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gpue gaming uhKNARO WILMINGTON, d. C. Satubday AlOKSTSS. : Fsb. 1. OTTB TEXTILE SILLS. ' Although there was not aa much mill bnilding in North Carolina last year as the year previous, and some of the mill men say it was not a pro fitable year for many of them, still there was progres and progress that would hare been more noticeable if the progress in preceding years had not been so great. In the number of her textile i establishments this State leads all the Southern States and all' the other States, although Georgia, South Carolina and Vir ginia have some larger mills and Georgia and South Carolina lead in the number of spindles. The Com missioner of Labor and Printing has issued his advance report for last year the substance of which is thus given by the Baleigh News and Ob server: j "The advance report gives most gratifying figures as to the increase in the various mills of the State, and shows conditions to be most healthy. tnr further increase. "Last year's report gave the total camber of textile mills in the State as 26 U but in this there was included 37 then in course of construction, with their looms and spindles.. If these 37 were counted in the increse this year, tbe figures would be still a more grati fying. The total number of mills enumer ated in this year's report are as fol- Cotton Mills.... 226 Woolen Mills... H Knitting Mills. It Carpet Mills.... 1 Jute Bagging Mills 1 Silk Mills ; 3 Total L 283 "In 1900 the number of spindles in use was put at 1,431,771. This year there are 1,694,163, an increase of 22 392 "la 1900 there were 33.289 looms, while the number at this time is 36, 126, an increase of 2,837. "In the knitting mills there are now in use 3,814 machines, as against 2,048 in 1900, a gain of 1.766 machines. "The hours of labor for, the opera tives run from ten and ten and a half in the knitting mills up to eleven to twelve and a half in the cotton mills. Notwithstanding an agreement that was made during tne last Legislature, that the hours of wozk in cotton mills should held to eleven hours, the com missioner's report shows that in some twelve hours and a half of labor is tbe rule. The commissioner is not inform ed whether or not any of the mills en tering into an . agreement 'are using these longer hours. "The number of operatives now em ployed is as follows: 18,171 men, an increase of twenty-one per cent, over 1900; 18.377 women, an increase of fifteen per cent.; 7,996 children under fourteen, an increase of five per cent. "Of the adults employed in the mills, there are eighty two per cent who can read and write, this being the same as last year. Of the children sixty-five per cent, read and write, showing a decrease of three per cent. , "The fall report of the Commis sioner by counties is nearly ready and will be issued shortly." As a general showing this is a good one, but j there are too many children in the mills and too many who, judging from the percentage of those who cannot read or write, who are not getting the benefit they should of schooling. This is not the fault of the mill operators ner perhaps ihe fault of the pa rents of the children, but it is the fault of some one. A school should be a part of the-equipment, so to speak, of every mill, for the more intelligent the labor is the more use ful and the more profitable it is. Even the adult operatives, eighteen per cent, of whom cannot, accord ing to this report, read or write, might avail themselves of the bene fit of these schools and be willing to help pay for them. At the last meeting of the Man ufacturers' Association in Charlotte, its president, Dr. Mc Aden, recom mended something of this kind and urged the mill owners to take an active interest in the schooling of their people as one of the means of bettering their, condition. It may be incidentally remarked that there are few States in which the relations between the mill oper ators and the 'operatives are more harmonious, and few where there has been less effort to regulate those relations by legislative enactment, which so often fails in its purpose because misdirected or shaped by men who do not fully understand the matters which they j undertake to regulate by law. Child labor in the mills is now engaging the attention of the South Carolina Legislature where a bill has been introduced prohibiting the employment of 'children under 'ten years of age a very proper restric tion, for a child under that ge should not be required to perform daily labor, and we doubt even if it should be required to 'spend much of each day in school. Under .that age it should be play and sunshine with them, with just enough of books not to be irksome. Schools should not be nurseries and mills should not be the' stunters of child hood.' As (North Carolina has the lead in ' ilje number of textile establish ments she will doubtlesa hold it, for if textile manufacturing be profit able anywhere it will be in this State, for the simple reason that' here are presented all the natural advantages that can be found anywhere and more water power than can be found within the same area anywhere on the continent.; With a watershed ex tending through nearly f the entire . length of the State, from the north east to the southwest, discharging the rainfall into tfcej Atlantic on one ide and .the Mississippi on the i : - . " ir other, it forms streams of unf ailing and practically boundless power, which will be supplemented when desirable with electric -pianss w convev their power to mills remote from them, -thus widening their sphere of potency and usefulness. It willj not be many years before there will be