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Tuesday MoBirara, Mabch 17.
AEQXSTIHA A5D THE MONROE
DOCTRINE.
The fact that a recent note of in
structions sent by the Argentine
Government -to its minister at
Washington led to the report that
Argentina was seeking an alliance
with the United States, has caused
the minister to make public the note
which bears upon the Monroe Doc
trine and contains no suggestion of
an alliance. The Argentine position
on the Monroe Doctrine is thus
stated:
"Taking into consideration the real
character of many of the obligations
contracted by the governments of the
minor South American Republic!, the
Argentine Government has felt that
there is great danger to the. peace of
the continent if the compulsory de
mand of immediate payment of public
debts or national obligations is to be
accepted in silence, without discrimi
nation, as a right of the stronger
powers of Europe to control and domi
nate the weaker and struggling states
of Central and South America.
"On this point the Argentine Min
ister of Foreign Relations in his note
remarks that the capitalist who sap
plies any money to a foreign State al
ways takes into consideration there
sources of the country and the more
or less probability that the obligations
will be filled without difficulty. Dr.
Drago says further on this point:
Tne compulsory and immediate de
mand for payment at a given moment
of a public debt by means of force
would not produce other than the ruin
of the weaker nations and the absorp
tion of their government altogether
with all their inherent faculties by the
powerful nations of the earth "
"Dr. Drago explicitly disclaims any
intention to defend bad faith or irreg
ularities and deliberate and voluntary
insolvency. 'We do not pretend,
neither can we pretend," he says,
'that these nations shall occupy an
exceptional position in their relations
with the European powers, who hare
the undoubted right to protect their
subjects as amply a in any other
part of the globe against persecution
or from any injustice they may have
been victims of.
" 'The only thing that the Argen
tine republic maintains is the princi
ple, already accepted, thai there can
not be European territorial expansion
in America or oppression of the peo
ple of this continent, because their
unfortunate financial condition might
oblige one of them to put off the ful
filment of its obligations. The prin
ciple which we maintain is that a pub
lic debt cannot give rise to an armed
intervention, and much less to tfce
territorial occupation of the soil of
American nations by any European
power.' "
In reply to this Secretary Hay re
ferred the Argentine Minister to
the letter of President Roosevelt de- '
fining the positionof this Govern
ment upon that doctrine, and adding
that this Government would always
be glad to see controversies which
could not be settled in the ordinary
way referred to arbitration, to deter
mine the justice of the claims for
individual wrongs or national obliga
tions. .
The Government of Argentina j
accepts the Monroe Doctrine as a
principle of international law, but
contends that international law is
against nations employing force to
collect private debts, a contention in
which she is sustained by eminent
authorities in this country and in
Great Britain. But a short while
ago the part that Great Britain took
in the Venezuelan incident became a
matter of discussion in the British
Parliament, where it was contended
in both Houses, and not denied, that
Great Britain had never asserted the
right to employ force against other
nations to collect debts due to
British subjects, and that joining
Germany in this demonstration
against Venezuela was an entirely
new departure.
Whether international law recog
nizes snch a right or not, it would
be a bad and a dangerous policy for
any nation to assert it and to act
upon it, for the acting upon it
might at any time embroil it with
other nations whose interests might
suffer by such action.
This is truer now than it would
have been even half a century ago,
for nearly all the nations are to-day
money borrowers, and many coun
tries are fields of speculative ex
ploitation. This is the case with
the South American countries with
out exception. There are many
foreigners doing business in all of
them. There are scores of adven
turous speculators, seeking fran
chises, concessions, &c, to build
railroads, open mines and engage in
other enterprises, in all of which
they seek governmental recogni
tion and encouragement and local
co-operation.
Of course they expect to reap
large gains from their operations, and
they take large chances, just as the
moneylenders who lendthe Gov
ernments money take large chances
tempted by I the prospects of
large gains from high rates of inter
est, discounts, &c The probabili
ties are that a majority of such
loans are of a usurious character,
and many of the enterprises to
which we have referred are more or
leas inflated and have more or less
fraud in them, so that the govern
ment which undertakes to look af
ter all these interests and collect
debts duetto them, enforce conces
sions made, , may - always have a job
'on its hands, and. one that might
: possibly give; it a good deal more
trouble than the mere collecting of
. -. a debt from a weak and defenceless
power. :V',
Other nations might have claims,
too, and might object to their levy
ing on the bulk of the revenues,
as France did In the ease of Vene
zuela "
And the blockades interfere with
international commerce. Other na
tions suffer by that, and would
naturally become restive under it,
and do some vigorous objecting if
the blockade continued long. All
this makes the proceeding of col
lecting private debts with ships,
soldiers and guns a dangerous one,
and one without good reason or
common sense in it.
As far as the collection of debts
goes, it does not affect any of the
strong nations, for strong nations
show a good deal of respectful def
erence to other strong nations,
and don't undertake to do any of
that kind of debt collecting from
them. They select weak debtors to
practice upon, and that's where the
weak countries have a right to com
plain. They claim that an excep
tion should not be made in their
case, and they are right.
But aside from the discreditable
discrimination against them there
is no sense in any nation making
itself a debt collector for its subjects,
who blindly or with eyes open make
investments in other countries
which turn out bad. When it be
came understood that Governments
refuse to do that more discrimina
tion and good judgment would be
exercised in such investments.
