BY WTl.i.UB U. BtiltHARD
- wilminutuj. jx. c. ;
SA.TUROA M.0RKIM6.' AUGUST 24.
CAN THE SOUTH HOHOPOLIZE IT!
Thel South,, haa .practically a mo
nopoly of the cotton-growing busi
ness now, as she has had ever since
cotton became a commercial' crop,
But can she hold it ?. .' There are op
timists who believe she can. But if
she can it will ,.be ; only upon certain
conditions, amounting practically to
a revolution in business. Those who
believe that the can retain her post
tion in the lead as a world cotton
supplier, assert that with the world's
increasing population, the civiliza-
- tion and bettermenof the backward
nations, the demand for cotton goods
will increase until in the not far dis
tant ffeture it will require a crop of
50,000,000 bales to supply the
world's demand, or something over
three times as much as it does now,
and they contend that the cotton belt
of the South should furnish 38,000,-
000 bales out of these 50,000,000.
-- While there is no doubt : what-
ever that the demand for cotton
. goods will increase rapidly in the
future, and while we furnish 10,
000,000 bales out of the 14,000,000
required for the world's consump
tion, it will be a good many years
yet before tne world will require
50,000,000 bales and a good many
more years before this country will
supply nearly four fifths of it. - We
do not think the optimists who take
such a rosy view of the future, and
the part the American cotton
planter will play in it, take suffi
ciently into .consideration the com
petition the American planter will
have to meet. Up to this time he
has had practically no competition,
which gave him a sure market, al
though not a sure price when he put
his cotton upon it:
la it going to be so in the future?
' Are there no other parts of the world
in which cotton can be grown, the
kind of cotton the mills want? What
about the large area in Southern
Siberia, a fertile open prairie, where
all the planter has to do is put his
plow m the soil, turn it over and
plant the seed? No forests to be cut
down, stumps pulled, or lands to be
ditched. Nothing of tbat kind, but
wide open country resembling much
the laud of the Mississippi Valley,
'which growB cotton equal, accord
ing to some of our consuls, to the
best American cotton. The produc
tion is increasing there almost as rap
idly, proportionately, as it did in the
first few years " after the revival or
rather resurrection of the industry
in the South after the war. Within
the next few years that territory
will produce all the cotton the Bus
. sian mills will need. There are
something over 200 mills now and
they are steadily on the increase.
These Russian mill operators are
looking not only to ' supplying the
Russian demand for cotton goods
but have their eyes upon China
where they expect to find a great
market. While our manufacturers
- are looking at it from one side across
a continent and an ocean, thev are
looking at it from the other, and
have a back door entrance, so to
speak, where they will be sure of the
"open door."
What the capacity of Southern
Siberia is as a cotton producer has
not yet been tested but enough is
known from the experiments already
made and the progress of the indus
try so far to show that it is capable
of producing many millions of bales.
The planters now have and will have
for some time to come, until the in-,
dustry becomes thoroughly 1 estab
lished, the encouragement and sup
port of both the government and
the cotton manufacturers and they
are sure of a home market that will
pay them for their labor. .
How about the German posses
sions in West Africa, some three hun
dred thousand, square miles greater
Ahan the cotton producing area in
the South, which is said to be as
well adapted to the culture of cot
ton as the ; Southern States are.
There are doubtless some sections
of it where cotton will grow better
than in others, as is the- case in the
- -Sonthrbt it is saidihat both cli
'mate and sbiljare ail that the cotton
plant requires.. Suppose this area
were not half as large as it is, there
would stfllt be territory,: enough to
r prove a serious factor in cotton-production
after the industry became
- established there. As to this terri
. tory it has yet to be demonstrated
as to the yield of cotton and the
, quality .produced. But) unless the
accounts and .predictions be: exag
gerated the German mills will at no
distant day draw much if not the
'bulk of their supplies from the Ger
. jnsa possessions in West Africa.
' - Then how about that large area
, running across the Northern part
of .Brazil, .larger than the cotton
area of the South, where it is said
cotton will grow at well as it does in .
, the South? , Experiments are ' now
' being made in thai country.
Of course, there is more ; or s less
speculation In ill UbJsy and some of
the claimants for jthese'ewxcptton
territories'may be too sanguine, bnt
making due allowance ' for exagger
ation there is still enough to justify
the belief that the South is to. find
competition in the future from, each
cf these new fields. : " : - -
How is the South going too .meet
ii? Uct by izcrczzizs hp acrer
and adding 'to the world's crop, to
which these new territories will be
contributing, but by reducing, the
acreage, resorting to intensified
farming; raising more on one acre
instead of mote on more acres, thus
reducing the cost of production,
which must be the main factor in
competition. This, with diversified
farming, making the farm a farm
instead of aone crop producer, and
making the farmer non-dependent
upon the cotton crop, will, enable
the planters of the South to hold
their own, even with competition
and larger crops than they now pro
duce, i
RUMORS ABOUT DTTERyEBTIOH
The latest rumors about interven
tion in South Africa are to the effect
that the Czar of Russia will broach
the subject to the Emperor of Ger
many, when if he seems that way
inclined the tender , of "friendly
intermediation will be jointly made
by the Czar, the Emperor and Pres
ident Loubet, of France, with the
addition, perhaps, of the Queen of
Holland, the only one of them that
takes a' real interest in the Boers.
It is thought that the time is op
portune for such an oiler, as it is
now. without, some outside aid, of
which there is no apparent pros
pect, simply a question of endur
ance with the twelve or thirteen
thousand Boers who are still in
arms.
