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. , v STILL IH ITS IMPAHCT. '
: -There has heen some apprehension
expressed that the cotton-manufacturing
industry in the South maybe
oyerdone, but there is little danger
of that if it be well managed, and
.proper efforts be made to find mar-
t keta at home and abroad, and efforts
also made to diTersify the manuf ac
"tore so as to branch out into those
grades in " which there is the most
profit -It was to be expected, and it
was prudent on the part of our man
ufacturers when venturing on
7- hew business of which they had little
- practical knowledge, to confine them
selTes to the plain grades, for which
: they could easily command the labor
at home,- and for which they knew
there was a home demand at prices
that would pay them well, .but now-
j . tnat many onnem nave mastered u
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p- industry 'and know as much about it
'. : as the manufacturers of other see
j i tions there. is no reason why ;they
: - - should be content with manufactur-
', ;.: " ;j' ing a limited number of the cheaper
grades of goods. ".
: Progress has been made in this,
it is true, and some of our mills are
turning out very handsome lines of
goods that will compare favorably
with similar goods made anywhere,
but the majority of the mills are
still confining themselves to the
cheaper and less profitable grades
of goods, catering to the demand
for these in this and in other coun
tries to which they ship.
7 Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of Char
lotte, who has given much thought
and stud to the cotton manufac
turing industry, and always 'writes
and speaks interestingly and in
structively on it, has . published
statements shewing how the value
of cotton might be increased by
makUg the finer grades of goods as
compared with the coarser grades.
The value may be increased ten or a
hundred fold according to the
quality of the goods made. Of
course all of our cotton could not
be converted into high grade goods,
even if our mills were equipped to
make them, nor could all the crop
of any one State, a large producer
of cotton, be so converted, for that
would exceed the demand for these
kinds of goods, but a very consider
able portion of the crop could be
and many millions of dollars be thus
added to the income of our Southern
mills.
To do this our mills would, aa a
matter of course, have to compete
with the mills in the North and in
other countries which make these
fine grades, but there-is no reason
why they couldn't compete in these
as they do. in the lines of goods they
are now making, in - some of which
they have been . so successful that
Northern mill have- given up the
fight and ceased trying to compete.
But even, the Northern mills are not
able, or do not for some other rea
son, supply the demand for certain
kinds of fine goods, and consequent
ly this country , imported . last .year
about $26,000,000 worth -of these
goods, at much as we exported : of
all kinds. . While our Northern mills
find marketa for ail the goods they
'make and 'we import f 20,000,000
worth from other countries (which
buy most of their raw cotton from us)
there is little danger of the industry
being overdone in this country for
some years to come and especially in
the South, which 'has demonstrated
her ability to ' manufacture" cotton
more cheaply than any other coun
try in the world can manufacture iti
; : While there has been.,, large in
creases in the production of cotton
in this and: other countries within
this past ten years, the increased prof
duction has not kept; pace witlr the
increased world-demand for con
flumptidnt and there is little proba
bility that it will in the future. It
now require about 14,000,000 bales
to supply t-the mills of the world,
but the mills are increasing steadily
in number and so is the demand for
cotton ipodsVy- WIule every human
being wh wears, ? clothing c of - any
description wears some cotton, dver
one half the human family 'wears
cotton . altogether, nd they "will
wear more) of it . in' coming years
when with the world's progress their
condition ifwill 'l be improved, and
they will wear a better f quality and
higher priced goods. In addition to
that our home market will need
more year after year, with the in
crease in population, ,f Each, decade
will ad4 ten or! twelve .millions to
; thepopulation to be clothed and
. these'irill all ' use - American-made
goods, with -the exception, perhaps,
of the few who will buy such goods
as they fancy from other, countries;
in the event our own manufacturers"
do not supply the kind ? they i need i
The Wilmington, DeL, practical
joker must have his little joke .even'
when the weather is warm.' Some;
Wilmington lb went to Milwaui
keejWia.jlaftweekjand one of them
thought it would be a good ; idea tot
present the mayor of the city with;
a souvenir model of the Delaware
whipping postc . The practical joker
wldnt let this grand 'opportunity,
Jj telegraphed the ? chief of,
mowr' carrying a
also in a rage, i -He had to stay there
until friends explained the model
business, and the peculiarities of the
Delaware joker,- who is at tre'sent
rusticating where the returned mod
el man can't find him. " -
TH?A&2XE&'S CSASCSSU
In writine heretofore . on the ne
cessity of prudence on the part of
farmers in contracting indebtedness
to be paid 'out of their crops, we
have remarked that there is no avo
cation in which more more chances
are taken than in that of farming.
No man can tell .when he plants his
crop what he will get out of it. All
he can do is plant and hope. It may
be that drought, or deluge, storm or
insect will leave him little or noth
ine. or it may be that an excessive
yield will exceed the demand foi
consumption and leave him little re
turn for his labor.
We have a striking illustration of
this this year in the great grain re
gion of the n West, and id the cotton
region of the South, both of which
have suffered much, the former
from destroying droughts, the latter
from downpours of rain, followed in
some sections bv parching droughts.
Fortunately for the farmers of
the .West, and for everybody else,. a
very good wheat crop was harvested
before the drought set in. If it
hadn'f been for tnat tne xarmers ox
the West would have been ruined,
and in their ruin would have pulled
down thousands of others whose
business depends upon the farmer.
It is too early yet (and still chances
are to be taken) to estimate what
the damage to the South has been,
but the estimated -damage to the
farmers of Missouri, Kansas,- Iowa
and Nebraska alone Is between
$300,000,000 and $400,000,000.