THE AMERICAN TRAINED
NURSE-
Since his return home to Vienna
the famous Dr. Lorenz has been
saying many complimentary things
about this country. One of the
latest is his tribute to the Ameri
can trained nurse. In a recent
interview he is thus quoted:
I am making every effort in the
hone some day of seeing German
trained nurses the equal of those in
America. The American trainea
nurse is certainly ideal.
I am afraid, though, that at first oar
people will not believe what I say of
this fine body of assistants to medicine
and health. With us a trained nurse
a servant, with you she is a lady.
either a woman or girl of most excel
lent education. I don't wonder so
many rich gentlemen marry their
nurses after an acquaintance full of
sunshine, healthfulness and mental
mprovement.
We need the American trained
nurse as much as the new big hospital
now in course of construction here
needs the glorious American improve
ments, which I admired in different
parts of that country. I shall work
bard to obtain those improvements for
the institute. I shall work harder
still to get nurses after the American
pattern.
This is nice, very nice, but it is
deserved. In commenting upon
it, the Baltimore Sun, which con
cludes with a complimentary refer
ence to North Carolina, says:
This deserved tribute to the Ameri
can nurse must be gratifying, not
only to the women who wear the
dainty cap and the spotless white
apron, but to all of us who have seen
them moving around the sick-room
like angels of mercy. It is fortunate
for us that the standard of professional
nurses has been kept so high in the
United States. Refined women of the
best families hare devoted their lives
to this service, as the Sisters of Chari
ty give themselves to humanity. By
ong training they have acquired aa
extensive knowledge of medical
science, and are the most valuable
aids of the physician. Thongh the
financial rewards are better than in
most professions open to women, and
many . nurses are actuated by self-
interest in entering the profession,
most or them do not consider the
money in a case, but the needs of the
patient.
In the Sun of yesterday a dispatch
from Fredericksburg, Vs., told how a
Baltimore nurse who had been en
gaged in a wealthy household found
anotber family in a little country cot
tage a mile away in deep distress.
There were 11 children, the youngest
a babe in arms, and they had all been
stricken with measles. Worn out by
by her nursing, the mother was the
victim of pneumonia. The nurse knew
there was no hope of reward, but there
was a great need tbat only she could
supply. 8he took charge of the entire
bouse, and is giving all her time and
expert attention to this family, "with
out money and without price."
inat instance is not alone. There
are many such cases scattered all over
the country.
North Carolina has lust gone a step
beyond most of the States In raising
nursing to a recognized profession.
The legislature of tbat State has
created a regular board, which is to
examine professional nurses, and
when they are found competent issue
to them certificates of proficiency.
These certificates carry with them the
degree of "R. N.," Registered Nurse,
wnicn tney are entitled to write after
their names, as doctors write "M. D."
SMOKELESS FUEL. ,
For some time our consuls in
Germany have been calling atten
tion to the methods adopted An that
country for supplying fuel, and sav
ing the waste. They have machinery
for compressing coal dust, lignite,
peat, &c, into blocks or briquettes,
of suitable size for use, which
constitute a large per cent, of the
fuel used in the cities. It is said to
be a good fuel in every respect sup
plying plenty of heat, smokeless and
without dust or dirt.
A dispatch published a few days
ago informed us that an agent of
W. . D. Washburn, of Minneapolis,
Minn., had purchased some of this
machinery which he proposed to put
in operation in South Dakota, where
he owns a large tract of land under
laid with lignite. It is said that there
is an area of 55,000 square miles in
the Dakotas and Colorado under
laid with this fuel, and all that is
necessary to be done to make it
available as a commercial fuel is to
compress it. This is a matter of
importance for a section where fuel
is so scarce and where, owing to the
severity of the long Winters, it is
For JLaQrippe and In
fluenza use CHENEY'S
EXPEOTOBAOTV "
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SKIN -TORTURED
BABIES "
And Tired, Fretted
Mothers
Find Comfort in Guficura Soap
and Ointment
When III Other Remedies and
Physicians Fail.
-Instant relief and refreshing sleep
for skin-tortured babies and rest for
tired, worried mothers in warm baths
with Cuticura Soap, and gentle anoint
ings with Cuticura Ointment, purest of
emollient skin curesjto be followed in
severe cases by mild doses of Cuticura -Resolvent
Pills. This - is the purest,
sweetest, most speedy, permanent and
economical treatment for torturing,
disfiguring, itching, burning, bleeding,
scaly, crusted and pimply skin and
scaly humours, with loss of hair, of in
fants and children, as well as adults,
and is sure to succeed when all other
remedies and the best physicians fail.
The agonizing itching and burning
of the skin, as in eczema; the frightful
scaling, as in psoriasis ; the loss of hair
and crusting of the scalp, as in scalled
head; the facial disfigurement, as in
pimples and ringworm ; the awful suf
fering of infants, and anxiety of worn
out parents, as in milk crust, tetter and
salt rheum, all demand a remedy of
almost superhuman virtues to success
fully cope with them. That Cuticura
Soap, Ointment and Pills are such
stands proven beyond all doubt. No
statement is made regarding them that
is not justified by the strongest evi
dence. The purity and sweetness, the
power to afford immediate relief, the
certainty of speedy and permanent
core, the absolute safety and great
economy have made them the standard
skin cures and humour remedies of the
civilized world.
matter in which so many people are
concerned.