.They can keep up desultory war
fare for an indefinite period, for it
isn't easy to corner or capture them
in a country where they have so much
room to move, with every .mile of
which they are familiar, ' and they
can't afford to offer or be forced into
a pitch battle. They have doubtless
been holding out with, the hope of
intervention, which . would secure
them better terms than they could
obtain without it.
There may or may not be some
thing in these rumors, but as the
English people are far from being
satisfied with the situation of affairs
in South Africa, where they have
200,000 men to hold a mere handful
in check and are spending a million
dollars a day, they would doubtless
gladly welcome "friendly" interven
tion, . whatever the war mana
gers might do. There is a grow
ing feeling also- that popular
sentiment in this country, which
is believed to be in sympathy with
the Boers, will eventually . force the
government to intervene, which,
however, it is not likely to do unless
political exigencies suggest the
expediency of such a movement.
It is not to the credit of any of the
leading nations that they have stood
by and silently witnessed the ruth
less progress of this unequal contest,
where scores confronted one.
HE OUGHT TO DECLIHE.
A question has arisen whether Ad
miral Howison is a proper person to
sit as one of the judges in the Schley
Court of Inquiry. Some time ago,
when the question as to whether
the honor of the Santiago victory
belonged to Admiral Schley or to
Admiral Sampson, he was inter
viewed by a newspaper reporter,
spoke in eulogistic terms of Samp
son, deprecatingly of - Schley and
unreservedly declared that the honor
of the victory belonged to Sampson.
The substantial correctness of this
interview has never been ques
tioned. On the strength of this Admiral
Schley's counsel has called the at
tention .of the Navy Department to
it and requested that some other
Admiral be named instead of Howi
son. in reply the Acting Secretary
declined o comply on the ground
that such action didn't seem quite
proper, but that it would be left to
the court to decide as to the compe
tency, of Hawison to sit as one of
the judges.
Whether having expressed such
pro-Sampson sentiments some time
ago would prevent Admiral Howi
son from rendering an impartial
verdict when he came to decide as
a judge depends on the kind of a
man he is, whether he has the
moral courage to reverse himself.
But the impression prevails with
many that he would be largely in
fluenced by these previous utter
ances, and that being the case, and
as the findings of this court should
be decisive and without the suspi
cion of unfairness, if Admiral How
ison took the proper view of it he
would decline to serve, which he
could most properly do under the
circumstances, and for which he
would be applauded by public senti
ment. A soldier's honor should be
above suspicion, and he should
think too much of his to expose it
to suspicion.
Does cause lots of trouble some
times, and kicking a poodle which
belonged to a woman, brought a big
bunch of trouble to Mr. Gottschalk.
of Syracuse, N. Y., who is by pro
fession a i detective. Passing down
a street he detected the poodle and
couldn't resist the temptation to
kick that poodle into the street. The
owner of the poodle saw him, struck
out for him and gave him a large
slice of her mind in the most em
phatic Syracuse language. Then
she got a whip, waited for his re
turn, jumped on him and walloped
him and the only reason why she
did not r larrup him more was be
cause he rail a livelier sprinter than
m ' a . w '
she was and she conian't jceep up
with bin. -' : : . ' 1 ' . '
It has been discovered that
most of the medals bestowed upon
British soldiers if or conspicuous
bravery were sooner or later pawn
ed by the "heroes" to relieve press
ing needs while waiting for their
pay. Atlanta Journal, Dem.
The number of tragic deaths
that have occurred recently in Sa
vannah goes to prove the old asser
tion that these things rarely, come
singly. It has often been noticed
here that one tragedy will be closely
followed by several others. It in
dicates that there must be. some
thing in the hypnotist's contention
as to the power of : suggestion.-tfa-vannah
Hews, Dem.
Admiral Schley never drinks
any kind of intoxicating liquor; but
now it is said that a new charge -that
of being drunk at Santiago is
to be brought against him. When
the fellows who were jealous of Gen.
eral U. S. Grant said the same thing
about him to Lincoln, the great War
President said: "Let me know the
brand of his whisky, and I'll" send a
barrel of it to each of the other gen
erals, in the field." Brooklyn Citi
zen, Dem.
"The building of several hun
dred cotton mills m the South
during the past two years," says the
Indianapolis Journal, "has resulted
in a surplus of goods .that must be
got rid of. Eastern manufacturers
suggest a reduction of wages." And
in the same two years the West In
dses and South America have bonght
$100,000,000 worth of such goods, of
which we have suppled 2 per oent.
It might be well for our mills to let
"the East" rest awhile and look out
for the markets next door to them.
Charleston News and Courier,
Dem.
TWIMCLINQS
Hope is a mighty big deceiver,
but de woiT is folio win' after him
Jake a race hoss on a plank road. At
lanta Constitution.
"Man wants but little here
below," remarked the landlady. "And
here is the place to get it," continued
the facetious boarder. Tit-Bits.
"Did you have a good time on
your vacation fn "Well, I should
guess yes! It will take me a year to
get out of debt" Brooklyn Eagle.
Church Wasn't that unusual
for McKinley to decline a third term)
Gotham Oh, very unusual. Moat
Presidents don't have to. Yonkers
Statesman.
Bodrick The advertisement
said it wu a great stopping place for
tne leisure class, van Albert was
it sol Roderick Yes ; a dozen tramps
stopped at the kitchen every morning.
Chicago News.
The Worry of It: "Mrs. Gotrox
is always making excuses for those
good for-nothing sons of hers." "Yet,
and Mr. Gotrox has to make al
lowances for them. That's what makes
him so sore." Philadelphia Press.'
Couldn't Make Comparison
Parson Jackson "In de mattah ob
watehmelon. I s'pose you' b'liebe
stolen fruits am always sweetest."
Sam Johnson "I dunno; I ain't nebah
eat any but de one lkind"Philadel-
pnta rress.
