WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
WILMINGTON, N. G:
Sunday MoBHixe, Mat 10.
Tmf jreORO IlT JAMAICA AHD
' THE TTHITXD STATES.
In the current number of The
North American Review there is an
exhaustive and an interestingly pre
sented article on the negro problem
by Mr. Alfred B. Colquohoun, a
distinguished English writer and
traveller. He has travelled the world
over:" not simply to travel and see, as
many do. but to observe and study
the countries he visits and the peo
trie he p-oea among. He has studied
the negroes of Africa, of the islands
and of this country, .their relations
to other races, their good points and
their bad points, and the indications
of progress or decline
He comes as near discussing the
question without bias either way, as
to white or black, as any one we
have read after, and the fact that he
is a foreigner and ameutral may per
haps better qualify him to discuss it
than is the Northern man who views
It either from a sympathetic, sec
tional or partisan standpoint, or the
Southern white men who draws a
line which the negro is not permit
ted to cross and contends that there
is an lnherent,essentlal, an Ineradic
able difference between the races
which will make it forever impos;
sible for the negro to ascend to the
plane of the white race, a position
in which he has the history of the
negro race, as far as it has been
written, with him from the begin
ning. Of course he speaks of the negro
as .a race, and does not ignore the
fact that some are endowed with a
finer brain and more intelligence
than others and are capable of very
respectable attainment. But even
in the exceptions to the rule it will
be found that there is a noticable
indication of white blood in many
of those who have risen much above
the negro level.
It Is the difference of opinion on
this question of the capabilities of
the race for enlightenment and ad
vancement that forms the basis of
agitation and makes a race problem,
for if it were generally admitted that
the negro is incapable of develop
ment to the extent of becoming an
intelligent voter, who would exercise
his own judment and vote as a man,
not as a machine, there would be
little disposition to contend for his
exercise of the franchise, and then
there would be no ground for agita
tion on that line, the difference of
opinion on this question being the
only ground there is for it now.
In the course of his article, after
speaking at some length on the con
ditions in this country, he draws the
following comparison between the
emancipated negroes of Jamaica and
the emancipated and enfranchised
negroes of the South:
Jamaica should be carefully studied
bv all who are interested in the future
of the negro. The conditions of life
there were very similar to those in
the South. In the ante-bellum- days.
Since that time there has been no in
dustrial development, and there is
still no white competition: but still
the parallel is sufficiently close to be
very Instructive. The commercial de
pression of the West Iudies was an
favorable to the development of the
negro; bat in spite of it he has male
strides. In morality, for instance.
there is a remarkable improvement;
crime is comparatively rare and
trivial.
It is no exaggeration to say that a
woman can go from one end of the
island to the other in perfect safety.
In industry a great advance has been
made. The roads and public works
are all the fruit of native labor, many
of the foremen and overseers
being
also colored men. In Central America
In developing the coast lands.
the Jamaican negroes are In great re
quest and are practically indispensable
in that region, nor would It be possible
to construct a transisthmian canal
without them. Large employers of
Jamaica laborers, who have expe-
penence or negroes in the Southern
States, speak of the superior docility
and industry of the former. Finally,
a word of praise must be given to the
West Indian soldier, whose white offi
cer speaks of him with pride and affec
tion. There Is a striking contrast between
the status of the negro in Jamaica and
in America- la the former ; it Is not
only possible, bat - customary, .for the
Governor to entertain any colored
man of standing, and many, of the
Government offices, are open to them;
The writer can speak from experience
of the -capacity nd Intelligence dis
played by such men. There is no re
striction in cars, . theatres or hotels,
and yet there is far less chance of in
solence or intruslveness on the part of
the negro. On the country roads
every man or woman greets the white
traveller ; 'with a bow or curtsey.
"Marnln massa," or "missus," and as
often as not is answered with "Morn
ing, uncle" or -"auntie!"
What is the reason of this difference
n the relations of the two raceshi la
the first place, the Jamaican negro la
bors under no sense of injustice. He
has not been taught to consider him
self the absolute, equal of the white
man : but, at the same time, he .knows
that he will be treated according to his
deserts If he rises above the level of
his race. Racial fusion Is out of ihe
question; .but on his J merits , he can
2ft Se W5F the "oSS
wP?Yt 5lyvand regards him
self, of ten.with touching naivete, aa
integral and valuable part of the Em
pire. Meet him where you may, b.
pats himself - on the chest, and aa-n
with a grin, "British subject, sarr '
The great panacea suggested for the
evils of the condition of the negro race
is education. It is Interesting to note
that in , Jamaica ; education ..has been,
until i finite recently.' verr defective
and r unscientific.. , If erertiiejeas, the
date" in some ways. Is undoubtedly
uctKu, jniacf , mure uciui mas uuua iuk
American brother; without any "prob
lems" so worry mm; advancing slow-
ly bat surely along the paths of pro'
gross towaros materuu prosperity ana
spiritual Enlightenment. There is no
need, to quote statistics In ? proof ; of
ibis.: The phenomenon X have cited
can be observed by -Jhe merest globe-
trotter. The Important noint is the
existence in this .island of a system by
which blacks and whites live together,
enjoying the same privilege, and to
a great extent the same opportunities,
without race fusion, aad witboat race
hatred. The whites, numerically small,
are and have alwajs- been politically
the stronger (since the reconstruition
which was necessary after the firat pe
riod of freedom.) -In a -word, the
white man has ruled and influenced
the black, and because he hvdoa so
openly and legally the nero has not
resented the simaiioo, ad because
their relations are clearly defined the
white can afford - to treat the negro
with generosity and ajmpathT.
