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W1XLIAM 2Z. BEBffABD. WILMINGTON, N. C. Ttjxsdat Mowrara. Deo. 30. CTTEBESTIHQ 2ZPXSDISSTS. Experiments hare been made in Sonta Carolina in growing Sea Island cotton in the interior, experi ment which hare met with inch s access that one planter in Barn well countj has produced a 600 ponnd bale of the finest quality and he believes that with proper fertili zers a bale to the acre can be grown. One thing is clear and that is if one bale can be grown a thousand or more can be with the same methods. It if only a question as to whether such methods will pay, and the cul ' tivation of such cotton be profitable enough to encourage engaging in its culture. This must be demonstrated by practice. But there are experiments going on also in another line, quite as in teresting and perhaps' quite as im portant. This is hybridizing cotton and what is called "vegetable wool," thm nroducinz a fibre that may be - - used as a substitute for fine wool. r Concerning this the Charleston f -News and Courier publishes the fol lowing from a correspondent who wrote a rout ot uuuwwuwu grown in Barnwell, who says: If too will kindly allow me to blow - my horn a little more I will rive you a "stunner," which you may mistake tor a nlaln Christmas drunk, but a hntnit of tha highest s Undine. Her bert J. Webber, of the plaat-breedinjr :- laboratory of Washtneton, D. O , says tha.t bit scheme is not ehlmerieal' or Tisionary and that hi department will join hands with me. We are go ring tor begin next season to produce f mm eartiin Ttrieues or cotton vere- .' table wooL ' To this end Mr. Webber ia now nrooarins from abroad such aaad as wa need for a beginning. There are MTeral Tarleties of cotton that eloeelv axmroximate wool and it ia naed br the woolen mills as a sub- - aUlute for wooL By careful breeding whoM to make it area yet mora liV thm fleece of the Iamb. Now. bevond dispute I have clearly demonstrated that here in tha interior of South Caroltna we ean produce the very finest sea island cotton.. which is bain made into silk every day in tbe Tsar, and era the years are many I hone to see wool trowing on cotton . While not disposed to be incredu lous as to the possibilities of suc cess in such experiments the News and Observer facetiously puts its correspondent on his guard lest he run somejriak by growing wool on cotton stalks in a State where in the rural regions there is such a preju dice against sheep, and suggests that if he wants to do the really popular thing he should deyote his genius and efforts to producing sheep that will grow cotton fleeces instead of wool. - But even with dogs out of the way that kind of sheen would not pay as well as wool growing cotton stalks would At first sight it does look a little chimerical to undertake to cross cotton and vegetable wool and so Improve the plant as to produce a quality of fibre that will compare with fine wool, but there is nothing chimerical in it, for the vegetable wool is only a peculiar kind of cot ton, it being in all probability a hy brid. In these days of- plant blending no experiment should be laughed at or pronounced visionary until xt has been tested,' for some very remarkable feats in the line of hybridizing have been accomplished not only in producing fine qualities of the same thing but in producing what seem to be entirely new varie ties. On the experiment farm -Minnesota experiments in ybndizing' wheat nave been camea in so successfully all kinds have PhLan hJ n rJ w Vi i rT will VtAftT TfincTl -colder "winters, and more severe : droughts in summer, than the older : varieties could, and which will yield Vuchmoreto the acre. It is esti mated that by the propagation of . these varieties, and the distribution of the seed the wheat crop of the wheat-growing States of the North west has been Inhanced in value $12, 000,000. So much for; experiment ing in wheat, and the 'untiring in : Ydustry, patience and perseverance of - - tbe men who have charge of these : experiments. ; wiOneof the most interesting and .suggestive papers we have ever read 'y ' ia such: subjects was an illustrated - - v article: descriptive . of the methods ! produced in' the Minnesota experi- y-r-r stent station in producing these new kinds of wheat. ; 3 ' -.Yet there is, when you come to s think of it, nothing astonishing in all this,' for nature herself is the -. great hybridizer, and from compara- tiyely fewplants in the beginning has V: V produced millions of kindred species, .and "many: crosses between: plants : 3 and. living. thlngs: which -were ap-; ". parently no kindred at alL - C ;We have but: little 'conception of f.what- taay Be 'done ;inlhli respect . . . untQ the effort, ad fometimel per sistent- effort, is made. ; Xor have we airy Idea of how the area of cul J tivaiion may be' enlarged for rjlanta that seem to .be' limited, -to certain sections where the climate favors. It -v-r was uiougnt,- icr- tnsxance, mat the u '-ty. orsAgsVsi tropical - fruit-- could not U fihi tnaatiil ally grown north of the there it - was cultivated only- to a x 1 'sited jextert, ;;Now the TJ. S. Ag. . luliral "Departiaent is experi rjtlsjiath't-1 growing "cf oranges and "expects to;.prodnc3 a' tree that . wl thrive sa far; tcrth ia Virginia izl iitaJ tht Winters as well &i the apple or peaeh tree doss. The fta cess it has met with' so far encour