There are a great many farmers in
the West who raise but little wheat,
depending oii corn and other crops,
principally corn, which they feed
to hogs, so that a loss of corn
means a loss of pork, their main de
pendence.
Thus not only the farmers of the
West and South suffer, but in their
adversity the business of the conn
try will suffer, for these farmers will
not have much money to- spend and
this will make itself felt in the gen
eral run of business.
EYAS'S AID THE FXXYIO V
SHAEXS
For four years or more the pen
sion sharks have been waging war on
Commissioner Evans, charging him
with systematic turning down of
meritorious claims and with withold
ing from deserving applicants the
pensions they were entitled to.
They have been doing everything in
their power to drive him into ten
dering his resignation and failing in
that have brought all the Ufinence
they could bring to bear, including
threats of loss of votes, on Mr. Mc
Kinley to force his removal from
office, and the appointment of some
one who, as spokesman Sickles puts
it, i would be "acceptable to the
veterans. '
How little ground there is for
these accusations and this persistent
war is shown by the following
official figures of the number of ap
peals from his decisions, affirmations
and reversals in the past four years
ending with June 30th, 1900:
Tear. Appeals. Affirmed. BeverwMl
1897 4,949 4,403 , 39S
1898. ...... . .12,057 4,222 89
1899 8,845 4,941 w 871
1900......... 7,520 5,575 S78
Total 33,371 19,141 1,540
Here are 1,540 decisions reversed
out of a total of 33,371 in four
years. But there were really. only
300 reversals proper in 1900, as
sixty-four of these cases were sent
back for , special examination and
fourteen to test medical examina
tions, . and the Chattanooga Times,
from which we clip, the above
figures, says this is about the pro
portion for the - three previous
years. -' . . :
It doesn't seem from these affirma
tions of the decisions of the Com
missioner by the head of .the De
partment that the Commissioner is
such an enemy of the pensioner, for
the sharks would hardly accuse the
head of the Department of aiding
him to crowd out the pensioner.
As "our manufacturers have de
monstrated their ability to compete
in other markets with the manufac
turers of other.; countries, they
have nothing to fear from compel
iition in the : home market; which
will be theirs in spite of anything
the manufacturers of other coun
tries may dp.They,..will not seri
ously attempt to invade this market,
save in special lines, which our
manufacturers do not give much at
tention, to. Before two decades
pass there will be something in the
neighborhood of a hundred millions
of i people " in this country to use
cotton goods, and Americans use
more of them, . and ' of every other
kind of ? goods for . that '4 m&U
ter, than - any 5 other - people in
the world. . Thai
of people would require a great deal
mord cotton goods than lour mills
now make, .so that there' is little
danger of overdoing, the ' business j
while our mills can defy - foreign;
competition, and ; there is ' even less
danger of overdoing the business in
the South, which can compete not
only with foreign mills, but with the?
mills in the North, ao that they are
absolutely , masters of the" situation
and may go on and! expand and in-
cr-"3 e s nucn ea tney choose, but.
of course, they must expand and In
crease with judgment and on busi
ness principles, branching . out into
new lines with the expansion..
M0SQUIT0ESAND JILARlA.
SeBettalii . in Which Everybody Is
. " Isterested. -
The most prevalent disease in North
Carolina, certainly from now until
frost, i malarial fever in one form or
another. It it by xto means confined
to the lowlying Eastern section of
the State," but-is quite abundant in
many localities in the hill country,
harinr been ireported even, from
Cherokee. , - . s-.-:-S
By ' recent scientific investigations
the cause of the fever has been shown
to be a microscopic animal known as
the Plasmodium malarias, - or hem
amceba vivax, which feeds upon the
red corpuscles of the blood henee
the pallor of persons suffering from
ehronio malaria. The development
of this little parasite in the blood
is as follows: Ona of the' pores, or
baby germs, so to speak, enters a red
corpuscle and, feeding on its contents,
grows until at the end of twenty-four
hours it has become nearly as large as
the corpuscle. It then, by a process
known as segmentation, splits up into
a dozen or more little spores again,
which for a short time are free in the
blood and unattached to the corpus
cles. It is just as the segmentation
occurs that the chill comes on, which
explains the periodie recurrence of the
chill every twenty-four, hours, and as
it has been found that quinine is most
effective in killing the germs while
they are free in the blood and not
buried in the substance of the corput-cl-s,
the best time to give quinine is
just before the chill is expected.
' The method of the introduction of
the malarial poison, the Plasmodium,
certainlv the chief method, has been
demonstrated beyond all question to
be the sting or a certain variety or
mosquito known as anopheles. -The
common mosquito, which while more
abundant, is innocent as a carrier of
disease, beinr known as eulex. The
latter species will breed in still water
of any kind, no matter now pure, . out
the former, our enemy, . will only
breed in stagnant pools in which there
is a certain amount of vegetable mat
ter, especially if there are no fish, such
as top minnows or sun-pearch, which
feed upon the larvas or wiggletails.
This explains the fact that malaria is
much .more abundant after freshets,
In tne course or wnicn me stream, geij
ting out of its banks, washes boles in
the ground, and speedily falling leaves
there stagnant pools with few or no
fish in them. Mosquitoes are very
much more abundant this exceptional
year of freshets than usuaL . It also
explains the danger of brick holes.