Bat this is a matter in which
the South, too, is interested, for
there are said to be immense areas
of lignite extending 'along the coast
from Florida to Texasj and in addi
tion to this inexhaustible supplies
of peat. North Carolina has thou
sands of acres of it, which if com
pressed would make an admirable
and a cheap fnel. In these days of
widespread and protracted coal
strikes, and of growing scarcity of
wood, new supplies of fuel become
a matter of much importance, aside
from the fact that this might be
made a large and profitable indus
try for this section and convert
heretofore worthless lands - into
sources of large revenue.
A Catholic priest at Wilkeabarre,
Pa., who has been experimenting for
several years, has evolved a wireless
telegraphy system by which he can
send messages over water or through
the earth. He can send messages
seventy miles on land, 700 on water,
and believes he can send them more
than 1,000 miles on water. His sys
tem differs from that of Marconi in
that he can use either air or earth to
make a circuit. He also claims that
his system is simpler and cheaper.
Noting the fact that 1313 venire
men were summoned from which the
jury in Chicago was drawn, which
jury convicted and punished the
coal swindlers, a contemporary re
marks: "Now, who says there is
anything wrong with the number
13?" Better ask the fellows who
were convicted what they think
about it.
CUKRH1 COM MEN I
It appears that some of the
Michigan Bepublicans who engineer
ed that administration indorsement
are bitterly disappointed over the
limited patronage at the disposal of
the Department of Commerce. They
evidently got secretary uorteiyou's
estimates and the appropriations
confused. Washington Post, Ind.
John Bright once said that
a government which could not rule
the United JUngdom on 350,000,
000 a year ought to be turned out
of office. Yet this year the army
and nary together will cost almost
exactly that sum, and the total na
tional expenditure will reach $750,
000,000. These are figures which
make the British tax-payer look
roeful. Washington Times, Ind.
Spain wants to raise the bat
tleship Maine to learn the cause of
the explosion; this is natural;a desire
to clear her honor. A Chicago man
wants to raise the ship to exhibit it
for filthy lucre at the St. Louis Ex
position: this is desecration. Let her
rest where Fate sent her, since there
is little likelihood of her .secret be
ing revealed by bringing her to the
surface now. Augusta Chronicle,
Bern. .
Two nominations that have
failed in the Senate will be heard
from during the Presidential cam
paignone that of a negro for the
Charleston Collectorship, and the
other that of the discredited Ad
dicks man who was named for a
Federal District Attorneyship. Did
the President name ' these men,
hoping they would be turned downP
Or did he nominate them in : good
faith, and then shrink before the
tempest his action had roused? In
either case, we shall hear again of
Crum and Byrne. Jacksonville
Times-Union, Bern. ;
J WLfWf Spseesi aat Heating-,
Messrs. Ely Bros. : I commenced
using your Cream Balm about two
yean ago for catarrh. My voice was
somewhat thick aod mv hearine was
dull. My bearing: nasi been fully re
stored and my speech has become quite
clear. I am a teacher In our town.
- I. Q.- Bbowv, Granger, O.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneexin. Sold by druggists at 50 eta.
or mailed by Ely Brothers, 88 Warren
BL, New York. . , v f -
SPIRITS TURPENTINE,
Troy Examiner'. Wheat and
oats are looking well- - Mrs. Wal
ter Crump, of Upper Richmond, fell
dead last Friday while at work.: Her
death was caused by heart failure, as
she was apparently well. -
Salisbury Truth Index: An
epidemic of grip seems to have struck
Balisburv. Spencer la to have a
new bank. - A board of direction has
been selected, and it is
the new concern will be
expected that
open for bus-
in ess in a few days.
Warrenton Record'. The Warren
ton Furniture Oo. made a shipment
of 500 dozen chairs to a firm in New
Jersey this week. The factory Is run
ning on full time with a full force of
hands and the best part of all is, they
are selling chairs faster than they can
make them.
Danbury Reporter Corn is
quoted at 80 cents per bushel in this
section. There is a scarcity of it, how
ever, at any price. Wheat in
this section is looking very promising.
There was a large crop seeded and
with a good yield our farmers will be
in the swim." .
Fayetteville Observer'. Mrs. S.
B. Carter, wife of Mr. Ransom Carter,
a prominent farmer of 71st, dropped
dead at the residence of her son-in law,
Mr. Hobson, In upper 71st where she
was on a visit, early Saturday morn
ing. - Mrs. Carter arose In her usual
good health, and as she was on her
way to breakfast, suddenly fell dead.
The deceased was about 55 years of
sge.
Smithfield Herald: We are in
formed that the widow of the late
Jesse Stanley, of Ingrams township,
who It 85 years old, never saw a child
in a school house, never heard or re
cited a lesson and never knew one let
ter from another. She has never at
tended a circus and never went to
town but a few times In her life,
although she has always lived near
one.
' Newborn Journal: Keports
from the farming interests Indicate
tbat In this Immediate vicinity there
will be an increase in the tobacco
acreage this Spring. In' this section,
but further away, there will be a de
crease In tobacco acreage, while there
will be an increase Instead in the cot
ton acreage. This planting Is affected
by the prices of tobacco and cotton.
