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WILLIAK B. BEBSABO. WILMINGTON, N. C. WED2TE3DAY MO&HUTO. DEC. 24. WISE WAB5I5Q BY A MAH WHO SHOWS- We hare heretofore referred to the meeting of tobacco grower at Eocky Mount, last Friday, the larg est meeting of tobacco growers erei held in Eastern North Carolina, if not in the State. Soch a large gath ering is indicaliref the interest the farmers are taking in the sub ject which called them together. It isn't so very long ago since the absorbing subject with farmers in this section of the State was cotton, but tobacco seems to be supplanting cotton and there is rery great dan ger that with the trend in that di rection these farmers would soon find themselres in about the same predicament they were in with cot ton, that is with more on hand than they could profitably dispose of and their time and labor gone without recompense. If the acreage continue to increase as it has increased within the past few years this would be the inerita ble result, and henoe the effort to bring the farmers together and point oat the danger to them, a morement in which Col. John S. Cunningham, of Person county, President of the Tobacco Growers' Association, and the greatest tobacco grower in North Carolina, was the leading spirit. He delivered an address on this oc casion on tobacco growing and handling, in which he gave much valuable information to the grower, on the agricultural possibilities of the South, and the future of farm 'ing in the South under intelligent methods, incidentally referring to the prospective progress of the South m other industries, it was a thoughtfuland excellent address, but as bearing upon the tobacco grow ing industry in particular, which was the object of the meeting, we quote the following: "dome yean aaro I visited Wilson and Rocky Mount, and I remember to h. ave said to some of my friends wiih whom I examined their farms, that I thought the lauds of that section were well Baited to the growth of flneje' low tobacco, and time has shown tout there Is no better tobacco erown than by the farmers of Eastern North Caro lina. Because of this tobacco markets have sprung up in almost every county. ' In the Piedmont bait, in which I live, the bright yellow tobacco was grown almost exclusively for many ears, but its growth has extended in to other parts of North Carolina and is now cultivated to some extent by farm era in other States. "You will do well not to make the mUtake which so many of the people in my section made. There was a time when yellow tobacco sold for twenty five dollars per hundred pound?, and frequently a farmer would average this sum for his entire crop, and often times more. There were some who acted wisely and saved their money, while others amid the excitement abandoned the wise policy of raising their supplies at home, and bought what they needed from the North and the West. The few who kept their lands in a high state of cultivation, were economical and saved their money are in good circumstances to day. But; on the other hand, those who adopted the one crop system, de pended upon commercial fertilxors and neglected their lands are to-day lamenting their condition and griev ing over their lost opportunities. The people of Eastern North Carolina should profit by their experience and avoid repeating the mistake of their friends in the old tobacco belt "The tobacco acreage in the Pied mont belt is decreasing and necessari ly so. I know of counties where the eat tobacco lands are found and where the people flourished and prospered as never before, where the farmers are now compelled to cultivate less to bacco, beeause they hare cut down their forests, and this because a to bacco farm requires a quantity of wood for fuel and .for curing tobacco. The majority did not take the proper care of their lands and wasted their timber, and now they are not in a position to plant as largely as they formerly did. Because of this there are many who are leaving the old tobacco counties for the opportunities afforded in the Eastern counties are far more favor able to them to support their families and to make money. "Those who propose to change their present method of farming and who wish to engage in the cultivation of tobacco, had best make up their minds to move slowly, because there is no crop so much subject to heavy losses as the tobacco crop. There is enough in this if he had not said another word to put to thinking the Eastern farmer who grows tobacco or contemplates growing it. BLe speaks not simply Tan observer or theorist, but as a practical tobacco planter who has made a success of it, understands it thoroughly and knows all about the State and the Piedmont section of which he- speaks and which he holds up as a warning to the farmers of Eastern North Carolina. There is perhaps no other indus try of the farm in which there has been such a thorough revolution as in tobacco growing and yet one about which the masses of the