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BY WTLaIAai H. ttu&NARD
WIIjMINUTUK. ti. G.
THTTE3 -A.Y MO&HIXG. AfJGUdT 14.
WHAT IS IT FOR?
The argument in justification of
the protective tariff, and the one
that had the moat effect in securing
popular support for it, was that it
would encourage and stimulate the
establishment of manufacturing in
dustries, eventually make this coun
try independent of the manufactur
ers of other countries, and supply
the American people with the man
ufactured articles they need at alow
price, and thus they would be fully
compensated, and more than com
pensated, for the assistance they
gave in the establishment of manu
facturing enterprises.
As far as stimulating the estab
lishment of manufactories goes, this
contention was, to some extent at
least, true, but as to giving the
American people cheap goods, it is
not true, for it is the foreign con
sumer instead of the American who
gets the cheap goods and thus de
rives benefit frem the protective tax
which the American people pay, so
that the tariff works just the reverse
of the way its advocates declared it
would.
The prime object in establishing
the protective system, at least so it
was asserted, was to build up manu
factories to supply the home de
mand; there was nothing said about
building up a foreign trade in
manufactures. Now, when the
manufactories have become so nu
merous that they can not only sup
ply the home demand, but much
more than that, the tax is per
petuated to enable the manufac
turers to expand their foreign trade.
According to the admission of the
exporting manufacturers they can
compete with their foreign rivals,
but to do that they must meet
foreign prices, which would make
their profit less than they make
in the home market. They claim
that there is very small profit in
their foreign trade andthat some
times they sell at a loss, so that
their big profits are gotten out of
the American people. They say
they must sell the surplus abroad
and to sell it they must sell
it cheap, but does anyone suppose
that they keep on making a surplus,
and continually increasing that sur
plus and exerting all their efforts to
increase their foreign trade when
they make only a small profit?
They must be'satisfiedjwithjthe pro
fits, otherwise we would not hear so
much boasting about what they
have accomplished nor so much
talk about the importance of finding
newand more markets for our manu
factures. If the American people are to be
taxed enormously to enable our pro
tected manufacturers to ship their
surplus abroad and sell it at a low
price it would be better if there were
a smaller surplus, and fewer manu
facturers. Then, perhaps, there
might be competition between them
for the home trade and the Ameri
can people would get the benefit of
competitive tprices as foreign pur
chasers now do. While there
may be some little competi
tion between them now they
all avail themselves of the protec
tion the tariff gives and keep their
prices up to what the prices of for
eign goods would be with the tariff
duties added. That's why they de
mand from the American customer
from twenty-five to fifty, and in
some cases a hundred per cent,
more for goods than they demand of
the foreign buyer. There is a dif
ference in the prices of every ex
ported manufactured article com
pared with the American prices,
and the difference is always in
favor of the foreigner. Who then
reaps the benefit of the protective
tariff which was to be, professedly,
for the benefit of the American
people, who have been taxed hun
dred of millions of dollars to build
up American manufactories ? As
an illustration let us take the great
Steel Trust. Its profits the past
year were about 1136,000,000.
It ships a good deal of its manufac
tures abroad and sells them at a
mucn lower price than it demands
from the American purchasers, who
buy the bulk of its output, so that
by far the larger part of the $136,
000,000 profits comes out of the
American people, .as it has been
doing for years.
The Steel Trust as now organized
is a new thing, but the people have
been paying the tax for years to the
different branches which have been
embraced by the Trust. It may not
have been so much every year, but
these figures may serve to give some
idea of what the American people
have paid to build up the steel
manufacturing industry which is
now making such heavy tribute
upon them.
But this is only one ite m which
the people pay heavy tribute. There
are others on which they pay heavy
tribute, but it doesn't foot up so
much because the amonnt consumed
I not so large. The following, which
we clip from the New York Jforld,
shows tome of the leading exports,
with the value of the exported arti
cles and the Percentcn nt
follows:
0 mm
Duty
per cent.
ExDortt of
Value
Iron and steel. ...$43,813,323
Copper 41,454,074
45.00
85.68
Leather sji,u,uo
Agricultural im
plements 10,494,530
20.00
31.69
S1.39
35.00
Chemicals, drugs
and dyes
Wood.. 5,595,256
Paper 2,290,048
The American who buys iron and
steel pays 43.58 per cent, more for it
than the foreign buyer does. The
American who buys copper pays 45
per cent, more for it than the for-
. . mi a 1
eign buyer, xne Amencau wuu
buys leather pays 35.68 per cent,
more for it than the foreign buyer.
And yet there is over $43,000,000
worth of iron and steel, over $41,
000,000 worth of copper and over
$21,000,000 worth of leather export
ed annually. With a showing like
this (and this list embraces only
seven out of scores of articles ex
ported) how about the promise
of cheap goods to the American peo
ple? Isn't it the foreign and not
the American buyer who is benefit
ed by the protective tariff? What
I is it for then, and why is it perpet
uated in spite of the demand for re
duction? The only answer to this
question is that the protected inter
ests own the Republican party and
the Republican statesmen.
THIS IS 8EH8IBLE.
Before the Negro Young People's
Convention at Atlanta adjourned a
series of resolutions was adopted,
from which we quote the following:
"With the view to promoting our
material Interests and Increasing the
number of opportunities to earn a live
lihood, we earnestly recommend to
our people throughout the country
that they teach their children the dig
nity and value of manual labor and
that they give them the benefit of an
industrial education, which will en
able them to enter the world's indus
tries with as much knowledge, skill
and dexterity as members of other
races possess. That for the purpose
of securing competent men and wo
men to lead the race in its struggle
for greater knowledge, purer char
acter, better religion, nobler manhood
and larger accumulation of wealth,
we must encourage the higher educa
tion of as many of our bops and girls
as are susceptible of higher training.