The farmers who failed to realize the
best prices for their tobacco last year,
especially those who carried any to
bacco over, are not eager to plant
much this Spring. On the other side,
the high pries of cotton is very attrac
tive to cotton growers, and the dispo
sition Is to put in as large acreage as
possible this Spring. The young to
bacco plants are showinsr up well, and
will be ready for an early setting out.
rWINKLINUS
The detective is a very kindly
disposed man. He is always looking
after people. Pennsylvania Punch
Bowl.
Professor Of course, you have
been careful to wear nothing but boil
ed shirts during the epidemic! Cor
nell Widow.
"Does George stay late when
he calls t" "Yet, he does." "Poor
fellow; suppose he falls .asleep.
Cleveland Plaindealer.
New Barber Sonld I talk to
patrons on any particular subject!
Old Barber Well, if a man wanted a
pompadour you might tell him a
h sir-raiiing story. Puck.
First Boy My father's going to
have a horseless- carriage. Second
Ditto Huh! Thrt's-nothing. We've
had a eoalleea furnace at oar house all
winter. Boston Transcript.
Husky HenryDid you tell de
lady I was barefooted In all dis snow!
Maid Yes I She says she hasn't any
old shoes, bat here is a bottle of shoe
polls h,yoa poor man I Chicago News,
"The first thing to be done,"
said the committeeman In an impor
tant tone, "Is to organise. There
fore " "I beg your pardon," said an
older member. ''We have not been
photographed yet." Judge.
"Mr. Tiffin is awfully attentive
to that rich old maiden anntof his.
Haven't you noticed it!" "Yes; be
believes people can be killed by kind
ness." Town and Country.
Laura "You have met the
two Johnsons. What do you think of
them!" Maude "Well, the one Is
terribly simple and the other Is simply
terrible" Brooklyn Life.
"Why is that Congressman so
opposed to beautifying the City of
Washington!" "Well, he's constant
ly posing as a servant of the people,
and he's afraid his constituents will
get an idea that the servants' quarters
are too luxurious." Washington
Star.
"She is very intellectual," said
the girl who likes to admire some one.
"Yes,' answered Miss Cayenne; "but
I'm afraid she Is a little Insincere.
She pretends to take more interest in
the Trojan war than she does in the
quarrels In her progressive euchre
club." Washington Star.
Traaredy Averted.
"Just in the nick of time our little
boy was saved," write Mrs. W. Wat
kini, of Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneu
monia had played sad havoc with him
and a terrible cough set in besides.
Doctors treated him, but he grew
worse every day. At length we tried
Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, and our darling was saved.
He's now sound and well." Every
body ought to know, it's the only
sure cure for Coughs, Colds and all
Lung diseases. Guaranteed by R. R.
Bellamy, druggist. Price 50c and
$1.00. Trial bottles free. t
ror urn stxty Tear
Mbs. WihsloWb SooTHiHa 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 la the best remedy for diarrhoea.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
Immediately. Sola by druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty-five
cents a bottle.' Be sure and ask for
"Mrs. WinslowV Soothing Syrup,
and take no other kind t
, Cedar Blott, Va., Nov. 18, 1903.
' We have sold Johnson's Chill and
Fever Tonic for the past 10 years. We
know It has saved hundreds of long
cases of fever and heavy doctors' bills
and has saved the lives of hundreds of
our own people. We keep it in our
households.
Cedab Blujt Woounr Co.
Agency of this wonderful medicine
will be placed with good men. Ad
dress A. B. Girardeau, Savannah,
Ga. f
DR.PIERCES
MEDICAL
- FOR.THE -
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TakoVinbl4
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IT GIVES ONE A SPLENDID
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AND QUICKLY REBUILDS
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We Will Refund the Price of
' Vinoliflt Fails.'
' The worst part of sickness, frequent
ly, is getting over it.
The patient's strength is depleted,
his syBtem is generally demoralized,
relapses are continually feared, and
naturally.
The one thing to aid recovery is to
give the patient tbat which will enable
Tiim to get strong, and at the same time
gire strength direct to the different
organs of the body,
i Nothing will do this like Vinol.
' It acts directly on the stomach, cre
ates a healthy appetite, and enables
the digestive organs- to obtain the nec
essary elements to increase the weight
of the patient and to make new healthy
flesh and muscle tissue and pure, rich,
red blood.
The following is a letter showing
where Vinol was taken and did good
after a case of sickness. It if ads as
follows:
"I wish to certify to the very great
benefit which has been derived from
the use i Vinol in my family. My
wife was very sick with the grippe and
afterward Was wholly run down. One
bottle of Vinol places her on her feet
in better condition than she had been
before in six months. I heartily rec
ommend and endorse it." Hinby F.
Stubtkvant, 81 Huntington St., Brock
ton, Mass. j
' Everything that Is In Vinol Is
plainly printed on the label of
each package.
We know VInOl Is a splendid
preparation! and in many cases
we have been able to see for our
selves the wonderful results if
brings about.
Remember, that we guarantee
Vinol and refund the purchase
money If you are not satisfied.
ROBT. R. BELLAUY,
DRUGGIST. '
Mail Orders Supplied, $1 Pen Bottle.
Express Paid.
FRUIT PICKING DEVES.
A Tfclre Hand Clever ud Caehd.
Ladder Carry!" Blade Eaay.
The cut shows some devices of the
fruit harvesting season whose useful
ness la worth considering by those to
(whom they are unfamiliar, with a
view to taking, advantage of it to light
en the labor of another year. Every
one who has ever picked fruit from a
ladder has longed for a third hand. A
third hand is shown in a cot by New
England Homestead. It Is simply a
piece of No. 9 wire bent as indicated.