' The sum and" substance of this is
that the negro of Jamaica is trac
table, reliable and industrious, be
cause he has not been fooled nor
demoralized nor spoiled by any
fool nations imbibed from the teach
ings of white men who had a selfish
motive in many cases for so teach
ing, or from the teachings of their
own men who. in. many cases were
used as tools by the white men who
had use ior the negro. But the
conditions in Jamaica and in the
South were entirely different, for
there Was no severance of the friend
ly relations between the races when
emancipation came, there were no
politicians to play upon the negro
and fill him with inflated notions of
his importance, or make him be
lieve, that he was in every way the
equal of the white man. They
never had any race problem to solve
because the negroes got all they
expected, and as there was no
scramble for office, there was noth
ing in politics to make them fool
away their time on that. But as an
object lessen the negro of the South
would profit by taking as an exem
plar the negro of Jamaica, who,
fortunately for him, was never
thrust out of his sphere by foolish
and wicked legislation, and by fool
ish or unscrupulous leaders, as the
negroes of the South have been.
AS AJf UPUFTEB.
The Topeka, Kansas, State Jour
nal editor isn't one of the fellows
who agree with Dr. Parkhurst that
President Boosevelt isan"accident,"
bnt on the contrary believes that he
is the whole thing and as an uplif ter
without a peer now or heretofore.
His swing 'round has been an up
lifting tour from the very beginning,
but this seems to have escaped most
people, many of whom saw in it
a
tour mainly for the uplifting of the
strenuous tourist, until he struck
Topeka, and left his uplifting im
press upon that community where
all at once it struck the editor of
the Journal who.heralded it in the
following, which we present framed
the comments of the New
York Sun, which is a warm ad
mirer (in its characteristic way) of
the distinguished uplif ter.
Our philosophical contemporary.
the Topeka State-Journal, has made
a really illuminating study of . the
psychology of Mr. Koosevelt's excur
sion. It would be Impertinent to try
to summarize this remarkable essay
on what may be called the new peri
patetic thought The title Is "The
President's Uplift:"
"Wherever the President goes his
Influence as a man, as well as that of
a beloved President, is most stimulat
ing and uplifting. Every one of the
thousands of citizens of Topeka who
saw and heard Boosevelt must have
felt the good effects of his presence
exemplified In his words and his ac
tions. His address at the Auditorium
was characteristic of the man, and
along lines he delights to depict He
spoke of human fellowship; of the
aid one good man may and does
give to his fellow; of work and
love, saying that no man is happy If
he does not work and using- the word
love In Its broad sense of both desire
and labor for the welfare of our fel
lows. He delights to speak of char
acter, which he feels a compound of
many : qualities. His spirit Is ever
hopeful and was well stated in his ex
pressions: 'I have a great deal of
faith in the average American citi
zen.' ' "Every community touched by the
President on his tour, receives from
him some good from the constant in
fluences that spark from his words
and actions like glints from an emery
wheel. His speech and conduct are
wholesome to the extreme, his sim
plicity of speech and sincerity of
thought are pronounced and the up
lift Is immeasurable."
From time to time men and women
of generous but restricted . aim have
made efforts to elevate the stage, the
drama, the standards of athletics, com
mercial life and so on. The elevation
of the whole country Is a far grander
and more heroic task, worthy of an
enthusiastic and a strenuous character.
It Is refreshing to think of llr. Roose
velt radiating good influence over
thousands of miles,' uplifting crowds
of - his fellow citizens and school
children and leaving good In every
town from which his train pulls out
Ana in uplifting the country he is
necessarily uplifting himself. By a
beautiful consequence, in doing good
to others ne does good to himself.
A Morristown, N. J., woman, who
had a husband who wasn't over fond
of work, found herself a grass
widow about eleven months ago,
when he lit out -for new pastures,
the only word he left being that he
would never come "back until he
could bring a turkey, with him. A
few days ago a dressed turkey came
by express from Sister's Lake, in
Michigan, accompanied by a note
telling her that he had met "Uncle
George" and for her to come right
on and bring the kids with her. She
didn't see the wherewith with which
to do that, but when she came to
fit np that turkey for a roast she
found it already stuffed, with a wad
of bank bills, , one of hubby's little
jokes. She and the kids ate the
turkey and are presumably by this
time at Sister's LakeMich. - -
When the 1.1111. 1- l-T 1
Adams entered on nti'iA jfUtfn
Sing he didn't sing. He is now en-
Kageo m sorting straws to make
mats. - -. . .
BmUc
SJfatu:
t the &Htd Hw Haw Mwtvs Betpp
APPROACHING A CRISIS.
It "-seems from the latest dis
patches in reference to $he situation
iH Manchuria that Bussia has thrown
off the 'mask and is preparing, for
action, to hold her grip by force,
if the protesting powers appeal to
force. . While China will be pushed
forward by the interested powers,
she will be an insignificant factor In
thegame, for the real factors, on
one side will be Great Britain, Japan
and the United United States, al
though poor old China will have to
bear the brunt of the racket. .
If It comes to a clash Rusai could,
with the soldiers she already has
within striking' distance, and those
she could put in the field within a
few weeks, have an army on ; the
march which could- squelch China
before her backers could come to
the rescue. She has been . pre
paring for. this for the past three
or four years, and she haa been fool
ing the other powers by pretending
that she didn't mean to do anything
that would affect any interests they
may have in China. They seem to
have been buncoed by these repre
sentations and now some of them
charge Bussia with deliberately "ly
ing" to them.