Our highest aspiration is not that of
the master, to dominate, but. rather.
that of the brother, to co-operate with
our fellow countrymen in building
upon this continent a civilization
which will recognize in practice, as
well as in theory, the fatherhood of
God and the brotherhood of man.
"While there is still room for a bet
ter and higher moral life among us,
yet unmistakable evidence or a purer
home and individual life are most
gratifying. In fixing our moral status,
we ask you, as a matter of fair play,
do not judge us by our worst as has
so often been done but, rather, by
our best While we are laboring
earnestly to lift up and save our more
unfortunate brethren, we ask you to
continue to help ui and withal to be
patient with us.
"We are cognizant of the political
inequalities under which our people
are suffering, nevertheless weurgrour
people to continue to strive to shape
their conduct so that they may prove
themselves deserving of any right and
privilege now enjoyed by every other
American citizen."
This is in good tone and sensible.
Teach them the dignity of labor, and
not to look upon schooling as a
means of escaping labor, bnt as a
means of laboring more effectively,
aiding the muscle with intelligent
direction. When the yonng negro
realizes that it is through labor and
persistent, patient effort he must
come up from the bottom, he will
have learned the lesson upon which
his success depends, acting upon
which will secure for him the good
will, encouragement and support of
the better element of white people,
who are always ready to help the
honest, industrious negro who shows
a disposition to .help himself and
goes about it in the right way as if
neither afraid nor ashamed of manual
labor. Such negroes have succeeded
in the South, many have become in
dependent, some have accumulated
considerable property, and the op
portunities are as good or better now
than they ever were.
The pioneer of the plate glass
business in this country is Capt.
J ohn B- Ford, a native of Kentucky,
who moved to Indiana, and settled
near New Albany. He possessed
an inventive genius, and learning of
an establishment in Lenox, Mass.,
where a crude form of plate glass
for skylights was made he turned
his attention to glass and inventec
a machine for making smooth plate
glass. He interested others and es
tablished the first plant at New Al
bany. He sold his interest in that,
and afterwards established other
plants which failed. At the age of
78 he-was broke, and borrowed
money enough to pay his fare to
New York where he arrived without
money enough to buy a meal. He
prevailed on some capitalists to
back him in establishing two big
plants, in Pennsylvania, and after
wards he built another, which em
ployed -3,500 people. Abont four
years ago he sold out to the Plate
Trust for $10,000,000 and retired
from business. He is now living in
Tarentum, Pa., aged 91 years.
This is one of the rare cases of
a man making a fortune after
reaching the age of 78 years.
According to the grain statisticians
this year will be a record breaker for
this country, with an estimated
total of 4,076,231,374 bushels; 633,
500,000 of wheat, 2,539,951,000 of
corn, 120,900,850 of barley, 30,
350,800 of rye, and 750,528,724 of
oats. When the campaign opens
we will have the Republican spell
binders telling the farmers to behold
now the Republican party
brings
prosperity to the country.
IT 181 CHILD. LABOR.
A cotton duck- mill at New
Haven, Conn., which employed 700
hands, recently closed with the in
tention of locating in the South.
When one of the proprietors was
asked the reason for the move he
replied, "I presume the company
can manufacture more- cheaply in
the South."
Commenting upon this the Spring
field (Mass.) -Republican takes oc
casion to express its views somewhat
sharply on the enormity of child
labor in Southern mills, which it
assumes to be the main cause of the
cheaper production in the South.
Possibly this may have some effect,
but it is a very insignificant factor,
without which the Southern mill
wonld still have the advantage over
the Northern mill. New England
mill men who have moved their
plants South, or have established
branch plants, and Northern capital
ists who have invested their money
in mills in the South realized the
advantage of being in close prox
imity to the cotton fields and also
the climatic and other advantages it
offers to this industry.
As a rule Southern mills' pay less
wages than the Northern mills do,
less wages, but as a matter of fact
when the cost of living is considered
better wages than the operatives in
Northern mills receive. With the
milder climate, with employment
the whole year, less to spend for
clothing and f uel to keep comforta
ble in winter, with cheaper house
rent and cheaper food than the ope
ratives in Northern mills have, the
Southern operatives can afford to
work for lower wages than the
Northern operatives can and still be
better paid. Eliminate child labor,
(which should be eliminated) alto-
gether, and this, without mentioning
other factors, gives the Southern
mill decided advantages over the
Northern mill, and quite enough to
give it the lead in the cost of pro-,
duction.
It is said that 25,000 negro votes
were cast for Mayor Lowe in the last
election, but up to date they have
failed to receive any recognition in
the distribution of official spoils.
They are mad about it and are
threatening to do something next
time. But they are in the habit of
threatening and then going right
along and voting as usual.'
CURRENT CUMMENl
Senator Hanna is right in
saying that the proper way to under
stand the needs of any man is to
pnt yourself in his place. Bnt the
average statesman is too much con
cerned with the task of putting him
self in some official's place to inter-
Eret the sentiment in its lofty and
umane significance Washington
Slar, Rep.
The class of injunctions is
sued by Justice Jackson, of the
West Virginia federal bench, forces
the suggestion that there ought to
be an age (he is over 80) at which
federal judges may retire from the
bench, whether they want to or not.
Under the law a man may be too
young for certain forms of official
responsiDiity ana it is just as easy
for him too old. Atlanta Journal,
Dertu
Whitecappers have broke
out in Marion, Mass. A lot of
prominent people, espousing the
cause of a wronged husband, took
the offending "star-boarder" out,
rode him on a rail, clipped his whis
kers and then drove him out of the
town. No doubt in the world but
that the people of Massachusetts
and the people of Mississippi are of
the same blood, under the proper
provocation. Chattanooga Times,
Ind.