farmers know so little. We very well remember the time that tobacco was not thought of as a farm crop outside of the middle tier of the At lantic States from the Mississippi river eastward, with the exception of Missouri on the west side. Mary land, Virginia, Tennessee, Ken tucky, North Carolina (but a small part of it) and Missouri were the to bacco growing States, with Connecti cut in the North East where a partic ular kind of tobacco was grown. But little was grown in other States save, perhaps, small patches for domestic use, and in most of the States none at all Then there . were no tobacco markets located: in the towns in the tobacco . growing sections, aa there I KVDoir. xne vonaooo iras priaed. a which were the great tobacco buying centers. There may1 have been a few others bat these were the prin ciple ones. From the warehouses in these cities the manufacturers and shippers bought their supplies. Now tobacco is cultivated as a market crop in forty two out of the forty- five States, and some of these which didn't produce a pound of the leaf twenty-five years ago now produce more than some of the then leading tobacco States did. This shows how the cultivation has extended until practically it reaches over the whole country, and its cultivation has increased in other countries also. Although tobacco is one of the most universally used products of the farm, it does not take much to supply the individual consumer, and it is not, therefore, surprising that the production more than keeps pace with the demand for consump tion. The planter has not only thi 8 to contend against but the equally im portant factor that methods of buying and manipulating the markets have changed. What was done by in dividual buyers who competed with each other in the businses and mar kets is now practically down by com binations which - make the prices which they pay and take every possible advantage of the grower, The growers have had abundant experience in that from which they should have learned a lesson with out any warnings from Col. Cun ningham or any one else. In the section in which he lives, of which he speaks, referring to the mistakes made by the planters, against which he warns the farmers of this section, there are men who have been growing tobacco ever since the war, if not before it, who are no better oft to-day, in a money point of view, than they were twenty-five years ago, because they produced to bacco blindly, to the neglect of other crops and relied upon that al together. They succeeded one year, perhaps, and made money, failed the next and lost all they made the year before, and seldom knew what it was to be out of debt while there were others who pursued better methods, who did not depend solely upon to- bacco, but so pitched their crops as to be independent of tobacco if it failed as a crop or in price, who succeeded and added something to their earnings year after year. A census of the farmers in the tobacco growing sections would verify this fact that it is those who diversified their crops who have profited most. And so will it be with the farmers of Eastern North Carolina, to whonfr Col. Cunningham gives such good advice in the address from which we quota. ALL'S WELL THAT XffDS WELL. It is quite apparent now that the Venezuelan imbroglio will be settled by arbitration, the shortest and most sensible way by which it could be settled. It was either that or event ual war, and none of the powers interested as claimants could afford that. It would be paying two dearly for the whistle, and arraying antag onisms that it might take years to overcome. That and not high regard for this country is the real inspiration of the willingness of the allied claim col lectors to submit to arbitration and practically put the whole question in the hands of President Eoosevelt. Kaiser William, however, gives some good reasons for this, when he says that President Castro would feel more bound to abide by a decision coming from President Eoosevelt than he would by a decision coming from The Hague tribunal, which he strengthens with the additional ob servation that the refusal of the Venezuelan Government to abide by President Roosevelt's decision would offend the American people, who would then be less sensitive if force measures were resorted to to enforce compliance with the decision. These views will probably have some weight in the final disposition of this matter, especially as Presi dent Eoosevelt seems to be accepta ble to all parties concerned, so that if he should decline to act for rea sons given or others that he may have a compromise might be made by taking some one or more whom he might suggest as arbitrators which would be practi cally the same, to all intents and purposes, as if he took the part of arbitrator himself. But as it now seems to be simply a matter as to who the arbitrator or arbitrators ' w a mm v m snail De, the . danger point may be considered passed and the incident closed, which is a