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Thursday Morkino." May 30.
A GREAT MANY "WHYS."
. The Republican papers of the
North are just now Riving good
deal of attention to the South, a
different kind from that they gave
it a few years ao. The immediate
cause of this attention is the move
ment' inaugurated by Senator Mc
Laurin, of South Carolina, to en
tice Democrats from their own par
ty and make them allies of the Re
publican party by endorsing its pol
icies and voting for them, while
still calling themselves Democrats,
as Mr. McLaurin does, or "Com
mercial Democrats," as the gentle
man who introduced Senator Mc
Laurin at Gaffney called them.
That's what Senator McLaurin
thinks they ought to do, what he
is trying to persuade them to do,
and that's what the Republican
leadefs and organs in the North
would like to have them do.
These leaders and organs would
not care what name they did it un
der, whether these allies called
themselves McLaurin Democrats,
Protection Democrats, McKinley
Democrats, Commercial Democrats,
or any other kind of Democrat,
provided they kicked against the
Democratic party and helped keep
the Republican party in power.
In commenting upon an inter
view of Senator Carmack, of Ten
nessee, in which he spoke of the
McLaurin movement, the Philadel
phia Press puts the case thus:
"The idea,' said Senator Carmack, of
rennesseev.ina Wasnington interview,
which has been widely commented
upon, 'that the South is about to make
a tumultuous rush for the Republican
party is pure nonsense."
"Nobody r is asking the 'South to
make a tumultuous rush' or any other
of 'rush' to the Republican party. No
body expects it. This country is not
made up of a 'South' and 'North,' or
of a ay other section. This is a coun
of States and citizens, an indissoluble
union of indestructible States, 1 gov
erned by their free citizens.
"These citizens in . Southern States,
by the hundred thousand, bslieve in-
the Id standard. They want proteo
tion. They back expansion. They
support a vigorous foreign policy.
They want a strong fleet They
loyed to see the flag crowning the
walls of Peking. They . want
it to stay in the Philippines.
Tbey desire Cuba to be kept free from
yellow fever. They have' no place
nor patience for any claim of sover
eignty1 which will bring disease to our
ttuii ports. They want a sound bank
ingsystem. They prefer a bankcir
culation to either more silver or more
legal tender notes. They are in favor
01 Having their rivers and harbors im
proved.
"All . these things citizens of the
Southern States desire. There is
scarcely a single Southern State to
day which has not a white majority in
favor of this platform, and taking all
legal voters the majority for these
principles would be overwhelming.
Then why not vote for it? Why not
support it?
"Call the party what you will.
Give it what name you please. But
stand for the principles you believe
in.. Vote for them. Send men to
Congress to vote for them. Give the
country security.
"Southern business needs it. So do
Southern railroads. Soutkern enter
prises languish for security. Free
silver would bankrupt the South.
Wildcat banks would ruin its busi
' ness. Yellow fever rife again in Cuba
would infect Southern ports . with
pestilence once more. Southern man
ufacturers need a foreign market. Ex
pansion brings one.
This is a unique combination of
assumption and fact, of truth and
error, of frankness and duplicity,
some of which is in striking con
trast to the tone used towards the
South but a few short years ago, but
it assumes too much in .supposing
that average Southern intelligence
cannot see through all this and de
tect the motive and the sophistry in
it. Nobody, as it says, expects the
South to make a "tumultuous" or
any other kind of a rush to the Re
publican party. The South, which
has resisted overtures and tempta
tions before, is too well known and
understood to justify any expecta
tion of that kind, but the Republi
can leaders do hope and perhaps ex
pect that enough Democrats may be
persuaded by Missionary McLaurin
and his assistants to vote with the
Republicans to give the Republican
party a stronger and more respecta
ble foothold in the South and
eventually enable it to carry
some of these States. To do
this they would play the ' ruse
of giving Republican support to
such McLaurin Democrats as might
run for office, feeling that by thus
doing they were strengthening the
Republican party and securing
more support for these Republi
can policies. It may be incident
ally remarked that organs like the
Pr&s have been somewhat tardy
in discovering, or at least acknowl
edging, thatthisiconntry ia not made
np of a "South" and 'North" or
of any other section, a fact which 1
representatives of the South have
been insisting upon for years before
they could get the organs referred
to to acknowledge it. For yearsj
Presidential -campaign after cam
paign, they harpedon the sectional
line, and either 'scolded or pitied
the: 'benighted" . J3outh which per
sisted in being Democratic and re
fusing, to admit the divine' origin ofl
the Republican party and the divine
inspiration of ' tariff protection and
such ' other ' policies as - that party
stood - for. '.Now, howerer it
is expedient- to break the ."solid
SontlrV" for tne.haye no assnrance
that there may not be .-trouble, ; and
party divisions in: the North, which
"miht jeopardize the: noldlie "Re
publican party has on the national
Government and hence it would be
a good thing to divide the South
and get some votes to offset the
votes lost in the North. As for be
ing especially interested in the pro
gress and prosperity of the Sonth
any more now than they were a few'
years ago when they were scolding
it and considering the ways . and
means of neutralizing its . political
power as some of them are threat
ening to do now by reducing ; its
representation in congress and in
the electoral college, is mere moon
shine through which "any" one can
see.
While, as we have remarked, there
are some true statements in , the
editorial from the Press, much of
it is mere assumption without foun
dation, and would be more correctly
stated If put in the negative form.