With it yon can draw in a limb that la
Just out of reach and, hooking the oth
er end to the ladder, can easily pick
the fruit, or you can simply hold the
limb. The device may be used to as
sist in supporting the ladder where the
limbs are not sufficiently strong to
bear its weight by hooking to another
THIED HAND BALANCED XtADDEB.
and stronger limb. It is also valuable
In picking fruit with a palL Hook one
end over a limb or a ladder round and
use the other for supporting the re
ceptacle. Country Gentleman correspondent
is sure that if the reader once used a
ladder marked to Indicate the center
of gravity be would mark any be had
occasion to use In the future in this
manner. Without some distinguishing
mark it Is almost impossible to tell at
what point you want to place it upon
your shoulder in carrying it from place
to place. If too much is behind you.
It will trail; if too much is in front,
you are much like a poked animal. A
scratch will : answer, ' a lead pencil
mark is better, but Is not permanent.
A band of paint in some contrasting
color Is best, as it can be distinguished
at a glance. ,
Storage 0 Apples.
It Is the conclusion of fruit men that
apples keep much better If they are
hurried into cold storage as promptly
as they are picked Instead of being
left In the orchard in piles or to bar
rels to sweat,
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la ne Fruit World.
A fine new shipping plum, deep gold
en yellow with crimson flush, Is re
ported from Luther Burbankv -
Better grading of apples was urged
at the meeting of the National Apple
Shippers' association. ; ,
Mr. Q. C Husman, an authority on
such matters, is convinced that Florida
can grow a fine table grape for the
early markets.
.; Michigan's apple crop la onlyabr,"
according to the secretary of the State
Horticultural society.
Wlckson plum shows up well amojbg
the late kinds. . : t
- Black knot may be held in check by
'cutting out diseased branches in win
ter. ' -. . :
; The number of olive trees In Califor
nia Is estimated at 2.500.000.
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: CLEARED.
' Steamer Highlander,
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' Eight boar laws are Ignored by
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COMMERCIAL
WILMINGTON MARS BT
(Quoted officially at tbe closing-by tt Chamber
. . ot OommerceJ :; - "
STAR OFFICE, March iff,
IBPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 65c per gallon., si;. Z-i-r
ROSIN Market firm at $1.95 per
barrel for strained and $3.00 per bar-:
rel for good strained.
TAR Market firm at $1.65 per bar
rel of 880 pounds. -----CRTJDBT
TURPENTINE Market
firm at $2.40 per barrel for hard, $4.00
for dip. - r ' v' : -'' - v
Quotations same day last year
Spirits turpentine nothing doing;
rosin, firm at $1.15L20; tar quiet
$1.15 ; crude turpentine firm at $1.S5
2.50. '
BZOEIFTB.
Spirits turpentine........ 21
Rosin.. .....U. ........... ,816
Tar T...... ... 843
Crude turpentine. .............. 43
Receipts same- day . last year 10
casks spirits turpentine, 1,111 barrels
rosin, 411 barrels tar, 23 barrels crude
turpentine. .
OOTTOH..
Market firm on a basis of 9tfc per
pound for middling. 'Quotations :
Ordinary 8'A cis. tt
Good ordinary ...... 8 . 41 "
Low middling 9yi " "
Middling 9 " "
Good middling. 915-16 " "
: Same day last year, market firm at
8J-f c for middling.
Receipts 202 bales; same day last
year, 436.; .
r Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
those paid for produce consigned to Commis
gxon Merchants. 1
OOUHTKY FBODUOIL
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 65c; extra prime, 70c; fancy,
75c, per bushel of twenty-eight
pounds. Virginia Fame, 55c; extra
prime, 60c; fancy, 65c Spanish (new),
6570c.
CORN Firm, 6567c per bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 14
I5e per pound; shoulders, 1012tfc;
sides, 12c.
EGGS Dull at 12e per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. - Grown, 30
35c; springs, 1525c
TURKEYS Firm at 1212c for
live.
BEESWAX Firm at 25c
TALLOW Firm at 5X6c per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60c
per bushel.
BEEF CATTLE Firm at 24c per
pound.
FINANCIAL MARKETS
Bv TelearraDh to the Mornlnz star,
rtnw YOBK. March 16. Money on
call firm at 57 per cent., closing
offered at 5K6; time money wa
firm: 60 days, 5&Q6 per ct ; 90 days,
5&6 per cent.; for six months
5M6 per cent, f rime mercantile pa'
per 6 per cent, nominal. Sterling
exchange arm, with actual busi
ness in bankers' bills at 486 85
486.90 for demand and at 483.375
483.50 for sixty, day bills. Tne
posted rates were 484 and 487
Commercial bills 482483. Bar sil
ver48M- Mexican dollars 38. Gov
ernment bonds firm. State bonds.
uailroad bonds weak. U. a. re
funding 2's, registered, 107; U. 8
refunding 2's, coupon, 107Jf; D. 8.
S's, registered,107X; do. coupon, 108 X;
U. S. 4 new registered, 135f ; do.
coupon, 136; U. 8. 4's, old, regis
tered, 108X; do. coupon, 109; U.S.
fa, registered, 103; do. coupon,
103; Southern Railway. S's, 116.
