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! fax. I' BY WlltiiUUI fiU aaitWABD WILMINGTU.M. H. C. "W KDJfESDAY MORNINS. DEC. 11. WILL THEY DO ITT Opinion in Washington is diTided as to whether Congress will pass Mr. Crumpacker's bill to reduce repre sentation from the Southern States. That's what the bill really is, al though it purports to be a bill for the reapportionment of members of Congress. Of course every one who gives any attention to politics or to political movements under stands the motive that inspires such legislation as the Orumpacker bill proposes. It is simply a movement to reduce, as far as possible, the representation of the South in Con gress and in the electoral college, thus strengthen the Republican party's grip on the National Gov ernment, and at the same time make the Government more sec tional than it has been since the dava of reconstruction. It ought to be entitled "a bill to neutralize the political power of the South, " and make the Democratic party a competitor no longer to be feared." But will they pass it? They can, if they determine to do it, make it onrii ts fhn Snnth and make a J strictly party issue of it. But can they do that? With what consistency, if they have any regard for consistency,, can they demand a reduction of South ern representation, when there are Northern and Westera States, which restrict suffrage in the same way Southern States do? In several of those States voters must be able to read and write and must have paid their poll tax before they can vote, and no Southern State de mands any more than that. Nobody ever heard any protests against these laws until some of the States in the South, following the example of those States, prescribed qualifica tions which would protect them from the ignorant, vile and ve il 1 mob. Then objection was made. Why? Because it so hap pens that the class disfranchised in the North were foreigners and be longed mainly to the Democratic party, while the disfranchised in the South were Republicans, at least presumed to be Republicans because their skin was black.' But it isn't the negro disfranchised nor what they call the unfairness of the Southern suffrage laws that is spurring them to action, but poli tics. They have a good working majority in this Congress, they may not have in the next, and possibly may not have any majority, so if they propose to do anything with this matter Crumpacker and his sup porters think they had better avail themselves of their opportunity and do it while thay can. It is said that President Roose velt is in favor of this scheme and will sign a bill for that purpose if it pass Congress. One of the reasons given for the opinion that he favors ! it is because he got nettled at the Southern criticisms and remarks on the Booker Washington dinner in cident. This may or may not be, and this may or may not be a reason why the President favors that scheme if he does, but Roosevelt is a radical partisan and also a poli tician with a future, and he is not going to array himself against the majority of his party in Congress and arouse antagonism by refusing to sign a measure so purely political and intended to perpetuate the power of his party. On any pet measure of his own he might make a show of fight, but in a case like this, where he might have some thing to gain by acquiescing and nothing to lose, it is very likely he would fall in if he found that to be the.sentiment of his party. But it is not so certain that a ma jority of the Republican members may favor this scheme because the bill must apply to the whole coun try and that would take in several good Republican States and be practically a declaration to all the other States that they must not pass any laws to restrict suffrage of peo ple who have nt been convicted of some crime and paid the penalty by serving some time in lail, m a penitentiary, or with the public road brigades. It virtually means a declaration by the Republican ma jority in Congress that there shall be no reform in the suffrage laws and that however vile or vicious the mob may be its free swing at the bal lot box must not be interfered with. This may arouse some opposition in Northern States which have qual ified suffrage laws and in other States where the advisability of some such laws has been discusskd so that Mr. Crumpacker may not be able to whip in the support he is counting on. Some of them may be disposed to ask where is the need of all this when the Republican party has a "piacticalljV solid North, and is almosfcertain to win "again if it don't make some gross blunders to drive voters away from it? and there being no iieed why' should 'such par tisan discrimination be made against one section of . the conntry, which has had recourse to the only feasible way of providing for honest, intel ligent, respectable government? These questions will be asked by .Democrats and by fair-minded Republicans. Rnfc m&kinpthe most of it. it if a foolish, ridiculous measure not worth the discussion it will provoke. It is uncertain and unsatisfactory,. even if it were as just as its, advo cates claim it is. It is foolish because it revives sectional agi tation which had almost disap- w&rod tn the irratincation of Ml a patriotic people North and