While there may be, and doubtless
are. some nersons in the South in
0 m -
favor of all these things the Press
savs. there are incomparably more
who are not in favor of them as the
Press and the party for which it
speaks understands them. The mass
of the white people of the South
are practically honest and sincere and
are opposed to the policies of the
Republican party on the tariff pro
tection, money, expansion, etc., as
wrong in principle and not to be
endorsefrom selfish motives, the
only motive that conld lnflnence.any
Democrat to endorse them. If Mr.
McLaurin proposes to travel that
road they will let him go with a very
small company. -
A C0HIXQ EXPIRE.
There is a coming empire in the
South Pacific, which has not attract
ted as much attention as it would
perhaps, of the Btates composing
it were not British colonies. But it
is growing all the same, and stead
ily and surely approaching the time
when it will take the reins in its
own hands, declare its indepen
dence and take its place among the
the nations as one ' of the world
powers.
. The following, which we clip from
the Atlanta Constitution gives some
idea of the resources and growth of
this comparatively little known but
richly endowed country, a continent,
which for a long time, was classed
as an island:
"Last year the total value of the
products of Australia amounted to
$550,000,000, apportioned as follows:
Pastoral, $150,000,000; agricultural,
$140,000,000; mineral. $100,000,000,
and manufacturing, $160,000,000.
"Australia's wool crop alone
amounted last year to $100,000,000.
No country on the globe has embark
ed more extensively in sheep raising
than Australia, and she is reaping
magnificent results from her enter
prise in this respect. Her ranches last
year contained 100,000,000 head of
sheep.
"In deposits of gold and silver Aus
tralia is fabQously rfch. In 1850 the
value of her gold output has aggre
gated $1,800,000,000, and since 1880
the value of her silver output has
reached $150,000,000. She is much
richer in gold than in silver. Her
silver deposits were not discovered
until comparatively recent vears.
"Australia's climate is varied in
character and favorable alike to agri
cultural and manufacturing opera
tions. If she continues to develop at
the present rate there is no telling
what condition of prosperity she will
ultimately reach.
"Recently the colonies of Australia
have federated into one general gov
ernment and this political change has
brought about many internal improve
ments. Numerous railway systems in
tersect each other, each doing an im
mense business and each bfng impor
tant factors in building up domestic
interests.
"Australia is no longer sparsely set
tled. From every quarter of the globe
streams of immigrants have swelled
her population until in many localities
she has become as densely populated
as some of the districts of England.'!
The majority of the people there
are of English and Irish blood, with
all the characteristic ''energy, push
and pluck of these races, with the
additional advantages of more indi
vidual freedom and opportunity to
strike out for self -betterment with
out the incubus of a privileged aris
tocracy or handicapping landlord
ism to keep them down. It would
be follv tn imrmnao fVia.f. VtinTi a nan.
j rr
people with such a coabtry, such
resources and such . possibilities will
be content to long remain an ap
pendage of England."
THE AMEBDMEHT ACCEPTED.
Althougn the Piatt amendment
was accepted by the Cuban conven
tion, the fact that it was carried by
a majority of only one, even after
the explanation of the more ob-
jectionable clauses, showed that the
acceptance was a matter of neces
sity and not of choice. It was not
accepted willingly but because the
more thoughtful and conservative
members of the convention con
cluded that in as much as Cuba was
in no condition to contend with the
United States it was good policy to
accept the ' amendment and thns
settle, as far as that might do it,
the relations between that country
and this.- Under the circumstances
they acted wisely, for' it: the amend
ment had been rejected American
occupation', would : be indefinite:
whereas with the acceptance there
would be no plausible excuse 'for
prolonging that- occupancy and tne
uoang win sooner get control of
their own affairs. -
Practically Cuba does not trot inA a!
pendence. It gets self government
unaer- a BUDStantial American tw
tectorate, this country securing cer
tain righte and -privileges' in consid
eration, as it were, of the part it
took in securing the 'Independence"
which : Cnba does not get. Th
country, or rather the . administra-
A?am' lirAaTk?iwAvi vssVas'-- ivt a VAaT
tion'to dictate' its ' terms, which it
did and succeeded in having those
terms accepted simply because Cuba
was not in position-to reject
them. - . -!-"-' ;
y While we admit that the men who
framed the' clauses - in the Piatt
amendment showed , shrewdness in
the concessions : demanded conces
sions which will in the long run be
beneficial both to this country and.
to Cuba, still there is little glory, in
thus taking advantage of opportun
ity to dictate : to a weaker people
whose only alternative was to accept
or submit to worse.' For all practical
purposes this country has, with this
amendment accepted, virtually as
much control over Cuba as if it was
annexed, v . ..
BOOS NOTICES.
The June .number of McClure
Magazine is an excellent one, filled
with interest reading mafter and
handsomely illustrated. "Eim," 1
Rudvard Staling, is continued. Pub
lished by The a & McClure Co., 141
155 Eut Twe&Vtv fifth street. New
York.
The young folks will enjoy the June
number of St. NicJwlas, which.
filled with interesting reading matter,
beautifully illustrated. While the
vounfr folks are reading for pleasure
they are also being instructed by the
information so pleasantly given. Fub
lished by the Century Company, Union
Square, New York.
Among the contents of Frank Leag
ue's Monthly for June, are two partic
ular! v intarestinsr pacers, both well
illustrated, one on fighting fires in
mine, the other on "Korea and
the Koreans," which gives much in
formation on that country and its peo
ple, who are, to some extent, factors
in the Chinese problem. Address Frank
Leslie Publishing House, 141-147 5th
avenue, New York.