But in the event of a clash will it
be China, backed by Great Britain,
Japan and the United States, against
BuBsia lone-handed ? Where . will
Germany and France be ? Neutral ?
Kaiser William is quoted as saying
that he isn't interested in the Man
chnrian business to' the extent of
taking an active part in it, which
simply means that there is a secret
understanding between him and the
Czar, while Bussia and France have
an alliance that may bring her
Into the rumpus before it pro
gresses far, and the upshot may
be, if the clash does come, that be
fore it progresses far we may find
j Great Britain, Japan, the United
States and China on one side, and
on the other Bussia, Germany and
France, and then we would" have. a
Titanic struggle, all about trade
in China, which would make China's
trade a very costly business.
This would be practically a world
war, the desire to avoid which may
lead to some sort of a diplomatic
patch-up. But Bussia will hold her
grip on Manchuria.
Mr. Barton, of Washington, has.
spells of dreaming, and the dreams
that he dreams in these spells al
ways come true, like the Chicago
woman with a bad eye "who 'never
wished a wish that didn't come
j true." Mr. Barton dreamed that
the Galveston catastrophe .was go
ing to nappen, he dreamed hat Mc-
Kinley was going to be assassinated,
and he has dreamed other thin
that have materialized. His latesti
dream is that Boosevelt in the race
for the Presidency will be distanced
by a Democrat from New York. He
has dreamed who the Democrat is,
too, bnt won't tell.
Some time 'ago a Chicago archi
tect declared that the steel struc
tures in that city were being destroy
ed by an insect that bored into the
steel; and since, a committee of ar
chitects in New York says that if a
steel frame building be placed on a
cement foundation, resting on work
or upon cement piling and -covered
with paint, it will last forever.
That is as long as any reasonable
person should expect it to last.
CURRENT COMMENT
If his education has given
him no higher ambition than to be
leader of one of those Haytien rev
olutions, William Pickens, the ne
gro whd took the prize for oratory
at Yale, had been wiser to stick to
the cotton field. Atlanta Journal,
Dm.
The victory of the debating
team from North Carolina Univer
sity over the Johns Hopkins stu
dents is another evidence of the
food work that is being done in
onthern colleges, and goes to
prove that numbers and large en
dowments do not always mean the
highest scholarship. We congrat
ulate our neighbors on the South.
Norfolk Ledger, Dem. " "
i A negro preacher of Balti
more said in New York the other
night that "Christian education"
and not "industrial education" was
what the negro needed. What the
negro needs is to be let alone by the
theorists and small fry "deliverers"
of his own as well as of the white
race. Until he .gets some sort of
industrial education he will make a
very indifferent Christian. Chatta
nooga Times, Ind.
Mondays Philadelphia Press
had a striking cartoon of the Repub
lican elephant led by Boosevelt and
drawing a high-piled car of Pros
perity., The artist's drawing of Bo
livar's hind legs, however, was about
as untrue as the prosperity, consid
ering that on thcL same page of the
Pressors the announcement that
"4,000 plasterers haye ? joined, the
army". mark the word "of the nn
employed." Augusta Chronicle.
A Sura TkUmc
It is said that nothing is sure except
death and Uxesvjbut that is not alto
gether true. Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption Is a sure cure for all
Lung and Throatiroubles. Thousands
can testify to that. Mrs. O. B. Van
Metre, of BhepherdtowBy W. Va., says:
"I had a severe case of Bronchitis, and
for a year tried everything I heard of,
but got no relief. . One bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery then cured me
absolutely." It's infallible for Croup,
Whooping Cougb, Grip, Pneumonia
and Consumption. Try it It's guar
anteed by .B. B. . Bellamy, druggist
Trial bottlea free.. Regular tffa 50c
and $1.00. . . -- .j.
Ulm ifaa Haw Always Bought
REV. MARY BAKES EDDY'S GIFT.
A New Christian Science. Church to
be
erected Is City of Concord, N. ti.
U CoiTOOBD, N. H.; May 6,
Through the generous gift of the
Bev. Mary Baker Eddy the Christian
Scientists of Concord, N. H., are to
have one of the finest church struc
tures ia the Granite State. i: Th e plans
fornhis edifice -were presented at a
largely attended church meeting to
night, and work will begin upon the
new structure in the near future. The
gift of. Mrs. Eddy includes the desir
able lot of land now occupied by the
Christian Science Hall in the heart of
the city, at the corner of State and
School streets, and is without doubt
one of the finest locations in Concord
for a church building.
In addition to tbe gift of thi choice
location Mrs. Eddy presents to the
church -a cash donation of $100,000
making her total present represent the
turn of $130,000.
The church will be built of Concord
granite as specified by Mrs.' Eddy in
htr original deed or trust and firat an
nooneed in the Concord Monitor of
March 19, 1893. In response to an in
quiry from the editor oi that paper
Mr. Eddy made the following state
ment: .
"On January 31, 1898 I gave a deed
of trust to three individuals which con
veyed to them the sum of $100,000 to
be appropriated in building a granite
church edifice for First Church of
Christ Scientist in this city."
Very truly,
Maey Bakes Eddy.
In the fall of 1897 Mrs. Eddy pur
chased the property opposite the High
School and adjoining the State Capi
tol, and after remodeling the mansion
into' a Hall and Beading Booms at a
total outlay of $30,000, she presented
Christian Science Hall and grounds
to the local members for their use.
