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I ! i f i 1 fr. -1" c ' J i ii I! I! ft I il ':"4 itr" i r , n lit ? i ; I BY WTT.I.IASI B. mftWARD WILMXN fcrTUJS M. C. Tubs ui- M0BNIH&. Apsu. 8. INTEREST IS SILK CULTURE. The growing interest in silk cul ture is not confined to this State, for it is beginning to attract atten tion in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and in fact to a greater or less extent throughout the Pied mont belt, which the "Siriculture and Manufacturing Company of America," has selected as the field for the inauguation of this indus try. The President of this company, Mr. Louis Magid, of New York city, was a few years ago a silk menuf acturer in Massachusetts, now a banker in New York, and has re cently spent some time visiting dif ferent sections of ; the Piedmont country with a view to selecting suitable sites for the location of colonies of Italians who will not only raise silk but also show other people how to raise and manipulate it. He went as far South as Geor gia. In speaking of this section, and the efforts to introduce silk cul ture the Washington Post quotes him as saying: "The climate of the Piedmont sec tion, which I call that between Wash ington, Atlanta and Columbus, is the ideal place to begin, but there is no reason why, the native farmers of every State in the Union should not encase in silk culture, ana my com psny offers to give them any and all information in connection with the matter, as we want every farmer to produce silk, and we shall create a market for the cocoons by our plan of establishing mills. I had an interview with Secretary Wilson, based on a long correspondence, and he has assured me that as far as was In his power he will assist the establishment of silk culture in the United States, as he has been of the opinion that silk culture could be introduced in Jhe United States, and now has a bill before Congress asking for (10.000 with which I believe he is going to distribute mulberry trees and eggs to all who will ask for them." The climate of the Piedmont section of the South is similar to that of the Piedmont section of Italy and France, which this section resem hies in some other respects. Silk raising is the great industry there and there is no reason why it should not be as great or a greater industry in the Piedmont Bection of the South. It is only a question of in dustry and effort and of acquiring the knowledge necessary in the . business. It is the intention of this Northern company to import Ital ians, for the especial purpose of silk raising and to furnish object lessons in the practical working of the industry to the surrounding people who may be inclined to en gage in it. Lyons, in France, is the great silk manufacturing city of Europe, Paterson, New Jersey, is the great silk manufacturing city of this country; but Lyons has the advant age of Paterson because it can get all the raw silk it needs from near-by localities while the Paterson mills and others in this country must im port their raw material from Europe, Japan and China. Yet notwith standing this handicap the manu facturing industry has made re markable progress within the past twenty years, for twenty years ago there was little if any silk manufact ured in this country while in 1900 they turned out goods aggregating in value $107,256,25S,showingthat it has become not only a very respect able but a very important industry. Not many years ago the industry was practically confined to Paterson, but it has branched out until there are now manufactories in .several States,including Virginia and North Carolina. The increase in the num ber of mills has been greater in Pennsylvania than in any other State, these mills taking the place of iron mills in some sections where for various, reasons the manufacture of iron became unprofitable. The silk mills are still on the increase in that State, and yet there is prob ably not a pound of raw silk pro duced in it, certainly not enough to keep one mill running. We do not know the quantity of raw silk our mills import, but judg ing from the value of the manufac tured goods it most be large, nor the value of the imported material, but it probably amounts annually to $20,000,000 or more. There is no reason why the Piedmont county of the South shonid not furnish every pound of this when the industry of silk growing gets fairly under way, for the field is unlimited, the cli mate and other conditions favor able, the mulberry, and other food trees of the worms, grow with little effort in cultivation, and are in no danger of being killed by freezing weather in Winter. As far as finding a market for silk is concerned there need be no fears on that score, for the factories already in operation would consume all that could be produced for years to come; the only question being as to whether the home product could be fur nished at as low price as the im ported, quality being considered. It is the opinion of the president of this sericulture and manufac turing company that silk can be produced in this section not only as cheaply, but more cheaply than it can be in the silk growing sec tions of Europe, which is. probably so, because there it is the industry on which many people are depend ent, while here it would be a subor i dmate one, conducted in a small way and attended to mainly by wo men and children, who would be thus engaged but a short portion of the year in the spring months; so that, like eggs and poultry raising, the cost would be comparatively trifling, while the product wonld be a source considerable income, in comparison with the proportions of the industry and time and labor 'devoted to it. That there is not only a large but ah