electric power plants on numbers of these streams, fur nishing power to drive machinery many miles distant from them, j This method of adding to the motive power of these streams is still in its infancy, but it will yet he a great factor in multiplying the textile industries of this btate ana keeping them well at the front, and not only these but numerous other industries, which will give employ ment to our people, help develop our resources and add to the pros perity and' wealth of the State, which ought to be and will be one of the greatest manufacturing States in the Union. SECRETARY ROOT'S PLEA. In his plea for "justice to Cuba" Secretary of War, Root, among other things, says: "Aside from the moral obligation to which we committed ourselves wheq we drove Spain out of Cuba, and aside from the ordinary consideration of the commercial advantage involved in a reciprocity treaty, there are the i weighti est reasons of American public policy pointing in the same direction ; for the peace of Cuba is necessary to the peace of the United States; the health of Cuba is necessary to the health of the United States; the independence of Cuba is necessary to the safety of the Uunited States. Tbe same considera tions which led to the war with 8pain now require that a commercial ar rangement be made under which Cuba can live." r This is well enough as far as it goes, but it doesn't go far enough, and it doesn'c state the fact that much of Cuba's present and pros pective embarassment is the result of American handicapping after we had driven the Spaniards out and secured a foothold on the island. By forcing the Piatt Amendment upon her we practically made her an appendage of the United States and deprived her of the power to map out and pursue her own destiny. She Can make no treaty with any other country without the approval of the United States and can do little of anything else of importance without that approval. Under these circumstances and this handicap ping Cuba is no more an independ ent country than are the Hawaiis or Porto Rico. The result is Cuba is absolutely dependent upon this country and the policies that may be adopted bearing upon our trade with her, for what ever prosperity she may have. No wonder that under these circum stances there is among the. best people of the island a strong and a growing sentiment for annexation to this country, which they believe, and correctly believe, the shortest, most satisfactory and effective solu tion of that problem. This is the only way by which our trade rela tions with Cuba can be definitely settled and put beyond the pale of agitation and tinkering. DIDN'T SPEED S8 0.000- Mr. John W. McDonald, of New York, writes The Stab that Perry Belmont did not spend $80,000, as alleged, in his recent race for Con gress, but under $15,000,, according to his sworn statement of expendi tures. "Nearly all of this amount was for the legitimate expenses of several Democratic factions." Mr. McDonald says the district is not an overwhelmingly Democratic one, having been previously several times carried by Republicans, and that Mr. Belmont was defeated because he did not have the "financial or loyal support of the regular Demo cratic organization, at that time un der the control of a leader who has since presumably abdicated the scepter," by which he means Mr. Croker, who shortly after that sur rendered to Mr. Nixon and sailed for Europe. This, in addition to the fact that it was a special election . and not a holiday, when it was hard to get the working men, who constitute 80 per cent of the party in that district, to the polls, while his Republican com petitor spent $1,000, had the sup port of the Republican organization which collected campaign tribute from the Federal office holders, and spent $20,000, Mr. McDonald says accounts fcr Mr. Belmont's defeat. He was defeated by 389 votes, which considering what he had to contend against in his own party, and buck up against in the other, wasn't so very bad. Ex-Governor Shaw, of Iowa, who takes Secretary Gage's place, bought some fine diamonds for his wife the other day and wanted to show them to some visitors, at his home in Des Moines, but when he went to get them they had disap peared. Mrs. Shaw was not at home, and he suspected a servant girl of stealing them and had her searched. About that time Mrs. Shaw arrived on the scene and produced the diamonds from one of her old shoes. Then he apologized to the girl and paid her $10. Now that the burg lar men" know where Mrs. Shaw keeps her- diamonds they will have a soft thing. For CThoopincr Cough use -r OHEriBYrS EX PECTORANT.: - t; -j r fKi toy Hartta Pais piWdumtj GREAT BRITAIN RESPONSIBLE Collier's Weekly recently give a dinner, in New York, at which its war correspondents weref guests of honor. Among tho. invited guests was Andrew Carnegie, who did not go, but sent a message as follows: Th killincr of men bv men under the name of wsr is the foulest blot upon humanity to-day. We see much discussion as to what is or ,what is not permissible under civilised warfare. My view is that this is a contradiction of terms. There can be no such thing as civilmd warfare." we nave raaae the rath of senuine civilization, as long as we can find no better substitute ror tna sewing oi in ternational disputes than the brutal murder of one another. As a general proposition, it may be stated that the nation which refuses peaceful arbitra tioo is responsible for the war which ensues. Britain having done this in its dispute with the Transvaal Repub lic, is responsible for the extermina tion of a brave and heroic Christian people " j. . Andrew Carnegie does not- be long