matter for congratulation to all concerned. A Western Congressman visiting Florida told the Florida fellows that every one of them had a large for tune in their "magnificent climate. And there isn't any danger -of run ning through it either. And no combine corner on it either. Every one can get as much as he wants of it, and there will be as much left for others as there was before. It is a great thing that : Florida cli mate. Maybe that's the reason why some of the natives down there take life so easy and feel sd rich. For LaQrippe and In fluenza USQ CHENEY'S BXPEOTOBANT. mm by j. o. Shepard. WASTE PRODUCT! y The JacksonTille,Fla. Timet- Union and Citizen is doing a valuable work in calling the attention of the peo pie of that State to the waste of their wealth-producing products. Commenting upon the fact that the saw palmetto, regarded as a nuisance and an encumbrance on the land, which it costs more to remove than the land is worth, is now being util ized and made a source of profit in' the manufacture of tannin, it asks, but why not go further and utilize those parts of the tree suitable, for the purpose in the manufacture of paper, for which the palmetto is one of the best materials known, in simplv extracting the tannin they utilize only part of the tree and I throw away much that is valuable. I in this connection, it says: "The world wastes more than it uses," said a student of social econom ics a century ago. "A French cook could feed another family on the watte from an Eaglish kitchen and rive it better food?' said a French man. (The French soldier will march as far and fight as well on half fare as the Englishman will oo a full ration, because he knows how to pre- ?are his food," said a French general, he richest "trusts" in America count as clear profit only what was former ly wasted, and when they cannot do so they open the door to successful competition this is true of all noted for successful management and finan cial strength. Apply the same com petition and the same necessities to the people of our State viewed as a great corporation and what do we see? Perhaps just now our vegetable crop is tbe most valuable, but what would become of the business that threw away one-half its product! Apply the rule to our trade in pine and the pro duct doubles in value within thirty days after it passes out of our hand, after paying transportation and skilled labor employed in making the change others make the profit in popula tion, wages paid and increased value; why cannot we claim the whole! It isn't the people who have the most resources who are the richest, but the neoDle who make the best use of those resources, the thrifty people who turn everything possible to account and let nothing go to waste. The people of the New England States are proverbial for their thrift as compared with the people of other States. Necessity taught them that, but still com pared with the people of France and some other countries they are extravagantly wasteful. If they were pat to it the people of one of those States would get rich on what the ppfo of North Carolina let go to waste, and they would live better than people on the average do in this State. We waste our timber, out grass, our fruit, our vegetables, and many other things that we raise and sell. With the exception of furniture manufactured we make very little use of our timber, shipping it in the rough and buying many things made of it which we could make ourselves. We kill grass and buy hay from other States. We raise a surplus of fruits and vegetables, let the surplus go to waste and buy canned goods from other States. So it goes; we fritter away the profits on what we sell in buying for use the things we wasted. We are learning something in this respect, but slowly, too slowly. Mr. Carnegie says great wealth is not desirable, except as it may be employed for the advancement of the human race. He's right. Af ter a fellow has accumulated more than he can use, without playing fool, he is pretty much in the posi tion of a boy turned loose at a barrel of sugar. It does not take long to fill him up and come to the conclu sion that sugar isn't such great shakes as he once thought it was. A professional beggar died in Canada a few days ago who left an estate worth more than $100,000. We have lots of such beggars in this country. When Congress is in session they are always there begging for something tariff boun ties, subsidies and that sort of thing. BOOK NOTICES. Tbe January number the The Smart Set sustains its reputation for interest and sprightlinesf, presenting a fine and varied list of contents, fall of bright and sparkling' matter. One gets his money's worth in this maga zine not only in the quality of the matter but ia the quantity, for it con contains much more than the average monthly. Published by the Eis Est Company, 453 Fifth Avenue, New York. The January number of Frank Les lie's monthly presents a varied and in teresting list of contents, copiously