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.WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Thursday Morning Jan. 8.
THB MONARCH OF INDUSTRY.
The agitation of the trnat ques
tion in this conntrj has caused quite
a change in the sentiment and atti
tude of some of our statesmen, and
now we find some of those whose
support of measures in Congress
made the trusts, as we hare thorn
now possible, falling over each other
with bills to restrain and regulate the
the trusts they helped to create.
Senator Cullom, and Senator Hoar,
Representatives Babcock and Little
field, all supporters of the protective
tariff, are at the front as earnest ad-
vocatejkof trust control and regula-
Whether they are sincere in
their opposition or actuated onjy dj
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political considerations, the follow
ers and not the leaders of the people,
it is a confession all the same that
there is something wrong in the
trust system that needs regulating.
It took them several years to discover
this, and some time after the discov
ery to acknowledge it, and the prob
abilities are that they would never
have discovered or acknowledged it
if it had not been for the emphatic
expression of public opinion, which
they did. not feel it safe to ignore.
A year or two ago the usual thing
among Republican speakers was to
laud these "aggregations of capi
tal," as Senator Hanna called the
trusts,' and point-to them as evi
dences of our marvellous industrial
progress, the outgrowth of the
changed industrial conditions which
made colossal organization neces
sary. That part of it was true,
that they were the outgrowth of
changed industrial conditions, con
ditions changed by favoring legisla
tion which looked to the interests of
the few and gave no heed to the in
terests of the many, and this
changed our industrial system and
created what might be called an in
dustrial monarchy, where the
wielders of capital became the
monarchs and the man, the laborer,
their subject, as much under their
control as the subjects of the Czar
of Bussia are under his control,
about the only difference being that
he is not subject to be snapped
up for real or suspected transgres
sions and punished by imprison
ment, death or banishment.
There is something essentially
wrong in any system which puts
the many in the power of the few
as the trust system does; it is con
verting our industrial system from
an industrial democracy into an in
dustrial monarchy. There may
have been and may . be good mon
archs, there may be what they call
good ' trusts, good compared with
other trusts, for they are all based
on the grab principal and the so
called good ones are those which
make concessions to the public not
f ot the good of the public but for
their own good, to increase their
business and their profits-
We are told that these good trusts
have multiplied productions and by
better and more economical meth
ods lowered prices bo that the ordi
nary wage earners can ' now have
within their reach and means many
things that were before beyond their
reach. If there be any such trusts
they are the exception, but even
these are not entitled to the credit
that is given them, for it isn't the
trust that has made cheaper produc
tion possible, but the genius that
constructed the labor-saving devices
and machinery that the trusts have
the benefit of in their business. But
we had all these before we had trusts
and we would have had the low
prices they credit the trusts with if
there had never been a trust organ
ized. We had "aggregations of capital"
before trusts. It was the consolida
tion of these aggregations of capital
that made the trusts.' The former
aggregations of capital were for the
purpose of competing by better
methods or cheaper production with
other aggregations of capital in the
same .lines of business; that made
competition and insured as much
cheapness as possible. The public
was benefited by that for it gave
them the most for the least money,
and it benefited the country in other
ways for it stimulated production,
developed our resources and gave
employment to many people.
But the trust was based on a dif
ferent idea, the very reverse ol this,
for its object was to get rid of oppo
sition by consolidating the competi
tors, and destroying those that could
. not be absorbed, thus securing a
monopoly where there was' competi
tion, a monopoly which reached not
'only the consumer of the goods they
made but the producers of. the Taw
materials they used. : When a com
bination1 becomes such a master of
the situation that it can fix its own
prices for the materials it'uses and
the labor it employs, and has prac
tically no - opposition in either, it
should be able to produce cheaply,
and is entitled to no commendation
if it Should "go under the prices of
that prevailed previously, if it should
do that, which by. the , way trusts
rarely do. -
Even if ..it. were true -that the
trusts, or some.,, of them, can by
their immense capital and economi
cal methods produce ; more cheaply
than could be done by individual
effort of by the aggregations of cap
ital which were absorbed and con
solidated, and the publics is being
benefited to this extent, still the
trust system is not a good one aud
does more harm than good. There
is something essentially and radi
cally wrong in any system which
puts the industries of the country
in the hands of a comparatively few
men, no matter who they may be,
and puts the masses of the wage
earners and the masses of the con
sumers in their power. It is the
industrial monarchy overthrow
ing the industrial democracy in
which every man had a chance ac
cording to his industry, energy and
ability. It is the latter which ac
cords with the sentiments and gen
ius of the American people and it
will triumph yet though the strug
gle may be a hard one.
THB BEET SUGAR "INFANT."
We hear different reports as to
the position the beet sugar manu
facturers will take on the question
of reciprocity with Cuba, some of
the reports being to the effect that
they will not oppose it, feeling able
to hold their own with the reduced
duty of 20 per cent, on Cuban sugar,
while other reports say they will still
fight and defeat ratification if they
can, which they doubtless can by
the combinations they can form.