to the Quaker denomination, but the sentiments expressed show that while he has a head for busi ness he also has a heart which feels for humanity, and pleads against tbat brutality and barbarity of war. In putting the responsibility for the war against the Boers on the British Government he doubtless voices the sentiments of seven-eights of the civilized world, and yet, to the shame of the civilized nations be it said, not one them has made a move ment to bring that savage war of ex termination to an end. Frank Fleraming, of Middletown, X. Y., a prodigal son who had wandered off, concluded he would return and take the old gentleman by surprise. To make the surprise still greater he concluded to climb in through a window. About that time the old man, who thought he was a burglar man, surprised him with a load of buckshot, and was about to give him another when he yelled and told who he was. There were two surprises and the re&ult is tbat the prodigal is now going around on one leg, the other having been so badly shot that it had to be amputated. Mrs. Demuth, of Alton, 111., who for eighteen years has been police matron of her town, several years an officer of the humane society, and for two years probation officer of the county court, rises to express the opinion that mien are entirely too lazy and that this is the cause of most of the destitution in this country. We incline to the opinion that she is not far wrong, for very few of us would hustle if we didn't have to. CURRENT COMMENT. India is but the dumping ground for the younger sons of the privileged classes," cried an English man of the olden time, i It is plain that some think the islands may serve the same purpose for America. Jacksonville Times Union, Dem. It will not be considered any discourtesy if this country pauses long enough in its compliments to royalty to celebrate Washington's birthday. To be sure Washington once warned the American people against foreign entanglements, but that will not prevent the United States from conscientiously meeting the obligations of courtesy and hos pitality. Washington Star, Rep. M. Pierre Leroy-Beanlieu, writing in the Revue des Deux Mon des, "sees a certain moral inconsis tency between the professions with which we went into war, and the spoils with which we emerged; he even says that the Piatt amendment, forced upon the CnbanB, was a 'mas terpiece of perfidy.' " He is a French man, however, and, of course, does not understand these things. Charleston News and Courier, Dem. If the beet and cane sugar interests of the United States shall succeed in preventing reciprocal trade relations with Cuba they will drive the people of that island from sheer necessity to favor annexation. With annexation would come free trade, and such consequent pushing forward of Cuban industries as might put an end for all time to tariff meddling and Trust extortion. Philadelphia Record, Dem. The protests of the cane sugar interests of Louisiana and the beet sugar Interests of the West against reciprocity with; Cuba are to be expected and may be called rea sonable, bnt the Philadelphia Re cord righly characterizes the indig nant protest from Hawaii as "sub lime cheek." The rights of Hawaii ace superior to those of the other islands whose destinies we control only because a few rich Americans own a sugar truBt there. Macon Telegraph,, Dem. j It Dazzles the World. No discovery in medicine has ever created one quarter of the excitement that has been caused by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. - It's severest tests have been on hopeless victims of Consumptions,' Pneumonia, Hemorrhage, Pleurisy and Bronchitis, thousands of whom it has restored to perfect health. For Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Croup, Hay Fever, Hoarse ness and Whooping Couch it is the quickest, surest cure in tbe world. It 4s sold by R. R. Beixajct, druggist, who guarantees satisfaction or refund the money. Large bottles 60 cents and $1.00. Trial bottles free. ' t Wok otm stxtv Toars Mrs. WnrsLoWs Soothihgi Syhtjp has been -used for over sixty years by mil lions of mothers fori their children while teething with, perfect success. It soothes tbe 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, j Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for airs. Window's 8oothJng Syrup, ' and take no other kind, j Btsntlia Elfnatus : f nTht Kind Von Haw Always w4 SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Lenoir Free Presst-Mr A. h. Lewis died ather home In Pitt" county Tuesday night of pneumonia after an illness of eight, days. Miss 8ue Hill, daughter of Mr. Thomas R. Hill, d'ed at ber home, three miles from Kinston, yesterday of pneumonia, aged 27 years.; . j Mount Airy News: The prices of the necessaries of life are' higher than we have known them in fifteen years, perhaps longer, and yet. our merchants no doubt make less: than when prices were lower. The prices, we are told, are bound to go still higher before another crop is made. Wages are advancing -very little in this part of the country. , Goldaboro Argus: ' Another j in stance of the result- of , carrying con cealed weapons is the death of a prom ising young man, 20 years of age, this morning at Fremont, in consequence of a pistol shot in the side, received last night on the road about four miles from the town, at the hands of a com panion about the same age. The two were on their way to Fremont, Pba raoh Davis, son of Mr. Tom Davis, and Jasper Aimerson, a son of Mr. Hiliyard Aimerson, both of Nahunta township, and cousins. On the road a doe as saulted them and Davis drew a pistol, and in attempting to cock it to shoot the