Being a patient man, King
Edward has agreed to permit the
archbisop of Centerbury and others
to dress him np in the colobinm si
donis, the armilla and the supertu
nica, the gold spurs and the other
fixings to-day, present him with the
sword and orb of state, lard him
with oil out of a spoon and other-
wise nave inn with him. A corona
tion must be stupid enough as com
pared with going fishing. Chicago
News, Ind.
eva Tear in B4.
"Will wonders ever cease f inquire
the friends of Mrs. L. Pease, of Law
rence, Kan. They knew she had been
unable to leave her bed in seven years
on account or Jddney and liver trou
ble, nervous prostration: and general
aeoillty; out, "Three bottles of Elec
trict Bitters enabled me to walk," she
writes, "and in three months I felt
like a new person." Women suffering
from Headache, Backache, Nervous
ness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Faint
ing and Dizzy Spells will find it a price
less blessing. Try it Satisfaction is
guaranteed by B, R. Bellamy, drug-
gist, umy ou cents. t
loi Know TThmt Tom Ar Ttkli
When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill
Tonic, because the formula is plainly
Erinted on every bottle, showing that it
i simply iron and quinine In a taste
less form. No cure, no. pay, Price,
5V a tuth
For f Tr Rtttr TT
Mna. Wnrsxow's Boothiug Btbup has
been used for over sixty years by mil
lions of mothers for. their children
while teething with perfect success.
It soothes the child, soften the arums.
and allays all pain; cures wind colic,
and is. the best remedy for diarrhoea.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Sola . by . druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty-five
cents a bottle.- Be sure and ask for
'Mrs. Winalow's Soothing Syrup, n
ind take no other kind.
jDJt.'PIERES
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Monroe Journal: The first
bale of North Carolina, cotton was
sold in Morven, Anson count;, Satur
day. It brought 10 cent. Mr.
T. J. Poer's saw mill outfit in Sanday
Ridge township was burned last weer.
Betides the mU, engine and fixtures
several thousand feet of lumber were
destroyed.
Raleigh News and Observer:
A shipment of fine mantels to Wash
ington City by Messrs. Zachary &
Zachary has brought back a letter com
plimenting tne work very highly.
The tobacco crop of Stokes county,
judging from the reports of Mr. T. K.
Bruner, (Secretary of the Board of Ag
riculture, who has just returned from
a visit to that section, is a very fine
one. While there he took photographs
of growing crops and ' will develop
these at once.
Winston Journal: Advices re
ceived here from Col. P. M. Peaall,
Gov. Aycock's private secretary, state
that the Governor has considered the
matter of a pardon G. W. Pruett, who
is serving a sentence for shooting Rex
Gasp, some time since, aud has decided
not to interfere in the matter. The re
sult is that Mr. Pruett will about six
teen months yet on the roads.
Sandy fork was killed in Mount Airy
Saturday night by John Angel. The
affair occurred some time after dark
Saturday night at Angel's home. Both
men are said to have been drinking.
They were getting ready for a barbe
cue or some kind of a supper. A quar
rel arose oyer a chicken, York saying
either in jest or earnest that Angel had
stolen a chicken, which was a part of
Angel's contribution to the feast.
Angel said that any one who said that
he stole the chicken, told a lie. This
was resented and Angel went in the
house after his gun, emptying a load
of shot into the upper part of York's
stomach.
Statesville Landmark: At
Mooresville Monday night Miss Ten
nessee White, daughter of Mr. Moses
W. White, was instantly killed by
jumping from a wagon. Miss White,
her brother, Mr. Joe White, Miss
Clara 8tarrette and Miss Birdie At-
well were returning from the Rock
Spring camp meeting. The four were
riding in a wagon. They had nearly
reached home, were driving through,
the heart of the town of Mooresville,
when the team took fright and ran.
Mr. Joe White was driving, and
his sister, Miss Tennessee, thought
to escape by jumping from
the wagon. Bhe jumped from the
rear and was killed instantly. Her
skull was fractured by the fall and it
is supposed that her neck was broken.
She was dead when picked up.
While Walter Beasly, son of J. M.
Beasly, was hauling sand at his home
near Dan river, Surry county, a few
days ago, an embankment caved in
upon him, killing him almost instant
ly. The young man, it seem, had
seated himself under the embankment
to rest in the shade, when suddenly
the earth above him fell. He was 19
years old.
1 WINKLINUb
"I suppose your engagement
to the buroness is still a secret 9 "Yes;
only my most intimate creditors know
or ."Fliegende Blatter.
Father So, Bobby, you are
the president of your bicycle club.
That's very nice. How did they hsp
pen to choose youf Bobby Well,
you see, Tin the only boy that's got a
bicycle. Judge.
City Man Yes, we all need a
rest once in a while. Farmer So do
we. young man. An' if some of you
city folks 'd roller my plan an' tske
your rest from 9 at night till 4 in the
mornin' you'd be a deal better off.
Puck.
"Well, Fritz, you got birched
in school, to-day I" "Yes, but it didn't
hurt." "But you certainly have been
crying r "Oh, I wanted to let the
teacher have a little pleasure out of
it" TitBits.
"I never was so poor in all my
life," said tbe sachet bag. "I haven't
got a scent left" "Well," remarked
the bathing suit, "I can feel for you. I
am shorter this year than I ever was
before. "Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
"What does you consider de
luxuries of life?" asked Miss Miami
Brown. "A luxury," answered Mr.
Erastus Pmkley, "Is sumpin' what
you has to be lucky befo' you kin git
It." Washington Star.
Mother (to small daughter,
who has accompanied her on a visit to
newly made friends) Ethel, you cer
tainly behaved well while we were at
Mrs. B.'s. Ethel (nonchalantly) It
was because I wasn't acquainted.