The June number of The Ladies
Home Journal is a charming edition
superbly illustrated and cram full
interesting reading matter. While
there is in it an abundance., of matter
simnlv to please the reader there i
much of an instructive and valuable
character, which makes this publica
tion not onlv welcome and useful
in the household, but elsewhere. Pub
lished by The Curtis Publishing Com
pany, Philadelphia.
A story is told that Mark Hanna
and John D. -Rockefeller were
schoolmates in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mark was a frisky, while John D.
was a quiet chap. One day Mark
chunked a big apple which hit John
on the nose, and got his dander up.
He jumped on Mark without any
preliminaries, and pounded him
well. Everjaince then Mark has had
a high regard for John D., which has
doubtless been increased by the fact
that John D. runs a royal oil plant,
and has accumulated a big pile of
rocks. f
CURRENT COMMENT.
If the bank that J. Pierpont
Morgan, is reported to be ready to
start as a "bulwark between the
Treasury Department and the finan
cial world" be established, then the
people will soon be electing an
Andrew Jackson to kick the thing
over. Tnat'&jwnat Happened to tne
United States Bank. Newport
News Herald, Dem.
It need not surprise the
world if the Boers emigrate from
South Africa, . almost every one.
They have the greatest hating ca
pacity of any people in the whole
world, as their history for 200 yean
demonstrates; and they will go to
the antipodes and starve there,
rather than live in clover under
British rule.' Chattanooga Times,
Ind. -
Some contemporaries are
earnestly discussing the question
whether high salaries ensure honesty.
The truth is that , while low wages
are often made the excuse for thiev
ing, the man who is really honest
always finds it easy to resist the
temptation, and the man who is not
does not whether his pay be high or
low, as we see when highly paid
bank officials are found to be mere
vulgar thieves. Brooklyn Citizen,
Dem,
James B. Keene, the vgreat
Wall street operator, makes a very
neat distinction between stock gam
bling and speculation. Speculation,
he says, is . based on knowledge of
the markets, while the gambling is
carried on in ignorance. There . is
amuch better distinction. The spec
ulator are like the faro dealers, who
manipulate the cards and the box,
while the outsiders are subject to the
"splits" and to all the other risks of
the unequal game. Though the.
deialors sometime lose by overplaying
the game, the outsiders in the long
run never win. Philadelphia Rec
ord, Dem, .v: . ,.
A. Life and, Deatnr Flkt.
Mr. W. A. Hines . of '.Manchester.
Ia., writing of .his almost miraculous"
escape from death. - says: "Exposure
after measles induced 'serious lung
trouble, which ended in Consumption.
naa frequent hemorrhages and.
coughed night and day. - All my doc
tors said Tmust soon die. Then I be
gan to use Dr. King's New Disoovery
for Consumption, which - completely
cured me. would not be without it
even if it cost $5.00 a bottle. Hun
dreds have used it on my recommend
ation and all say it never fails to dure
Tnroat, Uhest and ; " Liung - troubles.
Regular size 60 cents and $1.00. Trial
bottles 10 cents at K. K. Bellamy's
Drugstore. ' ' t '
f , ; For Over Fifty Tjari ;' - '
Mrs. Wikblow's Soormirg J3ybup 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.
and allay s all pain ; cures wind colic.
and is the best remedy, for diarrhoea.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. -1 Sold bv druggist in
every part of the world, i Twenty-five
cents a bottle. - Be sure and ask for
"Mrs. Winalowa - Boothinv ' Hwnn."
and take no other kind. A T-
1 --KK'rcd Y Raw Always Booglt
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r RED IN THE BLOOD'
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is the sign of life ot vital force,
of the force thVt life has, of the
force that life is. ! -,-'"
. When the red is lacking, life
is weak," the spirits are weak;
the body is weak." 1-
Scott's emulsion of cod-liver
oil puts red in the blood and
life in the body. . . :
It's the food you can turn into
muscle and; bone and nerve.
It gives you the mastery over,
your usual food you want
that What is life worth if
you've got to keep dosing your--
elf as an invalid?
Red in the blood! get red in
the blood !
We'll send yott little to try, it yon like.
SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl rtreet, -Mew York.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE
,Bocky Mount Argonaut'. Our
town' and the surrounding country
were shocked last Thursday morning
to learn of the sudden -death-of ex
Mayor J. H. Baker, which sad event
occurred at his home in this city on
Wednesday night, May 15th, of pneu
monia. Winston Sentinel: , The ques
tion of charter for the proposed Wins
ton & Wadesboro Railroad Company
being settled, it looks as if the pre
liminary arrangements for the con
struction of the road will proceed.
We understand that stock to .the
amount of $500,000 will be sold, and
citizens of Charleston have already
subscribed to $150,000 of the stock;
Monroe Journal: Mr. Gillam
Pressly, of Vance township, died Mon
day, May 27th at the an of 73 years.
He had been in bad health for some
time. The Journal has been in
formed that a silk manufacturer who
owns a mill in this State desires to
build another, and has expressed a de
sire to come to Monroe. A cow
belonging to Mr. Wm. Tomberlin of
east Monroe township, was killed by.
lightning Sunday. Several cows were
standing near a wir fence, when a
tree also near the fence but over a
hundred yards away from the cows,
was struck. The current ran the wire
and the cow dropped instantly. Others
as near to the fence as this one, were
not injured.