South, and ridiculous for there is no stabilitv about it. It is ridiculous to assume that when there is a light vote cast in the South, those who do not vote are disfranchised by law, when thousands of voters, some of color, refuse to vote rather than pay the poll tax requisite, and thousands of others dont go to tne Dolls because they do not take sua cient interest in the elections to go m tiniriA tothAnollinflrmace. This iiviu uwuw xr o ith case both North and South, ,v.;i . another election much of TV UitW this vote might be polled, making in the aggregate thousands more votes than in the preceding election. And yet Mr. Crumpacker would mob-a fho vntAst' cast, and not the lltctau www w number of people the basis of rep resentation. The whole scheme is so absurd, so ridiculous and depends so much on accident that the surprising thing is that it should meet with serious consideration, which it would not if it were not for the partisan politics there is in it. INSURANCE COUP ABIES. Mr. James R. Young, Insurance Commissioner for this State, is do in r his best to weed out and keep out the "underground" and "wild cat" companies that are doing or trying to do an unlawful business in the state, and are evading the pay ment of the license required by law. He has issued a circular in which he ; fho names of about a dozen (but not all) which come under this head, and contends that companies which attempt to evade'a State law th navment of a small lioennn tax are not honest, and can not be trusted, for if they would take unlawful advantage of the State so they would of people doing busi ng with them. In the conclusion of his circular he says : "Many of these companies have do assets or standing in tneir own and when they do a legitimate busi- thv have to nav taxes in their own and other 8tates. This depart -- v.. jwtiiAotjwl fwm liRAnaed com panics and paid into the State Treasury aso mn ainea the first of last April, and those companies not con tributing to this fund do not deserve the patronage of the citizens of North Carolina. . "Printed lists of the companies li censed by the department are on file in the office of the Clerk of the Supe- vin Hnnrt Of each COUntV and I Will taka nleaanre in furnishing them to niiini of thA Rtata on anDlieation Any information as to attempts of un licensed companies to ao Dullness in m. - , l - 1 Kw awlA tne state win do appreciate j On. taw MiniMW ATAfY COmDRDT and everv aeent to be licensed by this de partment. Thb Stab has been an is an ad vocate of home insurance compan ies, and Commissioner Young's circular covers one of the points we have made' in discussing this sub ject, namely, that there are many of these outside companies which have or seek business in the State of which our people know absolute ly nothing as to standing or respon sibility, their only sources of infor mation being the agents these com panies employ or the printed matter they issue, which, of course, always makes a seductive showing. Some people who insure in these outside companies sometimes do so and pay premiums without really knowing whether such company is actually in existence outside of the printed stuff sent out. There ought to be insurance com panies enough in the State, Backed by home capital and managed by home people, to give all the insur ance desired, and thus keep at home the larsra amount of money that an nually goes away from home for this purpose. A NEW B AILBOAD LEIE. For several years there lias been more or less talk itbout V railroad across the mountains into Tennes see, to connect with North Carolina roads having termini at some of our seaports. The following, cupped from the Asheville correspondence of the Raleigh Post, is the latest we have seen bearing upon this: Tt fa aiiitKantirfi11v Btatm ham to day that the Tennessee ' and i North Carolina Railway will extend their railway from East Tennessee through the mountains of Western North Carolina and connect 'with the Sea board Air Line. The Tennessee & North Carolina road has -already been mrmnlntAri 19 mflpa nnt of Nawnm-t and trains are now running out there every day.. The present terminus is at Hartville, a station named af tr one of the builders of the road. The road turinai hnilt hv TTart A: TTallnwav. a Wheeling, W. Va., firm, to some tim ber lands in Cocke and Haywobd counties. They have sold 30,000 acres to an Eastern firm and agreed to build the railroad to the State line, eighteen miles. Twelve miles are done and the other aix are about ready for the ties and rails. It is understood now that this road is to be constructed on to Wayneaville, with a- view of connect ing with the Seaboard Air Line. The scheme is to build from Waynesviile to the nearest point on the Seaboard Air Line, sixty miles, then build from Newport via Sevierville taKnoxville, Whether this "embraces 'any 'of the schemeg heretofore talked of we do . , , : : . : " . not mow, dui tne surprising zaiug is tut wnen tnrougn rail rouse- miirhfe K wt, wa, 4fa" w smsvs www vt VVU if OS WJ u cities and our coast cities by filling in short gaps, that it has not been done. There is another short gap between Mount Airy and the Virginia line by the filling in of which we would have a direct route from wflming ton to the West, and