. The larva, or wiggletails, as we gen
erally call them, are the young mos
quitoes. Although they live in the
water from the time they are hatched
from the eggs which were laid on the
surface until they reach maturity they
cannot live without air they must
breathe. (Contrary to the general rule,
they breathe "wrong-end foremost"
through a long breathing tube which
springs from the body near the tail
and which they stick out of the top of
the water when they want air. The
bearing of this arrangement on their
destruction will appear later.
There is a popular apprehension in
regard to the movement of mosquitoes.
The general impression is that they
are carried by the wind, and people at
the sea-side say that a land breeze
brings mosquitoes. It is a fact that
they are more abundant when the
breeze is from the land or in a calm;
but according to those who know best
the fact probably is not that they are
blown from the swamps to landward,
but that they simply come out again
from tbe trees and shrubbery ana the
lea side of houses where they had
taken refuge from the strong sea
breeze which was-too rough for their
fragile bodies. With? rare exception
they travel, it is said,, seldom more
than a mile, and generally not so far.
When one is troubled with mosquitoes
a careful search will almost always
reveal stagnant water in the near vi
cinity. , . ; ' ' - .., I
The destruction of 'mosquitoes and
the consequent prevention of malaria
is accomplished in two ways: First
and best, by the thorough drainage of
all stagnant pools of water, and sec
ond, by keeping the surface of such
pools covered with petroleum, what is
kaown as light fuel ? oiL, or even the
crude petroleum being better and
cheaper than the ordinary kerosene.
The film of oil prevents the larvae
from breathing and smothers them.
The quantity necessary is . one . ounce
or two taolespoonsfuls to every fif
teen square feet of surface, re
peated every two weeks. This" oil
method was employed with great sue
east last year by the city of Winched
ter, Va., and our own town of Tar
boro has recently shown a moat com
mendable spirit of enterprise in adopt
ing it Some care and a little expense
in securing protection against mos
quitoes and in providing a supply of
pure drinking water will practically
insure against malaria. '
' ' To those interested in this subject I
cordially commend a very interesting
and valuable, book on mosquitoes
written in popular and entertaining
style by Dr. L. O. Howard, the Chief
Entomologist of the United States, and
published by McClure, Phillips 6t Co.,
New York, at a cost of IL64, postpaid.
. Richard EL Lkwis, il. D., . ,
Secretary State Board of Health. :
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- If Bight t V(UeM. r-
The woman who is lovely in face,
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be attrao
tive must keep her health, If she is
weak, sickly and all run down she
will be nervous and irritable. If she
has constipation or . kidney - trouble
her impure blood will cause- pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and a wretch
ed complexion, Electrio Bitters is the
best medicine in the world to regulate
the stomach; liver and kidneys and
to purify the blood.'. It gives strong
nerves, bright eyes, smooth and vef
vity skin and a rich complexion. It
-will -make a good - looking, charming
woman of a run down invalid. Only
50 cents, ' at B. B. Bsixaxy'b drug
store. ' . , - f .
:', W' Over wirtr Tears u 4-
lias. Wihslow'b SooTHnra Sybup has
been used for over fifty years by mil -liona-of
mothers for ..their, children
while teething with perfect success.
It soothes the child, soften the gums,
and allays all pain; cures wind colic,
and ie 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, r Be sure and; ask for
"Mrs. Wlnslow'S Soothing, Syrup,;
and take no other kind. ,
vtkjci'hWA was first used by Dr. Charles J.
Moffett a graduate ot Jefferson Kedloal col
lege, Philadelphia. Pa., in tiia extensive and
saoeeBBfnl treatment ot children u Georgia In
OTereomtng the troubles Incident to teething
and hot summers. TEETHINA (Teething 'Pow
ders( counteracts the effect ot hot weather and
keeps tne dlgeetlTe organs tn a healthy condi
tion: and has s wed toe Uvea ot thousands ot
children in the doctor's native state, where
physicians prescribe and all mothers give it,
and It Is criminal In mothers of oar section to
allow their babes and little children to suffer
and perhaps die when relief can be so easily
obtained bj glylng XEETfllWA. It costs only
t? of11? f1? nh as cents to C J,
Moffett, K. D feb Loots, Mo. - ; t
Tbe Rind Yon Haw Always Bougjit
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Tarborfr Southerner: ,?An ; evi
dence of the progress of : home Indus-:
tries is the fact that the carpets that
are being , put down - in Greensboro's
city hall "were manufactured -right irr
Greensboro ct":; -A
Graham c Gleaner: ; A white
man named Frank Allred was arrested
in Burlington last Thursday afternoon
upon the charge of a criminal assault
upon the little three -year-old daugh
ter of Mr. O.WPetty at Bellemont
that morning. Allred waa bound
oyer to November court in a bond of
$300. He is still in jail, -. -
" Winston Sentinel: -i Mr. N. G.
Williams, -Yadkin county's biggest
farmer, has finished threshing this
year's wheat crop and the yield aggre
gated 4,310 bushels. His best field of
14 acres made 508' bushels, an aver
age of 35 1-29 bushels1 per acre. The
second best yield was on 86 acers, from
which 906 bushels was threshed, an
average of 25 1-6 bushels to the acre. :
-Beidsville i Bevtewx , Guilford
county has a citixen who is proud of
the fact that he has been married six
times and Is the father- of flftj -eight
children. In the - lot there are four
Stirs of twins and one set of triplets,
ne wife was the mother of twenty
one of the children. The man is 58
years old and has just married ' his
seventh wire. - -;Ji t ," t "
Washington Gazetted It is a
sad commentary on the way some of
our farmers lay by, in store ror a rainy
day, when several were seen on the
street dividing a bag of meal they had
purchased, thus showing they did not
raUe their bread last year. One of
our good ladies remarked to us : There
is no telling how many of our colored
cooks' have gone north In search ; of
employment, and are at work there.