"Your wife is fully a head
taller than you. is she not!" . "Yes.
one naa a chance, though, to marry
a man a head taller than herself, but
she said she couldn't bear the idea of
of playing second fiddle in a family
oi freaks "Boston Transcript.
"Are you sorry you stole that
cookie off the tablet" asked the moth
er, who had just administered a sound
spanking to her offspring, "x Yes,"
said Johnnie between sobs, "b but
rmglad I didn't take two." Ohio
State Journal.
Bacon "What was the trouble
between you and your wife!" Eg
bert "Oh, only a little difference
about some repairs to a hole in my
trousers." "Well, how did it come
Yonkers Statesman.
Genial Doctor (after laughing
heartily at a joke ot his patient's) "Ha I
Ha! Hal There's not much the matter
with you I Though I -. do believe if you
were oh your deathbed you'd make a
jokel" Irrepressible Patient "Why.
of course I should. It would be my
last chance r launch.
' Weldon News: Mr. T. G. Pugh
died at his home in Northampton
county last Saturday. Several days
ago he had a strokejof paralysis and de
clined rapidly. A negro giving his
name as William Katon was arrested
here Tuesday night on suspicion of be-
in implicated in an assault on a lady
in Pitt county. Eaton says his home
is at Henderson and that he has been
working in Pitt county. He claims
that he is innocent of the charge, but
admits that he knows something about
it, and says that a negro who worked
with him, but who is much, smaller
than he is, is the man wanted. Eaton
was arrested by Mr. D. A. Lawrence,
night yard , master . for the Atlantic
Coast Line.
Glorious Hows
Comes from Dr. D. B. Oargile, of
Washita, L T. He writes: "Four bot
tles 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 her cure is complete
and her health is excellent." This
shows what thousands have proved
tbat Electric Bitters is the best blood
purifier known. . It s the supreme rem
edy for Eczema, Tetter, Salt Bheum,
Ulcers, Boils and Running Sores. It
stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels,
expels poisons, helps digestion and
builds up the strength. Only 50 cents
a bottle. Sold by B. B. Bellamy,
druggist. Guaranteed. t
For orar Virtr Yoaro
Mrs. Wisslow's Soothhto Syrup ha
been' used for over fifty years by sail
lions 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 is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Sola by druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty-five
cents a bottle. ,: Be sure and ask for
"Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup,
and take no other kind.
Omo or D. H. Hardy, Seo. ot Btate, i
, AUBTIH, TlX HOY. 21, 19C0. . f
splsnoid remedy and aid for my teething chil
dren. When mv oldest ttor m. fawrthlntr hll
ev7 suooeedlng day warned us that w would
lnevftaoly lose nun. I happened upon TEETH-!,-
and began at once administering it to
"m buu uib uuurvTuuBut wu mariN in xi
hy e cntanUy kept it and need It since with
my children, and hays taken great pleasure in .
Bounding us pralaes to all mothers of young
children. I found it lnraluable even after the
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Tb Hind Voa Hawlwtys
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Faison Journal: Hay mowers
m rm nrAA 1 m nnminff inln : the fOmtriU-
nity From the long wet spell grass
has sprouted up every where; so the
farmers will save bay Tioueb for use
ii case foddtr is utsuoj ea.
Sfnt.lTia Nap-Ic Commonwealth:
Capt. J. M. Grizxard, one of the best
lrnnan anil iirM V rstmed Citizens
of this county iied ,at ... his home . in
Hallifaz Tuesday morning, auguai
ISth. at 1 o'clock, aged 71 years. v
Washington Proaress: Up to
the- present thirty-two horses have
died in f airneia ana near twice ui
number in Swan Quarter, and enough
h hala-AA rt TTvda eountv to
bring the number to about 200, and
. . .11. AM 4 Vi a stair
mere arc outers rcpvrci -.
list which means death if it is the
nm disease that others have died
with.
Charlotte Observer: The new
addition to the Orient (formerly the
inha nnttnn Mills is nearine com
pletion. The new building covers
nearly all of the vacant lot to the east
or the old mm. it is,iuvxsuo ieet, iwu
stories high, and will be equipped with
7,000 spindles and"" 160 looms. - The
entire equipment of the Orient will be
20,000 spinning spindles, 3,000 twister
spindles and 500 looms. The present
investment in new nuildings and ma
chinery is over $160,000. The Orient
will manufacture a fine grade of dress
goods.
Monroe Enauirer: Mr. ; W. S.
Mattox carries the United States mail
from Monroe to Lancaster. S. C. For
BAVAral HiTiMr Mattox has been look
ing for a Check for ten dollars from,
the contractor lor whom be was work
ing, and on last Monday a letter was
handed him by the postmaster, nr.
Mattox opened the letter and found
tnat it coniamea a cnecK ior ten dol
lars. Not stoDTjinar to read the letter.
Mr. Mattox had the check cashed at
once and not until a tracer arrived was
it discovered that the letter was not
for W. a Mattox, Monroe, N. O., but
was for W. 8. Mattrix, Monroe, Ga.
Names very much alike, postoffice
very much alike, and contents of let
ter just what Mattox and Mattrix were
expecting.
Colnmhna News:. Queen Coleman
was arrested Tuesday the 12th, charged
Willi operating; an uiiciii iuiuuwj uu
retailing without license, ai a pre
liminarv hearinir FridaT before U. 8.