Secretary of Agriculture, Wilson,
who has much confidence in the
ability of the beet sugar industry
not only to hold its own, but to
forge ahead, and is supposed to be
in close touch with the beet sugar
manufacturers, is quoted as express
ing the opinion that they will not
oppose the treaty, but will accept it
cheerfully, and the further opinion
that within five years they will have
made such progress that they can
produce and sell sugar at 2 cents a
pound. Commenting upon this the
New York Tribune says:
According to Secretary Wilson, im
proved methods and scientific prin
ciples are so Increasing the yield of
beets and of sugar that -farmers in
some places are bow retting; from $75
to $100 an acre from tbeir beets, and
in a ihort time all up to date beet
farmers will be doing as well. 8urely,
then, there will no longer be the bitter
complaint which baet sugar manufac
turers have hitherto made that farmers
cannot be persuaded to grow beets
enough to keep the mills running.
At such rates of pront as Mr.
Wilson confidently predicts, farm
ers will be eager-to grow beet. The
result will be, aayathe Secretary of
Agriculture, that within five years
the United States will be producing all
its own sugar at a price not exceeding
two cents a pound. Now, that is a
lower price than tbat at which Cuban
sugar can be sold In our markets, so
tbat under a 20 per cent, concession to
Cuba, or even under free trade with
that country, the American beet sugar
industry would have nothing to fear.
That is, indeed, a gratifying outlook.
The expert authority or the (secre
tary of Agriculture should ot course,
be sufficient voucher for the sanity of
these estimates. But it does not stand
alone, however jwell able to do so. It
is exactly corroborated by the authori
tative and expert estimates of the lead
ers of the beet sugar industry them
selves. They to wit, Mr. Oxoard
and his associates-have declared, in
words which we have frequently
quoted in these columns, tbat it is pos
sible while paving handsome pro
fits to all concersed, to produce
sugar more cheaply in the United
States than in any competing country,
and that the beet sugar industry of the
Uaited States has nothing to fear from
Cuban competition even under free
trade. This, we repeat, is eminently
gratifying. It will enable this coun
try to fulfill in amplest measure its
moral obligations to Cuba and to se
cure in return exceptional trade advan
tages in that island, and at the same
time it assures the prosperous growth
of another great American industry.
It may be incidentally remarked,
however, that the beet sugar manip
ulators have established such a repu
tation for "tricks that are vain and
ways that are quite peculiar" that
there isn't much counting on reports
as to what they may or may not do
in matters in which they are inter
ested.
Here comes another iconoclast, Dr.
Dupree, of New Orleans, who has
been projecting with mosquito eggs
and- says that oil as an anti-germi-minater
is no good. He says the
eggs will hatch months after they
are laid especially if in ponds which
afterwards dry up. He says if there
be anything at all in the oil theory
or any other supposed preventive
chey must be kept up from early
spring throughout summer, as the
hatching goes right along through
all the warm weather. They have
twenty-four varieties in Louisana
ponds, some varieties being numer
ous one year and others the next.
Last year New Jersey chartered
2,200 corporations, seventy of which
were capitalized at $3,000,000 or over.
Altogether she has chartered about
15,000 industrial corporations, with
an alleged capitalization of about
50,000,000,000, over one-half the
total national wealth. Twenty-five
of the corporations chartered by
that State have issued stock rang
ing from $62,000,000 to $1,018,369,
000 (by the Steel Trust). The total
by these twenty five foots up some
thing over $2,000,000,000.
A Chicago chemist says he has
contreved a battery for. producing
electricity directly from coal. .Edi
son has been working on this for
some time and it was said some time
ago that he was about putting on
the finishing touches. Perhaps
when coa gets cheaper, they'll do
some more experimenting. -
For li&arippe and In
fluenza use OHEHByB
EXPEOTOBANT.
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TflS fSMAsTOLA fOSTOIMCBY
livery day brings some new report
about the Indiauola, Miss., post
office, which was closed by the
Postmaster General, because the
postmaster, or postmistress, a col .
ored woman, who had held the po
sition for several years, had tendered
her resignation on account of alleged
threats of violence. .Her resignation
was not accepted, and ai she had
failed to appear to discharge the du
ties of the office it was ordered
closed, and that the mail addressed
to that office be delivered at Green
villfl. twnntv-five miles distant.
Day before yesterday Senator Mc
Laurin was quoted as saying that the
trouble would soon
the office opened .g
week; but a Washington dispatch,
published yesterday, says Tne aa-
ministration will aanere 10 its posi
tion and insist on the negro post
master remaining or upon the office
remaining closed. -
As. to the threats of the alleged
violence we have different State
ments. One says the threats made
were by men who had left the Dem
ocratic party, with the expectation
of getting-office, for the purpose of
creating a vacancy in that office and
making a job for some of them,
while another report from a leading
lawyer of Indianola says there were
no threats or intimidation of any
kind, the postmistress, Minnie Cox,
resigning voluntarily after receiving
a request from the people to do so. .
In the meantime the office re
mains closed and people who want
their mail send for it to Greenville
or to other points to which they
have it directed. This is all be
cause President Roosevelt insists
upon keeping in office a person ob
jectionable to the people because it
is alleged that she was forced by
threats to resign.
It is very easy to see through this.