Stocks : Baltimore ct Ohio 92;
Chesapeake cc Ohio 46; Manhat
tan L 140; New York Central
136; Beading 60 do. 1st preferred
84; do. 2nd preferred 70 J; St. Paul
168K; da prefd, 188; Southern Rail
way SI; do. prefd 91&: Amal
gamated Copper 72 X ; People's Gas
101X; Sugar 1245K; Tennessee Coal
and Iron 64 V; U.& Leather 12: do.
prefd, 90; Western Union 89 ; U. 8
Steel 86K;do. prefd 85 Ji; Virginia
Carolina Chemical Co., 63; no sales;
do. preferred, 125; no sales
Baltimore, March 16. -Sea board Air
Line, common, 24H: do. preferred.
40 ; bonds, fours, . Atlantic Coast
Line, common, and do. preferred, un
changed. NAVAL STORES MARKETS
Bv Telegraph to the Moruioz (Star
Na w York, March 16. Rosin steady.
Strained common to good $225230;
Spirits turpentine easy.
Charleston, March 16. -Spirits tur
pentine firm at 63c; sales casks.
Rosin firm: sales casks; A, B, C
D, Eard F. $1 90; G, $2 O0; H,
$2 SO; I, $2 75; K, $3 10; M, $3 SO; N,
$3 50; W G, $3 75; W W $4 15.
Savatoab, March 16. -Spirits turpen
tine was quoted firm at 65c; receipts 65
casks; sales 16 casks; exports . 154
casks. Rosin firm; receipts 1,714 bar
rels; sales 591 barrels; exports 2,890
barrels. Quote: A, B. C, D, E, 12 05;
F, $2 10; G, $2 20; H, $2 40; i, $2 85;
K$3 20; M, $3 40; N, $3 60: W G.
$3 80: WW. $4 25
COTTON MARKETS
By Xeleeranh to the Horning star
Nkw York, March 16. The cotton
market opened steady at a decline of
three to an advance of four points and
following the call worked upward from
two to six points on the active options
under better Liverpool cables than ex
pected. At the time of the New York
opening Liverpool was net three to
four and one half points higher,
whereas a partial decline of one point
was considered due on the New York
close of Saturday. Private cables at
tributed the strength of Liverpool to
buying there for the account of the
Alexandrian interests, but whatever
may have been I s caue, tbe response
of the local market was not in iin
with expectations and after the brief
interval of steadiness following the
call, the market turned easier, chiefly
as a result of liquidation, and
worked slowly -downward until
near the finish when there . was
slight improvement under enverina
though the close was barely steady
and.net one to five points lower, that
level being within one to three point
of the lowest of the session. Total
sales of futures were estimated at
290,000 bales. In addition to the bet
ter Liverpool . cables. tbe early, firm
ness, was incoursged by the light
estimate for - termor row's , receipts
at Houston, continued flood ac
counts and unsettled weather. There
was also a considerable demand
for July, believed to be for covering
purposes, but' the offerings were
larger on the advance, particularly in
the near months, these being credited
to a bulL clique. The port receipt
turned out 17,282 baler, against 12,468
bales last year, and the estimates for
to-morrow pointed toward a moderate
movement, while the, Bouthern spot
markets did not respond to the weak
ness in futures, remaining generally
unchanged,
i Nsrw .York. March 1$. Cotton quiet
at 10.00; net receipts 10 bales; gross
receipts 5,923 bales; stock 90,349 bales.
; Spot cotton closed quiet; middling
uplands 10.00c; middling gulf 10 25c :
sales 1,800 baJes.j5i ri
Cotton futures' onansd ? ibiirl
closed steady. Closing prices were;
Maren v.75. April 9.71, May 9 T1,
June 9.55, Jaly 9.55, August 932, Sep
tember 8.88, October 8.54, November
a46, December.8.44.,i'.;'S:s.-
Total to-day, at all seaports Net re
ceipts 17283 bales; exports to ureat
Britain 1,938 bales; exports to France
oales; exports to the Continent
16,641 bales; stock 619,897 bales.
Consolidated, at ail - seaports Net
receipts 30,305 bales; export"! to Great
Britain 25,027 bales; exports to France
232 bales : exports to the Continent
16,814 bales. t .-U-.
Total since September 1st,' at all
seaports Net reoeipta 6.828,161 bales;
exports to Grea?italn 2,312,097 bales ;
exports io France 681,283 bales ;exports
to the Continent 2.422.714 bales
: March 16. Galveston,steady at 9c,
net receipts 5.214 bales:- Norfolk,
steady at 9 He, net receipts 1.181 bales;
Baltimore, nominal at lOHc, net re
ceipts t bales; Boston; quiei at 10.00c,
net receipts 252 bales; WilminsrtOB,
quiet at 9 net receipts 203 bales ; Phil
adelphia, quiet at 10 25e. net receipts
93 bales; Savannah, quiet at 9&c, net
receipts 2,980 bales; New Orleans, quiet
at 9 1116c, net receipts 9,329 bales Mo
bile, quiet at 9 916c, net receipts 11
bales; Memphis, firm at 9&c, net re
ceipts 1,650 bales; Augusta, nominal at
10c, net receipts 1,073 bales : Charleston,
firm at 9fc, net receipts 15 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
; - By TelezraDb to the Morainic Btar.