ages that belief, and it is not at all improbable that if there were any inducement to experiment in that line the cotton-growing area of the country could be . immensely " en larged by producing hardier plants and applying suitable fertilizers, as in the case of the "sea island cot ton" grown in the interior of South Carolina. The finest fruits we have to-day (and we have the finest in the world,) are the result of hybridizing and grafting, producing not only finer varieties, but to all intents and purposes entirely new kinds, which may possibly be still further improved, giving still other varie ties that will differ so materially from the parent stocks as to be practically a different species. By culture and hybridizing we have peaohes, plums, etc, in the royal presence of which their ancestors would look like measly weaklings, incapable of producing such progeny, so that with the abundant and. common il lustration we have of the success and possibilities of hybridizing there is no reason to be incredulous as to what may be done until the intelli gent experimenter has had a fair trial and failed. . Speaking of vegetable wool, we da not know whether much of it is grown or not, but we have seen hose and other fabrics woven from that kind of wool grown in this State, which to the ordinary handler didn't seem to be different from the fabrics woven from wool grown in the usual way on the body of the sheep, and we wondered why there wasn't more of it grown. But if this South Carolina experimenter succeeds in producing a finer quali ty by plant-blending with cotton there doubtless will be in coming years a great deal grown. - HtmORATIO J FIGURES. There is a considerable immigra tion into the South but is practical ly all from other sections Of this country, scarcely any being from other countries, although we read from time to time of the purchase of large tracts of land for colonies from Europe. So far none of these colonies have materialized. Coloniz ing is the only way that the settle ment of foreigners, at least outside of our towns and cities, can be made successful, but this requires labor, money and perseverance. As show ing the immigration this year and its distribution, we quote following from the Macon Oa. TeUqraph: Chairman MeLeod. of the Western Passenger Association. In a table re- rardinr immigration for the year end ing June 80. 1903. shows where a total of over 700,000 immigrants went, and it appears that of this number the state or New York got zos.834 ana rennsvi- yania 139.000. Uf the states in the middle west Illinois led with 45.845, and in the far west California drew the most, 15.093. Uontrary to general impression, by far the greater majority of immigrants locate in the East In addition to the Btatea mentioned those receiving large numbers of immigrants were: Con necticut, 18,835; Massachusetts, 50,939; Ohio. 25,900: Michigan. 14.000: Min nesota, 13,000; Colorado, 4,000; Mary land, 8,000; Washington, 5.000 ; Wis consin, 9,ooo; worth uakots, ,ooo, and Louisiana. 5,000. Of the total number landed 2,937 nave proresnons, 79,768 are skilled workmen, 43X379 are classed as mis cellaneous and 153,149, Including wo men and children, have no occupa tions. The statistics show that there is an increasing percentage coming into the United states irom Austria- Hungary and Italy, Including Sar dinia and Oorsiea, showing Increases of 58,000 and 43,000, respectively, over last year. - It will be seen 'that none worth mentioning came South, except 6,000 to Louisiana. This is a fact that stares us In the face. uropean laborers cud not come South before the war on account of slave labor, with which they could not compete. They have the impres sion now that they -cannot compete with free negro labor, and they give us a wide berth.. . One of the notable features of this exhibit is the large number . of immigrants who remain in the East and in the' cities ' whereas in years past the bulk of the influx went West and most of them became farmers or found employment upon farms. But the opportunities for becoming farmers are not so : good now in consequence of the decreased supply of cheap Government lands and hence there has been a check to the flow in that direction. -Many of them found cheap lands in ' the East, which the owners sell on ao count of the small compensation in farming, and the desire to try their fortunes in the cities. We need never expect e large flow this way of European laborers, because the negroes in the way, and it isn't new labors that we want any way, especially since the character. of immigration has largely changed and we get much that is -not of - a desirable kind. - - . ; Dr. Lorenz,' the Austrian, who has performed such remarkable cures of crippled children, since his arrival in this country, . puts at rest the story of his immense fees, by the statement that the largest fee he has received was one of 30,000, the others barely, paying his expenses and trouble, in fact most of Jus service was gratuitous. , tint he if well pleased with his ' visit, the country andthe.people he has met. As far as money is concerned he says Jie could have made more in his prac tice at home." : , ' V r. " S, Fcr iGrippo and In fluenza UC3 onmiuY'fl nXPZOTQgAIIT.: V forfait tjj. C. depart , , - . . When the late Thos. B. Reed was Speaker of the House of Representa tives and,lhe"appfopriations ran up to something in' the neighborhood of 1,000,000,000, Cdngress ;! was scor ed for its extravagance, but Mr. Reed made light of it, with flippant remark that "this ba-b illion dollar country." That is the idea that the Republican statesman have . acted upon ever since, at a result of which the appropriations have steadily in creased until now they are nearly twice as large as they were ten years ago. But in some repects it is a billion dollar, country, and a hustler, as the following table giving tbe number of our manufacturing plants in 1900, the money invested, people employed, value of output &c, shows Number of establish'enls . 