dog, the weapon went off, tbe ball passing through his left hand and pen etrating the s;de of Aimerson, from the effects of which wound his death oc curred as above stated. Laurinburg Exchange: The Rockingham and Ham et Street Rail way Company, with a capital of $160, 000, has been incorporated The ob ject is ' to construct and operate sn electric line for freight and passengers between the two towns. The princi pal office is to be at Hamlet. News reached here last Saturday morning 'that Shadrid Ward, an unmarried ne gro, 25 years of age, who lived near Rocky Ford, four miles east of Lau rinburg, bad been shot the nieht be fore by some unknown party, who afterwards set fire to his house. A family of negroes living near by heard tbe report of the gun about 10 o'clock, but beard , no other unusal noise. A few minutes later their at tention was attracted by the flames from the burning house, but too late to make any attempt to extinguish the fire. Joe Riddley, a negro who work ed for Mr. R. R. Covington, and who had some trouble with Ward, was suc picioned at once, as he had been heard to make some threats against Ward, and about 12 o'clock Saturday he con cluded that things were too warm for him about here, so he made good his escape. Scotland Neck Commonwealth: Mr. T. H. Hicks, one Edgecombe's good farmers, says there is consider able cotton in the fields now. The pea nut claimed the labors of the strongest men, and tbe picking of the cotton crop was largely left to the women and children Last week: the Commonwealth told of the mysterious disappearance of the old colored man from tbe premises of Mr. 8. F. Dunn. The old man has been found and is back home "safe and sound." Mr. O. K. Taylor in passing saw' old man Isaac at Parmele and reported to ! Mr. Dunn who went there, made search for him and found him. The old man was found ' in tbe. country some distance from Parmele. i He had wandered about ever since leaving home. He says a . man and a woman went to his house at night and took bim'away forcibly and carried him through the woods until he was completely lost; then took him to a road and pointed in tbe direction they wished him to go. He wandered about and after awhile he turned up at Hamilton, and from there he wan dered to Parmele from which place Mr. Dunn first heard from' him. : Mr. Dunn says nearly all of the old man's money was taken. He found perhaps a dollar or so amongst his effects at home, j The colored people at Hamil ton took up a collection for him and Mr. Dunn says he had eighteen cents when he found him. i TWINKUNQS. Wife Iv'edone nothing but prac tise economy-ever since we were mar ried 1 Husband And I've bad to pay for it! Detroit Free Press. Ted You can believe only half what a girl says. Ned Sure, but which half I Ted The half you don't believe when she's saying it. Judge. Willie Pa, is politics a pro fession or a business! Pa Well, that depends upon circumstances. If you are on the winning side it's business. Puck. "And yet," said the professor, struggling with a burnt and black ened steak of unusual toughness which the cook lady had just brought in, "they say woman's work is never done V Chicago Tribune. Talking about inventions," said the business man, "I have a lit tle machine in my place that would make me a millionaire if I could only keep it going all the time." "You don't sayf What's that?" "A cash register." Philadelhia Press. I Consistent: "Which season do you prefer," asked tbe friend, "sum mer or winter?" "It all depends," answered Mr Sirius Barker, as be unwound a muffler from his neck. "In summer I prefer winter and in winter I prefer summer." Washing ton Star. j Dashaway Quilldriver seems to ba a fellow of extremes one I who writes awful slush and sublime prose, and who is at tbe same time an idiot and a gen ins. Cleverton Where did you get such an idea? Dashaway I've just been reading tbe reviews of his latest book. Harper's Bazar, His First Proof: The Visitor Horrors 1 The lightning express wrecked and totally destroyed by fire 1 Young Artist Hurrah I flood 11 Are you crazy! No, but I expressed a drawing on that train and I valued it at $50. Now the express company will have to pay for it. Life. j Mrs. Qrogan "My, oh f my! Phwere did yes git th' black eye, Pat? ' Qrogan "Oh, 'twas wan o' tbim an archisths thot had some wurds wid me an' Clancy." Mrs. Qrogan Oh I the murderin', black hearted, dirtby- " Qrogan '"Sh, dariintl Don't spake hard av the dead." Philadelphia Press.' ""f . : .- - , Thft Era,of the Barrel: Dio genes was a great man," said the con templative person, "and yet he had no use for money. He was content to. con fine his possessions to a single tub." "Well," answered Senator Sorghum, "a tub might have been all right in those days, but what a man wants now is a barl." Washinylon star. .. I Blown to Atoms. The old idea that the body some times needs a powerful, drastic, f pur- Etive pill has been exploded, for Dr. ng's New Life Pills, which are per fectly harmless, gently stimulate liver and bowels to expel poisonous mat' ter, cleanse the system and absolutely cure Constipation and Sick Headache. Only 25 cents, at R. B. Bkllaxt's drag atore. - -t -- ! '1 t '- The Kind Yob Haw Ahrars Bsagtt Kgaatsxr - of . S9 FAUST'S WILD CHARGE. ft Sent Maraoertte Fir tna" J Terror --'- rron thr Stage. The name of the hero of this anec dote I shall not give; you, for he tins long since been gathered to his fathers. Let It suffice thatin his heyday he was one - of the greatest tenors who ever sang to u breathless and enthusi astic audience. He bad a penchant, however, for the red, 'red wine, which in the end proved his undoing and ulti