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w .a Jyar-r if ft;V I . " i . ft: BY WILhlAfflfl. BaKWARD T: WLLMINGTUH . N . C.-r -. . Fbidat MOBaixre. Augubt IS THE. HEQKO BETSOGSADIHQt : The idea was entertained by Bome .people some years ago that the negro - ' waa mentally as a race the equal of the white man, and that, all he need :;ed to stand upon the same plane with the white man was the opportunity ;,.to develop his mental powers.':! For . the first few years after the war" be tween the States when the freed ' man's schools were opened, there ; - was a rush to .them and the enter ; . tainers of this idea pointed proudly ' . to : this rush and the progress the negroes made in learning to read and write, as proof of the correct ness of their contention. Going to gcbool was a novelty to them, it was -.a sort of picnic, and even men well advanced in years . grabbed their ' primers,' spelling books and readers with a full determination to "get an education." Their idea of an edu cation was to read and write and C make some figures. They were told by their white leaders that as they were ; then free they stood upon an t equality with white people and all that kept them from reach ing any position occupied by white people was the lack of education! Thousands of them believed this, and consequently they made a brave -effort to secure an education, but as ; time wore on, the novelty wore off, ; and as they became more deeply im mersed in the rudimentary elements of the spelling book and reader they got tired of the job, and many them gave it up either in despair or in dis gust! There isn't any wild rush to the schools now, and while they are fair ly well attended, the colored youth go, not because they are particularly anxious to go, but because the par ents .who don't find any other occu pation for them make them go. No one questions the ability of the average negro to learn to read, write and cipher. Almost any of them can do that, but when it comes to getting into the higher studies where think ing and continued application are necessary, the number who succeed is comparatively small. As in all races, there are some that are quicker and brighter than others. Some that have exceptional brain-power, and a few who have remarkable brain power, think, write and speak well. But these are the exception (as they are in all races, for that matter,) and when they are found it will also be found that there is a liberal admix ture of Caucasian blood in their veins. The late Fred Douglass (proudly pointed to as an illustration of the intellectual possibilities of the American negro) was the son of a white 'man and, so is Booker T. 'Washington. Douglass knew who his father was while Booker Wash ington does not. As far as our reading goes the majority of those who have achieved prominence for mental superiority are of mixed blood and some of them so bleached that if their race status were deter mined by the color of the skin they would be classed as white. There is another fact and that is that whatever of strong points they have developed have been to a great extent, if v not altogether, the result of contact and association with the white man, whose spirit of persever ance they caught. It is' a question whether the best of them, if it had not been for the contact with white men, would ever have risen much above the mediocrity of their own race. We do not say this as a reflection upon them, for they deserve credit and much credit, for what they have accomplished, nor as a reflection upon the race, for they are what nature made them, and were born that way. Some and a majority of them have no more capacity for ed ucation or for anything above ordi nary manual labor, than a mule has ff to perform on a tight rope. . 1 We do . not ; hear so much about ? that ' race equality now. for with O thirty odd years of freedom, free-' ' dom to live as -they choose and to t, .. travel where they list and can, the negro is better known than he was - 1' then, and'has ceased to be slobbered '" over and petted ; Another. question ; ' however, is being asked,' which is, -v- has not the negro as a race, retro graded?" It is positively asserted " that he has, not i only by observers ', ; in the South who know the race well i-v'and have watched it closely since it f rl has become free, but there-are men - l i in the North once the friends and : champions of the , race, ; who vJ v; now admit, although reluctant ; : ; ly, that it has ; not met :y the reasonable expectations - of ; its - x:! friends. Some of them where the ' - reconditions were exceptionally favor : - able have made progress' and,; done hf pretty well; have become 'possessed -of some property and identified with de communities, in which they live. .V This is the Case in vthisandj every j other Southern" State. 1 And for this ;-r; : they are indebted jn a large measure " to the counsel and assistance of the i; white men.f :;l?rH C-is "iE4--! As a rule these will befouadtobe , negroes pretty well.' advanced in j-life whose habits were morei or less N formed before emancipation; iThey T ere of a better class nordlj, intel lcctaslly end physically. tiz .the " ir-r n rilrr-rrliifr-'m, who are as a, general thing shiftless and unreliable . and are becoming, more so. It is a " common remark that the best and most j trusty ser vants and laborers are those who as slaves learned how to do-things and havn't forgotten how. They haven't caught on to meanness and worth- lessness like the younger eenera- tion has.' 1 - ' , Contact with the white race is essential to keep the negro who has been civilized from relapsing into barbarism. In the interior of some of the . West Indies, where they have been under white rule for a century or more, they