Agents to induce them to go north
were constantly at work among the
colored people, and they had been
successful, so much so, it was nearly
impossible to employ a good cook.
Raleigh Times: Mr. A. J. Jack
son and lir. Len Koyster have return
ed from a business trip to Johnston
and Wilson counties. Mr. Jackson
says at one point not 28 miles from
Raleigh he met a man 24 years bid,
born within 6 miles of where he was
living, who had never been to Raleigh,
seen a street car or even a railroad
train in his life.' A few miles from
Earpsboro Mr. Jackson had occasion
to stop awhile and he noticed, grazing
in a nearby pasture, a cow with ten
horns. Two horns grew trom eacn
foot and two from her head. He sug
gests that the animal be purchased and
placed tn the Park here. -
Lexington Dispatch'. Capt. M.
It. Jones and others have secured the
right of way for the Thomas ville, Den
ton and Eldorado Railroad from Thom
asville to Denton and will probably
begin grading the road, rome time this
fall. It is reported that the Penn
sylvania railroad is very much inter
eated in the building of the proposed
line from Winston via ' Lexington to
Wades boro. If this be true the chances
are good that the road will be built.
Another manufacturing enter
prise for Thomasville was chartered by
the State this week. It is the Tomlin
aon Company, with a capital of $25,
000, and is composed of 8. J. - Tomlin
son and others. They will manufacture
furniture and other things. The
three contested election eases in Ran
dolph county were comprosised last
week by the Democrats getting the
offices of register of deeds and treas
urer and the Republicans the office of
sheriff, each party paying their own
costs, and terminating what ' would
have been one of the moat' hotly and
expensively contested cases in - the
State, there being from three to five
hundred witnesses on each side.
CURRENT COMMENT.
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So the Boer war cost . Great
Britain $178,500,000 for the 122 days
from April 1st to July 31st, inclu
sive, or more than $1,400,000 a? day.
That is "staggering,' sure enough,
even without regard to any consid
eration but the financial one, which
is the least one, from any proper
point of view- Richmond Dispatch,
Dem. .
Admiral Cervera says he
never met Admiral Sampson. Had
he been cruising about in West In
dian waters just prior to the war in
a vessel that would net a lump of
prize money the Spanish admiral
would doubtless have had the honor
and . pleasure of forming the ac
quaintance of the valorous Sampson;
Washington Pott, Ind. ,
"The formation of so-called
Bread Trust," says the Philadelphia
Inquirer, "may mean something or
nothing. The-prices at which it
sells bread will determine , that, and
no rational being would think of
condemning it in advance of proof
of it already alleged infamy." Does
the Inquirer happen to know wheth
er or not there is such a thing as a
Cracker Trust; and whether crackers
are "bread?" Charleston Netos and
Courier, Dem. v 5 "
- In the seclusion: of his home
ttt Canton President McKlnley pon
ders over the tariff problem and
sketches out plans for new commer
cial conventions which may pass
muster with the Federal Senate;
But for the stumbling block of
British free, trade his Tittle recip
rocity mill might grind away mer
rily enough;, but administrative
casuistry has been unable thus -far
to convince the Senate that Great
Britain onght to be punished com
mercially for having thrown her
ports open without discrimination
to American products. With Eng
land welcoming the ships and car
goes of all nations there can be no
plain " sailing for McKinlev- recip
rocity through legislative channels.
Philadelhhia Becgrdt'Dem, .
She (tearfully) Henry,- our
engagement is at an end, and I wish to
return to you everything you have
ever; given- me. . He (cheerfully)
Thank you, Blanche. ..You may be?
gin at once with the kisses. -They are
married now. Baltimore Sun. -
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TWINKUNQS
: " -' Man may leave footprints on
the sands Of time With impunity, but
he should be careful how he leaves
them on a recently scrubbed : kitchen
floor. Tit-Bite.
"It didn't seem very wise . in
the judge to sentence Turpin to the
county jail to break stone." r ,rVVhy
not?' "Because it was a stone jail,
and he broke it"
i To a silver wedding celebration
recently a pious old lady sent as a
present a pair of flat-irons, a rolling
pin, and a motto worked on cardboard,
reading : r "fight on !M Tit-Bits.
"It seems strange 'to hear you
speak so bitterly of him. You used
to say you admired him for- the ene
mies he had made." "Tea, but I'm
one of them now." Philadelphia
Press.
"The number of people who
speak English, n said the amateur
atatistician, "is now 116,000,000." ."It
ia a wonder," said the cynic, "some of
them do not find their way on the
stage." Tit-Bite.
Good Advice: "I am thinking
of doiog a little speculating," said the
Jamb. What's the best thing to put
your money in f" A safety deposit
vault," replied the old bird. Phila
delphia Press. - .
The New York Sun refers to
Edgar Stanton Haclay as "the most
distinguished living- American histor
ian." It ia evidently a typographical
error. It should be "extinguished."
Savannah Preee.
Fastidious: "Jane Meadows
was almost - drowned in the latest
Staten Island ferry collision." "How
waa that!" "She said the life-preserver
didnt match that new shirt-waist of
hen." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Very Likely: Wife "I some
how just feel in my bones that we will
go to Europe this summer." Husband
"In which bone do you feel it most!"