increasing demand for raw silk is shown by the fact that while the silk regions of Europe, in which atten tion is given to that business, will raise about the usual amount, the in dustry is being established in other countries of the old world where heretofore no silk has been produced. Those who engage in the industry in this section have the assurance in advance that they will find a market for all they raise, for this company promises not only to purchase all the silk produced but all the cocoons. While it requires patience and more or less skill to nnreel the co coons, those who lack either of these will find purchasers far the cocoons which it requires no skill to produce simply the observance of some pla .in rules that any one of ordinary sense can understand and follow. All the instruction required can be obtained in the bulletins on that subject issued bv our State Department of Agricui ture, which is taking a zealous and commendable interest in? this new m dustry and will furnish these bulle tins on application. If the efforts of the people of the State respond to the efforts of the Agricultural Le partment the silk-growing industry of this State ought to be worth mil lions of dollars in a few years, and that would mean a good many more silk mills to give employment to more people. GOOD ROADS. There is no economic subject in which the people are more vitally interested than in good roads, but, strange to say, there is no economic subject in which, as a mass, they Beem to take less interest. There is more talk about good roads now in the South than there has been for years, and much light has been thrown upon the sbject, and much valuable information given to the people through the various good roads conventions that have been recently held in this and in adjoin ing States. These have stimulated a good deal of interest in the subject and have resulted in the organiza tion of good roads associations in some portions of this State which will work for the betterment of the roads with something like system. A good roads convention was recent ly held at Charlottsville, Ya., which suggested the following, which we clip from the Richmond Dispatch: "New Jersey was the first State to give money for highways, it is said, and it is still giving with that object in view. It has this year set aside about $800,000 for good roads, it is stated. Massachusetts is placed sec ond among the States, in the good- roads movement, and it has appropri ated more than $3,500,000 for road im provement. New York followed the example est by these two 8tates, and the good-roads agitation has now SDread into West and the South. Michigan is reported as about to change tts Constitution so tnat estate money may be used for the improvement of roads, and it is believed that it will not be long before public senti ment will demand the appropiation of national funds for highway purposes. The average cost of the gravel and macadam roads in Massachusetts is $10,000 per mile, it appears. In some places the cost is as low as $5,000, while in other places it runs np to $30,000 per mile. In Connecticut the cost of the gravel roads averages about 12,000 per mile, and the macadam road is constructed at an average cost of $5,000 per mile. It is thus seen that good roads do cost money. That fact will have to be accepted in the outset of any good roads movement But the improved roads will for themselves many times over in a comparatively few years." There is not a State, as far as we know, which has entered upon the work of road improvement which has not kept it up and spent money freely upon it, because experience proved that it paid. It pays not only the farmers and others who have occasion to use the roads, bnt it pays the State by the enhanced value of the property for taxation, frequently doubling and quadrup ling the value in a few years. This is not simply a temporary but a per manent increase. But in addition to this it stimulates increased new industries and thus adds to the wealth of the people and of the State. Next to railroads good pub lic highways are the great industrial developers. The latest proposed engineering scheme is the conception of. a Frenchman, who is . planning for a railroad along the north Pacific to connect with the trans-Siberian rail way, part of the scheme being a tunnel under Bearing strait. All of which he says is feasible, and he he believes will be accomplished within six years. There is nothing impossible in that. The only ques tion is "would it pay." If capitalists capitalists can be convinced of that the job will be done sometimes as chemerical as it may seem. A North Dakota judge has re fused citizen's papers to an appli cant because although he had lived in this country six years, he had never learned to speak English. But may be he lived in one of those bail wicks where English is spoken only by the wayfarer. For Wnobping Couch use CHENEY'S EX PECTORANT. for sale br Haram pmiaos PnsnnMr.r HELPING THE RURAL SCHOOLS. Friends of popular education are taking a good deal of courage from the spirit shown at and the results of the educational convention held at Greensboro last week. The ob ject of this convention was to de vise some system for helping the rural schools by securing the co operation of the towns. Greens boro was chosen, perhaps, because it was one of the first towns in the State to show a marked interest in popular education and the first town to establish the graded school system, in 1876; when it was a small and a poor town compared with what it is now. At this meeting there was a propo sition to duplicate the sum of $4,000 offered by the General Educational Board, making $8,000, to aid the rural schools and the $4,000 was raised in an hour or so and could have been made $5,000 if that had been the proposition. The people of that town took the right view of it, for they know that the city is interested not only in the education of her own people, but in the education of the people of the surrounding country, with whom the people of the city are indus trially and otherwise identified. A little help from the town will be a great help to the rural districts, most of which are poor and per haps do the best they can for the education of their children. A little more added to the amounts they pay, money which the towns would not feel, would enable them to have better and more attractive houses, employ better teachers and have school longer terms, instead of the cheap teachers, poor school houses and few months that so many of them have now. There is a mutuality of interest between the town, and the country that all do not realize, and Greensboro has shown the right spirit in so substantially recognizing that and in setting the example she has to other cities. CURRENT COMMENT Cablegrams announcing the renewed activity of the Mad MulHh in Afghanistan receive little atten tion from the English moors. Since England grabbed the Boer hornets nest, mosquitoes like the Mad Mul lah are not even interesting. Nor folk Landmark, Dem. i We observe that another party has gotton itself born under the name of the Allied People's par ty of the U nited states. This is one of the most harmless of pastimes. A half-dozen men, enthusiastic belief in a Cause, and a room to meet in, f urnish all the requisites for launch mg a new poiiticaiparty on a "ge- ionouB career." The ash-heap fur nishes all requisites for taking care or its nmsh. JSorfolk Vrgna-Px lot, Dem. Dr. Allen, in the excellent work he is doing against food and drink adulteration, has found a bnt ter and oleomargarine coloring which is so poisonous that the bot tles containing it are labeled "keep out of the reach of the children. And vet there are some people who feel outraged because of Dr. Allen's interference with their "right" to dye their butter yellow. Lduisvilte hourier-J ournaL, JJem. It would be the climax of political hypocrisy to deny the in sular territories of the United states free trade and confer upon them free silver coinage. . it was bad enough to oreaic through the mesh of con stitutional interdiction-in order to keep them outside of our tariff bar riers; but to arrange to pay ' them for what they have to sell us in de preciated silver and require gold for what, we shall sell them would be adding perfidy to pillage. Philadel phia Record, Dem. QUARTERLY MEETINGS. Wilmington District Second Bound. Market Street, April 6 Town Creek, Gay's Chapel, April 6 Bladen Street, April 9 Grace, April 3 Waccamaw, Bethesda. April 16 Shallotte, Andrews' Chapel, April 17 Carver's Creek. Grant's Ghanal. April 19 20 Bladen Circuit, Center. April 26-27 Elizabeth; Union, May 8-4 Magnolia. Rose Hill, May 10-11 Clinton, Kendall, May 17-28 Jacksonville, May 24 25 Fifth Street, May 25 Kenansville, Warsaw, May SI Onslow, June 7-8 District Conference at Fair RlnflF April 1-3. B. B. John, p. E. Pe Kept Ilia Lc ' 4 Twelve v Afire aim J W Rii1Kr of Hartford, Conn., scratched his leg with a rusty wire. Inflammation and blood poisoning set in. For two years he suffered intonaalv. Thun th Vw. doctors urged amputation; "but," he writes. "I uam) nn hrttf In nf Vliutt.u Bitters and 11 boxes of Bucklen's Ar nica oaive, ana my leg was sound and well as ever." For Eruntinna RmMi Tetter, Salt Rheum, Sores and all Blood disorders Electric Bitters has no rival on earth. Tfv them. R Tt Bsixurr, druggist, . will guarantee satisfaction or refund the money. Only 60 cents. f r rvr Stxsr Yaara Mbs. Wutblow's SooTHnra Bybtjp has been used for over sixtv tmh hv mil. lions of mothers for their children whila teethine- with nAvfomt m ... It soothes the child, soften the gums, and allays all pain; cure wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. It will relieve the noor littln mffrm9 immediately. Sold by druggists in every part or ine worm. Twenty-fire cents a Dome, ue sure and ask for "Mrs. Wlnalnw'a Rsvrthlnw Rni k and Uke no other kind. - TaTa w miw FORiWEAK WOMEN. IERCES mm SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Smithfield Herald-. There are quite a number of Democrats ' in this county who have not yet paid their poll tax for 1901. Charlotte News: Farmers in the city to-day inform us that in their sec tion of the county has not been mate rially injured by the cold weather. The peach trees, in most instances, are in full bloom, but as the ground was wet there was little if any ice, the damage will be slipt. Newborn Journal: The Buck eye Company, previously incorpo rated by Cleveland, Ohio, parties for the development of 10,000 acres of timber lands in Craven county, has amended its charter, increaainsits capi tal stock from $60,000 to $120,000. Fremont Rural Visitor: The directors of the cotton seed oil mill held a meeting at the Bank Wednes day and elected officers. $31,000 stock has been subscribed and books are still open for subscriptions. They want to increase the capital stock to $35,000. Charlotte Observer: Mr. A. M. Pittman was found dead on the rail road near Rockingham early Tuesday morning, having been killed by a train last night He was in town early Tuesday and drinking all day. It is thought that he stopped on the rail road and went to sleep, and thus met bis death. His head was smashed to pieces and his arm was cut off. The dead man was about 60 years old, and had a large family who work in Steele's Mill. Concord Standard: The Mona zite mill in South Shelby is quite a curiosity. Monazite