one of the ! shortest of all the lines on the map. Considerable progress had been made in Wading this gap when the Cape Fear and XadKin vauey roau became embarrassed and crippled in the financial crisis m 1892, ana finally severed. The following up of that work a nd running the road through to connect with Virginia roads would add very much to the traffic and also to the development of that section of North Carolina. An opinion has been expressed in the neighborhood in Virginia where Mr. Marx shot the three men who went to chastise him for an al leged insult to a young lady, that it was a case of -jealousy. Marx was an attractive sort of a fellow, calcu lated to favorably impress a young woman, and there was another fel low in it who became jealous of the progress he was making with this young lady, and put up a job to i drive him away from those pas tures. Perhaps if he had known that Marx was such a good marks man he would have contrived some other plan of persuading him to leave. BOOK KOTICES. The December or "Christmas" num- tar of McClure's Magazine is a very attractive one. with an interesting list of contents, nicely illustrated, some of the illustrations being in colors. Lovers of the drama will be especially inter ested in Clara Morris sketch of Sal via!, the great Italian actor. Pub lished bv The 8. 8. McClare Company, 141-155 East Twenty-fifth street, New York. The Centura Magazine for Decem ber is superb, filled with choice read ing matter, beautifully and artistically illustrated. Many of the illustrations are in colors and all are fine. The younger readers especially will be intet- eated in the Christmas articJeaa ana in "The Settlement of the West," which rives some idea of what tbe early set- tlarm had tn face. Published DV The Century Company, Union Square, New York. The reader will be delighted with the fine list of contents presented in the December number of The Boolc- mart: which is beautifullv illustrated. "Chronicle and Comment," one of the snecial features, gives much informa tion in short space about celebrated actors, writers and others who have attracted attention in this and other countries, with pictures. Published by Dodd. Meade and Company, Fifth Avenue, New York. CURRENT COMMENT. It is Dleasinsr to observe that our tariff mongers have not the least sympathy with the purposes 01 we German tariff bill to increase duties on the wheat, corn, beef, pork and other products ox tne united states. Nothinsr would suit them so well as . m, m a TT ni 1 the Uingley tariff tor the united States and free trade for all the rest of the world. Philaddphxa Jiecora, Vem. Mftjwra. Dick, of Ohio, and Moodv. of Massachusetts, in making frantic efforts to curtail Southern representation in Congress, are merelv stealing some oi tne political thunder that Mr. Crumpacker, of Indiana, had brought to washing- LUU lUr XI IB LlOl 1 13 UOO. XUH to about all the movement will amount to. Newport Ntws, Herald, Vem. The tracedv in Westmore land county is another evidence of the dansrer of hastily taking the law into one's own hands. Chivalry is also an admirable quality but it should be tempered with the ability to take a calm view of thinss. Ac- cording to ail tne evidence includ ing that of the young woman sup posed to have been insulted there mm was no cause whatever for the de- nlorarle affair. Yet it cost three men their lives. Norfolk Virgin- xan-jrxm, vem. According to report the hrnwara who violated the anti- Trust law in Texas are in a precari- - -1 T m l r ous picsue; ior, alter paying some thonaanda of dollars fine and for feiting their Texas charters, they are threatened wi.n suits oy saioon keepers to recover under the law all the monev these have said for their Deer during xne past .inree years. One man alone has a claim aggre- ratinff il 2.000. With anch & law as that enforced in every State the Tmsfc wnnlA ,rhnaf" in snit.n nf tariff protection. Brooklyn Citizen, Vem, . "Tin vnn moan fi uv thf. Erastua Pinkley sells his vote!" "No," answered Mr. Jim Colliflower: "I wouldn't say dat 'Rastus. sells his vote. But he'a willin' to. hire it out 'casionally to select parties." Wash- rA ingion ojof. a. Bsastas; Boartng; WI004 Washed down a telegraph line whlAh Hhu n TP.lli. nf T.ithnn. Ta iuki 10 repair. ouuHunjc waist ueep . f 31 . in icy water," ne writes, "gave me a tavribla cold and conch. It mw worse daily. Finally the best doc tors in Oakland, Neb., bioux City and Omaha said I had Consumption and rnnlil nnt ll vn Than T hmran using Dr. King's New Discovery and was waouj curou ay six ooities. Uolds and all Throat and Lung trou bles by R- R- BxtAaiCY, druggist. race, so cents. t War Tar Wlttv Tsars Ubs. WnrsLOW's BooTHiHa Stbup has been used for over fiftr vears bv mil lions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. and allavs all nain: cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediatelv. Sola bv drusrirista in 1 every part 01 tne worm, xwenty-nve 1 cents bottle. Be sure and ask for aiw pwwunc ojran, I and tare no otuer sano. a FAVORITE oEscniPTicni Jlv TOR.WtAKWOHEW. Whatever vnn drink out- c'.Af if vrmr home beer be Schl'itz. That is pure beef. JNO DaCllll in It UUllllIlg IV make you bilious. Rr i a saccharine pro duct, and the germs