513,600 Number of wsge earners 5,310,000 Capital employed. $9,853,000,000 Total wages 3. 633,400,000 Miscellaneous. 1,038,500,000 Cost of material used.. 7,350.000,000 Value of products 13,019,000,000 The tariff protectionist would point to these figures as a proof of the beneficial results of protection, entirely ignoring the fact that our manufactures have been steadily in creasing under all tariffs, low and high, while the simple truth is that this remarkable progress is due more to the genius, the enterprise and push of the American, and to the labor-saving machinery which has made such progress possible. There is no industry of any importance in this country where labor-saving de vices have not largely - taken the place of hand labor, not only greatly multiplying the output but reducing the cost of production. In this more than in anything else, combined with the talent to push great enter prises, will be found the mainspring of this progress and development. which has made this government the billion dollar country it is. CURRENT COMMENT. Secretary Cortelyou has suc ceeded in making the private secre taryship so important that it is hard to tell whether a cabinet position is I promotion or not. Chicago JVeios, Ind. - The practice of "kissing the book," to make oaths binding, is a relic of ancient superstition which misbecomes our civilization. It is no good at all, but a danger and dirty nuisance, that ought to be prohibited by law. Uhattanooga Times, Jnd, International law is a funny thing. According to our state de partment it is perfectly lawful for two big nations to turn, loose 13 inch guns on one little nation to collect a debt, while if an individ ual creditor went after his debtor with a 32-calibre psitoi he'd get jailed if not hung. Houston Chrom ele, Ind. Some of the persons who are trying to . foment tronble for the Hon. Jim Clarkson and incidentally annoy the administration are advis ing the Southern negroes to get all the offices they can before the next Republican national convention. The advice may be good, but why do people delight to make trouble in this manner? Washington fost. Ind. WILMINGTON DISTRICT. B. B. John, P. K., Wilmington, N. C. Burgaw, Rocky Point, Jan. 3, 4. Southport, Jan. U, 13. J3haIlotte, 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. L Bladen, Bethlehem, Feb. 7. 8. Elizabeth, ElizabethtowB. Feb. 9. Carver's Creak. Council Station Feb. 10. . niAv rtnun. rww tru ia he Jacksonville and Richlandm. Half Moon. Feb; 3L 23. District Stewards will please meet in the Ladles' Parlor, Grace church, Wil mington. Tuesday Dec 80th. at 1 o'clock. Missionary Institute will be held at Grace church Feb. 4th and 5th, 1903. District conference will meet at Jacksonville Tuesday Mar. 17th at 6 o'clock P. M. and continue through the 18th and iih, 1903. Kvltlen Iaasatnsnt. A sure sign of approaching revolt and-serious trouble in your system is nervousness, sleeplessness or stomach upsets. Electric Bitters will Quickly dismember the troublesome causes, ft never fails to tone the ttomacb. resru late the Kidneys and Bowels, stimu late the Ldver and clarify the blood. Kan down systems benefit particular ly, and all the usual attending aches vanish under its searcbinsr and thor ough effectiveness. Electric Bitters is only 60 cents, and that is returned it it don't give perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed by B. B. Belijlxt, drug gist. . - t Is skply to nromEixs we have Eleasure in announcing that Ely's lauld Cream Balm is like the solid preparation of that admirable remedy in that it cleanses and heals mem branes affected by nasal catarrh. There is no drying or sneezing. The LJquld Cream Balm Is adapted to use by pa tients who have trouble in inhaling through the nose and preier spraying. The price, including spraying tube, is 75 cents.' Bold by druggists or mailed Ely Brothers, 56 warren street. ei ew York. - :flr wmr scrtr gears Mas. Wnrsxow'B BooTHura Bnvr has been used for over sixty years by mil- Hons of mothers for . thair - children while teething with perfect success. It soothes the child.