Judge.
Tramp (in the country) Yes.
I once rode a bicycle, but I had ter
?ive it up. Cyclist Why! Tramp
Tel), yer see, the owner wuz comin
down the road behind me, and the
policeman had a rope stretched across
the road in front Chums.
Mrs. Bjonee Yonr husband, I
bear, is quite versatile. Mrs. Brown
Smythe Versatile is no name for it.
Why, he can actually stay out late
every night in the week and not give
the same excuse twice. Philadelphia
Record.
Peckham (reading) " 'Lost or
stolen, blooded fox-terrier. Reward if
returned, and no questions asked.'
Poor mant I feel sorry for him."
Mrs. Peckham "Why do you say
'poor mant' Perhaps the advertiser Is
a woman. Peckham "Nonsense I
Doesn't it say 'No questions asked I'"
Xcvvn and Notes.
All literature of an advertising char
acter which is sent to Mexico should
be printed In . the Spanish language.
This Is a point which apparently does
pot suggest itself to all the live stock
breeders.
Four Chinese ladybugs surviving out
of sixteen imported to this country are
to be tested as foes of the San Jose
scale.
The use of motor or auto trucks by
market gardeners for transporting
their perishable products Is suggested.
. Florida claims the largest cantaloupe
farm in the world 700 acres, near
Martin.
A Kansas station bulletin suggests
the careful selection of seed wheat
from the standing grain.
Mr. Strlngf ellow of tree planting
fame questions the value of cover crops
in the orchard. ".
CONVECTION DATES.
Republican State, at Greensboro, on
August 28.
Sixth District, Congressional (Dem
ocratic), at Fayetteville, on August
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Dr. Klne's New Life Pill, would hi
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saved him. They strengthen the stom
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r-p FRUIT GATHERINGS
r.Ilf.rnln "Picking" , , Pll
Boxes The Handy- Orchard Trade.
It may be Interesting for readers to
know what a Itaral New Yorker cor
respondent tells as follows: All kinds
of 'California fruit that must be picked
from the trees are first picked into tin
picking pails holding about twenty
pounds of fruit. These pails have a
AN OKCHABD TEXJCK IN CAZiXFOBNZA.
hook attached to the bail by which they
may be hung to the ladder or to some
convenient branch of the tree.
From the picking pail the fruit goes
into "orchard" or "picking" boxes that
hold about forty pounds. These boxes
are strongly made and last for several
years if properly used. They have
cleats across the ends which allow ven
tilation when the boxes are stacked
one above another.
In picking apples, for instance, cer
tain Individuals who have judgment
are detailed to sort the apples as fast
as the pickers bring them in their
pails, leaving the full pail and taking
an empty one. Usually the apples are
sorted into three lots.
All sound apples, regardless of size,
are put into boxes very carefully, the
orders being emphasised frequently to
"handle them like eggs." Wormy ap
ples are put in other boxes for imme
diate sale or consumption. The poor
est of the wormy apples and those
that are bruised or specked go into
still other boxes and are used for dry
ing, making cider, etc.
As fast as filled the boxes -are
stacked in the shade and as soon as
convenient are hauled to the drier or
warehouse, where they are again
stacked until used. The apples as well
as other fruit are hauled from the
orchard on low wheeled trucks, with
springs under the platform. These
TTTRASHUfO OF? ALMOND 3.
trucks have tires six inches wide and
are used for all kinds of hauling on
the ranch.
The picture of the men knocking
off almonds shows how these nuts are
harvested. The canvas under the tree
Is In four pieces, each fifteen feet
square. When the nuts are all knocked
off the tree, the sheets are gathered
up from the edges, and tbe contents,
leaves, twigs and all, are dumped into
orchard boxes and hauled to the drier,
where a number of girls shuck them
by band. It will be noticed that the
feet of the stepladders are padded to
prevent them from cutting boles in the
canvas.
It may be interesting to know that
the "canvas" is made of drilling, of
which large quantities arc used on the
large seed farms for thrashing out
seeds.
After the almonds are shucked they
are spread on trays and dried. Then
they are dipped in water and run into
the sulphnr box a few minutes to
bleach the shells and then, dried again,
When they are ready to sack for mar
ket Hew Diet For tbe Sam JToae Scale.
A Toronto letter says that the Onta
rio government will feed the San Jose
scale on a new diet Last year the
farmers dosed the scale with soap.
This year tbe mixture is emulsion of
cod liver oil and potash. The govern
ment is also trying an emulsion of
crude petroleum on the scale, and be
tween the fish oil and tbe coal oil prod
uct Mr. C. C. James, deputy minister
of agriculture, has good hopes of seeing
the foe of the fruit tree wiped out of
Ontario during this season. Mr. George
E. Fisher, who has been conducting ex
periments in western Ontario for the
agricultural department, says that the
trials made there have been in advance
of any made elsewhere as far as ex
tent and variety of method are con
cerned. The new preparation is cheap
er than soap, and applications from
farmers for materials are far more nu
merous than last year. Country Gen
tleman. Why Alfalfa Hay Ig-nite
In all cases of spontaneous combus
tion of alfalfa hay, noted in a report on
this subject by the Kansas station, the
alfalfa had been handled as little as
possible and turned but little. This' re
sulted In the leaves becoming dry,
while tbe stalks contained considerable
moisture. Where weather conditions
were favorable this moisture in tbe
stems was sufficient to promote fer
mentation, and in the cases given the
fermentation generated sufficient beat
to start a Are.
Finishing- Up tne Work.
Work should be done with judgment
No roots should be cut or broken. Har
rows, plows or cultivators should be
run very shallow Just deep enough to
break the crust and destroy grass and
jsveeds. Dust boards should be used on
all crops now, Corn will ear heavier If
plowed often and shallow. Cotton will
fruit better If treated in same way)
We have found It pays us to continue
plowing cotton until It begins to open.