illustrated. The leading paper by Robert E. Peary, the arctic explorer on Hunting on the Great Ice, will be read with Interest especially by the young er readers, who will also learn much from it. Address The Frank Leslie Publishing Company 141-147 Fifth Avenue, New York; "The Heart of The New Thought' is the title of an interesting book by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, written in her vivacious style, readable and interest ing whether one be of the same way of thinking with the writer or not. It is well printed on good paper and nicely bound In cloth. Published by the Psychic Research Company, the Oolonade. Vincennes Avenue, Chi cago, I1L . Blunders are sometimes very expen sive. Occasionally like itself is the price of a mistake, but you will never be wroBff if you take Dr. King's New L.ire nils. for-. Ujspepals, L sxineav, Headache, Liver or Bowel trouble. They are gentle, vet thorough. . 25c, at B. B. BxLLAjrrti drug store. , t The K'md Yob Haw Alwajs Bought Is akia to insanity. Many a woman rev this s she lie awake hoar by hour, peopling tbe drtne P?": toms, starting at the encasing of the bed i or tne roue t the 8odi- ayxap torn im general jn.Miii to enscaas? of tbe VHraft womaaly ov- stant oram of the vital cad. nervous fcofs. This condition cannot be over cone by sleep ing powder. The diseased condition must be mrrd before the conse quences of dis ease are re- Iessacaa. It is the best of Ionics and. faa- Am n mif s nonrishTiw the couraging the sppstife and rafhsrvgg ref resting- sleep. Irjegglarffrr. wesfcea- . ing drains, tft wfmri, nV rrsrfios. and. female weaknesa ace perfectly enrol by Favorite Prescnpaon." ' My wife i ttarorer ronrdgUTCit1 i nr h KatUe. Km of AltamoES. br two pfcji i aad got m rriieC At liOI read abost Cr. Pierert arrfirinq and we de cided to try his fmTOrit rreaeriptiaa.' I to the drug- store aad rat(otbataeD4tlel dose btc eme aad neep. Emc i Belac her I seatTor in more bottle and when h had taken the sixth battle she was sound aad well." 1 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant PeHets'afcouId be used with "Fsrtorite Pnacrrptkm what ever a laxative fa required. V i i ni -Km CURRENT COMMENT. Georgia can and should solve her convict and . good roads prob lems at one and the same time; in deed, they are kindred problems. But she must do it like a man builds a house, by laying the foundation first. Atlanta Journal, Bern. There are reported to be more than 1,700 coke ovens at pres ent in process of construction in Alabama, with 600 more in pros pect to be finished during the next six months. With these ovens in operation, Alabama will not find it necessary to import coke from other States- Savannah News, Dem. Senator Pritchard now says he will support any effort to reduce the representation of the Southern States in the National Republican conventions according to the vote polled, and Senator Quay says to the gentleman from North Caro lina: "lam with you." So it looks as if there is likely to be consider able wailing in certain quarters over a vanished opportunity to sell out to the highest bidder. Macon Tele graph, Dem. The British Minister at Ha vana is said to be very active against the proposed reciprocity between Cuba and the United States, a re port that is probably true, as the British Government has made rep resentation to the State Department on the subject. The proposed treaty stands on the same grounds as other reciprocity treaties, and neither Great Britain nor any other nation has any reason for complaint. Phil. Press, Rep. TWINKLINGS "They tell me your son is a close student." "He has to be. I don't allow him but a dollar a month snendin' money. "Cleveland Plain Dealer. Jerry Don't forget the widows and orphans. Tom That's right; I'm courting pretty widow, and she's an orphan, too. Detroit Free Press. "The last poem I ate has given me an awful pain," cried the first goat. "Hal" exclaimed his companion; "you've rot writer's cramp." Phila delphia Record. "It cannot be denied that Dresser is a man of good habits." "Ex cept, if you please, tbe good habit of paying for them. Boston Courier. TheTarson Your wife, sir, is trying to run my church. Witherby If that is really the case, the only thing for you to do is to join my poker club. Harper's Bazar. The prices of the baseball stars range from $7,000 to $10,000 a year. Tbe theological and educational mar kets continue sluggish. Chicago Tri bune. "Madge says she is twenty-odd years old." "That makes her more than forty." "How do you make that out!" "Count the even years, too.' Newark News. Mrs. Howso Did the butcher send the lobsters f Bridget He did, mum, but I sent thim back. They wuzu't ripe." Town and Country. Church What is your opin ion of the Autocrat of the Breakfast Tablet" Gotham "Never tried it. but I guess I've sampled every other kind of breakfast food." Editor's Sheet. "See heel When I bought tnis dog oi you, you told me ne was a fine dog for