He doesn't care the flip of a copper
about Minnie Cox, but he is playing
Minnie to make himself strong with
the negro voters of those Northern
States where they may be1 a factor
in politics, and also with the negro
delegates in the national convention
if there be any there.
But aside from the question of
alleged threats or the color of the
postmistress, no appointing power
ought in local offices force upon any
community any person who is gen
erally unacceptable for any cause.
The fact that the person is object-
able to the community should be
sufficient, whether he or she be
white or black, male or female. It
ia the people who should be first
considered in such cases, and not
the appointing power or the office
seeker'or holder.
BOOK NOTICES.
The leading paper in The National
Geographic Magazine, is on the work
of the Geodetic Survey showing what
it has accomplished, followed by others
which will be found interesting and
Instructive. Published by McClure,
Philli pa & Co., New York-.
The January number of the Atlantic
Monthly presents a fine and varied list
of contents, in which every reader will
find much to interest him or her. One
of the interesting articles ia "The War
Against Disease, showing the progress
made in that direction. Published by
Houghton, M.ffi ji& Company, 4 Bark
Street, Boston.
A solid list of contents will be found
in the January number of The North
American Review, all on topics now
attracting more or less attention in
this and other countries. One of the
notable and suggestive articles ia "Is
the British Aristocracy on the Wane?",
by Sir George Arthur, one of them.
Address The North American Review,
Franklin Square, New York.
CURRENT COMMENT
The United States Steel Corr
poration throws an anchor well to
the windward when it opens its
stock book to the subscription of its
employes. The corporation is a
great big trust, but if all its em
ployes are interested in its profits it
will have that many advocates, all
opposed to any drastic legislation
proposed against it. Mobile Regis
ter, Dem.
It has been only a few years
Bince Levi Z Leiter was a clerk in a
country store in Maryland at the
wage of $16 a month. It was Levi
Z. Letter's daughter, representing
really a queen in power, who rode at
the head of the procession in the.
Durbar ceremonies in Delhi, India,
the other day. Savannah News,
Dem,
In 1893, the year the car
coupler law was passed, 'the number
of casualties caused in uncoupling
of cars by the old link and pin
arrangement was 11,710, of which
433 were fatal. Last year, the first
year in which the law was in f nil
effect, the total number of casual
ties from this cause was 2,256, of
which 133 were fatal. New York
Commercial Advertiser, Rep.
-- Discussing Mr. Adams' re
cent address in Charleston, the
Springfield Republican says: "The
civil war cannot be described as in
evitable. It was the work of hu
man greed and selfishness carried to
the point of being ready to- fight to
maintain themselves in peculiar
privilege and power." We have no
objection whatsoever to this frank
avowal, but how is this sudden out
break of concession and confession
on the part of our New England
neighbors to be accounted tor? ; Jt
cannot be let us hope ,that it can
not be that they are again con
templating the seccession of their
own little section Charleston News
and Courier, Dem.
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Goldaboro Argus: The town
of Wallace which has recently sub
scribed money to build warehouses and
establish a tobacco market, ia now to
have a bank to be known as the Bank
of Duplin.
Kington Free Press'. Little
Charlie Pool,- who waa burned acci
dentally Saturday while popping;
matches in a Christmas toy. is getting
along fairly well to-day, though his
condition yesterday was considered
very serious, the child suffering very
much from a fever whjch was high all
of yesterday. The mother whose
handa were badly burned in putting
out the fire is also getting along very
welL Toe burn would not have caus
ed such serious resulta to the little fel
low but for the fact tbat some one
standing near, and thinking; tbat water
was the thing, threw a panful on the
child, whieb drove the heat and steam
into the body, scalding; it badly.
Beidsville Review: Master Char
lie White, who- waa accidentally ahot
in the leg wbilo out hunting near Ore
iron Toursday of last week by bis com
panion, Jim GH ley, diechof his ic juries
Wednesday. Young Whim was tbe
son of Riv. and Mrs. L. A.White,who
reside near tbe Edna mills. He was 17
years of age. Lee Sol, a demented
boy, aged 14 veer, of Caswell count,
was missed Friday evening from bis
home and fearing tbat he might have
wandered off and become lost a search
ing party was at once organiz-d and
started. Tne search wan fruitless until
Sunday morninr, when the boy was
found nearly frozen and his lower
limbs black aa if tney bad been beaten.
The affair created great excitement,
but it was not thought there waa foul
ply. Tbe last reports were to the effect
that although not dead, the boy could
not possibly live.
IWINKLINUb
Small Boy I got two lickings
to-day, one from pa and one from ma.
Big Boy Yes; tbv are a spanking;
team. Princeton Tiger.
"I'm afraid brother didn't en
joy his Christmas dinner," said the
little girl. "He seemed to eat heart
ily," "Yes. But be wasn't as sick aa
usual next day." Wash. Star.
He "I don't see how you can
say such terrible things about another
woman." 8he "Too don't, under
stand, you silly. Wbv. Carrie ia bit
dearest friend." Boston Transcript.
Cautions Lady Customer Bat
if he'r a young; horse, why does his
kneea bend sot sealer (reasauringlj)
Ab, madam, tbe poor hanimal 'aa
been living in a atable, as was too low
for him, and Vs 'ad to stoop.