mately provided a pathetic ending for an otherwise great career. In his prime his drinking seemed only' to affect his legs, but never his head or voice. He could always sing and sing true, but at times he had no more ability to guide bis wandering footsteps than has a Bufferer in the last stages of locomotor ataxia. At one time, when he was singing Faust to Emma Abbott's Marguerite, be appeared at the opera house In an apparently hopeless condition. The management was wild, but there was no one to take his place, and so they had to chance it with him as Faust All went well until they came to that scene where Faust, in leaving -Marguerite, crosses the stage and then, giving way j to an impulse, rushes back and kisses Marguerite yet once again ere taking his departure. Faust on this occasion got to the oth er side of the stage all sight, but trou ble arose when he tried to get back. Marguerite sits in tbe window of her cottage, and Faust comes back and kisses her through the window. Faust measured the distance with a wabbling eye, , but made a start when bis cue was ; given. Then he seemed to lose control of himself. One-quarter way across he was trotting, one-half way the trot was a run, and the remainder of tbe way it had become a gallop. Up to this point Miss Abbott stood her ground bravely, but that rapidly approaching figure awed ber, and with a frightened scream she fled. Faust, poor Faust, charged on. He reached the place he had last seen Marguerite and essayed to clasp the atmosphere in outstretched arms. Then his impetus carried him through the window, and all that tbe astounded audience looked upon were his waving legs. Somebody pushed him back, and, absolutely un disturbed, be finished the opera, sing ing In an unusually superb manner. Not so with the unfortunate Margue rite, however, for from then on she was suffering from a case of "rattles," which in simple Justice should have been the property of Faust. New York Tribune. PRETTY IRISH GIRLS. Way the Luces of tmo Emerald bio Are Beaatlfal. The Irish peasant girls have long been famous for their beautiful, clear skins ind healthy complexions. They owe much of. their loveliness to the moisture of the climate and the sim plicity of their lives. Plain, wholesome fare and rainwater for tbe wash basin tell i their own tale. No matter bow homely are tbe features of the genuine peasant girl, her skin is almost invaria bly j softi and firm, the arms nicely rounded,' the eyes brilliant and express ive, i There are no eyes finer than those of the healthy daughter of Erin's isle. Soft and tender one moment, to flash with passion if aroused; dark blue, gray or brown, the Irish eye la pecul iarly lovely and possesses a luster all its own. Long lashes shadow these be witching orbs lashes that curl upward to sweep the cheek'when tbe face Is betrayed Into blushes. So much time la spent out of doors that the feet, usually bare, become en larged. The ankle, however, la usually well shaped and neat, the Instep high and the skin of baby fineness. The Irish girl of humble station is proud of ber shapely feet and believes that walking through the grass before sun rise in summer enhances their beauty, which, of course, it does. ' No need to powder that fair skin it owes Its peachy bloom to health, happi ness and the freedom of outdoor life; no need to resort to tbe rouge pot the roses are there hard and fast, nature's own coloring. The hands may be rough by hard work, not . diminutive, but shapely; the hair burnished and often luxuriant. London Answers. i How to Lie Whta Sleeplmar. The correct posture for-steep is to lie on the right side with the limbs stretch ed out to their fun length and the arms either straight down by tbe body or in any comfortable position, provided they are not raised above the bead. The mouth should be closed, and all the muscles of the body should be relaxed. . The lungs work with greater delib eration during the hours of sleep, and If the arms are raised above the head at this time and for any period tbe ac tion of the heart drives the blood away from the arms and sends it to the head, frequently making one very restless when It does not prevent sleep entirely. American Queen. i BarUg a Purpose la Life. Ambition to achieve baa saved many a man and woman from an early grave. From a health point of view a definite purpose in life, something which the mind Is bent on accomplishing, is a fac tor which is too rarely considered. The will power which holds one to a set task oftentimes wards off physical weakness and weariness better than the drag or medicine which the physi cian prescribes. "I must accomplish this before I die, has been the express ed purpose of more than one of the world's great workers. A. 8. Atkinson In Woman's Home Companion. Hard to Pleaae. "I cant get on with that young woman at alL". "What's the trouble?" "Oh, she gets mad when 1 say she's mature, and she -gets mad when I say she's immature." Detroit Free Press. How-.It .Waa. ... Judge You soy the defendant turned and whistled to the dog. What followed? Intelligent Witness The dog, sor. Tit-Bits. ' You Know What Ton Are Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing that it is simply iron and quinine in a taste less form. No cure, no pay, Price, 50c. . v-rv-j. satuth bbSb aaw. mm ' KrjnLT take HOTfoss. that Ely's -Liquid Oream Balm is of great benefit to those sufferers from nasal catarrh who cannot inhale 'freely through the nose, but must treat ' themselves by spraying. Liquid Cream Balm differs in form, but not medicinally from the Cream Balm tbat has stood for years at the head of remedies for catarrh. It may be used in any nasal atomizer. The price, including a spraying jiube, is -75 cts. Sold by druggists and mailed by .Ely. Brothers, 66 Warren Btreet New York; " " . -: KAireita ibchargea from tlm nrbtazvonnM SB ettlMr sex in 48 ttaora. It Is roperior to Copaiba, Cabeb, or tafss tlons, and freo from &U bad mail orouW es ht ft i iaai null DM vi I HU-IVIIUT iniu7lmf V I (SMalM. videa Mar the una in MuMI'MMf i L.