rats. Now, I can't coax him to touch a rat" "Wll, ain't that fine for the TiWFlieQende Blaetter. . Father Johnny, I see your little brother has the smaller apple. Did you rive him his choice, as I sug gested! Johnny Yes, father; I told him he could have his choice the lit tle one or none and he took the little one. Chums "Ntf," said Mr. Wn, as he stopped pacing the deck of the vessel and turned to look at the shores of America, now fait receding from his view, MI can't say I was really a pop ular man In that country. No brand of cigars has ever been named for me." Chicago Tribune. Fight If 111 Be meter Those who will persist in closing their-ears against the continual rec ommendation of Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption will have a long and bitter, fight with their trou bles, if not ended earlier by fatal ter mination. Bead what T. B. Be II, of Beau, Mass., Has to say: "Lost fall my wife had every symptom of eon sumption. She took Dr. King's New DUoorery after everything else -had failed. Improvement came at once, and four bottles entirely cured her. Guaranteed by B. B. Bkuaxt, drug gist. Price 50 cents and $L00. Trial bottles free. . DR.PIERCES dBCDD-tTDEKJ MEDICAL . " " - FOR THE - -' tnoreuL Dr. rfcmers Fayarite Pre wrription canes the wnaomJr diseases which neaTamsTafeeit spirits turpentine: Newton Enterprise: . Last Sat urday bear Maiden while bunting rab- oiis, mr. win jrry, was shot by a small boy, the son of Mr. John Maunev. One eye was entered by a number 4 abot and put out and hjs body down to his hands was completely pepepred. Shelby Aurora: We were shown a turnip last Saturday by Mr. John MeGraw. who farms on Mr. John Rob erts' place near 8helby, that for size and weight beats anything we ever saw. It weighed 14 pounds and is about SO inches in circumference. Statesville Landmark: Refer- erence has been made to the training school for nurses which has been con ducted in connection with the man agement of Billinrslv hospital. The school has been incorporated under the name of the "Statesville Nurses' Training School Company." The purpose of the school is to furnish a complete course of instruction In the science of caring for and nursing the sick and lnnrm. The membership or the corporation is limited to physi cians, or graduates from reputable training schools. There is no capital ! stock, ' Newborn Journal: The tobac co season just closed has been the largest in the history of New Bern and the sales will nearly go to a mil lion and a half pounds, which is quite a jump from a half million last year. We understand an effort will be made to organize the Farmers Ware house Co., which will be incorporated with a capital stock of $5,000 to buy and sell tobacco and to erect a stem mery. The share will be of the par value of $40,00 and an effort will be I made to have a part of the stock taken by the tobacco farmers of this sec tion. Goldsboro Argus: A turnip weighing thirteen pounds and fifteen ounces and measuring thirty-two inches in circumference was brought to this office Saturday evening, raised by Mr. J. W. Davir, in Btoney Creek township, near Salem church. The unfortunate shooting of a negro by Mr. Addie Pike, son of Mr. Silas Pike, occurred early Monday morning at the home of Mr. Pike, a mile out from Pikeville. The negro, who was deaf and dumb and a stranger, went to Mr. Pike's before the family was up and made a great rapping at the door. Young Pike got out of bed, got his gun, went to the door and opened if. The negro immediately started into the house, and young Pike told him to stay back and not come in; but he being deaf could, of course, not hear the injunction, and being likewise dumb and saying nothing Addie became alarmed and shot him. At this writing he is in a critical con dition. The wound is in the right breast, and is not necessarily fatal un less complications arise. WILMINQTUN DISTRICT. R. B. Jomr, P. E., Wilmington, N. C. Scott's Hill. Prospect, Dec. 27, 28. Burgaw, Rocky Point, Jan. 3, 4. Southport, Jan. 11, 12. Shallotte, Concord, Jan. 13. Town Creek, Jan. 14. Waccamaw, Shilob, Jan. 17, 18. Whiteville. Whiteville, Jan. 18, 19. Magnolia, Providence, Jan. 24, 25. . Clinton, Clinton, Jan. 30. Kenansville. Friendship, Jan. 31, Feb 1. Bladen, Bethlehem, Feb. 7. 8. Elizabeth, Elizabethtown, Feb. 9. Carver's Creek, Council 8tation Feb. 10. Onslow, Queen's Creek, Feb. 14. 