multiply rapidly in it. The slightest taint of impurity quickly ruins its healthfulness. We eto to the utmost ex tremes to prevent that. Uleannness is icutc where Schlitz beer is brewed. We even cool the beer in Elate glass rooms in nothing ut filtered air. Then we filter the beer. Then we sterilize every bottle. And Schlitz beer is aged. The beer that makes you bilious is green beer. Whn von order a beer for your home, get the health- tulness witnoui inc iidim. Get a pure beer get an old beer get Schlitz. Call for the Brewery Bottling. Phone I. S. 202. Sol Bear & Co.. 20 Market St., Wilmington. Call for the Brewery Bottling. BU Phone 198 SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Troy Examiner: Capt. James G. Cotton died at his home in ALt Gilead November 22nd. after several vAan nf Invalid life, most Of ID1S lime unable to attend ton s business affairs. He was a valiant soldier i tbe uon federate army. Goldaboro Araus: Extensive nlirMimiiiti are in votrue at the n iiihom furniture lacicrv. aireaur one of the most commodious in the Htnth ahnu tradn extends tO the gulf, the Pacific slope, north to New Jersey and even into ine iar west. Tjnmherton Araus: Mr. Edgar Price, of Iona, lost iiis cotton gin by fire last Saturday. The fire originated from a hot box in some of the ma- chinerv. It was a total loss no in anranea. Thia is the third ein de- atroved br fire in the county this Winter. Newton Enterprise'. The latest mmnv ahnut the fteaboard acauinDCT the Tennessee road into Bristol, is that ... .a a. a . a it will extend the line to the Atlantic by way of Lenoir. We hope this is correct. In fact, we are told by those familiar with the different routes that this is the only one possible. Lexington Dispatch: While sit ting near a stove in a cnurcn in unar lotte. one day last week, tbe celluloid collar which Mrs. John McKinney was wearing suddenly became ignited, and but for the nresenee of mind of tbe pastor, who quickly smothered the names, she would have been seriously if not fatally burned. Concord Standard: On Saturday evening while out hunting, Mr. David Conine met with an accident rather peculiar, and fortunately so. A friend was with Mr. Conine and the gun of his friend was accidentally dis charged, the load going into a pocket of Mr. Conine's trousers in whioh were a number of shells. They were exploded and at first thought did much damage to tbe young man. Medical aid was at once summoned and it was found that he was not badly hurt Charlotte News: Mr. James G. Hood, at one time one of Char lotte's largest merchants, attempted to end bis life by cutting his throat with a rasor 8unday morning about 7 o'clock. For some time, in fact since the business deal in which he was in teres ted in fell through. Mr. Hood has shown some signs of being de mented. From time to time he had been closely watched by his family. fearing that be might do himse 1 harm. Fayetteville Observer; Dan B, Evans, a negro, was placed in jail Sat urday, charged with breaking into a house at Hope Mills. As the Hope Mills constable was taking him through the court house the prisoner pushed him over. and. slamming the door in his face; made off. Deputy Sheriff Monaghan happened to be on hand and made after him. Evans was brought to bay in a vacant field, and when told to surrender he drew a pistol on the deputy. Mr. Monaghan then fired at him. sending a ball through his left leg, which brought him to the ground. The man then surrendered. Lumberton Bobesonian; Mr. J. A. Gilchrist, . of Red Springs, died at his home Saturday. He was one Of the best known citizens in the county and will be missed by a large number of friends. The six-Tear old of Henry McMillan was shoLand killed Monday on the plantation df Mr. Pur- cell, at Wigam. $0 particulars have yet been ascertained. Coroner 'Ed McRae has been called on to investi gate the killing, rr- We regret to bear of the death of Mr. Bobert M. McKengie, son of our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr. Ales McKensie, in the 88th year of his age. He went to Salisbury about six weeks . ago and engaged in Life - Insurance business. About ten days ago he was stricken with typhoid fever, and died on Sunday, the 8th, in Salisbury. .foreigner 1 tmnjc 1 may say now that after two yean of constant study I understand the English lan guage. Mauve -nonsense. Have you ever tried to grasp the meaning of an insurance policy? lAje. Too Swift for Them; Eloped in an automobile, did they ? Yes, but it was no use. The old man had a flying machine. Jntck. A Poar BUJUaaalra Lately starved in London because he could not digest his food. Early Ss 01 vt. nung s wew jjixe mis would ve saved him. They strengthen the stomach," aid digestion, promote as similate and improve appetite. Price 25 cents. - Money, back if not satisfied. Sold by R. R. Bellamy, druggist t ITC The Kind Yon Have Alwars til w TWINKLINQS Tf oViivnii Ka i-amnmbered that hiisgdernmeirl owesnts f60 the consent r tne rmusoTo.