resembles brown, sand and might easily be mistaken for it by a novice. It is brought to the mill mixed with iron pyrites and gar net crystal. The milling consist in sep arating the monazite from these adul terants by passing it under two power ful magnets, the pyrites and garnet being attracted up strikes a little belt which throws them off into a receiv ing box, thus separating them from the monazite which flows out in an other direction. The mill we are told haaacapsdty of 8.000 pounds per day. The monazite is brought in its crude state at 3 to 5 cents per pound and sells after being separated for 8 cents. It was thought that monazite could only be found in Cleveland county, but re cent discoveries indicate that it exists in paying quantities in Rutherford, Burke and Mcuo well counties. Farm- vhn find thn Axiatenoa of monazite on their lands in paying quantitities are auia 10 tarn wi itrat as a money proaaoer. sir. ia forma na that hia shinmanta of mont zite from this point annually will ap- . . A A. I proximate ow tons. Averaging hallinar MlM at ft Mknla MP DOUnd 1 1.600 ner ton and von eet some idea of what an immense sum it requires to handle it, a sum or nearly tnrre quarters of a million dollars. We learn that Cant. J. M. Odell is ia flflntAmnlatins the buildinor of another cotton mill. Mr. Odell is the recognized father of Concord's great million industry and building has become a kind of habit with him that we are all clad that he can't break off from. Isaac Cruse was captured HVHav Anioff within about half a mile of where be killed his wife. He is now in jaiL Poor Ike, if we are correctly informed, has a grievance and had he killed a man along with bis wife and hd done the deed at the most provoking time there's hardly a jury in Cabarrus that would willingly render a verdict that would direct punishment. JWINKtlNQS The Man (savagely) were yon making all that noise out in tbehali? The Boy No, sir, please, it was the janitor. The Man (meekly) Oh, that's different JrvcJc. "When I last saw Binks he waa hustling after a political job "He must have cot it now. for you never see him hustling any more." tsaittmore aercua. Basanio What is the matter with Bluejowls to-aight! Rialto Hia cress aeent has published a story about his extreme modsty. and he is trying to act tbe part. JudQ9. Right in His Line. "They say young Qettem is working hia way through solleee." 'I don't doubt it He has the alifikest war of working people I ever saw. Philadelphia Bv letin. In Gentle Spring. "Paw," said little Johnny Askit, "what does the noet mean bv 'flannelled fools!'" "The folks who take their flannels off be tore the first of May. mv ton. ' Jialtimore American. Hotel Clerk (to Col. Cntter of Kentucky) Will you have a Ditcher of water sent to your room? The Colonel Water Great guns I ain't there any fire escape JIndianavolie mT " - ' - -- r- A Doubter: Lamb Sneakincr of Santos Pumont and Bis airship, I don't believe there is any money in it. tr utman xniaar not! lamb Sure of it I've taken fliers on tha atnek mar- ket myself. Life. Church When -man bm a fallow in an automobile with a fur coat, fur o 1 nvna. a maak nnr hia mi and nn and a leather cap, what would say?" uotnam wny, i wouia say ne was dressed to kill. Tonkers Statesman. Casev's Trnism: Dennis Tis th' early bur-rd gets th' wur-rm. Mis- 1 1 .a a n Hit' il .i T . kucr lya.SC J I VJWlMVJ Xia f,UOi. II JQ wa-ant to keep y ere head above wather thtM dm vm M.int. lat th' ran grow under yere feet, Misther Pinnis. ueiroii tree tress. "It's an Al disnlav." said Mr. Pitt at the dao ihnw. "It's a flrat- class exhibition," replied ijr. Penn, a, . B . a ..a . out you ve got tne wrong number." "How BO f" "TnatMd f Al ii ia 170 Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. "Do. vou believe the Charles ton fair will go ahead of your Pan American Exposition Tasked the New York man. "Well, I don't see how it can." replied the i Buffalo citizen. 'You know wa Inat avaf ft9 not") OOO on our show!" Yonjeere Statesman. Vood Cfeange to Ppdon. Putrefvinsr food in tha InUatlnM produces effects like thoan nf anutnin but Pr. King's New Life Pills expel me poisons irom the clogged bowels gentlv. eaailv bnt lunlv. riirin fVin. stipation, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Fevers and all Liver, Kidney and oowei irouDies. uniy zo cents at Ii. R. Bellamy's drug store. t To AOOOKXODATB those who are nar- tial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids into the nasal casaafi-ea for catarrhal 'troubles, ? the proprietors prepare luly's Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the f spraying tube is 75 cents. Druggists or by mail. The liquid embodies the. medicinal proper ties pf the solid preparation. Cream Balm is quickly absorbed by the mem brane and does. not dry up the secre tions but changes them to a natural and healthy character. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St, N. Y, t Ton Know Wkat Von Ara Taktna Whm von taV OHm'i Taatala. OKtll Tonic, because the formula is plainly Crxawu on btotj oowo, boo Wing tnat It i simply iron and quinine in a taste less form. No cure, no pay, Price, 50c. aatnth rLittue ii ITKS TOYS FROM TIN CANS. i Horr Iaaenlona Frenchman Got Rich Out of Sardine Tins. Near the close of a long and fierce war between France and several other nations of Europe, when the Prussians wer trying to get entrance to "ans, the French soldiers were in the city, and that thev mleht have enough to eat andj drink the persons who owned Shops and bakeries were rorcea to give thorn wine and bread. Many of the shopkeepers soon found their stores empty, and various ways were invent ed tio keep their children from starv insr. i At! this time a wine seller named Drotir was in sad distress. His wlne- ahoni was ruined and empty, and kneW not how he could secure bread tnr htn famllv. In the vard at the back of bis shop was a large heap of empty sardine cans, wmcn naa oeen tnrown out lin the happier days. He had learn ed that! solder, with which the cans tini rioOTi mi1m!. was in cTftflt demand. and pne' day as he came across the old cans ine uuragoi. euiereu uw uuuu ui. the Solder might be sold; so, building a little furnace, the solder was meitea oft the cans, and for this he secured a neatj sum , of money, with which he bought food for the family. Not atotmlnsr at this. Mr. Drog hired a number of ragpickers to go around the city and gather up ail tne saroine cansj they could find. While experi menting another idea came to him that the tin of the cans could also be used fn mnfelne tovs for children. Tin sol dlers and other pretty playthings were made and sold. In after years Mr. Drog built factories In other parts of France. Millions of children's toys are now I sent out from these ; shops each year; and Mr. Drog lias made a large fortune from tne old saroine cans. Tiny Tor Amtomoblle. The little son of Mr. George Billan of Middletown, Ind., is happy in the pos session of what is perhaps the smallest automobile In the world. It waa made by Mr. Billan, who Is a Jeweler, and It Is only ten inches long and eight Inches in height, weighing only two pounds i JTJBT LIXS A BIO pXS. and two ounces. It has rubber tires, is ball bearing and is furnished with a side steering lever, which Is controlled by a little figure In the seat It runs In a circle or a straight line over 200 feet at one winding of tbe spring mo tor and has a perfect starting and stop ping lever, just like tbe big machines. . Thumb Rlns. Men's thumb rings are no rarities te collectors. Some of tbe Roman spec! mens must have been cumbrous wear, ene In the Montfaucon collection bear ing the bust of Trajan's consort, Plo tlna, measuring over three inches across. Medieval churchmen of high degree did not allow "the largest, first and shortest of the fingers" to go una dorned. A massive gold ring was found upon tbe thumb of the supposed skele ton of Hilary, bishop of- Chichester, fvbo died in 1169, and the recumbent emgy of Bishop Oldham In Exeter ca thedral is remarkable for the pressed together thumbs being inclosed by a 3lngle ring. When the shrine of St Thomas a Jleoket was robbed pf its treasures, the famous archbishop's thumb ring, given to him by the king of France, graced $vith a ruby the size of a hen's egg, found Its way to the thumb of bluff King Hal, and as the tumor of the King is always voted just the thing we may be sure the royal hand was not the only one so decked at court- Mayors and aldermen Imitated their betters. "When I was about thy years, Hal,' says the fat knight "I was not an ea se's talon In tbe waist. I could have crept into an alderman's thumb ring. Chambers Journal. Balldlnj: Snperstlflona. In remote times a sacrifice of some kind was always offered at the comple tion of a building, either public or pri vate. Sacrifices were not only offered .it tbe completion of structures of all kinds. The foundation? themselves were usually lah) in bjood, whether the structure was a castle, bridge, cottage or church. Originally tracing the sub ject back to heathenish times the sac ritlee was offered to he god under whose protection tbe building was placed. In Christian times the bloody rite was retained, but was given anoth er significance. In those days it was generally believed that no edifice would stand unless the cornerstone was . laid in mortar mixed with blood. Usually the blood was obtained by sacrificing a dog, a pig, a wolf, a black cock pr a goat an not unfrequently some male factor's blood was poured out to; make the ceremony more impressive. Clrfe Bnaaell'a Start. When a young man of one and twen ty, Mr. Clark Russell, the well known novelist, was present at the trial of a dozen seamen who bad mutinied be cause the food provided for them was of the most abominable description. He was disgusted to find that the muti neers were actually sentenced to sev eral weeks' imprisonment for refusing to be poisoned with the provisions dealt put to them, prom' this sprang the idea of a story pf mutiny caug,ei entirely by tne snipment or taa rooa ror tne crew. The result was "Tbe Wreck of the Grosvenor," by which Mr. Clark Bus sell made his name. A Corkierew Steeple. The steeple of the parish church at Chesterfield, England, is often called the "corkscrew" steeple, for it has got quite a big twist. This is due to the ac tion of Jb sun on the wooden and iron materials, and the warping is more pro nounced : in the case ' of Chesterfield church than in any other church in England. Barnstable and Bristol and pne or two other places have leaning steeples, but tbeir tendency is decided ly to ''lean" and not to .'twist" The church at Chesterfield is the nearest rival in the United Kingdom to the leaning tower at Pisa. Xoot Ther Don't SpenJb , Tltllpl T t ton mAto . , - : "";fiwB iu ut yon 19 marry them, what would that be? ium wwuiu it per Ethel A tender. Amy And if what would that be? - istnet I don't know. What? Amy A wonder. London jTm, fia I i ! OUR WIVES, LIOTHERS, AND : DAUGHTERS. Too Many ot Them are nerveless, Weak, Pale and Anaemic PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND Reaches the Boot of Brery Fe male Trouble nd XXakea our Women Strong and Vigorous. It is a' most regrettable fact, and a calamity,! too, that our women, young and old, are numbered amongst tbe most unhealthy of females in the civilised ! world. For delicacy of beauty, intellectual capacity, and