Commissioner I. B. Tucker, he wss
bound over to court and in default of
$300 justified bond, was committed to
jail to await the action of the next
term of the district court to be held
th 7th nf Dtfhflr Buck Hinson
was arrested Sunday night, charged
with BBsanlt vHth in tant In ranA on
Fannie, the 13 year old daughter of
Mrs. roily waiters, riaay, oy mreat
ening her and discharging a pistol over
har hfuul FTinmnn wn arivATl a haar-
ing before magistrate Maultsby last
mesaay morning, ana in oeiauit oi
bail was committed to jail to await
trial at th n A-rt tarm nf Clnlumhus
Superior Court to be held here the
first week in Septembar.
From Gay to Grave.
There is an usher at one of the dowi
town theaters who ia a professional pall
bearer durin? the day. I get. he says
$2.50 for -v?ry pallbcaring engagement
and I like the work. -It is, yoa see. sad
a complete and pleasant change from mj
theatrical employment. I must wear t
gala smile at the theater at all times
and. the gayety there, the mirth and light
. heortedness prove very monotonous. 1
long for something in gloomy black, witl
a look of gloom in my eyes, and the sobi
I hear, the groans, the lamentations ant
the liignbrious mnsic are very soothing t
me after the eternal heartless jollity ot
the playhouse. I he two kinds of wort
diversify my life. I touch on two ex
tremes. I make, besides, a good deal oj
money. I have made $30 a week aa
pallbearer. At the theater my salary b
only $7.50. There are certain perquisite!
at the theater, however perquisites woi
through seating people which material
increase jny income. It is not an un
common thing among us ushers to b
pallbearers during the day. Philadel
phia Record.
Jfot a Suitable Refereace.
"Of course, yon quite understand thai
I shall call upon Mrs. Whiffler for youi
character," remarked Mrs. Taggerty tc
' the girl she bad just engaged.
"Certainly, m'm." replied the girl, "al
though I would rather you didn't, foi
Mrs. Whiffler is so eccentric that she -if
not always to be relied upon."
"In what way is she eccentric?"
"She insists that her husband is quit I
a model father and husband, and that
her children have never caused her t
moment's anxiety."
"H'm, not much in that."
"Then she says that she is perfectly
content with one new dress and one new
hat each season." -"H'm,
she Is eccentric, then!"
"And, finally, she has never attended
a bargain sale and says that the onl
things sold at them are the women wbc
trayl"
"Oh, the woman's mad! I shan't trou
ble her for your character. You can eomc
In when yon liker Cassell s Magazine.
An Exception.
"It makes ma tired to see the mannei
la . which these newspapers are ran."
said the man in the smoking compart-
meat as he took off his glasses and let
bis paper drop across his knees.
The man who sat next to him had one
lock of hair, ap oasis in a desert of scalp,
which ha spent most of the time in
smoothing reflectively. :
"I s'pose," ha said slowly, that yon
coma give 'em au points i
"I'm sure of it Couldn't yonf
"No; I don't think I could."
"Do yoa mean to say that yon couldn't
tell the editor how to ran his paper?" ex
claimed the man who had spoken firs in
a tone that had absolute dismay in it.
"I do indeed," replied the man with
the oasis earnestly.
"Well, I must say there are not many
like you."
"I know it. I used to be like yoa. Bui
now I m trying to run a newspaper my
self, and I tell yoa, my friend, I'm not
sayin a word: not a word. Fan.
A Budding- Financier.
Little Isaac, who was barely 6 yean
old, was. paid by his mother a penny a
dozen for pins picked ap from the carpet,
to Keep tne oaoy from getting tnem.
. "Nurse,'.- said little Isaac as his stock
of pennies increased, "do you know what
I am going to do when I have sixpence?"
"No," answered the nurse. ' -
"I am going to buy a paper of pins and
scatter them all over tne floor and then
pick them op," replied the young finan
cier. London Jewish World.
HI Starlit Not Offended.
Styles I do hate to see a woman
panging on to a strap in a street car.
Barton And so yoa alwavs eiv a
woman a seat when yon have one to
give?
Stylesr No, I never go quite so far as
that I gire,nTy; whole attention, to my
newspaper, you see. In that way my,
sight is not offended by the poor weary
woman. Boston Transcript - . -'
- . Tne Appetite of a Goas i:
Is envied by all poor dysDentics.
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 penect health and srreat en
ergy; Only 25. cents, at R. R Bki
iaht'S drug store. f
The Kind Yoi Haw Always Bought -
NEW SHORT STORIES
. Lord Kltcbener'a Seue of Jaatlce.
A sergeant of' the Boya!-engineers
who has" fust returned from the front
tells the following story of Lord Kitch
ener's stern, sense of, 1 justice. In the
sergeant's company there happened" to
be a private who always did his duty
in a quiet, unobtrusive manner, whieh.
gained for him a certain respect from
his immediate superiors and compan
ions. One morning this man presented
himself at the office and reported that
he was ill and unfit for duty. He was
ordered to appear before Dr. X.; the
medical officer of the corps, who .pro
nounced him in good health and order
ed him back to duty.
Against this verdict there was no ap
peal, and the soldier' returned to his
work, which was preparing planks for
a temporary bridge. He found it impossible-to
work-and mentioned the
fact to the sergeant,-with whom he
was on most friendly terms.
"Why not lay the case before Lord
Kitchener?" said the sergeant "He is
in the office now."
"Oh, I dare not," replied the man.
"He is too stand off and. cold."
"Well, If you're afraid I'll do it my
self ," and he did. .
"Order the man here at once," said
Kitchener without looking up, "and
also Drs. Y. and Z."
Each of these he made examine the
patient in his presence. Dr. Y. report
ed "typhoid in a marked stage." Dr.
Z. made the same diagnosis.
"Send for Dr. X. Immediately," slow
ly muttered Lord Kitchener.
"Please, Dr. X, examine this man
carefully. He is either 111 or malinger
ing." Dr. X. . performed the commanded
task and nervously said: "Sir, I fear
that I have made a mistake. This
man Is In the early stages of typhoid."