Winston Journal: Noah AJ
barty who sawed his way out of jail
here some time ago, was captured this
morning by deputies Thomson, Leaz,
Coferand Special Policeman Frank
Martin. Albarty has, been on the
county road several times and is con
sidertdfA desperate criminal. He was
captured at his wife's borne near Lib
erty and is now in jail. Mr, G.
Frank Jenkins is experimenting in the
raising of Belgian hares. He now
bas over fifty at his home in Salem.
He started with two pair about three
months ago and from this it will be
seen that they are ytry prolific. It
has been estimated that from one pair
over 2,500,000 can be produced in four
years. Mr. Jenkins expects to sell
the rabbits for fancy stock and also
market them for food products. , He
has a house built especially for breed
ing of the rabbits.
-r Charlotte Observer: Jake Mc
Dowell, aged about 16 years, was Mon
day shot and killed by his' father.
Mack McDowell, at their home near
Marietta, Rutherford county. The
father claims that the Shooting was in
self-defence. It is said that the dead
boy had driven his brother from the
field in which they were working and
beaten him until he was almost uncon-
cious. Later, when they met at their
home a second attack was made upon
the boy by Jake, when a third brother
interfered. When this occurred Jake
demanded that his father give him his
Eistohthat he intended to kill the
rother who had interfered. The father
refused to let him have the weapon,
wherepon Jake secured an axe and
followed his father, declaring that he
would split his bead open if he did not
give him the pistol. The father, fear
ins? that the son would fulfill his
threat, pulled the pistol and fired one
shot at him, the ball taring effect in
the rurht lunar. While the fatner was
gone after a physician to attend his
son he was arrested and brought here
to jaiL He says he saved his life by
taking that of his son. Mack Mc
Dowell is about 45 years old and a
farmer.
Aneleat Bank .Note.
Among the many products of civiliza
tion which were familiar to the Chinese
many centuries before tbef came into
use in Europe way be reckoned bank
notes. There is In the possession of "The
Old Lady In Threadneedle Street" a
specimen supposed to be one of the oldest
extant, dating from the fourteenth cen
tury of ourera.
It is now prored, howerer. that paper
money was issued in China as early as
807 A. D. These securities closely re
sembled the famous French assiffnats in
being based upon the estates of the king
dom.' The Bank of Stockholm claims to
hare been the first western institution to
adopt, a paper currency, but the Bank "of
England must hare followed ' rery close
with its 20 notes, which were issued in
1000. Bankers' Monthly. .
Presiding Elier' Appolaimeots, Wilming
-:'jf ton District :.'
Kenansville, Warsaw, June
Grace, Jane 2,'S. x" ' ;
Onslow, - , Jane 7,
Jacksonville and RichlandST Jack
soDTille; Jane 8, 9. . '
waccamaw, Zion, Jane 15, 16. .
Whiteville, Cerro Oordo, June 17.
Market Street, June 23, 24. --'. r5
' -. &. B. JOHK. ":
.T' Appetite of Ooat
Is envied by all poor dyspeptics
whose Stomach and Liver - are out of.
order. All such sfaonld know tbtCt
Or. King's New Life Pills, the won
derful Stomach . and Liver; Remedy,
PTives a spienaia appetite, sound aiga
tion and a regular bodily habit that
insures perfect health and . great
energy. Only 25 cents at B. B. Bel.
lamt's Drug Store..- , ; Ti, .f ,
: " - . aklamta, ga kov. t, istb. I
Dr. O. J. Vomn-DMP Btir T uinnt firm
strongly recommend vonr Tetlthina t th
ing Powaerex to mothers as one of the best med
icines tney can oDtain ror taetr aeouitatea ana
sickly infants. I bare used It with very satis
factory r as ruts tne past summer wun my cb.ua,
and while we hare heretofore lost a child nr
two from teething under other remedies, our
present child, that has taken TEETHINA, Is a
brother or Senator aul Xx-Qoy. JoeepH
lbs Kind Yob Have Always Bought
me&m
Bterathe -IV
,TWINKLIN0S
- Often - the Case: De Font
(fond of conundrums) VWhat is the
difference between a dignified man and
a stupid fine?" De -Blunt "None at
all'-r Nem York Weekly, - ; . ' :
The I Floorwalker' 'Maggie,
that's abou the twentieth girl I've
seen you whispering to this morning.
"What are jou telling them - all!"
Maggie "Oh, it's a secret fcir !" .
. "Whv, Johnnyi- I'm : ashamed
of you. - How Tcould i you take Jittle
Ethel's half the apple away from her?"
"'Cause, ma, I ain't forgot what you
iold me to always take sister's part."
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. ?,
Eminence "She . married a
poet, didn't she?: And is he success
ful?" -"Oh, yes; remarkably so-. Why,
bis name is a household word on two
continents, and last year his income
was nearly three hundred dollars. r
Life. :'"::' 1 -' :
'- "Harry," she said, thoughtful
ly. "What is it?'.': responded the wor
ried business man, rather, shortly. "I
wih you could rearrange your -business
a little bit." "How?" "So as to be
a bear on the Stock Exchange instead
of at home." Tit Bits. - - i . -
A ' Starter: "Why on earth,
Lucy," exclaimed. Mrs. Wabash to
her friend, "did you ever consent to
mo Mr Fitxffoober?" -"Why." re
plied Lucy, slowly and apologetic
cally, "I thought he'd do to begin
with." .Defrott Free Press. .