for all graces that adorn the sex, they stand peerless; but it is doubtful if one in tea can be found who is functionally and organically well. This absence of feminine health and vigorous vitality is due to a neglect of nature's unerring laws. Immediate reformation is. necessary if our nation would have women who will become true wives and mothers with an off soring that will prove a strength to tbe country. : . For the special weakneses 'to which women are now victims, Paine's Celery Compound is tbe surest and safest remedy. The wonderful strengthen ing and building-up properties' of this marvelous prescription devised by that eminent medical expert. Prof. Edward K. Phelps, M. D. LL. D., and its spe cific action in correcting disorders of the female organism, are well known to the medical profession and to the tens of thousands of women who have been raised from weakness and die? eaee to health and physical happiness. Paine's Celery Compound quickly gives the true health tint to sallow and bloodless faces; it gives life and ligbt to the eyes; it gives pure, clean blood to course through the body ; it gives natural appetite, sweet sleep, and that blessed cheerfulness . that is tbe delight or men. Try a bottle or two of Paine'r Celery Compound, dear suffering and run , down sister. Your condition, your family interests, and the welfare of society demand this effort on your part Diamond Dyes ZSZl A Hard Uw. A traveler getting outside of: St Pe tersburg discovered when he tried to re-enter the city that he had left his passport in the bedroom of his hotel. The guards refused to let him pass and refused to send for the passport "Ac cording to you," said he, "the only thing for me to do is to throw; myself in the Neva." j "No," said the sentry, "suicide in Russia is strictly against the law," Her Point of View. Mrs. Hiram Offen How long were you in your last place? j Applicant Oi was there just a month, ma'am. - j Mrs. Hiram Offen A month? What was tbe trouble? j Applicant The trouble was, I ma'am, that I was took sick, an' Oi couldn't get away anny sooner. Philadelphia Press.. Hia Ideal. j "Gracious! You don't mean! to say you are going to move out to Bqgyille?' "Indeed I am. I consider it an ideal place." ! . "Huh! ! You ought to read the pa pers. There's more sickness there than In any other town in this vicinity." "I know it I'm a physician. WHOLESALE PRICES CURBEIT. tar Tne 1 fonowing aaotaaons represent Wboiesale Prioes generally, ta mating op maU orders luanar nrteee fiave to be charged. Tne qnotaaons are always siren as accurately as possible, bnt tbe 8ab will not be responsible for any variations from tbe attoal market price ox tne arocies ooocea BA soma 9 S JntS. ......- Standard.. Burlaps WXBTZ&H BK OKXD- H&ma a s Bides ff Bboalders V DBT SALTED Bides a Shoulders V B BABBIT Ji Spirits Torpenttne Second-hand, each Second-baad machine New New York, each New Otty, each BBICKB Wilmington u Northern BUTTKB i North Carolina t Northern ................... . OOBNKZAL Per bushel, in sacks Virginia Meal COTTON TIK v bamtie CANDLES H Sperm......... Adamantine OOFFSB a - SSJffi::::::::::::::::::::: DOMESTICS i 7H 6 a 14 10H -9 9 O 9 63 O 9 75 O SM 1 85 O 1 35 1 35 O 1 85 O 1 85 O 1 35 8 60 O 7 00 9 00 O14 00 32 O 80 83 O 88 75 O T7H VV O 1 12H 18 O 85 s o n ? 8 l 8 s6 eneeung, -, m yara . . Turn ds. a banco or mt .... FISH auccorei, na i. Mackerel, No. 1, Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... sa ee half-bbl. 11 00 barrel... 18 oo 80 08 15 08 18 00 9 00 14 00 4 25 8 00 3 85 10 6 00 atacaerei, eta. x MackereLNo. s, MoUeta. a bam balf-bbl.. 8 00 barrel... is oo Mallets, Vpork barrel....,. I .........a. 8 75 7 60 s 00 e 00 h.aj. jtoe i erring, v zeg, urj um, w . rLOUR a low grade Choloe Straight ..... S 60 S 75 f 83 8 8 8 76 4 00 O 460 O 5 00 6 10 nmfuent 8 LUX a 9) 8 RAIN a bushel - oornjrom store,bgs White Miked Corn. Oats, from store (mixed).. OaSBoet Proof. CowPeas i 88X too 75 1 40 75 SO 4 10 9 HIDES a t ureen saiiea Dry flint DrvBalt 8 o 6 11 10 HAT a too as NOiTunothv. Blee Straw N. O. cron HOOP IBON, a OHKE8B Norcnern Factory Dairy Cream.. Half Bream LABD. a - northern North .Carolina A ll barrel T. POBk. V barrel 1 10 O Oitv Mess Bump...... 6 18 60 5 18 50 . ... .... .,....... BOPS, S.t salt, sack. Alom UTerpuoi .................... American. On 001 a basra SUGAR, a iw-etandard Qran'd Btaoaara A White BxtraC. Till, n aau.m rr wHum, O Yellow LUXBKBtelty sawed) a m ft- omy Dmu, reeawea. is oo Bough edge Plank u 00 west India cargoes, accord, tag to quality............. 13 00 Dressed flooring, seasoned. 18 u Bcantllnar and B&?3 S S! MOLA88K8 a caUOO-T " " Bar Dadoes, in hogshead..... Barbados: in b&SSSTr: Porto Blco, la hogsheads. . . Porto SS, tabarretSn: : Sugar Hoose, in hogsheads. Sugar Boase, In barrels... uuMtrreis.. ......... . keg, out 80d basis... aj-fc A V rott&jnf feet-Bhtpplng.; 8 00 i vKwnmonnuu ............... 4 00 iwrnuu.ii.,, ana Prime mill Xxtra mill ......... .. am. BHINSLK3, N.o. Cypress saved wltartr.::::::::: WUlHKXY. gaUon Northern 1 S 89 A 80 2 19 5 14 5 17 S 8 40 5 COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET (Qnoted officially at the closing of . the Prodace : Exchange.! . STAB OFFICE, April 7. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. - - ROSIN Market steady at ft 10 per barrel for strained and $1.15 per bar rel for good strained. TAB Market firm at $1.20 per bar rel of 280 pounds. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market steady at $1.85 per barrel for hard, $3. 50 for dip, and for virgin. .Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine steady at 32H82c; rosin nothing doing; tar firm at $1.20; crude turpentine steady at $1.102.10. Lbsobipts. Spirits turpentine...... 