"Have the man at once removed to
the hospital," came in cold, passionless
tones. "And you, sir, apply to the ad
jutant for your papers and at your
earliest convenience return to England!"
Rooaevelt'a Devotion to Duty.
Senator Heitfeld of Idaho told a good
story illustrating Mr. Roosevelt's trials
and tribulations as presiding jofflcer on
inauguration day. After the vice pres
ident had taken the oath of office and ;
the senate had been organized all In
the chamber proceeded to the ' stand
where the president was inducted into
office and delivered his address. The
Inclement weather drove Mr. Heitfeld
back Into the capltol for shelter, and
he aimlessly wandered into the senate
COIiOXEL BOOSEVELT STATED THE QUESTION
chamber. There sat -Mr. Roosevelt
alone. He occupied the presiding of
ficer's chair and in reply to an inquiry
stated that he had returned upon being
informed that the senate bad not ad
journed, but had temporarily suspend
ed proceedings to attend the Inaugural
exercises. "I came to his relief," said
Mr. Heitfeld In relating the incident.
"by formally moving that the senate
adjourn. Colonel Roosevelt stated the
question, announced It carried and de
clared the senate adjourned. He then
vacated the chair." Washington Cor.
Chicago Record.
Had Then to Spare.
King Edward accompanied his par
ents during their historic visit to Paris
in the August of 1855, and he and
the princess royal bad a most delight
ful time. Indeed it was said at the
French court that the young prince
so much enjoyed himself that he ac
tually implored the beautiful Empress
Eugenie, who had been so kind a
hostess to her young guests, to ask per
mission for them, to stay on after their
parents had gone. When her imperial
majesty ' remarked smilingly that
Queen Vlctdrla and Prince Albert
would not be able to spare their two
elder phUdren, the little prince an
swered eagerly: Not do without us?
Pray do not think that! for there are
six more of us at home. They can do
without us quite well for a little
while," a view which, however, did
not find acceptance ia the proper quar
ter.
Senator Depew'a Sneeae.
"A-chew!"
Senator Depew cave one of his fa
mous sneezes in the senate one after
noon recently. The explosion came In
the midst of one of Senator Bacon's
most eloquent Derlods. It vmset the
gravity of the senate for fully five min
utes, and the throngs in the galleries
laugned so spontaneously that the pre
siding officer had to rap tor order.' 4.
rew or benator Deoew s sneezes in a
graphopbone would make a fortune
for tne man who can1: bottle their
musical expression for the delight of
generations yet unborn.
Ensllikmen In America.
Among Englishmen who ' come to
America a British author, Mr. Vachell,
enumerates "the parson's son, the for
tune hunter, the moral 'idiot, the re
mittance man and the sportsman."
It is a clever and comprehensive
catalogue, but it omits one of the types
moat interesting to America the Ir
responsive "younger son" if. i to "the
mates" to seek a fortune he has never
oeen able to find at noma or to avoid
maturing crop or wuo offts. New
York Herald.
" - . Cards. . - .
Harry Uncle Georsre. at the end nt
uus marriage notice of Cousin Tom's
It says, "No cards." What does tnat
mean? . x
Uncle George It doesn't mean, any
thing, Harry, That Is to sav. It la nniv
a blind. It is a promise that Tom will
1 Jl 'ili . .
Mvt u caras- pat mess von. ne wnnt
be. a month married ; bef or a ho'ii ha
Mac .u uoe poser, moia., again. Ex
In Sympathy With Natare.
Simmons Why- do you noets nersist In
writing such diamaJ stuff, about sunsets?
'XlmmlnB My dear boy. did it never
strike your alleged mind that a sunset is
tone of those affairs tbat cast a gloom, over
tne ... enure . community? Indiananolia
jrress.
1 arimmivTmuvxjtMtmimmtmmmmt J
Arrero auenarges from the urinary orgasa
In either tcx at 63 boors.
11 nperior to Copaiba, Cubeta, or InVso.
Com, and free from all bad wneH er 0US6S
SAN TAL-M l nvtaMZi
ONE-WOMAN
With, two faces : -one face ' brieht with
health, the other face pinched and drawn
by illness Many a woman can taae tne
portrait of herself made but a few years
ago, and holding it by her face in the
mirror realize a similar change.
Behind this change in form and fea-
. 4 . a . "a
rure is always cusease, ana generally dis
ease wbicn anects tne womanly orjjan-
ism. The backache and tbearing-down-
pains put a neavy strain-on tne nervous
system. There is loss of sleep, lack of
appetite, and, as a natural result loss of
strengin ana ne&a.
' Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
cures diseases of the womanly organs.
It establishes regularity, dries enfeebling
drains, heals inflammation and ulcera
tion and cures female weakness.
Words cannot tell what I suffered for thirteen
years with womb trouble and drainrinjr-aown
pains through my hips and back," writes Mrs.
Tohn Dickson, of GrenfelL Assiniboia Dist.. N.W.
Ter. " I can't describe the misery it was to be
on my feet long; at a time. I could not eat nor
sleep. Often I wished to die. Then I saw Dr.
Pierce's medicines advertised and thought I
would try them. Had not taken one bottle till
I was feelinr weU. ' After I had -taken five
bottles of 'Favorite Prescription' and one of
'Golden Medical Discovery' I was like a new
woman. Could eat and sleep and do all my
own work. I would entreat of any lady suffer
ing from female weakness to give Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription a fair trial, for I know the
benefit she will receive.''
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
biliousness and sick headache. .
The Antithetical Chinaman.