are relaps ing, only those along the coasts where the white people are mainly found showing no tendency to relapse. This is also the case in this coun try in the black districts where there are few white people. Place them by themselves, deprive; them of .the white influences that surround and restrain them, and a few generations would find the mass of them not far above their - ancestors who were brought to this country , in slave Ships. - - , , ' j , ;j. . The negro is not necessary to the white, race of the South, but the white race of the South is necessary to the negro, to protect him from relapsing into his original condi tion. I HOSTH CAROLINA AS A WHEAT GROWER. We have frequently asserted in these columns that North Carolina is exceptionally adapted to wheat growing, and that by proper effort and intelligent culture it might be come a great wheat-producing State. We have, when referring to this, given some instances of prolific yields, equal to the best yields of some of the most famous wheat growing sections of the country, and also called attention1 to the fact that North Carolina wheat had taken premiums at several of the interna tional expositions j in competition with the world. j Some of the notable crops pro duced were on restored lands, which had been exhausted and considered almost worthless when the process of restoration began. One of these that we know of personally is in Mecklenburg county within a couple miles of Charlotte, and not far from the lands of Mr. Fred Oliver, from which a splendid crop was harvested this year. Beading an editorial in the New York Journal of, Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, calling atten tion to some large yields in Kansas, he wrote to that paper giving a statement of the yield on his farm. He cultivated 410 acres,- which threshed an average yield of a frac tion over thirty bushels to the acre. One tract of thirty acres threshed a little oyer forty-one bushels to the acre. All of that wheat was har vested in unfavorable weather with continued rains, much of it exposed to the rains for days after being cut, shelling much before it could be threshed, and some of it so ripe when the rains began that it shelled freely while being harvested and stacked. He believes that if the weather had been favorable for har vesting and there: had been no loss from rain and shelling, the yield would have been twenty-five per cent more. But an average yield of thirty bushels to the acre on 410 acres, with an average yield of forty-one bushels on thirty, acres of it, under the very unfavorable conditions stated, is ample'proof of the possi bilities in North j Carolina soil as a wheat producer, when intelligently and thoroughly cultivated. " A SHIP-BUILD UQ TRUST. It was asserted when the Hanna ship subsidy grab was up for dis cussion in the last Congress 'that a ship-building combine was in con templation which would control all the principal ship yards in the country, and secure most of the sub sidy, if that bilt passed. This was emphatically denied by the advo cates of the subsidy measure,' but notwithstanding the denials there have been at various times since then announcements that steps were being taken to form such a combine. The latest, published yesterday, states that a combination has been, effected, backed by the Morgan Steel Trust and the Pennsylvania. Railroad Company, the' object of which is to secure control and pos session; of all, the principal ship building plants in the country. When the scheme is perfected- and matters in running order, whioh will be some time next year, we are told that "the battle for the com mercial supremacy of the world will begin." j- . ,. - This means either that ' ships are to be built without subsidies, or that this combine 'calculates on securing the $9,000,000 a year provided for in the Hanna bill. No doubt when Mr. Morgan bought those British steam ers he had something of this kind in contemplation, but whether or not, it is evident . that the organizers of this combine are satisfied that ships can be . built in this country ; as cheaply as they can be in any other, and therefore that there is no need of subsidies. ' ' . ' " With this combine preparing for business it will be interesting to learn what arguments the subsidy boom ers will advance to 'justify, forcing that r:b upon the country;, ,. -: ; There was a clear case of hoodoo inToledo, Ohio. A few daysjago Jim Lee, a colored denizen, - was stabbed and killed.' Before he was buried a woman who lived in the house with him noticed a spider web which had plainly, woven in it by the, spider the words, My Jim" and "Murder." The assassin, whose bloody purpose was discovered by the prophetic spider, got in his work on "My Jim." The colored denizens of that vicinity have no doubt now that "My Jim" was hoo dooed, sure enough. u Hon. James T. LeGrand died of Bright's disease at his home in Buckingham, : Richmond ; county,' last Wednesday.' Mr. LeGrand was well known in this section of the State, a prominent man in the party councils, always an . unflinching Democrat, who several times ably represented his people in the State Legislature, and was several years ago strongly supported in conven tion for Congress from this district. He was a sterling man and ' highly esteemed by every one. - CURRENT COMMENTS - Strategetio thriumphs by the Steel Trust and the strikers are al ternating with regularity. Strategy does not count. It is the final issue that will determine which wins. Meantime, the men who are without wages are the certain sufferers. Nexoport News Herald, Dem. While Historian Maclay would be altogether useless as a witness before the Schley board of inquiry as to the facts of the San tiago campaign, yet he