She "It was fortunate that
you were such a fine French scholar,
I suppose when you were in Paris you
had no difficulty in making yourself
understoodf" He -'Not who I talk
ed English." Boston Transcript.
Nocaah (disconsolately) The
rich are getting rteber and tne poor
poorer. Friend What's wrong; now t
Nocaah Miss Fullpurse has refused
me and is going to marry Mr. Coupon.
New York Weekly.
"What do you think of my
New Year's resolutions!" asked the
chauffeur. "Ob, I suppose you'll have
your usual lues," replied the wife.
"What's that!" "Break down before
you have gone very far." Yorike s
Statesman. -
"It's a fact, Aunt Kate," said
tbe young man. "Father aaya he will
psy my way through college, but after
tbat I'll have to stand on my own
merits." "Let us hope it will not be
so bad as tbat, Eodoey," soothingly
replied bis elderly relative. Chicago
Tribune.
"You don't always announce
the weather accurately do you ?"
said the . mild but persistent citizen.
Perhaps not," answered the propaet;
''but you ought not to complain.
Whether we announce it or not, you
always get your weather promptly
don't you i" Chicago News.
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THE HOME TABLE.
ta,trewttnar Items About av Few 8ea
enable Delicacies.
Eggs should be used in as many ways
as possible for the next two or three
months. At 25 cents a dozen eggs are
cheaper, than the better cats of meat,
and when the labor of preparation is
taken Into account they are less expen
sive than the cheaper cuts,' especially
this year, when all meals are high In
price. There Is one fundamental prin
ciple to remember when cooking eggs
by themselves or in cakesj and pud
dings, of which; they are a leading in
gredient, and that Is that the best re-
BSUOAdES OP THB SEASON.
suits are reached by moderate heat for
a longer period, than by great heat for
a short time. i
The basket shown has eight eggs In
it, which, as they were all large,
weighed just one pound. The fuel and
nutritive values of a pound ;of eggs are
higher than those of most varieties of
fish and about the same as yeaL
At 75 cents a bunch asparagus Is a
luxury, at' 23 cents it may be used
sparingly ifrnd freely when It reaches
the two for a quarter stage.. ChooBe
that which is not too fully grown.
Short stalks, partly greeni on which
the buds have, not separated, are most
desirable, Tbe large buds are better
than tbe sma!! ones.
Notice the broken Btalkslln front of
the bunch in the. Illustration. There
are two inchei or more, vrjliich would
never cook tender and which would
better be removed before' the edible
portion Is cooked, ns this part Is likely
to be strong or" bitter in flavor.
Asparagus, even If slightly wilted,
can be Improved by breaking: off the
tongh ends, washing and putting the
stalks, upright in water for ja few hours
before cooking. :
Few ..people pse real I Intelligence
about washing strawberries. Some say
never wash them, forgetting the many
hands they may have passed through
and the long distance and clouds of dust
through whicfi they often travel.
Often the berries are hulled, put in a
colander and jvater from the faucet al
lowed to run over them. The force of
the water extracts the juice from the
hulled berries, and any sand there may
be is liable tO be left with' the lower
layer of fruit. !
Rather have a pan of water and put
in a few berries at a time, rinsing each
slightly as It Is taken up to remove the
hulL The berries float, and the sand
will settle to the bottom of the pan,
and. as the hull is not removed till the
berry is lifted from the water, no
Juice can be lost. A- gentle shake aa
the berry is removed from the water
disposes of the superfluous moisture.
American Kitchen Magazine.
W1LMLNQTUN DISTRICT.
B. B. Jomr, P.' K., Wilmington, N. C.
Southport, Jan. 11. 12.
8ballotte, Concord, Jan. 13.
. Town Creek. . Jan. 14.
Waccamaw, Bhilob, Jan. 17, 18.
Whiteville; Wbiteville, Jan. 18. 19.
Magnolia, Providence, Jan. 21, 25
Clinton, Clinton, Jan. 80
Kenansville. Friendship, Jan. 81,
Feb 1. m i- ,!
B'aden, Bethlehem, Feb. 7. 8.
Elizabeth, Elizabeth towa, Feb. 9.
Carver's Creek, Council Station
Feb. 10! i
Onslow, Queen's Creek, i Feb. 14, 15.
' Jacksonville and , Richlands, Half
Moon. Feb 21. 22. '
District Stewards will please meet in
the Ladies' Parlor, Grace church, Wil
mington, Tuesday Dec. i 80th, at 1
o'clock.; ;
Missionary Institute will be held at
Grace church Feb. 4th and 5th, 1908.
District conference will meet at
Jacksonville Tuesday Mar. 17th at 5
o'clock ' P. M. and continue through
the 18th and 19tb, 1903.
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A SINGULAR BET
(Original.
Two men were conversing in a wing
of the Winter palace In St. Petersburg
the one the Grand Duke Nicholas, tht
other Captain Dinitie Warascoff of th
Russian army. Tbe grand duke was
sitting behind an ebony desk; the cap
tain was standing before him.