To attempt to get a Chinaman to as
sign a re.ieon for anything is, futile,
One day while riding a donkey through
the country west of Peking I noticed
that the women of the country villages;
mostly farmers' wives and -daughters.
did not bind their feet. I said to the
donkey driver who was running niong
beside me, "The country women do not
bind their feet, do they?"
"No."
"Why?" -
"They do not bind their feet."
" by is it tnat tbe tjbinese women
bind their feet V
"They bind their feet."
"But why do they do it?"
"That is their custom."
"But why is It their custom?"-
"There is no why no reason what
ever." .
Ask a child, "Why did your brother
not come to school today?"
"My brother did not come to school
today,"
Or inquire of a man, "Why is it that
the Chinese build a pagoda 13 stories
high?" and he "will most probably
answer, l bat is tne way to build a
pagoda." Isaac Taylor Headland of
,University of . Peking In Washington
Star. 1
WHOLESftU PRICES CURREIT
W The lonowins Quotation renreeent
Wholesale Prices generally. In making up
small orders hloivtr orlcea nave to be charged.
Tne quotations are always erren as accurately
is Doadble. bat the stab will not be responsible
for any variations from the actual market price
oz tne aruciea anotea
BAOaraa
) Jute .- ,. 7 O 7M
Standard ... . . 790 8
Borlatja DO
WSSTKBN BMOKXD-
Hams 12J43 14
Bides f ft 9L 10
Shoulders ft J) flr .9M
BldesVft 89aO 9
Shoulders a ..J . . s6i fcM
oecona-oana, eaca 133 10- 143
Second-hand machine 1 35 & 1 45
New New York, each. & 1 50
New City, each .... a i so
BRICKS
WUmlngton H 6 60 O 7 0j
Northern a 00 & 14 00
BTJTTEB
North Carolina V 15 C 18
Northern 2 O 28
OOBN MKAL
Per bushel, in sacks 75 O
Virsrlnla Meal is a
OOTTONTIEa bundle 1 30 O 1 40
OANDLE8 ft
eperm... . 11 o e
Adamantine 8 a 1;
OOFFEK ft
baguyra 11 c 13M
aio.... a am 11
DOMESTICS
eheetma, 4-4, yard O 6M
xaroa. uuuca ox a s .... 0 u
IBH
Mackerel, No, 1, barrel... 83 00 O M 00
Mackerel, No. l, f half-bbl. 11 00 O 15 00
Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... 16 00 Q 18 00
Mackerel, No. 8 haU-bbl.. 8 00 0 9 00
Mackerel, No. S, V barrel... 13 08 O 14 00
Mullets, m barrel 450 O 4 75
Mallets, pork barrel 8 00 t 9 00
N. a Roe Herring, keg., t 00 a S 85
Dry Cod, ft e 5 10
w Extra 4 00 n s 00
IXOrJB-ft- .
Lowgraae 3 00 O 8 25
Choice 3 85 a 8 60
8tralght 3 60 S 8 85
FlrstPatent 4 25 a 4 no
SLTJE ft., 8 ft 10
GRAIN fJ bushel-
Corn,troni store, bsrs White ?9 O 83
Oats, from store..... 67ia 70
oats. Rust Proor too 69i
HXDES ft
ww x3O0.. ....... ........... m a uu
uroensanea 4 O 5
Drymnt..... 10 O 11
Drv salt q a 10
HAT100fts r
no 1 Timothy 1 00 O 1 05
Bice Straw 40 O 50
Eastern 90 o 95
Western 90n 95
North Elver.... o 90
N. C CroD 7S eh sn
HOOP IRON, ft 3 o 3H
I III IP 1430 H aav
Nortnern Factory..., 13 O 15
Dairy Cream... V3MA 14
Han cream in n iql
LARD. V ft
Northern s a 99S
LIME, JS barrel 115 n 125
LUMBER (city sawed) M ft-
..... .m. - - M n
Ship stuff, reeaweo..... u 00 O so 00
RpuKh edie Plank 15 00 O 16 00
West India cargoes, accord
bigto guallty.. ia 00 a is 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned 18 00 a 88 00
Boantlina and. Board, wim'n m m ohm
MOLASSES. 9 gallon -
earbadoea, In hogshead. . . . O S
, Barbadoee, in barrels S -
Porto Rico, in hogsheads. . . . ia a si
Porto Rico, to barrels a 5- S3
Sogar House, lu hogsheads. IS X 14
Sugar Hoase, in barrels. . . . 14 a 1 15
Svrau. In barrels - u Sc iS
citvMees a 17 00
ROPE. ft """"" "-
aALT.-j sack; AKm:::::::::::: z i s
On 185 Sacks. . . . . K St 1 55
BUeABftjHStandardGran'd bmS ;
WhiteExtran 0J4 ; oy
,a.GoUM.--' :::: w ', I
BOAP. ft Noithftrn. S, -
W M. UU W . . . M . -
STAVES, V M-W.O. barreL.: a tTX ,a J
R. O. Hosrahrtiul . S S"
M feet-flbipplng-.: 8 00 O 9 00
Prime mJUl .. . . . . 6 60 a 7 so
Extra mill ;S S IS
BHINOLE8, N.O. OypresBsaw'ed - "
Bi 8 85 O 7 00
WHISKEY. 9 gallon NonhkV ' i So S S'ff "
Alimentary
Aaents. e. Fong-era Co., New York
mmmmz:i
ELIXIR
f!5?T.lecOBunlnied " remedy for ,
lg dUeasesand aa a preventive f 2
. typfiold, malarial and all ki nd. nf fZi '
y eOMMFRCfAl..
3? WILMINGTON MARK KT
f Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce
-Exchange.!.