Wife "Well, I don't exactly know,
but I guess it's my wish-bone." JSos
ton Traveller. L
" fThat was rather a well, a
tame sermon of yours this morning;
Mr. Mildman," said the rector, just re
turned from a holiday. "Was it, sir ?"
responded the curate. "It wasn't
mine. - I've been too busy this week
to write one, and I took it from a bun
dle in your handwriting out of the li
brrj."Tit:Bits. -
'l have traveled a good deal
in my day," said Mr. Muckman, sil
houetting his fingers on a hotel napr
kin as he spoke, "but in my experir
ence I nerer saw anything more
strange than greeted ray eyes when
I. got up this morning. What -do you
suppose it was f" His casual com
panion surveyed the inquirer a mo
ment and then replied: Cake of soap,
probably.". - - -
Supercilious Camel.
, There are- few things more interesting
in north China than the great Mongolian
camel trains. Tbe two hamped Bactrian
camel of central Asia Is a magnificent,
beast, quite throwing bis African broth'
era into the shade. When clothed in his
pew winter coat of rich dark brown for,
which even covered his knees,- he is don-:
bly imposing. A string; of 15 to 20 cam
els is fastened together by a cord, at
tached to the nose of the first and the tail
of the second, and bo on to the last one.
which wears a large bell around his neck,
so that tbe Mongol, who is perched on the
leading camel, can easily discover when
the connecting cord breaks. -
A mandarin and a camel are the most
supercilious creatures upon earth. The
former, wrapped In rich Bilks and furs;
as he'is carried along in Wr sedan chair.
glances at the European with pitying dis-!
dain. -; But . the camel Ignores you ak-together.-
and with a sneer on his month
plods slowly along, not deigning to look"'
at anything that is not on a level with;
his eyes, v . It is therefore necessary xd
give a camel train a. wide berth, for tu;
great toasts would calmly walk o vi '
one, and, finding some obstacle- in t'r
road, would probably give a kick wl:i ;i
would silence ; onC for ever. Corn ht
Magazine. '..."'.- "-v. '
'" n Kchanae of Gtfta.v5--'"'-2
"When Bir '-Richard F. Burton in 18(53
waa sent on a special mission-to bis maj
esty Qelele, king of Dahomey, he bore
with him, among other gifts from Queen A
victoria, a richly, embossed silver pipe,
with -amber mouthpiece. The king told
Burton. that he lifced his old red clay and
wooden stem pipe . better than the' new:
on, knd that if Queen - Victoria wished,
really to please him she 'would send him:
a carriage and a pair of horses and a
white woman. - The king's return presents;
to the British Queen' consisted of native
Iipes and tobacco for her on- smoking,;
06a A cloths t fQr her roajesty to .change,
while traveling and an umbrelTa to be
' held over her head while drinking. These-
gifts,' however, nerer reached the queen,
having been lost in transit. - - . " v
A Fowler mill Explosion
Removes everything in sight ; so do
drastic mineral-pills---both are mighty
dangerous.. Don't dynamite thr deli
cate machinery of your body with'
calomel, oroton oil er aloes pills,
when Dr. King's - New Life Klli,
Wolfih" ttlA CPAfttlata AM ft SJlifniMAtt KaAaa
- e-asw n WUaUIUVI WIvCflC'
o-the work perfectly. ' Oures Head-
oue, j vunsirpauon, " etc ' vJniy Za
cents, U at R, " fi. .. BelLaht's drug
store. - : f
FAVOI7ITE
.FCri,lYZjtTa VTt 7 " "!W .
COMMERCIAL
-WILMINGTON MARKET ,
rQaoted officially at th' eloatn by tne Prodnoe
'i eiian8.lr.vVJ?:
" STAB OFJflOnX August f.
fl-PTWTTH TTTRPRNTINE Market
Steady at 33c per gallon for: machine
made casks, . n o demand for country
casks. s:--?-fZ?-Z3'-
BOSIN Market firm at 88c per Dar:
rl for strained and per barrel f orv
good strained. - . M:z-7vr
- 1 a k, Mar get nrm ai A.oo.por uui
of 880 lbs. - ,r -' - .
. .nui 1 iv. .. TTTTfPlf.N'I'lNEL Market
stead v at tl.OO ner barrel for hard,$2.00
for dip and for.virgin.-?::f,."!.v--
, lojuotauona stuuo uj wb.j-
Spirits ' turpentine v nothing doing;
rvwin fl Fm sit 1 20tf?i1 2R: tar stead V at
$1.40; crude turpentine easy at $L04
Spirits turpentine. i.... . . : ; . . r B9
Kosm ..
Tar. ...... . .r. . . . . . .. . . .-. . 15
Crude turpentine , . . 176
receipts same aay lasi ... year oi
casks spirits turpentine, 136 . bbls
rosin, 33 bbls tar,-103 bbhf crude to
pentiner:--u - -; ; . : : : ;
' ' - OOTTOH. . ' .
iMarket quiet on a basis of 8&c per
pound for middling. Quotations: .
Ordinary UVii ... .15 13-16 cts ft
Gtood ordinary.-.'.... 7 3-16 " " r
t w to ia - ;-
Middling 8 -
annn miHrllino- ' .1 8 9-16
:"- t
8ame day last year middling noth
ing itoing. - ) .. : .
.Receipts 'bales; -same .day last
year, . . .
r Corrected Regularly "by Wilmington Produce
Oommiseion Merchants, prices representing
- - thoe p i'd for produce consigned to Commis
sion He-rh4nts.l . -r
- OOUHTBY PRODUCT. .'