- 4ppatently-the greatest "safe ty" device yes ibtbdwh w mXJT mobile u ine price. iMww w Star. . the count now r stands Tolsioi is about two deaths , ahead of Oen. Botha and miss otone. ttown Journal. ' - - It is dangerous to live and risky to die. It is said that the 'moss; covered Ducaei inai aung in iud was filled witn germs. Rox It's easy to win a woman s love; just give ber all the money she wa..ts Blox You dou't call that easy, do yout Detroit Free Press. All Snrarised Bessie I was sur prised when Mr. Dashleigh asked me to marry him." xnssie -b,y9tjuwj else was." Ohio State Journal. As to a Suitor: She I think .... . a a TT.k ou're prejudiced agamsx nimi aer Vfhnh I T admit that! I don't see hn anrhndt eould heln beiDflr Dreju- diced againat him. Puck. It Costs Money: "Somebody has sent in $18,669 to the conscience fund." Say, a man must be awful rich who can afford to nave a conscience like that. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The guide was showing him the big trees. This one, he said, is sup posed: to be about 2,000 years old. Whata twentieth century club it would 11 a? make! commented tne proiwwr. N. T. Weekly. Tt is nnlikelv that there will be any more great rushes to the Elon dike. People realise that snow and iMtinn mn ha attained much nearer home and at leas expense. Washing ton Star. Great Luck. First Guide -I hi nut with a dude snortaman from the city to day." Second Guide "So? rirf vnn navaan-r luck?" mrsi u-uiae Rum. "Ain t I home again safe and sound V Philadelphia Press. "I am told," said the friend "that the manager vou have laft waa Darin? vou a fabulous sala ry. trtn "No.1 answered Mr. Storming Barnes; "not fabulous; imagi- n ary . " Washington Star. FIREUEN AND SOLDIERS. .Them are more firemen in the fjnited States than there are sol diers in Uncle Sam's army. , . . m Tn New York citv. ior are PUT- nnaea. the two borou&rhs of Manhat tan and the Bronx, with 1,400 fire men, are joined. The two dot oughs of Brooklyn and QneenB, with 1.000 Tiaid and Z.000 volunteer nre- men, are loinea, ana jucninanu, with 1,700 firemen, is separately or ranized. There are. therefore, in this city 6,100 firemen, paid and un paid. There are 1,200 firemen in umca rn. 00 in Philadelphia. 700 in Bos ton. 400 in Baltimore. 500 in Buffa lo, 480 in Detroit, 500 in St. Louis, 400 in Pittsburg, 430 in San JtTan cisco, 300 in New Orleans and 250 in Washincrton. In the whole country there are 65.000 Tjaid firemen, and the num ber of volunteer firemen varies from 100.000 to 150.000. There is a saying among firemen that three volunteers are eauivalent nnlv to one recrular. so great is the value of training and discipline. Thus a city lixe Wilmington, jjci-, with a population of 7b,uuu, nas more volunteer firemen than Phila delphia, with a population of L300,- 000, has paid firemen. iNew xorx Sun. The Life laving Net "A new feature that attracts at tention on fire apparatus seen going through tne streets 01 xtew xor city," says The Sun, "is the new ine saving net, which is carried on trucks. It does not take up actually much room, but it is nevertheless necessarily conspicuous, and its nov elty now attracts attention to it. The net itself has often been de scribed. One part of it has a circu lar canvas sheet held all around at the edge to a stout steel hoop, which ia perhaps 16 feet in diameter, hot creater convenience in the net's trans portaion the hoop is made in two parts, the end 01 one part thrusting into sockets in the ends of the other. "The net when not in use is fold ed like a doubled up disk, and it is carried in that manner on the side of the truck. Holes are made in the footboard to receive two ends of one of the bows, and a little higher up the net is secured by straps to the underf rame of the truck. Thus car ried it has on the " side of the truck the appearance of a big. white half moon, a striking -novelty, which could not fail to attract attention. Teatatrr Interment. A poor Scotchwoman lay dying, and her husband sat by her bedside. After a time the wife took her husband's hand and said: "John, we're goln to part. 1 have been a gnde wife to ye, haven't I?" John thought a moment. ''Well, just middling like, Jeany, ye know, anxious not to say too much. A pain tbe wife spoke. "John," she said faintly, "ye maun promise to bury me in the auld kirk- yard at Str'avon beside my mither. I could na rest In peace among unco' folk In the dirt and smoke ' Gla&gie." "Weel, weel, Jenny, my woman,' said John soothingly, "we'll Just try ye in Glasgle first, an gin ye dlnna be quiet we'll try ye in Sjtravon" Spare uoments. . Toung Wife This talk about men being so impatient when a woman is getting ready to go anywhere is all nonsense. Friend Doesn't your husband com plain at all? Young Wife No, indeed! Why, last evening I couldn't find my gloves and had a long hunt for half a dozen other things, and yet when I was finally dressed and went down stairs p) my husband there he' was by the fire read ing aha "smoking " as "calmly as f I wasn't half an hour late. Friend Well, I declare! Where were ypu going? Young Wife To prayer meeting. New York Weekly, - - A Hint. ' Tramp I'd like to borrow a medical almanac, mum. , ,. Housekeeper What fori '' Tramp-! wants ter see wot th doctors recommend er -irxmpty -fselift in th' afflprimtnlr. KxrhSTlgft. ForWhoo uso OHEllEY'S EX- For sale toy Hardin's Palace rnarmacy? DinnrCouirh The pitcher that goi oHtothe in broken at lasi.