Dn February 23d, 1899, First Church
of Christ, Scientist, was organized with
a membership of 78. .The congrega
tion has outgrown its present guar
ters and the new-church is required to
accommodate the increased member
ship which has been so remarkable.
The church will be built of the same
beautiful Concord granite of which
the National Library Building in
Washington is constructed. The
architecture will . be Gothic, and In
proportion and outline it will be In
keeping with modern Ideas of a church
building. It Is intended that the pews
of the church shall cost $L000.
The trustees of the building fund.
who will have the oversight of the
construction of the new edifice, are
Messrs. Fred N. Ladd, Joslah-E.
D wight and J. Wesley Plummer.
Mr. Francis B. Allen of Boston has
been employed as architect
The present First Beader of the
Church is Bev. Irving O. Tomlinson;
second Header, Miss Mary bL Tom
linson.
The meeting to-night sent to the
generous donor the following letter of
appreciation and gratitude:
Bbtv. Mabt Bakes Eddy. -
Pleasant View, Concord, N. EL
Beloved Teacher and Leader:
The members of the Concord church
are filled with profound joy and deep
gratitude that your generous gift of
$100,000 is to be used at once to build
a beautiful church edifice for your fol
lowers in the Capitol City of your na
tive State. We rejoice that the pros
perity of the Cause in your home .city,
where, . without regard to class - or
amm). -rna a pa hlcrhlv ntumnMl.
makes necesaarylneL commodious and
beautiful church home you have so
reely bestowed. We thank you. for
his renewed evidence of your unselfish
lore." M :r.'.
I Since, the congregation has" already
outgrown, the accommodations of
Christian 8cience Hal), building ope
rations will be begun at an early date.
The citizens of Concord regard Mrs.
Eddy's generosity with . favor and are
greatly pleased that another splendid
building is to be added to the hand
some edifices of the Capital City.
TWINKLINGS
She-Are you fond of tea? He
Yes, but I like the next letter bet
ter, Tale Record.,
Better lay in a supply of ther
mometers now; they'll be higher in
a few weeks. Montgomery Journal.
She "Are yon fond of birds?"
He "Sure thing! I simply adore
them." She "Which is your fa
vorite?" He "uuail on toast."
Punch. -" -
He (after the proposal) But
suppose yonr father objects r She
Just inform him that I have de
cided to marry you, that will settle
it. Tit Bits.
"Jane, do yon believe in predes
tination ?" . "No, sah. I don't be
lieve in none o' dem new-fangled
breakfuss foods, no sah." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
3?ommy Ma, can I play mak
in' believe I'm entertainln another
little boy? Mamma Yes, dear, of
course. Tommy All right, Gimme
some cake for him. Philadelphia
Press.
r understand Goodman is a
candidate for Mayor of your town.
Yes, but so is Crookley. Goodman'
is surely better able to fill the place.
Yes, but Crookley 'a better able to
get It. Puck.
Silllcus How 4id he acquire
his reputation lor such great wis
dom? Cynicua Why, there Isn't a
subject under the sun that he can't
remain silent about. Philadelphia
Record.
i Holden Burgess says he al
ways says what he thinks. Belden
That accounts . for it. Saw him
at the club last night, and he -didn't
ntter a word, the whole evening.
JJoston Transcript.
X Blade Yotuas Again.
: "One of Dr. King's New Life Pills
each night for two weeks has put me
In my 'teens' again," writes D. H. Tur
ner, of Dempsey town, Ps. They are
the best In the world for Liver, Stom
ach and -Bowels. ; Purely vegetable.
Never gripe. Only 25c, at R. R. Bel
lamy's arug store. . t
srer otw sixty Tears'
Una. WnrsLOw's SooTHnra Stbuf has
been used for over sixty years by mil
lions oi mothers ior . their children
while teething with perfect success.
It soothes the child, soften the jrums,
and allavs all pain: cures wind colic.
and is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
Immediately; - Sold njv-druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty-five
cents a bottle. Be sure and ask - for j
'llrsv Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup
and take no other kind ------ .
SUNDAY SERVICES.
' First Church of Christ Scientists,
Murohlson Bank building, on Ohesnut
street: Services to-day at 11 A. M. and
8 r H. subject or lesson sermon:
Mortals and immortals. Air. are
inwitftil. - ... c
St Paul's Lutheran church, Sixth
and "Market ' streets, Bev. - A. G.
Voigr, D. D., pastor: f German ser
vices to-day at 11 ATM.; English ser
vices at 8 P. M. Sunday school at
3:30 P. M. A cordial invitation to all.
- Str Matthew's ! English i Lutheran
church. North Fourth street, Bev. G.
W. Kegley, .pastor: Sunday school at
9:45 A. M., preaohingat 11 A. M ( ser
vices at -8 P. M. irEvery person wel
come. -.".;,',.'.
Services at Brooklyn A. O. Mission,
corner Fourth and Bladen streets.,
every Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P.
M. Sunday school at 10 A. M. Prayer
meeting, at 8 o'clock every Thursday
evening. - You are cordially invited to
attend. Elder G. C. Minor, pastor.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
It is better to overlook a wrong
than to ba suspicious of one.
It is better to do with less than
you can use than to want more than
you need.
It Is better to think of the bless
ings you have than of those you do not
possess. - .
We attract hearts by the quali
ties we display:' we retain them by-the
qualities we posses.
Let it be our happiness this day
to add to the happiness of those around
us, to comfort some sorrow, to relieve
some want, to add-some strength to
our neighbors virtue. Channing.