PBSlNUTB North Carolina. quieU
Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 38 : pounds ; ' fancy-, 80C
VirginiaPrime, ; 60c extra prim
56c; fancy, 60c.- Bpamsh, 75c ;
CORN Firm; 68 to 70c per, bushel
for white. r " '-
N. O. BACON Steady ; hams IS to,
14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c;
sides, 11 to 12c -
EGKJ3 Dull at 13c per dozen.
CHICKENS DulL Grown, 20 to
22c; springs, 818c "' "
TURKEYS Nothing doing.
BEES WAX Firm at 25c
8WEET POTATOES Firm at 75c
FINANCIAL MARKETS. . i
By Telegraph Ito tbe Morning star.
Siwv YOBK.' Aug 5. Money oh
call steady at 22& Per cent.; the
last loan 2 per cent Prime mercan4
tile paper 4 j5 per cent. Sterling ex
change firm, with actual business in
bankers' bills at 487 for demand and
485&48S for 60 days. Posted rates
486 and 488. Commercial bills 484
485 SUver certificates . Bar
silver 68J. Mexican dollars 46.
GoTernment bonds steady. State bonds
inactive. Railroad bonds weak. U.
a refunding 2's, reg'd, 107; U.
a refu'g 2's, coupon, 1074; U. a
2's, reg'd, ; U. a 8's, reg'd, 108Jtf ; do.
coupon, 108 X ; U. a 4'a, new reg'd,
137; do. coupon, 137; U. Q. 4'a,
old reg'd, 113: do. coupon, 113; U. a
5's, reg'd, 1073 ; do. coupon, 107 ;
Southern Railway 6? 116.. Stocks:
Baltimore & Ohio ; Chesapeake
& Ohio 43; Manhattan L 115;
N.Y. Central 150 ; Reading 39 ; do.
1st pref d 75 ; da 2nd pref'd 60; St
Paul 155M; da prefd, 181; Southern
B'way 28jtf; da prefd 83; Amalga
ma'd Copper 110 X ; American Tobacco
130; People's Gas 112X; Sugar 130;
T- C. & Iron 68K; U. a -Leather
12X; do. prefd, 78M; Western Union
90; U. S. Steel 40; do. preferred
89; Mexican National 8. Standard
Oil 770775. . o - 0
Baltmoek, Aug 5. Seaboard Air
Line,- common, 27yi27 ; do, prefer
red, 47i7. Bonds 4's 8282.
NAVAL STQRES MARKETS
By Tetegraph to tbe Morning Btir.
Nsrw Yonx. Aug. 6. Rosin quiet
Spirits turpentine steady at 8686tfc-
OHABXBBTOK, Aug. 5. 8pirits tur
pentine steady at 326 Rosin firm and
unchanged.
dAVAVBAH, Aug. 5. Spirits turpen
tine firm at 34c; receipts 1,898 casks;
sares 643 casks; exports 552 casks.
Rosin firm and unchanged; receipts
4,186 barrels; sales 2,203 barrels; exf
ports 3,354 barrels. ' r
COTTON MARKETS.
Bv Telegraph to tne Morning Star
New York, August 5. Cotton fu
tures opened dull with prices five to
six points lower and during the fore
part of the session were weak in tone
with prices disposed to further ease
off, under selling on this account and
abcenee of support of any sort . There
were no cables on hand from Liverr
pool, that market still being closed for
the August bank holidays. Early do
mestic news was rather matter of fact
and cut little figure as an influence
either way. t The pit contingent
was inclined to anticipate a bearish
report from Washington due at noon
and sold the October and January op
tions down slowly. At noon Ihe feel
ing was heavy, with prices net three
to five points lower. The general
opinion seemed to be that .the average
crop condition would be given out by
the bureau at about 78 to 79. - Immc:
diately after noon the government
gave the August crop condition at.
77.2. This at once Started . shorts in
inviting buying for a sharp
advance. - Southern and Western
buyers - helped --" to send -prices
up ten points to 7.39 for October and
to 7.45 for January.; Around" this
level there was r a j turn ' for . profits
which resulted in a - reaction of three
to four points ; before 1 P. M, - Still
later,- the market again 'worked np'
ward though slowlyi f untils prices
were close to the top notch reached on
the noon bulge The - market was
finally quiet and steady with nricea
net two to three points higher. : :'"-
r NaTw'lOBJU Aug. 5. Cotton quiets
middling uplands 8 l-16c v :
" Futures closed quief and steady :
August 7.26, September 7.S0. October
7 36, November 7.37, December 7.40,
January 7.43, February 7.43, , March
7.46, April 7 48.-;':- --'r'-.-- . . i
- Spot cotton closed quiet; middling
uplands 8 l-16c; middltnccTilf 8 s lfie
sales 147. bales.
- net receipts 377 bales; gross receipts
1,890 bales; stock 170,272 bales: ? v 4
; ; Total - to-day Net : receipted 2,286
bales ; exports to TGreat Britain 134"
bales; exports to France bales r
exports to the Continent 1,330 bales:
stock 323,919 baJes.fl:;;Rfi4
Oonsolidated Net s receipts 5,162
bales: exports to Great rRritaln K an
bales ; t exports to France bales :
exports to the Continent 8.B78 bales.'
: ; Total since September 1st Net re -eeipts
7,449,334 bales ; exports to Great
Britain - 3,007,21? baleB; exports to:
France' J783.689 hales- nmru tn h.