Southern Cultivator.
Where Straw Im an Advantage.
One of the authorities finds that mix
ing straw in the feed with alfalfa,
thereby widening the ration, gives bet
ter results in feeding steers than feed
ing exclusively on alfalfa as roughage.
Brief Mention.
As a fertiliser for ' sorghum velvet
bean vines proved superior to powpea
Vines and to v.eivet bean stubble at the
Alabama station.
Jn one place In South Carolina cow
peas thrive where watermelons die of
iWilt and cotton does well where cow
peas are. all killed, ;
Hogs in the south are comparatively..
rHL
mnj
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Awui uuwo.se o win or in nnrr tn
oui-cuiew iooas ana grasses.
Figs prefer a level, moist sandv and
not too nitrogenous soil near the ocean
or salt water estuaries.
- Vetch Is useful for winter pasture In
the south. ' ....
If it is desired to plant corn In July
or August for a. latecropy oelect a
very early maturing variety.
Plant sweet potato "vines" in well
prepared ground. '
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Hoteil Heillcal
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Speaks forthe Benefit of
Hot Weather Sufferers.
He rMaintains That
PAINE'S CELERY
COMPOUND
Is a Banisher of Disease and
a Restorer of Health,
A noted medical specialist a. physi
cian possessing - ample wealth ever
readv to acknowledge worth and mer
it, speaks of Paine's Celery Compound
as roiJowi:
"In summer time,- when strength
fail?, when that tireC, listless feeling
is experienced from dav to-day, when
the digestive organs are not doing
their work properly, when constipa
tion is poisoning the blood, when dis
ease with iron hand takes possession of
the body, Paine's Celery Compound
will be found a marvelous banisher of
disease and a true health restorer."
This strong statement should influ
ence all weak, rundown, and half
sick men and women during the hot
August weather. This remarkable
indorsation of Paine's Celery Com
pound by an acknowledged specialist
should at once convince the suffering
and diseased that Dr. Phelps' great
medical discovery is what they need
to restore nerfect health. The thous
ands of lives fast wearing away can be
saved and made happy and useful to
families and friends. May Heaven
speedily convince the doubting and
despondent, and direct them to that
unfailing life giver Paine's Celery
Compound.
Again we warn our readers not to
put too much trust in our weekly
weather predictions. We may hit it
"plumb center now and then, or we may
not come within a mile of it. All the
tools we hare to work with are a pair
of compasses, a rule, a blue pencil and
unlimited ambition, and we simply do
the best we can.
Old Jim Hewson, -who was bitten by
a wolf two weeks ago, is said to be in
a critical condition from blood poison
ing. No one has heard from the wolf,
but he probably died long ago.
IHOLESUK PRICKS CURBS!?
Tbe
Wholesale
small orders
Tue
notations are always giren as accurately
tble. bat the Biam will not be ree no risible
able, bat tu Biam
for any variations from tbe asrtaal market price
of the articles a noted
BA.8QIN3
2 Jute
7
TH
6
14
10X
9
9 75
1 85
1 35
1 85
1 35
Btanaara
Bnrlaps
WX8TKBN BHOKKD
Hams 9 .,
Bides Ts
S O
10
9
snooiaers m
DBY SALTED
Bides 9 ,
9 60
O
o
o
o
o
o
Shoulders m
9
BaBBKLS Spirits Turpentine
oecona-aana, eacn
Second-hand machine
New New York, each
New City, each
BBICKB
Wilmington 9 M
1 35
1 35
s so
9 00
85
82
O T 00
O 14 00
BUTTKB
nonaern
North Carolina 9 ...
Nortnern
a
o
S3
88
OOBN MSAIj
Per bushel, in sacks
75
o
o
o
o
6
o
o
o
o
Virginia Meal
TTON TIKu m bundle...
OOTTO
OANDLE8 9
snerm
Adamantine
e
11
12
10
6H
0
COFFEE 9
caguyra
AtO 7
DOMESTICS
Sheeting;, 4-4, 9 yam........
Tarns. 9 bunch of 5 fee ....
Mackerel, No. l, 9 barrel. . . 22 00
Mackerel, No. 1, f half-bbl. 11 00
Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... 15 00
Mackerel, No. 8 half-bbl.. 8 00
O 30 00
O 15 00
818 00
9 00
O 14 00
O 4 85
0 8 00
O 3 85
O 10
O 5 00
uacserei, no.3, barrel
13 00
8 75
7 50
3 00
e
4 00
3 so
3175
4 85
Moneta, v
Mullets, V pork barrel
n. u. Hoe Herrlns. m kasr..
-exS.::::::
fLOOB -
Low grade
Choice.......................
SUralsht ......... ...... .
FlretPatent.....
8LtJE 9
BBAIN 9 bushel-
Oornrom store, bzs White
Mixed Corn
Oats, from store (mixed)..
8 75
4 00
o
4 50
5 00
- 10
8
82
O
57KO
85
82M
60
75
1 15
6
11
10
1 00
60
80
.
14
ISM
MM
uai&ixast rrooi. . . .
70
o
o
uow reas.....
HIDES 9 xv-
Sreen salted..
Dry flint
Dry salt
HAT 100 s
No l Timothy.
Bice Straw...
N. C Crop...
1 10
4
o
o
o
o
a
10
9
05
50
75
BUUr 1KUH, m m.,
CHEESE 9
Northern Factory. . . .
2WO
12MO
18 O
10 o
89HO
uairr uream
- uau cream ...
LABD.
Northern
North Carolina
USCB, 9 barrel . ...
PORK. 9 barrel
Oltv Hess
Bump..