Mrs. Swainson "How came
ou to recommend that girl you had
o Jttrs. uregson xuu uuw j
said - you postively tcjea tne
girlln Mrs. Pearson 'Yes, but I
don't bate her as much as I do Mrs.
Gregson." Glasgow Evening Times.
. , Pedantic Old Gentleman (to
restaurant waiter) "I believe it i im
proper to speak disrepectfully of one s
elders." Restaurant Waiter "So I've
heard, sir." 1 Pedantic Old Gentleman
"Then I will be silent concerning
this fowl you have just brought me."
Tit-Bits. ,
A Pertinent Query: "And
just in the nick of time," said Major
Bluff, describing an alleged experi ence
in the Philippines, "I was res
cued.. I was afraid every minute I
would become hopelessly insane."
And didn't you?" inquired Mrs.
Sharpe. .
Schoolmaster (turning round
sharply) "Which of you is it that is
daring to make faces at me?" Six
Youngsters (in chorus) "Freddy
Brown, sir!" Schoolmaster "Ah !
then you six boys stand out and be
caned. If you saw Freddy Brown
making faces, it shows that you were
not attending to your lessons." Fun.
TOLD OF MARCUS DALY.
Am Anecdote Which Illustrates Why
He Wm So Popular.
"I knew the late Marcus Daly fairly
well," said a western man, "and 'I can
bear testimony to the - blunt kindliness
that made him so wonderfully popular
among the rongh miners of northern
Montana. He was a merciless bargain
driver and seemed to take a sportsman
like pleasure in the pursuit of money;
but, once secured, he would give it away
as prodigally as a prince. I recall a lit-'
tie incident that illustrates both phases
of his character.
"In 1889, or thereabout, a very decent
sort of fellow who was running a grocery
store in Butte City got in hard lines
financially through no fault of his own
and found it would be necessary to raise
about $3,000 Sd tide him over the crisis.
He asked a bSJik in which Mr. Daly was
a director to discount his note for that
amount and offered mining stock as col
lateral. The application was considered
by the officials and favorably passed up
on, when Daly happened in and prompt
ly turned it down. He declared the
chances were decidedly against the bote
being paid and that the stock was cer
tain to depreciate before the paper ma
tured. ""The story of his interference was re
lated to the grocer by a friend on the
board of directors, and naturally he was
deeply imbittered. He declared that Da
ly had gone out of his way to ruin him
and cursed him high and ow as a heart
less old rascal. .
"A few days later Daly himself drop
ped in at the store. 'I hear you're hard
np, my boy,' said he. 'What's the situa
tion. In a few words Y The grocer told
him, rather sullenly, about how he stood.
That's all right,' said Dajy. I had to
throw out your note the other day, be
cause I make it a- rule not to let the bank
take risky paper, but I'll tell you what
I'll do. I'll give you my personal check
for the amount and put your note in my
safe. If you can't take it up when it falls
due you can make out another one The
groqer was 60. surprised he could haraly
express his thanks, and incidentally he
mentioned the collateral. 'Oh, hang the
collateral !' said Daly. I ain't doing this
as a business proposition. I just don't
want to see a good, hardworking fellow
like you go under.'
"As he predicted the stock went to
sero, but the grocer pulled through after
twice renewing his note. Daly did lots of
things of that kind. They account for the
hold he had on the people." Exchange.
AUTOCRAT OF THE PAPER.
The Composing; Room Foreman
When the Edition ItLiolnK to Press.
If the newspaper office were surround
ed by an invading army or fiercely bom
barded, the autocrat of the composing
room would insist on the locking np of
he forms and the stereotyping of the
pages as usual. There is no liraitto his
devotion to dirty, One night, for in
stance, in a provincial nepaper office,
the composing room was suddenly en
veloped in smoke, and there was the cry
of "Firer "
fFire or no fire we must get to press,"
snarled the overseer, giving out a late
telegram to the compositor out of copy
at the desk side. -
The type was t brought, galley after
galley, pushed upon the imposing stones,
arranged in pages and screwed into the
forms ready for transit to the foundry,
leantime evidence was abundant that
the adjacent building was in flames. The
smoke became denser. Outside the office
there was the shout pf people, the cjatter
Of horses' ieet, the rattle of fire engines;
inside the heavy tread of firemen on the
. stairs, the bursting open of the compos
ing room door .and the hurried entrance
of two meiirbers.of the fire brigade drag-.
ging a hose pipe.
The overseer, glaring at the intruders
sprang from his seat bubbling ; with in-;
dignation and shouted: "Here, you fel
lows! What the . mischief are you" aV
ing?" - . - . w . .
"We 'are taking- the hose through to
play on the burning building,' jerked out
one of the firemen, astounded at.the over
seer's belligerent attitude.
-'Then go and. play somewhere else!"
hoarsely , exclaimed the overseer, trying
to shoulder them out of the room.
,- "But .the; place is on fire!" exclaimed
the men in amazement. -
: "I don't 'care if the whole city's -on"
fire we must get to, press!" roared thj
overseer. And he did, though the first
(edition had a narrow squeak of publica
tion, for Jhe office windows blurred and
. cracked with . heat, and the composing
room was deluged with water. Good
Words. : - :v ; .
"v -- ':-h Valae of Srames. r--':
Hicks Wonder how Mortar ia rettlnv
on nowadays? ? . . - .