Continent 8,554.005 bale; . : - v
August 6 Galveaton. atnd ' at
8 1? 16c net receints 778 hale- Nnrfni v
steady at 7jic, net receipts 301 bales $
Baltimore,' nominal at ' 8 Me, net re-:
ceipts bales; Boston,quiet at 8 l-46c
net receipts bales Wilmington '
SS! ,8KC net receipts 26 bales ;?
Philadelphia, quiet, at 8 5-16e, net re
ceipts bales; Savannah,quiet at 7 H.
net receipts 6 - bales; New Orleans.
iv,,1 8 116c, net receipts 76 bales;
Mobile, firm at 8c.net receints
Kloo. Ifamn'l inwlftt i at 8fl SH K?
UK, ill Till lyiii-, t . A. 5
ceipts 5 bales; Augusta, quiet at 8Xc,
net receipts 4 wo;"riOB''Itc"J'
'at 7MC,;net receipt; -f5jg.gs
'? PRODUCE MARKET; i;
--By Telegraph to the Morning Star.'
-
NEW XOBK. AUg. 6. H iOUr
was
f airrv active nnd a -shade rmer with
wheat ; Minnesota patents $3 7504 00;
winter straights l& su ou. wneav
Bpot firm f No. -red -77c Optiojw
closed firm atlc net advance. Sep
tember closed 76c;vvtoDer exoseo -c;
December closed nJicOorn-Spot
steady -," Na 2, 61Kc Options closed
steady at net-advance Septem
ber closed 6l?tc; uewwer ciosea t--c;
Dicember Closed 62c Oats-Spot firm :
Na 2, 89c. ' Options quiet . but steady
with other markets: Lard steady VWesi
eru steamed $9 05 ; refined easy. Pork
quiet Butter steady ;" creamery r 16
2QXc ; State Tdairy1419c Cheese
steady; fancy 'small white 9X9c;
fancy large white 9c Eggs steady;
State and Pennsylvania 1618c .Rice
quiet Coffee Spot Rio dull; No. 7
in voice 5e. ' Potatoes- quiet ; Jersey s
$3 004" 00: 'Southern prime,t3 00
4 00; vLong Island $3 004 60. Peanuts
steady; fancy hand-picked 4c; other
domestic -2H4c; Freights to Livr
e pool Cotton by steam 10c Cabbage
steady ; Long Island, small, per 100,
$3 002 50. Sugar Raw' quiet and
Steady ; fair refining 3 9-16; molasses
sugar 3 5-16e; refined quiet Cotton
seed oil quiet but steady with consid
erable .oil: on the ' market:- Primp,
crude, in barrels nominal; prin e sum
mer vellow 38Ji39c; . off summer
yellow 3737c; prime white 43om
prime winter ye I low 43c; prime meal
$24 0025 OO . - -
h Chioaoo, Aug 5. Conditions 'ge n
erally were bullish tc-day and Septem
ber wheat closed an active day If e net
higher. Corn closed ic higher and oats
a shade down. Provisions at the close
were 2i10c down.-; "-.' ' .,'"'!
' Obioaoo, Aug. 5. Cash quotations:
Flour ' quiet Wheat Na 2 spring
70H71c; No.3 spring ; No.2 red --i
Corn Na 2 56c: No. 2 yellow 565
Oats Na 2 35M36c: No.2 white 37M
38c;Na S white 3BM374C. Kye
No. 2 5757Xc. Mess pork, per barrel,
$1.4 1014 16. Lard, per 100 lbs, $8 72
8 75. Short rib sides, loose, $7 85
8 00; Dry salted shoulders, boxed,
$7 377 62.Short elear sides, boxed;
$3 358 45. Whiskey Basis of high
wines, $129.
The leading futures ranged as fo :
lows---opening, highest, lowest. anT
closing: Wheat No. 2 August 68&;
69, 69, 6c; September 69M69,
70?i, 6868, 70isc; December 71
71X. 73X, 71J4, 72c Corn No.
2 September 5757Ji. 584. 56,
67Kc; October 68H. 68H, 67, 68U ;
December 5859, 68, 58jfc
Oats Na 2 September 85, 35 X. 34,
85c; May S7, 38K, 88X, 37f,.; Pork
per bbl September $14 30, 14 30,
14 17 14 17 ; January $15 15, 15 15,
14 97, 14 97K- Lard, per 100 lbs
September $8 80, 8 80, 8 72, 8 79;
October $8 85, 8 87. 8 80, 8 80; Janu
ary $8. 85, 8 87X, 8 80, 8 80. 8hon
ribs per 100 lbs September $7 92 x
7 97, 7 92H, 7 92Hi October $7 95,
8 02, 7 95, 7 95; January $7 85, 790,
780.780.
.
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, Fayette
ville, T D Love.
Schr Maggie C, Moore, Georgetown,
S C, C D Maffitt
CLEARED. ,
Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, Fayette -ville,
T D Love.
Br schr Melrose, Kelly, Nassau, B F
Keith Company. - .
EXPORTS.
FOREIGN.
Nassau Br schr Melrose, 500,000
shingles, 30 spars; cargo and vessel
by B F Keith Company.
COASTWISK .
Nmw Yobs Clyde steamship Sag;
inaw, 649 casks spirits, 29 barrels
rosin, 1,073 barrels tar, 37 barrels
crude, 347,664 feet lumber; cargo by
various consignors; vessel by H G
Smallbones. - .'