"Your treachery is an unpardonabl
sin," said Nicholas. ."I have advanced
your interests by attaching you to th
czar's staff, thus opening to yon a ca;
reer. You have repaid me by joining
this diabolical conspiracy against bis
majesty's life." r ;
"I have not!" exclaimed the captain
indignantly. :
"I have the proof. - '
"Let me see it"
The grand duke held before the
young man a letter written in tne cap
tain's handwriting and signed by him.
The accused man started back, a sud
den pallor overspreading his face.
"Ah!" said Nicholas icily. . "When
confronted with evidence, your assur
ance deserts you."
"I never wrote that letter!"
"It is in your handwriting."
"So nearly like it that I .could not
tell it from mine. Nevertheless it Is a
forgery;" '. '
Nicholas eyes flashed. "Who would
be interested in perpetrating such a
villainy?" .
"I cannot Imagine. Stop! Let me
think. Can it be that they are trying
to get mc out of their way?" He paused
in deep thought.
'What do you mean?"
"I suspect certain men, a certain man
especially, owing to an accidental dis
covery I recently made or an attempt
not on the life of the czar, but on yours.
It may be that, thinking I would in
form upon them, they have determined
to forestall my information."
"Whom do you suspect?" asked Nich-.
olas, changing color.
"One of them is my friend. If I ac
cused him. It might be wrongfully. I
would rather go to Siberia than harm
him if he is innocent."
"You will go to Siberia If you do not
give me his name."
"Then I will go to Siberia."
The door opened, and a young man
named Pertof entered. .
"How fortunate," exclaimed the com
er, "to nna you two togetneri i nave
heard that Warascoff is in trouble, and
came to sav to your imperial high
ness that any accusations against him
are absurd."
"I am sorry to say, Pertof, that I
have indisputable proof. Read that"
And he tossed him tbe letter he had
shown the captain. Pertof read it and
flung It aside contemptuously.
"The capital is full of plotting," he
said. "I believe no accusations, for I
am as likely to be accused as any'one.
Dismiss this matter from your mind,
Nicholas. We three are intimate
friends. None of us knows how soon
he may fall a victim to intrigue.
Therefore let us not worry, but enjoy
what of life remains to us. 'Bring out
some of that wine I tasted when we
were last together and let us make
merry."
The grand duke, though not con
vinced, concluded to fall In with his
friend's humor, and, tapping a bell, he
ordered the wine. Pertof raised his
glass and said:
"Let us drink to Rusian life short.
but merry."
Pertor emptied bis glass; the grand
duke sipped his; Captain Warascoff
left his untouched.
"What's the matter, Dmitri?" cried
Pertof. "Isn't his highness' wine good
enough for you?"!
"I cannot drink under accusation."
"You're squeamish, man. Whoever
troubles himself at being suspected or
even accused in these days is in dan
ger of nervous collapse. I'll make you
a bet of 100 rubles even that within
thirty days I will be accused of some
conspiracy. I'll make another bet of
100 to 1.000 rubles that within sixty
days I go to Siberia and a third bet of
100 to 10,000 rubles that I am exe
cuted." .
"You are trifling with serious mat
ters." said Nicholas uneasily.
"Not at all. We are all in danger,
and If I could make the last named
bet it would be an insurance on my
life for my family." .
"I will take that bet" said Wara-
scoff, with a singular look in his eyes. "
"Done," said Pertof, taking Tils hand.
The grand duke looked at both men as
if be thought they had taken leave of
their senses.
Pertof took a cigar case from bis
pocket and was about to strike a match
when, recollecting himself, be handed
the case to the grand duke.
Nicholas took a cigar from the case.
struck a match and lighted it. He bad
taken but a few whiffs when Dmitri
Warascoff made a leap for him,
snatched tbe cigar, from bis lips and,
raising a window sash, threw it out
Nicholas looked at him angrily for
the apparent Insult In a few sec
onds an explosion was beard in the
court below. All stood mute for
awhile. Then Warascoff, pointing at
Pertof, said:
"There is the man, your highness,
who forged that letter. I overheard
him speaking with some suspicious
persons upon tbe subject of an explo
sive cigar.
Pertof was tried and executed ?or
the attempted murder of tbe Grand
Duke Nicholas. The day after the exe
cution the widow received an anony
mous letter containing 10,000 rubles;
It was in payment of the wager made
between Warascoff and Pertot The
bet was made by Pertof because he
bad determined to sacrifice his life to
the nihilist cause, and accepted by
Warascoff because be had loved the
girl Pertof had married. Five years
later be married bis old love.
F. A. JllTCHBL.
8Y RIVER NI) RAIL.
Receipts ef Naval Stares and Cotton
Yesterday. ; 1
a O. Railroad 136 bales cotton.
W. &.W.- Railroad 66 bales cotton
13 barrels tar. .
W., OL & A. Railroad 884 bales
cotton, 39 barrels rosin, S3 barrels tar,
18 barrels crude turpentine.
A. &Y. Railroad 91 bales cotton,
3 casks spirits turpentine, 4 barrels
rosin.
W. & N. Railroad 80 bales cotton,
3 barrels crude turpentine.
Steamer A. P. Hurt 3 bales cotton,
4 casks spirits turpentine, 323 barrels
rosin, 808 barrels tar, 10 barrels crude
turpentine, V
Steamer Compton 8 bales cotton,
10 casks spirits turpentine, 11 barrels
rosin.