. WicksGetting along finely. It was
only two years'ago he started Jput as an
apothecary.- He- is already a druggist
and if his luck holds out he will be a
pharmacist before the , end of another
twelvemonth. ' ; v-x1 t
Hicks But what "difference win - that'
.,. Wicks A : big difference.' An apothe
cary oftentimes has to sell, things at on-
,J w u auuic uidi, mu a -QTUgglSJ
never takes less than LOO . per cen. but
to a pharmacist there is. no limit. Bos-
vu xranscript.. v .
IfdDOB
- ft
- How many; women feel equal to a
dive below the watery deep ? How;
many of them have the nerve for it ?
Very few. , - -; "
Almost every woman suffers from
a weakened condition .of. the mu
cous membrane that lines her body
and this saps her vitality and energy.
She is filled with nervous terrors
andHoesnot find life' worth living.
She is told she has dyspepsia or
"female weakness" wheniin reality
nothing ails . her but catarrh or in
flammation of the delicate lining of
her organs. . .
She needs Pe-ru-na and nothing
else. It is the only medicine nec-.
essary to restore her strength.
What' s the use of dragging through
life half alive when Pe-ru-na will
bring back , all its pleasure ? This
medicine is a tonic for the whole
bodyi and there is no doubt at all
but that you need it, for it is the
one teal cure for all troubles.
F WHOLESALE PRICES CURREI?
Tba following
i ' represent
lassie races
lv. in manng np
mamng up
small orders blsner nrioes nave to be enarsea.
The fraotaaons are always given as accurately
u nnadhla. hnt thfl Bf IS Will not D6 rOBPOI
inalble
for mt arlatlons from tne actual maraet
pries
ox me araoiea uuokw
BAOQIKO
a x) Jute
Standard, ...... .....
" Burlaps
WX8TEKN SMOKED
Bides
Shoulders V B
7H9
O
CO
TO
10 o
14
V
11
.9
9
1 40
1 45
1 68
1 60
DBT SALTED
Sides t.
Shoulders ft v
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine
Second-hand, each 1
35
O
Second-hand machine......
New New York, each
" New City, each
BBICKS
Wilmington V H r 00
O 7 SO
Northern
S 00 O 14 00
BUTTEB
North Carolina y ft
Northern
OORN My. at.
Per bushel, In sacks
90
85
60
60
10
18
S
11
9
25
30
63a
J 25
' 86
11
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
s
Virginia Meal..
OOTTON TXEb bundle
DANDLES -
BDerm
- Adamantine
OOFFKJE ft
Lafruyra.......
Bio.T;
D JMESTIC8
Sheeting, 4-4, yard........
Tarns, v bunch of S fts ... .
FISH
Mackerel, No. 1, barrel.. . 23 00
Mackerel, No, l, $ half-bbl. 11 00
Mackerel, No. , Barrel... 16 00
Mackerel, No. s ffhall-bbl.. 8 00
- MackereL No. a, y barrel... 11 00
Mullets, barrel 4 60
Mullets, V pork barrel...... 8 00
N. O. Boe Herring, 9 keg.. I 00
Dry Cod, ft 5
M Extra 4 SS
rtOUB-ft
Low grade s 00
Ohotoe. 8 25
Straight 3 60
ItrstPatent 4 25
S25
BLUE ft.
10
8 BAIN V bushel -
Corn, from store, bgs White
Mixed Corn .
Car-load, In bga White
ss E
90 O
oats, irom store ............
oats. Bust Proof
OOWFC
HIDES
Q reen salted
Dry flint......
Dry salt.....
BAT V 100 fts
Rice straw........
Eastern
Western
ttf
HOOP IRON, ft
CHEESE ft
Nortnern Factory
Dairy Cream
Half cream
LABD. ft
Northern T
North Carolina. 9
LIME, barrel 1 15
LUMBER (city sawed) M ft
Ship Stuff, resawed.. 18 Oo
Sough edge Plank is 80
O90 00
O 18 00
w est inaia cargoes, aooora-
MOLASSES. sauoh
B&rbadoae, In hogshead.. ...
Barbadoes, In barrels
Porto Bloo, In hogsheads....
Porto Bloo, in barrels
Sugar House, In hogsheads.
Sugar Homso. to barrels....
Bynip, In barrels............
JAeCb, Ckeg, Out. 60d basis...
PORK. barrel
OltrMess
Bump
Prune..........
BOPE, .-
SALT, sack. Alum.....
Uverpool ,
American. .T... ....... .
On 125 Sacks.....:
SUGAR, ft standard Gran'd
Standara A...,.,.,...
White Extra 0. . .
Extra a, Golden
SOAP. ft Northern..
w xeuuw.
THuruwni. Sitek
HogsheP" DarreL" 00 O 1 0
BXAVJUJ,
B. O.
TIMBER.
Common mnf
4 00
Fair mm..
Prime mill
5 00
6 60
760
8 50
5 00
8 25
2 50
1 75;
10
5 00
6 50
. 8 03
4 25
8 00
2 25
J60
1 00
s
o
o
-4
o
o
8HINGLE8, N c. CJypress sawed
, M 6x24 heart ......
, " 8ap..........r..!'
jH sap
WHI8KET. gaUoa Northern
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responsibility ot your Broker, is 4 fn- -
portant as the selection of right stocks." .
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WILMINGTON MARK KT.
fQuoted officially at the dosing by the Produce
f . .Exchange.
- V: : STAR OFFICE, May 29.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
quietitAJB2 centa l per: gallon for
machine made casks and Zl cents
per gallon for country casks.
