTLZlS JT,
JJte 2930c. Bfe
o. 253c. .Mess pork, per barrel,
pollara.
TjAsvI
8 25
Or. S
16
$3
e n " -Tv to;.
" 1,1
closing; Wir' t
43. 43kc- t"7Wo-8
.IV' '01
29c
: July 2a 2; 2
IX
: on,, ' "
SeptemberiV.
Part...
Spot,
lower
America
A
OW mirlHl;
m... n --- -mi
sa,les of the
and export and il?
American p. .1Dclli
vures
opened
quiet but
qui
uu j urn-.
. J T
4 13j,
July 4 13 fiA0 DM m
a 10 .:."
4 13 64414.Y2
September 49L ?
"ci a 05 f
Stmr Driver fiMli,
ville.TDLove'
Stmr Cnm' I
uiuir u river
ville, T D Love! '
MARINE DIRK
&!si oj
inmon, xr-ciuj,
Lucy Wheat) AV
George Harriss, Soa&f
&Co mt0C
Chas C .Lister, 287 J.
GeArffo Parriffi.M
Ha C Schoolcraft, 301 tj
Geor Harriss, 8m td
Julia A Trubee, 392 J
George Hiss, 80114
Edward, (Swd) 665 toniPi
& Co. t
Aurora, (Swd) 532 tons, Ki
xuwn, neiaesuo.
BY RIVER All!
Keceipls of Naval Stum
Yestirtij.
1
W.&W. Railroad-? 1
turpentine.
f& I & A. Railroad.
315fc.liS spirits turpsntise,!
rosm, 4 barrels tar, lit
turpentine.
A. & Y. Railroad-i 1
8 casks spirits turpentine,!
rosin.
C. C. Raiiroad-9 eubf
pentine. 20 barrels lit,
crude turpentine.
Steamtr Driver-19as
pentioe, 28 barrels rosJ
tar, 28 barrels crude tann
Steamer C. M. Whilkl
spirits turpentine, 1(
23 barrels tar, 22 barreld
tine.
C. Larkins' Flat-llW
barrels crude turpentine. I
Total-Cotton, 251
tine, 58 casks; rosin, .868 1
131 barrels; crude tarpetl
rels. I
'U
and to arm
Sugar, Coffee, Rice. I
Molasses,
FIRST PAT.
2ND PAT. FLOIS
STRAIGHT PW
WHEAT BRAl
Sp3clal attention eiven
Yonr orders apnreciai
S.P.
my il tf
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Old News
is
Quantities
at the
STAEOI
80, 14 70 :W 8ep
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