15. Jacksonville and Richlands, Half Moon, Feb. 21, 22. District Stewards will please meet in tbe Ladies' Parlor, Grace church, Wil mington, Tuesday Dec. 30th, at 1 o'clock. Missionary Institute will be held at Grace church Feb. 4th and 5tb, 1903. District conference will meet at Jacksonville Tuesdsy Mar. 17th at 5 o'clock P. M. and -continue through the 18th and 19th, 1903. Ad Atchison Lynching?. Here is a story of a lynching in the early days of Atchison: A man named Sterling was hanged first He was a Ticlous fellow and did not flinch. In deed, while the rope was around his neck he announced that he was the best man in Kansas. Sandy Corbin, one of the lynching; party, was some what of a fighter himself and did not like Sterling's talk. "Men," he said to the lynchers, "if you will postpone pro ceedings ten minutes I will take the conceit out of this scoundrel." The committee thought It wonld not be" proper to let Sandy whip Sterling be fore hanging him, and the lynching went on, although Sandy grumbled loud and long because Sterling's bluff was not called. Atchison Globe. A ' Tiny Flower's Great Heasagre. The trailing arbutus has only one very near relative, and it lives in Ja pan. This tells to the botanist a strange story. When North America was warm er, the' parent of both spread over northern America and Asia. With the descent of the Ice cap, in the glacial period, the flowers were forced down ward, one on the east coast of Asia and one on the east coast of America. They have been separated Just long enough and under surroundings just different enough to have made a little difference in their appearance and hab it, and yet their common origin is still easily traceable. Ladles' Home Jour nal. Sleep. According to a somewhat cynical old proverb, tbe meed of nightly sleep just ly due to average human beings should thus be .distributed: "Six . hours to a man, seven to a woman and eight to s fool." BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts ef Naval Stsres and Cotton Yesterday. a O. Railroad 203 bales cotton. l catk spirits of turpentine, 78 barrels tar, 33 barrels crude turpentine. W. 8c W. itaiiroad 1,814 bales cot ton, 72 barrels tar, 8 barrels crude tur pentine. W., a & A. Railroad 2,240 bales cotton, 8 casks spirits turpentine, 141 barrels rosin, 73 barrels tar, 155 barrels crude turpentine. A. & Y. Railroad-340 bales cotton, S casks spirits turpentine, 65 barrels tar. " Steamer A. J. Johnson 1 bales cotton, 3 casks spirits turpentine, 87 barrels rosin 243 barrels tar. Total 4,597 bales cotton, 15 casks spirits turpentine, 178 barrels rosin, bso barrels tar, 120 barrels crude tur pentine. "s Wot Over SfxtV Tear Usa. WnrsLOWs Boothukj 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 gums; and allays all pain; cures wind colic, and Is the best remedy for diarrhoea. It will Tell ere the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by druggists in erery part of the world. Twenty-fire cents a bottle. -Be sure and ask for "Urs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, " ana tan no otner Kino. .-.. COMMERCIAL. i LM I N r fO V M A K rQnotea officially at tne cic by the Chamber of Commerce. STAR OFFICE, December 23. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 53c per gallon. ROSIN Market firm at $1.35 per barrel for strained and $1.40 per barrel for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.60 per bar rel of 280 lbs. 1 t CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $1.75 per barrel for hard, $3.00 for dip. . . - Quotations same day last year 8pirits turpentine steady at S6& 35 ; rosin firm at $1.00 1.05; tar steady at $1.20; crude turpentine steady at $1.10 2.00. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 15 Rosin 178 Tar 530 Crude turpentine 190 Receipts same day last year 20 casks spirits turpentine, 129 barrels rosin, 92 barrels tar, 79 barrels crude turpentine. COTTON. Market nrm on a basis of bc per pound for middling, Quotations Ordinary... Good ordinary . . . Low middling . . Middling .... Good middling. . . 5H cts. $ Q 7X " " 7M " " 8 15-16 " " Same day last year, market firm at 7c lor middling. Receipts 4,597 bales; same day last year, 2,159. Corrected Secularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants J COUNTRY PBODUOE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c, per bushel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c. Spanish (new), 6570c. CORN Firm; 6567c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 15 16c per pound; shoulders, 1012.fec; sides, 10llc. EGGS Firm at 2122c per dozen. UillUKIfiJMB Firm. Urown, 35c; springs, 12X25c. TURKEYS Firm at 10llc live. BEESWAX Firm at 25c. TALLOW Firm at 56c pound. SWEET POTATOES Dull at per bushel. for per 60c FINANCIAL MARKETS By Telesranh to the Morning star. NBTW YOBX, Dec. 23. Money on call Market firm at 5&10 per cent, closing offered at 6 per cent ; time money easy 60 days and 90 days, 6 per cent. ; six months 6 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 6 per cent. Sterling exchange firm with the actual business in bank ers' bills at 486.625 for demand and 483483.125 for sixty days. The posted rates were 484 and 4874. Com mercial bills 482X482&. Bar silver 48'. Mexican dollars 38. Govern ment bonds steady. State bonds no report. Railroad bonds i. regular. UP. funding 2's, registered, 107; U. 8 refunding 2's, coupon, 108 M ; U. 8 3's, regis tered,107; do. coupon, 107 : U. 8. 4's, new registered, 185; do. coupon, 135; U. 8. 4's, old, regis tered, 108;do. coupon, 109; U. 8. 5's, registered, 103; do. coupon. 