Count no duty too little, no
round of life too small, no work too
low, if it comes in thy way, since God
thinks so much of it as to send his an
gels to guard thee in it. Mark Guy
Pearse.
Every new experience is a new.
opportunity of knowing God. . Every
new experience Is like a jewel set into
the texture of our life, on which God
shines and makes interpretation and
revelation of himself.
.Every true man or woman is a
conductor of that mysterious life giv
ing power of truth and love which we
know as the Holy Spirit because It
ever seeks to make holy spirits of us.
Chas. O. Amee.
All we want in Christ we shall
find in Christ If we want little, we
shall find little; if we want much, we
shall find much; and If, in niter help
lessness, we cast our all on Christ, he
will be to us the whole treasury of
Qoa.Biehop Whipple.
When a friend of mine is takes
into the next life, I do not ask to
know if he Is at once happy. I ask
only to know If he has gone into the
discipline of perfect just'ee. I would
not be afraid to give ud my dearest to
that. Thomas Starr King.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Kinston Free Press : Cabbage
are going from here in large ship
ments new, carload consignments
leaving here in every day. With a
little rain and favorable conditions
the height will be reached about the
middle of next week.
Smithfield Herald: In digging
np and old stump on the land of
Jno. Game, Esq., in Boon Hill
township one day this week, Chas.
(iame unearthed six Spanish coins
bearing the dates of 1782 and 1792.
A thorough search: has failed to
show np any more wealth.
Siler City Messenger: Mr. T.
L. Chisholm, of Sanford, has a cow
that he owned for 1000 days She
has given them 2000 gallons milk,
which, at 30c. per gallon, Is $600.
Cost of cow $50; cost of feed $150.
Balance in his favor $400,- and a
cow worth $75. ; Net profit $475.
Sanford Express :-Farmers Bay
hands are scarce, as they are em
ployed at the saw mills and on the
railroads. The scarcity of hands in
this county and section was partially
caused by many of the negroes going
to the coal fields of West Virginia
during the past few months. They
get more for their work than the
farmers can afford to pay them.
Salisbury Sun: Mr. Bichard
Eames, Jr., manager of the Salis
bury Copper Company, went down
to their property yesterday and be
gun work developing the mine from
the bottom of the 16-foot shaft. He
brought back - some of the finest
specimens of copper ore ever seen in
Salisbury, ranging in value from 20
per cent, to 50 per cent, in copper
and from $2 to $6 per ton in gold. .
WbitevUle News: Wo heard-of
one man near Cerro Gordo who had
already sold six hundred dollars
worth oi strawberries on oi one and
three-quarter acres and . will get
nearly one hundred crates more.
The farmers around Clarkton
are going into the encumber busi
ness. A pickling factory will- be
put np there and they are guaran
teed fifty cents per bushel for their
cucumbers that, are not more than
three and one half inches . long.
Some tell us that they can raise
from three to four hundred bushels
per acre. . ; ..
Washington Proares: Mr, Ed.
J.Rose, the carnival high diver, met
with a most serious accident on
Thursday afternoon last. He had
a new ladder, 80 feet high. It was
made ready and he ascended. When
he reached the topone of the guy
ropes gave away. He discovered it,
and made a most wonderful, descent
of about fifty feet, when the ladder
broke beneath him, precipitating
him to the stone pavement below, a
distance of about thirty feet. His
left ankle was completely shattered,
and the right one dislocated. Five
physicians dressed. and set the frac
tures. He haa suffered intense' pain,
and it is thought that the left ankle
will have to be amputated. ; The-
ladder was 1 by 3 inches, of white
pine, and the rungs : were of brash
oak. The wonder is how he escaped
death. - - '
MARINE DIRECTORY.
lilat ofVeaaalalntba JPort of Wllmlmc.
' ton, N.O BKarlO.
SOHOONEKa
Stratbcona, 251 tons, Gould, Oeore
uarriss, Bon uo. - ' ,
Ohas O Uster, 267 tons, Moore, ' to
:masier.-.sii- ' -z-tZ- -r
Lillian Woodruff,, 288 tons, Warner,
j t tciiey or uo. .,
Mabel Ball, Ui ton, AverllJ, J
Nathan Lawrence. 732 tons. Barlow:
George. Harris, Son oc Co.. .
-1
1 ':
v BABQTJENTINE3. r, - ,
Orient;- (Rus 442 tons, Drelmann.
Alexander oprunt cc Bon. ,
COMMERCIAI..
WILMINGTOK3 J
rcmotea officially at the closing of tbe Obamber
oIOonunBree.Iv,,
- STAB OFFICE, May 9.
6PIBITS TUBPENTINEMarket
firm at 45c per gallon.
KOS1N Motbing doinr.
TAB Market firm at $1.65 per bar
rel of 380 pounds.
- CRUDE ? TTJBPENTINE -Market
?alet at $3.00 per barrel for hard, $3.35 .
or dip, $S.0 for virgin.
Quotations same day last year
Spirits turpentine nothing doing;
rosin firm at $1.051.10: tar firm .at
$1 SO; crude turpentine firm at $1.40,
3.503.60..,
BEOEIPT8.
Spirits turpentine. r 88
Bodn. 154
Tar .......... .T 137
Crude turpentine. . 7. .. ...... . . . 75
Receipts same day; last year 34
casks spirits . turpentine, 73 barrels
rosin, 77 barrels tar, 83 barrels crude
turpentine.
cotton.