4 Rosin 18 Tar. 814 Crude turpentine 46 Receipts same day last year 99 casks spirits turpentine. 1 888 barrels rosin, 195 barrels tar, 45 barrels crude turpentine. ! COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 8o per pound tor miaouing, uuotauons: Ordinary 6 cts lb Good ordinary 7yi Low middling 8& Middling... 8 Good middling 8 15-16 it CI CI II Same day last year, market steady at 7Kc for middling. Receipts 29 bales; same day last year, zms. f Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid for prodace consigned to Commis sion Merchants. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 65c; extra prime, 70c; fancy, 75c, per bushel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia Prime,55c ; extra prime, 60c ; fancy, 70c. Spanish, 7580c. CORN Firm; 7680c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 11 15c per pound; shoulders, 1012c; sides, 10llc. EGOS Steady at 14 15c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 20 30c; springs, 1520c. TURKEYS Dressed, firm at 15 16c: live, 10llc. BEESWAX Firm at 26c TALLOW Firm at 5$6tfe par pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 70 75c per bushel. FINANCIAL MARKETS Bv Telegraph to the Mornlnx star srw rose April 7. Money on call .was firm at 4 7 per cent, clos ing1, bid and asked, at 3&4 per cent Prime mercantile paper 4X5 per cent Sterling exchange was steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at 487ji for demand and at 485H for sixty days. The posted rates were 486 and 488& Commercial bills 4843485?f. Bar silver 53 Mex ican dollara 43. Government bonds steady. State bonds were inactive. Railroad bonds irregular. U. 8. re funding 2's, registered, 109; U. S. re funding 2's, coupon, 109; U. & 3's, registered, 108; do. coupon, 109 U. 8. 4's, new registered, 1S9; do. coupon 189; U. 8. 4's, old reg istered, 111; do. coupon, 111; U. 8. 5's registered, 106; do. coupon, 106; Southern Railway, 5's, 122. Stocks : Baltimore & Ohio 105 ; Chesapeake & Ohio 45; Manhat tan L 183; New York Central 162; Reading 56 ; do. 1st preferred 82; do. 2nd preferred 68H; St Paul 167K;do. prerd, 190; Southern Bail way 32; da pref'd 94; Amalga mated Copper 66 ; Am'n Tobacco; People's Gas 102 ; Sugar 131X ; Ten nessee Coal and Iron 69Jtf; U. S. Leather 12 ; do. pref'd, 84; Western Union 90; U. S. 8teel 41; do. pre ferred 9331; Mexican National 19; American Locomotive SQlA do. pre ferrd 92V; Standard Oil 624626; Virginia-Carolina Chemical ; do. preferred, 130. j Baltimore, April 7. Seaboard Air Line, common, 24&; do. prefer red, 4444; do. 4s 83tf83X. NAVAL STORES MARKETS By Telegraph to tbe Horning 8 tar. New Yobs, April 7. Rosin steady Strained common to good $1 67 J 1 70. Spirits turpentine weak and nom inal at 46X47c. ; Charleston, April 7. Spirits tur pentine hrm at 41 Jsc; sales casks. Rosin unchanged i Bayaheab, April 7. Spirits turpen tine was firm at 43c; receipts 207 casks; sales 2,026 casks; exports 187 casks. tiOBin arm ; receipts 1,406 barrels ; sales 1,450 barrels; exports 10.437 bar rels Quote: A. B, C. D, $1 25: E. $1 30 ; F, $1 35 ; G, $1 40 1 45 ; H,$l 55 ; I, $1 80; K $2 45; M, $3 85; N, $3 25; W G. $3 60: W W. $3 85. COTTON MARKETS By Teietsranh to the Uornlnz Star ! New York, April 7. The cotton market opened firm with prices four to nine pomt8 higher, following an unexpected show of strength in the Liverpool market where futures were up two points and spot cotton l-3Zd, to the highest level of the season. The opening figures proved to the top ror tne session riowever, as soon alter he call tremendous liquidation set in and soon carried the wbole list three to four points lower. Arbitrage houses were very Isrge buyers all tbe fore noon and at times in tbe later session. Commission houses and Wall street appeared anxious to reduce their heretofore enormous lead, taking advantage of the bullish in fluences at work, so that the market would absorb their ofierings without weakening appreciably. The English market had been genera ly expected to decline three to three and a naif points and the surprising course of that market prior tb tbe Now York opening for the moment badly fright ened the shorts. The West seemed to be an eager seller, in the afternoon spot cotton houses, Philadelphia inter ests and Europe, bought near months Port receipts were rather larger in proportion than the average of late, though still considerably under those of the same week lastyear. Conservative estimates placi gthis week's in sight" at 75,000 to 80.000 bales as against 122. 000 same week last year, were not without their influence. Interior town receipts were very small, but 4,858 bales against shipments of 12 871 bales. Near the close July eased off to 8 91 under a flurry of commission house selling, but immediately stiffened on active bull support and demand from shorts. ' The close waa steady with prices net three to ten points higher. Total sales were estimated at 300,000 bales, mostly may, July and August contracts. NEW TORE. April 7. Cotton aniet at 9 8-16c; net receipts 567 bales; gross receipts 8, 593 bales; stock 109,109 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 9 3-16; middling gulf 9 7-16e: sales 189 bales. ) Cotton futures market closed steadv : April 9.02, May 8 94, June 8 96. Julv 8.93. August 8.73, September 8. S3, October 8.16, November 8.09, Decern ber 8.06, January 8.07. .. Total to-day Net recelnta 13 ii bales; exports to Great Britain 11,050 bales: exports to Franca . h&w. stock 643.575 bales. ' . X Consolidated Net recelnta : ss Kan bales; exports to Great Britain 11,925 " w c ranee l.. exports to the Continent 2 F? Total since September lat l-N upts 6.980.286 bales: exnoT Britain 2.749.147 bales- btt.. M France 644,607 bales; extSM H Continent 2,267,510 bilet to net receipts 8,967 bales; Norfolk A at. 9c, net receipts 430 baJei.'ty timore. nominal at 9 3-l6c neti1 2.828 bales; Boston.qu.et at ; S I S-1"1" receipts 59 bales; Wilmington rV at 8&C, net receipts 29 baW n delphia,quiet at 9 7-16c. net recti nf h,lK bales: 8avannah. steadv ..Wo7,w,Ml receints 282 haW- nt " net I strong at 8 13 16, net receinu ?fr P bales; Mobile, firm atSc net ll'731 19 bales: Augusta quietat 815 V receipts 43 bales; Charleston, q!fet 8c, net receipts 181 bales q 81 M I PRODUCE MARKETS. By TelegraDh to the Morning Ul NEW Fork, April 7.