might give some useful information, if he can tell the truth, as to who gave him the "stuff" he put in his alleged history Chattanooga Times, Ind. It is easier to excuse the two Worcester lads who climbed the rocky steep of Old Owls' Head near Warren, N. H., the other day, 'Must to say they did it," than the adult ajs who proposes to take the trip across the Atlantic in a sixteen-foot boat with the woman whom he has just married. But, as long as there are fools to applaud such perform ances, there will be fools to under? take them. Brooklyn Citizen, Dem. . "Official reports," says the Philadelphia Press, "show that in the thirteen lyears, ending June 30,1900, the railroads of the United States killed 86,277 people and wounded 469,027. It is doubtful if all the battles fought during the same period resulted in such a sac rifice of life. And now that the trolleys and automobiles are added the prospect is that the holocaust will be piled still higher. "Charles ton Neios and Courier, Dem. TWINKLINOb She (threatening breach of promise suit) Do you intend to deny, ir, that you proposed to marry met He No: I intend to plead insanity. Fun. Affent la tha lidv nf thu hnnsA at hornet Mr. Wylkins No; my wife is in, but my eighteen-year-old daugh ter is out riding on ber bicycle. aomervtue journal. "Did you have plenty of good fruit and vegetables out in the coun try "Oh, yea; the farmer's wife came in town to market erery morning." untcago liecoru-tLerala. Bradford Just back from your vacation f Wby man. you look half dead. Bobinaon I was. boarding at a place where they treated me like one of the family. Tcncn and Country. First Policeman "Why is the street to blocked! Nobody told me about this procession. What is it I" Second Policeman "It's the reporters of the city going to see a naval officer who won't talk." Boat on Transcript. Hogan I suppose you must hare some idea of heaven; what is it! German I think it mutt be a place where all the people who were fat on this earth are thin, and where all who were thin are fat Boston Transcript. Wuggins is not handsome, and he knows it . When his first baby was born he asked : "Does it look like met" Of course they replied in the affirma tive. "Well," said he. with a sigh, "toreakitto my wife gently." Tit Bits. Hobbs--Tubbs is the most re markable man I know. Dobbe In what way t Hobbs He weighs about 180 pounds, and according to his own account, he never eats anything and hasn't had a good night's sleep for thirty jem.-Chicaao Record-Herald. Appearances Against Him: The Parson (leaning over the fence, shock ed) "Makin garden on Sunday, my brother I I is pained feeyon meaiuah, Brother J ohnson I" Baatus Johnson (flustered) "Deed I ain't makin' gar den, pahsonl I'm only dlggin' bate to go fishinV Detroit Free Press. The Price of. Knowledge: "I sent away a dollar," she aadiy said, "to a party in New York who offered to tell for that amount how to make the guests at summer retorts love your children." "Oh, did you!" her friend asked. "What do you have to dot" "Leave them at home I" Chicago Record-Herald. Glorious Nw : Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of Washita. L T. He writes: "Fonr hot- ties of Electric Bitters has Cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had caused her great suffering for years. ' Terri ble sores would break out on her head and face, and the best doctors could give no help; but Iter cure is complete and her health is excellent." This Shows what thousands have proved that Electric Bitters is the best blood purifier known;' It's the supreme rem edy for Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Ulcers, Boils and Running Sores. It stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion and builds up the strength. Only 60 cents a bottle. Sold by R. R Bellamy. druggist Guaranteed. . t ' Ornqs or D. H. Hardy, Sets, of State. I AflsnH, TxiM Hot. a, isco. y7 f -""I bare rotma-Dr. MoffeeVs TEETH ina a Bplsnjuajremedy and aid for my teething chil dren. When my oldest boy teething child, f JS5 5??? day warned ns that we would IneyltaDiT looe him. I happened 'upon TEETH ISA, and began at once administering It to him, and his Improvement was marked in SI boars, and from that day on be recti Derated. I have constantly kept it and used It since with my children, and nave taken great pleasure in sounding its praises to all mothers of voang children. I found It Invaluable even after the teething period was passed Tz t . MRS. P. A. HABDT. Tin Kind Von Haw Always Eesitths . js9 SPIRITS TURPENTINE Golizhoxo V Headlighti i , The steady rains . of the past" week are causing considerable shedding ot the cotton, which makes the prospect gloomier than ever. Chatham 'Record: r We regret to besr of the death of Mr William S. Gunler: who died on last Friday night in Gulf towqship, aged 81 years and nearly eleven months. He had been one of Chatham's most promi nent and respected citizens. Clinton Democrat: The per sons in Clinton who are behind the movement to get the male school of the Wilmington Presbytery here have got their proposition in shape. It was forwarded last week to Rev. J. M. Wells, of Wilmington, chairman of a oommittee appointed to inquire into the merits of the several competing communities. Wilke8boro .Chronicle: Deputy Collector Sherman Bryant tells us that as a result of the heavy, rains last week a portion of the hill around the bank near Ausr. Whitlev's. on the Trap Hill road, slid down and filled up the pub. lie road. .Large trees were camea down the hill and lodged in the road, still standing erect as where they grew. Hillsboro Observer: Mr. B. F. Smith, eight miles west of town, is 76 Years old and has 82 grandchildren Mr. Smith says he cut down the first sanlinsron the North