Nbw York. March 16. Flour was
dull and easier: Wheat 8pot easier;
No. 2 red 79 He Options closed rather
weak at He net loss: March closed 82 ;
May, closed 78ic; July closed 76c
September 74Hc Com Spot weak;
No. 2 65c. Options clostd heavy at X
lXc net decline: March closed 65 Ji ;
May closed SOjic; July closed 59gc
Oats Spot easy ; No. 2, 44c. Opuous
weak and lower with corn : May closed
39 c. Lard easy ; Western steam
$10 40; refined easier; continent $10 55;
compound 7X73'c. Butter steady;
extra creamery 29c; State dairy 26
27 Cheese strong : State full cream,
mall colored, fancy fall made 15c;
do. white, fall made 14e. Peanuts
quoted steady; fancy hand picked 4&
4c; other domestic 84c. Cab
bages quiet; domestic, per barrel, red
$1 00; white 75c$l 00. Freights
to Liverpool by steam 12. Potatoes
steady ; Long Island $2 002 25; South
Jersey sweets S3 503 5U; (southern
$1 002 00; 8tate and Western per 180
lba,$l 502 00. Eggs steady ; State and
Pennsylvania, average best le. South-
era 17HC . Uolfee Spot Rio quiet;
No. 7 invoice 5Hc; mild quiet: uor
dova 7V13c. 8uear Raw steady:
refined steady. Tallow firm; city ($2
per package) 5 He; country 66!
Molasses steady. Pork steady. Rice
firm. Cotton seed oil was firmly held
on spot but ratber less active. Quoted:
Prime crude here nominal; prime
crude f . o. b. mills 84H35c; prime
summer yellow 41?4c; off summer
yellow 38K39c; prime white 45c;
prime winter yellow 45c; prime meal
275028 00, nominaL
Chicago, March 16 - There was a
break of over 2c in Mas corn - to-day,
due to beavy liquidation by promi
nent holders and the close was down
11. .May wheat was off fe and oats
were Sfo lower. Prov.siOns were
asier and the May products closed
from 7 to 25c lower.
Ohioaoo, March 16. Cash price:
Flour was quoted easy. Wheat No.
? sarin? 7677c: No. 3 serin? 70ft 7fic:
No. 2 red 7273c Corn No. 2 43c;
No. 2 yellow 43c Oats No. 2 34c:
No. 2 white c; No. 3 white 83X
35jtfc. Bye Wo. 2 43 f a Mess pork,
per barrel, $177517 87 tf. Lard, per
100 lb?, $9 859 95. Short rib sides,
loose, $9 759 90. Dry salted shoul
der?, boxed, $8 87X9 CO. 8ho?t cJear
sid, boxed, $10 S7J10 50. Wbwiej
Basis of high wines, $1 30.
The leading futures ranged
lows opening, highest, lowest u
closing: Wheat No. 2 May 74 74?s,
74 73&, 73tf73Kc; July 71X
71H. 71J4, 70X, 70?ic; September 70.
70, 69 X, 62 He Corn No 2 March
43 43, 43 43c; May 46'&46X, 46 tf,
44, 45KcJuIy 44H44X.44tf, 43,
43 ?c -September 43X43X, 3, 3
42e. Oats No. 2, March , , ,
S3; May S4X84X, 34, 84$,, 84;
July SIX, SIX, 3ljtf, SIX; September
28H, 28K. 28, 28c. Mess pork, per
bbi Mav tl8 00. 18 07U. 1775.178711?
July $17 45 1747K, 17 10, 17 15; Sep
tember f 17 2U, 17 20. 16 90 16 95 Lard,
ir 100 lbs. May $10 05,. 10 10,
9 95. 9 95: Julv $9 92. 9 97. 9 82U.
9 82 ; September $9 90, 9 92& 9 80.
9 80. Short ribs, per 100 lbs Ma; $9 95.
9 95, 9 S7& 9 87X ; July $9 65, 9 67.
9 50. 9 50; September $9 62X, 9 52X,
9 35, 9 85.
FOREIGN $AK
Liverpool. Mareh 1 R rvttnn
Spot, moderate business done; prices
six points higher; American middling
fair 5.90d; good middling 5.52d; mid
dling 5.36 J; low middling 5.24d; good
ordinary 5.12d; ordinary 5.00d. The
sales of the day were 8,000 bales, of
wnicn ouu Dales were for speculation
and export and included 7,200 bales
American. - Reoeinta 17.000 hal in.
eluding 13,900 bales American.
i r uture opened nrm and closed
quiet and steady; American middling
(g o e; juarcn a.l75.lgd; March and
Anril 5.175.18d: Ann! and Mav K.1&
5.19di Mav and Jnne K.lfitffcK.snrf .
June and July 5.l95.20d; July and
A .a49 a m j-m . m
august a.iva; August ana September
S.lltiaS.lSd RntAm1wtp and rWtfhi
4.84d: Oetohev ind Nnmmhm A KAA .
November and December 4.59cL .'
MARINE DIKCrOkY
last of Yessels In tfe ort of Wllwtlmc.
ton, W. C IPXareSi IT.
STEAMSHIPe.
8tagr (Br) 1,302 tons, Bouiman, Alex-
anaer oprunt ox Hon. .
SCHOONERS. ,
yVm O Tanner, 879 tons, Norton, J T
uey cc jc.