-Vtth-wH which r. miinTV j a rW.iAo.'rkia.iii Custom According to the rule sanctioned; by. centuries of Chinese observance, t no j document can have the authorlty-Of thei Imperial throne of China unless itlbears! a red spot placed there by the sover-; elgn. To the grand council thef tsung li-yamen and all other departments of state take their business, and the grand council In Its turn considers alljdocu-f ments and attaches to each a pice ot red paper on which its own decision is written. x Each morning at daybreak the grand council proceeds, to the pair ace to submit the papers to the Soverj elgn, who as each document isH-pn duced signifies approval' by making a small spot with a brush on the niargin of the redr paper. With the-red spot upon It the paper is the most 4acred thing in the world to a Chinaman i with out it It may be torn to shreds with im punity. Leslie's Weekly I j I f Oat of His Latltwde. ! He understood all about the sun and the moon and the stars and something about the weather, j Indeed, he was popularly supposed, to regulate this last, and his indication of probabilities was received as gospel by his admiring fellow citizens In a i certain southern colony of Australia. He went td Eng land for a well earned holiday. I He was shown over a celebrated fruit garden there. He was observed: to be sniffing about as If j something! were wrong. They asked him what whs the matter. "Well," he replied, "these fun ny fellows have trained their Ipeacb trees against the south side of the wall to get the midday ! sun Instead . of against the north." London Truth. An Editorial Error. j 'Did anybody ever try to start a newspaper here?' asked the. intellectu al looking man with glasses. fTes," answered Broncho Bill "but it failed. The editor j wouldn't tend to business." j I ! fWas he a dissipated man?" 1 , j'No; but he insisted on sitting at his desk with his back to the door when he ought to have been standing With a six shooter in his hand and his eye at a knothole." Washington Star. j A Lobe Mile. The Swedish mile is the longest mile in the world. A traveler in Sweden when told tbat be Is only about a mile from a desired point would better hire a horse, for the distance be will have to walk if he chose in his ignorance, to adopt that mode of travel is exactly 11,700 yards. T WROLEULB PRICES CUuREIT. war Tne ronowing quotations repreeent wooieeaie races generally, in mazing up small orders hlehftr Dricea baTe to be oharaed. Toe Quotations are always given as accurately as possible, bat tbe Btai will not be responsible tor any variations from the ataal market price oi tne aruciea anetea $ 8AQGIHCJ Jate.... ........ : Standard...... 1 Burlaps WX8TERN SHOKXD 3 6K 7)4 Hams V 14 10 : Bides W .... 8 9 Shoulders OBT BaLTED Bides V t t Shoulders-V 9H 9 BARRELS Spirits Turpentine , aecona-nana, eacn ... - i Second-hand machine...... 1 New New York, each ' New City, each BRICKS - Wilmington fj M Northern BUTTKB North Carolina f) ... Northern OORN MEAL . per bushel, in sacks Virginia Meal COTTON TXK bundle DANDLES V S i , 85 1 35 1 85 1 85 1 35 35 s 6 60 a oo r oo 14 00 15 S3 g 18 38 81 81 1 30 ts 11 8 1 25 18 8 - tsperm. ...... Adamantine COFFEE 9 Laguyra..... ' Bio..... OOHESTICS Bheetlng, 4-i, "J yard... Tarns, p bunch ot 5 Bs .... FI8H- Mackerel, Ho. 1, barrel... a oo Mackerel, No. L ' nau-ooi. li no naea-erej, no. s. Mackerel, No. a Mackerel. No. 8, i barrel. Ihali-bbl. ! barrel.. Mullets, Vpork barrel : N. O. Roe Herring-, f) keg,. DrSi::::::" xoor s- Low grade Choice................ ., BGraignt. .., nrstPatent 8LUE p a RAIN bushel Oom,rom store, bgs White Mixed Corn Oata, from store (mixed).. Oats, Bust Proof Cow Peas... , HIDES V i Green salted , Dry nint urv nmk HAT f) 100 S ; No 1 Timothy Bice Straw N. C. Crop HOOP IRON. V CHEESE m . Northern Factory.. 4 uairy uream. nan cream ... LARD. V 1 ... ; Northern ...... ' North Carolina LIME, 9 barrel... PORK. V barrel CitvMess Bump mi 12 i rrune.... BOPS. .. SALT. sack. Alum........ Liverpool i American... On 126 Backs. ....... SUGAR, B1 Standard Gran'd Standard A........ , White Extra O... . Extra C, Golden. '. ' O Yellow... LUMBER (city sawed) f) M ft , Ship 8tnff,resawea......... ; Bough edge Plank ' west India Cargoes, accord- LUtf M UiUhUjroa.sv. Quality. 13 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. IS 00 i Scantling and Board. eomn 14 oo MOLASSES 9 gallon i Barbadoes, in hogshead.. . . . Barbadoea, in barrels...... . Porto Rioo, In hogsheads.... 29 Porto Rico, in barrels. 20 8 ti gar House, in hogsheads. IS Sugar House, In barrels.... 14 Syrup, in barrels n NAILS, V keg. Cut. tsod basis... '2 40 28 81 83 i 14 I 15 t 87 9 SO 4 : 14 09 ' 10 00 9 00 6 00 6 60 760 8 50 , SOAP, 9 Northern sut MI.A 1IF A 1 , . DlA . zw3,y n.w. mrrei.... D on B. O. Hogshead,.. TIMBER, 9 M feet Shipping.. 8 00 Common mill 4 00 ; Fair mill....... 5 00 i Prime mill ... ....... 6 50 Extra mill.. i 8 00 SHINGLES, N.O. Cypress sawed : f)M 8x24 heart 6 85 Bap. ay... ..a ,. , , 5 50 sxao.Heart... ,.... . 3 50 " Bap s 50 WHI8KKY. ) gallon Northern t m i 7 00 : 8 00 4 00 3 00 : f 10 1 4 BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Stores and J Cotto Yesterday. W. & W. Railroad 172 bales cotton. 