- Market firm on a basis of 10c per
pound for middling. . Quotations :
Ordinary. 9 cts. $B
Good ordinary. 9 " "
Low middling ...... 9
Middling...... 10 ' "
Good middling. . . . . .10 7-16 "
Same day last year, market firm at
94c for middling. -
Beceipts 1 bale; same day last
year, 13. -
Corrected Bejrularly by Wilmington Produce
vwnmiHwon aeronwiw, prices repreewiaiiK
those paid for produce consigned to ComnUa
aton Merchanta.1
OOTTNTHY PEODUOK.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 56c; extra prime, 60c; fancy,
62i 65c, per bushel of - twenty-eight
pounds. Virginia Prime, 60c; extra
?rime, 65c; fancy, . 70c Spanish 70
5c.
CORN Firm; 6567tfc per bushel
for white.
N. O. BACON Steady ; hams 14
15c per pound; shoulders, 1013Kc;
noes, izfic
EGGS Dull at 1415c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 20
35c; springs, 1535c.
TURKEYS Firm at 1313c for
live.
BEESWAX Firm at 25c
TALLOW Firm at 5c per
pound. ,
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60c
per bushel.
BEEF CATTLE Firmest 35c per
pound.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
Bv Telecrasb to tbe Moral nz
Star
Nsrw YOBSV May 9. Money on.
call quoted nominal; time money
steady: 60 days, per cent ; 90
days, 33Q4 per cent.; six months
i per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per 425 per cent Sterling ex
change steady, with actual business
in bankers' bills at 488048a 125 for
demand and at 484.85485- for
sixty-day bills. Posted rates 485 and
488X&489. Commercial bills 484
484K. Bar silver 54&. Mexican dol
lars 43. Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds easier. U. 8. re
funding 3's, reg'd, 106; TJ. 8 re
funding SX coupon, 106; U. S. 3's,
registered, 107 Jf; do. coupon, 107M;
U. S. 4's, new registered, 135; do.
coupon, 1353f; U. 8. 4's, old, regis
tered, 110&; do. coupon, 110; U.
d. B's, registered, 1U2X; ao. coupon,
102X; Southern Railway, 5's, 116H
Btocks: Baltimore & Ohio pjref'd 916;
Chesapeake At XMo tli Manhat
tan L 141: New York Centra)
127Hf Beading 54X ; do. 1st preferred
84; do. 2nd preferred 70; St. Paul
160 V; da preTd, 183 i Southern Rail
way ISOXl do. prefd 93X; Amalga
mated 5 Copper 66; People's Qaa
104; Sugar 125; Tennessee Coal and
Iron 633f : TJ. 8. Leather 13M; do. pre
ferred, 95; Western Union 85 ; U. S.
Steel 35; do. prefd 84K; Virginia
Carolina' Chemical Co, 62; sales
shares; da preferredlSlr sales
shares. Seaboard Air Line, common
35ft Q36; do. preferred. 4243; doc
bonds, fours. 83X84; Atlantic Coast
Line, common 128 X asked; do. pre
ferred, unquoted. Standard Oil 680 bid.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
Bt Telasrapb to tbe UorninzBtar
NlW Yonr. Mav 9 Rosin steadv.
Strained common to good $3 05.
Spirits turpentine firm at 4949c.
Ohablsstoh, May 9. Splrite tur
pentine quiet at 44 Jf bid ; sales caska ;
Rosin quiet; sales barrels; A, B, C,
D, E $160; F, $1 65; G, $1 90; H,
13 15; I, 3 75; K, 2 90; M, $3 00; N,
$3 05; W G, $3 15; WW S3 25. "...
8avAjriA.H May 9. SpiriU tur
pentine Market quoted at 46c; re
ceipts 393 casks; sales 254 casks; ex
ports 1,372 casks. Rosin firm ; receipts
yu sarreis; saies 44 oarreis; ex
ports 1,141 barrBlar A,B, O.D, B, $170;
F, $175; G, $1 80; H, $2 25; I, $2 85;
K $3 00; M, $3 10 ; N, $3 15; W G,
$3 25; WW. $345.
COTTON MARKETS
Br SelftKniDii to tbe Moraine 8ta
NSW YORK, May 9. The cotton
market opened firm at an advance of
one to five points, ruled very active
and strong on covering, and within
the first hour the old crop months had
increased the advance to nine and
thirteen-, points, while . he new croD
months showed an advance of seven
to twelve points. The influences were
chiefly speculative, but the demand
was accelerated by disappointing port
receipts, bullish private cables, strong
demand from New Orleans and the
South generally, with - the hull clique
said to be selling on the advance.
; Nsrw YOBS, .May . 9. Cotton - dull
at 1L15; net receipts 104 bales; gross
receipts 2,248 bales; stock 105,1301 bales.
.Spot cotton closed dull ; middling
uplands LL15o; middling gulf 11.40c;
sales 264 bale 1
Cotton futures market closed firm:
May: June , 'Jaly 10.09. Au-
Sist 9 9 97,September 9.28,October 8.79,
ovember8.69, December 8.70v Janu
ary 8.70,
Total to-day, at all aeaports Net re
ceipts 8,996 balesrvCxporte to Great
Britain 660 bales ; exports to France
1,545 bales; exports to the-iOonttneat
10,813 bales; stock 292,500 bales.
Consolidated, at all seaports-Net
receipts 8,996 bales; exports to Great
Britain 660 bales : exnorts to Fr&ni
1,555 bales ; exports to the Continent
10,813. .bales. : -::r
; : Total ; since September 1st, xat al I
seaports Net receipts 7,445,695 balt.a
exports to Great BrlUln 2,662,953 bales ;
exports to France 734,052; export to
the Continent 3,669,091 bales.