MARINE DIREC1X)RY.
ltt Vaaaals im tka -,t vv -alaxtom,
w.C, Angnat 6, 1001. ;
gnCATVfSHIjra.
Buckminster, (Br) 1,297 tons. Brown,
Alexander Spruat & Son.
SCHOONERS .
Brigadier, 274 tons, Maker, by master.
City of Baltimore, 298 tons, Graves,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
F and T Lupton, 797 tons, Spiegel, by
- master." -
Mary J Russell, 354 tons, Anderson,
by master. .
Chas C Lister, 367 tons, Robinson, New
York, George Harriss, Son & Co.
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton
Yesterday.
W. & W. Railroad 10 barrels tar, 8
barrels crude turpentine.
- W.CL & A.. Railroad 1 1 haU
2 casks spirits turpenti p, 4 barrels'
rosiD, 22 barrels tar, 77 f-arrels crude
turpentine. -
C. C. Railroad 43 bs
turpentine, - .
- A.& Y.Railroad 16 caaha aniri ta tnvJ
pentine, 6 barrels tar. - "
i W. & N. Rail road -12 bales cotton,'
7 casks spirits turpentine, 13 barrels
rosin, 10 barrels crude turpentine.
-Steamer Driver 21 casks spirits tur-;
pontine, 59 barrels rosin, 85 barrels
tar, 38 barrels crude turpentine, r
Schooner. Minnie Ward 13
spirits turpentine, .79 barrels rosin 2
oarreistar. , .
Total 26 halAB AAttnn KQ mnlr.n;.it.
turnentina. IKS harmla min 19k k.
rels tar, 176 barrels crude turpentine.
TOniA.
Bean the
Sigaatue
The Kind You Have Always
GEIaKVAKIIA,
Portland CemenU -
and Ties.
Llolassos;
f,- 'rf-' x"i.
Salt. Grain. Lime, .
II iwS- if ;f"f t
3 f
ay 1 Liaii. .
Trll.ATirA1
a
iWUUUGU
3. C. BLACKfc.HY ol th
Stock Company, has Just receive1
HORSES AND
. ! -r. f
need anyfhlng in his line don't ran!?11
4wforeyou buy. WU1 sell them
mow inn vi uiub DUU?!AS ina i.
paper. CaUat ,c
8- i. DAVIS
ja25tr
208 & 0
TRY US
I We have Flour, Sugar, c
P.:
Tea, Cakes, f
Crackers. CanJ.
Soap, Snuff,
Sisvreh, Lye, Potaik,
lU--"Mes.l, Hominy,
Na41s, Tobacco, SmokV
- Chewing,
' I
and a full line of Canned Gooii
of which we offer to the trj
living prices.
' ' t
jeaWilliams Bro
. ; P
Extra Soft
and must be sold.
t
I have any kind oibt
want. 1
Ice Cream
for Sundays.
Give me your orders. t
f
J. W. PLUMMER,(
Bell 'Phone 680.
ly7tf
REASONABLE Gy
lyiuijijjjiis. new car
11 II I 1- nmn I
Best Cream Cheese . -Martin's
Gilt Edge Bof
Bagging and Ties. LL iL
SALT.
I-
A eSKBEAL LIKB OF CABi w.
DX1U.HD AT THIS 8EA80S I -
. 'Sole agents for jj Q
ROB ROY FLQji;
mm & PEAfe
JL ... ... WTeldo
Commissioner's
Sumte
By Tirtue of a decree of the BnperiH40
New Hanover county, made in fettaleififi
Edward Dudley Cowan et al. vs. f
W. D. Compton et al.. pending Waff,
of the said superior C Diirt, the unf
expose ror sale to the highest bidder. t
the Court House door of New Bur J J AC
on Thursday, the 23ad day of Aaffi .
o'clock M , the following Attestor'
Land, situated In the county of Wf t
to-wlt: Beginning; at the gontnei r - m
the Poor House tract on smltiij
rnmiinor t.hnnA nlnncr thfl Aast line "
north ?5 decrees east 2,630 feetf
marked N. H.C; thence wlth sH;
aegreee weBt ,155 leei 1? r
feet to the corner or GarrelPslMtwj
Garren'8 line 14 degrees, east 493 w
tract north 76 degrees east 1,254 ft
tree, marking the corners ot J
Kerr's Unee; thence with Kerr's -:
degrees east 1,848 feet to a siaiffi -4BJ4
degrees east 1T16 feet, to or -Creek;
thence southwestwardV ?f ,
to the beginning, contlning a W
jyaaot
llaxton BflildiDf!
Loan Associatfe::!;
MAXTOlj
LJ IMES
n. 1j somi
K pouege ia
; eessf ul er,
i ma oners t
; beauty ai
'of South c
" J. D. OEOOK, MAXWS JgggUa,
- ,'i ID. MCBAK, MAXT0- 44
A. J. MCKINK0K,
J JJ. WBATHEBLY, -
stalments
Tne
- rTTIZ C .v. root tnat w:
an crtJLl umI nn InflSefl. anu IVs rZt R
eluding taxes, are only KJo0
Dollars.
WE HOW HAVE SOft
TO OfFER YOU
you can save
- WARREN'S
,
;V : Lunch. AsK j
'.' . u;. A Sblect am
trail ciio w
1
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: r I
MR .
Itm
Initiation ree, centSJ$K, I ,
1T1BQI IB VI -7.MU- i l -
I ft is
J I liclous
I Soups,
1 n,
&
I . , ...
and Caf8.
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