3 casks spirits turpentine, 5 barrels tar. W. a & A. Railroad 143 bales cot ton, 3 casks spirits turpentine, 46 bar' rels rosin, 121 barrels tar, 8 barrels crude turpentine. t : ' r s C a Railroad 83 bales cotton; 2 casks spirits-turpentine; 9 barrels rosin. A. & Y. Railroad 11 casks spirits turpentine, 52 barrels rosin, 9 barrels tar. . 1- - -j ----- - W. & N. Railroad 105 bales eotton. 17 barrels rosin. 4 barrels crude tur pentine. , '. 1 i Steamer Geo. W. Clyde 146 bales cotton, i ; j Schooner Leah 8 barrels tar, S7 bar rels crude turpentine: , f i McFayden's Raft 243 barrels rosin. . Matlhaw'a Raft S.9A KbbmIb t. i xow 4 oaies cotton, I9i casks spirits turpentine, - 691- barrels! rosin, 143 barrels tar, 99 barrels crude tur V fT, . , A.M. .- . pentine, .! .- . i 13 UiWULlLJ lib 11 1 ; r 1 1 1 ill; m aj- . f : a i it i i 1 1 i COMMERCIAL; WILMINGTON MARKET f Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange.! -I STAB OFFICE, January 31. " SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothin g doincr. ! ROSIN Market firm at il 10 per barrel for strained, and (1.15 per bar rel for (food strained. TAR Market quiet at $L20 per bar rel of 280 pounds. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market strong at $1.35 per barrel for hard, $2.50 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day lastyear Spirits turpentine nothing dome ; rosin nothing: doing; tar steady at $1.25; crude turpentine steady at $1.30 2.30. j , , j RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 19 Rosin ! 691 Tar i.. 143 Crude turpentine 39 Receipts same day last year 14 casks spirits turpentine, 385 barrels rosin, 301 barrels tar, 59 barrels crude turpentine. 1 j COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 7 He per Sund for middling. Quotations: rdinary..... 6j cts lb Good ordinary 6 " " Low middling 7 " " Middling.. '.j 7 " ' Good middling. 8 3-16 " " Same day last year, market quiet at 9jc for middling. Receipts 649 bales; same day last year, 116. j Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prl e representing thote paid tor produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants 1 COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c; fancy, 80c, per bushel of twenty -eight pounds Virginia Prime, 60c ; extra prime, 65c ; fancy, 70c. Spanish. 7075c. CORN Firm, 8587c per bushel for white. ' N. C. BACON Steady; hams 14 15c per pound; shoulders, 1213c; sides, 1213c. EGGS Dull at 18c per dozen. CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 20 25c; springs, 10 18c. TURKEYS Dressed . firm at 12 14c; live, 910c. BEESWAX Firm at 26c. TALLOW Firm at 56c per pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60 65c per bushel. FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Sornlng Star Nbw Yobk, Jan. 31. Money on call steady at 2M3 per cent. ; the market closed, bid and asked, at 2 3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper.44M per cent. Sterling exchange steady at tbe advance, with actual business in bank ers' bills at 487 J$ for demand and at 484 for sixty days. The posted rates were 485 i and 488. Commercial bills 4833: 484 !. Bar silver 55 'A Mexican dollars 44V. Government bonds weak. State bonds steady. Railroad bonds were irregular. U. ti. refunding 2's, registered 108U; U. S. refunding 2's. coupon,108tf ;U.a."3V registered, 1U8; do. coupon, iuy; U. 8. 4's. new registered, 1S9; do. coupon 140; U. 8. 4's, old regis tered, Ulji ; do. coupon, lllJi ; U. o. 5's reg'd, ex int. 106; do. coupon, 107 V: Southern Railway, 5's, 120. Stocks: .Baltimore & Ohio 103; Chesapeake & Ohio 45M: Manhat ton L 13554: New York Central 161; Reading 56J:do. 1st preferred 81ft; do. 2nd preferred 62; at. Paul 164; do. prefd, 187; Southern K'way 335tt do. pret'd S5: Amalga mated Copper 78; Am'n Tobacco ; People's Gas 99 Jit Sugar 124 X; Ten nessee Coal and Iron 63J; U. S. Leather 11H: do. prefd, 80 J4 ; Western Union 91 U." S. 8teel 43X ; do. pre ferred 93&; Mexican National 16s; American Ltocomotive adK ; do. pre ferred 92 ; Standard Oil 6456SO; Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co., 60; do. preferred, 123 Baltimore, Jan. 31. Seaboard Air Line, common, 24J424; do. pre ferred, 4646 ; do 4s 84H84lW. NAVAL STORES MARKETS By Telegraph to the Morning Star. N ssw Yobk, Jan. 31. Rosin steady, Spirits turpentine easy. Charleston, Jan. 31. Spirits tur pen line firm at 4134c; sales 51 casks. Kosin hrm; sales 200 barrels. Quote B, C, D, $1 20; E, $125. 6AVABKAB, Jan. 3L- Spirits turpen tine was firm at 42c; receipts 211 casks; sales zia barrels; exports 555 casks. Roam firm; receipts 2,960 barrels; sales 190 barrels: exports 21.537 bar rels Quote: A. B. C. D. $1 25: E. $130; F, $1 35; G, $1 40; H, $145; I, $1 70; K, $2 25; M $2 65; N,$3 25; W Vi, fa 6U5W W.-13 85., COTTON MARKETS By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar New Yobk, JanI . 