- soften the gums. and allays ail pain; cures wind colic, and is the beat remedy, for diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately. Boid'by druggists In every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle, Be sure and ask- for "lira. Window's Boothia : Bvrun" and tare no other kmd. Bwntfc T2J Kind Vm Haw klmj Bcttfi .Cfutszs sf . SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Stanley Enterpriser Our farm ers want tdaeeqaalt pot on the pro tected list. : From tbe dearth of tbe bird oa thW market tbe protection has evidently already set in. - Wilkesboro Chronicle: Mr. Will Hubbard's little two months' old boy died last week of spasms. This is his third child to died aboat the same age ia tha same manner. Raleigh Tosi: About 2 o'clock Friday in Thomas bar room, in Ma rion, John McCain shot and killed bimself. He was a quiet, industrious young man. - His family knows of no reason why he should have committed tbe rash deed. Ealeigh News and Observer: Mr John Walden, who lives on East Hargett street. received a telegram Friday afternoon from Graham, which conveyed the news that his brother, Walter Walden, aged 35, bad frozen to death there Thursday night. Salisbury Sun: Another un loaded pistol got in Its work at China Grove Christmas day. During the day ur. In. f . Uranford, a man of 45, and Jim Hagler, a young man of 18, were handling a pistol, uagier had the pistol in his hand, when it was acci dentally discharged. Tbe bullet en tered Mr. Granford's left jsw and was lodged in the neck. Tne -wounded dud is not believed to be fatally wounded. Shelby Aurora: A negro was arrested near Gallatin, Tenn.. claim log the name of John Palmer, charged with committing highway robbery. It was thought at the time that the negro was Jim Lowery. who stands charged with killing Chief of Police R. S. Jones, of Shelby. We learn that a photograph of Palmer was sent here for Identification, but to the re gret of many it was found that it was not Lowery. . Fayetteville Observer: John Ashley was committed to jail by the Mayor to await trial for cutting a woman sometime ago near the silk mill. He has been evading arrest, and just been captured. While firing a gun Wednesday night at his home In Cedar Creek, Mr. Buck Hales, had the top of his head almost blown off, the gun exploding while he held it high up to fire a Xmas salute. Deputy Sheriff Andrews, of Baeford, was in the city Friday looking for a negro who, he says, is wanted by the authorities of Moore county on a charge of criminal' assault and mur der of a young white girl living just across the Cumberland line in Moore. IWINKLINUS. A frying pan becomes a chaf -inr dish ar it pta into society. Atchison Kan ) Globe. "She says that he is a man after her own heart." "Then I sup pose he will get it." Judge. first Street Waif-"She died from eating too much ice cream." Second Street Waif ' No wonder she smile." "Say, pa?" "Well, whatP" "If the shortest days of the year are in December, how can February be the shortest month in the year." Judge. Little Clarence Pa, what is experience? Mr. Callipers Experi ence, my son, is the headache you ac quire from butting against tbe world. Puck. First Boy "My mamma be longs to one of the first families.'' 8eo- cond Boy "Pooh: that's nothing. Mine belongs to one of the last fami lies." New York Life. Mean Old Man "I don't be lieve your story, nor believe that you are blind. Prove it" Beggar "If I wasn't blind 1 never would have ask ed lyou for assistance. "Detroit Frees Press. Mrs. Bacon "My husband thinks a mau can't feel at home unless be is smoking." Mrs. Egbert "That is why he thinks he will be at home in the next world, I suppose." roneers Statesman. A Radical Cure. Biggs: I understand Mrs. Strongmind married berhnshand to reform him. . Bogg: Reform him f Of what? Biggs: He used to be'a regular brute to his first wife. Judge. "Of course, you have read of the confusion of tongues at the build ins of the Tower of Babel ?" "A gath ering of labor agitators, I suppose. No I haven't read it. Tell the truth, I'm not interested in trades unlons"-Bos- ton Transcript. A Natural Question "Have you any two-cent stamps!" inquired the victim after paying his bill at tbe Bong Tong Hotel. "I think so," re plied the clerk.' "How many do you want?" "How much are they apiece t" Philadelphia Press. - "Why didn't you tell me how improper that play wast" said Mrs. Cumrox. indignantly. "Well," an swered her husband, apologetically, "I tried to do what was best. 1 thought that if I kept still about it maybe you and tbe girls wouldn't go and see it." Chicago- Tribune. Km Excmc Tkla Time. "It was a new gun, your honor," pro tested the prisoner, "and I did not know it was loaded."" "But," argued the judge, "the dealer has just told ua that you did not pay for the weapon." "What has that to do with itr "Well, if yu didn't pay for it the dealer must have charged It for yon." And the Judge tried to look as much like tbe pictures of Solomon as be could. Baltimore American. Wrong rreaamptlon. Visitor Am I right in presuming that it was your passion for strong drink thnt brought you here? PrisontT- ay. boss, I guess yer don't know dis joint. It's de last- place oh eart' I'd come ter If I wus lookin fer booze. Judge. Still Looklns. Aunt Hannah When I was here two years ago, Hulda was looking for n husband. She Is married now. . Uncle George Yes, but she Is still looking for him that is to say, a good deal of the time. Boston Transcript. ' A Costly BXlstake. Blunders are sometimes very exnen- rive. Occasionally like itself is the price of a mistake, but you will never be wrong IT you take Ur. Jung's New Life Pills for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Headache. Liver or Bowel troubles. They are gentle, vet thorough. 25o. at B. B. Bixujrrs drug store. 