Carolina Rail road and put in the first cart load of dirt when work was commenced on that road near Cheek's crossing.1 be-' tween Mebane and Hillsboro. He is' still able to do a good day's work. . . Buckingham Anglo-Saxon: - It is probable that stock will be cheaper when the crops are gathered than in many years, owinsr to the scareity of foodstuffs to keep them over till an other season. One of our best farmers said a few days ago that he would sell the choice mules in his lot at sro each. "Aunt Chance Cole'! passed her one hundredth birthday last Wednes day, so she says, 'and we are informed that there is authentic record of the fact in the old Bible in the Cole fam ily, by whom she waa raised. . She has grandchildren over 60 years old, and she has distinct recollection of many events now considered as ancient his tory. - . ; Raleigh News and Observer: There is one negro school in the State which has secured the State and county aid in establishing a rural free library. This is the negro school in the Chapel Hill district, Orange county. This school has tendered the $10 necessary and will be given, the $20 from the State and county. This leaves one chance yet for . a library in Orange county, as there are four white schools and one negro school which has been accepted. In Wake county, after the list had been filled, a negro school made application, out it was too late. The failure was caused by the delay of the party in whose hands the money had been placed In making application for the library. Durham Sun: William Harton was painfully shot by Leonard .Lyon, at the home of J. T. Cash, in North Durham, Monday night. A number of young people met at the home of Mr. Cash to attend a watermelon slic ing! Leonard Lyon found an old pis tol in the house, which had not known to be loaded in a long time. The weapon was - snapped several times while in the house, and afterwards it was taken out into' the yard. In a spirit of fun, Lyon thought he would anapp it again when the old weapon firedand carried its leaden missile straight to Harton. The ball struck him in the right cheek and lodged in the back of his neck. It waa a narrow escape, and lucky that it waa no worse. While painful and uncomfortable, the wound is in nowise considered serious. To Keep Batter Sweet. One cau keep butter sweet a long time, even in a hot room where it is half melted, by keeping it covered with brine made by putting into boiling wa ter all the salt it will take up. Then let It cool and pour over the butter. Meat may be preserved in the same way. To be sure, It will become rather salt, but when you .wish to use It take It out of the brine the night before and lay it across two spoons or sticks to lift it from the bottom of the dish in which you wish to soak It and then cover It with fresh water. The salt will then settle out of the meat, and it will fresh en nicely.. Ton throw meat or fish into . the bottom of a vessel and cover it with water, and it will freshen very lit tle, for the salt does not fall out, but only to the lower side. Character Showm by the Nose. "Here Is an article in the paper that says a woman's character can be deter mined by her nose." "Well, there may be something in that, but there's-a surer way. No one can make a mistake concerning a wom an's character if he will look at the noses of other women who meet her. The extent to which they turn up at. such times shows Just what she is or Isn't" Chicago Times-Herald. To Pnlafc Johnny. Francis Parkman, the historian, had a Mosaic idea of justice. A friend met him one day walking along the street leading a street boy with either, hand. "What in the world are you i doing, Parkman?" asked his friend. "I found that Johnny here had eaten all of the apple IfiBtead of dividing with his little brother. ' I am going to buy another for. the- younger boy and make Johnny watch him while he eats It" " s- What Was Wajrfted. "Please, I want a pennorth of er er I want er er" "Have you forgotten what you came tor''' ; .-. - TTes; that s what I want," "What?" 'KJamphorV-Mooiishine. ,-. ; . . "Bbya Heed. - Mamma We must get a nurse for the baby. . - -.. . : .: ; . Papa Nurse nothing! What he needs s a night watchman. Exchange.' 'sassVSs-BssWssM .; tt .j .y The Appetite of av Goa ;,. . 1m envied by- all poor ' dyspeptics, whose stomach and liver are out of order. All such should : know that Dr. King's New Life Pills, the won derful Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound diges tion and a regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great en ergy. . Only 25 cents, at R. R. Bel lamy's drug store. :" f For over vmy Years Mbs. Winslow's SooTHrsa Btbup has been used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for . their - children while teething with perfect success. It BAOthea thft child. - aoftnn tha emmm and allays all pain; cures wind colic, ana is ine oen remeay ror diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immadiate.l'v. Sn1i k ilimonlrfa In every part of the world.v.:Twenty-five ccuis a ootue. ee sure ana ask lor "Mrs. . WInslow's Soothing Syrup. and take no other kind. -z1 . The Kind Yon Haw Always Booght ' Bemtts';.; w m wm . ' ' H IS Fl RST RECOGNITION. ; (The Tarnlns Potat In, the Career of ; JU; ,f . HthaleK Hawthorne. . '-ftJrZigip The first i reading of ."The Scarlet LetteV!. has been told In Tv-'W. Hig ginson's book of essayB,' JfGootempo raries." The ' reading was given to the author's dearest critic, his wife. During the entire winter when he was at work upon the book he seemed op pressed by some secret anxiety. - "There was a knot in his forehead all the time,'j.aald Mrs. Hawthorne. ;; Finally one evening he went' to her and said that he had written something which he ' would , like 