Steamer A. J. Johnson 13 casks
spirits turpentine, 193 barrels rosin, 40
barrels tar.
-- Steamer Black River 9 casks spirits
turpentine, 160 barrels rosin, 13 bar
rels tar. ,.
r Total 1,197 bales cotton, 41 casks
spirits turpentine, 609 barrels rosin,
405 barrels tar, 28 barrels crude turpentine.-'-'
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I r Gertrude Isn't that -fur boa
very uncomfortable around your neckf
Evaline Terribly uncomfortable; but
it Is very expensive - fur,' don't . you
kaoir. Boston Transcript. ,
COMMERCIAL .
WILMINGTON MABKET
f Quoted officially at the closing by the Chamber
. .. 4: oi uonuuarco.j -
STAB OFFICE. January 7.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 54 Vc nar aalIoi).
ttUHLN Market n
rm at $185 per
barrel for strained and $1.40 per barrel
tor (rood strained. - . - W
TAR Market Arm at $1.6d per bar
rel of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
firm at $1.75 per barrel for hard, 13.00
for dip. T -
yuotaaons same day" last year
Spirits turpentine - quiet at 87 36c ;
rosin steady at f I.001.05: tar firm at
$135; crude turpentine quiet at $1.10
BJECEIPT8.
Spirits turpentine. 41
Rosin 609
Tar.. 405
Crude turpentine 28
Receipts same day last year 28
casks spirits turpentine, 690 barrels
rosin, 115 barrels tar, 34 barrels crude
turpentine.
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 8Xc per
pound for middling. (Quotations:
Ordinary.......-:... bji
cts.$Q
Good ordinary..-. ...
Low middling........ 7 ft
Middling.. 8
.. ..
i
(
it
Good middling ..9H " "
Jsame day last year, market steady
at 7c for middling1. 7
Keceipts 1,197 bales; same day last
year, saz.
Corrected Beeolarly by Wilmington Produce
commission uercnants, priues representing
mobe paia tor proaace cozungnea to uomnus-
sion nercnania j
' COUNTRY PRODUCE.
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: 65(a67c tr bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON Steady : hams 15a
16c per pound; shoulders. 10ai2ic.
sides, 12jc.
KGGS Dull at 30c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown. 25a
30c; springs, 1520c.
TUBKKYS Ifirm at 1212J4c for
live.
BEESWAX Firm at 25c.
TALLOW Firm at 56c per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Dull at 50c
per bushel.
BEEF CATTLE Firm at 24e per
pound.
FINANCIAL MARKETS
Bv Telesrranh to tbe Morning Star
Nsrw Yobi, Jan. 7. Money on
call steady at35j percent, closing
offered at 3 per cent. ; time monoy
easier, Idemand good 60 days and 90
days, &S)6 per cent; six months
5 per cent Prime mercantile paper
5Ji6 per Kent. Sterling exchange
steadier, with the actual business in
bankers' bins at 486.50 for demand and
483.60 for sixty da vs. The posted
rates were 48411. and 487X. Com
mercial bills 482483. Bar silver
48 U. Mexican dollars 38 j. Govern
ment bonds steady. State bonds. no
report. Railroad bonds irregular. U. 8.
refunding 3's, coupon, 108 J4 ; U. P.
funding 2's, registered, 10S; U.'S.
3's, registered, 1065 ; do. coupon, 108
u. S. Is, new registered, 135 do.
coupon, 135; U. o. 4's, old, regis
tered, 109K;do. coupon, 109X; U. S.
5'p, registered, 103M; do. coupon.
103V; Southern Railway, 5's, 117.
Stocks: Baltimore ot Ohio 101
Chesapeake & Ohio 49 Hi Manhat
tan L 150; New York Centra)
151 ; Reading 67 ; do. 1st preferred
87; do. 2nd preferred 79; St Paul
180&; do. prefd, 193; Southern Rail
way 35; do. prefd 9454; Amai
es mated Copper 64M; People's Gas
103M; 8ugar 131J4; Tennessee Coal
and iron 63 ; U- 6. Leather 12 : do
prefd. 89; Western Union 89 W;U. S
Steel 36)4; do. prefd 89 X; Virginia-
Carolina Chemical 63 J4 ; do. preferred.
121. Standard Oil, 747749.
Baltimore, Jan. 7. Seaboard Air
Line, common, 27X: do. preferred.
bonds, 44 $; fours, 83.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
NiTT YOBK, Jan. 7. Rosin steady.
Spirits turpentine firm, 56KS7c
Charleston, Jan. 7. Spirits tur
pentine and rosin unchanged.
Savahbab. Jan 7. Spirits turpen
tine was firm at 54c; receipts 72
casks; sales 88 casks; exports 132
casks. Rosin firm; receipts 4.219 bar
rels; sales barrels; exports 1,208
barrels Uuote:A, B, C. D, $1 50, &.
1155; F, $1 60; G, $1 70; EL, $3 00:
L $3 40; E $3 90; M, 33 85; N, $3 55
W G. $3 80: W W. 34 30.
COTTON MARKETS.