7 t Ckdab BIXTT, Va., Nov. 12, 1903. We have sold Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonio for he past 10 years.' We know it has saved hundreds of long eases of fever and heavy doctors bills and has saved the lives of hundreds of our own people. We keep it in our households. -. - Ckdab Blot. Woo ijch Co. Agency of this wonderful medicine will be placed with good men. Ad dress A.B.- Girardeau, Savannah, Oa. --: . ; -: - o Bsntl ilba Kind Yw Raw Alwajs An "Absolute Necessity in Many Cases. A DECREASE IN WEIGHT - FREQUENTLY INDICATES - A DECLINE. Our Modern Refeuilder, Vinol, WHl Help You Do It. THE WAY IT ACTS ON A DE PLETED CONSTITUTION IS SIMPLY MARVELOUS. Are you getting thin? If you are you bad better watcn yourseii. xaice VinoL It will build you up quickly and surely. A healthy man does not vary much from year to year in his weight. This is as it should be. Vinol enables the or trans of the body to renew flesh. muscle tissue, bone structure, and at- - tends to purifying' the great vital cur rent of the human system, the blood. Vinol contains the active curative properties of Cod-Liver Oil in a highly concentrated state, and is tne most wonderful tonic that we have ever had anvthincr to do with. Vinol acts upon the stomach in a beneficial way, enabling it to obtain for itself the necessary ingredients from the food that is taken Into it to build up the pure healthy body and in crease the weieht. Mr. H. M. Stufell, who is a well- known passenger trainman on the Boston ana- Maine Kauroad. suserea as many railroad men do. with kidney and other troubles, lie writes as fol lows: "My kidneys troubled me a great deal, my bowels were very irregular, I bad rreat distress in mv stomach, suf fered with bilious headaches, had no appetite, could not sleep nights, and was losing flesh rapidly. I began to take Vinol, I am now on my third bot tle, and it is doing wonders for me. My kidneys are better, my bowels are again regular, my stomacn no longer troubles me, and no more headaches. and as for appetite, don't speak of it ; X sleep like a top and have gained thirteen pounds. You can count on me always to recommend Vinol as the king ol medicines. "With many such testimonials as the above coming before us, it Is not strange that we endorse Vinol as 6tronlv as we do. We unhesitat ingly agree to return to any one who has taken vinol and is not satisfied that it has accomplished all that we claim for it every cent that fhey have paid us lor this remedy. E0BT. B. BELLAMY. A CHURCH LIGHTHOUSE. Charleston, S. C, Has the Only Oa Ia the "World. The only church -in the world so far as is known that is also a lighthouse is St Philip's church, Charleston, 8. C. St Philip's, which is one of the oldest churches in America, is known as the "Westminster abbey of South Caroli na," because within and about its walls so many distinguished men He buried, including John C. Calhoun The history of- the old church is closely interwoven with that of South Carolina, and many of the most celebrated events in the history of the province are connected with it It Is one of the sights of Charleston, and strangers are always taken to see it and shown Its graves aiyl monu ments. The most remarkable feature of the old church, however, is the fact that its lofty steeple serves the purpose of a lighthouse and Is used to guide the seafarer and mariner safely into the port of Charleston. The use of the stee ple sb a lighthouse dates back to 1894, when the United States lighthouse de partment succeeded by dint of repeated efforts In Inducing the vestry of the old church to allow a lantern to be placed In the upper story of the steeple to be used as a range light for vessels entering the harbor tnrough the jetties at its mouth. .The light used. Is very powerful and is placed at an altitude of about 125 feet above the ground, bo that It is easily visible thirty miles at sea. Ships making for Charleston harbor at night always keep a sharp lookout for St Philip's light and as soon as they sight it get it into line with the beacon on Fort Sumter and then make a straight away run for the mouth of the Jetties and up through them into the harbor of Charleston. St Philip's church steeple is consider ed one of tbe handsomest architec turally in the world . and always at tracts the eye of strangers entering Charleston from the sea by its com manding height and artistic propor tions. St IiOnts Republic. NATURAL HISTORY. There are forty-eight different kinds of house fly known and classified. The pig Is the only domestic animal in which no case of cancer has been noted. The Spanish mackerel is one of . the fastest of food fishes and cuts the wa ter like a yacht Fish swallow their food whole be cause they are obliged to keep contin ually opening and closing the mouth for the purpose of respiration. Siamese cats, both in appearance and character, closely resemble pug dogs. Even their tails have the curious curl so familiar in these stolid dogs. Animals are found to be subject to hypnotic Influence. Lobsters, it is said, can be hypnotized by standing them on their heads' five or ten minutes. -: There is no wild breed of fowl to which the Brahma or Cochin can be traced. The gamecock seems to be de scended from the .Cingalese jungle fowL " The flesh fly produces about 20,000 young in a season. The larvae are hatched almost instantly from the egg and at once begin their work of de struction. - A Ce-atrasf. . ."Papa, who. is that gentleman over there on the porch T" "Don't you remember him, my child? He is the gentleman we met In the restaurant today who chatted so pleas antly with us while he waited about twentylve minutes for his lunch." . "He doesn't seem very pleasant now, papa.