STAB OFFICE, August 2S
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
steady at 83c per gallon for machine
made casks and' 32c pe& gallon for
country casks. ' . ......
KOSIN Market firm at 95c ner bar
rel for strained and $1.00 per barrelJorX
good strained. " '
TAK Market steady at S1.S5 ner bbl
of 280 lbs. . ?
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
quiet at $l.oa per barrel for hard, $L90
toraip, ana lor virgin.
Quotations same day last year-
Spirits turpentine steady at 3534c;
rosin firm at $1.201.25; tar quiet at
$1140; crude , turpentine nominal at
$1.202.20.
" RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine. . . . : 136
Rosin...............: 512
Tar..... i. ...a 353
Crude turpentine. 122
Keceipts same day last year 119
casks spirits turpentine, 210 bbls
rosin, 38 bbls tar, 205 bbls crude tur
pentine.
COTTON.
Market dull on a basis or oc per
pound for middling.
Quotations
Urdinary
Good ordinary . .
Low middling . .
Middling.
5 9-16 cts. V ft
6 15-16 "
7 9-16 "
8 " "
a K.-ttt
WS J " " W V M.V
same day last year middling noth
ing doing.
Keceipts 39 bales; same day last
year, 6.
Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
those paid for produce consigned to Commls
blon Merchants.!
COUNTRY PRODUCE. '
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c
Virginia Prime, 50c; . extra prime,
55c; fancy, 60c. Spanish, 75c.
CORN Firm: 75 to 77c ner bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 13 to
14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c;
sides, 11 to 12c.
EGGS Firm at 16l7c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown,-22 to
25c; springs, 10 to 20c.
TURKEYS Nothing doing.
BEESWAX Firm at 26c.
TALLOW Firm at 56c per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Nothing do
ing.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York. Aug. 23. Money on
call steady at 22 per cent ; the
last loan 2M per cent.. Prime mercan
tile paper 4 5 per cent. Sterling ex
change firm, with actual business
in bankers' bills at 487 for demand
and 484484 for sixty days. Posted
rates 485 and 488. Commercial
bills 483j484M- Bar silver 58.
Mexican dollars 47. Government
bonds - steady. State bonds inac
tive. Railroad bonds strong, i U.
S. refunding 2's, reg'd, 107&; U.
8. refu'g 2's, coupon, 107; U.'S.
2's, reg'd, ; U. S. S's. reg'd, 108Ji ; do.
coupon, 108X; U. &",4's, n$w reg'd,
137 ; da coupon, 137 ; U. & 4's,
old reg'd, 113; do. coupon, 113; U. S.
6's, resr'd, lVrii; do. coupon. 107lf :
Southern Railway 5's 116 bid. Stocks:
Baltimore & Onio 104M: Chesapeake
& Ohio 47; Manhattan L 120&;
IN. x. Uentral 154J4; Ueading 43 : i do.
1st prerd 77; do. 2nd pref'd 54; 8L ll&XiiAj$JVMfe
Paull673f; do. prefd, 187; Southerrf
R'wav 33: do. nreFd 88: Amals-a-'-T-
ma'd Copper 120 X ; American Tobacco
134M people's Gas 113M : Suear 135 :
T. C. & Iron 67; U. 3. Leather
13M; do. Dref'd, 82H; West-n. Union
93X;U. S. Steel ,43; do preferred
34; Mexican national 11m. BUndard
Oil764768.
Baltimore. Aue. 23. Seaboard Air
Line, common, 28X28; do. pre
ferred, 5051. Bonds 4's 83 83
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
A'lwYOBK, Aug. 23. Rosin Quiet
Spirits turpentine dull.
Ohaelistoh, Aue. 23. Spirits tur
pentme Nothing dome: Quotations
omiuea. ttosin nrm and uncbaneed.
iSavahhab. Aue.23. Spirits turrjen-
tme firm at 33c; receipts 616 casks;
sales 226 casks; exports 55 casks.
Rosin firm: receipts 3.293 barrels:
sales 3,229 barrels; exports 1,211 bar
rels. A., a, U, fl 00; 1J, fl 05; K,
SI 10: F. SI 15: G. SI 20: H. tl SB: I
$1 45; K, $1 65; M, $2 10; N.S275:
TTT aT AM M-a -m ww . ua
COTTON MARKETS.
.By Xeiegrapn to tbe Morning star.
New Yoke. Aue. 23. Market for
cotton futures opened firm in tone, With
prices up nine to fourteen points in
response to sensationally strong Liv
erpool cables, latter .causing si
stampede of shorts here and stimula
ting investment SUDnorL Rnnn aftpv
the close the trading 'level advanced
to fourteen and seventeen points over
last night's closing bids, after which
fluctuations were verv irregular ac
cording as profit-taking sales or new
buying gained control. Yet the course
Of the market was unquestionably
upward on an unusually strong com
bination of bullish influences. The
most potent factor was a small panic
oi8horts in. Liverpool, whnm
were up ten to fourteen mint a .in
stead of the four points as expected
on our closing of yesterday. The
scare abroad waa directly due to in
ability of spinners, and August shorts
to secure the cotton - needed for the
European bear interests with the usual
ultimate result of a complete rout of
the short interest. Bulls were quick
to take advantage of the situation and
bid tbe English market ton with .o.ot
confidence. Cables to this effw
did much to enthuse the bull element
here. Next to the foreign news, mar
ket advices from New Orlnana Ko
cedeuce The August corner tightet
ed rapidly,that option reaching 8.75,
or thirty-five points over the
current last night The later months
Were also very s trong and the bear
contingent made little defence. Tha
vit-ws of spot cotton holdem h
apace and while there was a larg ex
port ind domesticoaaie demand at
bigher prices, saleswere very small.