May 9. Galveston, firm at lOiic,
net receipts 2,403 bales: Norfolk, firm
at lOftc-net receipts 1,139 bale.; Balti-
uuuiuu :ju.uuc net 're
ceipts - bales; Boston,nominal at 11.15,
net receipts 73 -bales; Wilming
ton, firm at 10c, net receipts 1 bale;
PhUadelnhia. steadv at 11.40a. na
celpts 156 bales; Savannah, firm at
lpHe, net receipts 107 -bales; New
Orleans, firm at "lOKc, net receipts
4,255 hales: Mobile.- aulet at lou.
net receipts 758 bales; Memphis,firm at i
nei ? receipts ai4 bales; Au
gtuta, steady at lOtfc, net receipts 30
bales; Chariest in, firm at lOKc, net re
ceipts 314balee.::3:eLi. --r
PRODUCE n AFIKETS.
.; r Br TaleszaiditotnaaforBliutBtar.
:lfw :. Yoke, May 9:Flour-
Inactive; Minnesota patents $4004)4 80;
S rioter patents $3 704 00; Minnesota
skers $3 203 40. Bye flour steady.'.
Wheat Spot steady; No. 2 83tfc. Op
tions closed steady with May Ke net
higher and other months net un
changed : May closed 82 Xc ;July closed
77 tfc; September closed 75c; December
closed. Corn Spot steady; Na9 red
53tfc. - Options closed jiOH&:M9t
lower; "May closed 54c; July closed
51 Xe September closed 60fc. Oats
Spot dull ; No.3, 88c Options dull : May
dr livery closed 41c." Lard easy ; West
ern steam $9 30; refined-easy; eoali
nent $9 6Q t. compound .78cvY Pork ;
steady; family $19 00;short clear $18 50
20 25 mess $18 2518 75. Coffee
Spot Bio quiet ; No. 7 Invoice 5 c ;
nana quiet; uoraova7ji;k sugar
Raw nominal;. .fair refining 3 8-16c;
centrifugal, 96 test, 3 4M6e; molasses
sugar, 3c;- refined sugar closed steady;?
confectioner' $4 65 f mould A $5 05;
cutloaf $5 40; crushed $5 40; powdered
$4 90; granulated $4 ,80; cubes $55.1
Butter firm; extra creamery 33crBtate
dairy 1731c State dairy 1739c ;
i eese steady; State, full cream fancy,
sitrall colored and white, old, 1315c:
j Btnall colored, new, 13 Jcsmall white,
n?w 1ZM.O- Kice Quiet: , domestic, fair
extra 4M7c; Japan nomlnai. Pea
nuts steady; fancy hand-picked 4j
Xc; other domestic 2M4C Cab
h ires steady; Norfolk 75c$l. 13.
Freights to Liverpool cotton by steam
12c. Eggs firm; State and Pennsylva-'
an, average best 17c; Southern 15X
16:. Potatoes steady;. Long Island
$1 753 12 outh Jersey sweets $1 75
300; new Southern $3 004 25; State
and Western per 180 lbs., $1 503 00.
Tilow steady; city Sjtfc; country 5
5Xc. Cotton seed . oil . quiet and
sieady at quotations: Prime crude f. o.
b. mills 34 JS5 ; prime summer yel
low 4343Kc; off summer yellow 87
38c; prime white 4647c; prime
winter yellow 4647c; prime meal
$37 0037 50, nominal:
Chicago, May 9. The Saturday
dullness pervaded the grain and pro
vision pits to-day and prices in general
higher; July corn e higher and oats
up c; July provisions closed a shade
lower to le higher. .
Chicago, May 9. Cash prices:
Flour Market dull at closing quo
tations: winter patents $3 603 60;
straights $3 203 40; spring patents
$3 353 90;., straights $3 103 40;
bakers' $3 S02 85. Wheat-No 2 spring
7979Xe; No. S spring 7379c; No, 3
red 78tf 79c. Corn No.3 44c; No.
3 yellow 46c Oats No. 8S6X085X;
No.3 white 37Xe; No. 3 white S3 85c.
Bye No. 3 50c Mess pork, per bar
rei, $17 5017 62H- Lard, per 100
Bb?, $8 908 95.- Short rib sides,
loose, $9 159 30. Dry salted shoul
ders, boxed, $387850. Short clear
side?, boxed, $9 75. Whiskey Basis
of high wines, $1 SO. i
Tne leading futures ranged ua
tows opening, highest, lowest v.
closing: Wheat No. 2 Jf a 78. 79.
78K, 78e; July 73, 73. 73. 78;
September 70J4, 70X70K, 70, 70Ja
Corn No. 3 May 4421.44, 44, 44c;
July 45, 45, 44ts'44, 45c; September
44K, 44K, 44J47 44c -Oats No. 2,
MaySSK, 85. 35, S5tf35Kc; July
S33T, S3g. 23J4, 38X38Xc; Septem
ber 29X, 29i. 29 tfo. Mess pork,
per bbl May $18 57tf, 18 62, 18 57,
18 62H; July $17 20, 17 20, 1720 17 30;
September $16 7, 16 72, 1670, 16 72.
Lard, per 100 Bbs May $8 87J4.8 90,
8 87X. 8 90; July $9 00, 9 02, 8 9
9 00 j September $9 13, 9J8Af, 9 07,
9 07J4. Short Tibs, per 100 lbs May
$9 37tf, 9 S7, 9 22H, 9 22 ; July
$9 35, 9 85, 9 SO, 9 S3; September
$930, 9 30, 9 35. 9 80.