103; Southern Railway, 5's, 120. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 97. Chesapeake & Ohio 46j; Manhat tan L 145; New York Central 151; Reading 63 W; do. 1st preferred 86; do. 2nd preferred 77; St Paul 175; da pref'd, 191; Southern Rail way 32; da pref'd 926; Amal gamated Copper ex dividend 58H; People's Gas 101 ; Sugar 126 : Ten nessee Coal and Iron 5S&; U- 8. Leather 11 do. pre fd, 83; Western Union 87&; U. S. Steel S4X; do. prefd 84M; Virginia-Carolina Chemi cal 69 ; do. preferred, 122X ; Stand ard Oil, 693695. Baltimore, Dec. 23. Seaboard Air Line, common, 253; do. preferred, bonds. 42; fours, 83. NAVAL STORES MARKETS By Telegraph to the Morning star. Nirw YOBX. Dec. 23. -Rosin firm. Spirits turpentine firm. Charleston, Dec. 23. Spirits tur pentine and rosin unchanged. Bavahhah, Dec. 23. Spirits turpen tine) quoted firm at 52c; receipts 962 casks; sales 480 casks; exports 410 casks. Rosin firm; receipts 6,466 bar rels; sales 3,226 barrels; exports 110 barrels. Quote: A, B, O, D, $1 45, E, $160; F, $1 55; G, $1 70; H, $2 00; I, 12 35; K $2 85; M. $3 35; N, $3 55; WG.$3 80; W W. t4 20. COTTON MARKETS. By zelesrann to toe MornuiK star New Yobk, Dec. 23. The cotton market was steady at a decline of two points to an advance of two points and then generally improved a point or two. The early firmness was due to indications of moderate receipts and took place in the face of bearish cables. The latter were particularly unfavorable at the close with a de cline of three and a naif and four points apparent. Later . indications as to receipts became bearish and sell ing was resumed upon a more active scale, resulting in a decline of five to six points, with the market finally quiet at a net loss of four points to a net advance of one point. Total sales were about 75,000 bales. The de clining tendency of the market was arrested by a statement addressed by the leader of the January deal to all the members of the Cotton Exchange, in which he offers to "loan places" on any -"notices" for the delivery on January contracts for the delivery of cotton in January sold out upon "notices" to the advantage of those who may be short. Some regard this as an effort to make a selling basis by scaring tne snorts into covering, but most regard it as a determination to take any . amount of cotton that may be offered. For 'some time past cotton has been accumulating at New York, presumably for delivery on January contracts until the stock is now 141,296 bales, against 96,519 December 1st. Of this amount 104, 971 bales are certificated against 65,908 December 1st. The selling this after noon was checked by steadiness re ported by the spot markets of tbe South, these closing unchanged to c higher, but at best the local market was a quiet one. Npw Xorx. Dec. 23. Cotton quiet at 8.75c; net receipts 846 bales; gross receipts B,3i oaies; stocx 149.885 bales. Spot closed quiet; middling uplands 8.75c; middling gulf 9.00c; sales 400 bales. - Cotton futures market closed quiet; December 8.50, January 8.53, February 8.28, March 8.31, April 8.31, May 8.32, June 8.31, July a 32, August 8.14, Sep tember 7.94. Total to-day, at all seaports Net re ceipts 67,846 bales; exports to Oreat Britain 12,246 bales; exports to France 12,197 bales; exports to the Continent 4,735 bales t stock 109,754 bales. Consolidated, at all -seaports Net receipts 157,218 bales ; exports to Great Britain 32,090 bales; exports to France 42,199 bales; exports to the Continent 21240 bales. c Ifotal since September 1st, at all seaports Net Teeeints 4.873.641 bales: exports to Great Britain 1,400,838 bales ; exports to France 379,750 bales ;exports to h Continent 1.345.266 bales Dec. 23. Galveston, firm at 8 5-16c. net receipts 19,078 bales ;NorfoUr,steady at 8 5-16c, net receipts 7,485 bales; caiamore, nominal at 8ftc, net re ceipts bales; Boston, quiet at 8.75, net receipts 431 bales; Wilming ton, firm at 8c, net receipts 4,597 wMioa; jroxiaaejpxua, quiet ata.uoe, net receipts bales; Savannah, quiet at oc, net receipts 19,482 bales; New Orleans, quiet at 8Uc. net receints 13,720 bales; Mobile, dull at 8ic, net receipts J..4ZU Dales i Memphis, steady A O 1. A. J A a . oav, uvh receipts T,t3S Dales; Au gusia, sieaay.at 8jc, net receipts ,vx oaxes; unarieston, steady at 844c, net receipts 988 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS By TelesraDh to tne Morning sta: NSW XOBK, Dec. 23. Flour wao dull but steady. Rye flour stead v. Wheat Spot steady; No. 2 red 81Uc. Options had a firm tone early on con tinued bullish Argentine news, small Northwestern receipts, covering and higher cable. But trade being dull, the market Was easy, except on Decem ber shorts, which ran up to He net ad vance against &c decline elsewhere: May closed 81c; July 78c; Decem ber closed 84Xc Corn Spot steady; No. 2 62c. Options market opened steady with wheat but eventually yielded to the big interior receipts, easier cables and unloading, closing partly c