31 The cotton market opened steady with , prices one point lower to one point higher and ror tne rest or tbe session kept within a narrow rut, with -speculation most of tbe timej almost flat. The room c&ntiogent and the public alike were averse to assuming new commitments at a time when influences were at work which were unusually conflict ing. The movement of the crop was tne cmei none or contention. some arguing nai interior re ceipts were light . as a nat ural result of the severe sleet and rain storm which for several days has been , central, over prettv much the entire cotton belt, while others are equally positive that ex- naustion or supplies, pure and simple. is responsible for the sharp reduction in receipts, j Early cables fpom Liver pool were quite dissppointinc and combined with large port receipts to check new buying. The official esti mates for tomorrow's New Orleans and Houston receipts fell considerably oeiow tne actual receipts on same day last . year, but this shortage had been pretty thoroughly discount ed. The week end statistics, too, had;--- been - anticipated and made no impression upon the mat ket. Taken as a whole, it was one of the most unsatisfactory markets of recent times, with commission houses in par- ticuiar compiainmg or tne dull busi ness. ' Near the end of the day leading bears endeavored to force tbe whole list sharply, but met with little suc cess. - The market ; was finally quiet, with - prices net . unchanged td four points lower. . - , Nsw YORi, Jan. SLCotton i dull at 8Mc; net receipts 1,803 bales; gross receipts 3,851 bales: stock 119,944 bales. Spot cotton closed-dull; middling uplands 8Jo;-middling gulf 8c; tales 1,200 balea., , - . ;- - Cotton futures market closed quiet; February 8 00, March 8.05. April &08, May 8.09 . June 8.10. Jul v 8 13. Auimst 7.97, September 7.67, October 7.65. ' Total to-day Net receipts 16,475 bales; exports to Great Britain 251 Dales; exports to France 250 bales: exports to the Continent 16,976 bales; stock 889.749 bales. . Consolidated Net receipt 204.688 bales; exports to Great Britain 107,383 bales: exports to. France 14 382 bales: exports to the Continent 116,181 bales. Total since (September 1st. Net re ceipts 5,869,792 balea; exports to Great Britain 3.239.604 - bales : exnorta to France 542.590 balea: exports to the Continent 1,749,830 bjje; j:: ft 2623 bales; BoTMet net receipts 450 ,,qill S ton, firm Fat 7c w5.fr bales; Philadeife n 2S net rece pt8 m V . 4Uiet quiet at?!11,6?' 8tS.fr; New Orleans qD4;ePU2lS voi oaies; net i quiet ByTeleeraDhtothpu ' ' NBW rOBK, Jan.siJ:8 i wasuuii and a hA . ,0m,j Wheat-Spot UNo?! Options clos-d verv . 2&t uais-apot fi.m: No market, like others t owing to moderate 7S,S' Sfi quoted firm. Lard 1 0n-L $9 85; South' aTT pound 88Xc. Pork n,0O $17 001725;8bOPtc,C ages free) 66Xc CheeaS'SV-j uii cream, aree , sju,. 10c;smail early Zl? ted hrmer -creamerv nVJ uu jrennsyivania 29; 'n em at mark 28c. ffl?5 New York, fair to prSjSj ft 215; Jersey sweets, barrel t MDMge steady; Long a.uwu, per iw, I2 004 00 pV"1 quiet: fancy hand Zi ed'4&! other domestic 2S 3ft Liverpool-Cotton J"- X Coffee-Spot Rio steady; nTt -fflQ5u,e.t; "Cordon 5ff- centrifugal 96 test, J steady. Cotton seed oi JJ changed, closintr ?ll,nliil f. o. b. mills 3334c;' pri;7!Cfl1' yellow 4041c; off 40c; prime white 45c;prime wbC low 4748c; prime mMiifS'S Chicago. Jan. ai d..i .! wheat speculators turced bttrku sentiment to-day and though J worked stubbornly against HjT ence prices ruled lnmo. -n May wheat closed with a loss 0! to May corn Jf 3 and May oati fc Ti tiuui viubcu a Buaae 10 BcJoftt CJHIOAGO, Jan. 81.-0MU--L Flour steadv. WhMt-TJ1 Corn No 2 -c; do. yellow Oau No. 2 44&,t4K 4647jic;No Ri,o K O ci ir j '. a, utli iuesg port te barrel, $15 6015 65. W Z. 1W IDs., 9 259-27. Sbort sides, loose, $8 158 30. Drv salted snouiaers, Doxea, 712h725J clear sides, boxed, 8 6087u key Basis of hieh wmes. ti .n The leading futures rsmgwhs ff' lows opening, nignest, lowejtjii closings Wheat No 2 Januarr2jj, vi?B, "c; may ?mm 77 X, 7777ci July 78H, ?8)i 78, 77. 7778c, Caru-K January 60. 6OH60Jfr.S9fc Kjfc Mav 62m3MUittX. 6M. m July 6263. 63. 621:65 Oats May 44-2)44, mmMt A a T I 001 oni;y i nn.t n tembsr M, 32. AZ. Mm per ner bbl Mat 115 85. 15 90. IS 1 15 85: Julv $15 QTA. 15 97.15m 15 9 H . Lard, per 1 ()0 fts- Ma $9 1 9 40. 937. 9 37; July NAItt 9 45 9 47. Short ribs, per 1H0 V 1 May $8 37, 8 42. 8 37ft 8 tfi July $8 474, 8 50, 474,8IH1 F0BEI6N MARKET.- Ijvkrpool. Jan. 31 Cottoo: M small business dene; prices 1$ lower; American middling fur 1; good middling 4d; middling fjid;; low middling 4 13-32d; gpod ordiw 4 9--32d; ordinary 4 l-32d. .ThealB the day were 6,000 bales, of whiehW bales were for speculation and erpf1 and included 5,600 bales Amen Receipts 3,000 bales, includinc 8, bales American. , Futures opened steady nd dow 1 1 ... . A n.nmflan milMlililj imrejjr Birauj ; aura o. c.) February 4 27-64d seller; W ary and March 4.26-64d sellrf; W and April 4 26-64d seller; April "' r . n . . 1 li .. '.nil JlH JUay 4 o-Oia ouyer; iuaj -",. . r. . n . . am 0iJ 1 1 . TnnABrtd JQil 4 26-644 27-64d buyer; Jnlyart gust 4 26-644 .27-64d bnyn: Af 2nd September 4 22-6404 23Wtaf er; pepiemuer tuu u 4 lb-baa. Stmr A P Hurt, Bo ... ma- I J ville, James maaaen. Clyde steamship Chichester, Georgetown, aw" bones. rT.TTARKD. . ' Norwegian barque Viva, Andes Goole, Eng. Heide & Co. British steamship Po!ana, HJ Liverpool, Alexan&er Spruni EXPOETS. FOREIGN. . Goole, ENG-Nor 4,703 barrels rosin, J'q. ckrgo by Paterson, Downing vessel oy neiu' . vj, LrTKEPOOL-Br steamship JJJ 9 679 balescptton, fj valued at faao.ow; fann by Alexander Sprant&BW- MARINE DIRECTORS mft mt TssMls IB P0r'. AlQAttUUCl Wf" . D J Sawyer, 288 tons, wJ' , uarriss, bod oo w wr o o f 267 tons, . Harjriss, Son ec w qw EdgarO Ross. 380 tons, Qoiiiw. D.nrin Nnn CI. r :,t,1W uumoerianu, "no, Oeorire Harriss. Son & ; w v.. T-r Am IOUB, ' George Harriss Son w'J! McClure. (Br) 191 tons, Riley & Co. lin tnn. Fannie Keicne, George Harriss, BARQU . . K09 t0Di victoria, iowui Heide & Co. ' a Anders, (Swd) 636 tons, . no. - ' -icn, Taurus, (Nor) 484 tons, Wanted a Pointer: e police rDs7edfo aitin was arresic" inafvr t it.. burclar bouse last nW i wj ingly)-"WeI into (hesitatingly) What do you on. mere I just tm MA4 waking my wife. Jan.3l.-alvefitft7T!W net receipts 5 to8teaiyal 8teadyat7l5iR'n62 " AH Baltimore, nnm'i besTn, Fajw 1 t-
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