1 to. ; read aloud. The work amounted to very little, but stm he would like to read it All that evening he read, but as. the. romance was unfinished at bedtime; his wife made no comments, knowing that he disliked criticism until one had heard the whole. - - The next night rh read again, and now her suspense grew so unendurable that In the midst of a moving scene she sank from her low ; stool to the floor, pressed her: hands to her ears and declared that she could pot bear to hear it. . ' Hawthorne put down, the manuscript and looked at her in amazement. "Do you really feel It so much?" he asked. "Then there must be something in It." . ' :r - V" -- ' The next day the manuscript was de livered to . the publisher, - and . on the following morning Mr. James T. Felds, the publisher, appeared at the author's door. When he was admitted, he caught the little boy of the family in his arms and asked, "You splendid little fellow, do ypa know what a father you haver? He had sat up all night to read the manuscript and had posted out to Salem In the early morning. After his Interview with the publisher- Haw thorne came down stairs with a firm step and walked about, his face illu mined by, new hope and vigor. The world had found him out. Recognition was at the door. . 'FRANCE THE TEUTONIC. Parts of the Kepmblle Are aa Haeh . German as the Fatherland. The northern third of . France and half of Belgium are today more Teu tonic than the south of Germany. This should not occasion surprise when we remember the Incessant downpour of Teutonic tribes during the whole his toric period. " It was a constant pro cession of Goths from all points of the compass Franks,, Burgundians and others. " France was entirely overrun by the Franks, with the exception of Brittany, by the middle of the sixth century. All through the middle ages this part of France was German in language and customs as welL The very name of the country is Teutonic. It has the same, origin as Franconia, in southern Germany. In 812 the council of Tours, away down south, ordained that every bishop should preach both In the Bo- manic and the Teutonic languages. ' The Franks reserved their German speech 400 years after the conquest. Charlemagne was a German. His courtiers were all Germans. He lived and governed from outside the limits of modern France. . The Ab.be Sieves uttered an ethnological truism when. in the course of the French revolution, he cried out against the French aris tocracy, "Let us send them back to their German marshes whence they earner London Express. The Serrsat Problem la Mexleo. "You foreigners,' says a Mexican woman quoted by a correspondent of the Boston Transcript, "are so silly with servants. You come here and ex claim, 'How awfully - the . Mexicans treat their servants r and then you give them iron beds and mattresses stuffed with wool, where with us they have to, lie down to sleep on their straw mats, as is best for them. .You think it nice to give them ribbons for their hair and neck, and some of yon put the women in corsets and make them wear caps and aprons I This turns the heads of the young women, and they think they are real senoras (ladies) and grow impudent. That Is how yon spoil our servants, who, When they get angry with us, talk -up loudly and say they will go and live in a foreign family I .Ah, you foreigners are so shortsighted. Soon yon will see how there are no more good, loyal, old fash ioned servants I You pet a race which needs firmness and discipline, real kindness, not pampering." . A maker's Di There is no profanity in saying that any certain thing "Is not worth a tink er's dam," although It is -so considered by many. The expression originated many years ago,' when tinkering, or mending, leaky .vessels was much crud er than It is now. In former times the use of rosin . to check the flow of solder when placed on tin was not generally understood, at least by the roving tinkers. Wtxen one of these gentlemen of the road found a Job, such as mending a wash boiler or other tin household, utensil, he would get from the housewife or domestic a piece of soft , dough. With this he would build a dam around the place where he Intended to put his solder. Inside of the circle thus formed he poured the melted lead. ; When the metal had cooled, . he would brush away the dam of dough that had con fined it to the desired limits. The heat had hardened the heavy paste and baked it thoroughly, so that it was ab solutely of no use for anything else. It became. one of, the most useless things in the world, and there waa not enough of It even to be worth while carrying to the pigs. ; Hence the expression, -' which - was originally intended to convey a certain Idea, appears to have been retained, While the origin is not generally known. . . y' She Apoloalaed. "AngelinaT.said the youth hotly as he entered the drawing room, "it remains. for you to say whether our mutual friendship shall continue or be ended here at once." - "What is the-matter V" asked the beau tiful girl, opening her lovely orbs to their widest extent. , ; . - 'Tour father has Just called ine a atu-' pld young idiot." r : ; . "And you want me to apologize for himr , . .v . ., . do.': ; ;. -. . Then I cheerfully do it. Fether is al together too frank, and I bare often told him . that 'vti the truth shouldn't al ways be snnkea." , . ; ; But ho wns not satisfied, and another beautiful - romance has - been' blighted. London Tit Bits.- .'- Words .of A wfal Import. -. . "What won Id vnn An If vnn waa . convicted of a penitentiary offense?" ask ed Plodding Pete. i- -. , .. .. - " I dnever serve: me term," answered Meandering Mike.. . ' " - - . . "Maybe you'd have to." -; ; "No. De law would lose its grip on me rlcht dere ' An uinn na I hoanrt Aa 4n,i- . mv.. jUUgV say Imprisonment wit hard labor I'd drop dead."