- ' "Oh, no. He's : at home now. See him tearing the newspaper Into shreds and trying to throw his hat through 'the door. He is very angry because it has taken his wife a little over four minutes to get his supper ready." In dianapolis 8un. , , ' , J. - - ; - lOH.TMt - - PTOOD, LIVER, LUNGS. COMMERCIAL- fLMINGTONr M ARX k i - (Quoted ofllcl&llv at the file of the Chamber oi uommerca.j STAB OFFICE. December 29. SPIRITS TUEPKNTINE Marker firm at 62c per gallon. ; KUaiJN Market firm at 11.35 per barrel for strained and $1.40 per barrel for good strained. V TAB Market firm at Si. 60 per bar rel of 880 pounds. . " CRUDE TUKFKJMTLNK Market firm at $L75 per barrel for hard, $3.00 for dip. Uuotanons same, day last year Spirits turpentine nothing doing; rosin, firm at 95c$1.00; tar stead v at $1.35; crude, turpentine quiet at $1.00 2.00. RJCOTIPTS. Spirits turpentine Rosin 63 Tar...:......;..,.. 281 Crude turpentine 53 Receipts same day last year si casks spirits turpentine, 71 barrels rosin, 153 barrels tar, 4 barrels crude turpentine. OOTTOF. Market firm on a basis of 8c per pound for middling, Quotations: Ordinary 5 cts. lb Good ordinary., . . .-. . Low middling Middlintr 7X " " 8 16-16 ." Good middling Same day last year, market arm at 7Jic for middling. Ueceipts 578 bales; same day last year, 2,699. r Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing inose paia ior proaace consigned u iummur elon Merchants. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm, Prime. 60c: extra prime, 65c; fancy. 70c, per bushel of twenty-eight nounds. Vireima irrime, ouc; extra prime, 66c; fancy, 70c. Spanish (new), -CORN Firm; 65674c per ousnei for white. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 15 16c per pound; shoulders, 1012c; sides. 10ailc. EGGS Firm at 3122c per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 30i 85c: snrinirs. 12;&25c. TUKKKYS Firm at 1011C ior live. BEESWAX Firm at 25c. TALLOW Firm at 5f6c p?r rtrtund. SWEET FUTATUiSa !ull at OUC per bushel. FINANCIAL MARKETS Bv Telearanh to the Morning Star Nw YOttK, Dec 29. Money on call Market was quoted at 615 per cent . closine offered at 6 per cent time monev firm 60 days and 90 days, 6 per cent. ; six months 5J4 oer cent Irrim mercantile paper 6 oer cent Sterling exchange was steadier; actual . business in bank ers' bills was at 486.75 for demand and 483.125483.25 for sixty days. The posted rates were 48S and 487J4. Uom merdal bills 482483$4 Bar silver 47 H. Mexican dollars 38. Govern ment bonds strong. State bonds no report. Railroad bonds l, regular. U. 8. refunding 2's, coupon, 108V; U. 8 funding 2's, registered, 108M; U. & 3's. registered, 107 W; do. coupon, 108 U. a. new registered, 135 J4 ; do. coupon, 135 ; u. a 4's. oio, regis tered, 109X ; do. coupon, 110 ; U. r 5's,- registered, 103; ao. coupon. 103V; Southern Kailway, 5's, lJJU. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 97. Chesapeake fit Ohio 46jf; Manhat tan L 145 U: New York Central 151 K; Beading 63X; do. 1st preferred 86 do. 2nd preferred 77; St. Paul 176; da preTd, 193X: Southern Hall way aSHi do. pref'd Amal gamated Copper 61 H: People's Gas 102M: Sugar 129 H; Tennessee Uoai and Iron 67; U. S. Leather lift ; do nrefd.889. -.Western Union 87 ; U. S Steel 35; do. prefd 84 M; Virginia Carolina Chemical 62; do. preferred, 123),. Standard Oil, 696698 Baltimore. Dec. 29. Seaboard Air Line, common, 26H; do. preferred. bonds, 43 ii i fours. 83tt NAVAL STORES MARKETS By Telegraph to the Horning star. Nnw York, Dec. 29. Rosin firm. 8pirits turpentine steady. Charleston. Dec 29. Spirits tur pentine and rosin unchanged. Sayajtctab, Dec. 29. Spirits turpen tine quoted firm at 62c; receipts 614 casks; sales 1,128 casks; exports 95 casks. Rosin firm; receipts 3,347 bar rels; sales barrels; exports 2,400 parrels Uuote: A, ts. U. D. 11 45. K, $160; F, $1 65; G, $1 70; H, $3 00; 1,12 35; K. 3 oo; M, $3 35; N, $3 55; W G, $3 80: W W, $4 20. COTTON MARKETS By letegxaon to tbe Morninz Btax New York, Not. 29. The cotton market opened firm at an advance of four to six points on strong cables as to the Liverpool market, with private cables asserting that . European senti ment regaraing American cotton was steadily changing to a more bullish view on the strength of statistics and the failure of cotton receipts to maie- 111X6 as promisea oy tne large crop prognosticators. Alter the first call the market worked steadily upward until there was a net rise of twelve to sixteen points, with the market finally firm at an advance of eleven to sixteen points on the closing figures of Friday (Saturday being a bolidsv) and on the spot list there was an advance of ten points at New York. The spot markets of the South were generally firm. The Liverpool caoles finally re- aortea an advance or six points on spot cotton and three to four points on futures, wnile Manchester reported yarns hardening and cloths firm. Other factors at work on tbe local market were disappointing receipts for tbe day, large exports, unfavorable weather in the. cotton belt and nredictions of a continued small movement for the near future. Al- tnough tne wire service was somewhat deranged, commission bouses were pretty well supplied with orders throughout the session. Broadening