- - ROSIN Nothing doing.
f TAR Market quiet at $1.25 per bbl
of 280 lbs.-r
t CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
steady at $C10 per barrel for hard,
$2.10 for dip, una- : for virgin.
Quotations same day last year
Spirits i:tnirpen.tuie -r nothing doing;
rosin steady at $1.051.10; tar firm at
$L40; crude turpentine firm at $1.85
2.90. ; .
Vs Stif-' BKOBIPTS.
Spirits turpentine. . . . . . . 47
Rosin 261
Tar. . "..' . . s , . r' ............ . . . . 29
Crude turpentine 66
' Receipts same day last year 164
casks spirits i turpentine, 446 bbls
rosin, 60 bbls tar, 119 bbls crude tur
pentine. 1
OOTTOH.
- Market firm on a basis of 7c per
pound, ior miaaung. quotations
Ordinary.....:...
Good ordinary, i.
Low middling
Middling . ........
Good middling. . . .
5 7-16 cts. fft
6 11 16 " "
7 7-16 " "
1 " "
8 1-16 " "
- Same day last year middling noth
ing doing. .
;: Receipts 41 bales; same day last
year, 6.
Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
those paid for produce consigned to Commis
sion Merchants.! .
- ' OOTJBTBT PRODUCE.
- PEANUTS North Carolina, quiet.
Prime, " 70c; extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c
VirginiaPrime, 50c; extra prime,
55c; fancy, 60c Spanish, 80c.
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 Firm at 13 to 13c per
dozen.
CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 22& to
30c; springs, 10 to 20c.
TURKEYS Live, dull at 9 to 10c;
dressed. 10 to 12c
BEESWAX Firm at 25c.
TALLOW Firm at 5$6Kc p5r
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 75c.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
' - By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
w TtORX. May 3S. money on
call steady at per cent., last
loan at 3 per cent. Prime mercantile
naner 4mii4 per cent. Sterling ex
change firm, with actual business in
bankers' I bills at 4s i ior ae
mand and at 485a485 for sixty days.
The nosted rates were 485 and
489. Commercial bills 4845484.
Silver certificates nominally 60. Bar
silver 59 V. K" dollars 48. State
bonds inactive. Government bonds
steady. Railroad bonds ' irregular.
United States refunding 2's, reg
istered, 106j ; U. S. refunding
2's, coupon, 106 ; U. S. 2's, reg'd, ;
U- 8. 'S's, reg'd, 109 ; do. coupon, iu ;
U. S. 4's, new reg'd, 138J4 ; do. coupon,
138 : U. S. 4's. old reg'd, 113; do.
coupon, 113; U. & : 5's, reg'd, 108& ;
do. coupon. WsHl ooutnern Kan way
S's 117: Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio
104: Chesapeake & Ohio 4BH : Man
hattan L 115; N. Y. Central ;
tteaaing 6 ao xst preia ; oi
Paul 1605; do. preFd, ; Southern
R'way ;do. prefd 84?; Amalga-
matrd Copper 1151: American To
bacco : People's Gas t-; Sugar - -;
T. C. & Iron 57; U- 8. Leather ;
do pref'd.79: Westrrs Union ; U. S
Steel ; do preferred, 94M; Mexican
National ; Standard Oil 792800.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
- By Telegraph to the MornlnK Star.
New York. May 29. Rosin dull;
Strained common to good fl52K
Spirits turpentine dull at 35UsQc.
OHA&XBBTOJf. May 29. Spirits tur
pentine firm at 31jc Rosin firm and
Unchanged.
Sayajthah. May 20. Spirits turpen
tine firm at 83c; receipts 1,S58 casks;
sales 1,230 casks; exports 111 casks.
Bosin firm and unchanged: receipts
4,095 barrels; sales 2,376 barrels; ex
ports g,3Q6 barrels.
COTTON LI ARK ETS.
By Telegraph to the Uornuuc Star.
Nbtbt Yobk, May 29. Much of the
session on the Cotton Exchange to
day was spent in closing UP minor
accounts preparatory to the holiday
to-morrow and as a matter of precau
tion pending receipts of Friday's acre
age estimate from Washington. The
July "deal" did no furnish any spe
cial feature, though the option was
weakest and firmest on all fluctuations,
due largely to the relatively greater
speculation interest than in any other
position. The opening was steady,
though prices were off two to nine
points under active selling for
local and foreign account The
near options came in for the brunt of
the selling pressure and declined most.
Bearish cables, heavy port receipts and
generally improved crop advices act
ed as factors . of depression. Liqui
aauon was DriSKior commission ac
count and cotton purchased for a rise
Came out in good blocks. The down
ward movement was arrested by profit
takibe and buying for a rally, when
July had touched 7.70. Liverpool
roiiowea our decline -after the open
ing, but was quick to respond to the
steadier ruling here and contributed
a few orders, mainly late months. By
midday the opening loss had been
recovered and a net gain of one to
three points established. ' For the rest
of the -session the market followed a
uuiuparatiyeiy narrow pain ana mucn
of the time was neglected speculative
ly.,; The estimates for to-morrow's
receipts South,,; the weather forecast
and Southern market reports averaged
was expected and served to check
seJIingdf a bear nature. Closed steady,
win prices' net One to four points
uigner. v. -
; saw YOttK, Jlay 29. Ootlot- quiet;
oiiuaiing upianas, ojgc
." Cotton f utu res clustd stead v : Ma v
7.73. June 7 76. Jul v 7 81. August 7 33.
September 7.08 Ociobi r 7 03,'Novem
ber 7.01, December 7.03, January 7.04,
February 7 05..';-- ; :- '
'J ' Spot cotton closed closed quiet; mid"
dling uplands 8X; middling gulf 8c;
saies svi oaies,tt:v
Net receipts 504 bales; gross receipts
5,003 bales ; stock 129,451 bales.