-Washington Star. - - " ." " Misunderstood. . Billson Hello, Jimsohl I've caught yon at last. I've been trying for three weeks to get hold of you, so as to-pay yon that $10 I owe you, but every time you sud denly disappeared. - . V- : Jimson-Eh? Have yon been wanting to see me for that?- : - . y - . ;. "Great snnlroat I fc.....i.. - uwuiu juu wanxeo to borrow more.'-New York Weekly""- 'iU'-3i-4.'Om''aa' Heatt.af. BMSJi f There is a man in Philadelphia ;who swears a commonplace looking littierpia: as a watch charm. , To the naked'.eye . It Is not different' from, the ; millions of other pins. Yet Its head is a mas terpiece of the engraver's art, for on it is engraved -the English alphabet in; old English lettering, and in the center is cut the year when It was done, 1900. - - ' '-.' . - - The naked eye cannot distinguish a scratch on the pin's head, but a pow erful magnifying glass, such as' is'used by a watchmaker, reveals the letters ofhe alphabet In proper order'around the edge of the head, every character separate and perfectly formed. ; There was on. exhibition at the Paris exposition last year, a marvel of lilll putian work,. the jwritlng of the Lord's prayer .'on paper one-eighth of an inch ; square. This was done by. Fred Swarts. Brink, a penman in Philadelphia." He regarded it as the finest work of the kind ever done, but when he saw. the engraving on the pin's head he , con fessed that, he had been outdone. He bought the work of the engraver, Au gust Starcke, for -a trifle and recently carried the pin to a Jeweler and re quested a- salesman '-ta.Jiave, It gold plated and a little ring soldered .on the ; body of the pin, so that he could attach It as a.charm to his watch chain. - . "Some sentiment connected with the "pin, eh?" asked the salesman. "None at all," replied the customer, ""Just look at the head through a glass." - . The Jeweler did so and then" discov ered the alphabet. The engraver who did the work spent one yearjat it, and so tedious was It that he could only Work at it a few mlnutest a time. Slexleo Boasts as Follows: In our country we have the follow ing: . . - . The highest mountain in North America, Popocatapetl; the deepest mine in the world, Valendana; the richest vein In the world and the one which has yielded the most silverthat of the mountain of Guanajuato; the most extensive and wonderful caves. those of Cacahuamllpa and Villa1 Gar cia; the oldest city Jn. the Americas, formerly Tollan, now. Tola; the oldest commercial house in America, the bookstore of Abadano, founded 211 years ago; the city in which printing was first established in the new world, Mexico, In 1533; the sanctuary most venerated in America, that of Guada lupe, with which only may be compar ed that of Lourdes, in France; the peo ple whose tongue, like that of Basques, cannot be classified among any of the continent, the Serl; the capital with a higher altitude than the other cities of its country, Mexico; the biggest known tree, the "Santa Maria del Tnle," in Oaxaca; the most recently created vol cano, Jorullo; finally the ruler now In power, who has done most to preserve peace in all the countries of America freed from Spanish rule, General Por- firio Diaz. Correo de Sohora. Hot He Loved MasanlayS -"Macanlav iinnn. u..i.. i DrCVes!" StiId Smith nmortl - - -w " - ..u.u.cru UU( day. "1 have observed in him of lat uaaues oi suence. xne "sonorous vivae Ity" of this enormous talker nettled 0Xa.t. a. m n . ... buuui, woo iouna ir impossible often t u wit ma wisaom. i wilt I conld write poetry like yoa." he com plained to a friend. "I would write ac Inferno, and I would-put Macaulaj among a number of disputants and eat hhn!" . Another contemporary described Sa caoiay as "slopping all over on every sub ject and standing in the slops." WHOLESALE PRICES CUEREIT. tar xne tonowing qnotaoons ions represent In making up to be charged. wnoiesaie rnoes generauy. small orders bioher crlces nave Tne Quotations are always tnven as accurately as possible, bat the Bias will not be responsible ror any vanaoons irom uie ancoai msriet pneo ox uie arBoies anoiea SAGentQ- SB Jute... .... Standard...... ..... ..... Burlaps - WXSTKRN BMOKXD-- ' s Hams a . 14 10 ' Bides B Shoulders f . DBT SALTED Bides .... ... Bhoulderstl S. .9M mo mo 9 BABBJCL8 Bplrtts Turpentine- Seoond-hand, each. 185- Beoond-hand machine...... 1 35 1 45 1 45 1 50 1 50 New New York, each....... New City, each ............. BRICKS - Wilmington V M Northern ................... BUTTKK North Carolina y B Northern OOBN MKAIi Per bosbeU In sacks ........ Virginia Meal ...... COTTON TTE V handle...... CANDLES fj p Sperm - Adamantine COFFEE - Laguyra.. Bio..: 8 6 50 a oo IS j 75 75 1 30 ir 8 n 9 O TO) O 14 00 O o o o o E o o o o 18 28 mi mi 40 85 11 KM 11 0 DOHS8TIOB Sheeting, 4-4, f) yard Yarns. V banch of S Sb .... - IBH .- ' Mackerel, No. 1, barrel. . . 22 00 MackereL No. l. half-bbl. 11 oo O 80 00 O 15 00 tl8 00 9 00 O 14 00 O 45 S . 9 00 8 85 10 O 5 00 a 25 O 8 60 8 85 O- 4 SO O JO Mackerel, No. S, barrel... 16 00 ' MackereL No. S fJ half-bbl.. 8 00 mackerel. No. a, barrel... Mallets, 1 barrel Mullets, Vpork barrel...... ' N. O. Boe Herrmg, V keg.. Dry Cod, D . u Extra....... f LOUB a ? . . Low grade Choice....... Straight IS 09 4 50 8 00 5 00 6 400 8 00 8 95 S 60 485 8 First patent .......... BLUE f 8 BAIN bushel Corn, from store,hgs White 79 O & 83 78 55 ... 70 52 90 5 .11 10 06 60 95 95 on mixeauorn Oar-load, in bgs White... Oats, from store ............ oatBrBost Proof ............ Oow Peas.. ............... ,.i HIDES 77 5S 67 CO 85 O ureensaitea.... r . il i 00 Q 40 O 90 O 90 75 3 O 18 O VIJ II I llfc. ...... ...... Dry salt HAYV100S8 No 1 Timothy. ...... Bice 8traw.. ........ Eastern............ - Western N. C. Orooi 80T nwr iu.ua. m a.. 8J4 is- 14 85 Nortnera Factory. . . . ueurj uream..... iaix cream LABD. B Northern , !. ...'...; rU-.i, ,." '8 '-"Hortu Carolina.............. g LIME. barrel ...."" j 15 LUMBEB (city sawed) V M ft - O o o , Dmp eras, resawea ... is 00 Bough edge Plank is 00 west India cargoes, accord- Itagto QuaUty. is 00 vDressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 BcantUBK and Boarrt nnmB ia nn OS0 00 O16 00 O 18 00 O 28 00 O 15 00 O f V. 88". O ; 81 MOLASSES, m gallon f . , . wpaooes, in hegsheao..;. . Barbadoes. In barre.in . Porto Bloo, In hogsheads... . , Porto Bloo, in barrels....... - Sugar House, la hogaheaasv- Sugar Hoase, in barrels.... Bvrnu. In barrels. . - .80 80 18 14 16 : 85 88 lfTfi.-:5 i city Mess...i........ samp Prime 17 00 17 00 16 50 : 88 81 85 -1 10 11 OAUXt -yi OOUfti Aiiiiq,, 1 05 60 6 A WW vr.ua, jb v wlKUIIUkni Uran'U White Extra C.T......"" 0 S O Yellow... ..-4 -"';:'-4 ' 8J4iSi:a" m...., 6 00 14 09 Common m Fair mill. Prime mill Extra mill " " "' BHTNGLEfljlta Cyprees sawo.t I w if0".... ......... - " Bap...... ........ t Sxao.Heart.. WHISKEY, KRllon aoii ' .11 f M'HYI isaf.W.. ,11211 'I I -rum OTAJ Mrwi- ban B. O. HoffahAiuV . TTMBEB, flM feelhipplngU a id no fOO S 6 60 6 60 0- 7 60 8 0J 5 8 SO as' 7 00 5 60 6 00 60 O 4 00 8 60 800 "" . a sio tm MLiC WILMINGTON MAEKET "Si:;, rQaoted officially at the closing by the Produce 1 - . . Exchange.J : .. '- :STAR OFFICE, August 22. SPIRITS TTJRPENTINE-Market steady at 83c per gallon for machine made casks and 32c per gallon for country-casks. : '. -1 -v ROSIN Market firm at 95c per bar rel for strained and $1.00 per barrel for good strained. .; - -' . ' i TAR Market firm ' at $1.35 per bbl of 280tts; - "y1: CRUDE TURPENTINE - Market ?uiet at $1.00 per, barrel for hard, $1.90 or dip, and r for virgin. ": , Quotations same day last , year Spirits turpentine ' nothing : doing; rosin firm at $L201.25; tar quiet at $1.40; crude turpentine nominal at $L202.20. v .. BECE1PTS. Spirits turpentine, i i . . ; . . I i. . . . .' 112 Rosin . . '.; ... i . ... 201 Tar. . . . . . 242 Crude turpentine. : : . i . T. . . v 27 t Receipts same day last year 122 casks spirits . turpentine, , 354 bbls rosin, 65 bbls tar,' 200 bbls crude tur pentine. . ... . . COTTON. i Market dull on a basis of 8c per pound for middling. Ordinary ... ..... Good ordinary .... . Low middling. . . . : . Middling .......... Good middling. Quotations 5 9-16 eta. V M 6 15-16 " " 7 8 9-16 "- 8 5-16 - Same day last year middling nogi inp doing... ' Receipts- bales; same day last year, 17. f Corrected Begnlarly by Wilmington Produce . commission Merchants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants. J OOtrNTEY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 70c; - extra - prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c. Virginia Prime, 50c f extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. Spanish, 75c. CORN Firm, 75 to 77c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c EGGS Fir m at 16 17c per dozen. i CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 22 to 25c; springs, 1020c . TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 26c. TALLOW Firm at 56c pound. . SWEET POTATOE8 Nothing ing. .' FINANCIAL MARKETS. Br Telegraph to the Morning star. ' Nrw Yobx, Autr. 22. Money on call steady at 22 per cent. : the last loan 2& per cent. Prime mercan tile paper 4Ji 5 per cent. Sterline ex change steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at 48654 for. demand and 484 484& for sixty days. Posted rates 485 ana 488. Commercial bills 483K484. ' Bar silver 58K- Mexican dollars 45V. Grovernment bonds steady. State bonds 'inac tive. Railroad bonds, firm. U. B. refunding 2's, jeg'd, 107M; U. 6L, refu'g 2's, coupon, 107M; U. S. 2's, reg'd, ; U. S. 8's, reg'd, 108Ji ; do. coupon, 108X; U. 8. 4'snew reg'd, 137; do. coupon, 137; U. a 4's, old reg'd, 113; do. coupon, 113; U. S. 5's, reg'd, 107X; do. coupon, 107; tjoutnern Jbtaiiway a 'a 117 M. Stocks Baltimore & Ohio 103 ; Chesapeake oc Unio 46M; Manhattan L 118; ti.Y. Uentrall53X; Reading 42J; do. 1st prefd 79 X ; do. 2nd pref'd 54; St Paul 166. ; do. prefd, 187; SouthernAL' x ttbjf ou7s , uu. jroi u of g , txtuaina- ma'd Copper 118 ; American Tobacco 134K -.People's Gas 112K ; Sugar 134 X ; T. C & Iron 64H; U. S. Leather 13 5f; do. orefd, 81Jsf ; Westr Uaion 92ft ; U. S. Steel 43 i; do preferred 93; Mexican National 11. Standard Oil 765770. Baltimore, Aug. 23. Seaboard Air Line, common, 28428; do. pre ferred, 50. Bonds 4's 82&82jiV NAVAL stores markets By Telegraph to the Morning Star.' New York, Aug. 22. Rosin steady. Spirits turpentine quiet. OHARLE8T0B, Aug. 22. Spirits tur pentine Nothing doing; quotations omitted. Rosin firm and unchanged. ; Bavahnah, Aug.22. Spirits turpen tine firm at 83c; receipts 1,139 casks; sales 1,303- casks; exports 497 casks. Rosin firm; receipts 1,440 barrels; sales 280 barrels; exports 3,020 barrels.