- sound WZuXZnMf dis- cough. I'venaatt before." iw- curs periodically should oe wannn ..tnorh tn take : in tune, for the .mtitmm ana disastrous of .all maladies oegm with a cougn. nae of VT. Vlerce's3oiden Medical Discovery not only stops the nnncrh but CUTeS obstinate, deep- J. . . bronchitis, weakr 1 lungs, nemor- o whfclif 'sSS or unskOfully treated find a fatal termination onsurnpfaon. Accept no substitute for Golden Med ical Discovery." There is no other med icine "just as good for weak lungs. Tr 1 vrrv sick indeed," write. Mr. MoUie Mood, xtum rery Short of breatn, ia t,.X t mv breath at all some 2?weak I SSdnot sweep a room, and now a smaU washing; I worked in the 5SSal Discovery. and four via Is of Dr. Pierce s Pellet." ' . Dr Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, paper covers, is sent free on receipt of ar one-cent stamps to pay expense of mailing, only. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Senator Hoar's Joke. Senator Hoar, when asked recent ly to contribute to the aid ot a WnrfPRtfir church, said he would give $5 to the solicitor if the latter wiilr! remre the second couplet of a hymn after hearing the senator re ifp thp first couplet. 1 The senator retained his $5, the unfamiliar hymn he had in mind beginning, .A. .... -l i "Liet men of high conceit ana zeai. r.n. 5Se San tt. Mrs. Kleener What Is the, matter with you this evening. John, that yon ain't smoking? Mr. Kleener The doctor says I mustn't. He says I must stop smoking or die. Mrs. Kleener Oh. I'm so glad! Yon won't be scenting up my curtains any more, will you? Boston Transcript. A Chinese philosopher says there is an ounce of wisdom at the root of every gray hair. WHOLESALE PRICES COBBP? r The following quotations represent small oroarsOilabsr nrioeafiave to be charged. Tbe ouotaaons are arrays given as aocurateij mm - ' - wn. th. am.m will vtns ha rcwmnnsinia forany varlattons from tbe aroal market price aaemo s jute Btandara Burlaps WXSTKRN 8MOKXD Him a) s Bides 9 ahonlder8 W DBT SALTED Bides a BnouldersV B BABBTCT eptrtts Tnrpentme 8 S3 6 O Stt a 10 0 S :9H o m 1 85 O 1 35 1 85 O 1 85 O IK O 1 85 6 60 O 7 00 00 O 14 09 15 O 18 28 O 88 75 O 76 75 O 7 1 25 O 1 80 It O as 8 11 Second-hand, each Second-hand machine. sew New Yore, eacn new vaj, eacn Wilmington V M Horcnem BUTTKB Iforta Carolina V a Northern... CORN MKAIr Per bushel, tn sacks yirgmla Meal OOTTON TDEa bundle..... 0ANDLK8 Sperm w .................. .. Adamantine OOsTEK ivaguyra 11 mo iy DOMK81IOB Bheettng, 4-4, yard Tarns, ff buncn of 9 as ... . rrsB- itackerel, Bfo. 1, barrel... xsoo Mackerel, No. 1, f half-bbl. 11 00 Mackerel, Ho. S, 9 barrel... IS 00 Mackerel, No. a half-bbl. . 8 00 Mackerel. Nat, 9 barrel... IS 00 Mullets. barrel S 50 Mallets. nork barrel - N. O. Bos Herring, 9 keg "ixS.:::: XOC7B - . Ijow grade .................. s 00 Choice .....t. s 25 Btralkht S 60 nrstPatent.... 4 85 SLTJK W 8 8 BAIN bushel - Oornrrom store, oks White 78 Mixed Corn 70 Oats, from store (mixed).. Oats, Bust Proof OowPeas. 85 HIDES W Q reen salted 4 Dry flint 10 Drvsalt..... 9 HAT V 100 s No 1 Timothy 100 Bice Straw 40 Eastern eo Western so North River N, C. Crop. 75 HOOF IBON, f 3 OHXEBS W Northern factory. uairy uream. 11 an cream 10 o 10 o 15 O labd. m a North OaroUna...... LIMB. barrel FOBK. W barrel OttvMees..... Bump.. ....... prune. DntiT m 9 SALT, 9 sack, Alum Uvernool American. On 185 V Sacks. Tjoab, standard Gran'd BtandardA White Extra O...... Extra C, eolden os a 50 O 4 u xeuow...... , 4 M7MBKB (City sawed) M ft Ship Staff, resawea 18 00 . Bough edge Plank is 00 west India cargoes, accord lngto quality.. is 00 Dressed flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 MOLASSES. 9 gallon Barbadoes, In hogshead Barbadoes, la barrels Porto Rico, In hogsheads. . . . 80 Porto Bloo, in barrels so 80 00 18 00 18 00 88 00 15 00 eugar oase, in noganeaas ia Sugar Bouse, In barrels. Syrup, In ba MAXB,keg, BOAP. 9 No 1 Darreia.... . cut W baste.. STAVES, 9 M w. o. barrel. . . . tforatern. h. o. uossneaa.. nu&" Fair mm... Prime mill Extra mill , BHINQUCa, N.O. Cypress sawed 9 M 8x84 heart...., " Bap.............. 's.:::::::::r- WHI8KXT. 9 aallon NorOtarB MARINE D!Pf?CT0J?Y a tat f rtMi ' - f aainctowt , DMeaaber 1 1, 1 Ol . BTBAMSHHts. Jesamore, (Br) 1,848 tons, Taylor, Alexander Sprunt & gon. . Spennymore, (Br) 1,749 tons, Nalrm, Heide dp Co. BGHOONEBS, Mabel Darling. (Br) 113 tons, Boberts, J A Springer & Co. , Abbie Q Cole, tons. Cole, George Harrisa, Son & Co. ; cOLi"ter, 367 tons, Moore, Oeorge Harris, Son & Co. . D i Si77e' 26I en8. Kelly, George Harriss, Son & Co, 1 v alaxwell, 260 tons, : Bowden, Gorge Harriss, Son & Co. . ; J Howell Leeds, 893 tons, Bat Oeorge Harriss, Son 9c Co. :,f ' BABQUES. Hutitu, (Nor) v635 tona, EilerUea, Heide 6t Co. Albatross, (Nor) 491 tons, Basmussen, Heide dc Co. " COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MABKB1'. Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce STAB OFFICE, December 10. BflBITB TTJBPENTINE Nothing doing. . - v.-. - ROSLN Marzei nrm muu rel for strained and fLOO per barrel for robd strained. , TAB Market firm at $L20 per bar- "cbtoetWhe quiet at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $3.00 for dip ana ior vjii. Quotations sanie s day last year- Spirits- turpentine nothing doing; rosin nrm at i.zuoi.. """Tli 7 $1.40; crude turpentine steady at $L40 340. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine. f Kosin - Tar.....,. .V.. - 5 Crude" turpentine ........... : 141 iteceipts same uajr casks spirits turpentine, B 93 barrels rosin, 265 barrels tar, 164 carreis cruue turpentine; : wmufl. KTai-irAt firm on a basis of 75tC per nound for middling. Quotations: - Ordinary........... 5 M6 ctt Good ordinary o i-j.o Low middling 7 5-16 ti xoiaaun? p OaaiI viu1j41itiv ft A-ID r3ame day last year, nursei uriu 9 c for middling. Keceipts 3,30 Daies; same uay u year, 637. tar Wltmlnotnn 1ntdUCa those paid tor produce consigned to Commis sion aercnanuM OOTJHTBT PRODTJOX. YV. A fSTTTTft North Carolina, firm. Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c, per bushel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia) .crime, 00c; extra prune COBN Firm; 7577c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 15 16c per pound; shoulders, 1314c; . iCOGa Firm at 20a21c per dozen. CHICKENS DulL Grown, 20 9.K1. nwiiiM. 1 0n20c TURKEYS Dressed, firai at 10 12J6c: live, 89c. RF-TCaWAX Firm at 26c. TAIiLOW Firm at 5K6c pw pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 50 60c per bushel. FINANCIAL MARKET. 1 By TelezraDh to the Morning 8 tar. Narw York. Dec. 10. Money on call was firm at 5 8 per cent., last loan 6 per cent, ruling rate 6 per day. Prime mercantile paper 4K 5 per cent. Sterling exchange heavy, with actual business in bankers bills at 486i for demand and at 83& for sixty days. Tbe posted rates were 484 1485 and 488. Com mercial bills 483483347 Bar sil ver jus. Mexican dollars 43k Got eminent bonds steady. State bonds waafar. Railroad bonds irresrular. U. 8. refunding 3's, registered, 108 ; U. 8. refunding 3,a, coupon, 109; U.S. 3's, reg'd 108K; do. coupon, 108K;U. a4's,new reg'dl89X ;da cou pon 13m; u. a. 4's, old rega, do. couTjon. 11254 : U. 8. 5's. do. reg'd, 107X; coupon, 107X; Southern tiailway o's izu4. Htocxs: uaiumore & Ohio 102 Hi Chesapeake & Ohio 46 Manhattan L 135: N. Y. Cen tral 165!: Beading 47: do. 1st Efd 78; da 2nd pref'd 57; St. nllR1r do. nreTd. 185: Southern B'way 82; da. prefd 91V; Amalga mated uopper 7U; Am n roDacco ; People's Gas 98; Sugar 120; Ten nessee Coal and Iron 61: U. 8. Leather lltf; do. pref'd, 81H ; wesi ern Union 91; U. S. Steel 41; do. preferred 914 ; Mexican National 13 ; American Locomotive S1H; do. pre ferred 88K; Standard Oil 692695; Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co., 61; do. preferred, 122. Baltimore. Dec. 10. Seaboard Air Line, common, 2627: do. prefer red, 5050K ; do 4s 85i85. NAVAL STORES HARKETS By.TelegTaph to the Morning Star. Nsrw York, Dec. 10. Bosin steady. Spirits turpentine S838K. ' Chaklkstoit, Dec 10. Spirits tur pentine firm at. 84c; sales casks. Bosin firm and unchanged. ti ayahs' ah, Dec 10. -Spirits turpen tine firm at 34$c; receipts 1,557 casks; sales 1,459 casks; exports 7,159 casks. Bosin firm ;receipts 4,588 barrels; sales 554 barrels; exports 8,083 barrels COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the HonunK Btai New York, Dec 10. The , cotton market opened firm at an advance of three to seven points on good foreign buying, demand from - shorts" and purchases for spinners account. Liverpool was no better than expected add trade reports from the continent were the most cheerful received in many weeks. It waa the news from the continent which gave our market the bulk of its early strength. Not long after the call, however, it was seen that the public was not buying. The movement at interior towns and tbe ports reaohed larger figures than anticipated and spot holders South were selling freely at the high prices established yesterday. Wall street and commission houses were selling on the opening advance and contin ued to sell pretty much all the rest of the day. Around 810 for January some room operators picked up moder ate lines of -winter months on the idea that weak holders were pretty well liquidated and that a short interest was being accumulated. The esti mates for to morrow's receipts were rather larger than expected and New Orleans seemed disposed to work lower, thus intimidating traders here for the time being. In the last hour the market wavered between strength and weakness, with speculation spas modically active. Just before the close active March selling carried the whole list ofi again. The close was barely steady at a net decline of aix to ten points. YoRK 10. Cotton quiet atBXc; net receipts 1,033 bales; gross 5,907 bales; stock 94,088 balesT Spot cotton closed quiet ; middling 93 bSS.' C; mIddliD KuI' 8c ul Cotton futures closed barely steady i December 8.09, January 8. 07, February 8.09, March 8.11. Aprif &H,'May 8 15 June 8 194July 8 08, August 7 88; 8e tember r Total bday Net receipts 78,689 bales; exports to Great Britain 10,680 bales; exports to France 16,560 bales; exports to the Continent 4,060 bales: stock 853,841 bales. Consolidated Net t receipts 157.833 bales; exports to Great Britain 43,890 bales; exports to France 16,658 bales; exports to the Continent 69,046 bales! Bntain 1,883,670 . bales j rexporU to prance S55,9i9bales; exports to the Continent 1,103,793 balea. o December 10. Galveston, firm at Sennet receipts 34.471 balea; Nor fott,steady at 7 9-16c.net receipts 4,018 balerBaltlmre?ittoina at 8Xc ne receipts --bales ; Boston; quiet at 8 Xc, net receipU 783 balesT Wilmtoj? & Hli1 JH receipt 8,876 bales; Philadelphia, quiet at8c net receipts 108 bales; 8avan 7Xc net receipts an! Orleans, easy it 80 Bi bales 7 15-16C, net receipts svnctfa BtAa J, .a r - steady at 8 1-16C --i a,ler. Charleston!' 