Prime ,
BOPE. V X ,
10
10
o
O
1 85
O 18 60
O 18 50
O 17 60
8 88
1 2S
O 90
O 90
O 48
O s ooa
SALT, 9 sack. Alum
II
uverpooi
American
OnOOl bags. . . M
SUGAR, 9 standard aran'd
Standard A..........
45
w 4
o 43
O 4
wuuejGxmu
Extra O, Golden...
O Yellow
LUMBER (city sawed) f m ft
amp owijl, reeawea ,
Bough edge Plank
18 00
15 oo
O 80 00
16 00
S18 00
88 00
O 15 00
West Ind
maia cargoes. accord-
ing to Quality.
pressed Flooring:, seasoned. 18 oo
IS oo
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 oo
MOI1AS8XS. 9 gallon
Barbadoes, In hogshead.. . . .
Bar Dadoes, in barmu
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Porto Hlco, In hogsheads. . .
Porto Blco, in barrels
Bogar House, in hogsheads
89
88
18
14
17
tl
- S3
14
15
87
8 50
Bwnv In FkMHAla
ugtM nwusj, in oarreis....
KAIE& 3 Jkeg, Out, 60d basis. . .
BOAP, 9 Northern...
STAVES. M W. o. barrel. . . .
B. O. Hogshead.
sua 4
6 00 14 09
o 10 00
a b 00
common mill 4 00
Fair mill 00
Prime mil) g jg
Extra mill... , s on
BHINQLKKTa Cypress sawed
9 M 6x24 heart s 85
" 8ap I. 5 50
5xao;Heart 3 so
" Bap.. 9 60
WHI8KEY. V eallon Nnrtbere ; rat
5 00
8 60
7 50
8 50
o
O
o
o
7 00
6 00
4 00
00
t 10
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Receipts of Naval Stares and
CottQ-l
Yesterday.
O. O. Railroad T casks spirits tur-
rmtine, 6 barrels rosin, 14. barrels tar.
barrels crude turpentine.
W.& W. Katlroao-4 casks spirits
turpentine, 26 barrels tar, 18 barrels
crude turpentine.
W.O.& A. Railroad 1 bale cotton,
8 casks spirits turpentine, 11 barrels
rosin, 60 barrels tar, 59 barrels crude
turpentine.
' A. & Y. Railroad 24
turpentine, 12 barrels tar.
vv. sc JN Kailroad-13 barrels
crude turpentine.
Steamer Hichlandflr9R M.v. .t.u.
turpentine, 84 barrels rosin, 167 bar
wa. Ur' ?! barrels crude turpentine.
Steamer Oompton 31 casks spirits
turpentine, 16 barrels tar.
Steamer Black River 14 casks
"f turpentine, Barrels tar, 16 bar
rels crude turpentine.
Steamer Channcey T. 26 casks
barrels tor " rels rosin, 16
Total 1 bale cotton, ISO casks spirits
rels tar, 144 barrels crude turpentine.
O
Bean the
Signature
of
SToniA:.
The Kind Yon Haw Always Boagfet
f COMMERCIAL
WILMINGTON MABST5T
Quoted officially at the closing by the Chamber
of Commerce.!
STAB OFFICE, August 13.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 44c per gallon.
ROSIN Market quiet at $1.10 per
barrel for strained and $1.15 per bar
rel for good strained.
TAK Market firm at $1.50 ner bar
rel of 280 pounds.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
firm at $1.40 per barrel for hard, $2.50
for dip, and $2.60 for virgin.
Quotations same dav last vear
Spirits turpentine nothing ' doing ;
rosin firm at 95c$1.00; tar firm at
i $1.40; crude turpentine quiet at $1.00
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine
Rosin
Tar
Crude turpentine
receipts same day last year 89
asks spirits turpentine. 125 barrels
rosin, 105 barrels tar, 115 barrels crude
turpentine.
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 89c
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary 6 cts.
Good ordinary 7 " '
Low middling 8H " "
Middling "
Good middling 9 1-16 " 44
Same day last year, market auiet
8Xc for middling.
Receipts 1 bale; same day
year, 2.
f Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
those paid for produce consigned to commis
sion Merchants. 1
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 80c; extra prime, 85c; fancy,
90c, per bushel of twenty-eight
pounds. Virginia Prime, 80c; extra
prime, 85c; fancy, 90c. Spanish, 77
80c.
CORN Firm, 8082c per bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 15
16c per pound; shoulders, 1012c;
sides, 10llc.
EGGS Firm at 15c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 27
30c; springs, 12X20c.
TURKEYS No sale.
BEESWAX Firm at 28c.
TALLOW Firm at 56c
pound.
8WEET POTATOES Firm at
70c per bushel.
FINANCIAL MARKETS
By Telezraph to the Morning star
Nw Yobx. August 13. Monev
call was steady at 3W4 per cent.
the market closing at 8 per cent
Prime mercantile paper 43645 per
cent. Sterling exchange barely Bteady,
with actual business in bankers' bills
at 487.9 for demand and at 485.30
for sixty days. Posted rates were
486 and 488. Commercial bills
485 H. Bar silver 52 X- Mexican dol
lars 41k. Government bonds steady.
State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds
Bteady. U. S. refunding 2's, registered,
107; U. S. refunding 2's, coupon,
107 ; U. a 3's, registered, 105 U do.
coupon, I053f ;U.S.4's, new reg'd,ex in t
132; do. coupon, ex int., 132&; U. 8
4's,old,reg'd, 108; do. coupon, 108jtf;
U. S. 5's registered. 104: do. coupon.
exinr, 104; Southern Railway, 5's, 121.
Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 111;
Chesapeake & Ohio 54; Manhat
tan L 135; New York Central
163M; Reading 66M: do. 1st preferred
85 Jt; do. 2nd preferred 72M; St Paul
185 ; da pref'd, 193 ; Southern Rail
way 39; do. prefd 97M; Amalga
mated Copper 66V ; Am'n Tobacco c;
People's Gas 103; Sugar 131;
Tennessee Coal and Iron 67f ; U- S.
Leather 12 ft ; do. pref'd, 86 Western
Union 91; U. S Steel iOH: do. pre
ferred 90; National R. R. of Mexico
18 ;Virginia-Carolina Chemical 67:
do. preferred, 129; Standard Oil, 667
670.
Baltimore, August 13. Seaboard
Air Line, common, 3333. ; do.pre-
ierrea, o45$543 ; bonds, fours, 87 J4
87i
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star.
iNBW YOBJCAue- 13. Rosin stead v.
Strained common to good, $1 55.
Spirits turpentine firm.
Chablestoit, Aug. 13. Spirits tur
pentine and rosin unchanged.
I?AVAzrNAH,Aug. 13. Spirits turpen
tine was stead v at 44c: reeeints3.601
casks; sales 266 casks; exports 1,655
casks. Rosin firm; receipts 3,601 bar
rels; sales 1,868 barrels; exports 3,114
barrels. Quote: A, B.O, $105,D, $1 10,
E, fl 15; F, $1 20; G, fl 25; H, fl 50;
tjl 90; K $3 40; M, $3 00; N, $3 45;
WGL3 55; W W, 3 55f
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telesrann to the Mornina Htai
New Yoek, Aug, 13, The cotton
market opened quiet with prices two
to three points lower in response to
weak Liverpool cables and foreign
selling orders. Almost immediately
after the call the market exhibited an
inherent desire to work upward de
spite tame speculation and a. more or
less general bearish fHn
in the ring. The weather map
gave higher than average temper
atures over the southern portions of
the belt, the forecast noted the forma
tion of a storm in the Carribbean see,
and very , little rain was recorded
overnight. The private wires from
the South were less favorable
and there were complaints from por
tions of the western belt of hot winds.
Receipts at the ports were not up to
expectations and the outlook for a
neavy movement of new crop cotton
in August were not as bright as gen
erally anticipated. Before midday
prices had worked above the final bids
of last night and shorts were on the
uneasy seat. The appearance of
a prominent Wall street opera
tor on the bull side helped to
5Jarmthe sma11 06818 nd gave
the larger-shorts reason for follow
ing a conservative plan. In the
afternoon the tendency was steadily
upward with shorts and Wall street
competing for supplies in the late
months, Prominent Philadelphia and
local spot cotton interests were free
buyers of August and September: the
South covered late months shorts:
Europe was a general buyer. The
market closed very steady with prices
" cjgnt points nigner. Total
were estimated at 125,000 bales.
JXmw Yobx, Aug. 13. Cotton quiet
at 9c; net receipts bales; gross re
ceipts 1,264 bales; stock, 90,952 bales.
Spot cotton market closed quiet;
middling uplands 9c; middling gulf
9jc; sale 640 bales.
Cotton futures closed very steady:
Aufust 8.40, September 7.94, October
7.81. November 7.74 nnmmlu. t va "
January 7.76, February 7.76, March
7.74, April 7.76, May 7.76. ' JMkmica
Total to-day Net receipts 1,961
bales; exports to Great Britain 800
bales; exports to France 3,201 bales:
efPorU to the Continent 6,674 bales!
stock 150,668 bales. '
Consolidated Net receipts 6,614
bales; exports Jo Great Britain 3,466
bales; exports to France 8,723 bales;
Jr: . " vommeni zz.ioo bales.
Total since . September 1st Net re
7'5o5? 1 W! exports to Great
Britain 3,008,821 baJearexportsTo
France 740,961 bales; exnorts to the
Continent 2 794,383 bsietu
I August 13.Gkl
quiet at 8 7 16c nit ctton
'Norfolk, quiet a?eLeceiph L
bales; BalSmor it .WiDfe
receipts 130 bales iw"81 at S
net recftinio if ""w, eas " ; "i
firm at a'"; Wih'A
Philadelphiars'teS
92 bales; Savannah netrecrir!'
SfJRP
bales; Memphis, quieuKL
ceipts 3 bales; AuVui n e
rr 30 Mies: cw,r-; l
.net receipts bale, WB'WK
PRODUCEjflARKETS
ByTeleaDhtothoMofnlne8u.
Wkw Fobs, August iq "
steadier and more antl '.7F.?Ur
130
201
321
144
wkn.i a-rvrl ac"ve bum:
first Gtronv,n j .' . 6 rea7Ktf. ?
tvn ili u ivn o , ; Wl
ein ( buying and bj Slj
der bic South weir 'fi.80 offT
m li -1 tin nf jv irnnnt i
- - utiii
recovered on reports of d a Dd. ,
spring wheat yields, Sf)uthw??0u11Ui2
and demands from' shorti
was firm at c r W;
Salts included: May closed 7T40.
tember 73Mc; Decembei SC;8i--fopot
firm; No. 8 64c 0?t P"
Der
tb
at
f n ospremoer closed 58c- n7 l
closed 46. Oats-Spoi Sri '
new 52e. Options m.: No.s
reacted with the othr K
uuany
Closed
ii i
advanced on ba
last
firm. Ricfl firTIE! n.t
quiet; Western steam
'n fitftam in JT3 (
August closed $10 70,nomTnair5;
dull. Pork au etf fa;i fiatd
short clear $18 752roo. KB?
creamery 1720Kc; Stat", e,d-v!