Sagamore, 1,220 tons, Sanford, to
- master. -
W S Fielding, (Br) 199 tons, McDon
ald. J T Rtlev A- n
Penobscott, 306 tons, Lrrabee, to
master.
- BARQUES.
Aracan, !(Swd) 655 tonp, Matssor.
j. Heide&Co. - - -
bY RIVER AND RAIL
Receipts ef Naval Stares sad C
Yesterday.
CL O. Railroad 1 hala nnttin A
casks spirits turpentine, 7 barrels roe n.
o oarreia tar, 7 oarreis cruaa turpen
tine. W. & W. : Railroad IKS Hal, ooi.
ton, 30 barrels tar. 6 barrels crude tur
pentine, v - :.
W., U. ct A. Railroad- 48 hales nt.
ton, 1 cask spirits turpentine, 27 bar
rels rosin. 85 barrala tar. Oft hM1
crude turpentine w L
A. Y. Railroad 14 barrels tar.
W. & N. Rlilmad 14 oaaka
turpentine, 14 barrels rosin, 3 barrels
Crude turpentine. "V-" r; -
Hteamer Highlander 160 barrels tar.
Wright's Raft 768 barrels rsin. fi
barrels twLS-;'"
Total 202:' bales -cotton . SI m.k.
spirits turpentine 81ft barrels .rosii,
813 . barrels' tar. 43 barrels crad tu -
pentioe. : v;"iw - : . . . il 1
' Bar ths'-v.l! pa jfoa Haw Always Bpqpf.
Proof
What This Gentleman Says is
a Here Statement of Facts.
I No one can have any reason for
dissenting from the particulars and
proofs which follow, for verification
of the same is within easy reach of
every resident of this vicinity. That
Roan's Kidney Pa4gromptly and
effectually cure kittiTpiaintg
is substantiated not only in this par.
ticular case,Tmt by all who have
given them a fair trial. Testimony
likewise shows that you do not have
to take them indefinitely to be cured
Walter McLachlin, a machine
hand, employed at J. Holliday &
Sons planing mil), Wheeling, W.
Va., address 3032 Jacob street, saja
"Had I not used Doan's Kidney
Fills when I did I would not be
alive now. I was in a terrible con
dition, and although I took quarts
of medicine I got no better, but
worse. Friends spoke of my bad
appearance and thousands knew
about it. I could hardly get around,
and felt and looked like a dead man
more than a living one. Doan's
Kidney Fills were a blessing to me,
half a box relieved .me, three boxes
entirely cured me and now I feel as
though my back was aa strong as
that of any horse in Wheeling. I
wonld racher have a box of Doan's
Kidney Fills than the services of all
the doctors in the State."
for sale by ail dealer.. Price, 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y., sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's
and take no other. mr 15 lw
Seed Potatoes
JANUARY ARKIVAL.
EARL! ROSE,
WHITE BLISS, .
POLARIS, BOYEE.
All early varieties and adapted to
this soil and climate.
Spring Oats, Wheat
Book your orders.
THE WORTH CO.,
jan 9 tf Wilmington, N. C.
Base Ball!
"Spalding" makes the best Base
Ball goods in the world and we
keep them in stock. Spalding's
solid Ash Base Bail at 25
cents are just what you bojs
The Stationer,
mr 1 tf 107 Mrk- -
Ice Cream,
Sweet and pure for Sunday,
SI.OO Per Gallon.
Always on hand new and -
SWEET CREAM 50c QUART,
j John W. Plummer, Jr.
:' Bell 'Phone 680. feb 28 tf
Virginia Meal.
2,400 Bush. Ya. Meal.
Cnt Cash Prices.
W B. COOPER
I 308, 810 and SIS Nutt Street,
mr 7 . vunn'- - .
Fresh Goods.
Just arrived per steamer fcmay; .
Wain! A fin rro w t nA a t siw taiiv.
ii (uu -i ri TTsniii 1 tat UaUar I. uu
WI OUUS, TItIW,
nrninn "ITIlTn USB. SAW! . r.JU M
Virata u svrifwfouaaj.
w asua ujr -
wixMnroTOxr anocs&r vv
AT
- uto. IB Soatti Front street.
BeU 'Phone 14. Inter-State 'Phone 68.
Sick Room Comfort.
flot Water Bottles, Atomizers and all the
arioaa sppUai cea which add bo much o
the ecm'ortorthesaSerer nd aid In -bis
enre. We make a specialty of such goods
1 and carry a complete line ror you to select
from. You can telephone aiidw will 8-na .
right onttrnatever yon need. Some of the, i
Hot Water BotUes we sell are guaranteed
tor two years.
A3DnST'S
Palace Pharmacy,
126 8outh ront Street.
"THE FAV0RTE.,
MTha Va.nrltM Hu4ir ntuwita nnv muni at
tracaVe j than srer. Recent improTements
make It more pleasing to the eye: while it still
maintains tto old reputation for the very best
aerriM to its patrons.:.,-
uiwa uavir.
no SB u ';: - onr rfnm ttrw
Betboi.
Military Academy,
ISCt-ilfiQ,: Xeatd tsi rnaler co
TtialsUa. BesloaansarDassed. -Full ooip
tnstTQctorsi c Prepares tor btisiasss,eoUeae,and
v.M. mi'ltary academlea. Jor catalogue,
dress THX PKINOIPAX.firTHEt. aoadkmy
Pain
ROBERT
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