F0REI8N J3ARKE?
Bv Oab la to toe Koroma u!
LrvxBPOOL, May 9. Cotton: Spot
quiet, prices six to eight points
higher; American middling fair 6.16d;
good middling 5.86 d: middling 5.70d;
iow miaaiingo. ova ; good ordinary
5.33d; ordinary 5.12d. The aales of the
day were 7,000 bales, - of which 2,000
oaxea were ior specuiaoon and export
and included 6,100 - baleb American.
Receipts 4,000 bale, including 100
bales American.
. Futures opened quiet and close i
firm ; American middling (g o c): May
5.49d; May and June 5.49d; June and
July ff.47Q5.48d; July and August
ff.46d; August and September 5.33
6.34d; September and October 4.93d;
October and November 4.74d ; Novem-
ier and December 4. 67d: December
and January 4.66d; January and Feb
ruary 4.65d.
MARINE.
CLEARED. .
Clyde steamer Geo W31yde, Rich,
New York, H G Smallbones. .
DECIDE YOURSELF.
The Opportunity is Here,
Backed by Wilmington
Testimony.
; Don't take our
r Don't depend
statement. ..."
word for it.
on a stranger's
v Bead Wilmington endorsement.
; Bead the statement of Wilming
ton oitizena
And decide for yourself. -
Here is one case of it:
; B. A. Biddle, clerk at 19 Market
street, residine at 606 Castls atreet.
wife who also suffered from back
ache also nsed them." I never knew
anything to act so quickly. ; I haie
suffered quite a long time with my
back and kidneys. The ; kidney se
cretions were very dark and full of
sediment. ' My wife also complained
of her back, and when we read of
Doan's Kidney Pills in our news-'
papers I .-went to B B. Bellamy's
drug store and got a box; Wo used
them wjith the best of results. In
my case the kidney secretions nlnar.
ed up and the pains left my back.
We hare neither ot ns complained
since taking Doan's Kidney Pills,
and it is with pleasure that I recom
mend them at every opportunity."
; For said by all dealers. Price;, 5ft
cent. Poster-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo,
Y.; sole aeents for the United
StateB. " .;, .-,::-.-;v,..y:.-.;:
I Bemember the iname Doan's
and take no substitute. : ity 10 1 w ,
Ours is the only extab-
IIsfcinjfotIn
nakes Suits to measure for
.TenoliaV;vHS;f SSh
C. E. 60RD0n PANTS CO.,
25 SontK Font' Street?
Ten
Dollars
iillineq!
All the latest styles
CMdren's Hats,
I ail
- tumco noauy-io-wear Hats
. and Ladies' Fancy
Will arrive Tuesday.
from the cheapest to "the
made.
r Don't forget our si'rf...
Mercerized Lawn . and Silks
have 32 styles; "
ilOO Washable Skirts at.
wnrtl, ftl fin uuy5(
Silk SIrirtc C n rin
Woollen Skirts $1.25 to $4,50,
Paris Millinery Emporium,
129 Market Street.
Wilmington, N. c.,
ap 18 tf Next toBo Hotel
DAIWTT
DISHES.
CLEVER
COOKING,
THE ONLY
RESTADRAl
103 MARKET ST.
THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING
IS IN THE EATING,
That's why people say our meals
are so good. Waiters who are
prompt, cooks who are careful,
and prices that are reasonable
these are other reasons why.
Besides, the place is so neat,
and kept cool by electric Fins.
CHAS. ANDERSON & CO.
mystf
mm
FOR SUMMER
Are as neceasary for yonr comfort sa warm
onea for Winter.
Oar law Cats for Hen and Women lndlcats
foot-comfort at a glance. They are made oo
good comfortable roomy lasts, narrow at tbe
heel, with ample reom at the tee and Instep and
well arched, which prevents the foot iromslp-P'ng-
forward.. Tbe le .there are light ana cool;
altogether they're the most plea sins.
SHOES FOB MANY SEASONS.
They are COOL and priced from ?l .00 to 13.50.
A bo High Art Shoes as you want them. -
Sole Assents for Donglas Shoe,
mystf 115 Princess street.
Baseball Goods.
I haye a full line of
SpaldingV Gloves, BallsTMits,
r.laste7 Bats, Protectors,
And any tbino; you will need
in the game.
It.
The Stationer,
ap 13 tf
107 Market Ht.
x SASSAPARILLA WITH
'.U . IODIOU.
The great Skin and Blond: remedy.
A powerful purifier of the blood,
price 75c arbottle, three bottles for
$2.00, at
HARDIN'S
Palace Pharmacy,
126 South'Front Steeet.
ap 85 tf -,4. ; - - e. Both Thones 56.
We HaYe Jnst Received
A NICE LINE OF
Refrigerators, Water Coolers,
Enanel Beds, Go-Carts.
fSeVonr stock and o-et our prices
before you buy."
GASTOH D.'PHARES & CO.,
lio-in Market St,
apl8tt 5,-;,-:;-
lnter-8ta'
TO WHOM THIS MAY
I barahv nnfifv nnblic that
HCER 4 EVARS CO..
DeROSSET
4:1 have this day purchased the
wrecked Schooner J. A. But-
: trick and cargo, and aU persoaj
. : tare hereby3 warned not to traae
-i for any of the cargo or trespass
I - on said wreck. ,
: Wflmlngton, N. O.; April 6, 1903.
fiMItBEABSB- S SONS.
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