Tfce print cloA salaj of some 200.000
1-I6c, with the further advance in cot
ton cloths of l-16a, helped materially
to tone UO the arjenulativA M..t. i
The weather conditions, present
nkd. .Prospective, were far from
wnat is desired, rain b hmo
a mm 9 w ' aa V ' " HI ITjll Willi.
indications are that they will continue
to fall over the eastern half of the belt
drought continues pretty much over
the entire western belt. uln the local
3$ tbe Vfdl months on
weak spots. Europo purchased on a
large scale thoue-hnevvnnaiw v, ..-v.
out the list.- In TtheTast haff .SfLZ
market eased off to. th i.
thedayunderellin
the room element The close I wm
Yoek, Aug. 23. Cotton steady ;
inlddliiis; unlanda fiUc . . J
Cotton futures market closed stead v
. Pi cotton
UCfe.
Netrecei0;
390 bales; I&IS
; stock n
Total trX148.
&esi exports -to 'r1 k
bales; export S
exports to the (v
Total
n 9 no.-.Iim
Continent 9'e?L
l,838b2J?
mc, net
v.uumi nn I ni n . w
Mint L ',Ble0Tit7
w, net r.: .
'I
adelphia, fir
al
net receipts
s vaioa
RftWw "I
302 h.
nrm at 8Xn
-aurji
Mobile nomiDal 1 fffl
bale;Memphis,qu5t
net receipts
!5 bale.
Charleston; firm X
b ii a i - i rn m.i
1
v vaica.
PRODUCE
By Telegraph to the
NEW SOBS, Aug..
fairlv KfnaHn 1.:..R'
easy and after a m'ia
clearances weakened
my wita com. por.(
and export trade
September closed tiufX
Dpotweas; sso. 2 60ft
uyuuui upaucu
turned weak and
' day under September liQ,
and small clearance
Ko un lower,
iuciuueu: oepiember
uctooer closed c- Dn
A a m AT AT m rt. '
oi. c. uais spot
ATt, a It
options guii, easier
Woe f Awn cian vt dn ra
culler steaay ; creamenl
Wfc ax j J
fancy small white
(fa uu per package) 5c ;
ages free) 55Xc Ri0
Spot Bio dull; No.7iJ
Potatoes quiet; JersejsH
jjong xsiana jo UU3
sweets, yellow, $3 504 k
Liverpool Cotton bv
usDwge sieaay; ijonej
Dutch, per 100, $4 OOai
uriu. ougar mil
steady; fair refining 3
nuts steady; fancy hands
pther domestic 24t5
State and Pennsylvaniil
ton seed oil quiet. Closing
rame crude, in barrel? doi
summer yellow 4O40Vc
yellow 37Ji38c;primewld
winter yenow 44c; primed
Chicago, August 23-
heavily sold tc-dav and
of other grains. Wheatl
corn lie and oats f e !
livery in September.
closed a shade lower to m
CHICAGO, Aue. 23 Cast!
Flour Market nominal. 1
W,
iring i c; No. 3
o. a red 7lMc.
white!
wnite 3738c.
67 JSC. Mess pork, per I
14 40. Lard, per 10ft !
8 90. Short rib sides, ii
8 36. Dry salted shoui
$7 257 50. Sbort clear i
$8 808 90 Whiskey-H
wines, SI 29.
The leadintr futures
lows opening, highest,
closing: Wheat No.
70?., 703-, 70. 70, 70c
72?,, 73, 72 , 72X;Miji
76M, 76, 7676JC. Uoill-:
temper 56i56X, 56X61
54M, 5555tc; December 3
58. 56, 57M57Mc;S
59K, 595ic Oats-No. ii
31 85, 34, 35c;Decembtl
oi, 3696C ; M.ay38, 38, i
Pork, per bbl Beptembel
14 35, 14 27X, 14 35; Octobe
14 43K, 14 37H, 14
$15 50, 15 52, 15
Lard, per 100 0s Septemk
8 90X. 8 85, 8 90; October:!
o o 97; January s
8 75, 8.80. Short ribs per 11
tember $8 25. 8 32X. 8 2!
October S8 32. 8 40. 8 32 U
uary $7 92K. 7 97, 7 92K
FOREIGN, mm
BT Cable to the Moraln?:
Liverpool, August 23, l
Cotton: Spot, moderate
American middling: fail
good middling 5 5-32d
4d; low middling 421
ordinary 4 13-32d: ordininj
The sales of the day were I,
Of which 500 bales were
tion and exDort and inclt
bales American. Receipts S
all American.
Futures opened firm $
stroBg; American middlin?
Aucrust 4 E0-64d buver; A!
September 4 47-644 4S-fe
September 4 47644
October (g. o. c ) 4 31 6M '
tober and November 4rW
November and December
4 23-64d buyer; December i
uarv 4 2264a4 23-64d sella:
and Wahwn A. 5!5.fi4d bll
ary and March 4 22-64d tiKi
and April 4 22-64d value.
ARRIVED.
stmr A tf iiurt, kow t
ville, James Madden. 1.
Clvde steamship Oneida, Ife
Georgetown. S C, H G So
CLEARED
Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson,
viIIa TaAiaa TSaAAan
Stmr A .1 Johnson.
Bun, W J Meredith.
MARINE imC
t-tat OX Vaaaela In
salxuctom. N. C Ansn,i
Hi
Ida C Schoolcraft, 304 W"
Georee Harriss, Son o
Carrie A Bucknam,
JTBiley&Co.
BARQUES-
i?nwt a..ftn mar) i
. mill 111
AMWWS m trV, - '
sen, Heide & Co.
AUGUST
Profits are not cons
Goods suit vou. yourpnf
Cnrnitiira anH
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