off, except December, which was c net higher: January closed 53c; March closed 50&c; May closed 48 Kc; July closed ; December closed 60c. Oats Spot quiet; No. 2, 38c. Options dull and irregular all day. Sales included : December closed 39 c. Lard easy; Western steam i$10 70; re fined easy; continent $10 90; South American $11 60; compound 747c. Tallow easy ; city ($2 per package) 5 5c; country (packages free) 66Xc. Pork dull. Rice quiet. Butter was unsettled; extra creamery 29c; State dairy 2026. Cheese firm; uen State full cream, small colored fancy, Sep tember 1314; small wbite Beptem ber 13j14cc. Peanuts were steady ; fancy hand picked 44fc; other domestic 34c. Cabbages were firm ; domestic, per 100, white 2 004 00; red $2 504 00. Coffee Spot Rio quiet ; No 7 invoice 5X; mild quiet; Cordova 7j12. Sugar Raw quiet; fair refin ing 3 7-16c; centrifugal, 96 test 3 15-16e; refined steady. Freights to Liverpool cotton by steam 12. Eggs irregular; State and Pennsylvania average best 28c. Potatoes quoted quiet; Long Island $2 002 24; South Jersey sweets $2 503 75; Jerseys $1 76 2 00; New York and Western. per 180 lbs., $1 50 2 25. Molasses firm. Cotton seed oil on spot was quiet but considerable trade was done in future delivery, tbe tone remaining firm. Prices closed: Prime crude here nominal; pria e crude -1. o. b. mills 31c bid; prime summer yellow S940c; off summer yellow 38c; prime white 4142c; prime winter yellow 42c; prime mei $27 0027 50. nominal. Chicago, Dec. 23 Trading was very dull on the board of trade to-day i and closing prices in the grain n'.t easier, May wneat being down r, May corn i Jc and oats off 3. May provisions closed from 2i & 5c higher. There will be no session to-morrow or Thursday. ubioago, Dec. 23 Cash price-: Flour quiet but firm. Wheat No. 2 spring 75c; No. 3 sprine 72c; No. 2 red 74M75c. Corn No. 2 45fcc; No. 2 yellow 45tfc. Oats No 2 31tfc; No. 2 while ; No. 3 while 32Xc. Rye No.2 48- Mess porker b rrei,$17 00. Lard, per 100 lbs., $10 1710 27. Short rib sides, loosr, closed $8 374 &a Dry salt6d shoulder , boxtf. $8 258 50. Short clear s?cte , boxed. $8 759 87. Whiskej - basis of high wines, $1 31. The leading futures rangad ,;.! lows opening, highest, lower.! closing: Wheat No. 3 December 74 J", 75, 74, 74&c; May 77H77, 77., 77,77X77Xc; July 74 , 74X74. 7374, 7474ic. Corn No. 2 De cember 45K45, 454, 45, 45c; Jan uary 45 45, 45X, 44, 44c; May 43, 4343&, 43M, 43X48Ka Oats No. 2 December, new, 82, 32, Sl, 31; May 33,33, 33tf, S3 33. Mess pork, per bbl December $16 67H, 16 70, 16 60, 16 60;May $16 20, 16 30, 16 17H, 16 20. Lard, per 100 lbs December $10 27f, 10 27 10 17, 10 17 ; January $9 87. 9 90, 9 77 , 9 80;May $9 87K, 947J4, 9 37, 9 42, Short ribs, per 100 lbs January $8 50, 8 50, 8 45, 8 45; May $8 57& 8 62, 8 57H, 8 60. F0REI6N MARKET Bv Cable to tne Momma star. Liverpool, Dec 23. Cotton: Spot in fair demand, prices two points lower; American middling fair 5.18d: good middling 4.70d; middling 4.5ld; low initialing 4.42a; good ordinary 4.30d; ordinary 4.18d. The sales of the day were 10,000 bales, of which 1,000 bales were for speculation and export and included 9,700 bales Amer ican. Becejpts 63,000 bales, including 55,900 bales American. Futures opened easy and closec steady; American middling (g o c) December 4.484.4d; December and January 4.48d; January and Febru ary 4,48d; February and March 4.48d; March and April 4.48d; April and May 4.484.49d; May and June 4.49 4.50d; June and July 4.494.60J; July and August 4.494.50d; August ana September 4.444.45d. MARIN K ABRIVKD Stmr A J Johnson, Robinson, Clear Bun, W J Meredith. Schooner Venus, 194 toqs, Foxwell, Baltimore, George Harris,. Son & Co. Clyde steamahiD Geo W Clyde. Chi chester, Provides cafd New Yprfr, H G Smallbone. CLEABED. Stmr A J Johnson, Robinson, Clear uun, w j uereditb. Clyde steamshin Geo W CIvde. Chi chester, Georgetown, 8 C, H G Small- nones. MARINE DIRECTORY Sis mt thmIi Ik Cm or BlmctB, N. J December 24 8TEAMSHIF0. Vers, (Br) J.854 tons, Bennett, Alex ander Sprunt & Son. Zeebur?, (Dutch) 1,958 tons, Stasse, Heide&Oo. Riyerton, (Br) 2,236 tonp, Williams, Alexander Sprunt & Son. Harbart, (Br) 2,149 tons, Bowling, Alexander Sprunt & Son. SCHOONERS. Venus, 194 tons, Foxwell, Harriss, Son & Co. Lady Shea, (Br) 151 tons, Qeorge Munro, jourjco oarnn, oon oc uo. Harelock, (Br) 218 tons, Beery, JT auey c kjo. Mabel Darlin?, (Br) 111 tons, Sweet ing, j a. springer pc uo. BASQUES. Nellie Troop, (Br) 1,317 ton, Nobles, eiae ao kjo.w Bears the. Signature The Kind You Have Always Bought w4 I 1 r i PAID FOR Beeswax If you have some to sell ship it to uS and will allow you 27 l-2c Per Lb, F. 0. B. Wilmington. Williamsville Mfg Co, William8ville, Mass. sep 21 3m su we. fr Attention, Hunters. Call on us for your equipment. We can supply you with GUNS all qualities. We keep in stock all kinds of Ammunition. Loaded Shells, with either Black or Smokeless Powder. 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