- Prices unchanged. COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning star. NEW YORK, August 22. The mar- aet ror cotton futures opened steady in tone with prices one to three points lower under room liquidation and light Southern pressure, in the absence of substantial investment support. The cable news was distinctly bullish, crop reports were fully as unfavorable as at any time of late, and advices from dry goods centers indicated a con tinued revival in ; business. " Before 10 :30 , o'clock the early decline had not only been regained but a decided advance was 'scored on room cover ing and evidences of great strength in Liverpool; particularly in the spot market and in near months contracts. Foreign bavin c . hrdArs and dam.n Tor New Orleans interests tended to aid in slowly strengthening the mar ket. Then came reports of light but general rains in Texas, with forecast for showers over , eastern Texas to night and to-morrow. This caused profit-taking and some set back. The final cables from LivAnwri rtte. underlying bull confidence and a strong speculative feeling. Near-midday, rumors gained circulation that New Orlean shorts were in bad posi tion and at the mercy of t strong bull clique which owned the fculk of Au gust and September contracts. These were not at ttrst believed, but later in the day . sensational advances in th near months in that market settled all doubt in theauestinn. RAnth in orders beean to nour intn market and by ,2 P. M. the market here was strong at a" net gain for the day of fifteen tn jwntu. Ihere was no pressure to sell, other nau 01 oneranes for nrofits h vous room holders. Th ... absorbed readily k-..wj JLi. stricken shorts nd bylWnxeti ln ke?p,il,., former devel opments. Little cotton wlrL those ' 8eebin' nwfla , j r ready market fnll4 - about the best thedaytThe T V . . T "llTOU points mgner. EmI7 Tom5 A:23-iCottbn steady middling uplands 8 S16c October" Spot cotton closed stead v at iiii ntte5" ddling nplanJ s 5l6et 220 bales; tioWMSr, FSba t4a?Idate4--Net recfi&M oaies; exports to: Vmm. enui . exports td the CoV;nt79,882balelJ i cotton 1 futures market closed steady W ,oi, eeptember 7. 52. 7.63. November 7 (!i tw..Jw i otaj since SenbTv. eipts 7,479,671 IhBSlU Britain France 3,035,989 728.8K9 k-i:, gontment 2,609,192 Alio- 9.9. ni ""iei . 1i net receipts 839 bales'. 2s Wj,, atSXc, net receinu W'ofc more, nominal at 8c ;;fl bales; Boston, steadVS; S6,1 ceiDts hou... Ai83-ls nuuipuio, urm at ceipts baler.: SaoV.W net receipts 120 . . '77JL1L1 ua.it-.- in urm at o Y-16C. net Mobile, nominal ntllMJ balejMemphis.quietatsT'S 39 bales; Aueusta. fiVi3 receipts 31 bales; ChaVw'! 7Mc, netreceints 11 iSI l-KUDUCEJIARKE By Telegraph to the Rye flour firm. Wheat Ja? No.2red78Mcf.oh 76c at elevator. OptZ ; early weakness as a J pointing cables, short selbn. 1 Northwest receipts. TW?1 ered. however, on a .' ueaanubos. iud market closinsr at lAffhn: September closed 76 c- oL'l Spot quit and easy: No s?,.,1 vator. Options were dull first under hauidatin J '! West, lower cables and'the cline, but later rallied on th. nuv.,.1,.i1.u. iiira eased near the. close on real 17 nrifAR WAN iirfhSn r .ysx luvrer fj tnnn oonv . KAntamlu. -. .'4 October closed --c: D( 62Xc. Oats-Snot stead,; hT, western steam $y 15; tefin ovuusr Btettuy; creamery 1M fancy small white 9C; faun, White 9c. Tallow steady cit, Potatoes quiet; Jersejs $3 ijong island fo w3 so i sweets, yellow, $3 5U4 50. Liverpool Cotton bv swis Cabbage steady. Pork steady, w imw quieb; iair reiiiiing 3 7. nuts steady; fancy hand-pic other domestic 2J4c. En State and Pennsylvania ISm ton seed oil dull and a shade 1 Prime crude, in barrels nomiui per dc- summer yellow 4040Vc;off ti yeuow odoc;primewmte; winter yeuow 44c; prime meaid . Chicago. August wheat to-day closed f c. higW ing nrmea on an improvement export situation. Uorn September ic. lower. oats were iic. weaker and sions 2i5 to 10c. depressed. CHICAGO, AUg. 22. Cashqnoi Flour Market quiet. What! spring c; No. 3 spring 65 No. 2 red c. Corn No, No. 2 yellow 57c Oats-I 35X36Mc; No. 2 white 37M No. 0 white 37C 3Se. Kye-S 58c Mess pork, per barrel, 14 35. Lard, per 100 lbs, 8 90. Short rib sides, loose, 8 30. BTy salted shoulders, $7257 50. Short clear sides $8 80 8 90 Whiskey-Basis wines, $129. The leading futures ranged lowg opening, highest, lo einsinir? W hunt No 2 fieri 7ox7r,, ''Stfox, 7m xm2x, 73M. m 73W; May 76 76ir. 7777f 76c -Corn No. 2 SeptemW 56, 56, 56X563c; VecewM 59, 59, 58a58X, 5858&: 61K, 61, 60X, 60cc. Qd September 35, 35, SiM cember 36. 36, 36,,36)i! 3838X,S8. 38X,38. f bbl-September $14 45, 14 4!, 14 30; October $14 50, 14 SO, il 14 37X; January $15 57K, t 15 45, 15 45. Lard, per 100 M tember $8 92 8 92X, 8 m October $9 02, 9 02, 8 & January $8 87U, 8 8714, 8 77, Short ribs per 100 fts SeptenM 8 30, 8 25, 8 25; October 8 40, 8 S2, 8 35; January tSOC 7 90, 7 95. FOREIGN ny Cab! to the Momms s - Liverpool, August 22, 4:81 Gottont Spot, fair demand: firmer; American middling s 32d; good middling 5 l-32d; d 4d: low middlinsr 4 17-324: dinary 4 9-32d; ordinary 4 1$E sales of the day were 12,0 which 500 bales were for sped and export and included 10,59 American. v Receipts 2,200 b American. T Futures onened auiet and barely steady; American midij m. c.) August 4 37-64d buyer; and September 4 34-64d i tember 4 34-64d seller : Octobe C ) 419-64d seller; October vf vember 4 15-64d seller: Noven: December 4 12-644 13-64d M cember and January 4 iz-i seller; January and Februafl 4 13-64d buver: February 4 12-64a4 13-64d buver: M April 4 12-644 13-64d buyer. MARINE j V ; ARRIVED. Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, f ville, T D Love. Stmr A J Johnson. Robesoi Rub, W J Meredith. ' ;:-::"' CLEARED. , ' Stmr Driyer, Bradshaw, ville, T D Love. MARINE DIRECTOKl: , k.tst of Timli m th " : T SOHOONEES. Ida O Schoblcraf t, 304 tons Georce Harriss. Son&W1 Carrie A Bucknam, 226 m J T Riley & Co. -Jvr,: - - . BARQUES. Robert Scrafton, (Nor) 724 sen, Heide & Co. BY RIVER AND l- Receipts ef Naval Stores YeBterday W.& W. barrels crude turpentine. , w. u, cc a. '".J spirita lurpeniine, j, 35 barrel-Ktar fcarrels cm a CRailroad-5 -1 pentine, 32 barrels rosi". a A. 6? Y. Railroad'151 turpenUne, 5 barrels tsr. Steamer A J. UZ, TrAmit 4K Dai'1" KtMmnr Uriver w "TM mntlii 71 harrels rOffl"- m tarr21 barrels crude turp ft Total Spirits turpeu- rodn, 201 barrels; w t crude turpentine, 27 barre
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