-Plour m... . was unsettled ai.d about stead. JS prices. Bye fl.ur quiet Wbeat-!L U steady ; No. 2 red 82c at elevaVn ' tions closed firm at jiiVc 1 !' nce-. 8a!TB "e: May oiossd 77kJ i?JZ elMeP0'' September 76? ' December 77c. Corn ftnnt t; No. 2 BSHo at e?aTo?. oS'1 closed net lower Thet1 included: May closed 68 gc 1? closed 63Jic; September 63Mc oS Spot steauy; No. 2 47 oS!,"" opened steady and I eased off wiu'S 8 Pork unsettled Lard was unsenu Western steam 9 85: renn 5 ' was steady; continent $10 10 a0., American $10 75; compound 7x'osT Bice steady. Cheese firm ; Su te i h 1 early make fancy colored and -h, 13iqi mn ..... uu WUU X11UW uuii. Butter fim, State dairy 2339c. Rice steadv SE' strong; State and Pennsylvania IB, Southern at mark 15l5Hc. Potat steady: New York, .fair to pr.me t sack, $2 152 25; Jersey sweets 1 w barrel, $3 505 00. Coffee-Spo? E quiet; No. 7 invoice 5c; mildquw Cordova 812c. Sugars-Raw SIS I fair refining 8c; centrifugal 96 test 8k refined steady. Cotton seed oil dull' Closing quotations: Prime crud f. o. b. mills S536c; prime summed yellow 42 43c; off summer vellhJ 42c; prime white 4546c; prime wiD(r yellow 4647c; prime meal 123 (ki nominal. Chicago, April 7. Grain speculk tors had conflicting opinions regarding the outcome of the winter wheat crop which, when they attempted to recon cile them with the weekly statistics produced something of a jagged mar ket, trices rose and fell with tbe changing sentiment but in the end. i 1 spite of corn weakened, May wheat showed a gain of f e; May corn dosed ic lower, and May oats c down Provisions lost 5 to 12c, Chicago, April 7. Cash pricts Flour steady. Wheat No 2 spring c: No. 3 spring 7(M72c; No. 3 red 77Hc Corn No. 2 ; ;No. 2 yel low . Oat No. 2 42c; No 2 white 45H46c; No. 3 wnite 44W 453c Rye No. 2 57c. Mess pirn per barrel $16 3516 40. Lard, per liw lbs., $9 459 47 M. Short rib side loose, $8 708 85. Dry salted should ders, boxed, $7 37H7 50. 8hori clear sides, boxed, $9 209 30 Whis key Basis of high wines, 1.30. The leading futures ranged as M lows opening, highest, lowest air closing: Wheat Nn 2 Mav 7! Vffh1 M 71H. 7070, 71X71Kc,Juiy 71H 71, 71, 71X; 71c; Sepiembr 71H71M, 715,, 70. 7171c. Corn No. 2. May 5858, 59, 57, 5758c; July 595969tf, 88, 58c: September 58S9& 59, 57Ml58 tt&XCci. Oats Mat, d9.it tfhrt 43 42X- 42c:July S334 ,34 m. 28c. Mess pork, per bbi May $16 55, 16 55. 16 25. 16 .Tnlv gift 7(V 16 72, 16 42, 16 S7X. Lard, per m us May 8j 6254, 9 9 40 9 47; July $9 72, 9 75, 9 52. 9 57 ; dep. tember $9 80, 9 80. 9 60, 9 67 8ho,-i ribs, per 100 Ebs May $8 87 54. 8 90. n NA A Mr T AM ma a aa o yu, o yo; juiy a ou, a U24. a ny,. 8 87 ; September $9 07. 9 10, 8 90. 8 97. FGREIb'N rnAKKE Bv Oablo to the Morninu Livebpool, April 7. Cotton : tipot fair demand. prices l-32d higher; Amer ican middling fair 5 13-82d; good mid dling SHd; middling 5d; low middliDg 4 29-32d; good ordinary 4 25-S2d; ordi nary 4 l7-32d. The sales of tbe day were 12,000 bales, of which 1,000 hairs were for speculation and export and included 8,200 bales American. lie ceipts 200 bales, all American. Futures opened quiet and closed quiet; American middling (g. o. c) April 4 56-644 57-64d seller; April and May 4 56-64d buyer; May and June 4 56-64 4 67-64d seller; June and July 4 56-644 57-64d seller; July and August 4 56-644 67-64d sel ler; August and September 4 52-64d seller; September and October 4 39 64d seller; October and November 4 32-64d seller; November and De cember 4 29-64d seller. MARINE, ARRIVED. Steamer Highlander, Bradshaw, Fayetteville, T P Love. Norwegian barque Jus to, 60? tom, Pearson. Savannah, H-ide & Co. Schr Wm P Hood, 632 tons, 8mith, Boston, Oeorge Harriss, Son & Co. CjLEABEp. Steamer Highlander, Bradshaw, Fayetteville, T D Love. aurine"directok. hint f Teasels ta tke P- nt -aalngtesi w. c, April 8 SJTEAMSHIfco. Biftswood, (Br) 1,166 tons, Judd, Eeido & Co. SCHOONERS, Wm P Hood, 633 tons, Smith, George Harriss, Son & Co. John J Perry, 188 tons, Dyer, George Harriss, Son & Co. D J Melanson, (Br) 134 tons. LeBlane, George Harriss, Son & Co. C O Lister, 267 tons, Moore, George Harriss, Son & Co. Albert T Stearns, 508 tons, Bunker, George Harriss, Son & Co. BASQUES. Justo, (Nor) 607 tons, Pearson, Heide &Co. Arabella, 641 tons, Isendorf, Heide & Co. BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Stores and Coin Yesterday. W. & W. Kailroaa 10 bales cotton, 21 barrels tar, 1 barrel crude turpen tine. W. Q & A. Railroad 2 casks spirits turpentine. 7 barrels rosin. 74 barrels tar, 26 barrels crude turpentine. C. O. Railroad 15 bales cotton, $ barrels tar, 17 barrels crude turpen tine. A. & Y. Railroad 3 bales cotton. 9 barrels tar. W. & N. Railroad 11 barrels rosin, Steamer Highlander 1 bale cotton, 2 casks spirits turpentine, 187 barrels tar, 2 barrels crude turpentine. Schooner J. D. Pigott 17 barrels tar. Total 29 bales cotton. 4 casks spirits turpentine, 18 barrels rosin, 814 barrels tar, 46 barrels crude turpentine. V-i . ; . . i. U (.. '1 r - -"-r-
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