Br Tsiearaob to tne Xornlcs star
New York, Jan. 7. The cotton
market opened firm at an advance of
six and eight points and increased th
advance to seven and thirteen points
on enormous demand following a rise
of eight points on futures and six
points on spot cotton with sales ol
15,000 bales of the latter at Liver
pool. The upward movement was.ac
celerated by failure on the part of
receipts to increase as predicted.
wun reports rrom ine spot mar
kets of the country indicating
eontiuea mainerence to seu, tbe JNew
Orleans speculative market still rul
ing at a premium over the New York
basis. Later, the English market
weakened to- barely steady, closing tt
a net rise or three to five and a naif
points on futures, Tbis started selline
at New York, under which prices re
tired to about tbe closing basis of jes
terday. Again the market turned
strong on enormous outside buy
ing and prices returned to about
the best figures of the forenoon.
The South and Europe - wtiv
conspicuous buyers." New - Orleans
parties bought freely in th s market
May, which yesterday Leid a weak re
lation to the general future list, show
ed leading strength to-day. In tbe
afternoon profittaking started a de
cline and large selling ordera came on
from Wall street largely for the ac
oount of the former bull leader who is
now alleged to be operating for a low
er level ofiprices,on(lhe theory tbat re
ceipts may be expected soon to increase
with the trade conditions not over
promising; the speculative long inter
est loo large and too much scattered for
any further rise on a wholesome basis.
On today's decline the cotton sold
fell largely into tbe bands of strong
parties, influenced to buy cotton by
the extraordinary strength of the
statistical position. The, market was
no ally barely steady at a net advance
of one point on January and a decline
of four to six on the later months
Sales of futures estimated at 860,000
bales. . -u, -
, Naw York, Jan. 7. Cotton quiet
at 8 90c; net receipts 1,156 bales; gross
receipts 7,836 bales; stock bales.
Spot closed quiet; middling uplands
8.90c; middling gulf, 9 15c; sales 1,031
bales. - . . I -
Cotton futures market closed easy :
January 8.57, " February 8.57, March'
8.61, April 8.60, May 8 63, June 8.63,
July 8.65, August 8 51, September 8.18.
t Total to-day, at all seaports Net re
ceipts 48,045 bales; exports to Great
Britain 4,462 bales;, exports to France
fM bales; esporta to the Contir I "
receinta 190.448 bales-
Britain 53,603 bales; exp6rU tor Jk
16.847 bales : exports to th 1
' i Hkuui ls in .
Coating,
51,196 bales.
Total since
September
1st .t ...
eaports Net receipts 5.140,159 bW
exports to Great Britain 1,577,618 blw
f exports to France 437.670 bait-.Z;
I to ih Continent 1.585.546 hai
I Jan; 7. Galveston, firm at nu.
steady at 8c, net receipts1
Baltimore, nominal at 8 net r
ceipts bales; Boston, quiet at 890
net receipts 533 bales: Wiimir, '
firm at 8jaf.net receipts 1.197 ba!M.P'
adelphia, quiet at 9 15c, -get rcipu 43
bales; Savannah, easy at 8 35c. nt
ceipta 6,450 .bales New Orleans, qnirt
at 8 9-lec, net receipts 13 935 hi.:
Mobile, firm at 8 7 16c. net recrint.
699 bales: Memphis, quiet at 8Uk
net receipts 1,694 bales; Aueusta. steady
at 8c, net receipts 500 bals; Cbarl-t.
ton, quiet at 83c, net receiDta Sss
bales. 1
PRODUCE MAKKETS
By TelegraDb to the Morotntr
Naw foitk, Jan. 7. Flour war
steady and a little more aclivr. Wbei
Spot steady: No 3 red c. Opt on.
My closed 793 Julvdoaeo 77c.
Uorn Spot irregular; Wo 2 eoe Op
tions were fairly active with shorn
again busy owing to a storm Wcs', ex
port demand, and poor grading. Jd-
uary had a sbarp advaBCard closed
JSC higher against HC rise else
where; January closed 66c; Febru
ary closed 53fc; Mrcb closed c;
May closed 48Mc; July closed 4731c.
Oats Spot firm; No. 2, 40c. Op 100
quiet and rather firm with corn : May
closed S9H. Lard quiet; Western steam
31080; r fined dull: compound 7J
7jcV Rice quiet. - Butter was quiet;
extra creamery 29c; State dairy
2026c. Cheese firm ; new State full
cream, small colored, fancy fmiv
made 14c;. small white, (all made. 14c
Coffee Spot Rio quiet; No 7 Invoice
; mild irregular; Cordova 7&2c.