Total trday Net receipts 10,131
bales; i exports .to - Qreat Britain
bales; . exports , to France : ; bales ;
exports to the Continent 2,670 bales:
stock 472.541; bales, i r :
CkmsoMated Net receipts : 88,224
bales; exports to Great Britain 16.033
oaies ; exports to r Wnaaoo i 417 bales,
S01 to the Ckmtinent 10,112 bales.
Total aince Bentember IsL Net re
ceipts 7,001,194 bales; exports to Great
Britain 2,800,879 bales; exports to
France 696,539 bales; export to the
Continent 3,805,829 bales. T -
May v,29.Qalveston,r . quiet at
7 13-16C, tat receipts 3,049 bales; Nor
folk, steady rtJXt, net receipts 619
bales; Baltimore, nominal at 8c net
"oelpt Abales Boston, qtiiet at 8Jot
net receipt 803. bales; Wilmington,
firaa at 710b. net receints 41 bales:
SSSSMafc
Aon
In
De.ws- highe
Northwest cSiUDl5i
which brokaH Cl
May and vZffi JW
closed 8i5cnnge(lA
theoptionP01!
on crop new
Port trade ciS8
48c; SeptemW.o81
quiet;w0.2,sS
about steady fJ?W
team 18 45. ..i?
50: Sonik h?
pound enci,
farm fQnA. i J,i'Uh i
1
11 hi
small whit '
- i aur. v iaMH.
quet; 8tato tomlfi
Butter firm-
RlO dull; No. 7i
quiet; CorZ ft
Raw steady but
32c; centrifugal Ml
fined quiet, ft
"Picked J5SJ
vana ts nnac ? tlwL
yy sieam lOc. Cottni
but steadiA ..VtR
w uu aeid it
, r.imD cta(le
prince summer vello,
mer ye low 34c;
mear$24 00 .
Chicago, Mav 201
continued drought int.?
districts with reportg1;
Hessian fly caused a, ,
inarxet to day. fan. 1
OOlYta nrn.. "vXil
!o more Man ii,
closed ic lowoi. ti. 11
July oats unchanged J?
.uvmucu IU DC flight
Chicago. Mm 90
Flour-Market quietTJ
No. 2 red 7475c ff
42c; No. 2 VBllnwwa,
52c. Mess pork, w, J
8 22'A. Short rib sidi J
8 05. Tfry salted tbooi
$6 757no. Short dean
8.128 Wiiske,
finished good pei mik
The leading future m
lows opening, highest,
closing: Wheat-No U?
ii, 74c; July 73
7373c. Corn-Naj
43, .43, 43&c; Mi
44, 44, 44c; Septa
No..2May30X, 31U. w
28M28, 2SX, 28), i
b"ptember MM,
25U2W. 26?c. Pork
May $14 70, 14 70, Mi
July $14 67. 1470, kii
September $14 75, 147 II
LArd, per i(K) B-Hgl5i
817M, 8 20; September
8 17K- 8 22. Shori
May $7 95, 7 95, 7 ft
17 90, 7 90, 7 87, 730;
$7 87X, 7 90,7 85, 78
FGBEI6N VM
BTCaliletothelonui
11 tin mill
Spot, moderate busmen;
lower ; American midd
cood middling 4 9-16d;
32d; low middling;
narv a6a: oramaryo
of the day were 5,000 hlsj
300 bales were for speJ
port and included
can. iteceiDis oi,uw m
29,300 bales American.
I 1 !1 a
Futures-openea quioi
firm; American middliil
May 4 15-64d buyer; Mil
4 15.64d sel er: June am
B4d gpller: Julv and Ann
huver: Aueust and rjeTO
4 ll-64d buyer; GeW
411-64d buyer; ucwuhbj
643 60-64d seller; OcWq
vember3 58 64d seuer; i
ran0mhor s K7 64d sells;
and January 3 B7-64d idK
and February 6 67-
" La liAilD'
MARIN!
CLEABP-
nivde steamship
Georgetown, H(i
.
MARINE DM
tlntriou
80OONEBS
Lupy Wbeatley,
George Harriss, HW J
Canada, 199 tons,
Xr r.n '
m "IT ,e oil ZOI
n.n Harriss.
jgiigv
Aurora, (Swd) B32 (onM
Town, aeiae
BY RIVER AND
Receipts of
Naval Stof?
VeslerdW'
W. AW. Railroad'lf,
2 barrels tar.
m n Xr A.
ton, 23 casks spiriU'u
relsrosia.o'-V
PBtine,20barrelsrV:
0. 0. Railroad
CaSKS spirit
1 :u.tn riiritt
rosin,
18 DarreiB "'.- to.
Schooner vra
spirits turpeuwM
t f.Ta iu in
barrels tar.
Schcwnerwnuj
Totai-V"""' ;. 2l.S)
tine, 47 casKs; "TZfotPi
29 barrels; crude
rels.
are eaeerly
baby feeding
V
vauj "-; ,,;iu g
Condensea . pt,ji
kilo v -
and
renaj-t)
always saie
for "Baby's
Ttf Y.
Diary)
t 11 w
w
Lsce
LIU
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