speculation was indicated. Shorts were active buyers throughout the session. January held a weak rela tion to the rest of the list under sell ing by scattered longs through fears of "notices" of intention to deliver cotton. The buyers of January were the shorts and, as alleged, the princi pal January bolder, who bad promised to take care of any- amount of cotton that may be tendered on January con tracts. - The total sales of futures reached 400,000 bale. Naw York, Dec. 29. Cotton a diet at 8.85c: net receipts 264 bales: cross receipts lu.eay oaiesunock 158,074 bales. Bpot closed -nuiet and 10 points higher; nucuuing uplands 8.85c; mid dling gulf 9.10c; sales 8,826 bales. Cotton futures Market closed firm: December 8.57, January 8.60. Februsrv 8.46. March a 49. April 8.49. Mav 8.49. June 8.49, July 8.50, August 8.81, Sep- lemoer cut. Total to-day. at all seaports Net re ceipts 40,933 bales; exports to Great Britain 2,203 bales: exports to France bales exports to the Continent 87.153 naxes; snci i,uusoo Dsues. v Consolidated, at all seaports Net receipts 91,886 bales r exports to Great Britain 35,634 bales; exports to France . . bales; exports to the: Continent 828,603 balO -" : Total since : Bentember 1st, a' seanorts Net reeeints 4.790.859 eiDorts to Great Britain 1.487,844 ball exports to France 403,147 bales exports to the continent 1,424,258 naies - -Dee. 29. Galveton,flrm at 8Kevnet receipts 7,142 bales; Norfolk, quiet at 8 5-16C, net receipts 8.231 bales; Baltimore, nominal at 8fc, net re ceipts bales; Boston, firm at 8.854, net receipts 1,029 bales; WilmingtOD, firm at 8Js, net receipts 678 bales; Phil adelphia, firm at 9.00c, net receipts - bales; Bavannah,firm at 83-16e, net re ceipts 8,938 bales; New Orleans, firm at 8 6-16c,1het ireceipts 18,843 1- bales; Mobile, firm at 8 8-16c, net receipts 1.560 bales Memphis, steady at 8 6-16C, net receipts 2j963 bales; Augusta, steady at 8 716e, net receipts 4,176 bales; Charleston, firm t 8Xd net receipts M87 bales.-. ' , PRODUCE MARKETS ; IBT telegraph to the Horning sta- .r ' Naw York. ' Dec. 29 Floiir -was dull hut steadily held. Bye flour dull. Wheat Spot steady: Ho. 9 rea wu?. Options With the. exeception --of De-. cember, which was firm eariy on cov ering, wheat ruled weak and heavy tut the forenoon under Dearian arReauuo and home crop news abd active liqui dation. Late in the day the niaset rallied, however, on export tumors, a smaller visible supply increase than was expected and covering, witn tne iciose only Mn ' B WWBL: Ui-J closed 80e ;July closed 78?6c; .uecem- br closed 84c. Uorn 3poteasy; no 2 60c. Options market was i regular all day. Late months closed yic high er against 6c decline in December: Jan uary closed 54ftc; sxarcn ciosaa oio; May closed 48! c ; J uly closed 4734 i De cember closed 59o. Oats Spot firm; No.2, 380. Options were fairly active and about steady; December 42c Bice quiet. Molasses quiet. Butter steady to nrm; extra creamery zoo; dw dairy 2026. Cheese strong; new State full cream, small coioreo, iancy iau made 14c: small white, fall made, 14c. Pork firm. - Peanuts were steady; fancv hand nicked 4.4XcT other domestic 4&4c. CAbbaees firm; domestic, per 100, white to red $2 00 5 00; Norfolk 75cSl w. uonree opo Kio quiet: No. 7Invoice 6 ; muaauu; Cordova 1GA. Sugar Bw quiet. Lard firm: Western steam fiu ou 10 85: refined steady. Tallow steady. Freights to Liverpool cotton by steam 12. Eggs steady ;SUte and Pennsylvania averasre best 28c Potatoes easy ; uong Island S2 00225; South Jersey sweets 2 50a3 75: Jerseys tl 752UU: new York and Western oer 180 IDs.. Si &u 2 16. Cotton seed oil stead j, quieter Prime crUde here nominal; prim crude f. o. b. mills Sic bid; prime summer yellow 38H39; off summer yellowg 38c; prime white 4i4zc; prime winter yellow 4ZC; prime mei 137 O027 50, nominal. Chicago, Dec. 29. There was a fair' 1 v active trade on the board of trade to- dav and after a weak opening thf srain markets dosed, nrm atibougt May wheat was down J fc. May o.nm u nn 4- en e ana oaib were r vw. r . . higher. May provisions closed uo changed to 10c higher. CHICAGO, Dec. 29. Cash prices: Flour auiet and firm. Wheat-No. 2 spring 7576c;No.3 spring 6874c:No. 2 red 74W74Mc. Uorn JNo. i 45c; No. 2 yellow 47c Oats No 2c ; No. 2 white ; No. 3 white 32 34c. Bye Na49o. Mess pork, per barrel, f 17 00. Lard, per 100 lbs., $10 4010 47 9hort rib sides, loo, closed $8 50 8 75. Dry salted shoulden, boxed, f8 258 50. Short clear side , boxeu. 8 87XQ9 00 Whiskey Basis of high wines, $1 SL The leadine futures rxnirtsu ioi lows opening, highest, lowest an closing: Wheat No.2 December 74M, 74X, 74H, 75Xc; May 7777X, 77H, 76s76K, 76. 76a77c: Joly 73 74. 74, 73Xc. Cor . No. 2 De- cember 45 5i. 45 . 45, 45jc; January 4445, 45X, 4J, 45Xc; May 43U 43, 43343, 43M43M. 4$ 43 MC Uats No z liecemoer, new, 82i, S2H, 82. 32; May 33tf33, S4X,3H,344. Mess pork; per bbl- December 17 3254. 1740. 17 25. 1725: May $16 65, 16 65, 16 &2H, 16 66. Lard; per 1UU Eds UectuiDtr 1U 45. 10 45. 10 40, 10 40; January $10 00, 10 07 10 UU, 1U VZX ; May $9 65, 9 70, 9 62)i, 9 0734. rjuort ribs, per 100 lbs Janu ary $8 S7X, 8 60. 8 52Jf, 8 52 ; May 8 7U, O llYi , 8 05, 8 67J6. FOREIGN MARKET Bv Oabie to the Kornlna Sia? Liverpool, Dec. 29. Cotton: Soot moaerate ousmess aone: prices six V . points higher; American middling fair e. red; good middling 4.74d; middling 4. sea; low middling 4.464; good ordi nary 4. 