2 299 haiea; Charleston, 'jC ceipts 1,595 bales net receipts' PRODUCE MARKETS, Bj Telejcranh to the Morning BtJ 5 New S-ork, Dec. lO.ffu.. was unchanged hut .T'fnuik Bye flour steady. Wheat-J,11 No. 2 red MU. 'POtei a weak day from unusual?" loading; cables hesriph V. ' a Monday's light strength . larger norm west receipts hi, V ing was also aggressive." w:N, and foreign houses ofifered ezDort trade Was liirht ni b. larger North 1 1 T- . 6U m..T and 11 Jic net lower. 87c; May closed 86c-T 843& Corn Snnt n,i:. i, "!Uh, Options declined in svmn, wheat and was also affected "V1 nahlaa email kId and fair receipts. CIosbh lHc net lower May cM December closed 7Wo A m easier; No. 2, 52c. Option88oid a result of depression ia train Pork steady. Tallow st!ad steady; Western steamed floss1 fined firm: continent tin , voice 60; mild quiet; Cordol He SugarBawsteadrZ'J ing 3 4-33c; centrifugal 96 tes sj fined steady. Butter Market 1 1 23Kc Cheese steady ; late 2 S 10Xc Bice steady. Emquier.ftJ and Pennsvlvania 9R.07. n 'r! at mark 2025c Potatoes? Jerseys 91 5U1 75; New 7 $1 503 12H; Long Island t2 00ffij? -Jersey sweets $2 003 75. fw ateadv: Loner Island Flat n..i 100. S3 OOtaS 00. Penn.fi fancy hand picked 44c; otheTJ pool Cotton by steam 13. oJ: seed oil was quieter but firm yi enced by light offerings. Qaotifinil mm 11 tt Dwwia AMI. Ar. i 1 ncni m tiu o uuuu iu oarreis inal; prime summer yellow S off summer yellow 38c; pLl white 4143c; prime winter veik.1 riuia uicai to mi. CmOAQO. Dec. 10. Extreme ousnessa nd wild fluctuations iw I terized the grain markets hereto I Bull and bear vied with each otberil the possession of the pits, and allionl oi Biunes were auoai lnienaed to i nuence prices, rjaansb couditirJ however, prevailed and May whn.1 ciosea if o lower, may corn licdoiJ and May oats c lower. Provitoul closed ten cents lower to zc higher. CHIOAGO, Dec 10. Cash quotation ! Flour steady. Wheat JNo 3i 78783c; No. 2 red 8181c. Corl No. 3 ; No. 2 yellow -c ol NO. 3 4748c; No. 2 white 4S ac; imo. s wnue 4oc. pork, per barrel. 115 75 15 80. U-l per iw uos., as 0119 au. cnonnil aides, loose, $8 458 60. Dry alJ shoulders, boxed, $7 37'A7 62 M clear sides, boxed, is auy oo. key Basis of high wines, $1 ! The leading futures rangeaa: lows opening, highest, lowest t closing: Wheat No.2December!?jJ 79, 77, 77tfc; May 8381M, S.I 815, 81581Kc; July 8281J 81 W, 815ic. Corn No. 2 Decent! 64, 64M. 64, 64X64Xc; May 67kS 68U. 67!. 67Jc: July 67KWH 67W. 67Kc. Oats December 45MJ 45H. 455, 45c: May 45M46j(, i 44H, 46ic; July 4140;4 Hi A 40c. Mess pork, per bbl Janm-I $1700, 1700, 16 89, 16 80; May tlTll 17 45, 17 20, 17 22. Lard, pei ml January $9 80, 9 95, 9 80. ! J-May $9 85, 10 00, 9 85, 9 9U ribs, per 100 lbs January $8 50,811 8 50, 8 52X ; May $8 65. 8 77, 8!i 8 65. FOREIGN MARKE1 BvOable to the Moruina iar. Liverpool, Dec 10, 4:30 F.s Cotton: Spot, fair demand; m 1-S2d lower; American middling t I 415-16d; good middling 42; middling 4 19-32d; low middliul 4Wd; good ordinary iYsi; ordiDirjl 4Kd. The sales of the day were ! bales, of which 500 bales were fol speculation and export and inchdsl 7.600 balea American. Receipts! bales, including 19.400 bales Aw lean. Futures opened quiet and clo barely steady; American middling! o. c ) December 4 32-64d seller; M cember and Januarv 4 30-64d bits Januarv and Fahrnarv 4 29-64d Tti February and March 4 28-644 2 seller; March and April 4 27-644M 64d hitvfr Anril onH Mflv 427wl 4 28-64d buyer; May and June 4 Pi 4 28-64d buyer; June and July"! 64d buyer; July and August 4 87-61 value; August and September a buyer. MARINPL. ARRIVED. Rtmn A .TJnhnMTi RnhinSOO. 01 waaf VV V Wit Stmr A P Hurl Robeson, Faye ville, James Madden. ,. f Clyde steamship Oneida, HaM" York. H G Smallbones. Stmr Compton, Banders, and LitUe Biver, S C, Stone, Eou4 British schooner Mabel Daf1!" tons, Boberts, Nassau, J A Spring Co. CLEARED. Stmr A J Johnson, Robinson, Clf Bun, W J Meredith. Stmr A P Hurt. Robeson, Faye vine, ames inaaaen, , oj. roo. mmZZZu; HnAida. fl Georgetown, S C, B G Smallbon BY RIVER AND RAIL. ffecelnfa nf Naval Stores and Yesterday. ' W.&W. Bailroad-371 bales cott m mm Darreis tar. , , ys W. C. & A. Railroad ftp cotton, 8 casks spirits turpentine, rels rosin, 105 barrels tar, crude turpentine. , .ffl. I C. O. Bailroad-97 baies barrels Ur, 13 barrels crude turpen A. & Y. Bailroad 228 balw wJJ 8 casks spirits turpentine, & 91 Steamer A. P. Hurt-U balwj ton, 8 casks spirits turpentine, ' rels rosin, S3 barrels tar. yt Steamer C. M. Whitlock-7 cotton, 5 casks spirits turpem harrftla Ur. 6 barrels crude turper . Schooner Argyle 4 casks sp, pentine, 80' barrels rosin, 8 b8rrii oonooner maggie "schooner Buth J-5 barrels turpentine. 91 afl Total 8,377 bales cotton, w spiriU turpentine, 319 bfe"dettf 885 barrels tar, 141 barrels cruw pentine. " Id rt O I g Bartli ins MnO irni w ""a. filgvataia