Sugar unsettled. Peanuts were qu eu
steady; fancy hand picked 4)i&Xc,
other domestic 304. Uaooagea i-a-v ;
domestic, per 100, red f 1 25; white 75&
31 00. Molasses firm.. Freights tu
Liverpool cotton by steam 12. E. gs
turn; State and Pennsylvania aver
age best 29c Potatoes steady; Loug
Island $2 00225;8outh Jersey sw-.ets
$2503 75; Jerseys $1 752 00; New
Yrk and Western per 180 lbs., $1 50
2 00 Tallow firmer; citj ($2 per pack
age SJtc; country (packages fret)6J ;
6?c Cotton - seed oil Bmali spt
off-nog-, strong news fr m tbe 8 u r,
aud a good local demand wit 1 e
features of the market to-day. Quo er;
Prime crude here nominal; pm e
crude f. a b. mills 3234c: prir
summer yellow 39S9c; off enm-..
mer yellow 38C; prime white 4344r
prime winter yellow 4344c
pn
me I f.27 50Z8 OO. nomui
CHICAGO, Jan. 7. There was ot;tv
a modern volume of busioess "n ti i-
Board of Trade to-dav, jiUt pnc- wre
well maintained lit; wtli-at cl'S ng
Vc higher. May corn was a tract on
batter, while oats were up c.. My
provisons closed from 24o to 5 10c
higher.
Chicago, Jan. 7. Cash prices
Flour easier. Wheat No. 2 spring 73
75c; No. S spring 68 74c; No. 2 rta
?lc. Corn No. 2 46c;No. 2 yej
low46&& Oats No. 2 32?$e: No 2
white c; No. 3 white 32&33KC Re
No. 2 48c. Mess pork, per barrel,
317 70. Lard, per 100 tt., $9 (2.
Short rib sides, loose, closed 18 55
8 72. Dry salted sboulden,. boxeo,
$8 258 50. Short clear sidf , b r
19 009 1254 WhiBkey-'Y X i
high wines, $1 31.
The leading futures rangeo a-
lows opening, highest, low-.
losing: Wheat--No. S January 7,
71,71K.7ic; Ma75X75H, 75 ,
75H, 75K75&c; Jol 72X72,
73,72H, 73c Corn No 2 Ja. u v
47J$, 47 46 47c; Mav 43J4 43H
43H43X, 43c:July 4242, 4Z
42,42Ha42X, 42c ' au N 2
January 32Hc; M 3l, 34, 33Jg
34. 34Hc; July 31 Ji 32, 31$., 32
Mess pork, per bbl- Ja- ury $i7 45,
17 45, 1745, 17 45, May $16 17, 16 2t,
16 02 , 16 124. Lar , p 0
Janua y S9 90, 9 90, 9 82. 9 82 ;
May 39 475s, 9 50,. 9 45. 9 47U: Juiy
39 30, 9 35, 9 27 H, 9 82 M Sbf.runbs,
pr 100 Ibh Ja- nr 60,852 ,
8 57H i May $8 72, 8 77 , 8 70, 8 75.
FOREIGN
Bv Oabie to tbe Momma Star
Liverpool, Jan. 7. Cotton: 8po,
fair demand, prices six points higher;
American middling fair 5.34d; good
middling 4.90d; middling 4.72c!; mw
middling 4. 60d ; good ordinary 4.4sd;
ordinary 4.86J. Tbe sales of the av
were 10,000 oale, of wtrcb 5 0 bai
were lor speculation and t-xpor and
include 9,700 bales Americar . Re
ceipts 85,000 bales, including 33,100
bales American.
Futures opened firm and clo
barely steady; American middling (g
o c) January 4.661; January and Feb
ruary 4.66d; February and Mareb
4.66J; March ard April 4.66d; April
ai.o Mav 4.t64.67d; Mav and Ju"
4.674.68d; June and July 4.67
4.68 j; July and August 4.674.68d;
August and September 4.61d; J3rp em
ber and Ocober 4.47-1 ; October bd
November 4.37. '
MARliNK
ARRIVED.
Stmr A J Johnson, Robinson, Clear
Run. W J Meredith,
Steamer uompton, csanaers, cala
bash and Little River, S C, Stone,
Rourk & Co. v
CLEARED.
Stmr A J Johnson, Robinson, Clear
Run, W J Meredith.
Dutch steamship zeeourg, oiaasc-,
Savannah, Heide & Co.
British steamship Vera, Bennett,
Bremen, Alexander Sprunt.& Son.
EXPORTS.
FOREIGN.
Bremen British steamship Ver,
9,464 bales cotton, 4,679,198 pounds,
valued at 3398,500; cargo and vessel
by Alexander Sprunt & Son.
MARINE DIRECTORY
List of Teasels In tn. port oflS'llmlDK
tD) If. C, January S.
STEAMSHIPd. '
City of Gloucester, (Br) 1,573 tons, Mil
burn, Alexander Sprunt & Son.
SCHOONERS.
Foster Rice, (Br) 179 tons, Brinton,
George Harris, Son & Co.
Chas O Lister, 367 ions, Moore, George
Harris, Son & Co.
Lady Shea, (Br) 151 tons, . Munro,
George Harris?, 8on & Co.
BARQUES.
Nellie Troop, (Br) 1,317 tons, Nobles,
1 Heide & Co.
Argo, (Nor) 687 tons, Addison, Heide
I Sc. Co. '
- ijv '-Bethel,- .
Military Academy,
xava.ieox. locmmm tanqnier vo.t
Virginia. Begion ansurpas-ed. Foil coip - i tL
tne tractors. Preparafor bnslness, coUege.BDd SaUI
0. 8. ml ltarv academies. ' For cataloene, ad- Ismxoi
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