34d; ordinary 4.22d. The sales of the day were 8,000 bales, of which buu bales were for speculation and ex port and included 7,800 bales Amer ican. Receipts 64,000 bales, including oa, aw oaies American. sutures oneneu ana Closed verv steady ; . American middling (g o c) December 4.54d; December and Jan uary 4.584.54d: January and Febru- ry 4.53d; February and March 4.53d; uarcn ana a.pru 4.53d; April and May 4.53d ; May and June 4.54d; June and July 4.54d: Julv and August 4.54d; August and September 4.48 MARINE. ARRIVED. Steamer Highlander. Bradshaw, Fayetteville. T D Love. IMOrwe?1an h&rniiA Aran fifiT Iaii. auuisoD, i.7oee, us, ueiae oc Uo. a J J? m i v. . . tsntish BteamibiD Toreorm. 1.676 tons, HaJJaday, New York, Alex ander sprunt & Son. CLEARED. Steamer Highlander. Bradshaw Fayetteville, T D Love. British steamshio KiTertor. Wll. liams. Bremen. Alexander 8nrn&t Ar. Sod. Steamer Comnton. Sanders. Cialn: Dasn and Lattle Itiver. a n PttrtnA Bxmrk & Co. EXPORTS. FOREIGN. BREMEN British steamshio River- top, 10,889 bales cottoo. 1.532.746 pounas, vsiuea at aiea.wu; cargo and vessel oj Alexander Bprunl oc ttoz. MARINE DIRECTORY lUt f Im tsis rmr of Wli - SBlBUCt w. December SO STEAMSHIP. Torgorm, (Br) 1,676 tow, Halladay, Alexander Snrunt & Son. Vert, (Br) 1,854 tons, Bennett, Alex- anuer opruni oc CJOn. - Zeebarsr, (Dutch) j,953 tons, Btsise, iieide oc Uo. . - SCHOONERS. ' Areo, (Nor) 687 tout, AddiiOB, Heide OC KJO. ' Foster Bice, (Br) 179 tons. Brinton, Cbas O Lister, 267 tons, Moore; George Harris?, Son & Co. Venus, 194 tons, Foxwel), George nunir. aan oc JO. - ; v Lady ; 8hes;-Br) 151 tdnsMunro. Geowre Harrisv. 8on & Co. ' Mabel Darlincv (Br) 111 toar,' Sweet- lnir, J A riprinxer oc Oov ,r ;. - ' v ' Nellie Troop, (Br) 1,317 tonNoblesV aeiaeocuo. ir1, ao.r- barrels crt ton, 6 barrels iN w.; a & a cottony 8 casks sr barrels tar, 14 tine. A.' &Y. B 19 barrels tv 25W. & N- 13 casks spl rosin, 8 barrels crude turpentine. Steamer H ghlander-67 bales cotton, 13 casks spirits turpenUne, 47 barrels ro-io, 143 barrels tar. Steamer Franklin Pierce 9 barrels rosin. ' ' " Total-578 bales cotton, 29 casks spirits , turpentine, 62 barrels rusiD, 281 barrels tar; 53V barrels crude tu. pentine. . .--v .. . I OF WOMEN Preserve, Purify, and Beautify the Skin, Scalp, Hair, and Hands with iltiaira Muxioks or Womks use Cuticuba Soap, assisted -by Cutiotba Olntmknt, ior beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing red, rough,, and., sore hands, for baby rashes, itchinga, and irritations, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and. nursery. Millions of women nse Coticura Soap in baths for annoying irritations, inflamma tions, and excoriations, or too free or offen sive prespiration, in washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative, anti septic purposes, which readily suggest themselves to women, especially mothers. Complete Treatment for Humours, $1. Consisting of Cuticura SoAP(.5c.),to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle, Cuticura Ointmknt(oOc). to instantly allay Itching, inflammation, and Irritation, and soothe andheal, and Cuticura Resolvent Fills (25c.), to cool and cleanse the blood. CtrnctTBA Bssolvent Pills (Chocolate Coated) are a new, tasteless, odorless, economical substitute for tbe celebrated liquid Cuiiccba Resolvent, as well as for all other blood pari, fiers and humour cures. 60 doses, 25c. ' Sold ttuomrbout tha world. Brttlih Depoti 27-2S, ChaiterhooM 8q., London. Pottsb Da COKrM Sols Sropfc, Boston, U. SA J SCO ASS QHElf. Wanted Raw Furs 20,000 O'POSSUMS. 10,000 COONS. 5,000 SKUNKS. 3,000 FOXS. 2,000 MINKS. 1,000 OTTERS. Highest cash prices paid and quo tations furnished by applying to SAM'L BEAR. SR., & m, W'uilnKton. N.u. dec 24 ti Just Received. New lot Library Lamps. A beautful lot of PictureB; Enamel Beds from $3.75 up. Nice Line, Bookers, Trunks and Stoves. New lot Felt Mattresses. Come and see us and get our prices. We guarantee to undersell any firm in the city. GASTON D. PHARES & CO. Inter-state Thone 78. sep 14 tf 110-113 Market street. Gall and Examine Onr FINE LOT OF Christmas Goods. Koval Cluster Raisins. s tfviAaf Qnt,AnA Pnim'no and PnrrTirH. Freshest Nuts of all kinds, shelled J and in the shell. Ropefort, Mm M Pineapple Cheese, and almost every other article in oiifls for the Holidays. WILMINGTON GROCERY CO. JNO. U BOATWBIQHT, Ma-sirer. Botn 'Phones No. 14. oec 16 tf The Only Restaurant, 108 Market Street, SuDDliea a lonar felt want, furnish ing the Best the market affords, and at prioes more moderate than bare ever before prevailed in Wilmington. OUR SPECIAL DINNERS At 25 cents are universally praised by our customers. Table Boarders are taken at $4.00 per. week. - Orders for Plants, Florsl Des'et.., Out Flowers, Bouquets. &c , n led P'omptly and at reasonable pric s CHARLES ANDERSON & CO. Telephone 719. dec 23 tf It is for yon to say If you know what first class goods are, as to quality nd style. After seeing my line call ? and judge for yourself. J.T.BURKE, THE JEELEB, 27 South Front St. dec 13 tf i Bethol IliUtary l Academy 18651903. Eoate41si raimler Co. Ttralala. Begton nnsnrpaseea. Ftul cotps fnstraetors. Prepares for business, collage, ana f,aressTHX pbinoipals.bxtbeIi aoasssit o,, Virginia. satnth . I i r I 4
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