20c. Eggs steady Stated n"
vania 80 5 81c Cheese
new State full creZ9 L6 rtS';
fancy 9Kc; small white 9 '
easy. Cabbages easy ; Lon t.i. J'0"
100, $2 002 50. pSr und'Pff
firm; fancy hand-pfiSJg
other domestic 3X5Kc &i5;
easy; Lone IsIh l?"
Southern prime 75ca$i nn.T. 1.8:
VOlce5 5-16c; mild quiet;
llXc Sugar-Raw firm. rj
fining 2 15-16c: r.en.rif,:, 1 5.
3 13-32fi- rPfinH test.
Liverpool cotton by steam 12 $ . n
ton seed oil-There y
-: , otcauy. T
changes in the quotations- V, Z'
crude, f. o b. mills nominal, 2
Slimmer tb An. ur . 1 Prl"
per
j uu summer vi
low c: nrimB lit, . r J''
prime winter yellow 47c
$27 00 nominal.
prime mei
Chicago, Aug. 13. -Grain mark(
see-sawed to-day, starting firm.8 U" '
mg and then re-actm? h..i. 7
on
strong closing figures. Trade..;..
...us nmo iauicai. uss Confide
by toe bears m the spring wheat hr
vests was the principal bull argument
At the close September wheat wti
liUe up, September corn jc higher
and September ots lc hieber P.
visions were aa exception io the gei.
eral trend, and, turning sick, closed
5 to 30c lower.
Chicago, August 13.-Casb mv
Flour steady. Wheat-No. 2 tpriue'
Z2?j N3 sprine 7072c;No.2ri
70&c. Corn No. 2. 58c; No.2vel
low 58X59c. Oat- N, 2, 26XS8e
No.2 white 50c; No. 3 white 32M42c'
Rye No.2 5050X.Mess porlr.per ba -rel,
$15 9015 95. Lard, 10" a., 10 37
1040. Short rib side,, loosr, $9 40
9 50. Dry salted shoulders, box-n
$9 009 12. Shorl cWr sidesbor
fit 5011 62&. Whi-kes-Bisici
high wines, $1 31.
The leading f mures .aagot' , :
lowti opening, highest, lowe;.: 1
closing: Wheat No. 2 September 69
69H, 70X, 68K68X, 70mfr
December 67i67 7, 6666.
675673c; May 69&?&70. 70U. 69K.
70K70c. Corn No. 2, Rppieii.br
52?52, 52, 51, 53Hc;Drceiu
40241, 41, 40, 41c; May 39H
39, 39, 38, 39. Oats-No i
September, old. 26, 26, 25, 26tfc;
September, new, 3030, 30
30X, 30, 3131Kc; December. 28
29, 29, 28K.29c;May 293
30&, 29X, 30jc. Mess pork, perbbl -September
$15 25, 16 25, 15 97 Jf, 16 00;
October $16 37, 16 45, 16 10, 1615;
January $14 40, 14 47, 14 20, 14 ,
Lard, per 100 lis September $10 57tf,
10 57 , 10 40, 10 50;October $9 70,970.
9 50, 9 50; January $8 40, 8 42,8 25,
8 27tf . Short ribs, per 100 Bs-3ep-tember
$9 85, 9 85, 9 50, 9 50; October
$9 30, 9 35, 9 00, 9 00; January $7 57&
7 S7, 7 42, 7 42g.
FOREIGN BJARKEf
BvOabletotHeMor.i:j
LlVERPOOt, Aug. 13. Cotton: Spot
moderate business, prices firm; Amer
ican middling 4 13 16d. The sales of
the day were 10,000 bales, of which 600
bales were for speculation and export
and included 7,900 bales Americap.
Receipts 6,000 bale?, including 3,800
bales American.
Futures opened and closed quiet;
American middling (g o c) August
4 39-64d buyer; August and Septem
ber 4 34-644 35-64d seller; September
and October 4 2iM4 25-64d sellerL
October and November 4 19-64d sel
ler; November and December 416 64
4 17-64d seller; December and Jan
uary 4 14-644 15-64d seller; January
aud February 4 14-644 15-64d seller;
February and March 4 14-644 15-6M
seller; March and April 4 14-64d buyer.
MAJRINJ
t .
ARRIVED
Steamer Highlander, Bradshaw,
Fayetteville, T D Love.
British schr Marion Louise, 196 tons
Barnard, New York, J T Riley.
RaHi. .r R. TpbI 7515 tons. Hansen,
Boston, George Harriss, Son 8c Co.
Schr Jos W Brooks, 729 ton?, David
son, Baltimore, George Harriss, boa
& Co.
Schr Charles Linthicum, 125 tons,
.Tnnlrins Rnlfimnrfl fleorire tLarHSF,
Son & Co.
Schr J C Strawbridge, 758 tons,
Coombs, New York, George Harriss,
Son & Co.
CLEARED.
Steamer Highlander, Bradshaw,
Fayetteville, T D Love.
MARINE DIRhXiW-
llet ef eU
in Us r -'
almartom.
"J August 14
SCHOONERS.
Marion Louise, (Br) 196 ton?
Barnard.
J T Riley. .
Charles Linfhicum, 125 tons, Jenkins,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
Jos W Brooks, 729 tons. Davidson,
George Harriss. Son ofc Co.
J R Teel. 756 tons. Hansen,
Qeorgo
Harriss, Son & Co. ,h8
J O Strawbridge, 758 tons, CoomDs,
George Harriss; S Jn & Co.
DE Thompson, 610 tons, Thompson
George Harriss, Bon oz
City of Baltimore, 298 tons,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
BARQUES.
Hermpd, (Nor) 493 tons,
ueide & Co.
Bethel
Militaxy Academy,
1865.1908. Ideated in "coi
Vlrslnla. Region unsurpassed. d
tnstrnctora. Prepares for business M afl.
U. a military academies, tor iaDSjtf
P. O., Virginia.
satutn